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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
White and Brown Eggs.

ga subject for continual discussion
between pOultrymen, and especially
writer's on poultry, is the difference,
supposed or real between white and
brown eggs. On this question a bulle-
tin of the governments agricultural
bureau says and this ought to settle
it:
1T has been said 10y some that the
brown eggs are richer than the white
OneS This statement is not borne out
by chemical analysis, and the physi-
cal examination proves that the main
points of superiority, though extreme
ly slight, are possessed by the white
eggs. The minute differences that are
found between the two groups are ex
ceeded by variation between the vari-
cites within the same group. We can
therefore state as a conclusion, both
from a chemical and PHYSICAL point
of view, that there are practically no
differences, SO far as the food value is
concerned, between the white shelled
and brown shelled eggs''
The color of the she'll may not have
SO much to do with the egg as the
breed of the hen THAT lays the egg.
1t is well nown fact THAT the eggs
from the Leghorns, the Anconas or
any other of the Mediterranean class
are more palatable. They are sweet
er and are void Of that strong taste.
Leghorn and Ancona eggs are as SUI
perior to the Pupomuth Rock or Coch-
in egg as the Rock or Cochin egg is
superior in taste to the duck egg.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
during stormy wea'ther.-R. w. David
son in Agricultural Epitomist.
Potatoes as Food for Poultry.

do q L OOO IOI 4Ou1LIy.
On several occasions we have seen
this subject very freely discussed in
the correspondence columns of one or
other of 'the POULTRY Journals some
people contending that the analysis
of the Dotato shows it TO be a very I'M
fit food for use, while others main
tain that practical experience proves
lit to be most useful. We favor the lat
ter. Judiciously given and blended
with little commonsense, we consid-
er the potato one of the best additions
ito our fowls bill of fare. Only The day
before writing these notes a case
came under our notice where two
neighbours both kept fowls and both
had the same number, variety and ac
commoda tions. From twenty-four
hens one was getting twenty eggs a
day, the other ten. The former ait
tribllted the better laying of his birds
to the use of a boilerful of warm pOta>
toes mixed with his morning meal.
1t has always been our custom to use
potatoes in some form or another, and
we look upon them as both good and
cheap. One plan we often adopt in
the winter time is to instruct the poul-
try lad to place "a boilerful on the
Kitchen range every evening after tea;
these cook during the evening, and by
the time the fire goes down are done,
and the little heat left and their own
steam keep them warm, and thus they
are ready for mixing with the meal in
the morning earlier than they would
be if not prepared over night. At 9th
er times, when not feeding potatoes
as above, we have a bOilerful served
round whole as an 'eXtra" att mid
day, and find they are much relished.
Poultry Monthly.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19

| Witness the keen delight of a hen
scratching and busting in a flower
bed or in the road, in fact anywhere
where the loose ground permits. The
fine particles of dirt are worked be-
tween every feather and, with a final
shake, SHE ribs herself Of the dirt as
we'll as tho vermin which are smooth
cred by the dust.
Such "a bath is easily provided at no
expense; place sufficient road dust
mixed with some ashes and perhaps
"a little sulphur in sunny location,
Civ the hens free access to 1T and you
will have little trouble from lice.
How many persons complain of
losing little chicks when the real cause
of death is the large head lice. AS
soon as you see a 'peeper'' dropping
look for the insect upon the head of
the chick. Rub the affected parts with
lard and sweet OIL Use moderation
with all the greasey preparations as
with everything else. More attention
to busting boxes and setting hens will
save handling off chicks. We have
seen mother hens with scarcely any
feathers ON their bodies and the
fea theirs at the edges of the bare
places showing thousands of nits
clinging to the remains of the feath-
ers; running around with a flock of
chicks vainly Calling them to- eat
while the poor things mOped, blinked
and dropped about. We are sure that
that man wondered why his chickens
did not grow and Thrive as did those
of his neighbor which were properly
tended. 1t is not the amount of money
or labor we eXpend in adjoining our
poultry houses with fancy school work
on equipping them with the latest i'm
provements, but ft is the constant at
itentfOn paid Ito the minor "details of
cleanliness that i'm the end brings the
greatest returns. State Poultry
man.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
The Louise Pest.

At no season of the year are the var
a burden for the hen found in such
numbers as in July and August or per-
haps we could say more properly dur
ing the hot summer months. At all
times to be dreaded, they are at these
times to be specially eXteIuninated or
the general health of the flock will de-
teriOrate. The birds, weakened by the
ravages of these pests as to be suscep-
tible to many ailments.
When the fowls are badly infected
their features become rough and the
eyes sunken and dull. But do not
wait till symptoms appear; an exam
ina ton of one or two of the birds at
short intervals will enable you to de-
tect the enemy in time and wage war
before he has secured so strong a
foojthoId
Catch each fowl by the legs and
place it on it's back or side upon box
or table covered with a NEWSPAPER,
part the feathers and shake a good
insect powder we'll on to the skin Do
not neglect any part of the body but
thoroughly work the powder among
all the feathers turning the bird over
and finally knocking the loose powder
off with the hand onto the paper from
whence it may be gathered up and
used again so that none is wasted.
Remove each fowl as fast as busted,
leaving the coOps free for a general
cleaning up.
Give the entire interior coat of,
white wash, take all the nest material
out and burn it and dose the boxes
and roosts with coal Oil. Repeat this
kerosene saturaition about once week
during the summer and you will find
your labor we'll repaid. Nature is al
ways wise in her provision so she has
given the desire to take "dust bath"
whenever the opportunity affords.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
Poultry and Storms.

Storms effect poultry unfayOrably
quite as much in mild weather ais in
cold. Short storms or showers, during
summer, make little difference to
poultry, providing they are enabled to
quickly dry out, but long cold storms,
followed 10y mist or fog, during the
spring months, will surely act unfa-
vorably on.the fowls if they are out in
1T. Many cases of cold or roup can
he traced to the fowls being out in
damp weather, or rOosting in damp
houses or roosts that are not perfectly
Night BOOSTS need ventilating dur
ing mild weather. Yet we do not use
any ven'tilaltors other than the door
and windows, for it is not easy to ar
| range a ventilation that will not cause
d1aught on the fowls. 1t can be
done, of course, but the bother of put
ting it in does not pay? Wire netting
should be tackled over the windows,
and, if necessary, have an extra door
made of wire netting, so the windows
and door can be opened and the fowls
kept in, if necessary. 1t is advisable
to keep the fowls out doors as much as
possible Whether the weather is hot
or Cold providing it is clear, let the
hens out that they may have exercise.
The open front scratching shed is a
great egg making affair, butt if it is
not to be had, rig UP a pen around a
large tree, for summer use. Make
the sides about Is inches high, and
have it 16 or more feet square. Keep
this half full of light litter, and feed
whole grain, cracked corn being bet
ter than whole corn. If you wish
healthy fowls avoid getting them too
fat make them work for all whole
food, keep them free from lice and
keep them well housed at night and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
LUXURY,
COMBINED.
THE LITTLE GREEK.
EASE,

The above cut represents soft sole
slipper for Ladies, Misses and Chill
dren, made in any color OF Kid or
Madras Cloth, with fancy plush ball or
ribbon bow.
Send 5Oc for ladies', 45c. for misses,
4Oc. for children's, p. O.. money order.
If you wish to match your tea gown
send sample.
Ladies' sizes, 2-8, Misses Ill, Child's
6-10.
If you want to make a handsome
present for little money-try them.
These goods are sold throughout the
entire world to the great satisfaction
and comfort of everyone who wears
them. Send to the manufacturer.
w. B. MAY. Bridgewater, Mass.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19

The healthy old man wears his gray
HAIRS like silver crown. What if he
he threescOre and ten if there is still
fire in his eye, tirmness in his step.
command in his voice and wisdom in
his counsel? He commands love and
reverence. Yet how few wear the man
tie of age with dignity. Dim eyed,
Querulous of speech, halting in step,
childish in mind, they flag superfu-
Gus on the STAGE dragging out the
fag end of Life in simple existence.
The secret of a healthy old age is a
healthy middle age. The man who
fakes care of his stomach, who keeps
his body properly nOurished, will find
that Hihe body does not fail in Old age.
The great value of DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery lies in the pres
ervatiOn of the working power OF the
stomach and other organs OF digestion
and nutrition. From this center is dis
trlbuted the nOurishment Of the whole
body. the salt for the blood, the lime
for the bones, phosphates for the
brain and nerves. A sound stomach
means a sound man. A man who keeps
his stomach sound by the use of
''Golden Medical Discovery will wear
the crown of gray hairs as BELTS a
monarch. with dignity and. ease.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19
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"Have Scrbbler, the author, and
his wife made up?"
ooh, yes! She now reads what he
writes. and he eats what she cooks
Jewish Comment.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19

Iowa Farms for sale, So per acre
cash. balance u crop until paid.
Mulhall, Sioux City, Ia.
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MEN and
WOMEN.

and GheerfuIneSs soon disappear when
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For pleasing results use DR. Kilmer's
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AT druggists. Sample bottle by mail free,
also pamphlet. Address. DR.. Kilmer &
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POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all COL munications to Poultry De
Dattment. Box 200. DeLand, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-07-19

Kidney trouble preys
upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
A MAMMOTH STORE.
]. D. Williams & Bro. Are Now occu-
pying Their Handsome New Store.
Four Floors and Basement of Large
Double Building Filled with Choice
Confections and Handsome Toys.

One of the finest and largest confec-
tionary and toy stores in the country
today is that of j. l.. Williams &
Brother who opened their new store
in the recently erected Henwood build
ing. No. 3l2314 Lackawanna avenue
yesterday.
Tho basement of the now building,
as well as that of Nos. 316 and 31S, is
devoted to the wholesale department.
Upon the first or ground floor is To-
Gated the general retail department.
One of the most prominent features
of this department. being a handsome
large soda fountain on the left of the
center. The remainder of this floor
is divided up between confectionery of
every description and toys in endless
variety. The second and third floors
are devoted exclusively to TOYS. tn =
stock being of such abundance that
the entire space of these two floors
are taxed to capacity. The fourth
floor is used for a, stock room, and
also an assembly derartmert, where
toys are put together before going into
the retail department.
This establishment is certainly n
model one and must be visited to be
appreciated. ~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
GREAT BOWLING CONTEST.
Scranton Elks and Scranton Bicycle
Club Struggle for Supremacy.

The bowling teams representing the
Scranton Elks and the Bicycle club
played the third game of their series
last night on the formers alley. The
Bicycle club won two out of the three
matches played, but the total score Of
the Elks was larger by slXty-one points
than that of their opponents.
The game was the largest scored one
ever played in the city, for six men on
side. On neither part was there d
time when the total score was below
300, while in the second match the Elks
broke all their previous records, and
for the first time in the history of their
bowling club scored over 1000 making
1,014, while in the last game the cycle
club scored 1914. The high men were
principally of the Bicycle club and
were as follows: Roper, 199 Captain
Wardell, 1877; Worden. 1886 The Elks'
champion was Captain Charles Fowler,
with 1914. The highest individual aver
age for the Bicycle club was made by
Worden, 1S1, while Fowler again led
the Elks with III The Bicycle club
men felt highly elated over their fine
work on their opponents alley. and are
looking forward to the game in the
near future when they will meet at the
Bicycle club. The evenings scores
We're as follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
PROSPERITY YATNIAeARA FALLS
Niagara Falls Is Having a Wonder
full Growth and Development.

The Niagara Falls Power company
will at once duplicate its great plant
here, and we have no doubt you fully
appreciate the Significance of this an
nouncement; II Is beyond question the
most momentous stroke in our city's
DEVELOPMENT.
This prodigious enterprise has been
fostered here by the shrewdest capital
lists in our country proven successful,
but has gone so far beyond their eXpec-
tations that before the completion of
their first great plant, which has cost
them more than seven million dollars,
they so forcibly realize the great pos
sibilties of this unique situation that
they are going right ahead with n sec
ond development which will be an exact
duplication of the plant which now
stands as the wonder of the world,
and Justly claimed to be the greatest
achievement of the nineteenth CEN
tury, as we'll as fixing this as the lOca-
tion Of the coming greatest manufac-
turing city on the American continent.
This will mean the expenditure of
millions in the construction of the great
works.
Such a prospect is more than sufii-
cient to satisfy us that our fOndest
hopes as to the growth and develop
ment of this city will be abundantly
realized and we could without doubt
find all the assurance necessary in this
most potent factor of industrial devel-
opment, but we rightly have reason to
doubly rejoice in the enjoyment Of
equal importance, and the two Combin-
ing to make Niagara a cynOsure for all
manufacturing enterprises in the fu-
ture.
Indeed the outlook however bright
it has been in the past, is now much
better than at any time since our de-
velopments began and we do not hesi-
tate to say there is no place on this
continent that can hope to have the
Increase percentage of growth that Nj
agara Falls will enjoy in the next five
wears.
In speaking of our great future we
are not unmindful of the growth and
development we are enjoying today
for we have in course of construction
at this time four of the largest indus
tries that have ever been erected here,
and which will be completed and give
employment before the end of the year
to twelve hundred men, which Will add
at least five or six thousand to our
rapidly increasing population, we also
have many other factories negotiating,
in fact we are informed the power COM
! panies have many times more appli-
| cations today for power than at any
| time in the past.
You know it is their policy never to
| announce a new factory until It ac-
! tually begins building. but we know
| some of the largest yet to come to Nj
! aEara are just about to close a deal
! for power and you may look for plenty
| of good news along that line in the
near future.-Niagara Falls Gazette.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09

companied the exhibition on a tour
through Virginia, his native state.
The presentation at st. Thomas hall
will be exactly the same in all re-
spects as was given by this same COM
pany of artists in Days New York
theater following the famous Stoddard
Lenten lectures.
The history of the great Passion
play is familiar to a large number of
people. 1t is presented once every ten
years as a national sacred rite in the
village of Ober- -Ammergau in Bavaria,
not far from Munich. and in Horitz
Austria, every three years. 1t Is what
we could call dramatization of the
New Testament. inasmdch as il vivid
ly depicts the story of the life of Jesus
Christ. Thousands of people part~i-
pate in the performances and the per-
sons that appear in the leading char
acters, such as Christ, Pontius PLATE,
JudaC, etc, are selected in their infancy
and trained with constant care and
attention for the impersonations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
Cheap Excursion to Washington,
D. c.

The Masonic lodges of the United
States will commemorate the one hun
dredth anniversary of the death Of
George Washington at Alexandria, Va
opposite Washington, Dec. 13 to H..
For the accommodation of those who
desire to attend this ceremony the
Lackawanna railroad will sell tickets
from this station to Washington at a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
round trip. These tickets will be sold
Dec. II and 13. Persons holding them
will be required to make continuous
journey in each direction. The return
jourey must be begun leaving Wash
ington not later than Dec. Is. For
further particulars apply to local agent.
~
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
PREPARING FOR THE CENSUS.
One Hundred and Sixty Assistant
Enumerators Needed.

One hundred and sixty assistants VIII
be required to take the census in the
district comprising Lackawanna, Mon
roe and Pike counties, according to the
apportiorment just completed by Cen
sus Supervisor John r. Edwards and
forwarded yesterday to the census
bureau.
OF these ub-districts one hundred
and ten are in Lackawanna county,
thirty-five in Monroe and fifteen in
Pike. Each election district in the
nopulous wards of Scranton vii! con-
stitute a census sub-district and each
will have n separate enumerator.
In the pOpulous centers of the city 1t
Is arranged that there shall be one
enumerator for every 1000 inhabitants.
In sparsely settled territory, the num-
Der Of noses to count is much less
Lehigh. GOuldsboro and COvington, for
instance, are grouped in one district.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
NEW sHoPLAND BUILDING.
It Is Distinct Ornament to Lacka-
wanna Avenue.

Last April the block on the southerly
side of Lackawanna avenue, between
Penn and Wyoming avenues, was vis-
tied by a disastrous fire that wiped
out several buildings. Two of the
buildings destroyed were owned by A.
II. Shopland.
The new buildings which replace the
old ones are completed and are an
ornament to the city. Their beautiful
glass fronts give to the block quite a
metropolitan effect. They are to all ap-
pearances thoroughly up-to-date, being
four stories and having all the modern
improvements. Electric passenger and
freight elevators run from the base
ment to the fourth floor, and the latest
improved steel ceilings give an artis-
tic effect.
These double stores. in fact the whole
building, is occupied by ]. d. Williams
& Bro. and will he known as the Shop
land building. Next to them the beau
tiful new building owned by John II.
Ladwig has been erected.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09
ORDINANCE TO BE ENFORCED.
City Engineer Phillips to See That
Houses Are Numbered.

City Engineer Phillips is devoting all
of his spare time to comprehensive
re-arrangement of the street numbers
on a number of the various thorough
fares of the city where an improper ar
rangement is in force now.
The record of unnumbered houses
made by the letter carriers will also
be used by the city engineer and prop
erty owners will be notified by mail of
the ordinance requiring that all build
ings be properly numbered. An at
tempt has never been made before to
thoroughly enforce this ordinance, ana
Mr.. Phillips endeaVOr in this direction
will be watched with interest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-09

Three men were caught beneath
fall of rock at the Grassy Island col
liery of the Delaware and Hudson
company, near Olyphant, last night,
and two of them were so seriously in
jured that it is feared they can not
recover.
These two are Peter Fitzslmmons,
aged go, a miner, and his son, William
EItzsimmons, aged 3S, his laborer. The
third man is Thomas Brennan, aged
80, also a laborer.
They were working on the night
shift and had just fired their first hole
when the fall occurred. The Fitzsim-
mons were caught squarely beneath
the fall and badly crushed. There Ia
scarcely q portion of their bodies but
what sustained some injury, and it Is
feared they received internal hurts
which will prove fatal
Brennan was carght by the edge of
the fall and escaped with nothing
more serious than painful bruises.
The injured men We're dug out by a
rescuing force summoned by Brennan,
who was able to make his way to an
adjoining working, and were taken to
their homes in Grassy Island.
The younger Fitzsimmons was the
most severely injured, and his death
was expected at any moment. At
midnight, however ne was still alive
He is unmarried and lived with his
father.
The elder Fitzsimmons has a wife,
two sons and three daughters. The
chamber in which the accident oc-
CURED was strange to him, as 1t was
his brothers regular place, and he and
his son went in to it last night for
the first time to make a shift in his
brothers stead.