Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — Page 2

Up the Hudson River

Palisades of the Hudson.

WHEN yon do the seemingly commonplace thing of buying a ticket for a sail up the Hudson, you are embarking on no commonplace thing at all. For rest assured of this: You are about to travel the most beautiful waterway in all the civilized world, Zoe There are mighty rivers in Africa; they say, that take the breath away for sheer solitary grandeur. And the Amazon, with vast and sinister forests. And Florida streams, mystic and weird. Virginians point with pride to the broad Potomac with its fine estatesand quiet reaches. People in the Northwest challenge the world with their Columbia —mighty river of commerce and industry—winding almost endlessly back from the 'Puget sound through ranch lands and lumber lands and towering, glowering •mountains. ‘ Then, of course, Hie Rhine, glorified with myth and legend, sung and painted and made a pilgrimage spot by centuries of travelers, but presenting In fact nothing save its moldering castles that permit it to compare scenically with the river that flows at our door. A Beauty All Its Own. For the beauty of a river is like the beauty of a woman; -it doesn’t depend upon a single feature. There has got 1 to be a certain aliveness to a’river that corresponds to intelligence in a face. Your mighty African river of the solitudes hasn’t that. Nor has your giant stream of the West the charm thrown round the Hudson by centurias of human contact —adventure, struggle, change, adversity, prosperity, peace. Come with me, will you, for a little voyage from Desbrosses street to Albany? And from the economical vantage point of a $2, nine-hour trip, let us see some of the things that make this “Empire” river so lordly—■andsohuman.

At the left hand, as we start north, are the Hoboken docks, not pretty perhaps, but touched with interest because of the huge interned German ships that had almost taken root at their piers. The sweet green promontory of Stevens Point, where the institute is, sticks out defiantly from between terminals and warehouses that try to choke it Yet the castlelike homestead of the Stevens family manages to keep its look of aristrocratlc serenity, despite the crowdings of commercialism. _ - At Weehawken, where trolley cars now zigzag so nimbly up the heights, is the spot —then a picturesque and ’grassy ledge; now merely “opposite West Forty-second street”—where Hamilton and Burr met on the “field of honor” in 1804. The boat goes so fast that in a minute it seems we are passing Riverslde drive, which some day will be conceded the loveliest street in the world. Now we pass the district of cliff dwellers —thousands of tall houses rising out of the trees, as it seems, from the river. To me these apartment houses, each one homing more families than some small villages, are a feature of thrills and beauty. Cliff* Little Changed. The real, unspoiled loveliness of the river begins here, where the still rural looking Fort Washington point reaches ?ut towaid the magnificent rise of the hlisades at Fort Lee. , „ ■ Barring the tovi bomOsL that 'ndw peep out through the trees at the top of these 500-foot cliffs, there Is not such a precious lot of difference between bow they look today tyid how they looked when George Washington and his staff watched from them the destruction of Fort Washington on the eastern heights nearly a century and a half ago and lined out a retreat through the heart of Jersey. These two forts were supposed to guard a barrier of sunken ships and logs planted in the river at this point to keep the British back. The appeal of the Palisades is fresher each time you sail past them. As the steamer purrs along, you need only narrow your eyes a little to shut out tilings dose at hand, and pretend

it is 1609, and that you see Indians lying prone upon the flat rocks high above the river, 'watching Hendrick Hudson beating northward in his tiny caravel. ■ - - Since the Palisades have become part of the state park, New Yorkers are getting better acquainted with them. But until-lately hardly one person in a thousand knew the wooded wonders of this 16-mile strip, its primeval ravines, its streams and forests, its wildflowers and the fair fields that sweep back from the little old hamlets at the top. City's Big Playground. Artists hunted them out, and a few hardy campers explored the wilderness they found. But to this day there is more untouched ground along these Palisades for New Yorkers to play in than in any other territory within a hundred miles. —Under the shaftdike waHs, and dose to the rim of the Hven'herweehTort Lee and Piermont, is a row of tiny white tents with boats drawn up, gaily painted canoes and little sailboats. Bare-legged kiddies run out hoping for “waxes" as our steamer passes, and the campers wave and halloo. On the right, the end of Manhattan island is marked by a high rise of wooded land and that famous creek In was lost the intrepid Dutchman jkvho tried to swim it "in spuyt den duyvel” to warn tlie farmers up country that the British had landed on Manhattan isle.

Notwithstanding the squealing railroads that now trestle it where it joins the Hudson, Spuyten Duyvel still keeps a good deal the look of a pretty country. Just north of Spuyten Duyvel is a mountainette, which used to be called Tibbet’s hill and had a fortification, now replaced by. the tall shaft of the Hendrick Hudson monument. The story goes that the little Half Moon was attacked Ht this point by Indians. Before the Majestic Palisades. The lovely wooded hillsides we now pass on the east bank are where the rich men of Riverdale have their homes and where the picturesque convent of Mount St. Vincent peeps out from the trees. If the day is clear you can glimpse a large castlelike house which was built by Edwin Forrest, famous tragedian of a generation ago. It now forms part of the convent, and is headquarters for the American branch of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent. The Palisades now grow more and more majestic, and the east bank of the river is cool-looking and clad with trees through which the houses in the suburbs of Yonkers begin to peep. If you were tired and hot at the beginning of the trip, you are rested by this time despite yourself. There is something in the very width of fte Hudson and the calm of the great cliffs to thezwest and the vast sweep of water as, far ahead, it swells into The Tappan Zee. that blurs remem-" brance of city cares and makes body and mind relax.

The boat puts in at Yonkers and gives you a chance to see a suburb that is a thriving city. You learn that this old Dutch town, only 17 miles from the battery, has 90,000 population and Is full of lively business interests. On the Hudson’s west bank nestles’ the quaint, neat landing of Alpine, beginning at the river’s brim and straggling up the precipitous wooded hill. You can almost smell the damp greenness of the fprest, quiet and calm on the weekday, but abloom with picnic parties every Sunday from early morning till way past dark. For this Is all state park how, free to the people and protected from quarrymen. You can’t quite see the village proper from the river, for It is at the top of the cliff, a bit back from the brink, a sweet, rustic hamlet, as remote from the world as though it were Indeed an Alpine community. Perched on the green brow of the Palisades at this point are some lovely houses, and two or three artists’ studios clinging to the woodsy walls further down. » North of Yonkers and Alpine the country is more beautiful with every

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

Cinderella Without the Ball

By George Haskell

“Oh, come on Em! It’s going to be a dandy party !*’ The girl looking over the fence was urging another who paused a moment tn the business of hanging clothes on the line to answer“l "can’t Grace — but Dora is going.” “Yes, Dora’s always ‘going,’ and you’re staying —staying home, and doing the “Oh, well, I’m trying to get a dress made. When it’s done, Pll be ‘going.’” Emily laughed cheerfully, gave a towel a vigorous snap, and hung it on the line. She was thin and rather colorless, but her hair scintillated in the shifting sunlight and had copper and gold glint s. The fence of the back yard In the village street was not too high for those who passed to look over, but Emily was not ashamed of her homely work, they were not able to hire it done, her mother had never been used to hard labor of any kind, and as for her younger sister, Dora» it was quite out of the question to think of her doing the family wash. Dora was eight years younger than Emily, very pretty, very self-willed, and very selfish. The

fast two traits were probably owing to the Spoiling she had received from both mother and sister. Two children Emily and Dora had died, and Dora w as the annle of her mother’s eye. She had lived inluxtiry, and - when Hur crash had come, followed soon by the death of her husband, she had taken the little that brought in a very slender Income, and had settled down to live upon it with no idea of trying to increase it withany labor ot her own. She was of the helpless, unthinking kind who will sometiine, somewhere, have to experience a heavy jolt to awaken them to the purpose of their being here on this terrestrial globe. When Emily was seventeen she hadtaken up the burden of attempting to better con(Trtron3r, ~gT»T mHke "the mile income go farther by doing the heavy

"I Know You Are Worth All the Doras in Creation.”

work that a woman had been paid to do. Next she saved dressmaking bills by making her own clothes, and eventually those of her mother and sister. It is always? the people who are willing who are allowed to carry the burdens of those who are not. There has been known, however, to be such a thing as “the last straw.” But Emily gave no Indications of the, last strawl till a cheery voice hailed her over the fence some minutes after her girl friend had passed on. A pair of merry eyes belonging to a tanned, honest face, not-especlally but invitingly reliable, smiled at her under the raised hat. Emily embarrassed and rather miserable at the thought of her appearance In the old, faded working garb, could only stanv, nier out: “Oh ! Mr. Hale!” » “You'll be there tonight at the er party, won’t you?” he asked. \ “No. I think not But my sister’s going.” “Why don’t you go?” he persisted. Emily thought she even noticed a tinge of disappointment in the tone. She pushed a wet sheet along on the line to better see his face, and said: “Well I—l can't explaln Just now, but I can’t go.” She felt’that any plea of ill health would be slightly incongruous with her vigorous handling of the week’s~=wash. She could not tell him the real reason. and with an expression of regret Hale passed on. The wet towel hung limply In her hand, and the wind catching an unfastened sheet, it slid to dihe ground unnoticed by the girl. Youth, the desire for companionship, the call of the heart were all having their say. Their demand was Insistent. They did not even ask why they should be nled. Bmlly had met Hale only two or three times, but she had been strongly attracted to him. When her mother

called from the doorway, the sfteet on the ground she had suddenly a glimmering realization that he meant more to her than she had supposed. ’ In the cool sitting Toom Emily dropped down on a chair. “I wonder If that blue voile would look well enouglk for me to - wear tonight.” she said. Her sister Dora looked up from the" novel she was reading, comfortably stretched out on a couch. “Oh Em, that old thing!” she exclaimed in a distressed tone. “Emily! you - would disgrace the family in that dress!” chimed in the mother from, her corner jay th© window where some stockings were receiving some desultory darning. ~ This aspect of the case had not before occurred to Emily, but she at once saw the force of the argument. “I Thought I might freshen it up a bit,” she‘answered apologetically. “But if you think it looks so shabby, why I’ll just let it go.” 4——=.--. “You must 'get at your clothes dear, 'and fix Qp something to wear, so that you’ll be ready for the next party.” Emily made no answer. She knew that the time for getting at her own wardrobe was not likely to come very soon with all the sewing for her mother and sister that was already laid out for her. She arose a trifle, wearily, and wonHmo fiye kltchen to prepare the meal.

Dora, came home from the party flushed and excited with the “dandy time” she had had. Howard Hale had danced with her more than with any other girl; and both women saw quite plainly that something like a romance had begun under their own roof. To the elder sister the knowledge came with a chilling, benumbing weight. She tried to "set it aside, andl_be glad of the other’s happlness, but, her own heart cried out in revolt. She saw before her a battle to be fought to gain the victory of renunciation. After Hale’s first call at whlch etlquette required the presence of the family, Emily invariably left the field clear for her sister, who had Intimated that she wished this. Emily was finding the battle with herself an unusually hard one. The more deeply she found she loved this man, the more strongly came the temptation to revolt; but her mother was so pleased, and her sister so happy how could she

reveal her feelings. Besides Hale evidently loved her sister, and had not even thought of her, so she hid all evidences of the struggle under a quiet, exterior. —— — ■ One evening Hale came when Dora was out, as she had not expected him. Emily met him with the information. After a few minutes talk he said: “Will you answer me frankly, truthfully one thing?” In surprise she agreed to his request. “Why do you always fly from me as though I were a pestilence?” he asked. “Why—why, you come to see my sis- >» . “No. I don’t,” he broke In. “I come to see you! Don’t you think I know you are worth all the Doras in creation. You’re courageous, unselfish little woman!” At this Emily quite broke down, sobbing out something rather unintelligible. But holding her close against his heart, he seemed to understand.

JUST WHAT CREATES ECHO

Under Proper Conditions Any Kind of a Sound Wave Will Be Effectively Reproduced. An echo is caused when the waves of air which you create when you shout are thrown back again when they are stopped by something they encounter and are turned back without changing their shape. Any kind of a sound wave will make an echo In this way. You see, you can have no sound of any kind without sound waves. You could not make a sound if there were no air. Now, when you shout, you start a series of sound waves that go out from you In every direction and they spread away from you in circles just like the rings, or ripple that are caused when you drop a stone Into a pool of water. You can prove this to yourself easily by having one, twh, three or more, of your friends stand around you in a large circle. You can' place them as far away from you as your shout can be heard If you wish. Whenvoushout. each of your friends will bour the shout at the same time, provided, of course, they are at equal distance from you. Sometimes these sound waves as they go away from you in circles strike objects that turn the Wavqs back unbroken just as they came to them. The Weaves will bounce back just like a rubber ball from a wall against which it

has been thrown and this is the echo. However, some things- that the sound waves strike break up these waves entirely and others partially. No doubt :you have sometimes noticed when you shout you bear a distinct echo and that at other times, standing j in the same place, 'you cannot hear any echo, although you shout in the same way. This is explained the air are such that no echo is produced while at other times a perfect echo results. —Book of Wonders.

No Time for Debate.

Alfred —Please don’t put me- off any longer, Mary. Will you marry me? Mary Alfred. I hardly know, whether I love you well enough or not Besides —— Alfred .(looking at his watch) — Mary, the last train is due in just three minutes. Yes or Mary—Yea. Alfred.

TRACTOR BIG ASSISTANCE IN FARMING

TRACTORS DID EVERYTHING HORSE CAN DO.

The national farm tractor demonstration at Fremont, Neb., brought home to the thousands of people who attended it the great assistance those machines can render in farming. They will be of vital importance in speeding up the production of foodstuffs now that the burden of helping feed our allies rests on the farmers of America besides that of feeding our own peop e at home and our soldiera~gghtlng The tractors at this show did everything that horses can do on a farm and they did it better and faster. One tractor pulled three plows with ease, another performed the operation of disking and sowing the seed at the same operation. Still another, driven with lines like a horse, drew a binder. The one shown in this photograph is pulling the disks and barrowing the ground at the same operation. America has got to increase her production of food to Insure victory. The use of machines like this tractor is an Important means to that end.

DRESSING OF LIME APPLIED TO MEADOW

Material Replaces That Which Has Been Used Up in Natural Decomposition. (By W. R.GILBERT.) Meadow land frequently dressed with farmyard manure will at certain Intervals respond to a dressing of lime. The lime applied replaces that which has been used up in the natural decomposition of the organic matter in the soil; that which has been lost »n the drainage water, and also that which has been carried off yearly in the hay crop and, in the cases of grazing, by the animals. During recent years a form of lime, called ground lime, has been put upon the market. It is produced by grinding cob lime by machinery to a very fine powder, and it Is thus made possible to broadcast Mme in a caustic condition and in a finely divided form over the land. The chemical changes previously described will be repeated with this material and the ground lime will become changed to carbonate of lime. Ground lime is applied in quantities varying from five hundredweight to twenty hundredweight per statute acre, and when put on with a slag sower can be uniformly distributed. , The question which at once becomes apparent is whether limestone rock, carbonate lime ground to a fine powdery and evenly distributed over meadow land might not give results equal to those produced by cob lime -and--ground lime, and thus dispense with the expensive process of burning the rock.

In considering the results, it must always be remembered that the. action of lime in the soil is very slow and is extended over a number of years; consequently but few conclusions can be drawn until more hay crops from these plots have been weighed. The advantage, however, it will be noticed, rests with the finely divided varieties of lime, and undoubtedly the application of lime to the" soil in a finely divided condition is attended with more immediate results than where cob lime, is employed. It is remarked: (1) In districts where, owing to nearness of limekilns, it is more convenient to use cob lime, it is essential that the lime be spread from the heaps as soon as fallen, and also, in order to Insure more effective distriJtmtion, the light harrows should be passed over about two or three days afterward, so as to scatter any lumps ’tfiat~may~not~have fallenin the heaps. “7 Unje UOt livered to the farm until all arrangements have been made for /its application, as loss will be occasioned by the bursting of the bags. (3) When ground limestone is used it should contain a high percentage of carbonate of lime.

INSECT DOES VAST AMOUNT OF INJURY

to Garden and Field Crops -Fall Plowing Urged. The corn ear-worm does a vast amount of injury each year to valuable garden and field crops. It is practically the only insect which injures the ears of field corn, and it is decidedly the worst Insect pest of sweet corn. This worm does considerable damage to tomatoes by boring into the green and ripening fruit and is known to the grower as the tomato fruit-worm; it hores into the “bud” or unfolding leaves of tobacco and is known to the planter as the tobacco

bud-worm; and it is also one of the serious pests of cotton in the South; where It is called the cotton boll-worm from its habit of boring into the cot-ton-bolls. The "Tull-grown worms are In markings’lind colbr, but usually they are a dull greenish or brownish color, with Indistinct stripes or spots, and are about 1% inches long. Winter is passed in the pupa or resting stage in the soil. When the worm becomes full grown it burrows down in the soil about three inches and constructs a tube or gallery nearly to the surface of the ground for the use of the moth which will come out later. The worm retires to the bottom of the gallery and changes to the pupa or resting stage. It is in this stage and under such surroundings that the insect passes the winter. According to T. J. Talbert of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, one of the best means of control is fall plowing and harrowing or disking, in order to break up the opening tubes or exit galleries of the soil. This also brings the resting stage (pupa) of the Insect nearer the surface, where the alternate freezing and thawing during the winter will have a greater effect in destroyingjt. Fall plowing and cultivation have been found almost 100 per cent effective for the area covered.

BIG IMPORTANCE OF LEGUME INOCULATION

Soil Fertility Increased by Plowing Under Leguminous Crop, Says an Expert. For centuries legumes have been used in'crop rotation because they enrich the soil. Why alfalfa, the clovers and other similar orops make the soil richer was discovered about 30 years ago, when it was shown that .legumes can use the nitrogen of the atmosphere while other pUmts must take it from the soil. By plowing under a leguminous crop, soil fertility may be Increased by that nitrogen taken from the air. The leguminous plant, however, can get its nitrogen from the air only through bacteria, living on its roots. Certain bacteria in the soil enter the small roots and cause them to swell into wartlike growths of nodules. Inside of these nodules millions of the legume bacteria grow and these are agents that take the nitrogen from the air and give it to the plants. Without bacteria the legume plant will not use nitrogen from the air, but from the soil the same as any other crop. To use atmospheric nitrogen as fertilizer one must make certain that the proper bacteria are present in the soil. This can be done by inoculating, which consists in applying the bacteria to the seed or scattering them on the field. The bacteria can be had in soil where a legume grew recently and produced nodules, or in jure cultures grown in special laboratories. The use of the soil is as effective as the pure culture, according to W. A. Albrecht of the Univtysity of Missouri College of Agriculture, but often a properly inoculated soil cannot be had.

GOOD QUALITIES OF COWPEAS

Splendid Vegetable for Table Use and Raise Some. * ~ It you have never recognized the splendid qualities of the cowpea as a vegetable, grow some for table use this year and be convinced. They are fine for use as “snaps” or in the dry state. Some of the good varieties for the table are Crowder’s Sugar, Lady, E|lackeye and Wonderful. For full information on the growing and use of the cowpea, write the United States department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for Farmers’ Bulletin No. 318.