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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Industry Of Genius.

Most writer's recognized as possessed
of genius or Of great talent have been
voluminous producers. In most cases
their talent or genius, as a,rule, after
being stimulated by success. has lit
orally taken possession Of them and
forced them to work hard and persist
emily. Balzac used to have RACES Of in
dustry lasting for many hours and
leaving him exhausted. SCOTS prodigi-
Gus industry was due mainly to his de-
termination to pay off a heavy indebt-
edness. Dickens was marvelously in
dustrious. But Thackeray was lazy
and used to suffer greatly from the
thought of work undone. His RACES Of
work were not voluntary, like B~alzac's,
but inspired by desperateness. But he
could take a theme for a novel and
stick to it till he had produced q
monumental work. If he had loved his
work more, however, he might have
made the world even richer than he did
by his unique gift and he might have
discovered in himself unsupported
veins Of genius.-Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Cover Protects Pants.

for radically different treatment. We
would suggest planting an excess of
seed; for the first named insect, dust
ing plants with one pound Of paris
green mixed with 80 pounds Of lime or
cheap flour. The beetle can be to a
certain extent driven away by air
Stacked lime alone, busting it literally
on and about the plants in each hill. In
the true squash bug we would recon-
mend Manipulating of bugs in the early
morning, also manipulating Of the large
yellow eggs. Destroy all vines after
harvesting crop.
To prevent injury various coverings
may be used over the plants. A cheap
frame may be made and covered with
gauze or similar material and held III
place with earth packed about the edge
to keep the plants covered. This cover
Or frame may be used year after year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
PROPER MATERIAL FOR SILO
Tests Made by Pennsylvania Station to
Determine Value of Wood Stsve
and Concrete Block.

Almost all kinds Of building mate
rails are used for silo construction. II
frequently happens that one particular
type of material becomes practically
universal in Il particular locality, lead
ing to the belief that no other material
will successfully preserve silage.
Wood stave silos were among the
first to be built above ground. For a
number Of years they have been sold
in all parts of the country. In some
localities farmers will not risk other
construction material.
Tests made by the Pennsylvania ex-
pertinent station to determine the rela-
tive value of wOod-stave and concrete
block silos do not prove n type SUI
perior to the other.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
THIS "HELlO" WAS CHARMED
Terrific Bombardment by Germans
Failed to Put Supposed Signaling
Party Out Of Commission.

One morning-it was along the Aisne
early in the war-a sudden burst Of
sun from a bank of cloud found two
British officers lying or a grassy ridge
enjoying 4 respite from the usual sod
den weather and overcast skies. To-
gether, says Mr.. Frederic Coleman in
"From Mons to Ypres," they gazed on
the enhancing panorama.
AS they looked down the wooded hill
sides into the lower land that Dor
dered upon the river. Of them sud
denly called out: Look! A hello"
From a hedge behind Moussy came
the flash, flash, flash Of a heliograph,
in regular intervals.
"Must be some fool sort of CODE"
said the Junior officer. II never saw
anything like it before"
AS they watched it the Germans saw
it, too. Bang went a big, black Jack
Johnson not far from the spot.
Smash! came another. Still the flashes
twinkled from the surrounding green.
The first two shells We're the fOrerun-
ners Of dozens that crashed through
the hedge and into the turf all about
the tiny center of light. And then the
clouds shut out the sunshine and the
flashes ceased.
The next morning q brief ten min
utes Of sun caused eyes on the ridge
to wander valleyward again. Sure
enough, two flashes, intermittent and
apparently quite without conference,
came from the spot at the ~hedgeside.
Soon the enemy howitZers played on
the vicinity more fiercely than before,
and after the sun had gone from sight
they kept up their bombardment of
the unfortunate spot for half an hour.
Dozens Of shells fell whereabouts, then
scores on scores.
That afternoon a cavalry officer had
a journey to make, which took him to
General Monro's headquarters, near
Moussy. When his work was done he
continued a few hundred yards and
sought the spot that had suffered the
awful Smelling. 1t was not hard to
find. The hedge was smashed and
great. black holes gaped in the green
fields round it. No sign could be seen
of the hello party; but that was not
surprising, since for more than half
an hour shells had fallen all about the
pickering light, until it seemed that
no man could live in its vicinity.
Tho staff officer strolled oyer to a
battery position not far distant and
| asked for news of the signalers. The
gunners had wondered at the heavy
Smelling. but had seen nc human be-
inSs near the hedge before or after the
boEbardment.
Nonplused, the officer walked back
to the devastated area, and, just as he
was leaving, discovered the cause OF
all the trouble. There. caught on a
twig of the hedge, swinging lnzily In
the wind, was a bright-bOttomed,
enanty sardine tin. thrown carelessly
aside by some satiated luncher. The
sun. catching the bright bit of moving
tin. had made of it 4 tiny reflector
Surely, never had SO insignificant an
object caused the Germans so great an
expenditure of costly ammunition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Do You Want Money Quick ?
Cattle Hides. pelts, Wool, Furs. Write for free
price list. We pay top prices.
Tho r. A. COBB CO., ST. Paul. Mimi.
Her Choice.

Hazel was at Il loss TO make q choice
between two young sprouts In her gar
den Of love. She desired q hardy plant,
one that would thrive in my soil and
under any conditions. No shadow must
prevent the sprout selected from grow
ing.
Every day could not have It's full
allotment of sunshine. Which would
she choose? Either was pleasing to
the eye. Then came Il day when the
wind blew hard-a draft from II end
of the country to the other.
One of the sprouts withered from the
biting blast. The other thrived and
grew as though It had been blessed
with continual sunshine. Now Hazel
is happy. Her choice has been made
Indianapolis News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
FERTILE SOIL FOR ALFALFA
Unless M%anuring or Fc:::lizing Is Prac-
t;ced on Thin Land Very Low
Yields Will Result.

Alfalfa requires a rich soil. Unless
manuring or fertilizing is practiced, at
tempts to grow it on thin land will re-
suit in failure or in very low yields.
Isolated alfalfa plants are often seen
growing on thin land, eve in sod, and
the inference is drawn that it is adapt
ed to such soil. When one attempts
to seed it thickly on this same land,
however, little return is secured.
Various experiments pertaining to
alfalfa fertilization have been made by
the University of Missouri college of
agriculture. The results show that
lime, barnyard manure and phos-
pilates are the treatments which usu-
ally bring returns. Lime is not called
q fertilizer in the true sense Of the
word. 1t is a soil sweetener and al
falfa fails on soils which are very sour.
Barnyard manure and phosphates are
true fcrtilizing materials, however, and
it Is to these that II must look for
making thin lands suitable for alfalfa.
and the crop is sufficiently valuable to
warrant heavy applications of these. AS
three or -four acres is as large an area
as one should begin with on land not
well suited to the crop. barnyard ma-
nure in quantities up to ten or twelve
tons per acre can usually be supplied.
II three II four hundred pounds Of
acid phosphate is applied with this,
success is probable, provided, Of
course, that all the other essentials to
successful alfalfa culture are met. On
land to which alfalfa IS not naturally
adapted, much care must be exercised
in meeting all the requirements of the
plant, such as drainage, a sweet soil.
thorough soil preparation. inoculatioa
and the use of good seed. While all
OF these are important. the fertility Of
the soil is the prime essential to large
yields and even TO Il successful II
permanent stand. If the soil is not fer
| tile it must be made fertile or large re-
turns will not be had.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
The War Garden.

Representative Mason Of Illinois
said in Chicago the other day:
Zone way to keep down prices is
for every family to set up its own
vegetable garden, but the trouble is
that most of us are as ignorant of
gardening as the chap who wrote to
the scotsman:
Gas l wish to do my bit for the
allies by growing my own provisions
on a strip of rocky ground back of my
house, please send me, +. o. b, one
dozen potato seeds, one bee with hive
complete, one dozen fruit seeds as
sorted, ten square yards of grass, one
path, six feet Of wall flowers with
wall, and one dozen -four plants. I
I'm especially particular about the
grass, which should be green, and not
the brown kind I see In SO many gar.
den3.'"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
sILAGE RATION IS FAVORED
Per Cent More Butter Fat Secured
At Ohio Station.

Because of the economy and conyen-
fence in feeding silage, more silos are
being built every This year
will likely see a larger number erected
to 'can" the corn crop.
Seventeen per cent more milk and %
per cent more butter fat was produced
by dairy cows fed largely silage than
by others fed mainly a grain ration in
a feeding test conducted at the Ohio
agricultural experiment station. The
silage ration produced butter fat at -
cents a pound, and the grain ration at
p cents. Two pounds of dry matter can
be produced In the form Of silage at
less cost than n pound in sugar beets
other tests have shown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Hard Luck.

One day after shoveling soil on his
fathers allotment for two hours little
Jenny began to cry. whats the
trouble, my little nlan!" asked q sym
pathetic bystander. "A bad tramp
come along and stole the shovel from,
the boy in the next allotment" "Well,l
my lad, it's nice to be sympathetic" Z
said the %looker-on, "but you mustn't|
worry so over other peoples affairs" (
1T amt that" said Jenny. I'm cry
in because he didn't steal my shovel,
too"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
WGEMERAL
yfXRM7N0rES

Watch crops constantly so as to dis
cover and combat insect pests.
Drainage Is beneficial to land infest.
ed with certain kinds of wireworms.
Spraying has not proved successful
against chinch bugs, except on a small
scale.
Spray in September with a~rsenate OF
lead or zinc to control the sweet pota-
to leaf-fOlder.
Flowing kills wireworms by destroy
ing their food supply and interfering
with their preparations for winter.
Sedges, rushes, chufa, and large
swamp grasses are the natural food of
billbugs; therefore destroy all such
plants on land to be planted to corn
next year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28

FUTURE FARMER

The future farmer will be the
best educated man in America.
He will be a chemist, with
knowledge to enable him to han
die his soils, his fertilizers and
his food stuffs as to make them
yield the maximum Of profit.
He will be 4 botanist with
knowledge to enable him to take
advantage of the laws of here
dity to breed disease-resisting
and frost-resistiny plants. He
will keep pace with every move-
ment Of the scientific world
which can be turned to his adj
vantage. He will be able to
greatly to increase the quantity
and quality Of his wheat and
corn. vegetables and fruit, cot
ton and wool, without having to
add Il single acre to his field.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
HAVE SHED FOR FARM TOOLS
Stored After Using-Paint Brush
Is important.

Every farmer should have a shed
for his tools and the tools should be
cleaned and placed in the shed as soon
as one is through using them. Often
this saves time and delay when the
toolis wanted later on.
The paint brush should be useC
freely on the woodwork and other
parts that become worn. This costs
but little end adds years to the life OF
the tools. The tool house need not
be q costly building. A good roof with
cheap siding will do and any man
should be able to put it up at ODD
times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
NeiahborIy Society.

"Oh. mother" cried Mabel, who had
never visited in the country. Il have
tust had a letter from my schoolmate
inviting me to spend two weeks on
her fathers farm"
Mabel's mother looked up languidly.
"Yes. dear" she remarked, and
what does she say about the society in
the neighborhood? Does she mention
anyone?"
NO" answered Mabel thoughtfully,
stems and Guernseys."
ooh. WE'LL" said her mother. Il pre-
sumo they are pleasant peoplc."-Re-
hoboth Sunday Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28

Most fruits contain from Is to 95
per cent water, and a balance Of
woody fiber or cellulose, fruit sugar
and minerals. Thus the free use of
fruit daily insures a greater supply
of water to the body, says the Popular
Science Monthly.
The cellu!ose Of the fruit supplies
bulk and a mechanical stimulation
which promotes waste elimination.
Acid fruits, such Al oranges, lemons,
lines and most berries, contain a GER
tain chemical compound called "vita-
mines," in a very stable form. These
vitamines are believed to purify the
blood and to prevent scurvy and yari-
Gus skin diseases.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
BENEFICIAL TO STIR DEEPLY
Where Soils Contain Much Organic
Matter Il 10 Best 70 Get Some Of
Subsoil on Surface.

When soils contain much organic
matter, as all good garden soils should,
very deep stirring is at all times bene-
fetal.
Get a portion Of the subsoil In the
surface or workable soil.
TO do this In sandy soil often dilutes
the rich surface soil with sand very
low In plant food
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
leuaIIv Tied.

There is a tide in the affairs OF
men," said the man who habituallyI
quotes Shakespeare, (which, taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune"
Yes" replied the ia who had mar
ried an heiress. Il remember the tide
that led to my fortune Well"
what tide was that?'
1T was an eventide and we were sit.
ting In the garden
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
The ~Hopperdozer.

for getting rid of them. It a first
used during the migratory grasshopper
years of 1S74-1S76. 1t consists of shall
low sheet-iron pans containing oil or
tar, mounted on low wheels or sled
An upright screen at the back
catches the choppers as the machine
is drawn forward.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
PREVENT INJURY BY INSECTS
Striped Cucumber Beetle and Squash
Bug Are Often confounded-Treat-
ment Is Different.
(By F. L. W~ASHBURN.)

(By F. l.. NASHBURN.)
The striped cucumber beetle is 4
biting insect and the squash bug Il
sucking insect. They attack cucumbers
and Squashes and are often confound-
ed, both being called squash bugs"
This is unfortunate, because they call
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
She Would Get Even.

Marcellis was very fond Of playing
!, with the calves. One day one chased
: her. Very much frightened, she crawled
under the fence and said, You can
stand there looking at M now, calf,
but I'll have some of you in my stom-
ach before long"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28

AS 4 less expensive substitute for!
an electric hair drier an electrician in
Europe has invented a device for
warming ordinary combs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
PLAN TO KILL GRASSH0PPERS
Use Device Like One Shown in Illus
tration to Get Rid Of Pest When
They Come Next Year.

There are sections where the grass
come next season try this old device
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Lacked Temptation.

Have you ever been arreSted?'
no. sir. I've eve owned an auto
mobile"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28

Many a mar gives up a bad habit
after he gets tired of 1t.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28

It takes Il lot Of courage to enable
q woman to admit that she is homely.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
Where II Works.

Has Matilda a rack for her piano?"l
Sure. All her hearers get their,
nerves on it."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-09-28
How Did She Known

"Do you shave up or DOWN."
down."
1T feels like dOwn."-Lampoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13

in. The food for all the people must
be supplied by the city-all importa-
tons from the outside world have
been suspended for days. Iii pretty
bad situation, and it will probably
get a great deal worse before long.
| don't know whether we Shall get
down 20 eating horse and dog, but it is
not altogether improbable. That is
one Of those things that it is interest
ing 20 read about afterward.
We spent nearly two hours at
the Hotel de Vile, and got in good
deal Of talk that will be of service to
all sorts Of people. When we got
back we found the chancery full OF
people, who were waiting for US TO
tell them just how they could send
kilograms and letters and get pass
ports and permits 70 pass through
the lines in all possible directions.
Before leaving ! had dictated q bull
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13

they had been there long: it would
be hard for anybody to resist that
crowd any length Of time. OF course
they never saw their taxi again af-
ter getting out TO scout for the bat
tie, and whenever the major who had
the duty Of keeping them under sur
veillance came to take a look at them
Cobb would work up a sob-shaken
voice and plead for liberty and per-
mission TO return TO Brussels. He
was always at some pains to explain
that it was not his life he was worry
ing about, but the haunting thought
Of that taxi running, up at the rate
Of so centimes every three minutes.
After while he got the majors
funny bone located, and then all was
well. He so completely got into the
officers good graces that he promised
to send US word that they were safe
and well-and then failed to do so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13
Court Martial Does
a Brisk Business

While the Germans occupied the
city all inhabitants were required to
be. indoors by 8 o'clock; a light had
TO be kept in every window, and the
blinds left open, so that any one
moving could be clearly seen from
the street. The windows themselves
were to be closed. bosch said he
woke up about 4 o'clock one morning
with his head splitting; the lamp
was smoking and the air vile with
smoke and smell. IL decided he
would prefer TO he shot than die OF
headache, so deliberately got up
and opened his window. The story
loses its point by the fact that, after
violating this strict rule, he was not
taken out and shot.
They said it was really pretty
dreadful. From their window they
saw, every little while, a group of
soldiers lead some poor frightened
Belgian to a little cafe across the
street; several officers were sitting at
one of the tables on the sidewalk.
holding a sort of drumhead court
martial. While they were examining
the case squad would be marched
around behind the railroad station.
A few minutes later the prisoner
would be marched around by another
way, and in a few minutes there
would be n volley and the troops
would be marched back to their post !:
then, after a little while, a stretcher
would be brought out with a body in
civilian clothes, a cloth over the face.
Some of the prisoners were women,
and there were screams before the
shots were fired. 1t must have been
a dreadful ordeal to 90 through.
Copyright. 1917, Doubleday. Page & Co.
by Otis +. Wood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13
By Heywood Broun


tAeeroditsd to The PershiuG Army in France
tor Tie Ncw York 7'1June and Syrdicdts)
tCopydEE,. 1917. b. TIC Tribune A .socstonl
LYONS. Oct. q France has a be-
ter right to fight than any other nation
in the world. because she can wage
war, even a slow and bitter war. with
gesture. Misery does not blind the
French 10 the dramatic. Even the
tears and the heartlches are made to
count for France
saw wounded men come back from
German prison camps to-day, and Lyons
made the coming of these wrecked and
shattered soldiers pageant. Gray
men, grim men, silent men stood up
and shouted like boys in the beachers
because there was some one there to
greet them With the right word. There
is always somebody in France who has
that word.
This time IL was Lieutenant colonel
OF artillery. he was man big as Jess
willard. and his voice doomed through
the station like one Of his own howitzers
rs he SWUNG his right arm above his
head and said 20 the men released from
GERMANY: 81 want YOU all 20 join with
me ia great cry. Open your Threats
rs we'll as your hearts. The cry we
want to hear from you "a one that you
waat to give, because for so long time
you have been forbidden to cry 'Niye
Ia France" The big man shouted as
he said it, but this time the howitzer
voice was not heard.
They Were All Sane
The French soldiers who came back
from Germany had been for some lit
tie time in a recuperation camp in
Switzerland A few were lame, many
were thin and peaked. and almost all
were gray. but the Lyonnaise said that
this was not nearly so bad as the last
train Of men from German prisons.
There were no madmen this time.
The wounded men, all but a few on
stretchers, descended from the cars in
military order. Lame men with canes
hoped and skipped in order to keep
step with their more nimble comrades.
There was an old woman in black who
ran out from the crowd TO throw her
arms around the neck Of q young sol
der, but he waved her 10 go back. You
see, she still thought of him "a boy,
but that had been three years ago He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13

enough. and told TO lodge themselves
as best they could and stay indoors
until it was decided what was to be
done with them.
They were told that they might be
kept prisoners here, or even sent to
Berlin, but that no harm would come
to them If they behaved themselves.
The order had gone out that if a
single shot was fired at the German
troops, from the window Of any
house every body in the house was 10
be Immediately taken out and shot.
Not wishing to risk any such I'M
pleasant end, they rented all the
front rooms OF a house and spread
themselves through all the rooms, so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-13

Louvain in a taxi, which they had
picked up in front Of the hotel. When
they got there they got out and start
ed to walk about to see what was
going on, when, before they could
realize what was happening, they
found themselves in the midst of a
Belgian retreat, hard pressed by n
German advance. They were caught
between the two, and escaped with
their lives by fattening themselves
up against the side Of house while
the firing continued
When the row was over they were
left high and dry with no taxi-of
course it had been seized by the re-,
treating troops-and with no papers
to justify their presence in Louvain
81 such a time. They decided that
tho best thing to do was to 90
straight to the German headquarters
and report. They were well received