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The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Agricultural Notes.

Choose for friend the best farmer
in your section.
With farm tools, winter neglect
makes spring rust.
Can you do better farming next sea-
son? Think it over now.
Anything In the vegetable line, pro-
vided it is sweet and clean, is an ac-
ceptable food for fowls.
Have you cailed out all the unprofit-
able birds? If not, do it at once and
give the others a chance.
BY all means disc your corn ground
for oats, with rows, and then crosswise.
This will make good seed-bed for the
small grail also fine enough for the
grass or clover seed.
Shiftless hens, housed in cold,
draughty ramshackle houses, and al
lowed to wade in the slush and snow,
never pay the owner a profit, nor even
pay for their feed.
The farmer who says hens are null
sance generally speaks the truth as far
as his individual experience goes. His
method, or lack of method makes them
veritable nuisance.
II the farmers of this country will
take up poultry raising as earnestly
as they take hold of their other work
they can make the winter months the
most profitable months of the year.
II your poultry are just mongrels,
purchase trio of pure.breds and set
their eggs next spring, and thus grad
ually work into pure.bred fowls. Blood
tells in poultry as much as 1t does in
horses. cattle or pigs.
Corn and cob meal are all right and
at certain seasons OF the year the feed
ing cattle will like the change This
combination is really better than corn
meal alone, for the eobs help digestion.
The corn meal alone is too heavy
Trap nests and pedigree records
mean work to be sure, but the breed
er who expects to improve his flock
without either of these in some form
or in some degree has long, hard
road before him. Quit guessing and
study your individuals
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
A Kitchen Garden.

wonder If all Of the Epitomist read
srs who have land at their command
can say that they enjoy the benefits
of good garden If those who hither-
too have been slack would make
start at once by making plans and
ordering seeds they would be surprised
to see how much stuff can be raised
on even a quarter acre. Plan to use
the horse cultivator which lessons the
dresome garden hosing. My seed cat
alogue has arrived and we have made
selections Of all seeds wanted. gen.
orally avoid novelties offered by seeds
men at high prices; / prefer stand
ard varieties. We are never in big
hurry to plant garden In the spring;
better let the top of ground get we'll
warm and dry then cultivate we'll and
the seeds Will start at once. Mark out
In straight rows running North and
South, which should be lengthwtse for
ell vegetables such as corn, potatoes,
beans, peas, cabbage and tomatoes,
etc. Practice rotation; never set to-
matoes In the same place for two con-
secutive years, for If you do, blight
will strike them. Rather place them
where corn has been the year before.
do not use a drill for seeds to be
sown In drills but begin with board
the desired width, run little hoe on
each side. drop seeds, cover and place
a small stick at the end OF each row.
This enables one to cultivate between
rows before plants are up and keeps
the weeds from starting. II you use
drill you must wait until the plants
are we'll up. OF course this applies
only to a small garden. After each
rain, as soon as the ground is dry
enough to hoe nicely, cultivate the
rows with the horse drill. and with
small hoe. We usually have a good
garden with little work and some sur.
plus to sell which Is very pleasing to
the good housewife. think a good
garden is the best investment on a
farm considering time, work and
money expended.-Kittie Gillespie, in
The npttomist.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Poultry Hints.

Growing chickens should be encour-
aged to hunt and scratch for their liv-
ing, but their efforts should be reward
ed by a liberal supply of various
grains that are but too difficult to fnd.
The poultry business is one of many
details and they need close following
If the business Is made success, and
one of the causes why so many fail to
stay in the business Is that the details
are too much for them. Unless per-
son is willing to pay attention to the
little things and not only do them
once, but many times, If necessary. The
safest plan Is to stay out Of the busi-
ness entirely.
Fowls are so provided that they can
grind any kind Of food in eating. Grind
ing the food for them therefore is not
necessary unless for the purpose OF
feeding a mixture or variety that can
not be given them in any other shape
But they should always have plenty
of gravel for grinding purposes
Farmers Call.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
fGAPDEN, FARM and CROpS
i SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE
u UP-TO-DATE
! ACRICUL URIST
Tho Secret Of Goeu Cream.

The following suggestions are given
as guide for the production of cream
Of good quality:
!. Clean cream. cold cream. and rich
cream are the three words which tell
the secret of producing sweet cream.
q. Be clean and sanitary in milking.
8. Have all pals. crooks. cans. and
dairy utensils scalded and clean.
4. Keep the separator clean by wash
ing after each separating.
S. Cool each lot OF cream in cold
water before setting 1t away and nave
1t thoroughly cooled before adding to
the general lot Of cream. CA good way
Is never to mix a fresh batch of cream
with older cream, but keep each lot
from the different separatings, separate
and in one gallon crocks.)
s. Have a well ventilated cave or
cool cellar In which to keep the cream
T. Stir each of the separate lots OF
cream every day TO keep them uniform
8. Have wire screen for each crock
so as to "air the cream" and keep out
flies and insects.
8. Skim rich cream-thirtyfive to
forty-five percent-and it will keep
sweet longer.
TO- Deliver the cream to the cream
cry or receiving station three times
week in summer and twice week in
winter.
II. Insist upon the creameryman
weighing out the sample of cream for
test instead of measuring in pipette-
The scales are more accurate.
II. Have the cows come fresh I'M
September and October and receive
twenty-five to thirty cents pound for
the butter fat in winter instead of fif-
teen to twenty cents a pound in sum-
mer.
13. Make a study of the herd OF
cows, select the pest ones, sell the
poor ones, buy or raise more good
ones, grow more cow-pea and alfalfa
hay for winter feeding. and make the
cows keep you instead of you keeping
the cows.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
PiNcHED PRINCES.
European Royalties Troubled to Make
Ends Meet.

I@VPSaH nOSdfktSS bFOuOteO 10 W axe
Ends Meet.
Hard times, indeed, are fallen upon
the earth when royalty joins the sub
merged tenth and takes a station in
the bread line. 1t is not quite so bad
as this yet, but the future is dark.
Emperor Williams recent cry of dis.
tress is seconded now by reports Of
hard times at Lisbon. The royal house.
field Is besieged by creditors and the
crown jewels will have to go to sat.
isfy the grocery bill If suits now pend
ing. succeed. What wonder Emperor
William cannot make ends meet on
$3,846,121 a year, although he has
much private property to bring In
pin money The king Of Portugal re-
ceaves only miserable 1857 900 q
year, and his present trouble seems
to spring from difficulty in collecting
even this.
Calamity claims come also out Of
Russia, where the GEAR Is understood
to be much straitened. recent dras.
tic revolutions and Ill considered po.
ltical movements having reduced
somewhat the $12.o00,0oo year which
he customarily receives from his 1.000,-
600 square miles of land and his Siber-
Ian mines. King Leopold OF Belgium.
as we know. Is now struggling with a
conf1soatory minded parliament, bent
on cutting OF his Congo income and
throwing him back on his pittance OF
$3.50, 900 year. Only the sultan, with
his $7,500,000 a year, seems really
content. As we know. there have been
no waves of popular clamor, no hasty
legislation, to interfere with the sui
tan's business in Turkey.
What the present straits. real or al
legged, Of royalty. are to come to we
can only surmise. Their misery may
be only affected as a means OF scar
Ing back the food ofspublic ownership
Of kings sentiment that II passing
over Europe Again, the trouble may
be real, for the styleyof royalty is ex-
pensive. Whether hhe people will come
to law with ther taxes or decide tina,
the bauble Of royalty costs more than
1t is worth Is the important question
that time must sanswer.-Nebraska
State Journal.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Half Price.

A we'll known actor was taking din
ner at a fashionable Chicago hotel
during the recent Republican conven-
tion when young man came in and
sat down at the same table. He ap
parently recognized the actor, for az
ter gazing at him intently for couple
Of minutes he pulled a 81 bill ostenta-
tiously from large roll, and, showing
1t across the table, remarked:
II always Teal As If had to pay to
see a famous man, don't you know"
The famous man" calmly tore the
So bill In half and returned one section
to the young man.
Children hllf price," he observed,
composedly.-New York Times.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
,s'.ar. LL1hy -'a---,>~'1-s;
.Aliens LCiH Come Back
find the Cause Of Their Exodus at the
Present Time
BY Z. o. PoUderiy.
Chief Of the DiDisicn Of Information, bureau Of
{01n1iprdfion
{Ns+sss-ss4Ns
Present Time

about
x-$ of year great nuaos.
O for the winter. Inc
~ North East and west as o1
( men following lnls
Of employment These men nnd II uus1
to to for the winter ne
friends
and can much during the winter enaA
climate is not SO
October ana
the
somewhat
this country that wnen w
wrong
statements made took alarm anu
in former years.
fact that four years
the uncertainty sea
theyp to take early
italians their native lanu
will be expended In Italy IN nng
have railroads this country ac
their ,...o. .h,ro ,s f.
this country than ever eoe hele
of find remunerate ns
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Tho Brood Mare.

In purchasing a brood marc that has
reached mature age be careful to learn
whether or not she has produced foais
regularly evsry year when given an
opportunity. 1t makes q vast differ
ence In the profits whether mares. pro-
duce every year or only once In two
years. Mares that have been unfortu-
nate and lost foals, should as q rule be
passed by, for i'll luck is liable to pur-
sue them.-American Cultivator.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

with the scarlet glare OF hydoeen ana SO SS m Of
(promnences) to hegn Oh
crimson fire coud De seen
"nh
able in Beyond the
lies the neuus panu +
eclipse
a No has ever saislactoi
into the under the pun
Arrhenus comicaiy appheo ae
press a presented
as the prom
comphended when we fully
gravtaton the sun were
gavtaon that would wg TWO
clothing alone
Baseball could be played
difficulty throwing ball
degraded form OF outdoor ping
gravttaton would
nreyeu and to pull down 10
emasses Of size.-Harpers Magazine
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

The Hartford Times remarks: "Rea-
son for hope, for confidence, for good
cheer Is abundant. The pessimist has
been doing tremendous business for
six or eight months. The logic Of
events is steadily forcing him to haul
down his black flag" ,rH<
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Observes the st. Paul Despatch: "As
the price of beef goes up, we hear first
that the cause Is the general prosperity
and the high prices of other things;
next, that it is the scarcity Of cattle;
next, that 1t Is due to floods in the
Southwest In every case, 1t Is al
legged that something has happened
over which the packers have no con-
troll Wonder If anything is ever go
ing to happen to bring the aforesaid
prices DOWN."
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Relief For Choking Animal.

Choking animals may sometimes be
relieved and the bloat that accompanies
can almost always be taken down by
using round. smooth stick, like q
piece of forkhandle for bit to hold
the mouth open. Fasten this In place
by a strap at each end carried up to
the horn or back of the head. IL is
surprising how quickly the wind that
causes the bloating escapes and some
times it brings the obstructing object
with 1t.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

queer Twist.
The late Bishop T. q. Dudley
Kentucky declared that he was tndebt
ed to q no1ntaineer Of that state fol
the most ungrammatical sentence he
ever heard. This Is It: Them three
| Miss Blake are three Of as pretty gal
las ever see"-Youth's Companion
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Not q few OF the smatrimonial fail
ures a1e due to theafact that good
many women set mdYried merely to
keep the public from supposing they
have never been proposed to.-CAt
caao RAcord-HeraId,
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
Correct.

Teacher-If q vehicle with two
wheels Is a bicycle, and oneNFith three
wheels q tricycle., what Is 4ppe with
one wheel?
Scholar wheelbarroW.-ili3s strat-
ed Bits.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Perry Heath noticed that among
the hundreds Of delegates at Chicago.
This will undoubtedly be known as
the whiskerless convention" he said.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Winter the Most Deadly Season.
In most large cities the death rats
In winter is much greater than IN
summer.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Germany's glut or highly educated
and poorly paid professional men is .
warming to even the growing United
States.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Professor Wasserman of Berlin has
succeeded in finding serum which
cures ptomaine poisoning.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Association just
with the America speak the
which
M OF the salad nationales thrown hodsepodge
issued pamphlet
splash words one into each other not
shut and
employing these simple
New himself understood by Londoner
AS for the astute Amer
pproximang her speech
onr lIondon Sketch
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

1t was in Germany that the freless
cook-stove was perfected, and now
comes news from a special consular
agent that the Germans are making a
fireles railroad locomotive, notes
Youths Companion. It is equipped
with boiler after the manner of 9TH
er locomotives, but the water In 1t is
heated to the necessary temperature
from stationary plant. Enough power
can be stored In it to operate 1t four
hours for switching purposes In a rail-
road yard, and 1t does not take more
than fifteen minutes to charge 1t.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
.>.>>--~--o~ The o~~~.
american Accent
Bv Ella Hepworth Dixon.

last our good friends have acknowledged tnat
is they and not ourselves the accent This Is
great step toward improving the American language of
I'D to now the New Yorker the Bosonan, and the San
were at assuring the travelling Islander
that his speech was spoiled by his English accent The
islander was bred rule to betray any emotion
or establishment this accusation but he thought iot
his thought certain pundts
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

When somebody raised the question
whether Americans are competent to
teach English in Germany, Prof. Alois
Brandt. who lectures on English lang
uage and literature at the University
Of Berlin, came to the defense of Am
ericans, chronicles the Youths Com
panion. He has expressed the opinion
that English is as well spoken gener-
ally in this country as in England
Prof w. W. Skeat, photographer, ety.
mologist and professor Of Anglo-Saxon
at Cambridge University, agrees with
the German savant, and further de-
clares that in America more zeal is
shown in the study OF English than In
England. One reason for the import
ance of the study of English in Ameri-
ca is that the language is that great
fluid in which we dissolve the foreign
elements.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
eSJ1~1. ~c u
HON. the Sun Has Puzzled
Astronomers
By LUaiden,ar KaempTert.

HE great Of fire which call the sun is not ey w
- NJ ora hos ever seen the SUM- series of concen-
trc shells envelop nucleus of which we know aosoue
lv nothing except must be almost nnnltey noe
than the ferces furnace and that 1t must amount 10
than ninetenths of solar That nucleus Is Tue
real sun forever hidden from The outermost oi '
enveloping shells is about five Thousand niies 4.d
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

The pathos of speculation lies in this
direction, writes Charles F. Dole, in the
Atlantic. 1t is not wrong that the vii.
lage schoolmaster, or the country min
lister, Or the dressmaker with her scan.
ty earnings. wishes to have a share in
the fabulous wealth which modern So
ciety Is accumulating. They rightly
think ''it would be fine" IL their bit OF
investment In the wonderful mine de-
scribed in their denominational jour-
nal turned out as successfully as they
hope. What they do not see is that
they have no business to hope for this
success; they do not know enough. No
one has taught them that every useful
or promising kind of speculation de-
pends upon effort, skill, experience,
the play of intelligence upon the con-
ditions Of each new problem. Honor
able speculation is form Of science
1t is never mere cheap guess-work. But
these innocent people-a great host Of
them-are daily matching their ignor-
ance against the loaded dice OF those
whom their credulity tempts to make
a business of floating all kinds OF
plausible and worthless enterprises.
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12
By G. K Chesterton.

., small things 20 down the depths just tiny sets
NAV be the peaks mountains under the 1t
10 small thing take off ones hat in the drawingroom;
an even smaller thing But these things
or tragic according they stand for certain strong
strons desires aud women. Wear your hat before
lady and you said that she is not lady, you have
the whole OF civilization which she
stnds Tell q that he must not vote and he will
lvon tf he does not want you telling him that
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

net man him out of the club the and
f hrase you are him out Of the public house That very rightly
ent and consideration And no one VIII ever begin
this That
q
The sea coast echo., 1908-09-12

Some curious statistics are given by
our Consul General at Frankfort as to
the number and sorts of animals killed
for food In Germany. OF bovine AMI
mails the total is, in round numbers,
5000, 900, Of hogs 1t is 10000. 900. OF
sheep and goats about 2.500. 900, of
horses and "other solipeds" 1856. .239.
and-this is the most singular Of the
items-of dogs 6472. Considering the
difference in weight, 1t Is a fair infer.
ence, thinks the New York Times,
that the Germans eat about as much Of
beef, with small proportion OF veal.
as they do of pork. while the percent
age OF mutton must seem extremely
small to those who remember the role
1t plays in the ordinary bill Of fare.
The amount OF horse flesh consumed Is
not impressive. But It would be inter-
esting to know what Glasses eat the
flesh OF dogs. We do not know that 1t
is in any way inedihle, unnourishina
or unwholesome. But 1t ID the only
flesh Of carnivorom animal mention
ed, and 1t is usually associated with
desperate sieges and other ocoasioAs Of
approaching starvation. A the shove
figures are those ef the of1oiaI insnec-
tors Of meats. thSrs can b no Doubt
= to the factG.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18

H-I ! y 4. D. = ~ " 4 = F..
the natural result of long years of
steady, concentrated effort, and mn
earnest endeavor 10 create anil devel-
op higher standing OF business eth
les. The aim of the. Institution is not
only to fit its pupils for The duties OF
clerks: book.keererss or stenognlphers.
but rather to give them a thorough
knowledge of the practical affairs of
lie. The interest and progress of ev.
cry student is looked after carefully,
and as n result OF his conscientious
devotion to duty the students are
thoroughly and rapidly fitted for the
activity and cares Of business life. 1.
l.. C. MINOR, #
Mgr. MADISON Academy and Union
Business College.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18
In Honor of Miss stone.

I. Mrs. T. Morton CaihriEht AMI Mrs
Edgar Waldell gave n reception OH
Friday afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
Gathr!Ght. complimentary to their sis.
ter. Miss; Elizabeth Stone. of Fair.
mont Wv. who 10 their guest AMI
NESS Heath Gathrlcht, of Dabney,
w.. Who has snent the winter here.
The aids were MSs. albert Noel. Mrs.
Capt. Rhinehart, Mrs. Frank Rhine.
hart Mrs. VIII Luke. Mrs. Edward
H-rans. Mrs. A. c. .fnnes. Mrs. e. NJ.
Settletolt and Miss Bess Rhinchart.-
Co"ingto!; Sentinel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18

iLeap,ii Year. P Esl .,s,:s

81 Miss Blanche Grove, member 81
the Junior class OF the Normal school,
vas hostess on Saturday evening to
the members OF the class at a pro.
srsssive leap year proposal party.
Attractive cay corners were arranged
throughout the home and the young
men were stationed in the various
corners and were visited in turn by
each young lady who proposed to
each man. The prize for the most
successful w-ooer, "a Young Girls
Wooing,"" was won by Miss Perle
Ayers and the BOBBY prize. card of
Lachelcr's buttons. was awarded to
Brooks Morgan. he. having turned
down the greatest number OF pro.
posals. A delicious course of refresh.
ments was served during the even.
ing. Miss Groves guests were:
Misses Ella Cook. Pearl Davis. Lulu
Fetty, Bertha Clayton. Miss Rose.
Brooks Morgan, Alfred Gregory. Glenn
ToothTan. Harry Green, E. B. smith,
j. W. Lanham and o. J. Jones.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18
Reputation of Madison Academy and
&. Union Business College.

Since this school was established.
1t has been building reputation. Re.
suits achieved after much strenuous
and pafnstaking effort have made I'm.
Ion Business College what 1t Is-thc
strongest and best Commercial school
In athis sectinns Of the country. It's
standinsSis not the creation of day.
but has taken years 3ofssolid work to
create Ct Its standing IN this comnlun.
itF,21ad section Of the country IS not
m accident nor has 1t been obtained
BY eEtsnate bpsinss chances Sit rs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18
WINDOW SCREENS.

! of view by the. experts OF the world.
| These sessions will be attended by
official delegates and by private risl
tors. numbering probably from four
TO five thousand people.
| In 1905 the National Association ap.
pointed a Committee to take charge OF
this Congress with full power to act
4 This Committee raised fund mainly
In five thousand and one thousand dol.
lar subscriptions and opened En- Office
In Washington to organize the Con.
lgress. Much has been accomplished.
In fact justsrow the outlook Of success
is so good that we are mich concerned.
about finding place big enough in
Washington to. house the Congress.
i've have been unable to, finhs n build.
it1E large encng outside of those own
ell by the. United States Government
and We have appealed to the United
States Congress to give us the use of
the Capitol and the new Congressional
Office building. one or the other or
both. The matter Is now under con-
sideration anil we hope for favorable
action. In London the Congress was
housed In ST. James Hall and in
France In the Grand Palats. If the
United States Congress comes to our
aid we will house the Congress as
credltnblr as any country in the world
SO far. The United States Government
has already manifested it's deep In
terest in the Congress by an appro-
pr!ation of twenty-five thousand dol
lars for participation of its various
departments in the exhibit.
sly object in writing you this long
letter is to acHuaint you with what is
going ON In this matter in order that
YOU nlnF bring your own state into
line In this great work. making sure
of hearty cooperation. not only by the
officials of state government. but BY
your representatives in Congress- as
well. Never In the history Of our
country have We Ind so great an op.
portunity to do good for ourselves and
for others as We have on this occasion.
We have invited the world to join us
and help us. In warfare against n
common enemy which costs lis nearly
two hundred thousand lives year.
We have brought to our door the best
knowledge and most approved methods |
which the world can give and We
should strive TO give our people the
full benefit or 1t.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-18
PARLIAMENT 70 CONVENE.

PARIS, May 1s.-French senator's
end deputies are hurting beck to
Paris today after an Easter vacation
which they unanimously voted to
themselves OH April II. Parliament
will be formerly reconyenel tomorrow.
when several important measures will
he brought to the attention of both
houses. -as<s