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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-15


RUTH
= BY Edith Mills Hutchinson
=
Copyright, 1916, W. G. Chapman)
It was three weeks since Jim Kear-
ney had died, leaving a wife and IS
year-Old daughter, and Mildred Kear-
ney had begun to realize life for the
first time.
For the first time since she had run
away from her fathers house in Con-
necticUt, to become the wife Of
wastrel, 20 years before. Those had
been bitter years, when her hus-
bands gambling and unfaithfulness
had made all the future hopeless.
Jim had drunk, too, but he had not
been actively unkind to the sweet
faced girl of breeding which, instinc-
lively recognizing, he had not had
the wit to endeavor to utilize for his
own uplift. Jim Kearney was a bad
lot and he made his wife and child
Wretched.
But at length he had come to see
the fruitIessness of his life, the i'm
possibility of his dream of elusive
millions. He had bought farm in
the northwest and died there, leav-
ing the place unpaid for and every
thing mOrtgaged.
That was the situation that con-
fronted the women. It was after
three weeks that Mildred KeaTney
lifted up her voice to Ruth.
'Tm going back, DEAR" she said.
''Pm going to Connecticut, where I
was born. I'm not fit for life here. l
want little place with hills and val
legs and the sight of a brook, where
I can spend my last days"
"Grandfather's dead" said Ruth.
you know that letter cut US out of
his money. He never forgave. His
son will never forgive. It isn't as if
Harold was your brother. A half
brother is different. It's no use going
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-15
81 Think the Younger One Will Do"

81 Think the Younger One Will Do"
Everything had changed in those 20
years. Mildred hardly recognized a
single landmark. She did see one or
two men, grown old, whom she rec
ognized, but none of them paused to
look twice at the two tOil-stained,
travel-worn women in poor clothes,
and Mildred did not reveal herself.
She learned that the old squire had
prospered in his lifetime; he had add
ed acres to acres and all the land
about was his, land which should Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-15

you. I-know you don't love him, but
it's living and LIES hard, Ruth"
'Tu go with you," said Ruth.
There's money. enough for two
fares"
'"What'u you do there, Ruth, dear?
You don't know the east. Every
things different"
'T'u 60" said the girl
A week later they descended from
the train at the little station and
found accommodations at the inn.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

oprtn0 GRAIN APnio or "Green Bug"
kansas. The danger of this pest doing
serious damage in the spring depends
to q great extent upon the weather be-
tween now and the middle of April. II
the temperature during this period Is
sufficiently high to enable the green
bug to breed throughout the winter.
and at the same time sufficiently low
to prevent its principal natural enemy
"a minute black. four-winged fly
from developing. serious visitation
over large areas may be expected.
In all the states where the green
bug has made its appearance grain
growers should watch their fields care
fully. II any spots appear where the
grain changes frc n green to yellow In
color, these should be plowed under as
deeply as possible and the ground har.
rowed and rolled. 1t is from spots Of
this character that the green bug
spreads over the remainder Of the
fields. II straw can be spared for the
purpose. 1t may be spread over the in.
fected patches and burned. This de-
stroys the pest as effectively as the
blowing under OF the ground.
Ordinarily. the green bug is kept in
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
ERADICATE THE WHITE eRuBs
Growers Of Strawberries Should Be
Careful In Selecting tand-eest
to Avoid Sod Lands.

strawberry growers who are trou-
bled with white grubworms should be
careful in selecting the land upon
which the plants are to be set. Sod
land, according to ]. r. Watson, en-.
tomologist to the University of Flori-
da experiment station. is apt to be In
tested with the worms. He advises
that the land be given to some crop
not injured by the grubs for two or
three years after the sod il turned
under. II the grower cannot wait
that long, he might pasture pigs on
the land six months before planting.
Pigs root the grubs out and eat them.
II stable or barnyard manure Is used
as fertilizer, 1t might be well to mix
with 1t from 200 to 400 pounds of cya-
hide to the acre. It IL possible that
cyanide cannot be obtained. About
100 pounds of sulphur or enough to
slightly color the manure might be
added. The sulphur can be applied
between the rows.
Neither Of these substances will kiln
the grubs. but they act as repellents
and will probably drive the grubs
away. The best method. however, IL
to avoid sod lands.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

read than the average city person
better informed about worthwhile
things than I am. They get good
newspapers and good magazines in the
rural communities. They can hear
the worlds finest music on the pho
nograph. They get as much dramatic
entertainment as the majority of city
people get. for in every village and
town there is at least one moving pic
ture show. They are always within q
few hours of the city's rush and bang,
for the express train and electric in
terurban limited penetrate every cor
ner of the nation.
The Unwary Girl.
And the young woman who wants to
leave the old home town or the farm
for the city? It is much harder for
her to get along than for the young
man. Wages for women in the indus
tries are very low and jobs are
scarce. Decent living conditions are
beyond her reach unless she gets good
pay. Pitfalls for the unwary or unfor-
Even II the girl must work as q do
nestle back in the home town she gets
as much pay likely as she can get
without special training in the city.
Living conditions are healthful, phys
ically and morally. in the rural com.
munity. Recently watched q large
crowd of girl workers enter'a factory.
Nearly every one wore those high
French heeled shoes. l venture not
one had bank savings account. Sup
pose one Of those girls gets sick. or
the factory shuts down. What can
she do?
The whole nation will be vastly bet
ter OF when our young men and young
women of the small towns-I include
cities of ten thousand population in
this Observation-Disclosures to make the
most Of opportunity at home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
FEEDING THE WORKING MULE
Unlike the Horse, He viii Not Bolt
His Food-He Knows When He
Has Had Enough.

When the farm mule is working
hard. feed him all the grain and hay
he will eat. He will not eat too much.
Unlike the horse. he will not bolt his
grain and leave his hay. but eats q
little Of one and then a little of the
other. When he has had enough he
knows enough to stop.
During the winter give him all the
corn fodder he can eat. A little hay
may be added II desired. but this II
not necessary. Many mule owners
winter their animals entirely on corn
fodder.
What is not cleaned up in the racks
Is used for bedding. When mules are
not working they will eat about 8
per cent Of their weight a day Of
corn fodder.-Farm and Home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Better Off On
the Farm"
An Interview with Secretary Of Agriculture
David F. Houston BY Edward B. Clark

the farm "Stay belief of all the government stu
industry increasingly profitable that conditions Of farm Life
be bered the "Back the farm movement will take OF itself In
other will be the farm and will to itself the
jewellers the who ambitious to better their condition
Secretary Houston asked by your to give %
communities that advisable the farm instead OF leaving
feengy on the subject he combined what being done
by the federal and state governments give the farming LIE hodng
ties with message the growing opportunities for young men make
signal success of agricultural occupations ~
problem bringing young back to the farm
agricultural conditions and rural life as to
make clear the that they will be better of in the long run
by staying where they are than BY going elsewhere .rn
ture profitable and the rural life comfortable attractive and heathfu
necessity talking staying going back
the farm All the efforts of Immigrant colleges and Of this
efficiency machinery support forth
coming from the states and the nation which combined spending
through the Immigrant colleges and the state
and federal departments OF agriculture for the OF acu
production through plant animal breed
ing better cultural methods eradication control Of plant and animal
problems AGRICULTURE improve distribution especially marketing and
develop community and teamwork with view the better
and market conditions the transportation
a better organization Of rural life
agricultural clubs canning clubs poultry clubs clubs hog clubs
cooperative machinery under the joint support Of colleges and
the federal department
In many throughout the country there county agents
duty the for the improve
ment agricultural conditions they affect production and distribution
expanding 100000 yearly for this extension Of agrcu
tural education
ut reasonably clear with the natural opportunities we have and
with the improvements made by the farmers supmenng these agencies
that the opportunities for young make farming will
increased gradually outside of the actual business
farming there loud call for leaders of all these enterprises in rural
districts.
aspiring country boy should not direct his
opportunities this field Of effort rather
those of the other industrial offerings presented by city life
Secretary Houston spoke strongly of three factors of the
the farm They good rural schools first
country roads and attractive social life Schools and bright
ening of the social life wholly state and community problems In the
improvement of roads the federal has voice
and power
heartfelt interest in the solution of the rural
school problem others believe with him. that the boy and
country should have the opportunities for education that
girl of the city, The lack of educational
country districts he believes has sent ambitious parents
away from the their children
tapes which the schools of the large centers afford
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

Up-to-date fruit growers spray their
peach trees as we'll as their apples. al
though 1t is well understood that good
results are not always certain. and
there is also a liability to injury II
care is not used to have the spray so
lutions Of proper strengths and care
fully prepared.
With the advent of the ready-pre-
pared lime-sulphur solutions which
are safely used at diluted strengths
on apples after the blooming period,
there has been q tendency to use
these ready-made lime-sulphur washes
at diluted strength on peaches after
the blooming period also. and many
fruit growers have been asking the di.
vision of entomology of the state de-
partment Of agriculture whether this
can be safely done. Accordingly Mr..
Sherman and Mr.. Clapp have been
making experiments with this material
during the past two seasons in the
peach orchard at the 'Statesville test
farm. The results so far show that
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
CLEAN HOUSES PLEASE HENS
To Promote Comfort and Lessen Dam
ger Of Disease proppInss Should
Be Removed Daily.

Droppings should be removed daily,
for cleanliness in the poultry house
promotes comfort and lessons the
chance Of disease. Poultry houses.
however simple, should be both warm
in winter and well lighted. The win
dows should also be provided with
iron netting, 30 the sash may be raised
to admit air in summer. and in mild
weather in winter. One portion should
be half dark. for the laying and sit
ting hens. and a proper dust bath
should be provided. II lice make their
appearance. fumigate thoroughly and
after cleansing whitewash with lime
to which little carbolic acid 10 added.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
THE CITY OFFERS
few ADVANTAGES
CHICAGO Banker Gives Some
Sound Advice to Young
Men and Women.
SHOWS RURAL OPPORTUNITY
Farmer Has Greater Possibility OF
Comfort In Old Age, With More
Wholesome Pleasure and
Real Cultivation.

(By FREDERICK H. RAWSON. Presi-
dent Union Trust Co.. Chicago)
y MESS the young man is .spe-
cially trained by education
and practice for some particu-
lar kind of work to be found
in the city. or has capital to be in
vested in some legitimate enterprise.
he will be better on in the country or
small town.
Cities are all overcrowded. Jobs In
all ordinary lines of industry are
scarce because there are generally
more job-hunters than jobs. With so
much competition for work. labor Is
cheap and wages are low.
1t costs much more to live in the
city than in the country. II a man
receives low wages he must find shell
ter in low-class lodgings-crowded,
dirty, garretlike places In poor neigh
borhoods where fresh air is at pre-
MUM and the constant noise madden
ing. He cannot buy good. nourishing
food but must get along on what he
can afford to buy. Consequently his
health suffers. He cannot afford to
buy clothing of good quality, so he
must wear shoddy. He can save moth
ing out of small earnings, so sickness
or any other emergency need for funds
finds him In serious circumstances.
And to live as he must live Is q con-
slant invitation to sickness.
City Pleasure False.
There seems to be an impression
in the country that life in the city
in one continual round of entertain
ment and pleasure. All such so-called
pleasure Is expensive and all Of 1t be-
comes quickly tiresome. There Is the
saloon. the low-class moving picture
show and the dive, as forms Of enter
tainment not found in q majority Of
small towns. But in the city men who
cannot afford better things have a
tendency to drift to these places and
get acquainted with people and habits
that wreck character. City entertain
ment IL false, artificial.
/ have been up in the Dakotas quite
Q bit. have found that farmers and
small town people usually are better
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
"Fade Away" In Thackeray.

Slang crops out in most unexpect-
ed places. A casual reading of Van.
ity Fair" q few days ago revealed this
sentence: Florence Scape, Fanny
Scape and their mother faded away
in Boulogne and will be heard of no
more" You wouldn't have guessed
offhand that Thackeray would have
beer responsible for the familiar fade
away" But for that matter you
wouldn't have expected to find that
"one swallow does not make Q sum.
mer" In Aristotle.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
War Cannot Destroy Il.

A wonderful night tonight, so that
the spirit goes forth little, enters
the harmony Of things. drinks the
magic of the world. How beauty
moves the heart! And war cannot de-
stroy 1t, cannot take from US the feel
ing that-living or dead-we belong to
such perfection. It cannot take the
voice from the streams, remove the
fight Of small wings in the darkness,
the CLEAN Of moonlight. the whisper
Of night about US, nor that bright star.
It cannot take from within US the soul
that vibrates to loneliness. to the
great-hearted rhythm round us.-John
Galsworthy, in Scribner's Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Avoid ANGER.

Anger is an emotion. and all emo
lions should be subservient to the
will. Keep the rising anger down by
the power of your will Admitted
there are many things that cause
anger-justifiable anger. Yet, now
that you know the scientific truth
that anger IL q killer of men. and
that every time you get into Q blaz-
ing rage you are pegging back the
tale Of your years. II 1t worth while
to get angry?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

1t should and doubtless does
60 without saying that David
Franklin Houston, secretary of
agriculture, is interested deeply
in the solution of the problem
of how to keep the young men
of the country on the farm.
Mr.. Houston, like many others
who have given careful study
to the situation, declares that
the cry should not be "Back to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

until their numbers are sufficient to
overcome any material increase in the
numbers Of the green bug. They are
not however. able to Withstand as
severe weather as the green bug IT,
self, and it is important. therefore.
tnat the farmers in the regions likely
to be affected by the latter take the
necessary steps Immediately for their
own protection.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Oooa AZ Fertilizer.

There is now but one impeachment to
the extension of sheep raising and that
is the hundreds of worthless dogs run
ming at large. Those who have expert.
mented say that dead and buried dog
makes excellent fertilizer for tho or
chard or for growing crops of any
kind.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

when diluted even at the rate of one
gallon of the ready-made solution to
fifty gallons Of water, there is apt to
be serious injury to the trees IL the
treatment be given continuously,
though they have used 1t successfully
on single occasions when not conven.
lent to prepare the standard self-boiled
lime-sulphur solution. Trees on which
the diluted ready-made solution has
been used for two seasons now show a
serious lack of growth. even though
they made good yields Of fine fruit
both years. and the treatment was sue
cessful against both insects and rot.
They conclude that the self-boiled lime
sulphur solution should still be relied
upon for spring and summer spraying
Of peaches-though the ready-made
solution should be used in winter at
strength OF one gallon to eight gallons
water for control of San Jose scale.
But to depend on the ready.made solu-
lions regularly for summer spraying of
neutrality-suspicious. says don't
North Carolina Experiment Station.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

Smiths job
annoyed by the people who write Mr. Smith
usually
White House.
Wilson The failed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
GREEN APHIS APPEARS
Many Southwestern Grain Fields
Are Infested, Say Reports.
Serious Spread May Follow Favorable
Weather condItions-spread Straw
Over Infected Spots and
Destroy Insects.

The spring grain aphis. popularity
known as the green bug. has appeared
in grain fields in Tennessee. Texas.
Oklahoma, Kansas and in northeastern
New Mexico, and it is probable that 1t
Is also in southern Missouri and Ar
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

Spring Grain Aphls on wheat PIant
check by the minute ny already men.
toned This parasite lays its eggs In
the body Of the green bug. and the
young. Matching from the eggs within
the body. ultimately cause the death
of the bug. These parasites are found
in q considerable number of insects
which are closely related to the green
bug. Under favorable temperature
conditions they will probably increase
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Plan Equipment.

It Is no more our mission to keep
the hogs healthy than IT is to plan
our equipment so that they may keep
themselves 80.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Importation Of Rotation.

The farmer who does not rotate his
crop: will sooner or later be rotated
out of business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, mountain
climber and arctic explorer. who
leaped into fame few years ago with
the controversy over his claim to hav-
ing discovered the North pole, is in
Washington to demand of congress an
investigation Of his claim and vindica-
ton in the eyes of the world. Doctor
Cook says he has started the machin-
cry to bring about the investigation
and that he will not let up until his
story Of his travels in the arctic is
proved true by congress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Two Of q Kind.

We'll, young man. On your way to
SCHOOL,"
Yes, sir"
You don't seem to be in q hurry to
get there"
No. sir. Where are you going?"
I'm on my way to work."
You don't seem to be in q hurry
much, either"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07

Average Weight Of Goose.
The average weight Of the goose 10
twice that Of the duck.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
Most Profitable Meat.

The most profitable beef. pork or
mutton IL that which II put on the
market early.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-07
HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS IN APES.


Mr. r.
anhopod
address
and social conditions Of
Closely the lower OF
nesn an essential part OF It, They sleep the
beings their ground
acute sight and especially
period
exceedingly nina
one years. Rights Of ownership well
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-07-06

hate tfe machine shop oAry; you hate
the whole show-the noise and Jar and
dirt. the scramble-the whole bloomfp'
craze to get on You'd ike to 90
somewhere in Algie,s, or TO Taormina,
perhaps, and bask on a balcony, SMELL
ing flowers and writing sonnets. You'd
grow fat on 1t and have a delicate lit
tie life all 10 yourself. Well, what
do you say? + can lie like sixty, Bibbsl
Shas l tell your father he'll lose an
other Of his boys II you don't, go to
SiciIy?"
Il don't want to go to Sicily" said
Bibbs. II want to stay right here.'
The DOCTORS drowsiness> disappeared
for "a moment. and he gave his patient
a sharp glance. Its a risk" hp said.
Il think Well end you're so much bet
ter hell send you back to the shop
pretty quick. Something's got hold
of you lately; you're not quite so lack
adaiAcal as you used to be. But (
warnyou: ! think the shop will knock
you lust as It did before, and perhaps
ever harder. Bibbs."
He. rose. ahook himself, and rubbed
his eyelida "Well when we. On over
you this afternoon what are. we going
to, say about it,"
Bell HIM Pm ready" said Bibbs,
looking at tbs floor.
'0h No." Quincy laughed "Not
quite yet; but you may be almost. Well
sea-. Don't forget I SAID to walk down"
And when the eXamfEation was on
cluaed, thst afternoon, tNe. doctor in
formed Bisbs that the resu.t was much
too satisfactory ~ be pleasing. Here's
a new situation Cor a one-ayT farce"
he said, glOomily, TO, his next patient
when Bibbs had gone. Doctor tells
q man he's well, am that's his death
sentence, likely. DARE funay wo.ldr'
Bibbs decided to wall home. Il was
a dingy afternoon, anu the smoke was
evident not only to Bibbs' sight, but to
his nOstrils, though most If the pedes-
TRANS were so saturated with the smell
that they could ne longer detect II.
This melted a train 81 thought which
continued till he approached the now
n"uoc. AS ne 0dlaE TO Lne corner or
MI. Vertrees' lot MI. Vertrees' daugh-
ter emerged from the froct door and
walked thoughtfally down the r.ath to
the picket gate. She was UNCONSCIOUS
of the approach Of the pedestrian and
did not see him until she had opened
the gate and be was almost beside her.
Then she looked mp. and as sbs sau
him she started visiblJ. And il this
thing had happened ~ Robert Lsn,-
horn, he would have had a though, far
beyond the horizon o. faint-hesytet
Bibbs' thpaghts. Lal,horn, indeed,
would have spoken his thought Ha
would have said:
You jumped because yon wsro
thinking of mel"