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South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
BUSINESS PERSONALS

"SALSAD,"
Registered.
SOftens and purldes water. Turns IL
into an ehicient harmless cleaner.
Don't use SalsaC for washing and
cleaning unless you wish to save labor
and money.
For free sample ald booklet phone
Bell 336S ask your grocer.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

WAN TED-W oman 20 help In farm board
Ing house. Call Cc. b. 1892 after p. m
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

WANTED White maid for second work.
No laundry. 2O2 :. Scott st.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-NIeu to work on the farm by
day or month. Home phone 4222.
WANTED 3 arpenters: apply 40 W. Di-
vision St, at l. 80.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

WHITCOMB AND KELLER
Cash or Payments.
S-rOom modern house. +. Wayne st.
S-rOOm modern house. Riverside Drive.
S-rOom modern house. Portage 9v.
T-rOOm modern house. y. O'Brien St
Groom modern house, w. Seventh st.
or l0-acre tracts. miles west city limits
Vacant lots on Riverside Drive. Dubail
Dayton and Bowman SITS, and Will build
10 suit the purchaser
WHITCOMB AND KELLER
jefferson Building.
Evening star., 1915-02-14
How to Mail Eqqs.

The Post Office Department has
issued the following regulations in re-
gard to sending eggs. either for table
use or for Matching, by parcel post:
Eggs will be accepted for local de-
livery when SO packed in basket or
other container as to prevent damage
to other mail.
Eggs will be accepted for mailing,
regardless of distance, when each egg
is separately wrapped and surrounded
with excelsior. cotton or other suita-
BILE material and packed in a strong
container made of double faced CORFU
gated pasteboard. metal, wood or other
suitable material. and wrapped so that
nothing can escape from the package.
All such parcels shall be labeled
eggs.
Eggs in parcels weighing more
than twenty pounds will be accepted
for mailing to offices in the first and
second zones when packed in crates.
boxes. baskets or other containers hav-
ing tight bottoms to prevent the es-
cape of anything from the packages
and so constructed as properly to pro-
tect the contents. Such Packages to
be marked 'Eggs-This Side Up and
to be transported outside of mail
bags"
Evening star., 1915-02-14
TRAVELETTE
BY NIkSAH
The Yellowstone Geysers.

Old Faithful geyser, the most famous
spring of the Yellowstone National
Park, deposits a small amount of min
eral matter about it's crater at each
eruption. By calculating the growth
of this deposit since the discovery of
the geyser and comparing this with
its present dimensions geologists have
reached the conclusion that Old Faith
full has been performing regularly for
over a million years.
Every sixty-five minutes, as precisely
as though it were controlled by clock
work, Old Faithful bubbles, rumbles,
sends up a preliminary jet of hot wa
ter and then filings into the air a ma g.
nificent silver column of spray Us feet
high, with a mighty banner of steam
floating to leeward. During the day the
sunlight embroiders it with iridescent
light, and at night a great searchlight
Is played upon it. 1t is perhaps the
most astounding and beautiful natural
phenomenon on the continent.
The generally accepted theory of the
action of geysers is that they are long
tubes in the earth, reaching down to the
molten rock at its center. If this tube
is fairly open and unobstructed the
steam generated by the internal heat
gradually, condensing into hot water
and forming an ordinary hot spring.
But in the case of narrow or twisted
tube the steam gathers faster than it
can escape. finally forcing its way out
with explosive force and blowing the
water into the air. Thus a geyser of
periodical and more or less regular ac-
tion is formed.
Nearly all of the Yellowstone geysers
are in one great basin, together with
innumerable hot springs. This basin,
with it's mighty plumes of steam shoot
ing up from the ground like great
flowers, must have been an amazing
sight to the first white man who ex-
plored the place.
The Giant geyser is the highest in
the park, throwing it's contents 200 feet
into the air. Perhaps the most beauti-
full, upon a smaller scale. is the Morn
ing Glory. so called because its shape
is almost exactly that Of the flow
er. A clear spring bubbles up in it's
very center. wetting the petals of the
great flower. so that it shines in the
sunlight like blossom touched with
lau
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with the five children to care for. Tom
could not lay off without being docked
and even running the risk of losing
his job. Nor could they afford to hire
any one to help Rachel Moreover, the
children grew reStive under the un-
settled regime. The baby had a cold.
Ethel smashed her finger. All cried
more or less.
,he pitied Aunt Cynthia, who. not be-
ing used to them, must find the noise
much harder to bear. She said as
much the second evening after they
We're in the new place and sem
blance of order and quiet had been OBJ
tanned. Before Aunt Cynthia could an
swer Rachel was called to the door by
a knock 1t was a grocer boy Rachel
dropped the baby. as she thought, in
the small Ethers lap. Then she for
and began to cook supper 1t was
twenty minutes later that she came
back and found him in Aunt Cynthia s
lap.
"Oh, thought Ethel had him.
Rachel said. apologetically. as Aunt
Cynthia ginserly handed him over. He
was quiet, for a wonder.
Aunt Cynthia remarked briefly and
unpleasantly that she wasn't used to
handling children. Rachel afterward
told Tom dismally that she was afraid
of the future.
"Oh. it'll be all right" Tom tried to
Rachel sighed. Then for a week she
was very busy. 1t took every minute
to cook, straighten the fat and keep
the children dressed. She told Tom
to Aunt Cynthia. She merely looked
at You and said nothing. So Rachel
fixed her room and kept the children
out of it as much as she could AS
often as she could Rachel cooked what
she saw Aunt Cynthia ate the most of.
She was not a big eater. Rachel told
Tom contritely that they needn't have
grudged her the small amount of foou
dren nearly drive her distracted"
Rachel remarked. They are so noisy.
Tom said nothing. He was WORK.
ing overtime at the shop and was
almost too tired to talk when he came
home.
Il hope 1 won't have to live with a
noisy, poor family when | an OLD.
sighed Rachel. pityinsly. Il think she
hates u.s." But Tom was asleep.
The next day Rachel was sick. She
fought it off. aghast. but went through
the usual routine of housework, dress
ed the children. got their breakfast
Il guess I'm sick. Aunt Cynthia. But
I'll be all right tomorrow. And there's
cold meat for supper
Then for the first time since she came
Aunt Cynthia came out of her shell
Of taciturnity. my land!" For an old
woman, she crossed the room with
wonderful swiftness. whisked blan-
ket over Rachel as she lay huddled on
the bed, picked up the baby weeping
softly on the floor because no one had
noticed him for six seconds, shooed the
other four out of the room and began
to clatter among the skillets and dishes
in the kitchen. Rachel wondered
faintiy: then drowsed off into the dull
sleep which often accompanies an
acute attack of the grip.
IT was hours later when she awoke.
She heard the rattle of dishes, shifted
cooking and turned her face to the
wall in loathing. She knew, Tom
had come home and was getting sup
ner What a mess there would be in
the morning! And then she heard the
baby chuckle! She wondered. She
heard a soft old voice singing. Then
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came the opening of the front door
rom was just getting home. She heard
MIN exclaim: heard Aunt Cynthia hush
MN; heard the children go quietly to
the table; heard Aunt Cynthia talking
gayly to them.
Il wonder" Rachel said thoughtfully
to herself. 'ff she ever felt at home
before"
and the next day Aunt Cynthia ad-
mitted that she hadn't. Il felt ter
rlbIe, pushing myself in when you
mad so much work and so little money
But L sort of seemed to have earned
last nights supper oh. didn't mind
the noise, at least not very much And
l got some knack at amusing children.
amt II" pridefully. "T never knew il
till last night. / never had none of
my own" wistfully. But L was taNen
up nursing Steve, SO I didn't mind very
much"
When the six months were up Sadie
sent word that In a month or two
Rachel cut off the hesitating message.
Aunt Cynthia will live with us all the
time" she replied, coldly. No. we
don't mind. / couldn't manage the
children without her. And Tom has
got a. raise He says she has brought
us good luck. And the baby adores
her.
tTHE END.)
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might go and look at it. The rent is
the same" he said wearily.
Rachel went to look that evening.
And, of course, they moved into it.
She knew that they couldn't refuse to
take Aunt Cynthia, but it was with
actual dread that she regarded the
future. Rachel slept little that night.
Aunt Cynthia came the next day. She
came grimIy. with an air of accepting
the best of bad bargain. She had
ing chair and folded her wrinkled
hands in her lap: Rachel tried to
tiptoed through the living room next
morning to start Ton Toms 1 breakfast she
as though they had not closed all
night She aa asked ,be her If she had
was the best bed they could give her
as yet. Well enough" said Aunt
self had not slept we'll Usually Tom
and Tom. jr;;, who was two years old;
slept on that davenport. while she and
the baby and four-year- Helen had
the bed. Ethel and Roger shared a
Evening star., 1915-02-14
THE DAILY STORY.
AUNT CYNTHIA.
Copyright, 1915. by W. Werner,


Few people liked Aunt Cynthia
Rachel had met her four or five times
since she married Tom. and on each
occasion the old lady had been taci-
turn and unsociable. She was Toms
fathers aunt, and she lived in the
country with her old husband, who
also was unsociable.
But that was because he was ali
knotted with rheumatism. When he
died, and it was learned that Aunt
Cynthia was alone and penniless. and
so must look for a home among the
relatives, there was general consterna-
tion. Rachel at first did not share in
the CONSERVATION. Tom was making
the least of any of the cousins and
brothers-in-law and uncles and neph-
ews that formed a great crowd. And
he and Rachel had five small children.
None of the others had more than
three. So Rachel naturally supposed
that she and Tom would be the last
ones called on to give Aunt Cynthia a
home. And she was honestly glad. for
their home was four-room fiat. Five
children crowded it. There was GER
tainly no room for any one else, even
had it been some one welcome and
greatly desired.
came home one evening and said briefly
that Aunt Cynthia would be there the
following day to live with them for
six months. After that his cousin
Sadie had half promised to take her
for a while.
But. Tom." cried Rachel, where will
she sleep? We have no room, and
and-we have" She broke off. Tom
had grown strangely sensitive lately
over his poor salary as ledger clerk.
I'VE have hardly enough to eat?" he
continued for her. with a decided in
tonation of bitterness. And Sadie's
husband is making $1,000 a year. But
if Aunt Cynthia doesn't come here she
goes to the poorhouse. that's all. II
couldn't stand for that
NO, of course not" Rachel agreed.
instantly. with sudden feeling of pity
for the old aunt. NO. that would be
terrible. But it isn't fair that We
should have the burden when they all
know how hard it is for US to get along"
"And where will we put her to sleep,
Tom" Rachel asked helplessly.
There is a fiat in the next street
with one more room. 1t isn't so de-
sirable as this, but I thought you
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z,;c;[2@uLTRy

function 1t Is UP to the distributor
and the ultimate consumer to maintain
this quality intact. There are a great
many kinds of eggs which the average
Wholesale market recognizes, repre-
senting much variety in quality and
appearance. Nothing but strictly fresh
eggs should. however, be considered
by the nearby producer. Eggs which
have been held for some time in an
ticipation of a higher price decrease
materially in quality and such eggs
are always sold at a loss.
The New York market recognizes two
color, namely: those which have a
brown she'll and those which have a
white shell. New York markets al
ways give higher quotation for white
shelled eggs than for brown shelled
eggs, whereas in Boston the quotation
is higher for brown eggs and in some
of the larger markets near large
centers of consumption there seems to
be no discrimination in favor of one
over the other color.
In recognition of the prices which are
offered for n special product, it be-
comes the duty of the poultry keeper
to produce eggs of kind and quality
which the market demands. This is
especially true if the price for such a
product makes it worth while and it
usually does For example. in New
York. the buyer pays a premium for
white shelled eggs over brown of
from to IS cents per dozen. the aver
age being about cents. 1t is there
fore, the duty of the poultry farmer
shipping eggs to that market to cater
to that special trade.
Evening star., 1915-02-14
WHERE KILLING COMES EASY
Papua Bloody Land Where Life Is
Held Cheap.
From Harper's Magazine.

From harper s Magazine.
Papua has long been known as
bloody land. 1t is a bloody land still
But the blood OF white men is rarely
let; and the wanton slaughter of ma
tives. the one by the other-at least
in those fast-widening regions which
are within the sphere of the LAWS
fast diminishing. All this being So
in one year. nevertheless when there
We're two hundred and fifteen prisoners
committed for trial, one hundred and
eighteen of them were charged with
murder, nine with manslaughter and
five with attempted murder. To the
civilized mind the motives to murder
shocking enough. to be sure-nor
wanting an aspect of gruesome humor
are upon occasion Incredible. As
they are matters of record, however.
disclosed upon painsta king investlga-
tion, they are TO be accepted, not a :
irresponsible tales, such as wander
about the eastern seas, but sub
stantial facts. however singular and
incomprehensible they may appear. II
is a matter OF court record, for exam
pie, that certain natives of what is
called the coast range. being upon
trial, for the murder of two carriers,
whose throats they had cut, admitted
the deed without the least hesitation.
ness upon the ground that the carrier
had appeared to be cold and hungry"
detected fellows. far away from their
village. The prisoners had not eaten
the carriers. They had merely-with
the most considerate expedition-cut
the throats of the carriers, who Were
strangers, at any rate, and therefore
of no great consequence: and no in
genuity of questioning could
elicit a motive ulterior to the one so
ingenuously adYanced-that the car
riers, appearing TO be cold and
hungry We're, in the opinion of the
gentlemen who had incontinently cut
their throats. much better dead
A similar case of merciful eXtermina-
tion concerned 4 young native, en-
ployed to shoot game for a white
planter, who encountered a sick man
Papuan) on The road. near by a river.
and strangled him to death. Upon trial
he explained that the sick man had
created annoyance. and considerable
requesting to he carried across the
river to the other side, whence his
way lay forward to his village
quite so." said the presiding officer.
why. then, didn't you carry him
across the river?
tive "It would have put me to a great
deal OF trouble
"Why did you kill him.
What else could 1 do? The man
was sick"
1t vas out of the aestion to endure
the labor of earring the sick man
across the river. tt was equally out
of the question to abandon the pitiable
object Therefore the bewildered fell
low had strangled him-the most obvi-
Gus way out of dilemma which bads
fair to distress his feelings
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wide cot in the dining room. 1t had
taken flnesse to arrange for Aunt
Cynthia. Tom, with an attempt at
Jest, had suggested hanging two of
the children out on the fire escape
They had yelled their rebellion. Ra-
chel had begged him not to tease
them. Her head ached already from
nothing at all.
Nor did she say much during the few
work-crammed days that elapsed be-
fore they were moved and settled in
the larger fiat, which, with its extra
room, was none too large. 1t was hard,
the packing, moving and unpacking.
Rachel found 1t almost impossible,
Evening star., 1915-02-14
InfertiIe Eggs Best.

The mana ger of a large middle west
"egg ranch," in a recent issue of one
of the leading poultry periodicals., Of
fers two suggestions which, if gen.
orally adopted, would prove of value
to all poultry raisers. He suggests
that poultry associations would con-
fer great benefit to all persons who
raise poultry for the market by de-
voting more attention to an educa-
tional attempt to demonstrate the ad-
vantages of raising capons-the safety
and remote possibility of loss by ca
ponizing all surplus males, the econo-
my Of raising capons to marketab BILE
size and the demand on the part of
those who buy the best for their ta-
bles for we'll grown, fat capons. He
also urges more effort toward educat-
ing the consuming public as to the ad-
vantages of infertile eggs and the ne
cessity for poultrymen to produce
such eggs If they wish to obtain maxi
mum profits from their focks. In his
communication this writer says:
Il wish to bring to your attention
quality eggs. We find that to all ap-
pearances there are but three classes
of eggs sold throughout the east-hen-
merry eggs, nearby eggs and farmers
price and are generally guaranteed to
be fresh. We know. however, from
personal experience that they cannot
compare with eastern Pennsylvania
state. which are guaranteed sterile and
sanitary, while the hennery egg is, in
most cases. merely a candled farm egg.
neither sterile nor sanitary, nor graded
as to size, color and cleanliness.
There is a vast difference between
the new laid.' fresh laid and fresh
egg, and the sanitary and sterile quail
ity egg-a greater difference. even,
than that found in the meat of a cock
erel and that of a capon, which l note
the poultry associations are about to
take up. 1t may be advisable to drop
some hint to the associations to also
include a treatise on the difference in
eggs in conjunction with their plan to
create a demand for capons.'
Evening star., 1915-02-14
Alfalfa for Laying Hens.

Most poultrymen utilize alfalfa as an
ingredient of dry mash mixtures,
usually feeding it in mealed form and
finding that it is relished by tho fowls.
Some poultrymen who desire early fer
tility Of high percentage have in
recent years practiced feeding baled
alfalfa, scalding the hay and feeding
1t moist and steaming. the process re-
newfng the succulence and green color.
1t has been recognized as a valuable
adjunct to rations, because of its high
nitrogenous content, but alfalfa has
not heretofore been considered as a
substitute. in part or in whole, for a
meat ration-that is, in place of beef
poultryman. however, would indicate
that haled alfalfa. fed dry and made q
| part of the litter in the poultry
houses. may have considerable value al
substitute for beef scrap. meat meal
or other animal food, provided the
baled fodder can be bought at a price
that is not prohibitive.
! The Maryland man who has demon
strated to his own satisfaction that
alfalfa may be substituted for at least
| part of the meat ration for layers
and breeders has experimental this
winter with pen of twelve black Or
| pington pullets. Matched early last
May. They have never been fed any
beef scrap or other meat ration.
The pullets began laying in Deem
| ber. and New Year day dropped five
| eggs. The next day they laid only
four. and from that time to the present
they have never laid less than that.
while the highest days production was
| ten eggs from the twelve, and the
| average to date has been eight and
one-fifth.
Apparently it is the liberal use of
| alfalfa that is taking the place Of
| meat. Their owner buys alfalfa, green
| and bright, by the bale and puts a
| flake in the litter whenever necessary.
| The fowls scratch among the coarse
stems and nibble Off the broad, succu-
| lent leaves and blossoms, devouring in
| time all that is green and tender on
| the stems. This has proved an mex
pensive method of supplying protein.
| and the yolks of the eggs have kept
a deep yellow color, similar to that
from fowls on open range in spring
and summer.
Besides the alfalfa these pullets are
fed a ration of cracked corn and wheat
in the morning, a wet, warm bran
mash about noon, and wheat at night
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and swimming water to obtain best re-
suits.
Mature Aylesbury brakes weigh nine
to ten pounds. ducks eight to nine pounds
and should have white plumage. pale
fiesh-colOred bill. light yellow legs and
carry the body horizontally
Evening star., 1915-02-14

The obligation of the producer of
market eggs is TO produce a product
of good quality and to put it on the
market in fresh. neat and attractive
manner If he has performed this
Evening star., 1915-02-14
To Insure Good Quality.

Unsanitary methods in handling the
poultry flock mean tainted and impure
eggs. This taint may be due to filth,
mould or general unsanitary conditions.
The poultry house should be kept free
Evening star., 1915-02-14
Chicks Rapid Growth Is Vital.

The Importance of the proper de-
velopment of the chick, once Matched,
cannot be overestimated. If flock
of young ones receives check, it
means that much delay in their reach
ing maturity either as egg producers
or for the market. 1t costs money to
keep slow developing flock, not to
mention the possibility of missing the
high-price market they were intended
for.
Next weeks article will deal with the
best methods of bringing the chicks
along in the right way and at the right
time.
Look for it, appearing exclusively
next Sunday in The Star.
Evening star., 1915-02-14
Ought to Be.

From the Boston Transcript.
"Rounder seems to be a cool-headed
chap"
well, he frequently puts ice on it."
Evening star., 1915-02-14
METHODS OF SUPPLYING
BEST MARKET EGGS
Care Should Be Taken to Ship Only
High Quality for
Sale.
Standards of Pref
erence.
PROF. HARRY R. LEWIS.
Copyright, 1915.l

Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry
of the New Jersey State Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

1t pays to read the want columns OF
The Star Hundreds Of situations are
filled through them.
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They Sometimes Do.

From the Boston Transcript.
Briggs-By the way, old man, how
did that boom of yours turn out?
Griggs (dejectedly)-It turned out a
boomerang.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

Caller-Is your daughter an eaues-
trian?
Proud mother-Either that or vale
dictorian. These class offices are
confusing. don't you know.-Buffaio Ex-
press
Evening star., 1915-02-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Be good and you'll be 'happy-may yb

Be good and you'll be happy-maybe.
A mans wisdom isn't as interesting
as a womans intuition.
If the world doesn't understand a
man it calls him a crank.
Gossip is a deadly gas that is often
fatal to friendships.
One rarely sees an old man who is
afflicted with self-conceit.
A man isn't necessarily stingy be-
cause he keeps his promises.
Any girl who thinks as much of a
man as she does Of herself will do to
tie to.
Even after man sees where he
made a mistake he keeps right on max
ing more.
After a girl gives her hand in mar
riage she may discover later that she
put her foot in it.
Most people would rather blame
man for what he doesn't do than give
him credit for what he does.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

One rarely sees an old man who is
afflicted with self-conceit.
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man isn't necessarily stingy be-
cause he keeps his promises.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

Gossip is a deadly gas that is often
fatal to friendships
Evening star., 1915-02-14

Even after a man sees where he
made a mistake he keeps right on MAX
ing more.