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POT,K COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C,
DMPGIC
DOTS
(Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.) ... ,
RULES ON SCOUT UNIFORMS
The Boy Scouts of America uniform
may be worn by any boy scout twelve
years of age or over who Is regularly
enrolled with the national council, all
associate scouts, pioneer scouts, veter
an scouts, and all boy scouts who have
been granted a certificate of service,
provided they are in good standing
with the local scout authorities in their
respective communities, and all adult
officials and members in good standing
of the Boy Scouts of America.
It may be worn at troop meetings
and socials, hikes, camps, educational
trips," rallies, demonstrations and sim
ilar events, church or chapel services;
when taking formal tests ; when ap
pearing before a court of honor for ex
amination or awards ; when ordered up
on official duties, in such capacities as
civic guides or messengers, flag rais
ing exercises, scout headquarters' or
derlies, first aid workers, etc j
During the period of the war, all
scout and scout officials should wear
their uniforms, whenever practicable,
in order that they may be easily called
for any service for, which the scout
movement gives training. 1
It should not be worn when solicit
ing funds or engaged in" any selling
campaign; when engaged in any dis
tinctive political endeavor ; when ap
pearing upon the stage professionally ;
when taking part in parades .other than
for the purpose of rendering services
as a scout. j
When a boy ceases to be a scout
through failure to register or-through
suspension or expulsion from j the
troop, he has no right to wear the
uniform. . . -
THE POULTRY SHOW. '
The two roosters were crowing for
all "they were worth,- said Daddy,
"and the noise in
the building was
very great, I cai
assure you,", said i
Daddy. ' J ',
'Were the roost
ers in a build
ing, ..Daddy?"
asked Nancy.
"It must have
been at a poul
try! show," said
Nick.
"That's right,"
said Daddy. "I
was going to tell
you about a, poul
try : show which
was held lately.
The Roosters Were
Saying Their
How - Do - You-Dos.
TOM SAWYER A GOOD SCOUT.
"Welcome to the Sea Scouts of
America and good luck to you," Is the
greeting from their brother scouts in
Great Britain, says General Baden
Powell in a letter.
"Over here the Sea Scout branch is
an Immensely popular one with j the
boys. For no ' boy who is a boy; can
resist the call of the sea.
"You fellows In the United States,
even in cases where you are living hun
dreds of miles inland f rom..lhe coast,
are especially well off in having splen
did rivers and lakes on which to prac
tice. (Mark Twain hasjfshown us the
wonderful possibilities? for sea scout
ing on your great waterways, andTom
Sawyer was a top-hole sea scout of the
inland. j.
"James A. Wilder's program of sea
scouting Is going to have, a "big boom,
and you who become sea scouts under
it are going to have the time of your
lives, not only In the enjoyment of
picking up the work but also in! the
valuable service you can give to your
country as soon as you are efficient.
"Over here in Britain the war! has
given our scouts their opportunity in (
many directions and they have not
been slow to seize It
RUSSIAN SCOUTS SEND CABLE
That the allied armies operating in
Russia are restoring conditions of liv
ing to the normal is evidenced by a
cablegram just received at the nation
al headquarters of the Boy Scouts of
America, 200 Fifth avenue, New York
city, from Archangel, Russia! It says:
"The First Archangel ; Boy ' Scouts
union sends greetings to their Ameri
can colleagues . i - ,
One of the first things the German
generals did in their Invasion of Poland
jvas to order the disbandment of j the
boy sqpnt organizations, and ; the cable
' gram Would seem to indicate that; the
bolsheviki rule had been effective in
similarlv discouraging the work of the
boy scout brotherhood in all parts of
Russia. ' ' ' . ' '
THE MOTTO OF ONE SCOUT.
A New Brunswick, N. J., scout thus
emphasizes the twelve points qf the
scout law:
TRUSTY Tommy was a scout, I
LOYAL tofcis mother,
HELPFUL to the folks, about,
FRIENDLY to his brother.
COURTEOUS to the girls tieTknew,
KIND unto his rabbits,
OBEDIENT to his father too;
CHEERFUL in his habits,
THRIFTY, saving for a need,
BRAVTC nnA tint n faker !
CLEAN in thought and word: and deed,
REVERENT to his Maker:
"Everything imaginable "was there,
eggs, chickens, hens, roosters, hen
coops, chicken feed, ducks, pheas
ants, turkeys, geese, pigeons and even
gold fish. So that it was quite v a
poultry show with some other things
at the show besides poultry. : f
"The roosters were saying their how-do-you-dos
to each other and talk
ing about their various homes and The
kinds of food they liked best. The
Mrs. Hens were chatting and cluck
ing and cackling, too. !
"The geese were shrieking in their
loud, shrill voices, the j turkeys were
gobbling, the pigeons were cooing in
their lovely, soft voices and the ducks
were quack-quacking. . !
"They were all talking over the
news in the poultry world. They were
talking about food and farmyards and
fun.
"Mr. Black Throated Golden Pheas
ant was talking to Mr. Hybrid Gold
en Pheasant. Their red and orange
head feathers, turned back and made
them look very smart. They wore
green overcoats and touches, of red.
Their . tails were long. Mr. Black
Throated Pheasant and Mr. Hybrid
Golden Pheasant were arguing about
whether, it was ;more j attractive to
have tail feathers of golden with red
and white stripes and spots or golden
with brown spots. Their tails were !
very long and they liked to have them
look very fine.
"Mrs. . Gray Speckled Hen 'was fast
asleep, rnd so she didn't say a word.
Many of them were taking naps and
some slept with their heads under
their wings, and some with their heads
tucked back on their bodies. This was
a favorite way for theducks to sleep.
And even with all the noise in -that
building, many, many creatures napped
and dreamed all sorts of dreams.
"Some were talking about a special
kind of wire for a chicken coop which
their young chickens had. And Mrs.
Proud Hen said that she laid the kind
of eggs which hatched, turned into
fine chicks and that her chicks always
grew. " .' .-
"Mrs. Sicilian Butter-Cup, a hen
which had won two prizes, and was
reddish brown in color with a red
head a very peeullarlooking head, es
pecially on one side which appeared
spiked, said: 'Don't be conceited,
Mrs. Proud Hen. As yet you haven't
won a prize. :
"'Well, I have,' said
Hen, who wore a brown speckled dress ,
and a yellow collar.
'Listen ' to the hens boasting
crowed Mr. Black and White Tailed
Rooster. His suit was; of red and
hisN collar of brown, white his brother
wore a red collar.
" 'And look at those ray hens un
der that canopy or awning over yon
der,' said the cockerels and pullets to
gether. They wore brown and their
tails were green.
"'Quack, r quack, said Mrs. Duck,
sticking her head out
bars. 'Have you
seen my neigh
bor as she sleeps?
She is standing on
one fdbt and hers
head Is in her
wing. Look at
her. Look here,
quack, quack. I'm"
giving . you the
news.'
"Oh, said Mrs.
Green' Headed
Duck, pulling her
gray wings so
they looked their
best, 'no one at
the poultry show
but themselves.
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View of Treves, t?' .
IT is an odd coincidence that the
most modern occurrence in Prus
sia its occupation by American
troops should begin with its old
est city, observes a writer in the Kan
sas City Times. Treves, or Trier, as
the Germans call it, into which the
Yanks marched recently, is older than
history, which begins for it half a cen
tury before the birth of Christ. -Then,
as the capital of the Celtic Treviri,
one of the most powerful Belgian
tribes, it was captured by the Romans
under Julius Caesar. It was, made a
Roman colony under the name of Au
gusta Trevirorum and was strongly
fortified. By 14. B. C. It had become1
the most important northern outpost
of the Roman empire. It was an Im
perial residence early In the Christian
era and the administrative center from
which Gaul, Britain and Spain were
ruled. The poet Ausonius described it
as "Rome beyond the Alps." Constan
tine the Great lived there about twenty-five
' years. He and his successors
beautified it: with public works and
magnificent private! villas dotted the
hillside all around, j Some of the fitfest
Roman 'relics north of the Alps re
main to this day in
Treves.
From the earliest times Treves, he
cause of its strategic position and the
rich country surrounding it, was an
object of warfare, v The Franks par
ticularly desired It and they made
many expeditions against it. They
continued their attacks after the Ro
man occupation. Three times they
sacked it and held it for short periods.
About the middle of the fifth century
they gained permanent possession and
made it their capital. The Franklsh
kings gradually transferred their pow-
in 1794 captured it again and abolished
the archf ishopric; The congress i of
Vienna h 1814-1815 gave it back to
Prussia, fit . figured several times In
the war Just closed, being bombarded
by allied ferial forces
The modern city of Treves occupies
almost tbe exact site of the ancient
town. It 1 nestles picturesquely In the
valley offflie Moselle river and is sur
rounded hills covered with the vine
yards f rofol which comes the famous
Moselle vflne.- The newer section con
tains bro streets and modern build
ings. The; streets in the old part are
narrow- ajd crooked. The Porta Ni
gra, an Jnormous fortified gateway,
was built i by the Romans. In the
southeastern part of the city is the
palace of fthe Roman kings, now a pic
turesque fnass of ruins. In the south
western section are the Roman baths,
a vast ariimpressive ruin, and a short
distance sway is a Roman amphithea
ter built a Emperor Trajan's time.
fr amus Church and Relics.
' One of he most interesting buildings
Is the cathedral-, one of the oldest
churches in. Europe. It stands on the
site of achurch used In the time .of
Constantine. It bears the marks of
repeated. Restorations as the result of
wars and .the ravages of time. Among
the holy relics it contains are an j al
leged nail; from the cross and the fa
mous seamless "Holy Coat," said to
have been worn by the Savior. Both
are held in great ; veneration and are
declared tq have figured in many miraculous-healings.
A provincial mu
seum contains many antiquities and a
number" of rare books are in the mu
nicipal library, including the illuminat
ed Codex Egbert!, dating from the close
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-
. control, 1 " " .-'-These
three alone lead , life L to ? sov- -
ereign power,
- Tennyson..
' MORE SWEETS.
. We are so ' hungry for sweets that
at this season when, sugar is again
plentiful- the desire to
make home-made candies
must be' gratified.
Maple Creams. Take
four cupfuls "of maple
sugar, one cupful of wa
ter, one-fourth of a ' tea
spoonful of cream of tar
tar, 'added when the mix
ture begins to boil. Stir until the su
gar Is dissolved then remove the spoon
and let. it boil- without stirring. ' If
grains form on the sides' of the kettle
push them down with a bit of cloth
on a fork, or just covering the kettle
tightly for a minute or two WhT keep
them dissolved. Test in' cold water,
and when the soft ball stage s reach
ed pour onto a marble slab or lightly
buttered platter. Let' cool until the
finger can dent 'it, then stir I from the
outside to the center, working "and
kneading it until smooth and creamy.
Put into a bowl,; cover with a damp
cloth and let stand for a day or two to
ripen. When ready to be used, mold
into small balls, flavor with mapleine
if desired and press a, nut on top of
each. . , -: ;;; '
Honey Caramels. Take two cupfuls
of strained honey and one square of
chocolate ; boil until it4 makes a firm
ball when dropped into, cold water.
Take from the -fire and stir until It be-"
gins to thicken, then add vanilla and
chopped nuts. Pour Into a shallow
pan and mark off In squares when cool.
: Nut Maple Roll. Roll fondant Into
long rolls an inch in diameter and cov
er with nuts.. Cut in slicps and wrap
In waxed paper. A most delicious roll
is first dipped in a caramel,, then roll
ed In chopped nuts.
Parisian Sweets. Take a pound
each of dates and figs, a cupful of wal
nuts, and a cupful of raisins. ' Put the
fruit through the meat chopper and
cut the . nuts fine with a knife ; mix
into a roll; add a fourth of a teaspoon
ful of salt and wrap each roll ih, waxed,
paper. These may be dipped in melt
ed fondant,, then in chocolate, making
a very elegant confection.
Orange marmalade mixed with a lit
tle confectioner's sugar to stilfen, then
dipped', in white sugar fondant flav
ored with orange or with orange juice,
makes another tasty tid-bit
PRhVENTION IS ALWAYS BEST
Timely Measures Properly Applied GS
fer Surest Means of Control Kill-
Ina Often Advisable.
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There is no duty we so much under
rate as beift happy. By being happy
we sow anonymous benefits upon the
world,; which remain unknown even to
ourselves. R. I Stevenson.
Mrs. Yellow
It Is ohsrved that father
for consideration, but after
xomes in
the rab-
t
SCOUTS 'AID THE HOSPITALS.
The Spanish influenza struck New
Bedford, Mass with the suddenness
of a bolt fronfthe clear skyj The dis
ease spread ; like wildfire, and S the
chairman of : the emergency medical
.relief committee appealed to the boy
scouts for assistance. ' .
Eight emergency . hospitals In that
city and three in Falrhaven were open
ed to take 1 care., of the. influenza
patients The headquarters of six of
the scout troops were taken, as emer-
cency hospitals.
through ; the
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They
'That's right, crowed the i white
roosters with the fuzzy
whose eyes could hardly . be ' seen be
cause they were almost covered up
rih whit, fpnthers. 'We all like our-
selves the best, and we all try to win
prizes.
"And the black and white roosters
with black apd white
called the Houdan Fam
all lbve ourselves most, but we do
love to see what is going on in this
poultry show where there are so many
other creatures
(Copyright. 1918, Western Newspaper Union.)
" Resentlnd Interference
- The girl who is' very
other people should ;
hnsiness is frequently
terference because her
in t ease- Those who
are in the fight can takjj
without; losing their
Companion.
Were Arguing.
white heads,
fuzzy heads,
ly, said, We
particular that
mind their own
sensitive to in-
conscience is
are sure they
good advice
tempers. Girla
er to Metz, however, and Treves be
came the seat of a powerful religious
empire. .
I Treves had a bishop at a very early
date. Four great saints of the fourth
century are connected with the city.
It Was the scene of the first banish
ment of St. Athanasius; St. Ambrose
was ' born there ; St. Jerome., first be
came seriously Interested In religion
while studying there7 and St. Martin of
Tours went there in 385 to plead with
the tyrant Maximus for the lives of the
heretic Priscillian and his followers.
The great bishop, St. NIcetius, built a
splendid castle for himself at Treves
In the sixth century. The see became
an archbishopric soon after the begin
ning 6f the ninth cntury and its tem
poral power was founded in 898, when
Radbod acquired the rights of . the
counts of Treves. Throughout, the
middle ages the city, abounded in re
ligious foundations and " was" a great
seat of monastic learning. . 7 -
' Changed Hands Many Times. .
" With the transfer of the : Franklsh
capital to Metz began a long era of
changes for Treves. The city passed
; to Lorraine in' 843 and to the east
Franklsh kingdom in 870. It was sack
ed by the Northmen in 881 after It had
become a permanent part of what is
now Prussia. It became" a free city
ard the close of the sixteenth cen
n? The French heldjt briefly three
. - ; -he seventeenth : century' and
'American Troops in Tnves.
of the t oth century, and the Faust
and Guteerg Bible of 1450.
The manufacturing interests of the
city inck;de tanneries, iron foundries,
dye . worf:s, ' furniture and piano fac
tories ansT glass painting works. An
extensive -trade in wine, fruit and wood
was carried on before the war. There
are many; lead, copper and tin mines In
the vicinfity. The population before
1914 was About 65,000.
i plot the Wrong Leg.
This little story without a claimant
has comefup from Florida :
An ehferly Hoosler who has been
spending! some time in Florida has
been giving his leisure to fishing. There
is a fine $ake near where he has been
sojourning and every day he was seen
in silent iSneditation, for he Is a think
er, castiite his line Into the clear wa
iter, appently- with success. ; This
Hoosler s known for his kindness
and consideration of the feelings of
others, - -y- Z' v -- ' I
One da while absorbed in his fish
ing an ligator slipped 4up to him,
snapped lff one of his legs, and was
making off with it. "Here r cried the
fishermanj :'come back. . You've made
a mlstak ?. You've taken 1 the wrong
iebt , : 'M " ' ' " ' ' " 1 ; : Ci -
And so he had. s The fisherman wore
an artiflcjai leg,and this it - was that
the alligator had taken. Indianapolis
News.' 'fr - ; ' "
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THE HOUSEWIFE'S PROBLEMS.
5 We hear much of the servant prob
lem these days and it is truly a hard
one io soiye; me
mistress problem
Is just as difficult.
It is worthy of;
note 'that a good
mistress usual
ly finds a good -servant
; they stick, as
does the bar of
steel to the magnet which attracts it
Fully 80 per cent, and some statis
tics say 90 per cent, of the homes of
America, are servantless, and the
housewife is more exercised as to how'
to make ends meet than to worry over
a servant that she cannot ; afford to
keep. Let the fortunate 10 to 20 per
cent attend to the servant problem
and the rest learn better how to work
without one. :"
f There can be no business on earth
more Important or more elevating than
that f making a good comfortable
home with what one can afford of
time, strength and money. "Be it
: ever so humble, ; there's ho place like
home.' Do ypu feel It, sing it and
speak of it even after the shortest ab
sence?: If .not there is something the
matter with you or with the home.
Everything worth while is sometimes
hard, "and even the artist, sculptor,
musician or writer feels that his work
Is drudgery at times, so the housewife
has no monopoly on hard ;Work. Em
erson says : "It is the" office and right
of the Intellect to make, and not take
Its estimates-" So If there lack sweet
ness and joy In the daily tasks It is
largely our own estimate, and we have
only to change bur yiewppint to see the
pleasure we are" missing.. To feed a
family with intelligence in these days
(not to consider economy, which Is of
itself a problem) is surely a, task wor
thy the best effort of mind aid hand.
In the accomplishment of dally work
the best results are obtained by the
women with system; not but that sys
tems must be suspended at - times to
attend to more important1 things, but
work may, be turned off much quicker
if a certain " order . is followed. We
must be managers of .our work not let
our work manage us. - The woma n who
will wash ; on Monday, though -the
heavens fall, is letting her work man-
age her.v..l 7Clry:ilf;V -' 4 :
i So far there is -no practical or pain
less dishwasher that has. been found
useful in the ordinary' home so this
task so. distasteful; to , many, will still
be found necessary as Jong as we con
tinue to use dishes not made of paper
Here .Emerson may" come -;to our aid
and with thel right thought make
: "drudgery' vinev-?W:-:-W' V:;
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(Plvpared by the United States Deport-'
ment of Agriculture.)
l'oultry raisers who wait until n
ease appears in 'the fldck and; ttea'
prepare to make' a-defensive atttcfe:
are likely to be successful only ia race
f.as es. . By far t the . .best plan, vis tat
care for the flock in. such a way thsS.
disease will not appear. The aha En
controlling the diseases of poultry f
they add, to learn . how i to prevccS .
them rather than how to cure. ,:.; t..
To enlighten poultry' owners as
the characteristics! of the more impg&t
tant diseases in order that they; tnajr
Intelligently use the most improves
method's of combating thenr Farnwcs?
AJUiicnii out,- iiuyuriauv l uutiry -Mjamr
eases.": hna rfrpnt1v hppn nnhlliehmf 9rw-
the department, j The causes, JKynt
toms, from aspergillosis (brooder pocx-;
monia) to worms, are given id tfcSs
publication,; -. -..;' -t. '' - J-?;
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- as an poanry is suscepunie io many
diseases, some of which are highly In
fectious and resist! all efforts of tixs '
ment, the bulletin suggests that n
birds become sick it is often the
plan to ktil them. The greater f&s
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uuiuuer oi uirus Kept, upon any izxxs
or plot of ground, and the mowi Cs
are crowded together,1 the more' fosse
tant are the measures for exdixdlBs
eradicating, and preventing the descl.
opment of the causes of diseasej ' '
When disease appears among :
try the ! fowls should be removed;
the poultry yard and a good coan
of freshly slaked lime ' should bie' ag
piled to the- entire surface; of ' C; ;
ground, according to the bulletin. A
ter a few days it should be plowed aaaS
then cultivated three or four times aS,
Intervals' of a week and finally sowe'
with oats, rye or other grain, j Si fis
best to leave the ground unoccupiicd Cry
fowls until the winter has passed! At
ter the fowls have been returiied &e'
nrpmisps mnst he fremientlv rl&ampdi
and occasionally disinfected.
The drinking
troughs must be
fountains and I aefl
washed every
with boiling water or ; other disiisfiaerr
ant, and if any lice or mites are pmmA ;
on the birds, or in. the house the roenfa
and adjoining parts of the walls;
be painted with a mixture of
one- quart, and crude carbolic acid
crude creosol, one teactrafoL i
rrzzfftf Hil l 1 XtS i
.:-!-!KW'C'.r.v.-Si ,..-:..-.-. I if ,
rim - i
Dry, Well-Ventilated and Ufiktefl.
' t a . . i i .1111. . v .mm.
nouses Kramoia nea in in fflsm
J Flock.
house may be whitewashed wtthBwaS-,
ly slaked lime or eprayed with
sene emulsion. "i In ; case oi an
outbreak of a virulent disease U a
well to add to each gallon of the si3s-
wash six ounces of crude narholle mriSL,,
Good disinfectants destroy the genzes
of c ontagious diseases, the tulrwug
parasites, such as lice and mitesj ssosdl
in .some, cases the -eggs of psxaSe
worms, ana should he used tregpnorj
in and about the poultry house.
PLAN FOR MARKETING ES5
Infertile Product Will Withstand
. ditions Much Better Than Ft
tile Ship Often,
j ' s " : - ment of Agriculture . , : .
it Market white-shelled ' and
shelled eggs inseparate packages. v .
; "When selling eggs to the". cokzUz "
merchant or cash buyer Insist t&ast XSas'
.transaction be on the quality faisuc';
Ship or deliyer eggs at least tssi
or three times weekly. " - 1 ; ; . j i
Small or dirty eggs should fcs sas3
at homel - - V:' i
:- When taking eggs to market Crey
should be Sprotected ' fromJ, the
rays. ,1;.- T V
Infertile -eggs will withstand esss
keting . conditions much better ff
fertile eggs. v ' H . . - - ;
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METHODS FOR FEEDING f3
; : . ; . ?;,
Hens Get Considerable ExercissCTa
Fed or Cob Supply in Cry ; -LItter'Satlsfactory;
p;; j
Hens can he fed corn, on 'czfj c3
will secure condeble exerciss la
picking it off, but. the cobs shosld tm
picked out frequently. Feeding ciSeS
corn in a deep, dry litter U'tlsa'ac
Lsfactory way.