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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
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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,
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