Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT LAVE LEARNS With Master quisville Sees the Unique Specacle of a Black in Bondage. _____ MASTER IS AN AFRICAN. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30. — chunga, a native of the Con-Free State, who is now visitin- Louisville, has the distinc- of being the only slave with the borders of this free land. owner is a black man like self, and if Kachunga wished would remain on American as and never return to his stage in Africa, but, accord- to the Rev. W. M. Morrison, the Presbyterian missionary can he accompanied here, his existence will not permit him take advantage of his masters mission to make the trip, or requite such generosity by deriving his owner of such a val- able piece of property. But Kachunga sees the hardships of his people, and loving native country as he does, he determined to return and do to bring light to an unlightened race. Kachunga is in cola rich chocolate, and is a long man of splendid physisque. He left his native village hoffed his usual raiment—it not take him long to do it, but consisted of a breech-clout a string of beads—and as asked the garb of an American companies the Rev. Mr. Wilson as a servant, and is a salary, of which he is savannah as possible. In ado to this he was presented 1815 by a benevolent woman livington some time ago, and religiously hoarding his money for his freedom. Although 20 years of age Kachunga a wife in Africa, whose freehe also hopes to purchase. CAPTURED BY CANNIBALS. mangluga's case is one of my. He comes from one of hill tribes many miles from basin of the Congo, and he been allowed to do work out, was captured by a band cannibals, instigated by the presentatives of the Belgian persent and was brought to India, which is a place of some 600 inhabitants. He was sold well-to-do native. His owner been kind, to him which is unusual part of his experience the mission. according to Dr. Morrison the addition of affairs in the Congo State is pitiful. The Belgian government, he says, has used every term of the agreement by which the state was allowed to remain in its possession the Berlin treaty of 1884, has extracted free trading, has engaged cannibalism and slave, and has exacted the most enormous tributes from the men in the way of ivory and beer. If a tribe does not pay one time a band of cannibals on the nation known as Zapapps, who have been organized into kind of rude soldiery. are ordered to descend upon the unfortunate delinquents, burn their village, kill any number of them, use as many as they please for a cannibal feast and bring the remaindcr in as slaves. "I have seen baskets filled with legs, arms, trunks and other portions of the human frame in a cannibal village," said Dr. Morrison. "They carve the body with great nicety. A cannibal can buy a slave to eat for as little as $5 or $10. They dry try the meat on sticks over a fire. I have never been offered any but, but they all say that if one once acquires the habit, one never gets over it. The Belgians encourage the custom among the Zappo-Zapps because it intimidates the other natives and makes them prompt with their tribute." Katherine Drexel To Help Negroes Philadelphia Millionaire's Daugh ter, Who Became Mother Katherine, Tours the South. INVESTIGATING NEGRO STATUS. Special to the Searchlight. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 28. Mother Katherine is making a tour of the South in the interests of the Negro race. She passed through this city on her way to Pine Bluff, Ark., on last Wednesday. While there she visited the Negro college, which is under the supervision of Rev. Father Lucy, and she found it in a most flourishing condition. She returned to Memphis this morning and is the guest of the Franciscan Sisters at Third and Market streets. She will remain in this city possibly until Saturday evening, when she will resume her tour, going next to Nashville. About twenty years ago Miss Katharine Drexel, daughter of a Philadelphia millionaire banker, resolved to devote her life and wealth to the cause of charity, and for this purpose founded the Sisterhood of the Blessed Sacrament, and established the motherhood and novitiate at Cornwells, Pa. The object of the order is the elevation and education of the Indian and Negro races, coming to the relief of schools and colleges, asylums and orphanages for the same races, visitling the sick, and the instruction of the Indian and Negro children in the principles of the Christian doctrine. Following the example of the wealthy, brilliant and accomplished Miss Drexel is renouncing the world and all its vanities and devoting her whole energy to accomplishing the most good, many daughters of the best families of the country have affiliated themselves with her order, so that at present the motherhouse at Cornwells numbers 83 professed sisters, 17 novices and 3 candidates. In the Holy Providehce WICHITA, KANSAS, MAY 7, 1904. $5.00 CASH IN PRIZE The SEARCHLIGHT offer $5.00 Cash, in Prizes to the Colored persons who buy the largest amount of goods from the merchants who advertise in this in May, June and July, 1904. Read conditions below: 1st. Prize $3.00 CASH To the colored person who brings the largest in Cash Slips or Receipts for goods bought from firms who advertise in this paper during May, June or July 1904, we will give $3.00 in cash. To the colored person holding the Second Largest Amount in Cash Slips or Receipts, as above we will give $2.00 in cash. No Cash Slips will be credited from any firm that does not advertise in the this paper during May, June, or July, 1904 and must be dated also have the firm name theren. House, attached to the motherhouse, 165 children are cared for. The community has a convent and industrial school at Santa Fe. N. M., for the benefit and education of the Pueblo Indians; and another in Arizona for the Navajo Indians; also a convent and industrial school for the Negro children at Rock Castle, Va. Aside from these institutions Mother Katharine has for years supported several Catholic Indian schools in the West. Mother Katharine provides for these children and prepares them for practical life by having them taught useful trades until they are 21 years of age. $5.00 CASH The SEARCHL Cash, in Prizes to sons who buy the of goods from the advertise in this i July, 1904. Read 1st. Prize $3.00 CASH 2nd Prize, $2.00 CASH TRADE WITH in the Se IT F No Cash slips will any firm that does in the this paper or July, 1904 and so have the firm Come Now Let Us Reason Together From this subject Rev. A. D. Jamison, of Kansas City, preached a powerful and interesting sermon at the Second Baptist church Sunday night. The manner in which Rev. Jamison handled his sermon, the vim and intellect which he put forth convinced his hearers of the importance of the time. The sermon and the subject were both appreciated as they very well lay before our people the great necessity of the hour. His subject "Come Now Let Us Reason Together" puts forth a command to the Negro race, especially, which is of concern to the whole race in America. At this time what is of more importance than that the Negro race "come an reason together?" Is it not ment that they should "reason NOW," one with the other? What command could be greater to a race than that they "Come Now and Reason Together?" If it was possible we would urge upon every Negro in America the absolute necessity to "Come Now and Reason." To the large audience who listened to the excellent sermon of Rev. Jamison his words made a lasting impression for, indeed, the time for the race to "Come Now and Reason Together" is at hand and therefore the discourse of Rev. Jamison was well founded and well said. BATH IN PRIZE RIGHT offer $5.00 to the Colored per- largest amount the merchants who in May, June and conditions below: ings the largest in Cash Slips or arms who advertise in this paper we will give $3.00 in cash. or the Second Largest Amount in we will give $2.00 in cash. If the merchants who advertise archlight PAYS will be credited from es not advertise during May, June, must be dated al- name theren. —TRY THE— BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. W. M. Dunson, Painter All Kinds of Fine ARTISTIC PAINTING The Only Colored Painter the City Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N. Main Phone 936 "UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL." --- Remember the place-Market at the gate of DOLD'S Packing House. REV, HALL JOINS. Sunday morning Rev. S. M. Hall cast his membership with the Second Baptist church of which he is pastor, and at the evening services he presented his letter and recommendation which the church unanimously received and on motion of Mr. Henry W. James the church voted that both his letter and recommendation be published in the Wichita Searchlight. Below we print both: IRONDALE, Ala., Jan, 28, 1904, THE M.T. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST To Her Sister The Baptist Church of Christ. The Baptist Church of Christ. Dear Brethren—This certifies that Rev. S. M. Hall is a mem ber with us in good standing, and good fellowship. At his own request he is dismissed from us to unite with you. When received by you his connection with us will terminate. By order of the church. This letter will be valid for six months. Pastor Rev. W. T. Bibb, D. D. H. B. Hall ch. clk. To whom it may concern, greeting: The Mt. Calvary Baptist church sadly records the fact of the withdrawal of Rev. S M. Hall, A B from our church. The Rev S M. Hall was reared in our community from a child, whose mother and father we all know in their life time, whose dead bodies both lay silently in their graves in this community, the same were loved and esteemed by all the people both white and black. The family generally are held in high esteem by all the people who know them. We the Rev. S. M. Hall from a child. He was a peculiar child and often created many strange discussions as to what kind of a man he would make. He was always apt in every undertaking. We know him in his early school days. He finished the public school course when 14 years old. He then taught school 3 years and won many friends in public life. He was married in the year 1885 and has reared a family and his family who are here among us to-day are doing nicely, which which is an evidence that he is caring for them. Rev. S. M Hall was converted in the year 1885 and joined the Oak Grove Baptist church, but after baptised, moved his letter to the Mt. Calvary church, Irondale, where he has spent many years. We record with pleasure the first sermon he ever preached. We know of his ordination NO 50 and his work. It is given up that the Rev. S M. Hall is a pastor and a builder. He has built five new churches and has made some improvements on every other one we have known him to pastor. He has held honorable positions, secretary of his church, superintendent of S. S., member of educational boards, member of associational executive boards president of S. S. conventions, both district and state, and for two years was a member of the Home Mission board of our national convention. We know of his work. He was a favorite as a young man of our state and of tht pastors of our district and we voice the sentiment of all who know him in saying we regret to to give him up. He resigned a good church to go West, and the secretary's office in the ministers conference of Birmingham, Ala. We wish to say to you who come in personal contact with S M. Hall you can depend upon what he says and follow his advice for it is a decided fact that Rev. S M. Hall is safe in every avenue of life for we have known him for 34 years. He will make you a safe leader and will hold on to the work with untiring zeal. The pastors and Christian friends all join the Mt. Calvary Baptist church in communicating the above to you. The fact remains which you should keep in mind—every pastor needs the encouragement of the church he serves. Note—We have good will for all regular Baptist churches wherever they are located and would simply say in short: All Baptist churches should see to it that the pastor is obeyed in the service of God. Don't abuse your pastor (S. M Hall) but when you are tired of him simply come together in love and peace and release him and send him on to the people who want him. Keep the bible teaching before you and thus go on to victory. Respectfully yours Mt. Calvrrv Baptist Church Rev W T. Bibb, pastor H. B. Hall, Secy. Here's a man suing for damages for a broken nose because he no longer can smell onions. Some people don't know when they are well off. A New York physician says troley cars produce appendicitis. People who neglect to remove the seeds from their troley cars take foolish risks. It is terrible to know that automobiling causes "motorpathia cerebralis," but a majority of persons will manage to avoid being panic-streken. THE SEARCHLIGHT W. N. MILLER, Editor. 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Write it plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wise Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. BIG ANNIVERSARY. The Searchlight will hold its big 5th anniversaryay celebration at the Odd Fellow's hall 517 North Main st, on Thursday night May 26th. Each year the the Searchlight has provided to meet the citizens of this city in a big annual turn-out and this year is planned to ealipse any of the previous demonstrations we wish everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to meet with the Searchlight on one occasion. Every year the annual celebration of the Searchlight has been a most noteworthy event and it is hoped that this year will well worth being called the grandest of th grand. The evening will be passed in literary numbers, music, songs, speeches, recitations and and lots of eating. Let all prepare for this big event. Some Low Figures The Chicago Bargain Store at 246 N. Main street are going to move their store and in order not to have to move their entire immense stock of goods they have made a reduction in prices from 25 to 50 per cent. As an indication of their low just look, fine silk waists only $1.48; fine white waist only 40c., dress silk only 49c per yard. They say they would rather give the people the reduction in price than to pay it out in drayage. A visit to their store will convince you that they can and will save you mon The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. EBERHARDT & HAYS GENERAL MUSIC DEALERS Pianos and Organs Watch our windows for the latest Sheet Music Tuning and Repairing a Specially Phone 981 S. W. Cor. Douglas & Emporia Attend Song Service Every mother and father, every daughter and son should attend the Song Service which is held at the A M E. church every Sunday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock. This one of the most enjoyable meeting that could be had for both old and young It enlives one up and starts one's mind to thinking of higher and more noble things. No one could better spend an hour than in one of these song services The services always closes in ample time to attend any night service desired. TO TAKE A TRIP. Eugene Smith, the valued engineer of the Bitting block will leave in a few days for a six weeks trip to Kansas City, St. Joe and the World's Fair city St. Louis. He anticipates a loyal time among his many friends in these cities and will have a jolly good time. We each wish him a pleasant. INSTALLATION SOON. New Hope Baptist church will hold the installation services of their new pastor Rev. W. H. Tillman on the third Sunday in May, this will be May 22, at which time it is hoped that all the frends of the church will avail themselves of this opportunity to be present and sist in the great efforts of the church. A fine program will be rendered on this occasion. REV. HARDY DOING WELL. The editor of the Searchlight is in receipt of a letter from his friend Rev. W. R. Hardy of Pueble, Col. In his letter Rev. Hardy says 'We are getting along nicely and are enjoying good health. I am pleased to know that you are holding your own. But you know it is impossible to keep a good man down. You have the brain, the nerve and the stick stick-to-it qualities to make a success. I am also glad that so many Wichitans have hought homes also that our friend Jas. Olden has opened a drug store. I see from your paper that the colored people are progressing along all lines. I am anxious to come to Wichita on a visit, but seems that I cannot find time. We are planning for a big rally in June which Rev. A. B. Wilson of Kansas City, Kas., will conduct. Wishing the Searchlight continued success I remain W. R, Hardy. $5.00 IN CASH PRIZES. In offering $5.00 cash in prizes to the colored people who buy the mst goods from the merchants and business firms who advertise in the Searchlight we do so hoping that all will save their slips and try for the money. When you buy anything, if only 50 worth, be sure and get a cash slip or receipt with the name of the firm on it. Remember no slips will be accepted from firms who are not advertising with the Searchlight at the time the purchase is made during May, June and July, 1904. If you consult the columns of this paper before buying you will be able to find where you can buy from a 50 handkerchief to a farm. The one who has the largest amount of cash receipts or slips will be awarded the respective prizes. This is just like finding $3 and $2 you get the goods and then you are paid for buying them. Why taad- anyway wi h a firm who do not ask for your trade by advertising in your colored paper especially when there is money in trading with the firm that does want your trade by advertising in your colored paper. Who will be lucky now? The officers of Wichita Taberna- ncle No. were installed for the ensuing year by Grand High Priestess Mr Emma Gaines of Topku last week. Willis Carter was in the city on Tuesday. Keep a lookout for the Searchlight collector. He is still out collecting. Mrs. P. Clement is on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Clark returned Tuesday from a visit to Garden Plain. Attend the revival at the 2nd Baptist church. Services every night during the week. Mrs. Josie Grayson came up from Hutchinson Saturday evo to spend a few days visiting among friends. Because of the heavy rains trains on the various roads leading in our city are late every day. This week has been a week of dampness. The svn has shon himself but little since Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson have placed a fine bath tub in their house at 312 w Murdock. New Hope Baptist church will soon begin the work of raising money to put up their new church building. Mrs. Kittie Coleman entertained at dinner Monday Revs. Countee and wife and Turner of Austin, exas. Princess Chapter No. 12 held a fine meeting at Miss Grace Baker's residence Wednesday night. Samuel Walker left last week for Vicksburg, Miss., to attend at the bedside of his sick mother. His many friends wish he will find his mother much improved and await his early return. Rev. Dr. Countee's lecture at the Literary Association of the Tabernacle Baptist church Wednesday night on "The Probabilities and Possibilities of the Negro of America was fraught with good advice for the race. The "Carnival of Seasons" entertainment that was to have been given last Tuesday was postponed until Thursday eve May 12. Music will be furnished by the orchestra. Mr. B. Glauberg, the popular milliner at 407 E. Douglas ave., has decided to close out his line of ladies skirts and during the next week he will offer his full and complete line of ladies skirts below cost. Go down there for bargains in skirts. The ladies sewing circle of the A. M. E. church held their meeting with Mrs. Lela Davis Thursday afternoon. The Searchlight will soon end its fifth year of constant publication in Wiehita and it is still forging its way to the front. It's doing its share in solving the great race problem of to-day. Mrs Lee Anderson is expected home about the last of this month. She is having a royal time in California where she is visiting. H. W. Harding, TEACHER OF SHORT-HAND and TYPEWRITING Lessons Given At A Very Low Hours 7 to 9 P. M. 724 North Main St. Rev. J. H Vanleu left Wednesday for Tepeka on business. He will be absent about eight days. Rev. R. N. Countee delivered a lecture at the Tabernacle Baptist church Wednesday night from the subject "The Probabilities and the Possibilities of the Negro race." Bavival is in progress at the 2nd Baptist church—attend Miss M. C. Hannibal, the milliner at 135 N. Main St., has a very nice line of ladies spring and summer hats. She is prepared to fit the ladies in any style or price of hat desired. Courteous treatment to oll. Call at 135 N. Main st. The county commissioners and county clerk John M. Chain have appointed Mr. Geo. E. Campbell as commissioner to fill the unexpired term of the late Mr. J. O. Redfield. Mrs. J. W. Thompson was on the sick list last Sunday and could not fill her accustomed place at the org during the seng services and Miss Corine Miller acted in her stead. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gaines are adding a fine porch to their house 917 N. Water, and when completed will make them have a swell home. They are making other improvements to add to the comfort of their home. Frank Hill and his mother of Valley Center have moved to Wichita to make it their future home. On Monday night Dr. Countee will give at the Tabernacle Baptist chu ch a series of Panoramic Views illustrating the flood in Kansas City, Mo., together with a number of fine moving pictures. A Silver collection will be taken at the door. There will be a grand party given by the ladies of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 at the residence of Mrs. Stewart Waters 223 west Third st. next Wednesday night May 11th. All are invited to attend. Mrs. Jao. W. Hall will have ice cream for sale at her home 518 N. Water st. on every Sunday. Go over and have some refreshing well made cream. The T O S club met Monday night at the residence of Misses Tora and Nora Hyder 226 N. Mead A Protracted meeting is in progress at the Second Baptist church. Services at the Tabernaile Baptist church, under the direction of Rev. P. N. Countee, D. D., is having the old time sing, go and hear him Sunday morning and night and you will never regret it. Glauberg has decided to go out of the skirt business, if you need a skirt you better attend their closing out. LODGE MEETINGS. Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21 A. F. & A. M. will meet on the second Wednesday night in May, being May. The court H. of J. will meet on the second Friday afternoon at 2:30, this being May 13th, and the Princess Chapter No. 12 O. E. S. will m. et on the second Friday eve at 8 p. m., this being May 13th. All the above lodges will meet in the Getto bldg, 2nd and Main. The annual sermon of the Odd Fellows will be preached Sunday afternoon at the Second Baptist church. Mrs. J. L. Harper who has been very ill for the past two weeks is still quite sick. The G. L. A. club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. E. Landrum. 100 Southwestern Distributing Agent for Cribben & Sexton Co. Any style of stove at wholesale price Warnhoff & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE. Warnhoff & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE. L, S. NAFTSGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier. Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store The Fourth National Bank. Sample Shoes We have just received a huge voice of Men's Work Shoes, Men Dress Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fur Dress Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers all styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line "Colonials" the proper thing as latest fad, in our regular stock, at TAPP BROTHERS & HANSHA Phone 257. 255-257 N. M C. P. Wshington, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 605 N. Main St. In The WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By In The ```markdown ``` Grocery I.ine Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas 'Pone 357 We advise you to trade with C. C. HOYT DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE Cor. 13th and Santa Fe Phone 1114 Cor. 10th and Santa Fe Phone 1114 OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 76 Wabush Ave., Chicago, Illinois Read the great Searchlight The Race's Standard Bear WINTER RATES TO THE Read the great Searchlight --- WINTER RATES SUNNY SOUTH Tickets on sale daily until April 30th, 1904, to the principal Winter Resorts of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, S Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. Return limit June 1, 1904. For details apply to C.W.STRAIN, Tickets on sale daily until April 30th, 1904, to the principal Winter Resorts of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas. Return limit June 1, 1904. For details apply to FRISCO SYSTEM C.W.STRAIN, Div. Pcs. Agt., Wichita, Kan. Div. Pcs. Agt., Wichita, Kan. A BIG DISCOUNT We will for the next 30 days sell all our Spring and Summer Suitings and Trousers at a discount of 20 per cent less than the regular price. Call and see our line before ordering your clothes. Old Phone 620: : : :New Phone 589 A BIG DISCOUNT We will for the next 30 days sell all our Spring and Summer Suitings and Trousers at a discount of 20 per cent less than the regular price. Call and see our line before ordering your clothes. Call and see our line before ordering your clothes. Old Phone 620:-------:-------:New Phone 589 The PEERLESS TAILOR 508 East Douglas Ave Searchlight's Anniversary MAY 26TH 1904 POULTRY Some years ago the Farmers' Review sent out an inquiry to its poultry readers asking what were the leading causes of losses among the early broods of chickens. It was no surprise to the editor when the reply came back that the greatest cause of loss to chicks was lice an mites. Some of the poultry raisers estimated that no less than 30 per cent of all the chicks hatched were annually killed off by these two pests, of which the mites were the worst. It is safe to say that if any farmer can manage to exterminate these insects and keep them out of his flock he will increase the profits from his poultry at least 50 per cent, without anything else being done. The body lice of fowls are quite easily kept off by the use of a dust bath and by the use of grease on the heads, around the tail feathers and under the wings. Perhaps some should be put at the base of the wing feathers. These body lice become smeared with the grease, their pores become filled and death quickly follows. Not so easily handled are the mites. One would have to keep the birds covered with grease all the time and all over to protect them from the ravages of these little pirates. The mites do not stay on the bodies of the birds in the daytime, but go onto the birds at night, fill themselves with blood and scurry back to their hiding places under the roosts between the cracks of the boards, and under any object that gives them a hiding place. To grease the birds every day would kill the birds themselves in time and would be a task not to be thought of. The insects must then be fought on the roosts and in their hiding places. Once they have become established the task of getting rid of them is a colossal one, as many of our readers have discovered. We have seen poultry houses in which we believed this could not be done on account of the irregularity of construction. When houses are loosely thrown together there are so many seams and cracks, so many apertures behind slivers, so many rotten holes in posts, to say nothing of nail holes and knot holes, that a pest of this kind can become thoroughly intrenched. Fire and kerosene and paint are the three chief weapons for carrying on the fight. A well-built poultry house permits of the use of paint for closing the cracks and for the use of fire in cleansing the roosts, provided the roosts are movable and can be taken out of doors. Where the poultry house is of cruder construction thick whitewash should be used liberally till the freshly slaked lime has filled every cranny. Fortunately lime is cheap and can be used ad libitum. Young chickens should not be allowed to sleep in a poultry house where it is known that mites exist, as the parasites are almost certain to find them and sap their vitality without the owner ever suspecting it. If the chicks are put in a place by themselves, of course in the care of the old hen, they will be out of the reach of the mites. The only parasites to be guarded against then will be the body lice. Use only lard for this and do not overdo it, putting on the lard as we have indicated for the old hens. Kerosene is not necessary, and it is too harsh to apply to the very tender skins of the chicks.—Farmers' Review. Age of Market Birds Nothing is more important to the average buyer of poultry than to know how to distinguish good and bad, old and young birds, says H. W. Atwater of the United States Department of Agriculture. A good, fresh bird shows a well-rounded form with neat, compact legs and no sharp, bony angles on the breast, indicating a lack of tender white meat. The skin should be a color (yellow being preferred in the American market) and free from blotches and pinfeathers. The flesh should be neither flabby nor stiff, but should give evenly and gently when pressed by the finger. In a fresh bird, the feet feel moist, soft and limber, and if dressed with the head on the eyes look bright and full. As it becomes stale the eyes shrink and the feet dry and harden; when too stale, i.e. when decomposition is well under way, the body turns dark and greenish. Cold storage birds are commonly packed so closely that the wings remain pressed against the body even after the birds have been unpacked for some time. They can usually be distinguished by the squeezed look from fresh birds, which should lie or hang in a natural position. One of the commonest ways of testing the age of dressed poultry is to take the end of the breastbone farthest from the head between thumb and finger and attempt to bend it to one side. In a very young bird, say a "broiler" chicken or a green goose, it will be easily bent, like the cartilage in the human ear; in a bird a year or so old it will be brittle, and in an old bird tough and hard to bend or break. If the feet are left on the carcass they furnish a test of the age. In a young bird they are soft and smooth, becoming hard and rough as the bird grows older. The claws are short and sharp in a young bird, becoming longer and blunter with age and use. The spur above the foot is also to be observed; when the bird is very young, like a "broiler" chicken, it is hardly apparent; a few months later it is long, but straight. In a mature state it is larger still and crooked at the end. It is more developed in males than in females and capers. Turkeys up to a year old are said to have black feet, which grow up to three years old and then turn gradually gray and dull. The age of pigeons can sometimes be told by the color of the breast. In squabs the flesh looks whitish as seen through the skin, but becomes more and more purplish as the birds grow older. Red feet are said to be a sign of age in a pigeon. Hatching Chicks In hatching we commence in January, using both hens and incubators. We take cracker boxes cut in two, place dampened earth in the bottom shaped into a nice nest to fit the hens and fine chaff from timothy hay on top of this. Straw does not do, as it is so loose. The air circulates through it and tends to kill the germ. We use insect powder plentifully during incubation, testing out the infertile eggs after the tenth day, which must be done for best results. Dead germs and infertile eggs are damaging to the live germs, often killing them. The fact that the Orpingtons want to set every month in the year enables us to have plenty of broody hens. Also to get the best results from our incubators, we set a sufficient number of hens at the same time and on the nineteenth day have our incubators all ready and transfer the eggs. Every fertile egg is thus hatched out and we can utilize our hens right over again. We feed a dry food only until the chicks are old enough to alternate with cracked wheat, corn, oats, etc. Testing Vitality of Seeds Owing to the unfavorable season of 1903 many kinds of seeds failed to mature properly and it is probable that there will be many disappointed growers during the present season. Prof. W. M. Munson, horticulturist to the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station makes the following suggestions, whereby it is possible for every farmer to know just what to expect from his corn, oats, peas, elver or other crops, and to plan accordingly. If he knows that only 50 per cent of his corn will germinate, it is an easy matter to plant twice as much; but if he plants the usual amount and gets only half a stand, the case is much more serious. A simple test of the vitality of any farm or garden seeds can be made as follows: Place 100 seeds, taken at random from the stock which is to be planted, on a dish of sand, cover from $ \frac{1}{2} $ to 1 inch with sand, moisten and keep in a warm place, as behind the kitchen stove, until the sprouts appear. The number of sprouts which appear will give an idea of the percentage which may be expected to grow. Care should be taken that the seeds are kept moist, but not too wet. It is advisable to make more than one test, and be guided by the average results. A test of this kind is more valuable than one in which the seeds are placed in blotting paper, for seeds may sprout on paper which do not have sufficient vitality to grow. The Maiden Blush Apple. In its report on crab apples, the Virginia station includes the Maiden Blush, of which it says: This is an old variety of American origin (?). Tree a fairly vigorous grower, forming a roundish head, limbs have a tendency to interlock. Trunk and limbs rather stocky; trunk at base measures 18 inches in circumference, at head 16 inches. First bloom noted in 1893; and first fruit in 1895, but this variety has never borne a heavy crop of fruit. Fruit rather large for crab; color a greenish yellow ground with beautiful illac colored blush on exposed cheek. Flesh creamy white, crisp; flavor quite acid but nearly free from astringency, quality good. Ripens in September. The unproductiveness of this variety is its greatest drawback; we do not recommend it. Will the Cattle Feeder Disappear? Senator Harris of Kansas recently expressed the opinion that the professional cattle feeder will disappear, at least on the high-priced lands east of the Mississippi river. He says that it will no longer pay a man to purchase feeders at a high price, put expensive corn into them and sell them on the market at the prices cattle are now bringing. The man that raises the calf will be the one that will market him as a finished steer and get out of him all there is in him. In this way he will, in addition to his other profits, save the cost of two railroad hauls. Got a Job. The spirit which condemns a person without a trial received a fine rebuke from Benjamin Franklin, when, a boy of 19, he visited London. He was in search of work, and, having learned the printer's trade, went straight to a printing office and made known his errand. The foreman was rather supercilious, and said: "Ah, a lad from America seeking employment as a printer. Well, do you really understand the art of printing? Can you set type?" Young Franklin stepped to one of the cases and, in a brief space of time, set up these words from the first chapter of John's gospel: "Nathaniel said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see." The text conveyed a delicate rebuke, and the work was done so quickly and accurately, that a position was granted him at once. Pigs, as well as all other animals, require a variety of food. No single article of diet can ever in itself meet all the requirements of an animal's system. THE DAIRY Pure Water for Washing Butter. Butter makers have long since arrived at the conclusion that the water in which butter is washed has much to do, not only with the keeping quality of the butter, but often with its flavor. We have seen farm wells so foul that the water could hardly be used except for cooking purposes, but that same water was used in the washing of butter and in the cleansing of vessels that were to hold milk. In one case the writer saw a well the water of which had become almost unusable. The owners had the well cleaned out, and a great mass of dead angle worms was found in the bottom. It was these angle worms that had tainted the water. In the same way it is preferable to use soft water instead of hard, as sometimes the hardness in the water comes from the presence in it of decayed vegetable matter. At some of the colleges where butter making is taught, this matter of soft and hard water and of filtered and unfiltered water has been looked into, always with the results that the purer water and the soft water gave the best flavored butter. Reports from New Zealand say that some of the off-flavors in the butter that had been sent from that country to Europe were found to come from the water in which the butter was washed. So we caution our readers to make sure that the high-priced butter-fat that is to be made up into a form to go on the table of the discriminating buyer be washed in water so pure that there will be no question of its contaminating the butter. Windows in Dairy Barns. More light is needed in most of our dairy barns. Last week the writer visited a dairy stain in which nine cows are kept. It was the smallest stable for that number of cows he ever saw and the wonder was that the cows could have lived through the winter just past, when the cold was so great and continuous that the stable must have been kept shut up for days at a time. It was not more than ten feet in height, so far as available space for air was concerned, and the cows were packed as closely together as it was possible for them to stand, with a feeding floor only six feet wide in front. There was a single window in the west. Yet from this stable went out milk to supply the neighboring villagers. Conditions were almost at that point where a board of health could be justified in stepping in. Yet the owner had tried to be up-to-date and had laid cement floors both in front of and behind the cows. Over the cement were laid planks to make the cows more comfortable. This showed enterprise, yet the great lack was light. In the building of a new stable the addition of the proper windows is not a hard matter, and in the case of stables already in use this should not be neglected. Few of our cow keepers fully appreciate the health-giving powers of light. Producing Good Milk. The whole secret of producing good milk can be generalized in a few words: Healthy, clean and well-fed cows having a clean, comfortable stable; healthy, clean and quiet milkers having a disposition to treat the cows at least fairly; sound, clean and sterilized utensils, prompt cooling and protection of the milk. This is the secret that is bringing success to some dairymen while their neighbors fail. These conditions could be introduced easily, cheaply and profitably into thousands of dairies. Too many dairymen make the mistake of thinking that a large outlay of money is necessary before high-grade milk can be produced. They are scared off by a phantom. The fact is, many dairies could be changed to a sanitary from an unsanitary condition without the expenditure of a single dollar in cash. More light, more fresh air, better arrangements for bringing the feed and for removing manure, a little time each day to clean the stable and the cows, a coat of fresh whitewash once or twice a year to cover and kill the bacteria on the walls and partitions—these things are not expensive—and perhaps a new ceiling or floor above the cows to exclude dust from the hay mow.—R. A. Pearson. The Stanchion Should Go. In spite of all that has been said against the stanchion it still persists on our farms. That it should be discarded is the verdict of about every man that does any thinking along this line. The rigid stanchion may be easy to build, and easy to understand the construction of, by the ordinary farm carpenter that has built no other kind in all his life, but that does not make it a humane arrangement. It does not permit the cow to place her head in sleeping as nature intended she should. It does not permit a cow to lick her haunches, as cows do now and then if they are to be comfortable. The cow in the rigid stanchion is very much of a prisoner, with little chance to move her body for any purpose. There are numerous stabling arrangements now on the market, and many ideas in addition have been expressed in the public press that are not controlled by patent rights. There are probably few localities where some sort of humane arrangement is not in sight and cannot be inspected by the cow owner that wants to make his animals comfortable. 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