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Trading Stamp Will Gets on a Judge's Nerves
Mnn wnnts but little hero belqw,
Uut trading Rtamps ore all thd bo.
DETROIT, MICH. Probate Judgo Hanloy absently scribbled the abovo sontl
ment on his blotter pad as ho listened to the contest of tho will ot Hattlo
C. Koszesha. Hattlo, by hor last testament, left her entire earthly treasures,
consisting of about $1,500 In trading
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mothor-ln-law must havo used unduo
influence on my wife to got her to bequeath half of theso trading stamps to
anybody but mo. I want tho will declared void on that ground."
Judgo Hanloy scribbled another couplet as he listened to tho oration of
Julius. It read:
It's tun to splto a mother-in-law,
Especially when H'a by the law.
"My wlfo spent tho best years of her llfo collecting thoso .trading Btamps,"
continued Julius. "Many Is tho happy evening she and I spent counting
them over."
TJucollc pleasures clashed with art,
But never loosened Cupid's dart.
That was what Judgo Hanlcy scribbled at this Juncture Dut tho mother-in-law
now had her Inning. She said they wero soap trading stamps and that
she had helped her daughter to get them.
The soap was Boon used up In lather,
That's what sot the stamps, I gather.
So tho judgo scribbled, but tho testimony was by that time all In and ho
rendered judgment.
"This Is tho cheapest will contest that has ever been brought In Wayno
county," ho said. "I admit tho will to probate, and, furthor, if tho will bo
knocked out, tho husband and mother of tho woman would divide tho trad
ing Btamps under tho statute."
Old Chippewa Indian Chief Views Wonders of City
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. John Smith, or Wa-be-no-gow-wes, for moro than
a hundred years chief of tho onco powerful tribe of Chippewa Indians,
who Is one hundred and twenty-eight years old, as he reckons it, and whoso
existence) as a boy 11G years ago is
vouched for by government records,
has loft for his tepee.
Ho camo hero to soe beforo death
tho great city thai has risen in his
lifetime where once tho wilderness
waa unbroken. Tho last of tho great
Indian chieftains of tho country, bent
and shrunken by age, still is able to
walk about, and all his faculties havo
boon retained.
Two small bright eyes in tho
dopths of a face so seamed and
wrinkled and withered that no words can visuallzo it looked out on tho city.
"Too many wagons," Bald tho old chief. Tho solitude of tho northern
woods called him and ho suffered from homesickness. To Charlie Drunell,
or "Little Cloud," who, with his wifo and six-months-old baby, came along
with the old chief, he complained of the noise.
"Old, old," ho said in English. But he lapsed Into tho Chippewa tongue
and spoko through an interpreter when he said:
"My people are going. Soon I will go. I came to see Minneapolis before
I die."
In the great Indian uprising of 1862, the most historic warfare incident
in Minnesota, he with other runners went north after tho Now Ulm rnassacre,
to warn tho whlto people of their danger. Other runners fell, pierced by
Sioux arrows, but Wa-bo-no-gew-wes got through and his friendliness for the
whites and his efforts in their behalf mark a part of the history of that time.
"Now my people aro dying, my youth Is gone," he said. And ho is very
sensitive on one point, for last winter while hunting he froze his nose.
"Blood run cold like squaw," he said.
How any man so bent and withered still can stand erect and still can
hear tho slightest noise and see a small object at a great dlstanco Is a won
der, but many things contributed to it.
Liko tho working of a piece of old mottled rubber was his face when
Charllo Brunell asked what ho believed most contributed to hs long llfo, tho
small, beadlike eyes began to twinkle away back in his head, the tip of the
nose bent down to meet tho chin, tho mouth opened, and the great contrib
uting cause camo out in one loud English word:
"Poker."
Bees Own a Street; Stop Business and Traffic
n INCINNATI. O. Sycamore street in the vicinity of Sixth street was nrac-
1 lically desorted tho other day, because of a swarm of bees which, after
attempting to establish a colony at St. Xavler's college, were routed, by stu-
learned. Teamsters made but one at
tempt to reach tho intersection of Seventh street and Samoro, long detours
being tho order of tho day after tho first tryout. Pedestrians got wise on tho
way home and business men along Sycamore street used tho back entrances
in going to and fro.
Tho bees undor the leadership of their queen took tho liberty of swarm
ing on ono of tho windows of the third floor of St. Xavler college. Some ono
discovered them and proceeded to rout them with water. Tho beea attacked
a car and forced tho passengers and crew to take flight.
Fred Dueker, with his son Irwin, with a common old shoe box as a trap,
gathered In all tho bees without any trouble, the youngster handling the big
ger part of tho Job. With the departure ot tho bees, peace again reigned
on Sycamore.
Whllo this was going on, Corporal sterly and Officer Somhorst wero on
their way to police headquarters, limping painfully, but happy. They carried
a largo box in which they had as prisoners a queen beo and her swarm that
had descended upon tho occupants of a basemont at Canal and Vine streots.
Both officers showed swollen parts of their body as proof of tho stings re
ceived. Before tho officers succeeded In gathering in this second swarm, tho
boos had Invaded a restaurant and caused the diners to floo In terror.
Ancient Game of "Snipe" Hunting Is Revived
NEW YORK. Tho ancient and honorable gamo of "snipe hunting" has been
revived nnd In this enlightened vicinity, too. Tho revlvee is Jack Ebrler,
a bookkeeper at the Guardian Savings and Trust company. Lest there bo
somo folk who aro not acquainted
with tho dollghts and Joys of "snlite
hunting" we will elucidate. For hunt
ing the wary snipo, a dark night 1b
selected. Tho hunters repair to a
dense woods. They circle through tho
woods aud drivo the snipe townrd the
center whero ono man stands ready
to catch them In a bag. The sport
comes when every ono beats it for
homo, leaving tho one man to hold
tho bag until ho comes to.
Jaok was visiting on a farm near
Hudson recently and some one proposod that tho bunch go snipo hunting,
Jack grew quito enthusiastic over its possibilities and qulto selfishly doclared
that ho would hold tho bag. Ho Just would not allow any ono olso to do it
And tho moro unselfish mombers of tho party lot him havo his way Tho
bag waa placed In the depth of tho woods with logs placed alongside to form
a runway, so tho snipe could not mlsB the bag in the dark. You know snipe
cannot see well at night. Ho waa armed with a lantom to attract the snipe
About 2 a. m. Mr. Ehrlor arrived homo, after having become lost in tho woods
chased by dogs and Irate farmers whom ho awoko to find out whero he was'
Ho would not have this story become known at tho bank for anything so
pleaso help us to keep it quiet. '
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stamps, to bo divided equally be
tween her husband. Julius, and her
mother, Mrs. Matilda Brock. By dlut
of questioning, Judgo Hanloy learned
that tho trading stamps wero worth a
parlor rocker, a soup tureen and a
shaving mug, or, by different combin
ing, would got for tho lucky holder a
penwlpor, a set of false teeth and a
shoehorn.
"Your honor," said Julius, "my
dents thore and mado things miserable
for pedestrians, school children and
factory employes In tho vicinity. Busi
ness was practically at a standstill
until he bees could be gathered into
a box and taken away.
Conductors and motormen on the
pay-as-you-enter cars which oporato
y on Sycamore street had tho laugh on
their comrades who man open sum
mer conveyances, although some of
them got stung beforo tho lesson was
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Application cl the Scriptures to
the World Today as Seen by Emi
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(Coprright. 1911. by Joseph a Bowie)
NAPOLEON'S E3TIMATE OF
CHRI8T.
(Br Ilia Emlneoc JAMES, CARDINAL
GUBDONa)
"Nobody ever outgrows Scripture;
tho book widens and deepens with our
years, Chnrlee H. Bpurgeon.
Tho first Napoleon was not a theo
logian; but ho was a groat man and
a profound ob
server whoso vast
experience hod en
ablod him to judgo
what forces wero
necessary to pro-
duco a lasting ef
fect on mankind.
When chained to
tho rock of St
Helena ho had
omplo leiauro to
meoauro tho great
ness of men and
to estimate them
according to their
true value. One
day In a conver
sation with Mon
tholon ho put this
question to him: "Who was Jesus
Christ?" Montholon having decllnod
to answer, Napoloon proceeded: "I
will toll you. Alexander, Caesar, Char
lemagne and myself havo founded
groat empires. But our empires wore
founded on forco. Jesus alone found
od hie'ompiro on love, and to this day
millions would die for him. I think
I understand something of human na
ture, and I tell you, all these were
men, and I am a man. Jesus Christ
was more than man. I havo inspired
multitudes with a devotion so enthu
siastic that they would havo died for
mo. But to do this it was necessary
that I should bo visibly present with
tho eleotric influence of my looks, my
words, my voice. Who cares for me
now, removed as I am from the active
Bcenes of llfo and from the presence
of men? Who would now die for me?
Christ alone across tho chasm of
eighteen centuries makes a demand
which is beyond all others difficult to
satisfy. Ho asks for tho human heart
He demands it unconditionally, and
forthwith his demand is granted. Won
dertull In defiance of time and space
tho soul of man, with all its powers
and fortuities becomes on annexation
to tho empire of Christ This phe
nomenon is unaccountable; It is alto
gether beyond the scope of man's cre
ative powers. Time, tho great de
stroyer, is powerless to extinguish this
aacred flame. This is what strikes mo
most This is what proves to mo qulto
convincingly that Jesus Christ is God."
Lack of
LOVE THE
AP08TA8Y.
BASEST
(By THEODORE KEMP, LU D., Presi
dent Illinois Wealcyan University.)
"There Is no book like the Blblo for
excellent wisdom and use." Sir Mat
thew Ilalo.
In tho parable of the Good Samari
tan, tho priest returning from worship
at tho temple avoided his wounded
neighbor and passed by on the other
Bide. He yorhaps thought it was too
bod to havo the influence of a beauti
ful service a"t the temple dissipated by
tho groans of a dust begrimed bleed
ing traveler by tho way. Tho rob
I UCIO UilUL JUL Uu UCi UUU 1L nUUlU UU
dangerous to stop. Ono who serves
tho temple has no time to listen to tho
bers might yet be near, and it would bo
plaints of men. Tho Lovlto, moved by
curiosity and perhaps a brief spasm
of pity, drew near, looked and passed
on. To tarry and help would mean
loss of time, a disagreeable task, and
porhaps cost of money.
Tho unorthodox Samaritan may bo
short on creed but ho Is long on deeds.
His duty to God is bound up with his
duty to men. His religion has taught
him tho Joy of service to .humanity.
Tho Priest and Levlte thought thoy
could bo religious without compassion
or sympathy for men. Christ taught
men to exhibit their faith in God by
a spirit of helpfulness to mankind.
God cannot bo truly worshiped when
men aro neglected. One cannot lovo
God and despiso his neighbor. No
amount of worship on Sunday will
atone for lack-of justice and compas
sion toward man for tho rest of the
week. By tho standards of tho Priest
and Lovlto tho Samaritan was unor
thodox. But by Christ's standard bis
deeds wero sublime and theirs woro
despicable. The worst heterodoxy la
that of tho heart and not of the head.
The basest apoBtasy consists in lack
of love.
JOHN RUSKIN'8 CHARITY.
(By ALBERT 8. COOK, Ph. D., LL. D
Professor of the English Language and
Literature, Yale University.)
"Tho very humanity of the Blblo
helps to prove its dlvlneness." Presi
dent Charles F. Thwing, .Western Bo
serve University.
Ono of tho most eloquent men of
the nineteenth century, and ono of
tho hardest workers In behalf of thoso
less fortunate than hlmsolf, was John
Ruskln. Ho anticipated Mr. Carneglo
by saying, 50 years ago, that the cap-
To Remove Ink.
To extract ink from cotton, silk, or
woolen goods, dip in spirits of turpen
tine and lot remain for sovoral houra.
Thon rub thoroughly between the
hands and tho spots will disappear
without changing either the color or
texturo of tho goods.
Position During Sleep.
People who bellovo it advisable to
sloop with the head to tho north hold
that the magnetic current flowing
from north to south induces healthful
LhE "f'Aj-.y6 v't-i
ltnllst should aim to dlo, not as rich,
but as poor as possible; and he was
continually giving to causes and Indi
viduals that ho thought worthy. One or
two extracts from his writings will 11
lustrate his temper. Here Is one:
"What do you suppose fools wero
mado for? That you might tread upon
them, and stnrvo thorn, and get tho
better of thorn In every possible way
By no mean's. They woro made that
wise peoplo might take caro of them."
And here Is another:
"Tho duty of the government, as re
gards tho distribution of its work, is
to nttond first to tho wonts of tho
moBt necessitous; thercforo, to tnko
particular chargo of tho back streets ,
of every town; leaving tho lino ones,
moro or less, according to their flnory,
to tnko caro of themselves. And It Is
tho duty of magistrates, and other per- i
sons In authority, but especially of all I
bishops, to know thoroughly tho nuiu- j
bore, means of subsistence and modes I
of llfo, of tho poorest porsons In tho
community, and to bo suro that they I
at least aro virtuous and comfort
able" ,
Ituskln know tho Bible from his
childhood, and his judgment ot It is
oxpreoscd in tho following passage:
"It contains plain teaching for men
of overy rank of soul and Btato In
llfo, which bo far as they honestly and
implicitly obey, thoy will bo happy
and innocent to tho utmost powers of
their naturo, and capable of victory
over all adversities, whether of temp
tation or pain."
RELIGION IN EDUCATION.
(By CHAItLES P. TIIWINO, LL. D,.
President of Western Bcservo Univer
sity, Cleveland.)
"Tho Bible contains more true jtub
llmlty, more exqulslto beauty, more
puro morality, moro Important his
tory, and finer strains of poetry and
eloquence than can bo collected from
all other books." Sir William Jones,
famous linguist and oriental scholar.
I am not a Catholic; but 1 sympa
thize with tho Catholic In his demand
that education bo
mado religious.
And what Is re
ligion? Is It not
to live In and for
him, whom in all
languages we call
tho Supremo? Is
it not to live for
eternity In time,
and for tho uni
versal In our lit
tle lot and place?
Is it not to follow
tho wishes, to
heed the Intima
tions, and to obey
the commands ot
God? Is it not to
be so human that
ono approaches di-
vlneness? For it 1b declared that tho
perfect man is mado in the divine im
age. Such are some of the suggestions re
garding tho character of tho religion
which I believe should bo taught in
American schools and colleges. Such,
too, is the religion which tho Blblo
presents. It Is the religion, sociologi
cal: "So we being many, are one body
In Christ, and every one members one
of another." It Ib tho religion per
sonal: "What doth tho Lord rcqulro
of theo but to do justly and to lovo
mercy nnd to walk humbly with thy
God!"
In tho presentation and toachlng ot
such a religion, broad without being
thin, fundamental and essential, both
Catholio and Jow nnd Protestant
should agreo and co-operate.
PARROT "TALKED TOO MUCH"
Escaped Bird Shed Light on Matter
Which Has Long Been No Secret
In Vienna.
A story from Vienna shows how
tho Viennese regard tho relations ex
isting betwoon tho Emperor Francis
JoBeph, 83 years old, and tho Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to
tho throne.
The story goes that a policeman
recently found a parrot In a tree out
aldo the' Belvedere, the Vienna palace
of tho Archduko Francis Fordlnand.
As tho parrot freely used tho names
of various august porsonages, tho
chief ot pollco was Informed, and ho
ordered that the bird bo brought be
foro him for cross-examination. Tho
parrot talked freely, using tho most
violent explotlves, but always winding
up with tho phrase: "IIo'll llvo to bo
a hundred!"
Thereupon tho chief of pollco said
thero was only ono man In Vienna to
whom tho parrot could belong, and
ordered that tho bird bo taken back
to tho Belvedere.
The story is said to bo very popular,
as evorybody knows that tho emperor
and his heir cordially dlsllko each
other.
Why Pretend?
What is the uso of a millionaire's
pretending ho is not rich? Ho may
not bo able to play the violin or the
guitar or even bridge with elegance
and skill, ho may know nothing of tho
poots, and look at the great masters
of painting through the eye of his
agents; but ho does possess ono solid
quality which nobody can deny; he
is rich. With this chord of richness,
if ho understands tho fine art of
Blmple living in its truo sense, he can
play many pleasant variations. Tho
harmonics of riches may bo mado
very pleasant nnd not at all annoying
to anybody. Tho rich do not really
annoy us with their display of wealth;
they irritate ue only when we are not
nlldTred to participate in thoso dis
plays. From "The Fino Art of Simple
Living," by Maurico Francis Bgan,
Minister to Denmark, in tho Century.
rest as it passes through tho body.
This opinion la by no means genorally
accepted.
Blessings of Hope.
Hope resists despair, It attacks its
foe again and again. Without our ask
ing wo, who despaired one moment,
aro strangely hopeful the next mo-mont-
Tho quick shifts of tho con toot
ko on within us, und wo seem to bo
nut spectators. Hopo prevails, thank
kind heavon, most of tho time. Per
fect doBpolr Is rare. Indeed.
HPSwHfc HiWWBgV'-JBi
INCREASE IN PRICES
Modern Farm Packing
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho lovol of pricos paid producers of
tho United States for tho principal
crops incroasod about 1.3 per Cent dur
ing April; In tho past six years tho
prlco levol has increased during April
3.2 por cent; thus, tho increase this
year is less than usual.
Since December 1, tho Index flguro
of crop pricos has advanced 2.4 por
cent; during tho s.imo porlod a year
ago tho advance was 5.3 per cent, and
tho nvorago for tho past six years has
been an advance of 11.1 per cent.
On May 1 tho Index flguro of crop
prices was about 17 per cent higher
than a year ago, but 18.3 por cent low
er thnn two years ago and 1.3 por cent
higher than tho average of tho past
six years on May 1. ;
Tho level of pricos paid to producors
of tho United States for meat animals
Incrcosod 0.4 per cent during the
month from March 15 to April 15,
which compares with nn incrcaso of
3.7'por cent In tho snmo porlod a year
ago, an lncreaso ot 10.7 por cent two
years ago, n decreaso of 4.7 per cont
thrco years ago, and nn lncreaso of 4.8
per cont four years ago.
From Docombor 15 to April 15 tho
advance In prices for meat animals
has boon 8 per cent; whereas during
tho samo period a year ago tho ad
vanco was 14.5 por cent, and two years
ago 17.3 por cont, whilo throe years
ago thoro was a decline In prlco of 6.G
por cent during this period.
On April 15 tho averago (woighted)
prlco of meat animals hogs, cattle,
Bhoop and chickens was J7.40 por 100
pounds, which Is 0.7 per cent higher
than tho prevailing prlco a year ago,
17.5 por cent higher than two years
ago, 27.6 per cent higher than three
years ago, and 4.4 per cont lower than
four years ago on April 15.
Number of Honey Beea In the Country.
The number of colonies of bees in
tho United States this yoar appears to
bo about four per cont abovo tho num
ber last yoar, and 2 por cont above
recent years. Decreases compared
both with last yoar and recent years
aro reported in tho New England
states, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mis
souri, Nobraska, Kansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and California. The loss in
California und In a majority of the
othor states nnmed was duo to a se
vere opldumlo of foul-brood disease.
Increases aro particularly marked in
tho North Contral, Rocky mountains
and Pacific coast states, except as al
ready noted.
Tho condition of tho colonies Is re
ported to bo about 98 por cent of a
normal, taking tho United States as a
wholo. Tho condition Is about 5 per
' cent abovo normal, however, In the
, Rocky mountain and Pacific coast
1 states. Tho condition of colonies com
pared with Inst spring is about 4 por
, cent hotter, being reported as Inferior
only In Malno, Massachusetts, Connect
I leut, Virginia, West Vlrglnln, Georgia,
j Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Knnsas, Ken
1 tucky and Mississippi. It Is generally
1 bettor than last spring In tho -North
' contral states and very much better In
j tho Rocky mountain and Pacific coast
states.
I Tho condition of nectar-bearing
, plants averages about 99 por cent of
a normal for tho United States as a
, whole, ranging In the neighborhood of
95 in all tho country east of tho Rock
ies, excepting Texas, where It is 115,
' and about 105 per cent In tho Rocky
mountain and Pnciilc coast states, be
ing highest, 120 per cent, In Califor
nia. Compared wi;h last year tho-condition
of nectnr-bearlng plants aver
ages 3 por cent higher for the United
States, being generally slightly below
last year east of the Rockies, except in
I Texas, where It Is 50 per cent better,
j and decidedly better In tho Rocky
; mountain and Pacific coast stateB,
' reaching tho very high figure of 175
j per cont compared with last year in
' California, whero moisture conditions
in tho white sago country presuge a
bountiful nectar flow,
In tho Important honey-producing
stntos of Texas, Colorado and Califor
nia tho outlook is very promising,
showing numbers of colonies com
pared with recent years of 115, 115 and
85, and compared with last year of 112,
120 and 93 per cont, respectively; colo
ny conditions compared with normal
of 115, 107 and 120, as compared with
last year, or 150, 107 and 175 por cent,
respectively,
Tho numbor ot colonies In the white
clover belt of the North contral states
Is at least 5 per cont abovo tho num
bor last year, and, taken as a whole,
tho condition of tho colonlea 1b equal
to that of last yoar; but the condition
Eradlcator of Weeds,
Exporlmonts at the Wisconsin ex
periment station show that hemp is
an oradlcator of weeds. Land that waa
badly Infested with quack gnus and
Canada thistle and wild mustard and
othor typo of woods waa oleanod by a
crop ot hemp which grew to a height
ot ton to twelvo inches.
:
OF FARM PRODUCTS
Shed Vegetables and Fruit
of nectar plants in these states is re
ported as not qulto so good aB last
year, duo partly to a Into spring and
partly to' loss of clover from Uio
drought In somo sections.
An inquiry will bo mado in July re
garding honey production, and another
inquiry on tho samo subject will bo
mado later In tho season. It is hopod
In tho mcnntlmo to secure tho agree
ment of a largo numbor of experienced
and up-to-dato beekeoperB to furnish
reports on tho honey crop In ordor
that tho estimates may bo approxi
mately correct and therefore of real
valuo to honey producers and others
Interested.
Save Crimson Clover Seed.
"Save your homo grown crimson
clover seod" Is tho advlco given to
farmers by clovor BpeclallBts of tho
department of agriculture. "Clovor
seud of tho home saved variety in the
hull is tho host and surest to bow,
since tho hull seoms to hold a Httla
molsturo and thereby reduces tho
chanco ot failure to got a good stand.
Farmora aro urged to savo thler own
seed.
"Tho clover will soon bo rlpo and a
fow farmors will endeavor to savo tho
seed in a small way by stripping the,
heads; by hauling tho rlpo hay to a
shed and let it Ho until a slack tlmo,
when It will bo beaten out; or by liauh
ing to a scaffold mado of boards with,
cracks betwoon, or stretching poultry
wire ovor a frame and flailing tho
soedB out, allowing the seeds to faR
through whero they can bo gathered,
up."
Tho following slmplo method for
saving crimson clover seed will prove
practical and economical and is recom
mended by tho department:
After tho clover Is ripe, select a time
when tho Bun Is likely to shine for sev
eral days, then mow in tho morning,
whllo tho dow is yet on the clovor. Lot
it lio without being disturbed until tho.
nexjt noon. Tnko a tarpaulin or" largo
wagon shoot to tho Hold and spread It
ouL Pitch tho dry clovor hay on to it,
stir with forks, shaku tho socd out and
throw tho straw back on tho laud.
When tho seed that aro nearby aro
saved, drag the tarpaulin a llttlo far
ther Into tho field, repeating tho opera
tion until the field is harvested, or suf
ficient seed Is secured for thp next'
fall's sowing. Tho socd thus secured
can ho placed In bags from time to
tlmo.
Probably tho moat important charac
teristic of crimson clover la Its ability
to grow nnd mako its crop during tho
season when tho land is not occupied
by tho ordinary suminor grown crops.
In sections where it succeeds, crimson
clover can bo sown following a grafn.
crop or In an intortilled crop In lata
summor, and will maturo a hay crop
the following spring in timo to plow
tho land for spring seeded crops, such
ns corn or cotton.
11 luuy uvun uu nuiu lur uuuu ua lur i
north as contral Delaware and the
stubble bo plowod undor In time for
seeding tho quick-maturing strains of
corn. It may bo turnod under for soil
improvement when only six inches
high if it is dosired to lit tho land for
early spring-seeded crops. Even if only
the stubblo bo turnud under, tho offect
upon the succeeding crop will bo
marked, especially If tho soil bo doll
clent In nitrogenous fertilizers. Tha
plowing under of tho entire plant, how
over, will moro rapidly correct any an urn, a score of Casey's friends, fol
deficiency of nitrates or humus in tho lowing directions left.by the decedent,
soil. ' piocceded to a hotel whose proprietor'
It Ib one of the best cover cropB for , was an old irlend of Casey's.
ueo in orchards and, In fact, under Brforo the party sat down to dinner
any conditions whore tho soil is likely
to wash during tho Vlntor months. Thu
many uses to which this crop may bo
put merit a caroful study of the best
methods of establishing a stand of
crimson clover upou a farm.
Most of tho soils in tho crimson clo
ver sections will bo found to be bene
fited by liming. Crimson clover, how
ever, does not nppear to require lime
to tho oxteut that red clovor does. Fre
quently on well-drained soils in a good
stato of fertility tho crimson clover
makes a vigorous growth without tho
ubo of lime Tho stands are, however,
usually moro uniformly good ovor tho
limed parts of such fields than ou tho
parts that havo received no lUno. Tho
opinion among individual farmers ap
pears to be about equally divided us
to whother or not It pays them to lime
their soils for crliftsoii clovor. In con
sidering tho advisability of applying
Umo ono must not loso night of tho
need ot llmo on tho part of such oilier
crops' as cantaloupes or peaches, which
roqulro llmo and which aro elthor
grown with tho clover or follow It
Tillage or Mulching.
Tho war still wages botwoen tho fac
tions shall it bo tillogo or mulching?
Tho problem is oany of solution. Just
uso a little woo bit ot homo Bonsa.
Orohadlsts on sites that erode badty
and whoro soil fertility la not plentiful
mulch if possible. On altos tho ra
Trac till.
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54
TREES AND YET MORE TREES
Matter of Duty for Every Man Who la
Able, ta Plant One In HI
Life, at Least.
A noted philanthropist onco said:
"If I know that I should dio tomorrow,
I should plant a treo today." He did
not mean that troo planting was tha
sort of action to bo deferred as lose
as posslblo; ho counted it rather a
deed with which ono might make -a
good farewell to earth and who shall
say that ho waa not right?
There is nothing moro beautiful,
more dignified, mora valuable in the
broadest sen bo of tho word than a flna
old tree. Thoro are few things more
lasting. Tho splendid cathedrals of
tbo thirteenth century aro kept in
condition only by constant and loving
repairs, but many an oak that marked
tbo landsoapo when the corner stoao
of Amiens was laid is still alive. New
England Bottlers moved elms from the
woods to tholr dooryorda and road
sides almost thrco centuries ago and
the some treos are there today. Tho
few "codarn of Lebanon" which still
mark the sito of forests from which
the ships ot Tarsli Ish were built may
number in their thinning ranks indi
viuuals which saw the march of God
frey do Bouillon, and tho counter
march of Saladin.
Plant trees. Do noc wait for the
government to reforest somo distant
mountains. Reforest ne much of your
own holdings as you may. You have
no hotter chanco of itlBfaction now
tuid grntoful remembrance later than
may bo found la planting trees
FOR A WOODLAND PARADISE
ChlcaQoans Determined That Their
City Shall Be Abundantly Sup
plied With Trees.
la vlow of tho ndvanco which city
beautiflcntlon has mua during the
Inst few years, especially in Chlcas,
Arbor day has a definite significance.
Trco plantim; exorcises havo been
hold in all partB or tho city, about tWi
hundrud and fifty thousand white
iino beedllngs being provided foi
yards, vacant lots and roadways. Lasl
year 200,000 elm seedlings wero plant
ed; tho year beforo 300,000 Russian
mulberries, and In 1911 a total ot 280
000 catalpa seedlings wero given a
chnnco to grow. If nil these grow
Chicago would bo, not a garden city,
but n forest city. Tho mortality rata
among seedlings, however, is nlmoii
us great b it is among slum bablck
It a reasonable fraction of these
young trees grow to maturity Chicago
will be In tlmo a woodland paradise,
An authority on arboriculture as ap
piled totcltles says the ratio should b
ono living shade treo to every flvo in
habitants. In -tho absence of a tree
census it is impossible to say how
near Chicago approaches this IdeaL
Bq that ns It may, the principle oJ
Arbor day is wholesome, It is but
ono plrnse ot tho general tendency ei
tho day to instill into tho children an
Instinct for somo of tho finer things
that older folks have thought they
wero too busy tp cultivate.
MADE HIS FUNERAL A PARTY
Bartender, a Suicide, Pays for Feast
for the Mourners Around
Hie Ashes.
William S. Casey, n bartender wide
ly known in tho California cattle coun
try, had n funeral which ho paid for
himself. Casey died by his own hanl
Ills henlth shattered, ho told h'la
friends that he did not want to live
if ho could not bo happy. He had
91.000 In a bank at Salinas, and' a
ranged that tho sum bo used for bis
funeral.
"My passing out 1b not a Blgnal for,
sorrow," Casoy had said. "I want the.
friends that attend my funoral to
enjoy themselves just as If I wero
among them in reality, as I will be In
Bpirit."
A special car brought Casey's body
from Salinas to San FranclBco, where
tt wa3 cremated. With tho ashes in
tho urn was taken Into tho barroom
and placed behind the bar. Then
every ono ordered his favorite drink,'
and this toast was drunk:
"rio Casey, who is still behind tho
oar."
Tbo party, carrying out Casey'a In
structions, then sat down to dinner',''
and later went to a theater. Casey'a
ashes wero taken back to Salinas aad
sprinkled on tho Salinas river. San
Francisco Examiner.
School Playgrounds,
How largo Is your school play
ground? Henry S. Curtis, in a bulle
tin juat issued by the United States bu
reau 'of education, declares that every
city school building should have at
least one full block ot ground, whether
tho ulodk is tho usual city block or
two or throe acres, or one ot;ten acres,
as In "Salt Lako City, Utah. ,
Real Test.
A well-behaved man never knows,
whether hla wlfo loves him or not.
But le him commit a crime, and she
will not only proclaim her affection,
but she will stand by him in a man
ner to attract tho attontioa and ad
miration ot tho ctvlllted world. To
poka Capital. ,
Way of thi World.
Tha girl 'who declares sho wouldn't
marry tha beat man living usually
stands pat and hooka up with a dead
one.
