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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Cheap Fly House for Pigeons.

There should be doors leading from
one loft to the other with nests up
the back and around the sides as far
as the doors permit.
An aviary or fly of wire outside is
necessary to the completion of the
accommodations for the pigeons that
are to be kept by the breeder The
fly should be larger than the loft itself.
1t should be the same height as the
house and twice as long. That is, a
house of which the boarded part is
10 feet across IN front should have
the wire fly 20 feet long. A success
sion of four of these lofts would make
a building 40 feet long and IL feet
wide.
The nests for the pigeons are ar
ranged along the back and side walls.
They should run from IL inches from
the floor to within the same distance
from the roof, and be little more
than three feet wide, so as to divide the
back space OF ten feet into three equal
parts. Be careful not to overcrowd,
as it requires skill to handle large
number of pigeons in one loft success
fully.
Each compartment should be fixed
i'll such way that one end can be
darkened, and the nest should be
placed at this side. 1t will be found
best to use the earthen nest pans
that can be bought from dealers in
pigeon supplies, and these should be
supplied with material like shavings,
pine needles. etc, such as would be
suitable for Che birds to rest upon.
When breeding for profit it is very
necessary to- curtail all unnecessary
expense. A building such as that de
scribed can be put up of plain match
boards at the lowest cost possible; if
more money is to be spent on the
building itself, it may be papered and
clapboarded, which might be better
in sections where the winters are ex-
tremely cold and severe. The cost of
good mated homers from a reliable
dealer is two dollars per pair, and it
does not pay to begin with poor stock.
Economic in your building and gen
eral equipment if necessary, but get
good birds, if you want to be sure of
profitable results. and be sure that
they are mated
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
BEST TEST FOR ACID SOILS
Wisconsin Expert Tells Of Device Re.
Gently Perfected to Tell Amount
of Lime Required.

(By E. TRUoG. Wisconsin Experiment
Station)
A simple little device has been per
fected which promises to be of great
value in improving and developing
many of the soils. By it's use It is
possible to tell how acid soil is and
how much lime viii have to be applied
to correct this acidity.
1t consists of an alcohol burner. a
cup to measure soil, graduate to
measure water, few strips of paper.
and some chemicals which can be pur-
chased at any drug store. 1t is mo
trick" to mix the water, soil and
chemicals together in a flask and set
this mixture over the alcohol burner
until 1t boils Then by laying one of
the strips of paper, soaked in another
chemical, over the mouth of the flask
for two minutes, observing the color
the paper turns and comparing this
with a card of standard colors, the
farmer knows definitely how much
acid is in his soil The gas given OF
by the boiling mixture, colors the
strips of this paper in shades from
light yellow to black, depending on
how much acid is present to set free
the gas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
BUILDING FOR PIGEONS
Small Unused Structure Is Good
Enough to Start With.
Beginner Should Have Lofts in Readi-
ness Before Buying His Breeders
Cheap Fly House Outside Is
Also Necessary.

Before buying breeders. the begin
her should have his lofts in readiness.
A position facing south is always best
as then the interior will be flooded
with sunshine all hours of the day,
and every. corner will be penetrated
with light, and so kept purified, and
the birds will be in the best possible
condition. AS a general thing a single
story house is best, with the floor one
foot or more from the ground The
house should have pitch roof with
the higher side for the front. Win
dows should be made in front only,
as all the available space at the back
and sides will be needed for the nests.
A proportion which has almost come
to be.the standard among those who
breed pigeons for squad raising is nine
feet in front with drop of three feet
TO the back and about ten feet wide
inside; the depth may be somewhat
greater than the width. A succession
of these lofts may be built as the bust
ness progresses, or they may be put
up at the same time. The partitions
between the lofts are of boards or OF
wire netting, as may be preferred.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
VALUE OF MANURE SPREADER
Big Advantage is That It Can Be Used
Throughout Growing Season
Necessary on Any Farm.

One of the great advantages of the
manure spreader over the old way OF
spreading ma aure by hand is that it
can be used throughout the growing
season. The spreader can be adjust
ed to give a light or a heavy applica.
ton of manure.
During the growing season, when.
ever there is little time to spare
from the regular field work, where it
will be feediTg crops instead of vast
ing away in the barnyard or in the pile.
With the spreader, manure can be
hauled out any time of the year. For
this reason alone, saying nothing of
the time saved in unloading and the
even manner In which the manure is
distributed, the spreader is worth many
times its cost 1t is just as necessary
as wagon on the farm where live
stock is kept.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
cARLoTTA

Carlotta was a little Italian girl, her
mother was dead and she lived with
her stepmother. Her father had a
burdy-gurdy, and every day he took
Carlotta with him to take the pennies,
for the hurdy -gurdy was old and not
IN good tune, but Carlotta's bright
ewes and the curls got them many PEN
MES, for she was very pretty when she
smiled.
But Carlotta was not happy; she
wanted a yellow straw hat with red
roses on it, like Angela Beppi's. She
did not want to wear the gay-colored
scarf. But her father Tony said MOI"
and that was the cause of Carlotta's
unhappiness.
She danced and played the tam
hcNrine, and one morning when she
went into a store to collect pennies a
gentleman gave her nickel because
she smiled so sweetly. Carlotta slipped
it into her pocket, and she smiled
many times the next two weeks, for
she was taking all the pennies she
could when Tony's eyes were half
closed, and when she had enough
money she went TO the little shop
around the corner and bought the hat
with red hoses.
She hid it in her bed, which was
in the corner of dark room, and
the next Sunday she slyly took it out,
and when she went to the park, pinned
it under her skirt, which was full and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

told Carlotta she could dance every
night.
When Tony called Carlotta to go
with him the next morning she aid
not answer He waited two weeks
thinking she would come back then
he went to the police. They told him
where she was, and one night Tony
went to the theater. His eyes opened
wide when he saw Carlotta dance
and heard the people applaud. and he
was so angry when he thought she
might be making money for him that
he stood up, and. shaking his clinched
hand at her, called out: You comma
home" The ushers quickly put him
out, and poor Carlotta fed from the
stage. The girl with whom she had
been staying proved friend, and Car
lotta did not return to Tony.
About year after, when Carlotta
was making great deal of money
dancing, she went to her old home
and knocked at the door. Her step
mother opened it. 81 have come to
help you IL l cam said Carlotta.
Where is father?" Just then Tony
came in. He looked at Carlotta. for
she had pretty hat with red roses
on it. but he did not speak to her.
Father, have brought you money
for a new hurdy-gurdy," she said,
handing him roll of bills. This
loosened his tongue, and he thanked
her and asked her what she was do
ing.
L am dancing" answered Carlotta,
and l am going across the water to
dance In big music hall, and will
send you money every month. Father,
will you forgive me now?"
Yes" answered Tony, 81 forgive
you, but don't like dat hat"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

quite long, for Carlotta was twelve,
and an Italian girl at that age is quite
woman.
My how proud Carlotta felt when at
length she put the hat on. She tossed
her head, making her curls fly about,
and she walked through the park with
her head very high.
But pride often takes fall, and so
1t was with Carlotta.
A thunderstorm came up very sud
denly, and there yes no place to shell
ter the beloved hat. She put it un-
der her skirt, but the red from the
roses stained it and she had to I'M
cover 1t.
When the shower was over the hat
was a sorry sight. but she wore it
home, and the next morning, when she
started out with Tony, the hat was
pinned under her skirt, for she
thought if she put it on while she was
out she could say it was given to
her.
The first place they stopped was in
front of house where there were a
number of children Tony told Carlot-
ia to dance, and while she was dane
ing down dropped the hat
The children laughed and shouted:
She has stolen hat! She has stolen
a hat!" Carlotta picked it up and
put it on her head
"W'er you getta da hat?" said Tony,
very angry. Carlotta told him the
hat had been given her, but Tony
would not have her wear the hat, no
matter where it came from.
He took it and tore it in pieces.
Poor Carlotta! Her smiles we're few
that day, and at night Tony beat her
for spelling his day
Later, when Tony and his wife were
out OF the way, Carlotta slipped out
and went to theater where she had
seen dancing.
She walked up to the man at the
oox office and asked if they wanted
dancing girl The man took her in
side the theater Let me see you
dance said another man.
The orchestra was. playing out in
'front.', and Cariotta danced her best.
How much do you want?" asked
the man. Poor Carlotta did not know.
lie told her what he would give. which
seemed large sum to Carlotta. But
Where was she to spend the night? If
she went home she could not get
away. Just then a girl, who had been
singing, came from the stage; she saw
Carlotta standing there as though she
oIo not know where to go
Where do you want to CO." she
asked. Then Carlotta told her her
story.
Come home with me tonight" she
SAID, and We will see what can be
done after that"
The next night Carlotta dressed in
gay-colored dress and black lace
mantilla, danced on the stage, and
"hen she shook her tambourine and
smiled the people applauded very
zouaiy, The manager was pleased and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
INDIGESTION BAD FOR DUCKS
Good Mixture is Cornmeal and Fine
Sand-AIways Furnish Ample Sup
ply of Fresh Water.
(Ry MRS. W. HARVEY

A great many young ducks are
killed by wrong feeding. / feed mine
cornmeal and one part fine white
sand, or fine gravel sifted.
Stir the sand and gravel up with
your meal and water and feed five
times a day. Always give an ample
supply of fresh water when you feed
them, as ducks cannot eat without
drinking at the same time. Take the
water away when they are through
eating.
| tried this plan last year, and
raised "A out of so. The year before /
had 100 hatch but only raised 10.
also kept the little ducks shut up with
the old chicken mother They were
a week old before let them out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
WATER SUPPLY FOR MELONS
Common Tin Can With Holes Punched
In Side May Be Used to Supply
Moisture to Plant.

When the season turns extremely
dry just before or about the time
watermelons begin to ripen. the
drought and the consequent slow
growth cause the melon to become
tough and unpalatable, sometimes I'M
Mt for one to eat at all.
To guard against these conditions,
and the damaging results, punch
small holes about the sides and bot
tom OF common No. 2 can. sink it
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
N a TKsMHTGa Watson Il. Coleman, Wash
IA 81 Psis Reno Book sss ss' rs ass
W. N. u, MILWAUKEE,. NO. s4-1s15.
He Hadn't Seer There.

Mr.. Daubyn said he would keep
house while Mrs. Daubyn was away"
Yes"
HE wrote glowing letters to her
about his experiments In the kitchen
and the fun he was having washing
dishes" ~
'F'inei"
When Mrs. Daubyn returned at
the end of two weeks Mr.. Daubyn, of
course. met her at the station and es-
corted her home"
And the sequel?"
AT the door he discovered that
she took his latch key away with her
the day she left"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
curIo Eakera.

Lincoln Springfield, the English edi-
tor, was lunching in London when
Samoan entered and shook him by the
hand.
What do the natives do for living
over there?" Mr. Springfield asked the
Samoan.
oh" said the other. they sell CO
coanuts, and birds-of-paradise, and
Robert Louis Stevenson's inkwell."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
OFF His Guard.

A detective in a Y NJ. c. A. lecture
in Duluth on crime detection said:
THE criminal can't be always on
his guard, of course. Well. when he's
off his guard, then he gives himself
away, like the bank clerk, you know.
"A bank clerk was having his for
tune told at a church fair. The pretty
fortune teller, holding the young
mans hand in hers said
Beware of a dark woman!
Black Marla!' gasped the bank
clerk. and he turned as pale as death q"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Most Economical Eruita

Pieplant, currants and plums will
grow themselves, if once started, on
almost any farm. and yield abundant
ly. These are the most economical
fruits grown and among the most
wholesome and healthful. They are
served on the best hotel, restaurant
and dining car tables-especially the
first named-and should be on every
farm table at least once day when
other fruits cannot be had.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
ATTRACT OUR BIRD FRIENDS
Appreciated by Merry Little
Songster in Summer.

Nothing has a more potent attrac-
ton for birds during hot weather than
drinking and bathing places The
birds water supply should be a pool
not more than few inches deep, the
bottom sloping gradually toward the
edge. Both bottom and edge should
be rough, so as to afford safe foot
ing. A giant pottery saucer Gig. Al
is an excellent device. or the pool may
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
PLACE FOR Potato STORAGE
Plenty OF Ventilation Is Necessary
Have the Bins More Than Eight
Feet Square.
(By A. r. KoHLER. Minnesota Exper-
iment Station.1

(By A r. KoHLER. Minnesota Exper-
iment Station.)
The place for storing potatoes
should have plenty of ventilation. Bins
ought not to be more than eight feet
square and should have slat walls
with hollow partitions. Or there
should be plenty of veDtiiStipg tubes
with slat sides reaching from top to
bottom CT the bin. Where bins are as
large as eight feet square a ventilat.
ing tube in the middle of each one
would be desirable. Ventilation helms
TO carry off moisture, thus keeping
the potatoes dry, making it possible
to cool them of quickly in the fall
and keep them cool during the winter.
The best temperature for potatoes
is as near IS degrees Fahrenheit as
possible. A good tested thermometer
or several in different locations and
at different heights should be kept in
the cellar and watched at frequent in
tervals.
In putting potatoes into a storage
cellar they should be run over a
screen that win take out the dirt.
Large potatoe cellar should be filed
IN layers so as to give the potatoes
the best possible opportunity to cool
on and dry. Dumping whole days
digging in one place is not the best
practice.
The best method for keeping mois.
ture from collecting on the inside of
the roof of potato cellars is to cover
them with straw or strawy manure.
Plenty OF ventilation also helps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Giving Melon a Drink.

in the soil within few inches of the
melon hill, and fill it with water as
often as the drynass of the weather
demands.
Place something over the can to pre-
vent the water from evaporating, and
it viii creep through the holes into
the soil, furnishing plenty Of moisture
to refresh and properly develop the
plant.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
A Difference.

Angelina-And so you love me with
all your heart? Would you die for
me?
Edwin--No, dear.
Angelina-You wouldn't die for me?
Edwin-No; mine is an undying af-
lection.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Extravanance.

We'll. my dear" said the head of
the family iubilantly, Il closed the
deal for the new house today. l had
the title searched and found 1t perfect
ly clear II cost me hundred dollars
for the search, but"
Now isn't that perfect shame!"
interrupted his better half. "All that
money wasted for nothing"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

the surface is roughened Gig. b.
The bird bath may be elevated, or
on the ground if in an open space
where skulking enemies cannot APP
proach too near. A water supply is
appreciated In winter as well as sum-
mer
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Couldn't Do II.

81 want YOU" said the fair society
leader. TO give me plain opinion
about my latest photograph"
Madam" said the gallant cavalier.
bowling, ito speak in plain terms OF
that portrait would be impossiblel"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

The government of Hawaii has set
aside $4,000 acres of forest reserves
and will experiment with planting eu-
caiyptus for firewood.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
His Stunt.

Flatbush-1 see in the Indian army
all orders are given in English.
Bensonhurst-Well If the colonel
wants some pate de foie gras for
luncheon. how does he order It?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
LoaleaI.

Blobbs-Bjones is the most unlucky
fellow at cards ! ever met
Slobbs-Then l suppose he is lucky
In love?
Blobbs-I suppose so. At any rate,
he has never been married.-London
Opinion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

The discovery of fish glue is attrib-
uted to a Massachusetts man, who,
while making chowder, found that it
stuck to his fingers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

The trouble with many of those who
advocate the right is that they are so
disagreeable about it they do more
harm than good.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
DR.. RoBINS0N'S ADVICE
Be thoughtful.
Do not hurry.

OO 0OI hurry.
Be ever occupied. Have a def
mite purpose and never give up
until you have realized it.
Be contented with your lot.
Ones lot in life is merely his
starting point
Have faith to walk out upon
Gods promises.
Be ready always to defend a
good cause.
Be sincere. There are too
many binary stars in the firma-
ment of modern society already.
Ever do good Indeed, if you
have no other luxury in this life,
make sure of the luxury of do
ing good.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Keep Cholera Away.

Clean water, clean pasture, clean
pens, clean feeding fioor-and one has
every condition right. save isolation,
to keep his herd clean of cholera
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20
Drink DenIson's Coffee,
For your health's sake.

Men who are not used to society are
apt to get "balled up" in ballroom.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

Time is money, yet lots OF people
with plenty of time on their hands
will strike you for a loan.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

1t isn't a good plan to collide with .
man who is riding his hobby.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

A well-trained memory is merely one
that admits of discreet forgetfulness.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-20

All men are born ignorant and some
never get over it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-26
Methodist Church.

On Sunday morning DR.. Powell
will preach on David A Man After
Gods Own Heart" In the evening
DR.. Hulse. the presiding Elder, will
preach. The hours of worship are
lO:45 a. m. and 800 p. m. The Sun
day school at $50 a. m. and j. H.
Cate. the superintendent wants 500
present at the opening song. If any
teacher or officer finds that he can
not be present, the superintendent
want to know it before hand-as
many days before hand as possible.
Epworth League at 700 p. m. Stran-
gers and visitors welcome.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-26
FRENCH SURGEON WON PRAISE
Professor Guermontprez Has Succeed
ed in Overcoming "After Stiff
ness" Following Wounds.

What is called "after Stiffness" or
the condition Of immobility in joints
and muscles which so often follows
the healing Of a fracture or wound,
is one of the most difficult problems
which confront medical men treating
the wounded in Great Britain and in
France. The treatment is a matter
of especially grave concern to the
subject himself, since on the result
depends his future usefulness as a
soldier or as a worker.
At the military hospital in Calais
Professor Guermontprez of Lille
university has received much praise
for the treatment employed by him,
not new one, but one which has
been very successful. He begins his
treatment of latter stiffness" while
the healing is going on and before
the stiffness has in reality set in.
Special spllnts are used on all broken
bones. They are made of very light
wood and are not allowed to inter-
fere with the movement Of any joint.
Massage is an important part of Pro-
fessor Guermontprez' treatment.
In cases where the patients have
been submitted to long exposure be-
fore any treatment is possible a spe-
cial apparatus known as mechanic
therapeutic apparatus is used. At
the military hospital in Calais, as in
many others, special workrooms and
FORCES have been installed in the
basement, where instruments are
constructed to loosen rigid joints at
various parts of the limbs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-26
HOSPITAL NEWS.
FOR THE WEEK
Several Operations and All
Patients Are Doing
Well.

Mr.. d. B. Trip, of Olive Springs,
Tenn, a railroad section manager,
who was taken to the Jennie Stuart
Hospital Thursday, is much better,
7. A. Hamilton, of Bryan street,
who has a mild case of fever is doing
nicely.
Hubert Moss, of Princeton, KY,
who was operated on several days
ago, is much improved.
Mrs. c. o. Stallings, of Canton
pike, who was operated on several
days ago, is now convalescent.
Walter Thong son, who was opera.
ted on for appendicitis last week, is
getting better rapidly.
Miss Willie McCord underwent an
operation Saturday and is doing
nicely.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-26
Two Dollar Movies.

The expected has happened. No
satisfied with their unprecedented
success. managers of the movies now
aspire to corner the market, sstsb'
lish high-priced film trust and con-
troll a circuit of moving picture thea
sers.
1t was inevitable that the great
success of the wonderful picture.
THE Birth of a Nation" should lead
to such an extension. and now
combination has been formed to
control circuit of theatres to
charge 50 admission. There is said
to be $4,000. 900 capital behind the
plan. it involves a combination of the
best producers of big films in the
moving picture business.
The 81 ticket has been the
undoing of the legitimate theater.
1t has been the direct cluse
for the dramas unpopulariuy in
recent years. 1t is not the time
for excessive charges for any form
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-26
Base Ball Yesterday.

Yesterday the Jacksonville Sensi-
bles. perhaps the fastest semi-prt :
fessional ball club in Western Ker :
lucky. were here to play the Go. d. .
team.
Go. D." was strenthgened by the
addition of pitcher Albert House. of
RusselIville. and catcher Adams. aud
infielder White. This made the team
much faster and also made a ha d
hitting aggregation.
jacksonville had with it Scott
Means. the former local player, who
is doing swell playing with the Sem
sibles.