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V. The Enterprise Published Weekly. MADISON, FLORIDA. News of new aeroplane factories every day, and, boasts the Atlanta Constitution, the money Is cot "all In the air." Maybe the Federal Treasury offi cials think the bIio of paper money should be reduced, suggests the To peka State Journal, bo as to keep It In proportions with, its purchasing powers. Congressman Bmitell wants the tar iff removed from "partisan politics." Yes, and from potntoeg and panta loons, too, aids the Baltimore Sun. At a recent grocers' convention It was agreed, relates the Christian Reg ister, that the wooden plates which go with the sale of butter should not be weighed and charged for at the price of butter. The chilling effect of the accession of George V upon the smart set In English society cannot be wholly ob scured, notes the Springfield Repub lican. For the new King never gam t'les, even at bridge. Report comes from an Italian com mission that has been studying pel lagra, to the Savannah News, that the disease Is not caused by the eating of corn, but by the bite of a gnat. The theory has not jet been fully devel oped, but at fliBt glance it would seem to be promising, since we now know that the mosquito causes fever. So far there has been no specific com plaint charged up against our pesti ferous sand fly, which is mean and ac tive enough to be responsible for al most any sort of deviltry. i" " Says the Cleveland Leader: Love, self-sacrifice, are In woman's nature. United they are part and parcel of many women's lot Good women nurse their chronic Invalids; they work and rlead for their men who ha-ve gone astray; they are there when the prison gate clang on the sentenced culprit and they are standing there when these same gates open for his freedom. Their whole lives are loving and working- and expiatory. They wish no glory. They only wish their men to hold and help. It Is an insult to a nation of them, to a whole world of them, to make flamboyant and hysterical news of the routine loyal ty of Just one woman. No one ever supposed that the hired hands of the sugar trust were stealing from the government for the benefit of the trust Just for the fun of the thing and unbeknown to the beneficiaries of their thefts, says the cynical Indianapolis News. Hired hands do not do that sort of thing, least of all with skilful devices to af fect scales and with an elaborate sys tem of warning light. The thieve were hired to do what they did. The men higher up were directing and paying for the robbery of the govern ment. Lovely business for eminent mil lionaire monopolists to be engaged In! A sweet coterie for congress to allow to prey on the people! There is one movement now on foot for which the suffragist are not di rectly responsible. Its object Is to bring about the wearing of wedding rings by husbands, announces the New York Mail, Such rings, as we all know, have long been worn by wives, and the custom has often proved both a protection and a deterrent. At any rate a man, no matter how bad or how bold, seeing a wedding ring worn by a woman, cannot plead Ignorance of Its symbolism. Certain Allegheny so ciety women have Inaugurated this wedding ring movement, and the eighteen Pennsylvania wives who are thus banded together In It propose to insist upon their husbands wearing redding rings to prevent flirting. They hope the Idpa will appeal and that It will become universal. Not that such a thing is at all necessary. Cer tainly not! But the Pittsburg woman who Is the leader In this modern frill says "An ounce of prevention Is worth a barrel of cure." Every man who read these words will wonder What on earth aba) meant. ' TO AN ACTRESS. Lilly of the subtle art. Give me leave, I pray; Laughter linger in the heart, Tear we wipe away. Life ia such a eorry show. Full of dull regret; With your uniile. to roguish slow, Help ui to forget. There behind the footlights' gleam, Let those weep who may; Yon embody our lost dream Of the primrose way. Is not this the better part? Lady, heed, I pray! Laughter lingers in the heart, Tears we wipe mvny. -Anne Peacock, in The Theatre Maga tine. Warner gazed upon the pale coun tenance of his secretary with an al most parental solicitude which his usually stern visage could Illy conceal. He was apparently 111 at ease, but bis delicate sense of propriety restrained him from making an inquiry which might so easily carry with It embar rassment to his subordinate. Melville, who had been confidential secretary to the brokerage firm of Warner and Brooks for less than a year, had elicited in that short time an almost fatherly interest on the part of its senior member. Why a man of Warner's peculiar characteristics should be drawn to a personality so wholly dissimilar, was an enigma no one had as yet at tempted to solve. But that the brusque old broker had taken a par ticular liking to the young man for some latent reason, no one could deny. Nathalie Warner had likewise found herself Irresistibly drawn to the young man, whose only Indorse ment of "Try me, sir," bad won him an enviable position in her father's employ. And now In less than twelvo months' time, Melville found himself in the rather delicate position of be ing in love with this girl, whose so cial environment was so totally differ ent from that of his own inferior station. His dauntless spirit had aided him In overcoming the many obstacles which Impede the progress of the av erage young man, but he hesitated In contemplating a campaign with the Impossible. Another barrier far more Impreg nable than either wealth or sorlal po sition existed in the person of Wilbur Brooks, son of the junior member of the firm, who had long basked in the sunshine of Nathalie's smiles and un doubtedly held undisputed possession of the young lady's heart. It was indeed a strange predica ment in which Melville bad become hopelessly entangled. The audacity of it all gradually dawned upon him and he was on the verge of relinquish ing all claim when the girlish smile again entangled him in Its meshes. And now for several weeks he found himself beset by vexatious questions of doubt and uncertainty. Possibly only a mere friendship ex isted between Nathalie and Wilbur Brooks. But there was nothing to substan tiate such an Impression, and so his ardent young heart palpitated be twixt hope and despair, while bis overtaxed brain sought In vain to re cover from its gloomy abstractions to attend to the duties of his position. Shortly after lunch Brooks re turned and hastily entered his part ner's private office and augrily slammed the door. Melville, aroused from his lethargy by the harsh tones emanating from the adjoining room, strolled over to the window, whistling a disconsolate air. He was thus engrossed when Nath alie entered the room and advanced to bis side. "One would think that you had lost a near relative," she finally began, seeing that the other's thoughts were beyond the confines of the stuffy of fice. Melville stopped abruptly. "Why, Miss Nathalie, I beg your pardon. Have you been here long?" "Long enough to hear you render that funeral dirge," and she burst Into a merry laugh in which Melville gallantly strove to Join her. But quickly restraining herself upon seeing her companion's pale countenance, she advanced toward him with outBtretched hand. "You are ill?" The soft, solicitous tones brought a flush to Melville's cheeks. He sud denly found himself wafted to the highest pinnacle of hope; something In that sweet glance touched the cords within his heart and his lips quivered uncontrollably as he sought to reply. mo emuarrasHing sueace was ai most immediately broken by the en trance of both members of the firm "Con you give me any Information concerning this matter, my boy?' Visibly agitated, Warner laid his band MTiLIEHHOICE. 1 By Mrs. Emmy C. Brack. Ik A upon Melville's shoulder and looked him squarely in the eyes. Melville's pallor deepened as be tremblingly grasped the ' pottered sheets. v , "I expected as much," ejaculated Brooks as with a triumphant and bit terly sarcastic smile he turned upon, bis heel and disappeared within his own private office. Melville averted his luperlor's gaze; but bis effort to conceal his anger at the implied accusation of the junior member of the firm did not escape the other's notice. "You know nothing about this mat ter?" The kindly tones brought a gleam of gratitude from the young man's eyes. "Evidently Mr. Melville Is between two fires, father Why do you seek to shield Wilbur Brooks?" This last, to the dumfounde'd secretary. "I shield young Mr. Brooks?" "Yes. ' You saw him remove these sheets while he was In father's office yesterday afternoon." "Why, Nathalie, what does this all mean?" Warner sank Into a nearby chair as if stricken. Brooks' door creaked upon Its hinges and Brooks appeared upon the threshold. "Simply an unmanly fit of Jeal ousy," and her face crimsoned as her gaze fell upon the Immovable features of Melville, who wns striving to con trol the visible pulsations of bis heart. "Miss Nathalie, this Is a serious matter, and you wish to Implicate my son?" It was Brooks' turn to grow pale. "Yes, he did It. And, if yon will pardon my speaking plainly, I would be more careful In the future about casting suspicion upon honest folks." A second time Brooks turned upon his heel and disappeared within his office, followed shortly by Warner who closed his partner' door behind him. A pause, which seemed ages to the two young people, ensued. The mur mur of voices emanating from the dusky office seemed like the buzz of a swarm of bees. The warm summer sun cast a drowsy spell upon the scene. "I would have shielded him and saved you all this " "And for your sake, truth tri umphed." And she placed both her hands In his. Boston Post. WISE WORDS. And a self-satisfied man may be easily satisfied. A small package Any man who It wrapped up In himself. No, Cordelia; all strait-laced peo ple do not wear stays. ' Anyway, trusts can't deprive the public of the right to criticize. Life is but an empty dream to the toper who iBn't fully occupied. Many a man realizes after It Is too late that his mascot was a hoodoo. Pretty girls can break hearts al most as fast as homely girls can mend them. t It Is easy for a married man to .be polite to a pretty woman wbo Isn't his wife. It's as Important to know when to let go of an opportunity as t Is to know when to grasp it. The flowing bowl looks like a cup of happiness to some men. Every man has an Idea that other think him important. , You can learn a good deal about women by pretending to be indiffer ent. s If an easy-going man ever acts smart It is when he gets soap in his eyes, A woman always selects a good list ener when she wants an entertaining companion. You can't please everybody; It makes half the people sore If you pleate the other half. , We don't think much of a cooking school that doesn't teach pupils how to prepare dandelion greens. When a man gets his first gray hair his wife tells the neighbors they are due to hi strenuous business cares. When a girl says a man Is a cad he bas probably talked baseball to her till she had to admit that she didn't know anything about It. From "Pointed Paragraphs," in the Chicago News. An Epigram On Experience. The late Senator Piatt bad a whim sical way of wrapping bis views of life In neat epigrams. A New York jurist once said to Senator Piatt: "My son wishes to marry a chorua girl. Give him Borne good advice, won't you?" ) "No," aid Sena: or PlatjU 'Advice is worthless. We tearn, only by ex perience.", ' 1 . S Here he smiled sadly. f "And experience," he said, "Is, alas, a comb for a bald bead." Louis ville Time. , The blue geese, which have been considered as mythical birds by many, have been found in large fiqeka In some femot regions oX the South. PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT BOW TO MAKE K BALANCED RATION FOR THE HOGS n a preceding article the writer trle'd to show that pork cannot be made profitably in the South when nothing but corn is used. Corn alone was seen to be a very poor feed for the animal; It makes very slow gains and very high priced ones. When corn alone Is fed It Is seldom that more than one-half a pound dally gain can be secured. When some other feed is used along with the corn it Is no trouble to Secure one pound dally gain and more. ' Well, if corn cannot be UBed at a profit when used alone, what I the farmer to do? Must he stop trying to make pork and buy it at from fourteen to twenty-five cents a pound? No, he will not have to atop making it. The only thing be will have to do will be to use something along with the corn. Corn alone is about as poor a feed as can be found for a hog; but corn used In combina tion with other feeds Is about the best feed that exists. One thing the farmer can do W to use other concen trated feeds; the South bas an abundance of them. The only thing against them from the farmer's standpoint of view when he comes to feeding hogs. Is that they are all high-priced. Notwithstanding the fact 1'iat they ar all high-priced, almost any of them can be used along With corn and cheapen the ration very materially. v A few years ago cowpeas were cheap and many farmers began to use them liberally as a feed for hogs. But recently they have advanced In price and, If the are to be used at all now, they must be used as all high priced feeds are used with care and Intelligence. When they are valued t $1.50 a bushel they cannot make tip one-half of the total ration. , So:ue of the stations have bad ex perience in feeding Boy bean meal to hogs. It has proven to be more val uable than the cowpeas, not so much probably because of being actually a better feed ,thaa the cowpeas, as to the fact that the soy bean meal has been used in smaller amounts than the cowpeas. The soy beans are a richer feed than the cowpeas, so the feeders have not tried to use them In large amounts. In a test at Kan sas, where corn alone was compared to a ration made up of two-thirds corn plus one-third soy bean meal, the Boy beans proved to be worth 11.44 a bushel. In Indiana, where the same kind of a test was made, the soy beans returned a value of $2.54 a bushel, or, it cost $8.96 to make one hundred pounds of pork when corn alone was used, and but $5.18 to make the same pork when one-third of the ration, was composed of soy bean meal. In some section of the South rice by-products can be used either to take the place of corn or to go along with It. Where rice polish has been compared directly with corn It has proven to be superior to the corn, pound for pound. It Is cheaper than corn, pound for pound, too. In Ala bama, where the two were compared, 474 pound of corn were required to make a hundred pounds of meat, while but 373 pounds of the rice polish were required to make the same gains. In South Carolina the rtce polish and corn were compared when skim milk was fed along with each one. The rice meal proved to be superior to the corn, as but 848 pounds of the rice meal and 991 pounds skim milk were required t make one hundred pounds gain, while 257 pounds of corn and 1028 pounds of skim milk were used to make the same number of pound of pork. At Massachusetts the corn and the rice meal proved to be practically equal In feeding value. Alabama Station has tried rice bran, but It is not a good feed for hogs. It Is too bulky and not pal atable. The packing house by-products have not generally been Introduced to the South. But there Is at least one of the products .that should be used here, and that Is tankage. As a result of It use along with corn, pork will be made cheaper and the viUie of thp corn will be increased. It can be laid down in the South al most anywhere for not more than $40 a ton.. It Is a very rich feed and should be used in very small amounts. It should not make up more than one tenth of the whole day's feed. But when that small amount I used the "ains are made very much cheaper an when corn is used alone. In me experiments at the Alabama "ition $2 were saved on every 100 -)iind of pork made by the Introduc on of a little tankage In the feed. Vlie tankage balances up the- corn, V ,-Jenders the feed exceedingly pal atv10' The writer ha used this feed f of several years, and the longer he us?st the more lie thinks of it. rom the test that have been pre lected It Is seen that aioney la almost DIVERSIFIED FARMING sure to be loBt when corn is used alone! It is also seen that almost any concentrated feed, no matter how, high In price, when used along with corn,' cheapens the feed. But It tg further seen that when nothing but concentrated feeds are used it is dlffl. ' cult to come out even though somrf other feed 1 used along with the corn. In some cases good money was made; In some other cases some money was lost, even when a mixture of feeds were UBed, but not as much money was lost where a mixture was used as where corn alone was fed provided, of course, that the supple ment was not used In too large amounts. As a matter of fact, con centrated feeds are so high In price now that the farmer cannot afford to., depend upon them alone for making pork. And the farmer does not have to depend upon them alone, either. He will, of course, want to use con centrated feeds always, but he must use them along with pastures. When they are used Intelligently with pas tures, pork can be made cheaper In the South than It can possibly be ' made In the North. Progressive Farmer. Poultry Talk. Many breeders claim a better re sult from using geese of pure Emb den stock and ganders of pure Tou louse; the young from such, a mating are said to be much superior to either of the parents, especially In weight. The young from thus mating will weigh, for holiday trade, from seven teen to twenty-six pounds each, de pending upon the sex. Of course they must be well treated! and fed to secure such results. As the frame must necessarily be large to support Buch weight, there wonld certainly be a great amount of feath ers also. The flavor of the flesh 1 said to be very mild. However, don't uja&a me raisittnif ui utung. loesev young for breeders, else the next flock Jf will be very inferior. The same Increase In weight will b noticed tn ducks, from the first cross between Pekins and Rouens, or be tween Bronze and, Narragansetts in turkeys. S. Where one is able to secure new re liable breeders each year, the first cross in poultry always results well In welcit gain, usually in hardiness, T and almost always Increase In the egf field, Jf the crossing has been from' j well fleeted stock, and from good S varieties; l.,e., for weight two of the J larger breeds, such as Brahma sat 1 ' Cochins, Or1, Langshans, or even the f larger specimens of Rocks, with one of the above. But the next cross 11 inferior, and succeeding crosses, un less one is tin expert, will soon result in a flock ofwiongrels. Many chicks'idle for lack of fresl air. If It were sqld In packages and : bottles, there wonld be an Increa In Its use by some.V ' . When the chicken part of the Bock is kept'aa clean' as turkey have to be kept, there' would be mueh, less loss among the chickens. J Dasap weather' is very hard on all dry land;, poultry. . ' What about these many "sWemi for growing poultry? They rad and sound fine on paper, but I fer If all tried them, poultry and eggs would get too cheap to be profitable. Per haps tley are, the answer to the higher cost of living. ' It saems that the fresh air poultry houses are becoming quite a fad. Bet ter read and study up on them tlltough the summer, then it they ap peal to you, try one part or all th poultry In them next winter. tton't practice mistaken economy by feeding muBty, moldy or soured food T,o the poultry, and especially t the, thicks. It will be dear ia tht end Bury or burn all that Is not wholesome. . jpne reason of non-fertlllty of egg Isflack of .meat ration. This explain why the very first sittej-s ha,CB B0 poorly, while later, when Insects ar plentiful, the hatches are good. Sow Will Not Breed. , Question: I have a fine Poland China "now, three years old. Shews , farrowed twice in succession, and wa I. .... I. - J . Ik I.. ... ) ... TonnnrV. but failed. Please give me a rented?, I am anxious to have her farrow. Answer Sterility, or barrenness, occur more commonly In th wel bred animal, Especially in those thitia are forced by over stimulating to"'t, There are, several other dieting causes, such as diseased ovaries, ob structions to the fallopian tubes, etc., I..,.- i l ,nm..lr tn rlntarmlne by amiuatlon. A breeding sow shouia be kept, in good condition, but noe fat. Give her two ounces of Epsom salts in one-half pint of cold " one dose. Follow this by giving ten grains of Iodide of potassium twice) dally in ber food for two weeks. M her run in pasture where she can g plenty ., of exercise. Colonel Heddin-, la Constitution, ' V .""W-lu...,,.