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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-05-13, Page 3To Increase Food Supplies Effect of Destruction of and Failure to Wait 1914 •Crop in Germany, France, Maria and Russia Now Felt. ere Thedr,ainon fobd supplies is to increase throughout .the. world as the • war lengthens. Already the tread problemfortho :Man in the trenchea is as .eerions'lead for :his guii4 Already nations at war . The army of Great Britain flhows a smaller percentage of men taken froiwthe mite of agriculture than any of the others. It is estimated that ID per oont., of its strength comes from the fartn, 42 per teat. and at peace are trying to compass from. 'Commercial occupations and ways and means and tiono and lands 8 per cent. from tlie textile trades, - for an inerew in food proclnets.I , with only 0 per cent. from the* Beyoii question the. countries mines and quarries. . with, ex liable surpluses of edible grains, moats, dairy and other food - products are to have these drawn • upon to the limit Prices are likely to be high. Demand will probably, eaCeed the sum*. °Nations whose . agricultural resources are ample for quick expansion of tilled area§ will. have customers waiting for the harvest. As the full effect becomes 4143a,c- OVC3r 49- per cent. of the, inen.-.un-;•, -der, :gee... 3-effee wept from., the.fo,rm to the :colors... Less, _Om In per 'cent vera formerly .ino,osnineroial. ocoupationa, and no .other oeoup.aa, ••tioa siis.t,ained..s'uCh drafts. upon its' strength AS,Agripiiittine.... • • The Vaat'.arroaes'whi•oli -Germany. sent tothe front on both. the:, east- ern and".,-. western. b,Olide* •ealled, team ogrimiltural labors at: least 35 tut of the.destruction of and failure . per 'oent. of the .grand total. ;As in •to reap Part of the 1914 crops in Trance, Germany, Austria ehld to a .2 less extent in Russia,- all nations are directing theivenergi.es both to inerea,Sing and oonterving food sup- plies. • Austria e ha's 4Xed a. maaaa . Intain.priee, for potatoes. GerreanY .b.oth. Franco and Great, „Britain, Germap cominereo Sustained:drafts: lona emallee,itelativelY than agri7.. cultate,.. ' • .., . -. • "...Aaptriaallungara and,RaisSia, have -higher percentages of ',*.fiirmors- at• the -front 'than' anY. of others. proptisesaa •Goveromenta MonePolY 'They, can spare more than the oth- • of ;coma aweatee wants tos stare ers.„witla' the -prospect of --Smaller'. • 0,000,000„ bushels of whoa,- Italy logges at harvest time ,becauee of seeks topurthiae 10;000,000 bushels the abundenee of "imskilied labor to add ,to its own crop. Anstralia, stilt available, bas,,zeseiscled the import tax on wheat, and permits no exports ex- cept On • consignments clearly in- tended for tlie United- Eingdora,; The 'Government of New South , Wallet leads elLethersatams- far in • extra -ordinary - ifferte'fo ineret-the developing situation with practical remedies; essays: (1) To -61.6ar of tread tkoher and prepare for cul- tivation a 1,ar,ge area; and then to offer it to the. farmers; (2) in co- • operation with the banks to pro- ' vide the farmer with financial as- sistance that will enable hies to Se- c -ate the necessary ;seed wheat, fer- tilizers and machine ' .without an - 'due. fillianeW 'strain; (3) The Belguindariny, small ,as it NI 111.11711erieD34y;•}14.0 levied111138Ary't011 on the 'farm, the counting house, .the loom and the aninefa • Its per- centage from, the farm is estimated et 20. per •peataawithal,2_;per ,cent, from 'Commerce, 7 per cent, from file. textile trades a,nd 6 per cent. from the Minisand quarries. . Seed time in the war zone passed with the armies battling in the treadles. There Was a. decrease in acreage seeded to wheat of not 1,0.5.+S than. 25 per cent. • In all the coun- triea not at war the area devoted to food products •ef all kinds, but notably OY,-; Jemmied, .flue.to stagnation -meet - enigma is to guarantee a mini- ton and the necessityfor diVersity mum price for 41 wheat produced in *rope,. the grain &vca in the dateder this eeherne, fixitig it at ra 'United States was increased :prob.- sufficiently high Agate tainsure the ably 20 pe0 cent.; with indications farinera u reaSonable, return; (4) that spring- plantieg will, bring._ the_ as labor ii"the nyinia1 dflieulty of 'wheat inoreagre alone to 15 per rent, After Math, ' Of Of 'Nemie 'Chapelle, The .13ritish 'lases in the battle of 'Neu:4 Chapelle; One tif-the hardeet fighte of the pre:gent war, were appalling.. •Whole regiments were,. wipedaout and thoasands ' were •Litdly. . wounded. Here are. somo :to.the . of . the British injured arriving in ',England at one of the 'smith Coast ports, awaitiulp transPortation •' . • r "employed the groat wheat, producr. ing countries. Of Argentina and the United States, rtehefiCeataitet the hulk of.that Citaortable surplui; will ,...lia,v0•'',haatested eine..rts believe will. reoord-breaking erops. Italy hes made „great enlarges in its seeded acreage, and so has this orgintry. It is Conaoler, that Itali's total wheat yield may ex -teed 200,000,000 bush - which would prove record -figure - May reach 900,000,000 bushels, t.he great- est:in its, history, being nearly 70;- 000;000 bushels more then the 1.inin- per Crop of the past seasoh. -11.coa,upe of .the new era in 'the South which 'may make the cotton States nearly independent of the wheat .and cora belt, the exportable surplus of the United States may be greatly inateas-ed next year, .-The-Upited-IC-ingclonii-„Germanyand, France will -be eager buyers. Their fighting linetmust be`ted regularly. The area peeded to winter wheat , . in the United Stat,es for thig sea- goe's orop far exceeds all previous recorele.. An acreage of 41,263,000 an inerease of ,4,130,000. acres Austrp..lasia, farmers hesitiktek be or more; . over last year mid of -5 000 0001 -acres' enitivate more land than, tiller can ThEl next season Will beofgreat- overacua aThe at -ty rveste : , harvest with their own family, But the Government guarantees to se- cure an adequate supply 'of lahOr for the enlarged grain arca.- Berlin. ,thes been ,eating reindeer meat. 'aerrnanarderivee muchof its feed -supply 'from outside source ender, normal conditions, 'Eng- land's food supply for home con- suraptiOn and for its. soldiers' ra,- - ties moat come largely from its o "All Red" tran‘portation connec- tions, and 'from the United Statea', -000, 't,t: 20,000000 budhels, encl. in and. the Argentine: 'February' and March Alistraliaa •• The war is taking ilia. heaviest ,lsrew 'Zealan,d, upper Egypt and In - told. from the farm. Agrieultiural dia,, will harvest al least 200,000;000 • • workers and large and email land bushels more:, in the, month of esavaat_ ,eutramenta tenaataatereage, awriersa:whoze 044 source of lower Edypt and India wilt premise., the United 'States thould conie in time of' eaoS frore the 'finieh greit_har,vest„._.and,_.in_h.a.ve__30g,i000i.00Q__.bushas:-of -sheat Sail; oeitiTor---40' per cent. Nay Japan will -add 25,090,000bush- for. export.. . • , . of -the 'men in the trenches.• els. to tne 500 000 ookbitsbeI _ereP Tthe...oricFs-prospective export-- ------;---EACV-figureS-aie-TariSiiiirie 1,001a, previously harvested countries able 'staple:: of wheat.and floor this, 14g,. but estimates based upon sta. affiliated with or friendly to the. year • is eipressed, bushelS, tria,y tidies and averages prove the 'rea,- alhes, (minable -nese of the 'stateoneat that The: months of Julie, July and every tihird man in the ranks on Augnst 'aare almost universal wheat: ,either side cornea from 'the, farm.. harvest periods. • It is thee that • When he shouldered his gun and Germ.Austeia,Hungary and responded to the call af his country. keep their estimated be withdrew from the agricultural liarveit of 380,000,0,00 bushels. held a unit of power. The contin-- •the paane . period Canada and the . drain on this source, ,already United Kiagdom with approicimete- • -a serious nienace to the countries ly 250;000,000 bushels; France with • at war; must scion beceme sone • a 226,000,000 bushels,. and Russia, with the gravest:perils dm . warring atia.. a00,006,00.0 -bushels -will all be busy. have to faCe--:- While the natione.at war are thus eat consequence. 'for, most of the warring countries. The granaries of eome if not. ail of the. countries with great armies? in the field need ed to reach 20,000,000 .ares, • quick- r.epleirishiug. With. respe4 that the Sates will 'have. at to new grain for.their fighting inen, leaat' 60.00,000 acres • in 'wheat for. derived from.--a---SOUrbeawhichath e' coming harvest,. Last 'ear's control, the allies are in fait post- acreage of 105,000,00Caplantred spring ,wheat acreage will also be increased, though' the petemita,ge Will not be sole:age. It is expect- • tien. . . cora will this year be exeeeded bY, AlreadY Australasia is busy in its at least 4,000,000 acres,. while eats ,wheat fields. South' Wiles. and hay will also cover• greater will this month garner from1.5 000,- areas.. , • . , 1' Our greatest agricultural export is wheat. Last year we produced over -25 *per Cent. more wheat,than- ,was. needed at home. This year, if ...$chetn.o...,. to: Invade Britain - Populace Still FirmlY Believes Tiiitt Raise?s Arttly Can Maich Victorimisly_0_ver_England._ -AO . Tere:Moyensents, apparently ' di. ..vense. in charketea . but :in reality lhorrelated, recently' Sprang ,iato ".:. existence ill Genrciaaar, write i a neutral Carteencindenta who haa' . been on a business trip to (4,er- many. These movements seem to L - atrave theasameatiraiirview, tamely - to ,bring about a, speedy Aose: of pr. war, Both parties are WOrkingat- ' lentlY; noi'doemnents referring to ' their projects are allowed: out of , the handsof their_ trusted._ agents.; 'everybody is approached personal- ly; au -thit :no information -may ;leak -• • .out; either through --treaeheiato or by an incaatious act. No offanal Jeanie is attached to. either 91 the movements, though.the'goverament --TiTc-ognizant of every Step taken by., , the', ehiels promoters and ,has Sane- tioned everything that,. has • been • T e secrecy enables the* antliOri- „Ani, .avent of lailaraaatailialagova ties 'keep -doors open for 'eseape ....en:merit .,woithi.thlifialata.„filaRt.,:taadea shire that everything done had been. done ' without its knowledge and would . not, had the facta'been. Inawiaahaare.„Obtained-un-der._;'-440 ,eircuinstances'its permission. ' -The first movement refers to the. , collection of funds, already said to have reached several million marks, to he presented as a special reward Mr( to the ariny which has been assemb- ' 'led and is now ready to - invade Groat Britain, This , event is to take place when the-,Britis'h fleet has /been substantially, reduced by paeans Of submarine at, acki and • losses which the foreing"hf the DM*. .d.Mielles--.-an, illiPOSSihility in the , neoinion of the 'Gentian autherities -must entail, The invasion plan is, reported to • have been :worked out in such de- tail that German railway officials bale been 12o/16111feet ILO take charge of the railway stations in the vat- tionlat district .where a.lauding. Is contemplated) and every one of these new 'station masters 'knows . exactly where to go. 'The IA.0043100 ,tehente is it istreilg fitVotite"With a . - for the purpose of comparison, be roughly stated as 700,000,000 -bush- els in.about these proportions - •, • Bushels. United States 860,000,000 'Canada . n16;000,000 Rumania • 25,000,000 Argentina • - .. ' 100,000,000 India . ' . .: ' - 35,000,000 • Australasia. • 15,000,000 •Russia,- - '•..... •• po,o50,000 Swedea • • 5,000,opo Total 700,000,000 From the • fallowing countries. will ,come -demands for this sarphis in •eitimated .amounts thus: • , .4. triiiumatioor.6 , Bushels- ........ 250,000,000' _France ..... . . a.1.09,000 a„. • , large percentage of the German mall have still not a. shadow of doubt &mut the , empire's final victory. ,•• . The eoritributioneato • the Vary froan*the-groschen-,-about and a half certbs--71rhich the schools Children bring to th-Eiaotylrriaster, up to the more silbstantial aniognts collected by'vioMe,n by organized house U. house denvessin.g„ Chil- dren, schoolmasters and women, of eourseaplay-eitapraminent parr arta' the mane war propaganda which are- very much tai the frontin altgradesaociety inVerraany. - The other movement is patroniz- ed by the more 'serious part of the German :math*, that ' part which knows Where the shoepinchtS. As it costs, nothing to join this move:- giootaean attraction -never .despised at. any time in 'Germany -it ' has met with Mach suppoit, espeeially among business„men house 'and hind tiwinirs chioily among the isliildipg trade; and last; but not leatt, a certaint Seetinty of the 'Social ileinoorats,. the so -Called "rebels,' --TheLproinotere vndeav- ar is -Concentrated upon obtaining signatures to a petition -which it is. •intended to present to the Itaiier, having for its object the stopping °If the war at the earliest Posaible liniment, as the financial lossesSof- fere& have been almost tuitions. Admiration •of the .glorion's vic- tories achieved by the army is ex- pressed in no measured phrasing,. and while the signatories have not the.slightest doirlot. of 'Germany's tabilitYlo ornsh 'the countries,' en-' onto,. they nevertheless venture to 'suggest to the Maser's advisers that peace on reasonable terms would he exceedingly welcome to them. Well-informed eirolee it is said that tlio Kaiseris behind thisstop-, thd4ar inovernent; indeed, that he has even expressed guarded 0,04 of the selietne, any case, however, it *Will be ftteresting to watch -develonnents in connection., with tills teat/ter, •• 4.. , 50,-000;000- • ...... 0,:: 75;000,000 Hellen& . . 25,900,000 Germany ... : . ........... 100,000,000 Austria-Hungary . L 50,000;000 Spain .. • 50,000000 Switzerland and Portugal 30,000,000. Non -European conntrkes 100,000000Total • m"5t,609of ... The American' .'fa,rnier us • cessity,hearrthe-hurden of . pouting wheat into frhe empty granaries of Barone. It is .fair that he should • reap, cemmensiiiatt reward' in'',"the higher prio-eig- increaced• demand and Sharp coMpaition , for tke Supply. \ . 00fitioental Europe, containing about eve -half ofthesta,tistieally known wheat area., is undergoing too violent upheavals to maintain its quota of either acreage or yield. The norat area is ainal world whe • P 'preiimately 240,000,000 acres. • The t,ofittyrhotit'yield Of 1914 was nearly 10 per 'cent. belthat that ...5c 1913. This tomparativelye small pereen- • 9 • F TUB FLY" PB011LB111 -.SIMple:, Methods or 'Exterminating ' ';'the • Pests.: ' Among those griefs otepring and summer there certainly are none worse than our c annual fly orela and we .certainly should note aeglect the Simple ineasuires necessary to Lesson 'vet. David spates salsa*: protect us, ag,ainst this pest and 1‘ Sam.,26 "•' Golden Text:. the dangers which accompany it. Forernotet -among .1those-,alea - the -• thhti-6:.:27;7"--7--7-77-_ prompt. removal of -the: accuinula- . ' tion of horse manure arid of all ° la David in ,SeruPsaQionta--- barnyard filth as well. Nothing tVerses 5, 6). equals those, Substances 0..S fly Mew bators •and • not only should our yards be Fell Cleaned up before the warm weather definitely sets:in but we should arrange for, its prompt removal during the eutire fly gee - son. - Wheri 'circumstances make thie 'IMPOSSible, previa/an must be made to -oiled the manere in fly -Proof receptacles or to, have on bead such fly repellanteatakerosene emulsion, to be sprinkled daily upon the. pile. The Latter, -howeveraare only poor .makeshifts, net to be ,compared in efficiency to the prompt removal of the manure,/ , • • - First and 'foremost ansong our fly fighting tileasures is an •absolutely Clean.yaed. , Sedend imaxietance is the pro- vision - Viaion of suitable. sereens to .our dwellings, Milk houses -and other places frequented by Our little, black 'enemies, ' Of -peculiar interest • in the pre- vention of fly -born diseaeae:e is the 'proper construction and protection of privy vaults, and cake must be taken that human excrements are at no time accessible to flies. • • ' The closing or screening :Of privy and Cesspools is here suMeielit;' THE SONOAY SC11011. TERNATIOtL LBSSON. • NAY N.,• ForiOdical raynnnits Offer SaffP:',1414ttOn Problent. to the Ptiree' Won I . Modern , banking facilities have dollars when he makes • another wroughte big oliangee in the 'meth- purclia;sa in Am same way. oda of investing- money. "Whereas, Under Viet other alternative plan formerly it was only possible for tho depositor holcOmea a bond -own - :the owner of large Limp sums of , er at a otilkearlicr date. After a money to pUreliaso bonds or deben- certain num lia*been deposited, say . . modest , eavinge depositor to be- privilege of, selecting , his security 1 tures, now the way is' open to the forty eloilara, the delxisitor has the . eons) alf bond owner .in a -compare,' and Incoming a genuine° bond - gayly short time. . Many security, owner. Tile biondinnise sells him houses will accept part payment the security, loaning him the bal.- for ' for a bend, carrying the oustomer ame of he parehaae money, otathe. .1 for a .period of time until he cab, collater I ' f the bond itself. On himeeif pay the halaime of the Pur- this loa e'investiaent ,paya in- ehase;monpy. While yet other bond tereat, lii li is usually, however, : houses which have special faeilitiee fully eoier 4 by the portion of • for carrying. On this elaSs .of blisi- bond in er st payable on ° this lat- neSS,. accept deposits similar to 4 ter sum. Thus, if the-balauee loan - savings bank end sell their clients .ed, the nay star is sixty dollaes and 'boards bn the listalment plan. By the .int,ere t char,gedj.him six per this: Means - it is „possible for A cent. and he hood is also a OM Per thrifty Person ti be an °lit and out ,cent. security, the inte.rest charge . bondholder before ' his earnimpi is fully met. The Advantage, more-- haveA much Mare than reached ;the Over, of this 'plea, is that'the de - hail/ centurar ;nark; and in additloa „positmainvestoa will bealra,Wing big ' to 'the ,fact that his Money. i's earn- interest in his depeeit, probably- six ..• a nig Lig.intetest, there will: be all per. eentaathis beingathe `balance ... the advantages of a t..:safe, --„e.asilvs. acerning te him after ho has paid P.:invertible investment.; , This latter r the intare i:on the loan gilt of the Method is: what: is knOjOu av3he bond in St, . - ; i • . Period/W. PaYmeut''. Plu.41.7 or • tIllz c' In eater Fatly ;.,S,1!eurea, S' at'vill.P110,::vtehset7Perabn 6.0Yt:rmat;e;.. 1 *eireel'Q chiefly the ,wealthE. -,, IIJe was a hen, .,bankin4i. ,...' r easeaselnraecieiciouterittis.9v4.v: .wrbl.aly:,ntiaida4.0eticreel. el:I.:pal) i .0tliliflia It 1.1111:40: . _,..,. play -IS Still.'7•simnhat - The ' • • The periodical payment or sav, nilltnts6s12,s 1 • lege inyeatment system is operated Paalte. along similar lines to a sa,Vin.ge but this, bank, except that the depo•eitor- &mention investor undertakes to deposit ter- enta ;Bit stated intervals -usually inoiithly otain definite •sunis at regular "I'sterigi9 novation, though sem° or quarterly..., The ,necessity-of-thk4 tains hay been Aoing,4"--for SeVeralis - apparenta AS instalments Must be years ome rfliable .Canadiaa regular ,where the. purchase of a band e ea •spegialiie in this Iraq:, • Verse 6. 'Ahimelech the Hittite- commodity is concerned. A pass kind ae maespakeut jand have ..131)0„ He is not mentioned elsewhere. honk is usually issued showing the cud trlities for • eooneankallY Uriah was also Hittite, The Hit- amounteleixaited and sums with- handling this ciao %of , bits/4gs, tites were the descendants of Heth, drawn rom time to time for the Certainly it ,is 'a rare opportunity For • referenees to the Hittites, see parehaee of securitiea. , , is offered the Ismail 4oveator. Gen.- 23,. •2; 26; 34 Josh. 3. 10; 1, under one plan the deoasits ,are ottendalths per month° and Kings 1°- 29; 2 1C1A315- 6- al r ,fefta-am-til-a-one hafildFa dollars has upwards are teee1.40517.:OM deposit _ chief information e°u°4erilin4 :th`e uuecomilated, the rend banker s-71,1 at a redeemable' rate of iiitereata Hitatee (x)mee° from AseYriaal' lowing four per cent, interest on and just as soon as 4 few PaYments . • Babylonian inscription's. They are all halaacea. When the emu Wpm- have .accumulated, the depositor is also mentioned in the Rgyptiaii im,e4 has. beer), reached, the. depose. given, a,p aopportuni, .invest 1.111,Aeliobigslhyeapliticshe. ion .of• bro_ tor is 'notified; and, asked valet se- money in se,eafities laieb. will yield ther to Joah*---Abisira,i, 4.003 laity he :Wishes to buy,. Usually a hiurtwiee ordinarybank ,inaitOaes‘ Wide range of ,standard bonds and And that, too, WitholitTri" anytiiif were P4vid'4 nelkews, 'sous of '11.4 debentutes.are offered Win,. though impairing his aaitale for the usuala' - sister. They WI. weir-, bond heataes naturally prefer that form eat con t'...Ptovides,for ita riers (see 2 Sam. 23, 18; 3.'30; 2. their own nuclei -Writings be par- terbium,* at any time the 'Opoe.i-- •18;:a0. 14; 18; .2. 5; lg.; 21. 17; I Chased. When the client has made tor' desired, , hen he will ,teeeive. Mean: 18. 12; also 2 SAM.' 16. 9; his selection' delivery of the. bond his full' cash halante withont de - :1 Kings 1. 7;2. 28-04).• is mide.a.nd thenceforth receivea duction, and ' whatever securities he the increased ;rate interest on hit has purchased. If the latter .have unoney.aThitlea-hisaeentraiC t he zona been --cattefullyaa aselected, Omee. tinues his deposits at regular alter- about& he lie: trouble in easil °an-. vats antil he hasaanOther hundred verting theia•inte cash. IL. Sai4 111 Datid's,Power . 0 (Verses 7-12). - Caine to the .peOple-That is to Saul's army; • His spear stuck .in , the ground - See lesson for May 2, veme 8: *Rath dell.vered.up-7Sce Sap. 10.. Jehovah Will. smite him= -The king's person ',virus inviolate: He was 7in Jehovah's. hands.David knew •Saill, ought' to- ineet 'a violent -while: the occasional- -use of-AidadealJh,abui he awed,- notAaf:-'his substances as etude .eamaha aaall hands. an him.- (Compare Nablir,s and-the--ohloilele' of lime will aid eu.ddrpTdeathi:r-Sarnr257387'witly repellingi the unwelcome and: dis- aedn.eieathLA1._srn861ilcoi,_c31:v-lr):i•-gf::n -gusting Msiturs-wheirit-is` iid-c•pos= siaaa to provide for an adequate A." 1;8%4 .4.0ageups-esldelepisfuf;yemrneletehreaviaaiyh...-, •constructioni ' The liberal use of Sticky.fly .pa„. (See Gen. 2. 21; 15. 12). . per, within dears and of fly traps on III. Taunting the Bodyguard, of windows, garbage cans, etc., will - SAiil (Verses 16-16). likewise help to bring the desired 13. Stood on the top of the mo,um- vesults. - , tam .afar off; a -great apace being . On our -more or less isolated .between theinDavid was taking farms, all those measures will con-, no ohances.He trusted Sa,u1 no, tribute considerably in rendering moriamaw than on the former °Doak life more bomfortable and will like- sloes. wise aid in the plea -cation of dis- 14.. That eriest to the king -Ab - :eases lilc typhoid, but when -we Tar recognizes 'Dairicl_an_d_uphraids, come to face .bhe problem in alloeely built commanitiee, a certain degree. of.co-operation is almost indispens- able.• • Civifisation dependSupon eq7 eration , and Common efforts in pearly all things, .and there is no reason why the fly pest cannot be •eradicated by similar :attempts. aisaasufficient evidenoe-to- show that ther arre atlicajoughly worth while and the measures ne- eesgazy are so simple as to be in reach of practically every house- . It is siaiply a question of organi- zation,:and ,when ..weacensider:how aiyThTther good this are _tieing aeconiplished by intelligent oo- ,opetatien . there seems to be no reason whyth problein• cannot be deelt, with in the eame manner.! ,1 .„ Our Debtto the Engineer. af aieCent -of -the oenerat Electric Review calls Attention to the extent to.which the engineer has -transformed7our Consider, for example, the war - hp of a hundred • years ago, and compare t withathe latest modern. superdrea,dimught, 'The finest of the old ship's depended on. the wind • for her Motive power. and if be - tallied was of little more use than alog floating on the surface of .the wateirsiler arrnanent eonsisted him • for his effrontery •to speak even to the army of Saul, "Who a -re youbut an outcast, daring to call on the name of Saul 1'' 15. Ant not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Isivel3ao David returns Abner's insult 'with biting irony. .."There islet)otiePto. .be ante, who can even approaeh you flees/or. Yet -to -What eA.tentt- -tlid-SroTti.Ofobeet your king?" (See 2 Sam. 2.8; 3. 31-34„38). . , Thy lord the king -David still reoogniied Saul as lord and king. 16. 'Wortley to die -In Hebrew the phrase is: "Ye are sons of death ;_!_' that is, practically dead, so &a' as ani protection they could reader the king. • 1 . An Inch 'of Rein.* When "the Weather Bureau re- ptettgathataan inell of -rain -has -fall.: en it ane,ans that the'aiimunt of iviZter that. descended' front- the -slry in that particular - Shower 'would have covered the surrounding terri tory to_a_diepth of one irich; if nearer of it had run off' or soaked intothe ground. - • • . It means that' .in one 'acre of gtourbd• enotigh water to fill more than oix hundred barrels, of forty- five gallons each, has , That quantity, of water,weighs morethen 110 tens, Tf the rainstorm eotered one thousand aereS, , 'which would he a very small •shower indeed; .116,'000'16---n-Sater -Wald 'fall frefirthetkmde.• ” ..er_how.ev,e4.Avas_4ne,,parely-to- cast,-,iron-nuisleleadingLigiins.-- -7.the. YbeerdiYield....TOF the. :Itnite, :that .werelTbeirioulY 'handled.: 14. States. • ' A altateineat frequently an.ade; but •yearly becoming More difficultte7demon,atrate,;,and.unpos_si e o substantiate with figures, is that the American farmer ean feed the rest of the world. Agaioultural Peoduct,s shipped into this country from Other Countries are yearly growing in 'value and volume. Grains, meats 'end dairy ptodutts. compose the bulk of our present overplus. ° The diminishing meat supply and the evereuereasing &Mead is a serious problem of our Own. NV -import -more vegetables, fruits an watt °than we' send abroad, and -at.- • though our annual, egg art:0 is val, tied at $700,000,006, the. imports of poultry and eggs balance round figittes out eapott. shiPinents: For the fainter of this countrythe, world situation spells prosper- ity. But to reap it much labor and e▪ o-operation are pre- requisites.• Feeding world is a task when peace MINI With the world at war it is it great problem. 4 manual labor, and there was. eotita.... ins in her from stem to stern that resembled a machine except the _burlaps, made TOTIOItaw tree trunks, and the eapstand that raised the anchor; The motion) superdread- naught, on ,the other 'hand, hat ena gine.s that normally develop 60,000 horse power ,and that; it ranter is correct, can at a phial develop 100,000 hose _power. '41er normal speed, independent. of wind and Weather). of twenty-five knots. ;.an hoar, can 1'necessary be inereaSed to almost thirty knots, Her bat. teries of Afteen-itieh guns can hurl vrojectiles that weIgh, nearly a ton for almost 'twenty mileg. Iter tor- pedo tubes can 'fire torpedoes twenty -no inches in diameter. Her lairery vital part is .proteeted with solid steel, fourteen inches thick. •„ A relkeitona'Oeffelt., Caller -How much for 0,inarriage license? • , • - Toon Olerk-LOne Caller --I've only &Am dotag. . TOWti elerlt.--YOU're in luck , , , -Rainstorms frequently' •tkover whole states, and 'often tate or th•reer- orafiVe, inches -of --witerafa-lfs- in tale ' tzitliat Case me weigtht of water that falle to the earth is simply-enormoug, A tiegle widespread &eel heavy storm might, result in a hundred billion tons of rain.' Only Thile: . • "Wtie that ehild of yours ever -still a mintrt,e 1" • "Only the time we tried to get him pliotegraphealaby a Inoving.pie- tare maehine" 14loce the War began nearly 30,- 000 Officers have been appointed to the British Army. that proveilh,. People', that live in glass housea. shouldn't Oita* -stones,' js a remarkably sen-' sible one, , isn't it?'' "Possibly ;. but it seems to have had pore effect. in keeping *age 'cidsort 'IrlaOs heinSee , than. in *opining them- . throwing. atonal" Iftroks-mat now.; 4, New GiVe.S. Very Ael, . earn te, , Boding& • • The number of.pounds of team Per houi_flowiag„past agiven paint in at, pipe of •a given diameter, or the number -of gallonsof',water-a feet of -givi per minute has always ; --artoreaaaraleta-atlifficia1V-illatter to determine accurately. Until the recent invention of a meter for.this purpose •the,problerti was °et which involved the. use of considerable mathematics. • • ' The oeW apparatus Consists of a plug which 'can be scre.weci into pipe at any convenient point and when so attached a tube extends from the 'plug agrees the diameter of the pipe.; At. e'qiial distances along the tabu are small holes open- ing toward' the ditection in which the -contents -a the pipealsafl ' Jar while at.a right angle to these is another similar set of holes. The first of these is known as the lead- ing set, the second as the trailing, set. •. • Supposing ,the contents of the pipe to be water; the action of the flow. ineter is as follows; The efa feet .of the Water ina_peeein ing_setis todevelop.a.-pressure-in the tube equal to theetatic Pres- sure of the liquid, phis' the ,pres- 'mire doe to yelocity head, while in the trailing set it develops a. pres- sure equal to the static dinns the velocity head. Mew two preasurea are cenducted 'through -ignitable: pipes to the meter where they eta! ter eYln'iders containing "mercury. The mereatry-oylinders-tn- turn een- trotathe'itieverment of afircely pivot- ed balaace so that asthe Mercury lives in,one cylinder and tam in the , other dee to the variation of pre,a-. at7n hand Which indfeatee the floflowe the. baTlimee carries a reeord- i on the :dial. • amd.v.atet Lamm -tithe by means Of 4 pen Makes' aeontinai- aareroPitlwirq-afiraeltV.W.Paitra revelvitig.with.eadrum. \ The &am_ arevolvea-larineans7oraiga--taT dock to Whickit is attached, - The meter is capable Of adjost-: ment to: varying temperatures .of the•avater or ether contents of the Pipe and is said to 'give Most ac- curate readings extending. over a. period. of twenty-four len:lee' time, far.which the .recording iittaalunent is designed. • • I A.Aigh He loved a t-alclen butterfly,..• Yet coutellIbut sit and 'freta • He knew to net her none need try, Without -coronet. ., Languid Pets. ``These•parapered dogg of the are rather listless it seems to ioh• - e.," • „ • • !eY•es you. never ;Lae e one qt them .• huryinea mar Mallow or avorafing •clinctilate dro „?.a, .•• If 'you In nti ..‘‘Pileenn's° -Pro- . gress"`tO y„' to4lay, the odds are li twit think 'you are talk, ing n w g me. - - - 'Great 13 itain eiqpdrts every:year liatUe - million et rling,-abdut half •of it ' going to. aitieh, OveraWs --possee. • The yard with a sotitherri ex'pci- stire alvrays 'presents ,great,_ possi4 • bilities along the line of arnaMen-, tal planting than (the yard Which faces._ a ab..tahae. anapairtlar. _t,hiv uoiint• A A P gest.ed. It is hardly a true sub- renieill -edam gement, because, otii; ing to lack ofspace the castor oil 'tette mtastalaeontitteataral thetiruu • --Mental basses; but, nevertheless, a small betteampoed of Mx French canons, Six or seven scarlet saged and a border of variegated eolenses will be very effective. •# • Instead of having parallel -,beela like those frequently seen in thei pity gardens the shrubbery hag all been cohfined bo one end of fihc grounds, which gives it an eflea of vastness arid adds to its a-ttrac-, • tiVenespA. garden designed • so 'that Mod of the plaints aa•-i' ro ie - end alwaye presettla a pleasing. view from the houee. a expense Will be ethe only, one. • as. . .. they wi I, .in 'itioLtecaSes.,. came ulf with th retlirti of spring each year. - In lecting geraniums for- se eanalt.4.snao.0-1-aPA,VS-!a411.0 .M...tO.-the-.„......„ ,.. Coler,._. The_ vitect_-3411--b*--nbooa„:-...,- P'iletisio than:if. you ..Aised....kvo.....or.,..... ...._ , - three c Ors. • . • • All 'Id, -Yrkaate-fottlitaiailati'ar_thata. ....., faces tic-- oast should he •• eluiLseir - -,------..r 'with due Consideration ' te lilie ' amount' of Mill they'. ,will receive.. They will all grow in any good gar- . • den loam, provided it • hawell ” drained. All are 'easily raised and, inexperisivea • The path should be lefeelet, r of any 6.ve rhanatie gabush? -. • es,• A 'privet , screen ... could , be . plantedto hide the ash barrel or garbage . can. . If you find it. necessary to rerilmv :the 'grass:in the main portion of tho . yard, and do net Cara to g� to thir-7-77- --- expense of sodding, use the follow- •• ing mixture i Sight parts by 'Weight . of grass and two parts 'by weight , 01 white clovot. YOU will ,he de- • lighted with the results. If you have room, • you. tan add a grass • border to your flower beds, but do. • snot , plant the flowers too near-- abont six or eight iliOhen' 'distance in good ,tor the flowcia and allows the use v0f. the lawn inOWer. len the • -grati ' withent injuring the nearhy plants, ' , , ° • , A , With ,an Eye to the Future,. -- 111 th'e bed at the lower end ,of the garden each bush. and plant, Should he arranged -Kith a know- ledge of the height it will reach when • it- • hail attained .4te full growth:, Moat Of the plants and shrubs ' selected should ha hardy. What coOna stock. Therefore the first -