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CHAPTER XXIV i
(t-opright, 1915, Star Co.)
All Milton gasped at the news of)
.lane Hardy's engagement. She wasi
a wise girl, the elderly people said. It
was known lliat Augustus Reeves had
a lot of money laid safely away In I
the bank. Sinoe Kara Hardy "was!
poor and had so little push and am- |
bition. It was well for his daughter
lo feather her nest.
The young people of the village
were of varying minds about the
affair. Those who were happy
enough to be romantic still voiced
iheir surprise and disappointment.
They had supposed that Jane would
some lime marry that nice San
derson chap. Of course, there had
been nothing between them yet,
hut still one never knew what
■night happen. And even If he was
not rich like Mr. Reeves, he was
voting and good looking and had
such lovely manners.
Thus the sentimentalists. Jane's
other acquaintances—those who had
an eye for the main chance were
of the opinion that while it was
a, pity that Jane's betrothed was so
many years her senior, yet it was
better to be an old man's darling
i ban a young man's slave. Cer
tainly the Reeves house was big
and well furnished, even If it was
old-fashioned and gloomy in ap
pearance.
But of course when Jane was
once established there she would
change things. Mary Baird had
been Mr. Reeves' housekeeper for
long that he had gotten used to
her ways. But Jane had too muoli
spunk to put up with such an ar
rangement now. Even if she al
lowed Mrs. Balrd to stay, she
would have the house run In her
own way.
Alary Baird herself heard the
news and laughed at It disdainfully.
Had she not been Augustus Reeves'
working housekeeper since before
his wife's death, ten years ago?
Would not. she, of all people in the
world, know if he was going to
get married again?
Mary Main! FVels Sure of Her Place
Some such question as this she
hurled at a gossiping neighbor who
"stopped in" one morning to talk
over the latest rumor.
"People must have something to
talk about, T suppose!" Mary
scoffed, her black eyes snapping.
"I'm not denying that Mr. Reeves
goes to see the Hardys, but he's
been doing that for years, oft and
on. And he did pick up Jane and
'nko her driving one day when lie
happened to be passing her house.!
f know all about thst. She m usfc
have told him shed never seen the
inside of this house since she was
little, and he brought her by here |
and lot her get out and see howi
nice the place looked. Just as he j
might have brought a. child by. And i
that's all there is to It."
"But that isn't all there is to t
it." the neighbor insisted. "1 tell j
you Mr. Reeves has been goin' i
1 here more regular than ever late- j
ly, and Mrs. Morse she lives near
'em, yon know met Ezra only this
inomin' and asked him if it was!
true that there was to be a weddin' '
in his family before another year
was over, and he grunted out, 'I
guess so,' and went on."
"I'm not saying that there's not
going to be a wedding in his fam
ily in a year," Mary Baird re
torted, "but I do say it won't be
to Mr. Reeves."
"I guess the wish is part-way
father to the thought with you," the ;
i-aller teased. "You don't relish
the idea of having somebody over i
you In this house. You've had a t
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3ig Fire Didn't Harm '
Dare's Coal
Only the frame structure of the J. E. Dare coal
pockets was destroyed in the big fire last week. The
coal was unharmed and business is going on as
usual.
To meet the unusual conditions of loading and
hauling the force of men has been doubled. Ar
rangements have been made to take care of the regu
lar trade and old customers are notified that they
need not order from other dealers but can get clean,
high grade coal of all kinds and sizes as usual.
J. E. DARE
Seventeenth and Chestnut Sts.
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FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 24. 1915
comfortable home of It here for a
lortg time, Mrs. Balrd."
Mary shrugged her shoulders
"Comfortable enough," she admit
ted. "But there's lota of work In
such a big house. And I guess that
Mr. Reeves has got mighty depend
ent on my housekeeping, too."
"I suppose so," the neighbor
agreed. Then, with another laugh.
"Well, If he is going to get married
you'll have less trouble and respon
sibility with the housekeepin* I sup
pose. The new wife would take the
reins herself, of qourse."
A New Fear Steal* Into Tier Heart
Mary tried to smile, tried to toss
her head scornfully. But at heart
she was frightened. When she was
alone again and busy with her bak
ing, her musings went fearfully
back to Reeves' behavior of late,
lie had been more taciturn than
usual and crosser than she had ever
known him to be. Day before yes
terday Ezra Hardy had come to see
him, and later the two men had left
the house together. Why was
Hardy here so often nowadays? Had
Augustus been at Jane's home
last evening? That was the second
night in succession that he had not
been at home to supper.
When he came in, she called to
liim from her room and asked him
If he didn't want something to eat.
He said "No!" That was all. No
other word, no explanation. Now
she felt as if she must know the
truth.
A mirror hung in the kitchen.
She snatched It from Its hook and
carried it over to the window, where
the strong light fell full on her
face. She gazed steadily at the
features reflected in the glass.
Her coarse btack hair was still
thick, but graying fast. She wore
it trained back, thus accentuating
the hollows in her temples and the
prominence of the high cheek
bones inherited from her Indian
grandmother. From the same source
had come those coal-black eyes,
hard and glitteriDg now as her
thoughts ran wild. The aquiline
nose and yellow skin were cer
tainly not beautiful.
Tet she had been considered a
pretty woman when she first came
here to live. She had been a
widow, her husband having died
soon after her marriage. She hod
come at first to "help with the
housekeeping" during the illness
of Augustus Reeves' rich wife,
but th e invalid had lived only a
few months after Mrs. Baird's ar
rival.
"He used to tell me how hand
some I was." she muttered now.
"and I was fool enough to give up
everything for him, to work for
him, to slave for him, Just because
he wanted me, and now"
She heard a step in the door and
before she could turn. Reeves was
in the room. Her face grew a shade
more sallow as she met his eyes.
She took a quick step toward him.
"Is it true, this thing I hear?" she
demanded, her voice shaking.
"What are you talking about
Mary?" Reeves asked evasively.
She tried to laugh, but failed.
"Of course, it's only gossip," she
said weakly, "but. T don't suppose
you know that folks are saying
you're going to be married again.
Of course. I know it isn't true."
"And how," Augustus Reeves
asked slowly and coldly, his gaze
fixed on the black eyes raised to
his; "and how do you know it isn't
true."
(The next instalment of this very
human scries will appear on Hits |«ige
soon.)
I EWAI
Beginners By Exercising Care
Can Succeed In Squab Business
HOMER PIGEONS
COPYRIGHT, 1915.
It is generally conceded by breeders
that the Homer is superior to other
varieties of pigeons in its squab pro
ducing qualities. Some fanoiers admit
that the Red Carneaux and the Runt-
Homer are close rivals, but few claim
superiority for either of these two
breeds.
Because It cares well for Its young
Advisable to Start With Small
Plant Unless Big Capital
Is Available; Houses Must
Be Well Built
Many Failures Due to Poor
Selection of Stock; Buy
Good Birds and Feed Prop
erly
By William K. Rice
Owner of one of the World's largest
Squab Plant
COPYRIGHT, 1915.
During (lie nast three years a great |
many people have launched them
selves into the squab business, en
couraged by rumors that It required
but little care and yielded big profits.
Some havo succeeded, while others
have failed. Mr. Rice has received
many inquiries relative to the squab
industry, from beginners. In this ar- j
tlele he covers many points about I
which little is generally known and I
tells as clearly as possible how to I
avoid the pitfalls in the path of suc
cessful squab raising.
THE pigeon business is no differ
ent from any other. Failure
after failure follows mercantile
effort. Failure comes to the man who i
attempts industrial enterprise; failure
comes to the professional man who
doesn't know how, who fails to get the
right start.
Nothing succeeds like success, and
success never just happens. Every re
sult is brought about by conditions,
and conditions are what you make!
them.
The pigeon business is a fever. It
attacks one like a germ and is hard
to get out of the system. When the
fever strikes you there is but one of
two things to do. Either get It wholly
out of your system and talk pigs to
keep your mind off pigeons, or sur
render to the fever, treat the ease ser
iously and make the condition a
healthy one.
How much are you about to put
into the business? That is your start
ing point, and the entire enterprise
must succeed or fail based upon the
Investment'.
Assemble your plant according to
the capital. The houses must be
equipped properly, and if the invest
ment is not great enough for large
houses, then the complete plant must
be a small one. Locations are a mat
ter of importance, but that can be de
cided without endangering your purse.
Having the plant, there arises the
most important problem that will con
front you—the selection of your birds.
Do you know that there are no bar
gain counters for pigeons? None. The
$1 a pair birds are the most expensive
that you can buy. They are not worth
a dollar or you would not be able to
get them for that money. One-dollar
birds are the kind that never give you
much promise, the kind that no one
will guarantee in writing. When you
buy birds for less than $2 or $2.50 a
pair, make up your mind that you are
simply throwing your money away.
You will not have been In the busi
ness a great while before you will
realize that good, first-class working
Homers are hard to get. Just read
over the big advertisements of the
many bargains that are offered in
birds, advertisements that tell you that
these one-dollar birds are bred with
Homers, and all such misleading facts,
and then spend your money some
where else. As long as these gold
brick pigeon dealers can unload worn
out, unmated birds upon the beginner,
just so long will there be no over
crowding of the market with squabs.
Buy Homers. There are none bet
ter. They are vigorous, healthy birds,
and always give results that are satis
factory. Buy from a dealer that will
give you a written guarantee upon
every pair of birds, and mark you,
when he will not give you the guaran
tee he has not got the goods you are
looking for.
Assuming that you have secured the
right birds, you must now give un
divided attention to the development
of your plant and care for your stock.
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Genuine Barron strain of S. C. W.
Leghorns. This is only the second gen
eration front the imported stock. We
won at Allentown in hot competition.
Won at Harrisburg this year first pen.
Stock, eggs and baby chicks for sale
in season.
LOUIS LIBRANDI
22 R. Hitch St.. Mlriillrtown, Pa.
CONK BY SAY Si—
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TRY TONIC helps your hens pay
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and for other reasons the Homer is
the best for the beginner to select as
his foundation stock. It is vigorous,
alert, bright-eyed, full breasted, square
shouldered, prolific, large throated
and good feeder.
Homers are full grown at nine
months of age, They continue their
usefulness up to the age of nine years.
No success can be attained by hap
hazard work. If the birds are not
properly looked aftef, not properly
watered, fed and house cleaned, not
protected from mice, vermin and the
many kindred ills that pigeons are.
heir to. you will not get sufficient in
come to pay your feed bill.
Saving Young Breeders
Save young birds for breeders, May,
June and July, the best three months
in the year. In saving young birds
you want only the best; save only from
your best breeders and good feeders
that give you the largest squabs.
After the squabs are about four
weeks old they begin to go out of the
nest. Leave them in the house with
the old birds about three weeks more.
When you take them out they can
shift for themselves.
Put them in a coop by themselves
and don't let them out of doors for
two or three days, then let them out in
the fly or aviary. At night see that
they are all in the houße. If you have
a rainy day do not let them out, as
they are liable to get colds. By stay
ing out at night they will get colds,
which often result In roup or what we
call a one-eyed sore. This will turn
to canker.
The reason many amateurs lose so
many young breeders is because they
don't watch them carefully enough.
They let them stay out in the fly at
night and sometimes get soaking wet
by the rain. This means a lot of dead
birds.
Always give them all they can eat:
keep feed by them at all times and
feed plenty of hemp and millet seed
while they are growing. The only
way to raise good breeders Is by giv
ing them good care and good food.
Anyone having a flock of squab
breeders should put in new stock every
year. Th»n they will not in-breed. If
you have fifty pairs of young birds for
breeders, send'to some good reliable
breeder and get fifty pairs of his good
breeders, youngsters, to cross in with
your young birds.
Muting Young Hints With New Stcxk
How will 1 put them together when
I get tliese breeders? Take your
twenty-five young cork birds and put
them in a coop by themselves, also
twenty-five hens from your stock.
Now put twenty-five hen birds that
you have bought from some breeder
and put your twenty-five cock birds in
with them. (You ought to be able to
get them for >I.OO a pair, which is
what they are worth).
When these birds begin to mate up
they should be watched and caught in
pairs as fast as they mate. They
should then be banded and put In
coops by themselves.
Two can catch a pair of birds mat
ing up easier than one. Always catch
the cock bird first, then the hen bird.
Let one keep his eye on the cock bird
and the other on the hen bird. By do
ing this you will not make a mistake
in the pairs of birds. It is a good idea
to always band the cock bird on the
left leg and the hen bird on the right
leg.
Present Conditions Not Good
During the last eighteen months
prices of grain have soared to such a
high figure that it is almost Impossible
to pay feed bills. Many have been
forced to sell their squabs at a great
sacrifice; they could not afford to
carry them over through the wintar
months owing to the price of grains
and because there is little demand
for squabs.
The writer knows of many breeders
in a radius of twenty-five miles who
have sold out their plants to dealers
who buy up all kinds of birds. This
class of birds never give satisfaction or
good results to the beginner. Some of
these plants have sold as low as seven
teen cents per pair and the dealers
have put the same birds on the mar
ket for SI.OO a pair.
These dealers that buy these birds
are called gyps. This is where the
novice gets stung. So many people
have sold out their plants this year
that it will make business better for
those who are carrying on the business
and for those going Into the business.
I am sure 1918 will make a banner
year for the squab business. The out
going steamers have not been very nu
merous these last eighteen months.
Passenger ships are large consumers
of squabs. They consume about one
half the output. The fact that so many
steamers are Interned and not running
to Europe Is why the squab business
has been so dull.
The man who sticks to his business
and has a good plant and carries his
birds through this winter and pays his
feed bill will come out all right next
year.
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Making a Living
From a Small Flock
The moderate sized poultry flock
is probably the most satisfactory
and profitable. It requires the time
of only one man (the owner) and
does not necessitate the hiring of
additional labor, which means
greater expense and less efficiency.
Next week Professor Harry R.
Lewis, Poultry Husbandman, New
Jersey Experiment Stations, will
give several actual instances and
tell how a good living can be made
by a small cash outlay. The illus
tration, by Louis Paul Graham, will
be of Golden Seabright Bantams.
Kaufman's Kaufman's
(Wish You All a Merry and Happy Xmas)
Beginning This Evening at 6 O'clock
All Toys in Ihe Basement
Exactly Prices
Store Open To-night Until 9 O'clock
STORE CLOSED TOMORROW ALL DAY XMAS
Destroying Old Money
The average life of a dollar bill in
this country Is less than three years,
and more than a million dollars of
paper •.ttrrency have to be made every
working day in the year to keep up
with the rate of loss and destruction.
About one-half of one per cent, of
tills money never comes back at all,
and that, of course, is clear gain for
the government, which does not have
to roJeem the lost certificates.
Every effort is made to identify
money which has been burned, torn,
or otherwise mutilated. The rule as
to tern money is that, if three-fifths
of a bill is presented, its face value
will be given for it; while you cannot
collect on less than two-fifths of a
bill unless you have good proof that
Ihe rest of it. has been destroyed. If
the whole, or the greater part of tha
bill is presented, even though it be
charred, or otherwise rendered almost
unrecognizable, the Treasury Depart
ment experts will determine its value,
and it will be redeemed. A bill eaten
and partly digested by a cow, and an
other one that passed through fi
threshing machine were perfectly
good money under the discerning eyes
of these experts.
The largest denomination of our
paper currency is the ten thousand
dollar note. These are chieily used
as a convenience by the large banks,
as they are readily counted, and oc
cupy little space in the vaults.
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MAY Hi: FATAMjY INJURED
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 24.—Isaac Ober
holtzer, of Reamstown, the oldest
farmer in that section,' was perhaps
fatally injured yesterday when lie was
caught in a corn shredder. lie was
feeding the shredder when, his hand
caught and his arm .was pulled into
the cogs, severing it near the elbow.
He lost considerable blood and fell
unconscious.
CHRISTMAS ENTERTAI XMKNT
Dlllsburg, Pa., Dec. 24. —The pupils
of the Dlllsburg grammar school gave
a Christmas entertainment on Thurs
day afternoon. The pupils of the A
and B intermediate and primary
schools assisted.
CHURCH CHOIR CANTATA
Marysville, Pa.. Dec. 24.—The Meth
odist Episcopal Church choir will give
a Christmas cantata on Sunday even
ing. The program will include many
pleasing vocal solos by members of
I the choir.
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SI.OO Christmas Dinner $ 1.00
12 M. to 8 P. M.
Music by Columbus Orchestra 12.30 to 1.30 and 6 to 8
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Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown, Md„ Dec. 24. Miss
Ruth M. Hiler and Foster M. Long,
both of West Fair view, Pa., were
married here yesterday at the par
sonage of the First Baptist Church by
the' Rev. E. K. Thomas.
Miss Jvillie Franklin, of Newbilrg,
Pa., and Frank Dotter, of Carlisle,'"Pa.,
were tlttited ill marriage at the parson
age of the First Baptist Church hero
yesterday by the Rev. E. K. Thomas.
INDIGESTION CAUSES DEATH
Special to The Telegraph
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 24.—James T.
Fmik, aged 70, one of the best known
residents of this place, died suddenly
yesterday while visiting his daughter.
Airs. Pence Lohman, Shady Grove.
Mr. Funk had gone to Greencastlo
( early, U> the wpMinf audowJwa return
hbrrtfe V "Stopped off.;at; >Shadj-■ Urovo
to see his daughter, lie had hardly
gotten into the house and spoken to
his daughter when he was seized with
an acute attack of indigestion and fell »
dead.
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