THE FARIZZRS’
COLUMN
Some Practical Suggestions Well
From the De-
Worth Knowing
partment of Agriculture.
FACTS FOR DAILY USE
FOR THE BEE KEEPER
March
er will do well to look to his
if notwithstanding the open winter,
many colonies of bees will require
feeding during the spring months Ex-
amination to determine the need of
this is always possible when bees are
kept in modern hives, as it is only
necessary to expose an inch of two
of the back ends of the combs to see
if there are stores or not.
Bees wintering outdoors always
consume the honey from the front of
the hives first and if no sealed honey
is to be seen at the rear of the hive
the colony will soon starve if not at-
tended to. If theweather is warm
enough to allow opening of hives and
full frames of honey are on hand it
is a simple matter to exchange them
for empty ones, or for temporary help
they can be placed flat on top of the
bees until warmer weather comes in
April. Candy made of sugar is also a
handy method of feeding and as a
last resort thick syrup given in a
feeder can he used and all wrapped
securely to keep in as much heat as
possible. It is only to prevent starva-
tion, however, that feeding should be
resorted to. Stimulative feeding uses
up the vitality of the bees at a time
when it is most needed to build up
the colony and there is nothing gain-
ed, for with normal outdoor wintering
and plenty to emt all colonies having
good queens are boiling over with
bees before the honey harvest opens.
During a long cold spring a sub-
stitute for pollen in the shape of
flour, corn meal, oatmeal, pea meal
or crushed oil cake will be gladly ac
cepted by the bees and cause the
queen to keep on laying when other-
wise the colony might dwindle off.
FARM HOME HOTBEDS WiLL
PROVIDE EARLY VEGETABLES
A hetped is a medium for an abund- |
ance of early plants for the farm
garden and may be sed also to sup-
ply such vegetables as lettuce and
radishes to the
early spring.
One should not be discouraged if
his first attempt to make a hatbed
proves a failure. Probably more fail- '
ure with hotbeds result from an im- |
of the manure ,
proper preparation
than from any other reason.
The manure should be in a high
state of fermentation before it is
placed on the bed. J. R. Bechtel, of |
the Pennsylvania State College
School of Agriculture and Experiment '
station, advises placing the manure in
a square pile in a protected place as
it comes from the horse stable. After
it is allowed to heat a few days the
pile should be rebuilt, the interior |
and exterior portions mixed and the
whole allowed to heat throughly
again, after which it is ready for the
hotbed pit.
For Pennsylvania conditions the |
pit should be 24 to 30 inches deep and
lined with boards. The frame placed
over the pit, and supporting the sash
should have one side six inches high-
er than the other, so that the glass
will have the necessary slope. When
the manure has been placed in the
pit, properly tramped and covered
with 4 to 6 inches of soil the sash are
put in place. Seed may be sown when |
the temperature in the soil subsides
to 90 degrees.
FOUR ESSENTIALS OF
SOIL MANAGEMENT.
Drainage, sweet soil conditions, or-
ganic matter and plant food are the
four essentils of proper
soil manage-
ment for profit. Wet land cannot
earn the money for the owner that !
well-drained land can earn, and the
problem of the farmer who has a liv-
ing to make from his land is to first i
see that his land is well drained. The |
right use of lime will keep the soil
friendly to the crops by correcting
the acidity. Organic matter is the
life of the soil and the means of sup-
plying it through stable manures,
clovers, grass sods, and other cover
crons should be considered carefully
by every farmer. Land that is already
fertile may be made more productive
by supplying the deficiencies with
plantfood. Soils that are unproduct-
ive require fertilizers containing am-
monia, phosphoris acid and potash
under most conditions. These essen
tials must be considered wherever
there is farming, for best results.
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CASTORIA
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is the month the bee-keep-
stock
that there is sufficient stores to last
until the blossoms come. The past
season was an exceptionally poor one
for honey and it wouldnot be strange
farm table during
{ miles from the nearest point of ap-
, three months in the hands of tribes-
I were
i dates were captured.
Among the prisoners were QGasfar
Pasha, the second in command, and
Nehad . Bey and about thirty-three
! others.
British steamship Maloja struck a
| mine in English channel, 147 drowned.
The Russian army took Bitlis, 110
{ miles south of Erzerum, by storm.
Switzerla- d will be compelled to
charter transatlantic steamships to
bring her own food across the sea un-
der protection of her own flag if the:
war continues much longer, ‘in the j
opinion of many persons here. The
CALLED TO WEST FRONT
TO AID CROWN PRINCE
U.S. GRAND JURY
GEN. VON MACKENSEN.,
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
The Germans have captured Forges,
west of the ‘Meuse, according
statement issued by the French war
office. The statement adds that sev-
eral German attempts to debouch
against Goose Hill (Cote de .L'Oie)
{ were repulsed by the French.
Three of the Verdun forts defend-
ing the city from the east have been
almost totally wrecked by the Ger:
man bombardment, according to Am-
sterdam dispatches,
Attacks of German infantry in the
Verdun region evidently have been
suspended for-the time being, as of-
ficial statements ‘do not mention any
activity by the infantry arm and the
Berlin statement notes a slackening
in the struggle.
Capture of nearly 1,000 French near
Verdun on Saturday and Sunday was
announced by the German war office.
Important movements of German
troops in Belgium are reported in a
dispatch from The Hague. It is said
that 40,000 German cavalrymen of the
landsturm are on their way to the
front near “pres.
Bight hundred Austrians were
killed or whunded in the raid made
by Italian aeroplanes Feb. 19 on the
city of Laibach, according to informa-
tion received here. One of the Ital
| ian aeroplanes was destroyed.
{ Laibach is a city about forty-five
miles east of Gorizia and has a popu-
lation of about 80,000. It ‘has been
stated that it is the headquarters of
the Austrian army operating against
the Italians.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that
since Feb. 21 heavy fighting has been
in progress between the relief forces
of General Aylmer on-the Tigris and
the Turkish troops, according to ad-
vices from Constantinople.
Especially severe fighting has been
: taking place near the town of Nasrie.
' The British have recently moved up
a new large force to proceed to ‘the
relief of General Townshend at Kut-.
el-Amara.
The Russian Black sea fleet is ex-
tending its operations to the westward
of Trebizond and has bombarded the
mouth of the Terma river, where a
fleet of sailing vessels had taken
refuge. The Terma is 210 miles west
i of Trebizond.
The Russian advance
|
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is still 260
proach to .he Bagdad railway, south
of Bitlis, namely Ras-el-Ain.
The loss of more than 3,000 lives in
the sinking of the French auxiliary
cruiser Provence is the greatest ocean
disaster of modern times. Up to the
present the largest number of lives
ever lost in one wreck was when the
White Star liner Titanic struck an
iceberg off the Newfoundland banks
on April 14, 1912, and sank with a
death loss of 1,695. The rescued unm-
bered 743.
Sidi Barani, a town in eastern
Egypt, was reoccupied without opposi-
tion by British forces after being for
men commanded by Turkish officers.
Further information indicates that
the Turkish casualties on Feb. 26
heavv. Thirty-three thousand
rounds of ammunition, a machine gun,
fifty camels and a large quantity of
view is expressed that Germany’s pro-
gram at sea may mean the starvation
of Switzerland unless some such aec-
tion is taken.
Five Children of Family Die.
Five of seven children of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Crosier of Sewel Valley,
W. Va., died within ten days. Their
deaths occurred in the following
order: Forrest Ayres, aged two; Al
fred Leon, nine; Lynd’ Clorace,
seven; Goldie Madeline, eleven, and
Paul David, thirteen. All died with
to a!
of Political Contributions
MAY BRING JAIL SENTENCES
Charges Allege Federal Penal Code
Violations and Conspiracy in Expen-
diture of Money in Federal Elections
The United States Brewers’ as-
sociation and 101 brewing corpora-
tions of Pennsylvania have been in-
dicted in Pittsburgh for conspiracy in
violating the federal corrupt practices
act by contributing money for political
purposes. by the federal grand jury.
Two separate indictments were re
turned, one embracing the fifty-eight
breweries which ‘are ‘members of the
‘United States Brewers’ association
and the other taking in the forty-three
members .of the Pennsylvania State
Brewers’ association.
The indictments were ordered by
Judge Thomson, who acted upon two
presentments of the grand jury in
which the action ‘was recommended.
The violations charged “are ‘covered
by two sections of ‘the ‘United ‘States
criminal code. Section '83 forbids any
national bank or corporation to make
a money contribution in connection
with any election of national officers
and section 37 covers the charge of
conspirac y.
The indictments were made in four
presentments attacking the different
| brewing companies separately, as they
were members either of the United
States or Pennsylvania Brewers’ as
sociations, two of the associations the
grand jury had been probing.
An indictment was returned against
the United States Brewers’ associa
tion, but not the Pennsylvania Brew-
ers’ association, because the first is
a corporation and the other is not.
Fifty-eight brewing companies,
members of the Pennsylvania Brew
ers’ association, and forty-two brewing
companies, members of the United
States Brewers’ association, with the
brewery association itself, are In:
dicted.
Three big brewing companies in and
around Pittsburgh are indicted as
members of both associations, the
Pittsburgh Brewing company, Inde-
pendent Brewing company and Fort
Pitt Brewing company of Sharpsburg.
Little is said In the indictments of
specific offenses alleged under section
83, federal penal code, the so-called
federal corrupt practices act, and sec
tion 37 of the same code.
Under these sections fines mot to
exceed $5,000 in the first and $10,000
in the second, may be assessedisThere
is a provision for imprisonment .of
officers and directors of corporation:
under both sections, but the indict
ments did not touch the individuals.
e matter to be taken up by the new
grand jury, in all probability, when it
convenes March 20 in Erie.
SLAYS RIVAL, CHARGE
Carlo Scaglion Sought For Murder of
Tony Loverde, South Brownsville.
As the result of a love affair, Tony
Loverde, aged twenty-seven, a miner,
is dead at his home in South Browns-
ville, Pa. and Carlo Scaglion, aged
thirty-one, a track walker, is being
sought by the police.
According to Joseph Gramere, with
whom Loverde made his home,
Loverde and Scaglion were rivals for
the hand of an Italian girl in Browns-
ville. Both went to visit her and met
near her home. Following a slight
quarrel the suitors went to a Browns:
ville saloon, drank together and ap-
parently -settled their differences.
When they returned to South Browns
ville Scaglion was denied admittance
to Loverde’s boarding house.
Scaglion, the police say, then drew
a revolver nd started shooting. Three
of five shoes struck Loverde and Sca-
lion ran toward Brownsville. A crowd
of Loverde’s friends started to pursue
Scaglion who, they say, turned ani
pointed a revolver at them, threaten:
ing to shoot, then fled. It is thought
that Scaglion headed for Uniontown.
CREDIT FOR HOME WORK
Will Get Good Marks For
Washing Dishes, Etc.
A new departure whereby the pupil
is given school credit for work done
at home, such as washing dishes,
chopping kindling wood, bringing in
coal, making beds, running the wash-
ing machine or currying a horse has
been inaugurated in Redsone towa-
ship, Fayette cqunty, Pa., under the
supervision of Superintendent Ira H.
Hess.
In a statement Superintendent Hess
says that “it is not good taste to giva
Pupils
credit for home work where punils
have been compelled to perform the
act.” Pupils earning home work
credits will be given credit at the end
of the year under regular studies.
PITTSBURGH EDITOR DEAD
M. E. Gable, Gazette Times Writer,
Was a Printer.
Morgan E. Gable, editoriai writer
of the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, died
at his home after a brief illness:
Mr. Gable was born at Tamaqua,
Pa., in February, 1862. He learned
the trade of printer and from that]
graduated into the editorial depart
measles and pneumonia.
INDICTS STREWERS
102 True Bills Fou Found In Probe
Lewis county, W. Va.,
instantly killed and two probably
fatally injured.
Carty and Thomas Bennett.
jured are Alvin Neely and Lee Ben-
nett.
of W. P. Stock.
assigned for the accident.
AUTO RAMBLED RIGHT ALONG
Struck by Train, Machine Rides Block
MENTIONED FOR UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT
GERMANS FAILTO
JOHN W. DAVIS,
U. S. Solicitor General.
SUFFS TO ATTEND
June Conventions to See Great Dem-
onstrations For Votes For Women.
Delegatious of women outnumbering
delegates of the two political parties
will attend the Democratic and Re-
publican national conventions, accord-
ing to announcements at the Wash-
ington headquarters of the National
Woman's Suffrage association.
The chief purpose behind the move
is to secure in each platform of these
two parties a plank favoring votes
for women. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, president, is now in the field de-
voting her energies to plans for the
selection of these delegates.
suffrage organizations, representing
congressional districts, counties,
cities, precincts and every other po-
litical unit, are co-operating with the
national association at every stage.
CLAIMS QUILTING TITLE
Washington (Pa.) Woman, 76 Years
+ Old, Pieced 81 Quilts In Year.
Washington county, Pa., has an as-
pirant for the quilting championship of
the country, age to be considered. She
is Mrs. -Eva Newman, aged seventy-
six, of West Finley, who, during the
year ending March 3, pieced eighty-
one quilts. Aside from this, Mrs. New-
man attended to all household duties.
Specimens of her handiwork are
scattered throughout the length and
breadth of West Finley township. Pro-
viding she enjoys good health, Mrs.
Eewman expects to eclipse this record
during the ensuing year.
THREE FOUND SLAIN
Girls and Uncle Dead In Summerville
(W. Va.) Tragedy.
Bound and gagged, with their
throats cut, the bodies of Edith and
Reva Rader, aged sixteen and eleven,
respectively, were found in the home
of their uncle, James Neil, aged thirty,
at Summerville, W. Va.
Neil's body, with a bullet wound in
the head, was found about 200 yards
from the house and not far away was
a shotgun.
Physicians say both girls were at-
tacked before being murdered. Prose-
cuting Attorney Weaver is investigat-
ing.
BAKER FOR WAR SECRETARY
Former Cleveland Mayor Named to
Succeed Lindley M. Garrison.
Newton D. Baker, former mayor of
Cleveland, has been selected by Pres:
ident Wilson for secretary of war.
Mr. Baker’s name had been men-
tioned in connection with the position
several times.
when the cabinet was formed, but de
clined.
‘He was offered a place
Mr. Baker has accepted the posi-
tion and is now arranging his affairs
in Cleveland preparatory to coming
to Washington to take up his duties.
THREE DEAD IN EXPLOSION
Two Others Injured In West Virginia
Sawmill; Cause Unknown.
In a sawmill explosion at Ireland,
three men were
The dead are Clay Bland, Lee Mec-
The in-
The mill was located upon the farm
No cause has been
on Cowcatcher.
After riding the cowcatcher of a
train for a block, being struck at a
grade crossing in Sharon, an auto-
mobile containing three men rambled
right along and went several hundred
feet on three wheels until it crashed
into a building.
To Revise Borough Assessments.
Realizing that with the rapid growth
of New’ Kensington present assess-
ments’ of property are in many cases
discriminatory the borough council
and the school board will soon con-
or with the commissioners of West-
moreland county with a view to re-
ment of newspaper work.
de ——— A
State’
GUT FRENGH LINE
Fighting In Daasmont Village
| Results in iio Gains
CERMAN RAIDER MAKES PORT
Moewe Completes Another of Spec-
tacular Dashes Which Have Fea
tured War from the German Sides
Fighting of great violence continues
at Douaumont in the Verdun region.
The Germans made a heavy attack
against the French front along the
line from the Haudremont weed to
Louaumont ifort. This assault was
repulsed.
it is stated semi-officially that the
battle at Verdun continues with the
‘same intensity and without causing
any change in the respective positions
of the opposing armies. Fighting is
still going on for definite possession
of the village of Douaumont.
The situation as a result of this sec-
ond phase of the German offensive is
regarded as altogether different from
that of the first days of the battle.
The only progress made by. the Ger-
mans was during the first two days of
the second attack. For the last forty-
eight hours they have not advanced.
The comparison .also is in favor of
the French by reason of the fact that
the Germans now have lost the advan-
tage of surprise and also because the
ground has been torn up to such an
extent that it cannot be organized
properly.
Reinforcements brought up by the
Germans since the inauguration of the
second phase of the battle on Wednes-
day are estimated at 250,000 men,
raising the total forces utilized by the
assailants to more than 500,000. Esti-
mates of losses show wide variance.
Details of local actions and the size
of the reserve forces brought up
cause French observers to make the
deduction that the Germans have paid
a very heavy price for the six square
miles of ground they have gained.
In front of the village of Vaux alone
4,000 German corpses were counted
after the eighth unsuccessful attack.
Moewe Completes Ralding Voyage.
Official announcement was made in
Berlin that the German cruiser Moewe
had arrived in “some” German port.
She had on board a large number of
British prisoners and $200,000 in gold
bars.
The announcement says fifteen ves-
sels were sunk by the Moewe, which
also laid mines at several points. One
of these mines, it is stated, sank the
British battleship King Edward VIII.
The statement says:
“The naval general staff states that,
the Moewe, Commander Burgrave
Count Dohna Schlodien, after a suc-
cessful cruise lasting several months,
arrived at some home port with four
British officers, 19 British marines and
sailors, 266 men of crews of enemy
steamers, among them 103 Indians, as |
prisoners, and 1,000,000 marks in gold
bars.”
CAR STRIKE AT CAPITAL
Men Demand More Pay, Shorter Hours
and Better Conditions. :
Not a street car in Washington is
running. For the first time in the
history of electric railway traction the
capital is having the experience of a
real street car strike. A few cars were
operated Sunday by motormen and
conductors who stuck to their posts.
Fear that violence might occur caused
officials of the Capital Traction com-
pany and the Washington Railway
and Electric company to stop all cars
temporarily. Whether traffic is to be
resumed will depend®on the outcome
of efforts being made by the commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia
and officials of the department of
labor to bring about arbitration.
The strike organizers are threaten-
ing to call a sympathetic strike among
workers at the power plant of the
Potomac Electric Light and Power
company, which supplies the city with
most of its light. This company is
owned by the Washington Railway
and Electric company.
SUPPORT PREPAREDNESS
Philadelphia Concerns Encourage Em-
ployees to Enlist In Companies.
Three big industrial concerns of
Philadelphia have announced their in-
tention of supporting the prepared
ness movement by organizing their
men into companies, so that they
could be ready should the time come
to uphold on the field of battle the
honor of the United States.
The employees, the majority of
whom are as enthusiastic as the or-
panizers themselves in supporting the
movement, will be under no expense
in enlisting. The employers will sup
ply them with uniforms.
The companies are the Packard
Motor Car company, Philadelphia
branch; the Freihofer company, the
Lubin Manufacturing company.
Monongahela
House
J. B. KELLEY, Manager
Smithfield St., Water St. & First Ave.
PITTSBURGH
European Plan
Convenient to B. & O., P. & L. E,,
Western Maryland ‘and Panhandle
R. R. Stations. Easily accessible to
the leading business and amusement
houses in town—no taxicabs or cars
necessary. 250 rooms, elegantly and
comfortably furnished. Under per-
sonal direction ‘of Mr. J. B. Kelley,
for 14 years manager, but now presi-
dent. “His expert knowledge of hotel
requirements has resulted in numerous
notable improvements. Splendid ser-
vice, excellent cuisine.
MODERATE RATES
Single Room, without bath, $1.00 and $1.50
per day. ‘Single room, with bath, ‘$2.00,
$2 50 and $3.00 per day. Each additional
person $1.00 per (ow in any room, with or
without bath.
Complete Cafe Service from 25¢ Club
Breakfast to the most elaborate dinner
A Beauty Secret
To have clear skin, bright eyes
and a healthy appearance, your
digestion must be good—your
bowels and liver kept active
and regular. Assist nature—take
BEECHAM’S
PILLS
Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World,
Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 28¢.
—ROOFING—
I have gought a car load”of No. |
Galvanized Roofing andSwill sell at
the lowest possible figure and guaran-
tee the price till this car is sold, should
it drop before March Ist, the cus-
tomer shall have the benefit. Also
the. best price on No. | Bangor or
Sea Green Slate as cheap as shingles.
Spouting, Ridging, Nails and Valleys.
Write for Delivered Prices
. to any Railroad Station
All Work Guaranteed and Done to Order.
J. S. WENGERD
R.D. 2
MEYERSDALE, ’ te PENNA.
120 Center St.,
Linoleum Logic
No. 2
No more red hands from scrubbing
floors. Run a mop over linoleum.
Armstrong’s Linoleum
isn’t expensive—it lasts longer—and always
looks “new”.
It is made of tested materials and every
inch is inspecied before it ieaves the factory.
The new patterns are distinctly “different” —
suitable for any room in the house.
See the samples soon. Lighten the labog
of houseworV,
R. REICH & SON
THE HOME FURNISHERS
Complete From Cellar to Attic
Meyersdale
Baltimore & Ohio R, R.
SPRING TOURS TO
WASHINGTON
BALTIMORE
APRIL 17 -- JUNE |
$6.4E "uTBAT
The number of men on the payrolls
of the three concerns approximates |!
1,000, many of whom have already en-
rolled thelr names on the list of those
willing to be soldiers.
Subscriptions For Road.
Tickets valid for all regular trains and good
returning 10 days including date of sale.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
ALL EXPENSE FEATURE
TICKETS, including 5 Days Board
Citizens of Lower Burrel township, !
near Parnassus, have raised $10,0°
by public subscription to be used ;
the improvement of a new road, ex
tending southeast in the direction of :
vising the assessments of the borough.
o in Washington, Side Trips, ete.,
may be secured upon payment
of $20.50 additional.
SECURE BOOKLET AND FULL INFOR-
Milligantown, |
MATION FROM TICKET AGENT
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a street car co
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party. Before
thanks Sledge
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