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THE TUPPER LAKE HERALD the Y. D. A Novel ot the Foothills By ROBERT CHAPTER XII—Continued. Tht» two friends discussed at great length tlic ».lstalls of thf» Bl£ XttfB, and •tipm arrival Ju tltfc Wust, Unto luKt no ttnif In jiri'iiiirln^ blueprints an'<i ciiiiris rti'Ht.-jrJ^Uv*' »>)* tin* Iun>vt»vt\- luenta lulu-\ iHUil' 1 »'H th?• lliVtCt Mild tin' mrilfr In H httU the work *•«> to !>«-• currlct rm. Grant bought a truct nult- Blili' ti» lilst purtiox'', «wl tliH Wheels of th<\ iiittohlnc wcr,> a«-t trt 'trinDinn. \\ I • u II,! . l,!i 1 ):••-.. <' !••• >'-r:\li\ • r i.. - • I ',t \ !i..i * -1 ic:i t ,t HHI ' in • -• ii ',•.! '• • •mil Act ,;ont\ nut nt i-UH .VJiy i.(» .•M'K lnfottoatlon of the eontractor, but 4 rathtr baa been forced upon him. TranBley's name was frequently heart in tbejjifBee* of the bnslnesji men with •whonWe had to doj It was mentioned In local papers with the regularity pe- cnllar to celebrities In cornparatltrely small waters. Transley, It appealed, had beoomjwwmethlng of a power In the luni^ Backed by old T.D.'« capi- h di whim tbout my buildings* I do ant do ai^jthsr people da, which Is the un- pi)&f>nable sin. TaLIader I am a jest- er, ti» Siurdoch a taiuUe, to our friend the r«4 tstatt? dealer » fool; I even noticed »y .honest carpenter trying ta mk me something about shell fchocki Well—they're my wblnis, and I '#»t an Jrumcnsfl amount of sutlsfitttloB out of tlitiu,** The days that followed were th* luil*1>fost «Irani bad kmuvn s*lntt* chUd- Iimiti f)u* t.-urjifnirr, » thlrt, tMlKt«Ml tnim, lkivv^ii with Hutch .lulmr «lt thv bvnvh, trul imswi'riiiK ti» the xw'ue Ivter, S<J(»J WH xHrvlCt-H l>y On* clay »mil nianff^tj*l M sjiiiiiHtliy oinountTn^ to nil Inrtul^f-ni-ft taward Hi** whims »t Ms •-•U.J 1 «- ''• .. :•'n< a H ' •'•• A.it!>*s At-rt » . ••- I . .- . :,-• i .: • ^ :.-»li.-r i; •• mapped tat tough roots of ths wild ros««, or, looking back, saw the regu- lar terraces of isMny black mold which marked hU progress, he felt that he was engaged In a rite of almost. sac* ranmital significance. ^ ' \Ta take a substance straight from the hand of the Creator ana be the first In all the world to Impose a to- man will upon It Is surely an occasion for solemnity and thanksgiving,\ lie aoiiioquteeA, *'IIuw cun anyone be so gro»« as to sea only muteriullsm In such work as thUt Surely It.has some- tiling of fundamental religion In it I Just as from the soil sprtnxs aH phjsl\ e«l Jffe, way U not he that deep flown In tlis» poll are, gome way, tin* ronta of the spiriting? Ttif soil fkHuU tht» city fit two wityj*; Jt Ulls U» Iwlly willi \<i(- t>-rlHl fiuul, mut It Ii* (LoHthiuiitly r«- vlttilUIuK Hx xpltit wltli frv^Ji hirfitnm of Mtcr^y which cun ci>)it»» oitly fr«.»ju the land, up fnnu the s«H eonit'i* lift*, all pn>vrc!»». ail <lpvpiopment—•\ Af \f: i i r [mni.<-nt f;r:int i •!.«'«'• ti'» •' •• • . i •> .• •..••r- i -\ •-.'••,'• ' ' - h y tal, he bad carried aome rather daring venture* through to «uccwi. He had +• aelzed the panlclty *noment« followlm; the outbreak of the war to buy heavily on the wheat and cattle .markets, and Increases In prices due to the world's demand for food had made him one of the wealthy men of the city. The desire of many young fanners to enlist bad also afforded an opportunity to acquire their) holdings for mall con- siderations. And Transit? had proved Ws patriotism by facilitating the ara- bltlons of as many me*, In this posi- tion as came to Ms attention. The fact that ewn before the war ended the farms which he acaulred 'a this way were worth several times the price lie paid was only &n Incident In the transactions. But no. word of TTransley's dompstlc affairs reached Grant, who tohT him- self that he had censed to be inter- ested In them, hut kept an alert ear nevertheless. It would seem that Transley rather eclipsed bis wife In tlje public eye. So Grant set ahont with the devel- opment of his mvn farm, and kept his mind oeenpleil with It and with Ms larger exiwlturnt—«c«*j>t when It went fllrtlDK with thotaRhts of Phyllis Bruce, He ha«l written; tn Mardnrh to engajce Pbylto at ifty price ami bring her West with Mm* She would be needed in the new bushjesa. He had Intimated that till 4 change would be permanent, and* that it might be well to bring the family. ... He selected a farm where a ridg« of foothills overlooked a broad valley receding Into the nunmtalnB. The dealer had no Idea of selling him this particular piece <>t land; k they were bound for » half section farther up the *lope when Grant stopped on the brow of the hill to feast his eyes on the icene that lay before him. It Burst np«n him with the nnexpectednes* pe- culiar tet the foothill valleyg;* miles of gently undulating plain, lying appar- ently far below, but In reallrjt rising In a aharp ascent toward Jjnr snow- capped mountains looking d<wn silent- ly through their gauze of blue-purple afternoon mist At distances which even tils trained eye would not at- tempt to compute lay little round lakes like siTver coins on the surface of the prairie; here and there were dark gfeen bluffs of spruce; tp the right a ribbon of river, Wne-green nave where the rapids churned It •white, and along Its edge a fringe sit leafy cottonwoorls; at vast intervals square black plots of plowed land like sections on a chessboard of the gods, and farm buildings cut so clear in the mountain atmosphere that the sense of space was lost anrl they seemed like ehild-hiwises just across the way. Grant turned to his companion with an animation on his face which almost gtnrtted the prosaic dealer In Teal estate. \WenderfulJ 'Wonderful!\ he ex- claimed. \We don't need to go any farther if you can sell me this.\ \Sure I can sell you this,\ said the dealer, looking at him somewhat queerly. \That Is, If you wont It, I thought you were looking for a wheat farnx.\ The. man's totnl lack of apprecin- -' tlott Irritated Grant unreasonably. \Wheat fills the belly,\ he retorted, \but sunsets beep alive the sool. Wha,t Is the,price?\ Again the dealer gave him a queer BlileloflK look, and made as though to argue with him, then suddenly seemed to 'change his purpose. Perhaps he reflected that strange things happened to tlie.boys overseas. 'TU get you the price in town,\ he mtlfL '\You are sure it will suit?\ \Suit? No king in Christendom.has ' hts palace on 'a site like this. I'd go round the world for it.\ \You're tt»«? doctor*,\ said the dealer, turning Ws ear. • nrMJtt cranpifitcd the purchase, or ifrrfid lumlwr for a house ami barn, ' «nd ongH^'i'rl a cnrp<?n(er to superln tpml the onnstrnc'tlon. It was rme of Ills whitrcs that he would do most of the • \I gitf-FS rm rntlw a man of whims,\ ho rpflteted, ns tio'stona on th*» Wott inf the h'H' where the tnftte*. rlnl for his bnildinjis find Jic^n ll , er*»d, \It wj« n , wlil«» whit-h first • b»-«nctit mvi WfHt ncaln 1 have \ monieata, ana which were always gojd for a new pipe and a few min- utes' rest; b« even essayed certain ^ of his own, which showed that Peter wa» a creature not entirely without humor. He developed an ap- preciation of scenery; he would stand for long intervals gating across the -valley. Grant was not deceived by these little devices, but he never took Peter to task for hi* loiterinc \If the old dodger isn't quite paying bis way now, no dqubt be has more than paid It many times in the past,\ he mused. \This is an occasion upon which to temper Justice with mercy.\ But it was In the planning and build- ing of the house he found bis real de- light. He laid It out on very modest lines, aa became the amount of money he was prepared to tpeml. It was to be a single-story bungalow, with veranda round the south and west. The lforlng-room ran across the xouth side; into Its east wall he built a capacious fireplace, with narrow slits of windows to right and left, and In the Western wall were deep French windows commanding the magic of the view across the valley. The' dining- room, too, faced to the west, with more French windows to let In sun and soul. The kttchfn was to the east, and oft the kitchen lay Grant*s bed- room, facltiR also to the eart, as b**> comes a man whn rises early for his day's labor. And thpn facing the west, and opening off the dining-room, was what be was pleased to call his whim-room. The idea of the •whirn-rnotn came upon him as he w«s working out plans on the smooth side of a board, and thinking about thlngs-ta general, and a good deal about Phyllis Brace, who bad just arrived from the Hast, and wondering If he should ever run across *en Transley^ It struck him all of a sudden, as had the Big Idea that night when he was on his way home from Murdoch's house. He worked It out surreptitiously, not allowing even old Peter to see it until he had made it into hig plan, and then he described It Just as the whim-room. But It was to be by all means the best room in the house; special finishing and flooring lumber were to he bought for It; the fireplace had to be done In a peculiarly delicate tile; the French windows must be high and wide and of the most brilliant transpar- ency. . . The ring of the saw, the trill of the plane, tbe thwack of the\ hammer, were very pleasant music In Ms ears. Bay by day he watched his dwelling grow wtth-thfijnfjnlte joy of,creating. and night after night he crept with Peter into the workshed and slept the sleep of a man tired and contented, m the long summer evenings the sun-% light hung like a champagne curtain over the mountains even after bed- time, and Grant had to cat a bole in the wall of tbe shed that he^might watch the dying colors of the day-fade from crimson to purple to blue on the tassels of cloud-wraith floating in the western sky. At times Under and Murdoeh would visit him to report progress on the Big Idea, and the three would sit on k bench hi the half- built house, sweet with the fragrance of new sawdust, and smoke placidly while they determined matters of pol- icy or administration. ** Grant was almost sorry v&ien the house was* finished. \There's so much more enjoyment in doing things than in merely possessing them after they're done,\ he philosophized to Llnder. \I think that must be the secret of the peculiar^ascinaticm of the \West. The East, with all its culture and conveni- ences and beauty, can never win a heart which has once known the West. That Is because In the Bast all tbe obvious thing's are done, but in the West they are still to do.\ \You should worry,\ said Llnder. •Teou still have the plowing.\ \Yes and ^as soon as the stable Is finished I am going to bay four horsed and get to work.\ \I supposed you would use a trac- tor.\ l \Not this time. I can admire a piece -of machinery, but I can't love it ' I can love horses.\ Tou'll be housing, them In the whim- room,\ Llnder remarked dryly, and tantl to jump to escape the hammer which his chief shied at him. the p,lo\viiiR was really a gr^at Grunt had an eye for horseflesh, and the' four dapfrle graj's which prChsed tlwir line shoulders into the hjiHTt'KS! tit IIIH breakingplmv might huvo delighted {he heart of any tt?nm- storf*\ As hf xitt.Wi his stwl K«>at and watfh.cd the colter cut tlm ift-tn %m\ j v.lth ' brl'uiu cmekiitjt sou,nd as It uls <t'at, That was a spill,\ be commented. \Ditched not only myself, but my whole train of thought Never mind; perhaps I was dangerously close to the development of a new*whim, and X am well supplied hi that particular al- ready. Hello, whom have we here?\ Tbe horses had come to a stop a abort distance before the end of the furrow, and Grant, glancing ahead, saw immediately in front of them a little chap of four or five obstructing the way. He stood astride of th« fur- row with widespread legs bridging the distance from the virgin, prairie to the upturned sod. He was hatless, and curls of alllcly yellow hair fell about his round, bright faee.,J^-hand» were stuck unobtrusively ' In Ills trouser pockets. ^ \Well 3t$n, what's the newsT? snid Grant, when the two had measured each other fo? a momenj. 1 / \I Rot braces,\ the boy replied proud- ly. \Don't you see}\ 1 S \Why so you have I\ Qrant ex- claimed. \Come arotmjLJieire until I see them better?* St» encouraged, the little chap came skipping around tbe horses, and ex- He approved of nis a«w ««• quutatHnce, ana «alcl BO, \itt ysj give teddy * ride on Prince?' Cnmt crtwfully arranged the howt's hatuvs, antl the boy bis hunds with delight. \Now let us aU go for a rt<lf». You will *U on toy imee, ana toMy *W drive Prince,\ He took the toy carefully °n Wn knee, driving with one hnna »iul low- ing Mm In plac»» wltb thp other. th» Mttle \jody rtsttnj? canti*lt'ntly iiRdtast Ills side wus a new experience fur Grant, -*Hl> nmt-t flrtve carefully,\ he re- nnitkfil \Une Mni tKw «re t>Ig stones Wilt.-n lit th»» «ws--<. If we wm» to Jitf <'U> i 5t ml^Sit tliiiup us off.\ Tit*; JUfhf, i-ll'.lll.i'hUi.ih'.l. \JSiV.lWitJ;- Umt • ...I \ W H'-IA Vnli.'iit i • • I * 'i i-\ > \ , JI M 'in-'- -1.1 — i i |i i n ROAD BUILDING SENATOK SAYS, SPEND MONEY ON HIGHWAYS \\V> have provided ourselves with the \motor voblcle rolling fctoek at a cos,t of rouny btUlaw of dollars, and w must taw provluv the track* upon \\UvU to openrto it,\ wtld TJICMHH Caitvd ytutv'3 ht-Butor ftow \P»to'iH ivntl clisslrKum <>t tlic la jS tliP W'fMl fop R •••(. ir )••*•• • , - i i i POIETKY 1^ PLAN TO PICK OUT , GOOD LAYING HENS \If you were going bird hunting, you wouldn't tak»» a liotmd. Blurting a dairy, you wouldn't buy it't'f cuttle. Or If you'Wanted to K» ( into borne nte< Ing? It wimW wt hi? d.-taMtj to «»>t a !5h:tHttl lS, y l ta tMrtk Umt u «.-lsk-k in ii diktat, r»«- ^uvAU-s>« \.f. in ku.tuiaic.fl »jk*i\ttl»'* ; itU'1 WJdle l»y«'W tlmn fctliew*. yvt 1-nOl- U'tfUin VilU grt'ijtly Iit<-ivym» fi'i;iHU«\t t'f any %.;tr!<-ty< \You Should Worry,\ Said Under. \You Still Have tht Plowing.\ hibtted bis braces for Grant's admira- tion. But he had already become In- terested in another subject. \Are these your howesl\ he de- manded. . \Yes.\ \Will they biter ''Why, no, I don't believe they would. They have been wary ^ell brought up.\ \What do you call them?* \This one Is Prince, on the left, and the others are Queen, and King, and Kftave. I call him Knajje because he's always scheming, trying to get out of his share of the work, and I make him walk oh the plowed land, too.\ \That serves him right,\ the boy de- clared. \Whafs your name?\ \Why—what's yourg?\ \Wilson.\ \Wilson what?\ \Just Wilson.\ \What does your mother call \Just Wilson. Sometimes da me BID.\ \Oh!\ \What's your name?\ \Call me The Man on the T HIU.' \Do you live on the hlllj\ \Yes.\ \Is that your house?\ \Yes.\ \Did you make it?\ \Yes.\ \All yourself?\ <r No. Peter helped me.\ j \Who's Peter?\ \He is the man who helped me.\ ' \OhV These credentials exchanged, the boy fell silent, whiie Grant .looked down upon him with a whimsical admixture of humor and' tenderness. Suddenly, without a word, the boy dashed as fast as hts legs could carry him to the end of the field, and pjuriged into a elttrai* of bushes'. In a moraetif he emerged with something braflfc/arid chubby In his tirtus. V \He's my t*>(]dy,\Hfeuis v «aid to Qrant \Hf? was witching in thp bushes to see if you tt-ern a nlw rn^tt.\ \And am r<\.\ Grunt \v,us tempted to' Dfdi. . . . V •. i . \Yes.\ . There was no evasion about U'.:!'-. '.CiU- :\>:• .-l-.m..\-! .i! M .H\ . . • u. as tyfidy bounced up and <ic\vfl on vhi? great shoulders. \Have you a little boy?\ he asked, when they were started again, \Why no,\ Grant confessed, laughing at the question. \\Vbyr There was no evading this childish Inquisitor. He bad a way of pursuing a aubjeet to bedrock. \Well you see, I've no wife.\ / \No mother?\ \No—no wife. You see—* \But I have a mother—** \Of course, and she is your daddy*^ wife. You see they have to have that—' Grant found. himself getting Into\ deep water, hut the sharp little Intel- lect bad cut a corner and was now ahead nf him, • : \Then TO be your little boy,\ he saM, and, clambering «P to Grant's shoulder, pressed a kiss on his check. 'In a sud- den burst of emotion Grant brought his team to a stt^p ana clasped the little fellowJtajyra his arms. For a moment evers$fng geemed misty. ¥And I have lived to be thirty-two years old and have never town what this meant,\ he said to himself. \Daddy'8 hardly ever home, any- wasV the boy added, naively, \Where is your home?\ ''Down beside the river. W« Hv« there In summer.\ And so the conversation eontlmwa and the acquaintanceship grew as man and boy plied back and forth on their mile-long furrow. At length It occurred to Grant that he should send Wilson home; the boy's long absence might be occaslonlnR aome uneaslnes*. They stopped at the ena of the field and care- fully removed teddy from his place of prestige, but Just at that moment a horsefly buzzing about caused Prince tn stampHmpatlently, and the big hoof rame down on the boy's foot. Wilson Rent up a cry proportionate to the pns- glhllltles of the occasion, and Grant In alarm tore off the boot and stocking. Fortunately the soil had been soft, and the only damage done wlis a slight bruise across the upper part of the foot \There there,\ said Grant, soothing- ly, caressing the Injury with his fin- gers. \It will be all right In a minute. Prince didn't mean to do It, ami besides, Tve seen much worse than that at the war.\ At the mention of the war the boy suspended a cry half-uttered. \Were you at the war?\ be de- manded. ••Yes.\ \Did you kill 'em in the tummy?* \We'll talk about that tomorrow. Now you hop up on my shoulders, a/id 111 tie the horses and then carry you home.\ _ ' He followed the boy's directions un- til- they led him to a path 'fcnnnlng amonjLpleasant trees down by the river. Presently he caught Jt-gUmjose of a cot- tage ta a little open space, Itsshrown- shlngled walls almost smotherecL ta a riot of sweet peas. \j \That's our house. Don't yon like It?''said the boy' who bad already for- gotten his injury. \I think it Is splendid.\ And Grant, taking his young charge from bis shoulder, stepped up on to the porch and knocked at the, screen door. In a moment It was opened by Zea Transley. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Common Labor The cripple thumped his crutch on the ground as'lie confronted his law- yer. -\Heavens man!\ he exclaimed. \You are taking four-fifths ot my dam- ages. I never beard of such extor- tion 1\ The lawyer smiled. \I furnished the,skill, the eloquence and the necessary legal learning of sour case,\ he replied coolly. \Yes said the client, \but I fur- nished the case Itself.\ . \Bosh!\ sneered the lawyer. \Any.' body could fall down a cnal hole I\ Doublh Danger \That young man proposed to me last night, mother. What shall I do?\ \But my cliijd, you've only known him two weeks.\ VI know, mother; but If I delay in accepting him he mlghti find out somo things about me he won't like, too.\ Boston Tri Some Weather Indication* In HisrnalH fur wind 'und wimtlifr- n red floK-\vlth',u Muck writer indicate ft Rtorm of wtiriicfl vlolujifp i« expert til; a bluii flug iuiliuutea ruin or «nuw llfs ana untL.,,; last jrear amounted to over $2,500,000,000 and that the whole- sale value .of tires manufacture! amounted to $760,000,000 and that we spent over $1,000,000,000 for automo- bile parts-ani-aceeasories, exclusive of tires,\ said Senator Sterling, \It does not sound unreasonable to propose that we should spend at least $100,000,000 »a year from the. federal treasury and an equal amount by the-states to order to compl#te our federal highway sys- tem within a reasonable length of time. • \We must not forget that the good £oads built under this system serve wftt a higher use tKan that of the tourist or. of the visitor or those on pleasure bent We must think of the commercial and economic Advantages of a system of good roads, of what they mean to the fanner, who, on such, roads and by means of the motortruck; finds it easy and a great saving of time and expense to transport, not only his grain, but his hogs and sheep or cBftle to market Another consideration is the enhanced value of his land due to the good road at his door br nearby. Ono of our groat economic and com- mercial problems Is that of bringing the market and the producer closer to- gether.\ ... sfc. Transportation Is Big ^_ Factor to All Farmers The farm and highway transport are closely bound, together. The transpor- tation of his product Is a most Impor- tant .factor in the success of the farm- er, for all the products of the form travel first over the highway, it has been said the requirements of a good farmer are: ' , • 1. The ability to make a comfort- able living from tbe land. 2. To rear a family carefully ana well. 3. To be of good service to the com- munity. 4. To leave the farm more pro- ductive than when he took it Every one of these requirements is affected by highway transportation. Take the first: \The ability to make a comfortable living from the land.\ Tax on Motor Vehicles to Aid Better Highways Owners of motor vehicles pay to the federal government in taxes each year more than double the amount spent by the government on account of fed- eral aid highway and forest road con- struction, together with all admin- istrative outlays, according to Secre- tary of Agriculture Wallace, who has charge of the administration of the highway funds. Since_1917 the government has been collecting a tax on the selling price of motor vehicles, tires and atrtonw. bile accessories, and also a tax on the use of passenger automobiles for foire. On June 30, last year, $589,012,021 -fiad been collected from these sources. Expenditure on highways by the gov- ernment in that time totaled $264,782, 216, or 45 pier cent of the amount taken hi. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Good Roads Hints ooooooooooocoooooooooooooo The roads built biLtne Romans in Europe still are in Jle and in many places their foundations havje required little or.no repair in from 1,000 to 2,- 000 years. VVatllng street, which runs straight up through England, from London to the Watt, still exists, k * • • , ( Good transportation has given the farmer's children the same educational opportunities as the city child, and for entertainment father, mother and the children can RO to the county seat on good roads to see Charlie, Dong or Mary In their new picture and see the same show that those on Broadway are enjoying. * • » v White* traffic lines are to be built into, the center of concrete roads ,on. grades and curves in Pennsylvania. HiKhway engineers. Instead at painting white lines each KPason, will build a four-inch strip of white' cement. * marls lmvo mado pnsslhle the development of rural express routes In mirny parts of tlie i United StatPH whFTo motor trji<*a 'make rt?«uinr w'h«'«lulp»l- trtpH, pfi'ltlnpfup' the athsr- \vl»« prttfltl^ss Rmall quantity pmili;^ vvlilrlt tho fanner placed on hlH i<oad- U. :' • .J - :•. • ! \I I ' . ) \ ,,,,.. iiii. .. . a little !JJ;IH«:,:* >QT muiioiucraring carrying eggs, and you get oug i will produce more eggs than another with less carrying space, even though of the same variety. \It is HO trouble to detect which hn« the greater ability to perform by examining the body outlines. .The body should be wide and deepftand well- proportioned, the back broad and rather flat, the breast bone rather. ahort, roclser-shaped and sharp, not round and plump as in a quail. \Tbe comb and wattle indicate the condition of the reproductive-organs. A hen with a healthy, well-developed reproductive organ, hn/a large full comb and wattle, with full circulation Indicated by warmth and softntsft^of texture. The hen with a small, crowd 1 ed or diseased organ has a small, shriveled, scaly, cold ant] coarse comb and wattle. The distance between pelvic bones and the pliability of the skin and abdomen Indicate the pres- ent performing condition of the ben and not her ability to lay.\ Demand for Guineas Is Increasing in the East \Wild game, such as partridge, quail and pheasant, are becoming scarce in many localities. Besides*, most states have laws which prohibit the sale of game bird\? tm a measure to discour- age hunters from killing more than they and their frlenila can convenient- ly nso. There Is, however, a good substitute for game birds and it Ii found in the guinea. The guinea is more than half wild anyway and has many of the 1 characteristics of game birds found In the woods and fields. The demand from hotels and clubs Is Increasing. This Is particularly .true in the East and the taste for this bird Is growing in the Middle West. When well cooked, guineas are at- tractive in appearance, although dark- er than icomtnoh fowls, * and the flesh of young birds is tender nnrl of espe- cially fine flavor, resembling that of wild game. Like all other fowl, old guineas are very Mkely to be tdngb and rather dry. Feed More Heat Scraps and Sour Milk to Hens The use of more meat scraps and sour milk In the rations for tbe form flock will help to keep up th*e egg pro- duction through the hottest season of August and early September. The laying hen's diet to be full of all the necesBary material should consist of jraln, mash, animal feed, .-mineral feed,, and water. The grain is usually taken care of, as Is the water supply. The difference which a mash can amke hi the laying Is surprising, when the masb. contains besides grain an abundance of milk and' meat scrap material. These^two foods supply the, animal matter, while cracked oyster ihells or grit furnish the mineral mat- ter. Green food is essential, and if the flock does not have,range, green grass or weeds are specially good for iayers during the hot weather. Provide Shade for Hens During Hot Summer Days Tbe poultry industry Is being devel- oped in many sections where there Is very little natural shade. Summers are long and hot and poultry is cer- tain to suffer unless adequate shade Is provided. To o^prcome the absence of trees In the poultry yards, some plant castor beans, which grow rapidly and produce large leaves, thus pro- viding shade for the chickens which they so thoroughly enjoy during the hot hours of summer days. Others erect low sheds, or provide shade by .etretehing gunny sacks and blankets over frames constructed for that pu»- pose. Poultry should be provided both shade and plenty of clean fresh water. It is not only a humane act, but will pay In increased-egg. yield and mora rapid development of young birds. Big Mortality of Chicks DWMIVft Fairy Tale i^ARY SKAHA PINK LADY K Some »llpper«,\ IUpper, \are only useful to wear. \Of\ fcifur.a- $ can b« lt.anii] to otlttrs to \M v.T.n but w<» ci.'\v.-r lijj our HII).')*!\<. \1* \V(. \ul,w »>iu-« v.i'M )i,. v , if»-t tJti-tu liiicj U«U yuU l;tli.' whnt a dr.'nilfi fH-IH>'4 It in t >n .i. ' i'i.iii. i. 31111s 3rownl« rtad s 1) D $ <_• ? S1OWC-K Come to Call. and one nf tta - Pink Lady Slipper fiowenTwss talking to him. \The curious thing about us, I rap. pose,\ continued Pink Lady Slipper, \U that we do not wear our slippers u{mn our fe«t. Our slippers are at our heads. \You see how my- slipper Is where yon would think my head would bo. \It is not only my slipper. It is, my . h«*dl I west my slipper in this fasa* |ion, and so do all of us, \We only need one slipper each. Each member of the family only one. Xou see there are three of us here, but each of us has only onu Ellp. i per. | \And so there are three sllppera here. But when you wear your slipper upon your head you only need one tllp. per, as you only have on© bead. I \It Is different for those who wear. slippers upon their feet, for they have two feet ana so they ntcH \two slip- pers, \But as Tve said, slipper and head Is the game with un. i \You can understand how we would not want to loan our slippers, f«r loan- Ing our slippers would be loaning cut- selves, \Or It would be »« though a person would »ay: I ** ten, you may borrow my hra«l If you will bring it back to me by tho end of the week.\ \But can you imagine whnt It would mean if we did this? We are picked at times, and that l» different, but there are not many of us to the garden, • and so it is nice not to pick us all. \Our family name in also Pink Mw-. casln flower, for a moccasin is a kind of slipper, too. i \1 was- going to tell yon that onr dippers, ©r\)ur one slipper apiece, 1* evea more useful than I've already tola Poor lptiloda of feeding and brood- Ing nrelthe ehifrf reasons given for the heavy mnrtairty of chicks. In the state of Iowa, it la Haid, nearly one- half of the chicks hatched on farms are never raised to maturity. Iowa farmers urc probably no. more cure. less in thf;lr methods «f handling ehieks tl^n farmer* in other KtxtfH. Thin 'iy a waminp: to the. pmiUrymnn who nt-glt'cts to UKt? WPlMmluneetl rit- tlons in rVi'dtaR his chick**, and watch the temnrtuture or the bruodtr, * 'Our slippers help give honey to bees. Oh, yes, tbe bees come here ana they knock at our slippers, or at oar heads, and they says \'Buzz buzz, may we come In? f \'Certainly we say, 'just push open the door.\ \It is a little hard to get in. because we are shaped so that the opening Is: one which has to be pushed Isf order j that a creature may c<>me in, and then it is not very large. \But the bees come and do much or their marketing with us. They find it hard work to get in and^to get out, but It is not because we do not want to see them. \If we did not want to see them ana they worked their way In w.e might see that they didn't get out again. \But we let them get out again, or , course. They quite like it that^our honey can't be bad so easily, and yet we will give it to them. -\They- like*to think thai we ore something of a luxury—you xran't pick us up on any old flower bargain coun- ter. \Then too, tbe bees help us. They help scatter our pollen or flower dust about so that It helps others, younger than we are, to grow. \That is what I mean when I say we are more use- ful than ordinary slippers. • \We help to teed the bees. And slippers never helped to feed any oo?.\ \Sometimes Bald Billy Brow- nie, \a puppy dog will enjoy chew- Ing a slipper. But, They Ne8( i TWO it is true, that is Slipper* ) not -because the ^^=»~^^ puppy dog wants to eat tneslipr or - but because he Is having a splendid time plnying a jnjly prank.\ \Ah!\ said Pink Lady Slipper, l thought I was ripht and that our slip- pers were unusual ln° this way. \It is nice to make sure that I ffnS .right. Thank you for telling me, w- He Brownio.\ Riddlea r \ Why is an esg like a brink? cause It Is laid. * * • Why dirt the ros' it flaw Sweet William. ' • * • * Epitc arfcpp Now York J»d dismissed f* 1 Albany-- 0 * 1 *\ 01 {u8e .i to loin the p to connection wiu* JJ ei>vo r lands In Kingston.-:** at his home hew ty-two. was a p br many yaw* » e of oarly »«tcb and 0 J tUO HtUtO, J. \*• Eoche ut tteo Koche-iter dfr*ev Which Is thf Innipst rnrtm in * world? ' The room, for fnipr«.»vi.'»»»«i> f M/Wl -— i ..m TM8 to lay some about 10,000 shrut of the park. Middletown.—TI BTldgeville, Sullh stroyed by «*e,-bi ed from a short c system. A barn i burned. The hot pellod to leave t night clothing. Scbenectady. — turbine engineer operation for api 1,611 was forty y -war he was act on submarine de had been taxes! large turbine wl Onondaga.—Ji <aw onco widely ot central New tto On'ondaga C •had bean an im years. His la« mo a fiddle an play.\ His lef lyzcd twenty y< Watertown.- city declare tl public moralii brought to li| and women n wearing knick been In effect incorporated, person shall street, square costume usua' sex.\ Lake Georg ier ot the Fii place, was he EDO by two I from the bat well planned efficiently wa lu the stre* there had b meeting of Archibald «e they saw a I main street Lake Plac state troope mand of Ca by the pic started out of George ] shield, Lai killed on a The troope on the thei son was 1 murder. Glens I fireman f< William J departmei stant fir the vacan ot the lai New Y 11am H. i lntendent who is^si two yeai third dei ly affirm ot the s Schent Mason3 and flttli 13 and 1 55.000 f( include tory of annals < nent. 1 since It been u are Int Ticol eon of of SiW dingtoi the to: 1 explod Watts, playln the pi was i groun the It found thek Tn . ing i ttrst Knat repo Hi dent whll Pets bad -Hos 8tru of I but bee
