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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
killing Poultry.

The first essential is that the fowl
shall have absolutely no food for
thirty-six hours so that its crop. giz.
zard and intestines shall be empty.
First-class dressing demands that
the fowl be dry picked-not scalded.
This makes the French method OF
killing very essential. BY this meth
Cd the fowl is suspended by a loop
around its legs to hook on the wall.
With quick thrust through the
brain the operator kills the bird and
sewers the main arteries. At that in.
slant he begins plucking the feathers.
They pull easily then-a minute
later they come hard. but in that one
minute the worst OF his task is done.
The carcass is then cooled. formed
in the forming troughs, so as to pack
nicely and is then ready for shipment.
No incision is made in the skin of
the fowl None of the interior organs
were removed. The moment the in
terror OF a fowl is exposed to the air.
decomposition sets in. Packed or
handled as described the fowl will
keep perfectly for days, or if in cold
storage for weeks or months.
Cooks and some housekeepers OBJ
iect TO this method of dressing fowls:
but the more intelligent know that it
is the only safe and sanitary way of
doing the work
The English method differs only in
the killing. No knife is used, no
bleeding is done The vertebra next
to the skull is severed from the head
by strong quick jerk CT the opera
tor; this causes instant death and a
loosening OF the feathers as in the
French method. The head is drawn
out from the neck an inch or two.
and into this space the blood drains
and forms clot as the bird hangs
by its feet. This method shuts out
the air from the interior OF the car
cass even more effectually than does
the French method.
A serious onslaught has been made
on these methods of dressing poultry
in several States recently, but it is
hoped that they may not prevail but
rather that these methods may grow
in favor. They are safer for the con-
sumer; they are simpler and better
for the producer.-T. E. Orr, in bull
letin Pennsylvania Department Of
Agriculture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Fruit or Sheep Pasture.

As see so much good advice in
the Farmer l will ask for a little in
formation. / have some rough, billy
and rocky land. too rough to Guilt
rate even with one-horsa plow. |
have cut most all the timber and all
he underground OF. and burned it
IN all the ground that l could. and
sowed it TO timothy and blue grass.
Il will thrive very well for year
Or two. then a moss will form on the
ground that checks the growth OF the
grass. What treatment could be
given TO prevent this?-G. w. We
10 not believe you can succeed with
timothy on such land. It would not
pay 10 fertilize it: the pastures or ma
nure would all wash away. II is bet
ter suited TO pasturing sheep or goats.
or growing fruit. Il evidently will
aot support good grass, and when that
dies down the moss you speak of
takes its place. Try an orchard.-In-
diana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Your Horses Feet.

: horse should never be compelled
to stand uphill. The anatomy Of the
horses foot. and. indeed. the shape
Of the horse himself, makes this an
uncomfortable and unrestful position.
Whatever the arrangement for
drainage Is. the horse must stand as
nearly level as possible. Moreover,
he must stand upon q dry surface IN
less it is found that his feet need
moisture. In such cases a wet clay
floor is excellent. temporarily.
When you come in from driving.
and after your horse has properly
cooled OF. see that the mud is re-
moved, not only from his legs and
the outer portions of his hoofs. but
from the sole as well. An occasional
stufing with faxseed is not only bene-
deial but necessary Indianapolis
NeEJ.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Panics and Bad Roads.

Every fall financial centres are up
set by the enormous amount of money
Withdrawn to move the crops" Fol
two or three months the strain is in.
tense, and sometimes-as last fall
1t is disastrous. Why the undue haste
to get the crop to market so quickly
only part of it is needed for i'm
mediate consumption. One of the
principal reasons is the roads are gen
orally bad throughout the winter and
spring; at any rate they cannot be de
pended upon, so the farmers prefer t
get the grain off while the roads are
good. and this grand rush upset;
everything.
1t costs nine cents per bushel pei
year for elevator storage alone, which
entails other expenses. Grain can BIZ
stored on the farm for two cents pei
bushel. The elevator charges are
equal to a ten per cent. tax on wheat
and a twenty per cent. tax on corr
and oats. This is big and largely
unnecessary tax. With good road:
the farmers can store their grain or
the farm and control the situation,
saving a neat little sum that is now
wasted, as well as selling their grain
10 better advantage. Enormous for.
tunes are being made and augmented
by shrewd middlemen manipulating
the price of the worlds food supply.
Inc man who raises the grain and the
man who eats it pay the bill. Good
roads are the best remedy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
a Homemade Potato Planter.

About six years ago a. H. Sheesley,
OF Jersey Shore No. =, made himself
n homemade potato planter. He has
used it ever since, and his neighbors
occasionally borrow it. 1t is built on
two runners upon which is platform
on which the dropper stands. A hop
per that holds couple of bushels is
in front of him, and while a driver
looks after the horses. he drops the
pieces of potatoes into the end OF a
tin pipe that extends down to the
rear of shovel plowshare, set YER
tically Just back of the pipe are
two cultivator teeth set so as to throw
the soil over the potatoes after they
are dropped.-Philadelphia Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

been necessary. These bags, being
made in the form of a pocket, are
hard to clean and cannot be kept in a
sanitary condition. An Arkansas man
overcomes these objections in a
coffee-making device which he re-
Gently designed. This coffee-maker
is made of sheet metal, as shown in
the illustration. 1t is dropped into
the coffee pot. 1t has openings in the
sides, allowing free passage and circu-
lation of the water in the coffee pot.
In the centre is a wire handle for in
sorting and removing the device from
the coffee pot. On one side of the
casing is a resilient plate to which
Is hinged a ring, the latter slightly
larger than the casing. The ground
coffee is then poured on the lower
cloth and the ring holding the re-
naming cloth lowered until it springs
down over the rib of the casing. The
ring grips both cloths firmly, it being
impossible to displace the ground
coffee and cause 1t to be mixed with
the liquid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Poultry Notes.

One OF the main essentials of every
poultry house is that it must be kept
dry. Damp houses cause diarrhoea.
canker. sore eyes, rheumatism and
other troubles that all animals as
we'll as poultry are heir to. The best
way to keep the house dry is to give
il plenty of fresh. air by opening the
doors and windows during the day.
Supply fresh litter often. Build the
house on high, dry spot.
Not more than forty hens should be
kept in one run-thirty would do
much better The larger the flock the
sooner they clear off the surface food.
During the spring and summer where
fowls have the free range of the
farm there is plenty Of room for a
large flock, but when fowls are lin
tied in their runs the flock must be
smaller. Jlless other conditions are
supplied large flock will eat up the
profits.
If your hens have been subjected
to sudden draft and have contracted
slight cold in the head, the follow
ing is good remedy: Glauber salts,
two ounces; chlorate of potash, one
ounce; perchloride of iron, one-half
ounce. and one teaspoonful Of tincture
OF aconite to about three pints of
water. allowing them no other water
70 drink for a day or two. A cold Is
easily detected. The fowls will have
slight watery discharge at the eyes
and nostrils ard will wheeze more or
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
An Old INHALER.

captain William H. Allen, a vet
eran whaler, died few days ago
near New London. Conn.,, aged eighty
one. To him belonged the honor of
having made the most successful voy-
age on record in the annals of the
whaling industry. This was in 1863.
when in command of the ship On.
ward. of New Bedford, he cruised
in the Eastern, Yellow, Japan and
Okhotsk Seas and off the California
coast. On this voyage he captured
134 whales, the catch netting 6s73
barrels of oil and $4,000 pounds of
whalebone. This cargo sold for
$4,000, of which Captain Aliens
share was s39,s36. The voyage COW
cred three years.-Cleveland Lsader
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Building of the HIGHWAYS.

By their roadways We shall know
them! There is no better index to
the thrift, enterprise and good citi.
zenship of any State or community
THAN the condition of the country
roads. Advancing civilization always
nnds expression in road building; up.
to-date roads and up-to-date citizens
are always found together.
With three centuries of settlement
IN this country, less than eight per
cent. of the highways are improved.
AT this rate it would take nearly 1000
years to complete the work. Is it not
strange that a people who have dem.
onstrated their capacity in every other
neid OF human activity should so sig
nally fail in dealing with the roads?
The Importance of good roads can
hardly be overstated. The highways
are the veins of trade and commerce.
as the railroads are the arteries. How
important, then, that they should be
good every day in the year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Kill the Weeds Early.

Weeds never die so easily as when
they are "just-a-borin', and for this
reason there is no method that is
more effective in destroying them
than the judicious use OF a harrow
in the cornfield or potato patch the
week following the time of planting.
Often good results are secured if a
cultivation is given just as the young
plants are coming through the
ground. but before there is a spread
of leaf. As soon as another lot of
weed seed has started to terminate
these ridges may be narrowed lightly
to advantage and in the case of pota-
toes narrowing may be given as late
as two weeks after elephants have
come through the groAd.-Wsekly
Witness
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Building State Roads.

louis E. Harrison, Eastern Dtv,s,o.
Engineer of the State of New Vol.
is registered at the Hotel Knictaa
booker.
This has been New York's hanna.
year in building State roads . sa;s
Mr.. Harrison. "A comparison of tn
work done in 1907 and that accon,
plished in the previous twelve month.
illustrates this. In 1907 the tbras
divisions of the engineering denart
ment constructed 3S5 miles of rood
a feat which established a recoe
for the State. This year the Eastorn
Division alone has undertaken -
build 600 miles, of which $50 will no
completed before winter sets in. Will
the total mileage throughout tbo
State will be in the neighborhood q,
500.
State road construction has Drovar
such a popular success that efforts
were made to obtain from the Legio.
lature an appropriation of 81 ,5OO.0O0
This estimate was cut down to an
even 100000, of which there Il
left about one-third. AS the money io
appropriated as the obligations ara
incurred the shortage of cash there.
fore will have no effect on the work
already under way, but will be used
for future purposes.
New York is taking up the work
on greater scale than most of the
other States. The increase in tbe
number of automobiles has been in.
strumental in Strengthening the de.
mand for better roads. At the rate
at which the work is now going on
the State will in few years have
splendid system of public thorough.
fares. New York Telegram.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Novel Garment Holder.

A New York inventor enfnks It
would be advisable for every man to
carry q coat and hat hook in his
pocket. If thus equipped he need
never worry whether or not he will
find all the available hooks in the res
taurant occupied when he goes to
dine. This novel folding pocket coat
and hat hook is shown in the accom-
panying illustration. When not in
use it can be quickly folded up and
carried in the pocket. without incon-
venience TO the owner. When emer-
gency demands it can be as readily
brought into commission and attached
TO the molding or wall or any other
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Good Roads Mileage.

Indiana people will take pride in
knowing that this State stands first in
the mileage of good roads. Good
Roads gives the mileage of HIGHWAYS
in the several States named below
and puts Indiana at the head of the
list. In a recent interview of the
Hon. Martin Dodge, by the Ohio
Farmer, he said to that PAPER that the
Ohio improved roads, while not SC
great in mileage, were better thar
ours in permanent character, and the
Farmer adds:
To show the actual position of thi;
State, the following statistics of good
road mileage are given by Mr.. Dodge
who is good authority, as he was until
recently Director of the Office of Good
Roads Inquiry at Washington:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Whist For High Stakes.

well, where's that cook" de.
manded his wife. Don't tell me
that she wasn't on the train"
"She was on the train" timidly
explained the commuter, but l got
to playing cards and a Loneyville
man won her at whist. "-PhiladAi-
phia Bulletin.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

Electric haulage has supplanted
animal power in the Comstock lode
and twelve of the mules which were
brought to the surface had not seen
daylight for twenty years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
A Concise Tale.

In tennessee court an old coiored
woman was put on the witness stand
10 tell what she knew about the ami
hlation of hog by railway loco
motive.
Being sworn, she was asked If she
nad seen the train kill the hog in
question.
Yassah, seed it,
Then" said counsel, @tell the
Court in as few words as possible
just how it occurred"
4. 70 Honah.' responded the old
lady, Il shure can tell yo' in few
words. 1t just footed an tuck him."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

a distinction from similar "oueS
frequent occurrence anu
authentic Offulfed present
Why there o presentments OF good as wen as
of evil? Is it possible, with any known principle
of mind, offer satisfactory
explanation of this mysterious phenomenon:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
Life-Preserving Chair.

One of the principal causes of great
loss of life in accidents or disasters
occurring on the water by reason of
the collisions of vessels or from SINH
lar circumstances results from the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

convenient object close to the owner.
In addition, being private hook,
the owner is saved the nuisance of
having half dozen other patrons of
the establishment piling their hats
and coats on top of Washington
Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03
News Items.

An absent-minded dentist in Quot
put gold crowns on the teeth of his
saw.
A paying teller In bank at Kramp
Is troubled with two-dollar-billious.
ness.-Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

Brazil is using an immense amount
of cement, but none of 1t is from the
United States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

Is always at hand for use whenever
the emergency requires. Washing
ton Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-07-03

According to Japanese newspa-
per, zoo frogs were killed and 1000
wounded in battle among them
selves.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21
Elk Horn

Several were caught out of town
in the rain last Sunday.
Town lots and farms for sale. En-
quire at Landmand's bank.tf
Several from here attended the
speaking at Atlantic Monday eve.
Hans Petersen Kruse sold his
driving team to Jim Damsgaard
last week.
Preparations are being made to
build a grain elevator here and one
at Kim ballton.
The fountain at the drug store is
running full blast. The weather has
been good for cool drinks.
Good Single Horse and new Top
Buggy for sale by H. G. Madsen.
Kimballton.
Mrs. M. Gregersen returned from
Omaha whore she underwent an oper-
alton. She is getting along nicely.
The new store of the Elk Horn
Mercantile Company is now ready
for painters and will soon be ready
for business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Nelson will
leave for Denmark next Monday.
They will spend most of the summer
abroad visiting parents.
Mrs. Iversen left for Omaha last
week where she has been operated
on for gall stones. The operation
was successful and she is improving.
Work on the extension of the
A. N..& 8. railway to Villiscs from
Atlantic and Manning from Kimball-
ton is being pushed and worked for
all there is in it. Mr.. Rattenborg is
doing the work. He has been prom
Used ten per cent off from subscrip-
ton if the extension is successful.
He is to pay all cost in working the
thing up and also for running a pre-
liminary survey. This will be the
best thing that can be done TO make
the road success as it will put it in
connection with five trunk lines be-
sides running it into the coal fields of
the south.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21
Miss Lena Kruse bought a new

Miss Lena Kruse bought a new
organ in Manning last Saturday.
There will new be music in the
Walter Jensen home, as she makes
her homo with her sister, Mrs. Jensen.
Mr.. BuckMaster's goods arrived
last week from Dss Moinss and his
family cans Monday evening. Mr..
Mertz has had the whole house newly
papersd and cleaned for them, and
they will have cezy home up over
the drug store.
Those that went to the ball game
at Ross Sunday afternoon in the auto
had to hire rig to get homo. Boys,
better have your ball games some
other day as the elements seem
against Sunday ball games this
season. 1t hailed there and rained
hard too.
The Rsbeksh Convention was quite
largely attended last Saturday and
everything passed off nicely we were
told, although the Brayton lodge
failed to send delegate and there
was quite a number expected from
that town. The president of the
assembly was with them during the
forenoon and afternoon sessions but
had to leave for other fields on the
6:3O train.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21
Cameron News

Charles Beers is suffering with q
large abscsss on his hand.
Miss Grace Neitzel is assisting Mrs.
VIM. Parrott with her sewing.
August Cyrka's health has been
very poorly the past thre> weeks.
,Ellemer Parrott was assisting Fred
Tessman with his work Wednesday.
William Kraae's were Sunday Wis
itors with Robert Ratherford's in
Ross.
Joseph Johnston sold number of
bushels of mlllet seed to Charles
Wilde.
Mrs. Louis Gray attended the Sum
day scnool convention held in Audu-
bon last Friday.
Miss Stearns, Co. Superintendent
was visitor at school No. Z We'd
nesday afternoon.
Harry Northup and wife came up
Wednesday evening to spend the eve
ming with Fred McCristal.
Walter Schrader returned home,
Monday from. Colorado the climate
did not agree with him as he had
the mountain fever. -
Louis Hillyer and wife were visit
ing at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Horning and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hillyer of Guthrie Co.
There will be services held at Eden
Valley Saturday evening by Rev.
Hayes to organize young peoples
society; All are cordially invited.
Ralph Balloa was called at the
home of his brother VIM. on account
of the serious illness of little Alice
Ballou. Ralph lie working at the
carpenter trade at North Branch.
Little Alice Ballou has been SER
iously i'll the paat week with brain
fever and pneumonia and at this wri-
ting there is no improvement. DR..
Brooks is attending physician. The
many friends are anxionsly awaiting
the news OF change for the better.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21
SONG of the Shirt.

When Thomas Hood wrote his Song
of the Shirt, conditions in London
were far worse than they have ever
been in New Yorks Our. horrible
sweat-shop system Is not a circum
stance to the slop-shop system of the
English capital, says the New York
Press. Hood and party of friends
discovered two young women, daugh'
tiers of Maj. Reynolds of the Fifth
West India regiment. utterly unpro.
yided for at his death, trying to pre-
serve their existence by making shirts
for slop-shop at three cents each,
Public attention was drawn to the
case, and subscription raised in their
behalf The Song of the Shirt" was
inspired by it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21

A great many people imagine they
have heart trouble when the fact is that
the whole trouble lies in the stomach.
The pains in the side around the region
of the heart are not necessarily heart
trouble. We suggest that you start
with the stomach and whenever You
feel depression after eating OF when
ever your food seems to nauseate take
Kodol. 1t will not be very long until
all these "heart pains" will disappear.
Take Kodol now and until You know
you are right again. There isn't any
doubt about what it will do and you
will find the truth of this statement yer
flied after you have used Kodol for a
few weeks. 1t is sold here by Nick Dof
fling.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-21
Gray News


Donnie Linn's having her eyes
treated and is wearing glasses.
Mrs. Clarence Shingledscker came
UP and spent Tuesday in town.
Mr.. Harry Arnold and another
gentleman were in town Tuesday.
Miss Emma Ross was an over Sun
day visitor at the Tom Scott heme.
The afternoon train has changed
time. 1t now leaves at 4:05 instead
of 1925.
Miss Lillian Halford of Manning
attended the convention Saturday
evening.
Jay Bridenstine did good work
with the road drag Monday
afternoon.
We're and Lucille Spilker were over
Sunday visitors at the Dsist home
near Ross.
Ir. Beers has improved his home
by having new floor laid on his
front porch.
Mrs. Margaret Wilson spent Fri
day night in Manning with her son
and family.
Miss Nellie Wicker stayed over
Sunday with her cousin, Mrs. Jessie
Bridens tine.
A big rain Sunday afternoon and
night. The most water fell of any
rain this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Greenlee had to
remain in town over night Sunday
on account of the storm.
Quite number from here attended
the funeral of Mrs. Julia Wilson
Corner in Audubon Sunday.
Rev. Golden will preach the bacca-
laureate sermon next Sunday
afternoon. Just one graduate this
year, CudFllo Lluu.
Mrs. James Rutherford and the
baby went to Vail Sunday morning
for visit with her parents and other
relatives and friends.
There will be Memorial sermon
next Sunday night for the old SOL
diers. Come out and cheer the old
veterans along the way.
Invitations were issued the first of
the week to the wee tots to birth
day party on May goth, Lois Farrell
being four years old that day.
Mrs. Joe Wolf spent several d avs
last week with her daughter Jennie.
Quite number of the family went
to bring her home last Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur Baker and her sister,
Lois, came Friday morning from
Missouri to be present at the funeral
of their brothers. wife. Mrs. Ken
nells came Saturday.
Mrs. Rogers came down from
Manning Thursday morning to stay
with her daughter, Mrs. Corner,
while Ora went to Dakota to return
with his brother, Frank and family.
There were no services in town
Sunday evening on account of the
storm, nor in the afternoon either as
Rev. Golden went to Audubon to
preach the funeral. He got storm
bound and didn't get home until the
ten o'clock train Monday morning.