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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
SorreI Fields and Poisonous Soils.

Ii you cannot raise good grass and
vOur fields are running into sorrel we
win guarantee that good lime, if used
regularly, will neutralize the poisonous
acids and change the general condition OF
your soil so that it will produce elegant
stands of any kind of grass. You will
have no trouble to raise crops, providing
yuur land is properly treated and lined
regularly SO as to keep up the chemical
union of plantfood
Professor Ways, of England, says:
The farmer must not expect to take out
If the soil all of the time without return
ing anything to it, any more than he can
gzpcct to keep checking on his bank ac-
..lant without returning money to it. -
7 mere must be some way tor the farmer
t. keep a balance in his favor. Good
citing lime will keep up and greatly in.
crease the farmers bank account" OF
valuable plant-food in this soil.
Hooker says: "Lime is a solvent, a lib
orator and modifer. 1t exerts great
iraucnce upon the chemical composition
and brings bacterial life into action. Civ
ing them the power to absorb and at
tract large quantities of nitrogen from
the air
Professor Ways, when considering the
great benefits of lime and its action on
the soil and crops, once exclaimed :
Great are the mysteries of lime. The
myriads of benefits resulting from its use
and the power in producing SO many
chemical changes are beyond our COM
prehension. Who among us referring
to the agricultural chemists) fully under
stand the mysterious action of lime on
The dormant clements of the SOIL"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
SUNDAY TRAINS.

Sunday trainsleave Baltimore for Delta
and intermediate stations at $50 A. M,
Los and II 90 P. M, stopping at Bel lair
at 1000 A. M, 5.25 and 1910 p. M.
Leave Delta for Baltimore and interme-
diate stations at $40 A. M, $50 and
7.10P. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 7.4OA.
M, 4. 80 and 8 10 P. M.
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS. General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18


Nine. Antoinette Sterling, the Ameri-
can singer, once unconsciously commit
ted breach etiquette which is record
ed in the sons memoir Of his mother.
Queen Victoria commanded Nine. Ster-
ling to sing before her. Without any
thought of offending the singer replied
simply that she was sorry, but on the
evening designated she was engaged to
sing for Il charity. She would be pleas
ed to sing for her majesty the next
week The Consideration among court
officials was great. What would have
happened if the singer had not been
prevailed upon to break her engage
ment and comply with the queens be-
hest only a lord chamberlain knows.
Even n lord chamberlain could not pre-
vail on her to break her rigid resolu-
ton against wearing a low dress at q
concert, and court custom had to yield
to her. The queen took unconscious re-
venge on the American by presenting
her with Il tea service. for Nine. Star-
ling kept ell hCr life childish rcSolu-
ton never to drinl. tea because the
splitting OF the tea in Boston harbor
was the symbol of American defiance
OF England
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
INSECT SUPERSTITIONS.

The Koran says all flies shall perish
with the exception of one, the bee fly.
1t is regarded as death warning in
Germany to hear cricket's cry in the
night
The Tapuya Indians of South Ameri-
ca assert that the devil assumes the
shape of fly.
The grasshoppers are said to fore
warn people in Germany Of the visits
Of strange guests.
The Spaniards in the sixteenth cen
fury thought that spiders indicated the
existence of gold wherever they were
In abundance.
Although sacred insect among the
Egyptians, the beetle receives little no
tice in folklore. 1t IS unlucky in Eng
land to kill one.
The ancients believed that there was
close connection between bees and
the soul. An old Welsh tradition is
that bees came from paradise, leaving
the garden when man fell, but with
Gods blessing. 50 that the wax is nee
essary in the celebration of the mass.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS.

Leave Bel Air for Baltimore on We'd
nesday and Saturday only at 6.35 p NJ
returning, leave Baltimore at II 80 p M
Leave baltimore for Bel Air on Satur.
day only at 20 =. M returning, leave
Bel Air at As.
Leave Delta for York and intermediate
stations at O5 A. M. Leave York for
Delta at 5. 40 p Nj.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
They Stand Alone.

Standing out in bold relief, oil alone,
and as u conspicuous example of open,
frank and honest dealing with the sick
and afflicted, are DR.. Pierce'S FaVorite
Prescription for weak, over-worked, de-
hilitated, nervous, rundown" pain
Taclled women, and DR.. Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery, the famous remedy
for weak stomach, indigestion, or dyS-
pepSa, torpid liver, or biliouSnesS, all
catarrhal affections whether of the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nasal
passages, throat, bronchia. or other mu-
cou> passages, also as an effective remedy
for all diseases arising from thin, watery
or impure blood, as scrofulous and skin
affections.
Each bottle of the above medicines
bears upon its wrapper a badge of hon.
csty IN the full list of ingredients COM
posing Imprinted IN plain English.
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines in q class all by them
StloCs. and is the best guaranty of their
merits. They cannot be claSSed as patent
nor secret medicines for they are neither
Icing Of klI0lCH composition.
Dr. Pierce feels that he can afford to
take the afflicted into his full confidence
and lay all the ingredients of his medi-
zines freely before them because these
ingredients are such as are endorsed and
most strongly praised by scores of the
most eminent medical writers as cures
Tor the diseases for which these medl-
riues are recommended. Therefore, the
afflicted do not have to rely alone upon
Dr. Pierce's recommendation as to the
curative value of his medicines for GER
tain easily recognized diseases.
4 glance at the printed formula on
each bottle will show that no alcohol and
no harmful or habit-forming drugs enter
INTO DR.. Pierce's medicines, they being
wholly compounded of glyceric extracts
= the roots of native, American forest
plants. These are best and safest for
lEa cure of most lingering, chronic dis
cases. Dr. X. V. Pierce can be consulted
FREE, by addressing him at Buffalo,
n Y, and all communications are re-
gardcd as sacrediy confidential.
1t IS as easy to be well as i'll and
much more comfortable Constipation is
the cause of many forms of illness. DR..
piercc'S Pleasant Pellets cure constipa-
ton. They are tiny, Sugar-coated gran
ules. One little "Pellet" is gentle laxa-
tive, two Il mild cathartic. All dealers in
medicines sell them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
Rcc6'a Rctort to HinElcy.

When the town of Brunswick. Me-.
celebrated some years ago the one hun
dred and fifticth anniversary of its in
corporation there was Il hiG dinner. aIit!
Tom Reed ana Nelson Dinglcy We're
present and were. of course. called
upon to speak. ninglCy spoke first and
said In conclusion that he had made
no preparation and would make way
for gentleman who had come with
Il prepared speech, meaning Reed. who
got back at Dingley as follows:
"Mr. ToaStmaSter. | am sorry to be-
gin an apology. Some time ago l at
tended Il celebration like this in Unity
in Waldo county, and there Heard Gov
ernor Dingley refer toichingly to Unity
as his birthplace. 1 afterward learned
that the governor was also born in
Durham, In the county of Androscog,
gin, and I know that nothing but my
presence here prevents his claiming
he was born in Brunswick too And |
feel like apologiZing for being here. for
it will hereafter lie an honor to have
shared in the birthplace of Governor
ngley"-PittShurg Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
HEAVY LAYING STRAINS.
s.oe. They 3iay BE Built Up by Almost
Any Good Fancier.

s.oe. TEscy hay BE Built Up by Almost
Any Good Fancier.
Roy L. 7. Daley of Huntsville, o.,
v-r..l...- to The American Poultry Jour
nil says:
t,,W hoclls, rs Il whole, pay Il decent
profit. It is estimated that but about
ga pr cent in most cases pay an actual
profit The other 60 per cent barely
Dry their expenses or fall far below
Ta.s is due TO the fact that only II few
hons in the flock are layers. The rest
:.va most CT them dToncs. TO make Il
E.:y.Dg strain and Il paying business
l~j rid Of the drones and use as breed
as only the huStling hard workers.
T0u can do this only by some Sys-
lm 1r which YOU can ascertain just
s.'.rn hen lays and just how we'll she
,lys. Some form of Il trap nest system
iii be most scrviccable unless you
IN Ziyn your whole attention to watch
iaG the hens and keeping Il record Of
each hen, as everything depends on the
record
Follow up Il method of selection from
year to year, using only as breeders
tha pul!cts Matched from eggs from the
h2st layers Of the previous year. Use
only males from the highest egg record
lea in the flock. remembering that the
male IS onc-half of your flock so far as
building up the utility qualities are
concerned If this system of breeding
Is carefully followed IL very profitable
laying strain can lee built up in Il very
short time. The great record strains
81 the country have been BUILT up just
tiie way. aud not because they We're
naturally any better than what you
nave.
As IN example Of this system We
want to cite report of the Maine
agricultural experiment station. In
fs.S they began with no pullets and
- trap nests. They began Nov. l. In
one year from date the record showed
tlat the 10 birds had averaged 100
~-gS Twenty-tour laid over 100 eggs,
t.-eaty-two fewer than 100 eggs. Pull
let No. Sc laid 201, No. 101 laid 204,
10. ISL laid 20G eggs. In the following
wear for special breeding purposes only
females having Il record from 1G0 to
zUa eggs were used. and No. 101 and
No. 2SG were mated with finely bred
cockercl, from which mating cockerels
wcr" selected for future breeding.
Tho result of the year 1899 mating
showed pullets making Il record from
2GS to 227 eggs. This method was fol-
jowcd until in the year 1902 record
was reached of 240 eggs, and In 1908
they made an average of $50 eggs each
fer the whole fool, tested Thus in five
ears an increase of thirty eggs per hen
Was reached
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18

ton, alluring, half mystery to her
self, it was like fold of the silk that
shimmered over its silk lining.
She slipped down upon the floor by
the bedside and began to rip the
fomceS. What was it he said that had
made her so angry? Her vanity was
as endless as her caprice. He shouldn't
have said it. and yet it was true
enough. We'll, she had warned him.
He was we'll rid Of her. He had come
out of the matter with Il better grace
than she had. except about the ring.
No doubt it had been found long ago.
1t angcred her afrcSh to think how
stubborn he had been not to have told
her. The way to make her feel how
small she was was not to tell her so
that never served but to take the big
way and put her i'll the wrong ny be-
ing generous. If he had given her Il
chance half q chance
Tho scissors shipped. shipped. 1t
was thus she had laid Il sharp tool on
her happiness She was cutting the
stuff, but what did it matter? She was
always cutting una tcaflnS something
dear to her.
And the rufIies must come off, they
said. She bent nearer. She might as
we'll tear and be done.
What was this hard thing on which
the scissors struck and caught? Not,
surely not In her hand lay the ring.
"AleXa"' He had come ut her urgent
summons, but holly rcbellious. And
yet Alexa, there before nina curious
figure hung about with green silk ruff
f1es - AlcXa, grievcd, rcmorseful, pour
ing her heart out. How was 1t possible
to withstand her?
"And l suppose" he said the ring
half back in its place again-"I suppose
I'll have to marry you to save you
from
But she would not let him speak the
obnoxious name.
You'll have to marry me to save me
from Alexandra Lee"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
lave the Chicks Well Born.

i new theory deserving of consideru-
ton IS that recently set forth as to tie
value Of having the young chicks well
born, says the Feather This refers to
having the production from the incu-
'@tor rs vigorous as those Matched by
the hen. This is done by closely guard
i"s the regulation as well as the degree
Of heat in the machine. When chicks
are not properly Matched little success
can be hoped for in rearing them Too
much heat 6r too little heat are both
more than likely to prove injurious ID
the welfare Of the young chick.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18

and African geese although it is a
trfle smaller than any of those well
known varieties. The Gambian makes
excellent food, the flesh being eXcep-
t-onaiiE delicate. Up to the present
time. however, Gambians have not
been raised in sufficient numbers to
make them Il serious factor in the
market poultry industry
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-01-18
The Gumbian Goose,

The Gambian is much the handsom-
est member of the goose family 1t is
also profitable bird to raise, the beau
tiful curly body feathers bringing fam
y prices at the millinery supply
houses. The Gambian is an excellent
breeder, It's habits differing only slight.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
A Curtain-front House.

top of the window frame. In extreme
cold weather the lower sash is slipped
up to the top of the window, thus
effectually closing it. This method
proved to be very satisfactory, the
house being usually dry and the birds
appearing to be in excellent health.
The roosting platform is placed in
the rear of each pen, and at the front
of each platform is hung duck cur
tain operated by means of cords run
through rings attached to the cell
ing. This additional protection effectu-
ally prevents the freezing of Leghorn
combs in all except the most severe
winter weather. The nests are direct
ly under the platform and are entered
from the rear. The bottoms of the
nests are attached to one side by
means of hinges and are held in place
by a number of hasps. To clean the
nests it is simply necessary to I'M
fasten the hasps and the entire bot
tom swings downward.
The floor consists of matched
boards. The outside of the studs of
the walls are first boarded, then COW
cred with paper and clapboarded. The
inside of the studs is covered with
matched boards, making a four-inch
dead air space between the two walls.
The ceilings are made of matched
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
PRACTICAL POULTRY
HOUSES FOR LARGE FLOCKS
Arrangements ResuIts-By
G.. Animal acknowledgement,
u S. Department of Agriculture.

inches and rest on a rough stone wall
The floor, consisting of two thick
nesses~ of hemlock boards, rests on
two by eight inch timbers, which are
placed two feet apart. The rest of the
frame Of the building consists of two
by four inch material. The building
is boarded, papered and shingled on
both roof and walls, and in addition
the rear wall and four feet of the
lower part of the rear roof are ceiled
on the inside of the studding and the
space packed with dry sawdust. Out
side of the building a three-foot plat
form extends across the ends and
along the front.
The house is divided into four sc
by 16 foot pens. In the front side OF
each pen are two 12-light windows
and a door two and one-half feet wide
The space between the window and
door comes close up to the caves, leav-
ing an unbroken front three feet high
below the caves. The opening is three
by IA feet and is covered by a wooden
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
HE DIDN'T SAY.
Dumas Was Asked If He Had Read
His Book.

Dumas Was Asked If He Had Read
His Book.
A popular novelist talked with re-
greet at the Franklin Inn, literary
club of Philadelphia, about the old
ghost habit of the past.
Famous painters first, and famous
writer's afterward, alike had ghosts, %
he said. these ghosts were pupils,
disciples. They did the basic work of
the masters picture or novel, and the
master polished up, put on the finish
ing touches, and signed his name to it.
This practice, indeed, still maintains
in architecture.
cit was a practice that allowed a
popular artist a manifold increase of
production and, consequently, of in
come. Dumas, the elder Dumas, had
no less than forty ghosts-forty intel
ligent young men writing away for
him about D'Artagnan, Porthos. Ara
mis- and the rest.
'But Dumas was reckless, and the
existence of his forty ghosts became
known. Hence good deal of scandal.
cat the height of this scandal Du-
mas said to lady one night:
"'Have you read my last book,
MADAME
"The lady, with a mischievous smile,
replied:
No, Monsieur Dumas. Have
your"
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frame, covered with ten-ounce duck
The curtain is hinged at the top
and is swung in when opened, and it
is always kept OPEN except on stormy
days and winter nights. Each pen is
of suitable size to accommodate 100
fowls, thus allotting 4.8 square feet OF
floor space to each bird.
A roost platform four feet ten
inches wide and three feet above the
floor extends along the rear side for
the entire 80 feet. Three perches OF
two by three inch material are placed
on edge ten inches above the plat,
form. The rear perch is II inches
out from the wall, and the space be.
tween the perches is 16 inches, which
leaves Is inches between the front
perch and the duck curtain. The two
curtains in front of the roost are each
Is feet long and 80 inches wide. They
are hinged at the top, and open out
into the room and fasten up when not
in use.
At one end of each pen are placed
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01

tourist who can get near enough puts
to me- You'll put them to me if you
ever cross in my ship | have been
asked these ten questions 3,764,952
times. They are:
"'Were you ever shipwrecked?'
ANY whales in this latitude?'
How deep is the water here?'
what tips are usually given, and
to whom?'
How many times have you crossed
the Atlantic?'
what is the best remedy for sea-
sickness"
Why are you always painting this
ship?'
will you let me come up on the
bridge some timer"
edo you remember my cousin who
crossed with you in the spring of 1852
"T suppose the passengers ask you
great many stupid questions, don't
they?"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
Interior of a New York Poultry House,
Showing Duck-Covered Window.

boards. Over each pen in the ceiling
is a trapdoor about 20 by "A inches,
opening into the attic. At each end
of the attic is a window, and at regu-
lar intervals along the peak of the
roof are ventilating cupolas. Straw
may be placed in the attic, thus pro-
viding an effective means of absorbing
the moisture.
In our second large illustration is
shown one of the curtain-front houses
in use at the Maine experiment sta
ton. Fresh air has been big consid-
GRAFTON in the building of this house,
which has a curtained front to the
house proper and curtain-front roost-
inc room. Prof. Gowell, expert in
charge of poultry raising at this sta
ton, has foun / this method of ventila-
ton very satisfactory.
The building is 100 feet long and 16
feet wide. The front wall is six and
two-third feet and the rear wall five
and one-half feet high from the floor
to the top of the plate. The roof is
of UNEQUAL span, the ridge being four
feet in from the front wall, and the
height of the ridge above the floor is
nine feet. The stills are four by SIX
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
POSES WHICH MAKE
FOOT AND ANKLE AS
PROMINENT AS FACE
Queen of the Stage NotU Runs the Unconventional
in Posing for Photographs.

hit was that of Miss Bertrand in the
kind of pose treated of in this article.
Miss Bertrand infused certain
originality by having the picture show
her in a three-quarter pose instead of
full face. One graceful ankle is
thrown lightly over knee that a sculp-
tor might be proud to model.
It is not alone the, actress of the
comic opera or the lighter forms of
entertainment who has attempted to
test her charm in this kind of a pic
ture. Many prominent stars who have
earned their place in the naughty
ranks of the legitimate have tried to
see how they would look posed up in
this kind of picture.
Photographers will tell you that
most women are vain of their shapes.
They may be keen enough to see that
their faces are not all that might be
desired, but when it comes to proper
lions they are all either secretly or
openly confident that they have phys
ique to bear comparison with any
body's.
This harmless vanity is what helps
the photographer to pay his bills, and
he is the last person to tell woman
that she is not in the Venus class.
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4
A Continuous Apartment House.

are boarded up sOlidly from floor to
ceiling to prevent the drafts which
are likely to be found in long houses.
In the front or south side of each
pen are placed windows, each window
consisting of two 12-light sashes. The
windows are arranged to slide up and
down as in an ordinary dwelling,
special care being exercised to have
them move freely in order that they
may be opened at any time, regardless
of weather conditions. Unless this
point is considered the windows are
very apt to become frozen in on the
arrival of cold weather, and it be-
comes difficult to open them, hence
the ventilation is frequently neglected.
During the past winter one window
in each pen was arranged as shown in
one of our illustrations, the upper
sash being dropped to the window sill
and the opening thus made covered
with piece of eight-ounce duck, the
latter being tackled to the upper bar
of the lower sash and to the sides and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-01
DIPLOMATIC HoUSECLEANlNG.
Woman Had a New Way to Make ;
Hired Man Work.

Woman Had New Way to Make a
Hired Man Work.
cat this charming season." said an
editor, II think regretfulIy of the late
Josiah Flynt Willard, the famous eX-
pert on tramps. Mr.. Willard invaria-
bly, put on his tramping rags and took
to the road at this season. He said the
tramps were at their best-most anna
BILE, most communicative - in the
spring.
|'He used to laugh at their hatred of
housecleanings. They avoided houses
where that sort of thing was going on.
They had a little mark, a cross within
a circle, that meant Keep away :,
housekeeping here
yes, they hated housekeeping
They were often known to refuse a
roast beef dinner rather than beat a
carpet They had, in fact, all sorts of
yarns about the horrors of carpet
beating.
willard told me a yarn that he
heard on May night, in Maryland
meadow, beside fire of rails torn
from a nearby fence.
"a woman, according to this yarn,
said to her husband:
"'Peter, want you to give the hired
man a severe sco1ding.'
"'What for?' says Peter. The hired
man has been doing all right the last
week or two
"I know that said the lady. But
he's got to beat six carpets to-day, and
he strikes so much harder when he's
in bad temper"
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He Didn't Inject 1t.

An elderly resident of Lynn, Mass,
was talking about Mrs Eddy, the head
of the Christian Science church.
when she lived here in Lynn" said
the old man, "she conducted temper
ance campaign for time. She did a
lot of good, though now and then she
met with a rebuff.
"The story goes that a tramp once
asked her for help.
eth help you, my FRIEND said
Mrs. Eddy, but first you must answer
me one question. Do you Or do you
not drink beer?'
1.-THE tramp, a hardened customer,
looked at her in amazement.
Why, lady, he said, we cert'n'y
don't think I squirt it into me arm wild
a syringe