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Questions and Answers.

Question: Some of my older fowls.
hens and cocks alike. have developed
big. scaly growths on their feet and
legs: even some of the pullets seem to
be affected. In the worst cases these
Srowths are SO large as to hinder the
birds walking about. All of them look
bad. What is it, and how may it be
cured?
Answer: This is evidently nothing
but "scaly Leg which is an infallible
indication of insanitary copditions in
and about the poultry houses. roosts.
etc. The excrescences on the legs and
rect OF the fowls are caused by tiny
mites that burrow in beneath the scales
that cover the legs of the fowls. The
first thing to do is to clean up the
poultry houses, runs, floors, roosts and
walls, and to spray walls and roosts
with good insecticide. or, in the case
of the roosts, paint them thoroughly
with coal oil in which has been mixed
crude carbolic acid. teaspoonful of
the acid to a pint of coal oil is about
right Go over the roosts carefully
with a brush dipped in the mixture.
not overlooking even the smallest crack
or crcvice. SO much for this part of
the work. Then wash the legs of af-
fected fowls with a strong suds made
with warm water and soap. using a
stiff toothbrush so as to get them as
/
fowls legs, anoint them thoroughly
with mixture of about equal parts of
lard or vaseline and sulphur, rubbing
the mixture thoroughly into the legs.
Repeat this treatment few times and
the trouble will disappear. 1t will not
bother your fowls again so long as
you keep the houses and roosts clean
and absolutely free from all kinds OF
vermin.
Question: Is it possible to sell eggs
direct to consumers, by parcel post:
That is, can a poultryw oman who has
about forty dozen eggs week to dis
pose Of sell them profitably by this
means?
Answer: Any one who has strictly
fresh eggs to sell will have no trouble
whatever in selling them, either direct
or by parcel post. Eggs are eggs this
winter, and prospects are that they Will
be considerably higher in price latel
on. The supply is never equal to the
! demand Write to Postmaster Praeger
Washington, ID. c., who van be siao
to give you all the information you de-
sire on this subject
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yard so that / can pull an armful and
throw it over to them twice q day. l
aim to give them all OF this they can
clean up each time. as this green stuff
is healthful and saves more expensive
feed. Rape grows very rapidly when
established and Will stand dry weather
remarkably we'll if not sown too thick
ly. ! plant it in rows about sixteen
inches apart, so that it may be culti
waited with a hand cultivator or hoed
once or twice while it is small. Swiss
chard is another good plant for this
purpose, and, as its leaves are much
larger and more tender, the hens can
handle them better.
when a complete ration is fed the
hens will turn the surplus into eggs
rather than into fat. and the more feed
you can get them to eat the more eggs
they will lay. Frequent changes IN feed
tend to increase the amount of feed
the hens will consume to advantage
and also the number of eggs they will
lay.
Never try to see how little you can
feed your hens, but how much you can
get them to eat. and watch results"
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z POULTRY Z

feed. A handy way in which to feed
cabbage Is to provide yourself with
one of the ordinary mesh bags used in
marketing. Place two three heads
of cabbage. outside leaves and all. in
the bag. and hang it up somewhere in
the poultry house, where the hens can
| get it. The bag should be suspended
about a foot above the floor or the sur
| face of the straw litter with which the
! floor should be covered. This keeps
the cabbage out of the dirt and at the
same time gives the hens a chance to
consume every particle of the green
stuff.
Large turnips, carrots or beets may
be fed in the same manner. If the tur-
| nips, etc. are small, however, it will
be found better to cut them up into
small bits before feeding: if it is pos
sible to mince them. much the better.
Then feed in the feed troughs in the
proportion of about half an ounce per
hen. once day.
Everything considered. however.
| sprouted oats is the best form in which
to supply the layers with the necessary
| green feed.
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are seen by US to cast upon the ball of
the planet, it seems probable that they
are sufficiently opaque to obscure the
light of the sun itself. If this is so
then the imaginary inhabitant while in
certain ATTITUDES would be subjected to
a total Eclipse of the sun. which would
continue without intermission for more
than five years.
Saturn has ten satellites. of which
the positions of the inner seven, as
seen in an inverting telescope. are
shown in Figure 4. The largest one.
Titan, is visible in a very small tele-
scope: Japetus, Rhea and Tethys re-
quire a somewhat larger glass, while
the two faintest ones recently discov-
cred by photograph can be seen only
in the largest telescopes in existence
Distinct shadings can now be seen on
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Adam to that other gentleman whom
we know Indefinitely as the Last Man.
But Pony wouldn't hear to it.
Il don't mean legitimate sorrows.
I'm talking about the individual dis
appointments that have been my por-
tion in life. No other woman l ever
knew of has had SO much to contend
with as l."
That's because you are not a mind
reader. Everybody-
II know exactly what you are going
to say, but it isn't that. at all. Fate
just takes special grudge to every
ambition l set my heart on. It's been
that way ever since l can remember.
When Vevy made such hit in musical
comedy / decided to go into grand
opera, and had even picked out Carmen
for my Washington debut. when
OH well--Then l went in for art, and
paid 81 a lesson to learn that l couldn't
draw a straight line. And it's been the
same way with literature! I've written
some really first-rate stories and sent
then, to the magazines. but
The pause was SO eloquent of Fate's
Evening star., 1914-11-29
Tiny German States.

WHILE il is well known that some
w of the German states are OF LII
liputian size. few persons are a"aT"
that it is quite possible to visit seven
of them, including two Kingdoms. two
duchies and three principalities, In An
easy walk of four and a half hours
A good walker. starting from Stein
back. in Bavaria. will arrive In hall
an hour at Lichtentanne, which is Sit
uated in Sake Meiningen. Thence tho
road proceeds in one and A half hours
to Rauschengesees lReuss. Elder
Branch), after which in few minutes
Gleima. in Schwarzburg Rudolstadt. ia
reached.
Half an hours walk brings the Pc
destrian to Altengesees iReuss. Young
er Branch) An hour farther on lies
Drognitz, on Prussian sc.i, and the last
stage is another hours stroll. finishing
up at Saaithal. Saxe-AltenburS-
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supplied by the two governments, and
may be seen from the Lake of the
Woods to the Red River valley. Be
yond that the marks are mounds of
earth and cairns of stone.
The strangest of European frontier
lines is that marking the boundary be-
tween Hanover and Holland. where it
crosses the Rhine. A row of pontoons
lies across the river, chained bow and
stern 1nasmuch as the dividing line
runs through from stem to stern, the
eastern halves of the boats are paint
ed in German colors. the western in
Dutch. The effect is most striking
Austria has frontier line of about
$500 miles. of which 2.O96 are land.
Every mile of this must be guarded
against the encroachments of Aus
tria's enemies. Germany is in a SINH
lar situation, since her land frontiers,
bordering upon Russia, Austria. Switz-
erland, France. Holland and Belgium,
are 1855 miles in extent. and by far
the larger portion is not procted by
mountains. rivers or any other natural
boundaries. The German seacoast,
however, is only 744 miles in extent
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reaches its highest position among the
stars, but the sun also reaches at this
time its greatest distance below the
equator and SO shines most directly on
the rings of the planet. which are
therefore seen by US brightly illumi-
mated and widely opened out.
Both the earth and the sun are now
SO far below the plane of the rings that
these present the appearance shown in
Figure .. AS Saturn moves slowly
eastward along the path AVB. Figure
/. it will also move southwark among
the stars and We will view the rings
more and more obliquely. BY the year
1929 the planet will have moved down
so far that we will be looking at the
rings exactly edgewise and they will
then present the appearance shown in
Figure 3. Finally, by the year 1923
the ringed planet will have reached its
lowest position among the stars. below
and to the right of the point A. Fig
ure l, and it will then rise far toward
the south and remain low in the sky,
even when crossing the meridian.
\ glass of two or three inches aper-
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three, as lettered in Figure >: the wide
ring r, is distinctly the brightest and
is separated from A by distinct, wide
vacant space. A similar. but much
finer. line divides the outer ring B into
two parts. But most interesting of all
is the dusky ring c, which borders the
inside of 3 and through which the
outline of the ball of the planet is
clearly seen.
A most interesting observation was
made several years ago when Japetus
the eighth satellite of Saturn, hap
pened to be eclipsed by this system
Neither Saturn nor it's rings shine
by their own light: they look bright
only because they are illumined by
the light of the sun, and therefore
they cast shadow In space. AS the
satellite entered the shadow OF the
inner edge of the dusky ring it grew
steadily fainter. until, when it en-
tered the shadow of the bright ring B
it completely disappeared. Evidently
the ring is more Opaque than either
c or A.
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0heIter1n8 f1De.
lief signal and blew onward.
And In her heart must have been the
gratifying assurance that the man was
apotheosizing her like unto this:
That's a mighty sensible woman.
Not long on youth and beauty. but
1t is always satisfactory to feel that
one has made q favorable Impression
eh, sisters?
A batch Of tourists boarded an Ave-
nue. car. The women got seats but the
men had to row up in the aisle. One OF
them-an old farmer person-kept
guard near the conductor SO that he
could remind him every two seconds
that the party wanted to get Off at
9Th street. The conductor smiled good
naturedly, and halted at the desired
corner. And the old farmer person.
with the loud voice of one accustomed
to calling across the open--
Come along, honey. It's time to
light
Every tourist woman bounced up
~ she were the particular honey called
for. but
When the crowd was on the as' n
and assorted into Noah Arkish pair
male and female each, it was made as-
narent that the withered little stoc,.
over one in a black-stringed hoa'.ei
alpaca "gored," and conf: budfl.'t
shawl was officially entitled to tH'
call. -..
Ry right of language, of COZ '''.
honey belongs to bees and biaci. ri,. v
mics, But as the two Old peopie-""-
yeUper, turned hunan-loci'ed -
across to the pavement, Inc Nof"
seemed somehow 70 suit
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utes pm. the crescent moon Will be
seen to pass very close to the planet
Jupiter, the upper edge of the moon
passing short distance below the
planet. Many observers south of the
earth's equator will see the planet
hidden at this time. December 5 at
about 1890 pm. our satellite will pass
over the bright star at Fl. Figure l,
and hide this star from view.
The sun will reach it's greatest dis
tance below the celestial equator De-
cember % at II hours % minutes am
eastern standard time). This will
therefore, he the shortest day of the
present year. and at this instant winter
will begin.
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it's southern motion among the stars
This beautiful world Is now in more
favorable position for observation than
1t will be again for nearly thirty years.
For during this month it not only
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ture will show the rings clearly, but
the larger the telescope that can be used
the more perfectly is the beauty of this
wonderful system brought out. In a
moderately large glass it is clearly
seen that the rings are made up of
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Wife-Well. then. I'LL just buy what ]
want and have the bills sent to you.
Hub-Yes; but oughtn't We to agree tt
some limit as to the amount?
Wife-Certainly not! Combinations ir
restraint OF trade are illegal-Bostor
Transcript.
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having passed to the west OF the sun
November 81. Toward the end OF the
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On the street:
4 pony coat young woman was treat
ing her silver fox companion to tale
of woe. Fox put in a reminder that
trouble is a string that stretches from
Evening star., 1914-11-29

If you want work, read the want col.
umns of The Star.
Evening star., 1914-11-29

Above Sirius the brilliant Orion
hangs high in the southeast, within
whose borders are the wonderful nebula
and clouds of stars at c, Figure l, the
red star at T., the blue double sight.
Below the Twins there this object viii
well repay obst rvation with a small
telescope Above and to the left of
Orion, the Twins. the bright Capella,
the Bull and the Lesser Dog Star cat F.
now make the eastern teavens. most
brilliant sight Below the Twins there
this month enters the evening heavens
the very faint group, Cancer, OF when
the curious star cluster Cat G) is an in
terestinE object in n small telescope.
This small cloud of stars, known as the
Praesaepe. or Beehive. is easily visible
to the naked eye as faint patch OF
nebulous light. while in the telescope
il is seen to be composed of about $50
stars. 1t is thus a very inferior cluster
when compared to some others in which
the stars are numbered by tens OF thou
sands its more conspicuous appearance
doubtless arising from it's nearness to
us.
The bright planet Saturn. which now
shines out with Its golden radiance
three times as brightly as f1rst-mag-
nitude star. adds also to the brilliance
of the eastern heavens. 1t is now be-
tween Gemini and Taurus, in almost the
exact center of the Milky Way. and II
will remain in this part of the heavens
for Il long time. BY December l, 1915,
il will have moved only to the position
S Figure l. in the extreme eastern bor-
der of the Milky Way, and by this time
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By Prof. Doolittle of the University
of Pennsylvania.

ECEMBER, the first of the win
ter months, is signalfzed by
the entrance of the magnif-
IL icent dog star, Sirius, into the
evening sky. This beautiful,
blush star, the brightest star OF the
entire heavens, will be seen just emerg-
ing from the ground in the southeast to
remain shining brightly in the south
arn sky throughout the winter months.
until il finally withdraws toward the
end of March.
The wonderful apparent brightness
of this star is largely due to its near
ness to us. for il is by no means the
largest or the brightest of the stars.
It is, in fact. but three times as mas
sive as our own sun, though 1t is thir-
tv-three times as bright: revolving
around it in a period of fifty years is
dull but equally massive companion
which cnfts bat one twelve-thousandth
part as much light as the brighter star
of the pair. Just as Dean Swift imag-
ined and described the two inner moons
of Mars long before they were actually
discovered. so Noltaire, in 1852. in his
Imitation of "tiuiIliver's Travels, spoke
of a great satellite revolving about
Sirius on which his hero lived. The
companion was actually discovered
mathematically in 1884. and was first
seen with the telescope in 1862.
Evening star., 1914-11-29

1t is now definitely known that the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
!. BURR GIBBONS
GETS APPO|NT MENT
WHILE ATTENDING CONVENTION,
HE DRAWS GOOD POSITION IN
HIS HOME TOWN.

While in the city attending the
Press convention, J. Burr Gibbons,
Tulsa newspaper correspondent, was
appointed manager of the new conven-
ton hall just being completed in Tul-
sa. Mr.. Gibbons has been one of the
most active men in Tulsa, in CON-
mercial club work and public enter
prises. and his appointment probably
came as an appreciation of the SER
vices he has rendered his city.
Mr.. Gibbons was appointed a men,
Der OF the committee on credentials
and new members at the press con-
yentions, and was yesterday elected
member of the executive committee
from the first congressional district.
The young Tulsan is convention sec
retary and director of publicity for
the Ozark Trails good roads conven-
ton to be held in Tulsa May 26 and -,
and yesterday presented the PROPOSE
ton to the convention.
The new Tulsa convention hall is
the largest auditorium in the state,
1t occupies half a city block, cost
1925, 900, and has a. seating capacity of
5000 people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10

down 1t is almost impossible to get
accurate details.
The heaviest loss was at Linera Will
age where mostly women and children
suffered.
Soldiers are removing the debris,
seeking bodies under the ruins.
The earthquake shocks and erup-
tions of Mount Etna have been no.
ticed for several days, but no partic-
ular attention was paid until the eli
max this morning
Official reports late today put the
dead at 135 and the injured at 2S3,
but the figures are expected to prove
larger,
Catania's population of 10000 and
its vicinity has probably suffered more
than any place in the world from
earthquakes and volcanoes. Catania
was destroyed in 1898.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
Great Clubbing Offer.

"Now isn't that brilliant business
proposition? No one but an editor
could possibly hatch it out.
- know something of both sides of
this question. As a publisher of coun-
ty papers-Ive had three allowed
myself to be persuaded to club with
dailies and farm papers. And it made
me mad every time | contemplated
the amount of advertising space | was
giving them in order to help them
peel me. Then I'd throw the ads out
and write 'em that the stuff was Off.
Then the blamed papers l helped
get circulation in my preserve would
not stop when the time was out, the
farmer would be billed for back sub
scriptions. and threatened with suit
unless he paid. Then I'd get mine. The
subscriber naturally would cuss me
and my paper every time he thought
of the harrassing he was receiving
from the publications in question. 1t
reduced my opportunity to best serve
those advertisers who gave me their
business, and it reduced my chances
of making the best living for myself
and my family.
To me that's the way this clubbing
business works. and country editors
will advance as business men when
they refuse to longer fall for it.
The other paper? Let the other fel-
low have it if he will and you can't
persuade him otherwise-but remem-
Der, it's an admission that he does
not think his paper is worth what he
asks for it. That's some argument for
you to use, and | charge nothing for
the suggestion.
When man invests his money in
newspaper, or technical publication.
we assume that he does so feeling that
he has a service to offer Naturally,
CONTINUED on PAGE y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
FEDERAL CITY OFFICIALS FLED
FROM THAT CITY FRIDAY
NIGHT.
ALSO ABANDON VESSEL
Federal Gunboat Guerrero Abandoned
by Federas After Several Wild
Shots Passed Through City of Ma
zatlan - Funston Confirms Killing.

Aboard t. S. Steamship California,
OF Mazatan, May 9-The Mexican
transport Kerrigan captured the AM
erican brig Geneva at sea April 26,
but released her on the demand of
the cruiser Raleigh.
Mazatan's fall is imminent. The
federal city officials embarked from
that city last night on the gunboat
Guerrero, The federals later aban-
doned the Guerrero from which wild
shots had passed through Mazatlan,
causing terror. Hundreds are fleeing
from the city. c. B. Kelley, Ameri.
can, and G, II. Williams, Englishman,
are reported to have been killed near
here, also. two Americans wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10

CATANlA, SICILY, MAY "a VIo-
LENT EARTHQUAKE LAST NIGHT
DESTROYED A DOZEN VILLAGES
NEAR THIS CITY. AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE, MOUNT ETNA
ERUPTED AND MANY VILLAGES
WERE BURNED. ALSO MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED PERSONS
WERE KILLED AND SEVERAL
HUNDRED INJURED.
REFUGEES DECLARED THAT
THE PROPERTY LOSS is GREAT
Err THAN IN THE MESSlNA DIS.
ASTER OF 1908.
TERROR-STRlCkEN, The PEo.
PIE RUSHED INTO CATANIA AT
DAYBREAk. THE ROME AUTHOR
lTIES ORDERED THE ARMY AND
NAVY AND CIVILIAN AUTHORl-
TIES TO EXTEND EVERY AID.
The railroads were destroyed and
with telephone and telegraph lines
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10

The democratic editors of the state
who usually hold short convention
at the same time the State Press as
ISOLATION meets decided yesterday in
view Of the limited time and the many
other attractions to defer the meet
ing until some time in August, at
which time the president will call
meeting to be held at Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10

Some of the candidates for state
office in Ardmore are w. II. L. Camp
bell, for clerk of the supreme court;
Robert Dunlop, for governor; A L.
Welch, for insurance commissioner;
Geo. d. Key for attorney general; Kir.
by Franz for secretary of state Still
we'll H. Russell for associate justice of
the supreme court; r. p. Bowles for
corporation commissioner; Ed Trapp
for lieutenant governor. Ardmore will
welcome the boys who are seeking Of
fee. We are looking to them for a
proper administration of state affairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
ECRO KILLS WIFE
AND HIMSELF
MURDER AND SUICIDE YESTER-
DAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTH
EAST PART OF CITY.

George Humcs. colored shot and
instantly killed his wife yesterday ar
ternoou, and then turned the pistol up
On himself with fatal results.
Neighbors say there had been fam
lily troubles and that the couple were
separated. Yesterday the woman went
to the house for her trunk, when the
trouble was renewed, and the shoot
ing followed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10

Washington, ID. c., May 9.-General
Funston today confirmed the report
that Private Parks. supposed to be
insane, was captured by the Mexicans.
but did not mention that Parks was
executed. He said that an unidenti-
fed American had been executed.
Army officers regard it as unlikely
that if it proved true that Private
Samuel Parks, missing since Wednes.
day, was executed by the Americans,
clash would result They feel that
such would prove subordinate Of
ficer's act, and would leave the matter
to Washington.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
IOWANS LIKE ARDMORE.
Says This County Has Abundant
Money-Making Opportunities.

{. b. Teeter who is here on a bust
ness trip from Milton, Iowa, is greatly
pleased with Ardmore, After staying
here for ten days, he made the state
ment yesterday that he believed this
section of Oklahoma offers more op-
portunities for profitable investments
than any place he knows Of He says
city property and farm property are
both very reasonable in price and
purchasers are sure of reasonable pro-
fits and chances are good for big pro-
fits on every investment that is made.
He states that there are many busi-
ness opportunities open here, and he
looks to see Ardmore almost double
in population within the next year or
two.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-10
SECOND SESSION PRESS ASSOCIATION
FINISH BUSINESS AND ENJOY FISH FRY
TWENTYTHlRD ANNUAL ENTIoN COMES TO CLOSE TO-
CUE SITS OF JAKE l. HAMON AT THE
RINeLNe VISIT THE OIL FIELDS AND ENJOY
BARBECUE.

of them are filled with misinformation
ii advertisements that have no bus
mess being permitted inside of the
home.
"Sure, I've dubbed with some of
you, but at your solicitation at least
during the past five years--and some
of you have sent me lot OF, sub
scribers. But, while you are working
for me and for other publishers, you
are making it harder each year to
renew your own subscribers at a
profit. And when ! solicited you to
club, it was done solely in self-de-
tense.
"How often we see something like
the following in our exchanges:
Great Clubbing Offer. --