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Evening star., 1917-04-15

feeling-as if he were going back to all
that meant anything to him on this earth
came to him as he climbed into a Pull
man at the Grand Central station in New
York, with bunch of magazines under
his arm. He was going home! And sud-
denly there rushed through his head a
torrent of images, fast flying pictures, of
the Office, the mills, that street where he
had left her the last night they stayed late
at the Office. And then-she was sitting
in her Office, and he was there, and she
was looking at him with humor bubbling
from those glorious eyes, and saying, 1--WE
mustn't both be angry, Mr.. Hyatt"
Perhaps" thought Hyatt grimly, at
would be better if l wasn't going back at
all. What chance-have II"
AT the same time, he observed that the
train was moving more slowly than any
train he had ever before travelled on.
HYATT missed connections at Spring.
haven with the train that went up to
Farnumville. Rather than wait three
hours, he took trolley car that would
carry him to a point four miles from the
plants, and walked the rest of the way.
1t was fine, tonic afternoon, and HYATT
swung along briskly, in spite of heavy
bag he carried. He knew that the road
would bring him to point where, by
crossing foot-bridge, he would come out
at the back end of Number 2 mill.
AS he crossed this foot-bridge, filed
with the zest of walking, and glowing with
ideas that had swarmed to him on the
way, Hyatt stopped short and listened.
Something was missing. He couldn't
make out at first what it was; but some
thing was lacking. He crossed the bridge
and listened. The big mill was silent
that was it. The wheels weren't moving!
He pulled out his watch. Half-past four.
They should be working He looked up
at the windows. There was no sign of
life.
At the rear end of Number mill was
the office-supply stock-room. Hyatt had
key to this outside door. He let himself
in with trembling fingers, and walked
through the mill toward the office. There
was not a sign of life. He went through
the rag-room, cleaning with upright
knives where the rags were sliced through
the room in which the big white vats lay
yawning for the lime solution The rooms
were empty.
The enormous tanks of "half stuff
like snowy clotted milk, looked up at
Hyatt just as the paddles had left it when
they stopped. He passed the big rolls,
with their endless sheet of white paper
still serpentining between, and saw a tell
tale film on the surface of the gutter of
sizing, and noticed that the grippers that
took the cut sheets from the end of the
machine were poised at an angle, with
sheet still clinging to them.
Hyatt shivered. His own footsteps sent
warning, melancholy message to his
brain. Something was the matter! The
plants should be running. He wondered
vainly if he were somehow mistaken, and
If it were really Sunday or holiday No
chance of that-the newspaper in his hand
told him. He looked around A blue
bottle fly was buzzing at window that
should have been open. He felt as if he
were resting on the bosom of sick giant
At the entrance to the factory from the
Offices was a big double metal fire-door
Hyatt pushed it open, expecting to find
Evening star., 1917-04-15


this:
May l congratulate you on the beautiful
Escutcheon copy? 1t speaks with the voice
of the artist. Hereafter we use EscutcheOn
in this Office.
But it had to do more than elicit the
praise of the advertising craft. 1t had to
get home to the user of high-grade paper.
And it did.
The other verdict-the voice of the
buyers-did not come so readily; but it
came surely. Business men went from
the advertising pages to their purchasing
agents.
"How about this Escutcheon? If it's
as good as all this, why aren't we using
it? Let me see that papers watermark!
If it doesn't say Escutcheon, why doesn't
it? OF course we want an envoy extraor-
dinary.'
So good advertising should work-and
SO the Escutcheon advertising worked.
Perfect balance Of type and white space;
crisp, virile, striking phrases that were
not freakish-these were the things that
brought the orders home.
And then-the distribution promptly
fell down, in the midst of a rush of orders
ROUSS had hung back, on the outskirts
of the plans, covertly sneering, openly
doubling outwardly protesting his will
ingness to do his part by holding plenty
of Escutcheon in readiness for the jobbers
and actually doing nothing. The result
was that heartrending, maddening situa-
tion-a big demand for Escutcheon and
an inadequate supply.
For the first time in his life, Hyatt went
into the air. Rouss had given him abso-
lutte assurance that the distribution was
to be taken care of. Nobody but Rouss
could provide for this. But, whether pur-
posely or because he honestly doubted the
efficacy of the advertising, the general
manager was simply riding on his rims.
When it became obvious that they were
losing the very high tide of the results of
their campaign, there was brief session
in Elizabeth Farnum's Office. Three per-
sons were present-Hyatt, Rouss, and
Miss Farnum. There was high wind
outside that morning, but it was zephyr
compared with the gale in the Office.
The general manager, half defiant, half
apologetc, insisted that the campaign had
been sprung too soon. He had not had
time to get ready. He protested that he
had not been kept informed. He even
ventured to remark that the whole plant
had shown disposition to loaf ever since
Miss Farnum had come into the office
assuming that, with woman at the head
of the business, the old standards of
efficiency had automatically been relaxed
This was more than even the customary
poise of Elizabeth Farnum could stand
She shot look at Rouss that made him
drop his eyes, and, pointing a finger at
him, she said, in the first hard tones
Hyatt had ever heard from her lips:
"Mr Rouss, | never want to hear you
mention such thing again. If the disci-
pline of the force has been relaxed, hold
you, not myself, responsible. If the word
has been passed that / am here in my
office as pastime or prank then it was
your duty to correct that illusion at once
| am bitterly disappointed am more
disappointed than | can say. But it's no
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10

Bulls
Head
from the
Palace of
King Minos
of Crete,
Showing
That This
Animal
Was a
Conspicuous
r. catuTo
of This
Ancient
Civilization
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10
A.
Shown Here Is on
Tho Hail

persisted and how thoy met their death.
the subject sought
realize the that have happened depicts
the brought where
urusy decorated hail. while his maiden victims
him. Now at prospect learning
the facts the base Of this myth.
1t is reasonably certain that half bull and half
existed and equally probable that the legend had foundation
labyrinth has found
the decoration of the bulls head significant
the walls escoes showing wearing curus tight
apparently metallic These fighting bulls
The inference reasonable that bulls
the
might therefore be the that Greek
madens and youths sacrificed cult Of the
The civilization Of Crete like other vanished civilizations Of the
mred by such hdeou celes corrupons which doubtless
led to its downfall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-10

The story Aradne is the earliest
interesting that the hero abandns the heroine
pursue further adventures.
the symbol Of power
that destroys life and probably always will be used
The youths and maidens of Athens went it supposed willing
The for has sought realize how these victims
delivered the labyrinth like
Deserved
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
SOME PosTsCRlPTs

Plates TO fit over the head of ham,
mer and cutting blade have been In
vented to enable a hammer to be used
as q Ratchet.
Tests made by Irish scientists have
shown that the wind will carry dis
ease bacteria 200 feet and as high as
go feet into the air.
Electric gasoline pumps for public
service do their work when a button
is pressed, a gauge showing how much
fuel they supply.
A refrigerator should be examined
daily and kept thoroughly clean. Pour
boiling washing soda through 1t once
week, and be sure to remove all
slime that adheres to the water pan.
In the botanical gardens of Rio de
Janeiro there are monster trees from
the Amazon country which oyertop
even the lofty royal palms and reach
q height of from $50 to 200 feet.
During the year 1915 Mexico was the
largest trader sending goods to the
mort of Los Angeles. The total imports
for the twelve months were worth 3d.
4ao. 7O5. of which amount Mexico fur-
uished 81, ASS, 336.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
WOULD MAKE PREACHER FARM
Each Should Be Given Small Tract to
Till to Increase His Income, a
Minister Declares.

That every minister throughout the
country, particularly in rural districts.
should be made to become a tiller OF
the soil in addition to his spiritual du-
ties, Is the belief of the Rev. John ].
NeighbOr, rector of st. James EpiscO-
pal church at Bradley Beach, N. ]. He
emphatically advocated the project In
q recent sermon, the Brooklyn Eagle
states.
The Rev. Mr.. NeighbOr expressed the
opinion that every student for the min
istry should be required to take a
course in an agricultural college as
part of his training for the pulpit. Then
each parish should set apart a GER
tain amount of land for the minister to
till, the proceeds of which would go to
help pay his salary and incidentally
increase his income. The preacher
said:
"Such a plan would be beneficial TO
both the parish and It's rector. 1t
would give him the means Of solving
large part of the financial difficulty
that often hampers him In his work
and make him more independent and
efficient. Certain hours In the day,
or so many hours a week, should be
set apart and prescribed as a time for
his agricultural duties. This would
benefit him physically as well as aiding
him to make both ends meet"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
The United States navy hospital ship solace.

Cuba annually imports about Co.,
100000 feet of lumber.
An Oklahoma sportsman has Invent
ed decoy duck that ,swims about in
water and emits realistic quacks.
The worlds greatest hydroelectric
plant. planned for India, win deliver
water to the turbines at pressure Of
6SO pounds to the square inch.
machine has been perfected in
SaXony that embroiders designs on
three dozen pairs of stockings at once.
battery of needles making 2SS
stitches simultaneously.
After Brazil, Colombia exports more
coffee than any other country. its an
nual shipments being about 132, DOC. 900
pounds. This amount is reported TO be
produced by 125.O00,OOO coffee plants.
and each plant is valued at 80 cents.
Before the war women were en-
plcyed only In the selling department
and as cleaners at Krupp's. How the
hard work in the cannon factory
AFFECTS the women Is shown by the re-
port of the sick benefit fund for 1915,
which gives the number of cases Of
illness among the woman workers at
1850 hundred. compared with 6231
hundred among the men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
MOISTURE FOR COLD FRAMES
Use Just Enough Water to Keep Soil
Moist, Not Wet-Aim to Keep
Plants Dormant.

Cabbage. lettuce and cauliflower
plants in cold frames need very little
water-just enough water should be
given to keep the soil moist, not wet.
Plants may be injured by too frequent
watering the surface of the soil. These
plants are not making growth. The
object is to keep them as dormant as
possible.
If the snow covers the sash while
the plants are frozen it need not be
removed; but If the weather is mild
when the fall takes place it should be
swept off.
If the plants should be frozen from
a severe freeze, sprinkle the leaves
with cold water and keep the straw
mats on the sash. The frost will gradu-
ally draw out without injuring them.
Give air every mild day by lifting the
sash an inch or, two at the back end
in the middle of the day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24

Labor's worst enemy is the working
man who won't work.
A patcnt has been granted Kansas
inventor for q machine that shocks
bundles of grain as they fall from
binder automatically.
Prospecting for petroleum in Vene-
zuela is being carried on with en-
cOuraging success by one American
and two English companies.
A rubber bulb enables air heated by
electricity in the handle of a new
comb to be forced through its per-
forated teeth TO dry hair.
More than 90 per cent of the alco-
hol and alcoholic drinks that are made
In the Philippines are derived from the
sap of palm trees.
Billiard cues are chalked automatic
ally by new device which revolves a
block Of chalk as the tips of cues are
pressed against 1t.
Although color blindness is heredi-
tary, according to British scientist,
it is transmitted to children only by
mothers and never by fathers.
In the olden times the sultan was
allowed seven kachims; there were
seven principal officers of the court,
and seven female court functionarles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
MUCH IN LITTLE

japanese children have TO learn an
alphabet of 5000 letters.
Rust will disappear from steel If
soaked in sweet oil for a day, followed
with rubbing with fresh lime.
An Englishman is the inventor of
an alarm TO show when vapor is leak
ing from gasoline pipes in garages.
The League of Southern Writers
has been formed. Mrs. Fannie Cald-
well Macauley of Louisville is presi-
dent
Wonderfully good work is being done
for the French army by thousands of
small donkeys. They are used chiefly
for bringing bread TO the French troops
and each carries number of large
loaves wired together in an ingenious
manner
As compared with 1915. the COM
mercial failures In Canada during 1916
showed s considerable decrease both
in number and in total liabilities. Ac-
cording TO the Board of Trade Journal
there were 1855 inselvencies, involv-
ing S25.069, 534, against 1851, inyoly-
ing $50. 1858 in 1915. and 2.s98. in
solyin1 S3a.e0e. 1858 in 1914.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
PROFIT In SEED FLAX
No Reason Why Crop Cannot Be
Raised on Old Land.
Domestic Supply Does Not Equal De-
mand-Larger Returns Received
From 1t Than From Small
Grains In Northwest.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The production of flaXseed in the
United States has been less than the
demand since 1909 and, under certain
conditions, it may be profitable to pay
more attention to this crop. Although
fiaXseed has always been regarded as
a crop for new land and at the pres
emit time is grown most extensively in
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana,
there is no reason why more fax
should not be raised on old land in
the upper Mississippi valley. Farmers
east of Minneapolis and Duluth should
not attempt, however to raise flax
seed in small quantities without CO.
operative shipping arrangements, be-
cause of the lack of markets in the
East where fax can be sold In less
than carload lots.
Two reasons for the abandonment
TO a large extent of flaxSeed as q
crop in the older states were the
large production on new land, and the
prevalence of disease. Disease, how
ever. can be minimized by the prop
er treatment of seed and soil. AS has
been said. the domestic supply does
not now equal the demand. On the
other hand, farmers in the northern
states are learning that wheat cannot
always be relied upon and that it is
a mistake to make this their one cash
crop. AS matter of fact, for num-
Der of years the average return per
acre from flax in North Dakota, Min
nesOta and Wisconsin has been great
er than from any other small grain.
The farmer who Is about to engage
in the production Of flaxseed should
best plan is to get this from someone
In the locality who has a good yield
ing stand of flax free from weeds and
disease. If this is not possible, the
agricultural experiment station in the
state or the bureau of plant industry,
United States department of agricul-
ture, may be applied to for further adj
vice. The cleansing of the seed with
a tanning mill, the selection of the
largest and plumpest seeds, and disin-
lection with solution composed of
one pound of commercial formalde-
hyde of standard strength to 40 gal
Ions of water, are strongly recon-
mended.
Where flax is grown continuously on
the same land. disease often develops
In spite of these and other precau-
tons. A rotation which includes a cul-
dvated crop will go far toward over
coming this difficulty. If flax wilt is
known to be present, fax should not
be grown in the same field more than
once in every five years. unless re-
SiStant varieties are used. In plan
ming rotations, ii is best to have fax
follow some cultivated crop rather than
small grain, The small grains can
follow the flax.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24

Spring blowing will usually give bet
ter results than fall blowing, and a
firm, well-prepared seeded is essen
tial. 1t appears to be mistake, how
ever. to put off sowing until June l.
common practice in the Northwest.
Tests have shown that in the north
ern Great plains the best results are
usually obtained from the latter part
of April to the first week of May. In
the high, dry plains seeding may be
somewhat later. From Is to 50 pounds
of seed to the acre is sufficient for
the production of seed flax, although
higher rate is commonly used when
the crop is grown for fiber.
Fuller details in regard to the pro-
duction of this crop are contained in
Farmers Bulletin No. 785, a new pub
LEGATION of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24

teriStics. The term, however, includes
a number of different strains which are
often designated by some geographic
or descriptive name, such as Kansas
grown alfalfa, dry-land alfalfa, irri-
gated alfalfa, etc. In this connection
it may be sud that the "dry-land" al
falfa seed offered on the market has
so far failed to show any noticeable
superiority in resisting drought over
that grown with an abundance OF
moisture. On the other hand, strains
developed in the South have been
found less hard than those in the
northern states, although they usually
produce larger yields. Turkestan al
falfa, when subjected to thorough tests,
has been found inferior to American
grown strains.
The Grimm, Baltic, Canadian varie-
gated, and sand lucern are well-known
commercial strains of variegated al
falfa. With the exception of sand lu-
Germ, they have been found more re-
sistant to cold than other commercial
strains, and may be recommended for
sections where winterkilling occurs
frequently. .
Peruvian alfalfa, under favorable
conditions, outyields any other COM
mercial strain. For the United States,
however, it is not very generally useful
because it is not resistant to severe
cold and can only be grown success
fully where the winter temperature is
mild, as in the Southern and South
western states.
Arabian alfalfa has Il tendency to
be Shortlived and cannot, therefore, be
regarded as a satisfactory variety.
No matter what variety the farmer
chooses, he should learn to distinguish
good from poor seed. Plump seed Of
an olive green color almost invariably
terminates well, while shriveled or
brown seed generally turns out poorly.
The presence of any appreciate guam
tity of weed seeds or other impurities
indicate poor quality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste OF constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.


Are you keeping your bowels. liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash.day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take Q
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
LEARNING VALUE OF ALFALFA
Feeders Are Demanding Hay as Sub
stitute for Corn-Timothy and
Glover More Plentiful.

Alfalfa hay is at high-priced level
on the general market. Feeders are
learning It's value as a substitute for
corn, and are demanding it more and
more. This, with the light crop in
many sections, has pushed up the
price
Timothy and clover are relatively
more plentiful, while prairie hay is not
found in the amounts common in other
years. though there is a good crop
of It.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24

l65 pounds and am as strong rs man.
l think money is we'll spent which pur-
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. "--Mrsg Jos. O'BRYAN, 1855
Newport Ave, Chicago, Ill.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infsm-
nation, liberation, Irregularities, peri
odic pains, backache, bearing down feel
ing, datulency, indigestion, dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the stan
dRrd remedy for female ills.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
POOR PLANTER is EXPENSIVE
Where Trouble Was Encountered Last
Year Old Implement Should g.
Replaced by New One.

II the corn planter gave trouble last
spring, better order a new one now.
A poor corn planter is an expensive i'm
piennent to use. Even though the plant
er dropped satisfactorily last year.
it should be tested with this years
seed supply before planting time ar
riyes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
REMOVAL OF DEcAYlNG WOOD
Pieces Harbor Disease and Insect
Pests That viii Soon Spread to
Neishboring Trees.

Dead or decaying wood of any fruit
plant should be removed as soon as it
is noticed. it matters not what the
season may be.
Such wood harborS disease and In
sect pests that will spread TO healthy
PARIS Of the tree and to neighboring
tress
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
STOCK HELP SOIL FERTILITY
Taking Crop. Off on Four Legs Is One
of Best Ways to Clear Money
Off of ANY Farm.

Do not forge: that taking your crop
off on four legs is one of the best WAYS
TO make clear money off of your farm.
besides improving its fertility by keep
Ing all manure on your land. This
method of farming. If carried out prop
erly. makes your land of greater value
year by year. and you viii have larger
returns from your work. In other
words, feed your crops to those ami
mails which you like best. be they cat
tie. sheep or hogs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
Virtue.

Most people think they are virtaous
merely because they are tame and In
offensive. Tameness is not write, 1t
is merely the indication of a force too
feeble to run into excess. Virtue 2p-
pears only when a strong force is wise
" exerted under a strong regulation
Exchange.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
Ancient Glass Specimen.

In the British museum is a small
nodded lions head. believed to be the
oldest specimen of pure glass with
ANYTHING like a date. 1t bears the
name of an Egyptian monarch of the
eleventh dynasty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24

ascertain for himself what variety is
best suited to his condition. Full in
formation on this point is contained in
Farmers Bulletin No. 757, of the q. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Common alfalfa" is a general term
used to include all the alfalfas that
are not clearly of hybrid origin or do
not have distinct and uniform charac-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-04-24
a Hot One.

"lfay l smoker" asked the callow
youth. after the manner of the current
novel hero. Certainly" she replied
sweetly, 'if you have anything to
smoke. and are sure it woa't make you
sick"