Walkerton Independent, Volume 53, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 May 1928 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent Published Every Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NE)V*S CO. Publishers of the VALKEBTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS » IAKEVH.LE STANDARD “Trna ST. JOSEPH COUNTY WEEKLIES^ f Clam DeCoudres, Business Manager Charles M, Finch, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear >l.St ■lx Months 99 yhree Months , BQ ' TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton, ynd , as second-class matter. There are seemingly no “safety-first’' rules that apply to the aviation hopoff. Practice makes perfect, we are told, especially the practice of what we preach. France brings us the olive branch in her bill, but says nothing about our bill. In regard to that almost too popular song, “The Song Is Ended,” the question is, when? It costs $3,493,581,519 a year to run the United States, but on the whole we believe it’s worth it. It is easy to build a big dam. Making the structure safe, for the innocent bystander Is a different matter. Psychoanalysts will be more valued when it cap be used more to prevent crime instead of exculpating criminals. The fashion editor says that extreme latitude is now allowed in skirts, but we don’t notice any longitude. A man in Kentucky died from the effects of a yawn, which is another reason one should keep his mouth shut Colonel Lindbergh is one of the few men who have attained the top of the world and it didn’t make his head swim. We often wonder.’ why they are called the secrets of success. Everybody is always telling them to everybody else. Trotzky is a Red but since he was sent into exile it is evident that his people don’t think he is the pink of perfection. Historical literature has its value. It prevents the reminders of a great man from. being reduced to a brass band and a parade. . The birds, somehow, manage to keep their voices in good shape and their throats in condition without resorting to smoking. The discovery of a new mummy is bringing little burprise even to archeological circles. Mummies, after all. are pretty much hl ike. England is now bidding for supremacy in the motion-picture field, and is banking heavily on the subtlety of her subtitle writers. Scientists have established that the greatest depth of the ocean is six miles. Those seeking fame might try for the ocean depth record. The tomb of an ancient king in Ur was strewn with the bodies of mu sicians. This proves conclusively that the saxophone is not a modern inven tion. About the only difference between spinach and the old fashioned spanking, as a punishment, is that nobody pretended spanking was rich in some kind of vitamines. Every country has its crime waves. Few talk so much ahout them as the U. S. A. The prominence given to this class of discussion may be regarded as a sign of enviable inexperience. Our pessimistic friend says it used to be bis wife could make him a necktie out of her old silk dresses, but now she can make herself a dress out of one of his silk neckties. One of the interesting speculations in connection with the automobile outlook for the year is what impressive new words they will be able to think of that mean second-hand. If he makes a practice of proclaiming, at every favorable opportunity, “I am the captain of my soul I” there is probably a forceful woman somewhere in the background who is the coach. Now that television is a reality, we are awaiting patiently the day when an opulent American will create a oneday sensation by allowing his face to go on an extended tour of Europe. The Jacksonville Times-Union asks why women hold their fans over theii faces when flashlight powder is exploded. Perhaps they are afraid their “complexions” won’t stand a strong light. Washington views the outlook as favorable for agriculture as a whole. No reference is made to agriculturists in the hole. A railroad appoints a florist to beautify with flowers. Now let it appoint an official burglar to jimmy open the car windows. The old-time stage ham who used to bawl “Hello, Central” into the phone, which nobody does, is now in romantic screen dramas, getting the right number the first time. One restful thing about hoop skirts was that the party didn’t decide to slide down the banisters at 2 a. tn. “From earliest childhood.” said the learned man, “I was in contact with good books. They put half a dozen under me at the table so I could reach my plate.” Naturally the . detective in fiction has to go about getting fingerprint of the suspect in a’novel and involved way, Instead of lending him an ex pensive book.

Improved Uniform International Sunday School ’ Lesson ’ (By REV. p H KIIZWATBK. D.D.. Dean Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) - Lesson for May 13 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM LESSON TEXT—Mark 11:1-33. GOLDEN TEXT—Behold, thy King coineth unto thee; He is just, and having salvation. PRIMARY TOPlC—Hailing Jesus as King. JUNIOR TOPIC —Hailing Jesus as King. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—The Kingly Qualities of Jesus. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Jesus Asserts Messianic Authority. I. Jesus Officially Presented to the Jewish Nation as King. —vv. 1-11). This should out be designated the triumphal entry, tor it was so only in outward appearances. The shouts were empty and meaningless. It was the promised King publicly offering Himself to the nation. 1. The preparation (vv. 1-6). (1) Two disciples sent for the ass i (vv. 1-3). He told them just where to go to find it, and how to answer the owner’s inquiry. The providing of this animal was the, working out of the divine plan according to Christ’s foreknowledge. (2) Obedience of the disciples (vv. 4-6). Without asking why. they go at His bidding. The command may have seemed strange ami unreasonable, but they rendered explicit obedience. 2. The entry into Jerusalem (vv. 7-10). (1) The disciples pur their garments upon the ass and set the Lord upon it (v. 7). This act showed their recognitio of Him as their King | (II Kings 9:18). (2) The multitude (vv. 8,9). Some spread heir garments in the way; ' others who bad no garments to spare cut down brunches and strewed them in the way, which was Just as accept able unto Him. This entry was In fulfillment of a prophecy uttered some five hundred years before (Zech. 9:9). They uttered the very cry which the prophet foretold. This Is a clew to enable one to understand the prophecies which are unfulfilled as yet. If the prediction of His firs coming was thus literally fulfilled, we must believe that those of His second coming will likewise be literally fulfilled The prediction of Zechariah 14:3-11 will be just as literally fulfilled as that of Zechariah 9:9. (3) The Lord’s action (v. 10). Upon entering the temple. He looked around upon all things: but as it was : eventide He withdrew to Bethany with the twelve. 11. Jesu Exercising His Royal Au thority (vv. 12-19). 1. The barren fig tree cursed (vv. 12-14). The fig tree is typical of the Jewish nation. The fruit normally appears on j the fig tree ahead of the leaves The presence of the leaves is the assur- j ance of fruit. This was an acted parable of the Lord’s judgment on Israel for pretension of being the chosen people without the fruits thereof. 1 2. The temple cleansed (vv. 15-19). For the various tacrifice in the temple, many oxen, sheep and doves were needed. Many persons came from the distant parts of the land; i therefore it was impracticable for them to bnng their sacrifices with them, so mey brought money and bought the ?ulmaAs needed. This priv- ! ilege the »nw had granted to them ’ (DeuL 14:24-26), for the exchange was necessary. When evil men used It as an opportunity for gain ft became an offense before God It defiled j His bouse. Jes is '• ade Himself a ; scourge of cords and drove out the money changers, overthrowing their i tables and pouring out their money. ' By this act He declared Himself to be the Lord of rhe temple and one with God. That which God intended to be a “house of prayer for all na- | tiors” was made a “den of thieves.” This action symbolized the call of the nation to repentance The scribes and | chief priests grasped the meaning, for i they were aroused to murderous hate. I and sought to destroy Hirn. This act is further typical of a day when I Jesus shall come in wrath and execute ' judgment upon all who profane His l house and service. 111. Jesus’ Authority Challenged (vv. 27-33). They challenged Him to show by what authority He accepted the honors of the Messiah, and who gave Him the authority to cast out the money changers. This seemed to place Jesus in a dilemma. He responded by a question which placed them in a counter dilemma. Since John was His forerunner, the divinity of His commission rested upon that of John. They were powerless to discredit John, because the people accepted him as God’s prophet. If j they had accepted John’s message I they would have been prepared to accept His. They weakly confessed that they could not answer the question. Found in the Bible 1 find in the Bible a grand peculiarity that seems to say to all who attempt to systematize it. I am not of your kind—l am intractable in your hands —1 stand alone. The great and* wise shall never exhaust my treasures; by figures and parables I will come down to the feelings and under- ■ standings of the ignorant. Leave me I as I am, but study me incessantly.— Cecil. Secret Devotion Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here; therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence and barometer of vital and experimental religion.—The Presbyterian.

Sylvia of the Minute

—— 4 CHAPTER Vl—Continued —l7— "What put this idea Into your head, that he might marry a county teacher?” Mr. Creighton anxiously asked. “If he’d go that far —disgrace me with ■ low marriage—” St. Croix realized, as he told bh father the grounds of his fears, that they sounded rather insubstantial. “But he must have beer closeted a long time with that girl this afternoon, for It was nearly two hours after closing time,’ he explained. “And he seems to haunt her schoolhouse !” “She’s yor.ag and pretty, I suppose?” "Young and pretty, yes, but deadly common I" "How do you know? Ever met her yourself?” "Yes. She’s a relative of the farmer, Sam Schwenckton, and boards at his farm. I met her that night Sam Schwenckton snitched my watch.” “Attractive?” St. Croix nodded. "But an Impossible little vulgarian. I can't Imagine why they let such illiterates teach our schools. She murders the English language as terribly as any uneducated Pennsylvania Dutch girl does!” “I scarcely believe, St. Croix, that Marvin could be attracted to such a girl as you describe. He doesn’t usually Jet his senses blur his judgment." *Td think, too, but for what I've seen with my own eyes. Father. If he could tolerate her for two hours—alone In her schoolroom with her—and then walk holme with her for n mile—l should think he must be pretty far gone!” "It wouldn’t matter how far gon? he were If ft weren’t that the young fool's apt, as you say, to marry her: Consideration for his family, for his mother—trifles like that!—would not stop him! Well, I'll nip ft! I'll Investigate the thing and 1f there's anyI thing in It, I’ll bribe the girl to go away.” "But wait—we haven’t much evidence; it would be a pity to let her hold you up for a pile of money if there’s nothing In It.” "I’ll soon find out whether there's anything In It.” "But how?” “If I can contrive tn get In touch with her, the rest will be easyl” "The danger of Interfering Is that It often starts just what you meant to prevent!” “I wasn't born yesterday. St. Croix Once I meet the girl. I’ll soon find out enough to guide me. If I waited for indisputable evidence, I might be too late. I suppose I could drop In to se** her at her school Just nt closing time. 1 don’t you think? Do you know what | time in the afternoon the school closes?” “About four o’clock.” “I'll look her over on Monday. It won't do to dally with such a posslbll- ’ ity! I’m fast coming to the point of resigning myself to the fact that Mar vin enn't be coerced. Very well, then, we’ve got to circumvent him!" “Conceited, obstinate ass!” muttered St. Croix. ; “Nothing of the kind! He has one of the few qualities in which men differ from sheep. Backbone. He has I backbone. Stands upright on his own. Refuses to get down on nil fours and run after a tinkling leader!" “Steps out from the herd and throws the whole works into disorder!” St. Croix contended. “He would say he was starting them on a better path—away from the slaughter house.” “Sounds as If you agreed with him, Father!” “You know better. But I respect ' his backbone. Gets It from me,” Mr. | Creighton concluded, as at this mo- ! ment the waiter presented the bill and St Croix rose from the table. — CHAPTER VII — When Marvin Creighton reached his father’s house that same evening, he found, to his dismay, all the driveways about the place filled with limou- ' sines. A party on? But that was uni likely, for now that he no longer lived at home, he and his mother valued i these Thursday evenings together too much to let anything interfere with ! them. This evening he especially wanted to see her alone for the rea- : sons he had accurately stated to Miss [ Schwenckton —he wanted to see the i photograph he had asked his mother j to unearth and he wanted very much to hear about the English mail she had received. He surmised that he had probably come in at the tail end of an afternoon club meeting—the “Quo Non Ascendus club,” probably. Well, he didn't want to be caught in that bedlam ! So he stole in at a side door and went upstairs to his own rooms. The familiar sight of his bedroom and study, to which he could now come only on brief visits in his father’s absence, depressed him. It all seemed so unnecessary, this bitter controversy between him and his faJ ther! Yet it was not a light thing I of recent growth, but deep-rooted in their essential differences of temperament and character and outlook—his father being quite frankly primitive and “human” (he claimed) in his gospel of self-interest, while he himself j was inherently, unconquerably socially minded. From his boyhood up his father had tried in vain to knock out of him his unbusiness-like consideration of the other fellow's point of view; and it had ended at last in their being unable to live under the same roof. The hardest part of it to Marvin was the distress it caused his mother. If anything could have made him deny his soul it was that. While he freshened up in his bathroom, reveling in its conveniences and comforts (there was no bathroom at Absalom Puntz’) he wondered how Miss Schwenckton, who looked so dainty and seemed so fastidious, endured the crjude life at Schwenckton’s farm. She didn’t fit into the picture. He knew the party must break up soon, for it was nearly dinner time |

By 4 HELEN R. MARTIN Ccpy i<ht by Dodd. Mead A C<x WNU Service and most of these people had several Jilles to drive; and a few empty cups and saucers about tae hall which the servants had overlooked told him they had already had tea. How did his mother, comparatively Intelligent, stand that crowd? And yet, how else would she fill her life, emptied, through her great wealth, of the wholesome necessity to work? Superfluous wealth was a joy-killer as surely as poverty. The visitors were gone at last and Marvin went downstairs to take his mot tier in his arms. It was cozy having his dinner alone with his mother; and the taste and comforts of his home, after his dose of Absalom Puntz' menage, were certainly soothing. “Father thinks a dose of plain living will cure me!" Marvin smiled as he helped himself to fillet of steak and mushrooms the butler was passing. “On the contrary, living at Absalom Puntz' has made me realize, as I never did before, how much unnecessary luxury we have here, which 1 always took for granted, not knowing any other way of life. So this throwing me out on my own Is Just having the opposite effect of what he intended it to have.” “I don't like to think of your living In such discomfort, denr.” his mother answered, “though you're not looking any the worse for It! But how In the world do you stand their food?” “It’s good. I walk about the country so much that anything tastes good. I'm getting to like sauerkraut am) boiled beef and cabbage! Bully! And fried ponhaus! Anti even smearcase!" “Imagine St. Croix eating at the table with those Puntzes!" Mrs. Creighton smiled. “Sauerkraut ami smearcase and ponhaus!" "It's not their foot! so much ns the way they ent It that ’krelstlos' me Know what ‘kreisttes’ menus? of course you don't. Means disgust, rubs me the wrong way. gets my gont. I can't watch them ent; they are too darned Industrious about It." “Mnrvfn. I want to nsk van some thing—l’m worried. St. Croix Is philandering. I’m afraid, with a very common girl and I do dread what can come of such entanglements It's so Imprudent! You get about the country so much I thought perhaps you had heard or seen something of It. have y<>u? Ik> you know who th? girl Is?" "No." Marvin responded gloomily, his heart sinking; that enr of his brother's near the William Penn school ami Miss Schwenckton pretending she had remained tn school to work when she had been out on the 1 road—and that weird business of her : changing her clothes—" How did you hear of it. Mother?" "The girl sent ii box of fudee here to the house for him, with a verse written on the wrapping paper—ttie poetry being as home made ns the | candy! I gave It to him when he : came home ami he was so embar- ' rassed and angry l knew he must be 1 involved rather deeply—and I ve been worried !" “What makes you conclude. Mother, that she’s a ’common’ girl?” "Her poetry! “When you receive this box of futch You'll mebby think ft ain’t so mutch. But in one piece I put a kiss. You’ll know which one—the sweetest ’tis.” Marvin laughed Joyfully—the author of that was not Miss Schwenckton! “St. Croix certainly takes his chances, playing 'round with one of these Pennsylvania Dutch girls! First thing he knows he'll have a lawsuit on his hands. But I think." he tried to comfort his mother, "'we may always bank on St. Croix’ playing safe Philandering is of course always dangerous where a suit for damages offers a big haul —but in St. Croix’ philosophy of life. Prudence and Respectability are such influential factors 1 think we needn’t be anxious.” “Well, I hope so.” she sighed. "Another thing I wanted to ask you—do you know. I’m beginning to think. Marvin, that there's more to this affair with our English cousins than meets the eye?"

Poet’s Glider Almost Too Eager in Action

Long ago, in Algeria, a French poet contributed unknowingly to the advancement of aerial conquest, says the Air Station News, biweekly publication of the naval air station at Pensacola. Fla. Mouillard was his name and ne constructed his glider from the study of birds. Starting early, as is the custom of later-day pilots, he buckled on his wings and started down the road waiting for a favorable breeze. The road down which he “took off” was raised five or six feet above the surrounding plains and was bordered on both sides by ditches some ten feet wide. His wings felt light. Etunning forward to test their life, he thought to amuse himself by jumping one of the ditches. The result is told in his own words: “So I took a good run across the road and jumped. My feet did not come down to earth. I was gliding on the air and making vain efforts to Cashmere Shawls Best The most beautiful of the Indian or cashmere shawls come from the looms and handicraft of Cashmere (Kashmir), a little country of Asia situated just north of the Punjab, among the Himalaya mountains. Among the heights of this range are found the sheep and goats which produce the fine wool used in the manufacture of these shawls. Shawl manufacturing is the most important industry of the Punjab, and the best shawls are made at Univitzur, but none can compare with those of Cashmere.

► “Aha! You are? Well, so am II Go on—what's yours?" “You know that for months St. Croix has been planning to go to England to see Lady Sylvia—and, Marvin, they keep holding him off! Their latest letter says Lady Sylvia has gone abroad. Now, of course they’ve no money to let her travel about the continent, so I’m sure she must have taken a position as traveling companion or governess. I’m beginning to suspect, dear, that she's as much averse to this rather ridiculous marriage scheme as you are yourself!" "» should think she would be! Probably she prefers earning her own living !" "But she can’t earn enough to save the estate!" “It’s possible she may think more of her self-respect than of the estate." “Well, her parents don’t admit anything like that —they probably hope to persuade her —to bring her ’round." “Vain hope, if she's a girl that's worth anything." “Yes—only you must remember that the English don’t regard such marriages as we do. they’re so used to them." “If she marries St. Croix, she’s no better than any other courtesan thut sells herself!" “Whut are your suspicions. Marvin?" “My ’suspicions’?" « "You said you agreed with me that there seemed more to this affair than meets the eye.” “Exactly. But let’s not go so fast. About the girl's being 'abroad.’ now — perhaps it's here, to America, that she has come to earn her living!" Mrs. Creighton looked startled. “What makes you think that? Do you know that she has?" Marvin regarded his mother uncertainly— i wild possibility flashing upon bis mind. His mother was always perfectly open with him. but she was conscientiously loyal to Ids father and if his father had asked her to keep a certain secret she would certainly try to do it. "Motb-r," he asked, his quiet tone concealing his strong feeling, “do you know that she's here?"—for perhaps he was being "worked”; perhaps the cirl had been brought over here and pimp'd where she was bound to cross his path, his father hoping that when bis s<>n met her without knowing who she was. he might "fall for her"; and all this talk about St. Croix marrying her was perhaps a bluff to throw him (Marvin) off the scent! Could this be possible? Was the girl conniving with his father to trap hhn. that her family ami her home might enjoy the Creighton millions? And was his mother playing n silent hand? But a girl that 1 could lend herself to such a plot! He felt a revulsion of f<. ing against her at ti e bare thought of it ami his heart i sank like lead in his breast. He would demand the truth from I his mother; she would not deny It. 1 He put down his coffee cup and took ' both her hands In his. “You know, of 1 course. Mother, why I asked to see that photograph?" he hazarded. “Why, no. Marvin. I don't." she answen <l. very puzzled. "Why did you? Ard wlrt on < rth makes you think she may l«e here?” "Mother, what do you know about thi< Miotic business? Let me have the truth!" "I d' n’t know a thing about it, dear, that you don’t know, or not as much, evidently. What do you mean?" “You don’t know whether Lady Sylvia St. Croix is tn America?” “Os course I don’t. Why?" The possibility still remained that his father and Lady Sylvia might be working without his mother’s knowledge. Here was an acid test of his suspicion. “Are you sure St. Croix means to go over to England and try for her?" “Why of course! Why should I doubt it? He’s crazy about it I You know that, dear. And so is your father. What is in your mind, dear?” Marvin dropped her hands, leaned back in the deep couch and folded his arms. “I suppose I’m a fool, but I had a suspicion for a moment that Father had got the girl over here and was jabbing her on to me on the sly!’’ <TO BE CONTINUED.)

land, for my airplane had set out on a cruise. I dangled only a few feet from the soil, but do what I could I could not reach it, and I was skimming along without the power to stop. At last, my feet touched the earth. I fell forward on my head and broke my wings and all was over, but goodness, how frightened I had been.” God’s Greatest Gift The Pall-Mall restaurant is a famous establishment in the Hay Market section of London. All prominent men and women go there at least once, it it be only to inscribe their names in the “Album of the House.” Patti was there once and wrote beneath her name: “A beautiful voice is one of God's highest gifts.” Some time after Yvette Guilbert was there, and having read Patti's inscription wrote down: “An ugly, but expressive voice, is also one of God's highest gifts.” She thought, no doubt, to have the last word. Chance would have it that Sir Rider Haggard dropped in one day at the Pall-Mall and started leafing the album. He smiled and in turn wrote something beneath his name. This was it. “Silence is God's greatest gift !”— Pierre Van Paassen, in Altanta Constitution. Truth’s Slow Progress Truth is said to be eternal; it Is well it should be, for error so far outstrides its stately steps that we might therein fear whether truth would finally overtake it.—Jefferson Davis.

Notions About Seed Potatoes Doubtful Whether There Is Any Difference in Value of Each “End.” (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Much experimental work has been done with the potato to determine the best methods of treating the seed to secure the most satisfactory yields. The results have varied to the point of confusion in many instances. In technical bulletin No. 5-T, “Source, Character and Treatment of Potato Sets.” just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, William i Stuart reviews the results of noteworthy experimental work and in addition presents the results of the department investigations on the source, character and treatment of potato seeds. Value of End for Seed. The relative value of the seed and stem end of the tuber for seed purposes lias served as a basis of numerous studies, both in this country and in foreign countries to determine which portion of the tuber will ordinarily produce the larger yield. Some growers are so firmly convinced that । the seed end of the tuber is undesirable for seed purposes that they clip It off and discard It. Other growers are equally convinced that the seed end Is superior to the stem end for planting. These different viewpoints have been responsible for repeated efforts to demonstrate the superiority of one over the other. After a study of the literature in which each "end" of the potato has proved superior to the other in different tests. Mr. Stuart concludes that It Is doubtful whether there is any real suiwriority of one end over the other for seed purposes. The data as a whole, however, seem to indicate that as the weight of the set increases there Is a greater res|M>nse from the seed end than from the stem-end set. Greening Process. Sprouting seed potatoes in the light before planting them, a process known as "greening." has long been practiced by growers of early potatoes in most European countries in an effort to hasten the development of tubers of marketable size early In the season. Greening is not yet a commercial practice in rhe United States. In fact, ihe department studies, covering a perimi of years In four different localities, show rather conflicting results when yearly comparisons are made, or when the average yields for the period are considered. Detailed discussion of the subject is included in the bulletin, (’onsi derat ion is also given to the advisabifity of planting immature rather than mature seed. A copy of the bulletin may be obtained by writing to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. Sensible Idea to Want to Own Only Pure Breds It is a tine and sensible ambition for every farmer to want to own nothing but pure breds. and the ambition can be gratified By starting with purebred sires, and then securing an occasional good pure-bred female, satisfactory progress is possible. The young man who is at the present time embarking upon the perilous enter prise of farming, may console himself with the idea that if he uses good judgment, and has at least a fair amount of good breaks.” he will enter into the sere and mellow years of retirement with a spendid live stock equipment and some money in the hank. His sons, carrying on where he leaves off, have the priceless opportunity of fixing blood lines and building up families of stock. Shelter for Geese Geese do not need much of a bouse. A dry shelter in stormy weather to sleep in is all that is necessary. Even then it will probably be difficult to make them use this house unless their feed is given there. Geese may be fed very cheaply during the offbreeding season; a little whole corn and mashes of waste vegetables, potatoes. turnips, cookeil with a little bran and corn meal. This is a cheap feed, and is highly relished. *♦* v *** *♦* *♦* *l* v *** %* *♦* *s* Agricultural Hints Measurement Is the foundation of all engineering work. • • • The house wren feeds Itself almost entirely on harmful insects. • • • Popcorn that is too dry to pop can be put in popping condition by adding a little water. Best results are obtained when lime for alfalfa is applied before the seed j is sown if the soil is sour, for lime acts slowly. • • • ■ Sow seeds of cos lettuce for a summer crop. It is the most heat-resist-ant and surest cropper of all the let- , : luces. No use trying to start head ' lettuce this late. .’ ’ ’ , | Farmers are urged by soy bean enthusiasts to cut down their oats acreage and put some of it into soy bean«. Many growers are urging this course upon growers. > * * I The only varieties of black-eyed - peas are those which belong to the 1 cowpea group. They are actually cow--1 peas. All of the black-eyed varieties i are good for hay. j• • • 1 Fruit trees have to be sprayed | carefully and systematically in this I age to produce good fruit, and some ! of these sprays have to be applied ; t I during the dormant season. • Good tools and equipment may mean i j the difference between a good, clean, i well-cultivated garden and one full of weeds. A little time spent in overj hauling garden tools will bring ample I oavtneuL

? Ring’s Low-Down on * X Deep Subject t • t y By RING LARDNER To the Editor: It seems like as If it was up to me to settle a big argument which has occurred between Ai Marnaux and Jack Kieran, it must be exclaimed that Mr. Kieran is one of the basebail writers on the New York Times and a prominent golf player. Mr. Marnaux is somewhat of a veteran big league basebail pitcher, who used to be the best singer in the big leagues. The argument was reported by Mr. Harry Salsinger of the Detroit News. Mr. Salsinger is a tall skinny handsome brunette who looks not unlike the writer only he has more hair. Well it seems like Mr. Marnaux and Mr. Kieran got iuto a fishing argument namely, Mr. Marnaux claimed that if you took a bucket, the bucke r would weigh just the same like as if no fish had been dropj>ed into it. "A live fish can't possibly increase the weight of water." s&id Mr. Mamuux. “A dead fish, that is different matter, because that would be dead weight.” Well they went to a laboratory in Detroit where this bitter argument started and asked the professor of fish which was right and who was wrong, su the professor said he would make a lest but be didn't have no live fish on hand that day and Mr. Marnaux would not stand for no test being made with a dead fish. Finely they went to a fish market and they had a tub full of water there weighing 95 pounds and they found a fish named Carp who weighed three pounds and they put it in the tub and then weighed the total which weighed 97 pounds so Mr. Marnaux claimed that clinched his argument because in the first place the carp was dead and in the second place he only increased the weight of the tub two pounds whereas the fish man admitted that his weight before being dropped into the tub was three pounds. “That shows bow right I am,” said Mr. Marnaux. “No it don’t.” retorted Mr. Kieran, "All it proves Is that nobody with any brains should ought to buy fish from this market.” Well friends the reason I feel called ujM»n to horn into this argument is that all my life 1 been making a study of weights and displacements and ete, and 1 will give you a few facts to prove that It is a very tricky subject and a person should not ought to get into no argument in regards to same unless they have mastered it. If you will go into a restaurant and order a large glass of milk and weigh it before you touch cup to lip you will find that the total weight is about one ounce. Then if you will wait a few moments till a fly drops into the glass and weigh it again, why if the fly is Just a common fly and still alive you will find that rhe weight of the entire project ain't increased even one fly weight but If the fly was dead when it dropped in. why then will be a increased weight of 1U and no hundreds minims a specially if the fly was a horse fly. On the other hand if >ou take a pail of water or beer and drop a livo rat in same, the weight of the pail will increase exactly as much as rhe rat weighed in the first place and if you make it two rats, the weight will increase pro rata. But if one «>r both of the rats, happens to get drowned, they will come to the surface looking like drowned rats and at the same time proving that they didn’t weigh nothing or they would of sank. It is kind of dangerous to make this test in a pail of beer as the rats goes right to it and are libel to reach the singing stage. The most conclusive test I ever made along these lines was one time when I took a night boat from N Y. to Albany on the Hudson river First it was necessary to weigh rhe river and then the boat when it was empty and afterwards when all the passengers got a board. Then 1 made all the passengers come into the weighing r«»om and get weighed ohe by one. When the boat got to Albany rhe next morning the river looked just like it did the last time I was up there. I’rof. Sump of Severe University, New Hampshire, once made a exj»eriment which perhaps proves more than i the foregoing. He weighed all rhe passengers that was going on a trip from New York to Cherbourg and then weighed them all again wher the ship got to Cherbourg. They didn’t weigh nowheres near as much, i’rof. Sump was much Impressed. (® bv me Bell Syndicate. Inc.) Dodging a Debt “Well,” saiil the lawyer to an acquaintance, “how goes the world with you?" “Splendid! Magnificent!” said the other. "1 wish 1 could gel away to the races every day." "Hows that?” "Oh. 1 went there yesterday and made SlO.txxC* "That’s very good indeed!’’ said the lawyer. "Ami it’s rather fortunate. I too, because Jones has come to me i about a little mu’*er of SSO you owe him. You might is well pay him now. mightn’t you?” "H-m-n I” coughed the other. “I am a little absent-minded sometimes. 1 said SIO,OOO. but I meant SIO. I simply put too many noughts on the i end. Yes. it was $10 —and I haven't been able to get it yet."—Argonaut. Razors in Ancient Times Razors have been in use from very remote times. They were kn-jw n to the ancient Egyptians, the Gret k> and the Romans ami we find mention made of them in so old a reconl as the B . k of Numbers. Valuable Alloy Bronze is an alloy of cupper and tin; sometimes with other e : as zinc and phosphorus. in< ImP- i. according to an answered question Id Liberty Magazine.