Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 27 December 1906 — Page 7

v ' C THE INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE. (Syracuse, N. Y., Journal.) Th Independent telephone movement originated about ten years ago. Men who knew anything about the telephone business predicted at that time that the new companies would soon meet financial disaster. Their predictions were then ridiculed as the croakings of pessimism and partisan prejudice, but they have nevertheless been verified in the experience of hundreds of companies. With, many of them, the renewal period, which, it was foretold, would be the time of reckoning, has arrived. Many have pone to irretrievable ruin. Some have been temporarily rescued by the heavy Investment of fresh capital while ethers are now making strenuous efforts to induce investors to put up more money and save them from certain failure. It is a favorite assertion of the independents that they entered the telephone field at the behest of the people wlio had been subject to high rates and poor service from a telephone monopoly which refused to fully develop the business. It is true that the telephone field

was not higniy aeveiopea ten yearn ago and it is not fully developed today. It Is also true that higher jrices for service than prevailed then ae charged today. The business was ne-r, and improvements in apparatus wre so rapid that equipment put in one month was liable to be obsolet the next. Under such business conditions telephone companies were obliged to charge rates hii enough to insure safe margins of pr fit. But the actual independent movement was fathered by shrewd promoters who foresaw a chance to make fortunes by appeals to prejudice, mistaken notions and local pride and patriotism. When the primary Bell patents expired, concerns were already organized to begin the manufacture and sale of telephone Instruments. The next thing was to secure the market. Here was the promoter's chance to work a double "graft." He night make a big profit cn equipment, and, through the liberal methods by trhich the local companies were organized, would also make a heavy profit by the manipulation of their stocks and bonds. Having for their principal aim the deception of investors and the consequent realization of quick profits, hundreds f companies over the country have been organized by promoters. The history of these concerns is almost uniform. A promoter representing some manufacturer of telephone apparatus goes into a town or city and starts an agitation against "monopoly." He declares that for years the people hve submitted to a grinding extortion. The most intense superlatives are used to describe the alleged arrogant manner In which the existing company has been maintaining a high dividend rate at the expense of the suffering telephone users. The public mind is prone to accept such assertions as facts when directed against what is called a monopoly and it is seldom difficult for the promoter to find credulous and willing ears into which to pour his stories. Having tuned public prejudice to th proper pitch, the promoter organizes a company. In most cases the organization is composed of men living away from the community In which tt is proposed to locate the plant. Fometlmes two or three local men are admitted, or induced to accept nominal shares in order to give the promoted concern a local appearance. Tc increase the illusion the organization is usually styled the -Home Company." the "Citizens' Company." the "People's Company." or some such catch title. Franchises have not usually been hard to secure, though, of late, city councils and town trustees have been more careful in granting them. The franchise secured, a "construction company." composed of the promoter and representatives of. the equipment makers who sent hint out. is organized. The purchase of equlpmtM from tiie proper concern, at a price which suits the sellers, is thereby insured and one of the main objects of the firomotlon i accomplished. The plant Is nstailed. Sometimes it is good, but oftener it is poor, though the fact that It Is poor cannot be detected by the inexperienced local members of the company. The construction company accepts in payment the stocks and bonus of the promoting company. Operating begins, and the service Is usually fairly good. The subscribers, of whom larg-e list has been secured by offering cheaper rates than tnose quotea by the existing company, are enthusiastic and collections are easy. The first years shaw a good profit, interest or the bonds is paid and frequently largi dividends declared. Then the promote: does his real smooth work. He placet his stocks and bonds carefully upon thf market. He offers as a reason that he 1 a construction man, not an operator, and is satisfied with a moderate profit. DaxzleJ by the appearance of larga earnings investors buy these securities at hli?h prices. When they are unloaded the promoter departs for another fertile tJeld. lie has made a profit on the equipment, another on the construction and a third in the sale of the stock and bonds. Then the local company, reorganized among those whj have bought the securities, takes- charge of the business. And what happens? It soon finds that wear f.nd tear and natural decay have alreadv begun to tell on the integrity of the pi; int. It finds that repairs and renewal must be made and that the money paid' out as profits should have been set aside for these renewals. Within five or six years, the plants reach such a condition that additional capital must be provided, low rates raised and a large part of the equipment renewed. Klther these things must be done or the entire Investment will be lost. It only remains at this stage for the inveftors to perpetrate upon somebody else the tricks played upon them by the original promoters. At the present time some attempts are being made to reorganize companies and buy out present owners who for various ostensible reasons wish to retire. There are more ruses to recover money sunk in hopeles3 investments. The telephone "merger" is now the only remaining stage through which the business can be put. and the country is full of n:erger schemes today. This will be the opportunity for another call by the telephone high f nanclers upon the purses of the people and one of the most dangerous and subtle yet made. The investor who is tempted to .ake stock in a "merger" proposition should bear in mind that another promotion fee Is to be made from the proceeds of his purchase of stock or bonds and that these stocks and bonds ire only remote liens upon operating profits if there are any. The failure of independent companies to accomplish the success promised by the promoters has been due to several reasons, some of which were within the power of the company to control, and others entirely beyond iL One of the reasons for failure is overcapitalisation. In order to insure their profits, the promoters almost invariably had bonds Issued to themselves for 50 to 100 per cent- more than the actual value of the plants. This made it reasonably sure that they would sell out at a good figure, but left a heavy bonded debt upon the shoulders of the operating companies. Another reason Is depreciation. The depreciation in a telephone plant is from five to ten per cent, annually on Its value. This mjans that before any actual profits can be figured, this percentage must be set aside to provide for these renewals. Eagerly pocketing profits when the business first started and the depreciation was not noticeable, was the mistake most commonly made by the independent companies. Another reason is ruinous rates.. In order to secure business the independent companies have usually furnished service at rates too low to make a profit and take care of the depreciation. In many cases these low rates have been fastened upon the companies by city and town ordinances which were accepted by tho companies in the enthusiasm of the start, and which the promoters did not oppose as they expected to withdraw from the operating companies long before the rate question should become embarrassing. In figuring rates the awkward misLake was often made that the more telephone subscribers secured, the less the cost of operation per subscriber. There are afty number of cities that are disgusted with dual telephone service. It has been proven conclusively that it is a burden instead of a benefit on the public, and according to many it will be only a matter of time when there will be but one telephone service. Her Complaint. Nell Oh. he makes me tired. He's always trying to kiss me. Belle Hut you told me you liked him so much you wouldn't mind tf he did kiss you. Nell That's just It lie's "always trying" and doesn't get any further. Philadelphia Ledser. Revenge Is Svreet. Meeker It is rumored that Green Is going to marry your divorced wife. reckcm-vvell. I hope he does. I always hated that man. Setting Him Right. Dentist Little girl, which is the tooth that aches? Boston Child I hare no tooth that aches, sir, but there is an exceedingly sensitive nerve in the upper right bicuspid which I shall have to ask you to treat. That's So. "The man on the Springfield (Mo.) Republican says matrimony is like poker it Is all In the draw." "All right as far as It oes, but la poker you can drop out after the drarc It you feel like It" Houston Post

SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOM- INTERESTING NECDOTES OF THE WAR. How the Toys of Both Armies Whiled Away Life in Camp-Foraging Experiences, Tiresome Marches Thril line Scenes on the Battlefield. Mm. Oliver P. Morton, widow of the ?reat war Governor of Indiana, was as&esl at a meeting of the Daughters of the Revolution to give some of her recollections of the stirring days of the civil war in which her great husband played so prominent a part. "The excitement following the tiring on Fort Sumter," said Mrs. Morton, "was doubtless tbe most Intense that Indianapolis ever knew. There were many other times of excitement in the days of 1861 to 1SGT, but nothing to equal that occasioned by the tiring on Fort Sumter. In the morning of the löth of April, 1SG1, before President Lincoln Issued his proclamation calling for troops, my husband sent him a dispatch tendering him six thousand troops from Indiana. When the call came people flocked to this city from all over the State to enlist the first day 500, the second day 2,400 and before the end of the week more than 12,000. "It soon became evident that we women should do something. We began with a sewing society, organized at my home, and from this there were made district societies about the city. I was made president of the parent society. Mrs. Coburn, wife of Gen. John Coburn, and Mrs. Anna Baggs were among the active members. The Governor's house was then in West Market street on the site now covered by the Traction Terminal station. "We started by making two large flags, but soon founcTit was more Important to make clothing for the soldiers and to knit socks for those who were in the hospitals. "The people of the State had somewhat different ideas of what the Governor's house should be from those that are held now. In those days soldiers' wives and their children came to the Governor's house to stay all night. Sometime?; to remain for a day or two. We could not send them to a hotel. They seemed to think it was our duty to entertain them. We had quite enough to do In that time with entertaining guests who came from a distance, such as Chief Justice Chase, Secretary of War Cameron and other members of President Lincoln's cabinet and generals and senators. Vice Prejldent Andrew Johnson was our guest for a time. Mr. Lincoln and his party, on their way to Washington in February, 1861. were entertained at our house at breakfast. "I remember once my husband hurried off to Washington to see rresid;nt Lincoln. General McClellan bad been Inactive for a long time, and my husband was out of all patience. I don't know whether that vlsrt to the President had anything to do with It, but certain It Is that General McClellan was Immediately relieved from command. "My husband had some strange visitors. One day daring the excitement a. tending the conspiracy of the Sons of Liberty or the Knights of the Golden Circle, an acquaintance visited the Governor and said to him : 'Governor, you are all wrong. I have Information from the inside, and I know the orgaalzatlon has no Intention whatever of assisting the prisoners at Camp Morton to rise against their guards and escape. 'Well,' said my husband, perhaps I have better information than you think.' lie opened a drawer, and taking out a paper, read to the visitor a speech that he, the visitor, had made ai a meeting of the Sons of Liberty a few nights before, advocating the release of the prisoners at Camp Mortou. My husband had spies la that organization and knew what the members were doing all the time." American Tribune. A Forager in Despair. "I have a friend," said the Captain, "who lost confidence in Sherman' on the march from Raleigh to Washington. In the march to the sea and In all his long marches before that Sherman encouraged foraging. In the march southward from Atlanta detachments oi men scoured the country on either side of the line of march confiscating everything that could support man or beast. Strict orders were given as to the conduct of foragers toward the people, but they were encouraged to carry off nil provisions and forage and to destroy whatever would support the enemy. "Foraging under the circumstances became a part of the soldier's trade, and Sherman's men were experts. Among them all no one stood higher than my friend Joe. He succeeded beyond any other man In our regiment, and he often went fifteen or twenty miles from the line of march, bringing in horses and wagons loaded with flour or meat or hay or corn, to say nothing of chickens and pigs. He had many adventures and rare escapes, and became a sort of hero In the command. Certainly he was very proud of his work, and was complimented for his successful rald3 by the officers. "After the surrender of Lee and Johnston, when Sherman's . army marched from Raleigh toward Washington, there was a change in the program that disgusted all of the bummers and foragers. The order was that there should be no straggling from the ranks, no foraging whatever, that no soldier should even go Inside the gate of a front yard or back yard, that no soldier should confiscate a chicken or turkey or shoot a hog. It was explained that as the war had ended we were no longer In an enemy's country, hud were to act accordingly. So strict were the rules that a man was not even permitted to enter a yard to get a drink of water. "There never was probably better discipline maintained upon any march than prevailed on that march from Raleigh to Richmond and from Richmond to Washington. We had everything that soldiers needed in the way of clothing and supplies, and if we wanted extras we were compelled to pay for them. The men who had been in the habit of roaming the country at will and taking chickens and turkeys wherever they found them were In dismay. Je confided to me that the restraint was killing him. He would look longingly at the chickens running about In a yard, would start to leave the ranks whenever he heard a hog's grunt, and was nearly wild when he saw cattle and horses In pastures and no soldier driving them off. He even considered It disgraceful to pay the negroes for butter and chickens, although he had l&nty of money. He went into Washington a depressed man, but when he saw the whole army on parade he ral

lied enough to admit. that he might In a hundred years forgive Uncle Billy." Chicago Inter Oean.

Reminiscence of the AVr. "The first pair of shoes I had in the army," said the old soldier, "were two sizes too big for me. I wore sixes; my first army shoes were eights. I didn't take them from choice I got the nearest I could to aiy size. We were bfing fitted out from bead to foot for the first time that was when we were mustered in and the required numbers of pairs of shoes, of assorted sizes, had been delivered to each compauy. When I got at them they had been culled over so much that there was nothing left smaller than eights. "I didn't think it would be possible for me to wear a shoe two sizes too big for me, but I tried a pair on. They were brogans, having flaps, with two eyelets on each side, lacing over the Instep with leather shoestrings. They tied snugly, so that the heel and often part of the shoo, and the sole, did not shuck on my foot. The forward part of my foot felt as though it were outdoors, but I thought they might do. I had to have a pair of shoes, and I took them. "I wore those shoes for months, and with the greatest of comfort. They were enormous, or they looked so to me. As soon as I. began to wear them the thick leather of the uppers humped up Into big, round ridges, with valleys between, across the top, giving to the to. of the shoe a sort of fluted or corrugated effect. These corrugations remained always just the same as long as I wore the shoes. They were not what you would call a handsome shoe, but, as I said, they did not shuck around on my feet, and they were mighty comfortable. "But it doesn't follow that after that I alwavj got shoes two sizes too big for me! as a matter of fact; I didn't: but I always did get shoes plenty largo for me; plenty; and found comfort in wearing them. "Sometimes we used to draw boots: cavalry boots. And It was kind o' fun to get boots. I remember very well the first pair of boots I drew, I think I felt (perhaps In a little maturer sort of way, though not much so. either) about as much pleased over that pair of boots as I did with my first red-top w hen I was a boy. To get on a pair of cavalry boots sort of maue n man feel a little bit less like a plodding Infantryman, and n little more like a cavalryman; It gave him a sort of a horse-and-sabre touch. But this was only as he walked down the company street after drawing the boots from the quartermaster; the next day, on picket, the boots were about the same to him as shoes would have been. ."Still there were men who preferred boots and always drew boots when they could get them. But for myself I like shoes better. A mounted man, of course, wants boots; but according to my notion the most comfortable thing for an Infantry soldier to wear Is a good, roomy shoe that ran be made snng enough somewhere so that it won't shuck around on the foot." New York Press. Crnel Order Revoked. Colonel Edmund Berkley of Virginia is one of the best preserved veterans of the "late unpleasantness." He commanded a Virginia regiment, and has many Interesting reminiscences. One of these he related to the writer and I give It nearly In his own terms. He said : "I claim to have averted retal lation and great suffering by refusing to deliver up my prisoners until out inhuman order was revoked. It happened In this wise : The night of the battle of Ball's Bluff, General E. ordered me to march 700 privates and twenty-two officers who had been caitured out to Camp Carolina, about a mile from Ieesburg, halt them there, and await further orders, which was done. Soon after be sent out Captain S. with two Mississippi companies, who informed me that General E. ordered him to relieve me of my pris oners and march them to General B at Centerville. I said: 'Captain, what are you doing with that coll ol roje on your horse's neck?' "He said: The general has ordered me to tie the hands of all the prisoner behind their backs and march them Id that condition.' "I asked: 'Officers and all?' "He said, 'Yes.' M Well, I replied, 'it Is the mosl cruel and foolish order ever Issued. The night Is very dark, and the road covered with stone, and every few steps a man with his hands tied behind his back would fall on his face and ! terribly injure himself; besides, you have not enough rope to tie one-twen tleth of the number.' "He replied : 'I think you are right and I wish you would take my horst and ride into town and tell the general it is Impossible to carry out the order.' "I would not leave the prisoners, but an officer who had accompanied, me oiit was dispatched with the message and the general was Induced to countermand the order. If this order had beoD carried out, retaliation might have fol lowed, resulting In untold suffering." Japaneite Ingenuity. The Ingenuity of the Japanese Is shown In many little ways. For in stance, during the crusade against the bubonic plague the officials saved the skin of every rat that was killed, and In this way enough fur was obtained to make 50,000 sets of ear muffs for the soldiers in Manchuria. Jnit an Effect. A young painter bowed Edwarc Rosewater one day a portrait of a um tual friend. That a portrait of Smith?" the edl tor exclaimed. "I'd never have knowr It" "Oh." the artist exclaimed. "I didn't try for a likeness, you 1 now. I tried for an effect an effect in grays." "I know a man I.i Xew York," sale Mr. Rosewater, "who had his portrait painted last year. It cost him $4,00( and lie was very proud of It. Wher It came home he showed it to his ceok 44 'Well, Mary,' he said, 'how do yot like this portrait? "'Sure, sir, said the crok 'it's love ly. It's beautiful. It's divine.' "And, of course,' said my fiicij;" 'you know who It is?" "Oh, of course I do, sir,' said tht cook. 'Of course, of course. As she , spoke she kept drawing nearer to the picture, studying it more and more closely. 'Of course, sir,' she said. 'It's you or the mistress.' "Buffalo En quirer. ! When any calamity has been suffer ) ed the first thing to be remembered 1? I how much has been escaped. John i ton. In one ward of Brook lyn there Is not a solitary negro voter.

A close pen Is a bad place for pigs, when they might be out getting most of their living for themselves. Bran, malt, oats, hay, carrots and green grass or clover are suitable for sick or convalescent animals. A farmer needs a nice house that will keep out the cold and he needs nn ice house that will keep out the leat Next to a shredder an old thrashing machine will put fodder in a good condition to feed. In fact some farmers claim that it Is even better. An agricultural axiom was written as early as the year 175S, as follows: "The finer the earth is made by tillage, the more it Is enriched by rain, dew and air." The man who "had better stock and farm products at home," than those exhibited at the fair was there. He usually shows up, but he seldom exhibits any of the results of his labor. It pays to fertilize crops. If twenty loads of m inure on an acre only increases the crop five bushels of corn, there is a gain by It, for that fertility will be evident on that acre for many years. A dark soil absorbs the rays of the sun faster than the light soil and thus makes it warmer. This difference !n temperature affects the germination and growth of plants. In the spring when the corn Is coming up the rows are usually seen first In the dark soil. While it may be desirable for the poultry keeper to know the points in the standard for pure-bred fe.wls, and to be able to detect a bad feather or a fault at a glance, for practical purposes he had better know the symptoms of disease and be able to detect a sick bird when he visits the yards. Carrots, parsnips and salsify will keep safely in the ground where grown unless the winter be very severe. It Is always well, however, to pull and store Föne of these roots in sand in the cellar so that they may be available for the table should the ground become too hard frozen to permit of digging or pulling them. The advantage of moderately lowheaded, open-center trees are be it appreciated when one Is engaged In Fpraylng, thinning and picklig the fruit. This is a problem and good orchardlsts are studying a deal to-day, and It is very generally admitted that It requires the greatest good Judgment to prune Just enough to produce the desired effect. About SO per cent of the American export trade In horses Is done with the British Empire. During the last year the total number of horses exported from this country was 'gOST of a total value of $4,3G3,9S1. Of these no less than 31,919 were taken Into Canada, the bulk representing the team power of American farmers settling in the new Northwest. A Virginia apple grower says: It may not be generally known that If green apples are poured on a trick floor or dry dirt floor In autumn, that freezing will not hurt them In the least, provided they are not tiisturbed while frozen. Have bad them on plank floor ani freezing would ruin them, but have never lost them by freezing when on a dry brick or earth, floor. A barbed-wire fence was heard to make the remark: "I've been In the cattle and horse business for many years, and I have observed that I always got more horses and cattle when I was down and out of repair. I may have to retire, however, as my neighbor, the woven wire, Is expanding his domain." It is getting to be a question whether a farmer who raises good horses can afford to have a barbedwire fence. Professor, W. J. Green says: "Apples will thrive on a great variety of soils, will color better on high land, but will hang to the trees better and ripen later on lowgronnd, but there Is more in the management than in the soil. With spraying and cultivation they can be successfully grown where they formerly would not succeed. Thorough drainage Is Important, tiling preferred. Mulching has produced good results, but when commenced must be continued. It may be employed where cultivation Is not practicable." Did you ever try to drive a nlnetypound shoat thro.ugh a sixteen-foot gate? Of course you have, and you have had him stop before reaching the gate, turn about, meditate, hesitate, cogitate and finally the combined efforts of hired man and a dog can't put him through that gate. Then you have had the same pig approach the same gate when he was not wanted and you have slipped up along tLe fence In an attempt to. head him off and aLd well, of course he got through first. It Is presdmed that the average hog Is possessed of the spirit of divination. He can foretell what Is going to happen a good deal better than his owner. Acetylene Lanips. The operation of cutting wheat at night with a motor lighted by acetylene lamps bas been successfully performed In Kansas. A good crop was cut by an agricultural motor, which hauled two binders at one time and cut 32 acres In rather over 13 hor.rs. Save Moner In Fertilizer. It Is possible to obtain more plant food for a given expenditure of mon?y If unmixed chemical fertilizers are purchased rather than the ordinary mixed fertilizers, says Farming. In most cases, the same amount of plant food as Is contained in a ton of mixed fertilizers can be purchased in the form of unmixed chemicals at a cost of about $6 to $8 less. The labor of mixing will not cost nearly enough to offset this difference Many farmers

wil say, however, that they do not understand the principles which should govern in the selection and compounding of the different chemical fertilizers. This may often be the case, and I cannot attempt to cover the ground In the short space of one article. I wish, however, to say that If you de sire advice and assistance In this matter, it will be gladly given if you will apply to your State Experimental Station. Eaalest Way to Start Celery. One of the most dilficult things tc raise in the garden is celery, because of its being hard to start the plants. A very successful way, however, is to prepare the ground where you want the plants, sow good fresh seed quite thick In the row, but don't cover with dirt. Next cover with burlap, laying something on the edges to prevent tne wind from blowing It away, and sprinkle with water every day on top of the burlap. In from one to two weeks the seed will sprout and as it begin to grow raise the burlap gradually and finally remove. Plants grown in this way will be very hardy and may be thinned out and transplanted, leaving the plants about five inches apart in the row. The bleaching may Ikj done as one chooses, with dirt or straw mulching or boards. To Manage Mite and llavrks. In a lecture before the students ol the Agricultural Department of the University of Missouri, T. E. Orr, secretary of the American Poultry Association, told of methods of combating mites and chicken hawks, that might easily be used by every Missouri housewife. Mites, he says, may be gotten rid of by spraying the chicken house with a mixture of one part crude carbolic acid and eight parts carbon oil. This mixture he recommends In preference to mite exterminators, sold by traveling agents. Hawks may be kept out of the poultry yard by attaching bright pieces of tin, six by ten inches, to the trees and iolcs surrounding the quarters, by strings two feet long so that the wind will make the bright metal dance In the sunlight.

Choice of Orchard Location. In a bulletin on the renewal of the peach industry In New Jersey, a bulletin issued by the experiment stalicm of thf.t State has the following, to say regarding the selection of a field: It is best to choose a field at some distance from an old orchard, so as to avoid as far as possible the passage of insects and diseases. But if the cjd orchard is not Infested with yellows, root-lice or borers, a young orchard may be planted near it. So far as the scale is concerned, the trees must be sprayed every year; therefore it can be controlled near an old orchard, but It is easier to manage If not near an infected o,ne. It I, of course, to be preferred that the field chosen be one that has not grown peaches for several years. It Is sometimes said that the soils In parts of the State will no longer grow peaches, but the soils that were once good peach soils are still so if they are properly treated. I'arifyinK Filthy Mills. The' unsightly and unsanitary condition of many of our dairies and milk herds is a reproach to owners. In most Instances the owners cannot see the dirt and filth, the bad drinking water and the smeared cows. He is too much accustomed to them. He Is "letting well enough alone" at his place. Cows drinking from ponds with green scum over the surface cannot give pure milk. The cow should be clean outwardly, also, before the milker sits down to his work. Has the milker clean hands? Then he Is one among ten thousand. Has be clean clothes? Then Indeed is he a rare bird among milkers of kine. Thousands of cow owners believe In the bottom of their hearts that clothing and hands cannot be kept clean for milking. These people think that milk is of necessity, in the nature of the case, a tolerably filthy article, which may be purified more or less by straining or possibly by the separator. How vain this hope Is has been shown many times by mlscroscoplc examination of milk once dirty. "Once dirty, always filthy," is the rule for milk, as ordinarily handled. But one Is almost sure to waste time talking to people about what the microscope will reveal when they are unable to see common Mack dirt and worse In the bottom of every pall when It Is emptied. The only safe and sanitary plan known to the dairy world Is to keep the milk pure from Inside to outside, from start to finish. Farm and Ranch. Increasing Ekk Production. In these days no one can afford to keep deadheads on the farm. All farm animals must pay for their keep and make a good profit In addition. It !s an astonishing fact, therefore, thf t o;ily a small proportion of poultrynien actually know whether a particular hen b laying or not. Some men can Judge more or less accurately by the color of the comb, by the cheery song, and other well known signs. A much more accurate uethod consists In the use of trap nests by means of which each hen is marked by a ring, or otherwise, every time she lays an egg. It requires a little time and patience, of course, to operate trap nests so as to separate the layers from the non-la yers, but it pays well In the end. When the test has been applied to, a flock of hens, some are found to be laying 150 to 100 eggs a year, while others of equally vigorous appearance and happy disposition lay not an egg. But the non-layers eat, and are, therefore, expensive luxuries to keep about the farm. The chief value of any reliable system for picking o.ut the best layers is found In the fact that they may be used as breeding stock to Improve the egg production of the whole flock to come. In a careful series of tests In Maine, Utah and elsewhere it has been definitely shown that the hen transmits her laying qualities to her offspring. With this fact well established the pe.ultryman should use no rooster for breeding purposes unless he comes from a 200egg ben, and should Incubate no eggs except those which come from a hen with a record of 200 eggs a year. It Is thus possible to, build up a flock of hens each of which will lay 200 to 250 eggs n year. This is fully double the yield of the average flock. Not only may the number of eggs be Increased by breed, lng, but a great uniformity in the size, shape and color of the eggs Is secured,

The Story of a Medici ic. Its name "Golden Medical Discovery was suggested by one of its most Important and valuable ingredients Golden Seal root. Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Pierce discovered that he could, by the uso of pure, triple-refined glycerine, aided by a certain degree of constantly maintained heat and with the aid of apparatus and appliances designed for that purpose, extract from our most valuable native medicinal roots their curative properties much bettor than by the use of alcohol, so generally employed. So the now worldfamed "Golden Medical Discovery,' for the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and kindred derangements was first made, as It ever since has bV?n, without a particle of alcohol in its mauc-up. A glance VatM)uVl list of its Ingredients, printed oVTvcrv bottle-wrapper, will show that It Is tnade from the most valuable medicinal roofsYfound growing In our American fores iSJ All these In-

pred i e nt have received the strongest florseinent from theJcding meajca"! ex nyrti. teach t und I writer nn Afrifrrfa Meura Wbo recomwen thoTn tftr ypry, been compiled by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., and will be mailed free to any one asking same by postal card, or letter addressed to the LkJctor as above. From these endorsements, copied from standard medical books of all the different schools of practice, it will be found that the Ingredients composing the"Golden Medical Discovery" are advised not only for the cure of tne above mentioned diseases, but also for the cure of all catarrhal, bronchial and throat afR-ctions, accompalned with catarrhal discharges, hoarseness, soro throat, lingering, or hang-on-coughs, and all those wasting affections which, If net promptly and firoperly treated are liable to terminate n consumption. Take Dr. Pierce's Discovery In time and persevere In Its use until you give It a fair trial and It Is not likely to disappoint. Too much must not be expected of it. It will not perform miracles. It will not cure consumption In its advanced stages. No medicine will. It tcill cure the affections that lead up to consumption, if taken In time. ITat Chasers. A new profession has been established the professional hat chaser. It fills a long "felt" want not only felt, but any other kind of a hat wo,uld mean as much for him. The windier the day the happier the hat chaser appears. He hangs around windy corners like the Masonic temple which is a veritable Klondike to him and when old Boreas peels off the headpiece of an Innocent pedestrian he immediately starts pursuit, and. securing the hat, brushes it neatly with a near-bald brushlet which he carries concealed somewhere on his person, hands it back to Its rightful owner, and then with an appealing look awaits results which may be a nickel, or, very seldom, a dime. It is said these chasers earn from $1 to $3 a day, dependent, of course, upon the weather. Some of them carry a supply of string hat guards, and offer them to whoever has been so unfortunate as (o have his hat tossed abcut on the winds at 10 cents apiece. Chicago Inter Ocean. TERRIBLE ITCHING SCALP. Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands and . Limbs An Old Soldier Declares: "Cuticura Is a Blessing." "At all times and to all people I am Willing to testify to the merits of Cuticura. It saved me from worse than the .torture of hades, about the year 1000, with itching on my scalp and temples, and afterwards it commenced to break out on my hand3. Then it brke out on my limbs. 1 then went to a Surgeon, whose treatment did me no good, but rather aggravated the disease. I then told him I would go and see a physician In Erie. The reply was that I could go anywhere, but a case of eczema like mine could not be cured; that I was too old (80). I went to an eminent doctor in the city of Erie and treated with him for six months, with like results. ,1 had read of the Cuticura Remedies, and so I seit for the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent, and continued taking the Resolvent until I had taken six bottles, stopping It to take the Pills. I was now getting better. I took two baths a day, and at night I let the lather of the Soap dry on.. I used the Ointment with great effect after washing In warm water, to stop the Itching at once. I am now cured. The Cuticura treatment Is a blessing, and ihould be used by every one who has itching of the skin. I can't say any more, and thank God that He has given the world such a curative. W?n. H. Gray, 3303 ML Vernon St., Philadelphia, Ta August 2. W05." Consider the Dald Head. When it Is considered that scientists who study the hair have discovered five or six causes for Its falling out with subsequent baldness, it doesn't seem worth while trying to keep it on the skull. Any one of these "six causes" is quite sufficient to reduce an affluent topknot to a billiard ball surface; therefore a real benefaction for mankind would be the enforcement of a mighty fashion rendering its loss the most admirable thing In life. No genius has ever thought of this alternative and It Is suspected our ultra-civilized nations would revolt at first, but by degrees the world would adopt the Idea and finally end by cultivating It con amore. Boston Herald. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has ben able to cure In all Its stares, and that is Catarrh. liar's Catarrh Cure Is the owly positive core now kijuwn to the medical fraternity. Catarrh beinjp a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and raucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and glrlng the patient strength by building op the Constitution and usUtlnj nature In doing its work. The proprietors have ao much faith in Its curative powers that they ofTer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Bend for llt of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. .A Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The Only Doubtful Cltlsen. "Everybody Is telling exactly what you will do If you are elected to office." "Yes," answeicd the candidate. "Well, what will you do?" "I don't know yeL" Washington Star. RUBBER STAMPS. All kinds of Rubber Stamps Made to Order. Self-Inking Daters something new. Ink and Inking Pads. Send for Catalogue to Lock Box 219. Fort Ways. Indiana. Ills Great and Good Friend. The hoodlum threw a stone at the Japanese boy. "If you do that some more," said the little brown boy, "I tell Mr. Roocyfcl' on you PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT la guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Itllnd, Bleeding or Protruding Tilt in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c. The Belgians are great p goon breeder, and one of the choicest b:rus of this kind is the true Antwerp carrier, which la comparatiyely rare. rtr. Vinlows Boothtwo Stkcp tor Children tMthtnc; soft an the garni, reduce infimtnintuo&, Ilat sin, carts wind coUo. 2 csau s botU.

Bpt renales tor tre rt jcece fpr which tie-Men Mod icn r I )icoverv ) adytsedr ATittleoookof these endorsements luis!

Cheap Labor. Two brothers, according to a epeclal dispatch from Bangor, Me to the New York Tribune, are owners of a large farm at Harris Hill, In that State, and are extensive growers of potatoes. The potato field, some distance from the house, was seldom visited. A neighbor passing one morning lately saw a large quantity of potatoes lying on the ground, and Informed the brothers of the fact. One of them hastened to the field, and to his astonishment discovered some thirty bushels exposed to view. They were gathered and properly disposed of, but another visit to the field on the following morning revealed about eight bushels more lying I: scattered heaps as before. Several morning visits to the field afterward showed like strange results. Wondering who could have dug the potatoes, the brothers resolved upon a night watch. They were rewarded by discovering that a family of skunks were the guilty parties, and investigation showed why. The ground beneath the hills of potatoes was colonized by families of huge white worms. To get at them the skunks were compelled to dig up the potatoes, which they did as thoroughly and deftly as a man with a hoe might have done it Thereafter the brothers went out to the field every morning and garnered the results of the skunks labors with neither expense nor fatigue to themselves.

Unable to Specify Raggles How are the heating arrangements in your fiat? Ramage Heating arrangements? There's a mitigating circumstance or two in the basement, I believe, but I don't know of anything as definite as an arrangement. A Great Outside Remedy. Mc?t pains are of local origin a crick" in the back, a twinge of rheumatism, a soreness all over arising from a coid are all cured by outside applications. The quickest, safest and most certain method is Allcock's Plaster, known the world over as a universal remedy for pain. They never fail, they act promptly, they are clean and cheap. You can eo right ahead with your work while the healing process goes on. Sixty years' use has given them a great reputation. Plotocratlc Animals. "Missouri has a hog worth $2.000 and a rooster worth $S0O," says a Kansas City paper. It pays, apparently, to Instruct barnyard pets In the art of saving. Washington Tost TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money If it falls to cure. E. W.UKOVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. According to the Massacnusetts bureau of statistics, there are 3,459 lawyers in that State, 5,497 physicians and surgeons, and 3,737 clergymen. The lion is th only wild animal that is capable of affection. Kill! m, Cenuino arier3s Little Liver Pills. Liu it Dear denature of 5 Fac-Slmll Wrapper Below. Texy mall sad to take 9 amcBB. CARTER'S FC3 KEACACZE. FCS C1ZZIKEIS. FOR EIUCUSKESS. FQ TCSPID LIVER. rex coasTiPATion. res sallow sua. rOSTHEC011PLEX!03 rlTTlE IVER PI LLC. JUHSiHI CURE SICK HEADACHE. A Positive CURE FOR GATARRU Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses, soothes, heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Pe6tores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts. at Druggists or by raailj Trial size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers. CG Warren Street, New York. Dorct a fcJl niht long neureJ0iec or

SEOH

c

JLmioiaeird: . kills the pain - quiets the nerves cxnd induces sleep deaJers. Price 25c 50c &HQ0 Dr? Eoirl S.SIo&jy, Bostor,MöLSs.U.S.A..

r

Sale Ten Million Boxes aYear.

THE FAKILrO FAVORITE CECICIZZ

CANDY CATHARTIC

liiiT v7Jm: ,50c.

BEST FOR THE BOWELS

Only Too Well Satlafled. The husband who Is always growllnj over everything looked up from hla paper and remarked sulkily: "Madam, I see where a man went from home, remained thirty years ani then returned and gave his wife $3.000. If you don't do better you may find mo doing the same trick some day." The patient littie wife looked cp from her sewing and replied sweetly: "All right, James, but If you will only remain away the thirty years yon needn't trouble yourself about the $5,000." And after that be stopped growling.

r,

uid Tfis " oubliC uns, &aia ii .Kir Miters t pat ass res Second-Hcnd Printers' rQcCiiiiBeiry Whsf have yea (a Sell or Cxchscc:? T. C. POWELL 3 St. Jefferson Sired, CT.CÄC3 J) Canadian Government FKEE Over 200.000 American farmers who hare settle1 in Canada during the past (ew years testify to the iact that Canada is, beyond question, the greatest tarmirg land in the world. Oyer Ninety tlHIics Cu:!:eh of wheat from the harvest of 1906, means rood money to the farmers of Western Canaddwhesi the world has to be fed. Cattle raising, Dairying, Mixed r-arming are also probable callings. Coal, wood, water in abundance; churches and schools convenient; markets easy of access. Taxes km. For advice and inlormation address tho Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government .-rent, W. D. Srott. Suj.erintencJent oi Immigration, Ottawa. Canada, or V. H. Rogers, 3d Moor Traction-Terminal Building, Indianapolis. Ind., and 11. M. Williams. K 00m 20, Law Builrtt.ig. Toledo Ohio, Authorized Government Agents. I I Mr whr von thU ad vtrtiemYou Cannot o LAI all inflamed, ulcerated and catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane such as nasal catarrh, uterine catarrh caused by feminine ills sore throat, sore mouth or Inflamed eyes by simp! dosing the sfomach. But you surclv can cure these stabb n 1 affections by local treatment with Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic which destroys the disease grrms,check discharges, stops pain, and heals tbs inflammation and soreness. Taxtine represents the-most successful local treatment for feminin-: Ills ever produced. Thousands of women testify ; to this fact. 50 cents at druggists. " Send for Free Trial Box s THC R. PAXTOH CO- Hon ton. Mi 1 Get yoar Letter Paper ani Envelopes gristed at this office, m m We can give yon the EAGLE LINEN PAPER and ENVELOPES it It fin and will tult yom. Try It. YnilR nVV! vinHATUDE Madi. luuii uiiii viuiiniuiik Cash ioi Rubber 3 tamp for signing- Letters. Vouchers, etc. at tbe low e iow price or h.ä. hena ror 1 Lock Bos 210. Fort Wajroe, Ind. Uculars. r. W. N. TJ. - - Ma 521008 Whea writing; to Advertisers pieaM say yu saw the Advertisement (a this paper. Dm ym want a Self taking Dating Staarp lor 75 cents? Address. Lack Bat 219. Fart Wayne, lodlaaa. Suffer from toothache. rheumatism 0 A W1 JJ