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When Raising Turkeys.

It Is best not to feed mixed grains
to growing turkeys, or to old stock. II
one grain is fed at each meal they
will eat up all that is given them un;
less overfat. If several grains are
fed at once. they may pick up a little
OF the grain most liked and leave the
rest.
Do not feed the turkeys on one
grain continually, but vary the food to
include principally corn. wheat and
oats.
Do not feed the turkeys a heavy
meal in the morning, but feed lightly,
or not at all. SO they will have reason
to forage widely through the fields.
Any young turkeys that seem fire.
Quently or continually ailing should be
killed and buried. They win never be
valuable for any purpose and It will
save trouble to nut them out Of the
wa:
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Times, sp;nster and guardian OF
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
merous difficulties the servants deserted.
AS Miss Innes locked up for the niSnt,
she was startled by a dark figure on the
veranda. She passed a terrible night,
which was filled with unseemly noises.
In the morning Miss Innes found a
strange link cuff button in a clothes
hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
ened by a revolver shot. A strange man
was found shot to death in the hall.
1t proved to be the body of Arnold Arm
strong, whose banker father owned the
country house. Miss Innes found Hat
sey's revolver on the lawn. He ana Jack
Bailey had disappeared. The link Gun
button mysteriously disappeared. De-
tective Jameson and the coroner arrived;
Gertrude revealed that she was engaged
to Jack Bailey, with whom she had
talked in the billiard room a rev mo,
ments before the murder. Jameson told
Miss lines that she was hiding evidence
from him. He imprisoned an intruder IN
an empty room. The prisoner escaped
down a laundry chute. 1t developed that
the intruder was probably a woman. Ger
trude was suspected, for the intruder
left a print of a bare foot. Gertrude re
turned home with her light ankle
sprained. A negro found the other hatr
of what proved to be Jack Baiieys cum
button.
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ELECTED JUSTICE
Mrs. Mary Phares Of Clinton, Second
Of Her Sex to Hold Illinois
Office.

Bloomington, m.-Illinois' second
woman Justice of the peace. Mrs.
Mary Phares of Clinton, whose cam
paign was started as a joke, and who
did not know she was a candidate I'M
til notified Of her election. has quail
fled for the position and hung out
her single. She is now ready to deal
with any malefactor who may be
hailed before her, or will serve papers.
etc., for whomsoever may apply. She
is diligently reading up In law and In
the statutes which relate to the duties
Of Justice Of the peace and now that
she has the job, proposes to go the
limit and learn everything about the
position that can be unearthed.
1T was started In fun" said JUS
tice Phares, when asked about her
new post. Last winter, Attorney L.
o. williams casually remarked, in my
hearing, that he was going to see
that / was elected justice of the peace.
when the first vacancy on the board
appeared. He said he thought /
knew as much about weighing evil
dence and deciding controversies as
the average masculine Justice. / sup
posed he was joking and laughingly
told him to go ahead and that 1t was
all right with me.
THE subject never entered my
mind again until the night Of the
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l lighted the living room and we
went in there. Only a half-hour be-
fore l had sat with MI. Jameson in
that very room, listening while he
overly accused both Gertrude and
Halsey of at least a knowledge of the
death of Arnold Armstrong. Now Hal
sey was here to speak for himself: /
should learn everything that had puz-
zled me.
Il saw it in the paper tonight for
the first time" he was saying. 1T
knocked me dumb. When l think of
this houseful of women, and a thing
like that occurring"
Gertrude's face was still set and
white. That isn't all, Halsey," she
said. "You and-and Jack left almost
at the time it happened. The detective
here thinks that you-that we-know
something about it."
"The devil he does!" Halsey's eyes
were fairly starting from his head. Il
beg your pardon, Aunt Ray. but-the
fellows a lunatic."
Tell me everything, won't you, Hal
sey?" l begged. Tell me where you
went that night, or rather morning,
and why you went as you did. This
has been a terrible As hours for all
Of u.s."
He stood staring at me, and | could
see the horror of the situation dawn
ing in his face.
Il can't tell you where l went, Aunt
Ray" he said after a moment. las to
why, you will learn thai soon enough.
But Gertrude knows hat Jack and /
left the house before this thing-this
horrible murder-occurred."
Mr.. Jameson does not believe"
Gertrude said drearily. "Halsey, il
the worst comes, If they should arrest
you, you must-tell."
Il shall tell nothing he said with
a new s~ternness in his voice. Aunt
Ray, it was necessary for Jack and
me to leave that night. / cannot tell
you why-just yet. AS to where we
went, if / have to depend on that as
an alibi, / shall not tell. The whole
thing is an absurdity, a trumped-up
charge that cannot possibly be seri-
GUS"
Has Mr.. Bailey gone back to the
CITY," I demanded, "or to the club?"
Neither" defiantly; "at the present
moment / do not know where he Is"
"Halsey," / asked grayely, leaning
forward, have you the slightest sus-
picion who killed Arnold Armstrong?
The police think he was admitted
from within, and that he was shot
down from above, by some n IN the
circular staircase"
Il know nothing Of IT, he main
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election, when I was astounded by
the information that l had been elect
ed. l received 50 votes. You must
consider this a good showing, as I
did absolutely no electioneering. Mr..
Williams quietly spread the word
around among his acquaintances and
admonished them to say nothing
about it. My name was written on
the ballot and even the election
til they commenced to count after
the polls had closed.
Il was at home all day, while the
election was in progress, little dream
ing that 1 was being elected justice OF
the peace. If ever an Office came un-
sought, this one did. 1 have since
been busy thanking my friends for
their remembrance. Perhaps if l had
conducted a campaign, I would have
polled more votes, but I am satisfied
and will try to be a Just judge for
all the people.
ut will appear a little odd, at first,
to give up household duties and off,
Cldt6 dt lTldlS. i ludy CfCn UO CollCu
upon to marry people. l will have to
brush up on the marrying code. I
ought to do a rushing business. as
brides will not object to me kissing
them, as in the case of some of the
masculine justices that I know Of"
Justice Phares is a widow, her hus-
band, the late Frank Phares, having
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izen of Clinton. Mrs. Phares is un-
usually well educated, is highly in
tellectual and well read and he:
friends believe that she will be a
fearless JUSTICE
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TIE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

Warner in an ulster and a pair OF
slippers, over heaven knows what.
Jack Bailey was not there. | got in,
and we went slowly and painfully up
to the house.
We did not talk. What we had to
say was too important to commence
there. and. besides, 1t took all kinds
of coaxing from both men to get the
Dragon Fly up the last grade. Only
when we had closed the front door
and stood facing each other in the
hall did Halsey say anything. He
slipped his strong young arm around
my shoulders and turned me SO ]
faced the light.
Poor Aunt Ray" he said gently,
And / nearly wept again. Il must
see Gertrude, too; we will have a
three-cornered talk"
And then Gertrude herself came down
the stairs. She had not been to bed
evidently; she still wore the white
negligee she had worn earlier in the
evening, and she limped somewhat
During her slow progress down the
stairs / had time to notice n thing:
Mr.. Jameson had said the woman
who escaped from the cellar had
worn no shoe on her right foot. Ger
trude's right ankle was the n she
had sprained!
The meeting between brother and
sister vas tense, but without tears
Halsey kissed her tenderly, and l no
ticed evidences of strain and anxiety
in both young faces.
SIS everything-right?" she asked
Right as can be-" with forced
cheerfulness.
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road a man stepped out OF the bushes.
and held his arm like this, spread out.
so l couldn't get past. He said-he
said-'Not SO fast, young lady; I
want you to let me see what's In that
basket"
She got up in her excitement and
took hold of my arm.
1T was like this, Miss Innes." she
said. "and say you was the man.
When he said that, l screamed and
ducked under his arm like this. He
caught at the basket and l dropped it.
l ran as fast as l could, and he came
after as far as the trees. Then he
stopped. Oh, Miss Innes, 1t must have
been the man that killed that Mr..
Armstrong;"
Don't be foolish" / said. who
eve killed Mr.. Armstrong would put
as much space between himself and
this house as he could. Go up to bed
now; and mind, If / hear of this story
being repeated to the other maids, ]
shall deduct from your wages for
every broken dish l find in the drive"
l could fancy Liddy's face when she
missed the extra pieces Of china-she
had opposed Rosie from the start. II
Liddy once finds a prophecy fulfilled,
especially an unpleasant one, she
" allows me to forget it. 1t
seemed to me that it was absurd to
leave that china dotted along the road
for her to spy the next morning; so
with a sudden resolution, l opened the
door again and stepped out into the
darkness. AS the door closed behind
me l half regretted my impulse; then
| shut my teeth and went on.
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Handy cuitlvator.

disk blades a be purchased at the
average hardware store and the frame
work Of the c%ultivator, or wheel hoe,
is made of two handles Joined to-
gether with a brace strip between
same and an iron rod fitted with
threads and a nut at each end to go
through the handles and through each
disk. The disk blades are held apart
at the distance desired by blocks of
wood, through which you have bored
a hole the size Of the connecting rod
upon which it is placed, thus holding
each blade apart and permitting them
to turn easily. The simple motion of
showing or wheeling the cuitivator
ahead, as with a wheelbarrow, cuts
up the soil in a very effective man
ner and is of great value on heavy
soils where 1t is hard to work the
usual hand pillow or c%ultivator.
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A c~oHapsibIe Coop.

be folded and stored away or carried
and set up for use anywhere. The
main frame Is made in four parts and
joined together with hinges. as shown
in Fig. 1. The frame can be COW
cred with wire netting, or boards put
on the top part with netting on the
ends. A small hook and eye should
be provided at each end to hold the
parts in place.
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Feeding Dairy Cows.

Professor Eckles of the Missouri
agricultural college gives the follow
ing rules for feeding a dairy COW:
/. Feed all the roughage she will eat
UP clean at all times.
2. Feed n pound of grain per day
for each pound Of butter fat produced
by the COW per week.
3. Feed all the cow will take with
out gaining in weight.
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NenIiuent Guard In IaiI.

Nogales. Ariz.-Lieutenant Hermois-
sile, In charge Of the guard when
Louis Fleischner. American banker
and land owner, made his sensational
escape from the Mexican prison.
across the border, has been thrown
into a dungeon, to begin q long pun
ishment for allowing the American 70
get away.
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x.
Just Like a Girl.

"Aunt Ray!" Halsey said from the
gloom behind the lamps. What in
the world are you doing here?"
Taking a walk" / said, trying to
be composed. I don't think the an
swer struck either of us as being RI
diculous at the time. "Oh, Halsey.
where have you been?"
Let me take you up to the house."
He was in the road, and had Beulah
and the basket out of my arms in a
moment. / could see the a plainly
now, and Warner was at the wheel
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James NJ. Lynch.

sentative tendencies and has shown
remarkable power of organization
since he began, at the completion OF
his apprenticeship as a printer, to take
part in labor union affairs. Born at
Manlius, N. Y, in 1867, he lived many
years in Syracuse, N. Y, where he
was for seven terms president of the
Syracuse Trade assembly and a mem
Der of the city board of fire commits
sioners. In 1S99-1900 Mr.. Lynch was
the first vice-president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union.
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His Favorite Song.

There Is q young optician in Den.
yer, Col, who sings very well. The
other night he vas making a call on q
couple of sisters up on Corona street
when he was asked to sing.
sWhat shall it be-" he asked as he
went to the piano.
"Your favorite song" said n OF
the girls.
"An right" he replied. And then
the optician sat down and sang N"The
Night Hath a Thousand Eyes"
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COOP FOR THE CHICKS
coIlapsibIe and Portable Kind Can Be
Folded and Stored Away or Set
Up Anywhere for Use.

The average chicken coop made of
a soap box or some other small box
is not always convenient for shifting
about to use in different places. The
following plan for a collapsible. port
able chicken coop appears in Popular
Mechanics:
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Too Many Eggs.

Indigestion caused the death of a
ware. The snake had been stealing
eggs for a long time but the farmer
could not find the thief that had been
robbing his poultry house. One day
he came upon a huge blacksnake lying
dead in the path near the barn. Elk
animation showed that he had recent
ly swallowed six good eggs and along
with them two china ones, which
caused his finish.
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Guilt Revealed.

Johnny, do you smoke cigarettes"
II d-d-do a ll-little. sir" stammered
Johnny, paling beneath the tan of the
baseball field.
The boss fixed him with his eagle
eye.
Then gimme me one" he said 4
left mine on the bureau
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Machine Destroys Boil Weevil.

It is said that a Louisiana man has
invented a machine that catches and
destroys the cotton boil weevil. The
machine can be made at a cost of
seven dollars and two boys can OPP
crate one. It is made principally Of
cotton cloth and is drawn over the
plant, when the weevils and all in
jured bolls are shaken off. The bot
tom of the machine Is coated with tar
which prevents the insects from flying
away.
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EASY 70 WORK
Implement Shown In illustration Can
Be Constructed at Slight Ex-
pense-Many Advantaaea

In the small space Of the garden the
horse is often a damage. as the fire..
quent turning around and usual
tramping Of the plants Is more loss
and labor than to cultivate the ground
with q hand ~cultivator. The disk cul-
tivator shown In illustration is very
easy to work and can be constructed
at q slight expense. az the concave
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HEADS AMERICAN PRINTERS
James M. Lynch, Reelected President
of international Typographical
Union, Remarkable Organizer.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. M. Lynch, who
has been reelected president of the
International Typographical union, has
been at the head of that organization
since 1900. He is a leader Of con-
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Asparagus.

Asparagus takes the place Of new
peas in taste and IS q sovereign
remedy for latent kidney troubles Of
every kind
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The Hog Pens.

Put hog pens a good distance from
the house. They are neither good to
see nor smell from the house.
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Not . ouestioner.

Il never ask impertinent questions.
Judging by the general intelligence
you display you neve ask any othsu
kind. either
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OREGON HAS KINDEST MAN

cTo BE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05
PREDECESSORS or COOK.
Explorers Fcnt Dwnrfed by Man Who
Forged FormOsun Language,

I
Those who gave c-.edence to the
claim of DR.. Cook to have reached the
North Pole need not be disconnected
by the verdict that his claim is un-
founded. or the gleeful self-satistactio ION
Of the people who denounced him from
the first. 1t would require a nature
schooled in duplicity and Injured to
deception TO suspect as an impostor
every one who comes along. Salverte.
French. philosopher. declared that
man Is credulous because he is nat
urally sincere" and Shakespeare, who
knew human nature so well, assures
US that suspicion always haunts the
guilty mind" 1t is no disgrace to
have believed the plausible doctor
from the City of Churches, and it
would be most uncomfortable world
If We had to act upon the theory that
al men are liars, guilty until proved
innocent.
Nor. on the other hand, need those
who now loudly proclaim Cook as the
greatest faker that ever lived plume
themselves upon having Anticipated
the verdict of history. 1t Is hardly
likely that the doctor will be able to
rehabilitate himself. but even so, ha
cannot nope TO occupy the most eX-
allied niche in the gallery of impos-
tors. Ills fraud, If such 1t was, must
be regarded as Il very cheap and pal
try deception alongside of the cs-
PLOTS accredited TO George Psalmana-
gar and other really clever prevarica-
Tors. PSalnanazar, after wandering
over Europe In many picturesque dis
gulses. passed himself Off as Jap
anese convert from Formosa and fooled
the Bishop of London as we'll as the
sayants of oxford. He invented not
only fabulous geography Of Formo-
sa. but an entire Language, grammar
and all, which he declared to be For
mosan. Compared with this impostor,
or even with the ireland who forged
a shakespearean play, and the Mac
pherson, who wrote the Osslanic poems.
DR.. Cook appears as very anna teur
of Munchauscns, and his inventive
genius decidedly deficient.
There is still one chance however.
to inscribe his name on the roll OF
fame. 1 1t shall be proved that he
consciously deceived the world and
got away with 100000 of its money, A
he must be acclaimed as the greatest
hold-up man of all times, and his
lightning foray eXcels the dashing ex-
PLOTS of Jesse Jamcs...-Pittsburg
Gazette Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05
PHYSICIANS, Pay

Science has surely fallen on evil
& days when bricklayers are making
more money than physicians and ma
4 chinists as much as surgeons. The
family doctor must certainly be pass
Ing when New York doctors of
standing say they arc not making as
anucf from family practice as they
8 made two years ago. Those who doubt
these facts cannot help being convinced
by the display Of facts and tigures in
leading New York medical journal.
which reckens that New York doctors
make an average annual income OF
$500, while practitioners as whole
average but 5000,
81 Coming on top Of a similar state
American Medical Association. this is
enough. to set both profession and aity
thinking. Is the physician falling In
his healing art? Is his influence
+ 3essening2 Are the people losing con-
faence in the doctors? Actual condi-
lions justify neither view
The real reasons, as argued by those
: best In n position 10 know, are credit
liable to the physicians If some of
them are not equally creditable to the
public, Charity work. We are told,
lakes up about half the physician'.
time without q dollar OF return And
Ills charity. as every one knows, in
Guides as Well those who will not pay
rs those who cannot pay. Any doctor
syill attest that the bills ostenaihly
good" land due by patients OF means
will not average so ceGta on tho dollar
& consequently. the ply sician's revenue
is computed by long division,
The doctors, too, are literally eatins
Off their own heads through charity
;stlinics and co-operarion IN health
movements. Tobe sure. physicians arc
Glad 10 open dispensarles for the
clinical material they brings but they
Il ase forced in doingso to attend gratis
many whom they would otherwise
areat in their pftices. In the same way,
1 ny throwing their influence towards
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05
WHO WANTS A HUNT,

Yesterday there appeared In The
1'imes-Dispatch the advertisement OF
! a sportsman who desires to find a
\ suitable neighborhood in Middle OF
| Southern Virginia In which to estab-
fish a pack of hounds. The adver-
ietiscment Isl unique of its kind, and
| the advertiser should have no trouble
in finding the sort of country he is
looking for. Virginia is the great fox
hunting state on this side of the world.
! We have the foxes here, we have the
horses and we have the rt-loving
population. or all the hunts in the
country that are recognized by the
Hunt and Steeplechase Association,
half are in Virginia. a man who
wanted to maintain a pacl. Of hounds
would turn as instinctively toVirginia
as he would turn to Canada for ice-
Locating or to Florida for tarpon-
fishing.
The identity of this particular ad
vertiser is unknown to us, but on gen
eral principles any countryside that
can fill the Specifications ought to
welcome him. AS he points out. the
establishment of hunt in neighbor-
hood means the yearly disbursement
there OF some thousands of dollars. But
that is not all. sportsnen, people of
means. follow the pack. Land values
go up. and population of desirable
sort Increases. The farmers have a
new market for their produce, a mar
iet at their doors which offers good
prices. The riders are no nlaraudinr
freebooters. trampling down the far
mers craps. damaging his property
and flying out of reach. They man
age their sport Systematically, pay as
they go and usually pay we'll. Several
of the most delightful country neigh
borhoods in Virginia have grown up
and centred about nunt, as at War
renton, Leesburg and in various sec
lions of Albemarle. More Of them
would be a most acceptable addition
TO the life of the state.
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Plurality Nominations.

Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir-Referring 10 your article on
Plurality Nominations" in to-day's
issue. 1t would seem that your illus
tration is badly chosen to maintain
your position. Indeed. by simply para
phrasing your own words, you adducc
the strongest possible ar ument against
plurality nominations. I quote your
own language in substance:
Suppose A. Il and C to be three
candidates for the gubernatorial nonli-
nation In the Democratic primary. and
suppose that A gets $1,000 votes, B Co.
600 votes and G 10000 votes sup
pose that this mythical campaign was
fought on some burning issue. on.
which represented the extreme at
firmative position. B the extreme neg
attve position and c the neutral or do
nothing position. a thus stands
as the plurality nominee,' but vii!
anybody say that he actually repre- =
sents the free preference of ma
lority Of the voters? On the contrary.
everybody knows that he represents
the free preference of barely one
third of the voters. while nearly two
thirds of the voters are more or less
violently opposed to him''
In my Judgment, neither the plu-
rality nomination nor the second day,
primary will give satisfaction. Let's
have a convention composed of dele
gates chosen at q primary.
ROBT. w. WITHERSi
Suffolk, December 81.