Longfwood, tha Prison House of Nap* leon, la Maintained Much as He Knew IL Western Commonwealth.^ Longwood Old House, the prison There were but two French kings She was a little Austrian woman home of Napoleon, is about four miles who ever ruled over Missouri, observes and she was crossing the ocean on a from Jamestown, 'the capital of St. the- Kansas City Star. The first of• TO RAISE INCUBATOR CHICKS great hostile liner. Most of the other Helena. .Dismally unattractive, the these was Louis XIV, for whom La women were the wives of Englishmen place Is In about the same condition Salle took possession of the Mississippi and they could not forget that her How to Induce Old Hen to Take Place that it was In the emperor's time. A river and of all ther country country was at war with their land. of Artificial Brooder—Transfer low rambling one-storied farmhouse, drained by its tributaries. La Salle They ignored her, and she was left at Night once the dwelling of a peasant farmer named the country Louisiana in honor much to herself. And yet— of the island, it is hard to connect the of his king. For governmental purposes One morning as she was walking (Prepared by the United States Department place with the one-time master of the the whole of Louisiana was attached of Agriculture.) up and down the deck in her solitary SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FOWLS ARRANGEMENT OF HEN HOUSE Tullerles and Versailles. But Longwood to new France and Frontenac Hens are often used to raise incubator-hatched •way she passed the steamer chair of has an air of romance and mystery ."V "fry': became the first governor, ruling over chicks and to take thei a middle-aged English woman who was of its own, for it was the death the largest domain ever under the Hens Should Be Comforlatle, With place of the artificial brooder, a practice No Flo'flr Needed Where. Drainage la knitting at a gray woolen sock, relates place of Napoleon. Floor Space of 3 or 4 Square Feet sway of one man on this continent. that is In operation on many poultry Good—Dropping Boards Should a Writer in the Christian Herald. The house is badly lighted and ill France owned the central part of the for Each Bird. farms. A few eggs are put under Be Cleaned Daily. And suddenly she paused in her Walk ventilated. The rooms are tiny and continent from the Gulf to the polar the hen four or five days before the and held out both of her hands. (Prepared by the United States Department Department (Prepared by the United States musty. The so-called 1llliard room incubator is to hatch. In the evening seas. Thus Frontenac became the first "Oh," she cried, in very good English, of 'Agriculture.) of Agriculture.) couid never have held even the smallest governor of the region that is how following the hatch of the incubator, The poultry fl6ck should be comfortably "will you not let me knit a few When the soil is well drained and table and the players at the same Missouri. after the chickens are thoroughly dry, but not expensively housed. A rows on that sock?" consequently will remain dry no floor time. The reception room Into which ipne or two are put under the hen, and But It was in the reign of Louis XV, house which provides a floor space of The ISnglish woman looked up. And need be used in the poultry house, the the emperor was moved when dying, is who succeeded Louis XIV, that Missouri If she is found to mother them properly, 3 or 4 square feet per bird is ample for her face was cold and rather hard. "I ground itself serving as tiie floor. the pleasantest spot in the place, for the next evening as many more are received from France the first the purpose, and fowls are often successfully think/' she said, "that you would Often a slight dampness -caik be cor* it boasts of more than one window. It lidded as she can brood or care for vivifying touches of civilization. Under kept with an allowance no scarcely want to knit on this sock I rected by filling up the .floojr several was in the space between the two windows properly. Hens will successfully this reign the city of St. Louis was greater than 2H to 3 square feet. For It Is going to an English colonel inches above the outdttje ground with that the death bed was placed. founded and was named, not in honor |rood 10 to 15 chickens early in the Houses must be dry and free from sand, cinders, gravel,7' of jiry dirt —myhusband Here today Is a bust of the emperor. of. Louis XV, who was no saint, but breeding season, and 18 to. 25 in warm draft, but must? allow ventilation The little Austrian woman looked Three or four inches of the Siirface of Visitojrggio Longwood sign the ancient in honor of Louis IX, who then had jveather, depending upon the size of very Often there is an unused shed or small at the colonel's lady. And there were the floor, and of the run. if a «"»nii visi!tpj|&*feook in. this reception room. been dead 500 years, and who was tha the hen. This method of handling building on the place which can easily tears in her eyes. "Listen," she said run is used, should be removed ant replaced While the aged guide tells the story of most saintly king France ever had. ichickens does away with the artificial lie converted into a chicken house. The with fresh dirt two or three in a low, shaking voice. "I, myself, Napoleon's last days. a New Orleans was founded, top, during brooder, and where one has only tront of the poultry house should be have a. son. He is an officer in the times a year. If the ground is so wet Above the first-floor are the garret -the reign of Louis XV, and was small number of chlckens-to raise it is faced toward the south, if possible, so Austrian army. But if yon knew my or damp that this condition cannot be rooms, little more than cubby holes, named for t^e duke of Orleans, regent a very easy manner in which to handle that the sun will shine Into It. Perfectly son I do not think yon would hate corrected by filling it is best to provide for the young king, who was former statesmen and marshals Where them, and also a good method when satisfactory houses can be made him I If I knew the colonel, your husband, a board floor, as this will help to keep crowned at five years old. of France lived during their exile with it is desired to raise separately special the house dry, will allow, easier cleaning cheaply from piano boxes or other I do not think I would hate their master. Outside is the tiny garden lots of chicks. It should be borne In packing cases. Two piano boxes with him either. She paused for and will promote the general CANT GET ALONG TOGETHER and the emperor's favorite arbor. mind, In adding chickens to a hen the backs removed can be nailed together health and welfare of the hens. A a moment before she went on, and Here is the fishpool built by his own which already has some to brood, that and a door cut in the end. These then—"now that the world Is torn by house with a board floor should be set hands. At the foot of the plateau is same it is best to add those of the Women Wont Work for Women When boxes should be covered with a roofing war," she said, "we women must do on posts or blocksf, so that It Is 5 to 12 Geranium valley, and the emperor's color and age as the ones already with .They Can Help It, Always Preferring inches above the ground. When this paper in order to keep the house dry what we can to keep a little love In It tomb. It was by Napoleon's own request her, as the hen will often pick the later Men Bosses. space is left the floor will not rot so and to make it wind-proof. A portion May I, perhaps, knit a few that he was buried here. The arrivals If they are of a color different of the door should be left open or covered quickly and rats are not so likely to rows on the sock?" famous willow tree of fiction and history A "mere man," writing in Woman's from the ones she Is already with a piece of muslin, so as to take refuge under the house. Silently, but with tears in her own still shadows the emperor's tomb. Home Companion, makes this comment brooding. As a rule this transferring allow ventilation. Similar houses can In order to keep the flock in a clean eyes, the English woman handed over on women in business. In 1858 Queen Victoria presented should take place at night, although be constructed of packing cases at a and sanitary condition, dropping the gray wool. in, Longwood to Napoleon who re­ ''Another reason I have noted why with a quite docile hen it can be done boards should be provided and roosts' relatively small cost. A small amount stored the old place to the condition women don't appropriate the big jobs in the morning. of 2 by 4 or 2 by 3 lumber can be purchased above them. This makes it easy to OBEDIENT TO OLD COMMAND In which the great emperor knew it. is that most in ambers of their own remove the droppings each morning for framing. The box boards sex—to say nothing of the members COOPS FOR HENS AND CHICKS -trrfrmtyi and helps greatly to keep the house can be applied for. siding or sheathing NEED NOT SEEK POPULARITY of ours—would rather work for a man Palestine Farmers Still Remember free from objectionable odors. A little and then covered with roofing paper. than a woman. The most successful Biblical Injunction in Reference Loss Is Large Where. Unrestricted sand or ashes sprinkled on the Where there is a board fence it is woman I know is the head of a big to the Gleaners. "Expert" May Achieve Highest Measure Range Is Allowed—'Guard dropping board after each cleaning sometimes possible to take advantage department in a very big business. She of Success, but Naturally He Against Cats and Rats. will be found to make the cleaning of this by building the poultry house knows that her feminine instinct is After the lentils and similar crops of Will Never Be Loved. easier. in^he corner of the fence, and making worth thousands to that business.. Yet the bean family have been gathered in (Prepared by the United States Department The dropping boards and roosts thg' .'fence itself, with the cracks covere^by There is not much mystery, oir even she is glad that the president of the of Agriculture.) by the Palestinian farmer, the barley should be placed against the back wall. strips or battened, serve as the any at all, in the dislike of "experts" business is a man she wouldn't take If the mother hen is allowed to harvest comes next, and lastly the Here they are out of'the way and at bac|f' and one side of the house. the president's job if she could get it that is felt and expressed by not a few. range unrestricted with her chicks wheat. the same time where they are least ^-Ay Cheap house 8 by 8 feet square can and? no matter how much slie believes The expert man is a man who goes to she frequently takes her brood When harvesting, the men wear a likely to be reached by drafts. The be' made by 2 by 4-inch pieces and 12inch in her own instinct, she recognizes other men and tells them that the through grass and as a result lea their apron and sometimes a large Avet dropping boards should be about 20 to boards. The 2 by 4 pieces are that ihere is an element of judgment way in which they are doing their work some are chilled and die especially padded glove. The women have none used for sills, plates, corner posts, and is not the best way—that it is a bad, iip^feaaaa that, working with her inrstinct, of the protection provided for them, the weaker ones which are likely to three rafters. No studding is required pi-oduces a perfect combination. costly, or even stupid way—and that if ^*9 be left behind. Where this careless says the Christian Herald. Sickles except that necessary to frame the "I hired a stenographer once, for xrist^nce^.and they will only listen to him and follow system of management is practiced 9re of two kinds, one, the kaloosh, is his advlCe their work will be improved assigned her to a woman, small and with quite a dull edge and the loss of young chicks is large. .^t noon of the first day she went outto and their efficiency increased. is employed when the crops are short When a coop is provided for the hen lunch and did not come 'back. I None of us takes pleasure in hearing such losses are largely prevented. and scanty. These do. not cut the talk of that sort, and the displeaisure found a laconic note on her desk. It straw, but rather help pull up the Any sty^e of coop which Is dry, read: 'I won't take dictation from a is greater in exact proportion with ventilated and can be closed at iiightto grain by the roots, or break off the woman.' .Any man or fcny woman in length of the hearer's training and experience protect the brood against cats, rats brittle stalks. The other,, called manpal, business can give similar testimony. in conducting his business, *icl other such animals and "Which is much larger, and supplied with •yVomen would rather work for men trade, or .art. All that the expert says short, slanting teeth, and is used on while confining the hen will allow the than work for women." carries the Implication of adverse criticism the tail, well-grown grain fields. chicks to pass in and oyt freely after directed against the recipient of Reaping with these simple implements they are a few days old, will be satisfactory. his suggestions, and usually it is criticism Warmth Not in Surface. and binding the sheaves with The hen should fee confined of that recipient's father and -.,q^»*e Britisher is just as warmh^rted their own straw, a considerable until the chicks are weaned, and kindly and friendly as we grandfather. Of course that is resented, amount'is left behind and many of the though a small yard may be attached ar^",writes Herbert Corey in Everyh°dy's, and the resentment is bitterest ears drop off, but once the reapers to the coop, if desired, to allow the when the expert goes ahead and gives "but he must be operated on have advanced, they, actuated by almost hen to exercise. The fence can be undeniable proof that his new way with a full kit of tools before one finds raised from the ground far enough to religious scruples, will not pick it out. of doing things is better than the old allow the chicks to go in or out, but up that which has been, dropped, even ways which have long been productive "Not long ago I was riding with a though they be severely poor themselves, of honor and profit. Good Type of Poultry House. for they unwittingly follow a yovag officer on the British front. He The expert, too, is always open to command not given to them but to former had just heard that his favorite brother-rin-law door and window space. The boards the convenient charge that he is not was located in some nnknown inhabitants, the tillers and readers are run up and down and add sufficient "practical"—that he is a man of theories village near by. of this land "And when ye reap stiffness to the house. They are and fads. Sometimes the charge the harvest of your land, thou shalt "He was quite 'bucked up' about it— used also for the roof and covered with is true—but only of the expert who not make clean riddance of the corners. I am sure he said bucked up—because roofing paper. The back and sides of claims the name without deserving it. of thy field when thou reapest, this was a real brother-in-law. He regaled the house also can be .covered with neither shalt thou gather any gleaning me with stories of the brotherin-law's roofing paper, or the cracks can be of thy harvest." Peculiarities of Electric Ray. youth. He met friends and covered with wooden battens or strips *. The electric ray is a species of fish asked where the beloved brother-in-law 3y% to 3 inches wide. In the front of found on the Pacific coSst. It is known inlght'vbe -found. By and by we ran To Save Foolish Motorist. Interior of Well-Equipped Hen House. the house there should be left a window from central California southward to Coops Used on Government Poultry The officials of the Long Island across the brothor-in-law, standing 30 inches from the floor, depending on or opening which can be closed,* Santa Barbara channel and is very Farm. railway .have begun another year's knee-deep in mud in a particularly destroyed the height of the building. This gives When desired, by a muslin screen or common in Monterey bay. This fish is campaign to try and prevent motorists village. This Is precisely what space enough under them so that the curtain which serves as a protection not high enough fpr the hen to escape. provided with an electric organ composed from committing suicide by driving in they called to each other: hens have room to exercise and is not against bad weather but allows ventilatjfon. By using a coop the chicks can of hexagonal cells, reaching from "Fancy me finding you here, old front of moving trains. Last year the too high for the heavier hens to fly up In the side a door should be find shelter and warmth under the the skin of the upper surface to that Long Island had 109 grade-crossing top!* 'Ripping, isn't it? Come along to. The rdosts should be 3 or 4 inches provided which will allow entrance. A hen at any time, and the weaklings of the lower, and situated at each side and have a peg."* gates smashed by automobile drivers. above the dropping boards. If more shed or single-slope roof is best because after a few '_vs may develop into of the head and gill chambers. The It was a favorite game to drive at high than a single roost is used, they should easiest to build. A height of 6 strong, hi ti thy chicks. electricity discharged from this ray sp^ed into these barriers, smash them Watches on Trim Ankles. be on the same level. otherwise all the feet in front and 4 feet in the rear is The brood coop should be cleaned has the properties of other electricity, and then clear the track just a few Residents of Newark, Del., suffered a hens will try to crowd upon^ the highest ample. If desired, the house may be iai least once a week and kept free such as rendering an iron bar magnetic, feet ahead of the oncoming train. Monday's shock the other afternoon when two roost. A piece of 2 by 4 or 2 by 3, built higher, so that it is more convenient frum mites. If mites are found in decomposing chemicals and producing newspapers usually carry long well-known young women appearetLon_ laid on edge and with the upper corners to work in the increase in cost the coop, it should be thoroughly a spark, says the American casualty lists resulting from foolhardy Main street wearing ankle watches. rounded off, makes a good roost. will be slight. The ventilator in the cleaned and sprayed with kerosene oil Angler. Stories vary as to the volume motorcar drivers, who celebrate Sunday There were several narrow escapes A pole, or even a piece of board 2 or 3 rear is not needed in the northern part ftr crude petroleum. From 1 to 2 of4he discharge, but even a small by going to eternity instead of from ^accidents when drivers of automobiles inches wide, may be used. If the roost of the Country, but is desirable in the inches of sand or dry dirt or a thin ray Is capable of inflicting considerable their intended destination. There are forgot their wheels in the excitement is of light material and fairly'long, it South, where summers are very Warm. layer of straw or fine hay should be pain. After a few discharges the fish reckless drivers in every state and in of the moment. should be supported in the center, as Such a house would be ample for a spread on the floor of the coop. becomes exhausted and must rest before every city of every state. Indianapolis Nearly every store door and window well as at the ends, to prevent it from flock of 20 to 25 hens. It Can be built Brood coops should be moved Weekly its electric organs are again functional. has its share and sooner or later held a rubberneck and repeated calls sagging badly. An allowance of 7 to quickly and easily and is cheap in to fresh ground, preferably where they will learn that the game between pf "What time is it?" but the young 10 inches of roost space per fowl, according construction. there Is new grass. Shade is very essential the automobile and the. locomotive is Women did not seem to mind in. the to the size the birds, should bf in rearing chickens, especially an unequal one. Ther locomotive wins Channel Tunnel Is Missed. least the furore, they were raising. be made. If more than one roost is INSURE CHICKENS AND EGGS 'during warm weather therefore, the every time/ HoW great have been the demands .Iftey were neatly and attractively used, they should be placed about 15 •coops should be placed in the shade up6n the British merchant marine for dressed., They wore low shoes, with inches apart. "whenever possible. A cornfield makes Farmer Who Hatches Early in Spring ships.for the reservation of purely mil-* A Smoke Inspector. bladk isilk hose, the Watches strapped fine range for young chickens, as ow«v' Seems to Have Best of Argument^ itary purposes is shown by the statistics to their trim left ankles. One old resi.denter/who The president of a woman suffrage ERADICATION OF ALL PESTS Ing to cultivation of the ground, they —Lay in Winter. of the. first two and a quarter organization is a mighty person. Dr. got a closer vl^w of the Sget many bugs and worms and have \vatches- remarked: years of War. During that time 8,000,000 Anna Howard Shaw spoke: in the. assembly An essential part of the endeavor to First Step Should Be to Clean House fresh soil to run on most of the time men were transported across the "Well I be •. I have read of hall of the Claypopl hotel on insure more chickens and eggs is contained-in and Then Thoroughly Spray or1 and enjoy abundant shade. seas and over a million sick and the opening evening of the annual convention f]uch things, btit never saw it before, the maxim—hatch early. The Paint Interior. '~*r' -..i- wopnded. Of supplies and explosives and right here at home." of the Woman's Franchise farmer who hatches early in the spring, f, POULTRY RAISING IS A DUTY at 9,420,000 tops, were carried, besides League Indiana. The room.. was The first step eradicate the pests either by incubation or natural methods, 1,000,000 horses and mules, and 47,500,000 kA'rgintihe.' Meat-Packing Plant. built to hold 500 persons comfortably which live in craoi'S and crevices in seems to have all the best of the gallons of petrol. the chapnet.tunnel IsyJIk Farmers and People In pities Should Some months ago a group of Pataijgo^ian but about 800 Were* there that evening. poultry houses is to clea,n the house. argument. When chickens are hatched had been, built in the days Keep Enough Hens to Supply Mrs. Richards' Edwards of Peru, president capitalists soiight and obtained All litter, nest material $nd droppings early in the spring they mature in the of before the war, a vast amount a concession from the Argentine government, Table With Eggs. & of the franchise league, thought should, be removed. Then spray or fall and lay eggs in the winter. Then, merchant tonnage, now employed on to establish a packing plant she detected an/odor of smoke. From paint thoroughly the entire surface of in the spring they are ready to hatch transport eervlce, would have been to l^ld'Grande, in the territory, of-Tier•i,a (Prepared by the United States Department her portion on the stage she sent a the house and literally .flood all cracks early. Late-hatched fowls are late in of Agriculture.) for- commercial available the world's del Fuego. the 'southermost district SkJ message to Miss Adah Bush, of Kentland, and inside of nests with a 5 per cent maturing, do-not lay in the Winter, If poultry Is to play the part that,it service.—Scientific American. i||,8hould 6f the republic. The plant was to fur* to investigate the source. spray and do the work thoroughly. -and do not sit unUl late in the following play in feeding the nation and nlah a market for the stock of the Miss Bush left the room for a few spring. ptwinning the war, not only will the deffeflciency Saving the Pink Cup. filgep jffld cattle owpre of that di* minutes. When she returned she sent 'US' D'rty Fresh Eggpk, created during the past year ThiBee-year-old Buddie had a up to Mrs. Edwards the message: trict, and to stimulate the growth of A fresh egg that has Contracted dirt Don't Breed 8lackers.. liiliave to be made good, but there will slon for pink. His latest craving had the industry there. The~ company organized, "I have seen about the smoke. I have In any form can never, be ipade to appear Do not breed frbm slackers whether Jrave "to be added something to the been for a pink cup out of which to brought in the necessary machinery, had it stopped."—Indianapolis News., quite so attractive fis one laid they are poor layers or those which average as it stood before the 1917 depletion drink his milk. Indulgent auntie got lii a clean nest by a clean hen. and commenced at once on are inactive, go to roost""early, come began. The duty and the op* such a cup for him, and he used it for the construction of the plant itself. On r. Quiet Water Supply Pump.""--A off the. roost late. portunlty falls upon general farmers ._/• days with great delight. February 20 operations were begun ^Avoid Diseased Fowls, nioseless water supply pump of and upon families in cities and towns One morning, however, he was late There are those who/never breed with the killing of 10,000 animals. Basis of Feed. small capacity is described in Poulax who have enough back-yard space— for breakfast, and some one had used fowl that has once beeta.subjected to Bran and corn should be the basis Mechanics Magazine. At a distance of and that means much les3 space than the "sacred" pink cup. Buddie said not disease, particularly in Sa malignant Pudding With Bugs. of poultry feed in consideration pi ten feet, it Is claimed, the only sound tlpnay be ordinarily considered necespfisary—to word his silence was significant. The rice pudding with? raisins in had form. present prices. be heard: la the hum of the motor. keep enough hens to supply Later when his mother was washing appealed especially to the little threeyesir-old It operates at a speed of-500 revolutions •k their own tables with eggs. came and the dishes, he close to her Vs» 1 Ruth, who passM her piste *&sZ- ^Variety of £eeds.A Food for ChlckSrs^ a minute and therefore run be murmured: a: Variety is not only the splpe* of life* fojr second helping. "Mamma" cAe In order for chicks to grqw/the tyest belt driven. The pump is supplied Production, "Mother, jes pot sink top cop on tat la it'll "I want pudding with poultry feeds and feeding ss|lcl» some more it fis desirable to have food of sonw with an air cock and ia used with Egg production is largely a quae* **11. 3f ... the bng8 in It" •M dement that stands .for sue Idnd before them an .the tlnMb cither 0oeiL or pressure tank systems. lion of breeding.