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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-25

and dissatisfaction on the farms, based
in great part upon the well-founded
belief that the purpose of the Gov
eminent is not carried out. The organ
lied farmers of America look to you to
set this matter right. They await anxi-
ously the news, and they will consider
carefully the nature, Of your action
for their relief.
Respectfully submitted.
w r. Greasy. Chairman, Catawissa, Pa,
Charles :. Barrett. Union City, Ga,
J. w. Shorthill, York, Nebr..
Clifford Pinchot. Milford. Pa,
Charles Mccarthy, Madison, Wis,
Members Of Executive Committee.
Charles W Holman, General Secretary,
Washington, D. c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

1SHOH leaned on the TOTEl0G fence,
staring vacantly at the collie dog, who,
In turn stared gravely at him.
The path-master, running her tanned
fingers through her curls, laid one hand
on her dogs silky head and looked up
at him.
al do wish you would work out
your tax" she said.
Before MeCIoud could find voice TO
answer, the alder thicket across the
road parted and an old man sham
bled forth on a pair of unsteady bowed
legs:
hoarse laugh; git yewr pick an hoe,
lars TIVE pay yewr pas bad debtsi"
1t was old Tansey, MeCloud's near
est neighbOr, loaded down with bundle
Of alder slaves, wood-axe In one hand,
rope In the other, supporting the
heavy weight Of wood on his bent back.
Get out OF that alder-patehl" said
MeCloud, sharply.
winl1ing at the little path-master.
And keep out after this" added
MeClOud. Those alders belong to
mel"
"To yew and the Uue-iays," as
scented Tansey, stopping to wipe the
sweat from his heavy face.
He's only cutting alders for bean
poles" observed the path-master, rest
ing her slender fingers on her hips.
well, he can cut his bean-pOles on
his own land hereafter" said McCloud-
"GoshI" observed Tansey, In pre-
tended admiration Amt he neigh
. borly? Cut 'em on my own land, hey2
Don't git passionate" he added, NOV
ing off through the dust; passionate
folks is liable to pyralyze their in'ards,
young mani"
master, watching the suIIen rage In
McCloud's eyes
{" Pay yewr debtsl" called out Tansey
at the turn of the road "Pay yewr
debts, an the Lord VIII pay yewr
taxesl"
"The Lord can pay mine, then"
said MeC1oud TO the path-master,
E'for III never pay q cent of taxes IN
Foxville. Now what do you say to
that2"
The path-master had nothing to
say. She went away through the
golden dust, one slim hand on the
head OF her collie dog, who trotted
beside her waving his plumy tail
That evening at the store where
McCloud had gone to buy cartridges,
Tanset tainted him. and he replied
contemptuously. Then young ByTam
flung a half-veiled threat at him, and
McCloud replied with threat that
angered the louRgers around the stove
What you want is a raEhide,"
said McCloud, .eying young Byram-
al guess l dc" said Byram, "an'
I'm a-goin' to buy one, too--unless
you pay that there road-tax."
an be at home when you CALL"
replied MeCloud quietly, picking up
his rifle and pocketing his cartridges
Somebody near the stove said, go
fur himi" to Byram, and the young
road-master glared at McCloud-
He was a-sparEn' Ellie Elton"
added Tansey, gTinnilg; "yew owe
him few for that too, ByTam-"
Byram turned white, but made no
movement. McCloud laughed
"Wait," said the game-warden, sit
ting behind the stove; "a Jest wait awhile,
that's all. No man can fire me into
a ditch full o singing nettles an
1--we to Iarf no pizened larf at mel"
"Dingman," said A1eCIoud, con-
temptuously, you're Ike the rest Of
them here IN FoxviIIe-aH foxes who
run to earth when they smell Win
chester"
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HOME CIRCLE MAGAZINE SECTION


nay, even attractive.
All Foxville hated him; he was not
one of them; If he had been, perhaps
they could have found something to
forgive in his excuses and drunken
recklessness.
But, though with them, he was not
of them; he came from the city-AI-
bany; he had been educated at Prince
ton College; he neither thought, spoke,
nor carried himself as they did. Even
in his darkest hours he never con-
descended to their society, nor, drunk
as he was, would he permit any fam
iliarities from the inhabitants
Byram, who had been to an agricul-
tural college, and who, on his return
to Foxville had promptly relapsed into
the hideous dialect which he had i'm
fOrgave the contempt with which
McCloud had received his advances,
nor that young mans amused repudia-
ton of the relationship which Byram
had ventured to recall.
So it came about that Byram at
length agreed to aid the game-warden
in his lawful quest for the ice-box, and
he believed sincerely that it was love
of law and duty which prompted him.
But their quest was fruitless; Nc
Cloud met them at the gate with a
repeating-rifle, knocked the game-war-
den down, took away his revolver, and
laughed at ByTam, who stood awk-
wardly apart, dazed by the business
like rapidity of the operation.
"Road-tax?" repeated McCould, with
a sneer. al guess not. If the roads
are good enough for cattle like you,
pay for them yourselves. l use the
woods and pay no road-tax."
eff you didn't have that there
rifle" began Byram, sullenly.
It's quite empty; look for YOURSELF"
said McCloud, jerking back the lever.
The mortified game-warden picked
himself out of the nettle-choked ditch
where he had been painfully squatting
and started towards FoxviIle.
"IH ketch you at it yeti" he called
back; "I'1 fix you an your ice-boxl"
McCloud laughed.
Gimme that two dollars" demanded
Byram, sullenly, cor do your days
stint on them there public roads"
McCloud dropped his hands into
the pockets of his ragged shooting
jacket.
you as I settled Billy Delany."
"You hit him with a axe; that's
hommycide assault; he'll fix you, see
If he don'ti" said Byfam
No." said McCloud, slowly; "I
did not him him with an axe. 1 had
ring on my finger when l hit him.
I'm sorry it cut him."
ooh, you'll be sorrier yet" cried
Byram, turning away towards the road,
where the game-warden was anHously
waiting for him.
oven run you outer town." called
back the warden, waddling down the
road.
CRY it, replied McCloud, yawning.
McCIoud spent the afternoon IoIling
on the grass under the ilacs, istlessly
watching the woodpeckers on the
dead pines. Chewing a sprig of mint,
he lay there SPRAYING, hands clasping
the back of his well-shaped head,
soothed by the cadence of the ehirTing
locusts. When at length he had drifted
pleasantly close to the verge of slumber
a voice from the road below aroused
him
He listened lazily; again came the
timid call; he arose, brushing his
shabby coat mechanically.
Down the handkerchief path he
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uOISS1S I'LL SOG GudU SISIS IOcO-OdA
outen him first"
"Naw," drawled Byram 81 sent
Billy Delany to McCould's shanty to
collect it, but McCloud near killed
Bill with axe. That was Tuesday.
Some o the boys was fixin' to run
McCloud outer town, but 1 guess
most of us amt hankerin' to lead
the demonstration"
90 'Fraid2"
''Ya-as," drawled Byram.
The game-warden laboriously pro-
duced a six-shooter from his side
pocket. 4 red bandanna handkerchief
protected the shiny barrel; he unwrap-
ped this, regarded the weapon doubt
fully, and rubbed his fat thumb over
the butt.
"HuhI'' calculated Byram, con-
temptuously, "he's got a repeatin'-
rifle; he can cut pa 'tridge's head off
from here to that butternut cross the
creekl"
"I'm goin' to git into his ice-house
all the same" said the warden, with
out much enthusiasm.
An Pm bound to git my road
tax" said Byram, "but jest how Pm
to operate l dunno"
Me neither" added the warden
musingly. "God knows hate to
shoot people"
hated to be shot at.
A young girl In faded pink sun
bonnet passed along the road, followed
by dog. She returned the road
masters awkward salutation with shy
composure. A few moments later the
game-warden saw her crossing the
creek on the stepping-stones; her
golden-haired collie dog splashed after
"That's slick girl" he said, twist
ing his heavy black m1stache into two
greasy points.
Byram glanced at him with scowl
"That's the kid" he said.
"Eh? Elton's?"
eyes"
"Your path-master?"
"Well, what-o 1t?
Nuthin'-she's gook-lookin'- a
path-master," said the warden, with a
vicious leer intended for compliment
''What of it," demanded Byram,
harshly.
there girl some day?" asked the game
warden, loosely.
What of it?" repeated Byram, with
an ugly stare.
'sOh," said the warden, hastily,
81 didn't know nothin' was goin' on;
I. wasn't meanin' to rile nobody"
oh, you wasn't, wasn't your, said
git your pa'tridges by yourself an
leave me to git my road-tax- I'm
aHow you do rile upl" protested the
warden. " How was I to know that
you was sweet on your path-master
when folks over to Spencers say she's
sweet on Dan MeCloud-"
Its a iei" roared young Byram
els it?" asked the warden, with
interest. He's a goodIockin' chap,
an folks say"
cts a damn liel" yelled Byram,
t'an' you can tell them folks that I
say so. She don't know Dan McCloud
to speak to him, an he's that besotted
with rum half the time that If he spoke
to her she'd die o. fright, for ali his
good looks"
"WeH, we'll" said the game-warden,
soothingly; al guess he amt no ae-
count nohow, an it's Jest as well
that we ketch him with them birds
an run him off to Jail or acrost them
mountains yonder."
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with q faint smile
els it?" he retorted, staring at her
insolently- Well, don't. let 1t worry
you, young woman"
The smile died out In her eyes.
cit does worry me-" she said;
f'you owe the -path-master two dollars,
OF days work on the roads"
Let the path-master come and get
it, he replied.
"Pm the path-master," she said
He looked down at her curiously.
She had outgrown her faded pink skirts;
her sleeves were too short, and so tight
that the plump, white arm threatened
to split them to the shoulder Her
shoes were quite as ragged as his;
he noticed, however, that her hands
were slender and soft under their creamy
coat of tan, and that her fingers were
as carefully kept as his own
You must be EIlice Elton" he
said, remembering the miserable end
of old man Elton, who also had been
a gentleman until a duel with drink
left him dangling by the neck under
the new moon some three years since.
"Yes," she said, with a slight drawl,
"and / think you must be Dan
McCloud."
"Why do you think SOP" he asked.
From your rudeness."
He gave her an ugly look; his face
slowly Redeemed.
$50 you're the path-master?" he
said.
eyes"
And you expect to get money out
of me?"
She flushed painfully
"You can't get 1t, !" he said, harshly;
"Fm dog, poor; I haven't enough to
buy one" he added, with a sneer.
Sho elaVVpd the
mint-Ieaf between his teeth and stared
at her dog.
If you are SO poor" she began.
"PoOrI" he cut in, with q mirthless
laugh; tits only word to you, 1
suppose"
He had forgotten her ragged and
outgrown clothing, her shabby shoes,
every pulse-beat that stirred her white
throat, in every calm breath that
family swelled the faded pink calico
over her breast, he felt that he had
proved his own Yulgarity IN the presence
of his betters. A sullen resentment
arose in his soul against her.
81 don't know what you mean"
If you mean that l am not sorry for
you, you are mistaken. Only the
poor can understand each other"
e. can't understand y0u," he sneered.
"Why do you come and ask me to
pay money to your road-master when
I have no money!
Because am path-master. / must
do my duty. I wont ask you for any
money, but I must ask you to work
out your tax. I can't help it, can I?'
He looked at her in moody, suspicious
silence
Idle, vicious, without talent, without
ambition he had drifted part way
through college, 3 weak parody on
those wealthy young men who idle
through the great universities, leaving
unsavory records His father had
managed to pay his debts, then very
seIfishly died, and there was nobody
to support the son and heir, Just emery
ing from q drunken junior year.
Creditors made a clean sweep In
Albany; the rough shooting-lOdge IN
the Fox Hills was left. Young Nc
Cloud took It.
The pine timber he sold as it stood;
this kept him In drink and q little
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

DR.. Spar treats diseases of the
Stomach. Liver. Blood Skins Nerves,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

There is nothing more disgusting
than having to walk on an old worn
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
CAN NOT FIND MANN,
REPUBLICAN LEADER

Washington, March 22.-There
was much speculation at the capital
today over the whereabouts of Re-
preventative Mann, Republican floor
leader of the house, who started on
a vacation trip without leaving his
address before President Wilson ad-
vanced the date OF the extra session
of congress two weeks. Mr.. Mann's
secretary said nothing had been heard
from him since the new call.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
EIGHT OF SHIPS PEOPLE
UNITED STATES CITIZENS

New York, March 22.-Eight of
the officers and engineers of the
Standard Oil steamer Healdton are
American citizens, an officer of the
company said tonight at his home.
He was unable to supply any further
details.
The steamer Healdton is tanker
OF 4.4S0 tons gross and is owned by
the Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey. She was built in 1908. The
Healdton was last reported sailed
from Philadelphia January 26 for
Rotterdam.
The Healdton sailed from Chester,
Pa, January 26 for Rotterdam with
2.137.711 gallons Of fine petroleum
valued at $1O6,8S6. She was last re-
ported three days later 720 miles
east of Delaware Breakwater. She
was commanded by Capt. Christie
pher. She carried a crew Of 38 men.
She was built at Greenock, Scotland,
in 1908. Her home port was New
York.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
NYE'S STUDY OF THE BEE
humorfst Went Almost as Deeply Into
) His Subject as His Subject Did
: Into Him.

love to study bees, and once kept
oees myself. l often think OF what q
late writer has said, that within 80
small body should be contained an
apparatus for converting the various
sweets which It collects into one kind
OF nourishment for itself. another for
mo common brood, glue for it's carpen-
Try, wax for its cells, poison for it's
enemies. honey for its master, with a
proooscis as long as its body itself,
microscopic In several parts, teles-
copic In Its mode Of action. with q
sting so exceedingly sharp that were
1t msgnified by the same glass which
makes needles point seem . quar-
tor OF an inch across. It would yet It.
self be invisible. and this. too, q hol.
low tube-that all these varied opera
lions and contrivances should be in
cluded within half an inch OF length,
and two grains Of matter, is surely
enough to crush all thoughts Of athe-
Ism and materialism." The queen.
during the propagating season, lays
as high as two thousand eggs in
day. and l have given much thought
to tho grating OF the queen bee upon
the Plymouth Rock hen, with a view
to better egg facilities, but 30 far met
with but little success. My expert
,ments have been somewhat delayed
by the loss OF time in taking the swell
Ing out Of myself after each perusal of
the bee character in his or her home
life. A writer says the best way to
ascertain the location Of the queen is
TO divide the swarm, after which It
VIII be noticed that the one having
the queen will quietly settle down
again, while the other portion will be-
come very restless indeed. I tried
this myself, and noticed that they
were very restless They also com.
municated their restlessness to me.
All OF us got restless. The drones are
the male bees OF the hive. They do
no work, except to act in a parental
capacity and vote. They have no
stingers, but In it's place they have a
good appetite and a baritone voice.
They are destroyed by the workers
soon after the honey season, and the
widows have It all their own way.
About nine-tenths of the hive are
workers, or females, say, twelve to
nsteen thousand. These are the busy
bees referred to in books. They get
up early in the morning, eat hasty
meal, and go out looking for honey.
They fly with great force, and as
straight as q bullet. Sometimes they
try to go through a man on their way
to the hive, but only get part way
Nashville Advocate.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES
RESCUED FORM GERMANS

Paris, March 22.-The total amount
of French territory liberated from
the German invaders by the Somme
offensive up to March 81 is S53
square miles, situated in the four de-
partments Of Pas de Calais, Disc,
Aisne and Somme. 1t includes 366
towns and villages, the homes of
1S1,935 Frenchmen. The Germans
still occupy 7,126 square miles of
France.
DR.. Henri de Rothschild has given
100000 francs for the relief of the
inhabitants in the liberated sections
of Picardy.
DR.. Henri de Rothschilds is a
grandson Of Nathaniel Rothschilds,
the founder of the famous banking
house. He is well known as a philan-
thropist and had taken a prominent
part in the war against cancer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
Tiny German States.

Some Of the German states are OF
lilliputian size. as is evidenced by the
fact that It Is quite possible to visit
eleven OF them. including two king
doms. two duchies and three princi.
palities, in an easy walk Of four and
half hours.
good walker, starting from Stein.
bach. In Bavaria, will arrive in half
an hour at Lichtentanne, which is sit
uated in Saxe-Meiningen. Thence the
road proceeds in one and a half hours
to Rauschengesees (Reuss. elder
branch), after which in a few minutes
Gleima. in Schwarzburg Rud olstadt, is
reached;
Half an hours walk brings the pe-
destrian to Altengesees (Reuss, young.
er branch). An hour farther on lies
Drognitz, on Prussian soil, and the
last stage is another hours stroll,
finishing up at Saalthal, Saxe-AIten.
burg.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
CHARLESTON TO BUY
WATERWORKS PLANT

Charleston, March 22.-By a vote
OF LIS to 122 the electors of the
city of Charleston today decided on
the city's purchase of the property
of the Charleston Light and Water
company for the price of 1880, 900
and also authorized an additional
bond issue Of S14O,OOO for necessary
improvements and extensions of the
waterworks system here.
j. Ross Hanahan, Julius II. Jahnz
and Leland Moore were elected COM
missioners of public works to serve
without salary.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23

bear in mind that the best way he can
night the boil weevl is to force his
cotton to quick growth and to an
early maturity. Many farmers in the
boil weevil distric. are finding that
peanuts and soy beans are splendid
substitutes fer cotton. Unless these
crops are well fertilized, however, with
the fertilizer carrying high percentage
OF phosphate, good yields cannot be
expected.
How to Tell What Is Necessary
The farmer can oftentimes deter
mine the element most needed in his
FERTILIZER by noting the manner of
growth OF cotton On his different soil
types. When the growth is slow and
the plants have yellow, unhealthy
look, nitrogen (or ammonia) should be
applied in rather large amounts. II,
however, the plants look vigorous, but
are not fruiting well, phosphoric acid
should be used literally.
Generally speaking, for poor soils. the
most important element OF . fertilizer
Is nitrogen. and the next most import
ant is PHOSPHORUS. Therefore, for
poor soils we would recommend under
present war conditions, which makes
potash scarce, a fertilizer for cotton
and corn analyzing about per cent
available phosphoric acid and per
cent ammonia and per cent potash
For peanuts IL per cent phosphoric
acid, per cent ammonia and 2 per
cent potash. For fertile soils we would
recommend for cotton and corn, . fer.
tlizer analyzing IL per cent available
phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia
a MT Ok. Hrr
q fertflizer annlyzing IL per cent phos-
phoric acid. / 1-2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash. For the sandy
loan soils OF the coastal plain. pot
ash Is the most essential and Or to-
bacco and truck crops must be applied
In liberal amounts.
The reason that nitrogen or ammo
MA Is so necessary an element for prac-
ucally all soils is because the nitrates
are soluble In water, and are, there
fore. constantly teaching out of the
land. The farmers should try to store
mp as much nitrogen In the soil -
possible By growing such crops a.
beans. peas. clover. vetchse. ete,, which
plants add nitrogen TO the sou from
the atmosphere. Practically all sotis
OF the South are weM adapted 70 the
growing Of these legumes.
X, however. crops are grown In TO
tstion with legumss. II will still be
necessary to use commercial forms Of
nitrogen to obtain the bsst results.
While nitrogen u the main element Of
fsrtilfsor. On poor laad phosphoric
acid IL the most essential and In prao-
.ucally al Of the tests that have been
made IN tho South, better results have
boon obtained with soluble phosphorio
acid than with ansly ground phosphate
ruck6 oS Gosfa
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
NOTHING KNOWN OF
FATE OF OTHER TWO

Amsterdam (via London) March
23.-The American steamer Heald-
ton was torpedoed "Wednesday even
ing. according to a Terschelling dis
patch to The TELEGRAPH. Three boats
were launched. one of which, con-
tanning eight men, one of the men
badly injured, was brought to Ters-
chelling by torpedo boat. One of
the men died on the way. Nothing
is known of the other boats.
1t is believed that IA men were
killed by the explosion.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
REPORTS FIGHTING
IN DESERTED LAND
Berlin War Office Tells of Engage
mcnts i'm Territory Evacuated
by Germans

Berlin, Mach 20 (via Sayville) -
There were several engagements of
Infantry and cavalry detachments
yesterday between British and Ger
man forces in the territory on both
sides of the River Somme and the
kiver Disc abandoned by the Ger
mans, according to the official state
ment issued today by the army
headquarters staff.
The French yesterday and last
night directed violent attacks against
the German positions on the left
bank of the Meuse. the statement
adds, but everywhere they were re-
pulsed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-03-23
Harvard's New beor..

Anticipation aroused by Harvard.
announcement OF new degree. that
OF Phi. d. in business economies. are
already being rapidly dissipated. In
stead OF being a sign Of proficiency In
standing Wall street upon it's head.
the new degree turns out to be meant
Tor teachers rather than practftion.
ers OF business. The academic trail.
as usual, Is oyer II sll. There are
ominous remarks about the free use OF
DOCKS In French and German. and
something about being well ground.
ed" In European and American his.
tory. The fields listed for the rem
erai examination Of the candidate for
tne new doctorate are more to tho
point, although economic theory 10
required for everybody instead of for
those only who do not intend to 10
into business. and there is nothing I'm
the description OF the courses In mar
ketinS. foreign trade. Industrial man.
agement and labor problems. and
money and banking. about laboratory
work. 1t is but too evident that our
most advanced universities still look
upon their business courses as they
have long looked upon their law
courses-as convenient means of i'm.
parting knowledge merely. II Har.
ward wants to make hit, let her in
duce some millionaire to put up a
stock exchange in the Yard. which
may do for thousands what her med.
ical school and her courses in play
writing are doing for a comparative
handful.-New York Post.