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The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
GET EXPLOSIVE FROM FLOWER
British Scientists Discover That Bios.
som of Mahua Tree in India Is
Rich in Aeetone.

The munition output of India has in
two years been increased a thousand
fold, mainly through the discovery that
one of India's commonest blossoms, the
flower of the mahua or mhewra tree,
contains acetOne in quantity. This tree
is widely known to all travellers in
Britain's Asiatic empire but its use as
base for explosives is at least one
thing new under the sun, says the
Scientific American.
When the war broke out, acetone,
which forms the chief ingredient of
cordite, was extracted mainly from
wood, maize, and starch and the Brit
ish admiralty erected great factory
for the process of acetone recovery
from starch. But fortunately two Eng
lish scientists in Hyderabad discovered
that the mahua flowers contained ace
tone in larger proportions than it is
found in any other vegetable substance
that this inoffensive bloom was ten
time richer in the material in ques-
ton than any known wood. In fact,
the director general of ordnance for
India reports that the mahua is by
all odds the best source for acetone
known.
Manufacture on large scale is now
under way and it is whispered that the
abundance of munitions with which
the British forces in Mesopotamia APP
pear to be blessed is to be attributed
to the new discovery.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
BETTER CITY AN INVESTMENT
Improvements in Streets and Buildings
Pay Returns Just as in Any
Private Business.

Mr.. MaeFarland, president of the
American Civic association. takes the
practical business view when he says
that city betterments are nothing less
than paying investments. The streets
belong To the people. Their widening
or the building of new ones to accom-
modate increasing traffic, is simply Il
business expansion that will pay re-
turn as does any private business up
on new capital put into it.
The same thing is true of housing
No city Is rich enough to afford hous-
ing conditions that mitigate against
the welfare of any part of lis popula-
ton, says the Kansas City Star The
man of small means, as Mr. MaeFar-
land says-the man who must have n
low rentals the basis of industrial
prosperity. Low rental dwellings are
necessary, but it does not follow that
low rental dwellings should be lacking
in the sanitary conveniences that are
essential TO public health. The owner
of rental dwellings who neglects to
maintain them in proper condition is
interfering with the city's business and
prosperity. The city's business de-
mands laws regulating housing in con-
formity with the best interests of that
business. and those laws should be rig
idly enforced.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEONY
BY e. VAN BENTHUYsEN.

The peony can be planted in spring
or late fall. / consider the best time
all things taken into account, is the
fall. The ground is then in better con-
dition and the work can be done to
better advantage than at any other
time.
De not wait longer than October,
the early part of the month, prefer
ably The bed can be got ready earlier
in the season. See that the soil is thor
oughly mixed with the manure used,
and spade deeply-not less than foot
and a half.
Purchase strong plants. These will
cost considerably more than the usual
size sent out by florists, but they are
we'll worth the difference in price. BY
all means have them sent by express,
and put them into the ground as soon
as received. Do not depend upon your
neighbors for supply, as so many do
No one likes to injure his or her plants
by dividing them, though few of us
have courage to say no to an appli-
cant for toe or two" but that is Just
what the peony owner ought to do
and must do, if he or she would have
fine specimen plants.
If the amateur gardener fully under
stood the slowness of this plant in es-
tablishing itself, and the resentment it
always manifests to any disturbance of
its roots. few persons would be selfish
enough to ask anyone to mutilate his
or her plants in order to enable them
to save the expenditure of the little
money.
While large beds of peonies are ex-
tremely effective, especially in extern
siye grounds, where they can have the
advantage of sufficient distance. and
a good background against which to
display their magnifieenee of color, |
am inclined to the belief that more
pleasure is afforded by scattering the
plants about in a mixed border.
Here they come out strongly during
their period of bloom, and after that
they are not as noticeable as they must
be when planted in beds. No one will
claim for the plant much merit in the
way of attractive foliage when it is not
seen in the cOmpanionship of flowers
In this respect the peony is very
much like the rose, which would never
be extensively planted if 1t had moth
ing but its foliage to commend it to
general attention.
This Is not saying that the foliage of
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
SWEET PEAS AND NASTURTIUM
By LIMA r. ROSE.

During the early spring months l
empty the wood ashes from the heater
and cooking stove over the ground that
intend to use for flowers.
When the time for planting comes l
have a trench dug and fill it half full
of ashes Over the ashes l throw an
inch or two of soil, and in this plant
my sweet peas, covering them one
inch.
They come up in few days and the
vines during the season are luxuriant.
When they are six inches high lay
brush along one side OF them, cedar
brush preferably. The vines grow five
and six feet tall and give large quanti-
ties of lovely flowers all summer.
Once a week l fertilize them with
soapsuds left from the washing and
hoe them three or four times during
the season, each time drawing the dirt
about them, but never making a mar
row ridge for them to grow In
When this is done they dry out too
much and do not bloom we'll
Nasturtiums also share the same
treatment. except that | do not give
them SO much ashes. / keep the flow
ers picked from both the sweet peas
and the nasturtiums. Soapsuds is my
fertilizer for almost all kinds of flow
ers. Nothing better can be given TO
rose bushes.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
NoveIists and SCHOOLGIRLS.

Scott never mentions schoolgirl.
Imagine Thomas Hardy fashioning
schoolgirl ont of Wessex clay. or
George Meredith venturing to describe
Diana of the Grossways in those eariy
years. Arnold Bennett would havo
created a little miniature old wife, as
Van Eyck and Memling paint babies
like miniature old men. II. G. Wells
would depict her as incipient tempta
ton to lead Mr.. Drifting, for instance,
Into one of dozen romantic adven-
lures. Galsworthy would try to fit her
into an ethical system, into a niche
of social justice or matrimonial VEN
lures. Mr.. Howells. one may imagine.
might have essayed the task but he
would have tried TO meet the difficulty
of getting the right values-as Il paint
er dabs blues on yellows to make II
green-hy adding to primness, remi-
niscent of the Vicar of Wakefield,
few delicate hoydenish touches. As
there Is no such thing as a schoolgirl
on the continent, French and Italian
novelists do not mention her. Indeed
the schoolgirl, as We see her, Is an
American product and modern.-H. ..
Sedgwick. III the Atlantic Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

At the cost of small jar of ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare full
quarter pint of the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by squeezing the juice of
two fresh lemons into a bottle contain
ing three ounces of orchard white.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through fine cloth so no lemon
pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice is used to bleach and
YsmoYe such blemishes as frecbles, sal
lowness and tan, and is the ideal skin
softener, smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage If
daily into the face, neck. arms and
hands 1t should naturally help to
whiten, soften, freshen and bring out
the roses and beauty OF any skin. 1t
is truly marvellous TO smoother rough,
red hands. ADV.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Small Suburban Lot Fest

The IDEAL size for a suburban lot,
if you do not keep man or a horse.
is about ene-slxth of an aere-say. 50
by $50 feet. This is all that the owner
can keep in apple-pic order, provided
the place has plenty of vegetables and
flowers. This assumes that the family
is willing 10 spend $25 year for out
side labor. fertilizers. seeds. bulbs,
etc. 1t also assumes that the wife IS
willing to spend an hour day in the
garden and is not ashamed TO be seen
raking, planting and doing everything
except the hard labor
Those who move from the city to
the country will make a great mistake
If, under such conditions, they attempt
more than this. Gardening is an eX-
pensive business and one might as well
recognize the limitations of the game.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
GARDEN NOTES..

If you wish to get specimen cannas
and dahlias start few in the house
early in the season. Remove roots
stocks and unnecessary fiber and cut
.ato single eyes.
Then put in four-inch pots in rich
soil; Shift when the pots are full of
roots. The Gamma, like corn, needs
moisture and heat to develop properly
A flower friend says she rid her
lemon tree of scale by applying a
strong lather of soap suds with d stiff
brush to both sides of the leaves, stem
and trunk This was allowed to re-
main for half a day and then washed
off with clear water. The scale was
then easy TO brush off.
When planting trees in clay or other
heavy soils not well drained follow this
method: Dig holes three feet wide
and 20 inches deep; place in them or
10 inches of drainage, rocks bricks or
cinders well packed. Upon this put
three or four inches of sod-grass side
down, then plant the tree as usual.
An excellent hedge plant is Koehia-
sometimes called burning bush or Mex
lean fireplant, because of its turning
to rich, dark red in the fall. During
the summer it is a mass of pleasing
green. 1t is excellent for rows in the
background or for planting about the
base of the house to hide the founda-
ton walls, set about a foot and half
apart.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Brick Porch Improves Old House.

The transformation broad porch
of nice-looking face brick will bring
about on an old-style frame house is
wonderful. One sees in various places
along the streets houses on which such
changes have been made, and he is
forced to admit that great improve
ment has resulted. While the effect
is SO striking. the cost of such an al
dition is not 50 great.
a combination Of rough face brick
of reddish-brown coloring, white stone
cap and turned columns painted white
with the steps and porch floor of con
crete, makes an attractive appearance
A new brick porch would be valuable
addition to many wooden houses Of the
old type, which now boast of old-style
narrow piazZas.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning /
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale OF calomel be-
cause 1t is real liver medicine; entire
" vegetable, therefore it cannot sail
yate or make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful OF
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your slug.
gish liver to work and clean your bow.
els OF that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. guar
antee that a bottle of Dodsons Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel.
ing fine for months. Give it 70 your
children. It Is harmless; doesn't gFlpe
and they like its pleasant taste.-Ady.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Mantell,s Ghost Story.

Robert Mantell tells of a harnstorm-
ing company in the West in the old
days that made try at Shakespeare.
Considerable complaint was heard rela-
tive to the efforts of the man who es-
sayed to do the ghost in Hamlet
One day a dramatic man on local
paper said 10 the leading man:
THAT fellow who plays the ghost
does not suggest the supernatural.
81 should say not" assented the
leading man with alacrity, but he does
suggest the natural super. Every.
body's Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
tIOr|f TOWN
'IlFLpDs
CITY SHOULD KNOW ITSELF
One That Has All Necessary Infor.
nation at Fingers End Makes
Impression Upon inquirer.

There are many ways in which a
central organization can be of service
TO a city In industrial development.
An industrial commissioner, man Of
vision and intelligence, with experience
In the problems that confront manu-
facturers, can make survey of city
with reference TO industrial advantages
and have them ready for every In
quirer.
The prospective manufacturer likes
to do business with n city that knows
itself, just as the individual likes to
trade with the man that knows his
stock. There are so many details that
enter into industry, so many points of
information about location, switching
and traffic facilities, raw materials, and
related industries, that 1t requires ex-
haustive study of the whole field TO
make a creditable presentation of the
city's advantages to the inquirer from
the outside. The city that has all these
facts at its fingers end and can pre-
sent them eonvineingly, is in better po-
sition than the one where only smat-
tering of essential facts are known.
The Importance of careful survey
of related manufacturing groups
should not be underestimate. Now
more than ever before the manufac-
turer looks for a place where his I'M
finished material can be delivered in
any volume ON short notice and at Il
minimum of cost. Or it may be that
he wants Il city which has developed n
line related to his own, SO that he can
get the benefit of its prestige in that
line Here. again. we see the import
ance of knowing our city and its in
dustrial possibilities thoroughly and
that is the function of the Industrial
DOM Of n chm IN hnr Of enlnInnr-c1.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Then Silence.

They We're dancing merrily, this
young man and the young woman. and
We're talking II nothing at all, when
suddenly the girl asked:
Have you enlistedf"
No" answered the youth.
Haven't you joined the Officers Re-
serve corpsfa
mo, not yet. I haven't thought
much about that sort of thing"
Haven't you done anything about
the war;"
NO" the youth replied.
Whereupon the girl stopped dane
ing.
Il wish you would take me to a seat.
I don't think l want TO dance with
you. Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Boy, ued Nine, Kills COUGAR.

Lynn eye. only nine, of Portland.
Ore, quaiied as a hunter when he
shot andsilled Il cougar that meas
ured eighfeet seven inches from tip
to tip. Improving animal was killed
in the fodhilIS of lamhill county in
the CONSTANCE mountains The cou-
gar had ben killing stock Of the farm
ers and h death was welcomed by
those wholad suffered from the raids
upon theirattle.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Travels 40 MILES
FOR MORE TANLAC
Z" ]. D. Hawkins Says His Wife
Gained Fifteen Pounds
on Three Bottles.
SUFFERED 20 YEARS
Wife's improvement Has Been Won
derful-All Her Neighbors Talk
ing About How Much Bet
ter She Looks.

I'm taking a forty-mile trip to get
more Ianlac," was the remarkable
statement made by ]. D. Hawkins,
well-known and prosperous farmer, in
Jaeobfs Pharmacy, Memphis, Tenn,
recently.
Yes, sir" he continued. Il live at
Bartlett, Tenn, and drove eight miles
to Raleigh this morning to catch the
trolley to Memphis. which is twelve
miles more, so when l get home that
will make forty miles I've Travelled to
get this Taniac, and that's proof
enough of what | think about it.
Il declare | never saw or heard of a
medicine doing as much good as this
Tan1ac has done my wife. She has ac-
tualiy gained fifteen pounds on three
bottles of it and besides it has re-
lieved her of troubles that have been
weakening her down for nearly twenty
years. She suffered with indigestion
and everything she would eat made
gas and gave her severe pains in the
stomach. She had no appetite at all
and suffered with nervous headaches
until she couldn't sleep at night. She
was so tired all the time that she
couldn't do any of her Homework at
all. l was just about to give up in
despair, for we had tried everything
!. we could get hold of. when | read
about Tanlac and got a bottle for her
''Well, sir, she has taken three bot
ties so far and her improvement has
just been wonderful and that's the rea-
son | am making this trip, because l
don't want her to he without Tanlac.
She can do all her own housework now
and is relieved of the Indigestion and
has a good appetite. Her nerves are
quiet and the headaches are all gone
and she can sleep well at night. She
is gaining in health and strength all
the time and the neighbors are all
talking about how much better she
looks.
81 certainly do indorse Tanlac. for
after what ii has done for my wife, I
believe it is the best medicine in the
world"
There is Tanlae dealer in your
town.-AdV.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Didn't Need to Be Told.

Katherine age six, had been going
to school about two weeks when 'she
said to her mother one day: Mother.
I am the incest and the prettiest and
the smartest girl in our class Her
mother, very much elated, exclaimed !;
.Whv! Did the teacher tell you that,
DEAR"
"Oh, no." said Katherine Il just
found it out myself"
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Value of Venetable Garden.

\ vegetable garden never hurt the
looks of any lot 1t doesn't take a
dreamer 10 rave over a 30 by 10 foot
plat Of growing lettuce ripening to.
matoes or sturdy potato plaats-not in
these days Of high prices. Indeed, If ii
piece Of ground has demonstrated it
producfiveness. ii is more saleable than
ever when put on the market.-Wis
consin State Journal.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
BEWARE THE INSECT

When ants appear upon a plant ex-
anime it carefully, for you may find
it affected with a louse-scale or other
insects. If infested, sponge the leaves
clean with hot tobacco tea. to which
has been added enough soap to make
suds. To get rid of the ants place a
layer Of chopped tobacco stems around
the plant. and sprinkle with borax.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Showing Thought study.

the rose is without beauty. but rather
that it does not make the plant shrub
Sidered apart from its flowers.
There are many beautiful varieties
to select from, superior sorts, repre-
senting the most distinct colors. and
covering the entire season Of peony
bloom
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Both Appropriate.

Eongmore-The former clients of
smith. the divorce lawyer. who died
tSt week. are going to do nice thing.
/ Short-What?
+ Longmore-Show their appreciation
hy erecting monument to his mem
Dry.
Short-Have they chosen the design
Lensmore-Not yet. \ number of
them want something along the lines
Of the Statue of Liberty. and the 9th
The Lamb.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
To Drive dt Malaria
And Build Up The System

T axe theEild Standard GROVE S
TASTELES chill TONIC You know
what you az taking. as the formula is
printed on VERY label showing it is
Quinine andton in tasteless form. The
Qunine dr. rs out malaria, the Iron
builds up Il system. so cents.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

'When one of those musty thrones
topples over in Europe do you suppose
there is much dust2n
Not rs much as you might think
Most monarchs are crafty enough 10
put their dust away In safe place be
fore IA revolution starts
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
WATCH YOUR SKIN IMPROVE
When You Use Cuticura-The Soap to
Purify and Ointment to Heal.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
eufa Soap and hot water. Continue
this treatment for ten days and note
the change in your skin. No better
toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
ADDRESS postcard, Cutieura, Dept. l.,
boston, Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
Marital Repartee

He-Here's u recommendation fol
folks to make pets of pigs in the fam.
lily. What do you think of that?
Sha-Nothing new. Lots of foo
married women Lave been doing II
for years.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
ON ElRer evMprnms

use "Renoylnen and be cured. Do not
wait until the heart organ Is beyond
repair. "Renoyine" is the heart and
nerve tonic. Price SOC and S100.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Il see Newark. y. J., is to have
community theater What is com.
munity theater?'
why, It's theater where all the
vegetables and eggs used on the actors
sre raised in the community"
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Dlsagreeabl and Dangerous. Trouble
is diarrhea,lut a speedy and certain
cure is foul in Mississippi Diarrhea
Cordial. IN 25e and 50c.-Ady.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

IMITATION IS slNcEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
ton has not the worth of the original.
Insist on LA Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price $1.00.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

once in a great Willie you meet a
bright woman who successfully boasts
of the skeleton in her closet.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
He Is.

Editor-Vs the meeting of the
Poets club banimous?
Reporter-k es. the Is seemed to
have it.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Smile, smile. beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

If it werdnot for his wife and the
hunko man b. average citizen would
be able to 81 a lot of money.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

beautiful, Jar white clothes delights
the laundresAvho uses Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grtrs Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

This yea1ae potato is king" Then
God save thlking.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Still Very Much Alive.

"She has a past"
oh! Why doesn't she bury IT."
1T isn't dead yet.s-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Some men are like ROSTERS; they
let their wives do all the work and they
do oil the Growing.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Cockroaches can remember, and
have emotions
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Pain is no longer pain when it is
past.-Margaret ]. Preston.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN

Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after using
/. Femenina. Price soc and .oo-Adv.
Let me tell YOU that every misery
hiss is a new blessing.-IZaak Walton
pittsburgh has measured telephone
4.xiee.
The Monticellonian., 1917-06-14

Money makes ihe mare 20, and al
50 the dogs of VII,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-15
TITLE FOR mike O'DOWD

NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-With the death
Of legalized boxing in New York new
champion was made. He is Mike
O'Dowd of St Paul. who now claims
the worlds middleweight title because
he knocked out AL Mccoy of Brooklyn
in the sixth round of one of the regu-
lation ten-round. no-decision bouts.
O'Dowd went to McCoy's home town.
permitted the phony champion to
name the referee and gave away FIVE
pounds. so the ex-champion has moth
ing upon which to base an alibi.
O'Dowd forced the lighting all the
way through at a rapid pace. In the
first three rounds he punished Mccoy
severely with body blows and short
left and right smashes to the head. In
the fourth both men roughed it and
although Mccoy was sent down four
times, ODowd went to the canvas
twice, but only for a second each time,
while Mccoy took a count of from three
to six seconds.
O'Dowd rushed his man all through
the f1fth round and had Mccoy cover
ing up or clinchinG wildly to save him
self In the sixth round O'Dowd landed
a right swing on the jaw, putting Nc
Coy down for count of two. Again
he swung his right, his opponent taklns
a count of three. and then sent Mccoy
to the floor for the third time with a
left hook. The referee counted eight
before the Brooklyn man regained his
feet O'Dowd crowded him and hooked
his left, again sending Mccoy down for
a count Of three. Mccoy was groggy,
but he got to his feet and O'Dowd fin
ished him with a hard left to the body
and a right swing to the jaw. The time
Of the last round was l minute rs sec