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Evening journal., 1916-10-26

same Is true wherever there nave
been battles. Why, boys, and Helen,
YOU have no idea how many hun
dreds and hundreds of homes and
other buildings have been completely
destroyed. There has been so much
news about the awful number of men
killed that ] doubt II most people
/haye any idea how completely the
war has destroyed not only houses
but whole cities!"
you mean like a fire burns build
ings and leaves only the walls?" said
Jimmy.
Worse than fires" said Uncle
Harry. why. my friend told me
that in France he saw a place. where,
a little over two years ago. there had
been town of about 1000 people.
Today there isn't a sign of a house
or a building Of any kind where that
town was"
'You mean the big guns destroyed
it2" said Helen.
Absolutely" said Uncle Harry.
And many OF the houses were of
stone. too But fighting armies don't
look out or care for towns any more
than for forests or farm lands that
happen to get in their way. This
particular town was right In line with
the commandments from the big guns
Al the first warning the people fed
to other towns for safety, and now
they have no home town to 60 back
to. The terrific explosions OF the big
shells first knocked the houses and
other buildings down; then the ruins
caught fire; then more shells struck
the ruins. and this continued until
the whole place was destroyed. And
today, what was once a town, is moth.
ing more than a plowed field"
Il wonder how many places have
been destroyed like that?" asked Joe
Il think maybe ] can give you
some idea OF how much damage has
been done, IL ! can find a newspaper
clipping / cut from one of the papers
a short time ago" said Uncle Harry
as he took his wallet from his pocket
and began going through its con
tents.
"Oh. here il is he said. few
moments later And these figures
are correct, too, because they are
from the official records of the
French government You understand
that while the most severe fighting
has taken place in France, IL is also
true that there has been like de.
struction in Poland, Servia and parts
of Austria Hungary. Well, accord
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ols NoOlo yoo FItL v Yous howe

ing to this report. $500 French towns
have been more OF less damaged by
the war. More than $4,000 houses
have been completely destroyed and
nearly 10000 houses have been part
~ destroyed.
Il guess the churches and schools
have been destroyed, too, haven't
ihey?' asked Helen
Let me see" said Uncle Harry.
studying the clipping. yes, here are
the figures on other buildings besides
houses. The bombardments have de
stroyed 331 churches, 379 schools
think OF that, folks nearly 4OC
school buildings ruined-and 22l
town halls, and more than 300 other
public buildings"
why. it viii take the people OF
Euorpe years and years. after the
war ends. 10 rebuild their homes and
their TOWNS. won't ito" said Joe.
Indeed it Will" said Uncle Harry
land lei US hope that after peace
comes. the people Of Europe viii
learn how 10 prevent such terrible
loss OF life and property"
Just like the people have learned
10 protect their homes and cities
from hres,' said Helen.
Evening journal., 1916-10-26

Win that cup. You can If you Will
Don't think that because your troop
is small in numbers that YOU have nc
chance; every troop has an equal
chance-the result is to be based on
average percentage.
Don't forget that we muster al
Tenth and French streets, on Satur-
day, at 2.30 o'clock Bring your sup
per.
The band from PHILADELPHIA will be
with us. It's a dandy. but no better
than we will have. if you fellows will
work
We want 500 in line: do your share
and be there and hunt up the other
fellow.
On Sunday November 5. we 60 to
church at Scott NJ. r. Church. Here
is a big chance to get a big mark
toward winning that cup again. Ev-
cry fellow ought to be able to turn
out on a Sunday evening.
Evening journal., 1916-10-26

Troop No. IL. OF Mt Salem NJ f..
Church. held its regular meeting at
the West End reading room, which
will be its headquarters until our
church is completed We are hoping
to have several first class scouts in
the near future. We have several
who need only pass one or two tests
to be so. Scoutmaster Latter is hop
ing that every one having tests to
pass will study hard to pass them.
When next spring rolls around, or,
maybe this winter, we expect to have
a cabin along the Brandywine Greek.
Our troop will also hold box social
in the near future, in Mt Salem NJ.
e. Church. Next Friday night we will
begin our inspection. and every one
is requested to turn out in uniform
Chief Hospital Steward Louis
Stats will be given a First Aid class
to instruct I'm a short while. Fellows,
II you cannot get to the meeting next
Friday night. be sure to turn out in
the Joint hike Saturday. The Cycle
Patrol will take a ride Saturday week.
We desire that the Patrol Leaders
will make every possible effort TO
have their full patrols out Friday
night as we desire TO form four bas-
ketball teams. Last Friday night
there were only enough for two
teams.
IRA STEWART,
| u Ccrfho
Evening journal., 1916-10-26

Troop No. held its regular meet
ing last Friday night, at our head
quarters. No. sos Washington street
New business was taken up and
orders were read 10 the boys. The
members of the troop were given in
structions about The Joint hike on DC
tober IS, and Of the Scout Sunday al
Scott NJ f. Church. on November g.
Meet at our headquarters at Gle
o'clock on that night. Boys, don't
forget to get registered. if you want
to vote in the mock election for Pres
ident.
On last Friday night, LETTERS was
sworn in: after the meeting the Toys
played games. Big turnout next Fri
day and Saturday is expected.
WALLACE BUTCHER,
Cpribp
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GOODYFARS ON MINING CAR.

Johnny Aitken. who won the recent
Astor cup race. in his Peugeot car,
equipped with Goodyear Cord Tires.
breaking the worlds speed record for
$50 miles, was rendered a great ova-
ton when he returned TO indianapolis
from the big race. A large number of
friends met him az the station. and
after showeriIg him with congratula-
tons, placed Aitken in a ricketv cart,
drawn by a mule. The noted driver
was paraded through the downtown
streets until he acknowledged the
Joke and bought smokes for the
crowd.
Evening journal., 1916-10-26
Machine MEASURES FORCE
REQUIRED TO BREAK Gear

Another triumph for automobile en-
gineers is recorded in the develop
ment OF gear impact testing ma
chine which actually determines the
exact force required to break a gear
tooth. Heretofore. although tests of
this nature have been conducted since
the beginning OF the industry. It has
been possible to estimate only ap-
proximately the force expended, with
out taking into definite consideration
the force left over. II is in its ability
to record the latter that the machine
recently perfected by the engineers
OF the Dodge Brothers physical lab
oratories differs from earlier DESIGNS.
In this respect it is distinctly new and
superior.
Evening journal., 1916-10-26
Uncle Harry Tells Of Cities Ruined by War

That's q, exactly" said Uncle
Harry. I'VE don't wait. nowadays.
for fires to get started-we prevent
them Il is a safer and better way"
Editors Note-Uncle Harry will be
Glad to answer Inquiries, either in this
column or by mail providing letters
are signed with the full name and ad-
dress Of the persons writing. The cor
respondents names will not appear In
the articles.
Copyright 1916 by The NC Syndicate.
Evening journal., 1916-10-26

Say. n you have not been out to
Scout meetings OF Troop No. % for the
last two nights. you had better get
on to the job, or you will be so far
behind the troop in scout work that
you will want to give up in despair
We are having a thorough organi-
zation In our troop, and are getting
into the new stunts fine. The meet
ing went by so quickly last week that
the fellows thought the scoutmaster
was putting one over on them when
he said It was time to dismiss.
How about the hike on Saturday?
Here's a chance for some Of you fell
Evening journal., 1916-10-26
SAXON SKIES coMlNe-

White Brothers. local agents for the
Saxon six are expecting another ship.
ment Of these cars during the week.
Since taking on this agency White
Brothers have sold a number of these
cars. The new Series Saxon are some.
what larger than the Saxon of last
year, being more roomy and finer fin
ished
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NECKLACE OF HUMAN FINGERS
remarkable and Gruesome Exhibit at
Present in New National Mu-
scum at Washington.

At the new National museum at
Washington there are many kinds OF
necklaces, and among the most curl
Gus and gruesome are three made of
human fingers. Two are made almos.
entirely of the first joints of fingers.
The third is much more pretentious.
1t is deliberately beaded, and hanging
stifliy from the collar of the necklace
are eight fingers. These are eight mid
die fingers cut from the left hand of
hostile Indian warriors by their In
dian enemies. The bone was deftly
Withdrawn from the fingers, the flesh
cured, and a stick, in lieu of bone,
was inserted in each finger.
Appended to the necklace are four
or five tiny bags. This uncouth adorn-
ment was a medicine necklace, and
was once the property of the Chey-
ennes and Sioux Indians. Its loss was
attended with great lamentation on
the part of the Indians. The necklace
was captured in a campaign against
the Sioux and Cheyennes, in 1S76-77.
in the old National museum, among
the leather goods, is a pair of boots
made from human skin. Nothing def.
mite can be learned concerning this
unusual footgear.
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ZIG feet, and its greatest width eighty
nine feet.
| In places were rooms original
~ three stories in height, the final
story at present having no roof ex
cept the top Of the cave, but most OF
the rooms now to be seen are on the
nrst noor, although in some places a
second story is still standing. There
nave been traced ia separate rooms in
tnls great structure, besides eight sub
terranean ceremonial chambers,
known as kivas. 1t has been estimat-
ed that the building had a population
Of about $50 natives.
Gin palace, the second Of these i'm
portant ruins, is nearly three times
the size of Spruce Tree house, and
has over 200 rooms 1t was repaired
In 1900 and now presents a very re-
spectacle appearance to the visitor.
Like Spruce Tree house, it is in a
cave, the roof Of which arches about
seventy-five feet above it, and is To-
Gated in Cliff canyon, the floor of
which is several hundred feet above
the level of the canyon. 1t is ap-
preached by means of steps cut In the
rock, and ladders.
Deep under the debris which GOV,
cred the lower entrance of Cliff pal
ace the excavators found the ancient
entrance to the building, which leads
by a gradual slope 70 the center of
the village.
These wonderful archaeological
ruins present to the visitor unusual
opportunities to see the early type of
dwellings,, and offer to the student Cd
portunity to study carly life, construc-
ton in buildings and religious and
secular ceremonies of the ancient cliff
jewellers.
Castle 10 Most Wonderful.
Only recently there has been discov-
cred, across the canyon from Cliff pal
ace, the most remarkable of these re-
markable ruins-a cut-and-polished
stone citadel, already known as the
castle"
The stone edifice is built in the
shape OF an enormous 3D." The YER
teal line of the d. measures 1872
feet, while the circular wall measures
245 feet, mammoth affair covering
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in our lives before. But nobody will
trust each other in these days of de
graded politics, and there hasn't been
man at the helm of the state worth
his salt since Grover Cleveland left
the White House, said father.
You've lent that fellow Ned at
least ten thousand" said mother. in
the anguished tones OF Dinah. when
the outlaw of the plains lay dying.
Yes" said father. But that was
between brothers, you know"
You've started him three or four
times over. You've put him on his
feet, and now he can't keep there.
And he's coming to borrow some
more. Promise me you won't let him
have it."
The extent of my benefactions to
Ned will be measured by chicken feed
dimes and nickels." answered faith
.er.
Tomorrow our wicked uncle starts
East.
The wicked uncle has arrived. He
is younger than father, and reminds
me very strongly of Diamond Dick.
the Pathan's woe, though the look
in his eyes softens at times like that
of Bill Buffalos when Dinah refuses
to become an outlaws bride. He
shook hands with me very frankly.
Certainly have received a not unfa-
vorable impression of my fathers
brother.
Mother was cool toward Ned. Ned
that's what he has instructed me to
call him-confessed to me in an after
dinner confidence that she always
was cool toward him. IL don't blame
Matilda he added, with a nournful
sigh. She knows I'm no good and
never likely to be any good in this
world"
l laid my hand with a gentle but
significant pressure upon the wicked
uncles arm.
Cheer up, Ned!" l replied. None
of us are wholly bad. There's SO
much good in the worst of us and so
much bad in the best of us. that it
amt the job of any of US"
ITO nit ourselves on the chest of
us, said the wicked uncle. Yes.
yes, L know. Your words are infinite
Iy consoling, my dear boy. But it's
hard to bear-hard to bear!"
Next morning he had long CONVEX
sation with mother. | didn't mean
to oyerhear the first part. but fell
low can't help it if he's making boat
upstairs and people choose to hold
conversation in the passage. Moth
er was very angry with Uncle Ned
| could tell that by the tone of her
voice.
MY husband 10 ruined" she was
saying. Il want you to understand
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(BY w. M. KELLY

(By w. M. KELLY
III the flock is to be healthy. Wig
orous and productive, it must be
supplied with three-fold food ele
ments-protein, carbohydrates and
ash.
In making up winter rations it is
not necessary to devote much if any
attention to the amount of ash or
mineral matter, for this is easily sup.
piled. While it is true that many
Hooks produce large egg yields on inn
properly balanced rations, yet the
fact remains that the well-balanced ra-
ton is safer and more economical to
feed the fowls when they are kept I'M
der normal conditions.
An excess of protein will to a GER
tain extent take the place of a def
cheney of carbohydrates, but it is
cheaper and better for the fowls to
have an abundance of carbonaceous
foods.
No one kind Of grain should be used
as an exclusive diet. Mixed grains,
like oats, wheat, corn, barley, buck
wheat, can be combined so as to give
nutritive ration of one part pro-
tein to six parts carbohydrates with
good results.
ANY mixture Of good, clean grain
may be used if well proportioned. l
like to use two or three mixtures of
grain and change grain frequently to,
furnish variety which is so much more
palatable for the fowls.
In mixing grain feeds. we must con-
slider the amount of vegetable and
animal foods that are being used.
In this way the fowls obtain the
beneficial effects of the mash feed
without getting logy and lazy, as they
do when a heavy mash is fed only
once a day.
1t is the best plan to feed the whole
grain in clean litter so that the fowls
will have to work to find it. When
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and in it's labyrinth of canyons Dur
Ing these long excursions ruins, the
one more magnificent than the other,
have been discovered. The two larg-
est were found by Richard Wetherill
and Charley Mason one December day
In 1888, as they were riding together
through the pinyon wood on the mesa
in search of a stray herd. They had
penetrated through the dense scrub to
the edge of a deep canyon. In the
opposite cliff, sheltered by a huge
massive vault of rock, there lay before
their astonished eyes whole town,
with towers and walls, rising out of a
heap of ruins. This grand monument
OF bygone ages seemed to them we'll
deserving Of the name OF the Cliff Pal
ace. Not far from this place, but in
a different canyon. they discovered,
on the same day, another very large
cliff dwelling. To this they gave the
name of Spruce Tree House, from
great spruce that jutted forth from
the ruins.
During the course of years Richard
and Alfred Wetherill have explored
the mesa and it's canyons in all di-
rections. They have thus gained a
more thorough knowledge of its ruins
than anyone. Together with their
brothers, John. Clayton and Wynn,
they have also carried out excavations
during which a number OF extremely
interesting finds have been made"
Like Great Apartment House.
Spruce Tree house has a distinct
likeness to gigantic hotel built in a
cave with crescent-shaped roof, the
floor OF the cave being fifty feet above
the bottom of the canyon and the roof
slightly feet high. Its total length II
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nearly city block. The architecture
is perfect, the stones are polished to
marble smoothness and every stone
joins its neighbor with exactness.
The walls are hollow and filled
with tiny rooms, from which doors
open into the main court. So far no
| doors have been found through this
outer wall, and it is supposed that en-
trance either was made from the top
by way of ladders or through tunnel
down under the walls.
nclosed in the walls are circular
stone rooms. called kivas, supposed to
have been meeting places for the men.
Probably twenty such rooms are in
cluded in the main court.
Pottery of exceptionally beautiful
design and workmanship has been
found in the interior of the walls.
Excavation has not progressed far
enough down to reveal other examples
Of the craft of the extinct cliff-dwell.
ing tribes.
The finger prints OF the women, who
evidently laid the stones, are in the
clay between the stones.
No inscriptions have been found, al
though several OF the stones bear tri-
angular designs and other markings.
The discovery OF the castle" opens
again the question of whether the toll
ing hordes of the cliff dwellers' we're
warlike race. No reason can be Civ.
en- for the erection of this pretentious
work except that II was intended as
refuge in time OF war. No warllke
weapons, however. have been discov-
cred In the ruin. Their energies seem
to have inclined toward pottery max.
ing, basket weaving, soil filling and
garment making.
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T APPEARS strange that the
| greatest of American prehistoric
| ruins, those now inclosed in the
Mesa Verde National park in
southwestern Colorado, should have
escaped discovery until 1888. Years
before, innumerable ancient ruins left
In several other states by the ances-
tors OF the Pueblo Indians had been
described and pictured. They had
been the subjects OF popular lectures;
they had been treated in books of
science and books of travel; they had
become a familiar American specta.
Gle. Even the ruins in the Mancos
canyon in Colorado were explored as
early as 1874. w. H. Jackson, who
led the government party. found there
many small dwellings broken down by
the weather. The next year he was
followed by Prof. w. H. Holmes, later
chief OF the bureau of American eth
nology, who drew attention to the re-
markaDle stone towers 80 character
istic Of the region.
But these discoveries attracted little
attention because Of their inferiority
10 the better-knOwn ruins of Arizona
and New Mexico. Had either of the
explorers followed up the side canyon
OF the Mancos they would have then
discovered ruins which are, in the
words of Baron Gustav Nordenskiold,
the talented Swedish explorer, so
magnificent that they surpass any
thing OF the kind known in the United
States"
This explains why delivers in H.
braries find so little about the Mesa
Verde. Most books and magazine
articles were written when cliff dwell
ings were a novelty.
Monument of Bypone Ages.
Baron Nordenskiold thus describes
In his book, THE Cliff Dwellers of the
Mesa Verde" the discovery of the
wonderful dwellings in this side can
yon OF the Mancos:
The honor of the discovery of
these remarkable ruins belongs to
Richard and Alfred Wetherill of Man.
cos. The family owns large herds of
cattle, which wander about on the
Mesa Verde. The care Of these herds
often calls for long rides on the mesa
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-14
REMEDY FOR ENLARGED CROP
Can Only Be Cured by Cutting Out
Piece Of Organ-Catarrh Caused
by Eating Irritating Food.

An enlarged crop is a pendulous
crop, and can be cured in Just one
way-cutting out piece of the crop
ana sewing it up to the right size.
1t is a simple operation and easily
performed.
Catarrh Of the crop is caused by
eating irritating food or other SUBJ
stances picked up as food by the bird.
In such cases the food is never all out
OF the crop, but forms into q doughty
mass.
Hold the fowl head downward, after
injecting coffee into the crop, and
work 1t out, after which pour salera-
tus water or any mild antiseptic down
its throat. Paralysis of the crop
follows neglect.
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DISEASES OF FARM FLOCKS
Engagement by Too Much Food In
Crop 10 Most Common Cause
Of Digestive Troubles.

Diseases of digestion in birds do
not prevail as they do in the higher
animals. This is due to the simple
manner in which digestion is carried
on. Engagement by too much food
in the crop and gizzard is the most
general reason for digestive troubles
in fowls
Obstruction of the beak is not a
common occurrence, but If grain or
seed gets fastened between the
branches of the maxilla and the bird
cannot get it loosened by shaking it's
head and scratching at its bill, it will
soon be unable to eat; the tongue will
become paralyzed. and it will die. The
owner, by examining the mouth care
fully, can find the obstruction and re-
move it.
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Preparedness.

"Ye have turned very industrious
lately, Tim" said one Tipperary man
to another.
THAT 1 have, bedad," replied the
other. Il was up before the magis.
trate last week for battherin' Cassidy,
and the judge tould me If I came back
on the same charge he would fine me
tin dollars
Did he?" said the first speaker.
And ye're working hard so as to kape
yer hands off Cassidy"
Don't ye believe it," said the indus.
trious man. I'm working ha-r-rrd to
save up the tin dollars. Cour.
Ter.
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feeding mash feed of ground grains,
better results usually come by feeding
it in two feeds and supplementing
them with dry grain scattered in a
litter.
Wheat bran and linseed oil meal
make suitable addition to the mash
| feed. Table scrap and kitchen wastes
| also improve a mash feed.
Fowls need some kind of green feed
to take the place of grass, which is
available during the summer. Fresh
ly cut clover or alfalfa hay steamed
for about an hour, cannot be beaten
as substitute for green grass.
Glover is good egg producing food.
When these foods are cut and steamed
they will take the place of consider
able grain or animal foods. If they
are not available, wheat bran may be
used in moderate quantities. Vegeta-
bles should be fed raw.
To secure best results, animal foods
are necessary. Nothing is better than
ground bone; it contains the elements
necessary for egg production. How
ever, the amount of labor required to
prepare green ground bone is, on
many farms, so great that it precludes
its use.
Dried meat scraps are cheaper at
80 per hundred pounds than green
bone, IL man has other remunera-
tive work to do.
Skim milk is an exceedingly valua-
Bile poultry food, and can be probably
used every day in the year.
have found millet the best scratch
ing-room litter, because the seeds are
fine and afford the fowls an induce
ment to exercise while looking for
them.
l feed two liberal feeds day, night
and morning, and light feed at noon,
and find that l have better results than
when feeding oftener.