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VOL. XXXIX. Advice to the Aged. Age brings Infirmities, such ias staa» rlsh bowels, weak kidneys and Mad> J»r and TORPID LIVER. Tutt's Pills have ■ specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, causing them to perform their natural functions as In youth and IMPARTING v'ftftP to the kidneys, bladder snd LIVER. They are adapted to old and yooag. PROFESSION*L CARDS ~ X- s. cooz, Attorney-Hi- Lew, GRAHAM, N. C. Office Patterson Building Second Floor. DAMERON & LONG Atlorneys-at-Law 8. S. W. DAHBBON, J. ADOLPII LONO •Phone M>, -Phone 1008 Piedmont Building, Holt-Nicholson Bldg. Burlington. N.C. Graham. N. 0. DR. WILL UO,\G, JR. "... DENTIST . . . Graham . - - • North Cdrellne OFFICE INH/MMONS BUILDING JACOB A. LOSS. J. ILK KB LONG LONG & LONO, Attorneys and Counselors at L w GRAHAM, N. JOH N H. VERNON Attorney and Counaelor-at-Law PONES—Office 6SJ Residence 331 BURLINGTON, N. C. Dr. J. J. Barefoot OFFICE OVEB HADLRI's STORE Leave Messages at Alamance Phar macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone 382 Office Hours 2-4 p. m. and by Appointment. ARE YOU UP r TO DATE B If yon are not the NEWS AN" OBERTER is. Subscribe lor it at once and it will keep you abreast of the times. Full Associated Press dispatch el >'l the news—foreign, do mestic, national, state and local all the time. Daily New,® and Observer $7 per year, 3.60 for 6 mos. Weekly North Carolinian $\ per year, 50c for 6 mos. NEWS & OBSERVER PUB. CO., ' RALEIGH, N. C. The North Carolinian and THE ALAMANCE GLEANER will be sen' for one' year for Two Dollars. Cash in advance. Apply at THE GLEANER office. Graham, N. C. Bucklen's Arnica Salve THE WORLD-FAMOUS HEALER OF Burns, Bolls, Cuts, PHes, Eczema, Skis Eruptisns, Ulcers, f over-Sores, Pimples, Itch, Felons, Wsssfc, Braises, EX Chilblains, Ringworm, Sore Lips and Hands, C«M - Sores, Coras. ONLY GENUINE ARNtCA SALVE. MONEY BACK IP IT FAILS, ggo AT ALL DRUGGISTS. LARGEST WOMAN LANDOWNER. Former North Carolina Clrl Richest Woman la the Soath. A Klnston dispatch of a recent date sqys that Mrs. Jessie P. Wil liama of Atlanta, formerly Miss Cora Taylor of Bullhead, Oreen county has succeeded to the princely estate of her late hus band who was n noted Southern capitalist. Mrs. Williams becomes tfcs largest landowner of har aex in the world, and the richest worn man in the South. Captain Wil- Uama died several weeks ago leav ing DO will and so children, and hla wife became his sole heir. His (rent estate is variously es timated at from W,000,000 to »♦,- *00,004. She is the only woman in th« Southern Slates te. control a MO-mita inter-State railroad, with trains, stations, shops, terminals, dodut sad a steamboat line. She owns a quarter of a million acres of farming and timber iaads in Georgia and Florida. Mrs. Wil liams ia wail fitted to manage the property, having acted aa the closest counsellor of her husband and victual manager oft his in tensive interests during the last tow years, when he waa an invalid Captain Williams is survived by a brother at Mount Olive. Dsspeadeacy Is often caused by indigestion and constipation, ana quickly dis appears when Chamberlain's Tab lets are taken. For. sale by all dealers. adv. THE 'ALAMANCE GLEANER. TAKE NpTE OF HEART BEATS When That Organ Baya "Luff-Duff" II la Full Time to Taka a Vacation. Do ytm know what a factor hears when ha sounds yomr cheat and listens to your heart beating T Tour heart. If It la quite aound, makes a noise very like "lub-dup, lub dup, lub-dup" all the time, Pearson's Weekly says. The two sylylables come very quickly together and between each "lub-dup" there comes a pause, the short period when the heart la resting, as It were. The "lub" sound Is due to the blood flowing out of the heart and the "dup" Is the closing of the heart'a valves. . Juat by the loudness of these two sylla bles the doctor knows If your heart is working as It should be. Supposing the "dup" Is very loud, for Instance; that tells him that the valves are being "slammed to," just as a door la, and that the pressure Is* greater than it should be. The cause of thla la generally what is known as an "aneurism." If the valvea are not ckielng prop erly the doctor hears a sound like "duff" Instead of "dup." The heart la then said to have a "murmur," and the phyal*lan knows what steps to take to correct it. When the first sound, "lub," Is soft ened Into "luff" It warna the doctor that his patient haa something wrong with the mitral valve. The "lub" sound Is always vary much weaker when one Is suffering from fever, and It la thla weakness, dpe to the weakness of the heart muscles, which makes the doctor so anxious at those times. When the heart says "luff-duff" he tells you to knock off work for a time and have a complete rest, for your heart is In a bad way. LIKE SO MUCH "DEAD HORSE" Man Who Paid Debt With Check Will Die In the Belief That He Haa Settled Twice. A man made a bet with his wife— which was Indiscreet The wife won—which was foreor dained. The man wrote the wife a check for $5 in payment of the bet —which was sad. The wife cashed the check at the grocery, but forgot to endorse It— which was natural. The grocer, despite the lack of en dorsement, paid it to a packing house collector —which was carelesfe. The packing house collector turned It In—which was all In a day's work. A packing house offlce man discov ered the lack of endorsement —which was good work. He handed it back to the driver and docked the driver's salary—whloh was system. The driver placed the check la hie white dock coat and sent It to the laundry—which was unwise. The laundry mutilated the check be yond recognition—which was unwise. Which is why the driver asked the cashier to ask the grocer to ask the man's wife to ask her husband to write a duplicate check. Is why the man feels like he la paying twice. Animal Training. Most people have heard of the cele brated calculating horses of Blberfeid, who can do anything up to calculating square roots, In addition to being pro ficient at spelling. It would now ap pear, according to the Parla Press, that althdugh these feaU are actually performed they are dne to a very clever device. An animal trainer has Informed the Hatln that he haa util ized a system of wireless telegraphy for training animals to do all aorta of tricks. The receiver Is placed on the horse's bridle, while the trainer or an •aslstant m&lnlpulates the transmit ter, and by a code of slgnala, which are not dllllcnlt to teach, the anlmala can be made to give any desired "an swer." It la suggested that this sys tem la used In the caae ot the cele brated Blberfeid horeee. Prior to the utilisation of wireless telegraphy, the trainer mentioned employed a method of signals by means of a toothpick. BrltMi Union Jade. The anion jack, the national ban- Mr of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, la formed tout of the combination of the crosses of St George, of St. Andrew and of St. Pat rick, these three cross— being the na tional banner of England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively. The first union lack, which was Introduced by royal proclamation In ISO*, three years after the union with Scotland, bore only the crosses of two countries, England and Beotland This comblna* tlon waa proclaimed In 1707 as the na tional flag of Great Britain. On the nnlon with Ireland, the cross of St Patrick, with Its fowr limbs, edged with white on one side, wan added. l a glr.i Mimaaltii oittp IS rim rftctitny. A wy froqurat MOM of D»I MI DCM la many pmni to lose «tilii|, It giTaa rlaa la btaitothaa and Marti gla. and to malaly raapooatbla tor other dtotriaalng altmanU. The man or woniaa wbaao (Leap to andaly dto tnrbed aa tba raeult of toarr mental work, by night watching at tha bad ■lda of tha «lek or thnmgh Irregular boon of employment, aboald wdesior to eecare a Httle nfiiaMng itoap whenever poaetbte la ordar to atto ■p tor the loaa anatatnad far not only will haadarhaa and other aIV meats develop from ataeplasanea* bat tha aarrooa ayetorn will aoon baeotna considerably darangad aa a eoaaa queoca. So ba carefal apoa thto potat. Kellcf la Ml H«n Kidney ud Blad- Mr Disease relieved in ill boon by the "N*w GBKAT SOUTH ANERIRAN KIDNEY CUBS." IT is • great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves re tention of water almost immediat ly. If you want quick relief and care this is tbe remedy. Sold by Graham Drug Company. adv GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER// l§l3. TO SAVE STEPS IN KITCHEN Sanalbl* Table Which Should Be Con sidered an Indlapensable Part of the Furniture. Thla table ahould be placed on good caaters, 10 It can be rolled easily to any part of the kitchen, and put out of the way when not needed. It can be wheeled to the dining room loaded with dishes, and then puahed to the link, saving many steps In this way. Used for Ironing, It should remain near the sink. The top may be covered with either xlnc or heavy white enamel cloth. The tine, as it Is more easily kept clean, is prefer . \ J ■ ■ . I'M . I I ~! HENFL iu * J able. A veasel hanging from a hook at one side to catch parings of the vegetablea and fruit, will be found a valuable addition. If this table is sta tionary, a small sine tank may be set at one end connected with a pipe lead ing down through the floor and out doors, through which water can drain. The hole In the alnk should be cov ered with a piece of perforated tine In order to prevent the coarse pieces of vegetables and other things from clogging the drain-pipe. MANY USES FOR LEMON PEEL Among Others, It le Miles Above the Flavoring Extract by So Many Cooks. Not every housekeeper knows that freshly grated lemon peel Is a,flavor ing much superior to lemon extract, and much more economical. Of all the flavoring extracts lemon la the least satisfactory, having not the slightest suggestion - of the flavor of the fresh fruit. For cake or for a bread pudding or for any dessert con taining raisins and currants lemon peel Is a delicious flavor. If It la used for a custard, It Is well to strain the mixture before cooking, as some peo ple dislike the slight granulation pro duced by the tiny plecea of peel. An unusual but very good use for grated lemon peel is as a flavoring for sandwiches made of Neufchatel cheese. Rub the cheese to a paste with a little butter and a spoonful of cream, add the lemon peel and a few chopped nut meats. Lemon peel makes a delicious pre serve. Cut Into small plecea and cook with their weight of sugar and a lit tle water. » Caramel Custsrd. Four cups scalded milk, five eggs, one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon vanilla and one-half cup sugar. Put sugar in omelet pan, stir constantly over hot part of range until melted to a sirup of light brown color. Of course, a frying pan may be used, as you may not have an omelet pan. Add gradually to milk, being careful that milk does not bubble up and go over, as Is liable on account of high temperature of sugar. As soon as sugar Is melted In milk add mixture gradually to egg slightly beaten; add salt and flavoring, then strain In but tered moid. Bake as custard. Original Rice Cream. Three tablespoons of rice In a cup of boiling water In double boiler; let cook till water is absorbed, add one pint milk, piece of butter, three table spoons of sugar and a little salt; cook till Hoe ia tender, take off the atove, add the beaten yolks of two eggs, stir ring constantly; set back on stove for a couple of mjnutes, always stirring so eggs won't string; flavor with vanilla, frost with beaten whites browned In the oven; add sugar to whites. Snow Eggs. To whites of five eggs add pinch of salt and whip to very stiff froth, grad ually add one tablespoonful powdered sugar and few drops flavoring. Scald one quart milk In large pan. Shape whites In tablespoon, drop a few at a time in hot milk. Turn until cooked. Sift out with skimmer, lay on glaaa dish. When all are cooked make cus tard with egg yolks, milk and three taMespoonfula sugar, and serve with agga Cocosnut Drops. Orate a cocoanut and weigh it, then add half the weight of powdered su gar and the white of one egg, cut to a stiff froth Stir the ingredients to gether, then drop the mixture with a dessert spoon upon buttered white pa per; sift sugar over tbem. Bake In a slow oven for 16 minutes. Toasted Rlee Cakes. 801 l one cup of rice until tender, press In a buttered dish and put In the Ice chest with a weight upon It The next day est the rice In slices, one-half Inch thick, greaae a toasted and toast the slices a delicate brown. Serve with maple sirup Beaton Corn Bread. One cup sweet milk, two cupa sour milk, two-tblrds cup of molasses, one cup of flour, four cupa of com meal, two teaapooufnls soda; steam three hours and buss a few minutes In the oven. ji, To Freshen CaKe. | To Trerffftsi stale cake, dip it for a second or two "In cold milk, and then rebake It In a rather cold oven. It wIU taste elmeo* "*■» —w again. Btreafthea Weak Kidaeya, I Don't suffer longer with weak kidneys. You can get prompt re liaftby taking Electric Bitters, that w*«nderful remedy, praised every where by women. Start with a bottle to-day, you will soon feel likfe a new woman with ambition to work without fear of pain. Mr. John Dowling of San Pranclaco, writes,—Gratitude for the _ won derful effect of Electric Bitters prompts me to write. It cured my wife when all else failed. Good for the liver as well. Nothing better for indigestion or biliousness. Price 50c and fl at Graham Drug Co.'s. adv, FRUIT GROWERS AND POULTRY PROFITABLE 1 A Well-Kept Orchard. ——. Poultry farming and fruit culture la attractive in some ways, but its actual advantagea are not aa great aa many suppose, as each business re quires practical experience. Bo far as the fruit crop la concerned, the sys tem is essentially that of pasturing the orchard in graas with hens In place of sheep or hogs. Cattle and horses should not be pastured In or chards, as the tramping of the stock compacts the sod too much. A pas ture system of any kind is generally considered not equal to orchard culti vation with green crops plowed un der. There Is a great difference of opin ion on thla point. Many experienced orchardlsts say that the proper meth od to follow is to grow hoed crops in the orchard when trees are young, having the ground well fertilized each year, and as soon as the treea come Into full bearing seed down to grass and clover and pasture with sheep or plgt. Sheep should be chosen, as they are not destructive, and If grain fed will keep the ground In good con dition. Apples, peaches, plums and damsons grow by this system, the trees carefully pruned, sprayed In sea son and "wormed spring and fall, will bear abundantly most every season. MULE FOR HEAVY FARM WORK Animal No More Vicious Than Horse If Properly Trained When Young —Lives Longer. The mule Is an animal that is looked upon with disfavor by a great many, but as a matter of fact a span of mules Is about the most valuable thing that can be found on a farm. They have greater endurance than horses, afe easily kept and can be worked under conditions that are sometimes Impos sible with horses. During the summer, when the (lies are swarming and the heat of the sun Is oppressive, the farmer Is frequently delayed with his work by the Inability of the horses to stand heat, while a , Excellent Type of Mule. ■pan of mule* may be kept patiently plodding away without the die* or the heat worrying them In the least. It la during such a time aa thla that the mule* will ahow their real worth, ■ay* a writer In the Farm Progress. A mule will grow slstk and (at upon lew feed than a hone. Of cruras a little better ration ahould be fed, for It li hardly right to underfeed any animal. 1 believe that poor training by his master has given the mule his repu tation for vlclousness. A mule's tem perament Is such that be resents any mistreatment more readily than a horse. If the trainer uses good Judg ment an 4 proper treatment with the mule while it la young, there Is no cause for Its developing any bad hab its. Msny mules are as gentle and safe aa any horse. The mule Is noted for Its long ltfs. It is a rarity to se* a mule that has died from a natural cause. His consti tution Is so strong and vigorous as to be almost proof against many .dis eases The average length of llffi of the mule is almost double that of the horse. . The mule Is especially desirable fo/ the farmer who has rough or billy land to till, as he la more sure-footed than n horse and can be worked upon ground where It would be dlfllcult to tnke a horse. Insure Good Currants. Bmall fruit Is not always chargsabls to a poor variety, but is somstlmss due to gpor culture and no pruning. Currants are borne largely on wood three or four years old. Older wood should be pruned out and enough young wood also to prevent crowding This may bs done esrly in the spring or In the autamn. Cultivate and add barnyard manure to the plants occa sionally. ' diarrhoea Ualrkly Cared. "I was taken with Diarrhoea a id Mr .York, the merchant here,, per suaded me to try . a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After taking one dose of it I was cured. It also cure others that 1 cave it to;" writes M. E. Gebhardt, Oriole, Pa. That is not at all unusual. An ordinary attack of diarrhoea ran almost Invariably be cured by one or two doses of this remedy. For | sale by sll dealers. adv. There are exceptions to thla ay ate m —but it haa been found to work weiL Poultry In an orchard saves aome expense for cultivation and fertiliser, but the saving 1a partly ofleet by the cost of bulldtnga, fencing, division yards and damage to frolL The great eat advantagea are on the rough rocky land, that cannot be cultivated with profit. Portable colony houses, aa practlcod by the poultry farmer* of southern Rhode Island, have become popular among the small fruit growera of New England, say* a writer in the Daltlmore American. Fruit growera who have extenelve orchards have, aa a rule, found It best to buybood tillable land that can be workedriwlth the Improved lmplementa for theleneflt of the trees alone. The fruit anfl poultry combination Is best suited to the general farmer, in con nection with his other crops, or to the man of few acres living near a good marketfor poultry and fruit producta. Fruit culture la, and can be made, a very profitable business by those who will give it the requisite thought and work demanded. Like all other lines of business, it requires atrlct attention to details — and thla cannot be left to outalde help. PROTECT MANURE FROM RAIN It Also Should Be Kapt Moist BNIUH Much Plant la Loot When Al lowed to Become Dry. The following answer waa mad* by Dr. O. S. Praps, state chemist at the Texas college station, to an Inquiry concerning the collection and preser vation of manure: - The manure should be kept In • sbed and protected from the rain and as compact aa possible. It also should be kept moist. If It dries out there Is a loss of plant food. There will be a loaa anyhow 1/ the manure Is kspt for one year, but the best thing I can suggest Is to keep It as I bare suggested above. The manure will be worth about ft per ton, and it de pends on the cost of gathering wheth er It will pay to save It A better way where a dairy Is maintained la to provide a large lot for the cows to run in and grow a crop In that lot •very alternate year. Much more of the fertiliser value may be gained In this way. The use of preservatives on manure la too expensive for the returns it pays. Farrowing Sows. Reduce tbe feed of the sows for • short time before farrowing, and give them a thin slop for the flrst two or three feeds sfter farrowing. Increase the feed as the pigs get older, and tbe soars need It. Chickens and an orchard are la good company. Weeda cut down in their youth never go to seed. Oood time to cut clover green for the p'.gs next year. Fallen fruit should be removed from under the trees often. Milk la plentiful now and the hens ahould have their share. Spraying the oows will dlseourags the flies, and keep up the milk supply. The leaf eating insects are busy la tbe orchard now. CMve thaw Parts green. '.One or two plantings of sweet oora will carry you along until a very lata sunsmer. Oft in the second garden crops. Do .nor let the soil lie Idle the rest of year. nits of camphor gum scattered about plants will prevent damage by soft snails. \ Pre vide all the poultry with plenty "! grit, and clean, fresh drinking wa ter twleaa. day. Watch oat for tbe cabbage root mag got Pit a piece of tarred paper about tbe base of the plants; It will help. Do not let the yoang turkeys ran on the wheat Add until tbe grata la gaits ripe. They may gorge themselves to death. While tt U all right for a farmer to buy s motor car If he eaa afford it, he shouldn't mortgage his farm la order to do so. Durn all the old berry cralee, tor la these days only the fresh, clean boxes will bring the prlee worth while oa the market Caught a Bad Cold. "Last winter my son caught a very bad cold, and the way he coughed was something dreadful," writes Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan of Tipton, lowa. " We thought sure he was going into consumption, bought )ust one bottle of Cham burlain's Cough Remedy and that one bottle stopped his cough and cured his cold completely. For sale by all dealers. adv. MUCH ADVERTISING WASTED Many Benefits and Advantage*' In Good Ads—Actual Art In Clever Waya of Publicity. The advantages of right advertising la emphasised by an article In a cur rent magazine, which dlscuaaea the extravagance of wrong advertising. A email family, living In a mod eat way, received In one day for example, cir cular lettere, done on expensive paper and with gold or sliver etamplng, an nouncing such things aa a new hotel. In a distant city, a mark down on aome Paquln gowns worth hundreda of dollars, a tailor's card with colored cuts ahowlng "refined garmenta for gentlemen" at a high figure, cards for a society vaudeville entertainment, aamples of laundry wax, tickets for a fair somewhere for an Institution they had never heard of, and other things. The contention la that all thla adver tising waa waste so far aa that family was concerned, and doubtleaa with regard to a large proportion of the families who received the circulars. Then there ia another wasteful form of advertising whereby handbliia are cramed Into mall boxea, sometimes half a dosen dupllcatea. These are rarely glanced at by the house owner. They aerie aa a leaaon in patience, but nothing more. Advertlaing then haa tta art, and auitablllty and the fltnesa of time and place are both to be conaldered. Ad vertising rightly done brings to busy people Information of articles they might otherwise have to shop for at loss of much time. Advertising that gives the prices and quality of thlnga likely to come within the acope of the average family la of great ad vantage. Purchasers are enabled to compare prices, to find out atandard values, In things they know they real ly need; "and they learn In this way of new things which make the round of every day easier or pleaaanter. It has lately been said In defenae ol the custom of advertlaing in a newspaper that people often buy the newspaper for the sake of the adver tisements, especially' when they know that the paper dlscrtmlnatea in Ita acceptance of advertlaements. The newspaper In thla way bringa the ahops to the door of the pur chaser. One'a favorite purveyor for the table of the house or the wardrobe may thua communicate every day If be will Juat what be haa to oiler. Every sensible shopper knows that to go down town with a handful of allpa cut from the newspaper as a shopping guide for that day or week saves an enormous outlay of time. Is not this the real use of advertlaing? If all purchaaers availed themselves of this method the expenaes of the shope might be considerably reduced. FIRST ASTOR AN ADVERTISER One of Hla Announcements Appeared In the New York Gazette 100 Years Ago. That tin first John Jacob Aitor wu an advertiser la not generally known. An advertliement of hti ap peared In the New York Oazntte 100 yean ago. It read ai follow*: "To let, for one or more year*, a pleasant iltuatlon and an excellent ■land for dry good* itore, the corner house of Vesey •trect and Ilroadway. Inquire for particular* of John Jacob Astor, corner of Pearl and Pine streets." The house advertised by Mr. Astor was one of Ave which occupied the Broadway front now covered by tbo Astor house, built In 1836. Before the Revolution It was the home of John Rutherford. Advertising Without Waste. An advertiser who has been making dally use of newspaper space for a great many years Bays In an article in an advertisers' msgatlne that only one or two per cent, of the readers of the papers he u*es can poaclbly be In teres ted in the commodity he sells. And yet be find* that the advertlilng pay*. There are comparatively few lines of builneu In which *o small a proportion of newspaper reader* can be Interested. The retailer of article* of clothing and everyday uae, for In stance, can count upon Interesting 9ft per cent, of all the readers of the newspaper. If an advertiser to whom newspaper advertising I* II per cent, waste can still make It psy, there la hardly a chance for failure In the ease of the advertiser the character of whose business reducee the element at waste to an absolutely negligible quantity. The larger th| number of poealble consumers of a given product, the grantor the nscssslty for exploit lag It vigorously In the newspapers, which are read by everybody. Diverts Minds of People. To advertise In to advert or turn towards, and advertising Is sasontlsily the great force for taming the minds of men and women toward a given object - That It may be pat to trWai or onworthy purpoees does not reflect upon Its merits any more than (he transportation of harmful products re fleets gpon the railroad, or than the fraadulsat ase of the mails discredits oar Indispensable postal convenience. —Emerson P. Harris. Advertising a Duty. If you have a good thing, no mat ter what it Is, religion or buslnses. a sermon or a practical Invention that In serviceable or good. It Is your duly to advertise It, to let your feliowman know it nnd advise him where he can get the beet return* for his money. the moet complete satisfaction for his minds and heart The world would be a dreary place In many way* if It were not tor the advertiser—H. H. Oroßmm*. The Catawba county New* My*, that John Moody of Little Moun tain auction, while being drawn out of • well (ell back when near the top, killing him Inatantly. , The recent report of the grand jury ol Mecklenburg county de veloped that the inmates of the county hotne had no chair* to «it on; that they l|ad to *it on the bed* or on good* hose*. HUMBLE "BIDDY" BEST IN THE END, MORE PROFITABLE THAN THE OSTRICH. Figures Would Baem to Show That l Bird of Prized Plumage Is Prima Invaatment, but There Are i Drawbacks. No. she is not one of the SIO,OOO biddies we sometimes read about, espe cially when it cornea to laying eggs. She is any one of the several thou sand ostrich hens that may now be found in some of our western states. You can figure It out for yourself. An ortrlch hen, a "good" one, will lay about 100 eggs a year, and each egg contains aa much food-material aa 30 ordinary hen's eggs. That gives the ostrich credit for furnishing egg-food amounting to 8,000 hen's eggs per year. But let's not all go into the ostrich bualness. There are aeveral draw backs. One of them is that It costs twenty dollars a year to keep an ostrich, or thereabouts, and they do not begin to lay until they are four years old. Tben there Is the first cost —no little item, as slx-montbs-old chicks ar« r worth SIOO each, while blrda old enough to begin laying cost SBOO a pair. Rather, they are held to be worth that, aa the oatrlch breeders will seldom sell a bird at any price. There Is also the inconvenience of handling. Tho kick of an ostrlch#ill discount any exercise of a mule's hind legs about 100 per cent, and they are said to be far from sweet-tempered, especially during the plucking season. Being eight feet tall, an ostrich tbst got really out of patience at a person would be rather more difficult to handle than a "mad" sitting hen, and most of us And the latter lady all we want to tackle. On the whole, per haps we would be wiser to stick to the barnyard biddy for ordinary purposes, tbough the beauty of the aristocratic Mr. Ostrich should prove a great temp tation to desert our first love. Tben, too, the Lady of tho Plumes is. If the truth were told, rather lazy. She does not even lay her eggs In the nest her mate has carefully pre pared for her half the time. She leaves them scattered about Just as It bappena, and her patient consort has to roll them Into tho nest himself. Then, too, he gets fnost of the sitting to do, as his proud wife refuses to do nost duty except for a little whlls In the daytime. Often incubators are used for hatching the ostrich chicks, and tben there need bo no family iiuarrels on the subject. The Incubators used must be peculiar In construction, as one of the eggs Is Ave Inches long. Machines holding about fifty eggs are generally employed. Hsns as Barometers. A poultry raiser In Rohemla ha* pro duced curious results by altering and alternating the food given to his flocks. It Is known to many who have raised canaries for the market that Cayenne pepper put into their food rosulta in a notable difference In tho character and shade of their plumage, giving the feathers a smoothness snd reddish tinge which adds very much to the sum for which the birds may ordinarily bo sold. If the same In gredient be added to tbe diet, especial ly of white hens which have been batched from carefully selected eggs, their foathers become palo rose, and they flush to a brilliant red when tho weather Is damp and a storm Is ap proaching. These hens thus become veritable barometers, und the progres sion of color from pale to brilliant Is so exact that a scarlet hen stalking about the barnyard Is reglVdod as cer -1 tain propheey of a storm which may be as much as twelve hours distant— Harper's Weekly. In Tims of Psace. The new "boast," or underclass man, at West Point had .never heard a heavy siege gun llred. The first class man was solicitous. "You hare never been close when one of these guns was flred, eh?" ho Inquired. "No." "No, air," commented the first-class man. I "Yea. s'lr, No, sir," replied tbo j "beast." "Vm m. It's liable to bust your ear drums for life. Bee bore, don't tell him I told you, but go to tbo com mandant and ask him for'—." Tho up per-class man was so solicitous that he whispered the rest of his communi cation. A few minutes later the raw cadet presented himself before Uio com msndant. " "Please, sir," he said, "I want some gun-cotton for my ears."—New York Evonlng Post. Tlss Mer»«lf to ■ Man. The motion picture theater was well filled the other afternoon when a (tout woman entered and wedged herself In next to a (lender man. Kor a time both appeared extremely Interested lu the picture*. Then the woman noticed that one of her shoe-laces waa undone. After something of a struggle she bent over and finally succee4»d In bringing both the lace* together. A few min utes later the man aroae as Uiough to Btart for the door. Down he wont In the aisle and the woman gave vent to an exclamation. The audience turned from the flickering to the real catas trophe She had knotted her shoe lace with bis. It was several minutes Wfor* the pair untangled and untied, j— Florals (Ala) News. 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