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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
eggs IN WINTER
HENS GET STARTED

CONTINUED From First PaRe.)
other for feeding and watering, thus
saving time and labor. The pullcts
are brought in from, their colony
houses with free range where they
grew up. and placed in these so.coll-
ed laying houses, and they never get
ont on tho ground again. They are
forced for laying through the winter
and early spring months, and are then
fattened and sent to market. Now.
to keep the pullets laying housed up
they have to be kept busy. This la
where the scratching pens como III.
All Of the grain feed Is fed into n deep
litter of straw, dried leaves, or some-
times pine tags This gives the hens
exercise by keeping them busy scratch.
Ing nearly all day. They have q gen.
crous feed OF green stuff for their
midday meal such as cabbage, n1angel
wurzel. turnips, etc. Grit end clean
drinking water aud always before them.
Most OF these largo farmp use beef
scrap in large quantities, either be-
fore the hens at all times, or fed with
the mash in the mornings.
Pointers Tor the Small Plant Man.
IL you have only small flock to
provide for, and you want to force
y y
shallow box, put In some good sound
oats and pour warm water over them
Place in your kitchen or any warm
place. Sprinkle every day or so to
keep moist. In few days the oats
will have lots OF tiny roots and then
begin to shoot green sprouts. Tho
chickens cat 1t greedily, and It is a
great egg producer DO not feed 1t
over two or three times weekly. a
quicker way yet is to put pan OF
oats In your oven with plenty OF lard
or beef fat. Cook well and feed to
the chickens before 1t gets cold. Be
particular not to give it to them piping
hot. though, for the old adage, "a burnt
child Is shy of the fire. holds good
here, for il they burn their mouths
they will fight shy Of it ever after
ward Give them some green stuff DUR
Ing the day, and i'll the evenings give
them toasted corn, also fed warm.
Don't forget the grit and clean water,
and II there Is any lay In your chick
ems, this plan Of feeding will certainly
show results in very short order. Every
fancier makes his chickens lay during
the show season without wanting to,
by very much the same process. He
coops his show birds aud feeds them
fich foods to get their plumage in nice
shape. and the result is generally that
the hens lay like clock work during
the shows BY the way. that brings
is to the Virginia Poultry Show,
January II to II, inclusive. 1t is high
time you were thinking over which of
your birds you will pick out to enter
for the show. Aribbon won at this
years show will mean something. as
tho outlook is bright for the banner
show of the South outstripping all o.
her former records.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
r. ". CUNNINGHAM.
Collector Of City Taxes.

Holly SPRING.. or Broad Rock" waters
as their very own. VI,
This means that In all Of the pro-
prietary medicines that the a. D. s.
people have become famous for the
Holly Springs, or BROAD Rock, waters
will be used, 1t also means that every
are in every State and Territory IN all
of the sarth becomes q distributing
point for tho Holly Springs or Broad
Rock" waters.
s And thus It comes about that a little
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS enterprise, one
that aene people wero disposed few
years ago, maybe Just few months
ago, to laugh at and possibly to rlai-
Guile, has developed into one Of the
biggest advertising assets that Greater
Richmond has, Anyhow, this eplepdld
little enterprise is to-day carrying the
name Of Richmond to every nook and
corner OF this great biz country, and
probably to not q few hooks ana cor-
5ners OF some other big countries.
The history OF the discovery, the
rise and pr0gress and the ultimate
development q the little old spring
interesting industrial story, and have
promised myself to write 1t at an early
date II can induce those modest men
in charge OF the business to tell me
all about II and let mo have my way
about IL,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
.HEAVYPURCHASES
OF LAND IN SOUTH

SContinued From FIRST fa 1e-...----.--
pills, Tenn, will build q cotton OH mn
TO replace It's 100000 plant receh''s
burned Ut Jonesboro, Ark
i Georges Creek Coal company na'
stlmore, Md. contemplates purchas,hs
and developing coal lands in Wost ~
sinia ard Kentucky. but mas not ~
cided on definite plans. 80.
L Maury Ward ana Il. Mem carr noss
y!iill. N. c., are Interested III es1api'sn-
Ing . 100000 fertilizer factory
I Spalding Foundry Company Atlan,a.
Ga, Will build plant TO repiaee ~,
foundry recently burned al ioss VI
$4,000.
Mcciowin.F oosrec Lumber COMPANY
Rrowton. Ala, was incorporated WIZ
$4,000 capital stock. r.,,.,
+ Hardrnan Lumber Company. Elklns,
wv Va. was incorporated with sooooV
capital stock
j. r. Watkins Company memphis,
Tenn, awarded contract for the con
struction Of reinforced concrete
building. which will be equipped Win
machinery for manufacturing meai-
clnes; cost about 100000
Newbcrry Fertilizer Company, New
berry, s. c., will construct lio-ton
fertilizer factory.
Oklahoma Pink Granite Company
Troy, Okla, was incorporated WIN
100000 capital stock to establish b
plan. for qusrryins and finishing gran
lite.
Pennsylvania Mining Company and
Arkansas Anthracite Coal and Lano
Company, Scranton, Pa, VIII deeviop
1000 acres Of coal land near Clarks-
Vile, Ark: has purchased nlachiner?
and will have a daily capacity Of 1000
tons of coal.
Atlantic Ice and Cold Storage Cor
poration, Atlanta, Ga. VIII invest
100000 to enlarge and improve ITS
plant at Augusta. Ga.
Lone Star Brewing Company, san
Antonio, Texas, awarded contract toI
the construction OF an ice plant ana
warehouse OF reinforced concrete and
bricis construction: building and ma
chinery will cost about 100000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
WYOMING MAN BUYS
PETER PAUL'S FARMS
Purchase Price shows Grent Advance
of Property in Etnn Mills

Especial 70 rhe Times plspatc..; J

Etna Mnls, va, December lh--Three Of
the late Peter T'aul's farms have been sod
BLEAK HILL, wyoming and Burnleys.
along the Pamunkey River on King Willtsp
county side. The sale was made to Robert
Howard, OF wyoming. Mr.. Howard paid
$4,000 to close the deal, Mr. Paul usad these
farms as a cattle ranch. and It Is thought
Mr.. Howard will use them for similar pur-
pose. as he has been raising horses III
Wyoming.
This property brought over is5 per cent.
more than II cost ten years ago.
e. L. Burct. OF Richmond, has sold his
"Plaln Dealing farm OF go acres 70 r. l..
Steavens, of this county for $500 Mr..
gurch had already sold the timber for si.c5o.
Soon after the War Between the States this
farm had grown UP In small pines. and was
sold for $40.
All lands in this section have made a
marked advance IN tho last decade
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
TAX NOTICE
Office Collector OF City Taxes.
City He'll.
Richmond. Va. Dec. /. 1910
Notice to Taxpayers

ANO1ANV w SSA@ES0@y~A
TIE LAST HALF OF CITY TAXES.
REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL, for
1910. Il. NOW DUE AND PAYABLE at
this office.
EVERY MALE twenty.onc years OF
age, and EVERY person keeping house
or doing business in the city. is as
sessed for personal taxes. Those who
have not paid any city taxes during
the year will please call and settle. so
as to avoid being posted as deltn.
quents.
GRADING, PAVING. PIPE AND
SEWER CONNECTION BILLS arc also
due, and will have to be declared de-
'linquent II not paid on or before end
of year.
FIVE PER CENT, Will be added to
last half # not paid on Or before De.
Interest at SIX PER CENT. also at.
taches to all bills as soon as reported
delinquent
Particular attention is. called to the
above, as under an ordinance passed
by the city Council there can be no
avoidance OF the penalty.
WASHINGTON WARD TAXES
to be paid In same manner at the office
Of J. r. ROBINSON Special Assistant
City Collector, at Tenth ana Hull
ny r.rrS-nr1NrHA AZ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
Rocky Mount Tobacco Market

RoeltY Mount. \. e.. December 1o.--The
receipts were light the FIRST two days OF
nc week, owing to the rainy weather but
amounting to about 5000 pounds for The
week The quality OF the ofieringS has not
neei az sood as recent receipts. and they
we're the conlmonest Friday OF any time
during the present crop. there being more
nondescript tohaccos of an undecided type.
priess have been very high on all grades OF
meainn and good tobacco. stiffening per
Good saies are expected for the next ten
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
IN JoBBIsG CIRCLES.
Groceries Activc--IIoliday Trade Runs Zig
urcs In Somc-OtIier Line Qniet.

The wholesale business OF Greater Rich
mond was fairly active during the past
week especially in grocery and fruit and
produce lines. The wholesale srocers and
the produce men have been Kept buy hliins
holiday orders. and they expect TO do even
larger buaness for the next week.
In other lines orders arc not as large as
they we're In the earlier part OF the month,
and the dry goods and shoe people are be-
ginning to take the holiday recess that al
ways comes With the closing OF the year.
However. tho railway clerks say they sec
no letting down OF business, the shipments
being larger than usual for the holiday sea-
son.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
Pe,crsburc Tobacco ,rarkct,

PetcfsouTs, Va, pecember lU--On account
of unfaYerahie weather conditions the to-
bacco receipts have fallen far short Of ex-
psetat!ons. But this 5Heek, following the
later rains, there vas a rush of the weed TO
market, and the Gales appropriated 10000
pounds at prices ranging from IS to ss5, &C.
cording 70 quality. From now on to Christ
mas the offerings will no heavy. a very
large and very fine crop Is to be market
ed, and the farTers are as anxious to bring
It TO market as the buyers are to get It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11

interest at SIX PER CENT. also at,
she's to all bills as soon as reported
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
Asked For a Mirror.

1T was an interesting experience,
but l must own to being little shaky
about the knees when the crucial mo-
ment arrived" said Mrs. Irene Buell.
of st. Paul, in discussing her recent
visit in Washington, where she was
admitted to practise in the Supreme
court of the United States. "Of
course" she continued, "the whole af-
fair is much more awe inspiring than
the state supreme court, because the
judges come in dressed in their i'm
posing silk gowns, having been cried
out by an impressive bailiff, who
closes his remarks with a God save
the United States" Mrs. Buell. spoke
of the extreme formality observed and
said she was asked to remove her hat
before proceeding to the counsel table
to take oath. THE first thing / said
when they asked me to do that was:
But l don't see any mirror here It
seemed the natural observation to
make until l heard Senator Clapp, who
was my sponsor chuckle and murmur,
The eternal feminine Then after a
formal address had been made to me
I took oath on the same Bible that
Clay and Calhoun swore upon that
would defend the constitution and con-
duct myself in every way as befitted
by office"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21

side. He removed his hat and mopped
his dripping face.
II beg your pardon" he ventured to
the crown Of her big hat.
She stopped and turned a surprised
face to his-not the exQuisitely beauti-
ful face he had hoped and expected to
see, but the plain and intelligent coun-
tenance of his head stenographer. Miss
Murphy.
What is it, Mr.. Fielding?" she asked.
with surprise.
I'll thought it was some one else, "
stammered her employer daZedly. You
see. l was looking for some one in a
blue gown, and | thought you were
she"
Miss Murphy looked suspiciously at
his flushed countenance and noted his
incoherent speech.
Lots Of girls are wearing these blue
dresses" she treasured him: most
any one would have made the same
mistake. Terribly hot, isn't it?'' She
bowed respectfully and caught an ele-
vator going up.
Fielding stood in the doorway once
more, hot and bewildered with his
fruitless chase and angry with himself
for having been so easily led astray
by blue gown and large hat. Come
to think Of it, Miss Murphy's gown
had lacked the peculiar attractiveness
OF that other. and her hat was a black
one. while the one he sought was a soft
white leghorn-not that Fielding knew
a leghorn hat from a beaver or any
other sort-he simply knew black from
white
He decided that there was a bare
chance be might get a glimpse of the
right girl if be once more invaded the
lower downtown district The owner
of the blue bag must have missed it
by this time. and every moment was
only making his search for her more
difficult. OF course he could advertise
the bag, but that would be quite diff
terent from meeting the divinity her.
self and delivering the bag into her
surprised and grateful hands
Fielding forgot heat and hunger and
WEAKNESS as he pursued his search for
the blue gown. While he waited for
southbound car he caught a glimpse
Of a girl in q blue gown entering q
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21

Men Retain the Habit of School
boy Days.

Many laugh has been raised at the
cts are filed up with string, bits of
pencil, toffee; but is the schoolpoy
any better when he becomes man?
Nineteen men out of twenty retain
the schoolboy pocket-stufing habit"
writes B. ]. N" to the Daily Mirror.
The twentieth man, who always
keeps his pockets in order, is either
effeminate or brutal type of the me-
thodical business man."
Yesterday the Daily Mirror put to
the test the theory that the majority
of men are schoolboys in this particu-
lar. Members of the staff of we'll
known city firm kindly supplied list
OF the contents of their pockets to
the Daily Mirror yesterday. They
were as follows:
F1rst-Loose money, two keys, mem
iorandum book, key-chain, ring of keys,
cigarette case, watch, soveI eign-purse,
two pencils, three letters, pocketbook,
pipe, matchbox, tobacco pouch, knife,
nail file and a pen-nib.
Second Half a sovereign, some sill
yer and coppers, checque-book, seven
loose cigarettes, toothpick, income-tax
demand, eight-day-old telegram, seven
cigaret pictures, loose matches, key,
handkerchief, crumbs, various bills.
Third-Two timetables, one pipe,
pipe-fller and cartridges, eleven pen
ellis, two boxes of matches, packet of
cigarettes, three keys, handkerchief,
numerous letters
Fourth-Empty tobacco tin, ten let
tiers, knife, tobacco-pouch, hotel bill,
five pencils, odd piece of paper, packet
81 cigarettes spectacle-case and other
odds and ends.
Fifth-Pouch, keys, silver. coppers,
matches, fountain pen, cigaret-case,
lpocketbood, letters, pipe, knife, watch,
sovereign. (This man had thirteen
pockets-a separate pocket for each
,article-a methodfcal man
Sixth-Two handkerchiefs, pince-nez
glasses, two loose cigarets, a cherry
stone, season ticket, eight letters, pic
lures, pipe and box of tobacco cart
ridges.
Most mems character could be told
from the contents of their pockets. I'm
tidyness, however, seems general from
the instances cited above.-London
Daily Mirror.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
Flying Versus Flies.
Morrison is an iconoclast.

morrison is an 1cOnOclaSt.
All this hysteria over flying ma
chimes makes me tired" he said. II
wish the newspapers and the maya
zines would can such stuff What use
is flying? What use is the mile-a-
minute train or the five-day boat? We
have a fit every time a freak liner
takes a few minutes off the ocean
record, or some fool railroad puts on
train to clip the time to Chicago by
an hour, and now the biggest hero is
the man who goes highest in the air
or who skins through the air the long
est distance.
IF this sort of thing does anything
for the welfare of mankind have not
all my buttons. 1t is nothing but
handicapped mania A thousand
thousand times greater benefactor to
the human race than the Wrights and
the Bleriots and all such persons will
be the man who does away with the
mosquito or the fly. More persons
are killed by flies than fall from aero
planes, are drowned at sea or are kill
ed in railroad wrecks, and what the
mosquito means in human sacrifice is
enough to stagger belief If the world
ever gets it's proper bearings we are
likely to have less flying and less
flies, fewer Mauretanias and fewer
mosquitoes, but I'm afraid that time is
a long way off,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
The BLUE
LINEN GOWN.
A Lost Bag and a Chase For the
Owner.
BY cLARIssA MAcKIE.

copyright. 1910, by American Press Asso-
ciation.i
Main foor-all outr' An elevator
gate crashed open and sharp heel taps
raped across the tessellated floor, and
a girl paused beside Fielding. He
caught a glimpse of an exquisite pro
file under the dropping brim of wide
hat and a soft roll Of dusky hair and
a perfect figure gowned in blue linen
Then the girl futtered away and
boarded a downtown car.
Fielding's eyes came back and dis
covered something lying at his feet.
He picked it up just in time to save it
from the snatching grasp of Z ragged
street lad
Me mother lost it," asserted the boy
brazenly as he lowered near.
Fielding smiled as he looked at the
dainty bag Of blue linen and white
leather. heavily stitched and bearing a
small monogram in gold in one corner.
He tossed a quarter to the boy and
studied the monogram closely. The
intertwined letters were A and e.
With sudden recollection that the
girl was getting farther away from
him every moment. he jumped on the
next South ferry car, stufing the bag
in his coat pocket.
He had scarcely ridden two blocks
when a northbound open car passed
swiftly. He caught a glimpse of a
blue linen gown and large hat before
it whizzed from sight. In another in
slant he was on the ground and cross
ing the street TO catch the following car.
He made it easily and with degree
of satisfaction, for he felt no doubt
that the owner of the blue bag was
on her way back to the Biggs build
ing to search for her lost property.
Fielding leaped from the car and
dashed across the street in spite Of a
poiceman's warning hand
She had turned and was walking
through the lobby when he reached her
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
FILLED WITH CURIOSITY.
That Was Why He Was AnxiousI,
Waiting Outside the House.

That Was Why He Was Anxousl,
Waiting Outside the House.
The man was standing behind a tree
in front Of an apartment house in a
cross street when the cop on that beat
came pounding along on the sidewalk.
1t was close to midnight, and naturally
the cop stopped and looked at the man
standing behind the tree.
"Howdy," says the cop, by way of
opening conversation
You're another replied the man
good naturally.
''Whutchuh doin' waitin' for some
body?" inquired the brave policeman.
Nope
''Just standin' there, hey?"
you've hit it,"
''Live near here, do you?"
Right in there says the citizen.
jerking his thumb in the direction of
the apartment house he was standing
in front of.
The cop looked at him thoughtfulIy
for a minute.
'Mebby it's none of my business"
he says. land then again mebby it is.
l don't like TO 80 round buttin' into
anybody's private affairs, but tell me,
neighbor, what's your graft, anyhow
''Well," loosened up the citizen, ''if
it's case of me a-tellin' you or you
croakin' from curiosity right in front
of my eyes, I'll tell you how it is
provided it don't go any further. My
wife says to me when l started down
town this evenin', If you're not home
by midnight I'm goin to pack up and
go right back to mothers. So therer :"
"Well," says the cop.
"Well,' repeated the citizen, 'it's
just about midnight now, and I'm like
you've got curiosity I'm waitin
here to see if she's goin' to keep her
word"
The cops curiosity ceased at that
point, and he walked on down the
street whistling, without waiting to
see the thing out.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21

amiable purpose of soaring Frank on.
He found Harding away at the end
farthest from the cabin, busy getting
posts for the fence. Matthews was en-
tirely unknown personally to Harding,
but after saying How do?" he calmly
told the astonished Frank that he
would have to skip as he (Matthews)
wanted the place himself, and had
meant to take it up before Frank had
ever struck the country at ALL Of
course, that was no argument, but it
Eufficed for Matthews. Harding, when
he had recovered sufficiently from his
surprise at this cool intimation, in
formed his visitor that he had taken
the place up quite legitimately and
meant to hold it. Tuck heard him
out in silence. Then he told Harding,
with many picturesque oaths, that he
would give him nine days to clear out,
and if he was not out by that tim9
he would put him past taking an in
terest in anything earthly. Then he
rode off.
On the ninth day the young rancher
was sitting eating his dinner, when
he heard hoof-beats outside the door,
which was standing open on account
of the heat Next moment a revolver
shot rang out, and Matthews voice
shouted: We'll, you son of a coyote,
SO you won't get, won't you, eh?'
Harding canted his shotgun up and
fired from the hip, without raising it
to his shoulder. Immediately he had
pulled the trigger he stepped back be-
hind the door The shot was followed
by a thud and a sound of galloping
hoofs.
Looking through the space between
the wall and the door, Harding saw
his enemy lying stretched on the
ground-stone dead
Harding was acquitted and mad no
further trouble He is now living
peacefully on the ranch with his wife
and children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-21
MONTANA BAD MAN
MEETS HIS MATCH
HOW TUCK" MATTHEWS LOST
HIS LIFE IN A GUN FIGHT.
EFFORT TO EWCT RANCHER
Frank Harding, Thorough Western
er, "Fires From the Hip" and Kills
AssaiIant Who Boldly Tries to Get
His Land.

Helena.-In the COS l was drifting
about Montana, working at whatever
happened to come along, just staying
in one place and at one occupation so
long as my erring fancy dictated.
In this way | wandered from Idaho,
though the Yellowstone National park,
into Wyoming, and from there across
the line to Montana with a trail herd
of cattle to the Milk river country.
After that went into the Little Rocky
mountains, where 1 took up a small
ranch for cattle raising on Duck creek.
Here it so happened 7 became the
nearest neighbor and chum of the
principal actor in the following incl
dent
The Little Rockies" is a small
clump of hills situated in the eastern
end of Choteau county, Montana, ly-
ing like a green island in the center
Of a vast plain. At the southern end
of the range begin the Bad Lands Of
the Missouri, a region of broken-up
ridges entirely unfit for cultivation.
The Little Rockies contained small
scattering population of miners and a
few small ranchers. Mixed with
these were a few tough cases whose
private addresses were badly wanted
by sundry county sheriffs Into this
particular part had drifted Frank
Harding, thorough westerner,
raised" on the prairtes. He had man
aged to save a little from cowpunch-
ing, herding and teaming, and he took
up a ranch a few miles from me,
which had been deserted by it's for
mer owner. He settled down to real
hard work, getting his property fenced
and improved.
A few miles distant, on Moose
creek, lived a family of four brothers
named Matthews.
One of the brothers who was called
''Tuck' had lost an arm in a pistol
fight and not being able to work was
trying to sustain his reputation of be-
ing bad man.
One day soon after Harding ar
rived Tuck rode over to Deer creek,
where Harding's ranch was, for the
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