FIRE COMPANY AT
UNION DEPOSIT
Residents of Town Meet at
School House to Complete
Plans For Organization
KILLED BIG BLACK SNAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Lentz
Entertain Many Guests, In
cluding Ladies' Bible Class
I'nioii Deposit. Pa., Jan. 13. On
■Wednesday evening the residents of
town held a meeting ill the school
house. transacting business for the or
ganisaUon of a fire company.—Andrew
Kreiser, Sr., killed a large blacksnake
measuring four feet and three Inches
on Tuesday in the town cemetery. —
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Lentz enter
tained as guests on Sunday Mrs.
Lentz's pareents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Lenker. of Hanoverdale: her brother,
Harry Lenker and family, of Haintun;
her brother. John Lenker, Jr., and
family, of Harrisburg, and Peter Shel
lenhamer and family, of near Camp
belltown; also the Young Ladies' Bible
class ot the United Brethren Sunday
School.—Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kuhns
and daughter, Mrs. John Swope. spent
Wednesday at Harrisburg. Revival
services are being held in the United
Brethren Church by the pastor, the
Rev. George W. Hallman. Frank
Miller spent Sunday at Hoernerstown
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Miles Shope.—
Ira Boyer, after spending two weeks
at Orwin. Schuvkill county, visiting,
has returned home.—Mr. and Mrs.
'Emanuel Inline spent Sunday at
Hoernerstown visiting their daugh
ter, Mrs. David Gingrich.—Mrs. Ster
ling Peiffer. of Lemoyne. after spend
ing several days with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Gingrich, has re
turned home.—Paul Gingrich and sis
ter, Miss Beatrice Gingrich, spent a
day at Harrisburg.—Mr. and Mrs.
John Knedich. of Manada Gap, visited
their daughter, Mrs. Irwin Hughes, on
Sunday.—Miss Sarah Ktter and Miss
Martha Kline spent Sunday at Ann
ville, visiting Miss Cora Kettering.
Charles C. Stroh Will
Head Dauphin County
Association of Lawyers
Friday evening. February 2, the
Dauphin County Bar Association will
elect Charles C. Stroh as president of
the organization. Other officers who
will be elected at that time for the
ensuing year will include: Vice-presi
dent, John R. Geyer; treasurer, W.
Harry Musser; secretary. Job J, Conk
ling; board of directors, Benjamin F.
Vmberger, Thomas S. Hargest, Charles
H. Bergner. John B. Patrick. William
M. Hain: censors, John Fox Weiss,
Frank E. Ziegler, B. Frank Nead,
Harry B. Saussaman and Arthur H.
Hull. The officers were nominated last
evening.
Plans for the annual banquet of the
har association were also discussed
last evening and a committee, con
sisting of Assistant District Attorney
Frank B. Wickersham. Charles H.
Bergner and diaries C. Stroh, was ap
pointed on arrangements. •
GREETED WITH RIDICII.E
Paris. Jan. 13.—The new Austrian
and German notes are greeted with
ridicule by the French press of all
shades of opinion.
The Figaro says the Germans and
Austrians had declared they would not
reply to Uie refusal of the allies to
consider their proposal, but that on re
flection they concluded it would better
not to remain quiet "under the smash
ing blow of our note."
IX FAVOR OF EARI.Y MARRIAGES
Reading. Pa.. Jan. 13. John Price
Jackson. State Commissioner of Lahor
and Industry, in an address at the an
nual meeting of the Young Women's
Christian Association here yesterday,
put himself on record as in favor of
early marriages.
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SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH > / JANUARY 13, 1917.
• THE BIRTH OF A NATION"
So many were turned away during: the last engagement of "The Birth of a
I Nation" and so many requests have been made for its return, it has been booked
I to l>e shown at the Orpheum for three days, beginning Monday, with daily
i matinees.
' "The Birth of a Nation" is the most tremendous and vital picture yet pro
duced. The reconstruction of a nation after the abolition of slavery, is gra
phically shown, and one sees all of the great events that lead up to the reunion
of this nation.
A splendid musical score, combining folk tunes, patriotic airs, dance melo
dies and excerpts from the compositions of the great masters, all so arranged
as to tit happily into the enacted scenes, is played by a large symphony
orchestra, and this music plays no small part in the enjoyment which the pic
ture affords.
Hatf a million dollars was spent in staging this mammoth production and
eight months elapsed before the picture was completed. In order that the big
battle scenes and other spectacular incidents of the photodrama might be
adequately presented IS.OOO people were utilized together with 3.000 horses. It
is. however, the engrossing story of the play that makes it the master work
it has everywhere been acknowledged.
During all of the many return engagements the attendance has been if
anything larger than the first time. Many thousands have seen this great
spectacle from two to ten times each time with increasing enjoyment. The
production will be exactly as before with the same large orchestra and com
pany of operators, carpenters, property men and assistants.
Wilson May Try Again
to Get Warring Nations
Into Peace Conference
I Washington, Jan. 13.—President Wil
' son has the future attitude of this gov
ernment regarding proposals to the bel
ligerent nation entirely in his own
hands. He will continue the careful an
alysis of the entente reply, begun yes
terday, until a conclusion has been
reached concerning its full meaning. He
will determine for himself the next step
to be taken, if seme additional sugges
tion to either side be considered ad
. visable or desirable.
German* Favor a I)l*culon
It is believed entirely probable in
German circles that the central powers
would consent to enter a peace con
ference despite the "impfissibie" con
ditions outlined in the entente to Presi
' dent Wilson's note. This is regarded
here as the prestnt bright spot on the
horizon of the war.
Believe Note Will Serve to
Bind Central Powers Into
an Unconquerable Whole
Berlin. Jan. 12, via London, Jan. 13.
| —The German press, although ex
pressing indignation at what it con
siders slurs on the central powers in
the reply of the entente to President
Wilson and although angered at the
peace conditions, rinds consolation in
the tMTUef that the note will serve to
weld together all classes into an un
conquerable and determined whole.
Papers like the Tageblatt and the
Lokal An*eiger emphasize this ex
j pected effect ot" the allies' reply and
almost ignore the second German note,
which was published simultaneously.
The Pan-German press on the other
1 hand, gives the German communica
tion the greatest importance and hails
it as a sign that the leaders of the
central powers are finally coming
around to their view in regard to Bel
gium and other moot questions.
The entente's specific delineation of
its aims is accepted in general with
' relief as finally eliminating all guess
work and allowing every one to see
: just what is at stake. The extrava
gance of these aims, according to the
; j Lokal Anzeiger binds central Europe
a thousand times tighter together.
|The Tageblatt thinks that the note,
I instead of being a heavy blow for Ger
, many as predicted, really makes things
easier because it will serve to arrange
all differences of opinion. This paper
(believes that the reply "at one stroke
j unites such opposites as the Socialists,
j who are desirous of avoiding any re
jection of overtures with the Mod
• erates. who favor a business peace
and with the Annexationists who insist
' i upon the total defeat of the enemy."
Kaiser Bitter in
Denunciation of Allies
For Scorning Peace Offer
I Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 13.
1 The following proclamation by the
1 Emperor to the German people has
been officially published in Berlin:
"Our enemies have dropped the
mask. After refusing with scorn and
I hypocritical words of love for peace
s and humanity, our honest peace offer
'they have now, in their reply to the
I United States, gone beyond that and
i admitted their lust for conquest, the
j baseness of which is further enhanced
■by their calumnious assertions. Their
| aim in the crushing of Germany, the
( ! dismemberment of the powers allied
• with us and the enslavement of the
freedom of Europe and the seas, un
. der the same yoke that Greece, with
. gnashing of teeth is now enduring.
. But what they could not achieve in
L thirty months of the bloodiest fight
l ing and unscrupulous economic war
. they will also fail to accomplish in
i the future. Our glorious victories and
i our iron strength of will with which
. our fighting people at the front and at
. home have borne all hardships and
. distress guarantee that also in the fu
. ture our beloved fatherland has noth
[ ing to fear. Burning indignation and
, holy wrath will redouble the strength
of every German man and woman,
- whether it is devoted to fighting, to
. work or to suffering. We are readv
, for all sacrifices. The God who planted
. His glorious spirit of freedom in the
r hearts of our brave people will also
. give us and our loyal allies tested in
battle, the full victory over all the
f enemy lust for power and rage for de
, struction.
"WILHELM I. R."
* ! LIGHT BABY BARRISTER
[ | Simon P. Light, the county's youngest
- | barrister, was formally sworn into
-'harness as a member of the Dauphin
. county bar to-day.
ENDORSES PLAN
FOR PIGGERY
Grand Jury Recommends
Action For Almshouse Im
provements Now Pending
Dauphin county's grand jury at the
close to-day of January quarter ses
sions heartily endorsed the plan of the
Poor Directors for building a new cold
storage plant and piggery at the alms
house.
In its quarterly report the grand
jury higluy commenaed the method
oy whim the jail and the almshouse
are conuucted. Inddentafly, it refers
to the fact luat it considered IliS bills,
returned 143 and ignored 25.
Pleads Guilty
The high lignt of tne closing session
of court to-uuy was the arraignment
of Lewis it. Faust, who pleaded guilty
to Iwenty-eignt enarges ot burglary.
With him May liirness.v confessed to
having received a lot of the stolen
goods. Both were sentenced tills
afternoon. Faust is the man who tor
weeks robbed houses all over town and
stole goods valued at approximately
$3,000.
Ed. Bradley, one of the four negroes
convicted of shooting u negro in a
North Seventh street nouse which the
police know very laimliuiiy as "The
Bucket o' Blood," was sentenced to
day by President Judge Kunkel to pay
a line of $5 and to serve trom fourteen
months to two years In the Eastern
Penitentiary. James Bentley, another
of the quartet, got $5 tine and eight
months In jail, and John Jackson and
Patsy Robinson got $5 tines and tour
months in jail apiece.
Leo 11. Lentz, a one-time candidate
for city controller, who was convicted
of robbing a drunken man, was sen
tenced to pay a tine of $5 and to serve
from eighteen months to three years
in the Eastern Penitentiary.
Other cases disposed ot to-day in
cluded:
John Jefferson, a Southern negro, j
convicted of cutting two men in a '
Steelton hotel, got from fifteen months '
to three years in the pen; Charles
Clifford Douglas, assault and battery
upon his wife, got four months in jail;
Ed. Smithers, stealing a Ford automo
bile from Rutherford Brothers, got
fr#m fifteen months to three years.
Emanuel Gams, a Portuguese West :
Indian negro—the first ever tried in
the Dauphin county court —was con- j
victed of assault and battery upon i
Mary Potsozi. his housekeeper. Court, i
jury and attorneys had the time of
their lives trying to understand the j
queer patios of the defendant and his j
witnesses.
Other oases: Ix>uis Sowers, larceny,
$5 tine and five months in jail; Wil
liam Jones, $lO fine and nine months
on charges of assault and battery and
indecency: George Reidel, J5 fine and
five months for assaulting a woman.
Convicted of furnishing some gin to
a minor. Harry Rutter was fined SSO
and costs and released on bail until
March quarter sessions. In arguing
for clemency Sumer Bowman, Rut
ter's attorney, sprung the only laugh
in January court at the expense of the
jury. The Question as to how much
gin Rutter had disposed of from a full
bottle was in issue.
"As I recall the testimony." ob
served Judge Kunkel. "the bottle was
not entirely full; about a quarter of
it was gone."
"The jury knows how much was in
the bottle," suggested District Attor
ney Stroup.
"I'm—yes, vour Honor," smilingly
returned Xlr. Bowman, "the jury ought
to. It has had the bottle since!"
Jury Acquits Shertzer
Charged With Attempting
to Soap Trolley Tracks
After brief deliberation a January
criminal sesions jury yesterday after
noon acquitted Harry R. Shertzer of
the charge of malicious injury to rail
roads. or, more specifically, "soaping
the car tracks of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company on State street near
1 Eighteenth, during the recent trolley
men's strike.
Shertzer proved conclusively to the
jury's satisfaction that not only was he
not in the neighborhood at the time
of the alleged soaping of the rails, but
showed by other witnesses where he
had been for an hour or so before and
after the time the act was committed
as well as at the time.
Other cases disposed of yesterday
included: Mary Radazj. assault and
battery, got sls fine and costs; Ira
Colston and Bell Brown, illegitimate
relationship. SSO fine and' costs;
George Reidel, indecent assault, con
victed.
TRAIN* MAKES TWO TRIPS
Berrysburg, Pa., Jan. 13.—The Mid
land railroad trains made two trips to
1 this place on Sunday. A number of
people took in the service at Killinger
Reformed Church. Kennard Mc-
Farland, of Harrisburg. was
a caller in town this week.
Mrs. Peter Deibler is ill. Miss
Lizzie Weaver, after spending several
weeks at the home of her parents, has
returned to Edge Hill.—M. S. Daniel
made a.business call to Harrisburg on
> Monday.—William Dillman, of Sun
bury, a former resident of this place,
|is calling on friends in town.—Mrs.
Sarah Macher. of Tower City, visited
her sister who is ill on Tuesday.
ROMK ADMITS DISASTER
Rome, Jan. 12, via Paris, Jan. 13.
The Admiralty officially announces the
loss of the battleship Regina Margher
ita. The announcement says:
! "Serious military reasons, which
have hitherto prevented the publica
tion, no longer existing. It is an
nounced that the warship Regina
Margherita struck two mines on the
{night of December II snd sustained
such severe damage that she sunk by
the head in a few minutes. A majority
of the crew of 945 went down with
the ship. Unfavorable conditions made
the rescue of the survivors most diffi
cult, but 270 were saved. The cap
tain and fourteen officers are among
the lost."
SUFFRAGE FLAG FOK CAPITAL
Members of the Pennsylvania
Woman Suffrage Association have pre
sented to the national organization a
large national suffrage flag, which will
be raised at Washington headquarters,
1626 Rhode Island avenue. Pennsyl
vania suffragists will be present at the I
formal flag raising. The banner is of
yellow, in the center of which is a
blue eagle on wing clutching a globe
and surrounded by eleven blue stars.
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Tomorrow Is the Birthday
Anniversary of—
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■
Samuel Clonipus. better known as
; "Sammy," the bright, energetic, smil- ■
ing newsboy who sells the Telegraph '
jat Second and Walnut streets. "Sam
i my" has sold papers so long at that
j stand he has become as much a part I
■of the landscape as the buildings'
themselves. He also bears the proud 1
j distinction of being the only newsboy {
i owner and operator of an automobile
1 in Pennsylvania—and every penny of ]
the cost and up-kecp earned by sell
ing newspapers. "Sammy" is admlt
( tedl.v one of the salesmen among the
I newsboys and beginners at the news
paper selling game come around to
| stand and watch how lie does it, hop
| ing thereby to get a few pointers for i
themselves. He is one of the organiz- I
I ers of the Newsboys' Association and
I for a long time one of the directors.
POINTS ON SAVING, SORTING
AND MARKETING FEATHERS
There Is a Uniform Demand
For This Product Which
Many Poultrymen Waste
Importance of Dry Picking,
Cleaning, Curing and Pack
! ing
By Archie E. Vandervort
, j Breeder, Fancier and Judge
, All chicken, duck, goose and turkey
I feathers arc salable if properly saved
and sorted. The sale or feathers should
■ ho the source of considerable revenue
' in the course of a year to every poul
; try keeper who kills any number of
fowls. All that is needed is a few
1 pointers on the subject of saving and
■ marketing tlieni.
The following figures are the quota-
L tions of a feather dealer, and show
that it pays to save feathers. The list
also gives some idea of the different
I grades:
Cents Per
Pound
I Prime live geese feathers.
white $0.60 @50.62
'Mixed gray geese feathers .43® .44
All gray 38© .42
' | Old geese, according to
"I quality 20 ® .40
t Mixed geese and duclc.... .35© .37
• ; Duck feathers, white 42® .44
flDuck feathers, mixed 32® .33
• 'Old duck, according to
: | quality 15® .35
■ I Chicken, dry picked, body,
prime ' .05® .06
? Scalded 01® .02
? j White chicken, body, dry'
■ 1 picked \ .18® .19
i White turkey, body, dry,
•I prime .60® .70
Turkey tail, choice and
1 clear 30® .32
Wing, from first two joints .15© .16
'Wing, tail and pointers.. .12® .14
1 I The above quotations were for June.
; ! The prices are sometimes higher at
other seasons, but seldom go lower,
j Different Qualities and Grades
Prime feathers are those that are
j clean and dry. The best goose plum
; age Is worth from 60 to 62 cents a
1 pound, and as geese may be plucked
■'twice a year their feathers can be
made a source of considerable profit.
' Old geese feathers, as listed above,
' does not mean feathers from old geese,
i but feathers which have been taken
i from old beds and pillows, washed or
renovated, and put on th.e market
i- again. If feathers are washed before
1 ■ being shipped they bring from 20 to
i 1 50 per cent, more than the prices
I quoted. Green feathers are those that
i i have not been dried after being
• plucked, and those called musty tTre
, the green feathers which have stood
. for some time.
1 ( In handling turkey feathers the
. body plumage should be kept sepa
rate and the long wing feathers left
|by themselves. The tail feathers
. i should be divided from the rest, and
.' it does not take many of them to
. make a pound 30 to 32 cents.
I Turkey wing feathers are also classed
,; by themselves. In shipping turkey
. feathers, the practice is to make bun
. ; dies of the tail plumage. Pointers
i are stiff feathers from three to six
i or eight inches long. Dealers make
I a reduction in the price if the feathers
. i are "quiliy," that is, if there are many
. 'stiff ones among the body feathers.
Properly Saving the Feathers
, !To save feathers properly the poul
. try raiser need only spend a minute
, |or two extra each time he dresses a
. ; fowl. Poultry dealers and feather
! buyers alike declare it is foolish to
I scald chickens, turkeys, ducks or
geese, for dry-picked poultry brings
; a better price. Scalding the feathers
! removes the animal oils from them
'and makes them comparatively worth
less. This is shown by the fact that
white, dry-picked body feathers from
fowls bring 18 to 20 cents; the same
feathers scalded are worth a cent a
pound.
For dry picking the best method is
to sever the jugular vein and then
thrust the knife blade into the brain.
Assailant, Thought Woman,
Cuts Man's Throat in Dark
Washington, Pa., Jan. IS. Walter
Giles is in a critical condition in the
Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Fa., from
having his throat slashed by a mys
terious assailant, believed to be a wo
man, as lie was returning to Ills home
last night.
Giles is employed by the Aetna Chein-
Ical Company, near McDonald. He was
attacked just after leaving a street
car and persons rushing to his aid saw
a woman, the only person in the vicin
ity. flee down the street. Giles' wind
pipe was almost severed. He is too
weak to talk. His friends believe the
assailant may have been a disgruntled
employe of the company disguised as
a woman.
First Sale Ever Held at
Juniata County Courthouse
Mifllliitown. Pa., Jan. 13.—The first
sale ever held in the courthouse was
that ot lust Saturday when 10. Parker
McMeen, administrator of the estate
of Robert E. McMeen, deceased, sold
real estate to the amount of $22,170. i
—Miss Irene Martin, of Mexico, spent
(lay with lier sister, Mrs. Given
'-bright.—Mrs. Camera and children,
of lrvona, spent several days with]
friends in tl.e twin towns;— The H.ime
and Foreign Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church gave a mission
ary tea in the lecture room of the
church on Thursday afternoon, at
which Miss Katherine Woods, of
Lewistown, a returned missionary
from China, gave an interesting talk.
I —Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Guttshall have
announced tl.e engagement of their
daughter. Alice Ruth Guttshall, to
Chester McCormick. of Mifflin. —Mrs.
Jesse Deitrick, of Tyrone, spent Sun
day here.—Mrs. John Graybill, Jr.,
: and sister. Miss Ella Auker, spent
j a day at Harrisburg.—Mrs. Wilbur
! Cumbler. of Steelton, wns called to
Mifflintown on account of the illness
of her mother, Mrs. S. A. Ellis.
ARRESTED FOR DESERTION
Thomas Ennis, colored, was arrest
ed this afternoon at Steelton, on a
fvarrant from aWshlngton, D. C.
charging him with desertion. Deputy
United States Marshal Harvey T.
| Smith, of this city, who made the ar
rest. placed Ennis in jail. On Monday
he will be taken to Williamsport for
The fowl dies almost immediately, yet
Meeds well. The feathers are loosened
and may be plucked by handfuls, with
quick but gentle jerks. The feathers
should be removed while the flesh
is still warm, otherwise they will stick
and tear the skin.
It is a simple matter to provide bar
rels and drop body feathers into one
and tail and stiff wing feathers into
another. Feathers sorted in this way
bring much better prices. There
should be a receptacle for white body
feathers, one for colored feathers, one
for the quills, and so on. In other
words, provide a place for each grade
of feathers. This will keep the
feathers clean.
The barrels or boxes should then be
taken into another room, and the
leathers spread on the floor to a depth
not exceeding three or four inches.
This room should be kept clean and
the feathers stirred once or twice
every day. In a week these feathers
are in proper shape to pack in bags
™ store away or ship to market.
If the feathers are not handled in this
manner, and are packed immediately
after picking, the animal heat will
make them damp and moldy, and.
while they might bring some price, it
I would not exceed half of what the
good feathers are worth.
Clean Feathers Sell Best
1 Most of the feathers shipped to the
city markets arrive just as they were
taken from the fowls, but dealers say
it is a mistake to handle them thus
when a little care would double their
value. Nearly all fowls are unclealft
when they are dressed, and if the
feathers -are not washed by the first
| handler, they are washed in the mar
| kets. The po'ultryman can wash
feathers in a tub of lukewarm water,
not too hot, for hot water removes the
oil, and rubbing them together as
clothing would be washed. Wlien
clean they are put through a rinsing
water and dried. The next step is to
spread them on old blankets or paper
where they will not blow away. They
dry best in the sun and have a sweeter
smell.
In feather houses the plumage is
washed by machinery, dried as far as
possible in centrifugal wringers, and
placed in large receptacles made of
wire screening. Hot air from a pipe
or electric fans is driven through
these screens from above and below,
which completes the drying process.
Goose, duck and turkey feathers
should be cared for in the same way
as chicken feathers. In all cases white
feathers are the most valuable, and,
being so much higher priced, it is im
portant to keep them separate.
How and When to Ship
If the feathers are to be shipped to
city markets the proper method is to
pack them in clean burlap sacks.
This is the second variety of the.;
famous American general purpose j
fowl and was originated about 1880,;
following closely the Silver Laced ■
Wyandotte. i
The Golden Wyandotte Is marked!;
exactly like the Silver, but has a beau- I
tiful golden reddish ground color to !
its plumage instead of white. This, in 1
contrast with the greenish black j i
markings, make it a richly colored ! <
fowl. It was originated by crossing |
the Stiver with Partridge Cochins, or, I
as claimed by some, with the Winne- I.
bago fowl, whichseems to have been j
ii clean-legged Partridge Cochin. From .
this cross resulted both Golden Laced I
and Partridge Wyandottea. At that j
time the latter were cast aside, as the
aim was to produce a Golden Laced l
fowl.
After a time "Laced" was dropped I
from their name and they are now j
known as Golden Wyandotte*, many ;
handsome specimens being exhibited :
THIEVES STEAL
BARREL OF WATER
Thinking It Contained Cider
They Pilfer It From Home of
Lenkerville Man
Millcrshiirg, Pa., Jnn. 13. Prob
ably thinking it contained cider sneak
thieves took a barrel from the prop
erty of William McKissick in Lenker
ville several weeks UKO, the contents
of which was water. At a recent
meeting of the Reformed Church con
gregation of Mlllersburg the Rev. D.
E. Itair, a young minister of Shnmoktn
was unanimously elected to till the
vacancy at this charge caused by the
resignation of tlie ltev. .Mr. Kohler
several months ago. It is understood
that he lias accepted the call and will
take charge February 1. The Alvord
Reamer Company of Millersburg,
changed hands this week, when Fred
T. McQuire of Philadelphia, acting for
Philadelphia interests, purchased the
plant which is situated along the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The plant is
one of the busiest in town, running
day and night, employing about tlfty
men. Bishop Darlington of the Har
risburg diocese of the Episcopal
church will preach in St. Bartholo
mew's chapel here to-morrow evening.
Charles N. Lebo is ill with pneu
monia at the home of his sister, Mrs.
George Sites.
111'IIY ltev, ADAMS TUESDAY
Funeral arrangements for the Re\v
John Qulney Adams, retired colored
preacher, were completed late this af
ternoon. Services will be private and
will be held nil Tuesday morning at
10.110 o'clock at the home, 102 Cherry
street, the Rev. It. M. Ward, of Capital
street Presbyterian church and the Rev.
I>r. Ellis N. Kri iner, of Reformed Salem
church, officiating. Burial will be made
at El in Ira.
a hearing before Judge Witmer of the
Federal Court. If found guilty Knnis
will lie turned over to the Washington
authorities.
pressing them llrmly. Quills should
be packed in boxes, each kind sepa
rate. If quills are shipped long dis
tances sacks may be used, providing
they are good ones and the quills are
laid in them straight. Quills dumped
into bags without regard to condition
do not bring the full market value.
See that each bag or box is marked
with the gross weight and tare. Your
letter of advice of shipment should
have full particulars.
To secure the name of a feather
dealer, write any commission mer
chant. Feather dealers, as a rule,
make a specialty of their business and
handle no other product. One Chi
cago (irm sends buyers all over the
country gathering feathers from large
poultry dealers.
The feather business is growing each
year, and still hundreds of thousands
of pounds are being wasted in small
quantities in almost every poultry
yard.
How Feathers Are Used
Every large city has several fac
tories which do nothing but prepare
feathers for household use. Tail and
wing feathers are used mostly In mak
ing dusters; peacock feathers and tur
key feathers are made into screens
for fireplaces; feather boas are made
from white chicken feathers curled
with hot irons; and pillows are turned
out by the thousands. White chicken
wing and tail feathers and white tur
key feathers are curled or left
straight, dyed any color or combina
tion of colors desired, and sold to mil
liners. Thousands of pounds of feath
ers are glued or wired on sipall bases
and made into wings or imitations of
wings, and colored to resemble the
brilliant plumage of the oriole or the
somber feathers of the blackbird.
Whole birds are made from chicken
feathers because of the laws prohibit
ing the killing of certain birds.
Feathers are also used for muffs,
fans and featherbone. The latter ia
made of the stiff ribs of turkey feath
ers. For decorative purposes "the de
mand for peacock feathers is so great
that several farms have contracted for
months in advance for the sale of
their entire output.
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Few farmers take the interest in
poultry that they should. This is a
great mistake. The prolits to he
derived from tills branch of live
stock are excellent. The farmer
has every advantage over the spe
cialty poultry raiser; he has the
land, usually the buildings and the
chances are he produces the
greater part of the feed. Prof.
James It. Morman has prepared an
interesting article on this subject
for next week.
lat the leading poultry shows. The fe-
I male is valued as a good layer of
brown eggs, producing many of these
l in winter. The hens become broody,
sit, hatch and rear their chickens and
are good mothers. The chicks, like all
Wyandottes. are very rugged and
make rapid growth, keeping full
breasted and plump at all ages, and,
therefore, salable as market poultry
at any time from broiler size up. The
pullets reach laying maturity in from
ttve to six months.
liC -T'k POULTRY TONIC
helps your hens lay more eggs. It
>i4V doesn't (nice; It tone* the system,
S strengthens the cut organs, and so
B starts hens singing, and laying. Conkcy's
U Poultry Tonic Is good tonic, not cheap filler.
■ No cayenne pepper, nothing harmful la it.
■ In pails, $1.25, pltnes. 25c, 50c.
■ At Your Dealet.
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