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some Of the worst effects Of racial de-
terioration were witnessed ON Abaco-
one of the larger islands. which lies
due east Of Palm Beach. Fla The
population of 1000, mostly whites. are
largely descendants Of loyalist soldiers
who fought on the British side In the
Revolutionary war. Their one idea
has been to keep the strain Of white
blood pure. and the intermarriage that
has resulted. has CAUSED . terrible de-
gree of degeneracy. Men with good
English and Scotch names" 1t was
stated, have no idea where the cradle
of their race IL to be found. and are
ignorant and debased.'
A large proportion Of the Abacoans
are descended from Wynnie Malone. a
lloyalist widow. who emigrated from
Charleston. 8. c.. to. Hopetown. Abaco.
in 1875. taking her two sons and two
daughters. Two of her children mar
ried into the Russell family. and in
succeeding generations there were fire.
quent marriages between Malones and
Russells. Today these names are COM
mon throughout the settlement.
The negroes of the islands are far
less advanced than the colored people
of our southern states.
On Watiina's island.
Egg-shaped. twelve miles long and
seven broad. Watling's island is stu
ated about 200 miles from Nassau. To-.
day 1t gives a scanty support to q
population of 700 whites and negroes.
Cockburn, the only settlement. con-
sists of few score houses and huts.
an English church and 4 Baptist
chapel
AS on most of the Bahamas, the
small farms of Watling's island are
characterized by the greatest poverty.
and the Inhabitants lead hand-to-
mouth existence. Owing to latitude.
the Bahamas enjoy climate that is
almost perpetual summer. hence their
poetical name. the isles Of June" The
relaxing climate seems to destroy the
energy Of the natives, who are con-
tent to live on q meager diet, consist-
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HE ubiquitous American tour
fst has discovered the Bahama
islands. Columbus discovered
them more than four hundred
years ago. but during the inter
yening centuries they have lain for
gotten. and at the present day the
very spot on which European clviliza-
tion first touched America has become
the most primitive and uncivflized in
all the western hemisphere. says the
New York Press.
After cruising about the Bahamas
the first discoverers, ignorant OF the
existence of the vast American contt-
nent, turned southwark. cruised among
the islands of the West Indies and
then sailed back to Spain. Adventur.
ers from all parts OF Europe eventu-
ally followed them. eager for the prom.
Used wealth Of the western hemisphere,
but they passed over the Bahamas.
Nations swarmed over the American
continent. and fought and succeeded
each other, but the Bahamas slept. un.
disturbed. And now. . short distance
from our southern coast. the life of
both the white and colored races on
these islands has sunk into stagna-
ton and squalid degeneracy.
These facts are quite unknown to
the American tourists who journey
southwark every winter to the quaint
old town Of Nassau In New Providence
island. to revel in twentieth century
luxury, tennis courts and palm gar
dens, in q balmy climate. The tourist
enjoys all these. and usually returns
northward believing that he has seen
the Bahamas. But nothing could be
more striking than the contrast be-
tween the gay life of Nassau and the
condition OF the Bahamas as a whole.
Although the Bahamas are our next
door neighbors. 1t is not generally
known that they consist Of no less
than 5000 islands, islets and keys. ex.
tending 900 miles from the southeast
ern coast Of Florida to Haiti The
waters surrounding all Of them are
full of reefs and sand banks, which
make navigation impossible excepting
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Bulgaria plans to convert much OF
the Territory acquired from Turkey
into q vast tobacco field. producing
some of the finest and highest priced
tobacco In the world, go
A famous Jewel. presented by a
London broker in 1885 to the president
of, Dartmouth college, and designed to
be- worn by him on occasions of state.
has been found in the vaults of Park.
hurst hail. where It has lain forgotten
for many years. President Nichols
may resume the old custom oftwearins
u on state occasions. @@<
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WhI.per bal tha Heart.

One of the sweet rewards OF right.
doing is the consciousness of being
pleased with oneself. That is not
the same thing as the cheap com
placency which STILES aspiration, and
checks achievement. Perhaps It is
the whisper Of God to the heart say
ing, well done"-Girrs Companion.
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Why She ohIeeted.

Mary was seven and she didn't want
to take her music lesson. why.
Mary. don't you like your music?.'
asked her mother, anxiously., No. :
sonhed the. little girl. Il Just hate
those little black things sfttip on the
fehce!s-Harper's Magazine.
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Vulgar Fractions.

Teacher-T0mmy. II hen and a
half lays two<and a half eggs in, three
and half days. what Will four, and q
half hena lay In nve and q half days?
Tommy-PIease, miss. an omelet.
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~ StehnGlaf.aM
= OPAL Is $50 miles from rail.
4 way station and one of the last
= places on earth; town with


out an inn. without barber;
a place you could run round in quar-
ter OF an hour. and yet having juris
dictIon over an Immense tract OF terri.
tory along the Russian frontier Of
China. came there late one evening
and found the posthouse crowded with
Cinnamon: Cinnamon on the two beds
on the floor. in the passage; chop
sticks on the table. They were all
travellers on the road to Peking, max
ing their way slowly northward to the
Trans.Siberian railway.
At once one Of those who occupied
q bed got up. apologized. and vacated
his sleeping place-offering II to me.
Despite my refusal. he took on his
blanket and quilt and spread them on
the floor instead. His humility was
touching-especially In contrast to my
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4 HE ubiquitous American tour
ist has discovered the Bahama
islands. Columbus discovered
them more than four hundred
The evening world., 1915-01-30

1vom the depths OF the cab.
MIND CASTOR returns long ago.
She In beside herself. She II like u
maniac. She has lost you; she cannot
explain toto madAmoiselle's father.
Mon dieu, when he met her unex-
pectediy IN the hall he shouts. Whore
Il my daughter?' And peoy madame.
she has but to SILVER and stammer
snd--run awayi Oui! ahe dash out
into tho rainl It Is terrible: She,
Bsdelia broke IN upop this 1umple'i
recitation. "Where have we been'
Robin Where are We know
"Whsre are We, Hobbs3"
1--WE are just getting back TO tho
Inn OF tho stars, understanding, you
might any, sir" said Hobbs.
Drive on. confound YOU"
"ro the Inn. sirf"
Certainly"
The door slammed and tho nrnl
block was covered In 90 short q time
that Robins final kiss was still warm
on Bedelia's lips whom the gallant cab
rolled up to the portals OF the Inn
OF the Stars.
"Did you ever know such a night.
sir?" inquired Hobbs, AZ the Prince
handed his lady out. He was refor-
ring 70 tho weather.
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or, At the very least, conviction.
Mr.. Blithers had had n trying day
OF Il. To begin with, his wife raked
him over the Goals for what she was
pleased 10 coll his senseless pers,s-
tence In the face Of what she re
garded a. unaiterable opposition on
the part of the Cabinet ana House Of
Mobiles. II appears that no had ex-
perienced q second enco unter with the
Ministry only the day before. After
sleeping over tho results OF his first
visit 10 tho Council Chamber. he
. woks m the fact that mn,ters were
80" -, -. =. ..s...a
IN such y cohdi,oh that u oe"ooVea
him to strike while the Iron wAs.h not
SO he obtained a second hearing.
r-,nc,na,,v hecau,a h. had NOT .lent
=. - - 80
AZ wen over u as no "ou'u "aVo
liked. and secondarily because he
wanted to convince himself that he
could narade their ancient baIls with
800 ~. ,s.,,aa .,,non.,,.m. =. !.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Pin00Yt'S,

fNE o'clock Of a rainy night,
on the steep. winding road
that climbed the mountain
side from the walled-in
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CHAPTER XIV.
What Might. Haze Been Ex-
pected.

VEN tho most namboyant of
natures may suffer de-
precision Mt times. ana by
the same token arrogance
may givo why TO humility
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VEGETABLES MUST
NOT BE CROWDED
Much Garden Stuff Ruined by
Not Being Trimmed Out
Much Nerve Required.

Do not be afraid to thin out your
plants-they must not be crowded.
Probably more garden stuff has been
ruined for want of being thinned at
the proper time than by any other
cause.
However that may be, one of the
most puzzling things for the beginner
is to find out whether any particular
vegetable should be thinned or trans
planted, and how far apart the plants
should stand afterward.
He will get some help from the cata-
logues as to the distances, but whether
he should transplant or thin ia the
kind OF thing that Is not in the book.
1t requires great deal of nerve to
pull up and destroy the unnecessary
seedling-more nerve than the anna
teur possesses. They say that q per-
son never becomes q good gardener
until he steels his nerve to this ruth
less sacrifice.
A vegetable must have plenty Of
room to develop its best sixe and fla
vor, and no one can take pride IN small
or commonplace vegetables- True It
is that "ths worst wssl h sorn IL
cora
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Most people buy any kind of sweet
corn seed that comes handy, put It
into tbs ground indifferently, hoe It
occasionally and "let it go at that"
The result of this sort of planting
and cultivation is naturally not the
best. There are many varieties of
sweet corn seed to select from, and
the best for ones own garden can best
be told by observing the results of
other gardens.
There is great strife among seed
dealers to produce the earliest va
rieties, but this development is re-
sulting in a great deal of early seed
that is subject to smut.
There are some varieties which will
produce ripe corn in SIS days, but as
a rule, two months is as early as one
should expect corn from the time of
planting.
Next to the seed the preparation of
the ground is of the greatest import
ance. The ground should be plowed
deeply and should have had coat of
well rotted manure the previous fall
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ROAD
BUILDING
IMPETUS TO ROAD BUILDING
Secret of Maintaining Country High
way Lies in Keeping II Well
Rounded Up and Drained.

Over good road, we can haul prod
ucts to market at any season of the
year and get full benefit of the highest
prices. 1t is simple matter to build
a good country road, as it is not abso-
lutely necessary that it should be
built of gravel or crushed stone. The
secret of the maintaining of the coun-
try road lies in keeping it well round
ed up and sufficiently drained by ar
ranging it so that the road is about a
foot higher in the middle than it is at
the edges.
A good dirt road we'll maintained is
not an expensive proposition, writes
Eugene ]. Hall of Oak Park, ILL.,, in
Farmers Review. Shortly after every
heavy rainfall it should be dragged
with split-log drag. This will fill
all of the ruts and depressions and
produce a smooth surface well round
ed up in the middle of the highway.
After being rounded up with a split
log drag, the roads are made firm
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| 1t will not do to simply smooth over
the top of the soil. 1t should be thor
oughly pulverized to the depth of eight
to twelve inches. To do this requires
a considerable amount of spading and
raking
When the soil is in the condition
of the finest portion of your garden.
then plant your seed in rows 80 inches
apart, one seed in a place, and cover
lightly.
Then it is necessary to keep the
surface of the soil very fine all through
the growing season in order to keep
the moisture from evaporating
Do not wait until the weeds grow
higher than the corn before attacking
them. Use the rake as soon as they
make their first appearance and then
keep after them with rake and hoe
and hands until the corn natures.
If this practice is carefully followed,
one may be agreeably surprised in the
improvement Of his crop. even from
seed that has hitherto proved disap-
pointing
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As Seeing the Invisible.

No great purpose has ever been
achieved by any individual until his
spirit has first gone out into some
wilderness solitude and there discoy-
cred its native strength, its absolute
invincibility when IL relies upon no
help but that of God This is the
experience of all the greatest among
men. They go apart tfem their feh,
lows for awhile, like Moses, into the
land of indian, or like eur Lord him
self into the wilderness, or like St.
Paul into the Arabian desert. and
there, in solitary communion with
God, from that highest of all oompan-
ionshfps, they drink in strength to
fit them for the work of our lives.
Alone with God, they see visions
which fill their souls. visions which
never fade afterward even in the
light of common day, but which serve
as beacon lights to guide them.
through storm and darkness, till the
purpose of their lives is fulfilled
Edwin H. Eland.
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SCARECROW THAT
WILL SCARE CROWS
Ordinary Device, in Most Cases,
Does Not Serve Purpose
New Idea Is Suggested.

The ordinary scarecrow, consisting
of a pair of old trousers, coat and hat
which adorns so many cornfields aft
er planting time, does not, in most
cases, serve the desired purpose; but
is regarded by Mr.. Crow as notice
which plainly says: Here's a place
to get your free lunch" and he gets
it, too.
But there is such thing as making
scarecrow that will scare, and here
is the way to do it.
Take a box about fifteen inches long
by ten inches square. Place this box
near the cornfield fence, having one
end of the box open, and hens
nest" in the other end, in which put
two or three fresh eggs.
In the open end of the Box set q
small steel trap, covering it with fine
dry grass or leaves. Then place an
egg about two feet from the box, in
such position that when Mr. Crow
is in the act of getting this egg he cap
easily see the ones in the nest.
The second trip he makes for eggs
is generally the last one. Now you
can catch one crow in this manner, but
one is sufficient; for he will at once
get busy giving out danger signals
that will be needed by all other crows
for miles around.
Don't be in hurry about releasing
him, for the longer he is in the trap
IL
culating the news of his imprison-
ment.
Unless his legs are broken or he is
injured, it is best to let him
go, and not kill him.
No danger of this one coming back,
and the whole crow family will steer
clear of that cornfeld all season.
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TWELVE GOOD SILO REASONS
Partly Overcome by Construct
ing Pit Affair.
Shall l build a silo?

-oudu DullU SilOs
This question is being asked by the
more enterprising farmers and ranch.
men all over the West.
The cost of the silo is the greatest
obstacle, but If this stands seriously
in the way pit may be dug and fin
ished at cost not exceeding fifty to
one hundred dollars for material. Pit
silos are very satisfactory and are
certainly to be desired rather than
to have no silo at all.
Twelve good reasons why the farm
er should provide himself with silo
are given by T. B. Woodward of the
dairy division, United States depart
ment OF agriculture, in Farmers Bull
letin No. 556. Every one of them
touches some spot of vital Importance
to the feeder.
1. More feed can be stored in a
given space in the form of silage than
in the form of fodder or hay.
2. There is a smaller loss of food
material when a crop is made into
silage than when cured as fodder or
hay.
8. Corn silage is more efficient
feed than corn fodder.
4. An acre of corn can be placed
in the silo at less cost than the same
area can be husked and shredded.
S. Crop can be put in the silo dur
ing weather that could not be utilized
Cor making hay or curing fodder.
s. More stock can be kept on
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FERTILIZERS AND
SOILS FOR ONIONS
Heavy CIays, HiIIsides and Stony
Land Should Be Avoided
Old Muck Lands Best.
(By ]. T. GRAINGER.)

The best soil for onions is a rich
well-drained loan. Heavy clays, hill
sides and stony land should be avoid
ed. Onion soil cannot be too rich.
Excellent crops are grown on deep
rich, muck lands that have been UNI
der cultivation for three or four years
Such lands should contain a fair mix
ture of sand. New, raw muck lands
give poor returns.
The ground for onions should have
been planted to some heavily MANFRED
hoed crop the preceding year and be
practically free from weed seed. 1t
is a great mistake to grow onions on
weedy or rundown land.
The following which relates to grow
plies to garden growing.
A rather firm seed bed which re-
suits from fall blowing is desirable
and gives the best results. A second
crop of clover, heavily fortified with
barnyard manure and turned under
in the fall followed by potatoes the
next year, makes an excellent prep
aration for onions the Sc ,ond year.
A heavy top dressing Of we'll rotted
barnyard manure or compost should
be applied in the spring, and we'll
worked into the soil. After this,
complete commercial fertilizer an
alyzing 4 per cent nitrogen, per cent
available phosphorus and 10 per cent
potash should be applied.
This fertilizer formula is very pop
ular with large onion growers, and it
should be put on broadcast and thick.
II the ground is in a high state of
cultivation the commercial fertilizer
may replace in part, the barnyard ma
nure. A top dressing of ashes and
hen manure might also replace in part
the commercial fertilizers.
Very successful growers use them all
and in addition nitrate of soda applied
broadcast in three or four applications
during the growing season.
Wood ashes constitute one of the
best forms of potash fertilizers and
should be carefully kept under shell
.er away from the rains.
1t is well to bear in mind that 1t |
costs just as much to seed and cult |
vate a crop OF onions that yields 800 |
bushels to the acre as it does to grow |
crop yielding 800 to 1000 bushels.
And further that the land once prop |
,rly prepared can be used for grow
ng onions year after year unless in
ects or diseases come in.
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ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS
No Factor Contributes More to Pros
perity and Happiness of the Rural
Communities.

The convention of the Virginia Road
Builders association draws attention
to a subject of prime Importance to
the people of this state. Scarcely any
single factor contributes more to the
prosperity and happiness Of rural
communities than good roads, says
the Richmond Dispatch. Good
roads mean easy and quick communi-
cation, economy in transporting farm
products to railway or market, con-
venient access to the outside world,
and a higher average of citizenship,
wherever they are found. Virginia
has done much of recent years to
make its highways measurably equal
to those of most other southern states,
but much remains to be done. The
people as a whole must be educated
to a proper understanding of the eco
nomic and sociological benefits that
good roads confer.
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IN A SHADOW
Tea Drinker Feared Paralysls-

Steady use of either tea or coffee
often, produces alarming symphonic,
as the poison (caffeine) contained In
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in others.
II was never a coffee drinker,"
writes an Ill. woman, "but tea drink
er. / was very nervous, had frequent
spells of sick headache and heart
trouble, and was subject at times to
severe attacks of bilious collie.
mo end of sleepless nights-would
have spells at night when my right
side would get numb and ting}e like
thousand needles were pricking my
flesh. At times l could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear were affected.
1.-THE doctors told me to quit using
tea, but thought could not live with
out it-that 1t was my only stay. I
had been a tea drinker for twenty-five
years; was under the doctors care for
fifteen.
"About six months ago, finally quit
tea and commenced to drink Postum.
II have never had one spell of sick
headaches since and only one light
attack of bilious collie. Have quit hav-
ing those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
all the time"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolvss quickly In cup Of bot va
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly, 30c and
SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
~Thers's Z Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
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STONES were AIKEN FROM Nearby
Hillside and Result is Ornamental
as Well as Economical.
and solid by means of a heavy roller
or system of rollers. This will leave
a firm, solid roadbed which will not
be seriously injured by heavy traffic.
This system of road building is
West with splendid success. When
ruts and holes are formed in a road,
the jolt and jar of the wheel makes
them deeper and forms pocket for
holding water from the first rainfall.
This softens the roadbed and deep
mud holes are soon formed, while if
there had been no ruts or depressions
there and the road had been we'll
rounded up, the water would have run
off into the bitches on either side, and
the surface of the road would be firm
and in perfect condition.
Another good thing worthy of care
full consideration in the building of our
struction of permanent and lasting
culverts. Culverts built of stone or
concrete cost more than wooden
bridges, but they will last a hundred
years, and they will not rust or need
repainting every year, as iron truss
bridges do. In the end, they are the
most economical kind of viaduets.
The advent of the automobile and
its employment by the more prosper
Gus class of farmers has given great
impetus to road building, too; and
the time is coming when we will have
more and more good roads in the
r,id1yo WoSf
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DAIWNOIIS
Abuse generally educates the COW

Abuse generally educates the cow
to kick.
Peanuts make a splendid crop on
the dairy or hog farm.
A good dairy cow is the most profit.
able piece of property on the farm.
Keep the COWS clean and you will
not have SO much trouble with stringy
milk
The income Of the dairy is the most
constant and systematic income of the
entire farm.
For dairy cows the temperature OF
the barn should not fall below 40 de-
grees or rise above go degrees
The good mixer is the COW that
turns the most feed into the largest
flow OF good, rich. healthful milk.
The young calls digestion is very
easily upset. Be careful. that 1t II
rightly fed and kept in clean quarters.
Leave all other work to help
COW that appears to be In trouble.
whether 1t Is your COW or your neigh
bor's.
Csrelessness II ono Of the most
common causes Of failure ON the dairy
farm. Look to your work and to thu
letAiss every az.