r LIME FOR SOILS Crop Growth Indicative of Condition of the Soil—Lime la Important for Growing Leguminous Crops—Man ure Spreader May Be Used for Ap plying Lime Mr. O. C. Rostel, Mafble, Washing ton, writes as follows: "Please let me know if our mountains of lime rock here in Stevens county could be utilized for commercial fertilizer by grinding it fine without first burning." Unburned but finely ground lime stone is best for correcting soil acidity. The use of lime on soils is beneficial in places where calcium Is deficient. Some crops require more calcium than others. This is especially true of clovers, alfalfa, and other leguminous crops. Whether the soil requires calcium depends upon its condition, and this can be determined by one of two methods either by a close examina tion of the plant growth or by the use of litmus paper. If you find horse sorrel present in large quantities it Indicates that your soil requires calcium; also, if clovers do not grow well that is an indication that cal cium is lacking. By the use of litmus papers, which may be purchased at almost any drug store, you will be able to determine whether your soil is acid. Take a small quantity of moist soil and press it around the paper for ten or fifteen minutes. If the blue paper is turned to a pinkish or reddish color, it will indicate that your soil is acid and an application of lime will be beneficial. There are several (at least ten) forms of commercial lime on the market. The best form to use is finely ground limestone. First: because it is cheap est, and, second: the effect on the humus is not so serious as with other forms of lime—especially caustic or quick lime. The action of finely ground limestone in its attack on the vegetable matter is less noticeable than with other forms of lime. The amounts to apply depend on how badl\ your soil requires calcium, and also upon the available supply of lime stone. We have known of instances where as high as eight tons have been applied to the acre with good results, and as low as a ton or a ton and a half hag been used very satisfactorily. The usual amount varies from three to six tons to the acre. This material should be supplied to the surface after the seed bed is prepared, and harrowed 1b by the use of a peg-tooth or disk harrow. It may be scattered by the us« of a manure spreader; in fact. thlF la the usual machine for applying finely ground limestone. DESTROYING GRASSHOPPERS Reply to Jacob Mathiason, Walnut Grove, Minn. "Please send me by mail directions for killing grasshop pers." Before attempting to give a remedy for the grasshopper plague, a few words in regard to its early stages of gwwth will not be out of place. In order for the grasshopper to multiply to any extent, the soil in which the eggs are laid must be undisturbed and there must be an abundance of food available. The most favorable con dition for grasshopper development seems to be found in the alfalfa sec tions of the weat. Where it is possible, one of the best preventive measures to cultivate the ground. The soil need not be disturbed below the first two Inches of surface, for most of the eggs are deposited very shallow. We fully realize that in many cases this cannot be done so as to completely destroy the grasshopper, but where it 1b possible to plow and cultivate in the fall, the number cam be greatly de creased. There are two ways of destroying the adult or grown grasshopper. One Is by the use of the hopper dozer. Various forms are in use, but one that has given very good satisfaction can bo built of sheet Iron, ten or twelve feet long, and about twenty-six inches wide, with a board across the back, against which the grasshoppers will ■y and then fall into the bottom of the tapper dozer. The l>ottom of the hop per dozer should be made water tight, M that a quantity of water may be poured Into it, also a small quantity of kerosene. The hopper dozer should be mounted on low skids or small wheels , and drawn by one or more horses. The grasshoppers will lie collected in the hopper dozer and killed by coming in contact with the ki rosene. This Whole structure is rather inexpensive and has proved a very trood method of d«*troying the grasshopper. The bureau of entomology of the United States Depar'ment of Agri culture has reconmunded a poisoned bait, which is known as the "criddle mixture," an<t has given very good results in some sections. The mix ture is made as follows: One-half barrel fresh horse drop pings, in which 1b mixed one pound each of salt and parts green. If the dropphfgs are not fresh, the salt is dissolved In water and mixed with the manure and poison. Then thiß mixture is scattered freely about, where the grasshoppers are abundant. Dr. Fletcher, entomologist for the Dominion of Canada, cites an instance where this poison mixture was scattered around a portion of the field, with the result that this portion stayed green while the grasshoppers seriously Injured other parts of the same field. The criddle mixture has been preferred to other brands of poi son because Its effect on other forms of animal Mfe is not so serious. Before the frost W the time to pro pare for next year's erop by selecting seed corn la tae field. PHCPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL, OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, AND FUBUSHED BY OR DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVHI OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section four, of the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth o£ Penn sylvania, authorizing the State to Issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the improve ment of the highways of the Com monwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitu tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania be, and the same is hereby, pro posed, in accordance with the eigh teenth article thereof: — That section four of article nine, which reads as follows: "Section 4. No debt shall be creat ed by or on behalf of the State, ex cept to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, repel invasion, suppress in surrection, defend ihe State in war, or to pay existing debt; and the debt created to supply deficiency in rev enue shall never exceed, in the aggre grate at any one time, one million of dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. No debt shall be created by or on behalf of the State, except to supply casual deficiencies of rev enue, repel invasion, suppress insur rection, defend Ihe State in war, or to pay existing debt; r.nd the debt creat ed to supply deficiencies in revenue shall never exceed, in the aggregate at any one time, one million of dol lars: Provided, however, 'i.uat the General Assembly, irrespective of any debt, may authorize the State to issue bonds to the amount of fifty millions of dollars for the purpose of improv ing and rebuilding the highways of the Commonwealth. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. ROBERT MCAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to section seven, article three of the Constitu tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per mit special legislation regulating labor. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac cordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof. Amend ment to Article Three, Section Seven. Section 2. Amend section seven, article three of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, which reads as fol lows: — "Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension, or impairing o£ liens: "Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or school districts: "Changing the names of persons or places: "Changing the venue in civil or criminal cases: "Authorizing the laying out, open ing, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets or alleys: "Relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and any other State: "Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: "Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: "Authorizing the adoption or legiti mation of children: "Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties, or changing county lines: "Incorporating cities, towns, or vil lages, or changing their charters: "For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: "Granting divorces: "Erecting new township® or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits, or school districts: "Creating offices, or proscribing the powers and duties of officers in coun tlos, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: "Changing the law of descent or succession: "Regulating the practice or juris diction of, or changing the rules of evidence in, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters In chancery, or other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for th® collection of debts or the enforcing Of judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial sales of real estate: "Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: "Regulating the management of public schools, the building or repair ing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: "Fixing the rate of interest: "Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties In interest, to be recited in the special enact ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding money* legally paid into the treasury: "Exempting property from taxation: "Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing: "Creating corporations, or amend ing, renewing or extending the chart •rs thereof: "Granting to any corporation, ■—w elation or individual any special or ex clusive privilege or Immunity, or to any corporation, association or indi vidual the right to lay down a railroad track. "Nor shall the General Assembly in directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing local or spec ial acts may be passed: "Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers and privileges in any ease where the granting ot' such powers and privileges shall have been provid ed for by general law, nor where the courts have Jurisdiction to grant the same or give the relief asked for." — so as to read as follows: Section 7. The General Assembly shall not pass any local or special law authorizing the creation, extension or impairing of liens: Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townshlpß, boroughs, or school districts: Changing the names of persons or places: Changing the venue in civil or crim inal cases: Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, high ways, streets or alleys: Relating to ferries or bridges, or in corporating ferry or Bridgi compan ies, except for the erection of bridges crossing streams which form bounda ries between this and anj other State. Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: Relating to cemeteries, graveyards, or public grounds not of the State: Authorizing the adoption, or legiti mation of children: Locating or changing county-seats, erecting new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or vill ages, by changing their charters: For the opening and conducting of elections, or "fixing or changing the plaoe of voting. Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or bor oughs, changing township lines, bor ough limits or school districts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of officers in coun ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec tion or school districts: Changing the law of descent or suc cession: Regulating the practice or jurisdic tion of, or changing the rules of evi dence In, any judicial proceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, jus tioes of the peace, sheriffs, commis sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters in chancery or other tribunals, or pro viding or changing methods for the collection of debts, or the enforcing of judgments, or prescribing the ef fect of judicial sales of real estate: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables: Regulating the management of pub lic schools, the building or repairing of school houses and the raising of money for such purposes: Fixing the rate of interest: Affecting the estates of minors or persons under disability, except after due notice to all parties in interest, to be recited In the special enact ment: Remitting tines, penalties and for feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: Exempting property from taxation: Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufacturing; but the legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries, the hours of work or labor, and make provision for the protection, welfare and safety of persons employ ed by the State, or by any county, city, borough, town, township school district, village, or other civil di vision of the State, or by any contracts or or sub-contractor performing work, labor or services for the State, or for any county, city, borough, town, town ship, school district, village or other civil division thereof: Creating corporations, or amending, renewing or extending the charters thereof: Granting to any corporation, asso ciation, or individual any special or exclusive privilege or immunity, or to any corporation, association, or in dividual the right to lay down a rail road track: Nor shall the General Assembly In directly enact such special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but laws repealing lo<;al or spec ial acts may be passed: Nor shall any law be passed grant ing powers or privileges in any case where the granting of such powers and privileges shall have been pro vided for by general law. nor where the courts have jurisdiction to i;rant the same or give the relief asked for. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEE. Secrstary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, proposing an amendment to section three of article eight of the Consti tution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania (if th» Senate concur), That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Section 2. —Amend section three of article eight, which reads as follows: 'All judges elected by the electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or municipal election, as circumstances may require. All the elections for judges of the courts tor the several judicial districts, and tor county, city, ward, borough, and township officers, for regular terms of service, shall be held on the municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday aext following the first Monday of No vember in each odd-numbered year, but the General Assembly may by law B* a different day, two-thirds of al' the members of each House consent ing thereto: Provided, That such elections shall always be held in an odd-numbered year," so as to read: Section 8. All judges elected by th« electors of the State at large may be elected at either a general or mu nicipal election, as circumstances may require. All elections for judges of the oenrte for the several judicial dl» Mi far eounty, city, ward, bo» | ough, and township officers, for regit lar terms of service, siiuu jc uci. ~-it me municipal election day; namely, the Tuesday next following the lirst Mon d.y of November in each outnumber ed year, but tlio General Assembly niay by law fix a different day, two uiirds of all the members of each iiouso consenting ... •cto: Provided, Thai, such olecu.;: 1 be held in aa odd-numberc . Provided fur in. r, That all jiu. ... _ for the courts I.l' the several jui i.»i ■ ..'ricts hold ing ollico at till! ;,.\;seul whoso ■Wins of office ..lay end a an odd aumbered year, s.l.uli eoiuu. • to hold their offices un:il ihe iiist .. inday of January in the next succe< ig even -1 numbered year. A true copj of Concurrent Resolu tion No. 3. ROBERT Mi VFEE, Secretary of the Corniuawealth. Number Four. A JOINT RESOLUTION, i Prop< '-i. i an amendment to section ■il ot artiei nine of the Consti-! i.uuon of Pennsylvania, ielating to' 1 taxation. bt ction 1. Be il resolved by the oi'uute and House ot ltepresentati. a; of ilia Coiumonwealtli of Pennsy.va'.iu' in General Assemb y met, That the ; lollowing is proposed as an amend ment to the Constitution of the com- j moil wealth ol l'eunsylvanla, in ac-. j eoi dance with the provisions of the I ■ eighteenth article thereof:— Section 2. Amend section one uf I t article nine ol' the Constitution of i ; Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: i "All taxes shall be uniform, upon j the same class of subjects, within the I territorial limits ot the authority levy- I ing the tax, and shall be levied and ' collected under general laws; but tho l 1 General Assembly may, by general 1 laws, exempt from taxation public ' property used for public purposes, ' actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or heid lor | private or corporate profit, and inutitu i tions of purely public charity," so as | to read as follows: All taxes shall be uniform upon the ; same class of subjects, within the ter- I ritorial limits of the authority levying | the tax, and sliali be levied and col | lected under general laws, and the subjects of taxation may be classified for the purpose of laying graded or progressive taxes; but the General Assembly may, by general laws, ex empt from taxation public property used for public purposes, actual places of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private or cor i porate profit, and institutions of pure ly public charity. I A true copy of Joint Resolution I No. 4. ROBERT McAFEE, [ - Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Five. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Con jstitution of Pennsylvania. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in Uener !ui Assembly met, That the follow ing Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Article IX. Section 15. No obligations which have been heretofore issued, or which may hereafter be issued, by any coun ty or municipality, other than Phila delphia, to provide for the construc tion or acquisition of waterworks, subways, underground railways or street railways, or the appurtenances thereof, shall be considered as a debt of a municipality, within the meaning of section eight of article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania or of this amendment, if the net revenue derived from said property for a per iod of five years, either before or after the acquisition thereof, or, where the same is constructed by the county or municipality, after the completion thereof, shall have been sufficient to pay interest and sinking-fund charges during said period upon said obliga tions, or if the said obligations shall be secured by liens upon the respec tive properties, and shall impose no municipal liability. Where munici palities of counties shall issue obliga tions to provide for the construction of property, as herein provided, said said municipalities or counties may also issue obligations to provide for the Interest and sinking-fund charges accruing thereon until said properties | shall have been completed and in op eration for a period of one year; and said municipalities and counties shall' not be requiri d to levy a tax to pay j said interest and sinking-fund charges, j as required by section ten of article, nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl- 1 vania, until after said properties shall | have been operated by said counties or municipalities during said period of one year. Any of the said munici palities or counties may Incur indebt edness in excess of seven per centum, and not exceeding ten per centum, of the assessed valuation of the taxable property therein, if said increase of indebtedness shall have been assented to by three-fifths of the electors vot ing at a public election, in such man ner as shall be provided by law. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. B. ROBERT McAFEE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Advertised Article (la one in which the merchant himself has implicit faith— else he would not advertise it. You are safe in patronizing the R merchants whose ads appear k In this paper because their I goods are up-to-date and never I shopworn. i DO IT NOW™ j' Q nil □ i KINDLY OLD BAVARIAN RULER Ample Reasons Why Duke Max Waa Popular Within and Without His Dominions. Duke Max of Bavaria had no greater delight than leaning over the counter of some small shppkeeper, talking gos sip or purchasing toys for his great granddaughters In Austria. Innumer able stories are told illustrating his character. R. H. Goldschmidt, a weallhy banker of Frankfort, was once journeying to Vienna. Opposite him on the velvet cushion of the first class car sat an old gentleman, whose dress and looks betrayed no uncommon rank. "Are you on a pleasure trip?" asked the banker's vis-a-vls. "Yes," answered the latter, "I am gol'-.g to visit my daughter, who, thank God, fortunately married the Banker Wie ner in Vienna." "How strange," re plied his companion; "the incentive to my trip Is the same. I am going to visit my daughter in Vienna. Thank God; she, too, is rather fortunately married to the emperor of Austria." The duke's pocketbook was open to all. Many a poor creature in that Catholic city told oft beads for "good Duke Max," and blessed his name. A disciple of old Baltazarina, whose art had once charged the ballet lov ers of music, having grown old in her profession, was unable to get employ ment. In despair she wrote to Duke Max, giving an account of her situa tion. His secretary handed him the letter with the remark: "She deserves nothing; she has lived a fast life." "Then," answered his highness, "she w ill miss her former splendor so much the more," and, sitting down, he wrote her a letter, enclosing money, and signed "From an admirer of your art." —The Argonaut. ONE THING RIGIDLY BARRED Seemingly Small Point That Threat fined to Disturb Etiquette of Royal Procession. "There is just one thing the law abiding citizen may not do when watching a royal procession in Lon don. and my wife, through attempting to do it, mighty soon found out what It is," said the traveler. "There was a marrow-piercing wind to chill us and icy slush lay thick on the pave ments that day we stood to see the king go by. After teetering around for a few minutes in a vain endeavor to keep her feet warm my wife folded a. newspaper and stood on that. The policeman at her side looked on In kindly disapproval. " 'Mustn't do that,' he said, "Of course she asked, 'Why not?' " 'Looks bad,' said he. 'lf you was back in the crowd It wouldn't make bo much difference, but right In the front row it's against the rules to throw a scrap of paper on the ground.' "My wife glanced at the long line of muddy shoes of all colors, sizes and conditions, and wondered how one edge of white paper could damage the dis play, but the policeman's tone pre cluded argument, so she picked up the paper." Telling the Time In Turkey. In Turkey the watch and clock are extremely rare and a big crowd of persons could be rounded up on the street without finding a watch among them, but the natives have an exceed ingly Ingenious way of approximating the time and some of them hit it with considerable accuracy. They locate two cardinal points of the compass and then folding their hands together in such a manner that the forefingers point upward and in opposite direc tions, they observe the shadow cast. In the morning or evening at certain known hours one finger or'the other will point directly at the sun. A comparison of the two shadows will determine the hours between. Anoth er system followed In that country and some others of the orient is to observe the eyes of a cat. Early In the morning and evening the pupils are round. At nine and three o'clock, It Is oval and at noon it consists of a narrow slit. >• i. '• V,^V^£*•■+v+■ '•'»y4'--'»y'f-'l>r*^^4-. r-V^""^' *A&v-i^t•..^4-j.;A<■ .iA|. l A' .«A(•. rip■. iA*.n*• •*. il Dependable E W 1 **** m & Wk handle goods tlinfc are cheap, but. not. s©^ &*£j ?I%"! cheap goods. We want, our goods to ltecome **-** jWR «i|pig your goods and our store your store. If it. is t|§ Clothing, Hats, jjjgp II Suit Cases, §|f Shoes, Etc. ||j §s||ji We arc offering fine Shoes at $1.98 sgp* Boys' Suits from $1.98 to $4.98 Boys' Knee Pants 23c and 49c kj&A&g Why spend your money for postage and jjSjis§ send to mad order houses when I can furnish you with the same goods for less money ? §f§ MAX MAMOLEN LAPORTE. || NOTICE The undersigned having been appointed Administrator of the estate of Patrick Walls, late of Cherry township, deceased, notice is hereby given to all parties owing said estate to make payment to the undersigned without delay, and all parties having claims against said estate are requested to present the same to the undersigned adminis trator without delay. MICHAEL WALLS, Laporte, Pa. Administrator. August 2. 1912. S 6 DEMONSTRATER WANTED A good man to demonstrate the National Vacuum Cleaner in Sul livan County, A fine proposition to the right party. Address, Tim Repuijlican N icws Item, Laporte. 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