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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
SOIL PREPARATION IN SOUTHERN STATES
Well Prepared Seed Beds. Deep PIow-
ing, Properly Turned Soil, Etc.
Very Essential to Spring Crops.

Houston, TeX.-In no section Of the
country does we'll prepared seed bed
give better returns than in the South
ern States The best spring prepare
ton of the soil is practically impossi-
BILE unless it has been properly turned
and deeply broken during the previous
summer or fall The necessity for
deep blowing in the South is probably
not realized by those who are not faA
miliar with the heavy rainfalls in this
section, which frequently packs and
runs the particles of soil together so
as to exclude air and sunshine. The
absence of freezing prevents any
loOsening mp of the particles, besides
in many places there is an almost i'm
pervious hard-pan of subsoil, either
natural or brought about from a con
tinuous custom of shallow blowing
In other sections this deepening and
loosening of the soil is done partly
at least by the forces of nature, but
can only be accomplished by the pillow
in the South. Such are the findings OF
the department of agriculture
The best implement for deep break
ing of the soil is the disc plow which
turns, pulverizes and mixes at the
same time. When properly adjusted
the disc breaks the land deeply and
thoroughly loosens it, mixing this soil
and the subsoil to some extent. but
does not turn to the surface enough
of the inert subsoil to injure the sue
ceeding crop. The next best method
for deep breaking is moldboard plow-
ing, set to t-gn burrows on edge, and
this is followed by a subsoil piow in
the same furroW as deeply as desired.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24

"Tapioca is dearer owing to the fact
that large areas formerly devoted TO
its planting in The Straits Settlements
are now being used for rubber plant
ing" While We were still in the
nursery We registered d VOW never to
eat tapioca pudding when we were
once in a position to order cur own
meals. and this information leaves u.
coid.-London Globe.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
CHAPTER Xxx,
Confusion.

CONFUSION.
In his interest in what was going on
on the other side of the wall, Sweet
water had forgotten himself. Day
light had declined, but in the dark
ness of the closet this change had
passed unheeded. Night. itself might
come, but that should not force him to
leave his post so long as his neigh
Dor remained behind his locked door,
brooding over the words of love and
devotion which had come to him, as it
were, from the other world
But was he brooding? That sound
Of iron Gathering upon iron! That
smothered exclamation and the laugh
which ended it, Anger and deJermin-
alton rang in that laugh. 1t had a
hideous sound which prepared Sweet
water for the smell which now reached
his nostrils. The letters were burn
ing; this time the lid had been lifted
from the stove with unrelenting pur-
pose. Poor Edith Chailoner's touch
ing words had met different fate
from any which she, in her ignorance
of this mans nature-a nature to
which she had ascribed untold perfec-
tions-could possibly have conceived.
AS Sweetwater thought of this. he
stirred nervously in the darkness, and
broke into silent invective against the
man who could so insult the memory
of one who had persisted under the
blight of his own GOODNESS and mis-
understanding. Then he suddenly
started back surprised and apprehen-
sive. Brotherson had unlocked mis-
door, and was coming rapidly his way.
Sweetwater heard his step in the hall
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
Woman in "FloWery' Japan

troll a legislative body like the Jap
anese diet, many members Of which
are elected by a most amazing and
open system of corruption and vote
buying, system which puts to shame
in its effrontery the worst days OF
ward politics in any gang ridden city
in the United States.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
Rain Hurt the Pearut Crop.

BTOwnwoOd, Tex-AccOrding to sta
tistics gathered at Brentwood, the
farmers of Brown, Eastlaud, Callahan
and Comanche counties have lost not
less than 80 carloads Of peanuts on
account Of tine excessive rains which
fell during the fail aHd winter.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
Struck Water Supply Near Crockett.

Crockett, Textile Kathleen Oil
Company. while sinking a test well at
Brookfield Bluff on Trinity River Mon
day struck water ara depth OF 1909
feet that has been gushing at TIE rate
of $1,000 barrels a day.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24

Corpus Christi, TeX-That during
the year 1914 property owners OF
Nueces County viii vote on the issu-
ance OF more than 100000 for modern
roads throughout the county is now as
Sured.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
10 Vote Coed Re5.ds Ror.lss-. :

Mckinney, TeE1Tht cUaillti{sion-
ers court has ordered T~goor roads
election TO be held in the Celina good
roads district 10. : or Saturday Feb.
p An, issuance Of r. bonds TO The
amount of $l25,0J) viii be voted upon.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
viii Have Freeze Siurals.

San BenitO, TeX.-Ligbt signals will
be placed at the apex Of The wdter tow
er at once to be used Tor .g.ying warn
ing 10 farmers III case Of predicted
freeze .;;f,!..;
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24

New AngIeton Higa School in Ugs.
Angleton. Tez.- lhe. new Angletoa
hfsh school buiIdiU5 10 now in use.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24

These figures, with the exception Of
1909. are taken from records kept by
the Texas Business Mems Association.
and are complied from data furnished
by commercial organizations, county
judges. good roads associations and
other authoritative sources. The 1908
figures are from a statement issued by
the State comptroller and represent
the bonds registered in Austin during
the year.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24

Washington Texas wheat crop
in 1913 mounted TO 13.650,U90 bush
sls,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-24
CHAPTER XIX.
The Danger Moment.

For a day Sweetwater acknowi-
edged himse,. 20 be mentally crush
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
City Government

In the general cropping toward some
form Of local government that will
give adequate service at minimum
cost, and in the effort to get away
from the old careless, extravagant
wasting of public funds, the city
manager and commission forms Of
government are being widely adopt.
ed, though yet in the experimental
forms. The feature of each, however,
is the centering Of responsibility and
the decrease of the list of elective
officers. The manager system places
responsibility upon one man, while
the commission form places it upon
three to five men. Ultimately type
Of local government will be evolved
that will probably be accepted by all
American cities.
While these groupings for good gov.
eminent began in the smaller cities,
the larger ones are gradually enter
ing the field of experiment. Buffalo,
city of 425,0O0 population, has just
adopted the commission system by
popular vote eliminating fifty elective
offices, cutting down the size of the
ballot and lodging power in the hands
of five commissioners. Party lines are
abandoned and the names of candi-
dates are placed on the ballot in al
phabetical order. Ward lines are elm.
mated and all commissioners are
elected at large. In addition, the
school management is taken from
the school board and placed in the
hands Of department of public in.
struction. Franchises are granted by
the voters alone.
The experience of Buffalo and 9TH
er pioneers in local government will
be watched with interest and profit
by other cities of the country. vi.
timately Seattle must change it's pres
ent wasteful and extravagant system
for one that will permit of lodging
responsibility for good or bad govern.
ment. When the retention of NUM-
cipal management depends upon good
service, no doubt we shall have bet
ter service at less cost.
Practically all of the larger cities
of the country scon % be submerged
in debt and laundering helplessly in
the mazes of irresponsible misman-
agement, and the need of intelligent
revision of local government methods
is daily emphasized-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
TEST OF A POSTMASTER.
His Speech. Whether It Be Good or
Bad, Should Be Very Brief.

His Speech, Whether II Be Good or
Bad, Should Be Very Brief.
To the average man an invitation to
make few remarks" after dinner Is
at once a terror and a secret pride. To
be asked to be the tOastmaster at big
dinner Is usually taken as recognition
Of wit and knowledge.
The toastmaster's speech should be
very brief. II he Is a good speaker
himself a speech of any considerable
length imposes unfair competition upon
the real speakers. usually visiting
guests. whom he Is to introduce. II
the toastmaster is a poor speaker be
bores the audience and the waiting
guests as we'll And in any event
every minute occupied by the toast.
master is robbery Of the time Of the
real speakers of the evening, and an
after dinner speaker may have 4 real
message that needs delivery. and the
long drawn introduction. with side
lights and anecdotes, will really cheat
the audience Of something worth while
The toastmaster has task of courte-
sy-to prepare the diners for the man
who Is to speak. to tame and train the
audience into proper frame of mind
and to turn it over to the speaker in
fo:med as to his identity. prejudiced
in his favor little perhaps. but Ger
tainly not In the reaction following a
laugh raised by the toastmaster.-Bos
ton Globe.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
Blaming the Tariff.

In an effort to make party capital
out Of the depressed times, the stand.
pat press is working overtime to
show, what it assumes to be a gull
lible public, that all the financial ills
that befall this country are induced
by the Democratic tariff law. The
Hoquiam Washingtonian bewails the
shipment of a raft of 100000 feet
of cedar logs from British Columbia
to Puget Sound mills, and, of course
blames the tariff law.
If our esteemed contemporary will
look into the subject, it will be found
that no import duty has ever been
placed on logs. We believe that un.
til recently British Columbia levied
an export duty upon logs, the with
drawal of which has probably Undue.
ed the shipment of the raft referred
to. The Herald has it upon the au.
thority of A. ]. Anderson, of Aber-
deem, who is logging in British Col
umba on a large scale, that logging
in that province costs fully 80 per
cent more than it does on Grays Har-
Dor, owing to increased cost of eqip-
ment and wages, the cost of living
being higher over there.
But, this importation of cedar logs
brings up another question Since
shingles were placed on the free list,
this same standpat press has howled
themselves hoarse over the injury
done the shingle mills of Washing
ton, who, they said, could not COM
pete with the cheap labor in British
Columbia. 1t is passing strange that
If our Northern neighbors had such
an abundance of cheap labor in the
single industry they would ship the
logs to this side to be manufactured
by the plutocratic labor on Puget
Sound. The two calamity bowls do
not seem to jibe.
The Washington State Dairymen's
Association, at their meeting last
week in Chehalis, complained loudly
Of the new tariff on butter, yet If
there has been any serious reduction
in the selling price of this commodity
the consumers have not heard of it.
There is a duty of two and half
cents pound on butter, instead of
cents, as provided in the Payne tar.
If law, and the average consumer will
agree that 21s cents a pound, plus the
freight charges from Australia, is SUI.
ficient protection for the dairymen.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

Removal of large tree stumps during
the clearing of new land under ordi.
nary processes is expensive and also
slow, excepting in cases where explo
siyes are used A simple method has
now been applied which eliminates
much of the trouble usually encounter
ed and Is feasible when time is not an
important factor. A hole two inches
in diameter is bored fairly deep into
the middle of the stump and is then
filed with equal parts of nitric and
sulphuric acids and plugged. After
about five weeks time the large
stumps Of the hardest woods are so
eaten by the acid that they are easily
crumbled with pick.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

belief among Germans that England
is taking part in this war with the
deliberate and cunning object of Grip
ping Germany as commercial COM
petitor. We are not discussing what
the respective governments assert or
believe. but rather that which is the
belief, of the great mass of honest,
well-meaning people. Just as it is
true that the Germans have persuad-
ed themselves that they are fighting
a war for their freedom of oppOrtun-
ity as a nation and race-and in a
sense for their very existence-even
so the people of Great Britain, on
their part, believe that they, are
fighting for the establishment of GER
tain principles of right and justice,
without which there can be no fur
Their security in the world.-From
The Progress of the World" in the
American Review of Reviews for De-
cember.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
FLOATING ISLANDS.
Japan Has a Lake of Them. and They
Sometimes Capsize.

Japan Has a Lake Of Them. and They
Sometimes Capsize.
In Yamagata, Japan. is small lake
called the Lake of the Floating Is.
lands. discovered about the year 1870
which has from that time attracted
the attention Of many poets and liter
airy men. report on the mysterious
movements of these islands. drawn up
by party under Professor S. Kusa.
kabe. is published in the science re-
ports Of the Tohoku Imperial univer.
sity.
The floating islands. which at times
number no fewer than sixty. are found
to be continually changing their posi-
tons. moving first one way and then
the other. In the first series Of obser-
vatiOns wooden floats were placed in
the lake. showing the distribution of
the various currents. Subsequently a
model Of the lake was constructed, and
it was found possible closely to repro
duce the various movements of the
surface. When both water and wind
currents were taken into account the
actual behavior of the islands was
found to be quite in accordance with
theory and experiment.
The islands originate from masses of
vegetable debris, which are first car
red to the surface by bubbles of gas:
then reeds commence to grow from
seed on them. Sometimes the mass
becomes topheavy and overturns. and
reeds grow on tie other side. until the
island has grown sufficiently large in
extent to secure stability.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
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W1e%E\ET'GNEN
E g&S{Se,2gat11ll,y(oUPDtOARD
GOOD FISH DINNER.

HlSH Is 50 much cheaper than meat
that it is wise ut this time to
make as much use of it as pos
sible. The great variety of fish and
the many ways Of serving it which
may be taken advantage of make il
possible frequently to substitute it for
meat
Potato Omelet.-Take the yolks Of
three eggs and bent very light. Sea-
son one cupful Of cold mashed potatoes
with salt. pepper. one-half cupful Of
milk and little chopped parsley. Beat
the yolks into this. then add beaten
whites. Heat pan piping hot and but
ter; pour omclet into it. Brown light
ly. turn and serve very hot.
Boiled Black Bass.-Put in a pot
enough slightly salted water to cover
fish. add one gill Of vinegar. one onion.
eight whole peppers and blade Of
mace. Sew up the fish in piece Of
thin cheesecloth fitted snugly to it. Lay
in water, bring slowly to boil. then
boil steadily. allowing twelve minutes
to each pound Of fish. When done re-
move cloth. lay fish on platter and
serve with cream sauce.
Pepper and Grapefruit Salad.-Cut
slices from the stem ends Of six green
peppers and remove seeds. Refill with
grapefruit pulp, finely cut celery and
English walnut meats broken in pieces.
allowing twice as much grapefruit as
celery and two nut meats to each pep
per. Arrange on chicory or lettuce
leaves and serve with mayonnaise
dressing.
Stuffed Cucumbers.-Take four good
sized cucumbers. peel. cut in halves
lengthwise. and scoop out the seeds.
Mix together one-half pint of bread
crumbs, one level teaspoonful of salt.
one saltspoonful of pepper. one-half
cupful of finely chopped nuts. one
good sized onion, one tablespoonful Of
chutney. Stuff the cucumbers; fasten
them together with wooden skewers
or tie with string. Put six tablespoon
fuls of olive oil in shallow baking
pan; when hot put in the cucumbers,
turn them until carefully Drowned on
all sides. Add one-half cupful of wa
ter and bake slowly for one and one
half hours, basting frequently.
A.s~;~ z|z<~h4>~/
In the Hospital.
Nurse-Can you stand alone!
Patient-Yes. and can stand loan
toO.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

Foxes are not generally accredited
with vegetarian instincts You never
see their tracks, as you see those OF
rabbits. around young oak tree shoot
which has been nibbled down to the
tough stem. But Aesop evidcntl'
thought otherwise when he wrote his
fable of the sour grapes. and there is
plenty Of testimony that Aesop was
right. Foxes do eat wild graprs. as
many observers have testified. climb
ing a considerable way to get them
and probably at times they eat berries
and perhaps apples. have found their
tracks. at any rate, beneath apple
trees. have also been confidently as
sured that they eat the persimmons In
Virginia, that the "ol' houn' dawgs"
know how good this fruit is, too, and If
you wish to find the very best bee tree
take "dawg" with you. - Walter
Prichard Eaton in Harper's Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22

thousandD. 1t carried the provision
that the boundary between Canada
and the United States should be for
ever undefended.
1t was an amazing innovation. The
limoges of the time pooh-poohed it. OF
course it wouldn't work! Nations had
to be fenced apart with forts. That
was the way of Europe.
Well, look at Europe now. There
is the fortified Belgian frontier, brok-
en- and obliterated. There is the en-
battled line between France and Ger
many. There is the carnage of the
Russo-German border. There are the
laundering guns on the Danube, the
shattered defenses of Galicia, the en-
trenchments where Austria faces Ser
via and Italy, and the interminable
lines of idle sentinels that guard the
limits Of Switzerland, Holland, Den
mark, Greece Bulgaria and Rumania
And stretched across this continent
between two great nations is the long
est continuous international frontier
in the world, $500 miles in extent,
without a single fort, block house,
gun or soldier
Most assuredly that is worth cele-
brating. And the two nations are
going to celebrate it with fitting en-
thusiasm on December "a, with cere-
monies in many cities of England,
Canada and the United States. Vir-
ginia has ordered the cessation of all
traffic, labor and business throughout
the state for five minutes at noon on
that day. 1t would be fine thing
if similar recognition were given in
every state in the Union, to bring
home to every man, woman nd child
the significance of this blessed ami.
versary.-Tacoma Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
The British Aim and Motive,

There appears a unity of purpose
and conviction in Germany, in this
fateful contest, that is testified to
from all sources, and that now seems
tc be conceded heNond the possibility
OF contradiction. Women as well as
men, social democrats as well as the
military caste and The aristocrats,
business men and scholars Ger.
mems profess to believe that the cause
Of the Fatherland" is righteous. 1t
is unfortunate that the Germans are
n T. able to see thai the English also
believe themselves - be engaged in
righteous cause. 1t is the common
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
The Physician's Life.

The study of medicine is an entranc
ing subject Its practice requires an
array Of virtues whose mere contem
plation staggers the mind One must
meet violence with gentleness. ingrati
tude with equanimity, insult with forti-
tude, SANDER with silence. The physi.
clans life is daily exemplification of
the Golden Rule. The very sensitive
ness that inspires sympathy with pain
and misery is a weapon in the hands of
ignorance and malice wherewith they
deal dreadful wounds. wounds which
must be endured silently. Resentment
can have no place in the physicians
mind-From "Recreation of a Physi-
cian," by A. Stuart Nj. Chisholm, " u