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Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06

There are certain rules which the
poultryman must faithfully follow
who would adorn his pens with the
fanciest colored ribbons.
Some of the more important of
these are given by James G. Halpin,
secretary of the Wisconsin Poultry
association, in an open letter to the
members of that organization. He re-
CARDS as main among all the rules for
success in showing of the poultry that
of keeping the chickens growing and
thrifty from the time they leave the
shells until the morning when they
are handed over to the tender mercies
of the judge.
OF course, it is absolutely neces-
sary to start out with good stock for
heavy feeding and good care will not
produce winners at poultry shows
from inferior stock any more than
heavy feeding will make draft horse
out Of a pony.
Attention to details, according to
this experienced poultryman, is one
of the prime essentials for success in
the showing business. For example,
the man who would succeed at this
must see that the chicks are kept free
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ROADS AND ROAD MATERIALS
Highway Should Be No More Expen-
SlVe Than Traffic Warrants, and
Materials Suited to Traffic.

CBy v. M. CONE, Colorado Agricultural
C0llege.)
Roads and road materials are the
subject of much discussion all over
the country. Most of our roads are
still being patched up, or, which is
still worse, being turned upside down
periodically with plow and 'scraper,
and soft road is the certain result. 4.
However, some good roads are being
built each year. Roads are a busi-
ness. If they are good roads they
are a good business, if they are bad
roads they are bad business. A road
should be no more expensive than the
traffic warrants, and the materials Of
which the road is constructed must be
suited to the traffic.
cobble stones are good roads for
heavy drayage and asphaltum pave
ments are excellent for pleasure ve-
hicles, but they are certainly not in
Interchangeable in usage. 1t would be
as foolish In many cases to have an
asphaltum pavement on a country
road, as a dirt street in the busy traf-
fic district Of city
Too often people lose sight of the
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A Bows Work.

AS a general rule, the man that il
worth anything to his country and the
world is he who, when boy, had
learned to work. The only channel OF
reform lies in the direction of a boys
life. The only worth, the only truth
the only happiness is in doing. This
does not mean drudgery. II is the EN-.
ployment of ones thought or one't
hands in the accomplishment of some.
thing of value to life. There is nc
value in mere learning. A man MAJ
know all mathematics and I'll classics
and then be no more than a mere fig.
urehead. And this disposition 10 worn
cannot be talked into a boy. It comes
the same way flower does-out from
under some gentle influence. What
that influence is is the greatest prob
lem of life.-Columbus Ohio State
Journal
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OUR NATIONAL DISEASE
Caused by Coffee.

Physicians know that drugs will not
correct the evils caused by coffee and
that the only remedy is to stop drink
ing It.
An Arkansas doctor says:
II was q coffee drinker for many
years and often thought that could
not do without 1t, but after years of
suffering with our national malady,
dyspepsia, l attributed it to the drink
ing Of coffee, and after some thought,
determined to use Postum for my
morning drink.
'I had the Postum made carefully
according to directions on the pkg. and
found it Just suited my taste.
"At first I used it only for breakfast,
but / found myself getting so much
better, that had it at all meals, and l
am pleased to say that have been re.
lieved Of indigestion. 1 gained 10
pounds in 4 months and my general
health is greatly improved.
II must tell you Of young lady in
Illinois. She had been in Ill health for
many years, the vital forces low, with
but little pain. wrote her Of the good
that Postum did me and advised her to
try 1t.
"At the end Of the year, she wrote
me that she had gained 40 pounds in
weight and felt like herself again"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
Ville," in pkgs
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boiled
l6c and Csc packages.
instant Postum-is soluble powder
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in q
cup Of hot water and, with cream and
sugar, makes delicious beverage IN
otantIy. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds II
about the same.
"There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocerr
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Bismarck ON Rus Ian.

Although Bismarck KIN lew Russian
well, he declined to take dny notice OF
dispatches addressed to the German
foreign office in that Ian guage. 'My
predecessor" he once related, wrote tc
all the diplomatists in German, and
they replied each in his wn language
Russian, Spanish, Swedish and VII :
not. decided that all communica,
tions received in languages other than
German, French, English and Italian
should be left unnoticed. Budberg, the
Russian ambassador in berlin, wrote
me screed after screed always in Rus.
sian. No answer was returned, and
at last he came to ask the reason for
my silence. There is a great pile OF
documents in Russian downstairs ]
told him; yours are probably amongst
them. We have no one who under
stands Russian, and | ha I've given in.
struetions for all documents written in
a language we do not understand to
be Put away in the archives It was
then arranged that Bud berg should
write to us in French"
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Good Road 6ordered With Lombardy
Poplars to Serve as a Windbreak.
repairs needed in order to keep roads
good, and that is not done without ex.
pense. In fact, the maintenance and
depreciation charges are usually great
er for good roads than for ordinary
roads, but goods roads are worth the
extra expense, and they are, therefore,
good business.
Many people speak of the surface
Of good road as though it were an
arch which must support the weight
Of traffic, but the chief concern in
properly constructed good roads is the
wear on the road surface material,
caused by the grinding action Of
wheels and the suction action of rapid
ly moving automobile tires, which re-
move the fine dust and binding ma
terials, exposing the coarser and more
compact material.
Macadam, one of the most famous
road builders, laid down three rules
for making a good road % Good
Drainage, (2) Better Drainage, 90
Still Better Drainage; or, in other
words, "A good road has a tight roof
and dry cellar" Proper drainage to
prevent water from getting into the
road from beneath and a good surface
to cause the rainfall to run off before
entering the foundation, will insure a
good road, because a well-packed earth
foundation will sustain the weight of
ordinary country traffic without break
ing through. If the surface is not pre-
served, the foundation of the road will
be damaged, and this applies to dirt
as we'll as rock roads, for in many
cases we find that earth roads are the
most advisable kind Of good roads and
all that the traffic wants.
It Is necessary to keep the roof
tight. Do not allow holes to remain
in the road surface, for if they are not
repaired the water will collect in them
and run through into the foundation,
causing chuck holes"
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casion the poison Of fatigue .haG so
demoralized his faculties that he dis
regarded danger signals. thus causing
the loss of many precious lives.
We all know that our ability dete-
riorates, that our efficiency is cut
down when we are mentally exhaustl
ed. Our courage, our initiative. our
perceptions, our power bf fine dis
elimination and appreciation. as well
as our observation and bur hearing
are impaired, because tho blood and
other secretions are loaded with
poison, which benumbs the faculties.
No man can do his best when he is
obliged to spur on his jadad faculties;
when he feels his mentality tagging
and is compelled to force It to yield
by pressure. There must be sponta-
neity in the thought or there will be
no vividness Of imagination, no GER
tainty Of memory.
know a business man who has
tremendous brain power. but much Of
his work is exceedingly Ordinary and
tame, because he does Il when his
brain is jaded and tagged. He is con-
stantly working under a great strain.
The result is that his Judgment,
which is very remarkable when he is
rested, is much of the time poor, and
he is frequently irritated because he
makes foolish, unaccou1table blum.
ders.
We cannot cheat nature without
paying the penalty. We may force the
brain to do a little extra work one
day, but we get the protest in reac.
tion the next day. The brain will al
ways do its maximum of work during
the year II it is only required to give
out each day the force which is gen.
Grated in that day without drawing
upon the reserve WHO overdraws
from this daily supply faces mental
bankruptcy
When overfatigued many people
make the mistake Of sleeping just
nine hours-when, as a matter of fact,
they should sleep until they feel abso-
lutely refreshed, renewed It is only
then that the debris, the broken-down
tissues, all the poisona from the
previous days run, have been elimi.
mated.
We. have all had the experience oil
retiring at night completely discour.
aged over something we were trying
to. accomplish. and waking in the
morning with an entirely changed
mental attitude-new hope and a new
resolve. This is due to the fact thai
the poisons have been eliminated
during our sleep, which has also in
creased the resisting po ower of the
body and filled the blood with new
building material, new c purage, new
energy, new life. In fact, after a re
freshing sleep we wake into a new
world, a world of hope and expecta,
tion. This is why we SHOULD make il
life rule not to decide important
things at night when tired and dis
couraged. We are apt to do things
then which we will regret in
the morning, after the poisons have
been burned out of the system and
we are made over into new creatures
Sleep, rest, complete r relaxation. is
simply the antidote for brain poison.
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Are your hens laying thin-shelled

Are your hens laying thin-shelled
eggs?
II SO, feed them crushed oyster
shells, lime rock, bone, old plaster, or
other similar materials. Then the
eggs will reach the market in far bet
ter condition, and you will receive
more for your shipments.
Many eggs become broken on the
way from the farm to the retail gro
Ger or wholesaler, and the contents of
the broken eggs become smeared
over the others, making a disagree
able mess to handle, and resulting in
an actual loss.
Mineral matter is the ingredient
these thin shells lack. 1t is far cheap
er to feed grit or oyster shells to the
flock than to force the hens to manu-
facture the egg shells from mineral
matter in their regular feed. There is
no use in being forced to accept thin
shelled eggs.
1t was found at the college of agri-
culture, University of Wisconsin, that
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you should keep hens around the
place that don't pay.
Then fix the poultry house SO that
1t is dry and clean. No business
man would keep his stock in a leaky
store. How much more important it
is that your poultry be kept clean and
dry!
And last, but not least, make some
money, out of it. Get your father to
give you everything you make above
what were his last years profits. You
are stockholder in the company, tell
|. him, and you want your share of the
profits. When he sees the fairness of
the proposition, he can't very well re-
fuse.
Get into business for yourself this
winter-the poultry business. Give
your hens comfortable quarters. Feed
them right, and care for them care
fully. And if you don't make a sue
cess of them, you aren't the business
man we think you are.
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Questions to Be Answered.

Questions to Be Answered.
WHITTIER goest thou2
Where is thy soul?
Is it in peace?
II troubled. why7
How art thou fulfilling the duties Of
my position7
What are they1
What effort hast thou made to
amend thy disposition, and conquer
9hy sinsf
Hast thou been faithful to the light
God has given thee?
What means shouldst thou use, es-
Decially with regard to thy most be-
setting sin or temptation?
Hast thou fought against it?
Hast thou thought about 1t at all2
What hast thou done with the cir
substances of the last month?
Have they wrought Gods work In
Ehee7-Pere Ravignan.
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POULTRY CORNER
FOR THE BOYS
Poultry as a Business.
BY J. II. REED.


Are ytu going to wait until you
grow up before you so INTO bust
ness?
That's a long time to wait.
Why not start now and learn now
while mistakes are not as fatal?
Get your father to let you take
care of the poultry this winter. If
he is the right kind of a father he
will be only too glad to let you take
hold of the work. And then make
business Of it.
First catch all those mongrel and
long-toe-nailed hens and give them
to the church supper for a stew. They
don't lay any eggs, They are only
loafers who eat up all the profits
which the good hens make. for you.
No business man would keep a stock
Of shoes that he couldn't sell at a
proht. There is no more reason Why
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Initiated hla superlors.

A good story is being told by Lord
Lovat. head of the famous Lovat
scouts, who is to command the High
land Mounted brigade with the allies
on the continent. A very much ruffled
private was under arrest for some
offense, and Lord LOvat inquired OF
the sergeants as to what his offense
was.
He's a very troublesome fellow,
sir" replied the sergeant. Got too
much lip, goes out without leave,
comes back when he likes, and gets
drunk when he likes-just as if he
was an officer. Toronto Mail and
Empire.
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DUTY of Every Earmer.

No man who farms should begrudge
the time he spends in grading, drag
ging and ditching the highways. He
must use them IL months in the
year Every days work makes them
little better If the work is done in
telligently.
In many localities the merchants
have aided in the work of road bet
terment, and 1t seems ridiculous that
their efforts should be distrusted by
the farmers.
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Quite simple

During a school tea a kindly ladS
sat regarding one of the Young guests
with evident alarm. I'm 1ismayed by
the lady's glances, the young hopeful
demolished plate after plate of bread
and butter and cake. At last the lady
could stand 1t no longer. Going up tc
the urchin she said:
"My boy. have you never read any
book which would tell you what to eat,
what to drink, and what I'd avoid?"
"Why, bless yer, ma'am " replied the
young gentleman, with his mouth full
Of cake. 81 don't want no book It's
very simple. ! eats alt can, drinks
all can, an l avoids bus lin"
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ProsperItv.

There's q Yankee landlord on the
Maine coast who keeps his old hulk
Of a summer hotel filled every year
with weIl-to-do guests from the cities,
who pay high prices for the wonderful
scenery and the good meals, philosoph-
tcally accepting the bleak rooms, the
shabby wall paper, and the thread
bare upholstery. A New York man
asked him toward the close of the sea-
ton how he had been doing.
"Wal," the Yankee replied, i've
Just about going over the books, and
we've netted about $4,000 this sea-
son. reckon If we do as well another
year I'll paper the parlor"
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'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS.
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get 1O-cent box.


Are you keeping your bowels, liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
paasageway every few days with
balts. Cathartic Pills. Castor on or
Purgative Waters7
Stop having q bowel wash-day, Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
olate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
eonstipated waste matter and poisons
b the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight win make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
Sr cause any inconvenience, and. cost
emily 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Caacaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
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POISON OF FATIcUE-ITs TRAo,
EDlES.

Nerve specialists say that a great
many suicides are the direct result of
exhausted brain cells.
Not long ago a boy in New York
was driven to suicide from overtaxing
his brain in an effort to pass difficult
examinations in school. The boy was
ambitious and was obliged to do err
fands before and after school in order
to buy his clothing, and then he would
sit up and study half the night. When
the examinations came around he was
In no physical condition to take them.
His mentality was utterly depleted.
The boy became respondent, melan
eholy, and several times tried to blow
out his brains with revolver; a last
desperate attempt succeeded.
Hundreds of cases Of this kind
might be cited when boys and girls
all over the country are driven to
suicide. or permanently iniure their
health by overstudy, excessive brain
stimulation.
Who can estimate the tragedies
which have resulted from exhausted
brain and nerve cells-from the
poison of fatigue?
How often we pick up a newspaper
and read of horrible accidents due
most frequently to overtaxed nerves
and overworked faculties. Quite re
Gently a terrible railroad disaster, il
which many precious lives were
lost, was traced to the fact that the
engineer had been compelled to worl
continuously for some thirty-six hours
under most terrific tension. Thil
man had previously earned a higl
reputation for carefulness and stric
attention to duty. and yet, on this oC
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from lice, that the houses are free
from mites. and that the flock is sup.
piled a good variety OF feed and plen-
ty of room for range.
Chickens" he declares, (which
have been grown rapidly will not need
as much fitting as. do those which
have been neglected"
If in doubt in regard to any points
about your birds consult your local
authority, or If this is not possible
and you have any questions that can
be answered by mail, write to Mr..
Halpin of the College of Agriculture
at Madison, Wis. He will be glad to
answer poultry questions asked by
/ farmers free of charge.
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HAIR OR NO HAIR7
II 10 Certainly Up to You and CUT.
cura. Trial Free.

Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap.
followed by light dressings of Cuti.
cura Ointment rubbed into the scalp
skin tend to clear the scalp OF dan.
druff, soothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy. hair-growing condt
tions. Nothing better, cleaner, purer.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv.
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Activities Of Women.

A Japanese wife can now become
head of the house, a direct contrast
to the laws which were in vogue in
olden times in that country.
New York city has a special WON.
an sleuth, whose duty it is to assist
in reported cases of girls who have
run away from home
In japan a woman has 10 particu.
lar lord. but must look to her hus.
band as her lord and must serve him
with all worship and reverence.
The Girls Guides OF England are
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surn nf rhaIr Reinard.

They who, continuing faithful to d.
vine grace, however partially commu-
Nicated, serve God with their whole
lives. will never fail of that one re-
ward, the greatest which even he has
70 bestow. the being made able to love
him with their whole hearts.-Dors
oreenwell.
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Imnortnnf An Nnnthnra
Modern Suspicion.

George Washington couldn't tell a
GAlsehood"
mot on his own account, perhaps.
But every time see that statement l
wonder whether he hadn't wonderful
Vress agent"
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some hens will not usually lay eggs
until fairly good shell cap be formed
and that others would lay eggs as fast
as they were formed-often with little
or no shell. OF course some may lay
soft or thin-shelled eggs even when
oyster shells and other shellmaking
materials are kept constantly before
them. Such hens, however, are excep-
tional and should be disposed OF
promptly.
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AII-star Cast.

"And was the production of Hamlet
Ortisticf"
For your life, yes. A famous fe-
male impersonator played Ophelia,
they had a lightweight pugilist in as
Hamlet, and four great baseball play.
orS were doing other parts"
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proving to be Of much value to the gov.
ernment since they are making
quilts for the soldiers tt the front
Nellie BLY,. who made quite a repu.
tation by her SO-day trip around the
world, is now acting as war CORE
spondent in northern France.
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cIearlnn the way.

Norwich-"so she now looks for
ward TO perfectly happy life?" Mrs.
Newrich-"Yes. She has snubbsd the
last Of the old friends who knew her
in the early days when she was poor"
Town Topics.
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Meets clutted Market.

The man who holds his poultry for
special holiday trade is very apt to
meet glutted market. On the other
hand, he who has regular shipping
days will average far better returns in
the end.
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Have Color Uniform.

AS near as possible have color Of
skin of dressed carcasses to match
1t cripples the price to ship white and
yellow-skinned stock in the same ship
ment.
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cornflelda for Chicks.

One of the best places for growing
chicks is the cornf1eld, where they will
have plenty of shade and where they
will find lots of bugs and worms to
improve their diet.
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Good Insect Powder.

For insect powder try one pound of
tobacco ground fine and mixed with
one pound of Persian insect powder
Mix thoroughly and dust everything
on the place.
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Importance of Movement.

OF the 1000 miles of public roads
in the United States only about 2OO.-
900 miles have been given hard sur
face.
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In. pIatress.

"oh, my day is spoiled. came on
without my cigarettes "AlgernCn
win let you have some of his" Dear
mel can't smoke cigarettes with an
other fellah's monogram on them
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Her Only Exnu ae

did you hear about Mrs. Midly'a
latest? She actually kia ased her hus
band good-by at the railway station"
The simple old dear. She's hope
lessly old-fashioned."
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Game in callfor mia.

California is one of the richest states
of the Union in game. The varieties
include deer, elk, moose, antelope. carl
hou, wild turkey, pheasant, duck
goose, brant. plover, sniIs snd rail-
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keep the WIndows clean.

Keep the windows in the poultry
house clean. Rub them repeatedly
with old newspapers. Sunshine ia
winter is the greatest of tonica.
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Good Roads Mean Much

Good roads mean as much to moral
and intellectual welfare as to ecoEom-
ical distribution.
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NatmraIIv So

"Airships are very expensive, are
they not?"
well. they make the money fly"
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Nothing equals Deans Mentholated Cough
Drops for Bronchial weakness, sore chesta
and throat troubles-5c at all Druggists.
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True Civilization.

Voting for good roads at every op-
portunity is q mark of true clviliza,
tion.
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Haste trips its own heels, and fet-
ters and stops itself-Seneca.
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We never live; we are always in
ne expectation Of living.-voltaire
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TO Win in a Poultry Show

} To Win in a Poultry Show
1. Start with eggs from the
best of stock.
I 2. Keep the chickens com
ing" from the time they leave
the she'll,
! 3. Tame your birds.
4. Select fowls that are well
4 feathered.
5. Look for birds of good pro
! portion.
I 6. Do not overfeed.