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PERENN1AIS.

Repienish the stock Of perennials
from seed. Maybe Il does take more
wr-k and patience than to buy plants.
but the joyful feeling of having raised
a beautiful and promising family Of
children each year will be the reward.
! plant perennial seeds In May
Just like ANIMALS. instead Of wait
ing until August. as many seeds
men suggest. Plant in the garden bed.
the seed bed. or each variety In sep
arate boxes filled with very fine earth.
water sparingly and owe with cotton
cloth or glass to hold the moisture.
When large enough transplant to per-
manent bed. In this way I keep my
garden supplied with an endless sue
cession Of such easily grown peren-
malls as ~foxglove. Canterbury bells,
columbinc and anchusa. and also with
the more difficult ones like dolphin
sum. geum and Oriental peoples. I
am particularly proud Of my salmon
pink Oriental poppies: raised twelve
fine plants from M packet OF seed
Marcia NJ. Russell, Michigan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

The winter covering Of leaves or
litter given pansies and English daisies
should b removed early In the spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

The plants viii stand freezing late in
the aso but will not stand being
covered during warm weather.
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MAGAZINE SECTION for December 81. 1916

to the eye of the mind
"You are going to let Mr.. Boyland
prevent those mems houses being remade
because he offers thousand dollars more
than my father"
Brushby lifted his hand.
"Nita! You understand me, surely
These little efforts are nothing to me-
nothing. You don't expect me to be a
little two-penny reformer-'
Mia flushed and looked swiftly at her
father. And Northrup had the heaven
sent wit to hold his peace.
MAY l speak to Mr. Brushby alone
about this?' said Nita.
We drew away and stood there, North
rup and Boyland and l, with the rain
from the baggage-room cornice coursing
down our necks.
overheard Brushby say "cosmic" and
bourgeois Then his voice dropped,
and knew that hew pleading for his life
81 understand Nita said at last, and
turned. Father, am so sorry that you
have lost this
She went to him, stood beside him,
slipped her hand in his arm.
And there was the train on the track.
@But you know that will let it go to
your father if you wish it, Brushby cried
"To please me?' Nita said distinctly.
THAT reason means nothing"
She turned like a flash, and Northrup
and followed.
They were shouting, "All aboard AL
hideous pan was being pounded for dinner.
"Nita, l heard that furry voice. Then
Boyland shouting: you'll wire Wade
& Wallace? Sure? No slip-up?"
We got in the car, and Nita leaned to
me. "Nunkie Nick" she said, "let Mr.. Boy
land get started, and then you bring my
bag from under that truck"
WHEN we let ourselves in the front
door, it was not yet half past nine
o'clock 1t had been silent ride; no
foolish, forced talk. We were all chilly,
and, seeing fire dancing on the library
wall, we went in there.
Some one had been making up the.
library fire. He stood before it now,
warming his hands, and it was Mel.
He flushed and his eyes lighted when
he saw Nita; but it was Northrup to
whom he turned.
"Fve got good news, sir, he said. II
find that Wade & Wallace, when they
made that transfer from Dawson to
Havens, paid for an option on the Daw-
son block for one year, at twenty-five
thousand. The year hasn't expired. The
firm doesn't care to buy, but didn't take
chance. l bought it, in the name of the
firm. Now you can buy it from us, if you
like-at the twenty-five thousand.
"Niel!' said Northrup. "Oh, Mel Sar-
gent!'
That was all, except his hand-clasp.
"It's nothing said Mel, fre-red. "But
l couldn't forget those women and kids
Then we fell unaccountably silent. For
quietly, and as if none OF us was there
but Mel, Mia was looking at him. Some
thing in the air of the room told him so.
His eyes sought hers, but it was as if they
had been seeing nothing else. Never,
never shall forget her as she stood be-
fore him. For the light with which she
had looked at Brushby was to this light
now shining in her face as candle-light
to the sun.
Mel" she said, "Niel."
Then she put out her hand, tremu-
Ions uuestinp And uDOn him there fell
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The Deal
Continued from page 5

IHoVoT W UHe JuucJiou anu cdtcu OHc
through, as they will. It's a chance
we've twenty minutes eighteen"
He was out the door. put on some
body's hat, caught down somebody's coat
and followed.
"The Junction-go the limit-catch
the through said Northrup to the man.
Even in that whirl, it went through
my mind how marvelously the trained
mind acts in its emergencies No breaks,
no plumbers, no hesitations. Go!
We went. 1t was gray night of mid
winter dirty snow, drab rain. 1t was
good twelve miles to the Junction, and
the roads were thick.
1T became evident presently that
motor in the road before us was on as
wild fight as we. 1t plunged and ca
reered and showed topheavy and tipsy
The water splashed on the wine-colored
body of the car. 1t was, discerned at
length, limousine.
"Northrup," said, 4that limousine"
"I've been watching it, said he.
do you suppose said l.
Il dare say he replied.
The Junction platform came in sight.
1t held some stragglers, and bus or
two backed up beside it. The track was
empty The through had not passed.
The wine-colored Car drew up at the
station before us. No defiant Nita and
complacent Brushby were emerging
Boyland. And he began looking carefully
about for some one. Northrup and l
kept together and under soggy, silk
all J. Ia nd
Farmers and produce men and their
wives, Junction shoppers and their hus-
bands, crying babies, lunching children
and at last, under the hood of the bag
gage-room, by high-piled truck, group
of three, two of whom we sought. Boy
land had found them first. Northrup
and | came round the corner of the truck.
And we heard what Boyland was saying:
to do me some dirt. Yes, Mel
Sargent. l don't know what-he was so
very darn superior. So | come straight
to you. Now, l can offer you twenty
seven thousand for that block, see. if you
accept straight, now, and wire the agents
Northrup won't better that, believe me.
What do you say?"
Brushby's voice came bit high
pitched and irritable:
This is all very well, Mr. Boyland,
but you ought not to annoy me with it
now
Boyland's mouth opened frankly.
well, Mr.. Brushby,' said he, lips
loose and head wagging, whats more
important than twenty-seven thousand
dollars, when Northrup's likely to cut in
on me? Not that think he WILL.
al can wire Wade & Wallace from
town, said Brushby, "to close with your
offer unless you are outbid at once. Now
good night
"Northrup is going to cut in for mo-
ment, all the same said Northrup.
Nita was marvellous. She paled, but
she faced her father as quietly as if they
were at breakfast
"Nita," said Northrup, al want to
make sure that you perfectly understand.
Mr.. Brushby is selling the Dawson block
to Mr.. Boyland because he outbids me
by thousand dollars. MIR. Boyland
will leave the mems homes as they are
"Why didn't you tell Mr.. Brushby
that" said Nita to Boyland.
Il did tell him. said Boyland. "We
al t,lI
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GANTEs AND ENTERTAINMENTS

INVENTORS SHOULD WRITE FOR LIST
Of Needed Inventions" patent Ba,ers and "liow
to Get Your Patent" Sent Free Randolph Co..
Dept I.7, Washington, ID. c.
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Brushby was looking dreamily down.
at would, said he, appear to do So"
Northrup spoke sharply.
"Brushby," he said, "do you take into
consideration that mean to make these
novels into model cottages? These are
to be rented by my men at eight dollars
a month-just what they are paying now
for the hell-holes they live in"
Brushby smiled.
AMY men," he repeated "That, Mr..
Northrup, is pure paternalism. We don't
regard this sort of reform as fundamental.
My thought is on the whole economic
movement. l can not bother with petty
reforms"
$50 Boyland is the purchaser" asked
Mel evenly.
But, mani" Northrup cried. "Don't
you understand? Every man is to have
a little garden!"
Brushby shrugged.
"This terrific industrial conflict" he
said, "this revolution which is beginning
you would solve by giving every man his
little garden? My dear Mr.. Northrup, we
don't want to placate them. We want to
teach them to Think
$50 Boyand is the purchaser Mel
said again, YEARLY.
wait minute, Northrup cried. an
give the twenty-six thousand!'
Northrup and Mel looked at Brushby.
Brushby looked at no one. His eyes
were turned absently out of the window.
Boyland edged forward to his feet.
"I'll have to get my firm on the tele-
phone, long distance he said. II
Brushby shrugged, and rose also.
81 am superhuous, he observed. "Set-
tie it yourselves. gentlemen. I'm leaving
at nine tonight. You will forgive me?
I've no head for business"
l left then. So did Northrup.
:. Mot cent over the twenty-six," said
he to Mel.
We went home to luncheon. And
Northrup fell upon his daughter Nita.
"Never let that creature Brushby en-
ter my door again. said he, and said no
more.
He ought to have been warned-we
ought all to have been warned-by Nita's
look. Her face, her exquisite little face,
was turned to her father; and her look
was stone.
NITA was not at dinner that night.
~ inquired for her, somewhat uneasily,
| own, but there was some commonplace
reply. Afterward we are always remem-
bering how vital moments wear the as
pect of the commonplace.
Later Morthrup and sat in the library.
Northrup has restful way of not talking
things over. We merely sat and smoked.
AT last he said
Don't you think we ought to tell
Nita about that talk there this morning."
did think so; had just been think
ing so. Northrup rang the bell and asked
the maid to let him know as soon as Miss
Nita came in. l remember the maids
blank look, eyebrows up, lips parted.
"Why Miss Nita went out with
satchel, sir" she said. E
~-.Northrup was wonderful. He merely
nodded, and repeated, "Let me know
when she returns. And when the maid
went, he slipped out and, knew, up to
Nita's room. He was back in a moment,
sheet-white and trembling, threw me the
note he had found on her table, and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
Experiments Have Amply Demon
strated That Employment of Pre-
cious Metal Is Advisable

BY some pretty experiments with Or
gan pipes of different materials DR..
Dayton Clarence Miller, professor of
physics in the Case School of Appl ed
Science, Cleveland, O., has proved that
the quality Of tone in a wind instru-
ment depends upon its material far
more than is generally believed. Writ
ing of flutes in his book. 1.-The Sci
ence of Musical Sounds" he says:
1.-The traditional influence of diff
ferent metals on the flute tone are
consistent with the experimental re-
suits obtained from the organ pipe
Brass and German silver are usually
hard. stiff and thick. and have but lit.
tie influence upon the air column. and
the tone is said to be hard and trum-
pet-like. Silver is dense and softer.
and adds to mellowneSS of the tone
The much greater SoftneSS and density
of gold adds still more to the soft
maSSiveneSS of the walls. giving an eff
feet like the organ pipe surrounded by
water Elaborate analyses of the tones
from flutes of wood, glass, silver and
geld prove that the tone from the gold
flute is mellower and richer, having
a longer and louder series of partials
than flutes of other materials"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
SUPPLY OF SEALS ASSURED
Iieved, Has Done Away With All
Danger of yheir Extinction.

For the first time in the history of
the United States this country is ham
ding its own sealskins, condition
that should have been brought about
long ago, but was not, largely owing
to trade secrets connected with the
dressing and dyeing of the furs, which
were possessed exclusively In Eng
land.
Seal furs are used more extensively
in America than In any other country
on the globe and the United States
government has done more to prevent
seals from becoming extinct than all
the other nations put together. 1t is
due entirely to our initiative that
there is now a growing supply Of
seals from which to draw.
The total number in the Alaskan
herd now is estimated at 300 900, and
1t Is believed that 100000 will be
added this summer, after which, I'M
der moderate regulation, there will
be little danger of extinction, such as
faced the fur-bearing seals only few
years ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
EXPERIMENT A BIT
FOR THE NEXT CROP
It Is Sort of Adventure to Try
Out Something for Yourself
on Small! Scale.
Gyolloero al

By BREEZE BOYACK, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
Why not plan for a bit of an expert
ment for yourself, next crop season?
AS you go about the business of cult
waiting and harvesting this years
crops, you often wonder what some
other crop might do; make a mental
note of it, and try out that crop OF
small scale next year. Why not? It's
bit Of an adventure.
Do not wait for someone to do your
experimenting for you. The success
full business man is the one who is
first in the field
OF course, if your community has
settled upon variety as a community
enterprise, as Is done with peas, pota-
toes, apples, alfalfa, ETC., it is not wise
to depart from it.
Always try just a little of anything
new-a quarter acre, half acre, or
even an acre. Give it just average
ground-it is better right alongside
the standard crop. Don't baby it.
Make it prove it's worth, if it has any.
The pleasure of trying out for ones
self the value of crop is the best
return. Do not make your whole farm
an experiment farm or you will sure
~ fail. But a little experiment now
and then is relished by successful
men.
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fermentation GIVEN
AS CAUSE OF BLOAT
Solution of FormaIin Should Be
Given in Acute Cases, Says
Kentucky Station.

Red clover blossoms contain about
5.6 per cent sugar; alfalfa blossoms,
2.8 per cent, and white clover bios
SONS, "a per cent. After being eaten
by the stock this sugar undergoes rapid
fermentation, and is converted into
carbon dioxide, which causes bloating
According to the Kentucky expert
ment station. one quart Of / II per cent
solution of fOrmalin should be given
In cases of acute bloating. A wooden
block should then be placed in the
animals mouth. and it should be given
gentle exercise IL it can be got to
its feet. One-half ounce of formalin
In one quart of water is the proper
solution with which to drench an ami
nal. Formalin is the trade name for
a 40 per cent solution of formalde-
hyde gas In water, and can be obtained
at any drug store.
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NOT PERPLEXING TO
GRAFT FRUIT TREES
Necessary Operation in Many In
stances Where Apples and
Pears Are Grown.

Grating fruit trees is an easy thing
sary in manyinstances whenever apples
and pears are grown and the best va
rleties are desired. In numerous in
stances [ have grated both apple and
pear trees from real small to large
ones and greatly improved the quality
of the fruit, says writer in an ex-
change. In most cases it is the seed
lings that are improved for fruit bear
ing by grating. Some of our best
standard apples and pears, indeed
most of them, have come from seed
lings, but ordinarily seedlings are not
fruit. An entirely new top is at once
begun by grating Seeding some
three years of age. The entire upper
portion is sawed off from two to three
feet above the ground or at the point
where the stock is just large enough
to receive two scions.
[ always insert two Of the sciOns at
each place where a graft is made. /
allow both to grow through the first
season SO as to have a perfect and
solid union. The spring following the
one in which the CRAFTS are made /
cut off one even with the small tree.
I then form the head Of the tree from
the one that is left. If both are left
to develop, there is too great an en-
largement of the trunk at the point Of
no al
lowed to grow, makes q fOrked tree
and sometimes one or the other will
split off.
I have grown many new tops to
large enough to begin bearing fruit
when l found they were Of inferior
quality. Some care must be taken in
doing such a thing to keep from In
juring the main body of such trees.
The way I graft such trees, and form
new heads for fruit bearing, and no
injury is done, is as follows:
The old top is examined and some
half a dozen limbs are selected of the
right size for inserting pair of
scions. If they all take or start
healthy growth, the following spring
cut off the weakest one at each
union, and at the same time / cut
away about one-half of the remaining
small bushy limbs. Then after the
CRAFTS are we'll started for forming an
entirely new crown, / cut away the
remainder of the old top. Sometimes
do not complete the cutting away Of
all of the old crown until the third
spring. 1t depends upon the size OF
the tree at the time of inserting the
crafts
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20
PREPARATION OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE.

Valuable experiments in apple spray
ing extending over the last six years
have recently been concluded at the
Bighmoor orchards, Maine.
The orchards at Highmoor original
ly consisted of 500 trees which were
planted about 80 years ago. During
the period of existence it had been in
the hands of several owners and up to
six years ago had received very fndif-
fereRt treatment. For "a years appar-
emily the trees had been neither
sprayed nor pruned. The apples had
been picked, and the grass which COW
cred the ground cut, but nothing else
was done
By the fall Of 1909 the number Of
trees had been increased to over 1000
most of which were of the Ben Davis
variety. Baldwins came next, fol-
lowed by a limited number Of other
varieties.
The experimental spraying work was
carried on in what was known as the
Ben Davis orchard No. 2. The trees
were we'll headed but owing to lack of
pruning were but tangled mat of
limbs. The trunks were about seven
inches in diameter.
The primary object OF the expert
mentS centered around the efficient
and economical control Of apple scab,
with a minimum amount of injury to
the fruit and foliage. This involved
the nature Of the spray used, as well
as the time, number and manner of the
applications.
Certain sprays, including bordeaux
mixture, proved very efficient in con-
trolling scab, If applied at the proper
time. This avails but little if, as some
times has been the case, the action of
the spray results in the removal of
from half to twO-thirdS of the foliage
from the tree Also bordeaux mixture,
when used on the Ben Davis, although
1t has given excellent scab control, has
rendered large part Of the fruit, in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-20

some instances 80 per cent unstable
on account of rusting. Where the
rainfall is Slight bordeaux mixture
does little or no harm to the fruit.
In all cases arsenate of lead has
been added as an insecticide to the
various so-called fungicidal sprays at
the rate of one pound of dry powder to
90 gallons of water. This has proved
efficient in the control of chewing in
sects. But one of the unexpected re-
suits obtained was the value possessed
by this chemical as a fungicide.
AS a result of this discovery the
system of spraying became somewhat
modified. A strong fungicide combined
with small amount of arsenate of
lead was applied where the buds were
showing pink. For all other applica-
tons the latter chemical was entirely
depended upon for the control of bath
scale and insects. Two pounds of pow
der were used with so gallons Of wa
ter in this case. After this treatment
the crop was very free from scab.
Self-boiled lime-sulphur was used.
1t proved to be too weak to control
the apple scab. but it may be applied
to the peach and plum without injury
to the tenderest foliage.
Copper-lime-sulphur proved effective
in spraying apple trees for rust. In
some cases the margins of the leaves
showed darker green than the nor
NAL leaves, but in no instance was
there any evidence of burning.
suspension of flowers of sulphur
in water at the rate of ten pounds to
so gallons was used for apple rust on
certain trees. 1t proved fairly effec-
tive, reducing the percentage of scabby
apples from u to 3. There seems
nothing gained by using the sulphur in
suspension. The dry powder applied
with busting machine has decided
advantage both in effectiveness as a
fungicide and in facility of applica-
ton.
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carried is burden. AS these outings
are for social pleasure and rest it is
wise that they be planned with the
minimum Of work. Only the easily di-
sested foods should be carried and
special thought should be made for
the children. Older people may in
dulge in rich cakes and highly sea-
soned foods, but the children should
be spared.
There is an endless variety of sand
witches which may be prepared: finely
chopped meat, fish that has been
rubbed to a paste with seasonings and
cream or salad dressing. Nut bread
with butter is always a favcrite, gra-
ham, brown, white and whole wheat
give pleasant variety.
Crisp slices of cucumber dipped in
bread are most refreshing sandwiches,
but they will not bear standing even a
half hour.
Fruits are always acceptable, espe-
cially the juicy peaches, pears, apples,
and melons.
IoHldlOtS dIC tdSIly CdIlicu dhu
with a small jar of salad dressing
tempting salad may soon be prepared.
Lemonade may be prepared all
ready for the addition of cold water
and the drink for the children is ready.
Care should be taken as to the amount
served if much other fruit is eaten.
Fruits quench thirst and appease hun
ger without adding burden to the
body.
A cheap chafing dish with a can of
fuel will save the bother of building a
fire If one cares to deny themselves
that enjoyment. With this chafing dish
all sorts of creamed things may be
prepared or a pot Of coffee may be
made. Put the coffee into small bags,
allowing a tablespoonful for each per-
son then the bags may be dropped in
TO the boiling water and there will be
no grounds for complaint.
lacto.-Beat two eggs, add two cup
fuls of sugar, four and a half cupfuls
of sour milk, half cupful of grape
juice and half cupful OF lemon juice.
Freeze as usual. Other fruit juices
may be used as desired. This is
most wholesome and refreshing ice to
serve during the summer.
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His Unique Proposal.

He was morbid youth and a nerv-
GUS lover. Often had he wished to tell
the maiden how he longed to make
her all his own. Again and again had
his nerve failed him. But tonight
there was "do-or-die" look in his eye.
They started for their usual walk, and
rested awhile upon his favorite seat
a gravestone in the village churchyard.
A happy inspiration seized him. "Ma-
ria," he said in trembling accents
Maria! When you ~die-how should
you like to be buried here with my
name on the stone over your"