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The Wingham Advance, 1915-10-21, Page 3'MCC, The Balkan Peninsula The New Theatre .of War 113 All eyes are now turned to the Dal- the sueeeesful wee itgainst the Turkg Itans, where the war clouds are 100111- tile Baleen antes quarrellea ove • the epone; and, instead. of submitting the lug ee they never did before. Tee tiwotto to the char ot hearth hh Balkan Peninsula is the most eaeterly at the large veniaaulas whice form ously Serbia peopoeed, Bulgaria treacher- atteeltea Serbia and Greeco. Ln e soathern extremities of the Eur- For tete act of madness, Czar Fer• opean continent. Ito area is 184,779, dinged was ;Personalty reepenslele, equare miles We northern boundary tbougb it 1 ' 1,A'1 tls tbr ifl- tretches from the Kilia mouth oe the Danube to the Adriatic Sea near Fillane. On the east it is bounded in' stigatiou eame trout Austell., ‘.vitielt hoped by this titmice to Ituniale the Meek eek the sea at mermen, Serbia. The Bulgarians wore Sig - anti the Aegean Sea, on the south by deleatea by the Greeks awl tin. aelts en4 the net result was that the elediterranean, and on the west Bulgaria got nit of the war °ray a by the Ionian Sea, and the Adriatic. kirip a territory givine tier access to It is a mountainoue country, and the , various nationalities are considerablyThere -eogean Sea,. d over tinsula lanone to euforce her wislieli nut- Seettereall he Pen. garia saw the Tures tegaut seaman t ple and nortetera 411 rice, svelte Lulea and Greece divitteu oetweeu teem the territory to the west \evened irom tee Turhe. ei.s a IBM] titmice tit want to possess the territories wbere nusfortune Roumania, pounced au their people live and hence all of the Bulgaria and vompelled her to cede wars, Formerly the whole Balltaue a strip et territory adjoining the was dominated by Turkey. But tat- Dobriuia. Foilhwing tele second terly the Balkan nationalities won Balkan war, Serbia, Rowe:tante and their independence. Bulgaria lies be- Greece sigued a treaty by wnich they are Bulgaes and Serbians and Boum- anialiti and Greeks and Turks living outside their own national boundaries, and here lies the crux of most of the trouble. These various nationalities tween Roumania on the north and Turkey on the south, with Serbia on its western border. Greece again lies southwest of Turkey. elacedonia, which lies north of Greece, is a bone of contention between Serbia and Bul- garia. It is now almost exactly thirty-nine years since the conscience of the world was shocked by the first reports of what later came to be known as the Bulgarian atrocities. The story has been told many times of that auortive rising of the Bulgarian farmers, against their Turkish oppressors,. which brought the Bashi Bazouks amidst the eiaceuonian homesteads to restore law and order. The man with the mildest acquaintance with theeast knows, only too well, how the Bashi- Baeotet accomplishes this. Wherever there is a farm he leaves a charred nen, enerever there is a village he lea. as a shambles. This was literally tee tate which overtook Macedonia in tee summer of e876. The truth was ao hi:aeons that men could not be breught to rtalize.it. Mr. Disraeli, who was then elinister in London, dismissed the i.tories as -"coffee-house babble," and public opinion, for 4 time, saw • in teem iittle more than a screen for Russian intrigues in the near east. What' has been aceomplishea o11 a greet Kale, to -day, in Armenia, had then been accomplished on a smeller scale in Bulgaria. The victims to a very large extent Were women and children, andein the district of Philip - potions alone, amounted to 12,000 in ...numbezenit wee then that Mr. Glad - Atone, "forgetting Homer and Pope," leapt suddenly, out of his retirement at Hawarden, on to the political plat- form. What just a quarter of a cen- tury earlier he had done singlehanded for the prisoners in Naples, he now did for an entire people, The letter to Lord Aberdeen, which Garibaldi had described as "the first trumpet -call of- Italian liberty," was repeated in a • famous pamphlet which helped to make Bulgaria free. The effect was terrific. The hot fit of British indignation was followed, under the cold douche of Mr. Disraeli's cynicism, by a period of doubt, developing into unalloyed liesPielon of Russia. But the work had been done, In Apr11, 1877, the Tsar Alexander, declaring that since it was impossible to obtain, from the concert of Europe, the guarantees he deemed necessary for the protection of the Balkan people, he muet act alonengave his armies orders to advance. The Danube was crossed, the passes et the Balkans forced, and the Russian bat - tenons bivouacked at tli•e gates of Cenetantinople. The Congress of Meta . lin was held, the. Treetty of Berlin signed, the Balkan peoples were free. " The Slav Tear was accepted as the' groat elder brother of the Balkan' - Slays. The Bulgarianaproclaimed their unalterable devotion to' the memory of the British statesman and Russian monarch who inspired and Wrought out the salvation of their country. A generation pa,saed. Then, feom that unredeemed Macedonian lecYond, the borders oe Serbia and 'Bulgaria, there came the cry of the Christian population once again under thehecl of Pashadom. Everybody remembers that momentous week, wheii the pro - I beets of the :statesmen of Eurepa pounds as compared - with about tql FEEBLE GIRLS Weakness Generay Comes On As Womanhood bound themselves to make common ca.use against Bulgaria if any one of tee three nations should be atta,dlted by Ler. There has been in Great Britain a great deal of sympa.thy for the people of Bulgaria in their being deprived of the just :Emile of their brilliant campaign against the Turks through the folly of their ruler; and ever since the war began powerful influences have been working to secure a readjustment of Balkan boundaries on the basis of a recon- straction of the Balkan league. The Proposal was Greece should give up to Bulgaria, Kavalla and the dis- trict adjoining, receiving Smyrna as a reward; that Serbia should transfer Bulgarian Macedotaa to Bulgaria, seeking compensation Me Bosnia and Albania, and that Northern Thew should be restored to Bulgaria, Although both Serbia and Greece were reluctaet to agree, the ABM; some three weeks ago, made a pro- position to Bulgaria which in sub- stance met her demand. Meanwhile the Germane had been busy in Sofia, Bulgaria was given a German leen of one hundred million dollars, and Turkey was induced to transfer to Bulgaria, the territory through which the railway to Dedeaghatch, Bul- garia only port on the Aegean,srues, ireclading the railway station at Adrianople. Bulgaria answered tbe proposition made to her by the Quad- ruple Entente to join the Allies in return for the transfer to her of the territory she demanded, by orderbag mobilization under conditions which implied the intention to join forces, with the Turks and Germans in accordante with what has probably been Ferdinand's plan from the be- ginning of• the war, and the Allies have answered with action which will fcrce Bulgaria to declare herself with no further delay. Approaches. Girls upoll the threehold woman, • Lome ottea delft into a aehlitie apito of all care and attention.. How tau. one sees girls who have been etrong and lively become suddenly.. weak, de -- pressed, irritable and Renee* it is the dawn of womanhood -11::•erint3 111 the life of every girl -and prompt eneasures should be taken to keep the Olood,Pare end rice with the red tint ef health. If the blooti is not healthy; at this critical stage the body is weak- ened and grave disorder follow. Dr, Vink Pills bilge saved thou - muds of young girls from what might have been long -life invalidism or an early death.. They are a blood -builder of unequalled riebneee, strengtheniug weak nerves and producing' a liberal Supply of red, beiltey blood which every girl needs to sustain her strength. Dr, Williams' Pink Pine have proved .their great value over and over again to young women *whose health was failing. Miss Minute Dun. field, nerabaosa, Ont., says; "It gIVOI3 me great . pleaeure to tell you what Dr. Williams' Pink Mlle have deme for me, When I was approachinethe age of womanhood I suffered greetly from bloodlessness or anaemia., My work was a drag to me, I had no appetite and never felt rested in the morningii. I could namely walk for five minutes at a thne without taking a rest. I was troubled with severe headache e and tlange looked gloomy indeed. I doc- tored for a long time and got but little if any benefit. I was adbvised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and did so, and after taking them for a time felt better. I continued taking the Pills until I had used six boxes, I felt like a new person, and vvas again. enjoying splendid health. I would strongly advise any girl who is weak pormrsu.ri, down to try Dr, Williams' Pink You can get' theee pills from any dealer in medicines or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2,50 from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co-, Brockville, Ont. os.xn-ra•-•-r• P-.1.444-1-'•4-11-0-•44-1144-4444-4-44-44-4, Things You Ought To Know BUTTER -MAKING POINTER,S, Butter is a profitable inatistrY ofl the well -regulated farm, aerie Some genera advice" on the subieet 'MaY be timely, Butter -malting presente more dif- ficulties in hot weather than it aoeft during the tenaperate Weather of spring and autumn, but by simple working knewledge of the *factors whielt teed to difficult chinning thelie May be easily °Volume. OVerripezling of the Cream is some-. thieg whieh difficult to avoid, and this may make churning slow. The cream should be allowed to eour for a shorter period in hot than in cool weather and the churning eitoulcl be done oftener to prevent the cream from becomiug stale or oyerripe. SPeo- eal cere must be exercised in mixing cream before churning. Cream ahould be inixecl• not less than twelve houre before churning at flay time of the year, and this is more than ever true In the summer. Where two"' samplee of cream are mixed, the older sample will be riper than the newer creana Consequently Abe butter will form from the older cream firat, and a lar- ger percentage of the fat of the fresh- er cream will be lost in the 'butter. inilk Cream, if necessary to pig it, should always be put together in one container and allowed to stand over, - night before churning. The temperature of the cream *with- in the churn is also more difficult to control in warra 'weather, al it heats up more rapidly. Sixty degrees is the proper temperature for the cretsm to get the butter quickest, and to main. tale this it may be necessary to have the bream slightly 'cooler thali ueual when putting it into the churn. In Ver,y wagm Weather it may be am*. eery to' col the churn occasionally by pouring cold water over the barrel or .gontainer. • . Cleanliness is essential at all times, but is harder to maintain during the avarm weather, when the flies are 80 troublesome. Flies should neves be tolerated about the dairy, and all utensils, including the churn, should be scalded with belling water eV steam and cooled with clean, pure water Just before putting in the cream. In filling the ehurn ' the cream should be strained into the container to prevent lumps and consequently mottled butter. For the maximum agitation -the churn should be belt pie - third full, air this will bring thi but- ter much sooner than where too much Cream is put in at one time. Having En Paul orders 4dimmers on auto- the proper amount of cream in the mobile lights. .4 churn; and keeping the speed up, but- - ter should come in about forty-five New York will spend $875,00 for a complete new fire elarm systena ' Alaska has an 8 -hour law for placer miners, Stifling, Scotland, employs womea as postal carriers. Nova Scotian government is en- couraging co-operative dairying. In Wales wages of terra laborers have risen 20 per cent. this year, More than 10,000 Jews are serving the British army, There are 7,000 ship wireless sta- tions in the world. New York State has 10,250,000 pop- ulation. British volunteer army contains 5,- 501 school teachers. New York's census has been taken by 5,600 enumerators. Smoking lesseds hunger. There are. 19,000 .enown species of fish. • • een____ Bananas are iranaune from insect at - Opossum farming is an Australian industry. More than two-thirds of the gold now in use in the world was discovered dur- ing the last fifty years. In treating a Man for an ulcer on his tongue Paris surgeons discovered that the X-rays they used also cured long-standing deafness. , — The annual ,percapi•ta consumption af sugar In Great- Britain is 'about 160 came cirelo to the political hart - on, and a threat of war in the Balk- ans wee the threat of war round the woeld. Sofia woe hung in black. The Greek clergy in Belgrade preached a war of reieue law the Christian Slave, of old Settle- The Balkan Leu e wee formed. In a few days the armies of Bulgaria and Serbia, of Monteaegro and Greene were converging on Cole etentinople, The end came more rap - Idly than anybody had dreamed. The eluluunreadan population•ot Meet:don- in and Thrate poured in one stream of terror and destitution to•.varcle the Gal- ata bridge. The Porte he'd to •nalte the beet terms it eonal; and Turkey lit Europe ehrank to the neck of - the Threaten peninsula. Then tunic tho quarrels ef the vic- tors over the spoils. Whoever wits right, whoever may have been wrang, n'reece mei Serbia. fotnid •thenteelves hi fierce contliet with. Dulgeria. The emend Biektut war ended in the peace of Btu:hared, whieh Roumania, einem and Serbia dictated to I•tulgaria, In tee leeumanian eaeitah Meantime the Turk had taken aiventage of these queer -cis. Enver Iley had led his troops bads to the Hatred - city oi Adrl- entente. The dee= of Bulgarian liege.. • amity in the Banning venethed in it Bulgaria's cameo since the "out- break of the war has been One Of creek telfiehnees. The Bulgarian, pco- pie thenneevee have been reported' to be pro•ihreelan, es they Should be If they are capable of any Mattes et gratitude. Russia fatal Buigaria, from the Tette :at the eost of it great war; and ever duce Alexandee of :Unseat hue leeett regarded by the'Bulgarians Its their liberator. But the people nave llttlt'ehence to tiontrol the sittettion if the icing aed the higher amy thorities are deterildned to take the 'l.'eutonic Bide. The tieraonal tympathiee of Czne learlinand have no eonbt been evith lhte Geritutne from the ,outset. 110 te Itiniself Magyar n'obleinan tvith legge eetatee in Austria; and before ilgiell(lihe; the Bulgarian throne Ile efte efficer in the Artetrian army. eamatlees his ruling Passit0 since* the iseeend Balkan War has been a ilesii•e to Le revenged Upon 'Serbia, end Greece for the bitter humilia- ilon *hien: he then :suffered, After •-•• Motor veils nave been more elabor- ate this season, possibly because motor apparel in general has figured as an important item of tbe.wardrobe. Georgette crepe and chiffon cloth has ben xtensively used. The veil illus- trated is featured in whit Georgette crepe with a wid border and printed figure effect, though there are many attractive combinations obtainable, "• - - It Can't be Done. How did the world get started, son? Why, s , " ' e done!" That settled it. The troglodyte Came out of darknees into light. "It can't be done!" somebody said, And lo! the green fields gave as beead. With that Murat ringing in his ears Has man gone upward through the minutee, but the ehurn must not be turned top mpidly. If the speed is too high it tends t� throw the creara into the walls ef the barrel, and the mixing and churning age not so rapid as they should be. • As soon as the granules are about theesize of hinall grains of corn, the butter is reedy for working. Some people prefer to churn longer. than this, but where the butter is churned until it forms into' a mass, the but- terrailk is mucli harder to work out, the moisture content is too low, and the butter will ,not keep well. The buttermilk is then drawn off, and. the butter washed with two waters slight- ly colder than the buttermilk. Either•the-brine or the dry salting method is good, but we prefer the dry eating, an it takes less salt and is just as good if prOperly done. For brine and salting an ounce and a. half of salt it used for each. pound of butter fat. It is dissolved in water and the ' butter allowed be soak in the brine. The disadvantages of this method are that it Is harder to work in enough salt and the moisture content of the product is apt to be too high. With dry salting an ounce of salt is used to each pound Of butter fat and is added while the butter is in the granular form previous to working. 'II is then worked Until' all excess moisture as well as 'all buttermilk is removed. By this time the salt will have became evenly incorporated and the butter will have a smo.oth appearance, free from leakinest or running _out of water. Pure salt properly wcirked in will never be gritty, and it always paye to use the very best. h ea sal ta often oontain impurities which cause grittiness. The 'common difficulties experienced In butternutking, Are mottled or gritty butter, leaky butter and diffictilt churning. Mottled butter may he due THIS LYE IS ABSOLUTELY PURE. THER'EFORE TOTALLY OFFERt-VT FROM THE, nvipuRE AND HIGHLY ADULT. ERATED LYES NOW SOLD. lug ewes pr geolviag stock, -being • moraniusele than fat building in ceir- acter, and it lies it geed effect open the digestiee syetent, acting as e lave ttoivremsanod ..got,00dn, ing7uttp:' tihilei!rheieleoldiltagoo. Settler tile other concentratee of the ration: A. gem -killing whitewash for use in dairy bares recommended by Dr. Marshall, of Pen.nsylvania, as'follows: When clean methods are used in the keeping of cows use a cempouna made. front 'one pound et chloride of limo and five galena of wbiteit ash, white). When put on the. welle.and stelae, par- titions agis as an effective, preventive of disease. Many gardens need drainage, aprtieu- larly surface., sad the autumn time is Much better than the epringtime—it'e toe late then. Mantee when rut on tele retards evaporation and on natur- ally wet sites makes them later, while On lolling mid particularly sandy ones Is laelpful in conserving moistuee. The practical thtng is to know your exact conditione:tuad govern yourselves ac- cordingly. • Professor Alva Agee, chief ot tile ex, telt:don department of the New :Jersey experiment station, declaies that the Productiveness of much land is limited by the lack of time. The day will come when all land must be given some lime, for it is the tendeney of lime to get out of the soil. On tee other hand, too muca maw land defleient in vegetable matter. . Profes- sor Agee recommends 1,000 to 2,000 minds of fresh -burned lime or (Winne the amount of limeetone for eac,h acre of land. • Alfalfa is a good thing—but too much of a good thing is often injurious. Horses shouldsnot.bet given a. chance to overfeed oxieelfalfa hay. .le hen feel in large quantitiee. horses it may cause kidney teouble. A. rule followed by John L Tormey, of the College of Agriculture of the University ot Wis- consin, in feeding alfalfa hay is to giVe each horse one pound of hay for overy 10 pound e of its own weigh.t. The lcavee are rich in protein, which le highly nutrItious when not fed in too lerge quantities. Herein, accord- ing to Mr..Tormey, lice, the da.nger, as far as horees are coneerned. They are quite Ilhely to overeat, and an exces- sive strain upon the kidneys may re- sult. • 4 • !II. ANKLE WATCHES NOW. eighty pounds in the United States. to overripening of .the cream, which ' — causes the casein to coagulate; to lin- It his been estimated that the earth pure Salt, or to too little working. ean Intel al ti of 6 000 000 Gritty batter is due either to impure 000,000—a. total which will be'reached •salt or incomplete working, thus fail - a e piesen ra b A Li 2100 t th • t ee ing to get the salt dissolved and pro- of increase. eerly incorporated. Diffieult churn- ing raay he due to any number of A man of 5 feet 8' inches shoal.) causes. Over -ripening or churning at weigh 154 pounds, and seven additional too high a temperature may be respon- pounds .for each of the next three inch- eible for the slow formation of the es of height. butter, br 'it may be due to diseased . or abnormal dews, 'which give milk ......._ . Finger nails grow more quickly in with Mall fat globules. The first two suranaer than in winter. Those on the. causes may be remedied, but the latter thumb the most slowly. ' • man. are not within ,control of the dairye middle finger grow the fastest, and Lee , It le best, thee, to use cream which ---- poe , s a e con- has been ripened to the p Meer degree !erred upon any eifohaminedan who has of acidity without being overripe; to comm ed the whole of the Koran te atrain the cream into the chum and memory. talfe Especial precautions Inkeeping as near 60 degrees as possible; to fill the Hafiz besides beingthe riame of it famousPersiant titl • • ' cavurn only one-third full and to re- f you dont care a tink dein" years.e „, , volve so as to obtain the greatest you mean the mixture with whieh You ehould have seen the mill wheels uses to datri, or stop, the hOle- he Was dinatint of agitation. possible. run mending until the tin. eooled. Feed alto affects button Dry feeds make clamming difficult and eause the When some one said, "it can't be 'd b tter to be hard. Corti, wheat bran, dOne!" Waiters a one we known L011 on u trestaurarit are being instructed in the linseed Meal and cottonseed meal are Preach. language at the expense cif examples Of such teethe her ee. s, "It can't be done!" they said before tb.eir employers. sail put out to Bee 'from shore. lee barley, c.citYpeas, and gluten feed; eel _ • well ma imemilent feeds, etch as silage, have the oppesite effeet of reeking the A Since world's; remote and disnaal dawn Those magic words have spurred us on. Decoy PeriTcotSes. Swell things exist as aetoy perl- stemes—Short lengths of pipe held up - It elroVe Clolumblis where the sun right On a float and leaking eXaetly 'Went redly down, "It can't be clOnel" like the real peristope. The sub- marine Bete them adrift for you to "It can't be done!" the weaklings said, find—sometimes Matters several of And lel the Wrights flew overhead, theeVden elle is segued you 'cannot "It can't be done!" was "what they stop to consider whether the Mild ob- - led dancing on the sett half a Mile cried When Fulton offered them a ride. or so distant does. or don riot 'Meat , 260 •pounde of high explosive ,cOrning They said it, ana Marconi sent l straight at you. Maybe you Will see Ills ineiseage through the firmament, an aeroplane manoeuvring over it ili a way that eatriee teirVittiati that it Xhie is the way it happened, son, does, You clOn't dare to take any --St. Loins Poot-Diepetch. .---, 4-4--e- a . ehances, and so yott train all the gaits 'Jen th 1 b 1 li k -6 real set mite telt s rt s up Many of the pigs Am bora dead arid Praise God for this, "It taint be done'!" • Blobs—That Velem Mono is a dead on the other side of the ship and with i rietthil_y ttlifs do not survive mote theft gain() eliart. Slobbe—That's right. I the swift rush of its torpedo another i ttnerviet"Ore ee sea tragedy is enacted.--Londtin Tit- man If, n suVtfier coneenttette ita• •ent ishOoting With him the billet Aileen, When fed ill ,e0niteetioa With tee daY, ein dhe !nested upon stopping et . /00....--,.......4.4.4.60.....a..agiali 1 various grains and usually tonatitutes the Market on the WAY hOnle to bit The ntaa who 'Wins la a, walk may from Owl...fourth to Mehra Of the et * ote. fer hit money tnivture. It Is onto:daily geed ber fitted - butter soft. lexees of either chez of feeds should be aided, and it mix- ture ration will tend to corroot a fault itt either direetion. 'When` cOloring material:I are to be tieed thierse should be pare, and are added to the Crean befor eharnbig. rnitti is best, an it pernlita of a thor- ough and even mixing, giviag the butter a uniform color. • NOTES. Experience has _Omen: date, When the brood *me AR' perreitted to rine *With the fattening hogs dining the Vuenraer and fall right up to forroVrIng titee eon. litters of pige are farrowed During the feir°iieljate4tilalNa(41; nature pre. pares or winter, tee plante ripen utter tatee wet fruit, Wiest their Wares ono elm - Pare to ease tnenign toe winter•in a nor - meat condition. leowls respond retiatly Lo the batueuce Of the season by ley- ing off their eld coat, winch has been worn tor a year, and matting it new coat to peoteet against the istonlis of winter. Metitidll. id the natural, Inoulting season. 1110 hen succees as an egg producer during tee winter greatily (Aepencia upon hew she peek; througn the moult. . The habit or Manner Of a hen's moulting de - ponds upon three things, the Sallie as egg ntrhoeuttscetalsoonn; noaintebitly,xiseia*erouing, feeding The difference in breeding' Is observed where hens are kept under exeetly the same conclitione, the only difference being the breeding, while the difference in feed- buiriLdisiposheaorryeedf eldehedi jarrehreennstiyo! aahtenne, which has a geed digestive system and ee'ireod circulation of blood has the abll- ItY to take the nourishment out of the food and to distribute the same to the different parts of the body. She can Mritifacture a great many eggs, or manufacture a coat 'Of feathers, In a short tine. The high producing hemi in a contest prove to be quiets mutters, moulting practically all feathers at one time. apd usually late In the season, The hen *which begius early and moulte only 'a few feathers at a time la seldom a high producer, The influence feed. has upon moult de- nende as much upon how It is fed as upon what is fed. The principal invol- ved br building the system rapidly after It has been reduced. If the igystem has been reduced to a low stage by lack of feed, broodiness, etc:, the mimics hold- ing the feathers relax, causing' the feath- ers to be loops, then when the new Leathers start to grow, as the syotem is obuutIldoirgthteirwt way. old feathers are pushed Hens which go broody In the latter part' of the summer and get poor usua'ly moult when their system s are build up again. One method of producing moult is to confine the birds for ten days,In close quarters with about half ration, give a tablespoonful of Erson salt as the end of five and ten days, then feed the follow- ing ration till new feathers are mature; Grain, equal parts corn, wheat and Aats. Mash. equal part each by weight, corn meal, wheat bran, shorts, ground oats, beef scraps. and one-half nart each of ell meal and sunflower seed, • WHAT SPEcuen BREEDING DOEg. • TwentY-four to twenty-six ounces for -hens and 26 to 30 ounces for. males aro , 'the standard weights on partridge cochins. weighing 7 to 9 1-2 pounds for female and 9 to 11 pounds for males, and. you will see what selection in breeding; will do for professional and business men 17altuivaetErYYa's a hobby the breeding of these bantams and competion for prizes In the larger poultry shows is keen. They make ;atractive pets, requiring only limited space, little feed and must enougli care to afford pleasureable exercise, , These o.re most richly richly odor. d of all the cochin batams. The neck, back and saddle and top ef wings of the male are red, while each feather Is striped down the middle with it gloss greenish black stripe. The breast, tail, body and wing bar aro glossy greenish black, as Is also the feathering of the legs and toes, The females are reddish brown; each feather is penciled with darker brown, the marking' following the outline of the feather. The neck hackle is brown at the head, shading to ry golden bvreoliwosny setnriptlei.e neck, each feather striped down the middle with a blacls or dark In shape the riearer these little fowls resemble round balls of feathers the better. - The plumage etichilcl tis long and soft. DON'TS FOR DECIC RAISERS. "Don't keep two or three different kinds of ducks. Choose one variety and breed for quality. "Don't try to raise ducklings on whole wheat, cracked corn, or commercial feeds, If used at all. these feeds should be well cooked; for, ordinarily ducks do not con- sume enough grit to grind dry grain. "Don't try, by mixing it with their food, to force ducks to eat mare grit than they want. "Don't beettraid of overfeeding. Ducks should be Le dfour or five times daily. "Don't omit fresh ve.getalileo arid green stuff from their diet. "Don't allow the feed to stand from one meal to the next and expect ducks to he satisfied with It. Don't give ducks seur food, as it is like- ly to cause convulsions. "T)on't forget plenty of clean, fresh water. and give them a chance to rest In the shade. "Don't -let their coops get damp and filthy." STORRS. CONN- EGG CONTEST, The ten • leading pens to Sept. 25 aro Tagoin° 13o.wrre' CaLford, near Preston England, White Leghorns _1,372 F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, Conn., White Leghorn .. ....1,850 Windowed) Farm, Bedding Ridge, Conn., White Leghorn 11111vIerv Poultry Farm, St. Albans, Vt. Rhode Island Reds .. —.1E20 Ed Cam. Hoghton, near Preston'Eng- land, 'White Wyandorteri „ .1,792 Tom Barron, Catforth, England 'White Wyanclottes •.17791.86 A. P. Robinson, Ca.lverton, N. Y. White Leghorris N. W. Hendryx, New Haven, Conn., 'White Legh erns . . - ....1. 740 P.T.,(e4g.inPrinastt,. 'Pa., White Leghorns " . -. -1,701 Branford Farm, Groton, Conn.,. White . . 1.0)6 * The ankle watch has made its ap- pearanee in New York and connois- seure say it gives to e dainty ankle an artistic distinetion. Stale Bread or Fresh Bread. Most persons don't like stale bread so well asfresh, though many'consid•• er it more digestible. As a matter of fact fresh bread is just as digestible aa stale, if it be chewed as much, but ith's. very Softness is a temptetion to chew It too' little; hence' it is swallowed without the admixture of enough saliva to digest its starch. State bread, on the other hand, is difficult to swal- low unless thoroughly chewed. The i.difference between fresh and stale bread is merely A matter of :water. In bread as it collies front the oven the crust is dry and crisp and the crumb le moist aud soft, because all the wat- er le la the crurab. As hours or days pass the crust absorbe Water from. the 'cre.m.b and becOmee soft, while the *the crumb becoMes dry. A tear ean be made fresh again by Slight -1Y moisten» ing it and placing it for a feiv minutes In a hot oven. The heat drives the Water frean the crust back ittto the mb —et Louis root -Dispatch • 110 Baling Too Much. The Lancet, the great Englieh med- ical paper, says that Englishinen end Ameriemett eat too much. It especially advises people of Middle age and alder to .piectide sett-rettraint the mat- ter. of food. "As the fire of life Wens leae fiercely and the output of eftergy is ernaller," say le the writer, "so the fuel Eaupplied should be reduced that the eYetern Way not be clogged vaith. ee.lette and lialfeburet einderte whereby the activity' of the Whole maehino is from time to time iineeired. and may been be prenlattirely arrested." He Knew. The professer Of the clase in :Eng- leth history Was telling his young nem ef the itupreseiona.ble age about the Elizabethan era, wheel, tuddenly turn- ihg tie one Of the young Meta who tented to be in a dream, with a, far- atefiy gaze he *laid: "And IloW old Was lalleebetb, lir. 'Cate?" "leighMen lad birthdays" COMO the Indent • e . : The Houselieeper Steel -You Rave Pain, If After .rtting .Stomach Needs .Aid. Specialists who have devetes1 Olds lives to the trea.ttnent of etemael). ail. nteute AIM tell 118 that inailY Rho* who, complain about their stow:whit have no stomach, ailment at all. You mai suffer train hloatlog, gas, sourness, and other unpleasant eYraR" toms. if se, your blAt course is to tone up the bowls with a relict ble vegetable reamelv like in', Hamilton's Pille. Teis oldtinufamily enetilelue Is a weaderful corrective of all Ogee- tive and etennach disorders. Teem iti no mystery about the quick effect you get front Dr. Hamiltoree ehey eauply supply the tickle liOnal ad rewired by ten at Atom to enable it to 4o its work correctly. You'll entity your nieals, digest everhtliing you eat, look hett,»•, feel better, be free from headachee, coned - Patton end indipstioa, all these belle fits come to all that nae Dr. }lentil - eon's Pelle. Every man or woman with a stomach in is advised to semi 21c on a box 'of this wonderful veget table remedy. ••••••••-•-r. ,•••••••-•-nnaee•-•-•-•-•-et-e-ess-e-a+4 I 1 Bee Culture Our West +.4-11-01-+-• Closely. allied in Qanada with: the culture of flowers and fruits and of alfalfa, too, with its clover -like blos- soms, is bee culture; so what with its caaotnte. leyand dairies, Canada becomes lit- erally a land. flowing with milk and Canada, is famous for its profusion of wild bloom, and whatever blossoms under 'cultivation blooms profusely, too, duririg the comparatively short summer period. Where flowers are there the bees congregate. The de- partment of agreculture in Britisb Columbia has lately issued a bulletin on the subject of what has, untortu- natelY, to be called agriculture, when be culture is so much pleasanter and understanding a term. This is a sober treatise on the production of honey for commercial purposes; and yet it abounds not only in the "murmur of ianumemble bees," but in poetic allu- sions to fields of alfalfa full of sum- mer fragrance and to wayside flowers. The report covers only British Colum- bia, but its instructions apply to any region where it isdesired to produce hdney. Hatzic, for eicadmle, we find is a good district for honey, because rhubarb, strawberries, sraall fruits, ain PM'S and pears, aro all grown there. These give the nectar -bearing flow- ers, wherein the bees may delve and mine for their treasure. These blos- soms are called, "sources of spring nectar," ana then "in the honey -flow season raspberry, fireweed, clover and snowberry are in abundance." On the islands in the gulf of Georgia, how- ever, there is little hope of successful bee culture for years, since "so little impression has been made upon the virgin forest" and, little acreage is given to nectar -bearing plants. But one ranch on Pender Island "got a crop of fine honey from an acre of alfalfa growing on ground sloping to- wards the seashore." In the Cim.ox district an apiary on the edge of the valley at Sandwick produced 1,100 pounds of fine honey from seven colonies of bees. But in the Jaime district 78 other colonies I produced in all only 93 pounds; which proves that the large yield was a sign of aparian knowledge and. skill. The crying need of tb.e ranchers was, everywhere, "education in the elemenetary rules of laee-keeping." These rules are published. in Bulletins No. 30 and. and No. 41, and. careful reading of these whh as care- ful obedience to them would "make all the defferencte in the bee -keepers' intetreas. The chief beg -keepers Was how to prevent gswustiarmioasketieinsp nga,lhtlbest answer h er toy thethis appears to be to keep. the hives clean and. well ventilated. Tee hives are often put together so careless1y. by the bee -keeper that the mechanical con- trivances for plenty et air and. for the free circulation of the bees within the hive are disregarded.. When the hives become too crowded or are without ventilation then. the bees swarne. Choosing a new queen, they depart in. large numbers. Then the honey that might be' gathered by the beekeeper from the bees' surplus is needed for the young bees of the new hive. With careful attention to this ques- tion of' how the bees are hived, and the mechanical arrangements for im- pelling the bees to make the cones of regular and uniform size, 100 p'ounds oft honey you can get sjer hive in a well -flowered distaect. The "Lang- stroth dimensions for the laves are 'those followed by the most successful bee -keepers. Ordinary Packing boxes. are often used; but the money spent In buying good hives, well -made and on the right plan, is never money wasted. The "ten -frame, self -spacing hive" is recommende& for genera lise in the province. This is to ar- ranged that a narrow entrance can be used for winter and. a. widet one for the :honey season. The inepector relates that in at Meet one instance the bees thamselves had made a hole in the intervening lay- ers of cloth that .separated one level of the hive, from another*so that they from could pass one tethe other. The bees work to very accurate dimen- sion.s, and if more than three -eights of ale itch space is allowed. between the combs, they will proceed to try to fill title up with honey. Hives must be built with the same exquisite ac - garner the bees themselves display. They need vvell-seasoned wood. Some- times, however, even a well -made hive is poorlY put together, or in set eo that Will ran in at the entranee, malting bad conditione within. The hives met be kept clean inside, and at least every Meg the surplus wax and "propolis" Must be scraped off the top -bars of the imam. It seems important to nave an ea - tea hive ready and Waiting in ease of swarming. The bispectOr Met one man hurrying alOng the reed to town. Ile said his bees had swanned and he wgte going for a new hive. But when he got baek the bees had vertithed. Christiat &hence monitor. 'Undecided. "Why don't you Marri, old chap!" "Do yenethink a man cottld procure all the tteetteettriee Of lite On ;1,800 a Yelveouree, but hot the luturite." "Well, I haVerdt deeided yet Wilethe sr a wife is a, teceeeity or a luxury." ,--Delleit Ailey& atains on flannels may_ be removed by applying yolks, of eggs and glycerin li eghal quantities. Lenge for half an 'tair end then wash out. Better paint the ,pantry shelves' with white enamel, It is cleaner and more lasting than paper, and it is very at- tractive. If you cannot do that, cover shelves with white oilcloth. To make egg stick to croquettes and Other foods that are dipped in egg and -crumbs, first dip the food in flour, then the egg will adhere very well. If one is housekeeping in the coun- try and botnered by an attack of ante upon the bread box, take n common piece. of chalk, imeh as e.hildrett uae far writing on a blackboard, and draw a ring around the bread bon with it; the ants will never go over ft. The came kind of chalk ring will keep theni Out of elnette where dreeges are hanging or away from shell:tee. Orange peel dried and voted makes a very fineyelloW powder that is dee Helens Beveling for cakes mid pud- dings.. Isruit for canning should be et the best, tiettlity, fresh and not over ripe. anTrmhettnhignigroa.eletreidesettaeruentibikeerds tfoourntdanlan. Wiehes by Many persons, espectallY or a little suPper. Take off the peel, tut the Pieltlee in four lengthwhie, tee 111OVe the Seeder part, ehave them and. pzautity:benetneVitel:en... Slices of rye bread With .Whea. you disetiver fruit stains On tableeloth ier ntelikine, Wet litiMediettely with a little camphOr. If this is done bliesafror.e the oPot has been wet with Watet, the stain Will entirely &sell - Potato belle which are Meted lei hatter After beta; boiled are delittotte. They eliould bo seeved with a getter- ovie spyinkline pf mlneed ParsleY. A few drops of tutpentitte on A wool- en cloth will clean tart shore very well. A drop or two of orattee or 1tt�n illiCa Will give a brilliant polish to any leather, NC CEORCE IS ROM [OR WAR Returned Traveler Says Ile • Threatened to Abdicate Unless the Germans Were Thor- oughly Licked, [New annie Sun, Fridoevel peasenger returning on the Annul- ean liner New York, whieh arrived se:weeny from Liverpool, gave, to a .eporter of the Sun an, =emit re- eeived from ail entirely trustworthy source in Leaden of ite recent stormy tnterview between King ileuege and Premier Asquith at' Buckingham Pelee% s Ton King, it ho saki, declared teat Inowauldeebdicate Ina throne rather tlian see the British Government agree to an inconclueive peace, because "for ue an ineonclusige peace meane de- feat," :On Wednesday of last week, at what was perhaps the most remarkable in. terview tbatelas taken place en the last eundred years between the Eng- lish sovereign and ins chief Minister, King George anuounced to Mr. Asquith hie intention of abdicating the throne if ever the war is terminated by an inconclusive peace. According to a member at the royal bousehold, the King became greatly agitated -during the interview with the Prime Minister. King George-, who usually tits in a chair by his writing table: during hie interviews with the Ministers, kept pacing up and down the apartment the whole time be was talking to Mr. Asquith. The recent speeches of Mr, Lloyd - George and lir. Churchill, which Lave been interpreted by their Supporters In the press, notably in the Observer, as suggesting that without commit)» tion the war must result in it. draw, and the present division of opinion in the Cabinet on the recruiting ques- tiox were the immediate subjects of the interview between Xing George and Mr. Asquith. While Mr. Asquith was explaining the reitson, of this difference of opin- ion the King interrupted him and said: "If ever this war ends in an inconclusive and disgraceful peace 1' :shall abdicate my throne. I would never continue to occupy it or allow one ot my children te occupy it if such an eternal disgrace, and humilia- tion were to be Inflicted 011 the British Empire eas tt defeat inthis war, and for us an, inconclusive peace means defeat." The King's outburst took the Prime 'Minister greatly. by sur- prise, and he stated that no member of the Cabinet anticipated or believed that the war would end otherwise than as a complete victory for the Allies—the only differenees of opinion among them were as to how this end might be quickest and beet achieved. But the Prime Minister's statement did not •satisfy the monarch. King George complained bitterly teat his position as a constitutional monarch compelled him ,to act as if he agreed with the action of his Ministers when he might regard them, in fact, as being dangerous to the safety of the country. "A Xing in such a crisis," exclaimed King George, "ought to be a leader. I must be a clammy, but I shall not allow it to be written of me that I remained a dummy in the most criti- cal hours of this country's history." The interview then terminated. Ac- cording to a member of the royal household the King desires to'address a personal letter to the British nation, setting forth the precise facts or the military situation and appealing for absolute unity at this critical June- ture. But this King George will refrain from doing if the Cabinet can •arrive at an agreement on the recruit- ing question and the contemplated changes in the chief commands at the front. FRENCH ARMY Highly Trained for War, but Not at All Militarized. • France has compulsory service in the army, but no saneaierson can even suggest that the country suffers front militarism, We try unsuccessfully te twist the conditions to suit our preju- dice, failing to see the obvious fact, that the ills of militarism flow net from the training system, but from a deeper spring. The army -training has taught the liberty -loving Frenchman the value of co-operation- in every phase of national life, but it cannot plant in him that foreign thing, a lust for conquest. • But of course the training•has given to the inen of France a werking fam- iliarity with a Practical manual of arms, and when the necessity burst 'anon the unready world, when -the time came for France to defend .her brand of civilization for mankindethe foundation was there on which to build a real army. There was no fever about it. Tete milliOns of France went about the work, calm, steady,. inexor- able, and facing, all the facts. Strength and unity were there. ., Moreover, this strength is not be- ing wasted. In one year of war a hun- dred and forty general offiters have slid quietly into retirement because they hadn't the aklil to get full value tor the lives they spent. The French officer holds his commiseion by sheer ability; he is a professional and knows his business. An officer of rank re- marked to me: "In aur army an offi- eer is an °Meer, not the Segi of his lather," And this particular male VMS of noble, birth, as was the chauffeur of his car. •The French soldier, too, is it trAinod nian, and intelligent to boot. ' He knows that he can place utter confi- dence in -the skill and deVotioa of his officers; that his equipment is the very best, and he knows what le to be done. 'An American army Observer who has neen and analyzed both the main tomes in the weetern field ha.s arrived at it detinition of their salient char- acteristics. He calls the German •arMy a "magnificent bali, the embodiment of Wee, eharging with head down and with shut eyes." But the French army Iie describee as "a great tiger, with eyes Wide Open. cronehing for the spring." This man's trained intelli- gence pereeived at met the great trait of the French—dear vislota—lerem ."Iereneli 'Character Under Teat," bY Dallaa D. L. 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