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Terraces.

terraces.
AT Mammoth Hot Springs where the
hot springs and terraces occupy sew
eral acres on the slope of Terrace
Mountain one is treated TO a sight TO
be found nowhere else on earth. These
terraces begin with a queer formation
known as the Liberty Cap-an extinct
hot spring cone now standing forty
feet above the surrounding formations.
The terraces are formed by deposits
from the hot water. consisting almost
exclusively Of carbonate OF lime. and
are essentially different from those in
the geyser basins. The colorings OF the
terraces and springs are exquisite, be-
Ing delicate blues, greens. pinks and
browns frequently due TO low form
Of vegetable life which will grow in
hot water up 10 a temperature of one
hundred and eighty degrees. The pools
above catch the reflection Of the sky
and are like huge turquoise, which
blends with the colorlng Of the ter
races and forms a perfect riot of col
or. While many OF the pools are boil
| Ing others are agitated by the escape
Of carbonlc acid gas at the surface.
Small articles left In these springs for
Ave or six days win show a deposit a
sixteenth Of an inch IN thickness. The
terraces have boon given such names
as Minerva. Hymen. Mound. Pulpit
Cleopatra, Angel and Jupiter, the lat.
ter being formed from Jupiter Spring
and Is the largest and prettiest A
s one point the traveller may descent
into sort Of hot cave known as tn
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flag which one of them had taken from
a dying Russian color bearer
The Cossack women. who are noted
for their magnificent riding. have gone
into battle beside their husbands and
sweethearts, ana several OF them have
been given the rank OF officers One
Of these, Lieutenant Alexandra La
sareva. was captured by the Germans
with q number Of her comrades. They
we're locked in a church. During tn
night the daring young woman killed
The sentry with q stone image which
she had torn from the altar. Under
her leadership the men jumped from
tho windows and, besides recovering
their own horses, captured n squad OF
eighteen Germans and n number OF
valuable papers. which the younr
lieutenant herself carried to the Rus.
sian commander.
Madame Kokovtseva. the Colonel Of
the sixth Ural Cossack regiment Is
perhaps the bes, known Of Russia's
women soldiers. and certainly the most
beloved. She is the widow Of a sol.
der, and IN going to the front is carry.
ing out his deathbed wish to have the
name OF Kokovtseva continue In the
service. She made several Of the mos.
gallant charges and recently had the
cross Of st. George conferred upon her
for bravery under FIRE There is moth
ms of the Amazon about this Russian
lady. whose sweet womanly tenderness
to the wounded seems to have won the
hearts of the Cossaclls. who bow even
10 her shadow
Just now tho lot Of the Polish won,-
an is a hard one, for her chief en-
ployment is burying the dead who were
killed in the defense OF Warsaw. The
German government pays them about
twenty cents per day for CARVING ~,
this gruesome task. AS the Russian
army destroys everything in its re
treat. thousands of Polish peasants are
homeless. and unless the Germans 40
as they did in Belgium. open soun
kitchens. they face starvation.
As spies the women have aocor,
plishod as much If not more than the
men. and some stirring stories are told
of their bravery in taking all sorts ~
risks TO obtain the desired inforna-
ton OF woman's ingenuity in think
ing Of ways OF helping during the pres-
ent war there is no end. and many
times the governments Of the different
countries have appropriated her
schemes and ideas in working out VIC
tories.
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mail carriers. especially In the rural
districts. where they make their de-
livery on motorcycles. In this line
they have been most efficient. Even
the heavy mail and bad weather dur
ing the winter did not keep the post
woman from being on time. The wom-
an milk-wagon driver has made her
appearance I'm London and the smaller
towns. A number Of women are work
ling in the blacksmith shops and
garages. where they make repairs on
automobiles with the alasrity of the
men.
Ammunition Makers.
AS to their work in the factories in
turning out war material, It is little
short Of marvellous. They are intense
by patriotic and vie with each other
in turning out war munitions. for they
and not the men. are the laborers in
the English ammunition factories.
This work has disturbed the regula-
tions Of the English labor unions, as
permission has been granted by the
Home ONCE TO work women over six
teen years OF age overtime and at night
work on practically all Government
contracts" The women are so eager
to do this that an eighteen-year- old
girl recently worked thirty hours at a
stretch. The Home Office objected to
this, and when her employers were
asked to explain they told many stories
OF the energy Of the women and their
enthusiasm. One girl. they declared.
had not had her clothes OFF for week,
and others worked night and day TO
get the output up to two millions Of
cartridges per week, and then bought
ribbons with their own money to dec
crate their machines.
In the Yorkshire khaki factories, the
girls work from six A. NJ. 10 eight
=. NJ. In the leather factories where
shoes for the soldiers are being made
fifty per cent. Of the women are work
ing overtime. Wages are low. yet the
cost Of living has increased twenty "a
thirty per cent
Yet with all this work the women
are doing their best at recruiting. and
they go about trying to get the men
TO enlist. Recently a girl was seer
on Regent Street. London wearing
: bands around her arms and ankle.
bearing the words: Men. Your Coun.
! try Needs You" Companies OF Cir
Scouts have been organized and the,
are going through the same drills as
their brothers.
In France.
In France the women are laborins
for France. Hundreds OF them. acting
as chauffeurs. are working with the
army. carrying messages for the on.
GERS Several are wireless operators
and three are military aviators. They
are also acting as tramcar conductors
in the cities At Rheims the women
have erected a barricade 10 save the
remaining statuary OF the beautiful
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cathedral which was battered by Ger
man shells. 1t is made OF bags of
sand and is the work of the French
peasant women. who made the bags.
hauled the sand. filled the bags, and
placed them in position. many times
being under fire while working. The
great barges which have lately been
put into use around Paris and Rouen
for bringing in the wounded are drawn
by tugs manned by women, who do all
the work, even as stokers and engi-
neers. out on the French battlehelds
the women have helped to dig
trenches. standing beside the men.
during the rain and snow. After the
battle Is over. they go out and bury
the dead and then plant flowers above
the graves. "All for La Patrie," is
their motto.
Belgium.
In Belgium the work is done almost
entirely by women. Even at Charlerol
the girls have taken the places Of their
fathers and brothers in the coal pits.
okeing out a meager livelihood in hard
manual labor The Germans. how
ever have forbidden children under
sixteen TO work In the mines and are
feeding them at soup kitchens.
Germany.
In Germany the women are equally
strenuous. for they work in the fields
and carry the heavy shcaves Of wheat
TO the granary and great loads Of po-
tatoes to the warehouses. Practically
all Of the work horses and oxen have
been Communicated for service in the
army. so the women have become the
beasts OF burden as well as the labor
ers for tho Fatherland. In many in
stances women arc acting as locomo-
tive engineers and hremen as we'll as
conductors and brakemen. and a is no
uncommon sight 10 see an entire train
crew of women In tho cities they
have become motormen as well as CON
ductors. These women have been
chosen from among the wives Of the
men who have been called to colors.
a wise measure. for in this way the
wives Of the soldiers are provided for
without their becoming a burden 70 the
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AShortSketch ofthe
Wonderland of the
Northwest = The
GreatestO fOurNat-
ional Parks.
Copyright. 1915. by The International
Syndicate

Syndicate.
~EW places IN the world present
Nv 10 the traveller such combina-
ton OF natural wonders and
magnificent scenery as does
Yellowstone park-that great National
Playground In the northwestern part
Of the United States. for there one
lnds weird canyons. beautiful water
falls. huge geysers. boiling springs and
Wild animals living in their natural
environment in the virgin forest OF
the Rocky Mountains and as harm
less as domestic cats n unmolested.
The park embraces n tract Of thirty
FIVE hundred square miles set apart
by our government for tho benefit and
enjoyment Of the people" Most OF
the park lies within the boundaries
Of the state OF Wyoming, with strip
Of the northern and western border ox.
tending over into the States Of Mon.
lana and Idaho.
Discovered by Golfer.
The park was discovered In 100
BY John Golfer, who had branched of
from the Lewis and Clark ENpoditio
on their return after having hlnzcd
trail to t7c Pacific As the lone ad
venurer passed northward from m
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How She Is Taking
the Place of Men In
Doing All Sorts of
Manual Labor.
Copyright. 1915. by The International
Syndicate.

~ HE present gigantic struggle In
ri Europe, with its tremendous
draft upon the men, has cast
- upon the women burdens which
1ail upon the male portion of the pop
uiation In normal times. This IS the
case IN every country involved In the
eonnict, and IN nearly every branch
o. industry wives. mothers and daueh-
ters are performing the tasks OF their
HUSBANDS, their sons and their fathers
90 where you viii In England and on
me Continent, you will see women tal.-
Ing the mems places and maxine ,hs,r
conrioutions to their countries ca,se
NOT only by sacrificing their belo,-sd
ones, but by becoming bread winner.
znd providing the means Of sumner,
Tor those who have been left behind
For the first two or three month.
Of the war woman's work was conhnes
TO nursing, and when the can wa,
made nurses seemed to come from
sveryrwhere. Many gave up Lucrative
private connections TO take a SINAI
salary under the Red Cross becaus
fhey knew their skill would mean IN
Inference between life and death q
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state. Nothing is done in a hap
hazard way in Germany, and these
women receive special training before
they are allowed to man the cars. A
special school has been opened for this
purpose where they are taught all the
fine points OF electrical engineering.
IL is a strange sight. these German
women in their strange accoutremeRt
skirt. tunic and cap-collecting
fares. shouting out streets and answer
ing inquiries from the passengers
Where switches are to be changed. the
woman switch-tender comes out from
the sidewalk with her rod ara throws
the switch. As this work Is less siren
uous. the switch women Gro generally
the mothers OF soldiers. They are pro-
vided with little iron chairs on the
edge OF the sidewalk, where they sit
when not az work other women clean
the streets, doing all the heavy work
heretofore done by the men. Wheel
ing heavy wheelbarrows has no ter
rors for them. 1T is for the Father
land" they cry. 1--WE must work while
our soldiers fight for our homes"
Five thousand German women are
+ piblN1 at ttAN ~ Aih WI No a. AAa''N ~
where they work side by side with the
men in making ammunition. There IS
certain stoicism about the German
woman in this war. which makes the
world admire her. She gives up the
male members Of her family like the
Spartan mother of old, and II they fall
she does not parade her grief BY going
into mourning. but sheds her tears
within the four walls of her home,
and goes forth to labor for those who
live. The oneness of purpose Of the
Germans is the one most remarkable
feature OF the war.
Russia.
In Russia the women are more mill
tant They want to kill the Ger
mans" themselves. and at least FIVE
hundred are with the Russian regi-
.ments. enrolled under their own names.
while the sex OF hundreds of others
has been discovered only after they
have been wounded or killed. These
Russian Amazons. especially Of the
Siberian regiments. are said TO show
marvellous fighting qualities. their en-
durance frequently surprising that OF
the men. yellow Martha" Russian
Girl so named on account OF her wealth
Of golden hair. has taken part I'm three
battles. During one Of these she killed
two German soldiers and recovered the
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
DAIRYMEN STRONGLY FAVOR
/, USING IMPROVED STOCK
Their Association Urges Farmers To
Secure WeII-Bred Bulls and Offers
Prizes For Superior MIX.

At a recent meeting Of the State
Dairymen's Association in Baltimore, o.
striking instance was given OF "the
asleep at the SWITCH attitude OF our
milk producers as far as the improver
ment Of their herds is concerned. In
1910, MIR $. NJ. Shoemaker made the
pffer or pure-bred bull calf to the
farmer whose cow would make the
highest milk record I'm the State, no
expense to be incurred Herewith, and
no restrictions except that the contest
be supervised by the State Experiment
Station. There was not an inquiry
not onel Sixty days after making this
offer, Mr.. Shoemaker priced this same
bull to a buyer at $500 and promptly
sold it Lest there should be question
as to this offer being widely enough
advertised, it should be added that the
bull calf, together with its pedigree
and a large placard stating the simple
conditions Of the prize were on e1hd-
bition during Maryland Week OF that
year for all visitors at the Armory to
seei
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01

Notwithstanding this example, the
directors Of the Dairymen's Associa'
ton have offered generous prizes for
contestants in number Of dairy prod
uct contests, ending Maryland Week
Nov. is to 21st, which include mar
ket milk contest, one for new and one
for old contestants, market cream
contest, a prize Of $50 for the person
organizing the first new COW testing
association in Maryland In 1914, and
another prize OF $50 for the most eff
cient tester employed by one of these
associations and who has served In
this capacity for twelve months.
The Association also endorsed the
offer of the State Experiment Station
to place several Guernsey and Ayr
shire Bull Calves as herd sires on
selected farms, free of cost, in an ct
fort to improve the type OF dairy ami
mails and to encourage the breeding OF
registered dairy cows. Full informa
ton regarding this service may be
secured from the Secretary Of the As
ISOLATION at College Park.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
HAIRY VETcH PROVIDES FIRST
CLASS FEED.
NICHOLAS SCHMITz.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station

Hairy Vetch, also known as sand or
winter vetch, is an annual legume, that
is, like clover, cowpeas, and soybeans,
it has a power Of utilizing and storing
I'D In the soil the free nitrogen of the
air.
1t is therefore an excellent crop to
plow under as a green manure, and for
this purpose it may take the place Of,
and be handled the same as crimson
clover.
II is we'll adapted to all sections OF
Maryland as far as climate is con.
cerned, seldom winter killing even In
the coolest sections Of the State II
sown early enough in the fall
As a green manure crop it will be
found most valuable in sections where
crimson clover winter kills frequently
Owing to the cost of seed, however, ii
can hardly be recommended for green
manuring in sections where crimson
clover succeeds well.
The greatest returns from vetch viii
be secured when IL is used as a hay
plant It yields large crops of excellent
hay, but owing to it's habit of whey
growth it Ii best to sow with IT wheat
rye or winter oats to hold it up.
While il may be sown in corn at the
last cultivation, vetch succeeds best
when seeded o. land prepared the
same as for wheat.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
TIMES ARE INDEED HARD
Here i q Woman Who Cannot Live
on $1,000 a Year.

Mrs. Rachelle Ducas, New York. the
handsome young wife or millionaire
chemical manufacturer whom Justice
Gavegan rebuked in court for giving
an unWarranted exhibition Of her silk
hosiery, resumed her testimony Fri
gay before Justice Blanchard i'm her
suit to annul separation agreement
made 1n 1906 with her husband.
she alleges the $4,000 she received
annually for herself and $4,000 for
her SON, Robert, 13, by the terms Of
me agreement Is not sufficient. Mrs.
Ducas said her own expenses were
$1'OOO q year and those of her son
$4,000. The lady handed Justice
Blanchard this list Of her yearly ex-
penses:
Lodging, $1,Os6; food, $3.50; cleo
tricity for cooking, sos; insurance.
$40; income tax, $50; music, $3.50:
maid, $3.50; clothes, $4,000; doctors.
$500; specialists, $500; steamer,
$500; trips, 5000; telephone, 500; in
cidentals, 500.
me total including small items not
mentioned in above Is $7,2O1. The
witness complained that she had moth
ing left for operas or concerts.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
q Good Hay Crop
is a Money Getter
Can Dc insured BY UP-To-Datt
Methods OF Soil Preparation
and Seeding.
NICHOLAS SCHMITz.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Compared with wheat, the value pei
acre Of the hay crop in this State il
higher and practically equal to thai
of corn, yet the methods commonly en-
ployed in producing the crop are nc
different now from what they were 81
years ago.
As a result the yield OF the hay dur
tpG this time has remained practically
Che same while the quality If anything
has deteriorated.
The remedy for this condition Ii
simple. II Is TO be found In o. change
Of cultural methods. Instead OF seed
Ing timothy in the fall with wheat, and
adding clover in the early spring, the
wheat should be seeded without the
grass, and after harvest, the stubbles
should be p1owed down and timothy
and clover seeded without a nurse
crop. There is no better time for do
Ing this than the latter part of July
or early August in the mountain sec
tons to early September in the south
ern and eastern counties Of the State
II the seeding cannot be done during
or before early September, then the
clover should be left out as it is very
apt to winter kill if seeded later.
To be successful the land should be
plowed as early MS possible, and work
ed into fine, firm seed bed. When
seeded under such conditions full
crops Of first class hay free from
weeds may be expected the following
season. The yield viii be enough
higher over seeding the old way, to
pay for the extra labor in preparing
the land. What is more, the second
season the crop will be much better
than If It had been seeded In wheat.
A good rate of seeding is timothy,
to IL pounds; red clover, 6 to s pounds
and red top, to pounds.
~ red clover is not doing well on
the farm then 4 to 6 pounds OF alsike
clover should be substituted for the
red clover
The seed may be mixed together
and sown through the grass seeding
attachment OF .ha wheat drill, or other
devices for seeding grass, but the
stand of clover will be little more
uniform if it is sown separate. The
seed should always be covered lightly
with a spike tooth harrow, weeder OF
brush drag.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
The Facts About Divorce.

Ida M. Tarbell, the well-known Jour
nallSt, contributes to the January
Woman's Home Companion an article
entitled What Women Are Really Do
lng"-an article in which she answers
with facts and figures some disturbing
questions as to the status of women In
the United States to-day. Miss Tar
Dell has made a careful study Of the
thirteenth Census in order to get at
Lne truth In regard to marriage, di-
vorce, child bearing and other sub
1ects. After proving that more Wo-
men marry now than did formerly she
takes up the subject of divorce as fol-
lows:
There has been an increase in di-
vorce. In the thirty million married
women whom the census takers of
1910 reported, they found 185,065 who
had been divorced. Considering the
difficulties Of married life, the number
does not appall. It rather gives one
greater respect for human beings to
see that they can handle such a COM
pl1cated relation with such a small
percentage Of disaster. There is no
other human relation that can show
anything like SO large a statistical
proof of success. The number of di-
vorces found In 1910 is greater, pro-
portionately, than the census takers
unearthed in 1900, still larger than
they found in 1890. In each of these
ten-year periods there has been an
increase Of one-tenth of one per cent.
1t is doubtful il this be due to loss or
faith in marriage. A proportion of 1t
is due to higher ideal OF marriage,
an unwillingness to see the relation
prostituted by dissolute, cruel, or
unfaithful partner
"A percentage is due, too, to the
greater carelessness with which mar
riages are made under our changing
social practices. We have removed
largely from boys and girls the pro
tective social devices by which we once
guided their relations and choices
They 60 and come freely and, as might
be expected, marry with less sense OF
the seriousness Of their undertaking"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-01
HOW TO HOLD THE
COUNTRY BOY
VIII De Live Subject For Maryland
Ministers Curing Country Life
Conference At College
Park, August IS.

IF the country Is 70 prosper, IL must
retain its most important crop-its
young men and young women. TO DO
NO, 1t must make the country pleas
ant place ia which TO live. 1t must
make 1t attractive enough to cause
them to look forward to it as life
home. And, again, the Challenge OF
the Country must be made more APP
pealing to the ambition and pluck Or
the country boy than Is the Challenge
OF the City. Urbanitis in the minis
Try, and urbanitis in the schools is one
great cause of this present exodus.
Plans for counteracting this urbanitis
and its effect on our young life will be
presented for discussion at the Couna
rural problem in the solving of which
the country church and its ministers
should take vital part.
In truth, the Rural Minister has d
difficult condition of affairs to meet.
Country Life has changed and Is still
changing. Although some churchmen
vaguely realize this, many do not make
r. study of the problem, nor attempt to
analyze it. So there Is q complaint
that the Church Is not fulfilling it's
obligations to the community, and for
that reason is losing ground. Old Or
ganizations and customs have died out
and new ones which seem to supplant
the Church have taken their place;
with the result that the Church to an
alarming extent has lost Its hold upon
the people.
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Most hens are moulting now and will
need as good treatment as you can give
them SO that they will be in condition
to lay as soon as possible.
The method of forcing the moult BY
withholding the feed for time and
then feeding heavily has largely gone
out Of use because it was found that
the hens would lay no sooner, II a.
soon, as where they were allowed to
moult naturally.
In order to promote the growth Of
feathers, be sure the feed contains
plenty Of protein. II you have been
feeding pretty heavily on beef scraps
you perhaps will not need to change
the feed much. Some add about 10
per cent. Of linseed meal to the ration
in order to aid the growth of feathers.
Sunfower seeds, when available, make
fine addition to the feed at this time.