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The Wingham Advance, 1915-10-14, Page 31 i POULTRY WORLD 1 -1.,.')VtL,':if'sl,1,'''.!;:l 1)*0.11;.e SI 1(ittlt tti;litill1114'. L • * inal reivitv. In ;Withal to. these two et ' . ..........** Ole** etleleetik..qp tensitlera,t I on s quality is f urth yr i) 1 il I- eated by the texttirp of the hotel Parte. The comb ana wattles elustatl not only be well developed. but ffili)11111 have a save smooth velvety texture A fourth consideration ia seleethrt the proopeetive laver ti that of verac- ity. A hen in actlen needs lots of rooln. that 19 to ear, moth. for the digestive Sell reproductive organs. Such capacity is indicated by good width between the pelvic bones and also good width between these arid the roar end ot the lteel. THE le it hat3;:iteeniarovlousiyi ',celled 1 • ant t emus erat on It t et g ten t.k tliCk`O bird i that bat% grown rapid- ernae wdl. and to the. 4, Gott Aim 110\4"r() GET RID OF gams,. in the warm weather there aro ire- quent enquiries at to by !zees rtoli Wang. In NOM.' Cases the hone have Wel very Well all remain, but euadealy the egg Yield begins to tail off and etanetimes caesee entirely. It is needleee to expect a aoelt to ley equally well at all times. flock, teat lute laid heti% ily during the win- ter will generany sloe, up towards the middle of the bunuher, and witee they Degin to moult, bet wave the egg yle.d drops rapidly autil it practically cemee without apparent reatton, suepect ver - nazi. Of all the many varieties of vermin that infest fowl the red mite le the most troublesome. Cniike the °military hen louse, they are not as a rule found on the fowl, neither aro they killed by dusting, as the ordinary body leueee is. Theee peste breed very rap- idly, especially during the hot weatiur, utmally lit t•raeke cent:lining filth or in dirty nesting materiel They are hot red in color, as is populartee com- posed, but grey. It is only after they have come into contact with the fowl And bave become filled with blood that they appear red. The young mites are white and have only ilia' legs, lett after casting their skins, which teey do several times, they have eig•la legs. The east eking may be seen like a white powder around the perches, this often being the first indication et the presence of mitee. They are uble to live and reproduce for months without animal food, the first food oe the young probably being filth or deeayed wood. Tiley thrive best in dark, dirty houses, and have been found to exist in houses the followiug season after the fowl•had been removed. They usually attack the birds at night, but are soMetimes found on laying hen., and they frequently drive broody hone from the nest. They pierce the skin with their needle—like jaws, and suck the blood, after • which they retire to the seclusion of, the cracks and ere- viees of the roosts, nests and other parts of the house. They will bite man or other mammals, causing severe irritation, but they never remain on them for any length of time. • If the fowl are not doing well and on examination are thinner Gum they t3hould be, a sharp lookout should be kept for mites. At night they may be seen either on the fowl or running along the perches; in the day tittle examine the cracks and crevices of the roosts and walls closely, or lift the roosts and examine the cracks and places where they come in contact with the supports. If mites are found to be present, the first step in banish- ing them is to give the house a thor- ough (leaning. Remove all droppings I' f),(1 1—stimt no -aerial, scram; and o eweep out every particle of. dirt and buil it -Then if you are so fortun- ately situated that you have rater • preesure at your command, turn on the hose with as much pressure as „Olt you ean get, forcing the water into tat ry crack: if, ::F4 ie the case on most forme cannot tole this method, it is advisable to scrub down the walls with a brush or old broom, leut in any case they should be thoroughly ePrayed or painted with a good strong disinfectant. This wash should _be repeated in a few days, to destroy the mites which hatch after the first application. The disinfectant may be applied With a hand spray pump, or if such is not available, a brush will do, but M. either case the fluid should be used liberally and every crack flooded. Fresh air and sunlight are yonder- ful disinfectants, and combined • with cleanliness arepreventives against most of the ills of the poultry yard, One of the best disinfectants to use against mites is made as follows; Dissolve one pound and a half con- centrated lye in as small a quantity of water as possible. It will be ne- necessary to do this two or three hours before it is required as the lye should be cold when used. Put three quarts of raw linseed oil into a five gallon stone trock, and pour In the • lye very slowly, stirring meanwhile. Keep on stirring until a smooth liquid • soap is produced, then gradually add two gallons oe either crude carbolic acid or commercial cresol, stirring constantly until the resulting fluid is a clear dark brown. Use two or three tablespoonfuls of the mixture to a gal- lon of water. The foregoing is offered as a, most effective remedy against, mites; but those who regard the preparation of the mixture as too much work, may use a good strong solution of "Zenole- um," or any other crealin preparation. Ordinary coal oil will kill mites, but as it evaporates quiekly the effects are not so lasting. An excellent "peint" to apply to the roosts and west boxes is composed of one part erude carbolic to three or four parts cleat oil. Even after the house has been cleaned, the cracks in the 'roost and nest -boxes should be flooded at regu- lar Intervals throughout the summer either with the forementioned "paint" or with coal oil. This will go far to keep the pests in check, but it must be regarded simply as a check and tho thorough or annual house cleaning described above put into effect as soon es possible. e To fapilitate the ease with which this house cleaning may be done all fixtures such as roots or nests -boxes should be made movable. If they are stationary at present, advantage should be taken of the first rainy day to Change them. It will be time 'well spent. —Poultry Division, Experimental Farm. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN. Differing Forms of Opeoch hi Great Britain and the States. The common objeets and phenomena of nature are often differently named In Englieu and American. Such, Amer- icanisms as ereek and run for small -streams are practically unknown. in England, and the English moor kis. etranger in the United States. The Englishman Is naturally but little fa- miliar with bayou, gulch, gully, cans Yon, butte, divide and bluff. He knows the meaning of sound (Long Island Sound), but always uses channel in place of it. In the same way the American knows the meaning of English bog, but almost always uses swamp or marsh (often elided to ma'sh). Foot- hill is an Americanism; so is cold snap; so also are prairie, backwoods, flats and neck (in the sense of penin- sula). The Englishman seldom if ever deecribes it severe storm as a hurri- cane, a cyclone, tornado or blizzard. He does) not say that the teraperature is 29 degreeor that the thermometer -or the mercury is at 29 degrees; but that there are three degrees of frost, He cells lee water, iced water.—Pitts- burgh Press. •••••••••....61.• • • • TORTURING SCIATICA A Severe Sufferer Cured Through the Use of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. Pierce darting pains—pains like red not needles being driven threugh the flesh—in the thigh; perhaps down the legs' to the ankles—that's sciatica. None but the victim •can realize the torture. But the sufferer need not grow discouraged, for there is a cure Lace continually cleaned with gaso- I said to be none other than Major Gen- ; in Dr. Williarns' Pink Pills, These line or naphtha will turn yellow i eral Sir Hector Macdonald, K.C.B.! quickly. • fe pills make new, rich, red blood, which rPemetrief bars an amazing facial esemblance to the great Scottish sole soothes and strengthens the feeble Sponging with warm vinegar is said 1 nerves and thus frees them from. pain to remove the *thine from blue serge. I dier, whose grave lies in Edinburgh. I and restores the sufferer to 'cheerful Sponge thoroughly, then lay a eioth This fact was commented on, again activand again by Scots/ben travelling in ity, In proof we give the state- over the serge and press with a'hot i Russ' b f 4 -ha 1 e ' • Vital Healing Pewar o4 -4-+-$s4* * *4 ***-e*alea+-e-e***4-teassateetit eo-t Helt********-tralletalt4 : Systau I "FIGTING MAC" - And Health Returns .1. _ • . e1 rowing curative triumph irt illee eine jet IlteW given, to tits world, and all who bare "been sutferers from eteMacit ailments, indigestion and headache tan be eared be a purelf vegetabie w a etly. Calomel, salts and Knelt like are Ito longer necessary. They are liana and disagreeable.. Seleace has devised. sonething far superior, and yon'eun go to -day with 25c to any druggist and buy a box of Dr. Hamilton's whirl). are considered the very quick- est and safest cure for the stomach, bowels, liver and kidneys. Half sick men and a -omen who searcely know Nvitat ails them, will he given, new lease of life, with Dr. I lonalton's Pills. Depreestel spirits dis- appear, headaches are forgotten, aPpee tite increases, blood is purifiea and earl -oiled, Pains at the base of the spine are ,cured, the nerves are toned up, ambition to Work Is increased, and day by day the old-time ltealth and vigor return. A trial only is uecessary to prove how beneficial Dr, Hamilton's Pills ere to all who are weaka nervous, thins depressed or in failing health, STILL FIGHTING Is Radko Dexnetrieff, the Russ General, Really Sottish Hero, Sir Hector - Macdonald lai-e-i-stasalitetaeasalse-O-•-•-•-•-•.*••••••••••••*-****a.4.+4-4,-**••••+•-+e-e-o- , is Hector Macdonald—"FightIng Mae," the greatest Scottish Soldier since the daYo of Bruce—still itving? is he playing a hero's Part in the Present war? These are strange and staggering questions, But huudrede are a,sklug them, Thousands and tens of thou.- %tads will be asking them soon, All the world knows that iu the gusty murk of a March morning 12 years ago a coffin, believed to contain the remains of the departed General, wan lowerea into a grave in the Dean cemetery, Edinburgh, Britain. Wile heavy of heart that day. 1 Westminster Abbey wa$ the on Y resting place, fit for so grand a war, rime But his amazing career had ended, not in a maze of glory, but in blackness and borror. "Fighting Mac," the soldier's idol, the man who bad cltnibed by sheer brain, power. and courage from the vaults to a Knighthood anti a. great command, had died by his own lend, Thus, at least, all believed. i3efore usiug any Una for cooking, I 1 And now a etary conies front the tawaya fill them with cold water, add- fthroentNanortdhisorgasienoitniagneer•seanycsytahlort,povoeon ing a handful of mat, and allow there ple's Journal, of Dundee, that the•sui- to stond several, hours, then rinse cide's grave in that Edinburgh ceme- ineclear, cold water, says a, New York tery is empty; that "Fighting Mac" Press contributor. You wilrfind Vele never died and was buried; that in well wovih the trouble, for nothiug the ualform of a Russian General he stielts to them. Is fighting the Germans in the eastern One of the best remedies for remov- , theatre of war, UPposing to Prussian Ing the unpleasant odor from a room ; weight and ferocity that gr..% infini, Is to put a lump of ammonia in a coin- tude of resource, • that superbly eaten - mon jar and. pour in a few drops of latecl strategy, that thunderbolt sude any perfume on hand. The ammonia denness of action that won- for Britain will absorb the extract. Then pour in the battle ot Omdurinaa, and that balf a, teaenpfui or Jess • of boiling'- placed Macdonald for all time among water. , the great military heroes ef the When beating butter and sugar to a world, cream, a perforated spoon will matte General Demetrieff, the raysterious the task easier. and brilliant leader of Russian trooPs, To prevent Made mustard from dry- whose exploits during the past few ing and caking in. tits muetarcl pot aad ,months have been of incalculable sees a little saltwhen making. • vice to our great ally in the east, Is ment of Mr. Thos. D. Leinster, Wapel- iron. time plowboy and exsaraper's assist- ant, must at last have thoroughly dis- gusten It man of Maccionald's tempera- ment, and one . eau quite imagine fierce disdain prompting him at this fine' ineult to act in the way that the old Highland soldiers hint at Alla era- matically sever hirasele from it society In which the syetent of caste ruled with so much arrogance. In the days when Macdonald left the Inverness drapery counter to be- come a Gordon Highlander, the array wan generally regarded as the proper sphere for ne'er-d�aweels and winuae Nvorks. • The dividing line between the soldier and.the officer was limb more drasticelly aefined than it, happily, is to -day. To rise withoet influence to commissioned rank was a task more eifficult than to climb the Matterhorn without rope or guides, HOW "BOBS" WAS_SAVED. But Macdonala was determined to achieve the impOssible, lie meant to be a general 'some day. Ills first great chance came' when the Kabul Field Force, with "13obs" in command) advanced into Afghanistan with the 92nGordon Highlanders, constituting part of the First InfantrY Brigade. Salt %le es 1 Oft ese Nom •••• e.011111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111 11 4a, MAreE. IN CeeNACe.ee AO • .AKING POWDER CO NITA 11.N•a rJQ Altels1 Makes pure.tielicious, healthful biscuito, cakea and potty. It is the only well- known strictly high claps baking powder made in Canada, selling at a medium price. Read the label ' EWMILLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREAL Iimgeemill111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ne took art 011411 scads. So use all avetlable Arm as beadina and in the manure pile. as Clover can be use UZ-il but ties an objectionable odor that d, a Silage crop, kt3 • taints milk. Hollow-stemeted plants are oat beet for the silo. GETTING THE GOOD FROM THE SOIL. Plant food in the soil is an import, ant stUdy, especielly the avallebletand enavoilable plant food, and the depen- dence of plant life apon tho soluble Portiott of the fertilizing constituents Present, Plants are composed el two elasses of ehemical substances. the organic or volatile compounds, which are des- troyed by burning; and the inorganic, or fixea elements, which remain in the sash after burning, The impertance ot inorganic or' fixed elements to plant life rests in the faet that no matter what sort of a soil is under cultiva- tion, a healthy Plant carries away about the sante amount of these con - forward through a dark and trowning etituents 'whiele it obtains from the "Bobs" and his staff were pushing guard, discovered an ambush. of 2,000 AAffggihiaanns,aefile, when the little party lths. who formed the advance ture At the same time, while the soil .for. the building up of its struc. of Si The Afghans had determinee to cap- ture "Bob" and las staff, and they would in alt probability have succeed- ed in this audacious plan had it not been for "Fighting Mac." Dashing forward with a. handful of Highlanders, the young color -sergeant '—'such was the rank he had attained —unhesitatingly attacked the Afghans though they outnufithered his own lite tie force more data twenty to one! The foe was taken by surpritte, and after i. short, sharp fight they fled, It was' an amazing' victory, At the Battle of Kandahar Macdon- ald again distingiushed himself in gra- ey making a judicious return of the, against the wild tthazees that. day' the element nitrogen. This last named, ash or mineral eonstatients alonewith matte fashion. ells deeds of valor -were worthy to rank with the deeds the nitrogen, belong, to the organic of Richard the Lionheart against the class of plant foods. -same species of plant when matured may yield to analysis very similar Valid.% of elements, different -species will show different results as to kind and quantity; and the more remote the naturalaaffInity of the species to each other the wider will be these dif- ferenees: Perfect plants cannot be produced, much less han fruits, on, soils where Otto or more important constituents is absent. The most valuable materials are phosphoric acid, potash, nitrogen and lime. Accordingly, -where soils have been exhausted by the growth and carrying away of crops, to it point below that of remunerative cultiva- tion they -may be restored to fertility SteskwhsayA pinch ogum tragacanth in storeWhen, therefore Demetrieff drew Sareeeas• While it Is true that some alluvial o s: "1 wai attacked f to display military abilities of the wee offered his •ehoiee between the both of nitrogenous_ and of mineral At the eud of ethe campaign Hector soilsepossess vast stores of plant food, with sciatica which gradually grew blacking will brighten the mensal, I sword against the Germans, and began worse until I -was confined to my bed, To clean a sink without injuring the! For three months I aad to be shifted hands, put a. lump of washing soda. in highest order, *small wonder the rumor Victoria Cross and conintission. He eubetancee, so as to be regarded as . d d was M d ld• choose the commission, and was there -1 practically inexhaustible, yet by con - and turned In my bed as. I was unable the lank and let the hot :water ruie himsoit to help anyself I suffered the greatest -------- melted. • unen appointed to a second lieutenant- dant cropping, without a suitable re - stile in the Gordons. the regiment! turn in enanure, they will in time be - pains that 'aceorapanied every move - torture from the fierce, stabbing A little vinegar will take the tarnish — .portrains of Demetrleff and Rector o o e a to .on es n c tt r before ho haa Joined as a private nine years , came unproduetie e • .. ment. I consulted several doctorseand off the range trimmings. e I ItTacdoneld can fail to be convinced of • • Now the greater !tart of the- plant t the striking likeness that the two pos.; food constituent?' necessary to profit - "Fighting Mae" will go down to benefit, and I began to believe I would, ' photographs of the same man taken .terity as the .only man who ever re. i able crop cultivation are locked up in . took drugs and medicines until I was , nauseated, but without getting any THE 'PHONE IN WAR. • .. I faces bear to oeach other. "They're famed the la C. ; an inert couilitione in which state for ' t ifferent ages!" is the thou ht that . eltIMORTAL DEleDS. e ; . - . 1 the most part they remain until ine- was prevailed upon to use Dr.. Wil- Contest, Without It, Impossible' 11' " • g . — mmediately -springse to the •mind. I ited with a solvent supplied as man - be a continuous sufferer. Finally 1' THE FEATURES COMPARED. Immortal is the story of Macrionald'a eure. For example, in one of the ex - deeds on the grim ,' day of elejuba, I Perimental plpts of the late Sir John Head and brow are of the Same when with a force of 18 men he held ' Lewes, at Rdthamsted. England, to Rams' Pink Pills and after taking them for about six, weeks I was able to get out of bed. From that on I kept steadily 'reproving Until was free from this terrible and Painful malady." The mest stuborn cases of sciatica will yield to Pr, Williams' Pin.k if the treatment'is.persisted in. These pine are eold by all mddieine de,alers ,or Will be sent by mail a,t 60 cents a tax or six boxes for $250 by address- ing 'The Dr. Williams' Medicine Oa, Broekville, Ont. NOTES. This is one of the months when good rare should be exercised with the growing stock. Many colds can be avoided, if the fowls are plated in well -ventilated buildings and not ov- ercrowded. Winter egges are obtained from early-liatched pullets properly grown from known cgg-produCera. Any other methods, retch at; July hatehes, poorly -grown, Will not prove it stio- CeSS. Solna experieneed poultry- i•re lteepere ean attain success with- later - 3 fowls, but beginners eann.ot, The outiock for it good poultry year le poultry feedsatheem-to-date poultry 'keeper sbould show a balance On the right sidie'of the ledger. No one tan -make a profit in any line of lmeiness with haphazard methods, and the fall- -urea chalked tip against the little remelt:1n hen ebould be laid to nits- emenagement. an totted= pullete for this winter's TULLE DANCE FROCK. A oharming tulle dance frock Is shown in tones ranging from gold to brown, This change of ooior de. velops from the top and deepens as it reaches the hem. The simple necked bodice 18 quite transparent with sure pile° crepe frOnt and beck. Dainty folds of the silk not are tacked here and there, then confined' at the waist line by a ceuthed girdle of brown satin nocturne, The skirt, a fasoln- Ming series of panoter drapes causes the satin bound edge to dip here and there. I • Blissful Depravity. In a border southern town lives an elderly negro carPenter who is 1000.11Y distinguished for two things—his use of large words and his abiding fear of hie wife, who is big, Impressive and :domineering. In this town a trio of young profeesional men kept bachelor quarters together. Not very Ion g ago one of the three called the darkey th. to do some small eeDairing Jobs about the apartment "Bose," inquired the oId Mail, in the midst of his work, "does you white gonnenens live heel in total dein'avity of de feminine sex?" "We do," was the answer. From the bottom of lits henpecked • soul the old darkey fettlied up a long, deep, elneere sigh. "Well, sub," lie said, "ef wire es you is, I should suttinly remain an." Saturday Evening Post. as aonducted at Present. It the telephone were not a part of the army equipment to -day the war simply could not 'be conducted at all along 'the present lines. The war, thus Welles been an artillery duel. With- out the telephone the big guns would be useless, for the objective is rarely, if ever, in sight of the battery: The gunners train tbeir guns on the tafget by laying them at a fixed angle with * some .definite visible point. ,The captain goes to it Place from which he can see the enemy, and has a tele- phone line run out to him from his battery. Watching the fall of the shells he telephones in the necessary correc- tions. In. the German artillery trenches or- ders and instructions are sent almost exclusively by telephone, the soldier attending it lying face downward and calling out instructions for firing, giv- ing the range and the distence. • The perfection whica bas been at- tained in means of communication is a factor of incalculable value. For instance, the possibility of such it departure from the front ae that of General Sir John French recently would •bave been unthinkable in other days. To -day, however, General French' can return to England, el -infer with Lord Kitehener and Premier Asquith, attend councils before the king, and in the Meantime hold hourly confer- ence over the telephone with Sir Archibald Murray at the front in Prance or Belgium. - A direct telephone line to the base heedquarters at Saint Omar, Franee, from the home of General French, near Hyde Park, London, insured Gen- • eral French being in as close touch With conditions at the front during his three-esey visit to England as if he were present at beadquarters. Not the least valuable phase of tele- phone usefulness, though seemingly a very minor one, is its ability to supply entertainment' to the entrenched. armies. A really grave hardship of war is the entire lack of diversion suffered by the inen at the front, and the strain of remaining long In the treachei without any amusement has frequent- ly -proved extremely serious. By mewls of the telephone however a way has been opened to overcome• this condition, for it nas been fouhd that soldiers in tile front trenches Can lis- ten to gramophone concerts being en- joyed by rnen in camp eight Miles itt the rear. The report does not speeify • how widely this means of diversion has bean. employed ete far, „ant limited as its application must of necessity be at present, it is litidoubtedly or -very de- finite value. itt ebtaiting ittformation regarding ,the movements of ette Many the tele. phone le of the greatest eignifieance, Mid the multitude of Adaptations( and Infor- mation bY skilful manoeuvres to traesnitt infor- telephone unknown to the enemy are practically unlimited, Examples are Manifold, but one irie stance warrants especial mention. One day during a rhange in position the Russian troops in hundreds passed by a num in soldier's tiniforn) lseng in a ditch, where lie complain( d of rheu- matism, but refused aid. Finally, a rossaelc patrol came along and one of the Cofortelts, suepectine that the man might be a spy, struck hint with it whip, At this he leaped to his feet, reveal- ing telephone. over whin lie had beten telliog the Germaus of everythine Their long acquaintance had ripen - ea into love and lie had proposed. "Dearie." he asked, confidentially, "when did you first. learn that yon loved Me?" "When I found that I beealne Very angry when anybody re- ferred to you as a 'brainless boob," that Mid !Asset' along the road.--Tit- she answered. --New York Herald. Ji�iS massive cast. The deep-set eyes hold the same bright, dauntless expression. The nose, straight and broad, and big- nostrilled—the nose on the born fight- ing maa—is common to both; so le Tbe °ablest time to wash dairy ves• eels le immediately alter they are us- ed. Tbe albunten has not then cougettl- ecl on the surface. COWS do riot become great producers "juet so." They must have the blood of geed producers In them. It's a. waste of •feed to Ntinter stunt. ed fall pigs. And it's a waste of pigs to let them go etunted. Keee the little fellowe growing, and • sew e eateh of rye to turn them- on next riming. There's money in fall pigs if they are bend led igb.t. • — It is hard to ehuen crew at too low a temperature. Keep it esol, after pee - routing it, until sumte tim3 before churning. Tben expese it to an erdi- nary room temperature, about 70 de- grees, until it sour'. \nen on ;emir rounds with the ow- ry comb and brush, do eot forget the cakes. Teo animals. in the barnyard aill respond more many to good Care titell the calve% They are your future dairy cows. RENOVATING CARPETS Floor Coverings Brightened Up by Dyeing or Washing Them. Perhaes you Nvere planning to buy new rugs or to re -carpet the adors— and perhaps you bave changed your miud about it and decided that the old rugs and carpets will do until the cost of living isn't quite so high. But this won't be so bad after all it you invest in a little dye, which fortunately els not expensive and brighten up the faded floor coverings. To do this succesfuly you must first scrub the rug and then rinse it Mix the dye and keep it well stirred in the vessel, so that. the color will be - even. While the rug is still wet, ap- ply the dye with a clean whitewash brush. It colors evenly this way. If the rug Is dyed on the floor, place a great many newspapers under it to absorb the moisture. It should be thrown double over a line to dry, or else allowed to dry on the floor. It will shrink slightly. For a cotton rug which tarns a dirty white 11Se such colors Ets dark for eeven hours the position allocated! which no manure Nthatever was art- green, mahogany, red and delft blue. to him- and declined Co surrender I Plied for tle yeare, the soil at the end Jute rugs may be dyed in a similar when even the last of his heroic High- : of that'period was found, on analysis, manner, but the dye in this case lenders had fallen. , : to contain in the top 9 inches, ftS much • should be applied to the rug. Taken prisoner, he fought with his I as , • • Poi s , _ le a carpet is almost all wool, the the Pugnacioue chin, hewn out of gran- -clenched fists the Boers who attempt_ : and 2,503 Pounds of Phosphoric acid color play be brightened or wholly ite resolve; the ragged moustache, and ed to deprive him of his sword, and per acre. Of these very large aniounts he would have been shot down in cold' of restored if washed with a pail of the firm, generous mouth. plant food lu the soil, only 91 1 1 , , ' water containing three gills of ox gall. In the case of the heavy jaw, there blood but for the interference of &coin- , P s , acm per• Is some slight divergence, but no more mandant, who cried, "Don't kill such I were in soluble condition and avail - than twelve years of life might well a brave man!" • able to Plants. The addition of three account for. Immortal,hundred-weigia of superphosphate per too, is the tale of how at : , Compare a present-day photograph the critical moment of Omdurman 001. acre to this same soil, on an adjoin - Mg plot, increased the soluellity of of Kitchener with a portrait taken,.? Macdonald, as he then was, turned: 16e d f t If necessary to use fresh ox gall, pro- cure it at • the butchers, cut it into small pieces, cover with warm water and allow it to soak for several hours. Dilute the liquid and wipe the carpet off with it. It makes a lather and. him at the close" of the Boer War, and the tide in favor of Britain by the dan, 1•P 1) , ehould be rinsed off with elea,r water, t per acre, and to 1170 pounds. tered in preeisely the same degree as hie Soudanese troops. , asIllaving by this means brought the l' Yoa will see that the ..jaw line has al- ingly original fashion In which he led .. • o _ 1 inert mineral constiteents into a con- I Found the Missing Brooch. the difference between the jaw -line of "Had the brilliant, the splendid I dItion of solubility, the acrdltion of • Detective work, following faint Hetet Macdonald_ and that of General deed of arms, wrought by Macdonald i nitrogen in the form of ammonia- I clues, dark hints and the like, is not Deneetrieff. been done under the eYes of a sove"- " alts as manure to this same land rais- the only method by which robberies In fact, one might truthfully say eon or in some other amiss," \trete' -7- - a • ed the Produee from 2e to 43 bushels may be solved. The wife of a promiu- that the Kitchener of to -day differs Bennet Burleigh, the famous war cor- i of barley grain per acre, and the straw cnt officer in the marine corps, who no more fronr the Kitehener of 1903 respondent, "he had surely been ere- from 11 hundredweight to 24 hundred- resides in Baltimore and has a, mune than does the present-day face 'of Dem- ated a general on,the spot. ef the pub. try Place in Virginia, ie authority for etrieff from the face of "Fighting the statement, and offers the follow - Mac", as we knew and hived R. ing little story in proof of her conten- Deinetrieff Is eaid to resemlile Mac- tion. donaId as much in military ebaracter-It seems that while she was at lier istice as in feature, lee is a leader of 'Virginia place, she one day missed extraordinary dash and daring, and from her jewel box a valuable dia- &On the time of the first Russian la- mond brooch. She had the servants yasion of Galicia last autumn he has search hige and low for the trinket, been a continual thorn in the side of but it could not be found. All of her servants except one had been with her the Pressians. His strategic powers are declared to for years, and were absolutely trusted rank with those of the Grand Duke by her. The one exception, a mulatto girl, persistently urged Nicholas, while no Cossack horse- upon her mis- tress the possibility of the brooch be- n= excels him in courage and nerve. Ing at her Baltimore town house. His soldiers worship. him."'Tain't eround heah, Mis' Alice," If Heeler Macdonald be living to- (not the real name of the mistress, of day, as so many believe, -he is 02 course), "I know dat it ain't erouud Yearsof age. • heal)," persisted the girl. It was in the year 1853 that he first Whatever suspicions the mistrees saw the light, in the little village of may have had she kept to herself. Af- Rootfielde near Dingwall, Itoss-shire, ter a while she returned to 13altemore, his birthday' being oe. the 13th ofbringing her servants with her. April. It was on the 25th of elareh "is You found it, ells' Alice?" asked lust 60 years later that the world the mulatto girl, after a search of the received the dumbfounding news that house had been concluded. he had blown otit his brains in it 'ler mistress shook her head. ' Paris hotel. "No," said she, "I have not found it, at suicide was the very lett fate Mary, but," lowering her Yoke and one could have imagined for Hector. speaking impreesively, "I have SO lie 'was far too virile and healthy e mese to worry." man for that. Awl there are seores "Ain't your, enquired the girl. et people, inehlaing many old soldiers "No," eontinued her mistress. "You of the Highlattd Brigade, who fought see, I went to a fortune teller to -day. under his leadership, 'who for • years She told ine that whoever bad the dia- have reeelutely maintained "Mao's to mond would die shortly, and that the deld." . brooch would be found among their "He was just fed up WI' the treat- effects. I only have to wait for their ment he was gettine ' these old sot- death to know who took my brooch." diets will tell you, "so he took himself "Malt gracious!" breathed the mul- oft quietly to some plaeo -abroad, atto girl. "Did dat voodoo woman say dal?" where,he knew he'd get better aepre- "She did," replied her mistress, sot - aided. Slime blame te him, either." VICTIM OF MALICE. emnly. The mulatto girl precipitantly de - Certainly an insult of the grossest •parted and, strangely enough, her Character was Offered to Macdohaldo mistress found the missing brooch eviime shortly after hie appointhient to that very night pinned to 'one of her command of the troops in Ceylon he gowns. was summoned to appear before a . ------ar-40.--*--- e couttattartial of his brother officers Breaking it Gently. and atiswer eharges alleging miscall-. "It you please, manuna," asks Ilen- duct of the foulest desetiption. Javan, aged ten, "will you kindly lend. The threatened tout -Martial WoUld ine a, pencil?" never have been allowed to &let its shadoW 'upon Maedonald had he been "Mt," said his Mother, "I left a a man of high Imolai influence Instead pen and ink for yOu to do your lessons of a. Soldier who had risen front the wall on the nursery table. 3,V1ty don't you use that Instead of a ranks. pencil?" That the 'cbarges were withont foun- "Well, you see," Benjamin expiable dation was entitle' proved. some few ed. "I want it pencil to write and oat t weeks after treeteee death had been he editor how to reinovo ink ataine annotineed, so that the hero, con- • from it carpet." yelous all along of his innotence Mild"T...... ...- 601.640 40/ ...6.4m.“.. here is plenty of room at the have had no tompelling motive fer an exit from the world. 13u1 the ingrati- top," 'quoted the Wise Guy. "That's teule, snobbery and insidious malice, because all the people who think they which numbere of his superiors in ought to be there aren't," added the Sinielo Mug, lie are in search of the real hero of the Battle of Omdurman, there he is ready madei" But it is not for these feats, or for the many brilliant ones he accomplish- ed in the South African War, that the mezhore of "Fighting Mac" is so be- loved by the rank and file. He.was a great man as well as it great soldier Hie heart was as warm and impulsive as his brain was mach- ine -like and cold. And if the story of his changed identity be true, if it be proved event- ually that that 'noble, generous heart is not dust but is living and beating still, then a thrill of joy far beyond the power of words to express will pass through his native land. What deeds the Highland troops would do if Hector were with there now! weight per acre, The plant grown in exhausted soil is therefore starving, with mineral ele- ments everywhere in the soil, and or- ganic elements everywhere in the at- mosphere, and none available for use. Thus' the chief office of mahure is to furnish assimilable food for the immediate use of growing crops, and to combine with and supplement the natural toed supply existing in the soil. When it is said that certain con- stituents in the soil are lacking it does not, always mean that the soil does not contain them, but that it does not supply to the growing plants as' much as they need. It is not so inueh, therefore, because soils have been worn, out of plant food, but rather be- cause the food is loelted up in such combinations that the plant roots can- not get at anduse it, that an artiti- dal supply of eoleble food in manure becomes necessary. It le believed that. the beneficial ef- fects of commercial fertilizers are due es much to the timely eupply its to the amount of uourishirent they con- tain, This timely supply enables the plants to enlarge Guth' root Pagel% whereby they are able to secure More nottelehment recoil thq Olt over and above that fuenished by the fertilizers, than they could have ,ecured witheut such supply. If this be so, it Is eetn that the 11.30 of concentrated manures In small quanta:toe may not only largely inert:aro the yield of crops, but may also serge to deplete the real of some of he elemente of plant food more rapidly Ono woutd the saute kind of crop and treatment without their use Simplicity of Modern Home. In place of the restless, overfurnish- er, overdecorated 'rooms that were Itt vogue te few decades ago, our homes are growing more gracious with the beauty of siumlicity. Elimination blowing like a refreshing breeze through open doors and windows, is sweeping away that which was need- less or ugly, leaving the useful, the comfertable awl the beautifttl behind, Tbat this is the general trend to -day and that permanence, simplicity and individuality are becoming more and more widely the American home- maker's "dee we know not only ft= observation, bur from Practical ex- erience, We have found that those -wbo-c0/110 to us for advice but their home problems are seeiting not for the noVel or the Unusual Or the fashien- able, but for the thing that le appro- priate' fees their special needs, that exPresees their personal taste in de- sign and calor, that will bring com- fort as well as beauty into the home, and, above all, that will last. They have had enough of teinporary fut.- eisbings, Of objects that were Made to endure only as long as tho fad or fashion that deceived them. And to- day they are seeking Wall and floor- tovetings, finishes, furniture and fit- tings that, Once installed, wili become satisfying ana permetent elements Of the Itottlea-Ctaftsnlan. -.4*** "Hey,. Monte, and phamt do ye flak of theme new Military Mukh' MIDST" "Sure, Pat, and soon we'll have to ipit on our hands wid AA eye dropper!" — birth had long served out to OA 0n4- 6Gagoyle. PARg .N8'1VR AND VIEW. The Rural New Yorker, commentina on the possibility of getting potash fertilizere from neW sources and the neceseity len* taking good care of the barnyard manure, whieh contaitie fait percentage 'ef this subetance, says' 'Telt liquid portion of maattres carry most of the potteth in anl•nal exere- motets. Except in the ease ot plea, the contain five or more times as enech potash as the colitis. With (*tit- tle, 8.6 per cent, of the potash is found itt the liquids. Per every 1,000 mends of cattle there will plies each Yea(' in the Minimal about ;le much. Denten as we buy in 223 Pounds of murlate." This ever therefore we nave a stronger argument thee ever before for •concrete floors, full bedding Anfl ittlYelling that will save the 11- 4U11)0. iterneteber, too-, that in our graints Moat Of tae Detail Is round in tbe straw and :stalk rather than In the The Rainer disialsees tiniee eenerals who ao net tin visiorics, But he hae not even, ',upended himself, War tie well as polities maltee tower bedfellows, Major :Waveband, who was wolurded the other atty, is thessaine Marcband whom Kitchener held up tit leashoda and alumet caused a war be- tween Britain and France. The Ite Vett was itt .0110 tin r mien, said ithe d ro cue 01 oth the Zeppelins which mealy raided Londoit fell peril...et:ay close to St. Paul's. \treat good ie :supposed to bo eecomplishea by these acts of vandal - tem, so euggestive of the deeds of an •alarie, it 18 impasetble to cougar,. liteid. For the day of peace will tame eeentuelly. awl it were veil net to leave 1.w 01.1111 sears behind.' We have been wondering lately where the Kaiser got all his armies. A Berlin correspondent writes that ac- cording to the census taken in Decem- ber, 1010, there were at that time in Prussia 7,800,160 married, widowed and divorced women, of whom only )-475,511) had no children. Of these 82,921 W0111011 had twelve children, 42,629 had thirteen, 27,064 had fourteen, 14,624 bee fifteen, and 17,337 sixteea children or more each. As many as 789 wo- men had more than twenty children. Altogether the 7,260,000 Prussian wo- men had given birth to 28,312,898 chil- dren, or au average of four children each. Col. the Rev, Canon Almond says: ea ve a man eendernued to be shot ',mute he got drunk on duty. :le dill net rompiain of the sentenee. Pea he eomplain thee he, who litul volun- teered and done monthe of a soldier $ vork, should be shot for a tepee under great ncevoue etraite-whtle theasands of his fellow-countryme.n ceteal stay at home. waste their time, get deltaic or de es they pleased, mita no sense of Met national duties, and not get pule Woe'. Since 1" came beck:* said the Colonel, "I have bete shecIted to gee the number of young men here en the droppiug ince saloons aria gambling dela; and that sort of thiug. I believe that xe, should have a sys- trm regiVratiOn, :Mel every young num oho le tot a national asseO who 1', pot playing. the game and coutribut- ing hie bare dee world erieis, sheuld be eompelled to go." He be- lie' es that mea ef soldiers' age should en made to do their auty or be shit, There is .no lack of stanzas to the National Anthem. We are told that at the conclusion of all meetings of the Overseas Club, when the anthem is sung the following verse is added: ' Far o'er the rolling main Echoes the royal strain, God sare the King! One great united band, Pray we through every land, God guard our Empire grand, God save the King!" Then Australia has thought fit to taek 00 a stanza of its own, whilta runs as follows: God save our splendid men! Send then safe home again! God save our men. Keep them victorious, Patient and chivalrous, They are so dear to us, Gocl save our men! Possibly the Australians think Ola- the King has been prayed for often enough in the caner verses, as this verse is devoted to prayers for their men at the front. Here are co/es of scme of the ad- vertisements and placards that Kit- chener is using to get men for his army: Territorial Force, MORE FIGHTING MEN Wanted Immediately for the Famous let London • (R The ParentBoayttaalilloetussilmiearysi)ng Already Distingushed Themselves at the front. Ages 19-40 Uniform at Once. 4 Reasons for joining; 1.--Beeause it is a grand thing, in days when all the world is under arms, to shoulder a rifle, and to take part YOURSELF in what the people ef the future will call "'rum GREAT WAR OP THE NATIONS." 2.--Becaure ycur girl will REALLY be rroud of you if yen do, although elle may be very sorry to lose you, and at first may try to dissuade you. Becauee, when yeare go by and Yeur cbildren sit by the fireside and read their history bcoks they will be so prcud to hear front their ftethere4 late how he, too, was a. &tidier. and PROTECTED 'I'llEin.morunint and the Home. 4oellecatiee the King's khaki is a uni- form tbat the every mail, makes a bane:ante fellow et lain, and is the only kind of dreee a -real good Tad lame to be emen 111. ea, (eine Alen; There Sonny, and eoin New, Theee rtaieme for mit:ling stand geed in Canada ite wen as In Great Britnin. NOT OANdeROUS. twashintnon roost) "von tool VIZ(' 118." Said t Ite Milos° visitor. "yet 'I see uIl your women have their ale bandaged." 'That is an 4.1.idemie," it was expIaleee to him etntly "uhleh broke out In 1914. are vatted spats." rh, CHORAL CONREggiON, (Tin-Bi(s) lni-u %sere discussing the setvice as they nia,1e their way honn) from thurtli. -Whet was that sentence the ehoir re - lamed so erten?" asked One. "As nearIY 139 T could malo, eut it was 'We are 11l1 miserable slupts,'" replied itls companion.