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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
GREEN USED
IN SUMMER GARDEN
Much Can Be Saved by the Ju-
dici0uS Use of the Poison
for Killing Insects.

At this time of the year summer
garden crops are growing and much
can be saved by the judicious use OF
paris green for killing noxious in
sects. Paris green is a strong poison
and insects are killed with 1t. Suck
ing insects such as the true bugs and
plant lice are not killed by poisOns
but by sprays that blister their bodies
or by substances that stop up their
breathing pores. -
When used as spray the paris
green should first be made into
thick paste by adding little water
and then adding the proper quantity
of water. 1t is always advisable to
add also twice the weight of poison
of fresh Stacked lime In order to rem
der insoluble any free arsenic that
may be present and so prevent burn
ing Of foliage. The poison Is used
in an insoluble form, or as nearly so
as it is possible to render it, hence
the water must be kept thoroughly
agitated in order that the power may
remain perfectly suspended In the
liquid. If the powder is allowed to
settle at the bottom of the vessel that
portion will be much concentrated
and likely to burn the plants, while
the top liquid will have very little
value as an insecticide.
In making the spraying mixture use
about one-half pound Of paris green
and one pound of lime to SO gallons
of water. In spraying potatoes. for
instance, which are frequently affect
ed with blight or fungous disease, one
pound of paris green is added to so
gallons of Bordeaux mixture. Bor-
deaux mixture is made by dissolving
four pounds of copper sulphate and
five pounds of water. These two mix
lures work well together. killing in
sects and fungous diseases at the
same time and hence a saving of la
Dor in spraying.
Paris green may be busted on plants
with cheesecloth bags or ordinary
powder bellows. 1t may be applied
either pure or diluted, but it is best
to dilute with twenty to one hundred
parts of lime, air Stacked or land plas-
ter. before applying, according to the
nature of the plants treated. Even
weaker solutions should be used
where the parts busted are to be used
for food. In the treatment of cabbage
use but one ounce of the poison to
ten pounds of lime or plaster
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

der and exploitation? Mexico has not
been able to protect Americans"
There have been comparatively few
such outrages In a country where
revolution is rife there will always be
some affection of foreigners by ban
dts. Even in peace time you have had
your own anti-Italian and antfJapan-
ese riots. AS to the more recent hard
ships suffered by Americans, the ar
resting and imprisoning of correspond
entS and others, please bear in nina
that your troops have landed on our
SOIL that you hold our principal port.
Suppose the autonomy of the United
States was threatened by great pow
er that seized and held the port of New
York, would the subjects of such a
power be very popular with you?
InvasIon's Effect on Mexicans.
"The general in command just be-
yond your outposts illustrated the eff
feet on Mexicans of the invasion. Gen.
eral Garcia Pena had nothing in COM
mon with Huerta's administration; he
declined to take part in the civil war;
he would not fight for Huerta against
the rebels and he would not fight with
the rebels against his country, but
when a foreign foe landed on our
shores, like an honest soldier he placed
his sword at his country's disposal and
welcomed an assignment where he
would be the first to confront the in
vader-and that is the attitude OF
every Mexican officer, even among
those classed as Huerta's enemies.
"You have seen the American sol
diers and marines; what is your opin-
| ion of their conduct since they have
been in possession of the port?''
Troops Not "Tow-Headed Angels"
"They are soldiers-doubtless excel
! lent soldiers; their conduct has been
average''-''regular'' was the express
sion the governor employed. After
the fighting was over, when their off,
| GERS had them under control and the
lust OF battle was past, they were ex-
| emplary, but your soldiers are not tow.
| headed angels. During the two days
of the firing there were excesses
Some of my friends suffered intrusion
there was some footing and some un
necessary shooting; there always Is or
such occasions. 1t is not a subject fol-
criticism, but it looks different from
the side of the invaded and that Of the
| invaders"
Suppose you were to succeed HUI
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
EXCELLENT HINTS
DURING HAY TIME
Make All Necessary Preparations
Before Work Actually Starts
Take Care of Tools.
CRv M. COVERDELL.)

Don't begin haying and make prepa-
rations afterward.
See that every hay tool is in prime
working order and good repair.
Fill every oil cup and bearing and
wipe off before attempting to turn a
wheel.
1t is only fair that the household
help be as plentiful and efficient as is
the help in the fields.
A sunshade for the driver while
moving may cause some unkind re-
marks. but it was never known to
cause a sunstroke.
Lay in a full supply of repairs now;
don't wait until the breakage occurs
and stops dollar-a-minute haylng
crew while you drive to town for re-
pairs.
Don't buy repair rake-teeth already
shaped up when you can saw out two
of them yourself from a 2 by 8, and
save at least one-half what you would
be charged for the shaped teeth.
Good. keen sickles leave a smooth
mown meadow; save all the grass;
wear the machine out less than dull
sickles, and greatly tighten the load
of the teams.
A water jug with the juice of a
lemon or two squeezed into it, beats
any of the so-called stimulants many
farmers are coming to make use of
every year during the hay harvest.
The lemon juice diminishes the
thirst, while the stimulants increase it.
A damp handkerchief worn in the
crown of the hat adds to ones com
fort and guards against sunstroke.
Rushing the team and the men is a
most successful plan for running UP
big repair bill or a dangerous sun
stroke.
Make a clean finish of the business
while you are about it. See that all
the stacks are we'll topped and stand
ing up straight when the work is done,
then run three good wires around
every stack-yard and save doing IT
when you turn in on the meadow for
fall pasturage.
This is also the best time you'll ever
have for putting away the hay tools
The intense hot weather following the
hay harvest knocks out as much ma
chinery as the work just finished;
then the damp fall weather puts q
rusty coat on it which about ruins 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

God Enki to eat of the tree OF lie,
was found at the University of Penn
sylvania museum. The university au-
thorities made this announcement and
said the tablet, which was discovered
among the thousands of tablets IN the
Nippur collection, would be sent at
once to DR.. Langdon for translation.
Nothing was said or intimated about
Eve or any other woman in connectlon
with the fall of man on the srst frag-
ment and Dr. Langdon expressed re-
gret that the tablet was broken in the
most important place." Archaeolo-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
CBy ELMER HENDERSON,

(By ELMER HENDERSON,
Much has been written and said OF
the enormous profits to be made from
the keeping of few sheep on the
corn-belt farm Some have figured
that it costs from So to SO per year
to keep a sheep and that the fleece
would just about pay that. Others,
pessimists, say, that the losses from
keeping sheep are so heavy that there
is absolutely no profit, due to the raw
ages of disease, vermin and internal
parasites. Between these two will be
found the middle way that seems to
catch the bulk of the sheep raisers.
AS working basis let us take pas
ture. Pasture is at once the best and
the most economical sheep feed
known An acre of grass according
to the country standard will support
one COW or it's equal in weight of other
grazing animals. In other words an
acre of good pasture land will main
tain 1000 pounds of COW, sheep or
horse flesh The average corn-belt
eve will weigh, say 125 pounds. This
means that an acre of land will fur
nish nourishment for eight ewes dur
ing the entire pasture period of six
months. If the land rents at So per
acre, as it does in this part of Hi
nois, we have the cost of maintaining
one eve as ST. pep summer.
We may count clover hay as stan
dard winter feed, and given plenty of
nice clean clover hay, no other feed is
needed. Our field of clover hay in the
corn belt for two cuttings is about
three tons per acre. On good farms
the yield is more, but we may take
this as representative. Three tons of
hay per acre. means 5000 pounds of
clover, counting that each sheep will
eat three pounds of hay dai ?, which
is big allowances; eight sheep fed
$50 days, three pounds per day. will
eat considerably less than what one
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Keen Chickens GROWING.

Now that you have the chickens
we'll started keep them growing.
Because you have a large number
now is no sign that you may have
month from this time. Feed them
well; it is difficult thing to over
feed the growing youngsters on
range.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Paints Without a Brush :
Leonard NJ. Davis Pictures Are Be-
ing Exhibited at Neutrality-suspicious.
Color on Canvas With Knife.

shington.-Leonard N. Davis,
whose paintings arc being exhibited
in Washington at the headquarters
of the National Geographic society.
is an artist who paints without a
brush. All his colors are put on the
canvas with knife. His pictures are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
MAY SOLVE THE FALL OF MAN
New Tablet Hoped to Hold Key--Eve
Not Named In First Part-Stone
is Broken.

Philadelphia.-The missing half OF
the clay tablets, the other half OF
which. as translated by DR.. Stephen
Langdon of Jesus college, Oxford, told
about the flood and the escape Of Noah
and how the fall Of man ensued
through his temptation by the river
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Impossible. Of Course.

Quick, quick, my dear-everybody
else is in the lifeboat. The ship ~
sinking!"
wait moment. l cannot be seen
like this. The lifeboat makes my
coat quicker. The Bystander.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
rha. Another Started.

She CATER the ouarreD-I'll prom
Use always to keep NY temper In the
future. dear. / can't do more than
that.
He-Oh. yes, you can; you can keep
your word.-Boston Evening Tran
script
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
EorestaI, Possible "Tummy" Ache.

Chicago.-The police prevented a
double stomach ache and possible trag-
edy when they arrested Samuel CO.
mena and Srank Lamont, both nine
years old, Ss the boys crept out of a
commission house with bag of GU
cumbers and a sack of green canta-
loupes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
A PesslmIst.

you used to say you trusted to the
wisdom of the plain people,
YES" replied Mr.. Growcher. "Buc
where are you going to find them?
The public is getting some remark
ably fancy notions these days."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
changeabIe.

Rankin thought you said Rose
mary was a strawberry blonde.
Phyle--She used to be; but since
purple hair came into fashion she is
a huckleberry brunette-Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
before and After.

Before they were married she
thought all the world of him."
"And now?"
Nov she complains bitterly that
the world yves her a living. Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

gists at the university believe the new
ly found section will assist greatly in
revealing the complete story of the
creation. the flood and the fall of man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Enco,,raoe the Birds.

Plant evergreens to induce the birds
TO come early and stay late. Trees Of
this class form the best protection
from the storm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Make un "Jaq LIST"

Phillipsburg, N. 1.-THE town COM
missioners will make up jag list"
copies of which will be given to eacn
liquor dealer with instructions not to
sell to persons whose names are listed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Cultivate the Orchard.

Stir the soil frequently in the or
chard not deeply. This breaks up the
capillary tubes OF the soil and thus
prevents evaporation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
prnfitahls Elald cron.

The sunflower as profitable field
crop is among the fair possibilities Of
the not distant future
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30
Colts First Lesson.

A colts education should begin in
infancy and the first lesson should De
in getting acquainted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-07-30

all of Alaskan scenes, and those who
have been there declare he has cap
tured the spirit of the North and
has found the way to transfer the
very atmosphere to the canvas.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-02

Athens, via Rome.-FoIIowing an
extraordinary council of the ministry
it was announced that there would be
no change in the Greek plans. Neu-
traIity will be maintained as long as
no attempt is made to involve the
Balkans generally in the war.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson to-
day signed the bill creating the gov
eminent bureau Of war risk insur-
ance.
Paris, Sept. 2.-The allied lines on
the French left are engaged today
along line extending from Montdid-
Ter, small station just of the main
line from Boulogne to Paris, in the
department of SOmme into the forest
of Campiegne. The heaviest fighting
is reported in the vicinity of Mont
didieF. .... .-
London.-The- Russian embassy
this afternoon issued an official state
ment announcing an Austrian defeat
in Galicia. The statement said: ..
''The Russian advance through
Austrian Galicia continues in the
most successful manner. Everywhere
the ,Austrians are being driven back.
The Russian left wing has captured
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-02
admitted

Ia supposedly impregnable Austrian
position.
Petrograd.-AnotheT sweeping sue
cess over the Austrians was reported
today, supplementing those of the
victories at Lemberg and near the
Russian Poland frontier.
The war Office announces that the
Russian left wing, operating from its
position on the Dneister, captured an
Austrian position that was heavily
garrisoned. .....
The official announcement states
that the Russians charged the Aus
TRAN. position at the point Of the bay
onet and swept. over the entrench->
ments completely routing the Aus
trian troops. Five thousand Austrians
were left dead on the field. The Rus
SLAMS. captured 80 big guns and more
than 1000 prisoners, including the
Austrian general in command.
Copanhagen.-AdVices from Ber-r
lin indicate that the German troop
movements continue. It is stated all
train schedules have been abandoned
''for the present" and the military
are again in control Of train move
ments.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-02
the front buUs been killed and that others haze been

U0u1qed . . -
Wasington-'' Gern,an and Austrian troops &C.
cuPy Lodz the largest manufacturing city in Russian
Poland" the Berlin foreign office informed the German
embassy in a uireIess dispatch this afternoon.
AntuDerp.-The Uar office says that four civilians
injured by bombs dropped by Zeppelin this
ing. There real property damage.
WasEIngtOn-C Convinced that Bulgaria uDiU unite
lOith Turkey the Balkan states engage the European
lDqr, the Turkish ambassador today declared thar Tr-
key alone had half million modified, preparing
for any eOentuaLity."
PefrOgrGd.-The Russian staff admitted todcY
that army corps operating in Eastern Prussia haze
been defeated by the Germans there.
Morgan County republican., 1914-03-12

bled on q lichened and sunken tomb.
stone.
When you read this, my son. you
Will have come to mans estate. 1t 10
curious to think that this black. black
Ink may be faded to gray and this
white. white paper yellowed, just from
lying waiting SO long. But strangest
Of all Is to think tnat you yourself
whose brown head hardly tops this
desk, will be as tall U hope) as !!
How l wonder what you will look like
then! And shall I-the real, real ], l
mean--be peering over your strong
broad shoulder as you read? Who
knows? Wise men have dreamed such
a thing possible-and / am not bit
wise.
John. you will not have forgotten
that you are Valiant. But you are
also a Virginian. VIII you have dis
covered this for yourself? Here is the
deed to the land where ! and my
father. and his father, and many, many
more Vallants before them were born.
Sometime, perhaps. you will know why
you are John Valiant Of New York In.
stead Of John Valiant Of Damory
Court. can not tell you myself, be-
cause 1t is too true story, and l have
forgotten how to tell any but fairy
tales, where everything happens right.
where the Prince marries the beautiful
Princess and they live happily to-
gether ever after.
You may never care to live at
Damory Court. Maybe the life you
will know so we'll by the time you
read this will have welded you to It,
self. II so, we'll and good. Then leave
the old place to your son. But there Is
such thing as racial habit and the
call Of blood. And l know there is
such thing, too. as fate. Every
man carries his fate on a RI
band about his neck SO the
Moslem put it. 1t was my fate to
go away, and l know now-since dis
tance is not made by miles alone
that | myself shall never see Damory
Court again. But life Is a strange
wheel that goes round and round and
comes back to the same point again
and again. And 1t may be your fate to
go back Then perhaps you will cry
(but, oh, not on the old white bears
skin rug never again with me holding
your small small handD-
Wishing House! Wishing House! !!
Where are YOU?
And this old parchment deed will
| answer
"'iIere I am, Master; here | ami
"Ah. we are only children, after all,
playing out our plays. have had
many toys, but o John. John! The
ones treasure most are all in the
| NeverNe Land"
Morgan County republican., 1914-03-12
CHAPTER r ~.
A Valiant Of ViruInIa.

For long time John Valiant sat
motionless, the opened letter in his
hand, staring at nothing. lie had the
sensation. spiritually, Of traveller
awakened with a rude shock amid
wholly unfamiliar surroundings.
He was trying to remember-to put
two and two together. His father had
been Southern-born: yes, he had
known that. But he had known moth.
icg whatever OF his fathers early days.
or of his forebears; since he had been
old enough to wonder about such
things, he had had no one to ask
questions OF.
Phrases OF the letter ran through
his mind: Sometime. perhaps, you
will know why you are John Valiant
of New York instead Of John Valiant
OF Damory Court ! cannot
tell you myself" There was some
tragedy, then. that had blighted the
place, some melancholy story" as the
clipping put It,
upon the table. following with his I'm
ger the long line OF transfers: ""Tc
John Valyante.," he muttered: what
odd spelling! Robert Valyant'-with
out the 'e.' Here. In 1880. the ~ be
gins to be a." There was something
strenuous and appealing in the Ions
line OF dates. valiant. Always o Va
liant. How they held on to It! There's
never a break"
A curious pride, newborn and self
conscious. was dawning in him. HI
was descended from ancestors whit
had been no weaklings. A Valiant hat
settled on those acres under a roya
governor. before the old frontie
fighting was over and the Indian
had sullenly retired to the westward
The sons OF those who had brave,
sea and savages had bowed thei
strong bodies and their stronger heart
to raze the forests and turn tn
primeval jungles into golden piants
tions.
There stole into his mood an eer
suggestion Of intention. Why shoul,
tho date assigned for that deeds Dc
Morgan County republican., 1914-03-12

in a paper. a newspaper clipping and
a letter.
Puzzled he unfolded the cracking
thing I'm his hands. why" he said
half aloud, 'it's--it's deed made over
to me-" He overran 1t swiftly. Part
OF an old Colony grant a
plantation in Virginia. twelve hun
dred odd acres. given under the hand
Of vice.regal governor In the six.
teenth century. / had no idea titles
In the United States went back 30 far
as that" His eye fed to the end.
1T was my fathers! What could he
have wanted Of an estate In Virginia?
1t must have come into his hands In
the course of business
He picked up the newspaper clip
ping. 1t was worn and broken in the
folds as II It had been carried for
months in a pocketbook.
1T will interest readers OF this sec
tion Of Virginia (the paragraph be.
gam to learn, from recent transfer
received for record at the County
Clerks Office, that Damory Court has
passed to Mr.. John Valiant, minor"
He turned the paper over and found
a date; II had been printed in the year
Of the transfer to himself. when he
was six years old-the year his father
had died.
john Valiant, minor. the son Of
the former owner.
There are few indeed who do not
recall the tragedy with which in the
public mind the estate Is connected
The fact, moreover, that this old home
stead has been left In its present state
tfor, as is well known, the house has
remained with all its contents and fur
nishings untouched) to rest during so
long term Of years unoccupied, could
not, Of course, fail to be commented
on, and this circumstance alone has
perhaps tended to keep alive a melan-
choly story which may we'll be for
gotten"
lie read the elaborate, rather stilted
phraseology in the twenty. year-old pa
per with a wondering interest. An
old house, he mused, with a bad
| iobdDiy Noulul btll ~,
and maybe nobody would ever live in
| it. That would explain why it re-
manned so long unoccupied-why there
are no records Of rentals. Probably
the land was starved and run down.
IT'S an offset to the hall.bedroom
idea, at any rate he said to himself
humorously. TT holds out an escape
from the noble army of rent-payers.
When my twenty.eight hundred is
gone, | could live down there landed
proprietor, and by the same mark an
/ honorary colonel. and raise the cab.
bages | was talking about-eh, Chum
while you stalk rabbits. How does
that strike your"
He laughed whimsically. lie, John
Valiant, OF New York, hrst.nighter at
its theaters, hail-fellow, well.met in its
club corridors and welcome diner al
any one of hundred brilliant glass
| and sumner tables en-
Morgan County republican., 1914-03-12

livery have been the very day on
which he had elected poverty? Here
was a foreordination as pointed as the
index.fnger of a guidepost. Every
man carries his fate" he repeated.
"' on riband about his neck Chum,
do you believe in fate?'
For answer the bulldog. cooking an
alert eye on his master, discontinued
his occupations conscientious II un-
successful mastication Of the flattish
packet that had fallen from the folded
deed-and with much solicitous tail.
wagging. brought the sodden thing In
his mouth and put 1t into the out.
stretched hand.
His master unrolled the pulpy wad
and extricated the object It had en-.
closed-an old.fashioned iron door-key.
After time Valiant thrust the key
into his pocket, and rising. went to a
trunk that lay against the wall.
Searching in a portfolio. he took out
small old-fashioned photograph.
much battered and soiled. 1t had been
cut from a larger group and the name
Of the photographer had been erased
from the back He set 1t upright on
the desk, and bending forward. looked
long at the face it disclosed. 1t was
the only picture he had ever possessed
of his father.
He turned and looked into the glass
above the dresser. The features were
the same, eyes, brow. lips, and strong
waving hair. But for its time-stains
the photograph might have been one
of himself, taken yesterday.