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The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28
The Bible the
Best Selling Cook
r. DARLEY ALLEN.

In various magazines and papers
lists are given from time to time of
the best selling book of the past
year or month or week, but there has
probably been no mention in any such
list of the book which really surpasses
all others as regards the number Of
copies printed and sold continually.
For the book that circulates in larger
quantities than any other is the Bible,
and this has been going on for years
and years, and people everywhere
seem to demand it still as much as
ever. One of the Chicago newspapers
recently had an article in its columns,
which presents some surprising facts
along this line. The following is an
extract:
GA wholesale purchasing house
had been manufacturing Bibles,
The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28

ii simple life" he describes, the life
of a-Jewess! lie says:
1.-The grounds around the chateau
were a marvel of beauty and good
taste. The house, of very elegant
proportions, was model of pure
architecture, situated on an emf
nence above the lake. The gardens
and grOttOes were laid out according
to her own directions, and contained
ii wealth of exotic flowers and fruits;
but her greatest delight was in her
collection of birds, which included
not only parrots and tropical birds
of rich plumage but also common
sparrows, fnches, tom-tits and red
wings. for which she had caused large
and commodiOus cages to be made
When the sun was shining the doors
of the cages would be opened, the
birds would fly out into the garden
or enter her salons, where she would
sometimes be surrounded by bevies
and i'm the trees were her greatest de-
light. AS soon as visitors came the
birds would all fly out of the room,
as if they had been trained not to be
indiscreet intruders. The very lux
llry with which the Baroness was sur
rounded enhanced the simplicity with
which she lived in the midst of all.
The accumulated comforts and Splen-
dor seemed for others. not for her.
self.
LA Baronnc Adolphe. as she was
familiarly called by the inhabitants
in the neighborhood, had endeared
herself to the affection of all. She
was most ,lnassliming in her ways and
dress. | never remember seeing her
dressed in any other way than in
black" says NJ. Rod. with Il simple
hat, like lady of average means,
whose tastes are exceedingly moderate.
The most exquisite dishes were served
at her table. and the rarest wines
set before her guests. but she scarcely
touched them. In later years she
hardly ever made Use of her equi-
pages. 1t was quite usual thing to
see her take the tram which passes
her gate. running from Geneva to
Versoix. When asked why she took
the tram. where sometimes there was
hardly room. she said that it did not
matter If there was no room inside
she would stand on the platform.
After she had seen all the splendor
which wealth and II high social posi-
ton can secure she seemed to be more
convinced than anyone of the vanity
of riches and earthly magnificence.
Her desires seemed to be to live like
the humble and find peace and happi-
ness i'm the routine of their ordinary
lives. Few who were invited to her
chateau at Pregny probably reall y
knew her. but those who did will al
ways keep her in deep. respectful and
faithful remembrance.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28
IntermarriaGI
and
NatiOnalism

tnc argument DelnS lHat re-Hhllolldi-
izatiOn will prevent disintegration by
this means. We cannot agree with
this assumption. And we speak not
thus out of any antagonism to that
political ZiOnism wherefrom as sin
cere Jew we must dissent. But we
would for the moment lay aside our
prejudicial antipathy. Will re-nation-
alzation prevent disintegratiOn
through intermarriagc? We would
ask: Did our former national exist
cncc prove II barrier to intermarriage?
Did it prevent it. and did it stay
disintcgration and detection from
Jewish ideals! Did our Ghetto ex-
cllsivencss keep us from the danger
of submcrgcncc. and intact! Even in
those medieval days, intermarrlagc
was not impossible. nor even apos-
tacy. And now that the barriers are
down. that we have done with the ma
tional fetish. that our Judaism has en-
lightcncd and broadcncd us. that it
has become II settled. progressive con
viction. shall we listen to the grOwl-
ings and the dyspepsia of those who
would urge the restoration of II jew
iSh state on the Mediterranean shore
on the score of II bancful sentiment
and mistaken prophecy! The rea-
soning is but poor and inadequate.
Nationalism and eXclusivcncss have
never prevented and will never pre-
vent intermarriagc. and we might as
well make up our minds to rest sat
isfied. The Jew assumes the same
position on the question of intermar-
riage as the narrow churchman on
prohibition. We do not prevent
mixed marriages by railing at them.
Even If we were to be re-establiShed
in Palestine such instances would not
he less frequent. The nationalism
scarccrow is but II bluff. and works
with some people The student of
Jewish history knows different and
can discriminate between these sew
cral tendencies which all appear to
discstablish and disintegratc. On
closer examination we are. however,
enabled to discern the good from the
evil. And though we would not coun-
tcnance wholesale intcrmarriagc, yet
it is aSSurcdly not all the evil which
its virulent opponents would have 1t
to be. Many overdone assimilation
lists of the extreme type have not in
tcrmarricd. and have proven false.
and. i'm eases. traitors. to the religion
of their fathers. Intermarriage does
not always spell apostacy. nor will
Jewish nationalism diminish it.
MONTAGUE y. \. COHEN.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28
Insulting Innuendo

We were very sorry to read in a
recent issue Of Clay's Review an un-
called-f for reflection upon 1.-The Tribe
of Judah" An apology is in order
and we hope that Clay's Review will
give it as conspicuous place as 1t
gave the yelled attack.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28
The Simple Life Of a Wealthy
Jewess

A noted French writer, Nj. Ed
GUARD Rod, an intimate friend OF the
late Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild,
gives the following pen picture OF
her life at the Chateau de Pregny,
where she spent the last years. 1t IS
The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-28

was marvelously clear and Ineligible
and cannot but be calculated to do a
considerable amount of good. We
want more of this work in every cOun-
try, and indeed England needs it and
needs more men of the Green species.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Don't Fold Your Arms.

BY folding your arms you pull tn.
shoulders forward, fiatten the chest
and impair deep breathing. Folding
the arms across the chest so fiattens
it down that it requires a conscious
effort to keep the chest in what
should be its natural position. AS
soon as you forget yourself down
drops the chest.
We cannot see ourselves as others
see US. If we could many of US
would be ashamed of our shapes. The
position you hold your body in most
of the time soon becomes its natural
position. Continuously folding your
arms across the chest will develop a
fiat chest and a rounded back.
Here are four other hints which
should be made habits: Keep the
back of the neck close to the back of
the collar at all possible times. AL
ways carry the chest farther to the
front than any other part of the an
terror body. Draw the abdomen in
and up q hundred times each day.
Take dozen deep, slow breaths a
dozen times each day.--Family Doc
tor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Sand in the Poultry House.

Whether the floor of the poultry
house is made of boards or of earth,
a thick layer of sand upon it has
many advantages. Sand, while twill
absorb moisture and keep the floor
dry, does not get powdery and dusty
as does earth. On board floors it
permits of dirt being readily raked
up from its surface instead of the
boards having to be scraped, as 9TH
erwise might be the case. On earth
floors, if used properly, it acts as a
carpet and prevents their being grad
ually worn down.
If used in this manner, on the ap-
proach of cold weather a good supply
of sand should be laid in for winter
use. This can be done by either stor-
ing 1t or by having the floor so con-
structed that large amount of sand
can be dumped upon it, so that dur
Ing the winter it can be gradually
raked off from the surface and re-
moved when necessary in such pro-
portion that it will not be gone until
spring.
Sand will not be found as good as
litter for the fowls to exercise in, in
scratching for their feeds of grain,
yet it can be made fair substitute,
the fowls getting considerable eyer-
else in scratching in it, and it has the
advantage of not having to be re-
placed as often as does litter. Lit
ter. however, is best for the scratch
ing sheds, but sand can be used on
the floor of the poultry house itself
and upon the dropping boards after
each time they are cleaned, and if so
used will be found to repay amply
for the trouble of securing it'll. E.
Haydock, in the Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

bring forth tenfold. Just the oppo-
site may be found in another county
where the land lacks nitrogen and
has enough potassium. There the ap-
plication of potassium had no effect,
while a little blood accomplished
wonders.
Many soils have boil potassium
and nitrogen, but lacb phosphorus.
This has to be supplied before they
will give returns of any consequence.
AS long as men buy fertilizers be-
cause they do well in some places,
so long will they throw away large
part of their money.
Soils differ in different counties.
and they differ sometimes on the
same farm. Frequently one part of
farm is of one geological formation
and another part of another geologi-
cal formation. One may have been
created million years before the
other was created. One may be the
product of the grindings of the gla-
eiers, while another may be the re-
suit of the slow action of water de-
posting its silt little by little. One
part of a mans farm may be rich in
nitrogen, while another is starving
for it. A man must know his land
and what is in it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Should Test Seed Corn.

During two months members of
the Indiana experiment station have
made a study of the seed corn of the
State and find the vitality of much
of it to be in serious condition. The
unusual cold, wet season of 1907 did
not allow the corn to mature and dry
out before the time of frosts. In the
early part of October much CT the
corn of the State was still in very
moist and immature condition and
the series of hard freezes which
came at that time materially injured
the vitality. The result of these con-
ditions is that those corn growers
who depended on late selected seed
are now finding, upon close examina-
ton, many ears OF questionable v
tally. For these reasons all seed
corn should be specially selected and
thoroughly tested. A test of each in
dividual ear should be made and all
weak or dead ears should be dis
carded.
This test can be made in several
"As liz - oS5CSlO0
reliable and satisfactory one:
Take box made of inch lumber
and of any convenient size, say about
two by three feet and three inches
deep. Through the ends and sides,
about two and a half inches from
the bottom, bore small holes two
inches apart. Through these holes
string light galvanized wire, which
will divide the box into squares two
inches to the side. Then fill the box
with garden soil or sand and it is
ready for use. The ears should be
laid on the floor or racks in a row
so they can be numbered. From ear
No. l remove five kernels, each from
a different part of the ear, and place
these in square No. /; remove five
kernels from ear No. and place in
square No. and so on until all the
ears have been tested. After placing
the kernels moisten the material in
the box thoroughly and cover with a
glass or rug to keep the surface
from drying. Place he tester in Il
room OF Ordinary llVlng temperature.
or about seventy degrees Fahren-
heit. After five days examine the
corn, and any ears that fail to show
a strong termination of the kernels
should be removed and discarded.
= This method of testing corn is
simple, convenient and rapid and
means much in securing strong. GER
minable seed. Only fourteen ears
are required to plant an acre of
ground. With an average yield each
ear means five bushels in the fall.
When man can test five to eight
bushels in day and locate definite
ly all weak or bad ears, can he afford
to neglect this important step in the
preparation of his seed corn?-G. l.
Christie, Purdue Experiment Station.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Selecting For Cows.

To select a calf to make a milk
cow out of for my own use I would
see that her mother was a good
mixer, also others in line of breed
ing.
She should have a nice trim head,
small neck, good and wide across the
hips, plenty of room for a good I'D
der, and nice thin rein, and should
be of good size. Never be rough
with her nor use dog too much
about the barn for good dairy COWS
are usually of a nervous disposition.
To raise the calf would let her have
new milk until she was two weeks
old, then would gradually change it
to skim milk and give it to her warm
and be very careful not to sour it. Let
it have all the good clear water it
wants and plenty of good clover hay,
plenty OF exercise, box stall with
good bed and then there is no rea-
son why you should not have a good
dairy COW.
l would breed her at about seven
teen months of age, and dry her up
after milking seven months. Never
let calf nurse on her. Never feed
dairy COW or heifer that you are
raising for that purpose very much
corn.-J. c., in the Indiana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

a Colinial cupboard, as did P. d. Cliff
ton, of Pittsburg, it would hardly be
worth while hunting for an old one.
AS a faithful reproduction OF q
famous eighteenth century design. it
would be hard to find anything better
than his work. Il has all the feeling
of the genuine and might easily be
taken for an old piece.
Mr.. Clifton IS an amateur who
made the cupboard for pleasure, hay
ing for a model merely magazine
Illustration of the original The lat
ter is owned by DR.. Coburn, of South
Norwalk, Conn. 1t was made IN 1740.
and has the scroll top. urn finals,
pilasters, rosettes, and other details
which marked the best cabinet-work
of that day. We publish Mr.. Clifton
cupboard as an incentive to other
amateurs, particularly those with q
china hobby.-The House Beautiful.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
o1anures and Soils.

Tue Importance of studying your
soil and its needs is emphasized in
the following from the Farmers Re-
view:
One of the first things the farmer
must learn, says Farmers Review.
is that soils differ greatly as to the
kinds and quantities of the plant
foods they contain. This seems to be
one of the hardest things to impress
upon the farmer. Over and over
again the mistake is made of buying
q fertilizer because it has given good
results when applied to certain
farms. In fact many of the fertilizer
sellers put out literature that has for
its base tie testimonials of growers
showing how many potatoes were
grown, or how much of other things
were grown, as result of the use of
the fertilizer.
There are many brands of ferti-
lizers on the market that purport
to be special for potato growing"
for wheat growing" for cabbage
growing" and the like. The fact
that these brands are sold on their
names and claims shows how dense
Is the ignorance of some of our peo-
pie on the questions of soil and fer
tilizers. Soils differ so radically that
1t is impossible to make a fertilizer
mixture that will be suited to the pro-
daction of certain crop in all
places. The supposition that such is
possible is delusion and a snare.
Every farmer should try to read
the reports of the investigation of
soils, that he may be able to form
true conception of the needs of his
soil. To show how enormously soils
differ we have but to journey to diff
ferent parts of the State of Illinois
or to any State where a soil survey
has been made and experiments
undertaken. Go down into the Kan
kakee marshes that have been
drained and brought into cultivation.
They have soil so rich in nitrogen
Mat it is loss of time to put on
heterogeneous fertilizers. and $40 of
blood per acre gave no results. But
. little potassium made the soil
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Draining a Field.

The first point to be determine ed
is the outlet. This should always be
at the lowest part of the land, or
such as will afford a sufficient fall for
the water-the outlet pipe should not
be at the immediate bottom of the
ditch, but above the water ordinarily
running in it. The main drain, or
drains, must be at the lowest part
of the line of the greatest slope and
all the minor drains must enter the
mains diagonally in the same direc-
ton as the run of the water and not
at right angles. A four-inch main
drain is usually sufficient to carry off
the water from five or seven acres;
but where the land is springy larger
mains, or more of them are required.
The drains should not be less than
three feet deep, and where there is
sufficient fall, they are better three
and one-half feet to four 1eet deep.
A smooth and even fall and certain
outlet must be provided. A sharp
fall is not necessary. The distance
of the drains will be determined by
the nature of the soil. Sandy, gravel
ly, or silly subsoils draw we'll and
the drains should be twenty-four feet
apart; for the medium texture SUBJ
soils, twenty-one feet; for stiff loans,
eighteen feet, and for retentive SUBJ
soils, fifteen feet apart. In tenacious
soils it is good plan to fill the
trench with stones to the level of the
disturbed soil, or two feet from the
surface, but in soils that are springy,
as happens in sand, little straw on
which to lay the pipes is necessary,
covering them lightly with the softer
portions of the hedge-brushings, to
prevent their being choked with
quicksand. All outlets must be Sc
cured with iron gratings sufficiently
small between the bars to exclude
animals of the size of rats, or less.
This work of draining must be done
carefully and thoroughly, it being es-
sential that the trench be examined
before the pipes are laid in order
that any faults may be discovered and
rectified.-W. R. Gilbert, in the Ag-
ricultural Epitomist. -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
She Could and Did. A..

Sometimes there is drop of regret
in the cup of joy served by fate to
the husband of brilliant talker. Il
should think it would be a privilege
to sit at the table with your wife three
times day" said one of Mrs. Gran
don's ardent feminine admirers.
Only twice a day." said Mr.. Gran
don, with bow. Il do not go home
at noon."
"Too bad" said the admirer. 1--WE
could not get OH without her at the
club, I'm sure. Why, l believe she
could talk intelligentIy on thousand
topics!"
She can - and does" said Mr..
Brandon, and with another bow he
slipped out just as his wife appeared.
Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Japanese sIiIlet.

There are several varieties of ia
panese millet, such as fox tail, broom
corn and barnyard millets, and prob
ably some sub-varieties. l have been
raising the japanese barnyard millet
several years for seed, and find it
highly satisfactory and far ahead of
any Hungarian or German millet yet
raised in this vicinity.
On good soil. such as they have in
Howard County, this millet will grow
four TO six feet high, and produce
from forty to sixty bushels of seed
per acre, and the straw if properly
cured is about as good a food as corn
fodder, and cattle seem to relish It as
much or more than good hay, but it
is Of course less nutritious. The seed
of this millet contains about the same
percentage of the leading food con-
stituents as oats. Last year l had
over $50 bushels of seed, but have
none for sale now.-C. ]. Stahly, in
the Indiana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
A Change of Work.

Do not try to do so many things
that it will take most of your time
changing from one to another, but
have enough of a variety so that you
can keep your interest and enthusi-
asm alive A change of work is both
rest and inspiration.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Lincoln,s Sarcasm.

Probably the most cutting thing
Lincoln ever said was the remark he
made about very loquacious man,
This person can compress the most
words into the smallest ideas of any
man | ever met.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

No fewer than fifty-two memorial
stones were laid at the foundation of
new primitive Methodist church at
Scunthrope, England
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

Letters to the Emigrants' Informal
tion Bureau OF Canada need not be
stamped.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

Dainty Indian muslins are made
from fibres of the banana tree.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Ice Saw.

A West Virginia inventor provides
an entirely new method for the te-
man to divide large cakes of ice into
srNall pieces. He eliminates the TX
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
A New Cupboard.

No better receptacle for old china
has ever been found than a corner
cupboard, but unfortunat0 the sup
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08


etc., to the list of available white
pigments.
1t was also recognized quite early
that there are certain colors which
cannot be mixed with white lead with
out destruction. Artificial ultrama-
rine, for example, which, after its
production by Guimet and others
about 1928, came into general use,
has its beautiful color quickly de-
stroyed by contact with lead pig
ments. Similarly the Prussian blue,
accidentally discovered by Diesbach
in 1904, is quickly discolored by
white lead. as are the chrome
greens" produced by precipitating to-
gether Prussian blue and chrome yell
low. This is also the case with all
pigments containing sulphur, such as
the genuine yermilions, cadmium yell
low and some other brilliant colors.
Old painters can still remember the
days when not only white lead but all
their colors came to them in the dry
form, to be laboriously worked up by
them with slab and muller into the
paste form. But finally the superior
economy, uniformity and wholesome
ness of the machine ground lead and
colors in oil prevailed over the preju-
dices of the most conservative paint
ers, and dry colors as a practical
painters material fell into desue-
tude. It was case of necessity-the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08

beautiful large Qark-DrOWn eyes ana
a tender, mobile mouth. 1t struck
me that she might with advantage
make something of her precious gift
of beauty.
| consulted celebrated lady art
list, who was also a friend of mine.
She offered to let her sit as "study
OF head" to class of lady pupils.
The pay was fairly good and the
work light flour hours a day., and
she was not obliged to keep her head
in one stiff position. She came to
see me after the first day, and seemed
very pleased and grateful. Then
suddenly I heard she had left. The
artist told me she thought 1t a great
pity, as she could have given her
plenty OF work. / met her not long
afterward and asked her why she
mad left. She said the pupils had
treated her as though she was COM
mon model, and had not even said
Good morning to her" when she
came into the room.
Now, that is the sort of spirit
which is the keynote of failure. Girls
must remember that there are both
kind and unkind people in the world.
They may meet the former; they are
certain to come across the latter. II
women wish to enter into competi-
ton with men as bread-winners, they
must be ready to take the bitter with
the sweet, and remember that, al
though the bitter often comes first,
with time and steady perseverance
the sweet will always follow, and
that success in any profession is not
gained without hard work.-McCall'
Magazine.