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the best condition to bloat easily. but
not n bloated. Not in their several
years experience have the Aliens had
any animal bloat on sweet clover.
FOR hay. the first years growth
can be left until it is we'll matured be-
fore cutting, as it does not form such
coarse. woody stalks as IL does in the
second year. The old growth should
he cut for hay Just before the bloom
appears. The crop is harvested much
as is alfalfa. hut all possible care
should he used to prevent the leaves
from sllatterine. as they are the most
valuable portion of the plant.
"Sweet clover delights in hard. COM
pact soils. exposed sibsoils, strong sit
nations, and conditions too adverse for
most other plants to thrive. Sweet
clover grown in comparison with 9TH
err plants used as green manures usu-
ally adds much more humus-forminE
material to the soil than many others.
Sweet clover is a biennial; 1t is easily
restrained and a not he considered
a noxious weed. Sweet clover makes
good hay if cut lust before it blooms.
and is nutritious pasture for horses.
cattle, sheep and hogs. if grazed while
growth is young: it thrives best in
soils rich in lime: it can Ne seeded or
the hare ground in January. February
or March. with oats in April or alone
on prepared ground in May. or at the
end Of summer as is often done with
alfalfa. Sweet clover will help solve
the problem Of abandoned fields: it
will help heal the scars on washed
and quilted fields and make green pas
lures possible where barren clay knobs
now prevail"
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EXPENSIVE DINNERS SHOCK
HIM.

New York Times: Whatever dlfo-
Guilty one ma have III accept'hE as
truth. whole truth, and nothing nut
truth, the report that a cashier III one
Of our his and expensive
resigned because he couldn't stano ~
to see people paying so much tor
meals. there is no III that a man
with a conscience peculiarly sensi'iVe
IA violations of economic moraltties
might veil he moved to action as des-
perate as this.
n Is said that what drove this par
ticular man from a Job that many
would consider more than fairly easy
n pleasant was the taking in OF $50
as payment for a dinner served to
three. That was or was not a terrible
thing. according to the point OF vlew'
but when one remembers the amount
Of work most people have to do to
earn Sos, the adequacy with which
three persons can dine for a TENN
mr. even a twentieth of that sum. and
the number of more commendable
uses to which the remainder VI ~
might have been put by a more ingen-
ious possessor-then such a disposition
of it does tend, perhaps, to produce
4 sensation partaking of the qualities
Of both rage and disgust.
OF course there are standpoints
from which the transaction at which
the conscience of the sensitive cashier
Is said to have ~revolted would not look
as wicked as it did to him. Probably
there are several from which it could
he defended. None of these stand
points, however. is likely to be occu-
pied by philanthropists. by aesthetics,
or even by those whose highest en-
dowment is a keen sense OF relative
values.
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\ CHURCH PROBLEM ALSO.

1t is generally admitted that the
method under which national political
conventions are organized is entirely
wrong. The practice in the repuhli-
can and democratic parties is identi-
cal. Each state is entitled to twice as
many delegates in a national conven-
ton as it has senators and representa-
tives together. The number of repub-
licans or democrats in the state does
not matter. Because Of peculiar poll
tical conditions in the south this con-
dition is more glazing in the republi-
can party than in the democratic.
There are very few states in which
there is not a fairly large democratic
vote. But in many Of the southern
states there is practically no republic
can vote whatever. Yet. if the total
population OF the state is large enough.
the southern state has as many votes
in the convention as the northern
state which casts a republican majority
vote of 100000. Such n condition is,
of course. absurd. hut. while threats
and promises Of amendment have been
made time and again. the chance is
still for the future,
The Episcopal church is lust now
struggling with a problem Ia sed on a
somewhat similar state of facts, In
the general gathering of that church
representation in the house Of dep
uties, which is the popular branch Of
the convention. is made according to
a plan which give: the smaller do
ceses representation out Of proportion
to the number Of their communicates.
and an effort is to be made att an
preaching convention in New York to
make a change. Evidently churches
n political parties have problems Of
like character.
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self to his feet. Again in his old
heart the fire Of his youth burst INTO
fame. He hurried out, close to the
heels of his dark crony.
They found the sheriff, but he
laughed and told them that they had
been drinking too much. Silently the
Indian turned and Dan followed. No
time could be lost and argument
would not convince; the Indians word
their ponies "Injun Pete leaned over
"Ketch un-Manaio waterhole." he
grunted. Dan nodded.
From the town they rode southwark
toward the blue, misty hills. jack
more would probably rest at the wa
terhole" in the hills before crossing.
He would feel safe: all the men had
been sent away except his cronies,
and he would never dream that far
back on his trail was coming a gray
veteran riding a gray horse and be-
hind him a %crouching, grim figure,
"Injun Pete"
BY a campfire a girl sat, unwound
away in the moonlight two men we're
talking. Farther off a bunch OF hors-
es, under the watch Of two men. were
cropping the thick grass that grew
nea the waterhole. It was a still
night save for the movement Of the
horses. the voices of the men and a
soft sob that broke from the girls
lips. into that silence fell the high.
faint tremulous whimper of a panther.
far up among the surrounding rocks.
The horses stirred %uneasily and the
men turned. Again came the faint
cry like a baby's whimpering-a little
stronger it sounded and the horses
snorted and began to circle. The men
rushed toward their mounts. The girl
plunged her feet into the fre:- some
thing famed: bonds burned! She
turned and ran across the fiat toward
the rocks where the panther called. A
tall man turned with a snarl and fol-
lowed her. She apparently vas ex-
hausted and stumbled forward. Out
from behind a great rock a moonlit
figure stepped. Something famed in
its hand. The pursuing man swayed
backward; the girl with a cry fell
into the arms Of The ghostly figure
and clasped 1t about the neck.
Above. whence had come the cry Of
the mountain panther, a dark figure
with rifle but close to cheek emptied
the last saddle among the swirling
horses below and grunted with deep
satisfaction.
The trump hand had been played.
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cronies waiting: all the other men
had started for the ranges. Jackmcre
having refused them permission to
put i'll the usual time in town be-
cause of the work that was pilink up.
The old man packed his few belong
ines. took his saddle from the rack
and went to the corral. At his whis-
tie. a gray pony, long past his youth.
trctted to the bars and was let out.
a few minutes later the old cowboy.
dropping in his saddle. rode from the
ranch and set his face downward.
An hour later he sot off stiffly from
the dusty horse and stumbled into
the barroom of the Nendome hotel,
his. old time haunt. After 4 drink
that washed the alkali out of his
throat and q%uickened heart he went
to a corner and eat down to brood on
the change that had come into his
life. He drank and brcoded and
drank, n the afternoon waned. Few
spoke to him. and It was not until the
room was emptyinE of tts inmates
about s o'clock that he frightened up.
Into the doorway came an Indian.
Over his shoulders ~ draped a blan-
ket thickly coated with alkali dust.
His small heady eyes roved around
the room and rested on Dan. Dan
was glad to see him. Tie was an old
crony. "Jnjun Pete" 2 Sioux. The
friendship between them was an old
one and a strange one, hut it was a
true n
The Sioux came up and pushed
aside the glass Of whiskey in front Of
Dan and leaned over and in broken
EnEltsh told him he had been rid
ing along the fiat by the ranch and
had seen Jackmore with four others
leave the ranch. In Jackmore's arms
was a girl. bound and gagged. The
four men were driving a bunch of
horses--the pick OF the stock. the
pride Of Redmun's stock.
Simply. coolly. the Sioux told it. 1t
was plain to Dan Jackmore was a
crook. Some way or other Redmun
had been fooled into trusting him. He
was running now for the Mexican
border. taking thousands Of dollars
worth OF horsefiesh and the girl.
Dan hreathed hard az he thought
Of The girl he loved. lie drew him
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There is a young physician who has
never been able to smoke a cigar.
Just n poisons me-" says the
youthful doctor.
Recently the doctor was invited to
a large dinner party. When the
women had left the table cigars were
accepted by all the men except the
physician. Seeing his friend refuse
the cigar the host in establishment
exclaimed:
What! not smoking? Why. my
dear fellow. you lose half you din
ner!" r.
"Yes. I know ] do" meekly replied
the doctor. but II 1 smoked one I
should lose the whole Of IT,"
A gentleman gave a large dinner
party In Dublin once and invited Mr..
O'Connor. one Of the wittiest men In
his his '"nsua'' III. o, Como anu acc alpsri
the invitation with pleasure. But
from the beginning to tn, end Of the
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1t is natural that members Of a re-
spected profession dislike greatly to
have one of the fraternity connected
with a crime. But there is no need
for over sensitiveness in such matters.
The perpetrator' of New York's latest
sensational murder has been a priest
and he also received a medical train
Ing. His accomplice in another crime.
that OF counterfeiting. is a dentist. Yet
these facts constitute no reflection or
the clergy. the medical profession or
the practice of dentistry. The Grim
inal Is usually more or less active in
some legitimate occupation. His dis
grace does not disgrace the occupation.
He has simply proven that he is un-
worthy.
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Colonel "Jim Ham, Took the Lady's
orders-senator Bristow, Says Sen.
ator James, Is Like Uncle Ben.
(Bx Herbert CorM.l


Washington, Sept. Ex-senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
creased, shimmering and iridescent,
leaned against the door Of the Will
lard's dining room waiting for the ar
rival of a friend. A beautiful lady
entered and touched him upon the
arm.
T." said she. prefer that little
table near the window
MI. Lewis escorted her, pulled out
her chair, busted it of with an IS
silk handkerchief. whiskei an invis-
ible crumb away, M placed the menu
in her hand. He vas about 10 retire
when
wait" said the beautiful lady.
What do you recommend this morn
ing?"
"A Canada melon?" suggested Mr..
Lewis.
The lady bowed her head.
Perhaps some creamed fnnan had
die with a baked potato?"
Very good" said the lady.
And" said Mr.. Lewis, executing
a genufection from the hips, 'the
services of one of the very courteous
and attentive waiters?"
Senator Bristow. the progressive "f
Kansas, ran foul. Of Senator James.
the vicegerent Of Bryan In the SEN
ate. Whereupon MFR. James ran Eve
fouler of Nj. Bristow.
Before 1 answer the gentleman'a
question:" said Mr.. James somewha:
sourly. II would like the gentlem,n
to tell me to what party he belongs?
Mr.. Bristow said that query was ir-
relevant and immaterial.
THE gentleman" continued NJ.
James, reminds me Of old Uncle Ben
Allen. who lived in the days before
There was a parcel of persons BUSH
whacking around the Allen neighbor-
hood burning barns and such. Old
Uncle Ben took down his double-bar.
relied shotgun and called his o
LETS go out II lock at them
fellows that are a~.projeckin' around
here a y Uncle Ben.
"'What do you reckon you're goina
for to dog" asked q son.
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tened and her face grew grave and
hard.
He's in charge, Dam" the girl said,
and we can't do anything. but when
father comes back things will be diff
ferent. Jackmore is troubling me
more than ever now that auntie's sick.
Blu I can. endure him if ] have to-"
Shields Strengthened. What's he
doing, little girl?" he asked.
She leaned Eel and touched his
wrinkled' cheek gently. Hes just
making love to me. Dan. Don't be
angry with him. I can handle him.
They discussed plans for Dan and it
was decided 1t was best for him to
ride into town and stay there until
Redmun returned. Dan wanted to
stay near her. but she laughed his
fear off.
When he reached the bunkhouse he
found only four of Jackmore's special
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-25
f CLOVER.

Sweet clover has generally been re-
Garded as a mischievous weed, and
some pains have been taken to cradi-
cate it where it has gained a foothold.
It is possible, however, that the pop
ular belief concerning this plan has
been a mistaken one. Several articles
have appeared recently in which sweet
clover is described as having high food
value, and as being liked. by stock.
There have een other cases in the
past Of plants that were considered
weeds being found to possess valuable
properties, and sweet clover may be
another Of them.
The Times publishes below a few
paragraphs from a recent article on
this plant. knowing that similar arti-
cles are finding their way into the
agricultural press of the western
states. In passing it may be pointed
out that some slick schemes Of get
ting money for something that has no
value have been worked in the past.
and. while all these sweet clover arti-
ClSS dpPSdI VII tiCii 1o-S ~ w Wv
innocent, if they should turn out to be
parts Of a shrewd advertising scheme
we would merely have a duplicate of
schemes that nave been worked in the
past. The Times would be glad to
hear from any Of its readers who have
had any experience with sweet clover
as a forage plant. so that if anything
useful is to be learned from 1t We may
have the facts. If the plant is a use
full one its culture is to he encouraged.
II it is a weed it should be eradicat-
ed. The comments on the plant fol-
low:
1.-The value of sweet clover as a soil.
ing crop has long been known and ap-
preciated in the east and south. AS
a nitrogen gatherer 1t excels all other
legumes. In his reports on investiga-
tions DR.. Cyril G. Hopkins says that
an acre will yield ga tons Of dry mat
ter, Of which 22S pounds is nitrogen,
and that h amount grown on one
acre will furnish as much nitrogen and
humus as twenty-five tons Of average
farm manure.
prof. j.. NJ. Westgate. agronomist
United States department Of agricul.
ture. says sweet clover makes an ex.
cellent pasture for hogs. A suficient
number should be kept on it to keer
1t cropped close so that at all time,
there will be an abundance Of fresh
shoots for grazing. An acre will sup.
port twenty shoats besidec furnishing
= light cutting of hay.
"Dr. J. ]. Haskell. in an address be-
fore the Kansas City Farming asso-
citation at Garden City. Kansas, June
s last, said: For pasture. sweet clover
ts valued highly by the stockmen Of
this vicinity. 1t is the first available
pasture in spring, starting ii little be.
fore alfalfa. Two years ago this spring
there were 1000 head of cattle in our
locality grazing on sweet clover for
two weeks before another green thing
appeared Answering a question
about the danger of bloating stock
Nj. Haskell said: THE Allen Bros. o,
Hartland. Kansas. shipped 1000 head
Of cattle from Florida where they hat
nsver eaten sweet clover, and turned
them on sweet clover pasture. Thu
hrst day they picked out and ate othe,
plants. but after the second day al
ware eating sweet clover. These cattl.
had lbs1n on the road eleven days and
vess very thin, aud wssk-in fact. II
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rious face. The host thought this
very strange. and just before rising
from the table remarked to him Jest
inkly: Why. O'Connor, old fellow,
! don't believe the biggest fool in Ire.
land could maye you laugh tonight"
W~hereupon his guest answered in a
solemn tone. speaking his first word
that evening: Try"
A University of Illinois professor il
very popular among the students. He
was entertaining a group of them at
his residence n night. Taking down
z magnificent sword that hung over
the fire place. he brandished it about,
exclaiming. Never will I forget the
day l drew this blade for the first
time" Where did you draw It, SIR
an awe-struck freshman asked, "At
a rafle," said the professor.
He was a young mana candidate
for an agricultural constituency-and
he was sketching in glowing color.
to the audience OF rural voters the
happy life h laborer would lead I'm.
der an administration for the pro.
pagatiOn of sweetness and light. 1--WE
have not set three acres and a COW,
but II will come. Old age pensions are
still of the future, but. they Will come
Similarly = item Of his compre.
hensive program was Endorsed by the
same parrot cry. Then he went on
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to talk of prison reforms. II have
not yet personally" he said, been
inside a criminal iunatic asylum."
Then there vas q voice from the back
of the hall: But it will come"
Judge-"Have you been in this
court before?"
Prisoner-"No. SIR"
Prisoner-"I am, SIR"
Judge--"But your face looks de-
cidedly familiar. Where have l seen
it b%efore?"
Prisoner-'Fm the bartender in the
saloon across the way SIR"
A professor of sciences. we'll known
for his Observation-Disclosures, was en-
gagged in a deep controversy one day
with a fellow scholar when his wife
hurriedly entered the room. oh, my
DEAR she cried, i've swallowed a
PIN"
The professor smiled. Don't worry
about it, my DEAR" he said in a sooth-
Here"-he fumbled at his lapel
here is another pin"
A teacher in a school in a Yiddish
section of New York was trying to
find from a tiny boy the name of his
father. He seemed quite unable to
think of it, 80 to help him she asked:
What do you call him?"
II call him father" was the reply.
We'll. what does your mother call
him." And the response, an eloquent
comment on domestic relations in the
neighborhood, was:
She doesn't call him anything
che likes him." g.
A fire broke out one day in Francis
| Wilson's dressing Dom at the theater
| where he was playing.
He had some of his books around
him, and in an agony of despair asked
himself:
Which shall I save" He glanced
at his precious Chaucer. at some
Shakespearian volumes, when "
Come. Mr.. Wilson," broke in at the
door from a fireman. you have not
a moment to lose"
Yes. yes Coming" replied Wilson,
absently.
He was looking for a special H.
Illuminated volume very dear to him.
Come, Wilson," cried his manager;
come, get OUT"
IAN right. all right" said Wilson.
and, grabbing some clothes in one
hand. he snatched with the other the
nearest volume and ran to the street.
There he looked at the huge volume
in his arms. 1t wa the city directory.
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Representative Mondell Of wyom-
ing allowed to Representative Adam
son of Georgia that the democrats are
riding for a hard fan over this ques
ton of patronage.
There are only a few thousand
jobs o can get your hands on,
ME as though at least FIVE democrats
are absolutely certain of landing each
Job"
Mr.. Adamson is on occasion a good
humored kidder.
you remember. don't you," said
he. the story of the owner Of Nancy,
h p%edigreed collier"
Mondell shook his head.
WE'LL" said Adamson. NANCY was
about to become a mother. And every
time this man met a friend, the
pective pups. And he always prom
ised. Until by and by this man met
one of these friends for the second
time.
Locke here said this last per-
son. I don't reckon that Nancy will
have more'n about ten or fifteen pup.
pies. But 1t seems to ME that you've
promised one to every man along this
creek: How you going to fulfill you
promises?'
Don't you low said Nancy.s
owner. that it's q mighty mean man
that won't promise a friend a pup"
Every now and then the messenger
places a parcel before Assistant Sur
geon-General Rucker Of the Bureau
Of Public Health. Whereupon Ruck-
err knows that it is a rat tran.
THE designs have never ceased
coming. Every now and then q tidal
wave Of rat traps overwhelms this
office. Then I know that some distant
press association has heard of the do.
partment's desire for rat traps and
the country's inventors have been
stirred anew to efforts. When 1 am
an old gray-haired man walking on
two canes my Successor in this office
Will be internationally buried under
the avalanche of rat traps that l.
started IN my crisp and th~ouEhtless
youth. The moral is that one should
never start ANYTHING Of which he car.
not see the hnish."'
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DIV .John w Carov

ny JONI w. Carey.)
Who just about one year ago
was hailed on every hand as All
the Works and Then Some. Too
the King Of Baseball Land? Who
made Napoleonic Mugs look
somewhat like a dub and for the
asking might have had a mort
gage on the Hub? Whose classic
phiz bedecked the sheets of we'll
known pinkish hue, with dope on
how he ate and slept and how he
laced his shoe? Whose shOw-up
was the signal for the flags to be
unfurled and bands to hail the
ruler Of the Champs of All the
World? Whose tag, we'll bet,
YOU tickle fans right now cannot
recall? Let's see deep thought),
what WAS his name: oh. yes,
that's tt-Jake Stahl. -..~
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Advertising pays. although the fac
that the man who advertises for a
wife gets her, need not he taken az
conclusive evidence. o.
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In defense Of the detective Il,
should be sail that in real life he
rarely wears false whiskers.
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A fashion journal informs US that
p~etticoats are so unpopular that NAM.
pine are wearing tights. And nos
sihly many Of them are not.
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Among the other. horrors of war.
are some OF the songs written about
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Hon. Burbank should take a day
OFT and produce n seedless watermel-
on. something which would fiji . a
l. I. ".
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How happy the average married
man would be II he we're only half
as we'll satisfied with his wife as he
Is with himself!
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One never realizes what a soft snap
one has until a loses ones teeth.
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POINTED

II a woman isn't particular she is
peculiar.
It's easier to hear OF ghosts than 1t
IL to see them.
The umbrella has its ups and downs.
but 1t never kicks.
Some women worry about worries
they might have had but didn't.
The successful man never tells you
what he is going to do next.
If It is the right kind Of q home a
boy will never run away from 1t.
One pretty girl will inspire more
feminine envy than a dozen clever
one
The young man who shows up with
an engagement ring Is apt to get he
glad hand.
Perhaps babies are so expensive be-
cause the stork has such q long bill.
A woman may not even want to
know her own mini until after she
has changed 1t four or five timeA
After q man has loafed around q
while waiting for his ship to come
in he Is willing to compromise on a
schooner.
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shop for the
Advertised
Barsains.


to talk of prison reforms. 81 have
not yet personally" he said, been
inside a criminal lunatic asylum"
Then there Vas q voice from the back
of the hall: But it will come"
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Some women worry about worries
they might have had but didn't.