Goods, Prints, Muslins, Ginghams and Flannelettes being replenished so that we proved prices. Our stoc k of Dress is very large and varied and it is constantly have none but the newest designs in stock at the most up Tapestry and Wool, Tapestry Squares, Linoleums, Carpets ln Union, Lace Curtains in the - ,. U‘ "‘ I‘ 6 feet and 12 feet wide. Crockery in various designs. old reliable make, direct from the looms in Nottingham, England, made of M‘ :- double twisted Egyptian cotton in wreath and square designs, taped all round ready for use. The true test of value is comparison, and we cordially invite your inspection. G. J. MbKECHNIE All goods bought may bexreturned if in good condition, and mu the moneL will be given back, except goods cut. A it esh stock {of Groceries, a new stock of Boots and bhoes, the newest designs and good ï¬tters at popular prices; a ï¬ne stock of School Hats for Boys and Girls. G. 82 J. MCKECHNIE “We Buy to Sell and We Sell to Buy 9’ â€"Second Floor. Durham Small Profits 3 Mr. Robt. Blakeston, who spent ‘ the winter with his son, W. J. lBlakeston. retunred to Artemesia llast week. p Grade A students, who wrote at the recent Normal School ex- aminations. are anxiously awaiting ‘the results. We trust they will all l! The G..TR. laid a very import--l i ant seheme before the City Fath- - era to-day, April 1st. If the city ! will close Downie Street and build ' a subway under Nile Street, the ‘ Company :will expend about $200,- 000 in improvements, such as the building of a new depot, "3.31... i and the question, “will the game ‘ pay for the candle.†I think’ it ' will. swing. One .farmer near here will finish sowing this week, 2nd, if the weather continues favorable. Grain. $25.19; oyster shells, .50: food for small chickens. .35; poul- try food. .40; cut clover, .10; mak- ing a grand total of $26.54. «3 :3 My year’s experience may be '* briefly summed up up as follows: - Expenditure.-â€"Cost of henhouse, G $25.09; cost of hens, $6.50; cost of : feed~ $26.54. Total. $58.13. 0 l . Receipts.-Value of egg produc- tion. $37.50: value of broilers, $3: value of present flock. $13.50. Does it pay to keep poultry in the city? This is a question often asked, and one which I determined to answer to my own satisfaction by actual experiment. I had to begin at tihe beginning by building a hen house. It is a shanty-shaped frame structure, 10x6 feet, closed in with matched hemlock. The north and west sides are lined with felt paper. It is fairly well light- ed. dry, and free fnom drafts. Small as it is. however, the build- ing material alone, including wire for the yard, cost $25.09. Of course II did the work myself. Classï¬c City Chronic!es. About Uhe first of April I bought 12 hens for $6.50, and a friend, learning 'of my intention to go into the poultry business, sent along a thorough-bred Plymouth Rock cockerel and pullet. In June, three hens were set and they hatc- ched out 31 chickens. These chick- among the vegetables. However they soon began to nip otrf the young beets and carrots, so they were wired in. They grew rapidly and apparently would soon devel- op into a fine flock of young hens. Fate had declared, never- theless. that such should not be the case, as one after another be- gan to disappear. Finally, after eight or ten had mysteriously van- ished, an .old cat was caught carry- ing one 0M, and “the cat was out of the bag.†A wire roof was im- provised, but even flhen a‘ few chickens got out, and were invar- iably nabbed by the watchful old feline. notwithstanding our most careful precautions to protect them However. we managed to save 16 chickens-6 cockerels and 10 pullets. The former we behead- ed fm ta-ble use‘ and the latter were kept for egg production These pullets did not commence laying till about the latter part of February We then had a flock of 22 .hens, but about the middle of March. one of the original flock got out and never returned Not having trap nests, I, (could not keep an account of the number of eggs laid by any particular hen‘ but kept a strict account of the total daily egg production for the past year. which is as follows: April. 252; May. 244; June, 175; July, 175; August. 208; September. 137; October. 56: November, 33: December, 80: January 85: Febru- ary. 168; March, 455; making a grand total of 2068 eggs, which reckoned at the weekly market ‘price throughout the year are worth $37.50. To this must be add- ed six cockere-ls and one hen that were killed for table use and were worth $3. During the year, the cost for feed was as follows: From this it is easily n that the hens came within 84. f pay- ing for the building materialmhich I think is a pretty good return for my original investment, and is It why be interesting to know what the hens were fed upon dur- ing the year. Morning ana night 'they were given grain, consisting of wheat‘ barley, corn, and buck- wheat. At noon‘ they were fed a mesh made of shorts, scraps from a conirinciiig proof that the poul- try business can be made to pay welL even in a city. the house. including all the egg shell: boiled turnips‘ or potatoea‘ with occasionally a little poultry food and cut clover, and a turnip was kept in the henhouud for them to pick at. Ground oyster shells that {and clean water, (warm in .winter) WW'e before them all the time. During the summer. I dug up a, part of the yard nearly every day ‘ to enable the hens to obtain fish- 1, “worms. In the summer, the clip- ‘1 pingr from the lawns near by 1 ‘were thrown into the yard, and 1, .eagerly picked up. Dry ashes I, New kept in a large pan for if dusting Not a hen died through ! ‘nllt the year, and as far as Iknow i Inot a hen is diseased. I may say I |here that I intend' to give the i business another trial this year, as . I believe it is a profitable in- : vestment if common sense meth-« ads are used in feeding, housing, ' etc. A prominent poultry man : of the province says that he can see no reason why the avera e farmer should not keep a hu - red good .hens, which should mean - $150 clear profit, and I do not see ! any reason why a resident of a I We are glad to know that Mrs. Henry Brunt has recovered from her severe illness. I Mr. Joe Porter is engaged with ’Mr. Wm. Bailey for seeding. t Mr. Ali Redtord sold four young ,cattle two years old, to Ralph * Brunt for $190. Mr and Mrs. R. Britton, and fam- ! ily have moved into Ebenezer. We are sorry to .lose them from our iburg. We understand Mr. Britton is Lgoing: West at once. . Wm. Brown has sold his farm to T- Redford. of Hanover, for a- ‘bout $4000.. Mr. Brown gets this year’s crop. Mr. Wm. Adlam has let the con- tract of making 500 ties to Mr. '1‘. Nichol. Mrs. A. 'leson, ol_{\llan Park, ____-‘_ in: Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoh stimulant for chiidren. He will probably say, “Very“ rarely. Children do not need stimula ' ." Ask Alcoh’él - to Children viEiâ€"tâ€"e-{i Hiends peére tended the funeral 01 Mrs. George Brown. sr., who died at the home of her son-in-law, M. Jacklin, of Hanover. Mrs. Brown was one of the old settlers in this part, and was very much respected by all who knew her. A paralytic stroke was the cause of ’her instant death. Messrs. Britton and W. Edward leave for the 4West this week. Mr. Britton has rented his farm to Mr. James McRonald for one year. Mr. Thos. McGrath.‘ the shoeman, a is laid up, suffering from a kick! from a horse, which he sustained 9 one day last week while driving' from Dornoch to Durham. It , seems that his brother, Dam, who 5 conducts a blacksmithing busi- ness near the Gara'fraxa Street bridge, was laid up with tonsilitis, .-.._.___ 9 b a. F) O B B :4 € (D u H H c U o ’1 -: 8 .‘J" H 0 € 9' 0 Q N m P’- O (f 9’ . â€I (D O 5‘ D '1 N O O pg " 5" 0 blacksmith shop. Coming home,‘ an unmuzzled farm dog tackled the rig, and nipped the horse in the "heels. causing it to become un- mangaeable. and finally ending up {by separating itself from the rig, and pulling Mr. McGrath out ' of the rig. In endeavoring to hold the animal, he received a kick in the face with the above result. undoubtedly have received serious. if not fatal injury. ï¬rst glut rule of '-.51‘ovn pousn “ Black Knight " Stove Polish was made for women â€"made to save them work. worry and wcafiness. _ “mack Knight" is the easy-to-«shine Stove Polish. Just a. few light rubs, with cloth or brush, brings ‘ hriiliantly black polish thtt Get “amt Kumr'u deater‘oâ€"or send me. to: nuts! on free Wm. Wolthfm‘fllb Pu“ I. I. IL.†9., m Mulock. McGrath.‘ the shoelpgr}, tuned: tor Constipation. ' ï¬e. I M: or five boxes for ‘3 {non-1o u all drug atom and.†~bun-h.- 67 While 8: Co. 4-7 I I‘Vmald you res-tore your beauty. bring back the iblonm to you. cheeks? Tr) '0! M â€a Win be muzed how quiCK‘ 1! “It! '11! perform these fun? “on. H: Pflk are a neverâ€"M" Real drop from regular prices. No marking up ï¬rst and then marking down to make the prices look like hm- gains. Our goods will be all sold at. Real Bargains for ten days. beginning Sat- urd 1y, December In Real ..... Bargains Ready-made Suits. Ready- mado Pants. Overalls, Ladivs' and Men’s Underwear, Blan- kMWOOuen Sheeting. Prints. Flanneletteu. Men’s and Bu_\'.~' Cups and Gloves and a; bust, of other articles. Bell bargains in fresh Fruit Gut-unto. Ra i sin a, Lemons. Oranges. etc. Real bargains in choice Groceries. S. SCOTT WOMAN! Fig Pills failinl India a b“ Wanted --â€"G00d grnvm Apply nt once to Mrs 1-: In Jacob Kross adv II“ I number of hon.“ cl“. See ad. on pagv; '1' G. W. Clark. Hf l Mk College Band. will the Btptis‘t church 11mm < noxt. morning and cum [Allie B'ros’ planing: a Parent Was ocmplvh-ly the list Thursday nmr male is unknown '1'!" plrflllly insured The subject of diam Inndny morning in Nu» church “'1“ he “Lvssnm book 0! Ruth." and in t" “How to keep â€11' Saki» Dick’s enterprise business is evidvm under her managm due is branching: um tlons. having: rm-un thousand dullat's lures in Durham 1 puny StOCk The H prosperous (-undit stodt is good Luyix Live hogs are down Thldeus W Tyl‘ OI LODK‘QHU\\'.S pm B‘ICkSlDith." died on Sunday last. Ii: years 0.: ago. ar Ittlck of pneu'nuni yum: unmanivd mum was writtvn. Cttcfln' ,fit the dvm ““11 Whn Went tn i (II? and listvnv'l tn voice singing in the Hon. A. B. Aonsuws What opposed m H. luti-befling bin. rvvz-ll in the House of Comm} thin grew 3 wordy a the House bvtwmm M1 the minister. Thr mat Cd iomewhat hnily {â€1“ they kissed (“aoh uthq again frivnds, 'I'lw a1 Ayleswmuh in M-ln:in dEICBt (pf 1hr B1â€. h'ls‘ clricaturist in picture worth as beilim: ~~m that the !\'1»\\mn.z’kvl1 lave water in it. We are ploasvd It would ‘1' a town cmmr-il In Where thry Shir to wreck. “A at nine." is an {Mn acted upon lu-“o results. \th31 :1 becomes irrerE: Ihlpe. it is 12m ¢ dangerous. and i cldent, 8 0415113 the remit. A f: Voold he a hvh 0d. tnd ‘tho min Wt. This par» mmbler. but 0! all attemmn w ud nuggest n â€ti. The Si "wired (00 $04 The Board « I‘ODCI‘S [01‘ SH Guy in Durhw question of ;: thccurrem 5'1 mhrities n1 0! the licvnm the Board (1w Ihenm to :m ‘t the DX’QSPH than 'all a th'w “on. If during 1 "rind. â€101"? 51131} Ihfltien or jug; , Mlle:- exh'! si n “Med {-0 guih }' “lies b.‘ 3 mm bun are W A.( “heft “'oim-H. 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