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THE SCHULENBURG STICKER. SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
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AROUND THE
HOME
Br MARGARET BRUCE
p WNU Service
shold Research
me that one of the little
this home-making series
deals with some
new device or con-
venience for the
housewife, I re-
ceive a great sheaf
of letters from
readers inquiring
where the article
may be obtained.
I am nearly always
able to give a
prompt answer,
giving the name
and address of the
"maker.
Now, there is no
or secret about this. My
of Information are open to
pom an in this country, if she
<loqk through the advertising
is of the magazines and news-
The first step that any manu-
facturer takes to create a demand for
product is to broadcast advertise-
its of it. Such "ads" generally
I: "If your dealer cannot supply it,
us direct" Of course, the deal-
r, when he keeps getting inquiries
ibout any article, puts it in stock, and
iiere you are!
In many cases these new devices
are advertised some time before they
appear in the shops. By sending a
line, or cutting out a coupon, any read-
er may obtain an illustrated folder
describing the article, and learn its
price. This folder can be turned over
to the dealer (unless one wishes to
direct), and the article may
seen before It Is bought The
lve novelties described In this
ent shortly before Christmas
nearly all so new that they were
not yet on the market; that is, they
were not yet widely distributed to
the shops. By clipping out the adver-
tisement and sending for the printed
matter I wa$ able to write an article
and give readers the address of the
maker in time for them to. order the
novelties as Christmas gifts. Any
woman reader of the magazines might
have done this for herself, of course,
household research is what
ay home-maker up to' the mtn-
makes her the envy of her
prs, who wonder how she hap-
, know all about the newest
,odd little accessories, and
-A two-cent stamp, or
will bring full Infor-
lder may then buy
3 es. We must be
for better utensils,
furniture ideas, fab-
mechanical devices,
ig column is the
iiere we may find all
ie Closet
porld are you doing,
k as if you were
summer preserves,
|y the middle of Feb-
ig woman on
questloningly at
sirup, sniffed the
peered into the ar-
on tHe window sill.'
9^ and grapefruit
Ing," was the
I'm going to make
apricot-pineapple
^'s a delicious com-
i y the way."
sounds good. But
up a .yetygg
heserve-closet stuff at
r."
the ideal time to make
jirmalades and conserves
ide without the fresh
responded the little
ages and grapefruit
lg the very early
year they have been
fore. It seems to
some bitter orange
grapefruit, and
orange and grape-
ible marmalade, as
le of dried apricots
lcots are better, I
SMITHSONIAN GETS
VALUABLE MINERALS
ith fresh or canned
ike it I cut up a
^apricots. mm*
jng f\irain
Hp of oge
jail ones,
and boil
add the
sugar to
id simmer
an hour and
J* very low.
sral dozen of these
fng the cold, raw
pleasure, Instead of
In the warm kitch-
the boiling fruit
hours of hot
r, and fills my
cosnerves for
a tea."
."Sr
Rare Collection Is Left by
Frederick Canfield.
Washington.—The Frederick Can-
field collection of minerals, among the
largest and most complete private col-
lections in this country, accompanied
by an endowment of $50,000 to be used
for its increase, has been given to the
Smithsonian institution. This very
important legacy has already arrived
safely in Washington. It required a
month for experts from the national
museum to pack the eight or nine
thousand specimens contained in the
collection in 117 cases. Some months
more will be required for unpacking
and cataloguing before the minerals
can be put on exhibition.
Frederick Alexander Canfield of
Ferro Monte on Mine hill, N. J., who
died last July, was the donor of the
Collection. He made extensive re-
searches into the fate of mineral col-
lections in America, the results of
which he published, before selecting
the Smithsonian institution as the
legatee to which he was willing to in-
trust his beloved mineral specimens.
The collection is in two sections.
The older section was gathered by
Doctor Canfield's father some time be-
fore the middle of the last century. It
contains many specimens found early
in the history of this country in mines
which have long since shut down,
specimens from which are, consequent-
ly, no longer available. Among the
more important of these are minerals
obtained from Franklin furnace, New
Jersey, an area which has produced
more new species than any other in
America. The elder Mr. Canfield had
first-hand access to the mines of this
area and the representative minerals
he collected from it are the finest In
the world.
Son Adds to Collection.
When his father died Frederick
Canfield sealed the thousand or so
specimens his father had collected in
cases, which had never been opened
until their transfer to the Smithsoni-
an. The son began his own collec-
tion, which constitutes the second sec-
tion of the legacy. Its value is as
great and equally unique, and is the
result of the expert discretion with
which the younger Canfield, himself a
mining engineer, used his means to
gather mineral specimens from all
parts of the world. The collection
could not possibly be duplicated and
it would take years of intensive work
to build up anything that would rival
It.
Among the rarities contained in this
second section is the type specimen
of the mineral canfieldite, named after
Doctor Canfield. In fact, the collec-
tion contains almost all the specimens
of this mineral known in the world.
Of the related mineral, argyrodite,
xich in the rare metal germanium,
Doctor Canfield had the largest masses
known.
The Canfield family has been asso-
ciated with mining Interests in New
Jersey for more than a century. Fred-
erick Canfield, the elder, was one of
the heirs of Governor Dickerson of
New Jersey, founder of the Dlcker-
son-Suckasunny Mining company, a
once great iron mine, which is now a
picturesque ruin. His son, who was
born in 1849, inherited his property
and his mlneraloglcal leanings. Edu-
cated at Rutgers and Columbia, he
took a degree in mining and engineer-
ing in 1873.
Discovers Rare Fossil Plants.
Pursuing his profession in North
and South America, the younger Can-
field spent two years in Bolivia and
in 188(3 he discovered the fossil plants
which fixed the geological age of the
far-famed mountain of silver, Cerro
de Potosl.
During the last several years of
his life Doctor Canfield lived a quiet,
retired life in the family home of
Ferro Monte, devoting himself to the
care and Increase of his mlneraloglcal
collection, to his hobby of history and
to the companionship of his live stock.
Like his two brothers and one sister,
he died unwed and he left no near
relatives. "*
The Ca afield collection brings to the
Smithsonian Institution many species
of minerals not previously represented
there, besides better examples of much
that was represented. The endow-
ment of $50,000 greatly Increases the
permanent value of the collection, for
it will permit constant additions to be
made to it as occasion offers.
. Apart from the obvious display val-
ue of the minerals, mineralogists of
the Smithsonian Institution and of the
country will find them invaluable for
research purposes. From t£e practi-
cal point of view the Importance of
mineral collections was thoroughly
demonstrated during the war when
constant requisitions were made on
the Smithsonian collections for speci-
mens to be used for experimenting
Pt
applia?
course,
that le
facts
knowledt
the development of new
Jhe Smithsonian Is, of
rried with pure research,
making known of basic
tt minerals^ But without
of these facts the minerals
cannot be used In applied science.
Life's Span Grows
Washington.—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
thinks that science within a quarter
century will add three to four years
to the average span of life In this
country. The doctor seems to have a
recipe of his own, however. On his
eighty-second birthday he walked "to
work, as usual, and took ti(> time for
lunch.
:$Sv>£
II
GREAT TREASURE
BURIED ON ISLE
Wealth of Incas Hidden by
Two Pirates.
WiITH the world absorbed just
J now In the process of makr
I Ing and buying gifts for
Christmas, how many of us
stop to think what it is all
about? So simply and nat-
urally has g i f t-m a k 1 n g
slipped into our scheme of
things that we scarcely rec-
ognize it as a thing in itself.
Gift-making has a history as old as
time, and there are many occasions
on which we deem it fit and proper,
nay, even obligatory, to give and ex-
change gifts. Nearly every one ex-
changes gifts at Christmas time, and
this year we expect to see the custom
observed to its fullest possibilities.
Glancing over the ages, we find that
gift-making has always existed in some
form or other. Our savage ancestors
were great hands at the game. But
gift-giving in primitive man did not
spring from any thought or Idea con-
nected with generosity. His was not
the simple desire to please. Being
selfish and unutterably superstitious,
he feared and distrusted strangers, just
as some of us do today. He scorned
the weak and cringed before the
strong. The conditions of life forced
him to these reactions.
Whatever impulses primitive man
may^iave had to share his possessions
or to make a gift of something which
he really preferred to keep for him-
self, grew out of fear. From what we
know about the nature of our earliest
ancestors we cannot believe that he
would have parted with anything he
wanted unless he was afraid. When
the lightning flashed and the thunder
roared, an overwhelming fear pos-
sessed him. Unable to reason that
these were natural elements over
which he could not possibly exercise
control, he shot at the storm with ar-
rows and shouted at the thunder.
When these efforts failed, his fear in-
creased. What had he done to anger
the gods? Perhaps a gift would ap-
pease this anger. To him the giving
of a treasured possession meant real
sacrifice. For Instance, if he made a
bonfire and burned some of'his liard-
^arned food, he expected the gods to
appreciate his sacrifice and turn off
the thunder.
The Egyptians made great gifts to
their kings. The Israelites gave a
tenth of all their grain, their wine,
their cattle to the king. This custom
spread everywhere, and even Christi-
anity failed to wipe It out Ambas-
sadors, visiting foreign countries,
brought gifts. We are told that Queen
Elizabeth received thousands of gifts
from her subjects at New Year's.
There remains little doubt that
what other purposes may have In-
duced the making of a gift, there
lurked behind It an unconscious de-
sire to win the friendship of the per-
son of power to gain one's own ends—
even as the weak man of the primi-
tive tribe made a gift to the tribal
strong man in the desire to gain his
friendship and protection.
The Bible gives expression to this
thought Says Deuteronomy 16:19:
"A gift doth blind the eyes of the
wise." Meaning, of course, that it is
easy to obtain what one wants if one
distributes gifts judiciously.
Among many peoples, the making of
a gift became a sort of ceremony. A
gift meant much more to primitive
man than it does to us. When he
brought himself to part with a choice
bearskin or a sharp flint spear, he felt
that he was parting with something
akin, to himself. Thus the exchange
of gifts came to be a common way of
formally binding two persons to-
gether. When the Dasuns of North
Borneo exchanged weapons they were
sworn friends. In central Celebes,
even today, the exchange of gifts is
recognized as a ceremony for estab-
lishing friendship. In Patagonia, no
chief is allowed to enter Into the ter-
ritory of another until gifts have been
exchanged.
The exchange of gifts at Christmas
time possibly grew out of the desire
to emulate the amazing unselfishness
of Christ. The custom was nurtured
in Germany. Here it became the habit
to make periodic exchange of gifts
among friends, relatives, acquaint-
ances. It became an obligation, and
to escape it the man with many friends
sometimes took an extended trip at
this period.
From Germany, the custom of Christ-
mas gift giving spread over Europe.
It crossed the sea and was brought to
the struggling colonists who had cut
loose from all Old World Influences. It
has become more and more an Insti-
tution, as the generations have slipped
by, and today we exchange gifts as a
matter of course.
It was a custom among the Romans
for the priest to put a box on all out-
going ships. The people were required
to put something into it. When the
ship was ready to sail, the box was
sealed and went to sea with It. On
the return the box was turned over
to the priest who placed it aside until
Christmas, at which time mass was
said and the box opened. Sometimes
the contents were kept by the church;
sometimes distributed to the poor. It
is related that frequently at the open-
ing of this box those who had not
placed anything in It came forward
and offered gifts In the form of money
or jewelry.
During the early period of Chris-
tianity it was customary for poor men
and women to sing carols In the
streets at Christmas time. They would
be given food, clothing and money,
not because of the songs they sang,
but because It was the custom to do
so. And custom, among superstitious
peoples, is sacred. They were afraid
that evil would befall them If they
did not make gifts to the singers who
caroled Christ's praise.
From actual records we know that
gift making to children goes far back
Into prehistory. At various museums
here and abroad there are on view
dolls, animals, and other toys which
have been taken out of the long buried
tombs of children.
We can easily picture a savage fa-
ther of long ago bringing a curious
shell for his child to play with. We
can see a savage mother carefully
fashioning a flint or bone toy that her
child might have something with which
to busy himself. Among these primi-
tive peoples, marriage was not con-
sidered binding until a child was born.
The birth of the child therefore must
have been an occasion of great cele-
bration, and perhaps all the clansmen
presented gifts to the newcomer. It
would have been a ceremony—to show
the child he was welcome and among
friends.
Painted clay dolls, some In the form
of humans and some in the form of
animals, were given to early Egyptian
children as playthings. Among the
early Romans, the man who adopted a
child gave it rich gifts to prove that
he was able to take care of it.
Gifts have always accompanied
christenings. In the Middle Ages the
godparents usually presented the child
with gold or silver spoona. It is bare-
ly possibly that the phras*, "born with
a silver spoon In his mouth," may have
come from this custom.
The custom of presenting children
with gifts at Christmas time was most
pronounced among the Germans in
early life. Kris Kringle is their name
for Santa Claus. It Is derived from
Krlst Kindll, which means Christ child.
We can understand why the holiday
would have been recognized as being
particularly a child's festival.
Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, is
regarded as the patron saint- of
Christmas. The old nursery myth Is
that he comes down the chimney with
a pack on his back to leave gifts for
good children.
It is possible that this myth orig-
inated with the custom of cleaning the
chimney at the beginning of the new
year to enable good luck to enter the
household. A housewife, busy clean-
ing the chimney at or about Christ-
mas time, might have whispered to her
children, to keep them out of mis-
chief, that if they were good Santa
Claus would come down the chimney
and bring gifts to them. Impressed,
the children hurried to spread the
news among their playmates, and so
we have the myth today.
Cleveland, Ohio.—Doubloons, pieces
of eight, and treasures of the Spanish
Main lie buried on a South American
treasure island, ready for the person
who is willing to dig for $50,000,000.
George Finlay Simmons, curator of
ornithology of the Cleveland Museum
of Natural History, said on his return
from the island that the treasure,
taken from the Inca Indians, lies un-
disturbed where it was buried a cen-
tury ago, by two pirates, on the island
off the coast of Brazil.
Reminiscent of the days of Captain
Kid, the story of the treasure is re-
plete with lore of roving buccaneers,
slashing cutlasses and treasure maps.
One of the hoards, Doctor Simmons
said, amounts to $40,000,000 and was
buried by a Spanish pirate, Jose San-
tos, who captured a ship laden with
gold and silver bar, altar vestments,
and candalebras from the churches of
Lima, Peru.
More than $8,000,000 more was
buried on the same island by an Eng-
lish pirate who styled himself "Zul-
miro," Doctor Simmons said. Rec-
ords of this "prize" were kept and
were in the possession of the Russian
quartermaster of the ship, until he
died in the Far East
Eight expeditions were made to find
the treasure between 1800 and 1892.
Doctor Simmons said, but most of
them never reached the desolate coast
of the island. Those that did found
landmarks left on the map wiped out
by a landslide.
"Robert Louis Stevenson used the
island as the scene of "Treasure Is-
land,' " Doctor Simmons said, "but the
swag found in fiction is still there In
reality."
Doctor Simmons was commander of
the Blossom, research ship of the
Cleveland museum which cruised the
South seas for two and a half years,
visited three continents and brought
back specimens for the museum's col-
lection.
Wm
FEEDING LAYING
HEN IS RE,
Much of the success in
production is ojj
ful of feed in
ful of commj
Feeding the
for so mi
man's
so ths
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a
Cf
up to 50 to 60
from^
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Sing ^1^
Gay Christmas Lights
and How to Make Them
yMrUCH of Christmas cheer comes
from glowing lights that throw
~ mystery over familiar things.
Replace your usual electric light
shades with Christmas ones of heavy
rose-colored paper brushed with lin-
seed oil to make it transparent No
frame is necessary if they flare widely
and fit close at the top of the light
bulbs.'** Finish tliei
seals
the edges. Wreaths cut from green
cardboard, a few red berries painted
among the leaves, make unique covers
for bare droplights. Use two wreaths,
placing one on each side of tho light
and fasten edges together with, paper,
clips or paste together after inserting
light bulb. Paste rose or yellow?1 .tlgj;
sue paper over the cut-out wreath
ters or crrgh tissue paper over tl
light bulb and snap a rubber band
around the neck.
hang al
an electric bulb between two stars six
or eight inches across, cut from white
tissue paper, and sewing them to-
gether with an edging of tinsel rope.
Either place the tree under a light
fixture and use a short drop cord or
run an extension cord over a celling
k r>l*^l above the tree.
star shine welqeme from
[th In door or window. On
^ session cord should run
iged aide and through screw
int from which it drops
** ^-Frances Grin stead.
Lavish German Castle
Waits Kaiser's Return
Berlin. — Castle Homburg, near
Frankfort-on-Maln, to which the for-
mer emperor, according to his settle-
ment with the state of Prussia may
"eventually" return, is considered the
jewel of German castles. It has 300
rooms and salons, many of which are
preserved just as they were built by
the Landgrave Frederick H 250 years
ago.
There is a solid silver service of
400 pieces which 100 years ago cost
a small fortune. In the workroom of
William II is a rocking horse which
be used for a desk chair. William,
when not writing, was wont to lean
back In the saddle and rock back and
forth as if riding at the head of his
troops.
The bed chamber of the late Em-
press Augusta Victoria in the castle
is paneled In solid mahogany, Inlaid
with precious stones. Almost as cost-
ly is the suite occupied by the late
King Edward of England when he
came to visit his German relatives.
The castle, though a priceless histori-
cal treasure, is roughly valued at $10,-
,000,000. It remains the property of
the state. If William comes back to
Germany he will merely have the use
of it during his life.
whf
stone!
aid ill
foods
green
oats, mangel^^^^pKbage, etc.
In order for^Mfe foods to be pr|
erly digested, an abundance of
should be available, as this acts as
hen's teeth in grinding the food in
gizzard.
Water Is cheap. Have It before
birds at all times.
Legume Hay Helps Solve
the Green Feed Problem
Legume hay helps solve the winter
green feed problem for the chickens.
Experiments in Ohio, Kansas, Texas,
and California seem to indicate defi-
nitely that where no other source of
green feed is available the addition of
a legume hay will increase the num-
ber of eggs produced and their
hatchabillty. It will also reduce the
mortality from nutritional * troubles,
points out G. S. Vickers, extension
specialist In poultry at the Ohio State
university.
Save the hay with the most leaves
and the greenest color for the chickens.
An easy way to feed chickens hay is
to provide a rack along the wall and
keep hay before them all the time. A
trough along the bottom of the rac
will catch all the leaves that
otherwise be wasted.
fecTTrfaa-
Axtadt,
hay cannot be boughtfTE!
prices. The meal should be*
the mash. About 10 per cent
meal will substitute for a like amol
of bran. A combination of mans
beets and legume hay makes a good
winter combination to use Instead of
sprouted oats. It may be that hay
is about to take the place of our old
reliable, but troublesome, sprouted ,
oats as a winter green feed.
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Does Earth Shrink?
Tests Seek An^
London.—An attempt to accurately
determine whether the earth Is shrink-
ing is to be made by scientists of the
world, who have begun tests to de-
tect and measure possible moves of
the earth's crust The principal ob-
servatories in various parts of the
globe are co-operating with the Royal
observatory at Greenwich.
The first experiments consisted of
wireless signals sent by stations in
the United States and on the" conti-
nent at the rate of 61 rhythmic signals
per minute. The time of the signals
was registered by the observatories
at San Diego, Calif., Algiers, Shanghai,
Paris, Washington, Berlin and Aus-
tralia.
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Poultry Hints
oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The laying hen never loafs.
* * *
Soy beans can be used In a poultry
ration If minerals are added.
60,000,000 in America
-Belong to No Church
New York.—Sixty million persons In
the United States are without any
church affiliations, Edward J. Krled-
ler, state president of the National
Federation of Men's Bible Classes, an-
nounced at the opening of the state
convention in Brooklyn.
There are 6,000,000 In New York
state, Mr. Kriedler said, 1,500,000 of
them being men. He suggested men's
Bible classes as one means of draw-
ing most of these persons to church.
MIII1MI I1M1M 1 I I 1 111 1
; Pension List Lowest
K • in 35 Years, 499,622
II Washington.—A decline in the
• • niSwnber of pensioners on the gov-
II ernment rolls below-the 500,000
• • marvk occurred during October
II for|the first time in 35 years, ac-
• • cording to a report made by the
II pension bureau to the secretary
;; of the Interior.
The report gives the number
II *?f pensioners at 499,622, and
•. shows that 1,281 veterans and
11JL418 widows of the Civil war
• • Ked in the month, terminating
J ^elr pensions.
IIIMI * * *
Poultry raising brings quick returns
and Involves a small - capital Invest-
ment In land, buildings and equip-
ment
The factors of scientific poultry
housing are to keep the pens, yards
and houses clean, dry and sanitary.
* * *
Thanksgiving and Christmas sea-
sons offer good markets for capons.
January and February are also good
months since at that time poultry of
all kinds is scarce and buyers are
willing to pay top prices.
' • • *
Systematic culling may profitably
be practiced throughout the year.
Sick birds, those lacking In constitu-
tional vigor, and those showing any
sign of physical defects should be dis-
posed of whenever found.
♦ • •
Litter that Is not kept loose and
light Is too heavy for
a little down first;
and fine, add
Ducks
up untlj
of
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