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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-23

FOR RENT-SIngle rooms and light
housekeeping apartments; hot and cold
water, lights and phone Mrs. c. w.
Wills. 227 E. Intendencia st. Phone
752. 16sept7
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
FINALLY STRIKES A CHORD
There's Often Some Sort Of compen-
satIon for Struggles Of Anna
teur Orchestra.

Sometimes, of witching night,
when we all are keyed for the music
and outside circumstances behave in
normal fashion, there comes an expert
ence worth all the years Of scratchy
scales that went before, says writer
in the Atlantic Monthly. We are In
the midst of the Larghetto, in the Sec
ond Symphony" perhaps. am not
conducting, neither is Endicott. Per
haps Beethoven prefers to conduct the
Larghetto himself. And then, sudden
ly, as one sometimes on journey be-
comes wildly aware Of breeze and
blue distance, and firm hills beneath
his feet, really hear the chord that
we are playing. 1t is no longer meas
ured flow of mingled sound, but dis
tinct, exquisite, richly personal to me.
There is the queer little rush Of the
accent that comes from the first violin
when Margaret is really stirred; the
cellos full response, vibrant but soft
with hidden masses of covered tone. /
can feel my own little second fiddle
uuivering beneath my bow. There is
some curious connecting of the spirit
In the playing Of chord. Again and
again we find it. Probably these mo-
ments are what we live for, varied
though our programs always are.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
DOGS TAIL A SAFETY VALVE
Scientific Explanation of Reason for
Wagging With Which We Are All
of Us Familiar.

A dog whips his tail to and fro to ex-
press feelings he cannot put into
words.
1t is his own code and varies &C.
cording to the message he wishes to
flash on his rearward semaphore. He
has short twitching motion that ex-
presses anxiety and interest, violent
flashing that makes known his enthusi-
asm and affection, a steady whipping
from side to side that spells hunger,
and motionless droop that signals de-
feat and encouragement. Canine ex-
perts have always been able to read
these wigwaggings, but it took science
to explain why the dog used them.
When a dog is pleased and delighted
he must have some outlet for his feel
ings. Just as a bashful boy twirls his
cap or twists about In his chair, or a
person tickled by some humorous sally
rolls on the floor and holds his sides,
the dog wags his tail. The human
beings in the situations described
above are striving to relieve the strain
on their nerves. Embarrassment must
be relieved through some outward con-
vulsion Of the muscles.
The dog becomes filed with Joy and
his tail, like safety valve, takes the
pressure of his nervous system.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
PECAN TREE CULTURE
Should Not Be Set Less Than
Fifty Feet Apart.
5n Wide MiddIes Other Crops Can BE
Successfully CUItivated-Do Not
Allow Cover Crops to En-
croach on Trees.
(By w. H. HUTT.)

Pecan trees are very deep-rooted,
feed far below the surface, and do not
encroach much on the land until they
are big enough to give profit for its
use. Pecan trees should not be set less
than 30 feet apart; go feet is better.
LIN these wide middles other crops can
be successfully cultivated for years
until the trees require all the land. In
this way a planter need not be out Of
the use of his land, but can at the same
time be gradually changing an annual
crop that adds no permanent increment
TO the value Of his soil to a perennial
one that makes his land more valuable
every years It grows upon 1t.
I have never seen pecan orchard
that was a success unless it was Guilt
waited, at least while the trees were
young. 1t is for this reason that ! pre-
Ger the term "pecan orchard" to pecan
grove" for the latter term has about 1t
more of the idea of a green, unbroken
turf, and, from my experience, l am
very sure that this is not the condition
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
SOY BEAN A PROMISING CROP
Well Adapted to Whole Cotton Belt
Immature Seed Makes Delicious
Vegetable.
(From the United States Department Of
Agrfculture.)

(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
Notable progress has been made in
bringing about the commercial utiliza-
ton of soy bean seed for the manu-
facture of oil, meal, and various more
or less complex products, according to-
the annual report Of the chief Of the
bureau of plant industry. The soy
bean, the report states, is well adapt
ed to the whole cotton belt, and indeed
to tho whole corn region. In the cot
ton belt 1t promises to be an import
ant element wherever the acreage OF
cotton has been reduced. The imma-
ture bean seds make very delicious
vegetable and are canned with ease.
Inasmuch as soy beans can be more
cheaply produced than any other bean
seed. 1t Is believed that there is q
large field for the canning Of green
soy beans. Efforts are now being made
to induce canning factories to put the
product on the market. In the grow
ing of the soy bean and in manufac-
turing products therefrom the United
States can successfully compete with
the Orient.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31

By z. A. TROwBRIDGE, Missouri Ag-
ricultural College)
Quality becomes more essential to
profit In live stock farming each sea-
son. When labor, land, and feed were
cheap 1t was possible to realize a
profit on live stock of an inferior grade,
but with the present high cost of these
production factors and a constant dis
elimination on the market against the
grub" 1t has become evident that the
greatest profit can be expected only
from live stock Of good quality. It
may be possible for the feeder or deal
er to make profit on inferior live
stock If he is able to buy 1t sufficiently
cheap and sell quickly. but usually
someone has not realized the greatest
possible profit when a "scrub" goes to
market. If IL is not the feeder, 1t is
the man who produced the animal.
At the Missouri agricultural expert
n1ent station lambs sired by $50 NUT
ton ram and out of western ewes
weighed 2.54 pounds more at three
months Of age than lambs out Of the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
From the Cellar of Life.

Do not be afraid, do not cry out, for
life is good. I came from low down,
from the cellar Of life, where darkness
and terror reign, where man Is half
beast and life Is only fight for bread.
1t flows slowly there, In dark streams,
but even there CLEAN pearls Of cour-
age, of intelligence and of herOisn,
even there beauty and love exist.
Everywhere that man is found, good
is: in tiny particles and invisible roots
but still it is there. All these roots
will not perish; some will grow and
flourish and bear fruit. I bought dear
ly the right to believe this; therefore,
it is mine, my whole life long. And
thus have won yet another right, the
right to demand that you, too, believe
as do, for am the voice of that life,
the despairing cry of those who re-
main below, and who have sent me to
herald their pain. They also long to
rise to self respect, to light and free
dom.-Gorky, in 'The Peasants"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31

planted It was now a soliL field Of tall.
waving corn. which looked as IL 1t
would produce 100 bushels to the acre
I could not at first see a single pecan
tree, but after locating the corn row
In which the trees were set was able
to find a number Of Gead ones and
some very small, living but discour-
ged-looking trees. They would have
had more chance Of survival In the
struggle In their native forest than in
that jungle Of corn. The field was
planted solid with corn, there being
Just one hill left out where the pecan
tree stood. The trees were cultivated,
and intensely so, but what chance had
they of surviving, much less of MAX
ing satisfactory growth!
Ibelieve that when Euclid, the math-
ematician of antiquity, said, sit Is i'm
possible to have two things In the
same space at the same time," he was
thinking especially Of corn crop In a
pecan orchard.
Corn is too tall plant and too gross
a feeder to be used successfully as a
cover crop in any kind Of an orchard,
unless It is kept at reasonable dis
lance from the trees.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
FEW TIPS ON HORTICULTURE
Raise Fruits and Vegetables, Donst
Buy Them--Insects and Diseases
Easily Controlled.

Frank B. Cross of the department Of
horticulture at Oklahoma A and IL.
college, Saltwater. offers the follow
ing advice to Oklahoma farmers:
Don't buy your fruits and vegetables
raise 'em.
Don't neglect insects and diseases.
They are easily controlled by spray
ing.
Don't forget to use fertilizers, they
ipcrease production wonderfully.
Don't prune too ruch, or too little
use judgment
IAN apple a day keeps the doctor
away"
Bring satisfaction and good cheer ia
The home and folks by planting fow'
ers and shrubs cbout the houss ana
lawn.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31

conducive to large yields of nuts. Prol.
van Deman says mature plants groves
but man plants orchards.
where maintenance crops are srown
in a pecan orchard. judgmen, snuu r.
Be exercised In not allowing the rows
to encroach TOO closely on the trees,
thus robbing them Of plantfood ana
moisture. Il this Is done. valuable
dime WIN b. lost in getting the trees
into bearing. Maintenance or cover
crops should not be allowed to grow
nearer than six feet to the tree row,
and, OF course. no crop OF any kin s
should be planted in the tree 70" i.sen g.
A good farmer who recently az my
solicitation, set out pecan orcnaIu'
asked me one day to look at nus trees.
because they did not seem to be dong g
vel when / drove with him 70 ms
place I had difficulty in finding ms y,
charsL for the place on which ne nau
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
"H'm!" Reflected Bruce.

Whittier bound now? True, there was
q great walled-in mansion on the OBJ
scure Wadleigh road, but Bruce had
understood that it had not been oc-
cupied for years, save casually.
'1The bewitching sprite!" unused
Bruce. "Come, gone. would be de-
lighted to see her again."
Two days passed, and in his ram
blings Bruce fairly forgot his mysteri-
GUS visitant. Then the third day she
was wildly brought back to his re-
membrance. He was pursuing an old
abandoned pathway in the woods, when
Gyp. penetrating copse, returned ex-
cited and demonstrative, holding some
thing in his jaws.
'Here, old boy, what is it," chal-
lenged Bruce, and the intelligent ami
NAL ran to his side, lifting his head to
proffer the handkerchief.
"The samei" calculated Bruce; "the
perfume" and pressing the object Gyp
had found, a delicate lace handkerchief,
to his face and inhalIng its faint per-
fume, he proceeded to Invade the copse
where the animal had palpably discov-
cred 1t.
The shrubbery incased leafy grot-
to. The ground fore evidences Of some
one having rested there-the beauteous
maiden In some fond Cay dream, sur
missed Bruce, building up an airy dream
of romance. A veritable nymph of the
woods, who could she be? He called
Gyp to him. He waved the handker-
chief across the nostrils of the animal.
Gyp almost nodded as he understood,
circled about shifting back at his mas
ter and started straight as ferret on
a direct trail.
@HelIol" soliloquized Bruce as, at
the end of q two-mile 5aunt, Gyp came
to halt. It was beside the high stone
wall surrounding the cid mansion only
casually noted by Bruce before this.
A heavy wooden door fitted space in
the solid masonry. Gyp shifted under
the crack at its base. Then he looked
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
Erick's Aim.

81. G. Tricks large fortune is not
to be disposed Of after the Vanderbilt
and Aston plan. 81 do not believe in
leaving children great many millions
of dollars" says Mr.. Frick. "Of course,
7 shall provide very amply for my son
and also for my daughter, but she will
receive no notoriety as one Of Ameri-
cas- richest heiresses.' The American
people are fond, and properly so, ct
going to Europe. chiefly to see the IA
nous paintings and other works OF
art there. I have tried to bring some
of them here, and will leave the whole
collection, along with my home and
the additions I am building to 1t. for
the benefit Of the people" Mr. Tricks
chief reason for explaining this was to
apologize for living amid what he
called @such apparent luxury" He Is
one Of the most transformations OF men.
--Leslie's Weekly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
Copyright By J. W. Muller
Bx j. W. MUALER

culate that the tail must be beautiful
one, fully four and half feet long.
Il knew that it had shoes Of silver"
said Zadig, "for / found the mark OF
silver on a stone that it had spurned
in its flight. On rocky wall in mar
row ravine I found mark that told
me that the horse probably wore bits
of gold, for 1 saw where the animal
had happened close to a rock and
scratched 1t with it's bit.
'"Thus," he concluded, bowling again,
"was l able, Oh wells of humanity, to
describe to the royal officers both the
dog and the horse, though most verify
I never had seen either"
Everybody so admired Zadig's Won
derful gifts of observation and deduc-
ton that the queen ordered his fine to
be RENTED. This was done with great
ceremony. The actuaries, court attend
ants, law interpreters and councillors
brought the 400 ounces back into the
council chamber where 1t was deliv-
cred to Zadig after the court had de-
Quoted only 1893 ounces for court costs.
Zadig thanked the court heartily for
its generosity, but when he departed
he made the vow that never again
would he tell anything that he knew.
A few weeks later fugitive from
justice passed his house in flight. Ia
dig was standing at the window and
saw him, but when the pursuing Off
GERS inquired Of him, he declared that
he was ignorant of anything and
everything.
Unfortunately a witness appeared
who had seen Zadig at the window,
whereupon the unlucky young man
was fined 500 ounces of gold with n
promptness that did credit to the celer-
ity of the justice in Babylon.
"Alasw said Zadig. II know now
that it is impossible to evade Destiny"
Francois Marie Arouet de Vol
taire (1694-1778) wrote "Zadig" to
convey, in the form of romance,
his philosophical ideas regarding
human life and destiny. 1t is a
brilliant satire, but its teachings are
cynical and coldly intellectual.
Apart from this, however, and read
purely as a story, 1t is wholly de-
hghtful. Its dual qualities of enter
tainment and philosophy are equaled
only in "Gulhvers Travels By JON
athan S,Oift (1667-1745).
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31
Dream and
REALITY
Bu GENEVIEVE ULMAR
Copyright, 1917, by w. G. Chapman.)

Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman.l
"Only a dream" Bruce Schuyler
drowsily murmured the words and
turned to resume strangely disturbed
slumber. He smiled uncOnsciously.
Drifting through his brain was the de-
parting filament of a rapt vision. He
seemed to have opened his eyes to view
limned in the doorway against the brill
liant outside sunshine, dainty fairy
like creature with earnest, peering
eyes and lovely auburn hair. He
closed his eyes, but the sharp barking
of his dog tied to tree outside warned
him, as it always did, of visitor or
an intruder.
Someone, Of course, not the girl
that was Of the unreal. He arose and
went to the door. There was faithful
Gyp, not Juggling at his chain as he
usually did when predatory or penni-
less tramps passed by, but his eyes
fixed towards the timber.
"It was real-it was no dream y
abruptly uttered Bruce.
He stood spellbound. Running like a
frightened schoolgirl, her twinkling
feet seeming scarcely to touch the
ground, was the girl Of his vision. She
did not look behind her and vanished
completely amid a screen Of deep
shrubbery.
II declared" exclaimed Bruce, and
his senses were all awake now. His
solitude, passing vacation of month
in the old woodland cabin, was rarely
invaded. And nova grill fairy
who had looked In and fed. Where.
fore?
Bruce slowly passed into the cabin
As he did so he became sensible Of a
subtle, delicate perfume that filled
the air. It was exclusive, it suggested
the boudoir Of wealth and luxury. II
permeated the atmosphere deliciously
OF course, it was a reminder Of the
strange visitor. Bruce went outside
again, sat down on the old bench be
side the doorstep and was thoughtful
-observent, too, as he noticed Cyl
shifting aud evidently noting the tinge
Of perfume in the air.
Tba town was twelve miles distant
the nearest habitation half that dis
lance. Then whence the visitor
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-03-31

same kind of ewes by scrub" ram
weighed at four months. The we'll
bred lambs were ready for market a
month earlier. they ate only about one
half as much feed, and they sold for
nearly So more per hundred than did
the lambs by the inferior ram.
Just recently two Utah ranchmen
are reported to have sold their cat
tie ON the same market on the same
day. Both used the same amount of
national forest range per head and
paid the same grazing fee. One had
used good bulls to produce his cattle,
the other had not. The good cattle
brought $40 per head more than the
poor cattle.
Whether the live stock is cattle,
hogs, sheep, or horses, the good ones
are appreciated when sold and conse-
quently bring higher prices and nor.
mally yield greater return. The most
practical means Of improvement Is
through the use Of good sires, for the
male may become the parent Of from
40 to 100 animals each year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
TRAVELETTE
Wei-hei-wei.
BY NIKsAH.

Wei-hei-wei.
Wei-hei-wei is the bit of Chinese
territory that the British hold under
lease as a naval and commercial base.
1t is just across the breadth of the
Shantung peninsula from Kiao-Chao
the German 1easehold, that fell to the
japanese in the first months of the
war. Wei-hei-wei lies partly on the
mainland, partly on an island, where
the dockyard. the coaling station, and
the rest of the machinery for a naval
base are located Most of the civilian
population live on the mainland, and
patronize a little steam-launch that
they want to go shopping; for with an
eye to getting the British jackies'
trade when warships put in to coal,
the shops of Wei-he.-wei are out with
the docks and the coal yards.
The island seen from the steam
launch is a barren, sandy hill, ridged
with gull es that the hurrying rain
water has cut in its course to the sea-
The sand of these hills is one of the
omnipresent features of the colony;
every wind that blows carries it about
by pounds, and only the cheapnesS
of Chinese servants makes it possible
to keep a European household busted.
The main street on the island has
the characteristic British colonial
look, with a British postoffice, a Brit
ish steamship booking office, and
British shops. On the short side
streets are the Chinese shops, which
are only opened at certain seasons
when visitors are plenty, or when q
warship puts in to the harbor.
The old naval canteen is one of the
81. shts of the town. 1t was originally
a Chinese building, and is It'll deco
rated with Chinese carvings and thing,
and haunted, according to the coolies
by the ghost of a Chinese admiral. In
/ = VI
the ANTICIPATED Chinese fleet was
blown to pieces by the Japanese. The
commander of one of the lost vessels
committed suicide in the building that
is now the naval canteen, to expiate
what he considered his disgrace The
mast of his sunken flagship can still
be seen projecting bare and stiff in
the waters of Wei-hei-wei harbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

Holiday buyers and buying have
been made the subject of a sermon in
the editorial columns of the Los An
geles Times Much that is suggested
therein is worthy of the careful con-
sideration of every patron of the holt
day stores. The Times says:
Whether it be the male or female
of the species, there is nothing which
can so adequately reflect the proper
spirit of the time as the cheerful buy
err He is the real burden-easer. OF
course he is also likely to be the glad
some giver, but there are a lot of peo-
pie who give with a perfunctory
cheerfulness who are regular wolf
hounds in the matter of buying Some
buyers have the shopping manners of
rhinoceros. They are so thick
skinned that they cannot be denied
with anything short of a pick AK They
head into the counter on all six cylin-
ders, and if they are not waited on at
once their roars can be heard at the
other end of the block Altho thew
have more time and money than thew
know what to do with, they won't
spend either without a fight. For ev-
cry dollar they want two dollars
worth of rumpus. With them every
merchant is a crook and every sales
person slave. They are apt to blow
into the store at about quitting time
and try to turn the place upside down
They do not know what they want.
but they think they do, and until thew
get it they spread misery with a Law
ism hand. Unless they have the undi-
vided attention of at least a brace of
clerks they are sure that they are be-
ing sighted and they will take the
grievance to headquarters in an IN
molly minute. They may want a Wag-
onload of stuff sent home for inspec-
ton and do not hesitate to send it all
back rumpled and rejected. 1t is their
mission to find faults and flaws and
theY work at it overtime.
what a relief IL is for the store folks
70 race a cheerful buyer-one who
knows what he wants or is able to de-
scribe it intelligently and who consid-
ers the clerk as regular person to he
raced smilingly and spoken to polite
~ lie adjusts himself to conditions
and awaits his proper turn. He is NOT
on sightseeing tour. but goes to the
proper counter for that which he
wishes, and he conducts his bargain
ing with direction and courtesy.
such buyers have to be both born
md trained, but when one does come
I is hard to convince the poor sales
sirl that there was ever any insanity
IN the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Turkey is reported to have offered
to negotiate a separate peace. While
the report has not been officially con-
firmed such a move at any time would
not give cause for surprise. She no
longer has reason to fight. She en-
tered the war on Germany's promise
that she should have Egypt, Tunis and
Tripoli She must be. convinced by
this time that the kaiser will be IN
able to deliver the goods. By nego-
.tiating separate peace Turkey prob
ably could obtain much more favor
able terms than she can if she wait
for the general conference. She can
expect no consideration from a de-
feated and treacherous Germany or
from a victorious entente. Her defec-
tion at this time would be a serious
blow to the Huns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Mayor Behrman of New Orleans has
ordered the police of that city to
round up for service on the sugar
cane plantations every able-bodied man
out of employment. The conscripts
viii be guaranteed 81 day and
board. Every man in New Orleans
must work or go hungry" says the
mayors proclamation. Labor con-
scription will not stop until every job
necessary to the welfare of the state is
filled. Inmates of penal institutions in
Louisiana who are able to work will
be sent into the cane fields" If the
policy of Mayor Behrman were put
into effect thruout the United States
probably little would be heard regard
ing a shortage of labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-17

Cancer and other malignant tumors
are reported to have caused $500
deaths in 1916. OF these, 22.4S0, or
nearly SS per cent. resulted from can
GERS Of The stomach and liver. The
death rate from cancer has risen from
SO per 100000 in 1900 to SIS in 1916.
The increase has been almost contin-
uous. there having been but two years.
1906 and 1911. which showed a de-
cline as compared with the year i'm
mediately preceding. Medical re-
search is making great strides but it
IS evident there still is much to be
done