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MEN AND SCOUTS
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of the Boy Scouts
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I ;i those who have
scouting in the
V,.Tien. This pol
t; support of both
..lioiial authorities
There has been no
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of responsibility !
of the youth
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handbooks have
of the first edl-(
stained what is believed to be
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saints T"'' PrPose OL uriu
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linp. proper posture, as wni as
FT LAW AFFECTS SCOUTS
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e chancre in rne uraii iaw m as
elude afl men between the ages of
J f 4.- fil-A will O
It troops ot scouis. n ifinc
in accordance with the motto, "lie
unjfl." to tnke steps to insure the
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fhi ran he none ii snmi umnais
immedintely pive definite atten
to disooverini: mea of character
litiiiatTP in me juare ui iii.c ,
Y wni hp called to the colors by the j
draft law. i
'm who are not clearly within
requirompnts of the law ar.e urged :
Mr in mind rnar mey nave a r-
bility as scout officials to help ,
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mm as strong a icauersmp a mv j
frfor the Roy Scouts of America i
Ms critical period in the world's ;
wry man whe can continue his ac-
EtvshouM be willing not only to do
be has before, but als,o to help in
bvidir? leadership to other troops
in strengt hening the work of the
al council in such way as may be
Ithin his power.
SCOUTS USE A TREK CART.
jSnme people insjst that a camping
kc isn't the real thing unless the
ker carries his own equipment on his
'k. Of course, for the real wilder-
N-mitings, where there are neither
pis nor trails, that sort of thing
necessary, but 09 out of every
scouts take their outings through
Hinfry where it will be easy to pull
He cart. .And the exercise of the
rP flill bp strenuous enough without
Nnz the burden of pack sack.
As for getting a trek cart, there isn't
irwp that couldn't rig one up in
Nt order iind at little expense. A
6'r of stout wheels can be obtained
almost any blacksmith or cooper
pP, and it is a simple matter to fit
a sirong wonden box. 'Add a tongue
th handles or ropes to pull it by and
'Unas rover to keep out rain, and
Fie rS is ready for service.
( "rrying siuicc; In a trek cart is 11m-
Mand one will have to cut out non-
f Sfmiak calipers will need a tent
D(i blankets, a cooking outfit, a first-
kit. h;n,d ax. plenty of extra rope,
1:inkni, box of "chuck." tent pegs.
Wle f(-r ditching and digging 13-
frinps, and (.if conrse. pnch scout's ter-
"utfir. This should consist of
Fnla COinnletP ehnn.ro nf rlnthin?r
SC0UT3 HIKE IN THE HEAT.
curing the hottest part of the warm
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he With their trot-rart nror the 11S
piles frrn,, tv.r, at "xrv-
in., " mm. iu liev Jkuia.
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i 1 u in nve nays, this oeing au
A ,,ra?e of ;.hnnt- 99 mtloo Hnv.
'ey rnrrinr? ut a i- . - .y.ntm
onx (ar"P (miiPmenT. an(1 slept out
ty th,i trees at night and cooked all
(U 'lit. XVIliHJUfcll lilt
,nPriroiTH.-...r ,4. ,il ' ,
made t llis rarrrrt nrnorroco orif? nil
divert h, , a
Minpe, lOOKing iniu auu
""in a nue color or tan.
BOY SCOUT DOINGS.
orntS nt T o.i -n..
t. . "if cMiore, jra., uinuc
of k to Williamsport, a distance
.15 m;ios tQ attend the departure
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J- Gently made this state
ment: "Tc. x. . .
orange is more iree ro
than UTenlle delinquency and crime
The boy scout movement Is sl-
wholly resnonslhl for fhla' eon-
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For the courage which comes when we
cajl . S.
While troubles like hailstones fall
For the help that la Somehow nigh
In the deepest night when we
or the path that is certainly snown
hn we pray iri the dark,. alone
Let 'us give-thanks. :
... . . . Ella ,Whe'eler : Wilcox.
TABLE HELPS. "
RAB meat makes a
most tasty dish used
as . a main dish for
luncheon. Hrowi or
cook until tended a
tables p oonful of
chopptHl grren pep
per and a table
spoonful of chopped
onion in the same
flational War barton-
Commission
amount 'of corn oil.
Take a cupful oi" eruiUjbs. mix with one
beaten egg and a large ripe tomato,
add a cupful of crab meat, season well
with salt and pepper and if not moist
enough ;l(ld a little soup stock or
milk. Butter or oil a baking dish and
turn in ihe mixture, cover with two
slices of bacon and bake until the ba
con is crisp. Canned crab meat mixed
with shredded cabhnsre wiin nttio
onion and green pepper for seasoning
and a good salad dressing makes
salmi good and not at all common.
j Grape Sherbet. Crush and squeeze
through a cheesecloth two pounds of
ripe Concord grapes. Add a quart of
cold water, the juice of two lemons
and honey to sweeten to taste, then
freeze as usual. If one has bottled
grape juice, that may be used, taking
one cupful of grape juice, two table
spoonfuls of lemon juice and a pint of
thin cream : freeze and serve in sher-
, bet cups. This is a most beautiful wa
termelon pink and tastes as well as it ' !t
Lemon Sherbet. Shave the yellow
peel from two lemons in waferlike
parings. Cover with one quart of boll-
ing water and let tand ten minutes
closely covered: Cut the lemons in
halves and squeeze out the juice; add
one pint of strained honey and freeze.
Potato Flour and Honey Sponge
Cake. Boil half a cupful each of hon
ey and sljgar to the soft ball stage
(238 degrees Fahrenheit). Beat until
-thick the yolks of five eggs, beat the
sirup into the yolks, add the grated
rind and juice of half a lemon, then
fold in a half cupful of potato flour
and the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake"
in a tube pan 50 minutes.
Oatmeal Fruit Macaroons. Beat to
gether one-half cupful of sugar, one
quarter cupful of Corn sirup, one table
spoonful of melted shortening with two
beaten eggs.- Take two and a half
cupfuls of rolled oats, a half teaspoon
ful of salt and one-half cupful of dates
or raisins. Combine the two mixtures
and drop in rounds on a baking sheet.
Bake in a moderate oven. This recipe
makes three dozen macaroons.
For the growth of the spirit through
pain.
Like a plant in the soil and tHe rain
For the dropping of needless things
Which the sword of a sorrow brings;
For the meaning and purpose of Jife
Which dawns on us 'out of the strife.
Iet us give thanks.
Ella W. WlK-ox.
THE EMERGENCY SHELF.
HERE is the house
wife however well
equipped with re
sources who does
not enjoy the feel
ing of security
which a well-stocked
emergency shelf
gives her? Usually
it is wise to have
two cans or jars of
National IharfartUn
Comroissiofl
each kind and be sure that they are
replaced in the next regular order for
groceries, as company Is often like ca
lamity it travels in threes.
Condensed milk should be provided
In large quantities, for often it is
needed in more than one dish.
Canned soups, two of each of your
favorite kinds; fish, dried beef, ba
con, lamb or ox tongue, cheese of va
rious kinds, corn, spinach, lima beans,
and string beans, -tomatoes, asparagus,
pimentoes, olives, nuts, canned fruit,
peanat butter, grape juice, salad dress
ing, choice raisins and a box of marsh
mallows. Cracker, macaroni, cookies
and fruit cake are all good things
which will be found most useful in
preparing a quick or unexpected meal.
Let us see what can he done with
some of these for a good, and substan
tial meal. It is wise to have at Hand
several well planned menus, with the
recipes ready in' case one's wits leave
one In a sudden emergency.
The fish or shell fish may be used as
an escalloped dish or as a salad, the
green vegetables served hot with any
desired sauce. Bread, rolls or hot bis
cuit with tea. coffee or cocoa with a
simple dessert of fruit will make n
most satisfying meal.
Bean Salad. Open a can of tender
green peas and add one small shred
ded onion. Fry until crisp and brown
a
rw slices or nacou im m .hm'"-
nnnr over the beans.
season well,, and
then add sufficient boiled vinegar to
mnfcP a good snappy salad. Serve this
with sliced tongue or fish croquettes.
'Corn Pudding. Beat tne .youcs or
two eggs, add a cupful of milk, a tea
spoonful of salt, a pinch of mustdrd
and red pepper, a can of grated corn
and two teaspoonfuls of sweet fat. Mix
well then fold in the beaten whites f
the eggs and bake in'ft moderate orn
a'half hour. - - -
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Corner of the Inlet
THE Murman coast, which Ger
many, with the aid ' of Fin
land, has been trying to seize,
is a part of Russian Lapland,
being the coast of what is known as
the Kola peninsula.
The origin of the name Murman
is doubtful, but it is probable that
is a corruption of Norman (I. e.,
Norwegian) the district being aaja-
cent to Norway. The Russian custom
is to change the capital N of a bor
rowed word into M, so that "Norman"
! would naturally become In Russian,
! "Morman" or "Murman." The Mur
man coast is of immense importance
, to Russia, since it contains an excel
lent harbor which is free from ice all
l the year round the deep inlet usually
! called the Gulf of Kola, but now fre
ouentlv termed the Gulf of Murman.
The region has definitely belonged
to Russia for some five centuries,
and it is extraordinary that no at
tempt was long made to utilize it for
commercial purposes. It was, of course,
very remote from the then center of
Russia at Moscow, and tlie difficulties
of communication in a virgin country,
even now devoid of roads, probably
deterred poverty-stricken and slowly
progressing Russia from opening a
route to it. It also lay close to the
Swedish frontier Uhe Swedish empire
Included Finland up. to 1S09), and the
district was frequently raided ny
Swedish brigands and guerrillas. In
1533 the missionary Metrofan (St. Try
phon) founded the famous monas
tery Petchenga; but in lf)90, seven
years after his death, this outpost of
civilization was sacked by the
Swedes and its occupants massacred
to the accompaniment of fiendish tor
tures. The anarchy of Russia during
the early seventeenth century prevent
ed rolonizinir efforts. For centuries
Russia was content, with Archangel,
icebound for half the year, as her
single outlet to the north ; and in the
nineteenth century -large sums were
expended upon the improvement of
that unsatisfactory port, while the ice
free Murman coast was neglected.
Murman Railway to Alexandrovsk.
This state of things lasted until
tke beginning of the twentieth century,
when a naval station was tardily in
stalled at Ekaterina harbor, a bay at
the mouth of the Gulf of Kola. A rail
way to connect this single ice-free
Russian port with Petrograd was pro
jected, but, in the usual dilatory Rus
sian fashion, remained a project until
the early part of 1015. Then the
closing of the entrances to the Baltic
and the Black sea, and the consequent
isolation of Russia, awakened the al
lies to the necessity , of utilizing the
port, and with feverish energy the rail
way was pushed forward across the
700 miles of wild and desolate coun
try forest, lake, mountain, and snowy
Steppe which lie between Petrograd
and Kola. Thousands of workmen
were levied to construct it, and in
little more than a year communication
was established. But the mortality
among the workmen was enormous, as
was unhappily too frequently the case
with the cisrantlc engineering feats
- no
which excited our admiration in
Russia.
The railway runs through Kola, at
the head of the gulf, and terminates
at Romanov or Murmansk, some dis
tance further on. This place was in
1914 a small fishing hamlet, but has
by now grwn into a place of some
6,000 inhabitants. In the present cha
ot'c state of Russian administration
it is governed by seven distinct coun
cils or boards, of which the principal
one, the regional council, exercises a
general supervision over the town and
the province. This council is stated
as being friendly in feeling towards
the allies.- The, place is, indeed, prac
tically dependent for. food and other
necessaries upon" supplies furnished
by the allies by sea; and this vital
fact, doubtless influence the govern
ing body. v ,
Life in this outpost is curiously ar
tificial. There! are ho shops or . ho
tels.; the councils distribute food and
assign lodgings to new arrlvalsl The
cost of living is low, but houseroom
ia scarcely obtainable. Wages are
f encrrnously high 1,000 irublei aJ mbnthi
for Tocbinotl ve drivers, 600; for ordi
nary workmen, 375 tor dock laborers,
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at Alexandrovsk.
and so on. Even allowing for the de
preciation of the paper ruble, the rates
are- very high.
Rough Country Without Roads.
Alexandrovsk the naval station on
Ekaterina harbor, was during the war
a depot of British submarines and
other mosquito craft. When Russia
fell to pieces at the revolution, and
Finland became a German vassal state,
it was to be expected that an attempt
would be made1 to seize the Murman
coast. Hopes were held out to Fin
land of acquiring an Ice-fTee exit to
the Arctic ocean.
The difficulties in the way of an ex
pedition to the Murman region are
great. The country is practically un
inhabited, so that a military force
must take its own supplies. There
are no roads, and the country to be
traversed is largely mountainous, in
terspersed with tracts of forest and
marsh, presenting many obstacles to
military operations, apart from the
arctic climate. On the coast, it -may
be mentioned, the climate is decidedly
milder than in the interior.
Kola, the port near Murmansk, where
Americans, British and French marines
landed in order to protect munitions
and provisions originally intended for
the Russian government, Is situated
at the junction of the Kola and Tulo
ma rivers. Before the war it had
only about 600 Inhabitants, according
to a war geography bulletin of the Na
tional Geographic society.
In peace times the chief occupation
of the people of Kola is fishing, which
is profitably followed by the natives
from May to August. Kola is well
within the arctic circle, being in lat
itude 68 minutes 52 seconds. It is
335 miles westward of Archangel, the
great White sea port of Russia.
The Femnsula of Kola constitutes
the major part of what is known as
Russian Lapland. It is bounded on
the north by the Arctic ocean and on
the south by the White sea. Its area J
equals that of the state of New York
and is largely a plateau having an av
erage elevation of 1,000 feet.
FIRMLY BELIEVE IN CHARMS
Impossible to Shake Faith of Inhabi
tants of Some Parts of Rural
England.
Superstition dies hard, and In the
out-ofrthe-way rural districts of Eng
land the people still have a firm be
lief in herbs and charms as a cure for
their various "ills.
In Cheshire, perhaps, such supersti-,
tions are most numerous, and a native
will tell you that hedgehogs are use
ful in the cure of epilepsy, that oint
ment should never be applied with the
first finger, as that one is venomous,
and that a child's nails should never
be cut during the first year of its life,
or it will grow up light fingered.
Most curious, however, are the cures
recommended for whooping cough. A
lock of hair should be cut from the
sufferer's head, and put into a hole
bored in the bark of a mountain ash,
after which the hole should be closed.
The whoop will vanish in three days
under this treatment.
, Many strange cures are suggested
for ague. In Lincolnshire, for instance,
the method is very elaborate. The suf
ferer should get up at sunrise on the
first day of the month, making sure
his pockets are empty, take a carving
knife that he has bought and used him
self, plunge it into an ant hill, and
twist the knife as many times as he
has had fits. Then, lying flat on the
face, with head pointing to the sun,
he shovld breathe as many times as
he has suffered into the hole in the
ant hill, and then return home, speak
ing no word until he has broken hi
fast. .
Internal Revenue.
More than $3,500,000,000 has been
collected in internal revenue taxes. In
cluding ' Income , and excess-profits
taxes, fof the flseal year. This ex
ceeds by over $100,000,000 the eti
tnates inade a few moiiths ago, and by
over ' $200,000,000 the estimate? mad
a year ago when tltertVemie- measures
Vere passed by corjgresa.
WI8
ROOFS FOR POULTRY HOUSES
Several Kinds of Material Can Be
Used in Making Covering It
. ; Should Be Watertight.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There "are several kinds of material
that can be used in making a roof for
the poultry house, but it should always
be kept in mind that the roof should
be water tight. If it is allowed to
leak, the interior ,of the house will
get damp, tne birds will become un
healthy, lose vigor and be more suscep
tible to fatal diseases. Shingle roofs
should have a one-third pitch, while
those covered with paper or metal may
have a less pitch or be almost flat.
However, - the greater the slope the
longer the life of the roof.
Specially prepared paper or shingles
laid on sheathing may be used for
covering the roof. Roofing papers are
used very extensively for poultry
houses at the present time and in
many places are replacing shingles. As
a rule the former are cheaper and eas
ier to lay, while they can be laid on
a much flatter roof than the latter. One
or two ply paper is usually used on
the sides, and one, two and three
Types o Roofs for Poultry Houses
A, Shed; B, Combination; C, Gable;
D, Monitor; E, Semimonitor; F, A
Shaped. ply paper on the roofs, although this
varies with different styles and grades'
of manufacture. This paper generally
comes in rolls cr squares which cover
100 square feet and contain directions
and materials for use in laying. Paper
may be used on roofs which have a
slope or rise of one or more inches to
the foot. Sheathing for paper roofs
must be planed on one side and laid
tightly to present a smooth surface for
the roofing paper, while- sheathing pa
per is often used between the sheathing
and roofing paper. Shingles may be
laid from four to five inches to the
weather on roofs which have one-third
or more pitch, which is a rise of 8 or
more inches to the foot, or one-third of
the span of a gable roof. 1 Cedar and
cypress shingles are usually laid five
to six inches to the weather on walls
or on roofs with one-third pitch, but
not generally used on roofs which have
a rise of less than eight inches to the
foot. One thousand shingles, or four
bundles of cedar shingles, are equiva
lent to 1,000 shingles four inches wide.
In shingling, commence at the eaves or
lower edge by laying a double course,
while the rest of the layers are of
single courses. They are laid either
to a chalk line, winch is fastened at
the right points at either edge of the
roof and snapped to make a mark for
the lower edge of the tier of shingles,
or to a straight-edged stick. Each
shingle is nailed with two either five
or six penny nails, driven seven to
eight Inches from the butt, depending
upon the lap, so that the heads of the
nails will be covered by the next
course. One thousand cedar shingles
laid four and one-half inches to the
weather, cover about 125 square feet,
depending on their size. Shingles may
be laid on narrow sheathing three to
five inches wide, or on common sheath
ing, which is spaced from one to two
Inches apart to allow the roof to dry
out quickly, and they should break
joints at least one inch and as much
more as possible.
RETURNS FROM SMALL FLOCK
Average. Novice Can Reasonably Ex
pect to Get at Least Ten Dozen
Eggs From Each Hen.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The average novice can reasonablj
expect to get an average of at tear
ten dozen eggs per hen per year from
his small flock in the backyard. There
is nothing difficult in the care of th
small flock if the important things are
done at the right time and in the right
way, and the system involves nothing
too hard for a child given proper di
rections. SUPPLY YARDED FOWLS GRIT
Sometimes Lime Needed for Shell
Making Is Scarce Keep Oyster
Shells In House.
If poultry has been kept on the same
range for many years, it is a good plan
to keep a few oyster shells' in the
houses, as there is sometimes a scar
city of things about for the hens to
pick up that contain the lime needed
for shell making. Yarded fowls must
have grit and shells all jsummer
through, as these' are not winter fedj
ii some would believe. i v'?
FATTEN CALVES FOR MARKEfl
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Tests Conducted by Bureau of Animal
Industry and the Alabama Expert I
. .Urient.Station.
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(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In cattle feeding contests conducted
by the bureau of animal industry, of
the department of agriculture and the
Alabama, experiment station, covering
a period of five years, Ihe fattening of :
grade calVes for market proved proiit
able in every test made.
Cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls
and alfalfa hay proved to be an excel
lent ration and a profitable one for
fattening calves. Cottonseed meal arhi
Btock Raisers Will Find It to The
Advantage to Take More Pains t
Find OUt Needs of Their Animals;
and Feed Them Accordingly.
cottonseed hulls proved to be a pooi
fattening ration for calves for a short
feeding period.
When fed in conjunction with cot
tonseed meal, corn silage Of rather
poor quality produced the same dailr
gains on calves as did cottonseed hulls
?nd cheapened the cost of the dally
gains.
The stibstltution of two-thirds of the
cottonseed meal in a ration with cora
did not prove profitable when conw?ost
70 cents a bushel and cottonseed 'oeaS
$26 a ton.
In one test it was profitable to no
place one-third of the cottonseed 'meal
with corn-and-cob meal, but in a se5
ond test nothing was gained by the in
troduction of corn-and-cob meal. Th?
first year the calves which receiTe4
corn-and-cob meal made slightly I argor
laily gains and sold for more than dl
he calves which received ?ottonsee
meal as the sole concentrate. The sec
ond year the addition of rorn in the
ration did not increase the size of the
daily gains, nor did the calves1 uhick
received corn sell for any more pt
pound than the other calves.
In a third test 52 high-grade Aberdeen-Angus
calves fed on a ration ff
about three pounds cf cottonseed meat
two pounds of cowpea hay and as muck
cottonseed hulls as they would eat
made daily gains at a cost of $5.53 pr
hundred pounds and returned a ne
profit of $3.50 each,
In a fourth experiment 34 calves
which were fed for 112 days in the dry
lot and then fed days' on pastnm
rr.ade good daily gains, but the profits'
were not as large as they won Id fraTs
been if the calves had been sold at th
end of the winter. The galas mad
during the summer were good antf
were made cheaply, but the price of
calves was so much lower in the sun
mer than at the clcse of .winter that
the continued feeding into the summer
months was not profitable.
NOW FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS
Pure-Bred Herds That Have Success
fully Passed Annual Tests Are
Placed on Accredited LisL
0?repared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.)
One hundred and seventy-one berd!?.
representing 6,250 cattle, were quali
fied June 1 for the accredited list of
pure-bred herds of cattle free from tu
berculosis which the department of ag
riculture is developing to insure disease-free
sources of pure-bred stocks.
In order to have his herd accredited
the owner must comply with unifonx
rules approved by the United State
department of agriculture and adopte
by nearly all of the states, whicK re
quire that every animal pass at least
two successful annual tuberculin tests.
In addition to the number of herds
mentioned, more than 600 others hate
passed one successful test in prepara
tion for accrediting. One of the many
advantages of having accredited herds,
which is proving popular with "breed
ers, is that the owner may make Inter
state shipments accompanied y a4cei
tificate at any time within one year
without subjecting tne animals to far
ther tuberculin tests. 5
Parasites Are Troublesome
External parasites are extremely
troublesome on live stock: They to
most injury when the animals i tow
in condition, for strong stock an re
sist them better than the weak ones.
Hogs Must Have Water. r
Hogs must have water to drink,;aft
if they cannot get fresh clean' water
In the trough br fountain they 7 win
tfrjnfc wherever they .find . watery re
gardless of its qoqdttlon. v, v