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The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
Aeroplane Propellers.

Selected ash, which is both strong
and light and will not split under
vibration or shock, or built-up lay
ers of spruce with mahogany centers,
are the materials with which the pro-
pellers of aeroplanes such as are be-
ing used in the European war are con-
structed. The framework of the ma
chimes, too, is generally made of wood,
spruce being much used on account Of
its straight grain and freedom from
hidden defects.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
CUTICURA SOAP BATHS
Followed by Little Ointment for
Eaby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment of &C.
zemas, rashes, itchings, chafngs and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
Getting Used to It.

Bacon-I should think it would be
good thing for the men on the dread
naughts to serve a time on the sub
marines first.
Egbert-Why so?
1t wouldn't seem so strange then
when they went to the bottom.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
CATHOLIC CHURCH

From the first Sunday in November
to the first Sunday in May services at
the Catholic church will be held as
follows:
First Mass at 500 a. m.
Second Mass at $50 a. m.
Evening Devotion at 7:30.
From May 1st to November 1, First
Mass 1880 a. M, Second Mass a. m.
Services will be held here every Sun.
day in the future.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

The man who has to use the street
cars gets a lot of pleasure out of read
ing the automobile ads
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
That London Foo.

Church-What has London got to
combat the German Zeppelins?
Gotham-Why, her well-known fog.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

The aviator who is taken up by
society leader can always return the
compliment
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

Ten smiles for nickel Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. ADV.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
Just Eye comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

A novice wins occasionally, skilled
! performer regularly
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
DON'T VISIT THE OAIIFnRN1A

POSITIONS Without supply of Aliens Foot
Ease. the anliseptic powder to be shaken into the
Shoes. or dissolved in the foot-bath. The Standard
Remedy for the feet for IS years. 1t gives instant
relief to tired. aching feet and prevents swollen,
hot feet. One lady writes: ! enjoyed every minute
Of my stay at the Expositions thanks to Aliens
Foot-Ease in my shoes" Get II TO-DAY. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01

Sunday school at 10 a. M Morning
worship at IL. Epworth League; p.
m. Evening worship, p. m. Mid
week prayer and praise service, We'd
nesday p. m.
The Winslow mail., 1915-05-01
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Corner Aspinwall and Winslow ave-
nue..
Bible school 10 a. M, Lords Day.
Morning sermon and communion, IL
a. m.
Evening service, p. m.
Mid-week devotional meeting, Wed
nesday evening, p m.
You are cordially invited.
FRED S. CARTER, Minister
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
DETERMINING SIZE OF FLOCK
Much Of Equipment Necessary for
Small Number Of Sheep VIII
Serve for Larger Number.

During the past, the prices of wool
and mutton have had a powerful In
fuence upon the size of the farm
sheep flocks. There has always been
tendency for most farmers to dis
pose Of their flocks when prices be-
come low and to enter into the bust,
ness again when the prices become
high. Where pure-bred sheep are
kept the size of the flocks are, as a
general rule, much smaller.
The work of caring for the flock
should be considered In determining
the size Certain chores must be done,
and many Of these would take little
more time with so than with Is or
Is head. Much Of the equipment
needed for smaller flock will serve
for larger one. A ram win be nec-
essary for a dozen ewes, while as a
matter of fact mature one could be
bred to so ewes fully as web.
AS general rule, under mixed
farming conditions, one sheep to three
or five acres is considered advisable.
The question should not merely be,
"How many sheep can you keep" but
How many can you keep healthy"
A small healthy flock is much prefer
able to larger one that is diseased
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
slip Of the Tonuue.

The church people planned eur
prise party for Mr., Hamilton on his
fiftieth anniversary as a member of
the Joyville Presbyterian church. The
congregation was to call upon Mr..
Hamilton and the minister was to
present him with o loving cup, or
set Of Shakespeare, or something else,
no matter what When that ceremony
was over, Mr.. Hamilton was to sur
prise the minister by presenting him
in the name of the congregation with
a bicycle. A sort Of boomerang sur
prise party, you see. But when Mr..
Hamilton had received and acknowl-
edged his loving cup, or whatever It
was, and brought forth the bicycle
and presented 1t to the minister, the
dominie's jaw fell and he was utterly
flabbergasted.
We'll, Mr. Hamilton!" he exclaimed
at last "You certainly do have way
Of putting people In a hole!"
After that there were no more sur
prise parties in the Presbyterian cir
eles of JoyVille for several years.
Newark News.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
BUCHAREST A LITTLE PARIS
Built as a Capital Only, It Is a Gay
City, Without Factories - Has
Famous Parks and Buildings.

The Roumanians have spared no ef-
fort or thought, says the Nationa1
Geographic society, toward making
Bucharest, their capital city, rea!
capital, and not just one of the larger
Balkan towns, cut to the severe dc,
sign of the modern commercial city
that is found throughout the West
The whole history of the Rouman'
ians since the casting of of the Tur
kish yoke has been one Of conserVa'
tive progress leavened with enter
prise, of thrift Hghtened by keen ap'
probation Of the embellishments and
pleasures Of life.
And in Bucharest one finds more ar
tistic, literary, and scientific life than
in any other part Of the peninsula.
Bucharest is an attractive city OF
broad boulevards and avenues, az be-
Genes a capital, and has, like Paris,
Berlin and Washington, famous drives
and parks within it's area, and ave
nue. of parndes," and geological and
botanical gardens.
The city is built in q hollow be-
tween the hills upon beth sides OF the
DimbovitEa river, which 10 crossed by
IL ornate bridges.
There are some truly magnificent
buildings upon It's broad thorough
fares, among the most prominent Of
which are the royal palace, the univer-
sity, the National theater, and the
Palace Of Justice. Bucharest has
some gqualid sections, with narrow,
crooked streets, but these are remin'
iseences of the Turkish regime, and
are fast disappearing.
While Bucharest does q consider
able commercial business, 1t is Of no
importance industrially.
Bucharest, like our own capital, has
been developed primarily as capital
The Roumanians have chosen Paris
and Vienna as their models, and have
produced a judicious blending OF the
two upon the much smaller Balkan
scale.
Bucharest has plenty Of good music,
and its people who gather In the con-
cert halls or enjoy the free military
concerts in the evening along some
promenade are appreciative and eriti-
cal listeners.
Furthermore, Bucharest, as also be-
comes a European capital, is great
educational center. It's schools. acade-
mics. colleges, and university are mod
els for Balkan countries.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25

They relish these greens, no mat.
ter how plentiful grass may be, and
when mixed with other food the greens
furnish bulk, which is an important
point in duck feeding.
A great quantity Of food is required,
but it must not be too highly concen-
trated. For this reason wheat bran
is a prime factor in the feeding of
ducks.
We feed our young ducks all they
will eat five times day, the hours for
feeding being 4 a, M, s a. m, II M,
4 p. m. and p. m.
There is little danger of overtaxing
a Pekin duckling's digestion, provided
good Judgment is used in the selection
Of food and plenty Of grit and sharp
sand are provided,
The latter we put in the drinking
water. This is important. We have
known instances where whole focks
Of young ducks were lost because the
owners failed to furnish grit.
The food must be fresh and clean.
Drinking water is given at each meal
and also between meals, in shallow
vessels, which must be kept clean.
Ducks drink often and soil the water
in a short time.
Pekin ducks do not require swim
ming water, though they enjoy it, and
if allowed to roam at will, both young
and old are sure to find a pond or
stream if there is one within easy
distance.
We never allow the young ones to
wander of because, early in our ex'
perience, we learned that too much
padding in cold water causes cramps,
from which they never recover. Even
cold rain often proves fatal.
After the first week we begin to
feed raw mixtures. These are com
posed Of equal parts corn meal, bran
and middlings or second -four, mois-
tened with water. Or oatmeal bran
and cooked vegetables, little salt be-
ing added several times a week.
Sometimes cornmeal, cooked pota-
toes and chopped "greens" and so on,
are fed. Occasionally we feed green
corn, cut from the cob.
At the end Of the fifth week those
intended for market are put upon a
more fattening diet.
Instead of moistening the mash with
water, as heretofore, skim milk is used
and no greens are added. Milk should
not be used as a drink for ducks, but
when added to ground grains it is far
superior to beef scraps or any kind
of animal food for producing rapid
growth in ducks.
Twice a week some powdered char.
coal is added to the mixture. Besides
sand, we give the ducks coal cinders
with the ashes sifted out. A duck pre-
fers cinders to any other kind of grit.
At ten to fourteen weeks old the
ducks are sent to market. There is
nothing gained In keeping them longer,
because about this time the large
feathers begin to appear and the gain
in weight will be less rapid.
:.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
HOW TO KNOW SEX OF GEESE
When Fowls Are SIX Months Old
Gander May Be Told by observa.
tlon-HIs Call Is ShrilI.

1t is not an easy thing to tell the
sex Of geese.
When they are six or seven months
old one usually can tell the goose from
the gander by observation.
The male in most cases grows larger
than the female
The female has a deeper body, slim.
mer neck and smaller head.
The call of the gander is long, loud
and shrill, while that of the goose is
merely an answer to it.
1t is a good plan to divide the flock
part on one side of the fence and part
on the other when trying to distin-
guish the sex, when you can distin-
guish most of the ganders by their
calls.
Never look for a curled tail feather
or other outside marks, for there are
uone,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
HIoh Explosive SheIle,

One Of the surprises of the war has
been the great relative demand for
high explosive shells as compared
with the demand for shrapnel. The
consumption Of both has exceeded all
estimates, but 1t is shell that the new
conditions have most strikingly af-
fected. There was a time when it was
considered more noisy than dangerous
and In field operations more useful to
shake the enemy's nerve than to in
flict damage; while as to the deadli-
ness of shrapnel against an enemy that
1t could reach there has never been
question. But In the elaborate
trenches employed in this war the men
are fairly web sheltered from shrap-
mel, and for the special purpose of pre-
pairing the way for an attack high ex-
plosive shell in prodigious quantities
is required. That the British are still
short is indicated by the complaint Of
the Times correspondent that the adj
vance attempted near Fremelles was
weakened by forced economy in the
use of ammunition. The French seem
to be better off, and IL the Germans
have felt any scarcity On either front
they have succeeded in keeping 1t a
. secret, which is the next best thing
to having plenty.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
WOMEN in ARSENALS
HANDLE EXPLOSIVES WITH SKILL
AND FEW ACCIDENTS.
Government Declared to Have Gained
a Hundredfold Since Their En-
ployment -- Quickly Become
Expert Always Careful.

Much Of the important work at the
United States government arsenal at
Frankfort, Pa, is In the hands Of
women who are as skilled at making
deadly weapons as are their sisters as
nurses in army hospitals or on the
fields of battle They are regarded
as more trustworthy, proficient and
conscientious than men, and are in
such demand tn many departments
that they are worked In two shifts.
Even in the fuse room, where the most
dangerous work Is undertaken, wom-
en- are employed and accidents are
few and far between, due IN a large
measure, 1t is declared, to the greater
care taken by the female employees.
Most Of the work in the hands Of
the women is regarded as skilled Ia
Dor, and 1t is strange to see such cap
tons as Mary Mathews, skilled labor
En-" Every preceution is taken to
safeguard the workers and no one is
overworked, but the government has
gained a hundredfold since the WON
en- have entered the arsenal as work
ers.
Each cartridge inspector in the ar
senal tnspects $1,000 cartridges a day,
an average that has been maintained
for several years. This work is very
important, for the slightest defect, one
not even to be detected by the expert
enced eye, might mean a premature
explosion and the loss Of an eye, limb
or life to a soldier.
1t Is interesting to watch the girls,
most OF them quite young, handling the
big machines, some automatic and
some handled, in the rooms where
the cartridges are tapered and clipped.
In this work eight girls are employed
and each one handles SO 1000 cartridges
q day.
The girls employed on the gauger
are especially expert, and have been
In the arsenal number of years. One
girl gauges the cartridges and two in.
spect them. The gauger is Also an ex-
pert inspector, and when the supply
gets too large for the girls to handle
she assists them
The cartridge passes from the gaug-
er to weighing machine, and If the
powder shot is the slightest degree
underweight the machine throws it
out. Every cartridge is weighed
second time. 1t is interesting to note
that not an underweight cartridge has
reached the Philadelphia section Of
the arsenal In FIVE months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
TROUBLES OF THE INCUBATOR
Many Causes for Lamp Smoking
Good Rule Is Not to Turn the
Eggs Until the Third Day.

II the incubator. lamp smokes, you
have turned the wick too high, let
the burner catch loose, used a very
poor grade of oil, or let dirt gather
on the burner gauze, or let some
thing get into the pipes and obstruct
them. Mud wasps will do this.
Never turn the fame of the lamp
to full height when first lighted, then
don't forget to go back in few min.
utes and put it to proper place. Fill
your lamp in the evening; a full lamp
gives better heat than one half full.
Some people do not turn eggs on
the day they test them. Don't turn
the eggs until the third day after put
ting in the incubator; at least this is
the rule of one successful incubator
operator.
Don't place the thermometer under
the wafer in the egg chamber. Don't
fill the lamp when burning.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
KEEP FLIES FROM ANIMALS
Tar Often Can Be Used to Advantage
in Protecting Sore Places From
Irritating Insects.

Bv G H. GLOVER. Colorado Expert
meTt Staton)
There Is probably nothing that will
keep flies away from live stock to the
extent that they will not be more or
less irrttated BY them.
Most Of the coal tar products used
for "dips' TO kill external parasites
s~e useful when used over the body,
well diluted, and applied from a spray
pump Oh Of tar or pine tar can often
DO uEed 10 advantage in protecting
places that have become sore from the
irritation OF dies.
TNe following mixture has usually
given 10 much satisfaction as any
ether: Synthetic oil Of saseafras, four
ounces; ard or neat's-foot oil, two
ptnta, and crude petroleum enough to
make one gallon. This will cost about
81 q gallon.
This mixture should not be expen-
awe and will not need to be applied
ss often 90 the other: Fish oil, 100
parts; oil Of tar, so parts, and crude
carbolic acid, l part
The best way to swat the fly" Is
before be Is born. Allowing piles Of
manure to accumulate in the stables
and yards for flies to breed in and
then applying some kind of dope
to keep ntss away from the animals Is
inconsistent, to say the least
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
Victoria crnss wav.

"rve TALKED" said war correspon-
dent, with a number of Victoria Cross
and Iron Cross and Medaille Militaire
men.
These fellows are not usually over
strong. AS a rule, in fact, they are
little and thin. asked them how 1t
was then. in hand-to-hand fighting,
that they didn't get killed by their
bigger opponents.
We'll. their answer to this question
YVES pretty much the same thing in
every case. A composite of their an
swer would be:
When two men come together in
dead earnest with the bayonet one of
them always funks, and never do .
Washington Star.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
(Br ANNA GALIIGHER.l

(By ANNA CSALLIjHEh~)
During the past 10 years we have
been raising and marketing ducks,
keeping several different breeds; but
were long ago convinced that the I'm
perial Pakin Is the market duck par
excellence.
AS q gensTaLpurpose duck we like
the ROuen; and for eggs alone, the
Runner stands at the head Of the list.
There arc two varieties Of Pekins-
the small, or mediumsized white duck
so often seen around farmyards, and
the large kind known as the Imperial
Pekin; the latter being only little
smaller than the common goose, and
having beautiful cream-eolored plum
age. This Is the variety Of PekirB
kept by the larger breeders in the
East.
A common mistake, especially among
farmers, is that ducks and chickens
are fed and housed together, the re-
suit being Lot of half-starved speci-
mems which have bodies Outstripped
in growth by beak and feet.
A Pekin duckling will eat, at one
meal. as much as three OF four chicks
of the same age, and gain in weight in
proportion; but the food must be of
a somewhat different nature from that
required by chicks.
For instance, dry feeds, such as
wheat, cracked corn, ETC., are insult
able for ducklings, though they make
excellent feed for growing chicks. In
order to ascertain the difference in
growth a pair of Pekin ducklings and
"a pair Of White Wyandotte chickens
were weighed when fourteen weeks
old.
Ducks and chickens were Matched
the same day; both were we'll fed, but
neither was forced. The two chickens
weighed four pounds four ounces,
while the two duckIings tipped the
scales at IA pounds.
We use both hens and incubators for
Matching, those Matched under hens
being kept for breeding stock. Our
ducklings are kept in large yards,
fenced with poultry netting, while
small twenty-five is the usual num-
Der for each yard, and ducklings Of
different sizes are never yarded to-
gether.
Each yard is furnished with sepa-
Hate house for the ducklings to sleep
night. These houses are cleaned
y day and fresh litter put in for
dding. For the first week we feed
fight bread lat least two days old,
crackers, corn bread, cooked rice and
rolled oats.
The bread is crumbled and either
fed dry or moistened with sweet milk.
We never confine our ducklings to
any one kind of feed, because va.
riety gives much better results.
Green food is essential at all times
For this purpose we grow large quaint
ties of lettuce, onions and dandelions
These are chopped and fed in addition
to grain food several times day
while the ducks are small.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
Most Primitive Race Of Men.


The North pole natives alluded to
by Captain Amundsen in recent lee
ture were discovered by him while ne
was navigating his little craft, the
Gjoa, through the Northwest Passage
in 190S-1907. He christened them
Nechilli, and considered them to be
the most primitive race on earth. No
white man had ever before invaded
their Icy Businesses. Consequently they
were ignorant Of the use of iron. Their
fishing implements we're long spears,
fashioned out Of reindeer horn. They
knew no other method Of procuring
fire than that Of rubbing two pieces Of
wood together. They were, In short,
still in the stage of civilization reached
by our ancestors Of the stone age. So
cut of were they from others of their
kind that they imagined their tribe
was the only one in the world, and dis
played the utmost establishment when
told of populous countries far to the
south, where neither ice nor snow was.
The Gioa and her crew they thought
to have dropped from the moon, and
the first Nechilli to come aboard felt
the deck, masts, boats, oars, all the
while whispering to one another in
amazement: How much wood there
is in the moon-how very much!"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
BAD ROADS CAUSE Acclpa|
Claims Made on Insurance. VI
for Four Deaths From W.
Due to Faulty Highways

Do we need good roads, -
Of a Chicago travelling man' s
ance organization covers the ~ -
of ten death claims for the + !.
days of the year, and OF 'ns, y,
were deaths resulting rom ~
accidents due to bad ROADS.
1t is singular that these wv
@surred one each in the y wv Il
western states of Minneso'a'
kotas and Montana. s.
In each case the traVeiine =
ganization paid $5,OOo. (,
This furnishes a striRlps -
of the financial and ecoa' 81
charged up directly to paO E
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25
What War Babies Mean

War Babies" says the New Rspub-
lie, should be legittmiEed, but for the
babies sake, not because they Ill the
gaps made by war. "A race cannot
be strengthened by mere multiplied
ton. Only the wholesale barbarism
of war and capitalism and imperiallst
expansion would ever have made mere
quantity a standard of morals. That
Is why the sentimental appreciation
of war babies is so disheartening. 1t
Is not a lare-up Of liberalism, not a
new sense of the sanctity or life, but
q worried and careless attempt to re-
coup the losses of war.
Against the proposal to drop the
savage punishment of the illegitimate
no humane person will say word.
But against the idealization of hap
hazard, unwanted and promiscuous
childbirth all decency rebels 1t as
serts that the way to replenish the
race is not to stampede women into
child-beartng, but to acquire q fresh
sense of the terrible waStage of life
In the normal pursuits Of peace.
England or France can make up
the losses Of this war by dealing with
their slums and their factories, their
poverty and their disease. They can
make permanent additions 10 their ra-
cial strength by regard for the quail
ity Of births and the opportunities Of
children. But they are baling out the
ocean with sieve il they try merely
to make up for wholesale destruction
by indiscrtminate propagation"