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Show .4 THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH night decided to Investigate. We discovered that the old door had been removed and a steel shield put In its place. It was painted to look like the wood, paper and broken glass, with a hole near the knoh for the sniper's SNIPER'S DULLET GRAVEST PERIL rifle. We fixed, a surprise for the artist. Ha evidently thought he was going-t- o have things his own way. Ths next wheq he began his work we were ready for him. Our trick certainly was Concealed Marksmen Deal Death a match for his. Ws did our act, for ws sent both the artist and hla With Consistency, Rarely picture flying hack Into ths German trenches, and the picture was ths more MisslnjjfVictim. intact of the two. A bomb ft accounted for him. , We caught another sniper In a curiDISGUISE BAFFLES ENEMY ous manner a few months ago. Our regiment was stationed about eight hundred yards- - from ths German and, Ilka all others, ws suffered Remarkable Ingenuity Displayed In trench much for want of water. Half a mils Metheda of Concealment Adopted in the rear ran a small streaiq and ths A Seconds Pause In an Exposed men used to steal out at night for waSection of the Lins Speller ter. These men were constantly-bein- g Oesth to the Soldier. sniped. j . Teeth Gives Him Away. London. While the charge, thd 1A number of our men bad been killed or wounded in this manner and of shells and the bursting combats make up to a great extent the It was agreed that the sniping came picture of war, one of the gravest dan- from somewhere behind our lines. gers which the soldiers face In the Held close days search revealed nothing. Is the bullet of the sniper. They are The C. O. was getting savage and his the clever marksmen who select some attitude obviously demanded that he position where they are almost Invis- must do something special for the benefit of the undiscovered sniper. ible to their opponents and send a bullet at each target which is Early one morning the command came that we were to make a great exposed for a fraction of a minute. I Remarkable as examples of the in- circle and beatjnward, not leaving a genuity 0f these snipers are some of )lt of ground uncovered. Nothing came the stories of their methods of dis- of it that Is to say, nothing except guise which are related by the soldiers a shapeless old French farmer whom who return from the trenches. A we found driving hla riding plow for number of such stories were recently potatoes. When we questioned him' he compiled by an English newspaper and flew Into a rage because we were tram' give an insight into this method of pling his beloved ground and demandwarfare an art which has been raised ed that we clear off at once as there so high that a moments forgetfulness, was no 'esplon around. '(We had to do so. a second's pause In an exposed section In making his of the line spells death to the soldier, "A Tommy, recently returned home, tells an extraordinary story of the Ingenuity and death of a German sni- TO THE SOLDIER well-place- d i hand-to-han- d d per, says the newspaper. "This particular sniper was encountered on Hill Seventy. When dawn broke the soldier was chilled to the bone and weakened with loss of blood, as he had been wounded the night before. Unable to move, he lay flat on his back and tried to get some sleep. The rest and the warmth of the sun revived the soldier and he raised up his head. Another wounded soldier started to walk back to 'Xj jjioment later he pitched forward, shot through the temple by a sniper. the-trench- es. Grass Arouses Suspicion. Five minutes later another man moved. He started to get to his feet, but seemed startled by something and lay down again quickly. The other wounded man followed his example. A moment. later he. saw the grass, about twenty yards away, move In a peculiar manner. Instead of moving sideways as It would from a body pass- ing through 1C the grass Itself appeared to be coming forward. "For a minute the movement of the grass stopped and then It began again, this time coming toward the wounded soldier. Suspicion was now aroused to such an extent that the soldier finally took aim at the moving tuft of grass and fired three volleys in rapid succession. Crawling ever to the spot where the mound of grass had suddenly stopped twitching, he found a dead German sniper. Real sods of grass had been bound by cords to a waterproof sheet, which had been strapped to the snipers back, making a perfect disguise' forhtm." Continuing its anecdotes of the snipers, the newspaper quotes from a long letter written by a soldier, in which he explains the dangers presented to the men by the snipers. Along one stretch offront,"h says, we were much puxxled by the angle at which' the snipers bullets were coming over. On the left was a line of leafless pollard willows, but we ould see that there was nobody behind the trunks. "Several of our officers tried to find a solution, but all to no purpose. At last Captain X who happened to he famlllar wlth the ways of old willows, took charge and ordered three men to fire a tew shots at each willow. The sniping ceased. Two of the willows were hollow and the Germans had crept inside the trees and were firing through cracks in the stem with automaticTevolvers: Tof'Twd'days there was no more, sniping, but on the third the fire was resumed as briskly as before and with just as deadly an eltec Fire was opened again on the willows, but this time there was no re- sult - Steel Plate In Hollow Tree.- was Just as suspici Captain X ous as ever, and he instructed the nearest battery to make short work of the , wlllows. This was done, and the third to go revealed the enemys cunning. Inside the willow we found not only a German but a steel plate which fitted outside him and inside the willow, making a proof against rifle bullets. While that was a clever trick It was little better than thework done with the old door. At one spot where ?r, trench es were, not more th an, 1 00 yards apart an old door was lying. The top glass panels of it were broken, the wood beneath them waa broken and over the woodwork a gaudy paper had been pasted. Its only use was as a test for our sights, which we got by bitting the door knoh or breaking off a splinter of glass. "One dsy, however, we were surprised to find that when a bullet struck ths glass It left a white atreak and brought no tinkle. Hitting the woodwork had the same effect; It brought while smear, but no splinters. We knew something was wrong and that the iSAVE Concrete Never so to, moot a sorrow That will wait until tomorrow; Never worry the-subalt- past; 1UI your mouth with mustard Havlns. thought that It was custard. Do not let yourself bs flustered But be happy In the knowledge That the emnrtlng cannot last. -- 8. E. Kiser. When you Custards of various kinds are always favorite desserts and may be shared with the children. Ons egg to a cupful of milk and a tablespoonful of will make two jingar small ' custards . Rolls-Royc- e o . e ulmN - rf DS An American adver- tising, maxt.haA.hegun.the erection In this city of what Is said to be one of A , largest, dM?ply Arid Jn.toe world and most certainly the largest.ln South America. The field is a mile long, exstatending from the railroad-termina- l tions to Palermo and paralleling the tracks of the three big Hoes the Central Argentine, the Pacific and the Central Cordoba. Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland InAlong the mile field will be erected specting a frontier guard. The queen huge ktgna Oh steel, cut In ths design hat been very active of late, going of the article advertised. None will be about the country Inspecting and re- less than 160 square feet-nmore viewing various divisions of the army. than 600 square feet. Owing to their Recently the queen -- paid the Belgian frontier and made an Insupporters, set In concrete. spection of the garrisons there. Hew It avt; ' Dona. Polttlcal Bossrrrl can., land- -, you a 62,000 a year two to you ind one to me. Worker And do I have aa assistant sho does all the work? Boss Sure, and we split half of hla salary between aa. . iob paytn 3 If) Point of View. UrsmiLbcHave you a good cook? , or -- ftrsJtoOwh I to brag of. Pitt Advocated Vigorously, Withstands Dry Wssthor and la Covsrod With Spines on 8teme. for Buffalo burr is a native of western Kansas and Nebraska, where it U often found in alfalfa fields. The hay Enormous Amount of Waste In Fertilhipped from those states often conbuffalo burr seedT and In this tains of Dimensions Clear Prevented ity way It gets a atari In feed lota. The ... Convenient Pit and Directions plant looks like It might be one of the for Building. very worst pests, for It grows vigorwithstands dry weather splenThe use of concrete on the farm is ously, and is covered didly, both loflg past-thexperlmenULstage. lt on the stems' and on wlthsplnes the burrs. The Is a necessity. The first cost of con Crete is higher than for structures built of wood, hut concrete is much cheaper in the long run. For mainUlning or restoring the fertility of the fields, there is nothing better than barnyard manure. By the ordinary methods of piling manure on the ground or storing It in wooden pens or boxes, 30 to 50 per cent of its fertility Is lost. This loss Is brought about In two ways: First, by leaching or washing due to heavy rains; second, by fermentation or heating cause! by lack of sufficient moisture. Since concrete pits are waterproof, manure may be kept In them as moist as may be necessary and such an enormous waste in the fertility of the manure may thus be entirely prevented. One concrete pit load of manure from ts worth 1 to 2 loads of manure as usually stored. Moreover with con crete piU the supply of manure Is Increased by all the liquid manure, the richest part, from the barn gutters and Buffalo Burr. feeding floors. 8hallow manure pits do very wel blossoms look like yellow potato bios- where the manure can be frequently soms, and after they are gone a spiny hauled to the fields. The walls anc burr forms. Buffalo burr looks more dangerous floor should be five inches thick. The clear dimensions ofa convenient pit than it really Is. It grows but one are; Depth, 3 feet; width, 6 feet; year, and spreads only by seed. Those tength, 12 feet Dig the trench 3 feet of our readers who find buffalo burr in 5 Inches by 6 feet 10 inches by 12 fee. their feed lots will do well to cut it off at the surface of the ground before it goes to seed. It has not become common aa yet in the corn belLand the chances are that It will not. e MEAT FOOD, INCREASES EGGS d orange-flavore- Buenos Ayres. BUFFALO BURR I orer troublea that are full-blood- ed rough-and-tumbl- FERTILIZER Storage of Manure. DAINTY CUSTARD. ern, ALL Grows KITCHEN CABINET and the consistency will be good unless the custard Is wanted for molding. In that cate more egg will be necessary to make it .3.. stand up. Cup custards are more festive In appearance If decorated with a spoonful of bright-coloreJelly, a candled cherry or cranberry, or a spoonful of whipped cream and a sprinkling of nuts Baked custard has a finer flavorthan the boiled and Is particularly good with fruit tarts or fresh berries. Care should be -- taken about- - the cooking. If baked, place the custards or the custard dish In hot water and watch carefully not to overbake, as it will separate and be tough and coarse. Custard should be smooth and velvety when cooked. Test it with a clean knife; If It comes out clean the custard Is cooked. Nutmeg is a good flavor for simpls custards, or orange rind, grated maple sugar-o- r caramel. all are - favorites. Chocolate or cocoa sprinkled over the top Just before serving Is liked by chocolate lovers, orit may be put on as It goes Into the oven. - A pinch of salt is a necessary adjunct lo a' flavored custard and without It Rescue Men of the Wrecked Ship terrogated, but none knew Bir Hakim flat and tasteless. except a man who said he had fed a An custard is served flock there 30 years age. Tara in Desert Prison Subsequently with a teaspoonful of orange marma another man, who had been the pris- lade on top. Camp. oners guard, was discovered, and the Caramel Custard. Put a half cupful duke asked permission to' attempt ' s of sugar In a omelet pan, stir occarescue. Every man In the batteries sionally until melted and a light brown EAT STANDS AS A CLASSIC sat up all night and next day tuning color. Add a quart of milk gradually, up the machines. The batteries were stirring carefully; then add the milk by light cars carrying ths to Jive eggs beaten slightly, add a Duka of Westminster Heads Train of guns and all the motor ambulances pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of vanilla within traveling range of Solium were and strain into a buttered mold. Motors In Dash of Over 100 Miles Chill brought in. and serve with a caramel sauce. This Throbbing Fleet Causes 8en-- . There were gathered at the old Turk- custard Is rich enough to mold; tour sstion In ths Desert. ish fort on the ridge above Solium nine eggs will make It sufficiently, rich, alarmored cars, five touring though the more eggs the more nutriBy W. T, MA8SEY. with guns, light cars forty-twcart tious. Suez, Egypt. 1 have Just heard the motors altogether. For the sauce, brown a cupful of the details of the armored car fleet's dash At three oclock In the morning the sugar and add a half cupful of water. to the rescue of the men of the column moved out of the fort Cool before serving.' wrecked ship Tara. It will stand as a When the column got 80 miles on classic In motoring annals. the Tobrunk road the cars on CONDIMENT8 IN FOOD. When General Lurkln reoccupled the desert due south. Afterturned 15 miles Solium In western Egypt he found over desperately In spite of Plutarchs aphorism that that the Arabs had burned the camp. rough ground the party began to feel Ten armored cars came upon a re- uncertain of success. be mans only The two Arab "hunger and salt should we are so accusmarkable read which, starting in the guides were sauce, arguing aa to whether tomed to condiments of desert, runs to Tobrunk, 90 miles away they wt re on the right track; the man In Tripoli. Over It the motors had a who had not various kinds th the apseen Blr Hakim since his petite fails U denied speed of 35 miles an hour. boyhood thought they were wrong. them. At Axlza, the cars suddenly came The other Arab would not say much. Condiments and spices upon the Arabs and dashed Into a now-ver- y The was desert stony. A are used as adjuncts to Turkish mountain gun and two ma- 7hundred miles went and then 105. and in themselves chine guna, killing every gunner by Still there was not theby foods, faintest sign of Maxim fiTe. Then, without a halt, they the Tara supply - little - nourish-thei- r prisoners' camp. Between effect being mainly a In over stiff line the bowlders, charged 110 and 115 miles nobody apoke, and scrub, sandy patchea. The charge con- the silence suggested fears of failure. stimulating character to'the nerves of tinued for seven miles. A mils fartheron" the Arab becams Jtaate or secretion- - They serve a pur pose in adding flavor to Insipid food field machine Three guna, animated on guns, nine seeing a sort of small and relievo hundreds of rifles, spare parts, dyna- mountain. monotony In diet In some mite, traveling workshops and a quarA halt was called at two o'clock and dyspeptic conditions of tht ter of a million rounds of rifle ammu- the duke tent forward the armored stomach the use of strong condiments nition were captured. cara to attack. They raced up to with like red pepper or tabasco sauce afSome of the camels, hit by machine- - in 200 ford relief by Axcltlnr the activity of yards of the mound. gun fire, blew to piece as It struck by The prisoners were standing silhou- the stomach, but aa to their value In a high explosive, or burnt into flames. etted dumb with prolonging health they are much over against the It was found that the Arabs had amasement at the skyline, appearance of the estimated. loaded them with bomba and petrol. The use of some condiments Is strange throbbing fleet The duke of Westminster was inAt last one threw off the sack cover likely to be abused, such as pepper, formed that a letter had been picked tng him and faintly cheered, and the curry and vinegar. When used in ex. up from CapL Gwatkln Williams to crowd staggered forward in the rolling cega, they seriously disorder the dl Nurl Day, complaining that the Tara gait of starred men and awarmed gwAtion. Curry powders of various prisoners were starving and ill and round the car, crying; "Are we freer ou are prepared by mixing strong suggesting that medical comforts They could not be persuaded to leave comments, such as red pepper, ginshould be procured at 8ollum. The the cars and slightly hindered the Brit- ger jmd turmeric and starch. People letter mentioned Blr Hakim as the ish advance to tackle the guards, all leading Indolent lives and Indulging place of the prisoners detention. too freely In the good things of the of whom were subsequently killed. Every prisoner and refugee waa In The remainder of the' column atarted table, are tempted to aid the stomach a tremendous race to the spot They by ths use of exciting stimulants. In ran abroad, caring not for obstacles or warm climates this la especially Punctorea.andto6i.Ir waa flllWI'withT sdr' The' 3tTcegIveh' to thoie'not the cheers of the crewa and the noise used to hot climates is to confine the food to trutUand. vegetables largely, the exhausts. The prisoners condition was des- Ahunnlng nitrogenous food and condi perate. -- A heap of white shells showed menta and alcoholic beverages. Next to salt, which la the symbol of that snails had been their staple diet had had flesh, hospitality In the Orient and la a neOccasionally they goat " but the amount served out was re- cessity in nearly all our foods, comes duced to the alxe of a skinned mouse, pepper, mustard, ginger and vinegar. one prisoner said. Parties had gone out Much difference of taste as to the use )f condiments exists. The Persians , dally to find edible roots. Ike asafetlda. which most of us with not a little unpleasant S.-AFOR- - ARGENTINA less as a disinfectant Certain condiments are best served American to Erect Large Signs In with certain foods; thus mustard and Buenos Ayres Largest Display pepper with eggs, red pepper ism. Field In World. xlth raw oysters, vinegar with spin-ich- . A well-directe- report to our chief the subaltern tei marked reflectively as he told of how the farmer gnaahed his teeth at us, 'Jolly fins teeth, and clean, too. "Whatf snapped the Irate C. O. Mr. X- , you will take a couple of men and go to the old farmer. Engage him In conversation while your men pin him from behind suddenly. I don't want to lose men capturing a dangerous sniper with clean teeth. This was a sharp blowat but it was precisely as our chief suggested. The old farmer fought like a tiger, and ths three men were rolling over and over on the ground before he could be safely tied. He was a powerful young man and a search revealed a belt of qgrtridgee and two automatic pistols of German make. Later In the day we found a little dugout in a ditch with a rifle hidden away in a screen of bushwood. There is only one end for pun of this kind and hs got 1L- Everybody's Doing IV. Dont think that the sniping Is confined lo one side. We have some men who are very clever, particularly the Canadian chaps. One such Is a Indian In the Canadian Infantry, who la a marvel with hla rifle. He has a telescopic sight attached to his rifle and goes about as he likes. He la a most silent man, talking to few He wanders about the persona. ;renches and waits for a chance to pick off a German. "One German sniper recently was giving a lot of trouble. Officers with glasses tried In vain to locate him. The Indian came along and without saying a word to anyone fired at a big tree. Down dropped the sniper. The Indian saw with his naked eye what the officers with their glasses failed to discover. He puts a little utck In the stock of his rifle every time he is sure lie has killed a German. I saw him add two more nicks to the thirty-eigh- t already on bit stock." Tea, shes good enough. hr cookta times On Most Farms Thers It Plenty of 8kim Milk and No Better Plan Than Feeding to Fowle. Manure Pit Forma. ten Inches. By keeping the sides ver tical only an inside form will be needed. Have enough woven-wir- e fencing 7 feet long to cover the bottom of the pit Lay the wire with an even division of the extra length, ao that it may project upward Into the side walls. The wire Is laid after two inches thickness of concrete has been put lor The remaining three Inches should be tamped in after the wire has been placed. Remove the forma after the concrete has set four days. ' The pil; may be used after ten days. Where manure is to be stored for a considerable length of time, larger pits or basins are required. Such pits are seldom made over five feet deep (In the clear at the deeper end), and are wide enough that the manure may be loaded on a spreader in the pit anc drawn up , A roughened concrete Incline or runr The slope forsuch run must not be steeper than one foot np to four feet out - In laying out the large pit bear in mind that the concrete walls and floors should be eight Inches thick and make due allowance for same when digging. With a spade trim the aides and the deep end vertical. In order to form a sump hole from which the liquid manure can be pumped, in one corner at the deep end In the poultry feeding experiments made at the Purdue university it was found that the addition of some form of meat food to the ration Increased the egg production about 100 eggs per This would mean pullet per year. about 10,i . la a farmers flock of 100 hen i Income per bird In the pen food was 67 cents, The m milk gave an come highest in the ex-Perl trier winter egg in-(- e prodetb- - Pfaltry ve long been fa ! Schedule of "grains, greeds, txWZ a&d grubs, hut farmers as a rule have paid too little attention to the'grubs part of It. This experiment shows the Importance of providing a substitute for the hugs and worms the fowls get during the summer season when they are permitted to range. On most farms there la plenty of skim milk and no better nee can be made of It than to feed it to The chickens. Meat scrap and flab scrap can be purchased if skim milk Is not available. miliar Kitn BEES ARE FARMERS FRIENDS Without Llttls There Would Be but Small Crop of Inferior Fruit. - . ' Honey-Gathere- rs I Do not spray the fruit trees while IhTbfoom, for that will kill the beee. Many farmers do this every year, when the beee are their best friend a If it were not for the bees they would get hut little fruit, and that of ery Inferior quality, and yet they will carelessly murder these little help- ers by the thousands. i Bees are valuable, and no man has a' right to put out poison and kill them. It is no advantage to spray the trees when In bloom, and it is even better to wait until the petals fall and spray Manure Pit With Trough. when there is nothing to prevent the poison going Into the heart of the ot the pit dig a hole 18 Inches by calyx before It doses. deep 2 feet in diameter. Do noOorget that dirt In the concrete may make a poor wall, so If ths INSECT HARMS MANY .PUNTS top of the earthen wail tends to crumCutworm la Cno of First Pests to Apble hold It back, with boards pear Injures Cauliflower, Cab breced against the forms. To keep out bags and Other Crops. flood water, the pit may be extended six Inches above the ground by using The cutworm is one of the first the lower half of a t board to hold back the dirt, by allowing the re- pests to appear, and kills cabbage, mainder to project above the ground cauliflower, cucumbers, squashes, mellevel, and by adding six Inches to the ons, corn, tomatoes, and peas. In case of plants that are transplantheight of the Inside form. ed, wrap with a collar of stiff paper below ground and an inch or more above BEST KIND OF WIRE FENCING the surface, and dig out the worm, which will be found Just below the Much Depends on Purpose for Which surface near the cut planL Fonco Is Intended-- General-Pu-r lime may be spread over the surrounding solL poee Fabric Favored. one-Inc- h one-foo- Air-slaked' The' best Kind of wire fencing to erect depends on the purpose for which ths fehce Is'used. t)n a farm where mixed types of live stock are kePt 7 gener;purpo8eWT)yenzwjlre fabric"' ts' needed. If only cattle and horses are to be pastured, a coarser and less expensive woven fence can be used. When fencing is needed to Inclose extensive pastures where only cattle or horses are to be kept the excessive coat ot a woven-wir- e fence would not make Its nee desirable, for losses of stock by Injury on barbed wire would not be large enough to counterbalance the difference in the coat of maintaining the two different hinds ot fences. cAringforraspberryt'ips' They Should Bo Dug Up and Replanted Keep Patch Clear of Surplus Plant and- Clumps. - - - - Dig np all the rooted raspberry tips and replant them where you want hem,for they should not be allowed to grow In the original patch to make a thicket. Keep it clean of surplus plants and the old dumps will bear better and be mneh more pleasant to work around. Dewberries need the same care a raspberries in this respect, though the vines run to such lengths It is more of a Job to keep them in place. |