Lincoln County leader., November 13, 1914, Image 7

ARRANGE FOR WINTER
TASK SHOULD BE PERFORMED
WHILE WEATHER 18 WARM.
Each Hive Should Be Examined to A
certain If Required 8torea Are on
Hand There la Nothing Bet
ter Than Sealed Honey.
(By P. O. HERMAN.)
. If there li one Item above another
having great Importance In the winter
ing problem, It la the securing of the
winter stores near and about the clus
ter of bees In time for them to settle
down Into that quiescent state so con
ducive to good wintering, prior to the
middle of October, In the more north
ern localities.
To arrange these stores properly
and seal them, requires warm weather
hence all will see the fallacy of put
ting off caring for thorn until cold
weather arrives. To be sur' that
all have the desired amount of stores
there Is only one certain way to do,
and that la to open the hives and take
out each frame.
If, after going over a hive and
weighing each comb, I find that there
Is 25 pounds of actual stores, I call
that hive or colony all right for win
ter. If less It must be fed the defi
ciency; If more, It can spare some to
help another colony which Is lacking
in the amount. In this way the whole
apiary should be gone over.
Colonies left on the summer stand
require anywhere from 20 to 30 pounds
of good food for successful wintering.
A little In excess of this will do no
harm, hut on the contrary will stimu
late the colony In building up faster
in the following spring.
If one has on hand some sealed
combs of honey, a few of them can be
distributed among the light colonies,
but In the absence of these It will be
necessary to feed liquid honey or a
imp made of sugar and water.
Do not think of using anything but
the best granulated sugar. When bees
can fly all the time, you can safely
feed them anything, nut when they
cannot fly. there is nothing better than
sealed honey. When you cannot have
that use a sirup of granulated sugar.
If the feeding can be attended to
while the weather Is still warm, the
sirup may not be quite so tblck, say
about 2 pounds of sugar to one pint
of water, which will make 3 pounds of
sirup.
If the feeding Is deferred until cool
weather has set in, the sirup will, of
necessity, have to be a aomewhat
thicker consistency, for the bees wilt
not be able to evaporate the super
fluous water out of It
In making the sugar-sirup be care
ful not to burn It while boiling. In
fact it need not be boiled at all; Just
pour the boiling water over the sugar
and stir until thoroughly dissolved;
when cool It is ready to give to the
beea.
It la claimed by aome beekeepers
that it a few tablespoonfuls of extract
ed honey are added to the sugar sirup
it will prevent it granulating in the
comb, but there is little danger of
this anyway. If there are weak lots
just unite two or more together, re
moving the least valuable queen.
The beet of two lots may be united
peaceably by sprinkling them thinly
with sugar sirup flavored with pepper
mint, and then placing the frames
with adhering bees alternately in a
8 warming a Hive.
fresh hive. The stronger the colony
and the bees the less is the honey
consumed.
This appears strange, but it Is quite
true; a email lot of bees In a hive
containing several combs are restless,
with the consequence that they con
sume honey to raise the temperature
lowered by the cool ar surrounding
them.
The food supply may be ample
owing to a particularly fnvorable sea
son after the supers have been re
moved, but even If feeding has" to be
resorted to, very little time will be
needed to perform this part of the
work.
In order to obtain young bees for
wintering, a supply of sugar, given at
the close of the honey flow, will prob
ably be all that Is necessary to con
tinue breeding up to the middle of
September, when whatever further
upply Is needed to make the colony
safe for winter can be given In the
form of sirup.
Burn All Old Canss.
As soon as the old canes of black
berries and raspberries are through
fruiting, cut them out and burn tbetn,
thus destroying many insects and fun
gous pests. The young canes need the
room. . . .
vetch u important crop
Its More General Growth Would Aid
Materially In Live Stock Indus
'"7 Also Improves 8oll.
(By A. SMITH.)
Vetch should
r aauaus fcUfc
place In the agriculture of those states
unore it can he raised with success.
In four Vears' Mmnirlinm t a ..a..
800 fleldB. vetch has consistently made
ucavior growtns and greater yields
than irlmson clover, rail i
bur clover, although under favorable
conditions these have done well.
vetch is hleh In nroteln nnntent 1e
a good hay. pasture, and snlllnr -rnn
and its more general growth would
ma in tne development of the live
stock industry and remnva fniih nt
the existing necessity for buying hay.
eicn is used as a cover crop to pre
vent the leaching and washing of soils.
Like all legumes, it imnrovea land hv
adding nitrogen and organlo matter
io me sous. As It grows through the
winter ana spring and may be har
vested In time to plant corn or cow
peas on the same land, it ahnuM h
used In building up impoverished soils
and In maintaining tha nrnriiierivitv
of the land. The vetch crop does not
Plant of English Vetch.
require horse or man labor at any
time when this is needed for the cow
pea crop, except possibly at the har
vest time of cowpea hay.
RETURNS FROM WORK HORSES
Many Little Polnte Are Enumerated
That Will Lessen Cost of Animal
Labor on the Farm.
(By A. H. BENTON, Aaalatant Africul
turlat. University Farm, St. Paul.
Minn.)
One of the most frequent sources ot
loss on the farm is Insufficient return
from work horses.
Have you satisfied yourself on the
following polntsT
Do your horses earn enough to pay
for their feed and care, and enough
to meet the interest, depreciation and
other expenses, as harness costs and
shoeing?
It costs $100 annually to keep the
average horse, In Minnesota, but this
horse works only a little more than
three hours each working day. This
makes the horse labor cost approxi
mately ten cents an hour.
Do you handle tbe horse labor on
your farm ao that the annual cost of
keeping your horse is less than the
average, or so that tbe number ot
hours worked is greater? Both meth
ods will reduce the cost of the horse
labor, but the latter offers by far the
greatest opportunity.
Can you revise your cropping sys
tem so that fewer work horses will be
Deeded, or so that the work will be
more equally distributed and thus
make It possible to employ them more
hours each year?
Can you raise colts and thus reduce
the cost of keeping your horses?
Can you arrange to use your work
feorses for outside work when not busy
on the farm?
Can you reduce the cost of keeping
each horse by feeding less feed or
cheaper feed and still give a proper
rationf
Farm work done with fewer horses
means a saving of $100 a year for
each horse not needed.
Humue Needed.
The amount of water a soil will
hold against gravity depends upon
the type ot soil. A clay soil composed
of floe particles with very small spaces
will retain more water than a coarser,
sandier soil composed of larger par
ticles and larger spaces. Also, tht
amount of bumus, or decomposed or
ganlo matter. In the soil Influence)
the water holding capacity. The mora
bumus In the toll, the more water II
will hold, providing the soli partlclei
are of miliar size.
Alfalfa Causes Scours.
Aa'alfa fed too liberally to very
young calves will cause scours. It li
very rich feed and the amount given
must be limited, especially when the
calf Is young and before It has a
chance to adjust itself to alfalfa hay
In short, whenever there Is a change
made in tbe feeding of animals It
should be done gradually or there it
danger ot digestive troubles.
Wsste of Food.
Food is wasted when the animal I
exposed to exresslve cold; when It li
deprived of sufficient water; when it It
compelled to drink Ice cold water;
when It Is worried, driven about.
Mulch the Celery,
Do not delay applying the manure
mulch to the celery. It conserve!
moisture) better than any kind ot
amount of tillage. Use three to tout
laches of manure. .
The Governor's
Lady
j GERTR UDE
Illustrations from Photographs of the Stage Production
Oeprtlf M IMS. trublloaUon UUjais
SYNOPSIS.
Daniel Blade suddenly advances from a
pennlleee miner to a millionaire and be
eomee a power In the political and buel
neee world. Ha haa hie eye on the gover
nor's chair. Hla almple, home-lovlns wife
(alia to rlae to the new conditions
CHAPTER I Continued.
"Dan," abe said, "I'll tell you some
thing. These expensive laundries ruin
your shirts right off, and when I
washed 'em they lasted a whole year.
They ain't Ironed right, either."
"Oh, my God!" groaned Blade, help
lessly, pitying her lack of understand
ing rather than being angry with her.
"I wish you'd forget, Mary, that I
had to let you wash and scrub once.
We're up now. Let us kick the lad
der out from under ua and stay up
forget how we got here."
"But I don't want to forget," remon
strated the little wisp ot a woman op
posite him. "I was perfectly content
ed those days. I ain't now. I hate
this bouse. I hate It. It's too big.
The help scare me, so many of 'em.
I'd like jest one hired girl and my old
sitting-room set" She stopped medi
tatively, her thoughts wandering back
to the early days when her husband
took his pick and dinner pall and
tramped off to the mines, and she
sang as she bent over the washtub
and bualed herself at the kitchen
stove.
Her husband sat with face averted,
his imagination carrying him far into
the future a vision ot honor as chief
execuUve of the state and power in
keeping with the untold riches be bad
accumulated.
"That's It," he finally exclaimed, "I
want to go ahead and you want to
stick over your washtubs. I need the
support of big people got to mix with
'em, and be one of 'em. And you
won't"
"No, I don't have to," replied Mary.
"I needn't."
"Ton don't see the necessity of Join
ing mar he asked, tesUly.
"I don't know bow."
"Do you want to know bowT" he
persisted.
"No," came the provoklngly Indiffer
ent answer.
"You're putting the bars up In the
middle of the road," he continued,
"and I'm making up my mind to
change things."
Suddenly Mary's lips quivered and
a hurt look showed in ber eyes behind
the misty tears as she realised that
whatever she did irritated her hus
band. She started to apeak, but was
Interrupted by the entrance of a serv
ant, who announced that Senator
Strickland and bis daughter bad Just
phoned to say that he and his daugh
ter would call on their way to the
opera.
Blade's face flushed and paled at the
thought flushed at tbe pleasurable
surprise at this unlooked-for attention
from the senator, and paled as be
thought of the senator's stunningly
gowned daughter arriving to And his
wife in a cheap, ill-fltUng dress that
would have looked badly even for
morning wear.
"Mary, you look like a ateerage pas
senger," he exclaimed suddenly, turn
ing on the flustered little woman, who
waa agbaat at the very thought of a
call from the senator and bis daugh
ter. "Oo upstairs and dress. I'll
make excuses and hold them Ull you
come- down."
"I can't," ahe gaaped. "I ain't got
time, anyway, and I haven't anything
to go to tbe opera In."
Blade leaned forward and struck
the table with his clenched fist "Don't
you understand? Tou must see these
people. Tonight's paper names me for
governor. Strickland's Influence la
more necessary to me than any other
man's In tbe whole state. Ha controls
the party. He's bringing bis daugh
ter to my house. You're meeting them
socially. Come on, now, come on"
he became persuasive "put on a nice
little gown and come along and show
them you can do something. We'll
hold a reception here and it'll be a
direct answer to Wesley Merrill's slur
on you In tonight's paper."
Oo to the opera with Kathertne
Strickland with a women who had
Just returned from Europe tbe wom
an who had dined with a queen and
been feted all over the continent Hold
a reception hostess In this house
where she felt save for her Dan, a
stranger. Meet people who spoke In
what to ber was a strange and alto
gether unmanageable fashion.
Mary caught her breath with a sob
ot dismay. The very thought para
lysed ber. "I can't Dan," ahe finally
managed to blurt out "I'd do any
thing else for you but not this."
"I'll not ask you again," replied
Siade, omlnoualy, and poor Mary, too
excited to interpret the threat, picked
up her sewing and bor newspspers
and made for the door.
"Tell them," she exclaimed breath
lessly, "tell them I had a headache
that's a fashionable enough excuss,
anyway." And, terrified, she fled out
of the room as Kathertne Strickland
and her father were announced.
CHAPTER II.
As Blade turned from the fright
ened, insignificant figure of hla flee
A N ovelization of
Alice Bradley's Play
STEVENSON
Beeemil) Dj DMA Belaseo,
ing wife, he saw a woman of perfect
poise and queenly carriage, a woman
a trifle haughty and Insolent In her
youth and beauty and assured com
mand ot all the Intricacies of social
grace and charm. Her wide, full eyes
met bis with an engaging, frank curi
osity to see this new factor In the po
litical world. Her gown was a tri
umph of soft, shimmering silk and
alluring chiffon a gown that empba
alzed the charm ot her proud, statu
esque figure. She waa the sort of
woman that makes a man glow with
pride to present as bis wife or daugh
ter. She was all that Mary Slade waa
not.
Slade stood looking at her, fasci
nated, forgetting for tbe moment the
man she was with, remembering noth
ing but the msgnetlo personality of
the woman whose reputation for do
lug big things In a big way waa al
ready known to him a woman whose
eyes meeting bis gave back flash for
flash and understanding for under
standing. Almost mechanically Slade found
himself acknowledging Senator Strick
land's formal preaentatlon of hla
dsughter. Hesitatingly he offered bis
band, which the girl, perfectly at
ease, grsaped with a cordial, sympa
thetic pressure. Her eyes were look
ing critically into hla, much as If shs
were trying to read him through and
through and take hla measure tor fu
ture use.
Her easy, graceful acceptance of the
eituatlon, her thoughtful Inquiry for
Mrs, Blade's health, prompted by well
bred sympathy rather than any curi
ous Interest and the cultured modula
tion of her splendid voice, charmed
him aa no woman bad ever done be
fore. There was nothing of tbe shy, retir
ing Ingenue In Kathertne Strickland's
makeup. She was a woman ot splen
did physique and wonderful mental de
velopment Her appeal to a man waa
that ot a dominant Intellect aa much
as of a lovely woman. She immedi
ately Impressed Blade aa being keen
witted, strong-minded and clever. Hta
admiration displayed Itself In hie shin
ing eyes and his unusually affable, at
tentive manner.
Suddenly he found himself com par
lng hla own little old-fashioned wife
with this handsome, self-possessed
woman before htm. What a wife Kath
erlne Strickland would be for the gov
ernor of a state! What a picture ahe
would make presiding at the head ot
a millionaire's dinner tablosl How
wonderfully such a woman would
adorn the richly furnished rooms of
his newly built mansion! Instesd Of
the work-worn fingers of his wife, con
tinuously fumbling with darning
threada, he saw. In a mental vision,
this woman's lovely hands constantly
engaged in unwinding the thrc-ds of
problematic political tangles. Here
wss a woman who would be a man'a
wife and comrade the very autlthesls
of the houaehold drudge his own wife
waa content to be, with no interest
outside of tbe four wslls of her home
and oo desire for snythlng bigger In
life than the daily routine of break
fast dinner and supper, washing on
Monday, Ironing on Tuesday, and ao
on to the end of the week week after
week in the same deadly rut Here
was a woman who would "go along
with a man" possibly a step ahead,
biasing tbe way for new and greater
glories and recognizing no limit.
Slade brought bis reflections to a
sudden halt as be remembered tbe
girl's father.
"Why, what baa happened to you,
senator? Your face looks different
than It did this afternoon."
"Her fault" replied the senator,
with a amlle of tolerant affection, In
dicating hla daughter. "She made me
cut my beard this wsy. It's French."
Katharine laughed a - delightful,
throaty little laugh.
"Nonaenae, father," she protested.
"Ot course, I like the West, but I
don't believe In being absolutely typ
ical, i was horrified when I got back
and found you ao blatantly the typi
cal, much-cartooned Westerner."
"Mr. Slade," resumed Strickland, "a
few Influential men from different
parts of our state are having a meet
ing in town tomorrow, and I want you
to meet them. I'm arranging a little
Impromptu dinner, and thought Kath
ertne might be able to persuade Mrs.
Slade and youraelf to Join ua."
"Oh, father, tell the truth," Kath
erlne Interrupted. "These gentlemen
want to meet you, Mr. Slade. I hear
we're to expect great things of you.
You se I've been mixed up In poll
tics all my lire, and I do love to have
a hand In them."
"Ehe'd run for president If they'd
lot her," teased her father.
"Indeed I would," the girl admitted,
brasenly. "I've got politics In my
blood, and home doesn't seem like
borne unless politics sre being brewed
In our dining-room. So you'll both
come, won't you you and Mrs. Slsde."
Slsde waa stammering hla accept
ance when Strickland Interrupted ab
ruptly. "How'd you like to be governor,
Slade?"
Blade threw back hla head with a
laugh that waa Intended to ' denote
complete unconcern.
"Ob that talkl Did the evening
papers put that into your head
and he paused significantly, "did you
put It Into the evening papers?"
Strickland's laugh waa a practical
admission.
"It would mean a hard fight Blade.
The water-front crowd's against you,
and you can't get on without their
Influence."
"Not in this town, at least" amend
ed Katharine.
"You've got to have Wesley Merritt
his paper, bis highfaluttng editorials
and hla speechmaklng and hla wife,"
8tr'lckland explained. "He and hla
crowd run tbe town."
"Oh, you mean my neighbors?"
seked 81ade. "They'll come around,"
he finished, meaningly.
"But, man alive I Only today Mer
ritt 's attack on you was scurrilous. I
remonstrated with him myself. He's
your out-and-out enemy. I've tried to
get him to to come over and shake
handa, hut he swears he'll never cross
your thrsshold "
"I guess they'll come when I want
'em to come," Blade Interrupted, with
an assurance hla audltora could not
understand. "In fact, I'm looking tor
'em any minute now," and he consult
ed his watch.
"You're looking for them here to
night?" gaaped Strickland, showing
plainly he thought 81ade was making
a Joke of the matter.
"Yea, tonight," replied Vie would-be
governor, quietly, and turned to Kath
arine. 8triekland subsided, a question
growing In bis mind aa to whether be
had fully measured the man he expect
ed to use for bis own political and
financial ends. There waa in Blade's
method of fighting a direct and open
quality that would make him bard to
handle In the crooked and indirect
waya of political life.
Kathertne Strickland's eyea nar
rowed aa ahe met Blade's gaze. Her
quick, calculating mind saw In thla
man the possibility of realising her
hlgheat hopes and ambitions. With
such a man a woman could scale any
heights reach any goal. He waa bard
jest But a man needs to be bard
In these days and times If hs Is ever
to accomplish anything. In her fer
tile brain smoldered ambitions as
great aa hla amblttona that ahe now
realised would never be attained un
less she made aome great radical
change In her life.
She had pushed her father aa far
aa the man would could go. She
had outdistanced every girl In her
circle. She had reached high, but she
hsd triumphed. Now she waa at the
end of ber tether. It was a matter
of making some one huge stroke or
sinking back into stupid obscurity, a
situation all the more bitter because
of her previous successes. Tbe
thought of settling down Into tbe ev
eryday life ot the western city where
ahe waa born made her very soul
squirm. Burely there was something
more In life for her. Burely there
were bigger goals to be gained.
She hsd never realized how empty
the old home life waa until now, when
she auddenly found herself a part ot
It again after the brilliant European
season and the stimulating, exciting
life in diplomats circles at tbe capital.
Tbe thought of remaining In the West
a big frog In a little puddle, bad
grown poaltlvely hateful to her. Big
or little herself, she wsnted a big
puddle. She wss quite satisfied In ber
own mind that no puddle would be ao
big that ahe couldn't become a frog
of considerable elze In It.
Now, aa ber reatless brain and aoul
clamored for higher goals and a wider
field, the thought of Blade's millions,
Slade'a dominating, forceful personal
ity, Slade'e reputation for aweeplng
everything before him, 8lade'a prob
able governorship, flashed through her
mind like a burning streak ot electric
Are. With him, with his weapons,
what a career lay before a woman!
Just as suddenly she found herself
wondering what aort of a woman had
been a mate to this man for ao many
years. She waa conscious of a poign
ant pang of envy Jealousy almost
against this woman who had the op
portunity which waa denied her.
"Well, what do you think of your
own country, now you're back?" ahe
heard 81ade's voice ssylng. "Seem
big to you?"
(TO BR CONTINUED.)
French Temperance Society.
An orgsnlzatlon for the promotion
of temperance In France baa been
founded by M. Schmidt, deputy for the
department of the Vosges. A feature
of the new body la Its catholicity. It
Includes every shade of political and
religious belief, and all classes of so
ciety politicians, professional men
and workmen. A meeting, addressed
by doctors, lawyers and a deputy, baa
Just boon held In Ilordesux. The
new association, which la called
"L'Alarme," Juatlfiea Its nsme by call
ing attention to the rising flood of
alcoholism In France.
Remembered Instructions.
She wss a little girl and very po
lite. It was the first time ahe had
been on a visit alone, and abe had
been carefully Inatructed how to be
have. 'if they auk you to dine with them."
papa hsd said, "you must ssy, 'No,
thank you; I have already dined.'"
' It turned out Just ss papa had an
ticipated. "Come along, Marjnrle," said her
little frlend'a father, "you must have
a bite with ua."
"No, thank you," ssld the little girl,
with dignity; "I have already bitten."
To Make Whitewash Stick.
To keep whitewash from rubbing of
easily make a thin rooked paste ot
one pint of wheat flour and add to
each pailful. A little carbolic acid
added to the whitewash will help pre
vent the placea where It Is ussd get
ting musty.
HOW H0F? LC3T HIS MONEY
Thrills snd Joys Experienced by Ama
teur Stock Gambler Are Related
. . by Railroad Man.
Stuart C. Leake, the railroad man,
who spends much of his time traveling
between Richmond, Vs., and New
York, has all sorts of friends and ac
quaintances. One of these is a man
named Hopp.
"Hopp," aald Leake, one day in
Philadelphia, "what have you been do
ing with yourself?"
"The biggest thing I've done," ex
plained Hopp, "waa to experience the
Joys of stock gambling. Take it from
me, I'm aome gambler In stocks."
Leake asked him to tell the merry
story.
"I had saved up $1,000," Hopp nar
rated, "and I decided to take a ahot at
the market. I picked out the stock on
which I knew I could make a lot of
money. I decided to buy, and I took
ten aharos.
"Over in the corner of the bucket shop
was a telegraph operator, and I could
hear the Instrument Baying, 'Hopp's
got a thousand! Hopp's got a thou
sand!' That Bounded good to me. It
was an omen of victory. Pretty aoon
a cold shiver ran down my spine, and
then ran up again. The Instrument be
gan to aay, 'Take It away from Hopp!
Take It away from Hopp I' Talk about
thrills and excitement! I was begin
ning with 'em right away.,
"To make a long story short do you
get me? that stock dropped eleven
points In about fifty minutes. They
took it away from Hopp." Popular
Magazine.
MUST BE.
First Passenger Beg pardon, but
my name is Baggs.
Second Passenger llagga! Baggs!
I once knew a man named Sax. Any
relation of youra?
Cracking a Joke.
A popular suburbanite, who Is also
a ready wit, told aome children in the
neighborhood that aa there were Eng
lish walnuts on his place, he waa going
to Invite them to hla Nutty Castle,
where be would furnish tbe expense
of entertainment. ,
"If your house Is named Nutty Cas
tle," auld one of the children, "what
are you called?"
"Oh, I am tho doughnut" answered
the entertainer.
Promoting Cheer.
"Did you get any encouragement
from the eminent official on whom you
called?"
"Yes, sir." replied the spokesmsn of
the delegation; "he aas right encour
tglng. He rnlled attention to the fai t
thut it's a pleasant day today, and be
xald he wouldn't be surprise ) if it wai
Junt ss pleasant tomorrow."
Handicapped.
"You ought to be axhrmed of your
self." said the sheriff. "Trying to hold
up a truin In the hope of getting a few
hundred dollars."
"I know It!" sa'd the train robber.
"Hut 1 had to work fast. I didn't have
time to get hold of the directors and
make them help me to hold up tbe
stockholders."
Costume.
"I've bought a silk bat and a frock
coat" aald the man who has decided
to run for office, "but somehow I don't
look like a regular atateaman."
"Let me look at you," exclaimed
his wife. "I thought so! Men don't
know how to dress themselves. Rub
that hat the wrong way and put oo a
lay-down collar and a black bow Ua"
Fitness,
"Do you think the native of the
Philippine are capable ot eatabllablng
a government?"
"To a certain extent You put a bolo
In the hands ot a healthy Moro and
turn him loose on an unarmed com
munity and the way he'll turn in and
govern will surprise you."
Dividing Up the Dsy.
"A man should bsve eight hour for
recreation and then take the remain
der of the day for work and aloep."
"Perhaps. It depend on the kind
of work you select Sohiellmes a
man goes after hla recreation so vio
lently that he gets too nervous to
work or sleep."
A Quandary,
"A great many of the poople out our
way think that you ought to come out
and aay something," aald the adviser.
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum;
"and If 1 do aay something just as
msny people will say that I ought to
have kept still."
Creating the Doo.
"Roman gladiators used to address
the emperor thus: 'We who are about '
to die salute you!'"
"I feel like Oilng tbe singular num
ber ot that aalutatlon every time I
olltub into a dentist's chair."