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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-04
A pn1nr1CAI. PITzzL.E.

Mac Rideout, one of the republican war horses of Cambridge, in comparing the present methods of getting a nom ination with those of the past, at a political gathering the other evening, told the following story to Illustrate the old method. Tn those days, he said, it was the custom for man who desired nomination to appoint a manager give him roll and then get ready to take the place.
 One Cambridge aspirant of his ac- quaintance tried that method once and when the votes were counted he found that he had received four votes. Speak ing to his manager about it, the latter said: T don't understand it. You voted for yourself, didn't you?" said the manager to the aspirant. The lat ter replied that he did And your son voted for you?" "Yes.' "And your son-in-law?" "Yes." Well" said the manager, T don't understand where that other vote came from. Boston Herald.
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BoMB IN A LETTER.

So expert are bomb makers nowadays that an apparently harmless letter may kill any person who tries to open 1t. A piece of cardboard is cut to a size which, when folded over, will fit into an ordinary envelope. The four corners Of this are silt into narrow strips. Eliminate of mercury is spread over three of the slits and the sheet is folded and fastened together.
 Projecting from each side of the folded sheet is a little metal strip, or detonatcr blued to the cardboard in such a manner that the envelope can- not be opened without striking one of them. Upon meeting this slight resis- tance tho hand moving the paper cut ter instinctively pushes harder, and the result is an explosion that either kills or maims.--Tit-Blts
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-04

THE LATE GEORGE HATFIELD.
 In the death today of George Hat field at GA, Holyoke loses one of her real characters He had been drink ing man for fully 45 years and gloried
 in it. Temperance and white ribbon logic never appealed to him. His drinking was a relic of the past and he never wished to renounce it, There has been a good deal written in late years about the growing degeneracy of old New Englanders. We'll George Hatfield fully proved the truth along these lines. He came of a good old South Hatley family, His father was Heman Hatfield and l}is mother was Laura Watson Lemon before her mar riage. George was proud of his an- cestry and always like to dilate on the mother, who were the first persons married at the now old Glasgow boarding house at South Hadley Falls after it's completion, Despite the good stock that he came from George lack
 ed a strong personality and so he Ndrifted down instead of up. But with all his faults George Hatfield had some good points One was ilis staunch loy- alty to his father and mother. He had wonderful memory and his familiar ity with old Holyoke history and old Holyokers idiosynerasies and char acteristics was marvel He know the dates of all the happenings and was way up on chronology. George Hat field was blunt garrulous and his in- clination to say too much led him into many a battle of words on street corn CTS. George always took pride in his close slaves with the police court and although long on probation he had escaped the lock-up all these years
 George Hatfield wasn't a great worker but he managed to do enough to live and keep bottle of good old gin al- ways full in his pocket. When all has been said George Hatfield was only a poor degenerate, who wasted life's op- portunities and into whose life had come no redeeming influences, and who wasn't bit sorry to have the curtain rung down on it. He often spoke seriously of life and what it stood for It was a long dreary waste to him and the sooner 1t was over the better. Yet we shall all miss George Hatfield Holyoke had only one,-Holyoke Transcript
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-04
MILK PRODUCERS.
They Follow the Dealers in Raising
 the Price to Their Customers.

They Follow the Dealers in Raising
 the Price to Their Customers.
 The Hartford Milk Producers Asso- citation Feb. 23, at meeting held in the Capitol confirmed it's action of about two weeks ago in setting the price of milk to peddlers or dealers by adopting the following motion: "The price of milk shall be 1-2 cents from May 1 to October i and 1-2 cents from october 1 to May 1 in the zone bound ed by a circle, running six miles from City Hall. The price of milk outside of the six-mile circle will be one-eighth of a cent less, or 3 3-S cents, from May I to october, and 3-8 cents from Oc- toher 1 to May 1.''
 This is to be the medium price at which members of the association can sell milk to the dealers. Milk produc- CTS living outside the six-mile radius can receive the, maximum price for their milk if they deliver it inside the magic circle. It is said at the meet ing that the Hartford Dairy Companys scheme to bring milk from Vermont and New Hampshire had not been suc- .cessful x-Representative Adrian R. wandsworth of Pennington gave a talk on the work of the association and there were other talks during the meet ing, which lasted nearly three hours
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FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Books Added to February 27, 19O7-
 Fiction.
 Hyne, c. J. c. Kate Meredith; H99. | 12
 Lee, NJ. Confessions to a Heather Idol; L517.1.
 Non-Fiction. tAGdams, J. Newer Ideals of Peace; a52.,1
 Andrews, M. R. s. The Perfect Tri- bute E L63 AS.
 BaedekeE K. Fdastine and Syria; New Edition, 1906; 91569 Bl. Brooklyn Eagle Almanac, 1907; Ref erence room.
 Champney E. w. Romance of the Italian Villas; 945 C5.
 Clement, E. w.. ed, ,Hildreth's "Ja- pan as it Is" VI; 952 H. Cleveland, c. Fishing and Shooting Sketches; 799 c.
 College Requirements in English, 19O6-1911; sos CtO.
 Dreyer J. F. L. History of the Planetary System; J209 D. Glider, R. W. A Book of Music (Po- ema); S114 G15.
 Harrison, F. Memories & Thoughts; S2SS HE.
 Hosmer, J. K. Outcome of the Civil War 973 H10. V. 21
 Huoffer, F. M Hans H5lbein the Younger; B HG95 D.
 Hubert, A. B. The Ohio River; a Course of Empire; 977 HI. Huntington, A. s. Memoir and Let ters of (Bishop) Huntington; B H924 A.
 Jenks, J. W. Political and Social Significance of the Life and Teachings of Jesus; 2S2 J3.
 usserand, !, J. Literary History of the English People, vol, 2; S209 J. Kennedy A. E. Wireless Telegra- phy; 5S7S KS.
 La villeniere, Count de la Cartrie. Memoirs; B M39l IA.
 Moffat, M, M. Queen Louisa of Prussia: B L93 B.
 Munsterberg, F. The Principles of Art Education; 7O7 MS
 Murray, D. Japan, (story of the Nations), New Edition; 952 Nil. Porter, R. P The Dangers of Muni- cipal Ownership; S52 P5.
 Root, K. K The Poetry of Chaucer; S2l17 R.
 schouler, J. Law of Domestic Rela- tionss; S476 sS.
 Schultz, J w. My Life as an Indi- an; B SchS4 4
 Smith, F. w., and c Bible Directo- ry; Five Thousand Facts from Holy Writ 22O s5.
 Snyder, II. N. Modern Poets and Christian Teaching; S114 L3 Talbot, Es bp. My People of the Plains; 266 T2O
 vaile, P. A. The Strokes and Sci ence of Lawn Tennis; 796 V3. Walters, H. B. The Art of the Crooks; 709 WIG.
 Who's Who, 1907; Reference Room. Why and Wherefores of the Automo- bile; 62l4 W3.
 Young, A. B. F. The Complete Noto- rist; 656 Y.
 Juvenile,
 King, c, F. Jr A Boys Vacation; 914 K.
 The Life of Bear Anonymous j 59O Al
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YER MONT BFE TREE.

From 6 tree which Hubbard Fisher of East Concord started to cut down in the woods recently Mir. Fisher took a runaway swarm of bees and from the hollow trunk thhree twelve quart pals of delicious honey.
 MT. Fisher had started to cut down a tree when he discovered that it was badly decayed and probably hollow, and therefore not fit for his use. Hap pening to notice at the same time. however, that there were many bees flying around it, he investigated, with the result already told.st, Albans Messenger.
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When a man makes Q speech" said the succinct person, "he ought to be able to tell all he knows in ten min utes."
 "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "but it takes hours sometimes to con- ceaI what you don't know. w."-Washing- ton Star.
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Second farm serraht- She said was no good for anytning-J couldn't even mind the sheep; so I'm going into the town to be nursemaid, Meggendorf- CT Blatter.
The independent., 1907-04-11

prtirie chicken served at high priced
hotels is really guinea. 1t is often said
that not one in a hundred knows the
difference ii he is not told. They sell
well for fryS or broilers on this ac-
count. The young chicks are easily
raised up to this point, on account OF
their living SO near the wild state.
Guineas have much smaller crops than
chickens and for this reason they must
be fed often and but little at time. Or
they may be made TO hunt large part
of their living, which is really the best
for them If given to q chicken hen do
mestic enough in her Instincts TO re-
turn home each night for food and
shelter from storms. Guineas being of
so wild q nature needs the bugs, seeds
and range which is usually found at
some distance from the house. But
adult guineas. If allowed to rear the
young. keep them too wild. IL obliged
to keep hens with young guineas filrn-
ish an abundance Of green food and
meat or green bone. Adult guineas
weigh about five pounds. some q little
less. Three pounds is good size for
young market guineas; one and a half
pounds for broilers and they must be
fat. To secure this plumpness always
have some feed handy for them to pick
up when they come home at night and
little more for them the first thing
before they leave the coop IL .he morn-
ing. This may be corn and need be
given only at the last two weeks before
market time. Any attempt 10 keep
them shut up for fattening will result
In the loss of much of the gamey flavor
for which they are SO highly PRICED.
one cock and two or three hens
would be sufficient stock for rearing
quite a flock OF young aa they lay all
their eggs from spring To late summer
SO that every egg may be used for
Matching. II seems necessary 10 supply
almost as many cocks as hens II moro
than two are kept as they are likely 20
pair of two and two. The hen In the
The independent., 1907-04-11

one uttering the sharp shrill cry which
is said to keep away hawks and other
vernine from the premises. 1t seems
quite necessary to clip one wing on
guinea fowls to keep them at home for
they can fly great distances compared
to other fowls. When a nest of guinea
eggs is found, remove but part each
time or the hen will quit the nesk-and
seek another which you may not sue
ceed in locating. They usually seek the
most secluded spot for laying and lay
an immense clutch before setting. or
course, the earliest laid are spoiled and
when she does get along TO setting time
she cannot cover a third of the eggs 1t
takes twenty-six days for guineas to
pip the shell and couple more days
to fully complete the hatch. The young
are light brown with dark brown
stripes running lengthwise of tho
body. They are wild as prairie chick
ems when first Matched and il given
half chance will slip off into the
weeds where Is Is almost impossible to
catch them. They must be confined
few days until this wild instinct leaves
them somewhat which soon occurs IL
they are with quiet chicken mothers.
1t is difficult to rear guineas success
fully with brooders. There are two well
known varieties OF guinea fowls. the
rnottled white and steel blue the blue
being the ground color with white dots
on each feather. Then there !s q well
known variety that is quite popular.
The independent., 1907-04-11
Peruna Is not nervine nor q
sfin1uiank 1t benefits the nerves by,
benefifing digestion.

Peruna trees the stomach Of catarrhal
corgestions and normal digestion lstne
result.
In other words, Peruna goes to the
bottom OF the whole difficulty. when
tins d!sagreeaole symptoms disappear.
Mrs. } c. Jamison, 81 Marchant street,
Watsonviiie. Ca., writes;
six years. tried many kinds of medi-
cine, also was treated bv three doctors.
"They said that had nervous dys-
pepsia. was put Oh liquid diet for
three months.
The independent., 1907-04-11

- - ~ - - - - - -
"Iimproved under the treatment, but
as soon as stopped taking the medi-
cine, got bad again.
IL took the medicine for two years,
then got sick again and gave up all
hopes OF getting cured.
IL saw . testimonial OF a man whose
case was similar to mine being cured by
Peruna, SO thought would give it q
trial.
~ procured bottle at once ana COM
menced taking It. have taken several
Sottles and am en- ntirely cured.
!: ~ have gained In strength andJ
! feel Ike a different person. be-
/! Heve Peruna Is ali that is ciaimedf
for H." I
@e-es-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s--ss- -s-s
Nerv,nes, such as. coal tar propara-
.ions, are doing q great deal of harm.
Sleep medicines and headache powders
are ali alike,-heart depressants, and
should not be used. The nerves yrould
be all right, il the digestion were good.
Peruna corrects the Digestion.
The independent., 1907-04-11

We would as soon be followed by
yearling steer AK by big Newfound-
land dog.
The independent., 1907-04-11
BY A. D. BURHANs.

If the floor of poultry house Is
continually damp it goes to prove that
it is located in the wrong place II
the entire south wall is open it is
much more healthful than II it is en-
closed because the dampness and NTH
mess from the dropping boards could
get out more easily. Poultryman Toll
man has built style Of house which
is very convenient, cheap and efficient.
The south side is enclosed with wire
netting. The house has floor and
Is built with the roof sloping to the
south Year in and year out the
house is open on the south size and
only when the snow, rain and sleet
is blowing badly does he drop the
muslin curtain over the front OF it.
The north, east and west walls are
very tight and the roof is good At
all times the house is very dry. Mr..
Tolman finds that his birds lay more
eggs in the fresh air house than they
do in any other and he declares the
birds to be more vigorous and healthy
from one years end to another.
Mite Problems.
The easiest way Of keeping lice and
mites out of the poultry house is to
construct the entire interior fixtures
in such manner that they may be
easily removed from their resting
places and be thoroughly saturated
with louise killer or whitewash. If the
roosts are full Of cracks they will
make excellent breeding places for
mites and should be subjected to \
thorough spraying at least once a
week A little can of coaloil with an
old paint brush TO saturate the roosts,
If applied IN. the morning will be a
good scheme. Do not put it on the
roosts late in the evening as the fowls
will soon get it on them and the
chances are that some of the coal
oil will get on their feet and run
up their legs and shanks and blister
them numerically. Upon one occasion
we advised woman poultry grower
to use light application or coal
oil on scaly legs on her best hens and
chicks. The birds had been roosting
in filthy roosting quarters until the
parasites that caused scaly legs and
feet had become securely entrenched
She took the chickens by the body
and thighs and dipped their legs one
at time into can of coaloil. The
oil ran UP among the feathers on their
legs ana hiistered them so close that
the feathers dropped out by the hands,
ful Ia a day on two The fowls were
ptt 20 great bodily inconvenience and
ich misery.
The independent., 1907-04-11
Meat and bone Feed.

The idea of feeding fresh cut bone
is one that poultry keepers have used
for years and years and from the num-
Der of bone cutters which are now on
the market for poultry keepers it
would seem that the number of per-
sons using them is growing each sea-
son. Fresh cut green bone added to
the fare of hens in the laying pens
Will increase the number of eggs
30 per cent il too much is not given.
Three-fourths of an ounce to an ounce
per hen per day is plenty. Where
bone cutter can be purchased for a
few dollars and the green bone does
not cost anything, being picked up
at the local butcher shop it is a pay
ing investment to put few dollars
into one of them. If the flock is too
small to warrant the use of a bone
cutter one can use hammer or a
hatchet and smash the bone very con-
Veniently on piece of railroad iron
or stone. In practicing this method,
however, 1t must be remembered that
any long splinters of bone which the
fowls get when the bone is not suf-
ficienty crushed will be liable to lodge
in the throat and cause death Young
chicks will grow faster and feather
more easily and will at all stages of
growth be hearticr il receiving green
cut bone than those not receiving any
OF IL, the other things in the man
agement being equal
The independent., 1907-04-11
Guinea characteristics.

In travelling over the country IL Is
very rarely one sees farm where
guineas are raised among the poultry
Those we do see are usually kept as
novelties or ornaments rather than as
money making proposition among other
poultry. But where gsireas are kept I'm
sufficient numbers they form a profit
able adjunct to the industry. Each hen
lays about one hundred eggs In a sea-
son and lays all of them before Sep
tember The egg is about the size OF
Ieshorn hens egg and II rich In
quality and fine favored for those who
possess an epicurean palate In tho
cities and larger towns one can quite
often work up n private trade In guinea
egga among those who like the flavor
and are willing 20 pay little more
for dozen than market price for mems
eggs. The flavor of the meat Ia gamey,
~ fact II In stated that much OF the
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12
3Oth Year.
Exquisite Humbug.

"Tbe Baptist stand for religious rhortv. We Baptists would fight .o secure religious liberty, even sor tbe Mormons. '' Brother Hud- .or in his sermon at the Baptist eblrch. of Prescott, last Sunday afternoon.
 Thank God for a salvation without price. A thing happened ;n Waco. Texas, and it made my blood run cold. A woman was dying and said she was lost and called a Catholic priest. He brolght a crucifix and made her rpneat some words saying he eonld save her. Then he insisted on being paid for what he had done. As the poor woman did not have any money, the priest 
 demanded that she sell him one If her children who were march ed out before him. He picked out a little girl and she was bundled off to a convent there and then without being allowed to even see her mother die" Substance of part of a sermon by Brother Bowers at the Baptist church of Prescott last Sunday night.
 Woalan't that jarr yoa?
 I wonder if the good Little Rock brethern take our Prescott people for a pack of unmitigated fools. Why, if that is the best they can do, beg to say that the Prescott standard of intelligence is higher than theirs.
 An essential part of the Mor- mon religion is the practice of poligamy, but the government took away from the Mormons (hat part of their religious liberty ld wisely so. Now comes Broth
 Hudson and says the Baptists
 hld fight for the religious li-
 rty of the Mormons. Is there a
 lcent man in Prescott who Fould follow Brother Hudson's ead in this glorious fight for re- gious liberty for the Mormons? As for Brother Bowers state bent about that monster of a athollc priest, a ten year old atholic child could tell him that od alone saves the sinner, not
 be priest; that the sacraments
 Penance and Holy Communion
 Fe administered without pay or nee by the Catholic priest to
 De poor and the rich. the white
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and the black, the healthly and the dying without distinction; that the priest goes to every call of the sick, be they afflicted with small poX, yellow fever, cholera or any other loathsome and dan- gerous disease; that the priest who would ask or accept pay for his ministrations in such cases would be cut off from the church and deprived of his priestly func- tions there and then; that the Catholic church does not buy or sell children, and that far from being a heartless church it has, even in this country fifty charit- able institutions to every one of the Baptist denomination. Churches, like individuals, are known by their fruits and the evidences of faith and charity among Catholics will compare most favorably with those of any church.
 1 have referred Brother Bowers sensational story to Catholic organization of Waco. Texas for investigation, and to facilitate this investigation. 1 called upon Brother Bowers to furnish par ticulars and dates of his story, especially the name of that in- famous priest.
 Maybe he has accepted that story from hearsay, and If so, he is either fool or a knave for re- beating it in public. l sincerely hope his blood will run cold when he gets the real facts in the case and finds out that there is noth-
 
 ing to his story.
 The world is too enlightened to-day to take any stock in old worn out lies about the Catholic Church and the intelligent Chris tian pities the preacher and the religious paper who rely on vilfi- cation and islander to spread their own doctrines and benefit their own denominations.
 If a man wants information about law, he goes to a lawyer or to works on law; if want in- formation about Baptist church. I go to Baptist preacher or read Baptist works. Every fair mlnd- ed man who wants to know any thing about Catholic doctrine and practices will go to Catholic sources for it and not believe the ranting statements of every mountebank that comes along.
 A CATHOLIC.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12
Notice to Sunday Schools.

The State Sunday School Con- vention wfll meet in Ft. Smith on the 5th, 9th and 7th of June. Nevada county is entitled to ten delegates and it is the duty of the President of the county Sun day School Convention to appoint these delegates. l desire sugges- tions as to suitable persons who can go. The delegates ought to be religious men and women who can and will go. Please let me hear from the friends of this eX- cellent cause.
 Respectfully,
 J. o. A. Bush,
 Pres, Nevada County Sunday School Convention.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12
Concert at B0dcaW.

On the night of April the Both the Elocution and Music Depart ments of Union High School will give a joint concert, consisting of two plays, requiring about two hours and half for performance; also the finest of music both vo- cal and instrumental. Among the more skilled musicians will be Miss Carrie Kaughman, of Philadelphia, whose music will soothe, instruct and enrapt every heart that can be touched by the concord of sweet sound.
 You will live longer, be happier and look better by coming to this entertainment, which will be the best ever given by any school in Nevada county. Money refunded if you are not satisfied.
 Admission 25-cents.
 A. N. HOLLIS, Prin.