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THE FARMER: OCTOBER 22. 1915
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PARISIANS MAY
SAVE WINDMILLS -OF
MONTMARTRE
k
Modern Apartment Houses
Are Crowding Out historic
; Frencli Structures.
Paris Oct 22 The windmills of
ttfoBtmartre the oldest most artistic
md characteristic 'monuments of the
district, have, some of them, already
succumbed, to the modernizing of
Paris, or t9 the action of the ele
ments; the others are threatened with
destruction unless the friends of old
' Paris can get them moved from their
preseht sites.
v The "Moulin de la Polvriere" was
demolished two years ago to give way
to the new Avenue Junot. The Moulin
Rouge became a prey to the flames
last winter and now the old "Moulin
de la Galette" which dateafrora the
middle of the thirteenth century is
doomed to extinction or removal. A
modern apartment house with steam
heat and baths is going up there now,
and the mill, th-e girls and their danc
ing partners must go elsewhere.
The-"Old Paris" municipal council
Committee has decided that something
must be ' done to perpetually com
memorate the Bohemian days - of
- Montmartre and to preserve some of
' its artistic., features. . It proposes to
" transfer, .the "Radet" or "Moulin de
la Gelette" tohe Place Jean-Baptiste
Clement where it will continue to
overlook . Paris. Cherry trees are to
be planted: around it to commemorate
the godfather- gt the Place, the popu
lar song writer and author of the
"(Chanson des Cerises..'
Since the beginning of the war the
Maulin -de la Galette has been oc
cupied by the .society women of Mont
martre as a sewing room "and has
produced thousands, of soldiers' gar-
mentt. . '
eau J. H. Fhelan and Edward J.
Walsh. Those participating will ride
to Snyder's Farms, Long: Hill, in new
ly made trucks. "
American Brains v
Reduces Cost of 1
Jfrench Ordnance
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Paris, Oct. 22 The French shell
.. makers have had some difficulty in
obtaining : the necessary ' quantities of
steel suitable for projectiles. . . The
: largest iron producing region t in
France is in German occupation and
;' home production has had to be sup-
plemented by orders . abroad, chiefly
in the United States.. Besides order
ing steel in the United States, , the
French shell manufacturers have also
bought there most pf their hydraulic
, machines for shell forging. Most of
' the shells ordered for France in Amer
ica have been unfinished, the finish
ing of them: being committed to
French industry with the object of
helping out -the- sruall manufacturer
who : would -otherwise be idle and
.', whose works are not equipped for
' the 'production of the shell from start
to finish. .
The cost of. producing shells has
been greatiy4 reduced , since the war1
.began, by the immense scale bri, which
they are produced and' by the use of
the Tnost moderfi machine tools im
ported from, the United States. . t"he
price paid for the 3-ineJi shells at
the (beginning of the war was equi
valent to $,7.60, ' This price has been
reduced by 1-3. American makers of
larger size- calibres are, it is under
stood, receiving for 6-inch shells about
$10 apiece. These prices, are : for un
loaded shells; the charging of them
- is not trusted to the makers from the
private contractors but Is done in the
private arsenals. All these shells must
be made ' with extreme precision for
long range "work but for ehort range
to pitch shells , at the trenches from
, half a. mile to 2 miles old guns can
J be used and -cast-iron shells. . j,
'Predict War's End ;
w Will Be" Detriment
to German Clerks
Leipzig, Oct. 12. In anticipation of
the end. pf the war," 13 of "the most
important ranches of labor in Leip
zig have petitioned the j;ity fathers to
-, install, . as a separate and distinct
branch of the municipal , employment
bureau, a department specially for re
turning soldiers. , ' "
, kStore employes estimatV that be
tween 300,000 and 400,000 of their
number will come back when peace is
declared. . . The number of clerks is
expected toj be corresposdicgly large,
and the number of technical workers
is also very great. The figures refer
of finding places for Leipzig's share
to entire Germany. ' "
The Leipzigers believe that the work
of the returning throng must be be
gun, now if . there is not to be confu
sion and . suffering for many seeking
work. ' The mercantile, technical and
office, employers of the city are press
ing the matter especially, in the be
lief that their branches of labor are
- going to be particularly hard pressedV
In their petition, however, they do not
hazard a guess as to when the return
will begin.
Catholic Theology ,
Added By Germans
To Warsaw College
Warsaw, Oet. 22. A theological fac
ility, Roman Catholic, is to be added"
to the University of Warsaw by the
German authorities according- to a re
cent' announcement. Dr. Kakowski,
th ; Archbishop of Warsaw, is already
taking the preliminary steps for estab
. lishing the proposed new school.. . The
u Diversity formerly consisted of legal,
medical, philosophical ,and natural sci
ence and' mathematics departments.
LOCOMOBILE MEN WILL
CELEBRATE COMPLETION
, i OF TRUCK NO. 1,000
. The completion of the first thousand
trucks built by the Locomobile Co. of
America for the British! government is
to ' be duly celebrated . tomorrow
I throughout that sectiorf of the ' big
plant devoted to their assembling and
testing. . , -
The management has announced
that they will arrange for an outing
. of some sort and a committee is now
working on plans for the celebration.
A ball game between the testers" and
"assemblers" will- form part of the
affair and -it is expected that "Barney
Oldfield" O'Shaughnessy,' Michael
Baum and Ted Thornton will be in
cluded eta. the musical and entertain
ment program. .
The committee of arrangements con
sist t W. H. Sfyorts eeye, J. Davin-
The River Through Paris.
- Small two decked steamers ply on,
the Seine as. it twists its way through
Paris.- Tou can catch one every fifteen
minutes, and it costs 2 sous (2 cents) ;
to go from one end of the city to the
other, a distance of perhaps eight
miles, and then once outside the city
walls you pay 2 sous more. The
Selnd river is narrow, dull green and
slow moving; not majestic at all, but
made picturesque by the life .that is
upon it. In Paris it is commerce and
artistic beauty combined that bordeV
its banks. Within the boats that are
moored to its palings are so many dif
ferent kinds of existence baths, hos
pitals, washhouses, homes, restau
rants and lodgings. People live half
above, half under the water, and in
some places on the Seice for long dis
tances these, boats are .moored four
abreast and following in line like sol
diers on inarch. These are the flattest
of boats. When they come up the riv-
er freighted their tops are just at the
water's edge. The Seine seldom rises
or falls very much, as it is held in its
banks - by concrete - walls. Cleveland
Vu.a Dealer. . 1
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Military Retreats. r "
Once at an evening reception in Ber
lin some one drew the attention of
Moltke to a magazine writer who had
compared him, after the manner of
Plutarch, to- all the rworld's greatest
commanders Alexander,' Caesar, Han
nibal, Turenne, Marlborough, -Frederick,
Napoleon, etc. - "No," said the
great "battle thinker;" Ml have no right
to be, compared" to such great com
manders, to( I have never- in "all my
life had to -conduct a retreat" at' once
the most honorable, and difficult opera
tion of war, as the Duke of Wellington
himself well knew. The hero of a hun
dred fights who never lost an English
gun, theydtike nevertheless knew none
better what is. was to conduct a ; re
treat from Burgos and other places
and evei to withdraw behind the lines
of Torres Vedras till his, opportunity
again came for making another thrust.
London Illustrated News. . j
Japanese Economy. , ; v
Among the Japanese economy is held
to be a high virtue.rv.Two old misers of
Tokyo were one day discussing ways
and mean's of saving.' y ' T. ,
"I manage to make a fan test about
twenty years," said one, "and this is
my system: I don't wastef ully open the
whole, fan and wave it carelessly.' I
open only one section at a timet ' That
Is good for about -a year. Then! I open
the next, and so on until the, fan is
eventually used up." ;
"Twenty years Sot a good fan!" -Jc-claimed
the other. "What sinful ex
travagance!5 In my -family- we use a
fan. for two or three generations, and
this is how -we do it: We open the
whole fan, but. we' don't wear it: out by
waving it. . Oh, no! . We hold it still,
like: his, under our nose; and 'wave
;9ur facey-Everybody's., . v , . . .
- i'" Simple-1 Air Pressure Test
Any one can demonstrate the prs
ure. ,of the atmosphere "by the simple
experiment which follows: On the- flat
f an iron lay a thin sheet of rubber
part of an old tobacco pouch: will do.
Place a small, thin lid containing
come wadding soaked in' spirits of
wine on the rubber and ignite the spir
its. - Then ; press a wineglass' down
tightly- over the flame. When the
flame dies out it will be found that the I
two articles are firmly united and mav 1
be suspended by a wire, and some
time wfU elapse before they separate.
.The explanation is that the flame con
sumes the oxygen in the x glass and
lowers the pressure when the greater
pressure of the atmosphere squeezes
the articles together. Exchange.
The Carding Bee. ;
The carding bee Jives in holes among
tones and roos, making nests ; of
moss -lined with wax to keep -the wet
out, with a. long gallery to approach i;.
The bees find a bit , of moss, and sev
eral of them get in- a roW, with their
backs toward the nest.- The foremost
bee then' lays hold of the moss, pulls
it up with her Jaws and drives it with
her forefeet under her body, and as
far toward the-next as' possible, when
the. next bee does the same thing. . By
this means many tiny heaps of pro
pared moss are -got to - the -nesh where
other bees weave it into the structure.
A 8tudy In "Bears. .
In Yellowstone park the brown bears
retreat hastily from, the hotel garbage
piles , when black bears heave in sight,,
and the latter in turn promptly get
themselves gone at the approach of the
silvertips. It is an interesting little'so
cial system, established on the primor
dial basis of fear. ' X
Only Room for One. .
Lady How could you be so foolish
as to put anything on that newly paint
ed table? . Maid But I saw Mr. Jones
lay several articles - there. Lady '
What of that? If iny husband makes
a jackass of himself he has a right to,
but you haven't, you stupid creature!
-' Managing a Woman.
Napoleon, statesman and hero of a
hundred battlefields, once remarked,
"To bring a chit of a woman of my
own family to reason I must needs de
liver harangues, as long as if she were
the senate and the council of the s'tate
together" - , -'
J - ; '
it Might Be Worse. .
Poet I fear I haven't written any
thing that will live. Friend Look on
the -bright side of it. Be thankful that
you are alive in spite of what you have
written. London Opinion. .
The barriers are not erected that can
say . to aspiring talents and industry,
"Thus far and no farther.'-' Beethoven.
Beans. .
The common everyday bean is a na
tive of South America and was intro
duced into Europe, -..whence it' was
brought to this country in the sixteenth
century. It is now represented by
more than 150 cultivated varieties.
" . Alaska's Fish.'
Of the 300 or more species of fish in
Alaskan waters fewer than a score are
utilized by man -as food. i
An Important Sale o
$5.00, -$6:85,
i Girls Goats . at
5 ijj 5
Commencing Saturday
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Sizes 4 to 14
The Styles
Every coat is new, as they have
just hemi received from one of the
foremost Children's Goat makers
of New York. , Six of the many
models illustrated. Others equally
as smart in effects, as. excellent in
workmanship and finish:
The Models Above
Jllustrated
Mpdel lix Zibeline Coats. . . . ... .
Model 2. Corduroy Coats . .
Model 3. Knap of vLamb Coats .
Model 4.! Cheviot Coats .......
Model 5 Chinchilla Coats .... .
Model 6. Corduroy Coats. .
This Model in sizes 4 and 6 onlyr ,
Sizes 4 to 14
The Materials
The most practical warm Win
ter fabrics represented in the lot.
Such as . Zibelines, Chinchilla,
Corduroy; Plush, and Ural-Lamb.
They are attractively trimmed
with contrasting trimmings of
, Plushy Silk ; and Fur. Many gar
ments lined with warm linings.
Blue, brown and gray , are the
most desirable shades for1 children
that are represented in this lot.
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Girls' School Dresses
TXZJES 6 TO 14
in Wash Fabrics
at 85c to $2.00
Beautiful Blouses
at $3.00 land 15.00
- They come in Repp, Poplin, Galatea and Gingham, Pink and
Blue and Tan. . , -:'"'. '" : .
Serviceable Serge Dresses at $2.00 to $5.00, in Blue, Wine and .
Brown. and Combination Plaids.
' Afternoon Gowns
$19.50, $25.00 and $29.50 ;
' Beautiful models in a variety of styles that are so fashion
able in New York, embracing the 'most desirable s materials:"
Plaid Silk, Chiffon Velvet, Broadcloth, Satin Striped Marqui
sette. Many'fashioned with fur edging. The newest ; shades
represented. . . .
Embracing the most desirable styles and fabrics of the season.
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The Blouses for $3.00 -
Striped Challie, Voile, Plaid Tffet.a and Crepe de China
The $5.00 Blouses
Also the newest models in Georgette Crepe and Taffeta, Plaids,
Chiffon and Lace- Special at $5. "
5;
For Women, Misses and Juniors
at $29.50 and $25.00
Plushes, plain and trimmed. . A . .
Smart Mixtures and Plaids .....
at $12.50 and $15
at $6.85
Sport Coats of mixtures in various shades, sizes 13 to 44.
IRISH PEEX BOGS
PROVE GOLD MIIVE
BY SCIENCE'S
AID
London, Oct. 22. -Jack's celebrated
boajistalk is likely to rivalled by
Prof. W. B. Bottomley, who has
astonished agriculturists here with
niant rrnwn in neat treated with bac-
Iteria. He believes that the same pro
cess can be applied to wheat growing
as well.
r Prof. Bottomley of King's College
in the Strand, has been conducting
his experiments on the roof of " his
college building in the very heart of
London. The method by which he
doubles ajid trebles the size of plants
and .their fruit was the result of a
long line-of experiments. He started
inoculating the soil with a culture, of
bacteria obtained from the root- of
leguminous plants. Soil so treated, it
was found, greatly increased the
nitrogenous matter in the earth and
produced more nodules on the roots.
Peat was found to be the best medium
for the bacteria.
Prom 1 8 plants fed on the bac
terialized peat, Prof. Bottomley tut
72 cucumbers weighing a pound each
after a 20 days' growth. - Sixteen
pounds of tomatoes were taken from
one vine. ;
"There are thousands of acres of
peat in Ireland which could by bac
terial treatment be ' converted into a
rich manure and at least double the
productiveness of the soil' said the
j professor. "Incidentally, it ' would
I give Ireland a new industry, for its
practical inexhaustible supplies . of
peat would provide all that is re
quired for the rest of the IJnited
Kingdom."
The government has made a grant
few continuing the experiment.
It is claimed that the automobile
habit is a menace to public health
because it leads people to" give up
walking. t But just- think of tho
splendid exercise in jumping enjoyed '
by the great mass who still do not
own machines. .
With the world's series ol er, the in
telligent American public, will now
resume the reading of the headlines
on the war news.