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outlying clumps Of bayberry and hensn

outlying clumps Of bayberry and hcn"n
plum bushes and entered the grove.
Then she heard low voices. AS she
crouched at the edge of the grove, two
figures passed slowly across the clear
ing, along the bush bordered path and
into the shrubbery beyond. John ELL
cry was walking with Grace Van
Horne. He was holding her hand in
his and they were talking very ear
nestly.
Keziah did not follow. What would
have been the use? This was not the
time to speak. She knew now and she
knew, also, that the responsibility was
hers. She must go home at once, go
home to be alone and to think. She
tiptoed back through the grove and
across the fields.
Yet If she had waited, she might
have seen something else which would
have been, at least, interesting. She
had scarcely reached the outer edge
of the grove when another figure pass
ed stealthily along that narrow path
by the bluff edge. A female figure
treading very carefully rising to peer
over the bushes at the minister and
Grace The figure of Miss Annabel
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i hundred and eighty dollars from this
source. The fifty hens. ought to pro
duce what eggs and poultry the farmer
needs and furnish fifty dollars worth
llof material for sale. Adding these
sums together gives us one thousand
| three hundred and five dollars as a
possible income from such system of
| farming.
| From this income all the expenses
l.of running the farm and of the family
living must be paid; but with half an
acre of garden, an acre and half OF
Eorchard, and with all the potatoes,
cabbage and onions the family can
consume, with hogs for meat, and
with the. eggs and poultry the family
living ought not to cost more than
two or three hundred dollars for.things
bought. !, H. SIS r3@. ua
The city man must not get the idea
that he can start in a system of this
kind without experience and make a.
success of it from the start. 1t will
mean a lot of very hard work, hard
living and hard study for two or three
years, and of these three things study
is the most Important. On the other
hand, the man who thoroughly under-l
stands his business can increase the
income here estimated very materially,
One other very IMPORTANT Consider.
alton in connection with hi farm Of
this kind: It, is assumed that It is
near enough to a town or city to per-
nit the farmer wien fe@i carrying
his potatoes, cabbage and. onions to-
market, to bring back with him on,
each trip load of manure for use on
the farm. 49, ife"%@ p"
Where this can be done such a farm
could be made highly fertile. The
places to put manure in such a sys-
tenn would be just after. the potatoes.
just before either of the corn crops,
and in the fail Of the year manure
could be put on the clover field wAlch
was used for pasture during the sum
mer This field should then be plowed
late in the fall in preparation for po-
tatoes the next year.
Copyright, 1913, by C. M. Shultz)
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STRANGE FACTS
ABOUT FLOWERS
Every Single Plant Has Some Pc
cuIiarity-Some of Them
Can Be Seen.

Violets open at three or four a. M,
closing about eleven or twelve; some
wild roses about four and five a. M;
night shade, about six in the morning;
buttercups and lilies are open by
seven a. m. Early openers close at
noon. : Among others, the evening
moth flowers open about six p. m.
Cactus grandifora begins opening at
nine or ten in the evening, closing at
midnight. The majority of flowers,
however, are open from, nine in the
morning until six in the evening.
Wheat flowers last only about fif-
teen or twettys .sminutes Just Flong
enough for their pollen to be carried
by the passing .wind-then their day
is. past. The hibiscus and calandrinia
remain open for only three or four
hours: but foxgloves last six days and
some orchids from thirty to eighty
days. e-t4,s ,.,sts Is. sau.et <,
Every single flower we look at has
some little popularity of its own Some
of them we can see, but not under
stand even by thorough examination. :
There are orchids which throw their
insect visitors into a shower bath OF
water, so they have to get out, by rea-
son of their wet wings, up "a certain
path, where they touch the pollen
masses and stigma. There are other
orchids which throw the pollen masses
at the insect q
The yucca is lily-like plant, resem,
bling the aloe, and particular sort
of moth lives wholly upon it.
When the flower opens, this moth
proceeds to knead up ball of pollen
and inside places an'segg, then thrusts
the ball down into the ovary of the
flower.
There a grub develops from the egg
and eats the pollen, and some of the
pollen fertilizes the young seed. n If
yuccas died out the moth would be ex-
terminated, and if the moths were de-
stroyed no yuccas would ever set their
seed. p ~ =.
H(Copyright 1913. by O. NJ Shultz.1.
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POIS0NS FOUND
IN SOME PLANTS
Bundles of 0xaIate Crystals Are
Offensive to Rabbits and
SnailS.
nv MYRLE IRONS.)

The part played by the powerful
chemical substances secreted in the
various parts of many plants is i'm
perfectly understood. Free prussic
acid in some plants was the remark
able discovery made not long ago,
and now Professor Peche has con-
cluded that in the cherry laurel this
poison is stored in various tissues as
a reserve plant food. Other German
biologists have been seeking to prove
that various plant poisons give pro-
lection against enemies. Results
have been obtained by Prof. w. Pey-
er tending to show that the various
acids, oils, alkaloids, glucesides, and
other chemicals of plants are poison
GUS or offensive to rabbits" snails,
insects. and other creatures. In the
pastures the plants yielding medicinal
oils are avoided by both grazing and
wild animals. The acid bearing plants
such as ares ased for human food as
salads, are poisonous to snails and
slugs, and are" protected nearly as
effectually against rabbits Beans,
peas and lentils contain some un-
known poison that causes rabbits and
mice to refuse the seeds until the
active principle has been removed by
several washings. An acid product Of
Seeding roots-such as maize oats
and ,rye-repels snails, as do hairy
stalks and sticky surfaces, and plants
having bundles of calcium oxalate
crystals are offensive or poisonous not
only to rabbits and snails but even &c
man.
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By w. J. sPILIMAN. Chief Of United
/ States Bureau of Farm ManaaeInentDI
Near the larger cities it would prob
ably be better to grow some of the
more perishable truck crops and To
keep one horse for marketing pur-
poses, but ins most country places the
system as outlined here would be more
satisfactory and would require only
/ two horses. -
In addition to four COWS and two
horses the owners of suchsa farm could
keep one or two brood sows and fifty
hens. .,.-...- ..=-.=z.-- ..s....
Assuming that the farmer under
stands his business and is on a soil
and in region adapted to the type
of farming here outlined, it ought to
be possible on such a farm to secure
an income somewhat as follows: The
five acres of potatoes ought to pro-
duce five hundred bushels at least, and
If the man is good potato grower
the field can be made to average more
than, two hundred bushels. ~ :
One ought to, average at least fifty
cents a bushel for the potatoes. This
would make $3.50 for this field The
three acres of cabbage ought to pro-
duce $780, and the two acres of
onions ought to produce $500. The
onions require good deal more work
than the other crops, hence, the
smaller acreage of them. After the
farm is started the farmer must be
guided by his experience, and it
might prove wise to put the entire
five acres in onions, provided labor is
available. Az. sst7
If the four cows kept are good ones
and the farmer is not justified in
keeping any other kind-one of them
ought to furnish dairy produce for the
family, and the other three, if prop
erly managed, ought to produce sew
enty-five dollars worth of dairy prod
ucts apiece year, making two hum
dred and twenty-five dollars income
from the dairy.
1t ought to be possible to produce
twelve pigs to sell at an average price
of fifteen dollars each, making one
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Guided by Wireless.

The latest and most wonderful use
It'd which wireless apparatus has been
pdt is set forth in a paragraph from
Berlin, Germany. According to the
newspaper report experiments have
been going on for. some time with a
rudderless,- crewless, motor boat on
Lake Wansee which have proved re.
markably successful. The inventor
of this crewless boat is a school
teacher named Christian Wirth. In
trying out his invention the boat was
tdwed out two miles in the lake and
BY means of wireless apparatus
all the boats movements were di-
I'd cted. The boat threaded Its way
uherringly through numerous craft
without the slightest accident.
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GOING Half Way.

Rutgers Jewett, the literary adviser,
was urging young novelist to take
up his residence in New York.
: Come to New York." he said, "and
then, In every emergency. the publish
ers and magazine editors can turn to
you.
"Men continually tell me-" Mr.. Jew
EFT continued, "that things never como
their way. 1 feel like shouting in re-
ply: r
"But why not try putting yourself
In the right placer"
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It,omesic:ikness Spells photographs.

Aunt Maria thought, ard so did her
relatives in the big citr, that :. the
/ photographer was unpafdonably dis
courteous. For three successive days
he refused to take Aunt Maria's photo
gfaph u ON the fourth day he told
why. 81 IA <o
'In justice to her." he said, / dc
not want to take her pictures now.
she is too homesick. Most out-of'
town people want to be photographed
while in the. city. If they are longing
for home 1 put them off with one ex-
cdse or another until the homesick-'
ness wears off,
III you want your alnt's pictures to
turn out well, just hunt up some one
from her home town who happens to
be visiting here at present and bring
him here SO she will meet him unex-
pectedly. The meeting will put sparkle
and animation into her face. and hei-
tier she nor 1 will be disappointed
with the photographs, ~
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Imnortance of cowneas.

Cowpeas are getting to be moro
and more important crop each year.
When farmer has grown them onca
he wants more next. year. They are
a southern crop, yet they are a profit,
able crop for the north, and should
be sown more Try some for tho
mich COW, and see if it does not pay.
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important Industry.

Few people realize how many thou,
sands of. people are :.engaged in the
raising Of pigeons, both for7the market
and the show room. 1t is an impor-
tant branch of the poultry industry,
and is becoming more and more popu'
lar each year.
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CHAPTER TX.
In Which keziah's Troubles Multiply

In Which keziah's Troubles Multiply.
Keziah was getting worried about
her parson. Not concerning his popu-
larity with his congregation. x She had
long since ceased to worry about, that.
But what worried Mrs. Coffin was
John Ellery's personal appearance and
behavior. He had grown perceptibly
thinner during the past month, his
manner was distract, and, worst of all
in the shousekeeper's eyes, his appetite
had fallen off, She tried all sorts of
tempting dishes, but the result was
d1scourag1ng-a A-.=s-z. -s,-- ~. =. Asr- .s@ I
His Observation-Disclosures was most
acute on Sunday evenings, before pray
er meeting, and after he had returned
from the afternoon at Captain Ell
kanah's.
"Say, Mr.. Ellery,s she said, on one
OF these Sunday evenings, "do you
know, it seems to me that Elkanah's
meals must go to your head. You
amt in love, are your"
The young man started, colored, and
was plainly embarrassed.
TN lover" he repeated. I'm love,
Mrs. Coffin?"
Eyes, in love. Annabel hasn't land
ed male at last, has she? She's a
line over the side for long time"
The hearty laugh with which this
was received settled the question of
Annabel's success. Keziah was re-
lieved. ~ ~ ~
well, I'm glad of that" she said
Il amt got any grudge against Anna
bel, but neither have got any against
you. I'll say this, though, for body
that amt in love, You certainly stay
with the Danielses long time. You
went there right after meetin' this
noon and now It's seven o'clock and
you've just got home. And twas the
same. last Sunday and the one before.
Been there all the time, have your"
mo-" he said slowly. mot all the
time. I-I-er--went for o short
walk
Before she could inquire concerning
that walk he had entered the study
and closed the door after him.
Sunday was IA cloudy. warm day,
''muggy," SO Captain Zeb described 1t.
After the morning service Mr.. Ellery
as usual, went home with Captain
Daniels and Annabsr Keziah returned
to the parsonage ate lonely dinner,
and went upstairs to her own room.
Her trunk was In one corner az this
room and she unlocked 1t, taking from
a compartment of the tray a rosewood
writing case, irilaid with mother-of-
pearl, present from her father, who
had brought 1t home from sea when
she was a. girl.
From tife eas she took a. packet of
letters and a daguerreotype. The lat
ter was the portrait Of young man,
in high-collareas t2Ak, stock and fancy
waistcoat. Mrs. Coffin looked at the
daguerreotype, sighed, shuddered, and
laid it aside. Then she opened the
packet of Eetters Selecting sone from
the top of the pile, she read 1t slowly.
And, as she read, she sighed again.
She did not hear the back door of
the parsonage open and close softly.
Mgr did shes hear the fautfpus foot
steps Nm the ICONS bs16w. What
arSased her gfrom reading was her
own name spoken at the foot of the
stairs.
f'Kezia1ia-sKe ziahy are you there"
She started, sprang up, and ran out
into the hall the letter still in her
Ma aas1ldE .ffsakulaf a.ikAA*' !
who is it?" she asked sharply.
ISisIh E,lllSsss gthat your"
"NO," was the answer. TITS me-
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wat AtS sOO Ouoyy INOHac<l = W0ul
to see you for a minute"
The bspsekeepeH hnEriedlE thrust
the lettefifsto hefsttwaisss Ess9T
III be right down, Nat" she an;
swered, I'm eomiI,. s-~esa.&n.a
He was in the sitting room when
she entered. He was wearing his Suns
day suit Of blue and his soft hat was
ION the center. hhleys she held. out her
hand and he sho6kAit heartily.
Before he could speak she caught a
glimpse OF his eface.H r., 4 gAs;
what is it?v he asked. sfWhat is
the matter?"--
We'll, Keziah, it's trouble enough,
Dad and I had aEfa1lin' out. We had
what was next door to real quarrel
after dinner to-day. 1t would have been
ia real one if EsAadMt walked off and
left him. Xeziah. he's dead set on my
marryin' Grace. Says If / don't he'll
know that I don't really care a tin
nickel orx4asmssor for his wishes, or
What becomes OF the gil after he's
NEOuN. ~
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Good Excuse.
1t was on the sleeping-car.

1t was on the sleeping-car. E
"Say, mister" said the man in the
upper berth to the occupant of the
lower, "quit that music, will you?
What do you think this is, concert
hall? The rest of us want to sleep"
E'Why, the car is so stuffys said the
warbler. 81 was only cumming a little
air."
lit was then that he was hit with
Pullman pillow. remaining unconscious
for seven hours.--Harper's Weekly.
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EarIv MarkeffNC.

When mutton can be produced at
the same or less cost per pound than
beef, the fleece is clear additional
profit as with all food animals, the
greatest profit is in early maturity aud
early marketing
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Careful With Team,

Don't fail to be careful when around
autos or steam cars with the team.
Leave plenty of space between you
and them Any chance taken merely
to "show off" may mean serious dam
age or loss of life.
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Profit In Pork.

While pork can sometimes be made
at. a. profit when corn is supplement
ed with nothing but concentrated
feed, still it is not wise to use con-
centrated supplements alone.
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gone to considerable trouble to avoid
observation. Why had he done it?
Had he done the same thing on other
Sunday afternoons? Was there any
real reason why he insisted on leav-
ing the house regularly at four o'clock?
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To the Point.

"That was very appropriate re
mark the jockey made when they
pulled him from under his mount
when he stumbled and fell on him. -.
What was the remark?" .E
"'This is horse on me-" ,+f
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and hope that twill
.lbeof interest to cuff
|fering women. For
four years | ssfered
untold q COMICS al
regular intervals.
Su en- pairs nd
cramps, Severe chills
andsicknessats tom-
ach, then finally hem
orrhages until 1
would be nearly
blind. I had five
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Good Combination.

Good seed, good cultivation, good
common sense are pretty good com
bination if good crops are desired. X
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PrnE+ahie Crnns

When clover can be grown at all.
profitable crops can be grown, and the
land kept up by clover and lime.
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Leather Gloves. Necessary.

Strong leather gloves are a neces-
sity to the man grubbing bushes.
working in stone, etc, for wounds are
sure to occur. s N ,4i
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup fer Childrem
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamms-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bOttleAA
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Money is mask that makes some
vices look like virtues.
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Scraps for Poultry.

Bran or middlings and beef scraps
should be kept in receptacles to which
THEFT fowls have access at all times. "a
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The wife of shiftless man ex-
cuses him on the ground that he
means well.
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DIR. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-costed,
stomach, liver and bowels. Donot gripe. Adv.
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sHAKE INTO YOUR, SHOES Z

SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES =. ~.
Aliens Foot Ease, the Antiseptic powder for
tired, aching, swolens nervous feet GIVES
rest and comfort. Makes walking q delight.
Sold everywhere, Csc. Don't accept any SUBJ
sttute. For FREE sample address Allen 8.
Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y. Adv. -5i ~
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GIRL SUFFERED
TERRIBLY
- liz N &4 III
AT Regular IfitcrvaSs-Says
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vege-
table Compound conn
ESletely cured het

Adrian, Texas. -'sI take pleasure ip
adding my testimonial to the great liss
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What some of our youths need Is
more education and less experience.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-30
w;x.. out,ive Hush ands.

Why are there twice as many widows
as widowers in the United States?
1t is because widows are more re-
luctant than widowers to re-enter the
married state, or does it indicate that
the wife will outlive the husband?
These questions were raised In
statement dealing with national NOR
tally issued yesterday by the Conser-
walton Department of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, which contin-
ued:
I'm 1910 there were 317622s widows
and but 1,471,390 widowers in the
United States. The census shows the
astonishing fact that there were 1o.2s1
widows below the age of twenty and
but LILO widowers.
ITO what exetent does the fact that
the average age Of the husband is a
little higher than that OF the wife &C
count for this?
From the age Of 20 to "a years there
were 55,354 widows and but 1855
widowers. and the difference continues
to q marked degree throughout the
older age periods.
ITO every 100 widowers there were
2e4 widows In 1890. 231 in 1900. and 215
In 1910.
"Such statistics as are available show
that the death rate of husbands Is
higher than that Of wives. and 1t is still
higher among widowed males.-New
York Times.
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TIaEs-REPUBIICAN. MARsHALLrowN. IOWA.

tremendous economy represented b.
these figures came from increasing the
freight moving capacity per train BY
means Of improvements in train and
road equipment. The average capacity
per car rose from % tons in 1902 to ~
tons in 1911 --latest fgures): the aver
age tractive power per locomotive from
20.4sl pounds In 1902 to 2794s pounds
in 1911. Result: longer trains with
greatly augmented trainload. BY elm
mating curves and grades the perform
ance OF the car per day was stu fureh-
err increased To bear the swift pom
derous pounding. heavier roadbed and
rails and stronger bridges were provid-
ed and had to be maintained. These
improvements have paid their way IN
savings and explain why expenses
other than wages have Increased at
reduced rate and at rate so much
lower than In labor cost. with adVanc-
ing wages. reduced hours and full-crew
laws--I .cslic's Weekly.
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Great Pianist COMING.

There is to be recital at the Seq
ond Baptist church East Bro nley
street. Friday evening. Jan. ,, 1914 be-
ginning at 8 80. under the auspices Of
Master Malcolm Griffith, Of Des Ncines.
iowa. He is the son of Rev r. T. srif-
fifth. pastor Of the Corinthian Baptist
church Of Des Moines. He will be
assisted by some OF the best talent OF
Marshalltown. Come out and help n
good cause Refreshments will be
served afterward by the mission circle.
Admission Is cents for single. and 25
cents for couple. Doorkeeper. Mrs. G.
r. Warren.--Advertisem
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Monun,.nts 4o potato...

There are monuments to human be-
! ings, to animals. and. in one case
known to the writer. to a lifeboat, but
| 1t has been reserved to Germany to
rear monuments to the potato.
At Gutenberg, in Germany, a private
donor. has erected a really beautiful
monument in honor Of the potato. The
| upper part is statue OF pSir Francis
Drake who Is alleged to have intro
duced the plant into Europe. This. and
the pedestal also, Is draped with gar
lands Of the potato plant, with full
grown tubers. On one side Of the
pedestal is brakes name; on another
side Is an inscription In praise Of the
potato; on another the name Of the
donor Is given.
|, Nor is this the only German town
having monument to the gloriflcation
Of thcApotato. The town OF Murz has
a similar statue to Drake and the po-
tato and in several Of the small towns
Of the empire there are similar monu-
, ments.
The funny thing about these statues
to Drake in association with the intro
duction of the potato is that Drake had
no more to do with the matter than
you have. According to popular BELIEF
the introducer Of the potato was Sir
Walter Raleigh. Raleigh heard of such
q plant from his people whom he had
sent out to colonize America. where r.,
Is alleged to have caused them to be
planted. Such. at least, IS the general
" accepted version Of the Introduction
Of the potato. altho we know that
Raleigh had as little to do with the
matter as Drake, for Raleigh found the
potato already growing In Ireland.
where it had been introduced by the
Spaniards before his time.
But whether Raleigh or the Span
iards are the introducers OF the potato
we now stand little chance Of know
ing; Of one thing. however, we do know
and that is that Drake had nothing to
do with 1t. Yet Germany has erected
statues to Drake and the potato
It'd Rits