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(you can bank on thatD and explain:
well, | want to leave it to my father
and brothers and couple Of other peo-
pie and institutions that have made
themselves dear to me. There's nothing
more | want for myself, understand.
I've gambled for that, and since I've lost
I'm through"
Gambling" is Waite's word for the
murder of John E. Peck, the Grand Rap
ids millionaire, and Mrs. Peck; his life
staked against their lives and their
fortune covers it, he believes. Having
lost, with the Pecks, to the kitty of Fate,
he looks casually ahead to his trip to the
chair as no more than the settlement Of
little debt of honor.
THE DOCTOR INVITES BIDS
That day the jury walked into JUS
tice Shearn's courtroom with their YER
dict of guilty as charged Waite sent
note to a group of reporters. He was
not going to be interviewed right then,
he said, but later he might write some
impressions" 1t was one way of serv-
ing notice that the days of free copy
provided by Arthur Warren Waite were
over-an invitation for bids.
A couple of days afterward I dropped
in at the Tombs. Object to inspect
some poetry from the Waite pen and
learn how much he valued it at.
For weeks Waite had been one Of the
most ungetatable prisoners the Tombs
ever held Hundreds of notes had been
sent to his cell by reporters. Every one
had drawn the same reply: Nothing to
say"
But we hadn't known the combination
then. There had been hints in the other
notes that Waite's position before the
public might be bettered if he talked to
US. This last note of mine suggested
BADLY that the prison poet probably
would be richer when we parted, once
we ever met. 1t worked like charm.
Come up and we'll talk" was the
message Waite sent back.
Up went, toward what promised to
be an awkward few minutes. Buying
manuscript, particularly from murder
ers, is little out of my line.
But the atmosphere of gloom was dis
PEELED at the start The keeper behind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
By ROBERT II. ROHDE

like to blow my own horn, but it's up to
me, | guess. If my brother Frank were
here-he's up in the library, you know,
and has a fine literary taste-he'd do
the talking.
81 can only tell you what Frank says.
He's assured me that my verse is really
good enough to be marketable, even
though it didn't have the advantage Of
IA well known name.
NO ORDINARY POETRY THIS
'Tt's not like ordinary poetry. write
Just as | feel, as things come to me. |
suppose you'd call some of it mystical.
You'll find my whole philosophy in it
how can be here in body and roaming
in the fields at the same time; why
don't worry any more about the electric
chair than | did before | had any
thought of sitting in it. Doesn't that
sound interestingly
asked to see some Of the poetry.
Again that faraway look.
"Now I'm dreadfully sorry, but /
haven't scrap of it here"
DR.. Waite, poet, was taking no chance
on having any of his works printed, or
extracts therefrom, before money had
changed hands.
But where-%
MY brother has every last bit of it
Frank. We sort of decided that it would
be better for him to make the arrange
ments. I'm afraid that if handled the
business end there'd be more talk about
me being money mad.
I'm not, and it isn't fair to infer it.
Money doesn't mean thing to me, now.
Those days have passed. Once wanted
ell the dollars | could get my hands on.
gambled for them and lost. Now I'm
just waiting to pay the score. But
don't see any reason-do you?-why |
shouldn't be earning something as
wait" siaafl.
We drifted off the subject for mo-
ment; talked about the trial and GER
tain tennis-playing, literary friend of
Waite's-a mutual friend-who had
spent a day in the courtroom, unseen;
got into philosophy.
Eyes, think that's about the way my
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the grill of the first tier, instead of talk
ing in an appropriately sepulchral whis-
per and tiptoeing away, lifted happy
voice.
ooh, docw he caroled. doc Waite;
oh, Doc Waite. Front and centre, doc
Here's company
And, front and centre, marched the
poetical poisoner.
Haggard?
Well, if there was healthier or hap
pier looking man in that big building
south of the Bridge of Signs, miss my
guess. Waite looked as if he had stepped
from under a shower five minutes be-
fore. He was clean-shaved and immacu-
late of linen; his shoes were shined and
his trousers pressed to the detail of the
right sort of tie pin he was ready for the
Avenue.
Il manage to keep fairly fresh,
thanks" said Waite, catching the sur
prise in my eyes. That's because, half
the time, I'm wandering in fields and
woods. They can keep my body here in
prison, but my spirit slips through the
bars at will. When Pm writing my po-
etry I'm no more among these criminals
here than
He paused, coughed and smiled, show
ing two rows of even, white, well-cared-
for teeth. Thus quickly we had come
to cases. Almost in the first dozen
words the subject of poetry had been in
troduced, and /, the man who was not
locked in, had been put at ease.
About the poetry?" .--f
ooh, yes"
Waite's smile broadened to a grin.
ooh, yes" he repeated. 'T'm awfully
glad you're interested in it. That's what
want to do--leave something behind so
that people won't remember me just by
the bad things I've done. | don't think
of any better way to spend what's left
of my life than in writing little poems.
Besides smile fading into a
PARKWAY lcok-"don't you think should
be able to earn quite considerable money
that way"
THAT would depend, of course, on
Eyes; ! know-on how good the po-
etry is, you were going to say. don't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
wv re LITERARY persons who
w haven't great deal more to go
ahead on than industry. pa

w a
w ahead on than industry, pa
tience, faith and trick of closing the
first instalment just ahead Of the edl-
tors yawn-we who haven't, as a GER
tain new competitor so naively suggests,
KILLED a couple of folks"-would best
prepare for hard times.
THEY'RE on the way, and coming just
as fast as the pen of that illustrious
poet and poisoner, Arthur Warren
Waite, can be made to travel. That same
Waite-that same debonair dentist who
fed germs and arsenic to his wealthy
father-in-law and mother-in-law, and
who is now in the death house at Sing
Sing. smiling back on trail of blood
and broken hearts-is the one we have
to look out for.
In his cell up the river, just one this
mortal side of little door that is called
the Green One, though its color long
since has been changed to brown, DR..
Waite is writing out his heart. He
isn't writing entirely ION spec" either,
for he has a comfortable feeling of as
surance that the market for his product
will be quick and inclined to the bullish.
But bullish or not, it's safe to say that
the price the market yields for Mus
ings of Murderer" "Prison Songs of
Prisoner" "The Waite Trial from the
Inside" "The Chair" and such other
manuscript as he may have in prepare
ton will be DR.. Yates price.
While the literary merit of his work
is yet problematical, the rhyming dent
ist to date has proved himself sharp
man to trade with. With only few
weeks to live, or, at the outside, few
months, Waite is just as keen in con-
serving his own financial interests as if
he were free to fly to the end of the
world with his studio love, Mrs. Horton.
Death hangs over hinl-a death that
neither doctors nor dollars can avert
but the Waite sense of values is un-
changed.
'I'm not money mad" he'll tell you if
you go to him with the card of a pub
Usher, "but do demand fair price for
my work. | won't be here long, you
know, and while | stay want to earn
lust as much as / can"
Ask him what on earth-knowing
well how little on earth there is he can
buy-he wants money for. He'll smile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

front the German trenches run across a
railroad line which leads from French
village about half-mile away The Ger
mans could see plainly down the tracks,
and were in the habit of taking pot shots
with their rifles at the French soldiers
who crossed the tracks.
The French called in a well known
painter to help them. Upon an enormous
canvas he painted landscape represent
ing exactly what the Germans saw when
they looked down the tracks. 1t was
splendid piece of work, in full color and
in perfect perspective. One night this
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were no longer able to see where their
shells fell, and were consequently unable
to direct their fire with any degree of
accuracy. Of course, portions of the
shield were blown down at times by the
exploding shells, but it was the work OF
only few minutes to make repairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

you. dor't want you going into deal
with your eyes closed and it's only right
/ should warn you there's another paper
after it. But you go up and see Frank
Look over the stuff and give him an
idea of what you think it's worth. |
know he likes your paper and would
rather sell it to you-other things being
equal, of course"
"How about writing some prose%
"No, now-do you know, I'd never
thought Of that. I'd rather write po-
etry. But do you think there'd be good
market for prose? What would write
about?"
Gust as much market for that as for
your verse. And why not write
your courtroom impressions during the
trial."
Hmm"
Waite rested his elbow on a cross bar
of the grating and laid thoughtful fin
ger along his cheek.
PROSE WOULD BE REAL WORK
81 might, at that" he unused. But
that would be real hard work for me.
Poetry just flows out naturally. Id
have to charge more for what came
harder, wouldn't /?
ut WOuld be pretty readable" he
went on. "Of course you'd want TO run
it in instruments; so much each day for
so many days. What do you suppose it
would be WORTH"
ITS your party, doctor We've come
to you to buy something of yours. You
set the price, therefore"
"But give me some idea of how news
papers pay for such things. I've heard
they get pretty high for this sort OF
thing-pay as vaudeville managers pay
for stars. A chap like you, for in
stance"-
I named the salary that covers the
rent of five rooms in Flatbush.
yes" agreed Waite; 'but you haven't
killed couple of people. That's prob
ably all you're worth to the man who's
paying you. If you ever get where | am,
then, probably, you'll be able to COM
mand as much as I'll get, or even more.
"Still, don't believe you'd change
places with me now. Would you? Would
you be in my shoes to get the money
that I'll get before die?'
Continued on page sir.)
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Another ingenious device of the
French is the use of painted scenery as
a means of misleading the enemy. Here
is an entirely new phase of warfare, one
that often adds touch of humor to this
grim business.
At a certain point along the battle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
By WILLIAM p. FAY

In company with several other young Americans mr.
Eav went to France last fall to join the American
Ambulance Corps For past eight months ne has been
driving field ambulance various first line stations along
the French battle During this time ne has usually
worked under fire. and fact lived for weeks In
house that within rifle of the German trenches
The photographs he took himself.
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This Keeps Germ an Gunners from
Seeing Where Their Shells Land.

This Keeps Germ an runners from
Seeing Where Their Shells Land.
~ INCE the beginning of the war the
- French have shown themselves to
~ have many sides to their charac-
ter that no one had suspected before.
One of these newly apparent traits is
their remarkable craftiness in inventing
military devices of various sorts. For
example:
On the side of a certain hill close by
the German trenches there is French
battery of several large guns. 1t is IN
a particularly favorable position, COM
handing as it does an important section
of the German trenches. For many
months it has been in the same location
and by frequent bombardments the Ger
mans eventually managed to get an al
most perfect range upon it with their
long distance guns. So accurate, in fact,
was their firing that one could sit in
comparative safety by the window Of
house only a few hundred yards away
and watch the commandments. 1t was
like having box at theatre. One
could hear the ''depart" as the French
term the initial explosion-of the guns
in the distance, then for fifteen seconds
the tearing of the shells through the
air like the arriving Of an expressJtrain,
and finally the crash as the shells landed.
Often the shells would appear to land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
Who Left This American Reaper
in Front of the Cafe du Midi?

Who Left ms American Reaper
in Front of the Cafe du Midi?
huge drop" was mounted upon heavy
wooden framework and placed upright
across the tracks between two houses.
The next morning, when the Germans
looked up the tracks, the view was ap-
parently just the same as usual, except
for the curious fact that the crossing re-
NAMED deserted from that time on.
They never discovered the deception,
and the French soldiers have been able
to pass back and forth behind the screen
in perfect security.
One is always seeing odd sights at the
front. At one point, about hundred
yards or so from the French first line
trenches, lie the ruins of what was once
a pretty little French village. For
some time it was directly between the
trenches of the Germans and French,
but was at last captured by the latter.
Scattered among the ruins are sever
al Mccormick reapers, which seem
strangely out of place in the general
scene of wreckage and desolation. One
of them lies in front of the ruins of the
former Cafe du Midi, which is now lit.
tie more than a pile of rubbish and a
battered signboard. AS took the pict-
ure an officer was rapping on the wall
with his cane and saying, "personne la
nobody there"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
/s4nZE12s RIEeNOA3H HE4Zz1S

yielded from 20 to 10 per of n crop while the
yield of the protected orchards from % to 100
per cent, so heavy that thinning necessary In
many of them.
Individual testimony TO the efficiency of orchard
heating In every fruit growing state could be multi
piled indefinitely. Fruit crops valued at $3.50 to
$3.50 an acre were frequently saved at cost or
seven to ten dollars nm acre. One Colorado grow
er for instance with 80 heaters to the acre raised
the temperature of his i0acre orchard from Is to
2S degrees and produced II carloads of apples.
One of the most remarkable stories of heater sue
from Missouri A 24O-acre orchard To-
Gated in n deep valley had suffered severely from
frost every year and had not produced full crop
for II years. Against the advice of all wiseacres,
two brothers from. Kansas City bought 1t, and
equipped II with 5000 heaters of the controlled
or graduated type. With 35 40 pots to the acre,
the firing done for four nights mt the time the
apples in bloom. They harvested crop of
1900 barrels. valued at $4,000. and ii the
only crop in that fruit growing territory. The net
profit on each acre approNimated $500.
The first cost of installing officiating plant
Is higher than for a coal wood outfit. but the
results in time saved and efficiency gained have
made 1t the most popular fuel. Oil can be OBJ
tanned in quantity at prices ranging from four to
cents n gallon and it makes quick, strong
and easily controlled heat. One man for
from three TO five of orchard for four five
hours and this is about long it will be ncces-
sary TO burn under ordinary frost conditions. The
prices of the oil heaters range from twelve cents
for simple "lard-pal" type to 40 cents for
of the controlled hrearea type, holding there gal
Ions and burning at full capacity for ten twelve
hours. even longer If regulated for n smaller
blaze.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
AUTUMN DEMAND FOR CELERY
Tendency to Rush Product to Market
Before 1t Is Well slanched-Loss
in Trimming.

The bracing fall weather will stimu-
late the demand for celery. At this
season when it is selling readily at
good prices, there is tendency to
rush celery to market before it is well
blanched. This is a mistake, because
it necessitates severe trimming at the
market end, and the product goes to
the cheaper trade. To catch the best
grade, celery must be fully blanched
clean and well trimmed.
Handling" celery should be finished
promptly and the rows ridged as fast
as possible. If the soil is allowed to
get into the hearts of the plants it
will cluse rot. Celery intended for
storafE should not be ridged. In some
quarters there is prejudice against
blanching celery with boards. 1t is
claimed that blanching with earth
makes it crisper and gives it n better
flavor. Just the same, much of the
product grown in various parts of the
country is blanched with boards, and
it sells for top prices, too.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
SELECTION OF CHOICE SEED
Crops Don't "Run Out" Say Experts
at Ames-Fannina and Grading
Are of Importance.

The old idea that farm crops run
out" may safely be looked upon as
humbug, say the farm crops men at
the Iowa experiment station at Ames;
that is. If reasonable care is given to
the selection of good seed and proper
methods OF soil culture each year.
Under careless management, Of course,
crops will deteriorate the same as an
imals or men.
If, due to careless handling, farm
crops do run down or run out" the
best thing to do is to run them out.
Dispose of the poor stuff and make a
fresh start with good seed from the
farm of thrifty neighbor. Then
keep the seed good.
With tests of hundreds of varie-
ties of different classes of crops at the
experiment station at Ontario, Can
ada, Ames and other places, where
reasonable attention was given to fan
ming and grading seed each year, cases
of run out" are practically unknown.
This has also been the case on all we'll
managed farms, also.
With proper management and nor
NAL conditions the seed grown on the
farm should always be the best seed
for that farm.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
CAULIFLOWER IN FAVOR
Vegetable Is Closely Related to
the Cabbage Tribe.
Very Rich Soil Required, and 1t Must
Be Given Most Particular Treat
ment-Market Demands Snowy
White Heads.

Cauliflower is closely related to the
cabbage tribe, but much more refined
in its habits and more difficult to cul-
tivate. 1t requires very rich soil and
the most particular treatment, and no
farmer or gardener would be Justified
in attempting its cultivation on large
scale, or to depend upon it as a market
crop without first having thoroughly
studied its peculisrities and require
ments.
The market desires snowy white
heads, so that protection is universally
practiced to accomplish this purpose.
Three methods are used: (I the
breaking of half dozen or more
leaves over the top of the cauliflOwer
head. The stems of the leaves are
not severed entirely, SO that the leaves
remain green. (2) Breaking or bend
ing over the leaves as just explained,
and pinning with toothpicks or small
pins. This is very satisfactory
method for all sections. (3) Bringing
the leaves together over the head and
tying. This is an excellent plan, but re-
quires more time than securing with
the toothpicks. The protection should
begin when the heads are about an
inch and n half in diameter.
Cauliflower is considered a delicacy
on most tables, and it pays to exercise
special care in the marketing. Al
though barrels are often used, crates
or baskets are better. A package
which will not hold more than n doz-
en- or at most two dozen heads GER
tainly has an advantage over the bar
rels.
If the heads are of good size, snowy
white, wrapped in fancy paper, and
marketed in new, clean packages they
cannot fail to attract attention, and
command good prices.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
LlTMUS PAPER FOR TESTING
Easy Matter for Farmer to Ascertain
II Soils Are Acid-How Opera
tion Is Performed.

Have you tested your soil for acid
ity? Just a few cents worth of blue
litmus paper will enable each farmer
to determine whether his soil needs
lime now. One of the easiest meth
DDS of testing is pointed out by NJ. A.
Bachtell of the Agricultural college
extension service. Ohio State univer-
sity, is to go into a field when the
soil is moist. insert a knife blade into
the under layer of soil and place n
strip of the litmus paper in the open
ing made by the blade. Then press
the soil firmly together on the paper
and let stand for 20 minutes. Then
remove the paper and notice its ap-
pearance. If delicate streaks of red
are found on the paper, lime should
be applied to correct the acidity. Or
dinarily from two to four tons of
ground limestone will neutralize the
acids in soil.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
AS GREEN FODDER
Opinion of Growers Of Sudan Grass ls
That It Will Largely Take Place
Of MilIet and Sorghum.

Most of the earlier accounts of Su-
dan grass failed to make clear that
this new crop is nothing more or less
than fine-stemmed, nonsaccharine
sorghum. 1t has most of the charac-
teristics of the ordinary sorghum, and
its requirements as regards soil and
climate are similar except that the SUI
dan grass differs from sorghums by
maturing earlier and having such fine
stems that it is readily cured into
hay.
Experiments made at the Kentucky
state station in 1915 produced crop
of eight tons per acre of dry hay in
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
MONKEY FLESH HIS ONLY MEAT.

Too proud TO beg, and finding himself the
verge of starvation because of the impoverishment
of his noble family in Europe, Count Franz Lazar
inni. remittance man we'll known in Central
America, went to jungle near Managua, Nicara-
qua. and kept himself alive fol five months by eat
ing monkey flesh and roots and berries according
TO reports to marine corps headquarters there.
\ party of United States marines while on n
big game hunting expedition discovered the titled
foreigner and took him back to the Nicaraguan
capital.
The count, half starved and nearly mad be-
cause of the prvation he had suffered, fought his
rescuers and begged them to let him remain in the
Jungle, the reports say. The marines overpowered
him, however, and are attempting to nurse him
back health and reason at their commodlous bar
racks in the American legation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
MANURE APPLIED IN GARDEN
Fresh Fertilizer Induces Rank Growth
of Stem and leaf-Yield Is
Greatly Reduced.

Barnyard manure is good for the
garden If applied at the right time,
but there are times when its appli-
cation Is harmful. Fresh manure
when applied Immediately before
planting, cannot be thoroughly incor-
porated with the soil. As result the
land Is hard to work and the ground
is loose instead of compact. Fresh
manure also induces a rank growth of
stem and leaf, and, as result Of these
factors, the yield of most vegetables
is greatly reduced.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
By Robert II. MOultOn

THIN the last TWO yeayrs an
other and greater triumph of
scientific horticulture has arrived;
another natural enemy of the
things that grow and bring forth
fruit has been vanquished. Jack
Frost, long king of the fruit crop,
has been dethroned. Fruit growers
have literally built millions of fires
under him. and burned him out.
Scientific orchard heating has
mnde II pOssible TO rnise the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
Potato Gatherer.

tato gatherer by n Louisburg (Wis.)
man. The gathering mechanism is
placed in the forward end of the frame
that is pivoted on n wheeled axle, n
conveyor for carrying the potatoes
back to the rear from the gathering
mechanism being also carried. The
frame carries fingers of unequal
length, placed successfully long and
short, and directed forward over the
conveyor. A second conveyor is
mounted on the frame above the first
one, the upper one carrying transverse
rake bGrs.-Farming Business.