DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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I BY " 1
FREDERICK PALMER
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(Copyright, 1914. by
SYNOPSIS.
At their home on the frontier between
the Browns and Oroya Marta aalland ami
her mother, entertaining Colonel Wester
llng of the Grays, seo Captain Lanstron,
staff Intelligence officer of the Browns,
Injured by a fall In Ills aeroplane. Ten
years later Tv'esterllnK, nominal vice but
real chief of staff, reinforces South La
Tlr, meditates on war, and speculates on
the compnratio ages of himself and Mar
ia, who Is vlsltln In the Gray capital.
Tvestcrllns calls on Mnrta. She tells him
of her teachlnc children tho follies of war
nd martial patriotism, begs him to pre
vent war while ho Is chief of staff, nnd
Bredlcts that If he makes war against the
Towns he will not win. On tho march
with the 53d of tho Browns Private Stran
Ky, anarchist, decries war nnd played
out patriotism and Is olaced under arrest
Lanatron everhearinir, begs him
orr Lanstron calls on Marta at her homo.
J i. '." w,lh Feller, the (tardner. Marta
tells Lanstron that she believes Feller to
on a spy. Lanstron confesses It Is true.
CHAPTER VI Continued.
"Oh, It's you, Lanny Colonel Lan
etronl" ho exclaimed thickly. "I saw
that sorno ono had cotno In hero and
naturally I was alarmed, as nobody
but myself evor enters. And Miss Gal
Jandl" Ho removed his hat deferential
ly and bowed; his stoop returned and
tho lines of his face drooped. "I was
bo stupid; It did not occur to mo that
you might bo showing tho tower to
Colonel Lanstron."
"Wo nro sorry to have given you a
fright!" said Marta very gently.
"Eh 7 Eh I" queried Keller, again
deaf. "Fright? Oh, uo, no fright. It
might have been some boys from tho
town marauding."
Ho wns about to withdraw, In keep
ing with his circumspect adherence
to his part, which ho played with a
sincerity that half-convinced oven him
self at times that he was really deaf,
when the firo flickered back euddonly
to hia eyes and he glanced from Lan
Btron to the stairway in desperate In
qulry.
"Wait, Feller! Threo of us sharo
the secret now. Those aro Miss Gal
land's premises. I thought best that
sho should know overything," said Lan
stron. "Everything!" exclaimed Feller.
"Everything" tho word caught in his
throat. "You mean my story, too?" He
was neither young nor old now. "Sho
knows who I am?" he asked.
"His story!" exclaimed Marta, with
a puzzled look to Lanstron before sho
turned to Feller with a look of warm
sympathy. "Why, thero Is no story!
You camo with excellent recommenda
tions. You aro our very offlclent gar
dener. That is all wo need to know.
Isn't that tho way you wish It, Mr.
Feller?"
"Yes, Just that!" ho said softly, rais
ing his eyes to her. "Thank you, Miss
Galland!"
Ho was going nfter another "Thank
you!" and a bow; going with tho slow
step and stoop of his part, when Lan
stron, with a masculine roughness of
lmpulso which may be subllmo gentlo
nees, swung him around and solzed his
hands in a firm caresst
"Forglvo mo, Gustavo 1" ho begged.
"Forgive the most brutal of all in
juries that which wounds a frlond'B
sensibilities."
"Why, there Is nothing I could ever
have to forglvo you, Lanny," ho said,
returning Lanstron's pressure whllo
for an Instant his quickening musclos
gavo him a soldierly erectneBs. Then
his attltudo changed to ono of doubt
and Inquiry. "And you found out that
I was not deaf whon you had that fall
on the terrace?" ho asked, turning to
Marta. "That Is how you happonod to
get tho wholo story? Toll mo, hon
estly!" "Yea."
"You saw so much more of mo than
tho others, Miss Galland," ho said with
a charming bow, "and you aro so quick
to obsorvo. I am sorry" ho paused
with head down for an Instant "very
sorry to havo deceived you."
"But you are still a deaf gardener
to mo," said Marta, finding consolation
in pleasing him.
"Eh? Eh?" Ho put his hand to his
ear as ho resumed hia stoop. "Yes,
yes," he added, as a deaf man will
when understanding of a remark which
lie fulled at llrst to catch cornea to htm
In an echo. "Yes, the gardener has no
past," ho declared in tho gentlo old
gardener's voice, "whon all tho How
era dlo every year and ho thinks only
of next year's blossoms of tho fu
ture!" Now tho air of tho room seemed to
be stifling him, that of tho rooflosB
world of the garden calling him. Tho
bent figure disappeared around a turn
In tho path and they listened without
moving until tho sound of his slow,
dragging footfalls had died away.
"When he Is serving those of hia
own social station I can boo how It
would bo easier for him not to have
mo know," said Marta. "Sensitive,
proud and Intense " and a look of
horror appeared In her oyeB. "As ho
camo across tho room; his faco was
transformed. I Imaglno It was llko
that of a man giving no quarter In a
bayonet charge 1"
Feller bad won tho day for himself
where a friend's pleas might havo
failed. This was as It should bo, Lan
stron thought.
"Tho right view tho viow that you
were bound to tako!" ho eald.
"And yet, I don't know your plans
for him, Lanny, Thero Is another thing
to consider," sho replied, with an ab
rupt chango oj tono. "Hut first let ua
leave Feller'i quarters. Wo aro in
truders here.'
"A man playing deaf; a Bocret tolo
phono Installed on our premises with
out our consent this Is all I know so
far," said . Marta, seated opposite
Lanstron at one end of the, circular
Beat in tho arbor of Mercury, '
"Of course, with vour 3,000,000
against their 6,000,000, the Oroya will
take tho offensive," bo said. "For us,
the defensive La Tlr la In an angle.
It do b not belong In the permanent
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tactical lino of our defonses. Never
theless, thero will bo hard fighting
here. Tho Drowns will fall back step
by step, and we mean, with relatively
small cost to ourselves, to mako tho
Grays pay a heavy prlco for each stop
Just as heavy as wo can."
"You need not uso euphonious
terms," she said without lifting her
lashes or any movement except a
quick, nervous gesture of Her freo
hand. "What you mean Is that you
will kill as many as possible of tho
Grays, Isn't Is? And if you could kill
fivo for overy man you lost, that would
bo splendid, wouldn't It?"
"I don't think of it as splendid. There
Is nothing splendid about war," ho ob
jected; "not to mo, Marta."
"And after you have made them pay
five to ono or ten to ono In human
lives for tho tangent, what then? Go
on! I want to look at war faco to faco,
freo of tho wlll-o'-tho-wlsp glamour that
draws on soldiers."
"Wo fall back to our first lino of do
dense, fighting all the time. Tho Grays
occupy La Tlr, which will bo out of tho
reach of our guns. Your house will
no longer be In danger, and wo happen
to know that Westerllng means to
make It life headquarters."
"Our house Westorllng's headquar
ters!" she ropeatod. With a start that
brought her up erect, alert, challeng
ing, hor lashes flickering, sho recalled
that Westerllng had Bald at parting
that ho should seo her If war camo.
This corroborated Lanetron'a Informa
tion. One 8ldo wanted a spy in tho
garden; tho other a genoral In tho
house. Was she expected to mako a
cholco? Ho had ceased to bo Lanny.
Ho personified waV. Wostorllng per
sonified war. "I supposo you havo
spies under his vory nose In his very
staff ofilceB?" she asked.
"And probably ho has in ours," said
Lanstron, "though wo do our best to
prevent It."
"What a pretty oxamplo of trust
among civilized nations!" she ox
claimed. "You say that Westerllng,
who commands tho killing on hia sido,
will be In no danucr. And. Lannv. nrn
you a person of such distinction in tho
Business of killing that you also will
bo out of danger?"
Sho did not seo, as hor oyos poured
her hot lnd4gnatlon into hia. that hl
maimed hand was twitching or how
ne Bit niB lips nnd Hushed before ho ro
plled: "Each ono goes whero he is sent,
link by link, down from tho chief of
staff. Only In thla way can you havo
that solidarity, that harmonious ofll
clency which means victory."
"An autocracy, a tyranny over the
lives of all tho adult maleB la countries
that boast of tho ballot and self-governing
institutions !" sho put In.
"But I hopo," ho went on, with tho
quickening pulso nnd eager smllo that
usod to greet a call from Feller to "set
things going" In their cadot days, "that
I may take out a squadron of dirigibles.
After all thla spy business, that would
be to my tasto."
"And if you caught a regiment In
close formation with a shower of
bombs, that would bo positively heav
enly, wouldn't It?" Sho bent nearer
to him, hor eyoa flaming demand and
satire. a
"No! War necessary, horrible, hell
ish !" he roplled. Something In hor
seemed to draw out tho brutal truth
sho had asked for In place of ouphonl
ous terms.
"When I bocamo chief of intclllgonco
I found that an underground wlro had
boon laid to the castlo from tho Eighth
division headquarters, which will bo
our genoral staff headquarters In timo
of war. Tho purpose was tho samo as
now, but abandoned as chimerical All
that wae necossary was to Install' the
Instrument, which Follor did. I, too,
saw tho plan as chlmorlcal, yet It was
a chance the ono out of a thousand
If It should happen to succeed wo
should play with our cards concealed
and theirs on tho table.
"Tho rest of Feller's part you have
gueRaed already," ho concludod. "You
can see how a deaf, Inoffonslvo old
gardener would hardly sepm to know
a Gray soldier from u Brown; how It
might no more occur to Westorllng to
send him away than tho family u0g or
cat; how ho might retain his quarters
in tho tower; how ho could Judgo tho
atmosphero of the staff, whothor elated
or depressed, pick up scraps of conver
sation, nnd, as a trained ofllcor, know
tho valuo of what ho heard and report
It over tho phono to Partow's head
quarters." "But what about the aoroplanei?"
she asked. "I thought you wore to de
pend on them for scouting."
"We shall uso them, but they aro
thd least tried of all tho new re
sources," ho Bald. "A Gray aoroplano
may cut a Brown aoroplano down be
foro It returns with tho news wo want.
At most, when tho aviator may descend
low onough for nccurato observation
ho can see only what Is actually bolng
done. Foller would know Wosterllng's
plans beforo they woro even In tho
llrst stops of execution. This" play
ing tho thought happily "this would
bo tho Ideal arrangement, whllo our
planes and dirigibles woro kept over
our linos to strlko down theirs. And
Marta, that la all," ho concluded.
"If thero Is war, tho moment that
Feller's ruso Is discovered ho will bo
shot as a spy?" sho asked.
"I warned him of that,' said Lan
stron. "Ho la a soldier, with a sol
dlor'B fatalism. He sees no more dan
dor In thla than In commanding a bat
tery In a crisis."
"Suppose that the Oroya win? Sup
poso that La Tlr la permanently
theirs?"
"They shall not wlnl They muot
not!" Lanstron exclaimed, his tono as
rlld aa Weaterllng'a toward hor seo
ond prophecy,
"Yet If they should win and Wester
llng finds that I havo been party to
this treachery, as, I shall bo now that
I am In tho secret, think of tho posi
tion of my mother nnd myself!" sho
continued, "Has that occurred to you,
a friend, In making our proporty, our
garden, our neutrality, which Is our
only dofensc, n factor In ono of your
pinna without our pormlsslon?"
Hor eyes, blue-black In appeal and
repronch, revealed tho depths of a
wound as they had on tho torraco steps
beforo luncheon, whon ho had been
npprlBed of a feeling for him by seeing
it dead under his blow. Tho logic of
the chief of Intelligence withered. Ho
understood how a friendship to her
wns, Indeed, more sacred than patriotic
passion. Ho realized the shamo of
what ho lwd dono now that ho was
freo of professional Influences.
"You aro right, Marta I" ho replied.
"It was beastly of mo thero la no ox
cuso." Ho looked around to seo an orderly
from the nearest military wlrelese sta
tion. "I was told It was urgent, sir," said
the ordorly, In excuse for hia intrusion,
ob ho passed a telegram to Lanstron.
Immediately Lanstron felt tho touch
of tho paper hia features scorned to
tako on a mask that concealed his
thought as ho read:
"Tako night express. Como direct
from station to mo. Partow."
This meant that ho would bo ex
pected at Partow's office at eight tho
noxt morning. Ho wroto his answer;
tho orderly saluted and departed at a
rapid pace; and then, as a matter of
habit of tho samo kind that makes
sorno men wlpo their pens when lay
ing them down, ho struck a match and
set flro to ono corner of the paper,
which burned to his fingers' ends bo
foro ho tossed tho charred remains
away. Marta imagined what ho would
bo llko with tho havoc of war raging
around him all self-possession and
mastery; but actually ho was trying to
reassure himself that ho ought not to
feol petulant ovor a holiday cut short.
"I shall havo to go at once," ho said.
"Marta, If thero woro to bo war very
soon within a week or two weeks
what would bo your attltudo about Fel
ler's remaining?"
"To carry out his plan,' you mean7"
"Yes."
Thero was a porcoptlblo pauao on
her part.
"Lot him stay," shs answorod. "I
shall havo tlmo to decide oven after
war begins."
"But Instantly war begins you must
go I" ho declared urgently.
"You forgot a precedent," she re
minded him. "The Galland women
havo never deserted tho Galland
housol"
"I know tho precodont. But this
tlmo tho houso will bo in tho thick of
tho fighting."
"It has been In tho thick of the fight
ing before," she said, with a gesture of
Impatience.
"Marta, you will promlso not to re
main?" ho urged.
"Isn't that my affair?" sho asked.
"Aren't you willing to leave oven that
to mo after nil you havo been telling
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"They Shall Not Wlnl They Mutt
NotI"
how you aro to mako n redoubt of our
lawn, Inviting tho Bhella of the enemy
Into our drawing-room?"
What could ho say? Only call up
fro;n tho dopths tho two passiona of
his life In an outburst, with all the
forco of his naturo In play.
"I lovo this soil, my country's soil,
ours by right nnd I lovo you! I would
bo true to both!"
"Lovol What mockory to mention
that now!" sho cried chokingly. "It's
monstrous!"
"I 1 " Ho wna making an effort
to keep hia nerves under control.
TIiIb tlmo tho stiffening olbow failed.
With a lurching abruptness ho swung
his right hand around and seized tho
wrist of that trombllng, injured hand
that would not bo still. Sho could not
fall to nolcfe tho movement, and the
sight was a raog0 that struck anger
out of hor.
"Lanny, I am hurting you!" she cried
miserably.
"A little," he said, will Anally doral
nant ovor Its servant, and ho was
smiling aa whon, half stunned and in
agony and ashamed of tho fact ho
had risen from the dobris of cloth and
twlatod braces. "It's all right," ho con
cluded. She throw back her arms, her hoad
rolsod, with a certain abandon aa If
sho would baro her heart.
"Lanny, thoro have been moments
whon I would havo liked to fly to
your arms. Thoro havo been momenta
when I havo had tho call that cornea to
evory woman In answer to a desire.
Yet I was not roady. When I really
go It must bo In a flame, In answer to
your flamol"
"You mean I "
But If tho flams woro about to burat
forth aha araotherod It In tho apart
UVlr)
"And nil this has upset mo," she
went on Incoherently. "We'vo both
been cruel without meaning to bo, and
WO'rO In thn shnrlnw nf n. nlirhtmnrn!
and next tlmo you como perhaps nil
tho war talk will bo ovor and oh,
thla la enough for todayl"
Sho turnod quickly In vorltablo flight
and hurried toward tho house.
"If It ovor comes," sho called, "I'll
let you know! I'll fly to you In a
chariot of flro bearing my flamo I am
that bold, that brazen, that recklessl
For I am not an old maid, yet. They've
moved tho aee limit ud to thirtv. But
you can't drill lovo Into mo as you
drill diecipllno Into armies no, no
moro than I can argue peace into
armies!"
For a whllo, motionless, Lanstron
watched tho point whore sho had dis
appeared. CHAPTER VII.
Making a War.
Hedworth Westerllng would havo
said twenty to one If ho had been asked
tho odds against war when he was
parting from Mnrta Galland In the
hotel reception room. Before ho
reached homo ho would havo changed
them to ton to ono. A scare bulletin
about tho Bodlapoo affair compelling
attontlon as his car halted to let tho
traffic of a cross Btreot pass, ho bought
a newspaper thrust In at the car win
dow that coiltalned the answer of tho
government of the Browns to a dis
patch of tho Grays about the dispute
that had arisen In tho distant African
Junglo. Thla ho had already read two
days previously, by courtesy of tho
premier. It was raodorato In tone, aa
became a power that had 3,000,000 sol
dlera against Its opponent's 5,000,000;
nevertheless. It firmly pointed out that
tho territory of tho Browns had been
overtly invaded, on tho pretext of se
curing a deserter who had escaped
across tho line, by Gray colonial
troops who had raised tho Gray flag In
place of the Brown flag and remained
defiantly In occupation of the outpost
they had taken.
As yet, tho Browne had not attempt
ed to repel tho aggressor by arms for
fear of complications, but wore relvlne
on tho Gray government to order a
witnurawal of tho Gray force and tho
repudiation of a commander who hnri
been guilty of so grave an International
affront. Tho surprising nnd illuminat
ing thing to Westerllng was tho In
spired statement to tho press from tho
Gray foreign office, adroitly appealing
to Gray chauvinism and Justifying tho
"Intrepidity" of the Gray commandor
in response to so-called "pln-prlcklng"
exasperations.
At tho door of hie apartment, Fran
cola, his valet and factotum, gavo Wes
terllng a letter.
"Important, sir," said Francois.
Westorllng knew by a glance that It
was, for It was addressed and marked
"Personal" In tho premier's own hand
writing. A conference for ten that
evening waB requested in a manner
that left no doubtjof Its urgency.
Curiosity madeMiIm a llttlo ahead of
time, but ho found tho premier await
ing him in his et,udy, free from inter
ruption or eavesdropping.
In tho shadow of tho table lamp tho
old premier looked his yeara. From
youth ho had been in politics, ever a
bold figure and a daring player, but
now beginning to feel the pressure of
youngor men's elbows. Fonder even
of power, which had become a habit,
than in his twenties, he saw It slipping
from his graBp at an ago when tho
downfall of his government meant that
ho should never hold tho reins again.
Ho had been called an ambitious dem
agogue and a makeshift opportunist by
his enemies, but tho crowd liked him
for hie ready strategy, his genius for
appealing phrases, and for tho gam
bler's virtue which hitherto had made
him a good loser.
"You saw our communlquo tonight
that went with thq publication of tho
Browna' dispatch?" ho remarked.
"Yes, and I am glad that I had been
careful to send a spirited commander
to that region," Westerllng replied.
"So you guess my intention, I see."
Tho premier smiled. He picked up a
long, thin ivory paper-knife and softly
patted tho palm of his hand with It
"Certainly!" Westerllng replied In
his ready, confident manner.
"We hear a groat deal about tho pre
cision and power of modern arms aa
favoring tho defensive," said tho pre
mier. "I havo read somowhero that it
will enable tho Browns to hold us back,
desplto our -advantage of numbers.
Also, that thoy can completely man
every part of their frontier and that
tholr ability to move their reserves
rapidly, thanks to modern facilities,
makes a powerful flanking attack In
surprise out of tho question."
"Somo half-truths In that," an
Westorllng. "Ono axiom, that must
hold good through all tlmo, la that tho
aggressive which keeps at It alwaya
wine. Wo tako tho aggressive. In the
space whero Napoleon deployed a di
vision, wo deploy a battalion today.
Tho precision and powor of modern
arms require this. With such immonao
forces nnd present-day tactics, tho lino
of battle will practically cover tho
length of tho frontlor. Along tholr
rango tho Browns havo a series of
fortresses commanding natural open
ings for our attack. Theso aro almost
Impregnable. But thoro are pregnable
points between them. Hero, dur
method will bo tho samo that tho Japa
noso followed and that they learned
from European armies. We shall con
centrate In ma8B08 nnd throw In wavo
after wavo of attack until wo havo
gained tho positions wo desire. Once
wo havo a teuablo foothold on the
crest of tho rango tho Brown army
muBt fall back and tho rest will bo a
matter of skillful pursuit."
Tho premlor, as ho listened, rolled
tho paper knife ovor and over, regard
ing ita polished sides, which were llko
Westorllng's manner of facllo state
ment of a program certain of fulfill
ment.
"How long will it take to moblllzo?"
"Less than p. week after tho rail
roads aro put entirely at our service,
with throe preceding daya of scattered
movements," answered Westerllng.
"Deliberate mobilizations are all right
for a diplomatic threat that creates a
furore in the newspapers and a de
pression In tho atock market, but
which is not to be carried out Whon
you mean war, nil speed and tho war
fever at white heat."
"You would havo mado a good poli
tician, Westerllng," tho premier re
marked, with a twitching uplift of the
brows and a knowing gleam In hia
shrewd old eyes.
"Thank you," roplled Westerllng, "a
man who Is ablo to lead in anything
must bo something of a politician."
"Very true, indeed. Perhaps I had
that partly in mind in makljjg you
vice-chief of staff," responded tho pre
mier. "Then it nil goes back to the publlo
to thnt enormous body of human
ity out thero!" Ho swung tho pnper
knife around with outstretched arm
toward tho walls of tho room. "To
public opinion as docs everything
elBo in thla ago to the people our
masters, your and mine! For no man
can stand against them whon they say
no or yes."
,11 t ..
i.uu Know tne Keys to play on,
though," remarked Westerllng with a
complimentary Bmllo. "No ono knows
quite bo well."
"And you are sure sure wo can
win?" tho premier asked with a long, j
tenso look at Westerllng, who waa
steady under tho scrutiny. i
"Absolutely!" he answered. "Five'
millions against three! It's mathe-'
matlc8, or our courage and skill are
not equal to theirs Absolutely! We j
havo tho power, why not use It? Wo
do not live In a dream ago!" i
From a sudden, unwitting exertion
of his Btrength the knife which had
been tho recipient of his emotions
snapped In two. Bather carefully tho
premlor laid the pieces on the table
beforo ho roso and turned to Wester
llng, his decision made.
"If tho peoplo respond with the war
fever, then it is war," he said. "I
take you at your word that you will
win!" f
"A condition!" Westerllng an
nounced. "From tho moment war be
gins the army is maBter of nil Intelli- '
genco, all communication, all re
sources. Everything wo require goes
Into tho crucible!"
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SHOW GRATITUDE FOR RELIEF
Elephants Cured of Toothache Give
Every Demonstration of Thank-
fulness to the Dentist.
It Is not easy to tell when an ele
phant has got tho toothache, but It Is
best to keep out of his way when you
do know it. A London surgeon, who
had been for many yeara In India, says
ho would sooner risk a railway acci
dent than meet an elephant with tooth
ache. It appears that toothache affects an
elephant In a more severe manner than
It does any other animal. Elephants
havo very sensitive nerves, and a
touch of toothache often brings en
madness.
Providing you are able to chain
down an elephant and draw out tho
offending tooth, tho bruto la certain
to bo affectionate to you afterward.
Hero 1b an Instance.
An elephant In Bengal, India, became
affected with toothache, but the keep- I
era managed to secure it while a den- '
list drew a decayed tooth tho cause !
of tho trouble. After a tlmo the ele
phant Boomed to understand that tho
dentist was trying to do something for
his pain, and he gave every ovldenco
of appreciating tho attention. When
the operation was over ho frisked
round the dontlst like a young lamb.
Origin of Dust.
It has been estimated that an aver-
ago puff of sraoko from n cigarette
contains about four thousand millions
of particles of dust A single grain
of Indigo will Impart color to a ton
of water. It follows, therefore, that
every drop of this water takes over
on Immense number of ultra-micro-scoplc
particles of Indigo.
A few grains of fluorescein, a sub
stance derived from coal tar, will pro
duce a distinct fluorescenso. To pro- I
duce this result the fluorescein under
goes, of course, divisions into count
less billions of particles. Almost every
aubstanco enters Into the composition
of dust
Street dust shows morsels of Iron
and steel from tho tiros of wagons,
horseshoes and the nails of men's
boots, bits of leather from tho har
ness, fragments of wood, cotton, wool,
hair, paper, clay, sand, bacteria, etc
Save the Dog.
Tho Oregon state beard of health
bullotln says wisely with reference to
mad dogs, "never kill tho animal that
bit you, save It with tho greatest
care," for the condition that dog de
velops is of tho greatest consequence
to the person bitten. If the dog Is
killed, tho negri bodies, which aro of
Importance in tho diagnosis, may not
be dovolopod nnd no one will ever
know whether tho dog was or was not
rabid. But If tho dog Is saved he will
himself within a week or ten days
show whether or not bo Is rabid. If
ho proves himself clear of rabies the '
man bitten need give tho matter no
furthor consideration from that side,
and If it provo that ho be rabid, thero
Is still plenty of time for tho man to
tako tho proper remedies. If a dog
bites you, savo tho dog.
Why Flowers Flash. j
Tho strango phenomenon oxhlbltral
by somo rod flowers of seeming to
flash In the twilight, but only when
tho flower comes sideways Into tho
rango of vision, Is explained by Prof, j
v aw. Thomna of Iena. Ho says
twilight makes red Boom brighter and
groen duller than in full daylight. As
tho Imago of the red flower moveB
from tho peripheral patt of tho retina,
whero tho rods aro red-blind, to tho
fovea, tho red Is perceived moro vivid
ly than beforo, and this Imago coin
cides with tho Purklnjo after-image of
tho surroundings, giving tho impres
sion of a flash.
Qualified Rebuke.
Fivo-year-old Marie likes to see the
funny pictures. Sho had tho paper
spread out on the floor looking at It
whon her father turned out the light
Mary waa angry at this, and Bald,
"You've got your nerve," but aa she
realized Immediately whom she waa
talking to aho hastily added, "But you
know your rights."
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Wood Lot Composed Mostly of Young White Oak In Excellent Condition
There Is Thrifty Growth and Plenty of Young Trees Starting to Renew
the Stand.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Most farmers already own wood
lots; every farmer ought to own one.
Yet tho wood lot la frequently not a
paying proposition financially, nnd Is
almost .nover as profitable as It should
bo. Why? Simply because tho farm
er does not realize its truo valuo. As
a result ho neglects to caro for tho
trees during their life, and Is at a dis
advantage when it comes to selling
them. Any effort to Improve present
conditions must, therefore, tako theso
two facts Into consideration.
Tho essential point for every farm
er to recognize, Is that tho trees In
his wood lot aro Just as much a farm
crop as aro his corn, oats, hay, or oth
er products. Moreover, they havo
many advantages over other crops
they require comparatively llttlo caro
and labor; they can bo harvested dur-
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on tho crop becauso trees can be left
standing without deterioration an In
definite tlmo until they can be sold
profitably or used to advantage on tho
farms; and they furnish protection to
buildings, to cattle, and to crops, from
wind, drought and frost.
Unquestionably, then, the wood lot
deserves better than the present neg
lect, or often worse, to which It Is
now subjected. No farmer would think
for a moment of burning over a crop
of young wheat. Yet that Is Just what
many do with their crop of young
trees. Nor 1b tho damago confined to
tho young growth; even (he larger
trees, though seldom destroyed out
right, aro weakened so that eventually
they will fall a prey to Insects, fungi,
or wind; furthermore, tho fertility of
tho soil Is greatly lessened by fires.
Every flro that runs through a wood
lot Is a dlroct source of loss to the
owner. Tho absolute exclusion of fire
is, inoreioro. me urst ana most lm
portant step in tho rational manage-
ment of tho wood lot.
Closely connected with this 1b the
exclusion of stock, which do much
damage in destroying and retarding
young growth, particularly of broad
leaf trees, and In packing down the
soil and exposing tho roots of trees.
Finally, the farmer should select tho
trees to bo cut In such a way as to
Improve rather than impair tho wood
lot. Too often tho roverso has been
tho caBo and the wood lot has de
teriorated steadily through tho re
moval of the best trees, leaving tho
less valuable species and poorer Indi
viduals to tako possession of the
ground. No knowledgo of technical
forestry Is necessary to enablo tho
farmer to recognize tho trees which
nro defective, crooked, unusually
branchy, or of undesirable species; or
to reallzo that tho cutting of these
Roots of Soft Maple Trees. Exposed aa
the Result of Heavy Paiturlng
The Soil Has Been Trampled and
Washed Away.
for fuel and other uses to which they
can be put on the farm will greatly in
crease tho value of tho remaining
stand.
Equally Important with tho raising
of tho crop is its final disposal. Every
farmer knows what his wheat Is worth
and what is tho best way to sell It
Very few havo any similar knowledgo
regarding their trees. In that fact lies
the real explanation of the present un
profitableness or tho wood lot. , So
long ns tho average owner knows less
concerning tho valuo of tho timber
than any other crop on his farm, ho
cannot hopo to Bt?l It at Its true valuo.
What kinds of products (posts, poles,
ties, mlno timbers, lumber, etc.), aro
in greatest demand in the locality?
What species of trees aro best adapted
for each? In what sizes should tho
material bo cut? By what unit of
measuro (cord, lineal foot, board foot,
piece, etc.) should they bo sold? What
prlco should thoy bring on tho basis
of their valuo to tho purchaser?
Theso aro samples of the questions
that every farmer should bo ablo to
answer to his own satisfaction beforo
attempting to dispose of his wood lot
products. Even thon ho may be at
a disadvantage when dealing slngy
with a purchaser who la more expo-
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rienced In such matters and may have
moro or less control over tho local
market. Co-operation among wood lot
owners In tho disposal of their timber
la consequently as necessary as in tho
disposal of their fruit, vegetables, or
grains, nnd is frequently tho only way
In which thoy can secure its full valuo.
Abovo all, tho secret of succosb In
handling tho wood lot, lies In the rec
ognition of tho fact that trees aro a
Cattle Browsing on Young Oak and
Hickory Stumps From the Wood Lot
of the Year Before If Cattle Were
Kept Out, These Sprouts Could Get
a Start and Stand Could Be Quickly
Renewed.
distinctive farm crop. When this is
onco thoroughly understood and the
samo attention is paid to their produc
tion nnd marketing as to other crops,
the wood lot may confidently bo ex
pected to become ono of tho most
profltablo portions of tho farm.
MEAT AND GRAIN FOR FOOD
There la Danger of Overfeeding Pro
tein Rations to Increase Quantity
and Quality of Eggs.
Foods containing protein aro given
cows to lncreaso tho milk production,
and hens to Increase tho quantity of
eggs and Improve their quality. Tho
dairyman understands full well that
In feeding grains which furnish pro
tein, to cows, a sufficient quantity of
succulent food must bo given to for
mulate tho proper balance. Yet this
samo man protests when .It Is suggest
ed that the same rule should apply to
laying hens. Tho proper feeding of
poultry Is not bo difficult as one would
think, nor la the feeding of any ani
mal, for that matter.
If one possesses a knowledge of tho
needs of tho animal he 1b feeding, he
will readily find out what fooda will
aupply such needs. Feed tho variety
of gralna by all means aa well as an
occasional supply of animal food. This
samo rulo works the other way, so do
not attempt to obtain results from
green foods and grain at tho expense
of tho animal food. In seme way got
at the properly balanced ration and.
then profltablo results will follow.
Hog Cholera.
Hog cholora Is a disease which
seems to be stopped to a degree by
the frosts of winter, although frost
cannot bo said to stop a case aftor
It has taken hold of its victim. How
ever, It seems to provent the rapid
spread of the disease Tho result ia
that In spring time the affection la.
as a rule, at tho lowest ebb, but In
creases rapidly from that time until
fall.
HTICUUURAL
OTESf
In some cases tho orchardlst ought
to employ a disinterested person to do
hia packing.
Lino tho fruit basket with burlap,
two or threo thicknesses, to provent
bruising and scratching.
It tries a man'a eyeB and hia hon
esty aB well to aeo all tho worm holes
when packing hia apples.
Tho high-headed tree is easier to
cultivate, but tho low-headed tree
makes tho fruit picking easlor.
It Is generally truo that self-polllnat
ed fruit Is not aa large or vlgorpus aa
fruit from crossed-fertlllzed blossoms
on the same treo.
Never leavo a sharp fork, that Is, a
branch which extends at right angles
out from tho trunks. Such forks gen
orally split down sooner or later and
destroy the entire tree.
Tho ground dries out more quickly
under a high-headed tree and more
fruit la blown off by the wind. When
you And cross branches rubhlng'each
other cut one of them out.
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