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The Old Stock OF Clare.
,sron me Limerick Chronicle.

From the LimerIcl Chronicle.
Keanes. Croftons, Colpoys, Vandeleurs
the Bindons, Burtons, Creaghs;
Where are the men who lived in Clare
in the good old sporting days2
No Starners in Carnelly now, and none
in Stamer Park,
And mansions erst of light ana lie are
now but lone and dark.
From Ballyarkney's festive halls the
Barkleys all have gone
No Singletons and Synges are found nc
SCOTS at Cahercon.
No gentry now, by Fergus wave. reside
at Liscullogue;
No Lloyds dwell on at Williams Fort
and none at Donogrogue.
You still may find a Hickman, though
Fenloe's bowers are still;
Coolteenagowan is silent, and lonely Is
Ross Hill.
In famed Doonas. by Shannon's shore,
no Dillon-Massey'5 found,
No more the gracious banquet halls to
mirth and Joy resound.
Where'er our soldiers battled, where'er
our ships have gone,
Youu find the names of Claremen from
Marlbro's time till Mons.
In trenches Of Sebastopol. on midas
burning plains. -,
OF Anglo-IriSn heroes INC te@oiN DIN
remains.
Moloneys and Moroneys and Culiinanes'
as well,
And many bravo tlnucane IN BRUSH
battles fell.
The Mahons and MacNamaras, Dromo-
lands royal race
The stock that come from Lemenaye, the
clans first starting place.
The Studderts, Henns and Bentleys and
Westropps still appear.
And vet in Ballykilty the name OF Blood
we hear.
Are there skerretts at Kinvara. beyond
Lake Inchiouin7
Ia the noble clan of Butler etill known
at Castlecrine2
Gassuragh has no Harrisons, but Levers
still reside,
And q Wilson-Lynch, at Belvoir, away
nigh Fergus tide.
From far Kinkora's palace TO lone Dun
leckney's walls,
Each lovely hill and vale OF Clare a
grand old race recalls.
o may some future poet tell more
inspiring tale
or CarrEoran's fair demesne, Rnop-
pogue and Edenvale;
And many other names we miss, once
known by Shannon's shore,
or Ormsby and O'Loghlen. OF Morice
and OF Gore.
r. $. Ross-LEwIN.
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effort TO prove or disprove these Mis-
souri, legends? No one sinks Gals
son in the Danube to recover the
jewels OF the water sprites; no one
goes down in diving bell to find the
Rheingold. Why not let the mad
Missouris treasure 60 on mellowing
for some future generation?
A more profitable occupation than
search for treasures long ago charged
to profit and loss would be the ex-
penditure Of energy and skill in pro-
tecting the fertile lands along the
river bank from the robbery the Big
Muddy IS constantly practising. 1t
is a lamentable fact that the Tora-
cious stream, cutting through the
soft alluvial soil it traverses, has a
habit Of precipitating fields, homes.
entire hamlets into its channel and
leaving their proprietors strapped.
A means to control this would con-
stitute a treasure worth haY.-l.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
A Weed That Punctures Tires.

Nature, which is always giving
man fresh problems to solve, pre-
sents one of the latest Of her inven-
tions in the form OF weed whose
seeds are puncturing the tires Of au-
tomobiles and bicycles in the West
and middle West
This newest of pests is of foreign
origin, coming from southern Eu-
rope, and is known as DEVILS bur. It
is thought that the seeds came to this
country in the wool OF sheep. 1t
first appeared in California, and has
spread through that State and Ari-
zona in a manner which brings con-
Germ to the authorities. There are
four pronglike spines about quar-
ter of an inch long in each OF the
five sections in one of these burs.
These attach themselves to the rub
Der tires of automobiles or bicycles,
and either cause punctures or are
carried long distances to spread the
plants in fresh fields.
In addition to California and Ari-
zona, devils bur has been reported in
Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Kansas. Arkansas and Texas. The
State officials hope to control the
weed, which is known also as ground
bur nut and caltrop, but the danger
comes from the wayside crop. 1t is
proposed to try spraying with crude
oil or iron sulphate in the hope Of
eliminating it from the highways.
AS an illustration of the damage
the pest can inflict, one Californian
submits record Of seventy pune
lures in one tire, all due to devils
bur. Like the Colorado beetle and
the San Jose scale, DEVILS bur will
be ranked as pest which is capable
Of great harm and must be prevented
from spreading.
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Shad Driven Away.
Abundance Before the Delaware
Rivers Waters We're Poisoned.

To THE New York HERALD: Your ref
erence to the return OF the shad to
Maurice River. New Jersey. once the
polluting OF that stream had been
stopped, commends itself to all who arn
interested in the conservation OF our
diminishing food sources What down
right folly 1t is that the Government.
through its fish bureaus. should expend
SO much money in cu!.ivating fish spawn,
while doing little or nothing TO put a
stop to the pollution OF water courses
which a generation or so ago were the
sources OF q food abundant and cheap
Until about twenty years ago the
Delaware River yearly supplied not only
hundreds OF thousands OF the finest shad
that ever wiggled a tail but also many
thousands Of pounds of sturgeon and
other edible fish OF the highest class
Delaware shad Were so plentifuI in
those days that fine roe shad Of fiye.
six or seven pounds could be bought at
the wharf for from 80 to 80 cents. with
herring-very bony. but not so when
potted--which ran with the shad. so
numerous that most OF them went to the
farms for fertilizing. Sturgeon was 50
plentiful that much OF it's roe--from
which caviar Is made-was used as fish
bait with the aid of raw cotton as a
binder at a cost Of 10 cents for as much
as would half I'LL tomato can.
Increasing pollution put an end to all
this abundance so completely that tho
local fishing industry, famous since the
days OF William Penn, Is at an end.
The late John Bigelow. exemplary citi-
zen, would have been happy could he
have read your editorial article. He
declined 70 serve on a committee
charged with the responsibility OF
launching the Hudson-Fulton celebration
OF few years ago. In his letter OF
declination he declared that the many
thousands Of dollars to be raised could
be spent to much better purpose and
the memory of the discoverer and the
inventor more fittingly honored by fight
ing the pollution of local waters, the
source OF much OF the peoples food sup
ply during his early manhood, especially
during the panic OF 1897, when multi
tudes OF the city's idle rnen and boys.
Joined by others from miles inland, fshed
both banks from Yonkers to the sea
and there was plenty for all
E. A. MoFFETr. |
BROOKLYN, August 6.
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Sea Changes.

There's magic In the sea
No mortal can outwit.
And IL he would or no
One must acknowledge 1t,
When In a single week
A prude like Polliette
Forgets how 10 blush
And plays the coquette
There's witchcraft In the waves,
Some spirit in the brine
That stirs, intoxicates,
Like wine. like rosy wine.
Here ladies who against
The urban swim protest
Disport on the beach
Like bacchants possessed.
There's something in the surf
That conjures with us all.
The cruel kind become,
Hauteur's black bastlons fall:
Misogynists turn SWANS.
And lovers fonder seem,
The dreamers arouse,
The strenuous dream.
All who love things occult
A moment listen here;
When we walk-Jane and l.
Together down the per
Our enemies declare,
And even friends aver,
That she becomes me
And become her!
EDWARD w. BARNARD.
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Three Pioneer Drivers.
Mr.. Kenderdine Yields First HonOrs
to Captain Anderson.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Thads
deus S. Kenderdine OF Newtown, Bucks
county, Pa, who drove an OK team from
the Missouri River to Utah in 1858, and
was until recently considered the oldest
survivor of that era in overland trans
portation. comments as follows upon the
letter OF J. X. Hallocl1 relating the ex-
perience OF Captain John c. Anderson
of Sewickley, Pa:
"Mr. Hallock's letter makes me a back
number as a surviving pioneer Pennsyl-.
vanian crosser of the Western plains
as Captain Anderson is % years old
he overtops my age by some eight years.
The account given by him I was GER
tainly glad to hear. II IS one OF my
regrets that have never met one OF
my companions of the trail to Utah or
OF my California experiences shortly
afterward.
"Some OF the old timers experiences
in crossing the plains are little known
to the present generation. These in
cluded the fording of rivers and creeks,
getting out OF sloughs. climbing and go
ing down steep hills. &c. Out of twelve
oxer at the end or our journey, Camp
Floyd, Utah, unyoked only two OF the
original team, the rest dying or giving
out, TO be replaced from corrals OF the
Government on the road.
THE highway to the Pacific coast was
often lined with carcasses of oxen, left
overs of the $4,000 owned by Russell.
Majors & Waddell OF Kansas City, the
contractors, who had in addition 10000
mules and their drivers. numbering
about 5000.
Imagine the change for me from a
Quaker boarding school in the spring
of 1853 to a life OF five months on a
journey TO Utah with such a bipedal
and ouadrupedal melange. This was fol-
lowed by an overland journey the re-
mainder Of the way to thA Pacific coast,
and a considerable stay In California.
But these are memories OF the long ago,
as the infirmities OF age are closing
about me and viii soon be S5."
The record OF surviving pioneers OF
Western overland travel would seem,
therefore, to stand as follows: First,
Captain John c. Anderson of Sewiclxley,
Pa. aged 93: second, Thaddeus s. Ken
derdine Of Newtown, Pa. aged 81. Irwin
Pile OF Somerset Pa. aged 90. IS the
sole survivor OF the Salt Lane City
Sacramento mail and stagecoach line
but his experiences we're confined mainly
to driving on that route and were there
fore not as varied as those OF Anderson
and Kenderdlne.
1t Is an interesting observation that
all three OF these men are natives Of
Pennsylvania two or them are spend
ing their declining years In the western
part of that State and the other one In
the extreme eastern part.
ROBERT BRUGs.
CLINTON, Oneida county. August 4. 1
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We're not always patriots. How one
party came to grief is told as follows;
NEw LONDON, September 20. 17s2.-
Last week two armed boats crossed the
Sound and landed al Canoe Place. The
people going a mile or two on the Island
met a ma1 with a box OF tea and took
II from him. They afterwards plundered
sundry OF the inhabitants of cash and
clothing. The next morning number OF
people belonging TO the Island assembled
and finding the boats crew on beach
dividing their goods. they fired on them.
killed ono on tho spot, mortally wounded
another, who died soon after and badly
wounded two others. They havo de-
tained five or the crew.
1t was here that Wakeman Foster
played the British 4 Yankee trick. lie
was called UP one night by an officer
and ordered to yoke up his oxen and go
with guard and draw boat over from
the north bay TO the south side The
whole country was then forest, and a
narrow path was the only road Hitch
ing onto the boat and taking It in tow
he started across. Watching his chance
he braided up his oxen. all the time
shouting Whoa" until they were on a
would soon stop, made no effort to keep
up and so soon as he was out of hearing
he turned his cattle into the woods and
that was the last the British ever saw
OF their boat.
1t was after the Revolution that the
attention OF the people was turned to
the great wealth OF Shinnecock Bay. At
that time a permanent inlet connected it
with the ocean and 1t was the resort Of
myriads OF fish, while the bottom of the
bay was fairly covered with clans or
the largest size and finest favor. The
multitude of menhaden captured In those
times almost surpasses belief. Seines
sometimes landed 100000 at one haul.
The fish were used for fertilizing pur-
poses and in the great crops of grain
raised by means of them was laid the
foundations OF Southampton prosperity.
The hotel was then the property Of
israel Conkling and it was no uncommon
thing for twenty or thirty men wet and
weary from drawing fishing seine all
day to lie down in his barroom and
realize that the sleep OF the laboring
man is sweet.
This place was the scene of the labors
OF Paul Cuffee, the Indian preacher In
che early part of the eighteenth century
the Indians had settlement on the
west shore of the bay and the church
built by Mr.. Cuffee still stands and Is
used for religious purposes At the
point where the railroad crosses the
country road about mile west Of Canoe
Place Is the grave OF this worthy man
and faithful rninistar HE ,,,odac+ ,,,r,,-,
ment. erected by the New York Mission
ary Society. tells US that he finished
his course with Joy on the 7th OF Marcn,
1912, aged 55 years and days" He
was the last native preacher TO the
Long Island Indians
WILLIAM HARRISON RODGERS.
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Text for Book Mutllators.

To THE New YORK HERALD: I made
choice years ago or selection from
Minton's Areopagitica. for an ex libris
which reads as follows
"As good almost kill a man as XIII a
good book. Who kills a man kills rea-
sonable creature. Gods image; but he
who destroys a good book ldrls reason
itself"
Perhaps II copies OF this quotation
were printed in large type and hung in
every public library in the land It might
help some with reasonable people who
are now thoughtlessly mutllating and
destroying books
ARrNGToN H. CAR1AN.
PATcHoGuE, August G.
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are not subject to review. a way
out OF the difficulty, however, was
suggested by the Divisional Court IL
self. 1t is intimated in the opinion
that a condition requiring the film
producer to obtain the approval OF the
licensing body for film not passed
upon by the censors would be good.
The film industry in England evi-
IDENTIFY prefers such method to the
establishment of State Board or
Censors by act Of Parliament. The
latter would be too irksome, they
say.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

TO THE NEW York HERALD: Your edi-
torlal article on Enrico Caruso has
moved me 70 tears. The last paragraph
makes me suggest that It would be at
ting to have some important square or
thoroughfare OF the great metropolis
where the "divo cantore" so eminently
distinguished himself named after him.
This honor would be fitting for n man
whose gifts have dclighted countless
thousands of music fovers IN this coun.
try WILLIAM RALPH pALarRA.
JERSEY CITY, ~. j., August 6,
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1t excites wonder in tho ordinary
mans mind to observe the degree OF
confidence displayed by those who pay
money to schemer offering desirable
building lots for the cost of recording
a deed. A matter of small concern
were not the ordinary man taxed to
pay the expenses incident to the court
proceedings against those who abuse
that pitiful degree Of confidence.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
E.nslands Film Censorship.

A question OF interest and impor-
tance to producers Of film plays has
Just been passed upon by the Divf-
sionaI Court of the Kings Bench in
London, a tribunal which exercises
Jurisdiction similar to that OF the
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court in New York State. Greater
weight attaches to the decision, how
ever. than is usually ascribed to
the announcements OF a court Of in
termediate appeal from the fact that
the Judge who presided on this oc-
casion was the new Lord Chief Jus.
tice Of England, Sir ALFRED IRIS
TRAM LAWRENCE, recently appointed
at the age of "a to succeed the Earl
OF READING, now Viceroy Of India.
The Middlesex County Council ap-
pealed from a decision OF certain To-
cal justices dismissing the complaint
made against the owners Of GIN
ema theatre at Twickenham for hav-
ing broken condition OF their
license. This condition was that no
film should be shown which had not
been certified for public exhibition
by the British Board OF Film Cen
sors." A film production dealing
with the Armenian massacres IN
Turkey had been exhibited by the de-
PENDANTS under the title of "The Auc-
tion OF Souls" There was no CON
tention that it was in any wise OBJ
jectionable; on the contrary, IT had
received general approval; but it
had not been submitted to the Brit
ish Board OF Film Censors and
passed upon by them, as provided in
the license of the theatre granted by
the Middlesex County Council.
The defendants contended that the
County Council had no right to in.
sert such a condition in the theatre
license. 1t left the film producers
subject to the absolute fiat Of the
censors, wholly irrespective OF the
true character OF the film. There
was no provision for any review Of
their action; and the law did not i'm.
port any consent TO such an arbi.
trary condition from the mere ac-
ceptauce OF a license containing it.
The local justices dismissed the
complaint and the Divisional Court
OF the Kings Bench affirmed their
judgment. The Lord Chief Justice
said the condition was bad in law be
cause II permitted the censors arbl.
trarily to refuse film which was
neither immoral nor calculated TO in
cite people to crime or disorder.
IL should be observed that the Brit
fish Board Of Film Censors is a non.
official organization created by the
film producers themselves TO pro.
mote public confidence in the charac'
ter of the plays which they present
IL has no legal sanction whatever.
but its work has been looked upon
with favor by the municipal councils
authorized to license theatres, and a
custom has grown up OF inserting in
such licenses the condition which the
courts have now condemned. The
decision will compel change OF the
practice IN this respect. The objec-
tion 10 the condition is that II con.
fers an arbitrary power upon a non.
pflcial body whose determinations
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MY House.

My house IS part or me.
When / am sad
Chill drafts steal bleakly
over every floor.
Windows are dismal things;
Dull shadows lurk,
Old. half remembered .crrows
In the halls.
And little griefs
That ! have half forgot
on every threshold
Where / set my foot
but when my heart
Ia high and glad and full
NV house reechoes
with my happiness
Each window is
A separate delight
The four walls
Are q precioss well loved book
III which ] read again
rho best of life.
.ABlaAIL M.stCREssoN,
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Fechter's English.

TO THE NEW YoRK HERALD: In your
editorial article In THE New YORK HER
AID or Sunday you state that Dion
Bouclcault said Charles Fechter never
learned to speak English - ALL" I think
this statement a. an error. l saw
Fechter play Honlet in Troy and feel
certain he used the regular English text
on that occasion and remember that his
makeup included q blond wig. l also
saw Salvini as Othelio In italian. while
the rest Of the company used English.
TRoY. August O. w. J. WOODS.
Dion Boucicault was indulging iE
the pleasant but dangerous practice
of irony. Ho did not like Fechserp
English.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

This country consumes considerably
moro than one-half or the worlds
production of coffee. That does not
mean that we make as many cups OF
coffee as does all the rest of the world,
but that in this country no one has to
demand, as Americans have to in
many countries OF Europe, IF this IS
coffee, bring mo tea; if this Is tea,
bring me coffee"
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

A Californian OF So who has been
spending some time in Jail refuses to
leave on the expiration OF his sentence
because he enjoys playing cards with
his fellow prisoners. Thus evil COM
municstlons corrupt good manners:
this young man probably never played
cards before he went to prison. The
state cannot be too careful where it
puts immature offenders.
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Gathering the Arknnsna Crop.

pfrs mn correspondence N tbs Batespillc
Record
croft russ and five ot hls dnushters ~
sidney passed through here Monday cn route
10 the blackbsrry- fold near Cushman, !
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Changing STYLES in chlna.

n. r. Il. ~ dsio Mdgdsinc.
Notwithstanding the popular Western fame.
that fashions never change IN China tho
Chinese woman Is painstakngy particular
as 20 the exact length and fulness-or scan
tiness-of her coats. skirts and trousers.
she is carefully precise about the width or
bias bands or braid or lace that she uses
for trimming. the number and arrangement
or fastenings the shape and height OF her
collar. All OF these details vary M tyran-
nicaly from season 70 season-under ahang-
hal guldance--ns certain style features do
with us under tho leadership OF New York
or Paris. Moreover. rs against our four
seasons, tho fashion devotee OF China takes
account OF eight, each with It's appropriate
style and weight OF clothing.
The Associated Press T. exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication Of an nnws dee
patches credited 20 Sc or not otherwise
credited n this paper and Also tho local
news published herein
All rights OF republication of special dcsx
patches herein are also reserved. IA
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City Honors for Caruso's Memory.

PArcHoouE, August G.
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Formula For Poison

Dublin, Ga, June ga form
ula that will kill the boil weevil! and
keep field clear of them until Au-
gust when the migratory weevils are
in action, is being used this year by
DR.. W. B. Taylor, of Dexter, Laurens
county, who has been growing cot
ton in Laurens for the past three
years in spite of the boil weevil. Last
year he made 139 bales on $50 acres
in spite of the weevil, wet weather
and other hindrances.
DR.. Taylor lives about 14i miles
from Dublin, where his farm is To-
Gated, and has become the recognized
boil weevil expert of the county,
what was determined to grow cotton
in spite of the weevil, and has sue:
ceeded. Saturday a friend in Dublin
asked him about the weevil on his
farm. "Why, the boil weevil is a
joke with me-" he. replied. I-laugl
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How Mississippi Fights Weevil.

DR.. J. G.. Wright, at the request OF
many Wilkes farmers, has written to
responsible parties in Mississippi
where they have been fighting the
weevil for ten years, and is in re-
ceipt of the following letter from
Mr.. r. C. Farrar, who lives in Wright
Bolivar County, Mississippi:
"Dr. James G. Wright, Washing.
ton, Ga.-Dear Sir: Yours of 21st
instant to hand. We take pleasure
in giving you all the information
we have on the weevil subject. In
the first place, we have had this pest
here in the Delta for the past ten
years. The writer has had personal
experience along this line. The first
and best of all is early planting
8 1-2 foot rows and close spacing OF
cotton in the hill, from 8 to IL inches
spacing. The next thing Is rapi'
shallow cultivation, with plenty Of
fertilizer to give the plant an early
start; keep the fields clean of grass
and weeds and well drained.
This method, coupled with a nor
NAL rainfall and you will make a
cotton crop.
Now, there is a poison put out
that kills the weevil. It is calcium
arsenate. This does the work when
properly applied with weather con-
ditions to suit; but this is very ex-
pensive method to combat the weevil
with.
] give you the name and address
of the general station, who can give
you all the dope yop want relative
to poison and machines to put it out
Write to Mr.. B. R. Coad, Delta Lab.
atory, Tallula, La.
I am pleased to furnish you with
the above Information, which i:
personal experience.
Very truly,
R. C. FARRAR.