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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20
PROPER HOUSING
OF THE POULTRY
(By N. r. GILBERT.)

Frequently poultry keepers complain
bitterly of the failure of their fowls to
show profit, when the whole fault lies in
defective housing.
Poultry lead an entirely artificial life
when they live penned in a run, or even
when at liberty and provided with
sleeping house-thar is to say, they have
their food provided thin and do not
sleep in the trees, as their natural in
stinct would teach them.
1T is simply the difference between
sleeping in house and sleeping in trees
that upsets them. When they do the lat
ter they may not lay well but they keep
their health. More than half the dis
eases modern fowls suffer are caused
primarily by this defective housing
The chief requisites o. house are that
1t should be weatherp proof, so that what
ever the inclemency of the season, the
fowls keep dry. 1t must be provided
with ample ventilation and should have
a sunny aspect.
The sun is life to all animals, and the
more fowls get of it, the better. Yet,
sometimes, fowl houses are placed in
dark, secluded corners, and built to ad-
NIT hardly any light. A poultry house
should always, if possible, be placed ON
ground sloping slightly away from it.,
then in the wet weather the rain drains
away. If the ground is quite level the
rain off the roof shows tendency TO
remain in the form of puddles.
trench should be lug to carry it
away, or better still, there should be a
spout on the roof to carly the wet away
down N a with
surface drain
1t is important that the ground around
the house, as well as the house ITSELF be
kept dry, as fowls never do well on wet
land.
Special attention should be paid to the
roof. The caves should overlap some
three inches, and it is all The better if
built of stouter wood than the walls.
There is no necessity to cover the root
with felt, provided it receives a good
dressing of tar at first and a further coat
each year. On no account make the roof
of corrugated zinc.
Such house will be cold in the win
ter and hot in the summer. If the poul-
try-keeper has some sheets of this very
useful article-for such it certainly is
make roof of thin boards and put the
zinc on top.
For the floor the earth needs TO be
beaten down quite hard and a dressing
of some inches of sand or light dry earth
put on top. If the soil is clayey, it is
better to have wooden floor for it
must be dry.
In any case observe scrupulous clean
illness, removing all dropplngs once a
smell.
Ventilation is subject better under
stood now than formerly. We indulge in
more of it for ourselves and more for
the fowls. Yet for them, as for our
selves, we must not forget that the thing
can be overdone and that good deal
depends upon the location of the house
and the outside temperature.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20
GUNSAULUS HITS
LIQUOR TRAFFIC

Surely there never was a time when the
vote of American womanhood could be
more significant than just at the present.
With the ugly form of the American
saloon showing up against the American
home on the one side ana the huge inter
ests which are behind the tariff upon tine
common peoples resources of living
crowding up on the other side, ii is no
wonder that American manhood is ask
Ing. If American womanhood shall not
hIad ueen auuurney General OF WARY Ia1u,
= hder Governor Lowndes, administration,
md afterward president of the Second
lranch of the City Council of Baltimore.
,tr. Gather was an active member o.
laltimore's New Charter Commission.
Ills high standing in professional and
,oltical circles, for many years, can
rot be questioned. But this does not
t'eter the Baltimore American from abus-
Hng him a5undantly because of his de-
plaration for Roosevelt. Simply, how
Ever another instance of the Ameri-
Cans fool" politics For months and
months it has felt called upon to regard
IS either knave or fool every man
Who has dared to repud.ate President
ED BY THE SALOON, NAMES y nu.t-
DRIED BARE AND COLD LITTLE. FEET,
AND A HUNDRED STOCnlNGLESS
NOMEN ANO SISTERS AND DAUGH-
TEES, TO ONE MADE BY THE HIGH
Esq TARIFF EVER CONCOCTED =
1t has been proved thous1nr time.
that the liquor interests have sucn CON
troll over tle government TINT the gov
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20

Plant food in the soil is largely In an
unfavorable condition. Before the pot
ash, PHOSPHORUS and nitrogen become
available the soil must pass through the
stage of disintegration and chemical
change, which can take place only I'M
der favorable conditions. There must be
present moisture, heat and air. These
are largely controlled by cultivation and
climatic conditions. The method OF cul-
tivation which will bring about these
conditions is the one that is best for the
farmer who is handling the land.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20

man.
Port Deposit base ball team made first
place last Saturday, when they defeated
Aberdeen, 6-3.
Mrs. s. Frank Woodrow, OF HOLLYWOOD,
Pa. who has been lying dang erously i'll
for the past month at the home OF Mrs
J. B. Tome, is very much improved. and
expects to return to her home in few
days. Her rapid recovery is very much
due to the efficient and skillful treat
ment of DR.. VIM. G. Jack
Misses Mabel and Ella Tome are hav-
ing delightful time with friends and
relatives in Wilmington, Chester, Phila-
delphia, Camden, Collingswood and Mer-
chantville.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20
Resolutions OF Respect

We, the members of Elkton Council,
No. %, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, bow our heads in
sorrow at the recent death of our Bro
Their, Allen C. Jaquette. We fully realize
that in the death of rothnr Jaquette We
have lost good and faithful Brother and
friend. Therefore be II
Resolved, That this Council extend to
the bereaved widow and family ouI
heartfelt sympathy. And be 1t further
Resolved, That as a mark of respect we
drape our Charter fol thirty days, copy
of these resolutions be spread upon our
minutes, copy be forwarded to the be-
reaved family and publis 81 in the
papers.
CLARENCE PERKINS,
j. H. SLOAN,
GEORGE E. TROWN,
Committee
Elkton. Md. July 2 1912
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20
500 Per Plate

was paid at banquet to Henry Clay, in
New Orleans in 1912. Mighty costly for
those with stomach trouble or indiges-
ton. Today people every where use Dr.
Kings New Life Pills for these troubles
as we'll as liver, kidney and bowel Dis
orders. Easy, safe, sure. Only rs cts
at all Druggists. -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20

and depression. 1t will be struggle,
moreover, such as the Cincinnati Ger
mans philosophical over Considering
What it is leading up 10 will be worth
while.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
akingSenseof thePanama
Contract

It is established rule for the Interpretation contracts that
they should be construed nonsense hut sense
Thus should be sufficient combination of view of
the Hay Pauncefo treaty that that inconsistent with
American sanity.
The British foreign office holds that we are pccudd by this
from treating Panama as well as for
egn may Panama commerce. holds that the
English French or German government is free under
remit to it's ships any tolls that they may pay Panama
while who built and the canal free
The British foreign Office with all its fooshnc has al least
the perceive plain that tories have
overlooked TO wthe fact that taking tolls from ships
afterwards renting them precisely the thing taking
chem a aI
Prcug this point the British driven by the logic
Of their atsr to claim that have offer subsidies
or concessions Panama the shape RENTED
tons-n spite of the fact that all other will am un
doubted right to do that very thing.
There win he day of awakening which everybody will see
that tine Fntsaoneaton should h referred to The Hague
but 20 conlulsslo lie unatco uquIeudo.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
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lissome, fresh girl without having
her heart torn with the bitter
knowledge that youth calls to
youth, and without suspecting that
he regrets his bargain
On the other hand, the old hus-
bands vanity stands him in good
stead when he marries a young.
Wife, He thinks any girl ought to
be glad to have gotten him, no mat
ter what age he is. Even seventy
year-old milliOnairos never suspect
that girls of twenty do not marry
them for themselves alone.
Naturally, fifty or sixty years, or
even thirty, between a man and
woman is a chasm that only gold
ever bridges over, but twenty years
is not an insurmountable obstacle
at all Indeed, those twenty years
in man are sometimes just the
gliding that gilds gold and that
gives him a little touch of paternal
tenderness toward his young wife
that makes him the best. the ten
derest "and the most considerate
husband in the world.
Perhaps as good a rule as could
be formulated in the matter of ages
would be to say that the man
should be from eight to ten years
older than his wife. This would
fulfill the convention that the hus-
band should be the elder and have
the wider experience OF life, but it
would still keep them in the same
class, and give them a chance to
develop along together to settle
into the same ruts of age. with
the point of view of the same gem
Grafton.
A Matter of Temperament.
The young woman whose feet
still ache for the dance, who wants
to laugh, and make merry. and TO
so about, can have no happiness
IL she is married to an old man who
only wants to sit in the chimney
corner and nurse his rheumatism.
Neither can the young man who
loves pleasure and society. and who
is keen about outdoor sport. find a
weary old woman congenial COM
panion
But these things are matter Of
temperament and not age, and the
years are not 70 be considered when
one finds ones arinity--the one If
whose society one never tires, and
who has the same Ia 5tes and ways
Of looking at things as ones own.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Men Like Suffragettes
Because They Admire Women That Can Think The Cnng Vine
Is Ornamental, but Does Not Last.

Women must not be discouraged by
suffrage years pass and the
intelligent viii continue to fight
uphill fight before slavery shall disappear
BIG THINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHED SLOWLY and the fight
for woman rights a very big thing.
While waiting for victory may be comfort for the
thinking women loyal their realize that
while respect and admire the sufragenes
Needless say do much about the
women able to thn-and suffrage
savage obey orders cook dig and brush
flies from him while he sleeps
Certain kinds of cvized' savages a
idle life apdog wearing pretty coo and saying her
Glow can you great and wonderful"
Ignorant men, with bgotry brutality ages ground
into dull brains object thinking and voting for their
wsn ground that voting and thinking irreigious
immoral.
Feeble like feeble women and feeble suf
fagettes
The man realizes thing any
man being man or woman Is the brain.
And men worth while admire up
rights women intelligence enough
they get such have brains character
the power attract and keep the interest of thinking
Superstition tradition bigoy ignorance keep certain class
and of hostile suffrage But time will end
that as time rack
ties.
makes certain oppose the sufragette movement
These usually between forty and years
of And they usually trying look though they
between and thyx They ackadasica sim
perng thoughtess wouldbe clngng vines They lack all
power through therefore, try
them through fatery.
The ansuragette usually has sad woebegone look
and folds her hands in ecstasy looking tenhrate
she 81 IN DOM the while have a noble
godike such you think for and defend me-
And the foolish says to himself That is very fine
woman which she is
The who o is woman who thinks and
who her brains
The who does vote the woman-with
few honorable oIdfashoned exceptions-unabe think
therefore appalled, the idea of fresh demands upon n
gence which she has got
The who opposes suffrage is kind of a
sge-usually rather weak man-NIEN ARE ALWAYS WEAK
WHEN THEY ARE AFRAID TO DIVIDE POWER
The worth while and the worth while live
together, think together, plan together AS EQUALS
The ballot will develop the minds of and the character
ofmen-and it viii gradually eliminate clngng me-
don't want to vote watereyed type and the ego
cal man
Women win have the ballot everywhere For the best
the country determined Defeats will discourage
them-THEY WILL WIN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
There Can Be No Objection.

Certainly there can be no OBJ
lection to a man marrying a woman
of his own age so far as her look
ing as young as he does, and being
able to keep step with him in his
pursuits and pleasures Nor does
a year or two more of age on the
woman's part make an insurmount-
able barrier between them.
1t is. however. a suicidal thing
for both of them when the woman
IS fifteen or twenty years older
than her husband. Such marriages
are invariably unhappy whereas
marriages in which the husband is
that much older than the wife are
generally most successful
There are many reasons why,
what is sauce for the goose is not
sauce for the gander' in the mar
riage proposition. one is that the
man who marries a woman almost
old enough to be his mother is in
variably ashamed of her, no matter
how brilliant. and charming. and
handsome sue may pe. ne Knows
that people laugh at him behind
his back.
And the elderly wife IS even more
secretly ashamed of her boy hus-
band. and more sensitive to the rid
icu'e she knows her choice excites.
More than this, II is not in human
nature for Srizzled, fat old won-
an not to be franticanv Jealous Of
A young husband He may he as
faithful as the house car. but she
never sees him with > beautiful,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Qualifications for Office.

" uo11UCdUluuS 1OI NulGE.
First. High character, position
and integrity which is naturally
expected Of the head of any kind
of enterprise.
Second. Judgment and ability as
manifested by his personal success
in life.
Third. Expert knowledge of mu-
nicipal affairs.
The burgomaster is elected for
twelve years. has a large salary,
and at the end of that time he, If
satisfactory, is reelected for %
years, and finally pensioned.
Back of the burgomaster is the
city council elected by districts,
as is our own. 1t is made up of
eminent business men. of lawyers,
doctors, and, in the university
towns, of professors as well. Mem
bers of the council are paid no sal
AIRY, but they devote a large part
of their time to city business. It
is distinguished honor to serve
on the council, and men aspire to it
as an honorable career. Service.
too. is obligatory for a man who
is elected can be punished if he
refuses 10 serve.
But the directing spirit Of the
city is the burgomaster. although
the council members. who enjoy
considerable permanency through
a six years term. have the same
kind of pride and enthusiasm in
their work that the burgoma ster
himself possesses. The burgomas
ter has number of expert as
sistants, elected by the council,
who form the magistrat. They.
too. are permanent trained men.
About one-half Of them are sal
aried; the other half are not
The council is a taxpayers and
not a peoples council That would
seem to leave the control of at
fairs in the hands of the rich. But
behold what is the result? Filth.
disease and poverty have been
wiped off the map. No crowded
tenements. They expand. In the
environs Of the cities are plant
ed colonies Of working people. with
up-to-date sanitary city houses.
wiki flowers and parked streets
and nothing unsightly or unwhoIe-
some. The first care of these city
fathers is the welfare and pros
perity of the laboring class. Back
Of the German city. therefore. are
the business men. the bankers the
merchant classes
The German city has no charter
and is free and independent. In
the matter of corporate towns it is
the exact reverse of the American
city.
But We have habit here in
America Of getting what We want
by indirection Rarely do We
frankly face 2 problem and cor
rect it by reforming the evil it,
self Our reforms have wav of
coming in through the back door.
Milwaukee has discovered
means of securing the city expert
without regard to residence, pont-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
- The Matter of Ace
n MAN who is forty years old,
y and who is going to be mar
ried, asks this question:

n MAN who is forty years old
n and who is going to be mar
ried, asks this question:
What should be the difference
between the ages of a husband and
wife, taking into consideration
their happiness and the good Of
the children that may be born to
them?'
To answer the latter part Of this
question first, it may be said that,
as a general thing. the healthiest
and strongest children are usually
the offspring of women who are In
their twenties and early thirties.
That is the ideal time for mother
hood, because then a woman is at
her prime physically, and she is
old enough to have intelligence
enough to take care Of her children
properly, and yet young enough to
be in sympathy with them.
The children of an over young
and undeveloped mother are apt to
be weaklings and they are almost
sure TO suffer in the rearing from
her lack of knowledge and eXpe-
rience of life. There are few sights
more pitiful than that of a sickly
little child-mother wrestling in
competently with a sickly little ba-
by, and the man who possesses
such combination has small
chance of anything but misery. on
the other hand. the too-old mother
is apt to have children who are
queer" a4d To be overly indulgent
and fussy about them, on else to
raise them iuhumanly according to
some system She has dug out of a
book
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
The Rule of the
Expert
Let Atlanta Take in the
Whole of F ulton County,
She Says; Plan For a
Greater and Better CITY.
By MRS. w. L. PEEL

n y article entitled City Sense"
~ by Frederic c. Howe in a late
number of The Outlook might
be read with great interest by At
lanta just at present. Mr. Howe
begins by saying:
1T was a rude shock for four
score business men from Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Denver, Seattle, and a score of 9TH
err cities. to be entertained last
summer by councilmen who we're
business men like themselves in the
city halls of Manchester and Liv-
erpool It was an even greater
shock to be received with the dig
nifty and ceremony of ambassadors
by the most eminent bankers, man
ufacturers and professional men
serving as city officials in Paris,
Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfort,
Berlin, Munich, Vienna. Budapest,
Prague and half dozen Other cities
on the continent of Europe 1t was
a transition from the unabashed
democracy made up from all ma
tons painfully finding it's way to
self government in the ~cities of
America; to the most efficient,
most finished and most highly or
ganized municipal life in the mod
ern world
He goes on then to speak of the
rule of the expert. While English
cities are governed on much the
same plan, the German municipal
ity is considered ideal When they
want mayor they advertise for
one. and experts from all over
Germany compete for it. It goes
without saying that the qualifica-
tons forTofiice read something like
this:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Rule Applied to Atlanta.


Now. if we had any experts in
Atlanta. selected by taxpayers to
say what should go with their
money, does anybody think they
would have discarded our garbage
plant for which We had Just paid
$4,000 for one that cost over $780,
900? No. An expert told me he
would have recommended that our
plant run day ana night cit has
only lun by day. and that Ncil-to-
do people be required to consume
their own garbage. The up-to-date
plan is very simple-a little gas
arrangement in the kitchen which
cats up anything from dead dog
to its own ashes. When we get
our $500 900 Crematory. it will take
10000 for an outfit to haul the
garbage, which must now he
bought from BrookWood and
WestvieW and KirkWood and the
end of Marietta street-my! Talk
about congestion. When this cara
van takes the streets people will
all have to sell their automobiles.
Let's turn over a new leaf right
now Let's get a clean live, sue
cessful. up-to- date business man
for our burgomaster And then LET'S
away with our little old antiquated
charter. and our little old anti
quated methods. Let the city take
in the whole Of Fulton county and
compel every landlord to furnish
decent housing for his tenants,
black or white. No wonder we rank
third in the typhoid cities Of
America when we. think Of the
thousands Of human beings in this
city herded like cattle When We
know that the servant in the
house comes to Us from these loath-
some ,dens shall we not in the
name IF humanity demand
change?
The city Of Trenton, \, J, has
tried the commission form of
government for one year. Although
heavily handicapped by debt
nearly As large as Atlantis vii
be next year, left by the outgoins
administration they announce
that they have already saved up
ward OF 100000 Of the taxpayers
money.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
BILL!

He the Blues and them
Service
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

zeal Affiliations, or relation to tha
city. Milwaukee has ORGANIZED -
Bureau of Economy and Efficiency
1t sent to the state university for
Professor John R. Commons. who
organized municipal clearing
house of experts. When the city
wants advice Tn a. paving, health.
engineering or harbor problem. the
bureau makes a study of the sinh
ject with the cooperation of the
best experts that can be found IN
the country, and reports its find
ings to the city. Such studies have
been made on garbage disposal. the
incarceration plant. on a harbor, on
health and hygiene, on pure milk.
as well as on variety Of other
subjects. Standards of cost have
been established and departmental
efficiency secured by letting in the
light.
Expert Ability Available.
We have the same expert ability
that Germany and England com
mand. But it is excluded from city
politics And as long as questions
of policy or partisanship arc de-
termined at the polls we can not
hope to displace the political mayor
by the trained official The Mil
waukee plan for a permanent bu-
reau of experts offers a means Of
securing that which our cities have
heretofore lacked.
But the reform that has done
most to simplify our municipal ma
chinery is the commission plan OF
city government. 1t is short cut
to efficient to responsible admin
istration. 1t sweeps away the COM
pleXity of the long ballot and the
confused charter and enables the
BH'liN w lpNd * lCS pOuSiDllllA. II
reduces the number of elective Of
flcidls to three or five. Through the
initiative, rcfel endum and recall it
destroys the power of the boss and
the privileged interests behind the
boss. The commission plan may
not be the final form that city gov
eminent viii assume, but 1t will
enable our cities to establish them
selves in the confidence of the peo-
pie and that is what we most reed
Just nov, 1t was Impossible TO H.
Velop city sense SO Ions as the
city was distrusted, so long as the
public felt it should be shorn Of
power and limited in its activi-
ties. y healthy municipal life could
not exist under this distrust
This gives but an idea Of Mr..
HOWe's delightful article.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
By DOROTHY DIX.

and others who are children at
four score years.
The consensus of matrimonial en-
perience of the ages is that it is
best the husband should be older
than the wife. but this only mat
ters when there is any great dis
parity of years. Formerly it was
held that a woman at the same age
as a man was really much older
than he, but this is no longer true.
In these strenuous times when men
work so hard, and live so high,
and when women take such good
care of themselves. and devote so
much thought and consideration
not only to preserving their youth
but to keeping themselves mentally
alert and fresh, it is a question if
they are not really younger at the
same age than men are.