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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-07

i Leader lHueINOou IS ihi hiaAiAiie iio 4sit9 ty which the party can hang itself
 ----s--------- Big liners and tall slSyzscrapers are soon outdone. and then they fall backsand are aforgotten in the rank and file.
  The new way of proposing isi this; T don't like your last name.9 1fs the girl agrees to this it is all settled. The.snubbing ,of Miss Beers at Annapolis has led to the transfer of two officers. and more may have to go
  Upton Sinclair, anarchist was sent to jail in New Jersey because he played la vn tennis on Sunday.
  Just at present more land is sliding to- ward Oscar Underwood than any other presidential candidate.
  Secretary Fisher is going to Alaska to lock the garage door and to find out who stole it. The wool-growers want no revision downward at this time, or any other time
 Thomas A. Edison is actually taking a vacation. He has sailed away to Eu- | rope. If Hoke Smith is a Georgia peach he must be member of the cling fam ily.
 Harvard is beginning to consider It's | tereennial, although it is 25 years ahead.
  New York feels in this hot weather that it cannot have too many subways The children of Washington have. caught more flies than its baseball team has,
  If potatoes are to become legal tender cash registers will have to be rebuilt. Those good old corling times are out of fashion in the present administration. St. Louis is sure it's shoe merger is wholly and utterly reasonable.
  There is more vacation weather left than vacation money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-07

Washington Herald: It was a splendid and deserved tribute which the democratic members of the House of Representatives yesterday paid to Representative Under wood, chairman of the ways and means committee, when he squarely and em- phatically answered the slurring insinua- tions of William Jennings Bryan. The latter accused MT. Underwood of treach- cry to his party, in that he deliberately postponed the revision of the iron and steel schedule. .l...-.. .,
 This is not the first time since the ex- traordinary session of Congress assem- bled that MT. Bryan has appeared Tn tho guise of a trouble-maker. He came to Washington to prevent, if possible, the se- lection of Senator Martin as leader of the minority in the Senate ana he made another trip in the hope that he could in- Auence the members of the House ma ;oritv to place raw wool on the free list. Tn both efforts he signally failed. Now he ia endeayoring to make more friction bv charging that MT. Underwood is tainted with protection" He wants MT. Underwood unmasked, and he insists that A mistake was made in putting that gem tleman at the head of the ways and means committee.
 The answer of the House Is a matter of record. With a manifestation un. equaled in the history of that body, MT, Underwood's colleagues testified to their faith in him. They know that he was ready and willing to take up the steel and iron schedules in the very beginning; they know that he has filled the position of chairman with credit to himself and to his party. They know that he has a rec. ord of accomplishment which is of ma. terial value to the organization of which he is a distinguished member. And the echo of their hearty commendation of hia course was loud enough to reach Lincoln, Neb.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
About Filthy Stables.

The rank and file Of milk producers
throughout New England who make
milk 10 stables As sanitary as are the
buildings in which large numbers Of
city dwellers live, would like TO see the
proof. Farmers are producing a good
product and they know u, and Il re-
quires no small will power to control
ones self when some puppet comes
along with unwarranted statements and
greatly reduces the sale and consump-
ton Of one OF the cheapest and best food
products known to mznkind.-New Eng
land Homestead.
The above refers to allegations made
by a government Official regarding the
unsanitary condition Of the average
habitation OF the dairy COW, and 10 ono
OF the features and incidents Of the
Boston milk war. Now, it may give the
average farmer satisfaction and pleas
urzble feeling toward the writer to be
told that his COW stable Is all right, is
clean enough, but everyone who goes
about among COW stables at all knows
that most OF them offer far too many
opportunities for the contamination of
the milk by dust, manure droppings and
other kinds Of filth, while very many of
them, and the cows which occupy them,
are as filthy as they always have been.
The number of sanitary stables is rapid
ly increasing, but we need to have tho
truth spoken about the others. The
farmer may enjoy, but he does not need
nor does he really want, soft soaping.
There are far too many dairies where 1t
would be difficult to exaggerate the con-
ditions of filth which exist, but which
are no worse than they always have been
and which few years ago we're looked
upon as proper and acceptable. What
we need Is the truth about conditions
and the remedy to be applied.-Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
History of tho Maypole.

The story Of the MaypoIe Is an In
teresting one. and few Of those who
see It in these modern days can trace
its origin. 1t began In the pagan cele-
bration Of the Floralian festival. 242
B. @. The ceremonies were COM
menced by the Romans on April %
and continued through several days IN
May.
Following the customs Of the Ro-
mans, May day was formerly observed
in nearly all parts Of the civilized
world, and the original Floralian festi'
val was pretty closely carried out.
This was true in nearly all parts OF
England, but especially at Lynn as
late as 1927, where the games were
observed with remarkable fidelity to
the Roman originals.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Maypols Dance.

In the center Of the green the May
pole stands with the particolored rib
bons trailing from its tapering top.
At a signal each ribbon Is taken In
the hand Of a child. There is May
song with a sonorous and rhythmic
cadence. In and out the children pass
now under this ribbon, now over
that-weaving a sllken mantle for the
pole. The other children crowd
around and laugh and clap their
hands, and when the ribbons are un-
wound again they. too. take their turn
in the dance. Sometimes the pole is
so small that two or three children
bear It like a standard and. followed
by the rest. march gayly to a chosen
place. where II is planted and the GER
emonies celebrated In due form and
order.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
What Kind of Corn for Silagea

The questions are always up, "What
kind of corn shall we plant for silage,
aud should it be cared or all plant?"
aud they seem never to down, but come
up from all sides and unexpected quar-
ters. Our contention has been that we
should plant the largest possible kind
that will ear strongly, and that 1t should
get mature. Hence, whole sections OF
Northern Ohio plant corn grown on the
high plateaus of the Blue Ridge in Vir-
ginia, and they get all of these desirable
qualities. A friend "down East" in old
Maine writes me regarding this mention
ed corn, and then adds what We consider
most significant conclusions, which We
quote:> 81 have about reached the con-
clusion that bulk should be the first con-
sideration in raising ensilage corn.
Mind you, do not contend that, pound
for pound, silage from the large grow
ing Southern variety would be equal to
that of corn that natures here, but the
far greater amount of silage secured
from the Southern corn more than Off
sets the improved quality Of the other
kind. This last fall, for instance, fill
ed a silo partly with Southern corn and
tucu put III q iOt VI udeiN0 COih oh eoP
of that, and then topped out with the
Southern corn. The product of my
COWS is weighed at every milking, and
the man does not live who could take
these sheets and tell where the change
was made from one kind of silage to the
other, and this in a herd Of thirty-five
cows. OF course, if it were possible to
secure large growing variety that
would mature ears, that would be the
ideal corn, and that is what would
like, but while l must make my choice
between the large growing variety with
out ears and the smaller growing variety
with ears l should take the large grow
ing variety, being convinced that guam
tity more than offsets the other con-
sideration. wonder II this conclusion
comedies with your experience?" This
is exactly what Professor Hacker Of
Minnesota has found, so be drills in
nearly busbel Of corn an acre to make
Ii "thick and heavy."-John Gould,
Ohio, in Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Fresh Meat and Bones vs.. Wheat

Fresh Meat and Bones VS.. Wheat.
Meat contains about three times AZ
much flesh-forming material a. wheat
and the bones contain hundred times
the amount of mineral matter. THESE
two things alone are the main factors
in egg-prOduction and II the hens are
not given them they cannot lay and II
they do appear to keep at 1t the time
will shortly come when they will either
cease altogether or lay imperfect eggs;
The bones and meat make cheap 1000
despite all protests against this state
ment. A very little goes q long way
and the fowls do not have to be Kept
filled to their utmost capacity IN order
to allow them the proper proportions OF
the material needed to produce eggs.
OF course fowls need grain and green
foods. If meat and bone were fed ex-
clusively the hens would soon get into
bad state, for it is not their natural de-
sire to have animal food to the exclusion
of everything else. On the other hand,
too many farmers consider that the hens
Can subsist entirely on grains or rev
other things left over. The hens must
be fed that which is needed for their
good and this thing is meat, and OF
course, bone, too. The difference be-
tween the home grown ground or cut
bones and meat and the manufactured
article is that the oil in the prepared
food is extracted. This not only adds
to the weight OF the material when sold
but also adds greatly to the digestibility
and egg-producing capacity. A bone
cutter is almost Indispensable on good
sized poultry farm and while the manu-
food is easier to handle and
costs about the same the best results are
rom the meat and bones cut and fed
The ground meat and
bone should not cost over two or three
cents per pound and wheat generally |
.uns up to about half that much. AS
IN egg is q perfect food so also must the
perfect food, that is, the feed which con- |
aims all the necessary elements which
20 to produce the egg or the chick in |
he egg, be given to the fowls. Aud
perfect, strong, hardy chick cannot be
Produced from an egg which is COM |
posed of only enough animal matter to |
,arely form and hatch. Hens will keep
IN laying, II is true, In many instances
where the fresh meat or bone are with |
,eld. but the quality Of the egg Is either |
rot the same or else she will soon cease |
% lay as regularly. In order TO get the |
,est results from the layers they must |
70 given the best material with which to |
york, the same as in other lines OF
business.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Tommy's Dilemma.

T0mUJyb . OHUWs
ira ike to be a poet" said little Tommy
Crime.
"But try and try as best can. my words
Will never rhyme.
'Td like to paint picture that would
make the people stare.
But when get my paint boz out the p'o-
ture isn't there.
''Td like to write . story that would bring
me lots Of gold.
But every single thrilling thing has many
times been told
$50 must be eontented In being plain
Tom Crime,
Ana p'r'aps before know Il I'll do some
thing great some tima"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Hog Notes.

Never keep your brood sows closely
confined. A reasonable amount of exer.
else is necessary in order to strengthen
her muscles and give tone to her system.
II the trough for the SOW Ia made fiat
and shallow, and the slop fed the sow is
sweet and warm, the pigs will begin to
eat at three weeks old; but If the food is
cold and sour, they will refuse 1t as long
as the plans Of nature give them warm
sweet milk.
An active hog will make more muscle
and make 1t faster than an inactive or
sluggish one. The sluggish one will fill
up with fat If fed enough. The active
pig is more healthy and its meat 10 more
healthy, and it will make better flavor.
As rule, when properly fed and cared
for, mature SOW will keep In better
breeding condition and will give her
owner more years Of profitable service if
she fsrrows two litters of pigs . year
than II she has only one.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06

II you would retain the children that
are being reared on the farm, 1t will be
we'll to consider and develop the farm
along the lines of home advantages, a.
we'll as planning 1t solely for money
making purposes. The farmer should
cooperate with nature In making the
farm the pleasantest place on earth.
Make 1t attractive to the children, and
30 pleasant and home-like that the Ia
ther aud mother will have no desire to
exchange the home of their youth, where
the children were born, and the beat
part Of their lives was spent, for one In
the village, where tho last days may be
most acknowledgements Farmer
and Home Builder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Origin Of tho Marines.

Marines are reully soldiers serving
on shipboard and not sailors. They
are n part Of the armament OF the
ship, not a part of its crew. The ma
rine system began In tho British navy
about the year 1865, when an order In
council authorized the raising Of 1.2OO
soldiers for sea service. The system.
however, of having soldiers exclusive
" for service at sea was not carried
into effect until 1893. when two ma
rine regiments were formed.-Marine
Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Tho Harvest Moon.

The term "hurvest moon" Is applied
to the full moon which happens on or
nearest to the 2lst of September. be-
cause It rises on several consecutive
nights more nearly after sunset than
aay other full moon Of the year and
is especially favorable for harvesting
work In the evening.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Tho Hsrp Of ireland.

The golden harp. which Is the en-
blem Of Ireland. is said to have been
made popular by one of the early lords
Of the Emerald Isle whose name was
David and who chose the harp as his
family symbol In honor Of the harp
sf the sweet singer Of Israel
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Aa,u Lack Told tho 1ims.

Tom Is four years old. and his moth.
er has been patiently trying to teach
him to tell the time. The other day.
while busy at work. she told Tom to
see what time 1t was. He soon came
back and said. "Mamma. 1t Is twins
after the baby number" His mother
could not understand. but on going to
the next room saw that It was ten
minutes after l.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06

The low-test dairy-cow that has grown
too old to be profitable; the COW that
gives . profuse flow of milk for six
months, then suddenly dries up-these
are thieves that steal from the herd day
by day, and cut down the profits, be-
cause they consume just a. much high
priced feed as those animals that turn in
twice the amount of dairy products, and
require just a. much care and attention
a. II they were profitable members.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Birthdays In Pharaoh's Time.

Birthdays In Pharaoh's Time.
Celebrating birthdays Is one Of the
Oldest customs In the world. How
many Of you know that our first rec
ord of It is in Pharaoh's time? The
Pentateuch gives graphic accounts OF
birthday celebrations In honor OF the
great king.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Returns,

At morning when I'm Just awake.
Nurse says to me. For PHYS sake.
You lazy child. you're very late!
Here Is one stocking-where's It's mater
And then I Just turn round and say,
II know II isn't time for day"
At night when nursie says to me.
1.-THE clock strikes seven. do you sect
And now. my dear. you go to bed"
I turn to her. and shake my head.
"see, nursie. II 10 very light
I know Il isn't time for night"
st. Nicholas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Little Mother.

Dolly, you've been very naughty
Do you see that broken cupf
I must punish you severely
In the dark I'll shut you up.
Do not answer back. now. Dolly.
I'm your mother Do you hearf
You've been very. very careless
You did do II: that IL clear.
No one else was near the table.
won't listen to you-nol
Here's the big. dark storeroom closet
You've been naughty. In you 60!
suppose the cat did break II,
But NO one was here to see.
And I have to do to Dolly
A. mamma does to me-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06

We maintain that any man whose farm
is big enough to keep two or three hired
men busy. can mako more money BY the
use OF his brains then by working with
his hands.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
A Queer eiaht.

II saw n funny thing today"
Said little Tommy Keller.
"A man was walking In the rain
Beneath Q sun umbrella"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06

Let him inform you what Is the
number produced. You must in every
case subtract 800: the remainder is, In
this example, 600; strike OF the two
ciphers and announce 6 as the number
thought of.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
AMONG THE FARMERS.
" SPEED THE PLow."

on practical Agricultural topic
10 solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 10 HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
.ATARRH

INste and Smell. Fun size 90 cts, Drug
gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cents.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
A Reliable
Remedy
Ely'S Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.


Gives Relief al Once.
Il elsanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
braue resulting from
Calarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
y Gil n
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06
Function of humus.

ITS PLACE IN THE SOIL AND HOW 1T
MAY BE SUPPLIED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-06

To Find a Number Thought OF.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-04
GAVE AWAY CHICKEN LUNCH
Leads 70 Discovery Of Ancient Cold
Storage Poultry-Twenty Thou
sand Pounds Condemned.

Cincinnati-What amounted to
practically a raid on cold storage poul-
try was completed by Doctor Blume.
the city meat inspector. Within the
month he and his assistants have
condemned 10000 pounds OF cold stor-
age poultry. Doctor Blume says he
found meat that had been in cold stor'
age for FIVE years, some VenisoR
actually being stamped 1905.
Doctor Blume said that what first
attracted his attention and suggested
the investigation was the fact the
cheap restaurants were selling a
chicken dinner for 10 cents and that
some saloons we're supplying chicken
In their free lunches. Il conjectured."
Doctor Blume said. that something
must be the matter with poultry THAI
could be sold at that figure"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-04

quently as to what course should be
pursued &c end matters SC everybody
would be satisfied and they decided
that prayer alone could accomplish
this.
I'VE were very happy until we
moved to Fort Worth" said Mrs.
Brooks on the stand. Then she told
how Mrs. Binford came into her life
nearly five years ago. She said:
she came to my husbands office to
get a divorce, and Mr.. Brooks called
me up and said: Mamma, there is a
woman in my ONCE who wants me to
do a little legal work for her. She
has no friends in the city and little
money. What do you say II l bring
her up tonight?
"She came. That was the begin
ming. Welcoming her as a friendless
young woman in a strange city and
with desire to give her a good
start, / fostered the cause of my wreck
ed happiness, stood 1t as long as /
could and then killed her.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-04
Nearly Smothered.

Chandler. N. C.-Mrs. Augusta
Lomax, of this place. writes: Il
had smothering spells every day, so
bad that expected death at any
time. ! could not sit up in bed. !
suffered from womanly troubles
My nerves were unstrung. had al
most given up all hope Of ever being
better. | tried Cardui, and it did
me more good than anything ] had
ever taken. am better now than |
ever expected to be-" Thousands of
ladies have written similar letters,
telling Of the merits of Cariui It
relieved their headache. baekache
and misery. just as it will relieve
yours. if you will let it. Try.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-04
Texas Jury Acquits Her Of
Charge Of First Degree
Murder.
STORY A SENSATIONAL ONE
FOR Two Years Woman Prayed for
Her Victim, Then Shot Her When
Prayer Did Not Prove EtficaeI.
ous-Dead Woman Stole
Her Husband.

Fort Worth, Textile unwritten
law in Texas applies to women as well
as men, according to a jury at Fort
Worth, which cleared Mrs. T. NJ.
Brooks, charged with first degree muir.
der in Staying Mrs. Mary Binford
whom she charged with trying to
break up her home. Insanity was the
grounds she was freed on, but there
was not word on insanity mentioned
in the trial. 1t was plain case of the
unwritten law and it was enough to
free the woman.
Mrs Brooks is the wife of a Fort
Worth attorney. During the busy part
of the day of January 16 last, she
went to a large department store
where Mrs. Binford was employed
and shot her to death. She left a
prayer meeting at her own home to
accomplish the deed.
The story of how Mrs. Brooks, al
ways prominent in Methodist church
circles, prayed every day for two
years that the Lord would make a
better woman of Mrs. Binford, and
how, after hearing, unwittingly, tele-
phone conversation between her hus-
band and Mrs. Binford. Mrs. Brooks
gave up the struggle and resolved to
kill the woman who had spoiled her
life, made one of the most sensational
murder trials Texas has had for years.
1t was Mrs. j. w. Boyd, formerly a
next door neighbor of the Brooks
who declared that she knew Of heI
own knowledge that the defendant
had prayed for the redemption Of Mrs
Binford, change her husbands dispo
sition and end her troubles. Mrs
Boyd had talked to the witness FIRE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-04
USE Lions Improved
Rust Proof Combination hog
and sheep dipping tank, in
dipping your hogs and sheep.
j. B. WALKER,
Sales Agent.
Flower Keeps Its Freshness.

A common South African flower
possesses the valuable property OF
keeping fresh for two months or more
after cutting II is a white star OF
Bethlehem. producing compact
spike of flowers on a stir. erect stalk
IL inches OF two feet long. The now'
ers are OF thin and papery tissue, ali
white except the yellow anthers. It
can be sent over as a cut Tower from
south Africa to England. and then
lasts for weeks In water.