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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
A Wise Crang. Outana

Prof. William r. Hornnday. the
noted animal preceptor. cites this in
stance of ape sagacity:
II once became quite chummy with
nm unframed, Gagged, menngerie orang-
outane 10y the name OF Dohong. lie
was n son OF the Jungle and Intensely
concerned In matters that came into
his narrow life. All that he learned
outside OF his Inherited instincts he
learned himself. His cage contained
a number of horizontal bars attached
70 brackets on which he took consid-
cradle solemn exercise. One dny he
concluded that the bars ought to come
down. Bracing his feet against the
solid wall Of the cage, he pulled every
bar from Its fastening and flung II on
the floor. Larger bars were substi-
tuted, which the ape vnlnly tried to
remove. After straining his back In
this futile effort, he walked up and
down In his cage and was apparently
intently studying the situation. Event
ually he procured the crossbar OF his
trapeze and using II for a lever, he
not only prled every horizontal bar
from Its brackets. but he likewise
pried the iron bars Of his cage apart
80 that he could stick his head
through the opening and satisfy his
curiosity regarding his nelghbor In the
adjoining cage"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
STORING MANURE FOR THE
GARDEN
BY LIMA r, ROSE.

A common practice Is to manure the
garden every year. late in the fall or
before planting In the spring. no fur.
ther attention being given. This prac.
tice, however, is not the best.
The manure CIR the garden should
be kept in a large box with a lid or
so screened that flies cannot enter Il.
Manure heaps are the natural breeding
places of these pests and II they are
allowed to remain near the house un.
covered will prove n great nuisance.
A good plan Is to use n very close
wire screen nailed to a frame with
hinges for the top. The manure
should be spaded often on the top so
that the water from the clouds or the
Sprinkling pot may penetrate to all
portions OF II.
II kept In a box q spout should be
placed In n corner, at the bottom, so
that the water may drain into a sun.
ken barrel.
This will supply liquid manure,
which can be used ut all seasons when
vegetables and flowers are growing.
The n In the box should be
worked over once or twice a month,
working the bottom on the top so that
the entire heap may rot.
Manure may be kept in this way II
the boxes are placed at the farthest
end Of the garden, and II surrounded
with vines their presence will never be
noticed from the dwelling.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
FLOWERS IN THE HOME
BY LIMA r. ROSE.

Stick to the standards unless you
are experienced.
1t Is hard to keep flowers In u room
where gas Is used.
Pot Easter lilies In good, rough,
open soil In clean pots.
Do not try to grow ferns II you can.
not give them moist atmosphere.
1t Is better to buy rooted carnation
slips than risk them yourself II you
are inexperienced.
Get the hanging baskets and plants
for them ready for use on the porch
and In the
Ivy %geraniums are fine house plants,
with beauty OF both flower and f0llnge.
Give them n small pot. For the first
year their growth Is slow. The bios.
SONS, either pink, red or white, are
beautiful.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Adruco Barbed Wire
Liniment
heals without
a Scar.-Ady,
D0BBIN HAS A DAY DREAM
Faithful Old Horse VIII Have Regular
Thrill When He Casts OF
His Shoes.

When the automobile and the tin
Lizzie shall ut last have relegated the
"hoss" to the limbo of things obsolete,
will the noble animal degenerate and
bark back to his ancestral type. or
will he simply disappear like the dodof
asks "Zim" In Cartoons magazine.
II has taken a lot Of time and pa.
thence to develop Dobbin from the
primitive models such as the hydraco-
therium. the pac%hynolophuS and the
eohippus, to make him whoa" back
and "eitap" md take his meals out Of
a nosebag. In the process Of civiliza.
ton he has gradually lost his toes and
has had to accommodate his feet to
the horseshoe. Does he still dream
perhaps OF the delights Of having toes
OF sinking them down into the green
sqush OF the tertiary era and feeling
the cool goo trickle up between them
II SO. how glad he will be some day
to look down and see his long.forgotten
toes beginning to sprout once again I
His will be the thrill Of the small boy
on the first warm day Of spring when
he can cast OF his shoes and 20 bare.
foot.
When the "hoss" discovers for the
first time thnt he can again wiggls
his toes, he will doubtless radiate Q
smile Of solid comfort.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of a corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
Will apply on the corn u few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost n can get a small bot.
tie Of ~freezone at any drug store. which
will positively rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger OF Infection.
This new drug is an ether compound.
and dries the moment II Is applied and
does not infiame or even Irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think! You
llft on your corns and c~aliuses
now without a bit Of pain or soreness.
Ii your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get Il small bottle for you from,
his Wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Compliments Of the Day.

Soldiers have to do their own mend
Ing, when II Is done at NIL, and II up
pears-nlthough few persons would
have guessed it-that the thoughtful
war office supplies them with outfits
for that purpose. Otherwise. this Joke
would be impossible.
Everything was ready for kit In
spection; the recruits stood lined up
ready for the officer, and the officer
had his bad temper oil complete. He
marched up and down the line. grimly
cycling each mans bundle OF needles
aud soft sonp. and then he singled out
Private MacTootle rs the man who
IA To receive his attentions.
Toothbrush" he roared.
"Yes. SIR"
"Razor?"
"Yes. SIR"
"Hold.all?"
"Yes, sir"
Huh. You're all right, apparently"
growled the officer. Then he barked.
"Housewifef"
go, very well, thank you." said the
recruit, amiably; ''how's yours7"-
Journal OF the American Medical As
ISOLATION.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
HUNDREDS HEAR
Her TESTIMONY
Mrs. Harris Grew So Despondent
She Gave Up Entirely,
She Declares.
GAINED IS POUNDS
u Believe I've Told Fully Four Hun.
dred People In Person About
MY Recovery on Tanlae,"
She Says.

1T an not only a strong healthy
woms stead OF II nervous wreck like
] wa. ore taking Tanlac, but | have
actually gained thirty.fve pounds In
weight besides" said Mrs. Emma Hnr.
rts, whose husband - In the transfer
business and who resides ut SSH Rel
ger street, Dallas, Texas.
"My health had been gradually fail.
ing for several months" she continued.
81 just had to force down every mouth
full I ate and | fell OF until I weighed
hardly more than n hundred pounds.
was tormented by hollis and eruptlons
all over my body and suffered agonies
from rheumatism that made my bones
ache like they would break in two.
My nerves were in such a state IL was
simply impossible for me to get any
sleep and I felt SO downhearted and
hopeless that | just gave up entirely
and took to my bed.
"One day a friend told me about
S1anlac and advised me to try II. I
sent for a bottle and by the time I
had used up half OF II my appetite re-
turned and was soon up and about
and able to take up my homework
again. rat anything want now, my
food gives me strength. my blood has
cleared up, my rheumatism Is gone
and . suffer no pains, | sleep like a
child and feel fresh and fine when I
wake up. a believe I've told fully four
hundred people in person, about my
recovery on Tanlac."
There is a Tanlac dealer In your
town.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
CAL0ME[
IS SELDOM SOLD NOW
CabmeI Savates! ItMakes You Sick and You Lose a Days MOrk-Dodsons
Liver Tone Acts Better Than CaomeI and Is Harmless for
Men, Women, ChIdren-Read Guarantee!

Every druggist here, yesl your druggist and
everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling.
off in the sale of calomel. They all give the
same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its
place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people know it while
Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and gives better re-.
Suits" said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's
Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every
druggist. A large fanily-sized bottle costs only so
cents and if you find it doesn't take the place of
dangerous, s~alivating calornel you have only to ask
for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant.tasting, pure.
ly vegetable remedy, harmless to both children
and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine, no sick headache, biliousness, agie,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
h He Wished.

Titles Of books are confusing to
those who study them. and even more
so to the parents who have to buy
them. a few days ago the Greencas-
tie public schools opened, and :. G.
Sayers OF the store Of SHyers & Ham
ilten. was stunned for a few minutes
when a school patron asked for
"Physic and Health and Il Compound
Arithmetic" lie thought for n mia.
ute and handed the woman n "Physi-
ology and Health and a Complete
Arithmetic. Indianapolis News.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
GARDEN WORK IN SEASON

1 have never had such good results
from summer fertilizlng In the garden
as l have this season. In the first
place have II splendid place for n gar.
den. Not many years ago IL was the
bottom OF n big slough on an Illinois
prairie, with Il deep soil made up OF
humus from n long line OF decayed
roots or water-growlng grasses and
plants.
The land was put In cultivation n
good many years ago and not long
after put down to grass and kept In
pasture until last year when il was ap.
propriated for u garden back Of the
new house.
Last year II splendid crop OF weeds
was grown In the garden. Not by me.
please understand, for ! have n constl.
tutional antipathy for weeds, inherited
from Il long line of farmer ancestors.
| might have expected u very good
garden this year without special at.
tention further than good cultivation,
but know that garden vegetables are
voracious feeders and concluded to
FAllfs INV WIN ut lItN tOull Iukt
care Of by putting on commercial fer
tilizer.
The land was plowed last fall,
turned under the weeds which were
from waist To shoulder high. This
spring n beautiful crop came on and
was worked into the soil before the
garden was planted.
Then u good grade Of commercial
fertilizer was used In row and hill of
everything that was planted except
h corn and beans. l was afraid to
feed these crops too well.
As n check, pieces OF rows were left
unfertilized. I planned to keep these
without fertilizer during the summer,
but when | saw how far they were
falling behind, | began to work the fer.
tIllZcr In around the rows and hills
which had been left unfcrtillzed.
| also worked IL in the other crops
as ] cultivated them and from the
start that garden has grown until the
nelghbors asked what kind OF seeds ]
planted.
/ have n pretty good check by having
n neighbours garden near enough 10
observe the land being the same rs
mine. / have used commercial fer.
tilizer at the rate Of almost four
pounds to the acre.
Lettuce and onions have responded
In d surprising way. When one can
grow heads of lettuce which are two
feet across, n need not ask for any
thing more. Onions from seeds made
u growth such as l had never seen
anywhere.
Every time these crops have been
cultivated a very light coat OF fertil.
izer has been scattered along each
side Of the ows and worked into the
soil.
Peas, OF the same sort a nelghbor
planted. were twice as high and load.
ed with pods filled to bursting.
Squashes, beets. potatoes, melons,
came as neal growing fast enough 10
see as any ever did.
! know perfectly well that I over.
dosed this garden, but the part Of the
fertilizer that the crops OF this year
have not used will not get away but
Will remain for next year. believe
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Selec.ive Draft.

Much amusement was caused In the
house OF commons by the official nd
mission that "by a regretable clerical
error the national service depart
meht had notified the speaker that
they proposed to transfer him to
new employment ut Wolverhampton at
about one dollar per day. with a week
ly q bonus OF n little more than a
dollar "on the ground that such EN-.
ployment was deemed NJ greater ma.
donal importance than that on which
he was now engaged"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

sour stomach or clogged bowels. Dodson's Liver
Tone doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all next
day like calomel.
Take a dose Of calomel tonight and tomorrow
you will feel sick, weak and nauseated. Don't lose
a days work!
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine.
You'll know it next morning because you will
wake up with your head clear. your liver active.
bowels clean, breath sweet and stomach regulated.
You will feel cheerful and full of vigor and ready
for a hard days work.
You can eat anything afterwards without risk
of saNvating yourself or your children.
Get a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and try ID
on my guarantee. You'll never again put a dose
OF nasty, dangerous calomel into your stomach. Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Peas Loaded With Pods Filled to BURSTING.

IN using fertilizer Of some kind as
long rs the crop Is cultivated.
| would prefer well-rotted manure
which has not been leached too much,
but cannot get this and I am using
the next best thing-a complete com.
mercial fertilizer. Clean cultivation
and plenty Of plantfood will make a
garden very profitable.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
A COLD

is often followed by pneumonia. Be-
fore It Is too late take Laxative Qulni-
dine Tablets. Gives prompt relief In
cases of Coughs, Colds, La Grippe and
Headache. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
hOw'S This ?

We OFFER $1,000 for any case OF catarrh
that cannot BE cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur.
faces OF the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
!. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
SUNFL0WER FOR POULTRY

On most every poultry farm the sun.
flower Is now M of the established
crops, as the seeds are highly valued
ms an excellent and cheap food for all
classes Of poultry.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.

Mansfield formerly Hungarlan)
Cough Ralsam heals the infnmed and
iacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba-
btes. Price 25c and 5Oc.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
A Bio Man,

"Her husband Is II big man In the
show business"
"That so? A p~roduceri"
"No. Bouncer In a downtown bur.
lesque theater."
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
A Combination,

"Are you going to fight OF raise
fOod?"
Little Of both, subj" replied Eras-
tus Pinkley. "Ts gineter git my chick.
en- coop well populated an den rs
gineter hang right over It VIII a shot.
gun"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Remarkable.

ut has been a remarkable summer
"Yes. ! don't recall a summer that
has given people so many things to
talk about besides the climate"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Enemy Precautions

"what did Bill do when you told him
you wanted him to dance ut the ger
manf"
"He took French leave"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
A Lost Cause,

The man who would rather be pop
uiar than right usually winds up by
being neither.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
An Ambitious colIeoian.

She-Are you II freshmanf
He (confused)-I try to be.-Bruno-
Man.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

A woman's idea OF economy II 70
have her husband waste SO worth OF
time putting up a ten-cent shelf.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

which magnlfies triflng things but
cannot perceive great ones
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

Quite Appropriate Motion.
"Thrones are rocking these days"
"Quite right. too. A rocking throne
Is the cradle OF liberty"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
Need to Be Nauued,

n We were II woman md had to
live with some men we know we'd nag
them, too.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
At TlmeA

Al Timea
Don't you like hot water in the
housef"
"Not when I'm in It."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
AmsrIeana pstent oulst.

OF all things which Americans do.
test quiet comes FIRST. Take ms = proof
this matter Of pianos and talking ma.
chimes. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
Every workdAy there now comes
from American factories an even / .UDU
plnnos and about 1900 talking ma.
chimes. You will notice that the plnno
has not been entirely Hilenced by ms
chanieal music. Indeed. the value of
pianos made daily Ia our country 10
IA times rs grent as the value of
Photographic but ths number Of pianos
now turned out IL smaller than Il was
i've years ago. while the nupihsr Of tn
great rival has increased by half.
Uncle Sam tells ua that two years
ago we paid SIT. 900 for talking ma.
chimes and 011.OOo.0O0 for the records
which they played. No wonder talking
machine stock 10 quoted ht about 81. loo
share and stockholders hank upon
dividends Of 500 a share this year.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
HHE amount Of wood used on the
farms of the country and exposed

TIME amount of wood used on the
farms of the country and exposed
to decay Is very great. The total
Is difficult to estimate, but 1t I'M
doubtedly amounts to several billion
feet. This wood is used in various
forms, such as fence posts, building
foundations windmill frames, shingles,
telephone poles, silos, etc. For such
uses durability is usually the chief re
quisite.
Some woods resist decay more than
others. A post Of one kind of wood
may last ten years or more, while one
of another kind may last only two
years under the same conditions.
There is also great difference in the
durability Of wood of the same species
ander different conditions. In very
wet or a very dry situation post will
last longer than In a situation where
the ground is simply damp. 1t will
last better In a compact clayey soil
than In a loose sandy soil. A warm,
moist climate Is more favorable to de-
cay than a dry one, or one that has
long cold winters.
ANaNdAAAAJ UUONS aAO WI
hnually growing scarcer and higher
priced in most localities, and less dur
able woods must be used In their
stead. Many of these woods In their
natural condition will last only two or
three years In situations favorable to
decay. 1t will readily be seen, there
fore, that any reasonably cheap meth
cd of increasing their life will effect
q material saving to the user.
For a number Of years the forest
service has been conducting expert
ments on the preservatiye treatment
Of fence posts, poles, and other forms
Of timber exposed to decay. These
experiments have been made In CO.
operation with agricultural experiment
stations, farmers, and various COM
panies, and also upon the national for
ests. They have proved conclusively
| that when q suitable preservative
treatment is given the resistance of
wood to decay can be very much in
creased.
Decay is not due to the chemical &c
ton Of the soil or to the fermentation
Of the sap, but is the result Of the
action of certain low forms of plant
life called fungi. These consist, for
the most part, Of very fine threadllke
ilaments, collectively called mycelIum,
which penetrate the wood in all d.
rections. Certain substances in the
wood constitute the food of the fungi.
As these substances are dissolved the
structure Is broken down, until the
wood reaches the condition commonly
known as rotten.
The mycelium usually grows out to
the surface to form compact masses
called fruiting bodies. Since there are
many kinds Of fungi. there are many
kinds of fruiting bodies. The various
forms Of "toadstools," "punks," "brack-
cts" or dog ears which are so fire.
quently found growing on trees and
dead wood, are examples Of these
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
nnanonnIhlllsx

That person who feels no RESPONSE
bilitg leads en- empty. almless. useless
sxPtSnce. Broadly, ~ course, there
are NO persons. not insane or public
charges, wholly without responsibility.
Even the insane and pHnpers In public
institutions are answernbls or account
able in a degree to the authority under
which thsy live. In that they must con
form 70 fixed rules to the limit of their
capacity for understanding them. For.
answarability Of the individual to the
whole body being the very foundation
Of tbs security Of society at large. this
primary step IN slevatinE the child.
the backward or the crushed adult.
sven the feeblsmlndod. f. the awaken.
Ing Of self-respect through inculcntioa
Of feeling Of responsibility.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

Paper making IL being tried out In
South Africa. One Of tbs materials
under Investigation has been ths tam
bookie grass which grows laHuFtantiy
over vast tracks OF country IN the
Transvaal, particularly ia the northern
parts. This grass has been proved 10
pulp than Algerian sapaEto grass, but
. little loss than Spanish esparto. sos
only IL the yield high. bst the pulp II
Of good quality and can be easily
bleached The most rsmunerativs uns
for the grass will probably be 20 COO
vert Il in South Africa into half
stun" which can be exported 10 Eu-
rope or used for paper making locally.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
All Farm Timber Should De Is
treated With preSorwltivo2

might prevent decay by keeping out
the water; but this would be difficult
to accomplish as well us being too
expensive.
Posts have sometimes been dipped
In thin cement and allowed 20 dry,
leaving coat OF cement over tho sur
face OF the wood. Such coating viii
not keep out water and Is easily
cracked or broken on. Good results
cannot be expected from this treat
ment.
Only sound wood Is ~ for treat
ment. II decay has made a start. II
is not always entirely stopped by the
treatment. but may continue beneath
the treated wood until the interior OF
the post Is destroyed Tho flrst thing
To consider. then, Is the selection aud
preparation of the timber.
All timber should be peeled and
thoroughly seasoned before the pre-
sentative Is applied. In peellng posts
of pine. cedar. and other conIferous