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'.
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• * inal reivitv. In ;Withal to. these two
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. ..........** 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.
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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.
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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 '
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And Health Returns .1.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 •
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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.
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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.