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H RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF t r wrwl m Kfi ' r .j II v j 111 ' iiiiniiiiiiinnutiiunniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuttnnitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiinirHiimnhttiu Ramsey Milholland By BOOTH TARKINGTON ?iiiiiiiiiiiiiititiiiitiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiif mifiiiitiiitiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiifiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniitiiitiiiffiiiiiT; CHAPTF.R XIV. Continued. 17 He nvwcd, then chattered briskly on. "Well, there's one good old hoy wns with our class for 11 while, buck In freshman year; I bet we won't seo him in uny good old nnnyl Old rough nccl: Llnshl that you put tho knob on his nose for. Tomtnlo Hopper Biys he saw lilni last summer In Chicago soap boxln', ycllln' his hend off cussln' every government under the sun, hut mostly ours and the allies', you bet, and going to run the earth by revolution and rep resentatives of unskilled lnbor Immi grants, nobody thnt can read or write allowed to vote, except Llnskl. Tom inle Hopper says ho knows nil about Lluskl: ho never did a day's work In his life too busy trying to get the worklngmen stirred up ngulnst tho poo pie that exploit 'cm I Tommle says ho had a big crowd to-licnr him, though, and took up quite n little money for n 'causo' or something. Well, let him holler I I guess we can attend to him when we get back from over yonder. By George, old Hnm, I'm gettln' kind of floppy In the gills 1" Ho adminis tered a resounding slap to his com rade's shoulder. "It certainly looks as If our big days were walking toward usl" Ho was right. The portentous days tamo on apace, and each one brought a new and greater portent. The faces f men lost a driven look besetting them in the days of badgered waiting, and instead of that heavy apprehen sion oue saw tho look men's faces must have worn In 1770 and 1801, and the history of the old duys grew clearer In the new. Tho President went to the congress, and the true Indictment ho made there reached scolllng Pots dam with an unspoken prophecy some what chilling even to Potsdam, one guesses and then through an April night went almost quietly the steady word : wo were at war with Germany. Tho bugles sounded across the conti nent; drums and fifes played up und down tho city strqets and In town and village squares und through tho coun trysides. Faintly In all ears there was a multitudinous noise like distant, hoarse cheering . . . and a sound like that wus what Dora Yocum heard, one night, as she sat lonely In her room. The bugles and fifes and drums had been heard about the streets of tho collego town, that day, and sho thought sho must dlo of them, they hurt her so, and now to be haunted by this Imaginary cheering She started. Was it imaginary? Sho went downstairs and stood upon the steps of tho dormitory In tho open air. No; the cheering was real and loud. It came from tho direction of the railway station, and the night air Burged and beat with it. Ilelow her stood tho aged Janitor of tlw building, listening. "What's tho cheering for?" sho asked, remember ing grimly thnt tho Janitor was one of her acquaintances who had not yet Btopputt "speaking" to her. "What's the matter?" "It's n good matter," tho old man answered. "I guess there must bo n big crowd of 'em down there. Ono of our students enlisted today, and they're glvln him a send-off. Listen to 'em, how they do cheer, lie's tho first one to go." She went back to her room, shiver ing, and speut the next day In bed with an aching head. She rose in the "It's a Good Matter," the Old Man An urer4. evening, however a handbill had been slid undr htr door nt flvo o'clock, cull log u "Maes Meeting" of tho univer sity at eight, and she felt It her duty to go; but when she got to tho great hall she found a neat in tho dimmest corner, farthest from tho rostrum. The presldeut of tho university ad dressed the tumultuous many hundreds before him, for tumultuous they were until he quieted them. He talked to them soberly of patriotism, and called w Uicm for "daUbftraUou and a lit tle patience." There was danger of a stampede, he said, and ho and tho rest of tho faculty were In a measure re sponsible to their fathers and mothers for them. "You must keep your heads," ho said. "God knows, I do not seek to Judgo your duly in this gravest mo ment of your lives, nor assume to tell you what you must or must not do. Hut by hurrying Into service now, with out careful thought or consideration, you tuny impair the extent of your possible usefulness to the very cause you oro so anxious to serve. Hundreds of you are taking technical courses which should be completed at least to the end of tho term In June. In structors from tho United States nrmy arc alrendy on tho way here, and mili tary training will be begun at onco for all who are physically eligible and of acceptable age. A special course will be given In preparation for flying, nnd thoso who wish to become nvlntors muy enroll themselves for the courso nt once. "I speak to you In a crisis of the university's life, as well ns that of the notion, and tho warning I utter hns been made necessary by what took placo yesterdny and today. Yesterday morning, a student In tho Junior class enlisted ns n private In tho United States regular nrmy. Far be it from mo to deplore his courso In so doing; he spoke to me about It, and in such n way that I felt I had no right to dis suade him. I told him that It would ho preferable for college men to wait until they could go as oillccrs, and, aside from tho fact of a greater pres tige, I urged that men of education could perhaps be more useful In that capacity. He replied that if he were useful enough as a private a commis sion might In time come his way, nnd, ns I say, I did not feel at liberty to at tempt dissuasion. Ho left to Join a regiment to which ho had been as signed, nnd mnny of you were at the stntlon to bid him farewell. "But enthusiasm may be too con tagious; even n great nnd Inspiring 'motive may work for harm, and tho university must not becomo a desert. In the twenty-four hours since that young man went to Join the nrmy last night, ono hundred nnd eleven of our young men students hnve left our walls; eighty-four of them went off to gether at threo o'clock to cntch an east-bound train at tho Junction and enlist for the navy at Newport. Wo are, I sny, in danger of a stampede." He spoke on, but Dora was not lis tening; she had becomo obsessed by nn idea which seemed to be carrying her to the border of tragedy. When tho crowd pfiured forth from the build ing she went with it mcehnnlcully, and paused In the dark outside. She spoke to a girl whom she did not know. "I bog your pardon" "Yes?" "I wuntcd to ask: Do you know who was the student Doctor Crovls spoke of? I mean the one that wns the first to enlist, and thnt they were cheering last night when he went away to bo a prlvute In tho United States army. Did you happen to hear his name?" "Yes, he wns a Junior." "Who -was It?" "Itnmsey Milholland." CHAPTER XV. Fred Mitchell, crossing the enmpus ono morning, ten (lavs later, saw Dora standing near the entrance of her dor mitory, wnere no would pnss her un less ho altered his course; and as he drew nearer her and the details of her face grew Into distinctness, he was In dlgnant with himself for feeling less and legs Indignation toward her In pro portion to tho closeness ot' his ap proach. The pity thut camo over him was mingled with an unruly admira tion, causing him to wonder what un patriotic stuff she could bo made of. She was marked, but not whipped ; she still held herself straight under nil the hammering nnd cutting which, to his knowledge, she had been getting. She stopped him, "for only a mo ment," she said, adding with a wan proudness: "That Is, If you'ro not one of thoso who feel thut I shouldn't bo 'spoken to'?" "No," said Fred, stlllly. "I may share their point of view, perhaps, but I don't feel called upon to obtrude It on you In that manner." "I ece," she said, nodding. "I've wanted to speak with you about Ram sey." "All right." She bit her lip, then asked, abrupt ly: "What made him do It?" "Enlist as a private with tho regu lars?" "No. What made him enlist at nil?" "Only.becatjse he's that sort," Fred retaroed briskly. "Ho muy bo lnex pltcnble to peoplo who believe that his going out to light for his country Is tho snmo thing as going out to com mit n mur " She lifted her hand. "Couldn't you" "I beg your pardon," Fred suld at once. "I'm sorry, but I don't know Jut how to explain him to you." "Whyr He laughed, apologetically. "Well, .you act. as I understand 1L xou don't Copyright by DoiiMeday, Pg S Company think it's possible for a person to have something within him that makes Mm cure so much about his country that he" "Walt I" sho cried. "Don't you ti.inlr I'm willing to suffer a little rather thnn to see my country In tho wrong) Dou't you think fin doing it?" "Well, I don't want to be rude ; but, of course, it seems to mo that you'xo suffering becnuse you think you know more about whnt's right und wrong thnn anybody else does." "Oh, no. But I" "We wouldn't get nnywhere, nrob ably, by arguing It," Fred said. "You asked me." "I asked you to tell me why he en listed." tJ , "The trouble Is, I don't;thlnk I enn tell that to anybody wh'oajjd3 nn an swer. IIo Just went, of course. Thero Isn't any question nbout.lt. I nlwnys thought he'd be tho first to go." "Oh, no l" she said. "Yes, I always thought so." "I think you were mistaken," she said, decidedly. "It was a special rea bou to make him act so cruelly.'" "'Cruelly' I" Fred cried. "It was I" "Cruel to whom? "Oh, to his mother to his family. To have him go off that way, without n word" "Oh, no; he'd been home," Fred cor rected her. "He went home the Satur day before he enlisted, and settled It She Lifted a Wet Face. "No, No! Ho Went In Bitterness r -cause I Told Him To, In My Own Bitterness!" with them. They're all broken up, of course; but when they saw he'd made up Ills mind, they quit opposing him, and I think they're proud of him about It, maybe, In spite ofVeellng anxious. You see, his father wns an artillery man In the war with Spain, nnd his grandfather wns a colonel at the end' of the Civil war, though he went Into It ns a private like itnmsey. He died when Ilamsey was about twelve; but' Itnmsey remembers him; he wns tnlk Ing of him the night before he enlisted." Dora made n gesture of despairing protest. "You don't understand I" "What Is it I don't understand?" "Ramsey 1 I know why he went and It's Just killing me I" Fred looked nt her gravely. "I don't think you need worry nbout It," he said. "There's nothing about his go lug that you oro responsible for." She repeated her despairing gesture. "You don't understand. But It's no use. It doesn't help liny to try to talk of it, though I thought maybe It would, somehow." Sho went u little nearer tho dormitory entrance, lenvlng him where lie was, then turned. "1 sup pose you won't seo him?" "I don't know. Most probably not till we meet If wo should In France. I do Vt know where he's stntloned ; und I'm going with tho aviation If it's ever ready! And he's with tho regu lars; he'll probably be among the first to go over." "I see." Sho turned sharply away, calling back over her shoulder In a choked voice. "Thank you. Good-byl" But Fred's heart had melted ; gazing nf ter her, he saw that her proud young hend had lowered now, nnd that her shoulders were moving convulsively; he run after her and caught her as she began slowly to ascend the dormitory steps. "Seo here," he cried. "Don't" Sho lifted n wet face. "No, no I ne went In bitterness becauso'I told hlra to, In my own bitterness I I've killed him I Long ago, when ho wasn't much mora than n child, I heard he'd nnld that some dny he'd 'show me, and now ho's dono Itl" Fred whistled low nnd long when sho had disappeared. "Girls I" ho mur mured to himself, "Some girls, any howthey will bo girls 1 You can't tell 'cm what's what, nnd you can't change 'cm, either l" Then, as more urgent matters again occupied his attention, ho went on nt nn nrdent and lively gait to attend his class in mnp-muklng. CCO HE COMTlN'UJl.) to distinguish COMiON ORASSES Not Many of Wild Species Arc Abundant or Valuable in Any One Locality. TIMOTHY IS MOST IMPORTANT It Growa All Over Northern Half of United States and South to Be ginning of Cotton Belt Do tails of Seeds. (Trcparcit by the Unltoil Htatca Department or Agriculture.) Although there are probably 0,000 distinct species of grasses In the world, only nbout 00 of these tiro Important cultivated plants. Not more thnn 1!0 wild species are abundant or valuable In uny one locality. With an Illustrated gttldo to help, one can enslly learn to distinguish many of the grasses, both cultivated and wild. Elaborate In struments or detailed knowledge of structures of tho grasses are unneces sary. To aid In making these dis tinctions, the United States Depart ment of Agriculture has prepared a A Load of Rnodes Grass, Baled and Ready for Shipment. new farmor's bulletin, No. 1254, "Im portnnf Cultivated Grasses," by C. V. Piper, agrostologlst, In which 20 well known grasses are described and Illus trated. Timothy Most Important. Timothy Is said to be tho most Important hay grass cultivated In America. It grows all over the north ern half of tho United States, and nbout ns far south ns tho beginning of the cotton belt. Kentucky Dlue grass, In spite of Its fame, is not a native of this country, but wns un doubtedly brought over from the Old World by early colonists, In mixed grass seeds, and grew well In the new soil. Kentucky bluegrnss Is well known for tho excellent lnwns It mnkes, and for the highly nutritious pasturage It furnishes. Details of Seed. Tho bulletin gives tho weight per bushel seeds of various grasses, num ber of seeds to n pound, and tho usual rate of seeding to tho ncrc. Itedtop, Bermuda grass, Orchard grass, Carpet grass, Canada bluegrass, Napier grass, Rhodes grass, Para grass, several Rescues," and millets, rye-grasses, Sudan grass und others are described fully In the bulletin, nnd their principal uses Indicated. Tho buUetln may bo obtulncd upon npllcatlon to tho United States Department of Agriculture. WAREHOUSE LAW IN EFFECT Department of Agriculture Co-operating With Bankers in States in the Northwest Efforts to put the United States wr.rcliousu act In effect on n large scnlc in tho Northwest are being made by the United States Department of Agrlculrure In co-operation with the banks oi that section. Grain ware- i housemen who v. ere licensed under tho act last year have Indicated their Intention of renewing their licenses this year, and It Is expected that n number of other warehousemen will come Into the system. GREEN MANURE HELPS SOILS Government Has Collected Much Val- uablo Information In Regard Jo Practice. Many of the poorer soils can be Im proved by plowing under a green ma nure crop. The government has re cently collected the available Informn tlon In regard to tho practice Into a fanners' bulletin. No. 12."0, on "Green Manuring," which may bo obtained free on application to tho United States Department, of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Kvcry man Inter ested In soil Improvement, ought to bvn a copy. VENTILATION DURING SUMMER Good Plan to Remove Wlndowo From Houses nnd Substitute Muclln or Fine Meshed Wire. In tho summer time It Is well to re move tho windows from tho poultry houses and substitute muslln-covcred frames, or fine meshed wire. Tho wide mesh wire allows tho entrance of spar rows, and with sparrows como mites nnd often plilekpnnor. Tliov nrr roll. J bcrs of tho mash box, and pests. STARCHY EARED CORN SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROT One of Most Useful Discoveries Recently Made. Means Provided In Selecting Seed That May Do Away With Neces sity of Testing Each Ear- How to Distinguish. (Prepared by tte- UnltoU Stales Department of Agriculture.) In the study of root, stalk, and ear rots of corn, ono ot' the most usetul discoveries that has been made Is a very noticeable difference between starchy ears nnd horny ears In the fre quency of Infection and In the vigor of plants produced. These differences uro discussed (n Department Bulletin NXW, Relation of the Character of tho Endosperm to the SusceptlblUy of Dent Corn to Root Rotting, by John F. Trust, assistant pathologist. TTiu Investigations were carried on Jointly by the United States Department of Agriculture and Purdue university agricultural experiment station. Ears of the dent varieties that havo starchy kernels have been found to be Infected with root-rot organisms more frequently than ears in tho satno seed lots that havo horny kernels. This provides a means of selection that may help to do nwtty with tho necessity of testing every ear to deter mine -whether from the standpoint of root-rot Infection it Is desirable to plant. Starchy kernels are easily dis tinguished from those with homy endosperms. The horny kernel is more or less translucent; that Is, It lets the light pass through In the sumo way that oiled paper does. Starchy kernels aru opuqut like a piece of chalk. Starchy ears of dent varieties pro duco larger numbers ot' weaker grow ing plants, more susceptible to root rots In the field, than do ears of more horny composition. There Is an Impression among corn growers thnt the depth of tho dents Is nn Indication of the starchlncss of the kernels, but this has not been shown to be true. .Chaffy kernels are usually 'very starchy, but sturchlness is not necessarily associated with normally-matured enrs that are rough. The bulletin may be obtained by ad dressing tho department at Washing ton, D. C. DEVICE AIDS BERRY GROWER Rolling Cutter Makes It Easy to Keep Strawberry Plants Con fined to Alloted Space. This device will he found hnndy In keeping the strawberry bed in order through the summer season. It Is a rolling cutter used to cut tho run ners which otherwise would spread out between the rows und sot plants where they are not wnnted, writes Rolling Cutter for Berries. D. It. Van Horn in the Nebraska Farm Journal. By running this cut ter up and down the rows one can very enslly keep the plants confined to tho spnee desired. Such a device Is made of two cutters from an old disk mounted on u homemade frame, as shown. I POISON SPRAY NOT HARMFUL Heavy Coatings of Residue on Fruits and Vegetables Removed by Good Washing. Poison sprays on fruits and vege tables will not bo found by consumers in harmful quantities If growers who use 'them against pests and diseases follow tho spraying schedule recom mended by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. In some In stances, becauso of heavy spraying or spraying late In the season, Investi gators for the department have found comparatively .largo quantltlus of spray residue on fruits nnd vegetables at harvest time, especially on prod ucts grown In dry climates. When heavy coatings of residue were found washing and wiping removed much of It, and peeling nil of It. Experiments nlong this lino wero undertaken by the department bo rauo of the possibility that spraying of fruits und vegetables might lenvo enough macule, lead, or copper on tho surface to bo Injurious to the con sumer. The results, obtained by an alyzing sprayed fruits and vegetables from various parts ot tho country nnd presented, mostly In tho form of ta bles, aro given In Department Bulle tin 1027, Poisonous Metals on Sprayed Fruits and Vegetables. Copies may bo obtained by addressing the depart ment at Washington, D. C. FIXING GRADES FOR MOHAIR Federal Wool Specialists Are Mak ing Careful Study of Output In Toxao. Investigations looking townrd tho establishment of grades for mohair nro now being tna'do by tho United States Department of Agriculture. Federal wool speclnllslts are mnklng a careful survey of. tho various kinds of mohair produced In Texas. SOGH PAINS AS THIS WOMAN HAD Two Months Could Not Turn in Bed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Finally Restored Health Seattle, Wnclrington. "I had drag ging pains first and could not stand on my leot, then I. had chills and lover and such pains in my right side and a hard lump there. I could not turn myself in bed and could not sleep. I was this way for over two months, trying everything any ono told me, un til my sister brought me n bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vetrc- i y tablo Compound. I took it regularly un til all the hard pains had left me and I was nblo to bo up nnd to do my work again. Tho hard lump left my side and I feel splendid in. all ways. I know of many women it hns helped," Mrs. G. Richaiidson, 4W0 Orcaa St, Seattle, Washington. This is another case whero Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound broughtrcBult3after"tryingoverything any ono told mo" had failed. If you aro pufTering from pain, ner vousness nnd arc always tired; if you nro low spirited and goQd for nothing, take Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. You may not only relievo tho present distress, but prevent the development of moro Bcrious trouble,. "Lost" Department. Act one nnd the only one Is set In the "lost nnd found" department of tho Indianapolis street railway. Telephone rings excitedly, attendant picks the phono up nnd u voice at the other end of the wire asks : "Lost nnd found department?" Attendant uuswers, "Well this In tho 'lost' department." Headaches Are Usually Due to Constipation When you are constipat ed, thero is not enough lubricant produced by your system to keep the food waste soft. Doctors prescribe Nujol becauso its action is so close to this natural lubricant. Nujol is a lubricant not a medicine or luxativc so cannot gripe. Try it today. FARMERS IRE WORKING HARDER And using their feet more, thnn ever before. For nil these workers the frequent use of Allen's Foot"IitBe, the antiseptic, healing powder to bo shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their oirtcicncy and insures needed physical com fort. Allen's FootHaae takes the Friction from the Shoe, kpeps the shoo from rub bing and tho stockings from wearing, fresh ens the feet, und prevents tired, aching and blistered feet. Women everywhere are constant users of Allen's Foot" Ease. Don't get foot sore, get Allen's FootEase. More than One Million five hundred thou sand pounds of Powder for tho Feet were used by our Army nnd Nnvy during the war. in a pincn, use Aliens iootnt.ase, Cuticura Soap SHAVES Without Mug Cotlrort Botp U the faTorltt forifetyriorihrlng. 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