In te llig e n c e
Intelligence le au Inherited charac
teristic which grows year hy year In
childhood, and is fully develoi>ed about
sixteen or seventeen, after which yoa
uiay cultivate the mini) through study
and experience; but not by the meas
ure of a brain cell can you Increase
your "Intelligence.” Many grown ups,
and some of them successful ns the
world counts success, If tested scien
tifically, would dud that their “ intel
ligence" wae no more than thut of
their schoolboy sou of twelve.—Glas
gow Herald.
B a c k to M e th u s e la h
A message from Madrid, Spain,
states that a happy family of centena
rians has been discovered. The mother
Is aged one hundred and twenty-seven
and her live sons runge from one hun
dred and eleven to one hundred and
five. According to these figures the
mother must have been only fifteen
when her eldest son was born. It was
further stated that all the sons are at
w ork; doubtless they are the sole sup
port of their aged mother.
T ow n ship s W ith o u t N am e»
I f you should send a letter to some
one In Letter C, Maine, or to Long A,
Maine, or to No. 1, It. 5, and so on,
the postmaster would see that the let
ters reached their destination safely
or to the nearest postal point, for
these are the designations of some of
the unnamed townships In Maine.
There are 17 of these townships
known only hy the number, range and
county.
Im p e r fe c t B ric k »
Usually bricks In a wall that get
powdery and waste away have been
underburned and are exceedingly soft
and therefore susceptible to crum
bling or wasting away due to dehy
dration. If the number of such bricks
In a wall Is small, they may be re
moved and replaced by others which
have been burned hard enough to re
sist weathering conditions.
B e a u tifu l Grasse R egion
The Grange region, In the gouth of
France, 1» the real land of flowers.
There Is practically no agriculture In
the region save floriculture. For mile
nfter n.lle as far as the eye can see
there are fields of roses, violets, tube
roses and other kinds of blossoms,
beautiful beyond description In the
harvest season.
T o w n ’s O d d N a m e
Anyox Is the curious name of a
mining town In the extreme northwest
corner of Canada, In British Columbia,
on Observatory Inlet, near the Port
land canal. It Is the center of n great
mining Industry, Including the largest
copper mine In the British empire, In
which are nine mines of underground
workings.
C osm op o litan C olon y
During the Eighteenth century,
Pennsylvania was a refuge for Euro
pean Immigrants. No other colony had
so many different races and religions:
Dutch, Swedes, English. Hermans,
Welsh and Irish; Quakers, l ’reshvte-
rbios. Catholics, Lutherans, Mention-
ltes and Moravians.
R e lic o f Long A g o
Ilronxe swords, elaborately en
graved, and other rare relies esti
mated to lie three thousand years old
or older, have been unearthed on the
Swedish Island of .»eland In the Bal
tic sea.
W ays o f M a k in g a L iv in g
There are said to be no fewer than
10,887 different ways of making a liv
ing In England, ns shown In a govern
ment publication dealing with occu
pations.
T h e S tatesm an
I f the public takes kindly to whnt
the great statesman Is reported to
have said, the great statesman doesn’t
claim he was misquoted.—Toledo
Blade.
W ith D u e A p o lo g ies
Woodman, hew that tree; spare not
a single hough; I carved the name
thereon of one who hntea me now.—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Boyish N e e d
It doesn't need a very big enve to
make a hoy happy. We should pro
vide one and see that It Is absolute
ly safe.- Exchange
R e g re tte d Econom y
“ It Isn't Ihe things that I treated
myself to I am sorry for, hut the
things I did not treat tuyself to."—
David llarunv.
PROOF RESTS WITH PATIENTS
name* and ad.lresMS of kundrvdl o f
lu U rals .u n M In td In out t RKK BOOK
on H e ltd and Colon a'ln itn t«
• Ito doVxts of Hr. C. I U n u ,
n o n -su rskal m ethod of (rrat.
n-vnt, wfikh we i m ct,toelvely.
Send foe M bnlav and learn uf
oor W K i n t N A S S U R A N C E
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5
o n cuak
H M IftY
It May Be
Inkling of the way war would be
waged did the French have the te
merlty to give us battle. But they
could not understand, having had no
experience In our woods style of fight
lag. England hud failed to find any
merit in our rifles, although these
typically American weapons resulted egg production
from long experience In forest-hunt
SHOWS INCREASE
ing and fighting, where the fear of
Indians called for a minimum amount (Prepared by (ha United State« Department
e f Agriculture.»
of noise and the maximum of ac
Radical changes In poultry manage
curacy, and where powder and lead
were so precious that a small bore, ment practices the last few years are
long barrel piece was the only gun a having a marked effect in lengthening
the production season, according to
man could carry any distance.
A sergeant was mildly curious Bob B. Slocum of the bureau of agri
about the little hinged box in the cultural economics. United States De
lllusfrcdiorts by
stock of the gun where I kept the partment of Agriculture, addressing
I r w i n Myens
greased patches of linen. I proudly the American Institute of Befrlgera-
O t '
explained the virtue of the patch, and tlon at Washington.
he Impatiently urged:
Increasing egg production at an
W N . U . SÊR-Vice
“ You’re a proper man. Put away earlier date in the winter than usual
Copyright bg Hugh Pendexter
that piece and enlist and learn how and the production of out-of-season
to fight."
broilers have caused apprehension In
The ten days' delay In the arrival
"1 am to serve as a scout”
the cold storage Industry over the
of the artillery wus one cloud In our
“ You're master dark of skin for an possibility of a decrease in the amount
8YNOPSI8
sky, for If It moved so slowly In mak Englishman," he remarked, his dull of cold storage space required for
ing the creek whut would be Its rate gaze suddenly growing suspicious.
Im p o v e ris h e d
by
th e
op en -
poultry and eggs, but Mr. Slocum as
of progress once It attempted the raw
hand ed g e n e r o s ity o f his f a th e r ,
“ My people were English. I was sured the Institute that the volume of
V ir g in ia g e n tle m a n , y o u n g W e b
wilderness road now being construct born In Virginia.”
these products produced and stored
s te r B ro n d Is s e r v in g an a scout
ed? To expedite the road we must
"You're black enough for a French during the normal season w ill con
an d spy f o r th e a rm y u n d e r G e n
lay down, SL Clair and Major Chap man.”
e r a l B ra d d o c k p r e p a rin g fo r th e
tinue to be as great as at present, or
a d v a n c e on F o r t D uqu esne.
He
man, of the Forty-fourth, marched
" I was taken for a Frenchman at j even Increase with the normal In
has Just re tu rn e d to A le ia n d r la
with six hundred men to smooth the Duquesne this spring.”
fro m a v is it to th e fo r t , w h e re ,
crease in population.
way to the L ittle meadows on the
Castorla Is a comfort when Baby Is
He grunted and walked away. I
po sin g as a F re n c h m a n , he has
“ It is probable,” he said, "that both
Toughlogeny, some th irty miles dis had forgotten him and was starting
secu red
v a lu a b le
In fo r m a tio n .
fre tfu l. No sooner taken than the little
-
Increased
production
of
eggs
during
B ra d d o c k , b re d to E u ro p e a n w a r
tant from Fort Cumberland. When to visit the Iroquois camp when a
j one is nt ease. I f restless, a few drops
fa re , f a lls to r e a liz e th e Im p o r
we marched It would he In three di babel of voices from the direction of the fall and early winter and In- soon bring contentment. No harm done,
ta n c e o f th e new s. B ro n d is sent
| creased production of broilers out of
visions, under Ilalket, young Horatio the parade ground attracted my at
fo r Castorla Is a baby remedy, meant
ba c k
to F o r t D u q u e s n e , also
the normal season w ill continue to
b e a rin g a m essage to G e o rg e
Gates and Dunbar.
tention. A score of soldiers, released expand. On the other hand It must for babies. Perfectly safe to give the
C ro g b u n , E n lis h e m is s a ry am o ng
What had surprised me was the from drill, were bearing down on me
J youngest in fa n t; you have the doctors'
th e
In d ia n s .
B ro n d
Joins his
number of white women In camp. I In a very businesslike manner. My be remembered that the great bulk word fo r that I I t Is a vegetable pro
fr ie n d a n d f e llo w sco ut, B oun d
counted th irty wives of soldiers. In acquaintance, the sergeant was lead of the onnual egg and poultry crop of duct and you could use i t every day.
P a w , In d ia n c h ie f, an d th e y set
o u t. On th e w a y th e y f a l l In w ith
addition to these there were Croghan’s Ing them. They grouped around me and the United States Is the product of But It’s In an emergency that Castorla
a t y p ic a l b a c k w o o d s m a n , B a ls a r
general farms of the Middle West and
sixty Iroquois women and children. the sergeant said:
C ro m lt, w h o Joina th e m .
The
only a relatively small part the prod means most. Some night when consti
Thus the noncombatants made a very
p a r ty e n c o u n te rs a g ro u p o f s e t
“ We believe you're a spy from the
uct of specialized poultry farms. pation must be relieved—or colic pains
tle r s t h r e a t e n in g a y o u n g g ir l,
French."
While specialized farms are Increas I —o r other suffering. Never be without
E ls ie D ln w o ld , w h o m th e y accuse
"Then report It to your superiors.
o f w it c h c r a f t . B ro n d saves h e r
ing In number and Importance there Is It; some mothers keep an extra bottle,
But the man who calls me spy Is a
unopened, to make sure there w ill al
fro m th e m . T h e g i r l disa p p ea rs .
no reason to anticipate that the farm
liar.”
ways be Castorla In the house. I t la
flocks w ill not continue for years to
I dropped my long rifle In the hollow
1 effective fo r older children, too; read
come to produce the greater part of
C H A PTER III— C ontinued
of my le ft arm and swung It about
our poultry and egg supplies. More the book that conies with IL
and enlarged the circle, and warned:
over, the eggs from these flocks w ill
' " It'll be easy for you men to murder
I believed the French were whipped,
be produced largely In the spring
me. b ill I'll lake at least one of you
for had I not recently visited Duques
months and the poultry raised w ill be
wltti me. i t you honestly believe me
ne and obtained full knowledge of the
hatched during the normal spring
a spy, report me. But bands off.”
fort's weakness and the red man's
months and marketed during the full
The
fellows
lacked
nothing
In
cour
uneasiness? And yet there was some
age and I believe they would have and early winter. This being true, It
thing In Croghan's talk, or way of
risked closing In on me tf not for the follows thnt a large surplus of eggs Tin Plays Large Part
speaking, that left me depressed.
arrival of a horseman, lie looked w ill be available in the spring and a
When he declared the French were
in Feminine Apparel
scarcely ont of his teens, although correspondingly large surplus of poul
whipped, it almost seemed as If be
How many women and girls who
only a year younger than L or twenty- try In the fa ll and early winter which
were dwelling upod It Just to keep his
wear flesh-colored artificial silk stock
three. The horse, skillfu lly handled, must conUnue to be stored for use ut
courage up.
ings know that the golden sheen on
later
periods.”
swept a cleared space before me, and
But the morrow brought the van
some of them Is really u tin one? Ac
the rider sternly demanded:
guard of the Forty-fourth, and the
cording to a dyestuffs expert, tin is
"What's this confusion mean? I am Summer Poultry Feeding
entire regiment was In cump hy mid
used us a means of Axing color in the
Colonel Washington, aide de camp to
day. Then came General Braddock
Plan of Ohio Specialist | dyeing of artificial silk. The modern
General Braddock.”
and his escort of light-horse, and the
Summer feeding schedule for laying girl can really be regarded as a god
Of course 1 recognized him the mo
drums began the "Grenadiers’ March,"
hens
calls for reduction In the amount dess of tin, for she is largely respon
ment 1 glimpsed him. The sergeant
and the scene was gay and very col
of grain and Increase in the amount sible for the increasing applications of
humbly explained:
orful. 1 forgot my gloomy mood nnd
tin to new uses.
“ We believe, sir, he Is a French spy. of mash, say poultry specialists.
huzzahed with the best of them. Two
Tin plays an Important part I d the
"Gradually reduce the amount of
We came to take him before our cap
hours later, Colonel Dunbar and the
grain feed und increase the mash con- manufacture of all artificial silk lin
tain.”
Forty-eighth marched In, and there
was more cheering and high spirits.
He dismounted and took a sharp ! sumption In order to maintain sum gerie, and Is used In the manufacture
look at my dark face, and after a mo mer production,” says one of the spe of nearly all articles of the toilet ta
Now It did seem as tf we soon could
cialists, P. B. Zurnbro of Ohio. " It ble. Tin, too, makes possible the col
he about the business of driving the
ment cried:
"H a l Mr. Brond, of Alexandria. Is wise to feed all the grain in the lapsible tubes of toilet and cosmetic
French behind the Great lukes. The "W h a t’s This Confusion Mean? I Am
preparations.
Colonel Washington, Alde-de Camp
Webster Brond, whom I haven’t seen evening in order to make the birds
artillery, however did not come up—
to General Braddock."
these three years. What’s this about hungrier for mash during the day.
and would not for another ten days—
S o m e th in g W ro n g ?
but what odds? Braddock was with respectable showing and used up you being a spy?"
"Another good plan is to keep the
A teacher In one of the city schools
us with his two Invincible regiments
" I t ’s their Imagination, Colonel. I birds confined in the bouse nntil
much of our provisions; and we were
Even though their uniforms made not well supplied with food. After reported to the council In Alexandria, afternoon. If the house can be proper told her four-year-old son, Freddie,
them conspicuous targets, the French our first high spirits had subsided a after playing spy for the English at ly ventilated. This w ill stimulate Jr., that he was to go to school with
were too weak to oppose them. All hit, we began to notice something else Duquesne. General Braddock himself mash consumption and at the same her the following day. The mother
that remained was to march sw iftly
time allow ample opportunity for explained to her son thnt boys and
that might become very serious. The w ill remember me."
girls do not talk In school and that
to Duquesne and Hy our royal banner regulars, upon whom Braddock de
"Then It wus you who wns before green feed,
he should not talk.
In piece of the Lilies.
pended—almost
exclusively — were the council," he cried and thrust out
“ Another way is to pot mash hop
Freddie Jr. Inquired: “ What's the
Then we would shift our strength falling ill In large numbers. They had Ills hand. “ 1 arrived after you had pers where you find the birds during
with
them?” —Indlnanpolls
to the north nnd capture Niagara and been herded on transports and had left and In the confusion I did not the day—under a tree, in a shed, or matter
News.
Crown Point, nnd teach the New Eng
been deprived of fresh provisions. hear your name.”
wherever they congregate.
landers how to fight. Only a liun
Turning to the soldiers he said:
Meat was the principal Item of food
“ Now is the time to start wet mash.
G efs N e w T h r il l in A g e
dred and fifty miles remained Io be on the creek and It was oversnlted.
"This man Is a loyal subject of his Mix enough milk with the ordinary
covered before France's grip on the The result might have been foreseen
majesty and he has done the king and mash to make it crumbly wet, and
A year before he retired from active
Ohio would be forever removed. Ah.
Be
The coming of the army brought the colonies excellent service.
feed such quantities as the hens will farming when ninety-four years old,
but now we were In fine spirits those many woodsmen flocking to the creek, more cautious another time.”
Harvey Mount, Civil war veteran nnd
consume in a half hour.”
first few days nfter Braddock reached and I began Io meet old acquaintances
They were glad to withdraw. Col
early settler near Obert, Neb., decided
the creek. Ills very austerity was a who had never heard me called any
onel Washington sat down on the log
he would discard ox teams and horses
guarantee of complete tutcesa. The thing except "Black" I’.rond Aftei a nnd motioned me to sit beside him and
for travel, and bought a motor car.
colonies were confident the fall of the day or so they would slip uway while asked:
So at ninety-three he learned to drive
enemy wns but a matter of days.
"Can you tell me what you learned
a ear and has been his own chauffeur
others would take their place to ob
Braddock had arranged to send serve silently nnd form opinions. I while al Duquesne? I'm hungry for
since.
back the latest news hy means of frequently saw General Braddock news of the country, and I’ve had no
Clennlln--ss Is one of the chief fac
mounted expresses. And every Thurs
walking about the eamp with his of chance to talk with tils excellency. tors in success with poultry.
P a la c e T h e ir Id e a l H o m e
day a western hound mall-rlder was ficers, anil was shocked to observe he Governor Dinwiddle.
• . •
I was Indis
That modern youth has Its Ideals
to start from Philadelphia to over
looked worried ami discouraged. There posed and tardy In rejoining the
Keep the coops for the small chicks was demonstrated at a London school
take the army. I could vision the was much muttering and complaining army.”
at a distance from the hen house.
recently. The pupils were asked to
• • *
arrival of our express and the enthu
So I repeated In detail, and various
among the provincials. The coin
draw a picture of their Ideal home.
slnsm our bulletins would arouse monder, being a rigid d rill master
things Braddock had not had the pa
Now that the warm days have come The teacher expected cottages com
when read aloud nt every hostel.
Insisted that the provincials he Hence to listen to. When I emled, he the young chicks w ill appreciate plenty plete with rosebuds, but half the
And much good news was brought worked dally and made to go through thoughtfully mused:
[ of shade and fresh water.
young people drew pictures of Buck
hy Braddock and his staff. A large the manual with fine precision. The
• • •
"There's hut one thing to guard
ingham palace, the home of the king
delegation of Catawbas and Chero provincials were slow und slovenly nt against—a surprise attack oo the way
The nesting boxes should be In the and queen.
kees were to meet men from the Long maneuvers and aroused Ihe general'» If we can avoid that, we'll have Du | darkest part of the hen house, and
House at Winchester and provide us disgust and contempt This soon be quesne Just as surely as were now should all face away from the door.
T ra n s p a re n c y
with an overwhelming red force. The came generally kuown ami was hotly camping on this creek. Where would
• • •
Husband (whlsi>erlng)—Grace, the
Catawbas alone were to send us a resented.
they be likely to lay an ambuscade?'
On alfalfa or clover Is the best soup Is terribly weak.
hundred nnd fifty warriors. As a re
I talked with some of the guards
place to raise chicks. Too valuable
"You believe they’ll lay one?”
Grace— Ssh I It's done on purpose,
suit of the Winchester council out
and endeavored to give them seine
for that? Shucks, no. An ncre, di
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
so that the guests ran see the beauti
camp would be overrun with red al
vided In two fields, so the fowls can ful ornamentation In the bottom of
lies.
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he rotated, w ill take care of 500 the dish.
But no Indians came to join us
chicks.
Croghan's bells to the lake tribes
• • •
O dd P ow er o f South A m erican V am pire Bat
brought us neither Shawnee, Twlghl-
Skim milk and yellow corn meal are
wee. Wandot or Plunkushaw But
good feeds for young chicks i f there
In his story of his explorations In but many of them are certainly pos
while a trifle disappointed. It really
is plenty of tender green feed within
did not matter. If they would not South America, Dr. William McGov sessed of really remarkable powers. reach.
fight with us then surely they would ern hns something to tell us about They npt>ear to know a great deal
• • •
more thaD most Europeans about
nut fight against us. They were slin the dreaded vampire hat
Inbreeding seems to he more harm
lints are not believed to possess any massage, and they are unquestionably
ply waiting until II was definitely de
ful with turkeys than any other spe
elded who was to be the winner It saliva which could act as a local an acquainted with the nature and use of cies of fowls. A gobbler can ordi
they refused to participate In active esthetic; and yet It Is a fact tha' many strange herbs, drugs and pot- narily take care of 15 or 18 hens.
W ife T rie » C o m p o u n d
wnrfnre. then so much the less would they ran Insert their long teeth nnd sons. It Is also highly probable that
* • *
suck nut the blood of their victims these men are more than superficially
our efforts he to smooth them down
I f yonr hens have nests where the
The French were whipped We needed without awakening them. Not a single acquainted with principles of hyp sun shines on them try to get the eggs
Every year the Pinkham Medicine
no Indians to aid us. To the Inspiring case is known In which a sleeper has nntlsm.
as soon as they are laid, for one hour's
Company distributes about 30.000.000
tune of the "Grenadiers .March" while awakened while the vampires were
sunshine directly on eggs w ill reduce
b o o kle ts from
at their work. It Is also very curious
men would oust white men from Du
I Von O v e r D e tra c to rs
the quality. Gather them carefully. ,
house to house.
quesne. and the heads of the Ohio that the hats never attack a person
•
•
•
Mr.
Ted Hinzman
Originally the term “ Gothic archl
would forever he sealed against the who Is awake, however sileut and
does
this work in
Sprinkle
a
little
carbolic
acid
In
the
lecture"
was
npplied
in
contempt
by
motionless he may he.
French.
Lodi, California.
hens'
dust
bath
occasionally.
After
adherents
of
the
classical
school
He writes Interestingly of the Ama
His wife writes:
Cromlt had Intended to enlist as a
which accepted the Romanesque style each rain stir the dust aud make It
" It was in these
Soldier, but bad changed bis mind Ionian medicine men.
fine
again.
little books that
The Indian medicine men are no They considered the pointed arch bar
after watching the provincials ai
•
•
•
I read about so
doubt charlatans In many respects. barons and grotesque, therefore
their d rill, and became a wagoner
I’ermnngnnate of potash makes s
many women be
Gothic. It soon made a place for It
Bound Paw and I wandered about the
ing helped by the
good addition to the drinking water.
self and was w Idely employed through
camp unattached, enjoying the lively
m • d i c i n e. 1
out Europe In the construction of Enough should he used to make the
T h e P eop le A bove
scenes. A few wagons, drawn by four
thought I would
water a claret color.
cathedrals, churches and abheva
Scientists In Siberia have discov
give it a tria l
horses each, began to come In Our
• • •
and I can tru ly say that it ha^ done
ardor might have been dampened It ered an elephant that hns been petrl
It Is not too late to plant Essex
me
good.
My
neighbors
and friend»
F lig h t o f B irds
tied for 4(>.i»»> years, and we can't help
not for the promise made bv Mr
rape for fall feed. Let (he rape grow
ask me what I ain doing to make me
Franklin. We looked to him for »I,** wishing th it the people In the apart
Bhds I om ni'udy rtj against or acro»« from five to six Inches high before
look sc much better. I tell them that
necessary supply of horses, wagon nient above ours would trade their a w ind c u rre n t, and are upset I f ih e j turning the poultry In the patch or
I am taking Lydia L. Pinkham'»
I and p a tk. and stout vehhles.
pair for this one Detroit News.
il» w ith a strong wind.
they w ill kill It out.
Vegetable Compound.”
T h e Red
R om ance oi*
B ra d d o c k s D e fe a t
Urgent
&
H ugh P endexter
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