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''Thank God, oh, thank GodP'
(To BE CoNTINUEDJ
WILL THAT ALARMED WORLD
Eccentric Frenchman Planned to
Build Up Large Estate, But in
the End SignalIy Failed.

Mingled wonder. Indignation and
alarm were excited in the public mind
over. will left by Peter ThelussOn. a
Frenchman. who died on July 81, 1877.
1t appears that the testator had accu-
mulated a large fortune as a London
merchant, and by the provisions of his
will he left TO his wife and children
the sum of 100000. and the residue
of his property. amounting to
about 100000, he committed to
trustees. to accumulate during the
to his eldest great-grandson. Should
no heir exist, the accumulated prop
erty was to be conveyed TO the sink
ing fund for the reduction of the ma
tionaI debt. According TO the lowest
calculation it was estimated that the
fortune would amount TO 100000.
he will was generally stigmatized as
absurd and illegal, and the family test
ed it in court. where it was sustained.
as it was likewise in me house of lords
In 1900 an act was passed making null
all requests for the purpose of ac-
emulation for longer than twenty
years after the testator's death The
last grandson died in 1856. and dis
pute arose as 10 whether the eldest
sons grandson should inherit or the
eldest great-grandsOn. 1t was decided
in favor of the former. By reason of
litigation and accidents of management
the fortune inherited was little more
than the original 100000.
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the south wall TO leave space for
window. which should be bought when
the family finances could afford such
Iuxuries. For the time being it would
be left open in fine weather and COW
cred with canvas when the elements
were gruff or unruIy The rag carpet.
when no longer needed as tent, would
be draped in the doorway, pending the
purchase of boards TO make a wooden
door
For a roof grass was laid on the
poles and covered tightly with SOds-
Then Harris found a sticky, yellow
clay in the side of the ravine. and
two or three inches of this he spread
carefully over the SOds, like icing on
great cake. The greasy clay soon
hardened in the sun, and became so
impervious to water that the heaviest
rains of summer made no impression
upon it.
BY this time the snow was all gone.
except in north-facing hooks along the
ravine, and the frost was out of the
sod in all places deep enough to admit
of blowing. As the stock were taking
no harm from the open air, thanks to
the shelter of the ravine, Harris de-
cided to delay the construction of his
stable until after seeding and to pro-
coed at once with the blowing of his
land. He had also to make a trip to
Arthurs' for seed grain, and to Dor
row a couple of sections of drag har-
rows. With it all, by the middle Of
May he had sOwn 10 acres of wheat,
and Notwithstanding a heavy snowfall
about the twenty-third, by the first of
June he had added ten acres of oats.
With his help Mary had planted
small garden of potatoes and vegeta-
bIes, and a few flowers were spring
ing up at the door of the house.
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the vast sweep of the horizon. Tom
Morrison had found land to the salts
faction of his heart within three miles
of the Harris homestead and his big
log house, 1Sx24, assumed the proper
lions of q castle by comparison with
the smaller homes springing up
around. Some miles to the east Dick
Matheson. straight from the lumber
camps of the Madawaski, had pitched
his tent and a few miles farther on
was his friend of the shanties, John
Burton. To the west were the Grants,
and to the north Hiram Rifles and his
wife, Eliza. A missionary had in some
way spied out the field, and held
monthly Sunday services at MOrrison's
house; and DR.. Blain, when not in
one of his unfortunate debauches, had
his headquarters at the new town of
Plainville, which consisted of Semp-
ter's general store and a stopping
place" and which had sprung up near
the junction of two streams in antici-
patton of the railway.
And so the first summer wore away
and the first harvest was at hand.
Any disappointment which had been
occasiOned by backward conditions
earlier IN the season was effaced by
the wonderful crop which now
crowned the efforts of the pioneers. On
their finest eastern farms they had
seen nothing TO equal the great stand
of wheat and oats which now enveI-
oped them, neck-high. whenever they
invaded il. The great problem before
the settlers was the harvesting of this
crop. It was mighty task to at
tempt with their scythes, but there
was no self-binder, or even reaper,
within many miles.
Finally Morrison solved the problem
for the whole community by placing
an order, at a fabulous figure, for a
self-binder from the United States 1t
was a cunbrous, wooden frame con-
trivance, guiltiess of the roller bear
| ings, floating aprons. open elevators,
/ and sheaf carriers Of later day, but
| it served the purpose. and with its aid
| the harvest of the little settlement
was safely placed in sheaf. The farm
ers then stacked their grain IN the
| fields. taking care to pillow double fire
guards. with a burnt space between,
as & precaution against the terrifying
fires which broke over the prairie as
soon as the September 6rosts had dried
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IMPROVED ROADS WOULD AID
Many Counties Rich in Agricultural
Possibilities Are Burdened
With Poor Roads.

Fluctuations in market prices may
have several explanations. They fire.
quently take place in regions where
the local production does not equal
the annual consumption. There are
counties rich in agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles, burdened with bad roads, where
the annual incoming shipments OF
foodstuffs exceed the outgoing ship
ments in the ratio of four to one.
Many such counties with improved
roads could not only become self-sup-
porting, but could ship products to
other markets.
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! the grass, a community some 20 miles
mill. and arrangements were made for
its use after it had discharged the dU-
ties of its own locality.
When Harris thrashing was done he
found he had quo bushels Of wheat and
700 bushels of oats in cone-shaped
piles on his fields. The roads were
fine and hard, and no snow had yet
fallen. so he determined to begin at
once with the marketing of his wheat
His last cent had been spent months
before; indeed. it had been only
through the courtesy of the stOrekeep-
er at Piainville, who was also post
master, and who had stretched the
law to the point of accepting hen eggs
as legal tender in exchange for post
age stamps, that Mary Harris had
been able to keep up the brave, Opti-
mistic series of letters written home
So Harris decided that he would at
once market some of his wheat Most
of the oats would be needed for his
horses and for seed. and what re-
manned would command good prices
from new settlers the following spring.
but some of the wheat must be turned
into money at once. During the lat
ter part of the summer they had lived
exclusively on the produce of their
farm on vegetables from the garden
fish and ducks from the stream. prai-
rie chickens. and an occasional rab-
bit from the fields. The wild geese had
deserted them early in the spring. and
returned only after harvest. But now
they should have a change on their
table. Mary had accepted the pioneer
fare of the summer without complaint
but of late Harris had discovered q
strange longing in her eyes. and more
than once she had arrested herself in
The words Il wish we had Then
two penitent little tears would steal
softly down her cheeks, and she would
bury her head in his arms as he
sonthed her with loving words and
promised that after thrashing things
would be different"
So now he set out for Emerson with
the best load his horses could draw.
The first few miles he drove in silence.
| for there was a heavy weight at his
heart as he thought of the little wife
alone with the responsibilities of the
farm. That she would be faith
| full to every responsibility he knew
beyond question. But he was
not quite satisfied. 4 strange moodi-
ness had come over her, and even with
| him at home she had at times given
way 10 fits of downheartedness which
| seemed altogether alien to her nature.
Ten days later he retraced his
| course in the teeth of a binding biz
card. A dozen times he had been lost
in the last As hours, but he had deveI-
| Oped the prairie dweller's sense of di-
rection, and had always been able
/ again to locate the trail. The Ar
| thurs would have detained him. al
most by force. but the thought of a
pale, patient face, wrHng with an ag-
! ony of anxiety not for itself, made him
! adamant in his resolve to go home at
whatever cost. The roads were almost
! impossible: he left his lumber at Ar
! thurs. but carried with him his win
dow. a few boards for door, and a
little bundle of dry goods. Everything
else had gone by the way surrendered
| in exchange for food and shelter for
! himself and horses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-13
CAUSE OF scALY LEG
Application Of Crude Petroleum to
Legs With Brush or Dipping Is
Best Treatment.

Two species of itch mites attack
fowls, one OF which is the cause Of
scaly leg. While this mite commonly
remains on the feet, burrowing
through the scales and causing their
enlargement, it also attacks the comb
and the neck. a crust of loose tissue
is formed above the burrows, and in
tense itching results from this mining
habit When scaIy leg is left untreat-
ed the feet OF the birds often become
badly distorted, and in some cases
the fowl can scarcely walk or get 20
the perch. Sometimes terminal joints
OF the toes are lost.
as the mites are transferred from
one bird to another, scaly-leg fowls
should be treated promptly and should
not be introduced among clean birds.
Investigations made under the super
vision of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture show that car
bOlmeum or crude petroleum used on
the roOsts doubtless will aid in pre-
venting the spread of the scaly-leg
mite from one fowl to another. APP
plying crude petroleum to the legs
with a brush or dipping the legs into
this oil is very effective. One appli-
cation usually is sufficient, but if the
scales are not largely shed of after
a lapse of 80 days the treatment should
be repeated. Kerosene oil is applied
by some farmers In the same way. but
is less effective than crude oil. In
using either, care should be taken not
TO get the oil on the upper part of
the leg or on the feathers. a less Sc
we're but more laboriOus treatment con-
sists of soaking the feet in warm soap
suds until the scales are lOOsened and
then greasing the feet and legs with
sulphur and lard, OF lard containing
6 per cent crude carbolic acid
The other itch mite, commonly called
the depluming mite, is a very small
creature which burrows into the skin
near the base of the feathers. The
intense itching sometimes causes the
fowls to pull their feathers until they
are almost naked. Dipping of all
fowls of an infested flock in a tub of
water containing about two ounces
of flowers of sulphur and one-half
ounce of laundry soap to each gallon
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REMOVING SNOW FROM ROADS
Becoming Increasingly important Be-
cause of Large Amount of Travel
During Winter.

Snow removal from highways is be-
coming increasingly important be
cause of the large amount of travel by
motortrucks and automobiles. Sew
eral states have made appropriations
for removal OF snow from the main
highways but in other states there has
been no appropriation of funds for
this purpose. Vast quantities of com
mOdities must be hauled over the high
ways next winter because of the lack
of sufficient railway cars to move them,
and state money, rather than local
funds ought to be used to keep truck
highways open.
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WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT

Thousands OF women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect 1t.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
IF the kidneys are not IN a healthy
condition. they may cause the other Or
gans to become diseased
Pain IN the back, headache, loss of an
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, Z physicians pre-
Scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be Just the remedy needed to oTereome
such conditions
Get q medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilner & Co, Binghamton. n. z, for
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-AdV.
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Farm
Live Stock
CURING HORSES BAD HABITS
In Cas- of Chronic Baker Course G.
Training Will Be Needed to
Overcome Fault

Horses that have been properly
handled and trained are not balky,
neither do they have bad habits.
When horses with bad habits are en-
cOuntered a careful study OF each case
should be made in order to ascertain
the cause, and, if possible, TO re
move it.
The most common cause of balk-
mess among horses is punishment to
make them do something that they
cannot do OF that they do not under
stand how TO do. Another common
cause is the forcing of horses TO draw
heavy loads without allowing them to
stop occasionally to rest and regain
their breath The use of the whip or
spur In such instances should be
avoided, as the pain inflicted will be
very likely to provoke further and
more stubborn rebellion. If a horse
balks the bearing of the harness
should be examined to see if it is
hurting him. If a heavy load is be
ing drawn and the horse is not al
lowed to rest and regain his breath
and strength he may become suIky
and refuse to pull. Give him a short
rest. and while he is resting rub his
nose. pick up a front foot and tap the
hoof a few times. or adjust the har-
ness, and he may forget his grievance.
TAKE the lines and give the command
TO go ahead, turning slightly to the
right or left TO start If the horse
does not start it is either a case of
overload or a chronic baker. If the
load is so heavy it cannot be drawn,
unload. If the horse is a chronic
baker a course of training will be
necessary to overcome the habit.
In older horses where the habit Of
baking is fixed the horse should be
trained to obey all commands with
prOmptness without being hitched to
the wagon. First put on the double
trip ropes and use them until the
horse stops and stands when he hears
whoa" Next put on the guy line.
which should be managed by an as
sistant, while you drive and attend the
trip ropes. The guy line is a rope
fastened around the horses neck and
a half hitch over the lower jaw. 1t
is very severe and should not be used
to excess. If the horse shows any
tendency to baIk, give the command
whoa" before he stops Of his own
accord. When ready TO start. the as
sistant should take position in front
Of the horse and smartly jerk him for
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GREEN FEED DURING WINTER
sprouted Oats, Alfalfa Meal and cIo-
yer Hay Are ExceIIent-Hang
Up Cabbages.

Good kinds of green feeds for hens
in winter. recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture, are
sprouted oats. alfalfa meal. chopped
alfalfa and clover hay. cabbages and
mangel beets. Cabbages may be HING
up in the poultry house; the beets
are usually split and stuck on a nail
on the side wall Of the pen about a
foot above the floor TO keep the feed
clean. Keep oyster shells. grit. char
coal. and plenty of clean drinking wa
ter before the hens all the time
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sILAeE FOR PRODUCING BEEF
Missouri College Of Agriculture Out
lines Satisfactory Plan With
Young Steers

Highly satisfactory beef can be
made from two-year-Old steers by
feeding corn as silage, together with
Iinseed meal and clover or alfalfa hay,
instead of full feeding shelled or ear
corn, according to the Missouri Col
Iege Of Agriculture
One acre. yielding 40 bushels Of
corn. or eight tons Of silage. If fed as
sHage, together with 1913 pounds OF
Iinseed oil meal and 1910 pounds Of
alfalfa hay would produce 1868
pounds OF beef and 11-3 pounds Of
pork. If, however. the corn be fed as
shelIed corn CfuII feed and silage, TO
gether with 3OS.2 pounds Of iinseed
meal and 1852 pounds Of alfalfa hay.
it would produce 291.6 pounds of beef
and $50 pounds of pork
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and cities and all items of sinking-fUnd
payments or the redemption and inter
est payments on road and bridge
bonds have been excluded.
The road and bridge expenditures
for 1919 show an increase OF approx
mately 80 1-3 per cent over those of
1918 and 20 per cent over those Of
1914. More striking, however. is the
increase in the proportion of the total
funds supervised by the several state
highway departments. In 1913 the ex-
penditures by or under the supervision
of the state highway departments
amounted to S117, 2S5, 268, while the
local road funds, over which they exer-
cised no control whatever, amounted to
S16S, S12,925. In 1919, however, the
state highway departments supervised
the expenditure of 5000, 292, 694 as
against the total of S1S9, 163, 237 ex-
pended by the local road and bridge
authorities.
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Improved Roads
IMMENSE SUM FOR HIGHWAYS
During Year 1919 Over $500 600. 900
Was Expended for Rural High
ways and Bridges

During the calendar year 1919, 46
states OF the Union expended over
S4O0OO0,0O0 Oh their rural roads and
bridges. the bureau of public roads of
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture recently announced. This to-
tai is made up of the actual cash ex-
penditures for such items as labor.
materials, supervision and administra-
ton, amounting to S3S9, 455 .931, and
convict labor and statute labor. the
value of which, not definitely known.
is estimated at about S132 100000. So
far as possible, ali expenditures on
city streets within incorporated towns
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-13
TREES DO NOT INJURE ROADS
Instead Of Taking All Out 1t Would
Be Better to Thin Out to
so or Is Feet.

Why cut down all trees along the
highway being graded? We recently
saw two or three dozen large naples
along a road taken out entirely. 1t
would look much better and be as
disable if the row had been thinned
to 30 or even 10 feet. If the road
were well made the trees would not
injure it at all. Let's have some shade
on our new roads.-LeRoy Cady, as
sociate horticuItJrist, University Farm,
St Paul.
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consIderate Hen.

A her which deposits fresh break
fast egg on her owners bed, and then
awakens him AT the proper time to
consume the fruits OF her industry, is,
states the Timber Trades Journal, the
priced possession of a sawmill en-
ployee at Bend, Ore. Retiring at 3
a. m.-the end of his working day
the man leaves open the window at
his bedside. Shortly before noon the
hen flies in, nestles near her masters
shoulder, lays her egg, and rising.
pecks the sleeper gently on the fore
head
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-13
BUILDING TIE HOME

Observation-Disclosures because of
the seemingly barren outlook of his
position as a school teacher in a
Canadian town. Jcfla Harris deter
mines to leave it. take up land in
! Manitoba and become a home
steader. Mary. the girl whom he
loves, declares she win accompany
him. They are married and set out
for the unknown country Alec Nc
Craze. pioneer settler and adviser of
newcomers. proves an invaluable
friend. Leaving his wife with the
family of fellow settler, Fred Ar
thurs. Harris and McCrae journey
over the prairie and select home
stead Mary insists on accom- panying
him when he takes possession. and
they begin their life work of making
: the prairie fertile farm land.
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ward with the guy line ar the same
time you give the command get up"
Repeat the process of stopping and
starting until the horse shows no
signs of self-will Use the guy line
and use it severely. on the slightest
intfmation that the horse is going to
baIk. After few of these lessons the
horse may be hitched to the wagon
The trip ropes and guy line should be
kept on until he is well broken Of the
habit
A horse that kicks when something
touches his heels is dangerous to
drive. To overcome the habit, put on
the harness and the trip ropes. Take
a stick and pole him all over After
he becomes submissive to the pole,
tie sacks of hay to the traces and
breeding, and continue the lesson IN
til he pays no attention to them
Fasten a long pole on either side
with one end to drag on the ground.
the other end to be fastened to the
shaft carrier Drive him around with
these. and if he attempts to kick COM
mand steady and pull him to his
knees. The lessons should be cont:n-
ued until ne submits to the poles drag
ging between his legs and round him.
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CHAPTER III.
The Shores of the Infinite.

VI N'O
The summer was a season of great
activity and development. Harris did
not SOW any crop after the first of
June, but applied himself then to the
construction of his stable. which, was
built after the same fashion as the
house.
As McCrae had predicted. there was
a considerable movement of settlers
into the district. and at several points
their tents or rude houses now broke
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-01-13
plant Some Trees

IF you live on the south side Of the
road. plant some shade trees to shell
ter the hot traveller. In a few years
people will say: He lives on the
farm where those big elms shade the
road"
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Some Husbands Still Timorous-
IN old colony days it was against
the law for a man TO kiss his wife on
Sunday"
81 fear we are still feeling the effect
Of those laws"
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Determine Profits.

Farmers profits are determined by
the difference between production and
transportation costs and the selling
prices. Production must cease when
the transportation costs wipe out the
difference
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o. snIlt-Inn DE-

The King drag. invented by the man
whose name it bears. consists Of logs,
squared and faced, and connected one
behind the other by means Of heavy
braces.
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STANDARDIZED Most Valuable

Eggs and market poultry produced
ny a flock Of standardized chickens
are more uniform in size. shape and
quality. and are consequently worth
more on the market.
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keen Rnt a. Varietv-

Beginners are urged 10 keep but one
variety of a breed of fowls. There is
no best breed Of poultry. Select the
breed that suits your purpose best
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inherited Quality

The ability to lay a good many eggs
.s an inherited quality and more at
tentfon viii be paid to breeding for
tsis quality n tie future
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Green Feed Is Essential.

Do not forget the necessity of pro-
viding green feed in some form to the
hens during the winter season It IS
essential 10 the health of all poultry.
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Economical Poultry Feed.

Oats are coming TO be more and
more strongly considered as an eco
nomicaI and well balanced poultry
feed
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one BAD Eaa Harmful.

If you can guarantee the freshness
of your eggs. you can hold your trade.
Remember that one bad egg Ia a lot
may lose your customer.
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Feed for Noting Fowls.

There is Iit;ie danger of Noting
birds becoming overfat and for that
-eason ii is safe TO feed corn in as
nrge proportion as the fowls care for
L.