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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
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FARM AND GARDEN

| Better drop off lot of them and give
the rest chance You will do bet
ter, and so will the hens.
In building the house do not have
! the roosts too high Aa foot or two
is high enough There is danger of
fowls injuring themselves flying down
from a high roost, especially the heav-
Ter birds.
Old hens commence laying late and
leave off early. Old hens, unless they
are very valuable as breeders, are
seldom profitable to keep, considering
their record throughout the entire
year.
If the hen will not pay for her
board in eggs, she should be made
to yield profit by being slaughtered
and her carcass sold No poultryman
should keep drones; he cannot afford
it.
Experiments have proved that hen
in good condition will eat, on an aver
age, three ounces of mash in the
morning, two ounces of grain at noou,
and four ounces of grain at night.
People who have had the expert
ence know it to be a positive fact
that frosting the toes, combs or wat
ties of hen will put stop to egg.
production.
There is knack in feeding hens thai
must be learned by experience. The
hens should be well fed and yet al
ways a little hungry.
Keep~a box of grit and box of
charcoal handy for chicks and grown
fowls. They will eat as needed and
require both.
1t is said that the only poor results
from feeding skim milk or buttermilk,
either sweet or sour, is on account OF
not feeding from clean troughs.-
From Practical Poultry Points in the
American Cultivator
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
Seven Gored Skirt.

The seven gored skirt is one of the
standbys that is always in demand.
1t suits great many materials and a
great many purposes and this one has
the great merit of allowing a choice
of either the high waist line or the
natural one. 1t will be found adapted
to all suiting and all skirting ma
terials and to the washable ones that
are already being made up, as well
as to those of wool and of silk, and,
as it can be made in either round or
walking length. it is just as well
adapted to the house as it is to the
street.
The skirt is made in seven cores,
and the ful4.ess at the back is laid
in inverted pleats. When the belt is
used it is Joined to the upper edge.
but when the high waist line is de-
sired the seams are & assigned to be
boned and the upper edge to be UNI
der-faced.
The quantity OF mate al required
for the medium size il ten yards
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

can be utilized, too, for almost all
reasonable materials. for with the lin
ing it becomes adapted to silk and to
wool, while without the lining it is
suited to lingerie materials. The new
cotton crepe, that is being so much
exploited, the dainty cotton marquis
cite, all the familiar lawns. batistes
and the like are to be included with
these last, and the model suits every
one In the illustration one of the
new satins, that is extremely soft
and woven with the suggestion of
pongee, which is known as Salome.
is utilized with banding as trimming
and all-over lace for the yoke. To do
away with bulk at the waist line the
blouse is cut off slightly above the
normal and the lower edge of the lin
ing is covered with the girdle. This
higher line can be utilized. too. when
the blouse is combined with high
wasted skirt to produce semi-prin-
cesse gown, or a wide belt is used for
the joining, but the blouse can always
be extended to the full length when
it is used without lining and sep
arately.
The blouse consists of the fitted
lining, which is optional, fronts,
hacks. centre-front and centre-backs.
When the lining is used it is faced
to form the yoke. but when 1t is
omitted the yoke Is cut on indicated
lines and Joined to the blouse. The
closing is made invisibly at the back
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

Andrew j. Aikens, part owner and
general manager of the Evening Wis
cOnsin, Milwaukee, one of the most
distinguished and best known news
paper publishers in the country, died
January %, at the age of eighty
years, as the result of a stroke of
paralysis suffered in his Office in the
afternoon of January IL.
Andrew Jackson Aikens was born
at Barnard, VT, October 81, 1928.
His paternal ancestors were Scotch,
from Montrose, who settled in Massa-
chusetts in 1860, and on his mothers
side he was descended from John
Rowland, the last survivor of those
who came over in the Mayflower. He
left the high school at the age of
fifteen years, and served an appren-
tfceship in a printing office, rising to
the position of editor. He afterwards
edited weekly paper at Bennington.
VT, and later a weekly at North
Adams, Mass. From North Adams
ne went to Boston, where he. became
3 reporter in the Legislature, and
served as proofreader in the State
printing office. 49,
Going from Boston to New York,
Ae was engaged upon the. New York
Eyening Post in 1853, and was sent
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

to the Western States as a special cor
respondent He visited Milwaukee
in the spring of 1854, settled there
in the early summer, and soon after
became connected with the Evening
Wisconsin, with the late William E.
Cramer. In 1864 the firm name be-
came William E. & John F. Cramer,
and in 1858 Cramer, Aikens &
Cramer.
The method of printing newspapers
on one side at central Office and on
the other side at the Office of publ
cation originated with Mr.. Aikens in
1863 Mr. Aikens' improvement upon
the English method of printing auxil-
larry newspapers consisted in the addi-
ton to the general news of the paper
of a page for general advertising;
the compensation for this advertising
making it possible to sell the partly
printed sheets for less than the cost
of production The firm began the
publication of the partly-printed"
sheets with advertisements in 1864,
being the pioneer house in the BUSH
ness. There are now more than 10,-
900 papers printed upon this plan in
the United States-more than one
half of the weekly newspapers-at a
saving of millions of dollars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
WHITEWASH THE POULTRY
HOUSE.

An application of whitewash to the
poultry house, roosts, dropping
boards, walls and ceilings should al
he touched, is a strong factor in in
creasing the egg output. The appli
cation is made more efficient as =
gefmicide, insect and disease destroy
err by having little carbolic acid and
coal oil added to it. Use the wash
hot and thin, forcing we'll into all
cracks and crevices with strong
spray pump or good brush. Repeat
the application every three or -four
months. Time spent in this brings
good returns. Try the investment
and be convinced.-Farmer's Home
Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

and the sleeves are cut in one-piecs
each, trimmed on indicated lines.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and one
half yards twenty-one or twenty-four.
two and three-eighth yards thirty
two or one and three-fourth yards
forty-four inches wide, with one-half
yard eighteen inches wide for the
yoke, nine and three-fourth yards
of banding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
Clock Made of Straw.

A shoemaker named Wegner, liv-
ing in Strasburg, has clock of the
grandfather shape, nearly six feet
high, made entirely of straw. The
wheels, pointers, case and every de-
tail are exclusively of straw. Veg
ner has taken fifteen years to con-
struct this strange piece of mechan-
ism. 1t keeps perfect time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
An indian Arrow.

Dr.. Whipple, long bishop of Mime
sofa. was about to hold religious ser
vices at an Indian village in one OF
the western states, and before go
ing to the place of meeting asked the
chief. who was his host whether II
was safe for him to leave his effects
in the lodge PLENTY SAFE grunted
the red man. mo white man in a
hundred miles from here."-Argonaut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

In Copenhagen the unemployed
men have found an occupation in rat
killing, the number exterminated
reaching 5000 to 5000 week, while
for the rest of Denmark the figure is
from 10000 to $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
Pay High Rent For Saloons.

OF all the high rents paid in New
York City the highest are paid by
saloons, which are taxed about dou-
BILE what could be got from any other
business for the same premises.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

If each individual in New York
City owned an equal portion of its
real estate he would be worth IN
land $3.50, according to the assessed
Valuation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

why should church mouse be
considered so poor? He doesn't have
20 live on the collections.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
WHY NOT RAISE MORE DUCKS?

WHY NOT RAISE MORE DU'ChS
So little has been written about
the duck compared with the hen that
people are apt to think this branch OF
the poultry trade unimportant.
About two years ago had so much
trouble with the cholera and gapes
among my young chicks, that fin,
ally decided to try ducks instead OF
chickens. I secured trio of the
Aylesbury breed, and began my ex'
pertinent. l have had nothing to re-
gret. Last year, my second season,
raised few over hundred, and
if had not experimental with an
incubator and got it too hot, thereby
losing two hundred, the probabilities
are that would have raised at least
$50 more than did.
l find the Aylesbury duck naturally
healthy and vigorous, a good layer. a
fine table-bird, and first class for the
market. For the latter purpose. this
duck is largely bred in England.
The duck requires very much less
attention than the chicken, and is far
less liable to disease. and it is equally
as profitable So. why not raise more
ducks ?-Farmer's wife in the Indiana
Farmer 49,.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
SELECTING BREEDERS.

Breeders should be selected for Wig.
or and health as much as for shape
and fine plumage. 1t is a good plan
to make vigor first consideration.
The hens should be selected first, get.
ting toge her those that conform in
shape and color, all as near one type
as possible. Then select the male,
He should be strong where the hens
are weak and taken as a whole, az
good a specimen as you can find. Re-
member the male is reckoned half
the mating. / believe it is generally
an accepted fact that we get color
and vigor from the male and size
and shape from the female. This does
not mean though that one will get
fine results from an understood cock
erel. All breeders should be as near
standard weigh as possible, or per
haps a little above would be better.
The eggs will be fertile in few
days after yarding together, but it is
safter to wait ten days before saving
the eggs for hatching.-Farmers'
Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02

Quebec supplies ninety per cent. Of
the worlds supply of asbestos.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-02
~ N1@fluEN dSSs
81 WIHlNg WVfRNlgIUNa So

New York City. The blouse that
gives long and slender lines is, the
one for which many women are seek
ing, and here is model which in
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
SOW WINTER OATS,
SAYS THE BULLETIN.
Report From State College
of Agriculture of Inter-
est to Farmers.
ATHENS, October 18th, 1909.


At present, there is only one acre of
winter oats grown in the State Of GeoT-
gia to every eighteen or twenty acres OF
corn or cotton. 1t is quite true the wet
season very often comes at the time
when the oats are ready to harvest, and,
therefore, interferes with the cultiva-
tion of this crop on an extensive scale.
1T is crop, however, that under proper
treatment gives large yields in the
State OF Georgia, and when we consider
its value as grain for work stock when
fed alone or with corn as part OF the
grain ration, or when grown in combi-
nation with winter vetch for the pro-
duction Of hay or simply used as cover
crop for the winter, there is good reason
tobelieve that the acreage otwinter oats
in Georgia should be at least doubled.
There are only few varieties of win
ter oats on the market The variety
giving the best yield at the college in
1909 was the Texas Rust Proof oat,
yielding 81 40 bushels per acre. The
Culberson oat came next with yield
OF 60 bushels per acre, followed by Ban
croft, Appler and Virginia Gray, with a
yield of so, So and 40 bushels per acre,
respectively
The Culberson oat is a new variety.
and fairly good yielder. Its good
points are early maturity and still f straw
The grain Of this ont ia very small, and
some do not like it on that account.
PLANT GOOD SEED.
A test of three different samples Of
Texas Rust Proof oats, from different
dealers gave the following results /:
ga AZ, 46 and 40 bushels per acre, respect
lively. Some Of the oat seed offered for
sale is not fit TO SOW, and this point
should be carefully considered in buy
ing seed OF any variety.
DATE OF sEEDIN0.
Texas Rust Proof ost seeded October
10Th and November 2lst gave yield OF
81 40 and 40 bushels per qcre. respect
vsly. Gn'horspn oat Serded un the
seine ss,es. gave yisii II 90 snd p
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

Kodol insures good digestion by
absolutely duplicating Natures
normal process, in perfectly digest
ing all food taken into the stom-
ach.
While Kodol is doing this, the
stomach is resting-and becoming
strong and healthy. A strong and
healthy stomach guarantees a
sound and active brain.
The man with sound stomach
"a stomach that is doing for the
body Just what Nature intended
II to dds the man who Is always
prepared for any emergency. He
is there with the goods"
The man with sick stomach, Is
a man sick all over. When the
stomach is irritated by undigested
food, the blood and heart are d.
rectly affected. Then dizziness, un-
natural sleepiness, slck-headaches,
vertigo and fainting spells, and
even serious brain trouble develop.
Kodol will prevent these.
Squirting the stomach and brain
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
REPORT OF G|NNERS
ON COTTON CROP.
Yield is Disappointing in
All Sections of Cotton
Belt.

MEMPHIS, TENN, Oct. 22-The report
of J. A. Taylor, president of the Ma
tionsl Ginners' Association, indicates
that there has been ginned to October
18th 100000 bales, which is nearly a
million bales less than was ginned in
this period last year.
The report says:
AS the heavy ginning of September
was kept up the first week in October
the falling off has nearly all come in the
last half of the latter month.
The crop is 1917 picked, compared
with 54.5 last year-at this time, and in
dicates almost a crop disaster, except
in Georgia and the Carolinas, where the
crop is better, but not as good as ex-
pected month ago. The yield is re-
ported disappointing in all sections of
the belt, probably due to smallness of
the hollis, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas have the shortest crop ever
grown, and will total little over half
of last years crop, while Texas is not
much better"
REFoRT BY STATES.
PGnoPt hu Gtafac 10 N q FOiIoxya.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

DR.. Broughton wants Governor
Brown to enforce the prohibition law
in Savannah. DR.. Broughton ought to
know that there are some things that
just can't be done
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

bushels, respectively These results go
to show the importance of seeding
rather early in the fall Winter oats are
not so choice about soils as some other
crops, but the better the soil the larger
the yield. AS rule, the open furrow
system of seeding oats is the best, but
large yields can be. secured on soils in
high state of fertility by seeding with
the ordinary grain drill.
A good fertilizer formula for oats at
sowing time is the following:
Acid phosphate -. $50. $50 pounds.
Muriate OF potash ...... 30
Nitrate Of soda. % Z"
Cotton seed meal. .... 200 -
Nitrate of soda in the spring
as top dressing. ........ rs ="
P. o. VANATTER,
In charge of Field Demonstrations.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
The Value of Co...
Digestion
Is easy to figure if you know what your stomach
is worth. Kodol keeps the stomach at par value,
by insuring good digestion Kodol cures Dyspepsia.

to special effort by "tonics" and
"stimulants" doesn't cure anything,
or accomplish any good Neither
does dieting. Indigestion and the
serious ailments which 1t induces
can be averted and corrected only
by natural means.
Kodol supplies this natural
means. 1t performs the stomach's
work for it-just as the stomach
should perform it-while the stom-
ach takes little rest, for the
stomach's sake"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

Thomas F. Ryan was left off the
Board OF Directors OF the Seaboard Air
Line at the meeting OF stockholders
held in New York last week. John
Shelton Williams is in full control OF
the system which now amounts to
about 5000 miles.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland has gone to
Switzerland to live for awhile.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
Come, you're the Doctor,
Which shall it be,

Costivsness, constipation. or
HpI'i,'sr'. X ,ck} 'nun' .in Toa.
~ '>s.ic 50 Il r. nuIl.r = 80 n 90
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
Our Guarantee

Go TO your druggist today and get n dol
lar bottle. Then after you have used the
entire contents of the bottle IL you can
honestly say, that 10 has not done you any
good, return the bottle to the druggist and
he will refund your money without ques-
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Rist for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all
druggists know that our guarantee IL good.
This offer applies 10 the large bottle only
and 10 but one La a family The large bot
tie contains 2M times As much a. the atty
cent bottle.
Kodol is prepared at the iabora-
tories Of j.. G. Dewitt & Co, Chicago.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29
REFoRT BY STATES.
Report by States is as follows:

lotal .....,.......... D 02U,OOU
Returns from southwest Texas re-
duced our last figures 60 600 bales
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-29

P. o. VANATTER,
In charge of Field Demonstrations
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
Etiquette.


The late George W. Harvey, Wash
ington's noted caterer. was an admira-
BILE after dinner speaker. A Washing
ton correspondent recalled the other
day press banquet that Mr.. Harvey
once attended.
Gle gave" said the correspondent.
''some funny advice to the wonfan's
page editors present. He suggested
that they brighten up their etiquette
departments by the introduction of
really interesting rules of etiquette.
Then he ratified of lot Of rules
like this:
Never wear automobile goggles
when riding on an electric car. Our
best people consider It pretentious.
"1f some one accidentally treads on
your heel and says. I beg your par.
dom, make no reply. II you would be
thought a true gentleman simply scowl
and pass on.
"a gentleman should never allow 9
lady to pay for anything. This, o.
course. does not refer to the titled
husbands OF American heiresses.
Never try to, alight from lady,
train when In motion.
III you are 4 golfer and have had
] bad luck say, 'Deary. deary mel s Z
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
Not Worth Singing.

The late Thomas Bone. 1.-The sailors
missionary" was the soul of kindli.
ness, but he was seldom worsted in
repartee. One Of the many instances
Of this given in his published life is
the following:
His work was not without its hu-
morous side. Among the new men
there were always some who sought
a little amusement at his expense,
but they reckoned without their host.
His kindly manner never changed.
The smile never left his face. There
was no venom in the retort, but 1t
seldom failed to silence the inter
rupter. The laugh raised at his ex.
pense made it quite certain that nc
second attempt would be made.
Seeing him approaching one day,
one of a group of sailors announced
his intention of having some fun. He
stepped forward and removed his hat
revealing perfectly smooth crown
and asked:
"'Can you tell me why my head is
80 bald. while all my companions have
plenty of hair?'
81 don't know was the smiling re-
ply. unless the reason given me the
other day by farmer would apply
that an empty barn Is not worth
shingling.' Judge.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
An independent Miller.

: -
When Frederick built his famous
palace Of Sans Souci there happene,,
to be mill that greatly hampered hilr
in the execution Of his plans. and ~.
asked the miller for now much IL.
would sell it. The miller replied thar
for long series of years his family
had owned the mill, which had passed
from father to son. and that he would
not sell it for any price The King
used every solicitation. offered to build
him mill in better place and paw
him. BESIDES any sum he might de.
mand. but the obstinate miller still per-
sisted in his determination to preserve
the inheritance of his ancestors
Irritated at last by his conduct, the
king sent for him and said in an an
CRY tone:
"Why do you refuse to sell your mill
Notwithstanding all the advantages l
have offered your
The miller repeated his reasons.
do you know continued the king,
''that could take it without giving
you penny?" Y.
eyes," returned the miller calmly, ''if
it were not for the chamber of justice
at Berlin" s.3 ssrE, 5Es II ..ss.,-
The king was so flattered by this an
swer, which showed that he was inca
pable of an act of injustice, that he
dismissed the miller without further
entreaty and changed the plan Of his
garden. .~~>-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
A PHILOSOPHERS Fable.


Arthur Aull is responsible for this
one:
"Folly, Genius and Common Sense
once went walking and came to
stream. Genius, having his head in
the clouds, naturally started to wade
across, paying no attention to the
depth. The waters soon went over his
head, and he was drowned. Common
Sense hunted for a safe way to get
across. and finally he found foot log.
As he got out about the center of the
stream the log swayed. and he fell into
the water and sank to rise no more.
Folly stopped at the bank of the
stream to amuse himself by throwing
pebbles into the water and watching
the waves. He sat upon the moist,
cold bank until he caught cold which
developed into pneumonia. of which
he soon died. Moral.-It doesn't make
much difference, after all, whether
you are a genius, a sage or a fool
You'll get it sooner or later anyway"
Exchange.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-08-05
Told to Earn His Own Salary,

Commodore Vanderbilt discovered in
James II. Rutter. then in the employ
of the Erie railroad. man he believed
the freight department Of the Central
needed, says the Baltimore News. It
is related that some time after he took
charge Of the Central's traffic office
Rutter called on the commodore to
submit plan for Improvement. When
he had stated the case the president
looked at him sharply and asked
"Rutter, what does the New York
Central pay you $4,000 year for?'
The reply was. For managing the
freight traffic department"
And then the commodore said, "Well,
you don't expect me to earn your SAL
airy for you, do your
Rutter went out and carried through
his plan on his own judgment. The re-
suit was highly satisfactory. Rutter
became president of the Central.