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Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

night with Mr.. Ellery have tried
hum-ha! to show him that respect
able people of our society don't asso-
ciate with Come-Outers. and that for .
Regular minister to go to their meet
| ings is something neither the congre
CATION nor the parish committee az
proves of No-er-hum-hal mol"
And ] explained to Captain Dan
iels." observed the minister, that J
went there for what seemed to me
good reasons. and. az they did seem to
me good at the time. I'm not ashamed
of having gone II was an honest mis-
take on my part and ] may make
more"
But the society" hegan Elkanah
Captain Zeb interrupted him.
Don't worry about the society, MI
Ellery," he said with emphasis "NoT
about the parish committee, either
Great fishhooks! the most of us are
tickled to death over what you said to
EbeD Hammond We think it's 3
mighty good joke You didn't know.
Of course. and what you did wac done
innocent He! he! he! Did you lay
him out. hey?"
the society feel as ! do. shocked and
hum-ha!-sorry. I'm surprised they
haven't heen here to say so"
- expected them" remarked the
minister.
so did L." chimed In Captain Zeb
But ] cal'late to know why they ain't
been. They're all too busy CROWN
over the way Nat Hammond fetched
the packet home last night. You ain't
heard, Keziah, have you? Nor you
Mr.. Ellery7 Well. must tell you
Here's where J gain a lap on Didama
Rogers. Seems the Deborah S.-that's
the packets name, Mr.. Ellery-she
hauled out Of Boston night after last
on the ebb, with fair wind and sky
clear as a bell But they hadn't much
more'n got outside Of Minot's fore the
fog shut down, thicker'n cruel for a
sick man. The wind held till long to
ward morniD'; then she fattened to q
dead calm. Bile Perry. the mate, he
spun the yarn to me, and he said
twas thick and fat as ever he sex
and kept gettin' no better fast
They drifted along till noon time
and then they was somewheres out In
the bay. but that's about all you coult
say. Zach. he was stewin' and sput
term like pair Of fried eels, and La
fayette Gage and Emulous Peters
they're Denboro folks, Mr. Ellery. ant
about sixteen p'ints t'other side Of nj
account-they was the only passen
gers aboard except Nat Hammond, ant
they put in their time playin' high Low
Jack In the cabin. The lookout wal
for'ard tootin' a tin horn and his bel
lerin' was the most excitin' thing goip
on. After dinner-corned beef and cab
bage-trust Zach for that, though 81
next door to cannibalism to put cab
bage IN his moutb--after dinner al
hands was on deck when Nat says
'Hush!' he says. Don't J hear some
thin'?'
They listened. and then they al
heard it-all 'cept Zach. who's deef h
his larboard ear.
CTo BE CoNTINURDJ
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and yet the young minister was con-
scious Of a troublesome feeling that,
for him. 1t was just beginning.
However, he had determined while
dressing to make clean breast of it
to his housekeeper-a nominally clean
breast, that is. So, as they sat oppo-
site each other at the table. he began
his confession. The mullins scorched
in the oven and the coffeepot boiled
over as he told his story, for Keziah
was too much interested to think of
trifies. Interested and astounded, for,
since Come-Outers had been Come-Out-
ers and the split in the society took
place, no Regular minister had crossed
the threshold of a seceder's dwelling.
much less attended their services and
walked home with a member of their
congregation. She knew what this
amazing procedure was likely to mean,
If her parson did not
| Well" she exclaimed when the re-
cital was finished Well"
lin afraid l was too hasty," OBJ.
served Mr.. Ellery thoughtfully. per
haps it would have been wiser not to
have done it."
! Perhaps 'twould. Yes. wouldn't
wonder mite"
| 1T will be talked about some, sup.
pose. Don't you think so?"
AT this moment one half of Trumet
Is talkin' about it and runnin' out to
tell the other half. ] guess I'd better
hurry up with this breakfast. We're
goin' to have callers.'>
Strange to say, however, this proph-
ecy OF early morning visitors did not
prove true. Nine o'clock, then ten.
and no visitor came to the parsonage.
Mrs. Coffin affirmed that she did not
understand it. Where was Didama
Where Lavinia Pepper? Had the "Tru-
met Daily Advertiser" suspended pub
lication?
AT half past ten the gate slammed.
keziah peered from the window.
"Humph!" she calculated. Here
comes Elkanah and he's got storm sig
nails set. by the looks. He's comm
after you. Mr.. Ellery."
Very we'll" was the calm reply:
''let him come"
"All right. Say. Mr.. Ellery, it's
none of my business. but I wouldn't
say anything about your seein Grace
home. That's none of his business.
either. or anybody else's."
The head of the parish committee
stalked into the study and the door
closed behind him. A rumble of
voices In animated conversation sue.
ceeded
Mrs. Coffin went out into the kitchen
dried-apple pie.
She was looking down below the
door. which opened outward and was
swung partly back on its hinges. From
under the door projected boot. a
mans boot and one of ample size.
Keziah's cheeks, already red from
the heat of the stove. reddened still
more. Her lips twitched and her eyes
sparkled.
''Hum!" she said They say you
can tell the Old Scratch by his foot
prints. even if you can't smell the
sulphur Anyhow, you can tell Ham.
mond by the size of his boots Come
out from behind that door this min.
ute. Amt you ashamed of yourself?"
The owner Of the boot stepped forth
from behind the door and seized her
by both hands.
"Halloo. Keziah!" he cried joyfully.
MY. but it's good to see you"
"Halloo. Natl" said Keziah heartily.
TITS kind of good to see you. too"
The rest of him was in keeping
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He's Not a Chicken FancIer.

Speaking OF chickens, funny man
writing in0Puck says:
They are the most dadbusted, un-
certainest creatures that walk the
family acres. Almost everybody tries
to raise chickens at one time or an
other. Looks easy-that's the deceiv-
ing part Of 1t.
And 1t is easy after you learn one
thing. Little chickens don't know
anything, medium sized chickens don't
know anything. II there is any change
of an intellectual nature as the size
increases the big ones know less II
possible than the little ones.
'If there is a wire partition in your
pen with an open door at one end the
chickens will try to plunge through
the wire instead of going around and
walking through the door"
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

with his boots. He was big and broad.
shouldered and bearded His face.
above the beard, was tanned to a deep
reddish brown, and the corners OF his
eyes were marked with dozens Of tiny
wrinkles. He was dressed in blue
cloth and wore wide-brimmed. soft
felt hat He entered the kitchen and
tossed the hat into corner
Well" he exclaimed. why don't
you act surprised to see feller? Here
I've been cruisin' from the Horn to
Barnegat and back again. and you act
as II I'd Just dropped in to fetch the
cup Of molasses ! borrowed yesterday.
What do you mean by it?"
"Oh. heard you'd made port"
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lts Glass.
"That was q raw deal"
What was?",
The plot they cooked up"
Our Discomfort.

Brand Whitlock, the mayor Of To
ledo, was talking about discomfort
''It is our discomfort, our divine dis
content" he said, that will make a
great nation of US.
II believe in discomfort can
sympathize even with the discomfort
ed old farmer, who said
'Contented? Whenll 1 be con.
tented? Well, I'll be contented when
I own all the land adjoinin' mine-and
not befur, be gum!'"
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09
CHAPTER v.
In Which Old Friends Meet.

Wher Euery came down to break.
fast the rain was over. the wind had
gone down, and the morning sunshine
was pouring In at the dining-room
windows. Outside the lilacs were
In bud, the bluebirds were singing,
and there was sniff OF real spring
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09
In the NIoht Editor's Roor

III tHe NI0Ht EuItorS Hoom.
Here's long story about that
storm on the lake the other day. Want
IL cut down?
Does it begin, The storm beggars
Descriptions"
Yes"
well, run that and cut out the do
scription."
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Childres
teething, softens tLe gums, reduces inhamma-
uou, alays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle ~
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

Many a man performs his work az
though he thought he was doing the
boss favor.
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good grocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-01-09

Il see you are paying the hospital
expenses of that painter who fell on
the roof"
Yes; he's too good man to lose.
As he went down he touched up two
or three places which would have been
very hard to reach"
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CHILD'S FACE ALL RED SPOTS

632 N. 9Th ST., Terre Haute. Ind
"My' little nephew, a boy OF four
years, had a breaking out on his face.
It was little red spots at first, then
he would rub and scratch and water
blisters would form, and wherever the
water would run another would come
until his face was covered with them.
He would cry and fret His mother
got some medicine, but 1t did not do
any good. He would scream and cry
and say it hurt. We hardly knew him,
his little face was all red spots and
blisters. So I begged him to let me
put some Cuticura Ointment on them.
The next morning I made strong
soap suds with Cuticura Soap and
washed his face in the warm suds.
The little blisters burst by pressing
the cloth on them. After l had his
face washed, / put the Cuticura ONT
ment on and in q short time his little
face was all red and dry. I kept using
the Cuticura Soap and putting on the
Cuticura Ointment and his face got as
well and it did not leave a scar. He
was entirely cured in about one week
and a half" (Signed) Mrs. Arthur
Haworth, Jan. 10, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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CeXlOn lea.

Tea plantations in Ceylon have been
in existence only 30 years, yet the an.
nual exports of black tea amount TO
nearly S20,000,0O0 in value. Formerly
coffee constituted Ceylon's main in
dustry but after disease of the plant
in 1880 its cultivation was discontin-
ued. Many planters, however, re-
couped themselves by tea and rubber.
Thanks chiefly to the former article,
the islands old prosperity revived. To
day Ceylon boasts 1900 plantations.
Plant necessary to tea cultivation is
costly but very labor-saving. The
work Itself is not hard; only the eli
mate makes it irksome. What is
wanted mainly of employees is to
watch machinery and feed it from the
stock of tea leaves awaiting treat
ment. The workers are not Sing
halese, but natives of southern India
A laborer's wages vary from eight to
sixteen cents a day, while foreman's
salary averages 5000 u month.--Har.
per's Weekly.
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CBY r. r.. ORD

| CBy r.. r.. ORR)
| The writer has before him the rec
ords OF a farmer who sold eggs from
| a flock of eight hens to the amount
| of 1913 FER hen, all this within one
year; and besides, this bunch of hens
| each raised a brood of chicks in sum-
mer time-seventy-tive chicks coming
to maturity, and the profits on these
J chicks above food cost was equal to
! the income from the eggs. In other
words, the profits above food cost
from these eight hens was more than
$500 per hen.
OF course the best OF care and at
tention was given and of course, these
eight hens were pure-bred-bred to do
that very thing, but all three products
were reckoned at regular market
prices, not fancy prices. This is the
lesson We desire to impress on our
farmers: Good breeding, good feed
ing, good care will give good profits.
Since the chemical analysis of an
egg and of a young roasting chicken
is almost identical, we may say in the
outset that there is little difference
In feeding for eggs and feeding for
flesh.
An egg is about twothirds water
one-eightn albumen, one-tenth lime,
and One-twelfth fat. 1t is giving the
hen the proper raw materials at the
feeding
Hens suffer more from a lack of
pure, fresh water than from almost
any other cause. Even the hen at
liberty is often compelled to drink the
filthy water in the cCw-tracks in the
barn yard or do without Such a sup
ply of water will not produce many
eggs of any kind, and none that are
good.
The albumen OF the egg-the white
CT the egg is the protein--what we
crave for when we desire lean meat.
The hen must have the protein foods
to make 1.-THE oats, wheat, bran and
meat. The lime for the shells she
will egt from the wheat, clover, oyster
shell and cut bone. The fat will come
from all the grains, but especially from
the corn-the carbohydrate food.
Without giving exact details, the
writer would want his feed bins so
proportional that he could lay in sup
plies of food thus: Four bushels of
bran. three bushels of oats, two BUSH
els Of wheat, one bushel fcorn, one
bushel of lean meat or beef scrap, one
hushel of cut hone and one buShel OF
oyster shells. In addition to these he
would want before his hens constant
supply of clean, sharp granite or cry
stall grit. Coarse sand or very fine
gravel will reduce the amount of grit
used but cannot take its place.
In addition to tho foods named the
egg-laying hen, likewise the growing
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Of animals must restrain them. or be
liable for any damage which they
might occasion by straying, or be
without a remedy in case accident
should happen to them while straying
An excellent illustration OF the extent
to which this ancient rule OF law was
adhered to is to be found in a case
tried in the supreme court of Indiana
in the year 1866. The owner OF Ger.
tain cattle allowed them to go astray.
and eventually they wandered onto
the railroad track, where some OF
them were struck by a passing loco.
motive and killed. The owner OF the
animals brought suit against the rail-
road for the damage he had suffered.
offering testimony to prove that the
whistle was not sounded, nor the bell
rung, at the time of the accident, and
that the train was going at an unusual
rate OF speed; that heavy snow was
falling SO that the approaching train
could not readily be seen and avoided.
and that the loss was due to the fault
and negligence of the officials OF the
road. But the court found that even
though this might be so, yet the owner
of the cattle was bound to keep them
within bounds. and must stand the
loss himself.
Though It might be questionable
whether the courts would go to such
length in these times. when the duty
OF owners of improved lands, and of
railroad companies especially. to keen
their holdings fenced is given much
more prominence than formerly. vet
the reader will doubtless agree that
the owner OF farm animals and valu.
able live stock. as well as Of we'll cul.
tivated fields. cannot spend his tim.
more profitably than in looking after
his fences regularly. and in keeping
them in good condition and sufficient.
ly strong to serve the end for vh;rb
they were erected. 1t Is poor business
policy to let matters run 10 such an
extent that the courts, at any rate
must be called upon to bring home Ia,
one the importance OF fencing! (
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W. 70 0''''''' der. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cured me OF that and the Kidney
Trouble. I take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. l
am n years old and a farmer. You are
ct liberty to publish this testimonial,
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with it," Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
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Packing Food in Ferns.

In Germany the use of ferns is com
ing into more and more favor for
packing food which is transported
either short or long distances. The
practice became common in England
before it gained equal vogue in Ger
many, and the results are said to be
excellent. especially in shipping fresh
fruit butter, fish and other food prod
ucts which require unusual care.
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What They Trusted.

Having ascertained his weight or
the railway station Weighing machine
the man said to the porter:
Isn't it lack Of business foresight
to put one of those machines that dis
tributes prizes to persons who guess
their own weight correctly, bang VI
against other scales that they could
get weighed on before hand, and thus
guess on a sure thing? You must
have great faith in human nature
you?"
"Oh, no. sir said the porter. "but
we have in the machine"
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chick, should have every day some
form OF green food. The grasses and
weeds and clover she picks up on the
free range in June must be supplied
in her confinement in January il she
is to do June work. Finely cut alfalfa
or clover steamed, or wet with hot
water, are excellent. A head OF cab
bage hung up by the root in the pen
Is very good. Roots-especially man
gels-supply both food and water to
some extent. The hens in their pens
become very fond Of them and will
consume large quantities of them.
These roots can be grown at the rate
of 20 to 80 tons per acre. and every
stock breeder knows their value to
sheep and cattle. The hens will pay
for them even more literally.
Good feeding means close observa-
ton and good Judgment on the part
of the feeder. The feed suitable In
quality and quantity last week may
not be suitable this week. The wealth
er may have changed. If it has grown
The Yale expositor., 1913-02-20
Poetry and Music.

If I had TO live my life again would
have made a rule TO read some poetry
and listen TO some music at least once
every week; for perhaps the parts OF
my brain now atrophied would thus
have been kept active through use
The loss Of these tastes is loss OF
happiness. and may possibly be inju
rious to the intellect. and more prob
ably to the moral character, by en-
feebling the emotional part of our ma
ture.--Charles Darwin.
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colder, not less of the wheat and oats
but more of the corn and meat are
dmanded
Never mix your grains. Never feed
exactly the same food two successive
meals. Always stimulate the hens to
eat more by giving them something
different to tempt their appetites. The
hen that is laying regularly is seldom
liable to get too fat. Have care that
your pullets and your moulted hens
have started to lay before you begin
to feed too heavily in the fall. There
is little danger after they have begun
to lay.
The feeding problem is much sim.
plified if femalees of different ages
are not kept together. What is ideal
for three-year-old hens may be en-
tirely wrong for pullets. Separate
and classify by ages as soon as pos
sible.
Better have hens a little hungry.
eager for their food and willing to
scratch for it, than to have them sit
ting around lazy, fat, livers torpid.
eyes dull, combs pale. 1t is the active
hen that is the producing hen.
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IMPORTANCE OF
COMPACT FENCES
Old-Time Methods Are Gradually
Giving Way to More Mod
ern Wire Devices.
rev r. G. wEAT HERsToNE5

Fences are an important part of the
CONTINENT of every farm. Go where
YOU will, you will find the landscape
crossed and recrossed with them, cut
nm into great squares like the face OF
a giant checkerboard; and by their
condition it is easy to judge OF the
habits and circumstances or their
several owners.
Time has brought about great
changes in the methods of fencing the
farm. and the old time stump fence
and Virginia rail fence have gradually
given place to more modern devices,
chiefly of wire manufacture. But the
wonder is that hedges, which so long
have served their purpose we'll abroad.
are not in more general use in this
country. Doubtless the time will come
when their worth will be recognized
here.
The proper fencing OF land is n
matter so serious and important that
IL has received the attention OF the
courts from earliest times. and many
are the hard fought legal battles which
have been waged over questions re-
rarding it. The welfare OF the COM.
munity demands that cattle should be
restrained and improved lands pro.
tected. and the courts were never un-
mindful OF this fact; and upon whom
and in what proportions the expense
Of maintaining them must fall, they
have adjudicated again and again
When our forefathers came to this
country they brought with them the
old common law OF England. which,
upon this subject was that the owners
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Unpicked Grapes Go to the Poor.

Unpicked Grapes Go to the Poor.
A curious old law, which dates from
1870. has been used to sentence the
owner Of a vineyard at Capestang,
near Beziers, France, to fine and
costs for picking her own grapes. She
was picking the grapes which had been
left on the vines in her vineyard after
the fall gathering, when the policeman
told her that she was committing an
offense against the law, as all grapes
left on the vines after the harvest
were the property of the poor. The
court at Beziers confirmed the police
mans opinion. and the woman was
convicted.
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Or evidence furnished by five girls
from IA TO 16 years of age Is men. OF
Kalamazoo, it is said will be arrested
on statutory charges.
A petition will be circulated in Ra-
VIENNA asking for a vote on the town.
ship unit system of organization for
schools.
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Insufficient.

Knicker-Do you treat your cook as
one OF the family?
Observation-Disclosures, no; We treat
her like three of the family.
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not think | would be
alive today il it
were not for Dodd's
X dn ey Pills. I
strained my back
about forty years
ago, which left it
very weak. l was
troubled with inflam-
nation OF the blad-
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Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er laxatives or cathar-
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour; they do
not gripe: they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
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Where He Got IL.

THE first time my little boy fell
in love he got it in the neck"
"She snubbed him, eh?"
mo, but he started in to washing
his neck without being told"
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corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing il: they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
il Price as cents All Druggists.
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A GRATEFUL OLD MAN.

Mr.. ". D. Smith, Ethel, KY, writes:
81 have been using Dodd's Kidney Pills
for ten or twelve years and they have
done me a great deal Of good. | do
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Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue, best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun-
dress smile. ADV.
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The man who stands on the prom
Use OF God lives in the land of prom
ise.
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PILES CUEED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist viii refund money If PAZO ONT
MINT fails cure any case of Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Files In TO Ia days. 5Oc.
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1t is the size of mans heart that
counts, not the size of his head.
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Astonishes, the Bishop.


1t was All English yonngSter who so
thoroughly surprised the kindly bish-
op whom he had bern directed to ad.
dress as MY lord"
How old might you be. my child?"
asked the stately IL smiling ecclesias-
tic.
MY God. I'm -" the frightened
child replied.
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