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The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
LESSON FROM DRY FARMS.
Di5ked Land Found Less Lumpy and
Much More Easily Planted.

An important lesson to be learned
from the dry farlncr is the disking
of land which is to be plOwed later i'm
order to keep the soil from baking un-
til the pIOwing can be completed. This
practice was begun in the west on
grain Stubblc after harvest in order to
hold whatever moisture was in the
soil, for usually little rain falls after
that time. Since the diSkinY can be
done much more rapidly than the plow-
ing. there is less chance for cvapora-
ton. and the land then remains for
some time i'm good condition for DlOw-
ing. Fer several years Il Maryland
farmer has applied this method to his
spring blowing, disking all his sluhble
and cultivated fields which are to be
p'oWcd Just as early in the spring as
he can get on [" them. He is then
able to N|ow his land at any time,
whereas his ncighborS are often com
prl'"l to postpone their pluwinv until
the hard clay soil is sOftcncu by rains.
In addition to remaining in coudi-
ti"n t" pl"w for Il much longer period
land which has been tlSkrd is much
less inclined to break M i'm cods and
Jumps. Coulltry Gentleman.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

There is no greater charm about
smoking than to lean back lazi'y in
nn armchair and blow smoke rings.
Nothing so beautiful or so perfect can
be created with so little effort. To
send ono of these great white "ghost
louyhnutS" shooting toward an open
fireplace, turning inside out with its
peculiar rolling motion, going slower
and slower until, whisk, the draft
catches it, draws it ont like IL skcin
of pulled tatfy and snatchcS it up the
fiuc- this is the drcamer's own art.
Yet few smokers acquire the knack.
says the Kansas City Star.
The simplest way of making rings
for one who is unacuuainted with the
art is not to blow them ut all, but to
employ. instead of the mouth, Il paste
board box. In one end of this box a
round hole should be cut the size of II
dime. After blowing Il quantity of
smoke into the box and replacing the
cover all that remains is to tap with
the finger the opposite cnd of the box
from the one Ia which the hole has
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

had visited eight Of them when
found her. | discovered her through
her agitation when | carelessiy called
up the subject Of the murder and won
dered that no arrests had been made.
I had no proofs that Il jury would ac-
cept. but was morally certain Of my
game. She didn't do it. but she knew
or suspected who did Was it her fa
ther. her brother or her beau! The
father was an old man, the brother
was absent at the time, and SO | went
hunting for Il beau. | found him in
the hoStler employed ut the same hotel.
Up to the date of the murder the two
had gone much together. and there had
been talk Of Il marriage. Now the girl
Stunned the young man. who had be-
come sullen and reserved and changed
over. Tie murder had taken place ON
the hostlers birthday. and on that day,
as | learned. he had been given Il day
off and borrowed boat and gone fish,
ing on the stream. From his boat on
the river near the willows he could
havc-seen Squire Farley come riding
across the fields. 1t wasn't that he
feared the squire would marry the
girl out of his hands. She had been
wronged. and it had come to his knowl-
edge.
What had become of the plunder?
hostlcr would naturally prefer it for
a hiding place. put up at the inn for
Il week while studying out the case.
and one day sent him to the village
on an errand. When he had departed
] lounged into the barn, lodged the
boy left behind and began search. At
the end of an hour. concealed in an
old and decrepit tanning mill. l found
the proceeds of the robbery. nothing
whatever missing. I carried the stuff
to my chamber and locked it in my
trunk. had found the murderer. but
what should I do with him? That
question would he settled after talk
with him and the girl. The hostier re-
turned Just ut supper time and report.
ed, and told him I wanted few
| words With him after had finished my
meal. He probably suspected some
thing. as lie went to the barn and dis
covered that the plumber was gone.
was waiting to see him when word was
brought in that he had committed sui
eide by hanging. We found him hang
ing in one of the stalls. and | confess
to feeling bit sorry for him. though I
believe | should have given him up to
justice had he lived. AS for the girl.
could not believe that she had helped
plan or consented to the murder or had
more than a suspicion of the hostler.
and ! did not feel it my duty to open
the case with her. She was made ill
anyhow by the tragedy at the barn,
and stole quietly away without see
ing her. The Farley murder is still car
ried on the records Of Scotland Yard as
an unsolved mystery.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

The caro- "f This crop causes little
expense. ANA the wood lot offers one
means of solving the problem Of how
to keep good farm help prOtitably EN-
pl"ycl all the year.
The three principal aims in caring
for the wood lot should be to keep tn"
ground thoroughly covered with trees.
I" have only the best possible trees and
to make them grow rapidly.
In order to make timber grow fast
care should be taken in choosing the
kinds of trees to raise. the soil should
b" kept moist and mellow by protect
in" the leaf mulch. and the best trees
should be given Il fair amount of light
by making Improvement cuttings.
Methods Of starting new trees. either
to ill openings now in the woods or to
replace timber TO be harvested, are as
folIoWS: BY sprouts, by seed falling"
from nci%hhoriny trees. by sowing seed
broadcast and by planting trees or
seed.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
IN The WOOD LOT.
Timber Crop Can Be Improved
With Proper Care.
MAKE THE IDLE ACRES PAY.
Time Coming In Many Sections When
Thrifty Trees Too Small to Cut Will
Have Market VaIue-SeIection of
Varieties 10 important.

In a New York state reading course
lesson It is said that the timber crop
can be improved by care for the same
reasons that other crops can be i'm
proved.
Although it takes longer to raise this
crop than any other it can be raised
On land otherwise unproftable or idle
Such crop will in the end yield a
comfortable bank account and the
value OF the wood lot to the farm is
greater than the sale value of the crop.
In the convenience and the saving OF
money by having various wood prod
ucts at hand. in protecting buildings
and fields from wind and in the beauty
of the farm. The time is coming when
thrifty young timber not yet large
enough to cut will have high value.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
CornfeId Mulch.

The most effective mulch in the con-
servation of moisture in the cornfield
is we'll cultivated surface one to
three inches in depth. This can be
made By small shoveled shallow rum
ming implement that will leave the
ground perfectly level. \ one horse
spring tooth cultivatOr used after the
corn is too big to cultivate with the
two horse plow will answer the pur-
pose. A six or eight shovel spring
tooth cultfvator is made for such pur-
ment which will run shallow and not
disturb the corn roots. but cover the
entire surface between the corn rows.
can bc successfully used.-kansas
Farmer.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
THEORY OF FER7ILIzING.
Balance Maintained if Care Io Taken to
Restore Valuable Elerents.


The rIoslern Use of frrtjliznrs is h,S-
ed mHinly upon laws laid down by Lie
big about seventy years ago:
"a soil can be termed fertile onIy
when it contains all the materials req.
u!Site for the nutrition of plants il,
The required quantity and in the proper
form
with every crop n portion Of these
ingredients is removed. 4 part of this
portion is again added from the mex
liaustibIc store of the atmosphere. An
other part, however. is lost forever if
not replaced by man.
1.-The manure produced in the course
of huslDandry is not sufficient to main
tain permanently the fertility OF II
farm. 1t lacks the constituents which
are annually exported in the s,iape of
grain. hay milk and live S.ock.''
These laws are deduceI from the
fact that. although plants derive The
bulk Of their food from the air in the
form Of carbon dioXitle and water Il
small but essential portion-viZ, the
inorganic, or ash constituents and most
oI lIlc nIIrOScu- are ufHWn from TIE
soil In the application Of the laws to
the fcriiiZiny of the soil it has been
held that of the fourteen or more clc
nlents which plants require for their
growth only n few-viZ. nitrogen. phos
phoric acid and potash and sometimes
limc-nrc likely to be deficient in Ordi-
nary soils and must be supplied in the
form of fertilizers.
AS Licbig points ont. the balance of
fertility is against the farm in Or
dinHry systems of farming. but the
fertility of the soil can be maintained
practically unchanged and even bal
ancc in favor Of the farm secured if
care is taken to restore to the soil the
fertiiZiny constituents removed i'm
farm products. such. for example. as
feeding the crops to stock on the farm.
carefully saving the manure and re-
turning it to the soil and when practi-
cable combining rotation of crops and
green manuring with leguminous
plants. which gain nitrogen from the
air. with Il system of stock feeding in
which farm products comparatively
poor in fertilzing constituents are ex-
changed for feeding stuff rich in such
constituencies American.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

AM not what you would call
cute. sharp man. but have an
analytical and logical mind. | do
Il bit of detective work now and
then for my own amusement. and
though the press has spoken we'll Of
my efforts. the Regular officers sneer
at them as Il matter Of course. l have
given them several pretty hard knocks
in my time. and suppose they are
just tilted in feeling cut up over it.
Fifteen years ago got my first
chance to pit myself against the regu-
lar detectives of the famous Scotland
Yard Squire Farley while travelling
on horseback had been murdered and
robbed OF i2.OGo \ detective was at
onre summoned from Scotland Yard.
While was on the ground before
the detective. | gathered nothing but
what he might have learned later on.
The squire had been proceeding over
soft red earth. There We're the tracks
where lie had pulled up his horse when
accosted Then he had descended from
the saddle and left tracks of his own.
His assailant had worn the shoes Of IL
farmer and had come from Il boat
moOred ut the bank of the stream.
There was the dent in the bank made
by the boats stem. and twigS and
leaves had been stripped off IL bush as
the painter was fastened and united
again. There wasn't IA stone to be
found for forty rods around. but there
was Il root with Il hard knot at the
end lying almost beside the body.
Watch. ring, pin. seals. carlcase and IL
bunch of keys had been taken rs we'll
as the package of money. That was
overriding it. 1t was more like farm
er'S work than Il bold criminals. The
bride reins on the horse had been bro
ken. | satisfied myself that he had
been tied to Il tree and when asSailed
by hunger and thirst had broken away
Nothing pointed to robbery as the mo-
tive. There wasn't one chance in a
thousand that any one outside Of his
mother and sister knew of the money
According to my analysis. it was a
clanre meeting There had been words.
and the squire had di>mounted. Then
there had been Il glappe. and he had
been struck down. The robbery Of the
corpse had been an afterthought and
was done to disarm suspicion.
Nineteen times out Of twenty the
man who is not killed for plumber is
killed for revenge. Who thirSted for
revenge on Squire Farley: He might
possibly have wronged some farmer
ereabout but it takes Il great wrong
to call up thoughts Of murder. 1t was
more than likely that there was girl
in the case. even though his mora! rep
utation stood high. began work on
this hypothesis after the detective had
failed and returned to London. The
squire had not gone cOurting at any
farmhouse, and SO l looked for the girl
in one Of the dozen country inns. l
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
Set Apart For the Farmer
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FOR THE THINKING FARMER.

Arc you Il dailyman? Begin
next winter with II fun siIo.
Your cows will be happier. your
milk paiiS filled more often and
your cream checks larger.
According to Il writer in the
Garden MHgazi'ic. plenty Of fine
Tomatoes can be had without
any trouble if hardwood ashes
arc used as Il fertilizer and are
also Sifted on The leaves to keep
off the little black flies.
\ we'll ordered rotation of
crops is important for potato
success. Potatoes should not be
ccSSion on the same ground
without rotation. to insure free
dom from funyouS diseases. We
should place potatoes in rotation
after the lcgume crop which
pays best to grow upon the
farm. w. H. Olin. University
Of Idaho. in breeders Gazette.
Your pork may depend upon
the acres devoted to green crops
for maintenance Of the sows and
Digs Without green food it is
II very difficult matter to pro-
ducc cheap pork. Plant cow
peas, soy beans. peanuts, tur-
nips and mangcls for your hogs.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
Rap at Dual Purpose Cows,

The dual purpose cow that gives
about three gallons OF milk Il day and
produces Il long legged, sabsdcd
steer that tales three years to ma
1nrc to make Just passablc beef is not
the animal suitable to- run on the high
priced farm Of the twentieth century
Farm Progress.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
In the Cloud's Sffuer Linf11&
A Professional Disappointment.

A Professional disappointment.
Doctor" said Mrs. Fawncy, II be.
lieve have gOut."
What is your husbands salary, Mrs.
Fawncy?" asked the doctor.
"Why, he receives $25 per week."
You are troubled with rheumatism"
replied the doctor.-Cincinnati En-.
quirer. -~y
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
Set Riqht,

The Husband-I was taken by sur
prise when you accepted me.
The Wife-You We're taken by mis-
take. John. Don't make any mistake
about that.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

Evelyn UntronzingIy)-Rathcr en-
barrassing for You, | should think, al
ways to be b,sIling when you should
not.
Phoebe-And equally embarrassing
for you. | should think, never to be
blushing when You should.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12

More Valuable Than Money
Waiter - Didn't you forget some
thing, sir?
Guest No; ! left you Il bite of that
steak instead Of a tip.-New York Sun.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
Self Confidence

Kitty-But Jack, are you sure that
you could be true to one girl? Jack
Why, could be true to dOzen.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
A Tragedy Indeed.

A Tragedy Indeed.
HeTcrrible business, this railway
accident. Twelve killed.
She-Yes: such pity, and by their
names some quite nice people too.-.
Punch.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
No Wonder!

No Wonder!
'How about that newly married
deaf mute couple next door to you. DO
they seem happy"
"Unspeakably."-B Transcript.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-07-12
A Murder Case Never
Solved by Scotland Yard
BY JOHN BUTLER PERINE

AM not what you would call
cute. sharp man. but | have an
analytical and logical mind. do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Car Shortage in Canada

From a Consular Report.
 A serious condition obtains in western Canada because of the car shortage, and farmers of the prairie province who have thrashed their grain find themselves nn- able to market it This, taken in con- nection with the general low grades or the grain harvested, because Of tho unto- ward weather conditions of the summer has inflicted q serious burden upon tho farmer community generally.
 The railroads are handicapped because they find themselves absolutely unable to supply the demand for cars. This eon- dition is the result. primarily, of tho strike among the coal miners of West- ern Canada early last spring. The cars that should have been used during the period that elaspsed up to the grain nov Ing them arc dle; and when the gram commenced to move the cars were requisi- toned for fuel and there was an inn mediate congestion of traffic. While the railroads have equaled and surpassed in some instances the amount of grain ban dled last year, they have not been able To accommodate the farmers during the past six weeks. This has resulted in much grain being sent to eastern Cana dian ports through the United States. SiY- ing the American railroads the long haul, and has also operated to some extent In forcing the farmers to the American mar ket especially those who live along tho international boundary.
 The farmers have not been the only ones who suffered through the car short- ago and congestion incident 10 the enor- nous freight traffic which has been the rule during the past fortnight. The mer- chants of Winnipeg have suffered ma terially in several ways. The freight yards have been taxed to capacity and merchants have found it difficult to get delivery Of goods necessary for the Christi mas trade,
 Navigation closed earlier this year than in previous years: and for three weeks before the railroads ceased taking ship ments via lake ports an unusual demand was made upon the railroads for cars from Western points to the great eleva- tors al Fort William and Fort Arthur. where lake vessels load for eastern points.
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1 is in the nature formed within me. make n great difference between you and other people Pip. when I say so much I can do no more.''
 He dropped his face in his hands. When lie looked up again, there was so ghastlS a look on Miss Havishams countenance that it impressed him even in his own grief
 "Estella, dearest, dearest Estella.' he cried. Put me asee-put me aside for ever-but bestow yourself on worthier person than this creature. Miss FIavi- sham gives you 10 him as the greatest slight she can do to all other men,
 His earnestncss awoke wonder in hsi l that seemed to be touched strangely witt , something like compassion. But he saw too clearly, that she would not be moved from her purpose.
 "God bless you! God forgive youi" he said. and fled. But even as he went. he saw the spectral figure of Miss Havisham, her hand still covering her heart and her face resolved into a ghastly stare of pity
 For long while-a long time of utter wretche,ness-he did not go near Miss IIavisham again. Then she sent him q note, asking him to visit her.
 He found her sitting in the room where the feast was spread. There was such an air of utter loneliness on her that it made him compassionate for her, despite the wrong she had done him. When he spoke to her he noticed anow expression on her face, as if she were afraid of him.
 She told him that she had sent for him that she might give him sum of money that was needed to help one of his friends can 1 serve you only by serving your friend?' she asked. Can l do nothing for yourself, Pip?'
 He thanked her and said; No"
 She took a yellow set of ivory tab lets, mounted in tarnlshed gold, and with tarnlshed gold pencil wrote on them the order 10 her lawyer to pay Pip what he needed. She put the tab lets in his hand, and hers trembled as she touched him. It trembled still more as she took the chain from her nec.
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and handed him the pencil to which fl was attached. All this she did with out looking at him.
 My name is on the first leaf" said she, In low voice. "rf you can evei write T forgive her. though ever sc long after my broken heart is dust do It."
 "oh. Miss Havisham." cried Pip. q can do 1t now. There have been sore mistakes and my life has been blind and thankless; and want forgiveness too much myself to be bitter with your
 She turned her face to him for the first time TO his terror she fell on her knees before him. Her white hair fell 1 over his hands when he tried 10 lift her. Her worn face bent to his hands and dropped hot tears on them "Oh, what have I done! What have I doneg' she cried.
 | She wrung her hands and crushed her white hair, and repeated the cry again and again, monotonously, and she let herself drop to the ground. It was only after a long while that Pip succeeded in soothing her. and felt safe to leave her.
 He thought that he would walk around the place once more before say ing good bye to 1t forever. He went | from spot to spot in the sad house, and stood a little while in every spot that was associated with Estella. When he | reached the gate at last. he paused and reflected that be should send one of the servants to look after Miss Ha a- visham But he knew that she would not wish 1t; and he turned again. to look in on her himself and make sura that all was right with her.
 He saw her seated as usual in her ragged faded chair. with the candles burning close by her hand. He was turn- ing to go away quietly when a great flaming light sprang up. In the same instant he saw her running wildly, shrIek- ing, with a whirl of fire blazing all about her and soaring many feet above her head
 He had double caped great coat, tore it off, closed with her, threw 1t around her, dragged madly at the table cloth rot N''N ''''N I'i BpN' Nlln It. ufdEEed down all the heap of rottenness and death. He struggled with her, as if they were enemies in battle, till the flame was out aud oniy patches Of finder yet alight were floating in the air the remnants of her bridal dress.
 They laid her on the great table, ana she had her old ghostly bridal appearance anew, for she was covered to the throat with white cotton wool As she lay there, where she always had declared that she wished to lie when she was dead, with white sheet covering her, the phantom air was strong upon her.
 Toward midnight she began to speak, with q wandering mind. She said only three sentences innumerable times, in a low. solemn voice. They were: What have I done?" And then. When she first came to me l meant only to save her from misery like mine.' And then "Take the pencil and write under my name, I forgive her '
 She never changed the order of the sentences. She never ceased. until she died
 Copyright. 1912. by D. W. Muller)
 Title of next Sundays artlcle Mrs. Dombey--Dickens' Most Emotional Char acter7
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reason. against self respect, against hope of happiness with her even if he won her. But he loved her. Miserably, with no sweetness in the love, he loved her
 In his good fortune he did not forget Miss iIayisham. He visited her at regu- lar intervals and sat with her in her candle lit tomb. He. told himself Chat it was gratitude. Miss Havisham had made many generous gifts to him for his old services once, when he-was the old Pip, it would have been gratitude, ineedi but it was not now. It was his desire to hear about Estella, the hope of seeing her, that brought him there. He never went to visit Joe, who had been good to him.
 Pip was poisoned. but he was not ruined. Though he neglected Joe, and was ashamed of him, he still had tho virtue in his heart of being moro ashamed of his ingratftude. Though his love for Estella had made him false to his old friend, it kept him true at bottom, because 1t was true love. Miss Havisham, despite her distorted mind, came to love him.
 And when, sone day, Estella announced that she was going to marry man whom Pip knew, and he pleaded with her, be- fore Miss Hayisham not to throw her self away on a creature so debased, so brutish, as this man was known to be, then Miss Havisham awoke as from q dreadful dream and looked at the two young creatures with d dawning terror of what she had done.
 "I love you, Estella," said good Pip "Ive loved you ever since I saw you first in this house"
 Miss Havisham put her hand on her sheart and hcld it there
 When you say you love me said Estella. q know what you mean, as q form of words; nothing more. I don't care for what you say at all. l have tried to warn you of this; have I not."
 Yes he answered, miserably. But surely it is against nature-you, so young, untried and beautiful. Estella"'
 Ut is in my nature" she replied. Tt