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Care of Little Chicks.

Quite an argument has been going
the rounds as to the length of time
that should elapse before giving food
to newly Matched chicks, some regard.
ing twenty-four hours as time enough
before feeding, others that to feed
when two and a half days old was
soon enough.
No doubt but that more chicks are
killed, or stunted from feeding too
soon, than are hurt by a longsr fast.
Note the h%ealthiness of chicks when
a hen steals her nest, and is not dis
covered until the chicks are several
days old.
Strong, healthy chicks, Matched in
dry, warm weather, will require food
sooner than puny ones Matched in a
damp, cool time, because the first
chicks will grow much faster. Make
this an iron clad rule: Never feed
sooner than tw~enty-four hours after
Matching, and let the first feed by dry
bread crumbs or oat meal sprinkled
in sharp sand. Also let the bulk of
the first few meals be of sharp sand.
Give water that has the chill taken
off, for several days after Matching.
This is not necessary in midday Of
the summer, but is a good rule for
little chicks, of a morning, no matter
what the month.
Have water vessels clean, and so
arranged that the little chicks cannot
get into them.
A teacup filled with water, then
inverted in a saucer, makes a fine
fountain, that is easily kept clean,
where there is a small flock of chicks.
A quart can is almost as good. If
the water does not run out fast
enough, place a nail under the edge
of cup or can.
House the chicks in a weather
proof coop, with enough clean dry
litter and a good mother. Do not put
more than two dozen chicks with one
hen.
If bowel trouble appears, dissolve
lime in water, pour the water off
carefully, and stir corn meal in the
lime water until it crumbles. The
lime water should be strong enough
to make the mass to look as if lye
had been poured on it. They will not
relish this, but if given nc other feed
will eat it. Do not allow other food
until they are recovered. Rice cooked
tender and fed dry is good for bowel
trouble in fowls of any age.
If chicks are not allowed to get
chilled or wet from rain or dew, fed
wholesome food, kept a little hungry
all the time, eve allowed to have
any but wholesome water and milk
to drink, have stable grit, and are
kept free from lice, there will be no
bowel trouble, if they r healthy
when hatched.-E. c., Vermilion Co.
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Love me all the time
In rain or shine,
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A statistician who recently re-
turned from a trip to British Column
bia is willing to affirm that he heard
people ask:
"How cold does it get here in the
winter?" 2133 times.
What is the height of that noun
tain?" 796 times.
How far away do you suppose
that glacier isl" 921 times.
SIS this the Medicine Hat where
the weather m FROM" 1142
times.
"How far do you suppose it is over
to where that man is plowing?"
1881 times.
Are there any trout in that
stream?r 1921 times.
do the bears ever come down to
the railroad?" 944 timse.
Where do we change time AGAIN."
$3.50 times.@
why is it that it doesn't get dark
here until nearly 10 o'clock?" 3108
times.
HAS anybody ever climbed to the
top OF that m%ountain?" 2243 times.
Are these the Rockies or the Sell
kirks?" 9712 times.
Wouldn't it be great if we could
have one of these mountains set down
on the prairie back of Chicago?" 562
times.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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ALABAMA FOR INCOME TAX
Constitutional Amendment Au-
thoTized by Unanimous Vote.
Governor Conner Says It is a Good
Way to Prevent Greater De-
icits in the Country.

Montgomery, Ala. - Unanimously
voting in support of the measure, the
House of Representatives of Alabama
authorized the amendment to the
United States Constitution proposed
by Congress several weeks ago. Upon
special request the measure was
taken up under the head of Special
orders" Colonel Thomas L. Bulger,
of Dadeville, spoke in favor of the
amendment, and it was rushed
through at once and into the Senate.
Action On the question has been
one of the quickest in the history of
the State. On the second days ses-
sion Of the Legislature in special ses-
sion, a resolution was introduced ia
vor1ng the amendment. That after
noon the resolution was placed in the
hands of the Judiciary Committee of
both houses, and on the next day was
reported back to the houses favorably.
The Legislature was adjourned one
day and then an especial dispensation
of the Chair permitted the question to
come up for final vote. Alabama's
Representatives in Congress will be
appraised of this States vote, and the
income amendment will be as good
as in the Constitution so far as this
State is concerned. That there will
be no objection to the Measure what
rel is assured in the Office of Gov
ernor E.. b. Conner. you may
state" is the announcement from
that source, that Alabama has no OBJ
lection whatever to the amendment.
1t is a very good way to keep the
country away from greater deficits"
In introducing the measure to the
House, Colonel Bulger, who is one
of the States political leaders, stated
that he was anxious to see Alabama
the first State in the Union to give
her Endorsement to the Sixteenth
Amendment to the United States Con-
stitution." The only interruption to
his speech was a query by Represen-
tatiye J.. T. Glover, of Birmingham,
who wanted to know if the amend
ment would affect salaries. Colonel
Sam Will John, also of Birmingham,
responded that it would not, unless
Congress passed a law including sal
aries.
Then the vote vas called for.
In his speech f~avoring the amend
ment, Colonel Bulger reviewed the
conditions necessitating the Constitu-
tional change.
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Dad Gives Advice.

According to the Nantucket In
quirer and Mirror, the following was
sent by a countryman to his son In
college, not many years ago:
my Dear SOM write to send
you two pair of old breeehes, that you
may have a new coat made of them.
Also some new socks, which your
mother knit by cutting down some of
mine. Your mother sends you $40
without my knowledge and for fear
you will not spend it wisely I have
kept back half and only send five.
Your mother and l are we'll, except
your sister Annie has got the mea-
sizes, which we think would spread
among other girls, if Tom had not
had them before, and he is the only
one left. l hope you are. well and
will do honor to my teachings. If
you do not you are an ass, and your
mother and myself are your affection
ate parents"
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CONFESSIONS OF A CLOWN.
At Last, There is on Sale a Book
Brimful of American Humor.

Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale Is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie a volume of the great TESTERS
most pungent jokes, comic harangues,
caustic hits upon men and manners,
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of ad-
venture, original songs and poetical
illusions; wise and witty. serious,
satirical, and sentimental sayings of
the sawdust arena of other days.
Old Dan Rice, as proprietor. of the
famous "One Horse Show" was more
OF a national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 134 Leonard
street, New York City.
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The Field of Shorts.

George Odom has been engaged to
train H. T. Oxnard's horses.
L. B. Goodwin, of the New York
A. c., won the quarter mile Metro
politan swimming championship of
the A. A. U.
Britt may be a good manager of
Ketchel's business affairs, but it is
evident hat he is too young and fond
of life himself to keep the middle
weight champion under control.
H. B. Fairies Eclipse Stakes win
ner, Bayardo, ridden by Maher, easily
defeated Perola and Valens at Hurst
Park, near London.
Arthur C. Bowen, intercollegiate
two-mile and c~ross-country champion
in 1902, has been coaching the ath-
letes at Providence Tech High.
The proposed finish fight between
Langford and Ketchel at Ely, New,
on Labor Day, for which Ketchel has
signed articles, will not come off.
George Sargent, the open golf
champion, was defeated by the best
ball of Devereux Lord and G. T.
Sweeney, members of the Brooklyn
Golf Club.
Mrs. James %McLaughlin's Aron-
dack won the Yonkers Handicap at
Empire City.
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Chinese Scholar on MARRIAGE

Sir Robert Hart, speaking of mar
riage and death customs in the Far
East, tells a story of a great Chinese
scholar and high official who said
that our foreign way of letting the
young people fall in love and choose
and the Chinese way of first marry
ing and then making acquaintance
reminded him of two kettles of
water: the first-the foreign-was
taken at the boiling point from the
fire by marriage and then grew cooler
and cooler, whereas the second-the
Chinese-was a kettle of cold water
put on the fire by wedlock and ever
afterward growing warmer and
warmer. So that" said his friend,
latter fifty or sixty years I'VE are
madly in love with each other."-
Tit-Bits.
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She Had.

She was young. This may account
for it. Besides that, her companion
was well read, so she naturally tried
to show her own reading qualities
and quantities.
you've read Dumas?" he asked
"Oh, yes," she replied. Amt he
grand"
"And Hugo?"
Eyes; he's inei"
"Dickens?"
II think he's just glorious!'t
How about Scott?"
"D~e-licious,"
He regarded her keenly for a mo-
ment. (which of his works do you
like best, I~vanhoe,' or"
"Oh, Ivanhoe,' by all meansl" she
exclaimed, with fervor.
He smiled. "Of course" he said
deliberately, you read Scott;
Emulsion"
"of course" she replied, indig-
nant that he should ask such a ques
ton. But" she added, 81 dom
think it's as good as .Iyanhoe.'"
What he thought of it he didn'i
say. He simply put the question
to the girl on the other side of him
and she tittered.-New York Times
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This and That.

1t isn't at all necessary to have a
fine and fancy poultry house. Com
fort is all a laying hen cares for.
The best fowls are none too good.
The medium fowls are only tolerable.
The inferior fowls are a snare and a
delusion.
Poultry should have access to green
food if possible, and when they IAN
not, should be furnished with cabbage
leaves or a vegetable of some kind.
Keep the fowls away from the
barns. stables and carriage houses.
In such places they are n%uisances.
Besides, they are nor comfortable
In a place by themselves.
Carelessness and laziness go hand
in hand, and together are a fruitful
source of failure.
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PROHIBITION COSTLY TO q. $.
$7,5OO,0OO Falling Off in Federal
Revenues Shown in Report.

Washington, D. G. - Prohibition
and "dry" counties in several States
cost the Federal Government more
than $4,000 900 last year in the fall
ing off in internal revenue receipts
from spirits and fermented liquors.
The preliminary report of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue shows
this disparity for the year ending
June, 1909, as compared with the
previous year ending July, 1908.
The decrease in revenues from spir-
its, including WHISTLES, wines and
brandies was S5,290,773, while that
from ales and beers was S2~,351,2O5.
In direct variance with these de-
creases were the increases from to-
baeeo, including cigars and cigarettes,
which it is suggested show that some
of the money which formerly went
for drinks" went last year for smok-
ing and chewing tobacco in prohibit
ton States.
The increase from tobacco revenues
was slightly more than $4,000 900,
making the net decrease from liquors
and tobacco approximately $5,500,-
600.
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M. BLERIoT's AMBITION.

misunderstanding the farewell
dinner given at the Hotel Ritz by the
Aero Club, M. Bleriot and his wife
left for Paris. The aviator expects
to return in October to attempt a
flight from London to Manchester for
a prize of $4,000 offered by a Lon
don paper. The distance is 161
miles and the prize was offered in
1907. 1t is open only to heavier than
air machines owned by members of a
recognized aero club.
At the dinner a letter from Lord
Roberts was read. He said: IN
Bleriot may be leading the way to
great changes in the conduct of fu-
ture wars"
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Meaning of a Famine in China.

Meaning or a Famine In emma.
On account of heavy export Of rice
during the winter and now for
months a severe drought, rice can
hardly be had at all, and other kinds
of eatables are very expensive. The
Magistrate has raised the price of
rice several times, but the higher 1t
becomes the less is forthcoming, as
those who have any to sell are keep
ing it in the hope of still higher
prices. Great fiocks of women and
children are daily to be seen search
ing the fields and hillsides for herbs
and roots to eat.
Two whole families in the city have
taken their lives for want of food.
They killed and ate their last
chicken, then, beginning with the lit
tie ones, each swallowed opium and
died. But for a few wheelbarrow
loads no attempt worth mentioning
is made to import rice. The people
are very active in praying for rain,
and a general fast has been ordered.
No meat, chickens or fish are to be
had on the street.
There is a hill having an excellent
perennial spring sixty to seventy Ii
south of here which is supposed to
be the home of a dragon. The poor
distressed people are flocking there
to seek his help by incense burning
and prostrations at the foot of the
hill. The Provincial Treasurer Chu,
who for many years was Taotai at
this place, has sent a deputy to help
the people pray for rain. This he is
doing in the City Temple.-Sinyang-
chow Correspondence North China
Herald.
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MOB LUNCHES WHITE MAN.
Farmers Murderer Taken From Jail
by Strategy in Missouri.

st. Joseph, Mo.-George Johnson,
a white man, who murdered John w.
Moore, farmer, near Platte City, Mo-,
June 20, was lynched at Platte City
at 2 o'clock in the morning.
Two men took a third man to the
Jail, representing himto be a prisoner.
When the Sheriff opened the jail door
the three overpowered him, and fifty
other men soon appeared and battered
down the door Of Johnson's cell.
He was taken to a tree opposite the
Jail and hanged.
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Woman Workers in Australia.

1t may seem strange that the
thronging of women to earn wages
has not produced marked disturb
ances in the industrial world. The
explanation is to be found in the fact
that the labor of women is being used
more to develop new feminine indus
tries than to compete with man on
his own ground, though of course
there is a certain amount of the lat
ter.-Melbourne Age.
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MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

If you are In doubt as to the cause
of your disease mail us a postal re-
questing a medical examinationblank
which you will fill out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and If you can be-
cured you will be told so; If you ear.
not be cured you will be told SO. You
are not obligated to US in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free; Won are
at liberty to take our advice or not az
you see fit. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return to us as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely FREQ
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson SITS.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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White Strawberries.

A German grower, of Berkeley, has
after twenty years of experimental
work, produced two new strawberries,
one of which is quite white. The
fruit is studded with fine seeds upon
the outside, as are ordinary straw
berries. Otherwise it is totally differ
ent from them. The plant bears
throughout the winter in a congenial
climate, similar to that which exists
in the South of England, and, when
set in frames during the winter, will
bear freely till Christmas. The ber-
ries r large and of excellent flavor,
equalling in these respects the Pax
ton and Royal Soyereign.-Tit-Bits.
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Impressions of Rome.

In a London drawing-room recent
ly the hostess said to a comfortable
looking lady, the widow of a wealthy
Midland manufacturer, who had been
touring during the winter in the sun
ny South:
"of course, you went to Rome,
dear Mrs. Rich?"
"Rome!" replied the widow,
vaguely and meditatively. did we
go to Rome, Ethel?" Ito her daugh-
teri.
Yes, ma; you know we did," was
the girls reply. you remember
that big place where I bought those
lovely silk stockings."-Tit-Bits
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THE NEW WOMAN
Made Over by Quitting Coffee.

Coffee probably wrecks a greater
percentage of Southerners than of
Northern people, for Southerners use
it more freely.
The work it does is distressing
enough in some instances; as an H.
~iustration. a woman Of Richmond,
Va, writes:
Il was a coffee drinker for years,
and for about six years my health
was completely shattered. l suffered
fearfully with headaches and nerv-
BUSINESS, also palpitation of the heart
and loss of appetite.
@My sight gradually began to fail,
and finally lost the sight of one eye
altogether. The eye was operated
upon, and the sight partially re-
stored, then 1 became totally blind in
the other Eye.
"My doctor used to urge me to give
up coffee, but I was wilful, and con-
tinued to drink it until finally in a
use of eve illness the doctor in
sisted that / must give up coffee, so 1
began using Postum, and in a month
] felt like a new creature.
II steadily gained in health and
strength. About a month ago l be-
gan using Grape-Nuts food, and the
effect has been wonderful. l really
feel like a new woman, and have
gained about rs pounds.
Il am quite an elderly lady, and
before using Postum and Grape-Nuts
/ could not walk a square without
exceeding fatigue; now I walk ten or
twelve without feeling it. Formerly
in reading / could remember but lit
tie, but o my memory holds fast
what / read.
Several friends who have seen the
remarkable effects Of Postum and
Grape-Nuts on me have urged that l
give the facts to the public for the
sake of, suffering humanity, SO, al
though / dislike publicity. you can
publish this letter if you like"
Read @The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? "A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true. and full of
human interest.
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Well, What if He Didn't?

For many years DR.. Francis L. Pat
ton, ~ex-president of Princeton Uni
versity, wore side whiskers. When
eve he suggested shaving them there
was a division of opinion in the fam
lily. One morning he came into his
wife's room, razor in hand, with his
right cheek shaved smooth.
"How do you like it, my dear?" he
asked. eff you think it looks well, 1
will shave the other side, too."-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
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The Burning Question.

A Baltimore teacher was trying to
explain the meaning of the word re
cuperate."
Charley" she said, when night
comes on your father returns home
tired and worn out, doesn't he?"
eyes, ma'am," assented Charley.
"Then," continued the teacher,
'it being night, and he being tired,
what does he do?"
That's what ma wants to know"
said Charley.-Success Magazine.
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Ont of Doors.

Live out of doors as much as pos
sible. For the woman who is in the
country this advice is not difficult to
follow and the time she gives to her
garden is not wasted. The stay-in-
town woman will find it profitable to
take little trips out of the city, If 1t
be only for the day, or use trolley
lines which stretch for miles through
the country. 1t is so much better
than sitting at home complaining of
the weather.-Green's Fruit Grower.
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sore and had to endure terrible suf-
ferings. l was threatened with
Bright's disease and was refused in
surance by the examining physicians.
| was nervous, weak and run down.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me, and
in a short time l vas entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Poultry for Prof
Sanitary Poultry Nest.

The present day tendency to en-
ploy sanitary measures in the dairy,
the stable. the doghouse, etc., has at
last extended to the poultry yard. The
industrious hen is to be provided
with a sanitary nest, which can be
readily washed and scrubbed as occa-
sion demands. This recent develop
ment is shown in the accompanying
illustration. The nest is made of
wire and is supported in a suitable
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Hollow Log a Fish Trap.

Last week Mr.. Castleman, of the
Sixth District, caught from a hollow
log in the river neal his mill a thirty
pound catfish. About a year ago from
the same log an eighty pound catfish
was trapped and several months later
one that weighed thirty pounds was
taken. = Trenton Correspondence
Nashville American.
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Marvellous.

More than 5000 elephants a year
go to make our piano keys" re-
marked the student boarder, who
had been reading the scientific notes
In a patent medicine almanac.
For the lands sake!" exclaimed
the landlady. "Ain't it wonderful
what some animals can be trained to
do?"-Chicago News.
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The Printers Children,

The case of the musical nan who
named his four daughters after the
eight notes of the tonic sofia scale
is matched by that of the provincial
printer who named his children from
the type fonts he used-Ruby, Pearl,
Diamond. The first two are no un-
common names for girls, only Ruby
happened to be a boy. He followed
in his fathers footsteps and after.
ward became a printers manager in
London.-London Chronicle.
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In three years San Diego, Cal, has
erected three large school buildings
at a cost of $182,000, one of them, a
building of twenty rooms, being the
finest grammar school building in
California. There is also a high
school building costing 100000, be-
sides additions to two other build
ings, doubling their capacity.
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AN AIRSHIP WORLDS FAIR.

Berlin, Germany.=What strides
have been made in a brief period in
the science of aerial navigation is
borne in powerfully upon US by a
worlds fair exhibiting the progress
OF airship construction and manip-
ulation, which has opened at Frank
fort-on-the-Main and will last 100
days. In September the browning
feature of the show will be the ar
rival of Zeppelin II. for a series of ex-
hibition flights.
A million and a half has been spent
on the buildings and grounds where
upon will be held contests between
airships, balloons and dirigibles.
Every type of flying machine will be
SHOWN. Prizes ag%gregating about
$4,000 have been offered by the In.
ternationale Luftschiffahrt Austel-
lung, mercifully shortened to LA,
which is the name of the latest and
most interesting of worlds fairs.
Passengers may take joy rides in
balloons and Siderable vessels of the
air, and a liberal education in the art
of aviation is promised in the read
ing of a series of papers by the lead
ing experts. There are twelve groups
of exhibits: Balloons and balloon
manufacture, motor balloons, military
airship navigation and artillery, bal
loon signal service, production and
compression of gas, the science of
aerial navigation, mechanical and
physical apparatus, equipment, mo-
tors, art objects and toys. Various
competitions, aside from the actual
races, will bring forth the hest in the
specialized phases of the art.
Germany expects fully 5,000,0 900
visitors to go through the gates OF
the Tia in the period of the exhibition
Altogether it is a welcome variation.