CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND c $ ** LADIES t "V^»r A«v your Drumrl.t for CIII-CURS TRR'R A DIAMOND ItKAND DIM S iu Km and/Vv Ooi.u metallic boxes, Bcalcd with BluevO) Ri'ibon. TAKE NO oninn. Bo jof ronr W DRUITKLOT NOD FTFLK SIR OUI-CUKR-TER S V 111 \ UONI» nitANIl I»11.1,8, for twenty-five years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS TIMK FUrnVIA/UCRF WORTH THIRD tVtnl Wntnt TESTED Roof Slating I am especially prepared to Contract for Slating By th square or job. As to my work manship, I refer, by permission, to the work recently completed for the Hon. B. VV. Green. GEORGE A. WRIGHT. Get My Prices Before You Use Shingles Save Your Wife liy buying a REX WASHER, the King of Washers, the washer with the HIGH SPEED PLY WHEEL AND PAST RE VOLVING DASHER. Any child can work it. Stop in and look at it. We also have a fulljline ot Mantles, Globes, Earners, Chandeliers and Light Hardware. And|if it is Plumbing, Heat ing or Tinning, call on us. DININNY, BURNSIOE&Co Broad St., Emporium, Pa. (k J. Lilllill' Fiiniitiire The Set to Set Before You Is waiting for you in the shape ol a nice set of* crockery. We are now showing a splendid stock of good sound Crockery, every single piece warranted free from fault or blemish. The finest as sortment iu the county at rea aonablejprices. UiHlertakiiig (iit J. Liilliir Party's File on One Vote. Instances ntv niaiiiiun a-ugh In clectVuis whi'ii a s gle \ i !>• urns the scale but for tha, vole ti> ccc.de not '•nly the fate of a C.II < late, but of a ptirly as well, is ran-, fut a maj«»rl tj of fiic iti i .irliai.it* i.. uhi It may logically dcpcini on a i.i.ijurltj of one in the country, :..«.s woikci! suae of the most lii'jmout'H ■ :■ ■ <11! . .ssible. The rl.is. leal exaii.i . • M IU act of unlou of I TOD, n'i.ai.i..* ami ng the largest, most important ,1. I n.ost n mnrkabte eh. 111.. ever in i.japll hed by a legis lative In (l.v. < >::e hundred and six voted for it and 105 against. Then a majority of or.c curried the great re form 1.111 In IS.J2. Majorities only a little bigger have rgalti and again been responsible for l'.irreacliing consequences. A majori ty of tivc threw out the Melbourne government in IN."!). By the same tig tire Lord .John Pussell's government was defeated In l- Gladstone went ■nit of office in IST.) because he lacked three votes, and the public education net, one of the 1 . st important ever passed, was placed 011 the statute book by a majority of two. —Loudon Chronicle. Wild Pens of Asia. The whole tribe of wild dogs, which in closely allied forms are to be found in the wildest jungles and woods of Asia, from the Himalayas to Ceylon and fro: i China to ihe Taurus—unless the "go'.ileu wolves" of the Itoman em pire are now extinct in the forests of Asia Minor—show an individual and corporate courage which entitles them to a high place among the most dar ing of wild creatures. The "red dogs," to give them their most characteristic name, are neither large in size nor do they assemble in large packs. Those which have been from time to time measured and described seem to aver age some three fe->t in length from the nose to the root of the tail. The pack seldom numbers more than nine or ten, yet there is sufficient evidence that they are willing and able to destroy any creature that inhabits the Jungle, except the adult elephant and perhaps the rhinoceros, creatures whose great size and leathery hide make them al most invulnerable to such eueniies us dogs.—London Spectator. London's Big Ben. Why is the large bell in the tower of the house of parliament in Loudon called Big Ben? The average London er himself seems to have no idea how it got its name. When the building was designed Sir Benjamin Hall had a great deal to do with carrying out the plans of the architects, being high commissioner of public works, and his coworkers appreciated the fact that to liini the city of London was largely in debted. So when the question came up in parliament as to the name of the enormous bell that was to be hung in the tower a member shouted, "Why not call it Big Ben?" This suggestion was received with much applause as well as with roars of laughter, for Sir Benjamin was an enormous man, both in height and girth, and had ofteu been called Big Ben. From that day on the bell whose peal every Londoner knows has been known only as Big Ben.—ll arj >er's Weekly. Mirjhty In Titles. The ruler of Turkey, In addition to the titles sulian and kha-khan ihigh prince and lord of lords), also claims sovereignty over most districts, towns, cities and states iu the orient, specify ing each by name and setting out In each of his various titles "all the forts, citadels, purlieus aud neighborhood thereof In regular legal form. His of tlclal designation ends, "Sovereign also of diverse nations, states, peoples aud races on the /ace of the earth." All this Is in addition to his high position as "head of the faithful" anil "su preme lord of all the followers of the prophet." "direct and only lieutenant on earth of Mohammed." The Great Eastern. The dimensions of the one time world famous Great Kastern were as fol lows: Length, <>:»- feet; width, K.'l feet; depth, tiO feet; tonnage, 24,000 tons; draft when unloaded, 'JO feet, wheu loaded, ao feet. She had paddle wheels llfty-slx feet In diameter aud was ulso prov liled with a four bladed screw pro|H>tler of twenty-four feet diameter. She had accommodations for soo Hrst class, '2.UUO second class and 1,200 third class passengers, 4,000 iu all. Her speed was about eighteen miles an hour. The Great Eastern was dually broken up for old irou in the year after a checkered career of some thirty-one yoars. Fair, but Stormy. A gentleman boarded the Karorl car at Kelburne avenue IlecoguliUiK a friend »u one of the seats, he nodded pleasantly and then said "Well, what do you think of the weather?" "Oh, horrible!" was the reply. "And how Is your wife today?" "She's Just about the Mine, thank you!"— New Zealand Krve l.ance. Na Ear Far Music. "How do you like the music, Mr. JudklusV Maid Mlaa l'ar»ous. "I'm sorry, hut 1 hare no ear for music," be answered "No," put In Mr Jusp»r. "U* u*'s his for a peu rack." An Ivan Scare ' What ta your objection to him. papa?" "Why, the fellow isn't make enough money to support you " "llut neither cuu you " Na Use Far Theory WlgWrtfc- It 1-. u t«»t theory of min* that iwu cau He u r(Map!) ss oue Yoiiugpop lluh' It's plain to lie «?#u yo« w«»r« MI ei the father «»f twtua I'hUsdelphla Record CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY JUNE 9, 1910. Home Course • In Poultry Keeping V. The Raising of Chickens. By MILO M. HASTINGS. Formerly Poultry man at Kansas Experi ment Station, Commercial Poultry Ex pert of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Author of"The Dollar Hen." [Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso ciation.] MOST of the arguments con cerning natural versus arti ficial incubation will apply to the question of using bens or brooders for rearing. The state ment is generally made that the hen is the best mother. Recently doubt has been thrown upon this claim, however, for many experimenters seem to have demonstrated that the discredit that formerly fell upon the* brooder Is due to the fact that incubator hatched KANSAS EXPERIMENT STATION BROODKK. chicks are not normal and hence not as livable as hen hatched chicks. This loss of wee chicks is tho most discouraging part of the poultry busi ness. If this loss Is much greater than 15 or 20 per cent there Is something 1 radically wrong somewhere, and the mistake must be found and rectified or failure is inevitable. Coops For Chicks. Tho coops provided for hens with j chicks should be one of the most care fully constructed features of the poul tryman's equipment. First of all, they must be rat tight and rain proof, but uot air tight. They must also be easily cleaned. These points are best ob tained by building a platform and set ting upon it a floorless coop. The j shape of the coop is not important, but ! it should have an open front protected > by a projecting hood, so the rain can not beat in, and covered with wire net- 1 ting or in cool weather netting cloth, i The coop itself if built of cheap lum- | ber must be covered with roofing pa- 1 per. From twenty to forty chicks may be j placed with each hen, the number de- , (tending upon the severity of the j weather. The greatest source of tho j loss of chicks with hens Is from the | hungry heu leading tho little ones j around in the wet grass after raiu or | heavy dew. The best way to over come this loss Is to keep the heu shut In. opening the coop sufficiently for the chicks to come out aud exercise. The hen If provided with corn and water within reach need not be given her lib erty for several days after the chicks are hatched aud should be shut In for several weeks when the grass is wet. Brooders for chicks have until with lu the last few years been heuted with kerosene lamps. Lately a great fad has arisen lu poultrydoiu for tireless brooders. These tireless brooders are simply hoses arruugn! for slow venti lation. The chicks are kept warm by hovering under a cloth urrauged In such a fashion as to represent the j feathered body of the mother hen. ' Chicks can be raised In tireless brood- ] ers, and In warm climates the method | Is all right. In the colder seasons and , climates, however, tireless brooders have uot been found practical by the majority of poultry men Lamp Brooders Bast. I.amp brooders holding from SO to j 100 chicks have been successfully used for many years and are considered the best mean* yet devised for handling young chicks on a large acute. Steam or hot water heated brooder houses bare never prwed ve 7 successful, aud as they are expensive. to start with. 1 should advise the |>oultrymsn to be vary sure be knows what he Is doing befors Inventing OM>uey In a plant of this kind The bnxaler should be large, tuvtug not less thau ulna square feet of flour space The greatest trouble with brooders In operation Is the uncertain ty of the lamp The t>r««>d«r lamp 1 should have suttclent nil capacity and j * htrgv wick Hruuder (snips are often exposed to th» wind. sod If ehesplt constructed or poorly lt»cl.*t#d there suit will he a chilled bro.*) of chick* or perhaps a tire. In a lamp heuted l>r«» >ler t>ne must see that the heat 1* provided In such a way that the chicks lu attempting to ret w srtu will not crowd In corner* and trample each other t» denth The beet hri «»ter heater u r hover eutodsts of a tin drum. iMdtle <>f which c|r« n la few the hot fume* front the lamp Beneath this drum the ehtchs hovet Vhe l>eet form for the heating drum Is I disk with a hole in tha c<Mitsr. S»UM» thing on the order of a doughnut. I This hole In the center acts as a ventl- I latiitg Hue and causes a gradual clrcu j la Hon of warm air to pass up through : the center and down over the sides ot j the drum, thus keeping the chicks uniformly warm and at the same time providing them with fresh i air. The exact temperature of the brood | er is of no particular consequence. ] The warmest part of it should always i be Just a little too warm so that the chick may go toward or from the heat, ! as It pleases. The comfortable chick ! sleeps squatting down with Its head I stretched out. If cold it stands up in j an effort to get near the heat which | is above it These attitudes of the I chicks are by far the best thermometer | for the brooder. ; The arrangement of the brooder for tho sleeping accommodations of the chicks is important, but this is not the only thing to bo considered In a brooder. The brooder used in the ear ly season, and especially the outdoor brooder, must have ample space pro vided for tho daytime accommodation of the chick. This part of the brooder must bo well lighted and somewhat cooler than the hover. As soon as conditions will permit get the chick ens out on a large floor or, better still, on the ground. Keep the chicks scratching in daylight and sleeping stretched out at night, and the most difficult problem of poultry raising has been solved. Feeding Chicks. Little chicks should uot be fed for forty-eight to seventy-two hours after I hatching. Nature has provided for j their nourishment during this period, j and i>eople who worry übout them starving are wasting pity. Another error made by kind hearted people Is I in thinking the chick needs bread and j milk, hard boiled egg yolk or some j other soft food or wet food. On the j coutrary, the chick should be given the same class of food that it would get if it first saw daylight in its ua tive Indian jungle. The natural diet consists of seeds, insects and fresh sprigs of grass. This wo must duplicate the best we can. A chick may be first fed any grains • that chickens eat in later life if the particles are small enough for the chick to swallow, and they do not need to be so small, either, for newly hatched chicks can swallow Kaffir corn or whole wheat. Hulled oats and millet are two of the choicest grain 1 foods for young chicks. Wheat, crack ed corn and Kaffir corn are staple ! poultry food. Feetl small quantities and as often | as is convenient If the food is buried j in a deep litter they must work longer ! getting it out. Tho idea Is to have i them always hungry enough to hunt for food and always a little food for them to find. If the chicks are at liber ty feeding often is not so Important. ; Three times a day would be sufficient, ■ while If they roam far in the fields, j finding much food, morning and even- I lng feeding is all that is necessary. j It is highly important that the young ! chicks be given a little meat food in ! some form. Commercial beef scrap, to | be had at the feed store, is the best ! meat food for any sort of poultry. For I chicks hatched in the spring of the ; year and allowed to range outdoors no | special provision for green food need ■ be made. If hatched In the winter It j is highly important that this be pro i Tided In sotne form. There Is nothing I better for winter green food than j kale, which If planted the season be- I fore will keep green all winter in al j most any climate Early lettuce and menu AIM COLON T MO ess. j other greens may be plauted by those I who are euguged In chick growing in I a small way, hut a cheaper and more 1 feasible way Is to sprout outs. Oats are sprouted by being soaked In warm water aud allowed to remain lu a warm place for several days. They are ready for feeding when the sprouts are two or three inches long and are devoured greedily by chicks of all ages. This abaurdly simple Idea has beeu extensively sold aa a get rich julck poultry scheme. Young chicks should be provided , wtth grit of some sort. Special care Is neceaeary to keep fresh water tiefore them at all times The water dish in the brooder ought to be partitioned off In such a way that chicks can reeeh their head* only to the water dUh. Otherwise they will get themselves wet The custoinsry chick watering fountain Is uisde by Inverting a bottle or ran In a shallow basin so that the water will run out aa the ehlcks re quire It Is especially desirable that all young grow lug poultry be given free range, as there la no lists In the Ufe of an animal when eierelae and liberty are so «a»enttsl as during the growing p#rl"d t 'hicks from the age of f«*ir week* to alt months are very easily tah> i care of, s* practically the only |IU*H diirttis this peril*! ucenrs from the depr<*lstliMi of thteven human or aul mal If C'"*t rst tight c<«,|i« are pr.. tided whh'h sre ekxud st night snd fr«**U WA*er grtl slid hopper* of twef t rap and cracked ewm are kept before .he < hi' ken* at alt times they will h-lve ik(v>H rhe ranch and need tittle Puzzled ths Packer. I Tin* first organized work of women in a relief corps was led by Florence Nightingale in the Crimean war of 1855. So unaccustomed \v -re people la Ihut service Hi the lime that it called out some curious comment. Writing of "Chinese" (iortlcn. Dr. Hutler tells in his hook. "Ten (iieai and (lood Men." how the hoys at Cambridge met the call upon UKMII for hospital store:!. One day a letter came suddenly from the war office telling us that any warm clothes for the invalids at Scutari would be prized by Miss Florence Nightingale. At once ia every college a committee was extemporized of lead ing undergraduates, charged to collect presents of flannel jackets, trousers, "blazers," ru«:s, greatcoats, furs, even sealskins. In a few hours bos after box was filled with these treasures, and till tho boxes were kindly and gratuitously packed for us by the leading upholster er of the town, his foreman simply re marking to me in a tone which General Gordon would have enjoyed: "A nice consignment for a lady, sir." Cause of Twilight. Twilight is a phenomenon caused by atmospheric refraction. When the sun gets below the horizon we are not Im mediately plunged into the darkness of night. Although the sun is below our horizon, rays of solar light are bent, or refracted by the terrestrial atmosphere and continue to furnish some slight illumination. The process continues with diminishing intensity until the sun Is so far below the horizon that the refracting power of the atmos phere is no longer able to bend the rays enough to produce a visible ef fect. The time after sunset that the sun reaches such a position varies with the latitude of the place. There is less twilight at the tropic zone than at the temperate or frigid zone. This is due to less time taken by the sun's rays to pass through the atmosphere, at tho tropic zone the sun's rays being per pendicular and at the temperate and frigid zones oblique.—New York Amer ican. With a Grain of Salt. The earliest record of the saying "with a grain of salt" dates back to the year 03 B. 0.. when the great Pompey entered the palace of Mithridates and discovered among his private papers the description of an antidote against poisons of all sorts, which was com posed of pounded herbs. These, ac cording to the recipe, were to be taken with a grain of salt. Whether this was meant seriously or as a warning sarcasm Is not known, but thenceforth it became the custom to say that doubtful preparations should be taken j with a grain of salt. From this the | meaning got transferred to sayings of I doubtful truth. "Attic salt" was u ! Greek synonym for wit or penetration, j and the l.atlu word "sal" had some what of the same meaning. It Is thus easy to see how the saying "cum grano sails" could have come to mean the necessity of accepting doubtful or suspicious statements "with a grain of salt." Molokai and the Lepers. The general Idea of the leper settle ment 011 the island of Molokai Is wrong, says a writer in Harpers Weekly. Instead of the entire Island being Used for the leper colony the set tlement comprises only eight square miles out of a total urea of 2til square miles. It occupies a tongue of land on the northern side of Molokai. The north, eHst and west shores of tills tiny spit are washed by the Pacific, while tui the south side rise precipitous cliffs of from I.HOo to feet, which make the Isolation seetn even more hopeless than the beautiful deep blue waters of the sea ever could. The most ditllcult and dangerous trail, con stantly manned by government guards, foils •a|Hf, if It were ever contem plated. by the land side. Stupid Husband of a Notsd Singer. Catalan!'* huxtmnd. a handsotun Frenchman, was even more unlntel liH'tual than his wife he was stupid. Once, having found the pitch of the piano too high, »he said after the re hearsal to her hustiuud: "The piano U too high. Will you see that it Is made lower before the concert?" When the evening cunie fataluul wus annoyed to Ouil that the piano had not been altered. Her husband sent for the car penter, who declared that he had saw ed off two Inches from each leg, as he had been ordered to do. "Surely It can't be too high now. my dear." said the stupid husband soiithlngly Thrsugh the Cracks. When the celebrated divine Kdwurd Irving wu» ou a preachlug tour In Scotland two Dumfries men of decid ed optulous went to hear hlni. When they lrft the hsll oue said to the other: "Well. Willie, w hat do you think T" "Oh," said the other contemptuously, "the man's > racked!" The first speaker laid « quiet hand ou his *b>>ulder "WW." sold h', "yotlY n't en awe a 11*1,1 pe..(.lnif thr >t.:!» a > r.wk "* A Pear Player Grig** HN Y.ei J,HI| home fr«.<n thi • luh at mldnlg'it Well 1 *upp • v v.. i tohl wtltr you bad to work late n »'• 1 • •Wire (Hayed <i|na Wr eh' Prlfc,". Well cr )»«. lmt e|n..r h»r sympathies were out »112 fine *>r I'm s darned r Iminntwiiniw |t»*steii Transcript (te*S s'»J Buffisis"! Hsssen Ktlttor ttut, til I it*** it %% h v tin % 11 bring thU I*****ll t » !. •' |iii|mm inil ..in 1 in«* H i*ll, r |.u tM ' I hmlli't 1 «*lr 1 1.»I'mU't Hfm.»rtiitilt 112 *» »l m cttHiiMi with 1 *»•! |«»ff *|ll f|>!|t THE MASTER SUM. Sirius. tho Dog Star. May Ce the Cen ter of /-.tir-ction. Astronomers mice believed that the entire starry universe revolved around a center of attraction, and the star named Alcyone, in tlie group of the Pleiades, was selected Uy Maedler as marking that ureal center It has long heen known, however, that Maed'er's conclusion, which was based on tlie apparent motions of the stars, was incorrect, and if any uni versal center exists it has not yet been discovered !n fact, many of the stars seem to l,e n -.in..; in straight lines, some i i one d.icction and some In an other, and among these Is our own sun. But it Is possible that further observations will show that all the utars are really moving In curved lines. In the meantime it has been found that there are certain groups or sets of stars which appear to travel togeth er. To what set. If any. the sun be longs we do not yet know, but De launey has presented reasons for thinking that those stars whose dis tances have been measured (that Is to say, those which are nearest to us) group themselves around Sirius, the dog star, in a manner similar to that in which the inner planets are group ed around the sun. If tills be correct Sirius may possi bly be the master sun of which our orb of day Is a distant satellite.— Harper's Weekly. GLYCERIN. In Many Ways It Is a Most Remark able Substance. One of the great advantages of glyc erin in Its chemical employment is the fact that It neither freezes nor evapo rates under any ordinary temperature. No percept" le loss by evaporation has been detected at a temperature less than 200 degrees I'., but if heated In tensely if decomposes with a smell that few persons find themselves able to en dure. It burns with a pale tlame, sim ilar to that from alcohol, if heated to about H) degrees and then ignited. Its nonevaporative qualities make the compound of much use as a vehicle for holding pigments ami colors, as in stamping and typewriter ribbons, car bon papers and tlie like. If the pure glycerin be exposed for a long time to a freezing temperature it crystallizes with the appearance of sugar candy: but. these crystals being once melted. It is almost an impossibil ity to get them again into the congeal ed state. If a little water be added to the glycerin no crystallization will take place, though under a sutliclent degree of cold the water will separate and form crystals, amid which the glycerin will remain in Its natural state of fluid ity. If suddenly subjected to intense cold, pure glycerin will form a gummy mass which cannot be entirely harden ed or crystallized. Altogether it Is quite a peculiar substance. The Barbarous Suitee. Suttee, or the practice of Immolat ing widows 011 their husband's funeral pyres In India, was first attacked by the British government in 1829. It was on Dec. 4 of that year that Lord William Bentinck carried it resolution in council by which all who abetted suttee were declared guilty of "culpa bio homicide." In the year 1817 700 widows were burned alive in Bengal alone, but since the passing of the act the practice has entirely died out. Suitee was really a primitive rite, a survival from barbarous times, and uot sanctioned by llindooism, the pas sage in tlie Vedas supporting It being a willful mistranslation. But 110 pre vious governor had the courage to vio late the British tradition of religious toleration. Lord William Bentinck also suppressed thugglstn, which made strangling a religious rite to the god dess Kali. An Ancient Tragedy. A historical paper in Lord Montagu's collection In London tells of a strange tragedy "done in Ilolborn, a little be fore Christmas." several centuries ago: "A boy seven years old came up into a • gentleman's chamber and prattled tc ! him and drew his sword and flourished * with It. The gsntlwmau, being In bed ! Wondered to see the boy toss his bliuii | so and said; 'So, good boy, thou has done well. But In tho sword." The boj persisting, the gentleman ro»e and heli him the scabbard, and the rude haud ed lud, thluking to sheath the sword lustily chopt It Into bis body. Cortipr ny were called One offered to strik the child, "I.#t him alone,' quoth tb fentleuiau. Uod Is Just This boy father did I kill five years sluce au tioue knew Now be hath reveogi It.' And the geutlouian died these oud drees lug Hie Apology Mrs Minks -1 don't want to tnak* scene, hut that UVMIi • ver there U *l4 lug at tue very offensively Mr Mln - lie Is. eli? I'll »|>eak to hliu Mr Minks ta f«w moments tateri-Dld 1 spologl^e' *"• Mluk* Y-e-s lie au be was look lug for Uls mother a thought at Ursi that you w*r» she In the 9am« Bea. lack lentering Hv limirge, 1 rata i» coining «l»wu all right I 1 4:. 1! Tutu \\ lu>r«> la your mnlti U * t.icl It's It's what I giu |t i»u Trsiue*rlpt Pessimietie. What U an gutlquarlau, paT" itMU who. uot satisfied with '»a la I'.',king r i .. 1 e |»i»l " Sew Vork tVefts ii' t. .irt* ( |f mull ,i rv •e <l4 ipm lllelr tutor* »' f»* It s<»t| 1 hwi'lHl' M 1 'a*i i>
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