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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
The Only Nature CoIIeue.

Connecticut has the only nature
college in the world, according to the
Hartford Courant. It is located in
Sound Beach, and is known as Ar
cadia. Here a society known as the
Agassiz association, under the leader
ship of Prof. Edward F. Bigelow, is
trying to carry out the dream Of the
famous Louis Agassiz for the study of
nature in it's varied manifestations
from flower to insect. The college has
library of 1000 volumes dealing with
nearly every subject which has to do
with nature. There are no paid teach
ers and no set fees for students, who
may seek in Arcadia information on
fossils, bugs, plants, glaciers, birds, di-
gestion, horticulture, diseases of
plants and multitude of other sub
jects.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
Cows That Battle.

It Is reported that almost every day
an unusual scene may be witnessed
on Loeb Dutch, Rosshire, New Bruins
wick, where a number Of cows swim
over to an island in the loch, about
200 yards from the mainland, feed
there and return in the evening. They
are never driven, but take their bath
entirely Of their own free will. If the
wind is against them on their return
Journey, and the sea is rough, it some
times is necessary for a man to put
out in a boat and help them over In
turn by holding out his hand under
each cows chin, since they become
dazed if the sea dashes in their faces,
and swim in circles instead OF gong
straight ahead.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
DeEEe7 TOT TTEzIS III NE OO0TH
WILLIAMSON PLAN OF CORN CULTURE


plants should now be from twelve to
eighteen inches high
Put half your fertilizer (this being
the hrst used at alb in the old sweep
turroW On both sides of every other
middle and cover by breaking out this
middle with turn plow. About one
week later treat the other middle the
same way. Within a few days side
corn in first middle with sixteenth-inch
sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda
in this furrow, if less than $50
pounds. If more, use one-half of it.
Cover with one furrow of turn plow,
then SOW peas in this middle broad.
cast at the rate of at least one bushel
to acre, and finish breaking out.
In a few days side corn in other
middle with same sweep, put balance
OF nitrate Of soda in this furrow, if it
has been divided, cover with turn
plOw, SOW peas, and break out This
lays by your crop with good bed and
plenty of dirt around your stalk. This
should be from June 10th to goth, I'M
less the season is very late, and corn
should be hardly punching for tassel.
Lay by early. More corn is ruined
by late blowing than by lack of plow-
ing. This is when the ear is hurt.
uS SCd1hS illus RAISED are very
small, and do not require anything
like the moisture even in proportion
to size than is necessary for large,
sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be
left thicker in the row. Large stalks
can not make large yields except with
extremely favorable seasons, for they
cannot stand a lack of moisture. Corn
raised by this method should not be
over seven feet high, and the ear
should be near the ground"
For Piedmont Section.
For the Piedmont section the Will
hanson Plan can not be closely fol-
lowed but must be modified. Half of
the fertilizer should be applied before
planting. The other half should be
applied not later than when corn is
knee high. The nitrate Of soda should
then be applied when the corn is waist
high.
Raise Corn AS War Measure
In response to the call for food sup
plies in view Of war conditions, the
Southern farmer should plant as large
a crop of corn as possible. He should
fertilize literally and cultivate thor
oughly so that maximum crops may
be produced. 1t is recommended that
from 500 to 600 pounds of fertilizer be
applied on Piedmont soils and from
500 to 1000 to coastal plain soils.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
WONDERS HAVE SHORT LEASE
Magazine Writer Shows How Rapidly
Remarkable Inventions Tread on
Each Others Heels.

mot great many years ago a spec
tacled and skeptical old scientist wrote
a long thesis in which he claimed that
the worlds great discoveries all lay in
the past, that the future had no new
wonders to disclose, and that all the
really fundamental inventions, discov-
cries and researches had already been
made" says J. S. Newman, in the
February st. Nicholas.
"'For,' said the pessimistic philoso-
pher, there are no more strange lands
to explore, no more conceivable inven-
tons for the benefit of mankind. The
telegraph, electric light, telephone and
electric motor are already here. The
camera and microscope, telescope and
linotype, printing press and sewing
machine, airship and steamboat are al
ready discovered. What else is there
left that is really new?'
'But Mother Nature seemed to have
kept her most wonderful secrets for
just such an occasion. AS if deliber-
ately to disprOve the foolish scientist,
the next ten years brought out the
most astounding collection of new in
ventions and discoveries the world has
ever known. For in the period imme-
diately following the bold claim Of this
doubling Thomas, Hertz discovered
electric waves, Marconi invented wire
less telegraphy, Roentgen stumbled
upon the X-ray, Madame Curie isolated
radium, Sir William Ramsay found five
new chemical elements, Edison made
his first moving picture machine, the
Wright brothers conquered the air and
countless greater or lesser discoveries
astOunded the scientific world.
$50 the seven great wonders of to-
day will become the commonplaces of
tomorrow
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
USING D]VISORS IN TRADE
why the Efficiency Expert and the
FourfIusner Got TWO Weeks
Notice.

The efficiency expert had reported
in favor Of firing Binhs and promoting
links to the head Of department Of
the great store. AS he was renowned
efficiency expert, paid great price for
q few weeks work, the director of the
STORE. listened very attentively indeed
RI the recommendations.
cts this way" explained the expert,
according to the New York Sun.
"Rinks never sends down more items
for advertising than he knows we can
give space to. He is modest IN his
statements of fact, and very exact.
There are hardly any complaints, but
his stuff sells very slowly.
"Jinks, on the other hand, is always
down on the mat fighting for adver-
Using sDace. He sends down three
times as many items as there is room
tc feature. and he knows it. He is
enthusiastic and his enthusiasm makes
him oyerstate things occasionally. So
he is I'D on the carpet when he isn't
down on the mat. But he has great
nynch and sells stuff enormously. Di-
viding his sales by the number of com
plaints, I find that the quotient Of
his efficiency is much higher than
Rinks'. That is one Of our little meth
DDS you may not know about. In
other words, Jinks is a good man. He
fourflushes a lot, but he is a hustler"
The director of the store was man
who had started as an errand boy. In
all the years of his patient upward
Drocress he had never known what it
was to have punch but he had
known many men whose painstaking
attention to business and whose mod
est conformity to the needs of their
fellows had enabled them to build up
institutions as huge and solid as this
store. He could not remember that he
himself had ever fourtlushed anybody
or sacrificed the truth for the sake Of
attracting attention.
So he drew a check for the efficiency
expert and gave Jinks two weeks no.
tice of dismissal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24

These are twin evils. Persons suffer
Ing from indigestion are often troubled
with constipation. Mrs. Robert Ali
son. Mattoon, Ill, writes that when she
nfst moved to Nation she was great
sufferer from indigestion and constipa-
11on. Food distressed her and there
was feeling like heavy weight pres
sing ON her stomach and chest She
d1d not rest well at night, and felt
worn out good part Of the time. One
bottle Of Chamberlain s Tablets correc
ted this trouble so that she has since
felt like a different person.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
Making a Beginning.

AS the result of lectures admins
tered to him by both his father and
the young woman of his choice, a GER
tain young man decided to turn over
new leaf and show some interest in
business.
well, Molly" he said to the girl
one evening, 81 am really going into
business in earnest. Made beginning
already today"
"Goodw exclaimed Molly. "And
what was the nature Of your start!''
Il ordered my tailor to make me q
business suit"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
Who Bought?

"Next case!' snapped the magis-
trate. Into the dock was thrust bat
tered and weary looking Individual
with watery eyes and scarlet nose.
"You are charged" said the mag1s-
trate, severely, with being in a state
of beastly intoxication, aren't you?
What is your name?"
sMa name, yer honorrer," replied
the abject object, in voice laden with
spirit and accent, els Angus Allan Nc
Pherson Fergus MacLean!"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
Changed for the Better,

"Who is the man making an i'm
FASHIONED speech for preparedness?
"Oh, he's a type often met with
nowadays"
"YesY'
He's a reconstructed pacifist with
lire in his eye'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
The LorGlv Spud,

"Will a potato buy ticket to this
show?"
"Certainly," replied the, affable
movie manager. "But the price Of ad-
Mission is only five cents. Would you
like to take in q friend?''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
Indication,

What makes you think Bliggins is
becoming feminized?"
He has sold all his hunting dogs
IN order to buy his wife a POmeran-
IAN "--Washington Evening Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24
b. McTVer Will

E. McIver Will
Hanson, Of Oar
kngton, S. c., has
originated a plan
of corn culture
which has been
a d 0 t e d by a
great number of
farmers residing
in the Coastal
Plains of South
Carolina a n d
Georgia with ex-
cellent results.
Since a number
of inquiries have
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-24

every home Sloan's Lin;-
q ment has earned its place in
the medicine chest as relief
from pains and aches.
Quickly penetrates zvithort rub
Ding and soothes the soreness.
Cleaner and more effective than
mussy plasters or ointments, it does
not stain the skin.
FOR rheumatism. neuralgia, govt, lum-
bago, sprains and strains use Sloan's Lini-
ment. AT all druggists, Csc. Soc. Sl.OL.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
NEW STEAMER OF PACIFIC LINE IS
 BEING 0VERHAULED

Word reached Juneau yesterday on the steamer Spokane chat the steam. CT Admiral Wainwright the most re- cent addition 10 the fleet Of the Pacific Steamship Company will ar rive in Seattle within the next few days for repairs and rebuilding.
 The wainwright was formerly the Grace Dollar and was purchased from the Dollar Steamship Company and it is expected that she will be ready to enter the Alaska service about March 1st. The contract for the re- building of the Wainwright has been let to the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company at a figure be- tween $35,OOO and $4O,OOO. The re- building win consist in decking in much of the space on the boat which at the present time is open, and when the Wainwright enters the Alaska service she will be greatly altered in appearance. The Vain wright is 22O feet in length and has a gross tonnage of 1927 tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
HIGH SCHOOLS WILL DEBATE; TEAMS ARE
 NOW BEING FORMED

The Junau high school debating club has issued a challenge to the Douglas high school for double debate and the challenge has been accepted. The final arrangements were concluded yesterday and tho debates will be held on April 9th. one on each side Of the channel. Both high schools are to furnish an affirmative and a negative team, the negative teams to travel The Douglas negative team will come to Juneau and the Juneau negative team will so to Douglas at the same time.
 The question which has been cho- sen is: Resolved; That Immigra- tion Into the United States Should Be Further Restricted by a Literacy Test"
 The Juneau high school will hold a try-out to pick the team members next week and it is understood that the Douglas teams have already been picked.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
Personal Mention

Mrs. Richardson, who has been here for the past several days, will leave tonight on the Prince of Wales for Hoonah. Mrs. Richardson is the wife Of the government school teacher at that place
 Mir and Mrs. O'Kelly, who arrived from the south on a recent boat, expects to leave tonight on the Prince of Wales for Fish Bay. Mr. O'Kelly will install a logging camp
 w. R. Nichols, manager of the Pacific Coast Gypsum Co.,, who has been here for the past week attend ing court, expects to leave tonight on the Prince of Wales for Gypsum where he will inspect the workings before returning south
 D. C. Stapledon, superintendent of the Gypsum mines, returns to the mine tonight on the Prince of Wales.
 Wm Holzheimer, assistant district attorney stationed at Ketchikan, and who has been here during the scs- sions of the grand jury, expects to leave for his southern station on one of the first boats.
 Ir. and Mrs. R. c. Hurley leave soon 10 rthe south and will estab- fish their residence in one of the cities around san Francisco Bay. Mir. Hurley. who is the private sec retary of B. l.. Thanc, is making the move in order to be in closer touch with his duties while Mir. Thane is in San Francisco.
 Mrs. B. B. Nicding, wife of Supt. of the Perseverance Mine. is expected to arrive today and will be the guest of Mrs. George T. Jack. son during the next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
GANNERY TUG IS REAL ROBIN FOR
 COMING SEASON
Boat VIII Leave From the South and Go to Canning Plant at
 Sitkoh Bay.

The little canncry tug Mary B., owned by the George T Myers Com. pany, and operated in connection with their canning plant at Sitkoh Bay, will be the Alaskan robin this year, as far as the cannory business is concerned. She will be the first cannery boat to leave Seattle for the north, and is expeGted to get away from there within the next few days, if the weather is favorable.
 The Mary B.. will be used until the opening of the cRnnery season in connection with tLe pile driver and trap driving operations of the Myers Company in their preparations for catching and canning the thou. sands of silvery salmon which will be handled by that Cannery during the coming summer.
 The opening of the cannery season and the arrival of the first crews are two things always looked for. ward 10 with much interest by mer- chants and worlimcr of this section of Alaska, as during the cannery season many of the residents of Al aska make their years wages. Many pile driver mon, trap men, and web men start their work before the actual run of fish and the earlier the season opens the more wages for them.
 The little cannery tender Mary B. has been given thorough overhaul, ing on the ways at Seattle and has been put in first class shape for the summer season. She will be met at Sitkoh Bay by w. Stewart, Wal. ter Ramseyer and a crew of four. teen men who passed through Ju. neau yesterday on the steamer Spo kane bound for the cannery where they will begin operations. The pile driver will be taken from the ways and overhauled, piles will be secur ed, and as far as possible, everything made in readiness for the actual tart of trap driving, after the arrival oi the Mary B.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
THREE STEAMERS SHOULD BE HERE
 DURING TOMORROW

Steamer day tomorrow. Every so often in the history of winter nayi- gation to Alaska the boats get all punched on their schedules, and three, four and even five boats ar rive in Juneau on the same day sometimes after an interval of sev. eral days has passed without boat from any direction.
 Tomorrow will be such a day on the waterfront of Juneau if the boats due arrive. The steamer Spokane, which sailed north from here last night, should be>in southbound tomor. row afternoon or evening; the steam CT Alaska is due from the westward southbound, the first southbound boat from the westward for nearly q week; and the Admiral Watson, which sailed from Seattle Saturday night, should arrive tomorrow north. bound, making the three boats.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
CORNERSTONE IS
 I'D ABANDON ITS
 ALASKA SERVICE
Railroad Engineers Advertise for New Company to Tow
 Its Freight.

Finding that their tug and barge service, which they had been operat. ing between Seattle and Anchorage, Co handle the business of the Alas. kan Engineering Commission is in. adequate, the Commission has called for bids from some private company to furnish an additional tug and two barges. and to operate the govern. ment tug with their barge
 The Commission last year purchas, cd the tug l.. Roscoe and the barge Lawrence and operated them in car. rying goyerQmcut freight exclusive ly. The two were unable by this means to handle the vast quantity of freight necessary and the Com. mission has decided to so out of the business. The successful bidder twill be required to operate all five vessels, including the government tug and barge. in connection with those furnished by the bidder and will be called upon to handle government freight exclusively
 Locomotive Purchased
 The commission has requested bids for twenty box cars of 6O,OOO pounds capacity for use on the government railroad. January 12 bids were re- quested for fourteen box cars Of CO., 900 pounds capacity. and this re- quest for equipment was amended with a call for bids for six addition al cars.
 A rlsty-ton locomotive of the ten wheel type for use out of Seward was purchased yesterday from E. P. Jamison. representing the Climax Locomotive Works. The engine has been used on a logging road out Of Shelton. After it is changed from an oil burner to coal burner it will be taken apart and shipped. The commission has requested bids on standard gauge switch engine for service at Nenana
 The contract for moving 10000 tons of steel rails purchased recent. ly from the United States Steel Pro. ducts Company has been awarded to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railway companies.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
NATIVE SCHOOLS TO HOLD EXHIBIT
 OF INDUSTRIES

Under the auspices of the Bureau Ol Education, the schools at Metla kahtla, Hydaburg and Klawock will combine and hold an industrial eX hibit and fair at Metlakahtla in the week beginning February 18th
 The fair will consist of eXhibi. tions of the work of the native scholars of the schools, industrial eX. hibits, spelling contests, athletic ev. ents, prize speaking contests, anC basketball games between the schools. Prizes will be awarded by the Bureau for the winners in the events.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
FARM LANDS

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAIL ROAD co. GRANT LANDS. Title to same reyested in United States by Act of Congress dated June 9, 1916. Two million three hundred thousand acres to be opened for set clement and sale. Power site, timber and agricultural lands. Containing some of the best lands left in United States. Large sectional map and description, showing lands, price one dollar. GRANT LANDS LOCAT- ING CO.,, p. O.. Box 61O, Portland. Oregon. M23.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06


 Publishers are concerned greatly white paper-commony called news print" The cost has ad- vanced-the difficulty obtaining adequate supply
 Newspapers nowadays thing Of value.' The paper on they printed of the commodities But, white is important YOUR ADVERTISING IS ALSO IMPORTANT carry it, fully told to the people city ONE OF THE MANDATORY DUTIES OF THIS NEWSPAPER.
 duty shall try perform under stresstul ditions quite faithfully under normal
 story is important to the people of this city any other carried in columns.
 skmp slight the message-do leave 1t half heptuness to the readers of this newspaper.
 Tell it more fully, concisely, than before. Make message up-tohcminutc hepruness those who buy households Make 1t burdenghtener for the whose dollar of household assailed hand by rising prices.
 We'll try to get enough white paper try print all the vital of the day, always And print every that has any pco- pie who this newspaper. For majority a papers advertising TION THAT HAS A CASH VALUE TO THEM As a progress serving growing circle customers SEE THAT THEY ALWAYS FIND CASH VALUE FACTS IN YOUR ADVERTISING.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
TO ADDRESS HIGH SCHOOL.

Next Friday afternoon, Mrs. J. r. A. Strong will deliver an address to the high school assembly on the subject: Music and Art, as a Pro. fession." AS Mrs. Strong is an ac- comDlished musician and artist, her talk will undoubtedly be of much practical usc to those of the high Schoo! interested in the subjects.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
LOCAL STEAMSHIP OFFICIALS GIVEN
 PROMOTION NOTICE

A circular received in Juneau yes terday says: s. H. Ewing, agent Of the Pacific Steamship Company of Juneau, has been appointed general agent in Alaska for the company, effective immediately. Ewing sue ceeds B. F. Watcon, who will be- come the Pacific Steamship Company representative in Cordova. Hugh Gal lagher, assistant dock agent of the line in Juneau, will become dock agent of the Pacific Steamship Com. pany in that city. Ewing will make his headquarters in Juneau.
 This confirms the local appoint ments which were contained in The Empire dispatches several days ago.
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 Three in One policy of Northern Life msures your income to you while living as well as to your fam fly afterwards. R. R. stewart, Alas ka agent, Gastineau hotel. It
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
Piano Tuner

GEORGE ANDERSON, Expert. Twen. ty years experience. Factory repre-. sentative for high grade pianos and player pianos. Address Box 99t. Phone 14S.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
CECILIA CLUB MEETS
 TOMORROW AFTERNOON

The Cecelia Club will meet to- morrow afternoon at o'clock in the Epworth League room in the A. E. Church. All members are re- Quested to be present,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
HOUSES c FLATS FOR RENT

GEN'S ESN RENl
 FOR RENT-Six room furnished house newly renovated. Enquire Mrs. Montgomery Davis, Sixth St. Also Broom partly furnished house. tf.
 FOR RENT-Two nIce rooms, fur n!shed complete for light house keeping. Low rent. Inquire Butler, Mauro Drug Co. ?tf
 FOR RENT--Oae threc-room apart ment completely furnished; steam heat and fireplace; also one house six rooms and bath, partly fur nished. Phone 22O. j22u.
 FOR RENT - Seven room aat completely furnished. I. Goldstein. -d19tf
 FOR RENTING room modern house ,unfurnished on 9th and Ken nedy. Phone $72. j3l.tf.
 FOR RENT or sale-6.room house. Fireplace, furnace; good view. Reas enable. Phone 361. fl2.
 FOR RENT-Four room flat. Call at No. g Gold St. j27tf.
 FOR RENT - Furnished house keeping and sleeping rooms, 3S5 rankin street. n19
 FOR RENT-Cheap, household fur. niture including rug. Victrola, small dining room set, beds. etc. Call 637 Main St. Phone 36l. fl2.
 FLAT FOR RENT-FOur rooms and a bath. Goldstein. D23tf. l
 FOR RENT-FresnIy renovated | two room furnished apartment 3rd and Gold street. over Sheldon & . st?Ie. Also single rooms. Phone l67. t.
 FOR RENT-FIye room flat. Ap- ply Goldstein's Emporium. S13-tf. .
 FOR RENT, ana S-roorn furnished suites; reasonable. "The ,ozy corner of Juneau" Cliff Apart nents, near Court House. 2.1-1m.
 COMFORTABLY furnished single md housekeeping rooms. Centrally coated. Rates $500 a month and ID. Under new management. Phone SG. Juneau Apts., Calhoun Ave. If.
 Sanitary rooms for sanitary men, Sanitary Plumbing. Willoughby Ave, lear Femmer 6 Ritter's dock. F17.
 FOUND-Picked up abandoned hull f gas boat Vamoose at mouth of heep Creek. Parties concerned en- uire R. D. Young, Sheep Creek lant. f9.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06

Let ma give you un estimate on your carpenter work. w. Engberg phone 1903. d12tl
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-06
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