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quiet qualities that were so removed
from his own.
They were married and continued as
man and wife to live on, in service,
at the McRae's.
1t became, after a while, terrible TO
Morris Murphy to see the kind of flag
citation to which Agnes was subjected
by the insistent demands of Mrs. Nc
Rae for more and more fine needle
work. He had never realized up TO
then the crued kind of pressure under
which this quiet young girl had spent
her youth. Her eyes were so tired.
When she lifted her face to kiss him
it was as if they were filled with little
dagger points. Crucified with little
steel splinters.
1t was the end of the third year of
their marriage, six months before their
child Ellen was born, that one night,
seated in their small room, Morris draw
ing plans for new garden pergola for
Mrs. McRae, and Agnes seated as
usual over a complicated embroidery
clutched with her hands across her
eyes.
The horrible had happened. Agnes
had practically lost her sight.
And so it happened that child, FL
len, was to come into a world and new
err know her mother as except two
thirds blind woman, who CROPPED her
way about the little household and had
the pathetic habit of forever rubbing
her hand across her eyes as if to tear
away film.
Another strange thing in the life of
the little Ellen was the fact that the
quiet little body, given to simple in
door pleasures could arouse within her
ger, if she so much as attempted to
pick up a needle to make doll clothes,
which delighted her as pastime. The
gentle mother of little Ellen became
a virgo then. 1t was one of the things
she early learned she dared not do.
When Ellen was fifteen years old,
Morris Murphy, genial, good-humored,
good-natured, good husband, good par
ent, fell off the top of high and elab-
crate pergola he was building for Mrs.
McRae and was instantly killed.
Overnight, as it were, the kindest
light in the meager life Of Agnes and
Ellen went out.
And into the midst of this darkness
there strobe one day, commissioning,
kindly in her efficient manner, the fig
ure of Mrs. McRae, for whom Agnes
had gone two-thirds blind and for
whom Morris had hurtled to his death.
1t was then that Ellen, as Mrs. Nc
Rae came on her benign mission Of
offering to take the little Ellen int
her household as maid. beheld her
mother draw herself up to the height
of fury and order the cowed figure
of Mrs. McRae out of the gardeners
cottage.
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Wheat in Dairy Ration

Wheat proved better grain than
corn in a ration for milk cows in an
experiment conducted recently at the
Ohio experiment station. In view OF
the bumper crop of this grain in Ohio
this year these results are of interest
to Ohio dairymen who are looking TO
feeding wheat this winter. The grain
ration for these cows consisted of
three parts wheat, three parts oats
and one part each of corn, bran and
linseed meal, which was fed along with
silage and hay. In comparison with
cows fed this ration except that corn
replaced wheat these cows produced
more milk and butterfat but the cows
on corn gained little more In weight.
Four cows on the wheat ration aver
aged 80 pounds of butterfat month
while those on corn averaged 4S
pounds-Ohio Farmer.
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RATION COW NEEDS
DURING MILK PERIOD
Matter of High ImportanceI
in Milk Production.

1t has been demonstrated repeat
eddy that it does not pay to have d
Dairy COW freshen in low condition.
She may produce less than 40 per
cent as much milk as she would pro-
drce had she freshened in good con-
dition. This fact has led dairymen to
say that their most profitable feeding
is done during the dry period.
The cows own physical condition
is one of the best guides to the
amount of feed needed during the
dry period. If in good flesh, she will
carry along all right on legume hay
and silage or pasture and a small
amount of feed. The ration should
be light and laxative. If you have
good quality of legume hay, ration
made up largely of corn and oats or
barley and oats will be satisfactory.
mixture for ration might contain
400 pounds of corn or corn and cob
meal, 200 pounds of oats, 100 pounds
of wheat, 100 pounds of wheat bran,
100 pounds of linseed meal, oilmeal
or soybean oilmeal. Where only
poor rOughage such as timothy hay,
oat straw or corn fodder is available,
it is advisable to increase the oil
meal or soybean oilmeal by 90 per
cent.
1t is especially important to take
good care of the cow at calving time.
Confine her to a good clean box stall
about week before freshening,
change the ration so that it is very
light and laxative. This may mean
Withholding corn and feeding only
oats, wheat bran and oilmeal. Per-
NIT the COW to take exercise in pas
ture or in the yard. Soon after the
calf is dropped the COW should be
tied up. In this way the dairyman
will observe whether or not the aft
erbirth is delivered. If the afterbirth
is not delivered normally and within
twelve or twenty-four hours, the cow
may need some medical attention.
Wisconsin Farmer.
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resentment of his attempt to cOnfine
American effort to subordinate roles,
and said, 81 must insist upon the ar
rangement," to which l replied. as we
both rose:
You may insist all you please, but
| decline absolutely to agree to your
plan. While our army will fight
wherever you may decide, it will not
fight except as an Independent Amer
lean army"
He said he was disposed to do what
he could toward forming an American
army. He then picked up his maps
and papers and left, very pale and ap-
parently exhausted. saying at the door
as he handed me the memorandum OF
his proposal that he thought that
after careful study | should arrive at
the same conclusion he had.
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Doesn't Pay to Neglect
Early-Freshening Cow

The cow that freshens in the early
fall is apt to have a hard time of it.
She comes into production at time
when the farmer is rushing around
with silo filling and late dressings.
followed by fall pillow and root harv-
est There is a very natural tendency
to get through with as little chores as
possible and cows are usually bred TO
come in after the rush is over. IL
cow does freshen, she takes the same
treatment as the rest of the herd.
AS q matter of fact, she is usually
considered a nuisance. But this is the
time when milk comes easiest and a
cow responds most profitably to extra
feed and care. The fresh cow now
should get a proper grain ration, fed
i'm proportion to production. She should
not be out at night when the nights
get frosty. If she is milking in ex-
cess of 80 lbs. milk daily she will re-
spond profitable to three-times-a-day
milking. If she is not properly fed
and regularly MIXED, she will be a
poorer COW right through the lacta-
ton period.
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with artillery fire or had used a large
number of heavy tanks, but we had
only few light tanks, ineffective for
such work. The fact that we had
smothered the enemy artillery was an
advantage, as it enabled the leading
waves deliberately to do their work
without serious loss.
The quick passage through these en-
tanglements by our troops excited no
little surprise among the French, who
sent large number of officers and
noncommissioned officers to st. Mihiel
several days later to see how it had
been done. One of these officers. after
his reconnaissance, remarked in all
seriousness that the Americans had
the advantage over Frenchmen be-
cause of their long legs and large feet.
fTO BE CONTINUED,
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In the letter of Instructions seven
divisions were mentioned as having
been designated for the attack, and
three officers from och of these units
were detailed to report to General
Bundy to assist in the reconnaissance.
He was directed to expedite the work
of preparation, as the movement
would probably begin September 8,
under my personal command
An attack by the French Tenth
army. begun August %, 1918, was un-
dertaken to force the retirement of
the enemy from the Vesle and Aisne
rivers. On its relief from the Vesle
August the Thirty-second division
(Haan) was assigned to the Tenth
army and entered the line August %.
Immediately undertaking a series of
local operations in which gains were
made in the face of very heavy fire.
Ravines and numerous caves in the
region provided ideal cover for the
defending troops.
The general attack of the army the
following day met but slight success,
the enemy resisting desperately along
his entire front, but on the Both, by
a flank attack from the south, the
Thirty division captured Ju-
vigny, pushing small salient into the
German lines.
Hard fghtins continued August 81,
but by the end Of the day the Thirty
second had reached the important
Soissons-St Quentin road. where it
was relieved September 2. The Thirty.
second division had advanced nearly
three miles and it's success contrib
uted greatly to the forced withdrawal
of the German line to the Aisne river.
Pershing Takes Over Sector.
AS prearranged between General
Petain and myself, the sector from
Port-sur-S eille (east of the Moselle
river) to Watronville (north of Les
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
by General
John II. PeTshing

usual cordial exchange of greetings
presented an entirely new plan for
the use of the American army.
The marshal began by saying that
the German armies were in more or
less disorder from recent attacks by
the allies and that we must not allow
them to reOrganiZe, and that the Brit
ish would continue their attack in
the direction of Cambria and St Quen-
tin and the French toward Mesnil.
Then, much to my surprise, he pro-
posed that the detectives in the st.
Mihiel operation be restricted and the
attack made on the southern face
only, and that upon it's completion two
other operations be undertaken by
combined American and French,
number of our divisions going under
French command.
Pershing Insists on U. S. Army.
l repeated what ! had often said.
that the American government and
people expected the army to act as a
unit and not be dispersed In this way.
I pointed out that each time we were
about to complete the organization of
our army. some proposition like this
was presented to prevent it.
The discussion was somewhat heat
ed and much of it was carried on so
rapidly that it could not be trans
lated. He continued to reiterate his
demands for the adoption of his plan,
but haG learned that it was neces-
sary to be very firm in dealing with
him, and finally said, in effect:
Marshal Foch, you have no au-
thority as allied commander in chief
to call upon me to yield up my COM
mand of the American army to have
it scattered among the allied forces,
where it will not be an American
army at ALL"
He was apparently surprised at my
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Memory of the Maid

A visit to Orleans, in France, re-
veals the undying devotion France
pays to her heroic. Centuries have
passed since the little peasant girl
Jeanne dare, at the battle of Orleans,
delivered the French from the hands
of the British and secured for the
Dauphin Charles the throne of France,
but her courageous deeds are still
fresh in the memory of the people
of Orleans. She was captured by the
British in 1431 and burned at the
stake, but as you look at her as she
sits with her head and shoulders erect
on her bronze stallion in the middle
of the square the manner of her death
is forgotten and her life remembered.
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Comptroller's Duties

The comptroller general and the as
sistant comptroller general of the Unit
ed States hold office for term of ID
years and they are not eligible for
reappointment by the President and
confirmation by the senate. The comp
troller general is in charge of the gen.
eral accounting Office and is charged
with the settlement and adjustment,
independently of the executive depart
ments, of all claims and demands what
ever by the government or against it,
and all accounts whatever in which the
government is concerned, either as
debtor or creditor.
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Inventive Minds Never at Loss for Subject

piano that sounds like forty instru-
ments, a noiseless car wheel. What
logged patience and fanatical enthu-
siasm gave them birth what labor
and what mad hopes!
The urge to add something TO the
stock of reality to create something
profoundly simple, useful and valua-
BILE is one of the most basic and pow
erful urges. One has only to look at
present-day civilization and just begin
the everlasting catalogue Of articles"
numbers" and "jobs" to appreciate
what has been produced. Yet these
are only the successful inventions, the
marketable and salable ones, a tiny
fraction Of the machines, devices, pat
terms and designs that have been stud
led, devised and put forth with I'M
shakable belief in their virtue. Even
among those who do not attempt ac-
tually to invent, the desire to be iden-
titled with such work crops up ire
sistibly. Sun.
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Foch Springs Surprise.
Painting Spells One of Acrobats' Great Perils

1t is not unknown for acrobats to
faint in mid-air. One famous acrobat
has said that during somersault In
mid-air from a trapeze his brain is
numbed, and for a second or two he
is practically unconscious. This he at
tributes to the speed with which the
evolution is performed, and the sud-
den shock it gives to the brain. One
night woman performer was prepar-
ing to do sensational dying act from
one trapeze to another when, sudden
ly. at the moment she should have
jumped, she was seen to sway dizzily.
The next second the Mortified crowd
saw her tumble head first from the
trapeze. Fortunately, the rope was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
DAIRY HINTS

A milk house Is a great aid to eff
cient dairying
The national dairy exposition will
be held October 10 to IS at st. Louis.
If whole milk is sold, 1t should be
strained as soon as drawn and then
cooled.
Accredited herd work has grown in
California. Last year a total of 25.-
OLA animals In 341 herds were tuber-
culin tested for accreditation in that
state.
Cream should be separated at once,
IL 1t is the product sold, and then
cooled promptly.
In wisconsin and Minnesota, "a and
40 per cent. respectively, of cows in
herd improvement associations are fed
grain with pasture.
lUdI CuuTulIS Uuttcf Is Sllll idTiil-
ing occupation in the United States Is
shown by the fact that 500.000.000
pounds of butter was made on farms
last year.
A travelling laboratory for testing
milk at the source of supply Is MAIN
tanned by the New York state depart
merit Of health.
One cannot always pick the best
COW by looking at her or by just glanc-
ing into the pail after milking. The
only sure way is by testing.
The water supply must be clean,
abundant and convenient. It takes
gallons Of water for milk cows daily
and they need 1t oftener than just
once or twice day.
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In spite Of the many shows that lay
claim to being the greatest on earth.
no exposition or entertainment had the
same right to this distinction that the
international patent show in Chicago
had. Here were collected the models
of all manner of inventions. And in
ventior is the profession, the avoca-
ton or the hobby of perhaps three
quarters of all Americans and of at
least good half of mankind in the
lump.
The fertility of mind, the ingenuity
and the manual skill represented In
the Chicago exhibit are probably stag
gering. Even when the creations have
no real use, even when they prove in
actual, full-scale practice to be fail
ures, even when they at once sink in
to obscurity, these inventions are
things to tease our curiosity and ex-
cite our admiration. Consider merely
the things mentioned in the news
stories-a nonabsorbent powder puff,
special sort Of suspender buckle, an
improved form of rubber heel, a new
type of helicopter, nonskid SOAP. a
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CHAPTER JVl.

CHAF En- CVIs
"The First army attacked yesterday
and the reduction of the st. Mihiel
salient is complete" reads my diary
of September Ii, written at Ligny-en-
Barrels.
"Our troops behaved splendidly.
The secretary of war visited two corps
headquarters returned to Ligny much
delighted at our success.
"Petain and | went to the town of
st. Mihiel today and were warmly
greeted by the people. This is my
birthday and very happy one"
The attack of the infantry on the
southern face of the st. Mihiel salient
started at five in the morning and be-
fore that | went with several staff
officers to old Fort Gironville. situated
on a commanding height overlooking
the battlefield from the south. The
secondary attack on the west was
launched at a. m. as an element of
surprise for artillery preparation
there.
A drizzling rain and mist prevented
us from getting clear view. but the
progress of our troops could be fol-
lowed by the barrage which preceded
them. Notwithstanding heavy rain
fall the night of September hip. the
weather gave us an advantage, as the
mist partly screened our advance from
the enemy.
Overcome Entangements.
Thanks to the thorough preparation
beforehand. the wire entanglements
were more easily overcome than we
had expected.
Trained teams of pioneers and en-
gineers, with bangalore torpedoes,
wire cutters and axes. assisted in
opening gaps in the masses of barbed
wire covering the German positions.
The leading troops themselves carried
along rolls of chicken wire, which was
thrown across entanglements here and
there, forming kind of bridge for
the infantry.
In all thei, offensives the allies had
spent days destroying entanglementS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
Many Uses for Kapok

Kapok is the down from the seed
pods of the randoe tree, grown chiefly
in Java, but to some extent in Ceylon
and the Philippine islands. The Unit
ed States imports around 100000 tons
per year. Due to its residence it is
used in the manufacture of pillows and
mattresses. It's buoyancy makes 1t
useful in the manufacture of life pre-
servers. 1t has been found also that
it is an excellent insulating material
for both heat and sound.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-09-18
A Journalist Arrives

A Kansas paper tells this story of
reporter OF his first assignment who
handed in the following: "a man
killed dog belonging to another man.
The son of the man whose dog was
killed proceeded to whip the man who
killed the dog of the man he was the
son of. The man who was the son of
the man whose dog was killed was
arrested on complaint of the man who
was assaulted by the son of the man
had killed"
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Esparges), forty-two miles in extent,
then occupied by the entire French
Eighth army and part of the French
Second army, was transferred to my
command on August 80.
The front included the ST. Mihiel
salient, which was between these
points, and embraced the permanent
fOrtresses around Toul. We had three
divisions in line on the south face of
the sector, but the mass of our battle
troops would not take over the
trenches until the night before the
attack.
Foch Springs Surprise.
August 80, the day I assumed COM
mand of the sector, Marshal Foch,
accompanied by General Weygand, his
chief of staff, came to my residence
at Ligny-en-B arrois and after the
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hung head downward. She was OBJ
viOusly in a dead faint. Quick as
flash another trapezist swung himself
out, and, in flying leap, grasped the
trapeze from which the girl was dan
CLING. He pulled her back to safety,
fastened rope round her waist, and
lowered her-still in a faint-to the
stage.
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Water Vapor. in Gas

The bureau of standards says that
usually both coal gas and water gas
leave the manufacturing plant sat
urated with water vapor at the tenn
perature of the coolest piece of ap-
paratus through which they have been
passed. This may be q condenser or
scrubber or it may be the gas holder.
The amount OF water vapor in the gas
depends upon the temperature and not
upon the character Of the gas.
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its as eighteen to thirty-five-this was
later increased to forty-five. The act
of 1864 drafted into military service
all white men between seventeen and
fifty, those between seventeen and
eighteen and forty-five and fifty to
constitute a reserve
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My chief of staff, General Mean
drew, and chief of operations, Fox
Conner, were sent to confer with Wey-
gand September / and returned to
Ligny-e en- Barrels with word that Mar
shall Foch desired to see General Pc
tain and me the following day. Mo-
toring to Petains headquarters with
Boyd and De Marcenches, we found
McAndrew and Conner had preceded
us and after lunch we went to Bonn
bon.
Opening the conference Foch re-
ferred to the note he had handed me
August 80 and to my reply and asked
my observations. Stating my attitude
on the desirability of carrying out
vigorous offensives to the fullest pos
sible extent, explained that If 1t
should be deemed necessary to aban-
don the st. Mihiel project in order to
begin the larger offensive, which was
understood to be west of the Mouse,
| would abide by his decision.
In the ensuing discussion, while
there was considerable sparring. it
was agreed the American army should
operate as a unit under it's own COM
mander on the useArgonne front.
Marshal Foch concluded that the
date for the operation should be post
poned so we could first carry out the
limited attack at st. Mihiel. We final
ly reached the definite understand
ing that after st. Mihiel our First
army should prepare to begin this
second offensive not later than Sep.
TENDER %.
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Civil War Soldier.

The soldiers drafted into the Union
army during the Civil war were be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
five. The first draft law of the Con-
federate states, 1862, gave the age linn
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Don't try to look so rich that you
will be held up on dark street.
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THE POSITION
OF AGNES
WINTERS
By Fannie Hurst :

GO. 1881. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.p
(WNU Servicel
Smyrna times., 1931-05-06
400 CHICKENS STOLEN FROM
EIGHT CENTREV|LlE FARMERS
NEGRO FROM NEAR kENTON
REPORTED ONE OF GANG
Three Negroes Are Already Under
Arrest = Fully 1000 Chickens
Stolen i'm Various Raids

Thieves have stolen over 400
chickens from eight Queen Anne's
County poultry raisers during the
last few days, about Centreville,
Md It is believed that the total
depredations of petty thieves who
have been conducting a systematic
series of raids on hen roosts will
increase this amount to fully 1000
head of choice stock poultry. Three
negroes recently were arrested in
the County Police Court at Centre
vile, Md, on charges of chicken
stealing. They are William Con-
yer, aged 80, of Wye Neck, who is
alleged to have confessed to taking
part in several of the robberies;
William Albert, aged Is, formerly
of st. Mary's Home, whom officers
allege has admitted his part in the
depredations; William Tyler, aged
20, of Wye Neck, who is alleged to
have told officers that he was a
member of the gang of chicken
thieves. A warrant is out for Will
Smyrna times., 1931-05-06

ber Dunleavy, aged %, of Blanco,
Del, who also is reported to have
been connected with the gang.
Those who have reported losses of
poultry during the last few days
include the following: John o.
Sheubrooks, Bloomingdale, As;
Charles r. Price, Bloomingdale, 76;
Robert Jump, Bloomingdale, 76;
Edwin Tolson, Centreville, so; Mrs.
Beatrice Bryan, Bryantown, so;
Charles w. Butler, Jr., Wye Neck,
SO; w. Lloyd Boyce, Centreville,
20; and Frank Benton, Centreville,
so. Sheriff ]. Elmer Anthony and
Constable Louis B. Perkins made
the arrests in the three cases and
have sent the fourth warrant to
Delaware for service.