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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-06

vigOr necessary, and the yearling hens
are either too fat or too lazy to lay.
The hens should be put on laying ra>
ton at once, and the pullets fed liber-
ally, in order to get both into laying
shape as quickly as possible. Small
ma things we consider of great assist
ance in helping to produce fertile eggs.
Inasmuch as we do not depend on the
matings to produce show birds, we
can afford to change males frequently.
What we are after is vigor The best
combination we know of is two strong,
full-grOWn cOckerels mated to prime
yearling hens; one male in the pen
and one in hanging coop in the same
pen, the males to be changed each
week. AS to number Of females, six
or seven is quite enough for one pen
and one male.
Too much care cannot be given to
the parent stock, if we wish our eggs
to hatch and the chicks to grow to
broiler age. Even with firs' class
stock in frst-class condition, we 81 ali
be fortunate in getting IS PEI cent.
fertility, and will probably have to be
satisfied with 60 per cent. One of the
articles of food which breeding stock
is deprived of at this season IS green
food. This is very important, and it
must be fed every day. Cabbage, man
gel-Wurzel, beets, turnips and kale are
all accessible.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-06
White Plymouth Rocks.

The white Plymouth Rock is a breed
that many claim is "the coming gen
eral purpose fowl 1t is a descendant
from the Barred Rock, should be OF
the same form and weight, pure white
in plumage and is possessed of all the
eXcellencies of his popular ancestor.
The whites have the same yellow skin,
beak and legs; the same bay eye and
blocky build. They dress more neatly,
showing no black pin feathers. The
meat is just as sweet. They lay as
MANY and perhaps more eggs, mature
as early and breed to standard more
easily. In breeding the whites ! CAN
produce a much larger per cent. of
standard birds, than of any other va
riety. They are good rangers and
stand confinement as well.
In the only reliable egg contest in
recent years, in which 143 pens took
part, out of & prizes, the White Rocks
took first and third prizes. Eight pull
let's of w. Stevens of MechanicstoWn,
O., got first prize, his birds laying an
average Of $50 eggs in 365 days. Ny
original stock came from Mr. Stevens
yard, and the result of this last years
matings are most gratifying, though l
will greatly improve my flock by some
new imported cocks.
The standard weight of the White
Rocks is, for roosters, 9H lbs; for
hens, TX lbs. Some of my male birds,
however, pull the scale at eleven, and
some hens over nine pounds.
II. FriedIander
lnterlachen, Fla.
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Raising Early Broilers.

Next month (December) is the time
to sett eggs in incuhatOrs to produce
early broilers and have them ready for
the April market, says Country Cen
tleman It is therefore time to put the
machines in order and make every
thing ready, so that no delay shall Oc-
cur.
Producing early broilers is a very
diScOuraging undertaking, unless one
is familiar with the conditions and dis
advantages under which he must Ia
Dor. TO the uninitiated it may seem
an easy thing to do, and on paper the
results will be perfectly satisfactory,
but in reality it has many difficulties,
and it will be found to require the ut
most patience to pursue it to the end.
In the first place, it must be under
stood that we are going directly con
tra1y to all the instincts of natural in
cubatiOn; in fact, we are working out
of season to produce something scien-
tifically which in cold climates could
not be done in the regular way. With
out the aid of the incubator, therefore,
the production of the early broiler
would be an impossibility. Amateurs
who contemplate going into the poul-
try business have dreams Of raising
quantities of brOilers and realizing
fabulous prices for them in the early
spring. Such ideas seldom material
ize but remain dreams, except that
there is real shrinkage in the bank
balance, which has the effect OF
quickly bringing them to their senses.
We do not mean to say that early
broilers cannot be raised successfully;
they can, but it requires experience.
At this season, when the old stock
has Just recovered from the mOult
and the youngsters are hardly fairly
matured, our first difficulty is in pro
ducing fertile eggs. The male birds or
last year do not seem to possess the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-06

Every day affords new proofs of the
peculiar effects of Pain-Killer. In cases
where a disordered condition of the
stomach. liver and bowels is combined
with great debility, nervous weakness,
and intense melancholy, its effects are
most beneficial and wonderful. 1t
should be kept by every family. Avoid
there is but one Pain-Kill-
er. Perry Davis. Price 25c. and SOC.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-12-06

WANTED-Seyeral bright and hon
est persons to represent us as manag-
ers of this and close by counties. Sal
airy 5000 Il year and expenses. Straight
bona fide no more. no less salary. P0-
sition permanent. Our references, any
bank in any town. 1t is mainly office
work conducted at home. Reference.
Enclose self addressed stamped enve,
lopc. THE DOMINION COMPANY,
Dept. 3, Chicago.
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to buy groceries and meats, let us tr!
eating more of them and importing
fewer unwholesome food stuffs. LIE
me suggest a plan that is seldom
adopted. If some member of the
family needs a lunch or desires g
stimulating cup of tea in the early
morning. late at night or between
meals, instead of cookies or pie with
tea, try Il simple glass of eggnog with
out any alcoholic stimulant 1t VIII
prove a wholesome, easily digeste'l
food that will furnish real strength
not an imitation. 1t is wholesome in
knows how to make it. = few days
ago [ saw seven-yearOld boy make
up a very tempting glass. He spparat-
ed the yolk and white of an egg and
beat them separately, and thoroughly
sWeetened the yOlk to taste, added a
cup Of rich milk (part cream is also
good and lastly, stirred III he foam
ing white. If the flavor is objection
able, little pure fruit syrup may be
added. Anyone troubled with iyspep-
STA Will find this d soothing. perfect
food when any ordinary meal would
mean torture | feel sure very many
more eggs can be used to advantage
on the farms. not necessarily cooked
in cakes.
Rut as the people in towns and cities
in Canada must have eggs as food and
in certain manufactures, and as last
year England imported $2O,000000
worth of eggs, we must try to not
only supply the demand, but supply
it with good fresh eggs. Were l a
purchaser, | would not want stained
dirty. bad-davored nor stale eggs;
therefore, | judge that other people
know good thing also. and if we send
to market eggs which are not in first,
class condition it seems reasonable to
suppose they will go either to pelt
politicians or. if not sufficiently bad
for that, to some of the manufacturers,
the tanners, the photographers. the
manufacturers of patent foods, H.
Qours, biscuits, or of printed cOttons;
and where an inferior egg will do, we
cannot expect a superior price will be
paid; and though our egg man or
merchant gives us the same for dirty
eggs as for clean, we should be suffi-
GENTLY far-seeing to realize that any,
thing we do individually to keep up
the quality will really mean an Ell,
HANGED price at later date If we
wish to help supply the British mark
ct we should endeavOr to sell eggs
with q strong brown shell. AS water
seeks it's own level, so l suppose, will
the eggs we sell find the market for
which they are most Embellishments
Il
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The Youths
Advocate.
Nashville, Tenn.

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The Youths Advocate is a 16-page journal, read
with interest and profit by people of all ages.
Non-denominatiOnal. Esd 1890. Stories and
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one of the several departments is worth its sub
scription price. 1t is practical educator as well
as a high toned literary paper. Endorsed by
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09

AZ the grand army eneampment in
Philadelphia Chicdgo was chosen as the
meeting place next year, and Senior
Vice Commander Johnson was elected
eommander-in-chief, to serve the uneX-
pired term of the late Col. Sexton. The
total membership of the q. A. II. is
lS70SI, and during the past year $780,
955 was expended for relief.
Admiral Dewey will be given his real
homecoming welcome at Washington
on the night of October ..
The business portion of the village OF
Hortonville, Wis, was burned, Is stores
being destroyed, including the post Of
flee and the bank.
Seven members of a scientific pros
pecting company of New York died of
scurvy in Alaska.
In freight wreck on the Norfolk a.
Western road near Williamson, w. Va,
tramps were killed.
President Mckinley and party ar
rived in Washington from the grand
army encampment
The new White Star steamer Oceanic,
the largest steamer in the world, start
ed from Liverpool on her maiden voy-
age for New York.
Thirty-two rioters at Daricn. Ga, were
convicted and sent 20 the chain gang
for year.
John ID. Rockefeller has contributed
S250.O0O TO the 100000 endowment
fund now being raised at Brown uni
yersity in Providence, II. /.
In convention in Baltimore the Mary
land republicans renominated Lloyd
Lowndes for governor.
Extreme heat has done considerabl.
damage TO the corn crop in Nebraska,
Iowa and Missouri.
Joe Patchen won the free-for-all pac-
ing race i'm New York from John II.
Gentry and Star Pointer. his two fa.
nous rivals, going the mile in 2:02%
Col. Gardeners Thirteenth United
States volunteer infantry left Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, for the Philippines.
Five men were struck by lightning
near Brandon, Mimi, and two were
killed.
Fifty persons were injured in n rear
end collision on the b. & o. railroad at
Connellsville, Pa.
An open switch caused a wreck on
the Erie railroad at Miller's Station,
Pa. in which four men were killed.
Unanimous action urging speedy
congressional legislation for the gold
standard was taken by the American
Bankers association in convention in
Cleveland. O.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09

Seven lives we're lost at Halifax, y. y,
by the laundering OF sailboat.
The schooner Lisgar. of Toronto, was
lost on Lake Huron with her crew of
seven.
The Filipinos are endeavoring 10 Sc
cure recognition from the japanese gov
eminent.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
has appealed to Queen Victoria TO inter-
yene in the interests of peace in South
Africa.
Admiral Dewey in an interview in
Gibraltar said that he hoped the next
dry season would see the insnrrection
quelled in the Philippines. lie also said
that he did not expect TO 60 on sea serv-
ice again, except in the event of war.
and that he would probably retire un-
der the regulations.
Lieut.. Bntson, of the Fourth cavalry,
has organized in Manila a band of 100
Macabebe scouts, who will operate un-
der the direction of Maj. Gen. Lawton.
All of them were former Spanish vol
unteers.
The entire republic of Santo Domingo
has joined the revolution, and at pres
ent peace is reigning.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Daniel Lamont's private fortune is
now said to reach $5,Oo0,O00.
Frank II. Burford. i5-year-old boy,
has been admitted TO the bar In Guth-
RTE, q. II.
The navy department has taken steps
for the opening OF a naval recruiting
station at Buffalo, N. Y.
The queen regent of Spain has signed
a decree calling out 10000 men of the
1890 class for military service.
Cups are now being made with small
thermometers which tell the degree of
temperature OF the cocoa or coffee they
hold.
Alexander Henderson, of Syracuse,
has acted as pail bearer at the funeral
of 172 of his friends during the last
80 years.
Two divinity students are working
their way through Yale by doing job
printing. The name OF the firm is Clark
a. Watkins.
At the convention in Marquette,
Mich, of the Western Hay Fever assoc
citation w. 4. Rowe, OF Des Moines, was
elected president.
The former Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes may be in the big water pa
rade at New York this month in honor
of Admiral Dewey's return.
William Henry Iiams, who has re-
signed as treasurer of the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad company, was in the serv-
ice OF that corporation for 46 years.
Cadet Philip ID. Smith, who was APP
pointed TO the military academy in
West Point from Nebraska i'm 1897, was
dismissed from the institution for
hazing.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is ar
ranging for am exhaustive scientific i'm
vestigation OF the abandoned farms OF
New England with n view of their rccla-
nation.
Gen. II. +. Tracy, who is now in Eu-
rope and has attended sessions of the
Dreyfus trial. says IL is conducted more
like a dcsultory conversation club than
anything else.
At the coming session of congress Ia-
wall will be represented by William o.
Smith, formerly attorney general OF
that country. He will be appointed by
President Dole.
| David Rankin. Of TallSio Mo. who is
said TO be the richest farmer In the
world. made his beginning with no 9TH
er capital than horse. He now owns, at
the age Of "a. $4,000 acres OF land, worth
from $50 90 500 an acre.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
THE GRAND BRACE.
Pathetic Plea OF the BibnIous Head
OF the House Next
Morning.

One Of the Bohemian citizens Of the town
went home the other night after having
donned pair of skates that would have slid
him over an Arizona desert with the mer-
curry bnbbing out OF the top of the thermom-
eter He had no recollection of how he got
home, and even the next morning he was
not certain whether he was on storm
tossed Atlantic liner or making leap from
balloon minus a parachute He went
down 10 the breakfast table with enough wet
towels wrapped around his head to make
turban for the mahdi. His wife met him
with reproaches in her eyes, but she did not
scold him. She wanted TO inform him of his
conduct the night before, however.
My dear" she said, did you know that
you came very near killing us all when you
went to bed last nightY
Nope" said her husband, thicLly, as he
felt his hot forehead.
well, you did. You knocked over the
baby's cradle. Then you blew out the gas
and we were nearly asphyxiated. What do
you think OF thatg"
Her husband is usually resourceful man,
but the fumes of many cocktails taken the
night before somewhat clouded his intellect.
lie made grand brace and tried to look pa
thetic.
m love-" he said as a ray Of inspiration
burst through his fogey brain, wasn't
here TO die with !"-Washington Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
VERY OBLIGING.
He Was Willing 10 Give the Vol
canic Vocalist a Good Hard
shove.

The young man who sings loud and long
was interrupted by tap at the door OF his
apartment.
Excuse me- said the tall, thin stranger
81 am sorry TO ntrude. l occupy the Hat
under you, and l have come up 10 inquire
il you are the gentleman who sings bal
lads"
Yes" was the answer, with the air OF a.
man who is modest, but cannot deny the
truth "Are you fond of musc?"
Il don't know that | am what you would
call fond of it. At the same time haven t
anything particular against IT, | am very
much affected by some things hear"
That amounts TO the same thing as beng
fond Of it," was the answer, IN tone or
soothing encouragement.
II have been wondering if ! caught the
words of your favortc song correctly. Let
me see:
"'How often oh. how often.
Have wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away on It's bosom
To the ocean wild and wide
Is that right"
eyes; it's all right, according to my recol-
lection. Is that one of the pieces you are al
fected by"
Eyes. | have been affected by that for
hours at a time. IL has drawn me irresist-
IDLY to you. 1t has filled me with yearn
ing TO do something that would make you
happier And | called up TO say that il
you'll come down TO the river with me any
evening I'll pay your car fare and hire
boat and give YOU n good start on the first
ebbing tide scheduled. And | don't mind
saving that the further out II bears YOU the
better III be satisfied. Washington Star.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
personal AND POLITICAL.

Hiram Cronl died at Ava, y. ". aged
90 years. lie was the last surviving
soldier of the war of 1912 and the old
est pensioner.
Col. A. c. Kissee, aged 20. owner Of
the town of Kissee Mills, Mo-, was mar
ried TO Dora Garrett, aged Is.
Black Hawk, the most noted of the
chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago In
dams. died in BroclIway, aged 90 years.
The executive committee Of the re-
publican party of Virginia issued an adj
dress declining TO make any nomina-
tons for the legislature on the ground
that the elections are miserable farccs.
The Iowa democratic campaign will
begin at Davenport September II.
Mrs. Sarah A. Baker died in Philadel-
phia, aged 81 years. She was the oldest
American actress.
Alfred Henderson, head of the seed
firm of Peter Henderson a. Co., died al
Spring Lake, n. j., aged so years.
John y. McKane, the former political
boss OF Gravesend, who served four years
in Sing Sing for election frauds, died
at his home in Sheepshead Bay, \. y,
aged So years.
Henry Niles Pierce, for 25 years Epis-
copal bishop Of Arkansas, died at Fay
etteville, aged "a years.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
FOREIGN.

Six hundred lives were lost by the
flooding of copper mine ut Besshi,
japan.
In a collision between two river
steamers on the North Sea canal one OF
the vessels sunk and nine persons were
drowned.
The revolutionists in Santo Domingo
have formed n provisional government
with Horaco Vasqucz as president.
A dispatch from Rennes, France,
says that Col. Du Patty de Clam has
made the most sensational revelation,
exposing all the crookedness OF which
he is guilty in the Drcyfus case.
President Kruger told prominent
Boer i'm Pretoria that war was practi-
cally certain.
In an interview in Manila Gen. Fun
ston, OF Kansas. said the only solution
OF the Philippine problem will be
through whipping the insurgents.
A dispatch from Madrid says the num-
Der OF Spanish monks now held as pris-
oners in the Philippine islands is csti-
mated az 800.
The transport Indiana arrived In
Manila with ten officers and SO7 soldiers.
His Holiness Pope Sophronius. pa
triarch of all Egypt, died in Alexandria,
aged 100 years.
Manila advices say that Argogula, the
most impregnnble stronghold of the
bands which have been destroying plan
tations and levying tribute on the peo-
Iple OF Negros, was taken by the Sixth
infantry. The insurgents made an I'M
successful attempt to drive Col. Smiths
command out OF Angeles.
II Is reported that England has COM
pleted plans for a war with the Beers in
South Africa. A&
Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia ar
rived at Gibraltar.
The Tartar left Manila for San Fran
cisco with is officers and l,2l0 yolun-
teers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09
STORY SOUNDED WELL
But There Was Reason Ia believe
That IL Was Not wholly
True.

"When | first went west" tells retired
business man, who now does nothing in the
way of work except TO NOW the lawn and
see that the eat is in the barn at night,
"ths MANNED hand saved my life"
lis that so." asked the visiting neighbour.
who knew that this form of invitation would
be sufficient 20 insure the story.
"Yes, that's right. III hadn't lost that
first finger when was boy wouldn't be-
here now. Jim Dixon and me were tradin'
with the Indians. We exchanged beads, fake
jewelry and bright calico for furs. All the
buffalo were not gone then and we did
good business. One time we happened to-
strike a wandering band of savages that
held us up en- sight and il was plain from
the way the red devils danced around us
that we were 10 be put 10 death after the
Indian fashion. All at once | recalled that
good many OF the Indians knew me as the
'four-fingered' trader who was always on
held up the hand and kept it up till one OF
and then hurried 10 the chief IN command.
He came to me in dignifed manner, ex-
amned the hand, grunted about 10 times
while celebrating, said How and released
me as well as my partner. We were treated
right up TO the handle and permitted TO de-
part when we wanted to. 1t was the closest
squeak and the worst scare | had out in that
country when near calls and heart.failure
frights were the rule"
Brave man." said one neighbor TO an
other, as they walked away.
Eyes. regular big injun, II you accept all
he tells. Between me and you he lost that
finger two years ago while examining hay
cutter. Detroit Free Press.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-09-09

Richard Kessee. in Jail at Springfield,
No., under sentence Of death for kill
ing Dave Shelby at Marshfeld. commit
ted suicide.
at Bayonne, n. j., John Flanagan,
the worlds champion hammer throwcr,
made a new worlds record, iiinging the
missile 1914 feet O inches.
Consul Bedloe. whose status as our
representative in Canton, China, is in
question, arrived in Washington TO con-
fer with the state department.
The corn crop OF the United States
for 1899 is estimated at 2,500,000,000
bushels. breaking all previous records.
The United States and Great Britain
have about concluded a modus yiyendi
covering the disputed boundary of
Alaska.
In Boston j. Mahoney broke the
worlds professional record for the one
handed 56-pound weight throw, landing
IL 30 feet inches.
The flrst-class battleship Kcarsargc
was given her builders trial trip at
Newport News, Va, and made maxi
mum speed OF ia knots, showing her
to be the fastest boat in the navy.
The number of yellow fever cases at
Key West, Fla, is increasing steadily.
The doors of the Atchison national
bank of Atchison, Kan, were closed,
with liabilities of $ls9, 1863. Bad invest
ments caused the suspension.
The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the American Bankers association
commenced in Cleveland, o.
Gold in large quantities has been dis
covered on Lookout mountain at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
At the Hawthorne race track in Chi
cago Carnero established new worlds
record for one mile and sixteenth, the
time being LAS.
The amount Of net gold in the United
States treasury on the 5th was S249,-
246,254, exceeding all records.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 5th was: Wheat,
34,76S, 900 bushels; corn, 6,73S.000 bush
els; oats, 5,Os5,OO0 bushels; rye, $685.
600 bushels; barley, $4,000 bushels.
The steamer Douglas Houghton, the
largest ship on the lakes, sunk across
the channel OF ST. Mary's river at Sault
Ste Marie, Mich, stopping all naviga-
ton.
Frederick Max Brookhouse was
hanged at Wethersfeld, Conn, for com
plicity in the murder of Daniel n. $.
Lambert in Wilton, December IL, 1897.
Advices from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska and Kentucky tell OF IN
tense heat, the mercury ranging from
06 degrees to 1913 degrees.
The cruiser Marblehead, Capt. Colby
in command, arrived in San Francisco
from her long cruise of $4,000 miles
from New York around Cape Horn.
BY the capsizing OF the yacht Ahadia
In Sheepscot bay at Bath, Me-, five per-
sons were drowned.
Forty thousand grand army veterans
passed in review before President Nc
Kinley nj the national encampment in
Philadelphia.
The yacht Buckeye was lost off Am
herstburg, o., with six prominent To-
ledo people aboard.