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uibamr /^Kn ®«2SS?S2we ■JtteT*'1**? Una* assoA DUCK 8T0RY. Boast dock Is delicious, greenbacks ftom yellow back green dock sales are Adrable, and If yoo bare draws tbe <■latUi.ni that yon most possess a pood to produce docks peruse tbe following epistle from a bona fide coshire hydrophobia. I can't drive tbem Into the water." Ws had bred tbe desire to swim oot of them. Docks need only enough water to liquidate their bills. Indeed, paddling makes them tough and stringy, and tadpole diet cultivates that fishy taste, while their scoop shovel stnnts stir op so much mod that tbe next neighbor along the stream begins to sling mod at you for allowing your flappers to pollute the water. Most docks are descended from the , wild Mallard, which baa quacked , a round tbe world. The colored Rouen most resembles j the ancestral waddler. , There are today a great variety of macks, but the most useful are the , Pekln, Aylesbury, Rouen, Black Oayo- , ga, Muscovy, India Runner, Blue Japs \ and Buff Orpington. Tbe Pekln, Runner, Jap and Buff Orpington excel for , «ggsTbe Buff Orpington dock Is tbe < world's champloo layer. In a year's i contest with Pekln, India Runner. Bine

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Jape and Mosoovy, six Orpingtons laid WOO eggs, 221 eggs per dock. The Aylesbury Is most popular In England, tbe Muscovy In Bouth America. the Rouen In France and White Pekln in the United States and China. America and China are tbe great dock producing countries of the world. In China millions are hatched and attended by men In boats, but In this country they are mostly batched aod reared op great plants and tbe majority without swimming facilities. New York and Pennsylvania are grest quack states, producing a million j ■ ducks per year. Long Island, only 120 by 30 miles, Is tbe great quack center. J having forty duck ranches, rearing j 860.000 ducklings a season. Qere, at j Speonk. Is tbe largest ranch In the I world, with a capacity of 70,000 quacks j and also tbe largest Incubator on earth, hatching at one time 36,000 j duck eggs or 60,000 hen eggs. American bred Peklns, tbe best In ; tbe world, not only swim but Uttle. but the development of their great egg ca- 1 paclty has almost destroyed their | brooding Instinct, so that they seldom I set and at best are poor mothers. Thus tbe modern incubator and ] brooder providentially fill the gap and make this vast Industry, that helps to feed the human race, possible. But what don't we owe to gray matter and machinery? DO NTS. Don't feed those chicks on sloppy mash. Buy best cracked grain, mix It, pay tbe cash. Don't let youngsters run In rain and damp. They will surely get the roup and cramp. Don't let turklets run In dewy grass nor stuff themselves with decayed garden "sass." Don't let goslings out In heavy rains. That will hardly pay you for your pains. Don't let ducklings run In tbe white clover. They'll catch the bees and die all over. Don't feed meat scraps like fertiliser. Its surely a chick's paralyser. Pont let white chicks run In tbe Mdhot sun. It means brassy backs aad silver cups none. Don't talk nasty about your neighbor and bis chickens. They might be worse; you might be better. Don't imagine that Mr. Koow-lt-all ■ tbe sum total of nothing. He owns a groat block of laughing stock. Don't err In your arithmetic if yoo are foolish enough to send your egg record to the poultry Journal. Ret—

MY OLE STRAW HAT:--Toroanr ote etraw bat What's Ms hangta' In tbe haymow Steoe the froet laid things out OaL -Tbe eparrowa bunt a nest In it. But I don't keer fur that Ton may wear your royal diadems; Gimme my ale straw hat. Some sport l* plugs that's two foot blab' An' think they're rl»-ter-crata. Let 'em what wants ter play tbe foot Gimme my ole straw bat. Oh. yea, a bole's clear through the Ut, She's got a ragged brim. But^ril be burned If I'd swap It occupies no Mather ease Nor hangs on patent book. But list remember high tone ptags Oft klver up a crook. Now shake tbe hayseed eat of tt. Git rid af an the lice; Be sure Unclear of sparrow. Then glvTVa iSod rob^aT'ecrub An' make ft clean an* swmL. 1 Tou bet I don't git baldhead. With brain etorma an' all that, i I let tbe air blow through my hair Through the hole In my ote straw hat CH.IT INCUBATING DUCK EGGS. A duck harem should consist of one 1 Brake and five docks, and, stranga to i relate, tbe drake only wears a curl on his tall and sings soprano. Fertile eggs come from Pekln pullets, eight : months old, limy droppings being a sign of tbe egg debut, and tbeae eggs should hntcb in twenty-eight days if fresh, fertile and Incubated correctly, unless ycm have roughly WMbed off the gloea Ten duck eggs are enough for a hen to cover, and they should be sprinkled occasionally Rnn your duck incubator at 102 degrees the first week, 103 degrees tbe next two weeks and 104 degrees tbe last week, and keep temperature even, for overhearing especially means duck disaster. Turn eggs and change trays twice a day from I he fourth to the twentysixth day, and sprinkle with tepid water every day. Run brooder at 00 degrees for first two days, and gradually reduce heat Ducks require lees beat than chickens, and brooder lamps need not be long. RATION8 FOR DUCKLINGS. Ducklings should be fed after twen-ty-four hours' fast at 6 and 10 a. m. and 2 and fl p. m. For first forty-eight hours keep feed before them and have water bandy to feed trough, as ducks drink and eat at MASH RATIONS. As docks have no gisxards they are fed crumbly mash, and this promotes quick growth. Mash for the first week: Two parts corn meal, two parts wheat bran, two parts wheat mida and 8 per cent coarse, clean sand. From seventh day to two months , old: Equal varts corn meal, wheat bran, mlds, 12 per cent of bulk beef scrap, 8 ! per cent sand and. If confined. 16 per I cent green food. ' From two months to seventy days, ■ fattening ration: Three-fourths cora- ' meal, one-fourth mids. 16 per cent of !>

! bulk beef scrap, 8 per cent sand, j When mash is wet up with ski mm Ilk. I cut scrap. 1 When ducks are prepared for market, cut greens and swimming and only i feed what they eat up with a relish. ' FEATHER8 AND EGG8HELL8. I Certain chick feed companies do , double stunts at running in grit, com, I dust and "leftovers." Grit bought at . 86 cents and sold at $2.26 is pretty high. Corn makes yellowbacks. Dust , and "leftovers" kill chicks In their , I tracks. I Tou should have a never clog spray- j . er for whitewashing your plant. Then | ; at hou8ecleanlng time when wife ; I I says. "Won't you whitewash the eel- j . j lar. John?" the Job will move along j i like a merry bird song. I "And Just think of it! i was de- 1 i feated at tbe show by a 'woman!" Say, j fool man, where were you brought up? , I If this is your first defeat by fair fe- i t j male you must have Just arrived from ; - tbe Isle of Man. c It Is stated that eagles soar to a ! 1 height of 6.000 feet, while crows make j their top notch 4,000. They frequently ' I j condescend to descend to offend by | I j snatching chickens off tbe ground • when Johnny and his gun are not j around. Mrs. .Charlotte Gllman, the soclolo- I gist, declares that woman is man's \ horse. We once heard of a man who I married a "nag" which, to say the I least, did not show very good horse ! , sense. That poultrymen are experts j at prize mating is shown by the fact I . that tbey and their running mates are | i not seen kicking over tbe traces In divorce courts, i A York (Pa.) pullet laid as her first egg a white globe alx and a quarter inches around the middle, seven and seven-eighths inches around tbe long way and weighing three and a half ounces, Just twice tbe ordinary weight May her tribe increase. The late poultry shows were very popular outside the ranks of chicken cranks, for which the public will please accept our hearty thanks. The best litter for chicks is clean, dry wheat straw cnt in short lengths by tbe clover cutter. Dusty haymow chaff is bad scratching material. Tbe state legislatures have been busy amoving the fifty dollar fine for kill lng tbe American eagle. It makes lib tie difference In these parts, for eagles, especially golden eagles, are scarce as bens' teeth. •5B. .

llMflflltuMlSlnfcSft" k°° II b l/nlnlfimnfffBllillTnfu Fjl t sr\\ II CINCINNATI. O. II \V>wl »<-<**•< fee Pern Mew I .ewe*.// \\ l*»- UieHwefl MRMSS // Cell mi J/ «>-> (ft g WILBUR F. COLLINS, Agent. Eldredge Ave., W. Cape May, N. J., Residence and Cemetery enclosures especially. KEYS FITTED i Locks, Trunks, Valises, Parasols, etc. Repaired e J, DEN1ZOT J Keystone 'Phone 1-29-D j DIAMOND & CC. f DEALERS IN ; BoilderS' Sipplits HOLLY BEACH n J f — LUMBER AND ; MILL WORK Sfiorge ogiieit k son 1 — - 1 and 1 ££ !§lil5®> g es

HALT I HE IS INNOCENT. Ladies and Gentlemen:— Now is tbe time to have your spring and summer _ clothing looked over. We will clean, » press, repair or alter, anything they need, and keep them for you until you call for them. VAN KESSEL. j 424 Washington street. Cape May. " Keystone 'Phone 124X

f GAS | To Cook or ' Heat Its Hard to Beat ! Q A S It will do yon - good and keep money in yonr pnrse if S you will get the , Habit of buying your DRY GOODS FURNISHING GOODS and CLOTHING at LAVENTHOL'S 319 Washington Street " W. H. BRIGHT. [Fire Insurance In any part of Cape May County HOLLY BEACH. N. J. | Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. I 'ft"' UOPrRIOHTB sc.

Anyone sending ft sketch end description may i:ou..ulcl^r^ncaent^.fHtKDB0^)fon Patenu " "patent! taken, tf rough °Munn A "co^recefra rptcial notice, without charge. In tbe Scientific American. ' A handsomely Ulaetrmted weekly. Iareeat circulation ot any scientific Journal. Terma, n a rear : four months, |L Bold by all oewedaalera. MUNK & New Tort Branch Offloc. 621 F St. Wsahlngton. D. C.

; W. S SHAW & SON Gneral Contractors. Dealers in Brick. Lime and Cement. ;)BOTH phones 523 ELMIRA STRE!iT j Wall Paper, ? Big reduction in sprfng styles 626 Washington st. ■ | Before decorating your rooms look at my new stock of Wall Paper Burlaps, Lincrusta Walton. W. LENOIR 'A. C-GILE^— ; Souse and Sign Fainter and lecorator. Office NHOP iu It E 4 It ot ,105 Jackson st. Cape May City Glen wood Hotel Everybody is ipvited to compare THE CAPE MAY FARMSTEAD BY THE SEA with the leading Dairy and Poultry farms of the world. Such comparison will establish its supremacy. No finer aggregation of healthful, cheerful and well groomed cattle is possible. No finer collection of Leghorns and Wyandottes of purer strains can be seen anywhere. The homes of tnese cattle and chickens are celebrated for their cleanliness and comfort. Such a combination can but offer to the interested public the most sanitary and enticing products. One visit will more than satisfy the most fastidious. So please makej the visit and compare us with others. THE FARMSTEAD BY THE SEA J. P. MACKISSIC, Manager. I D

INCORPORATED 1825. CHARTER PERPETUAL OFFICE, 508-510 WALMUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. DIRECTORS. •HSr' "Saras ss W. Gardner Crowell, !. DALE HAMPTONL.WARNBE, JuJwStS&reA. W. HAND A BLDUDGB HAND AND ELDREDGE LOCAL AGENTS 810 Washington Street I ■ ' ; AN IDEAL GIFT | THE NEW ROYAL SEWING MACHINES "P'oa'T Ihe best machine la the ( market but a handsome piece of furnl- { tore as Veil. Call or write for more I Information.. , R. M. WENTZELf, - I1 Furniture Ware Rooms ! 33 Perry St, Cape May, N.J. j Clias Saijdgran ; I Notary Public, Commissioner i of Deeds for New Jersey, ■ Leases, Deeds, &c„ Drawn i All kinds of Pension Business ! 308 Washington St., Cape May < Wall Paper. Wall Paper. i - a , ^___A . I

A new and fine assortment of wall | paper is now being offered by FJdredge 1 Johnson, 818 Washington street. What- \ 1 ever you need in this line can be sup- < Dlied. tf c n ! There is nothing finer in sport than .t the bracing ten pins and this will be a 11 dandy time to get tbe habit Tbe P glsw of health waits upon such exercise and dyspepsia and kindred ills vaoish. The Congress Alleys. 31 Perry street, are as good as the best tf &

tho dieesa.-.f mem. ■ . brane recalling from Catarrh and drive. W ' away a Gold in the Head quickly. prUffl . stores the Senses of HI! Y ■LYCSi ! Ts^e and Smell. Full six- 60 eta. atDiS ' gtets or by maU. In liquid form, -75 L-'v Brothers, W Warren v^T* Ball programs and banquet meou cards printedfby ^he Star and Ware artists are hi variably retained aa tab • venire by eartidpanU in tb^ee'affalS because of tbe beauty and aymmat^ of tbe work. See our show windows. THE EuiSON RECORDS A few of tbe Bdiaon records tat March still In stock include "Down la Goergia on Camp |Me$ting Day;" "Balnbbw,*' N. Y. Military Band: "Sweetheart Town," duet; "SuIUvan." comic song; "Jim Lawsoa'a Horee Trade." Cal. Stewart; "Tba Forest King," N. Y. MUitray Band; "Keed Bird," Edison Concert Band] "I can't say Jyou're tbe only one," dnet; "Mandy Lane," comic lova •ong ; "The fairest of tbe Fair," Souaa March ; "Now I have to call Hfej Father at Laat," comic sang. CASTOR I A Rt Is&At, uA OhlUrea. Tti Kind You Hni Alvajs Bought Baaaar. of The New Paint Store John Little has opened up the business of selling paints at the comer of Jackson and Washington streets and it is just the place to buy fresh paints. 3-23-t t Health and muscle are developed by the judicious exeroise afforded by the alleys. Congress Alleys, 88 Perry street, are the most modem and beat equipped. Try an evening at the ancient and ever enjoyable game. tf New Malay Opium Cure Being Distributed Free by at New York Society. " Co-operating with missions in Maley. sia, the Windsor Laboratories of New York have secured a supply of the won* derful combretum plant, which has done so much to revolaooBlse the treatment of the opium baUL and United States consular reports bearing on the subject will be sent to any sufferer. To obtain a free supply of this remedy and the consular reports, ad dress Windsor Laboratories, Breach 88, •■34 East 2Jth Street. New York City.

OF muWBT5 neatly Printed if not Engraved We can imitate Engraved work so closely that it will deceive a great and it would simply be out o? the question to procure better engraving than we are selling. See the samples and be convinced. Star and Wave Publishing Company, 315 and 317 Washington Street. Cape May, N. J. Printing from High Class Type

SEE ttlRSHlTlGTOri THE HEART OF THE NATION r THREE DAY TOURS ! VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD April 29, May 13, 1909 ROUND TRIP RATE $10.75 OR $13.25 FROM GAPE MAY ( According to hotel selected Ooeors necessary expenses lor three days. Tickets good returning (or ten days Detailed Itineraries and (ull Information ot Ticket Agents, or -J. R. WOOD. GEO. W. BOYD y Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent j. a JJWm.'G. Blattner, )Geo. S. Bennett I BLATTNER! !& BENNETT — | Wcst'Perry'Strect, Cape May, N. J. ^OKUMElffS." TOMBSTONES (Marble and Granite Work w Blue Stone Flag and Curb in Stock and laid on short notioe. '' m New designs and estimates furnished on application [J SOUTH JERSEY MARBLE WORKS