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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Wash an Automobile.

When the owner of an automobile
has engaged a new driver he should
stand by to watch the method adopted
when the new broom washes the car
for the first time, says the Pittsburg
Press. If a hose is provided and the
new man forthwith plunges a sponge
into water and commences to wipe the
mud and dust off the paint work it Is
clear that he does not know his job
and should be stopped at nee. Mud
and dust should never be wiped off,
even with a wet sponge, but shouAaekSe
washed away with water just RUNNING
from the hose pipe without force. II
should be sluiced away, and that sae-
not be done properly if the water rs
pouring forcibly through the nozzle.
Where mud has caked upon the car
water must be allowed to run gently
over the incrustations until they break
up and are washed away. Then a
clean sponge and clean water must be
used for finally washing the paint work
when all the mud and grit have disap-
peared. The final drying and polishing
can be done with perfectly clean, grit
less chamois feathers. Cars should be
washed Immediately Upon coming into
the garage. Wherever dried mud rests
for any time a dull stain remains which
nothing will remove.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
T RMBLEFOOn7t
A Disease That Is the Babe A0f ssths
Pou1fryman's Lifetime, Cure

eN~
P~ou1trymsn's Lifetime, Cure
Bumblsfoot is noticed most1ytintfJv1s
that r tat, and il heavy varieties is
attributed by some to jumping from
high roosting places, but a writer in
Western Poultry Journal has known
very bad cases to break out in flocks
which were accustomed toiroosting on
nat surfaces and where all conditions
were seemingly perfect, although I'M
doubtedly the trouble arises from
bruises Of the feet either by stones in
scratching or from Jumping. Cases
have been known where the corn form
ed on the underside Of the foot, cover
ing a surface measuring three-quarters
of an inch and when forcibly removed
pulled with it a hard white pus of the
same length. Treatment, If taken in
time, is simple and effective, and con-
sists in keeping the bottom Of the foot
soft either by placing the fowl on straw
or softening the swollen foot by the
application of vaseline Or some carbolic
antiseptic. Proper treatment consists
in first washing the affected foot, re-
moving any foreign substance, and if
on examination the foot seems soft and
likely to contain pus open by making
an 1ncision with a sharp knife and
syringe the wound with the antiseptic,
one part, and water, fifty parts, bind
ing on it also an ointment consisting Of
part antiseptic and forty parts vas
cline. An excellent remedy also con-
sists in binding on the diseased foot a
small piece Of salt pork, which will
soften it in two or three days, when
the corn may be removed and the pork
again applied to heal up the wound.
Unless treated bumblefooe will pass
upward through the leg. of the fowl af-
fected and lead to swelling, great sore
ness and gangrene or assesses. The
trouble yialds readily to the above
treatment and will, if treated in time,
save the fowl.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
PLAYS AND

In addition to "Paolo and Francesca"
1.-The Lyons Mail" Hamlet" and the
little Stevenson drama, "Markheirn,'
will be features of II. B. Irving's roper
tory in America.
Alexander Clark has bean engaged
to play the leading comedy role in "The
King" a comedy opera. The
role was played last season by Ray
mond Hitchcock.
Nance ONeil has acquired the rights
to 1.-The Sorceress," the Sardou play i
which Mrs. Patrick Campbell appeared.
Miss O'Neil will discard her repertory
and use the play exclusively.
William Faversham and Forbes Rob-
ertson will make a short tour In the
spring in a revival Of "Othello." Mr..
Robertson will play the title role and
Mr.. Faversham will be cast as "Iago."
David Belasco is to build a new thea
ter In New York on Forty-fourth street
between Broadway and Sixth venue.
Plans for the work have already been
completed. It is expected to have the
house open for occupancy by the fall
Of 1907.
Mary Shaw has concluded a FIVE
years contract with Sweely, Shipman
Il Co. Her first vehicle will be "Alice-
Sit-by-the-Fire," and in connection with
this tour she will also present Ibsen
plays and later in the season Lady
Macbeth"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
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H HALL OF FAME,

Thomas A. Edison, the noted cleo
trician and inventor, is extremely fond
of music.
Francois Geromini, the guardian of
the Bastile column, has been pensioned
by the French government.
Champ Clark, the Missouri congress
man, never writes his full name, James
B~eauchamp Clark, except on important
documents.
Professor Herschel c. Parker of Co.
lumbia university has returned to New
York after an unsuccessful attempt to
ascend Mount Mckinley. He will
mae a second effort next season.
J.. Reuben Clark of Utah, who has
peer appointed assistant solicitor Of
the state department., is regarded as q
high authority Oh International law and
is a graduate Of Columbia university.
Percy Montgomery Of Rockland, Me,
who Is in his eighty-ninth year, recent
" went on a steamboat trip to Warren,
Me, to visit his brother George, who is
100 years old. He has a sister ninety
two years old.
Lord Washington, the famous shot,
who holds the record for the largest
individual bag Of grouse in a single
day-421 brace to his own gun, or,
rather, to his guns-is IN entomologist
whose collection Of moths and butter
fies Is the best in the world.
Spencer F. Eddy Of Illinois, first sec
Rotary of the American embassy at st.
Petersburg, has been transferred to a
similar position in the American en-
bassy at Berlin, succeeding H. Percival
Dodge of Massachusetts,, who has been
appointed first secretary Of the Amer
lean embassy at Tokyo.
Lord Iveagh has II Of the most
curious hobbies in the world. This Is
the collection of old silver potato rings,
which are large silver sockets in the
form of rings into which the wooden
bowl used for potatoes used to be fit
ted. These rings have become very
scarce and are much sought after by
bric-a-brac hunters.
Mrs. KendaTs idea Of the qualif1ca-
lions necessary to become a successful
actress are brief and to the point. Here
Is her answer to a stage struck girl
who asked her what were the essentials
for "the profession" you must have
The temper of an angel" wrote Mrs.
Kendall, the figure Of a Greek statue,
the face Of a goddess and the skin of a
rhinoceros."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
The Seasons Fertility.

Nothing we can add will throw one
ray Of light on the seasons fertility Of
eggs-for-hatching topic, but the reader
may have faith enough to read Of a
few Instances that we will mention
ever after we make the above admis-
sion, says American Poultry Journal.
Those who are among the poultrymen
report low fertility. In some western
yards the fertility has been high all
season, but to balance this comes the
report from down east that over half
the shipments are failures. Every
season has it's good and bad matches
and yet no statistician has had the
colossal nerve required to gather data
on the subject. Lately we noted that
a shipment of eggs from Scotland
Matched better than 40 per cent. This
Is remarkable, though the eggs were
extra we'll packed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
SHORT STORIES.

The black diamond is so hard that it
cannot be polished.
The Bermudas have a parliament of
thirty-six members. while the nAmper
of voters is oaly L,10O.
Promotion used to be most rapid in
the French army, but today a man
stands a better chance Of rising in our
own.
For a finger nail to reach it's full
length, an average of seven-twelfths of
an inch, from I21 to 1873 days of growth
are necessary.
The population Of the United States
Is estimated to be 85,0OO,000, and only
100000 are connected with any
church, Catholic or Protestant.
Billiards was brought into fashion
by Louis XIV. of France in the seven
teenth century, because his doctor Or
dered him to take exercise after his
meals.
To protect an invention all over the
world 1t is necessary to take out sixty
four patents in as many different coun-
tries, the estimated cost of which is
& 2.5OO.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24

l have been using hens as we'll as
incubators and consider it just as es-
sential and profitable to test the eggs
under the hens as the in%cubators, says
Kate Thyson Mari in Poultry Success.
The advantages are that the hen is,
when relieved Of the infertile eggs,
less liable to tramp the chicks, since
the nest is not SO full. Again, if the
eggs are not valuable and one has set
three hens, for instance, the good eggs
a in most cases be given to two hens
and the other reset, thus saving two
weeks Of the hens time.
Roll a piece of tar paper into funnel
shape, tlatten q little at the big end
and cut to fit snugly up to the eye to
exclude the light, and at the small end
round and Of proper size to admit the
egg halfway, as in testing. Make
about eighteen inches long.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24

Diarrhea is caused by either the
quantity of the food, the quality of
the food or of the drinking water or
the atmospheric conditions to which
the bird has been exposed. In the
treatment Of this class of diseases it
is especially important that the cause
should be sought and removed. See
that the birds are comfortable and not
exposed to drafts, cold or dampness.
Give pure drinking water.and regulate
the food. Allow small quantities of
mash or cooked food, with some chop
ped beef. Put q handful of oatmeal
in the drinking water or give boiled
milk for drink. Give a tablespoonful
Of olive Oil as q laxative to carry off
any irritating matter that may be in
the intestines, then follow with one
half to one grain of bicarbonate Of
soda and two grains of subnitrate of
bismuth in q little water three times
a daV.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
Green Duck Going In.

There is an organization known as
the Long Island Duck Raisers' associa-
ton, and about thirty Of the members,
including a few from Jersey and Penn
sylvania, met in New York recently to
decide OF the next selling campaign.
Green duck will be higher than ever
next season. Cost Of labor and feed
have gone up, and the growers must
have more money for their products,
says American Poultry Journal. The
growers get Il to 16 cents per pound
for their output and the retailer 25 to
80 cents. There is considerable talk
of the growers Installing their own
stores and cutting the middleman off.
The public will buy ducks because of
the beef investigation, and it lies with
the growers to raise their price to the
middleman and have the latter raise
on the consumers or cut out the mid
dleman altogether.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

More than 1000 persons die of mea-
sizes in London every year.
In High street, Stratford-on-Avon, a
restaurant called the Shakespeare is
kept by A. Bacon.
On Friday parliament meets at noon
and rises at 6. On other days the full
hours are 2 p. m. to 1 a. m.
The members of the Yorkshire eng
land brigade volunteers have been ask
ed by the colonel to cut off their curls.
In the year 1880 it was forbidden to
erect fresh buildings in London In any
place where no former hath been
known to have been"
London has purchased Hainault for
est for a new park. In 1857 about 100,-
900 trees were felled there, but there
Is a new growth Of 10000.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Clean Ribbons

Ribbon in delicate shades which has
lost its color and is somewhat soiled
may be washed in naphtha, a process
which will effectually prevent it from
fading, says the New York American.
The soiled pieces should be placed in
the naphtha and thoroughly saturated
with it, every few inches Of the ribbon
in turn being well rubbed with the
hands. When the spirit has absorbed
much Of the dirt empty it into a clean
bottle and continue the process with
some fresh naphtha. If all the spirit
Is bottled, we'll corked and set aside
. g day NJ two, the grains Of dirt
will be found to settle at the bottom
of the bottle, leaving the liquid above
clear and clean. When poured off into
a fresh receptacle it can be used again
and again. After this treatment the
ribbon should be pressed with a hot
iron ON the right side over a piece of
brown paper. One method Of treating
ribbon which has been washed is to
"squeegee' it on a polished surface. 1t
should be laid fiat on a clean marble
slab-the chimneypiece or the top Of a
washstand will answer the purpose
the ribbon being pressed down smooth
ly with the palms of the hands unit. it
adheres to the surface Of the marble.
Leave it to dry, and when it is rolled
off it will be found to have a luster
which cannot be attained by ironing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24

The backs of ivory brushes which
have become soiled and spotted can
be cleansed easily. Make a paste of
sawdust slightly moistened with water
and a few drops of lemon juice. Lay
the paste over the ivory and allow 1t to
dry thoroughly. Afterward brush off
carefully with a soft brush. Another
method is to take a small piece Of clean
flannel, dampen it slightly, dip into fine
table salt and rub we the ivory. For
carved ivory the former is the best
method, as the sawdust can be re-
moved easily from the carving.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
OLD FASHIONED.

Speaking of old fashioned things,
what has become Of corn pone?
What has become of the old fashion
ed boy who had his schoolbooks cover
ed with calico?
What has become Of the old fash
Toned person who used to refer to chill
dren as the trundle bed trash?
What has become of the old fashion
ed mar who put all jams, preserves
and %jellies under the one head of
spread"
What has become of the old fashion
ee breed OF pony known as a "buck-
skin?" There never was a mule as
man as 6. "buckskin" pony.
speaking Of the departure Of ola
fashioned customs, what has become
of the woman who took the tablecloth
to the door after a meal and shook it,
Atchison Globe.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
NEW YORK CITY.

There are $4,000 actors who claim
their homes are in New York city.
There are in New York city 16S,0UO
members Of clubs that have an enroll
ment OF more than 300 members each.
There is more money per capita spent
in New York city every year for amuse-
ments than in any other place IN the
world.
New York city's growth is shown by
one little item. The water rents are
$4,000 more each month than they
were a year ago.
Unused personal property in the
warehouses Of New York city Is "eat
ing itself up" in storage fees at the
rate Of 81, 700 a day.-New York Her
aid
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24

If q watch Is expected to go we'll
and to keep good time, the first and
chief demand it makes is hat it should
have regular attention, says the Pitts
burg Press. AS far as possible it should
be wound up every day about the same
hour, and if it is Worn let 1t be worn
regularly, not taken out for three days
and then returned to it's case for the re-
mainder of the week. Extremes of
temperature should also be avoided.
IS sudden cold or heat works havoc
with a valuable watch and it's delicate
mechanism. Another point to be noted
Is that the watch should be kept in the
same position. If it Is carried by day
in an upright position, hang it on a
hook at night, preferably against some
thing soft.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24

at each end. The brooder placed on
these can be pushed about at will into
any portion of the yard or farm where
it is desirable to have it placed. When
this brooder is in position, protecting
yards may be thrown around it to pro-
tect the young chicks from all kinds OF
dangers which might overtake them.
The only danger not provided against
In this amer is the rain storms, but
young chicks yarded in this way soon
learn to run TO the protection Of the
house or brooder SO soon as the rain be-
gins to fall.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Wash a Corset.

The art Of washing a corset is quite
an unknown one to a majority of wom-
en-. There are some women who have
never heard Of washing the corset, and
as white ones do not stay clean very
long it adds considerable to ones ex-
penses to lay them aside when but
slightly soiled. The following advice
might be taken in this matter: After
removing the steels lay the corset on
a board or table and scrub with a
small stiff brush which has been 0 v
cred with a lather of white soap. Rinse
many times with cold water, pull
straight and allow to dry. The steels
are easily placed when dry. 1t is also
best to dry as quickly as possible, and
if the sun is hot enough it might prove
beneficial.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
"~CONTINUOUS" BROODER.
An Excellent Appliance In Use on an
English Poultry Farm.

The Illustration given herewith shows
the Continuous brooder used at the
university college poultry farm in
England.
This brooder is constructed some
what like the outdoor brooders used in
this country, says the Feather. The
illustration presents the construction
more plainly than we could if we might
use pages in an attempt to describe the
appliance SO successfully used by them.
This brooder is built SO that it may be
placed upon the movable truck and
carried to any part of the farm and
put in a new position where it will
be protected by the shadows of the
trees, and where good drainage and a
fine supply Of green food are to be found.
These trucks need only be a square
axle, with the wheels bolted in, one
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
For Quality Eggs.

The day of the market poultryman is
dawning, for now the big egg buyers
demand eggs by the dozen instead Of
by the case. Buying by case means
accepting good. bad and rotten; buy
ing by the dozen means that eggs are
candled and poor ones not paid for.
This aids the poultryman who desires
to work up a high class demand for a
strictly fancy product. The largest
buyers of eggs now demand quality
before quantity, and they pay good,
liberal margins over the market price to
get what they want. Clean, fresh eggs
are what they demand, and they soon
cut from their lists the one who for
ward the inferior stuff along with the
good.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
CARE OF CLOTHES.
How a Well Dressed Woman Looks
After Her Dresses and Hats,

After Her Dresses and Hats.
b woman who knows how to put
away her belongings is not only neat,
but economical and generally smart in
appearance, says the Kansas City Star.
I When she comes in from a walk she
never hangs up her coat by the loop
inside the collar. If she puts it away in
the closet she uses a coat hanger; if she
leaves 1t around the room, knowing she
may need it soon, she disposes it over
: the back Of a chair that will keep it in
shape. The skirts of her gowns never
have a stringy look because they are
always hooked and then hung by two
loops. Fol a tailor made skirt she uses
a small coat hanger with the ends bent
down a little. This keeps the skirt in
excellent shape and causes 1t to hang
in ven folds. The strings Of her I'M
derskirts are tied and the garment is
hung by the loops, thus never showing
a hump where it has rested on the
hook For the anne reason her shirt
waists are always hung by the arm
holes, unless they have hanging loops.
Handsome waists have both sleeves
and body stuffed with tissue paper and
are then laid in drawers or boxes.
Shoes are easily kept in shape by
slipping a pair of trees into them as
soon as they are removed from the
feet, If trees are not available, news
paper will do, if i: is stuffed in tight.
1t is we'll to roll each veil on a stiff
piece of paper. A single foil will often
spoil the set of a veil and sometimes
even mar the expression Of a face.
Gloves should always be removed by
turning them wrong side out. They
should her be turned back again,
blown into shape and each finger
smoothed out. Ties, especially four-in-
hand or golf ties, should be hung to
avoid creasing.
Hats, Of course, should be kept out Of
the dust and placed so that the trim
ming will not be disarranged. This dis
position depends so much on the hat
and the available space that each wo-
man must use her own ingenuity.
However, it is safe to say that no hat
should be laid fiat down on a shelf.
Furs, also, should be protected from
dust, and a muff should always be
stood on end.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Make Bath Bags.

Bath bags are rather an expensive
luxury If bought at the store, says
the Pittsburg Press. They may be
made at home, however, at small
cost. Bags Of 'cheesecloth are the
best. These should be made about
three or four inches square and
filed with the following mixture mot
too much should be put into each bag:
Two and one-half pounds of oatmeal,
one-half pound Of almond meal, n
half pound of powdered orris root and
one-quarter pound Of CASTLE soap
which has first been scraped to a fine
powder.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Remove Grease From Carpet.

How to Remove Grease From Carpet.
Grease may be removed from a car
pet by spreading over the spot a thick
paste of potter's clay. Tack down
tightly over this some thick brown
paper, and at the end Of a week re-
move this paper and brush off the clay.
1t may be necessary in some cases to
repeat this process, but one applica-
ton is usually sufficient. If the grease
has penetrated the floor it may be
necessary to raise the carpet and put
the clay on the floor in the same man
ner if it cannot be removed by hard
scrubbing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
Look Out For the Mites Now.

By cleaning the fowl house and
painting the roost with some good
liquid lice killer at least once a week,
being careful to reach all hooks, cram
MES and corners or roosts and nest
boxes, one may prevent mites. AS in
yverg other evil. the thing to do is to
prevent. Let mites once get a foothold
in your house and you have trouble
without end getting rid Of them.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
Dry Fran For Young Fowls.

One p%oultryman scattered dry bran
about where the chicks could pick at it
and found that 1t worked wonders in
checking bowel trouble in chicks. Dry
bran is most excellent for both young
and old fowls and acts as a sort Of
stimulant to egg production. Give it a
trial If you have not. done so already.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
"Sports" Among Pure BREEDS.

The Silver Laced Wyandottes, like
any other standard variety of fowls.
are liable to throw "sports," but no one
can tell what the percentage would be
to 100 chicks. In fact, there might not
be one to 1000, and there might be sew
eral to a hundred. All varieties of
poultry are more or less difficult to
breed to standard requirements.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
How to Wash Pillows.

Both feather and down pillows can
be made clean and sweet by being
washed in soap and water in which
is a little of some one of the disinfect-
ants made from coal tar. They need
to be dried in the sun and wind, like
any piece of the household washing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
NEW ENGLAND SAYINGS.
The still pig eats the swill.

The still pig eats the sWHl.
A short horse Is soon curried.
He's got a gate like a pair Of bars.
Sitting on the little edge Of nothing.
I'll do it in two shakes Of a dead
lambs tail.
Her tongue runs as 4 It was hung in
the middle and WaggeG 81 botn ends.
Don't try to con7a your dunro Isaacs
over mel. e., mislead me, pull the wool
over my eyes.-American Journal OF
Folklore,