The Wingham Advance, 1915-10-21, Page 3'MCC,
The Balkan Peninsula
The New Theatre .of War
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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.
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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.
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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. Metereeta in the Anierleah
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