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1 KX1U OJjIOjU, flfiflAAOAA, Uilifil IS If -fl n m m M I t 1 i;i llM y I znsS&f?Sss pjr w 'vviui v w vomsea uawa tr..".':,ir.jr:i: I'- I ' ' '""" ' '' " ' " i.ii.ii.ini.'Miiii.'iiiiiuiiigmny J JQmsmmxBszxB ACCOItDINQ to tlio oldest lilfltorl cal document relating to tlio subject, tlio Song or Deborah, tlio liiily who unt under a pnlm troo (Judges G), tlioro woro forty thou Hand moil cnpablo of bearing arms whon Muscn attempted to "personally conduct" tlio Isrnolltlo nation across tlio Klnal peninsula from Egypt to tlio promised land. Tlio Journey took nov um I yearn and not many of those who Htartcd lived to reach their doiitlna tlon. According to tho announcementa from Constantinople, Kaiser Wllholm wantB to Bond 500,000, or twolvo and one-half tlmoH an many fighting men from tlio promised land to Egypt, hut ho plana to do It In n few montlm. Thrf Ulttnl ponliiHUla, lying between EI Mn'nn, whero tho Gorman omporor purposes to inasa hla troopn, and tlio Huoz cntinl, Ih a placo practically with out wotor. Tlio Teutonic-Turkish plan, It lo nn ncuncod, la to form tho basin of this Htipromo attack upon Hue, at Aleppo. A pari of tho dlatanco from Coiistiiutl noplo doulitlosB may ho covered In a comparatively ahort tlmo. Aleppo 1b Hltuated In tho mldnt of tho great re cruiting fields of AHla Minor. Whero tlioro aro no railroads, thousands of labnrorn have hoeu crushing Hlono and paving tho way for tho hordo that la oxpocted to paHa that way. Over much of this distance great engineering worka havo boon going on for many yoara, and whllo wo havo no certain knowlodgo, It la likely that tho way to Damaacua haa boon made compara lively cany. Pilgrims' Railroad. Prom Damaacua to Medina, one of tho holy cities of Arabia, runa tho Ho Jax or pilgrims' railroad. It la a prl vatoly owned and privately oporated road for tho convenience of pllgrtma on tlmlr way to tho tomb or tho prophet and to Mecca, many dayn be yond, a dlatanco that muat bo covered by camel. Many wrltorB, apparently English Bympathlzora, feel certain that tho rolling stock or thla llttlo lino will not bo BuMclont to provide trnnsportn tlon for tho hundreds of thousanda of inon who aro to bo maimed at HI Ma'an, a station loss thnn 300 miles i ' ifrwfif JHfft'1 vMJEESmmmmmm $ DAMASCUS AND TIlC COOHT OF TtIL OKCAT riOipUtl distant from Damaacua. Perhaps tho Gonuans will bo ablo to overcomo this dllllculty and got tho G00.000 mon to Ma'an by tho commencement of opera tions In tho Bprlng, aa threatened. Whon thoy Icavo Ma'an, howovor, and start woatward that's a different story. Tho Arabian desort and tho Blnal ponlnaula aro bo llttlo known to Europo and America, excepting In re gard to their history and geographical position, that tho announcement In rogurd to marching n great number ot mon across to tho Suo canal and supplying them with food and drink by moans of motortrucks, sounds reason able Tho Arabian desert Is a barron land of mountains, hills nnd deep vnlloys. Porhnpa motor trucks could climb tho olovntlon, or pursuo tholr way through tho bowldcr-scattorcd valleys, but mo tors of tho dimensions now known can not pass along rocky trails, not moro than eighteen Inches wldo, and thero aro many bucIi on tho way from Ma'ah to Suez. Porhapa wldo dotoura would obvlato trying to pass, but with such a sun ns bcatn on tho Arabian desert (frequently 110 degrees) and n scarc ity or food and wnter, every nillo 1 a tromendously Important mntter in tho transportation of a half-million men. Precarious Undertaklno. Tho Israelites complained to Moso3 that they remembered tho cucumbers and tho molona of Egypt, as they at- lompteu to slriigglo along through this ..i..vu iu DiuihBiu iuuuk mrouBii mm wilderness. That was close to -1,000 years ago. Men havo beconio accuu- tomod to oven greater luxuries than 4tn ni,nllml.h.n I I ..A -. . . wiu .ui.uuimuib uiiii uiuiujis 01 I'jgypi in A. D. 11)10. It looks llko an Impossible, nnd ir not Impossible, a precarious tin dortaking. Even tho Teutonic allies themsolvc8 would not bo pleased with having 25 men of tho original G00.000 nrrlvo in Egypt. But In all theso 4,000 yoara tho naturo of tho couutry has not changed to any appreciable extont, oxcoptlng no doubt to becomo moro barren than It waa. Oases havo boon abandoned, whero thero woro palms, nnd trails havo been covered by tho drifting BidB. But mountains nnd valloys aro doubtloss nbout as thoy woro whon Mosea started out from (Egypt on Ws dlvlno mission. Ac cording to tho nowa reports, tho kaiser intrustg to Leopold of Bararla this $Pfo similar mission, and ho glvoa him a much more iiorloua taak to perform than that 'undertaken by Mosoa. Ilia men will ho stocked with provlslonH, no doubt, an tho Israelites could not havo been, but there nro twelve and one-half times iih many of them, and Instead of years, ho will bo expected to accomplish hla work In weeks, and bring hla men to Hue. In 11 htlng con dition for tho beginning ot their real oflcnslvo campaign In that region. And to combat their lighting strength they will bo mot by IiohIch or Abysslnlans, Indian troopa, (Ireal lirl tain and her European allies, who have mndo voyages In ships to tho ha tlolleld. Thun tho contemplated at tack on Suez seems to bo one or tho most tremendous moves or the present world war, and ono nover equaled In this territory whero men were lighting soon after they began to Inhabit tho earth. INVENTION OF STEAMBOAT Robert Fulton Given Credit Becauso Ho First Made Such Travel a Possibility. Kelenco follows tho custom of credit ing as tho "Inventor" of anything tho man who was first really successful In his Invention and ilrst made tho In vention a puictical thing. Kotiert Ful ton was tho first man to make steam navigation an everyday possibility and ronmierclal success, and ho Is there fore looked upon us tho father of stoma navigation. Itogardlug Sym ington, Fulton, and tho invention of tho steamboat, tho Encyclopedia Hrlt annlca states: "Tlio Ilrst practical steamboat was tho tug Charlotte Dun dan, built by William Symington and tried In tho Forth and Clydo canal in 181)2. Tho trial was successful, but nteam towing was abandoned for fear of Injuring tho bunks of tho canal. Ten yeani later Henry licit built tho Comet with nldo puddle wheels, which ran as a passenger steamer on tho Cldo, but an earlier Invention to fol low up Symlngton'B bucccsb was tho America, Kobort Fulton, who, nfter tin. succeasrul attompta on tho Solno, lit- ted a stenmor on tho Hudson In 1S07 with engines mado or his design by Houlton & Watt, and brought stonm navigation for tho Ilrst tlmo to com morclul success." ir wo traco the "In. volition" or tho stenmboat back, how ever, to tlio man who Ilrst drovo n boat with a steam engine ot his own invention, wo como to Donis Paplu, who in 1707 drovo a model boat with a steam onglno which ho had Invent ed, and who had In 1CJ0 proposed to nso the piston rod, or which ho waa tho inventor, to drive tho paddlo wheola of boats. Artificial Ears. Artificial cars aro so skillfully mado that thoy may with dllllculty bo dis tinguished from natural ones, bo it ia claimed. When tho person who has lost an ear applies to tho manufacturer for a substitute, tlioro is mado a mold of tho remaining ear. If there bo loft any part or tho other, a mold ot that part also must bo taken to assist in tho fit ting or tho artificial. Manufacturers assort thut no two eara aro alike, and that It takea a skillful work man to prepare an oar from tho mold or molds. When finished tho now car is pasted on tho stump, or simnlv set In Mm position of tho lost car, It Ir rnnllv only tho Ilrst artificial ear that is ox neiiHlvn tlin Miir , .....i-i.., i - - - -"" " )uiiiiiiiiiig 1 ,0 tno mn'l"& of tho mold. Vulcan- ,zo" rubber, which can bo bent mid lwl!,t0l,( nns ucon found to constitute ! tllfl llOP.t Tllflt.lflnl fnH I. 1.1 . tho host material for tho making of aitiflcial oars. Footrall for the Home. "Unless you spend less tlmo nnd wages in saloons I am going to tako advantage of a now law and havo you posted In tho BalootiB, and tlum'any saloonkeeper who gives you a drink will get In trouble." Hecordor Cain of llayonno, N. j., warned James Flan nngun. Mrs. Flannagan said her bus band nogloctod her for saloons. "Your husband might bo inducod to stay homo If you rigged up a brass footrall," suggested tho recorder. "Then ho could bring his boor homo and onjoy hlniBolf." Upon promlso to reform, Flannagan was dismissed. ir($rem&& FOLLOW NATURE AS Shutter Front It Is not the easiest thing in the world to so feed young chlckuiiH hb to bring them to tin early and perfect maturity and then to continue feeding thorn to produce eggs and meat in the greatest quantities. Too many people let tho chlckeiiB feed thcmBelvoB. Oth ers seem to think that a few batidfuls of corn thrown out night and morning Is sufficient. Unless confined in pens whero they cannot got at their natural food chickens will manage to survive on Indifferent feeding for a long time, hut If they aro to bo brought to a full stato of perfection and If thev aro to be made to produce till tho eggs possi ble nnd tip tho beam at market time at tho highest notch, a careful study of feeding is necessary. Tho natural food or fowls Is meat, seeds and grain, Tho meat they II ml In buga and worms and tho dry feed in tho seeds of grass and grain of the range, ir allowed free range and glv en access to this in sulllcieut quanti ties fowls will balance their own lo tions and perhaps get as good result:) as ir fed by hand. If thoy aro con fined the lack of meat must bo sup plied; but It must bo understood that animal matter in tho shape of meat meal, meat scraps or cut bono is dan gerous unless It is fed In conjunction with other food. It is extremely dangerous to give fowls too much of any concentrated food as it only renders them ravenous and unsatisfied, and in the end results In disoaao and death. Food must bo nutritious nnd to balanco tho bulk, dry matter and animal matter must bo of proper proportion to form Just the right combination to produce health and tho best conditions for laying and producing meat. As to the quantity to be fed thero can bo no fixed rule. Tho safe way is to ford liberally all that the flock Chicken Feed Trough With Cover Re moved. will eat up clean. It Is nover safe to cut down tho rations of growing birds until sorno feed Is left over every day. Of courso too much feed of tlio fat tening quality Is not good for laying hens becnuso thoy do not lay best when overfed, but this does not mean that they should bo starved. A well balanced ration consisting In tho main of corn, wheat und animal matter will keep n hen In tlno laying condition Wo do not bellcvo that a very lean hen Is tho best layer. To persona who are obliged to buy all tho feed for their flocks the ques- DANGEROUS FOOD FOR CHICKS Practice of Feeding Salt to Cause Early Molt Should Dc Avoided Unless Well Understood. Doubtlena thousands of persons who keep a few fowls and depond upon tho scraps from tho kitchen consti tuting tho greater portion of the food required to sustain them, aro unaware of tho danger there Is In feeding salt food to poultry. A very llttlo salt la known to bo healthrul for fowls, but If thoy re ceive moro than a very small portion, such as might be found in oversalted victuals, or in scraps Into which some accidentally spilled .ilt had been thrown, It will cause tho hens to die, or if not sufllclcnt to cause death, they will bo apt to molt and lose their feathers out of sensor, Somo poultrykeepers who under stand Just the quantity n hen can stand without damage, will feed a llt tlo salt early in autumn to causo tl hens to molt early, so aa to Jnstiro eggs during the cmiy winter mouths when eggs nro senrco This piactico is dan gerous unless thoroughly understood. Llttlo chicks should liao no bait at all until moro than half grown, In stances aro known whero chicks woro kept in a barrel laid on Its side, with tho lieu lusldo, nnd tho chicks all died within n fow hours. Investigation ro vealed tho fact that tho barrel used for a coop had been n salt barrel well cleaned, and yet tlioro wns enough salt loft to kill tho cntlro brood. Reason for Few Eggs. Ono reason why eggs nro not laid In tho winter months, ovon whoro thero aro pullota, is that tho summer sup ply ot worms, buga and Insects ia out off, and no meat substituto la given to tako their placo, Tho hen is an omnivorous feeder, requiring both meat nnd vegetables. inri CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE Poultry House. tlon la ono of great importance and many people v.lio have talsed poultry for years without keeping nccount of expenses, and then turned to a son Hlblo system of accounts, havo been surprised to learn that It cost them moro to keep their flocks than they lecelved fiom them. However, people aro learning how to manage poultry and even with grain at tho high prices j that have prevailed the last five years have been able to make a compnta lively good profit In poultry. For gi owing chickens a mixture composed of thtee pounds of wheat, three pounds of comment, meat con taining 50 per cent of digestible pro tein mixed with two pounds of finely cut clover or alfalfa makes an excel- k -4 .11 Chicken Feed Trough Accessible From Eoth Sides With Cover On. lent ration. Other grains at times may take the placo of wheat or com, although nothing will quite equul them. Of course in addition to grain and meat fow la must have plenty of grit, gianulatrd bono or wood charcoal nt all times. Green food In the shape of chopped alfalfa leaves or clover 1b es sential, particularly In the winter when tho birds do not haxe access to the range. This should be kept before tho chickens nt all times or It may bo fed in the grain mixture. Grit is absolutely necessary because chickens cannot digest tho food in their crops without it. For this pur poso ground oyster shells, coarse sand or ground rock may be used When at large chickens supply their own grit and it is not necessary to keep it before them except when thev are con lined. Tho dllllculty of keeping tho feed clean nnd dry during continued ex posure la nearly overcomo by using troughs with slntted sides and brond, dctachablo roofs. Build the troughs from six to ten feet long, with the sides five inches high. Tho lath slats aro two Inches apart, and the troughs aro sixteen Inches high from floor lo roof. Tho roofs project about two Inches nt the Bides and effectually keep out tho rain except when high winds prevail. Tho roof ia very easily remoed by lifting ono end and slid Ing It lengthwise The trough can then bo llllcil and tho roof drawn back without lifting It. This ariangement saves tho feed, keeping It In good con. dltion and avoiding waste The trough should be placed in a sheltered place out or reach of tho wind. BALANCED RATION FOR EGGS Wheat, Oats and Corn Make Gooo Scratching Feed in Litter Don't Overlook Green Feed. Ovorfut hens cannot lay fertilo eggs if thoy lay eggs at all. Corn is used as the principal feed by many fnrmers They do not utop to think that corn Is twelve partB fat-producing and ono part bono nnd muscle-producing. Whent Is a moie balanced ration? bo lug a little oer nine parts fat-producing and onu part bono and musclo producer With this Information we can sc that ono-thtid wheat, one-third oats and one-third corn in the cold est winter weather makes a grand scratching food (to throw among deep litter). Aa w either warms up roduro tho coin and with bran as tho basis or n ni.ish ted each day you will havo your rations well balanced, with tho ocop Hon of tlio meat and green foods, which must bo looked attcr by each in dividual. Ten per cent of your mnshes bhould coiihlst of animal food of somo nature. You cannot feed too much green succulent feed. If no beef scraps arc on hand, oil meul mixed with your mash each day will holp to tako tho placo of mcata. FEEDING THE SITTING HEN Besides Grain, Water, Grit, Etc., Fowl Must Be Kept Entirely Free From All Vermin. Grain nnd wnter should bo placed closo to tho nests or sitting hons, with grit, charcoal nnd green feod, so that thoy can bo induced to food regularly. And oxorclso tho greatest care in kooplng down llco. Uso insecticides liberally and regu larly. Lousy hons will mean lousy and dead chicks 6AM COMPLETE IN EVERY If Maximum Amount of Convenience Arranged For in Plan Shown Here. WELL WORTH CAREFUL STUDY Intending Builders Will Quickly See Points That Make Building So Desirable Two Silos Provid ed, as Cheaper Than Ono Largo One. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr Willlnm A. H.ulford will . nniwer lUFNtluns nnd kIvp advice KKi;i; OF COST on all HUbJicts peitiilnliiK to tho s'itJi'Ct of liulkllinf work un the (arm, (or the rcmkrn of this p.ipor. On account of his ulil j expert ni. as Kdltnr, Author unil Manufacturer, w Is, without doubt, tho hl!ir-t authority on nil thepe huIiJccIh. AiMu'hm nil InqtilrliH to William A. Hail fnril, No. ll?J I'r.ilrb nvnue, Chicago, III , and only Incluau two-ci ut Htamp for reply. Three different kinds of material aro used in tlm construction of tho largo and well-equipped dairy barn that Is Bhown hero. Tho foundations nro of concrete, the walls up to tho floor of tho haymow aic of structural tile, nnd the upper part of tho barn is framed. Concrete Is used almost universally for foundations now, no matterjiow tho rest or tho building Is built. Struc tural tile makes a most satisfactory wall for several reasons. Walls mado of this material aro very quickly built and tho ulr space In the tile forms nn effective Insulation against tempera ture chunges. Hecause of the nonab sorbent surface of vitrified tlio tho walls can be readily washed down and kept clean Tlio Is not biibject to de- cay and will therefore lnot Indefinitely, tho Biimo ns concreto. Tbo upper part of noaily all barns is built of frame becauso it ia so much cheaper than any other way of doing this work. The clear spaco between tho floor and the celling In eight feet six inches. It Is much better to havo too much head room than too little, especially In n large, well-built barn, which can bo kept wann vory easily. Thero Is another reason for building with plenty of rooi l. In this particular caso tho litter carrier runa out onto a crane that Is high enough above tbo ground so that tho uianuro can bo emptied directly Into tho manure spreader without all tho rausa that Is generally caused If the material Is placed in a pile nnd emptied into tho manuio spreader later. If tho ground is on a slope this process can bo car ried out very readily, but In some cases a slight depression is dug so that tl.o mnnuie spreader enn bo run Into this and lowored enough so that tho carrier will run on tho crano well over It. Tho crano Is shown In tho perspective and also in tho floor plan. The floor plan shown most complete ly tho extonslvo and woll-doslgncd ven tilating system. Tho intakes aro placed In tho structural tilo wall and tun over tho cowa and let tho frosh air In nbove their heads. Tho air Is then carried back across tho animals nnd goes out through the foul-air shafts back of tho rattle, from whcio It Is carried in flues up along tho wall and along under tho roof to tho ven tilators on the peak. Tho dotted lines In tho floor plan show tho arrange ment, with Its vailous parts. Tho faclng-ln arrangement Is used In this plan, but it could bo easily changed to tho facing-out stylo if do sired. Such a change would also In volvo a chnngo In tVjo ventilating sya- ixz titnfrr"ff TirmTi 4to.i.ajj BETO .j Lii jiiMtto wn S-fcte lfc!ae4 a -I j-rrri I f" grflaHNlBaP- 'lilQ- CfTTJuRJWi tcrtt imi at HUlftMTMbfl Stable Floor Plan of Remodeled Dairy Concreto Bridge Over Root am An,t nrmifrl mnln flln Inlota tinffrnr tho wall and tho out-takes In the cen tral part of tho 8tablo. Tha trac: would liut havo to bo changed In any way however, ao tho switclius mak It possible to run the carrier on any of tho tracks from any of the other trackB. Tho floor plan clearly showa tho construction nnd arrangement of tho track, with all tho necessary awitchoa. i All tho Interior finishings and wnlla of tho barn should bo as smooth aa possible, bo that the barn can bo wnshed down with cold water each day. All tho stanchions aro generally made of enameled Iron or Japanned Iron, so that the water will not li.ivo any effect on them. Two silos aro included In the plan for this barn. In many instances the owner may dccldo that It would bo better to build ono largo silo, but very ofion It Is cheaper to build two small er ones. Tho higher tho nllo goes the more it costs per toot to build it, and very otten It la much cheaper, if care fully figured out, to build two silos that do not go very tar above tho ground. Tho feeding Is generally very easy In cither caso. Ono of tho details ot a barn that Is vory Important la tho typo of hanger that la to bo used on tho sliding doors. In n largo bam such as this onu tlioro aro qulto a fow sliding doors, and tho best quality of mntorlal should be UBcd, or thoy will bo a nuisance. Tho kind Hint is chosen Bhould have a cover over tho track bo as to protect it from tho action of the weather and also keep tho birds out or it. It should bo strong enough bo Hint there will bo no tendency to sag or break. Llttlo things llko this aro often con sldorod unimportant, but If a farmer had a door break down during very cold weather and had to nail It In po sition to keep his stock warm until ho could fix it, ho would bo much mora likely to consider such llttlo things of Importance aftorward. Tho floor plan shows nil the equip ment that la necessary to do all the work in the stable. For Instance-, hydrants nro placed In tho stablo to handle tho cleaning. This is a good plan, becauso tho stablo will bo warm enough bo that thero will bo vory llttlo danger of tho hydrants freezing, as thoy might if they wero on 'the out side. Tho Btudy or thin plan will bo worth whllo to any man that Is interostod In tho best modem practice In tho ar rangement of dairy stables for the maximum amount of convenlcuco. Undeslrablo Erzerum. Erzeruru, tho ancient Armenian cltr which tho Itussiana havo taken from tho Turks, Is, from tho European point of vlow, ono of tbo moat undoslrabla places of residence upon earth. It stands moro thnn 6,000 feet nbovo tho sea, and in winter tho temperature falls to 20 degrees bolow zoro, whllo In tho passes by which it is approached ' ragea tho Tlpl, a torriblo blizzard. Hut Erzerum la at Ita worat Ih sum mer, owing to tho appalling lack ot sanitation. Mr. Hepworth, an Amort can clergyman, who wns tlioro aftor tho Armenian massacres of 1890. found() oven nn open gutter only In ono or f two thoroughfares. Tho pcoplo sim ply pile their rcfuso of all kinds on tho pavomont boforo their houses, which haa long becomo Invlalblo: and mortality Is bo heavy that or 12 chll dren, a common family, It la lucky it elx Burvlvo. London Chronicle. On Trial. "Tho trial Judgo Bays wo must havo evening- sesslona to oxpedlto mnttera." "Good gracloiiB," exclaimed tho beau, tiful nctresa. "And I haven't a alngle flvcnlng gown." Tho oil contnlned In onions Is on onemy of tho germs that causo colds, therefore, there Is a good reason for tho argument that eating raw onions will euro colds. u-"rhi '' iu Barn. Upper Floor Is Reached by Cellar at Far End of Barn. if MSElfin. J'lt'r MM:fr- 'tjj j 1 B x-0arjjj- HAitis: r ftp r np A C 1 r. f ? IV A R r It hi r it m i "ti Wnkail fe.WI& u.iM 1 .