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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
THE COURSE OF STUDY.

well planned
holding all
be pupils
well planned and well executed that at the Educational Exhibit
Worlds Fair the Columbia
the Medal all competitors
ing The President Of Randolph Macon writes:
RANDoLPH-MACoN WoMANs COLLEGE,
College Park Lynchbure, May
Rev. w. B. Capers, Columbia Institute Columbia,
Dear sir-This is make the standing Miss
- upon recommendation of the Columbia Institute
September. good grades We
pleased with her work, shall
upon your certificate Very truly yours
WILLIAM W. SMITH.
Specialists experience, bringing
authorities Expression
The Institutes Department have
Kiln addition their the students
burn their china.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
We believe that is essential to happiness and wolesomeness
that sound mind should thefre
special physical development 4irs
addition the well gymnasium the special instructor
the director this this given period
will be the drill physical
THEN DAUGHTER FROM Why,
this additional UNNECESSARY EXPENSE?
thoroughly investigate the merits
Columbia Institute?
neighbors daughters the
they they pleased progress
they your patronze
Home School let have girl the time the
Of a
you personal knowledge.
A AMONG MANY SIMILAR LETTERS
COMMENTATOR FROM FRIENDS AND PATRONS:
| beg to patron o Columbia
that highly pleased with the school
school has location splendid buildings ideal
faculty pncpaship B capers
to
respectfully,
j. F. BROWNLOW,
Cashier Farmers Merchants Bank
Columbia Tenn, 1908.
Columbia, Tenn, 17th
3. Columbia, Tenn.
S-As another of the Institute nearing,
this opportunity well pleased with the school, and
and her has gratifying Whgng
and he remain, Sincerely
H ATKERsoN.
Columbia, Tenny July 18th, 1908.
Rev. W. c. Capers, Columbia
Dear sr:Aow thank and through the teachers
kindness shown daughter Elma, while
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24

The Columbia Mauy school girls
young located what John TrOtWood Moore
POLITICALLY middle basin Of the
beginning the 18th Of this
coming September year therefore
than THREE GEN
ERAToNs from the
representative families Of
careful the health OF the
girls
ing premises every
precautions having
epidemic in the school
HEAT, LIGHT, WATER.
plant thousand five Of adia
building
dormltortes, halls class
he building lighted with electricity
plant
Realizing pure water drinking
modern weather additional
precauion Is taken by boiling the altering.
Columbia the a country
fertility of its soil the abundance therefore the
products country
with which to supply its table
THE
The sunny a freshly
newly furnished
THE FACULTY
pupil
individual attention personal impossible in
very
experienced christian character
the Institute.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24

MISS D4ISCOLL
Trained Nurse
Mrs. ALICE hUGnES SmlI1i
Preparatory Department
MRS. MARY BARNETT HINE
kindergarten
MRS. LOUISE CLARK
Domestic Department
MISS JOHN HAMIL
NeedIeWork
MISS CHARLOTTE e. HENDERSON
Travelling Representative
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-07-24
FACULTY

REV. WALTER BRANHAM CAPERs
Eva. T. 81
Rector
MRS. WALTER FRA,tFAM CAPERS
Assoc ats Principal
MISS MARY DECKER
English, Literature, Psychology, Ethics
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
SURVIVAL OF THE FiTTEsT.
Importance Of Making Careful Selec.
tions from the Years Hatch.

Every fall at or before the time for
the young stock to go into winter
quarters, comes the culIing time. We
want only strong, vigorous, healthy
birds for future breeders or layers.
ANY birds other than these. not only
will not make the best and most pro-
life layers, but are unfit for parent
stock. know a man who is noted the
world over for the excellence Of his
stock, writes correspondent Of Gar
dening. He keeps but one breed. He
is fancier, pure and simple, but his
stock is strong and vigorous, and its
excellence from the fanciers' stand
point is borne out by his practically
sweeping the boards on prizes
wherever he exhibits. He has raised
this breed for many years, and is at
the top in IL. OF course, he knows how
to mate. and how to handle the birds
in every detail, but l believe one i'm
portant point in his success is the fact
that he will not tolerate chick on
the place that Is not strong and Wig
orous When first Matched, every
weakly one has its neck pinched. and
any that develop serious weakness are
at once put out of the way. On Gull
ing closely, we find many, at the open
ing of winter, that are not up to the
mark, and go into the fattening pen
for a time. where few weeks stuffing
makes them into excellent foundation
stock for chicken pie. This same fate
should be melted out to the surplus
growers. Half the farmers keep too
many males. Not only arc they null
sance. but in such numbers as / have
seen them on many farms are posi-
tive detriment to the layers. Can you
afford the loss?
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
THE FERTILITY OF EGGS.
Conditions Which Go to Affect the
Vitality.

officials of the department of ag-
riculture have been collecting data re.
garding the factors which affect the
fertility of eggs, the question having
been carefully studied at number
OF experiment stations In the United
States and elsewhere.
Too warm quarters for laying stocks
and overlooking are commonly be-
lieved to exercise an unfavorable in
huence on egg fertility as well as
does a cold season. The way eggs
are handled or stored is also believed
to affect the proportion which will
hatch, as will also the conditions un.
der which incubation occurs.
The vigor and character of the par
ent stock and the length of time the
male bird has been with the flock are
also important questions with respect
to egg fertility. At the outset 1t
should be pointed out that fertility
and 'hatchability" are not necessarily
Identical
An eggs may be fertile and still the
germ does not have sufficient vitality
to produce healthy chick under the
ordinary conditions of incubation. 1t
series Of incubator experiments at
the Rhode Island station, of 8,677 eggs
tested, SO per cent. were found to be
fertile, while only as per cent. OF the
fertile eggs, or 1876 per cent. of the
total number OF eggs, Matched under
the conditions of the tests.
The various observations made,
while not entirely conclusive, indicate
that in order to secure fertile eggs,
wNch will hatch, the laying stock
must not be kept in very warm quar-
tiers or overfed; the males must be
kept with the hens continuously and
that only eggs should be used which
are produced after the male has been
with the hens several days.
Only the fowls from very vigorous
parent stock and those known to pro-
duce high percentage of fertile eggs
(hens vary widely In this respect)
should be used; the hens should be al
lowed rest after each laying period.
while the eggs should be handled care
fully, not subjected to extremes Of
temperature In storage and used only
when comparatively fresh.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
Glazsd currant Buns.

Soften cake of compressed yeast
in half cup OF scalded and cooled
milk, add to pint of the same; stir
in three cups Of -four. beat till smooth,
cover and set to rise; when light, add
half cup OF sugar. half cup of soft
ened butter, teaspoonful Of salt,
three eggs, cup OF cleaned currants
and three cups of -four; knead until
elastic and set to rise; when doubled
in bulk, roll into a sheet and cut into
rounds; let them stand little dis
lance apart on baking sheet, and
when doubled in bulk bake % min
utes; brush over with thin starch Ga
teaspoonful of cornstarch to cup of
boiling water), sprinkle thickly with
granulated sugar and return to the
oven to glaze.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21

method far more rapid than any that
has been used in the past, and it re-
suits in separators just as good as new,
If you wish them so. One hand is
not almost worn out from holding
knife, as In the old plan.
The drawing shows the plan fully.
Just 1SA inches apart we nail on it,
at the ends, pieces of section stuff
Bx1asx5 inches. On these, and pro-
jecting " inch inward, nail cleats
Ax1%x5 inches. This gives the cleated
board complete, as at A. The cleats
provide recesses at ID d to engage the
ends of the separators.
This cleated board is mounted as
at c, with one end last to a joist, the
other supported by diagonal brace.
shows how the separator Is to be
put in place by springing it so the
ends just go under the recesses at
ID d. 1t then lies fiat, as shown in c..
Now stand at M and take the drawing;
knife by the handles. Keep the blade
nearly at right angle to the '5eparatF.
" v,,, ncl livery thin separators youl WI I'd y
it necessary to dE22. most st.. of theccie Cleaning
from the middle toward ytha' and from
the middle away from you. or the sep
arator may spring out of place.
With thicker separators you may
go at them rough-shod. When one
side is clean, turn the separator over
and repeat the process. Keep the re-
cesses clean, and brush the loose pro-
polls off the board occasionally.
After little you will acquire the
knack. and you will find this the cas-
lest and most rapid method Of clean
ing separators-a method that any
hired help can easily MASTERPIECE Gull
ture.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
CORN FOR PIGS ON PASTURE.
Keep the Animals Fed Up, II You
Would Realize Profit.

With the high price of corn a great
many farmers will be tempted to run
their pigs through on clover pastures,
or on rape or other artificial pasture,
and finish them off after the new corn
is ready, says Wallace's Farmer We
do not say that this is not wise plan
under many conditions. 1t must be
borne in mind. however, that If farm
ers generally in the corn belt adopt
& d Al Hrl---v,rr,- 49, 4 q
this method this year there will be RI
great scarcity of hogs in the early PAL
of the season, and glut when the
hogs come In that have been fattened
solely on new corn. 1t is quite pos
sible to carry pigs through in this way
at the minimum Of expense.
Where farmers have alfalfa or good
clover they can make fair growth
on pigs without any grain, but they
cannot make rapid growth, nor,
indeed, as rapid as desirable, for the
reason that the feed is so bulky and
so watery that the pig cannot possibly
hold enough to make the food of in
crease in addition to the food OF sup
port. In short. it takes nearly all that
1t can eat of this kind Of feed simply
TO run the machine. Hence farmers
who have plenty of alfalfa pastures
find II profitable to feed their pigs a
half ration Of corn.
The same is true of clover pastures,
making the food Of support from the
cheap grass and adding enough grain
to make rapid increase. Good clover
and corn are in themselves a fairly
well balanced ration; but its value
can be increased by adding about a
pound of oil meal to every five or six
pounds of corn This will bring hogs
UP TO marketable size a good while
before those that are stocked through
can be put in condition for market.
On large farms where much steer
feeding Is done this stocking through
of r liz on grass Is favorite method
and profitable one, because in this
way they grow frames large enough
TO carry 800 to $50 pounds and put
them on the market as heavy packing
or fat backs. The farmer who grows
pigs to market his corn, and who
feeds largely on corn, cannot afford
TO make these weights. He finds 1t
more profitable TO turn them on the
market at from 175 to 200 pounds. at
which weight, IL they have been fed
corr, they will be in fine condition for
the market, many of them making
prime bacon, fc- which the packer can
afford to pay lore, whether he does
1t or not, tha for ordinary packing
grades of hea y weights.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
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SCALY LEGS IN FOWLS.
Treatment Which Should BE Given the
Afflicted Hens.

A remedy for scaly legs in fowls is
recommended by Farmers Voice.
This is caused by parasite not un-
like that of mango of the cat and dog.
1t is rather contagious, but does not
spread rapidly. 1t Is most frequent
in old fowls and more conspicuous in
the heavy breeds, as the Asiatics.
These scales. IL allowed to con.
tinue Unchecked, will grow to be
large. qnsightly knots. and event
ually MY caNse the fowls, to go lame.
We Ire not tf5Gubled with this nsi;;
ady, tut we once brought SOME ne
birds TO the farm that had slight an
tack, and perfect cure was effected
by using this treatment: Coal oil, one
part to four parts lard. Apply once
daily with small cloth for week.
Kerosene alone is applied with good
results. but this is more harsh than
is necessary. A stock solution of kero-
sene emulsion, il at hand, gives most
excellent results IL thoroughly ap-
piled, and few applications usually
effect cure.
For thorough work, the poultry
houses should be perfectly cleaned
and disinfected. 1t Is also an excellent
idea to apply coal oil literally to the
roost perches.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-Opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cuticura.
re a victim OF

II had eczema for over two years.
had two physicians. but they only
gave me relief for short time and i
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions used to no purpose. My ank-
les were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so intense that
could not sleep. could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times l had the best nights rest in
months unless l took an opiate. I
used one set Of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment. and Pills. and my ankles healed
in short time. 1t Is now year since
used Cuticura, and there has been no
return of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown. Locke. Ark, May IS and July
IL 1907"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Don't forget to sponge the horse un.
der his tail. 1t helps to cool and rest
him.
Shake the bedding, either straw or
shavings, every morning. and remove
the litter. NJ tl
Take the chill of the water before
letting your horse drink 1t after long
firing drive.
Curry lightly over the ribs and belly
Of horse. for they are tender and
tickllsh places. tn. ss-
Don't give a. warm horse more than
two or three swallows OF water until
he has cooled of.
Begin now to look out for fall feed
ers. Cattle feeding is likely to prove
profitable business next gear forfthe
mar Of foresight
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
ALMOST A SHADOW.
Gained 20 lbs. on Grapc-Nuts.

There's a wonderful difference be-
tween food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength and
good healthy flesh. ~
1t makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest 1T. It is
not really food to the system until
1t is absorbed A Yorkstate woman
says:
II had been sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble. and
had got so bad that the least bit OF
food such as | then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
Il lost flesh until was almost a
shadow of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
First I dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began TO use Grape-Nuts
although had little faith 1t would do
me any good.
But continued to use the food and
have gained twenty pounds in weight
and feel like another person In every
way. feel as II life had truly begun
anew for me.
Il can eat anything like now In
moderation, suffer no i'll effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me. this
spring have been able to do 1t myself
all alone.
'My breakfast IL simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and a cup OF Postum, with
sometimes an egg and piece of toast.
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And / can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hours
work would have made me year ago"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, The Road TO Well
ville,- In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
Maine Rlueberrx Cake.

Sift three cupfuls -four and one-third
cup sugar with rounded teaspoonful
cream Of tartar and the same amount
of soda. The extra amount of soda
is to counterfeit the acidity of the ber
ries. Put in two heaping tablespoon
fuls butter, one beaten egg. a cup and
third of sweet milk and two cups
blueberries dredged with -four. Bake
in shallow cake pan in a hot oven
and serve hot for breakfast or sup
per with butter. The bread should
be broken, not cut.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21

handling the animals after killing.
rugged up simple arrangement so
that ] am able to handle heavy hogs
without assistance. l built a fire
box with fiue, b, of three joints of
old stove pipe. The vat was made
of heavy galvanized iron four feet long
by two feet wide and Is inches deep.
Over this / erected frame of two
by-four-inch strips, upon which l placed
an old traveller from heavy hay car
rier. With the windlass arrangement,
a, and the tackle, e, to which were at
tached the four feet of the hog, can
convey it from the vat to the bench.
A rope, c, passing over the pulley at
&, serves to pull the carrier, d. over
the bench from the vat. have seen
arrangements that were more simple
than this. but never used one that was
easier 10 work.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
MAKING ICE CREAM
PROCESS NOT DIFFICULT WITH
PROPER CARE.
Having Correct Proportions Of Ice and
Salt Is a notwithstanding
Pot and Dasher Must Be
Kept Clean.

The Housekeeper repeats good ad-
vice In regard to making ice cream. 1t
is not at all difficult to make good ice
cream IL one Is just little careful to
have the ice and salt in correct pro-
portions and properly pounded. Time
Is not saved by using the ice in too
large pieces, as when 1t is coarsely
crushed 1t takes the cream much
longer to freeze. Both the fee and
salt should be finely crushed and each
layer packed down very firmly. One
part Of Ice to three of salt is the usual
allowance, and it is better to measure
both to insure proper proportions.
Rock salt is the best, although or
binary barrel salt does very well and
is more easily obtained in small places.
The freezing pot and dasher should
be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized
each time after II has been used, and
again sterilized just before It Is to be
used again unless there has been a
very short interval between. Put the
freezer in position and place three
inch layer of finely crushed ice in the
tub. cover with one of salt, and al
ternate these layers. packing each
down hard until the freezing mixture
is few inches above the cream in the
can.
At first the crank should be turned
slowly, then, as the cream hardens,
more rapidly. When 1t becomes diff
ficult to turn remove the beaten, and
stir the cream thoroughly with a
strong porcelain or granite spoon.
Press it smoothly down, cover, put a
cork in the hole where the beaten be-
longs. remove the lower plug and draw
of the water. Pack as before with
fresh ice and salt, cover with a piece
of blanket or carpet, and set aside for
an hour or longer to ripen. Three or
four hours will not be too long.
The easiest way to break the ice Is
to put it in a strong bag and pound 1t
vigorously with strong hammer or
mallet. Ice cream may be made from
either a cooked or uncooked mixture.
For delicious uncooked ice cream
scald a quart of thin sweet cream and
dissolve in it 11a cupfuls of sugar, add
a quart of cold cream. two eggs well
beaten and two tablespoonfuls of
vanilla. Freeze and pack as directed
This is called Philadelphia ice cream,
and is often made without eggs.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
Plenty Of Towels.

Have plenty of dish towels and
line or two on which to dry their
Have several sets of these cloths, two
for china. two for glassware and
three for the tin and crockeryware.
Allow them to be used only for their
legitimate branch of the dish washing
and change once a week for clean
ones all round The dishes will look
nicer and the towels will be more
easily kept clean than IL you go about
1t the usual way and wipe everything
on the same cloth
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
CLEANING sEPARAToRs.
E. r. Atwater Tells Of His Quick
Method of Doing Work.

One OF the most monotonous, tire
some and unpleasant jobs connected
with large-scale comb-honey produc-
ton is the annual cleaning of vast
number Of bee-gummed separators. In
many localities the separator must be
thoroughly cleaned every year or else
the necessary fixtures cannot be crowd
ed into super. Another result, but
not at all a bad one, Is that the Sec
tons will hold more honey, as the
propolis acts much like cleats on the
separator For this reason some bee
keepers seldom clean their separators;
but when they do. then they have a
job of no small proportions. AS no
rapid and satisfactory method of clean
ing separators has ever been given to
the Bookkeeping public, l will describe
a method of my own invention-a
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
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Feeding Pen for Chickens.

getting the bulk of the feed. The cor
respondent of Prairie Farmer says that
ne selected convenient place near a
picket fence and inclosed an area
about four feet square by driving
pickets into the ground for "a few
inches. Around the top of the stakes
he wove light wire. as shown in the
illustration. He removed one picket
before taking the picture, so as to
show how the wire was interviewer,
and how easily one picket may be re.
moved IL desired. r
This sort OF pen is also used to
hold the turkey hen with poults pro-
viding 1t is not desirable to give her lib
erty. which is often the case during
the early part of the season.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
Dreamed cucumbsrs.

Peel two or three large cucumbers
and cut very fine with sharp knife
or run through the coarsest knives of
the meat chopper. Drain off the liquid,
but-do not press.
bowl saIoye otS-Sc'
SON With cayenne pepper. black pep
per. salt, teaspoonful of onion juice
and the strained juice of half small
lemon.
Chill all the ingredients thoroughly
and just before serving stir in half
cupful of thickly whipped cream.
This makes a nice sauce for serving
with fish or is equally good put on the
half shells. Serve one to each person
and pass with soft shell crabs or
broiled lobster at luncheon.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21

Put the fish in deep pan and fill
1t with water. Then when you are
ready to scale the fish hold the fish
under water during the process and
he scales will not fly in the face and
III over the kitchen as they will when
he fish is cleaned In the usual way.
When the task is flushed the scales.
which will all have fallen to the bot
ON of the pan. can be easily turned
rut into the garbage after the water
IS beer poured on them.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
A,tonIshed Great Pianist.

A collection Of anecdotes Of musical
celebrities just published at Leipsic
contains this one under the head of
Anton Rubinstein. When the great
pianist was making his tour of the
United States he sat one day In
railroad train looking out upon the
scenery. Suddenly a man sitting
across the aisle spat over Rubinstein's
head out of the open window. The
master drew back and gazed in aston
ishment and anger at the vulgar Amer
lean, who smiled and said, soothingly:
Don't worry; l know my distance"