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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

were no other considerations or re
turns. The writer, as has everyone
else on a farm, has seen co. kerels fly
at one another time and time again,
tearing flesh and feathers with beak
and cutting with spurs. Before the
combatants could be separated there
has been a disfigured comb perhaps a
blinded eye and generally cut up
bird. This is the essence of cruelty.
After caponizlng, the habits of the
bird are entirely changed. Their dis
position is quiet and peaceable, habits
mild and tending to solitary life
and perfectly contented wherever
situated. They no longer chase about
the farm spelling for fight and rum
ming off flesh as fast as put on. They
no longer arouse the whole neighbor
hood from morning until night by
their incessant growing, but, on the
contrary become models of good dis
positions, leading a quiet life that will
surely bring large returns to the
raiser. An operation that does away
with so much Unborn evil can not be
considered cruel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

This merely surrounds the waist
without being drawn in snugly and is
knotted at one side with short ends
while long loops and ends finish the
other side. The ribbon used for this
is not wide, number 16 being the
usual choice. The only silks used
for children are tussah and occasion
ally foulard, the latter plain and in
ecru tint.
TRIM COATS FOR SMALL FOLKS.
Coats for small folks are con-
constructed a bit differently from
those worn by older girls. These are
cut with loose front as well as back,
but at the same time it Is narrow.
In proportion the basque is longer,
often reaching one-third down the
skirt and retaining its narrow shape
less cut. The sleeves are of simple
coat style being of full length while
dress sleeves usually end at the ell
bow.
A separate wrap which is much in
vogue among young girls is the loose
medium length coat of shepherds
plaid. This is of some soft wool a
favorite being white lined with black
OF grey. lie only duOTHllleul COH-
sists of the fabric or pearl buttons
down the front. The coat is worn with
every sort of dress from the knocka-
bout frock to the dressy afternoon or
Sunday outfit. Some Of the same style
coats bit different in shaping are be-
ing worn by young and older women
They do not appear so well upon any
one as upon the girl for whom they
were originally intended. Taffeta
coats of similar style are also worn
but are not so popular nor suitable
for youthful wearers.
LINGERIE HATS FASHIONABLE.
Hats for the young folks are mostly
broad and of the capeline order. Tie
straws are supple so that they may
be readily pinched up into any sort
of shape. The fabric hat-that is
| to say of batiste or linen, is Of broad
shape and very becoming. These are
more popular than last year II pos
sble and may be worn upon almost
any occasions according to the hat
These are sitter than the straw hats
because they are made over wire
1 frames.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
Celery for The Home Garden.

The waning of summer acts as q
gentle reminder to the home gardener
that in order to have crop of celery for
winter use, it is desirable to get the
plants into the ground before August
has too far advanced. If the celery
seed has been sown in April or May,
the young plants should, by August
first, be in proper shape for trans
planting. If this has not been done,
stocky plants may be obtained ut the
seed store.
Celery culture, to be successful
must rely upon deep soil, the deeper
the better, for thereby the roots are
not dried out as is the case where
the tiny rootlets come close to the
surface in q mad search for moisture.
Celery plants require that the roots
be cool, with plenty Of water-but not
stagnant water. 1t is considered adj
visable, therefore, before planting, to
prepare the ground thoroughly and
deeply.
Having the ground in good, work
able condition, the next step is plant
ing out. The easiest way to do this
is to make q siI-inch deep furrow,
filled in with three inches of fine
well-rotted manure Of rich compost
The furrow is then filed in nearly
level with the surface with good soil
mixed with manure. Dwarf, self
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
Called ShOntS' Bluff

Railroad men are telling Of recent
experience of Mr.. Shonts, the head of
the Panama Canal Commission. Shonts,
as president of the Glover Leaf Sys-
tenn, was travelling on pass. He was
approached by conductor, who ap-
peared to be about as husky speci-
men of manhood as Shonts Island who
told him he would have to pay extra
fare or cease occupying the drawing
room of the parlor car. Shonts pro-
duced his pass, but the conductor said
the agreement between the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and the Pennsyl-
vania System was that passholders
could not occupy drawing-rooms un-
less they paid extra fare. Shonts re-
marked that he would not pay extra
fare. The conductor declared Shonts
would pay or be put out. Shonts man
jagged to conceal his feelings well
enough to inquire with a show OF
calmness who would conduct the eject
ment. The conductor calmly answered
that he would undertake the job
Shonts said he did not believe he could
do II. The conductor then told Shonts
to produce the money in ten minutes
or be elected. The conductor went
away and returned on schedule time
Shonts paid.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
The Dentists Bill.

When Congressman John Sharp Will
liams visits New York he never fails
to look in at a small kindling-wood
shop presided over by an old negro who
was formerly a retainer In the Will
llams family. On his latest call he
found the old man unhappy.
whats the matter. Later" asked
the Democratic leader.
"Ise just been done out o. some
money, Marse John, and that's mattah
'nough," replied the negro. Had q
terrible misery in nah toof and went
to dentist and got hit pulled, and he
changed me a dollah, whole dollah.
Why, once down in Tenn'see / went
to ole Doc Tinker, and he pulled two
tools and broke my jawbone, and only
changed me fifty cents. Use been bum
coed"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
RROCKS FOR THE YOUNG GIRL.
What the Little Folks are Wearing
this Summer.
BERTHA BROWNING.

Batlste of all descriptions is the
material most In vogue for young
girls dresses and children's frocks,
of 'dressy order Taffetas are also used
usually of a fancy type showing small
checks or equally small broche eff
fects on plain or changeable
ground, and in medium tints. For
ordinary wear there are pique, linen
and neutral fabrics fashioned into
frocks of simplicity and trim style.
The dressy gowns for young girls are
simple too, but not without some de-
gree of elegance. Many of the skirts
have one or two fiounces about the
lower edge and these are often set
on with deep bands of embroidery or
lace. Tucks and ruffies are much
used while the knife plaitings of
batiste are n much favored garniture
for frocks of dressy order.
A great simplicity pervades the
linen, pique and light wooden suits
for girls. These usually have a plain
skirt trimmed only with bias folds of
the material. The jacket Is a short,
narrow semi-ftted one with basques
never exceeding four inches in length.
Girls from twelve to. sixteen do not
wear the corselet skirt nor are they
suitable for any but fully developed
figures. The Partisan girl attains the
age of sixteen before she is considered
sufficiently developed to wear such a
style.
FOR THE TOTS.
For younger children from five to
twelve, the same materials are used
with the exception of taffetas. For
these, the skirt is usually completed
by a blouse while tucks and very
narrow frilling are the favorte trim
ming. The best frock may be Of eye
let embroidery having ribbon sash.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
FREE FARM SCHOLARSHIP.
Offer to some Bright Boy Who
Wants to Improve HIS knowledge
Of hgriCuIlure.

A free scholarship I'm scientific and
practical agriculture Is open to some
young man who can demonstrate his
fitness for the privilege. Il. j. Hol-
lister, the Dean OF the Winona Agri-
cultural Institute, at Winona Lake,
Indiana, announces that he will give
this free scholarship, providing for
tuition and living expenses for the
two school years. Thus 1t will be
seen that the young man who wins
this scholarship will get through with
comparatively little expense to him
self. The course given in the Insti-
tute embraces agriculture and horti-
culture. The student will not be al
lowed to take up any special line,
either in the practice or the acquiring
of these kindred sciences. However,
special privileges may be granted
where the student shows decided
taste for specializing. Competition Is
open to young men over sixteen years
Of age from any State In the Union,
Of good character, endorsed by two
well known citizens. Those who wish
to compete should write to the Dean
not later than August 1st, giving a
brief history of their life and five
reasons why they desire to take up
agricultural science. The work is
simplfied so very much at the Insti-
tute that candidates having a Com
mon School education should be able
to succeed, and after graduating have
an opportunity to take up practical
work at other points where the Dean
is now directing the development of
small farms or reclamation projects
and where he is very much In need
Of the assistance of trained young
men. BY reason of this necessity, he
offers this scholarship.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
FERTILIZER AND CApONS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

as it Is not In their line Of work. And
the department will get nothing out
of it from the farmers but thanks, for
that is what the department Is there
for.
1t is discovery, which, If it "pans
out" Is of immense Importance to
agriculture. There are many crops,
such as tobacco and tomatoes, which
require excessive proportions Of pot
ash, while all complete fertilizers con-
tain liberal percentages. Potash Is
one of the trinity which makes plant
growth possible-pOtash, nitrogen and
phosphorus.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

planted in the greenhouse. One of
these was treated with the imported
German fertilizer, another was left
without any fertilizer at all, and the
third was fortified with finely ground
common granite. The granite was
high in potash, but it had not been
treated in any way, and if the expert
ment succeeded it simply meant that
there was a big new field of home
grown fertilizer open to the farmer.
When the crops of tobacco were
cut, the imported fertilizer had pro
duced crop of green leaf that weighed
155 pounds. The powdered granite
produced a crop Of 154 pounds and
the unfertilized crop was spotted and
ran only about 120 pounds.
This crop was examined by the ex-
perts, and so far as could be told, the
leaf was not only just as heavy, but
of lust as good texture in the granite
fortified patch as in the patch on
which the German fertilizer had been
used. The crop is being dried now,
and it will take q long time before
it is all fermented and properly cured
so that it can be made up for smoK-
ing and tested in that way.
But that was q greenhouse expert
ment, and greenhouse work to field
work is about like laboratory expert
ments to commercial work. Wnat
succeeds under glass may or may not
90 out of doors. But the department.
was SO well pleased with the results,
that il has tried the new fertilizer on
crops Of tobacco up in Connecticut, III
Virginia, Kentucky and Florida.
:. ,Khese crops are now under way, ana
there is a great deal Of interest felt
i'm the success of the work out OF
doors. The principal question seems
to be whether there will be enough
water in the natural rainfall to make
the potash in the ground rock avaii-
able for the plants. During anything
like q decently wet season there Is III
tie question that there would De
water i'm plenty. But 1T Is possible
that for q very dry crop there VIII
have TO be as much as tenth or I'M
ported fertilizer added to the native
rock.
A VAST SAVING.
The ground rock. on the other hand
can be produced for about So a ton
and there is so much of it in the
country that runs high in potash ant
is HV1llaDlc use Ahett thN 'NGI+'
could never be cornered. 1t is true
that the native fertilizer takes abou
two tons to give the same results al
one ton Of the soluble imported salts
But this amounts to So for fertilizer
against 500 or $780, So the result Il
not bad.
Several mills are already Dein'
erected. one in Maryland and one II
New England, for grinding rock 70
just this purpose, and there are
number of other concerns that hav'
talked Of going into the business he
fore even the field experiments OF TN
department are finished.
The outlook is for very fmportan
change in the fertilizing business II
this country. Just where the credi
for the work ultimately will land Is
question. 1t probably will not b'
with DIR. Cusman or the road office
"a 400
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

blanching celery may be selected for
the home garden, and this should be
planted in rows two and a half feet
apart, and not closer than six inches
in the row. The tall sorts take up a
good deal of room in the garden.
The best day for planting celery Is
dull one, when the sun will not
have q chance to burn the roots of
the young plants. 1t might be well to
soak these before removing from the
seedbed or box, so that the roots will
more quickly mingle with the soil in
the new home. Another good plan is
to trim off the tops-say one-third-
and dip the roots in water. AS a re-
suit of this the plants will send out
strong healthy roots, before throwing
energy into the tops.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
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will be entirely closed by the skin
going back to its place.
PROPER INSTRUMENTS.
1t is a matter of Importance to have
proper instruments for caponizing, and
the more is read of the literary effu-
sions appearing in numerous papers
to-day touching caponizing instruments
the more need there Is to caution the
inexperienced operator. While 1t is
not cruel to caponize, It is inhuman to
butcher or to cause unnecessary pain.
NOT A CRUEL OPERATION.
A large number of persons hesitate
in caponizing, feeling it to be cruel to
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
To Determine Length of Day.

BY a simple rule the length Of the
day and night at any time Of the year
may be ascertained. By doubling the
time Of the suns rising, the length Of
the night is obtained, and by doubling
the time of setting the length of the
day Is given. Thus when the sun
rises, say at five o'clock, the length
of the night is ten hours.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
BirthpIace OF Common Plants.

Celery was first grown in Germany.
Italy was the first home Of the chestnut
The onion Is from Egypt.
Tobacco Is a native OF North America.
Spinach was originally an Arabian plant
The radish Is Chinese product.
Rye was first cultivated In Siberia.
Greece gave US the citron.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

Der. January, February, March, Apr
and May, at which times there Is the
greatest demand for them in the cities
and highest prices secured.
PROFIT IN CAPONS.
CaponiZe the chicks and you have at
once laid the foundation for n hand
some profit in a short time to come.
Outside of the cardinal points Of prof
it, the simplicity Of the operation
when proper instruments are used
recommends itself to every one. A
boy ten years old can readily perform
the operation, and any one can soon
become an expert.
To the poultry raiser it can be said
that there is no source of profit bring
ing larger returns for the outlay than
raising capons, the profit in a great
majority of cases being over 100 per
cent. The question of assured profit
is an all-convincing argument in any
line and pre-eminently so to the poul-
trymen whose losses are added to from
various unlocked for sources.
DIRECTIONS FOR CAPONIZING.
From twenty-four to thirty-five
hours before performing the operation.
select such cockerels as you intend to
caponize these should be from two to
four months old combining them in a
clean airy coop or room without
food or water. The best time to con-
fine them is ut early morning, as their
long fast will then end about noon of
the following day, at which time the
operation is performed. Should the
day be cloudy or wet do not caponize
them, but let the operation go until
you have q bright and fair Gay. 1t
is necessary that you have all the
light possible in the matter. Now
after slightly wetting the spot proceed
to turn down the feathers from the
upper part of the last two ribs and
| Just in front Of the thigh joint.
Pull the flesh on the side down to
ward the hip, and when the operation
is finished the cut between the ribs
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
New Potash Discovery.

One series of experiments have just
been concluded by the Department of
Agriculture that promise to be of I'M
mense value to the farmers of the
country in furnishing them with a
new supply of fertilizer at very much
cheaper rates than has ever been pos
sible before, and at the same time
emancipating this country from Ger.
many, which has heretofore furnished
almost our entire supply of potash
fertilizer. 1t is long and quite an
interesting story, and probably will
mean q great deal TO agriculture in
this country. The most remarkable
part of it is,y<oo, that the idea origin
ated in the bureau of roads, which
nominally has nothing to do with fer
tiliZers.
Last summer when DR.. Cushman Of
the roads Office was working in the
laboratory with very finely powdered
rock, the idea struck him, as it has
struck good many other chemists,
that II was a natural born shame
4 that this country, with an unlimited
J supply Of rock high in its percentage
of potash, should have to depend on
other countries for its potash salts, for
there has never been any commercial
deposits of the salts found in this coun-
try as it is in Germany. He extracted
some of the potash by electricity,
though it is by no means certain yet
that this can be done on q paying
commercial basis. But then he de-
cided that as ground rock was very
cheapsit might be worth while to try
the experiment Of letting the plants
do their own extracting. He tried
the experiment on his own place up
country and found that the powdered
rock did actually act as fertilizer,
though the potash it carried was so
tied up that it took the chemistry of
nature to extract it and feed it into
the plant. But the first trial prom
ised well.
SUCCESSFUL GREENHOUSE
EXPERIMENTS.
The work was then turned over to
the bureau of plant industry, and
Abb
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

WANTED: A Hundred Firemen and Brakeme on
different railroads. Age 20 10 30 good sight and
hearing. Experience unnecessary Fremen 800
monthly, become Engineers and earn 500 Brake
men $40 monthly, become Conductors and earn $50.
Positions awaiting competent men. Send stamps for
particulars. Name position preferred Railway
N Y.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

There is a multitude of thinking people
who see the dangers the future holds for
our country unless we reach a wise solution
of the tremendous social problems that
confront us.
The spirit in which we should approach
the consideration of these problems is set
forth in this remarkable book in a way that
must be an inspiration to every truly hu-
name and patriotic heart.
Let the spirit of common sense and opti-
Inism and fundamental economic and phil
osophical truth that pervades this book be
taken as the underlying motive of the
movement, and the Greed and Platform of
the Homecrofters as the practical plan to
work to, and the rest of the great social
questions are certain to be rightly solved
by application to them of the sound and
humane principles that will guide the action
of our people upon all great national ques-
tions.
One copy of 1.-THE Coming People" post
age prepaid will be mailed to any ad-
dress in the United States for twenty-five
cents.
One copy of both 1.-THE Coming People'
and 1.-THE First Book of the Homecrofters"
and "Maxwells Talisman'' monthly for the
rest of the year 1906 will be mailed to any
address in the United States for fifty cents.
Remit in postage stamps to The Home
crofters, 143 Main street, WATERFOWL, Mass.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

the bird. To these the writer wishes
to bring his experiences in this matter
proving to the contrary. This is a
greatly mistake- notion. and the oper-
alton bestows an unlimited amount of
kindness on the bird. even II Their:
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

The Standard Oil Trust has now got
ten control of the starch industry.
Here is where we will all get 1t in the
neck.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER EXTRAORDINARY
keeps waist down all around: no pins hooks tn
tear send pc. with waist measurement over corset
and ask for white black. Felix Corset Co. llS
Pine Street New York.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
JOB OFFICE WANTED.

WANT TO LEASE--A good Job or newspaper
office In live town of 1900 or over will pay monthly
rental lin advance each monthly, until January /,
'N. when substantial payment win be made. Adj
dress A. l. Boreman-Colo, Iowa.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

STENOGRAPHERS Bright young men who can
take dictation rapidly and do rapid work on
in u cities. HAPGooDS, Suite l43 SO5-3O3 Broad
way, n. Y.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04

A musty cellar may be sweetened by
setting pans of very hot charcoal about
the floor, especially in the dark corners.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-08-04
CapOns and CapOnizing.
BY CHARLES ]. FILLING.

Capons are aptly termed the finest
chicken meat in the world" for there
is nothing growing feathers which is
their superior, IL equal. A capon Is
neither rooster nor hen-it Is nothing
else than capon. After removing
the organs of reproduction from the
cockerel, its nature becomes entirely
changed. The birds take on a more
rapid growth, are more tame, awkward
in carriage and always exceedingly
lazy; they grow very heavy and
beautiful plumage, the comb and
wattles cease to grow, the spurs do
not develop as in the cockerel, and
being cast off by both rooster and hen
the capon soon shows a fondness for
the society of little chicks.
BEST TIME TO CAPONIZE.
Fowls Matched any time Of the year
make fine capons; no i'll results follow
the operation at any time in the year.
The bird should be from two to three
months old mot over six months) and
weigh not less than pound to pound
and half. The size is equally as
important as the age. April, May,
June, July, August, September and
October are the months generally taken
for caponiZing, for the reason that
spring chickens arrive at the proper
age and weight for the operation dur
ing these months, also because cock
erels caponZed then reach at the
proper age and weight for market dur