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ISTART IN POULTRY BUSINESS ?Spring Is Good Time to Begin-Either Obtain Breeding Pen or File Order for Eggs. Spring is a good time to start in !the poultry business. Either obtain .a good breeding pen from someone who is reliable and who raises the breed you fancy, or else send for ?eggs. You do not have much time to obtain breeding pens, fur mo&\ breeders of purebred stock have their pens mated by this time and without doubt will have disposed of their sur plus choice breeding males by adver tising them last fall and selling them to parties warning good breeders. The other plan, then, is to send to these breeders and obtain their price lists at once. Even if you do not cure to have the eggs for a month or so, send now and obtain the price lists ?and get your order booked, for others are doing the same thing, and most breeders send out eggs in the order booked. Delays oftentimes cost much, due to inability of the shipper to fill his many orders as promptly as he may desire. BEG?1M FIGHT ON PARASITES Poor Policy to Wait Until Spring When Insects Become Numerous-Dust Birds Thoroughly. A common practice among poultry .men is to wait in the spring until lice :and other parasites have become so numerous that they will be noticeable. By far the better plan is to begin the fight early and keep them from getting a start One of the best means of doing this is to dust the birds thoroughly with a good insect powder, at regular inter vals, beginning in late winter. There 'is no harm1 in giving the hens an appli cation occasionally even in midwinter since they are never entirely free from lice, and everyone of these pests killed , heft ?re the breeding season may mean a million or two less to fight next sum mer. ROOSTER TO IMPROVE FLOCK iln Selecting Young Fowls Use Best Judgment-Certain Characteris tics May Be Noted. The kind of cockerels used is fur more important than most farmer poultry raisers believe. The fact that one bird looks well and is healthy and active is a good Indication of a good .bird. But this is not enough. The male bird should be of such good breeding that he will improve the flock. If he is not capable of doing this he is not worthy of his place as bead of the flock. When you are selecting the male birds from the young cockerels of your own flock you should use your best Judgement and find the best Indivi duals. In this case you must be In Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock Cock. fluenced by the appearance of the birds, as for the most part the cock erels will be about the same in breed ing unless you have trap-nested and kept records on the hens. It is rather hard to select young cockerels, as they may often deceive one when they are quite young. Like a calf, a colt or, a pig, there is much speculation in selecting for breeding purposes. Nevertheless, there are certain characteristics that may be noted. From these a careful breeder will determine the male birds for his flock. CHICKENS KEPT IN BROODERS 'Much Loss Can Be Avoided by Keep ing Everything Clean-Use Cut Straw for Litter. _ Much of the loss in raising chicks 'in brooders can be obviated by keep ing the floor of brooders and brooder . houses covered with an Inch of clean 'sand. Cut corn stover or cut straw may ;be used on the sand for scratch litter. I Such material as clover or timothy chaff or buckwheat hulls are objection able in the brooder house. The chicks pick up the particles of the fuzzy stuff and are not able to pass thom through the crop. The young chicks need a daily feed ing of flne-cut green grass if they are to do welL I "M DOCTOR ISN'T IN!" Wi _ g? = O! By OLIVE GRAY. Dr. Charles Morse walked thous fully to his ofliee. The verb was i unusual, the adverb was, for althou he always walked he was seld< thoughtful. Could his thoughts have boon pho graphed, the picture would have bo of si breakfast table with a persuusi sister on one side, himself or^the otb I And could a dictagraph have absorb I the conversation, the record wot j have been as follows : "But, Charles, dear, we girls ha counted so much on our clubhou: Suffragists need a headquarters much as any other sqciety, and he aro we to get it if every man refus a donation as you do. We were coui ing on a hundred dollars from you aa way." "Good heavens, sis, I work days f that much. Besides, I don't appro of suffrage." "You're horrid, Charlie, and I vror talk to you any more. But nev mind ; we'll get it yet. I'll send Jai Gregory after you. There isn't a mt in the oliy who can resist her, and am morally certain that if she asl you for a hundred dollars you'll gp one long look into her lovely eyes ai dig down in your jeans for double tl amount." "Not if I see her first !" her brothi answered with heat. "I don't care ho pretty she is. I won't give a cent f( any fool thing like that." Doctor Charles reached his office an "opened up" himself, for Mary, h office girl, was away on a vacation. Il Sterilized instruments, put bottle within easy reach and addressed a st of teeth for mailing, for Charlie was dentist. Then he opened the paper t see if he could get a girhfor two weeli to take Mary's place. But not a soi wanted to work. And then a happ thoucht'struck him. "I'll put a car on the office door, 'Girl Wanted.' Maj be that will catch somebody." It did. About ten o'clock, while he was ac justine some bridgework, the outsid office door oponed, and someone cam in. Doctor Charlie went out to set and there was a youns girl, demure shy and wide-eyed. "I saw your card," she began dilli dently. "Good ! I need an office girl for twi weeks. Would you like to try it a ten dollurs a week?" He rather hopee she would. He thought it would bi pleasant to have her around. "I can stay right now if you wan me." "All right; that's fine. Put youi thlntrs in that closet and I'll give yoi Instructions as soon as I'm through And, by the way, if anybody-a lady comes to see me, tell her I*m not in She has gray eyes-weil, I can't de scribe her exactly, but I rather thin!; you'll know. She's after money, ant I'd rather not see her." "I understand," said the girl qui' etly unpinning her hut. The morning wore on; patient? came and went, and the new girl seemed to be doing very well. Aboui noon he distinctly heard her say tc someone who cume In, "The doctor is not in." About two o'clock, in the silence of the office he again hoard the outei door open and the girl say distinctly "No, the doctor is not in!" Doctor Charlie was indignant. "The idea. Sis is rather overdoing lt, or else that girl she's sending has more brass than I gave her credit for, tc come twice In a day." But what was his surprise when for a third time he heurd the new girl telling someone that the doctor was not in. At five o'clock the last patient had departed, and Doctor Charlie at last had time to give his assistant some in structions. "I want to compliment you," he be gun, "on the way fou got rid of that giri. Her name's Gregory." "That girl?" she asked, her wide eyes opening still wider. Her mouth, with its wistful little droop, was get ting a gripping hold on the young den tist's heart. "Yes. I heard you tell her three times that I wasn't in." "Oh, but they were different people." "What do you mean?" "The first was Mrs. ArnfeW. She's out canvassing for the new minister's home. I thought you wouldn't want to be disturbed." "Right O !" "And then there was Mrs. McArdle. She's determined to have a new Y. W. C. A. And the last was from your church. They are going to burn trib ute generously, and besides they want to-" "That's plenty," gasped Doctor Char lie. "But what's happened to Jane, I wonder?" r "I'm Jone," said the girl. "You see, we're all trying to earn money for the new clubhouse, and when. I saw your sign I thought Td like to try it here. And don't you think when I've slde j tracked so many people? today you might give us a little donation? Just a small one would de)-a hundred dol lars or BO." Doctor Charlie dropped limply into ? chair. "I lase," he said weakly. And. after the suffragettes had their building, and Doctor Charlie and Jane; were matried, she told him how she did it "There wasn't a soul there to see you that day for subscriptions," she confessed. "I made it all up." (Copyright, 13Y?. by the McClure Newspa I ; per Syndicate.) I 00 ? ac AWFUL SUFFERING. ,;1 .su Tiered unto!d r.sony with neuralgia. I thought I would yo mad with pain. A friend of raino advised rac to take Dr. 7.:ilos' Anti-Pain Pills. I did so and Ihe pain rtopped almost at once. Then I commenced usir.jr Dr. Miles' Nervine and be fore lons I v:as so that I did not have these pains any mere." E. J. WINTER. 561 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Sprinirs, Colo. I1 Tl Sj ri' ll TO BS ; saasaBBSBBg aa BBB BM aaa SHOOTING FISH IN GUIANA Native Indians Still Adhere to Use ol Bows and Arrows in This Sport. Although the Guiana Indians all use guns for hunting game, they still ad here to bows and arrows for killing fish, and employ hlow-guns and wour ali-poisoned darts - for securing birds and small animals. The bows are usually of letterwood, about five feet in length, and very powerful. The arrows vary according to the pur pose for which they are designed ; but all are lons-from five to sis feet with shafts of arrow-cane and a shank of hardwood fitted at one end. This piece is tipped by a steel point or head which is fixed Immovably if the arrow is for shooting birds or small fish ; or. if used for killing turtle and large fish, is equipped with a socketed head, attached to a long, strong, cot ton line. When a large fish Is struck, the shaft floats free from the sock eted head, which acts as a toggle, and turns at right angles when a strain is put on the line. By means of this harpoon-like arrangement the fish or turtle is hauled in. Neither fish nor turtle arrows are feathered, but those used in hunting birds are provided with two feathers' which seem far too small to serve any useful purpose. With these simple weapons the In dians creep along the rocky edges of the streams and eddies and with mar- ? velous dexterity shoot the fish which only their hawklike eyes can discern deep beneath the surface. Naked, save for a Inp, or loin-cloth, the hunt er stands motionless ns a statue, with drawn how and poised arrow, and, ii no fish are visible within range, he "calls them" by a peculiar beckoning motion ol' his hand and a low whistle. Whether or not the fish actually re spond to this command I cannot say, but the Indians affirm that they do, and, when this method fails, the sav ages resort to attracting the fish with in range by throwing certain pods and seeds into the water.-A. Hyatt Ver ?111 in Harper's Magazine, YOU NEED A SPRING LAXATIVE. Dr. King's New Life Pills will remove the accumulated wastes of winter from your intestines, the burden of the blood. Get that slug gish spring fever feeling out of your system, brighten your eye, clear your complexion. Get thal vim and snap of good purified healthy blood. Dr. King's New Life Pills are a non-griping laxative that aids nature's process, try- them to-night. At all druggists. 25c. 1 FIRE INSURANCE Licensed Agent for Four Fire Companies. Can Insure Anything Insurable Town or Country. J. T. Harting At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield How To Give Quinine To Children. PEBRILINE is the trade-mark name elven to an improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it ls Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The *me FEBRILINE is blown in bottle. 25 cent*. To Prevent Blood Poisoning tpply at once the wonderful old reliable Dk PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and h apis a: the same time. Not a liniment. 2Sc f**^*^ SI ?G?fl GGQfe?? (=3 20 Close attention to work is the cause of much Pain and many Headaches. Obtain relief by taking one or two DR. MILES' miI=PAIN PIUS len tone up the Nervous rsteni by using Dr. Miles' ?sferaiive Nervifte . Fl?ST BOTTLE. OR 30X, FAILS HELP YOU, YOUR MONEY WILL REFUNDED. W Zn I i KITCHEN mm mi We all know we cannot always make ourselves well, but few perhaps real ize how much we can do to keep our selves well.-Sir John Lubbock. SOME PEACH WAYS. Peaches haked like apples are a de licious dessert. Place them in a sha! low pan, sprinkle with a little sugar, a few drop? of lemon and hits of but ter, with a grating of nut meg. They may he baked whole or in halves with the pits removed. A half of a peach placed on a square of sponge cake or angel food, soaked with fruit sirup and topped with fi? cream or whipped cream is a dessert well liked. Peaches sliced and mixed with marshmallows and sweetened whipped cream is another well liked dessert Glorified Peaches and Cream. Peel and cut euch peach In half, re move the pits and put a little mara schino and a teaspoonful of sugar on each ; let stand for an hour or two until the fruit has absorbed it, then arrange the peaches around a bowl of sweetened and flavored whipped cream. Peach Salad.-Peel and cut each peach in hulf, remove the pits and arrange on nests of lettuce; fill with dressing and chopped nut meats. For the dressing use two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of celery salt, salt and paprika to taste, five drops of tubasco, four tablespoon fuls of olive oil and two tablespoon fuls of vinegar. Peach Compote With Peach Sauce. -Scald two cupfuls of milk in a dou ble boiler and add one-half cupful of farina, gradually, stirring constantly. When the mixture thickens, add a fourth of n cupful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of suit and cook 20 min utes; then add the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. Turn into slightly buttered shallow pan. Remove the skins from six peaches, put into a saucepan a half cupful of sugar and a quarter cupful of water, cover and cook the fruit until soft. Cut the farina into squares, put a peach on each square and pour the peach sauce over all. Peach Sauce.-Mix half a table spoonful of cornstarch with one table spoonful of water; add to the sirup in the pan and cook five minutes, stir ring constantly; add two yolks, beat en thick, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and a dash of salt. SLOAN'S L?NAMENT FOR RHEUMA MATISM. The torture of rheumatism, the pains and aches that make life mis erable are relieved by Sloan's Lini ment, a clean clear liquid that is easy to apply and more effective than mussy plasters or ointments because it penetrates quickly with out rubbing. For the many pains and aches following exposure, strains, sprains and muscle soreness, Sloan's Liniment is promptly effect ive. Always have a bottle handy for gout, lumbago toothache, back ache, stiff neck and all external pain?. At all druggists, 25c. 1 SVhonever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. 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