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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
KEEP LOADED FUR TROUBLE.

The ole yaller cat his chops is now iickin'.
He's film his claws to ketch spring
chicken.
Better run fur the gun an load 'er UP
right
Jist hit i'm ker-plunk. Twill serve the
sneak right.
That ole Satan weasels n sneakin' around
To cut yur chicks threats II they kin be
found.
Better git yur steel trap; shet them chick
ems up tight:
He'll mebbe cum round fur rooster to-
night.
who's who?" shrieks old owl as he
whirls through the air.
''You-you are the sneaker with big eyes
that glare.
Wen sot them steel Jaws by a hen in a
pen.
You bet you'll not ketch my fat growers
again.
Jist keep yur eye peeled fur that hawk in
the sky.
He's circlin' this way. an soon he will
try
To grab a young turkey an then away
hy
To the nest where his young uns are hum
cry on high.
I'll not need to tell we when ole skunk's
around
Though he's not useter maxim an ocean
OF sound.
He'll present the hull town with fra
grant nosegay.
An then he'll skedaddle with fat hens fur
pay.
When he's maxim calls an his wireless
wave
Calls ye up of night yur big ROSTERS 10
save.
Put the pup on the job or phone down fur
the cop.
He's slicker than you are at gittln' the
drop.
n NJ II
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
LOOK OUT FOR RIOTS AND sporsl

Those people, outside OF Pennsylva-
over the rotten egg scandal unearthed
in Philadelphia had better get nosey
around home. "Spots and rots" don't
stay In spots. Get nosey, New York!
Look lively there, outside the Keystone
State!
On March /, 1909, the Pennsylvania
legislature passed one law we're sure
isn't rotten IL 1t does deal with a rot
ten industry.
In the keystone State he who now
deals in rotten eggs, offers them for
sale or purchases them for use in food
becomes subject to fine OF from 5000
TO $1,000 or Imprisonment Of from
three TO nine months, or both
Well, the rot and spot men are
now up against 1t. They can't do
business in Pennsylvania. They dare
not ship them to another state, for
when their chief dealer attempted to
ship twenty-five crates to New York
he was promptly arrested and held in
$500 bail for United States court.
But what will become of all these
"rots and spots" that sold at SIZE a
crate when fresh eggs sold at So, and
what will become Of these odoriferous
operators of this rotten industry?
Well, they will just cross the line
into those states where the dairy and
food commissioners swing In ham
mocks and drink rich cream at the
governments expense.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22

FIG. v.-IDEAL. PROM LIFE
hand this bird to the exhibitor with
instructions to cook 1t quick.
Fig. . speaks for itself and meets
standard requirements. Study this
head with the others and note diter-
ence. Compare your s. G. Leghorns
with this model and note what they
lack. -... -.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
kuRlos FROM CORRESPONDENTS

0. Can you tell me why so many
chicks in my matches fail to absorb
the yolk and die at the end of the
hatch? A. Too much heat weakens the
bowels of the chick, and 1t fails to as
simulate the yolk.
Q. What is the length of CAPE
worm? Which is the larger. male or
female? How long does 1t take their
eggs TO hatch? A. Male. one-eighth OF
an inch; female. five-eighths. Six to
forty days, according to weather con-
ditions; dampness favorable.
@. Why is 1t that pheasant breeders
are advised not to raise birds on or
near sheep pasture? have read this
often, but never read the reason. Is
the ground tainted? A. The reason is
that sheep drop more or less wool.
the opening to the gizzard and kills
them.
Q. How do you proceed to heal a
gosling's wing that Is broken at the
first joint? A. The bone will not knit.
Take sharp knife, cut Off the broken
part neatly, touch the raw wound with
carbolic acid and leave the rest to ma
ture.
Q. Do hens get along better with
male or without? A. Hens are better
contented with the head of the pen
present. He leads them, Is their pro-
tector and warns them of danger.
without a male present hens are con-
tinually scrapplng. but when the boss
is there warning sisters sit up and take
notice.
Q. Which is correct-set or sit, set
ting or sitting?
A. You take up Biddy by the legs
And set her on a setting OF eggs.
And II she doesn't think OF fitting
She sits on them and keeps on sitting.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22


LAND.
nearer to its ancestor. the wild tur-
key, and this big bird Is raised at no
greater expense than the others.
For beauty points consult any en-
thusiastlc Bronze turkey fancier and
he'll talk your leg or.
BRONZE STANDARD WEIGHTS.
Pounds. Pounds
Adult cock ...... IS Hen .............. %
Yearling cock -. 80 Pullet ......."..... IL
Cockerel .......... %
The White Holland, though smaller,
has very fine qualities and is the
worlds second choice.
1t comes as a sport from the other
varieties and. we are told, was first
bred In Australia and was first called
the Australian White.
BY crossing with White Sports from
the Bronze 1t has been gaining In
weight and vigor every year. 1t Is a
magnificent, beautiful bird.
HOLLAND STANDARD WEIGHTS.
Pounds. Pounds.
Cock ............... 70 Hen ............... 10
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
SINGLE COMB LEGHoRN HEAD
DEFECTS.

There are those who breed single
comb Leghorns that are Off In their
second story. They don't care.
There are those who breed birds
with bad head points that do care
who will welcome information which
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.

Those Rip Van Wrinkles who still
light their way with lard lamps and
tallow dips and boast of the superior
ity Of the age Of hoop skirts and COW.
hide boots should view a $4,000 egg
incubator hatch by electricity and be
treated to an American bred, celery
fed, fat green duck. That would fin.
ish their foolish fossil cry, "Incubators
are no good"
One argument In favor of thorough.
bred poultry ON the farm is uniformity
Of color and sizes. Many hucksters
in Pennsylvania are offering several
cents more for fowls Of uniform an
pearance. Birds of all colors and sizes
do not sell so well.
The combination incubator and
brooder is an impracticable affair The
brooding part Is generally over the In
cubating apparatus. 1t Is always bet
ter to do one thing well than to bungle
both.
The baggage smashers Of Pennsylva-
MIA have been very anxious to see the
law pass requiring storage eggs to be
labeled. Have you ever seen them
throw crate Of eggs across car?
Not much. Too dangerous. Explode.
Storage eggs should be classed with
dynamite and hauled on a freight car
marked High Explosives"
II the old cluck samples that pre-
pared chick feed she Is only doing
what you should have done before
buying. She is particular about the feed
her babies eat II your are not. Throw
down some musty feed and watch her
reject 1t. Don't be too easy" in buy
ing-that testimonial may be lying
unless you want your chicks to be dy-
ing.
II you haven't the cash to buy trap
nests you may very easily catch the
nonlayers by this simple plan: Drive
the hens into coop beside an empty
one. AS the hens go on the nest sim.
ply catch them and put them In the
vacant pen. Three days and you have
them sorted with only a small expend.
iture of time.
Wild setting hens that fly or the
nests like firecrackers and crack their
eggs or cluckers that get the thigh
strikes" trample and mistreat their
chicks, fly into the hair and scratch
the spinal column Of their owner
aren't conducive to success or religious
advancement.
It Is natural for cock bird to pro.
tect his harem. You may expect him
to spur you when catching his hens or
passing through his pen. Now, don't
be a mule and kick him and don't let
your helper click I'm"
There are many who do not count
the cost of rooster fight. OF course
we don't refer TO a main nor to that
fine that caused pain, but to bout
when birds get out. Il mutilates q
show specimen. weakens breeder and
often brings blindness. brain fever and
death.
We read OF the interment Of a sew.
enteen-year-old hen at wesson, Miss
She was buried In rosewood casket
which hundred women and girls fol
! lowed to the grave, where her iifei
record Of $3.50 eggs was read.
" NA.-.E
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
FIG. III.-HATcHET STYLE.

FIG. III.-HATCHET STYLE.
that only permit them to see on one
side at a time.
The top and side sprigs would debar
this bird without cutting for extra
points. coarseness and poor shape Of
comb. uneven wattles, coarse bill,
white in face and wrinkled ear lobe.
Comb in Fig. 3 has twelve points
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22
poN'Ts.

DON'TS.
Don't let the pup eat the turklets up.
You are not running dog ranch.
Don't trade fancy eggs to the grocer
when Cheap Johns around. He'll get
'em and set 'em.
Don't relate the history Of your eggs
to a customer II they are haymow
fruit. Too long a song.
Don't allow strangers to butt into
the duck yards. and don't let the duck
lings slop up the breeders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30

ers as need it, as they have learned
that many people are gobbling up more
coal than is necessary to supply their
present wants merely to make sure
that they will get it before the price
goes any higher Accordingly, only
people who are really in need of coal
are sold any and they are forced to
take it in small amounts.
Lack Storage Facilities.
Lack of storage facilities on the part
both of local coal dealers and heavy
consumers is the cause attributed by
some of the railroads for the coal short
age In this connection a warning is
offered: If this is the actual explana-
ton, it should serve as a warning to
both dealer and consumer in the future
to be always prepared for cold day in
the coal business as in other things
weather Kind to Seller.
The American Lumberman sizes up
the coal situation thusly in its last
issue:
1.-The weather man has certainly
cious, marrow-chilling billiards in two
weeks. A year ago they would have
brought comfort to the coal seller. At
present the comfort becomes almost
luxury, for in addition to the natural
stimulus impaired by the low temper
ature, other conditions are conducive
to strength and serve to heighten the
cheeriness of spirit on the part of the
coal man which all men should possess
on the eve of the holidays. The coal
buyer, perchance, may have other
thoughts to inspire his vivacity. Coal
men have been exceedingly busy dur
ing the last week, whether retailers,
wholesalers or producers, in country.
or city The retailers at Chicago last
Saturday worked hard and long to re-
sumo yard operations early Sunday
morning, continuing all day, and then
not catching up completely with their
orders. And dealers in the smaller
cities and towns worked overtime in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30

corner of Fifteenth street and Sec
end avenue. The Long View car
was turning south on Fifteenth
street when the Elm street car NOV
ing east, crashed into the front plat
form and demolished Il. The Long
View car was in charge of William
Caulfeld and Louis Kohn and the
Elm street car was in charge of Wal
ter Oefberly and NJ. German. Traf-
fic was delayed for a time because
of the accident. a passenger on the
Long View had his fingers cut by
the flying glass and the other pas
sengers were shaken up by the jolt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
VIII Make Clean S,.eep.
PERSONAL POINTS.

H. W. Crawford returned last even
ing from Chicago.
Miss Josephine Mack of Joliet is Wis
iting at the home of Miss Clara Craw-
ford.
Miss Josephine Sheldon arrived
home this morning from Minneapolis,
where she visited 10 days.
Rev. Marion Humphreys and family
are visiting in Geneseo as guests OF
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Smiley.
Mrs. F. H. Stuck arrived home this
AFTERNOON from Chicago where she
has been visiting for the past ten
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter. who
spent Christmas with Mrs. E. Evers,
1901 Eighth avenue, left today for a
short visit in Chicago before returning
to their home in Wichita, Kan.
Ernest Clark, who has been visiting
at the home of Alderman and Mrs.
George L. Schmid for several days, left
this morning for Sherrard, where he
will visit with his brother before re-
turning to Illinois university.
The Misses Aimee, Carrie and Gene
We've Eyford have all been spending
Christmas with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Lyford, in this city. Miss
Aimee departed last night for st. Paul.
from which place she came only last
Friday. The Misses Carrie and Gene
We've remain until next week, Gene
We've leaving Rock Island Sunday
night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
To CLEAR DOCKET
Judge Graves Issues Ultimatum
to Attorneys of the Coun-
ty Bar.
200 LAW CASES PENDING
On Call of List bit Three Are Set for
Trial by Agreement of Counsel
Must Be Relief.

Judge E. c. Graves, in the circuit
court yesterday afternoon, conferred
with members of the bar in seeking
to relieve the heavy dockets. espec-
tally the one carrying the law cases.
The Judge invited the whole member
ship of the bar to be present, but
not more than half responded. He
said that there must be some action
on the part of the attorneys looking
to the relieving Of the crowded con-
ditiOn of tile docket.
Judge Graves notified the attor-
neys that hereafter he would not set
a case for trial unless there was an
agreement between the counsel on
both sides that the hearing would
take place according to schedule.
But Three Set.
During the afternoon the court
called the go law cases. and of that
under the rule laid down by the
court.
= 1--WE attorneys are to blame for
the situation in our circuit court"
Rock Island lawyer said this morn
ing. I'VE at times blame the judges,
but it is not just to them. What we
need is more spirited litigation. The
judge is helpless to make any head
way unless the attorneys look after
their cases and be prepared to go
ahead with their trials according to
the call list"
VIII Make Clean Sweep.
Judge Graves informed the attor-
neyS that on the reconvening of the
January term he would again call
the law cases on the docket. and
that where there was no response
from the attorneys concerned and
no agreement as to date of trial
he would enter dismissal orders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
COURT HOUSE COLD
Coal Supply Gives Out and Of
ficials Prepare to Get Out
Overcoats.
TWO TONS ARE PROMISED
If Dealer Fails to Deliver a Carload
Now in the Yards 1t May Be
Attached by the Court.

1t looked for time today as though
the court house would have to beFclos-
ed up on account of the cold. Engin-
eer George Wright was forced to keep
the place warm nearly the whole day
with about half a ton of coal which
was delivered this morning. He secur-
ed a promise from a local dealer that
he would be given two loads this af-
ternoon. The situation became so
critical that talk of attaching a car
load of coal by authority of the circuit
court from among those lying on the
tracks in the city was heard all morn
ing, and it is probable that this will
have to be done tomorrow unless the
situation is relieved. There is plenty
of coal on the tracks in cars, but the
railroad company does not move it to
where it can be unloaded.
Demand Stin Grows.
The demand for coal gets heavier
each day as the supplies of the private
consumers in the city runs short or
gives out entirely. The factories are
for the most part all at work, but are
economizing as much as possible and
keeping down the consumption in order
to make closing down unnecessary
The dealers in this city are making an
attempt to supply only such custom
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30

the same manner, where they had the
coal for delivery.
Interruption severe.
interruption to the movement of
coal on the railroads has been severe.
condition that has been frequent in
recent weeks, being due to lack of mo-
tive power Consequently the tonnage
being moved by the roads showed a
serious decrease, whereas the freight
offered increased. Nearly every side
track bears evidence OF the over
freighted roads, and the coal men suf-
fered with the rest, and in many in
stances the railroads confiscated coal
on track for locomotive use. They do
not confiscate dry goods and crockery
for that purpose, nor even lumber.
with this prostration or serious
Gripping of traffic, it is no wonder that
some remote towns found themselves
without fuel and with no help in sight.
OF course, with the return of mild
weather there is a comparative cessa-
ton in the strenuous demand, but
things are not exactly as they we're
before the low temperatures came on
For there are other elements to the
coal situation besides the fuel require
ments of the householder The steam
coal user plays leading role in the
fate of the coal business, and just now
the immediate future of the coal trade
does not look particularly reassuring
to him, as a severe winter would de-
moralize the coal traffic indefinitely.
Locomotives can not be bought on
weeks or a months notice, and there
is little assurance that the recent diff
f1culties are merely transitory effect.
These and other considerations are in
ducing the steam coal user TO stock up
some fuel, and the railroad companies
have begun to do the same thing, dump
ing 1t on the ground as IL it were to be
there to stay Some of the largest
users Of screenings in the Chicago mar
ket are taking in all the coal of that
grade they can buy, giving it the same
resting place. And the dealermn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30

the same manner, where they had the
coal for delivery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30

who. as the weather moderates, sees
where he might have been better on,
had he been little more generously
supplied with coal. is now inclined to-
fit himself for emergencies. ~ :
How Prices Are Affected.
The above conditions have, of
course, had a direct effect upon prices,
strengthening them materially, or at
least bracing them up where weakness
has developed during the mild dull
days of late November Generally. the
market is decidedly firmer than H. wAsJ
two weeks ago. Franklin county en- =
coal is quoted firm at 81 mines Car
teryille is not wholly satisfactory 10
shippers, ranging from S1.50 to $f75
for lump. The better grades of Indi
ana Goals also are quoted about $1.75,
mines. Old-time shippers are some
what nonplussed at the strength shown
by screenings Notwithstanding the re-
cent increase in the production of pre-
pared coal and consequently Of screen
ings. the price of the latter continues
to rise, and Springfield Is quoted this
week as high as rs cents, mines. The
consumption undoubtedly has consid-
erably increased recently. Eastern BIZ
luminous Goals also are firmer. But
shippers are said to have materially
increased their shipments Of all-rail
coal to the west and just how market
conditions may be when It arrives can
not be foreseen a week in advance.
Anthracite, being almost purely a
domestic proposition in the west. was
perhaps more sensitive 10 the late Sc
we're weather than bituminous coal.
Shippers reported sudden ard notable
increases in the demand from all parts
Of the west and difficulties in making
prompt shipment Cars at docks have
not been ample and after the coal was
started on it's way to destination the
movement has been very slow 49,
satisfactory, on ac9oIaiGn
traffic -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
Still In Hosnital.

Robert Kuschmann, the Rock Island
road fireman. who was injured yester-
day by being struck in the head by
falling lump of coal, is still confined
at st. Anthony's hospital. 1t will be
week before he will be able to be about
again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-30
STREET CARS CRASH
ON CURVE AT MIGHT
Front PLATFORM of One Demolished
Passenger Cut by Flying
Glass.

Car 351 on the Elm street line
crashed into car 257 of the Long
View line last evening at 1852 at the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-02-12
Throw EN- Down Babies.

~ wonder" unused. The young father,
what there is In baby's makeup
that prompts him to drop things. 1t
isn't really dropping. thoughts
throwing. Ny baby is good about
sleeping and behaving when there is
company, but everything he can snatch
he Immediately filings to the floor. I've
noticed and known lot Of others, too,
who do the same thing. It's not only
the Joy Of throwing, but the delight in
seeing somebody pick the stuff up.
Babies certainly seem to take fend-
ish delight in watching their fathers
and mothers or nurses pick up the
toys and other things which they
throw out of their beds, carriages and
chairs. My boy used to be quite pleas
ed with rubber toy attached by a
string to his carriage SO that 1t just
escaped the ground. He would grin
and dangle 1t for hours. Now he yells
as soon as he discovers 1t is fastened,
and the minute we give 1t to him loose,
bang, 1t goes on to the ground, while
he laughs aloud In his joy. There's
probably q reason, and the psycholo-
gists Will discover 1t some day."-Ex-
change.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-02-12

In the days when buffalo still roam
cd the plains Of Kansas In countless
numbers q great many hunting parties
came over from Europe to have hand
In their slaughter. One party was COM
posed Of q Frenchman named Auguste
Rouzand, the FIRST husband of Christine
Nilsson, the prima donna. and an Eng
Iishman, a Mr.. Blackmore, from Lon
don. They arrived at Dodge City one
day in the fall with carload Of equip
ment, including every sort Of delicacy
that the market afforded and several
large trunks full Of bright new butcher
knives. A detachment of the Sixth
cavalry from Fort Dodge was detailed
to accompany them, and probably no
command ever Jared better than that
one did. The Englishman shot few
buffalo, and the soldiers slaughtered
them by the hundreds. But the French
man didn't kill one. Instead, as fast
as the animals were shot be would
take one OF his brand new butcher
knives, plunge 1t into the slain animal
until 1t was smeared with blood, wrap
1t carefully in tissue paper and put 1t
back In the trunk as a trophy OF the
chase to exhibit when he got back to
Paris as proof of his mighty prowess
as a hunter. That was his idea OF
Bport.-Kansas City Star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-02-12
The Holy Grail.

From a book reviewed a passage is
quoted In which mention Is made of
"the holy grail, the sang-real or true
blood of God" This used to be a COM
mon mistake, and so learned q man
as Thomas Warton In his "Remarks
on Sponsors limitations From Old Ro-
mances" writes, "The holy grale, that
Is the real blood of our Blessed
Saviour" But this is wrong. 1t is
the holy grale, or vessel. and does not
mean real blood, though 1t contained
the real blood, collected by Joseph of
Arimathea 1t was made from a dia-
mond and emerald which fell from the
crown Of Satan when he fought with
Michael. NJ. de VillemarQue, who has
written about Armoric legends, says
that this Jewel was a diamond. The
word greal is old French. as l under
stand, for have no knowledge my
self that 1t is SO. In the legend Of
Percival It Is shown that the grail Is
vessel. 1.-The holy grailp Percival
heard whispered by one voice after
another. Then from the shining YES
sci streamed an endless supply of the
costliest dishes and wines. london
Notes and Queries.