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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

'Nhy does not Sambo Gomez" she
aGcaimed fevcrishly.
slldred Trent's face was somewhat
pale. but her eyes flashed with dark
luminousness and her slender form was
erect with proud determination. She
snade no effort to disguise her intense
craving for news The rattle of the
Sieoe guns, the noisy turbulence of the
ohot contest, was stilled But had Lord
CORVALLIS silenccd the colonists, or
Ind this desperate attack Of the Fed
eraliSts wrested from him the town he
had fortified against them?
The possibility Of the latter brought
Page Yorke 60 her fancy again, and
she heaved once more, as she had done
n thousand times before during this
fearful siege. a sigh of complex emo
'tion. Oh, why did not Sambo come
and relieve this wearing tension? At
the beginning of this armed revolt
against the home government Page
lorke'S father had shoudCrcd his gun
amt gone forth under the command Of
his friend, General George Washing
ton. Of Mount Vernon TWO years
dater he had let it fall, rs he sank
himself. killed 10y bullet. Then this
hot youth Of 10 had taken his fathers
place, and for five years she had not
seen him. She and Miss Aylward, her
aunt, had led q forlorn life here in the
httle village of Yorktown which had
out now been the center OF so fierce a
contest. And she did not yet know
9hethcr the battle was to king or
colonist; whether her playmate and
boy lover was somewhere near, flushed
with victory, or But she would not
fhnk of that,
II CORVALLIS had won ii might
Aean the end. If the colonsts had
made their fight aud lost. Page Yorke
might with good grace fall into his
place once more-a Virginia gentle
Iran, subject TO the king-and life
;nove again on the old time. easy
lving
B Nth parting glance in every di-
Fection, she turned and slowly re-en-
tered the cave. 1t was an Opening In
A mari bluff ON the bank of the broad
driver, some II feet wide by Is or 20
IN depth The more retired part was
dry, and level ledge had offered the
women a resting place at night. They
had come there with Dinah when the
saassively built house Of Governor Mel
son, instead of proving the safe refuge
they had imagined. was hit so often
by the fearfully crashing shot and shell
that II seemed to be 4 special target
for the colonial gunners. AS a matter
pf fact, the patriotic governor, COM
manding the Virginia militia in the re-
serve, or second line of the left wing
OF the besieging colonists. fearing his
solid two story brick house might af-
ford shelter to the British had offered
n reward of guineaS to every gunner
who hit il with his fire.
: Miss Trent had not long rejoined her
aunt, who, wrapped in a thick shawl
against the chill temperature of the
cave, shivered more from nervous APP
prehension than the autumnal air when
negro with grizzled wool shambled
into view at the mouth of their retreat,
his eyes rolling and his breathing show
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22
Jest Chickens, !"

The beginner who desires TO engage
IN rearing poultry for profit as well
as pleasure, will start with pure bred
fouls if possible. First, start with a
well defined object in view Though
this IS much discussed theme, it is
one that will bear going over again
and again. Having decided on this.
select the breed you like best. proyid-
ed of course it is one adapted to Your
climate, and to the market YOU are to
cater to. Every breed has its admir-
ers and its good points.
If YOU are to furnish fastidious Gus
toners, 1t is well to bear in mind
the Bostonians require a brown shell
egg, while New York and Philadel-
phia people pay the highest price for
the white ones. Remember all the
nonsettiDg hens lay white egg. and
those that make good mothers and
become broody lay brown ones. There
is an old adage, "Build your cage.
than batch your bird. 1t applies
in. poultrydom too; e., build a hen
house of some kind before Won oct
your fowls. A wealthy person can
Of course satisfy his ambition by
building fine houses and yards. sup
piled with all the latest appliances.
but poor person must begin in a
small way buying only such materials
as are absolutely necessary, and we
feel he is to be congratulated that It
is so. We believe the building site is
Of much greater Importance. 1t
should be well drained, sheltered
from the west and northwest winds.
and have decided slope toward the
south. The time was when all the
glass that could be got into the front.
or south side of henhouse was
thought to be the desirable thing to
do, but experience has proven beyor d
a doubt this was a mistake. On sun
ny days it made The house too warm,
aud on cloudy days and cold nights
too cold. Windows for light only.
have proved the better plan. Build
ings need be neither fine nor expen-
siye, but they must be dust dry,
warm, well ventilated and kept scrup-
ulously clean if you expect your hens
to do well in the way of egg produc-
ton in the winter season.
In my opinion the box house is the
best that can be built especially
when you take the cost into consider
alton. We will suppose you wish to
winter fifty chickens. Build a house
1920; use 2x4's for the topand bottom
to nail the boards to. Twelve foot
common boards will work about right
for the sides. Cut them in two. seven
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

ing the flock. For instance vop n,o !,
hatch out flock of chicks in Jnnc or
July, care for them fairly wnIl III
summer, house them durino tbe win
ter and it may be by April ~ NAV
will lay few eggs for easter Toy
would that pay Certainly not
What is the trouble? Simply Mi.
The hen is just an egg machine and
if properly managed she m1st either
lay or die Hatch them a month i,
two earlier, keep them growing nieoIy
all summer so that before cold wooth.
er comes in the fall they will have
their full plumage If YOU hatcb
them too early you miss it again for
they will mature, begin laying. and
then moult like the old fowls. Van
know fowls in unfinished plnmaoe ~
moulting, always $50 on 4 strike !,
but as | said before, hatch them ear,r
enough so that they will be fully M.
tured before cold weather strikes
them, and they will lay all winter
You will readily see the difference II.
tween flock of hens that Law no COOS
and one that lays all winter Is y 9T
material.
In our boy days it was ~ nncom.
mon occurrence for hen to stea. bnr
nest away, lay eleven or thirteen
eggs, become broody, and finally come
back with little brood of chicks
These same chicks would follow tbis
same hen until snow fell the next fan
Yes those eggs were fertile, and those
chicks were hardy because the eleven
or thirteen were the first and very
often tho only eggs the hen would nv
that year. Now to the point. Ii we
could have had access to that nest
and taken the eggs away as they were
laid, the hen would have laid more
eggs there, or become Disguised nv
the disappearance of her eggs and
hunted new nest and repeated the
number. Our blue-jays Law four
speckled eggs, become broodv and
are ready to begin the act Of repro
duction. Suppose you remove one
of her eggs; do YOU suppose She will
60 on with the incubating process?
No; nature tells her to lay one more
egg, which she will do, or desert the
nest entirely, build a new one and
produce four more eggs. thus YOU
see the common hen or the wild bird
may be made to double the number
of eggs they naturally Law, and when
we say our hens are capable of Law
ing twohnndred eggs n a single year
we mean they will have been brought
to it by this simple process Why
this is we are unable to tell, unless Il |
Is natures effort at reproduction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

Every hen in flock does not ne
cessarily become broody when she
has laid out her Glitter Of eggs. but
she does necessarily.quit for while.
but nature soon supplies her with
new desires 10 bring out brood Of
chicks. and in a short time you Will
notice the hen looking fine in appear
ance and ere long she will be contrib
utlng her share toward filling your
egg basket. Following this thought,
we lino by removing all the eggs
from the nests each evening, intro
ducing new blood of the better vari-
cites, feeding the right kind of food
Matching the chicks at the proper
time, shelter, shade, grit etc, we
have brought our fowls from the jun
giles Of India, where they laid nine
eggs in a year, to state Of civiliza-
ton where some of them have been
known TO lay twohundred-and-l fifty
eggs in a single year.
Some breeds Of chickens think
OF nothing bat broodiness
and incubating Broodiness, as is
well understood, is a disease over
which the hen has no power She
becomes constipated, and has an
abundance of internal heat. Don't
get angry with her, she can't help it.
All she thinks of is to sit DOWN and
generate 1913 degrees Of heat. Make
light lath box, swing it up over
head in the chicken house. Introduce
the old biddy, and let her swing and
when she sits down and feels that
cold air from below her, she will
soon change her mind and think per-
haps she had better not 90 on a strike
vet for while.
1t would be impossible for me to
state for a certainty how many hens
Of any of the varieties to place with
single male bird to constitute a
good breeding pen, from the fact that
eggs from over-fat hens. or hens that
are confined in small quarters and
not supplied with plenty of meat,
green food etc. do not hatch well.
This is a subject each one having the
management OF fowls must solve for
himself, taking into consideration the
age and vigor of the male bird and
condition of the flock In some cas-
es twenty or even more would not be
too many, while in others ten might
be too many While it is very easy
to get too many hens in pen, it i
Just as easy to get too few, and YOU
are Just as liable to get unfertile ecgs
from one pen as the other.
We find that the eggs grow in the
oyary to the full size Of the yolk then
break loose and pass down the egc-
tcN1lNUfpo Itsr PACE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

and five foot: mai the seven foot
pieces on the front or south side, and
the five foot pieces on the north side.
Your twelve fiot boards will cut
right for the ends also, the slope
varying the length OF each piece.
Good ten tcot boards will make a
pretty good roof if they are well bat
toned with good fence boards OF
course shingles are much better, -
but more expensive Overhead. in
side should be lined with cheap
boards, ana the sides well papered
with tarfet paper. The perches and
nest-boXes can be arranged as suits
you best, only YOU should allow the
fowls the full floor space and the floor
should De kept covered with good dry
straw which is at least six inches deep
Pat board partition in the center Of
the house with we'll fitting door.
One door en- the south side of each
room and one window viii be about
right. If you are handy with a saw
and hammer, YOU can build such a
house for less than $40 co. As your
flock grows you can add on, room at
time, and at both ends the new
room is partly built II there is any
gravel or sand handy, it would be
well to haul in a load or two for each
room. The main object is to use the
ground for the floor, and at the same
time have it perfectly dry. During
the coolest weather this floor material
can be forked over and over again and
it will act as a deoderizer, and help to
purify
The number Of rooms you need will
suggest themselves to you as YOU pro-
gress. Bear ia mind that room
large enough to winter twenty-five
chickens in, will not be TOO large for
ten bens when you expect them to do
their best in egg production.
The runs should be on the south
side Of the house Poultry wire net
ting makes the best and the cheapest
fence ! know Of. 1t is handy to put
up. can be taken down easily and
quickly rolled up and put away.
With your houses ready and your
fowls in them, YOU are ready to begin
to calculate how to proceed. The
great difficulty which poultry culture
is compelled to overcome before it is
admitted into full fellowship with 9th
er branches Of farming, is prejudice
1t is hard to diyest a person Of preiu-
dice by argument,or facts and figures.
No man or woman can expect to sue
ceed in business for which they are
unprepared and Of which they are
ashamed The production Of eggs de-
ponds largely upon the person manag-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-02-22

HE girl stepped
out OF the cave
and cast an anX-
ions glance, first
down, then up,
she bank Of the
river. 1t was
early morning,
and the broad
stretch of the
York was begin
ming to catch
CLEANS of the
October sun on
its slate blue
rinnlpS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
Volunteers to be Discharged.

Washington, Nov 21.-Adjutart
General Corbin authorizes the state
ment that it is the intention of the
war department to bring home from
the Philippines to the United States
every one of the volunteers who cares
to come, and discharge them here, on
or before the first of July next, when,
under the law, the volunteers must
be mustered out 1t is the expecta
tion and the hope of the war depart
ment that the coming congress will,
at an early period in it's session, enact
legislation which will enable the
department to replace the present
volunteer force by permanent force
of soldiers. In that case. such of the
men in the ranks as care to continue
in the service will be reenlisted as
regulars, and any vacancies that may
exist through the muster out of the
volunteers will be supplied by origi-
nal enlistmeuts in the United States
1t is believed that these enlistments
can be made in time to replace all the
retired Philippine volunteers before
the first of the next fiscal year with
out causing any hiatus.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
BEING GEVERYWHERE AC.
CORDED ENTHUSIAS.
TIC WELCOME.

Dijon. France. Nov 23.-Mr Kru
ger has become, for a moment at
least, the popular idol of the French.
His triumphant progress, northward,
through the country from Marseilles
to Dion, has placed THE beyond
doubt He me. with a tremendous
reception in each towr along the
route where the trsin stopped, culmi-
mating in scenes of frenzied enthusi-
asm here this evening, calculated to
turn the head of any man
The population of Marseilles gath
cred ip thousands to escort him from
the railroad station and gave him a
rousing send of, while at Tarascon,
Avignon. VAlence, Lyons, Macon and
Dion, the inhabitants who crowded
the railroad stations made the rafters
tremble With enthusiastic shouts Of
"Vive Kruger" and give les
Beers The demonstration was all
the more significant because it elbows
that the perfervid acclamations at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
LORD ROBERTS INJURED

Lcodoo, Nov 21-Tbe Evening
Standard 10 specia! edition this eveo-
iug says
Just as We are going to press the
news has reached London that Lord
Roberts has been thrown from his
horse aud received severe injuries +"
TIE officials os tie war Office sag
they are "not iu a position to report
anythiog 10 connection With the rumcr
ed sccident to Lord Roberts" :"
This utterauce is interpreted here as
giving Indirect support to The Evening
Standards statement.
London. Nov 22 Lord Roberts &C.
cideus occurred on Sunday last. while
be was riding His horse fell With
him. aud be was shaken and bruised,
but 20 limbs were broken.
Ae be has since scot dispatches to
the war Office, it is believed that be is
performing his usual duties. especially
ss be has not mentioned the accident.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
HESTER'S COTTON STATE
MENT.

New Orleans, Nov. % Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton
exchange statement issued today
shows a decrease in the movement
into sight compared with the seven
days ending this date last year. in
round figures, Al, 1000
For the 81 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is ahead
of the 81 days of last year 215, 900
The amount brought into sight dur,
ing tie past week has been 3s..l1,-
S05, sgainst 4l2,394 for the seven
days ending November % last year
The movement since September 1st
shows receipts at all United States
ports s,o73,S25. against 2,76s, 954
last year; overland across the Mis-
sissippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to
northern mills and Canada, 399, ,2e7
against 514,836 last year; interior
stocks in excess Of those held at the
close cf the commercial year, 525,
1S9, against A !. 1888 last year: south
ern mill takings, 383. .426, againt
395. .514 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been ls6,7l5, against 1925 last
year, The total takings of American
mills, north and south and Canada,
thus far for season have been $50, Gel
against l245,186 last year These
include 500. 044 by northern spinners,
sgains, S40,279
Stocks at the seaboard and the 2s
leading southern interior centres
have increased daring the week &c.
G38 bales, against an increase dur.
ing the corresponding period last
season Of 102. 518. and are now 397.-
666 smaller than at this date iu 1899
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
His Life Was Save d.

Mr.. E. Lilly, prominent citizen OF Han
nibal, No., lately had wonderful deliversncc
from srighttu death. In telling OF it he says:
Il vas taken with typhoid fever that ran into
pneumonia. Ny lungs became hardened.
vas so weak couldn't even sit up in bed.
Nothing helped mo. expected soon to die OF
Consumption, when heard OF Dr.. Kings New
Discovery. 0ne bottle gave great relief. {
continued to use it, and now am we'll and
strong. I can't say too much in its praise.
This marvellous medicine is the surest and
quickest cure in the world for all throat and
lung trouble Regular sizes SO cts and S1.00.
Trial bottle free at ] F. w. DeLcrme's Drug
Store, every bottle guaranteed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
DEAD.

London, Nov 22.-S:: Arthur Saili-
vac, the musical composer, died Of
heart failure at 9 O'Clock tbs morning.
Sir Arthur Sullivan had been ailiug
since be returned from Switzerland, in
the middle of September. He caught
chill there and his chest and lungs
became affected He took to his bed
fortnight ago, but was ccnvalesciog
aod sitting up 10 bis bed laughing and
talking just before be expired The
afternoon papers print long eulogics Of
the deceased
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
New Series-Vol. Xxx. No. Is
American Army of Conquest
Gen Macarthur Now Com.
mands 10000 Men.

Manila, Nov 21.-Gen Macarthur
was asked today whether the result OF
the presidential election in the United
States was 10 aoy way responsible for
the rush orders to push operations
against the Filipiuos He replied that
the resnlt of the elecsioo was merely
coinoident With other features of the
situation He added that the return of
the soldiers aod marines from China.
With the recruits who had arrived
recently, would Increase the number Of
troops to 10 00C meo. The enlarge.
ment Of the forces. the ending of the
raicy season, better roads, improved
transportation and the desire to maze
the most efficient use of the volunteers
before tt,ir term Of service expires iu
June. are ell contributary to the moss
active campaign.
Couceroing the replacing of ZOO
volunteers, Gen Macarthur said he
favors the establishment of standing
army of $4,000 men and authorizing
the president to increase it to 100, 900
men.
The general also said be vas enlarg-
ing the force 10 Gen Youug's district
t, nearly 1000 men, that heavy REIN
forcemeots we're being sent to Gen
Hughes il the Islepd Of Pauay, that
more troops had been ordered to south
ero Luson, and that various column
movements bad been planned.
The s.randiog of the coastiog trans.
port Indiana is causing long delay in
reaching number Of the remote coast
stations in southern Luzon. which have
Subsistence to November only. and will
have to depend largely on forging until
the 1udiapa is dos,ed or another
steamer is secured.
The custom warehouses are copgest-
ed, which is delaying the commerce Of
Manila. Gen Smith, the collector of
the port, ct meeting today of Manila
importers, urged the oecess;ty for the
removal of the goods The merchants
talk of organizing company for the
erection of bonded warehouses.
The soldiers and marines who have
returned from China are selling quaot'
ties Of curics looted from the residences
Of the nobility or wealthy persons at
Pekio and Tieo Tsiu. Many Of them
are valuable aud ridiculously cheap sud
a pumber Of presents of saca loot have
been mailed to the United States 70:
| Christmas
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-28
SUMTER. G. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 28 1900

Marseilles were not merely an explo
sion Of exuberance on the part of the
warm hearted and exci,aole popuiace
of e sunny cline, Gua sentiments
shared with even greater intensity
by the usually less demonstrative and
colder b1ooded inhabitants Of the
northern provinces
The warmth of the enthusiasm in
creased Instead of decreased, as
might have reasonably been expected
from the difference of the character
of the in habitants of the provinces
through which Mr. Kruger passed,
but one OF the most important phases
of the demonstration was the turn it
took in British direction The few
criminally foolish Englishmen, whose
iii timed levi:y at the Hotel du
Lovre in Marseilles exasperated the
people in the streets there, never
dreamed of the serious consequences
of their act They sowed the wind
aud today the English people are
reaping the whirlwind The news
of the supposed insult to Mr. Kruger
seems to have spread across France,
at all stations, but especially at
Lyons and Dion, shouts for the
Beers were mingled with loud cries
of "Down with the English /" To-
deed. at Lyons the denupciations of
the English drowned the shouting of
the Beers. THIS is disturbing fea-
ture which is universally discussed.
Fears are expressed that tomorrow's
reception in Paris may assume a
cbarscte. calculated to arouse the
feeling of Great Britain against
France to such an extent as to result
in unpleasant relations between the
two countries. The warmth of en-
thusiasm reached in Marsei|les yes
terday palpably raised the spirits of
MI Kruger and his advisers to a
high pitch. The faces of DR. Lydes,
Nj F Fsher and others, which, on the
eve of the arrival of Mr. Kruger
revealed the anxiety felt regarding
his reception. were today lighted up
with happiness and confidence EvI.
IDENTIFY hope had revived in ali that
his mission to Europe would be
crowred with success