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All rights of republication of special dispatches herein ra alie teservd. PhililMpliU. Thuriday, Auut 10. 1: COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE PROSPECTS of handsome modern lietels In Jersey seaside resorts south of At lantic City suggest Hint these enterprising consul communities nre unite nwnre of the insubstnntinllty of reflected glory. It is net, therefore, ns Imltntlens of their grnndlese neighbor, but in self-determining town- fill -tlvnting n different side of the retentive field that they have sought te shine. Their development during tin lavt two decades has been unostentatious but steady nd solid. Public spirit has been intensively festered, ns the result of a campaign te raise half u inlllleti dollars for a large new hostelry In Ocean City sluually illustrates. In one week the entire issue of stock wns oversubscribed, nnd exclusively by Qjean City business men. Anether $."00,000 will be raised by bend. With the expenditure of 51.000.000 an edifice equipped with every facility for comfort nnd service will be erect ed thnt will be worthy of the marked prog ress in this region, nnil in the interest of Tlslters mere in mien of natural than of artificial vacation delights. Somewhat similar intentions are 'aid te 'be behind the move te furnish Wlldwoed with a new million-dollar hotel. Neither of these undertakings can be resit riled as pre sumptive rivnls of the mammoth caravan saries in Atlantic City. The sturdy Seuth Jersey resorts have acquired a distinctive and agreeable character of their own. with comparatively slight emphasis upon jazz and cabaret life and a great deal of intelligent Insistence of the intrinsic charms .' the seaside. The fine new hotels will minister te crea ture comforts in a way clinrncterlstc of their environment. THE WILDEST "VICTORY" rIS by no means easy te discover pre cisely what shndc of the Irish cause is served by an ass-milt upon the international cable service. Crippled communication be tween the United States nnd the HritiMi Isles and thence te various countries of Europe is the result of a victorious attack by Irish irregulnrs upon cable unices in Kerry. Only three of the twelve trans Atlantic lines from the United States were working normally yesterday. The foray Is one mere Inexplicable feature of the extrnerdinnry wnrf.ire wus, by die hard Irish Republicans against the author ity of the Free State. It can never be said of Americans as a whole that they lacked sympathy for Ire land In her long nnd heroic struggle for self self Bevcrnment ami national integrity, lint the commission of sheer mischief by bauds of reckless lrrecencilubles and the wanton de struction of private pre erty and lines of world communication i tent a bewilder ing conception of idea s ,. liberty. It is te be sincerely hoped that Free State troops will make short work of this pre posterous specimen of insurrectionary license. SUGAR AND THE FARM BLOC SPECIAL interests were responsible for the adoption by the Senate in Commit tee of the Whole of an increase in the tariff en sugar. The prcent tariff rate it 1.00 a hun dred pounds en Cuban sugar. The pro posed rnte, adopted by the Senate, N 1 SI, an Increase of a little men' than eue-(iinr-ter of a cent h pound. It has been esti mated that this will bring about an in crease of one cent a pound lii the retail price of refined sugar. The higher rate was adopted with the aid of the votes of Democratic Senators from cane nnd beet sugar States joining with the Republican Senators from the bret-iugnr Btates and a few ethers. The ve'e was 37 te 35, with four Democrats In the aflirma tlve. If these Democrats had voted against the higher rate the preposition would have been lest by u vote of 113 te 30. The Senators from the beet-sugar States are members of the farm bloc. They desire protection for beet sugar, enough pretec tien se that it can compete with uban cone sugar. As we produce mere than 2,000,000,000 pounds of beet sugar an nually, It should surprise no one that the representatives from the Interested States should seek te protect the Industry. Ner should It surprise any one that Senater Breussnrd, of Louisiana, which produces cane sugar, theuld favor a protective duty en such sugar. The beet-sugar indunry has been de veloped because of the protection extended te It by the tariff. If the estimate that the new duty will add a cent a pound te the retail price of sugar is correct, the beet sugar refiners will get $".0,000,0(HJ a year mere from the public than they are new getting. The beet-State Senators evidently think thnt the protection f the industry of their Btutes is worth this sum te the country. Whether the country agrees with them re main te be seen. It should be remembered, however, that the adoption of a tariff rate by the Senate, sitting as a Committee of the Whole, Is net final. There is still time for thobe who think the duty tee high te make a pretest. And the Heuse has te be heard from. Dut there the farm bloc is likely ulse te be felldly for protection for beet biigar. The bloc is composed of Democrats as well as Republicans. PARTNERS IN WOE TUB Government of .Mexico an Institu tion which net infrequently errs has Committed another blunder. This time it has mistaken the uses of irony in a situa tion in which the hand of sympathy is most jsreutly t he dt sired. f The neighbor republic is vpxeil."Ve say JmUciiHtitt concerning the smiijJT' two of Its cltlisena who were Incidental spectators of the Ilcrrtn riot. Mexico has somehow or ether acquired the notion that human life is Insecure up North nnd Is aggrieved she should be cciisured for. the kidnapping of Urucc lliclnskl or, indeed, nny sort of depredations upon foreigners vhcn Americans indulge In the massacre habit. llut Mexico is, ns usual, wrong. Her Gov ernment nnd thnt of the United States upon which she has directed her bnrbs of diplo matic satire should be reconciled. They are partners in wee. The Stnte Department of the United States cannot explain the case te the plaintiff for the substantial reason thnt no report of the Herrin murder has ever been made te Federal officials by the Governer of Illinois. Thnt branch of the administration of this Government which represents It in foreign affairs undoubtedly regrets a savage affront te Mexican citizenship. I5ut what can the Stnte Department deV It is ns much In the dark ns benighted Mexico. Mr. Hughes cannot nnswer his questioners. What he and the Federal Government de serve Is net verbal chastisement but a brotherly hand-clasp in commiseration. TARDY RESORT TO HEROIC MEASURES TO CONSERVE COAL The Fuel Shortage Could Have Been Prevented by Vigorous Measures te Force a Strike Settlement In the Spring pOVKKNOU SPKOUIS Fuel Commts Cemmts J slen will co-operate with the Federal Commission appointed by the President In an effort te bring about an equitable dis tribution of coal for the next few months. As the Governer has pointed out, there would be n shortage of coal this winter even though the mines should resume opera tion at once. Just hew grcnt that shortage will be no one can tell. Unusual etonemles will have te be practiced by householders nnd by industrial users of coal. In this way the consumption will be less than if there were n normal supply in sight. As te anthracite, Mayer Uearstler, of Pottsville, who is co-operating with the ether Majers in the hard-coal region, esti mates that if the operation of the mines should be resumed en September 1 it would he possible te get ''S,000,000 tens nbevc ground before Christmas. The rjermnl an nual production of anthracite is from S0, 000,000 te 1)0.000.000 tens. The mines have been idle since April 1. It is physically Impossible te produce as much in seven months of active operation ns is usually produced in twelve months. The problem before the Governer's com mission is te find a way te prevent con sumers from buying beyond their needs and hoarding the surplus, and te prevent dealers from profiteering. During the war much hardship was caused by the failure te control the distribution of coal hardship arising from n shortage of the supply and from exorbitant prices charged. The war has been ever for nearly four years, yet we are paying for anthracite nbeut the same price thut we were paying in 1D1S. If It Is possible for the Govern ment te step in nnd prevent an Increase In the price above the present figures the profiteers will be checker!. The excess of demand ever supply would naturally be fol lowed by an increase in the price. While the operation of the law of supply and de mand cannot be permanently suspended, it is possible in such an emergency as new exists te mitigate its rigors. While the Governer has appointed a com mission of seven men with a general knowledge of the subject, he has announced that he will suggest that the commission itself appoint a special commission of men thoroughly familiar with the routes of coal transportation, the needs of the people and the market conditions throughout the State te assist in working out the details of a plan. Whatever else is done it Is likely that It will be found Impossible te aeld some plan of rationing fuel. Sugar was rationed during the war. Families were allowed te buy only a limited amount n week, and even then It was impossible at times te get sugar. This was partly because selfish housewives would go from store te store and buy at each place the full amount nllewed te a family. They did this regardless of their immediate needs. It will be easier te prevent such an abuse In the distribution of cenl than In the dis tribution of sugar, for the reason thnt coal is sold In fewer places and a record of the sales is kept. It may be necessary te fix the limits of the territory within which the retail dealers In Philadelphia may deliver coal and te forbid them te deliver nny fuel outside of these limits. In this way a check could be kept upon the amount which each family bus, and the supply could be conserved in such a waj as te Insure a limited amount of fuel te every one in need of it. F.ven though the strike should be settled tomorrow the commission will have te function. The mines already have been idle for nearly four and one-half months. There nre net miners enough In the Stute te pie duce qll the eal that is ordinarily bought between September and Christmas. Most of this coal is mined In the warm months, the months during which the mines have been Idle this year. Conditions have been allowed te drift until It has become necessary te resort te heroic measures. If heroic measures hud been taken te bring the strike te an end months nge we should net be compelled te struggle through u coal shortage this winter. A GORGEOUS ONE-SIDED JOKE Silt AUCKLAND GKDDKS, te whom the epithet "diplomatic" may be applied in mere senses than one, has been delight ing Americans in Londen with one of their I favorite brands of humor. The Uritlsh Am bassador te the United States, who Is spend ing a fevv months at home, has revived a batch of ttereetyped stories about the ubys ma! ignorance of his own country concern ing the geography of the Western World, Talcs have been told of the Englishman who thought Uosten was the capital of the United States, who tried te correct him self and, ufter further reflection, suggested New Yerk, and of the editor who printed a dispatch with the date line Kansas City, Denver. Americans, who are almost Invnrlably itmtibcd ever anecdotes of this familiar char acter, have no hesitation in pronouncing Sir Auckland a geed fellow. He hns ad mitted that his countrymen are uhsurdly insular, nnd the humility of his confes cenfes confes bien nnd his earnest deslre te promote a reform jn this matter denote a keen com- pt-'oniivef American psychology. (inqMcVSkvnijiy tnerc are many .ngiisn- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER men indefensibly unversed In the geography of our Republic and their expressed mis conceptions merit the laughter of the know ing. The true, humorist, however, ns Mark Twain pointed out in his famous contro versy with Paul Ueurgct, should be willing te swap jokes. Most Americans can locate Londen with fair nccuracy, but can they le ns much for Ulrtnlnghnni, Manchester, Strntford-en-Avon. Leeds, Urlstel? Cnn we name the various shires and lit them correctly into the map of Englnnd? Are we in gencrnl aware thnt Cornwall Is net a Rhlre at all and can we tell, offhand, what Is its correct ascription? If we should read a dispatch dated Leeds, Derbyshire, would we burst Inte uncon trollable laughter? Would It be as amus ing te us te hear a traveler say that he went down te Londen from Liverpool as te hear report of n Journey "up East," from New Yerk te Uosten? Ambassador Gcddcs, who knows hew te mnke friends, has propounded no questions of this sort. He knows when te let a geed joke alone. We are, all of u. of course, quite justi fied In extracting the utmost mirth from English blunders in American geography. The Urltisher has no right te cuObe ex travagantly ridiculous a figure. Hut if he retaliates by quizzing us concerning his own country it is the part of wisdom te retire ns grneefully ns possible. Only thus cnn the traditions of a gigantic one-sided comi cality be preserved. THE OHIO SKIRMISH INTEREST In the Ohie primaries centers around their relation te President Hard ing. There wns no fight between the radi cal nnd conservative, the reform nnd the organization wings of the Republican Party. There wns n fight, however, between the drys nnd the wets, with the result favoring the dry. Se fnr ns the President wns involved, he hns wen. His friend. Cnrnil Thompson, hns secured the nomination for the governor ship. This means thnt the Republicans of the State arc willing te fellow the lead of Mr. Harding. Representative Fess, who wen the nomi nation for the senatershlp, was the organi zation candidate. He will have back of him the support of the regular party lend ers, the leaders who brought Mr. Harding te the attention of the Natien ns n presi dential candidate nnd succeeded In persuad ing the delcgntes te the Nntiennl Convention te nominate him. Senater Pemerene hns been reneminated by the Democrats. They hope te elect him and then, if they succeed, they hope te mnke him the candidate for . the presidency in 1PIM. They argue that if he can carry President Harding's own Stnte this year ngainst a candidate who will naturally have the support of Mr. Harding he can carry the State again in 3111! 1, and will thus be the most available presidential candidate within liis party. Se the election in Ohie in November will be n skirmish preliminary te the greater battle two years later. As the Ohie Re publicans arc aware of all this, they can be trusted te present n united front te the opposition nnd light Pemerene with all the weapons at their command. And the Re publican National Committee also cnn be trusted te till the State with the best cam paigners ut its command in order te pro pre serve thp prestige of the President in his own State. SHORT CUTS "Call ye this railing?" queth the Rail road Heard. D'Olier Is going te need all the help he is going te get. Irish irregulars arc cutting off sympathy with the cables. And Rarlram's Garden will of course bloom with the Sesqui. Smoot may jet be sorry he didn't fellow Quay's advice te Beaver. What will Old King Ceal hnve te say for himself when he meets .Inck Frest? Firm in the belief thnt no news Is geed news, the Irish Irregulnrs continue te cut cables. Vice President Coolidge hns had seme strike experience which may be of value te the President. As if enough things were net happening in I lie world William Jennings Ilryan hns had his hair cut. . Just by way of sweetening life's cup we note the fact that the United States Senate has raised the tariff en bugar. According te the Interpretation of the Department of Justice nnd the dry navy, it appears te be "the freedom of the seize.'"' Rail and coal contestants nre new in a position where in their heart of henrts they are anxious te be forced into making u peace. Recent newspaper talk about the five cent cigar seems entirely beside the point te the man who hns gene right en smoking tv efers. The bell weevil will grieve te hear thnt the Senate lias placed whlte arsenic en the free list. That, anyhow, was one tariff bet that was coppered. What strikes us ns belnir odd is that rum should become the generic name for in toxicating liquor when gin Is at least equnlly useful te the headline artist. Promoters of New Yerk's Merchandise Fair hnve received te dnte six offers for the bootlegging privilege. Lnwbreaklng Is rap Idly becoming a commonplace New Jersey's schools and hospitals nre already suffering from a shortage of coal. It is merely a hint of what may happen nil ever the country this coming winter. I.ndy Frances Ilnlfeur of Rurlelgh seys that what women really want Is te be let alone. This is a joke, perhaps, and what hc wants is te be let nlene long enough te think up another, Berlin papers pay English .statesmen are peer, weak, tired men and that they ought te take lessens from Lenlne. Which, some-I,..,,- ilm.u net altogether Dreve thnt Iterlln has returned te sanity. "Any one would have done It," says Geerge C. Galena, who risked his life te rave a girl from the wheels of a subvvny train. Which gees te prove that a here usually thinks well of his fellows. When Lloyd Geerge tells French news papermen that the attitude of Polpcnre makes an Entente rupture inevitable he is net without !ieic thnt the boldness of the statement may make it avoidable. Secretary ILiglics evidently hopes that by constant reiteration it may gradually feak Inte Mexico's consciousness that only after written gunt'U'iitees that American holdings will be adequately safeguarded will recog nition be possible. The rail birds arp still railing nnd the mine birds nre still undermining public con fidence, but it is pleasing te realize that the I'resldent hns succeeded In routing the three black crown that were driving the songsters from the White Heuse grounds. PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, JOHN SNYDER, GENTLEMAN Sen of a Governer, Congressman, Manufacturer, Soldier, Horseman, The Graveyard He Gave te His Town Pennsylvania's Vast Stere of Ceal Oy GICOIUE NOX McCAIN COLONEL ROHERT 0. INOERSOLL In one of his memorable orations referred te the tomb ns "The wlndewicss palace of rest." Shakespeare speaks of It ns "The undis covered country from whose beurne no trav eler rettirns." Tennyson speaks of kings thnt "Have ue such couch as thine, as the green that folds thy grave." Wordsworth describes it ns "The quiet haven of us nil." Eighty-five years age a Pennsylvania Dutchman deeded te the Snyder County community In which he lived n little plot of land for a graveyard. His name was Jehn Snyder. "The inn of these journeying toward Jerusalem" wns -vlint he cnlled it. Thnt, I think, was the most beautiful de scription of all. And who was Jehn Snyder? HE WAS a son of Governer Simen Snyder by his first wife, Elizabeth MHuiel. He was said te be the handsomest man In the Stnte in his time. My friend H. It. Scheck, editor nnd nntl qunrian, of Scllnsgreve, hns been telling me something nbeut this very unusual son of Pennsylvania. He wns born and rnlsed, nnd lived his life, near Selinsg.-eve. His large farm was n show place, n hundred years age, with its nne herds of cattle and his stable of racing horses. He conducted a paper mill there, from which he supplied the newspnpers of the surrounding territory, including Hnrrlshurg nnd Lancaster. lie raced his lierscs ever the circuits of Southern New Yerk and Eastern Pcnus.il vnnia. Frem 1813 te 38J5 he wet a member of Congress. Simen Cameren in a letter te bis daughter, Miss Mary K. Snyder, in 3SS5, said: "I knew your father mere intimately than your grandfather, nnd lie was ei.e of the handsomest young men of the day, sprightly, full of geed Intentions nnd generous actions and a great favorite with everybody." TN THE dnys when Simen Cameren ns a -I- young man wns printing the Lancaster Intelligencer, endowed with mere Intelligence than money In bank, Jehn Snider became much interested in the bright and premising youth, f He did an unusual thing, for le told young Cameren te order all the paper he needed for his press from his mill, nnd te "paj for it at his own convenience." Simen Cameren never forgei the da. or the man. When he was United Stntes Senater he found some members of Mr. Snjder's famll in btraltened circumstances from causes that were net of their own making. t Grant wns President at the time, and ( nmernn prevailed en him te appoint MKs Mary Klttern Snyder. Jehn Sni tier's daugh ter, Postmistress of Sellnsgreve. JOHN SNYDER'S most conspicuous ierv lce te the Stnte was rendered during the WnreflSH!. lie was a boy of nineteen and bis rather was Governer of the Stale. He rnlsed a company of volunteers among his neighbors in and about Sellnsgreve and, marching nt their head, appeared before the Governer's deer at Hariisburg at -1 o'clock in the morning. He cnlled his father from his bed, pre sented his company te him. and offered the assistance of his neighbors at home in de fense of the Commonwealth. The Governer always said that, though he had been the happy recipient of ninny honors during his lifetime. Unit episode of his boy appenrlng at thnt early hour with his men wus the proudest moment of his life. Captain Jehn Snjder's services ddiing the War of 1811' are matters of record in the State archives. They were recently revived by the Na tional Secletj-, United Daughters of ISl'J, in a most significant manner. A representative bedj of the organization gathered at his grave in "the inn of these jeurnejlng toward Jcrselem" nnd by the hands of his granddaughter. Mrs. W. -C. Bunnell, of Scranlen, placed a beautiful murker above his last resting place. PROF. J. CIIAUNCEY S1IORTLIDGH, of Chester Heights, is in Europe gather ing material for n course of Illustrated lec tures en educational subjects. Fer a number of jears Prof. Shortlldge has been devoting his spate time te lecturing en American historical subjects. While a student at Harvard he beenme greatly Interested in Longfellow's life nnd lnbers. He mnde n special study of the Long fellow country from Itosten te Portland, Me., with the rebiilt that he is today the lending lecturer upon the life of the great American poet. In addition te his studies in this country, he trnvekd in Europe te familiarize himself with the scenes described by Longfellow In liis prose and poetical works. A mere critical study perhaps is embraced in liis lecture en Theodere Rnesevelt under the title of "The Great American," It has n particularly present-day value because Prof. Shortlldge describes with clearness nnd entire fairness the exciting cnmnnlcn of the Progressive Party nnd tli significance of thnt movement. He will return from Europe next month. JOHN P. REESE has just completed a study of the coal beds of Cambria County. He makes, as a result of liis investigations, the estlmnte that six beds of coal In that county eriglnnlly contained mere than five billion tens of cenl. Since the Revolutionary War Pennsyl vania has mined .1,000,000,000 tens of soft cenl. In thnt period C nmbria County produced 407,000,000 tens of this output. There still remain beneath her soil 3,033,. 000,000 tens or nlmest as much ns the entire State has produced in a hundred and fifty years. Il doesn't leek ns though there is going te be n shortage of bituminous cenl in this State for at least a fevv jears te ceme. SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS JAMES WOODWARD makes some in teresting deductions in connection with his annual census of the Industries of the State Several days age he published the fact that If all the matches manufactured in Center County during the last yenr were plnccd end te end there would be enough te circle the glebe eighteen times. Ily the hame process of nnnljsls It is proved that Northumberland Ceuntv'rt out put of cigars, if distributed among its popu pepu popu lntieti, would supply every man, woman ane child in IMe county with three boxes of cigars of fifty each. If all the anthraclte coal mined In that county In 10J1 were shipped te Phllaclel. phln every Individual in this city would he entitled te two tens, Irrespective (lf nge or condition. The ene thing the (Jer. Teutonic man Government Is will- Insincerity ing te de, us the French see it. Is te give a per feet imitation of Inability te pay her debts. Later, If the debts be remitted, she will btage one of the swiftest comebacks Imagin able. With a belief se strong tla're a nothing surprising in the drastic measures France wishes le take. Dr. Jehn M. Levering is lOl! jenis old, still hard at work and keeping pace with the news of the day. There tire sover.il rules for long life, forking hard and keeping pice with the iiuvvh In probably ns geed as UIIJ Ufc MVM, C J sK.aBBsWj USkBSrV V aflBBaNaBBBallv C W 9lJ W' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! . Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best HERMAN HORNIG On Control of Annoying Insects PHILADELPHIA this summer is suffer ing from n mere than usually severe invasion of annoying insects, the control of which is quite possible with ordinary means, according te Herman Ilernig, city entomologist in the Department of Public Ilcnlth. "Te begin with, the most common of the domestic insects," said Mr. Ilernig, "is the ily. There nre mere flies this yenr than there were last. Te fight the tly success fully it is necessary te strike at the breed ing places. It Is of little use te try te kill the files singly and leave the breeding places unmolested. "Files breed most Inrgely around stables and uncovered garbage palls. Most of the stables in the city nre new kept clean, but only a few of them nre nctlvcly conducting flv control. A thorough clennlng of the stable manure pits is one of the first essen tials of flv control, nnd this Is net always done with the thoroughness which should be used te make It effective In the extermina tion of the breeding places. Lime should also be used nnd fly traps set. There are many excellent fly traps en the market, or very effective ones can be made nt home. The Uncovered Garbage Pall "Rut in this respect the householder can help mightily by keeping the garbage pails closely covered and by keeping the piemiscs thoroughly clean. Cleanliness is the first rule of insect control. The uncovered gar huge 'Jail effcts the most fertile breeding place around a house, and ns long its house holders persist in keeping uncleanly condi tions nreuud n house, that long there will be disease-carrying files. If jpu de net want flies, tee that the garbage pull is closely covered all of the time. "Hut In spite of the fact that there are undoubtedly .mero flies this summer than there were laVt, there arc new, as a whole, enlv n small proportion of the number of (lies when compared with, the number which Infested the country in the summer ten or twelve yenrs nge. "There nre two chief reasons for this condition. One of these is especially appli cable te Plillnucipliia nnu Jien in me elimi nation of the piggeries, which was accom plished in the early part of the administra tion of Dr. Furbubh. Files were carried nil ever the city, especially by the garbage, wagons, which brought garbage te the pig geries nnd frequently took bnck with them into the residential vjnrts of the city a vast number of flies. .... , , "The ether reason is the tremendous in crease in the number of meter vehicles and the consequently, btualler number of horses which are being used In the city. The stables In which they were kept furnished ideal breeding places for the Hies, from which they were distributed by various means all ever the city. With the passing of n great number of stables came automatically the passing of the breeding places of millions of files each year. The Pest of Fleas "This year the ilea pest is the werst: nt least if we can Judeu by the number of inii. L..nf t, ilu, rtflw.n if tin, i.Kv ..ill... COmpi'im-" "" '" " - - v.., vi."- molegist. On account of the large number of domestic animals kept in the city, these lnbccts multiply lecnlly in great numbers from June te September. "Fleas nearly ulvvays breed In the cellar of a house, nnd thercfore te control them it is necessary te wipe out the breeding places. They especially Uke bawdust ns a breeding spot and a "pile of this in the cellar will nearly always reveal many fleas, which will repldly Increase as the het weather comes en. They will also breed in fleer dust, such as gathers under a rug or a carpet. "Te eradicate the cellar of fleas, a half bucketful of warm or het water should be taken and a fair amount of naphtha soup shaved and dropped Inte it. Then add half n gallon of ordinary kerosene ll and stir the mixture thoroughly. Next, take an old cloth or mop and thoroughly wet the cellar fleer, taking care net te miss an Inch of it. It must net be scrubbed, only thoroughly wet down. "It Is net, necessary te wet the walls, as all the llcas will be .found en (lie fleer, Before doing this. It Is well te wet 1922 XSCAT!" .,61. the cellar steps with the mixture nnd te tnkp tip nil sawdust or ether dust in the cellar, wetting it with the mixture as it Is collected. Then uftee thp cellar has dried, spread nbeut a pound of flake camphor ever the fleer and let It lie there. Cleaning the Reems "If the Hen;, hnve get into the rooms of the house, ns they probably have, tnkc kero sene oil, put Inte a sprayer fine enough te threw a vapor and spray the rooms, being careful te held the end of the sprnycr high enough In the air se that the vapor will spread before It reaches the fleer or the rugs. Care should be taken net te let nny of the oil In the form of drops renclt the walls, the frames of the furniture or the rugs. Then use n vacuum cleaner or sweeper and take the fleas up while they are stunned from the effects of the vnper. After tills, sprend flake camphor under the rugs and around the baseboards, where the fleas breed. "The great point In the control of fleas nnd ether annoying insects is le de the work thoroughly. There Is little use in putting n little of the various preparations here and a little there ; it must be done with the utmost thoroughness or the exertions ex pended will be of no real use. "Here again, as in the case of the files, cleanliness is the first and most important thing. If the house Is thoroughly clean, there will be little trouble with any of these aunejing insects, all of which breed in dust or dirt. Controlling the .Moths "Perhaps the moth is the worst enemy of the housekeeper among the insects. The flea can make things very uncomfortable, but the moth can de an actual property tlamngc which will amount te a considerable sum each year if steps toward tlielr control nre net taken. Gasoline and camphor nre the principal elements in warfare against the moth. "There is n method of treatment which will render the rooms of n house immune ngainst mellis for n year. Select a day In the early spring, get n couple of gallons of gasoline and sprinkle it all ever the furni ture (avoiding the frames), the rugs and the carpets. Then put half a pound of flake camphor en the fleer and close the room t hjhtly for two days. There will be no moths in that room for a full vcar In the sptlng of the following year the treat ment may be repeated. If this is done with all of the rooms of n house In turn the house will be continuously free from me'ths. "The moth breeds three generations each summer, hut nene (if them will be bred in rooms which have received this treatment. The moth eggs must be actually touched with gasoline te prevent them from hatch- in,i.:T, .'? v,,,'or ,,'em u iR net Niifliclcnt. Beth gnsellne and camphor leave nn odor which is net perceptible te human beings, hut which Is suflieientlv In In telernble te insects te prevent them 'from coming into rooms se treated. This odor will prevent the moth from entering the room te lay Its eggs. During the two days and. of course, while the room Is being treated there should be no open flame, such ns from mntches, eandles, lamps, etc.. allowed in the room This same precaution should also be taken when treating a cellar or room wit kerosene. ll" Treatment for Ants "Fer ants In a house, crushed cloves l!'0le,,l1)0n-Tl ?" t,,psllflvx where feed is kept. 1Mb eilnr will drive them com pletely away and they nre net likely te go anywhere in n heuse except where the feel supply Is kept. If a powder Is iireeiTed an effective one mny be made fro,,, four ounces of powdered borax, two drams of newdered plnviw mul ... .1 "''. til ii n ,-- ; "" "minis or new- dered or flake camphor It is ,,lse well te ncate thp colony out of doers frm .,',,,!, he mils nre coming nm destmv R by or. Ing kerosene en it. ' ' "Hut here again thorough cleanliness is he first essential. If ,,, vva.u ,'',, from annoying Insects, keep tu, ,,,., clean ns it Is possible keep It. TIiIh wii ? cannot be ever-emphasized." Twe Survivors, Anyway Frem the Wnllen (N y) it(.,0,er Sherman Wilcox hd the misfortune In have a heifer break her leg Siindav ti. pasture. Guv Smith reccUy u TtJ . f, , mlsfortune Beth were butchered. " . ps- i 'V What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ What English Queen conducted a fame correspondence in which she signed herself "Mrs. Merley"? who was the "Prince of Enchanters" te British legend? Where nnd what Is Strombell? Who commanded the Spanish fleet de stroyed by Admiral Dewey In Man? nay en May 1, 18D8? J hat Is meant by a perfect numbert What Is the mesqulte? Why Is a menu se cnlled? iv hat battle Is fumed for the caurttry and politeness of Its belligerents? ' What Is meant by an Olympiad? - What in a stclnbeck? - Answers te Yesterday's Quiz William Paterson. a Scotch financier (1658-1,19), Id regarded as the founder of the Bank of England. The credit of luivInK formulated the scheme- for the Institution nnd persuaded Its. niloptien Is due te Pntersen. The bank' was established in 16P4. The lendlnR coal countries of the world,, besides the United States, which lieadj the list, are Great Britain, Germany, countries formerly forming parts -f the Austre-Hungarlnn Empire, Franc, ..T,Ile,lBlum' nussla and Canada. Robinson Crusoe" was written In the eighteenth century. Defee's fametii tale wns published in 1719. Theodere Itoesovelt was Assistant Secre tary of the Navy at the time of Hit outbreak of the Spanish War In 1!$. The City of Bristel Is In the seuthnelV e4 LiiRlnml en the Lewer Aven River near its conlluence with the Severn. Henry Cantwell Wallace is the present Secretary of Agriculture. I here Is one nntiennl park of the Unite States cast of the Mississippi River. This is Lafayette Park. It includel Picturesque and mountainous portion! of Mount Desert Island, Maine. i Twe Semitic lanaunses are Hebrew tad Arabic. The erlKlnal Dle-Hnrds, se called, were' the men of the Fifty-seventh Eng1ln, J'oet. Colonel Inglls, addressing the regiment nt the Battle of Albuera, la he. Peninsular War In 1811, said. Die hard, my lads; die hard." Only ene officer out of twenty-four survived and only 168 men out of 6S4. Lngava Is the name given te the vast, cold, thinly populated region in Can ada lying west of Labrador and nertfl or thu Province of Quebec. 10, Today's Anniversaries 3S21 Jnv Coeke, fhn PMlmlelnliln linnfcef who raised millions of dollars for the Union in the Civil War, born ut Sandusky. 0. Died in Philadelphia February 10. 3003. . 1872 lirltlsh Parliament passed a new licensing net te regulnte the sale of Intoxi cating liquors. 1802 The French began their advance; against the kingdom of Dahomey, 1807 United S;ates Government issued! warning intended te check the rush of geld seekers te the Klendike. 10ir The Turkish army of 00,000 de feated nnd driven bnck into Armenia by te Russinns. 10111 Seven were burned te denth in fire en a bcenlc railway in Dominion l'arld Montreal. . 1021 Ferest (ires almost destroyed t village of Aylmer, Can. Today's Birthdays Alcxnnder Glazouneff, the celebrated Hu. slnn composer, who Is about te pay his first visit te America, born In Fctregrnd, lift' seven years nge, , . James A. Robb, Minister of Trade and Commerce In the Dominion Cnblnet. born In Huntingdon, Que., sixty -three years age. Herbert C. Hoever. Secreinry of Cem; morce of the United Stntes, born at w Hrauch, In., forty -eight yenrs age. Paul N. Warburg, former vice governor of the Federal Reserve Heard, born i Hamburg. Germany, fifty-four jenrs age. The Curate as Tipster 1 .!. 11.. ti ill fl.-Attat 1 I Dill HIV I till .Wail S.a,vi, Dean Hele, of Rochester, tells of a vtry I 1 .-..! ,.......a ,,-liri Went lu liinui'i'iii nun K'-mH- ilium- ,,.-. ii Yeikhlilre parish, where the iinrlBhlemrs, bred nurses ami sometimes rnv ;,. He wns asked te Invite, the praveis of " congregation for Lucy Grey. He did I They prayed three Sundays for Lucy iW On the fourth the clerk told the curate W liee.l net de It imv iner,p. ."Why.' ,,M,, the curate; "is she dead; '.,., 't' Hie clerk; "she's wen the siccpiv- '-j ;( The curate became quite a power w ltOO Geerge McDuflie, Governer of Seuth Carolina and United Stutes Senater,, born In Columbia County, Gu. Died t Cherry Hill, S. C, March 11. 1851. ft v-V pansii.- ,,; $A Ut;.,. Sr twuyiy tr,J,,'j!t'&n'Jyib&aJ fr,ff8l,lt.-
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