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The Oldest King.

rsMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH of Aus
Ns tria- Hungary, who not long ago
celebrated the eightyfourth apniNer-
sary of his birth, has survived all thr
European rulers who were reisnin-
when he ascended the throne in ls4>
The king who came nearest to him ~
length of kingship was Charles tor
CaroD l of Roumania. who died re-
Gently. He ascended his throne in 1891.
Alfonso. of Spain. who entered upon
his inheritance at the moment of his
birth, in 1886, comes next. and the Ger
man Emperor follows. as he ascended
the throne in 1883. AS the old man oi
Austria looks over Europe, he sees
those whom he has known as children
the affairs of the other states.
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Proper Breeding the Thing.

i 1t only means proper breeding. To
the utility poultry raiser. who cares
! nothing for the showroom, or does not
aim to sell Matching eggs, day-old
chicks or stock. but aims only to sup
ply New York and the surrounding
zone with shelled eggs. it matters little
what the flock looks like so long as
| the best layers are picked to keep up
the uniform egg supply, and it is vastly
easier to breed for one characteristic
egg production, than to watch for
shape, plumage, etc. and such a COM
mercial breeder will make money.
But this does not mean that the two
utility and fancy-cannot be combined
For all over the country are today pro-
gressive breeders (fanciers so-called)
who are working along the lines of
fancy and utility-it means closer Gull
ing, for all specimens retained must not
only possess a good egg record. but
they must also have the characteristic
of the breed and plumage. This means
a closer culling. for whereas the utility
the so-called fancier must reject many
which do not come up to the standard
i'll shape and plumase. and the higher
art of breeding is well worth the money
paid by any beginner who seeks the
best possible start in poultry.
1t has been said that one cannot serve
two masters and serve them well. and
that for the best possible results one
| must either go in for the fancy or the
utility. This is not so. for the two can
be combined, and it is serving but one
master. only the combination is harder
to accomplish, utility only or fancy
only.
But, as in every line of business en-
deavor. the profits greater in the
combination of both than would he in
following one line. 1t is true that in
the past, and perhaps will be i'll the
future to some extent. that few fancy
breeders in their ambition for show
room honors have to some extent neg
lected the utility qualities of their
f1ocks and have retained fowls only be
cause of their shape and plumage, neg
lecting egg production. But in most
cases, the leading progressive breeders
of the country are working along the
lines of utility, are using trap nests
and breeding only from good egg pro-
ducers. for they appreciate the call is
for the producing hen, and will con-
tinue to work along utility lines,
we'll as fancy. That the fancy and
utility breeders are being brought
closer together each year is shown i'll
the experiment tests and laying con-
tests and the trap nest, and practical
breeding is proving to all poultry rails
ers that the heavy, producing flock is
not q matter wholly of shape. color of
feathers or eye. the size of the
comb, but is due to breeding from good
layers, and from the males and females
that have the breed characteristics and
1lunlage. 1t is also demonstrating thai
the undersize utility flock can be made
productive with a true breed shape and
good 'pluma ge, which means only one
thing, closer culling and more pains in
selection and in the end more profit.
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tod l,1,o
+,,r,,;ns p oa.. ~ o't. ,.,- u .e'
'ui ups carlo's ana the ike
4. ~ :, -,
and prai,s u az mn ~ iesuS as
basxet mans Gn.nni., Ice to ,Ss
no,j1r,.r,an r.ini,,.. oss " r,,. III.
NarvIand no,ltrxma5 tha ot,ar daE
the writer was toid nat .vsr,. r,onf,,
since last octobar had h..n q Josine
month. and that the actu,I money loss
the net deticit-for November. De
cember and so far in January had been
practically 10 cents per hen per month.
AS the Maryland mans fiock numbers
about $50 hens it is easy to compute
the total deficit: and things like this
poultrymen every year.
strongly fertile. hatchabe eggs. that
VIII produce chlcks full of vitality and
pep. are produced only by strong.
Msorous females mated with male
birds OF equal visor and stamina. Such
breeders must he properly fed or even
theif vitalit will not suffice to pro-
duce the kind of eggs that hatch chicks
mat viii live and thrive. Given
breeders of the required vitality and
condition, proper feeding and housing
conditions will bring the desired re-
suits. Breeders require an abundance
OF fresh green stuff. plenty of animal
matter in the form, preferably. Of
clean fresh green cut bone, well-bal-
anced hard grain mixture These. with
clean. fresh water twice daily. clean,
Well-veniilated light ruomy houses
dust baths can hardly fail to bring the
desired results.
Don't be afraid to use puilets as
preeders. provided they We're early
liatched ana are well developed. fully
matured birds. Pullet-bred fowls are
fully equal to those bred from two
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at a higher level, so that when neces.
sity arises the vines may be flooded
The great enemies Of these plants are
| fire, insects, drought and frost
| 1t is usual to flood the grounds sew.
eral times early in the season to de-
stroy the eggs of certain insects thai
attack the berries, and an occasional
flooding does the fruit no harm unless
the weather be very hot. Flooding
prevents danger from drought. but the
great need of the water is to protec,
the berries from frost.
All summer long the weather bureau
sends special reports of the general
temperature to the cranberry sections
every time the general temperature is
likely to fall below so degrees, fcl
during clear, cool nights the air usual.
ly is much colder over the bottom
lands, where the -cranberries grow. thar
on neighboring slopes and uplands
During the calm nights the ground
rapidly loses it's heat by radiation and
the air lying Immediately above is
cooled and gradually settles to the
lower levels.
This air is replaced by the warm air
from above, which in turn is cooled,
and thus a gradually descending flow
of cooled air is established from the
uplands to the valleys. often resulting
in a fall of 20 degrees in the tempera-
ture or to a point below freezing. it
that of the upland be so degrees, and
the slightest frost will destroy every
berry that it touches. So when the
watchful owner is warned, he turns
the flow of water into his marshes, and
the comparative warmth OF the water
brings up the temperature of the air
to point above danger. There is
little danger from frost in New Jersey
until late in the season. At Cape Cod
the danger season begins somew hat
earlier, while in Wisconsin it is dread
ed every month in the year.
Cape Cod produces annually about
100000 bushels of cranberries, more
than half of the entire crop. New
Jersey follows with about 10000 BUSH
els, and Wisconsin provides. about 49,
900 more. All the rest of the states
together bring the total crop to about
100000 bushels.
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The Lawyers Retort.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The acknowledgements alter
cases, you know.
The Lawyer-Yes: and a few good
cases would materially alter my cir
cumstances.
Evening star., 1915-01-24
In 1920.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"who is that awfully important look
ing woman
why, that's Mrs. Van GudgeOn. She's
the Regent Of the Daughters of the
Stranded Tourists
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Utility Fowls Often Merely culls.

In some cases utility fowls are sold,
though they are cullS from the good
flock, and instead of finding their way
! into the hands of the beginner in poul-
try should have been sold on the open
market for what they could bring. 1t
is in such cases that the beginner re-
ceives his first lesson in poultry and
many times it is his last in the pur-
chase of so-called utility stock, tina t
! in reality are not more than cul1s. The
fact must be considered that the good
utility strain of any breed, made so by
its past and present records as layers,
| or com bination of layers and flesh
! formers, are worth considerably more
than few cents above the market quo
. tations. In fact, the Matching eggs,
! day-old chick OR stock are worth as
much from utility standpoint the
F! fanciers fowl with it's showroom
points. \ a00-egger is worth as much
as the leading blue ribbon winner at
any of the good poultry shows, for, in
spite of the high records one reads
about. they are just as hard to obtain
as point winner at the leading shows.
SO. when one reads about utility
strains with a price but a few cents
above the market quotations, it is time
to question whether they are really all
that is claimed for them. The fancier.
in spite of the opposition shown by the
rank and file of commercial poultry
raisers. has still held his own. When
the farmer wishes to- improve his flock
either in Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes,
! Rhode Island Reds. Orpingtons. Leg
horns, etc, the fancier has had the call
for the order. Why? First, because
every one knows that the leading fan
cier has in his breed shape character
istic, that is utility; second, uniform
color. that is fancy, and when egg pro-
duction is added to this. it means a
utility fowl in the fullest sense. This
is what more progressive breeders have
in their f1ocks than the average begin
ner realizes.
Quality Commands Price.
But when these characteristics sha pc,
uniform color of plumagc and egg pro-
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Humane,

From the 81. Joseph Gazette
Lots of fellows who never thought Of
b!anketing a horse are careful to put
a bed quilt on their motor.
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Never Knew the Difference.

From Judge
smith,. Peck went on silence
strike the other day, b. it did no
good.
Thomas-Why not?
Smith-Mrs. II. Peck wouldn't stop
talking long enough to notice II.
Evening star., 1915-01-24

777ITH the price of -four advanced
wv to $3.50 barrel and with the
w Chicago market reporting
wheat at s1.43 a bushel, statement
from NJ. L. Carleton. the cerealist of
the Agricultural Department, who
found and introduced this Durum
wheat into this country, is timely.
"I brought the first seed Of that
wheat from Russia in 1900. and I was
soundly abused for it, he said, with a
smile To-day the price of wheat
would be higher than it is if it were not
for the 10000, 900 bushels raised last year.
When first tried the small crop could
not be sold here: now it brings the
highest price in the market"
The country needed more wheat and
the crop could not be extended to the
dry lands surrounding the belt, so. in
1900, Mr. Carleton was sent by the de-
partment to Europe in search of a
wheat that was adapted to dry lands.
Entering Russia at Odessa, he Travelled
through the wheat regions to Warsaw
in Poland and all through that great
agricultural country now devastated
There he procured some of the best
seed wheat ever brought to this coun-
try, but it was not what he was look
ing for: it was not we'll adapted to
growth in dry lands. Travelling east
ward after an eight months search,
he found on the kirghese steppe, IN
extreme western Siberia, the object or
his search, a grain that thrived in dry
lands. the heavy yielding Durum
wheat
The department secured 500 bushels
Of the best of it for seed and dis
tributed it throughout the country by
the agency OF the several state eX-
perimental stations, sending out 500
bushels by mail in one lot to South
Dakota.
The farmers at once took to it, be-
cause it was fine. hard wheat with
a good stalk, strong resistant OF
the much dreaded wheat rust; IT
soil. and gave a heavier yield of grain
to the acre than any other variety
under similar conditions. The bakers
and the millers did not like II De
cause the milling appliances theh III
use could not make from 1t a hne,
white -four and people would not buy
a dark bread.
So they abused Mr. Carleton and
called the grain goose wheat ana
not made welcome at boards Of trade
in the flour-making cities, and formal
complaints were lodged in the depart
ment against the introduction into this
country of wheat so inferior in quality.
Then singular thing happened
Europe began to buy Durum wheat
and almost the entire crop was sold
for export Through lack or nome
market the growth could not get
within 10 cents a bushel of the prices
OF other wheat of the same grade. yet
the yield was relatively SO abundant
that the farmers got handsome re-
turn and continued to plant it.
In 1905 another singular thing hap
Evening star., 1915-01-24
COMBINING UTILITY
QUALITIES WITH FANCY
Mistaken Belief That They Cannot
Be Bred Into One
Bird,
Practical Poultry Breeders Have
Demonstrated Advantages of Pro-
ducing Both Glasses of Fowls. -
BY JAMES P. HOPKINS.
Poultry Judge. Lecturer and Author.
Copyright. 1913.'

Within the past few years there has
appeared in the poultry press much
for and against the fancy and much
said in favor of utility until the aver
age beginner is utterly at a loss as to
which road to take. In most cases there
has been no give and take in the mat
ter of utility or fancy. and both sides
have written in the ma jority of cases
from their own viewpoint.
The dyed-in- the-wool utility breeder
condemns anything that "smacks" of
the showroom. and in some cases the
fancier is just as narrow regarding
utility qualities. But the reaction can
be seen. especially during the past few
years. Laying contests have had much
to do with this condition of affairs, and
the different state experiment stations.
which. by the use of trap nests, good
housing and, in some cases. careful
feeding. have shown to the poultry pub
lie that the so-called utility breeders
fowls have made good records. But
more remarkable still, fowls from the
yards of the fancier have also been
among the leaders.
Then the egg-type theory, as it was
known, was exploded when fowls, not
of the accepted egg type, from differ
ent breeders, made wonderful records.
So. as each year goes on, theories have
been relegated to the rear and practi-
cal tests by experiment stations and
the country's leading breeders have
shown that there is still much to learn
regarding poultry culture. Utility
stands for productiveneSs in the fowl,
eggs and meat And in paying quantity.
Whenever a flock is so bred by pro-
gressive breeders that it performs bet
ter than the average hen, it is called
a utility strain, and herein lies a fault
becoming more general each year. Any
thing that looks like chicken but has
fair producing powers has been labeled
utility fowl and in many cases not
to be disputed they are little more than
scrubs.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11
How Would You Like Ii?

How would you like to sit down
at your desk, run over your ac-
counts, and absorb the knowledge
that anywhere from one to five
hundred people were indebted to
you In sums varying from 50
cents to $500? How would you
like to meet those good people
day by day, without them think
ing of offering you the small
amount due you? How would
you like to see these same good
people paying their other bills
promptly. month by month, and
again forgetting yours? Would
you not revel in the knowledge
that all these small bills combin-
ed, if suddenly collected would
swell your bank account to the
tune of $500 or $1,000? When
you reach the point where you
can appreciate the grim humor
of such a condition and keep
right on smiling, you will have
qualified yourself for the life of a
country editor. And when you
do reach that point you will won
der why in the blazes yon never
thought of the editor when pay
ing your other bills, and you will
just push the breeze until you
reach the shop and hand him the
little mite you owe him. Here's
hoping you soon qualify-for you
know, brother, that many Titles
make much, and in the editorial
purse there is always room for
more.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11
Abusive Husband Fined
Flowers and Candy.

What is probably the most un-
usual fine ever levied on a prison
er in Cincinnati court was i'm
posed on Clarence McMullen, by
municipal Court Judge Samuel
Bell one day lastweeh. Charged
with abusing his wife, McMnllen
was ordered TO buy a box Of can.
dy and boquet 'or her.
At the beginning OF the trial
the court sought to have Mrs.
McMullen forgive her husband.
I have done that three times, .
she replied.
The Bible says forgive seven.
ty times seven" suggested the
court.
Judge Bell fined McMnllen $50
and costs, which he later chang
ed to flowers and candy. The
wife got the candy and boquet,
McMullen received kiss and the
judge smiled.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11
Lid Is O. Iassea Volcano.

The recent volcanic eruptiona
| Of Lassen Peak, Californix, the
most violent and destructive of
which was the outburst IN May,
1915, are reported by geologist
J. s. Diller, Of the United States
Geological Survey, to have reach
their maximum. The mountain,
though it will doubtless continue
10 be an active volcanic curiosity
will not, it 10 believed, develop
into . Devastating fury. after the
manner of Vesuvius or some Of
the Alaskan volcanoes or other
well,known foreign volcanoes.
In other words, old Vulcan has
clapped the lid down on Lassen.
For several weeks Mr.. Diller
has been studying Lassen Peak
on the ground, in cooperation
with officials of the Forest Ser
vice and has reported to the di-9
rector of the Geological Survey
as follows:
The great eruptions of Lassen
Peak of May 2O-22 spent the en-
ergy OF the old volcano and put a
lid on it. The effects of the food
on Hat Creek is being turned to
good account, while many visit
ors are safely climbing the peak.
Although it is possible that Vul-
can is simply conserving his
forces for a future outbreak, the
general indications are that he
is closing up the Lassen Peak
branch of his laboratory for the
season, perhaps with the inten-
tion of giving a small exhibit next
spring when the snow melts.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

u sssps that the powers that
b up 81 JED City are hsldtAg
cut on he stAte school funds that
the 'ifenilv q the payroll" may
est tAsirs without interruption.
Atlsast that II the way ID locks
- NJ from Mis- distance. Al
thoud ths general revenues Of
tAs stats are largss than ever,
ths amsNnt 81 the state school
fund this year shows . decline
d some 400, 900 less than that
ef last y6ar. The constitution
provi8es Tor what percentage Of
NJ general revenue shall accrue
tGthe school fund, and under the
State's income the school fuad
should show . gain, instead Of =
a(eline. Juggling the school
7aRds u not ! new diverslon Of
thsN Npsnscrass.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

DR.. Alexander Carrel Of the
Rockefeller Institution Of Medi.
cal Research and DR.. Henry D,
pakin Of the Lister Institute
have discovered what they claim
TO be the ideal antiseptic.
The most powerful antiseptic
known to science is hypochlorita
Of lime. but its use is injurious to
the Tissues, owing to its acidity,
and It dees not keep.
DR.. Dakin and Carrel have
found that these two defects are
remedied respectively BY the
adoption Of carbonate Of lime and
boric scid. Wonderful results
hare been obtained with the new
antiseptic, and II applied il time
10 said 10 make infection il
wounds impossible.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

Justas soon - this sountry
begins 70 take steps to place IL.
oolf In 3 oCuditlon. Of defensive.
ness, certain big interests seem
- fssl that Ne oouxss.is designed
- enable them TO pile moro mil
lions on their already ovsrgrown
piles. All 10 graft that comes "a
their mills.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

Down In the South they are
hanging ''nisgsrs'' pretty freely
nowadAys. Mayby the setting
aside BY the Supreme Court Of
the a1aadfather clause In the
1outh's voting laws has some
thinW 70 do with II. They have 20
keep down the black vote some
way, you know.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

Wafe1khl waiting hasn't won
and the President has decided
u ahand0n this. quieseent policy
kOr scmething stronger. This
viii require 5 change of the ster-
sopeypsd slogan Of Democrat
10 frisnds. Why not make it
We Wobblo to WinY
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11


camea . nation, but when We make
! simple demand upon the Eng
Hsh government for tie obssrv-
ance of our rights on the seas We
ara turned down down cold. Il
has been said that the United
States could no longer snbmit 70
Gernany's war-zone policy with
out Shame to herself, and this
shame would be extended Il We
submit - Rngland' . policy Of rs-
straining our trade whenever and
whereyer II s1its her.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

Russia says she viii 1ght tc
| the fnish and win in the end.
England and France say the
same, and the Germans are
putting up the same line Of talk;
but none Of the combatants
make it clear just what the fight
is about. Being in it, they are
all going to see it through with
all the strength of their respec-
tive powers ON the speculative
chance of winning, with the VIC
tor taking the big end of the
prize. Therefore, the whole
thing seems to resolve itself into
. sporting proposition, like a
pugilistic contest or . horse
race. We have read some
where that the sport Of men
hunting each other for the pur-
pose Of killing one another was
the most fascinating and thrill
ing of all games. It involves q
contest Of wit and cunning rath-
eY than simple animal Instinct
and brute force. We doubt not
that the sporting fraternity of
the warning nations are laying
the odds on the outcome of the
struggle. OF all the higher an.
imals, Of which the genus homo
|-man-forms the apex, man il
the only species that seeks 10
slay its own kind for the love Of
the game. This seems arrange,
but It 10 90, and doubtless always
viii be 20. Our sporting blood
10 stronger than our sentiment.
| al passions Of love and humanity.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

TIE Democratic party and the
Wilson adninlstration have mess
Cd and buHgled about every.
thing they have undertaken since
they eameinto power. We could
specify II detail. but why point
oat Whist must be % obvious to
~nN sy3a ySsN X I.6 5 its,ei
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11

Anyv1sy, President Wilson
- go - think he oan handle ths
MIN ID Hayti. Tackling .
llos1s job Ike thai appears TO be
fsAe11 No right siss for him.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-08-11
J1aketiag Aresna In
4 Private Car.

Last winter the Legislature
voted an appropriation for . ash
hatchery In South Missouri, and
liz seems that the commission
having charge Of the matter 10
having one swell time travelling
around in = private car at public
expense TO locate . site for the
hatchery. J. M. Bowers, editor
of the DeSoto Press, one of the
Democratic members Of the
House, does . little criticising Of
the commissions conduct a.
follows:
I'VE know something about
the law creating the Ozark Fish
Hatchery, and voted for it. The
bill was introduced by Mr.. .Ad-
ans, Of Springfield. Was intro
duced and passed that South
Missouri should haveA fish hatch
cry, and not . wine and dining
car to ''janket" around, when it
10 dollars to doughnuts that the
hatchery was ioeatsd before any
'junketing" trip was ever made.
There are hundreds Of good plac-
90 along the I. M. & 8. ny. for =
hatchery. We have had many
inquiries from people who waat
to give . place to the State for
this purpose. One from Granite
Bend, and another from Arcadia,
suggesting Killarney Lake. This
lake would afford three miles Of
back-water and oil that weuld
have to be done would be 10 pour
The fish in Stouts Creek and let
them noat down to deep water.
The /. Mo s. crosses this stream
near Ironton. There are many
funny things In connection with
Official life some times. We be-
lieve Ia progress and vote that
way, but We do think that much
'.tommyrot" 10 connected with
.n,,,A &h;n1a ar>asial narn iunkAt.