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R 1 6 VALUABLE AS A FERTILIZEF Best Way to Preserve Chicken Orop pings Is to Put Them in a Box Protected From Weather. Properly cared for poultry dropping? are one of the beet fertilizers the ground can have. Droppings should not be put on the ground in the win ter, as much of their value is losi through leaching The best way to preserve them is to put them in a dry box or house protected from the weather, but airy enough to keep them dry. Sirted coal ashes on tho dropping board, or mixed with the dropping* help to dry them out Sawdust will answer the Hame purpose. If the poultry droppings are cared for each day or week, the condition of tho flock may he estimated by the character of the droppings. If the droppings show races of blood, the chances are the birds are getting too much moat; If they are unshaped and oft, the mash Is too wet. If the ex crenient i? yellow or bright green, or both, bowel trouble of tlie nature of cholera may be apprehended. hi health, that part of the excrement which Is given off by th? kidneys is white. YOUNG LAMBS REQUIRE CARE "Si Constant Attention of Shepherd Neces - * t sary During Lambing Season? Furnish Small Pens. During the lambing season Is the only time that the Hock becomes a real charge Constant attention and care are necessary on the part of the shepherd at this time. In order to he on hand to help any ewe having trouble in parturition and seeing to It that the weak lambs are helped to get their first meal and to care for any lamb disowned by its mother. Small pens should be made in the II shed with hurdles in which to keep th?> f r ewe w it h newly horn lambs for a few days until the youngsters learn their motiu r and gain strength enough to rake rare of themselves when out with the tloek. PPFY/CMT 121 OAT r-D/"?*? r? ? r-?r . iikiun i uuvi-'i rnuill rMrc j Lambs Arc Not as Apt to Overeat as Old?r Arimais?Good Practice to Sow Turnips. In turni)*;; sheep in'.o rape and corn for fii s; in ; arc must be taken at tirst or there may bo loss from bloat. Lambs are not so apt to overeat on rape as older sheep aro, but a few ramb feeders complain of some loss of lambs even when the tape is /cry rank. It is a good practice to sow a little turnip seed alon with the rape. \ favorable year there may he a heavy yield of turnips, and in addition the turnips tend to prevent bloat from to in neb raoa Pineapple Cures Hiccups. One of the thousands of suggestions f cures which hare flooded In upon fleorge Senft of SpHng Orore, whose strength had for weeks been wearing away under the strain of continual p ; hiccups, appears to hgre cured him. Senft was about to submit to an jrs. , eperation when ? lottor /?? ??. - Baltimore sympathizer, suggesting that he take four ?ablespoonfuls of pineapple Juice SHc tried It and to his delight and amazement the hircuplng stopped. ?York tPa.1 Dispatch to Philadelphia Made Good Use of Long Life. William Wallace Spence of Raltlmore, who died recently at the age of one hundred years and thirteen days, is said to have determined early in life that he would live to he a centenarian. He was a man of wonderful determination and will power no doubt helped him to realize his amtdtion in this respect In other ways .alao Mr Spence was a notable man. r!? To America with $100. but amassed a large fortune and spent it for the publld good 8 - v^n* > r feyy' do v oiv Let us print you Drop in and s THEY ARE MODELS OF Fast Presses 1 1 "Corns All Cone! Lot's ALL Kick!" Every Cora Vanishes by Using Won* ? derful. Simple "Gets-It" Never Fails. Applied in 2 Seconds. Isn't It wonderful what a difference Just a little "Gets-It" makes.?on corns and calluses? It's always night somewhere In the world, with many W hcfl t Don't < nrc! 1 Got Hid <>f My CoriiN With 'Oftvlt'!" folks humped up. with cork-screwed ; faces, gouging, picking, drilling out | their corns, making packages of their , | toes with plasters, bandages, tape and j ; contraptions,?and the "holler" in their corns goes on forever! Don't . you do it. Use "Gets-It," it s marvel. I ous, simple, never fails. Apply it in 2 seconds. Nothing to stick to tho i j stocking, hurt or irritate the toe. I Tain stops. Corn comes "clean off." ! quick. It's one of the gems of the world. Try it?you'll kick?from joy- For corns, calluses, warts, bunions. "Gets-It" is sold everywhere. 25c a i bottle, or sent direct by K. Lawrence , & Co.. Chicago. III. I Sold In Lancaster and recoui; mended as the world's best corn I remedy by Lancaster Pharmacy and J. F. .Mac-key Co. <.i:t ti yi \ivikd witii YOt'lt M'.KiHItOll i?er acquainted with your neighbor." P? chaps you have hacl the experience of taking a dislike to some, one on amount of some minor personal habit >>r mannerism. Perhaps this dislike lias been deepened with) time until you reach a state of mind that you not only would do nothing to the person, but where you , mi-lu go out of your wa> to prevent him d? in:? -inn-thing for himself which would lie to hif profit. Such states of mind are quite common. And then perhaps something will happen that w ill show that you were, entirely mistaken in your estimate, I of (lie person. Perhaps you may get | acquainted with him! And perhaps you will tind that what you thought I was a lump of clay is a piece of prlceI less metal. "Get acquainted with your neigh-, i bor." A farmer's neighbors do not ;ill live out In tlit1 country; neither i do the townsman's neighbors nil ( live within the corporation. The' farmer has business in town and the merchants, mechanics, bankers, railroad men. lawyers, doctors, etc.. all do business with the farmers?lots, of it (let acquainted with the folks that you meet in a business way. A personal acquaintance will often' make a business transaction much; easier - "(Jet acquainted w:th your neigh-j bor " Talk over with him the various problems that you have in com-! mnn. Perhaps there will come a tiin-> when you will feel well enough acquainted t o consult him about M^ujr of Hh> things that concern you. only, lint in which his advice will he helpful to you. Perhaps you will be j able to help him in sett'ng some matter that may tie worring him. Ijo not coufide in every one. That j | is not wise. Hut you will never know) the character and disposition of folks, and whether or not you can t oullde in them, until you really know them.- -Ohio Farmer. | / J 3f??? 1 OU INTEND TO E A DANCE? r dancing orders ee our samples NEATNESS AM) BEAUTY Perfect Printing THE LANCASTER NEW! WRONG NUMBER; RIGHT GIRL' Telephone Operator's Blunder Must Have Had Some Place In the < Scheme of Things. j< A year ago last Christmas eve my fiance .and I quarreled, a foolish quar < rel. but It ended in a broken engage- , merit, and he immediately set out for the West. Just where he went I did not know (which fact grieved me more ' than I can say). For months I was disconsolate, but J , the following Christmas I Journeyed'' to Denver. Colo., to spend the hofi- [1 day with an old school friend. j, j On Christmas eve, while gathered | around the grate exchanging Btorics, the telephone bell rang, and I. being >' nearest the instrument, answered it. j < The voice 1 heard on the wire startled me and then set my heart to beating triple time. It said, "is this , j' 2768?" to which I answered. "No, this i is . 2760." Then the voice sntd "Pardon me. madam, hut may I ask who is speaking': Your voice re- ' minds me bo much of a very dear < friend whoso voice I have not heard < since a year ago tonight." The surprise and the unexpected- ' ness of it all nearly took my breath < away, but I was finally able to say: : 4 "Well, perhaps 1 am that friend." What else was said I cannot remember, but what I do remember is that < within an hour we were face to face. < reunited again, and both inwardly blessing the operator who gave Jack the wrong number. < We have boon married since Janu- < arv, and no one could be happier. t ^ Jack often says: "I had the wrong number, but I certainly have the right ' little girl."?Chicago Tribune. ( WERE CLOSE TO THE ANGELS < English Soldier Somewhat Irreverent ^ In Describing Alleged Occur- 4 rence at Mom. ^ W. P. Trites, the novelist, said on * his return from the war: i "a v/n me suriace it appears that Eng- < land in this war is showing more respect than France for religion. Thus, in France, a preacher got three < months recently for preaching that the 4 French losses and defeats were (lod's punishment for France's wickedness* * but in England the papers are full e? < r< >*erojr. discussion of the .Moiis ang'L < h .'< nd the legend of the white hand o; angels that protected the English tr< "-is in their great retreat. * 'Now tiiese things don't prove 4 France less religious than England. ^ Th y only prove her less foolish. For the .Moiis angels' yarn and the French j * preacher's vaporing* have nothing to < do with religion. They concern hu ^ man stupidity. \nd England has always been friendlier to human stu * pidity than t>an<*e 4 1 met one Englishman, a Tommy. ^ who treated that Mons angel business j right. 1 * " And did you really see the an i gels*' I asked hint In a t'alals estanii- 4 net. " 'Sure, sir." he said, with a wink " 'Hut were you near them?" 4 *' 'Near em, sir?" he said. 'Why, me 4 ami a pa! o' mine waa so near 'cm that m V nal ?n.ittoit o" ?' u 1 - 1 , .... mull xi Ilin HlllUlig 'em.'" 4 4 As the Year? Roll On. 4 Yon remarked fatuously the other 'lav. "I'm just as young as I ever * was " 4 ?>h. 110. you're not! If young people weren'f too polite. they'd soon undeceive you. You have been so busy * leading a successful life that you have 4 forgotten to notice that your success-' ^ ful life has been led. Youth is flouting you every day. Youtb Is through * with you. You appeal to it for recog- ? nitlon. and It laughs at you. You still young"* You? No. Indeed! Look at real youth pursuing its fan- * tastic preferences: at Reginald Warne- < ford, engaging a Zeppelin single handed, in regions near the sun; at Otto von Weddlgen leaving his bride to carry on a desperate warfare under ' < seas. , Do you honestly sympathize with inem:?Atlantic Monthly. BOND ISSUE WAS ? BADLY BEATEN * Defeat of 12 to I Recorded in Richland Election 4 Columbia. April 11.- The moat * crushing defeat ever given a propoa al in Richland county was administered to the proposed $1.000,0<tl) bond issue for good roads to-day. The citizens of Richland, by a .ot ^ ,oi i?' jo i, rejected the proposition. The vote, with two-thirds of th" precincts reported and including th. city of Columbia, gave 170 for the bonds, and 1,900 agonist. The election was held In accordance with an 1 < Act passed by the last legislature, submitting the question of Issuing it,000,000 in bonds to the people. The various precincts both in the' city and county vied with one anothe-' 1 er |d rolling up majorities against J1 the bonds and the result was an < gutter rout. 3ome of the county %ox-,, 0.8 vote unanimously ugaina tthc proposition and acme of th? city boxes went twenty to one against them. j' W. F. C. ?< 5 APRIL 14, 1916 ^ A A^A ^A ^A ^AJ^AJ^J^J^kJAAjft T^y ^r "^~ ^ ^y ^ 'M* TT XX XX it XT ?! ! | BE I BOO! And Adv If THE I* % > ** If I? " || THIS PAPI If LANCASTE1 11 and is the C that does. I H* lates in adjoini || Lancaster is of a Big Trade the people wa what our me: If: to sell. H f| r% W m WW 1 : % dome Live W || ready Adverti If DON'T YOU'! jPjj> Our Job Def $ "On Tb LA If % ~~ S T1 if I! Lane; i Ne" y > II tj tf * , Utununtntns? 1 II H II A ( JTER 1 YY ertise in || JEWS | LR .COVERS || R COUNTY || )NLY Paper If H t also circu* ? rr mji counues. TT i the center i District and || nt to know w rchants have || WMtKmrnFM ires are Al- || 'sing. WHY || > II >artment is || e Job" ? ? ie 1 XX Bister p ws I!