Evening gazette, Wednesday, March 8, 1899 · page 2

 

 

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CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE.

A Senlceuble Design Showing Dom:
tom-table Quail-tiers, Roost House
I and Scratching Shed.

 

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No one can give a des1gn of a poultry

house that will be acceptable to all for
the reason that ideas differ regarding
poultry houses. as they do of dwelling
houses. The kind of poultry house to
be constructed depends upon the cost
—Or rather how much. one is willing
to invest in it. A pelson can have any
luxury preferred if he is willing to pay
for it. I '.

But how much room can one get at
the lowest. cost? A poultry house
should have, first of all, the most room
possible on. the floor. it. slim d be vens-
tilated! without draughts of air, and it
should be warm. in winter and- cool in
summer. The size depends upon. the
number of fowls in the flock. Be-arin
mind that while a. house may afford: a
roosting place. for a. large lot. of fowls,
yet the main. point is to- afford plenty
of room for exercising in winter, and

 

PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE.

another point is that fowls will remain
outside exposed. to the storms before
' they will seek-refuge in. a dark house.
They love the light and they are pa.r«
tial to the open ain if they can have a
“wind-break."

With these facts impressed upon the
reader, we give a design (not the “bes ,"
as there can he no best), which shows
-a roosting-house and scratching shed.
It should be, for a. flock of 15 fo-wls,
about 10 by 20 feet, the. roosting place
being 8 by 10 feet, and the shed 8 by
12 feet. If made deepen it will be an
advantage. The roosts may be placed
along the rear or at the east side, the
house supposed to be facing the south.
It should be 8 feet high at the front,
and 6 or 7 feet at the rear, tarred paper
roof. The nests Should) be under a
platform with the roost over the plat-
form.

The advantages of this house are as
follows: While not elaborate, it costs
but little (according to locality); the
front of the shed can be incllosed with
wire netting in summer. and used as
a cool roosting place; it is warm in
win-ter, the shed- serving as a. wind-

- break for the roosting portion when
the wind is in the west; the hens can
work and scratch under the shed in
winter, being really in the open air,
and a. muslin curtain (which admits
the light) may be suspended in front
during stormy days. The floor of the
house maybe of dirt, boards, or cement,
but the floor of the shed may be of
dirt. covered with cut straw, leaves, or
other litter. -

It may be claimed that we allow but
a small flock for such a house, but the
way to get eggs is to give plenlty oil
room. It is better to have a few hens
tliat lay than. to have a crowded flock
that produces nothing. The design is
of a house that. is simple, cheap, can be
built by almost anyone. and in some
places can be built for $20, but we give
only the design. as it may be made
larger, extended, or more elaborate, as
preferred—American Gardening.

Successful Egg Storage.

An interesting experiment in egg
storage-.was recently tried in Scotland.
At Leilh last June 50.000 Scottish-Irish
and Danish eggs were sealed up in a.
storage apparatus. says tl1 Scientific
‘Americanuand were open d and ex-
amined four months afterward, and
only a small proportion of the eggs
were found unfit for use. In this
method the eggs are kept cool and the
airis allowed to have free access around
each egg. which. is kept in an upright
position. The eggs are turned period—
ically. so‘ that the yolk of the egg is
constantly embedded in albumen. This
is accomplished by placing the eggsin
frames. which. by the action of a lever,
can be inclined indifferent directions
as needed. In this way 23.000 eggs can
be turned over in a minute without
lay chance of breakage.

 

Corn for Gold W'e'athcr.

Corn. which has been the staple food
for winter. has found‘a rival in wheat;
but while wheat is quoted at a very low
price, those who buy in very small
quantities will find it still nearly up
to old prices.
of poultry is usually of the lowest
grade. but the retailers seem to make
no difference on that account. While
wheat is an excellent food when 'fed
in connection with oats for spring.
summer and fall use. yet we believe
corn the best and cheapest during the
very cold weather. as it is nearly always
of better quality than the wheat sold
to poultrymen.—-Farm and Fireside.

Incubators for Chicks.

However resolutely a breeder may re-
solve to do without incubators. he can-
not very well dispense with them if
he wants the very earliest-hatched
chicks. Anyone who has tried. to get
a hen to sit steadily earlyin spring for
sufficient time to hatch out the chicks
will know that it is impossible. The
broodicst hen-after two or three days
on the nest will probably leave the eggs
and go to laying again. Yet it is nec-

essary to have the chicks hatched early.I
so that they begin laying next, fall be-
fore the cold weather comes. in which
case most of them, if well Fed apdgiven
a worm, light room, will continue to
lay thmgh the winter.

 

The wheat sold for uses

 

 

THE'VEVEhl-Nu GAzEf-T r111 *

ijNTEY CHURCHES.

 

Many of Those‘in England Are
Charmiugly Interesting.

 

Fen-ally They Stand In the Midst of a
Churchyard in Which Repose the
Bones of the Ancestors of
the Wonhlpers.

 

To those who live outside the cities
and large towns it is probable that.
next to home, the local church holds
the warmest place in the imagination
and. affection. But there are reasons,
it seems to me, writes Clifton Johnson
in the Orange Judd Farmer, why the
English church should be doubly dear
to its old adherents. It has in its char-
acter and its setting many touches of
poetry that are altogether'absent in
'our new world churches. The building
is of stone, usually gray and ivy-grown
with age. The massive walls have. an
air of permanence. and you feel in the
whole structure the charm of a long
past. Many generations of worshipers
sleep now in the churchyard, where the
grass grows green over the low-
ly mounds. and the pink-petaled dai—t
sies and. golden buttercups brighten the-
turf each summer' season. Among the
scattering stones of.this village of the.

dead gathered about the church walls

are frequent trees and: shrubs (ever—
greens). a dark gnarled yew with a
seat under it. and horse-chestnut trees
that in spring are gigantic bouquets of

blossoms. musical as a garden of roses

with the hum of bees. The church-
yards are always tidy and attractive,
the fencing is never dilapidated, the
grass is kept mowed and the gravel
paths free from weeds.

The Vicarage adjoins the churchyard
and through the shrubbery you can
glimpse its substantial walls and tall
chimneys.
lesser gentry and his house is a man-
sion in harmony with his social level.
It has ornamental grounds about, there
are hothouses at weside and near them
the cottage of the gardener. Some
vicars have stables besides and keep a

 

‘ ENGLISH COUNTRY CHURCH.

(Located at Grassmere, the Home of the
Poet Wordsworth.)

horse and a. cow or two. Usually they
are not entirely dependent on the sale,
cry of their position, but have some
income from bonds or other property
of their own. I speak only of the
Church of England, which is the dom-
inant and typical one among the Eng-

lish. This is the. state church and all

the people of a village have to con-
tribute to its support whether they
attend or not. The'houses of worship
of the dissenters are known as “chap-
els" and those in the rural districts are
quite insignificant and have very small
congregations.-

A vicar. if he is a. man of conscience
and vigor. leads an active life. Many
11ergymen give more than the full
amount. of their salary' 1n local charity.
But not all are faithful. There are! those
who are lazy or dissipated or tight-fist-
ed. You can hearin English churches
some of the most slovenly services im-
aginable. This, of course, is easily pos-
sible where the clergyman gets and
holds his position‘ entirely independent
of the likes and dislikes of his people;
for the li\ mg is his own by right of pur-
chase, or is the gift of some one among
the gentry. Even if their astor is
known to be a hard drinker and moral-
ly bad. he stays on justthe same.

ln contrast with the ringing of a sin-
gle bell that we are familiar with in
America. the English have chimes in
their church towers that roll in tu-
multuous harmony each Sunday morn—
ing to call the people to worship.
llarly comers loiter among the graves
and flock in through the low arch of
the porch only when the chimes begin
their final ringing in solemn changes.
The cool interior of the church is very
pleasant and the surpliced vicar and
the white-robed choir boys and the

. deep-toned organ in the noble music

of. the service are almost sure to at-
tract and interest, even if there are
marked personal shortsomings in the
preacher.

 

Germ Thai Cannes Sunstroke.

A11 eminent doctor has been investi-
gating the malady and has come to the
conclusion that sunstroke is not due
solely to excessive heat or exposure to
the full rays of a cloudless son. He de-
clares that suustroke is, on the con-_
trary. an infectious disease, caused,
like fever or smallpox, by‘ a Specific oré
ganism or germ. But this germ he has
not yet succeeded in isolating. though
he hopes in'course of time to do so.
There is little doubt, he ,says, that the
germ is bred in the superficial layers
of the soil in certainlow-lying regions
of the e-,arth and that it is imbibed into
the human system by the breathing of
dusty air.

 

Kin-lug In the Streets.
Several states in New England have

statutes forbidding kissing in ' 130
Streets. The laws are old ones and ob- .
eolete. '

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The vicar ran-ks among the .

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THE BEEF INQUIRY.

 

. lned was Lieutenant Frederick L. Mun- "

Chicago.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-——The war
department court of inquiry held a
brief session yesterday, the last before
their start for the ,west to inspect the
packing plants of Chicago. Omaha and
Kansas City. The only Witness exam-

son of the Ninth infantry. He said that
during his service in Cuba,.up to the
surrender of Santiago, his command
had 'as a. ration bacon and canned roast
beef in the proportion of about 10 days
of the former to. 15 days of the latter.

Until the surrender he heard no com-
plaints of the canned roast beef, but
after the surrender his commissary ser-
geant reported to him that something
was making the men very sick. They
did not know what it was, but thought
it was something they had eaten. After
eliminating every other factor that they
could think of they concluded it must
be the canned beef. He,ordered the
cooks to try fixing up the meat in stews
with hard tack and tomatoes, but it
seemed to make no difference. The men
continued sick. They then discontinued
the use of the beef. On the voyage
home they- still had canned roast beef,
but the men did not eat it. He tried to
turn'it over to the commissary at M011-
tauk Point, but the commissary would
not receive it.

Of the refrigerated beef witness said
the principalobjection to it was that 'it
spoiled before the men received it. He
was obliged to condemn his whole con-
signment three times. »His command
was the headquarters provost guard,
made up of old and picked men. They
were not the sort to complain of any-
thing till they had reached the very
limit of endurance. Their sickness was
almost entirely bowel and stomach
trouble.

This wound up the taking of testi—
mony in W'ashington, and the court ad—
journed to meet in Chicago on Thurs-
day.

General Eagan visited the court after
the executive session was under way
and had a talk with the recorder.

 

Floods In Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, March 7.-—The swollen
streams in Kentucky are causing great
damage, especially to farmers. The Ken-
tucky river is rising rapidly, and much
of the bottom land is already inundated.
All the tributary streams are badly
swollen. Besides the damage to proper-
ty, several casualties have resulted. J.
W. Gordon was drowned near Frankfort
while trying to ford Stony creek. Wil-
liam Abshire, ,near Richmond; Jacob
Ewing, at Ewing Station, and Neal Car-
ter, near Mount Sterling, lost their lives
in a like manner. At Catlettsburg the
government gauge is 54.5 feet, and the
river is rising slowly. The water is now
18 inches above the danger line. Con-
siderable damage is reported by the Big
Sandy river. At Louisa the gauge shows
54 feet and still rising. This is the high-
est record since 1862.

 

Photogrn'phic \Var History.

WASHINGTON, March 7.—The war
department has undertaken the com-
pilation of a unique volume, a photo-
graphic history of the war with Spain.
It has addressed a circular letter to all
the officers in the service, asking them
to contribute such prints, films or nega-
tives as they may have in their posses-
sion, promising to return such loans in
good condition. It further asks all of-
ficers .to report the names of such per--
sons as to their knowledge carried cam-
eras in the regions of active operation,-
so that their aid may be sought in com-
piling the volume. The desire of the de-
partment. as stated in the‘circular, is
”to produce in a single volume every
obtainable picture and photograph bear-
ing on this subject.”

A Bold Robbery.
HAGERSTOWN Md March 7.—Flve
masked robbers entered the house. of
Miss Eliza Waltz. an'aged maiden lady,
near Cavetown, along the Western Ma-

ryland railroad, about seven miles from '

this city, at 1 o’clock yesterday morn+
ing, and, after securing $2 500 in cash.
made their escape. Miss Waltz and a.
boy named Holtzman, aged 10 years,
were; the only persons in the house. The
robbers broke in the door with a. fence
rail and tied the hands of Miss Waltz
and the boy in their beds. A bolster was
placed over the lady’s head to prevent
her from making a noise or seeing. The
robbers ransacked the rooms in their
search for money; which was finally
found in a bureau drawer.

Illicit Still Ralded.

MALONE, N. Y., March 7.—Customs
officers have raided an illicit distillery
in the town of Clinton. in Clinton coun-
ty, destroyed a quantity of mash and
whisky and arrested James Blanchard,
the owner of the house. Blanchard
claims, however, that the still is owned
by a man who was driven out of Cana-
da for “moonshinlng” and that the. liq-
.lor made on his premises has been “dis-
posed of in the Dominion. The house
where the still Was located is on the line
dividing the United States and Canada.

 

'l‘roops From Santiago.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 7.-
The United States transport Thomas,
formerly the Minnewaska, arrived in
port Sunday from Santlago, having on
board the Twenty-third ,Kansas regi-
ment colored infantry, Ll ' tenant .Colo-
nel James Beck com nding. The
troops left over the Chesapeake and
Ohio for Leavenworth, Kan” last even-
ing.

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Will Salute the Talbot.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-After con-
ference with the secretary of state, Sec-
retary Alger has given orders that Fort.
Wadsworth, at the entrance of New
York harbor. shall fire a. salute of 17
guns when the British cruiser Talbot
passes out of the harbor with the re-
mains of the late Lord Herschell.

A1; Bedtime ,
Take a dose of Hostetter s

Stompch Bitters»: and-

your .*eyes will soon
close in peaceful, refreshing slumber
Another dose in the morning will make
your breakfast. taste good, and put. you
in fine fettle for the day’ 3 work ahead

 

 

 

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RICHARD A. Mean-nor, PreSident.

 

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Statement-for the Year Ending Dec. 31:98.

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According to the Standard of, the Insurance Department of the State of New York.

 

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INCOME.

 

Received for Premiums $42,318,749 51
From all other Sources 12,687,880 92
' . $55,006,629 .43 ,

 

Drsnunsnmnnms.

To Policy-holders for Claims by Death
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
For all other Accounts

$13,265,908 00 .
11,485.75! 35
10,493,379 53

‘ $35,245,035 88

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, ASSETS.

United States Bonds and other Securities
First'Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans 0n Bonds and other Securities,
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents
at $23,534,826. 88. Book Value
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies

Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc.
'

$160,956.14! 33
68,503,580 90
993969619 00

20,604,649 61-

II,621,377 36
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$277.517,325 36 ‘

LIABILITIES. I . ‘

2339058, 640 68
”-42 238,684 68
252,320,000 op

81-. . 6.
$971.71! 997 19

Policiy Reserves, etc.,
Contingent Guarantee Fund,
Divisible Surplus . . . . -

Insurance and Annuities in Force

 

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lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELL-ER, Auditor;

 

From. the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as [13118

 

)‘Board of'I'rusteess

ADRIAN ISELIS .l h

GEORGE IS. Bowoons .
WILLIAM C. WHITNE
WILLIAM ROCKEEELLEL
JAMES N. JARVIE

CHAS D. DICKEY JB
ELBBIDGE T GEREI

JAMES SPEYEBj

FEEDEEIO CROMWELL

. JULIEN '1‘. DAVIES
A. N. VVATEREOUSE
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS:
GEORGE G. HAvEs

HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUCEINCLOSS
THEODORE MOBEOBD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER B GILLETTE
H. WALTER W EBB’

SAMUEL D. BABCOOK
RICHARD A MCCWRDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
FIERMANN C. VON POST
.WILLIAM. J. SEWELL ,
OLIVER HARRIIIA'E '
ROBEBT OLYPHAN'I
GEORGE F. Baum
DUDLEY OLCOTT

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ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.

 

W ALTER R GILLETTE, General Man ager.,
SSAAU B‘. LLOYD. 2d Vice-Piesident ' DUEH du-P. BRECK, Correspon mg Secretsr.
W [LLIAM J. EAS'I’ON, Secretary. , - . ‘ ALBERT KLAMHOTH, Assistam Secretary
FREDEHIC CBOMWELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. ' JAMES TIMI SON 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM F. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORX MOCLINTOCK, Actuary. , _
_ JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Assistant Actuary. ‘-
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIBFUSD GRETSIN GER, ASuistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
J OHN C. ELLIO 1‘, superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
E')“ ARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. ,
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
El 1115 J. MARSH, M U UHANVILLE M WHITE. M D
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting

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