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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
PASTIME OF ONE SYLLABLE
Game to Be Conducted Properly Re-
qures That Company Be Seated
In ClrcIe-How Played.

TO conduct this game properly the
company should be seated in a circle
lady and gentleman alternately. A
lady begins by asking a question OF
her right-hand neighbor, to which he
must reply by word of ONE SYLLA
BILE, OF he incurs a forfeit for each
extra syllable.
First Lady-Permit me. sir, to ask
IL you love music?
First Gent.-Yes. (He then ques-
lions the next person on his right. }
Pray, madam, what wood do you think
the best for making chairs?
Second Lady-Oak Please tell me.
sir, who thinks himself the best and
wittiest man in the world?
Second Cent. Tell me, Mary, do
you like hot weather?
Third Lady--No What kind of
people do you think prosper most in
the world?
Third Gent.-Fools. Have you much
sand in your composition?
Fourth Lady--None. Are you very
romantic?
Fourth Gent.-No. But which is the
handsomer. you or me?
Fifth LADY, What sort OF a girl
do you think | am?
Fifth Gent-Mad Do you Ike red
or white wine best?
Sixth Lady-Red. Now. Edward. are
you fond of sugarplumsY
Sixth Gent.-Rather.
This is a word of two syllables and
subjects the speaker to a forfeit
A forfeit is also incurred when
question or answer once made is re-
peated.
The game may be continued as long
as the interest keeps up
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
HANDY FOR POULTRY RAlSERS
Little Device for Carrying Eggs May
Be Made out Of Ordinary Lath
Nailed Together

Here Il device for carrying eggs
where they are delivered TO customers
In the city. writes A. j Magee Ia the
Farm and F1reside II Is made OF or
binary plesterlng hath pianed smooth
and nailed together With small nails.
Two strips are nailed together IN "
shape FOR each corner. The bottom
10 made Of thin board nailed 20 narrow
strips on tho inside OF each side. The
able piece OF wood as handle. Tho
carrier can be made 70 hold any num-
ball Is made OF heavy wire with a suit
Der OF cartons one desires to carry.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

1t comes to the painting OF the house,
both Interior and exterior, too fire.
quently poor materials are used be-
cause they can be had from some un.
scrupulous paint dealer, who claims
they are Just as good" at saving OF
fifteen or twenty dollars on the en-
tire job.
These are economies, pertaining to
the quality and amount of materials
used. that are very shortsighted.
Real economy IN home building comes
through selecting the proper design
for the building. In a dwelling. such
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

good foTagers. and are the best OF lay.
srs-~tho puliets often laying when Ave
months old They stand confinement
well In winter. Owing to their great
activity. they are not 30 likely 10
have indigestion and bowe! troubles as
the larger breeds. Al the Leghorns
are not so heavily feathered. they are
more easily kept free from lice.
Now that we can hatch and raise
chicks with incubators and brooders,
Ia II not the proper thing TO have the
egg machines" or the laying breeds.
aiso7
There are some noted strains OF
Plymouth Rocks aud White Wyan.
dottea that are heavy layers strains
built up By patient and painstaking
york In selection and breeding from
the best layers. SO that they lay al
most or quite as well as the ieghornH.
The farmer has not tho time 20 trap
nest his hens and 10 secure his best
layers And what is the need OF II,
when II Is just as natural for the Leg
horn 10 lay as Il is for the Jersey COW
to glvs as cream
One hundred Leghorns can DO kept
on the feed and IL the same amount
Of space required for rs Plymouth
Rocks. and ! am sure tho LegEorns
viii give better returns IN money
Anyone with decided preference
for a particular breed OF fowls. as
ho would enjoy them more and take
t4ftnr cara ~ than fhar ~ any athar
breed. After experimenting with sev
eral breeds. the Leghorns are my
choice. and have told why.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
GUINEA MEAT is DELICIOUS
csiIed by Any Chicken for Pot
Roast or PIE

You have heard OF guinea fowl, but
did you ever taste one? II you like
the delicious favor OF Wild game. es-
pecialIy the prairie chicken. you are
sure to enjoy meal OF guinea fowl.
/ When young. the guinea is more
tender and more Juicy than the prairie
chicken. and ia far superior TO any
other bird as a broiler or a fry.
When matured they cannot be excelled
by any chicken for pot roast or pie.
Their flesh Ia rather dark. but fine
grained and very tender. with an ex-
quislte gamey flavor. The eggs, while
rather small. have rich taste that
most persons like. There ss an ever.
increasing demand for gulneas in the
larger cities for restaurant trade.
There's profit in raising them.
Guineas are not SO serylcesble as
hens when raised In close confinement.
but n allowed the run OF the farm they
Will practically raise themselves. with
hardly any expense 10 their owners,
and Will return a profit In both eggs
and meat. The guinea Is naturally a
Wild bird, and will usually range In
the widest part OF the country. so that
It is usually difficult to find its nest.
n guinea and turkey eggs are set /
AZ about the same time, and the |
young divided into fiocks. half gum
sas and half turkeys. when given to
The brood hen, the guineas VIII remain
With tho other birds and will not be
nearly so wild an when kept alone.
The feed for young gulneas may be
he same as for young turkeys. After
.bree weeks they may be put on free
'ange, feeding three times a day with
plenty OF fresh water They do not
icratch like other fowls and therefore
IRE safe % have In the garden.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Winter Fesd tor pouItry.

One Of TIE best and most rellshed
winter feeds for poultry is cabbage.
Even though there be an abundance
or other green vegetable matter. |
should rtin strive 10 add some cab
bage 20 the list Il IL true that there
Is nothing quite 80 good for the hens
As sroNins crop. such as rye over
whieh they can range and thus com.
bine exercise With food getting. and
essry effort should be made TO provide
Il. but often space Is too limited for
such crops and dependence must bo
had altogether on substitutes that can
be stored away.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

One OF the experiment stations has
found that by sprinkling eggs during
tho last three days of artificial Incu-
baton, one-thlrd more eggs were
hatched. and the eggs that were
sprinklcd from the third day on gave
about 10 per cent better hatch. Sub
merging the eggs did not seem to in
crease the hatch as much as sprink.
ling. II was also found that while
Il Is easy TO develop chicks In large.
thick-shelled. dark, Brahma eggs, 1t is
very difficult 10 get good hatch.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

young people have usually very little
OF this.
Such design as this is also eco
nomical in that its general outline Is
very nearly square in form 1t is not
cut up" as so many houses are. and
the carpenters find such a building
much easier to frame and finish and
much less. AT the same time. a resi-.
dence OF simple square outline con.
tains maximum OF disable space in.
side and If properly laid out the rooms
are very convenient and home-like
So we see that there are real econo.
mics which should be considered IN
home building and some false econo-
mics to be avoided 1t is sentiment
that urges the building OF the home to
start with. but II is sound business
sense that carries the building project
to successful completion
The advice and counsel of a reliable
architect who has made a special
study OF residence work is invaluable
in this connection The writer has
been able TO give practical advice to
thousands of home builders in every
part OF the country that has saved
them a grt = deal of money In oner.
ing the accompanying design. which
Is estimated TO cost $4,000. be feels
that many helpful ideas, /
both as to convenient arrangement OF
the interior and attractive outside ap-
pearance. may be gained by those |
who will build the coming year
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
POULTRYNOTES
lAAAANsSN y - 90 z2

Watch the hens for superduous fat
The poultry business is not all
profits.
he generous with fresh air and wa,
ter and sunshine.
Lettuce Is particularly we'll liked
by chicks because OF It's tenderness.
Il Is easier 10 keep the hens quar-
tiers clean than It Is 20 fight disease.
II cabbage Is fed In too large guam
Titles. tho eggs may partake of it's
flavor.
Don't put of buying your breeding
stock for the poultry yard till next
spring.
Green food Is one Of the essentials
Tor healthy fowls and for satisfactory
egg production.
Have the hen yard border on the
garden. so that the vegetables can be
easily transferred
The fact Of the business Is. the
average farm flock produces about 100
eggs per hen each year
The problem OF getting green food
for poultry In the winter Is much
t"of" PiScetuk inan IN summer.
Once a month paint the roosts with
coal oil. using broad paint brush.
and pour little into any cracks
about the ends OF perches
Provide plenty OF dry earth and
coal ashes where the hens may dust
themselves. and there Is little danger
OF body lice In a clean house.
The busy hen In the scratching shed
is the ono that drops the eggs iE
your market basket during the win
ter months when eggs are highest
Place shallow pan with little
kerosene in II where the hens have
10 walk through II In entering their
night quarters. aud mites are not apt
10 give trouble.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

down. Yet even after that. the owner
in his ortsightedness often induces
the heating man to put IN smaller
size still. SO as 10 save ten or fifteen
dollars on the job Really the safe
way is always to Insist on having a
size larger than the furnace con
tractor recommends. furnace OF
good size will heat a house easily
without crowding the fire. and besides
beating the house satisfactorily burns
less coal than the small size furnace
crowded hard 30 heat the building dur
ing cold weather.
The furnace is just one instance OF
the false economy that Is often F.ac-
ticed The plastering is often slight
I'D In much the same way. and when
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
SAVINGS BANK QUITE NOVEL
Depository Combined-Must De-
post Coin In Timeplece.

One of the recent novelties patent
ed is combined clock and savings
bank designed by a Chicago man.
Why a savings bank and a clock
should be combined will not at once.
be apparent. The idea would seem
ridiculous, as these two articles have
no apparent relationship. The pur-
pose of the inventor has merely been
to increase the usefulness of the saw
lngs bank and assure that 1t will be
constantly employed. He accom-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

sighted; and 1t is strange thing
that the inexperienced builder usually
on where the saving OF few dollars
In the first cost will result in hun
dreds of dollars of added expense
throughout the life of the building.
An instance OF this is the heating
plant. One OF the first parts of a
dwelling to be sighted. II any econo-
mixing Is 10 be done. is usually the
heating plant. Competition is so
keen between the heating contractors
themselves that they have got into
the habit OF figuring the furnace OF
just as small size as possible in or
der to keep the amount OF their bid
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

shadow will be cast, either from the
gas light or a candle placed on the
table alongside
Trace the outline on the paper, and
then try to make a human face out or
the pencil marks. Many amusing re-
suits are thus obtained, and other
characters may easily be made either
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
No Sentiment In Hen.

There is no sentiment In hen. Her
only object IN life Is to get enough to
eat. II she Is given that and a warm,
well-yentilated house 10 sleep in at
night. a dry. sheltered place In win.
ter. she wiz do the rest.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
YOUNG BOYS SHOULD LEARN
Many Little Things That Appear to Be
Unlmportant In Early Youth Count
for Much Later On.

All young boys should learn:
To run.
To swim.
To carve
To be neat.
To make a fire.
To be punctual
To do an errand.
To cut kindlings.
To sing If they can.
To hang up their hats.
To respect their teacher.
To hold their heads erect
To help their mother and sister.
To wipe their boots on the mat
To read aloud when requested
To cultivate cheerful temper
| To sew on their own buttons.
To help the boy smaller than them.
selves.
To speak pleasantly to an old
woman.
To put every garment in it's proper
place.
To remove their hats on entering a
house.
Not to tease boys smaller than them
selves.
To keep their finger nails from wear.
ing mourning.
TO be as kind and helpful to their
sisters as to other boys sisters.
To close the door quietly, especially
when there is sick person In the
house
To take pride In having their mother
and sisters for their best friends.
To treat their mother as politely as
II she were strange lady who did
not spend her life In their service.
If they do anything, to take their
mother into their confidence, and,
above all. never to lie about anything
they have done.
When their play is over for the day,
to wash their faces and hands, brush
their hair and spend the evening in
the house.
Not to take the easiest chair in the
room and put 1t directly in front of the
IRE and forget to offer it to their
mother when she comes In to sit down.
TO make up their minds not to
learn to smoke, chew or drink, remem.
bering these things are not easily I'M
learned, and that they are terrible
drawbacks to good men
Not to grumble or refuse when asked
to do some errand which must be
done, and which would otherwise take
the time of some one who has more
to do than themselves.-Som
Journal
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

practically $500 is saved by using the
gambrel roof coming down low. al
most to the first story instead OF hav-
ing the walls go straight up to a full
two-story height with a gambrel roof
attic above. Three hundred dollars is
a pretty big price to pay for an attic,
which has very little use except as q
place to store away old furniture; and
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

by moving the candle to another po-
sition or crumpling the paper in a
different shape.
These are a few which the artist
did just to show the young readers
how. OF course only the outlines are
furnished, so that the readers must
draw in the eyes, hair and ears from
their own Imagination.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
FUNNY FACES MADE OF PAPER
Easy Way for Young Artist to Draw
Grotesque PIctures-Many Anus
Ing Results Are Obtained.

Here is an easy way for young ar
lists to draw funny and grotesque
pictures. Crumple a piece of paper
In your hand and place 1t on a sheet
OF paper so that q sharply outlined
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
They Didn't Count.

Small Harold was watching a regi
ment of soldiers marching by. headed
by band Mamma" said he. what's
the use of all them soldiers that don's
make muster"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
HANDY HOPPER FOR POULTRY
Implement May Be Made OF Galvanized
Iron or Wood, and Prevents
Waste OF Feed.

A handsome hopper for preventing
hens from wasting their food may
BIO made OF galvanized iron or wood,
as shown In the Illustration. The hop
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

cartons hold one dozen each.l Pile
tho cartons ap and measure them TO
get the inside measurements OF the
carrier. have one holding 80 dozen
and another holding "A dozen.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09


Home building is pretty apt to be 9
matter OF sentiment, especially FOL
young people planning their first
house. They always have the advice
OF good many loving friends, not to
mention that OF the real estate dealer
all tuned TO the key that to acquire a
house by easy monthly payments is
far greater business wisdom than to
pay rent Yet. no matter how strong
and logical such arguments may be.
the fact remains that II Is sentiment
that has the greatest influence In max
ing them decide to pund.
The JOY and satisfaction OF actually
owning plot OF land and snug lit
tie dwelling; the magic influence or
the word "home"-these are the
things that seem important
stu. castles In the air have 10 be
brought down to earth before they
can be built. 1t is great pleasure to
dream OF having fine home and to
make plans for all the Injuries OF
home building that sentiment might
inspire, but young people can't AFFORD
to really build In that way.
II Is right to start as soon as pos
sible to build home, but don't think
that 1t has to be a mansion Love in
cottage is best. especially In the
early years. for there the responsible
ties are less, the work OF housekeep-
Ing is slight. and the cost, both for the
house itself and for its upkeep and
is within reach.
There are so many urgent cases for
money In these days that every one
should be Interested In planning and
building house as economically as
possible. There are some places
where Il is good to economize, other
places where economy is very short |
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

Eacy Fairy wears. | do declare.
A little Lady's slipper.
And when she drinks. the butter cup
Is useful as a dipper.
A mushroom IL her parasol
AS well as a supper table
Al tea. / s'pose the Hara-B Bell rings
AS loud as It is able.
Her candles are the fire-pugs
To light her to her pillow,
Ard in a weed. there's milk to feed
Her little Pussy w:llowl
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Loek Attsr oro~Ina chIeks.

The welfare OF chickens must be
looked after during the growing pc
riod, AS GO amount OF pamperlng and
psttiDg II maturity win compensate
Tor neglect then.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
What's the User

Sunday School Teacher-Scatter
seeds of kindness.
Johnny Sububs-Whats the usef
The chickens will get EN-.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
FAvoRITE BREED FOR EGGS
seanorns Mature Quickly. Are Excel.
lent Forsaers, and Arc tho
Best Layers.

II eggs are easier and cheaper to
prodnce than meat and bring better
price. why are not the egg laying breeds
Tho ones 10 keep says a writer In the
Poultry Journal.
The Leghorns mature quickly. are
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers Of this
paper On account OF his Wide experience
ns Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
Is. without doubt the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
10 William A. Radford No 1873 West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago, Ill. and only
snciose two-cent stamp for reply.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-02-09
Poultry Hopper.

per proper is hung about the lower
box which may be emptied back late
the hopper when desired.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-21

here is quite impossible under the ruling
Of good form of to-day. Gold and silver,
by the way. are the most used colors for
crests or else the plain embossed.
Square paper, of course. requires a
long envelope. and this is the only kind
now used. Also the medium weight Is
preferred for common-sense reasons.
such as having others road the letter
through the thin envelope and the other
extreme OF paying extra postage on
heavyweight paper.
In the surface Of the paper the mode
of many months is still retained, and
the fabric paper is most popular. This is
so called because the finish Of II 10 OBJ
tanned from placing the paper between
sheets Of cloth. linen. muslin. or foulard.
and the indentation imparts to the paper
the finish OF the cloth. A queer little
thing about paper that few seem to know
is that there is always a right and q
wrong side TO It, Just as there Is to cloth
or silk. Kid finish paper and glace finish
is always asked for. so II probably will
always be sold and be in fashion.
Bond Is an ancient quality which is
still used for men, particularly as a
business paper, but for women this is
no longer in good taste. II has yielded
to the supremacy OF the just named
fabric finish.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-21

the Girl OF My Dreams should
have:
Trig.
Handy,
Exquisite,
Wistful,
Athletic,
Sweet,
Handsome,
Irresistible,
Nice,
Gentle.
Truthful,
Obliging,
Natural,
Happy,
Elevatlng,
Robust,
Attentive.
Lively,
Determined.
And, by all means. read The
Washington Herald every day.
Respectfully,
8. Z. TODHCNTER
ls2 Sixteenth Street Northwest.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-21
By FRANCES sHAFFER.

This is the fifth season the familiar
little Red Cross seals have gone about
the country raising funds in the most
modest kind of way to help along IN
the great fight against tuberculosis, now
almost worldwide.
This fall $4,000 stamps. with the
eloquent red cross IN each corner, were
distributed all over the country. and
when their work is completed and the
money is all gathered in, these little
weapons against the dread disease VIII
show brave total.
The sales have jumped from $135. 900 the
first year to SS30O0O last season, and II
the mission of the seals were better I'M
derstood and II we could follow their
work when the human tag is attached.
scarcely a letter or a package would
leave our hands without its full quota of
stamps. for each one has its tiny part in
the anti-tuberculosis war.
What They Accomplish.
One story which comes from New York
shows what these Red Cross messengers
accomplish.
Down in the cellar of a poor tenement
the committee found a family Of six
living in two rooms. The father was
the disease there were five little chill
dren. and all were desperately poor. An
older brother. on the slender wage OF
nine dollars a week. when he worked,
was the sole support of the family.
In the dark rooms there were two win
dows, one of which looksd out upon a
high wall an inch or so distant. and
the other opened two feet below the
street level. The air that managed to
find out these miserable rooms was thick
with the dust from the street, two OF
the children werep ronouncedly anaemic,
and the mother, far along in the grip
of pulmonary tuberculosis, was unfit toI
look after herself. let alone the children.
Then the little Red Cross weapons be-
gan their work.
Carry Aid Far.
First of all the family was moved from
the> dark, cherries, and almost airless
rooms to an apartment that gave them
a better chance TO breathe and to live
The mother was given treatment and
supplied with proper diet, then taught