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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-06
WHEN A TONIC IS NEEDED,
Austin. Minn.-"I have taken Dr..

AASSVS
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and
Golden Medical
Discovery together
several times dur
ing the last few
years when I have
felt the need Of
something to tone
up my system and
they have always
built me up so that
I have never had to
call in q doctor. 1
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-06

Looks Like Mosque but 10 FIa0man's
Shelter.
by the consulting engineer from old en-
CINE wheels, springs, tires and other
parts of discarded locomotives.
Besides being an oddly in appear
ance, it is solidly built and one of
the most elaborate shelters for f1agmen
in the state. 1t is the curiosity Of the
locality.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
Became Interested in Ants.

ness. 1t does seem so inconsistent, so
unreasonable; and what will it all
lead to?
The adolescent years are those in
which the child feels that he can do
anything that older human beings can
do; and, in truth, no one has yet found
the limits of what he can do. The
rapid growth in physical and mental
strength gives rise to the feeling of
unlimited growth; and past perform
ances quickly lose their interest with
the advent of new powers. All the
possibilities of the child come to the
front, and it is only as these are tried
out that the most profitable lines of
development can be discovered.
The danger for most children dur
ing this period of growth and impress
sion is not in the dissipation through
contact with too many lines of inter-
est, but in the lack of opportunity to
try out enough to give a broad SYM
pathy in sentiment, a wide outlook in
intellect and wise choice of perma-
nent interest.
Let the children dabble while the
dabbllng is good; soon it will be too
late.
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Fertilizer Distributor.

plowed down the previous fall as soon
as they are sufficiently mature.
AS little farmyard manure Is avail
able in the southern states where the
early crop of potatoes is chiefly pro-
duced, this seldom enters as factor
in the production of the crop. Com
mercial fertilizers of nature espe-
cially adapted to the potato crop form
the chief reliance of the growers. A
fertilizer carrying 3 to per cent of
nitrogen, to per cent of phosphoric
acid, and 8 to 10 per cent of potash
Is used Mt the rate of 500 to 1900
pounds to the acre, depending upon
the crop which is to follow the po-
tato crop and the liberality of the
grower.
The fertilizer may be applied broad
cast If put on at the rate of 1000
pounds or more to the acre. When
less than 1000 pounds to the acre are
used it is almost universally applied
along the line of the row, Il furrow
being opened for the reception of the
fertilizer, which is scattered by hard
or by distributor which can be used
to fertilize several rows at time.
After the fertilizer has been distrib-
uted, n cultivator Is run along the line
of the rows to incorporate the fer
tilizer with the soil in order to pre-
vent It's coming in contact with the
seed when planted.
Sometimes the furrow is refilled and
reopened prior to the planting Of the
seed, so as to incorporate the fertilizer
more completely with the soil. Still
another plan is to open the furrow, dis
tribute about one-half the quantity Of
fertilizer to be used in the bottom, in
corporate 1t with the soil, plant the
potatoes, partially cover them, and
scatter the remainder of the applica-
ton on the seeded above the seed.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
scKuB STOCK is EXPENSIVE
Demand for Purebred Animals Un.
precedented-sire 10 Sometimes
More Than Half Of Herd.

The unprecedented demand for pure
bred live stock will sooner or later re-
suit In the marketing of many animals
eligible to registry, which are Inferior
as individuals and which may prove
poor breeders. s. T. Simpson of the
Missouri College of Agriculture re-
minds buyers that the present high
values afford all the better reason for
investing in only good breeding AMI
mails even though they appear high In
price. In this way only can the pres
ent high standard be maintained and
the scrub purebred finally eliminated.
The use of the registered scrub can
but discourage the cause of purebred
sires and better live stock. The breed
er who markets such individuals will
ultimately suffer the criticism of those
who know good live stock, and finally
be Disseminated against in buying and
selling. The purchaser of the scrub
purebred can breed nothing but infe-
rior individuals so long as he per-
slsts In buying the pedigree with no
regard for individual merit.
The purebred sire is the best means
of live stock Improvement. Whether
good or bad he is half the herd and
sometimes more. For this reason
the selection of the sire demands
equally as much attention as the en-
tire group of females, and it Is far
more important to have a good sire,
both in individuality and breeding,
than to have one or two good females.
If sacrifices must be made, let them
occur in the selection of the females.
Better still, let every one be good
one, both in breeding and individual
excellence.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
COLT INFECTED WITH WORMS
Animals Generally Have Good Appe-
tite, but Apparently Benefit Little
From Food Ration.

Many horses lose condition, or fail
to make gains during winter months
because they are infected with worms.
This Is especially true of colts. Horses
suffering from worms generally have a
good appetite, but apparently benefit
little from the food eaten.
There may be no symptoms which
point conclusively to worms, but this
trouble Is so common that If the colts
and horses are not doing as well as
they should for the feed given. n
worm remedy may prove Of decided
value. In treating horses for worms,
DIR. l.. S. Backus of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture sug-
gests it is well to keep in mind that
the drug is meant for the worm rath-
er than the horse, and should therefore
be given in as concentrated form as
possible. To insure this, little or no
bulky food should be fed during the
course of treatment, and as the para
sites are stupefied by worm remedies
rather than killed, the animals bowels
should be kept in an active condition
so that the stupefied worms may be
passed out before they regain their vi
tality. A well salted bran mash once
a day will generally insure such an
action.
The following formula is n worm
remedy which is also of value as n
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
TAKES OFF DANDRuFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you cannot find a
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use. when you see new
hair, fine and downy ut first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an Incompatible luster,
softness and luxuriance.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is us pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it If you will just try a lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

plain. Chinese colorings and motifs
are popular, and many hats are trim
med with Indian beads of wood in
many bright colors-so far apart are
our sources of inspiration.
The hat ut the center of the group
has n noticeable crown, wider ut the
top and bottom than mt the center. In
passing. 1t is worth mentioning that
crowns tend to height. This shape is
covered with cornflower blue silk hay
ing stripes or gay colors. There is n
fitted collar Of black satin about the
crown and n cockade of narrow black
ribbon at the front.
The hat at the right Is similar
model made of grass-green braid and
Yo San silk, which 1t almost goes with
out saying Is gayly colored. There Is
bow of narrow green ribbon at the
front.
A youthful hat Of white peanut
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

they were entitled to all that worry
they worried in the wrong direction.
The young people, If they are fairly
healthy, and if they are fairly free to
find out about what's going on in the
world, and if they are fairly free to
go in for things that do not bring in
money-or especially If they have a
chance to go in for things that cost
money-are quite sure to take up
one absorbing hobby after another. 1t
is Just because there are SO many ex-
cellent things to do on the solid earth
and in the air, and in the water too
that they need several years to find
out which they would rather do. And
apparently the only way to find out is
by trying the feel of them all.
OF course. this is rather expensive,
because the things with which they
clutter up the house are never used
up entirely, and they form a worth
less collection Of junk to mark the me.
anderings OF the adolescent mind. But
the most seriOus. concern ID not thu
eoat In money. for where the meuey
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
A Pair of Iricksters.

They were on leave from the front,
and they had dined well and wined
well, and finished at theater.
outside they separated, and the
leader of the party was lucky enough
to secure a taxi. Half way home,
however, he discovered, on putting his
hand in his pocket, that he was penni-
less. What was to be done!
The British army is never at loss,
and in a few moments he saw a way
out.
He caught up the speaking tube and
shouted "Stop!" Then, jumping out,
he told the driver to wait.
II just want to pop into this tobac-
conist's to get box of matches. I've
dropped sovereign on the floor of
the cab and can't find it in the dark"
He entered the tobacconist's and
the moment he was through the door
the driver and the cab softly and sud
denly vanished into the night, as he
had NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
HONOR ACCORDED TO GREEKS
Believed to Have Been the First Peo-
Pile to Introduce Written Alma
macs to tho World.

The first written almanacs probably
We're complied by the Greeks of Alex
andria between 100 and $50 A. d. Cal
endnrs are much older, the ancient Ro-
mans having proclaimed the first of the
month and posted notice of its oc-
currence in a public place. The first
of the month thus came to be called
The Kalends, from 81 CALI or 81 pro-
claim" and thus the world Calendar
was derived.
Probably the oldest calendar in ex-
istence was found in the ruins of Pom.
peii. 1t was cut upon square block
of marble, upon each side of which
three months are registered, each head
ed by the proper sign of the zodiac.
The first almanac printed in Europe
covered the years 1475, 1894 and 1913
and was published at Buda, Hungary.
The first printed almanac in England
was the "Sheapheards Kalender,'
printed in 1897. In the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries almanacs became
comparatively common in Europe. The
early almanacs contained many prog
nostications regarding 1.-THE Dispocis-
sion of the People and also of the
Wether"-to quote one of them, as al
so instruction in "Phisike and Sur
gerye" and information about "infortu-
nate Times to Bic and Sell, take Medi-
cine, Sowe, Plant and Journey, etc"
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|SH, SICK
Look, Motherl If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this "fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels. and the result II
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full of cold, has sore throat.
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and In few h 'urs all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys-
TEN, and you have well child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and IL new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
FERTILIZER FOR TRUCK
Three Types Used in Cultivation
of Potato Crop.
Soy Beans, cowpeas and Velvet Beans
Are Chiefly Used by Truckers Along
Atlantic seaboard for
Green Manurlng.
(By l. c. CORRECTLY

(by L. =. SOHbEITJ
Preliminary results of Investigations
now In progress to determine the kind
and quality Of fertilizer best adapted
to truck crops Indicate that on the
soils of the Long Island and Norfolk
areas the source of potash for potato
fertilizer should be sulphate Of potash,
and that the use Of large quantities of
nitrate In the form of nitrate of soda
Is not economical. The treatments
which show greatest promise in both
areas as result of two years trial
are heavy applications Of cottOnseed
meal, tankage, and sulphate of potash.
Three types of fertilizers are used
in the cultivation Of potatoes, namely,
commercial fertilizers, green manures,
and farmyard manures. Commercial
fertilizers are extensively used in the
production of truck-crop potatoes,
particularly on the Atlantic seaboard.
If they are supplemented at all it is
by growing crop of green manure
upon the land the previous season and
turning it under SO that it will become
thoroughly decomposed before the po-
tatoes are planted. For this purpose,
soy beans. cowpeas, or velvet beans
are chiefly used. These should be
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
HIGH GRADE STOCK FAVORED
Farmer Must See That Machinery Of
Production Is Worthy-Inefficient
Equipment Is Costly.

Your fruit trees and bushes, your
crops, your animals are the machines
of your farm manufactory. Are they
efficient? Do they return to you the
biggest profit on the raw material and
labor spent on them? You must see
that your machinery of production is
worthy of your time and labor. Low
quality, non-guaranteed trees may look
cheap, but they take as much room,
time and work as the fine kinds,
says American Fruit Grower.
Scrub cows eat the same amount
Of food and take us much attention,
but they don't give the milk and but
ter as do the fine breeds. It is bad
business to work with inefficient
equipment.
Other manufacturers often scrap
hundreds of thousands of dollars of
good machines to install others
that give better results for the
same effort. You can save money by
scrappIng your lowgrade stuff. Get
the best you can afford. 1t pays.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

is not to be had we find the same ten
dency to jump from one interest to
another. The fear of adults is always
that the growing girl or boy will be-
come dabbler, trolling stone," an
unsettled wanderer without definite
purpose or goal. And it must be ad-
mitted that once In SO often person
reaches years of maturity without hav-
ing found guiding aim in life.
For the adolescents In general, how
ever, this rapid shifting of interest
seems to be the normal manifestation
of the rapid development going on
within the organism. The changes in
the nervous system bring forth a null
titude of new interests and new i'm
pulses, which simply cannot all find
expression at the same time and which
crowd upon each other in such fash
ion that now one and now another
breaks to the surface in quick success
sion.
To people of comparatively fixed
habits and conventionalized standards
these tickle ways are not only annoy
ing but often even alarming. Those
of us who cannot remember the golden
days when we wavered between the
operate stage and a lonely island in
the South sea, or between saving the
world from selfishness and sin and be-
simply cannot understand this tickle
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
The DabbIing Adolescent and
Value of Her Fads.
ADVENT OF NEW POWERS
Period When All the Possibilities Of
the Child Come to the Front and
He Feels He Can Do
Anything.
BY sIooNIE M. eRUENBERe.

A FTER dinner the grown-ups sat
"a about on rockers down on the lawn
while the younger people danced on
the wide veranda to the music of
phonograph.
A father was saying that so far as
he could observe the chief reason for
the high cost of living was to be found
in the fact that the young people are
so tickle in their tastes. He did not
remember just how many dollars-but
they were many-his son Percy had
invested in cameras and ruby lights
and dishes and chemicals less than a
year ago, and now he did not care a
bit for photography-was going in for
geology, and had decided to go to col
lege just to have a chance to study
that.
Father thought that he might have
stuck to photography and finally
worked into the business-it is n
pretty good business-or he might
have made up his mind about geology
last year and have saved all that
money.
Mrs. Darling felt the same sort of
grievance, for her Genevieve had
made such muss about the house
with her photographs and things, and
now she hardly ever takes her camera
out. Indeed, Genevieve has had four
hobbies since she took up with the
camera-there was raising pansies,
and hand-painted china, and the for
eign missions, and now it's dancing.
The Darlings never mention the cost
of anything; but such shifting and rest
lessness is very distracting.
Another mother observed that after
all we have to expect to do a great
deal for our children, but she did
| fear that her son was frittering away
altogether too much time in ways that
would prove to be Improbable. He
gave up collecting stamps when his
album was far from full, and there it
was, after all that work, doing nobody
any good. And it was the same way
with his wireless telegraph. They
had had so much trouble getting per-
nit for the masts and he had worked
so hard studying the codes until he
was able to pick up all sorts of Curl
| GUS and interesting messages (the
mother could not conceal her pride be-
hind her complaints), and now all was
abandoned since he met that North
boy, who interested him in ants! What
all this would lead to goodness only
knew, and she was patient enough,
goodness also knew.
| And Mr.. Burrowes, who dreaded the
water, felt the same way about it;
for had not his son dabbled about in
dozen-yes. score-of useless hob
bies, only to turn around suddenly
with his mind made up to enter the
Naval academy next year, when he
would be old enough? AS If there
We're not n hundred excellent things
to do on the solid earth! And he pro-
| ceeded to enumerate some of them,
though he stopped long before he
reached ten.
But the fathers and mothers in the
party worried together more than
they had right to. Or at least. If
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

d 1t il Of oyster-white. with disks
tered over its surface, each disk
wing stripes Of black, white and
,rs In irregular widths.
he logical choice in sweater conts
oe worn with this skirt will be in
tef.white.. either in silk Jersey or
he eane material us the skirt. In
rly All ne new suits, swester-coats
)laip 6q1oEs accompany skirts In the
ne eol9fg Bpk striped or figured, like
K In ~ Ileture.
he bld,l1 nAown is of fine white
Iste. covGeSd nth narrow tucks. A
| about ~ WS1sts and at the edges
he fichu n6aika&he right kind of fin
for It. - 4alikt has very narrow
I at the tn . lieu of glrdle. u
w silk cord IA black and white is n
ipy thoushk
Is whispeI that cretonne will
re among ~ fabrics chosen for
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
Healthy FiIIy FoaIs at Missouri Aari'
cultural College.

tonic: Powdered nux vomica 2 ounces /;
powdered gentian root ounces; pow
dered areca nut 6 ounces; sodium
chloride ounces; arsenious acid 2
drains. Mix.
Give one heaping teaspoonful to
every $50 pounds weight, every morn
ing and evening for about ten days.
The medicine may be mixed with
ground feed or sprinkled over oats or
corn which has been dampened.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
PRESENT and TO COME
HI ~ for Summer Already Have Been Designed and the
IL # xt1fials Chosen-Gay Millinery to Be Worn at
# Palm Beach This Season.

The all-absorblng item In millinery
Interest for the past month has been
the hats worn at Palm Beach. These
include wide variety in straw or fab
RIGS, or both combined. In the fabric
hats there are many plain and figured
silks, including Jersey, natural pom
gees, plain and figured crepe. and nov
city weaves. Cotton crepes and wool
jerseys appear also among sports mod
els, and satin holds first place for tail
ored hats.
In the three hats for sports wear
pictured here the trend of taste toward
brilliant color combinations Is very
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

/. .ow ~ the time to consider sports
hee for next snsnmer. even II sum
Il seems . lca1j way of from the
n cf SHOWS ~ those who follow
. sun southwat< or go to meet him
n he turns ehward, the hand
lest Of spo9e othes have already
"a made. sts are the people
-, demand 2 list that genius can
luce. ~ ~ pay for. In this
I; ;ticulax 1111Ek women's apparel, so
;es ar1, b1tshed.
q thSI parasol. hat and bag.
mad entch. as shown In the pic
Il. ~ l<G heavy weave in silk is
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
Cleaning Gold or silver Lace.

Cleaning Gold or Silver Lace.
!, Gold or silver lace may be bright
ened by boiling in hydrOchloric acid
slightly diluted with water. The acid
will remove the verdigris and dust, and
leave the gold and silver uninjured.
Gold lace on garments can be cleaned
by applying powdered ammonia brisk
y with flannel. Finish BY giving Il
Z good brushing or polishing with an
old silk handkerchief.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
GREEN MANUREs FOR CLOVER
Experiments Being Carried on by
United States Department Of AZ
rlculture to Check Disease.

The results so far obtained in ax-
periments In clover-sick regions, be-
ing carried on by the department in
cooperation with the Indiana and Wis
consin experiment stations, indicate
that in the cases Investigated the In
corporation of certain green manures,
together with proper fertilizer treat
ment, accomplishes control Of this
trouble.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
Loves stratauem,

Betty Bright think, dear, you had
better speak to papa tonight.
Jack Timid-Why tonight, particu-
larlyf Is he In q good humor this
EVENING"
Betty-Well, he's In q humor to give
me to you. arranged with my mill
liner. dressmaksr and dentist to send
their bills In % him this morning.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
CARING FOR GRAPE CUTTINGS
May BE Set Out In Permanent Place at
Once or Tied In Bundles and
Buried In Soil.

Bunch grape cuttings may be set out
In q permanent place at once or may
be tied In bundles and buried In moist
well-drained soil, until next spring.
IN putting out cuttings, cover them
70 a. 70 leave the top bud Just At IT.
saSfses q ths eEoepd. N ,,s..A...
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
Scant.

"What is your father fussing
about?"
''He was all ready to start for town
and he could not remember whether
he had brushed his hair or not"
Good gracious, it would not take
him minute to glance in the mirror
and find out!''
He can't tell by looking at it, he
has to remember"
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

clothes, and there is
~ predict success for 1t.
ece matched sets-para-
Ag-it ought to be par
I've.
ose who insist that the
most interesting Of all
b Is that. which comes
u at Palm Beach. Their
erison may NOT include
fashion centers, but NO
hte the supremacy of
America-unless some
ter makes 30 bold. This
lest Of everything In ap-
sting to everyone who
what the coming spring
g N. There are many
there sxpressly to 80
wind blows-an fash.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
GOOD INVESTMENTS
Some good brood sows.
The feeding Of balanced n

Some good brood sows.
The feeding Of balanced ra-
tions.
A cow-testing association.
A farm-accounting system.
Shade trees for live stock.
A knowledge of judging live
stock.
A membership In the state live
stock breeders association.
A good agricultural journal.
A silo.
A live stock shipping associa-
ton.
Close relationship with the
agricultural college and experi-
ment station.