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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-03-19

Then Mako Your Report, SIR"
I brought in with me bearing q mes
sage"
From the tribes. monsieur From
Detroitr'
From the tribes, yes." I answered.
surprised at her ea&erness. yet seeing
no harm in . frank reply. but they
we're In council at Sandusky."
"Sandusky!" the word seemed to
cling to her red lips. "He-he was .
Frenchman thenf"
"whof The messenger? Not he.
We can understand the relationship
between the Canadian French and the
savages. They have always been
friends, but this cur In OF another
breed-warring against his own
people"
She leaned forward, the laughter
all gone from her eyes.
"who-who was he. monsieur
I hesitated, wondering at her insist
ence. her eagerness. She leaned for
ward almost touching me with her
fingers.
Please, monsieur: you can tell me"
"A white dog named Girty; We
know him we'll"
Simon Girty!" her hands clasped.
her lips unconsciously repeating the
name. And from Sandusky! You
say he brought message from the
tribes! Mon Dieu! 'Tis strange they
should choose him. He said 80. mon
sieur!"
He claimed to represent the tribes.
but his message was from Hamilton"
An he Is there-st Sandusky-this
Monsieur Hamilton"
He was there-yes: at least 80
Girty reports; but know nothing
as to where he may be now--back In
Detroit likely. plotting new mischief"
My indignant speech had slight ef-
feet on her. for she laughed as ended.
"Eet was done most well-so fine I
laff, monsieur. But why you say that
to me? Because ! am here? in this
house OF the Americana generailf
Bah! we are together: we are alone.
My people are yonder In the woods:
serve not these long faces who sing
psalms. Tell me. monsieur" she
touched my hands, her pleading eyes
looking up into mine. why is eet you
are here? can be trusted"
l stared down into her eager face,
almost believing / must be dreaming.
yet conscious enough OF her deep ear
nestness. What was II she thought or
imagined? Could she mistake me for
another? be deceived as TO my iden-
tity? The thought seemed impossible.
almost ridiculous. How should II be.
when stood before her in uniform.
and had already declared myself an
officer OF the garrison? The eyes gaz-
ing up ut me seemed misty. as though
they held unshed tears.
please. monsieur" she urged anx-
iously. Il am but a girl-a girl OF the
north--yet l can be trusted. Tell me
quick. 30 l can help"
"But / do not understand, mademoi.
selle, have told you who am. Why
should you speak Ike this?"
Because know YOU" she insisted.
because I have seen you before"
Know mel" smiled. indulgent OF
her whim. convinced now that dealt
with a mind diseased. That is hardly
possible"
But / do, Monsieur Hayward. ! do
Have you no memory OF me? OF my
face7 Why are you so afraid 10 have
faith7"
She had spoken my name. and
gazed at her In wlde-eyed astonish
ment Surely we had never met; yet
how could she known
"Am ! not rightr
Yes, but l have no memory OF see
ing you before. and you are not one
to be easily forgotten. Tell me who
you are7"
The dimples exhibited themselves In
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-03-19
Continued next week.
Paper Insulation.

On "a test, paper insulation ON ex.
posed electric wires has wthstOod
service for twenty-three years
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

for you, Oswald, to round out our
circle" he cried gaily. Il had a Scotch
grandmother. When she reached the
western wilderness and built a home,
she made her husband carve over the
chimney-pieee: We're a. sibb tae ane
another here Once, when | was a
little boy, she explained it to me. !
understood. The English language
won't translate these words, but they
mean that there's nobody here but the
best of friends. Because we are a.
sibb tae ane anither here tonight |
want to break a secret to you. 1t is
a more wonderful secret than the news
| gave to the audience"
Merry looked about him with a
quick, boyish smile. Il used to say
could not make a curtain speech to
save my life. Tonight l feel as if
were poisoning out. l seem capable
of speeches behind the curtain as well
as in front. / suppose happiness makes
an orator of a man." He laughed joy
ously. "But-to my secret. This dear
lady, whom you all love and honor,
has promised to be my wife,"
He held out his hands to Dorcas and
caught hers, then he drew her into
his arms as if they stood alone in
some empty corner Of the world.
THE END.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
DAMAGE DONE BY
%OVERHEATING HAY
Two Cases of Spontaneous CON-
bustion Reported-Thorough-
iy Cure Before Stacking.
lRv S. C MILLER

Clover hay is now being put up in
many parts of the country. Already
there are reports of ~overheating of
clover hay.
In two cases, in Hamilton county,
Ohio, aid another near Paducah, KY,
it is reported that spontaneous com
bustion took place and one barn was
burned.
There is no doubt that not only
clover, but Some other crops, as green
sorghum, will become so hot as to
burst into fame when air is admitted.
1t is claimed that alfalfa will become
SO hot as 10 burn itself up, but there
are no well authenticated cases of this
on record.
It is believed that combustion is
produced by a fungus which is capable
of developing great heat under certain
conditions.
If any part of clover is put into a
large stack or into a barn in large
quantities before it is properly cured,
and all dampness removed, it is apt to
heat quickly and produce a very high
degree of temperature.
The writer has seen hay so hot in
his fathers barns in Illinois that one
could not hold his hands in the mass,
but he has never witnessed a case OF
actual combustion.
He has seen, however, a large shed,
on a neighbor's farm, destroyed by
fire, when it was known positively that
no means of setting it on fire could
have been ear it for days before.
Hot, muggy weather will produce
heat in clover, particularly if it is
heavy and has been cut a little too
green, or has been rained upon.
Glover should be tossed up into the
air if it is damp and be allowed to dry
out before being put into the stack,
and If it is stacked green or put into a
large, close now, it is pretty sure to
make trouble.
The only way to prevent heating is to
cure clover hay very thoroughly. II the
weather is wet during haying time, the
hay must be given air and cured in
some way. If it is a bad case, put al
ternate layers of straw or old dry hay
between the layers of new hay.
To prevent heating, the hay should
be distributed lightly over the whole
surface of the stack CT NOW, and nc
big load should be dumped into one
spot.
Hay gathers moisture very quickly
after shutdown, and the last load
brought in should be allowed to re
main on the wagon overnight, and
when put into the barn next morning
evidence of heat should be carefully
looked for.
After hay-has been pat away, run g
long iron rod into it occasionally and
leave it there a few minutes. If the
hay is heating the rod will tell the
story.
1t is dangerous to open up hay that
is very hot, because the admission Of
air is almost sure to start combustion
If the hay is so hot as to make the
rod unbearable to the hand, the only
thing to do is to fill the water bucket
and send for the neighbors.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

Enoch Wentworth raised his hand
with a gesture which was strangely
dramatic for a man who was neither
ar actor nor an orator. Like a flash
Oswald remembered a day when he
sat watching a prisoner at the bar.
The man had been condemned TO
death; a moment later, with a stiied
cry of terror. he stretched out his
arm for mercy and sympathy.
Ladies anu gentlemen" Went
worth began, in a voice which was
low, but SO marvelously distinct that
each syllable carried to the farthest
seat in the house, this is not a curtain
speech-you have not called me be-
fore the footlights tonight; it is an
explanation. 1t is a-confession."
Enoch paused as if mastering
strength to go through an ordeal. He
felt the curious scrutiny of a thou
sand eyes 1T is a confession" he re
peated slowly, "a confession which has
been long delayed"
He never finished his sentence.
Merry stepped forward and laid his
hand upon the mans arm with a cling
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

thing. Il was trying to think OF
something Ellen Terry wrote on the
bach. O. a photograph she once gave
me. 1t ran like this:
When am l to be an actress? Well,
after fifteen years labor, perhaps, La
Dor! Why, | thought it was all inspir-
alton. No, labor and art are the
foundation; inspiration-a result
Terry wasn't altogether right. La
Dor alone won't land the prize. You've
proved that. Boy"
Il don't know" said Merry vaguely,
81 do" The mans pale face flushed,
when you dropped in on me, eager
as a young victor for a laurel wreath.
| knew as surely as if a judge had
passed sentence on me that my years
and years of toll meant nothing but
waste paper. Then, suddenly, as tempt
alton had cIutched at me twice before
in my life, came a %revenous desire for
fame-the fame that another man had
labored for and"
II understand" cried Merry. There
was a thrill of compassion in his voice.
Now, dear old man, let's forget IT.
The one thing / can never forget Is
that you have raked me from the
depths more than once. ! might nave
been worse than dead today II II
hadn't been for you"
You never descended to the depths
| did, said Wentworth abruptly.
Shiny variety of it or yours-is
nothing but the difference in a mans
taste. His palate dictates what he will
eat. There is a moral palate, and II
you go on shaking your appetite,
there's a weakening of the moral It's
sue. Isn't that what your psycholo-
gists call it? If it had not been for
you, Enoch, l might have been worse
than dead today" Merry uttered the
last sentence in an undertone. Il have
a feeling, though, that / can v &c
SO low again, because
He sat silent for a minute. Went
worth's eyes were fixed upon him like
an insistent question. because
Enoch." he went on in a steady voice,
because Dorcas has promised to be
my WIFE,"
"Oh!" cried Wentworth quickly.
"Oh, thank God for that."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
WORKING WITH THE
HONEY CATERERS
Beekeepers Often Have Trouble
in Handling Honey in Their
Apiaries in the Fab.
eRy E. g.

Nectar is usually thin and watery
when first taken into the hive, but as
it is deposited in the cells, less than
a drop at a time, much of the extra wa
ter evaporateg. and further to fa-
cilitate evaporation the bees leave the
cells uncapped for several days when
nearly full.
Sometimes the bees accelerate this
ripening process by vigorous tanning
at the entrance of the hives, which
may continue all night, when honey
is coming in fast.
The more thoroughly the honey is
ripened the less liable it is to ferment.
a fact in chemistry with which the
bees seem to be familiar. The con
~sistency of honey depends somewhat
upon the Source fron which it is
gathered and also upon the haste with
which it is stored.
Fond as the bees are of nectar, they
r yet more fond Of honey. and will
forsake the fields at any time to col
lect a load OF ready prepared sweets,
Thus b~eekeepers often have trouble
in handling the honey in their apiarias
for when the bees get a scent of I'll
alluring harvest they fall upon III
| plumber and quickly convey it back I
their hives.
Indeed, under the intoxicating irl!,
ence of ready-made honey, they of;'
become d~emoralized. and like a mis-
at the sight of gold, dream only OF q,
quiring the largest possible amount.
Thus swarms sometimes fight owe
the honey. ard finally the strong one
break into the hives of the weak an
rob their neighbors. Old.time bee
keepers understand that when honey
is to be handled it must be taken into
a room and the door closed, or else
there isNdanger that the whole apiary
may be seized with a frenzy for rob
bing.
Great care must be taken in opening
hives at such times when little or no
honey is coming in from the fields, and
at no time should honey be exposed
in or near the apiary.
Bees do not need daily attention, but
can be given sufficient food at one
time to last all winter. When natural
forage is scarce, bees win collect
honey dew, the waste of cider mills,
fruit juice, the refuse from sugar and
molasses barrels. if available.
But this stuff cannot be called honey
and will prove disastrous to the bees
if left in the hive for the winter
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
CHAPTER continued.

fIs
Across the pale face of the invalid
swept a. wave of scarlet; then he be-
gan to talk slowly and hesitatingly.
u was in a Southern academy the first
time it happened. | must have been
seventeen or Whereabouts. Prizes were
to be given for a public Grafton and
people were coming from everywhere
to hear us. The governor was to adj
dress is. My father was a lawyer. n
Of the big lawyers of the state. He
went to this school when he was a
boy, and he had carried off the Grafton
prize. His heart was set on my win
ming it. l toiled and toiled over that
speech; it was about the death of
julius Caesar. / can remember, as l
lay awake nights staring out into the
darkness. how the speech came throb-
bing in my brain. / could never write,
though, as I acclaimed it to myself in
the stil dormitory. | used to go out
into the woods and try to write. One
day ! gave up. / sat huddled against
a stone wall which ran down the hill,
dividing a pasture from the forest.
There was a tall pine over my head
and the crows were calling from the
top of it. l can see the place yet"
Enoch lifted his eyes and turned
to meet the steady glance of the mar
who sat beside the bed.
DO you want to hear the story
out?T he asked bluntly.
"Yes--if you are bound to tell it"
1T isn't an easy task to set the
s~tark-naked soul of man before anoth-
er's gaze. especially when it's a mans
own soul; but I've been over this,
step by step, during these bedridden
days, and Ill feel better when it's out
OF my system"
Are you sure?v Merry spoke gent
ly.
Yes, sure The reflective tone had
gone from Enoch's voice. 1t was EN-
phatic. "Out there in the sunshine"
he continued, Il realized what defeat
meant. l knew my GRAFTON was mere
ly a babble of senseless words; there
was not a throb in it. Besides, ] knew
that | could not make it better. Sud.
denly. on the quiet hillside. ! heard
a voice close beside me-
There was a long pause. Wentworth
turned his Eyes from Merry and stared
out at the window. A trumpet vine
climbed over the back of the Waverly
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

Silos should be built in time to take
care of the crops before frost comes.
and the thrifty farmer will build as
early Is possible.
I built a round silo Is feet 4 inches
in diameter, by 80 feet high, and
placed in it about seven acres of
drilled corn, we'll cared, and three
acres of hill corn from the shock. all
cut and blown into the silo, mixed as
it ven and wet down well.
This made 125 tons of the best win
ter feed for dairy COWS that I ever
saw.
We started feeding it to fifty COWS
and ten head of young stock on De
cember l., and it was sufficient to last
them until March 10.
The corn put in this way furnished
not only the roughage, but concen-
trates, as all needed to balance the
ration was foul pounds of gluten meal
and four pounds of wheat bran pei
day for each COW.
Following this stock in the barhyard
was about thirty pigs, shoats and
sows. and with practically no other
feed, l never saw stock look better On
March l..
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

We found the best way to feed was
to feed the bran and gluten meal be-
fore and during milking time, and the
ensilage after milking. The milk was
bought by one If the large milk COM
panies which supply Chicago with bot
tied milk, and was pronounced by them
a fine article testing on the average
about 81 butter fat by the Babcock
test.
For a dairy of fifty cows, two
round silos, each eighteen feet in di-
ameter by t~hirty-six feet high, should
furnish enough for the winters feed
ing, and carry the stock through the
dry time next fall.
In providing plenty of succulent
food of this nature for the dairy, milk
can be made better and cheaper, and
more COWS can be kept on the same
number of acres.
In building this fall, do not worry
about the roof until the silo is filled,
no matter about the weather, as
should it rain while filling or later,
it will do no harm, as corn fairly well
matured needs more moisture than it
contains to make the best silage and
twill get it in that way.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

I4UWM .fHNa#. NH+U AMA .4NMHlN NttNN
Place house and one scarlet blossom
hung vivid between him and the sun
shine.
Say. old fellow said Merry in a
low voice, you and / are friends,
closer friends than we ever were.
What's the use of raking up old mem
cries If they hurt. The story of some
thing you did when you we're in swad-
ding clothes doesn't count. Drop it!'
1T does count" answered Went
worth stolidly. Il tell you it does
count. 1t is the only thing that ex-
plains what | did-when you called my
bluff. IL have lain here-Tve had days
and nights with nothing to do but to
think and to analyze things. Why,
old man, / haven't had a chance like
this for a before. Let me tell you
my story; it's interesting even if it
isn't much to my credit"
"All right, have your own way"
Il sat there in the shadow Of the
wall listening. 1t was young David
Ross practising his GRAFTON. Dave
came Of what the niggers called 'po'
white trash,' but he had ambition and
genius and was working his way
through school like a man. He had
chosen the death of Caesar, as | had.
I cIouckeG there, scarcely breathing;
I was afraid he would hear me and
stop. His speech was great! AS
sat looking out over the valley / could
see the Roman warrior while be stood
there in the Senate, down and cut
hooted at and reviled, yet naughty and
defiant, facing the enemies who had
once been his friends. | began to
sob, as a boy does in a shamed, husky,
choked fashion. Suddenly a thought
came to me. / leaped over the wal
and held before Dave a new twenty
dollar gold-piece father had given me
that morning. 1t bought his Grafton
Wentworth paused as if in an EN-
barrassment of shame. Merry watched
him in silence.
Il feel-even now-the reluctan
grip with which Dave held on to those
sheets of blurred foolscap. | neyel
gave a thought to what | had done
Every moment for t~wenty-four hours
vas needed to commit Dawes speecl
to memory. My father, proud and hap
by, gave me another twenty-dolla
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

Senator Simmons, of North CARO-
lima, tells this story of a lynchang
THE festivities were at their height,
and the object of the mob's venge-
ance was hanging to the limb of q trRe
with a fire built under him. Fhe
leader of the mob detected an anc6ent
negro hidden, in the nearby basines
and dragged him out. The trembling
captive was brought close enough
to see the gruesome sight, and the
leader of the mob asked:
".Now, Niger, you-all see that
black man swingin' up thereT
"'Oh, vas, sab, deed / do. sahi'
cried the negro.
Gan you-all know why We done
that?' queried the leader.
"'Oh, vas, sab, said the cciored
man. !,
He got just what he deserved
didn't he?
Boss replied the old negro.
pears to me, sab, dat he got soff
mighty light illustrated Sunday
Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
An Eou 1900 Years Old

An egg, a veritable Methuselab of
its kind. is n which dates from 1900
years back, and looks as natural as
life," according to one chronicler. 1t
was found during recent excavations
made at Nixopolis, in the tomb of an
eleven months old child, Sextius Ru-
fus. Already more than eighty tombs
have been explored by the a~rchaelog-
lcal service In this ancient city, which
was built to commemorate b battle
OF Actium. Among the finds are a
quantity Of gold Jewels. also pottery
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

wildered, but set about Studying"
it. The next day Agassiz asked him
what he had learned about that her
ring. The student replied that it had
two eyes, SO many fins, and such and
such markings.
mo, mol" Agassiz cried. STUDY it
more. Those things are not import
ant"
The next day and the next the ex-
perience was repeated. The fourth
day Agassiz again demanded informa
ton about the now rotting specimen
In a desperate attempt at humor the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

student replied, We'll, it's the same
on both sides"
That's it," shouted Agassiz. That's
it! A starfish isn't the same ON both
sides, an oyster isn't, thousands of
specimens of the sea are not. When
you find one that is, you've found a
starting point in a new stage in the
evolution of life"
Obviously, that student learned
more from that one lesson about the
scientific method of study than he
would have learned in a years read
ing and lectures. The text books
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

sor looked ruefuly at the teachers re-
port that Tommy had played hockey
and destroyed his books.
my dear" said the professor to his
wife, Il am afraid that l must class
Thomas as a true instance of aversion
to type"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
classified.

Professor Porter of a small New
England college, sat ponderousiy in
the chair devoted chiefly to the sci
ence of heredity. The Porters had
scientific turn, bookish men. But the
professors small N, Tommy, hated
his books cordially. much to his
learned fathers dismay. The profess
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
and, lamps ornamented with elegant
figures in relief.
w,.,. for Armv Worm Moths.

"Keep a sharp watchout for army
worm moths with n arti1claily col
ored wing" is the advice OF the de-
partment of agriculture to Q IN
terested in the destruction of the pest
which has caused considerable damage
to crops and lawns this summer in the
north and east OF the Mississippi river.
Destruction of all marked specimens If
urged.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
METHOD IN HIS TEACHING
Aaassiz, as a Preceptor, Had His Own
Way of Doing Things, and He
Got Results.

A student enrolled in Agassiz's
class. For several days Agassiz paid
no attention to him whatever. At
length. tired of standing around idle,
the student asked Agassiz to give him
something to do. Agassiz's reply was
to hand him a herring and to say,
stud; LIS" The student was be-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

Pour a teacupful of boiling water
over a teaspoonful of whole faxsefd.
Cover with boiling water in a~nsffer
dish a teacupful of slippery elm broken
in small bits. Let them stand and
steep for three hours. Pour into a
~cheesecloth and strain into an earth
enware pan. Mix with this a pound
of sugar. Boil over a slow fire for q
quarter of an hour. Add a tablespoon
full of lemon juice. Boil until 1t SIT
lens quickly in cold water. Pour upon
buttered plates and while cooling mark
into squares.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
Essentials Overlooked.

Particular stress has been put upon
the value of lime in all soils growing
clover and alfalfa, with the result that
many overlook other essentials and
seem to think they viii have clear
sailing when soil acidity is corrected.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
Keep succulent Feed eoinu.

The feeding of silage can be post
poned as long as other green feed is
abundant. But don't wait until there
is a shortage. Keep the ~succulent feed
going.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

He-They say, dear. that people
who live together get in time to look
exactly alike.
She-Then you may consider my re-
fusa1 final.-New York Sun.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06
Feed Hens Some Charcoal.

Feed a little charcoal in mash once
or twice a week. 1t keeps the hens
digestion in good shape and that's inn
portant in getting eggs and prevent
ing disease.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-06

Highly developed dairy cows are
very often notional and it requires but
little to disturb their nervous sys-
TEN, which will affect materially the
flow of milk.