The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 9, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 September 1916 — Page 2

HIGH WAISTLINE WORNIN2SOO B. C. Dressmakers of Pharaoh’s Time Made Gowns Like Those of 1,916. 1 BOTH SEXES USED COSMETICS Expert of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Finds That Fashions Changed Often in Nile’s Highest Civilization. New York. —The high waistline tn women’s clothes, the fa*iop for the summer of 1916, was fairly popular In Egypt about the year 2500 B. C., a time when slight mustaches were the rage among the young men, according to researches made by Miss B. M. Carlandt of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She discovered that cosmetics were much used by the women favorites of th3 Pharaohs, and also found that the men were not averse to toning up their complexions when courts were held along the Nile of the middle kingdoms. In the monthly Bulletin of the Museum, Miss Carlandt has described the clothes of fashionable society of the Egypt of long ago. Her descriptions were taken from exhibits in the mu-, seum. Depicting the costumes of the. Old Kingdom, 2980-2475 B. C., she says: Sheathlike Garment. “The conventional sheathlike garment worn by all women was of plain unplaited stuff, that hung from the breast to the so scant that it clung to the figure and Clearly showed the form, fastened by straps over one or both shoulders or merely held up by a belt, it was often pure white; but sometimes it had a narrow selvage around the top, a fringe on the bottom, and braces that were parti-colored. In the tomb of 7 Ptahhetep at Sakkara there is a scene of offering-bearers representing estates, where the dresses are alternately red and dark green. These women, according to custom, were adorned with necklaces, bracelets and anklets of blue and green beads. “Aside from white, green seems to have been the color most worn, although we do find in reliefs red and yellow dresses as well. The fashions for women were simpler and less varied than those for men, with slight deviations from the conventional attire, such as a short skirt worn at times by servants. The attire of dancing girls varied from the regular long costume to a short skirt, or in the later period fb a girdle of brightly colored beads. “Most women wore wigs or dressed their own hair long. It fell to the shoulders or to the waist in the back in a large mass, with a side-lock hanging on either side of the ftrfe. Somecolored ribbon was tied around the brow like a fillet, and often a circlet of real flowers was worn. “We know that cosmetics and ointments were used by both men and women, and in this connection it is interesting to note a statuette in the first Egyptian room, the eyes of which are outlined with a green band. Green malachite was used for this, whether purely for adornment or for medicinal reasons we do not know, and rouge and black p’hint were also employed as part of the make-up. Shows Diversity. “Dress In ancient Egypt, as in every civilized country, shows diversity according to the class or occupation of the individual and variety dependent upon the fashion of the day. The king and his courtiers set the styles, which were soon assumed by subordinate officials until they forced their superiors to adopt new modes. The fluctuations of fashion would be difficult to follow, although there was a steady tendency to elaboration and luxury; but let us consider the most distinct changes in „ the Old Kingdom (2980-2475 B. C.) the Middle Kingdom (2160-1788 B. C.), and the Empire (1580-945 B. C.), as shown In our Egyptian galleries. “In the tomb of Perneb we have costumes that are typical of the Old Kingdom. Humble people were satisfied with a belt, tied around the waist with the ends hanging down in front, a of linen, fastened loosely around the loins, or rarely they contrived a rush matting. Even these, at times were laid aside, and the men appeared nude when engaged in strenuous exercise. The offering-bearers in the tomb chamber wore the short white skirt, the most common article of clothing. It was a straight piece of white linen cloth wrapped about their hips like a kilt, the ends being knotted in front or being passed under a girdle, and sticking up above the waistline. “Men in the Old Kingdom almost invariably clipped their hair close and shavted their faces, although up to the fifth dynasty they sometimes wore slight mustaches, but shepherds occasionally allowed their hair to grow, a custom generally considered unclean. The tipper classes wore wigs of two kinds—either short and close-fitting, with tight little curls in horizontal row, or long and bushy, parted in the middle and falling well over the shoulders. Such wigs were probably made of sheep s wool, and actual specimens have been found. When a man wished to assume his full dignity, he attached a false beard of plaited hair to his chin by means of straps. Sandals, which were made of reeds or leather with a strap over the instep, connect-

CHURCH CUTS OFF WORMS Closes Fish Bait Field to Stop Sunday Angling and Help Attendance at Services. McGregor, la.—The trustees of the local Methodist Episcopal church, have taken effective means of inducing Sunday attendance in posting the following notice in the churchyard: “It cost the Methodist church considerable to maintain a drainage ditch around the church in order to keep the

COSTUME TAKES PRIZE

till

Mrs. Albert Bond Lambert of St. Louis, whose costume was awarded first prize at the ball at Narragansett Pier, R. I.

ed with another strap which passed between the toes, were worn irrespective of class, except in the presence of superiors, but the Egyptian commonly preferred to go barefoot. Adopt Plaited Kilt. “By the time of the Middle Kingdom ordinary individuals had adopted the plaited kilt, which for a time, at least in the Old Kingdom, had been the peculiar property of the king; however, it is doubtful if the people ever wore it of gold. On a wooden statuette of Seostris I, in the Eighth Egyptian room, this kilt is represented as plaited all around, the two ends curving symmetrically in front up to the girdle. The king also wears the red crown symbolic of lower Egypt, while the mate to this statuette, which is now in the Cairo museum, wears the white crown of Upper Egypt. “Other statuettes, in the Sixth Egyptian room, show what a variety of skirts existed time. The old forms continued, although there was a tendency toward a narrower, longer skirt. The triangular projection, so fashionable in the first dynasty, became subdued until it was quite modest. The long skirt which has been described as typical of this time often had a high waistline. It was at this time that clothing for the upper part of the body first appeared, and a curious tape was sometimes pinned around the shoulders. A heavy cloak or shawl, probably of wool, worn in the Old Kingdom as an outer garment by both men and women, now.became common. “Changes In the costumes of women from the old to the Middle Kingdom were slight, but there were a few innovations that showed the tendency toward elaboration.. A plain whitq tunic was sometimes covered with a network of brightly colored beads In diamond pattern with a bead fringe at the bottom. A similar dress, exceptionally gay in color, dates from the sixth dynasty. One statuette" from Assiut shows a white tunic with a wide border on the bottom representing birds’ wings or a leaf pattern, the latter more likely, since it is painted in green.” STORK VISITS COST MORE British War Baby Adds SIOO to Parents’ Expenses Above the Figures of 1914. London.—lt Is estimated that the all-around expenditure on a baby born this year is probably from SIOO to $125 higher than in 1914. Food alone adds about sls to the . year’s cost of the war baby. Milk nas gone up four cents a quart and it Is said that the average baby consumes from 400 to 450 pints a year; Baby foods are up about 10 per cent. Feeding bottles cost a third more, and the methylated spirit for heating the night’s feed has advanced from 10 cents to 25 cents a pint. Baby garments cost more also. Everything made of wool has risen 33 per cent in price; all the cotton and wool mixture materials and garments are 25 per cent higher, the wholly cotton ones, owing to the rise in raw materials and labor, must be paid for at the rate of about 15 per cent more. Nearly all medicines cost much more. Perambulators are about one-fourth dearer. Wounded Otter Bit Him. Petersburg, Ind.—-Homer Hays, aged eighteen, was hunting frogs with a small’ rifle along White river, near the island two miles east of here, when he saw an otter lying on the river bank. He shot at it and the bullet hit it in the mouth. This so enraged | the animal that it jumped at him and caught one of his hands, preventing him from shooting a second time. He finally shook the animal loose, and it j rolled down the river bank into the I water and dived out of sight. water from flooding the basement. Parties are in the habit of digging earth worms in this ditch, which, causes the water to run into the basement. This practice must be stopped at once. By order of the church board.” Anglers say the trustees know the churchyard is the only good place to dig worms in McGregor and that no one can go fishing Sundays without bait. One inventor uses charged wires to prevent cat concerts.

THE SYRACUSE AND LAKE WAWASEE JOURNAL

UNEARTH RUINS 1,000 YEARS OLU

Dr. Fewkes Discovers Most An* cient Structure Known in the Southwest. BUILT BEFORE SUN TEMPLE That Building In Mesa Verde National Park Was Inhabited Is Shown by Household Utensils—Finds Ancient War Club. Denver, Col.—A ruin more than 1,000 years old —the most ancient of all the ruins discovered In the southwest —has been unearthed in Mesa Verde National park, Colorado, by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes of'the Smithsonian institution. Doctor Fewkes started to excavate on July 20 a large mound five miles from Spruce Tree camp, on top of the mesa. He has made sufficient progress to show the outlines of a huge building of the pueblo type of architecture. 112 feet long and 93 feet wide, including a plaza. The main building contains a large court and at least three circular kivas, or ceremonial chambers. Doctor Fewkes says the building is much older than Sun Temple, which he excavated in Mesa Verde National park last year. In fact* it is by far the oldest building uncovered In the southwest, and shows that the people who inhabited Mesa Verde National park must have flourished at least 1,090 years ago. News of Doctor Fewkes’ discovery was brought to Denver by Dr. Elmer E. Higley, pastor of a church in Des Moines, la. He takes a keen interest in archaeological subjects, particularly those concerning the Mesa Verde, on which he lectures. He was one of the first to explore the cliff dwelling now known as Daniel’s House, which was explored for the first time last summer. Building a Distinct Type. “Doctor Fewkes has made a wonderful discovery this season in Mesa Verde National park,” said Doctor Higley. “He has uncovered a new type of building. The ruin which is now being uncovered is situated about thirty rods south of the large circular reservoir known as Mummy lake, which is close to the automobilfe road lading to Spruce Tree camp. Everyone who visits the ruins has Mummy lake pointed out to him. “There are nine large mounds near Mummy lake and It is one of these that Doctor Fewkes has excavated this season. Probably it will be late in September before the work is completed. The building is rectangular in shape and the masonry work is not so good as that in Sun Temple, which Doctor Fewkes excavated last year. Doctor Fewkes is of the opinion that the building which is being excavated this season is much older than Sun Temple, which probably was built anout 1300 A.D. The building on which he is now working evidently was inhabited. while Sun Temple was not. The workmen are finding broken pottery in great quantities and household implements as well. Evidently the building was’covered und was very imposing. “About a dozen men are working on the building and all are keenly interested, feeling that valuable discoveries may be made at any time. The building represents a distinct type, en- i tirely different from the cliff ruins, themselves, which are built in caverns in the cliffs. The buildings around Mummy lake were built in the open much on the lines of modern structures. The building being uncovered commands a view for many miles in all directions, and for this reason it has been suggested that the ruin be named Prospect House. Finds Ancient War Club. “As is the case of Sun Temple, the walls of this building are two or three ’ feet thick. Double walls extend all the way around the building, probably for purpose of defense. Probably a roof will be put over this building, but it is the intention to make the covering strictly modern and not to attempt to conform to cliff dwellers or mesa dweller type. “It is Doctor Fewkes’ intention to do i some work this season on Mummy lake, which has been the cause of much speculation. It is the general opinion that Mummy lake was a reservoir sup- . plying water to the group of buildings ! in the immediate vicinity and perhaps; part of an irrigation system. The mound is circular and has a depression Hi the middle. The structure covered by earth evidently is double walled and of great size.” Doctor Higley entered a cliff dwelling which, it was supposed, never had been explored before. It was necessary for him to be lowered 90 feet over the side of a cliff to get into the building. He found that one of the, Wetherills and a companion had been in the building in the eighties, about the time the cliff dwellings were discovered. In this building Doctor Higley found an implement which Doctor | /Fewkes pronounced a sort of war club. | It consisted of a stone to which was attached a short handle. It is the first implement of warfare to be found in the cliff ruins and, has excited much interest. St. Paul desires to be the site of a 1 government nitrate plant. Cat Adopts Rabbit. Marietta, Pa.—Abraham B. Lutz, who tenants a farm near town, has an old cat that Is rearing a rabbit, together with a litter of kittens. While going to the barn early one morning h< noticed the rabbit and thinking If would die he decided to place It with the little kittens. The cat hgs adopted it, and It Is a curious sight to see the rabbit with the kittens. Chicago has dedicated a new clubhouse for boys In Larrabee street.

PERIL OF FLY NOT FULLY REALIZED By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania Reams have been printed about the danger from the house fly. Despite all that has been said It Is a self-evident fact that people do not understand how real Is the danger from these pests. If they did a singly season would be sufficient to wipe out the dangerous nuisances. Let people once understand the part that the fly plays in the transmission of disease and they will look uppn anyone who maintains a condition which breeds them as a public enemy to be summarily dealt with. There is much wasted advice about swatting the fly and trai#>ing the fly. What we must learn to do is to exterminate It by doing away with all breeding places. While it has not been definitely proven what the fly has to do with infantile paralysis, we have good reason to believe that it takes a part in the spread of the disease. That they can und do carry the germs of typhoid fever and other diseases we know. It is a wise mother who screens the baby’s crib. Thousands of children under one year of age die annually who would be saved if the fly were eliminated. America Was Discovered by St. Brendan, Irish Legend The first discoverer of America, according to n tradition firmly held by some superstitious Irishmen, was St. Brendan. Brendan lived in the sixth century, and, according to legend, fitted c-ut a vessel and sailed westward in the hope of discovering an island supposed to contain the paradise once tenanted by Adam and Eve. He was accompanied by 14 monks, and the ship was “victualed for seven years.” After sailing forty days and forty nights they came to an Island, where they found “a hall with tables spread with good meat and drink.” They ' then sailed on for a long time, and came to another island, “wherein were the whitest and greatest sheep they ever saw.” After stopping for a time they proceeded with the voyage, and came to a third island, carted “the paradise of birds.” After wandering about for seven years, from island to island, St. Brendan and his monks returned to Ireland, where they astonished the natives by tales of the wonders they had seen. In spite of the wild and Improbable features of this legend, it was for centuries accepted as truth, and the Spanish government sent out several expeditions in search of the Islands of St. Brendan. The St. Brendan legend formed one of the causes which led to ihe discoveries made by Columbus.

" Some Laugh at These

Explained. “How do you conquer your elephants when they get on a raihpage?” queried the new reporter. “Oh,” replied the manager of the menageries, “we have an ex-baggage master to look after them.” “An ex-baggage master?” exclaimed the astonished pencil pusher. “Yes,” explained the other with a look that indicated his sorrow for the other’s stupidity. “It requires a man who has had experience as a trunk smasher. See?” Hot and Cold.

Omar—l made a cool hundred at the race track ' last week. ) Heiny — That’s good. What did you do with it? Omar — Oh, it | soon burned a •hole in my pocket.

" Equal Rights. Newed (a week after marriage)—By the way, dear, don’t sit up for me tonight, as I may be detained downtown until after midnight. Mrs. N^Wd —Oh. very well. And tn case you /should get home before I do. kindly leave the gas burning in the hall, will you?” Business Point of View. “If I could write a play as great as •Hamlet,’ I would be content to rest on my laurels,” said the ambitious author. “And the chances are,” replied the successful theatrical manager, “if you wrote a play as great as ‘Hamlet’ in these days and times, you would be compelled to rest on your laurels for lack of any other support.” His Helpmate. “Never mind,” said the poet as he tossed the rejected poem on the floor, “I’ll set the world ablaze yet!” “And just to help you get the conflagration started,” said his better half, as she picked up the aforesaid MS., “I’ll light the fire in the cook stove with this.” Thought It Settled. They had been trotting in double harness for six long months. “Why is it," queried the young wife, “that you never make me any presents like you usdd to before we were married?” J “Well, it’s Kke this.” explains the

BURNING AFTER SIXTY YEARS Now One Million Dollars Will Be Spent in Endeavor to Put Out Coal Mine Blaze. Engineers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company are making herculean efforts to extinguish the tire which has been burning for 60 years In a coal ■ mine at Summit Hill, Pa. Seven mine locomotives and three steam shovels are in operation and a large force of men ia at work driving

Mobility of the Individual By DR. JOHN H. FINLEY Commissioner of Education, State of New York

The whole problem of society, generally, is to determine to what degree the mobility of the individual shall be restrained, predestinated and merged in the aim of ajl the collectivity. I translate this experience into the-t'ehns of our everyday life, and I make it graphic to myself by thinking that every man has an imaginary uniform, an imaginary uniform of his own measurements always in readiness in home or shop or office or in some public locker, that he may don at call of his community, state or nation, or perhaps of a woild need: when under compulsion he goes to vote, to pay his taxes, to fight against dishonesty, inefficiency or waste, to inform himself upon public questions or upofi public duties; when, in short, he performs any one of the hundred offices that are required of him as an efficient unit in an organized society. 1 am today a maker of meerschaum pipes, a peasant gathering my harvest, a college professor, a surgeon. Tomorrow I slip on this invisible garment, and I am a selfless, nameless, numbered patriot. And the next day I am working at my delicate pipes again; I am back in my field, or at my desk, or in my private laboratory; that is, if I am not killed or wounded in battle or suffocated in the trenches.

FAVORITE OF THE FILMS

JR/* ; BFv% /( Marguerite Clark.

Former comic opera star who stilled her voice to become a player in the silent drama. No Mail for Eight Months. For eight months in the year no mail reaches the coal miners In Spitzbergen, but they are now able to get the world news twice a day by wireless telegraph.

victim of leap year, “after acquiring a title to a piece of property, a man naturally supposes there are no more installments to pay. Get me?” Somewhat Different. “Has the parson got through with what he had to say?” queried the man who had been enjoying a nap, “Yes, long ago,” replied the man tn the adjoining pew, as he tried to strangle a yawn, “but there is no telling when he will conclude.” Sympathetic. , “I have lost the manuscript for a book of poems that it took me nearly five years to write,” sighed the longhaired party. “Too bad I” rejoined his friend. “But, of course, your loss is the public’s gain.” Spiteful.

“I have fully made up my mind never to marry,” said the first dear girl. “W h a t’s thee queried dear girl the sec- ’ ond: “Has your father lost all his « money?”

Fifty Feet of Snow in July. Snow 50 feet deep within IS miles of Santa Fe. N. M„ on the Fourth of July is a fact which Is likely to cause a good many people to revise their ideas of the “Great American Desert” of which so much Is heard in the East. Visitors at Santa Fe lake and to the top of the lake and Penitente peaks found snow cornices around the crest of the crater overlooking the lake basin which sloped off gently from the top. the outer edge of the snow breaking off abruptly in walls which ranged from 20 to 50 feet in height. There is no doubt from the measurements of these snow precipices that the snowfall in midwinter must have been 15 to 20 feet in places and that the peaks were clothed in a solid mass of snow from bottom to summit. There were still masses, of snow scattered all round the lake which were still four or five feet high. But for the warm, rains that come later, snow probably would lie in the basin from year’s end to year’s end. Despite the hot July sun, the air is so cool at the peak level, more than 12,000 feet above the Sea, that the- snow cornices melted very slowly.

deep holes into the earth, into which culm and water are sluiced. Millions of gallons of wate<* are being pumped daily into crevices and holes, and the issuance of steam indicates that the fire is burning in spots which had long been considered burned out. The gigantic effort the company is making to extinguish the fire for all time will probably cost $1,000,000, nut that sum is insignificant when compared with the damage the fire would Ao. if it should spread into the valF r

Poultry Scratchings By C. S. Anderson of the Colorado Agricultural College. If you take pride in marketing good eggs at a good price, consider the following : Do not keep mongrel stock. They are not high producers, and their eggs are not uniform as to size and color. Keep laying hens separated from sitting hens. Gather eggs twice daily in warm weather. The sale of infertile Incubator eggs never will help you to establish a higher market price for your product. Separate the male birds from the flock except during the breeding season. Fertile eggs are poor keepers. Market eggs in a standard egg case. Never haul to town over rough roads or in an open basket or pan exposed to the hot sun. You will/have a larger number of “firsts” if you market at least twice a week. In keeping eggs, provide a dry, cool, well ventilated place. Fertile eggs must be kept below 68 degrees to check germination. Eggs ar< affected easily by -bad odors. Do not keep in a musty grain bin, or in the vegetable cellar, or where they can absorb the odors of kerosene and gasoline. —4 in France Woman Usually Is “Man” of the Family The French woman is the “man” of the family as a rule. This was illustrated In our hotel In Paris, where madame attended to the office and ran everything, while she kept her husband on the go from early till late doing the upstairs work. Practically all the “chambermaids” in Paris are men. The first thing we noticed on reaching Paris was a woman cab driver. Most of the street hucksters and venders are women —but they are husky specimens,” who are well able to look out for themselves. Some of the cries of the hucksters are very musical. We are specially taken with the tall of the fishwomen, who in announcing for instance “bon maquereau”—“good mackerel” —would sing a regular little song. As you go along through Paris you are struck with the large number of women who run stores and all kinds of enterprises. They invariably keep strict accounts, and after closing hours they will be seen poring over their ledgers. It seems rather strange that the French women should never have made any special demand for the suffrage or other "rights of women” —perhaps because they realize that they already rule the roost —Paris Letter in Pathfinder. Clever Plants The cleverness of some plants Is indisputable. A sundew, or fly-eater, deceived by a piece of chalk, seized it in Its tendrils, but upon discovering the fraud immediately withdrew them. A fly, held just out of Its reach, did not tempt it to move, but as soon as it was brought a little nearer the plant prepared to take possession of it Darwin showed that a begonia had a habit of searching for a hole to insert its tendrils into, and even of withdrawing the tendril to insert It in another hole, If the first proved unsuitable. Nor is this power of selecting com fined to any particular class. Climbers like the lianas will refuse to coil round a branch not strong enough to bear their weight. A Shadowless Light One of the latest improvements in hospital equipment Is the invention of a shadowless light for the operating table. This has been secured by a fixture containing eight electric lights placed so that their rays meet at an agle of 45 degrees. This makes better vision possible in the examination of wounds and also eliminates the possibility of a delicate operation being hindered by the shadows of the surgeon’s hands, as is frequently the case with lights ordinarily placed. It is said that the shadowless light might lessen the number of accidents in many industrisO- establishments. ley and ignite the mammoth veins running throughout the Panther Creek valley. The fire had its origin directly west of Summit Hill, and was caused, it Is believed, by forest fires. The flames have been gradually spreading westward, and have destroyed millions of dollars* worth of coal. Daily Thought. Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. —Barria.

BUILDING t— i

ROAD ENGINEER IS ESSENTIAL Expert Points Out Reasons Why High, way Improvement Work Is Inefficient in Many Places. James Leland Stamford, a highway engineer who madp a nation-wiqe Investigation of road work for the national committee on prisons, which is interested in promoting road building by convicts, says in regard to the lack of efficient supervision of road work generally: “In 44 states county road work is carried on under the supervision of county commissioners; in other states It Is under the cojhtrol of the sheriff. These authorities iare not trained for their work and the road work is costly and inefficient. All counties carrying on road work should obtain the services of a counfy road engineer who Is acceptable to tl e state road authorities and able to vork in co-operation with them.” ROAD DRAG IS A NECESSITY - Split-Log Affair Was First, Cheapest and Easiest! Made—-Various Patent Types on Market. I Road building becomes more a Necessity and less la luxury every year, though the advance of the automobile in the farming’business is largely re-

I

Road Drag. sponsible for the awakening in the rural districts. T{he split-log drag was the first, cheapest and easiest made, that appeared iq the central West, and it is still popular. Various patent types have appeared on the market, the latest patent being granted on the drag Miown here. The angle of the ♦ • cutting blade may be varied by means of a lever.—Farming Business. IMPROVE ROADS TO SCHOOLS Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana Lead in Number of Schools and in ~ Better Highways. There are about 2,000 consolidated rural schools in the United States, with Massachusetts, Ohio and Indiana i in the van. It is significant to note that about one-third of the roads in these states have been improved. The boy or girl, wlio formerly stayed away from school because the road was a sea of mud, is transported In schoolwagons, which are sent out every day to gather up the children and to take them home again in the evening. All the children within a radius of several miles' are thus provided with modern school facilities. ROUNDED ROAD SHEDS WATER Big Essential Is Disposition of Surface Waller—Proper Drainage Is Solution of Problem. Good roadh means mainly disposing of the water. Nearly always a good dirt roajd can be made by proper drainage. The King-dragged road is easily made gnd sustained by running a split log or] plank drag over it when it is wet from a previous rain; The surface of this dragged road bakes and makes a roupded roadway that sheds water, stays] smooth and solid, and makes the bf st all-round highway on earth. j AID FOR YELLOWSTONE TRAIL Item of $5,000 In Government Appropriation Bill to Assist in Improv. IngjThat Highway. The government appropriation bill contains an item of $5,000 for the benefit of the Yellowstone trail, to assist in improving that transcontinental highway across the Standing Rock Indian reserva ion in South Dakota. This item is there because of the recognized value of the Yellowstone trail as a tran|contlne atal rosd, and the money that counties and states arid individuals are putting into the improvement of the road. Rattle and Sold,, The cattlo will soon be on pasture. One necessity is salt, and plenty of it. It should te conveniently placed, so the animal j can get it when they hoose. A lox full of salt kept under a shed is b ?st, .German Millet Seed. German millet requires nearly 100 days to mature and must be s<Kvn in > May, following corn, Much of the socalled Genian millet seed on the market is Hun ?arian or common millet or a mixture of them. Paint the Buildings. — ’ Utilize Sour leisure hours in spreading paint on the buildings. Paint greatly adds to their appearance and will materially help in preserving the wood. Keep Up the Milk Flow. To keep up the milk flow, use rye with clover or vetch, to furnish fall and spring pasture. Eating Up Profits. Butter-fat that is lost is what eats up the profits, /