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 .
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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.
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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.
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I f soil is “ sour” liuie It for clover.
There Is always a demand for early
sweet corn.
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A farm without records Is like
ship without a rudder.
Weeds probably cause more trouble
tlian any other |>est that ((others pas
tures.
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Most o f the weeds that Infest the
pastures are the unnunl and |>ereiinl-
al ragweeds.
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In applying manure to the soil It Is
important to get an even distribution
over the field.
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Practically no clover seed Is ab
solutely pure and one Is taking a
long chance In buying any hut the best
seed obtainable.
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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.
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Keep house and yard dean.
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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
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ular seed crop.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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and faK as they begin to molt and
Attempts to grow second crops of cease to lay.
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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-