The Goddard Reporter from Goddard, Kansas • 8

CHICKEN FEATHERS. SOME OF THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE TURNED. What Finally Becomes of the Covering of Ducks, Geese and Ture keys--Some Trade Secrets. One turkey supplics more different grades of feathers than a season's receipts of turkeys show different grades of turkeys, and although five cents a pound covers the range of difference in value of the toughest old tom turkeys and plumpest young hen, the feathers sell at five cents a pound for the body feathers up to 40 cents a pound for the fine tail feathers. Local poultry men, says the Indianapolis News, sort six to eight grades 'of turkey feathers and the buyers make even more assortments, the feathers being used for as many different purposes.

The small body feathers, which are used for pillows and feather beds, are worth about five cents a pound for common mixed. White feathers are worth more, according to grade, bringing generally about three times the price paid for mixed feathers. The fine tail feathers used for dusters are kept separate and sell for about 40 cents a pound and the "skirt" feathers are worth nearly as much. The wing and "point" feathers are also carefully saved and sold to manufacturers of featherbone and other substitutes for whalebone, and the larger ones find their way to milliners, after being made over, cleaned and dyed. Some of the small feathers are made up into artificial bird breasts and tails that adorn countless bonnets.

They may cause the bonnet owners a twinge of conscience for wearing such a beatiful bird when, in reality, they are wearing a bonnet of cleverly arranged chicken or turkey feathers. Duck feathers are worth about 35 cents a pound for white, to 50 cents for mixed. Dealers say the principal reason that goose and duck feathers are worth more than the finest turkey and chicken feathers is that, aside from being fluffier, there is an absence of odor to them that cannot be overcome entirely in chicken and turkey feathers. The reason that white chicken and turkey feathers are worth more than mixed, however, is that they are available for mixing with the better grades for pillows. Most of the chicken feathers go in the five to ten cents a pound class, to be used for cheap feather beds and pillows, the white feathers being saved separate and bringing a good premiura over the mixed grades.

Fine tail and wing feathers are saved separate, selling as high as 40 cents. Feathers shipped from this market are packed in bales of 200 pounds or in six-foot sacks. The tail and wing feathers are usually packed in boxes and sometimes tied in neat bundles. Five chickens will give a pound of feathers, and with Indianapolis firms killing two to three thousand chickens 8, day for home consumption and shipment this market has nearly two tons of feathers a week to sell. A week's output can be packed in 20 bales, 4x5x3 feet each, but if the feathers were left loose they would All a house.

-A single carload of feathers shipped 1.0 Cincinnati the other day contained about six tons. They cost the shipper more than $1,000. Cincinnati and Chicago are good buyers of all grades of feathers, most of the local shipments going to these cities. World's Largest Incubator. Some unique methods are used to hatch 15,000 eggs at a time.

A novel feature is that the heat of the eggs is regulated by raising or lowering them in the egg chamber, which is nearly a foot high inside, burlap separating it from the pipes. It is well known that as the process of hatching advances the animal heat in the egg becomes greater, requiring in oil-heated incubators lowering of the temperature of the air supplied. In each compartment is a double glazed window, so that the thermometer may be read without opening the door. The egg trays rest on double frames hinged by galvanized arms or levers. As the chicks develop the trays are lowered Oil these supports, the first drop being made in six days, and others at intervals, until on the twenty-first day the trays are resting on the bottom of the chambers.

Ail infertile egs are tested out on the seventh -Technical World Magazine. The Important Point. "Grip will be very prevalent this season," remarked the young doctor, "But will it be fashionable?" languidly inquired Mrs. Blankton-Blank, who never took up any fad too hastily. -Chicago Sun.

Juvenile Logic. Sunday-School Teacher--I hope none of you boys will ever be found among the coats. Tommy Trever--How can we help it. ave GARDEN PLAIN NEWS. The Band meets in the school house.

Mrg. Summers and daughter Lillian spent Tuesday night in Cheney. The road grader is at work south of town. That's right. let's have Home more of it.

H. Rau, F. Koob and Peter Puetz were Wichita visitors Tuesday. Frank Spade came in Monday from Kansas City to visit his mother Mrs. Anton Spade Nick Erlewin was a Wichita visitor Tuesday.

Alphons Koob captured five little coyotes Monday. He took them to Wichita Tuesday to sell them. G. E. Roembach of Wichita was in town Tuesday.

Major Gosney of Goddard was in town Monday. The Glascock sisters, who recently joined their father in the Creek Nation report that they like their new location. We understand that the Cheney and Goddard telephones are connected. Why can't we have a good phone service with a switch board? Mrs. Ethel Harvel and little son of Wichita spent Thursday night with her parents, J.

M. Harvel and wife. Joseph Schlim of Ost was in town Monday. Philip Simon and family of Andale! was in town Monday. Thursday evening at five o'clock at the M.

E. parsonage at Goddard, by Rev. E. E. Robbins, Mr.

Thos. Harvel and Miss Ella Staples both of this city. They left Friday for a weeks visit at Winfield. We wish them both much happiness. Miss Mary Hammersky and Miss Lena Scholidon were shopping in Wichita yesterday.

Misses Carrie Schreck. Victoria Schreck and Lizzie Earlwine were ping in Wichita Friday. Mrs. Nick Clasen and little daughter were Wichita visitors Friday. Miss Lizzie Earlwine of Oklahoma is visiting her aunt, Mrs.

Marie Hesse. Miss Mary Hesse returned home on Thursday from Missouri, where she spent several months with relatives. Ira Stephens of Gage, Oklahoma, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ray Duff for the last week.

John Sensroth made a trip to Wichita Monday. Ernest Doyle was a Wichita visitor Monday. J. F. Schump of Wichita was in town Saturday and Sunday.

J. J. Halderman spent Saturday and Sunday with his family in Wichita. Mr. Oakman of Nebraska, who has been visiting his brother, J.

E. Oakman and family for several days, returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Oakman accompanied him as far as Wichita. Mrs. E. L.

Camp left. Thursday for Sedgwick, Kansas, to visit her brother, Dr. Goddard, who has been quite sick for some time. She was accompanied as far as Wichita by her son, L. M.

Camp. Leonard McCluer and wife were shopping in Wichita Friday. Mrs. Henry Meyer and children were Wichita visitors Friday. Miss Tillie Kampling and little sister were in Wichita Friday.

Mrs. John Duff shopped in Wichita Friday. M. J. Rau made a business trip to Wichita Saturday.

M. Obel took his little boys, Henry and Johnnie, to see Wichita Saturday. Mrs. Fanny Hobble and little daughter of Sedgwick have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

A. E. Turpin, for the past week. isse Clara and Nora Bissel went home with their cousin for a week's vis. it.

F. J. Thompson and wife made a busiress trip to Wichita Thursday. Nick Gensman, George' Darman and William Geiger were Wichita visitors Thursday. Master Schuyler Crawford spent Thursday with his sister, Hallie, who is attending school at Friends University.

C. E. Pittenger, wife and little son, Charley spent Thursday with relatives in Wichita. furling diet of SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES Our bulletin board said that the mis sionary birthday bink had 82 91 in it and that the average attendance for April was 84. Teachers' meeting is held on Tuesday evenings.

Parents, do each of your children have a bible of their own, of suitable size to carry to Sunday School. If not, give give them one for their next birthday present. It is just as necessary that they have a bible for S. 8. as tha they have a reader and arithmetic day school.

You wouldn't think sending them there without books. Why? Because they couldn't learn so much. The rule holds good in the Sunday School; they can't learn so much without their own bible. Let us do as much for their spiritual and moral training as we do for their intellectual. There were 99 present, with two members of the Cradle Roll.

The school decided that they had a right to be counted. thus making 101, so now we can begin to use our new attendance record. It was not to be used till the attendance reached the 100 mark. We would be glad to have you come next Sunday and help us keep it up and raise it above the hundred line. MAY 13th.

The bulletin board said that we hid 14 little members in the cradle roll department. Class No. 8. was sorry to lose their teacher, Prof. Fifer.

Rev. Cassleman, a representative of the county Sunday School Association, was a visitor at our school. The early morning showers together with the mumps brought our attendance down to 51. You are invited to meet with us next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs.

Jones has an old cactus that happened to bloom on Sunday and she let the school have it for the morning. The plant was about 12 inches tall and eight in circumference. The large white flower was on the end of a six inch lateral stem and hardly lasted 24 bours. Obituary George W. Doyle was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, May 23, 1864 and died May 13, 1906, aged 41 years, 11 months and 20 days.

He leaves a wife and two children, a father and mother, two brothers and three sisters to mourn his loss. He was a loving husband and kind father, loved by his friends and will be greatly missed by the I. O. 0. F.

lodge of which he was an active member. Everything that loving friends could do was done to save him but the dread disease, consumption was too much for earthly hands. Thursday evening at eight o'clock at the home of his son, James Chamberlain, Andrew Chamberlain aged 82 years, after an illness of several months. Mr. Chamberlain was born in England in 1824.

At the age of 19 he came to this country, where he resided until the time of his death. His wife preceded him to the better land two years ago. Eleven children are left to mourn the loss of a father. Funeral services were held Friday at two o'clock, interment was made i in the cemetery south of Goddard. The bereaved children have the sympathy of the entire community.

Obituary John Masterson of St. Marys died Saturday morning, after suffering for several months from cancer of the throat It is only within the last week or so, that he has been confined to the house. An attack of erysipelis caused the cancer to spread, and thus hastened his death. Mr. Masterson was 63 years old.

He came to this country in 1875. He leaves Al wife and six children, two daughters having died several years ago. Having lived in the same community for 31 years, Mr. Masterson had made a host of friends, as was shown at his funeral which was held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Marys church when almost 100 buggies followed him to his last resting place.

The bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of the en tire community. To Prevent Metal Rusting. A good mixture which will prevent the rusting of machinery, says an English publication, is made by dissolving one ounce of camphor in one pound of melted lard. After the impurities have been skimmed, black lead should be added to give the whole an iron After cleaning the machinery carefully and smearing it with the mixture it can be left indefinitely, or if wined off after twenty-four hours it will obviate rust for soma time. met-1 he ro'ist.

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We'll be glad to show you the International' you very conveniently call to see them. line of samples at any time you can The difference between a DEMPSTER hat and "others" is not only a difference of style--but of durability $3.00 Derbys and Fedoras. Come in and find out for yourself. Read our Advertisements Do you read the Goddard Paper? Your Old Friends Back East Ought to Move Southwest. Send us the names and addresses of any persons you think would be interested in the Southwest, and we will mail them land booklets and a copy of our immigration journal, 'The You send the list and we will send the descriptive matter.

Do it NOW! Address, Gen. Colonization Agt. A. T. S.

F. Railway Exchange' Chicago. Station Attendants' Mourning. Of the late R. Harper, president of the University of Chicago, a Chicagoan said: "President Harper Was A punctual man and he asked punctuality of all with whom he dealt.

"I once accompanied him to a smail town in the state of New York on bus. iness. On our return journey the train was late. We had to wait for it in a cold and dismal station over two hours. "As we walked back and forth on the station platform we complained bitterly of the delay.

'Eren the station attendants look said I. 'They look as dreary and wretched as we feel. And they are all wearing black neckties. They must be in mourning. I wonder what they ore in mourning Tr no late tree 0.

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