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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

After a little anxious talking IN
the sickroom he heard the doctor
say. Perhaps an operation. Short
" after he heard again, Operation
and "Hc could stay here.
Notwithstanding all this, Harry
went TO sleep. vt s o'clock the
next morning he was bathed and
dressed. lie ran TO his mother and
said. Mother, may ! wear my new
suit
NO" said his mother, you must
not"
please, please" said Henry. Il
won't get it soiled.'
NO" she said; don't bother me
any more And with that she de-
parted.
Henry, in spite Of what his moth
er said. put on his new suit. Again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

his lovely blue wings and soon we
were far away.
After a little while he said TO me:
How do you like your first ride
through the air, Dorothy"
l wondered how he knew my
name. but / did not like to ask, SO
l just said: Il think it is perfectly
fne!"
Then he said: Now, close your
eyes, and when tell you to open
them we shall be at the gate OF the
moon"
So shut my eyes. and as we got
nearer to the moon ] heard the chill
dren singing, and when | opened
my eyes. what do you think! was
in the moon, and everything was
covered with silver light. The chill
dren made a ring and danced around
me in the moonlight.
There was little Jack Homer, Mis-
tress Mary, the Queen Of Hearts,
Red Riding Hood. Tommy Tucker,
Cinderella, Jack of the Beanstalk
and all the rest, having a lovely
time.
Over at the edge of the moon Mr..
Jack Spratt invited me to come and
break of piece of the candy fence.
tried so hard that / fell over back
ward. Then ! woke up and found
that my visit to the moon had been
only a dream.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

ascent the mother lark covered the
eggs with her protecting wings and
peeped plaintively. Buster resolved
not to annoy the lark, and suggested
playing games instead. Frank
agreed, and for three hours the boys
played games, concluding in a race
home. Before leaving Buster sprin-
killed. crumbs on the grass under the
iark's nest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Nest Hunting
~ LILY Eiehler. aged IS.

Buster and Frank decided to hunt
for birds nests. So they prepared
little lunch and started of.
Frank was the first to see one. u
was a lark's nest, containing three
pretty eggs. The two boys scrsm-
bled through bushes and shrubbery
in their haste to reach the tree.
When Buster, the quicker Of the
two. reached the tree and began hrs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
Puzzle SOlvers

The animal represented in the
picture puzzles last week is the kan
CARGO. Correct answers were sent
by Jacob Moskowitz, New York
City; Remie Ward, Rutherford, n.
J.; Anne +. Msury, Noroton, Conn;
Doris Foster, Northampton, Mass;
Harold Guffridc. New York City;
Katherine Perkins, New York City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
CHAFFY.

When he's called he'll come and nestle
Snug against your cheek.
He will hunt through all your pockets,
Maybe there's nut" thinks he,
And If you will shell it for him
He will eat it on your knee.
But If not he'll scsmper quickly
Out into the garden plot,
Dig hole and put the nut in,
Where he'll find it, like as not,
On some cold and wintry morning;
For the little squirrels know
Just where each brown nut lies hidden
Underneath the snow.
Any one can tame wee Chaffy
If they're good and kind;
And better little playmate
You will never find.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
The Fairy Bird.

The Fairy Bird.
Nv DOROTHY GETrELL aged ~.
One day when l was all alone a
fairy bird hoped on my window
sill and said to me: Would you
like to go with me to the moon, lit
tie girl. to see all the moon-chil-
dren?"
l said that would love to go.
"An right" said he, Jump on my
back and we will be off,"
So l got on his soft back between
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

this ship and is now in Mexico.
The Arkansas is hard TO
draw because it has so many things
on deck" We like you to tell US
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

Harold Laws sent drawing OF the
Arkansas and wrote: This warship
is drawn from what | saw OF the u.
5. s. Arkansas. Ny cousin is on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

Some of our readers have little stories about their pets
+bcr GOOD times in the country their friends Others have
sent us little poems have read these stories and verses as W"
received them enjoyed them much that we decided "
keen them until we received quite number and then PRINT
them all together the received by VIVIAN
Andrews was illustrated bv his sister Ioceyn To-day are
printing great many Of these because know YOU VIII
be interested in them the children who write them we
arc always glad to get stories from readers and to publish the
best ones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
INVERTED PYRAMID.

INVERTED PYRAMID.
II u s s A II )
ST T. T. r
Y e S
N
HOMONYMs.
I. Sans, seine. 2. Seer, sere. >. Msse.
maize. 4. Crate, great. 8. Ceresis
&c rial 4. Told. to'lcd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
BY Rose Potter.

Chsffy was Little squirrel,
Nice and round and fat,
Wore warm brown fuzzy jacket,
Never wore hat.
Never thought of wearing rubbers,
When twas wet, you see,
Little Chafy mostly travelled
High up in a tree.
Chsfy had two little pockets,
Where? Who could have guessed;
Did he have them in his trousers,
In his coat or in his vest?
o dear no. Next time you see hun,
Looking fat and sleek,
More than likely there's chestnut
"Pocketed" within each cheek.
If you're kind TO little Chafy
He'll be tame and meek.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
BY EDWARD CAVE.

Editor OF recreation and Author Of
THE Boys Scouts Hike Book and
THE Boys Camp Book"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
CULTIVATION OF AN ORCHARD
During Dry Seasons Stirring OF Soil
Enables Roots to Go Deeper After
Needed Moisture.

Roots of fruit trees go down deep
into the soil, and for this reason many
farmers who have orchards think there
Is no need to cultivate them. This Is
a mistake, as great benefit can be de-
rived from cultivation. This is espe-
cially true during dry seasons, as the
stirring of the soil causes the roots to
grow deeper into the ground and en-
ables them to get the necessary mois-
ture. Disease spores on fallen leaves
and fruit can be destroyed by turning
under the sod. Very often insect pests
breed under the trees and by stirring
up the soil these places are destroyed.
In the spring as soon as the ground
is In fit condition Is the best time to
commence cultivating. This cultiva-
ton should continue while the tree Is
making it's seasons growth. After
the last blowing it is good plan to
SOW some crop which, can be turned
under as g. fertilizer the following
spring.
If frequent cultivation should tend
to make the trees grow too rapidly and
not to fruit we'll, then let the orchard
20 back into sod for while.
It is very necessary to cultivate the
new orchard-the trees will grow fast
er, the roots 60 deeper and many OF
the insect pests and diseases will be
more easily controlled.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14

them in deep; six inches Is a good
depth. They must have a good, firm
roofing to help the heavy plants with
stand the hard winds the following
years.
Cultivate and hoe often enough to
keep the field free from weeds. The
more often the soil Is stirred the
greater will be the yield. In dry
season frequent cultivation draws the
moisture to the surface and helps to
tide the plants over until the rain
comes. Sod will soon run out" berry
brushes. Keep the land level and
clean.
If no young plants are wanted for
the next year, this finishes the first
season. If, however, new sets are de-
sired, either for home use or for sale,.
this Is the way to get them. BY the
way, plants in the spring sell all the
way from SO to $40 thousand. &C.
cording to supply and demand.
Early in September bury the ends
In the ground about two inches. A
trowel makes a good tool for this pur-
pose.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
SUMMER PRUNING OF TREES
Large Limbs Can Be Removed at This
Time just az Safely as Any
other Season Of Year.

If the tree has dense top, open
nm the center to permit sunlight and
air to enter. Thin out the sides by
removing from one-tenth to one
fourth the branches, always cutting
back to a limb, and never leaving a
long stub to die or throw out big
crop of sprouts. Summer pruning can
not be proftably practised on old.
stunted, dying trees. They need re-
iuyenation. which comes with winter
pruning, but may be profitably prac-
tised upon old. thrifty, shy-bearing
trees.
Large limbs can be removed at this
time Just as safely as at any other
season of the year, only 1t Is not adj
yisable to remove too much OF the
ton at once. Where great quantities
OF wood must be removed It Is better
to distribute its removal over period
Of from two to three years, rather than
than entirely unbalanee the trees
growth.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
GOOD CULTIVATION
OF THE BURBERRY
Government Has Attained DeveI-
opment Beyond All Previous
Expectations.

The government has been expert
menting with the BURBERRY plant and
has worked out system Of pit Gull
ture under which it attains develop
ment beyond all previous expecta-
tons.
Blueberries thrive in acid soils. and
there is a large amount of naturally
acid land in the East United States
that is fit for nothing else, on which
blueberries could be raised profitably.
There are two methods of propagat-
ing the blueberry plant. The first,
which is suited to upland soils. is to
set the plant in trenches or separate
holes in well-rotted peat. about foot
deep, and mulch the surface well with
leaves or clean sand.
Give plenty of room for the roots.
The soil should afford good drainage,
as the ideal condition Of the peat about
the roots is one of continued moisture
during the growing season.
The second method Of field culture
is to set the plants in a peat bog after
it has been drained, turfed and deeply
mulched with sand. just as for cram
berry culture, except that no provision
need be made for rapid flooding of the
bog for winter. The ground water Of
the bog might be kept little lower
than is usual with cranberries.
There is a great difference between
the genuine BURBERRY and its coun-
sterfeit-the huckleberry. The blue
berry is plump. large, and its seeds
are so small as to be almost unnoticed.
The huckleberry's seed Is surrounded
with bony covering like minute pea
pit, which crackles between the teeth.
The blueberries stand shipment well
and if growers will take pains to in
sist that their product be not confused
with huckleberries and sold at the
same price, they will be better of.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
j. s. CRUISER SAILS
TO AID AMERICANS
Tennessee viii Bring Stranded
Travellers Home.
CONGRESS GIVES BIG SUN
Measure Carrying $2,5oo,o 600 Passed by
Lawmakers-Funds to Be Dislrib-
uted to U. S. Citizens Who
Are Penniless In Europe.

Washington. Aug. with eight
million dollars In gold locked In her
strong room. the swift cruiser Ten
nessee Sailed from New York Thurs
day and is speeding across the Allan
tic to the relief OF the Americans
caught abroad by the European war
without funds and means OF returning
to this country.
Every preliminary arrangement for
the trip was completed by officials Of
the government and the work OF rush
Dg through congress the additional
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. appropria-
ton asked for by President Wilson
was quickly accomplished. Members
of the house appropriation committee.
where the bill originated, eagerly pre-
pared the measure and leaders had
the house machinery well oiled and
passed the appropriation without a
moments delay.
Similar preparations were carried
out IN the senate.
With the two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars already appropriated this
increased the governments relief FUND
to nearly three millions. In addition,
New York banking houses have al
ready more than five million dollars In
gold for their clients abroad. accord
ing to the announcement of Secretary
OF War Garrison.
Assistant Secretary Of War Brock
inridge, Director e. P. Bicknell Of the
Red Cross, officials of the treasury de-
partment, a number OF army officers
sailed on the. Tennessee to direct the
distribution Of the funds and attend
to the relief work.
The North Carolina, armored cruis-
er. was sent to Europe by the United
States government with the armoreu
cruiser Tennessee carrying gold to
American tourists abroad The object
of sending the vessels to the various
European ports is to distribute the
money more rapidly than would be
possible with only one vessel making
the rounds.
Within two minutes after its re-
ceipt in the house the senate passed
the joint resolution appropriating
S2,500,000 for the relief of Americans
abroad. The resolution then was
rushed to the White House for the
presidents signature
By unanimous vote the house passed
a bill appropriating $2,500,000 for the
relief and transportation back home of
stranded Americans now in the Eu
rOpean war zone.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
GOAL OF GERMANS
Approach by Land and Sea Out
lined by Expert.
DEFENSE LINE is DESCRIBED
KaIser's Forces Can Advance Through
Either Poland or Finland, Both OF
Which Are Decidedly Luke
warm to the Gar.

st. Petersburg would seem to be the
goal of the German military campaign
In Russia.
1t can be reached both by sea and
by land.
On land the enemy could, but would
not have to, pass through Poland.
which, because of it's Importance,
could properly be the object Of sepa-
rate campaign.
The invasion of Poland was found
not difficult in the recent operations,
Three years ago, when the whole
system of national defense was
reorganized. the western line Of de-
tense was moved back to the east.
Two army corps were transported
from Poland and Lithuania into GEN.
trail Russia, to the Volga region. Many
important fortresses, especially that
at Warsaw, were abandoned, writes
Samuel N. Harper in the Chicago Her
aid.
Object of the Change.
The object of this was to guard
against the situation that confronted
Russia in 1904, when her foreign policy
in the far East had not found CORE
spending adaptation Of her military
forces to the new directions.
Reservists of the eastern provinces
were the first to be sent out to
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14

Is paid to the drag exercised by the
weight of the gate.
A gate post Of narrow diameter.
such as wood or metal. soon works
through the soil unless properly
stayed. Even a stone pier would give
way In soft soil. The great point Is
to provide some resistance to the
drag.
There are many devices that inge-
nuity will suggest. A simple one, II
rather costly, would be to imbed the
post in a broad-based block OF con
crete.
The weight would then be o. the
post instead Of the gate. and the CEN
ter of gravity would be supported by
the base of the block, whether the
gate stood open or closed.
Whatever device is adopted, let
there be no delay about the proper
hanging Of gates. This is a matter
that gives away the character OF a
farmer perhaps more than anything
else about his place.
While on the subject of gates and
gate posts, we may call attention 10
the fact that many gateway in the
wet season is regular sea of mud.
and the fields on each side cut up
badly for some distance.
Gateways should be firm and un-
yielding, not only to provide clean and
easy passage for foot or wheel, but
also to secure firm gate posts. A soft
gateway gives no material support to
a post.
Where there is hard bottom, the
gateway may have the surface cleared
away and the hollow filled with stones
picked off the land. With soft bot
tom, a foundation may be laid with
bundles of faggots, which are to be COW
cred, as before, with the stones. Fag-
COTS in such a position last long
time and provide the drainage which
is required in such position.
Let the center of the gateway be
higher than the sides, so as to pre-
vent the Judgment of water, which
does so much harm In this position.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
cARBAJAL TO FLEE SOON.
Mexican President to Stay at Vera
Cruz-ViIIa Menaces Carranza.

CrUZ-VIIla MenaceS CarranZa.
Mexico City, Aug. 11.-President
Carbajal's resignation has been writ
ten. A special train has been ordered
and he will leave with Jose M. Lujan,
acting secretary of state, their fam
lies and several others inside the
next SO hours for Vera Cruz, where
he will seek shelter within the Ameri-
can lines. Twelve rooms in the Dill
gencia hotel, Vera Cruz, have been
reserved for the party. Today the ad-
ministration is to be turned over to
Secretary of War Velasco and Govern
or General Iturbide, who are using
every endeavor to hold the federal
army together What the outcome
will be is impossible Of prediction. Or
der exists now as the police and gen
eral public have no knowledge of the
sudden crumbling of the provisional
government as yet.
With Villa dominating the North
none believe Carranza's authority can
prevail 60 days at the longest.
The lines Of devastation wrought
by the revolution now almost meet.
Zapata has swept the country to the
city limits.
All the portable wealth Of the cap
ital has for days been hidden in eel
lars and vaults.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
Horticultural
1fjW1 S S
CARE OF BLACK RASPBERRIEs
Soil, Plowed Deep, Should Be Rather
Fertile and Free From All Grass
and Foul Weeds.

The soil for the berries should be
fairly fertile, free from sod or roots,
such as quack or blue-root grass and
all foul weeds. Plow rather deep. and
harrow until the earth Is perfectly fine
and pliable. Too much manure has
been known to bring on "the yellows,"
a disease fatal to berry plants. And
let it be said right here. If any yellow
plants are ever discovered they should
be pulled up at once and promptly
burned.
Mark the ground with corn marker
three feet each way. Set every row
one way and every other one the other
way-making the rows three feet by
six feet.
Plants should be set as soon in the
spring as they are large enough-say
from four to six inches high. Put
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14

Nothing can be farther from good
management than the common prac-
tise of leaving, the grass land to take
care of itself On the average small
farm the live stock have the run OF
the whole of the grass practically ev-
cry day In the year.
There Is never fresh field to give
the stock a change; the sweet parts
Of the farm are over-grazed, and Dy
over-manuling lose their sweetness
and become rank, while the poor parts
are allowed to run to seed, thus In
creasing the proportion Of weeds and
weed-grasses.
farms, large and small, Is the want OF
proper gates, even when the fences
may be good. A good gate that will
last half a lifetime, If properly hung,
can be got for very little; we need not
specify at length what the common
stop-gaps are.
It. is a deep study In human nature
to find an explanation of the state OF
mind that will not take the trouble
to settle the question of gates prop
erly.
Valuable machinery is stuck in
gap, exposed to all weathers, and liza
BILE to be injured or to injure stock,
when moved to allow passage.
In another case, the gap is stopped
by bushes, which have to be taken
down and built up laboriously each
time the gap is wanted.
frequently we see a gate leaning
against gap, because the farmer has
not time to set up gate posts. More
frequently the gate post is set UP so
badly that it gives way, the gate drags
or has to be lifted each time 1t Is
opened, and the gate comes to pieces
long before 1t should be worn out
The average stop-gap, as contriv-
ance to save time and trouble, leaves
everything to be desired. It Is waste
full both Of time and material, and is
most laborious.
The proper erection Of gate post
is not q difficult matter, If due regard
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
ARSENATE OF LEAD
FOR POTATO PLANT
Bugs and Blight Are Greatest En-
emies Of Crop-Spraying Is
Recommended.

The soil for potatoes should be OF
a light or sandy or gravelly loan type.
Plowed-over turf land gives poor crops
for it is infested with the wireworm
and the May beetle.
In fertilizing potatoes the amount
and the kind should be governed
somewhat by local conditions. | have
found in my practise that about SIX
hundred pounds, consisting OF 2oo
pounds of nitrate of soda, $50 pounds
OF acid phosphate and 100 pounds OF
muriate of potash is the maximum
mixture for the most economical re-
suits. says a writer In an exchange
This material should be sown broad
cast a couple of weeks before plant
ing. and well narrowed into the SOIL
Cultivation should begin even be-
fore the plants are UP from the
ground, to loosen up the soil. to pre-
vent the moisture from evaporating'
and to free the field of weeds. When
the potato sprout comes up and the
plant increases in size, the field should
be gone over continually with fine
spiketooth harrow until it Is impossi-
BILE for the horse and narrowing ma
chine to go on the field without dam
aging the crop.
Potato bugs and blight are the
greatest enemies Of the crop. The
best spraying chemical for the bugs
is arsenate of lead, which gives better
results than paris green and is not so
inconvenient and dangerous to han
die.
The blight can be guarded against
by constant spraying, especially dur
ing the month of August. with Dor
deaux.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14

ST. Petersburg Is wen defended from
the sea. Situated al the head Of the
Finnish gulf, more than 200 miles
from the entrance to the gulf, 1t can
be protected by defenses on the main
land on either side.
Kronstadt, which lies within view Of
the capital, has long since been aban-
doned as means of defense.
Across the very mouth of the Fin
nish gulf is the new line on which the
Russians rely to safeguard their capt.
tai from attack by sea. This is the
Revel-Sveaborg line. Revel is just
around the corner on the south and Is
Russias principal naval port on the
Baltic. Sveaborg is near Helsingfors,
the capital of Finland.
islands Complete Line.
There are small islands between
these two points, which are used to
complete the line of defense. At ne
point in this line is the distance be-
tween batteries more than 80 miles. It
will be a difficult line to cross.
Almost at the very mouth Of the Fin
nish gulf, little to the north, and ~.
ing between Finland and Sweden, are
the Islands OF Aland.
Russia wished to obtain these islands
some years ago to complete her new
plan Of defense, but has not been able
to do so.
It was here that the naval encounter
took place in which the Russians
were driven back into the Gulf OF Fin
land to their main line of defense. The
Germans now hold the position in the
islands, which furnish cover and pro-
lection to them. From this position
they could land forces in Finland,
along the Gulf of Bothnia coast. But
Finland is a difficult country through
which to make progress on foot or by
rail.
Why Libau Is Important.
Another objective point of the Ger
mans has been the Russian Baltic
port of Libau, although the reported
bombardment here was merely re-
connoisance.
Libau Is one of Russia's most i'm
portant ports. Open almost the year
round, being frozen up only In extreme