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PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE BEST As General Utility Birds They Are Unexcelled for Size and Flesh They Are Quick Growers. The best general utility blrdB, at taining when mature a large size and carrying flesh of medium quality, are A Tl T" 1 W. 1 I . . Orpingtons. They are, however, too coarse in flesh and bone forthe best markets and are also lacking in Dreast development, mis latter ae- the young birds. They are, therefore, net -In demand for the high-class broiler trade, nor for roasting chick ens, says the Farming World. Wher- -. i j- 1. i. e 1 , cvi tutie 19 a liia i Pel ivi mis iiiisa supply it and this can be done without : in any way Impairing the winter-lay-: Ing qualities of a flock of hens fcy ju- mm- Prize Winning Plymouth Rock. diciously mating them with a male of a breed possessing the requisite Jbreast development and fineness of :flesh and bone. Good table crosses can be made in so many ways that it is hard to say which is absolutely the Tbest. Some, however, are rather more -suitable than others for certain pur poses. When, for instance, early spring chickens will bring a good price, one of the English gamecocks, vith Plymouth Rock or Wyandotte hens, makes a good cross. The birds produced will be quick growers, car rying a good breast and the flesh well flavored. For obtaining large fowls of the best form and quality a cross of Dorking or Indian game male with either of the utility breeds mentioned gives excellent results, producing a large proportion of first-grade table fowls, such as will realize the highest prices and give satisfaction to the consumer." The raising and fattening of chickens and ducks for the hotels, restaurants and large boarding houses Is a profitable industry. This busi ness, properly managed, is more profit able than general farming and is not bo slavish as dairying. KEG FOR WATERING POULTRY Receptacle Should Be Selected of Suit able Sire Answers Purpose Bet ter Than Anything Else. To arrange a place for watering fowls, select a keg of suitable size, or dinarily a 3 gallon or a 5 gallon keg will answer the purpose very well, say a writer in the Farm and Home. (Make a cover for the top out of boards 'bo that it will project a little over the edges of the keg. Nail a piece of wood across the middle of the cover Keg for Watering Fovls. lea the under side so that it will ex actly fit the top of the keg. Arranged in this manner the chickens will not "hp.ahtft to knock it off. In case you ba've the top of the hog, this can be used instead of a cover. Cut out ev ery other stave between the two mid die hoops after the manner shown in the accompanying illustration. I have been farming for over sixty years and find that this method of f.ins a keg for watering poultry answers the pur pose better than anything I have ever tried. Provide Fresh Air. Birds are so constituted by nature that they require an abundance Of fresh air for health and vigcr. They never do well with a limited supply of air. For thi3 reason all coops and boxes in which poultry of any kind is kept in the summer should be as open as possible. Let the roof be tight to protect from rain, but let at least one side be o-en for the admis sion of fresh air at all times. The oren side may be protected by wir cloth or o'her material that will Jet in ar! bvt l;cep cut rats, etc. HAUR'S the extra reverence, In wearin" ehoen two llxea ower tma'f If mayna be malr reverent, but it'a STand, and you canna be balth errand and comfortable. J. M. Barria. THE APPETIZING APPLE. So many palatable dishes can be made from apples that one need have no monotony In the use of this queen of fruits. When short of a variety In the vege table line, did you ever take a few tart apples, two or three oulons and a slice of good salt pork, and make an appetizing dish which, if not very digestible, i3 most savory? Put the pork, diced, into a frying pan, and when a nice brown add the sliced onions and apples, with a very little water; cook until tender, add a dash of pepper, salt and a tablespoonrul of sugar, if the apples are very tart. Apples put into a baking dish with a little water, brown sugar and but ter make delicious apple sauce when baked. Here Is a fine filling tor sandwiches or cakes, and the beauty of it is that it is ready without any preparation.'' For every pound of the fruit, peeled and sliced, take twice its weight in sugar, half a cup of water and the grated rind of a lemon. Cook slowly three hours, until thick, then add the juice of the lemon and cook fifteen minutes longer, stirring continually to avoid burning. Add chopped nut meats and no richer filling could be desired. Brown Betty Is perhaps tco well known to repeat, yet it Is a most dainty dish. Put a layer of chopped apples, brown sugar, cinnamon for flavoring and a layer of bread crumbs in a buttered dish; repeat, adding the crumbs, buttered by melting a table spccnful of butter and stirring them ia it. Moisten with water, and bake. One charm of this pudding is that it uses crumbs. Another delicious cake filling Is made from a cupful of grated apple and the whites of two eggs; flavor and sweeten to taste. Whip until stiff and smooth. Apple dumpling Is never , too old fashioned to be rejoiced In. Wrap the short biscuit dough around a cored apple and bake. Serve with cream and sugar. This may be steamed as well. A bird's nest pudding Is an easy des sert to prepare. It is simply sliced ap ple put into a deep dish and covered with a tatter and baked. When served turn upside down, sugar and butter the apple, dust with nutmeg and serve. O CHANGE in childhood's early day. No storm that ragsd, no thought that ran " ' . - . But leaves its mark upon the clay That slowly hardens Into man. TRUE HOSPITALITY. Webster defines hospitality as re ceiving and j entertaining strangers with kindness. To most of us the Idea of hospitality begins and ends with our friends, forgetting that the good book tells us "be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels una wares." The more we give, the more we have; which may not mean of worldly wealth, but it certainly is true of true hospitality. There always being two eides to a question, the entertained as Veil as the entertainer has requirements to meet in order to make a visit enjoy able. For the Hostess. First, I shall invite my friend for a certain definite time. Second. I shall allow my guest to have a little time to get acquainted with her own personality, not wear her out with entertainment. Third, I shall endeavor to serve food that Is both agreeable and diges tible and not treat her idiosyncra sies as mere foibles. For the Guest. First, I shall announce the limit of my visit and not over-stay my time. Second, I shall be on time for meals and keep my belongings in my own room. Third, I shall never allow my hos tess to guess "that it doesn't run in our family to like cabbage." I shall eat what is set before me, or perish In tho attempt. Fourth, I shall share in the daily du ties of the household, the amount de pending upon the number of maids kept by my hostess. I can at least care for my own room. Fifth. I shall endeavor to prcvo to my hostess that I came to see her, instead of the scenery. Sixth, I shall on leaving make some return for my entertainment, either an invitation or gift, and shall be careful to leave ncr.e of my personal effects to Le sent after me. For those who impose upon hospi tality that is another story. All Over the Place. "Why are gessips so of tan consid er J authorities?" vv. in IN DECLAREDTOO LOW THE ' STATE ' TAX COMMISSION HEARS WITNESSES FROM - FIVE COUNTIES. . MECKLENBURG HEARD FROM Mr. A. W. Brown Has Testified That the Tax Valuations Will Nof Avr age. Over Fifty Per Cent 'of tht Real' Money Value. Raleigh. In Connection ntV'.'U' hearing given the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company by the u Corpoa tion commission as state tax corneals sioner in the complaint of "the railroad companies that the tax assessment, against the railroad is excessive com pared with assessments on real prop erty generally, there were, seven wit nesses examined as to tax valuation in New Hanover, Durham, Moore, Mecklenburg and Chatham" counties. For New Hanover, H. F. Wilder and W. H. Cummlngs testified that valuations in that county were 60 per cent, of money valuations, with considerable difference of opinion as to what real money values are. For Durham county, Sheriff J. F. Harwood and Mr. Elliott testified that ia their county property assess ments for taxation were around GO per cent, of true value. D. A. McDonald, for Moore county, testified that, while valuations had beeii raised 25 per cent, the assess ments are now not more than 60 or 70 per cent, of, money value. Fcr Mecklenburg county, A. W. Brown testified that tax assessments will not average over 40 to 50 per cent of money value. He sajd ho" was a member of the tax board in 1907 and aiso was a member of the board of equalization. The increase in the assessments was greater ia the county than in Charlotte. Barkley's Remains Were Located. Spencer. In a badly decomposed state the body of young Braxtcn Barkley, who was drowned in the Yadkin river, ten mile3 north of Spen cer was fcund at Devil's Den, near Spencer, by Phillip Sewers and Wil iiam Ward, two young men of the neighborhood. The bedy had been washed out on the bank by high wa ter and was discovered through a largo number of buzzards assembled at the place. It had drifted five miles down stream in spite of the fact that the searching party had been diligently at work. An under taker went to the scene and carried the body to the home of the young man's parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Barkley, of Salisbury. Howard A. Foushee Named Judge. F.aleigh. Howard A. Foushee, of Durham, was named by Governor Kitchin as judge of the ninth judicial district to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge J? Crawford Biggs, who has accepted a professor ship in Trinity law school. Judge Foushee will serve until the next elec tion in 1012, when his successor will be elected. Other candidates were Messrs. Jacob A. Long of Graham, A. Wayland Ccoke of Greensboro and A. A. Hicks of Oxford. Duplin For Farm-Life School. Chinquapin. Cypress Creek Town ship, Duplin county, is all solid "for Farm-Life School." Mr.' Geo. Parker, one of the most progressive men in the state, offers $10,000 in an elegant site for "buildings; Mr. Gason Kous on, another of Duplin's best citizens, offers $1,000 in cash, and thus the good work fcr the farm-life school continues to grow. The county will show up all right on election day, the 7th cf November. Raleigh While driving his hi ft tour ins car past the southeast ccrner cf Capitol Square H. C. Bribers, a prominent banlrer and railroad presi dent of Tarbcro ran over and dan gerously injured little Emma Hamil ton, the 9-year-old child cf Ralph Hamilton, a well-known gass fitting contractor. Declares It's Usual Dividends. Gastonia. Tho stockholders of the Imperial cotton mill held their regu lar me-iting at the cfUces cf the com pany in Belmont. Reports of the of ficers showed the mill to be in ex cellent condition. The usual 5 per cent. senni-ann-:al dividend was de clared and ordered paid. All the edeers and directors were re-elerte3 a3 follows: A. C. Lineberger. presi dent; D. E. Rhyne. vice-president; R. L. Stowe, secretary and treasurer. The other directors are Messrs. Ar thur Rhyne and J. W. Armstrong. Asked To Be On Lookout For Convict. New Bern. Chief of Felice Lup ton received a telegram frcm the chief of police ct Belhaven asking him to be cn the lookout fcr a negro n?med Tha'd- William?, who escaped from the Beaufort county chain gang pbout three year3 ago,- and whom he had hoard was now in this city. Chief of Felice Luptcn at one began h;3 search; and arrested tha negro. He is no in Craven ccuuty jail await i:;g the arrival cf an oSlcer frcm that pl.?ce to tafce him back to com Dlete his sentence. PEOPLE OF MAINE MAY NOW DRIHK PROHiemofi u .has sbeem VOTED O.UT. 03 F CONSTITUTION y ?.viW'!,, .:?.. ,?, ' ;fc it-' r . 1 OF", THE STATE. --- i J" f. V-' CONTEST; WAS VERY CLOSE Ballot Was Heavy and City Majorities ; Were .L Barely Enough to Offset i", Country .Vtite -Returns -From 493 f .;Out fcf 51 Cities and Towns. '' PorUand7;'Me.-rUnofficial and only partly revised returns from 409 out of 521 cities, "towns and plantations in Maine gave a majority of 904 for re peal of the prohibitory constitutional amendment. The missing 22 towns i cast le33 than 3S5 votes at the state election three years ago. Some 120,003 voters cast their votes cn the question. With twenty five towns missing, the vote was 60, 87S for repeal and 59,563 against a change in the constitution. . As had been predicted, the cities were the chier strongholds of the re peal faction, but the majority of 12,- ! 090 in the total city vote was barely i sufficient, according to the latest i available returns, to offset the vote of the rural communities.' Although this vote did not equal that of a year ago when the Derno- ! crats swept the state which for years I had been a Republican stronghold, the election was, without question, cne Gf the most interesting contests the state has ever known. There was not a home in any section of the state, which had not been flooded with literature sent out by both sides, j while the voters were waited upon by personal workers and harangued at public gatherings, to cast their bal lots for or against repeal as the case might be. The result was that hun dreds of voters who had not visited the polls fcr years, with the possible exception cf last year, were recorded. Eanker Walsh May be Paroled. Washington. The Federal prison parole board will meet at Leaven worth penitentiary to hear the appli cation for parole made by John R. Walsh, the convicted Chicago banker, now serving a five-year sentence for Iiia connection with the troubles of three banks. All pending indictments against Walsh have been dismissed, he ha3 served cne-third cf his term and under the law is eligible to ap ply fcr release. The parole board's findings, however are not effective without the approval of Attorney Gen eral Wickersham. The board will hold a meeting at Atlanta peniten tiary, where about one hundred appli cations for parole will be considered before the board proceeds to Leaven worth. No application will 'be pre sented in behalf cf Charles W. Morse, the Nev,r York banker, as he has not served the required portion of his sentence. Stole Two Five-Cent Tickets. New York. "I am a disgrace to my self, to my country and my friend3," said WUilan B. Ford when: arraigned before a magistrate fcr sentence ton li is plea cf guilty cf stealing two five cent subway ticketa. "But I am not responsible. I am the victim of some force I cannot resist. I used to be a decent man." Ford graduated from the University of Tennessee and was counsel fcr the Fcrt Worth and Den ver Railroad fcr twelve years. He served rs a lieutenant in. the Spanish Americni wr.r, was wounded in each of three engagements in the Philip rineo cr.d "as honorably discharged. His dss-.cnt dated from this time. Sea island Coiton Growers to Meet. McntgcT.'.ery, Ala. President C. S. Karrett cf the National Farmers' Union i5ued an official call for a Tr.ass-meet'ng cf the sea island ccttcn growers cf FIcrida, Georgia and' South Carolina, to convene in the city of Valdcst?. Go.., cn September 29 and 30, the firrt session to cpen at '0 a. m. September -0. P.fprecentative Latta Passes Away. Rcche:ter, Minn. Representative James P. Latta cf Tekamah, Neb.. who had served in the Sixty-first and &::cty-cec.c:id Congresses, was a Demo crat, has passed away. Ha was active 'n the Inst Ccngreas, hvt because cf U! health clid net figure to any extent :n roe extra session. Kavinsc been fr rr?ny years president cf the First N'sticnsl bank of Tenkamah,' he WC3 wticulsrly interested in banking af 'airs an 1 was placed cn the banking ?ni currency committee of the House. He tcok irterost in Indie n legislation. Wcddir-j Fses Amounted to $3C,CCO. New Orleans. That the ministry Is a paying r reposition frcm a wordly standpoint la bcrne cut by the fact th'st frcm wedding fees atcne in his 27 years as rector of Trinity Eplscop pal church of this city, Rev. A. Gor den EnkewelL, has taken in ?50,000. i?c-v. Bake well is careful to keep his tb.ties correct and they show that fl;:.rins his pastorate he-re ho has per formed 10,026 wedding ceremonies, with an average fee cf $3.00 each, had t2pti23d 1.CS9 babies znd has of ficiated at 2,001 funerals. - E wGrk of raising the Maine in Havana harbor is not more than half finished. Yv'hile re ports have been sent out from time to time fixing the date for j the final raising of the, derelict, not one of such reports has been author ized, not cne cf the'ilj. Is 'or can be reliable. It was stated' nearly a year ago that the ship would be raised by February 1, 1911. Today the greater part of the ship is buried in sticky, black mud and there is every possi bility that six months will lapse, If not a much longer time, before" the hull is fully exposed and raised, if it is ever found possible to float any part of it. And no one is to blame for the delay. The job has proved Itself Just about ten times greater and more for midable than It originally gave prom ise of being. Ship a f.iS3 cf Twisted Steel, v No one who has not seen the wreck and been on it and through it can un derstand its almost Impossibly tangled condition. The stern of the ship, U comparatively intact. But not more than a third of what was the original ,vessel is recognizable as such. Amld ship the tangle begins. Funnels, con ning towers, decks, cabins; engines, machinery, are all a tangled pathetic mass that even the most expert of naval engineers and constructors have been unable to classify properly. The whole bow was blown off and turned around and pointed back toward the stern. The old controversy of what cauHed the explosion ts still on, but experts declare the uncovering of the Maine will never solve the mystery. The titanic force of the explosion or explosions, for there were two of them without qipstion impresses the observer as having been appalling. Think of a force that would break a steel battleship in twain anc dance the half of it about like a cork. The old controversy as to whether the Maine was blown up from with out or within will not be settled by the uncovering of the wreck not If a million exre"t3 render their "In disputable" opinions. The consensus ot opinion is now, a3 it ever was, that an outside mine explosion preceded and precipitated the Interior explosion j that of the ship's magazine. All testimony gos3 to establish the fact that there were two distinct expio sirns. But the Spanish folk will nev er admit that there were two. Those who even incline to listen to the sug gestion that there might have been two contend that if two occurred that within the ship must have been the first Some, but not many, Americans hold to the opinion that the wreck wa3 caused solely by an explosion of the vessel's magazine. Lends Color to Theory. But the fact that the destruction of the vessel celebrated on Calle Cuba, in Havana, before it occurred, and that that celebration wa3 participated in by Spanish royalists, has a decided tendency to lend color to the theory J that the wreck was planned. Lurid stories of all sort3 to "new i discoveries" which are calculated to j ."clear up the mystery" are on con stant, daily tap In Havana. .Within a week a circumstantial yarn to the ef fect that a wire cable leading from the bow of the Maine to Cabanas' had been discovered went the rounds. All such stories are myths. But the !m presslveness. the wierdnes3, the creepiness, the oppressive uncunnlnes cf the wreck Itself is by no means mythical. It gets on one's nerves. Eighty-eight men perished when the Maine went down. About 25 skele tons or parts of skeletons uave been recovered. As this 13 written three skulis gleam their ghastly welcome from the slime that covers thi tarried wreckage. Th bodies cannot be reached until the ton3 of twisted metal that lie upon them are cut away and removed, Here a thigh bone, there a rib. over yonder part of a hand these are the grewsome finds that the workmen, make every day. Although the explosion occurred in February over 13 years ago, by the way the night was hot and many of the crew slept out on the port side of the berth deck. Most of the bodies recovered have been from this part of the ship. Down in the engine room when that is reached from 25 to 30 bodies probably will be found bodies of the poor devils who worked down below the water line and who hadn't a condemned man's chance to get away. In the Captain's cabin and in tho other quarters that have been uncov ered and mud-relieved, articles of va-. rious sorts in most remarkable pres ervation have been found. The most striking thing in this line is a box of rubber bands In a perfect state of elasticity and preservation. Their Im mersion in the intensely salt waters of Havana harbor appears to have im proved them, if anything. Bits of leather sword hilts, shoes, caps have come out practically uninjured. AH metals, however, show the effect cf the immersion. There is, roughly, 25 feet of mud to take out yet before the Maine can be "raised." The piling that forms the exterior of each of the caissons com posing the cofferdam is 50 feet long. Between '25 and 30 feet of water was pumped out. There Is nothing but mud remaining. But It is glue-like mud and is 10 times harder to get rid of than the water was. Hydraulic pumps have been installed, but the work put upon them is so unusual that they haven't been successful as yet. Oxygen-acetyllne apparatus has been used to separate "cut up" the steel and Iron of the ship where it was recessary to remove those tan g'ed rations hampering the further work of excavation. NThIs apparatus resembles, in a way, a plumber's blow lamp. Only the Intense -heat cuts through metal a3 a knife would through butter. A five-Inch square piece of steel was seen severed so quickly that the operation appeared to he almost magical. The method of cutting away the opposing metal parts will be continued until the wreck is entirely removed. Incrusted With Oysters. The whole part of the ship so far exposed is incrusted with oysters and barnacles mostly oysters. Hundreds of thousands of the bivalves have at tached themselves to the hulk. The incrustations appearing in the pic ture are all oysters. When the water was being removed from the coffer dam thousands of fish and eels splashed and struggled In the inclos ure. There were many of the eeveral hundred workmen employed by Major Ferguson who took home strings cf fish every night when they quit work Now, of course, there is nothing but slimy mud within the inclosure. The work of constructing the cof ferdam, and, in fact, practically all of the executive labor connected with the "raising," has been conducted by Major Hartley B. Ferguson, who i3 one of th main board. Colonel Wil liam Black and Colonel Mason Patrick are the other two. The cofferdam has been repeatedly tested and in sev eral places re-enforced, and, while It is the first one of the sort ever con-, structed, the complete success of It h3 3 marked a place in the history of engineering. But successful as the work has been remarkable, the cold fuct probably is not more than half finished.
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