(^ROBERT HMOUITON

IBLE CITY. If. J.

DESTROY LITTLE RED MITES Hen la Powerless to Protect HatMtf From Ravagao of Vermin—EggLaying Out of Queetfen.

mite. TbM body Ue* oea b* »»pt U check by the haa If the hea her 11b- ~ eh* ■win frequently had

Tot he again had been offered -not merely MM a year more, hot •alary be had been feUinc. And Instantly he had refused It Thera Barer was a man more dumbfounded than the traaanrer by that refusal. The tender of bis own poettkm. which he to resign, had been curtly refused. And as though It bad boss notice of discharge, whom he had promoted to the hooka had earred notice that be would leave within the week. "Time to quit" tered to liimaalf as he finished fall posting, put the books away in the private office and pre-

pared to go home.

Once before, aa ha vividly recalled. It bad be mac time for hhn to make a sudden. Iron resolu ttoe to quit. Whan the last bar had yielded to his saw He had heard the turnkey la the corridor sad abruptly ha threw himself upon his bed. Here's a paper." the turnkey had said, and vest on The prison was just waking up; sum sirr dawn was creeping through the grated windows He left the bunk and took the paper to ih* light. Soon his eye caught the dispatch from Albany that announc'd that the New York legislature had passed the habitual criminal act Hr shuddered slightly and glanced toward the nearly severed here, knowing that If he escaped and waa rearrested he would be likely ne»er to walk the streets again a free man. It would be "life'' for him. He would spend the rest of his yoons life like a fy in a bottle "Time to quit'

be had muttered.

Better discipline at home when he was a boy would have kept him out of trouble, but bo •as sent up to the reform school from Cincinnati It was only « short term, but when be went heck home be was branded es a discharged psiaooer of the stale. oop of the fraternity against which most police officer* feel that they are pitted in Implacable strife. When be followed his determination to be decent and get work, the first oitn had said:—'Come around a little later."JHE*a* not only ■he reply, but ^■gulzxtral smile that accoapaH^Mt which had made him 'eel the gall and wormwood which most die • barged prisoners must swallow, if unaided, a tot loo which tiros many of them to the underworld. la desperation He had not done so heinous a thing that mankind should shun him as a loathsome, dangerous, hunted thing He was broke" and hungry, hut be went on hunting for a Job until another mar turned him down cold and added aome stinging words about courlctaThat Is what goaded him. ea It goads other*, into following a desperate game, when he met e young fellow who also had served a bit tn the

reform school.

They went la deep and the next to Columbus. That gave him a P®****?"™ • ourue in the ways of the underworld, the tricks of the cleverest of the confidence men and bur Clara. With the ruses and wlffip °5 crl ®* * . open book, hie active mind soon set him trtvtop burglaries as the leader of a “ i*- <n.p»nc of u.. loo. """ and was equal to any emergency. Cr1«n ar absorbing huatnea. with Mm >■•« filled with the ever present He .saved meuey. but .11 that ^ in the effort to save himself b , ‘Te ten? » burly officer's arms He wss iwnt ^ tentiary in Kansas and there be 0 “ f ; ^ dured the grinding monotony of pri prison fare as a prisoner. s certain that all that buried I*" * 00 ’^ Tr,“U“po.i- <0. *-j 0 s loc<1-liafT if he accepted the l««uio of treamroTSTbad ^Tth!! was that which made him d-clde In a n. hr could not be treasurer. - That night be did not go dl J* rt,T . tbf cen ..Impo- lo 'i^TulM • o*"' trwl Howard aeeorlstlf* 1“ town -hls own. he cever before bad used ln «h*< „ hook The association bad found .-'diucharged from ‘-Per when be was h.d "ppU* the Ksreas primm ‘£1 ^ bm h , without expecting anything o that Us discovered when hi. case •««**“ convict aB llatioos and IU W-- £7„ 0 u.er he

, instruction to rw

jjxnrzz) cOi'xoAD ro LOJitcrjs

when be needed

received a reply, ' ltloo Veivl- g Th “

He got the s

received an offer from another comf-tny which accepted hit record in the two recent positions without questioning bis past He mad' good, and is now drawing $1,000 a year as sales manager, lie has nothing now to fear from the jollce for he Is a new man. his alertness, his decisiveness ,U ] n the°fifteen years of Its existence the Central Howard association has assisted 1J.M7 men. Just emerged from prison, to begin llf « *«»»“• acting as the mediator between the prlstmer end th, rebuff, of -outrageo*. fWtW*- “j** ° them secured employment with broad-minded business men who were willing to give the men an opportunity. Highly per cent of all the men who have come lo the association during the fifteen Tears^ of Ha activity have made good, and thousands of them are now established as useful ciUxens throughout Z c£n£ By their own unaided effort, they could scarcely have won. since they came In most cases without money, experience or adequate tnT?.H the association assisted ^ average cost of $5.4*. Of this number. 147 sere paroled to :h» superintendent, and the earnings of these men for themselves, as given upon locution. I'eccrds of monthly reports, amounted to $68,441. . . The estimated earnings, upon the same tmais. of the I.I0O discharged men brings a total of approximately $*60,000. Add to ^ “Bomst cd earnings the $J»0.000 that It might o' 1 ’"**** have cost society to keep th^ men In prison, and we have a net gain of *o t'mee “ the public of maintaining the Central Howard M The*natloo-wlde reeponeibllliy of the aaaocta- * th , proper care of the ex prleoner Is brills rocorti. indicting the nativity of -ppl leant From fourteen countries came S6' prisoners, for whom as . foater country 'uhlr b, —no o' BbfUHb ° T lnf*r«r«lloo. M

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The Important thing tor any commualty ft to which they happen to com*. “’JrSuVhW Dot* b— bo. -bbt Ib^-tll an opportunity. The Question vM boro, and why. when acd they were Imprisoned, fades In the face of the peering need for work and s chance to prove their worth. -MW-Beed the ssxociatloo ‘A seeking to eupply. The fruit of Its endeavors to eViown not only In the number of »en it bee encoucged. edvised and aided In material way. but In the continued and rapid ms taking pipee in pubUc atnUment toward Tender and In the new freedom give" ,n 9 bondage everywhere. On* Onto* finest tribute* ever peld tb* ^Se6claiion Is contained In the following which came unroll cited from a discharged whom the association had once beeTfero s prison in Naw Tort 1 rs: r<rjr ^ __ and there I had for a number of yeare ■"?££: S3£.“sri~to. > fa — „ . .. .« -°,b f- *b "““f "My beet effort* to got a Job of any eort were r ro about a month later 1 left New with five dollars in ay pocket and an «»• q resolution to stick to living on the , |T - . L -„ r .^ r . arrived in Chicago on a Wabash box cmr—ragged and .‘riendless—after a rig ebaae of that will-o'-tho-wtsp. a Job. cover frror two thoaaand mites. In a couple of days th* lew d'sses 1 bed were gone for food “ - - • —ram of obtaining the

s an endeavor

ask a prison to oblige use In ibis regard. / A oaerch of tb* city d»r*etory yielded toe drroe of the tial'SUoo Army Prison hureeu Oo tor there I told the officer in charge that I was ea-cncvtct and woe Id appreciate the fevor of writing materials, etc He said that there wsre no facilities there for writing That : woc.u perhaps fled better accommodation* at the Central Howard association He very courteously In vtted me to return to hi* office If I met with

failure there.

"On th* twelfth floor of s lent* office buHdtug In the heart of Chicago I found the Central How-

onoomfortableffor the lice. But on account of her attachment to her home, no matter bow poor it to, she will go back every night to infested roosts

emaciated and dejected, and egg-toy-lag to entirety out of the question. The red mite to one of th* most corned causae of no eggs when them

tght to be some eggs.

Cleanliness in the coop to an important factor in the control cf the mite, aa It will hide under filth, droppings and Utter, aa well *g in cracks and crevices of the roosts and neats. Clean coops, however, are not entirely tree from Inleetatloa and may even become seriously infested if not given ent. Spraying to a common of control, creeol sprays or kcr-

SYMPTOMS OF HOG CHOLERA

Among Other Things Animal Will Loss Appetite, Have Oeunt, Unthrifty

If the other symptoms will follow hoars ar a few days, i whether the disease to acute or

Lose of appetite, partial th* bog lying blddec is th* tall grass or weeds tn summer or ■laying in the shed or house in winter. A gaunt unthrifty appearance and

Labored breathing, commonly known aa "thumps," if the lungs are affected; also a cough.

k by spraying it to necessary to spray frequently in order to keep the mites in check. Probably the moat thorough method of control to by fumigation. Tun fumes win permeate every part of the coop and kill aU the mites, regardless of whether they are in the Utter or on the roosts As aU of the mites are killed the treatment will be effective for a long time, as it xrOi be some time before a coop wUl become Infested again. Tb* fumigation method Is the easiest one to control the mites Ail that to necessary to to place the proper amount of fumigant in an open kettle, light it and does the door* tightly. When th* doors are opened several hours later the coop to entirely bugles*. In order to get good refills ft to neceessry to use a sufficient amount of good fumigant. The commercial article to tbs most convenient to use and wUl .he directions s

A- Typical Chotsrs Pig. sometimes rovered with mucoui blood end offensive In odor, though this may not be true In all case* Discharge of pus from eyes nose; eyes may be glued fchut A weak, wobbly gait- especially to the hind legs, the animal often reeling aa it tries to walk. Dark red. Woe or purplish discolorUon of skin under the body, neck and Inside of thighs. When the disease is acute, death may come to four to seven days.

virulent that hog* are found dead before the owner knows they are sick. At other times the disease takes on a chronic form, the' animals dying at Intervals through a period of several

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LITTLE HINTS FOR POULTRY Watch Chlcka Closely end Save Those Making Most Satisfactory Growth —Kssp Them Busy.

(By MRS. O W. RAND I -ETT. North Dakota Experiment Station.) Human sympathy to the bird's comfort amounts to dollars and cents. Clean the nests occasionally and put in a fresh supply o r nest material. Uniform neat boxes add to the attractiveness of the house. While dlarrbe* to contagion* among young chicks. The purchase of a few baby chicks from some fine pen of birds will make a splendid start if yon care to start to June. If your breeding pens were properly bred and mated you need not b* surprised to itod some of the chickens developing into finer specimens than their parents. Watch the chlcka closely and mark

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-On explaining my errand briefly.

- - - nnd paper

provided; no questions asked, end I proceeded to write for two hours. When I finished and pre pared to leave I was culled into a small private office. "Too are a stranger here? Looking for a Job 7 Have you a place to sleep tonight, to eatr The men who asked these questions gave me money for my sapper, lodging and breakfast, and told me to come there In the mom In* That he would then send me to some places where I

m'ght get work.

"I left there that tote afternoon with a heart besting high with hope, with s new grip on my resolve to stay straight. -No word bad bee;, spoken of reform, no mention o' religion mads, no machine mads charity doled ouL no maudlin pretense there, but Insteed the square dealing of practical help and under-

standing.

Th* oSrt morning 1 was riven several cards and directions Each card bor* an application for work addressed to an employer specifying the Job sought and my nam*. Each hors lbs s'gned recommendation of Y. Emory Lyon, superintendent of the Central Howard association. •The European war was on. bustoeo* unusually depressed, and Jobs more than scare Every de> 1 went there for those cards until I finally secured a Job. Every day for two weak* I found lb« same unfailing willingness to help ms get work Every night I was given mousy for food and lodrkig Every day man) othsr* wore receiving the same help and "Chicago may well be proud of the work of this prison aaeocletlou; of the work of Doctor Lyon and his assistants The reform of e criminal generally considered a rather hopeless prop) Don. both by the public and by the crim'nal him sell, and with good reason That *.-«! reason Is that •th* spirit and efficiency of the C< Howard association ia rare Indeed.’

GOOD ROADS HELP SCHOOLS Improved Highway* and fichoelmeater Ar* Two Great**! Froeee for Advanced Civilization. Women are keenly Interest'd to the schools. The country haring good roads nearly always has good schools They go together. Where children ere 'orced to croc; fields to avoid ■mud poles to the k'ghwaya the school to usually hardly worth keeping open. It baa been said that “the two greets*! force* for the advancement of driMxatlon are the schoolmaster and good Bad road# In this country ar* aald to be responsible for a loss of a billion dollar* a year. This affect* tb* transportation, mercantile and Industrial Interests as well aa the purely agricultural Interests. This loss In dollars docs not take account of the Isolation that to canted by the asms

cron.

Many women to the country are practically prisoner* to their homes for week* at a time in winter because of the condition of the roada. They are unable to eee to the marketing of the farm product*. They ar* unable to take advantage of market condition*. Egg* that are a good price et the time when they are gathered are collected and held till the roada become passable. By that time a change In the market may have robbed them of several doUars that would have been thrive had they been able to get the prodace to market.'

DEATH NECESSARY TO LIFE 17., th* Latter th* Fee the Mslntsnsncs oT t ^Hgiiiitfito . .. |. mav seem, death I P *™ 4<W * f ‘A u .UlTnie Tbero® , , lfW SlU. ’-*1. ' luriHit-v.

..>* rorib. and to down by for the production of crops Bacteria are H>« connecting Itok* JJ— W. •I-*"'-b r producing death 'll P Smoot, a lecturer for th* Mto “ 7eoll TBls plant »ood to locked [X. J ■'»“ '* ■“ t ’ cu

ust be set tret, w changed to an other form The bacteria bring about this change They stuck the remains of the plant anJ break them down Intu their elements) part# ro the plant food there may bo used again to grow inure corn, wheat, oats or ©the' plants The) the world of the dead to the world of the living Without them continued life on earth would soon be Impossible Soon dead animals end planti woulu accumulate on the fare of tbi earth. Boon all the available plant food aoujil be locked up to their dead bodies Thee* bacteria are the i

VENTILATING A SHEEP SHED Maimer of Ar-engement fihown In illustration Gives Ample SuppL

of Fresh Air for Animals

The manner of arranging a aheep abed, as shown to the Illustration, fujoishes the desired freah a*r and prevents the storm, ratar. etc., from get •ing Inside, where ordinary door arrangement* are not always sure, fly-

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QUALITY Q{)UNTS WITH EGGS Annual Loss Run# Into Millions Through MarkeMng Poor Artlolo During Summer Morris*. "Quality counts, not sometimes, but always." and to aa true with market es with say other commodity. The farmer*' annual loss through the marketing of poor egg* during the summer months mounts Into the millions to the aggregate and ia whoPr unnecessary. Because of the presenAt of ro many spoiled eggs coming from th* farms the buyer I* compelled to pay lower prices as lbs poor egg* are sorted out by him and must be disposed of at figure* far below the market price of good eggs. Why should nol the farm r'oducsr first endeavor lo produce good eggs and then eort them himself and know positively that he to eelllng only first quality eggsT Th* candling of eggs 1s the final test and can be easily done by anyone. Arrange a common pasteboard shoe box to stand on end over a small lighted lamp. Hake a bole slightly smaller than an egg to one side of th* box directly opposite the lamp flame sod give ventilation to the lamp by removing the end of the box over the lamp and yon are reedy lo own die eggs accurately. To produce good first quality eggs the essential* ar* healthy hens; good, wholesome food; clean nests; dally gathering of eggs and the removal of all males from the laying flock. After thto the egg* must be kept to a cool, moist temperature. Given these cond.lions of producUon aud handling, with a careful candling before marketing, any farm poullrymaa may be pertain that he to offering only z first quality product that may command the beat prices. KEEPING DOWN POTATO BUGS Spraying Vines With Arsenate of Lsed or Paris Green Will Prove Entirely Satisfactory. Potato bug* are very easily controlled by spraying your vines with arsenate of lead or parts green. You can obtain either of throe material* from the store to vour town to which spraying materials aro bandied. Mix the poison according to the directions on the package, or small quantity la wanted, use about a testspoonful of the poison to n large

bucket of water.

Apply It with n eprayer of some sort, but It your patch to small and you do nol have a sprayer, aprtok'e the poisoned water over the foliage of your potato*# with a sprinkling can.

growth. Select the one* that are plump, full-breasted and to good proportion. You will not ear* to keep.-' 'hose that grow leggy and have thin

breasts.

Never, under «ny circumstances, keep more bird* than you can take care of well. Green food to necessary for all ages of poultry, but doubly eo for tb* Uttle chlcka. Water s-d green food nr* chiap and very Important. Be sure the baby chlcka b .v* plenty of exercise Keep them busy and

hungry.

Keep the hopper full of dry mask all of thmtlme Thto give* th# ehHhena an <$portanlty to balance the rxato rations fed. Remember, full-fed chlcka are paging chlcka. It pays big dividend* to , hurry their growth. Always practice absolute claaattneu In feeding J Cull the Hoof closely. Keep th* best and pujps the rest for market. Enrich tb# garden plot with th* poultry droAings Constant Sought and Judgment nr* necessary In fcouliry raising

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Hen la Equipped to Lay Mors Eggs Tha^ Other*. yellow akin will give r that has a white skin. But how abcu* a ben with the yellow shanks of that color laying the most eggs? At the Maine station It baa been found that the coloring matter which yellow color to a ben's

Shed Ventilators.

tog open with force frequently The lop of thto shod may b# left open the greater part of the time without banning the Bock at all

Several Ohio lawyer* oau* gathered to «udg* Wilson s room after adjourn n.ent of court, and were discussing the retirement of a member of the

Among thca^ was one m

practice was worth |t 2£.o00 a year said. "1 have been^g^jpUdag several' yesra. and am w. I Lav, 1 thought 1 would ill ottr'-rifs aud ,1* ,ote my rrmsinlcgrott will V studies ' have neglected." tut

In Judge Wllroii. -•-.'c-.

A Colt Ration.

A grain ration consisting of six pounds of oats or corn, three pounds of bran, and one pound of oLmeal to recommended for colls by the Ohio agriccHutal loltoge- One pound of th* grain mixture should b# fed for Uf each 100 pounds of colts, to connection with ull the aifalfa or clover hay they

will ML

Save* Tim* and Labor. By having a stout pole lying right under the hay rack on th* upper Dm here in the barn for the hay to Mop on when It to tripped trom slings or forks, it sores a man in a mow. It aL. ave* the hay from pounding down to the center which somettmo* causes It to mold. As the b-> drops on the poles It rolls to either side end spreads. The altugs are s groat labor and Dme saver. Regularity Is Urged. Regularity of work arid regularity of feeding make long year* of usefulness of 'Jo work haree.

Bird'* Vitality. id unhoalthlul eak'-u ■ bird *

Red Si shanks to th* same aa that which gives the color to the yolks of the eggs, and that the shanks of a good layer will be much lighter to color at the qnd of her laying period than when she began. So It looks like the coloring matter to the ebauka has been used to color the yolk# of the eggs. It hasn't been proved yet that a lot of yellow coker tng la thu shanks means that the hen to equipped to lay a lot of eggs, and how about those f ' have white. black\ or blue ahanka? BVtoa> be something will be worked out from thtogioloring ■natter business that will j#? V* to know good toytre. DIARRHEA FATAL TlTCHlCKS Ons of Most Common Causes of Mortality—Disease Can Be Prevented by Proper Feeding One of the most common cause* of chick mortality to shit* diarrhea. While It hes been established that thia dlaeaee la usual!) communicated to the chick before it to batched, ft baa also been rstabltsbvd that the dto ease can be held la check and evenprevented by proper feeding. The omaniams that cauee suite diarrhea are killed by weak acIda Far thla reason rour milk can well be made a part of the cbu-k» ration* lor ibe first few days Either moisten the food with it. or eel to *halkj*d rinklng pan*. In addltltt-. '_ jj i\n ....I fa. * *" I I