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Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told

Gertrude Kixtler. 12. of Lock Haven. Swiss who has two wives and seven I’a.. was drowned In the Merced* - children in the same house. The famRiver at Tosmite, Ca.. last week, it •!>' lives in perfect harmony and the J. Rink, of Los Angeles, died from a question is whether to force him to fractured skull, slipping on u rock | conform with the law and give up oue when he endeavored to rescue the girl wife or. for the sake of hischildren, to allow matters to remain is they

According to a report issued by the lare1'nited States Department of Agricul-

ture. I> aware is foremost among the

potato growing States.

• More than a 'housand quakers were at Cape May. N. J„ last week in attendance at the Friends' General Conference.

Twenty-eight horses were burned to death when a Philadelphia stable was destroyed by fire last week. ’ r he damage Is estimated at *20.000.

Citizens of Wood Run. Pa., are al a loss to know what to do with the case of one of their sober, industrious, law abiding citizens, namely Wladislaw

Five people were instantly kil ed last w«»ek when an express train stuck an automobile at a grade crossing at Ronks Station near Lancaste-. Pa.

Bandits In two automobiles, and armed with rifles, "shot up" the town of Plainfield. III., and then rob >ed the bank of twelve thousand do'iats in cash and government bonds.

George C. Stephens, of Bris ol. England. was killed at Niagara F ills las', week when he plunged over tb< Horseshoe Falls in a wooden barre . Had his feat been successful he i itended going on the lecture strte.

Color in Illumination ! A New System for the Home

business transactions that are worthy spreading the brood nest. Be careful

of the- household engineer's beet of- not to go too fast,

iorts, which m;.ke her realize she has I Swarm Control: Carelul spring a real Job instead of a hit or mlas o> housecleaning and requeening will do cupation. much to make bees satisfied and pte-

(Copyright, 1920. by Newspaper Fea-

ture Service.)

S. C. Foster’s Lifes History Written

A New System for the Home

With anticipation let us step into the studio of that clever Miss Irvin, the feminine representative of the Illuminating Engineer Society of New, York, whose new science of color, or applied psycho-chroraatology, is attracting so much attention, say* Grace T. Hadley of the Society for Electrio.1 Development. In the hallway one encounters an agreeabl* surprise In “The Drum." a huge columnar color filter tilling the entrance with colored light while In the studlu with Its light applegreen walls, light ceilings and creamy woodwork, still other Illuminating sur-

prises await the visttor.

"Every color possesses three effective values and these are sedative, re cuperative and stimulan:." says Miss '.rwin. "A color is sedative when It has power to Induce -ontemplatlon. reflection, indifference, resignation.

Possibly one does not fully realize how much glare there is In the lighting world until one has recovered recuperated from It under Miss Irwin's system of illuminaUon. It Is In deed restful, reposeful, serene charm-

ing in its promise.

"Quite apurt from the ethical importance of the coior sense." says Miss Irvin. “Its development has a very practical bearing on our work, our homes, public buildings, gardens. *p pare!, on everything that makes life dignifled. lovable and intereating and one can hardly afford to remain In ignorance of its practical benefits, especially in the art of interior deco-

ration and illumination.

"Halls and entrances, instead of being sombre, should radiate recuperative or stimulant colon-. Sedative or recuperative tints are most- suitable lor dining rooms, stimulant colors foi

cuperative. when It can create cor. reception rooms, recuperative and se-

ditions of change, expansion, content ment, cohesion, while stimulant colo.*: are those which excite hope, ecstacy desire, ambition, aspiration, action. Joy. jw-ace. ambition, spiritual r« newal rnd fresh growth.” Here Indeed Is a recreated system of lighting or a reconstructed Illumination for home, liospital. stotp and studio. The principal purposes of color In Illumination are utility, beauty and hygiene. The lib. ration of color from conventional design Is an essca f.al element of this new system.

Pool* of Color

“Why illuminate your home with spots of light scattered here and theref demands Miss Irwin. “Why not utilize the special vibratory valuer of color? Why not have pools of color instead of spots of white light much of which is glare?”

native schemes for bedrooms. The most Important point to observe, how ever, is that every surrounding should meet the Individual requirements of

the person w ho owns It."

In "The Ugting Art," Mr. Luckiesh. the famous physicist and illu

minating engineer, thinks:

It Is not too theatrical to set .1 large decorative panel of opal glass 111 tbe ceiling of a dining room and to Install red. green and bl".e lamps' above It In a space which has been painted with a permanent white coatIf these tamps are controlled bymeans of three sliding rheostats concealed in th*- wall any desired i*nt and Intensity of light may be obtained. How such a control of light may b« utilized in adapting the lighting to Dispirit of the occasion la left to the

■ imagination of the reader.

Of late yeais a lot of wild chatter has been going tbe rounds about Stephen Collins Foster. Now Scbiimcr has just bought out an official biography of tbe famous composer, written by a musician. Harold Ylncst

Milligan.

Although Foster's birth dates back to only 1826, a body of myth has grown up about him almost as if hewere of mediaeval times. And. ineeed. when one looks into the facts of this m-.n's life, this is .at strange. The Unromantie Bchemian It was a curious, unattached, sordid existence. He seems never to have got himself established, in bis less than 38 years of life. He consorted with odd. flotsam-and-jetsam sort of people. He tried college, but after three weeks of that gave It up. He

cared only for music.

Y:. even his published music brought him little certain fame. It was said not to be original, that be used actual old negro melodies for ids songs, that he took from this'source that. When his most popular song appeared In print ("The Old Folks at Home.” afterwards called "Swanee River") the natne of Dan Christy, the minstrel man. appeared on the cot >r as author and composer. This done at Foster's own request, for he was afraid that tbe composition of negro ongs really hurt his reputation

as a .sentimental balladist.

The record of his death Is depressing in the extreme. He had long ago taken to drink, and bis wife and laughter had left him. At this time he was ing In a Bowery' lodging house in New York City. In the dark, somehow. he is supposed io have fallen on a broken pitcher and cut himself badly about the throat. He was taken from the lodging house to the poor ward of the Bellevue Hospital whe:>

he died In a f ew days.

Speaking of the wild reports that have lately been current about Foster,

his biographer declare*:

"There is pathos enough in reality, without painting tbe picture In ary darker colors than reed be. Stephen s last days in New York were miserable enough in all truth, and hir death was of tbe saddest of all those recorded in tbe old. old story ol ur. happy genius. Stephen's downfall was probably the result of a gradual disintegration that had been going on for years. If we shall never know the cause of exact circumstances, know enough to awaken a sense of pity. Let us endeavor to avoid th« highly colored palM of the special writer on tbe one hand and the oblii eratlng whitewash brush of the special

pleader on the other."

swarming. Make sure the queen has abundant room for egg laying, see to it that necessary' shade Is preided. keep weeds and other obstiuctlons away, and as the honey flow •pens provide plenty of storage space, most colonies of bees prefer to work rather than swarm If they are onlmade comfortable. A sluing hen and swarming bees are In the same boat when It comes to egg or honey pro-

duction.

Treat your bees right and be prepared and the result shouid be certain if nature will only smile for the nex' three months.

Quicksilver Produced in the United States

Between January 1 and March 31. 1920. inclusive. 4.899 flasks of quick silver, each of 75 pounds net. was produced In the United State*, according F. L. Ransome of the United States Geological Survey. Department of the Interior, who obtained the figures from the producers. This is 852 flasks less than the output In the fourth quarter of 1919 and 1226 flasks less tLan In the

first quaner of 1919.

California produced 3994 flasks, and exas. Orogon and Nevada together prod-iced 905 flasks. There were 10 productive trines In Calfornla and on-?

Cotton Seed Meal Found to Rank Among the Highest Grades

Agricultural Experts Say it Often Contains asl High as 47 Her cent Protein

The Bureau of Chemistry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, has recently completed the analysis of a large number of samples of feeding staffs, including those of cotton seed feed and cotton seed meal, which have recently been sold In the State. A few samples analyzed were found to be of a high grade, containing In one cas as high aa 47 per cent of protein. This product came from Texas and was sold in Erie County for *85 a ton. In the same county another shipment was sample which was found ui>on snalysls to contain only 35 per cent of pro tein and to be loaded up with an excessive amount of cotton seed hulls.

which sold for *82 a ton. For the difference, therefore, of *3 a cotton 1 seed meal, containing 12 per cent mot 1 protein could have been purchased This situation Illustrate* the well, known fact that It doe* not pay to bu/ cheap f> eds as It costs le*a money ' u the long run to purchase high analyst* materials which, as a role, do not cost but a little more a ton. There Is no excuse for paying high prices for low grade cotton seed meals which contain from 20 to 40 per cent of cotton seed hulls, thereby paying freight !*•* on long hauls for tbe bulls when hig'j grade meals can be purchased for a little more money.

The Prospective (Hero Aphis Causes

Sticky Maple Foliage

I like to dance with Rosemarie, I like to walk with Alice fair. And now and then ! like to "tea" With Grace and Gladys, debonair.

Maud's motor gives me boundless Joy

As high as “sixty" she can go ut most my ennui I destroy With Polly at a movie show.

For when tbe handsome hero fights 'Bout seven huskies at r. spell. And with his awful lefts and rights

| Cleans out Red Clancy's gamblin'

in each of the three other producing States. Less than 100 flask! were- produced by mines outside of California end Texas. The quicksilver on hand at »he mine* or In transit to market at the end of tbe quarter amounted to 4160

flasks.

The average monthly prices of quicksilver per flask In San Francisco in the first three months of 1920. an quoted In the Mining and Sclent ifle Press, were *89 In January, *81 In February', and *7 In Marcb.

She glories in the man of might And cheers him on in his attack. And when the picture's finished quite, e smiles and says, “He's like yon. Jack.”

Many Words in Small Space

Some think I’m but an addlepate. Who cares for naught hut revelry And cabarets an hour late; But Polly knows the man I'd be If some bad bunch my path beset In Devil's Gulch or Cherokee, Or faltered In their etiquette, Wheu she was in my company. —From Film Fun

A wonderful example of microscopic riling Is the work of a Can

adian. who succeeded In transcribing Francois Copee's novel of Henrietie," containing over 19.000 words, on the back ol an ordinary photograph.

The world's principal jade mine L* la Burma, where the privilege ol mining the stone has been in tbe possession ol one tribe for many generations.

Solving the Old H. C. L.

eeping house on the ships store.! * wav of holding old H. C ly. The first requisite .s a stpreroom with a lock and key. If you haven't a storeroom ere ate one—In the attic, in a dry cellat. tn a laundry or by partitioning off one end of an upstairs ball. Add the center tight to the room U It Isn't alroadr equipped Then build wide, deep and -trong shelve*, leaving a space bcloa one section to accomn.odute barrels. box»s. tall boskets anJ high cans. At one end build In a wire-covered aate with shelves to hold dry package goods and to protect them from ro dents. Along the center of th* swing a rod with hooks on * hat.g hams, side* of bacon.

that It will be a steady filling in cf the needs; that. Is keeping Up the stock. A study of the likes and dislikes of the family, the number of help to be fed. tue average numbei of extra guests during a season will give a basis of purchasing. Perhaps you have gathered the im presslon from what has been said that such a storeroom is suited only to the needs of an elaborate household. Thi« isn't the case. The scheme Is applicable and will prove an economy, in even- household because of Its Hda;>lablllty. Among the advantages of having such a storeroom in the house n;e fre-dom from weather conditions, the |extravag-ni e of daily buying in small ititii-s. freedom from etnbarrafs ■t when unexpected guests arrive,

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Hints to the Care of Bees

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The sticky material on Norw.-.v maple leaves Is "honey-dew" secreted by the maple aphids. Sometimes It ppreduced in such large quantities (bathe ground or walks under the trees will be damp. Badly infested trees will drop a goodiy proportion of their leaves so that tbe owner of the tre< becomes excited and runs to the seed store for a cure. Ants go up the treeand lecd upon this honey-dew. Th - bees also collect and store It. but It makes a very poor quality of hone; , greenish In color and when extracted full of black matter. Such honey ran not be sold unless marked honey-dev honey. It Is not good to winter bees upon such honey. To control the maple aphid spray 0 - trees with black leaf 40 diluted orpart to 600 parts of water and to »*ch 50 gallons of the diluted material au«. two or three pounds of laundry soap a sticker and a spreader.

I/jndon s greatest landlord is thThe custom of lay ing the center puke of Westminster, who Is said io stone of a public building with cere- own 40 acres of city land with a n-.: monies was practiced by the Romans. | roll of *15.000.000 j>er yeor.

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Thorough House Cleaning The value of thorough house cleaning for ■ ach stand can be better and more forcibly demonstrated than told. On ; t. wann day carefully go Into one of the hive* and after carefully- scraping and cutting away all surplus wax. drone comb and bee glue from the comb, set them and the bees over Into u clean hive placed on the old stand and in a few hours observe the results. The bee has a sense of pride and seem.' to appreciate the Interest and carshown by the keeper. Reside In viscrating the colonies it simplifies later manipulation However, guard again-! robbing for the bees are unusually ba i about It thi* summer. Where a stand Is being robbed constrict the entrance and put up ohetructlon In front ol it or else move It to a new place and then protect the entrance. Watch for Queenle** Colonic-: The past wint-r and spring were trying ca bee* and especially those which wept into the winter with old or In ferior queens. The percentage of qu« enless colonies this season sec ms to be unusually high. It may he called spring dwindling or any other nan- •

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i* probably responsible r weak colonies invito rolaeen snrb colonies, build

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