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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-22

Fruit is splendid N sdicin..
Dogs and chickens don't mlx.
Half-bred, COWS give half-s,lls Of
A draft horse should have a large
chest and square shoulders.
Keep the stable clean and well VEN
tlated, and free from draught.
Put not your faith. in the gentle
bull more than In the vicious one.
Wash your hands with clean water
before commencing to milk each COW.
The most important factor In soil
Improvement is growing leguminous
crops.
The easiest way to eradicate weeds
on the farm is to prevent their going
to seed.
shed of crotches and poles, Gov
cred with straw. is cheap, warm and
businesslike
Don't feed the brood SOW haavy ra-
tons of corn when within a month
Of narrowing.
Keep dust and stun out of your
milk. You can't strain it out Re-
member that.
The ability to produce profit is a
standard by which all farm stock
must be measured.
Silage made. OF corn and soy beans
is more digestible than that made
from corn silage alone.
You can weaken the constitution Of
your horse by making them carry .
burden of useless flesh.
Whole oats placed on dry, raised
platform are most profitable feeds
for young and growing pigs.
To be OF much good for feeding,
corn ought to have pretty good ears
on it. These are what count.
Dat straw is pretty good substi-
tute and makes very good roughage
when fed with plenty of grain.
The AYRSHIRE and Guernsey type
OF dairy cattle are increasing in IA
vor in the middle western states.
Individual excellence is the only
safe guide to be depended upon In
selecting cows to build up good
herd.
Some day we are going to find that
as good a way as any to use the sur
plus sour milk is to give it to the
hens.
One good dairy COW of the right con-
formation is more Of an adjunct
than several beefy animals with poor
udders.
Has the kitchen garden raspberry
patch? They are hardy, excellent
bearers, and certainly one of the most
delicious fruits.
The COW that comes fresh in the
fall is really fresh twice during the
year, the second time when grass
comes in spring.
, If corn is to be the main grain "a
ton for the cows, some bran or alfalfa
hay will balance it nicely. But it if
, not necessary to feed both.
, The mangel grows well, both north
and south, and on good soil will pay
as we'll as any other feeding crop il
, its proper place in the ration.
The wise dairy farmer has provided
himself with bunch of shoats ane
viii make or 10 cent pork out o.
| cheap skim milk this winter.
: At all times keep plenty OF oyster
shells. coarse gravel, fresh water, and
milk before the chickens. In cold
weather give them warm water anc
milk.
u IT il wrong to expect the cow tc
yield a large profit simply because
sl,e ia well bred. She must have feet
!, and care or the breeding will amour
{ to nothing.
snan beans. lima beans and navy
beans are tap-rooted plants and re
quire deep, mellow soil. Break th'
soil deeply and Dulverize 1t well be
! fore you plant beans.
Experimenters say IT takes abou
ton bushels Of corn to make 10'
rounds of pork. but when the corn Il
fed with skimmilk, seven bushels vii
, MAKE the same weight.
The successful dairy farmer mus
nrovifie winter feed of succulent ma
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-22
a Bare Field.

A bare field in winter is Ike money
In the bank that isn't drawing inter
est.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-22

ss'' ssD'ss
Keep the sows warm.
The busy hen lays best.
Keep the boar by himself.
Maintain regularity in all things.
Green bone is very rich in phos-
phate of lime.
Chickens will not stand crowding,
they are too warm blooded.
Nothing is more desirable in horse
flesh than tractabdiity and gentleness.
When the days are long some ueo-
pie have just that much more time to
kill
If the market value of feed is un-
satisfactory. sell it to the cows and
shoats.
Sheep, IL given half chance. and
If of good healthy stock are sure to
pay their way.
Keep OF the surplus fat by feeding
nuscle-producing foods and giving
plenty OF exercise.
Remember that the wood ashes are
the best kind of fertilizer for the or
hard, lawn or garden.
Skim milk from the right kind of
separator has left in it only half of
1 per cent. of butter fat.
Beg. borrow or buy all the wood
ashes you can to use in the garden;
work it well into the soil.
Celery delights in a low, rich, heavy,
moist soil and is usually grown upon
the same land year after year.
Save every bit of the hen manure.
Keep 1t dry and put it on some crop
next spring Worth its weight in gold.
Keep q close watch over the suck.
ling colts. A blemish or an injury
now may ruin the value of the future
horse.
Cows will not give better milk than
the feed you place before them. They
can't Give only the best and the pur-
est food
Experienced onion growers do not
advise or follow the practice of plant
ing onions on raw or new land as a
arst crop.
The man who dubbed the hog 9
mortgage litter" was posted; he
knew something of the possibilities OF
the animal.
A small flock of vigorous sheep or
the farm, if given good care, cannot
help but yield good returns for the
money invested.
The land that was plowed In the
fall for next years garden viii work
pIowed in the spring.
A mixture of corn and oats-twC
parts oats to one of corn-is a good
working ration. Cracked corn is pre-
ferable to finely ground.
Breeding ewes and store sheep viii
winter well on good, bright wheat
straw and stubble grasses and hal
pound of corn given to each daily.
Draft horses continue to be the lead
ing market animals, best on the farm
hest in the market and one Of the
prosperous live stock propositions To-
1913.
feeder may have his bin full o
rraia. but unless he has sufficien
rorphase to balance up the ration h'
win be shy on his profit at the end o
: the season.
Frequent cultivation of the garden
reduces the damage done by GU
worms. Cultivation exposes tn
p worms to the sun, which Is OTTER
x fatal to them.
Keen over a few Of the best ewes
of your own breeding each year. ever
though they are not SO gooo as 70.
might buy. 1t will make your hoci
more Uniform all the time.
successful way that turkeys cal
be grown is to hatch them undel
hens Chicken hens preferred) ans
brood them with turkey hens tina
are two or more years of age.
The cellar needs a little though
~
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-22
Good Grass Mixture.

Orchard grass makes a better mix
turo with clover than timothy does
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-22
WINTER WORK TO ERADICATE INJURIOUS
SAN JOSE SCALE AND OTHER TREE PESTS

Lime Sulphur Kerosene Emulsion and Whale Oil Soap Is Recon-
mended by Enomoogst of Oregon Agricultural Coege-Any
Time From November to March Will Be Satisfactory
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
Why He Couldn t.

y American philanthropist made a
business Of getting jobs for men
just out of Jail A notorious cracks
man came 10 him with letter Of in
PRODUCTION from the clergyman.
1--WE the very thing YOU want said
the phuanthropist when fEe 1allbird
had dilalCd adequately and with pride
upon his exploits I'm see M friend
Briggs. Come around tomorrow
morning
The Cracksman. encouraged by the
prospect OF honest work appeared
promptly az the appointed hour.
You TO 80 20 work az once said
the phUaurhropist " NV friend Briggs
Is producing a melodraua. In Do IS a
scene where burglar enters the room
and cracks safe II viii only take
YOU a few minutes. and YOU don't
have 20 speak a word-jusJ execute
the Job with the minute detail that
viii make it look real Your salary
will be $50 a week
The convict do,efully shook his
head
sorry 7 can't take the Job boss
cant take it' Why IT'S the chance
Of your ife''
Can't help lt. boss. I promised my
mother I'd never So on the stage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07

dashed up to the bungalow.
The superinIenGent's name was
Sheppard and his family consisted OF
his wife and boy, a lad of about If
teen years. Mildred promptly became
good friends with them all and de-
clared she never wanted to go back
to Atlanta again, whereat her ia
Their chuckled in bis sleeve.
If you like hunting and fishing,
Miss Deery, I can show you lot OF
fun up here" said Elmer Sheppard,
the lad of fifteen years.
Il should enjov il immensely, FL
mer," replied Mildred, "but you will
have to teach me"
The boxes and barrels of things
Deery had bought IN Atlanta arrived
On teams before sundown, and Mil
bred expressed her surprise at the
bulk Of H. Her father FASTENED to
explain.
We'll you see" he said, you will
like this place so wen that you will
be running up every little while from
Atlanta, so l just thought l. would
put in a supply of things to make
you comfortable. If there is any
thing you don't see that you want let
me know, and l will have II sent up
from the city"
SO Mildred settled down to live the
joys Of mountain life. But in these
Georgia mountains, in this wild and
solitary country, she came upon an
adventure that completely changed
the course of her existence.
To Be Continued Monday,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
Snap Shots

BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

The COMING OF DAY.
OVER the edge Of the sleeping world,
- over the purple-hued hills.
Past the cleaning where shadow is
furled,
Into the chasm Of darkness whirIed.
Forth from the hosts Of blacknesS
hurled
over the purple hills.
out Of the land OF the sunrise glow.
over the purple-hued hills
Into the meadows OF shimmering green,
over the brookets Of glimmering sheen.
Comes glowing morning. the summer
queen
Ahame are the purple hills
LIFE IS WORTH IT.
Life Is worth it,
Worth the turmoil and the EFFORT and
The pain.
Worth the hurt and disappointment
So you make but steady gain.
II the failure Of the morning
Give sea strength 20 struggle on.
II the evening mark some progress
From the 6imness Of the dawn
Life Is worth it
Life IS worth it,
Though YOU question as the years 60
slipping by.
Have Z sailed IN every proiecte
Have 7 set my marx too hlghe
Does the failure Of this morning
Mean Z never shan attain
Nay The power 10 strive transmuteJh
Every failure into gain-
Life Is worth 10.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
CHAPTER VIII.

yUyHEN Jennie told Tom that she
w would never, never, marry him,
It broke the boy all up. He
and Jennie had grown up together
and Tom had never had another girl.
Hadn't even ever thought OF another
Ibis whole world had been Jennie
but he had always put of asking her
TO marry him until he could make a
little more money
But what Jennie had told him about
THE MAN made him want to take
her and protect her, for Tom knew
Of the WOLVES whose only thoughts
are preying on young girls Jennie's
cid friend, the boarding house keeper
also was broken hearted for she had
always looked upon Tom as a good,
manly young fellow and had always
hoped that some day he and Jennie
would be married
Jennie had assumed a brazen air
and didn't care what anybody thought
about her esCap3de or her refusal to
marry Tom Why SHOULD she
marry TOM They wouldn't have
more than barely enough 10 exist on
times. Bah, Jennie wanted TO see
LIFE and REAL living-and the
REAL living 20 her poor little mind
was the glamour Of the things she
had seen only on the surface.
Like ice on the surfare Of a river
she didn't see the black. black. swirl
ing water underneath The next day
Jennie got real chummy with one OF
the girls at the office who did not
live al home got less salary than
Jennie-but who always had good
clothes and SEEMED always to have
good times. she knew an awfully
jolly bunch, and didn't Jennie want
to come along the next night-she
knew "a dandy fellow that would Just
suit Jennie and they would have
HEAPS Of fun
The fellows she went with were
great SPENDERS. and always bought
| her anything she wanted-so SHE
said All OF which quite dazzled Jen-
ME. and she could hardly wait for the
next evening 20 go out with her new
| found girl friend
HAL COLEMAN
TO be eontinuedD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
SYNOPSIS.

Gordon Kelly, a young man from
the mountains, who says that he
never played on any baseball club
and that he has never seen game
in his life. induces Manager Bill
Smith Of the Atlanta club. to give
him a try-out At batting and field
ing practice he creates a sensation,
The Atlanta Georgian prints whole
page of snapshots Of him and his
fame spreads throughout the coun-
try.
In the meantime he has become
very friendly with Mildred Deery,
daughter Of Galen Deery, a wealthy
timber Spectator. Forrest Cain, an
admirer OF Mildred, becomes jealous
Of Gordon and attempts to play him
a trick and gets soundly thrashed.
Gordon owns large tract Of land In
the mountains, between two tracts
owned by Mr.. Deery and Cain, who
need Gordon's property TO carry out a
land scheme
The Boston Nationals and other
big league clubs stop at Atlanta for
exhibition games on their way North
and Gordon Kelly becomes the base
ball sensation Of the hour. Scouts
who come TO see him work try to get
him away from the Atlanta club, and
then send wild kilograms to their
owners, imploring them to come to
Atlanta by the first train and do their
own bidding Nearly all the big
league magnates come, and President
Galloway, Of the Atlanta club, an
nounces that, while disposed to re-
iect all offers, his club felt the ne
cessity Of living up to the obligations
Of organized baseball and would sell
Gordon Kelly's release to the best ad-
vantage Of the stockholders of the
club. In a practice game with a big
league team. Kelly covers himself
with glory He is injured and Mil
bred rushes on the field to his aid.
The newspapers are filled with aC-
counts Of the affair.
Now go on with the story.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
Very Important.

The glib-tongued agent was trying
10 persuade Mr.. Wipedunks 10 buy a
dictionary
Its the latest thing out. he said
up 20 date IN every particular. con-
tains more words than any other has
all the technical and scientific terms
that have come into use in the last
ten years, and there isn't q feature
missing that goes 20 make a first
class work OF the kind"
Let me look az IL a minute" said
Mr. WiDe6unks
The agent handed Il over and Mr..
". inspected IL briefly. Then he
handed IL back.
Young man" he said, you can't
work that book on me
What's the matter with ite'
1t haln't got no copious index
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07

looking fnO and feeling a thousand
times betteF."-AIiss Amelia Jaquil-
lard, 613 Seventh Street. New Or
leans, La.
ST. CLAIR, PA-"My mother was
alarmed because my periods we're
suppressed and / had pains in my
back and side, and severe headaches.
I had pimples on my face. my com
plexion was sallow, my sleep was dis
turbed. had nervous spells, was very
tired and had no ambition. Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
worked a charm in my case and has
regulated me. / worked in a mill
among hundreds of girls and have
recommended your medicine to many
Of them. Miss Estella Mcguire, llN
Thwing Street, Saint Clair, Pa.
There is nothing that teaches more
than experience. Therefore. such let
ters from girls who have suffered and
we're restored 10 health by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
should be a lesson to others. The
same remedy is within reach of all.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia {. Pinkhan1 Medicine Co. ICON
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict conf
dsnee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
Two Sides
DIPLOMATIC

The Mayor Of French town bad, ln
accordance with the regulations, to
make out q passport for rich and
highly respectable lady OF his ac-
uuaintance. who, IN spite Of a slight
Disagreement. was very vain ~ her
personal appearance His native pc
likeness prompted him "a gloss over
the defect, but after a moments re
Election he wrote among the items of
personal description. Eyes beautiful
tender expressive, but one Of them
missing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
hi, IKIHI r.. IT., of h National Game

wagon. without any definite idea OF
why he did so, he pulled q slouch
hat over his eyes and turned up the
collar of his coat to conceal his iden-
tity, jumped on the tailend OF the
wagon and gave an order to the
driver.
That was the last seen of Gordon
Kelly for some months. He dlsap-
peared in the dead of night as II from
the face Of the earth. For weeks anG
weeks the police authorities. private
detectives employed by the Boston
club and baseball reporters, who be-
came amateur sleuths for the time
being, sought for him in vain. The
disappearance Of Gordon Kelly, the
$50, 900 ball player, became an un
solved mNsterN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07

Readers of newspapers are aware,
without being told, that in reports of
any great public gathering, any ex-
traordinary crime, any 100000 dia-
mond robbery. any uncommon disas-
ter, il is the newspapers that set the
pace in gathering and distributing the
news Of the event This fact is lost
sight of in this narrative. In this
particular case the newspapers told
all about Gordon Kelly, but later GER
tain things happened 10 him that the
newspapers were never able to learn,
and they will be told in the course Of
this story for the first time
The news Of Gordon Kellys great
feat in his last game in Atlanta Great
ed a profound impression throughout
the baseball world There was no
end Of praise for the player and Of
sympathy for the Boston club, which,
through the accident. had lost the SER
vices for many weeks at least of a
man for whom it had just paid that
unheard of price Of $4,000. The cham
pionship races in the two big leagues
had started and were we'll under way.
In the American League, of which
Gordon Kelly was now a member al
though not able to play, the Philadel-
phia, Washington and Cleveland clubs
had taken the lead, while the New
York and Boston clubs were off to a
bad start Jake Stahl, manager of
the Red SoX although himself limp
ing around with an injured leg be.
mOaned his hard luck.
Il have the best outheld in the
country as II is" he said but | could
use that Gordon Kelly just the same
Gee, ! wish he would hurry up and
get well before my club Is out Of the
running"
Frank Chance. manager OF the New
York Americans, cursed his fate If
we had only landed Gordon Kelly and
II he hadn't broken his leg, we would
be right up there fighting with the
leaders" he declared.
The word IF is 80 per cent Of base
ball, IL may be remarked.
Manager Callahan, Of the Chicago
White SoX said:
"Comiskey ought 10 have landed
Gordon Kelly. All need is that fell
low. besides Big Ed Walsh, to win
the American League pennant"
on May 10 the championship sea-
son in the two big leagues was
month old and Gordon Kelly was still
In the hospital al Atlanta. Mildred
Deery was still "out Of town" That
was all the information the patient
could get from the Deery residence
The Atlanta club made a short trip
10 other cities and returned to home
grounds for a brief stay. Bill Smith,
Long Tom Morrissey and other mem
hers Of the team paid daily visits
10 see their former comrade, who
got around the hospital grounds on
clutches. but who could not be in
duced 10 90 out TO the park and see a
ball game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07

CTART out girl with a dollar,
and she will come home wear
ing it, start out a boy with
one and he will come home eating it.
A girls interest in a baby is the
same as that her brother manifests in
a dog.
About all a girl does for her little
brother is TO scream about his dirty
hands every time she looks at him,
though it is as natural for a boy to
have dirty hands as it is for a cat to
have fts.
The quarrels between brothers are
over the larger share in something 10
eat but when sisters quarrel. it Is be-
cause one wore something belonging
to the other
II may indicate deep thought when
a girl scratches her head. but they
don't look at IL that way when il is
boy
Here Of late a girl is permitted to
read in the parlor fiction worse than
that her brother used 10 peruse sur
reptitiously In the barn aloft
II has always been the custom 10
compare boy with a weed and a girl
with a flower.
a girl doesn't know II. but if some
one cut of her hair. put a hundred
freCkles on her face. and a tan spot
on the end of her nose, she would be a
duplicate Of the younger brother
whose looks she so plainly despises
When brother and sister 20 10 A
party together. sister doesn't seem 10
have any recollection OF anything that
happened beyond the manner in which
her brother misbahaved
There never was a girl who couldn't
give the impression when away from
her home that her parents are
wealthy but a boy can't DO it,
Every boy is old enough to be well
come in the parlor Of a neishbor be
fore his sister thinks he is old enough
10 SIT in the parior at home
When a girl is I6 she has the right
OF way all over the road. Her mother
and father promptly side-traCk when
! they see her coming, the only one
daring a collision being her younger
brother. And he lonE shows the ef-
feCts Of it,
Individual pies strawberry short
cakes. etc. appeal 10 a girl. but never
10 boy, because they give him no
opportunity 20 get a larger piece than
his sister. There is no element Of
chance in the individual form of
/ pastry
After sister has expressed her ap-
| probation. brothers thanks sound as
cold as yesterday mornings pancakes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07
Something on His Mind.

Something's on his mind, declared
Long Tom in the club house one day
He doesn't seem TO want 10 talk
about baseball much And il would
not surprise me-" he added. emphat-
ically. TO learn that that girl that
rushed out on the field and took his
head in her lap is what's troubling
rim. Well I don't know as can
blame him, at that She was some
peacherilO. YOU hear me-"
Hell get over IT," remarked Bill
Smith. sagely As soon as his leg
gets strong enough for him 10 run
the bases you'll see him up at the
plate with that tat Of his and he'll
forget all about the girl"
A confirmed bachelor himself Ions
Tom Morrissey had nevertheless
called the turn. Something was on
Gordon ke.ly's mind. and, true 10
Long Toms prophecy, IL was Mil
cred Deery. The patient tried 10
reason things out. but the more he
thought the further he went from a
satisfactory conclusion Mildred now
knew he was a ball PLAYER. he argued
20 himself. She did not disapprove
else why did she rush on the ball
field in the presence Of that vast
crowd when she saw he was injured
DID she care for him2 II so. why
did she take herself away and leave
no word for him or send him no
word Did she want 10 forget him
entirely Was she ashamed Of her
act on the ball field2 He asked him
self these questions and dozens OF
Others ike them over and over again
and arrived al nowhere
The days passed and day by day
Gordon Kelly asked himself his end
less chain Of questions The situa-
tior became uub sarable. At last they
removed the plaster cast from his leg
and told him a change OF air would
Go him more good than anything but
warned him 20 treat his leg renderly.
He made a last attempt and called
Up the Deerv residence. with the
same result as before.
He said good bye to his friends al
the hospital went 10 his room near
the ball park. packed his things, and
that night SUMMONED an express