TAKING MOTHER “ OVER THE TOP”
sorts o f stories, especially their com
plaints against the government. On
the whole, the Dutch treat them well.
"Much o f Java Is still wild land. In
habited by wild men. In the north
the Ashlnese never have been con
quered, although' the Dutch have
I fought them fo r 500 yeurs. There are
! a number o f other backward tribes,
j “ Wo have great tigers, which some
times come right Into the suburbs o f
Pulembang: wild elephnnts and a cu
rious, toothed bird living on flesh,
which has no English name so far us
I am aware.”
FIX DUTY ON FLYING PLANE
T a riff on Machine Brought Into Coun
try on Its Own Power Is
Puzzle at First.
A soldier of the Twenty-seventh division reviewing his experiences “ over
there” to a proud old mother and an ndmlring svyeetheart. He is explaining,
with the aid o f a map, how the One Hundred and Fifth machine gun battalion
hammered away mercilessly at the Hun.
WEIRD TALE OF THE
LAND OF SLAVERY
W ashlngton. — Customs authorities
have encountered the first case o f an
airplane imported Into the United
States under Its own motive power.
An American bought a Canadian
’plane, and It was flown across the
border near Detroit. The question then
nrose as to whether It Is dutiable, par
ticularly since airplanes are not men
tioned In any tariff acts.
Customs officials finally decided that
If It remains permanently In the United
Stntes It should be taxed “ as a manu
factured article” at the rate o f 20 per
cent, and I f It files out o f the country
ngnin within six months It w ill be re
garded as “ on a tour,” and w ill not be
taxed. Tn view o f the prospects that
International air touring may soon be
common, the ruling was regarded ■ as
Important.
Application Should Be Made When
Ground Is Still Dry.
Pleads Important Engagement to the
Cressys, Then Puts on St.
Mihiel Drive.
VAST MIXTURE OF RACES
YANKS ARE BUSY
LETTER WRITERS
TlWOffiS
TÄE
lic it ó
CLOVER FOR EARLY PASTURE
A cid Phosphate M ay W ell Be Added
to Each Load of Fertilizer Be
fore Spreading— Do Not
Smother the Plants.
EARLY HATCHING IS FAVORED
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
H igh ly Valued by Dairymen as Sub
stitute for Silage and for Green
Feed in Spring.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment o f Agriculture.)
Excepting rye, crimson clover Is the
Farmers have been very busy and earliest pasture available in the
Poultrym an Enabled to Get Chicks
short o f help during the past season. spring In the Middle Atlnntic states
Started Before Hot W e a t h e r -
Doubtless tn many cases the manure from New Jersey to North Carolina.
Rapid Gain« Insured.
pile is still in the barnyard. There Crimson clover Is grown mostly fo r
(Prepared by the United States Depart was neither time nor help at hand to soil improving and fo r hay.
ment o f Agriculture.)
Crimson clover pasture Is especially
spread this manure at the usual time,
In order to have eggs when eggs-are and as a result the wheat may now valuable fo r hogs and sheep, which
scarce begin operations In eurly spring be growing on land that Is not ns fer relish this clover quite ns much as they
to plan fo r early-hatched chicks. Early tile as Is desirable.
do red clover and alfalfa. It Is highly
hatching enables the poultryman to
In such cases It w ill be o f great help valued by dairymen as a substitute fo r
get his chicks started before hot to the wheat crop and o f profit to the 6ilnge and as a menns o f obtaining
weather, which retards their growth farm er if manure, or straw not needed green feed very early In the season.
and which, with the presence o f lice, fo r other purposes, Is spread evenly Many dairymen pasture their cows on
causes millions o f late-hatched chicks
crimson clover In order to save their
to die each year.
Pullets hatched
silage fo r dry spells during the sum
early produce eggs In the fa ll when I
mer. An average acre o f crimson clo
ver furnishes dny pasture fo r two or
three cows and reduces the amount
o f silage that must be fed by about
one-half.
Hogs, sheep and light cattle can be
run on upland pastures throughout
the winter and early spring except
when snow Is on the ground. Heavy
cattle must not be turned on the fields
when the ground Is soft, although
crimson clover is not Injured by trom-
PERSHING BEATS THEIR SHOW
Polygamy and Witchcraft Flour primary nnd some high school sub
jects, Including typewriting.
New York — Mr. nnd Mrs. .W ill
ish in Island of Su
“ Included among the pupils nre
Cressy o f the vaudeville team of Cres-
Chinese,
Arabs
nud
Dutch,
besides
the
matra.
sy and Dayne, who came back from
natives.
Here, ns throughout the East, there France the other day after entertain
Is the most Intense desire to learn ing soldiers, wero giving a perform
ance near St. Mihiel, to which General
English.
“ Everything «American
Is much Pershing was Invited. H e pleaded an
Early next
sought a fte r; goods, clothing, pic Important engagement.
morning he started the St. Mihiel
tures,
sewing
machines
nnd
especially
Has Population of 5,000,000 and Could
stereoptlcon and moving-picture ex drive.
Easily Support 100,000,000— Mis
A month later the Cressys met him,
hibitions. One V oung Arab asked me
sionary Gives Some Interest
to bring him back an Aniericnn wife. and he asked:
ing Facts and Figures.
“ H o w J Id you like my show?”
I always get an enormous crowd at
Adding:
one o f my Illustrated lectures.
N ew York.— W eird Is the story of a
“ When I told you I had an engage
“ The natives, knowing I am an
land where slavery, polygamy and American, often come to me with their ment I had that show In mind, so I
witchcraft are flourishing, which Earl troubles. They pour into my ear all could not see yours.”
It. Hibbard, first white missionary ever
sent to southern Sumatrn, a great
Island southeast of Asia, told here re
cently upon his arrival In New York.
Picture a lnnc\ where alleged ma
gicians known as pawangs, who are
said to be able to call crocodiles from
the rivers and wild beasts from the
Jungles, are believed to have control
over evil spirits, and you will cntch
a glimpse o f the Island o f supersti
Home-Bound Mail From France state In the Union, and to every city,
tion In the Pacific.
town, hamlet and rural route.
“ This curious lnnd,” said Mr. H ib
Increased Enormously
Mr. Richard N. Bird, who was de
bard, “ Is destined to be one o f the
tailed by the post office department
After Armistice.
great countries o f the globe. It has
to take general charge o f the offices at
5,000,000 population and could easily
Bordenux nnd Brest, has recently re
support 100,000,000, or nil the people
turned from France nnd his report of
o f the United Stntes.”
the work over there Is full o f Interest
Mr. Hlbbnrd Is head o f the Metho
Mall leaving this country addressed
dist school In Pnlembang, and also
to the expeditionary forces In France
runs a prosperous Christlnn church.
Post Offices at Bordeaux and Brest passes out o f the Jurisdiction of the
The leading Christians are Chinese.
Have More Extensive Distribution
post office department Into that o f the
Chinese nre crowding the Island rap
Service Th a n A n y Post Office in •
army when It leaves the port of de
idly ; many o f them are wealthy mer
barkation at N ew York. The army
W orld— Mail Handled Quickly.
chants.
collects the soldiers’ mall through ap
“ Our Island Is roughly ns long ns
Washington.— Since the boys “ over proximately 150 army post offices scat
from N ew York to Chlengo and 400
there” have stopped fighting they have tered throughout France, making the
miles broad,” suld Mr. Hibbard.
letters up In packages by states, nnd
“ Pnlembang has 60,000 people, o f taken to letter writing.
The home-bound mail from France delivers It to the officials o f the post
which COO are whites. There Is only
one white doctor fo r the whole city. has Increased enormously since the office department at Bordeaux nnd
A ll the rest o f the medicine and sur signing o f the armistice and the parcel Brest. Before being dispatched to the
gery there are In the hands o f post has become a souvenir service. United Stntes all mall Is sorted at Bor
witches.
The value o f souvenirs may be meas deaux or Brest nnd made up fo r direct
ured by the ton, consisting o f small dispatch to cities nnd railway mall
Mixture of Races.
routes In this country.
“ There Is a vast mlxtnre o f rates. cases, parts o f rifles and revolvers,
Every bit o f mall Is cleaned up to
bayonets,
uniform
buttons,
and
frag
In my church, where I preach in the
the very minute o f sailing, and choice
M alay tongue, we have noted at a ments o f demolished airplanes.
A captured German helmet Is the between sending it by a slower boat or
single service Ambonese, Menndenese,
Japanese, Malays, British Indians, most prized token. Four or five hun by a faster boat that may sail a daj
Chinese and Javanese, besides Dutch dred thousands o f these have come later is determined by the time sched
and English, not forgetting that the through the mall since the war began, uled fo r the bonts to arrive In New
and the shipping requirements of the York. The boat to arrive first Is given
pastor Is an American.
“ The people, religiously, have sunk postal service were relaxed so that a the mall In preference to sending It a
low. Most o f them are Mohammedans, large number have come through un day ahead by a slower boat. Approxi
mately 25 dispatches, or one every dny
but o f a debased form.
Idolatry, wrapped.
The mall from the American forces I except Sunday, are made from either
witchcraft and animism are mixed
with their Mohnmmndlsm. The ma In France Is dispatched from two Bordeaux or Brest each month, nnd
the time to New York Is about ten
gicians, called pawangs, who call the ports, Bordeaux and Brest.
During the month o f November— the days, with an Infrequent delay o f a
crocodiles' to the banks o f the rivers
and the wild beasts from the Jungles armistice having been signed on the day or two due to storms or accident
were
dis
Sent Direct to Tra in s ,
and who pretend to have the evil spir 11th— 17,615,400 letters
its under their control, are highly patched from Bordeaux, besides 2,818
The pouches or sacks when received
sacks o f papers; 5,419 sacks o f cus In New York are^sent direct to the
thought of.
* 'T f I have an enemy and w ill pay toms packages nnd 20,089 pieces o f railway postal cars and dispatched on
a pawang high enough he w ill send registered mall, the whole volume fast mall trnlns to the routes or cities
a magic, Invisible poisoned arrow by amounting to 287% tons.
fo r which they nre labeled. About 85
a hontu or evil spirit to kill the per
per cent o f mall Is handled in this way.
Busy Letter W riters.
son I desire slain. So the natives say.
The soldiers being located with sub
The fight-freed boys got into full
“ E very year a great pilgrimage last swing o f letter writing during Decem stantial permanency since the signing
ing two days Is made to the top o f ber and January, and fo r these months- -of the armistice, there Is no delay In
Gunong Dempo, highest «mountain on the amount o f mnll Increased about 20 the distribution o f mall on the other
the islnnd and an active volcano, and per cent over the plethoric month of side by the army except where It Is
In a shrine there the evil spirits are November. One soldier wrote 30 let Improperly addressed or the unit to
propitiated.
ters In a single dny. Tt Is not known which it Is addressed Is one selected
“ Polygam y Is common. W ives # are how many others equaled or surpassed to return to the United States. In the
put away on slight cause. Women this record. Frequently 12 to 15 let latter case the mall Is held on this
ore held lightly, although they do not ters w ere sent by each soldier.
side. W henever any mall from the
wear the veil and have more freedom
It Is likely to De some time before army post offices Is delayed reaching
than In other Moslem lands.
the home-bound mall from France Brest or Bordeaux, the date o f Its re
■ “ Slavery also has not been stnmped grows less. As the number o f boys ceipt at those, terminals Is noted by
out. - Our Christlnn people fight It, coming home Increases the Impulse to “ bock-stamp” on the delayed letters.
and o f course the Dutch administra write becomes stronger nmong those
The site o f the Bordeaux terminal
tion gives It no legal sanction. But who remain. The reguln/ly equipped post office Is on the river close to the
It Is there. In one case a young man post offices at Bordeaux nnd Brest, depots. The building Is 250 feet long
who had become a Christlnn convert from which all mall from the expedi nnd 28 feet wide and Is well ventilated
I tough t a little slave girl to save her tionary forces to the United States Is and lighted. It was built by the United
from a horrible fate.
dispatched, have the most extensive States army engineers from plans sub
distribution service o f any post office mitted by Mr. Bird. It has every con
Interested In America.
“ The wealthy classes o f Palembang In the world. W hile a larger volume venience fo r employees, and every ap
o f mall is carried by the New York pliance fo r the proper handling of
ore the Arabs nnd the Chinese.
“ The school o f which I am principal and Chicago offices, their fields o f dis mail. Provision Is made fo r 10,000
Is self-supporting.
W e have four tribution • are more restricted. From separations o f letter mall and 400
teaches* and 100 pnplls, and teach all Bordeaux mall Is dispatched to every separations o f paper mall.
SEND TONS OF SOUVENIRS
TOP DRESSING WITH
MANURE AIDS WHEAT
Manure Spreader Is Well Suited for
A pplying T o p Dressing on Wheat.
nnd thinly on the more level wheat
fields this winter.
Such application
should be made when the ground Is
In case fertilizer has
Early-Hatched
P u lle t— Mature and dry or frozen.
not been applied recently to the land
Laying on September 26.
and it Is known that phosphorus Is
hens are
molting.
Early-hatched
needed, 40 or 50 pounds o f acid phos
cockerels bring the best prices and
phate may w ell be added to each load
early layers w ill brood early the fo l
of manure before spreading.
The
lowing spring.
application o f manure should not be
Contrary to general belief chicks do heavy— probably not over six tons to
nqt grow or thrive as well during the acre In any case— and it should
warm months or hot summer days as be spread evenly so as not to smother
they do earlier In the spring. Chicks the plants.
hatched early are stronger, thrive bet
ter and have the advantage o f a longer
growing season. Early hatching not COST OF PORK PRODUCTION
only Insures more rapid gains In the
growth o f chicks but has a favorable Young G rowing Figs Become T h in In
Flesh If Compelled to Exist
Influence on the size o f the individuals
on Pasture Alone.
o f the flock. Lnte-hatehed chicks rare
ly i f ever attain the size o f those
W hile a liberal use o f pasture un
hatched early.
Given the same feed, care and atten doubtedly lowers the cost o f produc
tion, chicks hatched In March and ing pork, It Is possible to overdo the
A pril will weigh more when they are matter. Mature hogs w ill live on a
fou r months old than those hatched In good blue-grass or clover pasture
May and June.
The early-hatched without any grain, but young, growing
chick, having the advantage o f a more pigs become thin In flesh if compelled
favorable
growing
season,
makes to exist on pasture alone. Their
greater gains during the first four growth Is stopped. And when this
months o f Its life than the late- hnppens they do not finish satisfac
hatched chick. During the early spring torily fo r the fnll trade. Those which
months when the temperature Is not are to be marketed In the spring
so-varied the growth o f chicks is more when a year old get along very well
uniform and constant thnn It Is dur on pasture alone during the grazing
ing the summer. I f fo r no other rea season nnd fatten well during the
son chicks should be hatched early so winter. From 1 to 3 per cent o f the
their growth w ill not be interrupted by hog’s weight In grain along with the
the presence o f lice, which are much pasture gives the most satisfactory
more plentiful and destructive in hot results In the m ajority o f cases.
weather than In the cooler days of
spring.
Many farmers and poultrymen real
ize considerable money each spring
from the sale o f broilers, the price o f
which Is usually governed by their size
when sold and the time marketed.
Thus It would seem that In order to
Increase the amount o f money from
the sale o f broilers and fryers early
hatching would be employed so as to
have a marketable-sized fow l early In
the spring when prices are highest.
WASHING W IL L HELP DECAY
M any Eggs A re Spoiled Each Y e a r Be
cause T h e y Have Become W e t
Before Reaching Market.
Crimson Clover, Showing Most Ad
vanced Stage of Ripening Which la
Allowable to Use for Hay,
pllng as much us permanent blue
grnss sod. Crimson clover Is not as
likely to cause bloating as other clo
vers, but cattle, und especially young
cnttle, should not be allowed to graze
when the clover Is covered with frost.
TIME TO SPADE IN GARDENS
DEFECTS IN BUTTER MAKING
W o rk M ay Be Done Much Ea rlie r on
Sandy Soils Th a n on Heavy or
Clayey Kinds.
Spading may be done much earlier
on sandy soils than on heavy or clayey
soils. When the soil adheres together
In a heavy lump It Is too wet fo r work
ing. Allow such a garden to dry a lit
tle more, because if too wet the clods
that form w ill often remain unbroken
throughout the whole summer. Wheni
manure and leaves have been spread
over the surface o f the garden It w ill
be an advantage to get this material
down Into the soli.
Cooling Too Quickly o r W orking a t
T o o Lo w Tem perature Makea
Butter Brittle.
Butter that possesses a perfect tex
ture hns a flinty appearance. I f the
grain Is destroyed It Is usually the
result o f overworking or o f too high
temperatures.
Such butter has a
wenk, grensy body. Cooling too quick
ly or working at too low temperatures,
mnkes butter brittle and crumbly. I f
milky brine Is present, It shows the
lack o f thorough washing. Leaky but
ter results from luck o f thorough In
corporation o f wash water through
washing In a fine granular form with
cold water, then working Insufficient
ly. A dry body Is due to excessive
churning or high churning tempéra
ture.
It Is estimated that more than 5,000,- WOOD ASHES OF MUCH VALUE
000 eggs are spoiled every year because
they have been washed or In some wny Average Composition Derived From
have become wet before reaching m ar
Mixed Tim b e r le Equivalent to 70
ket.
The shell o f an egg contains a
Per Cent Carbonate.
gelatinous substance which prevents
air and germs from entering the eggs
Wood ashes have a much larger PROVIDE
CALF W ITH SALT
Washing destroys this substance and value than coal ashes. Their value
promotes decay.
lies In their content o f potash, phos 8upply of Clean, Fresh W ater, A lw ays
phoric acid and lime. The average
Available la Another Simpla
Requisite.
.
f
composition o f wood ashes derived
from mixed hard and soft wood timber
B y the time the dairy calf Is old
and produced In the household fires Is
about 5 per cent potash, 2% per cent enough to eat roughage It should have
phosphoric acid and 35 per cent lime, either access to or small dnlly offer
Plenty o f clean, fresh
equivalent to 70 per cent lime carbon ings o f salt.
water, constantly available, Is another
A system o f cleanliness In poultry ate.
simple nnd Inexpensive requisite o f
raising Is desirable.
good calf care that Is too often neglect
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CULL ALL WEAK SPECIMENS ed. Because a calf receives milk to
Hens must have things to eat that
drink Is no reason why It does not
contain egg-making elements.
Fow ls T h a t Do Not Give Promise of
require wnter. A fte r the c a lf Is two ,
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Being Profitable Should Be Dis
weeks old It needs wnter In small
The hen as a rule Is a better sitter
posed of at Once.
amounts at a time, though often.
than the pullet fo r the Incubation of
eggs.
I f there are any culls, wenk speci
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mens or any birds that do not give NEW MILK FOR YOUNG CALVES
When mites, lice, ticks, fleas, etc., promise o f being profitable they should
once get a start they are very trou be disposed o f Immediately before they T h e y Should Hgve It for First T w o
W eek« and G radually Be Weaned
eat any more grain than Is necessary
blesome.
to Skim M ilk.
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to get them In proper condition to sell.
E g g testers are to be easily had
Young calves ought to have new
from manufacturers and dealers In VENTILATION
IS NECESSARY milk
fo r the first two weeks o f their
poultry supplies.
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lives, then they con gradually he
Essential for Preservation of Health
weaned from new milk to skim milk,
T o successfully hatch chleka great
of Fowla— Direct D ra ft 8hOUld
and at three or four weeks o f age you
care should be exercised In the selec
Be Prevented,
can take the skim milk away from
tion o f the' sitting hen. Arty old hen
them by substituting a combination
seldom does In these matters.
W hile good ventilation Is absolutely
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o f grains and hay, or nny other dry
necessary in preserving the health o f
Th ere nre four common breeds o f the fow ls through winter, a direct forage that they w ill consume. Then
gradually teach them to eat whole
geese, the Toulouse, African, Embden draft should not be allowed to reach
grain, like oats and corn, and give
and the W hite China. O f these the the birds, especially when they are o d
this to them extra besides their por
Toulouse Is the most popular and most their roosts.
ridge.
generally raised.