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Evening star., 1913-12-07
Poultry Men Should Be Prepared fol
Winter.

At this time Of the year the poultry
mans stock should be at the last Gull
ing stage. He should have his birds
and his houses prepared for winter.
The whitewashing should be finished.
The litter ought to be new and there
fore clean the dropping board and the
perches should be we'll soaked in mite
exterminator. and all the birds should
be practically free from lice. The birds
in each house should be al or prefer
ably below, the number for which the
house was designed. The cracks
should be all closed up. In fact, every
thing about the plant should be in
lspple-pie order to give the least trou-
bic during the winter siege. Nothing
should remain but the. correct feeding
and watering, the maintaining of
proper temperature and the allowing
for much sunlight as possible. The
heavy work should be over.
Ii these things have been done. the
winter egg supply viii make glad the
Doultrymans heart. II not. old fail
ure viii be stalking around laughing
'fendshly.
Winter is not SO hard time Il the
results Of long poultry experiments
are put in practice early in the fall.
For the who has not built
scratching shed the season will not go
50 Well, because the lack of exercise
will be rather n detriment to the health
of the fowls. The hardness in the
scratching pen stands Tie birds in good
stead during the long nights on the
perches. With Il scratching pen Of
sufficient dimensions. the birds will
take care of themselves during the.
winter days whether the day be one
of sunshine or rain or SNOW. They do
not go out on the cold wet ground.
They forage, as it we're in the litter.
Birds that are not active. will not be
healthy, hence will not lay eggs.
One of the serious problems of win
ter is naturally the keeping of drink
ing water from the freezing point.
small investment in a heating appara tus
will do the trick and obviate con-
siderable amount of work
If YOU have more birds than Your
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Pioneers in Wireless

to1n ire London Chronicle.
n apportioning the honors due 10 the
pioneers OF wireless telegraphy. chief
among whom is the late Sir William
Preece, a modest worker of sixty years
ago deserves tribute James Bowman
Lindsay, q Forfarshire man. began ex-
perimenting with electricity in 1920 In
= few years he produced a constant
stream OF light. which was the admira-
tiOn Of scientists. He sent MESSAGES over
wires and delivered many lectures on
an electric telegraph. Then in 1853. he
Invented system of wireless telegraphy
and submitted it To a public test re-
ssardinS which Dundee paper of April
II, 1898, said: The experiment removes
Ali doubt OF the practicabiity of Mr..
Lindsays invention: and there is every
reason TO think that it will soon connect
continent with continent and island with
island. in one unbroken line of communi-
cation
LiudsayS lectures were advertised un-
der the title of 'Telegraphing Without
Wires. so that the familiar wireless
itself WAS anticipated. But he was more
than a scientific experimentalist He
projacted a dictionary in fifty languages
and labo-ed or II for a quarter of a CEN
trry- II was too huge task, and the
'Pentecontagiossal Dictionary exists in
an unfinished state only in manuscript.
lie also complied with more s,,c,ess set
OF astronomical taeics for the use OF
chrcEc,osisss- Vet this astonishing man
.-cE@- Sajoyed more thar an income of
80 a year .ss a teacher until the eve OF
his death, when the prime minister grant
cd him a .,r-lsSion Of 91Uo in recognition
OF his great learning and extraordinar ry
attainments.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

he heard my warning thought Sammy.
with a great deal OF satisfaction. Then
h began once more to call bad names
Paddy couldn't see at first who it was
that Sammy was calling such dreadful
names but in a few minutes Farmer
Browns boy stepped out from among the
trees of the Green Forest and stood look
ing eagerly at Paddys house and over
Paddy'S pond.
Paddy scowled. In his heart was very
bitter feeling. Was Farmer Browns boy
going to tear another hole in his dam. as
he had the day before? The bitter feel
ing in Paddys heart grew to be some
thing very like hate as he watched every
move of Farmer Browns boy. He was
beginning To wish with all his heart that
he had not come down from the North
Woods to the Green Forest. He had had
a lot of worries up there for all the time
he had to be on the watch for dangerous
eishbors-Flatfoot the Black Bear, Tufty
the Lynx. Old Twitchtail the Panther and
Howler the Wolf But here was some
one more to be dreaded than any or all
Of these Anyway, that is the way it
seemed to Paddy as he watched from his
hiding place.
Farmer Browns boy seemed to be very
happy as he worked. for he began work
almost soon as he arrived. He whis-
lied and he sang if his heart We're very
light. Somehow that made Padoy's heart
heavier than ever. Farmer Browns bos
went over to the big pine tree where
Sammy Jay had kept watch while Paddy
was digging his canal. To the trunk o.
the pine tree he nailed a broad white
board. Then he stood off and looked at
it and smiled. as If it pleased him very
much Then he went ground TO the other
side of Paddy's pond and nailed another
board 10 tail. dead stump.
There. said he. as he drove the last
sail. Il guess that is all l can do for you
TOW. Mr.. Beaver" And with that he
s.asted of home, whistling as he tramped
along.
sammy Jay followed him TO the edge
- the Green Forest. Then he hurried
tck 70 Paddy's Pond. He found Paddy
staring at one of the boards Farmer
s;Tawn's boy had nailed up. Paddys face
#ote worried look. He didn't know
hat 10 think. He suspected that il was
sa4te sort OF 4 trap, but he didn't know.
u Vas different from any trap ne had
ss-s seen and he just didn't know what
- think Sammy flew down where ne
cuid look at the board. He cooked his
head on one side. There were a lot of
itle black marks all over the board
sammy didn't know just what they
.i4eant. but he had an idea. He had seen
board Ike that on the edge OF the old
orchard. and he had noticed that when
men and boys came along that way and
saw that board they never went into the
old orchard.
I believe that Farmer Browns boy
isn't 50 bad after ali. said he TO Paddy.
Il believe that's a sign telling other peo-
pc TO Keep away, and Old Man Coyote
IS the only one YOU need worry about
after all
And Sammy jay had guessed right the
Very first time. You see Farmer Brown
owned that part OF the Green Forest and
The TWO boards Farmer Browns boy had
put up We're signs-signs telling other peo-
pie that they must keep away. Paddy
felt a load slip away from his heart OF
course. he wasn't sure but he hoped that
Sammy was right and told him so.
Il know | am replied sammy and
few over 10 sit on one of the signs.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
REPAIRING OLD VENICE.
Government Taking Measures to
Preserve Historic Buildings.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Ever since the fall of the Campanile j.
1902, not only the City of Venice but also
the national government, has been paying
more attention to preserving from ruin
the principal historic buildings of Venice
The basilica of St Mark has now an
endowment of over $4,000 a year. and
other appropriations are being made for
the purpose of repairing other monu-
ments. such as SS. Giovanni e Paola and
Torcello Santa Fosca.
The foundations of st. Mark are being
completely renovated and in the neces-
Sary excavations many relics of old Ven
Ice have come to light, while in the IN
terror the mosaics have been taken down
and new walls built to back them. Be
hind several of the cupolas also new
mortar from Casale Monferato, similar
to that used for the new Campanile.
has been substituted for the old and
crumbling stuff. which scarcely kept the
bricks together. At present thirty -four
masons and ten mosaic workers are en-
gagged on repairing the interior. which
probably will take two years to complete.
The exterior of the building probably
will be repaired in half that time. Here,
nearly opposite the entrance to the Mer-
ceria, was found the most unstable foun-
dation. This has been reinforced in the
the Campanile was reinforced. by piles
and layers of stone The excavations re-
vealed an ancient cemetery full of hu-
man bones. dating from the ninth or
tenth century, also portions of two ear
lier churches antedating the present st.
Marks, which was not begun till 1901.
At the Angle of SAINT Alpio a capital
of the second church, probably dating
from the time of the Doge Domenico
Contarini in 1868. is now visible. 1t
must however, soon be covered by the
new foundations. AS also must two splen-
did Byzantine peacocks found carved at
the back of another richly worked stone.
Although these and other relics may not
long be preserved to view except through
photographs. they add great interest to
the origin of the predecessors of the
present basilica-the primitive church
built by the Doge Giovanni Parteci-
pazio in S23, and destroyed by fire in
916. and the second and more elaborate
basilica, completed in 1071.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

tnat she come and live with him. But
the boys. or their wives. didn't seem to
desire her company. Perhaps so she
tod herself. they thought that she was
she murmured, now rocking hard. If
Alethea took every cent of my $4,000 if
shed only let me feed a few tramps"
She sighed. All her life she had given
Aletheas father boasted that he never
turned away a hungry man or dog Per-
maps they didn't deserve to be fed, but
one case out OF ten might be deserving
She rocked till Alethea called her
LOT supper The night shadows were
railing. She went slowly downstairs
Alethea was silent at supper So was
her husband. The silence was con-
strained By the tight indrawing of
ner daughters lips Mrs. Waling knew
that something had happened; some
thing unpleasant. But Alethea didn't
think II necessary to tell her mother
what had happened She didn't want
to worry her.
Afterward Alethea went TO prayer
meeting, and her husband went back
to the store. You ought to tell her
Mrs. WalinS heard him say angrily to
best AIethea replied firmly. She
wondered in mild curiosity, then for
got in reading the weekly newspaper.
which came that day. She had laid
the paper back on the oak table and
was taking off her specta cles when
she caught sight of her own name
Mrs. Helen Waiing," on an envelope
in the waste basket beside the table.
5! The envelope had been opened. Ale
| thea usually opened her letters from
the bank and advertisers hunting idle
| funds But this-Mrs Waling sat up
stiffiy-this was in her son Wards
handwriting. 1t was time for letter
| from him. But how dared Alethea.
| For the envelope was empty-the let
| ter had been taken out. Mrs. Walina
| looked at the empty envelope a long
| ten minutes. Then she looked for the
| letter-Iooked through the drawers OF
the writing desk. through the book
case through Alethea's leather shop
ping bag. And there she found it.
i Ward was sick and had lost every
cent that he had. And his wife was
sick. Too many children in rapid sue
cession. the doctor said. The west
didn't agree with them. He'd like 10
come back and rent farm.
/ I'D like TO rent our old farm,
mother" he wrote Il heard that
Simpkins is tired of it and anxious to
| move to town. 1t was then that
Alethea's mother learned that she
could understand figures. Il can't
can buy the house and enough acres
for Ward TO work. He'll soon pick
up. And the children--Ive always
been sorry that Alethea didn't have
vously at the door-'I better write TO
Ward and mail it before Alethea gets
| back.
| But Alethea's husband met her COM
ling back from the corner. And with
| a curious new rush of courage. she
| told him calmly what she was doing
And I'm glad of il" he said heart
| iiy. I've thought for long time
you ought 10 know about Ward, but
| Alethea-" He broke off in embar-
| rassment
| Alethea came in presently She lis
tened-her mother found the second
telling easier-and then the storm
broke. Mother, After the way I've
taken care of you and your money tC
let Ward scuander il. You know how
careless and extrasagaat he always
was, And mis- wife is the same,"
4 "Yes' said her mother. II remem.
lber Ward was careless and foolish
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Puzzle: Find the joke.

There are widows and widows. There
always We're and there always Will be,
but
The most rememberinsist widow on the
local blotter was buying a small porter
house at the market the other day and
explaining to the butcher man just why
she did it.
II always have steak for dinner on
my husbands anniversary. He was the
best man that ever lived. but he would
and the accent that went with the word
was equal to capitals underscored twice
'help himself to the L bone every time
we had portarhouse. when he knew |
wanted it myself-not that ] really care
for bones, of course, only it seemed like
he oughter have considered my wishes
1t got so that l stopped having steak
but. lor that made no difference
he'd just go by the grocery his
way home. and. of course. l give in.
But one day / got good and mad,
though, ior knows j wish ! hadn't, for
he was as kinder husband as any
woman could ask for-I up and ordered
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Farmer Browns Boy Visits
the Green Forest Again.

Some one was coming through the. Green
FoFestt There was no doubt about il.
Paddy the Beaver listened to the screams
al Sammy Jay drawing nearer. and Paddy y
guessed right away that Sammy was
making all that racket TO let him know
that Farmer Browns boy was coming
;" with sigh Padd.. slipped into the
water and dived. But this time instead
OF swimming over to his house. where he
~ouid be safe and comfortable. but where
ne could see nothing, he swan over to
ms reed pile. where he could hide under
'he branches which came above the sur
race and still could see all that went on
Presently Sammy Jay flew to the Nop
OF the tall pine tree in which he was fond
or sitting. His sharp eyes told him that
Paddy was nowhere in sight guess
Evening star., 1913-12-07

give away what i want There was
q Jubilant note in her voice. She
seemed to be talking TO herself. and
unconscious of Alethea.
People will talk" Alethea cried an
grily They'll say that | didn't treat
you Well
No they won't" her mother an
swered. She was lisht-hearted of a
sudden. They'll say ] didn't appre-
ciate YOU" with a laugh.
A1ethea's husband laughed and Ale
thea flushed. You haven't appre-
ciated me-" she said tartly. But
I'm glad you're going to get the old
place. | must ask Ward to save me
plenty of those Grimes golden ap-
ples-I always liked 'em best.
I'll see that you have plenty" her
mother promised quickly. Alethea' S
husband laughed again. and Alethea
blushed again. burningly.
(THE END
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Pearls of Scotland.
ON the London Chronicle

TOM the L0nUOn ClrOnlcIt.
Scotland still produces pearls. found
mainly in the fresh-water mussel. They
could, no doubt, be found in England if
the industry were profitable. Cleopatra
was not the only person who swallowed
a dissolved pearl. Until comparatively
recently they were used incidentally in
the west. and still appear in the materia
medica of China. According to one Chi
nese authority. a pearl, after being treat
ed with pumice stone and honeycomb
mixed with the gall of a serpent, might
be drawn out to the length of three or
four feet. Make it into pills and swal-
low them-henceforth food will be unnec-
essary.'' The suggestion is not that the
patient would be finished off, but that he
would live, foodless, forever
Evening star., 1913-12-07

me new mama. | don't like the one
Santa sent me last Christmas. |
druther have back my oldest mama OF
all. but ! amt not her own little girl
any more. Santa marred her to a new
papa and another little girl that's
OWNER than I am. If you can't bring
me a new mama pleas TAX this one
away. j druther have none. Also q
doS-a live dog that's q puppy | can
play with. An bawl barn skates an no
more at present from nobods little girl
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Santa Claus and his wife Mary
Christmas. have started a rivalshlp III
popularity, with the henors, so far, to
the lady of the house. Which shows
what suffrage will do.
Here is really truly letter which Il
really truly young stepmother is show
ing around as really truly joke. Ii
was written by and swiped from the
queerest little rat you ever saw, and
goes like this
Dear Mrs. Santa Claus: Pleas bring
Evening star., 1913-12-07

remember once your father gave eacn
of you children a dollar to spend on
the Fourth of July. You lost yours
and Ward gave you his. He was
foolish that way"
she continued acridly: We'll. when
he's wasted all your money you be
without. But. OF course" with colo
generosity. I'll take you back l
wouldn't let you want"
Don't worry" said her mother.
calmly. He can't waste IL. The
house and what land l can buy VIII
be in my name. He'll simply work II
and the victuals will be mine 4 can
Evening star., 1913-12-07

work in. So Mary gave me a lovely
buckskin and good as new. They were
too small for her, but fit me dandy ex-
cept at the ankle. and as there's no use
in boarding a. thing you can't use ]
passed them on to Glare, who sent them
to her niece. She's just the age to enjoy
pretty things. | didn't know about Ro-
setta's niece then or | should have sent
the shoes to her. She's related to me,
you know, and / suppose one should do
for ones own instead of for others
That's right. If each did for his own
there would be no others
And there's your recipe for millen-
MUM, without trimmings.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

eaetE DAY and | might not be able to get
on except at times when YOU had fish or
something for dinner saws he-.male
II an anniversary stunt saws he
You bet your sweet ifa win ,
says l. ne VIII
wont be having any swee, life 10
pet win, says he, but III be around
on on my anniversary day whatever lime it
bone, says he. 'oo-
On: III remember, all right saws /
ana this makes the fifth time I've had 70
Keep my word Because I know he's
around He never was a man to break
ms word l even set his place at the
table And if l could only let him know
how sorry was Tor naggin' at hin-and
how. if only he could come back and let
me feed him on L bones
''rhat's easy. naam. When Won ,.it
down to this steak with your husbands 5
place fixed at the table. just cut out tae
] bone and put it on his plate He'll un-
derStand-''
Now where could you find !: wiser
butcher man than that?
Talk about YOUR missionaries in heath
en- lands
But nobody is talking about mission.
aries. Il just concerns the remember
ipgist widow
Evening star., 1913-12-07
After Many Years.

From tho Christian Register.
The seh-made man stalked into the
office of great financier with whom he
had an appointment.
You probably don't remember me- nc
began, but twenty years ago. when |
was a poor messenger boy, you gave me a
message to carry"
Yes. yes," cried the financier. Where :
the answer
Evening star., 1913-12-07
The Inference.

FIVi: Ioa;IOn OpInIoa.
Adolphus-its an awful shaEns My lit
tie nephew got hold of that poem wrote
10 Won and tore il 10 shreds.
AugGsta--So the little fellow can read
yfeady.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

him TO gimme that L bone. And all
he did was laugh back at me and say:
You're just fooiin'. You don't want
this bone. Neither would 1, except
that | got the taste from my father
who was born with longing for I
bones-somebody ahead of him wanted
steak and couldn't get it. 1 reckon-so
/ suppose I'll have to keep up my
gnawing long as l live
And when you are dead says l. ii
you will take the trouble to drop in from
the spirit world, says l, you'll see me
sittin at this table with all the Z bones
| want on my plate l says.
Good says he, It's bargain. But
say, hon, you won't be wanting steak
Evening star., 1913-12-07

She was chrpy-volced woman in a
new suit that matched the siate-blue of
her eyes, and this is what she was saw
ing to another woinan-not worth descrio-
ing-as they turned the Botanic Garden
on their way DOWNTOWN:
Glad YOU like it.. | didn't want to be-
gin wearing il every day. but Rosetta
has a niece who needed a dress to 90 TO
Evening star., 1913-12-07
y POULTRY -
~~ BY Cockspur. >
BY Cockspur. .

coop can accommodate, do not hesitate
TO get rid of them. even though they
be pretty good birds" Remember
that IL is better to have twelve birds
in coop built for fifteen than to have
tifteen in a coop built to hold twelve.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

1t would seem that womep are COM
ing into their own in the poultry
world. Listen to this:
Editor Cornmen of the Item. mus
ing on the American Poultry Asso-
ciation meeting oratory after 1t was all
over: observes: .One is impressed by
the amount of poultry knowledge some
people possess whose wives breed the
chickens.
Just so. And tbs perfectly natural
the some people furnish the theory
and their wives the practice. Farm
Poultry.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

QUICK methcd-Ali latest dances taught prlvats
any hour: class Tuesday and SATURDAY. 7:9O
lesson, soc % for $3.50. PROF WYNDH Au
0l6 18th n.N Lady assistant Phoue Main s65Y
Evening star., 1913-12-07

PRIVATE DANCING SCHOOL.
Belasco Theater. NJ. 5S2.-Y
Argentine Tango. Trottinc. Dips. Fish VS..
Long and Short BOSTON. etc. SELECT.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22
AMES GRADUATES
ARE DOING WE'LL
Young Men Finishing Engineering
Course at State College Holding
RESPONSIBLE Posts In West.

Ames, April 19-Although Stanley
Macomber, son Of G. e. McComber OF
Ida Grove, graduated as civil en-.
gineer at Iowa state college only lit
tie more than four years ago, he Is
In charge of public work amounting to
a million and half dollars as city en-
gineer of the city of Centralia, Wash.
For the past year, he has had an Of
fee force Of twenty to thirty men un-
der him on various engineering enter
prises for the city. The million and a
half dollar list of improvements In
cludes 100000 worth of street paving,
a 100000 water gravity system and
sixty-five miles Of electric railway. The
income Of this Iowa boy not yet in his
thirties will be at least $4,000 this year.
Three other Ames men are located
in or near Centralia.. Frank G. Know
les, '09, is manager Of contracting
firm; James Packer, 10, has Offices as
a mining engineer, and L. l.. Kelsey,
10, has recently been appointed civil
engineer at Aberdeen, Wash.
I'VE all feel that we were fortunate
in having received our early training
at I. S. Co. writes Stanley MacCom-
Der. II am satisfied that there are but
two schools In the country that COM
pare with Ames-Boston Tech. and
Cornell. We want you to know that
we appreciate your work and are real
izing more every year what it means
to U.S."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-22
SIMPLY ASK FOR ONT
ALBA WOMAN IS
SERIOUSLY BURNED
OverturnIng Of Lamp In Closet Burns
House and Perhaps Fatally Injuries
Viii. Mrs. Bert Pierce.

Abba, April 19-Mrs. Bert Pierce
was badly, and perhaps fatally, burned,
the house from which she was moving
was destroyed and before firemen ar
rived the home of Mrs. James Moffet,
next door, was burned, and the home
OF Harry Hunter was damaged.
The fire started when Mrs. Pierce
took lighted lamp to a, closet, the
lamp was upset and the burning oil
set fire to her clothing. She ran to the
stairs and In her haste fell down. the
stairway Finally, covered with flames,
she reached the yard, where the fire
on her clothing was extinguished.
The goods in her house had all been
removed to the new house. Meanwhile
the fire burned the house down and
soon communicated to two adjoining
houses. Mrs. Moffet succeeded In res
cuing part of her household goods.
The total loss is about $4,000.