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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26
Delaware People Homeless

Delaware People Homeless
DELAWARE, March 26 - PATROL
man Pile Sbam, who aided in rescu-
nn scores yesterday, today declared
xhat betv cen 20 and 100 have been
drowned here and that 1000 are
homeless Water seven feet deep is
rushing through the business streets.
Over 7,of o Dead
CINCINNATI. March 26 - The
extra edi lion of the Enquirer at noon
says the total death list In the stare
! ~ Ohio will reach over 1000 ana
that 5.oeo square miles of territory
are lnun lated.
The oath list at Hamilton is
SFewin1 hourly and may 90 into nun
treds.
orcs "A at Peru, Ind
9QUT ! BEND. Ind. March 2s "A
sphon ! message received here this
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26
Dayton Mayor says 5000

Dayton Mayor says 5000
COLUMBUS, O., March 26 - A
brief telephone communication was
established with the mayor Of Dayton
this morning and he says that I'M
confirmed reports indicate that at
least 5000 persons have been
drowned in Dayton and that $4,000
persons are now homeless.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26

TOLEDO Hard Hit
TOLEDO, o., March 26 = The city
of Toledo is being swept by a flood.
Immense damage is threatened.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26
RAINS AND FLOODS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTH AND RAINS
ARE fORFCASTFD FOR THIS
SECTION TONIGHT

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Ran throughout the
middle and spreading the southern States tonight and
tomorrow, is the government forecast
STORM IS NOW MOVING SOUTH AND EAST
ATLANTA, March 26.-Wire communication north of
this city sandst this afternoon because of the
breaks by the floods. The floods moving
toward Atlantic coast making communication Wavering
and uncertain.
TENNESSEE TOWN SUFFERS
LEBANON TENN, March 26.-Flood this morning
the public square with six feet Of water The rail
bridge washed away and several
missing - So
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26
.ENNEssEE TOWN SUFFERS


trains are arriving today and the
water is now receding.
koOo Dead in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, March 26 -Flooda
are sweeping Indiana today frQnm
Lake Michigan to the Ohio river. Ha~
vised estimates place the number o.
dead in the state at 1000 with 1O0.-
900 homeless and the property loss
at 500, 100000.
The governor says 200 are dead at
Peru.
The rivers are still rising and
the weather is turning cold.
200 Passengers Drown
| GRAFTON, W. Va, March 26 - A
railroad towerman near here reports
that Baltimore and Ohio train at
London. o., for Cincinnati. went
through bridge carrying 200 pas
sengers. Apparently all are lost.
SO Dead at Tiffln--
TIFFIN, o., March 26 - Fifty per-
sons are reported dead here today
from the flood, including the chief OF
police and Mayor Kappell. All
bridges are gone and the water Ia
seven feet deep in the streets.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26
Over 1000 Dead

eQUT ! BEND. Ind. March 2e "A
Sphon message received here this
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
PIGS AT MARKET MATURITY
Time May Be Determined Very Large.
ly by the Character Of Feed and
Manner of Feeding.

From market standpoint a ma
ture hog is one that has either TEN
porarily or permanently ceased grow
ing and taken on the form and finish
required by the meat trade, The time
at which Il pig comes to maturity may
be determined very largely by the
character OF the feed and the manner
of feeding.
Pigs may be brought to market ma.
turity anywhere between the ages Of
to 9 months Early maturity Is
brought about by feeding an excess
of non.nitrogenous foods or by sudden
changes from heterogeneous to non-ni
trogenous foods. BY feeding an excess
Of such fatforming food as corn
meal, the pig does not have sufti-
cient amount of protein nutrients to
continue its growth, and SO begins to
lay on fat.
1t is very easy matter, however.
to carry early maturity to extremes
because under the conditions neces-
sary a pig will not grow as large or
as RAPIDLY, and so his gains will be
more expensive. The thing to strive
for In pork production is to bring the
pig to maturity at the time he Is to
be marketed and not before.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
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TRAP-NESTlNG is ADVOCATED
Only Certain Method of Separating
Good Layers From the Poor Is to
Keep Daily Records.

That the only sure way to know
which hens in a flock are doing the
work and which are not earning
their keep" is by using the trap-nest,
is the belief of Prof James Dryden of
the poultry husbanIry department OF
the Oregon agricultural cullege.
High egg production is not a char
acteristic of any one breed of fowls
says Professor Dryden. The trap.nest
has demonstrated this. There is no
particular shape or type that indicates
good laying qualities, 80 far, at any
rate, as our present knowledge goes.
The only certain method of sepa-
rating the good layers from the poor
is to use the trap nest and keep q
daily record Of eggs laid. 1t is not al
ways the fault of the feed and care
that they don't do better. 1t is the
misfortune of the hen herself very
often she couldn't lay If she want
ed to.
1T requires considerable time to
keep trap-nest record of a !1OCk or
hens. Not every farmer has the time,
but If few farmers in every county
would trap.nest flock Of hens, in i
few years all the f; mers Of the cOun-
ty would very likely have stock that
were from heavy-laying, trap-nested
fowls. Where 1t is possible for Il
farmer to devote a little time to it
each day he will be well repaid for
the labor.
The Oregon experiment station is
trap-nesting a large tlork each year
and 1t is doing the best it can to fur
nisn the farmers of that state with
stock from good layers, with the OBJ
ject of increasing the egg yield in the
state. 1t is desirable, Of course, to
keep full years record for each hen.
but if that is not possible, record
for part of the year would be valu-
able. For instance, a record Of the
first six months OF laying, beginning
probably in November, would show
which were the good wiLter produ-
GERS.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
PREPARE GEESE FOR MARKET
Closer Fowls Are Confined, If Allowed
Sufficient Room for Exercise,
Better They Are.

A goose that Is being fattened for
market should never be perpitted to
swim in the water or to wander any
distance. The closer they are con-
fined, as long as they have pen for
sufficient exercise, the better table
poultry they make. To keep them
clean while being fattened, cover the
floor of the building in which they
stay at night with a thick covering Of
straw Remove this in the morning
with a pitchfork, either into the air
or sunlight where it will dry. Thor
oughly scrape the floor, and cover 1t
with dry sand or earth; as Night APP
prodches throw down the bedding
again, and in this way they can be
kept perfectly clean, and under these
conditions they will improve much
faster.
When the time comes for selling
them, the geese should be confined in
a limited space. provided with a
building for shelter only, plenty Of
water to drink, and be fed all they
will eat Of a dry mash maze of one
half cornmeal, one fourth bran and
middlings, the balance Of ground oats.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
PRIZES FOR SHIRE HORSES
English Society, Desiring to Encourage
American Breeders, Offer Ten
Gold Challenge Cups.

The bureau of animal industry OF
the United States department OF agrl.
culture is informed by Mr.. J. Slough.
grove, secretary Of the Shire Horse So
ciety of England, that the council or
his society, desiring to encourage the
owners and breeders Of Shire horses
In America, have resolved to offer ten
gold challenge cups, valued at S2oo
each, from the year 1913 to 1917, in
elusive.
Two of these gold cups will be an
nually awarded to representative
American shows in rotation during the
five years that the scheme is il opera.
ton.
The council have selected the Inter
national Live Stock exhibition at
Chicago for their offer in 1913, and the
gold cups will be awarded ta) for the
best registered Shire stallion, (bb for
the best registered Shire mare, duly
certified by the official veterinary Off.
Ger as sound and free from hereditary
disease.
Horses entered for these cups must
be registered or eligible for registra
ton in the American Shire Studbook.
Breeders of English Shire horses in
the United States will no doubt be
interested and encouraged by this
recognition Of Shire breeding In the
United States by the parent society.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
TREATING CASES OF CHOLERA
Animals Afflicted Should Be Isolated
as Completely as Possible-Pre-
vent Spread Of Disease.

Immediately disinfect the premises
thoroughly. Separate the well hogs
from the sick ones, and divide the
healthy animals in two or more
groups and isolate them as complete
ly as possible. All carcasses OF hogs
which have died from cholera should
be burned or buried deeply and Gov
cred with qulcklime.
AS the germs Of cholera gain access
to the system through feeding the
way of prevention is well marked.
All feeding troughs and utensils
should be thoroughly cleaned and
fumigated, the yards plowed and pref
erably planted with forage crop
in season. Feed sparingly, using
laxative, easily digested and nour-
fishing ration. When hog cholera
serum is used the hogs treated
should remain together in the in
fected yards. The possible introduce
ton of the disease into the pens by
people, dogs, birds, etc, should be
guarded against especially If hog chol-
era is In the neighborhood.
Whenever 1t Is necessary For a per-
son to enter a hog lot when the dis
ease is present the shoes should be-
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
Persons taking care Of diseased ami
mails should take necessary measures
to prevent the spread of the disease.
and see that others take similar pre-
cautions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
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TRAINING COLT FOR A FAIR
One Of First Important Things Is to
Teach Young Animal to Behave
Himself and Be Quiet.

O3y PROF. e. L. POTTER, Animal Hus-
bandry, Oregon Agricultural College)
In showing horses at county and
state fairs and horse shows, especially
IN showing colts, 1t Is important that
the animals be trained for the occa-
sion or they are unlikely to show
their work.
One of the first things is to teach
the colt to behave himself and be
quiet, so that he will not get excited,
tear around, and "act up" like a
naughty child before company, when
led into crowd.
The next step Is to teach the colt
to continue still when 1t is required.
Then it must be taught to stand In
the proper position, with his feet
squarely under him. his front feet side
by side, and his hind feet also side by
side, his head up and ears forward.
This vii! not only require training;
It will mean that the owner or atten-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25

dant will need to be constantly on
the lookout to see that the animal
maintains his position. One frequent
L. sees at county fairs men bringing In
good horses. and standing with their
hands in their pockets while allow
ing the horses to stand down on one
side with their heads at one side, In
no way showing off their points as
good horses. Neither the owner nor
the horse In such case shows at his
best
The horse led into the show ring
should always have good bride, and
never should be brought In with just
a halter as it is impossible to handle
a horse properly without bride.
The colt should be taught to lead
properly to show his action to good
advantage. lie should learn to walk
or trot up by the side OF the attendant
and pull forward on the lead rein, not
backward The attendant should
hold the horse with but one foot OF
rein between his hand and the bit.
In trotting the colt to the bride II
should be taught to step up In good
shape. and pull forward on the rein
instead of backward In teaching the
colt to trot for show, the attendant
must run beside the horses shoulder,
always keeping step with the horse.
An attendant VINO stumbles along In
his own gait cannot be expected to
make the horse travel at his best
Attention to these points will make
a world OF difference In the appear
ance OF the horse In the ring II will
make a poor horse look better, and
prevent a good horse from appearing
hadlv
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To outwit the moth, brush the furs
or clothing put into the bags or wrap
ping and into the box or drawer set
an uncorked two-ounce bottle OF chlo-
form, This will not only XIII the
moths, but any eggs which may DO IN
the garments.
Lemon Jelly, or In fact any gelatine
iellies may be remolded II they are
carefully softened by heat. DO not
allow the mixture to boil, or 1t VIII
ruin the flavor. Pour into wet molds
and chill.
Melted ice may be used in cakes
cookies and puddines. Chocolate Ice
cream. with the addition OF a little
gelatine, may be nodded and served as
a jelly.
Never throw away even very small
piece of soap. Save all the laundry
soap in one dish, the toilet soap in an
other. The toilet soap may be melted
In little water and cornmeal stlrTed
into il to make good soap for the
hands. The laundry soap, after melt
Ing, may be poured lhto minus "
harden and the cakes may then DO
used for dish washing.
Every one knows how annoying and
often destructive rocking chairs may
be, used on rug or carpet with heavy
nap. If the rocker is used on a rug
and the nap sends the chair toward
the walls or other furniture, turn the
rug so that the nap runs the other way
A piece of burlap the size of tea
towel is fine to keep the stove rubbed
up 1t may be dampened and is thick
enough to save the hands.
A backing box is enough to try the
patience of saint or man. The
cover is SO attached to the box that
it is hard to pry them apart. When
once open, put the backing In large
topped cold cream jar with screw
ton, then there will be no trouble
about getting the TN off, piece OF
elder down makes sood polisher.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
WATER IN FARMHOUSE
Northwestern Farmer Describes
His MiIkhouse and Tank.
Walls Of Structure Were Built Of Stone
Taken From FIeld-Floor Has
Drain In the Center and 10
Sanitary and Clean.
fBv R. q. WEATHERsTONE.)

In writing Of the great changes
which he made in his farm within
few years, a northwestern farmer
mentions one thing which should in
terest every farmer. The man thus
describes HE milkhouse and water
tank:
"A water tank holding 30 barrels
has been mounted in the tower Of the
windmill and pipes laid to the house.
barn and sheep shed. Below this tank
and over the pump was built a stone
milkhouse. The tank was incorporat-
ed into the roof Of this house as tow
er. To protect the tank against freez-
ing 1t was boarded In. leaving an air
space. which was filled with cut straw.
The, outside was papered and shingled.
This has proven entirely satisfactory.
THE walls Of the milkhouse were
built of stone, taken from the field
laid with their rounded surfaces ex-
posed, giving very pretty effect. The
floor. with drain in the center. Is
cemented, which makes 1t sanitary
and easy to keep clean. This house.
which Is thus In direct connection
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
DOG DAY DISHES.

In these sultry August days we en-
10y and look for the cooling FOODS anu
beverages. 1t is we'll during this not
weather to avoid heavy desserts ana
use seasonable fruits in abundance
Cocoanut Mousse.-Dissolve a tea
spoonful of powdered gelatine IN TWO
tablespoonfuls of water, add half
cup of boiling milk, cool and aod
cupful of cocoanut, three tablespoon
fuls of orange juice and two cupfuls
of whipped cream. Pour the mixture
into a chilled mold, pack IN Ice ana
salt for four hours. Garnish Win
whipped cream.
Cheese Custard. Beat four eggs,
add half cupful of boiling milk three
tablespoonluls of grated cheese, sea-
son with salt and pepper and put llito
buttered tiInbule molds. stand the
molds in a sauce pan and let the water
come to half an inch from the top
simmer very gently until the mixture
is firm. Serve on rounds OF buttered
toast.
Lamb cutlets.-Lay six slices OF
fat bacon In frying pan. diced tur'
nip, u sliced onion and sliced carrot
n little grated nutmeg and a few splgs
of parsley; then on top lay six lamp
outlets, "a half cup OF orange juice ana
enough stock to cover Put on lhe
lid and cook slowly until the outlets
are tender. Remove the sauce pan
and let the contents cool. When the
Outlets are Geld press them between
plates. Drain the liquor and dissolve
two tablespoontuls Of gelatine In 1t.
When 1t begins to harden, pour l't'
of it into dish, lay the outlets close
together in this and put the rest or
the Jelly on top Allow 1t to stand on
ice for three hours. Mix a pint OF
cooked peas with half pint OF the
aspic jelly and set away to harden.
Tnmold the outlets, cut them with
sharpened cutter. arrange on platter
In circle with the jellied peas in the
center.
Junket is most delicious dessert
for a hot day, Add tablet of renn!n
to a quart of milk. sweetened and IA
yored to taste and heated just luke
warm. Stir we'll 1t Is we'll to crash
the tablet and dissolve it in table
spoonful of water Then set the
tunket away to thichen. Serve with
or without whipped cream.
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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
PROPER FEED FOR THE HENS
Satisfactory Method for American
Breeds Worked Out by Expert OF
Massachusetts College.

A method which has given very sat
isfactory results for the American
breeds have been worked out by Prof.
]. C. Graham of the Massachusetts
Agricultural college. A dry mash Is
kept in hoppers before the hens at all
times, and scratch feed is fed night
and morning. The dry mash Is COM
posed OF equal parts bran. wheat mid.
dlings, corn meal, finely ground oats,
ground alfalfa and beef scraps. and the
scratch feed Of two parts cracked
corn, one part wheat and one part
oats.
The scratch feed Is varied. depend
ing somewhat upon condition OF the
hens II on examination they are
found too fat. more oats and wheat
and less corn are fed. Sometimes we
feed three parts Of wheat at night
and oats In the morning.
At certain seasons of the year more
grain Ia fed at night in the litter
than the hens will eat. so there will
be some left for them to work on
early the next morning. This Ia
found to be a satisfactory method. All
three are mixed together the wheat
and corn are picked first. and the
hens that eat the fastest get very lit
tie of the oats.
II it Is desired to force the hens
in addition to the dry mash and
grain, moisten some Of the mash,
getting 1t to a crumbly state. and
placing It in troughs. what they will
eat in Ii minutes. This Is fed at night.
Fresh water, oyster shell and grit are
kept before the hens. Mangels and
cabbages are fed whole every day
when possible, but at least three times
q week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
Little Mothers" READING,

One of the great lower east side
public schools had just let out" for
the day, and youngsters by the hun.
bred were racing away from the scene
Of trouble.
A girl of ten, poorly but neatly
clad, had waited for a brother OF
seven or eight to pilot him home. To-
gether they crossed the street, his
hand In hers.
Reaching the opposite curb the lit
tie girl produced a well-worn book,
and as they proceeded she began to
read aloud from this, but in an un'
dertone-the boys eyes meanwhile
taking faraway expression.
A passerby glanced over the girls
shoulder
"I'll be darned," said he, "if she
amt reading fairy story to the kid"
But the little mother" didn't hear
him. So she read on to the kid
New York Globe.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
NlruInIa'a. Production of Coal,


The presence of coal In the Rich
mond basin Of Virginia was known
As far back as 100 and mines were
opened and worked at as early date
as 1850. In 1888 shipments were
made to some of the northern states.
In 1922, according to r. C. Taylor, in
his Statistics OF Coal" the produc.
ton amounted to $4,000 short tons.
For nearly century the Richmond
basin maintained some prominence as
a coal producer, but in 1882, when the
Pocahontas district was opened, fol-
lowed shortly afterward by the deval'
opment Of the New River field In
West Virginia. the mines In the Rich
mond basin we're put at a disadvan'
tage and operations were for many
years practically suspended.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
MelIhac's Failure.

Meilhac was one Of the most sensi.
tive OF authors; and M. Felix Duques'
mel relates his reception of the news
of one of his rare failures at the
Odeon. He had taken refuge from
his nervousness In the managers Of
flee; and friends came to him from
time to time to tell him how things
were going. They could only tell
him, FIRST. that things we're going
badly, and then that they we're going
worse At the END Of the fourth act
they no longer thought 1t worth while
to tell him anything at all. He in
the mean time had collapsed. He had
tumbled out of the armchair, fallen
on the floor and rolled under the
desk; and 1t was there that he was
found, with his head buried In his
hands when an attendant at last en-
tered to turn out the gas. and lock the
door-Le Temps
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
PigWe ed.

Prevent pigweed from going to seed
and avoid sowing the seed in grain and
grass seeds. Frequent and thorough
cultivation of the seed bed before
sowing the seed will check growth in
grain fields. Good blowing. thorough
cultivation, with some hand hoeing
and pulling, will eradicate the weed
from cultivated crops. 1t does not
give serious trouble in fields where
crops are grown in a good rotation. It
is most troublesome in gardens, but
shallow cultivation and hoeing or pull
Ing by hand will eradicate 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
DAY Of the Cubists.

Job f Hedges. while auctioning off
in New York the "mlsapplied art
pictures that caricatured the futurists
and cubists, told a cubist story.
when ! was boy he said, IF
Youngsters parents saw him drawing
neutrality-suspicious. and heyagons and
triangles they would exclaim:
AHA, we'll make mathematician
OF HIM
"But nowadays, when a lads pa
rents find him making tetrahedrons
and polygons, they say:
"'Our son will win immortal fame
as an artist"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
Remove Dead Carcasses.

Never allow the carcasses OF birds
that have died to lie around and de-
cay. Either bury them good and deep
or, better still, burn them, If you have
no furnace or stove in which you
want to burn them saturate them
good with kerosene and set fire to
them. If you leave them uncovered
and allow them to decay, your whole
flock Is liable to be stricken.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
WAY OF SQUARING A CORNER
infaIiible Method Given for Finding
Perfect Square on Corner Where
Some Doubt Exists.

Sometimes we are in doubt as to
whether a corner Is square, even afteI
we have had the steel square on it.
Sometimes the square has been
knocked out Of square, and many 9th
err things that could cause the corner
to be wrong.
To get the square by this method.
measure off six feet from the corneI
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-25
Miikhouse and Water Tank,

with the water supply. is used In sepa
rating the cream and In churning."
The above is q splendid convenience
for every one on the farm. The fact
that there Is running water In the
house, makes bathroom conveniences
possible, and to say nothing of the
comfort and saving of labor by having
water In the kitchen. We call the
man who thought up the scheme and
carried 1t to q successful conclusion.
an ideal farmer. You can depend up.
on It, he Is q successful one, too.