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NEWS IN GENERAL
England’s cost of carryng on the
war against Germany .has rsen to the
enormous amount of $21,000,000 a
day. Official announcement to this ef-
fect was made in parliament a few
days ago by Premier Asquith.
The French government has intro-
duced a bill calling to the colors the
class of 1917 the date to be fixed by
the Minister of War. The bill also
provides that the class of 1868 hold
themselves in readiness for service
at the disposition of the War Minis-
ter until the end of the war. The gov-
ernment bill which probably will be
passed at once without debate, brings
to the colors, French youth of 18 yrs.
and orders men of 47 years who are
still fit for service to hold themselves
in readiness, About 250,000 French
boys, many of them now in school
may be ordered to training camps to
prepare for the trenches.
Spencer Shaffer, the 15-year old
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shaffer of near
Everett was found in a dying condi-
tion Wednesday with several wounds
in his hip caused by the accidental
discharge of his gun while hunting.
An urgent cablegram was received
at the State Department on Monday
from the agents ofAmerican import-
ers at London stating that the sit
ation between the importers and the
British government has very nearly
become intolerable. The agents of the
importers who have been dealing in
vain with the British Board of Trade
and other English authorities, in their
effort to get American owned goods
out of Europe, insist on prompt action
by this government. England insists
on confiscating about $15,000,000
worth of goods belonging to American
manufacturers.
State Department officials have
been informed officially that the Ger-
man foreign office is about to. make
a statemnt/which will settle all pend-
ing controversies between Germany
and the United States which have
grown out of the German submarine
war policy. The statement it is under-
stood, is not to be in the form of a
note, but as a communication to
Ambassador Bernstorff, of Germany
for discussion with the State Depart-
men. It is believed it will be an in-
troduction to the final disposition of
the case of the Arabic.
Floods that have been raging on the
Ganges in India and its confluents
for three weeks have made £0,000 per
sons homeless according to official re-
\ports. Forty-six persons are known to
have perished and 1800 homes have
been swept away. That the death
list is not larger is due to the fact that
the water rose gradually giving the
most of the inhabitants an opportu-
nity to flee.
PRUDISH PARENTS.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon.
There are centrain things in the
life of every boy and girl when the
confidence and advice of the father
and mother may prove of inestimable
value. If parents have not cultivated
a relationship with their children
which will enable them to discuss the
problems which budding man and
womanhood bring, they have fallen
far short of doing their duty.
The evasion, lies and prudish atti-
tude of parents has been respensi-
ble for mistakes which have resulted
in agony of soul and body for innum-
erable growing boys and girls.
There is no period in life when chil-
dren are more sensitive to influences
for good and evil than in this forma-
tive stage. It is not fair to expect your
children to come to you with those
things which they are perfectly aware
you have avoided discussing in every
possible way. They will accept and
seek information from other sources
if they cannot get it from their par-
ents; the chances are a hundred to
one that what they will get will be
misinformation and the injurious lies
of companions with a distorted mor-
al code.
If you do not feel competent to dis-
cuss these matters with your children
in a manner which will give them a
thorough and full understandng of
the responsibilities and fuctions of
manhood and womanhood, it is better
to admit it and arrange to have your
family physician talk the matter over
er with them fully.
This is far from being as satisfac
tory as beng yourself informed
regarding the problems which your
children have to solve and encoura-
ging them to come to you with the
doubts and questions which they are
certain to have.
Ignorance by no means implies in-
nocence. Confidence and earnest
highmindedness alone will beget
their like from your children. If you
never discuss the problem of sex
which every healthy boy and girl has
forced upon them by nature, you may
be certain they will return the ret-
jcence in kind. They are certain to
seek information somewhere. If you
do not give them the truth frankly
and willingly they will accept what
they can pick up from ble
sources. “
Edible Weeds.
Dandelion is a great liver medicine,
but can be taken in greens and salads
instead of from a bottle and with bet-
ter results. Instead of giving the chil-
dren molasses and sulphur in spring
why not let them eat plenty of young
onions? Good bread and butter with
onions for the school luncheon is
much better for the child than pie and
cake. By eating cabbage and cauli-
flower later on we can supply the sys-
tem with sulphur.
How many housewives make use of
the milkweed as an edible vegetable?
The flavor of the cooked milkweed is
almost like asparagus, and it is said
to be a nuitritious food, a cleanser of
the system and a perfect tonic for the
kidneys. The milkweed should be
cooked when about a foot high, as it
becomes tough and is not of good fla-
vor after the blossoms appear. The
young tender leaves can be used in |,
salad. Cook this weed like asparagus
and serve with either butter or cream .
sauce.
Sour dock is another troublesome
weed but makes a very palatable dish
of greens. Mustard is another out-
cast that the farmer must fight, but
there is no better-flavored greens than
young mustard. Lamb’s quarter is an-
other common weed that is a nourish-
ing food. Cook young horseradish
leaves with any kind of greens and
you will have a spicy flavor that is
very tempting. The young plants of
the wild nettle are sometimes cooked.
One does not like the flavor at first
but can learn to eat it. The purslane
growing in most gardens is an excel-
lent material for greens. In the
springtime we need something to tone
up the jaded appetite, also to cleanse
the digestive tract and purify the
blood. On the farm one need not re-
sort to drugs but make use of our
the wild nettle are sometimes cooked
health to all who partake of them.
Besides the medicinal quality of
weeds they contain more mineral mat- *
ter and valuable nutritious qualities
than some of our vegetables.
Women Who Are Slaves.
Many women are the best wives,
mothers, and housekeepers possible,
but they are unfortunately only too of-
ten the slaves of their household du-
ties, and nothing is so difficult as to
escape being such a slave, once a
woman has put on the fetters. It is
all very well to take a pride in see
ing that everything is in apple-pie or
der upstairs and downstairs, but the
home Marthas must bear in mind that
intellectual pursuits are, in their way,
quite as necessary as domestic occu-
pations.
Every wife should be able to talk
about current events, music, litera-
ture, and the lighter things of life;
a little commonplace talk at dinner
acts as the best sauce piquant, and
however much a man appreciates a
good dinner and a comfortable fire-
side, he equally appreciates a wife
who can “talk.”
So the woman who has a tendency
to become a slave to Her house, must
not forget to spare time for reading
as well as for cooking and contriv-
ing, and the result of the intellectual
hour will be restful to her own nerves
and productive of pleasure to the per-
son she undoubtedly strives to please
—her husband.
Easy Patching.
When mending small holes in lace
curtains, darn them before the curtain
is washed; but when there is a hole
that requires a patch, wash the cur
tain first, stretch and dry. Then cut
a piece off the top with which to
make the patch, trim off all frayed
! edges around the hole and dip the
patch in raw starch and press it over
the hole.
This will stay securely and will be
much neater than sewing. The same
method can be employed to mend the
worn-out portions in a shirt when it
has been cut around the neckband.
Cut the patches from the tail of the
shirt and match the figure exactly.
Then dip the pieces in starch and
press them flat. These patches will
have to be removed whenever the
shirt is washed, but they are impossi-
ble to detect if put on properly.
Butter Honey Cake.
1 1-2 cups honey, 1-2 cup butter, 3
egg yokes, 5 cups flour, 2 teaspoons
ground cinnamon, 1-2 teaspoon salt,
1 1-2 teaspoons soda, 2 tablespoons
orange-flower water (water may be
substituted), whites of three eggs.
Rub together the honey and butter,
add the unbeaten yolks and beat thor-
oughly. Add the flour sifted with the
cinnamon and the salt and the soda
dissolved in the orange-flower water.
Beat the mixture thoroughly and add
the well-beaten whites of the eggs.
Bake in shallow tins and cover with
frosting.
To Save Candles.
If you would have your candles last
almost twice as long as they usually
do, try the following plan: Hold
| eagh candle by the wick and give it
a coat of white varnish. Then put the
candles away for a day or two to
harden. The varnish prevents the
grease_ from running and preserves
the life of the candle many hours.
An Ironing Hint.
When ironing a skirt or blouse hav-
ing a row of buttons, fold a turkish
towel into several thicknesses and lay
the garment, buttons down, on {t.
Iron on the wrong side and it will be
smoothly ished, the buttons sink-
ing into the soft folds of the towel.
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Flour of the Nourishing Kin
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flour is one of
the world to do.
refined by the lates
millers.
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So far as we are con-
cerned we supply only the kinds that are
t methods. Flour of
every description, by the barrel or by the
pound, the products of the best known
McKenzie & Smith
Meversdale, Penn’a
THE SLAUGHTER OF CALVES
Owing to the Increased Demand For
| Veal It Is Rapidly Increasing
The slaughter of young calves is one
of the serious phases of the problem
of the maintenance of our country’s
| beef supply. Statistics indicate that
the slaughter of such animals is in-
creasing rapidly, due primarily to an
increase in the demand for veal, in
spite of the fact that veal is ordinarily
sold at an extremely high price per
pound.
These veal calves are largely drawn
from the dairy districts, but, with the
growth in the demand for veal, other
sections are marketing as veal in con-
siderable numbers calves that, if kept
and fattened, would have made good
beef steers. The market for stockers
and feeders is therefore affected.
as legislation to prohibit entirely the
slaughter of calves. The fact is not
always recognized, however, that this
practice is purely economic. In dairy
districts, milk productior. is the chief
business and calves aré an incident,
valuable only to -eplenish the milking
stock or for such revenue as may be
obtained from their sale as veal. As
number of his milkers at a maximum,
economy demands that he relieve him-
self of his surplus calves as soon as
possible There is not ordinarily
any market for such calves except for
veal, they become. The slaughter of
calves in districts which are not ex-
clusively devoted to dairying probably
has as its governing factor a market
near by which pays more for calves as
veal than as stockers.
A comparison of English and Amer-
fcan methods in this respect sheds
some light on this problem. In Eng-
land men make a business of buying
young calves throughout the dairy dis-
tricts to be raised on milk substitutes
and subsequently fattened for beef. In
England the dairy cows are largely
Shorthorns whose calves are valuable
for beef production. In the United
States, on the other hand, the cows of
the dairy districts are principally of
the strictly dairy breeds (pure breds or
grades) or natives with no breeding,
and the calves from such cows have,
have, as a rule, little value as feeders
for beef, but make good veal.
As the calves in a dairy herd are
not a paramount importance, a system
of breeding which would increase their
value for beef production would not
necessarily decrease the dairy value
of the herd when grade or native cows
are used. If such cows were bred to
beef or dual-purpose bulls, the calves
considerable value as
stockers. This practice would not be
warranted, however, unless there was
a nearby market for such stockers. It
must also be observed that this prac-
tice necessitates raising calves by
hand, largely on milk substitutes,
which add to the expense, and calves
so fed are not so easily raised as where
they follow the cow until weaned nat-
urally. The labor item is likewise im-
portant, as this system demands not
only a considerable amount of labor
but of skill also. In England skilled
farm labor is cheaper than in the
United States.
Another possible solution of the
problem would be an increase in mut-
ton consumption in the United States.
We consume annually per capita 71
pounds of veal, which is 4 per cent of
our total meat consumpticn; the
people of Great Britain eat 4 pounds of
veal per capita annually, which is 8
per cent of their annual per capita
meat consumption. We consume 614
pounds of mutton and lamb per capita,
which is about 4 per cent of our total,
whereas the British people consume 26
Various suggestions have been made |
to prevent this, even such radical ones ,
the average dairyman must keep the i_
be brought ancut on aairy rarms with-
out affecting the economy of manage-
ment from the dairy. standpoint. A
small flock of sheep on a farm will
increase the productiveness of the
farm, keep the farm clean of weeds,
and add to the family meat supply
without entailing serious additional ex-
pense for feed, labor or shelter.
FERTILIZER IN 100 ths SACKS
P, J COVER.
d The Second National Bank®
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
At the Close of Business Sept. 2,1915
LIABILITIES.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Investments__. $417,118.78 | Capital stock paid in____$ 65,000.00
U. S. Bonds and Premiums 72,231.87 | Surplus Fund and Profits. . . 48,468.83
| Real Estate, Furniture, Fix. 62,574.50 JCirculation. oo. cn ono 63,900.00
| Cash®and due from Banks... 86,654.97 Deposits ....—__.._.. . 461,211.29
Total Resources_. $638,580.12 Total Liabilities___ $638,580.12
Growth as shown in following statements made to Comptroller of Currency.
ASSETS
July 15, "08 $262,014.82
June 23, 09 $411,680.13
March 7, ’11 $512,574.48
April 4, 1913 $605,870.62
$610,212.34
$624,868.35
$638,580.12
Mar. 4, ’'14
March 4, ’'15
Sept. 2, 1915
Every Farmer with two or more
cows needs a
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DR. DIXON WARNS ATHLETES
Over indulgence in athletics is quite
as bad as lack of exercise, Dr. Sam’l G
Dixon, State Health, Commissioner,
pounds of mutton and lamb per capita,
| which is 22 per cent of their annual |
meat consumption.
says in his weekly talk on health.
“To warn the young is like casting
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An increase in our mutton consump- | Water on burning oil, asserts the eom
tion at the expense of the consumption
of veal would, of course, tend to make
calves less valuable as veal an dwould
encourage a system of breeding which
would bring them into demand as
stockers. An increase in mutton con-
sumption would also encourage the
farm raising of sheep, and this could
missioner, and yet many a boy and
| girl entering college dreams not alone |
| of success as students but are anx-
jous to gain recognition for athletie
| achievemets.” It were well for the stu-
dents who contemplate severe traim-
ing to seriously consider as far as pos-
sible their probable occupation in to stimulate one in after life to com
life and if it is to be Spientery tinue those athletic exercises which
they should refrain from ha com- 1s 3
petitive athletics, Which will develop | fre available to the business and pro-
the muscles to a degree that eanmot | essional man or woman. No occupa.
be kept up by the successful lawyer, tion should prevent the student or
doctor, teacher, or the majority of | the professional man from taking &
those engaged in business. | reasonable amount of out-door aXer-
| Overstraining in youth is almost |
{certain to result in physical deterior- |
ation in after years. The full value of |
athletics is obtained by the individu- |
al who achieves an all around devsl- |
ment. Such a training is far more apt |
cise daily.
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