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SWITZERLAND'S NEW PRESIDENT Dr. Giuseppe Motta, who has been vice-president of the Swiss ('onfedera tion and head of the financial depart ment, has been elected presid,.nt, be ing the first Italian to head the little republic He was born at Airolo, in the canton of Ticino (the Italianspeak ing canton of the republic) in the year ls71 and studied law at the univor sities of Fribourg. Munich and Hleidel berg. In IS55 he started his practice as a lawyer in his native village and in the same year he was elected dep S - i uty of the state council. .. In 1S99 he became a representa tive of his canton in the national council. As chief of the Catholic SConservative party of his canton he immediately began to play a promi nent role in politics, and when, in De cember, 1911, after the death of one of the members of the federal council, he became a candidate for that office, lie also received the undivided support of the radical party of thb canton of L Ticino. The young magistrate assumed from the beginning the responsible ) burden of the federal finances The office of president of the Swiss confederation provides by no means a a lucrative income, compared with the high salaried government positions I in this country. Up to two years ago the yearly income of the chief magis- I trate of the republic amounted to $3,000 only, and it was then raised to a $4,000, which sum Is now considered a very good salary. In this respect it I must, however, be remembered that the president continues to live quietly and without any official pomp in his private residence. The high position he occupies as head of the Swiss confederation calls for no expensive social I obligations. Democratic Switzerland is a stanch believer in simple and true democracy. HUSSEIN, SULTAN OF EGYPT The new sultan of Egypt, Prince Hussein Kamel, is a brother of the Khe dive Tewfik and an uncle of the de posed Khedive Abbas II. He is a son of that magnificent Ismail, so beloved of the De Lesseps and the money bro kers, who bankrupted his country to build the canal for the English to in hert, with the idea of making Cairo another Paris. He was a young man when his father was deposed and forced to leave the country. He went with him into exile and brought him back to Cairo for burial in 1895. Like his father and his brother, Prinace Huassein was educated in Paris, where he came under the fascinating sway of the Empress Eugenle. Ismall seated himself upon the khedival throne by arranging the "accidental" death of the other heir, but Hussein has learned the more "civilized" meth ed of intrigue. He is an accomplished Parlisian getleman, whose pronounced 1Dglish sympathies can be tolerated as harmless, since the British have placed themselves in a position to make say Prench influence in Egypt Innocuous. It can be taken for granted that he will be an obedient tool in the hands of the high commissioner for Egypt, Limet. Col. Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, who goes to Egypt after having served as foreign secretary of India for three years. Prince Husseln has undoubtedly been a faithful ally of the British secre tary, Mr. Milne Cheetham, whom Lord Kitchener had to leave in charge at Cairo when Mr. Asquith unexpectedly besought him to become secretary of war. ALL BULLETS MISS HIM Old Count von Haeseler, the re tired German field marshal, is playing a unique role in this war. Some twenty years ago military men, both German and foreign, were accustomed to look to him as leader of Germany's armles in the event of a war, as he had acquired a great reputation as a strategist. But the war did not come in time to give him his great opportu nity. He had fought through three wars-against Denmark in 1864, against Austria in 1866, and against France in 1870, but he was then too young to attain high rank, and when the present war broke out he was too old to command an army. Though he was approaching his seventy-ninth yCr, he went to the kaiser, it is said, and begged permis sion to accompany the troops into France, pleading humorously that he had lost a rib there in 1870 which he wanted to find. Haeseler got the kaiser's consent and for weeks he was following the German armies, astonishing the soldiers wilt his uatter contempt of danger. It has repeatedly occurred that the count has ridden in the firing line of the infantry while making an attack. The men were advancing only by rushes and leaning loew to the ground; but Haeseler would ride calmly forward with his attendant, the target of French rifles; and at times he was even fired upa by machine guns and cannon without being bhit. In this way a super utitlous tradition has found foothold among the soldiers as to the old marshal belag supernaturally bulletproof. ' YOUTHFUL ADMIRAL DEWEY On the occasion of Admiral Seorge Dewey's seventy-seventh birth day Secretary Dalnels and all his aides and bureau and division chiefs called a the veteran sea-ghter to congratu- . lt. him, and Mr. Daniels remarked to him: "I hops you feel as young as you "I am young yet," responded Ad ali Dewey, aquickly. "I do not in tend to be outdone by my friend and eighbor, ex-Senator Henry Gassaway alvio of West Virginia. who is ninety two. Davis comes home from work at Ive o'clock In the afternoon and 1 . ask hlim why he works so late. He edplalas that be had a great deal more to do, but he quilt early to give the h tas i the oliee a rest "Now and then I meet Davis and be says, 'Admiral. we must see more Seacheb other as the days go on.' I sy 'Yes,' and then Davis calls at nine o'clock in the evening, and w tmte servant dtells him that I have retired for the night, he goes away . arang because I went to bed so early. "But, Mr. Secretary. I get up every morning at five o'clock. I doubt if u of these gentlemen here can say as much. I am a hard worker, but plenty of sleep." ~D Daels ree sled the fact that Admiral Dewey was appointed "dat A aplis by Secretary Dobbin, a North Carolinian. -, . s, wered Adrsl Diewey, "sad I am proud of it I have been evrcj · me - GET RID OF THE HOG LICE AND CHOLERA ;c i X. t" : " ' F-..-,.: , i, "7. - Healthy Sowad t e. ...:l: ·c.. ..-. Health :o ·id iter (1ly H. M. COT'TRELT: ) Hog cholera is severe again in many large districts. Get rid of the lice on your hogs. Dr. A. T. Peters, a veteri narian of national reputation, has had a wide experience with hog cholera. He says that there is much smaller loss from cholera in those herds that are free from lice. When a hog is lousy the lice make him unthrifty and out of condition and he is easily susceptible to disease. The weak, lousy hog gets the cholera and lice spread the disease from him to the hogs that sleep with him. Feed is high and is likely to be higher. A lousy hog is unthrifty and does not nake the gains from his :eed that are made by hogs free from lice. Many herds of young shotes are not making money from their feed because they are lousy. Lice retard fattening and injure the health of _reeding sows. Get rid of the lice. An easy way to get rid of lice when they are not too thick on hogs is to set a number of short posts in the yard or field where the hogs run and wrap these posts with old gunny sacks. Once a week soak the sacks with either crude oil or coal oil and MANNER OF FASTENING WIREi Simplest, Easiest and Cheapest Way I Is by Encircling Post With Wire of Smaller Size. There are numerous methods of at-. taching wire fencing to concrete posts. Some makers place staples or wire loops in the green concrete; oth ers make holes in the posts. The former method is n,? desirable be cause the fastener cannot be located exactly where the wire of the fencing will come when the post is set in the ground; then, too, the fastener will eventually rust or break off and will thus injure the looks of the post. On c e -/ * e -. Wire Fastenings. ° the other hand, holes through the posts weaken them and therefore this 0 method is, in general, unsatisfactory. The simplest, easiest, and cheapest way of fastening a wire fence to a concret.. post is by encircling the post with a wire one size less than the 0 corresponding wire in the fence prop er and by twisting this wire around the strand of the fence wire, and the free end is then carried around the post and twisted on the other side to the same wire. The latter method is known as "the Western Union twist." Either plan is good, but care must be taken to draw the fastening h wire tight, or else stock trying to get through the fence may loosen it. MEANING OF THOROUGHBRED Word in Strictest Term Means Eng lish Race Horse-Pure-Bred is What Is Often Meant The more common of the terms used to indicate lineage are thorough bred, pure-bred, cross-bred, grade and scrub. Thoroughbred in its strictest term means the English race hore. This was the original use of the word. The term pure-bred is used synony mously with full-bred. It indicate animals of well-defined breeding with aut admixture of other blood. In speaking of pedigreed Shorthorns, for ilastance, one should not say, "thor aughbred," but pure-bred. If you want to start an argument among the fanciers just call a Pe cheron stallion, a Jersey bull or a Lg= horn cock a "thoroughbred." Buying Cottonseed Meal. In buying cottonseed meal, or any other feed, see that the price corr- sponds to the guaranteed analysis 0o: I composition. Ieal guaranteed to o- rtain 7.5 per cent of ammonia or 6.18 per cent of nitrogen, or 38.6 per I cent of protein, sholld sell for less, Sthan cottonseed meal that is guara- teed to contain 8 per cent of am Smonia, or 6.69 p. cent nitrogen, or 41.16 per cent protela If 7.5 per cent meal is worth $24 a ton 8 per seat meal Is worth P5.W a teo. _ machine oil mixed hair ana nair. i ne hog rubs against the post and the oil kills the lice. Make a cement wallow or bath 10 by 10 feet and 16 inches deep. Fill this to a depth of 12 inches with water and cover the water with coat of crude oil. The hogs will bathe in this and the oil will cover them and kill the lice. Renew the oil and water as necessary and every two weeks clean out the bath with a shovel. Where expense of cement cannot be afforded, dig a hole the same size as for a cement wallow and puddle It with clay. Put in the water and crude oil. Before this hole gets filthy dig anoth er. Hogs can be sprayed with a hand sprayer. It is hard to get rid of the lice around the sheds and yards. All bed ding should be hauled off or burned, all trash cleaned up and fence, shed and ground treated with oil or a coal tar dip. This may be sprinkled with a broom or put on with a hand spray er. It is a good plan to make tem porary sheds and put the hogs on new ground for 30 days. It hog cholera is in your county, get rid of the lice quick. GRASS CULTURE IN VIRGINIA Report of Interesting Experiments Made With Various Hay Crops Lime Increases Yield. Among the many reports from ex periment stations received by the de partment of agriculture is one of tests made by the Virginia station in grass culture. The report shows that or chard grass and clover mixed averaged 2,460 pounds per acre in yield of hay, as compared with 1,575 pounds from orchard grass alone. Timothy red-top, I and clover mixed yielded 5,440 pounds, as compared with 4,460 pounds of timothy and red-top, 3,307 pounds of red-top alone and 3,857 pounds of timothy alone. Spring and August seedings yielded 1.86 and 2.1 tons per acre respectively of a mixture of clo ver, timothy and red-top. An application of one ton of burnt lime and 300 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre was followed by an av erage hay yield of 4,402.5 pounds per acre. Applications of 300 pounds of nitrate of soda and one ton of burnt lime produced yields of 2,127 pounds and 3,699 pounds respectively as com pared with 2,215.5 pounds on the check plat, per acre. The same applications alone were followed by yields of 3,375, 2,055 and 1,950 pounds of hay per acre respectively. Applications of (one) 100 pounds of muriate of potash and 150 pounds of dried blood and (two) 100 pounds of murlate of potash, 200 pounds of acid phosphate, and 150 pounds of dried blood were followed by yields of 3.12 and 3.18 tons of cured hay per acre. The following year it was found that the highest yield followed an applica tion of 200 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate. Slightly increased yields also followed applications of one ton of burnt lime and 100 pounds of ni trate of soda per acre. HOW TO LOAD CORN FODDER Where Farmer Has Product of Many Acres to Handle Operation Be comes Quite Formidable. Loading corn fodder may not be very hard work to the small farmer, but when one has the product of many acres to load it becomes a formidable operation. The work can be much more easily done if the following de vice is used: Make a loader by using a two-inch plank ten feet long with cleats of inch stuff nailed on one side at short intervals. At one end nail a cleat on the underside, which will be three inches wider than the board on each side. Tie small ropes to this cleat and with them fasten the rack to the back part of the wagon rack. the lower end of the plank-rack rest ing on the ground. This makes a stepladder up which it is easy to walk, and if strongly made a man can readily carry up it all he can get his arm around. With this plan one man can do the work of load ing a wagon easily without spending the time necessary to bind the bun dles. Yield of Sudan Grass. Sudan grass yields about as much as alfalfa. The alfalfa, however, is more valuable since it has a much higher protein content. Sudan grass is about equal to timothy, but the yield is much greater. 8ave Whole Corn Plant. By saving the whole corn plant as silage and feeding this in combination with corn, cottonseed meal or linseed meal and a legume hay, a man has not only a better quality of manure but more manure. UIVAL OF BLUE SERGE G ,OVERT CLOTH PROMISES TO BE COME POPULAR. few Material Resembles Khaki, and So Smacks of a Uniform-Excel lent in Combination With Black Satin. We are threatened with an epidemic if that peculiar greenish tan material mnown as covert cloth. It resemlbles chaki, and that in itself is enough for he populace, neuttal though we may )e. for it smacks of a uniform. It is ieing introduced in a wholesale way broughout the country and promises o rival blue serge as an everyday tit. Those who object to it as unhecom ng and who realize that the new neck mne is as hli)h as the chin, w\ill have o devise something in another color o reach from the base of the neck up. That is not ditlicult. for black satin ;oes admirably with covert cloth, and f there is a high stock collar of this naterial fastened straight up the front, is these high collars are, with black satin buttons, and topped with an inch t It a a 1 Brown Velvet Frock With Whits Kid Belt and White Satin Vest, Large Pockets and Narrow Skirt. turnover of white organdie or hem stitched chiffon, the work of remedy ing is finished. If one adopts that ultra new style of placing wide, flaring Louis XVI pocket flaps at the side of the waist line of a short flaring coat, which is a trick that brings a coat up to the moment, then they, too, may be of the CASE FOR THE CORKSCREW Handy Little Article That May Be Easily Fashioned Out of Soft Wash-Leather. Our sketch shows a useful little asr tide that can be made in spare mo ments in the shape of a neat little case for a silver-plated corkscrew. A case of this kind not only keeps the cork screw in a nice and bright condition. but it is a useful little article in which to place a corkscrew when it is put in the pocket. It is made in soft wash-leather and It is cut out In two pieces of the shapes shown In diagrams B and C. en the right of the illustration; 'B forming the back of the case and the foldover flap and C the front of the pockets. It is bound at the edges with narrow ribbon and fastens with a snap fastener. The sketches show very clearly the size of the case should be made In pro portion to the sIze of the @orkscrew, DRESS TRIMMINGS ALL LIKE Season Seems to Be One eor Which "Freshening Over" Is De clared Allowable. Dressmakers predict that this sea son will be a "make-over" season, whlch means that new trimmings will be brought into extensive use as a means of freshening up Trimmings of fur bands will be much used. espe cially of beaver, monkey, ermine. skunk, fitch. etc. Ermine is used on fine laces, together with spangles, let. metal lace, etc. For instance. monkey hair is used on a green chiffon tunic over a green satin skirt. Light woAl afternoon frocks for young persons are trimmed with brown fur bands an the wrists. edge of the tunic and V neck Tinsel bands, lace, spangles and silk and beaded tassels are worn Jet, opalescent and silve.ed spangles are used to ornament lace bands and flounces, and also to decorate nets. These nets are also ornamented with metal flowers and scrolls. and em orordered with beaded embroldery GREEN SILK WITH BLUE FOX: Perhaps one of the most expensive tailleurs is pictured In this graceful affair o' green faille silk, trimmed with dyed blue fox, the aristocratic and most costly fur of the winter. The ripple skirt is bordered with the fur, which also forms the collar. black 8atin. Such a coat worn with a short, moderately full skirt, leaving a plaited panel at each side and short enough to show laced shoes of black leather and covert cloth, or sand-col ore(d cloth uppers, marks a woman as a bit different from her neighbor. There is no promise of a return to the fashion of wearing a tight-fitting covert cloth Jacket with a plain dark blue serge skirt, but it is to be worn with a plaid skirt In dull tones that harmonize with the foundation color ing of the coat. More and more does plaid work its way into the fashions, not only for entire suits, but for skirts worn with solid colored Jackets, es pecially when these are short. The combination would be ugly if the coat was long. The use of plaid for collar and cuffs on a jacket of solid color is often ad. vocated, but it is not to be commend ed just now. The suggestion of put ting plaid peltry on dark cloth suits was brought out by Premet, but it was not followed over here, possibly be cause it was difficult to get the dyed fur, and the fashion was too fleeting and experimental for the expense In volved. (Copyright by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) New Flower for the Corset. An entirely new flower which Is used for both corsage bouquets and decoration is the Ranunculus. This is a small blossom, red in color, with a dark center almost black. Its gen eral appearance is somewhat like an unusually tiny poppy, and its stem also resembles the poppy stem. and they indicate clearly the way in which it may be used. Diagram A shows the case empty and spread out quite flat, and to fasten it the flap is folded over the handle and secured with the press button; a piece of cork should be put on the tip of the screw to prevent its cutting through the leather. The Reign of Blue. Dark blue is surely as fashionable as its stanchest admirers could wish to have it. Blue serge has been fash lonable for several seasons, Increas ingly so. apparently. And it is as much worn now as ever. Of course blue serge suits demand blue acces sories, so there are blue net blouses, blue silk and lisle stocklngs, blue handbags and other blue things by the score. Then there are many blue vel vet hats. Blue is *se of the best colors in the lovely new brocades for evening wear, too. And blue velvet even crimson velvet-is not more regal looking than rich and sumptuous vel vet of king's blue. Beaver Fur. Beaver fur grows more and more fashionable-and who would have dreamed, a few months ago, of wear ing beaver again? The soft, daint) pelt is used for collarettes and sleeve edgings on frocks of pussy willow silk and on tailored frocks of white cloth. S8ometimes a broad band of beaver borders a ripple tunic, but of course this lavish trimming is exceedingly ex pensive. The older woman should fight rather shy of beaver, however, for its delicate fawn color is becom ing only to fresh, youghful complex ions around the neck outlining a V, with an edge of Jet also on the tur~ic. When black velvet ribbon bands are used as a trimming they are edged with Jet sequins. All-over silver lace bodices for eve Sning wear have a satin girdle edged with fur. Tunics of the same have a I tiny edge like a piping of fur. Slippers of Linen. A new idea in bedroom slippers is a to make them of linen. These are de cidedly comfortable on the feet, wear Swell and can be washed easily. They 'can be made from plain or embrold I ered linen, just a little heavier than Syou would use for dollies or center a pieces. Buttonhole around the top in a small scallop and make eyelets in which to run narrow ribbon. t They are very pretty made up of , hamburg four inches wide and with Sa well-covered edge, as well as an d open one through which the ribbon o can run. When solid they can be b removed from the sole, laundered and I- replaced with little trouble. It ts well Sj to keep a fresh pair alwanys on hband DREADFUL PAINS GREAT SUFFERING Was the Lot of This Lady Who Tells The Story of How She Re covered Her Health. Sf1La . ('- ;r. T-Mrs ln , ,. 4, 4X',.,;S * ir'* ,. i'Ily. t:,,,1 h, 1i 4, I off until I 'c:, i d not - 1r4' dlul lain.i K' hi;.,, ' , . , , ," , , f or ,b ou t d a ' a o.4 t '. , r, month. I ,',.i t sle.p at night, and the :i ' " ,-. so dreadful I could:. t lie , tt. r the blood would -ceet to ru. !j to :n} '1 , ad. I : t I n;i;t have son:e r.'li: ,, f(,r ii :" ::i d llt the awful suJ'ring a ..,d curtl) kill IOC I !.ad rvad cf what ('ardul had done for ~thcrs, and thought I wuuld try it. .\:'ter the use of one bo'tle, the I,1:. ha.t :t:rrly 5toulpd and I was .\fttr using four bottles, I was a v * 11 ;,lnuan, I was regular. I got back t::yv th sh. and I now weigh lU6 lbs.; ai.d rn able to do all tmy work with. out any trouble. I certainly recommend Cardul to s'iffring women, for 1 know it cured me. My friends who saw me when I weighed s3 pounds and would see me now,. would know what Cardul had done for me." Try Cardul.--Ady. The Soldiers Have Toothache. Fromt :a, aunts which have come from:l thI front, *oothache would seem to be lioni' of the hardships of cam paigning in the trenches. The secre tarv of the British Dental association says that a start has been made to provide an efficient staff of dental sur g',ons for service at the front. Six dentists. who have been given the t mpinorary rank of lieutenant in the ltoyal Army Medical corps, have left for France, and further drafts of qual Sihd men are being chosen, if they are not actually on the way, for service near the firing line. They will also have the temporary rank of lieuten ant.- London Telegraph. GAS, OYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour gassy stomachs in Five minutes-Time It! You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach Is had-or an uncertain. one-or a harmful one-your stomach is too valuables you mustn't injure It. Pape's Diapepsin Is noted for its speed in giving relief; its harmless ness; its certain unfailing action in regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs. Its millions of cures in Indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach troubles has made it famous the world over. Keep this perfect stomach doctor in your home-keep it handy-get a large fifty-cent case from any dealer and then if anyone should eat something which doesn't agree with them; If what they eat lays like lead, ferments and sours and forms gas; causes head ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa tions of acid and undigested food remember as soon as Pape's Diapepe-= Scomes in contact with the stomach anl such distress vanishes. Its prompt ness, certainty and ease in overcomlag the worst stomach disorders is a rmo I lation to those who try it.--Adv. Provocation. "I am sure you have had provocae I tlon," said the relative, "or yo would not be so determined to leavI your husband." "Provocation!" echoed the ladg I nant woman. "I bought Fldo a paek I age of dog cake. This morning I madi biscuits for breakfast. Can you be Slieve me when I tell you I found thal Sbrute of a man trying to feed lied my "biscuits and coax the dear littl 1 pet's perfectly good dog cakes awal from hlm?"-Washington Star. SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR Look Years Voungerl Try GrsndmWU Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and Nobody Will Know. Almost everyone knows that sg-s Tea and Sulphur properly composa. Sad, brings back the natural color sad lustre t the hair when faded, streaked or gray; also ends dandruff, itchi-g scalp and stops falling hair. Y Ta ago the only way to get this miita5 Swas to make it at home, which " mussy and troublesome. Nowadays we simply ask at 51 drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Ie h phur hlair Remedy." You will gIst a large bottle for about 50 cents. 3VP d body uses this old, famous recipe, W tcause no one can possibly tell & you darkened your hair, as it do - i so naturally and evenly. You daU: Sa spange or soft brush with it a draw this through your hair, t5h one tmall strand at a time; by ing the gray hair disappear, - after another application or two, hair becomes beautifully dark. s and glossy and you look years y SAdv. Il - ---- y Retort Courteous. 'Ii--e-Men are what they eat. n Slhe--Theln you ought to live r calf's b alls. n .- ------ n An English tugboat of very draft for use on shalllow stre f driven Ly an aerial iroell'r. n Fr gentline' ron1 rt ani lasting tire a:,.' r l: ,. (''r",-? r I Ihue en wsih * All go'ii g:.Xcl'. .Alv. Art is long, but slot cash is wL . artist longs for.