The Wingham Advance, 1917-04-12, Page 3.
2 and 5 Ili. Cartons --
10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags.
has never been offered as "just as good" as some
more famous brand ; for Sixty Years it has itself
been that more famous brand -and deservedly.
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WAR ON WEEDS.
(Co-operative Experiments in Weed
Eradication, 1917.)
These co-operative 00)011n1ente have
now been conducted for five successive
years, The object of this work is to
,s -"1i& p -carried on by men on. their own
~" farms experiments in the eradication
of weeds, the results of which will
furnish data from which definite state-
ments may be made regarding the best
Methods of controlling the various in-
jurious weeds. Each year early in
the spring circulars are sent out in-
viting men who have any of the weeds
included in the list of experiments on
their farms to co-operate in the work.
Those who sign the application forms
for any of the weed experiments are
furnished with detailed information
concerning the carrying out of the
work, and late in the fall they are
supplied with blank forms on which to
report the results.
Seven experiments in all have been
tried, viz., 1. The use of rape in the
destruction of Perennial Sow Thistle.
2. A system of intensive cropping and
cultivation for the eradication of Per-
ennial Sow Thistle. 3. The nee of
rape in the eradication of Twitch
Grass. 4. A. method of cultivation
and cropping for the destruction of
Twiteh Grass. 5. Spraying with iron
sulphate to destroy mustard in cereal
crops. 6. A method of cultivation for
the destruction of Ox -Eye Daisy. 7.
A method for the eradication of Blad-
der Campion or Cow Bell.
These experiments have been carried
on for five successive years in many
parts of the Province, on various
types of soil and under different cli-
matic conditions. The results there.
fore should be a safe index for the
whole Province: They may be brief-
ly summarized as follows:
First, that good cultivation followed
by rape sown in drills provides a
means of eradicating both Perennial
Sow Thistle and Twitch Grass; sec-
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Bond, -that rape is a more satisfactory
era-sprop to use in the destruction of
Twitch . Grass and Perennial Sow
Thistle when sown in drills and cults -
east; fourth, that through deep cults-
nation in fall and spring' followed by
a' well cared for hoed crop win destroy
Bladder Campion; fifth that mustard
vated than it dons when sown broad -
may bo prevented from seeding in
oats, wheat and barley by spraying
with a twenty per cent. solution of iron
sulphate without any serious injury to
the standing crop or to fresh aeedings
• of clover.
Points of interest brought out by
the experiments in spraying with iron
sitlphate to destroy mustard were:
1. The necessity of spraying early,
just when the plants are coming Into
'bloom. If the spraying is left too
date, the older plants will not be de-
stroyed by the solution, and will form
seed, and hence the experiment will
not be entirely satisfactory.
2. To spray thoroughly, with a good
pressure. In order to spray thorough-
ly with an ordinary broadcast attach-
ment, it Is necessary to keep the
horses .walking very slowly. If an at-
" tempt Is Made' to cover ' the ground
,,,,.thtielcier .some. of the plants will be
misesd r.nd the results will not be en-
tirely satisfactory.
3 'In regard to the cost of spraying
with ,iron sulphate it was found that
the cost of material per acre varied
from $1.10-'tor$2,40.-"-'Iron Sulphate
rias advanced in price from $1 to $2
per cwt., so that it now costs from
$2,50 to $3.50 per acro for material to
spray mustard.
These co-operative experiments in
weed eradication will be continued this
year (19171, and it is hoped that a
large number of men wilt take part in
them in order abet sufficient intosmae
tion may be gathered to warrant defin-
ite statements being made in regard to
the best methods of controlling these
pernicious weeds, The •experiments
for 1917 are as follows:
1. The use of rape in the destruction
of Perrennial Sow Thistle.
2. A. system of intensive cropping
and cultivation, using Winter Rye,
followed by turnips, rape or buck-
wheat, for eradicating Perennial Sow
Thistle.
3. The use of rape in the destruction
of twitch grass.
4. A method of cultivation and
cropping for the destruction of twitch
grass.
5. A method for the eradication of
Bladder •Campion or Cow .Dell.
0. Spraying with iron sulphate to
destroy mustard in cereal crops.
7, A method of cultivation and crop-
ping for the destruction of Ox -Dye
Daisy.
10. A method of cultivation and crop-
ping for the suppression of Field Bind-
weed or Wild Morning Glory, (Re-
quires two years to complete),
10. A method of cultivation for the
destruction of Chess.
Those who are troubled with any of
these bad weeds are invited to write to
the Director of Co-operative Experi-
ments in Weed Eradication, Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont, He
will be glad to furnish full information
concerning these experiments and to
supply application blanks for the
same. All experimenters will be sup-
plied with full and detailed instruc-
tions for carrying out tate experiments
selected, and with blank forms on
which to report the results of -the
same. A11 interested in clean farm-
ing are asked to co-operate in this
work, l43dress all communications
to J. B. Howitt, Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph.
LEY.
(Experimental Farm Note.)
This six -row barley is a selection
made several years ago by the Domin-
ion Cerealist from the old, commercial
sort, Mensury, which has been favor-
ably known in Canada for a long time
and has been successfully grown in
very many districts.
As the tests in regard to yield are
still in progress, final conclusions
cannot yet be drawn; but it may be
stated that the new selection appears
to be, for many sections of this coun-
try, the most productive barley
known, among those sorts which have
fairly satisfactory straw. The straw
of this barley is of good length and
strength, as compared with other pop-
ular six -row sorts; but it should be
emphasized that even the best bar-
leys have a tendency to Iodge when
sown on rich soil, in seasons when
moisture Is plentiful. The heads of
this variety are exceptionally long
and heavy, and herein, perhaps, lies
the secret o1 its large yield. In very
high winds it does not behave quite so
well as some of the other sorts, as it.
shows a tendency for the heads to
break off at the bags, and for the ker-
nels to thresh out on the ground. How-
ever, these objections, though worth
oonsldering in wind-swept praixrie dal
fritts, are of no importance in most lo-
calities.
The foliage is good, and the plants
are not particularly liable to attacks
of rust. They will withstand a rea-
sonable amount of drought and will
grow well on a great variety of soils.
It should be remembered, however,
that, as a rule, barley does not suc-
ceed on soils which are badly In need
of lime, While it is early in ripening
-like nearly all barleys of this class
-it does not mature exceptionally
early, being perhaps a trifle later than
the average.
The owns of this barley adhere
somewhat firmly, so that, for. best re-
sults, it should be in thoroughly dry
condition when threshed,. The grain
is of a very good yellowish color, and
quite free from the objectionable
greenish or bluish shade which lessens
the value of some barleys for eXhibi-
tion purposes.
Considering all its characteristics,
Manchurian Ottawa 50 is recom-
mended by the Dominion Cerealist as
the best variety or six -row barley for
nearly aMI parts cif Canada, except
those districts where destructive
winds are to be feared about harvest
time.
NO'EI}S.
The Pennsylvania Experiment Sta-
tion has obtained expellent results in
feeding hats with a grain mixture of
oatmeal, 4 parte; wheat middling, 8
parts, and tankage, 1 part, The adds•
tion of ijkini milk is fed with this
grain mixture the amount of corn.
meal may be increased to 6 parts.
Other mixtures recommended are
cornmeal, 8 parts, and tankage, 1 part,
If possible, pasture craps should be
used for growing pigs. For quick
growth, 2 to 4 pounds of grain per 300
i ,ounds of live weight daily in addi-
tion to pasture crepe aro required.
.A. forestry expert makes this sug-
gestion: In going through your wood
lot, cut the poor trees, the deeayiug
and crooked mess, instead of the best
ones. Do not take out the clover and
leave the thistles.
Milk expoaed to bad air or placed in
unclean vessels absorlla Jana
bad flavors and. collects bacteria or
germs.
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MEXICAN NATIVE LIFE.
Picture of Richest of the South -
Central States.
A striking picture of native life in
Guanajuato, the treasure cite..; of mer-
curial Mexico, is given in a communi-
cation to the National Geopraphic So-
ciety by Frank H. Probert. Mr, Fro-
bert reveals the Mexican peons as they
are known only to the American who
has lived among them,
"Leaving the walled inclosure of the
railroad yards," says the writer, "one
looks down on the apparently cramp-
ed and crowded city of Guanajuato,
capital of the richest of the routh-cen-
tral states a Mexico. Bard by, to
the right Is the bull -ring, the scene on
Sundays and fiestas of farcical com-
bats between two -legged • brutes and
four -legged beasts,
"in the soft - sunshine of summer
days the first vista of the city is
striking indeed. Churches cf magni-
ficent propsdens; ancient and modem
ern architectures, strangely blended In
teh same edifice; stately buildings,
imposing markets; stores of all de-
scriptions ,and dwelling placea,•rudely
bare, variously colored with neutral
tints of calamine "heir grated win-
dows and open doors exhibiting to all
the sparsely furnished interior, where
bird, beast and human eat and live to-
gether. • The sordid squalor of the
many contrasts strikingly with the
oppressive opulence of the few.
"The cobblestone streets are crook-
ed and narrow; so narrow, 'in fact,
that caballeros must tale to the side-
walk to permit the passing of any
kind of vehicle. The dingy tram-
cars are drawn by relays of mules,
three abreast, beaten into subjection
by the stinging lash or coaxed into
action by the curses.. of youthful
drivers, whose vernacular is wonder-
fully expressive, and effective; -indeed,
I doubt, if anything but a musician
really appreciate tho depth of feeling
and irresistible persuasiveness of the
expressions.
"What strange sights one can see
.in these main arteries of that city! I
have set my camera on the balcony of
my room at the hotel and will snap
what passes by. At first a -herd of
patient plodding burros loaded down
with slabs of pale green sandstone,
quarried nearby and used for building
purposes; a legless cripple shuffles
along on a board, propelling himself
with hie hands; a oargador trots along
tirelessly with his awkward burden, in
this case a sewing machine; more bur-
ros overloaded with charcoal; another
pack struggles under the weight of
sacked are from the mines; still an-
other bearing grain'to the market, and
the street ear demanding loudly a
clear track; a funeral procession.
where laughing children carry a baby's
casket, swaying from side to side to
the accompaniment of anything but
appropriate music, and behind the
mourners in solemn solemnity.
"Strangely superstitious are these
people. Grossly ignorant, constant in
their faith, pathetic in their simplic-
ity, kindly and respectful, thejr life is
epitomized in the verse;
" `Let the world slide, let the world
go;
A fig Tor care and a fig for woe!
If I can't pay, why I can owe,
And death makes equal the high and
low.' -
"'Tis Sunday morning. I ata
awakened at early dawn by the toot
ing of tin horns, accompanied by the
sonorous stretches of bass violas and
fiddles as sounds are sawn from their
strings; by the shuffling of sandaled
feet over the sands of the street, and
the babel of voices of passing peons.
Church bells clang, sirens scream,
whistles wildly mingle in the melody
Of merriment; for is not this the day
when Judas Iscariot is to be hung in
effigy?
"Night falls on an exhausted
though happy people. What matters
it if •the prison is overcrowded that
night, or that the supply of pulque or
mescal fs depleted almost to the de-
gree of exhaustion?
"To the casual visitor from the
States the habits and customs of these
lowly people are strange, but fascin-
ating.Theyd
o not need i -
our comm s
aerationor sympathy; they are teff»
tont in tlwlr triode of Ulviata, .and Witt►
r'•ita11 say that they are the lees happy
or human in their habitat than zuena'
of us?
"The Mexican peon knows( that he is
born to sorve, as :did the old eautheru
dancy, and ctiste or class distinction 10
emphasized ozz alt occasions. The
nlozo rides 'silently behind the lordly
caballero; the peon woman steps into
the street, and bows her head as the
padre passes; in the plaz on Sunday
evenings, when the melody of martial
music fills the air, the upper °lasses
parade in one direction, while the pe-
ons gyrate as an tarter ring an the op-
posite direction. As class they are
industrious and skillful if the time ele-
ment its eliminated.
"The peon miner is a competent
workman when unhampered by Mod-
ern inacltinee and has a "nose" for ore
that is truly remarkable, Ae tillers
of the soil their ntethods are prima-
tive but productive; they still use ox-
en and the wooden plowshare, and the
fields are fenced with imperlslzablo
dry-dock walls. In the making of
pottery and basketry- they excel; in
tanning hides, saddlery and the
working of metals they are Inimitable,
The women, too, eau grind corn on a
nietate, cook tortillas and frijoles,
raise families, laundry clothes on a
rock near the creek, and make the
most exquisite laces and the finest of
drawn work with equal skill."
Odd and Interesting Facts.
Profits of six principal meat com-
panies of Argentina in 1915 reported
at $9,000,000, United States currency;
their capital is approximately $21,000,-
000.
21,000;000.
•
A micrometer screw operates a move
able shank at the end of a now rule
for adjusting calipers to email frac-
tions of an inch quickly and accurate-
ly,
Minerals that carry radium are fair-
ly easy to determine. One of them,
pitchblende, as generally found, ie a
black mineral about as heavy as or.
dinary iron, but much softer. The
principal radium mineral, carnotite,
has a bright canary -yellow color, and
is generally powdery
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RELIEF AT LAST
1 want to Help you if you are suffer•
ing from bleeding, itching, blind or
protruding Piles. I can tell you how,
in your own home and without any
one's assistance, you can apply the
best of alltreatments,
pus Ts tiOMl: AT
I promise to send you a .FREE trial
of the new absorption treatment, and
references from your own locality If
you will but write and ask. 1 assure
you of immediate relief. Send no
money, but tell others of this offer.
Address
MRS. M. SUMMERS, Box 8,
Windsor, Ont.
oultry
J
World
HATCH CHICKIlNS NOW.
The poultryman makes his greatest
profit from the chickens which aro
hatched after May 1. The early
Thatched cockerels are sold as brollege
when the broiler market is at its best.
The flood of Tato hatched broilers
brings prices down and congests the
market. The greater returns received
front early hatched broilers go far
toward defraying the cost of raising
the pullets. ' These pullets in turn
begin laying when eggs are bringing
the highest prices and when there is
P
the greatest shortage of strictly fresh
eggs.
Still more important, early hatched
chickens grow more rapidly than those
hatched late in the season and are
much less likely to become sick. The
late hatched chickens always are the
first to catch cold and spread dis-
ease throughout the. flock. Chickens
thatched late in the year will not ma-
ture before cold weather and usually
will not lay until well into the winter
or even toward spring, This means
that they will have to bo fed and
carried over for several montIis at a
constant expense, with nes return, and
this at a time when feed is at its
highest.
The early hatched pullets can les
developed to a largo extent on range,
and a saving in grain feed. Is possible
in this way.
The highest producing pullets aro
those which begin laying early. To
get into the 200 -egg class a pullet
Must lay 60 or more eggs before
March 1. In order to do this, pullets
must be hatched before May 1, so that
they will begin laying by Nov. 1.
The American breeds (Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island
Reds, etc.) should be hatched earlier
than the Mediterranean breeds, such
as the Leghorns, Minorcas, etc., be-
cause they take about ono month
longer to mature. Pullets of the
American breeds'evill begin laying at
about seven months of age and triose
Of the Mediterranean breeds at about
six months.
It is often difficult to get enough
broody hens to set the eggs early.
This may be partly overcome by Sete
ting the earliest eggs in an incubator
hatch. A hen usually can breed from
one and one-half to two times as
many chtckens as oho will hatch, so
that additional chick hatched in the
incubators can also be given to
hens
which are hatching eggs at the same
time.
IEVKOLET N NETY
'X'ho selective sliding gear transnqissioit with
three speeds forward and reverse enables the
driver of a Chevrolet to progress through
crowded frac ie and over bad spots in roads
without dif curly. No car in Canada selling
tinder . $ 00 is so £telly equipped as the
Chevrolet l(pourNiriety."
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WYf'ttots aaaVICK Ann miYNlitivisA ItnANCN r nrECrkA, SASE,
$695
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INCLUDING ELECTRIC LIGHTS
SPEEDOME TEa AND
ELECTRIC STARTER
Thero is a Chevrolet dealer in your locality •
anxious to give you a demonstration, flee him L
before you buy your 1917 motor car. Write to '
Oshawa for a new Catalogue showing all Che%
rolet models.
Thrift is served, and health preserved,
by wearing rubber footwear around
the farm in rainy, sloppy weather.
Quality and long wear, whether in
rubber farm boots, high rubber boots
01' rubbers, are assured if you choose
a pair bearing on the sole any one of
these Trade Marks:
"MERCHANTS" "JACQUES CARTIER" "DOMINION"
"GRANBY" "MAPLE LEAF" "DAISY"
Tsa.
h1APLE LEAP
Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited
Largest Manufacturers of Rubber Goods in the British Empire"
EXECUTIVE OFFICES MONTREAL, P,Q,
SEVEN LARGE, UP -TO. -DATE MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN CANADA
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Early hatching will produce mer
eggs in the fall and winter while tt
larger proportion of hena will get
broody early in the spring, thus corn -
Dieting the necessary circle for early
fall egg production.
Early hatched chickens are by far
the most profitable in every way,
PREPARING FOR MARKET.
"Putting the finishing toilettes on a
product before oftoring• it for sale
yields the greatest proportionate re.
turn of any labor clone on the average
farm. This lack Of 'finish' is nowhere
so clearly seen as in our poultry pro•
ducts as shipped to market.
"Probably nine -tenths of all the
eggs produced have Osumi their way
to market through what is sometimes
called' the system,' the outstanding
feature of which has been'the lack of
system."
few days before they are ready to
and putting, those eggs under hens a
The foregoing are pithy sentences
from'Bulletin 88 of the Dominion Ex-
perimental Farms, written by h'., (1.
Elford, Dominion poultry husband-
man. That there is soot for improve-
ment is an admitted fact and indi-
cated clearly in the quotations. To
.meet• this need, this timely, well-i11us-
trated bulletiu Itas been. prepared for
general distribution, pointing out, as
it does, the correct way of preparing
poultry produce for the market, so
that the largest price may be obtain-
ed, thereby largely increasing the pro.
fits, for, as stated by Mr. Elford,
"there seem to be few industries that
promise brighter prospects to the
farmer • than poultry managed on a
business basis."
This bulletin, which is replete with
information of value, not only for the
farmer, but for tho poultry specialist,
may be obtained, free of charge, upo)i
application to tihe Publications Branch,
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa,
e i T¢�' • *+' e * °-°-°a-�' s4+++' -o••• ble human life, when it Is out for
world power and domination,
When will the truth be perceived by
the American people? 'When will they
at last learn to discover the meaning
of Germany, not in the lying phrases,
the really decelition, the clever arti-
fices of those whose business it is to
gild crime and decorate assasination,
but in the actual deeds of Germans?
When will they learn to see that
submarine slaughter is a virtue in the
German code; that the raping of wo-
men and the murder of children by
German soldiers under orders becomes
a virtue in. the eyes of the Germans
when it serves a German purpose?
e
When will they perceive that the
f things that Germany has done are not
accidents, not incidents, but each and
every one of them is in its own dere
e and measure an expression of exactly
what Germany believes in, exactly
Y what Germany means; and is as inlet-
lible an indication of the German spir-
it of to -day as the temperature is of
t the condition of the human body?
lI a are at war with barbarism, and
we shall, at no distant. time, see on
our own shores and perhaps within
our own borders illustrations of exact-
hh ly what Germanism means. Has not
t the time come when we can all of us
put away illusions, cease to imagine
that. we are dealing with men of our
own sort, with a nation accepting our
ideas, with a people holding to tbe
same humanity as we hold to.
Reluctantly we have been drawn in-
to a crusade against barbarism. We
have been drawn into the world strug-
gle to free civilization front the Ger-
man peril. .What the peril is we may'
see in the smoking fields and ravaged
lands of France to -day. Must we
wait until we see it in our own coun-
tryside? Must we wait until our own
women suffer what the French women
have suffered and our own children
are subjected to what France and Bel-
gium children have suffered before we
awake to the fact and, awaking, re-
sume our courage and reassert our
wi11?
NOTES.
There is a big difference in chick
feeds. It pays to obtain, when pos-
sible, the best grade. No feed can be
too good for the baby chick, and death
rate in small chicks can at times be
traced to feeds that have been spoiled,
yet hard to detect until the damage
bas been done.
Poor hatches in incubators should
not always be blamed on the breeders,
or the machine, but rather in the man-
ner the eggs have been handled front
the time they are laid until placed in
the incubator; eggs chilled or over-
heated will not hatch well, or if the
eggs have been roughly handled. They
should for best results be placed under
the hen or in the incubator within ten
days after being laid.
Fresh eggs will maintain a higher
price this year, due to the fact that
it costs 50 per cent. more to produce
them` than in former years. Eggs for
cold storage, secured when they are at
their lowest spring prices, will bring
figures above last year. This means
that the corning winter will see even
the stored hen fruit at a higher figure
than last year,
SATISFIED MOTHERS
No other medicine gives as great
satisfaction to mothers as does Baby•s'
Own Tablets. These Tablets are equal-
ly good for the newbor)1 babe or the
growing child They are absolutely
free from injurious drugs and cannot
possibly do harm -always good. Con-
cerning them, Mrs. Jos, i,Torneau,
Pamphile, Que., writes: "I have used
Baby's Own Tablets and am well sat-
isfied with them and world use no oth-
er medicine for my little ones." The
Tablets are sold by medicine dealers
or by mail at 25 cents a box from
The Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Brook-
ville, Ont.
'
rTaiile $
s Break,
a,l .
Grown old in the service of his
Waster and mistress, James was a
privileged retainer,
Ho was waiting at table one day,
when a guest asked for a fish fork,
but the request was ignored,
Then tho hostess noticed the opl-
sode and remarked, in a most per
einptory manner:
"James, Mrs. Jones hasn't any i:iahe
fork. Get her one at once!"
"Madam," Caine the empathic reply.
"last time Mrs. Jones dined here we
lost a fish fork."
Tames lute now been relegated to
the garden.'xit-Bits.
Spring Ileokwear.
It ie of sports silk --the much talk-
ed -of khaki-kool silk.
The weave is a heavy, cropey one,
and the color is an oyster whlto.
The collars are unusually in 'Mare
shape and rather broad.
Some aro band -embroidered, others
lace -trimmed or finished with hem-
i chediii .
st t g
It its rather too heavy to' be dainty,
this new neckwear, and though not
unattractive, one must confess that
newness is its chief c rt%
No Mart can hope to be populst, until
he has learned to kep his trottbies to
hhiisolt,
The
Barbarians
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ar a.ns
(New York Tribune.)
If there remains any American who
don't know exactly what Germany
means in the world at the present
time, who does not know exactly what
German spirit and ideas are he should
read the accounts that are now corn-
ing of what Germans are doing in
France. We are seeing repeated th
spectacle which has come down to u
from ancient days, the spectacle 0
barbarism in the midst of civilization
-of German barbarism in the Lath
world. For two thousand years tit
German has remained at heart a bar
barian. The outward semblance o
civilization he has acquired; the alas
tery of the machinery of modern times
is his. Civilization of the instrumen
he has grasped, but the civilization o
the heart remains as foreign to him
now as ever.
dire saw this first when Germa
armies burst into 13elgtum. We saw
then not crimes committed in ho
blood; not the incidental brutalities
and shameful otfendings of war. We
saw then the cool, calculating, ruth-
less spirit; destroying, not in anger,
not in excitement, but destroying in
cold blood,
The Germans invaded Belgium in
defiance of all international law and
human right. Having invaded Bel-
gium, he sought by murder, by rape
by destruction, to terrify tbe spirit and
break the will of the people who stood
between bit and his purpose.
To -day, in the plains of Northern
France, the German is destroying, not
merely those ,things which are valu-
able to armies, not merely the roads
and the bridges, not merely the farms,
but he is ruthlessly destroying every-
thing of beauty, everything of value
that has descended tothis generation
from the past, • Ho is turning north-
ern France into a desert and into
something more -terrible, and he is do-
ing it not for military purposes, but
in a desire to crush forever.
There can be no mistake about this.
What the German is now doing he said
he would do. Long before the vtor
came to illuminate for all mankind the
barbarism existing beyond the Rhine,
the German soldiers and German
scholars and Gorman editors warned
mankind at large that unless the world
submitted to the German will nations
would be destroyed, countries would
be ravaged, all that was beautiful, all
that had historic value, would be de-
. strayed.
it is this kind of thing that we are
now at war 'with. It is this port of
barbarism that we have, in our turn
been forced to fight. It is the barbar-
ism that murders children, rapes wo-
men, destroys churches, defiles homes,
in the determination to impose its will
on the world, and to obtain for Ger-
many that "place in the sun" which
has become' a smoking ruin and a 'hid-
eous desert. There are still Ameri-
cans who in their folly and blindness,
Protest that with such a thing in, the
world we have no duty to perform be-
yond that of protecting our ships upon
the sea and our cities at home. There
are Americans, who, in. their ignorance
and in• their darkness, do not yet per-
ceive that this German thing will de -
destroy all that there is of civilization
and of humanity unless it Is itself de-
stroyed; that it is nothing lees than a
common peril to humanity rnd shat
all civilized mankind must go in the
trenches, must seek it out as one >::eekt
a wild beast in its haunt and desti oy
it, that there may be an end of such
things as have happened in BFlgiu:n
and are taking place in Prance.
We must send Jsnnerican soldiers to
Europe. We must send thein to the
firing line, which is the frontier of
c;Irifiseation, because what we love
and what we believe in is imperilled
so long as there exists in the world a
nation given over to tho idea 'and the
ideals that the Germans pursue.
Looking backward over the three
yearsof the present world struggle, tole notoughtful an can now fail pe
calve that 'what is being fought is not
a war between nations, but a. war be-
tween systems of thought, concep-
tions of life; between that thing which
we believe to be civilization and that
which, to all our training and all our
vision, Wins barbarous; and ono of
thAbrahae two mum Liticst prevailoltt.
said that this
country could not exist half slave and
half free. In exactly the sante way
we must perceive to -day that this
-World of ours cannel exist half Ger-
Meth end half civilized. There is no
compromise with a wild animal. There
is no modus vivendi with a rattle.
snake. Thero is no possibility of liv-
ing on terms of peace, of amity, of
safety, with a nation that has no re-
gard for the written pledge, no re-
spect for the honor of women, the
lives of children, the monuments of
the past, the simple materials of hum -
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RHUBARB,
Rhubarb Is coming into market now.
Although some of it is forced rhubarb.
es its dainty pinlc color shows, it is a
Pleasing addition to our list of fresh
footle. Indeed, some persons think the
forced rhubarb Is more choice than that
grown naturally. Rhubarb has a laxa-
tive effect, which makes it valuable, par-
ticularly when we have been eating
the heavy foods cold weather demands.
The following recipes for using rhu-
berg are from the Domestic Science T)e-
paratnent of Connell University; •
RHUBARB PLIES,
One cupful flour. 1 teaspoonful baking
powder, 3!t teaspoon?ttl salt, %s cupfr!
sugar, 14 cupful milk, 1 tablespoonful
melted butter, 1 egg, beaten.
Rhubarb sauce (Heade by cooking rhu-
barb until tender in a heavy syrup, us-
Ing twice as much sugar as water.)
Combine all the, ingredients except the
rhubarb, In the order given; and beat
the mixture until it is smooth. Grease
individual molds or cups, and into each
put three tabicspoonfult of rhubarb sauce
and then one tablespoonful of the batter.
Steam the ,puffs for 20 minutes, ttnd
servo them warm, with, cream and sugar
or with foaming sauce.
POA11IING SAU.YCE.
Two-thirds cupful rhubarb juice, 1 cuit-
fut sugar, whites of 2 eggs.
1.01 the sugar and the juice until he
1t t
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syrup threads. Pour it over the well
beaten whiten of the eggs and beat the
Mixture until it is smooth ,and thick,
Servo the sauce cold.
RHUBARB pr17I)INQ. -
Ono ,pint rhubarb sauce, 1 pint bread
Crumbs, 1-3 cupful melted butter.
iLtix the batter with the ertmbs. Ar-
range the rhubarb and the crumbs in
alternate layers, having n layer of
crumbs on top. Slit cinnamon and nut -
'meg over the top, and bake the pudding
until it Is brown fin a moderate oven.
Rouse Hibernators,
The fly.
The moth.
The spider.
And other horrors.
Be, ready for them all.
Art esuly raid is most t•ffeetive.
i,et then get a foothold again and it's
ail up. -
A throtu;h housecleaning Is quite the
remedy.
w
A mart's manners aro a mirror, in
whielh he shows his likeness to the in.
telligent observer, -Goethe.
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(1fo; Val J�1:11'ntlillt)
Ali,•.• --1 ,"uhf net Harry a mtut who
•. r 1 Fn-- Jnt+t 1'ur my 1u:,its.
Ittr:t -i'Sn »lift• gall CQu1d l'J, dear.
MADE A DIFFERENCE.
(1 'ui, tilt. !.'Q i+ 11 r-Juttreell
'•1 Lr- an,...bt tt fit's-' .t nl'ngerr ear would
unity h- I+i all „r tl friends.
••11'•,l?' Y
"1 grit 12'.,t �t f')ti-paesetiget' ear."
THEIR PROBLEM,
(\Y;sshlltt;ton State
”Ttiftt''r ft n,agnatikant house or y',ura."
"Yes." ,cpiiltt!Lr. IMatta StaX,
'Au,I We tell of screente alto ,1un't do
.uu,ti .•a;•+pt irc•t t".;, 4h,r tsn1 ,liseus4
tie vitt-G,yer i.t ot,Il fit.
e'/HEN, OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED.
(Houston i'ont)
"1 ens FM's. that Opportunity must (lave
Itn,,,ll,'ll
4,1,t, your dyer itt 00840 time in
pan. Ills•."
'1f she did the min have knocked the
firt:t of the month.
riot vSiutt difference would, that
maw,"
-there ;u,t• so many bill collectors
about that date that we never open the
,lout' t" anyone,"
OUT-QF•D TE.
(Washington Stat'.)
• "I)1(1 you say that the times are out
of joint?"
"Yes," relslied Hamlet, "You see
1 have to be content with old-time
phraseology. If 1 could have used
modern terms I should have said that
our engine le missing or that we're
running on a flat tire,"
THE BORROWER,
l eStatesman)
1Iont t'
Mrs.
Flathuslt-Who is that woman
butt 1">t ,on•.'d to;'
Mi s. 1:rt.s nhurst--Oh, She's my noel
,tour nelgiibnr
bit`s, 1''latbush--But site didn't return
your bow,
Airs. Benaonburst---No; she never re-
turns anything.
PROOF OF AGE.
( Buffalo Express.)
Ilub (meeting his wife downstairs) ---
What makes you so late?
Wife -d stepped to shorten one of
my daughter's dressesfor the party
she's going to to -night, I can hardly
realize that she's quite grown up now,
TiI1! WRONG METHOD.
(Birmingham Age -Herald,)
"Take my advice," said the man who
has a great deal of litigation. "Do
an thing rather than go into court."
"I tried that once and it taught me
a lesson."
"EIoty so?"
"I was given a stili fine for resist-
ing an officer."
THE PROFESSOR'S FAILING. -
(Life,)
"Why. Fred, -that is Prof. Braisey. I
never beard anyone use so many long
-words."
"Yes; the trouble with him is lie
uses two -six words to express one -
cylinder ideas.
THE REASON.
(Life.l
Walton -Alfie says he married a
rich woman in order that his wife
might have everything she wanted.
"PLAIN" TALK, TOO. •
(Boston Transcript)
"The pnyple of lived with before,"
raid the new cook, "wor very plain,
ma'am."
"Well, and are we not plain here?"
asked the lady.
'Troth, ye are so, ma'am. but in a dif-
ferent way. The others wor plain in
their way o' living, not in their looks,
nitt'am.,,
6
LOOSE TALK,
(Houston Post)
"He is very loose in his habits,"
' .Vhaddye mean, loose in .his habits?".
"11e gets tight."
4.a
NOT IN THE SCORE.
(Boston Transcript)
T mor (singing) -"Oh, 'appy, 'appy, 'ap-
py he thy dreams:
Professor -Stop, stopl• Why don you
sound: the H?
'tenor -it don't go no Higher than GI
0.4
MA KNEW.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
"Dad, what was the labor of Sisy-
plsusT'
Sisyphus rolled a stone up a hill, and
as fast as he roiled It up It rolled down
again. It was a mythological episode.
Nothing like that to -clay."
"Oh, I don't ,know, interposed ma.
"Washing dishes is just like that."
ARRESTED AND TRIED,.
(l3altl'nore American.)
"They arrested the flow of Stnith's
eloquence at the club the other+ night."
"Then what happened?"
"They tried hits patience."
ON PRINCIPLE,
(Washington Star.)
"is that your dog?" -
"I donne," replied Mr. Erastus Pink -
ley. I didn't lay no claim to 'im tell
a mean thought ho was my dog an' be.
gan to kicit 'Int aroun'. An' den I sort •
o' assumed proprietorship jes' foh de
suite o' showin' dat I was do kinds of a
deg -owner dat couldn' be trifled With."
GOOD REASON,
(Buffalo Express.)
lt'lnat's
ho raving against this shrr-
plifted-spelling campaign for.'
He's afraid it'd be bad tor business,
rte publishes a s..ocltet-dictionary."
THE USUAL THiNG.
(Boston Transcript.) 1 .
"Ever make any money in stocks?"
• "Yes, quite a lot."
"Whitt did you do with it?"
"Oh, they got it back along with the
rest."
NOT SO QUEER.
(Louisville Courier -Journal,)
"Turkish women muffle the entire
lower part of the face with a veil, leav-
ing only the eyes exposed, Queer
custom, eh?"
"I thought so until our girls began
wearing their furs that way."
What Can a Little 'Chap po?
What can a little chap dol
Tor his country and for you
What can a little chap do?
TIe can play a straight game all through,
That's one good. (hint ho can de.
He cart fi;'ist like a knight
For the truth and the ri,;ht;
'that's atl'athei good thing ale ten tie.
TIe can shun what is mean,
He can keep hirnself clean,
Roth without and within-
Tbni's a very flood thing be CAA do,
Tris soul he can brace,
.tt;ainst every thing 'base,
And the trace will be 140315
Ali Isis life in hls face;
That's an excellent thing he can do.
Itt, can Inok to the .light,
lie can keep his thoughts white,
Tin run fight the great fight,
IL' eon do with his tight
What pis ;rood In thud's sight -
1'l at ti a vot•y good thing he Can do.
Aiul in cash utile thing
Ito can fellow the Ring,
14.44 -.-in melt ,•modest tiling'
Ile can follow Tho Ring,
Ile Can follow the Christ the Ring,
• yolut OX4tth nt,