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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Junius Brutus Booth at Waterloo

(From The Manchester GUARDIAN
Many years ago a visitors book was kept in
the farmhouse of La Belle Alliance. and in its
pages. on June 8, 1926 tourist from the
United States made the following entry: Il
this day visited the field of Waterloo, where
Napoleon, by the misconduct Of an officer, was
obliged to yield the palm Of victory to SUI
perior numbers, and that his son may one day
avenge his death and shake Europe to its
centre is the wish Of sincere American"
The signature opposite this entry was "Junius
Brutus Booth, citizen OF the United States
History did not grant the sincere Americans
wish, but something else came to pass. Thir-
tv-nine years later Booths own son, j. Wilkes
Booth, the actor, shot Presidcn, Lincoln in
Ford's Theatre, and continent though not
that OF Europe, was indeed shaken TO its
centre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Rome and The Hague.

When, recently, hopes were held out Of
Benedict XV's initiative in an attempt to
re-establish peace, the Dutch government,
as one Of the neutrals most vitally inter
ested, decided to send temporary and eX-
traordinary envoy to the Vatican, in order
to keep in direct contact with the plans Of
the Holy See. Hitherto the Netherlands
had been represented automatically only
at the Quirinal.
The appointment of this envoy to the
Pope has produced an unfortunate effect
upon Italian susceptibilities, or, rather, it
has brought to the boiling point resent
ments that had been simmering there since
the great powers placed the organization
of the now forgotten Albanian gendar-
merle in the hands of Dutch officers. In the
hotbed of Austro-Italian intrigues, which
,Avlona and Durazzo were at that time,
these Hollanders, placed in an altogether
impossible position, were openly accused by
the Italian press of favcring Austrian in
fuences.
New fuel was added to the flame when
Italy declared war, for the Dutch press,
although largely anti-German, pointedly
Expressed its most unflattering opinion of
the step. SO now Italy has chosen to
see the hand of German diplomacy in the
appointment of the Dutch special envoy
to the Vatican, He, il is believed and
openly asserted in Rome, is nothing less
than a disguised substitute for the Ger
man and Bavarian ENJOYS TO the Holy See,
who were recalled from their posts on the
Italian declaration of war. His hidden
mission, according to this view, is to re-
store, via The Hague, the interrupted COM
munication between Berlin and the Vati-
can.
Whatever the truth Of these suspicious,
it is evident that the usefulness Of this
Dutch special envoy in the interests Of
peace came to an end the moment he was
appointed. Indeed the position of the
in this war is as uncOmfort-
able automatically as it is economically. A
portion of the French press has been car
rying on an embittered campaign against
the country ever since it decided, however
great its sympathy for Belgium, not to
offer itself as a second victim of German
and part Of the English press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02

has openly threatened 1T with the loss OF
its colonies for the same reason.
Floating mines are being washed up on
its shores by the hundred, surprisingly
large number of them "unidentifable" as
to their origin; its merchant ships are held
up with admirable punctuality by British
patrols. and occasionally an Unterseeboot
applies to its fishing smacks the now Ia
miliar method With The export of German
coal forbidden, Holland must rely for us
fuel supply upon England, but Its suose-
ouentlv increased demand on the English
market is there looked upon as prima tacle
evidence of the ultimate German destina-
ton of the increase, and the same holds
good of the country's increased need OF
cotton, part of which, especially IN the
form of yarn for further manufacture, 1t
formerly obtained from Germany.
As for the future, the conviction is gam
ing ground in the Netherlands that an Al
lied victory would mean a forced cesslon
of the right bank of the Scheldt to Bel
gium, with, as compensation, slice OF
German territory, which the country does
not want, and could not possibly hold. 1t
is not too much to say, in all seriousness,
that in this war Holland is decidedly Sin
Dutch"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Deportation Demanded.

To the Editor. Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly inform US why the
United States does not enforce the law for
deporting undesirable aliens. Their I'M
doubted activity in the seven recent fires
on United States warships, in the organized
strikes at all the armament plants in New
England. at the Standard oil yards and else
where points conclusively TO the fact that
this law should be at once most vigorously
enforced.
II the United States would buy country
Ike Patagonia she could place these people
there. as well as undesirable citizens. until
the war is over and where they could pursue
their nefarious schemes with the least pos
sible damage TO the world at large.
New York. July 26, 1915. VI. [. 2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Three Questions.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; Kindly let me know through the col.
umns Of your paper % if there was any
undersea boat used in the Revolution of 1878;
(2) when the first successful undersea boa,
was built and in what country; 90 is St
Petersburg and Petrograd one and the same
place? READER
New York, July 27, 1915.
- No. (2) Drebbel, Hollander. resident
IN England, is said to have constructed such
a boat in 1920. Other experimental boat,
were built in the eighteenth century. This
hrst used for offensive purpose with some
success was that of the American. Robert
Fulton 1t was built il 1901. 80 Yea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
College Bred Farm Hands.
(From Th, NprinQf,ld RtpNbIicanJ

ifToW IH' HpWgHbH hcP""ttHH)
The adventurous spirit among college
students of New England was put in evidence
yesterday when thirty-seven of them left for
Beloit, Kan, and the wheat fields, after hay-
ing signed contracts at the Office of the United
States Employment Bureau in Boston. Men
from Harvard, Tufts, Boston College Holy
Cross, Institute of Technology and Yves
leyan were included, and they have been
promised So a day, with board and lodging, by
Kansas grain growers. The men pay their
own fares, and expect to be gone until the
opening of the fall term. We are told that
many Of them are athletes and expect to be
hardened 10 fine mettle to 60 on the grid
iron in October" Another party is being
gathered to leave some time next week, and
it may be worth stating that the employment
bureau is in the immigrant station on Long
Wharf, in Boston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
The Cotton States Are Learning Their
Lesson.

The South is learning again the lesson
it learned in 1861 '65-and then forgot.
1t is trying to get away from the great
dependence on a single crop. Cotton was
and is the staple of the Gulf States. But
it is a staple whose value is determined
largely by the condition of distant for
eign markets, and whose sale may be
curtailed disastrously by great war.
When the Southern states seeded they
found themselves rich in unstable cotton
and poor in food supply crops. From
1864 on the Southern armies were al
ways short Of provisions and forage. The
confidential letters of General Lee to
President Davis, recently published, show
how constantly the fear Of starvation or
semi-starvaton haunted Lees mind, and
how seriously the lack of food supplies
embarrassed him in his military activities.
Last summer the cotton planters had
another great shock. They thought that
they had entirely lost their market in
Germany and tria-Hungary and feared
that their exports to the rest of Europe
would also be materially cut down. In
their distress they turned for salvation
to scheme of financing a storage of the
1914 crop until the European blockade
should be lifted.
They were mistaken as to the loss Of
the German market. AS The Tribune
pointed out the other day, Germany has
probably obtained this year more than
rs per cent of her normal cotton supply
most of it going in through neutral coun-
tries. Our total cotton export for 19l4-15
will not fall more than 10 per cent below
the total for 1924.
Nevertheless the South has taken no
tice of a precarious situation. 1t has
begun to strike better balance in agri-
cultural production. According to. esti-
mates of "The Manufacturers Record, "
of Baltimore, the Southern states have
increased their grain production this year
by 292,O21 900 bushels. Among the big
gamers are the cotton states Of Alabama,
with an increase of 16905,000 bushels
Arkansas, with 1851 900; Georgia, with
1901 900; Louisiana, with 16,248,000;
Mississippi, with 19,914,OOO; Tennessee,
with 14,S86,O0O Oklahoma, with 40,468,
and Texas, with 58,695,OO The South's
gain in grain production is % per cent,
while the gain of the country at large is
only 512 per cent.
This is a sensible readjustment which
ought to continue until the cotton states
get away completely from the notion that
it is wise to put all ones eggs in a single
basket Grain and foodstuffs will un-
doubtedly remain at premium and cotton
at discount as long as the war con-
tinues and for a considerable period after
peace comes, while the exhausted nations
are recovering their productive energy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02
Training of More Officers.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; Perhaps the most practical resource.
under possible conditions, for increasing the
number of officers for the army would be BY
way Of our existing military establishment at
West Point That is to say, the cost per
capita of educating an officer with an ad-
vantage in the element OF time, based on the
relative expenditure involved in the enlarge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02

Seven hundred and thirty marriages at a
dime each are a refutation Of the "high cost
of loving"
Ford Hopes to Live and Work Till 95.-
Headline.
Why the arbitrary limit?
It is not every neat wave that comes to a
week end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-02

II tered At the Pos.orce New York /" Second C's's
Mall Matter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
VENTllATE THE HENH0USE
Air to Pass Slowly Back and Forth
Without Creating Draft.

A tree is the natural home of he
hen. She was not intended to live n
q house
In housing a hen so that she will
produce eggs during the winter. We
have confined her in a home as tight
and stuffy as our own. But unlike
most humans. the hen wants fresh cir
more than she wants warmth.
In providing a home for the hen we
should protect her against storms and
cold winds but we should take care
that we do not exclude fresh air md
light
One of the best systems OF ventila-
ton. according to ]. G. Halpin. Col
lege OF Agriculture of the University
OF Wisconsin, is a cloth-covered win
dow which will allow air to pass slow
ly back and forth without a draft. The
cloth should be stretched on a hinged
frame so that the entire window may
easily be opened. The window should
be placed when possible on the south
side OF the poultry house. II will need
to be open a large part OF the time.
being closed only during storms and
on the coolest nights.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13

I The farmer, in making a start in
pure-bred fowls, II he buys from large
poultry farms, should get what is
called utility stock, instead of the
fancy birds which are raised for show
purposes.
The utility stock is Just as well
bred, and perhaps is better for prac.
teal purposes, but there is some little
fault possibly In the color Of feather
which disqualifies them for show pur-
poses.
II need not be expensive to make the
change from a flock of mongrels to
pure-bred stock. BY looking for the
chance. one may often get a few old
hens from a neighbor who has the
desired breed. II this happens to be
neighborly neighbor he will not
charge you much, II anything, in ad-
vance over the market price, when he
disposes of his old hens to make room
for his pullets.
While perhaps these old hens are
not so profitable for him to keep as
the younger ones. still. you can afford
to keep them through the Matching
season. for the sake of getting a start.
Then buy somewhere a good rooster
OF the same breed to keep with them,
and you have a good beginning.
Another way to get start with
pure-bred stock is to get a setting of
eggs and raise the little chicks for the
foundation OF your flock.
II each year you keep all the pure
bred fowls by themselves during the
breeding season and set all their eggs,
selling of the mongrels as you raise
the others to take their place, 1t will
not be long before the entire flock
will be changed. and the mongrels will
have disappeared from your farm.
Don't neglect to introduce new blood
into the flock by change OF cocks
Careless inbreeding will ruin the best
flock that ever cackled.
Line breeding, II understood, can be
practiced to advantage, but 1t is more
trouble than the average farmer cares
to take with poultry, and necessitates
several different breeding pens and
combining the fowls In them.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
BREEDING SEASON At HAND
Eggs Must Be Known to Be Fertile
See That Hen 10 Properly Fed
Exercise 10 Essential.

Setting time is far on the way. A
few items may help the small poulter-
er TO make a success OF his period OF
incubation. First comes the study OF
tho egg. II must be fertile and should
be known to be this or much good
time will be lost. Fertility comes
from the male bird. the condition of
the egg when II is put under the hen.
and the condition OF the hen herself
largely determines the hatch. Back OF
the egg is the hen. She must be well
fed. or. rather, properly fed, or she
cannot produce an egg capable OF car
rying the germ to a successful hatch.
Hens that are kept In too close quar-
tiers or In unhealthy quarters are not
apt to lay eggs that will bring forth
strong and healthy chicks. Hens
that are troubled with lice are In no
condition TO produce good eggs. In
a word. hens for producing eggs that
are quite sure to hatcL must have
fresh air, cleanliness, exercise and an
assorted and balanced ration. Any
exclusive feed. constantly given. will
pail upon the hen and influence the
egg for evil. Meats, clovers. green
food of any wholesome kind are good
with grain and soft foods. Fowls
with free outdoor exercise are more
apt TO lay fertile eggs than hens that
are kept confined.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
OBy MRS. c. q. LANEJ

CBy MRS. c. q. LANE)
IL you wish to improve your flock
carefully. so you will know the hers
that are the best layers, put these
hens into a house by themselves. with
a rooster for each ~ hens. Feed them
a good variety OF food, make them ex.
ercise, and use the eggs from this
house for setting.
II this plan is followed from year to
year. a great improvement will be
made In the laying qualities OF the
flock
IL you are more especially raising
poultry for market. then select your
breeding hens for those qualities, and
the improvement will be as great
along those lines.
A great deal is heard these days
about pure-bred poultry being SO
much better than scrubs. and they GER
tainly are a great deal more profitable
than the usual mixed flock.
II costs no more to keep a flock OF
pure breeds than one OF mongrels, and
a flock of beautiful high.bred fowls
look much better than one of all sizes,
colors and conditions.
This is an advantage. for the pleas
ure OF their beauty helps us to take
more interest In caring for them.
AS regards their being more profit
able. the pure breeds bred for certain
qualities are sure to have those quail
tiles in greater degree than fowls
raised without any regard to these
points.
Thus fowls bred for generations
from the best layers will lay more
eggs than others where this care has
not been taken and the same is true
regarding the size. flesh and general
table qualities. In the poultry bust
ness every extra egg and pound Of
flesh counts, 50 this alone makes a suf-
fcient reason for good breeding.
There will also be in the pure-bred
flock uniformity OF size, which
mai IS better looking crate OF fowls
TO send 70 market and the eggs will be
OF the same size and coloring, which
adds greatly to their appearance.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13

up to the high standard Of production,
showing that the great majority Of
the breed are most superior dairy
cows.
The imported cows and the home
bred cows. the cows Of the East and
the cows Of the West. the cows Of
the North and the cows OF the South.
all show that they belong to the
same high class Of dairy cows.
The records show that as dairy cows
no one man or no one herd has all the
great dairy cows.
When we think we have struck q
wonderful dairy family, behold some
breeder who has never given his
cows an official test starts In and
shows that he. too. has wonderful pro-
ducers that stand on a par with the
noted Ayrshires.
II is interesting to notice that with
the increase in number being tested.
there is also steady increasing total
average in all the classes.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
SPLENDID ADVICE

A contributor 10 The current issue
of Farm and Fireside tells az fol
lows how 10 avoid lawsuits:
Talk about no one.
Make friends with people who
hate you.
Give no one cause 10 hate you.
DO not injure trespassing stock
"If the line fence needs mending
get together; and get IL done al any
cost. and don't quarrel over a foot
or two Of land.
Help any living thing in need, es-
pecially a sick or poor neighbor.
Don't sign any papers unless you
are sure Of their contents.
Don't brag about your bank ac-
count.
Don't go on any persons note,
even to save his home; for, while
your sympathy may be all right, do.
ing so may send your wife TO the
poorhouse.
Don't make threats, harbor rough
cases, or go in debt"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13

unless you gain its entire confidence
and affection. To do this you must
never deceive il, not even for fun,
and always protect il and show that
you love it.
"'The way TO mans heart Is
through his stomach and the road
TO the affection of an animal is by
way OF its taste.
AN apple, a bit Of tender grass,
OF some tasty bit will soon make
friends with il, and kind words and
petting will make it a loving and
Obedient friend"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
FARMERS MEETING

Saturday. May 90, is our regular
farmer meeting. All the farmers in
trrested in the silo proposition
should be in Berea on this date. We
expect TO have Prof. George Roberts
of Kentucky Experiment Station
with us for the purpose Of discuss
ing soil and soil fertility, also Prof.
Nichols, who wants to see all farm
crs who are interested in building
a silo this year. Don't miss this
meeting, it's going TO be a good one.
Secrets will be given away. No cost.
At this meeting a Gamer will be Civ
en- away by Mr.. Lengfellner. Come
and get it.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
An Effective Retort.

The late Rev. Patrick Watson, vicar
Of Earlsfeld. was a great authority on
the Holy Land. and he was also a
stickler for accuracy. An amusing
passage Of arms once took place be-
tween him and the archbishop OF Can.
terbury. A committee report was I'M
der consideration. and Mr.. Watson OBJ
jected TO the heading Removal OF
Premises" on the ground that the
things inside the premises were re-
moved and not the building.
DIR. Temple replied. Il suspect you
often tell your wife the kettle bolls.
but II doesn't"
The meeting rOared with laughter
and passed on TO the next business
London News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13

yourself, your children, your entire
family, in fact, and the visitors who
come TO an assassin nearly as success
full as a PASSOVER as Luorezia Borsis
was, and he's there today. Even while
you read these lines he may be at
work. Glance up from the page 10
where your baby erswls in the sun.
shine or SAUNDERS in his crib. Is there
q buzzing fly upon his chubby cheek
or lowering above his rudy parted
llps3 Destroy il and lose not a mo.
ment in the doing, says Or. Herbert o.
Pease in Good Housekeeping.
During countless ages the fly has
been tolerated, smiled at, brushed away
gently or slapped at violently, accord
Ing TO the temper Of his victim. He
has been sung in jinsles by minor
poets who might have been better EN-.
ployed, acclaimed as a comedian for
the amusement OF infants, used as
vehicle for the parasrapher's shafts OF
wit. even eulosized by pseudo seien-
lists as a bensfaetor Of the human race
without which we were doomed TO ex-
tinetion. And all during the years he
has been industriously at work killing
W right and left.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
RECORD OF A BEREA GUERNSEY
cow

From March 81 TO April 81 this
COW produced 1867 " pounds Of milk,
testing 80 per cent butter fat. Her
feed consisting Of:
2 lb. Of cotton seed meal
5 lb. Of ship stuff
Q ID. Of corn and cob meal
~ lb. Of clover hay.
After placing her on the above ra-
tion she increased in milk 0 ID. per
day.
This COW is owned by Simon
Muncy on Jackson street. He
brought her from Wisconsin when
a calf. She's now 3h years old.
II pays TO keep a good cow. We
need more pure bred stock on our
farms. We need TO feed a balanced
ration 10 get best results.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
Keep Dogs and Cats Away.

never be allowed TO visit the yard
where the hens are kept. These ami
mails will brighten the fowls and cause
them to become wild and skittish. To
get the best results from your hens
you must keep them gentle and con-
tented.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
Have Extra Coop.

II is well TO have a single coop hang
ing in the breeding pen into which you
can put the male for extra good feed
ing, as many males will not get enough
to eat unless fed separately. II is also
a good plan to have such a coop when
you are making close matings-one
male TO two or three females. In such
cases keep the male shut up each day
except for a little while.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
INA IH0NIT
Hi THE NY
lUEHIURll
GETTING FIRST GRADE CREAM
Dairy Commissioner OF Kansas offers
Suggestions to paIrymen-
Cleanliness 10 FIrst.

In his grading circular. State Dairy
Commissioner Hine OF Kansas offers
suggestions as to how first grade
cream can be produced. The princi-
pal thought Is that of cleanliness In
every detail. and the following are the
principal rules:
Remove all milk from the barn i'm
mediately after milking and separate
at once.
Set the separator screw so that the
cream will test about thirty-five per
cent butterfat.
Wash. scald and air the separator
and all other milk utensils Immediate
ly after using
Cool the cream Immediately after
separating It. Never mix warm cream
with cold cream.
Keep the milk and cream cool. This
Is best done by placing the cans con-
tanning 1t in a tank OF flowing water.
Stir all cream at least twice day.
DO not allow the cream to freeze.
Keep the receptacles containing
milk and cream covered with a wet
blanket while delivering these prod
ucts during warm weather.
He suggests also that every patron
ascertain from the cream buyer the
grade of the cream delivered. SO that
the patron will labor under no mis-
apprehension and may be able to ex-
ercise such precaution as may be nee
essary to improve the grade.
He says: DO not blame the buyer
II your cream does not grade first.
Find out and remedy the evil Every.
one can produce first grade cream"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-05-13
PoTAT0-FED HOGS IN GERMAN
Farm and Preside saws:

Farm and Preside says:
Potatoes have been successfully
used in Germany in large quaint
ties in fattening hogs. The lack
OF protein was made up by meat
meal. and fish meal, and a small
amount Of barley meal. The po-
tato-fed hogs were quite as good
as barley-fed or corn-fed hogs"