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-I1*!!'** aTaaaTURDAY.... NOVEMBEK 26, 1904 j tTRACTICAL POULTRY KOUSE r^ailding Which Is Ample to Ac comniodate Two Hundred Fowls. [When c.nistruriins a poultry house ?ar the farm flo<k tlre main point to *BB> ebserved is to secure as much Tjaeor space as possible at the least rl T)io r?a! value of a structure this tiatiire depends mostly upon late floor area for ihe use of thc fowls, ?Bja L C Reynolrls. in Oranpe Jmld BBrmer. Tbe greater space in pro Baartion to the number of fowls, the petter opportunily they have to exer and kepp in liealthier condition xrz IO. i.-r:i:riiNi? im.\\* HOi'SK. K POULTRY a*Bs*roughout tlie winter months. No Etter what Kind of a honso may be wen, the fa< i should not be ovor ked that drun ^ t!ie larper portion BB* the season when f.ie pro.ind is cov BjBed with snow. tlie fowls must be con a*BBed to the house. L*J?be fllagrani. Fisr. 1, kIiows the eund plan of a poultry house hav sufficient floor area to accomrm a flock of ?nt> fnw] s. T*..^ i'i:M is :.'l'x:u; i"i'?>; in si>-e. A founla >a of eit'.rr stone or ronrrir'.e euld be |in|i:;rr-l for the structure be 8et upor.. \;any farmers do net iider a foundation under a poul BBry housp ne ossary. but it cortainly IBBlds life to ihe buildinp. The foun %?*?^^iU?M?. (U^T^*i*^**m&uis*Kd.. ?r./riu. 2- i.Mi \li:\V Or" 1'OlLTIiy llul SK. BaBtion ne?> I not be e-.ahorate. Ji.st tfthat it ke.?ps the siUs off the Kround 8KBO' awav :>(?ni nioistii:? Foi >;]'.?, a*aX6-in.eh rin?? may be us.'-l; for tlie aTararriewnrk L'xl s of nlmost ajiy l.ii.d cl aajurabli' nint. r.-il will ai sw.-r. The Weight of P"*' ; is R ffet. "he rool lt Balg Relf s'r,|r,'.i?i iin>.?.. it wil'. lie ne<(;vkn Mo mortise lui'is to the * n cl p? st* to aol?l Mlein in pia.-e. The rwt.aininj; j.art Baf the fra:uo.\ ork sho: '?' ue <on ^ajtructed on tho balloou fi.t.ur pnnri / The bnildi'.iK shoulI fr.< <? ?*ilher ^BBLSt or west. so thnt wir.dow*. rau l?e BBut ln alonjr tl>e south side .lsisi in Bdde the door is an al; > dotu off arith wire uettine; so th,' tr. ira*'-;er eajps it is not neeessriry i. > . : rl the fowls. 1UI are .^r-ain i>ins it.- ms:*; BLTe done o'Y from 1 lu? r? uainiiii: ;<art 8a* the hoiisr l>\ ti'atclied .vlirfT *<> Vi.-.t alarable ni:i!<',-<:: will answer '? r.e Bftnieture criu I-..- -?;r;iT. in:>.! ;:.- it w:, :.. BB* for l!:e t'.i > ?'<. I'ni. ? ..e.,;!. ;!!f eeORt is a plarf-rv i fo <?;>?? ' ;;!i drt-.p aalnRs. K i.s i snuii! <-vit !or tlu fo^ls. A. biiildini; ol" tbi-? si>?- i-- none 'oo ?alarge to ;< -'OMiinodate tte ?vir;^p BaOCk. a::ii ?--!.oi'!<! be foMi.fi upon nmr ty every frirrn . An en.': ?> iew of !he 8aOUse is shown in Kij?. 2 COVER FOR TURKEY !\iEST. 8%. Sugsestion Which Wili B* of V.^ue f Against Next Sprir.g s ELtcb i ir.g Time. The Ir'nited States department of eaajricult.iro publishes the accomjany Ba\g illust'nticn of a cover for tuikey ?ggs at hnr-Ling time. The turkty genorally stear her n? m iiv/uy and the eggs are n>?! in*".- ?<,.:. ntly j-tolen OT destroyed frmi. r, .t l.einir proteet ed. This covt i is i-i.j;_(?..:??(! anci haa *oeen tried s:i-ves,-.fu':\ by ^oirie "foreedera. J Swans R.iised for tbe Tahle. In this couwt:> swans are bnt little Eoen, exceirt iu puti.ie ; 1 ;k-. but they are coming >;uo imrci-. ? uw.-r on pri? vate estau-s. as ihey .im,. lMU finishing touch to ;m; or.iaiu. i. ..j1 sh'-rt of wafor. In England swans h.iw U< en raisod ever since the timo oi' liic.hard the Uon lleart od, for e-.ting purposes. 2be largest swaniu-ry w.is naintained r L*ord l'chesUr. ia L orset, where from 700 to 1.200 blrds were kept Ia '. ie early days all pwans were ralsed at <ne place, and brands issued to mem? bers of the nubility.?Country Life la .\rueiica. FEEDING THE BEES. The Precautions Which Must Ba Taken in the Fall to Secure Strong- Colonies. When aii apiarist fiuUs, ln the fall, that his toloLies have a scarcity ot stores, he must feed bouutilully. Iu tba --:>..' ?r j,,, ^lHis shoit stores, he must feed also, with sugar sirup. Even a colony whieh has enough honey to tide it o\er till honey liow is stiraulated by a treat now and theu oX the warm slrup, writes Ellen iir ai n erd, in the New Eng? land Homestcad. Before it is possible for the bees to gather pollen, it is well to place some rye flour where they can get it. It employs them aud in a rueas ure takes the place of pollen. In pre? paring food for the bees, use whita granulated sugar or coffee A sugar, and if possible it is best to mix with honey and water. Equal proportions of water and sugar just brought to a boil makes a sirup ot good consistency, but many apiarista prefer the sugar thoroughly dissolved in the hot water. It is wrong to use any inferior grade of sweets or to use mo lasses in feeding the bees. It wouid ba especially unwise in the fall, when tha bees were storing up for the winter, aa such feed wouid produce diarrhea, There are a number of methods ol feeding bees and many contrivancea have been invented to facilltate feeding and also to supply the sirup in such a way as not to attraet nor feed robbei bees. A good and inexpensive feeder ls the little simpliclty trough feeder. Any one who is mechanical can easily make a trough feeder. Fill the trough, which ia merely hollowed out, oblong pieces of wood with lengthwise partitions, oa which the bees perch themselves tosip, with warm sirup. and set at the hive en trances at nightfall, or else aet tha trough over the frames. If thia latter method is adopted, the super must ba placed on the hive to make a space for the trough. Another simple way of feedlng ia to fill Bmall brown paper bags with sirup, making pin-prlcks in the bottom of tha bags, and place these bags over the frames. If the feedlng ls done ln tha auper space. it must be done in the day, as the empty super wouid chill the hiva at night A cake of hard sugar candy, placed on the top of the frames. over the brood nest. is a good way of feeding, but not so stimulatlng as the warm slrup. If a colony ls found in the spring weak nvd <=hort on store? an pxcellent way to build it nn is to :?ive it one or two frames of brood and honey from a strong col? ony. THE NARRACANSETT BREED It Produces Large Turkeys. Second to None in B-auty or Bapidity of Development. In a bulletin of the department ol acrieul'ure. siie :V"ov ;nir d< < i:.v..i of the Na.ragaii^ct. tur. ej ia publii-hed: Colorlng.?The turkeys of thla varie ty (flg. 4) are next in sizr to the bronre. They are of black ground eolor, each feather endii.g with a band of steel gray,! edged with black. This Imparts a gray ish east to the entire surface plumage. TIIK NAKRAGANSKTT Tl'HKET. Mixed with this is the flnish of metallic hlaek and bror.ze luster. They are beau iiful in form and leather and breed trua to sli;i;i;' and eolor. Tlie li niale has a :iul!iir sir.oio of gray in her markinga than the uiaie. Her entire eolor throuahout is ot liiihter shading. Size.?The staiuiard wei^hts of this variety are. for inales, from 20 to 30 lounds. aecori.ine, to a.se; for l'emales, 12 to 18 poiuuls. Some old malesof both this and the bronze variety weigh over 40 pounds. These welghts are excessive and of but little advantage in breeding; medium-sized males and feniales are more valuable for producing stock. None of the severa! varleties of turkeya of this variety are fine in form of breast and body, not so lorg in the leg as the Bronze, and of a rather more contented nature. The do not average so large in size as the Bronze, but where grown they are hiehly valued. Some declare that. the Narrangansetts will reach mnr\et size and condition ir less time than the Bronze trukeys. but the writer has not been able to ascertain the truth Of this statement. POULTRY PICKINGS. Old plaster furnishee good lime me terial. Late hatched pullets rarely lay un? til spring. When a chiehen frequently picks lt aelf lt is lousy. Coal oil applied to the roosts ln small quantities will kill parasites. Proportionately thexe is more money in a small tlock than in a large one. A hen's profitable laying seemB to be limitcd to the first two years ot life. StatisticiaiiF assert that more money is spent in th s ?.-ountry for eggs than flour. Kven far fi.tet.iii^ fowis f<ir ::.ar ! ? i. an ?:?>?. . i ? ?? d.? i w ii. n.,.t do for any >...'. ,t :: .,. '?\Vi,::fs . l:.d Kt >i.?;?'?' ??\Vh> ,Ur, ainly ;.-?. ? Elhei wt-iit . THE FAITH OF GOD. low tha Christian Should Have aad Hay Have More Than Faith in God. The whole frame work of human life la built up of faith of some kind. Whether it takes the form of the filial confldence of a child in a parent, the rererence of a pupil for a teacher, the implicit confldence of a soldier in hia captain, or the familiar form of eom? mercial credit, faith ia the energlzlng and constructive principle ia all hu? man experience. To be sure. this faith ao-called may exist ln some instancea Ia a very feeble and seemingly insig Biflcant form?as in the case of the love of a dog for his master, or the 8uperstitious veneratlon of a savage for his fetlch?but faith it is. of a kind, even if Its size be small as a tnustard seed. All these occurrencea of faith are very full of signiflcance as 8bowing how Impossible it is for numanlty to get on without Imposing confldence in a hundred persons every day. And all these varied manifesta tions of belief or trust in others com blne to make a great total of testi mony to the supreme worth of faith exerclsed In a God ward dlrectlon, oi what may be called religious faith. as distlngulshed from mere soclal confl? dence. fllial trust. or business credit. The Bible abounds In exhortations to faith and promises made to faith One of the sweetest and most tendet encouragements of this kind Is the word of the Master recorded in the eleventh chapter of Mark, when He aaid to the disclples who were still wondering at the mlracle of the cursed fig-tree. "Have faith in God!" Noth? ing might seem more natural than to have faith In God, since men so fre quently repose faith in their fellows. and yet aa % matter of fact, faith God ward seems to be very difflcult for many, elther because of their lack of a reallzing sense of the existence and power of God. or because eome ain has been admitted Into the personal life which obscurea the vision of God or temporarily paralyzes the powers of belief, says the New York Obserrer. Very slgniflcant waa the question asked by the Master on one memora ble occaslon, when the disclples in an emergency had been found lacklng in the falth-power: "How it Is that ye have no faith?" It waa needful that the disclples should then and there take account of their spiritual experi? ence, examlne themselvea whether they were usin* the rlght meana to generate and supply faith or not. and detect just where the flaw lay in their emotional or more Hkrly volitionnl proeeRses. involvinp th?m in doubt and desmlr. "How ls it that ve have no faith?" The "how" of faith la a?? needful to eonsidcr aa thc "what" or the "why" or brlief. The Bible Is a complete text-book rm fiith. and thc patlent and nrnyerful stndent of IN pages will find the whole method and means of belief satlsfactorlly ex plnlned and Illuatrated in Ita varied volitmea. ':^v !.?; !n ?ii..d' ?fMa ta?raai iajunctiou of our Lord ia both a corn maad and aa implled promise. It is the expreased will of God that men ahould have faith ln Him. God la honored by faith and requirea faith. No earthly father la pleaaed If hia children, no matter how constantly or particularly he may seck to expresa his love for thrm, continue to dlsbe lieve in his goodness and tell him in ao many words: "We do not believe what you say!" The Almlghty de? mands that men believe that He mean* what He says. and that He has the power to effectuate His own. promises. There is f irthermore a deeper rnean lng to be found in this exhortation of Jesus, for In the original the expres 8lon used by Chrlst, after the curelng of the flfi-tree, denotes "Have the faith of God." This turn of thought seems to open up to vlew the whole biblica.1 theory of faith as something whieh comes from God. exists in God. an& ls austalned by God. God so to speak ia the great ground of faith and also Its end and alm. He ls the author and the flnlsher of faith. The divlne pres? ence Is the very atmosphere in which faith thrives. and whereln it comes >o fullest frulta?re. When Jesus then de manded faith from His disclples. He also inspired it. He eonnected faith with the life and graee of the Heaven ly Father Hiniself. The disclples were not to present before the I.on' a mp.n made faith. a kind of an artlflclal trust. or slmulated confldence but to gain and exerclse godUke faith which ls a dlvine gift as well as a human graee, and is first a gift 1 efor > it Is a graee. "Hnro r??Vs f >'h'' s id .les -s by which He meant not of eourse a faith which God needs to feel ln any one hlT^er than iMiwcr. for there Ia none hipher. but the faith wl>i h cir cles about God?Its Fount nnd Its su? preme object of adoration. "Have the faith of God!" No word of exhortation, in this sin-weary world, needs to be more often repeated than this terse injmu tion. Doubt and despair are in one sense easy, but they are never comfortable nor safe. Faith is the constructive and ennobllng prineiple in life. Without faith it i3 impossible to please God, but by faith all things right are made practlcable for the Christian. Only believe, and Bll things for you and for others will be gilded with the promise which be tokens and symhoii/.e.s tha golden glory of the coming heavenl> state. To be hospitablo to the devil is to be hostile to God. When the devil iw itt> a uian to the far country he furnishev i,o return ticket.?United Pi\ sbyiorian. As God is mij-'hu? r ; l.an Satan. so are the constructive forces v! thc world mightier than t lit uOaUucli? e. L'Q'ted Prtrsljyteriaix. How to tindicato Mildew. Mildew is very diilicult loremove. On< method ls to rul. the spots with lemc Juioe and then with ?alt; another is t> wet them with warm water. rub on a lii tie poap and sprinl le with powder* French chal'r .ni.d s^'t. Dry in the si and rope at tiu i ? ? ;\\o\. : ? i noces?ar If these methods i'ail. h'.t-m lir'tig wai can be resorted. to. A fimple bleachlr water ls madft by boiKng a teaspoonfi. of borax ln a quart of water. STATaMBarf OF THE FINANCIAL (KXDlTIOA OTTHB MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK. located al Rfcl taoad, ia the State of VirKiaia, aU th* cloee Of business. 10th day of Not., >04, made to the State Corporatioa 0<, uuaiasioa. ? XEOURCE8. Loans aad Di> oaata.$ 1,453.91 Overdrafta.. ?. 88 81 Stocks, boada aad mortgages. 2.561.44 Other real eskute. 80,011 80 Fnruitare aad Fixrures. 2,160 62 Exchanges for alearing-honse. 5:54.44 Due fnun Nactoaad Banka_21,4;:o 82 Sptcie, iiickele-aad cents... . 3,8*39,17 Paper Currerxy. 1,622 00 All other iteans of Reaources, viz: 499.11 Total, $64,110.12 ' 1abilities. Capiral stock paid in.$ 6,927.56 Surplus faad. 2,260.00 Dividends anpaid. 53.51 ladividaal devoeits subject to check 64,879 05 Total, $64,110.12 I, Thoraas H. Wyatt, cashier, do solemnly awear that the above is a true statf nientoi trhe flnaocial condition of the MechnaioB Savings Bank, located at Ricbruond, ia ;he State of Virglnia, at the cloee of bu? neas on the 10th day of Nov. 1904, to tl ? best of my kaowledae aad belief. as H. Wyatt, Cashier. Oorrect?A at. 1. 1 JONATHAN, l W. Whiting, ?kos. M. Obump, a^ ^ Directors. state o riaia, Oity of noad. 8woru ad aabAcribed before me thia 10.-'i at. of Nov. 1904. J. Thoxab Hawi.v, Notary Pablic. My OoaiBii?ttioa expiies 11th of April' 1?06. NTATEMEJTJ OF THE FINAACIAL1 CONDITION i OP THB NICKEL SAVINGS BANK, looatedat Ri hmond, ia the State of Virginia, at \ ha close of busineas, Nov. I 10th. 1904, ai a..ia to the State Oorporation Oommiaaion. 8XSOURCE8. Loana and !>' ?oaatB.$ 6,825.50 Furniture ai ? Fiztarea. 1600.00 Checka and other oash itema... 110 541 Exchanges for clearing honae.. 27.40 'Due from National Banki. 1.792 46 Specie, nickela and cents . 2 84:? 17' Paper Cnrrenoy. 2! 195 00' Total. tio,400.07 LIABlLiriES. Capital stock paid in. fr. 000 00 Snrplus Fund. 1 .^i 001 Iiidividual deposits scbject to ] eheck. <i.i;.-2 :>o i Time certificates of depont. . 2\ 4?.?? Total.fif; 41.0.07! I, E. A. Wasltingt. u, Cnsl.i, r. do polemnly bwear that tlie above ii- n ;me ! statement ofthe fiuancial condiiion of j the Nickel Savii gs huk. l.cit. d! at Richmond, iu the Mate ol Vi tmiu. ' at the close of bntiuess ou tlie 10th ?i. v ' of Nov. 1904, to the best of my know-1 iedge and belief. E. A. Washincton, Cashier. Correct?Attest: R. F. Tancil, R. J. Bass, J. Henry Jones. c. ^ m ,,. iiirecaora. State of Virginia, > City of Richmond, ( Sworu to and Fnbscribed lx fore me this l?th day of Nov.. 1904. Ceo. W. Lkwis, Notary Publie. My Commi88ion expires Feb. 5th. 1906 Subscribe to the PLANIiT. ' A WONDCRFUL FACE BLEACH **? M.AND HAIR TONIC... *aaAhatarnfor|ixo,o*irla<aaboacsfrrfM?. Gaaraateedto X*Lta*^to>fMdto^,*thebe?*tatt? ?at**." Oae box ls aU that a required Uoaedaa dSrected. B WOirDBBTDT, B>ACB BXBACH. A ***Ctt-lM*;compfexjoa obtaiaed If aacd aa dhrcted. WHI turn theiMaofa black or baowa tamoa abor a five shadea , Uxhter.aBd a awlatto penon perfcctly white. la foitydKht ! KwrsaihadeortwonVnterwaibenoticeable. It doea not turn S*. *k|a to apola.but bloachea out whho. the tkln remalnlng- | beautiful without coatfaual use. Winrerao.ewr1oklea.fre, kle?. I oark spots, pf raples or bumpa or bUckhead*. making the skla I rery soft and smooth. Saulhmx plts. taa. IIra spots lemoved ( without hann to the skln. When yoa tet the colur you wfsh. atopusLgthepreparatioa. 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