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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06
Making the Little
Farm Pay
ITO BE CONTINUED
By C. c. B0WSFlELD

One of the surest and best money
making features Oh any farm Is the
bean crop This product Is In con
slant demand at good prices and may
be sold In the geneII market or put
up In cans for private customers.
Two or three acres OF common bush
beans Is not too large crop for the
ordinary farm, and If an acre or even
half an acre of pole lima beans can be
added the results will be worth while,
While the bean crop seldom fails.
caution is needed in planting and fer
tilizlng. The ground must be warm at
the outset The early planting that
will pay in handling a crop Of peas
will not do for beans. 1t is best to use
light soil which is tiled or elevated
enough for drainage. Moisture and
richness are required but the land
should not be allowed to become soggy.
In getting ready for a bean crop
good plan is to pillow under piece OF
clover sod In the fall, putting on lib
eral amount of barnyard manure. DISK
and harrow the ground In the spring.
AS the crop is not an early one and
must have rapid growth, 1t pays to
supply plenty Of plant food. A formu'
la containing 2 per cent of nitrogen, .
per cent Of phosphoric acid and 10 per
cent of potash gives good results. On
land where clover is grown and well
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06


Chicago river. 1t might help the drain
age canal"
But you didn't give our advertising
a chance" objected Rodney.
YES" said Peale eagerly. I'VE only
finished a great big advertising cam
paign in Chicago two days ago"
II know the soap would have made
good" insisted Rodney, with that
trademark"
IF your trademark was so marvel
GUS" said Martin. somebody besides
your poor old father would have bought
your soap"
In the meantime Peale had grown
more and more discouraged.
"Oh, what's the use? He doesn't
believe In advertising" he said pathet.
ically.
ooh, yes, | do" Mr.. Martin objected;
sound conservative advertising. but
not the crazy. sensational stuff you 20
in for"
Mary decided she would try another
tack.
"Oh. you're just mad because the
soap trust didn't think OF IL Soap IT.
self" she said. half mischievously.
why. we wouldn't touch fool thing
like that" said Mr. Martin IF you de-
liver the goods your goods will adver-
tise you: that's always been our pol
ICY"
This was an unfortunate lead for the
old soap king to have made. To doubt
the efficiency Of his ads. was to strike
at the vitals Of Ambrose Peale, 10 chal-
lenge him and draw his FIRE every time.
And now Rodney was his enthusiastic
squire and second
Both boys drew good long breaths
and began on their favorite themes.
Poor Mary felt that she. too, was be
ing swept along with them In the hood
Of Peales enthusiasm.
I'm sorry. father. Rodney led on,
but you are too old fashioned to know
the modern way Of advertising. Why.
do you know the Federal Biscuit com
pany was on the verge Of failing until
they hit on a catchy name for crack
ersT'
Mary took a hand too.
And since then they have had over
400 lawsuits to protect It" quoted
Mary.
Their trademark made en-" Rodney
went on. They value that trademark
now as 100000" q
Peale had listened with grim salts
faction.
Great stuff.- he echoed
and did JON ever hear OF the VIII
kfns safety raEorT' asked Mar. Tel
him abouf-lt RodDeET.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06

by growth OF beans, ana Hence the
plant food used should be carefully
balanced Beans must be picked while
they are tender and young before they
become strlngy. There is compare
lively little labor In canning, and prices
are on profitable basis.
Fleas ss Jumpers.
The jumping powers of feas have
been much exaggerated. according to
bulletin on these insects issued by
the department Of agriculture. The
species known as the human tiea
Pulex irritans) is probably the best
jumper. According to Mitzmain. the
maximum horizontal distance thisSpe-
cies can jump is thirteen inches and
the maximum vertical distance less
than eight inches.
The question of the hea's jumping
powers Is of importance In connection
with the spread of bubonic plague and
other diseases of which this insect is
the carrier. The Indian plague com
mission which has investigated the
habits Of the Indian rat flea, finds Its
maximum horizontal jump to be only
FIVE inches. while Mltzmain records the
maximum height to which It can jump
as three and one-eighth inches. One
species Of flea. the "stlcktlght," is near
ly incapable Of jumping
Not Present.
He-Do you remember Horatius at
the bridge? She-I don't think ever
net him. You know we invite so few
men. Nudge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06
SYNOPSIS

Old Cyrus Martin, the head of the Amer
Scan soap trust, makes q bet of 10000 with
q friend, John Clark. a rival soapmaker,
that his (Martins) son Rodney would be
making more money at the end Of year
than Clark's son Ellery.
Martin takes his pretty secretary. Mary
Grayson, into his confidence and enlists
her cooperation. Rodney has been q
ependthrift, and the father wants to make
him reform and go to work.
Mary meets Rodney. and the son pro-
poses marriage to her. Rodney tells his
father about his proposal, and the old man
pretends great anger. He tells Mary he
will disinherit Rodney.
Rodney defies his father. and Mary 10
deeply touched at the lads genuine anec-
zion for her. Mary makes financial par
xain with Martin to encourage the son 70
90 to work.
AMBROSE Peale, press agent. meets Hod-
ney and agrees to go into business WIN
the lad on a salary basis. Rooney mas
resolved to go into the soap Industry ano
buck the trust.
Rodney, Peale and Mary 60 into the
soap trade together. Rodney then en-
Aeayors to borrow $4,000 as capital Tor
his newly formed company.
rh. ofsces OF the '13 Soap company
- onepad. and they advertise 1t as tne
go sxnensiye soap in the world" Peale
talks advertising continually.
rho IL soap company finds its expenses
-, haavv and financial rocks loom
sbead. Their chief business seems 70
Nava been to spend money for adVerlisins
under Peales directions
An alleaed countess, who has appeared
an the scene, desires to purchase tho
French rights for the sale OF 10 soap
and produces draft for $4,000, which sne
desires to have cashed.
The ''countess" is shown to be an I'M
nostor and despair settles over the Ii soap
company The firm introduces her, now
ever, to Ellery Clark. Father Martin ViS-
its the offices.
Martin. fearing rumors that the new
company would injure his business ana
might break the trust, offers to BUY out
che Arm for 100000 and give Rooney
Peale and Mary good positions. Then ne
learns that the company is dead broke
Suddenly out OF clear sky comes an
order for $1,000 cakes OF ID Soap from the
great firm of Brown & James OF Chicago.
1.-THE tide has turned" the trio now de-
clare.
The 10 Soap company having no factory
cannot deliver The trio endeavor to buy
the cakes from branch offices of the Mar
tin trust They fail to get the necessary
number, but send 5000 cakes.
Mary, in despair, calls on old Martin
Rodney also appears There they botn
learn that the father caused the sending
of the telegram from Brown & James
Naturally they are amazed and mortineo'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06

A COLD FRAME FOR NORTHERN LATITuDEs'
supplied with stable manure a fertilizer
containing plenty Of phosphoric acid
and potash increases yields and insures
uniform quality. Use 2JO to 4O0t Runds
per acre Of this fertilizer, drilling Il in on
each side OF the tube through which
the beans run. Ii is not safe TO drill
fertilizer with the beans. for 1t is likely
TO injure the seed.
In northern attitudes use hotbed or
cold frame to make the start and also
plant seed IN the open ground for sue
cession. Early In May cover the sur
face OF a cold frame with inverted
sods cut in squares Of about four
inches. In each Of these plant two or
three beans. From the start water
frequently and admit plenty Of air
When the soil outdoors has become
thoroughly warm transplant In open
ground. The sods are lifted with
1de. after watering. CAGE must b
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06

UM m R. MARTIN will see you, Miss
M Grayson," said johnson. com
ing back, and she followed
him upstairs with beating
heart.
If there is any time In the day when
q retired business man should be al
lowed to enjoy himself In his own ma
ture and self chosen way, it is the
hour between 5 and 6. This hour "be-
tween the dark and the daylight was
not the children's hour in Mr.. Martins
house. for good and sufficient reasons,
his only son having been cast Off and
there being no "grands" yet any way.
Neither was it o'clock tea hour, for
Mr.. Martin never had tea any more
since Mary Grayson had gone. He had
had Johnson bring it in for her once
in awhile in the old days, to feed her
up, but not now. His new secretary
was goose. and he packed her off. and
now he found some letters to open with
his own hands today, which seemed to
annoy him. Disgruntlement still sway
ed his paternal heart when he thought
of Rodney. He was torn between love
and irritation where that boy was con
cerned.
He turned to the papers for consola-
ton and held one sheet up to scrutinize
the headlines. AS he did so he display
ed to the empty room a full page adj
vertisement of 10 Soap-the hand Of
Ambrose. in fact which by some Oc
cult influence presently impelled him
to turn the paper over and glance at the
last page next. The blatant sprawing
ad. caused him a pang of regret and
disgust and he flung it down. He took
up another paper and had the same ex-
perience, then turned angrily TO some
letters, only to be rewarded by the
sight of ID Soap circulars huttering to
the floor when he opened the envelope
the hand of Ambrose again, In TACT
Another letter" and another-they had
got a beastly way nov Of addressing
them in refined female hands, on good
stationery, SO you'd think they were
nyitations-followed the first into the
waste paper basket
1t was a relief when johnson pres
emily appeared and announced caller
though a great surprise to hear the
callers name. Mary Grayson. Now,
what was this sly puss afterl he spec
ulated as he babe johnson show her
in. Come to get her old job back, be
supposed Well. she could have it at
her old salary He said this last aloud
to her as she came into the room look
ing very sweet, be must admit The
serious expression she wore was not
at all unbecOming to her pretty face.
The room looked just as Il used 70
DO. and the recollection took Aa-y back
again In spite Of her engrosasng er-
- m. alnna...a r.a.ndnlnnl 80
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06

Let him who has enough ask for
nothing more Horace.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-06
CHAPTER XIV.
Soapsuds.

U n m r. MARTIN will see you, Miss
M Grayson," said johnson, com
V ing back, and she followed
him upstairs with beating
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
Health Insurance Planned for Wisconsin,

RECENT REPORTS by the United States Public Health Service
the commission industrial relations and the federal depart
ment of labor all indicating suffering and economic
keen interest in health insurance legislation The Wisconsin
Federation of Labor at its recent annual convention voted to
conduct vigorous legislative campaign next winter and the
American Association for Labor Legislation is out with model
bill which will be introduced into than twenty
state legislatures next January
At the University of Wisconsin this year. the joint debate
was fought out the issues involved in compulsory health in
suance with almost unanimous decision of the Judges in it's
favor of the recent graduates Louis Bloch prepared plan
for the introduction of health insurance Wisconsin which was
accepted by the faculty thesis for the academic degree Mr.
Boch propose is similar to the plan worked out with great care
and published from the New York headquarters by the American
Association for Labor Legislation of whose staff Mr. Bloch is
member.
Briefly stated the model bill Of the association provides
versa insurance against sickness for all manual workers and
all others earning less than $l0O month Benefits include
medical treatment and medicines well cash compenSa-
ton equal to twohrs of wages during sickness but not TO
coed twentysX weeks any year There also burial
benefit $50 Contributions are to be paid in equal amounts
by employers and employees and the state will add oneou
the total its share and will supervise the funds which to
be mutually managed Careful students of the subject declare
this plan will result Health first movement equal in i'm
portance to the safety first campaign, which followed the
enactment of workmens compensation laws.
which preparing reports health insurance for their
legislatures and close observers predict there will be pioneer leg
sation this subject in number Of states in 1917
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
Alien instruction Urged.

GREATLY INCREASED school facilities be provided this
fall for the instruction of forenborn residents of the United
the last scholastic year the public school authorities of approx
maey $50 cities and towns fofour states of the
cooperating with the bureau of naturalization of the United
States department Of labor in this branch of its educational
6vty According to information thus far received by the bu
reau nearly 100 Others have sgned their intention of joining
in the movement and all indications point crafty
ing record for the 1867 school year
It is the desire Of the bureau Of naturalization that public
school night be installed wherever the need exists for the
education and Americnzaton Of foreigners This field of op
Grafton of the public schools not limited to those who
applied for naturalization 1t intended include all foreign
born residents whose instruction in English and ciycs would
beyond question result not only great personal benefit them
Selves but would be Of signal advantage to the city which they
reside and logically, to the nation as we'll.
That the cost of the establishment and maintenance of such
schools relatively small compared with the great good
public school authorities who cooperated with bureau Of nat
ralizaton last year With this view the bureau urging the
superintendent of schools all the country insert in their
municipal budget for year item providing funds to cover
the expense Of carrying this public night school work
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27

York. and A. Williams chief road engineer OF west v
ga discussed the possibility of united action ana cooperation
the part of the states countless districts and feoera govern
ment Finally after some discussion Mr. Williams remarked
AS good time begin any that has ever presented te
is now Taking from his pocket pencil and procuring piece
of paper call then prepared and signed by the representa-
tves Of the states present This the following day was pre-
road congress- and meeting called at O'Clock IN the al
ternoo At this meeting decided to have aeetng o
organization in the Hotel Raleigh the city OF Washington De-
cember H. 1914 In the intervening time Mr. Wlam PrePa
ed sggestive draft constitution and bylaws which was
mailed all Of the highway departments for suggestions ana
criticism be returned Washington in time for the meeting
December 12 which time the constitution and bylaws were
Maryland presidents A. B. Fletcher of California vcepres
dent H. Pratt North Carolina, secretary and f. R. Rogers
Of Michigan treasurer.
An executive committee elected which entrusted
with the responsibility Of preparing draft of federal aid law
This draft forwarded to the various highway departments
revised and forwarded again for number of times The asso
citation met at Oakland Calf, in September, 1916 at which
meeting three days spent discussing and revising the draft
Of the bill This again submitted to the different depart
mens and each department submitted 200 copies to the
sentative citizens each state These corrected returned
to the departments and from the departments to the committee
which submitted its final report at meeting of the association in
Chicago Illinois December 1916 This draft then sub
mtted Congress- Senator Bankhead taking charge of the bill
in the Senate and much of the efficiency Of the legislation must
be credited to him.
The bill appropriated $7500OO0O distributed over period
maey 100000 besides portion of the fund appropriated for
building roads through the forest preserves.
This bill is of the greatest pieces Of legislation which
has been put the statute books because it makes county,
state and nation partners in the great movement that confrots
the American people at the present time,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
An Ancient Made-to-Order Town.

"T1BERIAs on the Sea of Galee new city in the time
of Jesus" says the Christian Hoad whence then gives many
interesting facts about the ancient city erod Anpas COVER
nor of Gaee began according to Josephs to build the city
some time between sixteen and nineteen d. finishing 1t IN
a. D, Twenty-Five And to the town of IbeaS he moved
his capital transferring it from SepphorS In the building o.
the CITY burial place was disturbed and consequence
few Jews could be induced to reside there,
"The town chiefly peoped with foreigners and adVen
hrers and it's atmosphere largely Roman. 1t was hand
Bomely constructed the palace ornamental with figures Of am
mails This also tended make the town maracve jews to
once in the New Testament John 23 though the Sea Of Gae
twice called the Sea of Tberias John Gil and q H.
To other Galean cities particularly Bethsada and Caper
nan Jesus went frequently but since his special mission and
message the Jews he to have seldom Wis
tied Liberals But the lovely Lake Of Gai and its green shores
were familiar and beloved to the Saviour The present town of
Tibe1as Tabarya is called numbers 5000 inhabi
tants whom 1000 Jews 1400 Mohanmcdans and 200
Christians"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
Birth of Federal Aid.

ON AUGUST 49, 16AND H. the various highway officials Of ho
United States assembled in Washington in conference With The
secretary of agriculture and representatives of the office of public
roads consider for the first time in the history of M country
the question of government cooperation and partnership in the
every great project that is brought FORTH there always an
eresng story connected with the beginning Of The birth Of he
project This is equally of the organization Of the Ameri
can State Highway Officials Association which organization is
responsible for the partnership in bodybuilding and
the scientific plane upon which federal legislation has and will
place highway development,
At the American road congress in Atlanta November H.
1914 seated around table the Georgian Terrace were gath
he demands of the dinner hour there was discussion Of the
large number of bills pending before Congress and Of the various
ideas that find their way into the statutes Of the different states
gst of North GaPQns G. E Caap then assistant but now
highway eonlissone Of Virginia. FeFsy Aoo6sF esigh%ay
now deeeased A. G. Btcheer secretary Of the American Auto
manila Assaciaani Gennga w Delhi civil eneineer of New
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
The Butterfly Days.

THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES have the call They not
only interesting because of their beauty but also because of what
they have b and effect they going next years
crops, for all butterflies innocent they SEEM
The Indianapolis Ne1rs dscourses the butterflies past
that strange peculiar previous existence through which he has
gone as follows:
"They say that the gypsy moth caterprs finishing their
work for heear and entering stage If you inclined
to be scientifically curious you may be interested knowing
the pupa stage according the dictionary the Of chry
ais and that the chryis is the final stage which eoteou
insect passes prior to its winged stage
And the caterpillar is making his bed and going sleep
in it, making in the most convenient locations about the front
porch in the Of the swing above the willow chair along
the window ledge under the leaves of the plants the flower
box And there he will sleep his sins away peacefully full of
dreams of the day when he will awake, pidop wdoyou-
cat longer, but butterfly winged creature of beauty and
JOY
The dreams of the pwhaeverts should be anything but
pleasant They should be- if there anything at all the old
belief in guilty censence than tine dreams Scrooge
himself They should be filled with the conception Of beauty de-
soyed and Of virtue an He should Femember the wsera
vine stripped Of all Its heneoef bloom before well hudded
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
The Alarm Clock.

BREAKING into morning maps the only thing the alarm
clock can do most conscientious cook says the Springfield
Republican, The housewife has but to place her pies roast q
key etc. the her potatoes beets and beans the
stove set the alarm that will ring the end of the
time prescribed for cooking the different articles of food and she
may go about another task with undivided mind knowing that
the watchu alarm will her time to prevent the food
from burning.
One methodica woman makes her faithful clock like
aggressive memorandum book She writes the reminders upon
small slips paper to be stuck tck-e fashion the little
ring at the top of the clock The slip calling for the earliest at
the slips may be filed upon the ring regardless of order The
alarm is then set for the earlier time marked upon of the
slips and reset when reminder Cancelled and the next in
der of time takes its place
The wise housewife sets aside a certain time each day for
recreation Whether be physical relaxation and Sleep reading
embroidery gardening the neXtdoO neghborng may
enjoy the recreation hour with unroubed mind if the faithful
alarm clock is set to ring forth its warning when her wede
served idleness must end
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27

he should have nightmares of cabbage robbed Of their amb
tions of being world oppressed by the high cost
of living He should be haunted by the screams ocasoned by
has brought forth by crawling unexpectedly up somebody ce
sleeve very uncomfortable sleep he should be having.
Certainly he would never made his bed dany he had
expected to have pleasant dreams And the sangest part
bage we have desire to disturb his Sleep for too
thinking the day when he will be butterfly and already
orgivng him having made sorry of his years work.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
Wants More Of L.

The new permanent road IS com.
pleted below Weston to DeanyIlld
crossing, and it is said TO be very fine
work. Let the good roads work 60
on. 1t may prove to be just the thing
we all want when we see how good a
thing good roads are for the public,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
Spray the Rose Bush,
Isl A1hans Herald.l

The agricultural department directs
attention to the "'rose aphfs." which
common speech tnterprets as the
plant louise" It is recommended that
a fine but toroeful stream Of water be
turned ON by means Of the garden
hose ia efrectiveS but a pound Of soap
dissolved tn four gallons of water,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-27
WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY


CMorgRntOwn Post-ChroniciS,)
The purchasing power of the Amerl'
can dollar today Is said to DO only
slxty-lvro per cont of.whot It waa from
1900 10 1905, sun, ita more than the
purchasing power of supposedly equal
Qu&ntltlsa Of British shillMgs, French
francs and German marks, And what
Is moro, we have the dollars,