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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-30
ST. ALDANS.

Miss Mabel II. Scott. teacher Of
the st. Adams school has tone to
Columbus, Ohio, where che will spend
the holidays with her parents.
Miss Lizzie Hopkins. teacher in
the Washington. school Of Charleston
spent u few days with her brother,
DR.. James A. Hopkins,, and Miss
Rhoda A Wilson. - !.NFI, e.
Miss Minnie l.. Walker, assistant
teasher ots AHnAndaytl1el school, is
spending the holidays With her, pa
rents who live III Columbus. -
Ar. and Mrs. John Clark, Of Hand
ley. are Waiting Mrs, .caarR's mother,
Mrs. Ada Preston. : .". =; ":.@>.'
!, William Preston, OF, Elk Ridge, ie
spending a few days with his mother,
Mrs. Ada Preston. ~ ...":-. ~. -,
Mr,: and Mrs, George Bond at Nc.
kendre, are Waiting Mrs. Bonds
father, Mr.. Cornelius Spurleek. 80 >. -
. Andersen Wfleoa Ia quite III ct this
writing. u i " : 7s%3y ~
Mrs, George Banks, teacher at
Page, came home Friday to spend
the holidays. ISL ,-l
LIE Roy Hall, teacher at Winona, Is
at home With HIS faxnily this :weeR,
'Prioe Holerni8n. an aged cttiseR ta
this place Departed this Iire Saturday
Decsmber 2bth. iTheI fdneraT *w&s
eonduotedt at; the House ,siunday a,
g O'Clock W Rev J. W. Robinson
ME-. HoiemaH conneoted himself witch
the; Baptist church when he was Is
years Old Hyea a consistent christian
and dfed on the, tTf,kn6ph 1T faith
Interhnent Tees Ffilr Gem etery.a
Miss Alberta Wilson, Oscar Will
liam and Table Parish, students tat
the ~. v. G: F., are spentinx the lrol
fdaysa at home. - - ~ = -
Miss Clara Hf1l, OF Institute, IL
spending a few days with her aunt
Mrs William Erskfns.
Harry Erahine was in Huntington
Friday. y.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-30
SEWELJ.

G. l.. Jackson, Of Kanawha City,
spent the holidays here.
w. A. Allen visited friends at
Anstead Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Vanhook are
spending the holidays here with their
parents.
Mrs. jamie Allen came from Hinton
SatuSday&o spend the holidays with
her huebahd
Mrs. Matte Jones, Of Charleston,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-30
SOUTH CARBON.

Mrs. Hattie Martin and SON Clar-
ence were shopping in Charleston
Monday - "
Rev: L. W, Mayo and, wife and F:
w. Williams and wife were shopping
in Charleston Tuesday.
S. G. Scott: of: Wake. Forest, and
Miss Elmira Riddle were quietly mar
.fied .there, Tuesday night the 2Ist at
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-30

tie Oscar Giles. LEFT the latter part Of
the week for Hill Top where they eS-
pect to spend the holidays. ~
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
NOTES.

Plant a patch of green stuff for
your poultry and allow them the run
of f.
Have movable floor in your chick
en- house, so that the droppings may
be saved.
Unless you wish your hens to form
the egg-eating habit crush all the egg
shells they eat.
It is a good things to so construct
your poultry houses that they may be
moved with ease.
Dry picked fowls present a much
aplunnper appearance than those scald-
ed and then picked.
Even on a small scale well bred
poultry can be made to return a
handsome profit, if handled right.
Better raise fifty youngsters ana
raise them well than to have double
the number and stunt them all.
Sunshine is one of the most health
ful agents and should be permitted to
enter the poultry house as much as
possible.
Clean up and disinfect your poultry
house at least once a week and the
fowls viii be less troubled with dis
ease and vermin.
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LIE YnIL. .RIIY HHNs

The question, which worries one
most when starting with poultry, is
which kinds Of hens to buy. The
breed is often not so much to con-
slider as the kind Of hens. We do not
know how to select the good hens,
those that will lay, and for this rea-
son we buy hens and feed them
throughout the winter and get no
eggs.
1t is very important that we know
the kind of hens to select-the kind
which will be healthy and lay during
the winter months. Of course, there
is no way to tell how this may be
done,- but the trained eye can see at
a glance just which hens we should
select. 80
The practical farmer can tell in
stantly which ear of corn will make
the best seed, OF. which horse or COW
win make the best to breed from, and
the poultryman can tell you at a
glance which lot of hens you should
buy for eggs. If you select the right
kind of hens and give them the right
kind of treatment there should be no
reason why you should not have eggs
at all seasons of the year-Farmers'
Union Guide. -.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

fred Won Lindheim, who has been en-
gagged for many years in critically ex-
amining the whole modern structure OF
society and in seeking basis for
the most necessary reforms. His cri-
ticisms of the methods of caring for
the sick, in his "Saluti Aegrorum,
and his study Of the development OF
the youthful organism in his "SalutI
Juventutis" offer much useful ma
terial.
'Saluti ISenectutis" does not be-
long among the many popular treat
ises on increasing the longevity OF
mankind. From history, from the nat
uraI sciences and from statistics OF
all kinds the author has collected a
mass of facts which compel every
thinking man to recast his opinion OF
the significance of old age. Especial
@ly interesting. is a collection Of sta
tistics of the circumstances of more
than seven hundred people who have
passed their eightieth year. The chief
result Of all these Investigations lies
in the conclusion that the eVer-ln-
creasing tendency to employ onfy
young people, to pension men at the
very threshold of old age, is IN
double sense injurious. 1t robs the
state Of a great amount of valuable
working power and condemns numer-
Gus capable men to premature de-
cline and death.
The material collected by Alfred yon
Lindheim and his staff of scholars
confirms the experience of the Ar
bitter Tnval. ditats Versicherung" of the
German empire, that a tremendous
mortality appears among those who
have been retired. How capable, on
the other hand, old age may be if it
is allowed to continue active as long
as possible is proved by glance at
the scientific, artistic, economic and
political achievements Of celebrated
old men. Lindheim calls these men,
/ whose mental powers remained un-
impaired to great age, or even in
some cases did not fully ripen till
then, "Titans."
In view of the we'll known achieve
ments of old age it seems rash to put
limit to the usefulness of any man.
DR. Cuyler was right when he said
that for most active undertakings
youth and early manhood were the
most favorable period, but that for
certain others concentrated thought,
long experience and the ripe judg-
ment of age were the best equipment
Cato, it will be remembered, express
ed himself very similarly In any
case it cannot fail to be- recognized
that many Of the best achievements
in commerce, in craftsmanship, in
literature and in other fields have
been executed by men who were long
past, sixty.-Boston Transcript.
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FAMILY OF INVENTORS.
Monument to Be Erected in Memory
of the Three Howes.

of the Three HoWes.
Within few days work viii be be-
gun upon the foundations for the
monument which is to be erected to
the three Howes, inventors, all OF the
same family, who were born in Spen-
Ger in the same house in the south
part of town.
The monument, which is being mod
eledl by Paul Winters Morris of New
York, will occupy position in the
grass plot in front of the town hall
It bears upon it's face bronze portrait
medallions in. alto relief of the three
inventors, Elias Howe, inventor OF the
sewing machine; William Howe, in
ventor of. the truss bridge, and Tyler
Howe, inventor Of the spring bed.
Underneath is a bronze relief show
ing the house in which they were
born, and which is standing today IN
IA somewhat dilapidated condition in
rthe section of Spencer known as
howes Mills.
The die upon which the bronze
panel will be placed is 6 feet inches
by 7 feet 6 inches. THE monument,
will be 10 feet, 6 inches high, of Barre
granite, and is expected to be work
of. art, as several sculptors Of note
submitted designs in competition.
Each of the medallions is 20 inches
in diameter.
The funds for this monument, ag-
gregating something like $4,000, have
been raised by subscription, largely
from members and descendants of the
families Of the inventors.
The Howe Memorial Association,
which is managing the matter, was
Incorporated a couple of years ago.
following meeting held in October,
1905. and the original intention was
to repair the old home as a memorial,
but that was found impraeticable,
owing to its state of decay. 1t is ex-
pected that the dedication viii take
place during September, and will be
made quite an affair.
It is hoped to have sufficient funds
remaining with which to erect mark
er at the location of the birthplace
and to maintain the monument.
The history of the three men pre-
sents a number of very interesting
anecdotes. Elias having been pre-
sented in the royal court at England
while promoting his invention in
Great Britain, and being invested with
the medal Of honor. During the civil
war also lie played a patriotic part,
furnishing from his own resources
Boston Globe.
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a FTRsT FOOD.


1t is sometimes perplexing to figure
out just what we should feed the hens
early in the morning. 1t is a disputed
question whether. we should give grain
or mash and Just how much. From
years Of experience. we should advise
the grain, just a small portion early
to scratch; then follow with a light
food Of cooked vegetables and scraps,
with more grain during the day and
afternoon. If hens get a full feed
early in the day, they soon become
lazy and viii not hustle, therefore we
should try to keep them busy. The
first feed should be grain scattered in
the scratching. shed, and an effort
should be made to keep the hens hun
CRY. Late in the evening they should
be given all they can eat and at night
their crops should be full. Give a
variety Of every kind Of food and veg
etaibles, and give it so that the entire
day is consumed in getting it.-Far-
mers' Union Guide.
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fed fairly well and have a good range
to go over where food is plentiful,
they grow quickly into broiier size
and are. eagerly sought after by the
market poultrymen. Several venture
at growing guinea owls on farms
have proved fairly successful. The
best results come from small flocks
kept on a small farm where there is
a free range over green fields and
meadows that are well supplied with
insects of all kinds. Guinea fowls
seem to prosper best where there is
a dry gravel soil. Wet lands are not
suited to their habits. They nest in
out-of-the-way places, hide their nests,
hatch their brood, and raise them in
the grass. If the lands are we'll drain
ed and there is a safe roosting place
out of the wet and damp, they do bet.
ter than young turkeys, but they sue
cumb to wet conditions even sooner
than do the turkey poults.
The eggs of guinea fowls are sue
cessfully Matched by hens, and the
keets are grown in this way quite as
successfully as with the guinea hens.
They are more domestic when grown
with the hens and do not wander
about so much. Guineas do not get
along well with our poultry. They
are quarreIsome. The old guineas
are apt to kill young chicks if they
come about where their brood of
young is eating. Guineas prefer to
mate in pairs, but they will mate in
trios or three and four, wherever
there are a lot of guinea fowl. All
surplus males should be disposed OF.
Males that lack a mate are apt to de-
stroy the young when hatched.-Coun'
try Gentleman.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

the club it is, as a rule, rich people
who take to caravaning, at least to
caravaning for amusem ent. A recent
addition to the membership is wom-
an who said she has eight motor
cars. She was tired of rushing about
and wished to try ambling for time.
II is natural that carayaning should
attract well off rather than i'll off
people. for however great economy is
practiced there must always be the
initial cost Of a van (Which is still
not less than eco to ESQ, without
fittings and furnishings), the hire and
keep Of a horse, besides food, which
can often be bought from farmhouses
and need not Of course be at all rela-
lively expensive.
If the horse is stabbed there are
tips to grooms. Some one who had
spent many week ends caravaning es-
timated that for three or four persons
the cost of a week end worked out
at about 15s. per day, everything IN
cluded, but that caravaning for sew
eral weeks or a month or two worried
out more cheaply.
Al excellent plan for one thinking
of taking up caravaning would be TO
buy. van second hand, which may
sometimes be done. There was
beautifully fitted up one at the meet
this year for sale second hand for
e75. It had a stove or range and
all sorts of conveniences and contriy-
ances for carrying many comforts in
little space and could not have been
built for less than several hundred
pounds.
To be able to supply accurate in
formation to members Of the club as
to facilities for caravaning in the
different counties the club secretary
prevails upon as many caravaners as
possible to send him printed post
cards, with certain particulars filed
in where blanks are left. These give
the name of the district pitched at,
details as to water supply and civil
ity received and also state whether
the pitch was charged for and whether
there were people willing to let horses
for. caravans. The particulars receiv-
ed are classified under counties and
members, but members Only-for the
club subscription is only IS a year
are allowed on application. to have the
benefit of them
Surrey, Kent and the home coun-
ties generally are the favorites among
caravaners, though many seem to
have been about Lincolnshire. This
year several members have taken
their vans to France and are going
about Brittany. How they got the
vans past the customs and what they
had to pay will be known when they
return. Evidently, however, there is
no. insuperable difficulty about getting
a van into France. Brittany is an in
expensive district and the peasants
very civil. The address of the Cara
van Club is now 358 Strand. London.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

Two mysterious military "spies,
part of whose secret has never been
discovered, are the heroes of William
Gilmore Beymer's story of military
scouts in Harper's. Mr.. Beymer has
long been gathering this historic ma
terial, which, in the dramatic form
he gives it, is as absorbing as good
fiction. Even the military documents
he quotes have a human interest.
The men he writes of, Colonel Will
iams and Lieutenant Peter, were both
under twenty-five. They were hanged
without having made any confession
OF their designs, upon which, how
ever, Mr.. Beymer's narrative throws
considerable light.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
LAST OF THE STAGE COACHES,
Used for Carrying Passengers in
Early Days of Texas.

EdTty Lays " ~<NSS'
After standing in the alley west OF
Patterson's livery stable since 1873
the stage coach San Houston was
torn to pieces recently and the tim
her cast in a waste heap. The Sam
Houston was the victim OF city leg
islation, it having been ordered NOV
ed from the alley, but being ia such
a dilapidated condition it could not
be moved. The coach was torn to
pieces and another relic Of the early
aexas days has passed into history.
If the old stage coach could talk
it could tell of some hair raising
events that would probably make the
blood and thunder" stories look Ike
thirty cents Mex. 1t made its first
run between Austin and Brennan in
the year 1871, when Texas was flbsd
with Indians and bad men. Six and
eight mules were driven to the old
coach six being driven in good wealth
er and eight in muddy weather.
In its day the Sam Houston was
the scene of many fight and holdup.
The wood was marked IN numerous
places by bullet holes, which were all
that remained in history of many OF
the flights in which the coach was
the centre Of battle. Guards were al
ways carried along with the coach in
the early days to prevent Indian at
taeks and holdups by bad men who
wanted to rob the mail.
Some time ago movement was
started to have the Sam Houston
preserved as a historic relic Of carly
Texas days, but the move failed to
bear fruit and now it is too late.
The Sam Houston made its last
run frcm San Antonio to Austin IN
1873. 1t was abandoned and had to
get out of the way, for the railroad
took its place, and now it had to he
taken out of the alley because it was
deemed unsightly and in the way
Austin Statesman.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

Among the second violins in the
orchestra of the Prince Regent Thea
tire, at Munich, while the Wagner fes-
tiVal was in progress this year, was
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria.
He was enrolled, relates the New
York Tribune, as member Of the
orchestra, and was as punctual at re-
hearsals and performances as any of
his fellow musicians. When it be-
came known that real Prince was
among the violinists number of
English tourists asked that the hocd
over the orchestra pit be removed and
that it be so arranged that people in
the auditorium might get a glimpse
of the royal fiddler.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

What's the matter with the Ameri-
lcan farmers, asks the New York
Press, that they are neglecting the
cultivation of apples, one of the most
profitable crops that can be raised?
While our population is rapidly in
creasing. and while we are exporting
more and more of the fruit. the pro-
duction of apples in the United States
has been falling for nearly fifteen
years. In 1895 we raised 6O,000,0o0
barrels and in 1896 6s,ooO,0oO. For
the last four years the average yield
has been less than 2S.o00,O00. IN
1908 the crop was only 23,OOo,ooO,
In 1902 we exported only 2,S00,Oo0
bushels; in 1907, 100000. The ap-
pie is the fruit of the gods.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
WHEN CAT AND EAGLES MET.
Story Explaining Tabby's Homecom
ing and Death of Two Big Birds.

Story Explaining Tabby's Hcmecom
ing and Death of Two Big Birds.
Some days ago two large eagles
descended upon the town of Milo and
carried off Biff, the big Persian cat
belonging to Mrs. L. H. Ryder at
the Silver Lake Hotel. No one ever
expected to see her again, but Mon
uay morning she reappeared outside
of Mrs. Ryder's window apparently
but little the worse for her expert
ence.
Some of the long fur about her
throat was missing and there were
several scratches on her back, but
she was purring cdntentedly and has
taken her customary allowance of
milk and sardines today without the
slightest difficulty.
The final act in the drama was un-
folded this afternoon when Dave
Hutchingsou arrived here from his
Bee Pond camps with the bodies of
two eagles which he found in the
Ten Mile Shanty road about five
miles from here. The head of one
of them had been clawed terribly
and the throat of the other had been
torn open.
That they both met their death at
the hand of the cat there can be no
doubt. But how she managed to des-
patch them without herself sustain
ing serious injury is a complete mys-
terry which even Bill Mcbride, the
Houston Mountain bee fancier doesn't
attempt to unrayel.--Kennebee Jour
nal.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
RI-AcKurAn pMNEnY

In an article on blackhead in tur-
keys and white diarrhoea in chickens,
an exchange concludes that there is
no effective remedy for these diseases
after birds are once infected and rec
ommends prompt use of preventative
methods. Among the preyentatiyes
most highly commended is the liberal
use of epson salts, administered
either in mash or in drinking water.
A dose is a teaspoonful to ten old
fowls or twenty young ones, admins
tered about once a week.-Farmers'
Home Journal.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
a Cure For Tramps.

The Mayor of a rural parish in
Westphalia appears to have discov-
cred a sovereign remedy for the
tramp nuisance. He began by at
taohsng to the local almshouse a
night shelter where the homeless
wanderers could seek refuge. He
next posted notices round the town
asking the inhabitantsato refuse aims
to passing mendicants, and at the
same time placed ether notices at
prominent places on the outskirts OF
the town informing those whom it
concerned that a bed and food might
be had at the shelter in exchange
for few hours work The expert
ment has been a complete success.
The number of tramps in the district
has considerably decreased, and many
by being given agricultural work to
do at the shelter have learned to earn
a respectable livelihood. Dundee Ad.
vertiser.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

Sleeping out of doors in summer is
a custom fast growing in favor in this
country. No amount of ventilation
can make the air of a sleeping cham
ber so pure as that of the open, with
nothing to obstruct the escape of i'm
purities exhaled with the breath.
Even when a complete calm seems
to prevail there is always move
ment of the atmosphere, so that an
entire change of the surrounding air
occurs every second. Doctors in Cali
fornia, observes the Sacramento Bee,
now generally recommend sleeping
In the open air, and many patients
experience much benefit from it.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
Lxsander Hears Thlnas.

Whenever Lgsander John Appleton
is On the lounge and shuts his eyes
his folk imagine he is asleep and be-
gin to tell things. He learned re-
Gently while trying to rest that his.
wife had charged a SIS hat to him,
fer which she was paying on the IN
stalment plan out Of the money sup
posed to SO for the table. The shock
almost made him open his. eyes. He
also learned, that his wife was con-
niving with Daysey Mayme in a love,
affair OF which he. disapproyed. Your
father" said Mrs. Lysander John, rs
an old fogy." Lysander John advises.
all men who seek happiness to take
their maps at the Office. It is his
experience that women folk can ney-
er wait till a man is sound asleep
in their desire TO bsg gin enjoying
themselves by telling th,ngs.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

According to the opinion OF Mr..
Thornton, who presided at recent
conference of the foreman tailors Of
London, mems dress will soon under
go a great change and the present
styles will give way to more CLASSIC" :"
garments. Knee breeches and fancy
waistcoats will be introduced, and the
superiority OF these garments over
to-day's long trousers and waistccats
will insure their popularity. 4 Rus
sian nobleman who visited London a
few weeks ago said that he cared lit
tie whether the style was introduced
or not; he would adopt it. Two
things were necessary. he said,
s.shapely calves and courage he
sook with him forty-eigFt v-aistNoa r
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04

A competent authority calculates
The direct physical loss to this coun-
try through the emission of smut
smoke from chimneys at s600,0OO,-
300 a year. If so, argues the New
York Tribune, we must regard that
as one of the greatest wastes of all
Dur resources. OF course, there is, in
addition, an incalculable but appal-
lingly great indirect loss of still
more serious Kind, in the "uncleanli-
ness, poverty, wretchedness, disease
and death" which are caused by the
lazy, slovenly and wasteful practice.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1909-11-04
seotts Rebeoea- phIIadeIphIa eIrI.

'That book ought to have peculiar
interest for Philadelphia people" said
a bookseller at well known second
hand book store to prospective Gus
toner who idly thumbed copy of
Scots "Ivanhoe."
zone of the characters in that book,
Rebeeea, :" he continued, twas drawn
by Sir Waiter Scott about young
Philadelphia girl, Miss Rebeeea Gratz.
I remember her myself. / lived near
her when l was a boy, and well re-
member the kind, unpretentious work
she did among the poor. There must
be a number of people who, like me,
haye seen and talked with Miss -Gratz,
for fifty years ago there wasn't a school
teacher anywhere within a radius OF
fifty miles who did not know that a
description OF Miss Gratz by Irving
inspired the "Rebecca' of Sir Walter
Scott. But i dare say few local read.
ers of "Ivanhoe' today know it,
Philadelphia Press.