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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-04-01
Champion
Deering

Take plenty of time to consider, compare all
the points of all the machines you know OF,
before you buy binder. If you do this thor
oughly, you will become convinced that an l II Z
binder will do the best work for you, be the most
dependable, efficient and durable of all the ma
chimes you investigate.
There is quality in the material and construc-
ton of | H harvesting machines that only a half
century of experience can assure. There is sim.
plicity in the design which makes the working of
the machines easy to understand and makes it
safe to trust them in the hands of unskilled help.
Last and most important, H binders are
backed by an organization that insures your getting
interchangeable repair parts-parts that ut where
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Osborne
Plano
Mccormick
Milwaukee

When you have decided upon your binder, yo
will need supply of binder Irvine. To g
through the season with the least waste an
trouble, buy one of the seven perfectly depent
able brands of twine- Champion, Mcconnell
Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano, or Int
national-in Sisal, Standard, Manila,
and Pure Manila grades.
Your most important work now is the a.
selection of machines for this seasons M
harvest. See the I H c local dealer NJ
handling these machines. He can help NV
you decide. If it is not convenient for NJ
YOU to see him now sit down and write
for catalogues. post card will bring
you full information. \
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OUR EXPERIENC
is YOUR SAFEGUARD

they belong = quickly in time of emergency:
by accident any part of their machine should
happen to break, an exact duplicate of that very
part can be obtained quickly from the H local
dealer. This point is of the utmost Importance
when the grain is ripening the harvest begun.
1t does away with all delays, all risks all possibility
of losing part of the harvest profit.
Their many years of constant Improvement
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Mccormick, Osborne, Milwaukee, Deering, or
Plano binder, you are assured of getting ma
chine built right and tested under every condition
that you will ever have to meet at harvest time.
The l H c local dealer handling these machines
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your mind as to which binder will best insure the
full profit of your seasons. work Decide only
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surely buy an H machine.
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THE GROWING
OF POTATOES

Station, Puyallup.
There are very few crops in Western
Washington which show greater
variation in yield per acre than the
potato. Sometimes this is due to the
variation in soil but very often it is
due to good care given by one grower
and practically no attention given by
another.
The successful potato grower makes
a study of his plant. He knows how
near he dare cultivate to his plant
without destroying the tender roots
and he knows how deep he dare Guilt
vate.
SOIL AND IT'S PREPARATION.
Although the potato will grow on
great variety of soils it likes best a
deep, mellow loan. Good drainage is
essential in any soil and especially is
it necessary for good yield of potatoes.
Light soils can be worked earlier in
the spring than heavy or clay soils
and usually mature the crop earlier.
Early potatoes then, should be plant
ed in lighter soils than the late
varieties
Farm manures are the best addition
a soil can receive to put it in good
physical condition. With potatoes,
manure can be applied the fall before
planting and the juices allowed to
soak into the soil during winter.
Better still, if a rotation is practiced
the manure can be added to a crop
grown a year previous to the potatoes.
A good rotation is potatoes followed
by one year in oats and two in clover
and grass. The potatoes could be
grown two years without rotation
them longer than that in the same
soil as the soil is an excellent harbOr-
ing place for diseases of the potato.
Flowing should be deep before
planting unless the soil is deficient in
humus and when this is the case the
humus content should be increased
and the depth OF blowing increased
accordingly. After blowing it will
be necessary to work the soil down
with the harrow, putting it in the
best possible filth.
PLANTING.
If selected seed cannot be secured
the tubers used for the first seedlings
should be smooth and uniform as to
size, shape and color. This will give
a more uniform field of potatoes then
if the seed was badly mixed. Before
planting, the seed should be soaked
in a good antiseptic solution to kill
all spores of disease which might be
clinging to the surface or lodged in
an eye of the tuber. Commercial
formaldehyde makes good solution
for this treatment The formula COM
monty used is one pint commercial
formaldehyde to thirty gallons of
water. Soak the seed two hours and
dry before cutting and planting.
Large paintings should be made with
IA potato planter but small tracts or
the home garden can be planted by
hon1 onI nv ncinu cinnIa ohOUal
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Harvesting and haying machines
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The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Household Linens

63-inch AII-Linen Cream Table Damask, pat
tern; good, heavy weight. Worth 65c yard. Pre- 0Oo
8O-insh Anseptic Diaper Cloth, best grade full 10
yards in sealed packages. Sold regularly at S0O
kl25. Pre-Inventory Sale price CON
White Linen SIitBg soft finish. round thread
grade; all pure linen; 2h yards wide Worth 81 Coo
yard. e-InVentcry Sale price VON
22x44 Hemmed Huck Towels, fast color red
Psies SGsesF. Wertn nc each rrslnvsn.ory Sale 1Oc
Hemmed Mercerixed Table Napkins, assorted pat
tSFH Sale SSa prizes regularly at So SOC
BIeacbed Twill Crash, close-woven, absorbent
sriSs sFHas worth &c yard rrs-invsntory Sale 37sc
Extra Size BIeached Turkish Towels, size
piie. 1sT.t Worth zoe enSn Sale 12Hac
The Washington times., 1912-07-21

Linen finish Neck Bands,
for mems shirts and wom-
ems waists; neatly made;
all sizes from IL to So
IS. Each.............. OC
(SiX for 25c.)
Colored Darning Cotton,
on cards: assorted shades;
regularly 1c card; IL On
cards for .......... ~
Silk Tie I.acers, black or
tan: 20 inches long; good
quality silk; worth 10o
l9c pair .............. lOS
Jet Head Veil Pins; GO
pins on sheet; assort- o.
ed sizes; regularly sc OC
Warren's Collar Founda-
tions, correct shapes; of
washable net: boned with
collarbone; all sizes. Io
Special at ........-. III
Japanned Wire Hair
Pins; regularly 1c o.
paper; 10 papers for OS
Smiths or Crowley's
Blue Label English
Needles: regularly &c %
paper ............... ~
Asbestos Iron Holders,
stockinet covered; sc o.
Kinds ....,.........,.. "
Kleinert's Sanitary Rub
Der Sheeting; three-quar-
ter yard squares; each in
sealed carton. Spe- OSn
cial at .............. AOS
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vsI"Ss WS"Ssff"' if Waists

81 Lingerie and Lawn Waists. S............. .49c
S1.25 Black Lawn Waists. sts..................49 .49c
S Coon Bros Tailored Shirts. S............. .59c
$3.50 and s. Mendels Make Shirts. ........ .69c
Sc and So Chiffon and Silk Waists. ....... .$2.65
$3.50 and 81 Silk Shirts and Waists. 900. $1.45
81 and IS French Lingerie Waists. ....... .$1.85
81 and IS Wolfe and MarquiSette Waists. .$1.S5
The Washington times., 1912-07-21
Sale of Small Wares

White Cotton Tape.
regularly &c roll. 49,. IL
Clarke's o. n. T. Dam
ing Cotton, black, white,
and colors; 3 spools So
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
"See-It-Spring" Snap
Fasteners; rust roof;
white or black; regu- Eo
larly l0c doZen... W
finish Ditch Tape,
all widths; worth up %
to 4c pi9ce .......... ~
Fiyo-yard Linen Corset
Laces; superior quail So
ity ................... CN
Misses and Children's
Pin-On Hose SupporteTs;
neatly made; good quail
ity elastic; black or So
white, 10c kinds. ~
Sanitary Knit Wash %
Cloths; sc kinds go. ~
4OO-yard spools of best
grade Sewing SILK, black
or white; any letter,
equal to four regular
10c spools. Special 1Oo
at ........ ....'......... ASN%
Spiral Collar Supporter
Sets, all heights; l0c So
kinds .....,.,.......... oS
Barbour's Linen
ThreGd; regularly o.
l0c spool ............ W
Silk Hair Nets, all
shades: with and without
elastic; all-oVer shape;
worth 10c each; 3 10O
for ..........,.....'.. AVS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Gave Crown Prince Her Opinion

MUNICH has just lost famous cafe
Iva much freQuented by artists. Since
the city is full of such establishments
the disappearance of one Of them would
not call for notice. but in this case it fol-
lows the loss Of character known
through all Germany, Kathi kobus, the
late proprietor.
kathi Kobus came down from the Ba-
yarian mountains to make her fortune
in Munich. and she succeeded. Step by
step she rose in the social scale until she
found herself owner of a miniature cafe.
10 which her eccentricities and amusing
conversation attracted many patrons
one day the crown prince went there
with some friends, strictly incognito.
kathi, who knew everything. knew that
he was coming and also that he wished
very particularly not to be recognized
When the prince arrived he began con-
versation with kathi TO draw out those
idiosyncracies OF which he had heard so
much.
He succeeded only too we'll. kathi turn
Ell the conversation TO Prussia and the
Russians She informed him the country
was beneath contempt and the people
worse. She ransacked her vocabulary for
terms of insult and "slanged" them up
hill and down dale. The prince listened
overcome. but being most anxious to pre-
serve MS incognito. and. moreover, too
amazed at such unfamiliar language to
think OF repartee, he could do little but
sit and take what kathi dealt him.
He did not linger. long over the eccen-
trlcities OF the proprietor, although he
found them all they had been advertised
As for kathi II was always a source OF
immense satisfaction 10 her that she had
spoken her Bavarian mind to the highest
in the land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
THE HEART OF A
WOMAN
BARONESS ORGY

= H. Dorn )?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
THIEVES OF THE AIR.
Kites of Egypt Fitch Food Before It
Can Be Eaten.

Cairo Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette
The Partisan schoolmaster who was re-
Gently robbed near Geneva by an eagle
would find il he came to Cairo that
similar episodes We're of everyday occur
renee. 1t is true that the depredators are
not eagles, but they are very near rela-
tions.
Out at Gezira. where all Cairo has its
rendezvous at the Sporting Club every
afternoon in and out of season, there
exist large colonies of kites and crows.
No sooner are the tea tables laid out than
the former, who have been perched on
the qui vive, on the adjacent trees start
cireling round and round. With Il sudden
dive one OF these hawklike birds will
swoop down on the table he has chosen
and pick off the bread and butter and
cake.
New arrivals i'm Egypt are always very
disconnected by these antics. 1t matters
not how many people are seated round the
tables. The kite is no respecter of per-
sons, and on one crowded afternoon last
season, when the German crown princess
was taking tea. l remember seeing no
fewer than eight tables swept of their
eatables by as many kites in the space
of few minutes.
These monster birds add to the terror
which they strike to the heart of the new
arrival by the fact that their flight is 50
,
out stopping. They describe a curve the
lowest point Of which is the plate OF
bread and butter cake, and so accurate
is their descent that rarely do they leave
or drop anything. An amusing factor in
this otherwise rather annoying situation
is furnished by the crows, which invari-
ably act as scouts for the kites. and the
presence Of which hopping about the
grass always precedes one OF these
depredatory flights.
When the coup has been successfully
brought off the crows evince their pleas
ure by ear-splitting "cawS," and proceed
to follow the plunderer at a respectful
distance, possibly in order to express
their unbounded admiration In the vain
hope Of obtaining few crumbs. On the
golf course the kites are source of end
less trouble to the players-and incident
ally one Of great profit to the golf bali
vendors-for ii is no unusual thing for
your ball to be whipped off just as you
are making ready to put after a record
approach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

fire assumed different shapes: they be-
came stately and wide, with rows OF trees
forming an avenue along the middle ana
tall houses on either side. One or two
people were walking along the pavement.
but quickly, as IL they had business 10
transact and did not care to loiter. one
figure, that Of a woman, in neat ulster
and serviceable hat-was walking briskiy
between the row of trees.
The blue flames danced and disclosed
few vehicles hurrying past swiftly In the
night, huge tramWayS numbering along
and one or two flying motor cabs. Ana
far ahead-right in the heart Of the glow
the distant lights Of more busy thor
oughfare. Now the wide street was
more dark and lonely than before. only
the solitary female figure appeared in the
fiery picture. walking among the trees.
The last Of the numbering tramways had
been merged in the distant ltghtS-only
from afar came flying on the blue flames
a taXicab at lightning speed.
1t came along, its headlights burning
more and more brightly. 1t. ratified past
the solitary female pedestrian. Then 1t
stopped in the dark angle made by a huge
piece Of coal-the blue flames gave hiss.
and from every corner of the CRATE crowds
OF people came rushing to the spot where
the taXicab had halted. The solitary fe-
male pedestrian also hurried to the spot.
She stopped on the outskirts Of the crowd.
and yet she saw everything that went on
in and round the mOtOr-the horror
stricken driver, the bustling gendarmes,
the huddled-up mass in the darkest cor
ner of the vehicle.
Then the coal, consumed by its own
power, fell together in formless heap
and the picture vanished. Louisa closed
her eyes, for the heat In them was in
tolerable. But only for a moment, for
now her mind was made up.
Ever since she had parted from Luke
one thought had been dominant in her
mind, one memory had Obtruded itself
beyond all others. taking definite shape
in the visions conjured up by the glowing
embers of the fire-that night in Brussels.
the great unforgettable night, on which
her whole life's history seemed to find
its birth time.
One great resolve. too. had now taken
definite shape.
Louisa rang for her maid, and asked for
hat and cloak. The maid-somewhat hor-
rified that her mistress should think OF
too well drilled to offer advice or make
comment. She brought warm wrap and
a closely fitting. simple hat and respect
fully wished to know when she should
expect her mistress home.
I'm about an hours time. said Louisa.
Come down into the hall with me and
tell the porter to call me a cab
Then she went down, accompanied by
her maid. A cab was called and she di-
rected the driver to % Chester terrace.
The address was that of Lady Ryder's
town house. The maid-feeling more sat
isfied-went upstairs again.
Ito be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
CHAPTER XXXV.
Which Tells of Pictures in the Fire.

1t did not take poor little Edie very
long to get her things on and to make
ready to go away with Col. Harris and
with Louisa. Something of the truth
had to be told to her. and We must do her
the justice to state that when she under
stood the full strength of the calamity
which had befallen her and Luke, some
thing of her brothers calm dignity
showed itself in her own demeanor.
She pulled herself together with re
markable vigor. and before Mary, the
maid, she contrived to behave just as II
nothing Of great Importance had occurred.
Il am going to dine out tonight, Mary,
she said, quite calmly. land l mayn't be
home until some time tomorrow. So don't
sit up for me-"
mo, miss" replied Mary. denurely. who
kept her own counsel, like the well drilled
good-class servant that She was.
And tell cook that Mr.. de Mountford
won't be in either, nor Mr.. Jim. I'll see
her tomorrow and let her know when we
all come back
Louisa gave ungrudginS admiration and
WHISPERED praise to the young girl. She
was proud OF Edies behavior and CRATE
full to her. too. This atmosphere of re-
serve did her good. She could not have
own nerves in check all the while.
1t was close upon s o'clock when at last
they reached the Langham Hotel. Col
Harris ordered the dinner to be served in
the private sitting room. OF course none
Of them could eat anything. Their in
ward thoughts We're following Luke de
Mountford along that weary Calvary
which he had set himself to mount.
Soon after dinner Edie elected to go to
bed. The poor child had vague desire
to be alone, and also vague. unhappy
feeling that she was in the way. She was
quite woman enough now to understand
how much more acutely Louisa Harris
must be suffering than she was herself,
and since she-the sister-longed for soli-
tude, how much keener must be that
longing in the heart of the woman who
loved and had lost Luke.
So she went quietly off to bed. Louisa
kissed her with real affection. Edie SEEM
ed like something of Luke; like q tender
bequest made by a dying man.
After that she herself said good night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
CHAPTER XXXIII-Continued.

The mellow tones of her contralto voice
died down in the heavy atmosphere of the
room. They echoed and re-echoed in the
heart of the man, who was now kneehng
before Louisa, as he would before the Ma
donna, dumb with the intensity of emo
ton which her simple words, the sublime
self1essneSs of her sacrifice, had brought
to an almost maddening pitch. She stood
there near him, SO devoted, so noble and
so pure, do you wonder. or will you smile,
when you see him with fair. young head
bowed to the ground. pressing his lips on
the point of her shoe?
Luke, don't" she cried. in passionate
sympathy.
She understood him so well, you see!
kiss your feet, dear?" he asked. i
would lie down in the dust for your dear
feet to walk over me. I only wonder
why God should love me SO that he gave
you for this one beautiful moment to me.
Lou, my dearest saint, l cannot accept
your sacrifice. Dear heart! dear, dear
heart. do try and believe me, when | say
that / cannot accept it. As for lmagin-
ing that I don't understand it and ap-
preciate it. why as soon think that to-
morrow'S sun will never rise. l worship
you, my saint. and l worship your love
the pureSt, most tender sentiment that
ever gloriied this ugly world. But its
sacrifice / cannot accept / cannot.
would sooner do that most cowardly OF
all deeds, end my life here and now, than
be tempted for one single instant into the
coWardice of accepting 1t. But the MEM
ory of it, dear, that l will take with me-
Do not think of me in future as being
unhappy. No man can be unhappy whose
heart is fed on such a memory
He had her two hands imprisoned In
his the scent of sweet peas floating gem
thy to his nostrils. AS he buried his lips
in their fragrant. soft palms he was en-
tirely happy. The world had foated away
from him. He was in a land of magic
with her; in a land where the air was
filled with the fragrance of sweet peas, a
land of phantasmagoria,t the land of Fata
Morgana. which none can enter save those
who love. Time sped on and both had
forgotten the world. The fire cracked in
the hearth, the clock alone recorded the
passing of time. The noise Of the great
city-so cruel to those who suffer-came
but as faint echo through the closely
drawn curtains.
There was a discreet knock at the door.
and as no reply came from within. it was
repeated more insistently.
Luke jumped to his feet and Louisa re-
treated into the shadow.
"Come in.' said Luke.
The door was opened, quite softly from
outside, and the well drilled servant said:
Two gentlemen to see you, sir
where are they, Nary" he asked.
I'm the hall, sir
Did they give their names?''
mo, sir.
where's Miss Edie Mary?'
I'm the drawing room, sir, with Col.
Harris
Every WE'LL Then show the two gentle
moment
VERY good. sir
And the discreet little maid retired, clos
ing the door after her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
As Others See Us.

A CHARMING feature OF this gay
"A world Of ours is that the quality Of
self-satisfaction is divided with the great
est impartiality among all nations and
races of the earth. We hold our sides
with laughter at the sight OF stranger.
and then we check ourselves. murmuring
How cruel Of us. Poor fellow but as
a matter of fact he has been holding hts
sides at us. Russian who had lived
much among the Chinese and acquired
some knowledge of their language gave
point to this reflection by an anecdote
from his own experience.
Il was walking through a country dis
trict in China with two Englishmen." he
said, and for some hours l had listened
J to their polite patronage Of the natives.
group Of peasants came solemnly down
| the road.
"'You know, they really are a jolly
queer looking lot. said one Enslishman,
and the other one reflected that 1t was
no wonder little boys in other lands boot
ed at the sight of one-not. of course, that
they might not be in their way a very
good sort.
The approaching group suddenly broke
into song, one man singing line and the
rest joining in after a solemn pause OF
half a minute. They stood aside deferen-
TALLY as we passed, and then I gathered
the purport of their dirge The soloist
was singing lines like this:
oh. look at the foreigners coming
| down the road
| And the chorus. after the pause that
| gave solemnity to the chant. would in
tone:
| "'Oh, aren't they funny
Then there would come from the So
loist:
"'Look at their hideous long noses
| And the chorus:
"Oh, aren't they funny
II suppose said one of the English
men. that they're singing a hymn OF
some sort. 1t sounds like it,
We'll. I'm glad We aren't made like
that observed the other, while from
down the road / caught:
Did you see their extraordinary big
1 feet?'
! And the answering chorus:
s''Oh aren'f fhev f,1nnv0O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
He Got His.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Standing by the entrance of a large
estate in the suburbs of Glasgow are two
huge dogs carved out of granite An
Englishman, going by in hack, thought
he would have some fun with the Scotch
driver.
How often. Jock, do they feed those
two big dogs?"
Whenever they bark, sir" was the
straight-faced reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
Neither.
the Cosmopolitan Magazine.

From the Cosmopolitan Magazine
George Eastman, the inventor of the
kodak, is responsible for this story:
II was sitting in a drug store waiting
to get prescription filled when a young
Irishman entered. He pointed to a stack
Of green CASTLE soap and said:
"'Oi want a loomp o. thot.'
Very well. sir said the clerk. VIII
you have il scented OF unscented?'
"'Ofll take ut with me-, said the
Irishman.'