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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20
Norfolk 4 Western Railway
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R
To and from Washington and bcyond-DaiIy.

ra hlIchmond, Washington Local, Lv. s2l5 PM,
daily Fredericksburg Accom-. week DAYS. Ly'
sii5 PM; Ar: $50 AM. Ashland Accom-. week
days. Lr.s1.2o AM. $50 PM; ArE6.S0 AM, $40 PM
for this train. aNJnin St e.,
tByrd 81. Sta. tstopping ut Elbal. Elbs STA.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20

NE" York. MAY i..-Mcrrantiie paper
<tH1 St"rlinr. SiSsy-duy bills, si... com
In.rSi-l siNty day hiils on banks. ,t-li:
commercial sixty bills. ;1Ii.: demand
80 s-if; cable. ..-f 1-is. Har liver as,
NH%i 'in dollars 5Iis. Government bonds
steady. Railroad bonds. heavy
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Same Old Lectures.

On certain occasion Professor
Brander Matthews Of Columbia uni
versity, speaking jOkingly of his age,
said he trusted that he was not so
old that the students could play on
him the trick he once saw tried on n
senior professor in his own college
days.
Professor Blank" he said, "was our
most venerable instructor, and hike
could be just q little irritable at times.
Once, noticing that member Of his
class who sat right under his eye
never took any notes or paid the
slightest attention to his lectures, he
stopped abruptly and demanded:
"See here. young man, what do you
mean by coming into my classroom
day after day and never taking notes!
at have my fathers was the stu
dents complacent reply.
Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
WETTING SPOILS GOOD EGGS
Careful Investigation Shows That
From II to p Per Cent of Washed
Eggs Are Worthless.

Approximately 100000 dozen eggs
spoil needlesSly every year in cold
storage i'm this country simply because
someone has let clean eggs get wet or
washed dirty eggs before sending them
to market. Careful Investigations of
large quantities of stored eggs show
that from II to 30 per cent of washed
eggs become worthless in storage.
whereas only four to eight per cent of
dirty eggs stored unwashed spoil. The
explanation is simple. Water re-
moves from the shell of the egg a
gelatinOus covering which helps to
keep air and germs out of the inside
of the eggs. Once this covering is
removed by washing or rain which
gets the eggs In I'll" nc2t. germs al
molds find lazy access to the con-
to"t.s ANA spoil the eggs.
Millions of eggs spoil in storage
because they have been exposed to
dew. rain. dirt and sun in stolen nests
in the grass or fence corners.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
SOIL SERVES AS A STOMACH
Expression "AvailabIe Plant Food" Is
Explained by Expert of Mis-
souri, College.

Every reader of farm paper must
have encountered frequently the eX-
preston available plant food" As
defined by r. II. HudelsOn of the Uni
verSity Of Missouri College of Agricul-
ture, it means the plant food which
will readily dissolve in the soil water
50 that the plant can take it up. In
the animal stomach there are certain
digestive fluids that dissolve the food
so that ii can be absorbed into the
blood stream. The soil must serve as
a stomach for plants and as the plant
food diSSOlveS in the soil water il is
absorbed into the plant juices and
moves up through the plant, where it
can be used. The extra water evapo-
rates from the leaves and moves up.
giving constant circulation. From
this it can be seen that only dissolved
plant food can he used. Almost all
soil materials can be dissolved to a
slight extent. but often the rate of
diSsOlving is too slow.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
PREVENT DISEASE OF STOCK
Many Places Where Parasites and
Germs Are Observation-Disclosures In
Feeding Green Corn.

Proper cleaning of the farm would
largely eliminate sickness of stock.
Many persons think their place is
properly cleaned when in reality it
has dozens of places i'm the lots and
pastures which are harbOrs for para
sites and disease germs.
There is scarcely vicinity, where
hogs are grown to any extent, that
has not some disease. The same dras-
tic measures that are used with foot
and-mouth disease, CHAMBERS, or any
other fatal stock disease should be
taken to free these vicinities from hog
cholera.
There are only a very few herds
that are not infected more or less with
parasites. There is much danger from
feeding green corn since it has a ma
tural tendency to lower the vitality Of
growing hogs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
TRAINED men TO COMMAND ARMY

Such thing Is not to be cred
tied, but it is easy enough to picture
some old regular officer in his wrath
if a real case of this kind should be
brought to his attention. The young
fellow who went through Plattsburg
to get a commission i'm three months
and who takes on a manner Of sheer
ing superiority to the selected service
man in his platoon, will get his. and
get it quick.
Regarded as Volunteers.
The president of the United States
is the commander in chief of the mil
itary forces. The president has said
that the men of the new army will be
regarded as part Of nation of men
who have volunteered. Not only or
ders but hints are taken from superior
officers. The president ranks the ma
jor general, major general ranks the
brigadier general. and there are sew
eral more who rank the first and Sec
ond lieutenants. If any Fort Sheri-
dan or Plattsburg rookie lieutenant
SneerS at tne seleCteu SERVICE lilun us
"cOnscript' he will not be able to
dodge quick enough to get away from
what will be dropped on him from the
ranks above. They won't sneer. how
ever, for they are made of good stuff.
Doubt has been expressed here and
there i'm the press of the country as to
whether or not a man drafted into the
service ever can make as good SOL
der as the man who has volunteered.
In q months time no one will know
how a man got into the army. Every
man of them will be "all for the COL
Ors and all for the service" There
never yet was man worthy the name
who did not learn to love the service
when battle things were doing.
The soldier life is an appealing one.
1t gets a grip on a mans affections.
He may have been doubtful. he may
have been antagonistic at the begin
ming. but long before the end of the
service comes, doubts and antagOnisms
go down the wind with the smoke of
the sunset gun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
UGHI CA[OME[ MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
lust Once! Try ")odsons Liver Tone" When Bilious Cons'
pated Headachy-Don't Lose Days Work.

Liven up your sluggish livcr! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
Gus calomel, because 1t makes you
sick and you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take spoonful Of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you so cent bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
What Allied Smith.

A plainly dressed Nan. who intro
duced himself as Mr.. John Smith,
walked into doctors office in Texas
town, and having explained his symp-
toms. asked the doctor how long it
would take to cure him. The doctor,
who had treated the visitor with every
possible courtesy. replied:
"You will require careful treatment
under my personal supervision for
about two months before you are able
to resume your labOrs in the bank"
doctor, you are fooling yourself.
arr lot Smith the banker, but Smith
the street car driver"
as that so? Well, my good fel
low, I don't see what you came to see
me for"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme.

Two young Irishmen in Canadian
regiment were going into the trenches
for the first time, and their captain
promised them five shillings each for
every German they killed.
Pat lay down to rest. while Mick per-
formed the duty of watching. Pat had
not lain long when he was awakened
by Mick shouting:
They're comm! They're comm y
"Who's coming" shouts Pat.
"The Germans" replies Mick.
"How many are there?'
about fifty thousand"
"BegOrra." shouts Pat, jumping up
and grabbing his rifle. "Our fortunes
made london Opinion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Regular Officers to Be in Higher
Ranks in Uncle Sans
New Forces.
MEN ASSURED OF GOOD Care
Provost Marshal General Crowder
Likely to Be Given Command of
Division of Men He Helped
Call to the Service.
BY EDWARD B. CLARK.

by 6O"AhO .. SGNhN.
Westinghouse is assured that the
higher ranks of command in the new
national army, the army of the men
selected for service, will be command
ed by regular army officers promoted
to temporary command for the period
of the war. The case is exactly paral-
lei to that of officers promoted to COM
mand volunteers in the old days.
1t is probable that the young SOL
diers of the new service can consider
themselves lucky that officers already
trained will be in the places of high
command over them. A major general
sees to it that his brigadier general
looks after his brigade. and brigadier
after his regiment, and a colonel sees
to it that the officers down the line
of rank looks after their battaliOns,
and companies, and if the looking
after" starts right it generally ends
right.
The process of raising the new army
was initiated by the military authOri-
ties, with Brigadier General Enoch III.
Crowder, the provost marshal general,
in charge of the work. After the draw
ing the machinery largely passed into
the hands Of civilians and thereby,
as the war department viewed it, the
people were kept close to their army"
1t is believed In Washington that
General CrOwder, who planned the
registration and the draft, will be
made major general and given the
command of division of the young
men whom he brought into the service
by process lacking the sting which
usually attaches to cOnscriptiOn.
Crowder Sees Much Service.
EnOch ii. Crowder, while he has
been judge advocate general of the
army for some time, has seen long
and active field service. He was for
Is years an officer of cavalry, and for
over a year he was on the field of the
fighting between Russia and Japan as
military observer for the United
States with the forces of the japanese.
1t has been said that by the process
used the smart Was taken out of con-
scription. 1t might also be said that
1t has been taken out of the service
! which will result from the process
Young men who joined the new ma
tional army under the selective service
act need not fear that any officer of
regulars or any commissioned off,
Ger of regulars in posts of major and
| minor commands will treat the mel
under their charge in u spirit different
In any way from that which animates
the command of volunteers.
There will be In the junior commits
stoned ranks of the new army some
thousands Of young Americans who
have been trained In the reserve corps
camps at Fort Sheridan, Plattsburg
Camp Ben Harrison, and In other
places. Fear has been expressed thai
these young men, comparatively few
Of whom ever have seen service in the
regular army, will have a sneer mani
fest in the method and manner of theiI
command for the soldier who let the
days of volunteering go by to wait fol
selection.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
TRAPS STOP MOLES
Raider Destroys Harmful Insects
and Need Not Be Exter-
minated.
LIFE HABITS OF EXPLORER
leveling of Ridges by Means of Roller
Tends to Discourage Further In
cursions of Animals-Ready
Market for Skins.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
The case against the garden mole is
not clear-cut. The damage that it does
by burrowing in the soil and uprooting
plants Is somewhat offset by its help
full habit of feeding upon insects and
in working the soil. y specialist in the
bureau of biological survey of the
United States department of aGricul-
ture, who has made careful study ot
this underground explorer. concludes
that judgment against the mole may
he rendered when it actually inNadeS
the lawn or garden-the overt act
but that no general warfare against
an insect-eatng mammal should he en-
couraged. In Farmers Bulletin 5S3,
THE Common Mole of Eastern United
States" report is made of investi-
cations in the life habits and meth
DDS of destroying this animal when
necessary.
Trapping is the most effective means
for putting an end To mole depreda-
tons. Although this bulletin conSid-
ers the common garden mole of East
ern United States, to a great extent
the instructions for trapping it apply
to all American moles. Three general
types of traps-the harpoon, the scis-
sors-jaw, and the choker-are on the
market, and most of them give good
results. Specific instructions for
handling any particular make should
be Obtainable from the manufacturer.
Successful Mole Trap.
In general, mole trap can be sue
cessfully operated only when set on
that part of the runway that is near
enough to the surface to upridge the
sod or soil. A little observation will
soon enable one to distinguish the new
er and more frequently used runways
from those that have been partially
or wholly abandoned. In placing the
trap. one of the stretches of the run
that seems to be leading in some def
mite direction should be selected rath-
er than one of the turns of laby-
rinth that may not be traversed every
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

lars annually might be developed in
this country in the utilization OF mole
skins, the specialist believes. Ii Is not
feasible to attempt to breed moles for
their pelts, but farmers boys or oti-
ers may easily earn small profits by
capturing moles found damaging crops
or seriously interfering with garden
plants. cemeteries or lawns. In
formation regarding addrNSses OF hrins
that will purchase mOleskins. the care
of skins. and home tanning Will he
furnished by the biological survey on
request.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Ghost Shows Gold.

Roseburg, Gretchen Waung. a Chi
nese cook of this city recently found
$500 in gold in the house Of Hop Lee,
who was victim of the tong wars two
years ago. He says that the ghost OF
his murdered friend directed him to
the treasure. The money was found In
a paper bag In plain sight of all who
entered room that had never been
occupied since the murder. Chen
Waung believes that Hop Lee would
have killed him If he had not Obeyed
the ghOstly summons.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
ORDER FRUIT CRATES EARLY
ture Urges Farmers to Make Nee
essary Preparation.

Fruit growers are again being urged
by the United States department of
agriculture to place their orders for
fruit packages at the earliest possible
moment in order to insure their de-
livery when needed. 1t seems that the
supply is likely to be scarce and the
price high. Shipments should be made
early as there is likely to be a slow
delivery of anything that looks like
non-perishable freight.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
LIGHTER SOILS FOR MILLET
Plants Are Heavy Feeders and Need
Full Supply Of Plant Food for
Their Best Growth.

Millet does best on the lighter soils
and those that are well drained, loans
and sandy loans giving the largest
yields. Heavy, poorly drained soils are
entirely unfit for the crop. The plants
are heavy feeders. and need full sup
ply of plant food for their best growth.
On poor land. finely rotted stable
manure should be plowed down before
planting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
OATS AND PEA HAY MIXTURE
Rather Hard to Cure on Account Of
High Moisture Content-HandIe
Hay Carefully.

Mis- mixture is rather hard to cure
on account of its high content of mois-
ture. 1t should be cut when the Oats
are in the milk and not later to make
the best hay. The hay should be ham
died carefully and kept cooked if the
weather is unfavorable. The less it is
exposed to rain after being cut the
better hay II makes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
FIGHTING PARSON"
LEAVES FOR FRANCE

New York.-The Rev. Mercer
Green Johnston, fighting par
son Of the Episcopal church.
who quit as rector of Trinity
parish, Newark, and scored it's
millionaire vestry when they
interfered with his plans for
helping organized labor, is on
his way to France with the
Paris section Of the American
ambulance field service.
1t is understood that he goes
as chaplain. although he is
trained in all the duties Of the
service. Those who know him
would not be surprised to hear
of his. giving full scope to an
exceedingly vigorous tempera-
ment. Mrs. Johnston, who.
among other accomplishments,
is a graduate nurse of Johns
Hopkins hospital. Baltimore,
will accompany him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
NEW ZEALAND ENROLLS ALL
Every AbIe-Bodied Man In British
Colony Now Liable to Mill
tary Duty.

Wellington. New Zealand.-The New
Zealand police will enforce that Sec
ton of the service law which aims at
the enrolment of every man Of mill
tary age In the expeditionary force
reserve.
Eligible men not enrolled will be
liable to a fine of $3.50 or three months
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

Imprisonment. Every man not In mill
tary uniform will have to have either
an enrolment certificate or a "leave
pass" showing that he has been medi-
cally rejected.
Married men without children will
be called up first, those with one child
next and SO on. The first of the mar
ried men will be drafted In September
or October.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than a dose of nasty calomel and that
it won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working.
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chill
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead Of dam
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale OF calomel
is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
SKIN TORTURES
That Itch, Burn and Scale Quickly Re.
lieved by Cuticura-Trial Free.

II takes about ten minutes to prove
that a hot bath with Cuticura Soap
followed by gentle applications of
Cuticura Ointment will afford relief
and point to speedy healment of
eczemas, feelings and irritations. They
are ideal for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Bad Toe Bars Him.

Hayward, Wis.AWalter Blakey,
aged twenty-seven, left DR.. ]. A. Bal
lard's office the other day detected he
cause his toe had assumed semi
circle form, barring him from enlisting
in the local company of National
Guards which is being organized.
Blakey, a farmer, other than this one
defect. was a perfect specimen of man.
hood.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Now She's Angry.

He-I wonder what the meaning OF
that picture is? The youth and the
maiden are in a tender attitude.
She-Oh, don't you see? He has
Just asked her to marry him, and she
is accepting him. How sweet! What
does the artist call the picture?
He Cooking abOut)-Oh. see. It's
written on card at the bottom
sold"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
CULTIVATE EARLY AND OFTEN
Constant Work Will Keep Soil in Ideal
Physical Condition and Keep
Out Harmful Weeds.

Constant cultivation should be the
rule. for this will keep the soil in an
ideal physical condition for the roots
TO grow in, besides keeping the weeds
in check. Cultivate early and persist.
ently and keep ahead of the weeds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
Mole Traps-a, Harpoon; b, Scissor
Jaw; c, Choker.

time the mole comes into the vicinity.
Before setting the trap it is well to
ascertain the course of the burrOw by
thrusting down n lead pencil or stick
of about the same size. The trap Sc
lected should then be lined up with
the course as nearly rs possible; that
Is. the jaws Of the scissor jaw type
should be astride it. the loops of the
chOker type should encircle it. and the
spikes of the harpoon type should be
directly above it. If the harpoon type
is used. IL is best to force the i'm
twice to facilitate their penetrating
into the burrow when the trap is later
sprung This type of trap Injuries the
pelts of mOles, and is not recommend
ed for use when II is desired to pre-
serve the fur.
Repeated leveling Of the mole ridges
on the lawn by means of roller not
only tends to discourage the animals
from making further incursiOnS. hut
prevents that injury to the grass
roots which otherwise would result,
and restores to the lawn its more
slightly appearance.
UnJustIy Blamed.
The mole is blamed for much dam
age 1t does not do. the specialist ex-
plains. because other small animals.
particularly voles or meadow mice,
deer mice. and sometimes ordinary
house mice use the convenient run
ways of the mole for marauding Most
of the injury to seed grains. tuberS,
and roots Of cultivated plants is di-
rectly chargeable to these intruding
rodents. as an examination of the
tOOthmarks on the damaged prod
ucts will show.
From an examination of the stomach
contents of 200 mOleS taken in all
months of the year II was found that
earthworms and white grubs constitute
the bulk of the food. Beetles and
their larvae and other insects that en-.
ter the ground. spiders, centpedes
cocoons. and puparia also form par,
of the diet. In one stomach were found
the remains of Ill small white grubs
I'm another 10 cutwormS. and in an
other II earthworms. The presence
of starchy material in some of the
stomachs is proof that the mole oc
casiOnally finds vegetable food. as GER
tain seed grains, softened by con
tact with the moist soil. an acceptable
addition to its worm and insect diet
Seed coats of corn. wheat. oats. anC
peanuts have been identified in few
stomachs.
Market for Skins.
Moleskins have found ready mar
ket in recent years owing to the grad
ually decreasing number of wild fur
bearing animals. A new industr!
amounting to many thousands Of dol
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
BaIdheaded.

you've got to be pretty smooth to
get to the top nowadays"
"Yes. and you usually get smooth on
top after you get there.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

Don't take worry with you on your
travels. There is plenty of it on tap
everywhere.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14
MIGHT Have a BEARING.

as deed good if drawn on Sun
day?"
Il dunno. They do say the better
the day the better the deed"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

When fool doesn't act like fool
he fools lot Of other people.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
"Femenina" is the wonder worker for all
female disorders. Price 81 90 and SOC. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

One of the best grades of Italian
cheese is sold only after it has been
seasoned for at least four years
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

Lots of men who have an aim In life
lack ambition.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the best, delights the housewife.
All good grocers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-09-14

row, Inoeeol
SLOW can you expect TO marry my
daughter when you have no money!
"HOw could you expect me to marry
her if / did have?-Judge.