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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

- HE difficulty In obtaining salts
TIA factory farm hands. together
with the greatly improved quail
- ity Of illumination and conven-
ISIST1Wa fence which electricity gives.
- is causing a growing demand
for a reliable and reasonably economical
source of electric energy with which TO
supply both light and power on the larger
and more prosperous farms OF the coun-
try. says Popular Mechanics in an illus
trated article in the December number.
Within the last few years the small in
ternal combustion engine and the electric
storage battery for stationary service have
been 50 much improved ard slmpllfied as
TO cause them to compare favorably with
the better known types OF power producing
apparatus I'm reliability OF operation and
In first cost. The extreme simp' city OF
both this type OF engine and the storage
battery, together with the very great econ
omy In fuel consumption, the low price
OF fuel. and the efficiency Of the battery
as a device for storing the energy and
delivering II in the form of electric current
when needed and In the quantity required.
results in a very low operating cost.
A farm Of 800 acres on Ions Island. re-
NtlLg CQllplt1 Win NlttNiltllgr VIII give
some idea OF cost OF installation and oper-
alton as compared to the cost Of power
derived from the circuit Of a nearby power
company. A study Of the lighting install
latinon planned for this particular resi-
dence. with It's stable and farm buildings,
indicated a probable average lamp load on
ordinary evenings Of sixty-four lamps in
use four hours. To supply the necessary
electric current for this lighting load, to-
gether with hat for the three or four
power motors, which the owner had
planned for, would have involved a yearly
cost for current alone. II taken from a
lighting company, Of between 1850 and
SllOo, and besides this. the interest on the
cost OF installing the private feeders. By
installing a private plant. the cost of which
in this case amounted 10 about $500. the
yearly cost Of operation figured out APP
proximately $3.50, being made up OF cost
OF fuel. ubrioating oil. waste and minor
repairs amounting to SS0 and interest and
depreciation az Il per cent. amounting to
tl0 As the plant was so Installed that its
operation should be practically
no charge is included for attendance. The
person looking after the plant need NOT
necessarily be a skillful mechanic. and his
duties would not be much more than &c
each day start up the engine and generator
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
Cooking by ELECTRICITY.

Ont OF the first automatically recorded
and Officially supervised tests Of the practi-
cability and the economy OF electric cooking
is to be begun by W. c. Maddox. a research
fellow in the engineering experiment station
IN the university OF Illinois. Two different
tests are to be made. the one to demon
strate the feasibility OF preparing food for
a club Of twenty students n the other
to show that electricity Is preferable to
other fuels 10 cooking for an average fam
lily or six persons. Electric ovens. broners,
eotiee pots and even electric flat irons are
now being Installed in the houses where
the experiments are to be made. The tests
are to begin November Is and will continue
for a period Of two or three months.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

padded boxes and are kent IN a room
where the temperature is just about 100
degrees Fahrenheit. AS the time for
Matching approaches they are tested day
after day by placing them in a hole in
the wall of a dark room. This hole just
fits the egg, so that the light shines
through and shows its condition. II the
egg is not fortified the light comes
through the shell. II 1t is there will be
only light at the larger end. where the
air chamber is.
The eggs are turned every day, and
when the chicks are just about ready
to hatch, the shells are broken with a
tack hammer. The baby ostriches are
then taken out and laid away for TWEEN
ty-four hours in boxes of warm cotton.
Before going further they have their
eyes tested, and if they are lightish in
color they are killed, for the light-eyed
ones are albinos and are of no good for
laying.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

An editorial writer in Telephony says that
the telephone is supplanting the telegraph
In the operation OF railroad trains. Mod
ern railroads could not be run without
electrical means Of communication. About
the time that American railroads began
their development the telegraph was the
only electrical means OF communication
adaptable TO the dispatching OF trains. It
was adopted, and for many years IL has
served its purpose faithfully. Business has
a way OF developing IN accordance with
the means at hand for doing It. While
this often directs affairs along narrow
lines, the limitations OF the means are in
many cases not felt. So the railroad bust
ness has developed around the telegraph
But the day OF that instrument Is passing.
Many times in recent years the
telephone has been seriously and urgently
proposed to displaee the telegraph for dis
patching trains. Among the obstacles
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
RIindfoIded Ostriches.

Plucking an ostrich is no easy matter.
I would rather tackle a mad bull than one
Of these great birds. II 1 had no means Of
defense. The only thing the cock is afraid
of is a thorn bush. and this only because
he fears it may put out his eyes. With
out that he might run at you and kick
you to death. The ostrich kicks high, and
the best remedy in such cases is TO throw
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
PIuckinE the Feathers.

Harvesting the ostrich feathers goes by
the general name Of plucking. This gives
one the idea that the plumes are pulled
out. This is not so. Such treatment would
cause great pain and injure the birds.
The process should be called clipping or
cutting. for the quilts are shipped off with
shears: and this causes the ostriches just
about as much pain as shearing does sheep.
The first feathers of a chick bring but
little more than 50; but after that the
plumes improve right along. and II is not
for a grown bird to yield over
500 worth in one year.
The cutting OF the Gathers is donesevery
eight or nine months. The plumes from
the wings and the tails of the full-grown
male birds are the most valuable, and IL
makes a great difference in their value
az TO how the feathers are cut. There are
twenty-five long white plumes on each
wing of a cock. The rest of the feathers
are black on the male and drab or grayish
on the femPle. In addition there are
smaller feathers known as the ostrich tips
and others, so that one bird will yield
about 300 at a plucklng. After the feathers
are taken off they are carried indoors and
sorted into about twenty different lengths
and colors. They are then tied up in bum
dies. weighed Nnd packed up for the
market. The cheap tips bring something
like IS a pound, while the plumes from the
wings and tails are worth 500 per pound
and upward.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

yourself flat on the ground. Then an old
cock may kneel on you and squeeze YOU
but he cannot kick so as to burt.
At the time for plucking the ostriches
are driven by the farmers or the native
into plucking boxes. These are
little pens made for the purpose. They
are just about large enough for one os-
trich to stand in without moving around.
After the door is shut the bird can do
nothing, and he cannot kick, as the sides
are too high. He is kept quiet by means
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
Prattle of the Youngsters

with a large umbrella one rainy day. came
to her mother and said:
Mamma. you'll have to take me down
town and have me measured for a new
umbrella. This one is entirely too big
for me-"
Teacher-What letter is shaped on the
top live a V and at the bottom like an 1?
Johnnie-A hod.
The man who is looking for trouble al
ways finds it-snd then some.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
villa Ostriches.

During my stay In Africa I have seen
many Wild ostriches. There are some in the
Sahara They live along the borders Of
the desert, and one sometimes sees the os-
triches with wings outstretched, swimming
through the air, over the sand. I saw a few
In the Sudan, and In Omdurman was able
to buy the choicest OF white plumes from
the wild bids at about 81 apiece. There
are many ostriches in British East Africa,
and somaliland. All along the Uganda rail-
road, from the Indian ocean to LAX Vic
toria, they may be seen feeding upon the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

KITTY" said her mother, rebuKingly.
you must sit still when you are at the
table"
"T can't mamma" protested the little
girl, "I'm a fidgetarian."
Bessie (aged 6)-I wonder why minis
tiers are called doctors?
Bobby Ga boy OF philosophical ideas)-
/ guess it's because they try to make
people better.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
Fed on Alfalfa.

II has been recently found that a great
deal Of money can be made by raising os-
triches on alfalfa or lucerne, and especially
so where that crop can be raised on irri-
gated lands. 1 have estimates showing that
five ostriches have been kept in this way
on one acre, and that they have yielded
feathers to the amount of s8 to s5 per
ostrich per year. This means that one acre
OF land brings in something like $50 or
more per annum, and that from fifty acres
a man can make from 5000 to 5000 per
year.
Oneall such farms the ostriches are kept
In small fields. The usual paddock is an
acre with a wire fence around il, add the
fields are separated by paths three feet
or more wide to prevent the birds fighting
and kicking one another. Two birds, a cock
and a hen are kept in each paddock and
one acre Of alfalfa amply %suffices for their
grazing. Some of the farmers cut and stack
the crop and then feed II to the ostriches
when other food Is short, and som let
the birds Craze. Alfalfa-fed birds have CLOS
sier feathers than those fed upon wild grass
and bristles. Their quilts are heavier and
weigh more. They also break easily and
for this reason are not so much liked by the
dealers. as the plumes of the birds from
the veldt. Irrigated land suitable for os-
triches is fast increasing in value; I am
told that the best now being 5000 per acre.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

rap or crack the shells. hat the chicks
may break them apart.
The chicks, when first born, are dear
little things with feathers OF the downy
nature OF a chicken just Matched. They
are as big as a full grown hen and seem
to be all eyes and neck. They waddle
about like duckllngs and are very delicate.
Here in South Africa they are often kept
away from their parents at night, being
placed in packing cases which are floored
with dry sand and covered with bagging.
After they are two or three months old
they are allowed to sleep together on the
floor Of a warm room and after six months
they can run about and will stand almost
as much cold as the old birds. They grow
fast. A t the age Of a month they are as
big as a turkey and at seven or nine
months their first picking begins.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

,RT EL1zABETH.-Cspeoiai Cor
respondence OF The Bee.6Thia
is the chief ostrich feather port
Of the world. The finest plumes
which decorate the hats Of our
American heautiaa ar raired Il
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

small Edna. who had been struggling
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
In the Field of Electricity

for either the direct service or for charg-
ing a storage battery with reserve energy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

high plains. I understand that there are
some in Abyssinia and many west of Rho
desia. in the Kalihari desert. Tho feathers
Of the wild birds are oily. and they have
long quilts. They are freer from bars and
other blemishes than are the plumes Of
the tame birds, and they bring a higher
price in the market Down here in South
Africa wild birds may not be caught,
hunted or shot. and the man who takes
Wild ostrich eggs from any OF the crown
lands without a license is subject to a fine
OF 500 The same penalty is attached to
hunting or wounding a wild bird upon pri-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

TO engage in the business of producing
them. At that time the average price of
a pair of birds was 1876, and some sold
for $4,000 and more. Only about half as
many ostrich feathers were then ex-
ported as now and they sold for more
than So, 10000
As the business increased the farmers
learned how to raise ostriches on less
and less land. At the start the birds
were allowed to run in camps of from
1000 to 5000 acres and twenty acres was
allowed for each. This is still the case
on the great platesus. Known as the
Karoo, but there are now farms about
Oudtshoorn and elsewhere, where two
ostriches are kept on one acre and where
they are fed like fine stock. so much
grass and other food being allowed to
each per day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

Cape Colony. and more than $4,000 worth
OF them were sent from Port Elizabeth
TO the United States last year. The most Of
the ostrich feathers used by man are now
raised on the farms Of Cape Colony. There
is something like 10000 birds engaged IN
the business and they produced more than
100000 pounds Of feathers last year. Thoes
feathers sold for more than 100000, bring
ing from SO to $50 per pound
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
Electricity on the Farm.

HE difficulty in obtaining salts
factory farm hands. together
with the greatly improved quail
ity Of illumination and conven-
fence which electricity gives,
Is causing a growing demand
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
GRAND ARMY REUNION IS
ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS

week will take part in the forty-sec-
ond national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Toledo is
superbly conscious of the honor ac-
corded the city by the gathering of
the remnants of the vanishing hosts,
and every possible preparation has
been made to render the encamp-
ment one to be remembered and
treasured by the visitors as long as
life lasts. The Stars and Stripes are
floating from many hundreds of
buildings and the principal thorough
fares are decorated as seldom before
All the hotels have made arrange
ments to give the veterans the best
possible care at the lowest cost and
many private houses have been
thrown open to the entertainment of
the aged men and their white-haired
wives.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
? A MUSE M ENT

New Gem-Moving pictures: "a
Bothersome Husband" spirited and
side splitting comic, and "The Story
Of Poor .Officer," human interest
picture with strong dramatic points.
New songs and new music will add to
the attractiveness of the program.
New Empire-Moving pictures:
Blue Beard" a great spectacular pro-
duction, showing with elaborateness
the old-time fairy tale of Blue Beard
and his seven wives. The song for
tonight will be IF Should Love You"
Casino-Funny pictures, interesting
pictures and thrilling pictures tonight,
also new and pleasing illustrated song
by Miss Dumont. It's worth the walk
to the Casino
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31

STATISTICS
Foreigners Are Not Coming to the
United States in Great Num-
bers This Year.
Hearst News Service.

Washington, August 31.-There was
a drop of nearly so per cent. in the i'm
migration to this country during the
twelve months just ended, as COM
pared with the record breaking figures
for the preceding year. In the twelve
months ending with August 1 the
aliens entering the United States num-
bered 7S2,970. Last year the total
immigration was 1,2S5,34S, the great
est in the history of the country. In
1906 it was 100000 and in 1905 it was
1,026,499. The drop to less than $780,
900 for the past twelve months is sig
nificant and has caught the eye of
the authorities of this government and
of foreign governments as well.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31

The police court was a financial sue
cess this morning and while the fines
imposed were not excessive, yet the to-
tai made a neat sum-
Will Rayburn, negro was the first
to face the court and the charge
against him was unlawful retailing.
1t appeared that Will was one of
the accommodating" class of negroes.
who are willing to go and accommo-
date white men who ask them if they
know where little liquor could be
had. This question was asked Will
Saturday afternoon by two white men
and he replied that he knew where he
could get it and when the money was
handed him he went off and returned
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
NOTICE OF SALE.

We, K. and A. B. Lischkoff. grant
ors, by virtue of the authority con-
ferred upon us in deed of conveyance
and contract in writing made by and
between us and c. H. Woods, on the
10Th day of January, A. d. 1907, where
by we conveyed the land hereinafter
described to the said c. H. Woods, and
retained vendors lien to secure the
unpaid purchase price of said prop
erty, which said instrument of writ
ing and deed of conveyance is record
ed in Book AL, at pages 372 and 37S,
in the office of the Chancery Clark of
Forrest County formerly the Second
District of Perry County,, Mississippi,
will, on the 7th day of September, A. D.
1908, offer for sale, and will sell at
public auction for cash to the highest
and best bidder, at the front door of
the court house of said Forrest County.
situated in the city of Hattiesburg,
during legal hours, the following de-
scribed property conveyed by said
deed and written contract, said prop
erty being situated in said city Of
Hattiesburg, Forrest County, State of
Mississippi, to-wit
Lot No. 8 in block No. 8 of the
Lischkoff subdivision of a part of the
S. IL of the S. E. IA of section 80,
township 5, N. range 10 west, together
with the improvements thereon and
appurtenances thereto belonging.
Witness our signatures, this the 9Th
day of August, A. D. 1908.
X. LISCHKOFF,
A. B. LISCHKOFF.
II 2Wks nnnn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
GROCERY Store
CHANGES HANDS

Mr.. C. w. Dobbins has purchased the
stock of the Peoples Cash Grocery
Company, in the Stevens block, on
East Pine street, and will continue
the business. Mr. Dobbins is an expe-
rienced grocery man and has been
manager of the store he has just
bought for several months.
The change in owership is an
nounced in an ad in today's Daily
News and the buying public is in
formed that groceries will be sold
hereafter at closer figures than ever.
This, coupled with select stock of
goods, should make business brisk
with Mr.. Dobbins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
PETAL revival
TO Be Continued
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Petal, Miss, August Silt has been
decided to continue the revival meet
ing here another week. The tent has
been erected near the school building
and services are being. held each af-
ternoon and night. Large crowds were
in attendance yesterday and last night.
The preaching force has been augment
ed by the arrival of Rev. Mr.. Noble, of
Hintonville, and Rev. Arthur Phillips.
The singing led by Mr.. Felix Phillips,
is splendid.
Among the visitors that have at
tended the meeting are Rev. J. r.
Jones, of Hattiesburg, and Rev. J. w.
Campbell of Rolling Fork.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
DIXIE MARBLE WORKS0WNED
NOW BY M'GRATH 3 BURkEIT

The Dixie Marble Works, heretofore
owned exclusively by Mr.. M. J. Nc
Grath, is now owned jointly by the
latter and Mr.. R. E. Burkitt, who has
purchased an interest in the business
from Mr.. McGrath.
The Dixie Marble Works has long
been one of the solid business institu-
lions of the city and the business has
grown so rapidly that Mr.. McGrath,
who founded it, finds that there is
more than one man can do to look af-
ter the details, hence the sale of an
interest to Mr.. Burkitt.
Under the new arrangement the bus
mess of the concern will be rapidly
increased and especially attention will
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
D. H. ROBERTSON
BUYS INTEREST in
AUTO TRANSFER

Mrs. M. A. Graham has sold a half
interest in the auto transfer business
to Mr.. d. N. Robertson, and another
auto arrived today.
The line of autos operated in this
city seems to be doing fine business
and give slight Indication of the
large business that will be done by the
electric cars when they are installed.
There is not another city in the
state where person can ride home, or
come from hime to the business center
for the sum of 5 cents each way on a
fine automobile
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
BILE and costly object lesson.

able and costly object lesson.
with the torrential rainfall in the
Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain
region, coupled with the criminal de-
forestation of the mountain sides,
throughout this section, at the head
waters of our southern streams" said
an official of the National Forest AS
ISOLATION, mo other result than severe
floods can be expected, and this condi-
ton, as bad as it is, must steadily
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
FLOODS ARE DUE
TO CRIMINAL DEFORESTA77ON
SAYS GOVERNMENT EXPERTS

grow worse and increasingly more
damaging, until our people return to
sanity in their treatment of the for
ests. 1t proves as no other lesson can
the need of the forest covering and
bears eloquent testimony to what we
are preaching day in and day out, that
our forests are absolutely essential to
the nations life and must be pre-
served if these woeful conditions and
losses are to be prevented"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
H. B. SNYDER
ROBBED OF ABOUT
$3.50 in CASH

Mr.. H. B. Snyder, proprietor of the
Star Restaurant was robbed last night
of between 1926 and $3.50 in cash.
Mr.. Snyder has rooms over Her
mans store and last night he and a
boy who works with him in the rest
aurant retired shortly after IL o'clock,
occupying one of the front rooms up
stairs on the east side. In preparing
to go to bed, Mr.. Snyder threw his
trousers on trunk, first placing a
sack of silver dollars on the trunk.
The sack was such as are obtained
at the banks and contained $50 or 500
in silver. In the pockets of his trous-
ers was pocket-book containing $40
or $50 in bills. Mr.. Snyder and the
boy went to sleep and were not dis
turbed during the night, but when
Mr.. Snyder got up this morning he
found that the sack of silver and his
pocket book were both gone. Ha
found also that the corner of the wire
netting to his window had been torn.
Mr.. Snyder says that it was white
man who got the money. He is salts
fed of this, because he has seen a
suspicious looking white man hanging
around his premises for several days
He thinks that he would know the
man if he were to see him.
Mr.. Snyder states that he was rob.
bed about six weeks ago of $195 in
money, a $95 diamond and a note for
5000, none of which he has recovered.
At that time his wife was at home and
the thief entered after size had gone
down stairs. The two losses are heavy
on him. Mr.. Snyder states that he
owns hotel in Chicago and Mrs. Sny.
der is at present looking after their
business there.
1t is Mr.. Snyder's opinion that the
theft went in through the back fence,
climbed up on ladder to the roof
of his restaurant, and from there went
to his window and broke in.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31
MANY idle
in London.
Caring For the Unemployed is Be-
coming a Serious Problem in
Great Metropolis.
Hearst News Service.

London, August 31.-There is little
doubt that unemployment in London
will be even greater in the coming
months than it was last year. Gov
eminent investigator for the year
ended March 81, shows that industrial
depression had brought about in
creased distress not only in London
but throughout the country generally.
Prospects for the coming winter are
gloomy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-31

be paid to marble work. The Dixie
has all along been in the marble bust
ness, and has had the field practically
alone. All the other marble works
in the state have devoted their ener-
gies to the monument work and have
not attempted to supply material for
building and other purposes. While
still giving close attention to mon
umental work, the Dixie will now be
better able than ever to supply mar
BILE for all kinds of work.
Mr.. McGrath thoroughly understands
the business and with the splendid
assistance that Mr.. Burkitt will rem
der, the new concern will be the larg-
est marble works in Mississippi.