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Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
MOsT EEEEcTWE DUsT Bath MEANING OF POULTRY Terms
PUllet Is Female Under One Year
oId-After Attaining Full Matu-
rity She Is Termed a Hen.

There seems to be a somewhat hazy
notion among amateurs as to the ex-
act meaning of the terms used to
designate young and old stock. A
pullet, strictly speaking, is a female
| under one year old. After she has
attained her full maturity she is >
hen, but in the trade we speak of a
fowl as a pullet until she has COM
pleted her first years laying. There
fore, it is correct to speak of, her as
pullet until she is eighteen months
old, or has begun her first molt, says
Farmers Guide.
A cockerel is a male bird under one
year old, but he is usually spoken Of
as cockerel until he has at least en-
tered well upon his first year as a
breeding cockerel.
Cocks are older males, usually hav-
ing passed through one seasons breed
ing. If you order cockerels for breed
ing purposes, you will get birds that
have been used for breeding. When
ordering pullets you will get females
that are under eighteen months old,
at the most.
A cOckerel should never be used to
breed from before he is a year old.
A pullet, if she begins to lay at six
months, may be bred at nine months
OF age.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
Finely Screened Coal Ashes Suffocate
Vernin in Fowls Feathers
Other Advantages.

Finely screened coal ashes make
the most effective sort of dust bath
for the hens. The fine dust penetrates
the fowls feathers, and, coming in
contact with lice serves to stop the
breathing passages of these parasites.
causing them to suffOcate and die.
Wood ashes are even better fer this
purpose, because the particles of dust
are finer; but here again the lime is
Objectionable, since it tends to take
the gloss off the plumage.
Coal ashes should be used freely on
the floors of poultry buildings. for they
will penetrate cracks and crevices, and
will assist in destroying mites and
other vermin, in dissipating noxious
OdOrs and in improving conditions
generally. Still another advantage
Large quantities of the cinders will
be eaten by the birds as grit, and will
contribute some of the mineral nutri-
ents. Small bits of coal will be eaten
also, and will be digested.
Dust removed from a road during
dry weather, which is only an annoy
ance to travellers, will be found benef-
cial in the dust boxes. Every poultry
farm should have supply on hand for
winter use; for, unless dirt floors are
used, these artificial means of supply
Ing the fowls toilet requisites must be
provided. A dust bath is quite an es-
sential to the well-being of poultry as
Is the regular soap-and-water variety
to the human.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
START ON GOOD FOUNDATION
Poultry Ventures Frequently FizzIe
Because Of a Lack of Knowledge
and Experience.

Those enthusiasts who enter the
poultry business often go to the limit
in the way of providing equipment
and every convenience and even lux
ury for the chickens. Frequently these
ventures go by the board for lack of
a stable foundation in poultry knowl-
edge and experience. Sometimes the
farmer has been inclined to go to the
opposite extreme, and fail to provide
sensible and profitable means of tax
ing care of the chicken side of the
business.
Farm poultry that has produced
weekly income throughout the year of
from 81 to $12 a week has been COM
PEELED to shift for Itself in tree tops,
on fences. implements, and under
buildings. The setting aside of 81 per
week as sinking fund would, in a
year or two. put the poultry on a re-
spectacle and deserved footing. 1t
would seem to most people that if
any flock of chickens deserves good
appointments it is the farm flock that
has demonstrated its ability to meet
the grocery bills for a large family
and set the business to the good in
cash for other purposes.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
Fatal Disease, Commonly Called
"Lungers," Can Be Prevented by
Attention to Quarters.

Many deaths among poultry. par
ticularly among chicks, come from
moldy feed and moldy litter in pou1-
try houses. The mold when eaten by
the fowls causes a fatal disease COM
monty called "1ungers." The, fowl
stands in a drowsy manner and
eats but little. The wings droop,
breathing is quickened, and a white
diarrhea is present. Death. is caused
directly by soft, yellow growths that
clog the air passages of the lungs.
There is no positive cure for the
ailment, but since it is caused by
moldy feed and litters, it can be en-
tirely prevented by keeping poultry
under sanitary conditions. This is
only one Of the many troubles aris-
ing from unclean conditions. Include
the chickenhouse in the spring clean
Ing and avoid them all.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

time they respond very readily to
good treatment The fact that. gos.
lings are so hardy is often made an
excuse for neglecting them, and this
results in slow growth, stunted de-
velOpment and unsound constitution.
Very little brooding is necessary and
goslings can dispense with the hen
when they are week or ten days old.
When they are this age they should
be placed in flocks of a dozen or
fifteen and accommodated in a small
dry shed.
It is extremely important that they
should not sleep on wooden floor,
which tends to produce leg weakness.
The earth itself makes the best kind
of floor it is possible to have. In
rearing goslings the fact should never
be forgotten that the youngsters
must be literally provided with
green food. If possible they should
have access to a good meadow, but if
the herbage is insufficient they must
be supplied generously with cabbage
leaves, onions. the outer leaves of let
tuce or other garden produce, green
food being essential to their health
and vigor. As soon as the grain is
harvested allow the goslings to run
over the stubble.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiOusness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate 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
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make von
feel great by morning. They worh
while you sleep-never gripe. sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation Adv.
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Everything in Stock.

A general merchant from Ravre,
Mont. is in New York this week learn
ing the latest wrinkles in the art OF
selling corsets. The merchants line Of
goods at home includes lightning rods.
chewing tobacco. crackers, hoe han
dies, rope, molasses, rat traps, canned
goods, matches, calico, assorted nails
and corsets. And it is a good bet
that if the truth were known, prUnes,
sheet music and bustles may be oh
tained at his store-or If he didn't
have them he could order 'em for you
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
BRINGS COSTUMES TO DATE

Fashions change so rapidly that
women of limited means are often sore
tried in their attempts to keep up
with these periodic and quick move
ments. A French woman. whose hus-
band was among the first to respond
to his country's call. saw her oppor-
tunity and seized it. She made the
fact known that she was clever at
adapting clothing, and that she was
ready to exercise her skill on reason
able terms. Plain materials are cas-
lily added to, the introduction of con-
trast iss often permissible, and the
present vogue for trimming has great
ly facilitated her enterprise. The
tunic was one of her best resources
when she first started her business.
Now she finds that the contrast hip
yoke and the panel serve her very
well.
Frequently sale bargains come in
admirably for her purpose, and she
is always ready not only to assist in
adapting but to give her aid in choos-
Ing from the big stocks of rich and
behatifI ;aaterials which are 1hown.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
Feminine Fads

Emerald green checks on a white
ground are seen among the latest nov
city cloths.
A one-sleeved Spanish cloak of sa-
BILE is one of the fashions favored
abroad
Mandarin yellow velours trimmed
with ermine is a favorite combination
for theater cloaks.
The new ermine furs are usually
small straight choker collars and small
rounded muffs
Bright colored silk fringed sashes
are pretty and dainty finish to many
light tulle and lace dancing frocks.
The gay scarfs of fiber silk are
among the prettiest of the season.
though lacking the cozy look of the
wool scarfs.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
CANADAS PLANS
FOR WAR REVENUE
So Wisely Distributed That Tax
alton Will Affect Farmers to
a Degree Practically
UnnotiCeabIe.

So many rumors have been circu
lated regarding war taxation in
| Canada that the statement made by
Sir Thomas White, Canadian Minister
OF Finance, of the Governments plans
for raising war revenue should be CIV
en- the widest circulation. Sir Thomas
made 1t clear that the revenue will be
raised by taxing the profits of incor-
porated companies whenever those
profits exceed seven per cent. and the
profits OF unincOrporated firms or part
nerships when the profits exceed ten
per cent. On all such excess profits
these companies or firms will have TO
contribute One-quarter to the Govern
ment. Transportation companies.
banks, mining. milling, and other COM
panies will be subject to this taxation.
but life insurance companies, and com
panies with less than fifty thousand
dollars capitalization, and companies.
firms, or individuals engaged in agri.
culture or stock raising, are exempt,
and pay no part of this taxation. The
only other additional taxation pro-
posed is an increase of fifty cents a
barrel in the customs duty on apples.
and one-half cent gallon in customs
duty on certain kinds of oils.
1t will be noticed that this taxation
is being applied in such way that it
does not affect farmers in the slight
est degree, except, perhaps, through
small increase in cost of apples and
oil. The war revenue is to be paid out
of the profits of the big firms and COM
panies with capital of over fifty thou
sand dollars, and even these are al.
lowed seven per cent in some cases.
and ten per cent N others. of clear
profits before they have to pay any
part of this taxation. 1t will be seen
that the whole policy is to place the
war expenditure taxation on those who
have been making big profits and are
able to pay it, and to encourage farm.
ing and stockraising by exempting
farmers and stock-raisers from the tax.
alton. This ought to set at rest every
rumor that the farmer or the farmers
land is being taxed to pay the cost Of
the war.-Advertisement
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy

If parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a drug -caffeine-which
Is especially harmful to children. they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
When l was a child In my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips Of coffee. And SO l contracted
the coffee habit early.
Il continued to use coffee until was
q, and when 1 got into Office work l
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast 1 was so nerv-
GUS l could scarcely attend to my cor
respondence.
AT night, after having had coffee
for supper, could hardly sleep, and
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. ]
recommend Postum to all coffee drink.
ers."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be well boiled, 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and. with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage instantly. 30c and
Soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" for Postum
sold by Grocera.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
Two VeiIs Needed

Two wells are needed for protection
from strenuous winter breezes. One
veil is a face veil of fine hexagon
mesh, the other is draped veil which
floats over the hat. New wells of the
latter sort are called plateau wells.
They are of open fladora mesh with a
deep, effective border at either end.
The veil is thrown across a small hat
go that the bordered ends fall at the
sides, just below the shoulders, and
the fine face veil is draped closely
over the hat end face in usual fash
ion.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
In the World os Dress.

Long yelled sleeves Of tulle are a ia.
vorite style for the demi-toilette worn
when dining in a restaurant.
The paradise plume is sometimes
used as the crown of hat which has
practically nothing otherwise except a
turban brim.
Never were such rich all-over pat
terms seen among veilings as during
the present year.
Real laces, especially point yenise.
are always in fashion
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
DRINK HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST
Says you really feel clean. sweet
and fresh inside, and
are seldom i'll.

II you are accustomed to wake NJ
with coated tongue, foul breath OF
q dull, dizzy headache; or, If your
meals sour and turn into gas and
acids, you have a real surprise await
ing you.
Tomorrow morning, Immediately up
on arising, drink glass of hot water
with teaspoonful of limestone phos.
phate in it. This is intended to first
neutralize and then wash out Of your
stomach, liver. kidneys and thirty feet
Of intestines all the indigestible waste,
poisons, sour bile and toxins, thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal.
Those subject to sick headaches,
backache, bilious attacks, constipation
or any form Of stomach trouble, are
urged to get a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from your druggist or
at the store and begin enjoying this
morning inside-bath. It is said that
men and women who try this become
enthusiastic and keep it up daily. It
is a splendid health measure for it is
more important to keep clean and pure
on the inside than on the outside, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb i'm.
purities into the blood, causing dis.
ease, while the bowel pores do.
The principle of bathing inside is
not new, as millions of people practice
It. Just as hot water and soap cleanse,
purify and freshen the skin, SO hot
water and teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. Limestone phos.
phate is an inexpensive white powder
and almost tasteless.-Adv.
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In Boston. Too.

Joe Hazard, the comedian, has a let
ter from friend in Boston which he
treasures. The letter contains a bona
f1de account of an answer made by a
grammar school pupil in Boston our.
ing the course of an examination in
English.
-
The youngster, a boy, was called on
to spell and define the word hazard.
GUS. This was his reply:
'H-a-z-a-r d-e-s-s-a female hazard"
Saturday Evening Post.
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Not So Much.

my name. is Jones and I'm from
New York." announced the traveller to
the keeper of hotel in Minot, N. D.
That's funny" remarked the land
lord. Il know a man by that name
out in Butte, Mont"
Whereupon the New Yorker realized
that this is indeed small world and
that he was about the smallest thing
In It.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

A serge gown done up recently had
the last seasons bodice remodeled in.
70 bolerO arranged over an under.
vest made Of a piece of rich silk
picked up at a sale and sold off be-
cause this winters patterns will not
De brought out again for another sea
son.
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Information Wanted

The Hobo-Say, mister, be youse de
teller Nv dis bank?
Teller-Yes. What can 1 do for you?
The Hobo-Kin youse tell me where
I kin git work at me trade?
Teller-What Is your trade?
The Hobo-Blowin' foam off de tops
nv de big schooners.
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WILL BE EXTENSIVELY USED
THIS SEASON.
Employed Chiefly to Give FulIness to
skirts-SIeeves to Stand Out From
the Arm-capes Bid Fair to
Be General.

Rufnes are used all over a skirt to
give 1t fullness, which is much pret'
tier method than obtaining width by
a plain circular cut which says at its
different points and is apt to look as
ragged as the skirt of gypsy before
a month is over.
The deep Spanish ruffie will come in
with the other Spanish fashions. The
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
Wav to Carry Fowl.

The old method of carrying fowls by
the feet, heads down. is a cruel prac-
tice, and very seldom seen on a prac-
tical farm nowadays. The proper way
is to allow the birds body to rest on
the arm, holding the feet firmly With
the hand.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
Plated Skirts.

Plated skirts are not alone fashion
able' they are very generally becom-
ing. One is so arranged as to give
the effect of plain panel at the front
and one at the back, also it is cut off
at about the hip line and finished with
peplum prettily shaped yoke.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
More Woman Farmers.

Statisticians declare that Pennsyl
Vania last year had 1000 woman farm
ers. In Georgia during the last three
years the number Of woman farmers
has more than doubled. The major
ity Of the women go in for raising
hogs. cattle and foodstuffs. leaving
cotton planting to the men.
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A Projecting Personality

Cap, we have to let this recruit
Co."
"Why?"
He weighs $50 pounds. mostly bay
window. If we put him in the front
rank it kills the alignment And If we
stick him in the rear rank he's in the
front rank. oo."-Louisville Courier
Journal
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Prevent Eou.Eatinu Habit.

The egg-eating habit is usually pre-
vented by the use of trap nests. Prac-
tically, the hen is a machine for ma
king eggs and flesh from raw mate
rial
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Modern superioritv.

"Of course you admire Abraham Lin.
coins speeches"
YES" replied the orator; "he talked
well, but he had his limitations. A
man Of his compact and thoughtful
style could never have held his own in
. tllibustering campaign"
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
RHEUMATISM-ITS CAUSE AND
TREATMENT

The cause of Rheumatism is excess
Of uric acid and no real relief can be
expected until this is eliminated.
Many chronic sufferers find perma.
nent relief after taking Rheumacide
on sale at your druggist-Adv.
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Not Good Feed for Fowls.

There may be some excuse for feed
ing sloppy food to hogs, but it will not
work out" except to the disadvan-
tage of the birds and their owners, in
poultry practice.
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Use Murine after Exposure in Cold;
RefresheS and Promotes Eye Health,
Good for all Eyes that Need Care.
Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago,
Sends Eye Book on request
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11
She Was Wise

= proposed to her last night. she
said no and said good night >"
Foolish boy. Don't you know that
you must never take woman's no.
ior an answer"
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Blocked by Her Think

Il once thought seriously of marry
ing for money"
why don't you, then?"
"The girl in the case die -ome think.
ing, too"
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Embroidery In BLACK

One of the effective new petticoats
IS made of white net with rufles EN-.
broidered in tiny pink ivy leaves.
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small checks play prominent part in
the spring fashion pageant. Here is
one Of the new coats made Of check
ed cloth, piped with leather and hav-
ing leather belt and leather-cov-
cred buttons. It is fashionably cut
with high collar and raglan sleeve.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

General Won Hindenburg, chief OF
the German army. is an expert chess
player.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

A recently invented electric fan for
use on tables has horizontal blade9
and a dish on top for flowers or fruit
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DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for
q laxative-three for a cathartic.-Adv.
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Although the dignified man may not
know much, he has to be very careful
of what little he does know.
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The inexperienced One.

Belle-Is he man OF affairs?
Anne-Mercy, no! He never had a
chance. The first girl he proposed 20
accepted him-Judge.
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Boudoir Jackets.

Boudoir jackets are tighter; they
even follow the lines of the old-fash.
ioned bas Ige.
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Throw Off Colds and Prevent Grip.
When you feel cold coming on, take LAXA
TIVE BkOM0 QUININH 1t removes cause Of
Colds and Grip Only One BROMO QUININH
B w GRQV ES signature on oox. 2Sc.
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Gull Out the Runts.

Weaklings among the poultry should
never be tolerated. Kill and bury the
runts.
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Enu Material In Wheat.

Wheat furnishes more material fol
S1s white of eggs than does corn.
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Toulouse Geese Don't Sit.
The Toulouse geese lay well. but
often do not sit.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-18
, Y. w. @. A. NOTES.

On the bulletin board at the Y. w.
G. A. is poster on which is a "ship'
beside the name of Member" signi-
flying membership, and announcing
the annual membership party, at
which time the old members welcome
the new. Those who remember last
years party will surely want to come
again this year. and those for whom
this will be their first, surely must
not miss it. Besides dancing and re-
freshments, there will be many inter
esting and jolly stunts, most original,
given by various groups Of girls. Old
members are asked to come at 1870
o'clock, and new ones at 7:45 or 8
o'clock.
At the vesper service tomorrow aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock, a very charm
ing and interesting young woman
from China will tell about the Y. w.
Z. A. work in Foochow, and many in
teresting incidents concerning young
women of China. All young women
are cordially invited to come. Tea
will be served at $50 o'clock
New Britain herald., 1916-11-18
IN BURRITT'S MEMORY.
Proposed to Convert Old Home Into
Public Museum.

The Elihu Burritt home on Main
street in the rear of Finnegan's sta
bes, now used for tenement purposes,
may be perpetuated as a memorial to
the Learned blacksmith and expon-
e:nt Of peace among the nations. Pur-
chase Of the property is being advo-
Gated with an idea of remodeling the
building and converting 1t into IL
trary and museum. An attempt will
be made to interest the city in the
plan.
1t is suggested that an appropriate
time to formally open the proposed
institution would be in connection
with the unwilling of the Burritt
monument at Franklin Square park.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-18
PEACE MOVEMENT REPORTED
Joint Call From Neutrals to Bellig-
erents About to Be Sent Says OBJ
scure Despatch From Switzerland.

Berlin, Nov. IT, via London, Nov.
Is, 10:45 a. ma movement for
peace negotiations, according to re-
ports from 1.-The Swiss frontier
printed by the Koelnishche Zeitung,
is about to assume definite shape in
the form of joint call from various
neutral governments to the belliger-
ents asking them to send delegates to
a peace conference. The reports
sert that several European neutrals
are already in touch with the Amer
lean government and that various bel
ligerents have been sounded on the
proposition of a conference.
According to this story the confer
ence would necessarily open its setting
without an armistice being pro-
claimed, interruption of hostilities
coming only after it was established
the negotiations would be crowned
with success.