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 With Magic "Gets .It'
Simplest Corn Cure in the World-No
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CHAPTER iI-Continued.

Ellis mothers son. Need we say
more? He's a great help to the family,
for he keeps 'em from getting too
proud over Lorelei. He sells introduce
lions to his sister,
Campbell Pope's exclamation was
lost in a babble of voices as a hevy
of Swimming Girls" descended from
the enchanted regions above and sour
ried out upon the stage. Through the
double curtain the orchestra could be
family heard; voice was crying,
places"
"Some Soul Kissers with this troupe,
eh?' remarked Slosson, when the
scampering figures had disappeared.
eyes. Bergman has made a fortune
out of this kind of show. He's a
friend to the Tired Business Man."
Speaking of the weary Wall street
workers, there will be dozen Of our
ribbon winners at the Harmon sup
per tonight"
''Tell me, is Lorelei knight regu-
1ar-er-frequenter Of these affairs?'
"Sure. It's part of the graft
Il see."
"She has to piece out her salary like
the other girls. Why, her whole family
is around her neck-mother, brother
and father. Old man knight was run
over by a taxicab last summer. It
didn't hurt the machine, but he's got a
broken back or something. Too bad
it wasn't brother Jimmy. You must
meet him, by the way. I never heard
of Lorelei's doing anything really
bad"
For the moment Campbell Pope
made no reply. Meanwhile great
wave of singing flooded the regions at
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CHAPTER w.

The hand-clapping ceased as the
dancer reappeared, smiling and bow
ing.
81 will dance again if you WISH"
she announced, in perfect English, ''in-
| Producing my new partner, Mr." she
glanced into the wings inquiringly-
, "Senor Roberto. 1t is his first public
appearance in this country, and we
| will endeavor to execute a variation
| Of the Argentine tango"
Mr.. Wharton was still talking.
''That's my way Of raising a son. /
| taught Bob to drink when 1 drank, to
smoke when I smoked, and all that.
My father raised me that way"
The opening strain of a Spanish
dance f1oated out from the hidden mu-
sicians, Mile. Demorest whirled into
view in the arms Of a young man in eve
ming dress. S;Ie was still laughing, but
her partner wore a grave face, and his
eyes were lowered; he followed the in
tricate movements of the dance with
some difficulty. To Lorelei he appeared
disappointingly amateurish. Then
ripple of merriment, growing into a
guffaw, advised her that something out
of the ordinary was occurring.
"The-scoundrel"' Hannibal Whar-
ton cried.
Merkle observed dryly: "He's won
your thousand. I withdraw what l
said about him; it requires a gigantic
intelligence to outwit you" To Lorelei
he added: "This will be nsidered
great joke on Broadway"
"That is Mr.. Wharton's SOM"
"It is-and the most dissipated lump
Of arrogance in New York.
"Bob," the father shouted, ''quit that
foolishness and come down here"' But
the Junior Wharton. his eyes fixed
upon the stage, merely danced the
harder A few moments later he sank
into a chair near his father, saying:
"Well, dad, what d'you think of my
educated legs? learned that at night
school"
Wharton grumbled unintelligibly,
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him every kind of monster, accused
him Of every crime from murder to"
"Murderv' The banker started.
s'He had made long fight to beat
her down, and she was unstrung. She
seemed to have a queer physical aver
sion to him.
'Humph! She's got nobly over that"
GIVE told you this because you
seemed to think she's to blame, when
it is all Mr.. Hammon's doing"
'Its peculiar situation-very.
You've interested me. In way
don't blame him for seeking amuse-
ment and happiness where he can find
it, and yet-Im afraid of the result"
'"The city is full of Samsons, and
most of them have their Delilahs."
Merkle agreed. ''These men put
Harmon where he is. I wonder if
they will let him stay there. 1t de-
ponds upon that girl yonder." He
turned to answer a question from Han
nibal Wharton, and Lorelei gave her
attention to the part of the entertain
ment which was beginning on the
stage. OF a sudden the clamOr was
silenced, and Indifference gave place
to curiosity, for the music had begun
the introduction of one of Adoree Dem
orest's songs. Lorelei had never seen
this much-discussed actress, whose
wickedness had set the town agog, and
her first impression was vaguely dis
appointing. Miss Demorest's beauty
was by no means remarkable. She
was animated, audacious, wildly alive
in a daring costume of solid black,
against and through which her limbs
flashed with startling effect as she
performed her famous Danse de Mutt.
Hmm! Nothing very extreme about
that" remarked Merkle, at length. ut
would be beautiful if it were better
done"
Lorelei agreed. She had been star
ing with all a woman's intentness at
this sister whose strength consisted Of
her frailty, and now inquired:
"How does she get away with it?'
"By the power of suggestion, dare
say. Her, public is looking for some
thing devilish, and discovers whatever
it chooses to imagine in what she says
and does''
Hannibal Wharton had changed his
seat, and, regardless Of the dancer, be-
gan conversation with Merkle. After
time Lorelei heard him say:
"It cost me five thousand dollars to
pay for the damage those boys did.
They threatened to Jail Bob, but of
course I didn't allow that"
II remember. That was five years
ago, and Bob hasn't changed whit.
I think he's menace to society"
Wharton laughed, but his reply was
lost in the clamor0us demand for an
encore by Mile. Demorest.
$50 he gets his deviIment from you,
eh?" Merkle inquired.
cit isn't devilment. Bob's all right.
He's running with a fast crowd, and
he has to keep up his end"
"Bah! He hasn't been sober in a
year,
you're a dyspeptic, John. You were
born with gray beard, and you're not
growing younger. He wanted to come
to this party, butt didn't care to have
him for obvious reasons, so I told
Harmon to refuse him even If he
asked. He bet me thousand dollars
he'd come anyhow, and I've been ex-
pecting him to overpower those door
men or creep up the fire escape"
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the back Of the theater as the curtain
rose and the chorus broke into sudden
sound. When he did speak it was with
unusual bitterness.
Its the rottenest business in the
world, Slosson. Two years ago she
was country girl; now she's a Broad
way belle. How long will she last,
d'you think?"
"She's too beautiful to last long,"
agreed the press agent, soberly, "espe-
cially now that the wolves are on her
trail. But her danger isn't so much
from the people she meets with as the
people she eats with. That family of
hers would drive any girl to the limit
They intend to cash in on her; the
mother says So"
''And they will, too. She can have
her choice OF the wealthy FOUNDERS"
Don't get me wrong" Slosson has.
tened to qualify. "She's square; I'm.
derstand?"
''Of course, object matriniony.' It's
the old story, and her mother will see
to the ring and the orange blossoms
But what's the difference, after all
Slossonr It'll be hell for her, and 8
sale to the highest bidder, either way. >
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Author Of
lite Iron TuiI''
Tie Gpoi2sys''
"We SiIver Horde" Ere.
Copyright. 3, Harper = Brseis5

She smiled sweetly. ''You see, we're
both unpleasant people"
Merkle meditated in silence while
she attacked her food with healthy,
youthful appetite that awoke his envy.
81 suppose you see lot of this sort
of thing?" he at length suggested.
"There's something of the kind near
ly every night. This party isn't as
bad as some, for the very reason that
most of the men are from out of town,
and it's a bit of novelty to them.
But there's a crowd Of regular New
Workers - the younger men about
town" She paused significantly. 81
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{" Suppose You Know She's Making
Fool of Hir2"

accepted one invitation from them. 1t
was quite enough"
"I've travelled some,'' observed
Merkle, "but this city is getting to be
the limit
She nodded her amber head. '"There's
only one Paris, after all, and that's
New York"
The meal grew noisier; the orches-
ira interspersed sensuous melodies
from the popular successes with the
tantalizing ragtime airs that had set
the city to singing. Silent-footed at
PENDANTS deposited tissue-covered pack
ages before the guests. There was a
fiutter of excitement as the women be-
gan to examine their favors.
''What is it," Merkle inquired, lean
ing toward Lorelei.
''The new saddlebag purse. See?
It's very Frenchy. Gold fittings-and
a coin purse and card case inside. See
the monogram? Lilas picked these out
for Mr.. Harmon, and they're exQui-
site. We share the same dressing room,
you know"
Merkle regarded her with a sudden
new interest.
''Then-I dare say you're close
friends?"
"We're close enough-in that room
but scarcely friends. What did you
get?"
GA gold safety razor-evidently a
warning not to play with edged tools.
I wonder if Miss Lynn bought one for
Jarvis?"
'No, why did you say that" Lorelei
asked, quickly, "and why did you ask
in that peculiar tone if she and were
friends?'
The man leaned closer, saying in a
voice that did not carry above the
clamor:
81 suppose you know she's making a
fool of him? I suppose you realize
what it means when woman of her
stamp gets a man with money in her
power? You must know all there is
to know from the outside; it occurred
to me that you might also know some
thing about the inside Of the affair.
Do your"
"I'm afraid not. All I've heard is
the common gossip"
'There's a good deal here that
doesn't show on the surface. That
woman is a menace to a great manv
people, Of whom I happen to be one"
''You speak as if she were danger
ods character, and as if she had DELHI
erately entangled him." Lorelei said,
defendingly. GAS matter of fact, she
did nothing of the sort; she avoided
him as long as she could, but he per-
sisted, he prosecuted her until she was
forced to-accept him. Men of his
wealth can do anything, you know"
"She mad scruples?'
"No more than the rest Of us, I pre-
sumo. She gave her two weeks no.
tice because he annoyed her; but be-
fore the time was up Bergman took a
hand. He sent for her one evening,
and when she went down there was
Mr.. Harmon, too. When she came
upstairs she was hysterical. She cried
and laughed and cursed-it was ter
rible."
Curious" murmured the man, star
ing at the object of their controversy.
"What did she say?"
"oh, nothing connected. She called
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Will young Mr.. Wharton prove
in the end to be menace or
salvation to this beautiful girl
pursued by smuthounds?
(TO BE CONTINUED
Favorite Fare.

A certain father who is fond OF
putting his boys through natural his
tory examinations is often surprised
by their mental agility. He recently
asked them to tell him, What animal
is satisfied with the least amount Of
nourisnment? 1.-THE moth" one of
them shouted confidently. ct eats
nothing but holes. Youths Compan,
Ion.
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A NOVEL OF NEW YORK LIFE
6TPFX BFACH 7 7
ILLUSTRATIONS %FPARKER-
SYNOPSIS.

Peter knight, defeated for political Of
fee in his town, decides to venture New
York in order that the family fortunes
might benefit by the expected rise of his
charming daughter, Lorelef: A we'll
known critic interviews Lorelei Knight
now stage beauty with Bergman's Revue,
for a special article. Her contributing
mother outlines Loreleis ambitions. but
Slosson the press agent. later adds his
information.
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CHAPTER Ill.

In his summary Of Lorele's present
life Slosson had not been far wrong.
Many changes had come to the Knights
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There is a lesson here for the
small town girl who thinks she
has a call to 90 on the stage. Too
many pretty iasses from the
country meet bad fate in the
sordid life of the city and too
often success is bought at the
price Of sorrow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

stand of alfalfa than lime and barn
yard manure.
Well Prepared Seed Bed Essential.
A well prepared, firm, solid seed bed,
plenty of good barnyard manure and
summer fa1low to kill the weeds, are
most important.
Alfalfa seed may be either drilled, or
sowed, broadcast and narrowed in, or
even disked in, especially If the sur
face of the ground is dry.
Sow ten to twelve pounds of seed
per acre. If evenly distributed this
will give fifty TO sixty seeds for every
square foot, while one thrifty plant to
the square foot is sufficient.
Cut alfalfa before it is in full bloom
or as soon as the young sprouts or
shoots start to grow at the base of the
plant. Cut late In the afternoon or
evening.
When alfalfa is left too long the
leaves, which are the most valuable
part of the plant, fall off and the stems
become woody and the yield of the
next crop is greatly reduced.
Alfalfa can be placed in the barn or
in stacks much greener than any other
kind of hay. Twenty pounds OF salt
sprinkIed over each load of hay will
help to prevent heating and also add to
the palatability Of the hay.
Where alfalfa is used for pasture,
care should be taken to avoid pastur-
ing it too closely. Don't turn stock on
it too early in the spring.
Make a Beginning-Start Now.
would advise every farmer to try
at least a small piece of alfalfa and If
| he does not succeed at first, try again
and keep on trying until he does sue
| coed. 1t is worth the while.
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INFLAMED UDDER Is
Disturbing FACTOR
Infectious Garget Is Usually Not
Easily Cured-DiseaSe
Spread by Mixers.

By F. B. HADLEY, Wisconsin Agricul-
turs1 College)
Garget makes an appearance every
once in a while in COWS which appar-
emily are in perfect health. The milk
in severe cases is either stringy or 9TH
erwise altered in character when
drawn and collects a yellowish col
ored sediment on standing. In less
pronounced cases there may be little
visible change in the milk, but an ex-
animation would reveal a large num-
Der of germs.
Noninfectious garget is caused by
bruises or other injuries, or by sud
den congestion OF blood in the udder
as frequently occurs in heavy mixers
and in heifers at first calving. Affect
ed animals usually make q complete
recovery if given IL pounds Of epson
salts and their feed is restricted to
that of q succulent nature.
The cause Of infectious garget is a
germ or germs. When many OF them
are present in the udder not only is
the milk changed, as mentioned above,
but the udder itself becomes hot and
sensitive to the touch
The importance OF the infectious
form OF garget rests in the fact that If
is usually not easily cured and has q
tendency to reeUr. Furthermore, the
disease is easily conveyed to healthy
COWS through the medium OF the milk
er's hand or contaminated material OF
any kind, unless precautions are taken
to avoid the transfer Of the germs
Temporary relief may be given By
bathing the udder with hot water fol
one-half hour each morning and eve
ming. After thoroughly drying the sur
face OF the udder, warm eottOnseed oil
should be rubbed In with the palm.
A complete cure is possible in mos
cases only by drying the COW or a
once so that her system may be free Il
fight the disease-prOdueing germs tina
are present in the udder-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
ROAD ENGINEER is ESSENTIAL
Expert Points Out Reasons Why High
way Improvement Work Is In
efficient in Many Places

James Leland Stamford. a highway
engineer who made a nationwide in
veStigatiOn Of road work for the na-
donsl committee on prisons, which
is interested in promoting road build
ing by convictS, says in regard TO the
lack Of efficient supervision OF road
work generally
In ~ states county road work is
carried on under the supervision OF
county commissioners; in other states
il is under the control of the sheriff
These authorities are not trained for
their work and the road work is cost
" and inefficient All counties carry
ing on road work should obtain the
services of a county road engineer who
is acceptable TO the state road authOri-
ties and able to work in cooperation
with them"
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! ()(JIIIN'
lkYCj&TCInI
ICmW - ~ II
LISTEN FOR cAcKLE OF HEN
Feed Fowls in Accordance With De-
mands Of Nature as Propounded
by Poultry Experts.

Listen for the cackle OF your hen.
It has q money value to you
The winter season is approaching.
when the price OF eggs will advance
and the cackle will become of even
greater significance to you.
Plan for the cackIe, feed the hens
In accordance with the demands OF
nature as prOpounded by the experts
who have spent their lives In the
work.
If the cackIe is not heard with suf-
f1cient frequency ask yourself why.
Dig down and study the subject for
the more you study the oftener the
hen will cackle, and cackling means
more eggs and a bigger bank account.
1t is the law of nature that a hen
should lay, and cackle. She should
lay often and do much cackling, for
that, too, is natures law.
But she will not lay unless she re-
ceives proper food and care, and there
In lies the wisdom of the man who
thinks before he acts.
Get hold of some good literature.
read up on the subject of egg produc-
ton, apply the knowledge you thus
obtain, and in the end you will learn
to experience a keen delight in every
cackIe of your hens.
Your hen wants to cackle-she
will cackle, if you give her a chance.
And there's money in the cackIe of a
hen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
BEST CHICKENS FOR CAPoNS
Fowls Hatched in May and June Are
Observation-Disclosures Are VaIu-
able as Brothers.

Chickens Matched in May and June
are better for capons, as the earlier
cockerels are worth too much as broil-
ers from two to four pounds to capon-
ize and hold over until the capon mar
ket opens up, which is from about
the middle of January until about the
middle of March. At the age of eight
or nine months a capon from larger va
rieties Of chickens will weigh from
seven to twelve pounds. For the last
few years live capons have sold from
Is to 25 cents per pound and the
rooster from 6 to cents per pound
Other uses may be made of the ca
pom, for, with a little encouragement.
he will mother brood of little chicks,
cluck and scratch for them as their
real mother would. A rather queer
sight to see. He has also been made
to sit with good results by some pOul-
trymen.
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GET A START WITH ALFALFA

There are few farmers whose profits
would not be increased greatly by rails
Ing alfalfa.
There is no combination of feed so
economical for production OF beef,
pork, milk, butter and eggs, and for
growing animals, as corn and alfalfa.
We need alfalfa, because it balances
the corn ration and saves a large waste
of starch which always takes place
where corn is fed alone. We need al
falfa because we can, in this way,
grow on our farms the protein more
profitably than we can buy it in manu-
featured feedstuffs. We need alfalfa
because it enriches the soil and en-
ables US to grow larger crops of corn,
oats and other grain; because it pro-
duceS on an average double the feed
value per acre that red clover or any
other forage crop will produce. Al
falfa is no harder to grow than any Of
the other forage crops. It adapts itself
readily to all kinds of conditions Of soil
and climate and produces three and
sometimes four crops a year in the
corn belt; in the cotton belt states,
sometimes seven and eight crops.
When a good stand is once assured it
lasts four or five years in humid re-
giOns, and much longer in states west
of the Mississippi river. Alfalfa can
be fed to all kinds of farm animals and
has no superior as a hog pasture. It
adds humus to the soil and resists
drought better than any other crop.
No piece of ground on the farm will
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bring greater profits than five or
ten acres put into alfalfa, provided the
work is done properly and a good
stand is secured.
Alfalfa Poor Weed Fighter.
Alfalfa, when small, grows slowly
and is not good weed f1ghter-that is,
it cannot compete with weeds, and es-
pecially with crab grass and foxtaiI
during the dry weather Of July and Au-
gust.
The following methods of seeding al
falfa are among those that have been
most successful in the United States:
Late Summer Seeding.
Probably no method will more GER
tainly assure a good stand than to ma
nure a piece Of Stubble ground and
fall pillow 1t, or manure the ground in
winter or spring. disk it thoroughly as
soon as possible in the spring first
part of Apri), plow the latter part Of
April, and again disk. It should be
summer fallowed, that is, disked or
narrowed, often enough during May,
June, and the first part OF July, to kill
the weeds and to prevent the ground
from becoming hard. Sometime during
the last part Of July or the early part
Of August the ground should be disked
and narrowed and the seed sown at
once with drill, or broadcast and har-
rowed in
Dat or wheat stubble ground ma
nured and fall plowed is especially
good for alfalfa. Disk the ground the
following spring as soon as dry enough
to work, summer fallOw and seed as
!. described above.
This method has the advantage Of
1. Clearing the ground of weeds. the
greatest enemy OF alfalfa.
2. Seeding comes at a slack time,
when the work can be done without
neglecting other crops.
8. 1t inSures q firm, solid seeded
with sufficient moisture to terminate
the seed
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kept fallowed until the last OF June
when the seed is sown. This enables
US to get a crop the first year either
for hog pasture or for hay.
Advantages OF this method are:
l. We do not lese the use OF the land
for one year.
2. There is less damage from injury
by grasshOppers than In the case OF
late summer seeding.
3. 1t fnsures a strong root system
and less chance OF winter killing. The
only disadvantage OF this method is
that, if the ground is foul the alfalfa
may be smothered by weeds.
Spring Seeding Without Nurse Crop.
In the West and North it has been
a common practice to sow in the spring
without a nurse crop. keeping the
weeds moved down during the sum-
mer to prevent smothering the alfalfa.
Ground that is MANFRED and fall
plOwed is best for spring seeding. The
next best is corn stalk ground, either
MANFRED the year before or In the
winter or early spring, thoroughly
disked and narrowed and seeded about
the middle of April.
II is important that the weeds be
moved two or three times during the
summer or they will choke out the al
falfa.
The disadvantages OF spring sowing
are:
1. The loss of one seasons crop
where no nurse crop is used.
2. The extra labor required to keep
down the weeds.
8. The danger of neglecting the
weeds and the consequent loss Of a
stand or securing only a "patchy
stand"
4. It is the most crowded time of the
year, and we either fail to put in the
alfalfa at all or slight the work.
There is no one thing that will do
more to insure success in getting a