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Sigrai —-
By Walter Joseh Delaney
(Copyright, 1916, by V. G. Chapman.)
A jasmine in a wooden box —the
box painted red, th leaves green, the
flower white. It stod within the open
casement above tie street, Innocent
looking enough, ye many a man, pass
ing on the opposia side of the thor
oughfare, gazed full upon it —and
meaningly.
Such pedestriais would slow up in
their walk, woul« look behind, in front,
around them. 'lheiT'they would take
In the figure of the man standing in
side the room t^yond.
Quickly, deftlf, this* man, Sior Fran
co, would engai4 in mysterious finger
signs. A mess/ge was seemingly con
veyed. The men would pass on a lit
tle more spemxly. Reaching the cor
ner and turniil; It, they would start a
swift run as though they had become
HUddenly messengers bent on an urg
ent and important mission.
This was ai Ribera, an Italian town,
but held in the Austro clutch.
War was in /the air. Half the popula
tion had fled to Milan. Sior Franco
had lingered. First, because of duty,
next, became Pepina, the pretty flower
girl, lived ih the same sprawling tene
ment, and Franco loved Pepina.
She canje tripping across the broad
court and. into the room where the
jasmine v/as, eyes bright, face aglow.
She wore.'a token of mourning, a crepe
bow at the neck, but affliction and be-
IP I
Would Look Behind, in Front, Around
Them.
reaveinent could not quell love. She
took the hand of her nflianced lover
■with a warm clasp. Excitement and
anxiety were commingled In her ques
tioning face.
“It is tonight?’’ she asked eagerly.
“Yes, surely tonight,’’ assented
Franco, and he bent fprw***? .“•w' rev
erently kisfl.d ucr white forehead.
"The jssmine pot has done its mission.
.My friends have received their warn- j
and there will be a hegira before
. .er dawn. It is well, for already
ie Austros are arresting those whom
tey suspect. Everyone so taken
V | kes one brave soldier the less for
e army of Italy.’’
ir\"Ah! had my brother but lived!”
■ u l’jv. ua, her fair brow clouding,
Ilf I sorrowful memory cross
“ Shot as a spy, and I
“Except for me,” interrupted Franco.
“My sweet! Once over the border,
you shall become a soldier's bride.
She nestled closer to his protecting
embrace. Then, suddenly:
“Ah, Franco. I forgot about this
pretty plant I loaned you. It belonged
to my dear brother, Cesaro. There
la a secret about it. I will tell you— ’’
“What is that?” abruptly broke in
Franco. “The Austros!”
Following the ring of musket ends
upon the outside pavement there came
the echo of hurrying feet. Almost im
mediately an Austrian officer with
drawn sword burst into the room. He
was followed by four soldiers.
“Seize the conspirators'” Le or
dered.
“Hold!” directed Franco, as the men
stepped forward with military prompt
ness and decision. “What means this?"
“You are an Italian —this girl, too,"
retorted the officer offensively. "Ah!
need we ask"” he cried.to his cohorts.
“Look!” and he pointed his sword at
the flower box. ’^Sedition!”
“What mean you?” challenged
Franco.
“Green, white, red —the Italian col
ors. It tells the story—sedition!"
“It is my poor pretty plant!" ex
i claimed Pepina. “I cherish it, fcr it
’ is a memento of my dead brother.
“Pouf! the treacherous thing!” and
springing forward the officer made a
swing with his sword and lopped off
fthe flowering stem.
The eyes of Franco flashed. Pepina
tore herself from his protecting clasp.
SUe rusfied at the box, picked it up
ai*J clasped It to her breast, sobbing
Oh, cruel! cruel! You make a
harmless flower bleed —and my heart!
Poor, dear! poor wounded dear!” and
she pressed the box closer to her
bosom.
“Get ready to accompany us,” or
dered the officer grimly. “You can
keep your precious memento,” he
sneered, “but no delay.”
Pepina was clasping the denuded
plant as though it were a hurt child.
She took her place by the side of her
lover. The soldiers guarding them
front and rear, they were marched
from the room and into the street.
The official who had arrested them
consulted a higher official in command
of a troop of soldiers massed near by.
Then he returned to his own coterie.
“These prisoners are to be taken
to Monte Carrena,” he advised. “The
commandant has reason to believe
that they are the secret head of the
group which has made us so much
trouble. They are to be state prison
ers. Pouf!" and the facetious official
drew his hand across his throat as if
to Indicate a sure execution.
“Let me keep close to you,” whis
pered Pepina as the long tramp was
begun.
“But when w'e are separated at the
prison—” began Franco mournfully.
“We shall not be separated if you
will be alert,” assured Pepina mysteri
ously. Hush, the soldiers are watch
ing us. When we near the old wooden
bridge crossing the Palma, be vig
ilant.”
“What mean you?” began Franco
wonderingly, but one of the soldiers
at that moment prodded him up with
his bayonet, and the colloquy was in
terrupted.
As the little party got beyond the
edge of the city the leader secured a
piece of rope and bound one hand of
Franco to that of Pepina, thus ham
pering any attempt at flight. The road
was deserted and the soldiers allowed
thq twain to proceed in advance while
they straggled on behind.
“Franco,” suddenly whispered Pe
pina.
“My treasure!”
“We are nearing the bridge. It is a
toilsome ascent to the first approach.”
“Yes, my love.”
“Make urgent haste and a great ado
In scaling the incline and in crossing
the bridge.”
“You have a purpose?”
“Wait and see,” returned Pepina
enigmatically, but with strange hope
fulness of manner.
The lightly tripping girl and her will
ing lover moved up the incline with
the due agility of youth and purpose.
The accoutrements of the soldiers
made their progress less rapid. Franco
and Pepina were half way across the
wooden bridge spanning the deep and
turbid Palma before their captors had
completed the ascent to the approach.
“Halt!” shouted the officer, as he
noted their rapid and suspicious ad
vance.
“Run,” uttered Pepina, “or all is
lost!”
“Halt, or we will fire!” again shout
ed tho officer with his men, massing
at the approach to the bridge struc
ture.
But just at that moment the girl
and her lover had cleared the bridge.
They stood breathless but safe upon
the descending slope.
“What now?” questioned Franco cu
riously.
“We shall see —so!”
Pepina had lifted the flower pot free
from her bosom, where it had nestled.
She raised it aloft. Her vigorous arm
gave it a fling.
It landed directly in the middle of
the bridge. That frail portion seemed
blown into space. The officer and the
soldiers stood aghast, viewing the gap
,n the structure, a yawning abyss be
neath.
“Quick —no delay!” ordered the spir
ited girl at the side of Sior Franco.
Some shots hurtled harmlessly over
their heads, but they were now down
the incline and out of range of their
recent captors.
“The flower pot?” began Franco,
wonderingly. ,
“It served you as a signal.”
“Yes.”
“And my dead brother cherished it
not only for a patriot's flower, but be
cause within it he had hidden an ex
plosive projectile, ready for just an
emergency as this,” explained Pepina.
“And pursuit is blocked!” cried
Franco hopefully.
“By 12 leagues to our friends,” sub
mitted Pepina. “We must not linger or
delay.
“No, they may find a boat or cross a
ford,” added Franco.
Amid the promise of sure safety
ahead, the twain were inspired with
new courage and perseverance.
The lights of their haven of refuge,
a fair Italian city, showed in the near
distance at last.
“Many of our friends must have pre
ceded us —” began Franco.
“Due to the jasmine signal,” replied
Pepina. “Ah,” she added sorrowfully,
“poor, dear flower!”
“It shall be the guerdon of our wed
ding day,” promised Franco tenderly.
Prose Poem on Mackerel.
I can't overemphasize the beauty of
these fish. You must see them for
yourself to grasp the reason for my
enthusiasm.
Examine them. Look at the shape
of them.
See their graceful lines, built like a
torpedo for speed.
Look at that fine, solid nose, that
beautiful, firm back, that powerful
two-blade propeller-shaped tail.
Study the stripes and dots.
Like the human finger-print, each
mackerel possesses an individualistic
design.
No two tvere ever seen alike. The
variations are simply infinite. The
flesh is fit for the gods!
What a thing of beauty th 9 Black
erel is! —New York Globe.
TT” POT GLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA.
WHERE LIES PROFIT IN POULTRY RAISING
(By MRS. A. J. WILDER.)
In order to make as great profit as
possible we should use economy in
the production as well as good judg
ment in the marketing of eggs and
poultry.
The farmer has a great advantage
here over the poultryman who has all
the feed to buy and w T e must not for
get to make the best use possible of
this advantage.
Grit and charcoal can be found and
made on the farm and the expense of
buying these necessary things can be
saved. If there is a creek bed near,
haul gravel from that and place near
the henhouses where the poultry can
find it. Charcoal can be made by tak
ing the live coals from the stove and
pouring water over them. They will
immediately turn to charcoal and can
be ground or broken up into the right
size for the chickens to swallow. Bet
ter do this work out of doors as steam
and ashes will fly from the coals when
the water is poured on them.
In these ways we can greatly reduce
the cost of keeping our poultry and
it will pay us to give time and thought
to our work as the profit in the poul
try business, as in any other, lies be
tween the cost of production and the
amount received for the marketed
products.
Besides comfortable quarters, the
chick, to thrive, must have exercise,
water, grit, a variety of grain food,
green or succulent food, and casein
or meat foods.
Exercise is as essential as food, and
lack of it indicates wrong methods of
rearing. The natural way for a chick
to take its food is to scratch for it, tak
ing a little at a time. If small chick
ens are put into a box with a bare
floor and fed from a trough, they willl
become weak. Many will become
clogged behind with the excrements
accumulating on the down, and it is
generally concluded that something
MAKING MONEY WITH DUCKS
Fowl Cannot Live Under Burning Sun
—it Must Have Shade and Water
—What to Feed Them.
There is money in ducks, and you
can hatch them in an incubator and
every one will hatch, but few' people
know how to raise or hatch them
properly. Too many begin and then
give up before they learn now. Suc-
Runner Ducks.
cessful duck breeders will not aver
age losing two in one hundred. Many
people ask: “Why do my ducks get
diarrhea, why act dizzy, why drop
dead?” If a duck gets diarrhea you
are not feeding right; if dizzy, you
are neglecting something that should
be in its feed —not enough grass, meat,
water, or sand. If it drops dead you
have let it get worms somewhere, eat
ing throat worms, or stuffed on too
dry cornmeal, or let it get sunstruck.
A duck cannot live under a burning
sun; it must have shade and water.
After the ducklings have dried off
in the incubator, and are from twenty
four to thirty-six hours old, they are
placed in the brooder and may be
given their first meal, which is the
same as the regular rations they are
to receive afterwards. This consists
of a bran mash made of two-thirds
bran or coarse middlings, and one
third cornmeal by weight, mixed with
cold water or skim milk.
After the first four days the feed
consists of cornmeal and bran or
coarse middlings of equal parts, and
one pound in twenty of beef scraps.
The amount of beef scraps is in
creased until at eight weeks' old they
get about one-eighth. A little sharp
sand or chick grit is also mixed with
the mash.
Ducks intended for market at ten
The Original Incubator.
has been fed to cause bowel trouble.
As a matter of fact they are weak
from lack of exercise, and the appear
ance of diarrhea is only the inability
of the chick to properly expel its ex
crements.
If chicks cannot be out of doors
their feeding floor should be covered
with sand, and over this should be
thrown some litter, such as chaff from
the straw stack or leaves from an
alfalfa loft. Place the feed in this
litter. If small quantities are thus
given, and given often, the question
of exercise is solved. Brooder chicks
need more care in this way than do
chicks with hens, but even in the lat
ter case it is worth w'hile to make
them scratch for their food when they
are raised indoors.
The notion is prevalent that a chick
should begin his diet on boiled eggs,
bread and milk, or some other soft
food. This notion has probably arisen
from the knowledge that most young
animals cannot digest hard foods. But
when we consider the fact that the
natural food of the young mammal is
milk, we see why this principle does
not apply to chickens.
Little chicks should be first fed
when seventy-two to ninety-six hours
old. Feed small quantities and as
often as is convenient. If the feed
is buried in deep litter they must
work longer getting it out. The idea
is to have them always hungry enough
to hunt for food, and always a little
food for them to find. If the chick 3
are at liberty, feeding often is not so
important—three times a day would
be sufficient; while if they roam far
in the fields, finding much food, morn
ing and evening feeding is all that is
necessary It is not a matter of
great importance just what grain a
chicken is first fed. The important
thing is that they be supplied with a
variety of grain as with casein ori
meat, green food.
weeks of age are not given green
stuff, but are fed five or six times a
day all the mash they will eat clean
in 15 minutes. Then the feeding
boards are removed and cleaned for
another meal.
FOOD FOR LITTLE CHICKENS
Skim Milk Is Especially Valuable for
Young Fowls During Hot Weather
—Tests at Purdue.
About ten or twelve years ago the
Purdue university station made an
experiment of two lots of chicks, the
food, care and treatment of the two
lots being identical except that lot
two received in addition to the food
given lot one all the skim milk they
would drink.
In the beginning of the test the
combined weight of lot one was 121
ounces. In two months lot one
weighed 297.5; lot two 476.5 ounces.
The average gain per chick in that
time was: Lot one, 2.75; lot two, 3.95
ounces.
This showed that if skim milk be
added to the ration fed to young chick
ens it will increase the consumption
of the other foods given. The great
increase in average gain was coinci
dent with the period when the great
est amount of skim milk was con
sumed.
Skim milk is especially valuable as
a food for young chickens during the
hot weather and becomes of less im
portance as the chickens grow' older
and the weather becomes cooler.
POULTRY RETURNS ARE LARGE
Two Hundred Chicks Should Bring
From SIOO to $l5O, While Calf
Will Clear About S2O.
Poultry will return greater profit
than all other live stock on the farm.
You will feed a calf a couple of years,
and over the feed put into it will
clear, it may be, S2O. Turn 200 chicks
out on range with a little grain ra
tion morning and night and in six
months the 200 chicks ought to bring
from SIOO to $l5O if sold on a city
market at 15 cents a pound; less, of
course, if sold to the country trade.
But see the difference? It isn’t raise
more beef; it is raise more chick
ens.
- Keep Hopper Full.
Keep the hopper fttU of dry mash
all of the time. This gives the chick
ens an opportunity to balance the
grain rations fed.
teWSnONAL
StINMfSQIOOL
Lesson
(By O. E. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 22
ASA’S GOOD REIGN.
LESSON TEXT—II Chron. 15: :1-15.
GOLDEN TEXT—Draw ntgh to God and
he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8.
Skeptics who formerly laughed at
the record of II Chron. 14:9 or at the
reputed size of Xerxes’ army are pain
fully silent in the face of the present
Eurfipean struggle where armies are
reckoned by the millions. Abijah, Re
hoboam’s successor, easily defeated
Jeroboam (ch. 13:13-20) because he
"relied upon the Lord,” and "Asa his
son reigned in his stead.”
1. Righteousness Exhorted, vv. 1-7.
Returning from his wonderful victory
over Zerah the Ethiopian, Asa is met
by the spirit-anointed prophet, Azariah
(v. 1). This man was taken posses
sion of by the spirit of God (II Pet.
1:21; Num. 24:2; Judges 3:10; II Tim.
3:16). Thus it was that he commands
even the king, “Hear ye me” (v. 2).
His first words were encouraging
ones, “Jehovah is with you,” and the
proof of his word was the victory A.*r
had just won, (ch. 32:8; Rom. 8:31;
Deut. 20:1). That victory was a dem
onstration, it involved an obligation
and had a lesson for the king as well,
viz., that if he and his people would
seek Jehovah they would find him, but
if they forsook him “he will forsake
you.” The words recorded in verse
three were a fearful indictment (“with
out the true God,” Eph. 2:12) and
they are a suggestive picture of this
age that is so sadly in need of a
“teaching priest" and is so constantly
acting as though “without law” or
else is a law unto itself. But God
was merciful (Ps. 103:8; 117:2), and
in that tima of testing was working
his good will. Thus it came that “in
their great trouble” (v. 4) they sought
Jehovah and “he was found of them.”
Neglecting him there was “no peace,”
and “great vexations” also (Isa. 48:22).
Our Lord has prophesied even greater
calamities in the last days of Israel’s
apostasy (Matt. 24:6, 7) and the pres
ent upheaval in Europe can be large
ly traced to apostasy and to the treat
ment of God’s people Israel.
11. Righteousness Executed, vv. 8-15.
(1) The King’s Part, vv. 8, 9. Asa
had shown himself worthy of this spe
cial revelation from God: (a) his con
duct (14:2, 3,5); (b) his words of
command and exhortation (14:4);
(c) his care for and service in be
half of others (14:60); (d) his reliance
upon and zeal of God (14:11). Verse
eight is suggestive of the way he re
ceived this revelation; (a) he “took
courage”—a word of commendation
will revive any weary heart, (b) He
“put away the abominations,” most
thoroughly, which his great-grandfath
er Solomon had brought into Israel,
and in accordance with the word of
God (Deut. 7:5). There are many
strange altars in our land today, forms
of religion that stand not the test
of God’s word and which not alone
deceive the very elect but are sweep
ing into their vortex the sons and
daughters of the saints of God. Any
thing, no matter how esthetic or moral
ly elevating or professedly religious,
that measures not according to this
word, should be torn down, (c) But
Asa was constructive as well as de
structive for he built again “the altar
of Jehovah.”
2. The People’s Part, vv. 10-15. (a)
They obeyed and gathered together
at Jerusalem, at the proper time and
the place, (b) They “offered sacrifice
unto the Lord.” Heretofore their of
ferings had been to their selfishness
or to strange gods. Their gift was a
costly one and the Lord's treasury is
always a standard whereby to meas
ure the work of grace in the hearts
of his people, (c) They made another
covenant "to seek the Lord.” (Ps.
105:3, 4; Amos 5:4, 6). Those who
seek him find him (Ps. 14:2). To seek
him is pleasing to him, but it must be
as theirs, “with all their soul.” We
find God in Christ (John 14:6; I John
'5:20). Whosoever sought him not
were punished, even so will those be
who now turn from him (John 16:8,
9; Matt. 25). (d) They gave public
testimony of their determination (v.
14). Loud protestations are not al
ways permanent.
Conclusion. Though Asa had a
parental handicap (I Kings 15:13)
and lived in a corrupt court still he
yielded to the teaching of God’s word
and therefore wrought a great refor
mation.
Recognizing the source of power in
his own life Asa taught the people
the word of God, to seek God and to
keep his commandments.
Asa’s reformation was in reality a
religious revival and such is the only
kind that has any permanency.
In the time of testing Asa (1)
went to God for help; (2) pleaded
the cause of God and the honor of his
name; (3) went out to fight, trusting
in God.
Revival heights and experiences
bless us evermore, a new light shines
in our daily life, the level of life is
higher and the ideals of men and of
communities are more noble and ex
alted.
No one can work his best without
enthusiasm, and revivals provide both
inspiration and enthusiasm.
Asa w r as freed from invasions for
twenty years after this experience.
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi
cal Health.
The experience of Motherhood is a try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in a hundred is prepared or un
derstands how to properly care for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the experi
ence with an organism unfitted for tfca
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and a distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
a happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed child-birth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
ple time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
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Just So.
“Dad, what- is meant by carrying
coals to Newcastle?”
“It’s a figure of speech* my boy.
Like trying to tell something to a
graduating class that they don’t
know.”
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A Georgia Case
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