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The Evening Missourian., 1919-03-06

Chickens are kept on every farm
in the United States. The farmers
keep chickens as a side line mas
much as they utilize material which
otherwise would go to waste, and fur-
nish eggs and meat for the table. Al
many seasons of the year the nocK
of chickens will produce large sur
plus over what is needed Tor the
farmers own use, and this when SOLD
yields a considerable income, some
times sufficient to pay for the gro
ceries and, in part to clothe the fam-
lily. There are many people living IN
the city or suburbs who are not rais-
ing chickens. Many of these people
are poor financially and a little IN
come from chickens would help them
materially. The poultry department
of the University is urging everyone
to raise his own chickens. Any heip
or information needed will gladly De
furnished by the poultry department
The Evening Missourian., 1919-03-06

The American class of chickens IN
clude the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte,
Java. Dominique, Rhode Island Red
and Buckeye.
The fowls of these breeds are called
general-purpose fowls, because they
are not only good egg producers but
are also we'll suited for the table
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
Author Of "The Seats Of the Mighty"
Tho Money Master" etc.

She regarded him frankly, smiled
teeth very white and regular and hand
some. The boyish eagerness of his
look. the whimsical twist of his mouth
which always showed when he was
keenly roused-as though everything
that really meant anything was part
of a comet like comedy-had caused her
merriment.
All the hidden things in his face
seemed to open out into swift
shrewdness and dry candor when he
was in his mood of laying all the cards
upon the table"
II don't know" she answered
quietly. Il have heard things, but
should like to learn the truth from you
What are your plans?'
"What are my plans?' Ingolby drew
long breath of satisfaction. "Well,
just here where we are will be seen n
great thing. There's the Yukon and
all its gold: there's the Peace river
country and all it's unplowed wheat
fields; there's the whole valley of the
Sagalac, which alone can maintain
twenty millions of people; there's the
East and the British people overseas
who must have bread; there's China
and Japan going to give up rice and eat
the wheaton loaf; there's the L. s. A.
with its hundred millions of people
it'll be that in a few years-and its
exhausted wheat fields; and here, right
here, is the breadbasket for all the
hungry peoples; and Mantou and
| Lebanon are the center of it. They will
be the distribution center. want to
see the base laid right. I'm not going
to stay here till it all happens, but ]
want to plan it all so that it will hap
pen, then I'll go on and do bigger
thing somewhere else. These two towns
have got to come together; they must
play one big game. want to lay the
wires for it. That's why I've got
capitalists to start paper works. engi-
neering works. a foundry, and sash
door and blind factory - just the be.
ginning. That's why I've put two fac,
tories on one side of the river and two
on the other"
WAS it really you who started thos'
factories?" she asked incredulously.
''Of course 1t was part of my plans
I wasn't foolish enough to build an,
run them myself. l looked for the righ
people that had the money and thu
brains, and l let them sweat-let then
sweat it out. I'm not manufacturer
I'm an inventor and a builder. l bull
the bridge over the river, and"
She nodded. ''Yes, the bridge i
good, but they say you are a schemer, ;
she added suggestively.
Certainly. But if I have scheme
which'll do good, ought to be sup
ported. l don't mind what they cal
me so long as they don't call me to-
late for dinner"
TO BE CONTINUED
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

She did not reply at once, but put
under her chin, looking thoughtfully into
the distance.
''Is that the western slang for saying
he belongs nowhere?" she asked.
"Nowhere here" he answered with a
grim twist to the corner of his mouth,
his eyes half closing with sulky mean
ing. won't you sit DOWN. he added
quickly, in a more sprightly tone, for he
saw she was about to move on. He mo-
toned toward log lying beside the
path and kicked some branches out of
the way.
After slight hesitation she sat down,
burying her shoes in the fallen leaves
"You don't like Felix Marchand?'
she remarked presently.
mo. Do youT'
She met his eyes squarely-so
squarely that his own rather lost their
courage, and be blinked more quickly
than is needed with a healthy eye.
He had been audacious, but he had not
surprised the garrison.
II have no deep reason for liking
or disliking him, and you have" she
answered firmly; yet her color rose
slightly, and he thought he had never
seen skin that looked so like velvet
creamy, pink velvet.
You seemed to think differently al
Carlton not long ago." he returned.
That was an accident" she an
swered calmly. HE was drunk, anG
that is for forgetting-always. -
Always Have you seen many mer
drunk" he asked quickly. He did not
mean to be quizzical, but his voice
sounded so, AMI she detected it.
Yes, many" she answered with &
little ring of defiance in her tone
many. often"
'Where?" he queried recklessly.
''In Lebanon" she retorted. "I1
Lebanon-your side"
How different she seemed from ,
few moments ago when she stood lis
tening like a nymph for the song o
the spirit of the wood! Now she wa
gay, buoyant, with chamois -lik,
alertness and beaming vigor.
Now I know what blind drunk
means" he replied musingly. I'm Man
itou when men get drunk, the people ge
astigmatism and cant see the tangle
footed stagger."
,, "1t means that the pines of Manitov
! are straighter than the cedars of Leb
, anon" she remarked.
And the pines of Manitou hav
needless" he rejoined, meaning to Civ
her the victory.
is my tongue as sharp as that?" sh
> asked, amusement in her eyes.
SO sharp l can feel the point whe
! cant see it," he retorted.
I'm glad of that" she replied wit
t an affectation of conceit. "Of course |
t you live in Lebanon you need surger
S to make you feel point"
? II give in-you have me-" he re
= marked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
HOW TO KEEP BEES

Hitherto this fascinating industry has
not been widely exploited, owing to the
peculiar structure of the bee, which has
n pointed end that causes severe cuticu-
lar irritation if the little insect should
be reused to passion.
One of the most affecting sights in
bee keeping is the spectacle of a bee
lover endcavoring to cope with the en-
ergies of choleric and very sharp bee
which has flown down the back of his
neck and is executing neat punctures
upon his spinal cord. This, however,
is risk that all bee keepers must run,
just as the man who keeps a goat lives
in constant hazard of being tossed and
gored by this notedly capricious quad
ruped, while there are not a few of us
who, in the days of our youth, have
not been snapped at by a silk worm or
mauled by dornice.
Very soon the spring flowers, which
for the last month or so we have been
stimulating to larger growth in a soap
box in the conservatory, will commence
to secrete honey. 1t is as well to have
the hive in working order little before
then, as nothing is more discouraging
to the beginner than to find his flowers
denuded of their mellihuous secretion by
reason of next DOORS bees having got up
earlier, or possibly possessing longer
probosces.
In order to commence keeping hive
the first requisite is to procure hive
to keep. The practice of maintaining
bees in bonnet disappeared when legis
lation was introduced to prevent the
overcrowding of bats in belfries. A re-
liable hive may be obtained from any
hive monger, or one can be easily made
at home from the hooG of one of those
bassinette things in which we lull our
young to slumber. In the latter event
it is advisable first to remove the in
fant, as, if left in, its layette is APT
to be damaged by the honey.
Having provided the hive, the next
thing is to secure a queen bee. This
is important, as you cannot merely take
a casual handful of any old bees, fline
them into the hive and expect them tc
get busy. Students of bee Aore will tel
you (provided, of course, that you ask
thenS that bee colony operates very
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
THE PROBLEM OF THE VAN.
ISHED PROFIT
Malabon Sees the Light

TT WAS grim disappointment to
1 Malabon to realize that for two years
he had sold his hardware for approx
mate cost.
"How do you account for the profit l
made the first two years." He asked,
still puzzled over his dilemma.
Your father had put on n sufficient
mark up to enable you to make profit
on all that was in stock at the time you
took over the store
"Humph, I always understood that
the cheaper you sold the goods the more
goods you sold. How is it didn't sell
normal in spite of me selling them for
cost" 1t seemed to hurt MIN tc say
Cost"
''You are in a small town, you have
the only hardware store in Ashton and
have about the maximum trade you can
get without either extending your
variety or increasing your scope of
operations by trying to get business
from neighboring villages"
Il haven't-ef-money for more lines
and ! don't see how I could buck the
neighboring village hardware store-I
don't know as l thought to if I could
should I?' he asked in a foundcring
way.
You don't need more money, for
your stock is far too large for your
sales-nearly all retail stores in the
country carry too much stock for their
sales. What you want to do is to re
I'M rES
released capital will enable you. to buy
other lines"
And about neighboring villages?"
Well" I laughed ''if the mail or
der houses compete with them, and com
pete successfully you need not hesitate
to bid for the business"
''Mr. Flint, what's your idea on ad :
vertised goods? To push l mean-and
the mail order house they take lot
of money from Ashton. I-er-don'
fully understand turnover, and--er--er
i guess don't know much"
Mr.. Malabon" (I remembered Bruno
Dukes admonishment. "Never get of
the main track"O, ''it would take sew.
eral weeks to get your business on to an
absolutely modern basis. Your big
problem, of the missing profit is solved
urge you to see at once that youi
stock is marked up to its proper pric,
and, of course. the mark up depend.
on the rate of turnover of the class OF
goods you are marking up"
He shook his head hopelessly.
"I thought knew something Of
running store. If any one had toll
me a year ago that was an-an ig
norant ass I'd have-have--well don
know what I'd have done. I'm afrait
many other storekeepers are like me-
like l was I should say. They thinl
they know it all and resent any outsid
help. I think I'll have to get Mr.
Duke to let me have you again"
He insisted that / spend the nigh
at his home. Mrs. Malabon did he
best to make me comfortable. She wa
fair, very fair woman, fat, very fa
and looked about forty years old. Sh
thought Malabon about perfect and he
adoring eyes were continually following
his every move. Very little did she hav
to say for herself and what she did sa,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
Judge Owl In the Circus

NMAKE way for Judge Owl, the big
4'A gest bird in the world! Make
way for the, tanner of the Royal Bengal
tiger! Make way for the new king of
the circus animals -
So shouted Billy Belgium like the
herald of mighty monarch as he
marched ahead of Judge Owl into the
circus tent. As told in last week s
story Judge Owl, after growing in a
dollhouse until he became bigger than
an elephant, captured the escaped cir
Gus tiger and ducked the beast in q
lake until the Royal Bengal was help
less and ready to crawl back into a
cage. When Judge Owl did this the
circus manager hired him as freak and
also as policeman to keep order among
the animals of the menagerie. .
Judge Owls entry into the circus was
like hero's return from war.
Boom, ia ra -ra boom !'"blared the
band.
"Hurrah Hurrah for the biggest bird
in the world!" shouted the people who
had seen Judge Owl duck the tiger.
"Hurrah Hurrah ~ shouted the Others
inside the tent, who had heard how
Judge Owl had pounced on the Royal
Bengal as the beast was about to spring
into the crowd of men, women and
children.
"Yow- -ow-ow! We are hungry |;
where's our supper?" howled the ami
mails whose meat had been gobbled up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By of Flint
(Copyright)

was generally an echo of what cher
Henry" had said.
Before / left in the morning Mr.. and
Mrs. Malabon took me around their
farm. They fairly glowed with pride
as they showed me the SOW with nine
piglets, / was told stories of the Won
derful egg laying performances of their
Rhode Island Rers," and the gallons
and gallons of milk given by depressed
looking COW. ! was promised some
honey from their bees and pressed to
/ spend few days on the farm.
Good hearted, hard working Malabon
all he needs is knowledge of retail
store management to be a success.
Bruno Duke seemed quite tickled with
my report of the work for Malabon.
You are growing, Peter-you are
growing! | want you to study eco
nomics more than ever, Peter. That's
the thing for you to keep on study
ing. Economics is the theory of busi-
ness, while business is the practice of
economics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

You give in to Manitou?" she asked
provokingly.
"Certainly not-only to you. said,
You have me.
"Ah. you give in to that which won't
hurt you--'
Wouldn't you hurt me?" he asked
in a softening tone.
You only play with words" she an
swered with sudden gravity. Hurt
you? l owe you what l cannot pay
back. l owe you my life; but as moth
ing can be given in exchange for a
life, | cannot pay you"
But like may be given for like" he
rejoined in a tone suddenly full of
meaning.
Again you are playing with words
and with me- she answered brusquely,
and a little light of anger dawned in
her eyes. Did he think that he could
say thing of that sort to her-when he
pleased? Did he think that because he
had done her great service he could
say casually what belonged only to the
sacred moments of existence? She
locked at him with rising indignation.
but there suddenly. came to her the con
vction that he had not spoken with
affronting gallantry, but that for him
the moment had a gravity not to be
marred by the place or the circum
stance.
II beg your pardon if I spoke
hastily" he answered presently. "1et
there's many a true word spoken in
jest"
There was a moments silence. She
realized that he was drawn to her, and
that the attraction was not alone due
to his having saved her at Carlton; that
he was not taking advantage of the
thing which must ever be a bond be
tween them, whatever came of life
When she had seen him at the Hospital
Fete a feeling had rushed over hel
that he had got nearer to her than
any man had ever done. Then-eveu
then, she felt the thing which all lovers
actual, or in the making, feel-that
! they must do something for the being
who to them is more than all else and
all others. She was not in love with
Ingolby. How could she be in love with
this man she had seen but few times
this Gorgio Why was it that even as
they talked together now, she felt the
real, true distance between them-ot
race, of origin, of history, of life, OF
circumstance? The hut in the WOOD
where Gabriel Druse had carried JethrC
, Fave was not three hundred yards
|, away.
She sighed, stirred, and a wild lool
. came in her eyes-a look of rebellion ol
of protest. Presently she recovered her
self. She was a creature of sudder
moods.
What is it you want to do will
Manitou and lebanon" she asked after
pause in which the thoughts of botl
had Travelled far.
''You really wish to know-you dom
know" he asked with sudden intensity
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

by Judge Owl. But the animals quit
bowling in a hurry when Judge Owl
marched into the menagerie tent. His
size so astonished them that they didn' t
have any breath with which to howl
Instead they just growleGN and shifted
and got as far back in their cages and
pens as they could. They had never
seen a freak so huge, and naturally
they were scared.
Major, the largest of the elephants,
was the most astonished of them all
He had long thought himself the big
gest creature on earth, and here was
strange bird of even greater size.
Major didn't like it. "Ur- ur -umph (!
Ur-ur umph ~ he trumpeted in vexa-
tion, as the crowds turned from him to
stare at Judge Owl.
Judge Owl was very proud of all the
attention he received as he strutted
along, following Billy into the show
tent. There the people cheered and
cheered as Peggy put the Judge through
his tricks. And they laughed, too, for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
THE WORLD FOR SALE
copprsoht 1915. by Horper q Bros.)
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Fleda Druse, daughter Of Gabriel
Druse, shoots in a canoe the wild
Carillon Rapids on the Sagalac river,
where it flows between the towns OF
Manitou and Lebanon in the Cana
dian northwest. She is on the verge
of losing her life in the whirlpools
below when she is rescued by Max
Ingolby, financier, contractor and
manager of great interests, who has
come to Lebanon to amalgamate the
railroads, unite the two towns and
make them the center of commerce in
the western north. On shore she is
insulted by Felix Marchand, son Of
Hector Marchand, capitalist of Mani
tou. Ingolby attacks Marchand, who
VOWS revenge. Then arrives Jethro
Fave, who claims that he and Fleda
were married when children, accord
ing to the gypsy custom. Fleda re-
jects him and he is assaulted by her
father.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30
DREA11LANDAD ADVENTUR By Daddy
"THE JEALOUS ELEPHANTS tts4's 49,

it was very funny to see the monster
bird jigging and turning somersaults--
all at the command of little girl. Judgs
Owl finished his program with stately,
bow and the handclapping was so loud
IL sounded like the roar of the surf on
the seashore during storm.
But back in the animal tent troubIs
was brewing. Peggy felt 1t in the air
the minute Judge Owl stepped from
the arena into the menagerie. The ami
mails were all strangely silent and were
glaring at Judge Owl in anger-not in
fear as had been the case when he
first came into the circus. Suddenly a
low growl ran through the whole tent.
Ur-r-r-r-r-r-ugh! Ur-r-r-r-r-r-r-
ugh He stole our supper Ur-r-r-r-r-
ugh"
Peggy knew at once what had hap
pened; the tiger had told how Judge
Owl had gobbled up the menagerie meat.
Naturally the animals didn't like that
a bit. But what puzzled Peggy was
that the elephants seemed as upset as
the others. They were hay and peanut
eaters and she couldn't see why they
should be angry over the loss of the
menagerie meat. But when she heard
Majors defiant boasting she understood.
"Ur-ur- umph! Well not have any
stranger coming here to rule our me-
nagerie.' he trumpted. ''This owl may
be bigger than 1 am, but I'll show him
that I'm the strongest creature in the
world. Ur-ur- ur -umph !" and Majors
little eyes glittered with mean mischief.
''The big elephant is jealous" ex-
claimed Peggy. "What do you think Of
that?"
''This is the tigers revenge" declared
Billy. ''He is stirring the animals up
against Judge Owl"
(Tomorrop ,oiH be told hop the
circus animals todnt to eat Judge
OtoL.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

Duke puffed at his hookah for
while, then he said.
"a new restaurant has opened in
Newark--two women are running it.
They want to know what they can do
to attract patrons. 1t seems as if it
might offer possibilities. Any case that
calls for, imagination in finding new
angles to a selling problem is interest
ing.
Now, go and see that lonesome wife
of yours, and in the morning we'll 90
to Newark together"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

Two negroes were mauling one an
other. Finally one knocked the other
down. jumped on him and was pound :
ing him fiercely. The one underneath
'ried out:
"Ah'se abdicate''
"You'se what"
"Ah ses, All abdicates; All give up,
see? Why, niggah, amt you got no
education ?"-Cartoons Magazine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

Tomorrow ,oiH be told hop the
circus animals aodnt to eat Judge
Otol.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-30

IN last peek's story Peggy and
Billy planted Judge O,oI in hothouse
aud he gre,o into she largest bird in
the norld. When they took him to
join a circus he ate up the supper
meat of the mendgerie animals. An
angry tiger came after the meat, and
Judge O,ol tanned him BY giving him a
ducking. Then Judge O,oi pas asked
TO join the circus.)
The Dolores star., 1919-05-23
WISE Guy, PARLIN
Knew Just What to Do With That
Little Book.
Recital Of Tragedy In the Gibbs Home.
stead Decided His Course Of
Action Without Necessity Of
Long Thinking.

Il heard that Mrs. Gibbs is going to
leave home" was the spicy bit of COS
sip with which Mrs Parlin met her
husband after he had parked his little
motor car In the back yard.
mol" gasped Parlin. dramatically.
"Yes" came back his wife. Until
Gibbs gets the house decorated-which
VIII be about year from now, at the
speed he Is travelling on the job. And
don't blame Mrs. Gibbs. II you at
tempted to do what Gibbs is doing I'd
period.
"The Gibbs family always called in
expert decorators to do their work
until this year. Now Gibbs is suffering
from an attack Of economy, and he
figures he could do the work himself
and put the saving into Victory bonds,
or spare parts for his car.
He bought a book called How to
Do Your Own Housecleaning,' for ten
cents. and began to memorize the
thing. The book was so full of statis-
tics and specifications that he soon
became addle Drained trying to figure
1t out
"One chapter was devoted to paint
ing. 1t explained minutely how one
could figure out the surface of the
walls and by multiplying the dmen-
sions by something or other find out
exactly how much paint would be
needed for the job.
Gibbs figured out that it would take
55 gallons of various colors to do the
worS-. He ordered up wagon load
of paint and began.
"When Gibbs got through painting
he found that he had 81 gallons still
untouched. But as he had opened all
the cans as soon as he got them, he
could not return them to the paint
man In exchange for anything else.
Gibbs lost tidy sum on the paint
job, and even more on his wall paper
ing. He ordered enough paper to cover
the side of warehouse, and VIXEN he
got through papering his living and
dining rooms he had them matched all
wrong and the SS rolls left over were
in tatters. He mixed 23 gallons of
paste, basing his figure on the book,
and had 10 buckets unused when he
fell off the ladder and broke his shoul.
der blade"
$50 Mrs. Gibbs is going to lenve
poor Gibbs alone with his broken
shoulder"
"She will-unless he changes his
mind about finishing the work. If he
persists she is likely to do anything,
for she is in desperate frame of
mind"
Parlin reached into an inner pocket
and drew forth little book called
How to Do Your Own Houseclean-
Ing" He tore the book into small
scraps and threw them at the cat. He
didn't look at his wife, for he knew
she would understand.
The Dolores star., 1919-05-23
AirpIane Suruery.

Great interest has been aroused in
Paris by the trial flight of new air
plane, invented by the engineer Nemi-
rovsky and DIR. Tilmont.
The new machine. which is called
the "aerochir," is designed to place
promptly at the service of men wound
ed in warfare, or persons injured in
serious accidents, all the resources Of
medical science, and If necessary to
carry them back to the hospital.
Everything required for surgical and
X-ray work is provided on board the
airplane, including an operating table,
and even an ingeniously constructed
collapsible tent which can be erected
on the scene Of an accident within two
or three minutes.
Two models of the "aerochir" have
been designed. one capable of carry
Ing four injured persons in addition to
the necessary apparatus, and the other
much larger, capable of carrying a
medical and surgical staff Of ten per-
sons, and bringing back. If necessary,
as many as twelve injured.