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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
The Hens Time Is Valu-
able and Should Be
Conserved as Much as
Possible.
Centralize the Sittin G.
Hens in a Coop Built
for the Purpose.
BY ROBERT ARMSTRONG.
Expeht Poultryman and Writer.

owners Of small 1ocks of chickens, es-
pecially farmers. will continue to do thei-
Matching by hens because they have not
the time to devote to rearing the chicks
by artificial means There is wisdom in
this but on the other hand the hens time
is valuable, too. Why not perform the
Matching with machine, and leave the
The idea is entirely practical-and eco
nomical.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
TRAP H0OTERS' TOURNAMENT
Vermont Association TO Meet mt Mont.
peiier-Prize" onered-Mnyor Bout
well Offers silver Pitcher.

Montpelier June S.-The eighth an.
nual tournament Of the Vermont Trap
shooting association Will be held In
Montpelier under the auspices of the
Montpelier Gun club. June l3 and H.
programs for the event having been Is.
sued by G.. f, Megrath. president. and
DIR. C. II. Burr. secretary. Of the local
club.
There will he $3.50 In added money and
prizes. with program OF 200 targets
each day, ten events OF 20 targets each.
The shoot will commence at ten O'Clock
Tuesday morning and lunch will be
served on the grounds each day The
Interstate associations State amateur
championship event will be open to any
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
REV. r. l.. CASTER DEAD.

Rutland, June 9.-The Rev. Robert
Lievsley Caster, Baptist clergyman.
died Of tuberculosis here to-day at the age
Of AZ years, He was born in New York
and passed his early life there, The Rev.
Mr.. Caster entered Crozier Theological
Seminary and graduated in 1910. his first
pastorate being the Baptist Church at
Websterville, Vt. lie went to Whiting in
1913. but was Obliged to give up his work
two years later because Of i'll health lie
Is survived by his wife. Mrs. Margaret
Smith Caster, and "A sister, Mrs. John II.
Brims. of Crescent street. The burial will
be in New York Monday, the services be-
Ing at the house here Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15

The hen will continue to be the means
Of Matching and rearing chickens for a
large number of poultry Keepers, es-
peCially those who have small nocks. or
those who have not the time nor inclina-
ton to adopt artificial brooding methods,
despite the fact that the natural way has
several disadvantages; mainlY-the diff
Guilty of securing hroody hens early
enough to produce fall layers, especially
IL the winter is severe and the loss of
the hens time from the laying house.
wherein she would have probably laid
couple of dozen eggs. To offset this loss,
however, there is no gansaYing that the
natural method has its advantages
EASIER TO INCUBATE THAN BROOD.
All things considered, the hen is bet
ter broodcr than man has yet invented,
which Is to he expected. and the same
may be said of her as an incubator. al
though the relative merits of artificial
ana natural incubation do not seem to be
as important as the brooding. In other
words, incUhators have reached a state
Of perfection whereby their efficiency
compares very favorably with the best
efforts Of Mistress BiGdy. We are better
able to nitrate Matching, perhaps. than
brooding. because in the first process we
are better able to control our charge"
The egg is Incapable of voluntary motion:
it cannot stray from the conditions best
suited to its development, neither has il
propensity for immOderateness The
chick on the contrary, is guilty Of many
indiscretions, and sometimes he is incor-
rigible Frequently, our greatest efforts
are unable to Illustrate an evil. and what
is more hopeless. we have not the gift of
being able to divine the strange convolu-
tons of the chicks mind
Strong, vigorous chicks are not always
obtained from properly incubated eggs
whether the Matching is done artilcially
or naturally. successful hatch de-
Ponds on more than the methods Of in
cubation; 1t goes further back, to the
selection OF strong, fullymaturcd breed
Ing stock well mated, and properly fed
and housed. TIE novice, therefore, is
often ready 10 condemn his incubator
when few unmatched eggs are found on
the trays after a hatch is completed. whcr
in reality the quality Of the eggs is en- .
trcly at fault. Moreover the eggs usu-
ally set In machine are a collection from
an entire flock, and on much larger
scale than those set under a hen. The
hen very often steals her nest and sits
on none but her own eggs. We do no.
bother ut finding two or three Unmatched
eggs under a hen, whereas the same per
cent of unmatched eggs in an incubator
seems unsatisfactory and wasteful
USE MACHINE FOR TWO WEEKS.
Assuming then, that the poultry keeper
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
POLICE DOG AS GUARD.
German Canine to Assist Waterman nj
bennington u. NJ. c. SwantOn DOrk,

Swanton, June 9-The Remington L.
M. c. Swanton works have just received
a highly trained German police dog. 'Ador
Won Yer Wolf" with a long pedigree,
which will assist the night watchmen in
their patrol duties. It is a big, powerful
dog, resembling somewhat the Canadian
timber wolf This Is probably the first
introduction of this breed of dog to Yer
mont rs an aid to night watchmen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
Mrs. Frances E. MOseley Dies.

Manchester Center. June 11-Mrs.
Frances e. Moseley. widow of Charles
W. Moseley. former railroad superintend-
ent' died here to-day. The funeral will
be held at Christ Church Troy. y. Y,
at 2:3O O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. with
burial in Backwood cemetery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15

that the professionals of the country,
representing some of the arms compan-
les will he largely represented.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15

hens make comfortable broods for two
hens, whereupon the remaining hroody
hen is made 10 sit over again on another
lot of "fertiles" from the incubator
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
FOE OF THE COLLEGES.

OF all the foes of young manhood
on the American college campus, al
cohol Is the most subtle and destruc-
tive. It is peculiarly fitting that the
American college student of today,
wiser and better informed than his
predecessors, should give battle to his
ancient and merciless adversary. II
gravestones were placed on our col.
lege grounds to those slain in the flush
Of young manhood by intoxicating
drink, the acres Of verdant lawn
around even our best institutions
would become vast cemeteries CHASTITY
with thtck-strewn headstones. With
devilish instinct for maximum destruc-
tiveness, this demon of the campus
seems to pick out for degradation the
gayest, the loyeliest, the most talent
ed, and to reinforce his assault by en-
listing the social and generous in
stincts which constitute the very
charm of youth. Opening always the
gate to passion and appetite, he is the
aggressive ally of everything which
degrades college life, the promoter of
tragedies innumerable on every cam
pus. the tireless enemy of virtue, pur-
ity, diligence and intellectual develop.
ment.-Henry Louis Smith, Presiden'
Washington and Lee University.
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SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.

SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.
In 1897 two leading professors Of
Germany sent to the men of that coun-
try announcement favoring total abb
stinence. It contained this declara-
ton:
Science has shown that alcohol,
even in moderate quantities, causes
disturbance In brain action, paralyzes
the critical capacity, power of will, the
ethical and esthetic sense, and lowers
self-control. For this reason we
should realize that it Is a poison and
no longer to be classed with foods"
The document received nine sigma
lures. Ten years later 1t was sent out
again and received 800 signatures of
German medical men, 116 Of whom
were professors.
In 1918 great antialcoholic meeting
was held In the Prussian house of dep
uties, Berlin. The honorary president
was the German chancellor, DR.. Won
Bethmann-Hollweg, and on the commit
tee Of honor all the Prussian ministers
were represented and hundreds of en-
inent men Of the empire. Doctor Jen-
sen, inspector general Of the Berlin
schools, called forth much applause
when he said that "the education Of
youth il absolutely impossible with
out an antialcohol element In it,"
Since then such instruction has been
made part Of the regular course in
the public schools Of Germany, and
entire courses In that subject are Of
fered by the great universities.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
CHUNKS OF INFORMATION

Farming and pig rearing are the
staple industries of Serbia.
In Russia the people are divided
into three Stocks" Great Russians,
White Russians and Little Russians.
British vital statistics show that
there has been more marriages and
less births since the war has been In
progress.
Apparatus invented in England for
preserving fish in carbonic acid gas
under pressure Is said to keep them
perfectly fresh for at least six months.
For retail dealers there has been
invented machine that will take coal
from pile and pour 1t into bags for
handling at rate of rs tons an hour.
Two cities in Colombia on opposite
sides of the Andes mountains will, 5a
connected by steel ropeway more
than 81 miles long which will trans
port both passengers and freight.
The first white woman to be mar
ried in what is now the city of To
peka, Kan, and who still lives there at
the age of eighty-eight, is Mrs. Hattie
A. Bunker. She was native of Wo-
burn, Mass, and went into the terri
tory of Kansas 81 years ago.
Government experts estimate that
of the 100000 horse power, which
It is possible to develop hydroelec-
4.;aoii., a, .ba T1ui+ad Cfatas 10 nm nm
horse power lies west of the Rockies.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
STOP EATING MEAT If
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take Glass of Salts to Clean Kid
neys n Bladder Bothers YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form.
or other, says q welI-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites4
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts OF distress, particularly backache'
and misery in the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches. acid
stomach, constipation. torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary IT.
ritation.
The moment your back hurts or kid.
neys aren't acting right, or II bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces OF
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful In glass OF
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with Hthia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity: also to neutral.ze the acids in
the urine so 1t no longer irritates. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean. thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
RELIEF HAS
Been PERMANENT
Says Cardui Built Up System When
Other Medicines Failed. Believes
Il Saved Her Life.

Hendersonville, N. C.--Mrs. M. A.
Redmon, of R. F. D. /, this place,
writes: Il wish to state that before
having taken Cardui, my condition of
health was all rundown, and had been
that way ever since my marriage two
years ago last May. I only weighed
lot pounds. MY average weight is
1876 pounds. / had such awful pains
at times could hardly Co.,. I had
severe pains in my back and abdomen,
and could scarcely do my work.. /
could not lift anything heavy.
I'm November, 1918, began taking
Cardui. ! thought I would give It a
trial though my family doctor, --,
had set the date for an examination
Of me-. saw my improvement after
taking the first bottle. am getting
fat and well, and in March this year
weighed 1913 pounds. Your Cardui
tonic built up my system when all
other medicines failed. feel and look
like different person. am still. :.
praising 1t to my friends. >. for I can
truly say l believe it saved my life.
My relief from all pain has been per-
manent."
II you are rundown IN health and
need tonic, take Cardui, the woman1
tonic. 1t will help you.
For sale by all druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
GOOD LINE OF BUSINESS.

It was at campaign meeting in
Ohio. The speaker said that West Vir-
gania had profited financially by vot-
ing dry. A man in the audience dis
puted this statement. He said that
he was a salesman, that he visited
every county seat in West Virginia,
and that his business had fallen off
considerably since the state went dry.
Another man spoke up and said that
he was salesman and made" West
Virginia regularly and that his bust
ness had increased since the state be-
came dry. He asked the fellow who
reported falling Off what his line
was and the latter reluctantly admit
ted that he sold undertakers' supplies,
at which the crowd yelled The man
who declared that prohibition had
helped his business explained he SOLD
furniture.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Hopes Women viii
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Giass Of hot water each morn
Ing helps Us look and feel
clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, Advantageous and
vivacious--a good clear skin; nat.
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by clean,
healthy blood. II only every woman
and likewise every man could realize
the wonders of drinking phosphated
hot water each morning, what graf
flying change would take place.
Instead of the thousands of sickly,
anaemic-looking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead of the multitudes of
nerve wrecks" "rundowns," brain
Tags" and pessimists we should see a
virile, optimistic throng of rosy.
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking,
each morning before breakfast, glass
Of real hot water with teaspoonful
of limestone phosphate In it to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
ten yards OF bowels the previous days
indigestible waste, sour lamentations
and poisons, thus cleansing, sweeten-
ing and freshening the entire alimen-
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bill
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who
have pallid, sallow complexion and
who are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain quarter pound Of
limestone phosphate from any drug
gist or at the store which will cost
but trit,e but is sufficient to demon
strate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearance
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness Is more important
than outside. because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminate
the blood, while the pores in the thir
ty feet of bowels do.--Adv,
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WISE HOSTESS
Won Her Guests to Postum.

sThree great coffee drinkers were
my old school friend and her two
daughters.
They were always complaining and
taking medicine. I determined to give
them Postum instead Of coffee when
they visited me, so without saying
anything to them about 1t, made o
big pot OF Postum the first morning.
Before the meal was half over,
each one passed up her cup to be re-
filled, remarking how fine the coffee
was. The mother asked for third
cup and inquired as to the brand OF
coffee / used. didn't answer her
question just then, for heard her say
a while before that she didn't like Pos
tum unless 1t was more than half
coffee.
After breakfast / told her that the
coffee she liked so well at breakfast
was pure Postum, and the reason she
liked 1t was because 1t was properly
made.
Il have been brought up from
nervous, wretched invalid, to a fine
condition Of physical health by leay-
ing off coffee and using Postum.
81 am doing all can to help the
world from coffee slavery to Postum
freedom, and have earned the graft
tude of many, many friends" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c
pkgs.
instant Pestum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in q cup of hot va
ter, and. with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage instantly. 500
and SOC tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07

mend your Compound to other ladies'"
Mrs. MARY RmGwAY, Durand, Wis.
"A Massachusetts Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. = my troubles
were from my age, and I felt awfuIly
sick for three years. I had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. / took Lydia E. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CouRNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
- Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, tinidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should beheeded
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Calls "HoboIsm" a Disease.

"Hoboism is not a habit, but dis
ease" says the Rev. John A. Gray, In
structor in sociology in the extension
division of the University Of Mime
sofa. The reverend gentleman bases
his assertions on a two-weeks' investi-
cation of Cleveland's homeless prob
lem, during which he lived among no
Dos, tramps and buns in the city's
cheap lodging houses.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Amenities of War.

The following is vouched for by M.
Millerand, former French minister OF
war. A French scout came suddenly
one day upon German scout. The
German was standing by his dying
horse. why do you not shoot it?"
inquired the Frenchman. Il have no
pistol" replied the other. The French
man drew his and was about to shoot
the horse, when he said: "But you
would sooner shoot your own horse"
and handed the weapon to the Ger
man, who gravely bowed, shot his
horse, and returned the pistol, and
then gave himself up as prisoner
London Daily News.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
peadens Sound If Firing.


A big-gun silencer which the French
are using is SO effective that no sound
of firing can be heard over greater
distance than 100 yards or so. The
silencer is attached to the muzzle of
the gun. As the shell leaves the gun
small shutter springs UP and pre-
vents the explosive gases escaping in
the usual way when the gun is fired.
The result is that the sudden fierce
rush of gas passes out through the two
channels with nothing like the rush
that Is caused In the ordinary way, 1t
is impossible to stop the gases es-
Gaping altogether, for the pressure is
SO terrific that the gun would be blown
to pieces.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07

Hogarth. who visited It's site In 1857,
"as though 1t had never been. The
plateau above the marsh, on which 1t
stood, is now pillow land, where few
fragments of marble and holdings and
many coins have been turned up from
time to time"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Her Interim.

Former Secretary Of War Garrison
said in Camden war argument:
'Ignorance Military ignorance!
Why, it's as bad as the chronological
ignorance of the Camden girl.
"A young man was praising a Phil
adelphia restaurant to Camden girl.
Its SO deuced popular he said,
that you have to engage your table
three days in advance Then he
laughed and added, But they feed you
80 well that it's worth while going
without food in the interim
Tt wouldn't be much fun to me.
though, said the girl. to go around for
three days with an empty Interim"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Druggist Gives Highest Praise
to Kidney Medicine

For the past fifteen years I have been
selling DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and
my customers are always satisfied with
the results obtained from its use and they
speak in the highest terms regarding
Swamp-Root. ! have used it in my own
family and the results were the most fav-
orable. / believe it is fine medicine for
kidney, liver and bladder diseases and
always recommend it for such troubles.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. BRUTON, Druggist,
Jan. 9th, 1915. Dover, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
Where Alexander Was Born.

British travellers at Saloniki may
easily make the excursion of few
miles to the birthplace OF Alexander
the Great and whistle "The British
Grenadiers" while doing so IL they
choose. But they will not find much
there, observes the London Chronicle.
The name Of Pella still fingers in the
district, but the great Macedonian city
OF Pella, where Alexander was born
on q night of storm and portents in
October. 356 B. c., has vanished. ac-
cording TO the testimony Of Mr.. D. G..
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
April s, 1915.

French captured trenchec In For
est Of ALLY, but were repulsed In
Argonne and lie Pretre forests.
ReIms continuously bombarded.
Russians made steady gains In
carnathians. Rukowlna and North
Poland.
Turkish squadron sank two Rus
sian ships.
Americas demand on Germany for
reparation for sinking Of the Frye
made public.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
CLEAR RED PIMPLY FACES
Red Hands, Red Scalp With cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

The soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
better, quicker, safer. surer at any
price for skin troubles of young or
old that itch, burn, crust, scale, tor
ture or disfigure. Besides, they meet
every want in toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
PROHIBITION PROHIBITS.

when the number of arrests are
slashed in two in one year it is pretty
conclusive evidence That prohibition
prohibits not only liquor selling but
crime as WE'LL" is the comment of the
Youngstown (O) Telegram on the re-
markable decrease in arrests in the
ntate of West Virginia since prohibi.
ton became the law of the state.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
chinese ApprecIatlon Of Jade.

The remarkable resonance of jade
Is a peculiar quality, which gives 1t
great importance in Chinese estima-
ton; to such an extent that singers
chimes" of "a different pieces and
tones were sometimes constructed. oc-
casional use is also made of the natu-
raj form of the jade powders, which
are found in river beds.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
SURELY A MISTAKE!

Smoky" Hobbs of Columbus was
fined $500 and given six months for IL
legal selling of liquor. What? In
Columbus? Surely must be a mistake.
Bootleggers only ply their trade in
dry towns. That's why the benevo-
lent vets run saloons, to keep bad
men from bootlegging in dry towns.
Tut, tut! Yes. it must be a mistake
Caldwell Press.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-04-07
SAVES $1,000 A YEAR.

A press dispatch from Centralia, H.,
says that since prohibition went into
effect under the local option law that
town has saved an average of s632.77
every month. This means q decrease
of $1,000 year, directly due to the
abolition of the saloon.