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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04

stiff wire is bent in the shape indi-
Gated, and the part passing over the
opening is made to work freely up
and down like lever and under wire
staples. When the hen starts to pass
under the wire to get into the nest
proper she lifts the wire arm up with
her back and thus the other wire arm
back from beneath the door, where 1t
has been held up under the lid of the
box, letting 1t drop in place. Blocks
are fastened in front of the door so
that the door can not be pushed out
and the hen can not escape, no mat
ter how hard she tries. The lid on
top may be made of two separate lids
or as one piece, as you please. With
a little experimenting ON your part
you can bend the wire Just at the
right angle so that 1t will work per-
fectly each time. The wire arm over
the opening should be placed high
enough so that the hen will naturally
want to pass under it instead of try
ing to step over it.
The ftrst compartment should be
from four to six inches longer than
the drop door is high, so the door will
not strike the hen on the back as 1t is
released.
Each hen should have an aluminium
or copper leg band on one of her legs
with a number on 1t. Then as you re-
lease the hen you can put the egg
down to her credit If she has laid one
In the nest. Sometimes the hens will
enter the nest from curiosity, and es-
pecially is this true when the system
Is FIRST installed, but, after they be-
come used to 1t they will seldom enter
except to lay. To get the hens ac-
quainted with the nest the door may
be propped up for several days.
The trap nest is excellent for sit
ting hens=you can release the hen
to get her feed and trap the door, and
then after she goes back on the nest
she shuts the door after her and other
hens can not enter to bother her or
break her eggs. You can easily catch
the hen that is an egg eater with the
trap nest, as some of the broken egg
will be found in the nest with her.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
Dook-Markiag System.

Among the recent inventions is a
very ingenious book-marking system
designed for use by teachers, students
and others who have occasion to read
from or consult different parts of
book. The scheme consists of a
series of target-shaped cards of grad
uating width and of sufficient length
to rest across the page and protrude
from the edges of the leaves. The
extending end of this is marked with
figure, letter or other note suiting
the convenience of the one having
occasion to consult the book. The
other end of the slip is fitted with a
rubber band, which is Of sufficient
proportions to fit around the volume
from top to bottom. The function
of this is to hold the marker in place
and to permit Of an arrangement Of
markers in such way that one Will
not overlap another and hide it from
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
Good Care Pays.

The harness and buggy may be
made to last twice or three times as
long by the judicious use of oil and
paint, 1 bought a cheap blackboard
and harness seven years ago. Twice
every year took the harness apart at
the buckles--washed it with soap and
then rubbed we'll with "neatsfoot oil"
fifteen cents worth. Every summer
when the wheels began to rattle be-
cause of getting loose got half gal
lon of linseed oil and put In crescent
shaped pan and boiled the "felloes"
of the wheels in the linseed oil. For
81 / bought enough ready mixed car
rlage paint every summer and treated
the entire cart to coat of paint. As.
consequence my cheap harness and
blackboard did almost daily service
for seven years and was then given in
part payment in buying another buck
board and harness. There were 9TH
ers who did net use oil and paint who
had three or four new sets of harness
and carts,--Mrs. M, G. Adams, in the
Tpitomist.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
Cider Making,

The process of making cider is very
simple, but the way to keep it from
fermenting in this climate is another
question. Old and experienced cider
makers try time and again and fail.
After a short time it had passed the
hard cider stage and was on the
road to vinegar. The trouble is no
doubt due to the climate.
All germs of fermentation seem to
thrive with us, and one germ in a
good medium, that is, material in
which germs delight to grow, will
soon destroy the material IL the tenn
perature is not kept very low. Cider
carefully made and boiled and put
into sterilized vessels will keep, If
perfectly sealed.
The boiling will destroy the flavor
for some people, but If the juice is
treated as unfermented grape juice
is before being put up, and the proc
ess carried out to the end as is done
with grape Juice, an excellent quality
Of cider can be made and kept indefi-
hltSly' bIdpe JulCS Is Silbllly dHecl-
ed at the boiling point, and the de-
gree to which cider is affected at diff
ferent points is something on which
We are not posted, but there can be
very little change when the tempera-
ture is kept below the boiling point.
The essential considerations are, to
keep the temperature about 100 de-
grees for about twenty minutes and
never allow it to get up to 200 de-
grees. Keep 1t corked tight for
week or more, twenty days will be
better, heat again to IT'S degrees, but
do not allow 1t to reach the same
temperature as it did when heated
the first time, or there will be a de-
post of sediment.
The methods of making cider are
various. Some use hand press and
some use power. This depends upon
the amount Of cider to be made. The
essential thing is to get the Juice out
of the apple, and a press is indis-
pensable.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
A Plant Watering Scheme.

Persons engaged in rearing house
hold plants are often In a quandary
when 1t is desired to leave the house
temporarily without neglecting the
plants.
An arrangement can be readily
rugged up so that the necessary water
will be supplied to the soil automati-
cally. Take bowl of water and
raise It well above the level Of the
plant to be watered by means Of a
box or a pile OF books. Twist several
strands of common darning wool to-
gother to form long thread and soak
them in the water. II one end be
hung over the bowl and the other end
left in the water a steady drip, drip
will commence and continue until the
bowl is empty.--London Globe.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04

breeder, by a process of elimination
and culling each year, breeds from
only the best layers In his flock. The
small fancier has been more success
ful along this line, as he has had only
a few hens and had more time and
cared more for his little flock.
The nest is made in two compart-
ments. The box proper is fifteen
inches square by thirty-two to thirty
six inches long. The hole or opening
between the compartments need not
be round as pictured unless you care
to make 1t so, but 1t should be just
large enough for a aen to pass
through easily, and no larger The
size of the opening will depend upon
whether you are raising a large va
riety or small variety. A large
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
BoiIelmalser Best Lawyer.

In spite of the fact that Vincent
j. Thompson, a young boilermaker,
arrested on a charge of moving mort
gagged property from Michigan City
to Gary, was opposed at his trial by
two of the ablest members of the bar
at Hammond, Ind, he pleaded his
own case so well and bafIled the pros
ecution without the aid of a lawyer
that a jury in Judge Ames court
found him not guilty. Thompson
compelled one witness to swear that
he did not know the difference be-
tween a kitchen table and a cabinet.
All the oratory of the lawyers availed
nothing against Thompson's clever
cross-questioning.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
DYING to Order.


Dying TO order is one Of the most
sacred customs OF the American In
dian. Thirty years ago Standing Elk
came to Major James Mclaughlin,
the author of my Friend the In
diam" and said, Father, my wife
will die today and she wants a coffin
firm YOU"
The major asked him what the all
ment was and he replied:
Just nothing but that she heard
the ghosts calling and must Co."
Somebody had told her, it turned
out, that she was sick, so she had
painted for DEATH" and all her rel
atives had gathered about to bemoan
her-and incidentally divide her
property as soon as she was dead.
There was no use in the majors
arguing about II, so he had the coffin
made.
In many cases those painted for
death" are actually bullied into dy-
ing but Mrs. Standing Elk was still
too vigorous. Finally in despair sho
carried the coffin into the house on
her own shoulders and several years
later the major saw 1t still standing
on end in her house. Shelves had
been fitted into it, and II was doing
duty as cupboard.-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Tolegraph.
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Cottonseed Meal For Horses.


DR.. G. S, Traps, State Chemist OF
Texas, at the A. and NJ. College, says:
Cottonseed meal has been used for
horses and mules at some places with
favorable results. The agriculturist
at the Vanderbilt Estate in North
Carolina said that he had fed work.
ing horses and mules six days of the
week for three years on the follow
ing ration
Thirteen to fifteen pounds of cured
hay and corn fodder, four pounds
wheat bran, two pounds cottonseed
meal and six pounds corn meal.
On Sunday he gave whole corn and
oats and uncured hay. 1t was stated
later on that the use of cottonseed
meal was not found satisfactory at
this place.
At the North Carolina Experiment
Station two old horses were fed for
two periods. Of twelve and eighteen
days and two and two and one-half
pounds OF cottonseed meal respective
ly with four pounds each of corn meal
and ship stuff, and clover and timothy
hay. The animals ate the ration well
and gained we'll.
A German experimenter states that
draft horses do we'll on two pounds Of
cottonseed meal a day.
Considering all these facts, would
suggest to those who wish to use
cottonseed meal, that they do not use
over two pounds per day. would
not recommend cottonseed meal for
mares in foal.-Rice Industry.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
Trap Nest For Laying Hens.

The larger illustration shown gives
a tair idea of a trap nest that anybody
can make in a little while with only
a hammer and a saw for tools. OF
course, If you have many hens you
will have to make several nests to ac-
commodate all, and then all other
nests must be closed or torn up.
The trap nest has been quite an i'm
portant factor in building up strains
OF heavy layers among most of the
popular breeds to-day. Using it, the
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04

ing rule is of tubular form, and is
fitted with a slide indicator, formed
In the shape of cuff. One part of
the tube comprising the rule is pro-
yided with slide member, which is
graduated and used in the manner
of the ordinary slide of calculating
rule, Within. the tube pencil may
be fitted. BY thus combining the rule
and pencil, the danger of mislaying
the rule is avoided, and the COM
bined instrument is of convenient
firm to carry in the vest pocket
Scientific American.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04

calculating Rule and Pencil Holder.
For the benefit of the engineer
and craftsman who is required to
make hasty calculations, a combined
pencil holder and calculating rule has
recently been devised. The calculat-
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-08-04
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and SEocIxnam

The other illustration above is
double nest box for sitting hens; the
method of fastening the door is
shown by the L-shaped catch. You
will notice that the nest is made quite
deep, but does not have to be as long
as the trap nest.--Indianapolis News.
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VERY FORMAL

"Then English audiences do NOT
applaud the actor"
"oh, no. II they like your acting
they write you a letter the next day."
Louisville Courier.Journal.
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view. For lecturer having occasion
to refer frequently to the different
parts of a book during the course OF
his remarks the convenience of this
scheme will be readily Appreciated
Washington Star,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
In an Emergency.

When YOU are in the parlOr with a
beautiful young creature, and the cleo
trio lights suddenly go out while you
are seated beside her on the divan, COL
lect your wits. Tell her not to DC
alarmed, and search through your
pockets until you find a match. Strike
it and ask her If she can find candle
When riding in the rear seat OF an
auto going sixty miles an hour and II
skids toward the edge of preciplce
if there is a Young woman beside you
bid her not to become frightened
Step lightly out Of the auto and tele-
phone the repair man.
When chatting with a lady of some
forty-five summers, who is seriously
contemplating matrimony and who
leads the conversation around to a
point where you must commit your
self If she allows her hands to fall near
yours and looks languishingly into
YOUR eyes and asks you if you do not
believe there are times when a girl
is justified in telling man that she
loves him, do not wait for your hat and
cane. Send a messenger for them next
day.
When you are sitting at luncheon
with a young lady and one of your
creditors approaches and duns you for
the bill, turn to him languidly and pay
him, remarking that it is pleasure to
YOU to be able to lend him the money.
If he offers you a receipt, wave your
hand airily and say that his word is
sufficient, he need not give you MS
note.-Chicago Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
THE GIRL OF FASHION.
Keeping Up the Styles Indicates More
Than Frivolity.

The endless procession of the fash
ions has its meaning and its meaning
is translated by a clergyman who re-
CARDS it of enough spiritual Importance
to devote a sermon to it.
There is no more potent influence
for good in the modern community to-
day than feminine fashion," we learn.
Not only are the ever-changing fash
ions of women one of the chief delights
of civilized communities, but it is a
safe statement to make that we have
no more conclusive key to a woman's
moral and mental development than
the clothes she wears. No woman to-
day, however free she may consider
herself from the lure Of the latest thing
in clothes, shoes, hats and gloves, can
afford to be otherwise than we'll dress
ed. The young man who contemplates
marriage nowadays may fight shy OF
the girl of fashion, but he makes a
mistake. He may he a gamer at first
financially, but in the end he pays a
terrible price for his shortsightedness.
The girl who is lax about her personal
appearance is lax mentally and NOR
ally. She is not made of the stuff that
turns out Self-respecting children
She is either a visionary, and as such
an unreliable element in the commu-
nifty or Sne is downright IAN anu SIlil'-
less"
So there, young man, if YOU desire
your household to he pride and a joy
forever, install a fashionable girl at
the head of it. She'll see that you
don't have sea green rug and pur-
pie sofa in the parlOr, and that the
neighbors will not smile at the quality
of the lace curtains.
No young man who is worth any
thing to the community will regret
that his hat costs $3.50 while his wife's
costs $35. 1t is his duty and pleasure
to shine by reflected glory; and there
is something else than scorn to he en-
tertained toward the youth who feels a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
Warninu to Backbiters.

Charles Dickens once wrote to a
friend:
II have distinguished myself in two
respects lately. | took a young lady,
unknown. down to dinner, and talked
to her about the Bishop Of Durham s
neptosim in the matter of Mr.. Cheese.
II found she was Mrs. Cheese. And
II expatiated to the member for
Marylebone. thinking him to be an
Irish member, on the contemplate
character of Marylebone constituency
and the Marylebone representatives.
Two such mishaps in one evening
were enough to reduce the most brill
liant talker 10 the condition of three
inside passengers of a London-bound
coach. who beguiled the tedium Of the
journey from Southampton by dis
cussing the demerits of WllIIarn Cor
bett until one of the party went so
far as to assert that the object OF
their denunciation was a domestic
tyrant. given to beating his wife.
Much to his dismay the solitary
woman passenger. who had hitherto
sat silent listener remarked:
Pardon me, sir, a kinder husband
and father never breathed; and
ought to know, for l am William
Cobbetts Wife
Mr.. GileG of Virginia and Judge
Duval of Maryland, members Of con-
gress during Washingtons admins
tration, boarded at the house OF a
Mrs. Gbbon. whose daughters were
well on in years and remarkable for
talkativenesc.
When jefferson became president,
Duval was comptroller Of the treas
ury and Giles a senator. Meeting
one day in Washington, they fell to
chatting over old times, and the sena-
tor asked the comptroller II he knew
what had become Of that cackling
old maid, Jenny Gibbon."
She is Mrs Duval, sir" was the re-
ply.
Giles did not attempt to mend mat
ters as a certain Mr.. Turberville un-
wisely did. Happening to observe to
a fellow guest that the lady who had
sat at his right hand at dinner was
the ugliest woman he had ever be-
held, the person addressed expressed
his regret that he should think his
wife so i'll looking.
Il have made a mistake" said the
Mortified Turberville. II meant the
lady who sat on my left"
We'll, sir. she Is my sister"
This brought the frank avowal:
1T can't be helped, sir, then; for If
what you say be true, I confess
never saw such an ugly family in the
course of my life. ."-Tit-Bits.
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III nuruus department.
ProfaneIy Bad.

The small daughter Of a family
whose home is in the neighborhood of
Fifteenth and Jefferson streets has for
a pet and plaything a little maltese
kitten. One day last week the kittens
mistress became very angry at pussy
She scolded her for ten minutes. and
then, holding the poor little creature
with one hand and boxing it's ears
strenuously with the other, she spoke
her mind.
She spoke it in language that her
mother. coming out of the house in
time to hear, considered shocking
Edith. at the age of 5, was undoubted-
" indulging in profanity. Somewhere
on the street she had picked up words
that little girls are supposed never to
hear. Edith was swearing!
The mother called her little girl into
the house and talked to her for long
time about the language of nice chill
dren and the third commandment
And Edith listened attentively and
promised never to use that naughty
word again.
The next day the mother heard pus-
sy mewing pitifully, and ran to its res
cue. There, on the back porch, sat
Edith, again boxing the kittens ears
again chiding it in no kindly tones,
You bad kitten!" cried Edith
YOU
Edith" called her mother, in time to
prevent any end of the sentence
Edith. you told me you wouldn't use
that word again!"
81 didn't use it," the child declared
stoutly. I'm not saying it. I truly am
not. But what's the difference? She's
that kind of a cac!"-Philadelphia
Times.
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for Thr 9relaimers.
WATERLOO.

There was a sound of revelry by night
And Belgium's capital had gathered
then
Her beauty and her chivalry. and
bright
The lamps shone DER fair women
and brave men;
A thousand hearts beat happily; and
when
Music arose with it's voluptuous swell
Soft eyes looked love to eyes which
spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage
bell:
But hush! bark a deep sound strikes
like a rising knell.
Did We not hear it? No; twas but the
Or the car rattling DER the stony
street.
On with the dance! let joy be uncon-
fined!
No sleep till morn, when Youth and
Pleasure meet
To chase the glowing Hours with
flying feet!
But hark!-that heavy sound breaks
in once more,
AS if the clouds it's echo would re-
peat;
And nearer, clearer, deadlier, than be-
fore!
Arm! arm! it is-it is-the cannon's
opening roar.
Within a windowed niche of that high
hall
Safe Brunswick's fated chieftain; he
did hear
That sound the first amidst the festi-
val,
And caught it's tone with Deaths
prophetic ear;
And when they smiled because he
deemed it near,
His heart more truly knew that peal
too well
Which stretched his father on a
bloody bier
And reused the vengeance blood alone
could quell;
He rushed into the field, and, foremost
fighting, fell.
All! then and there was hurrying to
and fro,
And gathering tears, and tremblings
of distress,
And cheeks all pale which but an hour
ago
Blushed at the praise of their own
loveliness.
And there were sudden partings
such as press
The life from out young hearts, and
choking sighs
Which ne'er might be repeated; who
would guess
If ever more should meet those mutual
eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such awful
morn could rise!
And there was mounting in hot haste;
the steed,
The mastering squadron, and the
Gathering car
Went pouring forward with impetuous
speed,
And swiftly forming in the ranks OF
And the deep thunder peal on pea
And near, the beat of the alarming
Reused up the soldier ere the morn
ing star:
While thronged the citizens with ter
ror dumb,
Or whispering with white lips, THE
foe! They come! They GOMEZ"
Last noon beheld them full Of lusty
life,
Last eve in beauty's circle proudly
gay;
The midnight brought the signal sound
of strife,
The morn, the marshalling in arms;
the day,
Battles magnificently stern array!
The thunderclouds close DER it, which
when rent
The earth is covered thick with other
clay,
Which her own clay shall cover, heap
ed and pent,
Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red
burial blent!
George Gordon Byron.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
THE cHAMBERED NAUTILUS.

This is the ship of pearl, which, poets
feign,
Sails the unshadowed main,- q,
The venturous bark that filings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled
wings
In CULTS enchanted, where the Siren
sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea maids rise to sun
their streaming hair.
It's webs of living gauZe no more un-
furl;
Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
And every chambered cell
Where it's dim dreaming life was wont
to dwell,
AS the frail tenant shaped his growing
shell,
Before thee lies revealed
It's irised ceiling rent, it's sunless crypt
unsealed!
Year after year beheld the silent toll
That spread his lustrous COLL
Still, as the spiral grew,
He left the past years dwelling TOT
the new,
Stole with soft steps it's shining arch
way through,
Built up It's ldle door,
Stretched in his last found home, and
knew the old no more.
Thanks for the heavenly message
brought by thee,
Child of the wandering sea,
Cast from her lap, forlorn!
From thy dead lips clearer note Is
born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathed
horn.
While on mine ear it rings,
Through the deep caves of thought l
hear a voice that sings:-
Build thee more stately mansions, o
my soul
AS the swift seasons roll,
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome
more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by lies
unresting sea!
Oliver Wendell Holmes.