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r 4 1 THE SENTINE I:JO~URNAL E ntorecl April 23, 1903 at Picelns, S. C.. second class matter, u nlder act of Congres of March 3, 187. 'V/ 1 -8 __ -- - IOXENS SOUTH CAROLINA,_TURSDAY, MAY S ,- - - - -N, 1007 / ~ Poultry D< FIIST: Slcct *onr Strain of Bird 1imoprovo tiem overy time s on Good Cock at tlie Ilicad of you liWM E TO MARKET I believe if I undurstand the poultry business well enough to tell tho good ladies anything about their chickens they may ask that nine tenth- of thon would say at this season of tbe year, 'How can I manage to raise a greater per cent of my little chickens?' Be lioving this that so many of our poul try raisers wouuld liko to know better how to handle the little chickens, I shall attempt to give them a short ar ticle on "From Shell to Maturity '' Though I do not claim to have the only plan nor is my way exactly .like any others that I have ever read after, 1 wish to say to those that are meet iug with success to not lot this article change their way. But to those who ire fertilizing their gardens with dead chickens will say it is cheaper to use chicken droppings. Let's get down to business and take off an old hon with fifteen fine little fat chicks what must you do first? If she has had the proper attention while setting by being thoroughly dusted with in sect power once each week there is no vermin, but to be on the safe side lets give her another dust. What now? We ought to have a coop ready for her: a slatted box about 2x3 feet with slats ahout two inches apart; the box ought to be well covered with as light a roof as possilo; tar pa .per makes good light ro.f, but any thing will do that will keep the box dry. Where shall we place the box? Under the shade of a tree where the earth is not too soft so the hen will not scratch and make the floor so -rough and dirty, nor ihould the coop be placed where water can get under it. What now? Sprinkle the bott m of the coop well with sharp sand; have place for little chicks to get out and in ; put in the hon and chickens and feed the hen some corn or some thing the little chickens can't oat and let them eat sand for two days; give them plenty of water. If you have a 1oe. size baking powder can cut a v in the top of it about three eighths of an inch deep and fill the can with water, then place a saucer over the can and turn over quickly. The water will fill up in the saucer till it stops the air and when the chickens drinks the water keeps filling the saucer. Thel water ought to be placd outside the coop whoro"the hen can got to it to prevent her turning it over. When chickens are two days old they can be fed. Their crop is full of grit and they are ready to digest their food, vhich should bo oat meal for one we -k - 5c. worth" will fced 15 for a wee. If not bandy to oat meal or rolled oats feed dry bread crumbs in a enn or oni planks, not on the ground. (Get a small box and slat it very closely logothor so tno ben can't get her head in the box and sawv a smaill no rance in one end of the box for the little chiickonis and place th~o small box in wjl it hon andI near end of cool; pilact) a little dry sand and chalf in the small box and then put eat meal in it and mix with chauff and sand. The chicks will soon find out what the box is for and go to scratching. Cracked wheat or grits will do if you enn't get oat, meat the first week. Th le seconid wook~i wheat or chops can l'o fed. After the chiicks are two days old1 give them skimimed milk once a day- -jnst enough so they will drink up clean. Let the hen d rinu with them. Move the coop overy day or tu o and clan up whoe the old pdlace. Clean the drinking fountain every day or two' by washing with sand an a rag. A fter the chekenrs are 0on .week 01ld the hen can be turned out about an hour OV(' ry evoninig,"twhen the weather is good, tb got greeni grass and wallow~ in the ashes with the little chicks. When (chickenis are one month 01(1 they will all he thle finest you ever saw and the theni can btohoni turned out every morn inn as she will wean thiom very sooni and go to her roost and the littio 0..,s . r'tur n to the old box.' Then you ought to have four narrow pledos~ of ,. plank together like you were going ;1 partment ; Second: Stick to them; Third: c:ut; Fourth: Always keep at Flock. to mako a box a littlo larger than the coop which place on the ground and fill with dry sand and place the co,, in the sand an( box and sprinklo 1hlfT overhe sa11(1. This makes a nlico cleai dry Ilaco for thom to roost and will not get damp when it rains and can easly be cleaned out, which do avery week. Some reasons why a hen ought to be kept cooped: 1.. When the chcks get~cold they run to the hon and got warm and not have to ,ry and be dragged throuth tho wet and cold. 2 The chi:kens are more gentle and will not go so far from home and be caught by hawks, eats, minks, l,te., 3 They learn to do their own scratch ing and exorcise themselves. 4 They are not packed to death by some other hon with little chickens. Try this plan with one gang and when you see the large, happy fellows walling about and scratchng and talk. ing to themselves, you will never try the old way feeding wet dough whtch kills the in by a t *ng bowel trouble and sending them draggng their long wines,crying ' peop," "peep,!'. I nad in the beuinnine' that I would write from shell to maturity, but after they are weaned all you have to do is feed them and keep their quarters clean. Will gve you goad formula for killing lice and mites in hon houses in another article. Wishing you much success with }our chickens I close. Poultry Crank." 'SPuKANE, TIlE MECCA FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLES' CON VENTION. The city of Splokrane, pronounced Spo-Man, accented on the last sylla ble, is located 50 miles east of Puget Sound, 90 miles south cf British Co. lumbia and 10 miles west of Idaho in the valley of Spokane river which fall3 150 feet in the midst of the city. and furnishoa an enormous water power. The city began its growth in 1883 and is now nearng the 100,000 mark. The city began its growth in bank clearings for 1900 were $228. 000,00. It is the peor of any city in parks, benutul homes and mass buss ness blocks,the greatcst railrod center on the sur.set side of the Rocky nioun tains, including five transcontinental line. Two others are now building. Tis grunt convention at Spokane and the magnificent trip and out'ng it affords is one of the opportunities of a lifetimo. No one looking for a glorious summer vacation during July, 1907,'should miss it. For full iniforma tion about the convention and trips make request of Oliver W. Van Osdel D.D .. City temple, Sposan, Wash ington. The main dlivide of the lRocky Mounai ns is throuh western Montana atnd wyoming. On the west, running north and south rises the Cascado range dividing Washington into two parts. The territory lying between the Rockies and Cascades, includimt,. east Washingtonm, North Idaho and large part- of Oregonu, Mountanina andI TIritsh Columbia, 1 50,000square mniles in area, i!. popui a rly known as " The In land Empire. The mighty Conlumblia river withl .ior tribut.ary lakos and streamus fur aishes the power and l ight supply as wniol as thte water shed anud drainage systemu of the region. Thte climatoI, wtr,mountains and1( valleys are of uacht surpassing hoauty as to be a u o 1 stant wondo(Ir to the sightseor and the scnotr is deccla red be widely travel(d plte~~( to thoe the finest in the world. Tbec development of the resources of this region is now fairly began. $8, 000,000. from the farms and orchara, $100,000,000 from the forests and milh 12,0000. 00 from thei coal mines and 30,000,000. from the metal mines for 190 give an idonu of wvhat is meaunt by tho opp,ortulnities of the I land Eampirno. *The Baptist Yountg Peoples' Union e' America wvill hold its sixteenth an.t nal convention in the beautiful city of spokano. Washington. .T.he railroad eolil;,nie" hi mv t,ivo n aI halfrato i: i Chicago and ~ther points with full sto; over i riVil,r; :. .lickets Will ho o ralt Juno 211h. ai Vill bo tiood unti Oembonlwr I'ith. 1Hates are mado t othcr points to aaccomnodato thios attendirg tle conVuntion who wiSh t visiI different localities. Many 1Sido trips have13 beenniann and among them a visit to the wonderufl Yollowstono National Park 1)elctatcs to either the Baptist YounE People's Convention mooting in Spo katn, July 4, 5, (, 7, or those to the Christian Endeavor Convention mneet ing in Seattle, July 10th should b; no means overlook the splendid oppor taunity, the low rates will present fo a vis4t, to the "Woderland of th World.'' All tickets sold via th Northern Pacific Railway to Spokao Seattle, Tocoma, Portlanad and othe Coast points, will be good for storove at Livingston, Montana, to permit th Park journeyto be made. Thu tour o the Park usually occupies five and , half days in the Park. While on should, if possible, spend more tim exploring this region, yet one car within this period, see everything o special interest . During the Parl soason) of 1907 minieters will b) granted half rates on stase coact transportation witin the Park. Thi arrangement will not apply to mniis ter's families nor to Park hotels. The Northern Pa :i: Railway publish es several beautiful booklets tellint about the Pacific Northwest and th Park whien will he sent upion reques direicted to A. M. Cleland, Genera Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. --P. F. Crawford, Liberty, S. C. Acetylene Gas and Other Gases. It is bad to be mnaligned, misquote, or Imisunderstood, but ueverylsbidy can see, think or uniderstandi as you d< hence they talk a heap without reall meaning or knowing wha)tt they sal That is a form of gas escaping "Spouting gas'' is the common vei nacular for such instances. But we started t' write about an uther form of gas, aca,tylene ga, which was discovered in 1895 by North Carolina chemist, and after was found to be an illuminant expei iments have been mada with it until to-day, it is one of the best of artificit lights, being bright, soft, and th nearest to sunlight of any illuminan inl use. It is being used extensivol; by the U. S. government for thei lighthouses; it is used for lightinl streets, stort-s and residences, and il as cheap or cheaper than c:al gas anl gives perfect satisfaction wher ever used and under all conditions, Last week we took the positiou that the ILight.ing Co. ill licke:s ht a franchise for lighting the town, it being in the nature of a contract whereby the townVi (in buy tihe gia: at - per cent. above cost of produc tion. WVe went. on to show wvha the town cold dlo ,id oughlt not to (10 (and wve will add1( right here tha these remarIlks were iisconistrued by some,. who ought i toi hve boon1 albI t, have unidirstoodi whtt we wer: drniving at), andli as3 some1 folks canino see t hi iigh ai muilstone even aifter hole is dirivon into it, we are force' to say a few 1more woirds abouit gas. We are wvilling and aittXous to se our streets Iilie u p, hot firumcno are low, andi( we wonl anggest meeting of theu citiz.ns ti isens waiys and1( mleanis to tins enid. Oe p1 mi is to laly minis all over towni, thi cost, ite1 cannedi pain' lg the othe~ onel-thl ird, Oine wt'iilie a dinoet tao the other will bie an indlirect ts the one wil be raiiised on) t.he proi (rty, the otheri will comei( directly ou ef the p ockel s of th c3itizensi as th wvork is donie. ThIis is the only3 waI1 at present , thatl such0l an enteOrpris o m be coinummated. If the b)Iuiness men want 1i hs i: front of their places o& business, le themi put the posts where thety wail thei and pay the cost of vme ami pay for the gas thuQ contsumned. 1)o 't 1sk the town to (do this, for it wob:li er<ente a terrible howl among the tax tpaytterq. No, Matulio clear, we are not fi".ht ing the ighting plant, any of their pr,.j;-ts, or any schemno t .'t will uip bald Piekons in uarticu!ar, or any part, of the countiy in genoral; wte are looking after the common good of all the peoplc,, and all .%a ask, and we - insist, on it, is that the conocil and ighting plant take care of tee inter tsts of the town of Pickens and her taxpayers, who pay the bills. 11 this can't be done the one had be tter re sign and the other surrender its r charter. r No, Msuciie, we want more light, and better light,so that you can walk home safely after nightfall, withont being such a beavy burden on toe arm of that escort of yours. Do you favor "'more light?' Puritanical Laws. For some time Pickens has been bottled bp. The old "blue laws" have been in force, and it was an in possibility to get the common neces saries of life out of any of the stores on a Sunday, much less any of the lux;ries. The only exception was I that the drug stores had the privi lo.'e of filling physitians' prescrip tions without a fiiu. It a person felt had on Sunday morning and fe .t that. a can of salmon and a few eggs were 1 what his stomach craved, or a certain t trand of cigar would put his system in the right lute to enjoy the Sun v day school lesson or the sermon or a soda water or a iemnade was what his systeitm needed to make the Sab _ bath pass off pleaeanutly, he could. tot be elevated, enervated or satisfied, unless he anticipated, and procu: ed his wants on Saturday. Yet sotme times a person craves these things as much as he craved ice, baker's bread or beef steak on a Sunday, and under the puritanical laws of our town these l "luxuries" can be procured on the Sabbath day, but other "luxuries" have to be forborne. The drug 4tores should be allowed to keep open, if they want to, on the Sabbath day; and if a man on his way to or from preaching feels the teed of an ice, lemonado or some other soft drink to tido hin over, or to give to his family, lie should be allowed that privile.;o on Sunday as well :.s any other d ,y. If it is ia sin, or against the law, to sell on Sunday, it certainly, to us, at least, looks wrong to soll these things on weiek (lays. It was a case of "have -to," hence the L~ord turned( the jup~ of .water int,o wine on the Sabbath thedy, which teaches us the lesson that on the Sabbath, if we find that we nleed certain things for that day, we should not be (Jelnied the privilege of get ting them. We do not advocate this change from the standpoint of mnaking money ftr the dIruggist, far from it, but fruom tao standpoiint that if the drug store is openi for the purIpose of compj miuid ing prescriptions, why can't, hen bo ad (owed to compound mine as well as the one1 conitain ing "'---, M. ., - t the end? My proscriptio'n may be Sas vital and of as muichi import 1ae r to mae as the one given by3 the \1. I). , t his patienit. Of couroe, if I get~ upi :with thamt, "'drk brown tast"' Rn my miouth antd a "'fri'" in my' throat, t. and the druggist is a scrupualousy relhgious mani, hei is peCrfectlhy justified in substituting "a iraparilla" for ''"ebaska siru1p" ini my orde r, pro vidled it answeirs thle purpose for i.which it isi ordered. We have no t kick to make on that score. What t we kick on is that a~ lot of onr nonn lnti,un aro workingmen, and, even if thev liave the time Satu rday evening .r iight, to treat their family to om(thfing co iling at the soda foun, ta n, it rloes nt t suit to partako then, when, on their- going to, or from church, or out looking the town over (as is the case, generallV, with st rangers) on a Sntidav, they feet the need of ia cooling; drink, tho priv i-lego of getting it iii denied them because of our "blue laws." We do not advocate the chainge or repeal of our laws by the council as a means of making money on the Sab. bath. day by our merchants or drug gists-far from it -but as a uccessary evil for the benefit, not only of our own citizous, but the stranger that is within our gates. If the druggist has the privilege to sell one class of medicine to one class of customers, Mr. Mayor, fix it so that another person can get an other kind of "medicine," let it be "Nebraska- sisup" or simple soda. The working people are a unit on this question. How shall it be dis., josed of? The. mail Order Citizen. In the past t".o decades many ques tions have arisen which are taxing the ingenuity of the best intellects among the political and industrial economists of the day to solve. Evils that are gigantic in their scope, which are far-reaching in their effect, and which are subtle in injury to the public and private woal that they do, have grown up to torment the people. Among these evils is the mail order house evil. It is like the consump. tion, as veritable a white plague in the bsiness world as an exposition of its detrimental methods, policies and effeots will show. Do you.-wish to sustain the legiti mate dealers and enable them to re main in businose? If so, do you not kno-, that it is imperatively neces-. sary to trade with them? Of what value. is the mail order cit izen to a co>munity? Ho is of no value whatevor. He's aim ply occupy, ing splace that could be better filled by the right kind of a citizen. While it is true that the principal patrons of the catalogue houses are farmers, there are many town people who seem to prefer sending their money to the mail order houses in, stead of keepinig the cash at home. Thu mail order citizen is not a val unblo addition to any community. l ie does not help to build up the town, but, on the other hand, he is ready and wvillinug to tear it down. Reflections of a Bacheior. A bad imitation is often better than the real thing. It :en't the fault of the fair sex if a. secret remains a secret. There are lots of peop)lo in the so, cil scale who do not wveigh1 much. After a manm has had his engage rmt brokeni off lie can affo,rd even an auttomobilo. It makes a woman awful ashamed to) have you see above her shmoo tops f theny are shabt>y looking. Whlenm a man is ma;king all sorts of faces at himnolf in a mirror he usual,~ ly sn't orazy, only shaving. A girl's idea of being 1)0ld is to forget to look daggers at a man who givesi her his seat in a street car. Women are mighty smart to be 'uble to wvear their clothes so as to make a mn guos whether they are dressed or not. -N. Y. Press. The Great Well of Chins will soon be undermined in une place by a rail, ~road tnnnn,