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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-01

In the case of purely ornamental
breeds, of course ornament
should be the main thing expect.
ed; but If ornament is what one
buys such poultry for, he gets
what he pays for even then. If
he buys a useful breed, he gets
what he pays for, too.
If anybody can point out any
place where poultry raising has
been a thriving industry by the
use Of fowls OF no particular
breeding. then he is in a position
to begin to argue that standard
bred poultry is no better than
scrubs and dunghills; but as long
as the great poultry raising CEN
tiers carry on their business by
means Of standard bred poultry
or by the use of fowls that are
closely related to such, that long
will it be difficult for anyone to
assail the good reputation OF
standard bred poultry. The
owner OF standard bred poultry
has the advantage OF being able
to sell birds and cgga TO neigh
oors for breeding purposes at a
good price. BY advertising he
can widen his field OF operations
and do a much larger business.
Such work enables him to iuxu.
rate 10 the pleasure Of using
bis intellect in making money,
instead OF depending 40 largely
on the work OF his muscles. Ii
builds him up mentally. physic.
ally. financially. II brings some
variety into his life. II gives
him something to take decent
pride in, and who works
constantly withou, producing
anything that he cau be proud
OF has redson to be sorry. He
is working on the same plane
that \ beast does, merely to fill
his paunch and to pcrpetua,c
his kind.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-01
R. |. REOS AND EGGS

Buy the breed OF chickens that
IL making good. You will like
my Rhode Island Reds. They
r standard bred and fine, and
VIII make you money. Is
eggs 500, pullets Sl.W each.
trio :, 50. '
Mrs. 7. J. Cochran, OaIeiiIe, Mss,
Enn. II. =. Rocks and ). 6. II.
~oo' /. kcds mated 10 produce
prize winners None better. Orders
booked now. - eggs $50.
Dk j. r.. StBER,
crystal Springs, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-01

EOrS Single comb White
oSS Lcghorn eggs at $3.50
per sct,iog. Orders booked
now. My birds are beauties.
J. +. DiCxsS>. Starkviiie. Miss.
Ennr Fine strain pure bred
AooS Rhode iaiand Red eggs.
Is for $i,ro. A.. +. HENtsv.
Clifton vile. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-01
]. E. OuNAWAY.

IS EGGS 81 single Comb Black
w. Minorcas. Northup
strain: Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Thompson Riuglei strain; White
Wyandostes. Dus,on strain.
E.. f.. GALLOWAY.
BOX -. Oakland, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-02-01

llIlllTr s. c. lEeuoanS Drsd Tor ExlbMien and assvy Lsyiag
" nIIE WYn00IIES Fs t.ls. qualities nv white Icghosns
simply can't hr beat No bird IN my ex.
satisfy roo, Utility stock selected especially tt ss >hat~ aud color.
Egg : 80 per IL. AGO pc as 60 per 81 Special Mattrg~ % per Is,
$ ~ p~r IA StotA Oh >sts
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
Medical TYRANNY.

Editor The Washington Herald:
What was il on April 70, 1T5, which
made the hearts of the American colo
nists beat at double-quick? American
blood had been spilled by the British at
Lexington, Mass,
What is it which is making the blood
boil in every reG-bIooded Americans veins
to-day? American blood is being worse
than sp.Ied-it is being polluted! And
that. the purest and best of the race!
How long will the American people. who
love pure blood and freedom. tolerate
such infamy by a tyrannical medical
trust?
How monstrously inconsistent TO at
tack only the little, helpless children,
whose purer blood makes them far more
immune to any disease than their elders,
who are allowed to mingle in much larger
crowds IN businss, the theater, and at
church, and so unvacciuated,
How long can those who love life and
liberty see a great medical trust arrayed
against the defenseless little children Of
the land?
Shall the seeds of consumption, cancer
and syphilis be soWn in the blood Of our
future American citizens, who are % wave
that glorious flag with its golden stars
and pure field of blue2
Let the blood and spirit Of 1776 arise and
wipe such tyranny from the face Of this
fair land. which has been dreucued in
blood SO many times for the cause of
Liberty
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23

ing, and the politicians can ignore that
feeble little organization that cuts no ice
yet in elections, but once let its spirit and
purpose possess the rank and file of either
party and nothing on earth can resist or
defeat it, for it is the spirit Of a new
era with the power of God.
In Ohio temperance legislation that the
boldest Republican dare not have advo-
Gated years ago without imperiling the
Republican party has recently been en-
acted, each year growing stronger and
more restrictive. until public sentiment is
advanced almost up to prohibition. It's "A
dry prairie ready for the first fash OF a
match. New England and the South have
gone far in that direction, each year
farther and farther toward the supreme
desire Of all good women Of the country
and a vast majority of the men, The
returns from Colorado the more recent
returns from oklahoma are strong, show
ing which way the prohibition wind is
blowing Whoever stands across its path
viii be swept away. Intrenched In "a
clean cut, unequivOcal platform, on which
stood an unquestiUnable temperance man,
clean as a hounds tOOth-and the man is
ia my eye now clcarly-this hitherto Un-
popular and despised fad Of wild-eyed and
cranky prohibitionists would create havoc
with party lines and carry TO the White
House and Congress a vast majority Of
the candidates of the party, thus aiignins
and allying itself with this overwhelming
and dominant question. In such a crisis
1, for one, should not hesitate to support
il, and parties might whistle.
PRIVATE DALZELL.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
THIS FROM JACK 0'BRIEN.
Philadelphia Faker Says He Would
Fight JcTries for Charity.

New York. Sept 2-Phuadelphia Jack
O'Brien has come out with an offer that
will make a few Of the boxers sit up and
wag their ears a bit He says he can
whip Tommy Burns any time he faces
him. and offers To fight the Canadian Tor
six 10 twenty rounds, providing the lat
ter would agree. if he lost. 10 give the
entire proceeds 20 charity If O'Brien
loses he viii let Burns have all the
money. He admits that both he and
Burns fooled the people Of Los Angeles
with a prearranged affair. Il also wish
10 state" said O'Brien, that If Jim JET
fries viii agree 20 fight me six rounds I
viii box him anywhere but in the West,
and if I fail to stay six rounds with him
he can have all the money.
Il have won lots Of money by boxing
Spectacular exhibitions and now. if I
am called. will take on either Burns or
Jenries, as I have stated. and have the
money go to charity. This talk about
Jefries being such a great knocker-out
is all b0sh. and I'll promise you that he'll
get the worst peppering he ever received
If he agrees 10 box me the six rounds
I would only weigh I6j pounds, while
JEFF would tip the beam at 255. but at
that I don't see where he would have a
chance of getting me. If Jim C0rbett
could pound him for tWenty-three rounds.
certainly young fellow like myself. with
the same cIeverneSs. could get him hop
ping faster in six rounds"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
Two Recognized Colored Leaders

Editor The Washington Herald;
Win YOU please give space for a few
comments upon the recent Baptist Ma
tionaI Convention held in this city at the
Metropolitan Baptist Church. on r street,
and the big meeting held at Convention
Hail.
I feel safe I'm stating the meeting herein
referred TO has developed the fact that
we have two strong leaders in the negro
race. of whom I believe that iour-hfths
of the intelligent c0lored people Of the
country are willing to follow their adj
vice and leadership. namely. Rev. Dr.
Morris, president. % the Baptist National
Convention, and Prof Booker T. Wash
ington. president Of the Tuskegee Insti-
rute one Of the strongest evidences OF
the Baptists 10 follow Dr. Morris leader
ship was that they suspended the rules,
when he finished bis annual address, ana
elected him by acClamation.
II Is true that there were those In and
about the convention who were OF no
part irving 20 force some Objectionable
matter In the convention through the
young delegates. Those are the persons
who brought IN the Brownsville affair
and attempted 90 crit.cise the President
Of the United States But we can say
with a degree u pride that even. cool
headed member Of this convention was
opposed 90 any utterauees which seemed
10 reflect upon the Chief of the nation.
7 may add that we highly iudorse every
utterauca Of dr.. Booker T. Washington
lat the Convention Hail. especially the
words De used, that there were some IN
our race who live on the Affections OF
our people. For when any trouble arises
among US they stop holding mass meet
ugs and collecting money. and when the
subject comes TOO old % collect money
on. they stop holding mass meetings and
there is no more heard on the subject
This has been true for the last fifteen
years. 20 my personal knowledge
7 also agree with the delegates OF the
convention that there can be no leaders
~ the negro race. except in the South,
and these must live Ga the South.
Rev. JAMES J.. WHITE
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
HERMAN E. KITTREDGE.
Letter Carriers Summer Attire.

Editor The Washington Herald:
7 respectfully request that you grant
space in your valued news medium 10
the following:
With the installation OF a new depart
mental chief or official, government en-
pIoyes must Of necessity look for innova-
tons and changes calculated TO bring
about a betterment Of conditions for the
service directly under that official. and
when such changes are made through
sound and good judgment employees can
not properly protest. However, recent
action on the part of the local postmas-
ter Mr.. benjamin F. Barnes. I'm the IS
suauce Of several petty orders concern
ing the uniforms OF the local letter car
riers has given rise to a good bit Of un-
favorable comment and subsequent dis
comfort on the part Of that body Of men.
Heretofore Mr. Barnes predecessors
have been too wise and fair to stoop TO
such action as has won for him the dis
favor of the carriers. Several months
ago Mr.. Barnes issued an order directing
the carriers TO appear for duty on a GER
tain date, attired in the following pre-
scribed way: Blue shirt white collar
regulation trousers, and meat belt"
He directed that they go without coat
until further orders. This. IL is generally
known. has been the attire OF the men
during the heated seasons, for years. and
this matter concerning their personal
comfort has been left 10 their own judg-
meut. governed. OF course. by the con-
stautlF changing climatic conditions. on
the 18th instant Mr.. Barnes rcscinded Ils
original order. and directed that the
carriers appear after that date attired
ia their coats, adm0nIshing them that
any disregard of the order would result
en- the subsequent charge Of ''iusubordl-
uatiOn'
40 one but a letter carrier "a man
whose calling C0mpeIs him 70 walk all
day I'm the brOIing sun, with the added
tiresOme feature of constantly climbing
steps, can appreciate the meaning 0f
this kind of n0usensical Legislation. "
particularly under such oppressive at
mospheric conditions as have prevailed
since the 18th instant, and are common
generally to the month OF September.
Several carriers seen on the streets re-
Gently looked as though they had been
caught in a sudden shower and thor
oughly dreuched. Tt seems wrong. legally
and morally, that they should be made
10 bear this unnecessary hardship.
II. X. BROWNING.
Washington. Sent. q
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
Lodge on Representative Government

Editog The Washington Herald:
Senator Lodges criticism OF the initia-
tive and referendum, reviewed in your
editorial columns, hinges upon the mean
ing OF representative government He
claims that the existing system in Massa-
chusetts is representative government
Most people call it machine rule.
Machine rule is the rule Of the few
through popular forms. The system was
established in this country about seventy
five years ago. II was stealthily brought
about by debasing the State and national
conventions. and steadily grew worse and
worse
The remedy, manifestIy. is TO restore
representative government, system IN
which the peoples interests are protected.
Prior 10 the convention system repre-
sentative government existed, for there
was means whereby the people In
structed their representatives at Will
This they did at town meetings in the
rural sections of the North, and else
where at mass meetings. Furthermore
Representatives in the legislatures were
pledged by districts and not by machine
rule State and national conventions, as
afteTWard became the case.
Senator Lodge and the other opponents
Of an option in the people to vote direct
on public questions will find It difficult
to prove that machine rule is representa-
tive government, and judging by Okla
hOmas 70 I vote for the initiative and
referendum constitution, Il will be ex-
ceedingly difficult 70 keep the people from
freeing themselves. At Chicago on the
18th instant, the people, by d > to l vote
rejected the proposed city charter be-
cause il did not contain the initiative and
referendum, GEORGE IL. SHELLEY.
The Ontario, Washington. d. G.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23

whole monstrous system. A noble speci-
men answered the Gala man withal
possessed Of much Christian fOrbeaTance,
fortunately-and after administering up
ward of 500 grains OF deadly quinine, the
writer was himself once more, and has
since enjoyed the best health Of his life
His constitution was in no way injured,
but his caTefully-assOrted theories were
hopelessly shattered
One Of Or. Trails graduates, noble
and refined lady practitioner, was left
with Just one bright daughter, who
grieved for her five dead brothers and
sisters, who had all died-nOt from vac
cine virus but from plain, untempered
smallpox
The writer, in 1871, was exposed by a
fatal case of the black continent type.
under his own roof. lie reluctantly
yielded to a wife's entreatles for his
vaccination. and shortly after, was
confined to his room several days
with varioloid. being covered with
mild eruption. which caused not a mo-
menrs suffering, and left no scars.
In recent years he has seen one Of his
own children at deaths door with
pemphigus. the direct sequel Of vaccina-
ton, but which has caused little perma-
.uent injury. Observation, experience, and
statistics force him to-day 20 favor vac
cinatlOn as being the lesser evil
GEO B. STARkWEATHEk.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
World Formation.


Editor The Washington Herald
Lord Kelvin mas ANNOUNCE" nus '. --
/ that the heat OF t"e SUD- ''-e '.l' '-' ono
other bodies OF ''e ''''.
Que 10 EIattl-l-'-- -9' '-i..-' 81 ~ .-'
eminent seieau7l mas 'el-'' ga "
pute the Lap.aee lleo'S Vi "'.'- ''' ''''
ton from fire mist 10y e'o--l'E Gown
For thirty years nave
doctrine of WoT-u ioi In1-liI u- uig--'I --
dccrst,on, and that the internal neat OF
planets is due 20 the pressure OF gravi-
te+ior I have I'm my scrap-bOok thirty
~ nor. rrv-sra7er articles proving the
-,.- I-..r.., tl,.or,-
-@ii''-' o- '.'-
Inc Iact l-al Ii-' -''' rays va ''-S 9,'''
do not radlate through hteisJel'ar space
is alone sufficient To explode the hypOth-
agis of cooling worlds The radiation
80 re.t from, the eartE.s interior is but a
s-,,s11 Fraction of q decree and there is
S''-'-'' 49,. 3. 49,. ,...- -.
"'
The neat impaired 10y tl'e sun d 0'-D''
less a thousand times greater tAan that
Of the earths radiation. lnterstellar
sna.a is intensely cold. and only when
- - .f +r, s-7D touch tba eartr.s
g. t..-+ ----.r,--.s nh, +o-- os
49, l'-',- ~. II, -
ii5- H-o '--'--- ga 80
toTlaL DelJ are covered WIN perpetual
ice.
Planets grow by meteorlc accreuon, and
the larger they are. the greater Is their
-1t r.-..;---. 60 o., 1,-,-. tbo- SIC
l'''ei lld' meat
surface is apparently led Ho'' Inc sun
is SO very ioI5e 'IaI us SUI -'01 IL H'1'~
up 10 an intense ue7't.'
Our moon is so sllaH lIlaI II mas Hol
yet acquired an atmosphere. II Is NOT
an ola, WORKOUT pI1lt~ Jul III INFANT
satellite.
Fossils OF the SIiuIlan PERIOD "iilch'
when alive could not nave endured a
temperature Oh more lHu! 4Vv degrees
tanrenhe.t' now lie o@lleo zen 70 '"eH,s
miles deep. NLtEe l4s neat u t-le tsiIlL
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
Views of. People on Various Topics
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

is abundant science in hygiene; and yet
hygiene is one Of the principal branches
of medicine, and is taught not only
from a separate CHAIR" but from the
chair Of practice" as well, in all regU-
lar medical schools. If 1 should state
that there is absolutely no truth in the
Bible, but that Genesis is profoundly
true, what-honor bright.-would you
think of my logic?
My friend calls me a "worshipeT Of
pois0ns." And for what? Simply be-
cause 1 stated, in telling the whole truth
about Osler, that the latter recommends
certain drugs. Dear me- how these re-
formers do love the one little side! How
the serpents of Misrepresentation cling
10 the darkness-to the twilight. How
they do Writhe and hiss when poled out
into the fun glare Of dayi I might call
my friend a worshiper, not of ''poisons, q"
nor yet Of demi-gods. but of demi-truths.
But that would be useless.
Your correspondent states that he does
buck up against medical science, and
will continue to do so. II incoherence
may form part Of the legitimate data for
diagnosis. I should judge that he is
pursuing an eminently proper course
Still il is painful to find a slang ex-
preston I'm the writings of one who is
so erUdite that he can instruct all the
medical professors Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity at once. Personally. : should not
care 10 buck up against" anything.
am willing TO take "a hand IN putting the
public on its guard against any one who
assumes the position of Dramatically de-
nying demonstrated truths-of attacking
medical science by first arbitrarily limit
Ing il 20 one of its many branches, and
then condemning the whole on such linz
itatious OF that single branch as all rep
resentative physicians candidly admit.
But / leave the 'bucking for those
whose skulls are anatOmically construct
ed 10 buck"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
OPEN TIE FALL CAMPAIGN
Y. ". c. &. Workers Look Forward
to a Busy Week.
Fall Programme of Educational and
Nesbit Makes Address

The weeks programme Of the Y. u. Q.
A. includes many events Of interest 10
members and friends Of the organization.
The fau campaign has set in. and much
is going 20 be done III an educational,
social athletic. and religious way for the
members Of the association and their
guests.
This evening al $50 the dining room
VIII De opened for the season. II is under
new management, and the event Will be
specially welcome 20 the hundred OF more
men who live in the clubhouse of the
Y. ". C.. A. The board Of directors, com
mitteemeu. secretaries. and institute in
struct5rs and Bible teachers Will dine to-
gether. and afterward win meet in con-
ference TO hear the detailed plans of
work for the season. This conference
viii be presided over boy President Wood
ward
Tuesday has Two important events
scheduled. At the meeting Of the Fred B.
smith Club board Of governors. It $3.50,
1Ir. Smith VIII Doe the clubs guest Of
honor In the evening the annual fall
/ "0peu house" will be given and the com
wittee announces music. gyMnaslc events
swimmiug-p0ol exhibitions, songs, and
talks. Mr. smith and others VIII speak
Friday evening the Association Iusti-
-ute viii hold its formal opening. stu
dents already registered and prospective
students VIII meet in the assembly room
N --51 Dean Wilbur. of George Washing
ton University Columbian College, VIII de-
liver an address. announcements by Of
fcers of administration and instruction
will be made. and students VIII assemble
in classes 10 meet instructors following
tEa formal exercises
Three well defined periods in the devel-
ouuent Of the educational ideal were
pointed out by Charles F. Nesbit, in his
address before the association yesterday
afternoon. The first was described as
"the discovery IF man IN lIf, the begin
MINK Of real democracy. The second gave
emphasis 20 the unity Of man and his
aIl-round development as an individual
while the third element seems to be best
described in the word Specialization
and would make the wealth OF art and
science and human attainment generally
available for the education Of all the
people and enable every man 10 give eX-
preston % the best that is in him. Mr..
Nesbit said that an education that edu-
Gates the individual iu an Unsocial way
is productive of more harm than good.
THAT individual may be the most bril-
liant man YOU have in your country. but
he is also the most dangerous If he IS IN
social in his education"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
LOYAL to Vaccination.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Views expressed I'm recent Monday is
sues on medicine and vaccination have in
tcrested me. especially those Of II B.
Bradford, whose lofty ideals and ag-
grcssive assurance are so similar 10 the
writer's former attitude. He even quotes
from that erstwhile idol. Dr. r. T. Trail.
who was at the zenith Of his fame half
Ia century ago. Fruits. vegetables. and
water constituted a trinity 10 which all
his disciples reverently bowed. Drug
shop parent Of dram shop Medicines
always DO harm and never good" were
among the axioms Of their creed. Vacci-
nation was the determination of desola-
ton" and the mere conception OF the use
of cod-liver oil, internally, a startling
proof of human depravity.
His iconoclastiC zealots marched up the
hill Of nOtoriety, establishing wayside
inns and sanatoriums, and then stampeded
down again-a majority of them leaving
their bones in the valley before reaching
even life's meridian. His son. a practi-
toner, pure as an angel. and a faithful
exponent of the sire's fatal theories-died
ia The midst Of all this, Of old-fashioned
smallpox. in its most Ioathsome form,
though rs blood had never been pol
luted by vile vaccine virus; and the ago
nizing father, in his desperate dilemma.
actually performed an autopsy to fathom
the awful mystery.
Thirty years ago this very day-Sep-
tember23. lSTI-Dr. Trail himself died at the
last, of his once popular, though then
deserted and desolate cures Of malaria.
spurning 10 the last that "death-dealing
drug, quinine. Just one year later the
writer. who had previously buried four
OF his own loyal converts, each time
under the most heartrending Circum-
stances-the bare remembrance Of which
after generation causes a shUdder-feU
III of the same dread malaria. After all
hope was abandoned, his grave dug. and
obituary actually published, chiefly to
spite the profession, he sent for
regular TO prove the impOtency Of its
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-23
Charges Gas Trick.
or The Washington Herald:

Editor The Washington Herald:
It IS a practice of the gas company
to add 10 the bill presented TO a renter
for the first month, Arrears, s."
carrying IA amount). I think the com
pany usually strikes out this item On
case Of remonstrance, but the company
must derive a great profit from the
sharp practice from the careless who
pay bills without scrutiny.
I presume said arrears mean gas
that had passed through the meter be-
fore its first reading fer the new ten
ant, or gas unpaid for by a preceding
tenant I propose 10 call the attention
Of the proper committee in Congress to
this game, and, IN the meantime. will
be glad If you will call upon your read
ers who have been tried, or skinned. by
the arrears" trick. DONALD GARY.