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Kin Hubbard Essays
Personal magnetism Is that quality
In human nature which enables th’ hu
man bein’ t' git by with a reil carna
tion in bis lapel an’ little effort —that
indefinable somethin’ which enables
us t’ appeal t’ others with success.
Ever’ individual has some personal
magnetism.' Some seem t’ have so
much that ther means o’ support is
invisible, while others seem t’ have
jest enough t’ git a steady job an’
hold It.
Personal magnetism, like th’ squash,
may be cultivated an’ developed, an’
til’ reward, as in th’ case o’ th’ squash,
is alius fer in excess o’ any trouble
or expense incurred.
Th’ next time you see a regular pro
moter, er a successful politician, care
fully note his style o’ pitehiu’ an’ ob
serve his magnetic quality. He may
not have a warm, soggy clasp o’ th’
“You’ll Be Asked t' Join Clubs an’ Lodges, t’ Serve on Committees an' Put
Up Hammocks, t' Run fer Office in Off Years an’ Lead Parades, t’ Fur
nish Matches an’ Be a Pall Bearer, t’ Assist Others Less Fortunate an’
a Thousand Other Little Things.
hand or a fireman’s mustache, an’ he
may not be dressed accordin’ t’ th’
magazine ads or belong t’ any lodges.
But ther’s somethin’ about him which
attracts you t’ him. At first he may
Impress you as bein’ a boss doctor, or
one interested in th’ culture o’ bees,
but after you’re under his spell for a
moment you feel a crumblin’ sensa
tion. You realize he’s got your num
ber an’ that it’s useless t’ plead.
Th’ first step in developin’ personal
magnetism is t’ learn t’ be cheerful
tho’ bored. A wide, radiant smile is th’
foundation o’ magnetism. But a smile
t’ be effective must have a well or
dered background. Th’ teeth should
be plugged an’ evened up. So see your
dentist before takin’ up the study o’
bein’ cheerful. After you’ve mastered
AL MOON AND HIS AUTO
Uncle Ez Pash an’ Niles Turner
started fer Morgantown early this
mornin’ by buggy an’ Tell Binkley
said, “Well, if they have good luck
an’ don’t blow out any traces they
ought t’ git there some time t’mor
row, as it’s only twelve miles. Th’
trouble with drivin’ a hoss is this,
if he’s young he’s dangerous, an’
if he’s ole it’s cruelty t’ animals. If
they had a auto they’d be in St. Louis
by this time.”
TIT auto seems t’ have its friends
an’ enemies jist like a feller that
amounts t’ somethin’.
My, how poor ole ,A 1 Moon fought
fer a auto. He worked in th’ same
store from seven a. m. ’til six p. m. fer
thirty years without even gittin’ off fer
a funeral er a ball game. He wuz
what is generally known in the busi
He Told Her He Didn't Feel No Better, an’ That He Intended t’ Mort
gage th’ Home fer a Six-Passenger, Foredoor, Forty-Horse Power
Alice-Blue Tourin’ Car.
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ness world as a invaluable man er a
trusted employee. He made things
hum at the store, but he had t’ smoke
on th’ porch at’liome. His wife wuz
a thrifty little woman an’ looked after
th’ Saturday disbursin’ an’ put ever’-
thing over actual operatin’ expenses
in a money doublin’ scheme that wuz
headed by a feller that used t’ know
her paw, an’ anybuddy could tell by
th’ way she pulled her hair back t’ a
knot that she wouldn’t have nothin’ t’
do with a auto.
Al’s salary was so triflin’ that if he’d
got it semiannually in pig iron he
could o’ carried it all right. But
his wife skimped till she bought ’em
a home in th’ dressin’ jacket belt, an’
he had t’ wear shirts that wuz only
printed on one side an’ socks with
runnin’ colors an’ smoke a certain fa
mous brand that comes three in a
pasteboard case.
He’d jist about lost all interest in
life when he caught th' auto fever an’
commenced t’ send fer road maps an’
PERSONAL MAGNETISM
th’ art o’ smilin’ an’ being cheerful
begin t’ train yourself down t’ sayln’
an’ doin’ only agreeable things, remem
berin’ at all times that one little mean
act ’ll counteract a whole day’s smile.
In your battle t’ become magnetic
you’ll often become discouraged as
your constant effort t’ avoid causin’
friction in other natures will be
fraught with many difficulties. This is
where a strong heart with an overhead
valve comes in handy if th’ best results
are t’ be achieved. As you proceed
you’ll attract new friends. You’ll be
asked t’ join clubs an’ lodges, t’ serve
on committees an’ put up hammocks, t’
run fer office in off years an’ lead pa
rades, t’ furnish matches an’ be a pall
bearer, t’ assist others less fortunate
an’ a thousand other little things.
O’ course if you're well fixed an’
independent you kin afford t’ neglect
your personal magnetism an’ oppose
other natures jest-fer th’ fun o’ watch
in’ ’em blow up. But if you’re jest
startin’ out in life with a piano half
paid fer it’s alius th’ better policy
t’ gush over an’ smilin’ly coincide with
others. So after you’ve mastered th’
art o’ personal magnetism after
you’ve learned t’ discuss th’ weather
entertainin’ly an’ t’ be agreeable an’
accommodatin’ (ev»n in th’ mornin’)
you’ll note a feelin o’ security an’ an
indifference toward tli’ future even if
you’re loafin’ or livin’ with your wife’s
folks.
What a pity it is that so many o’ us
refuse t’ become acquainted with our
own great powers, but instead prefer
t’ struggle along an’ toady after those
wjio have seen th’ light an’ found th’
way.
circulars. One day he went home an’
told his wife that he’d been workin’
so long-an’ stickin’ around home so
much that his liver wuz off an’ he
had a warped view o’ life, an’ that he
had decided t’ git out an’ see th’
scenery while ther wuz ylt time. His
wife made him some burdock bitters
an’ put him t’ bed. Th’ next mornin’
he told her that he didn't feel no bet
ter. an’ that he intended t’ mortgage
th’ home fer a six-passenger, foredoor,
forty-horse power Alice-blue tourin’
car with a five-inch stroke, four an’ a
half inch long-life motor, integrade
clutch that run thro’ oil, elim
inated torsion bars an’ distance rods,
an’ seml-elliptic forty-two inch front
springs.
After his wife recovered her senses
she lit in t’ him an’ tole him he didn’
have sense enough t’ run a coffee urn
er money enough t’ afford a four-candle
power porch light, an’ she locked him
in his room an’ hid the stogies.
Poor ole Al. He never got out o’ his
room alive. He laid fer days with a
high fever an’ in his delirium he’d say,
“Hey, there! Watch your horse an’
never mind watchin’ my auto,” “How
fer is Crawfordsville?” “Ther’ goes
another tire,” “Hop in Sam, I’ll take
yer home,” an’ all sorts o’ things. Jist
two days before he died th’ John
sons that lived next door, bought a
fine big tourin’ car an’ when Al’s wife
found it out she rushed int’ his room
an’ said, “Look up, Albert, it’s Net
tie, an’ t’morrow we’ll buy a machine.”
But she wuz too late.
As we journey thro’ life let us li%e
by th’ way —even if we huv_> t’ mort
gage th’ ole home.
(Copyright, Adams Newspaper Service.)
Canadian banks employ over 3.500
women.
THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS. GEORGIA.
GOOSE RAISING ON ROUGH PASTURE LAND
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GEESE ON A NEW ENGLAND FARM.
Pasturage is essential to the suc
cessful raising of geese, according to
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 707, recently is
sued Iby the United States department
of agriculture.
The industry is at present on the
basis of small flocks raised on general
farms, few, if any, farms being devot
ed entirely to goose raising. In some
producing sections, however, the fat
tening of geese is conducted as a spe
cial business. For this business the
geese are collected from - general
farms, usually over a large area, and
are fattened for several weeks before
being killed.
Geese can be raised in small num
bers successfully and at a profit, says
the bulletin, on fdrms Where there is
low’ rough pasture land with a natural
supply of water. Geese are generally
quite free from disease and all insect
pests, but occasionally are affected by
the diseases common to poultry. Grass
makes up the bulk of the feed for
geese, and it is doubtful whether it
pays to raise them unless good grass
range is available. A body of water
where they can swim is considered es
sential during the breeding season and
is a good feature during the rest of the
year. The market for geese is not so
general as for chickens. This should
be considered in undertaking the rais
ing of geese. The demand and the
price paid for geese are usually good
in sections where goose fattening is
conducted on a large scale. Many
geese are kept in the South for the
production of feathers rather than for
their flesh, but the demand for their
feathers is not so good as it has been,
making the business less profitable.
Wherever possible, the geese on a farm
should have free range. Many farm
ers in the South keep them to kill the
weeds in the cotton fields.
Houses.
Except in winter or during stormy
weather when some protection should
be provided, mature geese do not usu
ally need a house. Some kind of shel
ter, such as a shed open on the south
side, a poultry house, or a barn is usu
ally provided by breeders in the North
and is used by many in the South.
Coops, barrels, or some other dry shel
ter should be provided for young gos
lings. The goose houses should be
kept clean and plenty of clean straw
provided for the floor.
Geese, like other kinds of poultry,
should be selected for size, prolificacy
and vitality. They should be mated
several months prior to the breeding
season and obtain the best results;
therefore breeding stock should be
bought in the fall. Goose matings are
not changed from year to year unless
the results are unsatisfactory. A gan
der may be mated with from one to
four geese, but pair or trio matings
usually give the best results. The wild
gander usually mates with only one
goose. When mated, geese are allowed
to run in flocks. From five to twenty
five geese may be kept on an acre of
land, and under most conditions ten
is a fair average.
Incubation.
Geese are fed a ration to produce
eggs during the latter part of the win
ter or so that the goslings will be
hatched by the time there is good grass
pasture. They are allowed to make
nests on the floor of the house, or
large boxes, barrels or shelters are
provided for that purpose. The eggs
should be collected daily and kept in
a cool place where the contents will
not evaporate too freely; if kept for
some time they may be stored in loose
bran. The first eggs are usually set
under hens, while the last ones which
the goose lays may be hatched either
under hens or under the goose if she
goes broody. If the eggs are not re
moved from the nest in which the
goose is laying she will usually stop
laying sooner than if they are taken
away. Some breeders prefer to raise
all the goslings under hens, as geese
sometimes become difficult to manage
when allowed to hatch and rear their
young. Hens used for hatching goose
eggs must be dusted with insect pow
der and have good attention, as, in the
PRACTICAL ROTATION FOR POULTRY YARDS
Date. Yard A. Yard B.
March 1 to April 30 Peas and onts Feeding.
April 30 to May 25 Feeding Peas and barley.
May 25 to June 15... Dwarf rape t . ..Feeding.
June 15 to July 10 Feeding Buckwheat and oats.
July 10 to Aug. 1 Buckwheat Feeding.
Aug. 1 to Aug. 20 Feeding Cowpeaa and millet.
Aug% to Sept. 20 Ryej vetch, clover Feeding.
Sept. » to Dec. 1 Feeding Rye and vetch.
case of geese, the period of incubation
is longer than in that of fowls. Goose
eggs may be hatched in incubators
and the goslings successfully raised in
brooders, although this is not a com
mon practice.
Period of Incubation.
The period of incubation of goose
eggs varies from 28 to 110 days. Mois
ture should be added to the eggs after
the first week if set uniler hens or in
incubators; this is usually done by
sprinkling the eggs or the nest with
warm water. Four to six eggs are set
under a hen and ten to thirteen under
a goose. They may be tested about
the tenth day, and those which sire in
fertile or contain dead germs should
be removed. They hatch slowly, espe
cially under hens, and the goslings are
usually removed as soon as hatched
and kept in a warm place until the
process is over, when they are put
back under Ihe hen or goose. Some
breeders who hatch with both geese
and hens giVe all the goslings to the
geese, liens with goslings may be con
fined to the coop and the goslings al
lowed to range. The latter, especially
if the weather is cold, are not usually
allowed to go into water until they are
several days old. In mild weather the
hens are allowed to brood the goslings
for from seven to ten days, when the
latter are able to take care of them
selves. Good-sized growing coops,
with board floors, shduld be provided
for the goslings, and they must be pro
tected from their enemies and given
some attention when on range.
Feeding Geese and Goslings.
Geese are generally raised where
they have a good grass range or pas
ture, as they are good grazers and, ex
cept during the winter months, usually
pick up most of their living. The pas
ture may be supplemented with light
feeds of the common or home-grown
grains or wet mash daily, the neces
sity and quantity of this feed depend
ing on the pasture. Goslings do not
need feed until they are twenty-four
to thirty-six hours old, when they
should be fed any of the mashes rec
ommended for chickens or ducklings.
Preparation for Market.
Before marketing the young geese
tiie average farmer can feed advan
tageously u fattening ration either
while the geese are on grass range or
confined to small yards, but it is doubt
•ful whether it would pay him to con
fine them to individual or small pens
and make a specialty of fattening un
less he has a special market or retail
trade for well-fattened stock.
Geese are usually killed and picked
in the same manner as otheij kinds of
poultry. Some markets prefer dry
picked geese, while in other markets
no difference is made in the price of
scalded or dry-picked geese. When
feathers are to be saved fowls should
not be scalded, but should be picked
dry before or after steaming. On
most farms where geese are raised the
feathers are plucked from the live
fowls at some time prior to molting.
About 1 1-10 pounds per goose is the
average yield of feathers. Feathers
are worth from 30 cents to $1 a pound,
and the picking cost per goose is about
11 cents.
Breeds.
Six breeds of geese have been ad
mitted to the American standard of
perfection, namely: Toulouse, Emden,
Chinese, African, Wild or Canadian
and Egyptian. In addition to the
standard breeds there is the so-called
Mongrel goose, which is a hybrid made
by crossing one of these varieties
the common goose with wild geese.
Crosses of the varieties of geese, es
pecially of the Toulouse and Emden,
are occasionally made, but without any
apparent gain. The Toulouse, Emden,
Chinese and African are easily the
most popular breed of geese in this
country, the first two greatly leading
the other breeds. All economic breeds
of geese are kept primarily for the
production of flesh and feathers, and
although their eggs are occasionally
used for culinary purposes on the farm
there is no demand for them for food
purposes in the markets.
CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK, 1160!
IT’S n AND SALIVATES
Straighten Up! Don’t Lose a Day’s Work! Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With “Dodson’s Liver Tone.”
Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to
night and tomorrow you may lose a
day’s work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
feel sluggish and “all knocked out,” if
your liver is torpid and bowels consti
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour, just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone.
Here’s my guarantee—Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone. Take
a spoonful tonight and if it doesn’t
Bright Idea.
A brilliant girl spent half an hour
trying to capture a big milter that was
flying about the room.
“Finally the* child, with a shout of
triumph, cornered the moth, and soon
had it imprisoned in a chubby hand.
When the miller finally lay still and
quiet tiie child opened her hand.
“Wlmt is it, dear';” her mother asked.
Then she gave an ejaculation of amaze
ment ;
“This miller has put about 20(1 eggs
right in my hand," the youngster re
plied.
The father, who had been reading
his paper, looked up and said :
"ltun out, Mabel, and see if you can
catch a hen.”
BOSGHEE’S GERMAN
SYRUP
\ Valued Household Remedy for
Over Half a Century.
In our climate, with its sudden
changes of temperature, rain, wind and
'sunshine often intermingled in a single
day, it is no wonder that our children,
friends and relatives are so frequently
taken from us by neglected colds, many
deaths resulting from this cause. A
bottle of Boschee’s German Syrup kept
in the house, and a few doses taken in
time, will possibly prevent a severe ill
ness, a doctor’s bill, and perhaps death.
For fifty years this lias been a very
successful remedy for coughs, colds,
throat or lung troubles. It induces a
good night’s sleep with easy expec
toration in the morning. For sale by
druggists in all parts of the civilized
world, 25 and 75 cent bottles. —Adv.
One Too Many.
Mr. Bruce Barton, editor of Every-
Week, was describing tiie mental trepi
dation of a friend of bis who was mak
ing his first public sped Hi.
When he got up to speak the audi
ence seemed to him like tiie result of
a test a wife tried on her husband who
came home early one morning from a
banquet where there had been a quan
tity of some unknown beverage.
The wife, who found her fears had
been realized, placed two chairs fac
ing each other, sat down in one and
applied the stare test, looking upon the
inebriated one with a cold, fixed stare.
“‘l’ll tell you all about it. my dear.’
lie liicouped, “hut that woman in the
other chair looks so much like you I
can’t tell which is -which.”
A Rare Breed.
“He gives Ills family everything they
want.”
“Yes. Ha’s one of the few men to
whom the five-dollar bill they give
their wives to spend doesn’t look any
bigger than the five-dollar bill they
toss onto the bar to pay for drinks
for the crowd.”
Snappy.
.Tosh —I wonder why they advertise
this as a snappy show. All there is to
it are some good-looking chorus girls.
.Tosher —Why, they call it sitapp.v,
you poor minnow, ’cause all you do is
rubber.
There is more than a gallon of trou
ble in some pint bottles.
m THOUSANDS S£
UPON THOUSANDS OF
HEALTHY BOYS & GIRLS EAT
Grape-Nuts
AND CREAM EVERY
MORNING BECAUSE
WISE MOTHERS KNOW
"There's a Reason”
straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning I
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson’s Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sali
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your slug
gish liver to work and clean your bow
els of that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. I guar
antee that, a bottle of Dodson’s Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel
ing fine for months. Give it to your
children. It is harmless; doesn’t gripe
and they like its pleasant taste. —Adv.
Satan is the father of lies and
matrimony is the mother of excuses.
Now is tho time to cleanso the system and
tone up the digestive functions. WRIGHT’S
INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS are not only
laxative but tonic. Adv.
Women have a clever way of say
ing mean things that men can never
hope to equal.
I.AX-POS
A digestivo liquid laxative, cathartic and liver
tonic, t uuibmes strength with palatable, aromatic
taste. Does not gripe or disturb stomach. 6Uc.
Very True.
Fay—Of course one can’t believe ev
erything one hears.
May—Oh, no, but one can repeat it.
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few —a beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re
store it to its former beauty and lus
ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress
ing. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
Whistlerian Malice.
“Whistler always brought a spirit
of fun with him,” says the late Lord
Iledesdaie in his memories; and the
incident that follows appears to con
firm his lordship’s words:
Then? eatne a day when, to my great
regret. Whistler made up his muni to
leave the old house in* which he had
lived for 14 years and to build the
“What House,” in Ttte street, mainly
prompted, he told me, by the wish to
show what he could achieve in dec
oration. E. W. Godwin was the arch
itect, and it was not long before they
quarreled over the work, in commemo
ration of which Whistler caused a
stone to be inserted in the front of the
house, engraved with the words:
“Except the Lord build the house,
they labor in vain that build it. E. W.
Godwin, F. 8. A., built this house.”
The stone has long since disap
peared. Godwin died in 188(1, and in
1888 Whistler married his widow —
a quaint ending to an artistic feud.
Not the Whole Truth.
“I have nothing against the Edin
burgh people,” said a gentleman who
hied from the great outer world, “bnt
I must say I’ve found greater fellow
feeling elsewhere. My lmt blew away
on Saturday, and though everybody be
side me took a warm interest in ife»
perambulations, nobody joined in pur
-1 suit.”
“Eli. but ye wrong Edinburgh folk,”
replied one of his hearers. “D’ye ken
j what I saw on Setterday? A man’s
bat blew off just as a cable ear wis
passin’, and tiie driver stopped the ear
| and sprinted awa doon the road efter
it. Can ye beat that in the sooth?”
The stranger said he really couldn’t,
and would chalk it up to Edinburgh’s
credit.
"Wis it act’lly true, Tam?” asked a
friend, after tiie “foreigner” had de
parted. «
“Aye, wis it, lmt d’ye think I wud
toll that it wis the driver’s ain cap
that blew off?”
Both to Be Congratulated.
Ariadne—Thank goodness, I didn’t
i marry Percy, lie’s so unreliable.
Penelope—How so?
Ariadne —Why, he swore he’d pine
away and die if I refused him, and
now look at him ! —Judge.
Getting up in the morning is a strug
gle for those people who do not make
it worth while.
The largest settlement in Greenland
has a population of less than 800.