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west, north and east sides tight during
the winter months, while the south
side should furnish the ventilation.
There may be few glass windows on
the south side, but more space should
be left open, except that curtains may
be dropped down for the nights, and
on few very stormy days. On some
occasions these openings may be left
uncovered during the night. Some
times curtains do not allow enough
air to circulate. In these cases
openings may be made Just under the
roof to allow the air to circulate more
freely. Whatever the system OF venti.
lation may be, 1t is essential that the
house should be dry and free from bad
odors.
The house should be 80 constructed
that it can be easily cleaned. The
floor should be smooth. Concrete is
good for this reason. 1t is true, how.
ever, that concrete floors built on
damp ground are damp. To avoid this
trouble a concrete floor may be built
on layer Of eight or ten inches of
rock or other material which will not
carry the moisture from the ground.
Some poultrymen use floors made of
hollow building tile, and find them
very satisfactory. Where these are
used the tile are laid on a smooth sur.
face and the crevices filled with CO
ment
The perches should be built so that
there will be as few places for mites
to breed as possible. II perches are
removable, so much the better. A
board platform should be placed about
eight inches below the perches to
catch the droppings. This makes q
cleaner floor. and thus adds to the ca.
pacity of the henhouse. It makes it
easier to clean the house, and aids in
keeping the mites in check.
The nests also should be built so
that the mites can easily be combated
They could be covered or protected
so that the fowls cannot roost on them.
This is necessary in the production Of
a good grade OF market eggs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
FAMOUS OLD FRIGATE
CONSTITUTION THE PRIDE OF
THE AMERICAN NAVY.
Launched In October, 1897, "old Iron
sides" Figured With Glory In tho
Early Struggles Attending tho
Republics Birth.

The most famous vessel in the his.
tory Of the United States navy is the
Constitution, popularity called odd
Ironsides,' and originally a 44-gun
frigate. She was launched October Il,
1897, at Boston, but was not completed
until the following year, when she put
to sea under command of Captain
Nicholson for service again the French
In the West Indies.
During the war with Tripoli, 1901.
O5, the Constitution was Preble's flag
ship, and in 1906 took part in three of
the five commandments of the port OF
Tripoli. In July, 1872, under command
of Isaac Hull, she escaped from Brit
fish squadron off the New Jersey coast
after spirited chase of three days.
On August 10, off Cape Race, she
fought her famous battle with the
Guerrero, a somewhat weaker English
frigate, commanded by Captain Da.
ores, which she left total wreck after
an engagement of 30 minutes, the
English losing 70 Of their crew and
the Americans IA. On December 29,
under command of Captain cambridge,
the Constitution captured off Bahia,
Brazil, the Java (3S guns; Captain
LamberD, after an engagement last.
ing two hours, in which the British
lost 300 killed and wounded and the
Americans "a.
On February IA, 1914, under Captain
Stewart, the Constitution captured the
Picton, 16 guns and convoy, in the
West Indies. On February 20, 1914,
she took the Cyane. "a guns, and the
Levant, Is guns; after fierce EN-
gagement, remarkable for the seaman.
ship of the Americans and the gallan-
try of the English, between the Ma.
deira islands and the Gibraltar. The
English lost 10 killed and AZ wounded
out of 800, and the Americans killed
and 9 wounded out of Ash. Soon after
ward the Constitution was pursued by
a strong British squadron, which re-
captured the Levant.
Between 1928 and 1880 the Constitu.
tiOn was reported unSeawOrthy and or
dered to be dismantled, but was re.
turned in Difference to the popular
sentiment aroused by Holmes poem.
'Old Ironsides." and in 1888 was re-
built In 1855 she was laid up at the
Portsmouth navy yard, but used at
times as training ship. In 1877 she
was again partially rebuilt, and the
next year crossed the Atlantic for the
last time. In 1897 she was rooted in
at the Boston navy yard and has since
been used mainly as barrack ship.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Invention Of Photography,

The earliest experiments in the di.
rection of photography were made by
Wedgewood and Day, but the first
photograph was actually produced in
camera made by Daguerre and part
ner about 1889. In 1910 the first pho.
tograph-portrait was made by Profes-
sor John w. Draper, an American
Progress was made In the work for
Fox Talbot, 1841, and Scott Archer,
1851, with the glass plate. The
gelatine-bromide dry plate was invent.
ed in 1871 by Maddox, and greatly i'm.
proved by Bennett in 1878. AS in many
other inventions, II is practically i'm.
possible to lay ones finger on one man
and one date for the specific 'inven,
ton of photography 1t has been SO
largely process of experiment and
improvement
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
What He Didn't Understand.

The soldier was telling the work.
man about a battle that he had once
been in that had lasted from eight
o'clock in the morning until seven
o'clock at night. His description was
most graphic, and he became very en-
thusiastic as he lived through the stir
ring scenes again.
There's one thing l can't under
stand about the story said the work
man, slowly, when he had finished.
You say that the battle began at
eight o'clock in the morning and last
ed until seven o'clock at night?"
Yes, that's So, was the reply.
Then" retorted the workman with
a puzzled air, what l can't make out
is how did you manage about your
dinnar hnnr?"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02

A good poultry house Is what you
need, Mr.. Farmer, if you are going to
have plenty of eggs to sell this winter.
Some farmers feel that winter eggs
are too hard to get to make it worth
while to try to produce them. This Is
a mistake according to r. M. Sher-
wood, poultry specialist In the exten.
sion division of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural college.
IF one has a good poultry house"
commented Mr.. Sherwood, he should
have little trouble. Early matured
pullets properly housed and fed
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
BOYS CLUBS AND
THE COUNTY AGENT
Tho County Agricultural Agent Also
Devotes Time To Inter Ing
tho Farm Boys.
REUBEN BRIGHAM,
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

Among the varied activities Of the
county agents of Maryland which are
proving of practical helpfulness to the
farmer and his family, none are de-
serving of more appreciation than
their Boys Club work. The aim OF
this work, in which over 800 boys were
enrolled in 1915 in Maryland, is to
arouse in the country boy live in
terest in farming as business. To
accomplish this purpose the County
Agent visits the schools whose teach
ers are awake to the possibilities OF
giving to their boys lessons in every
day life and practice. He explains
that to belong to the National Corn
Club with it's thousands of members
throughout the South, boy must get
his parents to consent to his renting
an acre from them on which he can
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02

grow a crop Of corn. This crop the
boy is to grow himself, doing as much
Of the actual labor as possible. His
teacher, if she is interested, will visit
his acre occasionally and explain to
him the directions which the County
Agent has given him. The County
Agent will send letters, Also both to
the boy and his teacher, telling what
can be done from time to time to i'm
prove the crop, what the other boys
in the county are doing, why the boy
should keep up his interest, and how
to form a neighborhood boys club in
which his school mates can join. Dur
ing the growing season the County
Agent will visit number of the acres
calling field meetings to which neigh
boring boys and their fathers are in
vited to discuss the growing of the
crop and the selection Of seed corn
Later the County Agent plans with the
teacher for school exhibit to which
her children, including her corn club
boys can bring exhibits and where
read their essays telling how they
grew their crop and followed the d.
rections of their teacher and the Coun
ty Agent. In this work our county
agents are developing spirit OF
loyalty to farm life ard knowledge
of farm business among our boys that
will show remarkable results in the
agricultural production of the future
What better training could the boy
have than in attempting to do better
than anyone else what thousands OF
other men and boys are doing? In
what better work can the county
agent be engaged than in welding to
gether the young life Of his county
into a united effort to make their
neighborhoods and the county itself
leader in agricultural production and
the seat of happy farm life?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Spraying Machine.

automatic spraying machine shown in
the illustration is especially designed,
though the automatic idea will likely
be seen soon on larger sprayers. AS
the sprayer is wheeled along 1t auto
matically pumps the material to be
sprayed through the hose line, and the
man wheeling the machine along like
wheelbarrow can pass around tree
or bush, spraying it as he trundles the
barrow.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
WeIl.known Spray.

Some people have been looking for
a better and cheaper spray than ar
senate of lead and have been trying
arsenate of zinc. 1t Is advisable to 60
little slow in this matter because so
far arsenate of zinc has been found
to be much more dangerous to both
fruit and foliage and also fully as
costly. Arsenate of lead has been
used for a long time for its strength
and character is known to practically
everybody.
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should produce large number OF
eggs"
The house, points out this expert.
need not be an expensive one. 1t
should furnish the fowls protection
from the winds and storms and should
be so constructed that 1t will have
proper ventilation. A chicken breathes
three or four times as much air in
proportion to It's weight as human
being. Ventilation makes a house
somewhat colder, but dryer, and dry,
cold air is much better for the fowls
than moist warm air.
The house should be built with the
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SPRAYING FOR INSECT PESTS
Automatic Machine Shown In lllustra.
ton Designed Especially for the
Smaller Orchards.

Spraying becomes more popular
every year, not only for apples,
peaches, and other orchard fruit, but
for potatoes, garden and even field
crops as the farming business comes
to recognize the value Of fighting
pests that cut off the profits. For the
one-man orchardst and gardener the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Frost Protection Paws,

Does frost protection pay? Judging
by the experience of the citrus fruit,
growers in California, it seems quite
apparent that it does, that 1t is one OF
the greatest factors in assuring fruit
crop, and that while the expense of
equipping an orchard is considerable.
1t pays dividends that are almost fab
ulous.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Oyster Shells Are Needed.

Oyster shells are furnished the
chickens to stimulate the production
of eggs. The hen that Is laying freely
will eat lot of oyster shell as her
body requires the ingredients that
make up the egg shell. For this rea-
son oyster shell should be supplied
all the year around and in the winter
it is especially necessary to keep up
the supply of high quality eggs when
eggs are high.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Substantial Henroost.

The farm fowl, If given her prefer
ence in selecting roost, would doubt
less choose substantial apple limb
rounded just right to allow her to hold
on with ease. A good two by four
with the upper edges planed round
like an apple bough makes a strong,
substantial roost.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
ORANGE Drink,

Orange juice can be made to serve
rs a most delicious drink If only
little thought and time be spent upon
it. Serve chilled in tall glasses, with
some diced banana, a grapefruit cut
and seeded, a bit of pineapple or any
sen SnnanIe fruit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Provide a Deep Litter.

AS soon as it becomes necessary to
confine the flock to the house most OF
the time, provide deep litter of
straw or leaves. Rye straw is best
as it is tough and lasts long time.
II nothing else is available cut corn
stalks can be used.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Orchard ls Neglected.

Many good farmers will keep every.
thing on the place In chip shape all
the year except the orchard. These
men are always complaining that 1t
doesn't pay to raise fruit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Sand or Gravel Necessary,

Fresh sand or gravel is absolutely
necessary to the comfort of the hens
this winter. Cover wooden or cement
floors at least three inches deep and
earth floors from six to twelve inches.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Guaranteed Eooa.

Guaranteed eggs" are those laid by
fowls judiciously fed on the purest Of
food, kept in the cleanest of houses
and always put on the market in q
fresh condition.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
70 Mash Silk Lace,

Silk lace should be soaked in milk
over night then washed in warm soap.
suds Rinse and pin out smooth on
clean ironing board until dry. Do not
iron 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02

InfertiIe Eggs Best.
Infertile eggs will Withstand mar.
keting conditions much better than
fertile eggs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
Make Hens Work for Grain,

make 1enS work TOR Grain.
Much benefit is likely to result, with
out any possible harm, II the hens are
compelled to work in clean litter for
their grain at all seasons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-02
CLEAN UP YOUR POULTRY HOUSE
BEFORE PUTTING IN YOUR
PUlLETS.
ROY II. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

At this time of the year when the
pullets are being put into their winter
quarters there should be a thorough
housekeeping. Clean the house by
scrubbing it with a broom and water
If necessary and then spray it with
some good spray mixture. You can
use to advantage one of the so-called
sheep dips or coal tar products that
are on the market. Directions for ap
plying vary somewhat, but are always
given on the cans Of containers in
which the products are sold. If the
house is badly infested with mites,
which, by the way, are worse than lice,
1t might be we'll to use kerosene
emulsion which is made as follows:
Hard soap, n ID.
Boiling soft water. gallon.
Kerosene, 2 gallons.
This can be applied with spray
pump or a white wash brush or broom
may be used. The important thing is
to get the solution well into the cracks
and other hiding places of the mites.
Sometimes poultry houses are white
washed to free them from lice and
mites and this is a very efficient
method especially If well done. How
ever several poultrymen have reported
cases of eye trouble caused by the
lime from the wash getting into the
eyes of the fowls. Where the birds
run out doors great deal of the time
this trouble probably will not occur
It only seems to appear in housed
focks.
White wash containing carbolic acid
was once widely recommended for
poultry houses, but 1t is doubtful II
the acid does any good for it's action
Is neutralized by the lime.
Breeding Purebred Hogs.
Hog breeding for a purebred mar
ket Is a tickish job and requires
great deal of experience. The average
farmer will do better to stick to the
pork grades.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-22

Whether your taste is in
clined to the simple or most
elaborate YOU viii find here
a dress or frock certain to
measure up to your needs
and desires.
The new dresses include
an exceptional collection OF
pussy willow taffeta, in plain
and striped as we'll as in
lowered silk: also silk faille.
check silks. plaid silks and
crepe de chine.
All the new shades are rep
reSented-battleship gray,
Belgian blue, navy, putty,
Oregon green, old rose.
white. black and wistaria.
Finely fashioned dresses for
evening, afternoon or street
wear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-02

$40 ACRES

$40 ACRES
$40 acres good springs bunch Price $4,000. Loat
ed Raesnake 80 plowed;
20 Prosser water right all paid for. mile
school, $135 all
Also 7room modern house, lots all in fruit. outside
sleeping porches walks Price
MONTH
viii trade the three of these properties this
side of the mountains.
LEWIS COUNTY
500 in the Cowtz river acres has
the kind a bench. all
level and is the best kind Of and land There
is fully 80 In cultivation $50 cultva
ton There buildings all complete good
families Each outside build
good head mich
20 head of beef CATTLE lots calves horses
all kinds OF machinery Price $4,000 half cash.
time balance.
80 acres. Lewis county, 1920. terms.
$50 Roseburg Oregon 65 In cultivation
oom and other buildings watered by creeks and
springs; Price $50 VIII trade for
Olympia property.
II. NJ DUFF
of Tacoma Bldg. Main 1926
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-02

no moon. The darkness was abso-
lutte, for the hamlets of Flanders
show no lights; matches cannot be
had.
Priests Stay by Ruined Churches.
After walking for hours we
women refugees slept on straw in
a church near Gembloux. The par
ish priests may no longer show
themselves in ecclesiastical dress.
They mustwear multi. But they
calmly insist on remaining in their
ruined parishes. For say they,
If we leave, no one will remember
where the vanished boundaries
ran, nor who owns the ruined
fields. Neither will anyone re-
call who married whom, nor where
the women and little children of
the broken-up families have taken
refuge
The kaiser. who fears little
else, fears friction with the vati-
can, so his military governors have
orders to let the priests remain.
"One good old priest gave me q
map he had made for the allies.
" For two months have watch
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ed these invaders he said. From
Waterloo to Gemblou they have
zigzagged theeplain with mines.
Belgium has become q vast field
fortress, line after line of hidden
defenses. The Germans no longer
care what they ruin; they know
that they cannot remain.
AS for me, | am an old man,
ignorant of affairs military. Alone,
on foot, I worked out this poor
map. 1t Is for the allied armies.
Belgium Vast Field Fortress.
When they enter Belgium !
will not be here. Let their gen.
erals be warned. From Waterloo
to Marbais uhlans dressed as peas
ants to deceive the airmen have
constructed quagmires lined with
electrified wires. Trainloads OF
barbed wire have come from Ger
many. The snares are spread over
a line ten miles wide by at least
hundred long. Everywhere are
buried mines. That means savage
warfare.
Invaders Eat; Belgians Starve.
but the unutterable misery of
Belgium itself is famine. From
Antwerp to Dinant there is no
flour at all. None. Whoever
dies, the invader must live.
Therefore. all the cattle have been
seized and sent into Germans.
The growing crops we're long since
Communicated. Little remains. A
few starved fowl scratching i'm the
shattered streets, rows of empty
shops without bread, sugar or
Oil"
Nurse Marie Felicie paused a
moment. Then she said:
There are two recollections OF
that country of sorrows which
stay with me most vividly. The
first is pleasant. II Is of the one
little village in all that desolate
land which remains peaceful, pop
ulated and happy.
One Happy Village
"Profondeville, with 100 peo-
pie, lives on untroubled and Sc
cure, knowing nothing OF war put
the echo of artillery. Only one
road passes Profondeville, for the
valley is hardly 300 feet wide
One Sunday, while the villagers
gathered for mass, disabled mo-
tor car-crept into the little square.
In 1t sat two German officers.
young, arrogant and armed. But
before they could draw their
weapons they were surrounded
and threatened with death. AL
most every old man In that crowd
had served his time In the great
gun factories Of Liege. Others,
although too old for the Belgian
army, we're not too old to be re-
, venged. The Germans realized
their lives were in peril.
Suddenly the parish priest in
tervened. pleading for the enemy.
These men are not spiesl' he said.
They came quietly, let them
pass quietly: So may God show
mercy to our men in the field.
Standing on the village green men
ard women voted that the prison.
ers be released.
I'm three days came a docu
ment from Berlin, signed and
sealed. So long as this war lasts
no harm will come to Profonde-
Vile. For the German officer
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ANOTHER LIQUOR.
FIGHT PROBABLE.

OLYMPIA, Jan. 2.-That the
LIQUOR question must be resub-
mitted to statewide vote i'm WASH
ington was made practically GER
tain, when the official prelimin-
any count of Secretary of State
Howell showed 46,127 apparently
valid signatures on the hotelmen's
petitions to the legislature for q
law allowing restricted sale OF
LIQUOR. The petitions are still to
be checked for duplicate sigma
lures, but only 31,836 valid sigma
turss are necessary.
The hotelmen's bill, which the
legislature is asked by the petit.
ticns to pass and submit at spe-
cial election next November, al
lows hotels to sell liquor, brew
cries to operate and prohibits
searching of private residences,
but bars saloons.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 2.-While Mrs.
Anstte Loder. convicted Christ
mas eve by jury in the federal
court on a charge of using the
Tiafis to defraud, is held a prison-
efSin the King county jail, await
- the result of motion for a
new trial today, her grief has
been enhanced by the informa-
ton that she was in danger Qf
losing the custody Of her 14-year-
old son Gene, a student in a
Portland military academy.
Following the. announcement OF
the press dispatches of Mrs. Lo-
der's conviction, a letter was re-
eeived by federal officials in this
city from Mrs. Lodor's first hus-
hand, Frank Hartsell. of Mon
rlcuth. H., requesting inforrna-
tion a. to the whereabouts Of th'
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they spared is one of the kaiser's

they spared is one of the kaiser's
sons!
Dismal Trains of Dead.
"And my other most vivid re-
membrance Is one of DEATH" re-
sumed Marie Felicie.
Every night trains of dismal
mystery clank across Belgium.
back from the front toward Ger
many. The trains sometimes are
composed Of 25 cars, and in every
car are 100 bodies Of dead Ger
man soldiers!
1.-THE Germans who died ad-
vancing on Paris were weighted
and sunk in the nearest river.
Today, In consequence, typhus Is
epidemic in nothern France and
there is true Asiatic cholera at
Lille. Later the trenches about
Charleroi served as great graves.
Belgium and the Argonne are en-
ormous cemeteries.
but now, mon Dieu, the death
toll of the User IL incalculable.
Therefore the poor bodies are col
lected, stripped of accoutrements,
|roped between boards in bales Of
four-and packed into trains!
"These dreadful corpse trains
bear their burdene back to the
new crematory near Khent, or the
huge furnaces at Liege. Thus are
the regiments which devastated
Belgium returning toward the
Fatherland!"