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The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
WHEN THE FOWLS WON'T LAY
Complaint 10 Heard at All Seasons
Of Year-Ample Supply OF Wate-
10 Essential for Eggs.

Every month or SO l hear some
chicken grower complaining that his
or her hens won't lay, in spite of the
fact that they have plenty of fresh
water and that the ration is 80 bal
anced that 1t ought to make the hens
lay in spite of themselves.
This complaint is heard at all sea
sons Of the year and from the farm
hen owner as well as the man who is
trying to make a success Of CONNER
cial poultry growing. 1t is serious,
too; for the steady, daily production
of eggs Is the thing that we depend
upon to make hen keeping pay. In
some fiocks it is well-nigh chrome
complaint, but the owners seem never
to be able to discover just why the
hens will lay for a month or two at
one season and go on strike for the
rest of the year says writer in Farm
Progress.
Any one of hundred reasons may
be back of the failure of the hens to
lay when they should and as they
should. Take the one reason OF old
age, for instance A lot of us manage
our birds in such a hap-hazard way
that we are never very sure of just
how old all our hens are.
Some people, too, will feed all man
ner of proper foods and feed them
regularly and neglect proper watering
AS a hen egg is about two-thirds water
IT is very evident that plenty of water
Of the right kind Is enc of the mater
falls necessary to produce eggs Then,
too. we sometimes neglect the ques-
ton of grit, of charcoal, of egg-laying
materials that have to do with shell
making and bone strengthening.
In one or two cases that | have no.
ticed the cause of the lack of egg was
caused by the dampness and clamm1-
ness Of the henhouse. Hens neither
can nor will lay in house that Is
damp and depressing as a cellar.
Overcrowding is another reason why
hens fail to lay II there are not
enough nesting boxes or If the floor
space or the roosting places seem
oyercrowded there will be certain fall
ing off In egg production that may be
very serious. There is, of course. but
one way to remedy this. There must
be more room provided or the flock
will have to be cut down to fit its
quarters without being crowded.
vermin is another reason and big
one. Lousy hens will not lay. The
vitality is being sucked out of them
and the energy that ought to go into
eggmaking is being taken to nourisn
a few hundred mites per hen. The
irritation that hens suffer when carry
ing these mites and lice is bad enough
to keep them from laying even II the
parasites were not drawing out their
vitality at the same time.
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NO RESULTS.

'Wife,0 said Mr.. Tupper, .I'm
proud to say that no matter how un-
kindly you speak to me | never an
swer back"
"That's what makes me so mad" ;"
snapped Mrs. Tupper. Il might as
well be talking to dummy"
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Securing a Prize Winner.

It should be remembered that every
egg hatched' from prize winners will
not mature into prize winner You
may Be surprised to learn that only
about one out of every ten chicks
hatched from the strongest blood lines
in the world natures into prize
winner
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
Many Eaps InfertlIe.

DO not expect too much from the
breeder you buy eggs from; eggs may
be fertile, but from some unknown
cause they fail to hatch. Very often
the cause is due to the low vitality
OF the hen-often the result of irregu-
lar temperature IL artificially incu-
bated.
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ANTICIPATION.

Howard A fool and his money
are soon parted.
Mrs. Howard (clapping her
hands) oh, John. How much are
you going TO give me Life
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Cholly (making date) = Very
well; I'll be there bright and early.
! Miss Keen-Be there early, any,
way: 7 won't ask the other thing.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
THE GENTLE cYNlc

The upstart doesn't always rise to
the occasion.
Some fellows are as tickle as last
years hammock rome
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NATURAL CONCLUSION.

"Why do descriptive writer's speak
so often of the angry fames2"
II suppose because the flames are
usually put ont"
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WHAT WAS THE USE?

Mother-And so my little man
didn't cry when he fell down. That
was brave.
Little Man-There wasn't anyone
to hear Atlanta Constitution.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

Cleanliness 10 Important.
No success can be achieved with
poultry without cleanliness!
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"A woman should not talk TOO long
about her operation She should re-
member there are others present who
wish to discuss their operations.
The greatest first baseman of six or
seven years ago died the other day and
the newspapers Of the city in which
he won his fame printed six lines
about him.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
OPTIMISTIC FACTS

The majority of men who bor-
row money return it.
There are more decent people in
the world than all the other kinds
combined.
The fact that dishonesty seems
to prosper corrupts only few
If virtue were as unusual as vice
it would get just as much publicity.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

The four largest gas chandeliers
ever built have been installed in an
auditorium at Atlanta, Ga, each CIV
ing 10,680 candlepower of light from
Is lamps.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

Ever since 1907 there has been
steady yearly increase in the value of
the gold output of the Klondike re-
gion, the figure for 1912 being $5,225,-
235.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31

Electrical machinery is used almost
exclusively in a Philadelphia ice
cream factory that turns out 10000
quarts a day.
The Lambertville record., 1914-12-31
SCIENCE NOTES

German passenger dirigibles carried
10,291 persons on regular trips last
year without killing or injuring one of
them.
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The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Blizzard Demoralizes Traffic.

Chicago.-With the loss amounting
to untold millions and at least six
deaths, the storm, accompanied by
zero weather, that prostrated the en-
tire central West for thirty-six hours,
yeered to the southwest Monday and
Is sweeping through western Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and Tennessee.
Today IL will be lost over the Atlantic
ocean, according to United States
weather experts.
Kansas is still under from five to
eight inches OF snow and with zero
weather predicted, railway officials
fear that all traffic to and from Chi
cago will be halted. Three deaths. and
many persons injured were reported
from st. Louis.
In Illinois hundreds of railway pas
'sengers are being cared for in farm
houses and village hotels, while their
trains are stalled In the snow. drifts.
Three deaths were reported from the
state. At Springfield business Is para,
lysed. schools closed and even funerals
have been abandoned. Peoria, Bloom
ington and Decatur reported them
selves in the grip of the worst storm
oil the year
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
GEN. VILLA TELLS NEW STORY
contradiets Himself in Regard to Ben.
ton Murder.

Chihuahua, Meyico.-General Villa s
story of the killing Of William S. Ben.
ton, told to reporters here Monday diff
fers from the official statement given
out at Juarez.
The .IuareZ statement declared that
when Benton reachad for his hip
pocket Villa knocked him down. villa
yesterday said that when Benton
made this movement he poked his own
pistol into Benton's stomach and then
turned him over to the guards.
Villa insisted that Benton came to
take his life and referred to Benton's
mission concerning the welfare of his
ranch as 'pretext'' to. gain admit
tance.
According to villa, Benton, after the
verdict of the court martial. confessed
his guilt and declined to ask for mercy
He merely requested that his prop
erty he turned over to his widow.
Villa contradicted his official report
to the American consul at Juarez that
Gustav Bauch, a German-American. ac
cused Of being spy. had been brought
to Chihuahua. villa said he knew
nothing Of him.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
TILTON CRITICALLY I'LL
DISEASE OF EATON CITY MAR.
sHAL BATTLES PHYSICIANS.
City Official Who Aided In Graft Pros
ecutions Stricken With Mys-
terlous Malady.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Eaton, Colo-Stricken by myster.
ious malady which is puzzling ply
sicfans OF this city and Greeley, VIII
liam F. Tilton, city marshal of this
town. was found unconscious in the
city hall at midnight and raved and
struggled with friends until he was
placed under the influence of opiates.
Tilton was apparently we'll when his
friends last saw him.
Tilton raved constantly about the
Weld county graft cases in which he
was one Of the prominent figures. 1t
was to him that E. c. Stevens, who
was recently sued for breach of prom
lse by a woman convict he met while
At Canon City, gave $500 in back
room at the city hall at Fort Collins in
return for certain testimony he be-
ieyed Tilton would give for one Of
he defendants.
One of the most dramatic moments
,f a trial filled with sensations came
when District Attorney G. A. Carlson,
10 whom Tilton hastened the next day
and told the story, tossed the bills into
Stevens lap and brought about, to a
arge extent, the conviction of two for
ner county commissioners at Canon
City on charge Of perjury.
Tilton's condition is regarded as crit.
cal by his physicians.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
California Recovering.

Los .Angeles.-Overland passenger
trains, stormbound in mountain
passes since Friday, began moving
east and west.
With the resumption on virtually all
steam and electric railway lines touch
ing Los Angeles and most Of the other
cities of southern California, the worst
effects Of the recent storm, the most
severe in the history of this part OF
the state, we're overcome. The 300
passengers marooned near Summit
were reached with food Monday.
Several shipments of provisions
We're made to outlying districts where
food famine was threatened.
Railroad tracks, bridges. roads. or
chards and houses have been swept
away by the floods in California. The
damage is estimated at $i,5oo,00o.
Rocks and silt cover many orchards.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
SPORT.

Jim Coffey, the Dublin Giant, "
knocked out Tony Ross of Lancaster,
Pa, with right hook to the Jaw In
the sixth round of a ten-round match
in New York.
Harry Ackerland of Pittsburg, vice
president of the Chicago National
league club has been offered the
presidency of the club by Charles P.
Taft. 1t was said at Cincinnati, by Au-
gust Hermann. president of the Gin.
cinnati Nationals
Many Of the members of the Cubs
squad, training at Tampa, Fla, ex-
pressed their qualification at the re-
tirement OF Murphy. Hank" O'Day,
the new manager, said he would wager
now that the Cubs get both Purdue
and Sweeney from Boston in exchange
for Eyers.
The Western league will close its
season a week earlier this year than
1t did last year. The campaign Will
consist Of 16S games, as has been the
custom, but the wind-up will take
place Sunday. Sept. "a, on which day
doubleheaders will be played. The
decision to curtail the season was
reached at the meeting of the league
at Chicago. Doubleheaders are added
to the schedule and the "off days" are
fewer than usual. The season will
open with Denver at Lincoln, Wichita
at Topeka, Omaha at Des Moines, and
Sioux City at st. Joseph. The opening
day is April II, day earlier than last
year. The closing date will find
Omaha at Sioux City. Des Moines at
st. Joseph, Denver at Topeka. and
Wichita at Lincoln.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
CONDENSED RECORD or THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, 90 IN G 8, ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINcs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

A ty-six.mile-an-hour wind which
piled snow in great drifts. delayed
traffic in Wisconsin and Illinois Sun
day
: Scenes OF tumult. which at times
bordered on riot. marked the closing
day of the special session Of the Ohio
Legislature.
An estate valued approximately at
100000 and consisting principally OF
real estate in Macon. was left by the
late Senator A. o. Bacon of Georgia.
DIR. A. W. Mayer. head of the depart
ment Of anatomy at Stanford Medical
school at San Francisco, went on rec
ord as saying that eugenics never can
make perfect man or woman.
The Rev. Mr.. Lyons, Mrs. Eva Evan
trees and Frank and Cameron Cum
Minis we're each fined 500 for trying
to beat the devil out" Of two small
children at Holy Roller revival meet
ing at Newton, Ill.
F. Sullivan. fifty-two, WAS probably
fatally injured, John Sullivan. twenty
one. his son. was seriously stabbed,
and Mrs. Hannah Sullivan. Johns
mother. Is held by the police as the re-
suit of a family quarrel at Joliet, Ill.
Motion for a retrial of the $4,000
damage suit instituted by Mrs. Minnie
+. Bond of Oklahoma City. against
United States Senator T. P. Gore. in
which verdict opthe defendant was
returned, was filed in behalf Of Mrs.
Bond.
4 Decked with badges of red, white
and blue. fifty Indian braves Of fifteen
tribes in western Washington. headed
by old Chief Tahola of the Quinaults,
arrived IN Tacoma for a three days
pow.wow to form brotherhood of
North American Indians of the Pacific
Northwest.
Mrs. Ellen Jenkinson, los years cid.
died at her home at Waukegan, ILL.,. OF
old age She was born in Ireland and
came to this country sixty.one years
ago and settled in Waukegan. She
was the mother OF seven children, had
forty-four grandchildren. fifty great.
grandchildren and four great-great-
grandchildren.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
New Field Of Radjum Found.

Victor, several prospectors includ-
ing Joe Page, local assayer and
lack Price Of Cripple Creek, mining
man, left here by auto for point near
Canon City where, It is reported, a
valuable discovery of pitchblende de-
posits has been made, The exact 10.
cation has been kept secret as far as
possible. although it is supposed 1t is
in Oak Creek gulch. 1t is said first
grade samples OF the radium bearing
ores have been found.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
WASHINGTON.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, widow
of the noted novelist, died at her home
in Montecito, Cal. Death was due to
apoplexy.
Congress was asked by Immigra-
tion Commissioner Caminetti on be-
half OF TIE Department OF Labor, to
confine any legislation now on Asias-
tic exclusion solely to Hindus.
Fifty-three more bluejackets and
four officers were landed from the
gunboat Wheeling at Cape Haitien,
bringing the total American force up
to seventy-seven No details were
given. Fighting is In progress.
The golden jubilee of the Knights Of
Pythias at Washington, for three days,
came to close with the Pythian ball.
The closing day was given over to
sightseeing, many knights visiting the
tomb Of Washington at Mount Vernon.
Va
The federal government is ready to
go ahead manufacturing radium, Direc-
tor Holmes Of the mines bureau told
the Senate committee. considering the
Walsh bill to empower the government
to DO SO. The only problem. he said,
was an adequate supply of ore.
Assertion Of the power of the fed
eral government under the constitu.
tion to control the building of all wa.
ter power projects. but recognition of
the equities therein OF the states Of the
union, is the cardinal principal In the
conservation policy of the Wilson ad-
ministration. Colorado will benefit
under this policy. Secretary Garrison
Of the War Department is the author
Of the plan, which has been indorsed
by President Wilson and the cabinet
President Wilson was the central
figure at mass meeting held In a
theater under the auspices of the Sons
Of the Revolution in commemoration
of Washingt0n's birthday. Joseph W.
Folk, solicitor of the state department
In an address on Washington 8
Ideals paid tribute to the founder OF
the republic "as a man imperfect
enough to be intensely human, and
near enough perfect to be an inspIra-
ton to all who honor justice and wor.
ship liberty"
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
10 Mayors Attend state Conference

Boulder.-Mayor J. M. Perkins OF
Denver is the first president of the
Colorado Municipal conference, which
was permanently organized at the end
Of its two days session. Mayors and
other officials Of forty Colorado cities
and towns attended The meeting was
arranged by Prof. l.. d. Osborn of the
university extension department and
Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadel-
phia, secretary Of the National Mu.
nicipal league, was the principal
speaker. The other officers are Mayor
5. H. Clammer of Fort Collins, vice
president; Prof. Osborn, secretary;
Commissioner j. X. Burton of Pueblo,
.reasurer; f. d. Stackhouse of Den.
fer. executive board member.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Plans City For Colored Race,

Kuner.-A new town will be estab-
lished In Weld county, according to a
plat filed with the county clerk. 1t is
to be known as Dearfield and will be
populated entirely by colored people.
Q. 7. Jackson, an employe of the gov,
ernor's office, is the founder of the
town, which is on quarter section al.
ready occupied by some of his race
1t is situated two miles from here, off
the Union Pacific railroad, in the
heart of the dry farm country, and it
Is hoped to establish postofflce
there.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
FOR eIoN.

Several workmen were killed and =
large number injured and many build
ings destroyed at Ardeer, Ayrshire, by
an explosion at the Nobel gunpowder
works.
Two thousand men under command
of Gen. Alvaro Obregon will accom-
pany General Carranza across the
mountains into Chihuahua from Her
mosillo.
Bandits led by White Wolf massa.
cred 1900 men. women and children
when they sacked Liuan-Chow. pro-
vince of Ngan-Hwe on Jan. %. On
that occasion they murdered Father
Rich, French Jesuit missionary, and
captured and held two other foreigners
for ransom, according to Peking dis.
patch.
Ten thousand dollars worth of ra.
dium was on the way to Honolulu
from Philadelphia. but Mrs. S. C. AL.
len. to whom 1t was consigned, died
of cancer. Just before she died, Mrs.
Allen, who left an estate of $4,000, 900
expressed the wish that her heirs give
the radium to the Queens hospital at
Honolulu for the benefit of the public
Count Matthias Brudzewo-Mielynski
the Polish aristocrat and member OF
the German imperial parliament. was
acquitted at Meseritz, Germany, on
the charge of manslaughter Of his wife
and nephew. Count Alfred Miaczinski
The tragedy occurred Dec. 20 last at
Dakowy Mokrz. the country seat OF
the countess, near Graetz. and at
tracted wide attention because Of the
social prominence of those concerned
The count shot his wife and her
nephew dead on finding them together
at 4 o'clock in the morning in the
countess apartments.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
GEN ERAl.

The Chicago Grand Opera Company
will close its stay a: Philadelphia on
Feb. 2S and will begin its second trans
continental tour on March l..
The Webb-Kenyon federal law,
which forbids the shipment of liquor
from Wet to dry states, was declared
constitutional by the Iowa Supreme
Court.
The anniversary of the disastrous
floods that swept Dayton, Ohio, nearly
year ago will be appropriately OBJ
served. Mayor Shroyer announced by
proclamation.
II. E. Walton of Wynot. Neb., ac.
cused of killing John McFadden In a
Wynot saloon last summer. was ac-
quilted of tie charge Of manslaughter
at Harrington.
More than 1900 Santa F9 and South.
ern Pacific passengers are detained at
Bakersfield, Cal, as result of track
and bridge washouts between Bakers.
field and Los Angeles.
Geo. NJ. Palmer at Albany, N. Y,
announced that he would resign as
chairman Of the Democratic State
committee and call a meeting for the
selection Of his successor on March 2.
Mrs. william J. Gaynor, widow OF
the late mayor OF New York, an.
nounced the engagement of her daugh.
ter, Helen. to Z. T. Bedford, second,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Bedford OF
Brooklyn.
R. Tribolet and Alberto Tribolet,
American citizens = who were ban
ished from Mexico, announced at Doug
las, Ariz,. that they would appeal
their case to the state department at
Washington. Mexican officials state
that the men. when about to be tried
In Mexico on charge of horse steal
ing, claimed they were American citi.
zens and were deported under article
80 of the Mexican constitution as "un.
desirable foreigners.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
CITIES CUT OFF FROM OUTSIDE
AID. AND FIELDS DEVASTATED
BY BLIZZARD.
SIX Die IN CHICAGO
ZERO WEATHER IN KANSAS AND
MISSOURI CALIFORNIA RE-
COVERING FROM FLOODS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver, Feb. 24.-Denver was cut
off from direct communication with
the East yesterday when both rail and
wire services were suspended as re-
suit OF the storm which extended from
western Nebraska and Kansas through
the Mississippi valley.
Railroads. telegraph and telephone
lines suffered alike from the high
winds and snow that tied up through
traffic and practically put out Of CON-
mission every direct wire to Omaha,
Kansas City and Chicago.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Teller for Hall OF Fame.

Denver.-Goyerno Ammons is at the
head of movement to have the name
OF Senator Teller, who died Monday,
morning, represent Colorado in the
national hall of fame. Everywhere, in
the deep sorrow aroused by the pass
ing out of life of this great. helpful
man. not only to Colorado but to the
nation, statesman of the great line
of senators--wherever this proposal
was made Il received the sincerest in
dorsement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
District Attorney Ambushed.

Denver.-District Attorney John A.
Rush was ambushed and held prisoner
at the point of gun for more than
hall an hour at his residence, shortly
after o'clock Wednesday evening by
Don p. Blackwood, attorney, and his
wife, Bernice.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Oak Greek Man Fatally Shot.

Oak Creek. David J. Reidy, one oil
the most widely known saloon men In
northwestern Colorado was shot in
the head and, it is believed. fatally
wounded. by Harry r. Burt. a special
agent for the Denver and Salt Lake
railroad.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Tunnel Wins, Retail Plan Defeated.

Denver.-The city of Denver voted
to issue three million in bonds to as
sist in the construction of the Moffat
tunnel. 1t also defeated what is known
as the retail plan of the water com
pany and adopted an amendment al
lowing the city to build its own water
plant 1t also adopted semi,monthly
pay day for city employees.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Three Pioneers Die Same Day.

Pueblo.-'rhree Pueblo pioneers died
here in one day They were Thomas
Williams, who helped found the steel
mills here: Lewis e. Ross. saloon
man. and. George Jackson, one of the
citys builders.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
Breckenridge Man Dies.

Breckenridge.-John McGarvle, six.
ty-three years old. died here of heart
trouble. He had been Ill several
weeks.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-02-26
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS

March 10-1l-Eleventh annual con
Terence. Colorado Daughters of Amer
ican Revolution at Colorado Springs
July l3-14.--Grand Lodge Session. B.
p. o. Ellis at Denver.
Sept. colorado State FAIR at Pu-
eblo
l9l5.--Last Grand Council OF North
American Indians at Denver.