The enterprise-recorder., January 20, 1910, Image 3

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THE TIR THE LANE.
.ftpn we picture the possible dav
Bwkcn fortune will enP "n our
tplV, hi.'- with enough, we can reet from
1 the fray, , , ,
Be hI from adversity gale.
Fur sk' nevi'r aP''ned wth rain,
dV' in our scheming of what we
.)n'"l)lget to the turn in the lane.
ib' hrisht arc (he dreamt a we sit at our
Anthe leave of the future unfold,
n our ship come a-aailing from over
the i"", .,, '. . ,.
ill freighted with coveted gold,
flul famie' dancing on shimmering
Through the intricate halls of the brain,
(If lev! of existence unspeakably sweet,
When we get to the turn of the lane.
pte fr away through the vistas of
To the" helicon of hope on the hill,
ind vnw to ourselves we will ceaselessly
el""'1 . i . i,
To the Miinmit with resolute will.
H'lth firm resolution we'll do and we'll
dure, .
Will lin nt privations anil pain,
Thin revel in eaxe that's awaitinu us there,
When we net to the turn of the lane.
Jut fann' is fickle snd fortune is shy,
nd lesds us a merry old chase;
We Kl'l" al chances and from us
I hey fl.V. ., ,
Too (ti-vilii-iilv swift for our pneo.
Our soul" in 'he sungiiine pursuit may be
hiuve.
Our niiiM ii'p we painfully strain.
Pciiii"1 hut lo sink with our hopes in the
Ri'.ive
Tbal waits at the end of the lnne.
James Burton Adams.
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1 SURPRISE VISIT.
"Oh, dear! " said a voice with a sug
lenilon of tears in It.
The young man paused and let It
lie recorded to his credit that he had
jot seen her face.
She was a charming, though ob
viously distressed, little lady, as she
stood at the half-open gate. Observ
ing her confusion, he Bought to reas
sure her with a bow a bow sug
gestive of white hair, even whiskers,
unfortunately mislaid on thla partic
ular night.
"Can I be of any assistance?" he
mu nil !i red.
"I .don't know what to do," Bhe
declared plteously.
"I've been ringing for nearly twen
ty minutes," she complained, "and
tbey won't answer.
"You are sure it's the right house?"
"Of course '33. This is '63,' isn't
it?"
Investigation proved that it was.
"1 don't often make mistakes," said
fhe young lady; she did not say it
conceitedly Bhe merely mentioned it
as a fact.
"You ura not, perhaps, expected,"
suggested the young man.
"Not until to-morrow. I thought
I would pay my sister a surprise
vietlt to-night."
"That's the worst of surprises," he
began; then it occurred to him that,
though true enough, it was not, under
the circumstances, particularly con
soling. He paused.
"They must come home sooner or
later." she said. "Thank you."
The young man received her bow
t dismissal with dismay.
"But I can't leave you," he pro
tested. "You mustn't dismiss me like
( that."
"I I was releasing you," she said.
"I refuse to be released," he de
clared, stubbornly.
Her smile now partook less of the
nature of an effort. '
"Thank you," she said, "I was so
ifraii you would go."
"What we have to do," he said
briskly, concealing his gratification
under a great show of energy, "is to
let Into the house.". He eyed it as
Aameuinon might have regarded
Troy.
"The point is, bow'to get in."
Yes," Bhe asserted, "I've been try-
"B for ever so long.".'
",We that ig to say, I must break
. "It's not as If It wr8 a stranger's
louse," he said soothingly. In re
house to her gasp, k ,
"But can you break -in?"
"Modern window fastenings," ex
plained the young man, who had re
cently read a newsrianer naraerarih
n the subject, "are simply Invitations
ourgiars." .
He CllLmhprAtl 'tha
front of the window, involving him
elf in a catastrophe of flower pos
no aia so.
'"a Rlrl, with half .frightened ad
juration, observed bim extract bis
"alfe and by Its meanfr slip back the
jtch of the window. .She watched
"Ini with whole-hearted admiration
8i'h Is the effect ofisticcess on the
onlooker as he ralaad rh win.low.
a"d, with a parting smile of encour
eement, dlsappeared,into the house.
"Do be careful," she called out,. as
aolse suggestive of an overturned
wois reached her enr . .
Her warning, if heard, was un-
"et'ded. for tha lUutllrhunea neuiimnt
inlysmic proportions. Her. feeling
?' alarm gave way to curiosity, and
Dy the aid of a small piadstone which
uraggea from the doorstep, she,
ner turn, .mounted thn balcony.
""' all right," gasped the voice of
her deliverer, as she peered In at the
window; "don't be" his voice broke
off suddenly, and a Bubdued struggle
appeared to be taking place-
alarmed," be resumed presently.
somewhat more breathlessly. "I've
got him, all right."
"Got whom?" she asked la be
wilderment.
"If you could manage to climb la
and light a match we could see."
"Climb In? Oh, I couldn't. Yes;
all right, if you all right."
A moment later she was by his
side, and saw that be waa kneeling
on a prostrate and gaBplng man.
"It s a burglar," explained the
young man; "we must tie him up.
Have you a piece of rope?"
Her lack of the necessary article
made her realize yet more vividly her
helplessness in the crisis.
"Wait a moment." She darted out
of the room, and the sound of a minor
maelstrom In the next room gave
promise of speedy assistance.
"Here you are," she said, running
back, "it's a table cloth. I'm afraid
I've upset a lot of things, but it was
so dark."
By the aid of this they partly
bound, partly swathed, their captive
into a condition of helplessness.
He lit the gas and gazed at the
floor with puckered brows.
"I eay, you have made a mess here.
I suppose it was their supper."
The girl turned to him with a de
spairing smile.
"I didn't know there waB anything
on the table," she said, "until I pulled
the cloth off. It Is awful. Isn't If?
One thing, Ethel Is very good teu
pered. "
"Well, that Is good What's the
matter?"
The girl was staring around the
room with bewilderment and alarm
on ber face.
"I I," she began, and then paused.
She took a candlestick from the side
board and lit the candle at the gas.
"Do you mind just coming to the foot
of the Btalrs?" she asked in trembling
tones, "In case "
When she came downstairs again,
she was very white, with two red
patches on her cheeks.
"There's a workroom up there,"
she said, sinking into a chair, "That
man was probably working there;
that's why he didn't hear the bell."
"Working?" queried her compan
ion. "You don't mean "
"Yes, I do. You Baw tha number
was '53,' didn't you?"
" It' not the wrong house?"
She nodded dismally.
" '53, Claremont road,' I'm sure
was the address, though," she added,
in self-exculpation.
"Claremont?" He gazed around
the room and his eye fell on an en
velope on the sideboard. "I thought
so I wasn't sure. This Is Benares
road. Claremont Is the next turn
ing." The girl stared at bim helplessly.
"Whatever shall I do?" she said in
a frightened whisper.
"That Idiot of a cabman!" she
added, viciously.
"Under the circumstances," mused
the young man, "to explain would be
well, an unthankful task."
"But we must."
Her fellow housebreaker looked at
her from the corner of his eye.
"Do you mean 'must' morally?
Because, it not, the man in the next
room is not likely to know us again."
The girl looked at him, gnawing
the knuckle of her forefinger hesitat
ingly; then she rose stealthily to her
feet.
"I hope," murmured the young
man, as they let themselves out the
front door, "for the saka of our er
host, the others won't be late get
ting home." F. Harris Deans, in the
London Sketch.
WISE WORDS.
In lowering a record a man must
rise to the occasion.
Many a bachelor has had a narrow
escape from Cupid's bow.
Any poet can get Inspiration. The
trouble is to get postage, stamps.
Ifrydu are going to pin your faith
to' a' woman, use a diamond pin.
. The more time a woman has to
thick the, less time she has to talk.
It Is possible for an orator to be
long winded without, being cyclonic.
' There are a fewfllshohest men
who are neither In jail nor In poli
tics. .- . j ' . : " .
The man who is satisfied to make a
good living is the happiest man in the
world. , ' i. j. V .
Procrastination Is the thief of time,
and most of us are receivers of stolen
goods.
The skate Is a salt-water fish, but
many a fresh-water fisherman gets
one, just the same.
Taking - off your hat to the flag
Isn't such a convincing proof of pa
triotism as paying your taxes. .
It would be a good bit better for
some women if they showed less fear
of a mouse and more of a man. ,
It doesn't bother the average mar
ried man so much to keep his wife
indoors as it does to keep her In hats.
From "Dyspeptic Philosophy," Id
the New York Times.
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Method That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman.
Study the Xeed or Your Soil, '
Dr. T. R. 0., Rome, Ga., has a
farm on Coosa River and expects to
move on it. Believes in home mixing
of fertilizers and wants mo to figure
out a formula for a fertilizer. He
thinks that his soil needs potash In
large percentage.
It aavors a great deal of agricultu
ral quackery to advise a man of a fer
tilizer for land of which I know noth
ing except that its owner supposes
that It needs potash. As a physician,
you would not think much of another
physician who would make a prescrip
tion as a cure-all for every man and
every disease. Doubtless on a large
farm you will have soils of very dif
ferent character on various parts of
the land, and a fertilizer that would
suit one part would not be so well
adapted to the other. The way to as
certain what the ltmd needs is to
study the soil Itself, and the only one
who can ascertain the needs of a soil
is the man who cultivates it. No
chemical analysis will give the infor
mation as to what Is needed, for It
would only Bhow that the soli con
tains certain elements In certain
forms, and whether any of them are
available to crops the analysis would
not show.
I have long ago given ns my opin
ion from a long experience In the cul
tivation of the soil, and it has proved
correct in tha experience of thousands
of others, that where a man farms
right, grows plenty of forage and
feeds cattle, he will never need to
buy ammonia or nitrogen In any form
unless a trucker where early pushing
of the crops is essential. With a good
rotation In which cowpeas come often
on the land and crimson clover as a
winter cover, the farmer will need to
buy only phosphoric acid and potash.
This is especially true with a cotton
farmer who can exchange his cotton
seed meal for meal and hulls and can
feed the meal with the roughage of
the farm to cattle. .And if he does
not grow forage In abundance and
feed stock he Is not farming right.
Now, if you want a high grade
fertilizer that In a general way will
suit most crops you grow, I would
mix 1000 pounds of acid phosphate,
700 pounds of cottonseed meal and
300 pounds of muriate of potaBh to
make a ton. On land to go into cot
ton, where no peas have preceded It,
this can be used at rate of 300 to 400
pounds per acre. But observe what
I have said so many times In regard
to a rotation. With a suitable and
systematic rotation and most of the
cottonseed meal fed to stock with
good roughage, you would soon be
come Independent of a high-grade fer
tilizer and would need only the phos
phoric acid and potash. Professor
Massey.
A Handy Hnyshock Drngger.
Take a rope fifteen feet long, tie It
to the single tree, then take a pole
about twelve feet long; I used a little
locust sapling. Trim the bark off the
pole, then get a flat Iron bar about six
Inches long, with two holes In It.
Fasten It on the big end of the pole,
the Iron extending about one and a
half Inches. Turn the end up, a little
5
tnirved, so it will hold a ring on It.
Tie a stick (about six Inches long)
about two feet from the end and run
that end of the rope through ring and
tie to single tree. Run pole under
shock, bring long end of rope over
shock, then start your horse and drag
It where wanted. It will not turn
over. Dwlght Smothers,- in the
Epltomlst.
Can tha South Compete With the
West in Gralq and Beef Growing?
' The rapid exhaustion of the West
ern ranges means the production of
more beef on the small farms of the
country, if the 'needs of our rapidly
Increasing population are to be ade
quately supplied and the demand for
our meats in foreign markets main
tained. The price of beet is likely to
continue satisfactory because beef
cannot be produced so cheaply on the
small farm as urrder range conditions,
so the Southern farmer has now the
best opportunity for engaging in stock
husbandry that'. Has ever offered for
very obvious reasons; If he is to
grow beef economically, he must have
a plentiful supply of cheap grain
whloh will call', for the growing of
cereals on. a larger scale than has
ever been deeraed profitable in the
history o( Southern agriculture pre
vious to this time. Only a compara
tively small amount of the winter
cereals, as compared with the quanti
ty produced. In the whole country, has
been raised In the' South, due chiefly
to the belief of many farmers that
these crops cor.id not be grown, be
cause, First The winter killed.
Sttfc-i Of the lack of varieties
:.te4 to Southern conditions.
Third Of the Impoverished condi
tion of th soil in which attempts
were made to grow them, and
Fourth Of their inability to com
pete with the farmers of the North
west in the growing of these crops.
This is not now such an Important
factor and will be one of less moment
in the future because the virgin
prairies no longer yield as In the
"flush days" of bonanza farming, and
In fact the centre of cheap cereal pro
duction seems destined to move into
the Canadian northwest.
Then, too, the grent centres of pop
ulation in proximity to the north
western cereal belt will call for a
larger consumption of the grain In
the making of animal products for
home consumption, while excessive
freight rates will always be an ef
fective protection to the Southern
grain grower.
As but little work hns ever been
done at the Southern experiment sta
tions to show either the vnlun or the
possibilities of growl ng winter cereals
and legumes, the condition is not a
surprising one, though the lark of
overcoming the long-eslnbllsheil prej
udice of the peopla with regard to
the culture of these crops will lie a
very difficult one. This Is but natural
slnro so ninny failures with these
props hnve been recorded. I
Can Winter Crrails unci legumes lto I
Post Puller.
I use a fence post puller of the fol
lowing description, which is better
than pulling with horses, as it does
not break the poBts. Fig. 1, hard
wood polo 10 feet long; fig. 2, a rest
for tho pole, 4x4, 12 Inches long,
with a 2x4 nailed to the bottom,
which 1b about 10 Inches long; fig. 3
Is a chain 2 feet Ions, with a grub
hook attached 2 Inches from the
pole; fig. 4 Is a stout wire nailed to
the rest, which serves to hold the
rest in place.
In pulling poets the chain is
hooked looselyaround tho post, which
permits it to slide down the post,
when the pole Is raised, allowing to
get another hold when tho poBt Is
raised a little. Frank Laclna, Can
by, Minn.
rrcpnrlnft Lnntl For Alfalfa,
O. M. H., Shenandoah, writes: 1
have five acres of land that Is bor
dered on three sides of two creeks
that I wish to sow in alfalfa. I have
put In several underground ditches so
it Is well drained. I want to sow the
alfalfa in August. Would you advlBe
Inoculating the seed? I have enough
sheep manure to cover the ground.
Do you think it should be put on and
plowed under or harrowed In? I see
two kinds of alfalfa advertised, alfal
fa or lucern and Turkestan alfalfa.
Which would you advise mo to get
Answer: It Is rather hard to give
an opinion as to the advisability of
Bowing alfalfa on the land mentioned
In your letter. Alfalfa will certainly
not give satisfaction on low, wet land
where the water comes too close to
the surface. Alfalfa Is a very deep
feeding plant, sending out a vigorous
tap root. The roots of plants will
not grow deeper In the soil than the
permanent water level and if this ap
proaches near to the surface as In the
case of poorly drained land, alfalfa
will not obtain a sufficient foothold
to make a satisfactory yield. If the
land is only temporarily wet, that is
a different proposition. Alfalfa can
be seeded any time from August 15
to September 15 to advantage. It Is
well to sow it early so as to give It
a chance to become well established
before cold w;eather. As a result It is
advisable to use artificial cultures for
inoculating the seed of alfalfa. The
seed of many of our leguminous
plants do not need to be so treated,
but it seems rather difficult to, secure
a stnnd of alfalfa Id many locations
at best.
Sheep manure will make an excel
lent top dressing for alfulfa. After
tho plants have come up nicely, give
a coating at the rate of ten to twenty
loads per acre, but do not work into
the ground. Of courEe, the manure
might be put on as a top dressing be
fore seeding the alfalfa and worked
In with a harrow, but in no instance
should It be plowed down. Turkestan
alfalfa is said to be particularly hardy
and has been used with more success
In the Northwestern States than In
other parts of the country. The ordi
nary alfnlfa or lucern is the best vari
ety tor you to use, and If you can get
seed grown In tho United States it
will likely prove more satisfactory.
Kansas or Nebraska grown seed will
1 meet your requirement very wejl.
HER WINNING WAYS.
I mot her down by the seashore
On a sunny day In June;
We "at tuirptliir on the beach,
Whero the wiivHpU played a tune,
3he sjiokn uoont her mansion
And her country place so lulr;
Aliout her stilnR of servunta
And conservu lories ihere.
She wl.l phe kept three motor cars.
Hud a fortune In the bunha,
And kept chnmpniinH always on tup
In Bold nnd Ivory tanks.
Then she hinted Bhe was slnslo
And my heart Just throbbed with bliss.
And If I'd been worth a million
I'd have handed her a kiss.
I suspected I could win her
"i'waa the one best chance of life
And If I had not been busted
I'd have surely copped a wlfo.
But I could not llnxer longer
By he snd. romantic shore;
I knew my ticket would expire
And my dream would soon be o'er;
So I packed my hair and b.'KKiiKe,
Started for my home next day,
Left my mllllon-helrcsa weeping
Where tho wavelets ifuyly play.
'Twiia last June that nil thla happened.
Hut don't think that I n.m sore.
For today I Haw that maiden
Clerking In u ten-cent atore.
Milwaukee Journal.
SH
NOfMS
"May's new hat Is perfectly hide.
ouk." "it lmi't u bit more hideous limn
mine. You're always saying nice
things about May." Philadelphia Lod
ger. Barker "Say, you talk to me as if
you thought I was an Idiot!" Parker'
"l'urdon me, old man. I'm always
giving myself away." Chicago Dully
News.
"Of course, I admit your son Is ex
travagant, Dut you uitiHt make allow
anceshe's younp." "That's all right?
But the more allowances I malto the
quicker ho blows 'em." Judge.
She (after a long silence) "Did I
hear anything fall?" Ho (timidly)
"Why, no." She (with a yawn) "Oh,
excuse me, I thought you dropped a
remark." Baltimore American.
"Why are you sore at Miss Skreaeh
er?" "When she was urged to Bing
something, nt the party last night, she
said, 'Oh, I can't Bing! Well?"
"Well, she went ahead and proved It."
Cleveland Leader.
Teacher "Your little brother was
all right when he left the house with
you, and yet you nay Ih'h sick and
won't be In school?" The Kid "Sure!
Didn't I give him tbe seegar wld me
own hands?" Fuck.
"Untie George, wo are studying
synonyms In school, and I want to
know the difference between 'cute' and
'sneaky, According to your mother,
it is the difference between what you
do and what Mrs. Jones' little boy
does." Puck.
"When you are angry," said tho
man of gentle Instincts, "stop and
count a hundred." "A hundred!" ech
oed Mr. Slrus Barker. "If I could stop
at a hundred In counting up my wife's
milliners' bills I wouldn't be angry."
Washington Star.
"You say you are an expert account
ant, and can begin at once on thla
muddled set of books?" "Yes, air."
"Have you any recommendations?"
"Well, sir, I workej out the set of
problems my ten-yenr-old boy broimht
home from school last night." Cleve
land Leader.
Mrs. Chutjwater Josiah, whit la A
'swastika'?" Mr. Chugwater (momen.
tartly at a loss) "Do you mean to say
you don't know what a swastika 1b? I
swastika Is why, blame It, Swastika
Is the name of the Eskimo that help
ed Cook discover the North Polo!"
Chicago Tribune.
Just after a severe electrical Worm,
a timid patron of a rural telephone
system, aware that the telephones were'
not equipped with lightning arreBters,
called up central and asked: "Can I
talk with safety now?" "There is no
such person on the line," replied tho
new girl at central. Judge..
"Of course," said the sentimentalist,
"knowledge Is power. But the heart Is
more important than the head." "Very
true," answered Miss Cayenne. "If as
many people died of head failure as
die of heart failure tho country would
lose an enormous element of Its pop.
ulation." Washington Star.
A Canny Congressman.
Comparing notes on physical exor
cise, some one asked Congressman
Paul Howlnnd what he did In that di
rection. "Who, me?" he exclaimed with :i
pood deal of warmth. "I have H'tv
mt'd of any artificial form of excr '. .
1 live on tho sunset side of the r,
yoi know, on West 57th street, '
my exercise consists In build In:; "
lire every morning."
The answer quit convinced iJi
hands but ono a professional skep'ii,
who wanted to know, you know. "Wh i'
sort of Are do you build?" he Inquired.
"Wood or coal'"
"Neither," repllod the congresHin:i:i.
"We use gas, and I have to scrau h
a match every time I light the fire '
Cleveland Leader.