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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-21
KIRBY AT HEAD OF AMATEURS
Annual Election of Athletic Union
Held in New York.
ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO RULES
Location of Athletes College or
University in Future VIII
Regulate District In which
lie May Compete.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.--Gustavus A.
Kirby Of New York, chairman of the
executive committee OF the IntercoIlegi-
ate Amateur Athletic association, was
today elected president of the Amateur
Athletic Union Of the United States. tie
defeated George II. Pawllng of Phila-
delphia. president of the Middle Atlantic
association. by a vote OF % to 6. The
| election took place at the twenty fourth
annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic
union. held here, with delegates in at
| tendance from all parts of the country.
Mr. Kirby will succeed Everett c. Brown
of Chicago.
| -Four vice presidents OF the union were
elected. as follows: First, A. ]. ILL.,
| st. Joseph Athletic club, Boston: second
DR., b. NJ. Hopkinson, Baltimore Athletic
club; third, George James, Olympic Ath-
! letic club. San Francisco: fourth. John
j. o'Connor. Missouri Athletic club. ST.
Louis. James L. sullivan was reelected
secretary-treasurer
Various amendments to the rules were
acted upon. The proposal to bar for two
years an athlete, who. having competed
as a member OF one club. shall within
year endeavor to compete for another
club. was compromised so as to make
the penalty one year and passed.
Changes In Rules.
Another important change in the rules
regulates the district in which a college
athlete may compete. Heretofore this
matter was decided by the place OF
residence Of the athlete. Under the new
rules the location Of his college or uni
veraity will be the controlling factor.
| In his annual report Everett c. Brown
the retiring president, said the union is
growing steadily despite the attacks Of
envious critics in this country and jealous
! rivals in other countries"
The report of the record committee
awards the all around championship con-
tested at Chicago last August to f. c.
Thompson OF Princeton, with 6,709 points
j. w. Donahue OF Los Angeles is placer
second and f. schobinger of the Chicago
| Athletic association is third
The record OF 4:lb2s for a mile made
| by ]. p. Jones Of Cornell university at
Cambridge on May q last was allowed
| This lowers by two-fifths of a second
the record of Tommy" Connect, made
at Trayers Island. n. Y, In 1895 To
Matt McGrath of the Irish-American
Athletic club is given the record of 20
feet 6S inches for the f!fty-six-pound
weight, thrown at Montreal on septem-
| Der 49,
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Choice OF Two fine Books
Roosevelt in Africa

NO JOURNEY OF MODERN NJ has at
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Africa in search of the Big Game of that Dark Con-
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This story Of magnificent achievement and wonder
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experiences Of Stanley, Livingstone and Baker, in ex-
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ROOSEVELT, THE GREAT AMERICAN
HUNTER AMI NATURALIST, goes to Africa
where the game is larger and more abundant and
there he shoots the largest and most ferociouS OF all
beasts the Lion, Rhinocerus and Elephant, and gets
the finest specimens of Monkeys and other animals.
ROOSEVELT WITNESSES the STRANGE
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RooseVeItAmongth the People

Not since the time Of Napoleon has there been a
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The value of this book really lies in the fact that
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to be authentic.
Another valuable feature Of the book is the Sixty
Three Full Page Halftone Illustrations. These are
reproduced from photographs taken in man states
and shows the popular and versatile Ex-President sur
rounded by great throngs of people.
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Hunting Big Game-An Exciting Chase for Lions, Elephant!
Rhinoceria and other ferocious m~an-eating beasts of plain and ungI
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train. A special inspection train is
costly.
The inspection cars have long been
In use, but the steam cars are giving
place to the gasoline car. The accom-
panying picture shows the steam In
spection car Dot used by Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe officials for many
years. The car was built In Chicago
and was often operated over the main
line and later taken to the New Mex
leo division and used there four years
In inspection trips. 1t was operated
by steam engine of its own. ]. N.
Steen was the engineer, fireman, con-
ductor and brakeman of this train, for
1t was always operated under special
train orders. Steen is now in charge
Of the Santa Fe pumping plant at
this place. He operated the car for
three years. Some years ago the Dot
met work train between La Joya
and Alamillo. N. NJ, and that was the
end of it. No one was injured in the
wreck. The Santa Fe had several cars
like the Dot.
The other picture shows the new
style of inspection car used by Santa
Fee officials. 1t is a gasoline driven
4-cylinder engine that will drive the
car twenty miles an hour.
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Feeding Floor.

ing to the size Of the sow, and should
stand out or 8 inches to prevent the
SOW from MASKING the pigs against the
wall
II will be found convenient to have
the alley gates removable by lifting
out. 1t is sometimes helpful, also,
to have part or all of the partition
fences removable All partitions should
be 80 to SO inches high.
Six by feet is generally found to be
a very satisfactory size for pens, but II
feeding Is to be done inside. the pens
VIII need to be longer in order to give
room to feed and water without get
ting the bed befouled Very large
.spws, such as are sometimes kept by
breeders. may need more room, but
the producer of pork will not need
a larger pen. Small sows do not need
this much room, and 1t might be good
economy to make half of the pens S
feet wide. Five by Z feet will accom-.
modate a small SOW very well.
How doors should be % to 23 inches
wide and 80 to 81 inches high in the
lSitofs III COiu weather piece OF
;burlap or ducking hung at the top of
the hog door. with a stick a little
shorter than the width of the door
nailed across the bottom to prevent
the wind from blowing it back, will
help materially to keep the pigs warm.
The pigs will soon learn to lift the cur
tain when they want to go through.
The board doors In cots would not
then need to be closed except in very
bad weather, or whilc the pigs are
very small.
In most cases either ventilation is
lacking or the house is drafty. In
well-ventilated, double-walled build
ing, little moisture will gather on the
walls even IN very cold weather. while
dn poorly ventilated one thick coats
of frost win often gather. and the
whole house viii be damp when the
frost melts. II is not easy to secure a
good supply of fresh air and prevent
all drafts from striking the pigs.
There are. however. several quite sat
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its use their attacks on 1t were not
noticed; after about that period Of
time. however. a section cut from a
floor joist disclosed the heart prac-
tically destroyed.
They work in the dark, building tun,
nels of mud on the outside of the
bark, and vertical shafts of mud from
the ground to the under side of tim.
Der stored in piles. They viii de
stroy almost anything but steel anc
concrete. The ridgepoles. three OF
four inches in diameter, In palm
shacks have been destroyed in two
months.
The Illustration from the Bulletin
of the Pan-American Union show the
nest of the "cupim" on . growins
tree.
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THE MOTOR CAR OF THE RAIL
Vehicles for Railroad Officials That
Now Take the Place Of spe-
clal Trains.

ElDorado, Okla.-As the motor car
10 becoming the chief vehicle Of travel,
pleasure and business, so the motor
car Is becoming one of the most USE
ful articles on the railroad lines. Thir-
~ years ago no. one knew of the pos
sibilities of gasoline as power pro-
Queer. .
1t is only recently that the gasoline
motor car has come into use on the
railroads. The engineers and operat-
Ing officials often are required to make
trips over the line on Inspection.
Sometimes they can have private car
attached to a regular train, but this
sort OF inspection is often unsatisfac-
tory on account Of the speed of the
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By r. O. wEATHERsToNE,

E<.l
The hog house floor Is an unsettled
question. A good floor is the ground
with woven wire stretched on top to
prevent the hogs from roofing. Elec.
trically welded corncrib wire Is very
satisfactory. This makes a floor which
is easy on the hogs, almost free from
rats. and. IL properly bedded, warm
and dry. It is, however, more difficult
to keep free from dust than some
other floors. Many concrete floors are
used, but they are cold, liable to be
wet, and are hard on the hogs feet.
Often almost an entire pig crop and
many>sows are lost by taking cold on
concrete floors. Concrete floors are,
however, very satisfactory when COW
cred with plank overlays, or false
floors, which should be raised from
the concrete about an inch by mailing
-cleats on the under side. The wood
portion Of this floor consists of 2 by 4
inch timbers laid about one-fourth
inch apart to allow drainage.
Board floors are expensive, short
lived. cold il up off the grouna, and
make the worst kind of rat harbors.
The writer once visited an old hog
house with wood floor In which the
owner said the rats had gotten over
half the pigs Several men report
that rats may be kept out by packing
sand or cinders to the top of the joists
before laying the floor, but these
materials are often too expensive to
be used for this purpose.
In making the inside partitions, care
should always be taken to have them
perfectly tight at the floor and for
about 10 to IL inches above, so that
young pigs cannot crawl through, ano
so sows in the adjoining pens cannot
get hold of them and pull them
through. A sow will often pull a newly
born pig through under a partition
and eat II, when, IL the pig was In
the pen with her, 1t would be perfectly
safe. Above the first 10 or IL inches
1t Is better to have the partitions open
enough so the hogs can see out. other
wise at every sound the sows will be
up on the partitions to see what is
going on.
Pig rails or guard rails should be
placed on the inside of the pen, from
IS to 10 inches from the floor, accord
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
DESTRUCTIVE PEST IN BRAZIL
Ant Found in Large Numbers Which
Attacks and Destroys the
Native Woods.

Rio Janerio. Brazil.-The "cupim''
is Brazilian ant that Is particularly
destructive Of lumber. They are
found in the forests of Brazil In great
numbers. They attack the native
woods. hard and SOFT. as soon as 1t
has been felled. working from the out
side directly toward the heart, and
burrowing longitudinally, they honey
comb and destroy in manner SINH
lar to the toredo.
Pine lumber was imported from the
United States for railway construc-
ton and until nearly two years after
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PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF
COMFORTABLE HOG BUILDINGS
Floor Problem s
Satisfactory II Covered With Plank OverIays
False Decentralization Is Important
Factor Often Overlooked

isfactory methods of ventilation II
use. The commonest one is to make
some Of the windows so they will
either slide or swing on hinges. The
cloth curtain window also does good
work.
Whitewashing the inside of the
house is an excellent practice Be
sides going long way toward disin
fecting, 1t increases the light mate
rally. When the 5unshine strikes q
whitewashed wall, much of it is re
lected to the floor and does a great
deal of good. Dark houses which
must be used will be much improved
by whitewashing.
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A SPOON SHAKER.
Straight From coffeedom.

Coffee can marshall good squadron
OF enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
Il have always been very fond Of
good coffee, and for years drank It at
least three times day. At last, how
ever, / found that 1t was injuring me.
Il became bilious, subject to fire.
quent and violent headaches. and SO
very nervous, that l could not lift .
spoon to my mouth without splitting .
part Of its contents.
my heart got 'rickety' and beat 90
fast and so hard that could scarcely
breathe. while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by the condition Of my liver
and blood.
Il made up my mind that all these
afiictions came from the coffee. and I
determined to experiment and see.
$50 quit coffee and got q package
Of Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After little time
was rewarded By complete restora-
ton Of my health In every respect.
Il do not suffer from biliousness any
more, my headaches have disappeared,
my nerves are as steady as could be
desired. my heart beats regularly and
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
fully-the blotches have been wiped out
and 1t is such pleasure to be well
again." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek. Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever Reaa the above letfers A neU
enc apDe9rB from tine to time. They
are genuine tree sna fu11 ef hunsn-
Interest
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cBy F. H. HATLEY. Kentucky

CBy F. III. HATLEY. Kentucky
i use my windmill to a great ad
vantage on my farm. In some respects
it serves as hired hand. When
purchased my windmill secured two
pieces of timber, nine feet long, five
inches thick and eight inches wide.
placed the legs of the windmill on
the two pieces of timber which has
bevel on the bottom like a sled run
ner. firmly screwed the legs to the
timbers and nailed braces across from
one to the other making 1t steady.
Then 1t was ready to move from place
to place by means of pair of horses
In the summer months when 1t is
hot and dry hook onto my windmill
and take 1t to the pasture and con-
meet 1t with the pump. keeping fresh
water for the stock day and night.
save the labor of doing the pumping
myself which before, took me about
two hours twice day and my stock
enjoyed two good drinks day. Now
they enjoy cool, fresh drink at all
times through the day.
l have a pen around my windmill
and pump to keep my stock from dam
aging either. My watering trough is
made from gum lumber Is feet long
and IA inches wide, ~ inches thick
and is IS feet long. % inches wide and
IA inches deep.
have a rubber hose to fit over the
mouth Of the pump which is five feet
long and leads to the trough and at
the end of my trough / have an inch
and three-quarters iron pipe that inter
sects It about one inch from the top.
1t comes straight down to the ground
with an elbow allowing 1t to go along
on the ground to ditch.
My pipe is three inches under the
ground from being mashed by the
larger animals.
When the summer is over and it
begins to rain l hook up to my wind
mill and bring it to the house, which
requires but short while, connect 1t
TO my pump at the house to use in
pumping water for my stock after /
bring them into winter quarters and
also for the use of watering the house.
/ have a rubber hose IA feet long
which use in washing of my buggy
and wagon. 7 also use 1t for washing
my horses feet and legs as the wind
mill forces a powerful and effective
stream.
By means of the patent self-locking
and unlocking method can stand on
the ground and stop or start my wind
mill by pulling the cord which hangs
down beside the frame My windmill
cost me $54 but good mill can be
purchased for $3.50 and up.
Counting the three months that 1
keep my stock in the pasture and
three hours work per day at 10 cents
per hour which is the minimum wages
for farm hands, the windmill will save
s27-half the price of the mill. while
it would cost me that amount II l did
not have 1t for hand to pump water
for the stock.
There are several other Advantages
that the windmill is to the farm. 1t
can be attached to the grindstone, the
cream separator. churn. etc., making
4. one Of the most useful implements
on the farm.
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The Summer Toast.

In all her business life the bit OF
work she is now completing has been
most pleasant. says the free lance
stenographer.
Il have been typewriting toasts on
paper napkins" she said. "A society
OF club women who have planned to
do a lot Of outdoor entertaining this
summer expect to use thousands Of
paper napkins, and have had the
Job Of typewriting the toast on each
napkin. 1t is pretty idea. and tried
to meet the charming sentiment OF
the ladies halfway by using a good
non-copying ink, but in spite of that
precaution l am afraid that many q
guest viii leave the lunch table with
q purple ink smudge on her face"
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meets with the water tank for cattle,
use an elbow with piece of gas pipe
about sixteen inches long turned down
SO that the circulation is good in this
tank. the water going in at the top
and out at the bottom. All the water
for cattle must pass around the
cream where the cream can is set az
soon as separated.
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Varying Prices Of Lobsters.

Lovers Of lobster ought to get lot
of comfort out of a recent paragraph
in the famous old Kennebec Journal.
which says that the crustacean are
dirt cheap" However. the Journal
adds. they are not as low in price
as In the old days, when they sold
six for rs cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents pound, which Is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they were being bought
alive for so cents pound from the
fishermen. and the price In Boston
and New York scared to so cents q
pound. and, in some cases, beyond"
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1t was at the private theatricals,
and the young man wished to compli-
ment his hostess. says the Boston
Transcript:
Madam. you played your part
splendidly. 1t fits you to perfection"
I'm afraid not. A young and pref
ty woman is needed for that part"
said the smiling, hostess.
But. madam, you have positively
proved the contrary"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
CONSTRUCTING MILK COOLER

The tank is made of galvanized iron
and is set near the well with a pipe
connecting from well to tank at the
top of the cream house. In one side
of the tank make hole for piece Of
gas pipe using couple OF locknuts,
one on the inside. the other on the
outside to keep from leaking. On the
inner end of this outlet which con-
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Boys and Girls Clubs.

Clubs for farm boys and girls to
stimulate interest in improved meth
DDS Of agriculture and better living
conditions on the farm now have a
total membership Of $4,000 in the
United States.
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trouble In all its
DIRE adful forms !:
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
depression, and
Everything that was
|horrid. ! tried many
doctors in different
parts Of the United
States. but Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic COmpOund has
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
OTTIJMWA
WOMAN
CURED
BY Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ottumwa. Iowa.-sFor years was
almost constant sufferer from female
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-08-12
BENEFITS OF
FARM WINDMILL

In Some Respects IT Serves as
Hired Man-Affords Fresh
Water for the Live Stock
Day and Night.
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PandemonIum.

Mature knows what she was doing
when she deprived fishes of voice."
How do you make that outT'
What II fish had to caclxle over
every egg it laid?"
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done more Tor me than all the doctors.
I feel It my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude to
you for my cure."-Mrs. HARRIET e.
MAMPLER, b24 s. Ransom Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa.