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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

1t is said that Coleridge once ex-
claimed to Charles Lamb: II could
write plays just as we'll as Shake
speare, If had a mind to!" "Yes,"
said Lamb, "that is just what you
lack" 1t Is q blessing, however, that
even though we may not be able to
do the work of a great genius, we
may count upon growth In strength
and breadth of mind. You can do
with your mind today what you could
not do five years ago. If you will
give your mind an opportunity to
grow by hard, honest, faithful, severe
work, you will be able to do much
more five years from now than you
are able to do today. II your mind
becomes poisoned with low ideals,
with poor literature, with wrong con-
ceptions Of life, you may as well ex'
pect it to grow, as to expect plant
to grow in your garden when you
have allowed every sort of plant en-
emy to burrow about the roots and
feed on the stalks and leaves.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Some new and fascinating
secrets about Old HiIary'S
past come to light in the
next inStaIIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED =
MAY FOUND JEWISH REPUBLIC
England, France and United States to
Exercise Joint Protectorate After
War, Is Report

Palestine is to become a Jewish re-
public at the end of the war, accord
Ing to a recent report that appeared
simultaneously In London and Wash
ington. 1t is thought possible that the
disposition of the Holy Land was one
of the subjects discussed by the Brit
ish and French ENJOYS with President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing at
Washington. That the United States
would favo- such plan is considered
certain.
According to the report the Jewish
republic, known as Judea, would be a
protectorate of England, France and
the United States acting Jointly. Je-
ruSalem would be the capital Of the
new republic, which would have local
government. Should this plan be car
ried into operation q great migration
of the Jews back to their ancient land
will likely take place. Not a great
many are expected to leave the United
States, but the several million more
or less prosecuted members Of the
race in Roumania, Serbia, Austria
Hungary and Germany, along with
some from Russia, no doubt will take
advantage Of the chance to live in a
state where they will have equal Op-
portunity as well as the right to wor-
ship in their old temples. Jerusalem,
under such condition, would become
again a city of millions and the great
spaces of now arid lands in Palestine
would be reclaimed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
LOW-HEADED TREES HANDY FOR ORCHARD

Plant trees but one year old. You
can head them as low as you desire,
and In these days Of spraying we must
have low-headed trees, and low heads
are better in many respects. The stems
are soon shaded and protected from
sunscald; they do not blow over so
badly, and In sleet storms In winter
the ground catches the limbs before
they can break. They are so easily
harvested that many large orchardists
are now planting only this kind. The
, Illustration shows how small a tree
can be planted and how lOwly pruned.
The first pruning of the apple should
be done when the tree Is one year old.
Cut back to within tive or two and
One-half feet of the ground. The young
tree will then throw out small shoots
from the ground up. When these are
| two or three inches long, all should be
rubbed Off except from five to six Of
those near the top, which are left to
form the head of the tree. The sec
Ond pruning consists In cutting these
back to about twelve inches. Two year
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

nificance of the meeting she was not
so much ignorant Of as profoundly In
different to. II her father did thing,
1t took on order, became a law.
There were present Talbot and Leth-
bridge, the Englishmen; BorOday,
whose rescue from Siberia had made
him old Hllary's henchman; and
young Hun. Hufr was the mechani-
clan. He had been trained in the
Bleriot works; airplanes to wireless,
automobiles to automatic pistols, he
knew them-nll makes, all grades. II
old Hilary was the brains, Hun was
the hands Of the band.
He sat beside Ellnor, and watched
her with worshlplng eyes. Perhaps 1t
was as well that old Hilary was intent
on his food and on the business in
hand.
The routine Of the annual dinner
seldom varied. Five of them then,
that last dinner around the table, In
evening clothes, well set up, spare,
three of them young, all temperate,
honorable about women-as polished,
as harmless In appearance, as death
dealing, as the cleaning projectile Of
a twelve-inch guni
First old Hilary went over the books.
1t might have been the board meeting
of some respectable bank. He stood
at his end of the table, and the light
from the chandelier fell full on him.
II have to report, gentlemen" he
would say, "a fairly successful year"
This is where 1t differed from a bank.
The association had had no bad years.
"While our expenses have been heavy,
returns have been correspondingly so"
And so on, careful lines Of figures, out
lays and returns, to the end. For old
Hilary was secretary and treasurer as
well as president.
This time, when he had reached the
end Of what was to be his last report,
he paused and cleared his throat.
Unfortunately, that is not all, gen.
tlemen. Nothing can we call our
own but DEATH And it is my sad
duty to report, this last year, the loss
Of three OF our number. A calamitous
year, gentlemen"
He might have been a trustee, la
menting the loss Of valued supporters
to hospital!
Afterward, in the library, with Ell
inor embrOidering by the fire, they
cashed In. They dealt only in cash
Securities were dangerous. Once OF
twice BorOday had successfully nego
tiated with q fence in Paris, but al
ways under old Hilary's protest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
CHIGIS BACK TO OLD HOME
Roman Family to Occupy Historic Villa
Farnesina-Descendants OF
Original owners.

After 337 years the historic villa
Farnesina, on the banks of the Tiber,
a half-mile distant from st. Peters
church, will again be occupied by de-
scendants of it's original owners and
builders, the Princes of Chigi, says q
Rome correspondent.
The head of the house, Prince Lu-
dOvic Chigl, who last year was APP
pointed marshal of the Holy church
and the guard Of the Conclave and.
therefore, rules the Vatican during the
interim between the death Of pope
and the election of new one, recently
disposed of the Chigi palace to the
Italian government. 1t Is stated that
by this sale he was put in position to
buy back the Villa Farnesina, erected
in 1509-11 by the Papal banker, ASos-
ino Chigi, and notable because of its
frescoes by Raphael.
The palace will be restored and re-
furnished as it was when first occupied
by the Chigi family, an auction sale
having been held recently to rid the
palace Of the furniture left there by
the king of Naples.
The return of the Chigls Is c0nsid-
cred remarkable since 1t is prOverbial
in Rome that when once a family
leaves it's home it leaves forever.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
CHAPTER II.

Once a year the association closed
its books. During all of the June be-
fore old Hilary's sudden death, EllnOr
had been busy arranging figures, col
lecting data in the cryptic shorthand
she knew. Then, on the first Of July,
Hilary gave his annual dinner.
The band, from twelve, was down to
five. Boroday, the Russian, glancing
around the table, shrugged his shoul-
ders. 1t was the chance Of the game
they played, and percentages would
be larger. Nevertheless there was a
weight of depression over them all. )"
Elinor was at her fa hers right,
simply dressed. The dinIlers were al
ways a trial to her. She was palpitat-
ingly anxious that the papers before
old Hilary be in order and accurate
They were her work. The deeper sig
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
WEED SEEDS ARE SELF-S0WN
Some Of the Most Numerous Are Rag
weed, Snapdragon, Dock, Barnyard
Grass and TumbIeWeed.

Thousands upon thousands, millions
and millions of weed seeds are self
sOwn each summer, when these weed
pests are left undestroyed. Some of
the most numerous of these seeds
are the ragweed, snapdragOn, dock,
barnyard grass, lambs quarter, plan
tain, thistles and tumbleweed.
Their growth next year means more
labor in the cultivation of crops,
not only for ourselves, but for our
neighbors as well. A little extra
hard work in keeping such plants
from seeding this year will save
us and our neighbors much labor
next season. We know this to be
true, Of course, but sometimes we
put off cutting weed pests too long.
Strange how fast the pesky things
do grow and go to seed!
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

interviewed Mademoiselle, and sent
her flying to her chamber, where from
under the carpet beneath her bureau,
she got her rosary and wept over 1t.
ElinOr was twenty the year her IA
ther died, a slshder girl, fond Of flow
ers, rather a dreamer. Well educated.
too. Old Hilary had seen to that; she
knew Malato, Haeckel, Bakunin spoke
French and Spanish-Hilary had
spent much time in Central America
helping the insurgents; 1t was he who
financed the insurrection In northern
MexicO-and wrote fluently the form
of shorthand that her father had de-
vISed as means of communication be-
tween the leader of the band. A keen
eyed, wistful-mouthed slip Of girl,
shut of In the great house on the hill
above Nottingham; living her life of
big theories and small duties, cal
lOused to robbery and violent deeds,
and viewing wistfully from her win
dows the little children in the road be-
low.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
INFORMATION PICKED
UP IN THE ORCHARD
Paying Proposition for Every
Farm - Any of Common
Fruits Grow Successfully.

If the tops Of your trees are nipped
by excessive cold this winter do not
chop down the trees at first sight.
Wait until the leaves start, prune off
all dead wood and cultivate the ground
thoroughly. This will put new life in
your trees.
Some people seem to think that in
order to spray their orchards they
must have big two-horse outfit and
pay out lot Of money to start. Moth
ing of the kind! An orchard Of 100
trees can quickly be sprayed by bar
rel sprayer set on a sled, drawn by
single horse.
Scraping out the dead wood and fill
ing the cavity with cement will be the
means of saving valuable trees that
would otherwise be destroyed by rot.
We cannot paint peaches a nice lus-
tr0us color without a liberal use of
potash.
Plow the peach orchard in the spring
and keep down the weeds and grasses
until September, then SOW rye or Grim
son clover to plow under next spring.
| Elevated sites are desirable for
peach orchards; some of the oldest
peach trees are on the tops of hills.
The application of too much fresh
manure stimulates an unhealthy growth
Of wood and leads to winter killing of
many of the peach buds
A few mulberry trees set out around
the fruit orchard will divert the atten-
ton of birds and afford windbreak
for the fruit trees.
Poultry and plum growing make a
nice combination for the small grower
who wishes to make use of his pOul-
try yards.
The human eye Is the great fruit
buyer and we must put our fruit up In
neat attractive packages if we care to
obtain the best prices on the market.
A small, orchard Is a paying PROPOSE
ton for every farm. Fruit raised at
home is better than that purchased
from some other mans farm or from a
fruit stand.
Any of the common fruits grow sue,
cessfulIy on almost every farm. Ap,
pies, pears, peaches, plums, cherries
and grapes should be the principal
fruits.
The orchard should be on an ele,
waited location. 1t is not wise to sci
trees In "fat." In low places late
frost often kills fruit.
Soils should be carefully selected fol
the orchard. Select soils best suited
to the fruits planted.
Prepare the soil thoroughly before
planting. The best method is to break
as deeply as possible and follow with
the harrow In order to pulverize.
1t is always best to purchase trees
direct from reliable nursery that II
inspected regularly by state officials
It Is not desirable to deal with agents
Trees are prOpagnted principally b!
budding and grating. Seeding tree'
are undesirable, as they seldom pro
duce good fruit.
When planting trees, remove all in
jured limbs and roots. Holes in whicl
trees are placed should be large enough
to allow the roots to take natural posi-
tions.
Trees should be cultivated regularly
They respond to good treatment a
we'll as any Of the cultivated crops.
Trees will not do well In poor sol
without a liberal supply Of fertilizer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

An application of fertilizer often means
the difference between good crop and
no fruit.
For the first two or three years after
setting the trees, two or three rows Of
any of the low-grOwing crops can be
grown between the rows Of trees.
Grain should always be avoided.
LegumnOus cover crops, sown regu-
larly, will take the place of large
amount Of the fertilizer necessary for
the orchard. Sow them in September
and turn in early spring.
Pruning carefully every year will
prOlOng the life and increase The value
of any fruit tree.
The diseases of the trees and fruits
are very numerous. The only method
of controlling them is by spraying
regularly every year.
The best varieties should always be
selected for the orchard. Select them
IN such manner as to provide fruit
the entire year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

old trees purchased from the nursery
are usually headed back the first year
and come with these first side shoots.
In such cases, they should be shortened
as above stated. The third year the
new shoots which are left to form the
main head Of the tree should be short
tened back to about 10 inches. At this
time It is also necessary to remove
some of the side shoots in order to
keep the growth from becoming too
thick. Pruning the fourth season is
similar to the third. The shape Of the
trees depends largely on the pruning
which is given the first four years, so
the work should be carefully done. Af-
ter the fourth year there is not much
need to shorten back the main
branches unless one has grown much
longer than the rest. In such cases, In
order to preserve the shape of the tree,
they should be made as nearly even as
possible. All the pruning after this
consists mainly In keeping the tree
thinned out and also dead and inter
fering branches removed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
EooIino Ones wife.

No man ever succeeded in tcoling
his wife as to his capabilities very
long. Better take her into partnership
in everything.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

YOUR buuest expectation We consider the best piece Of
work Mrs. Rnehart has done for long time. She is the
highest paid woman fiction writer in the world today because
her writing makes universal appeal
THE EDITOR.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

Cleveland may vote on subway bond
ing proposals in next general election.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

Wilmington, Del, finds too much ex-
plosive material stored in city limits.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

Watch Old Threshing Outfit.
Watch that old threshing outfit.
This is no time to let an old rattletrap
shoot grain into the straw stack.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Get Best Tractor.

Don't judge a tractor by its horse
power; get the most power you can for
the least weight.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Rouohaoe viii BE Scarce.

Roughage of all kinds is going to be
scarce. There Is no excuse this year
for burning straw.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

Atlanta is trying to stop erection Of
a fertilizer factory.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04

An Italian university professor says
he has found radium in ordinary dew.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Several Degrees Worse.

Hank-A gutter Is one who quits
but a Stacker is Gne who doesn't DeS
Buffalo Times.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Don't Sell Young Stock.

Don't be in hurry to sell off the
live stOck--especially the young stuff,
Prices are going to be higher.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Dio Potatoes When Dry.

Dig potatoes when dry so as not to
carry more dirt than necessary into
the cellar.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
Keen Celery Growing.

Celery must be kept growing thrift
lily. If checked during its growth 1t is
likely to run to seed.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
Sand Clay Road.

and New Jersey There the congestion of railway traffic makes the highways of great value in delivering manufac- tured materials from one city to an- other; the motor truck has suddenly become real necessity in meeting the urgent requirements for transporting the products of the cities. In short, the rational improvement of roads is an essential element of the grave eco. homie problems of the day, to make the valuable products of the farm and shop available to the user at the lowest pos sible cost.
 This subject should be studied at once as an economic problem, the same as the provision of railway and water way transportation, the increase in cu1- tivated acreage and the improvement of manufacturing facilities.
 Crops that cannot be moved from the farms except at enormous expense and manufactured products that must He in storehouses because of congestion of railways are of little value to na- ton which needs such things now.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
She Fingered at the Rail.

aft if he would promise to keep away from the crew. He refused to accept parole, so 1 locked him up again. Do you suggest any other course?"
 ''No, sir, I don't" he said slowly, after pause for thought. "This Miss Darlington now, by any chance is she the same lady these two men got to shooting about?"
 "No, she was not involved in the quarrel. McCann had never met her personally until we escaped from the wreck of the yacht together"
 "She was a passenger, also?"
 "She was the owners daughter"
 "Then she's rich, tool"
 sHer father is one of New York's multimillionaires What difference does that make, MT. Leayord?"
 Nothing, much, likely" he an
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
ROAD SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK
Total Designated Mileage Placed at 11,e38 MlIes-Work HIndered by
 Scarcity of Labor.

The total designated mileage of state and county highway systems In New York state at the present time is II ,988, of which 5,926 miles had been completed and accepted on January 1, while contracts in force at that time covered 1,1S5 miles. This with the contracts awarded during the year 1916 leaves a balance of designated mileage not yet cared for of 4.210. Highway construction during the past two years has been gravely hindered because of the fact that surplus labor has been largely absorbed in intuition making and other abnormal industrial activities. In New York state during 1916 1t was impossible to secure even at largely increased cost, more than a quarter of the labor actually required for highway work.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09

wise this conclusion. The weather held fair, and the men worked cheerfully. Now that the liquor was out of them they proved themselves a fairly efii- cient crew, ebeying the orders of the mates smartly. Apparently the crisis had been passed, and the only problem remaining to confront us was that of navigation. With my mind at rest on this point, I passed the hours of tho afternoon largely in my own stateroom, sleeping for an hour or more in prep aration for the nights watch on deck, and later carefully figuring out in de- tail the exact course l should attempt to follow during the period of dark ness.
 Before the call to supper came, called on Bascom to explain to him the situation, but found the man stupefed by some drug, taken perhaps to alleyi- ate pain, and scarcely capable of com pretending my meaning. Satisfied that could gain no assistance from him, l left the man lying helplessly in his bunk, and returned to the main cabin Vera did not appear until after Lea yord and were seated at table, yet she had been on deck during the after noon, and had much to say relative to the beauty of the ocean scene through which we sailed.
 It was pleasant hour we passed st the table, Leayord relieving Olson, but the girl and lingering In rather idle conversation before we went on deck.
 In spite of the pleasant day, and that the sun was still visible in the west ern sky, the air on deck was chill, an, I returned below for heavier coat,
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
ASPHALT IN UNIVERSAL USE
Was Laid in Washington In 1876 Wearing Qualities.

The use of asphalt in paving con- struction has become so universal that one never thinks of it as compara- lively recently developed material. Yet probably the first sheet of asphalt pavement of any importance was that laid in Washington. D. O., on Pennsyl- vania avenue in 1876 and on Vermont avenue in 1879. The latter is still In existence today, and it is an evi- dence of the wearing qualities Of this type of pavement even when laid. as it was, without the scientific meth ods of the present day.
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
NEED OF BETTER HIGHWAYS
Ohio Farmers Convinced That im- proved Roads Are Essential and
 Promise Financial Aid.

At recent convention of the Ohio Good Roads association the farmer delegates spoke with the utmost con- vietion of the need of improved roads, good 365 days in the year, If they were to do their part In the mobilization of the resources of the country in the cause of humanity. Moreover, these delegates from the farms did not ask to have the roads improved for them; they promised their full proportion of Financial support for their construction.
 An entirely different condition Is re- ported from New England, New York
The Pulaskian., 1917-11-09
CHAPTER XVI.
In the Hands of the Crew.

The afternoon brought me increased faith that the imprisonment of Fergus McCann had practically ended the re- bellion of the men forward. No doubt the spirit of mutiny still fingered, but without the leadership this had ceased to be dangerous. Unbacked by the New Yorkers display of wealth, Liver pool Red and Jim White were sudden ly shorn of power to control the crew.
 Nor did anything occur during the remainder of the day to lead me to re-