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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
POULTRY.


Ventilate the hen-house.
Use the drop-board scraper every
day.
Have the floor clean and dry under
the litter.
Geese must have q large range and
plenty Of water.
Idleness Is not conducive 20 a high.
percentage of fertile eggs,
Breeding ducks should be fed twice
q day morning and evening.
MIX fed chicks have become q
standard IN fancy markets.
Warm the drinking water a little n
there Is any chilliness In the air.
Fowls that have had roup have a
tendency to transmit the disease to
their offspring.
Haphazard selection Of the breeding
stock 10 often directly responsible for
poor results 10 Matching.
Unless all the elements for the
formation OF eggs are put into the
hens body she cannot be expected to
lay well.
Ventilation, which means fresh air
and sunshine, IS Of extrem import
ance an through the winter
Chicks that fail 70 develop steadily
should be punch marked 30 they can
easily be distinguished when the time
for selecting breeding stock arrives
Granted that d has wen bred
stock. the next point that determines
rs prontableness IS the care and man.
agement
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
WINE FOB FOWLS

NJ. Joubert. professor at the agricul-
tural college at Fountainebleau.
claims that he has discovered a new
and simple method Of making hens
lay. He feeds them with wine In ad-
dition TO their ordinary food. The
professor has not allowed his discov-
cry to be made known lightly. he
has been experimenting with fowls OF
all kinds for several years and finds
the same result in every In
each case he experimental for the
-four winter months with two sets OF
~ fowls Of the same breed. adding
bread soaked in wine to the food OF
one OF the two sets Of -. In every
case after six separate trials the wine
fed hens laid more eggs in the pro
portion OF 20 eggs a month or there
about.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
HOUSE OF DIAMONDS

About 20 years & the diamond
merchants Of Amsterdam held their
market as best they could The mer-
chants would meet in a cafe, or some
times in the street, where, drawing
their gems from their pockets, they
would compare them, chatter, and CON
clude their contracts. Those days
may be termed the ~patriarchal age.
In time the merchants saw that their
precious goods were worthy Of a more
dignihed procedure. They rented
premises, which they named "Beurs
voOr den Diamanten." Business pros
pering, Amsterdam absorbed about
two-thirds Of the worlds commerce in
the precious stones, and the syndicate
determined to build their W hall or
exchange, and this the minister Of the
interior has recently opened on the
Weesperplein.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

HOW THE ELEPHANT TALKS

Elephants are said to make use OF
a great variety Of sounds ia communi
eating with each other. and IN ex-
pressing their wants and feelings.
Some are uttered by the trunk. some
BY the throat The c~onjunctures IN
which either means OF expression IS.
employed cannot be strictly classified.
az fear. pleasure, want and other
emotions are sometimes indicated by.
the trunk. sometimes by the throat
An elephant rushing upon an assaii
ant trumpets shrilly with fury.
Fear is similarly expressed In q
shrill, brasey trumpet. or by q roaor
from the lungs. Pleasure by a CON
tinued low squeaking through the
trunk or an almost inaudible purring
sound from the throat Want-as a
calf calling its mother--ls chiefly exi
pressed By the throat. A peculiar
sound is made use Of by elephants to
express dislike or apprehension, and
at the same time to intimidate. as
when the cause OF some alarm has not
been clearly a~scertained and the anti
mails wish to deter an intruder. 1t IS
produced BY rapping the end OF the
trunk smartly on the ground, a cur,
rent Of air hitherto retained being
sharply emitted through the trunk, as
from a valve. at the moment OF i'm
pact. The sound made resembles that
Of a large sheet of tin rapidly doubled.
It has been %erroneously ascribed by
some writer's to the animals beating
their sides with their trunks,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

A new stringed musical instrument
is reported to have been devised by
a Japanese violin maker in the city
of Nagoya- The Invention is named
the reikin, and seems likely to super
sede the samisen. It has the shape
of a guitar, save in the neck, which
Is the only part resembling a samisen.
There are four strings to it. and by
manipulation Of the keys the instru-
ment can be made to do the work OF
several samisen. The inventor has
played his reikin in an orchestra OF
Japanese instruments, and showed
that It is a success in every way.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
CURIOUS AUSTRIAN CUSTOM

"Flogging the dummy" IS a curious
custom kept mp BY the villagers Of
Austria a dummy Is dressed up 10
grotesquo ioshion. and is called the
"Luzelwife. II Is taken from house
20 house BY the troupe Of %grotesquely
dressed musicians and before each
house Il IS logged Then the band
playa q the householders emerge With
cakes and wine for the crowd
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

Mistress-What! Going to leave me
to get married? Whom are you going
to marry?
Mancy-Ah's done goin' to marry
Ling Chung, the Chinese laundryman.
He's a good man, he is.
but, Mandy, think of what your
children would bel"
Eyes, mum, An has. All knows de
poor little thingsu be M%exicans, but
Alb loves him just de same!"
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
BRIGHT MONEY IN sTREAKs

A man who gives to his wife all
the bright dimes and quarters and
halves he gets says that bright money
seem TO run in streaks. Sometimes
he gets a lot Of bright coins for days
and weeks in succession and then be
may go a month and get not one.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
~ EarmInn ReauIrea No..

The man that supposes that dry
land farming IS easy" needs to try IL
ouce, comments Rocky Mountain
Husbandman The man 70 follow the
rules as laid down VIII be in the held
day and night during the growing sea
and in a real dry "a he viii
have q dust mulch elk inches deep.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

trouble IN al its
dreadful forms;
shooting pains an
owe my body, sick
headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
depression, and
everything that was
horrid tried many
doctors In different
parts of the United
Statca hut lydia 2.
pinkhamie Vo0efaA
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

What is believed to be the largest
tree IN the world grew in Southern
California and stood over 800 feet
high, measuring 80 feet at the base.
The section here Illustrated weighs
5O> ons and is SO feet In circumfer;
ence The %concentric rings indicate
that the tree began growing in the
year $50.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

Farmers frequently iniure their
grass crops more than they are aware
Of by sowing too much seed grain IA
the nurse crop.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22

If YOU suffer from Hpileptic Fits. Failing Sickness,
or have children that do so, my New Treat
ment will relieve them, and an ron are asked TO
10 is to send for q FREE 600 Bottle OF Or. May
Formula. II has relieved permanently the very
write and give age and complete address.
DIR. w. H. MAY 4 Pearl st., New York
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-02-22
IOWA WOMAN
WELL AGAIN
Freed From Shooting Pains,
Spinal w eahness Dizziness,
by Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Ottumwa, Iowa. /" For years ] was
almost q constant sufferer from female
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13

Thomas Jefferson, whose birthday will be celebrated today throughout the great republic he helped to es- tablish, will soon be honOred with a great memorial in New York city. The late Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New York World, bequeathed $25,- 900 for that purpose, and it is pro- posed to make this the nucleus of a fund for the erection of a fitting monument to the great Democrat in the largest municipality of the great est Democratic nation on earth. Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was the first to subscribe to the fund. It has not been definitely decided as to what form the memorial shall take, wheth- CT shaft, statue or edifice devoted Park has been suggested as a suitable site. It has also been suggested by Mrs. Martin W. Littleton, wife of the representative from New York. that Congress appropriate money for the purchase by the United States Gov ernment of Monticello, the home Of Jefferson, located near Charlottesville, Va. The property is now owned by Congressman Jefferson Levy, of New York
 While Alabama is the only State in which Jeffersons birthday is a legal holiday, the observance to-day will be general throughout the United States. The principal celebration will be the annual banquet of the Nation al Democratic Club in New York, at which the speakers will include some of the leading Democrats if the Unit ed States
 Thomas Jefferson, the third Presl- dent of the United States, was bo1c at Shadwel1, Va, April 13, l743!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
NO PLACE FOR
 FAITHFUL HORSE
Administration Too Busy to Clean Out Watering TrOughs For Dumb Beasts

'In their anxiety to get the roads in shape for automobile traffic, the city fathers have entirely overlooked the needs of the poor faithful horse said a veteran driver discussing the conditions of local watering troughs to-day.
 q have asked the public works de- partment and the health department to give a little attention to the drink ing troughs of the city, he added. ssbut they're always too busy. AS far as the public works department is concerned, the horse suffers at the ex- pense of the automobile
 Several months ago when there was fear of an epidemic of glanders a number of the horse watering troughs were shut off, to guard against a spread of the dread disease. When the danger vas over, the troughs were left unattended, and with very few exceptions, they are in such condi- tion that they are unfit for use.
 The troughs are thick with slime, and in some of them more than an inch of dirt covers the bottom.
 What these troughs need'' contin- ned the driver, ''is careful attention. A man with a steel brush could get them all in shape in a short time, and then it wouldn't be much effort to keep them LID, But just now the condi- tions are bad, and the poor dumb anil malls have to suffer while the public works department is doing everything to get things in shape for automobile traffic."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
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on her limousine be made large enough to admit her with her new hat on. She was thoughtful enough to send the dimensions of her millinery. Led by the Goodrich Company, the leading tire companies throughout the from 20 to 5 per cent. The new prices went into effect last Monday. The cut affects principally the con- sumers, and was practically forced upon the dealers and jobbers whose undiscriminate slashing of prices had tainty as to the price of tires. The price of crude rubber and the in creased factory facilities are largely responsible, also, for the new rates. Several companies which made reduc- tfons in mid-winter. have made in- creased reductions now.
 Owners of motor cars should more fully comprehend the advantages com- ing from sane methods in handling their machines. After all is said and done, machinery is quite like the human being. If car operator could only be made to bear this fact in mind the longevity of cars would be immediately increased, mainten- ance costs reduced and smooth op- eration continue into old age and the mechanism. A strong man will re- fuse a task beyond his strength. If he attempts it and sprains his back he does not blame his Maker" He alone was at fault and he recognizes the fact. But the same man will get into his car and drive it. day Tn and day out, without consideration of the route or roads High speed up or down hill, over car tracks and bumps rough roads or smooth. It is all the same until-a bone is broken or "back" strained and then, because the mechanism would not or could not rebel against this unreasonable Qn- human) treatment and breaks down the Maker" is blamed. In this re. spect the strong man" and the strong car" are not on even terms: If they could be, one would live and serve as long as the other. Our European brothers have commenced to recognize these facts, and, notw1th- standing the vastly superior roads in those countries, they use the gears in their transmission 1ntelligently. They ai into preserve a normal rate of engine speed as well as normal care also affects the efficiency of the car as regards fuel consumption, greater mileage per gallon of gasoline resulting.
 All cars taken across the Atlantic must be crated. Generally this necessi- tates handing the car to the freight agent two or three days before the time of sailing. Some companies have arrangements whereby the cars can be packed at the docks, thus saving the expense and trouble of carting across the city, and allowing it to be run almost to the steamer side under it's own power. Transatlantic rates wary from 15 cents to 30 cents per cu- bic foot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY MARKED BY PLANS FOR GREAT MEMORIAL

Many reference works give April as his birthday, and this has been a source of some confusion to those who forget that it was not until 1752 that the Gregorian calendar, now un- iversal throughout America and Flu rope, except in Russia, Greece and Turkey, was adopted by England and her colonies, replacing the Julian cal endar. The change was made in Sep tember of 1752 by making Sept. IA, follow Sept. 3.
 Inventors who are hailed as public benefactors-such men as Edison, Steinmetz, Bell, Marconi. Bleriot and the Wrights-and mere "cranks'' who tions" practicable and useful, will proudly display the children of their brains at the National Inventions Show to be opened to-day in New York. Doubtless the crowds will find much that is amusing among the in- ventions of unknown mechanical gen. fuses, but it should be remembered that the "crank'' of to-day is often the great man of tomorrow. What is more calculated to excite the risi- bilities than the crazy idea of send out wires? And yet it is being done. Darius Green and his flying machine how we used to laugh about that Now we know that Master Green was wiser than we. Pictures that move as natural as life. machines that talk and sing with the voices of those long dead-what "out-patient of Bedlam' first dreamed of those insane notions, we wonder? It is fortunate for our modern inventors that the lawis against wizardry and witchcraft have beee annulled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13

the coalition for Home Rule.
 This is the third attempt the Lib- eral party. in England has made to settle the Home Rule question, which thrust Gladstone out of power and kept the Liberals out of power for twenty years. The minds of men have broadened since then, and MT. Asquith will meet with better suc- cess.
 It is possible, however, that Home Rule may be delayed for two years, in the event that the House of Lords refuses assent.
 It will be seen that the autonomy given to Ireland by the Asquith bill bears some resemblance to the au- tonomy- of a state of the United States, not in the manner in which the powers are granted, but in the things that are granted, or withheld
 The right to make treaties. to con- trol the army and navy and to de- clare war are retained by the Imper- ial government. These are powers exercised by the Federal govern ment in this country. The right of taxation is somewhat the same in both cases. But Ireland is to have control of its own postal service, which here is a Federal institution.
 It would seem as if a quarrel cen- turies old is about to be terminated in an act of justice rendered by the English people,. It seems reasonably certain that remaining differences be- tween the Irish and the English will be rapidly harmonized, though it may be expected that traces of bitterness will be found longest in Ireland. where the Ulsterites will cling for sometime to the old views and narrow concep- tions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
THE HOME RULE BILL

The acceptance of the Asquith Home Rule bill by all save three of Ire- lands so odd members of the British parliament, must be received as con- to a majority of the Irish people, the Orangemen to some extent being ar- rayed against it, because of religious prejudices that have existed on the island since the time of Cromwell.
 Yet freedom of worship is guaran- teed in one of the most important sections of the bill, and ample pro- tection is given to the minority" which wants no parliament in Ire- land."
 It would seem that Ireland profits from the fiscal arrangements as pro- posed. The army and navy, the Irish land purchase act, old age pensions, and national insurance acts remain in the imperial control, with certain qualifications.
 The; Irish parliament may demand the transfer, of the old age pension and insurance acts upon a years mo- tice, which will probably never be given because financial advantage to Ireland exists in the present system. At the end of six years the parlia- ment. takes over the Irish constabu- lary.
 Nor is it negotiable to give Ire- land substantial representation in the British parliament. The imperial taxing power is exercised throughout the United Kingdom, and the power should not be used except upon the basis of Irish representation. This representation will be suffi- cient to gain yet other advantages for the Irish people in precisely the same way in which it has brought about
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
AUTOMOBILES TO PROMOTE THRIFT

Among bills which the finance com- mittee of the Common Council has refused to approve is one for a brand new and costly automobile for Superintendent of Streets Bodine, which the latter says he was able to buy by "practicing economy in his department. MT. Bodine advances an idea that is worth considering. Hitherto public servants. with public money to spend. have often been ex- travagant, wasteful and careless.
 But if they are given to understand that by the practice of economy and frugality in their offices old papa Bridgeport will buy them, gasoline wagons perhaps they will indulge in thrfft and other good old fashioned virtues.
 1t would have been better, how ever. had Supt. Bodine, obtained his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
FIRST THINGS

Ninety-seven years ago today @ measure providing for the construc- ton of the Erie Canal was passed by the New York Assembly, and a little more than two years later the first excavation was made for the big ditch connecting the Atlantic with the Great Lakes, by way of the Hud- son River. The canal was by far the most important public improve ment in the United States before the era of railroading and the construc- tion of transcontinental railway. De Witt Clinton, just century ago this year, urged the federal govern ment to give aid to the gigantic pro- ject, but this was refused. AS Gov ernor of New York, Clinton was in strumental in pushing the canal to completion, and in 1925 the Governor headed a great aquatic procession from New York, and poured a keg of Lake Erie water into the ocean. The original cost of the canal was $7, ,602, ,O00, but many times this amount has been expended on maintanance and improvement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
Taft Leaders Denounce
 Roosevelt's Methods

The directors of President Taft's campaign to-day issued their second bitter personal attack on Roosevelt by reciting what they said was the ''his- tory Of William Flinn of Pittsburg, manager of the colohel's Pennsylvania campaign
 The broadside was inspired by the colonel's statement being circulated in Pennsylvania that "the cause for which these candidates stand is the cause for which I stand
 Asserting that Finn is circulating these endorsements the Taft people publish what purports to be a writ ten agreement which they say Finn tried to make with the late Senator according to the Taft leaders, was driven out of politics by an upris- ing of the people of Pittsburg-the same people he and MT. Roosevelt now purport to represent"
 The Taft bureau declared even Quay wouldn't stand for this agreement which purported to provide an ap- portionment of patronage and dele gates The statement also alleges that Finn made more than $19, ,O0O, 900 out of politics.
 '+Of course,'' says the statement "this is not Theodore Roosevelt of Let-the-people-rule' club. established
 
 Roosevelt, the practical man known to D. H. Hartman and other of his intimate friends-when the people were not looking. If MT. Roosevelt Is sincere in his protestations, if he means what he says in Pennsylvania, he now stands for exactly the things that he has repeatedly denounced the state of Pennsylvania for standing for. MT. Roosevelt is, admittedly, nev- CT consistent about anything"
 Pleased with the reception of his tart reference in New York Thursday night to "demagogues'' who have ta- ken advantage of the present agita- tion against corporate privilege "rath- CT for the sake of change than with any definite plan of improving the body politic," President Taft resum- ed business in Washington yesterday. Formal denial that he had ever threatened to bolt the party in case of the nomination of Champ Clark was issued to-day by William M. Mo- Combs, Manager of Gov. Wilson's campaign.
 'I am a strict party man." he said, land whomsoever the democratic party nominates I shall, of course, en- thuSia Stically support"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13

automobile after a manner not so distinctly forbidden by charter.
 That he had the mayors permis- sion to buy a choo choo buggy with the proceeds of his scrimpings is not enough, for the mayor did not give his permission according to law, de- string perhaps to have faithful ser want get his deserts, but not wishing to reap criticism from unsympathetic persons who expect a mayor to make a superintendent of streets work hard, four or five hours day, without buying him even a bicycle with no tires and a broken pedal.
 Let's have more of this municipal uplift, say we. Every city employe should have an automobile. When all employees are provided others can be imported with the Kansas brand preferred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
MIR. HILLS EXPLANATION

Hon. EbeneZer J. Hill has written
 to H. H. Jackson of this city letter
 in which he attempts to explain away the charge made by Hon. Thomas l.. Reilly, that Hill is interested in the woolen business and a beneficiary by the tariff on wool products. MT. Hilrs explanation is more ingenious than convincing. It seems that he is. and long has been an officer of the Norwalk Mills, which he says is now moribund, and not in operation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13
DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL GRANT

Major General Frederick Dent Grant. was the oldest son of Gener- ident of the United States, and the greatest general since the days of Ma poleon. Major General Grant was afflicted by the same disease which brought about the death of his fath- CT. and had suffered an operation therefor. He looked like his fatIl- CT, and was of his fathers tempera- ment, which taken in connection with other facts, raises an interesting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-13

But it was not moribund when MT. Hill assisted in loading upon the country schedule K, of the Payne Aldrich tariff bill, and it is conceiy- able that the property will sell for more under a high tariff protection than under the lower tariff proposed by the Democrats. That MT. Hilps son is dead, and therefore no longer an officer of the company, does not affect the question, except as it shows that in this unimportant detail MT. Reilly was in error.