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: Ministerial Beau | r 5. B. HACKLEY

* dreamed you would call 1 maliciously disagreeable Cay. the crumpled Cgurc on ~ davenport, sobbed pialnt the toon Chase Kenvery straight. Ms red I high. r. remarked." he proffered, M>ught any old unmarried i would exact a promise ' niece never to lea reventing her marriage to— r fellow who wants to take | him when Unde Sam Bering In South America. Ish old—1 mean a ^unt Effle didn't exact any i me. I told her volun- | never leave her. She hasn’t >ut me. and she'd be afraid f. She'd be raisers knew you wanted me to jctti America -vlth you." 1 crossed the room hastily, kitten. If that old poke. Wilburn, were to marry jhemln and take her to his i money, she'd hare somertr.y with her!" pled. “Oh, Chose, If he only | They were sweethearts'long m’t know why they didn’t rat I believe he’d want her ! he thought somebody else | it Is. hell Just keep on mak-rlce-B-year calls, and sending | Christmas and birthday s to the end of time! Annt being down to Georgia next i the church convention. u weep another weep. Evie J Chose broke out; Tve got I boiling and boiling strong!" r after little Miss Euphemla eturned from Georgia. Dr. • Wilburn, returning to his i a professional call on old i Lavender (one of his oeI patients), picked up an t of note paper Just be- | car. According to his habit, I at It carefully, tend, Fla.," It rehd—“My dear I am delighted to have . granting me permission *0 1 shall be very happy to caH afternoon, and will be t to stay over a day, as you [■ but shall have to leave on nlng’s train. Ion will per0 say again that never since i a minister have I met a t graces of mind and face f. It will be e Joy ely heart to talk with you aithfully yours, “Hugh Blair Compton." ctor put <t with slew care In His meditative blue eyes able*. er," he said to himself, “I

•r!”

y aftertioon he took pales to k Grantland avenue way short- | the train came In. ai 1 was i with the ylght of a tall, &nei with silvery gray curling 1 a short beard si Vandyke itily ascending the McKay . busy one. The elI who called at the McKay [bt have hem an agent of for aught anybody but Dr. feared. It was a misting April 1 and damp, but that gentiee to the river, and sat flsbraotet bonk until Cur uamladf i* t. the fart I fish w er<- b. •ng! t the McKay houae Mias Eu- [ playiag hymns Ml u sympathy with the merry I from Eve’a tittle sittln* room

Euphetnia '.ts popular with isfolk. and on her birthday. —rWtng Monday, she receired a ■ of pretty remembrance*. The gift of all, a beautiful If gold, with a single diamond Bter of the bar. came through i. Therv was an unsigned h It. bearing Miss Ettpherala's d the word*. "A happy birth- . Wilburn coming with bent. uuutL." Eve announced I Euphemla. her delicate cheeks Ink above tbe dainty 1; vender > chine frock Eve bad mean on. was unwrapping the “I wonder what's got Into r man) He usually mails bis I Dr. Wilburn's modest gif*, a e tatting basket, btd been adfcve called bis attention to the |at her aunt's throat “And ahe doesn't know who sent exclaimed, bolding up the riiburu looked at the super- . He had sceo the same bold o a letter signed “Hugh Blntr teal thy, ruddy face grew a aa ruddy. # she can gu.ssr he hazls voice a bit husky, so sorry Dr. Wilburn wouldn't lunch. Krr," aighed Miss Ku-

be—be tued to kn «s food c “He seemed a little grouchy, ow." remarked Er*. When Mavis and Chase Kendall came In that evening Chase gased admiringly at the birthday brooch. “Fifty bucks. Ever be whispered in shsm coustematlon, behind Miss Euphemla'* back. “Pray, honey bunch, the sacrifice will bring Its reward!" One tnoynlng two weeks afterward Dr. Wilburn, walking In bis garden, strangely dejected, saw a tax! drive up to the McKay place and deposit the gray-haIrhd, Vandyke-bearded one on the portico. Spurred by this unwelcome' bight, his memory suddenly told him tbit In the long ago Etfpbemla loveth the lilacs in his gar

den.

Armed with a great bmcb of the lavender and white blossoms.'jJ'.e rang the bell. Eve led him Into the dining room separated from the parlor by folding doors, one of which was ajar, the other one of tbe red silk curtains Wd the opening. “Aunt Me has a caller in the parlor." she apologized; “please wait here.” He sat down somewhat limply; then he heard, very distinctly, a strange voice deep and earnest. “Euphemla. I came this time expressly to tell you of my love. Our acqualntauce has been short, but I could wait no longer! And something In your last letter gives me courage to speak. Dear, will you marry me?" The doctor felt suffocated—like a man on whom the walls are coming together. “Oh, Mr. Compton!” cried III vs Kupbemia's agitated voice. “I do like you. but I must have time to think, to consider.” “I will wait until 8 this evening— then may I come back for my answer?" said the deep voice. There was a faint murmur, then opening and shutting of doors. Then Eve came bock. “Come iq the parlor, doctor, and FH call auntie. Her company has gone, now!" She came in presently, a little excited over his unexpected visit. “I came to bring you these lll&cs. I remembered you used to like them. Effle, long ago." She flushed with pleasure. It had been so long since he had brought her flowers, and called her "Effle!” “I do yet." She was a bit tremulous. “It Is so good of you. Humphrey!" His eyes fell on the diamond brooch, the other man's gift—the other man who was coming that eveqing for his answer! He felt his hand clenching, then: “I am no good." he burst out. "I am lonely—lonely! I—oh. Effle. come and stay with mel I love you. Effle! Be my wife!” Miss Effle did not say she must have time to consider. “Oh. Humphrey, do you really mean It?" she breathed. "Do you really v ont

me?”

In on Instant tbe big maq had the little lavender flgure In his arms. “Do yon love me, Effle?" Eve, the eavesdropper heard then. “Better than any other man?" “I've always loved you. Humphrey.' the little woman confessed. “If you had asked me long, long ago, I would have come to you then !" Eve flew upstairs, where Chase and Ms sister awaited her. On the table by Chase's hat lay a beautiful sllvtey white wig and a vnndyke beard! EASTER AND THE PASSOVER

Flore the events of Holy week sod the resurrection look place during the Jewish pasaover It «ems strange that the relebration in the synagogues and la Christian cbuMies should not always be at the same time. They are often a weefc apart. The explanation is that tbe Jewish calendar, which dates from the creation of the world. Is regulated by the rabbi*. Their system Is based on tbe lunar month, which I* oflrti nearly two days shorter than the month of the Christian calendar. Corrections are made, bnt Instead of a day »och as I* in the leap year, an entire month Is added, so that some Jewish years consist of 13 month*. As Easter always falls on tbe flr«t Sunday following the full Inoon next after March 21. this additional month In certain years cause* a variation between the Passover and the Christian festival. Yield Oil and Turpentine. Tarious conifers, the pinus pinaster In France, the Scotch pine, the swamp pine, the loblolly, the long-leaved pine, southern yellow pine and Georgia piue are sources of oil of turpentine sod resin. Oil of turpentine has some vogue a* a counter-irritant in various liniment* and > xternally and locally In abdomluul d.stenslon In typhoid fever nud attdomlnal operations. Kesln enter* Into the composition of resin cereste, and U the basis for some plasters. A derivative of turpentine Is ter pin hydrate, n drug of great popularity and considerable value In Coughs and colds.

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Prt reeds From Iron Ore Smelting. America's largest mauuforturiug Industry Is Iran and steel. The pig Iron recovered) in smelting Iron ore amounts about 25 pir cent of tbe raw materials. The equivalent ai about 14 cent la driven off by voInt.!lzaUon in tbe coking of the cosi. In the |iroc k of smelting a further *0 per cent rapes in ga*. fume and dust, and e ront-iinlng 21 per cent represents

More Highway Construction This Year Than Ever Before in Our History By a F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture

During the war it was necessary to curtail roadconstruction operations because of the difficulties of securing transportation, materials and the requisite i services. Now ti?at the situation has changed the work will be actively resumed. It is not believed that the people of the nation can wait for prices to recede before beginning industrial operations. Such hesitation will add to the difficulties instead of. lightening

them.

The congress at its last session not only made available from the federal treasury large additional suim for construction in co-operation with the states but also mod* important amendments to the federal aid road act These amendments will have the’effect of greatly lessening the difficulties of selecting

and constructing needed roads.

The amount of federal funds available for road building on March 1 was over $72,900,000, which under tfie law must be matched by at least an equal amount from the states, mating a tcftal of $1^5,900,000. including approximately $9,800,000 from fH^a! and state sources for roads in the national forests. On July 1 $9^000,000 more of federal funds will becomt available for general road purposes and $4,000,000 for national forest roods, which, with equal contributions from the states, will provide an addition*! $198,000,000 for federal aid road work, making an aggre-

gate sum of $343,800,000 for the calendar year.

In other words the 1919 program for federal aid road building is greater than any previous annual road-building accomplishments in this

the states will undoubtedly defer itil 1920. because experienced conmust be developed from tbe stag-

country. It is so great, in fact, taking up part of the federal funds tracting and engineering organizatit nant conditions of the war period.

The'states and their civil subdivisions also will carry on a large

amount of road work without fedenil aid. The present indications are

that approximately $280,000,090 will be spent in this way. The indications are that a largerWume of highway construction will

be accomplished this season than in any previous year in the history of

the nation.

Back to the Land! The Nation’s Duty and the Gtizen’s Opportunity. Er JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

When the American of 38 years of age was bom the United States bad a population of 50,155,783. ’Thirty out of every hundred people lived in the cities; the other seventy lived in th& country. Year by year the dries have gained in population at the expense of the country. In 1910 the population had increased to 93,402,131 ai d 4G.3 per cent of it was in the cities. The census of 1920 is expected to show that we have a population of about 110,000,000 and that more than half live in the cities. In the decade between 1900 ad 1910 our whole population increased £0.9 per cent, the urban 34.8 and the rural 11.2. The city population therefore increased nearly twice as fast as that of the whole country and more than three times as fast as that of the rural districts. In six states there was an actual decrease in the rural population. These figures show that the dries have taken more than their share of the immigrant* and have also lured farmers from the farm. This rapidly increasing disproportion between the food-producing population of the rural districts and ie food-consuming population of the dries has long been r. cognized as a ranger signal to the nation. Moreover, to allow it to continue is to reject the greatest opportunity in the history of the pation. The nation should bestir itself to keep every fanner on the farm; to get onto the farm every returning soldier who want* to go; to transplant every city man who belongs on thj soil. This is & Urge undertaking but one easily within the power of the nation. Certain conditions make the time ripe for it Farming as a business now offers inducement* second to none and better than mod. The federal government, with its farm loan board, its experiment station in every state and iU farmers’ bulletins; tbe states, with their agricultural college*; the counties, with their expert agents and demonstrators—all stand ready to give the farmer service adequate to his needs. There is good money to be made in fanning. Until very recently less brains has been mixed with farming than with any other business. Now, with brains and modem scientific method*, farming is one of the best-paying businesses on earth. There are still millions of acres of unoccupied farm lands awaiting the plow; tbe public domain contain* 230,657,753 acres of unreserved and unappropriated land, of which a Urge proportion is suitable for agriculture. There are 15,000,000 acres of arid fend for irrigation. There ore 60 000 000 acres of swamp and overflowed lands which tan be reclaimed. There are 200,000,000 actas of cut-over land fit for cultivation. The nation’s administrators and lawmakers should wake up to the situation thiti is at once a danger anti an opportunity. France and Great Britain and all her colonies are busy getting their people on the soil America lag* behind when it is to her that a large part of the world must look for food for many a year. Congress should pass Secretary line’s great reclamation measure for work and homes for soldiers. The railroad administration should resume railroad advertising of farm land* and the work of colonization agent*. Good roads, extension of agricultural education, betterment of country living conditions, development of farm labor supply, assurance of fair profit*, financial assistance—all these should be the nation’* immediate policy. Back to the land! Every man on the farm is an asset and not a liability. Agriculture is the foundati<*i of the prosperity of this country and alwavs will be. Land is the fundamental natural resource from which this nation draws its life. And the farmer is the bulwark of the nation. Moreover, farming is a business in which a man of parts may take delight. It is an honest business. The farmer d**e.s not climb up by pulling others down. He has his place in the 41111. If he dunce to have sn eye fur beauty there are the recurrent miracle of the spring and the pageantry of the season*. And Mother Nature is likely to throw in health, strength and liappiness for good measure.

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