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MRS. LAURENCE TRIES HER HAND. By K A T E T U C K E R . <©. 1*20, by McClur. Naw.pap.r Syudlcai«.) or supposedly melancholy dark eyes suddenly delve deep In a book or news paper. A t times Mrs. Laurence was profuse In her apologies to Mr. Ludwell. At breakfast she would ask him how he slept. “ I hope you didn't hear the twins,” she would say. “ Th ey were up earlier than usual, and Richard fell out o f bed. You tnuy have heard him screaming In the night; not hurt, mere ly frightened,” And you might have discerned her confusion which was deep-seated because It had been part o f her plan to have the Laurence household breathe that calm nnd qu!et which would he the proper antidote for the boarding house fear linage. Then one evening you might, had When Tops Begin to Die and Bulbs you been hidden somewhere beside A re Full Grown Onions Should the side veranda o f the Laurence Be Pulled— Leeks Th rive on homestead, have heard the follow ing Any Good Soil. conversation. It was an evening when Doctor and Mrs. Lnurence w ere attend (Prepared by the United States Depart ing some board meeting or other nnd ment o f Agriculture.) Vera was nt home to look after things, For very early bunch onions It Is ns usual. Mr. Ludwell, In spite o f n the common practice to plant sets In previous engagement, had remained drills 12 to 14 Inches apart and 2 to 3 Inches apart In the row. Th e sets home a lso : “ Did you get any sleep last night may he put out as early In the spring as the land can be prepared. at nil?” asked Vera wearily. For dry onions, sow the seed thickly “ Some,” commented L u d w ell; “ what In drills about 12 to 14 Inches apart In wns the row In the nursery?” “ W ell, IUcliard woke up at eleven the spring, as soon as danger from nnd decided It wns a good time to bite hard frost» is over. F or early bulbs his sister Bell’s big toe. H e has been the seed may be planted In a hotbed waiting for n chance to get even. That or eoldframe and the young plants woke the twins, and so It went on, and, transplanted to the open when condi Plunts 4 or 5 o f course, some one Is always sure to tions are favorable. wake at five, and then they begin Inches high are o f good size fo r trans planting. again.’’ Onions require frequent, shallow “ Hard on yon,” said Ludwell sym pathetically. “ But there’s this about cultivation, and It may be necessary It. When I do get a chance to sleep, to resort to hand weeding. When the I sleep hard. I never suw such confu top » begin to die and the bulbs are sion— the boarding house wns Eden full grown, the onions should be pulled and left In the field for a few days compared to this bedlam.” Then the tops should be “Then why do you stay?” came a to dry. rather shy question that seemed to clipped off uud the bulbs pluced in crates or bags and stored in u well- trail off weakly toward the end. You don’t suppose I ’d leave you ventilated place to cure. Early Green Onions. here, do you? And I'll tell you, Vera, Early green onions may also be pro that what has set me on my feet again after the exhaustion that followed get duced from the multiplier or potato ting out my last hook In such a frigh t varieties planted In the autumn. The fully short time wns because I felt that large bulbs o f these onions contain a I wnnted to know you. A fter I knew number o f “ hearts,” or buds, and If you and suw how hard you worked planted will produce a number o f here, I felt I had to pull m yself to small onions. The small onions have gether so I could take cure o f you. 1 hut one “ heart” and will produce large wanted to be uble to offer you n home bulbs. A few large bulbs should be where you could get away from this planted each year, to produce sets for fall planting. confusion.” Th e top, or tree, onion produces a Then there wns a silence, (luring which, If you had listened, you would number o f bulblets on top o f the stem. have heard nothing. Then from Rob These small bulbs can be planted In ert Ludlow: “ How wonderful you tire, the autumn and will produce onions Vera.” And from Vera : “ You— you the following spring. Varieties recommended: Southport are wonderful, too.” Robert and Vera left tho Laurence White Globe, Southport Bed Globe, household In more confusion than they Danvers, Bed Wethersfield, Australian LARGE CROP PUNTINE ONION INSURE OF EARLY TOMATOES SETS IN PRILLS - FARM POULTRY Select Seed ot a Quick Matur* ing Variety. May Be Set Out as Early in ROOST WILL DESTROY MITES Spring as the Land Can Young Plants Should Be Transplanted Be Prepared. Plan Outlined for Completely Clear When They Reach Height o f The bugbear o f Doctor Laurence's life as general practitioner In the small town o f Crawford was cases that are generally known as “ nervous.” He was courageous and versatile, as most small-town doctors have to be. lie would go his rounds fourteen hours out o f the twenty-four during epidem ics; would go with steady nerve through operations that would have tried a more celebrated surgeon; he would listen patiently to the queries o f young mothers over their Infants’ teething difficulties— all that sort o f thing. Hut when a patient said "nerves” Doctor Laurence wished to give up. Mrs. Laurence, however, had been reading up on modern methods o f treating nervous disorders in the doc tor’s medic»! Journals nnd In the popular magazines. Psychopathy wns her latest hobby, nnd somehow, in spite o f the five little Luurences, Mrs. Lnurence always had time fo r some hobby. “ I really feel,” she told the doctor one evening while the mother's help er, Vera, was patiently putting the younger two Laurences to bod nnd the older two were dnnclng nn Indian war dance as a preliminary to putting them selves to bed, “ I really think that I would have u positive talent fo r psy chic healing. You know reputable doc tors are taking it up now. There Is a wonderful future for It. I don’t see why yon don’t go In for that sort o f thing. All the best doctors are doing It. Take Robert Ludwell, for Instance. His case Is purely psychopathic— per fectly absurd for you to look nt tho caso In nny other way. W hat you want to do Is to get down deep nt the root o f the matter. He doesn’t sleep nnd lie’s losing weight, not because he has overworked on that book o f his, as you tell him, hut because o f some fear Image thut lurks in his mind. It is your duty to probe down till you find it, ntid then, through the force o f your mentality over his, to dispel thut fear Image.” “ So you said,” commented Doctor Lnurence, nnd then— “ perfect bosh, perfect bosh.” H e paced buck and forth before the living room open fire. “ 1 wish I could do something for Rob found It. Confusion, o f course, be ert, however.” cause the mnlnstay nnd prop In flic There was suddenly nn nnusunl guise o f Vern wns going. But then note o f pleading In Mrs. Laurence's there wns the satisfaction to Mrs. Lau voice. “ W ill you let me try?” she rence that she had succeeded amazing said, and apparently Doctor Laurence ly well In this, her,first effort In psy agreed, nlthough If he did agree It chopathies. was surely not because he had any interest in Ills w ife’s theory o f psy chic healing. The first step in Mrs. Laurence's campaign to cure Robert Ludwell Border Between United States and took place the next evening, when Mexico Has Alw ays Been L aw the doctor asked him to spend the less Strip of Country. evening at his house, without, o f course, suggesting lo him that Mrs. Tho border between the United Laurence was going to administer her States and Mexico I ihs been fo r a long first treatment In psychic healing. time one o f the most troubled, rotnnn- There was considerable confusion. tlc and lawless In Ihe western hemi Vera, the mother’s helper, Imd been sphere. Not only do the Mexican revo away on her very rare afternoon off. lutionists periodically start something The twins refused to he put to bed by shooting or raiding across tin* line, by anyone else nnd their rehellion but this border also affords one o f the gave the rue to the older child to finest opportunities In tin* world for fall downstairs, with considerable In smuggling. A largo part o f the opium jury to his tired feelings, hut no which Is consumed by addicts in this great bruising. Mo dinner was late country conies by way o f the Mexican and the confusion still was discern border, nnd nn Illicit business In arm Onion* Are Easily Grown on Good and ammunition goes tin* other way ible when Robert arrived. Soil and Require Little Attention In the old days stealing horses In There were Intermittent walls from Besides Weeding. the nursery, a slamming of dishes In Mexico, driving them across the river the kitchen and glimpses o f the rather and selling them In the United States Brown and I’ rlze Taker. In some sec tions o f the South tin* Creole is grown flush-faced, distracted Vera as she pur was a thriving Industry nnd It Is prob sued the older children through the liv ably still carried on to some extent. In and the Louisiana, or Bed Creole, Is ing room In her cfTort to pack them off Ihe old days It was known politely ns a popular variety. The Bermuda Is a to bed. Mat Mrs. Laurence was not the “ wet horse trade,” because the good type o f mlld-flavored onion and one to he tnneh rutiled by such mild horses were often sold when they w ere Is desired by many. The Important varieties o f the Bermuda onion are ihmiestlc confusion and eventually she still wet. The border country Is admirably en Crystal Wax, White Bermuda and managed to sit ‘ beside Mr. Ludwell alone before the fireplace and make dowed by nature for these lawless do Bed Bermuda. Leek. ings. It Is fiat, near-desert country, too the first probing. This plant belongs to the same class She discovered one thing. He had dry for farming, but not too dry to sup s horror o f boarding houses. He port heavy thickets o f ehaparrnl and as does the onion, hut requires some disliked boarding house coffee. He mesqulte. which makes one o f the dens what different treatment. Leeks cun he grown on any good garden soli and likewise bad a horror of any sort of est and most Impenetrable covers In the are usually sown In a shallow trench. confusion, l ie Intimated when Mrs. world. That pnrt o f the country which The plants should he thinned to stand Laurence asked him point blank why lies within the big bend o f the Itln about 4 Inches apart In the row and be had never married Hint possibly It Grande Is an especially dense jungle the cultivation should be similar to wns because he was a recluse by na o f this kind. It swarms with game. that fo r onions. A fter the plauts have ture. He hud to have quiet for his The desert white tall d«*er, the peccary, attained almost full size, the earth Is the wild turkey nnd the Mexican quail writing. drawn around them to the height o f 6 Ho Mrs. Laurence decided to Invite are abundant. This supply o f w ild or 8 Inches In order to hlnnch the fleshy Mr Ludwell to leave his hoarding meat tank«** It easy for a Mexican out stem. The leek does not form a true house and spend a mouth at the Lau law who knows where llie water holes bulb like the onion, but the stem Is are to bide out fo r long periods. rence establishment. There he would uniformly thlek throughout. Leeks are lmve no more hoarding house coffee, marketed In bundles, like young onions there would be no more confusion, she Superfluous. and they may he stored the same as was sure. “ How do you do, s ir !" suavely sa celery for winter. She wn* surprised > hen be ac luted the gent nt the door. “ 1 am o f Leeks are used fo r flavoring pur c cd I the d tor’s Invita fering. to tin* few persons In each com poses and are boiled and served with timi. HI 1 hadn't expei rsi ho would munity who are o f sufllcleut culture u cream dressing, tho same as young come si willingly, A I the doctor to approbate It, a valuable literary onions. was evei more surpris» <1 work, 'n ils book----- " G arllc«ls closely allied to the onion, “ Ile sir he wants to hi tv from “ Rook, bar?” Interrupted flan John but will remain In the ground from confusici go spiai tin* doctor, son o f Rumpus ltldge, Ark. "I bail a one year to another if undisturbed. “ I am sur you don't think there book-—forget notv what ’ twas about, Garlic is planted by setting the small Is ever any confusion rre." said Mrs though for a good while, but about bulbs, or cloves, either In the autumn Laurence, “ and the co ee Is certainly *lx mouths ago the baby took nnd or early spring. The culture Is pruc*- belter than tile kind une gets In a gnawed It till It fell to pieces and tlenlly the same as fo r the onion. The bnardlng house." Mrs Laurence was wasn't no good on earth. No use to bulbs are used for flavoring purposes. planning now for her •ruteni of pay. btij another'll till he gets old enough ehopathle treatment on Mr. Ludwell. to understand wlmt n book Is fu r."— I f she sncca*<*ded with hint, she might Kansas City Star. take the work up as a career-—she B efor« A lfa lfa S ««d Crop I* Grown midst tsecuine quite a s|ieclullst. HI* Principal Objection. AH Plants Along Fence Linos Meantime Doctor Lain elice had been Tho house agent had sounded Ids Should Bo Cut risking observations, and be bad ob praises of the new property to the served a pair o f pretty blue eyes which prospective buyer nnd at the end he Every farmer In an alfalfa seed in* bad come to regard with something said: "Th e death rate In this suburb ukln to fatherly affection. He noticed la lower than in nny other part o f the growing district should cut all o f the standing alfalfa along fence lines, that at linns those eye* turned a very country." soft limpid blue nnd then dropped In ” 1 believe you," said the prospective ditch bauks, and other waste areas at the time o f cutting a hay crop and con fusion. And then he would glance buyer. ” 1 wouldn't be found dead before s seed crop Is grown. across the room, only to Bud a pair here tnyaelf."— London Ttt-Blta. GIVE SHALLOW CULTIVATION NEVER FREE FROM TROUBLE CLEAN UP ALL WASTE AREAS to 2 Inches— Best to Prune and Train to Stakes. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment o f Agriculture.) To Insure an early crop o f tomatoes the seed o f a quick-maturing sort should be started eight weeks before the titne for setting the plants In the field. When only a few plants are needed, the seed may be sown In a shallow box In the house. For the best results in growing tomatoes the young plants should be transplanted as soon as they reach u height o f 1% to 2 Inches. Transplant these plants to stand 2 Inches apart each way In NEW SOUTH WALES Premier Wool State of th» World. Australia is the chief producer of fine wool, and New South Wales is the greatest wool-producing state of AUS- t r a lia . .1 . XT At the end of June, 191i, the New South Wales flocks contained nearly 36,200,000 sheep. (The same year, the entire United States second country of the world in sheep-raisiug, had only 47 616,000 head of sheep.) The wool clip of New South Wales in 1917 totaled 270 525,000 pounds, “ in t h e grease,” ing Poultry House of' A ll Thirsty worth about $8,000,000 to the growers. Blood-Suckers. The same year 22,088,432 pounds of One successful way to rid poultry mutton were exported from New South houses o f mites Is to use a roosting Wales The State had 2,766,000 cattle in 1917 pole that w ill harbor them during the and 734,000 horses. day, so that It can be soaked with hot Meat is transported, at low cost, from water to destroy them. The roost New South Wales to the world’s mar shown provides a place on the under kets in large refrigerated ocean steam- side where .hey may hide. It consists rers. The great factor in low* cost produc o f a lath neld under the roost with small nails to make the hiding place tion of meat and wool, in addition to the large areas of suitable land, is the inviting fo r them. You simply lift mild climate. It never freezes, except the roost from the holders, slightly in the highest mountains — fodder loosen the pieces o f lath, and pour grows the year around— hence farm boiling water between the lath and animals are raised without the neces the roosts. This will kill all vermin sity of providing barns and other shel and destroy any eggs that may be ters, and without the labor and cost of there. The roosts will quickly dry If winter-feeding from mow or granary. Such a gift of Nature puts the ranch the water Is hot. man ( “ station-owner” ) of New South In this way a poultry house can be Wales beyond the pale of competition. completely cleared of all blood-suckers The results show In the tremendous growth o f pastoral wealth in New South Wales. cn New South Wales Information Bureau. 149 Broadway, Now York City. Mother. “ Love cannot stay at home; a wom an cannot keep it to herself; and a mother is always spending it, giving it away to her children.” — Macleod. The milkweed, a plant that has a A Hiding Place Is Provided for Ver min in This Poultry Roost to Catch Them During the Day. Tomato Vines Tied to Stakes Produce Clean and Healthy F ru it a hotbed, eoldframe, or box in the house. When the plants begin to crowd, it Is a good plan to transplant them to flower pots, plant hands, old strawberry boxes, or tin cans from which the bottoms and tops have been melted. Tomato plants should be set in the open us soon as danger o f frost has pussed. I f the plants are to be pruned to one or two stems and tied to stakes they should be set 18 Inches apart In rows 3 feet apart. I f the plants are not pruned or staked they may be planted 3 feet apart in rows 4 feet apart. It Is advisable, however, to prune and train to stakes, especially afar the early crop, as plants so treated *w nr ?)o healthier and more easily cul tivated and wMl produce fruit which Is earlier and more uniform In size and shape than that produced by plants which have not been trained and pruned. Soon after setting the plants In the field n stake should be driven near each plant, to which it may he tied. Care should be exer cised to tie the plant so that It will not be injured by the string. A good plan Is to loop the string around the stake and tie It under a leaf'stem . Go over the patch once every week or 10 days and remove all shoots starting In the axils o f the leaves. Varieties recommended: For early tomatoes. Earlinna or Chalk’s Early Jewel are recommended, preferably the former. For medium and late varieties the follow ing are suggested: Greater Baltimore, Red Rock, Globe. Beauty. Acme, and Stone. Tho Stone Is usually preferred fo r canning. Give the garden a fair start. • • • I f soil is “ sour” liuie It for clover. There Is always a demand for early sweet corn. • • • A farm without records Is like ship without a rudder. Weeds probably cause more trouble tlian any other |>est that ((others pas tures. • • • Most o f the weeds that Infest the pastures are the unnunl and |>ereiinl- al ragweeds. * * • In applying manure to the soil It Is important to get an even distribution over the field. • • • Practically no clover seed Is ab solutely pure and one Is taking a long chance In buying any hut the best seed obtainable. * • • much longer name than that, but one which would not be nearly as attrac tive for us to use, Is especially well- known In America. In the autumn when the pods have opened and there is a brisk breeze, the wind carries their seeds far and near. Then the downy seeds are seen flying like tiny airships almost everywhere, in search of a homelike growing place, where they may appear in the spring as tall* slender stalks. on the place. The iron ends are cold er than the wood, and the vermin w ill not crawl over them Mites do nor attack fowl in the day time, and It is difficult to discover their presence. Body lice remain on the I fow l all the time, and they may be ex- terminated In the following w a y: Hang the fow l head downward in a barrel Timely Advice. and rub a small amount o f flouride of soda well into the feathers fo r half If you would keep the w olf from the length o f the fowl. This Is a harm- the door don’t Inveigle him into the less powder and It can be used on front yard with titbits of extrav chicks as well.— George W. Smith, In agance. Popular Science Monthly PREMIUM FOR GRADED EGGS Fact Is Due to Strict Grading Prac ticed by Shippers of Far West, Say Specialists. NAME ‘BAYER’ MEANS ASPIRIN IS GENUINE Eggs from the Pacific coast in large by physicians amounts were first shipped across the Prescribed continent to the New York city market for over eighteen years two years ago. Now they are bringing a premium o f from 1 to 2 cents, ac cording to market quotations. That this Is due to the strict grading practiced by the shippers o f the fa r West Is the belief o f men In the bu reau o f markets. United States depart ment o f agriculture. The reputation fo r careful grading which the Western Each package and tablet of genuine ers have attained In other products Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” is marked shipped East has spread to include with the safety “ Bayer Cross.” eggs. The “ Bayer Cress” means you are getting genuine Aspirin, prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years. POISONING In the Bayer package are safe and proper directions for Colds. Headache, Decaying Flesh When Eaten by Hens Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheu Is Harmful— Dispose of Carcasses matism, Lumbago, Sciatica. Neuritis of Dead Fowls. and Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 13 tablets cost Carcasses o f dead fowls If not prop only a few cents. Druggists also sell erly disposed o f will decay rapidly In larger Bayer packages. Aspirin is the hot weather. The by-products o f pu trade mark of Bayer Manufacture o f Monoaceticacide8ter of Salicylicacid.— trefying bacteria, accumulating rapid Adv. ly, attack the digestive systems o f any chicks which are rash enough to eat Uplift Through Science. their unfortunate brothers. When It is the application of science to the enough o f the decaying flesh is eaten by the birds, ptomaine poisoning re work that helps the worker. The social reformer cheers but does not invig sults. orate. As Prof. Milliken well said not long ago: “ One little new advance like the discovery of ductile tungsten which Grow Oats, Vetch and Rape for Sum makes electric light one-third as ex pensive as it was before, is a larger mer Use— Cabbage and Mangel Beets Good fo r Winter. contribution to human well being than all kinds of changes in the social Green feed Is excellent for poultry order.“— Samuel Crowther in the I nnd can be substituted for a consld- World's Work. ernble amount o f the grain ration. Grow oats, vetch and rajs* for sum mer use; cabbage and mangel beets for winter. Store cabbage and beets In a dry room or bury In a pit and cover with straw and earth. Doesn’ t hurt a bit and Freezone PTOMAINE CAUSES FEED SUPPLY FOR CHICKENS Lift off Corns! costs only a few cents. Feed a dry mash. • • • Keep house and yard dean. • • • n a y crops should he cut carefully so that no stems will remain stand Provide roosts and dropping boards. ing to develop In advance of the reg • • • ular seed crop. • • • Provide a nest for each four or five Keeping a machine or vehicle In good repair and well oiled not only in Make the house dry and free from creases Its efficiency, but lessens the drafts, but allow for ventilation. power required in using It. • • • • • • Keep hens free front lice and the Sweet clover makes first-class pas ture. especially during the fall o f the house fret* from mites. • • • first year it Is needed, and the curly K ’ ll nnd cat the hens In the summer summer o f the yeo r follow ing. • • • and faK as they begin to molt and Attempts to grow second crops of cease to lay. • • • alfalfa seed In a single season will A clean cellar, two-thirds below meet almost certain failure because o f the increased abundance o f cbalcls ground surface, make# a good place to set the incubator. files late iu the summer. " ith your fingers! You can lift o ff »ny hard corn, soft corn, or corn be tween the toes, and the hard skin calluses from bottom of feeL u ^ tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs ltttle at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. In- stantly it stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, root and all, without one b it of pain or soreness. Truly! No hum-