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Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
PREPARING TURF FOR FUEL
New Method, Said to Have Originated
In Russia, May Result In Rel!ev-
Ing Shortage.

A new method Of drying turf to re-
lieve the serious fuel shortage In Fin
land has been put In operation In vari-
Gus Scandinavian countries. The new
method was invented by engineers
working under orders from the Rus
sian soviet government, to find more
labor-savlng method of preparing turf
as fuel for the great central power sta.
ton near Moscow, the process being
made known In Finland through an es-
Gaping engineer. The fundamental
principle of the process Is quite SIM
pie. The raw turf In the swamp, by
powerful jet of water under pressure
Of 20 atmospheres, Is freed from all
old roots and changed to thin mud.
This Is pumped out on drying field
and spread in layers. When sufficient
ly dry 1t Is cut into bricks Of uniform
size by means Of tractor. The turf
pump Is constructed like an ordinary
water turbine, Is reversible with aid Of
electric motor, Is equipped with cut
ting apparatus which completes the
work Of the water Jet, and can be
raised or lowered as the surface Of the
mud varies. The entire equipment Is
mounted on q car which can be pushed
forward or backward on rails along the
line Of work.-Scientific American.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
BEWILDERING TO The MIND
Everyday Measurements Of Science
That Are Almost Beyond Com
prehenslon Of the Layman.

One great difficulty In the study Of
astronomy Is to comprehend the i'm
mensity Of the distances and sizes in
volved. For instance, we can form no
conception Of the size or distance Of
the sun.
Suppose there was a spherical shell
Of the diameter Of the sun. Suppose
great genie should drop into this
shell, every second, night and day, a
ball the size Of the earth. How long
would 1t take to fill the SHELF Would
1t take an hour. day, or a weekf In
fact, It would take two weeks, and
when full the shell would contain more
than 100000 earths.
The distance to the sun Is 1000, 900
miles. How long would 1t take a can
non ball to reach the sun, If shot from
the earth, and continued on its course
at uniform velocityf In order not
to underestimate the distance some
might say a year. In fact It would
than 100000 earths
Astronomically speaking. the above
distance is very short. The sun is our
nearest star. Strain the imagination
by trying to comprehend the velocity
Of light which would pass seven times
around the earth In one second Of
time. Now stagger the brain by trying
to think Of stars, so remote from us
that million years are required for
their light to cross the enormous abyss
that separates them from US. Think
Of It! When that ray Of light which
now enters the eye, started on its
course, perhaps there was no life on
this earth.-John Candee Dean In the
Indianapolis News.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
REFUSED HAND OF SULTAN
Offer Of Marriage by Ruler Of sulu
Was Turned Down by Alloe
Roosevelt.

The Moro Is not all bad. he has
his good points. There has never been
case where Moro has murdered an
American woman, and there are many
American women In Moroland. This
abstinence. however, is not due to
Moro chivalry. but to the fact that In
the Moro thought women have no
souls.
Not that the believed soullessness
Of the sex keeps the Moro from be-
Ing ladies' man. In fact, he Is in
cllned to be very gallant. The ia
nous visit Of the Taft party, &C
companied By the then Miss Alice
Roosevelt, some years ago (and
long to be remembered In the Phil
ippines), was attended by q char
acteristic exhibition Of Moro gal
lantry. When this party visited
Jolo-no trip to the islands would
be complete without visiting this
picturesque island-his royal high
ness, the sultan Of Sulu, immedi-
ately offered his hand In marriage
to the daughter Of the President.
He addressed her as the American
princess, and the name Of Princess
Alice still clings to her In the Phil.
fppines. The fact that his highness
already had a couple Of dozen wives
scattered around the town was nc
deterrent In case Of q Mohammedan
monarch.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
NEcKTIE HALTED A ROMANCE
Lovers Who Had Been Apart for
Forty Years Made Up When Man
Wore Woman's Present

Forty years ago John Emmons and
Charity Timmons Of Bishopville. DEL.
were twenty years old and sweet
hearts. With her own hands Miss
Timmons made q necktie as gift for
her young gallant The evening OF
the day he received 1t Emmons put 1t
on. He didn't like the colors and re-
placed 1t.
AS usual, he visited Miss Timmons
that evening, according to a Selby.
vile (Del.) dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Ledger. 1t was a nice summer
night. The moon revealed that he
was not wearing loves token and Miss
Timmons demanded the reason.
ats too loud" replied the youth.
"Do you mean you will never wear
it, Then you don't love me-" sobbed
the girl, and she went into the house.
That apparently was the end of the
romance. Emmons went to Portland,
Ore, and prospered. AS the owner of
big department store In the far
Northwestern city, he returned to
Bishopville last Christmas for visit.
It was inevitable that he should
meet his former sweetheart In the vii
lage. Soon each learned that the old
love would not die; that each had con-
sidered the other the only mate and
that neither had married.
OF course. Emmons proposed. Miss
Timmons did not refuse him, but she
bought tie as nearly like the one
that started all the trouble as she
could find. Then, when he wore 1t
without finching, she coyly murmured
"yes." And so they were married the
other evening.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Winteriug Bees.

10 all places where bees are kept they
must pass through q period when no
brood is reared, which In the North is
the winter period. As honey-bses are
incapable of hibernation, It 10 necessary
that they have a good supply of honey
on which to live while they generate
heat during the winter. 1t 10 quite i'm.
portant that their winter food be OF
good quality.
whenever the temperature OF tho sur
rounding air falls to so r. the bees form
a compact cluster and begin the genera
tiop OF heat. In order that they may
not wear themselves out and die OF ex-
hsustion, the beekeeper either carries
them into cellar or packs them heavily
on, u,doors 90 that the heat generated may
NOT be lost too rapidly.
The proper care Of bees In winter is
one of the most important factors 10
preparation for the active season to fol-
low and 10 this discussion detailed direo.
|tIops were given for both methods oi
viutering. II was also pointed out that
the control Of European foulbrood ID
largely dependents on proper care OF bees
Iu winter.-Dr. E. T. PHILIPPE.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
A Foster Mother.

While mourning the loss of her three
kittens who lived but few minutes,
Nellie, matronly English short b aired
cat, turned to the incubator for consola-
tion and now Is the foster mother to a
brood Of chickens. The feline philan.
thropist has taken lodgings behind a
stove in the home OF Mrs. John T. Morey
Of New Bedford, Mass, and bestows con-
slant care and affection upon her beloved
but puzzling family.
A practical minded hen discovered
she had been duped into completing q
hstching job which an incubator bad
started. The fowl Immediately deserted
the seven newly arrived chicks.
Mrs. Morey transferred the abandoned
chickens to the tenement occupied for
merly by the cat, where they came to
the notice of Nellie on her first visit to
the kitchen since her bereavement.
After an hour of silent contemplation
she decided upon adoption.
The first display Of motherly Interest
almost disrupted the newly acquired
family. Nellie decided that the downy
orphans needed bath. While the meth
cd of washing brought no complaint the
wetting that was administered caused q
general retreat.
Not until the cat had stretched her
self out to forget her new troubles In
sleep did the chickens approach her.
Then they discovered that fur makes an
ideal bed. Now the cat and chickens
take milk from the same saucer and q,
night the orphans nestle to the foster
parent.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Keeping Feed Bills Down.

Any system Of grain raising must de
pend on q good system Of crop rotation
strictly adhered to. Our plan at Islapc
farm 10, potatoes or silsgs corn on,
year, with 20 loads of mapure to m,
acre, and for potatoes 1000 pounds Of
%-S-I fertilizer; for corn, . like amour,
OF manure, with 800 pounds of fertilizer
lower In potash content. With tbe
ground plowed in the fall, and manured
again in the spring, it is ready for grain
After the first hsrro wing We SOW abou,
ton OF lime to the acre, narrowing IL In,
We nse three bushels of oats TO the
acre, or IL seeding down to grass, twelve
bushels of timothy, four bushels of red
clover, four bushels of alsike and two
bushels of red top. We keep a field In
grass three years, never longer, and il
for any reason the stand does not look
good We may cut it short q year.
In using lime We feel that our first
crop of hay .is enough better to more
than pay the cost of the lime. 1t is a
rare season when We don't cut three tons
per acre the first year after seeding.
After raising so or 90 bushels of oats
to the acre, or 40 to 45 bushels of barley,
We are not going to get very far unless
We have something better than scrub
cows to feed it to. If We have an aver
age crop Of hay, oats and silsge to feed
TO scrub cows, We will be In . class of
farmers who always complain that farm
ing doesn't pay. It seems almost use.
less to urge farmers to raise more grain,
and save buying western grain, unless
they are going another step and breed
the best kind of stock they can afford.
II We are feeding cows that are pro
duciug 200 pounds of butter a year and
our neigbbor is feeding cows that pro-
duce 400 TO 600 pounds, or even more,
there 10 going to be q wide difference in
the cash balances at the end OF the year,
even though the grain and other crops
have been raised Is cheaply In one case
as In the other. My observation has led
me to believe that when q man gets in
tsrested enough to buy . purebred sire,
he will raise bis stock better, feed 1t bet
ter and give bis crop better cultivation
and care, thereby getting better yields
and making the crops cost less per unit
TO raise.
We also fiud that by raising good, well
matured silsge, from early maturing
corn, 80 as to get good percentage Of
ears, We get very much better returns
from the grain that We feed.-B. w. Hig-
gins
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
TRAINING WAITS OF CAIRO
Government Of Egyptian City Has In
stitutsd School Where Stray Boys
Will Be Educated.

It looks as If the problem Of the
waits and strays of Cairo was going
to receive at last serious attention.
After much insistence on the part
Of some public-spirited officials spe-
cial school for boys Of this class has
been opened In the environs Of Cairo,
where they will be looked after and
trained by the government without
their having committed some crime to
admit them into the reformat0ry, pre-
viously the only institution Of the kind.
Nothing so far has been done for the
girl children, though another home Is
promised for this purpose. 1t Is there
fore satisfactory to hear Of the forma-
ton Of an organization called the
brotherhood Federation" ostensibly
nonsectarian and international, with
the object of looking after and I'M
proving the lot Of the child waits gen.
orally.
A meeting recently held In support
Of this movement was given much
prominence in the local English papers,
but in spite of Its intimate bearing on
a purely Egyptian problem none Of the
Arabic papers appears to have given
the matter any publicity.-Christian
Science Monitor.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
~AutomoblIe" Street Car.

Mechanical arrangement similar In
many respects to that Of an automo-
bile Is the distinguishing feature Of a
new form of gasolne-driven interur-
ban car described in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. Though the body,
seating IS passengers, is like that Of a
standard modern street car, there Is a
long hood extending In front, in which
the 50-horsepower engine Is mounted.
An auto-type gear shift is provided.
and q shaft transmits the power to
the rear wheels. Air brakes, electric
lights, and hot water heating plant
are other details Of the equipment.
The car makes a round trip Of 40
miles in a little more than two and
one-half hours, consuming about five
and one-half gallons Of gasoline, or
one gallon to seven miles.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Eneourmlno tho Hen.

The modern method Of increasing
the quantity Of eggs that may be OBJ
tanned from hens Is turning on electric
lights In their pens In the middle Of
the night, thereby awakening them, to
the end that they eat an extra meal
and thus approach closer than ever be-
fore the ideal Of laying an egg a day.
week after week. One cannot but
think that this lengthening Of the
working day for hens 10 device Of
the same genius who discovered that
there was no need Of arising at dawn
to feed the poultry. he simply waited
until after the henyard denizens had
gone to roost, and then scattered their
morning meal. The hens found their
breakfast waiting for them In the
morning, while the ingenious one arose
and went about the affairs Of the day
only when he felt so inclined. No
chanticleer called him to work.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Convicted by the Bible.

Law founded on the Bible is good
enough for Mayor Gilmore Of Morgan
town, w. Va.
A local man charged with not hav-
Ing the tail light burning on his auto
mobile was arralgned before the may
or, who assessed fine Of So.
The accused protested, said 1t was
a poor law under which he was fined
and that he did not think 1t would hold
water in court.
The mayor declared any law found
ed on tile Bible was good enough for
him. The defendant said he couldn't
see where tail light had anything to
do with the Bible. The mayor looked
pityingly at the accused, and said:
"Do you remember the tale about
the ten virgins, five Of whom had lights
and five of whom didn't? Well, If you
do, you will remember that the Lord
wouldn't have anything to do with the
five without lights, and neither Will
this court"
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Selecting Pullets.

High egg production, one OF the chief
objects of poultry breeding, 10 measured
either by individual record or by the
flock average.
By study of trap-nsst records certain
characteristics have been found to be
correlated with high egg production, and
many theories have been proved or dis
proved as regards the high producing
hen.
II has been shown conclusively that
there 10 close relation between the age
at which the pullst begins to lay and her
production. The pullets that lay first
are the best producers, other conditions
being favorable.
High egg production Is Inherited, and
by breeding from high producers We
generally get high producers. The use
of the trap lest is impractical for the
average poultry raiser, therefore two
methods, based on trap-ne records,
may be employed to eliminate the
"slacker."
First, Gull in the fall OF the pullet year
by removing the late maturing birds.
rbe development of comb and wattles
and an increase In capacity, measured
from lay bones to keel bone, are indica-
tions Of maturity.
Second, Gull at the end Of the laying
season or the second year (July / to
October). Remove the early moulters
and those that show yellow pigment and
we'll kept plumsge.
The first method Is Of course more
economical, for removing the "slscker"
in the pullet year saves: the cost Of
feed, labor and housing through the win
ter. However, when culling at the be-
ginning OF the year there are certain
conditions that should be considered: :
First, that all breeds do not mature In
the same length of time and, second,
that all the pullets should be OF the
same age when culled or rather that
their ages should be known.
Fall culling may be inaccurate because
the birds have not had proper care of
feed during the gro wing period. Irregu-
lar feeding will result In slower mstur-
ing bird, or In the case OF . laying hen
may stop production, go that the color
will return to the beak and shanks.
Some irregulsrity of this kind may cause
q good producer to have some OF the
characteristics of the 'slacker" and
there is danger Of killing the good lay
ers.
Under favorable conditions pullets
should come to maturity ct the age OF
six months, due allowance being made
for the breed. Those birds tnst do not
mature until two to three months after
he first culling can with safety be dis
posed OF as culls. The number OF cuils
to expect depends largely on the breed
ing Of the birds. From high produc'
ing strain we naturally expect fewer
culla THAI from a low predicting strain.
Although this method Of selection
! may not be perfected, IL should at least
help to eliminate the non producer be
| fore she has chance to consume iol
of high priced food for which she viii
never make returns, and by removing
the low producers keep the flock at
] higher level of production without ths
expense Of trap. nesting.-L. p. Gardner
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Progressed by Slow Stages.

Thirty years ago the men Of Hart
shay, a hamlet Of Derbyshire, England
were accustomed to meet at bridge
on the edge Of the town, where they
would read the papers and discuss
events. This was all right In summer
time, but in the winter 1t was differ
ent and they would occasionally ad'
journ to a sheltered spot under the
bridge. From this they moved into @
vacated pigsty and later annexed an
other pigsty. This rude building was
improved by their own efforts until II
was fairly comfortable place. From
this humble origin there is now q
rather pretentious library, with the
best papers and magazines and 9
stock of good books.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
FASCINATION IN AIR FLIGHT
Various Reasons Advanced Why Peo-
pie VIII Pay High Price for Short
Trip Through Space.

Why do people fyi
Would you care for a spin In the
air 30 much as to spend SIS for q 20
minutes fight II SO, what Is your
motivef
interviewing q half dozen CONNER
cial aviators along Miami's water
front on this subject brought the fol-
lowing facts to light:
About go per cent Of all passenger
carried on the short 20 minutes sight
seeing flights are women.
According to aviators the types to
whom scraping the clouds appeals
are:
The wealthy man-the business
man. he wants to see what flying is
like. He sees the future Of CONNER
cial aviation. The short flight offers
also q novel method Of entertaining
friends.
The sport" He flies for the ex-
citement of the thing. He usually In
sists on stunt flying. Then. too, an
occasional flight provides a way Of
demonstrating to his friends his sport
Ing self.
The average man. He finds In the
short flight at $15 for himself or $25
for himself and companion method
of realizing the thrill and pleasures of
the air. He is presented with an op-
portunity Of realizing an overwhelm'
ing desire at minimum expense.
The large percentage Of women
passengers Is considered something OF
slap at those reveling in the thought
that women were too timid to fly. Ac-
cordIng to pilots, in most cases wom-
en- accept an offer Of an aerial spin on
the direct dare Of their masculine
companion.-Miami (Fla.) Herald.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
For Love Of
Ellen Mary
Bv H. LOUIS RAYBoLD

(G 1891. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Rural Delivery Mailman Clark
logged along the country road In his
white wagon feeling, as he expressed
1t to himself, considerably down In the
mouth. For one thing, the dress goods
ordered parcel post from the huge
mail order house had not arrived for
old Mrs. Bassett; for another. he was
bringing Joel Sanders, long out OF
work from rheumatic fever, another
bill from his city landlord; but most
important of all. he had no letter for
Ellen Mary.
Now, John NJ. Clark was q very SYM
pathetic young fellow and the thought
of the disappointment in Ellen Mary's
blue eyes when she ran down to the
letter box to wait for him and found
that still no letter had come, was very
upsetting.
Yes, there she was! He could catch
q glimpse Of her white dress as she
ran lightly down the slope Of the lawn
to the gate. He gave his white horse
a flick of the whip, either to get the
business over with or to shorten the
interval before having chance to
speak to her.
Ellen Mary had grown up in the last
year. Although he wasn't very many
years her senior, he could recall her
as little girl with long braids and a
happy laugh. He had watched the
braids disappear into a thick, fluffy
knot at the nape Of her neck and her
skirts lengthen decorously.
And since last summer he had OBJ
served that her happy laugh had gone,
too; ever since that fellow from the
city with his white fannels and 80
phisticated airs had come to board
with Ellen Mary's aunt while doing a
Job Of surveying for the state COM
missioner of roads. At the mere re-
membrance Of him, John, who was
ordinarily q most mild-mannered man,
f1icked the patient horse again, this
time 80 irritably that the animal
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
Cotton Stalks VIII Furnish Paper.

The possibilities Of cotton stalks as
a source of paper have long been sus-
pected and experiments In this direc-
ton have been made, but for one rea-
son or another 1t has never proved
quite practical.
The nearest approach to success has
been made recently, and it is an
nounced that there Is a plant at
Greenwood, Mass, where 80 tons of
paper are made every day from three
times that amount of stalk.
Certain thin tubular fiber In the
plant will make excellent cellulose for
durable papers. 1t is strong and flex-
ible. II quarter of the annual sup
ply Of the cotton stalks Of the South
were put to this use each year there
would be no need Of a paper shortage
In this country.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24
WIlIed Everything Away.

A lawyer in Chicago was retained
by a contractor to draw up his will.
The task was accomplished apparent
ly to the satisfaction Of the client; {;
the lawyers fee was paid, and the lat
ter supposed, Of course, that the mat
ter had been concluded. To his great
surprise, therefore, he received an
other call from his client the next
day, who expressed his conviction that
the affair had not been properly ad-
justed.
"Why, what's the troubler asked
the legal light.
"Trouble enough" said the man. II
didn't sleep the whole night through
for thinkin' Of that will You've fixed
1t so I've not left myself chair to sit
on onr'-Philadelphia Ledger.