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DO not forget the shady hooks. The
fowls need them.
Houses must be kept sanitary and
the fowls free from vermin.
II is the even, steady thrift of our
stock that makes them pay profit.
The comb not only denotes egg lay.
ing, but the general condition OF the
hen.
Lice are working havoc, and too
severe measures cannot be adopted
TO destroy them.
Already the fowls are assuming a
rusty appearance 1t is getting near
their molting season.
II should be remembered that chicks
do not need any feed for the first IL
to 36 hours after Matching.
II is preferable % keep a box OF
dry chaff constantly before the fowls.
allowing them to eat all they wish.
To insure fertile eggs II is most
essential that the breeding stock
should be as well fed as timely mated.
The growing cockerels should now
be separated from the pullets. and
the former given an extra allowance
OF feed.
Three-fourths OF the diseases could
be traced to impure air. dampness,
improper food. cloEe breeding and Ill
chosen conditions.
A hen that goes around with her
mouth open is not a comfortable hen;
she is TOO warm. Give her a place
10 sit down and cool of.
Throw oren the windows every
night. but tsck some wide-meshed
cloth of some kind over them to keep
out things that have no business in
the house.
II farmers would use the same
Judgment in feeding their poultry that
they use in feeding their dairy cows
they would soon find the results quite
satisfactory.
AS much poultry feed as possible
should be grown on the farm, but ad-
iitional feeds may be bought as neces-
sary, such as bran middlings, gluten
meal or beef scraps.
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The RATE TO CHICAGO REDUCED.
MOGOn Route Announces New Schedule
Of Fares Ono Way and Round Trip.

The Monon Route announces that
it will henceforth sell tickets between
Louisville and Chicago at SO one
way, instead of So as formerly, and
SI2 round trip, good so days return
ing, instead of SO. Patrons are Of
fered exceptionally good service by
the Monon, which on night trains
from Louisville operates Compart-
ment and Drawing room Pullmans,
as well as the usual straight sleeper.
The day trains have Parlor and Din
ing cars, and the very finest modern,
new coaches. Inquiries cheerfully
answered by T.. II. Bacon, ID. p. A. /,
Louisville, Ky.
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find large proportion of their food.
They are non-setters. are hardy and
easily reared. but do not stand con-
finement we'll. Their flesh is OF a
deep yellow color and Is of fine quail
tty, but their small size is rather
against them for market purposes.
except for broilers.
The standardized Indian Runner
has long, lat, finely formed head Of
a light fawn or gray and white color.
the former being preferred. The head
should be adorned with cap and cheek
markings of light fawn or gray. the
cap being divided from the cheek
markings by a narrow line of white
about one-eighth of an inch wide. The
bill is of unusual length, fairly broad
and strong at the base. In the duck
lings the bill Is of a yellow color.
spotted with green. When fully ma
tured, the bill should be green in color
with a black bean.
The eyes are Of a haz7i color and.
set Hight Ia the head The neck is
unusually long and slender and white
in color from head to the beginning OF
the breast markings. The back is long
and narrow and of a light fawn or
gray color. The breast is round and
of a light fawn or gray color, evenly
divided about halfway between the
point OF the breast bone and the legs.
The body is long. narrow and carried
erect. with no indication OF keel.
somewhat resembling that of Pen
quin In shape. and is of light fawn
or gray color The wings are of me-
dium length and carried close to the
body, the shoulders and top part OF
the wings being of the same color as
the breast. The tail is composed OF
hard. stiff feathers, the six feathers OF
the drake being well curled. The col
or OF the tail is light fawn or gray.
The legs should be of medium length
and set well apart; the toes straight
and connected by web The shanks
and toes should be of a deep. bright
yellow.
The standard weight OF the drake is
Az pounds and of the duck pounds.
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clover and grass seed may be sown.
and a good stand secured, on oat
ground during the last of April and
the first of May.
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Muhlenberg County

is rich in coal, iron, timber, potter's clay
etc, and the most inviting field in Ken
lucky for investment ofcapital and pluck.
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II the buttermilk is not washed out
IT will furnish abundant food for the
bacteria. since they thrive on the
casein in the milk.
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&nark'a Stnrr Nrtua
Furniture, holdings, Wall Paper
Incorporated.

We carry on our floors and in our ware
rooms the largest variety of Furniture in
Muhlenberg.
If we do not have what you want, we
will get it for you. We have factory con-
nections with makers of the finest goods
in the country, and through "0ur Special
Order Department" can supply any exclu-
sive articles at less prices than city stores
or mail order houses.
Our Picture and Room Molding-s stocks
are always complete.
Wallpaper is now a staple article of mer-
chandise, being used all the year round,
And we always have full selections, prices
cents and up per roll.
SmgtaDf12 - EnpraiIi,tu
sB- Our Engraving Machine is the only
one in this part of Kentucky, and we are
exclusively prepared to supply irdrVidua
Name Plates, which we furnish on al
outfits without extra cost.
Undertaking an0 EmbaImiBg.
Cofiins in White Enamel and Stained
varnish finish; Caskets in White Enamel
Natural Woods, White, CoIored and Black
Cloth Covered; all-Metallic and Copper
lined alright Caskets; all lengths, and
regular, extra and double extra widths.
Steel Grave Vaults of all sizes constant
Iy in stock, for immediate delivery.
Burial Robes, Wrappers, Suits, Dresses,
Slippers, etc., in large variety.
Our two licensed Embalmers respond al
once to calls for such services.
Our general equipment is complete and
of highest grade.
We have Funeral Car in service, sub
ject 10 call anywhere.
eB Two Private Long Distance Tele-
phones, Store u; Residence IoS.
Residence $50 yards from store.
Prompt service any hour day or night.
The J. |. R0ARK ESTATE.
ORIES |. ROARK. Mdnager.
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Prune the trees In the early spring
II possible, any month of the year II
necessary, but be sure to prune the
trees.
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.NO(NTH
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ACTIVE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK
Small Breed, Noted for Its Egg Pro
duetion and Termed the Leshorn
Of the Duck Family.
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These ducks came originally from
India; hence the name Indian. The
term Runner" cones from the fact
that they literally run instead OF
waddling like most ducks.
The Indian Runner is a breed OF
email. utility duck noted for It's egg
production. and Is often termed the
Leghorn OF the duck family These
ducks have been credited with records
Of more than 200 eggs each in flocks
OF ten. and 1872 eggs each in flocks of
one hundred. The Runners" are ac-
tive I'm their habits, are good foragers.
and on an extensive run are able to
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Quite Literal.

She (indignantly)-Look at this
piecc OF goods which has Just come out
OF the washtub How could tho man
who sold It to me tell mo the colors
were fast?
He-I suppose because he knew how
they could run.
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With quiet. steady team a half
grown boy, with . sulky plow, can do
ss good work as man with the old
fashioned walking plow.
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Save your home by having your
aues repaired. Barley Bros. do
this work in best manner.
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What Are You Going
To Do This Year

by way of making your business sue
cessful and your domestic life full of
pleasure, if you are not supplied with
telephone service of the Cumberland
Telephone * Telegraph Company
Everyone should have telephone.
You are connected with all outside
important points in local connections
with all residences and business hous-
es. For any information call man
ager,
Cumberland Telephone 6 Telegraph Co.
Incorporated.
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Potatoes are highly specialized
crop,
Cows should be kept comfortable at
all times.
Provide some succulent feed for
ewes in winter.
Weeds rob the soil Of food elements
required by other plants.
Farm philosophers say this is go
ms to be a very dry year.
The milch. COW needs shelter from
the summer storms and heat.
A pig that is fed grain all his life
usually fails to pay expenses.
Potatoes require considerable nitro
gen and large amount OF potash.
The pigs should have a clean. dry
yard to exercise in during the day.
A cheap and effective way OF de-
horning calves is with potash caustic
BY judicious choice of varieties car.
rots may be enjoyed for a long sea-
son.
A daily record Of work done will
cut out many of the wastes of the
farm.
The oat crop as a money maker on
the farm is liable not to receive the
ssttention it deserves.
The soil on cultivated fields on hilly
or rolling land will wash less II
plowed well and extra deep.
The gardener should try to grow the
carrot quickly In order to secure ten
der, sweet, uniform specimens.
One OF the chief reasons for butter
becoming rancid at an early age is the
fact that II is not washed thoroughly
One ton OF average fresh manure
contains ten pounds of nitrogen; one
ton of clover hay, 40 pounds Of nitro
gen.
Prune the trees In the early spring
II possible, any month of the year II
necessary, but be sure to prune the
trees.
clover and grass seed may be sown.
and a good stand secured, on oat
ground during the last of April and
the first of May.
II the buttermilk is not washed out
It will furnish abundant food for the
bacteria. since they thrive on the
casein in the milk.
With a quiet. steady team half
grown boy, with . sulky plow, can do
ss good work as man with the old
fashioned walking plow.
There is no professional study that
requires closer work than does the de-
velopment OF the corn plant-a COM
bination of brain toll and nature.
Pigs In the pasture require some
sort of crude shelter to protect them
from the sun and keep them from
blistering and scalding on hot days.
Growing geese require large guam
titles Of grass, which they will obtain
II allowed their range. and which will
cut down the feed bill at least one
half.
The picking OF live geese for the
live geese feathers. so called. is prac-
ticed less and less. 1t is a cruel prac-
tice. and ought 70 be entirely abol-
ished.
The amount of feed that the pigs
should get cannot be definitely ad-
vIsed. That must be determined by
the feeder from the appetites of the
assimilate food.
It has been found that the seeds OF
many weeds will retain their vitality
for 10 to 25 years. possibly longer
and not all of the given years seed
grows in any one year.
Il is surprising how few farmers
haYe cement floors in their stables
and as rule they do not realize the
loss they sustain by having the earth
floor or leaky. filthy plank foor
Poorly-hatched and poorly-brooded
chicks furnished good grounds in the
past for believing that artifcially-
hatched chicks were not as strong
and vigorous as those hatched by the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-07
grandson of a Southern Governor and
Confederate soldier.

grandson of a Southern Governor and
Confederate soldier.
at was Southern man, Schley, who
crushed his floating fortresses and
swept the Spaniard from the Western
seas. The hero of the Merrimac,
whose daring startled the world, was a
youthful son of Alabama, now a Repre-
sentative in Congress; and when peace
was proclaimed and the American flag
was raised over Cuba, it was a nephew
of the immortal Commander-in-Chief
of the Army of Northern Virginia who
was chosen its custodian.
"These deeds, which shine along the
centuries, are the South's heritage of
honor. Let her claim and cherish it,
but in the high ambition to achieve a
splendid future worthy of so great a
past, challenging her sister sections to
noble rivalry in. service of common
country, as it blazes out the path and
makes clear the way up which the
nations of the earth must come to
Gods appointed time"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-07
Squire MeIton's Philosophy.

When ] calne outen barber shop
t'other day a man looked at me
straight in tn face and asst me eff I'd
had shave" said the Squire. 81 wuz
kinder sot back at fust, then it pop
ped into my head that a man whut
didn't know no mornin' to asst a fool
question lack that wuz really at a loss
to know whut I'd DONE so lit in and
told him that I'd had a shave; then
pinted to the side of my face and ex-
planned that hair used to be there,
but since had it all shaved off they
wuzn't none. And do yer think that
Populist didn't wanter hit me fur
maxim fun of his ignorance?
"Ev'y time a mans tongue work it.
self into a question mark it's a purity
good idea fur to think of yer answer
afore givin' it, because they's a whole
lot of fool questions asst whut amt
meant that away."-Montgome Ad-
vertiser.
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course that amt got nothin to 10
with the hired girl what we AIN eoS
but ma wants to get. This mornln
ma told dad she wanted him TO au'0'
tise for a girl. Make 1t goou anu
strong says ma; put in somethlh un
ferent so it'll attract attention ~
night when the paper come
grabbed it and looked for rhe du'
When she found it she looked uaA0u
for a minute, then she threw up hel
hands and her feet, got white In the
face ard then she settled down lot a
minute and commenced readin' 1t OUT
loud "Wanted-An assistant mana
ger for a home" Ma finally turned
to me and said, "My boy, here's ten
cents. when you see your father COM
ing. run over to the grocery and BUY
yourself some candy. I have some
thing to say to him that you are TOO
Young to understand. viii Brownell,
of Kalamazoo.
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Selections


A Prayer.
We come, o God, as children to a
Father, asking for what we want. We
read that thou wilt give abundantly to
those who ask; that according to our
faith it will be unto US. So we come
with great faith.
We ask that thou give us an abund-
ance of intellectual wealth, so that
we shall be wise enough to compre-
bend the profound things of life, and
at the same time appreciate the SIM
pie things.
We ask that thou give us an abund-
ance of material wealth, so that we
shall be rich enough to enjoy the
earth and the fullness thereof.
We ask that thou give us an abund-
ance of spiritual wealth, 80 that we
shall be good enough to forgive those
who have wronged us and ask for.
giveness Of those whom we have
wronged.
And as thou hast given to us, so we
shall give to humanity. Our kindred,
our friends, our peighbors-the whole
world-shall enjoy with us our wis
dom, our riches and our goodness.
Believing that thou wilt give us wis
dom, we shall more than ever before
seek 1t through the means at our CON-
mand. Believing that thou wilt give
us riches, we shall work diligently
and economize judiciously to that
end. Believing that thou wilt give us
soul development, we shall mediate
at night and work in the day accord
ingly.
In Jesus name. Amen.-Wm. ].
Burtscher, in Epworth Era.
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Adams, then a member of Congress,
actually presented a petition from a
Massachusetts town (HaverhilD ask
ing the dissolution of the Union, on
which a motion had been made by q
Virginia member (Mr. Gilmer) to GEN.
sure him, which had been debated for
ten days, the chronicler adding, Mr..
Adams ably defending himself
THE Confederate soldier desires no
eulogist; he needs no defender; nor
will he or his descendants tolerate an
apologist. He has asked no forgive
ness; he has demanded only Justice
and he has lived to see the nation and
the world accord it. Paint me as 1
an you remember oliver Cromwell
said to the artist Lely. for If you leave
out single line, I'll not pay you a
cent So, the Confederate soldier has
made no appeal to posterity save for
truth, and history has already de-
clared his patriotism to have been as
pure as the human bosom ever nour-
ished; his motives to have been as
lofty as ever stirred the human heart;
his courage to have been as inspiring
and invincible as the vanished ages
ever knew.
Child OF Fame.
81 am not here to deliver a panegy-
ric upon the Confederate soldier In
deed, Fame has long since claimed him
for her cherished child, and the Future
will. embalm him in its imperishable
bosom. From time immemorial ma.
tons have erected monuments to their
illustrious dead For centuries I'M
told the artists brush and sculptor's
touch have sought to give to marble
and to bronze the form and feature of
orator and poet, warrior and states
man. But the Confederate soldier
needs no mausoleum. His simple
name will be his enduring epitaph.
The spirit of liberty will stand a sleep
less sentinel at thy lonely grave, oh!
fallen hero, whether it be beneath the
murmuring pines of Virginia or on the
embattled heights of Missionary Ridge.
The songs of the wild birds and the
signing of the nameless winds shall
ut thy eternal requiem; above thee
rs of spring shall bloom in
", and the SHOWS of
"bout thy last
"ure as thy
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forbids indulgence in bitterness by the
living, but not less surely it does not
pardon injustice to the dead. Vain
mockery, indeed. would it be to en-
velop with blossoms the mound be-
meath which the soldier of the Confed-
eracy sleeps, but to deny the cause for
which he died in defense against ca
lumny of error. God forbid that the
youth Of the South should ever commit
treason to his memory by dishonoring
his motives,
at has been charged that he was a
traitor to his country; and, yet, the
North, after holding the martyred
Davis in chains for two years, dared
not put him to trial in even its own
courts, because 1t knew, as even the
Chief Justice of its Supreme Court.
Mr.. Chase, it is said, advised, that the
charge could not be sustained.
AnimositIes OF The Past.
'T have, sir, no sympathy with those
who would rekindle the animosities of
the past by appeal to passion or preju-
dicee; neither, sir, have l respect for
that spirit which is content to pur-
chase exemption from criticism by per-
hitting those who won the victory in
a momentous conflict to condemn the
defeated to silence under charges af-
fecting their principles and rights.
That the doctrine of secession has no
place in the existing theory and fabric
of our government, is a fact which
dates from Appomattox; but that the
Confederate States in proclaiming and
defending It were strictly within that
construction Of the Federal Constitu-
ton which had obtained, regardless OF
sections, from the foundation of the
republic until the period Immediately
preceding the civil war, is no less
true. II the South is to accept the
first truth without question, and 1t
- let the North concede the second.
Mr.. Chairman, when Jeffer-
oobert E. Lee were stu
Military Academy,
led in their
-nt to
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DEADLY FAMILY CAT


ut is not difficult to quarantine the
child sick with scarlet fever or diph-
liberia, but the family cat goes where
it pleases and comes when 1t likes
This was taken as the text of SER
mon on animal pets as menace TO
health, delivered in the Health Depart
ment bulletin yesterday by Or. Chas.
B. Reed, inventor of the cat gibbet,
which is under construction as a
means of exterminating the danger
GUS felnes of the city.
"The principle obstacle to general
and truthful relization of the dangers
connected with the domestic pet is
found to be the sentimentalists who
are unwilling to admit that anything
on which their affections are centered
can become a menace" says the bull,
/ letin.
"The woman who refuses to give.
her child red hot poker as a toy has
/ no hesitancy in putting into its arms
the more dangerous because more in.
sidious, plaything-the family cat
Under normal conditions the germs
OF nearly all the epidemic and local
diseases thrive upon the family cat.
Even where the cat itself is not sub
ject to the disease it easily spreads
the contagion and occasionally does
both. Thus in the case of diphtheria
the cat not only has the disease itself
but also carries it upon the mucous
membrance and in the fur.
"Ringworms are spread in the same
way, and germs find easy lodgment in
the thick hair, from which the strok.
ing hand quickly conveys them to the
human body. The germs of typhoid
and tuberculosis are distributed sim.
tlarly, as well as the more subtle and
less understood germs of whoopins.
cough, measles scarlet fever ana
smallpox.
This is more readily appreciated
when we consider how quickly the cat
is given as a plaything to the lone
some child convalescing from some of
the contagious diseases.
at will be urged here by the cat ad.
mirer that it is of value to man since
1t keeps the rats reduced to livable
conditions. We do not dispute this
possibility, but the good rat catcher is
rare. The cat catches far more song
birds and nestlings than rats.
Both the cat and the rat are mde.
niable menaces to human life. and of
two evils why choose both? The gov.
eminent scientists declare that the
cockroach destroys the bedbug. bpt
no one hesitates on this account IN
destroy as many cockroaches as nos.
sible.
These accusations are all valid
against the family cat, but in much
greater force against the midnight
prowler which devotes itself urra.
STRANGELY to the collection of gerr& I
the reproduction of its kind and IN
making the night hideous with its
noises. Chicago Tribune
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-07
The South's Heritage of Honor

manhood of the South, ere the Con-
federate soldier has passed forever from
earthly scenes, to erect, in every South
ern state a monument to the woman OF
the Confederacy who shares with the
woman of the Revolution the proud
distinction of being the noblest,
strongest figures pictured upon the
pages of our history.
Fitting Tribute.
How fitting 1t is that the present
generation should pay tribute to the
surviving members, too, of that splen-
did host whose deeds once shook a
continent. Their ranks are fast thin
ming; their race is well nigh run; to
many the way seems long and dreary;
their sun is slowly setting and the
frightening shadows grow apace upon
their fading pathway. Soon they, too,
must pass through the shadowy gates
to reach the sunlight of the eternal
hills, and greet the comrades who
have gone before. Let us cheer their
declining years with proof from heart
and hand that their memory shall
abide as fresh as crystal font, as green
as verdant vale, so long as honor has
shrine or virtue votary in the land
they loved and served.
Appropriate. indeed, it is that these
services in memory of the Confederate
soldier should be held upon the ami
versary Of the birth Of that martial
figure who presided over the destinies
of the Confederate cause.
Cicero declared that 1t is the first
and fundamental law of history that
it should neither dare to say anything
Nat is false or fear to say anything
rue In that mastery defense
= against the charge of
which remains un.
the knightly
a cen
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-07
What's Money For?

"To SPEND" answers the facetious young man.
who would have said if he interpreted his thoughts
correcty-"to squander."
The difference between SPENDING money and
SQUANDERING money is just exactly represented
by savings account in bank.
We don't advise anybody to money that he
really needs to spend, but do advise everybody
especially young and young women-to SAVE
whatever small portions of their earnings they are
tempted to squander.
It's easy thing to do
You start savings account with dol
lar and half the hard work about anything is the
STARTING. Think this over, and make it a special
point to come in and talk with about it.
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