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weather.
The trap-nest may be attached to the
underside Of the dropping board with
the front facing the pen, and arranged
so that IL can easily be removed, or
II may be placed on the walls Of the
pen. II the nest Is plated under the
dropping board, the latter will serve
as top for the nest. and the rear of
the nest may be of wire to allow good
ventilation in warm weather. II the
nest Is placed on the wall. Stats or
wire should be inserted from the front
of the nest TO the wall at sharp angle
TO prevent the hens from roosting on
tho nest.
OF course. II Is essential to make the
nests as attractive and coy as posi-
Bile, and this is accomplished by pro-
viding them with plenty of clean lit
ter, as often as new supply Of straw
is needed. Furthermore. In partic-
ularly Objectionable cases II pays TO
clean all the litter from the floor of
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k)Oll,IEyI
Fl SN Il %8
TRAP NEST Is VALUABLE AID
Enables Owner to Ascertain Just
Which Hens Are Laying-Requires
Much Attention.

The purpose of trap-nesting the flock
is TO ascertain which hens lay, either
for determining what record they
make, or for identifying their eggs
during the Matching season so that
pedigree records are possible. Trap
nesting requires considerable amount
of attention, but Is a valuable aid in
developing a flock of poultry along
lines of breeding for egg production.
A trap-nest is laying nest so ar
ranged that after hen enters IL she
Is confined until released by the at
tendant. One trap-nest should be pro-
vided for each four hens kept In flocks
of 90 or more, while more trap-nests
are necessary In smaller hocks. The
hens are marked with numbered bands
and q record is kept Of their egg pro-
duetion. The nests should be visited
at least four times daily. and prefer
ably much more often. frequent trips
being especially necessary when the
hens are laying freely and during hot
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BON HOMME RICHARD

An OLD STORY, yes. But / bet
"A you didn't know she won her bat
tie with bucketi
She was the flagship of our first
J. p. who was known by foreigners as
that pirate"
John Panl Jones named her after
the Almanac published by certain
B. Franklin. The latter's influence in
France made 1t possible for Americans
to fit out squadron~of reprisal
against the British. 81 ~
In the summer of 1919 FIVE Ameri-
can men-of-war crossed under Jones'
command. After painting the Scotch
coast red they fell In with an English
fleet. For rather obscure reasons only
two ships chose to engage, H. M. s.
Scraps and the u. s. s. Bon Hommc
Richard. ~fF~&<
At the first broadside the Richards
big 1S-pounders burst and smeared
their crews along the decks or splat-
tered them on the crossbeams over
head. Besides this disaster the swift
Scraps cross Jones' bow and raked
him fore and aft, which in those days
was as good as home run In the
ninth inning with three men on.
At this point of the combat. the Limey
captain staged a famous Incident by
his fatuous inquiry: HAS your ship
struckT To which, as every school
boy knows, Jones replied: IT have
not yet begun to fight" 3nf13
So they went at 1t again. And they
got all tangled up with each other.
Finally they just hung together and
drifted. Yankee riflemen in the tops
drove the British crew below. British
gunners between decks fired through
the sides Of their own vessel to pune
ture the enemy'ss rA ~fsu ~4f.s
Then came Scot, Yankee Scot,
with a bucket. He filed his bucket
with bombs. He added pinch of
common combustibles. He slid out on
the yardarm overhanging the Scraps.
He threw a match into his bucket,
dropped the bucket down the hatch be-
meath. and beat Ii.
Followed a puff and flame and
bang, a great big boom Of a bang.
This disaster took all the spank out
of the enemy. After few boarding
brawls the finish came.
The Richard was sinking and on
fire; her decks were CORY and her
sides like sleeves. But she was saved
and John Paul Jones became the hero
Of two continents.
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gated q boarding party over the rail
Of the Wasp. which had come along
sides.
Followed a unanimous and success
ful prohibition movement amongst the
Americans.
Bill Manners and o. Of his crew and
officers were killed or wounded. The
ships clerk was the only officer left to
surrender.
Thence the Wasp sailed to France to
recoup. She did 1t so well that soon
after leaving port she attacked con-
voy Of ten vessels escorted by the IA
gun ship-of-the-line Armada. With
sentimental partiality she cut out the
brig Mary, captured valuable military
stores and escaped.
With her blood still up she fell In
with III. M. S. Avon. After a running
fight Of two hours In the darkness of
night the enemy surrendered. The
Avon's mainsail fell over her after
guns and blanketed their fire.
At the moment the Britlsher sur
rendered several more of the enemy
hove up over the horizon, Capt.
Blakeley prudently beat 1t.
On Sept. Fl the brig Atlanta was
taken. She was the fifteenth prize.
October o the Wasp fell In with a
Swedish brig and was reported for the
last time. She was never seen nor
heard Of again.
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Aprieots IN Sheets.

On lower Washington street In New
York are some shops freQuented by
the Arabs who happen to be located In
that city and here is to be found anna
din. This red-brown corklike sheeting
looks as though 1t might be a new
kid Of roofing; but IL you raise 1t
cautiously to the nose, and sniff impo-
litely, you will detect the pungent
fruity odor Of dried apricots. That Is
just what 1t is--dried apricots pressed
into this form. 1t is more quickly
made than the regulation dried april
cots, and can be used for exactly the
same PURPOSES.
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WASP

~ HE u. S. s. Wasp had q tran
u silent glory about her that was al
most modern.
She fitted into being In April. 1914,
and buzzed out during the fall Of the
same year.
There was first Wasp In the war
Of 1912. This second one was smaller
but better built. Her 500 tons made
her little more. than an overgrown
yacht.
She was armed with 20 sawed-ofr 81
Founders and a pair Of lean 12-pound-
ers. Cutting loose oil together she
could hurl the tremendous broadside
of 315 pounds of metal-or about the
weight Of one modern S-inch shell!
Captain Johnnie" Blakeley took her
out on May /, 1914. He wasted no time
but headed straight for the English
channel. In six weeks he had cleaned
up enough prizes to retire on a chick
en- farm.
But Johnnie was not the retiring
kind or we shouldn't have named one
Of our late destroyeIs after him.
On June % III. NJ. s. Reindeer hove
In sight. With Laplandish pertinacity
the Wasp perched on the Renders
hauneh and stung her venomously.
But the Reindeer was known as the
pride of Portsmouth" so she bucked
and kicked and fetched other vicious
efforts to dislodge her adversary. Her
skipper Capt. William Manners, leaped
into the rigging and CALAMITY promul-
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-01-05
BLUE OINTMENT KILLS BUGS
Equal Parts Of Poison and vaseIIne
Applied TO Fowls Body 10
Effective.

Body lice on fowls can be quickly
and effectively eliminated by the blue
ointment treatment. Get your drug
gist to mix equal parts of vaseline
and blue or mercurial ointment. A
piece the size of pea rubbed on to
the skin below the vent viii kill both
lice and nits. Do 1t this spring and fall
but don't overdo II nor use 1t on
chicks under three months old.
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STUDY OF MARKET DEMANDS
Poultry Raiser Should Know What
Color Of Eggs and Meat viii
Bring Best Prices.

Every poultry raiser should make a
study Of the market demands. A uni
form color Of eggs and flesh in poul-
try is desirable. A mixed flock will
not produce uniform eggs or meat,
and eggs from such flock are not
desirable for Matching.
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Birds are usually voracious eaters.
Some birds consume two and a half
times their weight of food In twenty
four hours. The heron, which has the
light weight Of four pounds In spite
Of its size. is striking example Wild
pigeons are among the greediest eaters.
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PLAN FOR BETTER CHICKENS
Fall 10 Good Time to Obtain Few
Purebred FowIs-Get Hens That
Melted Late.

This fall Is a good time to buy a
few purebred hens If you are planning
to go in for better chickens. Select
hens that have not molted by the mid
die of October and you will probably
have group of good layers. Next
spring they can be mated with a pure
bred rooster from high producing
strain and your foundation flock Is I'M
der way.
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Flattery would not 60 far II vanity
did not meet her Boston
Transcript.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1921-01-05

In stubborn cases OF neuralgia when
several branches of trigemInal nerve
are affected, and all the ordinary
methods OF treatment 'mve failed. DIR.
II. Pichler of Vienna injects alcohol
into the Gasserian gnnglion ard effects
cure In almost every case.
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the house. In order to break the hens
of laying promiscuously wherever they
desire. By removing the straw and
bedding, the floor Of the house is not
SO attractive as a nesting spot for the
hens and pullets. and hence they are
forced to seek the trap-nests.
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e Local applications as they csnn0t reach
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that r by constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness II
caused By an inhamsd condition OF the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
when this tube n inflamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when II II entirely closed, Deafness n the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
ducsd and this tube restored to. its nor
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused By Catarrh. which is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
case Of Catarrhar Deafness that cannot
e svrsd BY HALLS cATARRH
u. j. Cheney Z Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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PRINTS

Best American Prints, former
price 23c, sale price, yd.. 1Oc
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OUTING FLANNEL

One lot 35c Outing, sale price. Ice
One lot 40c Outing, sale price. .29c
One lot 45c Outing, sale price. 35c
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ALL UNDERWEAR

Childrens' separate garments
union suits ........ $3.50 off
Ladies Vellastic union suits
long and short sleeves, ex-
ira heavy. Regular $2.75
Tor 5000 z.co
Ladies Set-snug Dutch neck, no
sleeves. Regular $2.75. .$2.25
Special value Ladies Unionsuits 81
Vellastic separate garments for
ladies. Regular $1.90. .$1.49
Mems High Rock heavy fieeced
underwear, best on market
Regular $1.75 garment.
Special 49,. 49,. -. ..$1.35
Storm King-High Rock Fleece
ed union suits, 1925 val
ue 49,. 49,. 49,. $3.50. $Z.75
4 Special lot Ladies Fancy Hand
kerchiefs, 39c value, on
o---S !. :. !. !. !. q. :. - SS->
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BLANKETS

BLANKETS
Grey, white and tan Blankets
SIS value, 64x78, sale price $2.98
Grey Flannel Blankets, full
double bed size, 68x82,
sale price ....... ..... 1913
A few Wool Nap Blanket
Lot $500 Blankets,-sale
..... %
Lot $3.50 Blankets-sale
price .....Sf
Lot $3.50 Blankets-sale
Lot $1,000 Blankets, Isale
price ...... ...... -
A few wool Blankets, regular
$12.50-$13.50, special -. $11
Crib Blankets, 30x40, blue and
pink, $1.25 $50. -. 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
LITTLE BIT OF ENGLAND

DHILADELPIEIA was settled by Eng
L lishmcn. They brought English customs
with them. When they acCumu at"d enough
property to justify it they bought them
selves places in the country. whcr" they
spent part Of the year after the manner Of
their ancestors.
This custom has continued to the present
time, until it has been said that the country
within twenty miles of the city Hall re-
semblcs the country around London in way
peculiar to itself.
Admiral Beatty was entertained Ht one Of
these country houses during thc last week.
end, and n fox hunt was arranged for him in
order that he might feel NOR" ut home. Th"
fox hunt is common diversion of the p""pI"
in the ncghborhood where he was enter
tained. They have their fox hounds and
masters of the hunt, and they wear the COS
TUNES sportcd by the English country gen
tlemen who engage in the sam" sport
The admiral, therefore. su"nt day or
two in what must have seemed to him a hit
Of old Englnr1 IN itS 'u",t "rn"iouS mood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
THE CASE OF DONALDSON

TT WILL be most unfortunate for the city
i If the cloud of irrelevant testimony and
legal dust raised in Magistrate Bcaton &
office at the first hearing of the charge Of
conspiracy against State Insurance Commits
Sioncr Donaldson is permitted to obscure the
central meaning in this sensational case.
1t is not often that the processes of law are
as openly used in opposition 10 the public
interest as they were at the first recital Of
the allegations against Mr.. Donaldson. The
question involved is not ono of conspiracy
at all. 1t is whether n crowd of fircbuCs
organized for profit and the service of any
man VINO wants burn his property for
insurance money, is to be permitted to work
undiSturbed.
Commissioner Donaldson, like every other
man who has attempted to explain the enor-
nous losses by fire in the United States,
knows that many business buildings are
burned to order. Moral certainty is not
legal evidence.
In this and other States. and i'm almost
every city in the country. the police authori-
ties have been waging a hopeless fight with
professional tirrbugs. Legal evidence Of in.
c'ndnriSm is usually destroyed Ey the time
the hremen arrive. donaldson sought TO
get legal evidence against men suspected Of
cooperating with the arson ring. His do
tcCtivCS did no more than other detectives
have been doing from time immcmorial when
they were turned loose to fine the head
quarters of this new and abominablc system
OF outIawry. They listened in on telephone
wires. and when they were discovered the
conspiracy charge was made against the man
VIII" employed them
Commissioner donaldson will have the
public Mt his back. and it is cheering to hear
that he doesn't intend to abandon tho hunt.
The Iamcntablc thing is that he had to pass
IN" hat among fire insurance companies, to
obtain funds for this work. Where we're
the public spirit and the intelligence Of the
state Legislature and our own City Council?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
WHAT is "CooD AMERIcAN"?

"DETAILS of Chjraso'N intrnoi'" crusade
~ in the interests Of proper respect for the
onuncation Of English would be welcome.
1t is announced that the program Of
"Bcttrr Speech Week" lists the substtu.
tiou Of "u-huh' and 'yca" for "a good
American yrs' rs particularly offensive and
that school children are asked ~ ulcdg" them.
selves to precision Of articulation uuG the
labial and vocal mystery Of one word every
day for y whole year.
This ~ an uplifting prospect suggestive
Of the 'paua, potato, poultry. uruucs and
prisms' "X"rcS" devised by Dickens i'm
mortal Mrs. General to lend to the lips the
much -d"sirrd Victorian aspect Of simpcrng
refinement. But III England Of her vanished
day the standards of cultivptrd speech were
somewhat sO'idly standardized.
"G"od American" is almost Infinitely
various, just what are tie orthocpir N dcls
glor'cd in Chicagof l. the STERN ana
rGgg"d Mi'dlr Western "r'' tuboo: WHAT
'~ H." Illinois r"a' ton 10 the llat Gn,l 'a''
Of Ncw Eng andors, the curIrd "r' Of Mnn-
uatan, the suppressed "h" Of "who. -
(which and where" characteristic of
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Member of the Associated Press
THE ELECTION

TT WOULD be foolish to waste any space
i on this page discussing the significance of
the election yesterday, because few citizens
seemed Interested in the matter.
The Job Combine nominated its ticket and
elected it. 1t made its deal with the Dem
ocrats for the election of magistrates, per
mitting four Democrats to get $4,000 Com
bine votes each or enough to elect them, as
a reward for the complaccnt agreement of
the Democratic leaders to make no real at
tempt to oppose the machine which calls
itself Republican.
The voters were not interested enough 70
90 to the polls. More than on"-half of
them stayed at home. They will get the
kind of government to which they have con-
sented and il they do not like it they will
have only Themselves to blame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
BEGINNING OF BETTER THINGS

TIME Senate, which has passed the Tax
i Revision Bill, allowed the House pro-
visions repeating the excess profits and
transportation tax to stand. and it made no
change in the corporation tax.
But the rest Of the bill is largely rewritten.
The conference committees Of the two
branches Of Congress will attempt to agree
on n compromise.
The chief point Of difference is on the rate
Of the surtaX on large incomes. The House
bill fixed 1t at so per cent. The Senate bill
raised it to 30 per cent on the demand Of the
farmers bloc. 1t is suggested that there
will be agreement on 40 per cent. This will
be much better than the present rate of 90
per cent.
Men of moderate incomes are relieved
somewhat, for the bill raises the exemption
for men with incomes Of less than SJOOU to
$2500, with an additional exemption Of 500
for each dependent child. The present cX-
emption for child is 5000 and the basic
exemption Of income is $1,000 Under the
new arrangement a man with one child and
an income Of $1,000 year will have to pay
tax on only 800. At present he is take
on $500. The great mass of married men
will escape the income tax entirely, Hs soon
rs the new law goes into effect.
At the last moment the Senate added an
amendment to the bill taxing gifts AT rate,
varying from ! to - per cent in order t.
prevent rich men from eyading the tax on
their income by making presents to members
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
philadelphans, and to the soft and cooins

Philadelphians, and to the soft and cooling
vocablcs of Dixie? Is It waiter" "waw-
tcr' or "wahtah" of which Lake Michigan
is composed?
George Wheeler. Associate Superintendent
of Public Schools in this city, is inclined to
view the suddcnncss of Chicagoan reform
efforts with dsfavor. 1--WE would rather
he declares, "place our faith in the work
that is being done in all our schools all the
time"
But here also rooted localism and delicate
problems in Standardization obtain. "Cul-
lender" supplants the more elegant "colan-
der" given first in Webster, and the phila
dclphian who can pronounce Columbia ave-
nuc without Gliding the first "a" raises sus-
plCions of his alleged nativity.
If Chicago has actually confidence in her
ability to define good American" another
instance NAV be recorded of that invincblc
optimism ever blooming beyond the Allc-
ChpniCS.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
America Has Its Appeal to Those
Who Come and Go and Come Back
Again, and That Appeal viii
Confound Communism
by SARAH ID. LOWRIE

TWO artists know, in order TO prolong
i charming trip in Italy by another
month, exchanged their first t-class passages
on one of the larger Mediterranean steam
ship lines for second class stateroom on
one Of the smaller boats. ! asked them
what were the drawbacks of the trip home,
and they dismissed my question with n
cheerful verdict that there were only
amusemcnts and no drawbacks worthy of
mention.
The nmuscmcnts seemed to have been
watching the other passengers of the Sec
ond cabin at close range. They appeared
to he all of them returning Italians, whole
families Of them who had made their pile
IN America and after the war sold ont in
this country and returned to their native
olive groves with the fond determination to
live and die ms prosperous and sophisticated
and well l-to-do Italians.
But in the course of year It was borne
in upon them that although the "pano-
rama" was all they remembered it. aud the
climate was its genial self and the spa
EhctH was bcttcr than they could ask or
think and the stay at homes wcrr properly
impressed by their afluencc aud their tray
c'cd air and the dollar divided into lire
made them five times as rich as was pos
sihlc before the war-still there was an
aching void.
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HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON Du Ply
MISS MARGARET PRESCOTT MON

Nl TAGUE lives high up among the
mountain people near White Sulphur,
W. Va whore h"r inther has gained th%
r"Pnt"Noh OF OrlhG thc DcSt Snmi" hnl
farmer III ma,t thr Siatc; Miss Montague
has lE"d all hrr Ill" III ines" S"l',u"rH ana
from TINS rock farm has written articles Tor
her career. some two years "g" by furnish,
ing thC scenario FOR tLat mur''' discussed
noIltl"al movie ,"h'i'Ied' "c'c sam OF
Errcdom KidGr' 49,. -,
MISS Moh,aGue SaSS ma! W!,, among Inr
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STRoNG-ARM METHODS ALONE
WON'T CLEAR TRAFFIC JAMS
Constructive Thinking at City Hall
Might Make Rigorous Motor Re-
strictions Less Necessary


\ITITAT is the difference between official
w business of the sort that engages the
talents of Mayor Moore and Magistrate Car
ney and the business that an ordinary, nom
political person has to do to make Il living?
Is the one more necessary to the continuing
order of the universe than the other?
Such diversion as the public Mt large mny
find in the verbal sput between the Mayor
and Mr.. Carney over respective rights to
ignore automobile parking rules just pro-
mulgatrd from Mr.. AToorcs Office will be
reflective of rather bitter humor.
CarnCys imposing devil wagon was on
official business ut the City Hall curb, and
because It was chased by a polccman-as
the dcvilwngons of ordinary mortas are
chased every day-Carncy rested not nor
slept nor knew moment of peace until the
pilot of the Mayors rotund limousine was
subjected to what IS technically known ms n
pinch for breaking the Mayors own law by
waiting far beyond the time limit under the
Mayors window.
"Oficial business" said Mr. Moore.
"OfiCial business" said Mr.. Carney,
loudly.
DnC might suppose that no other business
mattcrcd. Rules that interfere with official
business are pretty sure 10 interfere with
TIA" moro important business that is not
official. That is why it is hard to have
sympathy for the Mayor or for Magistrate
Carney in this instance. while it is easy to
sympathi2c with the haraSSpd traffic police
mCn. caught between the devil of ncbulouS
theory formulated at city Hall and the deep
sea of the traffic problem which they are
expected to solve.
Automobile pounds, restrictions and re-
prcsSionS and mere "kccp- them moving"
orders will not dispose Of the problem of