The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 9, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 September 1916 — Page 7

I The Rhume | I Word | i I •I Bu GEORGE ELMER COBB £ I (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) “That’s luck I” uttered Mr. Lionel Wray, as his daughter at the wheel, their auto crept into the public garage and stopped dead short. “Yes, I’m thankful to get this far,” echoed Lillian Wray with a sigh of vast relief. “1 was afraid we would have to be towed into town.” The machine had refused to take a hill on the country road two miles hack. However, by using second speed and halting frequently until the carburetor had a normal supply of gas from the chocked-up feed pipe, they just managed to gain the garage at a snail’s pace. It was a drowsy mid-afternoon hour and there was only one person in the garage. He might be the or a customey, judging from his clothes, and /fn'Wray accosted him with some hesitation and timidity as he made his Vanls known. Lillian reflected that tnhr stranger, at once interested in their troubles, had a tine intellectual face and/ she looked gratified when he announced that, although the garage owner and his helper were both away on a smashup job, he felt an ability to help them out. The young man took off his coat and the sudden transition into a jumper caused Lillian to smile. He spread a tarpaulin under the machine and was soon at work with pump and tools. “Have to take oft the sediment trap cover,” finally announced the impromptu mechanic. “It’s easy to pump the pipe clear, but it will fill right up again so we might as well make a thorough job of it while we’re at it. She’s stuck hard, but I fancy I can budge her,” and the accommodating

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“I Got It,” He Announced. young man once more crept out of sight, a formidable wrench in his hand. ~ It was fully half an hour before he emerged bearing evidences tive labor and grime, but smiling courageously. “I got it.” he announced with a palpable spice of triumph in his tone and went over to a sink to wash his hands. LllMan edged up to her father. “Papa, dear,” she said, "you will have to let me have some money. I presume this will be quite a bill—that young man had to work dreadfully hard.” “Certainly, how much, daughter? The mischief!”' Going in turn through his pockets. Mr. Wray finding nothing, looked perturbed and dismayed. “What Is It, papa?” questioned Lillian anxiously. “Bless me! If I haven’t left money and check book in my other clothes.” “Oh, papa!” palpitated Lillian with concern. “Only seventy-five cents,” she added,, glancing into her purse. “What will the young man think of us?” The young man, overhearing, his back to them wiping his hands at the towel, smiled quietly. As he faced about Lillian approached him with timidity. “The —the charge, please, please?” she faltered. “Oh, that?” responded Vance Elliott, lightly. “Let me see,” and he feigned to consult a written schedule on a s When Pulling a Nail. A nail partly out that threatens to break your hammer handle before drawing, will sometimes cpme out easily if struck a sharp blow first. It starts the rust, and then it comes easy. Same thing with a screw. If it wIH not turn out, try a turn in first. Does not always work,- but if it works once in twenty it is worth knowing, Isn’t it? —American Carpenter and Builder. The Law. The lesson of humility is hard to learn. The lesson of human brotherhood is still harder to learn. But if we can pluck any truth out 7 of the awful agony of the war it is this—that no sort or kind of Injustice or cruelty or oppression or repression is In the end profitable or even safe. That is the law. —James Douglas. Criticizing the Baby. A new baby boy had just arrived at the home of Ijttle Melvin. When asked how he liked his little brother he replied: “All right, but he Is awfully sunburnt”

desk. “Ah, yes—twenty-five cer.ts.’* “Twenty-five—” voiced Lillian faintly. “Cepts,” supplied the smiling amateur workman. “You see, we can’t call this a regular job. as I am not acting officially. The mechanic’s proportion would be a quarter, so—thanks.” Lillian was immensely relieved. She flushed, however, as her eyes met those of this courteous obliging helper. There was a slightly quizzical expression in his glance! Had he overheard her conversation with her father? “An honest man!” exclaimed Mr. Wray with energy as they left the garage. “He certainly was delightful,” observed Lillian, and there was the token of a sigh in her utterance, as though reluctant to sever association with this splendid young fellow. "Hello!” exclaimed Vance at I high noon exactly three days later. He was on a week’s walking jaunt, putting in the last half of a desultory vacation. He was passing a handsome villa. Gazing beyond its hedge, he caught sight of a young girl seated at a table in a rustic arbor. She had looked up to wave her hand at an old gentleman crossing the lawn towards a small building at the rear of the mansion, suggesting a storehouse or workshop. "My friends of the garage,” mur- i mured Elliott, and in a pleased tone, j He had not forgotten them, particularly the girl, and he recognized them at once. A maid came to the young lady in the course of a few minutes and they | went into the house. Elliott was a bold, original young man. He crowd- I ed through the hedge, he approached ! the arbor, he glanced down, at sever® half written sheets. “Poetry," he smiled —“and not bad. Ah! I see she has left blank where the rhyming word does not come satisfactorily or euphoniously. '1 drained life’s chalice all too soon—moon, rune, noon,’ she has noted down. I’ll add to the collection,” and the fun-lov-ing invader “spoon.” “ ‘There came to me a carrier dove,’ she has got ‘grove, rove, prove.’ I’ll add my mite,” and he audaciously wrpte, “move.” His spirit of mischief subdued, there was no excuse for Vance to remain, although he would like to have done so. He crossed the lawn to pass the little building into which he had seen Mr. Wray disappear. He glanced in a sashless window. Upon a workbench was a model made up of intricate wheels, shafts, and levers. Standing, shaking his head dubiously as if at a loss to figure out some perplexing problem regarding the invention, was Mr. Wray. He seemed to give up in despair. He left the little workroom in deep thought. Vance entered it and looked over the machine. Half an hour later Mr. Wray, returning to the place, uttered a cry of surprise to see an intruder absolutely engrossed in working over the machine. "Hey, you!” he hailed challengingly. “Don’t bother me,” retorted the absorbed Vance. “You’re working on a great idea here and —glory, I’ve got it!” He had, Indeed, expert mechanician that he was, discovered what Mr. Wray had lacked in his Invention for use iu a large factory he owned, had failed to find—the connecting link. One hour later Lillian Wray came to the door of the little workshop to summon her father to lunch. She flushed with a quick little gasp as she recognized Elliott. She knew now where the “rhyme words” had come from. She also made a new discovery —pendant from his watch chain was a coin—a silver*twenty-five-cent piece. It turned out that the wealthy Mr. Wray needed just such an expert mechanician as Vance Elliott. It turned out too that frequent business conferences at the home of the capitalist became quite regular, so, of course, Vance saw a good deal of Lillian. • And one balmy afternoon as they were drifting placidly down stream in a row boat, he made the remark: “In suggesting rhymes for your pretty poetry, Miss Wray, I omitted a very suitable one for ‘dove.’ ” “Indeed,” murmured Lillian consciously expectant of the sequence. “Yes, it was ‘Love,’” and, with that as his text, this remarkably eloquent and persuasive young man proceeded to plead his cause—successfully. Municipal Art. “Who designed that hideous monument- in the public square of your town?” asked the visitor to Gopherville. “That wasn’t designed by no artist,” replied the native. “It was designed by the mayors brother-in-law.” Practical Preference. “Darling, I love you so much I would gladly die for you.” “That’s very nice of you, George, but it wouldn’t do me any good. I’d so much rather you’d make a good living for me than a glad dying.” How Toads Feed. Toads are most useful denizens of a garden. They eat all sorts of harmful insects —even wasps. They 1 like their prey living, and the more it wriggles the more interest they take in it The insect is conveyed to the toad’s mouth with a lightning flash of a long pink tongue, which grows at the front of the mouth and curves toward the back. The tongue is covered with a sticky substance to which the food clings.—Tit-Bits. Indefinitely Put Off. David and Walter had not met in some time, and one morning when they boarded the same car they began to chat of old times. “And when is your marriage to Carolyn Hathaway coming off, Dave?” queried Walter. “It has been postponed indefinitely,” replied David. “Is that so?” said Walter, in surprise. “What’s the trouble?” “She married another fellow.” Possible to Bo Too Bright. Don’t try to dazzle people with your brightness. Automobile lights are something of a nuisance.

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REDUCING COST OF PORK PRODUCTION

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PIGS ON OAT AND PEA FORAGE.

(From the United States Department of Agriculture.) The cost of pork is reduced materially by the use of pasture and forage crops, but it is desirable to fet'd grain or other concentrated feed tn addition. In some sections of the country where pastures are luxuriant, mature hogs are maintained in an apparently satisfactory condition on pasture alone. This practice should not be followed, however, in the case of young, growing pigs, because they will become thin in flesh and stunted if compelled to live on pasture alone. *Hog raisers differ ‘widely regarding the quantity of grain that should be fed to hogs while on pasture. Some feeders give them all they will consume. Others feed a ration equal to about 2 to 3 per cent of the live weight of the hog. Still others will allow pigs to run on pasture and feed them a 1 pier cent grain ration. There is no fixed rille governing the supplemental grain ration which should be fed in combination with forage. The amount fed depends upon the kind of pasture used, the price of grain, and the market. Pasture forage has a variable composition. Alfalfa, clover, vetch, and peas furnish feed much richer in protein than most other crops. Where

GETTING STAND OF ALFALFA Use Seed Which Is Pure and of Good Vitality—Thick Stand Will Keep Out Weeds. The amount of seed to sow per acre Is variously estimated at from 8 to 20 pounds. It is well to have a rather thick stand the first year, as some of the plants are practically certain to

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die, and with a thin stand the stems are coarser and not so palatable, but 10 to 12 pounds of seed per acre is enough to sow. A small amount of seed which is pure and of good vitality is better than a larger quantity of seed of lower grade. One advantage of a thick stand is to prevent the weeds getting a foothold. In parts of Kansas, four plants per square foot is considered the best ratio; in Ohio, one every four inches is more common. The seed may be drilled or sown broadcast and disked or harrowed in. In broadcasting, many people favor sowing one-half the seed in one direction and the remainder at right angles to the first sowing. This is believed to give a more even distribution. Disking before plowing helps make a firm seed bed. Sometimes it is possible to get a stand by sowing a few pounds of alfalfa seed with red clover. Then plow up the clover and seed to alfalfa. The soil will contain enough bacteria to make a good catch fairly certain. SWEET CLOVER FOR PROTEIN Until Quite Recently Plant Was Considered as Merely a Worthless Roadside Weed. Analyses which have been made of sweet clover, until quite recently considered as merely a worthless roadside weed, show that it contains a larger per cent of protein and more nitrogen bacteria capable of storing up nitrogen from the air than alfalfa, which is the most highly prized of the legume family. FEEDING SILAGE TO CALVES In Absence of Other Nutritious Feeds It May Serve as Substitute— Avoid Coarse Parts. Value of corn silage for young calves is an unsettled question. In the absence of other and more nutritious feeds, it may serve as a good substitute. It should never be fed extensively, and care should be exercised to prevent the feeding of coars** narts,

hogs are feeding on leguminous pasture they require less concentrated feed than when grazing upon nonleguminous pasture such as timothy, orchard grass, Bermuda, or bluegrass. In the early stages of growth the cereals may be classed as nitrogenous forages. A farmer may have more hogs than his pasture will accommodate. When this is the case, the pasture will last longer if a full grain ration is fed. The more grain a hog consumes, the less forage he will eat. When grain is high, it is rather expensive to feed a supplemental grain ration. At such times there is a great temptation to place the hogs upon pasture alone. This practice will hardly ever pay, for it generally takes more grain and more time to finish off the hogs than if they had been fed a liberal ration whil£ on pasture. The amount of grain used will also depend upon the length of time the feeder has in which to fit the hogs for market. Hogs that are marketed from ten to twelve months old are usually maintained on pasture alone during the grazing season. If any grain is given at all it is very light. In this way the greater percentage of growth is made from the cheaply grown forage. Where rapid finishing is desired the liberal use of grain is important.

WARM WEATHER AND HORSES Sunstroke Caused by Sfun’s Rays Falling Directly on Skull—Heat Exhaustion Similar. (By PROF. O’TOOLE, North Dakota Experiment Station.) Sunstroke is caused by the direct rays of the sun falling upon the skull. A horse so affected may die suddenly as though stricken with apoplexy or he may have a gradual paralysis of respiration. The symptoms which usually present themselves are restlessness, pawing, spasms and a marked redness of the mucous membranes lining the cavities of the head. The temperature in sunstroke may not rise above normal during the whole course of the disease. Another condition very similar to sunstroke is that known as heat stroke or heat exhaustion. This is brought about by overexertion and Insufficient heat elimination. The direct rays of the sun are not responsible for this affection, which very often occurs to an animal on a cloudy, sultry day. Some of the more prominent symptoms of heat stroke are weariness, profuse sweating, difficult breathing, an extremely high temperature, and a rapid pulse, which gradually grows weaker and upon the approach of death muscular tremors will be noted. The treatment for sunstroke and heatstroke are the same. Remove the animal to a cool, quiet, well-ventilated place, and permit a stream of cold water to flow over the horse and If possible apply ice packs to the head. If ice is plentiful apply it all over the body. TO DESTROY INJURIOUS MICE Enemies Have Been Killed Off and Little Rodents Have Increased Quite Rapidly. How to destroy Injurious mice is a difficult question. The owl and the hawk are the natural enemies of mice, as is the cat, and to some extent the dog, the weasel, the mink, the otter, and the beaver perhaps, but these suspected enemies of the mice have been killed off. There are few of them remaining, thus mice have increased rapidly and it seems necessary to employ strychnine, which may be mixed dry or otherwise with crushed grain, or whole grain, wheat or oats. How to place this deadly poison within reach of mice without destroying other useful creatures is a question difficult to decide. SELLING DIRECT FROM FIELD Farmers Favor That Plan With Cabbages, Letting Dealers Stand Risk of Storage. Most farmers prefer to sell their cabbage direct from the field, preferring that the dealers stand the risk of storage; this is probably the better plan. Where it is desired to store cabbage for home use, or even for sale later, one of the many plans in use is that of trenching. A shallow trench Is dug and the cabbage laid In it head down, and then covered with soil. Straw, litter, and manure are placed over this to prevent deep freezing. Storing In a warm, damp cellar ruins the flavor of cabbage. DESTROY BUGS IN ORCHARDS Torch for Burning Out Nests of Tent Caterpillar Can Be Made of Old Rags or Waste. A handy torch for burning out nests of the tent caterpillar is made by winding a coil of old rags or waste at the end of an iron rod and fastening this to a pole of some kind. Where the trees are not too large a handy and quick method is to do the job on horseback. ’

TERM “GRINGO” LONG IN USE

Contemptuous Epithet Applied to Foreigners Alleged to Have Had Its Origin in Spain. Will you permit me to contribute a few words on the subject of the origin of the word gringo? Gringo is an old Spanish word that antedates the Mexican war by seventy years. It was defined by the first edition of the Standard Dictionary, in 1891: "One of English blood or speech; a contemptuous epithet.” By the New Standard, 1913, the term was treated as follows: “In Spanish America, a foreigner, particularly an American or one of English blood or speech; a contemptuous epithet (Spanish gibberish).” I have been able to trace the word back to 1787, 129 years, and find it explained in P. Easteban de Terroros y Pardo's “Dictionario Castellano,” published in Madrid in that year. See Vol. 11, page 240, column 1: “Gringos —Llaman en Maiga a los estranjeros, que tlenen clerta especie de acento, que los priva de una locucion facil y natural Casteliana; y en Madrid dan el mismo y por la misma causa con particularidad a los Irlandeses.” Roughly translated, this means: “Gringos—The name given Ln Malaga to those foreigners who have a certain accent which prevents them from speaking Spanish fluently and naturally, and in Madrid the same term is used for the same reason, especially with reference to the Irish.” The word may be found also in Melchior Emmanuel Nunez de Taboada’s “Diction naire Espagnol-Francais,” published in Paris in 1845; “Gringos, ga—Adj., (figure et famillier.) -Grec, hebreu. On le dit d’une chose inintelligible.” ‘Translation: “Gringos, ga—(figuratively and colloquially,) Greek, Hebrew. It is said of a thing that is not intelligible.”—Letter to Editor of New York Times. He Was Game. King Canute the Great ordered his throne to be carried down to the seashore. Then he sat on the throne, stretched out his scepter and commanded the waves to go back. But they didn’t go back. They came right on and swamped the throne, compelling the king to wade to shore or be drowned. “Oh, well,” said Canute as he dried his coronation robes before the kitchen fire, “I didn’t really think they would go back, but I’m willing to try anything once.” FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment Are Supreme. Trial Free. These fragrant, super-creamy emollients keep the skin fresh and clear, the scalp free from dandruff, crusts and scales and the hands soft and white. They are splendid for nursery and toilet purposes and are most economical because most effective. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Forewarned. “If w T e are going to get married you must give up smoking,” she said. “Yes,” he agreed. “And drinking and your club.” “Yes.” “And playing cards for money. Now, doesn’t anything else suggest itself to you that you will give up of your own accord?” “Yes.” “What?” “All idea of getting married.” Dogs as Idealists. It was in the course of an imaginary; interview with one of the greatest comtemporary French writers. “The dog Riquet,” observed Anatole France, “has the character accorded 4>y all novelists who are liked to their heroes. “In bis attitude toward life there are unselfishness, humility and idealism. These qualities are, in fact, to be found, only in dogs.” Convinced. “Do you know anything about suburban real estate values?” “Not a thing. And it has cost me a lot of money to find out that I didn’t, too.”

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OF COURSE HE BLAMED HER Impatient Man Naturally Irritated at Wife’s Slowness in Pointing Out Sartorial Defect. She hurried down the stairs to join her husband, who was waiting to go out with her to the party. “Oh, Jack,” she cried, “wait a moment.” “I never saw anything like it!” exclaimed Jack impatiently. “You always forget something. You girls are enough to drive any patient man frantic.” “But, Jack dear—” “Oh! go upstairs and get what you want, and don’t for goodness’ sake keep me waiting here any longer.” “But I haven’t forgotten anything, dear; it’s you—” “Good gracious! what next, I wonder? I’ve been dressed ready and waiting for you this last half-hour.” “Indeed!” she said frigidly, “then why is it you’ve got no necktie on?” “Goodness!” he ejaculated. “Why couldn’t you tell me that before, Instead of staring at me and saying nothing?” Happy is the home where Red Cross Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All grocers. Adv. Model Husband. “Are yqu a married woman?” asked Mrs. Woodside of the applicant for the vacancy in the kitchen. “Yassum. I’s married.” “And does your husband live here in town?” “Yassum.” “How will you get along if you break up your home and come here to work for me?” “Lawd bless you, mum, he won’t care. He don’t care if he nebber sees me for a thousand years.”—Newark News. Primitive Indians. The Conebo, Shlppo, Cocomao and Yahua tribes of Amazon Indians are still wearing clothes of grass. Mexico has 15.251 miles of railway.

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