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Belletonte, Pa., June 25, 1915.
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YOUR TOWN.
—
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn’t slip your clothes in a grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you've left behind,
For there’s nothing that’s really new,
It’s a knock at vourself ‘when you knock your
town.
It isn’t the town, it’s you!
Real towns are not made by men afraid
Lest somebody gets ahead.
When every one works and nobody shirks
You can raise a town from the dead.
And if, while you make your personal stake,
Your neighbors can make one, too,
Your town will be what vou want to see,
It isn’t the town—it’s you!
—Cincinnati Rotary Club.
RETURNING FROM INDIA.
By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern
Country. China as Seen on a Brief Trip
Through Some of It’s Cities.
TENCHEN, MARCH 8th, 1914.
(On the train.)
Dear Home Folk:
We then drove back to make a short
stop at the Temple of One Thousand
Gods. The doorway was guarded by a
gray clad priest and just inside, at either
side of the room, two great figures twelve
feet high, made of some kind of plaster,
stood brilliant in paint of every hue. Out
onto a little bridge-way” into another
room we went; in this room two great
figures faced each other and two smaller
ones, covered with gold, were enclosed
in a case in the middle of the room. We
were then taken across the stone court-
yard and up narrow steps into a great
multitude of gods; big, little, and of every:
description. In every conceivable place
was an image, or group of images, but
_ all of rather small sizes and a mere
glance was given for downstairs we were
taken and here five hundred life-sized
images sat waiting through the passing
centuries—watching the passing of the
human devotee. It was all wierd and
_ unreal and I was glad to hurry to a
“Missionary tea” to mix once more with
some real live folk. But we were only | the game seasons as follows:
allowed time to take a cup of tea, a plate
of delicious sa.ad and a genuine light,
fluffy biscuit, for there was the drum
tower, a funny, two storied pagoda-like
affair wherein once upon a time a great
drum hung, upon which the Emperor
beat to give courage to his soldiers; and
then the Bell tower—a bell thing, tons
and tons in weight, still to see and be 31
awed by. But finally all was over and
we were allowed to go to bed after a nice
supper. I was too tired to even think,
but roused up early for we were to be | Dp
on our way by eight o’clock next day.
I'd like to describe in detail that drive
to the station but I simply can’t for it
would take reams and reams of paper.
Finally, we again got started toward
Tenchen; up a new line of railway, past
acres and acres and miles and miles of
winter wheat, over country as nearly
like the prairie at home as it could be;
saw - roads feet deep with mud, two
wheeled carts pulled by three animals—
generally one horse between the shafts
and then a cow and a horse hitched on
either side of the shafts, Many, many
cities, all with their great walls for pro-
tection; the gate-ways protected by great
pagodas, which were the watch towers—
but the brick-walled hut has given place
to the mud-walled affair seen in India—
here it is for warmth, there the thick
walls are for coolness.
There seems but little laziness; all
seem to have to work. Cattle are few
and human cattle are the beasts of bur-
den. Poverty and humor seem to g0
side by side, while wealth and dignity
stalk together. I could not reconcile the
immense distances between towns for I
had supposed that China would be as
thickly settled as India and it does not
look so to us from the train. We missed
our connection to Peking so had to stop
over night at Tenchen, which was Ti
Hung Chang’s home, and it is so abso-
lutely modern it could easily be any city
in Europe. I stayed at a German board-
ing house and ate German food served
by a Chinaman who spoke German, so
it was not interesting so far as things
Chinese were concerned.
- The way (seventy-eight miles) to Pe-
king was merely a repetition of the day
before—wheat fields by the mile. The
houses have no windows on the outer
wall, but on that facing the court-yard
there are big windows all filled with
beautiful frames over which is stretched
unglazed paper. And so we come to the
Pekin wall, agreat massive, awe-inspir-
ing affair, in comparison with which we
puny mortals look like mere ants. Here
fortune is kind—the hotels are expen-
sive so a good missionary lady took us
in for a wee time, and now it’s sight see-
ing again. (This Methodist mission is
surely a most prosperous affair, but for
you only I would like to say, that it
strikes me that if the United States has
to support all these big colleges that we
are seeing out here and they grow as
fast as these people are praying they will
—well, I'd like to see the amount of
money necessary in another year or
two.)
As I sit looking out onto the sidewalk
in this Peking Mission house, four hun-
dred Chinese students are passing on
their way back from church. I went for
a short time to the chapel; it was
full and its seating capacity is one
| thousand so you understand it was inter-
| esting, but as I could not understand
anything I came away.
This is our second day (Sunday) here
a and yesterday one of the boys of this
; home took me for a short turn down in
| the city.
: ; | “cloisonne” place, and then into a Japan-
If you want to live in the kind of a town |
I went into a curio shop and a
ese bakery where I bought a lot of Japan-
ese cakes, which proved to be simply a
lot of messy glue and most nasty to
| taste, although very delicious as to ap-
| pearance,
We saw some beautiful rugs
of native make, but rather cheap, and
i we ate little red apples which had been
| dipped in white taffy and so glazed, and
then were strung on a nice thin stick. I
saw curios I wanted, but many I didn’t
want. I have seen lots today but as it is
very late and we are going to see the
Great Wall of China tomorrow, and we
! are to make a very early start I won’t
| say more than this, that I hope you are
i all as well and happy as I am. Still coid,
but what of that.
(Continued next week.)
Explains New Game Code.
For the information of sportsmen
(throughout the State The Wild Life
League of Pennsylvania, which has been
leading the fight for the adoption of * bet-
ter game, fish and forestry laws pass-
ed by the last Legislature gave out re-
cently the following summary of the
new game code, known as House bill No.
119, which was approved this morning by
the Governor.
“The Phillips act, known as House bill
No. 119, or the new game code, was in-
troduced by Representative Joseph E.
Phillips, of Clearfield county. It is the
most advanced and comprehensive piece
of game protective legislation ever enact-
ed in this State, striking at the last ves-
tige of market hunting by forbidding the
sale of rabbits and squirrels killed in the
State and forbidding the shipment of
game except when accompanied by the
shipper.
It forbids the ownership, transfer, sale
or transportation of ferrets except under
license which will only be granted by the
Game Commission for good reasons. It
forbids the taking of bear in any way ex-
cept by the use of a rifle or gun shooting
only one ball and forbids the trapping of
bear in any way. It prevents hunting
for hire, by making it illegal for any
man paid as a guide or in any other way
as a hunter to give, sell or present game
| of any kind to his employer and similarly
| forbids the employer receiving game
from such employee or guide. It fixes
l
1
“Squirrels of all kinds, grouse, wood-
cock, quail, wild turkey, Mongolian or
ring-neck or English pheasant, black
birds, Hungarian quail, October 15th to
November 30th, inclusive:
“Rabbits and hares, November 1st to
November 30th.
“Deer, December 1st to December 15th.
“Bear, October 15th to December 15th.
“Raccoon, October 15th to December
st.
“It fixes the bag limits as follows:
Per Per Per
: Day Week Season
Wild turkey..........., 1 1 2
eer. (male). 1 1 i
Bear.... gus 1 1 1
Grouse 5 20 30
Quail... 8 25 40
Woodco 10 20 30
Hungarian 4 10 20
Ring neck... 4 10 20
Squirrels -.. nf 20 40
Rabbits. aiveesiecccens 10 30 60
Hare ....... 3 15 30
Ring-neck pheasants raised strictly in
captivity may be killed by their owners
on their own premises during the open
season without regard to number.
It is made unlawful to shoot at any
doe or fawn, the penalty being the same
similarly the wounding or killing in any
manner of female deer and fawns is for-
bidden.
Mills Prepare to Supply Dyestuffs.
More than a score of American firms
are establishing new color works or en-
larging the output of existing plants to
meet the demands of the textile indus-
tries and other allied branches of manu-
facture for dyestuffs, the supply of which
formerly came almost exclusively from
Germany and which has been cut off
since Great Britain’s embargo against
German commerce.
The Department of Commerce some
time ago announced it was devoting
much attention to the progress in Ameri-
can dyestuff manufacture and had found
a noteworthy advance.
One company has provided for addi-
tional by-product ovens at an outlay of
$1,000,000. Plants at Johnstown, Pa.;
Gary, Ind.; Youngstown, Ohio; Inland
Harbor, Ind.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Woodward,
Ala, and another in the South, all are
increasing or establishing facilities for
benzol production. A plant at Marcus
Hook, Pa., is nearly completed for the
manufacture of intermediates on a large
scale.
It is hoped, a report from Commercial
Agent Thomas H. Norton says, those
works will produce most of the aniline
oil and salts required by American color
works.
Among existing dyestuff works, a large
plant at Buffalo has greatly widened the
scope of its manufacture; one at Brook-
lyn has increased its capital to $1,000,000
and equipped a spacious new plant; a
new company has leased a large plant at
Stamford, Conn., which had not been in
operation for two years; a New York
firm has established the manufacture of
sulphur colors, the consumption of which
class of coal tar dyesis very large, es-
pecially in hosiery manufacture, and a
big steel company is planning a dyestuff
plant to use its benzol, intending to con-
centrate manufacture at the outset upon
a few of the staple dyes in greatest de-
mand.
In addition, several firms commanding
ample capital are planning to establish
new plants for the production of artificial
dyestuffs, and a few large consumers of
coal tar dyes have constructed emergency
plants and are making for themselves
the colors most essential to the main-
tenance of their normal output.
American coal tar dye factories are
making every effort to increase their
output. These include factories at Al-
bany, N. Y., and three at Newark, N. J.
Extensions also are being made by manu-
facturers of vegetable dyestuffs, includ-
ing firms at New York, Stamford, Conn.,
Hanover, Pa. .
—For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
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Christian Endeavor Convention.
The twenty-second anuual convention
of the Christian Endeavor Unon of Cen-
tre county was held in St. John’s Re-
formed church on Tuesday of last week,
and the following detailed account is
published by request:
The period from 9.30 to 10 o’clock was
spent in the enrollment of delegates.
At 10 o'clock the meeting was formally
opened by a song service lead by J. Frank
Smith, of Bellefonte. This was followed
by devotional services by Rev. Fulcomer,
of Bellefonte, reading for the lesson part
of the second chapter of Acts. The ad-
dress of welcome was given by Dr. A. M.
Schmidt, pastor of the church. He made
the delegates feel that in behalf of the
people and the church they were wel-
come. The response was given by G. O.
Benner, of Centre Hall. He thanked the
pastor and the congregation for their
kind welcome, and assured them that all
of the delegates and the officers of the
county appreciated the kindness extend-
ed. Professor Resides then asked the
convention to be patient with him and
he would fill the office of the president
to the best of his ability.
The delegates’ prayer meeting was
lead by Miss Maude Thomas, “Quiet
Hour” superintendent. She read for the
lesson the seventh chapter of Matthew.
This was followed by the reports of dele-
gates. Some very interesting reports
were given, while others were not so en-
couraging, and a few of the Societies
represented had no report to give. The
address of the morning was given bv J.
Frank Smith, of Bellefonte, on “The
Building of a Christian Endeavor So-
ciety.” His talk was very interesting
and pointed out the way to build up an
efficient, active society. The following
committes were then appointed: Nomi-
nating committee, J. Frank Smith, Mrs.
Williams and Miss Ward; Resolutions
committee, Rev. Fulcomer, Mr. Benner
and Miss Glenn. The morning session |
closed with prayer and benediction by
Rev. Carson, of Bellefonte.
The afternoon session was opened with
a song service. Devotional services were
lead by Rev. Carson. The lesson was
taken from the fourth chapter of John.
The first address was given by Mr.
MacCrory, state secretary,on “Our State’s |
Ambition.” He emphasized the setting
of the goal and then the striving to at-
tain that goal. Four fundamental truths
as that provided if the deer is killed and’
were given: First, to be a christian;
second, conversion to Christ; third, serv-
ices for Christ; and fourth, loyalty to
Christ and fellowship to Christ’s people.
To be a real Christian Endeavorer there
are three things to be considered: To
love the work. His motto to the con-
vention was “Good, Better, Best, and may
and the better best.” This was followed
by a duet by Mrs. Schmidt and Miss
Mingle.
The second address of the afternoon
was given by Rev. W. L. Dudley. He
asked for the young people to be given
more chance in the Society. He said
their minds and bodies were able to carry
the work, for what a child learns in youth
will never be taken away from him. He
wanted them to be leaders, but he em-
phasized Christian leaders.
The following is a report of the nomi-
nating committee: President, Prof. G.
H. Resides; first vice-president, G. OQ.
Benner; second vice-president, Darius
Waite; recording secretary, Miss Helen
Weber; corresponding secretary, Miss
Lela Ardery; treasurer, Miss Grace Craw-
ford: ‘Quiet Hour” superintendent, Miss
Maude Thomas.
The following resolutions were sub-
mitted by the Resolution committee:
WHEREAS, There seems to be an indifference
on the part of many Societies in attending these
conventions; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we ask the delegates repre-
senting their respective Society to ask a more
faithful attendance to these conventions, That
we also would impress upon them these obliga-
tions: Make an effort to awaken more interest
in the work; and further
Resolved, That the corresponding secretary
notify all Societies not represented at this con-
vention to spare no efforts to be represented at
any future Christian Endeavor conventions of
the county.
WHEREAS, There seems to be a growing Senti-
ment in the county along all temperance lines,
and the election of a no-license Judge; there-
fore,
Resolved, That we as a County Christian En-
deavor Union will use our best efforts by voice
and act, to secure this end.
WHEREAS, We have been favored with the
presence of Mr. MrcCrory, State Secretary of
Christian Endeavor, we resolve that we have
heard him with pleasure and profit, and promise
him our mutual support and co-operation.
thanks to the officers of the Union and pastors of
this churchland families of various congregations
entertaining delegates.
Resolved, That the banners be awarded on the
same basis as in previous years.
_The evening session was opened by a
song service lead by Dr. Schmidt. De-
votional services were lead by Rev.
Glanding, of Bellefonte. The lesson was
taken from the thirteenth chapter of
Corinthians. This was followed by the
report of the county treasurer.
The National Christian Endeavor is
putting up a building in Boston which is
to be the home of the Christian Endeavor
work. The Pennsylvania State Union
has pledged $10,000 toward the building
fund. The convention voted that each
Society in Centre county endeavor to con-
tribute $5.00 as its share of the $10,000
pledged by the State. A further motion
was passed that each Society in the coun-
ty. contribute five cents per member to
the State work. This was followed by
special music and collection.
The convention sermon was preached
know the work; to do the work, and to |
we never rest until the good is better |
Resolved, That we extend a rising vote of
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by Rev. R. R. Jones, of Centre Hall. His
text was taken from Matthew 16-24;
Christianity is self-denial; overcoming :
the difficult tasks which we all have to {
do. This was followed by special music
_by a sextette of members of the Reformed
' choir. :
Mr. MacCrory’s evening address was
“Christian Endeavor Activities.” This
address was delivered in a very forcible
way and could not help but carry con-
i viction with it. His chief point was on
everyone having a work to do and every-
one striving to do that work. After the
address Mr. MacCrory installed the new- |
ily elected officers. The banners were
awarded as follows: The one having the
largest delegation, to the Christian church
at Blanchard, and the one having the
largest delegation in proportion to its
membership was awarded to the Re-
formed church of Centre Hall. The
evening session was closed by a prayer
and benediction by Rev. Fulcomer.
-—They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
An Interesting Letter from Oklahoma.
HOBART, OKLA., June 17, 1915.
Editor Democratic Watchman.
This summer is the most promising I
have yet seen for the farmers of this
State. All crops indicate enormous
yields, and as might be expected, every-
; body is in good spirits.
The bountiful crops will no doubt lead
many in the older States to turn their
eyes to this State.
I have never lived in such a glorious
climate. Our winters are so mild and
pleasant. We seldom have more than
abcut two or three snows of an inch or
. two, and by ten o'clock it is gone. Last
| winter we did not have that much. The
| summers are delightful, too. When the :
sun goes down, a gentle breeze from the
South always sets in, and continues all
night.
for comfort. Indeed the winters are so
{ mild, except a very few days, that people
leave their doors and windows wide
"open, day and night.
When fall comes, the farmers turn
| their horses and cattle on the growing
i wheat fields, and let them remain there
! all winter, till grass comes in the spring,
no stabling being necessary—no break-
ing of ice to let them get water.
| Farmers are gradually going out of
cotton raising, and into wheat, oats, corn»
alfalfa and live stock raising—diversified
farming.
The greater part of the ploughing is
done during the winter. In regard to
health, it is as free from diseases as any-
i
{
such thing as ague and fever.
We have only a few negroes,
+ Indians, who are quiet and law-abiding. |
| They have their own farms same as the |
whites. i
There are not many Pennsylvanians in
merous in the oil producing part.
Schools are open about eight months
of the year—wages of teachers about
sixty dollars per month.
In our justices’s courts, either party to
Then there is a court of record called
county court, presided over by a judge
who must be a lawyer. They have juries
in that court. That court deals with
misdemeanors but not with felonies. It
is also a probate court, which corres-
ponds with your orphans’ court. We
have two terms, of variable length, a
year, of district court, which has juris-
diction over felonies, and suits where
money judgments are rendered. That
court corresponds in the main with your
court over which Judge Orvis presides.
If I mistake not, Oklahoma is the first
and only State that came into the Union
with prohibition as part of the constitu-
tion. The laws that have been passed
to make that part of the constitution
effective, have been copied mainly from
those of Kansas. But there is one great
difference. Instead of imposing a money
fine (which could seldom be collected),
we have a jail sentence, which means
working on the county roads, under
guard. For the first offence, the sentence
is usually fifty dollars—or fifty days
working on the roads. For the second
offence it is generally one hundred dol-
lars or one hundred days on the roads.
If that don’t stop him, and he is caught a
third time, he gets from three hundred
to five hundred dollars fine or an equal
number of days on the roads. I have
never seen more than a second dose of
medicine called for yet. The men are kept
in jail at night, taken out to work in the
morning and brought back at night in
automobiles. In the refined dialect of
Texas that “sure gets” them.
The law is backed up by a strong pub-
lic sentiment. A whiskey seller is re-
garded as an outlaw, like a horse thief
or a house-breaker. A generation of
boys and girls have grown up in Kansas
who never saw a saloon, and it will be
that way after while in this State. A
building in which whiskey is kept or sold,
is liable for all damages that may result
from liquor in it.
I very much regret that it will be im-
possible to be in dear old Bellefonte
during Old Home coming week. I should
especially like to attend the old Pine
Grove Academy re-union. But my old
school-mates are all in their graves ex-
cept two or three. Such are time's do-
ings in sixty odd years.
Very kindly yours,
DANIEL MCBRIDE.
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the suit can demand a jury of six men.
| a pitcher one large tablespoonful of well-
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
The gods will give what is most suitable rather
than what is most pleasing; man is dearer to
them that he is to himself. —Juvenal.
When buying rugs remember that a dark
rug shows dust and lint,and a green fades
to a dirty color. Usually the best rugs
have small pattern, whereas cheap fabrics !
have big, bold designs. Tan shades wear
well and some reds are lasting. Blue
rugs are suitable for bedrooms, and red,
brown and mixed colors for halls.
For the first time in several seasons
the taffeta petticoat is again fashionable,
says the Dry Goods Economist. Now
that the distended dresses are becoming
the vogue the demand for the taffeta
petticoat must surely fellow. By way of
compromise, deep taffeta flounces are
used on petticoats of the softer silks.
Usually, such combinations of materials
are made in matching colors, as it is
undesirable to call attention to the differ |
ence in the texture of the fabric.
Summer sleeves are to be all lengths.
Fashion authorities state that long
sleeves will be considered smartest, says |
the Chicago T7ibune; but the fact that
short, elbow and three quarter sleeves
are to be considered good and
are infinitely more comfortable, means,
in all probability, that the hot days will
see a general wearing of abbreviated
sleeves as in most other summer sea.
sons.
Gored skirts are rapidly appearing.
One of the latest models shown is cut
like an umbrella, with eight or ten gores. |
The seams are joined by a cord and a
cord finishes the scalloped edge at the
bottom of the skirt. Each scallop is the
width of the gore at the bottom. The
many-gored skirt recalls skirts worn
several years ago, and one wonders if
this is a forerunner of the once popu-
lar organ pipe skirts which had from 11
to 15 gores and with the aid of hair cloth
were made to form a rounded effect re-
sembling the pipes of an organ.
Vary the filling of a sandwich. It is
l also well to change the kind of bread
used. It is not essential that the two
bits of bread be of the same kind—rice,
whole wheat, rye or graham bread can
be used with white bread.
Following are a few unusual sand-
| wiches that will doubtless prove a wel-
; come addition to the school lunch box of
; any boy or girl.
Russian Sandwiches—Slightly butter
| thin slices of wheat bread; moisten
i chopped olives with mayonnaise dressing
| and spread upon buttered slices; spread
other slices with cream cheese and press |
together in pairs.
Peanut Sandwiches — Chop freshly:
| roasted peanuts, pound them in a mortar
| until smooth and season with salt. Serve
| with lettuce leaf.
{ Mosaic Sandwiches—Cut bread, white,
; brown and graham, as thin as possible
! and use four or five pieces in each sand-
wich, putting them together so that the
: colors will contrast. Apple butter, pea-
jam spread thin
may be used as filling.
Fig Sandwiches--Chop one-fourth of a
pound of figs fine, add one-fourth of a
cup of water, cook to a smooth paste.
Add a few almonds, chopped fine. When
the eastern portion, though they are nu- | cold spread the mixture upon whole
p ¥ y | wheat bread. Raisins, dates or marma-
lade may be used in place of the figs.
The marmalade, of course, requires no
cooking.
Barley water is a safe and cooling
drink and is nutritious as well. Put into
washed pearl barley, pour over it two
quarts of boiling water, cover and let
stand until cold. Drain off the liquid,
add one-half cup of sugar and a little
nutmeg. The juice of a lemon is a pleas-
ant addition.
Baked Cheese Omelet.—Is a nice and
easy made luncheon dish. Soak one
scant cupful of fine stale bread crumbs
in one pint of milk to which has been
added one saltspoonful of baking soda
dissolved in one teaspoonful of hot water.
When thoroughly soaked add two eggs
beaten until very light, one-quarter of a
teaspoonful of salt, one dash of cayenne,
one scant cupful of grated cheese and
one tablespoonful of melted butter. Turn
quickly into a greased baking dish and
place in a very hot oven. Serve as soon
as it is well puffed up and pale brcwn, as
it quickly falls.
Pineapple Shortcake.—Take two cup-
fuls of sifted pastry flour, two teaspoon-
fuls of baking powder, three teaspoon-
fuls of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of but-
ter or butterine, one egg, three-quarters
of a cupful, of milk, two cupfuls of
ground pineapple, sugar as needed. Sift
all dry ingredients together, rub in the
butter and add beaten egg to the milk.
Stir this into flour with a fork, mix light-
ly and spread in greased layer cake pan.
Bake a good color. When cold split and
place sugared pineapple between and on
top. Dust well with powdered sugar and
serve plain or with cream.
Dor’t allow the grocer to weigh your
butter, lard, etc., in a wooden dish. These
dishes weigh from one to three ounces,
according to their size, and you are
therefore paying for that much wood at
the price of butter.
Don’t let the butcher weigh your meat
and then trim it and charge you for the
trimmings that you have paid for. The
fat can be rendered into lard and the
bones used in soup. The butcher knows
that they have a value for when you do
not take them he resells them for six or
seven cents a pound. Do not be afraid
to ask for what is your due and to de-
mand honesty and full measure.
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A green salad served with cheese, nuts
or eggs, and a French dressing with
whole wheat sandwiches, can be made
the main course for luncheon. A cheese
souffle served with spinach makes meat
unnecessary. Beets stuffed with cream-
ed mushrooms and nuts are delightful,
and a ring of mashed potatoes filled
with ereamed carrots and peas will
please the most fastidious appetite. A
canape, bisque or puree made of fresh
vegetables, or a cocktail made of mixed
fruits, is a good beginning to either
luncheon or dinner. Desserts should be
fresh fruits, fruit ices or gelatine dishes,
with sponge cake or other plain uniced
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that they.
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FARM NOTES.
—It has been well said that a farm can
never rise above the level of its owner.
—Millet seed can be used as a sub-
stitute for corn in preparing hogs for
market.
—Shade must be
fowls and the little
weather.
—Breeding for size will be of little ad-
vantage unless you feed for size at the
, Same time.
i . —A heavy draft horse should never be
. driven faster than a walk with or with-
out a load.
—The plow should not be put in the
strawberry plantation, as a rule, Some-
| times plowing is necessary where the soil
iis a heavy clay.
{ —As a remedy for raspberry canes dy-
"ing at fruiting time, close inspection of
the plants is recommended, and all dis-
eased canes should be promptly dug out
and burned.
—Hogs and fruit go well together. The
| hogs eat the wormy and decaying apples
| that fall to the ground, largely eliminat-
‘ing certain fruit pests, but the trees
should be protected from rooting.
i —An Oregon stock keeper says that
: wheat fed hogs make a finer and better
i flavored piece of bacon than the corn fed
| hogs of the Middle West. They do not
‘yield as high a percentage in lard, but
, there is less waste in trimming.
— An experienced dairy farmer gives
this remedy for the cure of scours in
| calves: Take common soup beans, parch
them like coffee (being careful they do
not burn), grind them and make a tea
and give to the calf. He says he has
had good results with this treatment.
—Select one or more Crops as general
crops and fill the rotation with others to
give employment to men and teams then
not busy with the general crops. But
plant no crop that is not useful as a
money crop, to improve the soil or for
food for man or animals.
—Feeble-growing and unhealthy trees
are, as a rule, the result of starvation or
{ unfavorable conditions of the atmosphere,
| climate or otherwise. One of the surest
signs of debility is the pushing of adven-
titious growth from the trunk and main
branches and the dying off year by year
of the twiggy terminal shoots.
—Rhubarb requires a deep, rich, mel-
low soil In fact, the soil for it camnot
be too rich. The earliest yield is from a
warm, sandy loam. The longest stalks
and the greatest number may be grown
on a deep, rich, clay loam: The ground
should be plowed twice and harrowed
and rolled to get it in good order.
—A sandy loam is the best soil for
musk mellons. Scatter over it barnyard
manure, plow and harrow to pulverize it
thoroughly. When the weather is quite
warm and trees are fully leaved out, the
hills may be prepared for seed. When
the melons begin to ripen a bunch of
straw placed under them will prevent the
fruit from cracking.
—Hubbard squash should be more gen-
erally grown and used. When properly
cooked and seasoned it is a delicious
vegetable and is available for use from
October until june. The hills should be
eight by eight feet apart and enriched
with rotted manure unless the land is
quite fertile. They may also be grown
in rows eight feet apart, drilling the seed
gra thinning the plants to about two
cet.
provided for the
chicks during hot
—An eastern writer has recently call-
ed attention to the extent that horses
suffer in silence, since God has denied
them the voice to exclaim when in pain.
Dogs whine and yelp, and cats scream
when suffering, but horses seldom utter
a single cry. Most horses that die in
pain expire in silence, or utter merely a
moan. All observation shows that they
almost invariably endure their agony in
silence.
—The Iowa station has found that a
small amount of oil meal or cottonseed
meal added to corn and oats improves
and cheapens the ration for work horses.
A mixture of 77 pounds of shelled corn,
15 pounds of oats and eight pounds of oil
meal gave somewhat better results than
oil meal, and the ration was a little
cheaper in the proportion of 79 pounds
of corn, 15 pounds of oats and 6 pounds
oil meal. .
—The yellow coloring of butter and
the yolk of eggs seems to be associated
with the green coloring constituent of
plants which is called chlorophyl. At
about this time in the year the poultry-
men usually feed sprouted oats, which
are first moistened with warm water,
then put in trays and allowed to grow to
a height of six inches. An areaof about
two square inches of the green oats are
fed to each hen per day. Also some
have fed corn silage in small quantities
to the laying hens. We believe that
these feeds will serve to darken the color
of the yolks.
—This method is recommended for
protecting trees from mice and rabbits:
Take of the lime sulphur solution used
for dormant spray four parts and of
linseed oil one part. Into this mixture
put enough slaked lime to thicken to a
paint that may be applied with a brush.
This mixture applied to trunks and lower
limbs will prevent injury from rabbits
and will also act as a dormant spray.
The trunks of trees so treated will come
out in the spring with the bark in fine
condition. The oil is added to make the
pain stick to the trees through storms.
hen the lime sulphur solution alone is
applied it soon washes off.
—Always aim’ at keeping up your sup-
ply of humus (vegetable matter in the
soil), as this is the first thing a plant
looks for (like the solids, such as chaff,
to the horse.) It must be in the soil to
enable the three essentials to plant life—
phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen—to
thoroughly perform their functions. When
the humus is absent the three very nec-
essary essentials named would be abso-
lutely of no value during a hot, dry spell.
Even in a favorable season, with mois-
ture forth-coming, the relief would only
be temporary, and a dry pinch will put it
up at once. Not so when the humus is
incorporated in the soil, for, apart from
its functions as a moisture conserver, it
sets up certain bacterial action, which
makes more available any plant food
that is in the soil in an insoluble form;
and the soil is much better able, when
this vegetable matter is in abundance, to
respond to any application of commercial
fertilizers. Always aim at keeping up
the “body’’ of your land by adding green
manure crops. These should be turned
under every season until the tree begins
to bear fruit.