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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
TO DETERMINE AGE OF CALF
Expert of Colorado Agricultural Col
lege Tells of Method by Look
ing at Incisors.

You may want to buy calves at auc-
ton, and you may want to know about
how old they are. Here's the way G. E.
Marion of the Colorado Agricultural
college has it figured out:
'SThe calf when born has two pairs
Of incisors. the other two pairs appear
during the first month. When a calf is
eighteen months old, it loses the mid
die pair of milk incisors, and grows a
permanent pair. The next pair, one
on each side, is replaced at twenty
seven months of age. the third pair at
thirty-six months, the fourth or out
side pair at forty-five months. The
time of appearance of these incisors
varies within rather narrow limits, so
that we are able to fell the age of
young cattle fairly accurately.
''The calf also has temporary set
of molars, which are later replaced
with permanent ones. but they are
not considered in estimating the age
of the animal"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

to get better and am now well. am
stout and able to do my own housework.
/ can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as q wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
IF it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
Son, 7O3 Lyon ST., Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to q surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice it win be confidential
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
sELE.EEEDER For DRY MASH
inexpensive Device Shown in IIlustra
ton Was Made Especially for
Preventing Waste.

After trying for long time to find
an inexpensive self-feeder that would
prevent waste, / hit upon the device
shown in the accompanying cut, writes
G. A. Burton in Farm and Home. In
the center Of platform about two feet
square, made of matched boards, !
placed an earthenware crock. The
grain mixture was covered with an or
binary follower made of chicken wire,
which helps in measure to prevent
the hens from billing out the food. In
spite of this they will pick out lot
of it, which is wasted with many feed
ers.
The platform is raised about two feet
from the floor, which is enough to pre-
vent scratching litter on to it. The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
ALFALFA GOOD FORAGE CROP
Especially Adapted for sand.FiiIIs
Country, Because II Prevents
Danger of Soil Blowing.

Alfalfa can be grown in most sec
tons of the sand-hills country, Nebras-
ka, according to work done at the VAL
entine substation. and 1t is recommend
ed that where possible it should be
made to take the place of intertilled
forage crops, because it would do away
with the danger of soil blowing. 1t is
also of more value than any other for
age crop that can be grown.
Experiments have shown that for
that section of country alfalfa exceeds
all clovers, including sweet clover, in
its adaptability to the conditions
found there, and that it is more valu-
able than any Of them and costs less
to seed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Decimal system for England.

According to the British and Colo
NAL Printer and Stationer, there is
now well-organized movement in
Great Britain to secure the immediate
adoption in that country Of the deci-
NAL system of coinage and weights and
measures. 80
The handicap in securing new for
eign trade, with nine-tenths of the
world on the decimal basis, is the
prime argument in the propaganda,
and it is pointed out that in the even
keener trade competition after the war
this added handicap may prove ruin
Gus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy.
It is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is strengthening medi-
cine. DR.. Kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. It helps the kidneys,
liver and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test Of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help You. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Ady.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Her Remark.

The cataclysm was occurring Huge
buildings crashed down as If smashed
by a giant fist. The ground rocked.
Tall trees fell fast. The tortured earth
gaped in wide assures. People ran
wildly about, shrieking in frenzied
terror Mrs. Kidletts looked up from
her novel.
Rupert and Harold seem to be en-
joying themselves" she murmured.
"The dear little fellows are SO full
of animal spirits !''-Kansas City Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Had Cause for Wrath.

II am not surprised that it put the
man out of temper" said Magistrate
Fordham to a woman who applied for
process against man who smashed
her window, because monograph
was playing in her house at ten O'Clock
at night.
at is a most vexing and trouble
some noise" added his worship, "and
it is a wonder he did not smash 20
windows. London Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
LOCATION or TRACTOR SHED
It Should, Be Located Some Distance
From Other Farm Buildings to
Avoid Fire Danger.

1t is good idea to locate the trac-
tor shed at considerable distance
from the major farm buildings. While
there are few fires about tractors, new
ertheless there is the ever-present
possibility OF one, due to the presence
of gasoline, kerosene and infiammable
oils about the tractor and the tractor
shed.
Locating the tractor shed some dis
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Des Moines, Iowa. -" Four years ago
/ was very sick and my life was nearly

spent. Inc DOCTORS
stated that / would
never get well with
out an operation
and that without il
/ would not live one
year. My husband
objected to any
operation and got
me some Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's vegeta-
BILE Compound. took
~ and commenced
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
CLEAN BEDDING AND STALLS
All Filth Should Be Removed From
Cows Quarters Every Day-7ad
Odors faint MIX.

The COW should have a clean bedding
every night, and all filth should be re-
moved from the stall early in the
morning.
The milk is tainted with foul odors
very quickly after 1t goes into the
bucket. The stall must then be kept
scrupulously clean.
1t is good plan to keep walls white
washed and all dust should be brushed
from them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Where He'd Been.

A battered-looking man came around
to the back door and asked for some
thing to eat.
MY dear man." said the woman of
the house, "you are in such terrible
state that you must have just come
back from the front"
Fright, lady. And there was a very
rude man sitting on the porch. st.
Louis Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Flight Of Imagination.

81 wouldn't marry Claude Sniggins IL
he were the last man in the world, = re-
marked the naughty girl.
NO" replied Miss Cayenne. IF he
were the last man in the world. he'd
probably be so much in demand THAI
you wouldn't even get chance to pro-
pose to him."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Cheap Shed for Stock.

the other, making the shed u feet wide
and 40 feet long. Roof runs one way,
and north side and ends are boxed,
with gate at each end and rack run
ming the full length of shed on south
side. A shed of this size will shelter
25 or 80 two-year-old steers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
FOR ITCHING SCALP
And Falling Hair Use cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

When the scalp is itching because Of
dandruff and eczema a shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water will be
found thoroughly cleansing and sooth-
ing. especially If shampoo is preceded
by a gentle application of Cuticura
Ointment to the scalp skin.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
They FOOLED ,Em.

"Did anyone discover that you were
a bride and bridegroom on your honey
moon trip?"
mo; we fooled every one. Instead
of calling each other by our first
names l called Jim Mr.. Black and he
called me Miss Pinkly, just as we did
before we were engaged. We were just
as formal with each other as strangers
would be-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
MOTHERS JOY sALvE

for Colds, Group, Pneumonia and
Asthma GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT
for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY. MFRS.
Greensboro, N. C.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

DIR. Peery's ''DEAD. sHoT''i is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm in adults
OF children. One dose is sufficient and NO
supplemental purge necessary.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
ELIXIR BABEK WORTH IT'S WEIGHT

ELIXIR BABEK WORTH IT'S WEIGHT
IN GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
"T contracted malaria in 1895, and after Q
years fruitless treatment by q prominent
Washington physician, your Elixir RabelK
entirely cured me. On arriving here I came
down with tropical malaria-the worst form
-and SEM home for Babek. Again 1t
proved its valuc-It is worth Its weight in
gold here" Brasi O'Hagan, Troop e, 9Th
q. s. Cavalry, Ialayan, Philippines.
Elixir BabeIk, so cents, all druggists OF by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski d Co..
WASHINGTON, D. @
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
The Expense.

II am in favor of peace at any price
~'sYes," replied the pessimist; but
y ysuppose you wake up some morning
tAand find you haven't got the price?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
seIf.Feeder for Chickens.

board around the edge projects about
one and a half inches above it. Then
hens jump on to the platform to pick
the grain from the feeder, and from the
floor they can pick up what is billed
out, so there is practically no waste.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

Your life is your religion what you
do counts for a great deal more than
what you believe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

Great Britain Growing in Area.
Great Britain is growing in area.
During the last 80 years about 6,640
acres have been lost by coast erosion,
while $4,000 acres have been reclaimed
from the sea-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
SHED FOR STOCK NOT COSTLY
Structure Twelve Feet Wide and Forty
Feet Long Will Shelter Thirty
Young Steers.

A cheap shelter for stock is made by
setting posts eight feet apart, eight
feet high on one side and six feet on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

Sites, Granulated Eyelids, Sore and In1ameQ
Eyes healed promptly by the use Of ROMAN
EYE BALSAM.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

WrIght,s indian Vegetable Pills have stood
the test of time. Test them yourself now. Send
for sample to 372 Pearl street, N. Y.--Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

Never bow to the inevitable before
you meet it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

lance from the larger farm buildings
will protect them from any fire which
might possibly break out in the trac-
tor shed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
Wise Fool.

Wise Fool.
"The race is not always to the swift"
quoted the Sage.
NO." agreed the Fool. ''You can't
tell when yeu are going to get pune
ture." Cincinnati Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29
DlCTTIS

n you have been threatened or have GALL8TONMS,
INDIGESTION, GAS or pains in the right e DEE.
Side write for valuable Book Of Information u66
g. ROwRRs. DEPT. wa 2l9 Q. DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-09-29

Chalk in the milk is a white lie.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

blue stuff. For no particular reason
the cuff fails to extend all the way
around the skirt, but has an unexpect-
ed break neal the front. The short
loose coat is shocked with white floss,
to adjust it to the figure, at the belt
line snd shoulders in front and across
the Waistline at the back. Needlework
in white floss finishes the edges of the
cuffs and collar.
There is any number Of gayly col
ored cottons to make a variety of
coats from, like the vivid but pleasing
colors that appear in the striped cot
tons for sports coats and skirts. The
pastime suit is an inspiration of the
sports suit, but it appears, so far, In
a combination of white and one color
in plain materials. All the simple,
quickly made decorative stitches are
appropriate in needlework decorations
on these Jaunty coats.
About the only debatable question
in midsummer millinery lies in its
width of brim, and there are three
widths to choose from. They are wide,
wider, widest. The hats shown in the
illustration are far from extremes and
they are very pleasing Developments
of three entirely different styles.
The pretty model at the center is o
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Match Box.

in the edges neatly and simply gum
1t to the sides of the box or smear the
edges lightly with s~eccotine.
No sewing at all need be done in or.
der to cover the box; though, of
course, If preferred, the cover can be
sewed on.
On the top as in the sketch, sew a
loop of baby ribbon, which should be
long enough to hang from a gas brack-
ct or other conspicuous place. 1t
should tone with or exactly match
the color of the material used for the
covering.
Now simply put the drawer back
into the box cover and the little article
is complete.
When the matches are used up it is
only necessary to take the drawer out
Of a fresh box and put 1t in the cover,
thus the cover will last for an in.
definite period.
These are such handy little articles
that it is we'll to make one for every
room, and when hung in n particular
place will save that running round
after matches that sometimes happens
in the best regulated of houses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Adopt the Spanish Shawl

The modern belle is rapidly learning
things about how to handle a scarf and
q shawl-she does better with these
than with the ~coquetry of the fan,
which nobody but a Spanish woman
seems to know how to handle ~cleverly
nowadays. But the way women are
making pictures of themselves with
their new scarfs and shawls convinces
the beholder that. a%daptability is by
no means a lost art.
With the Spanish vogue we'll estab-
lished, there is a perfect craze for
long, wide lace mantilla scarfs and for
fringed and lace shawls. A big shawl
OF black Chantilly lace in which one
can wrap oneself from throat to
knee is an enviable possession-and a
costly one, too. The women who have
come into such shawls as heirlooms
may deem themselves fortunate Just
now. White chiffon scarfs are Dor
dered all around, within a two-inch
hem, with black Chantilly insertion
and a scarf must be very wide and
rather long to have eclat now.
One Partisan firm has brought out a
beautiful evening wrap made of black
thread lace, a deep collar of the lace
falling obliquely over the main por.
ton. The collar is gathered to a neck.
band OF wide MORE ribbon which ties
In a bow at one shoulder. the lace
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Kimono Should Have Cord

Many women make their own kimo-
nos, but they fail to give them the
proper finish by adding a cord. OF
course ribbons are used effectively to
belt the garments, but the cords add
nm individual note. A cord suitable
for a kimono can be made at home.
Procure about eight yards of common
cotton cording and cover it with silk
to match the color of the kimono. To
do this, make n silk tubing of bias
strips and thread the cord through it
with a bodkin, or join the fiat bias
strips together, urn the edges in
well, place the cording in the center,
and whipstitch the silk about the cord.
The eight yards of cording should be
cut into three pieces. After they are
covered with the silk, braid the three
pieces into.one. This will form a plait.
Tack a tassel Of each to cover the
fastening on the cord ends. Attach
the center of the plat to the center
back of the ktmono and 1t will be
ready to tie about the waist.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

wrap leaving the arm bafe, while tns
other is entirely yelled.
Chudda shawls in coral ana nanio
color are in high demands, Only ene
genuine old shawls, real ~heirloohs
have the wonderful coral lame tines
considered desirable, and some ol
these shawls are bringing high prices
these days.
If you cannot afford such a suDstan-
tial possession as a genuine cnuuua
shawl or a real thread lace mantle
veil your shoulders in the evening
with tulle in some rich, contrasting
color. Emerald green will make y
striking background; If you are blonue'
black tulle may be equally effective.
With gray hair, magenta, orange OF
certain shades of green should De ue-
lightful. Buy two yards Of the tune
for the length of the scarf. Crush inc
entire width and do not think OF hem
ming any edge. Throw the light length
Of tulle around your neck and snoui'
ders and let the ends fall or hoat as
they will over the skirt. The enect Is
graceful and becoming, and partcu-
larly so to a tall woman.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Flounce Skirts

The founced skirts are charming
in thin black, whether two, three or
five-tiered or composed of many rows
Of little rufles. A rival of these mod
els is the petal-pointed skirt which, at
first plain edged, o often has its
points outlined with a narrow frill'
sometimes plated, sometimes gath
cred. A charming version of this
idea was seen a few days ago. At first
sight it seemed to be composed OF
haphazard points and frills, but there
was really a definite scheme in the ar
rangement. There was three tulle
skirts, one over the other, cut into diff,
ferent shapes, the two top mes edged
with rufles. Their placing was
clever, and the dainty widening at
the hips was insured by a bit of hair
cloth-or in braid it is now called
which was placed under the tulle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
Pockets Important

Pockets play an important part in
giving individuality to the separate
skirt and clever cutting usually does
the rest.
Most Of the models fare at least
moderately at the bottom and are
comparatively smooth about the hips,
but in the softer materials the full.
ness is often straight from the waist.
band and there is no hem fare.
Some of the skirts, though amply
wide for free movement. are by nc
means aggressiyely full, and others,
notably some of the French models,
are plated all around the belt-box
plaits front and back. side plaits on
sides-and fall softly without press.
ing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

The Ven. Floyd Keller in the Liv-
ing Church of March II, in an article
entitled 1.-THE Church's Mission Among
Afro-Americans." expresses surprise
that Bishop Darst's plan of a separate
racial district for Negroes in the
South, presided over by a white bish-
on, has excited so little comment. The
difficulty with this plan Is fundamen-
tai and would suit no one, least of all
the Negroes themselves. / repeat here
what l have said to my w diocesan
council, that no white man can work
effectively or satisfactorily among a
race that he cannot visit socially" A
large part of a bishops influence and
success comes from social contact with
his people, AS chief shepherd over
the flock his relations to his people
must necessarily be something more
than official. The Negro is therefore
perfectly right in asking for a bishop
of his own race, one WHO can visit
him socially and break bread at his
table as well as represent him in the
general councils of the church and at
| all Industrial and educational gather
ings of his people. This a white man
could never do.
The plan of a separate racial mis-
sionary district with a Negro bishop
in charge having full powers Of juris-
dictiOn evidently finds favor In the
eyes of Mr.. Keller, who cites with ap-
proval the apostolic precedent that In
the early church the gospel of the cir
cumcision was committed to st. Peter,
and the mission to the Gentlles to st.
Paul, and that this involved a division
of labor and authority in the same ter
ritory. But we would remind him that
this was done long before the days of
a settled diocesan e~piscopate and
could hardly be cited as a precedent to
guide us now. The hard, stubborn fact
with which history confrOnts us is
that not since the days of diocesan
bishops has the church ever been di-
vided on racial lines. The idea that a
bishop should ever be called upon to
surrender part of his flock because
some of his sheep were black or brown
or some other color is m absolutely
new proposition and entirely at vari-
ance with the whole teaching of the
catholic church for nearly two thou
sand years. To do SO is to surrender
the catholic ideal Of one bishop zone
father in God" over one undivided
family in God. Make the family small,
If you please, limit your bishop to n
single city if necessary, but when you
make him a bishop and give him juris-
diction he is the bishop of every liv-
ing man, woman and child in his do
| cese, whether they acknowledge his
authority or not.-Bishop Of South
| Carolina.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
High Hats

Hats are trimmed unusually high
this year. Flowers, ribbons, rufles
and plaitings of silk, which stand
higher than the crown, being very pop
ular this season. The brim may be
straight or curved, down or up, as
fancy dictates. Some of the hats
with the curled brim, which sets OF
the hair on one side and well down
on the forehead on the other, are very
smart and becoming. An odd hat Of
this type had the rather sever effect
of a mans high top hat. 1t was a
gray coarse straw. At the top of
the broad stovepipe crow were bows
of gray ribbon, while a motif of the
ribon was laced in and out of the
crown near the narrow brim, which
set over the face in front and had
a decided curve on each side.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01
HANDY MATCH BOX
ALWAYS USEFUL ARTICLE TO
HAVE IN THE HOUSE.
Design Shows q Really Ornamental
as Well as Practical Method Of
Having Matches Where They
Are Handy.

It is well to have matches always
handy both in sitting and bedroom,
for even electric light cannot always
be relied upon. The match box in the
sketch suggests a very practical way
Of making them presentable, so that
they may be hung up in a conspicuous
place in any room and look ornamen-
tai.
Take an ordinary box Of matches,
remove the drawer that contains the
matches. Look in the bit box for some
dainty pieces of silk, satin or even
Powered chintz. Cover three sides of
the box with the material, but leave
the strike part uncovered. Measure
the material exactly on the box; turn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-01

sort that is never entirely out of style.
1t has a round crown, covered with
crepe georgette, and a wide and floppy
brim. It's designer has confined her
self to approved methods in trimming
1t, with a big pink rose and a wreath
of forget-me-nots posed at the front.
Black velvet ribbon is tied across and
around the crown, ending in loops
and ends at the right side near the
back. The model is so convincingly
pretty for young faces that the mil
liner need never worry to look for bet
ter means of decoration.