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THE JOURNAL
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
COCHRAN'. GA.
California may have to take In Its
orchards over night
The latest dancing cure is called
“eurythmy." Sounds like a cure for
catarrh.
Even though the orange crop be
destroyed, there is still the unfailing
banana.
New York man had a finger graft
ed on his nose. An extra cost now
In keeping It manicured.
In spite of the annual New Year’s
resolutions man hasn’t Improved in
7.000 years, says Dr. Alfred Russell
Wallace.
A New York hen laid seventy-two
eggs in an icehouse. Everything seems
to be coming the way of the cold
storage men.
The inventor who perfected a sui
cide box and tried it on himself didn’t
live long enough to realize that hrf
had succeeded.
The great national game now con
sists In guessing whether the star
pitcher of the home team will get
19,000 or SII,OOO.
A Philadelphia vMe has found a
husband who has been missing for
twenty-five years. Some men are
mighty unlucky.
‘‘Life is Just one coal bill after an
other." remarks nn exchange: which
1s the same exactly as the proverb in
the profane form. ,
Tim month of September once con
sisted of sixteen days. It must have
been a cinch for tho man who was
paid by the month.
While reading tho sporting page the
philosopher requires nil his philosophy
to console him for not being a high
priced baseball player.
There are women on Ihe police force
of some western cities. But none of
them, so far. has been induced to go
on the plain clothes squad.
A tuning fork Is to ho applied to a
hoy’s afflicted throat so that he may
eat It is well, for future effect, that
tuning is not done with knives.
There was once a chauffeur who
was compelled to ride horseback. The
horse trotted. "Ah." said the chauffeur,
“his shock absorber is working bad
ly.”
A Buffalo clergyman couldn’t draw
a congregation until he started a se
ries of fifteen-minute sermons. Now
he Imß all the other ministers buffa
loed.
London women now feed their dogs
at (he tables. On the basis, probably,
that if they are doubtful of any dish
presented to them, they can try It on
the dog.
A New York woman wants a di
vorce because her husband always
took the larger portion of steak.
What of it? No reason why she
should beef about it.
Prom Washington comes the In
formation that a prune war may he
expected. Which brings to mind the
well established adage: ’Tis not al
ways bullets that kill
A Chicago packer has for his corre
spondent Sou men Osuuskauppojen
Keskusosunskunta in Helsingfors,
Finland, says an exchange. Probably
moaning that he has time only for
the writing of that one name.
A French process has been Invented
to lengthen the time eggs may be
stored. What the public demands Is
some way to hasten the time in which
fresh eggs may be secured.
Adrianople. the besieged, Is report
ed to have cheese enough to last its
people for several years, but who
would undergo the horrors of war for
the sake of living on cheese?
Query: Is the man in the smoking
car who, having a box of matches in
his pocket, reaches across two fat men
and a newsboy to borrow a light, guil
ty of economy or parsimony?
A canning plant is being installed
In one of the eastern universities. All
•of the universities do a deal of can
ning, but most of them are enabled
to get along without a plant for the
purpose.
An eminent scientist has Increased
his eminence by discovering that the
best way to reduce weight is to re
frain from eating Stringent profes
sional ethics prevent him from pat
enting the idea.
Another exponent of the simple life
rears his head. He writes in the Pasa
dena Star: “I would rather be a lawn
mower sharpener in beautiful Pasa
dena than be a banker any place on
earth." 1
By the use of cables to divert the
Labrador current, an inventor pro
poses to abolish Icebergs In the north
Atlantic, and so to ameliorate the cli
mate of Iceland that oranges would
grow there. No slump In the price of
oranges is yet reported as a result of
this suggestion.
CROSSING A. FORD IN LAST AFRICA
FROM Mozambique to Mombasa
is a four days’ sail, passing
the delightful, palm-covered is
land of Zanzibar on the way,
writes Sir Henry Seton-Karr,
C. M. G., a big game hunter.
This island deserves a longer vis
it and a fuller account than I
had time to pay or am able to give,
liut a ten-rriile motor drive and a short
day’s visit afforded a glimpse of its
luxuriant cocoanut and clove planta
tions, Us beautiful vegetation, its nar
row eastern streets and brass
studded doors, and its heterogeneous
colored population.
Mombasa, or rather Kilindini (Mom
basa being the town), is a line har
bor, the best of shelter, fairly ea:.y
of access, and with good anchorage.
Moreover, it iB an increasingly busy
port, and a standing witness to the
foresight of the late l»rd Salisbury
when he faced the responsibility of
the Uganda railway, of which It is the
terminus and the outlet.
My immediate objective in visiting
the newest English colony was a
month’s safari from Nairobi and some
big-game hunting. So l left Mombasa
by the first available train, and in twen
ty-four hours had ascended 6,000 feet,
through palm grove, tropical jungle,
thorn and grass-covfered plain and
mountain ranges, to the high table
land that makes British East Africa
possible as a white man’s colony and
another cradle for our race. Of this
tableland Nairobi is the capital, and
the social anl political center. Inci
dentally 1 was informed that 200 young
British wives in and around Nairobi
had produced among them during the
last two or three years no fewer than
120 bonnle white babies —120 "bundles
of possibilities" for the furtherance
and future extension of British do
minion .and Anglo-Saxon civilization.
Great Variety of Sport.
Never have I seen anything like
tho quantity of big game in any part
of the world quell as now exist in their
thousands in British East Africa.
Even Western America thirty years
ago had nothing like this wealth of
wild fauna. I rather doubt if South
America in its pioneer days equaled
it in this respect. For some hours be
fore reaching Nairobi thousands of
zebra, hartebeeate (kongoni), gazelle
of various kinds (“Grant’s" and "tom
mies") can be seen from the railway
carriage windows dotting the plains
and grass-covered, tree-sprinkled hill
sides through which the railway runs.
Z .erds of wlldebeeste are almost al
ways in sight; also other varieties
of buck or antelope, such as impala
and oribi. Also an occasional rhino,
and frequently a herd of giraffe.
One has heard so much of hunting
parties visiting Nairobi of late years
and returning In every case laden
with spoils and trophies of the chase,
that I had a sort of feeling before
hand that the game would soon be all
killed, unless one hurried up and went
soon. But now the mystery was
solved. The country is so fertile, pas
toral and extensive, and the climate
so equable, that it is capable of main
taining an almost incredible amount
of game.
The game is there, ‘aud has not been
recklessly slaughtered and squandered
In the past. % It is now only shot in
a sportsmanlike manner, under strict
regulation as to numbers and locality
—some rarer kinds being absolutely
protected—and only on payment of a
substantial license fee; and so the con
sequence is that, if anything, the game
is increasing in numbers, not dimin
ishing. In fact, the boot is on the
other leg. The question is whether.
In some districts, the commoner
kinds of game are too numerous and
should not. in the interests of settlers
and their fencing and crops, be great
ly reduced in numbers or even alto
gether killed off.
So far as my own hunting experi
ences are concerned, I enjoyed a most
delightful and productive three weeks’
safari, during the course of which I
shot about forty head of big game,
either for meat or for trophies, includ
ing eighteen different varieties, among
them a great python sixteen feet long.
I am bound to confess, in my view,
that there is no great sporting merit
in obtaining the ordinary common big
game trophies of East Africa, such
as wildebeeste, hartebeeste, the vari
ous kinds of gazelle and smaller an
telope, zebra and warthog, all of
which are to be found on the open
plains and outside long grass and jun
gle. It is merely a question of how
long one stays out and how many car
tridges one uses.
Poor Opinion of Lion.
There are, however, other varieties
of big game much harder to find and
shoot, and in the hunting of which
some woodcraft and intelligence, as
well as straight shooting, are required,
and there is more danger to be faced.
The dangerous game are the lion
and leopard, the rhino, buffalo and ele
phant. As a matter of fact, these are
all hard to find in the grassy, jungly
ravines and thick forests In which
they hide during the day. Lion hunt
ing, in particular, is the most
“chancy” sport possible. This great
carnivora only feeds at night, and
kills once in twenty-four or forty
eight hours—some authorities say the
latter. He is somewhat generously
styled the king of beasts, being, as a
rule, a sneaking, crawling, night-prow
ling brute, hiding away in deep
ravines and thick reedbeds until night
comes, when he goes forth to hunt.
Some sportsmen have been years in
Africa without getting a shot at a
lion; others drop across one in the
first week.
I was# not fortunate enough on this
trip to get a shot at a lion, though I
saw three, and heard several others
at night grunting and roaring close
to camp.
My most exciting experiences were
with buffalo. This great mammal is a
fine sporting beast, and 1 have the
greatest respect for him. On the
whole I consider him to be the most
dangerous game I have ever hunted.
He is massive and powerful, extraordi
nary quick in his movements for so
largo and heavy a creature, endowed
with great vitality and very hard
to kill. Also he plays the game of
hide-and-seek in the grassy ravines
and jungle of his native home with
much success; and when hunted and
wounded, turns on his pursuer with
the utmost determination and ferocity.
In fact, he plays the game to perfec
tion.
REWARD APPEALED TO HIM
Saving Girls’ Lives Would Be Attrac
tive if Unlimited Kisses Fol
lowed Brave Action.
While reading the paper t'other
morning 1 noticed that a sweet Bos
ton lass who vfas saved from being
run over by a train by a brave man,
rewarded him with a kiss.
This trifling little incident has sug
gested to me wonderful possibilities
along this line. Soon as I can find
the time to get around to it, I’m gonna
go into the life-saving business —in
the life-saving of charming young
ladies. I’m just gonna hang around
railroad tracks and on street corners
where traffic is thickest and where
there is a congestion of motor cars
and at all other dangerous places I
can find—just stick around, you un
derstand, waiting for an opportunity
to save some sweet thing’s life for
her.
Yassir, I'll butt right in where an
gels fear to tread—carrying my life
in one hand and my courage in the
other. When 1 see a sweet and alto
gether charming maiden standing be
wildered on a railroad track or in
front of an oncoming truck.or behind
a buzz wagon that is backing up, I’ll
holler, “Fear not, fair creature—l
will save you!” Then I’ll jump right
in, pick her up in my arms and carry
her to safety.
Having saved the girl’s life for her.
I’ll stand there waiting to be kissed,
and if she doesn't kiss me I'll be pret
ty doggone sore. If she doesn't kiss
me, do you know what I’ll do? I’ll
send her dad a bill tor saving his
daughter’s life.—Boston Post.
Poison Kills in Forty-nine Years.
Abraham D. Tompkins is dead ai
Tarrytown, N. Y., indirectly the vic
tim of a poisoning plot 49 years ago.
In February, 1864, Tompkins’ sister
Theresa received a letter from a jeal
ous lover warning her not to keep
company with a certain young man.
She did not heed the warning, and
arsenic was placed in the well. She
was the first to be taken ill, and died
within a week. Another sister was
bedridden for 25 years before she
died. Tompkins was paralyzed
through his left side from the poison,
but although a cripple he had been
able to run a little news store. The
man who placed the poison in the
well was never caught.
Kills Two Wildcats.
Charles A. Myers, a flagman on the
Pennsylvania railroad, killed two wild
cats with a club he was carrying.
Myers was flagging the rear of his
train on the Columbia and Port De
posit railroad at Haines station when
attacked by the animals. The train
had stopped near a strip of woods and
the wildcats, half-grown ones, attacked
so suddenly Myers had scarcely time
to defend himself. He came out of
the battie with his face scratched
and his clothes torn to shreds.
Pijpiflil
POULTRY HOUSE ABOUT RIGHT
Building Described and Illustrated
That Is Well Arranged to Admit
Plenty Sunlight.
I have a poultry house I think is
aboffit right. It is 12 by 16 feet, and
will house 75 birds with ease, writes
Mrs. R. B. Hammerli in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze. It is four feet high
on the north and six feet on the south.
The roof has a nine-foot slope on the
north and a five-foot slope on the
south. Studding were set every two
feet and drop siding was used to board
up the walls. The roof is shingled.
There are four windows on the south
each with a double sash 22 by 28
Inches in size and arranged so the top
ones may be lowered. We did not
Exterior of Hen House.
want the open front style as we want
ed it tight for fumigating and also to
keep out beating storms. The upper
sash are lowered most of the time,
and during cold weather we have a
muslin curtain to lower over the open
ing. Roosts are hinged to the north
side and may be raised and fastened
to the ceiling where they are out of
the way for cleaning, etc. A good
dropping board below keeps the floor
in good condition. Nests are placed
along the east and west sides. This
house has a good cement floor which
keeps out rats.
This house admits . plenty of sun
light and we have not had a frozen
comb or sick chicken all winter.
CARE OF DUCKS IN WINTER
Any Kind of Green Stuff That Hap
pens to Be Handy Makes Excel
lent Feed for Fowls.
During winter I feed my ducks any
green stuff that I happen to have
handy. Turnip, parsnip and carrot
tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, on
onion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender
crab grass, lettuce, radish, mustard,
cut fine, all make good bulky feed.
These are dried in the shade during
the summer and stored like hay.
When I want to feed them a quantity
is boiled for twelve hours and mixed
with finely cut roots, such as potato,
turnip, parsnip, carrot, onion and
beet. Apples are also used, says a
writer In the Orange Judd Farmer.
These are all cooked.
Not much of one kind of plant is
given at a time. Four measures of
any one with four of corn chop to
each of wheat bran, red wheat shorts
and boiled fresh meat are fed as a
mash—all the ducks will eat it up
clean In a few minutes. If any of the
mash is left, it is at once removed to
avoid its getting sour. This feed is
given twice daily during the winter
and three times in spring. It has a'-
ways proved satisfactory.
Clean soiled eggs.
Get a reputation for selling fresh
eggs.
Do not keep eggs in a cellar or
damp place.
Let the old roosters go before they
eat their Heads off.
About ten ducks are required to
make a pound of feathers.
If chicken keeping doesn’t pay don’t
be in too big a hurry to blame the
chickens.
Goose feathers being more oily are
apt to sooner turn rancid than chick
en feathers.
Crude carbolic acid and coal oil
make a fine disinfectant. Use a con
tinuous sprayer.
A sovereign remedy for limberneck
is four drops of turpentine in a tea
spoonful of water.
Charcoal is a wonderful tonic at
this time. _See that the fowls get all
they want of it to eat.
Poultry breeders need to know as
much of the breeding worth of a fowl
as cattle breeders of a bull.
The man with a fine lot of young
chickens to sell, now Is the one who
has a smile that won t come off.
One sick chicken soon infects a
whole flock. It is always safest to re
move a bird at first signs of illness.
The essentials of poultry raising
are cleanliness and close attention,
coupled with hard work and com
mon sense.
Supply hens with plenty of crushed
oyster shell. The shells costs little and
means much if it’s winter eggs you
are working for.
The hens relish green food of some
sort and will amply repay you for the
trouble of chopping up cabbage, pota
to peelings, turnips, etc.
Any egg eaters in the flock? Make
the nests as dark as possible; that
will help. If that doesn't discourage
the culprit, sharpen up the ax.
In the long continuous poultry build
ing it is desirable that an alley way
be provided for the sake of conveni
ence in passing through the building.
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Proved.
"Is that dainty flush on Clara's
cheeks her own?”
“No; she took it out of her sister's
box.”
Alabama Man Says Tetterine Cures
Eczema.
Morvln, Ala., August 1. 190 S.
I received your Tetterine all O. K. I
have used it for Eczema and Tetter. Ring
worms. Old Sores and Risings and can
gladly recommend it as a sure cure.
J. R. Deßride.
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Ring Worm, Dandruff. Cankered Scalp.
Bunions. Itching Piles, Chilblains and ev
ery form of Scalp and Skin Disease. Tet
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Your money back If not satisfied. 10c., 25c. aud
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The proof of the pudding may be in
the amount left over.
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A good profit can be
made, out of a small flock
of chickens, by giving care
ful attention to their feed,
and by giving them, every
day, tonic doses of
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This will increase egg
production, help make win
ter layers; put broilers and
roasters in prime condi
tion, during season of
highest prices, and prevent,
or cure, disease. Try it.
Price 25c, 50c and SI.OO per can.
"Has given us better results than any
other poultry food or powder."—Clover
Bloom Poultry Yards, Owensboro, Ky.
P. A. 13
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