The Sunday Oregonian., May 21, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Page 3, Image 59

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VICOMTE WEDS BEFORE
DEPARTURE FOR FRONT
Mrs. Georges de Maudinuet de Kervern Is Most Interesting American "War
Bride" and Daughter of United States Army Man.
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THE most interesting American
"war bride" is the wife of VI
comte Georges de Maudit de Ker
vern. She was Priscilla Alden Griffin,
daughter of the late Colonel Eugene
Griffin, of the United States Army, liv
ing in New York with her mother. Her
engagement with the Vicomte was an
nounced only recently, and the mar
riage was not expected to take place
for some time.
But a call came to the Vicomte to re
turn to his country on account of the
war. and he promptly took his fiancee
to the license bureau in City Hall, got
a license and was married to her in the
presence of a few friends. She re
turned with him to Trance.
HOW TO DESTROY ROSE
APHIS IS EXPLAINED
Small Greenish Plant Lice Quickly Will Multiply Into Thousands That
Will Suck Vitality From Tender Portion of Plant.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 20. :
When the new growth starts
on the rose bushes in the
Spring, and throughout the Sum
mer and Kail, the young growth
and the flower buds and stems
of rose bushes are often cov
ered with small green or pinkish
plant-lice known as the rose aphis,
which sucks the sap from the tender
portion of the plant and causes an
unhealthy . curled condition of the
foliage and disappointment in the
number and quality of the flowers
produced.
The rose aphis passes the Winter
In the egg stage on the stems ' and
dormant buds of the rose bushes, ac
cording to A. D. Hopkins, Forest En
tomologist, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The insects
hatching from, these eggs reach ma
turity in about' 15 to 20 days, all be
ing wingless. They are pear-shaped
and either bright green or pinkish
in color. At. this stage they begin
to produce living" young, each indi
vidual in course of about 20 days
producing 60 to 100 young, which, dn
maturity, are either winged or wing
less, and in turn either green or pink
ish. Thus the tender growth soon be
comes crowded with various sizes,
colors, and shapes of aphides, and, to
insure their progeny with an ade
quate food supply, the wingless moth
ers migrate to less crowded growth
and the winged ones fly to other rose
bushes, each starting a colony for her
self. Many Generations Pos.ible.
In favorable weather conditions,
especially in a humid atmosphere.
many generations may thus follow one
another, covering every bit of green
vegetation on the bush with their
bodies, their cast skins, honeydew, and
the resulting sooty fungus. It can
easily be seen that had every aphis
produced in the course of a season
lived its full life, the progeny of a
single overwintering egg would run
Into millions.
The presence of ants on the rose
bushes i3 an indication that the aphis
is present, because the ants collect
the honeydew from the aphides, and
to a certain extent, protect the aphides
from their insect enemies.
As above indicated, the rose aphis
thrives . Dest in cloudy, humid, warm
atmosphere, hence with the appear
ence of a hot and dry spell they often
disappear as suddenly as they ap
pea red.
Storms Often Ieclmate Xnmbrn.
Aside from a variety of causes, like
driving rains, winds, etc., which dec
imate its numbers considerably, the
rose aphis is attacked by other in
sects, which either devour them or
develop from eggs deposited in their
bodies. Ladybirds, lacewing files and
the larvae tof two-winged flies called
syrphus fifes are among the former
and a number of species of tiny wasp
like insects represent the . internal
parasites. Sometimes these natural
agencies of control are sufficient to
keep the aphides so reduced in num
bers that they do little or no harm.
Notwithstanding the effectiveness of
natural checks, however, their inter
mittent character unfortunately ren
ders their help often too late to save
the flower crop. It is always ad
visable, therefore, to watch rose
bushes for aphides and to apply reme
dies as soon as they are discovered.
Fortunately the rose aphis readily
succumbs to artificial methods of con
trol, and. with the different styles of
spray pumps on the market, there is
no excuse for allowing roses to suf
fer from these insects.
Simple Remedy Announced.
The simplest, most comonlV used.
and often quite effective remedy is to
turn a fine but forceful stream of
water on them by means of the garden
hose. Applied often enough this gives
sausiactory re suits.
solutions of fish-oil or cheaper
grades of soap are often useful as a
prompt remedy. The soap is used at
the rate of one pound to four gallons
of water. To make the solution, shave
the soap into the water and dissolve
by heating, adding enough water after'
wards to make up for evaporation.
The best remedy'for the rose nnhls
is 40 per cent of nicotine sulphate (a
liquid wmch can be purchased in most
seed stores) diluted at the rate of one
part of 1000 to 2000 parts of water.
with fish-oil soap or laundrv soan
added at the rate of one pound to 50
gallons or the spray mixture.
, ' Preparation Method Given.
The simplest way to prepare the
spray in small quantities and obtain
satisfactory proportions of the ingre
dients is to put one teaspoonful of the
nicotine sulphate, in from one to two
gallons of water "and then add on-half
ounce of laundry soap.- One spraying
is usually 100 per cent effective, but
if the first application has not' been
thoroughly made, a second one may
be necessary.
In order to prevent the possible de
velopment of mildew as a result of
frequent spraying it is advisable to
make the applications in the early
morning so that the spray will dry off
the plants promptly.
The spraying device to use depends
on the amount of spraying necessary.
A cheap atomizer, such as can be
bought in any seed store, is quite sat
isfactory for small plants and gardens.
Good knapsack and barrel pumps are
available for commercial growers.
It is nearly forty years since Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhani first prepared a botanic remedy for
her women neighbors who suffered with ills peculiar to their sex. The roots and herbs the
same as are used today she steeped on her kitchen stove.
Since which time the fame of this wonderful remedy has spread all over the world. There
is barely a town or hamlet in the United States or Canada where you cannot find some woman
who has been relieved of suffering by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Thousands upon thousands of such letters as the three following tell why this famous medicine
has stood the test of time.
Maryland Woman Testifies.
Cambridge, Md. " I wish all women who suffer from
female troubles would take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and be convinced of its worth as I have
been. At one time I was a great sufferer and my hus
band bought me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and it helped me right away. Again,
after my second child was born, it overcame a female
weakness after everything else had failed. I know how
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has helped
me, and I know it will help others.' Mr. James A.
Beidel, 107 Maryland Avenue, Cambridge, Md.
Wisconsin Woman Testifies.
Milwaukee, Wis. " Before taking Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound I was a physical wreck. I
had been going to a doctor for several years but he did
me no good. A friend told me about Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, so I decided to give it a
fair trial, and it gave me relief from bearing down pains
which had been so bad that I would have to lie down.
I also used the Sanative Wash and it has done me a
great deal of good, and I am not troubled with a weak
ness any more. " Mrs. P. L. BRILL, 1299 Booth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Ohio Woman Testifies.
Lima, Ohio. " I was all broken down in health from
a displacement. One of my lady friends came to see
me and she advised me to commence taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and. to use Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative Wash. I began taking your reme
dies and took $5.00 worth and in two months was a well
woman after three doctors Baid I never would stand up
straight again. I have recommended Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound to many women and it
surely has proved a godsend to suffering women."
Mrs. Jennie Moyeb, 342 E. North St., Lima, Ohio.
Every sick woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound-a
trial, for it cannot harm her, and there is great reason to expect that it will completely
restore her health. For special advice write The Lydia E. Pinkhani Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
public policy requires that the con
sumer should have a remedy."
"Defendant's duty was absolute. It
was bound to know that the meat was
unwholesome and. unfit for foQd, and
this duty was not performed by merely
showing an inspection and approval by
United States inspectors."
PLENTY " OP THEM . . . Base
ball fans are not limited to the ball
park and the bleachers, as the New
York Herald Company found out when
it erected an automatic baseball score
board in front of its building for use
during- a recent world series. The case
of Shaw's Jewelry Shop vs. New York
Herald. 156 N. Y. S. 651, recounts what
happened.
The Jewelry company brought suit for
damages and an injunction against the
scoreboard as a nuisance. In support
of their contention, they introduced
evidence showing- that the device had
attracted a crowd of from 30,000 to
40,000 people in front of the newspaper
building, congesting the street, restrict
ing the traffic to one side, so that
persons could not view the Jewelry
windows or reach the entrance, and re
quiring the presence of some 90 police
men to handle the crowd.
"It is true,'! said the court in passing
upon the case, "that courts will pro
ceed with great caution in interfering
with an owner's use of his property for
legitimate business; but it must be re
membered that such use must not only
be legitimate but reasonable, having
due regard for the rights and interests
of other property owners. In other
words, one cannot use his own property
in such a way as to injure or destroy
his neighbor's."
In this case the use to which the
property had been put was clearly un
reasonable and damages in the sum of
$729.50 were awarded to the plaintiff
for the injury caused to his business
by the use of the scoreboard for 11
days.
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LEGAL SIDELIGHTS FOR
LAWYERS AND LAYMEN
BY RETNELLE C. E. CORNISH, OF PORTLAND BAR.
0t THE FENCE . . . Silence is
not always golden and the person
who remains "on the fence" when
a controversy is in progress may find
himself compelled by law to retain the
uncomfortable seat he has chosen. The
plaintiff in Fisler vs. Van Deusen, 143
N. Y. S. 386. found this to. be the case j
when he brought an action of eject- j
ment to recover a piece of land to
which he held the title. .
It appeared from the evidence that
in 1879 Fisler and James Haight were
the owners of adjoining land, the
boundaries of which were fixed by
deeds, but not marked by boundary
. posts or fences. In 1883, the two
agreed that Fisler should construct a
rough fence to keep out his neighbor's
cattle. There appears to have been
ome talk to the effect that Fisler did
not know where the line was, and that
there - might be some subsequent ad
justment of it; but it appears without
dispute that the fence constructed by
Fisler at that time continued to exist
until 1910, when this action was
brougnt.
Meanwhile Haight had sold a part of
his land to one Fenwick. Fenwick
plotted the land into small lots and
sold a part of it to A. Van Deusen.
Fisler, suddenly waking up to his
rights, brought an action of ejectment
against Van Deusen, and showed that
his line, as proved by his deed, extend
ed beyond the boundary fence and over
a portion of the property held by Van
Tjeusen.
The court refused to permit Fisler to
enforce his claim on the ground that
by his long silence and inaction he
had estopped himself from disputing
the boundary line established by the
fence. "The plaintiff by permitting
the fence to remain is. as to third par
ties having no notice of any verbal
Haight, fairly estopped to say that the
line is different from what it appeared
to be to one going upon the premises."
The plaintiff, by his silence in the
face of a duty to speak, had estopped
himself from claiming the property
which he had visibly surrendered by
the construction of the boundary fence
in 1910, almost 28 years before. '
GOVERNMENT INSPECTED . . .
Even a United States inspector may
make a mistake, occasionally. . But if he
does make a mistake and passes dis
eased pork, is the packer relieved
thereby from liability to an Injured
consumer?
In the case of Catan-i vs. Swift & Co..
95 Atl. 931, the plaintiff's husband had
died from the effects of eating di
seased pork. Plaintiff sued the pack
ers and they defended by alleging,
first, that they had not sold the meat
to the deceased but to a middleman
who had retailed it. so that there was
no contractual liability existing be
tween themselves and the ultimate con
sumer, and, secondly, that the inspec
tion by the United States Government
had relieved them from liability.
The court refused to uphold their con
tentions, saying in part: "The remedies
of injured consumers ought not to be
made to depend upon the intricacies of
the law of sales. The obligation of the
manufacturer should not be based alone
upon the privity of contract; it should
rest, as was once said, upon 'the de
mands of social justice' . . . The
meat packer who fails to inspect his
products foT poisonous parasites or in
gredients knows that poison will poi
son, and that the persons to be poi
soned through his neglect will be those
who eat his products, and no one else.
"The natural, probable and almost In
evitable result of his negligence will
be injury to the consumer, and, in my
opinion, every consideration of law and
J agreement between plaintiff and
ITALY SINKING IN DEBT
End of War Likely to Find People
and Government Poor. ,
NEW YORK. May 10. A Washington
dispatch to the Tribune says:
Italy is facing a serious crisis. Un
less she obtains some Indemnity from
her enemies the advent of peace will
find both government and people poor.
A neutral diplomat declared ' today
that Italy was burdened with a na
tional debt equaling one-fifth of its
total national wealth, with a constant
ly Increasing unfavorable trade bal
ance. and was face to face with the
necessity of levying heavier taxes for
national purposes.
, "The debt of Italy before the war
was $2,850,000,000," he said. "Up to
date unsecured paper currency amount
ing to about $1SO.OUO,000 has been is
sued, internal loans for the war ag
gregate (800.000,000. (200,000,000 has
been borrowed in Great Britain and
$50,000,000 in the United States.
"The war has, therefore, cost Italy
about $1,230,000,000 and her national
debt is now about $4,000,000,000, or
one-fifth the estimated wealth of the
country, besides which additional bor
rowings are necessary if the war con
tinues more than four months longer.
"Italy's adverse trade balance is
large. With the United States it is at
least $100,000,000."
Error In Open Saloon List,
CHICAGO. May 10. A protest was
made by A. J. Holmberg. a saloon
keeper, that the street address of his
place of business had been confused
with that of the saloon con-ducted by
John Kotzer. whose nam was included
in a list of saloonkeepers alleged by
investigators for the EnglewooJ Law
and Order League to have violated the
Sunday closing law. The list located
Kotxer at 6412 South Halsted street,
which was given by Holmberg as his
address. Kotzer's saloon is listed in
the directory as 6412 South State
street.
BY M. L. LONGFIELD,
Author and Practical Poultry man.
EVERY fowl has Its staunch advo
cate. Judging 'from the ratio
reared of various kinds, the goose
stands third in popular estimation. In
consideration of its intrinsic qualities,
this is surprising. Of all poultry, the
goose is hardiest. It runs the gamut
of temperature extremes in the temper
ate climate undisturbed. Whereas,
chickens, guineas and turkeys must be
environed with watchful care lest dis
ease assail. The gosling early achieves
independence. Of all the ills to which
the former are heirs, it claims no in
heritance. Pip. gapes, roup, cholera
and their kind pass by the gosling, j
It is because it is a genuine vegetarian.
Provide the gosling with water, a good
.range and a home at night and it is
happily sufficient unto itself. Nothing
else outstrips its babyhood proportions
with such seven-league boots, as the
gosling. Today it greets you. fresh
from the shell, a plump, talkative re
sponsive bunch of golden down; next
week, a faded, gawky creature wobbles
to meet you, clumsy, yet still trustful
and friendly
There is something substantial and
practical about the goose, a certain re
liability, that should commend it to
poultry raisers apart from its prof
itable aspect. The flighty guinea and
the irresponsible turkey at times try
the "poultry raiser's soul sorely. The
goose, quiet and capable with her
healthy brood after the first few weeks.
Is dependable and trustworthy.
In goose raising, as much importance
attaches to the selection of a variety
as with chickens. The demand of the
nearest market usually swings the de
cision. In New York. Philadelphia and
Baltimore, the white command best
prices alive. - Consequently, nearby sec
tions favor a breed of this color. Of
the seven varieties, three are most
common. The large Toulouse is pro
lific, but its gray feathers are inferior.
The Chinese goose, slender and white,
or perhaps brown, with knobbed bill.
is noisy and small. The Emden seems
to bo the "general utility" breed,
for. besides its abundant thatch of
white feathers, it weighs almost as
heavily as its gray relation, the Tou
louse.
SelrrtlMg Breeder Important.
A flock may number from three
geese and one gander to 30 geese and
10 ganders, dependent upon the farm
er's resources in grass. The prevalent
size numbers 12, from which the farm
er may average 75 goslings. . Flocks
are assembled in December, likewise all
changes made therein. If young geese
are wanted, they shoulll be taken from
the first-hatched goslings. Individuals
are selected for .size, shapeliness and
proportion. Young ganders and geese
are distinguishable only by experienced
persons. The male carries a high head
on a longer neck and utters a call not
, so shrill as that of the goose. He may
be larger also. Otherwise, no notable
difference exists. In the laying season,
when the female develops a dewlap,
the sexes are plainly apparent. Breed
ers should always be marked to in
sure them from being taken for well
developed goslings when the final sep
aration takes place in December.
When geese establish a reputation
as layers of large and many eggs and
as sensible mothers, they are good for
long service. Some families record
keeping certain geese for 20 years. Few
are permitted such longevity, but it
is possible and the elder mothers are,
undeniably the best.
After the flock is chosen and has
been tested, unnecessary alterations
are unwise. The goose that lays small
or deformed eggs or proves to be
frivolous parent should be disposed of.
For various reasons, ganders are often
changed, chiefly to Improve the stock
and to increase the size of the offspring.
The Emden is the 'general util
ity breed. Ganders are good hus
bands and protective fathers.
Laying begins in February.
Hatching claims the gravest im
portance. Goslings are thrifty
and not menaced by disease.
Food needs are simple plenty of
grass and water, plus corn.
Feathers add to value. Water
fronts desirable but not neces
To Introduce one strange gander Into
the flock is to invite dissension. The old
ones flay him uncerclf ully. The better
policy is to make a clean sweep of
all ganders at once. Equality makes
for peace.
The family life of geese abounds
with interest. The gander chooses one
mate to whom he devotes himself as
siduously. He is jealously suspicious.
whence many bloody battles with other
ganders. He accompanies her faith
fully. When they walk together, he
statks ahead. He has been seen to
block her way deliberately when she
evinced an Intention to choose her own
direction.
During the Winter the season of
courtship geese begin to need more
oversight. Most growers agree that
over-fat geese produce the greater
number of infertile eggs, and guard
against such conditions accordingly.
Thin geese, on the other hand, defer
laying, which makes late broods. This
In turn curtails weight at shipping
time. The profitable medium is the
goose of average weight, laying early
in February. Such eggs may be set
in March. The goslings break the
shell in time for the earliest tender
grass. From this hatching come the.
best breeders.
Care of Egg. Essential.
The goosehouse. in deference to that
fowl's strong attachment for its quar
ters, should always have the same lo
cation. Any style of architecture suits
the goose. The nest is the important
feature. Box-like nests, 15x22 inches,
built side by side on the earthen floor,
with .a liberal filling of hay, straw,
dead pine leaves or other litter, are
an excellent accommodation. The eggs
should be collected daily and marked
with ink or indelible pencil with the
date of laying. This enables the raiser
always to set oldest eggs first, for in
this business, as with all poultry, the
older the egg for incubation, the
weaker the youngster. In saving the
eggs till brooding time, certain safe
guards are needful. Kggs should be
set on end, turned often and protected
from drying and sudden extremes of
temperature. A flannel-lined box or old
feather-bed in an unheated room is oft
en favored, the eggs being covered
with pillows.
Natural incubation is to be preferred
to artificial. For the purpose of get
ting more eggs from the flock, at
least two hens should be set coinci
dent with each goose. Each may cover
five or six. depending upon size of
hens and eggs. One goose can hover
the resultant hatching of her own and
of the hens. For every dozen set. one
I goose may be broken from sitting to
resume her second laying. These last
eggs, laid in warm weather, unsuper
vised, usually hatched phenomenally
well. Though the goslings face life
to he supported on the tough gra
of June, they grow rapidly with sup
plemental feeding and become worthy,
if belated, members of the season's
flock.
Normally, a goose egg hatches in 28
days, but it may ba prolonged. Tardy
goslings may require aid to emers
from the shell, but it must be cautious.
else permanent injury results. The.e
unfortunates lack stamina, but may
outgrow the discrepancy.
Gosling. Need Care.
Goslings are removed from the nes,t
lest they be crushed. The second day
restores them to the mother, who is
given a roomy coop with sod floor.
For food they like a liquid mixture of
meal and bran in a pieplate. often re
plenished. Coarse hand is accessible.
Hard-boiled egg. chopped grass, bread
crumbs in milk, etc.. are not needed
by Emdens.
Goslings revel in sunshine and grasp.
flanked with water. A wire-topped
coop with slatsides. 8x6x2 feet, which
is easily moved, is efficient in con
fining the mother and allowing the
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IT ia rare that any fancier seeks to
originate a new variety of ducks.
Breeders are generally satisfied to
continue with one of the old-fashioned
varieties that have been selected to
meet the requirements of their particu
lar market.
A decade ago the late William Cook,
famed as the originator of all the Orp
ington fowls, spent much time in -perfecting
a new utility duck, one that
would compare favorably with the Pe
kln as a layer, and with the Aylesbury
for weight. In the course of his work
he not only produced buff ducks, but a
blue variety and both are now largely
bred. Mr. Cook attached the name
"Orpington"-, to these ducks, after the
name of his country place in England.
Breeders are very enthusiastic over
their heavy-laying qualities and their
early maturity. One record from Call
fornia shows that a flock commenced to
lay at the age of 16 weeks. Another
record shows that two ducks laid 258
eggs in six months, which ia greatly in
excess of the average duck's production.
The plumage of this variety is a soft
buff over all. with, the exception of the
male, that has a seal brown head sev
eral shades darker than the body color.
The bills on both sexes are greenish
yellow.
The aim has been to breed only those
laying white eggs, and to this end care
ful breeders are hatching only the
whitest eggs. A few years of this se
lection will produce the desired result.
The weights required of these ducks
are six to seven pounds for males, and
five to six pounds for females.
In the production of pullets for
next season's layers, the poultry
man is almost certain to find
himself in possession of an
equal number of cockerels, for
which he has but little need.
These surplus cockerels can be
turned to a profitable account if
are nanaiea properly, wnicn
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goslings range for a week. Thereafter
they may trudge abroad with their
mother, attended by a proud daddy.
Most raisers limit goslings to the lawn
or small lot for 1 weeks, when they
graduate to the pasture and inde
pendence. Waterfronts are not absolutely es
sential to goose raising, but add to the
fowls' comfort. Parasites are not so
troublesome if there is unhampered ac
cess to water, and the plumage is
cleaner.
In August and thereafter at periods
of seven weeks, the flock Is plucked
of its "ripe" (ready to be shedi
feathers. Three pickings from 75
fowls aggregate at leapt 50 pounds of
choice feathers at 65 cents.
Plucking and fattening have a close
connection. Immediately after the last
"picking," goslings should be fattened.
When full-flegded they add no more
weight till after another shedding, and
are therefore ready for shipment. With
their sale, the farmer pockets a most
profitable fowl and least .troublesome
crop.
In the Southern Pacific Oeean a lr
tinder na desert was recently dlscovere'1.
Over its m-holo aren not a ventise of plane
or animal life could be found.
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