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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1928)
^ iltKRY ^QUARE A NEIGHBOURLY NOVEL by GRACE 8. RICHMOND XXVI. Miss .Tenney, will yon tell me something I very much want to know T ” “I will if I *jean, Doctor .Chase, of course.” « i ”1 think you must know, fend you may be the only per son who does. Will you ait (down, pleaseT” ; Jo took the chair on the oth er side of the fireplace, won tiering what knowledge could jbo in her possession which Doc tor Chase wished to obtain from Tier. His tone was cheer ful, his manner that of a man |Who has a definite object in view, and who is intent upon it .with nb time to lose. She had not seen him in such fashion •ince he had come to Cherry ^Square. And yet she knew— 4or was very sure—that his eye sight had been failing more •npidly since Hob’s accident, ns an inevitable result of the tre mendous strain upon the fath er’s bni|y, mind and spirit. Thou gh the little hoy was now j sitting up in bed among his jplavt lungs, even Hally, in her ^perfect health, stilt showed the effects of the shock. Schuyler tnust necessarily have suffered n more devastatingly than i “I want to know—if yon can jfol) me, Miss .Tenney—whether In spite of Gordon Maekay’a tefusiit to put himself in line or my —former—pulpit, he fcvould have liked to fill it.” I The question, put so Mneva fcivcly, without preamble or ex planation, took .To unawares, film stared at \he questioner for an instant, soeure in the con sider that the impaired eye sight. still further obscured by jibe dark''glasses Schuyler al ways wore, could not keep vigil jbpon her face. Before she could (decide how to reply, or what (Maekay himself would wish tier to say, Schuyler went on. She realized as he spoke that he did not want to he treated as an invalid or as one Jwho must be considered. TTe Snennt to know wlmt she might be able to tell him. This was frvhnt, in few words, he made ber understand. I “The answer to that is vital lo me, Miss .Tenney. T want yon to let no fears for its ef fect upon me hold you hack from the truth. Tf you know bow Maekay feels, or has felt about it., T beg you to tell me. lAnd don’t delay, please. I jkJon’t,”—he smiled slightly— “seem to hear waiting well.” * “Then,” .To plunged in. see ing no oilier course, ”T have reason lo know, Doctor Those, jthat Mr. Maekay refused the ,chance to he heard by your ^congregation with a view to .the future, because he felt that Tie would be doing you an in jury.” “That was his only reason JTor refusing?’' “T think so.” "‘And yon believe that it wna k great disappointment to liim ‘‘Yes. Tt could hardly help being so.” ; "'Did he tell vou he was dis teppoiuted ?” The questions <came fast, and with a wire ed"** on the tone of them. «' .She considered for an in irtant, and determined that since he had demanded frank ness, she must give it. both for bis own sake and for Moekay's. i "Be was forced to admit, it. jbeeause f was sure of it, and tssed him. You see. Doctor nse, it was T who had made bim realize that it was going to j ]br very hard for you to see him ! ♦—him especially—take your i fcdacp. And after he had re fused it, 1 was afraid I ought n’t to have told him what "wocid influence him—as it »»uat—since it meant so much jto his future.” > "“You made him realise that I A SPANIARD LOOKS AT OUR CIVILIZATION (Salvador De Madariaga, in Harpers. , America appeared to nie as an lm •nra.* up to date nursery and boys’ j wihool fitted with the most wonder, i Xul toys nd games you could lmag- j Jtae. Who was the gigantic Father Christmas who Invented the sky scraper? That skyline which re fused to reveal itself to us at the tout felt its way up New York lutven in th'ck fog, was it not like m colossal Christinas shop window ■Jittering with lights? 4 And think of all that those I it was going to be hard for me to see him take my placet Will you tell me, Miss Jenney, how you could have inferred that!” It was a close corner, if his pride was to be spared. She saw, nevertheless, that at least a degree of honesty was her only course. He meant to have the truth, for some reason which she couldn’t yet guess. Stic hesitated. His quick tone compelled her. “Tell me that, please. Don’t cover up anything, if you wish to be kind.” “Doctor Chase”—her eyes were very pitying, if he could have seen them, and her tone was very gentle—'“you had a moment of break-down—only a moment—but in that I hap pened to be coming down the stairs and heard you. Please believe that I could understand with all my mind and heart, the naturalness of that in stant’s feeling. I knew you would overcome it. I know you have overcome it. But for the sake of your health, I felt I must act upon my knowledge of your feeling.” A silence fell, while Schuyler Chase sheltered his face with one slender hand, and Jo sat waiting anxiously for the out come of this revelation. Had she done him a greater harm than would have come to him if she hadn’t tried to spare him in the first placet Would his humiliation at hearing that his weakness had been recognized do him physical and spiritual injury! And yet, somehow, she couldn’t help feeling that he had reached a point where h“ no longer wanted to be spared the truth about himself. She felt in him a change—a de cided change—since he had first come groping and alarmed to the door of Bob’s room. They had all felt it. He bad been stronger in that crisis, shown more self-control, more consideration for them all, than they could have expected ctf him in his frail state. Even now, before he said a word in answer to her last confession, she had a conviction that he was grappling with himself and and meant to win. Finally he looked up—if it could be called looking'—from half blind, barricaded eyes. At least, she could see the lift of his chin, the determined setting of his lips. it seems i owe you muon, Miss .Tenney,” he said. ‘‘And I owe Gordon Maekay much more. I think perhaps your intervention saved my reason in an hour when I was on the verge of becoming unbalanced. But—that time is past, I hope. I can see things more clearly, since—the experience we’ve just been through. Nothing else matters much, since Boh is safe. Certainly not any old ambitions of mine.” She saw his- delicately cut lips quiver for an instant, then settle again into lines of firm ness. ‘‘But we must somehow un do what you and Maekay have done,” he said. She was startled. ‘‘Undo it, Doctor Chaset But you can’t. Mr. Maekay’s mind is made up. He’s a Scotsman-—you can’t unmake it.” Now he actually smiled a lit tle. ‘‘You have a great opinion of the granite will of the Scot, I see. But if he has done one thing for me, at such a person al sacrifice, he’ll do another. If I can make him see that I now want a certain thing as much as he had reason before to think I didn’t want it, he’ll come round, won’t hef” She shook her head. ‘‘I don’t believe it.” ‘‘Don’t youf Well, it’s my will now that’s to be tried out. And since you conspired with him for my good, you must now conspire with me for his.” beautiful towers and palac s con- ' ceal behind their embroidered cliffs! Think of the elevators (my hat to their Importance) coming and go ing behind their beautiful brass filigree cages, with all their neat little buttons and lights and nnrrws red and green, and the boy *o spick and span you could hardly believe he was a real boy. least of a.l when he announces the floor in rn un intelligible yell which serins to burst out of his stuffed bod under mechanical compulsion. Think of the lovely marble floors, thick carpets, barber shops, all re splendent with mirrors and nickeled bars and. oh I the marveloiu chairs ! “I’m becoming afraid of con spiracies. How can cny of us know what is best for another? Don’t you think, Doctor Chase, that it would be wise to leave this as it’s been settled? I’m sure Mr. Mackay is anxious to dr this work he’s laid out for himself. He will put his heart into it. Jn time something big ger and better suited to his abilities will come to him—it does to such men. Meanwhile f t “Meanwhile—I’ve robbed him of a chance, and his refusal of it hasn’t made me ricdier. It’s made me poorer—infinite ly poorer. I must give it back to him, if I can. Don’t you see thatT It’s the one thing I do see, and I mean to do it. 1 vowed that, when my little boy lay there so long. Something happened to me then—I can't tell you what it was.” “I’m sure of that, Doctor Chase.” Jo’s tone held a thrill of genuine appreciation in it, such as he har never heard from her before. “But—I don’t quite see how you can feel you robbed him, when you couldn’t possibly know how he felt about it.” “Couldn’t II” He let a long minute intervene, as if he were trying to decide something of moment. Then, with a deep sigh, as if he were making the ultimate sacrifices of that which had been supremely his, his pride, he said quietly but firmly: “As a matter of fact, Miss Jennev, T knew at the time as well as you did that he must want that pulpit, and want it strongly. When he told me so gallantly of other plans and his interest in them, he didnt deceive me for an instant. But T made myself accept. that as the truth, and take the poor relief it gave me. Tt, did. I admit, for the time being, save me from going to pieces. But T felt the shame of it, once I’d recovered from that hysteria— that’s what it has to be called I know. It’s what Doctor Fiske calls ft, and rightly. And when my little boy—Oh, everything looks different, doesn’t it, when a life one loves is at stake! The cloak of pride and ambition falls away from one, and leaves him naked and shiv ering, begging God for that life at any price. I don’t think I bargained with Him then—that, wouldn’t have been good enough. But I did promise Him something—and I’m going to keep it.” After the silence that fol lowed upon these strangely humble words, it was Schuyler who broke it. Jo Jenney, look ing at him, so worn and weak in his illness and in the pros pect of all that faced him, could find no control of her voice. She could only get up and come over to him and lay her warm hand on his thin shoulder. She remembered vividly that it was the shoulder which had so impressively worn the silken robes of his piofession in that pulpit of which he had been speaking, a shoulder covered n;>w by the padded silk robe of a different significance. He looked up, and his tone was less grnve. “I didn’t mean all that tor heroics, you know.” “I know you didn’t.” Jo had to find her voice, so she managed it. i iu airaiu i ve oeen pruiity of heroics in the past. It’s my one fear now that I shall dra matize this situation, with my self as the chief actor—it would he like me. I had to he taken off the stage, to put an end to my acting, I’m afraid. Consciously or unconsciously all the preachers in hip places do it. It’s more or less lepiti mate if they’re to achieve their ends. But I think I saw my self more vividly than most. T was less real—more in love with my part before people. . . . You see. havinp bepun to make confession I can’t stop. It’s a relief, in a way— though I didn’t expect, when I began, to bother you with so nf if. ** pivoting in all meridians and paral lels like telescope* for the barber to observe and operate on your beauty under every possible angle and light —and the mechanical appliances for brushing your hair and for drying it, all moving electrically, so fast and with so much wonderful noise. The visitor who wanders about among men and institutions soon realizes that the power of business over Intellectual life is stronger in America than anywhere in Europe —leaving aside, of course, Russia, in which it is absolute. Here, it seems to me, must be found the cause oi the relative uniformity of Now Jo saw a genuine amne break upon bis face-his fine teeth were very white, and the smile was lovely. Her pitiful heart warmed still more to him; here, she felt, was the real man who had been behind the self-arraigned actor all the time. And the part he was playing now was a real one and worth the playing. “You haven’t bothered me. You’ve made me like and trust you as never before, Doctor Chase. And whatever you want to do, that will ease your mind, I’ll try to help in, if I can. I don't think you can change Sir. Maekav’s decision —I’m not sure that I want you to. But at least you can do what will give you comfort.” “And him honor. That’s what I want. He deserves it. He did what one man in a thou sand would have done, because not one man in a thousand but would have felt himself per fectly justified in taking what was to be offered to somebody, in any case. Why not to liim1 And ivith the deposed man showing unreasonable and de spicable jealousy—*” He broke off, shaking his head. “Acting again,” lie said, with a whims ical little groan. “Putting on the hair shirt, for your benefit. Oh, I’ve learned something about myself at last, you see.” He got up slowly, and Jo stood beside him on the hearth rug. And I ve learned some thing about, you, myself,” she said. “But I’m not going to tell you what it is, after all these warnings.” “No, don’t tell me. I should somehow wrest it into a eom ! pliment, to wrap myself in.” “Ah. but you should be wrapped. And I’m going to tell you. I have seen brave men. Doctor Chase . . . But none braver than you.” She went away before he could answer. She didn’t want to see him even try to refuse the balm of those true words. (From Josephine Jenney’s Notebook) We’ve had a day together— a whole day. He came for me in a car—a nice little roadster. We drove and drove—heaven only knows where. Don't think I saw anything on either side of the road. We had luncheon at a little inn up in the hills. Din ner in another—can’t even re member how they looked. He said it w’as a day in which to get acquainted—roekbottom 1 acquainted. No love-making— | no suggestion of it. No talk of the future. Just—the most real and satisfying companion ship I’ve ever known or im agined. in mv most perfect thoughts. All day it lasted. The whole drive home, in the evening, was in silence. I can never forget it. Oh, yes—funny things hap pened. We blew out a tire, and had to wait forever to get it mended, since we hadn’t a spare. This annoyed my Scotsman very much—he even muttered a word or two he shouldn’t—which made him seem nice and human. He left his hat behind at the second inn. and neither of us noticed it till we were miles away. I lost a little fox fur piece out of the ear, and we didn’t find it, though we put up notices in the postoffiees in the nearest little towns, and a notice in two newspapers, altogether I fear our heads were in the clouds, in spite of there being, as I’ve said, nothing sentimen tal in word or deed during the whole day. nut there was—something— indescribable — exquisite — poignant—that needed no words. We were—together. It was as if we had always been together, till a certain time long ago— and had now just got back to each other. We’re going to separate again, very soon—but—oh, nothing can ever separate us, after today, if we never meet again. (TO B>: CONTINUED) Intellectual views which is one of the most striking facts for the vis itor in contemporary America. Q. Who was Rajah Brooke? R H. A Sir James Brooke. English rajah, celebrated as the Rajah oi Sarawak was born at Bengal. 1303, and died at Burrator, Devonshire, England. June 11. 1868. Q. Does the selection of a presi dent's secretary have to be approved by the Senate? C. E. B. A. This is one appointment that 1 a president makes without coDsant of the Senate. OF INTEREST TO FARMERS WHICH BREED BEST? The different gradc3 of wool vary in relative position in the general price scale from year to year. Around 1921 the highest market de • mand was for fine and medium wools, and coarse wool was a dis couraging commodity, comparative ly. In the last year this situation was practically reversed, with me dium and half-blood wool popular and the fine wools rather slow to move. About a year ago the coarse, or braid wools, for some time rathpr inactive, came into prominence in the market demands. Flock masters, however, do well not to give too much consideration to current differences in wool prices when planning their operations. Fine wool, for instance, is produced on the pure bred Rambouillets and Delaines. Half-blood is produced on Rambouillets of coarser breeding and some of the better cros3-breds Three eighths blood wool comes from Shropshires, Dorsets. South downs and from crosses between Lincolns and Ramboullets. Quarter blood is shown from these same breeds with the addition of the Romney Marsh, Hampshires and Shropshires, or crosses between these breeds. Braid or cross wool is produced only on Cotswolds, Lincolns and Leicesters. Changing in breeding plans to hit the current wool mar ket, however, will only result in con fusion and loss. The best plan is to determine the breed of sheep best adapted to the conditions under which the ranch operations must be maintained and then follow a definite plan aimed toward the pro motion of excellence in conforma tion and in clip that will bring highest market returns. Another point is that the lamb yield is really much the more important objective in sheep operations. FEEDING EARLY PULLETS The early maturing pullets, if un duly forced and Improperly fed, will lay heavily for a few weeks and then, through loss of weight, are apt to drop into an unnecessary molt. They must be fed with the idea of continuing to build body weight and growth along with sub stantial production. This condition will best be brought about by feeding the lay ing pullets a well balanced dry mash in open hoppers or automatic feeders. Manufactured laying mashes, with or without buttermilk, are available to the feeder. Mash should be kept before the birds continuously. The laying mash used should con tain minerals, protein from a variety of sources, and if milk is not pres ent, this necessary element should be provided separately in the form of a condensed or a dried milk pro duct. The secret of success is to feed liberal quantities of a grain ratio composed of from 50 to 60 per cent, of whole or cracked corn. In allmash feeding, the mash should contain liberal quantities of corn meal. This practice tends to keep pro duction within reasonable bounds and will enable the bird to main tain surplus flesh and fat on her body. Do not forget the grit and shell. If possible the pullets should be allowed a good run on a fresh green range. Otherwise, rather than let ting them out on a restricted, bare yard, they had better be confined to the* laying house. In this case feed a liberal ration of green feed— kale, rape, cabbage or germinated oats—to retain as much of the pel low pigment in their bodies through out the fall as possible. CHOLERA SERUM Three distinct types of hog anti cholera serum are on the market. They are the defibrinated blood serum, the clear unconcentrated serum and the clear concentrated serum. The intrinsic values of these three different types of serum are wholly dependent upon the quantity and quality of the true, or protective, serum present in each. The amount of the real protective agent carried varies with the type and is as follows: The clear concentrated serum contains more than 80 per cent, of this material, while the defibrin ated blood serum and the uncon centrated serum each contain only 60 per cent, of these substances. It is therefore apparent that the con centrated serum is 25 per cen. more valuable than an equal quantity of either of the other two types. This means that 100 c.c. of the former is equal in Immunizing properties to 125 c.c. of the latter, and vice versa. These facts should be borne in mind when purchases of serum are being made, for price alone is not a safe guide. The labels carried on the serum containers state specifi cally the percentage of protective agents contained and should be ex amined by prospective purchasers. The clear concentrated serum, be cause of the elimination of the blood cells, has better keeping qualities. In recognition of this fact, the per mitted return date on it Is three years, while, with the other two types, it is two years._ PREVENTING HEMORRHAGES Minor surgical operations such as dehorning and castration should not be performed on animals grazing on sweet clover, or death from bleed ing may result. Continuous grazing on sweet clov er causes the blood to lose its clotting power, and the only safe plan it to remove the animals from such pasturage for at least a month before operating. One of the most disastrous cases on record of sweet clover poisoning of this character occurred two years ago in the San Luis valley where 70 out of 80 year ling calves bled to death after de horning. , „ Although there is practically no danger of fatal sweet clover poison ing on pastures under ordinary con COLDS IN POULTRY One danger facing the summer pullet flock is an outbreak of nose colds, which are especially prevalent in damp weather and where too many Dullets are kept in a limited space with insufficient ventilation. Should colds appear, give the pullet flock a good flushing out with Ep som salts; in fact, it is well to feed the pullets at least every two weeks a pound of Epsom salts to 100 birds, preferable in a moist mash. The putting of 4 per cent flowers ! of sulphur In the dry mash when colds appear is excellent, but best of all let us give the birds more especially back ventilation. ■ ±3 dltions, nevertheless It ts wise to avoid trouble by putting the ani mals on other feed for 30 days be fore attempting surgery, no matter how slight. IJOAD31D2 SELLING With mother selling but.er and eggs, father selling the crops, and brother selling the calves and pigs, what is left for sister to sell? If she lives on a highway—and who doesn’t nowadays?—the rest of the family already may be disposing of their wares at a vegetable stand or gate. Without encroaching on their sales, you can add your feature home made cakes, cookies and can dy. These are year around products, so that you can make them at your convenience, whenever you need money. Hundreds of hurrying tour ists,, not caring for ‘ barbecue” and “pop.” watch the roadside for good food that they can eat as they drive on. Exactly what you sell depends on what you can make best when you begin; later you may experiment. Keeping an account of each prod uct costs you will soon show which is most profitable. Then consider the length of time for preparation that each requires. Cookies will always be more easily made and sold than cakes, and tarta more than pies. Ice box cookies are the quickest, and by keeping the dough on hand a fresh supply of cookies can be baked any time you sell out. If you attempt cakes, make the insides all the same and vary only the icings and fillings. Just now nut breads are especial ly popular. Commercial nuts are ex Densive, but you may substitute hickory nuts or peanuts. There are both the quick bread and raised types. The yeast companies will send you very excellent free book lets on bread making. To build a real reputation, special ize. .Sectional recipes, though trite to you, appeal to tourists from other parts of the country. So utilize your local products, be they pop com, molasses, pecans, oranges, maple sirup of honey. Don't forget that attractive wrap pings will help to sell your food. Transparent paper keeps it clean, yet displays It temptingly. Stick ers for the ends of packages may be of your own design, or perhaps another talented member of the family will make them for you and letter a poster as well. Plain price tags are an asset, too; you’d be surprised how many timid souls hes itate to inquire. THE SUMMER CALF For the man that knows how, it is easier to raise calves in the winter than in the summer. The man that does not know how often believes the reverse is true. Many calves are stunted by being turned out in the open in the sum mer time. The best place for a calf until It Is six months old is in the barn. If it is out a few hours each morning it will get sunshine enough. If it is out all day it gets too much, oftentimes resulting in scours or a loss of appetite. The young calf does not know enough to stay out of the hot sun. which is harmful. Furth ermore, it should not be forced to subsist on grass for any part of its ration. Its little stomach is not adapted to handle grass. It needs a more concentrated feed. Thus it develops and grows much better if it is kept off grass and out of the hot sun in a cool and rather dark place in the barn. Even the calf that is born in the fall and is six months or more of age when grass comes should not be forced to subsist on grass alone the first summer, even though the best of pasture is provided. A small quantity of grain daily will make the grass "stick to their libs." and the calves will grow and develop much faster. Even calves of this age need plenty of shade. Remember, it is the big cow of any breed that is the most profitable cow. Calves will not make big cows if they are stunted in any wav after they are six months of age. IDEAL POULTRY PLANT The ideal poultry plant would consist of four parts—an exclusive range for brooding chicks, another for the summer range of pullets, the laying houses, and a garden for the chickens. A part of the yards about laying quarters or chick range can be used for garden purposes. The chick and pullet ranges need not be separate if a combined range ample for both is available. The adult birds, however, should never be permitted to frequent the ranges to be used for growing stock. Fail ure to observe this rule is probably the most frequent and costly mis take made by poultry keepers. It is fatal to success and profits. Pullets reared so they are clean when they go into the laying house offer the best insurance for profit able winter egg production and a low death rate of birds throughout the year. Contrast this with pul lets reared on contaminated soil, which go into the laying house in fested with disease and intestinal parasites. Such pullets can be ex pected to lay but few winter eggs, and the death rate is very sure to be high. i The effective procedure is to rely upon means and methods of pre vention during the brooding and summer range periods. This con tention is not based on theory or supposition; it is a matter of facta substantiated by first hand exper ience of poultry keepers in every locality. It is the most frequent ex planation of the success or failure of poultry keepers. AND MOST OTHERS The farmer who raises hogs con sistently and economically makes money His neighbor who buyi when hogs go up and sells when tliey are cheap, loses. It’s the same In tha chicken business. Freely circulating pure air will help pullets in good flesh to throw off colds promptly. Otherwise colds may become chronic and develop Into roup, canker and chicken pox. THE MOVABLE HOG HOUSE Serviceability, durability, conven ience. sanitation, comfort, and safe ty are the features to be sought in a moveable hog house. There is a type of movable house to suit al most any fancy, and prices vary over practically as wide a range. Among the more standard types ara the A-shaped, the shed roof, tha gable roof and the combination, or two-slope roof