EXPERIMENTS IN BREEDING
HORSES FOR U. S. CAVALRY
Two Well Known Stallions, Henry of Navarre and Octagon,
Placed at Command of Farmers In Vicinity of
Front Royal, Virginia Colts Bring J5150
When Three Years Old.
BEST LOVED MAN IN AUSTRIA
ton. But as it to mock at his anti
quity, the Rainer is the most modern man among the hundred and fifty Haps
burg archdukes. In all that relates to soldiering, politics, art and science no
man outdistances the Rainer. He mode Vienna an art and science city.
EUROPE'S ROYAL HOUSEWIFE
It would be hard to find a more capa
ble housekeeper than the empress of
Germany.
Her ideal is service: she has de
voted her life to serving her country,
her husband, and her children. She
believes that this Is woman's highest
and only mission, and that women are
happy as long as they keep to this
ideal. The empress has never Inter
fered in affairs of state, and the daz
zle of court life has meant little to
her. But she has always found joy
caring for the comforts of the emper
or, looking after her children, and
managing her household.
When the Kaiser calls for his wife
he finds her engrossed in the many
departments of her housekeeping lore
in which she is so proficient. Though
Bhe does not go into the kitchen and
order her groceries and meats as do
her subjects, the chief steward comes
to her Study every mnrnlnn' mil th..
Si.K. C lor'uncnon an dimer together. She often suggests new
. t makeB,chanSeB the menus as they are presented. For she keeps
many cook books in her study and is always on the lookout for new recipes.
th in ?VJT?, n0t b,eMeTe ln foollsh rtganea In dressing any more
a ,Y Ptla?' Though her tallored BU,t" r dinner
Sf.nTh 6 outBld!-.!he krP dressmaker busy all the year round re
modeling her gowns and those for her daughter.
MAKING PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
remained with fhnt nnnnr'a Innnl
I staff.
and now constitutes one of the wheel
ration.
A native of Indiana, having been
years old.
LEADER IN INDIAN AFFAIRS
The new maharajah, Rlpu Singh, is
the son of the deceased rajah. Sir
Helra Singh Malvlnda Bahadur, G. C.
S. I., 0. C. I. E., of Nabha, whose
death was announced December 27,
1911. The state of Shabha is one of
the three Phulklan states of the Pun
Jab, but as the Maharajah of Nabha is
the. direct descendant of Baba Phul,
the great common ancestor of the
Phulklan chiefs, therefore the rajahs
of Nabha are regarded with special
reverence by the two other chiefs of
Patlala and Jhlnd, and have great In
fluence among the sikh community.
Moreover, the original place of their
forefathers, a vlllugo named Phul, aft
er the name of their common ances
tor, is in the territory of Nabha state.
Nabha state Is about 1,000 square
miles in extent with a population of
300,000 and annual revenue of about
twenty lakhs of rupees. This state Is
In alliance with the British throne,
and under the treaty the Rajah ot
Nabha has the right to inflict capital
His Highness the Maharajah Rlpu
.Of age but has already distinguished
Undoubtedly the best-loved man In
broad Austria Is not cross old Kaiser
Franz Josef, but bis still older cousin
and councillor, Archduke Rainer. Rain
er Is very, very old; and he Is known
as "the Rainer." When clerks and
lawyers on their way to the Innenstadt
pass his little place in Favorltin
strasse, and see pressed to the win
dow a white face, white hair, a short
white beard and long white mustache,
they do not say, "That Is the Arch
duke." They Bay, "Look at the Rain
er," and they repeat- some ancient
tale from the Neue Frele Presse about
the Reiner's immemorial antiquity.
The Rainer is indeed terribly old.
He was born and grew up in the days
when Austria owned Venetla, and
there his papa, another Archduke
Rainer, ruled; and this papa was born
away back in 1783, almost in the ro
coco age of Watteau shepherdesses,
Rosenkavallers and George Washing
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Letters are being received daily by
Charles S. Albert, chairman of the
standing committee of corespondents
in charge of the Press Galleries of the
Senate and House of Representatives
at Washington, asking for reserva
tions in the press sections at the Re
publican and Democratic National
conventions, the latter of which will
be held in Baltimore June 25. The
committee of which Mr. Albert is the
chairman has been designated by the
national committees of the two par
ties to receive all requests and assist
in the assignment of seats In the press
sections of the two conventions.
Mr. Albert has been in the Wash
ington newspaper field for 21 years,
now approximating the deanshlp of
the corps In point of service. He was
manager of the Press News Associa
tion, night editor of the United Press
and in charge of the New York World
Bureau before, during and after the
Spanish-American war, and lias since
He nas Deen witn tne world 16 years.
horses in the famous Pulitzer organ!
born in Union county, Mr. Albert Is 63
punishment in his territory
Daman Singh is only twenty-eight
himself In the council chamber
yean
BEST OF ALL SHORTCAKES
How Luscious Dessert Should Be Pre
pared fcr the Table to Be at
Its Best
Best served warm and do not fill
until ready to serve. Split cake, lay
top inverted on a plate, fill with
fresh or canned sliced peaches, well
seasoned apple sauce, or best of all,
with crushed or sliced strawberries.
Fruit should be liberally sugared.
When center is well filled place
the top layer on, cover with fruit
and serve with cream.
Ingredients: Two cupfuls of sifted
pastry flour, two teaspoonfuls of ba
king powder, three tablespoonfuls of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one egg
and three-quarters cupful of milk. .
Method: Sift salt and baking pow
der into flour after it has been sifted
once and measured. Cream, butter,
sugar and egg until light Into this gen
Jy stir the milk and flour, alternating
(do not Jeat Just stir lightly), then
pour into greased layer cake tin.
Bake in brisk oven, then split and
prepare with the fruit as directed in
foregoing recipe.
1
Knowing
Cocoanut matting may be cleaned
with a large coarse cloth dipped in
salt and water and then rubbed dry.
Knives which have been used for
onions and smell of them can be
cleaned by drawing them through a
piece of carrot two or three times.
To remove hot water marks from
Japanned trays use sweet oil. Rub It in
well till all marks disappear, then pol
ish the tray with dry flour and a soft
cloth.
When gilt frames or molding of
rooms have specks of dirt from flies
and other causes upon ttjem they may
be cleaned with white of egg applied
with a camel's hair brush.
To clean dust stained alabaster or
naments, make a paste of whiting, soap
and milk. The paste must be left to
dry on and then washed away, the
surface being then dried with a cloth
and then with a flannel, when the or
naments will be found clean and un
harmed. To Remove Tea Stains From Linen.
To remove the obstinate tea stain
from your fine linen tablecloth, spread
the stained part ' over a basin, and
pour (from a height) clean soft boil
ing water through it If the stain has
been allowed to dry it will be the
harder to remove, but where this
method is applied at once while the
stain is fresh and moist, the marks
will disappear like magic. Where the
stains are long set, rub in a little pow
dered borax and pour on more boiling
water; then plaoe the articles to soak
In a basin, later washing it in the or
dinary way and the stains will be ef
fectually removed. When any article
has had either coffee or tea spilled on
it be careful not to allow any soap
to touch it, as the alkali of the soap
will make the coloring matter into a
fast dye, which can hardly be bleached
lut
Using Coverless Roaster.
The tendencies and savor of roasted
meat depends upon the slow, permeat
ing Influence of a-sllghtly moist heat
properly applied. This should be va
por not steam under pressure. The
water well of this roaster provides
just enough vapor to surround the
outer surface of the roast and help it
retain its appetizing, nutritive quali
ties. The raised concave center on
which the roast lies catches in its de
pression all the rich juices that make
delicious the gracy we like so well.
Thicken the gravy with flour and
place the roaBter over the open cover
hole or gas flame. Thus gravy can be
finished right in the roaster.
To Remove a Paint Stain.
To remove the paint stain from the
new felt hat, touch the stain lightly
with spirits of turpentine, or benzine.
Keep the spot moist by repeated appli
cations and after a time the paint will
be found quite soft, so that It may
easily be lifted with a knife. Take off
the surface part thus and apply more
of the cleanser to a soft oloth dipped
In the cleanser. If any trace of the
Injury still remains treat with alcohol,
giving the whole hat a rub with a
cloth moistened in it, as this treat
vent will freshen the appearance.
Cheese Balls.
Take one and one-half cups of grated
American cheese and the whites of
three eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Sea
son with paprika and a little salt. Cut
rounds of bread which have been cut
thin and spread with the cheese mix
ture. Brown In a hot oven. Good with
salads or afternoon tea.
' Revised Edition.
"Know thyself," is advice frequently
given, but If you want to maintain
your self-respect know as little of thy
self as possible.
United States
The public generally knows that the
government has outlined a plan to
encouraga the breeding of horses for
the army whereby mare owners in
BuitaDie sections will have the cam.
mandSof service to first-class stallions
free, In return for which they agree
to give, the United States options on
resulting loais at a fair nrice. The
plan was taken up as a means to pro
vide a good supply of horses such as
the army needs, which, strange as it
may seem, is rapidly becomine
and more limited. An appropriation
was suggested at the last session of
congress, but no action was taken
Dne objection being that the plan was
ooi practical tnat farmers would not
enter into such agreements with the
government.
Fortunately, funds were available tn
make an experiment to determine this
point. Mr. August Belmont, of New
York, presented to the government
two of his best-known stallions, Henry
or Navarre and Octagon, and the Do-
RANGE LAMBS
RETURN PROFITS
Feeder Mot Only Mokes Money
on Feed, but Secures Lars
Benefit From Manure
Dropped.
(By W. M. KELLEY.)
The great advantage of feeding
lambs Is the fact that the home
grown forage and fodders together
with the otherwise waste products of
the farm may be turned to profit
This may be done with a minimum
expense for the purchase of highly
concentrated by-product foods and
mill-feeds that are required to make
a satisfactory fattening Ration for
other kinds of stock.
Feeding range lambs like other
branches of sheep feeding Is sure to
become more popular as farmers ap
preciate the necessity of cutting out
the purchase of large amounts of
grain food and feeding a class of live
stock that are capable of turning
their -grain food and forage that Is
grown on their own farms to a profit
Practically every line of feeding
that Is conducted outside of the corn
belt states has been developed upon a
basis of cheap grain foods and now
that every kind of grain foods have
reached a price that makes their use
almost out of the question, the aver
age feeder is finding his profits grow
ing smaller.
The men who have been feeding
sheep have not felt the rise in grain
prices as severely as other feeders
because sheep can be put in good con
dition with a smaller quantity of grain
and concentrates. In feeding range
lambs the feeder not only makes a
profit on the original cost of the
lambs, but as well on the cost of the
food which is grown on their farms,
and In addition there is a large return
of fertility to the soil, when the man
ure Is carefully handled.
In England this branch of feeding
has been conducted for many years
and it has been found a very profit
able way to Increase the fertility of
the soil as well as a profitable way to
utilize grain, grass and root crops.
Many-of the English feeders buy our
corn, ollmeals and even hay and
derive a substantial profit from their
feeding. Is it not fully practicable
and possible for the farmers of this
country to conduct the same line of
feeding when they hare every requl-
Cavalry Horse.
partment of Agriculture placed them
at the command of farmers In the
vicinity of Front Royal, Virginia, on
exactly the terms outlined in the gov
ernment plan.
By the approval of the war depart
ment, the price to be paid for the
resulting foals at three years of age
was $150, and no difficulty whatever
was experienced In getting farmers to
breed their mares under these terms.
About 50 mares were bred, the stal
lions reaching Virginia somewhat late
In the season and Octagon's usefulness
being curtailed by a severe attack of
distemper.
The Interest of the Virginia farm
ers is keen, and already fifty addi
tional mares have been offered for the
season of 1912, and the services of
more stallions could easily be utilized.
Circular 178 of the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry explains the depart
ment's breeding plan and may be ob
tained on application to the secretary
of agriculture, Washington, D. C.
site from 3.000 to 4,000 miles closer to
the base of supply?
There are excellent Inducements to
feed range lambs, especially for the
man who does not desire to keep
live stock on his farm during the
whole of the year; and many farmers
are fixed so they could profitably con
duct winter stock feeding at a profit,
but who have too much other labor
on their farms during the crop grow
ing season.
There is money to be made by feed
ing range lambs If a man understands
the fundamental principles of the busi
ness and grows a wide variety of for
age, fodders and grain crops.
JERSEY BULL A
SPEEDY RACER
Fall. Blood Animal Trained to
Pace Mile in Less Than
2i40-Ia Exceeding,
ly Docile.
A full-blooded Jersey bull, which
can pace a mile in harness attached
to a sulky in less than 2:40, and
which can be ridden in the saddle at
even better gaint has created quite
a sensation in Pennsylvania. The bull
Is four years old, fawn in color and
A 8peedy Racer,
weighs 1,100 pounds. His owner says
he frequently rides the animal and
finds him as easy-going as a pacing
horse.
The bull is exceedingly docile and
seems to take great pleasure in speed
ing and it requires no effort to keep
him up to the top notch whether
ridden or driven.
Value of Silage.
One dairyman says his receipts hav
increased thirty per cent, since he be
gan to feed silage. This is higher
than most of the reports, but we have
yet to get one which said silage wa
not a paying dairy feed.