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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
hour had passed.

The agOn1Zed cry or strong man II
n woeful thing Constance, by reason
of the gathering at the side of the gal
lery, was unable to see all that was
taking place, but the yell which went
up from the onookers told her that
something out of the common even on
this night Of thrills hnd occurred.
What is it, dad?" she asked as her
father came to her.
"The end of the ship" he said. "The
captain has gone with her."
ooh, dear. why wasn't he saved?"
'I think he refused to desert his ship.
| His heart was broken, expect. Now,
Connie duty first"
Indeed, she required no telling. AS
each of the shipwrecked men entered
the lantern she handed him glass of
spirits. asked If lie were injured and
told him exactly how many flights of
stairs he had to descend. But cocoa
and biscuits would be brought soon,
she explained. Greatly amazed. but
spcechless for the most part, the men
obeyed her directions.
one of the last to claim her attention
was the young American. Mr.. Pyne
Her face lit up pleasurably when she
saw him.
81 was wondering what had become
Of you" she said MY sister has ask
cd me several times If you had arrived
and / imagined that | must have miss
ed you by some chance
Now, all this was Greek to him. OIL
nearly so. Indeed had it been intel
ligible Greek, he might have GUESSED
its purport more easily.
Holding the glass in his hand, he
looked al her in frank. open eyed won
der TO be hailed so elcefully by 4
good looking girl whom he had never
to his knowledge set eyes on was
somewhat of mystery, AMI the puzzle
was made all the more difficult by the
fact that she had discarded the wealth
er proof accoutermonts needed whei
she first ventllred forth on the gallery
I'm real glad you're pleased. NJ,
name is Charles A. pyne," he sale
slowly.
1t was Constancc's turn to he Devil
dered. Then the exact situation dawn
ed on her.
How stupid of me-" she cried. 90
course you don't recognize me again
Ny sister and l happen to be alon
with my father on the rock tonight
We We're with him on the balloon.
when you acted so bravcly. You see
the light shonc clear on your face"
I'm glad it's shining on yours now,
he said.
"You must go two floors below this
. said she severely. II will bring yo
, some cocoa and biscuit as quickly Il
possible"
Il am not bit tired" ne comment
ed, still looking at her.
THAT is more than can say" sh
answered, but / am so delighted tina
we managed to save so many poor PEE
, pie"
"How many"
Seventy eight. But | dare not as
you how many arc lost. 1t would max
me cry, and have no time for tears
VIII you really hell to carry a tray?'
Just try me-"
, At the top of The stairs Constanc
called to her fathor.
, "Anything you want, dad?"
Eyes, dear. Find out the chief office
, and send him to me. He can eat an
, drink here while we talk"
CHAPTER VIII.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
CHAPTER VIII.


vi stairs are very steep said
III Constance, swinging the Ian
tern close to her companions
feet as they climbed down the topmost
flight.
IF I fall.- he assured her, you will
be the chief sufferer"
"All the more reason why you should
not fall. Wait here n moment. | must
have look Mt the hospital"
The visiting officers room, which also
served the purposes of library and
recreation room in normal times now
held fourteen injured persons, includ-
ing two women. one of them stew
ardess. and little girl.
Most Of the sufferers had received
their wounds either in the saloon or by
collision with the Cornce of the light
house. The worst accident was a bro
ken arm, the most alarming Il case of
cerebral cOncusGion. Other injuries
consisted for the most part of cuts and
bruises.
Unfortunately. when the ship struck,
the surgeon had gone aft to attend to
an engineer whose hand was crushed
as the result of some frantic lurch
caused by the hurricane. Hence the
doctor was lost with the first batch of
victims. Enid discovered that among
the few steerage passengers saved was
Il man who had gained some expert
ence in field hospital during the cam
| paign in Cuba. Aided by the plain di
rections supplied with the medicine
chest of the lighthouse. the eX-hospita
orderly had done wonders already.
"All l want, miss" he explained In
answer to Constance's question, is
some water and some linen for band
ages. The lint outfit in the chest Is moi
half sufficient"
She vanished, to return quickly witt
Il sheet and a pair of scissors.
"Now," she said to Mr.. Pyne, III yor
come with me l will send you back
with pail of water"
She took him to the kitchen, where
Enid, aided by sailor, pressed into
service, was dispensing cocoa and bis
cults. Pyne, who remained in thu
stairway, went Off with the water ant
Constance's lantern. The interior o.
the lighthouse was utterly dark. III
move without light and with no priol
knowledge of It's internal arrangement
was positively dangerous. All told
there were seven lamps of various
sizes available. Brand had one, fou
We're distributed throughout the apart
ments tenanted by the survivors of thu
wreck, two were retained for transi
purposes, and the men shivering In tn
entrance passage had no light ut all.
Constance took Ends lantern in or
der to discover the whereabouts of MI
Emmett. the first officer, the tray car
rying sailor Offering to guide her t
him.
When Pyne came back he fount
Enid in the dark and mistook her 70
Constance.
'They want some more" he cried n
the door.
Some more what" she demanded
1t was no time for elegant dictior
Her heart Jumped each time the Sc
Bprang Mt the rock. 1t seemed to b
so much worse In the dark.
Water" said he.
Dear me! | should have though
everybody would be fully satisfied u
that respect"
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THE FIELD OF BATTLE

the other new feature was a plowing
contest in which only boys partici-
pated. Flowing Is not altogether .
bad sport either, no matter in what
light you look upon it. This was il
Illustrated by the participants who
proved to the spectators that in order
to be a good plowman, one must be
somewhat of civil engineer, as well
as an excellent horseman.
: Flowing as commonly done Is often
considered as drudgery, and SO it is
for the thoughtless, careless plowman,
who has no other object in view than
that of making the field look black.
But there Is no other farm operation
which requires more knowledge to un-
derstand or more skill to do well, than
does the simple art of plowing. The
contestants had in mind making a
straight furrow of even depth and
width, turning it squarely over so as
to cover all stubble and weeds. Each
one took pains to start in squarely and
evenly and to drive straight out at
the ends so as not to leave the least
curve. There was no time to dream
or gaze about to see what some one else
was doing. All the plowman's skill
and ability were taxed to the utmost.
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ways, and they will be better farmers
and better citizens for having entered
the plowing contest.
To many Of the onlookers the con-
test was Z revelation. Farmers and
farmers sons, who have plowed for
days and months, never before saw
such plowing, and many went home de-
termined to plow assthey saw it done.
1t has been decided to make this a
permanent feature of the annual field
day.
The greensward is the canvas upon
which all architectural and landscape
effects are produced. A lawn may
vary in extent from a few square feet
at the side steps leading to the brown
stone front of the city dwelling to the
broad acres of extensive parks. 1t
matters little whether the extent of a
lawn be great or small, its inherent
qualities are the same, and its intrin-
sic worth Is determined by its charac-
ter and the manner in which 1t is
kept. Green grass is not only Of great
economic value. but it Is also Of great
aesthetic value. The herbage Of the
field is the primary dependence of all
animal life. and it is the green color.
the sweet fragrance, and the soothing
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Mysteries or the ages.

During that wonderful and mysteri-
GUS period, popularity spoken or us
"before the ice age" in other terms.
the pre-glacial period, nature expressed
herself with lavish abandon OF
which we can form but faint idea.
The primeval rivers We're mighty tor
rents, instruments of stupendous meta
morphic energy. In their work or
erosion and dissolving, vast quantities
of gold were freed from conhning en-
bedment and deposited along their
channels. Through untold ages, per-
haps, this work of uncovering ana
depositing-Nature's prehistoric gold
mining and storing-continued, or
until that particular formative cycle
was completed. Then the earth passed
into the travail throes OF more ener-
getic formation, as expressed IN vol
canic and glacial action. Fierce vol
canoes sent forth their molten streams,
filing up ravines and gorges, creating
new elevations and depressions, and
burying deep under layers Of volcanic
debris, the old river beds, the evicted
waters of which laboriously wrought
out new channels for themselves. Fol-
lowing this storm time came season
of comparative quiet In which the
newly located streams were permit
ted to take up again with diminished
force the old work of tearing down.
dissolving and dropping the freed gold
along their channels. In some In
stances old beds were crossed and
broken into by the new streams and
additional deposits mingled with their
uncovered treasures. At last came the
long winter of glacial action, from
which the earth emerged transformed,
with little of the primeval surface left
save the giant redwood forest region.
Such, briefly summarized, is the geo
logic record, as read by modern sci
entists. of the changes that immedi-
ately preceded our own period. Pos
sibly, certain giant trees of the Cali
fornia redwood parks which have
swayed in the Pacific Ocean winds for
thousands of years-at least their own
ancestors-might have observed from
their undisturbed abode the stupen-
dous changes in progress at their very
doorway. Had they the gift of speech
they could reveal. as no other living
thing could do. the state secrets OF
Nature, including that of the buried
rivers.
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general greatly modified because of
building operations or necessary grad.
ing The soil with which one has to
deal, therefore, is seldom normal soil
OF the locality. In general. 1t Is q
portion of the surface soil mixed with
more or less of the subsoil which has
come from excavation, In making the
foundations of a house.
The ideal soil for grasses best suit
ed for lawn making is one which Is
moderately moist and contains con-
siderable percentage of clay-a soil
which Is somewhat retentive of mois-
ture, but never becomes excessively
wet, and is inclined to be heavy and
compact rather than light, loose, and
sandy strong clay loan or sandy
loan, underlaid by a clay subsoil. is
undoubtedly the nearest approach to
an ideal soil for lawn; it, therefore.
should be the aim in establishing a
lawn to approach as near as is possible
to one or the other of these types OF
soil In many localities it will, how
ever, be very difficult to produce by
any artificial means at ones command
soil which will approach In texture
either of the types recommended. Our
efforts. nevertheless, should be direct
ed to attaining as closely as possible
these ideals.
Preparations for the Lawn.
Since the lawn is intended to be
a permanent feature of the decoration
of place. its endurance or span of
life is of utmost Importance. In gen
eral, grass seeds are small and the
surface seed bed for the reception of
these seeds need not be more than 1
inch in depth; but since the grasses,
as they become established, send out
long, lateral feeding roots, it is nee
essary that the area containing the
available food for these plants should
be amplified. This object can only be
attained by deep cultivation and
thorough preparation of at least to
10 inches of the surface soil. The soil
to this depth should be made rich and
should be put into an ideal condition
for the development of plant roots.
The mechanical operations of pre-
pairing the soil can be carried on by
the use of the modern plow II the
area is large enough, or by spading
il the area is small. The seed bed
should be thoroughly and frequently
stirred. so as to grind the soil par
ticles together as much as possible
for the purpose OF reducing them to
a uniformly fine condition and to lib
crate plant food. Cultivation should
also have for it's object the destruction
Of weeds which may interfere with the
establishment OF the lawn or which
may be detrimental to 1t after 1t is
once established. After the soil has
been thoroughly plowed or spaded 1t
should be carefully fined by narrowing
<,1~ Ha
thoroughly compacted by the use OF
a lawn or field roller and the surface
again loossnsd By the use Of . steel
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toothed rake or fine harrow.
After the seed bed has been thor
oughly and carefully prepared and
the grass seed scattered in appropriate
quantities, according to the kind used,
the surface should be given 4 careful
raking or rolling IL the area is dry.
If showers have been frequent, rak-
ing after the seed has been sown will
suffice until after the grass has reach
ed height sufficient to be clipped by
a lawn mower. Prior to clipping the
grass with = lawn mower, If the
ground was not rolled after seeding,
heavy lawn roller should be passed ov-
er the surface in order to make it rs
smooth as possible. After the grass
has an opportunity to become erect
it should then be clipped with a now
er.
What Fertilizers?
Since the lawn Is . permanent fea-
ture. it is hardly possible to make the
soil for the reception of the lawn too
rich. Stable manure which has been
thoroughly composted and rotted and
which is as free as possible from de-
trimental weed seeds is undoubtedly
the best material to use in producing
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effect Of nature which come from we'll
kept greenswards that make them so
congenial to man. Grass is natures
balm and healing for all erosive scars.
Nature abhors rough edges and brok-
en- places, and Immediately proceeds to
cover such ugly spots with green
grass. Man likes to get his feet upon
the soil. but better still upon the
soft, yielding greensward. Rich rugs
and carpets do not give the elastic
spring that the well-made and we'll
kept greensward yields. So says L. c..
Corbett, one of the horticulturists OF
the Department of Agriculture, in
Farmers Bulletin No. 284" just about
to be printed by Uncle Sam. Since
this pamphlet is free as well as In
teresting and instructive, why not
send for copy to your member Of
Congress or your Senator. II his sup
ply runs out, Secretary Wilson will
send you copy.
In general, Mr.. Corbett says, further,
lawn should be beautiful and 1t
should be useful. Its beauty depends
upon the contour of the land, the col
or the texture of the grass, and the
uniformity of the turf. The use OF
the lawn Is to provide a suitable set
ting for architectural adornment and
Landscape planting
The Soil.
The ideal soil for a lawn is avail
able in but few cases where it is de
sirable to establish a greensward. Or
dinarily the lawn in which man is
most interested is that Immediately
surrounding his abiding place. The
soil of this immediate locality is, in
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He must set his plow perfectly in the
first place. Next, he must be kind to
and gain the confidence of his team,
for no man can do good plowing with
out the confidence and cooperation of
his team.
A half day was set side for the
contest, and all three classes, that is,
the Freshmen, Junior and Senior
classes, competed for the prizes. These
were. sulky plow for first prize, q
hand plow for second prize and ten
dollars in cash for the third prize.
These prizes were furnished by one
Of the leading plow concerns OF the
United States gratuitously.
In scoring, expert plowmen who
have been with the University Farm
for years, acted as judges. A standard
Of excellence was established. Twelve
points were given on the dead fur
row." fifteen points on straightness
Of furrows; eight points on in's and
outs at ends: fifteen points on depth
and width of burrows; ten points on
evenness Of top of land; thirty points
on the covering of weeds, and ten
points on the finish. Time was not
taken into consideration in scoring.
Each contestant was given strong
farm team and plow. He had to ad-
just the plow. clevice and whine tree
to suit the condition of the land He
was allowed to mark out his land In
any manner he saw ht. The 1and"
was to be twenty feet wide and three
hundred feet long.
Henry johnson, of New Richmond.
Ginn., q member OF the Freshman
Glass, took first prize. His score was
% per cent. perfect,
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Flowing Contests and Lawn Making.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

o. X. Lathrop. of the Senior Glass,
took second prize, with a score of 81
per cent, and
w. |. Peterson, of the Junior Glass,
third prize, with score OF so per
cent.
The rest of the contestants of course
got no prize. but they got something
much more valuable. They found that
they could plow, and plow right. This
conviction will remain with them al
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

nounds of foreground bone. together
with 500 to 500 pounds of high-grade
fertilizer upon each acre. The fertli-
izer may contain per cent nitrogen,
i to per cent phosphoric acld, anu
about per cent potash.
After the lawn has been established
and II has gone into winter quarters,
IL is well TO give the young grass q
mulch of well-decomposed stable man
ure. which shall not be heavy enough
To disfigure or mar the lawn, but
should be so fine and we'll decomposed
that it will be carried beneath the
surface of the grass by the rains and
SHOWS of the winter. leaving very lit
tie rough or unsightly matter to be
raked off in the spring. If this is not
desirable, after the greensward has
passed through the first winter II
should be treated to a top-dressing OF
foreground bone at the rate of 1000
pounds to the acre.
The Kind of Grass.
Kentucky blue grass is undoubtedly
the great lawn maker for all that sec
tion of the Atlantic coast region north
of Washington, d. c., and for the AL.
legheny region as far south as north
ern Georgia. Blue grass thrives best
in a comparatively retentive, strong
soil where there is an abundance but
not an excessive amount of moisture.
Upon soils of lighter character in
this region, in localities where precl-
pitation is greater, such grasses as red
top, Rhode Island bent grass, creeping
bent grass, and white clover are more
to be relied upon for lawn making
than blue grass. Redtop, Rhode Is
land bent grass, and creeping bent
grass all have the same ability to
make compact and deep sward, as
in the case of blue grass. In fact.
under certain conditions redtop and
the bent grasses are able to make a
softer although not more permanent,
turf than does the blue grass. Upon
the light soils found in the States
south of the latitude of Washington,
D. c.. white clover forms an important
feature in lawn mixtures.
In general, because of the varied
conditions of shade and moisture ex-
listing upon a lawn as the result OF
trees, shrubs, and architectural OBJ
jects, mixtures are more desirable
than pure grasses. The different de-
grees of shade and moisture maintain
ed in the soil which result from the
presence of trees, shrubs, and build
ings afford variety of conditions un-
der which a single species would not
produce a uniform lawn.
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RomuIus Vas PcrpIexed.

Old Romulus took sick one day, and
In little while it looked as If his end
was near. The minister was sent for,
and came promptly-a stout man, done
up in one OF those religious waistcoats
without any buttons down the front
or any opening at the neck.
The minister said to Uncle Romu-
lus:
Is your mind at ease, brother?' 4"
eyes sah,' answered the old man.
"'Are you sure there's nothing
troubling you? the minister went on.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

One looking at the accompanying
pictures would not think that these
were pictures of college Field
Day." but such is the case.
Last year the School of Agriculture
of the University of Minnesota varied
a little from the usual field day pro-
gram, and added two new features to
the regular field day sports.
The first was a hitching up contest
in which both girls and boys took part;
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

While no reliable method can at
present be given for the detection OF
the presence of added vegetable colors
in general it is necessary that special
tests must be made for special vege-
table colors. The bulletin gives quite
q number of simple methods for detec-
tion of artificial coloring matter which
may be had on application at the Dc
partment of Agriculture.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

the desired fertility of the soil. Forty
to sixty loads of well-decomposed sta
BILE manure are not too much to use
upon an acre OF land designed for the
greensward. Where such stable man.
ure is not available the next best plan
to follow is that of plowing under
green crops, such as clovers. cow
peas, soy beans, and similar plants.
The land should then receive an ap-
plication of about 1000 pounds OF
lime to the acre.. and at the time of
preparing the seed bed 500 to 1000
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Harvesting by Gas Light.

An interesting trial made in Eng.
land on . farm near Biggleswade.
shows that fields can be so illuminated
by acetylene gas that harvesting may
be easily carried on at night. In this
test two mowers, each cutting a six
foot swath, were employed and a
field of is acres was moved in three
hours and 35 minutes. A gasoline trac-
tion engine furnished the power.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

Sheep act as beasts of burden IN
many of the ranges of the H1malaya
Mountains. Each animal Is capable OF
carrying from seventeen to twenty
i've pounds, and lives entirely on way
side herbage.
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CLIPPED bY HORSEPOWER.
If there is, speak up. Don't be afraid.
am here to help and comfort YOU
"'Dey is one fing, jes one, sah,' said
Romulus, Dat 'plexes me-
What is 1t my brother?' the min
lister murmured.
"'Ah KANT O. de life O. me make out
sah.' said the old man. how yo' gifts
yo'sef inter dat dere vest"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-04-19

There are four prosperous American
Mormon settlements in the Mexican
state Of Chihuahua
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The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
JACKSON DAY
BANQUET
Program Of Democratic
Function at Oklahoma
City, ian. 5.

Toastmaster-Judge Charles B
Stewart, Soath McAlester, /. 4
"The Day We Celebrate, Judge
A. M. jackson, Winfield, Kansas
Hlmpromptu"-Priyate John Allen
Tupelo, Miss.
elbow Best to Organize Hon. C
N. Haskell, Muskogee, /. T.
"Party Loyalty"-Judge ]. L. Car
penter, Mangum, Oklahoma.
"The Sovereignty Of the Citizen
Judge Henry NJ. Furman, Ada
1T.
''The Power Of the Press'-Hon.
Freeman e. Miller Saltwater,
Oklahoma.
.'The Democratic Future in the
New State'-Hon. d. NJ. Mars,
Vinita, /. 7.
s'The Indian Citizen"- Hon. John
f. Palmer, Pawhuska. Okla.
'sThe Indian in Politics"-Hon.
Thos. W. Hunter, Boswell, /. T.
"Why / am a Democrat" Judge
w. S. Whittingnill, Enid, Okla.