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ARRANGEMENT OF NEST BOX Canadian Expert Recommends Use of Earth or Overturned Sod, Covered With Straw or Chaff. A nest can be made out of an old box about 12 inches square and six linches deep. Professor Graham of the Ontario Agricultura! college recom mends that "some earth or an over turned sod be placed in tho bottom of the box, taking care to have the cor 'ners very full so that no eggs can troll out from the hen and get chilled. 'Next put on about two Inches of .istraw or chaff; and then put a few .earthenware eggs into the nest. Place .the nest in some pen where nothing can disturb the hen, and put her on ' 'after dark. Peed and water must be ^within easy reach and a dust bath should also be convenient. If the ?hen is setting quietly the next day it will be safe to put the eggs under Iher." Another nest box that has given considerable satisfaction, Is made in 'three compartments. A 12 inch board .cut in three four foot lengths and one iU8ed for the top, one for the back, and the other for the bottom. The ?partitions and ends are made of the i same material eut in one foot lengths. ?Along the front is a four inch strip ito keep in the litter. To this is hinged ia slatted door, which, when opened .forms a platform in froit of the nest. The work of filling the nests and set ;^?jg^i jgggS Arrangement of Nests. ?ting the hen can be proceeded with as lalready described. These boxes may j be piled one above the other. When the hens are let off the nests to feed, the doors of the nest boxes should be closed, which compels the hens to remain on the floor until they have had a chance to feed. The hens will not return to the same nests, but 'this is rather likely to be of benefit than otherwise. All hens do not set at exactly the same temperature, and ? au occasional change averages up the I temperature for all the settings ol 1 eggs. . No hen should be allowed to set. un less she is free from lice. The inac tion of the bird is conducive to rapid . multiplication of any lice there may be >on her. These -will make her irri table and a poor setter. In addition, 'should she bring off a hatch in such a condition, the chicks will be open to infection. Dust the hen well with flowers of sulphur or some other in sect powder before setting, and again a day or two before the hatch fin-| ;Jshcs. ' About the seventh day the eggs [should be tested, the infertile ones re ? moved, and the balance put back in . the nests. After testing it is usually .found that the eggs from four hens ?an be put under three. This leaves ?one hen with no eggs, and a new set j ting can be put under her. When the chicks arrive two or three [hatches can be put with one hen, rwhich leaves more hens at liberty to [?it, or If there is no more hatching [to be done they can be put back in the ?laying pens. The day before shipping live fowls, [feed hard grain. * . . Satisfying the appetite adds greatly !to the thrift of the flock. * * * It is estimated that five chickens prill yield a pound of feathers. * * . ! Cleaning dropping boards is a chore {that cannot be done too often. ? * * * I Whatever interferes with growth re tards and diminshes egg production. * * . On cool, damp, rainy nights clone all 'the ventilating windows of the hen liouse. i * . . ' The very first thing to do on notic itng signs of illness in a bird, is to iso late lt * it . The best nest for laving hens ls close to the floor, darkened, and easily movable. ' * . . ' Peed plenty of charcoal, as it ls one lof the best things for keeping the (poultry healthy. * . . Eggs cannot be produced without nl 'trogenous food in some shape. Bones ?TO absolutely e;ssential. * * * Do not forget that your fowls need ?green food. If it is impossible to give them a change of yard or runs, see that they get some kind of green food 1 during the daily feed. jMQNEY FORTHE CHURCH j ft By J. W. JACKSON. "Fair coming on, or a hospital dona ! tion wanted?" The rich man stood in the midd!? of his study, one band holding hil i eyeglasses, in an attitude of expect ancy, and the other waving the youni clergyman to a seat. "Nothing ot the kind today. Mi Clanpel," the minister said. 1 cam? to ask you for a new church." The rich man dropped into his w volvlng chair with the suddenness o a discovery in gravitation. "You did, did you? Well, I don* know about that," he said, quizzically "We need a church and a rectory,' the minister continued, without vis ible disconfiture. "There will be ni trouble about getting a rectory if can manage to secure the church build mg." "Yes, yes; I understand," Mr. Clan I pel broke in, "but I'm afraid I can' i afford you a church. Yet-hold on i minute," he added, as he took up i letter which he had apparently writ ten that morning. "See here," b< continued, as ?hoi glanced over it; read this, friere is a way in whicl you might get what you want." Graham looked over the sheet an<i read it the second time. Then he sat for a little while ia a train ol thought which brought a frown to his forehead. "Mr. Olanpel. do you remember Elizabeth Travers?" the clergyman asked, suddenly. The chair came around with a quick Jerk. 'in Heaven's name, man. How glibly you use a name. What do y&i know about her?" "I know all about her" Graham de clared, as ho -jse from the chair and laid the letter on the desk. "Sit down, man; sit down, and tell me," Clanpel begged. "There's no hurry about your going, is there?" "I should make a "call," Graham said, consulting his watch. "If I could write a note and send by mes senger-?" "Oh, surely, yes. Sit down here. I will have a man drive over with it." Mr. Clanpel indicated paper and en velopes. Then he touched a button and gave orders for the carriage. The minister wrote a few lines rap idly on a plain sheet of paper. The sealed letter bore no address and Graham handed it to the servant with directions for delivery and a re quest to wait for an answer. "How came you to know Mrs.-Miss Travers?" Clanpel asked. "I am engaged to marry her niece," Graham explained. "Is-is she well?" Clanpel asked, struggling to open the conversation. "Quite well." "Har marriage-was it accounted a success?" ''Hardly," Graham answered, with a flavor of irony, "inasmuch as she never married." "Do you mean to tell me," he asked, in a slow voice, "that I have deceived myself all this time?" Graham nodded affirmatively. "Man alive." Clanpel continued, with a high note in his voice; "I've had murder in my heart for years. And now you tell me that I have harbored this hate without reason. Tell me more." "There isn't much to tell. Ten years ago you thought-only thought -Captain Thomas had won out-" "Yes-the furies take him!" ejacu lated the older man. "He is dead," Graham said, with something of solemnity. "He died a week after his arrival in London, where he had hoped to marry her. She came back here in the course of time. Five years later she lost her father and almost all means of sup port. Since then she has been strug gling against adverse circumstances." "And I with more than I can use," Clanpel murmured. Clanpel hardly gave a glance in the direction of the door when the servant came in with the answer to Graham's ncfe. "Mr. Clanpel." Graham asked, after reading the answer, "do you still hold to your agreement in regard to the letter you t-howed me?" "Yes, ' was the absent reply. "The letter instructs your agent," Graham "continued, "to secure the Mercer farm at the lowest possible figure, with thirty thousand doilars as th? limit." "That is tho idea. Whatever he saves out of the thirty thousand you shah have for the church," Mr. Clan pel assured him. "Very well," Graham replied. "I have written to the owner and this reply gives me authority to fix the price. There is a mortgage on the place; the owner must have as much as possible. I ask thirty thousand dollars. Read the letter." Mr. Clanpel glanced at the written page. , "Signed 'Elizabeth Travers'!" he said, in amazement. "I'll go and buy the farm in per son," Clanpel said, impetuously. Turning to Graham, he added: "My Loy, I hardly know how to-yes, I do!M He put on his hat, took up a pen and rapidly wrote his signature. Then,.blotting it nervously he thrust lt into his pocket. "She Bhall fill it out," he said softly. "Ten per cent, is your fee." Graham deposited the next day. in the name of the church, a check for ten thousand dollars. (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) More of Them. "Do you know anything as bad as a sick family?" "Hardly, unless ii is a lac eimile" ' TTTTTTTT I I ? ADVERTISING MAXIMS. 1 - * 2 Nothing endures like truth- 4. T especially In advertising. * ? Advertising isn't effective as ?? an occasional treat, but as part * of a regular business diet. ?).. lt must bs splendid to be a t successful man; but much bet- * ter jr?^ to be a great one, even T In obscurity. 4* Wo have known persons who ?? could write a good advertise ment, and then rsvles it until there was nothing much left. A great many mere things-v come of them pleasanter ones -would como to them who walt, If they wouldn't stand still to wsit. x. One day's work will mean mere knowledge hammered In, to stay, than could be acquired by the book-learning process In months. T What profiteth lt a man to * sell a lot of goods, and haye his $ customers come around the X next day and beat hin up be- X cause they aren't satisfied? jf There is, with some people, X such a thing as dishonest hon- T esty-present honesty practiced A for the building of a smooth, * bread pavement to future dis- 4. 4? honesty. ?? ?lf your advertising does not ? pay lt should be made to pay. * j, Right method's should take the?* ?i? place of wrong ones. To stop T X advertising will not reimburse f -r past losses, and prevents the ? ?* possibility of future profits. ? Persons who read advertising ?jj X because of its smartness or hu- ? J mor are SOMETIMES likely to J X think more of these qualities 4 + than of the goods advertised. Jj 5 Show any man how to In- 4* * crease his business-how to X 4. make more money-and he's *. T your friend forever. - J. : B. ?| A Powell. * T A true sportsman does not ^ 4- quit the field because he missed * T the first shot. ' % X * INDUCES PEOPLE TO BUY What Barnum Meant. According to Merchant, When He Said People Liked >o Be Swindled. " Tl\e Am?nerai people like to bf: swindled.' " (?uoted a well known i?*? chant the oilier day. "I believs it was old P. T. Barnum who said something like that, although I guess those am not the exact words of the noted showman. 'The idoa is exemplified, however, in our everyday life as ?6 evidenced by the modern world of advertising. I want to draw a fine line distinc tion, however, and I believe that Mr. Barnum really meant the same, thing. I don't mean that the people are swindled through advertising, but that they are induced by means of adver tising to buv many things which otherwise they never would have thought of. "In the same way I believe that Mr. Barnum did not mean that he swindled people in his show business; he thought he gave them value re ceived, and I think he did. but when he said that be meant that if it wasn't for the way be advertised not half the people would come to see his show that did. And it ls almost the same way with modern business houses. Did you ever stop to consider that a really successful house has something going on all the time? They have a June sale and a July sale and a white sale and a black sale and a summer sale and a winter sale and every other kind of sale for every day of every week of the entire year. "And then through the newspapers they tell the public of these sales and the public reads and comes and buys. And by that means the stores grow and prosper, the newspapers grow and prosper, the public lives better and a higher plane, for after all this adver tising in a sort of public educational system. People may buy more than they would otherwise, but they reap ample benefits'!:.-. An Advertising Story. ( j Ata recent gathering of advertising men in New York this story was told: A man entered a store one bitter cold I day and bought a woolen muffler I When he opened the muffler he found inside it the photograph of a beaut; ful girl.' together with a note saying: "If you are ?ingle, please "write to me." I A name and address followed, and the man smiled. He was single, and he put the photograph on his sitting room mantel. There, every evening, looking up from his book, he beheld lt. It was very beautiful "and in a , week he had fallen head over heels in love. So- he wrote to the girl. 1 Another week passed, a week ol anxious nerve-racking suspense. Then the lovesick man received this crush ing letter: "Slr:-The Mary Smith to whom you wrote was my grand mother. She died nine, years ago, aged eighty-six. 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The "Shop Notes" Department (20 pages) given easy ways to do things-how to make useful articles for liomo and 6hop, repairs, etc " Amateur Mechemos" (10 papes) tells hosrto make Mission furniture, wlrelesH outfits, boats engines, magic, and all the things a boy loves) $1.30 PCR YEAR. SINGLE COPIES IS CENTS Ask your No? ?dealer to show you ono or WRITE FOR FREE SAMPLE COPY TODAY POPULAR MECHANICS CO. 318 W. Washington St-, CHICAGO Si ?..>? Fresh Seed For Green Lots and Cover .Crops. The farmers of Edgefield county have learned the value of winter cover crops ffhd are year by year by year increasing the acreage of winter crops. The sea son is approaching' for sowing these crops also for sowing green lots, and we have received .large shipments ot Barley, Rye, Vetch, Crimson Clover And Appier Oats. We ordered these seed from the larg est and most reliable house in the South, therefore we knaw they are dependable and will germinate. Come in and let us supply your needs. W. W. Adams & Co. Don't Read If not interested. But you are obliged to be interested where mon ey is to be saved in the purchase of necessities of life both for your self and livestock. We are now in our warehouse, corner of Fenwick ?nd Cumming streets, two blocks from the Union Passenger Station where we have the most modern warehouse in Augusta wilh floor space of 24,800 squa.e feet and it is literally packed with Groceries and feeds irom ceilar to roof. Our stock must be seen to be appre ciated. Our expenses are at least $450.00 a month less since discon tinuing our store ai 863 Broad street, and as goods are unloaded from cars to wareheuse, we are in a position to name very close prices. If you really want the worth of your money see or write us Augusta, Ga. Farm Land-Bargains ? 5?,000acree of improved and unimproved landsat prices that will seil hem. These,lands are situated in "Wire-Grass Georgia" the best, farm ing section ?n the state. No terracing and no irrigation. 202! acres, 65 under cultivation, 85 acres fenced, mostly wire, 5& ileared, not broke. Near three churches, good school; on one publie .<>ad and nearing another. Good 4-room frame house, two fire plactS, rood barn and good well. 10 miles to two good mark?ts. Rents for s.300 cash per year. Will sell for $15 per acre cash. 175 acres, one and one half miles from Lumber City, Ga.; 90 acres .leared, stumped and under cultivation; extra good 4-room house, two ire places; good barn; good well also spring on place. 130 pecan trees bree years old and all under good wire fence. For quick sale will take 526. per acre. These lands have good clay sub-soil and we have a number of others .vhich we can not describe in this space. If th cae do not suit you let us bear from you and we will give you further information. If not as rep resented will pay your railroad fare. A. J. Wismer & Co. Lumber City, Georgia. FIRE INSURANCE E. J. NORRIS, Agent Edgefield, South Carolina Representing the HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, and the old HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut. The HOME has a greater Capital and Surplus combined than any other company. The HARTFORD is the leading com pany of the World, doing a greater Fire business than any other Co. See Insurant Reports PRUDENTIAL LIFE "HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR." E. J. Norris, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.