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is OUR POULTRY
WORTH HOUSING f?
(By r. ~ Crane, Division of ESten.
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By r. N. Crane, Division of ESten-
sion. University of Tennessee.)
AT this season Of the year when eggs
are high priced, one may see on many
farms in Tennessee, the fowls roost-
ing in trees for want of comfortable
house.
1t is impossible to get the best out
of poultry under such conditions. 1t is
necessary in order that fowls make as
profitable returns as possible, that
they be given comfortable house.
This house need not be expensive, but
must be dry and free from drau3hts
We would like to furnish you with
Farmers Bulletin No. STA, which Is a
very complete thesis on poultry house
construction, suitable to our Tonnes
see conditions. This no doubt, will
be of considerable interest and great
value to you, il you adhere to its teach.
ings.
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Good Character.

The ideal man is one that possesses
a good character in the full sense Of
the word. One that via not only be
a good provider, hut that will by acts
of thoughtfulness appreciate the value
of a good woman, find praise for her
virtues and good qualities. and be her
companion for life. Ambitious in his
business, and one who finds Joy IN
making others happy.
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STUDY APPLE TEE CAREFULLY

Study your apple tree carefully, es-
peeially with reference to pruning
them. They do not as a rule require
cutting back as severely as the peach
or plum. Thin out all the interfering
limbs and branches and cut back only
sparingly This is especially true If
the trees are older Young trees may
,equ.re more at times, while shaping
them to the type you have fixed in
your mind to develop In your trees.
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chlnea. cnmnl.nlnna.

The exquisite complexion OF the
young Chinese women Is due to the
great care which they give their skin.
Generally speaking, The result is due
to massage.
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SOLDIER
HOME
General News and Spicy Comment from the Mountain
Branch of Interest to Veterans and Friends.
BARRACKS NEWS.
Ry KEEL

1OIlOl INV 10 ~" al i'm , Lay, diA'
many soldier-sons of the Emerald
Isle, members of this Branch, will
celebrate and sing:
Sweet bit O. green, hail thy mission
avowed
Let every wearer of shamrock be
proud
seemeth each sprig of the em'rald to
say:
"Top o tn mornin' God bless you
this day"
d = & Il
Among those who took out dis
charges and furloughs this week are
many who desire to travel, to see
relatives, to allay thirst, to once
more visit theatricals, to get new
teeth, to follow circuses, to register
SO as to be entitled to vote, to marry,
to bum the Washington Temporary
Home, to be at the seashOre, to shake
hands with old comrades, to get away
from the established order of things,
to eat from both sides of the plate
elsewhere, and to go broke. Here is
a partial list: Charley Baker to Mum
Gle; George Worrell, California; Jim
Smith, Kansas City; Edw Welsh
New York; G. G.. Lunderstadt, Balti
more; Ed. Huff, Chas. Dudley, Allen
Boyd, Hampton John Harris, Al
bany; Geo. Bout, Philadelphia; John
Cantrell, Oklahoma; Fred Huffnagle,
New Jersey; John Garrett and Henry
lawson Leavenworth; Edw. Creel,
Marion; and Stinson, Powell Pattia-
ger, Prather, Montooth Mielke, Elan
nagan, Emmer, Conway, Altman, Ste
venson, Hines, Woodwork, Wood,
Gallagher, Dixon Crandall, Conrad,
BARLEY, Sullivan, Mitchell, Gately,
Bingle, Bargy, Albeey Justice, Baatz,
Connolly, Garrett, Murphy, Robinson,
Graham. McClain, Millett, Blackburn,
Hurd, Brown, Coyel, Deck, and a
mosquito fleet of others.
Never before in the history Of the
Homo did the TreasWer's force Of
clerks work on Sunday in order to
enable Major Lyle to send out checks
to outside pensioners and to pay off
the members days ahead His efforts
to accommodate the soldiers is highly
appreciated.
Non-pensioners, not on extra duty,
arc allowed eight cents in postage
stamps per week. They are obtained
on Monday mornings from Capt
Machet, post fund clerk.
e
Vacant chairs are plentiful this
week at the Food Foundry, on ac
count of furloughs and discharges.
The Works bill relating to the
turning over this Home to Confed
crates has been chloroformed
g r -
Sargt. Hart and Sergt. Riley were
transferred to A and C companies
respectively last Tuesday.
%&M&
The sun shines on both sides of the
street this week for pensioners.
+
Certain "Shylocks' were more or
less stung pension day.
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Already Words Encuch.

Every war brings into existence
many new words and as long ago az
lilo, Swift depiored thu fact.
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The following-named members died
since last Thursday: Jerome b. AL
lison, aged SO years; Joseph A..
Piche, aged 70 years.
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saucer. halt loaf or Dreau. Win a
slice cut, part OF ham bone. with
considerable meat remaining un-
For an instant the unexpected sight
of these articles fascinated me, and
then my eyes caught dull glow In
the fireplace at the opposite end of
the room--the red CLEAN of . live
ember
The shock of this discovery was SO
sudden as to give me strange,
haunted feeling. The house had
seemed 30 completely deserted, SO
desolate. wrapped in silence and dark
ness. that the very conception that
someone else was hiding there came
upon me like blow. Who could the
person be? Well. l would find out
Thus far the advantage was mine. for
knew of another presence, while the
fellow, whoever he might prove to be.
In all probability possessed no knowl-
edge of my entrance.
My heart beat fast, but from excite
ment, not fear. With cooked revolver
In one hand. the lamp in the other.
silently opened door after door. peer.
ing into vacant apartments. half
thinking every shadow to be skulk-
ing figure. The search revealed moth
ing; not even further evidence of any
presence In the house. The kitchen
fire was cold, the cooking utensils
clean, and in their proper places.
Satisfied already that the mysteri-
GUS invader had departed, yet sternly
determined now to explore the whole
house., and have done with the bust
ness, mounted the back stairway. a
strip of rag carpet rendering my steps
silent, and, with head above the land
ing, flashed my light cautiously along
the upper hall. There we're doors on
either side. the most of them open.
but the third to the left was closed.
There was no transom over it. but the
door was far enough away from the
radius of my lamp so as to reveal
faint glow of light at the floor line
set the lamp down on the landing. and
crept noiselessly forward to assure
myself; 1t was true. light was burn
ing within the closed door,
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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| presence. few log huts appeared
along the curving road. the one near
est me in ruins. while gaunt chin
ney beside broad stream unbridgeo
was all that remained of a former mill
Beyond this, in midst Of grove Of
noble trees, large house, painted
white, was the only conspicuous feat
ture in the landscape. recognized
1t at once as the residence of Major
My gaze rested upon 1t, as memory
of the man, and his fate, surged fresh
ly back into mind The place had
been spared destruction; 1t remained
unchanged-but from that distance 1t
had the appearance of desertion. This
condition was no particular surprise.
for Harwood's daughter, scarcely more
than girl to my remembrance, would
doubtless be with friends, either in
Lewisburg or Charleston; and that
the mansion, thus deserted, still re-
NAMED undestroyed was, after all, not
80 strange, for the majors standing
throughout that section would protect
his property.
l moved on down the steep descent,
losing sight of the house as the road
twisted about the hill, although men,
DRY of 1t did not desert my mind. Some
odd inclination seemed to impel me to
turn aside and study the situation
there more closely. Possibly some
key to the mystery of Harwood's MUIR
der-some connection between him
and old Ned Cowan-might be re-
vealed In search of the deserted
home. Fox had said that his party
halted at the house on their march
east toward Hot Springs. Some scrap
of paper might have been left behind
in the hurry of departure, which would
yield me a clue. If not this, then
there might be other papers stored
there relating to military affairs in
this section of value to the Confed.
eracy. Harwood was the undoubted
leader of the Union sympathizers
throughout the entire region; he
would have lists of names, and memo
randa of meetings, containing infor-
nation which would help me greatly
in my quest. An exploration could
not be a matter of any great danger,
and might yield me the very knowl-
edge l sought.
The great house doomed before me
black and silent. If had ever ques-
toned its desertion its appearance
Iulled every such suspicion Nor had
It escaped unscathed from the despo-
iation of war. At a distance, gazing |
from the side of the mountain, | could |
perceive no change. But now, close at |
hand, even the intense darkness could |
not hide the scars left by vandals. |
The front steps were broken, the door
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HANDLING BREEDING
RAM is PERPLExING
Best Breeders confine Animal to
Small Yard, Giving Him Best
of Care and Feed.

The breeding ram is a hard propo-
sition to handle through the breeding
season. Some claim they get best re-
suits by turning the ram with the flock
at night and stabling him through the
day, feeding literally a variety of
feeds-oats, corn, vegetables, etc. 9th
ers reverse the program-turn him
with the flock during the day and con-
fine him at night Others still adhere
to the oldtime practice of turning him
out with the flock and letting him take
his chances throughout the breeding
season, four to six weeks.
The practice with the best breeders
and flock owners is to buy the best
high-priced ram available and get all
the service possible by individual
breeding, combining the ram to Z small
stable or yard and giving him tbs best
Of care and feed, thus securing twice
a. many lambs % from the ram that
> TUNED out With the dock.
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ENTIRELY A STATE OF MIND
So Just Feel Sure You Have the Sc
cret of Longevity and the Years
Are Yours.

Centenarians all know why they
have been blessed with long years. 1t
is because they never drank, or be-
cause they did drink; because they
never smoked. swore. quarreled, wor-
ried. sat up late of nights. or because
they did all these things, yet counter
acted the evil effects with diets of
milk, mush, cornbread or an apple a
day Neighbors and relatives and doc
tors may wonder why the tooth Of
time has proved incapable. But the
subjects of their wonder have never
any doubts. They know exactly why
they and death keep apart.
An intimate study of the character
of centenarians might reveal the true
formula for long life. These tenacious
old folk all have one thing in COM
mon, and that is perfect confidence.
They are never troubled with misgiv-
ings, never afflicted with self-ques-
tfoning. If a person is absolutely GER
tain that he is going to defeat time.
perhaps that is as effectual as IT is
with the man who is absolutely GER
tain that he is going to defeat case
of typhoid Confidence may be a
good anodyne for sleeplessness. a
worthy aid to digestion. a protector
against accident.
The records indicate that It does
not matter so greatly that the can
1idate for hundred be abstemious
)r moderately indulgent, careful with
ais food or reckless. as that he feel
sure that he has the secret of Ion
sevity. So, 1t would seem. the first
luty of aspirants is to cultivate a
logmatic set of opinions.-Toledo
Blade.
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NEGOTIATING SOILS
FOR LEGUME CROPS
Kentucky Experiment Station Is
sues Valuable Bulletin on
PuzzIing Question.
(Ry I. o. SCHAUB.)


VIII the bacteria from one kind OF
legume inoculate another variety
This question is often asked and until
recently could not be answered def
nitely, except in regard to one or two
of these crops.
The Kentucky experiment station
has recently published a bulletin
which answers this question for prac
tically all the cultivated legumes. After
a number of years work, the authors
of this bulletin state that there are
six known species of these bacteria.
Each species grows on certain plants.
but neither species will replace the
other The various legumes which
have the same species of bacteria are
as follows:
1. Alfalfa, sweet clover and bur clo-
yer are the same.
2. Red clover, white clover, alsike
clover and crimson clover are the
same.
8. Vetches and garden peas are the
same.
4. Cowpeas alone.
5. Soy beans alone.
6. Garden beans alone
Thus we find that bacteria from
sweet clover will inoculate alfalfa or
bur clover, but not the other legumes
mentioned. Neither will any of the
bacteria from the other plants inocu-
late those in the first group.
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FEEDING FLOOR is
MOST ECONOMICAL
Concrete Contrivances Are Com
inc Into P0puIarity-Much
Grain Saved to Farmer.

Those who have used feeding floors
for their hogs have found them to be
good grain savers, and concrete feed
ing floors are coming into favor.
Such a floor should be inches
thick, and, if not laid against the barn
yard pavement, should have a curb ex
tending from u to Is inches below
prevent the hogs from roofing under
the floor. The floor should slope
slightly toward one corner in order to
carry off rain, or water used in wash
ing. A rim around the outside edge
will prevent grain from being pushed
off into the mud
For feeding floors concrete should
be mixed in the proportion of one sack
of Portland cement, two cubic feet of
clean coarse sand, graded up to one
fourth of an inch, and three cubic feet
of hard durable gravel or broken stone
from one-fourth of an inch to one inch
in diameter. Eleven sacks of cement
will make enough concrete for 100
square feet of feeding floor The con-
crete should be thoroughly mixed and
should contain enough water to make
the mass quaky so that the concrete
will datten out of its own weight 1t
should be lightly tamped. however,
then leveled off with a straight edge,
and finished with wooden float The
floor may be laid in slabs each feet
square, two-inch lumber being used
Feeding floors should be large
enough to give each hog IS square
seet of space.
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/ condition. While other roots are taken
to the cellar or storage pits, parsnips
and satisfy are best left in the ground
until spring. Cover them with coarse
stable manure to save them from al
ternate freezing and thawing during
the winter. 1t is also well to cover
asparagus and rhubarb roots, although
it is not necessity to do SO.
Garden soils that are badly infest-
ed with white worms or wire worms
will be benefited some by late fall
blowing. This is not advisable I'M
less it is Cone to kill the alternating
insects, as there is always more or
less loss of fertility through the prac-
tice.
Those parts of the garden which
are cleared of crops early enough to
allow for sowing cover crop are al
ways treated in that way, unless by
reason of infested soil it is deemed
advisable to pillow late.
One man had garden which had
been planted number of years. Each
year he MANFRED it heavily and
plowed under a cover crop. 1t was found
that the soil, originally sort of muck.
had become too full of humus to pro-
duce certain crops and a coating of
sand four inches thick was plowed I'M
der in the fall, with view to correct
ing the condition. In the spring the
land was piowed again and care
fully cultivated to thoroughly mix the
sand with the soil. The practice
worked a marked improvement in the
next seasons crop, and helped good
deal in destroying the insects.
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Efficient REMEDY
FOR CATTLE BLOAT
Relief Obtained Within Few Min
utes by Use of FormaIin-No
Bad Effects Left.

(By r.. H. WILLIAMS, Animal Husband
man. University of Arizona. Experiment
Station.)
Recently it has been found that for
malin is an efficient remedy for ami
mails suffering from bloat. This should
be given as soon as possible after the
animals are noticed to be in pain and
the left side greatly distended. Ru-
minants. such as sheep and cattle, arc
most frequently affected. Cows should
be drenched with one quart of water,
to which has been added 40 cubic cen
timeters of formalin---thls IL one-quar-
ter of q cupful, or about three table
spoonfuls. One-fourth Of this amount
10 sufficient for sheep. Relief usually
comes inside of 20 minutes, and there
are NO bad effects following. such ~
the results from the use OF the trocar
and cannula, - sticking" With Z kntSA
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He Beat the Clock,

II once conceived the beautiful
idea" says a Philadelphia school
teacher, "of requiring that my pupils
should write for their day exercise 8
brief account of a baseball game
"One boy sat through the period
seemingly wrapped in thought. while
the others worked hard and turned in
their narratives After school | ap-
preached the desk of the laggard,
"Tll give you five minutes to write
that description said sternly III IT
is not done by that time | shall pun
ish you
1.-The lad promptly concentrated all
his attention upon the theme At last
with joyful eagerness. he scratched q
line on his tablet and handed it to
me. 1t read:
"Rain-no game" - Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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above was tightly S1closed. yet both
the windows to the right were
smashed in, sash and all, leaving a
wide opening. | crept forward, and
endeavored to peer through, but the
darkness within was Opaque | was
wet through, chilled to the bone. my
uniform clinging to me like soaked
paper. Al least the inside promised
shelter from the storm. a chance for
a fire, and possibly fragments of food
And l had nothing to fear but dark
ness
My revolver was under the flap of
my cavalry jacket, dry and ready for
use. brought it. forward. within
easy grip, and stepped over the sill.
My feet touched carpet, Uttered with
broken glass, and ! felt about eau
tiously. My recollection of the inte-
rior OF the house was vague and indis-
tinct, but | knew wide hallway led
straight through from front door to
back. bisected only by q broad stair
way leading to the upper story. l
CROPPED along the inside wall, found
the door at last. standing wide
open, and emerged into the hall.
The way was clearer here, and there
came into my mind the recollection OF
a bracket lamp. on the wall at the foot
of the stairs. My remembrance Of the
position OF the lamp was extremely
vague. yet my fingers found 1t at last.
and lifted 1t from the bracket The
globe contained oil. and, In another
the light revealed my imme-
date surroundings.
The total desertion of the place was
evident; the destruction which had
been wrought was plainly the work OF
cowardly vandals, who had broken IN
after the Harwoods left Convinced
IF this truth. proceeded fearlessly to
explore. seeking merely tho warmth Of
! IRE and food The library. large
DOM. the walls lined with bookcases
Afforded no encouragement but |
topped In amaxement ct the door Of |
he dining room-the Hight OF my lamp |
evealinG table ut which someone /
lad lately eaten. apparently alone.
here vas single plate. . cup and
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G1ep[D MIST
A IAIF OF CIVIL STRIFE 7.
AcRANDAIL PARRISH n
ILLUSTRATIONS zlIs,;lzE 6-c-pp1oDE5
1%cNeCZlFc
SYNOPSIS.

Confederate Sergeant Wyatt Of the
etaunton artillery is sent as a spy to his
native county on the Green Briar by Cen
eral Jackson. Wyatt meets mountaineer
named lem Taylor. They ride together to
2 house beyond Hot Springs. In the house
Wyatt and Taylor et-Major HARDWOOD.
father of Noreen and an old neighbor of
other men talk. Wyatt becomes suspi-
cious, and finds that Taylor has murdered
Harwood and escaped Wyatt changes to
the u. 8. cavalry uniform he has with
him. and rides away in the night. running
Into detachment of Federal cavalry. to
Whom he Identifies himself as Lieutenant
Raymond. Third u. s. cavalry, by means
of papers with which he has been pro-
v1ded: Captain Fox finds Harwood's body
ana follows Taylor's trail
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The successful farmer of today
| addition to making plans for the flu
ture, the work. is so timed and ar
ranged for in advance that much val
liable time is saved. Much time, and
perhaps cash, can be saved by TAX
ing account of the conditions in the
garden and so ordering the work that
the undesirable things may not oc-
cur again. While the seasons mis-
takes are still fresh in the mind is
the proper time to arrange for cor
recting them and doing better in the
garden next year.
After the frosts have done their
work in the vegetable garden, all dead
vines and plants should be removed
and burned. Cucumber, melon and
squash vines, left ON the ground, may
harbor numberless eggs or insect
pests to bring disaster next year. If
potato land is to be planted again to
the same crop, all the dead tops
should be removed and burned. The
deadly germs of disease are kept over
for next season in old tops. Ordinarily
the same piece is not planted to pota-
toes on two successive seasons, but
this may be the case in some in
stances, where it is customary to raise
few extra early ones in the gar
den.
Get the soil of the garden entirely
clear of the vegetation of the past
year, then put on good coat of ma
nure This gives the stable manure
chance to rot somewhat, before
seeds are planted, a very desirable
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No italian Anthem.

Musicians will doubtless wish to
add an Italian national anthem to
their repertoire. They cannot find it.
Italy has many patriotic songs. as the
Royal March and "Garibaldi's
Hymn" but no recognized national
anthem. though the last-named song
has almost come to the supremacy
In this respect Italy is ut tho same
disadvantage as Turkey. After the
revolution the Young Turks offered
q prize for national anthem, but 20
far the poet of patriotism has not
come forward to claim It.
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Value Of Expert Testimony.

The value 1f insanity experts ana
handwriting specialists grows of less
and less value the more they are
used In the courts II = man doesnt
demonstrate his mental incapactty
to tho extent that it ID Observable
to the Judge and the jury there isn't
much use to attempt to prove min
crazy by expert testimony The oil
quaker woo said They are all Graz
except thee and me- and thee are
little queer spoke near truth.