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The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

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Care Of Chickens.

1 s. Z.Ez Care Of Chickens. p. =.
81 It requires 21 days to hatch a chick.
en-. They should not be fed for about
"a hours when first born. The first
food to be given should consist of
bread soaked in sweet milk or hard
boiled eggs. The little fellows will in
a short time gain strength very rap
idly. The bread should be crumbled
very fine and care should be taken not
to overfeed, as too much should not
be given at one tir e. Feed five or
six times a day for the first ten days.
After the third day oatmeal will be
found very excellent diet. Great
care should be taken also in feeding
this for the first few days, as it is
very loosening. The meal should be
fed In dry form and can be alternated
with the bread or eggs. After they
become more used to the meal it can
be kept before them at all times in
litter, such as very fine cut clover
or hay. Grit of some sort should be
provided from the first, and should
be kept in a low dish that the chicks
may have free access to at all times.
Now as the chickens get older the
food should gradually be changed and
more uncooked food should be given.
Good screenings containing plenty of
fine or cracked wheat will be found
to be excellent and mixture of equal
parts of ;corn-meal, bran and mid
dlings, mixed with milk or water.
Use the former, If possible, taking
care not to mix too wet! The wheat
screenings can be thrown into the lit
ter and a little millet seed may also
be given in the same manner. This
keeps the little fellows always busy,
and the result is that at meal times
they are always hungry.-J. R. Braba-
ZOn.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13
Attached.

Jester-Biffkins has dog that fol-.
lows him everywhere he goes.
Jimson-That dog must be attached
to Biffkins
Jester-Certainly-by a rope.-Ohio.
State Journal.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13
The Indian Was Funny.

While on an automobile trip, State.
Senator James K. Flood of Hart,
Mich, met a mounted Indian whose
horse appeared much frightened at the
machine.' The senator called out:
Joe, is your horse much afraid?"
NAV! heap fool; he only mad; he
t'ink you take his job. .''-Brooklyn.
Eagle.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

Discomfort is the want Of sclf-reli-
ance; it is an infirmity as well-Em-
erSOn.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

Only one remedy in tho world that will at.
once stop itchiness of the skin in any part.
of the body. Doan's Ointment. At any
drug store, so cents.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

What is sauce for the gander may bo.
saucy for the goose.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

Her Plan. -:.,.'.z<s IS M
I've been two weeks trying to get
my husband to give me $50 to buy ar
new dress complained Mrs. Gazzam
to Mrs. Whites. :
Il never do that" . ,>.> ~ II q"
=" What do you do?"t., 49, ]
i have my, dress charged, and leave
my husband to fight it out with the,
collector. .-Harper's Bazaar. ;~.'* -
Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains.
stlngs: Instant relief. Dr. Thomas Ecleo.
trio Oil. At any drug store.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

Most men get married before they
are old enough to know better.
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

The man who looks wise as an IS owl owl
when giving others advice Els aptS to
make q fool #of himself IL not usinx.
some Of it 53s:s sS
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13
Around the Dairy.

Every employe of the dairy should
be quick, gentle, regular and cleanly
in his habits. A cow abominates an
unclean man. Tobacco in all it's forms
is obnoxious to every department Of
dairying. All the work. about the
herd should be done with the utmost
system and regularity; a fixed time
for doing everything and everything
done on time. Nothing has been pro-
duced which begins to compare with
the human hand as a milking ma
chine. Cleanliness and regularity are
the first requisites in good milking.
Next quietness and gentleness should
be accompanied by quickness. A fast
mixer will get more butterfat out of
the cow than a slow one. This is not
theory, it is a proved fact. The but
terfat comes from the COW. but it is.
the expert mixer who gets it. It is
certain that change Of mixers, man
ner or time Of milking, irregularity,
or any disturbance at milking time
may be expected to cause loss of but
terfat in milk. The loss may not, be
3AOeStS oAV ~ 40 tJAAOo0u4 dUl0 III UuLC0r
or money. In short, it pays, and pays
well, to have the milking. done in the
very best manner and by the very best
mixers to be-. found Chicago Dairy
Produce 4; >s2. ..* i: -. .=>...s 49,. !,
visor a Valuable Quality in Swine.
IL Prof. w. J. Kennedy says: In iudg-
ing swine, the butchers preference
should be adhered to very closely. The
profit In the production Of hogs large
" lies In successfully catering to the
butcher. There are some other points.
however, which must be considered in.
this connection. The evidences Of
constitution and vigor are points on:
which the butch cannot. realize prof
it. To the feeder and breeder, how,ev.
er, they are Of the utmost Importance.
No man can afford to.aunderestimata
the value OF constitution and vigor id
the hog. They are the best specincs as
yet discovered to ward OF the ravaRes
OF hog cholera. ... So :a557s#ss
~ Talk ts cheap, even 50 those who !n-
6Ifl6pa IN .nYkrA
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

DON'T EXPERIMENT WITH GROUP,
cure the children quickly with Coles Cough
Cure They like it: Every bottle guaran-
teed Insist on getting the genuine ALI
good druggists, Csc and 5oc
The Cook County herald., 1902-12-13

Talk is cheap, even to those who ,ne
dulge In extravagant remarks. &: - s. ..ss I
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-02-14
St. Valentines Day.

the last quarter Vi century mas almost
done away with the sending of valen-
tines. Some twenty-five years ago the
postoffices used to issue the notices
about early posting for Valentines
Day, February 14th, which they now
give before Christmas and Easter.
The observance of st. Valentines
Day grew out of an ancient spring
festival at Rome called "Lupercalia,n
when the names of the maidens were
inscribed on tablets, and put into
large urn Every youth drew tablet,
and he was bound to devote himself,
for the year, to the maiden whose name
was inscribed on it
As the influence of the Christian
church increas ed, the clergy desired to
check various customs, which had
grown up at the ''Lupercalia." When
Bishop Valentine, Roman priest, who
had lived in the time of Marcus Azure
lius Claudius, a Roman Emperor, was
beheaded as a marytr, A. ID. 270, on
church dedicated Feb. 14th to his mem
ory But the fiirtations of the youths
and maidens could not be SO easily
abolished, and they fingered round the
day.
In the middle ages English ladies
chose for St Valentines Day, their
good Sir Knights for the next twelve
months-sometimes these valentines
had not only to dance attendance, but
had to make costly gifts. Samuel Pepys
tells us that the Duke of York, being
the valentine of the famous Miss Stuart,
afterwards Duchess of Richmond, did
give her jewel of the value OF about
SOOl. There were various curious old
English customs connected with st.
Valentines Day, but they have fallen
into disuse and been forgotten.
The last that remained, WAS the send
ing of picture valentine by posi-,
leaving the recipient to guess who the
sender might be; but even that custom
lids NOW dlfl1OHb Qlco Jul aho Wv SA~A@
tines Day passes without much OBJ
servation.
Every year we hear some cry that
the celebration of st Valentines Day
has become thing of the past, yet,
when the second week in Feb rolls
around, the shop windows are as full
as ever of the elegant and sentimental
creations devoted to this day.
1t is oftentimes repeated at an old
family Preside that st. Valentine has
long been the patron saint of courtship,
represented by little chubby make
believe" creature called "Cupid," who
works hard on the 14th of Feb; his
duties are many, and his pretty bow
sends the arrows flying in all dlrec
tons. He is merry little fellow, fuil
of queer pranks, and a great favorite
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-02-14

Mineral paint is good thing, par
ticularly for fences, wagons, barns and
machinery. 1t is made in many colors,
furnished mixed ready for use, and
costs so per cent less than other paint.
Drop into the factory opposite the
Mint and see it made, or call at the
butchershop in the Ormsby block and
talk with w II. Chedic.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-02-14

all seen pictures of him, many times
on valentines sold in the stores. The
venerable st. Valentine seems to have
merely loaned his name to the four
teenth of Feb, leaving the rest to
Cupid, who appears to be we'll pleased
with the arrangement. For hundreds
of years past, the young people have
been as anxious to send valentines as
at the present time. The young folks
waited until twilight; then each would
sally forth in his neighborhood, light
ly step up to the front door of the
house where the valentine was to be
left, and without the least noise, slip
the paper under the door, ring the bell
and scamper away as fast as possible
to avoid being seen.
No doubt when the teachers back
was turned and the schoolmate dared
to look, he would tear ruled page
from out his ink-splashed copybook.
One could see studious effort in each
closely written line; some would say
''to criticise would seem almost SIM"
for it was nothing more than simple
verse which had no grace of rhetoric
but it simply asserts 1.-The rose is red,
the violet is blue" But oh, heart
beat fast and two cheeks grow so red,
when she read her ''school boys valen-
tine" But no romance thrived be-
tween them, for the boy passed from
his school boy life, and became an
others husband, while she another's
wife. All! but she still lights up a care
worn face with the long ago memories,
when she takes the school boys valen-
tine from its old hiding place. Valen-
tines to-day bring the same thrill of
pleasure, and when the whistle or
signal of the mail man announces the
arrival Of the mail on that eventful
day, eager fingers are impatient to
open the envelope and discover the
treasure within. But then the same
old cry follows, "who could have sent
such lovely valentine to me?''
ISABEL MILLER,
Gardnervlle, New, Feb. 13, 1902.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14
BEAUTIES OF A GLACIER.
Scenes That Are Likencd to Visions
of a Giorified City.

The destinations of a glacier are as
Witching as they are dangerous. Ap0s-
tolic vision Of crystal city glorilied
by light that never was on land or
sea" was not more beautiful than
these vast ice rivers, whose onward
course is chronicled, not by years and
centuries, but by geological ages, says
q British Columbia correspondent Of
the New York Post With white dom
ed show cOlnices wreathed fantastic
as arabeSQue and with the CLASSY
walls of emerald grotto rejecting u
million sparkling jewels. one migAt be
in some cavernOuS dream world or
among the lettering grandeur CT an an
Gent city. The ice pillars and silvered
pinnHcleS, which scientists call SeracS,
stand like the sculpturcd marble of
temples crumblng to ruin. Glttpring
pendants hang from the rim of BLUSH
chasm. Tints too brilliant for artists
brush CLEAN from the turquoise Of
crystal walls Rivers that flow through
valleys Of ice and lakes, hemmcd in by
that is very infinity's self
In the morning, VIXEN all thaW has
been stopped by the nights cold, there
is deuthly silence over the glacial fields.
even the mountain cataractS fall noise
lessly from the precipice to ledge in
tenuOus. wind blown threads. But with
the rising of tie sun the WhO." glacial
world bursts to life in noisy tumult
Surface rivulets braWl over the ice
with glep that is vocal and almost
human. The gurgl" Of rivers flowing
through subterrancaN tunnels becomes
roar, as of a ruShin%. angry sea. zee
grip no longer holds lack rock Scree
lO0senpd by the nights frost, ana
there is the reverhpraiing thunder or
the falling avalanche
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14
WANTED A RECEIPT,
The Old l.nIy Insisted Upon FOlIaw-
ing Instructions.

The old lady was not used to travel
ing on the Broadway cars She had
evidently spent her youth and middle
+ age in the rural regions, but DOUBTLESS
she called old Ireland home. The con-
ductor, who differed little from the
rest of his kind, came through the car
calling for fares. The old woman held
out her hand, in which a nickel was
tightly cIutched, then drew it suddenly
back as if she had made some mistake.
II want my 'resate' first" she said in
a rich DoOlian dialect
The conductor paid no heed; but
hold ng out his hand, demanded Fare.
please
But want my 'resate,' " she repeat
ed
mo receipts, lady" said the stold
conductor. III have to have your
fare"
"My son told me not to give up any
money without getting 'resate,'" in
sisted the old woman stoutly.
The kind lady with the sweet face
and Paris clothes proffered the assur-
ance that it was "all right" that no.
body got receipts.
"See, | pay my fare without one"
she said. giving the conductor a dime
and the woman a rVaSSuring smile.
But the woman was stubborn. II
want my 'rcSate'" she reiterated.
The conductor mechanically held out
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14

H. P. Mcknight, fol- entering and
taking manuscripts from this office,
was tried before ]. w. Graham at
Aberdeen yesterday and convicted
He will probably understand that he
is not a privilege character to the ex-
tent which he claims, and that there
are other people entitled to the pro-
lection of the law.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14
THE SOUTHERN PINES
MUSICAL INSTITUTE

Will open in the Schai1ner Building Mon
day, Nov, 10, 1902. The Arincipal, PROF.
W II. LINDSEY, who will have charge OF
the vocal department has had 20 years
experience in the art Of teaching Sight
Singing and Voice Culture. His methods
are unsurpassed for giving his pupils abil-
ity to think the tones to be sung-to sing
at sight without the aid Of an instrument.
The Associate PRINCIPAL, Prof. c. WHlhe,
who will have charge of the Plan and
Cornet is an artist. having had several
years training in Germany, his native
home
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14
l1-prD or PILES AFTER 40 YEARS.

Mr. G. Haney. of Geneva, Ohio, had
TpiII' Witch Hazel 5 i've cured him
nneTrmanentIv. Invaluable for cuts, burns,
br1 i.st.; sDrain5, Iactratlons eczema
letter. 'tt salt rhe,lnt, and all other skin
, ,i.e, Look for the name Dewitt on
: We, ,ocKage-aIl Others ar" cheap worth
a.s counterfeits. johnson : Pharmacy
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14


Bakery.
Eugene Poe is with us again anC
IAN be found with A. II Root
y. A. Pease and wife from New
Hampshire, are with us for the season.
See our handy volume Of Shakes
peare-I2 volume only $500 The
News Depot.
Miss Francis Peck has commenced
to attend school at Pnehurst
WANTED-5o men to shovel dirt
out at Little River 8 mllee from
Southern Pines. I. F. Chandler.
Mrs. Fox and son, of n, H. are
located in the Grout cottage on Broad
street.
Paragon Malt Extract, none better
two for quarter at Southern Pines
Pharmacy,
W, w. i17''' '''''''' ~ >~'''''' 3,
IS with us stopping at TIeaSanI view
cottage.
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'''''' '''N -, w.
HI PoSN"I9 z ''7' e''>'' c '''N >N"'
Depot.
|,' anu n. ,L'5, J~"O'' ~, .9' I '1,1 NJ
((.., .fra.,,,a,t;9,,4 rr;uad 1rad,ae
d.v MONT and are at the prosnect
House
,,,n n,,>-r c,;4ou IS ,ao,,,s
.hrcc or fonr rooms, cjtv water with
each suite, Mrs, a, NJ. Foster, Ben
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-14
CHARCOAL.

In any quantities, and at very reas-
enable prices, Leave your order at
the News Depot. }. A. Mayo.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-07
Sam J,n:s Was Floor.d.

Travelling on the steamer Nor,i-
umberland, on the Rappahannot
flyer last week." said the Rev. T.. Il.
Bagby, OF the Ninth Street Christian
church, according to the Washington
Post, 81 fell in with group of min
ls:ers on the upper deck, and soon we
were swapping stories. The eccen-
tricities of the famous evangelist, Sam
Jones, proved prolific topic. The
Rey. Mr.. Butts, a Methodist
minister from GIousecter county, said
that the only time he had ever known
Sam to be disconnected was at H,
Va, where he had been called to con-
duct union revival. The first night
of the meeting the pastors Of the differ
ent churches were on the platform and
crowds filled the pews. All were look
ing for something sensational, and were
not disappointed. Evangelist joiner
arose, turned to the methodist preach
er and said:
Brother S., how many members
have you in your church?
"'Three hundred was the answer.
"'How many are willing to pray in
public?'
"'About dCzen."
"'What Is your salary?'
"'Fiye hundred dollars
"Then each member was called in
turn and intcrrogated upon the same
points; revealing the TACT that the
amount of salary received by tho min.
lister and the number taking pubic
part in the services was woefully small
in comparison with the Size of the
congregation.
"'WeIl" said Mr.. Jones, addressing
the ministers, but with s!delong
glauce at the audience, III I had such
a mean, measly lot Of people in my
church, you know what would do?
I would get them up in a p,n :nl
send off aud get hound dog and set
him on them, and say Sic 'cm, Tige
Sic tem, TIge
Excuse me, Brother jones'" said
t he Methodist minister, but that is
Just what we have done. We haye
gathered the people tog ether. Now,
"Sic 'em, Sam Sic 'em Sam"
.'If Mr.. Jones was not himself the
balance Of the evening, it was prob
atle that he was thinking Ct the
hound dog"
The commonwealth., 1902-08-07
A National Need.

Selected.
In an article on good roads, written
shortly before his death for the New
York News, the late Peter j. Otey, rep
resentatlve from Virginia, said
"fn my opinion the most importan,
question before the American people
today is that Of good roads. Good
roads, like all other good things, cost
Cheap articles are Of inferior quality +;
hence our bad roads. IT we are to
have good roads, we must pay for
them. To pay for them we must be
taxed. Then, if taxed, how? By the
federal or state government
II am in favor OF the whole system
of loads In the country being placed
under government construction, to be
paid for out of the United States treas
ury, and, having introduced bill look
ing to this end, I am overwhelmed
with letters iron all sections of the
country approving it and inqulring
about 1t. This biIl provides for the
direct appropriation of 800, coo, 600 to
be expended In the forty-five states
and four territories OF the United
States in proportion to population. 1t
should become continuing appropria-
ton till good roads Lecome a network
over the land.
"Will anybody tell me why the
United States government should not
construct good roads in the various
states and territories? Is there any
difference in thus applying public
money and applying it to creeks,
branches and rivers? Both are to ex-
pedite transportation, to help inter
state and foreign commerce.
"The concentration of population
and wealth in great cities woald bs
largely overcome If the country dis
tricts should have their fair share OF
the appropriation of public money and
the consequent improvement of the
country roads that would follow"
The commonwealth., 1902-08-07

The Driver and The Driven.

| Norfolk Virgin;an- Pilot.
The world is largely made up OF two
classes, the driver and the driven. Il
is hardly necessary to cay that the lat.
ter is much the more numerous.
And ills one Of the most pi,iable
facts in human history that the driver
is apt to make the 10. of the driven
! unnecessarily harsh, either by thought
lessness or purrcscly.
Stand on street corner any day aud
you can see overloaded and overdriven
horses go by, tngging patiently at thei,
burdens often under the lash OF bru
tai driver who seems actually to take
pleasure in lnhict;ng pain upon the
poor, stralning beast.
But the horse has q society to pre-
vent his cruel treatment and it has
wonderfully ameliorated his condition
But there is no society tor the preyen-
tion Of cruelty to men. And men are
driven as we'll as horses.
The season OF the year is now al
hand when the driver, whether OF men
or hor>es, should exercise that mercy
which chiefly Distinguishes men from
brutes. The season of long hot days
and short hot nights is upon us anc
Tor man ard beast in tho swelterinf
streets ana stuffy buildings existence
must be for nearly two months to come
little more than gas, for air, relieved
by the occasional respite OF a cool day.
We desire. ther, to put in a plea for
the driven. II you are the driver of a
horse, be thoughtful of his. comfort
Do not leave him standing for an hoNr
il, the piiiless sun when just across the
street or Just around the corner there
is plenty OF shade. Do not overload
him when his heart and lungs are al
ready overworked by the heat. And
especially remember that horses grow
thirsty as well as man and that the
torture of thirst is perhaps the rnost
horrible that can be inflicted.
And if you are driver OF men,
make concessions. Do not deprive a
man who happens to be your employee
of three Or four comfortable fours in
the evening to save yourself ten min
utes' time Do not expect Of nerves
oyerstrained by the heat and bodies
langnid from the exhaus.lng stain OF
tcrrid days and nights the same eff
cient service as in the cooler season
Men are men and not machines.
Aud in the long run 1t pays to be a
kindly, thoughtful dryer. It is more
economical to the purse and it. brings
the peace of quiet conscience that Is
the greatest boone CT life. Aud after
all the world Will 60 on just the san e
whether one case of goods more or less
is hauled at a load and whether one
pound OF bacon mere Or less or one
yard of calico more or less Is sold.
Why drive too hard, then, and why fret ?
Surely there are trials enough with the
in the ni1elles without
adding to them needlessly.
The commonwealth., 1902-08-07
$4,000 fer Melons.

A Laurinburg correspondent to the
Charlotte Observer writes:
"The water melon and cantaloupe
season is about over. In the neigh
borhood of $s5, 900 haye been brought
to Scotland county this year from the
sale of melons. Nine hundred and
fifty acres were In watermelons and
$50 in cantaloupes. The yield was
fair and the fruit fine. Three hun.
dred and thirty cars of watermelons, av-
eraging about $40, and 25 OF canta-
loupes, at $40O, were shipped away.
The growers have made some money
They are satisfied"
The commonwealth., 1902-08-07
IS THE HORSE A FOOL :?

An Owensboro, (Ky) correspondent
of Harper's Weekly writes:
81 have spent much time OF a long
lite in the observation OF horses. /
have reared them, broken them; train
ed and driven them In every form from
the plow to the fcur-in-hand. The re-
suit of these years of study is summed
up in one sentence : believe the horse
TO be part maniac and par: idiot. Every
horse at some time in bis life develops
into a homicidal maniac. / believe
anv man who trusts himself or his lam
lily to the power OF a horse, stronger
than himself, to be lacking in common
sense and wholly devoid of ordinary
prudence. I have driven one common
place horse every other day for six
years over the same road, and then
had him to Ego crazy and try to xii!
himself aud nee because leaf nu!tered
down in front of him. | have known
scores OF horses, apparently trust
worthy, apparently creatures of routine,
60 wild and insane oyer equally regu-
lar ana recurring phenomena. No
amount OF observation can tell when
the brute will break out. One mare
took two generations Of children to
school over the same quiet road, and
then in her nineteen; h year went crazy
because rooster crowed alongside the
road. She killed two Ct the children.
If anyone can tell me of one good rea-
son why man should trust horse /
should be glad to know"