Newspaper Page Text
I
FOURTH PAGE
<IHE SUNNY SOUTH
JUNE U* *90*.
* *
| Hovel Actualities the World Over!
The Evolution of
the Giant Locomotive
HE giant freight locomotive
of today," said a railroad
man, “walks away easily
■with many times the load
hauled by the freight en
gine of twenty-five years
ago, and it has simply revo
lutionized the freight traf
fic business.
“The old-time freight en
gines weighed from 60,000
to 90,000 pounds, exclusve
of the tender, which weigh
ed front 45,000 to 60,000
Jiounds. In those days the freight cars
"were from 26 to 28 feet, long, their aver
age weight was 10 tons, the maximum
'load carried to a car was 10 tons, and the
■average number of cars to a train was
"twenty-five or thirty.
“Call the tnuniber of cars to a train
thirty, for the sake of illustration, and
Isay that each car was loaded to its maxi
mum capacity, and you have a train of
•cars weighing 300 tons, carrying a load
;®f the same weight, making as hauled
Hby the old-time locomotives, a totai load
of 600 tons.
The big modern freight locomotive
'weighs from 195 000 to 220,000 pounds,
exclusive of the tender, which weighs
• shout 140,000 pounds; or, to put these
engine weights in ton, while the old en
gine, -with its tender included, weighed al
together approximating 67 tons, tne
modern engine, with its tender, com
plete, weighs about 173 tons, and this
giant locomotive can haul on a level
road 100 loaded cars, and these cars
■are heavier than the old-time cars and all
►carrying much heavier loads.
"There are now made box cars of a ca
pacity of 40 tons, and on some roads
,of 50 tons. The 40-ton car, for ex-
t-ampie, is 40 f« et long and weighs
19 tons.
"Observe that the capacity of this car
•is more than double the weight of tile car
iltself, while in the old-time car, whle
tiie capacity .and the wi ght of the .ur
• equ.u, there was as muen dead welgnt
■ hauled its freight. In all modern car-
! building by better and more scientific
construction a constant effort lias been
| made, and with increasingly successful
results, to increase the car capacity
i;i proportion to the weight of the car.
"ltut wiilie such highly economical cars
have now come into use, the great ma
jority of the ,-ars running throughout the
O' untry have not yet been brought up to
^•1 high a standard. it you should take
the ear- ns you actually find .them run
ning today you would find them to aver
age a length of about 35 feet and
• a weight of 15 tons, as against the
iold-time 23 foot. 10-ton freight car.
"As to the load now carried, it is pretty
■difficult to strike an average, but that
South tSea Island Race
Seems To Be Dying
■RANCH has become so
alarmed at the high death
rate among the native col
onists in the south seas
that she has taken steps to
prevent their total extinc
tion. Reports from these
far-away people tell of the
ever increasing prevalence
among them of leprosy, ele
phantiasis and other dis
eases horn of ignorance and
evil custfims. FJelds that
once produced cotton and
coffee are returning to the jungle from
the lack of hands to till them. The reve
nues of these island possessions, which
have long been only a fraction of the
sums expended upon them, have now de
ceased still further.
Three medical experts have been sent
by the French government to French
Polynesia to study the chief causes of dis
ease among the natives and to check its
ravages. The men selected for this mis
sion are Dr. II. Louvan, Dr. H. Cassiau
•and Dr. Grasfellez. They are now on
their way from San Francisco to Tahiti,
tile chief island of the Society group, and
the governmental headquarters of all tho
French establishments in the south Pa
cific. From Tahiti the three doctors
have planned to go to other groups, in
cluding the Marquesas, the Tuamatu and
the Tibuai islands. Certain judicial pow
ers will be given the physicians to enable
them to efiforce whatever sanitary laws
they may adopt.
When one considers the characteristics
of the south sea islander one soon real
izes hOw tremendous are the difficulties
of such a task. In spite of the Christian
missionary who has labored with him
for nearly a century, he still seems un
able to tell right from wrong. He has
abandoned cannibalism only to revive the j
secret and still more destructive crime of
infanticide. His nature revolts at labor
and his toil is prompted only by hunger
and other physical -wants. It is impos
sible for him to regard the marriage
bond seriously. Impetuous and of weak
{ will, he is prone :o excesc-ses which ren
der him a ready prey to pestilence.
! The degeneracy of The modern south s*e
j islander appears to have begun when his
j knowledge of deep s;a navigation ended,
j There was a time when the natives of
J these widely scattered bits of land sailed
boldly from one to another and carried
| on war or commerce with distant peoples.
1 They had learned that they could trust
! the stars to guide them and they built
could probably he set down at 25 i strong ships almost as large as Missts-
against the oal-tlme maximum j sippi steamers.
10-ton load. making the present day
►average box ear and load together weigh
•40 tr.ns, against the old-time total of
' 20 tons.
“And now if you will take a train of to
day ..f sixty loaded cars, which is far be
low the average for level roads, you will
find a big engine hauling a train or
twi •• a.s m.inv ears as were hauled in an
old-time train, and these loaded ears
weighing twice as much, nr sixty cars
<.f a total load of 40 tons each, as
against thirty cars of 20 tons each,
making the total load hauled now four
limes the old load, or 2,400 tons, against
600.
THE AVERAGE HAUL.
"And don't forget that while in tfi’fl
600-ion load more than 50 per cent was
dead weight, in the 2 400-ton load the
dead weight is only a limit 38 per cent
a;.,l the revenue weight 62 per cent. And.
as we have seen, in tile most modern
cars the proportion of tho freight welgnt
carried ti> the dead weight,i- larger still.
"We haw used as a basis for figuring
a train of sixty average ears. But, as 1
have said, that would he far below the
average of the number of cars hauled by
great trunk lines running through level
regions, (in such lines they have trains
of 100 loaded cars, making the Weight
h.iulod, say, 4,000 tons; and trains of
ninety -live loaded cars are npt. uncom
mon, :,d the average number of ears to
a train on such roads might be set down
at eighty-five to ninety.
•"These figures are largely approximate,
but tin y snow the revolution in freight
haullfig that has been wrought with the
aid oi tlie modern freight locomotive.
lie gnat locomotives have increased
tlie eiiicieney ol the railroads in many
ways. if, for instance, it should bo
sought to haul with engines of the ohl-
time power the enormously increased
amount id freight that the railroads have
now to handle, mere would be so many
trains nil the roads that they couldn't
move aaci Hi" loads would be jnctically
blocked.
", if course the big locomotive is vastly
more eeiinomieal. It costs twice as much
tia the old-time locomotive did.
to begin with, but that Is really an in
considerable item as compared with the
increase the amount of work it doe.-.
"The big engine can be run by the
same number of men that handled the
litrie one, and with power brakes on tile
cars the same crew Qan handle the bigger
train. Labor costs much more than it
formerly did, and the big engine, burns
more fuel, ami of course, the cost of
tlie big train is greater and s,i is tho cost
of repairs; but all this greatly increased
expense is spread over so much freight
hauled that tin actual cost of hauling
has been reduced and freight Is now
cheaper than ever.
“The great modern freight locomotive
couldn’t be used on roads as they used to
build them, and go they lay nowadays far
heavier rails than formerly, where they'
used to put down rails or titty of sixty
pounds to the yard they now lay I im
pound rails to sustain the addiO weight
of the great engine.
"And as far heavier rails are laid for
these great engines to run on. very dif
ferent appliances and machinery are
used in handling them when off the road.
In old timog., for example, when they
had one of those little old-time engines in
the shop for repairs, if they had occasion
ot raise it they used to jack it up. Nowa
days they have tremenduous cranes that
will lift one of these ponderous engines as
easily as the great engine itself will
haul its heavy load on the rails.
“And as to the roads, again, besides
being relaid with far heavier rails rhev
have been further Improved and the haul
ing of far heavier loads over them made
possible by far better construction and by
the straightening out of curves and tho
reduction of grades, and all these im
provements have of course contributed
greatly to the present day efficiency or
the roads In the hauling of freight, hut
all these things together wouldn't count
for much without the modern freight lo
comotive. the giant engine that walks
aw . iv across the country easily hauling
a hundred loaded freight cars."
In the heyd-ey of his civilization the
Polynesian erected great temples, many
SI which contained stones almost as large
as the stones of the temples of Raalbtc.
In the .Marquesas islands today the trav
eler will find great stone platforms and
terraces, which show a knowledge of me-
| chanical laws of which the present na-
I tivos are wholly Ignorant. Some of these
I stones are from. 10 to 15 feet long and
' 5 to 6 fi et thick. Their sides are smooth,
I although they show no print of the chisel.
! On these Cyclopean platforms, or “pae-
pae,” as they are called, the natives now
erect their bamboo huts and those who
still refuse Christianity say the gods put
those great stones In place.
| ISOLATION IS THEIR BANE.
That the Polynesian of today has degen
erated from lack of communication with
the outside world is shown by the similar
fate of domesticated animals. Tlie horses
and cattle that have been Introduced
sicken and die after a few generations.
Dogs are plentiful, but they are of a low,
mongrel type. The legions of pigs are said
to be indigenous; but according to some
writers they were taken thither by early
navigators. Tlie Polynesian pig, how
ever. is a pitiful specimen when compar
ed with the mighty porkers of the Ameri
can prairie. Although he i s treat, d by
liis native master as a pet, accompanies
his mistress on her walks through the
village and sleeps with the rest of the
family on a. bed of cocoa leaves, yet he
shows no outward signs of his proud po
sition.
In an extended sojourn on the island of
Nukahiva, the 1:; rg. and most import
ant of the Marquesas, Miss Emily Wil
son, of Gilroy, Cal., recently took occasion
to study tile habits and customs of the
Polynesians of today concerning whom
i- ranee has become, so greatly alarmed.
Miss Wilson was a member of a party
which was making a quadrangular trip
over the Pacific, from San Francisco to
tlie south sea islands, thence to Java,
thence to Japan, and from ja.pan back
to San Francisco.
"Like all Polynesians,” she savs, "th •
Murquesans are animated and impulsive!
Iheir talk Is loud, though not unpleas
ant, for there are hardly ant- consonairs
in their language. The French yoke does
not rest easily upon their necks, and they !
contribute little revenue to their mas
A school is maintained at Taioliai, one
of the villages of Nukahiva, by Catholu
sisters* wjio complained of the lack of
success with the children. Xc sooner hud
the nuns begun to teach them than their
parents came and took them away. For
Uiese children there seems no other road
than that their parents have trodden*
made even more hopeless by the increas
ing degeneracy of the times."
Because of the decreasing number of
children due to infanticide, it is a com
mon practice for a childless couple to
adopt as sons and daughters men and
women almost as old as themselves. Some
travelers say that two-thirds of the chil
dren are killed as soon as they are
born and Ellis, in his ‘•Researches." lulls
of women who had killed six, eight or
ten ui their infants. For the reason that
most of the children killed are females,
the proportion oi women to men is about
one to live, a condition which encourages
the practice of polyandry and promotes
the disregard of those moral standards
hold sacred by Christian nations.
Although cannibalism has been sup
pressed by tlie French since they con
quered eastern Polynesia in tho early
part of tlie last .century, nevertheless
many relies of tne custom have sur
vived. M-uiy of the ornaments of the
natives consist of human hair. A good
beard brings as much as SI00. Dancers
adorn themselves with bracelets and gar
ters of human hair and the natives of
the Austral isles adorn themselves with
bead dresses made of woven mustaches.
The Freni-h Polynesian claims to be the
most skilful twttooer in the world. None
of the sailors who visit him can show
such elaborate designs as lie can execute.
Before he hears the missionaries talk of
Christ and the one God, the native of the
Marquesas and the Pajinnotu islands re
garded the tattoo as “taboo,” or sacred. |
The higher a man's station, tlie more ex- .
tensively was his skin punctured. The I
priests literally covered themselves with i
tattooed pictures. A woman was not ta;- i
tooed until she was married, hut should j
she have royal blood she let it flow from |
almost as many marks as a priest, fine
queen is said to have had her body cov
ered with such elaborate designs that
chiefs from far away islands came mere- '
ly to gaze at the wonderful workman- I
ship.
The English word fcabe»o comes from the j
native language of the Polynsians. Ac- !
cording to their pagan beliefs, there w</re
certain things which were “taboo" or :
sacred, and which profane hands must j
not touch. Thus in the times antedat- I
ing tho advent of Christianity there j
tlie taboo prevented women from j
the use of canoes. It was death for a ,
woman even to enter a dugout when it j
had been hauled ashore. Robert Louis 1
Stevenson writes:
"Taboo encircled women on all hands. |
They must not sit on the pae-pae (or 1
stone platform): they must not go up to i
it by the stair; they must not fat pork; I
they must not approach a boat; they I
must not cook at a fire which any male i
has kindled."
YI/E will esteem it a favor if you will fill out this coupon and mail same to
V our address* vVe want fov to know What this wonderful medtein® will
do for yon, and are willing to send you a
DftAUB FORMULA COMPANV
DR t£toBtdg., CUcH* m.
e***M2P£ my 1
„ fi&VZ-iS* Wln '" |
' j
*44*3* 4*it/*******
PalmettoWine
If wa were not absolutely sure of fhd great curative powers oftliis sMgdiciftO and that it will care JiLase-lta lex.
chances in sending it to you. In hundreds of cases this trial bottle jbae brought complete health to * vaiHia:» in the country
men and women, It has made cures after the caseS had been pronounced Incurable by tile most eminent p y' xy 0
Drake’s Palmetto Wine a cure begins with the first doees, and better Still, one dose a day
With Drake’s Palmetto Wine a cure begins with the first 4060, fltwS better #OJU, one oose a uay “"TX *7iL not to go fbroti
how long you have suffered or how deep seated the disease, it can be cured, end yott OW0 it to yotstPS-- a , /u ^4 «i&it uLe gacr-i
life eking out a miserable existence when a sure and permanent cure la within your reach. Fill oat tne co^ t
work today,
fjtifermentci
Kdh’AICOlftliw
m
m
ONLY THE RICH REACH HEAVEN.
The heathen Polynesian still believes
that only the noble classes are "taboo"
and go to heaven after death. Many of
the Polynesian subjects of France have
Partly adopted the dress of the Cauca
sian, choosing to wear that particular
garment which pleases their fancy most.
One will be found arrayed only
in a pair of trousers or a
waistcoat, or, should the case be
that of a woman, a petticoat or a loose
wrapper. Of all the mechanical inven
tions brought them by Europeans the
sewing machine is their favorite. Even
in huts in the interior of the wildest
islands Miss Wilson found sowing ma
chines to be almost the sole article of
furniture.
“A sewing machine is a sine qua non
in the native household,” she says, "and
is generally found in those of the bet
ter class. The desires of the feminine
heart are grateful in the creation of new
and tasteful lialokus (or wrappers) much
ruffled arid adorned with lace, and also
pillow eases, stitched, tucked, ruffled and
variously adorned."
The natives of French Polynesia live
almost entirely on the breadfruit, which,
according to many writers, is deleterious
to the health at certain s. a.sons of the
year, and which is the cause c*f sickness,
especially among children, at these times.
I lie favorite dish made from the bread
fruit is poi, which suggests the taste of
sour paste to an American palate.
"The breadfruit,” says Miss Wilson, "it
roasted in the embers, then freed from
the hull or outer covering, mixed with
water, thoroughly kneaded and left to fer
ment, when it is ready for eating. Some
times it is only moistened with water,
and then buried in a hole in the ground
and covered thickl.i with leaves, where
it may be left undisturbed against a tim
of scarcity. it then becomes hard
when needed is cut out with an ax, mix 1 if cat tobacco stems nave no
with a little fresh poi and eaten with
great relish by the native population." i
The inhabitants of French Polvm-sia
are akin in origin to the Sandwich isl
anders. and it is believed their ancestors
came originally from India. Their num
ber is roughly estimated at 30,000, >r
one-fourth ihe population found ly tin
early Spanish navigator Minduno, in tie
sixteenth century. It is believ'd th.: •
since the French assumed control of i
islands in the middle of tlie Inst rente
tlie population lias died off one-half.
DRAKE’S PALMETTO WINE
STOMACH TROUBLE
AN ABSOLUTE AND SPEEDY
CURE FOR ALL FORMS OF
CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DISEASED KIDNEYS, BLADDER AND LIVER DISEASES
We have thousands of testimonials on file in aur office from the leading people throughout the length and brea- k - -
which we would be glad to send you if you 90 desire. The following are picked at random:
HSrs. Jftjrrn 3Ibntl, «Cn«Vn, 'Wit*., wrltmi “I
cannot tell you now much good Of dice's Palmetto Wilier
baa done trie. It is the very best that woa ever in
vented. If t could have hud it long ago I might hove been
Saved vents of suffering. MV stomach and bowels Were in
dreadful condition. I would have sinking spells, and ttiy
bowels would discharge n ht>t. slimy mlbsYflitcei Would feet
so bud I wished l might die. Your Palmetto Vino lias
stopped that feeling, end I do not have Sinking spells. My
bowels nre not quite well,(fint, oil, so muoh ( better. 1 truly
tllauk Clod for the tilesfling—for a blessing it was to me. *
die mother o/eTsfhL/hildrem, andliavc been ln*tod *Ll5
ever since I was married. X had bean sick in bed,for three
month*—had physicians
Drake's Palmetto Wine,
able to be up and attend to my rrorR. It is truly a spicnqia
remedy. X will always thank: yon and my Ood for ouch
relief.
V A. A. EBStnan, noni
\ tie of Drake's Palmetto wl
wrxiu, orxnni w
at cured me ot constipation."
am truly thankful to you, and remain youf very grateful ... j, Forewood, fleet
friend.'' ■ llr.ved by the first dose ofl)rat_ _ _
certainly the most wonderful curative powers of anything X
have ever known."
irgetowu, Ky.: “I was re
rake's Palmetto Wine. It has
cured."
N. Y. C.’s "My com-
also Catarrh of
ot no relief.
am
T>, 7?Jbor«v CJetiovsx, ST. Hf,, -*vrito?tt "Obtained a
bottle of your Drake s Palmetto wine of cur druggist. My
wffe is deriving much benefit from the Witte tor obstinate y;, p. Goshrea, *0 Cth Ave„ ■». y.
constipation—Indeed tils most alia has rece.vcd from any plaint was Bright's Disease of the Kidneys,
and all other medicines. 1 also aui helped of kidney dim- t i,- noM , Spent hundreds of dollars and got no ret
culty. U't regard it as an excellent remedy. It hot* no de- AftPr up .i n( ,four bottlesof Drake's Palmetto Wlnohadl
fects or drawbacks. It does its work quietly, kindly and * ••
sweetly, bud leaves no evil eifecls. 'tie take pleasure In
speaking of if to others. I went a few days ago to see a
sick broFhar, add took a bottle along, hoping (t might
him. I am a retired minister of the gospolnn J 92 years old."
Saps. Daniel W. Jlervtors, CJreenfield, Muss,,
writes: “Mrs. Mary Rvne, 1\ years of age, lias been ill
jvitii stomach ttvubla'over a year, and for three months was
in very serio
OU9 Condition. I gave her the trial bottle of
Drukft's Palmetto Wine you seat me, and it gave her great
relief. Then she purchased a buttle, and has taken trn-
iv
A,A,Onlver.Box XS3, Dayton. Ohio « "X think
Drake s Palmetto V.'ine is the grandest medicine ever was."
tV. A. Norton, Town Crook, Ala.: "Will say the
trial bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wins which you sent me I
gave to my son who wa, suffering with indigestion, and it
worked nothing less than a miracle in his case, effecting a
permanent cure." ____________
thirds cf it, and walks a mile every day; can cat anything
without shy distress; has fine appetite und bowels are reg- recommends it to his friends,
ularaua thorough." ' ■
FI. fl. Flemming, XarrlsvlUt, ft. V, write,
that the sample bottle ofJDrake's Palmetto Wine relieved a
member of his family suffering with indigestion and he now
.Yulia YanffSian, Tbrrfsll, Tastifi \ ‘Tcouldnotre-
e a "f foo,J ou , n . 1 p r stomach. Bad a pain in ^uy stomach my bowels. Don’t want any "better remedy in my family,
tor foar years. Arier lading a trial bottle of Drake s Pat- J ^ J
riietto Wine could retain food oa my ctociteli, tbs pain
stopped."
one
Bov. 3. B. Irwin, Holly, Texas, xsys t "Voar
trial bottie worked my kidneys and liver free and regulated
Tie" ‘ ’
J. H. flotlld, Wilton. Hainet "The sompte bottl-
of Drake's Palmetto Wine is just what you recommend it—
small dose a day brought rue around all right.”
ML St. Phillips, Baltimore, BT<S.: Suffered with
indigestion for several years. No relief from doctors. Sam
ple Lottie Drake’s Palmetto Wine wa* sent for and he was
cured.
B. W. Blackburn, "'Butter, Tcnn^ writes that
"his h-ead, stomach and liver were in dreadful .shape and
that Drake’s Palmetto Wine cured him."
Miss Florence Gordon, Onymer,Mo. {“Troubled
with catarrh of head and throat and that her once beautiful
voice was almost ruined, Drake's Palmetto Wine cured her."
Aorvii Woody, Orange bn rg, H.
"after tuking trialteot ' * '
his stomach for twenty year., “7vr7f lHal kkh
stomach washed out. but got no re tori until ne began lakm
Drake's Palmetto V,Tne.
3. W.HtHriro, SmtleeU*, yT-inn., ■xvri»«-«: "Fotir
bottles o/&rnke'i Palmetto Wine bus cured me ca Cat.-.rr-
MBiaSderandKidney Trouble I
spent hundreds of dollars wuh the best docto*IU^ ep«
tats and got no benefit. lams well man
thank you enough. I have rccommeu «5d r£
Wine to nine persona who are now taking i.xrttn gooa .
suits. One j-ouug woman lu Menticello wso gi>. .. P -
with lllu'l ler Trouble bv a Minneepo.js speciaost, and-i.
and our local doctor said they could do no more rcwrher.
Her father got a bottle of Drsk; s Palme, o ..lje.anr.
has now taken it a week and is rapully recqve. ^8- ... .
this out of gratitude to yon, and you ere at 1 iberty to pa
it if yon wish to."
3. TV. Brown, Sasbccr, 111., writes: “I to
Stomach Trouble J, years. Dad vomiting apclLs and threw,
up pus and blood, and would get so weak x cou.d not wale.
I was that way when I received your trial bottle of praxr s
PalmettoWine, and had given up hope of ever getting r- -
relief at all. I used the trial bottle, got four large bottles
and used them. I am glad to say my stomach ft all right
and I feel like a new rain. You don't know now a per- i
sutlers when a tilictod as X was, nor what a relic, ls experi
enced when cured.”
James (i. dray. Gibson, YXo., write* About
Brake’s Palmetto TVlxie as follows: "Hive in the
Missouri 9wamps in Dunklin County and have beer: -
with Malarial Fever, and for fifteen months a walking sk
eton, One bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wine has done rue
more good than all the medicine 1 have taken in that fritc-.:
months. 1 am buying two more bottles to stay cured.
Drake's Palmetto Wine is the best medicine end tonic for
MaiariaL Kidney and I,iver ailments I ever used or heard
of. I feel well now after using one bottle. ’'
A. a. Peldinjr, Knoxville, Term., writes: "X
had abad case of Soar Stomach and Indigestion. I could
•atao little that I was “falling to bones," and could not
sleep nor attend to bustnesr. I used the. trial bottle an i
two large aeventy-five-cent bottles and can truthful y say I
am entirely cured. I Lave advised many to write for a ires
trial bottle."
C, says that
Jttle of Drake's Palmetto Wine X felt a
Sudden change in my feelings. God bless y®u ip your work."
8. ST. Brown. Boston, Pa., never found the equal of
Drake's Palmetto Wine for stomach troubleand constipation.
airs. V. In Arnold, Woles, Hass. Cured of influ ora
tion of the bladder by Drake's Palmetto Wine, and feel*
better in every way.
James McCarthy, 149 Breckinridge Street,
l>etroit, Jficii., writes: I purchased at the drug
store a bottle of Drake’s Palmetto Wine, and find it unsur
passed for kidney trouble, and I am sure It will do all y.u
claim for other complaints. I am recommending it to my
friends, und wish you every success ft. r your wonderful
medicine."
Bttoire Olardy, “The Ar!lagton l r ’Hi)t Spriny*,
Ark., writes.: “After using Drake’s Palmetto Wire
seventeen days I have no sick stomach, and my bowels ha -
become as regular os clerk work, digestion is good once
more, and I am gaining in weight. Use this tor the good it
will do some other sufferer. ”
"Abov« picture is on every carton contain
ing a 75c bottle of Drake’s Palmetto Wine."
The above offer means jmrt what it say9—a bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wine C _~nponrjd ubsolntely
free, prepaid to your address. We urge you to act at once. If you are in perfect health, have tlie
kindness to tell some sick friend to take advantage of our offer.
DRAKE BUILDJNQ
CHICAGO, ILL.
(NOTE.—The Saw-Palmetto grows near the Atlantic Ocean, in Georgia and Florida. The fruit, er 'ferries. ..err
abuudant, sweet, juicy and nutritious, and the people who live near learn to love the fruit, the iulce oT which kee.'s
them in perfect health. Asa medicine It is taken once a day and only a single tablespooafu! is required.}
DRAKE FORMULA CO.,
nnd 1ms selected her nost. box one of the
d} i largo nappies should ho jiln.cc.l in It nnd
been mixed
with the neat straw :i little .should b-
placed in the bottom. On this lay tho ma
terials already gathc r od by the hen and
she will complete the. nest In the nappy
ex< • pt fn rare Instances, flnro in a while
n pigeon is found, that prefers tho hot-
ha
Their chief tribute is derived from lines ; The area of these French possession ■
imposed upon them for the illicit menu- , is su small that one wonders why tlie
lucture or the tormented rpilk of the ! mother country is so solicitous concern
cocoa nut. Their love for this intoxicant I ingTTiem. All of French Polynesia, which
is so potent that they persist in making ! includes the Society islands, the Mar-
and drinking it on every occasion. quesns. Tuamotu. Gambler and Ttihtiai
1 rotestant missions nnd schools are i groups, and which are scattered over a
prohibited by tho government and the . surface of ocean as far as front X w
Roman Catholics seem to have met with : York to Denver, hardly equal tiie 2,COO
the
her owl
f >r a fr
for
f. i y.
the nest pan, and
■r to let the hen
ere is never any
to be put oil the
tlier the nest nor
cock at once begins to “drive" the hen
around tiie house and pern The process
is called "dr;,Ins" in pigeon life, but in
every day human life we would be apt
to call it nagging, The cock pursues liis j
mate wherever she may go. pecking and j
pushing, and walking around her, and do- !
in his best to hustle her into the nest, j
lie gives her little peace until the eggs
aro laid. When this wonderful feat
is safely accomplished, the triumphant
• in.
•tin;
in
little success in proselyting the natives, i square miles of the sta
if Delaware.
Southern Squab Farm
CONTINUED FROM SECOND PAGE.
kept ofien all the time in a slatted box sprout}* grain they will do it, with the
or trough, so that aliiie the birds can \ result mentioned. Always keep the floor
j of the squab house free from decaying
matter and also the (lying pen and the
Unele Sam, In the person of ten of his
government officials, has charge of every
department of the Raynor Distillery.
I hiring t-he entire process of distillation,
after tlv*i 3fmsky Is stored in their ware
houses. :?urrr!g the seven years it remains
there, from the very grain they buy to
the whisky you get Uncle Sam is con
stantly on' the watch to see that every
thing is all right. They dare not take
a gallon ft their own whisky fqnm their
own war® house unless he 'says it’s all
right. And when he does say so, that
whisky* goes direct to you, with all its
original richness and flavor, carrying a
UNITED STATES REGISTERED DIS-
T iLEERS GUARANTEE of PURITY
and AGE. and saving you the dealers’
bto profits. If you use whisky, either
merlTeinaliv or otherwise, you should
read the offer of the Hayner Distilling
Company elsewhere in this paper.
help themselves, they cannot scatter the J
grain with their feet. In addition to the
orached oorTT. wheat and peas, give kaffir
corn and millet. In feeding the pigeons,
do not mix all these grains together, or
the birds will search out all the peas,
kaffir and millet,, and leave the staples,
wheat and cracked corn. Keep the mix
tures separate and give the daintiest only
three or four times a week.
FEEDING THE YOUNG.
While the breeders are feeding their
young, the corn, if at all coarse, should
be cracked finer and the peas, whether
Canada or dried cow peas, must be well
cracked. If they are not the parent birds
will sfpallow them whole, then take a
drink of water nnd go at once to feed
the babies. The result of this is that the
delicate little cropis are stuffed full of tho
swollen peas and tho young ones die
In consequence. Do riot give much In
dian corn in warm weather. It is too
heating and is likely to cause canker in
the old birds and sometimes even in the
young. Canker is something like diph
theria and fills the throat with a thick,
cheesy substance which is too well
known to the raiser of poultry.
Re sure that all the grain fed to your
pigeons is old, dry and sweet. Never feed
sour or musty grain or such as you
would not eat yourself. Carelessness in
this matter will result in bowel trouble,
In dysentery and death. Never sweep or
scatter grain out in the yard or leave it
where it will get wet and sprout. Fresh
green leaves and grass are as good for
pigeons as for chickens, but if the former
have a chance to pick at mouldy or
birds will be thrifty and well. If you pre
fer feeding the birds instead of giving
them free access af all times to their
grain, never do so in the yard, but scat
ter tlie feed on the floor of the squab’
house, as this removes the danger of
sour or sprouted grain. Re careful also
that ih** supply of drinking water, pure
and fresh, never runs short, for water is
an absolute necessity to tlie health of \
pigeons. They are “hard drinkers”—of
Adam’s ale, as well as enthusiastic bath
ers in the same. Ground oyster shells '
must he kept ail the time in an open box
in the house, as the hen pigeon needs it
In the formation of her eggs. \Ve have
spoken of tne several grains to lie given !
for change of diet. In tlie summer feed
two parts of wheat to one of corn and in 1
cold weather reverse this measure.
And now. having got our birds com- '
fortably housed and fed. let us next view i
them at their life work, the raising of 1
sqnahs. One of the many advantages in .
raising squabs for market, rather than I
chp-kens to; the same purpose, is that i
the owner does not have to feed the !
squabs at all, while the chicks must be I
fed and watered several times a day. ;
The parent pigeons take all that work on j
themselves. They will tolerate no mod- j
tiling with the diet of their babies. That
is their affair, not yours, save as far as I
providing tho food that goes to the babies j
by proxv. It Is the hen pigeon that builds j
the nest.
As soon as she shows by gathering nest J
materials that she is ready to go to work
eccentric hen will choose a corner of the
house floor for In r building operations,
and it is not wise to thwart her humor,
as if the nest is moved from her chosen
spot she will get bewildered and very
likely will desert the nest in its new lo
cation. The nest completed, two <ggs ate
laid in il on alternate days, and then tho
work of sitting in earnest begins, in
this task both birds share, taking regular
turns. The hen stays on tin- nest thron *h
tti night and until about 10 oVi >■ k in
the morning and then the C“«'k relieves
hi r, so that she is off duty until late in
the afternoon.
As soon as the nest is completed, and
even before tlie egs are laid, the pros
pective father becomes impatient. While
he allows his busy little wife to do ail
the work of building the nest, and !av
ing the eggs, he fuels and shows much in
terest in the c oming family, more so, in-
dr i d. than tiie mother birds. It is a com
ical sight to pee the by-piny that ensues,
the moment the building is done. The
SUMMER RESORTS.
nappy in the same place. Clean and
scald the large nappy, and put It in tlie
adjoining box.- The hen will at on -e
begin to build another nest in it, and
in due time two more eggs will be laid,
and another family be on the way. If
two nests nt'e not promptly furnished at
tho Indication of th<lr need, tlie eggs
will be laid In the n• *ht with the squalls,
find tho parents, in their interest In the
coming family, will lit.'rally “sit on" Uu:
old one, and demolish it, by pushing tlie
ui lc settles the lien on the nest for tho | squabs out of the nest, nnd letting them
j eight if or the eggs are usually laid about | starve, or at least suffer for want of
! 4 o'clock in the afternoon), and the next sufficient warmth. With a new nesting
I morning begins his proud task of helping j place provided, there will be no trouble
I ,0 hr:: » embryo out into the world, j at all. While the one parent is sitting
• wi: 1 " tl«^ Poor little cock-pecked hen has | the other will be feeding the squabs that
some peace of her life. ; are already in view.
in a safe pda
at each end,
the loving a 11
of which wo
they had a r
Push the fer-1
nails, and lot
| for several hours,
animal heat will
j body, and the squa
j shipped.
m'
This will put a
Uions of rats or i
Id climb on the
mice and eat th.
Of the squabs bet
horn hang
•ad
paekt
In seventeen or e
birds chip the she
world. In order t
feed their young
;hteon days the young
. and emerge into tlie
enable the parents to
liter tiie manner ap-
inds
LOOKOUT INN
The most delightful place to
rest and enjoy one’s sell. Mag
nificent accommodations. Even-
convenience. Rooms with or
without bath. Cool days and
nights. No mosquitos—2,500
feet above sea level—rates reason
able. Full particulars and rates
made known on application.
Don’t decide on your vacation
until you write
Lookout Inn
M. S, GIBSON, Mngr.
Lookout Mountain. Tenn.
f'ir tlu in, tlie gullet swells into a
crop, furnished with certain large
luring the breeding .season, which
mingle their s rretions with the fooa,
an i soften it. When the pigeon brings
u,> its partly digested food, after tiie pe-
culiar bird-fashion, ihe whole mass has
acquired a soft, pulpy consistency, suit
able to the delicate digestive organs of
the baby bird. It is a remarkable and
very curious fact that instead of the pig
eon parent depositing tlie food in the
mouth of i<s young, the latter thrusts its
beak down into the gullet of the parent,
and helps itself to the store of food it
finds awaiting it there. Tt is to meet thtp
peculiar ni >de of feeding their young
the gullet of pigeons, male or female
alike, enlarg.-s during the breeding sea-
""11. as noted above. Why this oddity
in the ra-o of pigeons, and not of other
Pit'iis. is one of nature's mysteries.
Dor the first five or six days after
hatching the squabs are fed on a liquid
secreted in tlie crops of both parents. This
is called “pigeon's milk." It gradually
grows thicker, and it 1 a week corn and
wheat are mixed with it in tiny particles.
R.v the time the squabs are ten days old,
they are eating hard grains taken from
the crops of their parents. It is not dry,
however, for tiie parents, after tilling
their feed baskets at tlie grain trough, go
to the water fountain and drink freely
before going to the nest.
The parents are devoted to their little
ones, and as their only idea of affection
consists in stuffing its object with all
lie- goodies obtainable, the result is that
the squabs make a wonderful growth
from day to day. This tender care does
not flag even when, in from fourteen to
sixteen days after the squabs are hatched
tlie cork begins again to drive tlie ho,,.
X'ow is the time to bring out the second
and smaller nappy.
Gar fully transfer the nest and Its oc
cupants to it. cleaning out the box if
and leave the nest in its new
needed,
THE SELLING AGE.
The young birds. If the parents have
; been properly fed, are ready for market
at the end of four weeks, and sometimes
in a little over three. During their brief
life they never feed themselvs except,
ns we have seen, from their parents’ mar
ket baskets, and they never leave th
nests. One reason that a smaller nappy
than the one in which they were hatched
is used is that when the parents cense to
hover them, the young birds would be
apt to slide down in the larger nappy, an l
strain their legs in tile effort to keep
their balance. Another reason is that
in the smaller nappy, their droppings
fall outside the nest, and so the latter
is kept clean, which would not be the
case if they were stlli in the nesting
nappy. The parents that are the most
attentive in feeding their young for there
is a difference—Will produce the largest
squabs in the shortest time. Sometimes
one squab in a nest will manage to get
more food than the other, and if this is
not noticed by their care-taker it will
weaken and die. The remedy is t.. take
the larger one to another nest, and ex
change it for one nearer the size of
the smaller one. The parents will not
notice the change, and will feed the two
in their nests as before,
Homer squabs should weigh about twen
ty ounces when four weeks old. Th-v
should be killed for market in the eirlv
mm-ning. when their crops are empty.
They are painlessly put to death bv grasp,
ing the neck with both hands, near the
head and giving a quick pull, and push,
in.g backward. Dr. not pull too hard , r
yen will have a headless body. m most
markets the squabs are delivered to tie.
h"}ors in this condition. There is
weary work of Plucking the fea tiers
A. soon as the birds are killed, the ini
mat heat must be driv „ out of the body
Her this purpose th • best plan is r ,,
■y"S them up. A 1 oard 3 or | 0 fern
Dig should have drh - into i, 4 in-he-
apart, a cou^Ip of ni- ^
jmst close enongi. t nerY'^T
T '*** ^ a squab in a t-at^i tigSt
fit. Suspend the board Tom the ceilffig
i Beware of Ointments for Cat.,
that Contain .Mercury.
as mecury will surely destroy the s.
smell and completely derange
when entering it thr..
used
pre
of
whole s}
the mut
should n
trims from reputable ph^
damage they will do is ten-fold to the
good you can possibly derive from tie : :
Hail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured b> T."
J. Cheney «v Co.. Toledo, o contains . .
mercury, and is taken internally acting
directly upon tlie blood and mucous s ur ~
faces of the system. In buying Hall's
5 atarrh Cure be sure you get the g.-nu-
i’*'- u is taken internally and made in
J nledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Yale Senior Class Opinions.
(From Yale Shingle.)
The class publicly expressed its pri-.
rate opinions as follows:
Rest Actor —Joseph Jefferson.
Rest Actress -Maud Adams.
H'l-t Popui Food—“Force.'*
'Most Popular Drink Water.
Most Prominent Daw School Graduate—.
Carter H. Harrison.
Princeton. M ° St r °P" iar College-
Favorite A musement—Reading.
Favorite Prose Writer- Scott.
Favorite Poet—Longfellow
Favorite Novel-I.orna Donne.
l-4\01 ite Poem—Evangeline
leon Character in Hlitory-Xapo-
vfljean! 16 Character Fiction-Jean
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Gardner Dome School for Girls.
New York City,
mal and social ad-
607 hifrh Avenue
Superior edttcati
vantages. Beautiful location.
Mr^RnlfT! 11 SaSe ' Miss HcU '0 Gould,
... ‘ -V Hemphill, references
u Lite for in fori
filiation.
*OfVorVm?vimages b' Y SS ( «T.t-ECEJ
Railroad far.- la * tu ' itnt ' i eraerin* now.
niingham neeCs biLT?^ 1011 guaranteed. Btr-
Birmingham. Alabama.