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me that as 1 was in life at all it was
my duty to discover what justified liv-
ing. Having thus faced death / knew
that I could have no moral fear Of any
menaced. and from that day I sought
to inure myself by regular training
to face ali realities"
Meanwhile he began going to school.
where he soon showed what a YER
table thirst for knowledge he pos
sessed. 'In the morning early" he
said, 81 used to ruin down town. abuot
a mile, read the news. including poll
tics, in the local newspapers, and run
back in time to do my lessons before
breakfast" German he learned, too,
from one of his fathers farm hands.
and at thirteen or fourteen he had
read and annotated most of the phil
osophers. IT well remember" he said.
1.-The first time 1 picked up. Locke's
work On the Human Understanding
The index thrilled me like a symphony
of Beethoven"
So he progressed to Melbourne Uni
versity, where, by the way, he once
wrote and recited an elegiac setting
forth his views, with the result that
he came near getting expelled After
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graduating, he practiced for a short
time as a civil engineer, and subse-
quently taught mathematics and lee
tured on engineering and scientific
subjects in Melbourne. and then. his
craving for knowledge deepened still
further, sailed away to Germany to
begin what he describes as -four
years of intense toll and loneliness.
During this time he wrote and pub
lished his first novel. and soon after
ward set foot In England for the first
time. there to have experiences that
were not calculated either to soften
his native contempt for monarchy and
all connected Herewith nor to increase
his not too strong devotion to the
mother country.
my feeling toward England and
conditions here even today" said he,
is one of the same wonder that I
should have among the denizens of the
African jungle, and when stood in the
dock in the court of kings bench and
heard myself denounced as traitor
I felt toward my accusers exactly as
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'Deerslayer' might have felt as he stood
tied to the stake while red devils. with
murder in their hearts, threw toma-
hawks at him. In France. Or in the
United States am among ideas and
ideals that I understand, but I am
wholly antagonistic to a country where
the last imbecile son of a nondescript
duke actually counts for more in the
social cosmos than the most profound
thinker. Nor were my first experiences
of the English literary world happy.
A poet Qysel I Joined the so-called
'Rhymers Club and found it a collec-
ton of log-rollers. whose reverence for
art was actually nil in comparison
with their determination to preserve
their own ascendency.
Then followed my first visit to Ire
land. to which T came. as I came to
South Africa and to Germany. as a
stranger. and where, a few weeks later.
I was standing as candidate for par
lament This was in 1892. ! stood
for Galway City as Parnellite and
was defeated by only ninety-two votes.
From the day I set foot in ireland. as
soon discovered, detectives logged
my steps-it was thus ireland was
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scHo..Ai WHO MAY DRIVE A TAXI

view to acquiring the apparently few
things he didn't already know about
electrical engineering.
Lynch says he didn't particularly want
the Paris High School of Electricitys
diploma, which he eventually took, but.
that some of his friends thought as he
had acquired all the requisite knox
edge he might as well have the certifi-
cate. so he went in and got it. Nor was
II any light task. for. at the end Of the
same course of lectures and laboratory
work which must be gone through with
by the experts In the French army and
navy. or by any one desiring to start
as consulting electrical engineer, he
had to write paper on wireless telegra-
ply that was veritably some paper"
He had. In fact to provide all the draw
ings and details for a complete installa-
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ready for the orders that will pile in
upon them"
4
The weztern wheat states are divided
into two regions, which plant two differ
emit varieties, known as spring and win
ter wheat. The hard winter wheat re-
sion, in which seed is planted in the fall.
to weather the ravages of the cold sea-
son. includes Kansas, Oklahoma Ne
braska and part of Texas. There is also
another winter wheat region in northern
Montana and the Immediately adjacent
country. Here, due to a warm wind
belt, winter wheat is hardy, even though
the territory is of the same latitude as
the Dakotas The spring wheat section,
where the winters are so cold that seed
must be planted In springtime, covers
North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
1t is in the winter wheat region that
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A. COMBINED HARVESTER ArIp -
TIRE SlR Pull Ed X TWENTY-FIVE HORSES

the chief increase of this years produc-
ton is noted, although all sections ex-
coed their records. Usually when a bum
per crop occurs in one section a failure
of the crop in some other state will
lower the aggregate figure. But this
year all fthe states will have excellent
harvests. And, Furthermore, the crop is
practically assured. OF course, no hu-
man agency can foretell what will befall
a crop before it is gathered. However,
If conditions continue favorable it is sus-
pected that the crop may even exceed
the amount forecast.
Two causes are ascribed for the 1914
bumper crop. The season has been I'M
usually good The wheat country has
enjoyed good rains and the plants have
been free from enemies-insects and
blights. Last fall was favorable for
wheat seeding and the crop entered the
winter with a good start The weather
proved almost ideal and few complaints
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ruled in those days-and this discovery
enraged me into making somewhat
outspoken speeches, which never were
forgiven by British officialdom. For
when. at the opening of the last
Ashanti campaign. I went to that coun-
try as war correspondent on behalf of
London paper. the order went forth
from the war Office that / was to be
given no facilities. All the power of a
great government department put forth
to ruin one man."
More than a little disguised by these
experiences Lynch shook the dust of
England from his feet and went to live
in Paris, where he wrote more books,
studied at the Hospital Beaujon and
lived among celebrities, several of
whom he introduced to one another.
Incidentally ne wrote for newspapers.
and when the South African war broke
out was appointed correspondent
with the BoerA.
81 went to South Africa, as / have
said" Lynch went on. without know
ing a single soul, and yet i knew then
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were heard of the ice "smothering'' or
of "heaving out" from freezing. During
the severe part of the winter the crop
was well protected by snow. Since the
advent Of spring the temperature has
been cool and the moisture sufficient to
maintain the crop in normal condition.
Then also the price of wheat for the last
few seasons has been high and the farm
ers thought it good crop to set out.
Accordingly. attention to wheat was in
creased and the acreage planted was
larger than ever before.
The recent development of new ma
chinery for the care of wheat on its
journey from the fields to the mills has
been amazing. Great steam plows have
been perfected to prepare the acres Of
soil for the seed. But most wonderful of
all are the harvest machines.
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seeds of revolt by pointing out that in
addition to having for sire one of the
men who set UP the flag of the Aus
tralian republic and enforced the
granting OF responsible government to
Victoria, he halls. on his mothers side.
from the rebel clan Of Rob Roy Mac
gregor." rebellious always, as Lynch
claims. against oppression, meanness
and fraud.
He was born at Smythesdale. near
Ballaret. in what was to all intents and
purposes a mining camp. Il was a
spindling little chap" he said, with
possibly some pulmonary defect. and
certainly. an Intensely forward mind.
My Intellectual beginnings l trace to
one day. as a boy of perhaps seven.
when I was feeling unspeakably low in
health. wandered out in the country
and sat down on a log to think. I be-
lieve now that as I sat there could
have let myself die, and the tempta-
tion to do so was strong, 3or life as !
had seen 1t seemed wholly purposeless
and death had an absolute attraction.
but then. suddenly, the thought struck
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Lynch. ST., was soon compelled to re-
tract his offer, being in imminent dam
ger. otherwise, of being regularly clean
ed out. Later he studied first at Bal
larat, where his father had fought in
the famous Eureka stockade; afterward
at Melbourne University. aid still later,
first at Berlin University, then in the
Hospital Beaujon, in Paris, and at st.
Mary's Hospital Medical School, in Lon
don, and since that time, whenever he
has had breathing space-including the
year that he spent in solitary confine-
ment-he had made point of adding to
his already astonishing erudition. So 1t
was that when. In November last, the
parliamentary vacation gave him the op-
portunity, he popped over to Paris with
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THREstER M
Full OPERATION

would make at sunset, when the light
sends. great shadows across the fields
and intensifies the yellow of the growing
grain. Seen in comparison with the
side, the pictures that such scenes might
inspire would certainly be beautiful l
have never seen anything done in art
along this line.
But aside from the romance Of the
situation" Mr.. Carleton went on to say,
1.-The western wheat farmer is confronted
with serious problem this season. wan
he be able to obtain enough labor to help
him properly to harvest his crop.
Every year this is a problem. Thou
sands of bushels Of grain go to waste
yearly because sufficient help Is not avail
able to harvest them. This seems a
strange condition when men in cities are
practically begging for work. I have
heard some strange tales of farmers who
went to the towns and actually kidnapped
men to help them with the work. They
would bring these men to their farms a
few days before the harvest and board
they would be needed.
LAS I passed through Oklahoma City
this year. I saw a great crowd Of Italian
laborers standing in the station, ready to
board a train. | was told that they ar
rived the day before, penniless. They
heard of the work on the wheat fields
and the increasing demand for laborers
and spent their last money in carfare
trying to reach them. They knew that the
farms lay in that vicinity and got off
the train at Oklahoma City. expecting to
find the grain growing right there, sup
pose. The city gave them lodging for the
night on the floors of the public buildings
and the railroad companies offered to
transport them to the ranches.
Il hear that the railway COMPANIES
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ing a taxi some day. It will be no more
surprising than many of the Arabian
Nights adventures that have fallen to
my lot. No more remarkable, say, than
arriving as an utter stranger in coun-
try where a state of war existed. and,
within three weeks. being given the SUI
preme command of a brigade that was
made up of dozen different nationalities
and that was expected to see. and did
see, some of the hardest fighting of the
campaign.
But to get back to my taxi driving
1t struck me- one day. that 1t would
provide an amusing diversion. SO got in
touch with a man who ran a garage and
arranged with him for a series OF les
sons In the chauneur's art For these we
used an old car and on the very first
time out I came within an ace Of
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ton .of wireless telegraphy on a dlrigible
balloon and in such a form as would be
passed on to the constructor for execu-
ton.
ut made quite an engrossing three
months work." remarked DR.. Lynch-he
prefers his title as licentiate of the
Royal College of Physicians to the mili1
tary one that was given him by Presi-
dent Kruger-"and you probably will be-
lieve me when I say that l did not go
l did, however. find time to arrange for
the publication there OF my new novel
in French, and, as you know. I also
took out my license as a taxi driver.
What prompted me to do that? On.
well, say that l may be reduced to driv-
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MARK A CARLETON N
CHIEF OF BUREAU OF
\ CEREAL lMvE STTGATIo1HN

elsewhere are going to transport thou
sands of men free of charge to the wheat
fields to do the harvesting. In view Of the
fact that the railroads will reap fortunes
from the increased freight traffic that this
years bountiful crop will effect, this
bread cast upon the waters will come
back.
Every freight car in the country will
soon see active service. 1t is said" de-
clared Mr.. Carleton. that the freight
traffic will assume immense proportions
and every available facility will need to
be pressed into service. Machine shops
are now repairing cars out of commission
and mills all along the line are getting
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look as decadent as many would have
it seem when they tell US the size OF
the crop that they expect from their
fields this year.
The wheat crop for 1914 will be
bumper. It was a bumper crop in 1913,
but the present crop will outrival in
size even the greatest estimates that
agriculturalists have ever augured for
the country's production.
<
The United States will raise $50 600. 900
bushels Of wheat this year. Pack these
S0O0000o into freight cars and imag-
inc the extent of the train. 1t would
reach 5000 miles a distance equal to
the diameter OF the earth.
Make this quantity OF wheat into -four
and you would have 2o7. 900 barrels.
Make It up into the stafr of life and you
would have 1880 100000 loaves Of bread.
Every individual is supposed to con-
sumo about five and one-half bushels Of
wheat In a year. The 1914 wheat crop
will give each citizen Of the United
States his share and leave more than
q half Of the total crop to devote to
other purposes.
The average value Of the entire crop
amounts to 70e.17O,oo0. The profit. how
ever, will be little larger than the cost
of production, because prices have
dropped perceptibly since spring. Wheat
10 now selling for 70 cents a bushel,
whereas 1t formerly brought from 78 to
90 cents. That this crop win be Of great
value is due to its enormous size. This
allows a great quantity to be diverted
for use as feed for domestic live stock.
The price of wheat as 1t affects the
average consumer will not drop much
more than at present. This is due to
the fact that the world crop does not
promise more than about the average Of
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ARD times. Com
mercial atrophy.
Such have been
the predictions for
10, these many
months But let
the wheat farmers
OF the west put in
their word and
SEQ these phan-
toms scurry to the
shadow Pros
perity does not
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British house of commons, and who may
possibly tell you how Roosevelt impressed
him the last time he was entertained by
the ex-President or how he felt while
under fire in South Africa, or what, may
hap, were his feelings when he stood in
the dock of the kings bench court In
London and heard famous BRUSH 1uose
solemnly sentencing him to be hanged by
the neck until he was dead, and mean
while expressing the pious hope that the
Almighty would have mercy on his soul.
For this most surprisinx Of all taxi
ss,,. ...,,,a -, $1,000, - .,,,ur+.-
W ',,, sno.'u ~. -
MIN. VIII De no otner ehan arthur Lynen.
NJ. p. whose life has been series of
astonishing adventures In some fifty DIFF
ferent countries who led the famous
ISsh ,-,s.a. ~. ,o,,.,. ,v,,. ". Re-
Ansh orissae 'aae iooshe win .ne DUETS
and who. after being condemned to death
for SO doing. and his sentence commuted
to penal seryitude for life. He was re-
leased, you may remember after under
going a years solitary confinement in
to those experiences, was elected to par
lament in 1910, and now sits in that most
famous of all legislative assemblies as
member for West Clare, the district Of
Ireland in which his almost as famous
father first saw the light
~,
COL LYNCH VINO ID now being talked
of as leader of the recently fosmed
London branch Of the Irish nationalist
vo,,ntaers :. 90 .,,r.a u,.,, ,,,a,,
- " "sA
already In the United States. which he
has visited twice. the last time some
fifteen years ago. and where. In COM
mar WITH ,ha 80. - ~. ,,,..,s -
r. ~ ~o,a,.. ~ VIZ" .I.. n.s
boer war exploits and the incidents
that followed made him famous. In
cidentally. he is one of the most learn
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" HUI VIC ceA
IL. the next time
when in Paris you
hail a taxicab. the
driver thereof
proves to be a tall,
handsome and es-
sentially dist | n
guis h e d blocking,
gray-haired m a n
whose conversation
may disclose the
fact that he is a
member Of the
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GreatSurplus Guam
THY as Feed For Live
Stock More Than
100000 Acres In
Wheat w estern
Towns Busting With
Industry-Problem of
Harvest Labor-Rail-
way Companies Trans
port Men Free-Won-
derful Machinery
Russian Varieties
Planted.
nv rarJy E1.EpErI WATKINS
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LONDON. July q. 1914
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By JOHN ELFRErH WATKINS.
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Copyright, :o:4. by curti. Brown,
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ready for the orders that will pile in
upon them"
The Washington times., 1914-05-27
Food Appearance
Just AS Important AS
Clothes Appearance
Bv MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

dishes. A solid mold, rather high
and loaf locking, l. gooj for the
bavErian creams, cornstarches and
Gelatines. might De only a quart
size for small family. A three-pfnt
mold in small fancy shape is good
for fish salads, or aspics, tomato
jelly and smaller or entr,e dishes
OF frozen or nodded style.
Then complete SIT of little
ramequins or shells. or souf1!e
dishes. individual style. can he
used to great advantage. For
scallcped crab or other fish. stuffed
tomatoes. and individual portions
OF many creamed dishes. they add
attractiveness and color, especial
ly II made of rich brown or yellow
pottery. Since food is both cooked
and served in the same dish. the
washing of extra cooking dishes is
avoided.
There is a long egg. shirrer" in
pottery. Which is extremely good
looking, being boat-shaHed. with
square handles-and very cheap,
too-which is just the thing for
the sumner supper of scalloped
foods, chops. bacon. or onl.let. 1t
also comes in a Dartitioned form,
which permits tw" foo s to be
served from the same dish.
| have not spoken of cake molds
nee" use Iney are Etn'ralIy used. j
want to emphasize The decorated
molo for other foods. for potatoes.
for jellies. for s"uffle forms, which
will make the plain foods more en-
tioing. They DO MT cost more.
they are mere sanitary than many
agate and iron dishes-and thew
give that Gkic. th..t tone. to an
otherwise plain dish, which a biI
nj real lace or not. Of riJon gives
to an ctker~ ise plain garment.
Copyright 1914, by Mrs. Christine Frederick
The Washington times., 1914-05-27

TAM indeed glad that the modern
courses in domestic science and
dietetics pay especial attention
to the serving of food. | know
there is much fun poked m many
quarters about these magazine or
picture foods-and / realize per
fectly. that some of the illustrations
used in cockery departments are
rather ornate and far-fetChed. But
! do believe in the important part
played in serving meals, especially in
summer when the appetite is so
.'finicky," and when there is often
not enough relish for food.
In just as far as foods are served
attractiyely, We develop in our table
standards. We can take 4 tapioca
pudding, and serve it from a large
side dish, in loose spoonfuls on TO
separate saucers, ana 1t will be just
plain "tapioca." and the family will
relish IT not at all. But place the
same food into a decorated mold.
invert it. place a few berries around
the edge, and we have "tapioca
cream" or anything We wish to call
it, that We eat with avoid spoons.
So ] today ask the housewife TO
look over her stock OF mOlds and
fancy dishes. We can. Of course.
have too many patty-psns and Gussy
tins. But We should have enough
ni the attractiv" nsoIdS to be able
TO make summer dishes good appear
ing.
A one and one-half ring mold either
Of CHINA or aluminium is good fJr
all aspic, meat-jelly, and similar
The Washington times., 1914-05-27
ADVICE TO GIRLS
B. ANNIE LAURIE,

marriages have turned out most hap
pilv. Just as in all marriages, 1t mar
rows itself down. after all, TO a ques-
ton of the individual man and the in
dividual woman. Evidently the dis
crerancy in your ages Is not as ap-
parent as it might be. or you would
have discovered 1t ere this. so IL there
be real congeniality and love between
you. ] say to you both, so ahead. be
married. and forget there is such a
thing as age in the world. But, my
dear. be frank about IL. No good viii
come of keeping your age secret: /.
will make YOU no younger. and when II
Is discovered. as such things always are.
the man you marry will feel that you
have not been quite honest with him.
A man will say that he would never
marry a woman ten years older than
himself-yes. and believe IL in the alb
stract-but when IL comes to the con-
crete case of the woman he cares for.
then il is a different story. II he really
and truly loves you he will be the first
one to say that age makes no difference.
And. anyway. no good will come from
marrying with an untruth between you.
Copy't. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
The Washington times., 1914-05-27
Answers to Health
: Questions

Mrs. A. H-Have a carbolic acid
burn on my lip.
IL this Is a scar a skin graft can Be
traBsplanted to it and thus rid You ef
the blemish. IL not, grease .'aints, such
as actors use, or even harmless water
coiors, VIII not be improper or harmful.
NJ C.-Unless / wear flannel UNDER
wear at night my upper limbs feel like
Ice. What Is the cause?
The cause is the erroneous habit Of
coddifng and pampering the skin with
thick materials Once begun. this must
always be continued. You must stop II
this summer and never again do sc
unless your health and organs are not
sound.
c. D-How can I gain weight and
feel better. II / go to bed early I can
not sleep: digestion very poor
Drink sour mflks. Take charcoal and
oxide Of magnesia whenever you are
anxious or feel bad
Change your occupation, and work
outside on farm or in sunlight for
two years. Play golf, swim. row,
dance. ard eat mixed diet Chew ali
meats eighty chews before you swal-
low. Chew everything In proportion
DR.. Hirshberg viii answer questions
for readers OF this paper on medical.
hygiene, and sanitation subjects that
are of general interest He will not
undertake to prescribe or offer advice
for individual cases Where the sub
ject is not of general interest letters
will be answered personally IL
stamped and addressed envelope is in
closed. Address all inquiries to DIR. Z.
X. Hirshberg, care this office.
The Washington times., 1914-05-27

are behipd time may be found in the
fact that time flies.
One trouble with amateur reformers
is that they are also immature.
When you say nothing but saw wood
be careful whose wood you saw
The sympathetic strike is usually de-
void Of sympathy.
Faith Is not necessary With nature.
The blood circulated whether foIks he
lieyed II did or not
Few men are as good or as bad as
their wives say they are.
Handsome men would be annoying il
there were any.
IL is easier to learn how not "a do
things than how 10 do them.
Copy't l. 1914. Newspaper Feature Services, Inc.