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TWO Profit In Raising Broilers Depends on Feeding And Care Successful Growers Give the Rules Which They Follow in Feedinq. Black-Breasted Ren Games Are An Attractive and Old Breed. •v Michael K. Boyer. jwn’iry Editor of Th« Farm Journal Copyright. 1914, by the Engene McGurMn Co. Broiler ratting haa developed Into an extcnalve mouetry throughout the country, but in the early day* many loanee were attributed to branching out Into thia work. Scientific methoda and experience, however, have eliminated much of the haaard of early undertaklnga, and today handeome profit* are reallaed by poultry eattbhahmenta apeclallx- Ing in thia induatry. The following article explaine methoda of care and feeding practiced In the iargett broiler plant*. Exhibition Black Breaeted Red Garnet, one of the eariltat known breed* of poultry, are ahown In the illuatration. The fphdint? nnd rare of cluck* In tended for In dlera I* a moat impor tant eUi! ul poultry t.io.iiß. No t>oo tlon of the country has contributed mor- to .lie development of tlita work Umn HamiiHiiiton, \* .1 The writer engaged in this Industry (wenty-aeven years ago and has followed the work up to the present day, although broiler rafslni; now given way largely to eg;: farming • After cotislderabl emperlnu’nllng, ii haa boon duttrirtMd that the Astui lean breeds are best adapted for grow ing a* rgular broiler*, and among these It is conceded tha the Wyan dotte family leads OT late years sqti als broilers" have become popular, for which the While leghorn fowl Sb -admirable adapted. Squab broilers must not exceed three- quart era of » pound In weight, dressed, and for thljp puri**se the „ oung iegliQp) cockerels are used :t time number of them be ing hutched annually on egg farm* They *JI test in Janunry and Feb ruary. As to Broiler Weights. The regular broiler iwhioli some years ago In Pennsylvania was known a* the barbecue) must pot weigh more *lihii two pounds dressed Above that weight the pass out of the 1-roller c u*s In March the demand • all: for broiler* weighing one and a quarter i ountlt each; April, one and a hall pound-; May, one Slid a quar ter to two pound* each. The height of the broiler «ea*on is from March to June. Some of tho successful broiler p!*nt* trig the cari-aase* ns they »cnd them to market, tin this t«g I* given the rume nnd nddreas of the farm In till* way a reputation 1* secured, nnd eusUimer* eventually call for these particular goods, which moans qulikci sale< and better price*. An utraetivc broiler Is one that possesses a full breast, tiroud tiaek nnd plump body. Snperolr broiler* must be quit'lt)' grown, when hfttch ed In October. November and Decem ber and properly grown, they should come In for the high prices of Jan u*ry, February and March. In order, to grow good broilers It Is Important that 'be breeding stock be In proller condition. They should not only be In the bent of health, and must not be ovarfat, but also strong. vlgop.ui* htids Thlp will give tlie stamina the youngsters need, for forcing will surely tell on stock that is Inclined to be weak. Another point that should he re membered is that there is a shrinkage of about a halT pound In a broiler when dressed In picking out birds to tie killed, allowance must be made for this shrinkage Two round* live weight will mean about one and n half pounds when dressed There arc as many method* of feed Ing broilers n.ivocated ss there are for large slock The old time method of feeding every two hours I* not so generally practiced now. and Ihe chick* aeein to do lust as well. M .she* should be fed two or three times a dav. buj there should be «uf ftrlcnt chick feed (small and cracked grains, put up and sold bv poultry feed dealers' scattered among litter to make the chicks exercise Feeding Broiler*. No matter what formula of feed t* givon there no' a number of tWnn* that mu*! not be omitted, and a num ber of "don't* " that should be observ ed. via : Supply grit. which should be about the al*t> of coarse aantl. This should be constantly before them Feed choreoal add a tcaspoonful to n quart of mash daily Feed preen food—Jattuce. onion t*pa, lawn dippings -cut up Tine Iwn t feed meat at-arp tn the inaab nutli the chirks are a week or two old Don't feed hard boiled eggs nor wet cornroeai. Don't be Irregular Iu teedlu*. Iton’t overfeed or underfeed Don’t neglect the water supply. When I aay don't feed hard boiled egßb" I probably ought to qualify that. At one time the opinion prevailed thot hard boiled eggs were the beet fo#l for the llret tew nieula, but too much faith and reliance was placed on the diet. The result was bowel tdoublea. Th judicious owe «if hard-boiled at t> Is all right. but 1 prefer saturating bread crumbs with a fresh egg. A fresh epc has a tendency to regulate bow*! disorders, w hile a hard-bollci one will create bowel disturbances. One Hammonton man has less loss among bis chicks when he feeds on dry feed, but he likes a variety—aay cracked coni cracked wheat, cracked oats. But when tt come* to fattening, he prefers scalded around feed Another practical man gives the chicks nothing but dry wheat bran to pick at the first day The next day be feeds rolled oats, and continues to feed it until thi cl leka are ten days old, keeping dry bran, eharcool and fine oyater shell by them all the time He feeds every two hour* just what they will eat tip clean. After ten dav» lie feeds a moist mash tn the morning and evening, coniiosed of corn meal middlings, bran and ground oats, with meat scrap in proportion to the age of it? chicks At noon he Records, show that game fowls were Aired In India centuries tiefore the Ciiriatign era, and cock fights are of ten referred to In Roman history. Ttie original Black Breasted Red (•nine was of the I’tt Game or fighting type, known as the old English Black Ited Game. Hut the Exhibition (James, such a* shown herewith, are tit# fruit of care ful breeding by fanciers They i»o» sesa the same fiery temper of the feeds wheal or cracked corn, and keeps green stuff by them, so the) can eat all they want, until the last awo weeks. How a Pioneer Worked. One of the pioneer broiler raisers <A this country fed dry cornmeal for the first three or four days. Then he duni|M>ned a very little of It and add ed some well-cooked poaatoea, chop ped up fine After two or three weeks he gave scalded feed—corn meal (plenty of It), a little bran, sec ond-grade flour or middlings, ond a little ground meat Tlila pioneer had considerable loss In cliicks dying from leg weakness, the bodies being made too heavy for tho muscular strength of the legs. Broilers should not be fed too much fattening food In the start Bone and muscle must first he grown ttnd then fat. Another broiler raiser gives crack ed wheat for the first week, and after that a mixture of ground oats and com, equal parts, about a fourth part of middlings, an.' a handful of ground meat The whole mixture in ecalded sevral hours before feeding, and fed slightly moist Chopped-up cabbage, boiled or raw- putatoe* nnd other vegc tables are fed either separate or mixed with the mash Whole wheat or cracked corn Is also fed between meals The maah is given morning, noon and ntKlit, and continued until the broilers are ready for market The supply of meat Is gradually in creased ns the chicks grow Grit, charcoal and ground oyster shell are always within reach. Feeding “Johnny" Cake. The late George W. Prossey, who, with the assistance oT his two daugh ters, about twenty-five years ago in Mamtnonton marketed shout 5.000 broilers annually, fed n regular Jonn ny cuke, made us follows: Three quart* eornmeal, one quart w-haet middlings and one quart ot meat meal. This he mixed quite stiff with water or skimmed milk, tn which had been mixed four tablespoon tula of vinegar and two teaspoonfuls of soda After baking the cake, and when cold, he crumt led it fine and fed for the forts week or ten days all they could eat. For the first ten days the chicks were kept tn a warm room, but aftea that they ware placed In a <>>id brood or house with only a warm hover In it For the first week they were also fed once a day. Mashed potatoes and plenty of drinking water and coarse san 1 were always on hand After the chicks placed In the outdoor broofler, they were fed a mash made of two parts corn, one part wheat and one part oats, ground to get her quite fine To each tea-quart pallful of the mixture he added one quart of wheat bran, half a cup of pulverised honemeul, one pint mid dlings, and one pint meat meal. This was mixed rather dry. with hot wa ter. and allowed to steam for two hours before feeding which gave it a chance to swell. Once a week with this food lie added a half teaspoonful of salt, and in cold water a quarter teaspoonful of red pepper. Once or twice a week he added a spoonful of sulphur, and about as often mixed in the drinking water for the day a spoonful of Douglas Mixture for every UK' chickens Broilers for Market. Broilers sent to market should be fat and neatly dressed, the dry pick ing being the best method. The kill ing Is done by sticking In tre mouth, the bird In the meantime being sus pended by Its feet ao as to bleed well The dressing Is done while the bodies are warm, using rare not to break the skin The head and feet are alkiwed to remain. After being dressed the carcass must be washed In cold water, wiped drv aim hung up by the feet i* a cool place In shipping to market, the carcasses should be [lacked iu boxes or barrels, between layers ot ice. Fold the neck GAME FOWLS EARLIEST EXHIBITION BLACK BREASTED RED GAMES. Copyright, 1914, hy The Eugene McOuckin Company, original games Their utility qualities however, are limited. They are wide ly brgi In England and America. They are dinttnguthhed for their width of shoulders full-tnusrled breast long legs and neck, shorn tapering tall and hard feathers The Blark Red male Is richly colored on the head, neck, back and top of wings, the scheme being red . and glossy green-black. Tlie female has soft shades of brown in her feathering, Another One of Ban Johnson's Bluffs Called By Players who “Write” Signed Articles for Papers New York. —Another one of Han John son m bluff* tm* been called, thin time by the player* who •‘write’* lifß«d arti cle* fur newspaper*. iJMplte the fterco amV <«»rful Bound lti|C ortlete issued by J Atm son ag-inst Mu v h » *lunt, tl»e P%y*T* g*»d m **uy ot the manager*. too, hive aontravteri with different newspaper* Jsr newspaper syn dicate* to “write" article* for them during the coming L Jn passing It may be %*tid that about ninety-nine per cent of the ball pla>- tm whose names appear In Hie pap*** above Analytical baseball itnlrles do not write them. A newspaper man writes them, after a brief diticiiH»lon with the player* of the m*tt*r the article contain* The player* get hi*? check for lending the use of lit* name to these articles. 11l Feeling. For a number of year* past consider* able 111-feeling among the players has been engendered through these articles. Home of the articles have criticized ( some other player, whereupon, the cri-j the last world series opened and finally ami murmured dire threats In the direc tion of the “author." The "author” pushed forth the alibi that be didn’t write them; that a newspaper man wrote them. Hut th * alibi stuff didn't help matters. • Things came to a bad pass Just before „lre last world series opened and finally the National Commission was forced to take action on October 7th o(* last year theVday of the opening combat. After It had deliberated for a certain length of time on the question. It summoned the newspaper clan Into It* august pres ence. and Han Johnson, acting as spopkeman for the body said: “That Is Final.” “In the future no players will be al lowed to write signed articles for news papers or lend their names to suoh ar tides. That h final We find that some of the players who have been wvitlng have contracts that will carry them through this series, and wo will permit them to live tip to those con tract*. Hut they will not he allowed to renew those contracts.*’ “That mean* that no player will he allowed to write articles or lead his name to newspaper article* neat season U914I?” Johnson wits asked. “That* It exactly. ’* replied Johnson. under the wine, the bird resting on the breast bone, with legs straight out Pack snugly *o there may be no moving. Never ship during warm, damp weather Never market bony, skinny stock Never ship birds half picked, with flesh torn in places Never ship in any old box that happens tp be handy. Use clean, fresh boxes, paying particular attention to pare and neatness In packing Never pack until all the animal heat Is out of the carcasses Corefully Inspect each shipment before closing the box. Al ways notify the commission house be fore or at the tune of shipment, giving full data, so ; reparations can bo made for handling the goods rapidly- Next week J Harry Wolselffer, poultry judge ~nd expert, will con tribute an article on Brooding Chicks and Their Care" The Illustration will show "White China Geese." FRENCH ARMY SIGNS A MIDGET; IS CONDITIONED Purl*.—The French army has admit ted to Its ranks a youth named De lta nee oho although of the military ajr<>. 20. weigh* only 42 pound* and I* only 2 feet three and one- quarter Inches tall. The medical l*oar<| found him physically fit In every way. It Is understood h* will be assigned to dutte# which will not ob’ige him to carry tse marching outfit ol the hYench soldier. The outfit Is one «t)d one-half Umes the inlUgwt » weight. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. with golden-ypllow neck, striped dork. Her breast 1h salmon, blended with brown. The back, thighs and body are brown. While they are very quarrelsome, especially the males, they are read ily confined, being poor fliers. They are good table food and lay brown eggs of excellent flavor. The chicks are easily reared, barring bad weath er Their raising appela to the mn who breeds for results “Any player who attempts to write such articles after this Berles ia over, or who lend* his name to such articles, will be dealt with In a severe manner.** To show In Just what reverence they hold Johnson’s threats and the commis sioner s ruling, the players continued to •write” article* throughout the winter. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collin*, George Mori avlty, Ed Walsh, John McGraw and other “contributed” almost daily arti cles during the winter. On Seaton'* Eva. And now on the eve of the 1914 sea son the same players and some others us well as *om# managers, have con tracted to furnish newspaper* with “stories * throughout the summer. Frank Chance, the Yankee's manager, has con tracted to “write" a semi-weekly arti cle throughout the summer, Hugh Jen nings, of Detroit, Is another who is said to have attached himself to a contract to “write" the said “writings’* to add about SI,OOO to his Income during the season. Johnson, up to the early part of Jan nary, said ho was absolutely certain that the players and managers would obey his orders. But the players and managers didn’t. They Just went along “writing" as often as the syndicates would take their stuff, and paying no attention to the threats of Johnson. Home few weeks ago a complaint over the fact thut the players were not pay ing any heed to the rulings of the com m anion was carried to Garry Herrmann, chaivman of that body. “1 can do nothing,” said Garry. Then Johnson was appealed to. Johnson heaved his digits into the ait and remarked: “I am helpless, I have done all I can to abolish this evil. I can do no more.” And there you are. It seems odd. doesn’t it, that th* National Baseball Commission, the gov erning body of a!l the leagues in the country, the court of the last resort in matters concerning Organized Baseball, cannot enforce its own little rule as it applies to about one dozen ball players who aren't satisfied with drawing down from 91-400 to 130,000 a year, but who are out for the other SI,OOO or $1,500 that they get for permitting the use ot their names to articles that usually are written by a new simper man. “No Cause For Alarm" in Regard to Jap Volcano Parts—Prof. Frank A Perret, the American volcanologist, who recently arrived from Italy to study volcanic phennmonu in Japan, received an ur gent request upon arrive! to examine the volcano on Mt. Union, near Na gaskl The residents of the district had heard many rumblings and wer* in great fear that the mountain was about to erupt like Shkura-Jima. Professor perret found "no cause for alarm.” hut the emission of hot gases Indicated that a revival of volcanic acttvlty in some part of the peninsu la was always a possibility. He found the hot spring district in a normal condition, with little or no h> droelilorlc acid, the presence of which would indicate greater activity, Kxperiments with an electric micro scope for hearing * subterranean sounds showed normal conditions and Internal rum Ming than at the well-known "Solfatara” near Naples. GO DO IT. Sister <who wants to be left siene for a moment with her suttorV— Frits! It's so cold tn the house: go in the next room and close the window. KHtxi ttnl it 1* closed. Slater—Weil, then, open it—Kliegende Bla otter. Officials Will Be Startled When Revelations of Cruelty Inflicted in Russian Prisons Come Up Barlfei. —official Hi. Petersburg prob ably will be atsriled by the revelation* m.ole her* by llr. Jacob l»re»l do tluan, a famous Hutch lawyer and poet, who hn* been studying conditions in IlussUui prisons. • Dr. de llnan say*: • Hesiusl cruelty i* Inflicted even upon political primmer*. For a man of In tellect to be deprived of his liberty f< t proclaiming views which ere distasteful to the ruling clpsse* Is in Itself suffic iently repulsive to uti Idea* of modern civilisation and Justice; but when sys tematic torture Is added on the scnl* practiced In the prison* of the t’zar's dominions, It Is high time for lover* of humanity throughout the world to bund together anil say these thlnß* shall not ho Confined In the prison of Kret Which. In the refinements of cruelty practiced by the Jailers rivals of old Star Chamber of the Hpanlsti Inquisi tion, was a political Katorgist, (one sentenced to penal servitude to be fol lowed automatically by exile to Siberia) named Ivan H.iedlg. On arreat In the Xaltlc providence* he had been In humanly treated and the marks if that treatment were repellently visible upon hi* body when I kaw him. Through n thoroughly trustworthy source, he told me In detail of methods of violence that had been Inflicted on him. a atorv that aent a shudder of horror and In dignation through me. I heard the Teat of his story months later. It was aa follows: Soedlg ultimately could en dure the tortue no longer, and one even ing he said to the other occupants of his dungeon, ‘Friends, allow me to hang rnyaelf. I am exhausted with suffering.’ Soedlß'a body was taken next morning from the noose which he had made out of his clothes and had tied to the wall; his comrades who had permitted him to leave the hell of Orel were treated mercilessly. Watch the Phillies, Disrupted By the “Feds,” and the Naps, Also Broken By the Same Agency, Go Hurtling Towards the Cellar New York.-r-Did you ever stand by an elevator shaft and watch the balancing weight go up when the car came down? The higher one went the lower the other got. A see-saw is the same sort of a proposition. One end goes up when the other conies down. • Now, turn your attention to the pennant races that begin Tuesday in the National and American Leagues Do you see any situation there that j tie likened to the elevator and the see saw" We think we do. Watch the Phillies, disrupted by the Federal League assaults, and the Naps, brok en hy a combination of the same agency plus injuries, go hurtling to ward the bottomless pit, and at the same time notice the Dodgers and Yankees go ballooning toward the pinnacle. It is largely a blind guess as to how high and how low this sec action will carry, hut it is absolutely sure that It will occur to some extent. Fare the Same. From this direction it looks as if all the clubs in the two leagues, with the exceptiorf of those mentioned, will fare about the same in the coming cam paign as they did in the last one. Thus, the other six clubs in the Na tional League would be arranged as follows: New York, Chicago, Pitts burgh, Boston, Cincinnati and St. Louis. The other six In the American League would shape up in this way: Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis. Nearly every doper of the National League situation figures Pittsburg ahead of the Cubs and some of them feel that the Braves also will head O'Day’s band, but we feel that the unpopular ity of the latter’s club Is keeping It from getting a strictly fair deal in the prophecies, and we are willing to stand on the order already guessed at. Phillies and Naps. Now for the tobogganers, the Phil lies and the Naps; how far will they slide? The Phillies, which finished second Inst year, have lost half of their pitching staff In the defection of Tom Seaton and Ad Brennan. They are also practically without an infield, for the strongest part of It—Otto Knahe at second and Mike Doolln at shortstop,—-Is wiped out by the Feds. This turns the team (mediately from: a pennant contender to what seems to be no better than a sixth place team. If the Killlfer case, on appeal, should he decided finally against Jhe Phil lies and they should have to do with out their first catcher they would look Brooding Chicks and Their Coro v The real battle in poultry growing is met when it conies to raising the chicks after they are hatched. There is where success or failure really lies. This is particularly so of artificially hatched chicks, which require more care. The kind of food to select is always important. Generally speaking, readymade foods are best. They are economical in the long ran. When and how to feed, the temperature of the hover and a hundred other problems come up. Next week’s article will help the lieginner or small poultry raiser immensely in these matters. Look fo r it next Sunday, appearing exclusively in The Herald. Trested for Pnsumonla. "Prisoners sometimes go to the doctor with mutilated faces, or that official I* called by the warders to Inspect a torn tympanum or broken Jaw. HI hers who go to trim spitting blood a* a result of 111-treatment of which the marks are Visible all over their bodies, are treated for pneumonia. It la In the dreaded black cells, where there Is no light, and beyond the noisome walls of which no shriek of vic tim can penetrate, that prisoners are abandoned so all Ihe exquisite savagery In which the Russian prison official specialises. When they .lie from their Injuries, their fellow prsoners only know that cell No Is vacant again, end the official report give* "pneumonia'' a* the causa of death. Health Not Considered. "While the control of prisoner* Is ap parently provided in part to enable the Wordens to see how near la-ute beasts they ch n approach, at the same time the state extracts all the profit It can out of the labor of prisoners. Their health la not considered. Thus, the deadly task of cotton fleecing In a small closed space claims a large number of victims through consumption, phthisis or pneu monia. It Is a singular fact that those prisons which are m<-st profitable aro Identical with those where the greatest cruelties are practiced, namely, Jaro slav, Orel and Pskoy. An International protest Is In course of preparation, and It la hoped that this will be an effective Instrument In con vincing the Russian Autocracy that the time for reform can no longer he de layed. It is scarcely credible that the present shameless violation of the ele mentary rights of humanity has the sanction of the Czar, and it Is to h!s au gust clemency that Russian democracy now turns." to be about on even terms with the Cardinals in the battle for last place. The Naps are struck almost as bad ly as the Phillies. The pitching of Cy Falkenberg and Vean Gregg was the main factor in the success of the Clevelanders in reaching third place last year. Falkenberg being the more Important of the two. With him gone, the Naps have only one capable pitch er, Gregg for Kahler. Blanding and the rest figure barely good enough to be in the big leagues at all. Now horny handed fate has smitten the Naps again in the breaking of short stop Ray Chapman's leg, thereby wrecking the capable infield that Bir mingham had built up, with Chapman as the most important cog since I>a joie slowed up at second and Turner at third, Doc Johnson being only a fair man at first, and Olson, the sub infielder, being of mediocre ability. Thus the Naps are hit In the same spots as the Phillies —the pitching staff and the infield. We pick them to drop from third to sixth. Heaviest Hitter. Shifting attention to the Brooklyns, we find the heaviest hitting club in the National League way down in sixth place in the 1913 race. Tremen dous changes have come over it, though, since the close of that disas trous campaign. It is strengthened at shortstop by Dick Egan from Cin cinnati. Short was the only weak spot in the Dodger infield last year and many a game was tossed away by poor work on the part of Fisher and Kirk patrick. Egan, now playing a first rate game, substiutes strengthfor weakness, and as a result, the Brook lyn infield is one of the best in the league with Daubert, Cutshaw and Smith in the other posts. Riggert and Dalton have been added to an al ready capable outfield corps. More over, the pitching staff is strength ened by the addition of Elmer Brown and Raleigh Atchison and Nap Rucker is trying again, therefore being figured due for one of the best of his many sensational years. But the biggest factor of all is the spirit and method instilled by the new manager, Wilbert Robinson, who has been proved an | efficient field general hy his work as | McGraw's assistant with the Giants. : The Dodgers, with soni any changes I in their ranks have a wide range of | possibilities as looked at now. They , may not get any higher than fourth - place or they may land as high as I second or third. To play safe, we gues fourth, which places the team in ' SUNDAY. APRIL 12. the first division for the first Urn* since 1902, . . Yankees. The range of the Yankees In the American League race is even wider. H wilt be recalled that, although Frank Chance, after half a season of building, had hta men playing at a f,OO clip In the last two montha of tho 1913 race, they landed only seventh, barely one game out of last place. Hut the team that finished the season was an almost entirely different one from the team that began It. And Chance haa made even more rhanges In mid winter and during the spring training. Aa hla outfit now shapes up, he pre sented stars in three Infield position* Harry Williams at first, Rngr> Pecklnpaugh ut short, and Fritz Mm* zel at third. Judging from the play of these men in the ante-season ex hibition games, they rank as high, for the three positions taken together, as the eqtilvali iif trio on any otic, team In the league with the exception of the Athletics. Jimmy Walsh, the former Mackman, looms up as al most a second TrU Speaker In the outfield. The rest of the positions aro filled hy fairly reliable men. Tho tremendous Improvement In Ed Swee ney behind the hat as a result of the Chance style of discipline lor monkey ing with the Federals, Insures the peerless leader much better work in that department a New York Ameri can dub has had since Sweeney’s spec tacular season In 1910. King Cole promises to be an Improvement. It Is a certainty that the Yanks Will say farewell to seventh place. As to their possibilities, It seems within reason that the club may get as high as third place, Just behind Washington, or as low as sixth. Probably a fair rating would he fourth, also putting the Yanks hack into the first division for tho first time since 1910. A recapitulation of the foregoing presents these guesses as to. thue ul timate order in the two league*, NATIONAL LEAGUE—New Tor*. Chicago, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadel phia, Washington, Boston, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louie. New Island Off Japan is Composed of Lava Mass Japan.—The new island which re cently sprung up near the Bonin group off Japan has been visited by a party from the steamer Chefoo, who describe it as a mass of lava covered with pumice and white ash. The Che Too locates the island at latitude north 24 17’ and longitude 141 29’. When the steamer approached, the island appeared pure white with blackish cliffs rising about 200 feet. For a radius of three miles the sea was filled with floating pumice. The island is exceedingly dangerous to row near the cliffs as they were con stantly breaking away and falling into the sea to join the already great mass of pumice. Also, on account of the very soft nature of the surface no at tempt fas made to journey inland. PICK PROBABLE PLAYERS FOR INTERNATIONAL POLO London, —Although it is a bit early for speculation Regarding the make up of the polo team for the international matches, a probable combination has al ready been picked from among the Eng lishmen now at practice in Madrid. This team is composed of Capt. H. A. Tom kinson as No. 1, Major F. W. Barret* at No. 2, Captain Vivian Lockett as No. 3 and Capt. C. F. Hunet as back. According to present plans the play ers will return to England about the first of May, when a half doxen matches will be played with a team captained by Walter S. Buokmaster. This team will probably consist of R. N. Grenfell, Cap tain Freake and Lord Wodehouse. GERMOZONE’S Mue ' Is not so much In Its great efficiency is a remedy for roup, cenker, chicken pot end other dlseeses of poultry, bul It Is the greatest bowel regulator In the world for either poultry orstock • (Including pet etock), counteract ing. especially, bowel troubles due 'to musty, spoiled or improper food.) With man, fowls or animal*, regu lar bowels means health. Con- k I Jk I Tk, 1 ijjjFy * i tinned Irregularity means some sickness, difficult to cure if not fstal. Thoussnds give Germozone regularly twice* week to chlckeas, young end old, st the same time hiving it ever handy as * ready remedy for otherdlseases. Sold by dealers or post paid. ‘One size only, SO cents. GEO. t?. LEE CO.,.OMaM*, Nisa. A Sold at Augusta by N. L. Wlllet Seed Co. Also at most good towns in Georgia and other states.