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EIGHT THE MAUI NEWS, Y RIDAY, MAY 17, 1917. Improper Use Of Red Cross Illegal Entertainment Cannot Be Given For Red Cross Unless Controlled By Society Fine Or Imprisonment For Violation Of Law Pecanse a pood deal of contusion exists regarding the use of (lie Red cross emblem, and also in the mat ter of giving entertainments lor the benefit of the Hed Cross, the follow ing instructions have been issued by the Red Cross society: Use of Emblem or Name For Commercial Purposes Attention has been called from time to time to the provisions of the Act approved June 2:',. 1310. which amend ed the Congressional Charter of the Ked Cross, dated January 5. 1905, and which amendment provides: "It shall be unlawful for any per son, corporation or association other than The American National Hed Cross and its duly authorized em ployes and agents and the Army and Navy sanitary and hospital authori ties of the I'niteil States, for the pur pose of trade or as an advertisement to induce the sale of any article what soever or for any business or charit able purpose to use within Ihe terri tory of the United States of Anieica and its exterior possessions the em blem of the Greek Red Cross on a white ground, or any sign or insignia made or colored in imitation thereof, or the words "Red Cross" or any com bination of these words." Use of Name or Emblem in Con nection With Division of Profits With the American Red Cross Supplementing letter of April 17, 1917, A31, we wish to call your atten tion again to the general rules upon this subject to be used as a guide. First : No offers should be accept ed contemplating' a division of profits between the promoters and the Red Cross. This rule applies to the manu facture and sale of merchandise or articles of any kind as well as to en tertainments. Second: No one should be permit ted to promote or advertise any en tertainment or like function as a Red Cross entertainment or benefit unless the management or control is entire ly in the hands of the Red Cross Chapter. Third: If, after due investigation, those offering to conduct benefit en tertainments are found to be entirely reliable and acting in good faith, they may be permitted to make announce ment in the press, or otherwise, of their Intention to donate the proceeds of the entertainment to the Red Cross. Put the entertainment should not be advertised as a Red Cross benefit or Red Cross entertainment, nor any wording used in the an nouncements that would lead the pub lic to believe that it is being given under the auspices of the Red Cross or that the Red Cross is in any way responsible for its management. Fourth: In no instance should the Use OI Uie neu V.IUSS riiiiu,-iii 111 n- nouncing or advertising an entertain ment be authorized except in the case of such entertainments as are actual ly managed and controlled by the Red Cross Chapter. The statute prohibits the making or use of any articles having on them the emblem of the Greek Red Cross on a white ground, whether these articles be buttons, pencils, sticks, pennants, wearing apparel, or any other thing. The use of the Red Cross on any ticket, or in any way, when not an official chapter activity, is prohibited. If any person violates the above pro visions "He shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any federal court shall be liable to a fine of not less than one nor more than five hundred dollars, or hiinrosonment for a term not exceed ing one year, or both, for each every offense." and In The Churches (Continue from Page Three) WAILUKU UNION CHURCH Rowland 13. Dodge, Minister. Miss Mary E. Hoffmann, Orgcnist. Mrs. George N. Weight, Jr., Direc tor of the Choir. "Bright Monday" Club Friday after noon directly after school at the church Sunday School room. 10:00 a. m. to 10:50 Church cchool. 7:00 p. m. Organ recital by Miss Hoffmann. 7:30 p. m. Public worship with ser mon by the minister. There will be special music by the church choir. To the services of this Church ev eryone is most cordially invited. Bright Monday Club will meet as usual under Miss Judd's direction on Friday afternoon at the close of the public schools. MEN FROM BATTLE FRONT TO SPEAK ON MAUI SOON Captain A. J. Pequegnant, a Canad ian army ollicer, who went to ine front with the first Canadian contin- j gent, and who has had vital war ex- , perience, and W. J. Sherman, who has been a Y. M. C. A., man at the front for 3 years, will be on Maui next week to give a series of address es. Both men have been in Honolulu for several weeks and have produced something of a sensation with their talks on war conditions. Plans are j being male for meetings in various part3 of Maui during their stay here. n ! BORN WILMINGTON In Wailuku. Satur day, May 11, to Mr. and Mrs. John Wilmington, a son. , Contest For Thrift Stamps Good Sport (Continued from Page One.) manner, lias appealed lo patents and teachers. Supervising Principal George S. Kavmond has endorsed the idea, nnd teachers have about the plan, put to suggest by which tiny writ ten enthusiast icly They have been hard ways to the children may get quarters for thrift stamps. The public school children of the Islands have proved to be one of the very best means of reaching the grown- ups with a new idea and this is the reason why Chairman Wads- worth and members of the War Sav ings Stamps committee are working so zealously lo impress upon the chil dren the objects of the campaign. The results have been most promising in this direction. Children who used lo spend their nickels for candy or ice cream cones are now in keen com petition to save to buy thrift stamps. Investment Idea Understood The young people of the islands are fast grasping the idea that, in Inly ing' thrift stamps and war stamps they are saving their money and not spending it: that their money is safer than in their own pockets, and that it is a paying proposition to buy a war stamp lor $4.1:1 and by and by get .f.'i for it. And the ihildren tire telling their parents, to such good effect that the habit of saving something regularly instead ol spending as lasi as n is earned, is becoming fixed in many families. Maui News' Offer Liberal The boys and gills who are getting subscriptions for the Maui New:; are gelling liberally paid for their work. Cor every new subscriber they secure for one year, they are paid 2 thrift stamps. Resides this, for every 10 new subscribers secured, the boys or girl securing them gets a $5 war sav ings stamps. Turn your subscriptions in as fast as you "get them. You will be paid 2 Thrift Stamps for each new yearly ubscriher, and 1 Thrift Stamps for each additional year paid for at $2.50 a year. For renewal subscriptions, you will be paid 1 Thrift Stamp for each year's renewal you collect for. If a man who is now taking the Maui News pays you for 3 years more in advance ?".. r,ii) you will get 3 Thrift Stamps for handling the money for us. Re newal subscriptions do not count for War Savings Stamp prizes only new subscribers can be counted for this. Begin Work Now The coin est started the first of this week. It is still early, but the boys and girls who begin early are the ones who will get the most subscrib ers and hence Thrift Stamps. In another part of this paper you will find a coupon to he filled out. Cut it out, write in your name, school and postoflice address it nil sent it to the Maui News. Y'ou will then get a receipt book and can begin work. Missing Man's Bcdy Found In Reservoir (Continued from Rage One.) collections and had gone to Ah Siii's store at Kihei. He loft the.e aboiu H o'clock, and so far as is known was never again seen alive. All hough the police force nnd 1 large part of the employees of the big plantation were engaged in toe arch, it was not until Tuesday morn ing when Victorino i-ircs, a winei- teiider on Ihe plantation wen. 10 uie reser. ir to open a gal-.' that the seai h t iitni1 to an end. Supposed Illness Cause The only plausible explanation of the young man's rash act is that he had been brooding over the prospect of an operation for appendicitis. This was by no means imminent, but among his friends it was known that he had been seriously worrying over the matter for some time. Had Many Friends The deceased was 34 years of age and unmarried. He was a native of Scotland, having come to the Islands about 9 years ago. He had been a trusted employee of the one planta tion ever since his arrival, and had had many promotions. He was pop ular among his associates and the shock of his death was felt as dis tinct loss by many. His parents and It brothers and sisters survive him. John Macl-iren, of I'aia, a brother, is the only member of the family in the Teriitory. The funeral, held on Tuesday after noon, was very largely attended. In terment was in the Makawao cem etery. 8 MARRIAGE LICENSES May 15 Victora Imperial, 3a, and Carmean Dinting, 21, both Filipinos. Doth of l'eahi. Ceremony by Rev. Pedro Royola. May 15 Park Heun Y'eung, 31, Ko- fell 17, In- ii. of Wailuku. and Mary Achoy, Hawaiian, of Kula. Ceremony Rev. Father Joseph. -n- Told In Texas .... "That story", said Representative Gardner at a Providence reception, apropos of a hyphenated explanation of a German sabotage plot, "is very fishy. It reminds me of Texas. "Once in Texas, I came upon a tall chimney, like a factory chimney, ris ing in an arid waste. "'Friend', I said to a native, 'what is that chimney doing there?' "'That ain't no chimney', said the native. "It's a well.' "'A well'." said I. " 'Yes', said he. 'It's old Jeff That cher's well. A cyclone turned her upside down and inside out." "W ash ington Star. Pertinent Paragraphs Mrs. Charles G. Murarky, of Haiku, was operated upon for appendicitis at the Malulani hospital on Tuesday. She is recovering raplily. Employees of the Molnkai Ranch, mostly Japanese nnd Hawaiians, sub scribed $210(1 worth of the Third Li berty Dond issue. The report of this sale was late in being reported. The Choral Club has begun the re hearsal of humorous program to be given at the I'aia Community House on July 3. The plan is to follow the program with a dance. I ho board of supervisors, at their meeting last week ordered the re building of two bridges on the Haiku Kuiaha homestead road, which are in bad condition. The Wailuku Soda Works has de ritled lo invest $15,000 in an ice mak ing machine to supply ice as well as soda to their customers. S. Koixla, manager of the Girls Home, Wailuku, has gone to Honolulu where he expects to enlist for service with the Red Cross in France. Owing to the high cost of living, i he supervisors have authorized a charge of $1.75 per day to ward pa tients in the Malulani Hospital in stead of $1.50 as formerly. The supervisors have authorized the calling for tenders for building teachers' cottages at Kaupo and at I'aia, to be opened June 14. The handsome new Kahului Theater I win open 10 ine puniic lor mo nisi I time this evening. The opening pro duction is "The Woman God Forgot," a striking picture in which Geraldine I Farrar stars. Dan Conway, the popular represen tative of Hackfeld & Company, is on Maui this week. Dan says his name is no longer Ileinie, and that he soon expects to spell it. "O'Conway." Rai Tanigushi was granted a di vorce yesterday from Hiroichi Tani gushi on grounds of desertion. The mother is granted the custody of an infant son. The Oeenic Steamship Co's steamer Sierra, which was scheduled to arrive in Honolulu from San Francisco on last Monday, enroute to Australia, was commandeered just before leav ing the Coast and is to be sent to the Atlantic for transport service. The Matsen freighter Hyades, now loading sugar at Port Allen. Kauai, is due at Kahului next Wednesday to take a consignment of 15,000 eases of pineapple from the Haiku Fruit Packing C ompany. The vessel will take no sugar from Maui this trip. At his bid of $59,500, E. C. Mellor was last Saturday awarded the con tract lor lining the new Olinda res ervoir. Hugh Howell, the only other bidder, asked $65,200 for doing the job. Mellor is to complete the work in 325 days. The Hawaiian News Co., was award ed the contract for supplying the county with 879 -school desks and seals, at the meeting of the supervis ors last Saturday, at its bid of $3669.93 Wall. Nichols Co., bid was $S!I50, and the Office Supply Co., bid $3896. The liana Ice & Eleftric Company, Ltd., is a new corporation just charat eretl with capital of $20,000. The plant, leases and franchise of the Hana Ice Works are to be taken over. Ollicer of the new company are John Chalmers, pres., John Wyllie, vice-pres.; Geo. Errett, secy-treas. ; Jos. Forbes and E. J. Chalmers, direc tors. Owing to the modification in re quirements, made at the ' eleventh hour, six Maui men were successful in getting into the Third Reserve Officers' Training Camp, which open ed at Schofield Barracks on the 15th in st . They are R. von Tempsky, J. (!. Zabriskie, C. E Chatterton, Robert Spencer W. Palmer, and W. A. Rob bins, 'rlie lucky men were ordered to report last Saturday and were just able to catch the Friday night Manna Kea from Lahaina. Latest News (Continued front I'aie Six.) SERBIA GICTS ANOTHER LOAN Washington, May 15 Treasury extends $3,000,000 credit to Ser bia, making a total of $9,000,000. Total loans to Allies now $5,766, 850,000. LOAN HI IX APPORTIONMENT Honolulu, Mav 15 Loan hill: Wharves and harhor items for Oahu, $400,000 exclusive of Waikiki project. Hawaii, $85,000. Ku hio hav, quarter million; Maui, $75,000; Kauai, $18,00; armories on Oahu, '$15,000; Hawaii, I'ahoa, $6,500! Kealakakua, $6,500; Kohala, $o,500; Maui, $5,000 to equip present armories. HARTEETT, I'.REWERY.MAN pardoned before arrest Honolulu, May 15 Governor signs pardon for C. G. Bartlett, f-iimer manager of Honolulu Brewing Company who was under six indictments for embezzlement and forgery but never tried being fugiti tive. The governor "pardoned Bartlett because of his three children ami grandmother who is 78 years old because of the prospect there may be left none to look after them". Has doubt whether Bartlett could be convicted or not. WEDNtiSDA Y MORNING AIRCRAFT MAIL ROUTE INSTALLED Washington, May 15 First aircraft mail route is to be inaugurat ed today between Washington, Philadelphia and New York by machine capable of carrying 600 pounds of mail. Governor Whiteman is writ ing to President and Burleson writes to the New York postmaster. Wilson will autograph and Burleson will stamp a letter which will be auctioned for Red Cross. W ill leave Washington at 11:30, arrive at Philadelphia at 12:50, ami reach New York at 2:30 p. m. GENERAL MAURICE RETIRED London, May 15 Daily Chronicle announces that Gen. Maurice has been retired on half pay for criticizing cabinet and becomes its military correspondent. Bonar Law announced in Commons that Britain intends to denounce aii commercial conventions, containing most favored nation clause, to enable new treaties favoring Allies. BRITISH ARMY RAISES AGE LIMIT Boston, May 15 Major Marlatt, head of British recruiting office, is notified that age of volunteers has been raised from -15 to 50. Personal Mention Harry Gesuer, the Ford car agent, was in Honolulu the first part of the week on business. William Walsh, superintendent of the Kahului Railroad, was a visitor to Honolulu this week. Hugh Howell, the well known Maul engineer, went to Honolulu last Sat urday on a short business trip. Mrs. J. A. Hannon, of Wailuku, was a departing passenger for Honolulu last Monday night. A. H. Tarleton, of Honolulu, was a business visitor to Maul the first part of this week. J. E. Gannon, manager of the La haina Store, was a business visitor in Honolulu this week. Kwong Sing Loy, the well known Paia merchant, is in Honolulu this week on business. Mrs. H. A. Baldwin, of Maluhia, is in Honolulu while the legislature is in session. Miss Charlottee B. Turner departed for the mainland this week and will visit friends in Massachusetts for :ome weeks. Rev. R. B. Dodge returned home last Satin-ilav from attending a meet ing of the Hawaiian Board in Hono lulu. Supervising Principal Geo. S. Ray mond expects to go to liana next Tuesday to inspect the schools in that dirlrict. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Weller. of Ho nolulu, are on Maui to be present at the opening of the new Kahului thea ter tonight. Dr. St. Sure was a passenger to Hilo this week on a short budness trip. He Is expected back this even ing. J. J. Walsh and A. F. Tavarest, members of the lower house in the legislature, went to Honolulu on Mon day night to attend the special ses sion. The other Maui legislators went down last week. Judge L. L. Burr of the second cir- cuit court, has been commissioned by supreme court to suit in the third hich Judge Quinn presiding. Judge Hilo tomorrow. chief justice of the ii in the trial of a circuit, at Hilo, in w is disaualified from Burr will leave for T. Weinzhcinier. former manager of the Pioneer Mill Company, accom panied by his wife ana cnild, were departing passengers for the Coast on the Lurline which sailed from Ho nolulu- on Tuesday. Miss Cleo Case, daughter of Mr. n,l Mm n T-T rinse, of Wailuku. is expected home next week from Mills College, California, where she has been a student for several years. Miss Case will pronamy accept a posit um us physical director of the girls' de partment of the Alexander House Settlement. Former Governor W. F. Fear, of ihe law firm of Frear, Posser, Ande- son & Max, returned to uonoiuiu on Wednesday afternoon after spending several days in Wailuku in connec ting wilh the mandamus case insti tuted by the Maui liquor men against the members of the board of license ominissioners. Judge Frear was re tained by the prohibition interests in Honolulu. Aloysious Spencer, identified in an official capacity with the Young Men's Institute and the Senior Holy Name Society, was tendered a farewell re ception by a large circle or friends last Saturday evening at his home 2 Spencer St. He is now in Kahu lui, Maui on the office staff of the Ka hului Railroad. Up to a few weeks ago Spencer was witn tne bante e ollice which has since been discon tinued. Advertiser. By Wireless County Distributes School Contracts At its meeting last Friday nfler noon, the board of supervisors let contracts for school buildings aggre gating over $20.0(10. All of the con tracts are to bo completed by Septem ber 1. miller penally of $15 per day for each day lifter that date. The contracts lef did not include one for $r,000 or JGOOO for new Laha ina school buildings, this going over to another iweting pending settle ment of the site question. Following are the contracts let: Keahua school, 2-room addition, Chas. Savage, $2ii50. Other bids, Hugh Howell, $2760; J. A. Aheong, $r,2(il: K. C. Mellor, $2750. Paia school, 1 room addition, Hugh Howell, $lf.:'.7. Other bids, J. A. Aheong, $17S0; TO. C. Mellor, $1750; Chas. Savage, $1850. Kealahou school, 1 room building, Hugh Howell, $lfifi2. Other bids. .1. A. Aheong, $l!Mti; E. C. Mellor, $2000; Chas. Savage, $2000. Puunene, cottage, D. T. Kalakawa, $2900. Other bids, Hugh Howell, $HS23; J. A. Aheong, $:133: K. C. Mellor, $:'.2iiO: Chas. Savage, $3121. Makawao, cottage, 1). I. Kalakawa, $:!lnii. Other bids, Hugh $:!!I3S: J. A. Aheong. $.'U5G: E. C. Mellor, $3500; Chas. Savage, $33(i0. Kahului. 1 room, Hugh Howell, $15S7. Other bids, J. A. Aheong, $l(i:i2; 10. C. Mellor. $Hi50; Chas. Savage, $1800; I). I. Kalakawa, $1800. Lahaina, -1 rooms, Hugh Howell, $5155; J. A. Aheong, $6580; 10. C. Mel lor. $5300. All thrown out. Wailuku, 4 rooms, 10. C. $ moo. Other bids, Hugh $I!IS5; J. A. Aheong, $5975 Savage, $5118. Puukolii, 1 room, Hugh $1638. Other bids, J. A. $2350; E. C. Mellor, $1800. -a Mellor. Howell, ; Chas. Howell, Aheong, Children's Gardens To End This Month The final judging of children's gar dens in the children's garden contest of the Maui County Fair & Pacing Association, will take place between May 25 and May 30. The district committees in charge of the work are asked to have the three best re cord cards in their district ready for the judges by the date fist named. As soon as possible following the judging the winners of the contest will be announced. Time Short To Make Entries In Big Fair Those who expect to make exhibits at the big territorial fair are warned by Commissioner J. M. Watt that the time for filing entry blanks is very short. Entry lists close on the fol lowing dates: Cat show, June 1: Plant and flower show, May 25; Agricultural exhibits (farm crops), June 1; Dog show, Junel; Fish show, Mas 25; Food conservation section, June 1: Live stock. May 1. (Closed.) DR. PRATT MAY STAY IN HEALTH BOARD Honolulu, May 13 Governor Mc- Carthy has told the Medical Society of Hawaii that he has determined to replace Dr. J. S. B. Pratt, president of the territorial board of health, with a business man of proved ability. I'd stated, however, that he will ask the legislature to create the office of "Chief Sanitary Ollicer", which he hopes Dr. Tratt will accept. He states that he values Pratt's abilities great ly, but feels that he has not the ex ecutive ability to have the expendi ture of half a million dollars per year together with the technical work of the health board. -a- NEW PARK FOR LAHAINA SOON TO BE DEVELOPED Lahaina is to have another beauty- spot, according to plans which the supervisors have taken steps to put into effect. It is to be known as "Ma lu ulu o lele Park," and Is the tract recently filled in by the territory and set aside for park purposes. It com prises about 7'& acres. The supervisors appointed a com mittee of seven to have charge or developing the new park, consisting of E. Erecht, A. W. Collins, George Freeland, Antone Furtado, G. Masuda, Philip Pali, and G. G. Seong. CARD OF THANKS Iiecause of the impossibility of mak ing personal acknowledgment of the very many expressions of sympathy and tokens of regard on the occasion of our recent bereavement, Mr. and Mrs. John MacLaren take this meam of expressing their deep gratitude and appreciation. PUUNENE TEAM LOSES ITS WIRELESS WONDER Maher, the wireless operator at Lahaina, who created a sensation in local baseball circles two weeks ago with his fancy twirling for the Puu nene team, has been transferred by the navy department to Honolulu. It is reported that he will probably not be returned here and there is gloom in consequence in the Puunene ramp. His place has been taken at the wire less mat ion, by L. Lemon. A Daylight-Saver "Is your husband in favor of day light savingV "I think so. He stays out so much at night tha 1 think he'd really prefer not to use any daylight at all." Washington Star. German Neitfspaper Exposes Brutality Of German Officers U. S. Government Issues Important War Booklet Aliout German Militarism Washington, D. C, May fi The naked brutality of Prussian militarism in every day garrison life is revealed by Ihe testimony of German soldiers, press and public men. The German t.overnmenl from the Kaiser down has supported C.erman Army oflieers in their revolting brutality to Ger man soldiers. This is the evidence contained in the United Slates Gov ernment's latest war booklet of the War Information Series, entitled "German Militarism and Its German Critics." This booklet Is released through the Committee on Public In formation, Washington, I). (, (n (he American public, anil anyone may obtain a copy without cost bv writing jthe Committee. The author of this booklet is Charles Alt sliul, a retired j banker of New York City, who has J made a very careful sludy of German : newspaper criticism, li is most powerful expose of German Mil itarism. Mr. Altshul states "beating and abuse have been in vogue in the i i usr-iiui ai mi as mug as u nas ex isted, nearly 275 years, and every ef fort to eradicate the trouble has fail ed." There are five chapters in this Interesting booklet, (he first dealing with German Militarism since 1911; the second on the brutalizing effect of militarism; the I bird shows the German militarism exaltation of the army above the civil authorities; the fourth chapter illustartes the "Zabern Incident" as an evidence of militar ism over civil authority; and the fifth chapter deals with the hope for the future in the conduct of German mil itary' authorities. All material in this booklet is based upon verbatim quo- i litt'""s iioin vicnnaii newspapers who iu agnasi ai me uispiay oi license ana unDcnevaoie brutality practiced by commissioned and non-commissioned oflieers in Ihe German army barracks. The main source of infor mation is the "Vorwarts," the official organ of the German Social Dem ocratic parly. At the trial of Itosa Luxemburg 922 men from all parts of Germany responded and were ready to testify to something like 30.000 I separate instances of brutal treat ment of German soldiers by their own otllcers, even at the risk of prosecu tion by the Military authorities. Onp chapter of this testimony reads, "Ho was struck in the lace wilh the fist by Lieutenant Erler, so that a tooth I "lea anil got loose. He was beaten till he was bleeding but report of (he case was not sunt higher up. Muske. jteer Hempel shot and killed himself ! after drill because he had been gross ly insulted by a corporal in front of jthe company. A ieservist threw him j self in front of a railroad train; an ' other drowned himself, because they ; could no longer stand the abuse of i non-commissioned ollicer Hulbner." So overwhelming was the evidence i prepared by attorney for Rosa Luxem burg that German Military authorities never allowed lln rnse In 1 l,r,,m.ltt i fn triiil Tn iinnlhnr v n 1, rf tl.Ie, booklet Mr. Altschul slates. "If Am ericans had been familiar with the de tails of German Militarism they would have expected the worst during the stress of a campaign, and would have been less unprepared for the unhearc of barbarities practiced by the Ger mans in lit Igium and wherever they set foot. If oflieers, non-commission ed oflieers and professional regulars treat their own recruits in the fashion described, in times of peace, what could be expected of troops command ed by such ruffians in enemy country, under the terrific excitement of com bat, and particularly when "i'rightful ness" is the slogan." Summarizing the hope for the future Mr. Altschui says "when the German people awak en from the nightmare which now holds them in its grasp; when they realize it was the dream of world power that had blinded them; when under the pressure of stern necessity, they recast their views of fright ful ness and of its conseiruences; then there will reawaken that conscience which the liberal press endeavored to stimulate in times of peace, and it will again be possible to treat wild Germany of today as with the Ger many of old, when she had not yet sacrificed her soul on the altar of efficiencj . German Potato-Bugs "The way Germany prepared for a generation for this war was positively uncanny," said a Congressman. "Yes, Germany's forty years of minute war preparation is as uncanny as the story of the potato-bugs. "On an autumn evening a group of Minnesota farmers sat around the fire in the general store and complain ed of the potato-bugs' ravages. "'The pests ale my whole potato crop in two week:;,' said one fanner. "'They ate my crop in two days,' said a second farmer, 'and then they roosted on the trees to see if I'd plant more.' "A drummer for a seed-house clear ed his throat. " 'Gents,' he said, 'all that's very re markable. Let me tell you, tho, what I saw in our own store. I saw a couple of potato-bugs examining the books about a week before pl-inling time to see who had bought seed.'" Washington Star. A Popular Tale "What are you reading?" "A tale of buried treasure." "Wasting your lime on fiction?" "No. This is expert advice on how to plant potatoes." Washington Star