GOOD POULTRY PROTECTOR. Making Chute Door That Chickens Can Open. Wherever there is danger of skunks, weasels and other prowlers getting Into the chicken house and killing poultry, a protector, such as illustrated herewith, will be found of great advantage. The best feature about the protector is that the first fowl to step on the running board I Self-Opening Poultry Protector. will release the doors which will drop and allow her and the other fowl to escape. The only thing, therefore, neces sary in operating is to lift the door in the eveping after the fowls have gone, to roost. It will latch itself and remain in that position during the night. As will be seen from the cross section, says the Orange Judd Farmer, the floor is balanced and connected with a stout wire to latch of the door. This being tilted somewhat outward from above, readily falls when the latch is sprung by tho hen stepping 11 °y "N I Cross Section of Protector. on the floor beyond the point of bal ance. The measurements given in the drawing are merely suggestive. For large fowls the height of 12 inches may not be great enough, but this any poultryman can readily fix for him self. The mesh of the wire front should be too small to permit a weasel entering; one inch mesh is plenty small enough. REMEMBER THE BEES. Care in Winter Will Give You Stronger i Colony in Spring. The bees have been but little trou ble to you so far, and will be but little more, yet they do require some atten tion, and in tlio spring when other work claims your attention is the time when they are most likely to be neglected. At the present time about the only thing to do is to look into them, occasionally and see that they have plenty of winetr stores and that he mice and moths are not molesting them. Get the hives ready for spring occu pancy when swarming begins. If you wait till the bees are swarming there will not be time to make preparations. Clean all frames and sections by heat ing a case knife and scraping propylus and comb away. This is good weath er for that; you can sit near the stove and keep the knife warm. If any of the colonies need feeding, thick sirup of granulated sugar is about the best that can be fed to them unless you have extracted honey, recommends Farmers' Voice. Some form of feeder is best, but in want of these it will bo satisfactory to place the sirup in a shallow pan and set on top of the frames. It is not so easy to feed in an old box hive, but where there are holes in the top for putting a cap on th# sirup may be set on top, the holes opened and a box set over it; or the sirup may be placed under the hive, on the bottom board. Renewing Nests. To keep the fowls free from disease and lice (including mites), it is nec essary to keep all about them in a state of as perfect cleanliness as pos sible. Renewing the nests will great ly help, and this should be done oft ener than it is. A barrel of cut straw at hand will act as a reminder, and t!\e nest will be renewed oftener than it will be if no material for the pur pose is at hand. We have seen many nests in which the nest material had been left in so long that it had be come beaten almost to dust, and cov ered a multitude of thirsty littlo blood-suckers. If it is necessary to renew the egg nest material of the hen that is simply laying it is still more necessary to renew often the material in the nests that are used for incubation purposes. The clean, light and airy henhouse Is the kind that win help the hens to make a profit on feeds. There is time in the winter to make them right. PROFITABLE AGES OP FOWLS. First Laying Year of a Hen Gives the Best Profit. As a general ruin It Is found that I pullets ar<- the most profitable fowls | to keep fctr the production of eggs. Some experienced poultry men may | claim that they have just aw good 1 results irniii older animals, but the ex- j perience of tlie many does not seem j to bear out such a statement. We | would like to know what our readers I think about it. What ape fowl has given you the best returns? Has your j experience been iti accordance with the following report from the Oregon expeiiment station, as presented by Prof. Dryden or that station? it is a point in management that I wish to speak of here, one point in many that must be taken into account if poultry keeping is to be made a succtss. It is a question of the most profitable age of the hen. Poultrymen j who have kept in touch with poultry ; investigations during the past few j years are pretty well informed on this j point, but the importance of this sub- i ject is not yet generally appreciated. The writer carried on for several years at the Utah experiment station a lino ( of experiments with the object of de- j termining the value of the hen at dif- j ferent ages for egg production. The same hens were kept year after year under similar conditions, and a record j kept of production and of food' con- j sumed. These experiments proved ; that the hen is different from the cow, which retains or improves her produc tivity with age. The first year was the most profitable, and there was a gradual decrease in productiveness each succeeding year. It is safe to ; figure this decrease at 25 per cent. ' each year. With average prices for ! food and for eggs, it is not. profitable to keep hens after they have finished j their second year of laying. The j first, or pullet year is very profitable, ! the second will give a satisfactory profit, but during the third year tho egg yield will seldom pay for the food consumed. These conclusions, of course, apply only where the eggs are sold at mar ket prices. Fowls that have a special value as breeding stock should be kept longer, but the notion that "the old speckled hen" is the good layer should not be cherished unless she is caught in the trap nest. The fact that she sings a joyful lay, paints her comb a brilliant red, and scratches a vigorous scratch should not be ac cepted as sufficient grounds for com muting the sentence. It is safe to say that poultry keep ers would be many thousands of dol lars in the pocket by rigorously killing off the hens every two years and re placing tlieni with new stock —with the exceptions noted above. WARM WATER FOR HENS Device Which Will Help to Provida Comfort for Hens in Winter. The drawing shown herewith taken from the Orange Judd Farmer illus trates a simple device for providing fowls with warm drinking water, which is believed to be more condu cive to egg laying than cold water, A shallow box forms a chamber in which a small lamp is placed and sur rounded by a tomato can with some holes punched near the bottom for Warm Water Device. | draft. The top of the can is cut out evenly and the can itself is placed immediately holow the hole cut in the top of the wooden box. A couple of j thin pieces of wood are nailed on | opposite siides of this hole, and a com j mon drinking fountain placed on top. | The warm air corning from the light |ed lamp prevents the water from freeziug. CEMENT IN POULTRY HOUSES. Its Use Makes the Cleaning of th# Poultry House an Easy Task. is particularly adapted to the construction of poultry houses, ex cept, possibly, the floors. If the cement is made smooth it will be easily cleaned at all times, and a stream of water can be thrown onto it without doing any injury. It is not a liarborer of lice, mites or disease germs. In the form of grout it is now being used in the construction of the lower parts of poultry houses, and can be made of almost any thickness, where I stones are abundant. When such j foundations are laid they are rat proof J and vermin proof. Usnally they go so ! deep into the ground that no animal j will burrow under them. But with the use of cement a man | must know his mind before the poul i try house is constructed. Once con- I structed, it cannot be changed, as can a house made <\f boards, without de stroying the material out of which it is composed. But if a man has so carefully ktld his plans that be knows he will not change his mind as to his plans he can safely go ahead in the use of cement in bis poultry house con struction, uud the more of it used the better. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER io, 1908. SEEMED WORSE EVERY DAY. Dangersu3 Case of Kidney Com plaint and How It Was Checked. Mrs. Lucy Quebeck, Mechanic St., 1 Hope Valley, 11, 1., says: "Eight years j ago I contracted so- j vere kidney trouble j and my back began to ache continually. Every day it seemed worse. The least pressure on my back I tortured me, ami I \ could not stoop with- ; out a bad twinge, j (f \ The kidney secretions passed irregu- I larly with pain, and I bloated badly, j My head swam and spots flitted before my eyes. One doctor said I was in- ' curable. However, I found prompt re lief when I started using Doan's Kid- ! ney Pills, and the troubles I have re- | lated gradually disappeared." Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fos- j ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N*. Y. NINETY-EIGHT FEET SHY. Mr. Gouty—Thank heaven, Tin not a centipede. WAS VERY FULLY OCCUPIED. Situation in Which Bibulous Irishman Had His Hands Fu". Some one asked George TV Cortel you, secretary of the treasury, if he in tended becoming a candidate for gov ernor of New York. Now, Mr. Cortel you had an especial aversion for lead ing questions, so he answered by tell ing the following story: Two Irishmen celebrated St. Pat- j rick's day and started home together, ! but became separated. Finally they J discovered themselves hugging lamp i posts on opposite sides of the street, i "How are yez, Pat?" called Mike. j "Fair," says Pat, "how are yez?" "I dunno," says Mike; "come over j and see." "I can't come," says Pat. j "Why rant yez?" says Mike. "I've got me hands full shtayin' ; where I am," says Pat. —N T . Y. Herald. TWO GOOD STORIES BY BARRIE. : , One Told by Successful Author Is De cidedly Against Himself. Air. J. W. Barrie, the author of I I "What Every Woman Knows," tells a ; ; good story against himself. A lady of his acquaintance had j I taken a friend to see one of his plays, j and, quite astonished, he asked her : why she did so. "Oh," was ihe reply, "it's such a quiet street for the horses!" He also tells of a playgoer who re ceived no response to his repeated re quests to a lady in front of him to remove her huge hat. j At length, exasperated, he said: "If you won't take off your hat, my dear madam, will you be so kind as to fold | back your ears?" —Woman's Life. Conscience. A man who does not use his eon ' science often has terrible paroxysms j of it; but a man who uses it ail the j time never comes into what is called a state of conscience. It comes on | him as dew 011 flowers, and falls on : him gently as rain on the ground. He < is full of conscience, but it is not con ! cent rated at any single point. It is j distributed through the brain, the i nerves, the muscles and the skin. It is in every part of him. It pervades S his life. It does not, therefore, rise ! up lino a freshet.—Henry Ward ; Bee^her. LIVING ADVERTISEMENT i Glow of Health Speaks for Postum. It requires 110 scientific training to | discover whether coffee disagrees or not. Simply stop it for a time and use Postum in place of it, then note the beneficial effects. The truth will appear. "Six years ago I was in a very bad condition," writes a Term, lady, "t suf fered l'rom indigestion, nervousness and insomnia. "I was then an inveterate coffee drinker, but it was long before I could be persuaded that it was coffee that hurt me. Finally I decided to leave it off a few days and find out the truth. "The first morning I left off coffee 1 had a raging headache, so I decided 1 must have something to take the place of coffee." (The headache was caused by the reaction of the coffee drug— caffeine.) "Having heard of Postum through a friend who used it, I bought a package and tried it. I did not like it at first but after I learned how to make it right, according to directions on pkg., I would not change back to coffee for anything. "When I began to use Postum I weighed only 117 lbs. Now I weigh 170 and as I have not taken any tonic in that time s can only attribute my recovery of good health to the use of Postum in place of coffee. "My husband says I am a living ad vertisement for Postum. lam glad to be the means of inducing my many friends to use Postum, too." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well- Ville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." liver renil the ntinve letter? A new one npjlearx from i» time. They nr.- K<-uuiu*N true, u7." When Disease Will Disappear. At the reopening of a medical school in T.ondon recently Sir John Broad- j bent, in an address to the students, i said that he looked forward"to seme Utopian era when such diseases as intluenza, pneumonia, measles, scarlet fever and the like will become more or less extinct as a result of proper ventilation of offices, shops, public I buildings and private houses, and oth |er sanitary measures, such as the i avoidance of overcrowding, the aboli | t.ion of children's parties and the habit jof indiscriminate kissing. The last ■ should not be a hardship," Sir John j added, if we accept the schoolboy's defl ] nit ion of a kiss: "It is just putting I your mouth to a person's cheek and j drawing in your breath, so as to make I a little noise, which is not bad. but it | does tothing in the way of helping | you to love the person.' " Diversion in the Country. "I visited E. R. Thomas and found him doing well after his motor acci dent," said a member of the Automo bile Ciub of America. "Thomas, as usual, railed against our bad roads. "He said that a friend who lived in the country had been to see him. " 'The country is all right in the Rummer,' Thomas admitted, 'but in | the fall and winter don't you find it dull?' "'Dull?' said the other. 'No, in deed. Why, out our way some motor car or other gets stuck in the mud every night.' " Catarrh Cannot Be Cured I with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, us they cannot roach J the scat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or consti tutional disease, and in ord'T to cure li you must take internal remedies. Hull's Caturrh Cure is taken In ternally. and acts directly u*:on the IJWKKI and mucous surfaces. Hail's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi cine. it was prescribed by one of the best physic lans in this country for years and is a regular prcn rlption. j It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the • mucous f^urfeces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful re mits lu curing catarrh. Send for t< stinionlals, free. F. J. CI I F.N NY CO.. Prop*., Toledo. O. Slid by price T.'c. 'Like Hull's Family Pills for constipation. A New Ailment. A South side four-year-old was not I so full of mischievousness as usual. "What is the matter, Ethel?" asked her mother. "Aren't you feeling well?" "No'rn," replied 'he little miss. "1 fink there mus' be somefing wrong ■wif my liver and bacon." —Kansas City Times. Is This True? "I wouldn't do for politics, I guess," j said the pretty girl. "I'd simply vote I the way papa votes." I"In that," remarked an observer, | "you wouldn't differ so very much from most men." Qualified. "Why in the world did you elect that { dumb man as your representative?" "That's all right. lie may not be able to taik, but he can make DIO ! tions." I About One. | Mrs. Hoyle—What time docs your | husband get in nights? Mrs. Doyle—About the time the ' cuckoo clock has the least to do. The Anglican church has broadened to the extent now of holding ordina tion services outside the cathedrals, so that more people may see them. John D. Rockefeller and the duke of ; Westminster each receive over 250 begging letters a day. It's surprising how many friends you have when they need you. Mm. Wlfislow'il S«»othlnßT Syrup. For children teething, #oft«n# the Kunw, rcdu« ID ll 4iuiUtttlou t ULIUYTT J'TTLUT CUJCH wind colic. 2%>cj*bolU6. A miin may follow his natural bent and yet be perfectly straight. A Nice Hint. "I know what I'll do," said the girl whose bashful lover would not pro pose. "I'll go out as a trained nurse." "Hut that Is a profession. You know nothing about It,"he replied. "Haven't 1 bad six months' experi ence kitting tip nights with you?"—ll lustrated Hits. The Language of the Plants. "He didn't care to write to her when he wanted her to arrange for a secret marriage, so he sent her a running vine." "What did she do?" "Sent him a canteloune." How It Happened. Jack—How did Spylow get the bum eye—football? Jake —No, zlr. Sprained it last sum mer at der bathing peach.—Wlscensia Sphinx. Substitute. The Critic —Oee, but you talked through your hat this evening! Why did you? The Speaker—l lost my head.— Cleveland Leader. Pensions for the heroes of the cross were advocated by Prof. J. W. Zeller before the Laymen's association of the Central Ohio Methodist confer- j ence. Some men seem to enjoy getting the short end of it occasionally so that I they will have an excuse for register- ! tag a kick. The average woman can change her j mind in half the time it takes a man to change his collar. Allen's l'oot-r'ase. a Ponder Per swollen, .sweating feet. Cilves Instant relief. The ! original powder for the feet. 25c at all iJruggistb. | He's a poor expressman who is un able to deliver the goods. HoVitual Constipation May bo permanently overcome by proper personal cj forts v»ithlbc assistance the one truly laxative remedy, Syrup ofl'igs an J kAW\r ojSo nr>a, 112 VvK icK enables onetoform regular habits daily So that assistance to na ture may be £roc)ua)ty itispenficclwith when no (on£er needed a<> Ihe best o£ remedics.whrn required, are to assist ! mature and not to supplant the natur al junctions, vdwch must depend uUi« tnafrely upon proper nourishment, proper living generally. To get its beneficial cjjecfs, always buy the genuine Svrupfixir manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ONLY SOLD BY ALU LEADING DRUGCISTS outsize only* regular price i*r Bottle #\l ■ "ITTV TPT For fnmoun and dellelotii I ft 111 II ml candies and chocolates, I II 111 II If write to the maker for cat- I rl 111 I I I ale.*, wholesale or retail. , Ifllil ■I I I Gunther'a Confectionery UililU 1 212 Stale Street. Chicago, lIL | AII for yon r property wherever located. If you | ■ n V |j want to aell, send description and price. !|j il J\n If you want to buy, aluto your want*. 1 Northwestern I\uslne.?.v Agency | Dept. C, llunk of Commerce Minnoapollt*, Minn. A. N. K.—C (1908—49) 2259. I An aching back is instantly relieved by an application of Sloan's Liniment. This liniment takes the place of massage and is better than sticky plasters. It penetrates — without rubbing—through the skin and muscu lar tissue right to the bone, quickens the blood, relieves congestion, and gives permanent as well as temporary relief. Sloan's Liniment has no equal as a remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or any J pain or stiffness in the muscles / | or joints. I ■ J Price 2Bc„ BOe., and SI.OO. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., U- S. A. Sloan'* book on hm wn, cuttle, aheep and poultry Mint frits. A Clever Fellow. "111(1 you friend make a hit at th« literary club?" "I kucsb he did. He pronounced "l.es Miserables' In a brand new way and then alluded to it as Victor Her bert's masterpiece." Washington Herald. JUST DOUBLE 320 ACRES INSTEAD OF 160 ACRES As further inducement pjKfJCf-SM to settlement of the A wheat-raising lands of Western Canada, the yj p* Canadian Govcrnmenl las increased the area ntffflUw that may be taken by a homesteader to 320 acres —l6O free and 160 to 'be purchased at $3.00 per acre. These lands ; are in the grain-raising area, whore mixed farming is at:,o carried on with unqualified success. A I railway will shortly be built to Hudson Bay, bring. ! ing the world's markets a thousand miles nearer these wheat-fields, where schools and churches are convenient, climate excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. "It would take time to assimilate the revela tions that a visit to the great empire lyinc to the North of us unfolded at every turn." — Correspondence of a National Editor, luho "blsited Western CjnaJj in A'Jjust, 1908. Lands may also be purchased from railway end land companies at low prices and on easy term*. For pamphlets, maps and information Ofi to low railwuy rates, apply to Superintendent I of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: H. M. WILLIAMS, Law Building, Toledo, Ohio* fil Raw Furs Wanfed Jm DR. McIKTOSII celebrated NATURAL UTERINE SUPPORTER gives immediate relief. Sold by all surgical Instru ment dealers and leading druggists in United State# A Canada. Catalog & price list sent on application. 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