THE FARMER'S COLUMN Some Practical Suggestions Well \ A Worth Knowing From the - ; artment of Agriculture. LIME AGAIN «The effects of the heavy liming of the fathers, and the present day evi- dences of it, more especially in the «clover crops are noticed especially this year,” says Professor Franklin Menges, soil expert of the Pennsylva- nia Department of Agriculture. “The further these investigations are pushed the stronger they become. A field in Bucks county which had not been farmer for a number of years which had been pastured to death, was plowed up in the spring several years ago and fairly well prepared and sown with Soy Beans, with the ex- ceptions of raising a small crop of this legume to plow down to get the land into some sort of shape to produce farm crops. The soils were tested for acidity before the land was plowed for planting Soy Beans, and the. sur- face soil was found to be quite sour while the subsoil was only slightly so. Some time before plowing down the Soy Beans the surface and sub- soil were again tested and while they were still sour, the acidity in the sur- face soil was much less than before plowing, while that of the subsoil was about the same. “The soils produced a splendidcrop of Soy Beans, much larger than was expected, and when plowed down re- turned to the soil fully sixty pounds of nitrogen to every acre of the field. After the land was well cultivated and the agencies of decay and nitrifi- cation became normally active, it was converted into an available farm and when the wheat was sown, it made a splendid beginning in the fall of the year whics was renewed in the spring. producing the wheat crop of the com- munity with a setting of clover and timothy not equaled on this farm for years, and an exception for the neign- _“borhood. This field was heavily limed, the evidences of which are still pre- sent from about fifteen or twenty years ago. “The soils of another field on this game farm. which had not been limed and which had been pastured in the same Way when tested showed the soil and the subsoil to be equally sour, and when plowed and prepared and seeded with Soy Beans produced only a very ordinary crob, approxi- rs Rid one-third of the yield of the fo field with, a hesitating ih ks start ing weekly growing and pc yielding wheat. crop and with a similar, beginning. of clover and tim- othy. Soil testing revealed these con- ditions. and crop. results, would approx- imately be. foretold under normal con- ditions.” : . THE SILVER FISH The Pennsylvania. Department of Agriculture receives from timee to ' time samples of a small white insect sthat gives housewives consIderable anxiety. It is the silver fish. It is about one-third of an inch long, very thin, but the outline of the body is «carrot shaped. It has two antennae (feelers) that are about the same length as the body, and from the tip or rear end there are three bristle- like appendages. One sticks straight out and the other two are at right an- gles to the body, The body is covered with minute silvery scales. The silver fish feed upon papers and books. They go after the starch used in binding the books, and on heavy glazed paper. they eat off. the surface. If it is printed upon they will eat all around the printing ink. They also somestimes attack starched clothing. These Carts 4 as a rule, inhabit on- ly damp houses, or houses in which articles have been storal and are not disturbed for long . periods. They can be found in damp cellars of ‘inhabited houses. Pyrethrum powder is a good reme- dy. Seatter it- around books and pa- pers, and in the battoms of drawers in which clothes are stored. A poisoned bait.can be prepared by making: thick boiled strch paste, and poisoning it with a liberal portion of arsenic. @Spread this pasts on cards and distri- bute in: infested places, particulary in bureau drawers. THRESHING, = SHREDDING AND HUSKING. We wish to inform the public that we are in better shape for attending to the kind of work indica- ted above than ever before. Appreci- ating past patronage, we respectfully solicit your fall trade promising sat-| §sfaction to all. CHARLES & FRANK BAER. i ~ Qhildren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOCRIA Pine sale bills printed hess. | BRUSHCREEK The annual picnic held at Mt. Leb- anon Saturday was largely attended. it is rumored ghat the Mt. Olive Sunday school , will hold a picnic in the near future. J, C. Dively lost a valuable horse sunday last: he had refused $400 cash for the animal a few weeks ago. Quite a number of the young Scouts of this valley were seen rolling in quite early Sunday morning from the | picnic. Prof. J. E. Werner was compelled to take to his heels Saturday night when George Brick heard a racket in the lower part of his house. On getting | his gun and investigating found Prof. | Werner. Earl Boyer is working for L. A. Martz through harvest and hay mak- ing. Alvey Martz has rented the Simon Keefer farm were he will farm on shares, Mr, and Mrs. B. W. Lane and son, Walter from Roxbury were visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Martz over Sunday. William Hittle and Milly Saylor have rented the shanty on the old Mill site from B. W. Lane, “which they intend to remodel for night lodg- ing during the summer. Miss Ethel Coughenour from Camp Run has returned ‘again to the Peter Saylor home for a few days’ visit. The Epworth League at Mt. Olive is moving very nicely with am ember- The farmers along Brush creek are about all through with the oats crop and report a good crop. Boys, get your cow bells ready for a good old time serenading in about two weeks along the creek. J. .C. Dively took his 10 year old daughter & the Cumberland hospital last week because of appendicitis. Mrs. Allen Boyer and children from Pittsburg are visiting Mrs. Boyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Boyer. betel 'ROCKWOOD The Lutheran picnic held on Fri- day was well attended and was a great success. The ball game between the single and married men of Rock- wood was won by the married men by a score of 20to 6. : Mrs. J. S. Miller entertained the members of the Willing Workers Bi- ble clags at a social, at the Miller re- sidence a ‘few evenings ago; the even: ing was enjoyed by all present and proceeds were appropriated toward the debt of reparing the United Evan- selicpl Church. . and Mrs. Lloyd Mifler have ‘re- teh home from Altoona, Pa., after spending several days as the guest of Mrs. Miller’ and relatives. MF. and’ Mrs. Clarence Miller and children of Johnstown are the guests of the former's brother and sister-in- law, Mr. “and Mrs. Silas Miller of Rockwood, this week. wood borough was held on Ar Ci evening which was well attended, at which meeting a committee was ap- pointed to reorganize the fire com- pany of the borough and to purchase a new supply of fire hose, The orgaui- zation will be effected within a few days when the new company will be- gin to drill. Messrs, J. D. Snyder and Hal Ben- ford of Roekood, /Pa., left the first of the week in Snyder's Dodge touring car for an extefided western tour and will be gone about 10° davs. BAD AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR GRANTSVILLE. Max Becker, twenty-two years old, of Newell, Pa., is in the Western Mary- land hospital at Cumberland with sev- eral broken ribs and a punctured lung as a result of the =ulifonile of John Mesher in which seveh were riding upsetting one mile east of Grantsville Sunday afternoon. Mr. Mesher, who was driving the car, was taken to a Uniontown hospital. One of his ears was seriously lacerated and he was painfully cut and bruised about the face and body.Other occupants, all of whom were from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, were slightly bruised and cut. The car ‘skidded on a curve of ‘the road and turned turtle twice after striking a stone culvert. Mr. Becher was pinned under the car. The others were hurled some distance iato a yard near the Stanton mill. BOY LOSES EYE FROM DYNAMITE CAP EXPLOSION. Because of the explosion of a dy- namite cap which he had thrown in to a fire a few days ago, James, the 8-year old son of Mrs. Jacob Latshaw of Somerset lost the sight of one eye and unless the specialists at the Me- morial Hospital, Johnstown, can save the sight of the other eye, which is affected, he will become blind. With his two little brothers and little sis- ter they made a fire along the railroad and gathering a lot of scraps and the cap was among them. The other chil- dren were slightly injured but James ‘was struck in the eye by the flying fragments. easuoid MOM GOP JRO ship of about 40. - 833%c. PLAGUE SERUM BELIEVED FOUND Blood of Recovered Patients Said to Be B Benafical PA, QUARMTINE 1S STRICT Twenty Persons Turned Back at Ohio Line by State Health Officer in Fight Against Infantile Paralysis Epidemic The epidemic ‘of infantile paralysis in New York has taken a turn for the better. The nunber of new cuses re: ported to the health department in 24 hours went under the hundred mark for the first time in several weeks. During 24 hours the plague killed 81. children and 95 new cases were reported, 43 of them in Manhat- tain and 81 in, Brooklyn.) . After 341% ounces of viood had been taken from six persons who. have re- covered from infantile paralysis, to be used in the preparation of the hu- man, serum which is said to have af forded relief to sufferers from the dis- ease, {He health ‘authorities issued a call ‘for more volunteers, stating’that thé supply of human serum is’ inade- quate. Among the cases of infantile paral: ysis reported Monday in Pennsylvania are Ursina, Somerset county, three: Marianna ond Donora, Washington county, onc each, and Bristol, Bucks county, one. : Twenty persons, residents of Ohio, wege forced to i=ave a Cleveland & Pittsburgh train Smiths Ferry and return ‘to ORfo, as the result of the stringent quarantine teing enforcel by thei state health department. Three hundred and thirty cases of infantile paralysis have been reported to the Pennsylvania health department with diagnosis confirmed from July 1 to Monday of this week. One hundred end eigaty-two of these occurred in Philedelphia and 148 im points outside Philadelphia. ° GLASS WORKERS GET RAISE Present Season Most Prosperous Since : Panic of 1807. An approximated increase of 10 per cent in the wage scale has been grant- ed to about 10,008 men in the National Glass Blowers’ association. Commit- tees closed their conference in Atlantic Ciey, N. J. last week, with an an- nouncement of the victory for ‘the workers, the first advance in ‘five vears. mand for bottles, better times and less anagonism ‘in ‘the trade. The new agreement, to be in effect on. L, Septem- ber 1, holds a year. The season. since December was re- ported as the most prosperous since the panic of 1907-8. The shipping of ware to Europe has taken up the en- tire surplus, and plants are working day snd night. ———————————— Wilson to: Make Campaign: Tour. Between September 165.and: October 1 President Wilson plans to,.start a transcontinental tour, including many of he cities o nthe Hughes itinerary. LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN Pittsburgh, Aug. 16. Butter—Prints; 331.34c; tubs, 32% @33c. Eggs—Fresh, 48% @29c. Cattle—Prime, $9@9.25; good, $8.50 @8.75; tidy butchers, $7.75@8.26; fair, $7@7.50; common, $6@7; common to good fat bulls, $4.50@7.25; common to good fat cows, $4@7.60; heifers, $6@ 8; fresh cows and springers, $40@80. Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers, $8.10@8.25; good mixed, $7.60@8; fair mixed, $6.50@7.26; culls and common, $3.50@¥5; spring lambs, $7@10.26; veal calves, $12@12.60; heavy and thin calves, $7@9. Hogs—Prime heavy, $10.50; heavy mixed, $10.55@10.60; medium and heavy Yorkers, $10.860@10.65; light Yorkers, $10.50@10.55; pigs, $10@ 10.35; roughs, $9@9.15; stags, $7@ 7.25. Cleveland, Aug. 18. Cattle—Choice fat steers, $8.256@ 8.75; good to choice butcher steers, $7.50 @8.25; fair to mood steers, $6.50@ 750; common to light steers, $56.76@ 6.60; good to choice butcher bulls, $6 @6:75; bologna bulls, $5@6; good to choice cows, $5.75@8.25; fair to good COWS, $6@5.76; common cows, $3.60@ 4.50. Calves—Good to choice, §12.75@13; fair to good, $11@12.50; heavy to common, $6@10. Sheep and Lambs—Good to choice springs, $10@10.50; fair to good, $7.50 @9; good to choice wethers, $7T@ 7.50; good to choice ewes, $6.25@6.75: mixed ewes and wethers, $6.76@7: culls, $2.50@5.50. Hogs—Mixed, Yorkers and mediums $10.50; pigs, $10; stags, $8; roughs. - $9.10. \ Chicago, Aug. 15. Hogs—Bulk, $9.80@10.40; light, $£9.80@10.50; mixed, $9.60@10.56; heavy, $9.45@10.45; rough, $9.45@9.60; pigs, $8.20@9. Cattle—Beeves, $7@10; cows and heifers, $3.60@ 9:36; stockers-and feed- ers, $56@7.85; calves, $9@12.65. Sheep—Native, $6,50@7.80; western, $6.75@7.80; yearlings, $7.40@8.50; lambs, $7.25@11.10. Whe: t—Sept., 31.37%. Corn--Sept.,| Oat ~—Sept, 43c¢. Minor ‘grievances were amica- bly | settled, illustrating an extra de- %, e| ! press for favorable action. I PRESENTS RAILROADS’ ‘CASE TO PRESIDENT OH ETUBOTY WIBIHIY qo Photo by Ameriosn rican Press Association ELISHA LEE. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR The past week in the European war has been one of almost continuous success forthe entente allies. The:ad- vances have mot been so marked as in the first. two weeks ofthe simul- taneous pressure on all fronts, but At! has been a gain, nevertheless. The Russians, have continued their drive, ocoupying Stanislaus and other towns in Galicia, and threatening Lemberg. The italians have taken Gorizia after a battle that has been almost continu- ous ‘since the entry of Italy into the, war, and have advanced some distance past the town toward Trieste, the ob- jective of the Latins. The Italians have occupied the en- tire Doberdo plateau, the Roms, war office announced. ii 29 Mgntalcone and Gorizia sec: the. Itgdians, pressing their offen- Lui have driven the Austrians from fortified positions, says the official Italian communication. More than 2,000 prisoners were taken. . Altogether, since August 6, 15, 893 Pr isomers have been counted, including 380 officers. In the same operations ithe Italians have taken 16 guns, a’ number of machine guns and fnaterial of all kinds. ” Pighting has been resumed between British and Turks along the front east of the Suez canal, the Constantinople war, office announces. , The Turks, at- tacked the British on the. flank and in- flicted heavy losses on them, the state- ment’ says, compelling them to retreat. TH ‘Mesopotam, where there has been a ‘long period ‘of quiet, the British made an attack, but rétreated after a battle of two hours, leaving dead or worded be them. “Turkish: suc- cesses: in :Persia and onthe Caucasian front also are reported. : ic The: long-expeotad offensive of the entente; allies agdinst the Bulgarians and Germans. on the Balkan front in Greek Macedonia has apparently be- gun, according to dispatches received from Athens and Salonika. ‘THe French add British advanced, | after a’ bombardment of thie Bulgarian works at Dorain, on the lake of the game name, northwest of Saloniki, and captured (the railroad station and a height: south of the town. A dispatch from Vienna by way of Amsterdam says that in a few days the, central empires will issue a proc- lamation declaring the independence of Poland. It is proposed to call on the Poles to form a national army for the defense of their country. A German submarine torpedoed the British torpedo boat destroyer Lassoo Sunday, according to an admiralty statement. It is announced also that between August.2 and 10. five British and. French steamers and 10 British and French sailing craft were sent to the bottom by a German submarine. A semi-official account of the sink ing by a submarine recently of the Italian mail steamship Letimbro, re- ceived from Vienna, says the Italians fired on the submarine with two guns, and that there were troops on board. Large numbers of British prisoners of war in Germany have been sent into that part of Russia held by Ger- many to do menial labor, Lord Robert Cecil stated in commons. TURKEY BLOCKS RELIEF Crops In Syria Best In Empire, Says Constantinople. Turkey has refused to grant the re- quest of the United States that a neu tral committee be permitted to under- take relief wok in Syria, where thou- sands of native = Christians are re- ported to be starving. Charge Miller, of Constantinople, in a cablegram received at the state de partment, said the Twarkish govern- ment had informed him “relief opera tions in Syria were considered unmsc- ehsdry ‘because crops there ‘were bet- tap than anywhere in the empire. ‘He added: thatoalthongh he was fold ithe decision was final he had not. dropped the subject, bat would continue to How Are [Cis a very common question You? - Can you say that you are well in every respect? If so you are EXTREMELY FORTUNATE—Eye defects cause conditions that make you feel ‘bad—" If your Eyes are sick I can help you by Fitting Proper Glasses—Come to see me. RESULTS GUARANTEED. COOK, Both Phones THE OPTOMETRIST Eye Sight Specialist Meyersds le, Pa. ‘3 ‘STATE AGRICULTURE NOTES A Potter county farmer reports that he has sold all of his May lambs at ‘lan average price of seven dollars a held. The Dairy and Food Bureau of the Départment of Agriculture has brought 121 prosecutions during the past month for the sale of non-alcoholic drinks that were misbranded, artifi- cially colored and flavored and con- tained no fruit juice after which they were named. Blair county farmers report that there were more potato bugs than for thirty years. One farmer says thiat the quail have cleaned up all the beetles in his patch. In Elk Township, Warren county, a great deal of the hay was sold stand- ing at two dollars a ton. Great damage has been done by the wet weather to the wheat, rye and oats crops in the fields in York county. The estimates for the wheat crop will be slightly reduced on account of the loss through wet weather and in some sections it is reported that the threshing shows that the wheat did not head as fully as was expected. BERKLEY Mr, and Mrs, William Brglehart and | family of Cumberland spent a few days of last week at Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Berkley. Mr. and Mrs. John Soyer and fam- ily andr Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boyer spent Sunday at Pocahontas. . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ebaurh and Miss Anna, Barnkeart spent. Wednesday of last week at Somerset. : . Charles. Sipe of Latrobe. is spending a few days at C. B. Saylor's. The young people of this place had an old fashioned - chicken roast, Fri- day: night; there were about 30 girls and boys present and all had a fine time. Mr. and ‘Mis. Edward Sellers spent a. few days in Bedford county visiting friends there. » Children Cry _ FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA i aa a SS ah ANTE Sk Ak Nl dT B TUOGH 3G TUTE A BALTINORE & OHIO 16-DAY EXCURSIONS TO NORFOLK OLD POINT VIRGINIA August 10 and 24, Sept. 7 = $8.50 ROUND TRIP ; GOOD IN COACHES ONLY FOR $2 00 ADDITONAL TICKETS WILL BE GOOD IN PULLEAN CARS, WITH PULLMAN, TICKETS, The Rotite 1s Rail %6 Washington or | Baltimore and Delightful Steam- er Trip to Destination hg Full Information at Tickst Office Aug, 3-5t. y ROUND $1. 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