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MOONLIGHT
Continued
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Il thought of course you'd know
would come"
His reply irritated her: he was al
ways taking so much for granted.
Il am not a clairvoyant."
1--WE planned to stop for you as
soon as we decided to come
Edith emphasized the I'VE" ever so
slightly. She liked Nan as Nan liked
her, but first she was a woman in love.
and Nan was her rival. She could not
resist the temptation from her tenn
porary point of vantage to patronize
Nan.
Mans lids lowered, and Ben shot a
quick glance of uneasiness at her as
her long lashes lay for an instant on
her cheek. He had an uncomfort-
able feeling that Mans eye1ids COW
cred a pair of flashing eyes, but they
were enigmatic when she raised them
again and said sweetly:
TT was good of you to include me-"
You'll Gomez" he urged.
why, yes. II you don't mind wait
ing
Edith's air of condescension had
made the decision.
I've thought you wouldn't mind.
even if it did seem like second choice. :"
The bosque girl gave a nervous little
laugh. She was not accustomed to
being mean; it was not her nature.
Not at all, so long as it only seems
So" Nan returned smilingly, and Edith
thought her shot had missed its tar
get, which clearly demonstrated how
specifically she knew Nan.
Nan had in her nature a great deal
of something like chivalry, a mascu
line sense of justice. a desire to be
fair, and this quality would have pre-
vailed in all her intercourse with Edith
had not the girl SO frankly-and un-
ortunately-shown her claws.
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Enterprising

The honest farmer who took in
summer boarders greeted the new ar
rivals with truly rural enthusiasm.
4 swan I'm right deown glad to
meet ye," he cried, as he extended
Ills horny hand. "Hows tn foulks to
hum?"
The man of the party looked at
the enthusiast with some suspicion.
Farmer" he said, your dialect
strongly reminds me of the stage va
riety"
The agriculturist grinned.
Its all right, amt it," he asked.
Il gave an actor Teller a months
board fer to teach it TO me-"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13
Broom Corn Can Be Made
Profitable

6N He principal crops of broom corn
are raised in Kansas, Oklahoma
a and southern Illinois, although
this crop will grow in other sections
of the country where soil and climatic
conditions are favorable.
1t Is a profitable crop, as the price
per ton for the brush usually ranges
$50 for the lower grades that are
damaged by weather, and up to $3.50
and over for the very best.
In the Southwest it is becoming
more important as a foliage crop, and
it is used to a considerable extent after
the brush has been removed. The
seed has small feeding value.
The two best types of broom corn
grown in the southwest particularly is
the Dwarf and the Standard. The
Dwarf is much liked because it grows
only from four to six inches high
with brush of from IL to 20 inches
long. However, this type is better
suited to the semi-arid regions and to
the uplands of the broom corn section
in the southwest. The Dwarf is used
great deal In southern Illinois and
other middle states where it is grown
in small quantities.
The soil should be plowed in the fall
or early in the winter so that it will
retain as much moisture as possible.
About two weeks before planting the
land should be disked and narrowed,
and, if necessary, narrowed a second
time before planting. Broom corn Is
good sod crop.
Broom corn plants are very tender
and make the most rapid growth in
warm weather. They will not stand
the cold of early spring like corn. The
seed will rot before terminating, or If
the plant terminates the growth will
be retarded by continued cold.
When large areas are planted the
most convenient way is to divide the
field into sections of amout 10 acres
each and plant at intervals of about a
week. The crop demands prompt at
tention, and If this system of planting
is followed there is not so much dan
ger CT damage to the brush from rain,
or becoming too ripe.
In case farm hands are scarce the
scarcity is not SO keenly felt, for there
is not a very large crop that depands
days A few hands can take care of
comparatively large fields, and it is
much more convenient than to plant
the whole field on single date.
The method of planting is about the
same as for Kaffir corn. Plant in
rows about three feet apart, and four
to five inches apart in the row. The
Standard, due to its large growth, is
planted in rows about three and a
half feet apart.
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Continued From Page 12.)

never become part of, or at home in,
the world to which she belonged. 1t
was a momentous question to decide,
though it seemed easy enough when
Ben was there and she was drawn to
him by the attraction of his super
abundant vitality.
No, she would not go to the bale.
She remained obdurate under Mrs.
Gallagher's final plea, and was proof
against the alluring charms of Span
ish waltz which the musicians played
as they marched through the plaza to
notify Las Rubertas that the ball was
about to open.
So Mrs. Gallagher, with her black
braids freshly oiled and redolent of
bergamot, took her departure. to re-
turn almost Immediately with the
news that Ben Evans and Edith Blake
ly had come to attend the bale.
Perhaps you go now" and she
looked at Nan queerly.
Nan did her best to reply indiffer-
emily.
''They may not come for me to 60"
She, Nan Galbraith, was jealous
jealous of a girl from the Longhorn
bosque. There was no installing the
nature of the pang she felt; it was
too poignant, and as incredible as 1t
was real
Why had Ben not told her he was
bringing Edith Blakely to the bale,
and why had he not asked her first of
all If she meant to attend? 1t required
all Mans social training to greet Edith
and Ben without constraint when
they finally rode to the bars.
Aren't you ready? Amt you go
ing?" Ben's face depicted disap-
pointed surprise.
Naturally not-without an escort"
There was some slight acidity in her
tone.
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Money in Hogs

The cotton farmers of the South are
slowly turning to hog raising. They
have every facility for this business
and will succeed If they study it. The
universal testimony of stockmen is
that there's more money in hogs than
any other live stock-if it weren't for
the cholera-and hogs grown on for
age are not as subject to cholera as
dry-lot hogs. Hogs will break up the
one-crop system of the Southland
that is to be desired. A one-crop
country is a one generation country.
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Book Story

book story with an American
smack about it comes from New
York.
Perhaps you are familiar with the
works of Ingersoll," says a book
salesman to a caller.
Sure I am" replies Mr.. Goldberg.
the jeweler; "undt it's very good
watch for der mQney." .s4s,iss4 Ii
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VERSES GRAVE
AND GAY

Back to the Land
There are too many "dreamers and
thinkers"
And not enough tillers of soil:
There are too many eaters and drinkers
Who use up the product of toll;
There are too many boosters and
boomers,
With manners too easy and bland:
We're cursed with too many consumers,
We ought to go back to the land.
There are too many getters and takers,
And not enough men who produce:
There are too many broad rolling acres
Untouched and untilled-out of use;
We stick where the CRIME and the grit
And the streets with the poor are
We're crowded too much in the cities.
We ought to go back to the farm.
We've got to be workers and ploughers,
Who sweat in the fields like true
men:
We've got to make use Of our powers
To make the land blossom again.
What, me? On a farm? And to stay
there?
Well, not for a bundle of pelf!
was trying TO show you the way there,
But I'll stick to the city myself.
The Spur
The road was dusty and hot and long.
And fam would sink and rest,
And almost ceased my bit of song
That / made at my friends behest;
But dared not stop and l dared not
For he knew would do my best.
The lot was heavy that on me fell,
And the task that was on me laid,
And the end of the venturing none could
tell,
But had a friend who loved me we'll
And / faced it unafraid.
Mary Carolyn Davies.
These Old Songs
/ cannot sing the old songs,
Like Sally in Our Alley,
1 dreamt / dwelt in Marble Halls,
I'm dreaming now of Halle.
BY the Blue .Alsatian Mountains
I'd lay me doom and die:
Jennie, my own true loved one,
Then you'll remember me.
Gould you come back to me. Douglas,
Nevermore would care to roam;
don't want to play in your yard.
1 was seeing Nellie home.
When first / saw sweet Peggy,
When the lights were dim and low.
oh. Laddie was somebody's darling;
No. Sir. No, Sir! No!
After the ball is over
Deep sorrow fills my cup:
Oh can't sing the old songs,
i get them all mixed up!
The Poor Cabinet
The members of the Cabinet
A lot of doleful sages,
Are almost all confronting debt
Upon their meager wages.
With boarding and lodging up in price
AS high as any steeple,
Their wages just about suffice
To tip the hotel people.
But one thing helps the Cabinet,
6 a
member can quite often get
Invited out to dinner.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Taking Ways
The movies" keep a rescue ship
Upon the seas, I'm told,
She's always ready for a trip
whenever winds are bold.
To any boat that's in distress
The rescue ship will sail.
They rescue thousands, more or less,
From terrors of the gale.
They turn down no appeals
By way of pay they merely get
Some realistic reels.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edible
She was a dainty winsome thing.
With laughing dark brown ewes:
Were also brown, likewise
She looked-Im sure you'd say so, too
Just good enough to eat:
For she was but a candy doll
And, OH but she was sweet
Judge.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

collective efforts of the people of any
country. Individual initiative is a
great thing. 1t means going ahead
and doing something without waiting
for someone else to point the way.
The man who goes ahead and does
things is of necessity, a real enthu
siast and the world enjoys seeing
him work. He often makes mistakes
because enthusiasm generally opens
the way for mistakes. He gets into
trouble, but he usually gets out all
right, providing his motive is correct
After all the world has little time
for the person who doesn't make mis-
takes and who can't get into trouble.
Trouble generally comes to the per-
son who hustles and and that's one
way to pick him out. We would rather
see a man get into trouble than to
see him so lazy that he can't catch up
with it. The same energy and will
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
Selecting The Breeders

The old time way of Sc
lecting breeders or breed
ing from the entire flock
and not picking out the
fittest should be discour-
aged. You cannot afford
to spend your time and
money in setting eggs
from unfit breeding stock.
Birds, as in illustration
number two, can be found
in nearly every flock. If
you will notice the crow
like shape of head. This
type of bird is one that
causes great mortality in
chicks Matched from eggs
produced from them. Then
we have the bird with a
poor constitution, lacking
vigor, which should never
be used as a breeder.
The male bird is consid-
cred one-half the flock in
breeding, but the most fit
test specimen you could
select would not be able
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
Potato Soils

growth. The Importance of good seed
can not be too strongly emphasized.
In the first place, the seed should be
free from varietal mixture and dis
ease, and true to name and type. The
tubers should be reasonably smooth
and firm, with the first sprouts Just
terminated seed is not desirable.
Plant these potatoes from 8 to 6
inches in depth, depending on the ma
ture of the soil. Plant shallow on
heavy clay soils and deep on light
sandy or muck soils. Plant in rows
from 30 to 36 inches and from 10 to
Ia inches apart, depending on variety
grown and the fertility of the soil.
Early varieties can be planted closer
than late ones. Cover seed with at
least three inches of soil. If planted
as outlined, Is to 20 bushels of shed
potatoes per acre will be required.
Give first tillage before plants push
through the ground. The aim should
be to keep the surface of the soil loose
and free from weeds. Continue cult,
vations at frequent intervals remem-
boring to go shallower each time, and
gradually narrowing the space titled.
Potato plants are generally sprayed
TO protect them against leaf-eating
insect pests or fungus pests. Protec-
ton against these insects is usually
secured by some forms of arsenRA
poison, such as the arsenic of lead, -
paris green. The potato plant may be
protected against fungus diseases by
keeping its foliage covered with Bor-
deauX mixture.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
Potato SCab And Its Treatment
By Jas. F. thinner, Manistee, Michigan.

gallons of water. This solution is ex
ceedingly poisonous, and must be han
died with great precaution. 1t is
probably not to be recommended,
when Rhizoctonia or Scurf is also to
be combatted. A.
q. The formaldehyde treaty1
Potatoes are handled in the same
way as mentioned above, using the
following material: To 80 gallons of
water add one pint of 400 Tornado
hyde, and soak the potatoes in this
solution for two hours before cutting.
After removing from the solution,
they should be dried, cut and planted
in the ordinary way, being careful nqx
to place the treated seed in contai7
ers which have held untreated pota
toes. A good plan is TO place the tu-
bers in coarse burlap sacks and sub
merge the sack completely in the So
luton. This treatment, of course, dis
infects the sacks as well as the po-
tatoes.
The reason why some growers have
not succeeded with this treatment is
because they have planted the treated
seed in infected soil, and, of course,
the spores attacked the tubers. ct is
also found that scab is much more
severe on soils which have been heav-
lily limed).
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

Injuries to fruit trees caused by
rabbits or mice eating the bark on
repaired by bridge grating.
The work is done in the spring with
dormant cions. Trim the edges of the
injured place back to sound firm bark.
If the exposed wood is covered with
white lead paint, it will help in pre-
venting decay. Select cions of the
size of lead pencil or little larger,
cut each end to a smooth slanting
edge and insert under the bark at
both edges of the injury. There are
several ways of doing this as shown in
Fig. 1. Cover all edges of bark and
and the ends of the cion where in
serted with grating wax The more
cions are used, the quicker the injury
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
Easter Thoughts

celebrating Easter and yet the world has
thousand
have in the morning to the tomb
Lord
been the multitude to whom Easter
clothes another holiday ard the Sand
members the Kings Unon What does Easter
the lands like India China where the influence of
missionary felt would
would find ignorance superstition and vice You would find
it he girl calamity and shame only to be thrown into the baby
little girls for mothers love- and fathers protection only to be
lands where the of the and the Risen Lord
in little chicks the
the great lesson of life
Christmas goodwill men, but
Easter there challenge all the hosts of Darkness and buge
world which shall ed calling
loyal heart to tell the glad dngs that men even the most ignorant
service their fellow For nneh as we have done unto one OF
this time to again call remembrance the
Union Whether Gentle black
will come" is today the first Easter morning
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

Washington, d. C.-Irish potatoes
are one of the easiest and most prof
liable suburban crops. They may be
grown on almost any type of soil
which possesses sufficient moisture
and plant food, though they thrive
best on sandy loan or gravel loan
soils, and it is on these types that
maximum crops of high quality po-
tatoes can be produced.
If the land which is to be planted
to potatoes is not likely to wash in
the winter, pillow in the fall to depth
from 9 to 10 inches if the character
of the land will permit. Deep plow-
ing insures a greater holding
capacity. Spare no pains in fitting
the land for planting. Thorough
preparation is essential to large
yields, advises the Department of
Agriculture.
Should a poor sod land be selected
for a potato bed, apply from / 1000 TO
500 pounds of a fertilizer Analysing
from to per cent of ammonia, to
7 per cent of phosphoric acid and Z
to 6 per cent of potash. If a stubhle
or corn land is used increase the am
monia content to 80 or per cent.
Half the ammonia should be derived
from dried blood, tankage, or other
organic forms and the other half from
nitrate of soda or ammonia sulphate.
Select a variety of seed potatoes
which is known to do well in the To-
cality. Some good varieties of the
potato are Irish Cobbler, Early Ohio,
Rose Four, for early potatoes, and
Green Mountain and Peerless for late
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
Fruit Stems
CLIPPED SHORT
BY Edward PaysOn
al ak Traverse City. Mich.

at skaters my timbers," so to
speak, when you see Il nurSeryman
(who ought to be posted on the va
makers in an orchard) who will calm
ly write down and accept an order for
trees, which may be useful in a few
years for cordwood, but are simply
impossible as far as adding any real
value to live orchard.
Some day it may percolate through
the brain of this so-called salesman"
that merely getting an order" is not
the sum total of his duty to the grow
er, who is looking to him Cor real adj
vice.
1t is a sorrowful fact that in spite
of state and national laws designed
to protect the consumer against the
rapacity of dishonest fruit packers as
well as to assist Us in regaining a
reputation for fine fruit now well-nigh
lost to Michigan, we came across sam
plies of barrel and box packing last
fall which still show the fine Italian
hand of the "barrel facer" and the
bad grader even of boxing apples. OF
course a properly enforced law will
bring these careless fellows to reck-
oning before long, but our real reli-
ance is on an awakened public con-
science and also on the splendid sue
cess which has followed highly in
spected and branded fruit. Certainly
honesty is the best policy in the fruit
game and we welcome the fact.
The shouting about over production
of fruit in this section has died down,
and all classes are awaking to the
fact that cherry and apple planting
has come to stay, and that it will be
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

in poor females as de-
scribed.
The proper breeding is
to select the fittest speci-
mems in both male and fe-
male, mating from 8 TO
Is females to one male. If
you are breeding to the
standard it is we'll to Sc
lcct male birds that are
strong in the sections that
the females are weak. If
you are breeding for eggs
a male bird from a noted
LAYER will be apt to help
along this line. If you are
raising poultry for gen
eral purpose you want a
male bird from a good
layer and one that carries
plenty of meat, a good
thick head as in illustra-
ton number one, a broad,
long back, deep breast and
with plenty of vigor.
From such matings as
described, you will find
chicks Matched will be
10 nunrcnnnn the diHnrnncn
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

may be repaired. Do not allow the
buds on the cions to grow.
Making the Wax: A good grating
wax is made from the following for
mula:
pounds of resin.
pounds of beeswax.
l pound of beef tallow.
Pulverize the resin and cut up the
beeswax and tallow.
Boil together slowly until all is en-
tirely Dissolved. Pour this into a pail
of cold water and after greasing the
hands, squeeze all the water out of
the wax and pull like one would mo-
lasses candy until the wax becomes
light Then, if wrapped in oil
paper, it may be stored until needed
In cold weather, when the wax be-
comes very hard to work, it should
be slightly heated before using.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25

years before really large shipments
will be reached, so we can be really
called a great fruit producing center.
In apples we are beginning at last to
plant the high priced varieties, such
as Winter Banana, Delicious, Jona-
than and Grimes Golden.
Everyone who has visited the west
ern orchards and seen their methods
becomes a firm convert to the small
ten acre orchard theory. Certainly
the logical trend is toward a small
acreage, and the most scientific care.
A few years ago we laughed at the
idea of making $1,000 to $4,000 from
ten acres alone, but since wehave met
growers who have netted $500 to 5000
per acre on Peaches and Cherries, we
firmly believe that by adding the high
priced apples, the future of the ten
acre tract is already assured.
Planting apples in solid blocks with
one variety in block received fresh
start at the annual meeting of the
State Horticultural society. Mr.. Case
of Sodus, N. Y, presented the argu-
ments in favor of solid blocks so well
and convincingly that no one tried to
combat them. He stated that good
spraying could not be done where
every row was a different variety, as
the early and late boomers required
separate spraying times, or some of
the trees would get more or less of
the solution when in full bloom. He
also argued that cultivation and pick
ing could be rightly done in mixed
orchards. AS regards pollenizing he
could see no advantage at all in mixed
orchards, as it was well done in solid
blocks as shown by experience.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-04-25
The Kings Union
"Whosoever Will May Come"

If a Jew, PROMISE If a GENTLE promise:
to to do to
day and record it book each day and record book
Second the following Second will each morning
bedroom before leave bedroom: Lord
morning Lord what wilt what wilt Thou have this
Third will try to deposit in the Third will deposit the
saved by denying
luxury BY doing %5 or b fd 6 Doing S r iS%s es a5
month trooh some society TO helm month foreign
lands home missions help
one-hal Jewish agricultural fortunate brothers
schools in this country rourth, VIII Try TO get one new
Fourth speak to - JUN inc >sS Oih0i
each day about joining the Kings Fifth will attend some religious
OInon each
Fifth to attend one religious ser Sixth will
wee each week whom be able to help
Sixth 0 pray some whom way G4t : a, 4 49, nc
be able to help in ven i Will % my ire
Seventh to His Kingdom chief
living honest pure life
thy my working other chill
Their dren.
Let all allegiance by soemny promising and
will at take the
kind deed day, and record book where if the deed
not worthy of best efforts and where cheer have been
to do something really while where
prayer Slight denial lovingly performed each day will
meaning
simply about doing good and telling of Fathers
Ts Those already
would "Wl john" There creed
yOursefand elseta will kind deed each
day which shall be willing to have represent reason for having
lived that for having breathed Gods His food and taken
the place of child the world which might have been
occupied by would have made the world better
morning Lord what wilt Thou have me to do?"
actually without something would really have liked which
self denial although in small degree cigarette smoked
water labor performed the little which is
the millions in India Africa and China are stretching out their
ptnng for the Light knowledge which freely
received? Can less than cent? Yes nothing and
sink the efshnes. But would with the Risen
Christ be willing which
next fall. Will you join?