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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-11-09, Page 6n Editor Talks Is lir iter of these- Tante mon m vke. The ffermoze we heerd. was g0Qd Short kolklaY in New York City. Se :and the laineic was. good, but both: Vie topic* touched .upon tide week will. went largely into, vacant space. •Oue lee of * eontewliet. different .cheraeterthinw worthy of imitation by other • front the ueaal ones. ;First, the Volt, ea Attes newspapers write of Very difherent subject* from those dealt e.ewith in Canadian newspapers, but reneit thet the naper„here ec*nteen has much of intereat for Use,:Verinstenene • here is a paragraph from the New „York, Timefound in an article from a correspondent on the funny things the war,eensor finds in the letters of ,aokliere written home from the /rout and which gives illuniinating views. of the soldier's hear. One example quoted is, froM the letter of a soldier 1 at n 0,weels, the veal/ewes of teas W110 Coroludea his letter thusly: "God eaueea wore crowded, with people, he with till WO meet again, but chiefly strangers, the ushers guarding look out 'for them dam Turkey:, Th --e or doge to permit regular PO' held- ` censor writer adds; Whether they ers to enter first and then at 4. stated. treat of love ,or other ,matters these tene_on this eaeastee. •eu,07-tne, churches Wee the eeciabdety a the TheY stayed for several vinl. utes to meet strangers, awl g bright young Men ealne up to us to ;oak for our qity address, and hoped We W0414 CIST4.Q.9491-J9'.,11.,,igrYPV.5:, • * Ever since, BeV. nenry Jewett, )1.1), became. the minister of Mother of Nations); and MI the other Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Mareh, hand I have no hesitetien in aasure between 55th and 6tli etreeta, we go fag you that they will excite tstiMirit- te hear MIA at least once when. Oen, sttem and the most reciprocal came to Now York. 81044/'' moratugp feelings of friendship • Meng the .Anee. eritan People. I hell this interchange: of, sentonent, therefore, as an augury - that whatever else may happen,. what. ever zmisfortune • Maybefall your countrpor My. own the peaCe and friendehipwhich new Wet bketween the two nations will be, as it 4411 be My desire to 'make, them, perpetual,— Abraham Lincoln:" Were not these noble ntteraneea and how true to fact as 'shown by the, lapse of over half a century of peace and amitybetween. these two great 'nations' on either side .of she broad Atlantic ocean. log their, *auction to that attempt. Under the. eirculinstatices I cennot but regsrd your decisive utterance's upon the qaeetien ell an instance of eab- lime Christian heroism evbich hats not been lierPaesed' in any age er in any &entry. It le indeed an energetie and reinspiring assurance of the inherent power of truth and of the ultimate and universal triumph of justice, he - inanity and freedom. (The very prin. chiles for which Great Britain and ber alliea-ara• low a veer.) I do not doubt: that the sentiments you have expressed Will be sustained by your great nation; • (What a tribute to the •VAPAiSLE AS MA.N IN INDUS TRIAL TRENSBIE. • soldier letters leave us in the enelA400rs aro open to waeomerst Ana for the neat 15, 'mutates the ushers were very' i(ctive seating the multitude: This ia a large chi:web, but on this oc- casion auditoriula and galleries were als are often indicative of the cherac- Vied' te'eapacitY. It 10-110 possible to ter and kind of home life of these -report the e'en:eon, but one Toronto emen, "The Mea dying • intheir cots gentleman remarked to us that he had or shuffling about arareeruited from.i.never beard a, better discourse. *There all sorts and kinds. "-Some are good ,:vrae a worshipful atmosphere created to look upon, eeme carse, and some rat.the singing of the first, hymn, John , weak -looking, but a 0V eWbelming Newton's. number seem to be encleiied with ',Safely through another week God has led us (Men= way, Let 'us now a blessing seek - Waiting in His courts to -day" The choir in this church is a qunr- _ tetta-e-Soprano, contralto,' tenor and basso. We must say, however, that While the singing was excellent, we Much' Prefer a full choir." The congre- gational singing was geed, but the One, act that was noteworthy was the general` Way in 'which the audience joined in the Lord's Prayer. There is no evening service QM Sunday, but an afternoon service at 4.30 o cloek • is held ,vvhich. is attended largely by men. Indeed, at the morning service quite two-thirds of the oedience was composed of men„ which .,was a sur - Prise to the Canadians present. 'With, (V stronger behef Mal* inhere ent righteensnesse" • ' * The lettees trem soldiers in hospit. -courAge, belief in their cause and. love Of borne and faintly," says this writer. These letters reveal men's minds very much en deshabille, and if it is an un- grateful task thus ,to pry into theM, • What censor in any hospital will ever • forget such relations of patience and courage? Can. it fail to touch any- one that thousands of men—and rough men, too --still write pitifully affectionate letters to their =there? There are more letters written to ns0- thers thanto wives, sweethearts or friends. We only eclut the hope of the gallant soul who writes back .across the eeas , that "There is happy days in *tore for us all." Such men have earned victory and With it happy days, too. The censor says nearly all sot- ' diem' letters contain crosses, except- ing businets ones, of course, and are bestowed upon men ,friends and also on young ladies to whom' the writer signs himself "Yours truly." • We have been reading Abraham Lincoln's speeches and have :enjoyed them. Here is a Paragraph from his inaugural address delivered March 4, 1861, that shows the character of the Polioznyelites, the term the doctors man when he became President—it is use for infantile-peralysis, is aPPar- the closing clauses: ently .rapidly waning, in New York My countrymen, one .and all, think City, but it is very doubtful if the half ,calmly and well upon this' whole sub - of the real cases are reported to OM ject—the change of Government). Board of Health. An sorts of oleos Nothing valuable an he lost by take. aLC resorted to to, prevent residences : log thee. If there be an object to from being placarded. That the hurry any of you in hot haste to a death or crippling of thousands of lit- .step which you woulde neva 'take de - +1 babies sheuld be due to. politks liberatelY,,,that object will be friestrat. • CW s': ming TrowAsHgp.. Kaiser's 'Heir Given Chastisement by One of His Servants: •• All German royalties are attended at table by their alert' butlers. The Crown Prince has an elderly butler who was once in the Service. of an Etglisli peer. • In this Connection May relate a story that iS well-known in Berlin, 'concerning a former butler of the. Crawl". Prince:. I was told it by 'a servant in the Int/aerial house - 'Ile dye Shelia lo the ROligh and ant, pieta Them Ready for . the.4101., The English WOMPli are busy. Their a ,M0n have one to th e w r, an4 to 'those doomed to sit at, home and wait or news a complieated machine which :requires incessant attention can be a. ',very real comfort. \ The machine is ai- •night ahifte have their dinner at cut, Male labor haa net been entire- elhuinated, but there are only live' men employed to every seventy41ve, women. ' • • Preyed 'Themselves, Competent. The women have proved themselvea' •Competent ter the work. • Theso bePinr shells require' in all some ten opera..' tions, necessitating the emPleAmat ut, dyferent machines. In many ef the . aeteriefi it 1.a• ustial for the iiitbe to be fitted with a "stop," and at.s Val& point the- -women relinquiSheri., the • „wok, Which ZaoW requiree extreme ,4e'4ledeY and eerie:, into the band of the .skilled Mate Nebo coMpletes the operae tiore • At the Worite there ere 119.1?•S of these stops use The weenen -001Vethee ebella in the reeigh .and complete, them ready -for the 4`hent1t,- zer,',' and latin told that their "scrap" Mast human; it• is. the result of e concentrated intOligence of some clever Matrieeit_ does the Work SQ without -,elrert, and without fOtiglieerroughing• timing, Polishing, with autematie precieiou. , . :Sitnetlen. Entirely Changed,' - At tlio- outbreak of War womaiclo her' dienlay, found herself confronted by the idea,. fostered by generations of men, that, whatever her country's need, she must remain,industriallY in- capable,. l'ider\liis is all changed; the errorist who preached this doctrine has been swept away by the rushing tide of Omits; and -woman, no longer chained to the rock of convention, is happy in the thought that in the in- dustrial trenches she is as capable as the man. The workers . themselves, have been the first to acknowledge this, and have yielded their places willingly, knowing that their. countrY will gain and not lose by their goieg.. Armed -with my permit from the British Ministry of Munitions,' I was pvileged recentlto see the Liver, is less than that Of any other factory in the ceuntry. If tide isnot feminine acliievernent what is it? • ..The ' man Whose erganization has made all this possible is young and ,entliusiastic and believes in woman's capacity., At another factery in the city some 600 girls are employed, and it seemed to me that they were all in the sheds at once. The ever. of ethese shell looms—for that is what they are — was intense, the sound of running wa- ter PersWent. The shell ' js washed oat even. as it is hOred.. , Tift here were of so h t ht and after a fortnight's trainillg it was proved that. woman was competent to take command of her lathe. The girls learn from other workers, and are not nrafted in from any -training school. : IlalW THEY FIGHT... . Behavior of the Different Natituali. ties hi Battle. As to the qualities and characteris- tics of the various 'non-Teutonle. Bel - hold but I capnot vouch for its truth. diers of Europe, German army officers . poowom----------------.wtes Mary • As everyone knows, . the Crown Fraser. Their :occupation Was the ePeak -interestingly, and not without Prime haat like is •father, a very dietinctively unfeminine one of turn- . e generosity. The French .soldier is It is equally unwise to not get them Yiblent temper, and When he • was ing heavy shells. I entered expecting gallant, nervous, and very brave, only accustomed to the dry feed- a few aqtutietnedaal'1'tysouhnagd intoanputhiep iMisinietdhiatae . to eee haggard faces, Signs of gigan.. it is difficult to .make him return a weeks before they are taltentp'for the great deal from their royal master. The attendantwho chiefly suffered Was a servant I who acted as the tic effort and unaccustomed toil; .1 , second �r . anticipated dirt and malodor. Instead I saw cheerful flitting figares, not tes- .e. e -Y I Italian, . and ' ipdividtially ;resourceful. The ters in an unthrifty and low flesh con - fire. The English. fighier is dogged, Ewes that go into their winter qUar- though fereeioue in assault, third time into -the mune Winter. , . • picturesque in their uniforms, i., '1; &ben . cermet bring good vigorous such rapid and cheap gaits, and it Primes butler and chief personal at - is discouraged by faihire. He goes on lambs in the spring., There again the pays to keep nim growing as rapid- tendant. The Priem at that thee woman in the shed showing an almost ! oue impulse and. hates to repass his ewes that. are in low flash at lambing ly as 'possible while young - To this was leading a pretty gay life, and affectionate familiarity with her lathe. I own dead for a' Second charge. That ' sometinies Would return to the em.. Now, a lathe cin be a fearsome thing, time cannot , supply the necessary ;end the sow should be given all the especially When it is a "turret" one— i is how a German sees three of his ad- nouriehment..to raise as good iambs as good milk-prod:icing feed she will eat ' perial Schloss in the early morning, not altogether sober, and sometimes in an exeessively bad temper, which he would vent on the luckless' butler, Now the butler was. a giant of a Wintering Breeding 4‘aree 090d conifortable housiag and jude ideate feeding are the two cardinal: Pyineinlm Of•- anetesefully, the breeding' ewes. The change from grass and forage to law and grain should be .enutionaly made to avoid deranging the function*, of the ewe' digestive systems.. An abrupt change of diet often overtakes the ewe's di- geetive system and causes imPaction• or ether seriees ailments. It is very iMportant that we. exercise care and skill in changing the dock from pasture, and forage crops to 'Winter ratiene, writes W„ Milton Kelley. During alterdgelseOnn, the flock should go into winter quarters, about the nest week in DeeeMber. lip to this tiree the grass and forage furnish- es considerable green food for the 'ewes, but the frozen coedition af the feed after this date renders. it watery and „less neurishing, and without ee4, e 'entirely free from dirt, :cliipa or ether , foreign substances .ancl 'the eencrete, roughened :before depositing upon it the above -ground portion or wall pro. p.er. _he minimum thickness of walla •for very light .structures may- be 4. inehens although it is :very difficult to deposit.- concrete in wall this. A thieltness. ef.. inches :is better for - mest purposea,: • -Th.e proportion of • walls _above .greand alma. he 1 bag - of Portland cernent to .2' cubic feet of. sand to 4 Cubic • feet of 'crashed rock or pebbles.. • Baalcrun.gravel may be • used if the pebbles are separate4 from .,the sand. •by • sceeening through 4... 34-40P4.SCIVQ.Q. • rOt• t4e. Abova-opund portion -the/forms Aoki be made with care, the hOtk•rdS being care.: fully matched so that a smeoth AO - face will ba obtained in tbe finished This result '. Ohtained by spading' the concrete as it is Wing placed. • in, the forms. -Spading con- . • thrusting between the form. • con - bra care and feed the ewes fail to .get •oista of eufficient food to graiatairathealesired arid the.fteeT1 e'en." te• thin • wee4": paddle. • This."serves o force the, StOne flesh ceildition# The small amount of back into 'the concret , allowing a rich, mortar coat to flow against the fortis.. In walls above ground It -is well to IpOhi. . • ea r . reinforce with small steel rods eravire e. • to the heeith of the ewes. ,1 ., With pas- ture. and forage 'erops. eimplemented causes. • mesh. This reinforceing funs in both directions end serves to prevent anar creeks due, to. • settlement or .other niSh succulence which- is so • esseutial .by glover. or. alfalfa hay during the . • • late fall there is little ganger of de- -Walls for buildings Can, be construct - ranging• the functions- of .digestion ed as described. but for buildings of • when the owes are placed in their i- considerable size the .thickness of .the rain. Ie is unwise econoTy to save -Wells should be 8 inches, and -one or • two lengths of rods _should be laid ter qeerters end foci dry .hay,•and .gress and: fehige. obtained during the month of November will help to modify the influence of the dry feed thedigestion hay and grain feeds for winter feed- about 2 inches above• the tops, a win-. dows, doOrs and other. openings.— ' lag and allow the ewes to become run canadian •down in flesh condition 'during the fall. :Feeding Young Pigs. , • It pays to feed the youfig pig as much as possible, • both through the mether and' later . directly froth the trough. • Never 'again 'will he make and blocks of steel weighing 100 ve.isaries. As to a fourth, he voluile the individuals that are in good flesh ,Nhen. the -pigs are about a month old pounds are not exactly feminine toys;, teers nothing; but if he..is piesseil; he condition, at this Period. R clearly' they will begin to need something in • even when a shell body has had a con -1 will add, "The' Russian is terrible." to our interest to have the •mve. flock addition to the mother's •milk, even. siderahle atrieunt of material taken The meaning of that assertion de- in gOod vigorous flesh condition dur- though she le well fed. ' . , for two years he put up with the than a tennis ball. . ' It is not-tbat the iralividual Russian it it is distinetively ea ie 1 Pressian; an ex -cavalry soldier, and. "t a velops slowly, with nutny hesitations. Woltic, soldier is particularly terrible. No, Prince's temper, submitted without .Dtlftwlyatreholeidinag.stlhiene ytoeuunghg,glbiroldyat, along that is not. what he means to, say. The a, murmur, not , only to the most via - Russians cannot be shigeliarized. You lent and insulting •abuse from his the floor she knelt and einbraced it at royal master, but often to personal in- dighities such as having'boote flung at his. head and wine in his face. The if it were a doll, and slipping'a halter • • around ita neck; with the aid 0! a light plurality, a slow-moving, ornin'ous, cause, of severe losses. It riot only and the pigs are given plenty of exer- die there should be no trouble from have to think of :Russians, a.nfinite in the winter months Is a frequently crane she fitted it' into the.lathe, and imposing mass. They come in • lines causes the ewes to become 'sluggith, eith'er thumps or scalers. Mix byweight• -may seem, monstrous but an authori- ed by taking tinase-but no good object within the. space of a couple of min- ten and twelye deep, heedleSs and b ing the ,winter so that they may being As soon as the pigs will eat •they good robust lambs and supply thenil' should have skim -milk in a Shallow, with plenty of nourishment., • 'I pan, then a slop made of milk, some • . Give Plenty of Exercise. ,1 Aorta, a little bran, and some oil meal tankage. If this is fed eyith corn, Overcrowding the- evre flock during el' ut many times it increases the tem- ,-,rather. than measure,. four, ,parts a tative medical jonenal in this citY eaYs can be frustrated by it. Sucli of you man had been drilled and schooled in heavy, so controlled by their own 'me- perature •of the b • there are abundant reasons for be- - '• t dissatisfied' -stili h th all the strict discipline •of the Ger_ utes had her machine at .work. Not arn and caqses thd , corn, 'four parts of sherte, one part a as are nohave e man army, and submitted*insuit and. abuse from the lieir to- the throne as a thing as natural and lieving that the efforts to halt the old 'Constltutiot unimpaired, And, on Plague were handicapped by political the sensitive point, the laws of your influences, and the very hospitals that own framing under .it, while the neve were established to heal the sick have administration will have no immediate fallen short in active aid and-eo-oper- power, if it would, to change either. ation and shows instances of neglect, If it were admitted that you who are carelestness and actuai. venality." dissatisfied hold the right side in the mat. 'Working °Fie of these light keep At up." • infaetile paralysis in this city is due reason for precipitate 'action: Intelli- cranes myself, to which e * block Of ., , . . ,e.' That the waning of the epidemic of dispute, there 'still is no single geed • • By Comparison not th preventative measures, but to gence, patriotism, ChristianitY and a steel was attached, I • could hardly Two Scottish soldiers On their Way the fact that the dieease-has "burned . firm reliance on Min *he hae never realize that I was lifting anything . from the ground. . • • . • , :to Frange passed through London re - itself out," and that the efforts of cap -1 yet forsaken this favored lahd, are able health officials have beep ham- still coinpetent to adjust in the best Humanizing. of Industry. . . cently. - - It ..wdsr their first -experience so long ago was w /verges that they cannot .stop. TheY wires to begin sWeating and wlien they bran and One part of tankage. The creed that. heavy shell making was I will go anywhere, into anything again' are turned out they take eold and little pigs should always be fed in a W develop catarrh. . If pasSible they ceeep of somo•kind—that is, in a small beyond.the power of women, and it and 'nein, as if they did not know 'tli those h de •.. the introductionof these apph- how to be afraid.':. "The Only „thin ,pen into which they can. come and g shotild be separated into • flacks of Proper as eating. • you can " says' the Germ n officer,' from 20 to 40 ewes. • In this WaYe which shutsut the sowe arid4the larg, '• But like the worin, even a Prus; aces leto the factory that hmas placed y. , there will. be less danger of injory er pigs that wield otherwise rob them, sian soldier arilLtUrn, and one night, this work in their hands. achme Yi"is to slaughter them. and „pray that has Edivays been the friend of the wo- I you will have annatinitiori enough to th h d' d h • e As the pigs became older, the amount •• • when the Prince returned from some .. • carousal in a particularly - lively mood and • began as usual to abuse his at- tencjant, the dormant temPer of the big Prussian awoke. . He seized the Prince' in 'his power- ful grasp, and inflicted 'on him, with the Prince's own cane, , a terrible • • pereci throughout are charges made. way all our present difficulty.. . In the well -lighted and well-ventil- of the "big village," and they were na- • ie • turally keeping their 'eyes open. -• Politics or Political influences have You can have no conflict without chastisement. Then he bound the ated workshops of the 'company undoubtedly played an a.etive Part in being -Yourselves the aggreseors. You 'Prince hand. and foot and gagged him Liverpoid, which ,is regarded as the • Their .watchfillnesi was, • however, handlealMing capable 'and have no oath registered' in heaven te-and departed -from the Schloss. , The Pioneer of the movement for bringing' not sharp enough to avoid a taxi -In 'faithful officerS, whicl; wilhing shows the ne- ',destroy the government, while I shell man left 13, erlin by a night train and heavY shell wnrk- within the reach of the vicinity of Victoria Station, and cessityvof removing a city health de- have the most solemn one • to "pre- partment from the realm of politics. serve, protect and defend it. * * * lam loath -to close. We are not en- . • sonday in New york is very die.. ernies, but friends. We, must not be fi-rent from a Toronto Sunday. "Blip- ness as usual" might be placed over really e shop doer and no attempt' is made to hide the fact that work' -is go- ing on. Sitting at front windows may , be seen men and.worien in shops at, the-nioviese-aedeenanyetheatre are doing a rushing business. Indeed there seems to be amusement of vari- ous kinds—some not very bad or ob- jectionable, some quite bad; and a lot very bad. It is halal to draw the line, in many eases. We saw the rich or well-to-do in thousands out in auto- mobiles, the splendid road-' , ways through the parks, Centre' Park being a veritable panorama activ- ity and grandeur from 'the great stream of motor cars of every class . almost flying, through the park. Fifth ' Averme, the city's fashionable thor- oughfare, was the -scene of four lines of autos—two lines running in either. enemies. • Though passim' may have Strained it, it muet eot • break our bonds of affection, The mystic 'Chords of memory, stretching from every bat- tlefield, .and patriot grave,. to every: living heart and hearthstone all oVer broatl-land•-WilLret_ , th_a_ chorus • of . the 'Onion when again touched, as suredi they will be, by the better angels of our nature. Oxt January 10, 1863, -President Lin; vein sent an acknowledgineet to the Working Men's association • of Man - Chester, Eeglarid, Of an address sent to him on the eve of the • new year. This part of Lincoln's address has a. • peculiar interest for • Canadians and Britons at the present time. After a. suitable acknowledginent, he said: . I have utalerstood well. that the duty of eelf-preseevation rests solely with the American people; but,I have directiort-eand , the walks we're at the sante time beet aware that fae thronged with pedestriane, mostly vor or disfavor of foreign nations splendidly dressed in the season's might have a material influence it en - *blots. The Grand Concourse which, larging or • prolonging the struggle tuna. froth Matt Avenue Park to Van with disloyal in which the country is , Courtland Park is one of the newer engaged., A fair examination of his - highways for autoing, •atd great was tory has served to authorize a belief . the number found thereon last Sun- that the past actions and influencee of " day,- The trip hothewarde was by., the iLleitedeStates were generally re - way eel the .French 'Boulevard andg' areed as having been berieficial .Cor, Rieertide Drive, Making together one ward mankind. I have, therefore, or the loveliest auto rides to be had imot the forbearatee of nations Cu in the eitYe-some 35 to. 40 miles in eumstances, to sane of which you length. . kindly allude, induce Me eseecially * .* * that if justice and good faith shoeld --The--playgroutids and--there--arearbe practisedany-the---UrdtedeeState. • many of thenr.Along this route—were they would eecounter no hostile in - thronged with people of all ages, the fluence on the part cif Greet Britain. • small boy being in ,the majority of It is new my pleasant duty to ack- course eitheetalchig part in orwatch- novilewde the demonstratioft you have. --.-----*---litg4e-sporteratteiefiyeleagebaltut----giyeneine-ef-yeter-desireethat a spiri tennis and golf Were much in • evi- of amity and pettee toward mankind • • deuce, and it is' surprising what. fine may peevairen, the reancitas of yew golf Bilks and he*. pally of. them are Queen who is respected and esteemed found,. within the :hounds of Gethaneei Ireztour Own ecrantry only mere thane, e boundaries, It is quite the custoin, she is by the kindred nation which has , toe, for young people to ettend thea- its .hotne en this side of the Atlantic.• , ties on Sunday eveninge. 'As we were -on our way to church 'we saw im- Menge crowds waiting' outside the snevies and other playhousese for the • doors to open, while the elrarches did Met •aeern to share in the rush for seats,: We attended , a dont-town •eirarelielie teflon Methedist Xploco- pitl-:-413th Street 'West Of Broadway, Het. T. Basil •Yourig, pieta: This • cher& le comfortably seated, bril- liantly lighted, with a popular min- Ister and splendid choir but the sae- o ted edtfice was less than quarter full. No are tied that this church 14 no ex- ntiptien among down -town eburthes. • Mitilstere aie not, to blame. Many • peel& are "oneete," and tee many •beitdt go at all to any religioas set - was never, seen, or heard of d again. • After this incident the Crown Prime's treatment of his servants greatly im- proved ' • His Preference.- • • Younglady (with hopes)—What do you think. is • the fashienable•color for a bride? - ' Male fleffirwalker—Tasies differ, bat I ihoiddeprefer a (white one! ' one of them got knocked over. • . women; -there is installed every pos- sible • machine for simplifying tlee As he picked himself mi, none the work. Lloyd Geofge has. sj3oken - re- ,worse for his fall, -his mate* groWled.• .cexitlY ef the htimenizing of inclattry, Kiroch Mee"' ' • • ' *-,• ' • "Mebbe yell- believe it's :busier than and here you see- it in practice. Since kintill. November last 450- 'girls have been ' • . • • A missing suepeeder uttan often leaves: a man in suspens •- , - A rhan lead a. woman to the altar—after he betimes a fOl- making shells day and night, working on three shifts per day of twenty-four hours, 150 girls apd women per shift. There are breaks for meals and rest; and, as is usual nowein factories; the lower. may -which cise more freely. 'Breeding ewes reel of corn,* the eation May be gradually increased until. it has been doubled., quire plenty of .weercise and every day ' when the Weatheris feerdrable they1 In edeitioh to these methods of feed- • .shodle be turned out and allowed to ing, which hive given good resbits at . roam over the yards and pasture the Missouri College, of Agriculture, . ".. '. ''. Plenty pf 'out-slocir exercise and fresh' two prime essentials must be kept in an will insure a crop of vigorous min& The pigs =it be. in the sun- ' 'lambs.. ' . . :. . I shine, anti direct light should get into Mane'. of -the troubles' experienced at , the sleeping quarters to kill ' disease lambing time are the result of rough ' germs. Plenty of • exercise is also handling and treatment during the 1 important . • .. .' ' - • • Peried of pregancy. ' It shows very . ,. . • 2*-- • * • -:' ' • eeor -management when the ewes are - TWO OF A -KIND.. • afraid of the owner: - Itunifirig' and crowding through doors is, likely to, How kfirGeorge Reid Eyened Up With result •in dead or 'deformed lambe at I, ; Sir- Joseph Ward. lambing -Curie. A few Weeks. of good! ' ' • • ' • ....Ai;. treatment and quiet handling gives the I egood story is being recalled about Sir George Reid, M.P., and ex -Premier ewes .confidence in the 'shepherd and prevents losses at y*aning. -I of the Australian Commonwealth, and Sir Joseph Ward, the ex-Prefnier of It requires the hand of a nagster shepherd to judiciously feed a flock of New Zealand, who is now on a .visit to England. • ' breeding- ewes during the winter. A ronifiage-ration of any kind is not sJe..1 Sonia titn-e age-tire-tvechstatesmen , dui - feeds is . equally dangerous . A '.1ight ! had occasion to travel together . ficient. A too heavy ration Of grain , prefer a train feed will produce the mg the night, and jointly occupied a feeding of . best • results.. For . a . grain ration I 1 iin.erga.-ebaelr%• berth compartment on the.. sleep - 'oils kinds' of home grown grains, will remarked: - "Look here, Ward, T ..am ' . •,•.. , • • . . wheat bran. • •A mixture of the earl- As bedtime appeoacheda.-eMr... Reid , mixture of corn; Oats and . . about the necessary amount' of 1, a terrible snorer, to you had better supply :e good turn in a' quarter of an • hour, before protein and carbohydrates to giv' connection rine. . advice was ac-- ' and get to sleep.- before 1... start results, especially if fed inperforming," which cepted and promptly acted ',upon.. ' On 'awakening . the next ..morning, a" Wild-eyed and haggard. min, Who had• • , -plenty of good •thughage and passed a aleeplese night, heated re - Given . a lignt grain ratiop . of wholesome .proaclifully at •him ' tied .• said •empees. .8uromge ffeoerd .8sou:epolieeineee:..ttehde with a i: s- hloitetlide. sivelY: "Ward, and some roet_ereps, QC corn en- i travel together. we start fair." P oil• . The New Zealand' reinier • naively- " the next :One we fa . then be in ideal • flesh condition at remarked aftervrards. that he quite omitted to mention, when Mr. Reid lambing IC..me.-- e .•I. , • . e. • With clove,' or alfalfa hay. Corn should be fed sparingly' as it tends bo produce too much fat which is more in- jurious than beneficial at this period: • -a Concrete Wail Consitriiction. • Concrete walls are easily construcie e Land at' a low cost. These 'wane are especially •guitable for farm en- trance e or enclosures' about farm build. itigs. • Wheremerely serving the put - warned him of, his nasel "accomplish- ments," that he also had a great re- putation in that respect. . • e ' Saluteuitable for a General. ;.",l'he recruit Was having- his first turn-. , on sentry duty;• "New; remember your "salutes," , the corporal warned , pose of An enclosure, such a' a barn- hnn lef you:, see a lieutenant wear - yard or poultry yarn,. it is not neces- ing two stars, slope arms. •• For a cap • - eanstruct -the-wall-more than tain, with three stars, slope aems also. 6 inches thick. Simple, methods of The major has a crown on his straps, - • construction are as follows: , The ingest impertant consideration in the construction of any wall is a firm .a.ncletionrsufrieiently deep to - is this closing paragraph • that prompted us to reproduce so much of this letter of Lineoln's at this time. He said: I know and deeply deplore the sufferinge which the working. men of Manchester and In all 'Enrope are called to endure in. this crisis. • It. has 'nee often and studiouely represented that the attempt to overthrow this governineet whieh was built upon the fraindatiot of huinan rights and to substitute fet: it one whieh • adiould rest excluaively on the basis of hu- trian slavery, was likely to obtain the favor of Euyope. Through the action • of our disloyal citizens, ttiO working men of Europe heve been subjected to severe triple for the purPoee of fora- ••: end you Present arms. For the col- onel, whohas state and a crown, you. present arms and turn out the guard," hen he wasaleft alone the recreit heaving by frost. In most localities went over these ,raelees again and this distance is 3 tie 4 feet., When twain. Sdddenly his musing nras in- bhe earth is firm and the side e of an -I teivupted by the approach of at of it . . excavation • will stand up -vertically, fieerThis was a general, and the ^is. unnecessary to. use wooden fofms recruit did not know what to, do for "And 'which mfghe you be 1" he' for the portion of wall beneath the him • • asked bluntly, le the - ground level. A, trench of the re- unabto recognize badge ofthe officer's rank. "I'm the (piked width is dug, taking _care that gerieral," replied the officer .atrably. • . the sides of .the trench are straight, vertical and faiely snioeth. The width "Stite, now, and are ye'?" exclaimed 'of all walls below ground level shotild. the recruit in -consternation. "Then The leakier t Stand BefOie Me, Old' Friend, 'They're aminfet • New York' P.:tenting Sun, be at least 12 inches. Where sandy or crumbly 'earth is encouttered, -it is best to UM Wooden .forme 'Aran; ground level. In depositing the con- • crete in the foundation trench see that no dirt falls into it as -this would weak. en theeeeell. The proper proportions for walls' beiran ground are 1 bag of Portland cement to 2% cubic feet Of sand to 5 cubic feet of crashed rock or fiebbleb, When .the trend' is filled with concrete toageound levela eimple 'form, is set in plabe,-, The surface of the foundation at ground level must b• 4 ' want something -big. How'd -do if I give yen a bit Of bayonet ex- ,. ereise?" The Illeshing litides. • "Why are bridee generalla -expected • to be blushing as they walk down the" Mine?" ' • • "I suppose," 'replied Suffron Long, glancing cautioinfly about and lower- ing his voice, "that a good Many of them blush ti think hoorthey are go - big, to subdue the lora . Of creation after they've safely got them.", - "