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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-18

YESTERDAY Gov. John J. Cornwell is
sued proclamation declaring Saturday,
October 81. half holiday, to be known
as Liberty Day." during the afternoon
OF which all State officers and all county
and municipal officers and employees are
urged to cooperate with local commit
tees in their respective counties and cit
les in encouraging the purchase OF Lib
eny bonds. He also suggests that pa
triotic demonstrations be held throughout
the State. Mayors OF all towns and cities
are asked 10 issue similar proclamations.
Governor John J. Cornwell has ap-
pointed in every county in West Virginia
County Council of Defense, the duty oil
which is TO render service in food con-
servation, in floating the Liberty bonds
and in other ways cooperating with the
State Council OF Defense. The Jefferson
county men appointed for this work are
E. E. Cooke, OF Charles Town district
H. L. Snyder, ShepherdStown district
M. o. Rouss, Kabletown district; VIM.
.. McCoughtry. Middlewsy district; F
X. Harrison, Harper's Ferry district.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-18
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Personal Property.

Being overstocked, and intending to
farm only what can do myself, will sell
the following, where now reside, 1-2
miles from Halltown, on The Shepherds
town pike, on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-18


6 Head of Horses and Colts
No. |, Harry, bay horse II years old ,
Kentucky bred, one Of the best driving
horses in the county No. 2. Tom, brown
stallion l4years old, will work anywhere,
gentle, anyone can handle him; No. 5,
Jack, grey Percheron colt 3 years old.
works anywhere; No. a. Happy Jim,
roam, 3 years old, suitable for general
purpose, has been handled; No. 5, Lady,
bay mare 3 years old, Hackney bred, has
been driven; No. 6, Gin, bay colt one
year old, half Percheron.
8 Head of Cattle
Six milk COWS, four with calves by side,
one HoIstein heller Springlng, one Hol-
stein bull.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-18

H. L. Snyder, OF the committee to NOM
mate officers for the ensuing year, pre-
scented the following. who were elected:
President-Hon. George M. Beltzhoov-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
HIGHER QUALITY OF BUTTER
the Market-Creamery Has Lit
tie Control of Cream.

There is no reason in the world why
the farmer cannot make butter of high
er quality than that made at the
creamery, according to N. e. Olson, in
structor in dairy husbandry in the
Kansas safe agricultural. college.
1.-THE farmer can keep his cream in
excellent condition." says Mr.. Olson,
"while the creamery man has little
control over the cream he buys-hence
the farmers butter should top the
market.
"The first step in the making of good
butter is the production of clean milk.
If milk contains no putrefactive and
gas-forming bacteria, butter can be
produced which will be free from odors
and which will not putrefy, if proper
precautions are taken with the cream
and with the butter after 1t is churned
and packed"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
HOW He SOLD INSURANCE
Manager Went About the Business In
Different Way Than the
Solicitor Did.

The first day / started out to call In
every place Of business and try to in
terest people in life insurance. No
one seemed to want it. / found that
most folks were too busy to listen to
my tables-or even my arguments.
Finally, finished canvassing the mer-
chants on one side of the main street;
that is, thought / had finished, and
kept right on out into the residential
section, stopping to talk to few peo-
pie cutting grass in their front yards.
No one showed particular interest;
some wouldn't even talk to me. At
last l saw a fellow painting house.
l jumped over the fence and was
amazed when he came down off the
ladder to talk to me. l reckon his
arm must have been tired and he was
glad for an excuse to rest. But, at
any rate, l succeeded in interesting
him, and l telephoned to my mana
ger to come out and help close the
prospect.
We went to the painters house that
night. l was eager for quick action.
Dut the manager seemed quite lacko
daisical. Instead of talking insurance
right away he picked up flaxen-haired
youlgster toddling about the floor and
began trotting him on his knee, at the
same time assuring the mother that
the child's eyes were exactly the same
shade as those of nephew of his out
in Des Moines. After the boy had
gone to sleep in his arms, the mana
ger began talking insurance, .nd
was amazed at the ease with which he
signed up the painter. / had expect
ed to get some selling arguments from
his talk and was disappointed in not
doing so. 1t struck me that probably
| had ''sold" the painter that after
noon. AS / look back tonight, don't
understand how could have been SO
blind.-American Magazine.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
TREAT CALVES TWICE YEARLY
Don't Wait Until Animals Commence
to Die of Blacklee Before Ad-
minstering Treatment.

(By G. II. GLOVER, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins.)
Calves should be vaccinated for
blackleg twice year, making it a
regular chore, and do not wait until
they begin to die before getting ready.
The period of ordinary susceptibility
ranges from three months to two and
one-half years. Most Of the vaccine
on the market is reliable and the I'M
satisfactory results are usually due
to carelessness on the part of the
farmer In not following directions in
using it.
The agricultural college distributes
the government blackleg vaccine free
to farmers of Colorado. Orders for
vaccine will not be filed promptly,
however, unless the applicant states
that he has vaccinating outfit, which
very necessary to administer vac
cine in this form. A pellet injector
will not do, neither will hypodermic
syringe, without the remainder of the
outfit, for placing the vaccine in solu-
ton.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
MICE RAVAGES IN ORCHARDS
Serious Losses Result to orchardists,
Farmers and Those Interested
in Our Forests.

The ravages of short-tailed field
mice in many parts of the United
States, according to ID. E. Lantz, as
sistant biologist of the department of
agriculture, result in serious losses
to farmers, orchardists and those con-
cerned with the conservation of our
forests, and the problem of controlling
the animals is one of considerable i'm
portance. Short-tailed field mice are
commonly known as meadow mice,
pine mice and moles; locally as bear
mice, buck tailed mice or black mice.
Over so species and races occur within
the United States and nearly 40 other
forms have been located in North
America.
The runs of meadow mice are main
ly on the surface Of the ground under
grass, leaves, weeds, brush, boards,
snow or other sheltering litter. They
are followed out by the animals claws
and worn hard and smooth by being
frequently traversed. The runs lead
to shallow burrows where large nests
of dead grass furnish winter retreats
for the mice. Summer nests are large
balls of the same material hidden in
the grass and often elevated on small
hummocks in the meadows and
marshes where the animals abound.
The young are brought forth in either
underground or surface nests.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
courage others. But these hnuences

courage others. But these Influences
should not rest on our own tastes !;
there are more fundamental considera-
tons. Thus you and are fond of go
ing to the theater, but it is better for
Louise to cultivate amateur theatricals
than fascination for popular act
ress. 1t Is better for Harold to play
baseball until sunset than for him to
become baseball fan. Again, ii Is for
the child to determine whether he will
make study of medieval armor or of
orchids, whether she will conduct pro-
paganda for the protection of the ma
tive birds or for clean streets.
Parents should realize the advantage
of q hobby that calls for some kind of
activity over one that involves being
entertained oriamused. In the same
way hobby that means doing some
thing is more valuable than collect
ing hobby, which means having some
thing, although this is better than no
hobby at all.
On the physiological side, entertain
ing wide range of interests means
keeping a large part of the brain sur
face in action. Or specialization of in
terests in the narrowing sense means
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
SECURE FRUIT TREES EARLY
Those Intending to Plant Nursery
Stock This Winter Should Get
Orders in at Once.

BY c. w. RAPP, Department of Horti-
culture, Oklahoma A. and M. College,
Stillwater.)
Those who expect to plant nursery
stock during the present winter should
purchase their trees as soon as pos
sible. BY so doing they are likely to
profit, and they cannot lose.
Every nurseryman prepares for his
custom to the best of his ability, but
he is not always able to gauge his
volume of business correctly, or part
of his stock may be unavoidably poor
and stunted. In either case he does
the best he can for his customers.
Everybody gets the best, but the best
toward the close of the selling season
is frequently far inferior to the best
at the beginning.
For these reasons the prudent buyer
will place his order early. Even If he
does not wish his stock delivered at
once, he will place his order subject
to call, or to delivery on a certain date.
In this way he will receive the adj
vantage of an early order, and the best
trees will be his.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
South African Asbestos.

Asbestos has been worked in South
Africa for 20 years, and, according to
the annual reports of the government
engineers, there are in the three dis
tricts Of Thurman, Hay and Preiska,
what some claim to be by far the iarg-
est asbestos bearing areas in the world.
Looking alike at the properties already
worked probably by underground
methods, those on which surface work
has shown that the seams are ligely
to continue payable underground end
those on which further supplies are
still available by cheap surface min
ing, there Is a supply of asbestos as
sured that Is more than adequate to
meet any expansion of the market that
can reasonably be anticipated for many
years to come. In the meantime, fresh
discoveries and developments may be
relied upon to insure continuity of sup
ply for a further indefinite period.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
PLAN TO MOVE LARGE TREES
Best Time for Working Is When
Ground Is Frozen-SimpIe Ar
rangement Is illustrated.

The arrangement illustrated Is very
simple, and big tree may thus be
taken up and replanted. First dig
around the tree, preferably when the
ground is frozen; don't injure the
roots by going too near; take up a
large clump of dirt. Place connecting
piece of the standards against the
tree, to which fasten with ropes. wind
ing a cloth around to prevent barking
the tree. One or two horses hitched
to the rope will easily raise the tree
with ball Of earth, and swing it onto
the waiting stone-boat, on which you
may haul it to the planting place.
There dig hole sufficiently big, set
the tree, and fill and ram the earth
securely into place. Then trim the
tree branches little-to make up for
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16

ter feeding by the inexperienced
feeder:
1. Under most circumstances the
cow should be fed all the roughage
that she will eat up clean, adjusting
the grain ration to the milk produc-
ton. Only when the COW tends to be-
come overfat should the quantity Of
roughage be restricted.
2. A grain mixture should be fed
in the proportion of l pound to each
3 pints or pounds of milk pro-
duced by the COW, except in the
case of the COW producing a flow of
40 pounds or more, when the ration
can be l pound to each 31s
or 4 pounds of milk. An even
better rule is l pound of grain each
day for every pound of butterfat pro-
duced by the COW during the week.
3. Feed all the COW will respond to
in milk production. When she begins
to put on flesh, cut down the grain.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
CANDLES LIGHTED AT ONCE
At ST. Isaac's in Petrograd, for Mid
night Mass, Waxed String Con-
meets the Wicks.

|. A sudden blaze of innumerable can
dies, hanging high overhead In great
chandeliers, tore away the gloom and
told us that the ceremony was to be-
gin. At the Isaakiewski Sober, one
match did what swith or button
does elsewhere-save that here the OPP
Grafton was as ingenious and initiative
as could be devised, instead of being a
machine-made cOntrivance scattered
by millions over the world.
A waxed string, an end of which
hung down within easy reach from the
marble paving, ran from one wick to
another then from group to group,
from chandelier to chandelier, until
all the candles in the cathedral were
connected. The match was applied
to that string; spark splitting tiny
flame raced up to the first candle, and
so sped on its way, an earnest, busy
little lamp lighter, quick as the snap
of an finger, adroit as monkey, and
almost unfailing in it's success.
Among the hundreds / saw it reach,
counted very few which did not blaze
at the touch; and most of these flared
an instant and sputtered out, show
ing that the strings work, at least,
had been done. The general effect, In
deed, was as If each wick had been
an electric bulb, but the whole, in
stead of lighting when one switch was
turned, depended upon hand swept
over successive buttons.-Warringto
Dawson, in the Atlantic Monthly. Ex-
tract from description of midnight
mass on Easter eve in st. lsaac's ca
thedral, Petrograd.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
PUREBRED BULL is FAVORED
swattlng Scrub Sires-Speeiali-
cation Is Basis.

The keystone of herd improvement
is in swatting the scrub and using a
purebred sire. The bull is more than
half the herd, for with good judgment
In mating and culling, all his progeny
will stake after father" in few gem
.erations.
The purebred makes better gains for
the amount OF feed consumed because
1t has been developed along lines OF
specialization. Specialization Is the
basis of profit in every industry. The
more highly specialized a machine or
an animal, the more efficient II Is and
the easier 1t meets competition--dnd
success rests upon the ability to, com
pete.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
WHAT A JEWElRY firm Did
They Invested Some of Their
Spare Money in Canadian
Lands.

8. Joseph & Sons, of Des Moines,
Iowa, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm it.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines,
Iowa, they made selection near Cham
pion, Alberta. They put 240 acres Of
land in wheat, and in writing to Mr..
Hewitt, the Canadian Government
Agent at Des Moines, one Of the men,
bers of the firm says:
II have much pleasure In advising
you that on our farm five miles east
of Champion, in the Province Of AL
berta, Canada, this year (1916 we har-
vested and threshed 10000 bushels of
average of A bushels and 10 pounds
to the acre. A considerable portion
Of the wheat was No. 1 Northern,
worth at Champion approximately
$1.S5 per bushel, making total return
Of $19,610, or an average Of $S1.70 per.
acre gross yields. Needless to say, we
are extremely well pleased with our
lands"
1t might not be uninteresting to read
the report of c. A. Wright Of Milo,
Iowa, who bought 160 acres at Cham
pion, Alberta, for $1,000 in December,
1915. He stubbled in the whole lot of
it, and threshed 4,4S7 bushels Grade
No. 2 Northern.
Mr.. Wright, being a thorough bust
ness man, gives the cost of work, and
the amount realized. These figures
show that after paying for his land
left.
4,4S7 bushels, worth $1.55 at
Champion .S6,954.S5
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16

doing with all the energy and enthusi-
asm that can be mustered. Nor must
we determine for the child what is
worth doing. We have learned the fol-
ly of air rifles or of reading all the
writings OF favorite author, not by
suffering any injury from these inter-
ests, but by finding things that were
better worth while. And the children
need not take our preference for etch-
ings or first editions as indicating alb
solute values. AT every stage the child
should be encouraged to pursue his
hobby as intensively as time and chance
permit. Some hobbies will last but a
short time; others may last into the
ripper years. But in any case these
represent interests that carry with
them motives for application and effort
and sacrifice, and they carry with them
stimulation and recreation that are no.
where else to be found.
The selection of hobby, like the Sc
lection of an occupation or a spouse,
must always be left to the person most
concerned. You may give your chill
dren certain bias, however, that will
have a value proportioned to your judg-
ment and insight. AS it is legitimate
to have a prejudice against your son
becoming a bartender or your daughter
marrying a gambler, so, you may toler-
ate certain types of hobbies and dis
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
Makes Bryan Tired.

At q recent Missouri Chautauqua q
man came to William ]. Bryan and
told him: II have always voted fer
you ev'ry time you've ruh, Mr..
Brine, an I'll be glad to vote fer you
agin' as often as possible Mr.. Bryan
thanked him, and a fellow lyceum
worker said:
Don't you get awfully tired Of
having men come up and declare
they've always voted for you and al
ways will?"
mo, indeed" said Mr.. Bryan. "The
people that make me tired are the
ones that say they've never voted for
me and never will. "-Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Every Child Should Be Encour-
aged to Pursue a Hobby.
GIVE HIM ACTIVE INTEREST
Something Involving Application and
Effort and Sacrifice Is Better Than
One Calling for His Entertain
ment and Amusement.
BY sIDoNIE M. GUTENBERG.

WHEN person has completed his
" share of the worlds work it is con-
sidered proper for him to ''retire." And
In accordance with this tradition old
Mr.. Stewart withdrew from active par
ticipation in his business whep he knew
that he had enough money and when
his family thought that he needed
rest" After few weeks of resting"
the old gentleman became very uneasy
and unhappy. He wanted to visit the
office, but this was strictly forbidden,
else to do he mOped around, extending
his own misery to those about him.
Cases of this kind are common enough,
and in Il large proportion of them the
man does return to his old affairs, there
to remain to the end. But in other
cases there is too much opposition from
those who look upon work as hard
ship, and the old man withers away.
Many a business man before reach
ing this stage is merely tired. But why
should the business man be more tired
than other people? He does not work
any harder than the professional man
or the artisan. And the others prob
ably are doing their share of the wor-
rying. 1t is very likely that the person
who is always represented to us in the
comic papers and in the theater as be-
ing in need of entertainment that calls
for no eXertiOn whatever on his part
is tired because he does not do enough.
That Is to say he does not do enough
different kinds of things. The tired
business man suffers from all the evil
consequences of early specialization.
We may be sorry for him, but it is diff
ficult to remedy his condition. What
we can do is to prevent our children
from acquiring this same malady.
We may find the preventive in the
lives of men and women who never
grow old. The essential difference be-
child and tired business man" lies
in the wide range of problems and ac-
tivities that can interest the former as
against the narrow interests and SYM
pathies of the latter. 1t should be part
of our aim in the training of children
to keep open for them all the lines of
communication with ideas and feelings
that may come to them.
This is not passive affair. Ideas
and feelings do not come to us because
we sit still. The child must learn to
go forth and meet the new experience
little more than half way. We must
cultivate the attitude which seeks sat
'isfaction in doing, in overcoming diff
culties, In solving problems. We must
- ,courage contentment with passive
\, mfort, always receiving and never
giving. with 'letting well enough
alone" This means retaining the ver-
satility and the aggressiveness of
youth as long as possible.
In practice we shall be annoyed fire.
quently by the intensity with which
the girl or boy will pursue hobby.
We realize only too well the folly of
setting the heart too firmly upon this
or that. But the child in these things
often Is wiser than his elders. For
whatever is worth doing at all Is worth
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
BALANCED RATION FOR cows
Feeding Should Be Governed by AMI
mails Capacity to Produce Milk
Good Rules for Winter.

The feeding Of the dairy COW should
be governed by the cows capacity to
produce milk. BY keeping daily
record Of each cows production, the
skillful feeder soon finds that some
cows in the herd respond to an in
creased allowance of feed and return
good profit on it, while others are
limited in milk capacity and overfeed-
ing them is Improbable. Profitable
feeding requires thorough knowl-
edge of the individual cows as well as
of the values of feeds.
The following general rules will be
found invaluable as guide for win
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
nsisterIyv Kiss.

"No," said she, Il can only be a
sister to you"
every WELL" said he. II must be go
ing. / had expected a different an
swer from you, but-well, goodnight 7"
George" she faltered, as he start
ed out into the night, "George!"
"What is it?" he asked, very GROSSLY.
aren't you going to kiss your sister
good-night?r He did rot 60 then.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
Loftier Objects.

A passing neighbor stopped at the
door of great alchemist who was
toiling amid flame and vapor.
"Still looking for the philosophers
stone and the elixier of lifeY asTed
the neighhor.
mo, | have temporarily suspended
that quest to look for things of more
immediate Importance. am seeking
the unbrealIable promise and the IN.
burnable scrap of paper"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16

allowing large part of the brain to
remain unused, and thus a possible
source Of i'll health.
Boys and girls who are encouraged
to look upon as legitimate all appeals
to curiosity, to fnventiveness, to the
impulse to do and to make, will not be
likely to fall into old Mr.. Stewards
plight when they are some day kindly
relieved of their regular occupations.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
Moving Large Trees.

any roots lost in the moving opera
ton. If the situation is exposed to
severe winds, it may be necessary to
anchor the tree for several years. This
can be done with guy-ropes, being
careful to protect the bark from
chatting. Also, it may be necessary to
water the tree several times during the
first one or two summers.-Farm Jour-
nal.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16

would be q good
deal to dig up the
thorn, and cut
down the briers,
but God does far
more. He substi-
{ IL es for TIL e
thornbush the tall
and beautiful fir
tree, and for the
hateful briers the
graceful myrtle.
Occasionally a
student comes to
our office after q
stay of a few
days, and informs
us that he is
about to leave the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16
GOOD WHITEWASH FOR TREES
Protection Against sunscaId and In.
sects Made From Mixture Of
Lime, Salt and Tallow.

A good whitewash for trees is made
of 80. pounds lime, pounds salt, A
pounds tallow, stirring the tallow in
while the lime is hot. Add enough
water to make the wash flow well.
1t is a better protection against
slnburn and insects than whitewash to
which the tallow has not been added
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-02-16

Are you living within your In
Gomez"
Il nm, all right, but the trouble Is
my wife isn't"