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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
hG CARRIED AN UMBRELLA.

A dear old lady who was very "sot"
In her prejudices was asked Just why
she didn't like certain man, She had
no particular reason that she could
think OF at the instant, but she had been
so emphatic in her expression of dis
like that she knew she would have to
find some excuse-at once. Just at that
moment she happened to glance out OF
the window and saw him passing by.
He carried a neatly rolled umbrella
though II hardly threatened rain.
Quick as flash she answered her
questioner. "He carries an umbrella
whether it's raining or not-he is q
'softie.'"
But" said her friend, also looking
out of the window, here comes your
son William, and he IL carrying an um-
brella"
This did not stump the old lady. But
that's another matter-l don't like him
anyhow-and besides, II all depends on
who carries the umbrella" she replied
triumphantly.
That is the position some people have
taken regarding that wholesome and
refreshing beverage Coca-Cola. They
have said good many unkind things
about II and in each instance have had
! II proved to them that their tales were
| not true.
Finally they seized upon the fact that
Coca-Cola gets much OF its refreshing
deliciousness from the small bit Of caf-
| feline that II contains. They looked upon
that as n splendid argument against 1t.
Then, like the old lady who was remind
ed OF son William. they were reminded
that IL Is the caffeine In their favorite
beverages, tea and coffee, (even more
than In Coca-Cola) that gives them
their refreshing and sustaining quail.
ties.
But does that stop their criticism Of
Coca Cola for containing caffeine? No
their answer Is similar to the old
lady's--they say But that's another
matter"-what they mean is Being
prejudIced against Coca-Cola and lik-
ing tea or coffee. II all depends on
what carries the caffeine"
We think the joke Is on them-for
caffeine is caffeine. and II II is not
harmful In one II can't be harmful in
another. We all know that II is not
harmful in tea or coffee-that II IL
really helpful In whatever It is--this
Is bound to include Coca-Cola.
OF course. the truth Is. that having
started an attack on false premises and
having had what they thought were
good reasons for criticism proved Ia
be no reasons at all, they are graspine
at an excuse which does not exist. to
explain a prejudice. So you see, after
all II all depends on who carries the
umbrella to people who are determined
to be unfair. Let US be fair.-Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
.OULIMN NOIE[|
il SssSSsa&U|

A young and fat chicken makes an
excellent Sunday dinner.
The most profitable period for fat.
tening Is about four weeks.
Capons sell best In February, when
choice game cannot be exposed for
sale.
More turkeys are injured by over.
feeding than wrong feeding. Feed of.
ten but little at time.
Free range chickens are never SO
tender for roasting as those with lin.
tied range and fed on pure food.
Corn meal, meat and potatoes are
three OF the most valua ole ingredi.
ents In the fattening bill Of fare.
The pigeon lofts must be thoroughly
cleaned and sprayed and whitewashed
and summed now, and every month dur
ing the summer.
II the young ducks do not have
plenty Of bone-making material while
they are young they are likely to show
lsg weakness and pine away and dis.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
WHY IS POULTRY vALUABLe7
Eight Excellent Reasers Given TO This
Pertinent Question BY Professor
Gilbert Of Canada.

tBy PROF. JAMES w. GILBERT. Otta-
wa, OntD
Why Ii poultry valuable to the far.
mer? Is a question asked by hundreds
Of tillers Of the soil who usually keep
but q few chickens, and these mix.
ture Of all breeds. The following rea-
nent question:
I. Because he ought. by their
means to convert great deal OF the
waste of his farm into money In tie
shape of eggs and chickens for mar.
ket.
2. Because, with intelligent man
agement they ought to be ail'year
revenue producers. with the excep-
tion Of possibly two months during the
moulting season.
3. Because the poultry will yield
him O quicker return for the capital
invested than any of the other de-
partments Of agriculture.
4. Because the manure OF the poul-
| try house will make :. valuable com.
posite for use in either vegetable gar.
den or orchard The birds themselves
If allowed, will destroy all Injurious in
| sect life.
s. Because. while cereals and fruits
| can only be successfully grown In Ger
tain sections. poultry can be raised
for table use or layers Of eggs in any
and every part OF the country, and al
all seasons.
6. Because poultry raising is ar
employment in which the farmers
wife can engage and leave him FIRE,
to attend to other departments o.
farm work.
| 7. Because It will bring the best re
suits In the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season, when thu
farmer has the most time on hi!
hands.
s. Because to start poultry on th,
farm requires very little capital.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

II is nourished on pigeons milk"
heve never known of a pair of pigeons
that would begin breeding or even pre-
pairing a nest for a second family un-
I'll after these youngsters were begin
ming to take ordinary feed instead OF
this pigeon milk. or course, the old
birds feed the young during their en-
tire life as squads, or until they are
able to leave the nest, and often they
feed them for a few days on the fioor.
Eight or nine pairs Of squads are all
that can be expected from pair OF
breeders during year, and such
breeders are very hard to find.
In order to avoid dark-skinned
squads it Is advisable not TO breed
FROM birds that have very dark legs or
beaEs. Many amateurs have an idea
that bird with black plumape is more
likely to be darkskinned than a white
feathered bird is, but this is not the
case. as some of the whitestskinned
squads that have been produced were
from black pigeons.
II Is to be regretted that disease Is
becoming more common among pige-
ons. In most cases disease will be
found in lofts where birds have not
had proper attention, or where they
are 30 housed as to weaken their vi
tality or that Of their offspring. The
life Of breeding bird is generally
considered to be ten years. but there
are very few pigeons that will pay for
their feed after the seventh year. and
It is seldom that they will leave any
profit after the fifth year During the
second and third years they are sup
posed to be in their prime.
For this reason. in figuring on a
Nock Of pigeons, 1t should he remem-
bered that they have practically
passed their usefulness in six or seven
years, and therefore onc-sixth or one
seventh OF their original cost should
be charged against them each year so
that at the end of the time mentioned
they will have paid for themselves.
In making this statement have been
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Something Good for
Your LAZY Liver

The most perfect Constipation rem.
edy the world has ever known comes
from Hot Springs. Arkansas.
No matter what you have been tax.
ing 10 tone up your liver and drive
poisonous waste from the bowels. the
sooner you get q box OF HOT
SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS, the
sooner your liver. bowels and stom-
ach will be In fine condition.
They are simply wonderful. splen-
did; they are gentle. sure, blissful.
Take them for sick headache, indiges.
ton, loss Of appetite, etc. All drug.
gists have them at rs cents a box.
Free sample from Hot Springs Chem
ical Co.. Hot Springs, Ark
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Flying Homer Hen.

careful to consult with many OF the
leading squad producers in the coun-
try. and their books show that they
lost about 4 per cent. of their young
breeders yearly, besides reckoning
that when the birds are seven years
old they should be sold. They also
estimate that about per cent. of the
squads that are hatched do not ma
ture for market and that about 3 per
cent. OF the eggs that are laid do not
hatch, although focks have been
known where 80 per cent. Of the eggs
did not hatch, and 10 per cent. OF the
young did not reach maturity, but
these cases are exceptions and there
is some special reason for this unus-
ual loss.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Eooed OF.

he Wolf Hopper. at luncheon In
New York. said of bad actor:
Hes had hints enough 10 quit the
hints than Phatt.
"phatt. after brief experience on
the road as Hamlet. returned to his
job In Canal street.
How did you come TO leave the
stage? | asked him one night.
80 had hints that | wasn't suited
TO IT, he replied
Thinking he meant the critics. ]
said:
AHA. the little birds told you, eh?
Well said he. they d have be
come birds. suppose. II they'd been
allowed to hatch.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Plant That Catches Its Food.

The common bladderwort, an
aquatic plant not only defends itself
against insects and animals. but
catches worms and fish for its food.
AS 1t floats underneath the surface OF
the water its leafy branches spread
GU; in all directions. Its leaves are
covered with little oval bladders filled
with air, and at one end OF each blad-
der is cavity which leads into the
mouth below. Inside the bladder is
small trap door which opens when
pressure is put on IT, A small worm
or small fish can enter this door.
but they can never come out.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Same Thinu.

In the early days Of Arizona. an
elderly and pompous chief justice was
presiding at the trial OF murder case.
An aged negro had been ruthlessly
killed. and the only eye witness to the
murder was very small negro boy.
When he was called to give his testi.
mony. the lawyer for the defense OBJ
jected on the ground that he was too
young to know the nature OF an oath.
and In examining him asked:
What would happen to YOU II you
told n lie?" ~
de debbil 'ud GIT me-" the boy 70
piled
Yes. and I'd get you" sternly sAid
the chief justice.
Oats JUS what I said!" answered
the boy National Monthly.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
champIen ChevIot Ram.

with the long wool breeds OF sheep.
as their fleece will weigh from six to
eight pounds. The ewes weigh about
The breed is pure white, except the
nose, which is black. Cheviots are OF
unusually strong constitution, excel
lent foragers and will secure liv-
ing where other sheep might fail.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Cost Of SlIaoe.

Good silage is worth about SO per
ton to feed when timothy hay is worth
81 per ton. II costs $1.75 to 81 per
ton 10 raise and store silage, SO the
price will have to be established ac-
cording to the conditions. Roughly.
ensilage is figured to weigh 40 pounds
per cubic foot, but this naturally va
ries with the depth OF the silo.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

now. I was very
young when my first
baby was born and
my health was very
bad after that I
was not regular and
l had pains In my
back and was SO
poorly that I could
hardly take care Of
my two children. /
doctored with sew
eral doctors but got
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
FEEDING Counts,

II is the full feeding on good, sound
between the plump. well-feathered
chickens that command the best prices
and the lean. thin-feathered specimens
that are too often a drug on the mar.
ket.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Suitable CooDs.

As the chicks in the flock grow
larger the small chicken coops usually
used to shelter them become too
small and large. open-front coops.
which can be moved from place to
place, should be provided.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
CHEvI0T SHEEP QUITE HARDY
Mountain Breed Does Exceedingly
Well on Scant Pastures-Meat Is
OF Superior Quality.

This is mountain breed OF sheep,
hardy, and does well on scant pasture.
1t is grown very successfully in all
Of our eastern and central states.
Cheviot mutton is OF very superior
quality. This breed may be classed
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
DisconcertiKu.

Model--lt's horrid shame! You
know as well as ! do that my figure
isn't SO sinfully distorted as that!
mpressionist-Ah. my child. when
will you understand that it is yCur
soul that paint. and not your figure?
--Bystander London).
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Capons Are Peaceabie.

Capons are quiet, peaceable. have
no desire to scrap or quarrel; In fact,
their main idea in life seems to be to
grow as many pounds of tender, juicy
meat as possible on the amount Of
feed that is given them.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Severe rheumatism

Grove Hill, Ala: Hunts Lightning
OIL cured my wife OF severe case OF
rheumatism and my friend OF tooth.
ache. ! surely believe 1t is good for
all you claim for it-A. II. Stringer.
25 and soc bottles. All dealers.--Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Place for Exarxthlnu.

II Ia a great waste OF time to pull
and haul over a dozen things In the
corner Of the barn or the empty gran.
ary to find what Is needed. Better
have q place for everything.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Food Supply laeklnO.

II an orchard Ia on q decline II b
pretty sure indication that the avail
able food supply In the soil is being
exhausted. Fertilisers and cultivation
ere needed.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Coniucsted,

lnquisitive Friend-Dont you nnd
that your wife Is very subject to
moods?
Ehpeck-No: she has only mood.
the imperative, and I'm the one that's
subject to that'--Jrdge.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
rsachlna Safety In Schools.

Instruction in methods for the pre-
vention of accidents must be given by
the teachers OF the public schools Of
New Jersey 80 minutes during each
month hereafter. according to n bill
passed by the legislature of 1913.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Drawback.

You deserve great deal OF credit
young man.
Maybe l do. but ] always have to
pay cash"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Before the coolnesa.

Maud-My grandmother reached her
one hundredth birthday.
Ethel-Sbe couldn't have stopped at
twenty-three 30 long as you have.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

Represent to your AFFLICTED friend,
the young widow, that there Is no mis-.
fortune without some comfort"
"Of course black Ia extremely be-
coming to her fair complexion"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Poultry Pay Best.

There is no kind Of stock that pays
higher rate OF interest on the amount
invested In poultry. although a great
many farmers consider It OF little II
any value.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
Gets Clouoad.

Has your friend Scriblets an easy
flowing style?"
mot So much as formerly. He's
using q fountain pen now"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

True happiness consists not In the
multitude of friends. but In the worth
and choice.-Doctor Johnston.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
its Social Statue,

THAT tailors' organization IL very
select one. Is Il not?"
ives; what one might call a select
coat erie"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

Fame-The reward OF one who Is
willing to be chronically misquoted
by the newspapers.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
MOTHER
50 POORLY
Could Hardly Care for Chil-
dren - Finds Health in
Lydia e. Pinkha,n's Veg.
etAble Compound.

Bovina Center. NY. -"For sig yesrs
] have not had a. good health % ] have
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
BREEDING OF PIGEONS
Eight or Nine Pairs Of Squads in
Year Is Big Record.
In Most Cases Disease viii ee Found
In Lofts Where Birds Do Not Re-
eeIye Proper Attentlon-Aes
That 10 Profitable.
(By c. GRAHAMl

CBy c. GRAHAM)
Pigeons lay only two eggs at one
laying period-this requiring three
days. They rest a day between the
first and second egg. They imme-
dlately begin sitting. The period Of
incubation is II days, and for the first
five to seven days OF the squads life
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

Plenty Of men can sivs . glrl .
home like she has been accustoneo
to; but most girls are Doohing fos
something better than that.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

No thoughtful psrsoa usas gbeun te1A -
Q pinch u blue II large boeeDo - vo0oA
Ask for Red Cross Nail Dl6e. Az.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

Even the silent maA N unAboo -
keep his Ignorance un1es coves. fh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-20
THE PRESS" AND MR.. RIDDER.
German journalist Denies Rumored
Purchase Of Organ for Sulser.

Rumors were current among poll
t.cisns last night that Herman Bidder
had virtually bought the New York
Press from Frank a. Munsey. The
rumors were based upon stories that
Mr. Rdder, who Is actively supporting
Gov. Suzer in his present attitude,
had decided to acquire an English news
paper at any cost 10 further TIE Gov
crnor's Interests
Frank Munsey was asked last night
what truth there was IN the stories
He said.
"If Herman Ridder wanted to buy
the press should think he would find
out II It were for sale and then make
some intmation TO me that he wanted
to buy it. 1t Is pipe dream so far
az | am concerned. | never heard any
thing about It. Furthermore the Press
isn't for sale"
Herman Ridder said; There is no
truth IN It. ] would like to buy an Eng
ish newspaper and would buy the
Press II could. ! am supporting Gov.
Sulzer in his policies but I have not
sought to buy an English newspaper on
that account"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-20
FRIEDMAN TREATS 10.
Works Hard Later Examining Forty
Ca.es-Trrats More TO-DAY.

The Federal doctors who are here from
Washington 30 establish the value OF Or
friedmann's culture for tuberculosis got
another opportunity at Mount Sinai Hos
pital YESTERDAY to Sc. tn. doctor at work
and to begin the study OF cases which were
submitted TO tn" new treatment Sixteen
cases, all OF affected joints and glands
received the injection OF the turtle culture
OF baCllli
The intense interest with which all
tubcrcular sufferers living in Harlem and
the East Side follow Or. Friedman and
tine faith they have in him was made very
evident at his trip to Mount Sinai and also
when he went TO the Hospital for De-
form'tics and Joint Diseases on upper
Madison avenue. At both places crowds
surrounded his automobile hemmng him
In when he allgh'cd and departed. Many
cheor"d him, ana there were others In the
crowds who besought him to minister to
their suffering or to that OF their chill
drcn
The clinic at Mount Sinai was attended
by brs. Anderson, Stimson and salmon OF
Washington. Other physicians, with the
exception OF those OF the Friedmann party
and the home staff OF Mount Sinai were
not admitted. Dr. Lawrason Brown. the
noted specialist from Saranac Dr. T. H.
Hay OF stevens Point. Wis, and other out
OF town doctors who are here 10 watch Dr.
l'ricdmann, were excluded.
In the two hours that Or. Friedman
was al the hospital thirteen prepared
cases Were brought to him for treatment
FIVE were men, five were women and three
were children. Then just IA he was about
to leave three additional cases were
brought to him. lie injected his culture
without question,
Dr. Friedmann's hardest work Of the
day awaited him at the Hospital for De-
formtics. Three hundred people jamined
the sidewalk in front OF the building The
crowd was mad" up largely Of mothers
who wanted their children cured. Those
who were able to gain entrance to the
small and ov"rCrowdcd reception room
and hall waited their turn for nearly two
hours while Dr. Friedman made exam
lnitiun OF cases presented 10 him. lie in
Spcct"d charts. Plaster casts and N-ray
photOeraphs. lie worked until ho was
nearly dead" as ne put II, and then had
10 return To his hotel for rest. He showed
signs OF fatigue and his collar was wllted
II" was able To examine only forty
cases. Others were told to come back
later In the week, In All the Berlin spe-
ClaliSt has looked into the record of about
IA hundred patients who came to the hos
pital for treatment and of some fifteen
who are lodged there. Thrty-ive of these
are ready for treatment this morning W hen
he returns. If all these receive the turtle
culture II will be the largest clinic he has
Yet held In New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-20
THOUGHT HE MET MURPHY.
Governors Friends Are Pu,.Ied by
Ills Denial.

ALBA%Y, March l9.-Legislators, poll
ticians, ofiiceholders and even the Gov
crnor's friends are puzzled tonight by
his positive statement that he did not
ihave a conference with Mr.. Murphy.
Several of the Governors friends who
were IN New York city with him came
back with n definite impression that the
Governor had been present AT an in
toryiew in which Mr.. Murphy took
part II the Governor did not see Mr..
Murphy some of the Governors friends
have been sadly misinformed
There Is a denial, however, that the
Governor told Senator oGorman what
made aware of the Governors attitude
were DE Lancey Nicoll and Public Ser
vice Commissioner Mccall and William
H. Fitzgerald of Buffalo. The Governors
friends say that heinsls not backed downi
one whit on the stand he took several
weeks ago and which resulted in a
breach between him and Mr. Murphy
According to the Governors friends,
AIr Murphy was informed that he
would be recognized in the distribution
of patronage In New York county, but
that in the rest OF the State the Gov
ernor intended to play his own hand.
If Mr.. Murphy consents to any such
arrangement the Governor then will
feel that the declaration he made shortly
after his Inauguration that he was State
leader mad been justified,
with the return Of the Governor there
were many inquiries as to whether he
had decided on any appointments. There
has been host OF applicants for the
head OF the Highways Department. who
will have s5O,0O0,OO0 patronage at his
disposal. So far no name has been sub
mitted to the Governor which meets
with his approval.
He would like to appoint John n Car
Isle. close friend of the Governor said
tonight. and Mr., Carlisle can have the
Job II he wants It. Mr.. Carlisle Is chair
man OF the commission OF inquiry which
was appointed by Gov. Sulzer and wants
to he chairman OF the upstate Public
Service Commission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-03-20

$erstood that they wero headed for Mo-
pile to take Central American steamer
from there. They reached New Orleans
bn March II and all registered at tho
De Soto Hotel but separately and un-
Der different names. the father as A.
Martin of Hartford, Conn, the sons as
William, Roger and NJ. Weeks of Chi
}ago.
Philip expressed n willingness TO pay
back to the banks any money they had
pst and thought that the banks ought
TO be willing to accept such an ar
fangement Judge Fisher of the Grim
inal Court placed the father and
she sons under $4,000 bonds each
Ind the girls under $4,000 bonds. No
Attempts were made to furnish the
bonds.
The prisoners said they we're
Willing to return to New York
Without cNtradition papers. In the
trunks of the family were found life in
turance policies of $4,000 belonging TO
Philip Musica. taken out in the last
ten years, and a policy Of $4,000 on the
life Of Antonio Musica. the father. They
were on the New York Life and Equi-
fable companies.
A noRa belonging 10 Philip Musica
Showing that he had loaned s2s.000
on steamer named Evelyn was also
found in the trunks. There was very
little tcwelrv not over $4,000, which
the girls claimed as belonging to them
selves and which was not taken from
them. All the money found on the
persons of the Musicas or in their bag
gage was deposited in the New Orleans
National Bank.