•MTSBJTRY PI.AnrDEABEH. ms. n r wilcoxon 4: m wilcoxon and Hir Chickens. Flock A&1N&RS RETURN TO WORK IN MICHIGAN AFTER BEING OUT ./i~siNce JULr«tr " ' C6m WORKERS $1,000,000 tlB successful 2JSSSg9!B8Dt of a poultry farm depends primarily upon the natu- *<n 1 *»»»» #A«* fK A ViiioifiACICI i cu iaouo ivi tuv wuw*Uw9v sufficient to embi»ce a love for as well as an in terest In fowls. The worn- . an who succeeds most have a capacity to manage details--ability to direct hired help if such is necessary. She must have power to under- stand the market and good judgment in regard to the merits of the dif- ^ ferent breeds. There are many nota- ble examples of women who have sue* ceeded with poultry raising. I know many who' are good fanciers, many good commercial poultry raisers and 'i they are all ener- • 3 getic. They knoW how to push aside fif? the difficulties that arise iu the poajh try business. . - . ' ,-i'-0 During a - trip I %'--{I once took I via- ^ • Ited a real poultry farm where a worn- v an was hired on^a monthly salary for taking charge and p6rforming s\Jl the ' labor connected with the farm. I ii* know many who have-large turkey •. farms, many own large duck farms. ^ Ducks have come to stay and the ^ : breeder who gives them special atten- §£•?&&>" tion will realize a good profit from them. There are great possibilities in store for duck raisers. Poultry farming is a hobby of mine. > ;#t I know it to be one of the healthiest ^ outdoor occupations that woman can enter. Women perhaps need hobbles v?: even more than men do; their lives are more circumscribed. Woman is "'"'a i: often held at home by a thousand ties which she would not loosen if she could aad CQuld not if she would. Let 'ff. her have a hobby, then, which will v direct her thoughts from her small cares." Some time ago a man said to me, Tpf- "Chicken raising is nothing but a fad." Even so; it does one good to have a hobby to ride if they only get there. It will pay to ride a safe hobby and there is nothing more profitable than the "fancy fowl fad." Did you ever attend a poultry show and notice how many exhibitors there '4r|S are? There is Just as good a chance a woman to win a prize on her poultry as men. It's simply a matter v^V-'of knowing how. A great many women when they f^is "y want to increase their income jutf t ^ add to the number of their flock, and & If you want to sell out your stock you '•.'£$pcan do so any time of the year. The /-Mr hungry public buys our poultry prod- * ucts greedily and at any time. A great many .have a taste for coun try life and natural capacity for the management of a farm; with poultry raising the raising of fruit can be combined profitably. Who is adapted? The woman who may become a good manager of a household has the quali ties which insure success as poultry raisers and women would not be pool- try raisers if they did not have a strong taste in that direction. If she is endowed with that taste all else follows naturally. If we care for poultry we like to see It and this trains the eye to recognize types and to estimate a correct value fivm it; It enables one to detect the conditions which in the beginning may make the difference between success and fail ure. A prime requisite with poultry is that it be kept This sympathetic na ture in woman leads her to provide for comfort. Her care for appearance has real value in the market, which is the final test of her ability to pro duce. It is in this place where we differ from women in all other call ings. We are not handicapped by our •ex. We have never had a discount pro posed because poultry was owned by women, while on the other hand, no ,matter hoW well we teach, clerk, etc., we find an inevitable discrimination against us in the pay offered our abil ity in those lines. • J V f l P o u l t r y f a r m i n g a f f o r d s a p r o f i t a b l e V^'j^outlet for intelligence and energy with ivjS^independence. If we are fitted for pf^jathis work we will find a perpetual £charm in poultry farming. It also & Ogives us an opportunity to maintain a - t'f^home where others may find refuge. ^cfSlhere is no monotony Ih such a life. %e have the poultry papers, the fairs i&nd shows--these keep the mind alert and the interests engaged. The woman engaged in It finds the business of poultry raising projected on such a generous scale that she has Jno fear of others in the same busi- . Then, too, the poultry farmer '. lis her own boss. Poultry farming . ihas many features which would ap- jpe&l to woman. She is mistress of the situation. The business is hers. Don't ,be an amateur in the work Charles h. Moyer, Head of W. F. of M., atid Other Officials Must Stand 'Trial--Jobs Filled by ' 4 ; ^ Outsiders. A JFine Flock of PlymouthRocks--Some Young Duok* E- ^infls--Trap Nests--Simple Feeding and Drinking* 1'a- " .Devices---Whits Wyandottes. : .aiess. •W dBpend all your ability in becoming a professional. If the women who half starve trying to teach, clerk, etc., would only employ their time raising ^poultry for the market they would te>ake fortune8- If nine-tenths of the rf mctresses would put as much time and fctudy on the characteristics of a hen ^ studying Lady Macbeth e«'V ' * : - SOT INTO PROPER UNIFORM -- •"./'^Secretary 8eward Showed Resource of Diplomat in Meeting Require* t ments of Situation. :v r.? At One time such divinity *fcedigtd Icings and queens that treason was not * ^ >vpdone in fearing to peep at them. " ^ ' Americans in civilian dress also were s v Jtept at a distance. In this connection - Inhere may be cited an instance where- In Secretary Seward had part. Uv Seward, who had been received with they would be walking on velvet in stead of beating the hard pavements looking for a job. - If nature intended you to do this work, do it. A ^successful foundation with poultry is first made by going into details in regard to the little things that in the beginning seem to be so insignificant Women have greater aptitude than men. The present-day farmer is the man of the hour (man 'or woman), who has already made a success in rattle and hog raising. You will not find a practical farmer who has al ready made a success, fail if he or she undertakes poultry. Why? Because they go about it on businesslike prin ciples with no thought of, failure. There is nothing about poultry farming but what can be learned by any bright woman and there is no part of the work woman cannot do if she is so minded. I see women in poor health reaping a good harvest both physically and financially in the poultry business, and I wonder why more women do not indulge in this health-giving business. Often women are left companionless on the farm. Why not try poultry raising instead of moving to the city to find something to do to eke out a mere existence? They write me, "What branch of the poultry business shall I take up?" You will have to decide for yourself; as so much depends upon the location, the demand, the market, etc. Business methods wW pay. Profit or loss can be known only by good bookkeeping. We cannot overesti mate the importance of keeping rec ords of our hens. Upon these records depends the success or failure of our business. Under present conditions with the Increased cost of everything which enters Into the production of a dozen eggs comes the necessity for the application of stricter methods of economy and a closer attention to e v e r y d e t a i l , J -- - We must get out of the old ruts and open an account with the hens, giving them credit for what they produce and charging them with what they consume. But some one says, "That la too much work! We cannot afford to spend the time keeping these ac counts!" I dare say some of you will find some surprises awaiting you when you begin keeping an account great respect in Russia, came to Eng land, and naturally desired to go to court. He was to be presented at the levee by the American minister as a senator of the United States. lie drove off at the appointed hour to the palace, but was stopped in the corridor by a man in uniform, who said that Mr. Seward could not pass because he was not "properly dressed.** The American was In full evening dress. But it would not do. The offi cial explained that he must have knee * ' of your flock. The hen owner has, by the use of the trap nest, determined the egg -production ability of the hens and has taken the first step in discov ering the differ ence between a p r o f i t a b l e h e n and an unprofit able one. The question often arises " W h a t i s a profitable hen?" The only direct answer must of necessity be a general one. A p r o f i t a b l e h e n may be defined as one that will produce enough to pay for feed, care, interest on the necessary investments and some prof it besides. The cost of keeping a hen will vary according to locality and cost of feed and labor. In a great many localities the laying hen Is receiving her share of atten tion. For a great many years In the past she has been a side issue. Very few have realized the Importance of the laying hen and the prominent po sition she is filling in the agricultural affairs of the United States. With the land Increasing In value rapidly the farmer is now beginning to wonder how he can make the great est amount of profit, and interest on the amount invested. By this I do not advocate the farmer turning bis entire attention to poultry, but just a hint to the farmers' wives and daughters who have to go away from home to find something profitable to do for spending money. You can more than earn spending money at home by raising poultry with 300 hens, the , profits from which , would assure you a larger Income than the factory hand and not so many hours' work per day and this mostly in' the open air. You would be In no danger of "losing your job," for the hens ^are capable of producing from 200 to 250 eggs per each year. Good, pure-bred stock is one of the features for the moBt rapid improve ment Too many do not give enough thought to the breeding side, and even the matter of production re- ceivee but little attention. On under taking any enterprise in whatever line it Is extremely, necessary to con- slder if what we are doing is to result in success. • First, determine the breed desired. I would strongly urge the necessity of choosing at the outset one of'the best breeds'and sticking to it If 'rightly managed a flock of S00 hens will bring in not less than $600 a year. I have read of some making $600 with only six hens and a cockerel. These persons receive fancy prices for their products. . I am Just talking about the ordinary prices that iiie majority of farmers obtain. Let me tell you that this cannot be done with scrub stock. This is where the mongrel fails, and the pure-brad wins. A farm full of laying hens Is a great help because they are a daily cash income. About the first step to make is to go right out to the hen house. Don't figure on paper. Sit right down among them and see if you can find wherein you can make improvements for this season's work. You can make money with poultry if you love the chickens and start out with the intention that you are going to make a living at the busi ness apd if you are not afraid to work and will apply yourselves to the task of looking after and caring Cbr the fowls. Hancock, Mich., April 15.--The cop per mine workers who have been on strike since July 23 voted to call off the strike, according to an announce ment made by Charles E. Hietela, dis trict secretary of the Western Federa tion of Miners on Monday. The figures will not be given out until after a meeting of the district board. It is unofficially reported that the majority in favor of calling off the strike was 1,012. The wiofflciai vote from four of the five locals in the dis trict resulted as follows Ahmeek^ 600 for returning vo work and 17 against; Calumet, 291 for and 3S2 asainfit;' Han cock, 491 for and 18 .against* SoiUth Range, 485 for and 90 against. Recognition of'the union denied by the mining companies is waived by the strikers in voting to return to work. They claim .that practically all of their other demands have been, granted since the strike began. These demands included better working conditions, an eight-hour day and a. minimum ^aily wage of three dollars.' From the. outset the operators have declared that they would never recog nize the Western Federation of Mi ners,' although they do uot question the right of their employes to organ ize. Several thousand men have been imported to fill the strikers' places and the companies will be hard pressed to Ind work for the returning strikers. When the strike began, the union claimed that approximately 12,000 men were out. Since that time many of these have returned to work and oth ers have moved away from the copper district. The' latest estimate of the number ou strike, made by Secretary Hietela, was about six thousand. The mining company estimates were much smaller. The strike has been attended by considerable violence and there has been some loss of life. The National Guard was ordered out in the early days of the struggle to assist the civil authorities in preserving order. There has been no disorder of any conse quence for several months. Hietela said the strike had cost the union more than one million dollars. Strikers who cannot get work and their families will be aided by the fed eration, It was announced. Those who wish to go elsewhere will be provided with money. Mining company officials said that no strikers would be taken back until they had renounced their membership in the Western Federation. Houghton, Mich., April 15.--Charles H. Moyer and the 37 other officers and members of the Western Federation of Miners must stand trial under the in dictment charging them with conspir acy in connection with their activities in the copper miners' strike. Circuit Judge O'Brien on Monday de nied a motion by attorneys for the fed eration for a writ of abatement, to quash the proceedings. The attorneys charged that Gov. Woodbridge N. Ferris, by his presence before it, had influenced the special grand jury which brought the Indict ment last January. Judge O'Brien said this chargc had not been sustained. Calumet, Mich., April 15.--When It became known on Monday that the strike was to be called off there was a rush of strikers seeking employment at all the Calumet & Hecla mines Many of them Were put to work upon surrendering their union cards. Others were promised work at the firstoppor- tunity. Denver, Colo., April 15.--Charles H Moyer, president of the Western Fed' eration of Miners, said: "I do not believe an announcement of the future policy of the fedration would be advisable at this time. I ex pect to prepare a statement as soon as I receive official advices from our rep resentatives in Michigan as to the out come of Sunday's referendum." ILLINOIS S STATE NEWS SHIP AND CREW OF 70 LOST A Fine Healthy Flock of White Wyandottes. Vacation of English JudQS. The judges who are to have their holidays curtailed may look back with u sigh to the good old times of a cen tury ago. The four law terms into which the year was divided lasted only a few weeks each, while the long va cation was of three months' duration. Then there were a liberal number of royal birthdays and saints' days which furnished an excuse for a holi day. But against this the courts opened punctually at 10 every morn- breeches, silk stockings and .buckled shoes, all these being absolutely nec essary. An Idea struck Seward. There was an old man about his size, the porter of the hotel at which he was staying, who sat in a box in the hall, and off the American drove to find him. The mission was Crowned with suc cess The porter had a beautiful pair of new knee breeches and black silk stockings, together with buckled shoe*. A few shillings for the loan were all that was needed. Mr. Sew ing, and never took a half holiday on Saturday, and sat after dinner, some times well into the night--a remarka ble feat when we remember that law yers of the period were nearly all "three or six bottle men."--Lendoa Chronicle. Firmness of Purpose. Firmness of purpose is one of the moat necessary sinews of character and one of the best instruments of success.--Chesterfield. ard was speedily equipped, drove back to the palace, where he was admitted and finally had the pleasure of making his bow in the hotel porter's clothes to her majesty. » Now all that Is changed, and Amer ican citizens attend European. courts In plain evening dress. ^ ^ Accent on the ft. Redd--There Is very little differenoa between a booster and a boaster. Qreene--Perhaps, but you must afr mlt there is a difference. . Iv'ViSfc" * rl4*/ Steamer Kite Believed to Have Gone Down In Blizzard Whioh. De stroyed Sealers. St. Johns, N. F., Aprilx 15.--The steanftr Kite and her crew of 70 men are believed to have been lost In the blizzard In which the sealers New foundland and Southern Cross were destroyed. Captain Windsor of the steamer Bloodhound, which arrived on Monday from the northern sealing fields' reported that a number of the Kite's crew had been found dead on an lee floe. Drought Hits Decatur. Decatur, 111., April 15. Decatur's commissioners will make the city as dry as powder. They will prohibit the sale of liquor even for medicinal pur poses, close up soft drink parlors and bar shipment of liquor into the city. Judgs Phllbrlck Under Knife* Springfield, 111., April 16.--Judge Sole Philbrick of Champaign, member of the Appellate court of the Third district, was removed to St John's hospital, where he will undergo an operation. His condition Is critipal. i.' >" , Wilt Form Jap Cabinet}^ Tokyo, April 15.--Count Shigenobu Okuma accepted the premiership of Japan, an office he formerly held, and at once set about to form a new cabi net Count Okuma Is a progressive, hut has the respect of all factions. / : : £ Dixon.--The annual reunion of the Thirteenth Illinois infantry will be held in this city May 22. Bloomington.--Mrs. Nora Phillips, until recently of Peoria, was killed in an explosion that followed the starting Of a kitchen fire with gasoline. Lincoln.--Former Lieut Gov. John ©. Oglesby was elected justice of the peace in Elkhart . township, Logan county. He had no opposition on the Republican ticket Joliet.--Complete ; returns of the election when Jollet was voted "wet." showed that 18 more women vote 4 "wet" than voted "dry." The woman's vote was 4,172 "wet" an(| 4,154 "dry." Bloomington.--Mrs. Nora Phillips, until recently of Peoria, was killed in an explosion that followed the starting of a kitchen fire with gasoline instead of kerosene Centralia.--The population of Cen- tralia and suburbs, according to a cen sus just completed, is 15,234, an in crease of almost two thousand ia two years. - Mounf Vernon.--Samuel Bradley, a former slave, aged one hundred and twenty-three, died here. He had lived In Ujls city three years and when he came here it was his first trip on a train. Danville. -- Posses and detectives made a thorough search at Westville and vicinity for Rev. Louis Rl Pal- mount of Milwaukee, the tempo ranee worker who disappeared March 31. No trace of him was found Aurora.--Angered because his wlfa hurried off to the polls and voted in stead of waiting for Kim to accompany her, John Haeger, colored, is beliieved by the police to have shot and Instant ly killed his wife, Helen Haeger, aged twenty-eight years, at their home, 214 fieach street. Springfield.--Governor Dunne issued a requisition on the governor of Kan sas fo* the return to Lincoln, Logan county, of Henry Seeman, under ai> rest near Dlghton, Lane county, Kan sas, on a charge of obtaining |21 from Henry F. Masters of Elkhart through a confidence game. Renault.--Herman Mueller, former president of the Monroe County Fann ers' institute, died here of pneumonia He was born in Europe and was sixty five years old. The funeral was held under Masonic auspices. One of his daughters, Mrs. William Miller, resides in St Louis. Springfield.--'1 am much gratified, to see in what large numbers women' voted," said Gov. E. F. Dunne here. "Ever 6ince the passage of the act I have been urging that every woman qualified should vote. My wife and my daughter registered and voted at the first opportunity and will continue to vote at every election. It should be the duty .of every male voter to see that his women trlends and relatives are registered." Rock Island.--Frederick Weyer haeuser, multi-millionaire lumberman, was buried in Chippianock cemetery beside his wife. The funeral services, according to the rites of the Presby terian church, were held at the home of Weyerhacuscr's daughter, Mrs. S. S. La vis. Rev. W. B. Hill of Pough- keepsle, N. Y., a son-in-law or Weyer haeuser, assisted In the services. Wey erhaeuser laid the foundation of his fortune in Rock Islafid. Gaksburg.--Robert Higgins, charged with killing his wife In order to clear the way for his love affair with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Julia Flake, was Indicted here on two counts. Higgins was charged with the murder of his wife and the other count charges Improper conduct With the daughter. Julia Flake also was indicted, charged with being an accessory to the murder of her mother. Peoria.--The joint committee of the Illinois division of the United Mine Workers and the Illinois coal operators reported that little headway has been made toward settling the wage-scale dispute. The miners have submitted a list of 400 demands. The operators, in turn, have submitted a list of ap proximately 350 demands. Both si^ss declare that their demands mus^ be met to prevent a strike or a lockout Members of the scale committee stated there is no hope of an agreement for several weeks. Not a single mine in the Peoria district Is running. Decatur.--The fact that fire doqtr* and windows In the theater and^thos* between the Power*' building and the annex were propped open and a new gasolire can partly filled stood on the side street near where the fire is sup posed to have started, caused Fire Chief Devore. who* has fought practi- "al'y every fire in the history of this city, to declare the fire of incendiary origin^. The s*me entire block was de stroyed just 19 years ago, the Linn & Scruggs store and Powers' theater be ing destroyed at thai time. One report was that the fire started from a gas iron left turnwd on in a dressmaking j school in the building, but this is not i given much credit. ' Spring Valley,--D9pondent over the ; recent death of hi8 wife and child, j ttobert J. Blum, a business man, com- j mitted suicide by shooting himself j through the head. j Mcline.--Emil Ahiberg, a young la- > boring man, shot a hole through jits j sweetheart's picture, which was hang- j tn| in his room, and t^en shot and ; killed himself. He had quarreled wilh.; the girl. Johnston City.--Gill Rogers, a miner, thirty-eight years old. commit ted suicide here by taking carbolic acid. Family troubles had caused his act, it was said. Rockton. -- Clarence Kimball of Rockton is said to have the only pheasant farm in Illinois. He has been engaged for a number of years in raising the English ring necked species and has had great success. A large number of birds are tu be fctiud upon his farm a:»l the sight of the brilliant colbred plumage has at tracted much admiring attention. * Peoria.--An unidentified was fcund dead in the Illinois river here \>y John Enfield, a bridge tender. A lerby and gold spectacles worn bjr he ma^ were still iu their prop®-' place. TWO WOMEN OPERATIONS By Taking Lydia E. Pink* ham's Vegetable * Compound/.* % '| ^ tu ~ v u T - T ^laicagu, xii. -- a must tnank you with % all my heart for Lydia E. Pinkham's - <V i- [Vegetable. Com- pound, It!2cdtc 7 to my doctor for.pills # {-Jr Jfc . | a n d r e m e d i e s a n d ~ they did not help me. • 'I 'ft I had headaches mwj| ^ could not eat, and the * '7*3 doctor claimed I had ^ female troubl? and ® must have an open*, f tion. I read in the v S paper about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound and I haye taken it and feel fine. A lady said one day, 'Oh. I feel so tired a!! the time and have heaa- ache.' I said, 'Take Lydia R Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound,' and she ui- j did and feels fine now."--Mrs. M. R. V/f vi Karschntck, 1438 N. Paulina Street, >v Chicago, Illinois. . ^ The Other Case. , i Dayton, Ohio. --,a J.ydia E. Pinkham'a ' ̂ Vegetable Compound relieved me of / pains in my side that I had for year^ , 4 »j| and which doctors' medicines failed to , jjl M relieve. It has certainly saved me from " an operation. I will be glad to assist % 'M y o u b y a p e r s o n a l l e t t e r t o a n y woman V V ' - 1 in the same condition."--Mrs. J. W. 4 -• Sherer, 126 C$ss St, Dayton, Ohio. v f If you want special advice A"f write to Lydia E. Plnkham Med- ' j Idine Co. (confidential) Lynn, '¥V| Mass. Your letter will be opened* -5 ̂• S read and answered by a wonuu^ | and held in strict confidence* I A Discrimination. "Does your husband play cards Cot* money?" "I don't think so," Replied young Mrs. TorkinB. 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E*at St., Midi con. Ind., aays: "Dark circles apmwd un der my eyas uS ray ankles w*r« In flamed nn4 swollen. 1 wif all crippled up with rheumatlasa. My back ached osa- atantly and I was a phy»leal wreck. Doc tors and expensive treatment of special ists failed. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me from tks first and befors lose re stored tarn 0| coo4 health." Cst Pl»t a Asy 8h»,a» attt DOAN'S "PVLIV FOSTEKMILBURN CO.. BUFFALO, K. Y. 1 Two Killed in Auto Craafo.. Los Angeles, Cal., April IB.--Georgia I. Ham, the Mexico City banker, and "Dud" Elder, son of a millionaire, were killed in an automobile accident near Whittier, Cal. Ham was the (a- ^har of ttta-auto racar. sufferers find in.si.ant relief in Sloan's Liniment. It peoe> trates to the painful part- soothes and quiets the nerves. No rubbing--merely lay it an. SLOANS LINIMENT Kills Pain Psr Mi fists fwanM not be without roerlW^ nent and pr&isfe it to all who saDsr with Mar al«ri<i or rheumatism or Beta ef I --Mm. Uwty Bitkxy. JbsMfc Paia All Cost ** I aaffered with quite a sew alpe headache for 4 months wittMst "U \V •/%*. ! (• any relief. I used your Uniwat for two or three nights and 1 ha»eutWi red with my head sine®-"--X *• IV ItMitvUU, A>. TraaUssats Cor Cold «ai Ows 'My little (lil. twelve roan aML caught a severe cold, aad 1 gave aar three drops of Sta&n '* LiainentaBSM o a c e i a « t o b e d , a n d s i t e g o t u a l Boraluaw|thaosfensofacvM. A 1 tie bar next door had croep sad I (•*+ tfet soU>«r smpstWMftia three drops oa going to bed. *ik! aeasa op without the croup in the -- Mr. a . tf. (liogut HL a«sai> il fuseaS*.i«**siMat gissaV lsalias Hiw« anas, sua it. ..IvijS