HEADS NATIONAL TRADE BODY Harry A Wheeler ot the t'nion Tn -t aiapaar and ex president of The • trczgo Association of Commerce, has l«een unanimously elected president ot tin* National Chamber of Commerce. This committee consists of twenty fire members from all sections of tbe > ruled States, and will be the gov • rn.nc body of the association, having tutrg* of practically all executive matters Cnd» ihe organisation tbe National Chamber of Commerce of the Cnlted States will consist of more than 600 delegates from commercial organlza >uoi of every character. Including < hampers of commerce, boards of trades, commercial clubs, merchants and u.anuafcturers associations, and national associations representing sev eral commercial interests. The by-laws of the new organization provide for methods ot disclosing ' ■ h rough a system of referendum, the commercial opinion or tne I nited - » d f.e»' »h,H» are d-etced by the directorate to be of national •«.*». a tic- •-.«* lij'.r!. of .rely lex at r.terest will be within the scope of «. 'rtet « tli. o-e»• tattoo. and the directors state that "the power aad it. •! -- M * •«.!. will tie plated behind any proposition when a Mln-uii.. b or. of he *~otrtii ■* al associations of the l otted States have Whsrws tWsMdtH to he ia agrera.ect " The H*m of the itshhr Isrlud* The establishment of a permanent cen tra «*•-■«■ !• .V een in effect in . ■ -tul u. - c inn aitiiring nations as Great Britain and CI i iamj. where The rdsttott of the «MMI lal t-odtes w ith each other and the (»rrrtB.«t are dwse The Hwiii rt. sere mthdriwt to apply for a federal incorporation for the ««-cawtx*ttwa ! HAILED AS FRIEND OF PEACE Tar Japanese legation la Pekin gave a aaaor the other «*• ta hahor at t hanes » Ehat p emeu? emeritus M Harvard anivcrslt.* lr welcoming tfc« feoiar. KofckrM M.zuno. charge till ire*, aa-d 'hr Kitot aa ptteddant of Haivard itj rendered remarkable aerr Pes te» Japan by beCuttg to educate t a- f ta* Japan*** »ta e-:uec. nho regenerated (Mr country. I a a: glad it ki* • tha* aa enthusiastic recep I'ta i* sua.'isg Hu in Japan, and ! am gUd that he * going by way o Maothuete aad Korea He thaa mil! •ar tatcr. aa they art call? are. In I m>r tear year* of eon*j!ar service :n ha. erect I heard adverse mnnsauat the J apaaea* activities an l eater prt. « ai Manchuria and Korea Tl»*->e etie mi » were based on eaaue-ptmaadlass aid tt-UrepresetiTa- i #a» tt* »ntm+ trltMaai. but we I daakr* it ta be baaed oa farts and * • *» *i«. I do hot think may one has 7* ***** **••■••* iftivinn dimply because they are Japanese. *** >^> ^ abiinrer like Dr. Kttot biust the removal ° ‘:il’■’ * *" l**0*'5" » mi-under, tandings of our activities in Manchuria 1 * ' -.ut^essioc, ana ' rtticioms arc most welcome Japan's national Ideal Is K Unite the two vast streams of oriental and occidental «• atiaea than contributing to the welfare *of humanity. "us i'lnt io i Eliot, the ■ age o.‘ Cambridge America's grand old. hash ” ** f*apa*tt«g Or. DM said to part, speaking for the Carnegie Eounela tion: “The CnraogSe Fksafntim does not contemplate a sudden disarmament. ' " • <*o*ae guaranty aga'ns idden invasions or the cutting .4f at loud Mptiilew armies and navies will be necessary The Foundation estats for the stodging and gathering of accurate information on the forces gf—iminm grace The majority of Atrericana do not sympathize with ill ln 1 ’ - l ' : *~r- Aic’r ie and reliable information about ^ 1 • - feed The Fo -idation hopes for the establishment or *'* *- * - •' »h’tc a: ■ .’.-sarT. enforce its decisions by armed dorr* “ CZAR AVERSE TO MONGOL WAR ! I* ‘S stated in high official circles a- K- s-u does not contemplate the annexation c: Mongolia and dc?s not <>ven sire to see it established as a • aSer state. On the contrary. Russia -hat Chinese suzerainty is best u. the Mongols, who are unaccus tomed :o -el! government and are ig norant of statecraft. i ca'iH .. P -V o: re ned information that Chinese are be n ■'*:-.*£ u Tibet -*0 ! d.a by iht u,a«!s and that those remaining are l -tag r as *«fd b; H TP - tan Prac.:nent authorities lielieve that there is .. . - • .■ » *-ec - v.dmovement in ou'er Mongolia and that i*i Tibet lujtfc «»».:ntn— are under the spirit tal authority of the Dalai Lama, a-*i ■’ the P.uudt ’ :•••« ii»u Ti. - Mongols arise freouent pilgrimages to Tibet *o worst ■ * - Lai L: . -a and Ta :bi I.arra. who are regarded as re lu< ..rut'tabs .• 3d!.*. CROWN PRINCE SHIRKS DUTY? 1m article attacking the crown pmrc Car aaclert of atataiy duties. » win « is attracting great attention. ! being reproduced tn many leading •ewspspm appeared originally in lie T-jerr.ee. a monthly review, ac cording to a Kcritn dispatch It was wrifea by iterr tJcenrber von Vie brocge. n retired taftccr. The article observej that up to :s« 1 tin.” -Sen Hie l.atncr appointed bis \ hetr to tbe roiotielcj ol Ibe famous | Death’s ’lead iimatars at Danzig Ian Ketxt mber tfce crows prince bad never does »tr military service worth men- i donut*. K teas hoped that the com- ■ asM would at last flit tbe prince, in ' wbnse vela* the flood of so many 1 w amors Sowed, with genuine en thusiasm fair the profession of arms. ‘T’p to the precent. however." con tbiss the arcJeie. "the hopes aroused kjr the irar. er to Danzig bare re island uttfzltnled Tbe crown prince •eed. om eight ask when he is at the head of his regiment at all. Ii—Wdteteit alter ni* pppolnticent the august young gentleman went trarefitg tor four weeks. ; nntipally to hunt. Soon alter his return we saw hia » Her!:- : ; ot=etime= :n the reichs'.ag. where he attended the Morocco tfehctr*; go: fires at the fyirg grovr.ds. GOOD MANAGEMENT OF EWES IS OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE Exposure to Cold and Lack of Milk Causes Estimated Loss of 35 to 40 Per Cent of Lambs—Shelter Mast be Provided on High, Well Drained Land— Feeding Hastens Growth. I— -1 An Excellent Breeding Ewe. I By J. M. BELL.) The chief losses to the flock during the lambing season are from cold and exposure and from lack of milk. The first cause can be remedied by proper shelter and the latter by adequate and nutritious food for the ewes at this I critical season. It may safely be estimated that from 35 to 40 per cent, of the loss of lambs occurs from the above causes. To remedy them to a great extent is in the reach of the sheepman. Regarding the question of proper shelter, the farmer must have his built on high, well-drained land; must have it well protected on the north east and west, and must be particular to give his flock sufficient room for a damp, over-crowded shelter is al most, or just as bad, as none at all. and the losses of lambs will be nearly as heavy as where the flock are not ; housed, but left to shift for them selves. V.'liere sheep are crowded in this way the ewes will drop their lambs outside of the shelter, and when this occurs in cold weather the little fel lows die of cold and exposure before ; they are strong enough to suck. Too many have the idea that the wool of the sheep provides all the protection needed. In reality, sheep are about the most tender of the vari ; ous kinds of stock, and were it not for the liberal protection provided by Nature more protection would be nec essary than for any other stock; hence the ewes should have comfortable quarters—warm, but not too close— and liberally supplied with clean, dry bedding to prevent dampness and to insure cleanliness. Confine the sheep every night, es pecially if the weather is disagreeable. ; and when the lambs begin to arrive keep the ewes that have dropped lambs separate from the flock. Build a dog-proof fence around the sheep yard, and under the shed parti tion oft a place for the young lambs to go in. Have a trough for them I and by the time they are two weeks ; old they will eat cracked corn and : oats. This feeding will hasten rapid growth and at the same time will make them more independent of their . darns. Good feeding troughs should I also be provided for the ewes. This brings us to the all-important subject of what sort of a ration the ewes should have just before and after lambing time; In fact, until spring grass comes. Just here let us take the case of a sheep owner whose loss of both lambs and ewes Wras very heavy during last winter and spring. The loss of ewes was 25 per cent.: that of lambs 37 per i cent. Before lambing the Jock was fed cut fodder and timothy hay; after lambing their ration was bran and cut fodder, no succulent food, or food that contained enough protein to pro duce the amount of milk necessary for the lamb after it was born. The man said: “If I had had 500 bushels of turnips I should have saved my sheep and lambs also.” It is a great mistake to fe«l sheep merely timothy hay or corn fodder before and after lambing time. Many of the heaviest losses can be prevented if C3re Is given to the ration, as It is an exceptional case where a ewe has not sufficient milk to at least keep her lamb alive if she has been prop erly fed a month before lambing. The feed need not be expensive, nor necessarily succulent" although that is a great advantage; but it should be rich in protein, palatable, digestible and given in liberal amounts and at regular intervals, twice a day. Clover, cow peas or soy bean hay. corn silage, turnips, sugar beets, and some well cured (not moldy) corn fodder may constitute the greater por tion of the bulky ration, together with a grain ration of corn, oats, bran, and a small percentage of linseed oil meal or cotton seed meal. It is best to mix these grains to- ! gether. but If any a.-e to be fed alone let it be oats. Corn alone will prove unsatisfac- ' tory, as it has a tendency to weaken the lambs and lessen the flow of milk. Be sure to have sufficient feeding room, as the danger from crowding ! and pushing when ewes are heavy with lamb is very great and likely to cause some cases of abortion. In conclusion it may be said that every dead lamb or ewe means a loss of about five dollars to the owner, and it behooves him to give the best at tention to his flock during the lamb ing season. DAIRY PLANS OF DANISH FARMER Great Aim Is to Seep Larzesl Number of Efficient Cows Possible on a Given Area. The aim of the Danish farmer is to keep the largest number of efficient cows possible on a given area, a cow to 214 acres or less. Enough young I stock is raised to keep the herd sup plied with cows. From their feeding of oil cake and . meal and the stall feeding of green crops, an immense amount of manure of fine quality is made, and with their careful methods of husbanding the sol ids ir. a covered manure pit and the liquids in a cistern, and applying in small quantities at frequent Intervals during the rotation, the producing pow er of their land is increasing from year to year. Tbe price of cows is from $S0 to $90. Only the best heifers are raised and with the record of the dam and the quality of the sire known, their selection is comparatively simple. The soiling crops used are rye. oats and peas, oats and vetch and clover : and grass. These are hauled to the barn and fed green, or pastured off by tethering the cows along the edge. In the cool European countries the soiling season of the crop is much longer. The cows are seldom turned to pasture in Denmark, but tethered by means of a halter on the head and a rope or chain twelve to twenty feet long, which is attached to a ten-inch pin driven into the ground. Water is hauled twice a day to the tethered cows. Many small dairymen take the cows to the stable to be milked three times a day. The cows are moved five times a day from three to six feet depending upon the amount of feed. Thus the crops are grazed off even when two or three feet high without waste from tramping. This is the Dane's chief point of economy in the summer feed. Practically no grain is fed while the cows are on grass. A few dairymen feed a little oil cake to their best milkers. They are stabled all winter, fed all the straw they will eat and on the av erage of four pounds of hay, 40 to 100 pounds of roots and about six pounds of grain per day, consisting of oil cake, bran, barley and oats. EXCELLENT USE FOR FRESH BONES Best Plan la toRnnThem Thronsh Cutter for the Poultry or Sell Them to the Local Dealer. __ For fresh bones the best use is to run thfeai through a bone cutter for the poultry or sell them to the local dealer for the same purpose. Some times there appears no market or use for old bones, and with these the fol lowing plans may be tried. The result will still be rather coarse, but good for vines and trees. Bones and fresh wood ashes are placed in alternate layers, making the first and last layer of ashes, until the barrel is full. The whole is kept slightly moist. After three or four months the mass may be turned OTer once a month for three months, when it will be ready for use. Another method is to mix them with a quarter of their weight of clay, keep ing the whole moist with urine or | stable liquor for three or four months, j A third method is to place the bones j in the barrel with a layer of soil at j the bottom^ and drench them with a i hot solution of lye. mixed in the pro portion of one pound of potash lye to four pounds bones. This should be covered with soil and stirred occasion ally for four or five weeks. The mois ture may then be turned out to dry. Grading Up a Herd. If the milk of the entire herd Is rather low in butter fat, a sire from a strain having a good record for but ter-fat production should be secured. Careful breeding is the only effective method of raising the average richness of herd milk. The process Is some what slow, but, if promptly begun, very encouraging results can be real ised after the second year. Each suc cessive year will add to the value of the herd and to the satisfaction of the owner. Training Tomatoes. To insure nice, smooth fruit, to matoes must be grown on stakes. We all admire a man who says just what he thinks—about other people. Red Cross Bill Blue, all blue, best bluing value in the whole world, makes the laun dress smile. Every man has some good In him, but sometimes it takes & lot of coax ing to bring it out ‘•That horrible weather"—how pleasant It really is when you are well! liarrield Tea helps always. Cure for Insomnia. “Dibble says he can't sleep." “He ought to read the war news from Mexico." ff - Innuendo. ‘What's Cbolly so angry about?" “Oh, some rude girl asked him if he was a suffragette.” Surgeon in Ancient Times. High honorariums were paid sur geons in ancient times. When Dar fus, the son of Hystaspes, sprained his foot Damocedes was called in. an other surgeon of renown having failed to effect a cure. Damocedes was suc cessful. and the king took him to his harem and Introduced the doctor to the ladies of the court. The ladies filled a vase of gold with money and precious pearls, which a eunuch was ordered to carry to the doctor. The eunuch let fall the vase, and the care ful historian tells us that slaves gath ered up the pearls. The Largest Bells. “Great Paul,” the hell of SL Paul’s Cathedral, in London, weighs nearly 17 tons and is nearly 30 feet around. The first “Big Ben” of Westminster was cast more than 30 years ago and weighed more than 14 tons. But “Big Ben” had a crack and was cast over, t losing some weight, and the clapper was made smaller, now being about 600 pounds instead of a ton. The great bell, “Peter of York,” cost $10.- i 000, weighs about 13 tons and is 22 feet in diameter. The largest banging bell in the j world is in the great Buddhist monas tery rear Canton. It is 18 feet in height and 40 feet in circumference, being cast in solid bronze. This is one : of the eight monster bells that were cast by command of Emperor Yung Lo about A. D. 1400. It cost the lives j of eight men. who were killed in the ' process of casting. FOUGHT HIS WAY TO FREEDOM The Emperor of Rome Admired the Courage and Pluck of Caractacus. One of the most unique captives ever brought home to Rome by Julius Caesar was Caractacus of the early Britons. This great chief lost every thing in fighting to drive out the Romans and was taken prisoner with his wife and children. When brought before the Roman emperor the proud ruler of the primitive people never showed the least fear. His arms were chained, and the emperor roared to try to frighten Caractacus, but the brave chief never so much as quaked. Instead he looked the monarch in the eve and said: “You fight to gain the whole world and to make everybody your slaves. I fought to keep my own land and for freedom.’* The great courage the chief showed finally touched the heart of the em peror, and the ruler of the Romans resolved to see if Caractacus would be as brave when facing warriors. On one of the great holidays In Rome Caractacus was taken to the great open-air amphitheater where the popu lace gathered. He was told that if he could defeat the bold knight that would be sent against him he could go back to his home. Caractacus fought as he never had before; for some thing sweeter than his life was at stake—that of his wife and children. Justice seemed to haw tempered the metal of his weapons, and when he struck the strong armor of his antag onist gave way before his fearful blows. The result was that Caractacus and his family returned to Britain and to happiness. her Little Ring. Mary had a little ring; 'twas given by her beau; and everywhere that Mary went that ring was sure to go. She took the ring with her one day. when she went out to tea. where she might display it to the girls, who num bered twenty-three. And when the girls all saw that ring, they made a great ado, exclaim ing. with one voice: “Has it at last got around to you?” Occasionally we meet a man who would rather work for a living than get into politics The dyspeptic should choose car# fully what he chews carefully. GanicM lea is unequalled either as ai occasional or a daily laxative. Some people impress us as being too polite to get all that's coming u them. Stop the Pain. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops wher Cole's Carboiisalve is applied. It heals quickly and prevents scars. 25c- and 50e bj druggists. For free sample write u J- W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis Impolite. “Why wouldn't you put out youi tongue for the doctor this morning Karl?" “Oh, Emmy, I couldn't I don't know him well enough.”—Fliegendt Blaetter. New York Journalists. “Here’s a man who claims to under stand birds.” “Well?” “Can’t we feature It?" “We might.” replied the editor o! the Xew York paper, “if it were played up properly. Send him out to get an interview with the first robin, and let's see what he makes of it.” All Ha Wanted Wat Just Plain Eggs A youth entered one of the “ham and-row” cafes on Grand avenue and ordered eggs. “Up or over?” asked the man behind the counter. “I just want eggs.” replied the prospective diner. “But do you want them up ot over?” repeated the waiter, and again the guest asserted that he desired “only eggs.” The third time the party of the second part Insisted on his query, whereupon the patron, with a sigh of despair, said “I guess I’ll take a steak."—Kansas City Star. Milky Way Causes Glaciers. Another suggested cause of glacial periods Is that they have been due to the shifting of the milky way, such as is known to have occurred. Assuming that much of the earth’s heat comes from the stars, Dr. Rudolf Spitaler finds that the change of position in re lation to the milky way might have given a different distribution of tem perature from that existing at the present time. The stars are not only crowded in the region of the milky way. but many of them are of the hot test type. If You Like a Little Quiet Fun Ask some pompous person if Grape-Nuts Food helps build the brain. Chances are you get a withering sneer and a hiss of denunciation. Then sweetly play with the learned toad. Ask him to tell you the analysis of brain material and the analysis of Grape-Nuts. “Don’t know? Why, 1 supposed you based your opinions on exact knowledge instead of pushing out a conclusion like you would a sneeze." “Well, now your tire is punctured, let’s sit down like good friends and repair it.” The bulky materials of brain are water and albumin, but these things cannot blend without a little worker known as Phosphate of Potash, defined as a “mineral salt" One authority, Geohegan, shows in his analysis of brain, 5.33 per cent total of mineral salts, over one-half being Phosphoric Acid and Potash combined, (Phosphate of Potash) 2.91 per cent Beaunis, another authority, shows Phosphoric Acid and Potash (Phosphate of Potash) more than one-half the total mineral salts, being 73.44 per cent in a total of 101.07. Analysis of Grape-Nuts shows Potassium and Phos phorus (which join and make Phosphate of Potash) is considerable more than one-half of all the mineral salts in the food. Dr. Geo.W. Carey, an authority on the constituent elements of the body, says: “The gray matter of the brain is controlled entirely by the inorganic cell-salt. Potassium Phosphate (Phosphate of Potash). This salt unites with albumin and by the addition of oxygen creates nerve fluid or the gray matter of the brain. Of course, there is a trace of other salts and other organic matter in nerve fluid, but Potassium Phosphate is the chief factor, and has the power within itself to attract, by its own law of affinity, all things needed to manufacture the elixir of life.” '< Further on he says: “The beginning and end of the matter is to supply the lacking principle, and in molecular form exactly as nature furnishes it in vegetables, fruits and grain. To supply deficiencies—this is the only law of cure.” Brain is made of Phosphate of Potash as the principal Mineral Salt, added to albumin and water. Giape-Nuts contains that element as mors them one-half of all its mineral salts. Every day’s use of brain wears away a little. FROM THE EDITOR. He Forgot That He Had a Stomach Talking of food, there is probably no professional man subjected to a greater, more wearing mental strain than the responsible editor of a modern newspaper. To keep his mental faculties con stantly In good working order, the editor must keep his physical powers up to the highest rate of efficiency. Nothing will so quickly upset the whole system as badly selected food and a disordered stomach. It there fore follows that he should have right food, which can be readily as similated. and which furnishes true brain nourishment. “My personal experience in the use Of Grape-Nuts and Postum,” writes a Philadelphia editor, “so exactly agrees with your advertised claim as to their merits that any further ex position in that direction would seem to be superfluous. They have bene fited me so much, however, during the five years that I have used them that I do not feel justified in with holding my testimony. “General ‘high living,’ with all that the expression implies as to a generous table, brought about indi gestion. in my case, with restless ness at night and lassitude In the morning, accompanied by various pains and distressing sensations during working hours. “The doctor diagnosed the condi tion as ‘catarrh of the stomach.’ and prescribed various medicines, which did me no good. I finally ‘threw physics to the dogs,’ gave up tea and coffee and heavy meat dishes, and adopted Grape-Nuts and Postum as the chief articles of my diet. “I can conscientiously say, and I wish to say it with all the emphasi3 possible to the English language, that they have benefited me as med icines never did. and more than any other food that ever came on my table. “My experience Is that the Grape Nuts food has steadied and strength ened both brain and nerves to a most positive degree. How it does it I cannot say, but I know that after breakfasting on Grape-Nuts food one actually forgets he has a stomach, let alone ‘stomach trouble.’ It Is. in my opinion, the most beneficial as well as the most economical food on the market, and has absolutely no rival." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. buppose your kind of rood does not contain Phosphate of Potash. How are you going to rebuild today the worn-out parts of yesterday? And if you don’t, why shouldn't nervous prostration and brain-fag result? Remember, Mind does not work well on a brain that is even partly broken down from lack of nourishment. It is true that other food besides Grape-Nuts contains varying quantities of Brain food Plain wheat and barley do. But in Grape-Nuts there is a certainty. And if the elements demanded by Nature, are eaten, the life forces have the needed material to build from. A healthy brain is important, if one would “do things’’ in this world. A man who sneers at “Mind” sneers at the best and least understood part of himself. That part which some folks believe links us to the Infinite. Mind asks for a healthy brain upon which to act, and Nature has defined a way to make a healthy brain and renew it day by day as it is used up from work of the previous day. Nature’s way to rebuild is by the use of food which supplies die things required. “There’s a Reason” for Grape-Nuts POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, LIMITED, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, U.S. A.