BES3SS2EII3J NW'L&WN' '" frf '; MP. REMAKING THE OLD OKfE lyice on Preparincr, Seedimr. Fertilizinor. Watering and jpiririif for ihe Ground Fertilizers Compared Costs K ,, Jlahures and Seeds Estimated and Quantities Listed ... r1 ' ; fo ?- Ti ? ' .'? j. L. i,J: LSI H tV as? 'ft. iff ' . By JOHN BARTRAM IkJOW l the tlmeUo make or remake the Xt l&wn. Raedlnar unit nrMlnv an thr, -eutomry methods. The former la the Wat, except at tlmea of year when It la , Hot ' joaelble to eeed. Time rained In lay- lHTturf la slight enough to bo negligible .fta raaulta AMI not mn mrA mtM In thn and j J-the lawn will have to be remade, since - aooa separata in not weatner ana ine i (j,'Braaaea are often coarse and seldom unl A term. . . .- . ... . . .- , , ' vare exercised in starling payn in inier I if smoothness and turflnees, as a carelessly "jmade lawn "runs out" In a couple of so ', sons. Consult a rellablo local, dealer lie fore buying- seed, as certain kinds or blends are adapted for certain climates and sltun tlona. For shady, sandy, damp soil special aeed Is necessary. Plenty of seed used In the beginning Is a latter money-saver. PREPARING THE SOU. Preparation of the soil entails thorough pulverization to the depth of six or eight Inches. If there Is a stiff subsoil this should be broken, but not brought to the aurface. If the lawn Is extensive. It will pay to have the ground plowed and har rowed. A small lawn should be spaded and raked fine and smooth. Subsoil break age Insures drainage and prevents water lying. Fertilisation Is essential before seeding. If the lawn has been shaped by the build er about a new house be sure the ground Is dug over finely and plenty of fertiliser put In, as usually earth from excavation (s spread for top soil and the top Ib mixed underneath. If the soil Is Btlff or clayey, work In sand, about a ton to a plot fifty ry twenty-five feet or so. Cost about t- u ton this year. What la known as a "load" of manure, the contents of a tall cart, should be spread over each 1000 square feet before plowing or spading, and should be thoroughly In corporated. This costs about J1.S50 a load this year. A well-known horticulturist ad vises ten to twenty tons per acre, but I think the lower figure plenty for ajy aver age soil. This would be at the rate of one ton for one-tenth acre or about 4400 square feet Tor easy reckoning caluculate one half pound to a square foot of space. Manure for spring lawn building must be thoroughly rotted, at least six months old and short and crumbly. Stable manure Is likely to contain weed seeds, and Is not liked by many on that account. As a good alternative ground bone meal or ground sheep or horse manure can be Used. This Is easy to handle. Is nearly odorless and washes In soon with the spring rains, but dissolves slowly, so that the plant food Is released by degrees. This Is applied St the rato of one ton per aero or twenty WkTVFV " IMPROVISED SEED BED Hot manure is plnccd on tho ground ono foot lilRh, covered with two inches of fine soil, nnd odfes turfed with sod. Sido of house and snsh of fflfiss furnish protection. At night old enrpets or bnps nrc used for open sides i SX." m r 'gp tiw Bounds for an area about 500 square feet. Half and half of coarse ground cornmeal and sheep manure will give both animal (quick) and mineral (slow) fertilising. Lime, air slaked and finely powdered, Is food to apply before plowing or spading. It has no nutritive value, but It sweetens the soil and Its chemical action makei available a lot of the plant food stored In the ground, An application of hardwood Ashes Is also valuable for the potash. A good combined fertilizer consists of qual proportions of bonemeal, sheep manure and hardwood ashes. This should be applied liberally before plowing or spading. It Is also good to restoro ex hausted nutrients In well-mada lawns. It Is wise to avoid stable manure on lawns that already have a good stand of grass. There are some preparations mainly com posed of natural homus or vegetable mold Which are very fine for lawns. They are exceptionally good for top dressing a lawn already made. fc CARE OP LAWNS fc top dressing or newly built or estah- & v wnea lawns Is necessary for permanence. 4 The combined fertilizer mentioned Is good i to use. Nitrate of soda, thoueh rnimnwint expensive, la very stimulating applied at the rate of an ounce to the square yard, dissolved In water, once a fortnight. A dollar's worth will do a lot of good. On new lawns give a second dressing of bone meal, sheep manure or the combined Si.' it fertilizer as soon as the grass has sprouted and nnother beforo the first cutting. On established lawns give this dressing In tho spring and again about the mlddlo of sum mor Try to nunly Just beforo a rnln nml nfterwards when tho sogglnrss Is out of the ground roll the lawn well Much attention has been given, to fer tilizing, as specific Instructions oro usually lacking. Before , seeding fill In all hollows nnd grade to suit, taking care to grade with a slight slope, towarad the edges to Insure drainage. See that tho surface Is prop erly topsollcd and uniformly fertilized. The best lawnmaklng time Is fall or spring, to take advantage of seasonal rains. Any time up to tho llrst week In May Is all right for spring work, If It Is possible to water tho young grnss In droughty early hummer. Two sowings should be mado at right nngles to tho other for evonness of distribution. A quiet day should bo chosen: the calmest part of tho day Is between aJi! S?- m After s,,eII"e. roll tho lawn sp that tho grass seed may como Into closest contact with tho lino soil. Several rollings will bo beneficial during tho season. Flo bushels of lawn wed Is requisite for an acre, or ono pound to 300 square feet (15 by 20 feet). A mlxturo containing soma Dutch white clover Is excellent, as that makes a good sod with its flno roots. Lawn beed costs from fifteen cents to flftv ren a quart. Mowing should begin as soon as the grass Is two Inches high. It Is best to set tho knives high. Go over the lawn onco a week, dividing Into plots If It Is vory big. Clip pings should bo allowed to remain, as tfioy soon shrivel and make humus and furnish a mulch. Watering should bo thorough, not a sur face sprinkling, Give a soaking as nature docs. If a sprinkling Is used, dhldo the area Into threo or six plots, and water ono completely each day. Old lawns should be mended now, bare places raked over and resoeded and fertili zer applied. Kach fall spread more fer tilizer to maintain the lawn. GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED Hills and Drills , :..". H' ",lls nr" small mnunili nf earth fertilized usually with a spadeful of rich mnnurn bneiith. In which lima beans, squaiiti. cucumbera nml corn nro grown. Drills aro elm Ply '-rows or atralKht lines about nn Inch to tl ee Inchea fterv. nnordlng to ua for moat of tl iropa with email aeeda. Lnft April Work W. n. T. It' too early to set out tomato planta or to put In lima beans. Uarly cabbaco ami cuullllower. however, can no out. Ileeta, larly peas, early carrots, onlona. radishes, string, bans can all bo planted now It the ground la mellow FIRST BLOOD DRAWN FROM JERSEY GUARDSMEN, BUT NOT IN BATTLE i M. E. Conference at Gloucester Interrupted by Loud Bang. f. Pastor's Daughter Ministers to Bleedintr Trooners M(:h Enemy Huner. Not Hantred. in Mm-nino- rM- l- a mr r j 1 i t A X A A A A. .1 a LL L? I ' A "f f qv TairVvT'rto'l- fe mu , , Bit Chumh fit ninllrAnt ws anilnerlnr Intn y$ ng" from across the way. When con- LJjf ,ww,w imiiitreio du milieu um llliu tlio KpBlsbt and investigated they found two bleed. ; ." ,'n" national guardsmen lying on tho porch lit ef tho parsonage, with Miss Dorothv .'lrit. 1. 1 Uon, daughter of the pastor of the church, ?V dmlnlsterlng first aid. iV Tna injured: h Joseph JDorrance, Newark, bayonet jy wound of the scalp. Six stitches taken Iff William Reynolds, Newark, wound ,Vy - -. ww.u. a,i.viica (ICV.CDIM1 y, Mgf The enemy was thrown out into tho rood t a jan mgni ana nung mis morning. Here s kthe official account of the affair: WTv uorranco ana iteynolds, who are mem V v bers of the Second New Jersev nei.lmni i p. stationed at, Qloucealer, went to call upon p- v ansa Jjoroiny mcxeison, daughter of the P(f Rev. J. W. Nlckelson, last night. For sev- f u arm nours singing resounaeu through tho fA 9tlor, Later It was suggested that the SF three go out to the porch and divert thei.i. Sfg1 selves with the conference, which had" begun i Mlfltf MlnlcAtftnn nnt nn a AaU enJ t.. .... jSfBoWtrn occupied a new wooflen swing, 5 ?. 'COMPENSATION AWARDS IN EXPLOSION BEGIN MtritigB Inaugurated Before Referee 'A William B. Scott in Office of St Chester Mayor Ac. ' Tho work of adlustlng- an awarding com ' Sensation In the' death and accident claims Tj-'the recent Eddystone explosion started " laday fcefore Referee William n xtt in ''JjHi&vr McDowell's pfflce. In Chester. The ,jWiitiiin-day limit set governing comperma- Twenty-threo vlc- remaln In the Chester Hosnltal. AMOuscement has been made that prob- r many cases win os aettiea by agree Bk Attorneys for tho Eddystone Am- litlon Corporation have been kept busy suns many 01 uie cases ana re. ..that many settlements would be . tor mutual agreement, after receiving uMpttTft Ofths referee. k ioth awards will be handled first. rMMtontOMM later. Payment for the which had been hung by tho Itev. Mr. Nick, elson yesterday morning. "What a lovely night!" said somebody. Then the swing broke with a loud crash, throwing tho two guardsmen to tho floor of the porch. The bayonet which Dor rence carried in the scabbard by his side In some way inflicted a sevcro wound t his head, while Reynolds was alBo severe? cut by tho swing Itself. They were sent to bo patched up at ,n physician's nnd then went to their places nt the Gloucester Immi grant Station. It was found that the screws holding tho swing to tho celling of the porch had pulled out. As Intimated, tho swing was cast aside In tho excitement last night and thon hung for good this morning. a ', W1H atari from the day. pt the ex- wnua- fa. aoeHwii casea payment wue uu lepee of, tha fourteen- Ued4Umht of Captain i" to-tMloftUM of the ex- itf-v - -- - -" npHE world sooner 1 forgives a breach of morals than a breach of manners," says a Jruthf ul cynic. "And the slightest breach of good taste in the manner of dress is truly a woe ful fault." We do not vouch for tho justice of this atti tude, but its truth no close observer can- deny. The best insurance of absolute correctness in every detail of a suit is the assurance of a tailor where skill 'and knowl edge are above question. In Philadelphia the reputation of Hughes & Muller is sufficient war ranty of any garment that leaves their shop. HUGHES ..AND MULLER CittiV Taitort 1 Farmer Smith's Column BOTHER My Dearest Children Once upon a tlem there was a littlo boy and he had a mother. Ono day the little boy misdirected his energy and his mother had to punish htm. Sho tied him to the bedpost with a towel and' then sho went about her knitting. ny and by tho little boy came to where his mother was nnd she asked him what he did with tho towel. "I folded It up and put It whore It be longs," replied her son. Another time this sums mother said to her darling: "John, I get so tired of scolding you. I should think you would get tired, too." "Don't let thnt worry you, mother," re plied John. "I don't mind It." j It seems to me that If I were a boy I would sit down and try to find out what I had done to be scolded. I often think tlio flowers love tho bees and that Is why tho ilowers ATTllACT tho bees vn ATTllACT Till; THINGS WE THINK AUOUT. I'lcaso learn tho aluc nnd the power of YOL'Il THOUGHTS Always, your loving Kdltor, TAHMnit SMITH STRANGE ADVENTURES OP BILLY BUMPUS FREE! By Farmer Smith There was Hilly Rumpus lying on hh back, his feet tied and his body wriggling this way nnd that whenover he got restless, which was very often. "I wish I hadn't tnstcd that wliat-ou-may-call-lt on the nlrshlp." Hilly was talking out loud nnd he thought how strange his voice sounded, "This Is a mighty good chance for me to get ac quainted with myself I'm not such a bad fellow, after all. Hut I wonder whnt made that tree fall sky and Billy knew It was growing late. Then he suddenly thought how hungry he was, and began to look around for some thing to eat. "I wish, a lot of persons who have never been hungry could be lost In the woods llko I am," he thought. Slowly tho shades of night began to fall nnd with them came the dew, and Hilly felt tho soft moisture creeping oer him. "This Is a wonderful world wo llo In. I wonder whero that dew comes from." As tho' last flickering light fell on Hilly ho bow his feet nnd said to himself, "Hello, little feotl How useful you have been to me and how useless you are now I" Then ho began to compare his feet with the feet of thoso who had been around him. "What a dlfferenco between my feet nnd those of the Big lied Hoostcrl" ho exclaimed, half nloud. "Hut my feet aro quite llko those of Mrs. Cow. I tell you, there Is nothing like being quiet onco In a whole, and THIi.V ono has time to think." Just nt this moment there was a terrific crash once moro Just back of Hilly, which mado him Jump, even though he was tied "I wouldn't mind dying In the thick of battle, but It Is terrible to hao to die with my feet tied," he said, with a sigh. In u few moments there was a nolso back of Hilly, nnd he closed his eyes. "Thli Is not bad this thought of halng to die," ho was thinking, when nil of a sudden ho foil a soft nose rubbing against his cheek "Now I lay mo down to sleep," began Hilly. JIo was Interrupted by a otce which he know. , "Of nil things I Billy Humpus, what ATli: you doing hero?" It was Mrs. Beaver. Hilly knew her voice ho would have recognized It any where "I was a bit hungry and I ate a tiny piece a cry small piece out of the tall of tho airship, and tha horrid man captured mo nnd tied my legs and left mo hero to pnlsli," Billy said "That's too bad. Is there anything I can do for you bring you something to enf" asked Mrs. Heaver. "I would llko to hao you go home anil tell my wife thnt I am hero safe and sound and not killed," replied Billy "I couldn't think of doing that." an swered Mrs. Beaver. "I will glsdly get you something to eat and do a littlo kind' .n. uco mn yo Bomethlng to eat nnd do a littlo kind- By nnd by the sun began to sink In the ness for you in that way, but It h too far for mo to go. Besides, wo are very busy, felling trees for our new dam." "OH I So It was you that was making that noise?" I thought tho world was com ing to an end," replied Billy. "But, sy. Mrs. Beaver, would you mind setting me free?" "I would do It, only I think you have to stay hero to learn n lesson. Besides, what would tho nlrman say If I let you go? I have to look out for myself." "You hao such wondorful teeth that you can cut down n tree, but It seems to nie very strange that you can't even cut n rope In two," replied Billy, thinking how smart ho was. , . "Who said I couldn't cut a rope?" asked Mrs. Heaver. "You might try your hand I mean your teeth on this ropo which ties me," said Hilly, encouragingly. Mrs. Beaor did not wait, but began to gnaw at the rnpo which held Billy fast, and It seemed but a mlnuto before Billy felt himself free. "Thank you," said Billy fcobty, as he started off on a run. But his legs were so soro they did not carry him far, nnd he fell, exhausted. Accuse Druggist in Narcotic Crusade HAniUSHl'Iin, April 21. H, i:. Parsons, a negro druggist, tho fifth mnn arrested here by tho Federal authorities during tlio pres ent drug cru.ido, was .charged befoio U. S. Commissioner Wolfo with halng bought and disposed of enough narcotics to supply u regiment Ho was held for court under $0000 ball Autoiste lleld Up by Fake Guard LANCASTER. April 24. Autolsta by scores were held up nnd searched last night at tho Wltmer bridge, on the1 Philadelphia pike, by a man mounted on .a spirited i ana posing- as a Dricige guard. Poli , to the scene captured the horse, hm . ' fled Into tho underbrush of the Con"E Show Your Colors (It Flag Seal Your Letters America lint, Tjwt nnd AIitbjh 1000 Seals. $1.00 3000 Seals, $2.00 6000 Seals, $3.60 Lower prlcra on larger crnuiUtles. Post paid anywhere on receipt of price. CRMTHM I ADC! TA etu and , a ui vii unuuu v ThoniBIOH TSU cut actual Ul at Uummra la trl In full color. 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