Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1917 — Page 3

IT WAS DIFFERENT

By LOUISE OLIVER.

Margaret left the girls at the corner and cut across lots to her own house. It was a lovely, soft spring night with a moon, and the perfume of a million blossoms. Her thoughts were busy. She was thinking of the film she had just seen at the moving picture theater, of poor rebellious little Maggie Tulllver. How like Maggie she was herself, she thought, impulsive, loving, misunderstood, and always in trouble through no fault of her own. Just now she wanted to do something that seemed to find nothing but ridicule from the people at home. She wanted to have a fresh-air camp for children down on the lake where they could play and wade and frolic all summer. “But, Peggy, dear,” her aunt had expostulated, “there is a lovely big home for little city children up on the hill.” “Well, there are more children in town, aren’t there?” “But that isn’t it, dear. You don’t understand. It would take hundreds of dollars and many people to do the work. There would be washing and Ironing and cooking and dish washing and bed making. It wouldn’t be all play. And the lake is full of malaria and they’d all be sick and maybe some of them would die. Then what?” “Get some more,” said Margaret, not to be discouraged. “No, dear, it isn’t possible. You’ll have to get over this notion just as you got over wanting to be an aviator, and a missionary and all the other things. You’ll find your calling some day, I’m sure, and in the meantime just try to be contented with Uncle Ben and me and be your own little sweet self.” Margaret still thinking sympathetically of Maggie, crossed the smooth, moonlit lawns. “I’m just as sure as I can be,” she declared, “that by finding my calling some day, Aunt Emma means that I’ll get married. And that is the one thing on earth I won’t do. I consider it weak-minded, this marrying business, when there are so many real things to do in the world.” The soft grass and shrubs concealed her approach, and, as she went lightly up the side steps of the porch, she heard voices around front. Evidently no one know she had come, for the talking went on. She tiptoed to the dining room door, opened the screen and went in. “Even this hot place Is better than sitting out there and being told that I ought to get married. I’ll just have a saucer of strawberries and cream and then go to bed.” • She went back to the* Icebox, got the berries and switched off the light. Then she stepped out into the inviting coolness of the garden. “Hello!” said a masculine voice from the swing. “Hello,” answered Margiiret surprised. “I .thought Katrina had gone out. Excuse me!” And she prepared to depart. “Don’t go!” said the voice. “I don’t know who Katrina is, but she’s not here. There is just me—only I —l mean to say, I only am present.” “Who are you? I have a habit of being particular about my friends. Were you about to break in? Perhaps you have the flat silver about you now!” “I don’t believe I can talk much, my .mouth’s watering so at the smell of those strawberries.” “Just wait a minute and I’ll get you some.” She was back In an Instant, this time leaving on the kitchen light. She wanted to see what her vls-a-vls lookedJike. She was agreeably surprised to. find as he sprang forward to hold the door that he was tall, slender, young and nicely and quietly dressed, and his face satisfied her completely. She settled herself in the swing and he sat down beside her. “Well?” she asked. “Am I to have the story?” “There’s nothing to It—except that I’m misunderstood.” “How Interesting I" exclaimed Margaret, biting a berry. “So am I.” “I’ve always done pretty much as I pleased, though,” said the young man. “That Is, I wanted to write Instead of going Into business, but It hasn’t more than paid expenses. So now Uncle Dick Insists that X come and live with him and be his heir and marry some girl he’s picked out for me. Isn’t It awful I I’d rather go to Alaska.” “Do you mean that Mr. Dixon Prothero Is your uncle?” “Yes.” “And he brought you here to see the girl he wants you to marry?” “Yes.” “And you’re hiding?’ '• “Yes.” “Good for you. So am I! Pm the girl!” “Good heavens!’’ ; She nodded. “But If you’re the girl, it’s —it’s different. You see, I didn't know. I—l—really, Pd love to have you marry me.” “If I did. would you let me have a fresh-air camp for children, and have a flying machine, and be a missionary, and everything?” “Sure thing. And we’d go to Alaska, and Pd write, and we’d have a perpetual picnic.” “All right,” said Margaret, happily. “Til just do it. It never occurred to me before that marriage might mean that at last I should be understood.” • . (Copyright, 1817, by the McClure Newepa- . per Syndicate.) There is a breed of cattle in the Bamoan islands the bulls of which seldom weigh more than 200 pounds and ;the cows seldom more than 160 pounds.

STATISTICAL NOTES

Victoria, B. C„ baa 36,510 Inhabitants. Indiana has 32,845,000 acres in grains this year. Standard American barrels contain 400 pounds of cement. British Columbia has 4.104 miles of railway, Including street lines. Ecuador’s population is estimated at 1,500,000, three-fourths Indian and mestizos. Formosa’s 1917 camphor output is estimated at 11,616,000 pounds, worth $3,165,475. East Africa devotes 75,000 acres to coconut production. Trees average 55 to the acre.

“ONCE OVERS”

Are you one who never apologizes? Think It is impossible for you to be mistaken ? It is possible to apologize and keep your dignity.. And a generous heated body tries to recognize another’s point of view. Reasonable persons will apologize when a hurt to another was unintentional. Isn’t it worth while to be, and to win the reputation of being a reasonable person? The gracious yielding of a point, sometimes, is worth more to the who yields than to the one who is placated. If you are a broad-minded person you are able to see your own faults and imperfections at.least part of the Sipe. Whether the one who receives your apology accepts it or not should not concern you half so much as to have done your part. • __ So sure of your own motives and good Intentions that you will not unbend enough td’acknbwTedge that you have made a mistake? —Chicago Examiner.

SAYINGS OF A CYNIC

A little bit of skirt generally leads to a large slfce of trouble. A woman may ask for love and still prefer a stone—set in platinum. Almost any girl can triumph over another if her dress allowance Is bigger. A flatterer is one who plays the role of echo to one’s own thoughts. The woman whom every other woman likes is one whom no man will ever take. A flirt is a girl with a liking for sweets, long gloves and short love affairs. A woman has no use for a kingdom with women In it. She prefers her territory to be entirely masculine. Love is a disease that can be checked at any time by a dose of sense taken in the cold water of truth. Why a woman is so fond of dallying with a cigarette Is because It generally leads to dalliance with a man. Women look upon marriage as a sort of exploring’expedition to a country where the first savage they meet will be a husband.

FLASHLIGHTS

It’s a mighty poor father who refuses to set a good example. It’s very seldom that a willingness to work goes unaccommodated. Mistakes will happen, but have a better excuse than that for yours. Nothing spoils a decent act so much as bragging about It afterward. i If you can’t be reasonably happy on what you have, you’ll never be happy on what you’re going to get ' ‘ Life Is what we make It, and some of *ns seem to think that we have to make it miserable for others. The most important thing In life Is to realize how unimportant most of the things we quarrel about really are. The trouble In that the folks who marry for money seldom have the good sense to make the best of a bad bargain. - ■ «e> ■ . Some people don’t know when they are well off, but a whole lot more people, Insist that they are better off than they really are.

THE GENTLE CYNIC

Revenge Is sweet, but It is apt to make the lieart sour. Unfortunately > our shortcoming! often have the longest reach.

4 THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

HOW TO CUT SWEET CLOVER CROP FOR HAY

(Prepared by the United State# Department of Agriculture,) Cutting the first crop of the second season of sweet clover too close to the ground kills the stand on a ' ar & e P ro * portion of the fields. To prevent the loss of stands, farmers should exainine the fields carefully before mowing to determine the height at which the plants should be cut. At least one healthy bud or young branch should be left on each stub. In fact, the plants should be cut several Inches above the young shoots or buds, as the stubble may die back from one to three inches if they are cut during damp or rainy weather. Proper Height to Cut. Because of the difference tn the growth that sweet clover makes on different types of soil and because of the difference in thickness of stands in different fields, it is impossible, the spec’alist says, to state definitely the proper height to cut the first crop the second season when a second crop is expected. When the field contains a good stand and when the plants have made no more than a 30-inch growth, a five to six-inch stubble usually will be sufficient to insure a second crop. When fields contain very heavy stands —ls to 25 plants to the square foot—it may be necessary to leave an eightinch stubble. When the plants have been permitted to make a 36 to 40-inch growth, a stubbie ten to twelve inches

HARVESTING A GOOD CROP OF SWEET CLOVER.

high should be left. In semiarid regions where the plants do not make as rapid growth as in humid sections, they may, as a rule, be cut somewhat closer to the ground without injury. Proper Time to Cut. The proper time to cut the first crop the second season will vary in different localities, depending upon the rainfall, the temperature and the fertility of the soil. In no event should the plants be allow’ed to show flower buds or become woody before mowing. On fertile, well-limed soils in many sections a very rapid growth is made in the spring, and often the-plants will not show flower buds until about five feet high. On such soils it is essential that the first crop be cut when the plants are no more than 30 to 32 inches high, If hay is desired which Is not stemmy, and if a second growth is to be expected. In cutting the first

TRAP CHINCH BUGS BY PLOWING FURROW

Insects Find It Easier to Crawl Along Bottom Than Climb Sides—Also Dig Holes. (From the United States Department of Agriculture.) The time to strike at chinch bugs Is before they begin their migrations from fields of wheat, rye, or barley, about harvest time, into the corn. Be on guard for them. Their presence, in these crops often is hard to detect, because the damage they do in such fields is obscure or of no apparent importance. It is important .that _the bugs be discovered before they begin to crawl toward the cornfields, entomologists in the United States department of agriculture say, for the corn then can be protected and the migrating Insects trapped in the following way: Plow a deep furrow along the edge of the field, running tlm- land side of the plow toward the field to be protected. In dry weather the sides of the furrow can be made so smooth and so steep that the bugs will find it easier to crawl along the bottom than to climb up the sides. Circular holes from 30 to 40 feet apart, made with a post-hole digger, may then be dug in the bottom of the trench. Into these holes the bugs will fall in large numbers, where they may be killed easily by sprinkling kerosene oil over them. *A Tog dragged back and forth along the furrow is useful in keeping the bottom and sides, in good condition during dry weather. T “ Spraying for chinch bugs has* not proved successful, except on a small scale and when conducted by an expert, the difficulty being that the substances which kill the bugs are almost sure to kill the corn also. The thing to do is to discover the bugs before they reach the corn and keep them out of it by the methods described above. . Additional Information regarding the chinch bug is contained fa Farmers’ Bulletin 657, which can be secured free from the department of agriculture.

crop of the second season It 1$ a good plan to use extension shoe soles on the mower so that a high stubble may be left. It is not necessary to leave more than an ordinary stubble when cutting the sweet clover hay crop in the fall of the year of seeding. A stubble four or five Inches high, however, will serve to hold drifting snow’ and undoubtedly will be of some help fa protecting the plants from winter Injury, * Cure Sweet Clover Hay. In some sections of the country it is difficult to cure sweet clover hay because. the stand is ready to cut at a time of the year when weather conditions are likely to be unfavorable for haymaking. Succulent plants like sweet clover cannot be cured into hay of good quality unless excellent weather conditions prevail during the haying period. One of the most successful methods for handling sweet clover hay is to allow the plants to remain in the swath until they are well wilted or just before the leaves begin to cure. The hay should then be raked into windrows and, cocked at orlce. The cocks should be made as high and as narrow as possible, as this will permit better ventilation. In curing, the cocks will shrink from one-third to one-half their original size. It may take ten days to two weeks to cure sweet clover by this method, but when well

cured all the leaves will be intact and the hay will have an excellent color and aroma. When sweet clover is cocked at the proper time the leaves will cure flat and in such a manner that the cocks will readily shed water during heavy rains. Stacking Sweet Clover. In stacking sweet clover, a cover should be provided either in the form of a roof, a canvas or long, green grass. A foundation of rails, posts or boards is desirable, as this will permit the circulation of air under the stack. No instances of spontaneous combustion ,in sweet clover hay have been noted, says the writer of the bulletin, but this may be due to the fact that Comparatively little sweet clover hay is stored in barns. The same precautions in this regard should be taken with sweet clover hay as with red clover or alfalfa.

PREPARED GRAIN IS SUPERIOR FOR STOCK

Horses, Especially, Relish Ground Feed and Grinding Increases Its Digestibility. The farmer who feeds grain finds that grinding is one of the practical ways to get the greatest feeding value. In man, his intelligence tells him to chew his food and the more he chews it the more benefit he derives from it. Animals have no such intelligence, thus their food must be prepared for them. This can be done by grinding and the grains are broken up so that the digestive fluids are given a better chance to do their work. A saving of about 12 per cent can be made by grinding oats, barley, rye, wheat and peas. It pays -always to grind the small grains and the benefits derived seem to be well established. Horses, especially, relish ground grain and crushing the grain for them increases its digestibility. When a 4U»rse becomes old and its teeth get bad, nothing will keep it in any better condition than ground grain. Cattle fed on ground grains gain more fa a shorter time than those fed on unground grains. Cattle fed cornineal make large gains and the use of meal especially a few weeks before selling will prove very economical. Hogs will fatten quickly on ground corn, but the oil in the meal when ground too long, becomes rancid, so we see the necessity of having the feed as fresh as possible. It is a waste of money to buy ground feed when the good, clean grains can be ground much cheaper at home. A good feed grinder for grinding ear corn, Shelled corn and all kinds of small grains soon pays for itself in the quality of the ground feed. Mill screenings, elevator waste, oat hulls and ground corncobs do not contain much nutritive Value since the grinding of the feed alone does not Improve the quality. Feed that is not fattening or feed that stock /will not eat is of no value, but good, clean, ground grain pays and is recommended as a great benefit to stock.

Queer Things in Tibet

TIBET has had for centuries a fascination which has led many explorers to their death. It occupies an immense area of the oldest of the continents, t and it is inhabited by strange Monoloid people who have vainly tried to live a hermit existence. Several centuries ago a law was enacted and made part of the Tibetan religion prohibiting any European entering the country, and this law was rigidly effective until the British expedition under Colonel Younghusband captured the capital of Tibet several years ago. The remoteness of Tibet, the hardships to be met in crossing the immense ranges of mountains, the-hostility of the barbarous tribes of the country and the jealousy of the lamas or priests aided in keeping this region unknown to the rest of the world, writes Henry L. Peterson in Grit. Tibet is practically treeless and bitterly cold, for the mountains here reach great altitudes and nature presents her wildest and most repellent moods. The ruggedness of the landscape is reflected in the people themselves who are very low in the scale of civilization. One explorer of this lit-tle-known country says in describing the inhabitants: “Among the varying scales of humankind the Tibetan is entitled to the lowest position; it would be impossible to imagine a people more unenlightened and barbarous, savage and degraded in all the terms savagery and degradation imply. One who has never seen a Tibetan nomad on his native heath can have no conception of his unpleasant appearance; the swarthy complexion, long black hair, piercing coal-black eyes, half-naked figure with an enormous spear slung on his back and a rusty matchlock in his band, makes the best figure for a painter I ever saw. When opportunity presents itself to attack and plunder a small caravan without chance of resistance he is a perfect embodiment of vainglorious bravery, but at the first show of aggression, or even the feeblest of real dangers, he is the veriest coward.” Many Small Tribe*. The Tibetans are composed of many small tribes, varying in customs, manners and even language, but held together by the religious domination of the Dalai Lama, for in government Tibet is a theocracy almost pure and simple. Their habits, of life are indescribably filthy, and morals, according to Western standards, have no existence. Says one writer who has lived among them for a time: “The love of eating is common to all Tibetans. For many months I lived among them to bear witness to their dipping their hands up to their wrists in one dish, eating sheep’s insides, and sleeping under tents crawling with vermin engendered by their filthy habits. They are gluttonous and will eat at all times until gorged, then lie down and sleep like brutes.” The pest of vermin is widespread, for their religion, particularly among the more educated, forbids the taking of life, and to kill a louse is considered a moral sin which may condemn the slayer’s soul to an eternity of horrible punishment r Wretched Lot of the Women. The traveler cannot fail to be-struck by the hardness and misery of the Tibetan woman’s lot says the writer just quoted. Although, owing to the disparity between the sexes, a woman is a valuable commodity, she is treated with contempt and her existence is Indefinitely worse than that of domestic animals. Polyandry, several husbands for one wife, is generally practiced, increasing the horror of her position, for -he is required to be the slave to a number of masters who treat her with rigorous harshness and brutality. From the day of her birth to that of her death her life is one protracted period of degradation. She is called upon to perform the most degrading and menial of services and she is obliged to perform almost the entire manual labor of the community, as it is considered debasing for a man to engage in other labor than that of the chase or warfare. The woman has no

voice in the selection of her numerous husbands. She is sold like a horse er a cow to the highest bidder. The rites of death and burial ara very curious. When a chief or other influential member of a tribe dies his body is fastened to a stake and exposed to the attacks of beasts and birds in the belief that all the evil parts of his body will be consumed. After that, what remains Is cremated and the ashes placed in magic bowls mixed with charms and portions to be used as medicines. The qiost disreputable quarter of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is occupied by the famous tribe of Ragyabas, or beggar scavengers, the men whose repulsive occupation is to break up the bodies of the dead. A more brutalized type of humanity cannot be imagined, and they live in the foulest of hovels. Filthy in appearance, halfnaked, clothed in obscene rags, these people live in houses unfit to house a hog. The veil which has for centuries hidden Tibet from the rest of the world has been lifted, but the spectacle revealed has not been a particularly savory one.

MAN IS TAKEN AT OWN VALUE

Humility Is Called a Virtue but It Ceases to Be One If It la Carried Too Far. Humility is called a virtue. It is so unless carried too far. A man is usually taken at his own value. If he makes too little of himself, he is likely tp be thought of little worth. The unduly humble man will lack the strength of character needed for success. He will have little influence in society and will not be fitted to hold responsible position. While too great opinion oF oneself stands in the way of progress, too great humility is worse, says the Milwaukee Journal. Conceit receives many knocks in life and may be taken out of a man; too much humility seldom receives the needed encouragement. Conceit in a child is soon corrected when he comes to mingling with other children In schools. Too great humility gives his schoolmates a chance to put upon him and treat him as an inferior —a chance which will seldom be neglected. A child may become crippled in spirit for life in this way. Even teachers sometimes fall to see what Is the trouble with the child and to give him the encouragement he needs. Beware of breaking down a child’s self-confidence. Irreparable injury may thus be done him. Train him to feel that he is of value and Is able to do what there is for him to do. Think well of yourself if you would have others think well of you.

Food Conservation.

She was of the stage. That was plain. For she had certain curls, certain hues of cheek, and certain looksof the eye which told this story. Then, too, she had a dog, which sat behind her chair, as she ate her meal, brought from the bread line which passes the steam tables. S' Oscar—why call all dogs Fido?—-sat behind the chair and waited very patiently. He evidently was trained. Then, suddenly he was waited upon. There dropped from above, where the debris had been carefully collected and placed jn a piece of paper, quite a meaL Oscar set upon it, and ravenously gorged it down. Then, led by his mistress, he left the restaurant as if something very unusual had happened. “Food conservation!” murmured the fat man, who was starting upon bisrecord variety of pie.—Columbus Evening Dispatch. '

At the Wild Wat Show.

“Surprised to see me here, SmlthT 1 Td rather have a quiet smoke at home,: but my wife bullied me into coming; to take care of the boy, you know." “He’s a fine little fellow, aren’t you, son?” “Jumping Jupiter, that’s not my I boy. Where in thunder is that kid." ]