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Middletown transcript., 1917-03-17
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GARDEN SHOULD BE BALANCED
impression Of Iopsidedness" May Be
Avoided by Using Care in De-
signing and Planting.

To keep the proper balance in design
Is a salient point in any garden. To
give concrete example, one may
imagine a clump of evergreens in one
corner Of the garden, and in the Op-
posite corner some Towering shrubs
the other corners may be balanced the
same way, which will avoid giving the
impression Of lopsided garden; this
theme of balance should run through
the whole design. The sky line should
be broken by occasional accent points
Of taller-growing plants. In planting
the flower beds the taller and lower
growing plants should be intermingled,
for this arrangement lends a far more
artistic touch than the prevalent mis-
take Of placing all the tall plants in
straight row, and the shorter ones by
themselves. Attractive combinations
of colors in the blooming seasons are
Of greatest interest, the pastel shades
blending exquisitely, but decided col
ors should be combined with great
care; the different kinds of flowers
should be so planted as to be dispersed
through the garden, so that when in
bloom a few lonely masses Of color will
not be seen, but the whole garden will
be rich in the flowers Of each season.
The paths should be governed in
width by the size of the garden, and
should lead to something definite for
the eye to rest upon, which may be a
pool, a rustic seat or sun-dial, etc.
If you are fortunate enough to have
view, this will form an excellent axis.
A winding stream is no greater an in
spiration to the poet than it is to the
landscape lover; it truly offers a Won
derful opportunity for naturalistic
treatment, and with a few plants the
fairy touches are made which clothe
the stream in beauty.
Just as a garden surrounded with
shrubbery planted in clumps affords
occasional and unexpected glimpses of
the garden within, and thus enhances
the beauty of the glimpses by framing
them in, so the trees will add greatly
to view by framing in it.
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ARGUMENT FOR PRODUCING MORE MANURE

horses and cows buy commercial fer
tilizer to a value Of $1OO and at the
same time throw into the country
drainage the same thing of the same
value? Better keep what you have
and learn to apply It, then when you
have learned to use that thing, begin
to think Of buying more.
Manure Argument.
This is not alone an argument for
conserving manure but 1t Is also an
argument for producing more manure.
The manure produced by single COW
upon the Palouse farm is actually
worth 81 or So per year, a value that
is high enough to turn BOARD
er" into a producer" If we take
this product into consideration. Not
arguing to get boarders but to
get cattle upon the farm, get the best
you can, but get cattle. Hogs or sheep
will do as well. The requirements are
that they be the best you can get
and that they will produce manure.
Market your farm products on foot
rather than in the sack or bale and
keep the fertility in the land.
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WAR MAKES MEN EPILEPTIC
And Others InvaIided From the
Trenches Are Constantly Haunt
ed by Fear.

Some of the effects Of warfare on
man-effects which usually are not
given wide publicity, are revealed In
an appeal in the London Times by
Lieut.. Col. Sir John Collie for the es'
tablishment Of an institution where the
tangled nerves of war-shaken men may
again become normal. Sir John wants
to place these victims in home in the
country where quiet may be able to
overcome their hallucinations.
"Men do not suffer in the same way
as the lower animals" he says. "FOr
instance, many men invalided out OF
the service are haunted by an appre-
hensiOn of recOnScription."
The men fear that they will have to
go back and face the enemy. Their
brains are clouded and they do not
realize that they cannot again be
called upon to serve. So they live in
constant fear.
Another distressing result Of trench
warfare is the comparatively large
number of men returning from the
front who suffer from epilepsy and
hysteroepilepsy. Much of the epilepsy
is due to injury, the doctors say, and
the hysteroepilepsy is laid to the stress
the men are under at the front.
So many Of these epileptics have ap-
peared since the war began that plans
for a farm colony for the incurables
among them are being made.
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SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
10. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli.
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
Hove to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
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Effective SnowploW.

making turns. Take another eight
foot plank and saw off two feet for
a brace CO. and spike this brace at
right angles to the longer plank. It
may be necessary to let out the reach
so that the outer end of the brace
will not be too far forward on the
moldboard (D). The brace should be
raised an inch or two so that the snow
which falls in the triangle will spill
out readily. When spiked together
the plow should have a comparatively
small spread, say four feet. A wide
spread means too heavy drag and
unnecessary labor. To hitch the plow
to the bob use two clevises and a ring
attached to the end of the left side Of
the plow (point marked b.. In order
to do effective work man should ride
the plow.
One distinctive feature Of the plow's
construction lies in the fact that the
left side of the plow is two feet longer
than the right side.
The left side is made so it can be
snugly attached to the outside Of the
right-hand front runner of an ordinary
pair Of bobs. When travelling, the left
(longer) side parallels the runner and
the right (shorter) side forms the
whole plowing surface.
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A small bucket, II, being filled with
sand, the valve rod works on knuckle
as illustrated, and when it is neces-
sary to put water in the keg it is
poured in through the valve, G. One
filling will supply steam for an entire
half day.
To utilize the steam for cleaning
the cans, etc., pipe, G, was run from
the top of the keg under the table, D,
and three globe valves placed at E E e
for controlling same.
The pipes F F F, through which
the live steam enters the cans was
reduced at the point to one-eighth or
one-quarter inch, and to clean the
cans they were simply placed over
the ends of pipes, F F, and the steam
turned on by the valves, E E E. This
not only quickly and easily rinsed and
cleaned the cans, but the heat caused
them to dry quickly.
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GOOD
ROADS
SNOWPLOW is EASILY MADE
Effective Device for Clearing High
ways in Winter Can Be Put To-
aether by Any Farmer.

A farmer who is firm believer IN
good roads in winter as well as in sum-
mer, could not get any satisfaction
from his town superintendent when
snow blocked the six and one-half mile
way to town, writes Laurence w. Girls
void in Farm Journal. So instead OF
going to the town-father and bawling
him out, the farmer knocked together
a snowplow and started out. the
work done with the plow that day
made it easy for team to trot all
the way to town and not get in trouble
when it was forced to turn out for an
other rig. And the job was over be-
fore q gang Of men with shovels could
fairly have started.
Directions for making the plow are
as follows: Take 2 by 8 inch plank,
eight feet in length "a in the accom-
panying picture), and use it for the
side which is to travel flush against
the side Of the bob runner. A ten
inch plank might work, but a 12-inch
one would not because it could not
swing ahead Of the rear bob when
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STEAM DEVICE FOR CLEANING MILK CANS

A young farmer boy devised this
rather novel steam device for clean
ing milk cans and other dairy uten-
sils. The device, which is a simple
form Of steam boiler, was first con-
structed to operate small one-fourth
horse power steam engine, which 1t
did until he installed a small steel
boiler, at which time the wooden boil
er was installed in the dairy house
and used for cleaning milk cans, etc.
The boiler, as shown at A, is q 16-
gallon beer keg, with a return water
pipe inserted in the lower end, as
shown at B. This pipe B is allowed
to enter the frebox Of an old cook
stove, by which it is heated.
A drain cock is placed at I and a
safety valve is placed at G. This is
simply cone-shaped piece Of wood,
neatly fitted in the top and weighted
with the rod as shown.
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MANAGERS IN FORTY CITIES
New Plan Of municipal Government
Has Grown More Rapidly Than
Is Generally Known.

If somewhere, sometime, in the ever
booming and quite frequently bloom
ing West there is not evolved the per-
feet plan for governing a city, it will
not be for lack Of experimentation
with governmental schemes. A good
many citieA and towns scattered over
the map ofSthe United States took up
with the idea of government by COM
mission during the first decade of the
new century. There was subsistence
to the rush for the commission govern
ment scheme about five years ago.
Then, in 1913, the Ohio legislature put
through bill formulating what is now
known as the city managing scheme.
The idea has been acted upon to
an extent that the majority of people
are not aware of. Dayton, O., was
the first city of over 100000 popula-
ton to try-out the manager scheme,
but there are now about 40 cities
so governed. Twenty urban commu-
mites employed manager last year,
Grand Rapids being the largest city
next to Dayton trying the new scheme
of government. The city manager plan
seems to be only a variation of the
commission government idea. There
is commission, generally Of five, be-
hind the manager, and the COM
mission generally appoints the mana.
ger.
The city manager plan has been
adopted even in states where there
is no statute providing for such plan
of government. The idea involved is
being applied in many INSTANCES
without any change in the framework
under the old councilmanic and city
mayor forms of government.
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THEY WERE AS BUSY AS BEES
New York Police Raided Plant
Where AduIterated Honey
Was Made.

C1e Of the oldest assertions of the
b1ekeeper has been that honey could
not be adulterated with success, but
health department inspectors have
found a full-blown honey plant in the
basement Of a private home in Man.
haitian.
There were no bees at work in the
plant when it was raided, but there
were half q dozen women and a man
as busy as bees with pots and pans
about stove They were boiling up
q concoction the chief ingredients Of
which were sugar and about ten per
cent of genuine honey. The plant was
discovered after honey purchasers had
complained they were receiving adul-
terated honey.-New York Mail.
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(By P. P. PETERSON, Professor of Soils
Idaho UniverSity.)

(ByP. p. PETERSON, Professor of Soils,
Idaho University
During the past few years 1t has
been demonstrated that soils of the
Palouse region are nitrogen hungry"
The question now arises and in fact
has been repeatedly asked, "Shall we
buy and apply artificial fertilizers to
our land to supply this required nj
trogen? Our answer is "Not until
we have had time to gather more data
upon the matter"
However, we do advise the con-
servation Of all Of the nitrogen that
comes from the soil. In nitrogen the
manure produced by single horse Of
average weight, nay 1900 pounds, is
worth nearly So Der year. We should
pay that much for it if we had to buy
it as commercial fertilizer at ordi-
nary prices. An average COW will
give manure Of nearly equal value.
Leaving out Of consideration all
other substances except the one we
know our soil needs, Is 1t economy to
throw away the manure? Shall the
farmer who has a dozen head of
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-17
FIX ROAD FOR AUTOMOBILES
Radical Change in Treatment of High
ways That Bear Brunt of Travel
Is Suggested.

The suggestion made by Francis M.
Hugo, secretary Of state of New York,
that radical change is called for in
the treatment Of the roads that bear
the main brunt of automobile travel,
must strike laymen, at least, as highly
important. He points out that only a
small part Of the width Of these roads
is actually used by most Of the vehi-
cles which pass over them, and "yet
when the road has to be repaired or
renewed the whole width has to be
dealt with, for mere patching in most
cases cannot be regarded as the most
practical method of maintenance" Ac-
cordingly, he proposes the use of pre-
pared tracks "made Of special ma
terial, continuous and smooth in char
acter, and sufficiently wide,' which
would "bear nearly all the traffic and
would 1engthen the life of the road ten
times its present period" New York
Times.
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Plucky Danish CAPTAIN,

A hero in every sense of the word
is the captain of the Danish steamer
Iris which, sailing from one neutral
port to another and having no contra
band aboard, was halted by a German
submarine and the crew ordered to
leave the ship, in order that it might
be sunk. The Danish captain fatty
refused to leave his ship. "You may
sink us, but I and my men will remain
on board" he told the sumarine COM
mander. And his pluck won. His ship
was allowed to proceed when it was
seen that he knew his rights and was
not afraid to assert them.
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MONEY FOR RURAL HIGHWAYS
Bonds for County Roads Should Never
Run Longer Than 80 Years, Say
Agricultural Experts.

Bonds sold for county highway I'M
provement, in the opinion of road spe-
cialists of the department Of agricul-
ture, should never run for more than
30 years, and retirement even earlier
is better where this can be accom-
plished without too great an increase
in the tax rate. 1t is dangerous prac-
tice to have bonds run for a long Pc
riod, because in such cases the in
debtedness often outlives the estimated
life Of the improvements made with
the money so raised. Money borrowed
to build roads should be repaid by
those who enjoy the benefit of the i'm
provements thus financed, and not to
be debt upon those who gain no bene-
fit from the expenditure.
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CIean.Up Day for State.

The state of Rhode Island appoint
ed a cleanup day and considerable
improvement resulted. One Of the spe-
cial features was the removal of many
advertising signs along highways, from
fences, trees, poles or other conspicu-
Gus points. In several counties loads
Of waste lumber, consisting of what
had formerly been large signs, were
distributed as fuel among the poor.
A special statute gives any person the
right to tear down and destroy all
signs of an advertising nature along
public highway in the state Of Rhode
Island.
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New Art Disguises Uniforms.

One Of the latest conceptions for
rendering military uniforms less Wis
ible on the field of battle is to use ma
terial In pronounced irregular alternat-
ing patches Of contrasting light and
dark colors with navy outlines.
Some of the darker patches are out
lined in a still darker color, and small
er spots Of contrasting color break up
the color effect of some of the patches,
so that the effect of uncertain light
and shade is produced, to cause the
garment to lose it's identity by min
Cling with the background.
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Plants Will Cut Druu Bill.

In the average country garden are
enough specimens of blossoming plants
and plants with pretty leaves, which
if dried, would each year cut the fam
lily drug bill in half. Then why not
cultivate the plants for the flower beds
that serve the double purpose of being
ornamental and practical at the same
time?
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: If the peas cannot be had, drill three
bushels of heavy seed oats to the acre
if you want heavy yield of green
feed that will cut one forkful to the
square yard. Your land must be
rich and mellow. A profitable crop
cannot be grown cn thin, badly pre-
pared land.
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Fraurance on Garden Paths.

Have all garden paths with some
plants of fragrance growing alongside.
In some gardens of larger size special
fragrant pathways are built where they
appear to pass through thickets redo
lent with pleasant odors. But every
path may easily have enough fragrance
to keep the mind unconsciously in the
garden spirit.
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What DR.. R. D. Patterson, of Lib
erty, N. c., says:
ABOUT MOTHERS JOY SALVE.
My boy had pneumonia, his tempera-
ture was 104. Had tried other salves,
didn't have any effect. Used jar of
Mothers Joy Salve on throat and
chest, in one hours time his tempera.
ture was nOrmal.-Adv.
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LENGTH OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Of Total of About 2,452,00 Miles
About 277,000, or 11.3 Per Cent
Are Improved.

The public roads Of the United
States outside the limits Of incorporat-
ed towns and cities had, January 1,
1915, a total length Of about 2,452,-
600 miles, of which about 277OOO miles,
o. 11.3 per cent, are improved with
some form Of .surfacing. The mileage
of surfaced roads is increasing at the
rate Of about 10000 miles per annum.
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Was Sick All Rioht.

"Jock Bloggs," said the manager, Sc
verely, "you got off your work yester-
day afternoon with the excuse that
you were i'll. 1 saw you going to the
races, and you did not appear to be
bad at ALL"
Jock was fully equal to the occa-
sion.
"You ought to have seen me after
the second race" he said.
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She Knew Him,

"One night while you were away ]
heard a burglar. You should have
seen me going downstairs three steps
at time"
Wife (who knows him)-Where was
he, on the roof?
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Preparation for Alfalfa.

On land that has been in an early
maturing cultivated crop, such as po-
tatoes, peas, sweet corn, or soy beans,
no other preparation for alfalfa will
be needed than necessary harrowings.
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In a Quandary.

"You seemed much affected by Spen-
sons hard-luck story"
II don't deny it. Sponsor saw me
get ten-dollar bill changed and was
racking my brain to think up good
excuse for not lending him a quarter"
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Harmony in Garden Essential.

A garden should not be considered
as a piece of wild nature, nor plants
regarded as architectural ornaments,
for one must not do violence to the 9TH
er. Above all must there be harmony.
Otherwise the builder has labored in
vain, for he has not made picture that
artists care to reproduce.
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Hungry Birds.

Fowls compelled to 60 hungry
large portion Of the time become poor
property in very short space of time,
and will fail to pay; further, they will
lose money faster than any other kind
Of live stock on short rations.
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Fucker Up Milk Machinery

Just one night Of lying on the cold
ground will pucker up. a cows milk
making machinery wonderfully. The
stable is the best place for the herd
after frost begins to come.
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FARMING Is a Business.

The man who lives in town may
think that farming is an outdoor
sport, but farmers know better. They
know that it is hard work and Sc
ricus business.
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Animal Yarns.

ever read AesOp's fables?"
EYES," replied Mr.. Growcher. "And
1 don't see what they were written
for"
"Why, to point moral"
"But don't see how man who told
such whoppers as he did could claim to
have anything moral about him."
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1t is pleasant to read of a "hack
driver" falling heir to a fortune. It
shows that the chauffeurs aren't get
ing all the money.
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Do Not Neglect Colds.

A slight cold is not roup, but the
quicker the cold is treated by good
remedy the easier it will be to cure.
If a cold is allowed to continue it may
turn to catarrh or roup, with subse-
quent loss Of birds.
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For speedy and effective action Dr.. Peery's
Dead Shot has no equal. One dose only
will clean out Worms or Tapeworm In few
hourR Adv.
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SiIo Solves Problem.

The silo helps solve the problem OF
making a profit from $1O0-an-acre
land.
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Closing your eyes to your own faults
does not close other peoples.
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An eloquent prayer doesn't get any
higher than the other kind.
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Road Of Borax.

One mile of country road in Ore
gon is surfaced with borax.
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Cocoa may now be imported into
Norway.
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Bergen, Norway, is to have a school
for chauffeurs.
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Being sorry for yourself doesn't en-
list the sympathy of others.
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For disordered liver, take Garfield
Tea, the Herb laxative. All druggists.
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Only One "BROMO QUININE"

To get the genuine call for full name LAXAT1Yn
BROMO OUININB Look for signature OF h. w.
GROVH Cures q Cold in One Day. 26c.
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STOCK LICK H-STOCK like IT

Chinese Like Them.
The Chinese have taken quickly to
the electric toasters sent from this
country.
The Arizona copper camp., 1917-01-20
RAY CONS NEW ENGINEERING
OFFICE IS NOW COMPLETE

The Ray Consolidated Copper COM
pany's big staff of engineers are NOV
ing into their new quarters this week,
where they will have all the advant-
ages of one of the best equipped offices
in the country. The large building is
constructed of concrete foundation and
of brick structure, furnished through
out with all the latest modern con-
veniences.
For the past several months this
building has been rushed to compile
ton, owing to the expansion of the diff
ferent departments in the General Of
flee building, their previous location,
as with the increasing force the office
capacity was fast becoming inadequate
to comfortably meet the demands of
the engineering corps.
In expediting the erection of this
modern building, no care was lessened
to perfect the interior installation of
various fixtures, using the very best
material and workmanship to add to
the comfort of the occupants, and they
should feel proud to be located in such
an elaborate building.