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BROWN ROT HAZARD

Information on the nature and con-
troll of brown rot Of plums and cherries
Is presented in Farmers Bulletin No.
1410. published by the Department OF
Agriculture. The disease attacks fruits
at various stages from the blossom on
ward to the mature fruit. but is usually
more noticeable just as the fruit Is APP
preaching maturity. This year, with
It's protracted dry weather during the
ripening period Of piums and peaches,
has been unfavorable for the develop
ment of brown rot. Damp and rainy
weather during the maturing season
furnishes an ideal environment for Its
rapid spread. The home gardener
should, however, not place reliance In
favorable weather as protection. because
such conditions are the exception
rather than the rule.
The fungus lives through the Winter
on the rotten and dried fruits that are
left on the tree or fall to the ground:
The spores ripen in early Spring and
are carried upward to the new flowers
and fruits by the wind. In dry weather
the spores fail to grow, but IN moist
weather they terminate readily on the
fruit surface and, unless the fruit Is COW
cred with a protective coating of. spray
enter the tissue and spread with alarm
ing rapidity. Spraying after the fungus
has entered is of no avail except to
stop spread to other fruits.
There are several means OF reducing
| the hazard from brown rot. Picking
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BLOSSOM END ROT

Many home gardeners may have no
ticed that blackening of the blossom
end Of tomato fruits is unusually preva-
lent this year and may have wondered
what they could do to prevent this
trouble. The answer is discouraging. as
there is little that can be done. Inves-
tigatorS have found that there is no
disease present and have dismissed the
problem with the rather time-worn
statement that blossom end rot is likely
a physiological disorder. This Is I'M
doubtedly true but of no help to the
gardener. 1t is probably true that
under ideal growing conditions. plenty
of moisture, sunlight and soil food,
blossom end rot would be at minimum,
but even this cannot be set down as an
absolute fact because the trouble may
appear even then.
All varieties except the little cherry
tomatoes seem to be equally susceptible
to this trouble and who would care to
grow these small fruited varieties in
preference to standard ones such as
Bonny Best, Marglobe and Ponderosa?
Blossom end rot will have to be taken
as an inevitable difficulty, especially in
such unusual drought periods as we
have experienced this season. Certainly
water relations within the soil and
plant have been unusually disturbed.
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GARDEN ITEMS

1t Is easy to believe the weather man
when he says that the present Summer
has been the dryest in many years.
Under trees 1t is quite impossible to
garden at all and even in the absence
of competition, plants are just barely
able to survive.
Sweet potato plants are quite well
known to many gardeners, but how
many have ever seen the blooms?
produced in this locality. In the
tropics, where the plant is at home
the sweet potato flowers profusely and
sets seed. The flowers resemble small
morning glories, to which species the
sweet potato is rather closely related
Gardeners in this region must depend
on the plant breeders of the tropics
for new varieties.
Some weeks ago there was published
in this column review of some Mime
sofa work which showed that the new
high nitrogen fertilizers now being
widely advertised under trade names
are equally as good, but no better than
old standbyS such as nitrate of soda
and sulphate of ammonia, provided
they are both used in equal quantities
of actual content of nitrogen. This
evidence Is further supported by work
at the Virginia Truck Station, Norfolk
in which comparisons were made on
spinach. the yields being practically
the same on all plots when the ferti-
lizers were applied according to equal
nitrogen content. Prof. Zimmerley, who
conducted this work, found, however
that some of the high nitrogen ferti-
lizers were best handled by mixing first
with some inert material, such as
crushed peanut husks. They had a
tendency otherwise to take on water
from the air and become difficult IL
mix with other fertilizers.
Nitrogen is the most important and
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THE HOME GARDENER
Practical and Seasonal Identifying Surroundings
LIMA BEANS

| The lima bean very properly might
be described as one of the choice veg
] etables for this section. 1t seems fully
at home in and about Washington and
can generally be counted on to return
a full measure of satisfaction to the
! home gardener who co-operates by
giving it a fair measure of care and
Soil feeding. Bailey's Standard Cyclic
pedia of Horticulture speaks Of the lima
bean as a native of South America
It's very name would imply this origin
Like most of the other native American
vegetables, such as the tomato, sweet
corn and sweet potato, the lima bean
apparently appreciates its origin and
does we'll wherever the Summers are
| long enough to ripen the crop salts
! factorily. In this vicinity, frost is really
| a factor in preventing a crop. Farther
north, in Southern New England ana
New York, the lima bean is frequently
destroyed by frost before 1t has had
time to ripen.
For some unknown reason, bush limas
are not as successful as the pole or
| long stalked varieties. Frequently prac-
tically all the flowers fall from the bush
plants before they have set. In view
of the fact that pole varieties are much
| more fruitful because of their larger
bearing surface, the failure of the bush
varieties is not significant except to
the extent that they should not be
planted.
The problem with pole limas is to
furnish adequate supports. Rough
poles from the woodland are ideal sup
ports but are often difficult to obtain.
Chicken fencing, supported by few
! sturdy posts makes a strong, sturdy
support. The gardener who grew the
plants shown in the picture has re-
! sorted to stakes and cross strings.
Whatever the nature of the support,
| it is imperative that something be used
to enable the plants to climb. without
support there would be nothing save
tangled mass of vines and few or
| no pods.
Two distinct types of limas are
| known to gardeners, the large seeded
varieties in common use and the Caro-
! lima or sieva. with small pods and
| seeds but with greater productivity.
The sieya is a little harder than the
| large lima varieties but loses out be-
cause of small size. Home gardeners
are accustomed to white lima beans
| but Bailey in the above cited reference
speaks of varieties with red black and
likely to gain favor with American
gardeners. white color being as de-
sirable In the lima bean as red is in
| the tomato. Irrespective of quality,
! colored lima beans would find no place.
| Another point in lima bean Gull
ture is the advent of the Mexican
bean beetle. Last season this insect
PLAYED havoc with the lima bean crop
and will again II magnesium arsenate
! or pyrethrum oil soap is not applied
| as soon as the insects appear.
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For the Love
of a Lady
BY
Jeffrey
Farnol

night escaped this afternoon, and
Escaped" gasped Sir John.
Faith, Sir John, me dear don't you
hear?"
but dye say, ma'am, will We actually
tell me-"
This, sir! Last night he was cap,
tured. This afternoon he escaped, and
this evening he will, hope and pray,
be exonerated, his fair name INDICATED
for good and ALL before your very eyes.
'Tis for this purpose I summoned ye
here. I hope, ere the clock strikes, 10
show YOU all in a Grammatical interlude
that I'll call The Bitter Bit The actors
shall play their several parts as natural
as life-especially one! At least, b the
powers, I hope so! Soon the stage be
set. YOU will follow me into the morning
room. where we shall sit very silent and
very still-the windows will stand open,
and YOU will listen and-watch the
Summer-ar But, sirs, there must be
no talking no. not even whisper, or
our play is ruined, and it's case o
life-and DEATH"
Here the duchess consulted some
what ponderous gold watch, and-no-
body spoke; even Sir John was silent.
"Come!" said she, rising suddenly.
"You, Sir John, shall sit with me-your
arm, pray! Helen and gentlemen, fol-
low us!"
Soft-treading and with strange
hush upon them, one and all, they fol-
lowed the duchess and Sir John into
an unlighted chamber whose long win
dows looked out upon the gardens OPP
posite which windows stood row OF
chairs sufficient for the company.
"Sirs," whispered the duchess, when
all were seated. "Oh, sirs, If the dead
are truly alive and may rise to alright
the guilty, avenge wrongs and vindi-
cate the innocent, I pray we may thus
see, hear and know the truth at last"
And now fell a silence that, as mo-
/ ment after moment dragged by, seemed
but to grow the more irksome, more
painfully acute.
The glimmering dusk beyond the open
easements deepened to night, wind
less dark wherein stars began to wink
.. hush, stiffness, an all-pervading
silence wherein the straining senses be-
| gan to distinguish a thousand vaguely
indefinable sounds blent and resolving
| into a heavy, ceaseless throb that was
the very pulse of life itself. Slowly
this deadly stiffness seemed to become
more and yet more ominous the
deepening gloom seemed full Of terri
! fed questioning-Who? What?
At last stealthily upon this awful
troublous quietude crept a sound. regu-
lar, drawing nearer, growing louder.
Horse; horse hoofs!" whispered some
one
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off and destroying the over-Wintering
dried fruits is one step. Flowing or
spading the soil before the blossom
season buries many of the rotted fruits
so deeply that they cannot release
spores. Spraying is also highly effective
when the right materials are used at
the right time. A full schedule is
offered in the above mentioned bulle-
tin. Self-boiled lime sulphur. applied
about two to three weeks before fruit
is ripe Is perhaps the most important
spray from the viewpoint Of the home
gardener. This mixture is made up in
the proportions of four pounds of
fresh, unslaked lime, four pounds OF
any finely powdered sulphur and Is
gallons of water Part of the water
is first added to the lime to start slak-
ing. then adding the sulphur. The
heat of the shaking lime supplies suf-
ficient heat to boil the mixture.
Trees in which the tops have been
thinned out sufficiently to allow SUM-
light to enter are less subject to brown
rot attack and thinning the fruit in
the clusters is also a safeguard and
at the same time good practice from
the viewpoint of larger and finer fruits.
Note in the accompanying photograph
how brown rot has spread through the
entire cluster of plumS. The japanese
plums, such as Burbank, especially need
fruit thinning because of their habit
of fruiting in dense clusters. Some Of
the European varieties, such as I'M
perial, Epineuse and Italian prune. are
much more inclined to bear their fruits
Singly. preventing this rapid spread
from fruit to fruit.
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FIVE-DAY WEEK GAINS
IN BUILDING TRADE
National Survey Shows 100000
Workmen Now on New
Schedule.

The B-day or 40-hour week for
building trades mechanics is probably
the most important issue now facing
the Nations building industry, accord
ing to the 8. w. Straus Co.. which
has made national survey Of indus
trial conditions in this country.
THE result OF the survey shows that
the trend IS rapidly swinging to the
Shorter work week and that at this
time approximately IS per cent Of the
building mechanics Of the country are
pow working on the basis Of the 40-hour
keek." Straus says.
Data and statistics on the short
Eork week were obtained from builders
IN approximately 100 large cities that
tange from coast to coast. This infor-
nation shows there are approximately
100000 building trades artisans EN-
bloyed on the f1ve-day week basis.
"Ofhcials Of the building trades de-
partment Of the American Federation
IF Labor estimate the membership of
the organized building trades workers
h the United States and Canada at
100000.
THE motivating force and backbone
Of the five-day week movement is fur
nished by the building workers of the
metropolitan district of New York. It
S estimated that OF the 100000 build
ing workers now on the five-day Sched-
hle, 10000 OF them are New York
craftsmen, 1900 of ths f1ve-day week
Workers are Pittsburgh mechanics, and
Ihe remaining $4,000 are journeyman
trades that have procured the 40-hour
week in individual trades units In other
cities"
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Hoofs Gathering on the distant road,
wonderfully clear, suddenly stopped.
Stiffness again, silence, then shadow
fitted through the hadows-Viscount
Brocklehurst was entering the garden
like furtive animal.
puff of greenish vapor, a glow, and
within the arbor's blackness, rising upon
this gloom. was bewigged head. face
greenly luminous, that seemed stls-
Julian Guyfford!" some one gasped.
"A specter!"
And then the night silence was split,
riven asunder by scream that. dying,
gave place to loud babblen1ent-the Wis
counts frantic speech:
Julian! Julian, oh, no! never
meant to kill you! Twas you forced
me-forced me to III! YOU"
The feverish speech ended In hoarse
cry, strangled to dreadful choking
Brocklehurst lay dead. Then the luml-
bent low to earth and still dreadfully
aglow. was the keen, hawk-like face oil
old Truffeni. She wiped phosphores-
cent mask from her brow.
John and old Ben were enjoying tank.
ards of ale before the inn.
"Stone dead!" nodded old Ben. "Anc
i'm a lord and vi-count-t' think 'twa:
i'm as done the deed-and now dead!'
"Ay," sighed John. And Cap'n Des
pard a-goin' the same road, so DR.
Samson do say"
"Eh? Another deader? These b,
| toimes-Mr. Julian dead, Vi-count dead
Oldcraft dead, tn Gallopin' Parsor
dead-me an Joel Bym found 'im-ane
now the cap'n."
"Ah, but murder and that-like beam
good for my trade. Ben. And yonder j:
your lady, a-horseback."
And now, swaying easily to every
graceful motion of her beautiful mare
my lady came cantering across the greer
and refined up within yard of them.
pray, john" she inquired, "how i
the invalid this morning."
"Sinkin'. my lady: sinkin' rapid
Don't know nobody. pore gentleman
Ravin' all night, my lady, and all abou
death and Cap'n Archer, the highway
man. and Sir Richard and hisself. ant
all on 'em drownding together in tn
ovid mill pool"
At that moment DR.. Samson cam
hurrying forth to greet my lady.
Sir" she questioned anxiously
what is this hear of Capt. Despard?
IF that he is dead, madam. the new
is but little previous" answered tn
doctor, shaking his head Alas! fea
the poor gentleman will be gone err
sunset"
"Dying?" murmured Helen. "Oh, sir
can nothing be done?"
"Nought, fear. He needs care un
renting, such as no man and no pait
nurse can bestow. Given SUCH
With an effortless ease, Helen swuni
| EnI,flyy m earth ond cfrinvlod off hp
gauntlets.
Take The Witch home, Ben" salt
she, land tell aunt I am remaining t
nurse Capt. Despard. And now, d.
Samson. pray bring me to him"
She hurried indoors, with the littl
doctor eargerly attendant.
"So!" exclaimed Ben, staring at John
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TOWN
Home ARE LISTED
Institute Says 1t Spurs Am.
bition, Thus Aiding Fight
for Success.

The Home owners Institute lists IL
seasons for home ownership and de-
clares there are still others. The Is are
given as follows:
l. Home owning Is the greatest OF
all aids to success. It is a spur to
ambition, both financial and social.
2. It tends to reduce the cost OF
session comes a marked tendency to do
without certain things and to avoid
unnecessary expenditures.
3. Home ownership helps to increase
working efficiency and earning capacity.
Any employer of labor will verify this
statement.
4. 1t is necessary for the welfare of
children. The rented house, the apart
ncnt the hotel, these are not' home to
a child. Each is essential in its own
way to our national well being, but only
in so far as conditions demand the
living in such quarters.
5. A home makes woman'S work
more pleasant and her life happier.
No woman takes a genuine interest in
q rented dwelling.
6. The home owner is relieved OF many
Worries such AS moving, undesirable
ncighbors. increased rent and so on.
7. It provides better living conditions.
One is more apt to keep up his own
a GOOD profit from his investment.
3. A home gives a family better
financial rating. If money is needed,
j, is always procurable upon home.
Q. 1t stirS one to make their efforts
continuous and persistent. Home own
ership sharpcns the desire for other
things in life, important, but secondary
t. home.
10. Home ownership makes for good
citizenship. With a home of ones own
CCmcs the desire to have a part in the
eitairs of 3he city or town. This natur-
ally adds to mans prestige in his
community.
II. Ownership creates a condition OF
freedom which allows the home owner
10 do as he pleases. If he wishes to
Point, paper. or make few changes
re is at liberty to do SO. There is no
toaxing the landlord for repairs, changes
and improvements.
IL. The owned home may be planned
bird built Just as you wish it. 1t will
reflect your own individuality, not that
Of another.
10. AS mans earning capacity de-
Clines with the years. if he is a home
owner. the question of the family's sup
port is made easier.
IA. A home assures the family a safe
shelter If the provider dies. No one
can say "vacate" to the family.
Is. The head of every family pays
Tor home whether he owns it or not
In the course of years the renter is
bound to pay the cost Of home and
has nothing to show for it.
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i i drawing room, where many can. can
dies shone bravely upon Velvet
coats glossy wigs and cleaning shoe.
buckles, for the primest gentlemen Oh
the neighborhood were here convened.
Greetings. sirs!" said my lady, salut-
ing the back-bending company. IN.
deed, you are vastly welcome, but IL
there be any among you can ease poor
souls curiosity and say why we are here
assembled at the Moat House so secret
and at such hour, pray you speak. -.
why, madam, y must know, ! 1altn,
lisped Mr.. Threep, there is whisper
that we are to enjoy charade-"
"A play-acting, madam" murmured
Mr.. Trumpington.
flush, sirs!" cried Sir John Parret,
rapping his snuff box, its no such
hem! I say her grace would never con-
woke us for such--fddle-faddle / pro-
test and dare assert it's for matter more
serious madam summoned me hither-
some matter O. moment to us all. some
matter doubtless touching our"
THAT same!" cried the duchess, rus
Ting suddenly in upon them, that very
same, me dear Sir John. And here's
news for We, gentlemen all. Last night
Sir Richard Guyfford was struck down
and captured"
"Es? Captured, madam" cried Sir
John, forgetting to be dignifled. Cap
tured? Why. was not informed"
"Ah, well, sirs, It's no matter-for the
poor gentleman being captured last
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THE GARDEN CLUBS

The Hyattsville Horticultural Society
met Saturday evening. August "a. at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mos
tyn, 628 Jackson avenue, Riverdale, Md
Mrs. William Brurwood assisted Mrs.
Mostyn Miss Isabel Freeland is secre-
tary of the society.
Very soon now the various garden
clubs will renew activities for the Au-
tumn season. This column is open to
the service of the clubs in the an
nouncement of meetings, flower shows
and other happenings. - Information
should reach The Star as early in the
week as possible in order that it may be
included in the current weeks column.
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most expensive plant food that the gar
dener has to purchase. In itself nitro
gen Is not the principal food that plants
use, because plants actually contain
very little nitrogen. but it is most often
the material that is lacking in the soil.
Manure furnishes nitrogen to the soil;
so do turned under green plants. but
for quick results the gardener must de-
pend on the chemical sources of nitro
gen. Apparently, from the results cited,
there need be no hesitation in using
the new high nitrogen materials. al
though their principal advantage is de-
creased bulk.
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JUDGE LECTURES YOUTHS.
Ship Bellhops Are Charged With
Selling Rum.

CHICAGO, August 81 R.-Three
college boys, charged with selling liquor
on the steamboat Manitou while en-
ployed on the ship during their Sum-
tner vacations as bellhops, were lectured
Beverely by Presiding Judge Samuel
hlschuler of United States Circuit Court
pf Appeals and then admitted to proba-
lion for one year each.
Edward A. Schwew, Manistee, Mich,
WAS paroled to Rolf Nielsen, president of
the Manistee Rotary Club; Roy S. Laird,
Milford. ILL.,, student at the University
bf Illinois, and Arthur Schaible, Wanna
tab. Ind, student at the University of
Indiana, were paroled to Attorney L.
Claude Dollahan.
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the first few pears begin to show yell
low. At this stage the fruits are full
sized and have lost that leaf green
color which marks immaturity. Win
ter pears, such as Anjou and Winter
Nelis. do not require this early harvest
ing but should be left on the trees
until danger of frosts.
Any one who cares to make the test
may very we'll pick part of the crop
at an early stage and leave the balance
to mature on the tree. The increased
iuiciness and sweetness of the shelf
ripened pears will be so marked that
no further proof will be needed in favor
of early picking. With plums, peaches
and cherries, on the other hand, high
est quality is attained on the tree
itself.
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RIPENING PEARS

Practically all varieties of pears are
greatly improved in quality il picked
from the tree just as they begin to
ripen and allowed to come to full
ripeness on a cool dry shelf in the
cellar. The stage of picking maturity
is usually determined by the ease with
which the pear stem separates from
the spur when the fruit is lifted.
Another very good indication Is when
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so twas the captain as be her choice,
arter all"
"And all along were thinkin' twas
some 'un else" John replied.
"Eh, lad, but could ha' told ZEE twas
the captain weeks ago. could"
"But-burn me, Ben
"Lookee. John, I'll lay quart o. your
best tits the captain-s'posing e don't
die-a quart my lady marries i'm soon
as e be fit"
"A quart it be. Bent" sighed John
gloomily, though I'd sort o. hoped-ah,
WE'LL"
Continued tomorrow
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SYNOPSIS.
COPYRIGHT. 1899.

SYNOPSIS.
Sir Richard, freed by the Galloping Par
SON. rides like a wild man to the inn, where
Helen is kept prisoner FuIlousiy ~. ne
three rogues who are guarding the captive
Helen for BroGklehurst ,, srsakinf shro pmf
Up to the inn rides Jonas Skag, Brockle-
bursts chief rogue. and their escape us IS
window to bounce on Skaz and beat him
into Inconsistencies Then Richard takes
Skag's horse. draws Helen to the SADDLE
village.
!. ((,opfiruad From Yesterdays Star)
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Upper-Lima beans and sweet corn
growing i'm a home garden. Lima beans.
the garden editor warns, need careful
guarding from the danger Of Mexican
bean beetles, which can quickly ruin
a crop. LOwer-BrOwn rot, which In
moist seasons can take q heavy toll of
fruit. Photo by courtesy Depart
ment of Agriculture
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PILOT INJURED IN CRASH.
Lieut.. Garfield Seriously Burned
When Bombing Plane Collapses.

MANAGUA. August 81 GP).-Lieut.
Dwight j. Garfield of Minnesota was
seriously burned yesterday when the
Army bombing plane he was plotting
crashed near here. The co-pilot, whose
name was given at Lieut. Methany, was
slightly burned.
The plane. which was one of four en-
route to Panama from the United
States. was destroyed. The injured were
taken to the United States Marine Hos
pital.