North Carolina Newspapers

MEM AfflLEIBS Si 7ir ACK at play It quite as characteristic J I a fellow ai when back of a 12-inch gun I lending a little pleasantry to a hostile I foe. Not that he takes his pleasure I seriously; quite the contrary, but he I does put the same Tim into it whether, In the memorable words of, Fighting Bob Evans, "it's a frolic or a fight" "Whatever he. does," the fleet athletic officer, Lieut. S. C. Hooper, remarks in summing up the situation, "he does right" It Is this determination to be satisfied with nothing short of the best that makes the Amer ican sailor such a power to be reckoned with, whether afloat or ashore, at work or at play. In athletics alone the American sailor Is an expert, though many are not aware of the fact, and a football team made up of Jackies Is quite the equal in physique and prowess of the average col lege outfit No nation in the world has devel oped athletics In the navy to the extent we have done, and so important does Uncle Sam consider the development of sports among the enlisted men that now every ship has Its specially ap pointed athletic officer to direct recreative amusement; to encourage It there is no need. In contests with sailors of other nations In foreign ports, whether on the China station. In the Philippines or elsewhere, the American sailor merges' trium phant But Jack has to have the equipment to begin with. He must have the spike nail shoes for baseball and the up-to-date outfit that goes with each sport, but given that he Is then ready to be stow his whole at tention on getting there, and that he succeeds beautiful ly every athletU officer aboard ship will convice you. With great pride they will tell you how the men un der their command compare pro fee- sionally with col- 1 j i 0 i. t t NOTES nt. u "'toad t. Eradicate the quack grass. Stubble will catch the snow. Paint beautifies the farm bouse. Paint puts the" profit-making touch Onto the buildings. Cabbage which is to be should be handled with care. stored If 35 Mi ' S .( 4 - Il l lege athletes not only In football but In wrestling, rowing, boxing or any other sport So to further this specialty there is in the navy a regularly organized fleet athletic commit tee composed of five officers. Lieut S. C. Hooper of the flagship Connecticut is at the head of It This committee exercises a general , oversight over all sports and arranges dates for regattas and sporting events. Outside the daily participa tion In sports, there are four distinct seasons when Jack is put on his mettle so far as athletics go. They are when the games are pulled off at Guantanamo, Newport, Bar Harbor and Boston, when the fleet is together. At such times interest ashore is quite as great as aboard ship.. If rooters for college games think themselves the acme of Infectious enthusiasm it la because they haven't seen a navy contest. It takes a bunch of Jackies, effervescing with the excite ment of an intershlp contest, to give the former cards and spades in emotional pyrotechnics, for the games are always vigorously contested, the various ship's crews being represented on the side lines, howling encouragement In their own peculiar fashion. ' As a rule competition in the events is ellmlna-1 tlve, the ships first contesting by divisions In championships playing each other for fleet cham pionship. ". For the last two years the Connecticut team has won the football , trophy a wooden football, 1 glided. It is when the fleet Is In southern waters for aerial target practice that baseball Is particularly enjoyed. : "Then," says Lieutenant Hooper, "baseball par ties are landed each day and the games are as hotly contested as those of the major leagues. The men are as rabid 'fans' as those ashore and keep as sharp tabs on the official scores as any landsman. Each evening about 8 o'clock the scores of the various games In the National and American leagues are sent from the flagship by radio.' . "When It comes to the boat races," says the chief athletic officer, "the sailor Is naturally In his element and the races are highly spectacular. The course is usually between the, line of ships and as the boats skim over the waters all the men 'man .the rails and cheer their favorite team to the echo." --vVW: '' For this competition the regular twelve-oared service cutter of the navy la used, that Is, unless, as sometimes happens, the men of a special ship get together and buy one of their own. Such a craft Is generally termed a "tailor-made" boat because 'of Its superior .style and finish. The Battenberg cup, presented by Prince Louis for. the crew races, Is most desired and all efforts are bent at winning It A large number of other cups have at various times been put up for com petition, among them one by August . Belmont. ' Money prizes are sometimes offered, too, and a ship will sometimes win as much as 95,000 in purses. One year the Indiana won that sum, and the Maine $2,800 in a special event, a three-mile race, which was pulled off in 26 minutes. On the same occasion the marines on the Indiana won a purse of $3,000 besides the Dutch challenge cup."--. .:,-:-,..:,:..: ..::.; ,v In Guantanamo also occurs the final bouts to determine the fleet championships In boxing. For this the men train as industriously as though they were really the "white hopes" of the pro fessional class, and in spite of the fact that their 5 lngly done and the American sai lors beat the Britishers at their own game. One of the newest amusements provided for the sailors is the moving picture show, and this they enjoy hugely. The films are rented for the most part, though the navy recently bought a set which Mr. Edison took depicting the life of the sailor. This is very popular. How often exhibitions are given depends on the weather and where the ship happens to be. If If there were fewer whips In the world there would be fewer ugly horse. It is Just as necessary to fit a col lar to a horse as It Is to fit a shoe to the foot The young calf should be trained to lead. This bablt will be decidedly appreciated In later years. A man cannot work on boiled tur nips alone; neither can a horse work on a diet of straw and fodder. Alfalfa Is Injured by pasturing, and can not be recommended If the fields are to be kept for meadow purposes. It Is entirely possible that you may be able to double the Income from your cows by selling half the cows. Hens afllleted with scaly leg cannot possibly give the beBt service in egg production, and rough shanks look bad. Well-managed poultry Is preferable to farm crops, In that . poultry will produce an income at all times of the year. It costs a good deal of money to buy' a satisfactory team. In most cases this can be avoided by the farmer ralBlng his own. When a bird becomes 111. senarate It from the rest of the flock. By doln In port where the men can get 1 so the spread of an infectious disease rvfc training facilities are limited the navy has turned out some of the best men In the boxing world today. For example, there are Sailor Burke and Tom Sharkey, both graduates of the navy prize-flght-era, and Sammy Robldeau, lightweight champion of the navy, who Is considered one of the best lightweights in the country either in or ou of the navy. "The constant change in the personnel of the men," says Paymaster Bowne, "not only means constant work on the part of the officers to mold them into shape, but it also means that Uncle Sam is Just so much richer by every man who leaves the navy after serving his apprenticeship. He has just so many more to call on in case of necessity, for a man never forgets the A B C of the war game once he learns It So for this reason, as well as because It contributes to the health and pleasure of the men, nothing they can get in the way of training Is thrown away on . them, . "And, too, the sailor's life Is a pleasant one. There Is lots of hard work, to be sure, but there Is plenty to eat, a clean place to sleep and a good share of recreation. In the matter of athletics, as well as in other ways, the government does more for Its sailors than any other country. Where will you And it a matter for active educa tion and concern It Is with us? Certainly not In the British navy. "The superiority of the American sailors In athletics has been demonstrated often. Our men are satisfied with nothing but the best. They want to be expert In whatever they underake; therefore they train systematically and are fur nished with every facility in the way of equip ment they need. This is provided for from the canteen profits. It Is arranged that the profits of the ship's stores can be disposed of for this pur pose, so the men lack nothing In the .way of paraphernalia that will conduce to their success In athletics." "As an illustration of the aptness of the Amer ican sailor In athletics an officer tells this expe rience of his when on the China station. The ship was stationed at Hongkong and one day a group of American sailors tried to Induce somq British sailors to join them in a football game. The latter preferred soccer. Finally, however, the Britishers agreed; they would play football If our men would learn soccer. This was accord- ashore, there is little need of spe cial recreation. But if on a cruise or the weather is bad, then the "movies" are given two or three exhibitions a week. Apropos of this feature Capt' H. B. Wilson of the North Dakota is considering a plan to Introduce the KInemacolor pictures soon. Another Innovation which Cap tain Wilson Is also responsible for, according to Paymaster Bowne, is the setting aside of one of the gun compartments on the ship as a reading and writing room for the sailors. Though small, it is a great boon to them, for now they can write comfortably at a desk in stead of on their ditty boxes. More over, there are provided between thirty and forty magazines with two or three copies each of the dally papers, so the sailors, when at leisure, can pass the time read ing If they bo elect. "The sailors like dancing," adds Paymaster Bowne," and though they may not always take advan tage of the band concerts given every noon and night, if a popular air like 'Great, Big, Beautiful Doll' or something that especially appeals strikes up the lmDulse will move them to take a turn around the deck. Personally Jack has a love of betting. Gambling amounts to a passion with him and at the big athletic events a considerable sum of money Is apt to change hands. But Jack doesn't confine himself to big events, for as one sailor says, he bets at the drop of a hat He carries his propensity for wagering to. the possible destination of the ship, whether he will have salt or fresh water in which to wash his hammock, and a thousand and one things be side. You see one of Jack's duties Is to give his hammock a thorough scrubbing once a fortnight, and sometimes when the vaporizers that turn salt water into fresh fall to work he has to use salt water for the purpose. i , Every minute of Jack's day has a correspond ing occupation for him, and from reveille, when the bugle's "I can't get 'em up" penetrates to every part of the big battleship, until taps Is sounded the sailor's life Is a busy one. First of all Jack arises at 5:30. His first duty 1b to turn to and wash down decks and slick up things gen erally. Mess gear comes at 7:15, which interpret ed means letting down the tables for breakfast Then, comes "pipe down" for mess. This is a long drawn note on the bo's'n's whistle.' Mess lasts half an hour usually and then fol lows the call for colors, quarters, prayer and drill, and before he knows It Jack's morning Is gone and it Is a quarter to twelve, when dinner time has arrived. "Stand by, scrub and wash clothes," is the! next order from the bo's'n, and this comes at ten minutes past one. This arduous duty over, there is drill until 4:30, when the bo's'n calls "Pipe down clothes if dry," for meanwhile Jack's clothes are swinging on the line. Now the "smoking lamp" is lit and for a while Jack Is lost In contemplation of the delicious weed. "Lighting the smoking lamp" is one of the pic turesque customs that have come down from the old navy and at this time the men are privileged to enjoy their pipes and cigars. In earlier years the smoking lamp, an ordinary copper affair, was brought up from below deckB at stated intervals during the day, and it was the signal to "smoke up," but while In more recent years the actual operation has been abandoned the term remains. RECOVERING A FALCON A curious, story about a falcon Is (old In "Game Birds and Wild Fowls." A colonel in the English army on a visit to Canada took with him two peregrines. During the voyage across the Atlantic one was missed, and the owner made up his mind that It was Irretrievably lost While In Halifax some weeks later; he happened to see In a newspaper M paragraph to the effect that an Ameri can schooner. Just arrived in port, had on board a fine hawk that had come on board during the passage from Liv erpool. It at once occurred to the colonel that It might be his falcon, and he lost no time. In visiting the schooner. ' . The captain of the craft was In clined to doubt his. story, but the colonel suggested that his claim to the ownership of the bird be put to a test He Was to be brought Into the presence of the hawk, and If the bird was his he felt sure that it Would show signs of recognition that would convince the bystanders that he was Its owner. The trial was agreed upon, and the hawk was brought Into the room. The door was hardly opened before it darted for the shoulder of the colo nel, and evinced by every means In Its power its delight and affection. It rubbed its head softly against his cheek, and taking hold of the buttons of his coat, champed them playfully between Its mandibles. The proof was sufficient and the bird was promptly given over to the rightful owner. Youth's Companion. " Passed. "Well, Blnks." said Dobbhslgh. "I see that they have just had their com mencement up at your boy's college. How did he stand the examination of his mental luggage?" . .- "All right" said Blnks, "they dldnt find anything dutiable." may be averted. Always tie your team or put them In a barn when you go to town. It Is much cheaper than having to buy a new harness and wagon. The horse that is all the time being tapped with the whip never knows what his master means by it. and somes to think he means Just nothing. Indigestion Is the cause of more than half the diseases of the horse. and largely caused by Improper food and working horses on a full stomach. "The cream is the dry-land farm er's milk ticket," says a dairy writer. Farmers in the humid sections have found the cream can a good meal ticket, too. All implements that are not needed further this summer should be taken to the toolhouse and protected from the sun. A dollar saved is equal to & dollar made. By raising standard-bred poultry one will be able to sell stock and eggs for breeding purposes and get much better prices than when selling eggs and fowls for food only. Slow milking causes a los sof cream. It has been proved that the cow milked by a rapid milker yields more butter fat than the same cow does when milked by a slow milker. The San Jose scale Is not capable of living and thriving on all kinds of plants, and it is extremely Important that the grower should know which ones are most liable to attack. There is no question but that a cow will produce more milk If fed grain while on pasture, and if a large yield is of more Importance than economy of production, grain should be fed. ' Men who are Inexperienced in al falfa growing should have forced on their attention the Important lesson that it pays well to put a little labor on the surface after removing each crop. Present Indications are that hog prices will make another flight with in the next Ave or six months. This ought to be a good time to get a bunch of shoats together' and feed them skim-milk. The cow gets np on her hind feet first her bead down. For this reason the manger should be low and the cow allowed enough freedom In her stall so that she can rise with ease. Keep a sharp lookout for footrot. and at the very first signs of lame ness cut out all the affected parts of the hoof and force the entire flock to walk through a shallow trough con taining disinfectant Th manure spreader should be the generally used tool on the farm, but this Is no reason why It should be left unprotected In the storms and wintered In the snow bank. A shed for the spreader would be best econ To produce milk economically we should , use the roughage of our farms wherever it Is possible, for by so doing we not only save the labor of hauling bulky material, but It will also build up the fertility of our land. If we must buy feed let It be concentrates and such material that Is high In nitrogen and carbohydrates. Plow the garden la the fall The separator Is an essential. . Make experiments with fertilizers. Cut out the extra strawberry vines. A sheep that Is damp to the skin Is never a well sheep. Roots of peony and bleeding heart should be planted In the falL In order to have good-sized sheep grow them rapidly while young. It coats less to deliver butter fat than any other crop on the farm. Sheep are not found on enough farms, and It Is the wonder why they are not The one great secret In producing milk that is pure Is to keep it clean and cold. It requires quite as much care In packing butter tor storage as in can' ning fruit All dead limbs from trees ra the orchard should go Into the brush heap or woodshed. . Eleven dozen of eggs per year Is a fair average for hens and pullets kept In large flocks. As the potatoes are dug, sort out the small ones and keep them for the hens this winter. Hogs fed In the field gained nearly one-third more rapidly than those fed in the yards. Rotten fruit which has fallen to the ground should be picked up and consigned to the fire. Pork was produced with less gain by hogging off corn than by feeding ears or snapped corn in the yard. Trees that are badly infested with the San Jose scale appear as If they had been dusted over with ashes. Decay soon spreads In fruit or vege tables In the cellar. To be on the saf) side they should be culled over fre quently. If you had good luck with pumpkins and squash this summer, better savii some seed for next year, from the beiC specimens. Don't neglect the seed corn which so many lost last fall and winter be cause It was not thoroughly cured and dry when zero appeared. A good quality In the Dorsets is their pugnacious disposition which makes them able to use their big horns In a defense against dogs. It Is well to change the sheep occa sionally Into the different pastures. Don't mate them too early, and. If possible, have a thoroughbred buck. The demand for good draft horses In nearly every state 1b better than ever before and sound, well-formed animals bring from $200 to $400 eacd. Horses shoull never be made to eat moldy hay as nothing is worse in leading to worrying, whistling and other derangements of the wind. A thorough preparation of the soil before planting, if possible, is always best in the garden. The seedbed that is poorly prepared is always harder to cultivate. The doors to the farrowing house should be placed in the center with a wing at the edge in order to prevent the wind from blowing in on the sow and young pigs. Alstke clover is a perennial and can be grown on ground that Is too low and moist for the medium red or mammoth, but It is grown equally well on high ground. Breed horses to some definite pur pose. That is, go - in ror drafters, coachers or saddlers. A finished ani mal of either of these breeds will al ways bring more than a mixture ol all ' Let the colts have all the grain and bright bay they will eat up clean. Keep them going during the first win ter as that is the time when the foun dation for future strength and growth Is laid. : . If your teams are to be used much In handling heavy loads where back ing Is necessary, use a harness with very wide and heavy breeching. It will add to the horse's confidence and his backing power. (Conducted by th National Woman's Christian Temperance Union.) In a recent experiment oats, corn, dog fennel and some flower seedi Were exposed during 118 days to a temperature of 40 degrees below zero. Afterward nearly all of the fennel, oats and corn seeds and some others germinated. LARGE ANNUAL LIQUOR BILL Amount Paid Out for Drink In United 8tates Estimated at About Two Billions of Dollars. The annual drink bill of the United States Is estimated at about $2,000, 000,000. It Is absolutely Impossible to grasp the significance of this state ment. A few comparisons will give us perhaps a better Idea of the magnl- ....... M W.1 I .. . , - M tuua ui iuib sum. iui i an age ui militarism. The enormous cost of mod ern armaments, and the burden of the military establishments of the great nations of the world, cause great con cern to statesmen everywhere. And yet the sum total of the combined mil itary budgets of the ten leading na tions of the earth, Germany, France, Russia, Great Britain, Japan, the United States, Austria-Hungary, Spain, Italy and Turkey, for 1910 was only $1,665,889,000, or about $350,000,000 cob iumii luq urua out ox ms umiea States for the same year. If the money spent for drink in the United States in one year could be trans ferred into one dollar bills, It would be sufficient to give a one dollar bill to each Inhabitant of the earth, and still leave a surplus of $600,000,000. With it we could have paid off the Interest bearing national debt twice over. Our total exports In 1911 were valued at $2,013,549,000. Our Imports In the same year amounted to $1,627,945,000. Comparing this with the amount spenc for Intoxicants we begin to realize the great drain upon our resources caused by the drink habit and the drink traffic. ENSLAVED BY LIQUOR HABIT One Million Men In United 8tatee Pay Dally Tribute to 8aloons for Intoxicants. The saloon buslnem cannot exist without slaves. You may smile at that statement, but It is absolutely true. Is not the man who is addicted to the drink habit a slave? There can be no question about It. There are l.COO.000 such slaves In the United States. They are slaves of the sa loon. They go out and work a week or a month, draw their pay, go into the saloon and hand the saloonkeeper their money for something which ruins their lives. Is not this slavery? Has there ever been in the history of the world a worse system of slavery? Think of 1,000,000 men, enslaved by the liquor habit, carrying their earn ings to the saloonkeepers every day In the year. It is quite natural of course, that the slaveholders should not care to liberate these slaves. Richmond P. Hobson. PREVENTION OF DRUNKENNESS While Sale of Liquor Is Permitted Money Must Be Spent In Fight Against Alcoholism. Within the past few years the cam paign against tuberculosis has been waged with such remarkable success that many people are hopeful that it will, In another decade, cease to be a menace to the public health. "Why," asks the student of social conditions, cannot an equally successful cam paign be carried on against intemper ance and the use of alcoholic liquors?" One of the speakers at the National Conference of Charities and Correc tion In Boston, stated the reason, In a convincing way, when he said. "We don't organize anti-tuberculosis cam paigns and then open places In the same community for the sale of tuberculosis germs." So long as we permit the sale of drunkenness germs, we must needs spend money and energy In fighting alcoholism In places high and low. In buying a ram for mutton lambs his size alone Is not the only thing to be considered. He must have ail the other good- qualities and even If he Is a little under size It will do no harm. A drained soil readily absorbs fer tilizers which may be applied to it It is more easily prepared and re quires less labor to put In condition for seed. The seed will germinate more quickly and the plant will grow more rapidly. It is reported that Investigators of the Collfomla experiment station at Berkeley, have discovered that cotton growing In he Imperial valley Is a success. The plant. la said to yield more than it does In Its native home In the south. The secrets for egg production con sist In a good supply of grit, good health, plenty of exercise, pure food, green food, fresh water, cut clover hay and green cut bone, freedom from lice, regularity In feeding, cool houses In summer and warm ones In winter, and breeding only from the best laying stock. WRITE IT EVERYWHERE. Write It on the workhouse irate. Write It on the schoolboy's elate. Write It In the copy book - That the young may on It look! "Where there's drink, there's danger. Write It on the churchyard mound. Where the rum-slain dead are found; WHte It on the sallows high. Write it for all passers by: Where there's drink, there's danger." Write It on the nation's laws. Blotting out the license clause: Write It on each ballot white. So It can be read aright, Where there's drink, there's danger." Write It on the ships .that sail, -Borne along by storm and gale; Write It In large letters plain. Over every land and main: ) . 'Where there s drink... there's danger." Write It over every gate. On the church and halls of state. In the hearts of every band. In the laws of every land: "Where there's drink, there's danger." Wish With a Reserve. I wish well to all trades but with a reserve. I hope the baker may bake and sell more bread. I hope the .clothier may sell more yards of cloth and make more coats. I hope every farmer may sell more wheat But I cannot say in my heart and con science that I hope the brewer may brew more beer, or the distiller dis till more spirits, or the publicans sell more of both. The prosperity I wUh to this one trade Is that It should cease. Cardinal Manning. Changed Views. "It's all cranky nonsense, this ever, lasting harping on temperance, in the publio schools, and the Sunday schools,' and the Christian Endeavor society, and the church prayer meetings." : Fifteen years later: He Is a rabid prohibitionist ' . (Reason: His own son has become a drunkard.) Poisoners General. ' All who sell spirituous liquors in the common way to any that will buy are Doisoners general. John Wesley.