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costly in the end, for eggs Will not be
obtained-even with the best OF care-un-
til the pullets are older. 1t does not pay
to keep pullets several months in the fall
or winter while waiting for eggs.
DO NOT CROWD THE FOWLS.
Another error to be avoided is placing
too many fowls in the poultry buildings
This error is common, even among poul-
try keepers Of experience, and the result
especially among beginners-is shortage
of eggs and often disease. Overcrowding
never pays. All of the heavier breeds
should have houses that will give each
bird at least four square feet Of floor
space.
Proper ventilation is essential, and all
poultry houses should be built so they Will
, give plenty of fresh air. which means
| healthy fowls Birds kept in close etuffy
houses will not produce eggs in paying
quantities.
| Feeding tho home flock is easy. The
| leading brands of ready mixed feeds will
give satisfactory results. They are made
up according to formulas used by many
OF the successful poultry breeders and
| while they are slightly higher In price
than unmixed grain they arc generally
| more satisfactory. The feeding equipment
! for the home flock should include hop
per for the dry mash, and, If desired. an
other for the mixed grain; but many pre-
fer to feed the grain morning and night
by hand scattering It in deep litter Of
rye or wheat straw. There should be oys-
| ter shell. grit and charcoal and fresh wa.
| ter should be given at least twice day
| in covered drinking vessels
If the poultry building Is kept reason
! ably clean. If the fowls are kept free from
! lice, and if the owner selects a good pen
of fully matured pullets from a breeder
Of known reliability, his opportunities to
succeed are most favorable. The poor re-
suits with poultry that now and then are
recorded should not he laid to the hen.
but to poor stock or improper care.
| Start In a small way. From ~ to "a
good pullets should give plenty of eggs
! for the family table and % to 20 should
produce a surplus that may be sold to the
! neighbors at n good price.
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The difficulty of securing eggs known tn
be new-laid, at a price within reach OF
the ordinary purse. leads thousands every
year to keep poultry to supply the home
table. Now is an ideal time to start. AL
most every one with n little space and
a few minutes spare time night and morn
ing can turn table scraps and grain into
eggs at a cost considerably below that Of
the market price of eggs.
BUY ONLY MATURED BULLETS.
In choosing the stock for the home
flock the beginner should be careful to
select only fully matured pullets. in or
der to insure a steady yield of eggs
throughout the fall and winter; and he
should see that they are from breed
that is known to lay we'll in winter. A.
the same time he should choose a breed
that will furnish meat for the table, so
that the surplus cockerels may be used
as broilers and that the hens. when sup
planted by younger birds, may be used
for roasting or stewpg.
The home flock bird should be an all
around fowl and these desired qualities
are found in the heavier breeds. such as
Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes, Rhode Is
land Reds Orpingtons. Light Brahmas and
Sussex. All of these are hardy, stand con-
finement we'll, will lay during the coolest
weather and mature early for their
weight There are many varieties that
have one or more desirable qualities. and
no one breed has all the good qualities
Of every other breed, but none Is a bet
ter general purpose variety than those
named. Their characteristics are much
the same.
Plymouth Rolks mature early and pro-
duce brown eggs of good size. When prop
erly grown and from a good strain they
are beautiful birds. The amateur may
have his choice as to color. as the vare-
ties include the Barred, White, Buff, Sill
yer Penciled, Partridge and Columbian.
The Barred variety IL most popular. and
may be seen in largest numbers at the
poultry shows
Wyandottes weigh one pound less than
plymouth Rocks, generally mature lit
tie earlier, and lay equally well, and
make excellent broilcrs. Here. too. the
beginner has a wide range for choice OF
coors and markings. there being White.
Silver, Golden. Buff Black, Partridge
Silver Penciled and Columbian Wyan-
dOttes
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TO MANAGE YOUR MIND.
Best Antidote to Psychological Effects
Ia Many Interests.

Despite the difficult look Of the word,
psychology is a most interesting and In
tensely fascinating subject. Briefly, it Is
the science which deals with the extra
ordinary effect OF the mind on the body.
To make matters clearer here Is a SIM
pie instance OF ordinary psychological ef-
feet. You are cycling. and come to a long,
steep hill. II you let your eyes dwell on
the hill and it's length n feeling Of de-
preston and discouragement at once af-
fects you. That Is communicated to the
body, which instantly tires and loses en-
ergy
The hill. sight. mind. muscles-there's
the psychological sequence
But If you keep you eyes fixed on the
road just ahead and pedal on. that strange
"tired-out" feeling doesn't come. It's
quite weird
Soldiers, tired to the point Of exhaus-
ton. will revive and march with energy
II the band plays.
Why do We prefer a twisting road for
n long walk In preference to one which,
II shorter. stretches out like an endless
ribbon straight In front of us? To avoid
the psychological depression Of spirits
Now you can see that a study Of psy-
Geological effects is practical and useful
An interesting example of being psyche
logically "unsensed'' Is to be found in the
attitude Of civilians living in the fight
ing zone Of northern France. Tho effect
on them has been such that they have
lost the danger sense"
They go about their ordinary oecupa-
lions apparently careless of shot or shell
It Is not bravery, nor IS II resignation;
their attitude Is a psychological one.
A commercial traveller has stated that
ne always knew when the psychological
moment had come for him to snap the
order he had been angling for. That L.
he noted the swing Of the wavering mind
and booked his order before his customer
was balanced" again.
The best safeguard against being psy.
chologically affected Is to maintain your
hold over your mind and to keep your
feelings In equilibrium. Manage your
mind, and don't let 1t manage you
The best antidote TO ordinary. every
day life psychological effects is to have
many interests In life-one main ono. and
the rest side-lnes, as 1t were. busy
mind keeps It's equilibrium and where
stern common sense reigns psychological
effects have no place.
The subject is worth studying, is It not
Follow 1t up. This article touches only
the fringe.-Answers
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ALASKA THE MAGNIFICENT.
Facts about Territory That Cost Less
Than Two Cents an Acre.

Statistics are tiresome Most persons
will not read them and most who do
speedily forget their significance. But
every reader can remember Few strlK-
ing facts about Alaska. unique. incompar-
able, uneQualed, unexcelled. 1t is mag
nifcent in it's isolation. 1t has an area.
of GD.0O0 square miles, one-hfth the SIZE
of the United States. which means that
II will make IA New Yorks and nearly 800
Rhode Islands. 1t cost Uncle Sam S1Ho,-
OO, IS years ago, or less than two cents
an acre. II has paid for itself 20 times and
more In the output Of its fisheries. Its
gold mines this year will produce more
than three times what Alaska cost us.
Alaska claims to have more gold than
California and more copper than Mich
igan and Arizona. more coal than Penn
eylvania, and Is willing to prove II II the
government will cut the red tape restric-
lions of nonsensical conservation and let
capital do its work, as 1t has done II with
the gold and copper mines and the fish
industry. Its great cattle ranges remain
untouched and most of them are free to
the homesteader.
Alaska has population OF about G 900
with a fertile undeveloped acreage suit
able for tilage, exceeding several times
the acreage Of those sections Of Norway,
Sweden and Russia of similar latitude
with 100000 souls. Let the people of the
whole United States think deeply of tho
official statement that Alaska with s5 900
population. as market for our own prod
ucts, Is "of equal importance with China
with a population of 1886 900 900" Is 1t n
matter of no consequence to you. my
neighbor, whether the door to Alaska s
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TOUR-BI.ADED PROPELLERS FAIL

The attempt to increase the speed Of
slow battleships and other naval craft
by equipping them with four-bladed pro-
pellers has proved failure 1t is stated
at the League Island navy yard. This
reported opinion is based upon allega-
tions made at the yard that the battle
ship Minnesota. which was sent to sea
recently for the purpose of testing the
four-bladed propeller blade, was very
nearly ruined. so far as her engines were
concerned by the heating and subse-
quent burning OF some OF her bearings
While no official confirmation of this
statement was obtained, 1t is known that
the battleship took "a hours to reach tho
Delaware Breakwater after she left
Philadelphia n week ago. II was declar-
ed that during this part OF the Min
nesota's trip her engines were stopped
three times to allow the heated bearings
to cool.
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him. lie told an official of the bank that
he might as well be dead. that he was
as good as dead. nothing still remaining
but a few ceremonies zone OF these
days you will hear that am dead but
don't trouble to come over when you
hear It, They will simply put me in n
box over at the cemetery and that will
he the end of me-" In month he was
gone, as he foretold. The Same official
was told by friend that this was only
one Of many instances of such loss of
desire for life.
In one small area had been four lead
ing business men who had either ended
their own lives or gone to pieces mental
ly and died in n few months. The mace
toward the money goal is killing one.
So Is the race toward the power goal.
And neither goal proves worth reaching
when II is attained. We suppose that is
what Booth Harrington means to urge
In his book called "The Turmoil. "
Somehow the losses overbalance the
gains Whereas lives are meant to come
to n climax, such lives come to an anti
climax What they set out to gain may
prove impossible when It Is too late; or
IL may prove more than they can retain
once they have It. or it may prove empty
and valueless when they have It. Com
pare with them the word of d. l.. Moody:
Some day you will hear that Dwight
l.. Moody is dead. Don't you believe It.
| will just then be alive" Or the word
of Paul: THE time Of my departure is
at hand. Henceforth there Is laid up for
me the crown of rejoicing" It Is not n
matter Of having money or power
Neither of them can give value to life
| nor take value away. 1t is n matter of
| life goal. whether 1t is worth reaching
| or not.
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GROWTH OF THE MOVIES.
Theatrical MnEnates Regarded Them
with Contempt 10 Yenrs Ago.

II is only ten years since the movie
was competing with nothing but the
''n1ckelodeon." 1t had no theatres II
was housed in converted shops. unlghted
and unventilated. patronized only by the
poor of the tenements who were Injured
to the odorous darkness OF windowless
bedrooms and so starved for entertain-
ment that maglc-lantern show was
drama enough for them. The theatrical
magnates regarded the movies ms lightly
as the dreadnoughts regarded the first
submarine. When the nickelodeons and
and dime musees had all been wrecked
by 1t. the vaudeville managers began to
suffer. but the potentates Of Broadway
were still unworried. Their galleries dis
appeared. but they were sure that the
thing was a passing fad. They were sure
that the dwindling of their road bust
ness was due to the dance craze or
hard times. When the suburbanites,
who used to pour into Broadway on
theatre trains, began to go to the movies
in their home towns. the managers re-
garded 1t as merely temporary. When the
stock companies in the provinces be-
gan to lose. 1t was accepted as a relief
from the hurtful competition with the
road business. And then the road bust
ness itself slowly pinched out to nothing
With the fading of that rond-profit.
the bankruptcies began. Broadway be-
came a movie thoroughfare. and the
spoken drama went into the side streets
to build itself Little theatres and
"Bandbox" theatres and Punch and
Judy" theatres. not much larger than
the converted shops from which the
movies had emerged.
The positions OF these two rivals in New
York has now seen almost completely
reversed. The movies are playing to
"two-dollar' audiences: the Legitimate"
theatres are carrying on secret cut-rate
campaigns that have reduced their prices
by half. The hgh-salaried stars are 60
ing before the camera to earn Mary
piclsford incomes The playwrights are
being paid more for their moving picture
rights than they got from their stage
royalties. The moving picture managers
are gaining millions and the theatrical
managers have lost millions. Harvey
O'Higgins IN the October Metropolitan.
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MAKING WAR VESSELS INVISIBLE

Owing to the enormous range and ac-
curacy OF modern naval guns 1t is highly
important for small war craft which de-
pend upon speed rather than armor plate
to weather the attacks Of the enemy, to
render themselves invisible as possible,
Heretofore. a dark gray paint has been
considered the best color to supply to
n war vessel Now experiments are bein e
made with varieties of colors. Ideas are
being borrowed from the mimicry Of ma
ture. We find certain animals cloaked
with spotted fur and others with stripes,
depending upon the nature Of their en-
vironment. and these colorings make them
very difficult to discover In their natural
habitat. In exactly the same way our
naval authorities are trying to render
torpedo boats invisible by painting wavy
stripes on them, which at great distances
can hardly be distinguished from the
natural wave formations Of the oceans
surface.-Scientific American
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WHEN THE GRAND ARMY BROKE.

1t was the advance from Kovno to
Wilma that began the wreck of Napoleon's
Grand Army; for the vague impression
that the mischief was done by the burn
ing OF Moscow and the premature"
coming Of winter Is quite wrong. During
that advance thousand of marauders.
pillaging the villages and the houses Of
the nobility. showed how demoralized
Napoleon's troops were already becom-
Ing. Continuous heavy rains had churn-
ed the roads into morasses impossible by
supplies and the weaker recruits. Wagon
oxen died like flies Of disease or had to
be killed. In the first few days over
$1,000 horses died from eating the rank
grass. All mills. granaries and store
houses had been destroyed by the Rus
SLAMS. and even in the Young Guard men
died of starvation or blew out their
brains in DISQUALIFICATION Chronicle.
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Rhode Island Reds are popular. and
nearly everyone admires their deep, rich
red plumage. They, too. are good lay
ers of brown eggs during the winter
months, make excellent broilers and
roasters, and are hardy and vigorous.
The Oipington has fine meat, with white
skin. 1t Is becoming more popular each
year. Bluffs, Black, White and Blue are
the varieties to choose from, with the
Buff and Whites most commonly grown.
Light Brahmas are an old variety again
beginning to boom. They are unusually
large, but when properly cared for they
are good layers Of large brown eggs.
While they do not mature as early as
some other breeds. they are worthy of
place in tho home flock.
Sussex are new to the American pub
lie. but have jumped into favor because
of their utility qualities
CHOOSE BREED YOU LIKE BEST.
The beginner will succeed best with
the breed that he admires most, because
with a liking for his flock will come the
desire to care for them properly. Salts
factory results never can be obtained from
neglected focks.
High-grade pullets Of good weight
healthy and vigorous-should be purchas-
ed, SO the owner will be able to get eggs
regularly in November, December, Janu-
airy and February. Since they are to be
the mothers of future flocks, they should
be from a strain known to he good layers
and up to standard weight. Early Matched
pullets are best. and these generally can
he obtained from any reliable breeders.
1t is wise to purchase from one who has
been in business for a number of years,
and who has experience in growing and
mating fowls for best results The anna
teur who starts with a flock Of pure-bred
birds Of the proper quality and gives them
reasonable care cannot help but obtain
results. This kind Of stock will cost more
than some of the so-called bargains
sold at prices only a few cents above the
wholesale market prices, but it will pay
better in the end.
Late Matched pullets can always be
bought In the fall at figure that ap-
pealS to the pocket book, but they are
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LIVES REACHING AN ANT.CLIMAy

There Is an Immense amount OF sheer
character breakdown in modern life II
seems EVIDENT that the race does net bring
some men to the goal which Is we'll
enough worth while for them to want to
remain at when they have reached It.
Into bank OF one of our cities n while
ago there came man Of means, who
had been the head Of large business,
and who had now grown so old that ne
could properly retire, as he had done.
But there was no happiness in Va Tor
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Partridge Cochin Bantams.

Twenty-four to % ounces for hens and
&c to 80 ounces for males are the standard
weights on partridge cochin bantams.
Contrast these with the standard partridge
cochins, weighing to 91a pounds for fe-
males and to II pounds for males and
you will see what selection in breeding
will do for poultry.
Many professional and business men
have as a hobby the breeding of these
bantams and competition for prizes in the
larger poultry shows is keen. They make
attractive pets, requiring only limited
space, little feed and just enough care
to afford pleasurable exercise.
These are the most richly colored Of
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SWISS TOYS For AMERICA.

The Swiss legation at Washington has
advices from Berne that manufacturers
In Switzerland are anxious to supply the
Christmas toy trade Of the United States,
and the bureau OF foreign and domestic
commerce of the department OF commerce
mas undertaken to assist In having orders
placed. Some Swiss firms alone have pro-
duced hundreds OF new models in wood
ana pasteboard and more are being added
daily. A few of these samples which
have reached Washington are skillfully
executed Autograph soldiers OF all the
belligerent nations for the construction
OF little armies by American children.
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BRITISH PENSION U. $. WIDOW.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Brown. widow of
Guy Harrison Brown. of Danvile. ILL.,.
has been awarded n pension by the
British government of $50 month for
life or until she marries. and s a month
each for her two daughters until they
reach the age Of II. check for sl3l q
back pension starting from the day fol-
lowing Browns death, June ., accompani-
ed the announcement. Brown was killed
in action In France. No application was
made for the pension.
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MONGOOSE ANCEsTORS.

The mongoose, whose introduction into
the West Indies has proved to DC 4
greater pest than the Vermin he vas
supposed to destroy originates in India,
and is of the ichncumon family There
are a good many parallel cases OF which
the most notable are the rabbits of Aus
tralia and the sparrows in some parts OF
the United States, Nature seems gem
orally to avenge herself for any arbi-
trary alteration of her geological schemes
-EXchange.
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As years ago the wealth OF the United
States has had an astonishing expansion.
1t is estimated to equal that of Germany,
France and England combined. 1t has
increased since the opening of our new
century by one hundred billion dollars.
sum in excess OF our national assets
when we took over Alaska We have
achieved these amazing results since We
have been united people. since we OBJ
liberated sectional lines and since we
have shaken hands across the bloody
chasm. John A. Sleicher in Leslies
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Several Varieties Are
Well Adapted for the
Home Flock, Provid-
ing Both Eggs, Broil-
ers and Roasters.
BY ]. HARRY wOLSIEFFER
Poultry Editor, Lecturer and Author.
COPYRIGHT. 1915.

This Is an ideal time to start keeping
whose advice to beginners is given here.
He advises care in the selection of the
stock, so that only fully matured pullets,
ready to lay through the winter, will be
obtained. and he makes suggestions re-
garding the care of the stock
Eggs-strctly fresh. fresh or storage
are high in price every fall and winter.
Often it is impossible to obtain new-laid
eggs. even at top prices: and eggs that
are offered as strictly fresh" are fire.
Quently days, or even weeks, old
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-30

all the cochin bantnms. The neck, oacls
and saddle and top of wings Of the male
are red. while each feather is striped
down the middle with q glossy greenish-
black stripe. The breast. tail. body and
wing bar are glossy Ereenish-b black. as is
also the feathering of the legs and toes.
The females are reddish brown; each
feather is penciled with darker brown. the
marking following the outline of the
feather. The neck hackle Is brown at the
head, shading to a golden yellow on the
neck, each feather striped down the mid
die with a black or dark brown stripe.
In shape, the nearer these little fowls
resemble round balls of feathers the bet
ter. The plumage should be long and soft
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SCHOOLS MAY BAR CHILDREN

Common colds are contagious and
boards Of health In many cities are con-
sidering barring children with colds from
school. Fcley's Honey and Tar is an
old and reliable family medicine and
frees children from coughs. colds, Group
and whooping cough Parents may save
trouble by giving before school opens
]. w. O'Sullivan. Adv
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HIS REST WAS BROKEN.

O. d, Wright, Rosemont Neb.. writes:
II was bothered with pains in the region
of my kidneys. My rest was broken by
frequent action of my kidneys. l was
advised by my doctor TO try Foley Kid
ney Pills and one b0-cent bottle made
a well man of me" They relieve rheuma-
tism and backachc J, W. O'Sunvan.
Adv.
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A good s,ore Is ono OF tho most inter-
esting OF human institutions and the
advertising OF GOOD store should be
made to rank with the most interesting
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