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WHEN YOUR
When your eyes smile too?when your eye3
smile too,
B'l then I know your hidden heart is laughing
out with you.
It'a otten I have seen your lips go searching
, up a smile,
And, oh, I somehow knew your heart was
grieving all the while !
And the sky was dark aud gloomy, and the
bird-songs were so few.
And the sun forgot its shining?till your
eyes smiled too!
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Rev. M. Pennell,pastor of the First
Society, Brookville, entered his house
one afternoon in July with an expresj
?ion npo"n his countenance so unlike
the look of w armess generally tnere ;
h ' ^ visible that his wife, noticing it, inv
' quired:
I "What has occurred that affords you
such evident gratification
^ "You know I was wishing that I
Slight have a temporary relief from
"v ? say cares, but was unwilling to take a
V* vacation because of my belief that no
? church should, even for one Sunday,
be without preaching?"
"Yes; and I know that you owe it to
your people, not less than to yourself,
i, to rest from your labors; so doing,you
oould accomplish much more. Have
you decided to go away for a season?"
' "Read that," he replied, passing a
jr. letter to his wife.
K. She unfolded the missive, whose con
tents were:
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Bbotheb Pksskll : You will be
. surprised at bearing from your former class,
?? in Andovwr, between whom and yourw
self there has never been any correspoudenoe;
but a few word9 will render all coinpiuhensible.
From my remembrance of your
wtews respecting the duties of a pastor, and
Kl,? from what 1 have heard of your faithfifln"ss,
I apprehend that you would not sacrifice
what you. f>erhaps unwisely, regard the
(fr, welfare of your people to your physical aud,
of ooarse, mental health and strength.
A young man whom I considered very
gifted has been studying with mo for nearly j
. two years and would like to preach a few
Sundays, experimentally. ' Provided you
wish Co be absent from your charge for a
month or six weeks, my "friend will gladly
V?r Supply your pulpit during ttat time for no
! other compensation than his board. If.how?rer,you
shall choose to make him a trifling
Aoaatioii, it will be very acceptable,as be has
o provide for himself entirely.
- I shall be absent from home until the
' middle of September, so, if you think proper
^ toaeoept my suggestion, please write to Mr.
r Thomas Smith, Boston, whither ho is going
v tOTisit friends, on receipt of this. With
"j v kindest wishes. Fraternally yours.
WlTTTi* Rt 1*1?
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I 'You will avail yourself of the opportunity
to recuperate your energies?"
. asked Mrs. Fennell, having finished i
: \ Ike letter.
*'I shall. It seems too much like a
dispensation of Providence to be neglected."
"i em so glad!"
Mr. PenneU went to his library and j
wrote to Mr. Smith, mentioning the
letter from "Brother" Blake and inviting
him to substitute for him during
the coming six weeks.
Three days later Mr. Smith came to
Btookville/
fie was of the medium height,
alight, pale-faced; had long auburn
whiskers, worn a la Anglais, curly
Ksir of the same h^e; blue eyes, that
'. VWeMiarp, uqmsmve, peueuuuug,
- r angular, pleasing features; wits evidently
not tar from 25.
*,V The following Sunday he occupied a(
ESq, seai in the pulpit with Mr. Pennell,
i hut took no part in the exercises, exk'
aopt to offer the closing prayer.
At the conclusion of the morning
> Mrvioe?the only one for the day?
the pastor introduced him to the more
prominent members with the reL
naark?it aoon became sterotyped:
t.v **Mr. Smith will preach for me
white I am haying the vacation which
it appears to be my duty to take, and
1 think yon will hare no reason to rethe
temporary change."
' Everyone expressed his pleasure at
knowing that Mr. Pennell had cony
' eluded to rest; no one doubted but
that Mr. Smith would satisfactorily
meet all requirements.
Indeed, the newoomer had already j
dfena much toward securing the favor
& sf those who were to constitute his
congregation,
ggfe' . "What a fervent prayer!" "How
V,-.' earnest he seems!" "He is destined
to become distinguished," and other
like obeervations rdight - have been
heard, sotto voce, from the elderly
i people.
. The maidens whispered t6 one
another, "Did you ever see snch side
trhiekers?" "What magnificent eyes
he has!" "Isn't he fine looking!" and
r - noon.
? , * ' The next Sabbath the subject of his
discourse was: "I w as a stranger, and
. ye took me in." As a literary production
it was masterly, and it was delivered
in a manner that held the aitdienoe
epell-bound.
When he descended from the pulpit
n old man, whose frame was bowed,
vrhoee hair was silvered by age, exv
tended his haud and said, tremulous'j:
"Brother Smith, *iu more than 80
T 1 1.
JWK5 X ua ?' O UC * oi UCOIU ov
? sermon as yours."
"Thank yoa," returned Mr. Smith.
^ "Your kind words are encouraging,"
and a blush suffused his faco.
JProm that time his praises were on
ery lip. People wmo were noted
Sabbath-breakers went to hear him;
the pr&yer-mecting had an attendance
> larger than it had ever before known;
the "sewing circle," usually discoui
tinned through the hot months, was
*"; i?-orgauized,andof it he was the moving
spirit.
The yonng men liked him; the
young women?married a3 well as
aiagle?fairly adored him.
"Witn reference to the gentler sex
he acted circumspectly, being courteous
. toward all, but mauifesting no favoritism
for any of them. In a fortnight
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'ES SMILE TOO.
When your eyes smile too?when your eyes
smile too.
Oh, the listen of the willows and the glisten
of the dew!
Oh, the brightness of the meadow and the
lightness of the grain,
And the music of the little winds that laugh
along the line!
Oh, the whisper of the valley and the deepness
of the blue,
And the glorv just of living?when your
eyes smile too!
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he was as popular as a clergyman
could desire to be.
"I should like to ask a great favor
of you," he said to Mr. Campbell,
president and cashier of the .local
bank, a "pillar" of the church, as
they sat in conversation one evening.
"Do not hesitate to a*k any favor
which it is in my power to grant,"
was the reply.
"It is not exactly the thing for an
humble servant of the Lord to wear
this ring"?extending his shapely
white hand, whereon sparkled a large
diamond. "It indicates a taste for
display that, not commendable with
the rich, is reprehensible where the
wearer is poor and fitting for the vocation
that is to be mine. I do not
wear it as a matter of display, however,
but because it is an heirloom, j
from which I have been unwilling to
part in the seasons of my direst need.
The people cannot know my motive
in having it appear upon my person
and will probably misapprehend it.
I would ask, if you are willing, to
give it a place in your safe at the
bank."
"Most assuredly. Carry it there in
the morning, and I will deposit it
where it will be secure."
"Thank you. My mind is relieved
of a great responsibility."
The next morning he went to the
bank and saw his ring placed where
Mr. Campbell convinced him it would
be "secure."
After an absence of five weeks Mr.
Pennell returned to his charge, and !
Mr. Smith went from Brookville to a 1
small village in Maine, where he had
engaged to preach for a short time, he
said.
There was a wide and deep regret
at his departure, and now a few of the
church members? especially those who
had joined under his administration?
freely expressed their wish that the j
"lay preacher" might continue to substitute
for the regular pastor, who,
such remarks reaching, deeply
grieved.
Finally matters settled into ineir i
former channel ami moved on peace- |
fully for the greater part, though not
without an occasional disturbance
such as the parish had not Jcuown
prior to the advent of Mr. Smith.
Toward the close of September a
panic was created in the place by the
rumor that the bank had been burglarized
to the amount of nearly $00,000?a
rumor that proved true.
The day that this announcement
was made Mr. Smith again came to
Brookville to obtain the ring, wh^hie
had thought it best should remain in
the safe while he was away.
Despite the gloom of those who
had suffered by the burglary, they
were glad to see him and, learning
his loss, were so sorry as to almost forget
their own.
"Though the intrinsic value of the
ring was considerable, I valued it
chiefly because it had been in our
family so many years?handed down
from one to another generation," he
said; "but my loss does rot deserve
mention with that which some of you
have experienced. It does make me
feel a personal interest in the affair"?
this to the directors and depositors?
" 1 T ?' -I ???.<.4 4UA4 WAII ?f swiskA
"ana jl wouiu hug^cst w^juu <>? v-uw.
telegraph to New York for Mr. ? ,
one of the most expert detectives in
America. I regret my inability to remain
and learn the resnlt of yonr investigation.
If you succeed in recovering
the stolen property, I shall
appreciate your kindness if you will
express the ring at once to me atv
Rochester, New York."
Mr. Campbell promised to do so.
Mr. Smith thanked him and was gone.
The detective named was summoned
by telegraph and within 12 hours arrived
in Brookville. To him the pres- J
ideut stated all the facts in the case,
of which the officer made a memorandum.
Then,as i^ verification of these
statements:
"The door of the bank was locked
when yon reached it?" he said, interrogatively.
"It was," returned Mr. Campbell.
"The safe was also locked?"
"Yesi."
"The windows were fastened as
usual?"
"They were."
"Who knows the combination that
you use on your lock to the safe?"
"No one but myself."
"Have you ever committed it to
paper?"
"I have, and the paper is now in a
sealed package, held by my -attorney
and to be opened only in case of an
illness?that reuders me unconscious
?or my death."
"Do you know that the package has
never been tampered with?"
"I suppose that it has not. Will
learn shortly," and he wrote a note
which he sent to his attorney.
"No suspicions person has been
seen in the villago recently?"
"Not that I am aware of."
The otlieer began his examination
of the premises, frequently referring
to his memoranda. Meanwhile a
sealed package was handed to Mr.
Campbell, who, opening it, said:
"The paper is here, unmolested."
"Are you sure that yon have never
accidentally disclosed the combination
to anyone?that no one has been near
you when you opened the safe?"
"The only person who has ever
! been near me when I opened the safe,
with the exception of the o.'Jicials,
is the gentleman who substituted for
our paster this summer."
"How did he liapjjen to be near
you?"
"He came here to leave a valuable
ring that was his for safe-keeping."
"Ton opened the safe in his presence,
and he unsuccessfully tried to
j open it after you?"
"Yes," in absolute astonishment.
"Describe hiscersonal awearance."
| Mr. Campbell (ltd so.
"That is all for the present," remarked
the ofiicer.
, Four days elapsed, during which
' the detective seemed to give the"case"
; no consideration, devoting his time to
conversation with this, that and the
other one on any subject except the
burglary. Then he went to Mr.Campj
bell.
"Tour description," he said, "of the
j gentleman who substituted for your
I pastor this summer tallied so nicely
with the description of a burglar who
has 'operated' in the West that I at
once made up my mind that the two
i were identical."
Mr Camnhell cave a start.
"Leaving you I called on Mr. Pennell
and learned the name of the clergyman
by whose recommendation Mr.
Smith came here. To this minister I
immediately wrote. The reply is?"
readiug a letter:
C , New York, Oct. 2. 18?.
Dear Sib?In answer to yours, just nt
band, would sny : I know no one by tho
name of Thomas Smith.never had a student,
never wrote to Brother Pennell. The evening
before I left home. lost July, a young
man,in all respects like the one you describe,
called on me and asked innumerable questions
concerning Brother l'ennell? so many
and so strange that I wondered at them. I
intended to writp Brother l'.about thi9 man,
but neglected it so long that I deemed It
best not to write at all. Wish now thut I
had, as it would have prevented the imposition
which has been practised upon an esteemed
co-worker and his people.
Yours respectfully,
William Blake.
Mr. Campbell was too much astonished
to speak.
"Probably this man Smith ?or
whatever his name may be?learning
that your bank did an immense busi
ness, resolved to burglarize it long
ago," continued the officer. "Just
how he chanced to adopt the clerical
role 1 cannot sav; but, having determined
upon it, he could easily find
the name of some one who was your
pastor's classmate at the Theological
seminary by consulting the catalogue
of the institution for various years.
Fortune favored him in selecting Mr.
Blake. He had never corresponded
with Mr. Pennell, but was thoroughly
versed in his ways. This circumstance
enabled Smith to write to your pastor,
with no fear of detection by reason of
the penmanship. The time of writing
was also opportune, as Mr. .Blake was
on the point of leaving home, and Mr.
Penned could not write to him concerning
the would-be substitute.
?"The ring?it may or may not have
neen worm someiuing?was me ruse
by which he gained a knowledge of
your combination. When you opened
the safe he learned the number that
you used, and his unsuccessful attempt
to open it after you was a mere
'blind.' Of course, to obtain an entrance
to the building was an easy
matter for him. I shall this very day
go in pursuit of him, and my advice
is,say nothing of what I have told you
to anyone except the directors, more
than that I have obtained a clew to
the perpetrator of the deed, until you
hear from me."
Early in December he received a
telegram from the detective at New
York, which contained the single
word "Come."
Ee went to that city, where he
found Thomas Smith, alios various
other names, in custody, who made a
fall confession, quite substantiating
the officer's suppositions, and restored
all that he had takon from the bank,
save a hundred dollars or so.
When Mr. Campbell returned to
Brookville with the stolen property
everyone was astonished; they were
more astonished on learning the true
character of the "lay preacher."
"His first text should have been, 'I
was a stranger and took ye in,' " fa- |
cetiously observed one of the chnrcli
members whom Mr. Smith had especially
pleased.
Since that time no one of his flock
has expressed any desire that another
than the Rev. Mr. Pennell administer
to his spiritual wants.
Strange Dresa for Siamese.
A London daily lias this reference
to an old photograph which the Siam
Free Press points out some of its readers
may have seen: Twenty-five years
ago there was a photograph on sale in
Singapore representing the consorts
of the king of Siam in Highland array.
There were thirty or forty of them in i
kilt and philabeg and ostrich feathers, I
with a piper on each flank. The mon- j
arch?ancestor, we presume, to king '
Chaulalongkorn?had lately received '
a Scottish gentleman, who thought it
fitting to don his nationul costume for
the ceremony. Hi3 majesty was so
struck that he borrowed the accoutrements,
set his tailors to work, equipped
all the harem and sent for a pho- |
tographer. The funuy old print re-,
curs to memory when we read the j
present king's admiration for the dress
of the Magyar npbles. He is uot likely
to parade his wives therein, but he
has ordered one for himself. It is indeed
a striking costume?so striking
not nn? dof?s not know whether to
laugh or to admire when coming across
a gentleman thus rigged out in the
brand new, bustling thoroughfares of
Budapest.
Vermont makes considerably more
maple sugar and syrup than any other
state in the Union. The average
sugar crop is about 15,000,000 pounds, I
besides syrup. _ I
COOD ROAJS NOTES.
Weljjht of Kollm.
Tn many sections of the country the
rollers used in laying down new macadam,
and, in repairing, aro entirel?
too light. They only succeed in
smoothing the surface through the aid
of clay or other "binding material."
The weight of the roller on the bearing
surface, in order to get the best
results, should be, per square inch, at
least equal to the expected weight, per
square inch, under the wheels of the
heaviest loads.
Clean Road*.
On the principle that the greater always
includes the less, good roads
naturally imply a clean as well as a
smooth and durable surface. But
sometimes the only step that can be
taken toward better roads is to first
keep the poor ones clean, and a bad
road that is clean is not quite so bad
as one that is not, and more or less
covered with refuse. In New York,
for a year or two, the streets, poor as
they are for the most part, have been
kept remarkably clean, and since this
happened it is said that the demand
for rubber overshoes has materially
decreased there. In towns and in the
country, if live stock were kept off the
highways and properly confined, the
roads would be much cleaner, the
farmer could do away with nearly all
ais expensive fencing, and traveling
would be far more agreeable.
nichvrny Drainage.
There is one fault frequently comnitted
in the use of the road machine;
;here is an insufficient escapo allowed
'or water. Those who operate the
Machines object to being bothered by
Dars, or the so-called "thank you,
narms." So these are not being put
11 their places as they should be.
If there is a short sag to be filled,
t can probably Tie done froip material
it th3 sides by using drag scrapers,
;hen dress np with a foad machine, or
f the soil is a stiff clay or mack, haul
>n gravel, rock, shale or sand, if they
ire available. If not, the embanknent
should be raised to an extra
leight to give a quick drainage.
The worst feature in the working of
;he roads is that they are made the
jntters of the county.
The ditch on tlie upper side of the
oad gathers all the water from the
ields above the road and carry it to
.ho foot of the hill; the ditch on the
ower side gathers all the water comng
from the road, and between the
wo our road systems are being washed
>ut.
Drainage can and should bo proviled
to get the water outside of the
oad limits at short intervals. Water
s a poor road material. Keep it from
jetting on the roads where possible.
?Kenyon (Mich.) Leader.
Profit in Good Koad Taxes.
I The bill tax is produced by running
' :oads in straight lines over hills and
j noun tains with grades of ten to fifj
veen feet in one hundred, instead of
I lollowing valleys, skirting hills and
naking gradual winding ascents, keepI
ing as close as possible to a four per
rent. grade.
j The square corner tax is common
) >n the prairies and in level districts.
, tt consists in traveling, for instance,
| teven miles north, and then seven
niles east to reach a point that is but
sen miles northeast in a straight line,
[n such a case forty per cent, ef the
ictual distance is added. The average
distance added in this way between
any two points throughout the
jountry is twenty per cent.
The mud tax is due to having soft
roads insufficiently drained, and generally
"repaired" by having the sod,
stones and earth from the gutters
;hrown on tbem once a year when road
Axes are being worked out.
The fence tax arises from the time,
material and expense of erecting and
maintaining unnecessary fences.
The snowdrift tax follows on the
ieels of the fence tax, fences serving
is obstructions to cause the formation
)f drifts.
The waste land tax comes from the
loss of good, unused land left on the
roadside outside the fences.
The wagon wheel tax is caused by
.he use of vehicles having narrow
I :ires, with rear wheels following in
;he track of the front pair, and thereby
ilways tending to cut up the road surface.
The good roads tax is the profit accruing
to the farmers and all other
persons using the roads from the removal
of the above self-imposed taxes.
-L. A. W.
Items.
Prosperity travels ou good roads.
Good roads are highway morality.
Bad roads mean dreary isolation for
months every year.
| California has passed a law requiring
the use of wide tires after January
1, 1900.
The citizens of Orleans, Ind., have
just voted $lG,000for the construction
of thirty miles of gravefo-oads.
j Thirty-six miles of turnpike road,
thoroughly drained, are to be constructed
at once in Felton, Minn.
| , Road repairing is all right, but it
should be preceded by road building.
"Repairing" a mud hole will never
make a road of it.
| Rural postal delivery is popular and
is likely to come, but it will depend
for its efficiency and extension on better
roads than now exist in most ptots
_# At. _
31 vao uuuuujr.
The Merchants' Exchange of Oak'and,
Cal., has decided to take hold
with a will and help th3 Street Commission
in its labor of getting good
roads for that city.
Three years ago the death rate in
New York City was twenty-six pei
thousand. Since the streets have been
kept clean it has fallen, and for the
first six months of the present year il
Was under twenty per thousand.
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Danjjerous Crop Pe?t*.
A reader thinks -we -would do well to
call attention to the method now pursued
in North Carolina under the provisions
of chapter 264 of the laws of
1897 of that State?"An Act to Prevent
the Introduction or Dissemination
of Dangerous Insect, Fungous and
Weed Pests of Crop A" This act constitutes
a special unsalaried commission
consisting of the State Commissioner
of Agriculture, the Director of
the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Station, and the President of
the State Horticultural Society. It is
tllC Ullijr VI lUia t'UUiUilOOXVU Hi uuv/y>
regulations not inconsistent with the
laws and constitution of this State and
the United States, for preventing the
introduction of dangerous crop pests
from without the State, and for governing
common carriers in transporting
plants liable to harbor such pests
to and from the State, and such regulations
shall have the force of laws."
The act goes on to say that "no person,
firm or corporation shall knowingly
and willfully keep upon his or
their premises any plant infested by
any dangerous crop pest listed and
published as such by said commission,
! or permit dangerous wced'pests to mature
seed or otherwise multiply upon
their land, except under such regulations
as the commission maj prescribe;
every such infested plant and premises
are hereby declared a public nuisance.
Acting under this authority, the commission
declares the following insect
parasites and fungous diseases of
plants to be dangerous pests of crops:
San Jose scale, greedy scale, West India
scale, gloomy scale, scurfy scale,
oyster shell scale, enonymus scale,
walnut scale, plum scales, peach yellows,
peach 'and plum rosette, fire
blight and black knot.?Country Gentleman.
Winter-Blooming Plant*.
First of all I would place th9 geranium,
because it is a free and constant
bloomer, aud no flower excels it
in richness and variety of color. And
then?it is of such easy culture that
anyone can succeed with it. You can
have scarlets and crimsons of all
shades and depths of color. There
are deep salmons and delicate salmons,
and salmons through which a tinge of
nfdiiorfl nhnirR when s?>en in r>roDer
light. There are pinks as rich as any
rose, and some as soft as a color can
well be and be anything bat white,
and some blend white and pink in the
same flower in a mostvcharming fashion.
Almost any tasto can be suited
so far as color goes, with this favorite
old flower.
The abutilon is a good winterbloomer.
It is a vigorous, stronggrowing
plant, with bright, clean, attractive
foliage, and its pendant bells
of bloom are freely produced throughout
the season. No plant is of easier
cultivation. It will grow in any good
soil. You can have pure white varieties,
or dark scarlet ones, rose-colored
sorts or bright yellow ones, and some
in which various colors blend harmoniously.
I consider the begonia one of the
best plants for the amateur. It grows
vigorously if you give it a soil made
up mostly of leaf mold. It is a good
bloomer, and most varieties have very
beautiful flowers. The favorite sort
seems to be rubra, with flowera of a
rich coral red, produced in such profusion
that a plant is almost covered
by them. Another fine sort is "Weltoniensis,
of the softest, most delicate
pink, with a texture like frost. This
variety has a very charming foliage of
a half-transparent green that has a
sheen like satin, with red veins in a
network over the under side of the
leaf. It is a wonderfully profuse
bloomer. A well-grown plant will
often be literally covered with flowers.
There are other good' kinds,
with colors ranging from pure white
to rich rose-color and bright red.?
The Housewife.
How to Feed Molting Fowls.
G. P. Reynaud, of New York, says
in the New England Homestead:
When the molting season is at its
height, the drain on the constitutions
of the fowls is heavy. The careful
poultryman will seek through properly
balanced food, to keep his fowls in
good condition so as to hasten the
growth of the new feathers and thereby
make possible the early resumptibn
of laying. Hens that have been prop.
erlv rarer! for will often lav dnrincr the
molt, or at any rate can be made to
lay daring that time, bat it is not good
policy to compel them to andergo the
doable strain. It is far better that
they should be allowed to rest and that
all their strength be devoted to the
production of new coats, so that then,
before winter fairly sets in, they may
resume laying at a time when eggs are
a fancy price.
During this time fowls should not
be fed condiments calculated to force
egg production, but occasionally they
may be given tonics in very light doses.
In their dally mash, it is well also to
add a little oil meal, say about a handful
to twenty fowls, and about three
times a week a teaspoonful of sulphur. I
This will assist materially in the 1
growth of the new feathers. The drain
caused by feather-forming used up
the food that would otherwise go to
the making of fat, and in consequence
they can consume much more corn
and other fattening rations, without
the least danger of injury. It has
been my custom for years, at the beginning
of the moulting season, to feed
more liberally and also to use such
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foods as we are usually taught to beware
of during hot weather, my object
being to get the fowls into the pink of
condition before the height of the ; "t' d
molt, in order that the} may pass
through that critical time without bad
effects. With the first sign of molt, I
reduce the green bone rations until,
at this time, they get them only once
a week. I keep this up, according to
seasons and the age of fowls, until
about the 15th of October or the first of . <
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for eggs.
It is now more important than ever
that the yonng chickens be kept separ- >'
ated from the fowls, for as they are I'
not molting, but on the contrary growing,
they require much animal food
and an abundance of all feed in order :.j
to rush their growth as much as possi- '
ble. Give growing chicks plenty of
room and there is no djingei whatever
of over-fattening them, but if you wish
to obtain the best results, give them
such variety of food as will induce {'
them to eat, for the more they eat the
quicker they will grow, provided they .
are in ordinary good health. Practical
Poultry Points.
Tho fall fairs thus far show that the ?
Plymouth Rocks still retain their
popularity as a first-class utility breed.
They are always dressed in their business
suits.
Too many male birds IesBen the
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ways. Disposo of surplus males ae rft
soon as possible, but retain one or two y
more than needed in case of accident, , > x
etc.
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Success depends on management in
any kind of business. No business
will manage itself. Tbe farmer who *
pays little or no attention to his flock
should only expect little or no returns. ' ('
Business attention given to a flock of
properly housed hens would be a great
revelation to many farmers.
Farmers near cities and towns can
secure regular customers for fresh eggs, -ij
to be delivered once or twice a week. n
An ambitious farmer could soon odd
many other crops from the farm that
his customers would be glad to pur- .'YkJ
chase. Selling farm products direct v ^
to consumers pays, as it saves the mid-1
dlemen'a commission, and salos are
cash down.
A great many poultry failures are- d
due to commencing with several breeds. *.
No one should try more than one breed vj
until they have proved beyond doubt
their ability to handle the one in a- j
way to get good results. Make a study
of the breed. Each breed has distinot J ^
peculiarities, which need to be humored jsfc S
a little.
Free use of air-slaked lime in the
hen house and on the yards and runs
is advisable at all seasons. Where it ? >
can be done the runs should be well \'-y
limed and plowed or spaded and sown
with wheat or rye. Keep the hens off ^
until spring, then let them have accessto
it. This will be better than bora y
yards, and will result in decided bene
fit to the flock in the spring.
Never deviate from the rale of alwaysretaining
the best of the flock for
breeding purposes. Do not conclude
you can breed just as fine another year *?gjjl
from the older ones?you may and yoa ^
may not. "A bird in the hand," etc.,
is a saying well worth living up to in
the poultry business.
The time is coming when there will 1 '*'
be a demand for eggs from properly !
fed fowls that have been cared for un- . Y Jj
der true sanitary conditions. The
price above regular market rates for /i
such eggs will be sufficient to encour- \
age such methods. The public are
becoming awakened to the fact that ^
there is a vast difference in the quality -. /?
of eggs. Food and surroundings is the . I
main factor that produces the good or
bad quality in eggs.
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strides toward superseding the hen. %'!
Incubator chicks are just as hardy as* , ?*
hen-hatched ones. Where they be- ;
come weak and runty, it is the fault ' >'
of the brooding conditions, wheto . j
there are lots yet to learn.
Every year brings evidence of the
value of the scratching shed. The
active hens are the layers. Exercise >
is essential to health and egg produc- ;; /
tion. Scratching sheds also are health
promoters by keeping the dock from 4
being unnecessarily exposed during ; ?
inclement weather.
The "duckling" business has grown , l<|
to an enormous one, and still there
are yet large oities that have got to be {A
educated up to the point of appreciate : j
ing their worth. Great as the increase \ '
in "ducklings" promises to be, the
demand for them will more than increase
in proportion, and good prices
prevail.
Sawdust should neVer be strewn -e
where the feed is given to poultry. < .
Soft food will adhere to it, and, if
eaten with the food, it is apt to cause
crop trouble. Feed the soft food in
clean, troaghs. Place it in the troughs
before the fowls are let out in the ^
morning.
Perhaps in the near future the poultry
shows will require something more than
mere form and feathers. It ie
time utility merit was called for in a
more pronounced way. Worth and
beauty in poultry should be a wellmatched
team.?Baltimore Sun.
During the last twelve months the
retiring Lord Mayor of Loudon, Sir
George Faudelt Philips, has raised $3,500,000
in charitable funds.