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m :i ' • ;•> BACKWARD FOWLS WILL PAY l Louta Woman Write* Department •f Agriculture of Her Succeaa With Hen Flock. {Prepared py the United Stafee Depart, ruent of Aurlculture.) Daring the wur and stncv tin* ITnited State* J Jepuruiient of Agriculture im» ancooraged the keeping of a poultry flock la the city, hack-yard as one of the best means of cutting the high •ost of living. \ When proper cure has been given the flix’k the ivsults in most instance# have been very gratifying. A woman living in St. Louis recently wroft* the department concerning the success that attended the efforts. “I hear people say hen’s don’t pay, but surely they cannot have kept ae- tvunls and records. I have had a small flock of 24 liens in my city buck-yard ■luce (lie government urged us to get Into the game three years ago. The following are the results for the year ending Uctol>er 31, 11*20: My entire feed bill, the grain being bought at retail, amounted to 100.74. “My entire egg production was 3,003 eggs, or 800*4 dozens, the retail rmir- kot value of which, taken from month to month, was $180,30* Deducting flB0.74 from the above $ 181*..‘10 leaves am a net profit of $122.50 for my work and investment. • v “We used all the newly laid eggs we wished for our own table and the balance went to our neighbors, who are more than anxious to get them •ven at top store prices. The last 12 months, when feed was unusually Ugh, the cost of egg production aver aged 22*4 cents per dozen, and the lowest market price for eggs was in May and June, when they sold for 50 cents per dozen. “I wljl add that all our hens are Ug-bandeiT'ah(T tnifenested! '* t'he hen bouse is eight feet square and the hens are confined all the year round to a run eight feet wide and 50 feet long. Starting In August I begin culling and killing the older ones and Ibe poorest layers which have a rec- 1 Striking British coal miners watching the pit ponie* being brought up from the mines. 2—New piece of American army mobile ordnance, weighing six and a half tons including the “75’’ rifle, which traveled from New York to Washington on its own power in seventeen and a half hours. • 3—President Harding promising lit Johnny Wackefman financial support for the boys’ swimming pool in Washington. - tie NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Colombia Treaty Ratified by the «• Republican Senators With Reluctance. MUCH GIVEN, NOTHING ASKED xt - •ratifying Results Can Be Obtained From Smgll Flock If^Qjven Proper Care and Feed. •nl of 15 eggs or less per month,, and In October I renew the flock-by-add ing one dozen new spring pullets. These pullets now, in November, are all laying and will continue laying through the winter, while my older kens get through molting. “Keeping the hens and surroundings •mtpuhmsly clean and feeding a bal anced ration at regular Intervals is the secret of success with a back yard flock." i r HOW TO BREAK BROODY HENS Confine Them In Small Coop, Raised Off Ground, Preferably With a Slatted Bottom. When hons beoune broody they flbould be “broken up" as quickly as possible. The sooner tills is done, the sooner they will ,resume laying.. To breaU a hen of broodjness, she should be confined to a small coop raised off ibe ground, preferably with a slat bot tom. (Jive iter plenty of water to flrink; she may lie fed or not, as de- *ired. Not much difference will be found In the time required to break her of broodiness, whether she is fed •r made to fast, say poultry special ists of the United States Department •f Agriculture, Usually from three to six days’ con- flnemeot will break her, but some hens require ten to twelve days. The broody ben will be* recognized by tier inclina tion to stay on the nest at night, the ruflliug of her feathers and her picking President Say* We Will Fight to M^ln- tain Monroe Doctrine—Japanese Cabinet Refuses to-Yield on Yap — Allies Preparing Further Coercion for Germany.-1 - By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Ratification of the Colombia treaty, by a reluctant senate, did not evoke many loud cheers In the United States. Democrats for years had urged the adoption of the pact as a virtual re pudiation of the acts of Theodore Roosevelt and John'Hay In connection with the separation of Rana^m from Colombia. The Harding administra tion urged it, uot on that ground, but because It believed this sop to Colom bia would help* to restore amicable feelings toward the United States on the part of the Lutln-Amerh'an peo ples*, and also because Americans wish to develop oil fields in Colombia. All hut four of the Democratic senators voted for the treaty, presumably for their old reasons. Forty Republicans obeyed the behest of the administra tion. most of them because they hesi tated to break with it on nh important Issue so soon after tin* beginning of Mr. Harding’s regime. Fifteen Repub lican senators refused to turn so squarely against the policy of their party and voted against * ratification after putting up a strong fight, in tin* course »>f which they tried to amend tiie pact by provision that lydhing in it should he regarded as a confession of wrongdoing by Roosevelt in the. ac quisition of the Canal Zone. * Colombia' will now greedily seize fiic 'girts made her—?25,0O(XO00 nn<T vnIuabIegiHvlleges in the use of the .Panama ctmW^-and gives practically nothing In retum/mot even assurance of fair treatment fervour capitalists who may Invest in her oU fields. If most of the money does nortstlek to the.palms of the grafting pplltlcla Colombia there will be a complete versal of custom. More .-Important, there is little reason to ,believe tills treaty will lessen the hatred of tire United States which Is tlje prevailing sentiment throughout most of Latin- America. This statement Is based on the opinions of men who are thor oughly familiar with the Lafln-Amer- Icans. In pursuance of his policy of .con ciliation President Harding delivered a happy address on Tuesday on the oe- t caalgn-of the unveiling. In New York, ■wruw wrwrnm*. T, “"" the clucking noise she makes. The fact .. T , prp , inVtt Wl , A* that her broodiness lias been "broken ■P” esa be recognized by the disap pearance of these’symptoms. AVOID ROUR;fNFECTED EGGS ? •. . - ~ ••feet Cggs From Flock Which Has Net Been Infected Wherever It l« Possible. of a statue of Rollvar the, Libera tor. The day wps the anniversary of both the Rattle of Lexington and the open ing of tiie final campaign which re sulted In the independence , of Vene zuela. -Naturally the Monroe doctrine. was the subject of the main part of the President’s speech, ami of it he said: “The doctrine proclaimed ‘ under Monroe, whi|h ever since has been Jealously guarded an a fundamental of our own republic, malntalped that these continents should not again be It It not advisable to set eggs from a that has been Infected with roup. If at all possible, by all means select eggs from another flock which act been so infected or from hens have never had the disease There have been times wliej* the meaning of Monroeism was mlsunder- s’ood by some, perverted by othefs7 and made the subject of ; distorting propaganda by those who saw in it an obstacle to their own ambitions. “The history of the generations since' that'^octrlne, was proclaimed has proved we never Intended it self ishly; that we had no dream of ex ploitation. ‘ “On the other-side, the history of the last decade certainly must have convinced all the world that we stand willing to fight, if necessary, to pro- *•« these continents, these sturdy yonng democracies, from oppression and tyranny.” . „ The government.- of the .United States inis' dec I (Ted flint den. Alfredo Zayas, candidate of tiie conservative- popular coalition party, was elected President of Cuba last November aud that nothing should he done to prevent tiie island congress from proclaiming him President. Rouz Long, American minister to Cuba, communicated this decision to the Cubans and it was ex pected they would abide by It, Our government also took further action in the Panama-Costa Rica dis pute, letting b*ith those nations un derstand that the refusal of Panama to accept the White boundary award; insisted‘upon by the American govern ment, must not be made the basis for tiie renewal of hostilities. Both these little republics. It is understood, are mobiliztng their forces and breathing fire.* Salvador, Honduras and Guate mala, comprising the new Central American union, have assured Costa Rica of their support. According to the Tokyo newspapers, ihe Japanese cabinet has decided that there Is no reason to change Japan’s policy on the Yap mandate because of-the recent American note on the subject. Public opinion in Japan is increasingly against any yielding in the controversy,- and no one in the United Stnt**s believes our administra tion wlD give an inch. O/ficlal infor mation has reached Washington that the conscription and -universal mili tary training laws of Japan are being applied more rigidly, and that all Japanese officers stationed in the Pa- cltic Islands south of the equator and in tiie East Indies have been recalled to Japan, and nil Japanese* between the ages of twenty-one and thirty- seven without previous service have been ordered to return to Japan Tor military training.'' Former Secretary '-of tiie Navy Daniels, in an address at Memphis, said: "America cannot- surrender tiie-Yap cables even if it should mean war with Japan. . . ^ No matter whaMt may cost, and that may he wpr, I cannot imagine that a peaceful settlement of the Yap situ ation with Japan will be found." All of tills sounds rather warlike.. Rut tiie allied powers in Europe seem inclined to side with the United States In tiie controversy, and reliable obeservers believe that if they do consent to exclude Yap from the Jap anese mandate, Japan will be' forced to bow to such a decision. Figjitlng has broken out between the armies of -north and south (thlna; it is feared in Peking that it is •ursor of renewed civil war. The eljfkt military governors of—lhe Ynngtse valhiy have combined against Gen. Chang Tabling, war Jord of the northern governmerH^and alleged ally of Japan and SenienoffN^fiiang is sjus-- pected of a scheme to restobartie mon archy. ^ ers. though somewhat disconcerted by tills split in the triple alliance,, are still standing Ann at this writing. New proposals were made by the mine owners, but tiie federation de clared they were too vague to form a basis fornegotiations. The miners as sert that their own present proposals are entirely clear—a national wage board with a national tonnage levy to enable the poorer pits to pay the rates of wages agreed qpon out of funds contributed through the levy by the miners and mine owners. The government, It Is said by well- posted persons, Is confident that it will be able to keoprthe nation’s coal needs supplied even If the strike continues. There is enough coal on hand in England to last for three months, and plenty more to be ob tained from other countries. Twenty leaders of the British Prot estant church recently sent to the premier a memorial protesting against the disorders in Irelands, In replying j to them Lloyd George made an 1m- iHjrtant declaration. First, answering their allegations in order, he denied the existence of Irregular forces which' had no discipline; that there were unauthorized reprisals, and all other charges against the crown forces. He quoted figures showing that police and’ soldiers were punished for breaches of discipline and appealed for public support for the “sorely tried men who are trying to preserve order in a country given up to anarchy.” He then dealt with'the Sinn Fein in this manner: ^ “The Sinn Fein rejected home rule, and demanded in Its place an Irish republic for the whole of Ireland. The -Sinn Fein went further. It deliberate ly set to work to destroy cbncllintlon and constltjutional ^methods because, it recognized that violence was the only method by which it couhh realize the republic.’ ^ “If I thought -them), was a different policy, which would—lead to a solu- tloff of our difficulties, I would not Iie8ttate to aotypt It, howeveo different it might he to the course 'the govern ment now Is pursuing. “The government of which I am at the head will never give way on the fundamental question of secession. So long, therefore, as the Sinn Fein de mands a republic and refuses to ac-. cept, loyally, membership in the Brit ish commonwealth, coupled with the fullest home rule compatible to con ceding Ulster the same rights it claims for Itself,* the present evils will con tinue. I do not wish there to be any misunderstanding on that point.” IN 7 DAYS OR MONEY BACK A • - .. *•' ' • ■ - V. . 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HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE destroys the foundation of the disease, gives the patient strength by Improving the general health and assists nature In doing Its work. All Druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney St Co., Toledo, Ohio. Familiar Phrase Touched Responsive j THUS SINCE WORLD BEGAN Chord in the Breast of Former | . War Comrades. Philosophers Have Said, Devious Are the Ways to the Heart „ of a Maid. A jostling, heaving crowd was strug gling for iAWi_. few vacant places on the last- 4mT5 home. A tired-looking conductor, wearing on his breast the 1915 jrlbhon. regulated the>ush. “Full up!” he cried at length*, effec tually burring further progress to n sturdy built , young man who had swung himself on to the platform. * The latter stepped off reluctantly, exclaiming, “San Fairy Ann.” The conductor turned quickly and laughed^ and the demobilised soldiers on .he bus who recognized the barbarous hut familiar perversion of “(’a ne fni rien." laughed with him. “Come on." he said, and the man jumped on the moving bus with a smile of under* standing in his eyes. r . A catchword, universally used., in' France had revived something of' the army spirit of camaraderie.—London Chronicle. . ! Lo! there was once an artistic 1 maiden who did things cleverly and wore bobbed hair and 'ftinocks. Her art was really very bad. nor the maiden unaware of it. She had three suitors and she was sore perplexed until one day suitor No. 1 said, “1 shall be frank. Your art 18 very had. but I love you.” She dismissed him. Suitor * N(h\2 said, *'“Your art isf very good.” . ^The maiden said Tq sir. do you not agree places it is a bit—er— He answered the him, "Prithee, wRh me that In -cruder*’ maiden. ‘Now that you speak of it, I agree 'with you that in places it is a hit—or— crude.” And she effst him forth from her father’s threshold. Suitor No. 3 .sjHike unto the maiden in this wise: “Your art Is perfect. It — —r :—„=r. : dclightsjTiy_soul. It is true art. with-. Arkansas Consolation. | out flaw. I love you.” Some nt these fellows who are al- The maiden knew in her heart that ways complaining that the" world her .lover lied and she -straightaway doesn’t understand them ought to be married him.—Ruth O’Hanlon in Life, glad of it.—Walnut Ridge Blade. Artistic improvement . ■ “Do you thlriK 'y'j wrong for a wom an to paint her face?” * . “Not always,” replied Miss Cayenne, *srs -is • a • ■> * The Higher -Education., - *■ "Is your boy learning anything at school?" - “He’f> learning how little I know about arithmetic.” " Premier Lloyd George held a con- Terenoe during the week-end w;i Premier Briand of France concern ing the^ further coercive measures against tIitM}ermans to he adopted In case they dd\not comply with the reparations demands on May l— they almost certainly 1 will not do. What these measures will he is not yet known, but It Is reasonably sure that Great Britain will support Frnooe In the occupation of the Ruhr dlstricb The reparations commission ordered Germany-to transfer the gold holdings of the German Imperial bank to its Coldenz arid Cologne branches ns se curity for payment of reparations. This Germany refused to do. ’Berlin lust week pleaded with Presi dent Harding to act as mediator In the reparation dispute, promising to pay what he might determine was The president .declined to act, hut <5nUl If Germany would formulate new proposals In* would consider bring ing the matter to the attention of the allied governments. * . Premature, to say the least, was the report of a week ago that the, miners' federation of Great Britain had called off the strike. The story was r ljnsed on. a false cablegram. The Transport and rail workers, indeed, did change their minds and decided not to quit work In sympathy, but the min- The Greeks ami the Turkish nation- allsts have resumed operations In Asia Minor. The trformer, having reorgan ized their army, are carrying on an offensive on the Rrusa front. *with Eskishehr as their main objective. The Turks are making a show of re sistance without really giving battle and meanwhile are using most of thelc forces in an advance on Smyrna. At ^ reports they were only GO miles hat city. Tiie Kenmllsts,how ever, ariKnot entirely happy, for they are heghmirig to realize the perfidy of their nlTtes, the Russian Bolshevik!. The shriutelestsly faithless Rods are nor giving the aid prpmlsed in the treaty,, and are demanding from the Turks further concessions with regard to the settlement of Near East ques tions. _ -i e bootlegging industry of the Unlted'iStutes was dealt a severe blow last week when the Canadian province of Ontario, hy a rnajority of more than I50.1HX), voted for the application of the Dominion law prohibiting the im portation of liquor from any province, state or country. There has been a steady stream of liquor, smuggled'Into the United States from Canada, tleJ amount brought in across tiie Detroit river alone Being estimated at 1,000 casesr a day. Much of this will now be stopped, and what is brought across will be much more expensive. New York city Is In agony these days because the new state prohibi tion law is being enforced In the metropolis, which had ceme to con sider Itself exempt from such laws that the rest of thp country was sup posed to observe The police there are feverlsldy-active and great quantities of liquor have been confiscated.