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The Aggression of States.

The world is divided, politically. into states. These states are a kind of abstract beings. distinct from the men, women and children who inhabit them. They are in perpetual and in- evitable antsgonism to one another: and though they may group them- selves in alliances. these can be only for temporary purposes to meet some other alliance or single power. For states are bound by a moral or physi- cal obligation to expand indefinitely, each at the cost of the others. They are natural enemies, they always have been so, and they always will be; and force is the only arbiter between them. That being so. war is an eternal neces- sity. As a necessity, 1t should be ac- cepted, if not welcomed, by all sound thinking and sound-feeling men. Pa cifists are men at once weak and dangerous. They deny fact as fun damental as any of the facts of the natural world. And their influence. if they have any, can only be dis astrous to their state in its ceaseless and inevitable contest with other states.-From the Atlantic
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queen. the latter caring for the young and moving the newly matched grubs from place to place when the colony is disturbed
 Notwithstanding the fact that the white ant is such an interesting in sect. it is one of the most destructive in North America. While in a way they serve in favorable role by converting the wood of dead stumps and trees into valuable soil material. this is more than offset by the damage they infict on injured living trees. to say nothing of their insidious borings in all manner Of timbers, props. poles and posts. which often give way with out the slightest warning. White ants will infest the heartwood of living trees injured at the base by fire, dis ease or other insects. and sometimes in such trees they excavate upward throughout the dead heartwood, longi- tudinal tunnels. irregular in diameter
 These insects also infest the roots of living trees. finding ingress through abandoned burrows Of the large round headed borers. Sometimes they girdle
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TANKAGE AN IDEAL
 BROOD SOW RATION
When Mixed With Corn Strong, Healthy Pigs Are Produced
 at Minimum Cost.

Ten or fifteen years ago there was considerable complaint of tankage causing trouble when fed to breed sows. These complaints seemed to have been due to low grade of tankage, or feed. ing 1t in too large amounts. During recent years there has been very little complaint.
 At the Iowa station they have found, after several years of careful expert. menting, that a mixture of about if. teen parts of corn to one part of tankage makes an ideal brood SOW ra- tion, producing strong, healthy pigs at minimum of expense, with feed prices as they generally prevail.
 If the farmer feeds his average SOW not more than one-half pound of tank age daily, and if he depends for the most part on ration of about fifteen parts of corn to one part of tankage. he will get good results from tankage. He should be sure, however, that he Is giving a good grade of tankage. The fertilizer grade of tankage, when fed to sows, often produces bad results.
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SOLID FOUNDATION
 FOR RAISING HOGS
Lot Should Be Changed Every Two or Three Years to h.
 sure Proper Sanitation.

Cholera, parasites and pneumonia are some of the worst troubles hog breeders have to fight this time of year. The parasites, or worms as they are called, commonly, are always with the hogs, more or less. It will be impossible to eradicate cholera from the swine industry, according to Dr. F. s. Schoenleber. state veterin- arian of Kansas, before the breeders will be able to rid their stock of para sites. Pneumonia may be prevented by keeping the hogs from taking cold.
 Hogs are kept for years on the same lot - generation after generation until the soil becomes satu- rated with the different parasites and their eggs. With such surroundings a hog is certain to be affected. The ami mals look scrawny and cholera is blamed for their condition.
 Sanitation is the foundation of sue cessful hog raising. A hog lot should be plowed frequently. and thoroughly disinfected. Every two or three years the lot should be changed to new To- cation. A hog isn't dirty in it's habits. If given half a chance 1t will keep clean.
 One thing few persons know about a hog: It requires twice the breathing space for its weight as a horse or COW. A hog can stand only half the exposure. Its fat may seem like a blanket, but the blood is the heat of all animals. A hog gets chilled easily because of the poor surface circula- tion, contracts pneumonia, dies and cholera is credited with another vic tim.
 A simple remedy for worms is a mixture of wood ashes, salt, and air slaked lime, mixed about equal parts. It won't do the hogs an injury if al- lowed to eat all they wish. This mix ture will help also to tone the system.
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stand covered an hour in a cold place Beat a heavy cupful of cream until thick. add two tablespoonfuls of pimen- tos put through a sieve. mix with an equal portion of mayonnaise and serve on lettuce
 It is an old custom among some for eigners to eat herring the night be- fore Thanksgiving or New Years, or any holiday when a large feast is to be served, as they say it gets the sys- tenn in tone to stand heavy meal.
 Cherry GeIatin.-Soak a tablespoon full of gelatin in three tablespoonfuls of cold water until softened. Add a fourth of cupful of boiling water and as soon as the gelatin is dissolved add one and half cupfuls of dark canned cherries and one-half cupful of the juice. When the mixture begins to thicken add the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. and few grains of salt. Turn into a mold dipped in cold wa ter and chill thoroughly. When ready to serve unmold on a dish, surround with sweetened whipped cream. fla vored with a feE drops of almond. Sprinkle with shredded almonds which have beer slightly Drowned.
 Fig custsrd.--Scald a quart of milk and add two tablespoonfuls of corn starch mixed with three-fourths of a cupful of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour the scalding milk on gradually and cook. stirring occasionally, in a double boiler. After ten minutes add the yolks of three eggs. slightly beaten: cook a minute. Cut half a pound of figs in small pieces, put in a double boiler. add fourth of a cupful of sugar, a tablespoonful of lemon juice and cook until the figs are soft. Combine custard and fig mixtures. cocl and turn into a serving dish. Beat tie whites of the eggs until stiff and add gradually. beating well, three tatle- spoonfuls of powdered sugar; then add a half'tablespoonful of lemon iiice; pile on the top of the pudding.
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LITTLE PIGS NEED
 PROPER ATTENTION
Youngsters Often Get Tangled Up in Deep Straw and Are
 Crushed by the Sow.

It is best to have the sows farrow at nearly the same time. And then the owner can watch them day and night during farrowing time. There should be just enough bedding for comfort and dryness, says Swine Breeders Journal. Cut straw or chaff is best. Little pigs often get tangled in deep straw and are either crushed by the SOW or die from exposure.
 Give the SOW as little attention as possible while she is farrowing unless she must have assistance.
 In severe weather place the pigs as fast as they come in a basket in which a via.scc:: is laid over a warm stone. Keep them well covered, and after all are born and have become warm and dry. take them to their mother and place each one at teat. Then cover the mother and pigs. During the first 4S hours watch carefully. and if pig strays from It's mother, put 1t back against her where it will be warm
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sometimes overdone: they do not re- qiure much shelter unless the weather gets bad.
 have constructed on my farm sev- eral sheds and windbreaks where the ewes can go when cold storms in the fall and early winter come up.
 allow them the freedom of the pas. ture during the day time and they know when they need to go to shelter as we'll or better than I do. and l all ways let them be the judge.
 Of course when the time of drop ping comes it is best to keep them in small pens for a few days, but unless the weather is very bad it is not best to keep them too closely confined, as it will tend to make them tender and. as the young lambs are rather tender. anyway, everything that will strength. en them should be provided for them.
 If you wonder why your yearling. do not fatten readily, an examination of their mouths will doubtless show that they are shedding their first teeth and cannot eat we'll.
 IL uOes not pay to grlnu leeu TOT sheep. In fact, they do better when they grind their own.
 Nothing better than turnips for sheep. and nothing is more easily raised.
 More sheep are made sickly and weak by improper ventilation than by exposure.
 A sheep does not mind cold weather so long as it is not wet weather.
 Force the lambs after they are four months old if you want to get the best market prices.
 We have seen some good orchards destroyed by pasturing sheep in them when the trees were very small.
 Sheep will iniure trees by rubbing against them and eating of the bark, and nothing but a wire netting will prevent them from doing it.
 The eve should be kept in moderate ly good flesh, and at lambing time should be strong and able to take care of her lamb.
 A sickly lamb at weaning time sell dom grows into profitable sheep.
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The feeding of breeding ewes Is an operation that find is not thoroughly understood by many farmers, especially those who have just a few sheep as a side line.
 I see fiocks too often that are all running together, the ewes that are expected to raise lambs for the market and to supply the future breeding ewes, and the others that are being prepared for the market, all feeding upon the same kind and quantity of food. and running together.
 This practice have found to be a very bad one, as the breeding ewes, if you intend to get the best results, re- Quire entirely different feeding.
 Ewes that are carrying young lambs should be fed on feed that will tend to develop the young as we'll as nourish the mother, while those intended for the market should be fed more on fat tening foods.
 It Is a mistake to overfeed ewes with lambs, as 1t is underfeed.
 Also it is not best to allow the breed ing ewes to run with the rest Of the flock, as they are too often worried with the others.
 There is another point in the han ding of sheep that is, think, too often neglected. which may to some who have never tried it seem rather silly. and that is to never allow them to run on the same pasture long at time.
 They do much better when they are changed from one pasture to another very often.
 Sheep like a fresh short bite and when they are changed from one pas ture to another every little while they have just the kind of grazing they want. This is especially valuable with breeding ewes.
 As to water for the sheep. Provide the very best water that is to be had, never allowing them to drink from stagnant pools, which often contain all kinds of disease germs. In fact, when they can possibly do otherwise they will not drink such stun.
 The sheltering of breeding ewes is
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 egg and crumbs and brown in hot fat Serve with sauce made from boiling the bones, tail and fins of the fish, sea- son well and thicken with butter and four cooked together.
 Cheese Potatoes.-Put into a but tered baking dish. alternate layers of cold. cooked potatoes and grated cheese. season we'll with salt and dashes of paprika and pour over a rich white sauce made of butter and four, each two tablespoonfuls and a cup of thin cream. Bake covered with but tered crumbs until the crumbs are brown.
 Lemon catehup.-Mix a tablespoon full of grated horseradish with grated rind Of four lemons. add three tea spoonfuls of salt, the juice of the lemons and two tablespoonfuls each of mustard and celery seed. four cloves and dash of red pepper. Boil thirty minutes and put away to use in six weeks. This is fine served with fish
 Currsnt Mint Ssuce.-Serve the fol. lowing with a saddle of mutton or boiled mutton: Cut in small pieces two-thirds of glass of currant jelly, add one and a half teaspoonfuls of finely chopped mint and the grated rind of fourth of an orange.
 Prune Puddins.-Put two cupfuls of dry prunes in cold water 10 soak over night. Mix with one-half cupful of chopped suet. Flavor with cinnamon. add salt. Whip two eggs and add a cupful of milk and a cupful of soaked bread crumbs. mix all together and bake in a slow oven. Serve with a sauce made of powdered sugar, two tablespoonfuIs of butter creamed to- gether and a half cupful of cream whipped
 Scrambled eggs served with half cupful of grated cheese which is just allowed to melt is a most appetizing supper or luncheon dish.
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the plaster receives less deposit Of dust than where it is between the laths.
 Wherever a hot steam or water pipe comes through a wall a vertical streak Of dust may be seen above it. due to the hot air driving the dust against the cold wall Rooms that are heated by open grates are much less dusty than those heated bs radiators. because in the former the furniture is heated principally by radiation. and. being warmer than the air, it repels the particles of dust instead of catch
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Best Thermometer.

The thermometer must besmade in such way as to be easily read. The majority Of thermometers put out --..h .cc-tetn-a require the best of eyes and light to find where the mer- cury stops. Especially Is this true when you rise in the night to inspect matching conditions. A white back ground does not give enough con. trast to the mercury. The background should be of some color that will al low you to read the figures at some distance.
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Pennington avenue. Her javhone was broken and two attempts to set the break failed. Then Dr. Harold L. Dol. finger had an inspiration. Standins near Miss Fuckers bed, he told a funny story. Miss Tucker joined in the laughter and the broken bone snapped into place. It was made SC. cure by bandages and Miss Tucker will be able to leave the hospital in a short time.
 The doctor didn't repeat the story to reporters. but gave assurances that i, was funny.
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than the Waldorf. Prepare by mixing two cupfuls of good favored apples. finely cut. with a cupful of celery and few nuts. This salad may be i'm proved by adding handful of raisins or a few dates fine cut. Serve with well mixed French dressing, or a boiled dressing may be used if so de- sired.
 Another combination of apple, green pepper, celery and dressing is a great favorite
 eenares SaIsd.-Apple is the foun- dation for this salad. adding cupful of fresh grated cocoanut, a little chopped red pepper and bit of green for color, a tablespoonful of onion juice and a pint of finely cut apple. Serve with French dressing.
 Apple Cake.-When making coffee cake a most tasty German dish called apfelkuchen is the following: Cut ap- ples in eighths and arrange them in rows on the top of the cake, just be- fore it goes into the oven.
 Stuffed AppIes.-Core a half dozen good favored apples. peel and stun the cavities with sugar. raisins, bits of butter and crumbs. Put into the oven, basting with sugar and water 'luring the baking.
 Apple Fritters.-Mix and sift one and a third cupfuls of pastry flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and fourth of teaspoonful of salt. Add two-thirds of a cupful of milk and one egg. well-beaten. Wipe. pare and core in eighths two medium-sized ap- ples. Stir apples into the batter and drop by spoonfuls in the hot fat.
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LAUGH SETS BROKEN JAW
Surgeons Funny Story Causes Frae- tured Bone to Snap in Place,
 and All Is We'll.

If you happen to break bone or dis locate a joint. don't bother with doc tor. Just have a hearty laugh and the bones will set themselves.
 This is the newest form of blood less surgery" as practiced in the Me Kinley hospital at Trenton, N. J. The patient was Ada Tucker, eighteen, of
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SOCIAL (kS|[ i&E SHS5EMf VAI3f &&f SE PREPARED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 2FAGRCUI2TtUlffSdE5

young trees-forest tree nursery stock. for example-eventually cutting tho trees on near the ground. and exam ination disclosing that the stems were honeycombed This is not necessarily due to the presence of dead wood near by. since termites will tunnel for long distances underground.
 While usually confining their work to moist or decaying timber or to vese- table material of any sort, and to books and papers that are somewhat moist. termites will attack seasoned. dry wood. provided there is access to moisture elsewhere; | e.. they use moist grass and earth in extending the burrows. thus creating more favorable conditions. In the southern states termites will infest the bark and outer layers of the wood of the base of yell low pines killed by bark beetles before the foliage has fallen; trees that have been killed in the spring and show red dishbrown needles and much fallen foliage being infested by the middle of August Trees killed in the spring will have the outer layers of wood of the base honeycombed by the follow. ins December. The larger-celled, thin-walled. spring wood is eaten away first. leaving the smaller ce!!ed. hard CT, summer wood uneaten.
 The United States department of az. riculture has issued bulletin describ- ing the white ant from a scientific standpoint. and suggesting many rem edies for limiting the ravages of these little creatures.
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miitdry, working ana N ~ colonizing. Unfortunate.
 ~z iy for man. however. the
 caste system is designed ao white ant" communities in de- suo!ihg timber. and has helped to gain TOT H Inc reputation of being one of ,ne most destructive pests. Crumbline "aiis' eollapsing floors. breaking bean poies and weakened fence posts are eSidences of the ravages of this tiny insidious insect
 The term white ant" is misleading IS IL causes many people to consider tnls insect merely a variety n, ,be ordinary ant, and therefore scientists use the word "termite" in preference. 10 describe the insect. As a matter of iact, the real ant is one of the enc. mes most 10 be feared by the termite me two insects may be commonly iouno inhabiting the same log ar stump. and yet the former will canture ana carry away members of a colony or termites if they are at all disorsan. izeo oy being exposed. Such a help- less colony will attract from A dis. 'snce ants Of several species and will ouer httle resistance to the marauders
 The caste system. which is such A distinctive feature of the life Q, tbe "nite ant, is evident only among the aduits Of a colony. When the young nave just matched from the eggs. as soit white grubs. they seem more or less the same, but after a series of dor. mant stages and molts they develop along particular lines.
 The workers" are probably the most important caste in any colony. They make the excavations where the ants are to live, and help care for the royal couples and the young.
 The soldiers" are more highly spe- cialized workers. but are functionally less important than the workers. The soldiers are armed with a powerful head and "pinchers" which afford pro- tection to the colony when there is an attack made through the opening of the narrow channels leading to the nests. Their suit of armor is not com plete, however, and their soft bodies are quite defenseless when a colony is opened up and an energetic army of real ants attacks them.
 The "colonists" are the winged mem bers of the community, who in the spring fy away in great numbers to found new colonies. These establish themselves in pairs and immediat ely devote themselves to raising a pew community. Each original pair be- comes royal couple" in its new en. viroument
 Among other social insects. like the bee. the king of new colony dies i'm mediately after he has fulfilled his use fulness. However. the king termite continues to inhabit the cell with the
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{aheKIUITNR a@HBKE$'

Don't grumble. don't bluster. don't
 dream. don't shirk. Don't think of your worries. but think
 of your work. The worries will vanish. the work will
 be done. No man sees the shadow who faces
 inc
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AS the Sequel Shows.

A young woman in Harlem blamed the tango for her bad temper which caused her to abuse her mother and get arrested. Her disposition before the tango craze started was probably nothing to brag of.
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ter to cover, l5 minutes. Drain and separate into
 flakes; there should be a cupful. Add an equal
 measure of one-third- inch cubes of boiled po- tatoes and two hard cooked eggs. finely chop ped. Mix we'll and let
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high place and was one of the first fruits to be raised by the Romans. As there are some thou. sand varieties it is al ways on the market.
 Apple Salad.-There is no simple salad which is more generally liked
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coI b SURFACES GATHER DUST
e..m. Lighted by E'eetrie'sy VI" .,. Free From the ss"e or the Housewife.

-..son that lath and plaster
 The . streaked is explained ;, John Atken in Nature "a, 'o dsposis ss uas ss ss the tenoe eo,S surfaces; and the colder dust on .ea . the weaker the power or the ss So where the laths pro resistsneoi Master from the cold 'ut''ds
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ing them. while in the latter the air heats the furniture and in so doing deposits is dust on 1t.
 Rooms lighted by electricity keep clean longer than those heated by gas. simply because the light is almost cold.
 MT. Aitken sums it up as follows: Any surface hotter than the air keeps free from dust"
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and when smooth add a half cupful of thin cream (sour cream is best), re- move from the fire and add a beaten egg. salt, pepper and a cupful of fish that has been pound ed to a paste. Cool and
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are most uainty cahes to serve with tea.
 French CrulIers.-Put a cupful of boiling water. two tablegpoonfuls of ugar. . grating Of orange rind and a fourth of a cupful of butter over the fire; when boiling sift in one cupful of pastry flour and stir and
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There are great changes in the world. great changes. and We can't do better than prepare ourselves to be surprised at hardly anything.-Dick-
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Next to the United States, Germany has the greatest number of telegraph offices and the largest line mileage.
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SOME GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

For salad on Sunday night try this Cook salt herring in boiling wa
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A FEW COMMON DISHES.

Put tablespoonful of butter in s saucepan, add the same quantity flour
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DAINTY TABLE TRIPLES.

Crullers are great favorites of the older generation and when well made
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APPETiZING APPLE DISHES.

The apple has figured in history and mythology as fruit worthy of a