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i wish there watt e *MIXER /WU
In every little town;
Thee I Could traTel merrily,
And always sit me down
At night in peece GS comfort,
Nippier than kin with crown;
II there was just one Welker goes*
In every little town.
nish therein's a WaKEli HOUSE
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In each place where go.
The comfort* of my dear old home
Vihile on the road rd 'mow.
The men's—the cheerful $crrical leo/
Would leave no cause to frown,
If there was just one Welker House
In every little Wave.
The WalkerI-1 ouse
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—THE -L.
Poultrx World I
•' PEEDING THE PULLETS,
It is this time of the year poul-
try need tbe proper attention if 4
god • egg yield is to be expected. The
growirife Pulletrhow reaching laying
macurity need the proper feeds to not
only complete their. growth, but to
manatacture eggs. Thfs means steady
feedinga a variety of good clean
graiea and a dry mase, or the so -call-
.
ed wet mash (the poultry -keeper's
clutosIng) or elements that will pro-
znote egg preduetion.
. Pullets cannot be properly matured
Un poor feeding -nor when reaching
Maturity can ehey make the egg yield
that should be 'expected. While breed-
ing, plays jmportant part, one may
• say the biggest part, feeding is one of
• the essentials that go with breeding.
The 200 .or 300 -egg producer would be
ImPegaittle Without good feeding. And,
while good feealag is neglected by
many begianersa there is little or no
, excise In this • day of ready -mixed
foods that are now on the market.
For the eltei man or woman with a
taw bens olle can Purchase ready-
, mixed grains and the complete dry
mash from any ot the leading feed
merchants. They have been mixed in
- many eases by poultrytexperts or bas-
ed on. the results they have given, and
theePoultry properly fed should re-
spond•by ehelling out hen fruit.
While hi many cases the feed iner-
cbant has done bis part the beginner,
In . the haste to obtain eggs, changes
feeds, purchases feeds and mirtee ace
carding to his ideas, or to those of
sem,o •*poultry -keeper, resulting in
throwing the fowls off their feed by
suddenand often none too good
i•haalges. The pullets should, if at
the .prOper age, between 5 and 5ta
Months, be placed in the quarters they
.occtariyAtifing the winter, and they
phia-be fed with., some good dry
Milt:And mixed grains. If the ration
selectee is a good one it will do, the
Wert elaimed for it. Overfeeding
harmful, especially to the heaviest
breeds,. but. to underfeed, especially
with, pullets, is the worst evil. The
laying pullets should be well fed, an
tt is 'false economy to underfeed.
Water is one essential that is often
neglected. • It should always be before
them and clean as weliets fresh. Four
square.. feet of floor space ahould be
allowed for each fowl for best results.
Ovet-croWding w111 reduce the flock
production, and when carried too far
will ;result in the illness of some et
the fowls. '
Plenty of freeh air is another eseeu-
tie, Tight housee with poor venti-
lation will ettuse colds, and these meet
be -followed by roup. Fresh air and
Olean houses aeold this, and, coupled
while clean, good feeding, backed by
'puttee- thett were hatched in April or
May and properly grown frona a good
ettitin tif layers, anyone can enjoy hen
trait 'viten prices are the highest.
Pantry -keepers need not go in for
the exhibition end unless they wish,
but they should have flocks thee look
Mee the breed they are named for,
and 'there Is nothing itupossible in
hiving a good looking standard
VOA
and at the same Mate heavy egg
production. The cheap, se -called,
utility stock, that has been Unloaded
en the poultry public within the past
'few year, has calked more discoureg-
n3eht among beginners than all the
rim) %Owls bought from the so-ealled
faneiers pet together, for In Many
Noes` the begtriners obtained nothing
or than tuns and • betere utility
craze silt in were seld in the open
Market fOti what they would being, in
tie theitaure It is the purchaser's fault.
•They reallY got their money's worth.
One cannot expect mull at market
price, but the wropg that cOmes out
bf this k in the fact that the average
lheginner hat no way of getting the
enforatteben as to the real value of the
toWis When the Word utility, that
etatehator so much, is tacked ett any
old .tliiug,
The senenth animal eggslaying eon -
betel 'Storrs Vas officially started on
the morning Of Nev. I, when the five
egg Wes laid by White Reck pullet
lee. Al, entered tit the minted by S.
hinesaeltesette. A itt the
nteniettee coMpetitiothe there ate 100
penis of 10 birds. eiteleie,Teese 1,000
hetet tre dietributed geographically ne
MOWS: Connectietite• a70; MISSaCillt.
tt 170l New York,. 1a0; New
jos 1.00; New Ilainpshire, 70; Penn.
."te•
.1, 4
'
eO; lflode ISland„ 40; Cau
Ida and England,. BO eitelt; (gegen, 20;
Ann 10 each from Vernon% alernland,
01110„ fltnoIs Alleeeuri and
ton. Clastsiflett bY breeds there ere 00
White Legborns„ 170 Unietleeislatta
'Reda, 120 Barred Rooks,. 100. Mite
WYentlottes„ So Duff Wrylettnottes„ 40
White Reeke, go Blue. Anne1usle,n0 and
f 10 Mit Of Buff Rocks, Buttercups,
litiefaen prioffs ad Waite OrPlegteue.
n the New Jhreey State egg laying
contest tbe renewing Otrtis were the
witmere of the contest cevertugtiftY•
two. weeks. be figures after the
nettle of the arced rePriniellt theegg
produetion; White. Inymouth Recta
301; White Leghorn, .290; Columbian
• Plymouth Rock, 288; Waite Leghorn,
45; Barren Plenteutli Roots, • 278;
Barren anymeuth. Rock, 272; -White
Leghorn„ 266; Wliite Leghorn, 260i7
Mite Leghorn, 260.
Tile general purpose fowl, Accent-
ing to the results of the egg -laying
contest under the auspices of the
aeanecticut Agricultural College, is
the best for the ordinary peeler),
Roemer, During fort' weeks of the
contest Plymouth Rocks produced
1,461 eggs, 'valued at $38,70, on feed
costing •$19.76. White Wyandottea
Produced 1,050 eggs, valued at $45,90,
on feed costing $26.19, Rhode Island
Reds produced 1,553 eggs, valued at
$42, on feee costtng $10,80, and 'White
Legliorns produced 1,581 eggs, valued
at $41,21, on teed costing $1.68.
tea--
Leghorns will grow to about thirty
ounces in lees thae than other breeds,
but others will grow larger in eight
or nine weeks than Leghorns and will
Pao them in , size and weight for
ounce of grain consumed, as the
Legbern gains very slowly after reach-
ing two pounls in weight.
--
Plant a lot of sunflower seeds next
year for the fowl's. A few eau be
planted in the corn fields or along the
fence rows.
Poultry houses should be disinfected
once a month -every two weeks is
better,
Give hene plenty of lime and char-
coal,
Cook the vegetable perinea that
are fed to chickens,
The he that lays is the hen that
pays. Eat the slackers,
Spanking Doesn't Cure!
Don't think children can be cured Of
bed-wetting by spanking them. The
trouble Is constitutional, the child can.
fRfe
rot help It. I will send to any
n
other my successful home
treatment, with full instructions. If your
children trouble you bz this wen send
no money, but write me to -day. My
treatment' is highly recommended to
adults troubled with urine difficulties by
day er night Address.
Mrs, M, Summers.
110x "WINPSOR, Ontario.
TRE
Hospital for Sick Children
College St, Toronto
ITS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
• Dear Mt Editor: -
Thanks for your kindness In allowfug
tne the privilege of appealing to your
readers this Christmas time on behalf
of the Hospital for Sick Children, the
"Sweetest of all Charities," which has
see its mission the care of the helpless,
the sIck, the crippled and the defetmed
There never was a year in the his.
tory of the Hospital wben funds to
carry on the work were more needed
than now.
Tour purse is the Hospital's Hope,
Vour money lights the candles of
mercy on the Christmas trees of
health that the Hompltal plants along
.he troubled roadway of many a little
:ife.
So I am asking you for aid. for the
apen purse of the Hospital's frieud is
the hope of the Hospital at Christmas
lust as the open door of the Hospital's
mercy is the hope of the little children
throughout the year.
Calls en generous hearts are many
in these times. Calls on the Hospital
ere maw, at all times, and especially
when fOod and fuel and drugs and see
:ice costs are soaring high. 'YOU
know the high cost of living. Do you
know the high cost of healing --of
helping the helpless to happiness?
What you do to assist is the best. in-
vestment you will ever make, . •
Do you realize what this charity is
doing for sick children, not only of
Toronto, but for all Ontario, for mit of
a total of 3,740 in -patients last year
'346 came from 254 places outside of
Toeanto. Tae field of the Hospital's
service covers the entire Prate:toe-
from the Ottawa to the farbff Kenora
•-from the borders of the Great Lakes
to the farthest eortherly distriet.
The Hospital is doing a marvellous
work. If you ould gee •the chileree
with crippled limbs, club feet, and.
other deformities, who have left the
Hospital with straightened limband
perfect correction, your response to
our appeal would be instant. In the
Orthopedic bepartieents lest year a
• total of $$0 in -patients were treated;
and in the Out -Patient Department
there were 1,944 attendances.
Let ymir money and the Hospital's
mercy lift the burden of misery that
curies the 'lives, cripples the limbs
and saddens the 'mothers of the flut-
tering little children.
• Money mobilizes the powers of help
and healing for the Hospital's drive
day ehd night against the treechee
where disease and pain and death
WOW the Mee of the little ones.
Remember that every dotter given
to`the Idespital le a dollar subscribed
to the Liberty Loan that opens' tilt
melons on pain end the Beetilles ot
alseast, and sets little children free
to breathe the pure kir, and to rejoice
In the nierey of God's tunlight.
Will you send' a dollar, or more ?I'
vim tate to Mentes Davidson, Seet•e
..are•Treaster, or
4,* Tris4tAi:t.
chtorist,.„., eteritERTSON,
Ponies Of Ilcierne.
The history Of SeiCtiee bits seven
Problems white' men hi all ages More
or lees have tiled tet seine, but which
hates finally betin given up by all, To-
day they are 'tailed follies.
Theateatal lie Comprises the follow -
squaring the Witte; second,
ndtiplieation of the cube; third, trisee-
'tied of an angler fourth, perpetual mos
tioneefifth, treniabititatioti ot ntetalll
eleth„ fixation of Mercury; seventh,
Cligir of ltfe, Some nets put the phi-
losdniteet 'tette for this lest three and
• then ittld astrology and Magid to Make
gni Wee.
Rattkirt-i-Dei YOU •knee/ anything
Mont thequat and &taut Applicant
Yea, air, POO tint •otir P.urnitce tor
yeert-steltett Trinettion.
HY SUFFE
IN TORTURES
When posts
eardwiltbring
fro samples
OUTICURA
SOAP
and Ointment
avhich give
, geick relief
and point to
speedy heal-
ment, Then'
wilynotmake
these sweet,
pure, super-.
creamy em-
ollients your every,day toilet prepare -
tions and prevent little skin troubles
!accenting serioes.
For free sample eaeh addrestl Post -Pard:
"Cutidura. Dept. N. SostoptU, S. A,"
Sold throughoht the world.
• Pante Th1a1 On Your Mirror.
,
yi,g bay goes to the rroet:
J1 1i twenty-nine chances of coming
home to one chance of being killed.
He bus ninety-eight chances of recov-
ering from a wound to two chances or
eying. •
lie has only one chance in 500 of los-
tug a lhub.
lie will nye five years longer beeauSe
cif Physical training.
He is freer from disease in the ariny
than in civil life.
Ile has bettor 11143113:41 care at the front
than at home.
In other wars from ten to fifteen men
died from disease to ono from bullets.
In this war one man dies from disease
to every ten from bullets.
This war is it.‘ss wastfal of life than any
other In history,
Only 10 per cont. of all Canadians dis-
abled for further service has beetl plird-
cony unable to engage Jo their former oc-
cupations.
If your boy is one of the 10 per cent.
the government will re-educate him in
another vocation at which he can earn
a living.
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A Guide to Ger
an Propaganda
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Let it be granted that we aro the
finest people in the world, physically,
mentally and morally, It follows that
all we &Lis right mid all that other
peoples do is wrong (even if it is the
satne as vac do.)
Let it bp granted that our forefatae
ers, the Hun% were the finest peopat,
in their time and that we have im-
oroved on them in all ways in our
time.
A scrap of .utteer is a treaty signed,
sealed and delivered and Witnessed
by our good old Gormae. (led. Trea-
ties are made to be broken as conven-
ient to us.
A concession is giving up something
which we never had, or winch we no
longer have, in exchange for some-
thing other people have.
A just peace IS a -peace which gives
us .all we want and the power to get
ready for the next war.
A German Prontier, in like manner,
is one that will give us opportunity
to begin the next War with advantage
when we are ready,
.A. German peace is one which will
enable no to carry out oor prepara-
tions for the next war unsuspected
and undisturbed, as we did this time.
A German Victory is an action about
which we say that we have 'defeated
the enemy's plans though eve do not
know what those plans •were.
A German defeat, if such a thing is
possible, Is when we are -forced to
give ground "Wording to plan" (our
plan). But we never call it a defeat.
We call it a victory.
A German defeat and a German vic-
tory look very much alike and are
both the opnortunity for many lies,
much flag -flying and bell ringing (by
order).
A .peaceful Germany is always try-
ing to keep the peace and sow dis-
trust, between otiaer nations, till she
herself is fully armed and ready for
war.
A German resident abroad is one
*hose duty it is to be a military and
commercial spy. lf naturalized his
duty remains the seine, but Will be
more easily discharged.
A fortress (enemy) is an open town
such as :Southend or Margate.
A hospital sbip (enemy) is a ship
with all the marks of a hospital ship,
but whielt we say is a transport for
trove.
A Red Cross nurse (enmity) is a per-
son to be shot at and killed witenever
possible, If in German hands so much e
the easier and better,
A ship's crew is a. number of sailors
who should, after their ship Is sunk,
be either fired at in the water or col-
lected on the deck of a submarine,
which then submerges. The crow may
be either 'enemy or neutral; tbis is
called the freedom of the seas. •
A prisoner of war (enemy) is an
Unfortunate who should he treated as
we treat them, according to our Itul-
the.
An inlethitant of Occupied territory
is an Offensive animal Who should be
treated as badly tts *r worse than a
prisoner of war, if possible; the fact
of belhg a neutral is no paniatiot.
A fruit tree is a thing to be eut
down if in an enemy eountry.
A Well is a thieg to be poisoned, if
In an enemy eountry.
A churth Is a thing to be destroyed,
If in an enettly coital% as all thihge
not the product. of Our kuitur and toe
*heavy to carry away Should be des-
troyed.
I have saidettll these things meny
tintee, therefore they are true.
It was in the Garden of Eden.
nieet see how the fig leavee are turn-
ing," exelainied Eve, 'ies, and the
applee aro getting ripe, 1shouldn't
wonder If we haVe an early fall," pre -
dieted Adatn.
ACute for Pimples
"You &Anted nterturY,poteoh
or any other strong minor"' to
.ture pimples caused by poor
) blood. Trim Extract of Roots --
druggist LI Us t "Mether Selges
tenable Syroy —and your skin
will deer up at fresh as a Inkby'o.
h Will sweeten your otomothind
reenlate your bowels." Get the
nontime. 50e.end$LOSeettiein
At thug antis.
a
GiAnt Planes to.
Win for Entente
In the Vonetrtiction by the 'Dotted
States ot great numbers of liege bomb.
Ing alrelanen like the Caproni tri•
plane types developed by Italy, Many
military experts are earning to See
nrIghtest hope of ending the If,
boat menace ad winning the war
forthwith.,
The largest type Qf Caproni machine
ea n earry five tone of WO explosives
and operate nue:nigh n radiva of five
or idx hundred miles.
With enough of these, experts be-
lieve, the German T.hboat and ether
naval bases and the Krupp works and
Miter vital nerve ()entree of German
warfare 'can be blasted off the face of
the earth.
In their work such planes must he
agile:need by swarms of the smaller
types, airplanes which Light airplanes,
a thing the wide, winged bombing
craft cannot de, and unlimited turne
bers of the smaller types are aisle 00-
sential for reconnaissance and for
control of the air over the fighting
lines on land,
But 11 19 in the bombing craft that a
solution, of the war's gravest problems
is beginning to be seen. Latest official
British reports estimate the eestruc•
Um of bottoms as between 750,000
and 3,000,000 tons a month, An idea
of what these figures mean has been
brought sharply to the attention of the
people in this country In the past few
days, during which Washington de•
elared that for lack of available trans-
ports various units of the National
Guard are likely to be beld in train -
trig tamps all winter,
Admitting that this is the the sit-
uation seems scarcely expected to be
changed next spring so long as sub•
marines continue to sink mare ton-
nage monthly than an possibly be
built in the eomfbined shipyards of
Great Britain and the America in a
month,
While many Americans are con•
fidentiy looking to Edison and his fel-
low inventors to find some means of
smelting the undersea murderers,
naval authorities are not so sanguine.
Furthermore, the practleability of a
great allied land and sea attack on
German naval bases, the nests of U.
boats, has been virtually denied by
strategic experts,
In their struggle to find the remedy
military Jaen are gradually turning to
control of the air as the one certain
mode of strangling forever and a. day
the Pan-Germanie aspiration to world
„..?lominion. Hence Congress' recent ac -
non in passing the f640,000,000 appro-
Deletion, the first of a series of appro-
priations to make the United States
supreme in the air.
Just what types of aerial machines
win prove most effective, and where
the great air fleet, onee it 'is con-
structed, can be most advantageously
directed are still subjects of conflicting
opinions. Will blinding the enemy's
reconnaissance eyes end the war more
quickly, or will bombing his naval
bases and with them shattering his
undersea monsters prove the more era
peditious? •
If both are to be attempted, huge
bombing and torpedo planes such as
are not contemplated In the -Govern-
meta's programme so far as is known
will have to be supplied. Suck planes
with carrying capacity of tons of high
explosives could in night attacks in
force play havoc with Kiel, Zeebrugge,
Essen or Wilhelmshaven.
In a recent statement of what has
been accomplished by the War De-
partment since the beginning of the
war Secretary Baker declared the
United States would have sooner or
later enough airplanes to invade Ger-
many through the air. He would not
state, he said, whether this meant
22,000 or 1,000,000 maehinet,
IA''hat this declaration means in
terms of airplane models was, of
course, not reVealed, and probably will
not be, but the day of the big plane, a
type that may the'clevoted to mail
carrying in timeof peace, appears
te be coming. It is known that a short
time ago the attention of the Govere.
merit was directed to the strides Italy
has made in this direction by Meter
Perfetti of the special Italian aero,
nantie •mission to the United States.
More than any other ,country -tete
has developed the inonster bomelag
and torpedo planes. and yet she has
not a sufficient number to overwhelm
1
the enelny along ter own frontline.
.Thla twinge the problem bitch to Aire
erica becaUse of ottr manuftteturing
redlines and eupply of raw materials.
0111' programme, SQ far as the public
le perreittecl to know, proVides for lite
constructioa of thousands of small
swift ,pilot and war plenes, the value
of •which cannot be overeatimated. As
an aid to artillery firing and by the
same token a means ot blinding the
enemy's eyes they are without a peer,
bltletntthey are not weanons of bombard-
aFor this reason the developutern of
the larger plane by the 'United States
eeems Inevitable, It is essential to
have machines Which on do at long
range what big guns accomplieh at
short range, This fact was pointed out
by Major Perfetti, He wasabile to
discuss it not theoretically asthad
been discussed heretofore, but as a
Provee accomplishment, demonstrated
by the groat Capronl triplane, now a
Part of Italy's aerial fleet.
According to Henry Woodhouse, au-
thor of the "Textbook of Naval Aero-
nautles," and member of the board of
governers of the Aero Club Pt Amer-
ica, the largest of the Capron' trl-
planes has three 600 horsepower
motors, ally one of which can keep
the machine in flight should the others
be shattered by gunfire or merely titop
functioning:, as motors occasionally ao.
It ha e a speed of eighty miles an
hour, carries five tons of high explo-
sives, is capable of flying five or six
hundred, miles and returning with
ample fuel reserve.
Imagination can picture the wake of
destruction a fleet of a hundred of
these. huge machines would leave. The
Government plans to turn out some-
thing like 20,000 aeroplanes a year.
Suppose for a moment that 1,000 of
these were the monster bombing
model and that Me number, supported
by a fleet of the small typos, should
wing their way over Kiel or Zeebrugge
In a concerted attaek, and euppose
further that this attack was supported
by a simultaneous land and sea often -
sive against the same bases.
It takes no great stretch of fancy
to picture the hiding places of U-boats
and Germany's battle fleet literally
wiped off the face of the earth, anti
the power et her one remaining hope
of winning the war, the submersible,
gone a -glimmering.
There is every reason to believe the
Allies, including the United. States, of
course, are preparing for this identical
operalion.'Engia.nd, as is well known,
Is now building large models of the
Handley -Page, Curtiss and Gallaudet
types. These are not so large as the
Caproni machines, but they obviously
serve the same need.
Germany would naturally combat
such an attackeand the struggle would
involve casualties, but not a fraction
of the number sustained in the least
important land operations, as Mr,
Woodhouse has pointed out.
Experts hold that the logical time
for such4an attack is at night, when it
ls extremely difficult for aeroplanes to
be located in the sky. In a recent
article Mr. Woodhouse tells of a simul-
taneous night raid on the BaIkaa front
made by allied and enemy planes, The
opposing foteas passed each other en
route, but neither saw the other.
The • great offensive bombardment
machine Is beginning to be viewed as
the one certain antidote for thel1-boat
Second in size among the Caproni
medele, according to air. Woodhouse,
is the 600 horse -power triplane, which
has a wing spread of about OS feet,
carries a crew of three, 4,400 pounds of
explosives, has a speed of 80 miles an,
hour and, like the larger model. can
travel hundreds of miles and return
with fuel reserve.
These have been used to great
advantage against the Austrians, but
their work will not result in a decisive
victory until they are produced in
greater numbers. Again the subject
returns to •the United States. In these
times quantity and America have
become alment synonymous terms.
On the btllief that America, along
with her gifts of soldler.s, munitions
and food, will furnish enough aero -
plans to bury U-boat bases and blind
elm eyes of German artillerymen rests
a great share of the hope of tne allied
cause. -New York Sun,
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All Europe
is Hungry
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The Freneh Echo de Paris recently
published a review of food restric-
tions in belligerent as well as neu-
tral eountries of Europe, with the ex-
ception of Prance, where More severe
restrictioes than heretofore are be-
ing considered by the authorities and
will soon be announced. Following is
a condensation of the article:
GERMANY:
The figures in regard to German,
food restrictions are known to us in
detail.
The
bread Allowance differs in var.
ious Cities froin four pounds a week
foreronevery Person to rive pound
(about ten ounces a day tor every
.1)L
The meat allowance is nine cameo
a week for every person.
As tar es grease and food oils, in'
eluding butter, are concerned, the
weekly allowanee is two ounces, and
even these are not always distrib-
uted,
The official alloWance of potatoes Is
seven peuntis a week for every per-
son. But the distribution varies in
different localities,
As to milk, adults Can l'OCONC mite
till needs cif Children, tack people and
nursing 'werneh are satisfied. The the,
erotical allewante for these three
clatses teas formerly a pint and a half
but reeentlY it has beeu tedticed to
a pint.
lie sttuittion in Maria is no bet-
ter than in Germany. The daily allow-
atiee of bread is ten ounces. Meat has
not been pet 411dwance In Austria;
only two Meatiest days are preecrib•
Sid by the lave. At pretent the (Mete
tif increasing the rittniber of Meet.
lose days IS tinder conisidlelretion.
The 'Weekly iillewanee Of butter
gentile end feed 011 it four and
halt ounce*, and 4611818k et two and.
half MIAMI ne butter, %Me Mined
of inargeritte and one Matte of beetle.
In reality, however, nobody receives
u.ore than one ounce of butter.
The erowance of potatoes is three
pounds per week, but the press be-
lieves that this will soon be reduced
to two pouude.
In Biegaela the allowance of bread
has been set at eighteen ounces a
day for every person. eln the other
hand, there are three meatless days
each. Week.
In Turkey the theoretical allowance
Is supposed to be nine ounces a day;
but it rarelteexceede five outices.
5 WITERLAND:
In Switzerland the daily allowance
of bread is nine ounces, with a month-
ly addition of nineteen ounces of
flour, Military men in service receine
thirty-senen ouncee a day, and frole
time to time an additionalthree out.
ces.
Itice is also 011 allowauce; amount-
ing to fifteen ounces a person.
There are no meatless days in
Switzerland, oh account of the lack of
other commedities that coul1 take the
place .of meat. On tune 11, 1917, a
deeree was issued by the rederal
Connell forbidding hotels and res-
tattraats to serve more than one meat
or egg dish to a person.
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Sweden It is nine and a half ouncee.
NETHERLANDS;
The daily allowance of bread in the
Netherlands is nine ounces a person,
the meat allowance seveit ounces and
the potato allowance fifteen ounces.
ITALY.
In Italy the Government has left
to the local communities the power
to determine the allowances of var-
ious toed commoaltles. The Govern-
ment only appoints allowance inspec-
tors, whose duty Is to cc -ordinate the
regulations of the local authorities,
• • lir
BATTLE WITH A BOG,
Bodmire's Suction Tore the Lea-
ther Gaiters Off a, Man's Legs.
Readers of "Lorna Doone" cau nev-
er forget ttie terrible drowning of
Carver in the bog. That death trap is
still to be nen In the Exmoor coun-
try, and not long ago a valuable hunt-
ing horse was engulfed In the mire,
and his rider barely escaped with his
life. 2, Baring Gould, who had a nar-
row escape from a similar English
bog tells of it in his "Book of the
West." The author was with an of-
ficial from the ordnauce survey, who
was correcting the map of the coun-
try:
"In the dusk we lost our way and
got into Redrnire. It WaS winter, the
bog was unusually wet, and we could
scarcely trip from one stone to au -
other. Six bullocks had been lost in
that very spot during the year.
"All at once I sank above my waist
and was rapidly bebag sucked in far-
ther, I called to my'companion, but In
the dark he could not see me. The
water reached to my armpits. Happily
I had with me 'a stout bamboo six
feet long. I place it athwart the sur-
face and held my arms as far extend-
ed .as poselble. By quickly jerking my
body I gradually lifted It, and then I
threw myself forward as far as I
could. Finally I managed to east my-
self. full length on the surface. The
suction was so great that it tore the
leather gaiters off my legs.
"Por a quarter of an hour 1 lay
stretched out, gasping, before I got
breath enough to worm myself along
to dry solL"
A GOOD EXAMPLE
:Nothing that the C. P. R. has done
in the direction of food conservation
has resulted in so many letters of
commendation, as the footnote printed
on all menu cards on C. P. R. dining
cars and hotels. This reads:
"In the interest of food conserva-
tion, young Iambs, little chickens, lit-
tle pigs, and their by-products, are
not used in the C. P. 11. service."
The editok of a prominent mining
journal says in a leading article:
"It Must have required sorne• grit:
as well as a full Sense of duty for
an Institution whieli includes such
hotels and restaurants as are found on
that railway, to put such a memoran-
dum before their high-class patrons:
But it has been done, and its moral eft
feet has been wider than the actual
wastage that has been saved. Those
who have read the notice have, in
some cases at all events ,followed the
good example of the railway, and have
given up. purchasing any of the Im-'
mature animal food.
"If the food aontroller could pro-
hibit the sale or use of these young
anintals it would be another means of
food economy."
LIVING AEROPLANES.
Wherein Birds Differ From Flying
Blachines Made by Man.
It would be a mistake to suppose
that the bird's wings enable it to fly.
It wings spelled flying any of us could
attach a Pair and soar hit° the air.
The hollow bones of the Weds melte
light bodies, but they are attached to
a rigid backbone, which forms the
main feature of the bird's body. This
gives the central firmness, and the
muscles do the rest. The wings bal-
ance their owners, and the tall acts
as a rudder for eteering. Often enough
the bird deems to use Ite tall as a sort
of brake.
It is ithteresting to compare the bird
With the product of man's skill --the
aeroplane. To begin with, there le no
aeroplane made sebich copies the up
and down motion of the bird's wings,
all our machines having Oxen wings,
or planes.
But naturally plan tried to copy the
living fliers around hint He made
wings of feathers, etc.. connected
them with Ins shoulders and legs and
found that his =Mee could not rate
him an inehe
The muscles, or motors, which now
thive him through the air, are as
strong as 200 horees, *0 no wonder he
failed at first. ISvett the bird, wIth
body so perfectly torreen for
Pearson's Weekly. :light,
has flyiag mueelea equal in weight to
all its other mueclee put together:-
Tho New Suits.
ShOw.
naivete coat lengths.
Pitted and somi-fitted linen
Bette sirettlated and belts real.
A More ecottoteical use et fur DIM-
ratage.
CuStom doth melte iloterds of 118 all.
Verinle,
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Island of
Serpents I
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of Roumania after Constansa, is the
tiny Island or Scrpente, around whielt
cling many fantastic legends et fate
clueing interest as welt as several
hietorleal episode; which at one time
threatened tit become of international
moment, says the National Geo-
graphic Society bulletin.
Volum the moitotonous reaches of
reed -covered marshland which etretell
for fifty miles along the atoumaniall
and Russian Shores to the north and
south of the Sulina mouth or the
Danube and seldom attaining an ole.
vain of more than two feet above
the level of the Black Sea, the Island
0pfreclepliPtoellueel
ts'0ifrislraboveci
l°isitwt
'lleh
tru:t:r its
heights rouging from fifty to a hun-
dred feet, It is a mere fleck of rock
in a sea whose) depth a few yards fora
the shore is twenty fathoine.
The islet is scarcely more than a
mile in clretunference, but has been a
beacon guidieg elaips to the Danube
for many centuriea, its elevation
bdeeintag jan stitlregiltbar
In anicient times Fide Nisi had a
geatcornitvrear,
" stthe
o
varlety of names, but Grecian poets
and travellers referred to It most fre-
quently as tome, or the White
Island, on account ot the numerous
sea fowl which et certain seasons of
the year swarmed over ita Oafs.
11 was on this island that Male,
the marine goddess, is supposed to
have carried the ashes of her eon,
Achillete hence the temple erectee
here in honor of the hero of the
Trojan war. Another legend relate
that Thetis snatched the body ot
Achilles from the funeral pyre, that
Ile was restored to life, and that
thereafter he lived on the Island aatil
tphigenia, the daughter. of Apeman.
non, who had been eaved from sacee,
flee by the goddess Artehis. .
One of the most poetic descriptions
0! tho
wrote: by Arrian in the account of his : island and its temple is give
voy-
age around the Black Sea in the sec-
ond century of the Cnristian era. He
"tt is related that Thetis gave this
island to Achilles, and that he still in-
habits it. His temple and statue, both
of very ancient worktnanehtp, are
seen there. No human being dwells
on it. It has only a few goats, which
mariners convey to it as votive
offerings. Other offering* or sacred
gifts are suspended in honor of
Achilles, such as vases, rings and Pre.
cious gems.
"Seabirds, avers and fova innu-
merable frequent the island, and the
birds alone have the care ot the
shrine. Every morning they repair to
the sea and, dipping their winge in
the waves, sprinkle the temple and
afterward sweep with their plumage
ito sacred pavement,"
The name Island of Serpents grew
out of the fact that numerous black
enakes from four to five feet long
were discovered here by mariners.
Many of the reptiles are said to have
fallen in the cisterns of the Island
and polluted the waters, which are
now undrinkable.
The Amazons are supposed to have.
attempted to setae this 'eland on one
occasion, but the ghost of Achilles ap-
peared and so terrified the horses of
the female warriors that the riders
were thrown and severely trampled
upou, whereupon the expedition was
abandoned.
This meager rock brought England
and Russia to the verge of war sixty
years ago, following the treaty of
peace which ended the Crimean con-
flict. The island was not mentioned
In the terms of the treaty, and, wheu
Turkey sent a small party to relight
the lighthouse, which had been . dark
through the struggle of 1858-0, Rus-
sia attempted to take control of the
beacon which stands as a guidepost
to the Danube's mouth. England pro.
tested and sent a fleet across the
131ack Sea to enforce her demands In
behalf of her 'then recent ally, the
Sultan. Russia, after a brief threat of
resistance, yielded.
The island paned into Roumanian
hands when that nation threw off the
Ottoman shackles 111 2877,
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When It Becomes Affected It Pro
duces an Attack of Vertige,
When any one feels dizzy and per-
haps almost about to faint his braitt
cannot properly control the working
of his eyes. They may move round
from Side to side, perhaps Indepen-
dently instead of together, and so It
may look as if things were spitting
around.
Another reason for dizziness has to
do with a wonderful part ot the body
near the ear and without which none
of us could sit upright, much less
stttnd, though few people have ever
heard. of it. Thin organ, which 'used
to be thought to have something to do
with hearing, really controls our bal-
ance. In some people it is affected
hy disease, an (Ulnae constantly sets
fer from dizziness aucl a feeling thet
everything is spinning round an
round.
As every one known we tent make
ourselves dizzy and so think every-
thing le se -retinue, round by Whirling
around ourselves several times in one
direction., • This disturbs the organ oe
batance, and this disturbance gives us
the feeling. If you turn roithd the
other way you put things right by re-
storing the original state of graft%
within the balancing organ. The nein°
for the feeling that things are spinn-
ing round ie vertigo, and "vert" sltnpty
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-CAt.I.ED DOWN,
lilrininthain, AgeWO
"Yount woman," said tbe iraesibia
famtly matt to the haughty ealeolads,
"you needn't treat 14(1 With Puchlort.y
tlisdeln."
"Well, sir?"
"I didn't eenae in here for the pur•
p080 of making love to you. I trant
10 notten this ribbon, and I dean care
a tang whether its the calor of nen?
e or net,"
NO COWARD.
(Judge.)
He -lent if he marries now wen't he
CR Iltd a coward?
She -Not if he marries ner,
le
CURIOUS.
Wetmore American.)
"I lost heavily in that electrical
eoneetn."
"How could you lose heavily in a
eight lavestmentr
POSTED.
(Thsetoa Transcript.)
Banker -Do you know anything
bout cheques and drafts?
Applteant-Yes, sir. I've run ow'
Laroace for years."
SOBBY'S GIVEAWAY.
()3oston Transcript.)
Bobby (entertaining sister's beau)
--Effie told ma yesterday you was
born to be a politician.
Mr, Oimpton-A politic:au? Why
does she thiek that?
Bobby--Thatni what ma asked her,
and she said because you can .do so
much talkin' without coon -hitting
yourself.
HADN'T REACHED THAT STAGE.
(Judge.
"Is your wife bard to please?"
"I don't know; I have never reacted
hat stage."
lifer THE PRELIMINARIES.
"What Is .your son going to ne in
(Louisville Courier-Jettrnal.)
"Too early to nen. lust now he is
going through the usual preliminary'
stages .of cicrking in a drug store,
writing life insurance, and seals%
real estate."
SERIOUS.
ria“gjei."
mis thinking glseriously of mar -
"How long has he been married?"
•—••••• •
• PEPRISSABLE.
(Louisville Courier -Journal)
Should one kiss a. yoting man good
night
lf you dant got rid of 11 in] auk other
waly, I consider it perrnicAibie.
TAKING UP LAND.
(Boston Transcript)
Officer --What do you intend to do in
America?
Tirmigran.t-Talt.) up land, sir.
Officer -Much?
Immigrant -A shovel at a time.
THE JUDGE'S BREAK.
(Judge).
Muriel -So Judge Merryman proposed to
Alice last night!
Ethel --Yes, and he made an awful
break.
When she asked him for time to con.
sider hie proposal, he gave ho r sixty
days.
EXPLODED THEORIES.
(Baltimore Ameritan)
Smith (at the wheol)-Do you knew, I
have a new theory about saving tires--
NerVOUS Companian-Good heavens!
What was that noise?
Sznith (wearily) --Only another theory
exploded.
GOOD STOCK.
(The Life)
"Does he come of goet stook?"
"The best -all his vict-s are hereditary!"
•••-••••••A. ".11.11.
UNCLE ESEN'S PHILOSOPHY.
twa.shingten Star)
"De /nondal wants to do ail de talk -
in'," said *Uncle Fiben, mighty likely
to les.ve other people do most of the
NO DAMAGE.
(Boston Trarscript)
"Since Cholly wee rup over by that
auto his mind has beolva perfect blank."
"Why didn't he sue for damages?"
"He did, but ho couldn't prevo that
he had been damaged any."
TWO VIEWS.
(Life)
The Optimist -We 'won't worry this win-
ter about Vito high cost of living. My
wife has canned 1,M jars of fruits and
vegetabl,,,s.
Ulm Pessimist -Bah! I bet you ga
most of it
A CORRECTION.
(Boston Transerlot)
Bose-Ilobert, I wish you wOuldn't
whistle at your wank.
Office Boy -I wasn't werkin', rir °lily
whistling.
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InOttens IT RIGHT ALONG.
(Judge)
Owner of car -What does that sign
'Detour' mean?
elisufieur-It means that t nitust take
the Car off the regular road.
(.),A nor of car -Well, you've been doing
that ever since We started.
THE POOR MAN!
( nal timot 0 American)
l'The doctor says Mr. Jiggt-re is to-
cuperating,"
"Oh, the tom' man! Aral thlzi tool
er a Note teta me he was t•Ltting
much better."
4, 4. •
CAUSTI C.
(Peiroit Free Press)
leadi;;j u d'og's life," he ex-
pleined.
"Yts," soolto, up the good woman. "I
know. Trustiir,. to other folks to pro.
vide your mettl.e"for you."
SURE OF ADVANCEMENT,
(hostou Trate:at-Mt)
"T Price WI; joincti the mule.'
"tlootii 11 1i doesn't adivanee rapidly.
leen deeerent from all the tehie
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"Cock," sale the 0.4 an in a pleat:neat
voice, "this leg of mixtttn L eeerderte.
I lake it tetek and do it les,"
-nen :smite sour revereetel"
tnebtesi the cook.
"Wen," rerotol her newer, esepteen
'us it tied been Uhetreione, you 1,6104
tti 'lave drat. it Mete."
afiertalnia. oer totem/see."
"Then," veld the dean, "let this be a
!testis to you, It you &sterna a fault
alve.•:; tales eine neat it is 4 fault
114101 Will Win) it a 31 remedy."