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Leiters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri
cultural College, Athuu Ga.
Diversified Farming in the South
Given a typical Piedmont farm with
tt» characteristic red clay soil and
which has been leased for a number of
years and previous to that time operat
ed primarily as a cotton plantation, what
can be done with it? In other words,
can thia farm be changed over to a di
versified proposition with profit and
success? Many a land owner is confront
ed by just such a situation, and hence
the topic is of general interest and the
number of questions propounded very
difficult to answer satisfactorily. The
solution of any such problem of course
depends much on the initiative of the
owner, but that an undertaking of this
1 character can be successfully accompliah
* ed has been clearly demonstrated by
the experience of those charged with
the management of the college farm at
• Athena G.l Ten years ago the very
problem presented in the opening sen
tence of this article was attacked with
the results recorded below.
The farm had been abused for some
years previous to its change of owner
ship. It was without satisfactory build
ings or a suitable equipment of imple
inents or live stock. It was determined
at once to organise it on the basis of
a stock farm, but without overlooking
or neglecting the possibilities of culti
vating cotton and the varied crops adapt
ed to the soil and climatic conditions
of the Piedmont area. Os necessity the
equipment could only be slowly pur
chased and assembled. The first un
dertaking was to organize a small dairy
herd and offer milk for sale. The re
ceipts from the herd the first year
amounted to $1,124.44. and the sales
of live stock'to $72.29. The value of
the cotton and the cotton seed was
$4 19.72. making a total turnover of the
farm $1,799 37. This happened in the
college year 1907-1908. Nine years la
ter the sales from the dairy herd amouni-
V *d to $6,700.41. showing a steady and
uniform increase throughout the period
in question. The sales of live stock
increased from $72.29 to $3,056.02, show
ing an even greater proportionate in
crease than in the case of the dairy.
The sales from cotton and cotton seed
have varied somewhat according to the
season and the price of the staple. The
first year the crop brought $469.62. and
in other years it has sold for as much
as $1,831.83. The total receipts have
varied from $1,799.37 the first year to
$11,002.69 in 1915-1916. The total re
ceipts from dairy herd in nine years
have amounted to $43,768.21, from the
sales of live stock to $13,377.95, and
from the sales of cotton and cotton seed
$10,819.68. making a total of $69,572.99
for the nine-year period.
Naturally, no profit was made from the
. farm for the first three years because of
\ the lack or equipment and the impover
ished condition of the soil, but since
1910-1911 an increased profit has been
made each year with the result that
the receipts from the farm show a net
return of nearly $18,000.00 over the ac
tual outlay. This must be regarded as
a very creditable and satisfactory record
and a satisfactory demonstration of the
$ ossibilities of building up worn-out
plantation lands through the institution
of a diversified farm practice in which
live stock husbandry is strongly em
phasized. Remember, that it was nec
essary to start in and reclaim practlcal
- ly all the land now under the plow, a
considerable part of which had been
thrown out for a number of years and
it eras, therefore, badly washed and
eroded. Much of it was grown up with
saw briars, sassafras sprouts and young
pine trees. The terraces were long s'nce
tut through and had to be rebuilt. Part
of it was occupied by old orchard sites.
None of it was fenced. There were no
satisfactory roads and a complete equip
ment of buildings and implements had
to be installed, foundations laid for
the live stock herds, and their develop-
• n ent through selection, careful breeding
and feeding assured. There was thus
< very problem to attack and solve which
every other land owner would be called
on to meet.
The results attained have, of course,
been accomplished gradually. It has been
the policy, for instance, to reclaim a
new area of land each year, about forty
acres being brought under the plow the
past year. Unsatisfactory crops are
raised on much of this land the first
year or two after an attempt to reclaim
it because of its eroded condition and
the bad physical state of the soil. An
increase in the herds of live stock, there
by enabling larger amounts of yard
i-anure to be made available each year
s.nd its return to the soil has resulted in
improving the land and increasing its
«rop-yielding powers to a satisfactory
> degree. Three hundred and fifty acres
of land are now under the plow, ex
clusive of the considerable areas occu
to pied by th*e poultry plant, the depart
ment of field experiments, the horticul
tural department, and the grounds sur
-1 •>' rounding the college building. Os course.
L a considerable area is devoted to pas
ture. but much of this land is so rocky
end broken that it could not be suc
cessfully cultivated. There is quite a
large area in woodland. A great variety
of crops have been raised successfully.
• ’ereais are grown each year and a crop
cf 2.000 to 3.000 bushels of oats obtain
ed. Corn is raised in considerable quan
tity for grain, the stover being used
for roughage. Cowpeas and sorghum,
oats and vetch, oats, rye and crimson
clover. Sudan grass and other forage
crops have been grown on considerable
areas and eut and cured as hay. Kaffir
“-rx. aad sorghum have been grown to
sMTler and used primarily for the pro
duction of silage, several hundred tons
of which is made each year. Cowpeas
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I have been used as soil builders and
turned under whenever practicable. A
considerable area of land lias been de
voted to alfalfa which has been cut from
four to five times a year and the hay
ted with great advantage. The acreage
in this crop is being extended from year
to year because of its richness in ani
mal nutrients and its power to maintain
iiself on tne land for several years in
succession while yield from four to six
tons of haj per season
A rotation of crops has been estab
lished. Oats have been planted after
cotton and corn and followed, a 9 a rule,
by cowpeas sown alone or in combina
tion with some forage crop to be made
into hay or turned under for soil im
provement. Cotton and corn have been
grown after cowpeas. A three-year rota
tion. including the four crops, has been
the object kept in view. Thus, a legume
has been grown on the land once in three
years. It is the aim to coat each area
of the farm devoted to corn and cotton
with farm manure once in three years.
To this end all the refuse on the farm
not suitable for food has been collected
and used as absorbents in the large box
stalls in which the beef cattle and
calves are kept during the winter. It is
conservatively stated that the lands now
under cultivation are worth S2O an acre
more for agricultural purposes than
when the work of improvement was first
undertaken. The farm produces now all
the roughage which 150 head of live
stock require. It is well laid out with
suitable rotations, properly fenced and
presents an orderly and attractive ap
pearance. It is, therefore, proper to re
gard Lt as a fitting example of what
can be accomplished In the way of suc
cessfully instituting and maintaining a
diversified system of farming on soils
of similar character situated in any part
of the Piedmont area.
• • *
VALUE OF RAW ROCK PHOSPHATE.
a 4. g.. Fort Valley, da., writes: I
hair beer, feeding a lot of cattle under
shelter, and I understand that raw rock
puoepbate sprinkled over the manure each
cay make* it lurch more valuable, and at
the sfrne time is an absolute preventive
of the nuisance of fliee. I would like to
have your advlee in this matter.
Ground rock phosphate or floats has
been used to some considerable extent
in connection with stable manure. It
is generally mixed with this material
at the rate of 100 pounds per ton. It
does not exert any chemical action by
combining with the ammonia. Hence, it
is principally valuable as a mechanical
absorbent. Its chief advantage lies in
the fact that the dissolved phosphate
when applied to fresh manure becomes
slowly available to crops to which the
manure may be applied later on. It is
good practice, therefore, to mix rock
phosphate at the rate suggested with
yard manure. About one to two pounde
per head per day would be the right
amount to use when the animals are in
the stable. The rock phosphate will of
course not Injure the hoofs in any way.
It will also supply one of the elements
In which our soils are likely deficient.
It exerts some influence in preventing
the fly pest due to the dust it supplies
to the manure.
• • • •
A DEFORMED UDDER CAN NOT BE
REMEDIED.
L. T. C.. Decatur, Ga., writes: I have
a heifer that will soon calve, but it looks
like she wfll just have three teats that
will give milk. One will not fill out and it
la small. Is there ai-y thing I can do to
make the rest normal?
There is no way to develop the teat
In question satisfactorily with which
we are acquainted. Rubbing and knead ■
ing the udder and working with that
section might improve the situation
somewhat, but if the teat Is naturally
small and if it is an inherited charac
teristic, treatment of the kind sug
gested can only help to a very limited
degree. There are many cows which
have more or less deformed udders. You
have no doubt noticed what a great
variety of udders there are even in a
well-selected and well-bred herd. Ona
should not purchase a cow without ex
amining the udder carefully, nor should
cows with deformed udders be used for
breeding stock for this characteristic
is more or less likely to be transmitted.
It is a difficulty which breeding alone
will permanently eliminate.
USING LIME IN STABLES
D. C. S.. Fort Valley, Ga.. write*: In
mixing hydrated lime with (table manure,
la there danger of thin form of lime freeing
any of the nitrogen In the stable manure?
Hydrated lime if mixed with stabia
manure will result in the loss of a good
part of the nitrogen, certainly the great
er part if not all of that in what is call
ed the 'quickly available form. When
this mixture is made reactions follow
which drive off the ammonia- Hydratea
lime would of course attack the organic
matter and tend to disintegrate It, a
situation which you would not care to
have arise in the case of yard manure,
one of the chief benefits from the use of
which is due to the decay of the organic
matter it contains in the soil. Yard
manure is also valuable on account of
the very large amount of bacterial fer
ments which it contains.
• • •
JOHNSON GRASS HAY AS A
ROUGHAGE.
T. O. M.. Uniontown. Ala., writes: Wbat
profit would It be feeding dairy cows and
beef cattle good Johnson grass hay costing
$12.50 per ton in the place of cotton seed
bulla at tbe same price, with cotton seed
meal or without?
A good quality of Johnson grass hay
should constitute a good form of rough
age for both beef and dairy cattle. If
made from a field where there was a
good stand the stalks should be rela
tively fine and fairly well covered with
leaves and be readily eaten on that ac
count. Where they are coarse and not
so easily masticated, their feeding value
can be improved by very little effort
on the part of the stockman by run
ning the hay through a cutting box,
moistening with water containing some
salt, and allowing to stand in a heap
over night to soften.
Johnson grass hay contains about 3
per cent of digestible protein. 45 per
cent of digestible carbohydrates and 1
per cent of digestible fat. Cotton see-1
hulls contain 3 per cent of digestible
protein, 33 per cent of digestible carbo
hydrates and 1.5 per cent of digestible
fat. You w’ill thus see that the ad
vantage In supplying nutrients lies
with the Johnson grass hay. In other
words. 100 pounds of this material
would supply 49 pounds of digestible
nutrients as compared with 34.8 pounds
for the hulls We would personally
therefore be willing to pay more for
Johnson grass hay as a roughage for
beef and dairy cattle than for hulls.
We think that Johnson grass hay and
cotton seed meal can be fed to dairy
cows at a profit. Meal has been very
high this fall, though it is not com
manding such a high price just now
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916.
; Much, of course, will depend on the
return you are securing from the sale
lof milk and butter. When milk sells
at 30 cents a gallon and upwards re
. tail, you can pay the present prices pre
vailing for meal and purchase hay at
the figure indicated and still make
money.
As to the profit you would make from
' feeding these materials to beef cattle,
much depends on the nature and class
i of the animlas you expect to feed and
I their present condition and the price
: paid for them. If the cattle are of good
I quality so as to lay on flesh uniformly
and can be disposed of satisfactorily in
from 90 to 120 (lays they should yield
you a small profit when fed on these
feeds and leave you the manure be
sides. This of itself should induce any
farmer to feed beef cattle under pre
vailing conditions because It has been
demonstrated over and over again that
yard manures are one of the most val
uable amendments we can use on our
' southern soils.
• • •
DIFERENCES IN GERMINATION OF
SEEI >S
C. A. G., Summit, Ga., writes: J would
like to atk why grass seed planted at the
same time does not all come np at the
same time.
There are a number of reasons why
grass seed does not all come up at once.
First of all the seeds are very small and
they are often planted in a careless
manner and not uniformly covered.
Therefore some of the seeds more read
ily germinate than others. Some seeds
even of the same variety of grass are
more vigorous than others as they orig
inate .from different plants. Plants as
you understand show the same diver
gence of character as Individuals with
which you may happen to be familiar.
Therefore some seeds are more strong
and vigorous than others. A seed that
happens to be incorporated In the ground
comes directly in contact with the soil
under favorable condition will sprout
{mediately. Another one lying on top
of the soil may not find favorable con
ditions for some time. A part of the
seeds in every sample of grass or grain
are not viable; that is, incapable of a
growth and this accounts for the lack of
uniformity in germination which you
have observed. Moreover, soil condi
tions in one section of a field or lawn
may be more favorable to the develop
ment of seeds than others. Hence you
witness a vigorous growth in one place
and a very limited growth in another
place. After a while of course the
grass may become aparently as well es
tablished on the thin section as in the
good section, but it takes time under an
unfavorable condition for grass to es
tablish itself.
W. M. C., Milltown, Ga., writes: I have
a fine young Jersey heifer and I atn anxious
to make a good milk cow of her, but I
hare discovered several warts on her udder
and teats. How is the best way to re
move them? Also please tell me the best
preparation of ridding hogs of all kinds of
vermin.
The warts in question may be re
moved by one of several devices. A so
lution of pure acetic acid dropped on
the wart until It is saturated and soft
will cause it to come off in the course
of a few days. It is important where
this treatment is resorted to to ‘ ex
tract the roots. Warts may also be re
moved by the use of a sharp knife. If
they bleed profusely the blood vessels
should be seered with a hot Iron. The
third method is to tie a stout string
around the wart and tighten it occasion
ally. This will soon cause it to sluogh
off.
Lice may be destroyed by means of
any of the coal tar dips. There is a
tank now made which may be filled with,
any of these, and it is so adjusted that
hogs will resort to it freely as a rub
bing post. It is kept in the yard where
they are fed or in the pasture where
they graze. We think this arrangement
is quite as satisfactory as a dipping
vat In case you do not care to se
cure one of the contrivances mention
ed, we suggest that you make a solu
tion of creolin in the proportion of one
part to fifty parts of water, and thor
oughly wash your hogs. This treat
ment should be repeated in the course
of ten days. It Is also very Important
that the lots and stables be thoroughly
disinfected. The same solution may
be used for this purpose. Whitewash
ing and applying coal tar to all cracks
will be found beneficial.
• • •
EXAMINING ALFALFA SEED.
G. E. M., Jackson, Ga., writes: I am
enclosing some alfalfa seed anti would like
to have your opinion of its quality. They
are lowa grown and can be bought for
$6 BO a bnshel delivered but are not re
cleaned. They state the germinating qual
itj Is good.* The seed houses in Georgia
ask about $12.00 a bushel. I want to put
in about seven more acres this fall, and
wish to know which seed you think would
be best for me to buy.
The sample of alfalfa seed inclosed
has been examined carefully. It would
appear that there are a considerable
number of weed seeds in It. We could
positively identify several of these.
The seed of pig weed seem to be the
most abundant. We judge that there
are probably 5 per cent of weed seeds
in the sample. We consider this a con
servative estimate. It is undesirable
to use alfalfa seed which contain weeds
or trash. A higher priced seed if guar
anteed to be free from adulteration
would be cheaper in the long run. One
of the chief troubles in maintaining a
stand of alfalfa is due to the difficulty
in holding weeds in check, especially
until the alfalfa becomes well estab
lished. It is possible, of course, that
the parties in question can so reclean
these seeds as to furnish you with a
guaranteed sample. The alfalfa seed
themselves seem to be well developed,
and there is every reason to believe that
they are viable.
EVIDENCES OF CHRONIC IND*
GES TON.
R. D. 8., Dublin, Ga.. writes: I havi,
a mule that is thin in flesh, and I cannot
feed her enough to make her fat as she
gets sick, and she eats dirt. I have tried
several remedies, but none seem to do any
good. I have been told that it is indiges
tion. I would be glad to 9iave a remedy.
The condition observed in your mule
is not unusual and is one which arises
from the development of a more or
loss chronic case of Indigestion. When
this is of long standing it is difficult
to treat successfully. Much depends
on the individuality of the animal as
well, some mules being more likely 'to
exhibit this condition than others.
Slab-sided animals or those designated
by horsemen as mashy or three-corner
ed, are generally not possessed of a
strong digestion and while something
can be done to alleviate the condition
it is very difficult to cure them perma
nently.
In cases of animals one should first
look up the cause and remove It. Be
sure that your mule is watered before
rather than after meals. Remember
that regular feeding is of the utmost
importance. Under no circumstances
use damaged fodder, such as dusty or
moldy hay or grain. Remember that a
variety in dietary is absolutely essen
tial to good health. Some succulent
food should be provided at all seasons
of the year in so far as practicable.
Excessive feeding is to be avoided.
If constipation is in evidence a pur
gative should be given to remedy the
trouble. We advise that you proceed
as follows: Feed your mules sparingly
for a day or two, using bran mashes.
Then prepare the following physic ball:
Barbados aloes 5 grams, sweet pepper
1 dram, gentian 1 dram. Soft soap or
honey enough to make into a ball. Fol
low this with the appetizing powder
given below, using a tahlespoonful
twice a day with the food which should
be dampened. Grains of paradise; lic
orice root, ground: ginger; surphur; ni
trate: cummin: caraway: fenugreek:
fennel; chamomiles; gentian; aniseed, 2
ounces each, and 10 ounces of locust
bean meal. Mix thoroughly, grind and
pulverize and give as directed above.
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GOIWOCTE# wjtosxzhjeltos.
War Songs of Atlanta Amateurs.
THE BARS AND STARS.
BY w. a. HAYNES,
Air, "Star Spangled Banner.”
"Oh, the tocsin of war resounds o’er the
land
And legions of braves are now rushing
\ to battle
Our lint-stocks are lighted—our guns
are all manned.
Loud thunders the cannon—and mus
ketry rattle.
Our hosts they are led by the blue,
white and red —
While the battle-fiend flaps his pale
wing o’er the dead.
CHORUS.
Lei the bars and the star of our banner
ever wave—
O’er the land of the south, the home of
the brave!
"Oh, say, can you see through the night
and the gloom,
Through the clouds of the battle our
stars brightly shining
'Tis a beacon of hope—’tis as signal of
doom,
To the hordes of the vandals, our bor
ders now lining.
Proud defiance we hurl and our flag we
unfurl
Let it float, proudly float to the gaze of
the world.”
CHORUS.
"For thirty years or more, we have wait
ed and prayed,
That the chains of oppression and wrong
might be sundered.
But the black fiends of the north with
their plans foully laid
Have raised up a whirlwind and the old
ship's now foundered
We shouted the alarms —we spoke of our
wrongs
The arguments exhausted, we'll stand by
our arms.
CHORUS.
"Oh! Manassas has been fought, and the
field has been won.
And the brag guns of Sherman—our
brave boys have taken
Our foes have retreated back to old
Washington,
But the ranks of our Dixie—still re
main there unshaken
And over the graves—of the New York
Zouvas,
The bars aad the stars, now triumphant
ly waves—"
CHORUS.
This was sung to thousands of At
lanta men and women just after the
bloody battle of Manassas was fought,
July 21-22, 1861. MRS. FELTON.
PERSECUTION OF THE TURKS—OF
THE ARMENIANS.
I will appeal to this, a statement sent
out by the Presbyterian board of mis
sions regarding the deplorable condition
of thousands of helpless human beings
in northern Arabia. This reading almost
horrified my soul—when I remembered
the boasted civilization of those who are
allied with the Turks In that awful war
in Europe. I ask myself—if God will
not crush down such tyrants, and de
liver them from these persecutions?
Turkey has violated every instinct of
humanity. They arg Mohammedans in
religious creed and know no mercy. Are
we in America awake to our own respon
sibility in sitting still while these con
ditions prevail. When we go to our own
churches do we send up prayers for
these poor Armenians? Are the Chris
tians in Georgia forgetting their duty
to these helpless ones?
ARMENIANS WELCOME DEATH.
The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions gave out yesterday a statement
concerning conditions In northern Arabia.
The statement includes portions of a let
ter from a missionary, whose name the
censor would riot permit to be transmit
ted, telling of sights witnessed by him
in a score of villages among the Armen
ians.
“At Meskene,” says this missionary,
"I saw women and children throw them
selves Into grave trenches and beg grave
diggers to bury .them. The government
furnishes Ao bread or tents, and people
this summer have lived and died under
a broiling sun.
"In Hama, out of 7,000 deportees 3,000
were naked, their garments having lit
erally worn to shreds. They gathered
locusts and ate them raw or cooked, ac
cording as they could get fire. Some
caught dogs in the streets and ate them
uncooked.
“In Rekka there are 15.000 deported
people living in tents. The camp is on
both sides of the river Euphrates, but
the people are not allowed to enter the
c'jty. Everywhere the terrible pictures
present themselves —nakedness, hunger,
death—and those in authority doing
nothing. Some in despair throw them
selves into the river. . . .. *
"Everywhere we met caravans of Ar
menians being carried from their homes..
We often see a whole row of ghastly
forms rising suddenly out of graves and
asking fori bread and water. All have
dug their graves and are waiting for
death. The number is riot fewer than
30,000 as I write. Some who cannot beg
lie on their cots or on the ground till
death releases them. No one looks lo
them, dead or alive. At the government
investigation it was shown that there
had been cannibalism, and that -the dy
ing had been fought over In order to ob
tain their flesh for food.
"It Is to be remembered that these
people, thousands of them, have done no
wrong, and that they have been driven
from comfortable homes by exigencies
of war. It was desired by the Turkish
government that they be gotten rid of.’
HOW PRUSSIANS FOUQHT FRENCH
IN 1870.
I have some old Harper's magazines
of the ’7os, and I copy from the issue
of October, 1870, just thirty-six years
ago. Emperor Napoleon was command
ing the French army at Metz, and Gen
eral von Moltke the Prussians at that
time. The had 900,000 men
under arms. The German crown prince
(father of the present kaiser) attacked
McMahon at Worth on September 6,
and captured 4,000 French soldiers and
thirty guns.
Napoleon sent a dispatch to the Em
press Eugenia in Paris acknowledging
defeat and great consternation prevailed
The city was placed in a state of siege,
although the Prussians were 200 miles
away. The enemy compelled the French
center to swing back Its entire line and
forced the French army into the in
terior of France.
McMahon was returned to his com
mand at once and Marshal Bazaine was
made the commanding general. The re
vulsion in Paris was overwhelming
against the conduct of the war. Empress
Eugenia at once issued a proclamation
appealing to the patriotism of the peo
ple. The German crown prince with an
army of 200,000 at once set out for
Paris, and Napoleon's army facing the
crown prince, amounted to 150,000, arid
everywhere defeated.
The French government asked for a
loan of a billion francs, about $200.0D0,-
000 of our money. The age of conscrip
tion in the French army was raised
from twenty-five to thirty-five. The
Germans raised from twenty to thirty
two years of age. It was announced in
the French legislature that the French
used three times as much ammunition
In one day than did the Prussian army.
The books were opened in Frence to
secure the loan here mentioned, and be
fore the close of the first day 680,0)0,-
000 were subscribed. This happened
thirty-six years ago. The French are
now fighting Germany to redeem them
selves and improve their war record.
The Germans captured Alsace and Lor
raine in 1870. The French army will
never be satisfied in the present war
until both places are restored to France.
ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON LONDON.
It was General Sherman who described
what war stood for and it is about the
best description ever given considering
the few words that were used.
The airships which sailed over a part
of London a few days ago were intended
so far as possible to destroy men, wom
en and children, in their beds and to
set as much of the city on Are as their
gas bombs could accomplish. They did
kill a number and did start fires, but
they were defeated as to a general con
flagration. One great Zeppelin was shot
down or exploded and every member of
the crew died a violent death in the
blazing machine. Nearly twenty man
gled corpses were given burial in Lon
don after the remainder of the airships
left for Germany.
This airship business is well worth
careful consideration by the United
States government. The Zeppelins have
done a colassal work in the war zone of
Europe.
Unless international agreements can
prevent the useless slaughter of de
fenseless men, women and children we
may expect to be attacked by these air
ships in every difficulty in the hereafter
where airships can be launched against
us.
We seem to drift into barbaric ideas
and methods whenever war dogs are let
loose. Our boasted civilization fades out
of sight when men begin to kill each
other In large numbers.
Germany represented the last word in
skill, in science and commercial prog
ress. Yet it is Germany which sends
these Zeppelin airships in the night to
destroy helpless men, women and chil
dren sleeping in their beds, for the grat
ification of war lust?
Religion (or what it stands for, broth
erly love) is discounted and people are
discarding religion where Intellectual
progress has been greatest.
Is the world rushing onward to self
destruction?
Gloria’s Romance
By Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes.
(Copyright, 1916, by Adelaide M. Hughes.)
(Continued from Last Issue.)
ON the following day, all arrange
ments having been made by tele
phone to the Stafford country
place, Gloria took Burroughs -with
her and motored out. They were met by
a glowing and enthusiastic Freneau at
the railroad station. Gloria took him on
to her warm weather home, which man
aged to keep a majestic appearance in
its mantle of snow.
The dogs started a wild hullabaloo of
ferocity from their kennels when the
car drove in. They changed their ex
cited yelps of welcome as they recog
nized Gloria. But she left them discon
solate, for a groom brought up from the
stable yard her shaggy ponies harnessed
to the little Russian sleigh.
As she stopped to pet the noses of
the ponies Freneau lost for a moment
his confidence in his own power to win
this small young beauty enveloped in a
great coat, which made her seem smaller
still, her eyes beaming, her cheeks flush
ed with the cold, her delicate pink blonde
curls escaping ffom. the little fur-trim
med hat.
With this palatial background, among
the obsequious attendants, she stood,
more than ever for him, the embodiment
of power, youth, beauty, wealth. What
had he to offer in exchange for that
worldly trinity? Spoiled by women as
he was he felt that however sincerely
he wanted this slip of a girl—wanted her
'more than ho had ever wanted anyone
else in his life —she might elude him.
Gloria turned to him with a bright
smile, and seeing the look of ador
ation in his eyes, blushed an even deep
er rose tnan she had been wearing.
"I think we had better start at once
if we are to get our sleigh ride," she
said. “The days are so short now; we
must make the most of this stingy sun
light.”
"Right!" Freneau answered eagerly,
as he helped her into the sleigh.
The ponies were champing at the bits
and jingling the bells and waving the
pom-poms on their heads with every
impatient movement. Gloria stepped
into the driver’s seat (she was going to
drive them herseh’, wise girl!) and Fre
neau snatched the sable robe from the
hands of a groom, saw that her little
feet were in place on the foot warmer,
and proceeded to wrap her snugly in.
(How nicely he did things of that sort,
she thought.)
"We will be back in a couple of hours:
probably stop somewhere for tea,’
Gloria called to Burroughs as they pass
ed the lodge door. She felt the thrill
of being a runaway once more, and
she was glad that her father was not
present to thrust a chaperone upon
them.
Out into the road and off they went
youth, health, and joy of life in their
veins; love in their hearts. The ponies
pranced and cavorted, somewhat too
strenuously, Freanau feared until he
realized how skillful Gloria’s hands
were in handling them. On they glided
merrily, chatting of the big nothings of
young love, Gloria pointing out paths
and places of interest, Dick Freneau see
ing them only as they were mirrored in
her eyes, since he could not bear to turn
away from her lest he lose one fleeting
expression on her face.
After several miles of up hill and
down dale, Gloria turned her ponies
off the main road into one less used.
“I’m taking you to the dearest old
fashioned farm house, where we can
have tea and the nummiest apple butter
you ever tasted. Shall you like it?"
"I shall like anything and everything
tn this world, so long as I have It with
you." Freneau breathed earnestly.
“Then that’s all right," chiruped Glor
ria, happily. "You shall most certainly
have this tea with me. and I’m fam
ished."
"When they reached the farm nouse.
which called itself an inn, the plump
landlady greeted Gloria with pleased
recognition and ushered them into the
parlor, saying that she would hasten
with their tea and bring the table to
them by the Are. Freneau helped Gio-
‘THE UNAVOIDABLE GOD’
-NO SEEKING SOUL CAN
FAIL TO FIND HIM
By Bishop W.A.CamdSer
A sincere soul earnestly seeking God
cannot fail to find Him.
This is the meaning of the Master’s
words, “Blessed are they who hunger
and thirst after righteousness; for they
shall be filled.”
Every other interest of Mfl? is beset
by contingency and uncertainty-; but Go>l
makes this supreme matter sure.
Health, wealth, prosperity, and every
other earthly good can not be assured to
any man; but the seeking soul can not
fail to find God.
This is what we should expect in
view of the fact that God is our Fath
er. What father would fail to show him
self to his lost child, if he heard that
child crying in the darkness and calling
for him?
In the New Testament we have maaiy
instates of eager souls finding the
Lord, not by their superior intelligence
but as the reward of their spiritual
hunger.
The Samaritan woman, at Jacob's well,
was hungry for the personal knowledge
of God and her ardent desire coiustrain
ed Jesus to return to Galilee through
Samaria, and not as other Galileans went
to and from Jerusalem by the more
circuitous route along the Eastern side
of Jordan. He timed his movement so
that he met her when she came to the
well at noon-tide, in order that he might
show her the way to God.
Had he reached the well a half hour
earlier or later, he would have fliissed
her: but coming just when he did, he
declared to her the great truth that the
heavenly Father is always seeking wor
shippers, even more earnestly than hu
man souls are seeking Him.
In like manner he called Zaccheus
from the fig tree because he perceived
that the poor publican was filled with
the deepest hunger for salvation.
The most pathetic case of all recorded
In the gospels is that of Mary Magda
lene. who came perplexed to the sepul
chre early on the morning of the resur
rection. More than any other soul on
the planet at that time she grieved for
the loss of Him and longed for His pres
ence. Hence He revealed Himself to her
first of all after His resurrection.
AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION.
Discussing this first appearance of
our Lord to a human soul, after His
resurrection, Marcus Dods says most
strikingly: "At what point shall the
pressure of Christ break through and
quicken expectation and faith? Shall
he go to the High Priest’s palace or to
Pilate's praetorium and triumph over
their dismay? Shall he go and lay
busy plans with this and that group of
followers?
“On the contrary, he appears to a poor
woman who can do nothing to celebrate
his triumph and might only discredit It,
if she proclaimed heraelf his friend and
herald. But thus continuous Is the
character of Jesus through death and
resurrection. The meekness, the true
perception of the actual sorrows and
wants of men, the sense for spiritual
need, the utter disregard for worldly pow
ers and glory, characterize him. now as
before. The sense of need Is what al
ways effectually appeals to him • • •
"To mourn his absence is to desire and
Invite his presence; and to Invite his
ria out of her great coat—how well he
took off a coat, she thought. She emerg
ed like a golden-brown butterfly in a
velvet gown.
The blazing logs in the deep flreplaoe
gilded the beauty of a truly charming
old room. Gloria fingered the quaint
pewter pieces on the mantel and Fre
neau waited restlessly for Mrs. Bailey
to hurry in with the tea things and
hurry away. Soon they w’ere left alone
seated opposite each other, the little tea
table between. Gloria learned his su
gar. She became suddenly timid and
embarrassed. It did seem very Inti
mate and daring. It was the first time
she had ever asked a man about his su
gar all alone with him!
Dick perceived her shyness and
d’Mned the cause at once. He
must speak now. He would never
have a better chance, he thought.
Putting down his cup, he reached across
the table for her hand. •
“Gloria, dear litle Gloria," he sighed,
“my five years of probation are up. I’ve
waited patiently and always hopefully.
Mayn’t I have my reward now? Please
say that yod will marry me quickly and
put me out of my misery, will you?"
Gloria could not answer. She hung
her pretty head and wriggled back a lit
tle farther into the grandfather’s chair.
Perhaps she did not want to end the
luxury of keeping him anxious with a
too immediate yes. He would not dally.
He picked up the little table that stood
between them and putting It aside
dropped on one knee before her, like the
true artist in love that he was. He
clasped his arms about her and she
closed her eyes and gave him her lips.
They heard the untimely hostess ap
proaching and he sat back In his chair,
twirling his mustache, whilq Gloria
tried to look as if nothing had happened.
Nothing had happened except a short
flight to heaven.
On the way home they chattered mer
rily of the everythings that would make
up their new life. The scenery was the
same, yet how different! They were be
trothed now. For many reasons Freneau
was impatient to have her father’s sanc
tion to their engagement as soon as pos
sible. Gloria decided that she would
motor him home with her and beard her
parent in his lair without delay.
Pierpont Stafford was not unprepared
for the "Will you let me marry your
daughter?’’ sneech that Richard Freneau
made him. He had given his own word
five years before that if Freneau and
Gloria found themselves in the same
frame of mind at this date he would
raise no further objections. He gave up
the fight now. and took his defeat like
the true sport he was, graciously con
cealing his own sad heart.
The radiance of his child and the evi
dent sincerity of Freneau almost repaid
him; at least they made him hopeful
for her happiness. One stipulation only
he insisted upon, that the engagement
should not be made public at once. He
knew that engagements were not neces
sarily certain to end in marriage, and
he wanted to test Freneau a little
further. He insisted upon guarding his
daughters’ name to that extent. If any
thing went wrong with them they should
not have taken the great American
public into the secret. Freneau agreed
to this, the more readily since it would
give him the more time to propitiate
and. get rid of Lois. And old Trask
might have to be given his quietus in
one way or another.
While Freneau and her father held
the council of war Gloria had gone out
to the hall to wait its outcome. There
Freneau found her huddled up on the
lower step, hugging herself as if she
were cold. He rushed to take her in
his arms for a kiss. She battled him.
with mock resistance, before she ran up
the stairs to play Juliet to his Romeo.
Then, throwing kisses, they parted.
When she reached her room Gloria
found herself shivering with a violent
chill that all the warmth of her heart
could not subdue. Burroughs was in
stantly alarmed. She summoned Gloria’s
father, who was even more alarmed. He,
presence is to secure it. • * • Hs ;
could not coldly look on while this poor f
woman was eagerly seeking Him; and it •
is as impossible that He should hide
Himself now from many who seek Him
with as true a heart.”
The word is most emphatically and
cheeringly true that “he who seeketh,
flndeth;” and the first step of the faith,
by which men come to God, Is to "be
lieve that He is and that He is the re- 1
warded of them that diligently seek <
Him.”
The most unpromising characteristic of •
the religious condition of our times is
the fact that so few people hunger for
the presence of Christ and earnestly seek
Him. Men are seeking everything else.
Many want some sort of religion out of
which God is excluded— a. religion of ,
good manners, or of charitable deeds. ;
with no reference to God and no care
for the fellowship of the divine Spirit. '
There is such a thing as godless
religion; there is an atheistic morality
and there Is an atheistic humanitarian- •
ism. And many people—including
some preachers—are concerned for
nothing better than these atheistic'
things. They do not know God, nor do
they care to know Him. Hence they
neither seek nor find Him. They can
not comprehend the pathetic cry of St. _
Augustine, "O God thou hast made us
for thyself, and unquiet are our souls
without Thee!”
But the Holy scriptures aim at noth
ing less than • the revelation of the
Eternal God to the souls of men; and -.
the purpose of all churches and all.,
preaching should be to bring men to
God. '
We shall have no extensive revival
of religion until multitudes feel their ~
need of God, and seek Him with their -
whole hearts. Then they will find Him
and their souls will be filled with the ,
joy unspeakable and the peace which
passeth all understanding which spring'
from His indwelling presence alone.
Men cannot find God by “seeking re
ligion.” The Scriptures no where teach
us to seek religion; but they constantly
command us to seek God.
It Is time for the revival of this
note in preaching. Prodigal sons must
be brought back to the Father, who
awaits to receive them. It is by no
means enough to give them new clothes
and better food, and then leave them
in the “far country,” away from the
Father’s house.
CONVERSIONS DECIDE HISTORY.
And If we can kindle in the hearts
of prodigals a yearning for the Father’s
face, they cannot fall to find Him; for
to souls that hunger for Him our God
is the unavoidable God. They cannot
miss Him who seek Him.
A loving God seeking lost sinner* and
penitent sinners seeking a loving and
forgiving God cannot fail to mtet. And
when God meets a human soul and re
veals Himself to huch a soul, the great
est possible event takes place—the con
version of a sinful heart. The only
event that arouses joy In heaven. In ao
far as we know, is the repentance and re
generation of a human soul.
Conversions, not battles, are the
decisive events of history. The con
versation of Saul of Tarsus changed the
face of the world in the first century,
and the conversion of John Wesley
changed the history of the English •
speaking world in the eighteenth cen
tury.
made her go to bed at once, ordered heri
covered with many blankets, and had
hot-water bottles filled.
The chill did not abate. In a panto he
telephoned from Gloria’s own room to
his old family physician. Dr. Wakefield,
and was fortunate enough to reach him
and be assured of his immediate attend
ance. Dr. Wakefield was a fussy med
ical man of the very old school. He had
taken good care of the Stafford family,
but latterly he had let science outrun
him. Still he recognized pneumonia
without difficulty. He whispered the
dreadful word to Stafford and ordered
in two trained nurses and do end of
medicines.
(Continued In Next Issue.)
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