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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12

once won 1t entities the holder of the
license to teach school for the balance
of his or her life.
Private Secretary Buck has spent
considerable time since Governor
Brewer has been in Columbus going over
and making up list of the applicants
for places on the county boards of
election commissioners, so as to save
time and trouble for the state board
when they get down to work on the
matter
The Natchez Development company
is making strenuous efforts to interest
the farmers of that section of the state
Interested in tobacco culture and prom
Uses to assist all farmers who under
take crop of the weed next season.
1t is stated that a citizen of near Matt
chez has as fine a crop of tobacco this
season as was ever seen to grow In
Kentucky or Tennessee and IL is taken
for granted that what one farmer can
do others can do If they try. The news
papers of adjoining counties are urged
TO take hold of this proposition and
encourage the farmers to try few
acres next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12

holdings and are ready to cooperate with
the state and federal authorities in Sc
curing any additional protection or as
sistanoe that can be obtained
The people of the American continent
have been richly blessed. but we have
been a nation of spendthrifts. 1t is OF the
highest Importance that swift steps be
taken In order to save our already badly
depleted forests from utter obltera-
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12
Weather Forecast

Washington, August 11.-For Alabama;
Local showers Monday; Tuesday probably
fair.
Georgia mississippi: Local showers
Monday; Tuesday probably fair.
Tennessee: Generally fair Monday and
Tuesday; warmer Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12

TO $4,000. in which nearly 10000 men
are employed.
1T is a palpabe but deplorable fact
that this resource is being rapidly depict
ed in such a manner as not only threat
ems oil industries dependent upon forests
for their raw products, but as to affect
seriously the general welfare of the peo-
ple. This startling condition has arisen
largely from the lack of adequate legis-
latlon having for its object the protection
of forests from fire. The cutting away
of the forests has caused erosion Of the
soil, resulting in the filling up OF navig-
able streams, which is injurious to water
power and causes the washing away Of
cultivated valley nds by overflows and
the shifting 5ofxSk channels of streams.
1--WE should kavor to crvstalize
J !. !: E:
sentiment al lumbermen, owning
timber Land kble to resorting to
measures their young timber
and cut from being ravaged
by fire tstafe may demon
strate thatSlM-y develop their
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12

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sentiment q
timber lam
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and cut
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-12
Local Data

Local Data
9 or the "A hours ending at I p. m. Au-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-12-10
Smoke abate r,ent In Scotland

The gas and electrical departments
of a CORPORATION in Glasgow, Scotland.
are competing keeHly in the exhibit
.iuu Of appliances for the reduction Of
smoke from furnaces and kitchen
ranges The electr.ity department
has complete electrically fitted res
tuurant, where all the cooking the
Kitchen uorA. the cleaning the heat
INK and the lighting are effected by
electric current The gas department
has a gas equipped house, tn which
all the cooking and heating Is done BY
gas fires. as Well as many of the 9th
or operations in connection with house
keeping, and in which all th, lighting
is obtained from iucaudesceut gas
burners CT different types, The cor
poratiou il encouraging the reduction
OF smoke not only by holding these
periodical exhibitions. but also by
lending gas cookers free 10 all the
citizens II has loaned 81 oA0 Of these
cookers since March t. Il Is also
supplying gas fires and the demand
for these has been so great that It
cannot be met without considerable
delay.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-12-10
Virtue IN the But

Justice is blind but she sees
more than she takes official notice Of.
Put something by for rainy day !"
but don't let that lead you to forget
the pleasant weather OF the moment.
The world owes you living" but
it's just AS well TO 20 out and collect
the debt
"Old friends are best" but every
once in a while new one turns up m
to make into an old one.
Make friends" but don't expect
friends to make you
Man proposes" but, often enough.
the baby disposes
The way OF the transgressor IN
hard" but his wife's is harder.
Opportunity knocks once at evev
door" but if you're knocking at the
same instant you're not likely to hear
the lady.--Lippincott's.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-12-10
/ reEND OF NATURAL BRUCE
;, Saved the Moneeans and was
Theneefor.h Called ny he'''
the Bridge Of God.

At y height Of 2t5 feet above tfea'
,,,.l. j.. virginia stands ne famous
ran,raf bridge known ali over 'liS
world, PULL 81 solid rock forty !'ses
|rh,,k It spans he creek, II - d
.. -.t Natural wondt-r oar great ana
H.. lowed national hero, George " a7'.
iInsfnr nf,ce climbed il and taiFt0
MS l.me -lpon- it, side. Ihe NoHef,'l
trihe 81 indians called II lhe lhf'''fse
o., God and ascribed 10 II thls S4l''t
natural origin.
once llpon time 1t happened lha'
IA. >InhesaDs were at war with = hos
II ma rib. Of Indians The hsht Was
tot and & valiant stand thtA ihdae
AGAINST their foe But al last IN Mo
haeau4 we're forced to give wat aha
fa retreat On and on theE Went
,ba ~ ~,ia ftfb. with their women aid
children and The enemy behind them
/ g7{oa1fv. they came to d preclpIce tie
+ low vavn.d cavern vide and detFt
and no way to cross or means 70 -
cane Was anywhere to be seen. Perm
ors and helpless indeed was iet
f,1jpht Of the Mohegans. They We're
ready to give UP and submit 10 'Ae
cruel fate that Was pursuing them.
Then a wise mau Of the tribe spoke
NV children. he said go down upon
YOUR knees and pray to the treat
spirit above who alone can save us
from our nisfortnnes
All in a body they obeyed the words
OF the old medicine man, Long affs
hard they prayed When they hnhlfE
lifted up their heads, 10, there stood
a mighty bridge Across It they now
led the women and children. and then
turned upon their foes, who we're
close at hand They gave the enemy
q hard battle and finally reputsad and
defeated them. In RratefulHess 10
sIanitou the Great Spirit of The world
they named this bridge the Fridge Of
God
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-12-10
Explanation Of 20. Ky

Here is the origin Of the expression
20. K.,' according to Ado Hunn,us nj
Leavenworth. Kan, a veteran Of tho
Civil war:
Among the supplies that the war
department used to buy" Mr.. Hunnlus
says. were crackers made by the old
orrins'kendall Cracker company in
Chicago. The boxes in which These
crackers came were marked o. X. We
were always eager to get hold nj
these o. x crackers. because ,hay
were always sure to be good viii.
many other brands were likely to be
spoiled or wormy And gradually O.
X. came to be a synonym among the
soldiers for something that was shovs
Dar." o''
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-12-10

certain bride is very much IN love
with her husband and very willing 10
admit It, She likes 10 sound his
praises TO her mother and 10 her gtsi
friends She has number OF oriei
nal expressions When her husband
IS good she says he Is chocolate cake.
three layers deep When h. y very
good he chocolate cake. four LAYERS
deep and so on UP the scale 0e-
casionalIy. however, things take u
turn.
The brides mother dropped in the
other day The bride was tfifie
peevish but her mother pretended net
to notice this.
And how Is John today ;" WAS ner
inquiry. Chocolate, four layers
deep"
No"
"Three layers deep" s.&MSk
No" 3EA
Two LAYERS deep fl8N
NO" This with a pout 'F'"a@
Then what is he
Dog biscuit - National Monthly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
Wild Man FIees to the Capital; Cop Nabs Him

EkYT," alias "Gingerbread, the Wllu
/ man from Borneo, escaped from
his dugout at the Rockville fair the
other day. and, coming to Washington
was locked up on a charge OF disorder
ly conduct.
The wild man, who lives on raw
meat and leafs 'em alive" was ap-
preached the following night by 70
liceman Andes of the Fifth precinct
while doing a war dance In Pennsyi
vania Avenue Southeast.
"Who do you think you are, any
way?" inquired Andes.
"G-rrr! Wool" responded the wild
man.
Whereupon Policeman Andes called
the wagon, and the wild man was
taken to the station, put in cell, and
told to sleep it off"
1t is supposed that the wild man got
tired of staying in a cage and eating
raw meat and sleeping In hay. So he
pushed the door of his dugout open,
and walked 16 miles to Washington to
get something that would take the
taste of the meat out of his mouth.
When the news spread through
Rockville that it probably had wild
man on it's hands, posse of vigil
lantes armed themselves with shot
guns and pitchforks and raw meat,
with which to appease his mean dis
position.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24

UJASHINGTON.-Danger of the total
w extinction of the whale through
"overfishing'' is dealt with in the thir-
teenth annual report on fisheries, is
sued by the board of agriculture and
fisheries.
1t IS unquestionable, says the report,
that In the case of a slow-growing and
slow-reprcducing animal like the
whale, although, owing TO it's wide
range, it will probably never be abso-
lutely exterminted, excessive hunting
speedily results in very marked de-
pietion of the stock.
The practical extinction of the
Basque and Greenland whale fisheries
has abundantly proved this. 1t must
be remembered, too, that this result
was brought about by means of the
open and hand harpoon-methods
which are now obsolete.
The Greenland whale was com.
paratively sluggish and timid animal,
whose capture by the method referred
to presented little difficulty, whereas
the rorquals and other species were
not only too swift, but too dangerous
to be attacked In the same manner as
the right whale.
With the Introduction, however. OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
The Alexander Band.

1t was a great day in the history of
that small town. The currents and
cross currents of politics had swirled
up and down the main street, made
enemies throughout the community,
and led the most prominent citizens
to make foolish bets on the election.
Patriotism was playing thunder with
mems preconceived notions Of the die
tates of politeness. The merest whis-
per would have precipitated the use
Of firearms and hatpins. The speak
er CT the day took his place on the
platform, looked as wise as treeful
Of owls, and prepared to sweep the
crowd right off its feet. He began
with reference to his noble candi-
date, who, full of patriotism, ambition,
and desire to get the salary, was
willing to have himself elected.
How Alexander wept for other
worlds to conquer, you, most of you,
may all know" he began, but was In
terrupted by an offensive-looking per-
son. who let out this discouraging COM
ment:
IF we don't we must be crazy. God
knows we've been told about it often
enough. Popular Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24

When they could not find him, they
VICE. Some and barred the front door.
The wild man is no beauty. He is a
hairy individual, six feet tall, with
sinister cast of countenance. He has
bullying eyes and an eciiptical-shaped
head, with an indentation on the top,
covered by patch of hair. When seen
at the fair grounds. mothers would
draw their children to them when the
wild man grinned, and strong men
would shudder.
After spending night at the Fifth
Precinct station, the wild man was
taken to Washington Asylum hospital
for observation.
Never having had wild man from
Borneo on their hands, the hospital Of
ficials were puzzled.
And, on the blotter of the Fifth Pre-
cinct station Is inscribed:
"Tt,'" and opposite that, crazy"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
Sparrows AnnihIate Worm Army on Navy Green.

the warlike precision with which the
sparrows moved.
It was estimated by onlookers that
neither column of sparrows was over
three feet WIDE They worked In solid
block formation and moved rapidly on
the corps of army worms, which was
solidly intrenched behind breastworks
of grass.
Owing to their intrenched position,
it Yves impossible for onlookers to es'
innate the strength of the worms, but
it was generally conceded that the at
lacking battalion of sparrows was 500
strong.
Like Henry of Navarro at Ivry, The
Commander" of the worms held his
forces close to the cannon" of the
invading sparrows, but without avail,
for the charge of the five hundred"
proved devastating to the intrenched
worms.
The battle" continued throughout
the day, and at night not a sparrow
was reported dead on the field, while
hundreds of the enemy had been
slain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
Reckless Waste May Cause Extinction of Whale.

the harpoon with explosive shell, dis
charged from a cannon mounted in
the bows of a steamer, the conditions
were entirely changed, and the species
formerly immune from attack could
now be hunted with impunity.
The result of this revolution in the
conditions under which the fishing
could be prosecuted Is seen in the
enormous dimensions which the in
dustry has attained at the present
day.
1t is estimated that in 1911 between
10000 and 10000 whales were cap
tured in the southern hemisphere
alone (South Georgia, South Shetland,
South America and Africa, to which
has to be added the catch in North
America, Japan, Farce, Iceland, Sp1tz-
bergen and Greenland, and these fig
ues will probably be greatly exceed,
ed In 1912, as numerous new com
panies have been formed to exploit
Alaskan, Australasian and Sandwich
island waters.
This wholesale destruction must in
evitably tell its tale within a few
years, and, as a matter of fact, In
Newfoundland and Iceland fears are
already entertained that the fishing is
on the decline.
1t would not, therefore, be matter
for surprise If, within few years, It
may be found necessary to establish
something in the nature of interna-
tional control, and the precedent OF
the Behring seal fishery shows how
vexed a question whaling may ulti-
! mately become.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
IMPROVING PIG CROP
BY JUDICIOUS FEEDS
More Attention Given by Farmers
to Rations and Care in Or
der to Secure Profit.
~ r a. wEArHERsToNE.)

(By r. G. WEATHEhSlONE.l
MANY farmers have started out this
year with the intention of doing better
by their crop of pigs than they have
In the past. BY doing better, mean
giving closer attention to the feed
problem, and the care problem, SO
that the pigs when mature will have
made q favorable growth at a low
cost. and at the same time have de-
yeloped strong frames, especially III
the case of those pigs which are In
tended to be kept for breeding pur-
poses.
II will be we'll for every man who
desires to bring his pigs through the
season in good form and condition
to calculate to supply some of those
foods which are known to have
favorable influence on the develop
ment of the framework OF the pig.
1t is needless to say that corn alone
will not serve the purpose. While 1t
Is true that corn in conjunction with
good pasture makes diet for the
growing pigs which can hardly oe
improved on, it also often happens that
the pasture contains little to attract
the pigs.
In that case they are ssure to lie
around the yards and stuff themselves
with grain in preference to seeking
the grass and exercise in conjunction
which is so essential to the health
and thrift of the animal.
The best bone building foods are
those rich in protein and mineral mat
ter. Skim milk perhaps stands at the
head of the list, and it will pay to
lay in some tankage, shorts and pos
sibly some bone meal as well as some
pure mineral matter.
1t cannot be expected, however, that
the feeding of FOODS bearing large
amounts of protein and mineral mat
ter, such as have been mentioned, Will
change the conformation of any part
of the skeleton or, for example, make
pig stand straight.
This improvement will have to be
made through selection, using no male
or female that is faulty.
1t might, too, be urged that If care
full selection were practiced 1t would
be unnecessary to consider the diet
since strong boned breeding stocE
would naturally impress these good
points on their progeny
On the contrary, it may be said that
men have been trying for years tc
breed poor hogs out of their herds
without giving attention to balanced
ration problem, and they are practi
cally where they started.
We generally find that when men
feed little or no grain and do moi
care to hasten the growth of theil
pigs, the quality of the bone is gen
orally very satisfactory.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
WHY THE ROSE HAS TH0RNs
They Are There for the Protection of
the Stalks, Is Explanation Of
Their Presence.

Every one has wondered at some
time or other just why there should
be thorns on rose bushes. Natural
lists have answered this by declaring
they were there solely for the protec-
ton of the stalks.
Rose bush stalks, as it is known,
are extremely tender and watery,
thereby bending or breaking easily,
and animals running wild through
such bushes would soon kill them,
and once broken or bent over the
sap exuGes and the branches die. But
with these thorns on their stalk all
animals soon learn to keep away from
such bushes, but IL they go through
them they do it very carefully.
While this answer of the natural
lists, as to why there are thorns on
rose bushes, was quite satisfactory, 1t
has been discovered that there are
other reasons for the dangerous prick
ers. Chief among these other reasons
is that the top of the thorn, which
always grows very smooth and slight
~ fattened, is used as rest for the
branches of the same bush as they
interlace.
Heavy rains, heavy dews and
branches full Of roses in full bloom
would naturally bear them down to
the breaking point if they were al
lowed to bend far enough, and they
cannot fall very far before they strike
against the tops of these thorns, and
are thereby held securely in place, SO
that even stiff gale Of wind will not
blow down the rose bush, while it
would tear other shrubbery into bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
MAINE HEN HOUSE
is ADVANTAGEOUS
Feature of Structure Is Closet
Form for Protection in Cold
Weather.

In the curtain-front type OF poultry,
house used at the Maine experiment
station feature of the original plan
on which considerable stress was laid
was the canvas curtain front of the
roosts. This curtain, together with
the back wall of the house and the
dropping board under the roost,
formed closet in which the birds
were shut up at night during cold
weather.
When the curtain-front house was
first devised, it was thought es-
sential to provide such a closet to
conserve the body heat of the birds
during the cold nights when the tenn
perature might be well below zero.
Experience has shown, however, that
this was mistake. Actual test shows
that the roosting closet is of no adj
vantage, even in such severe climate
as that of Orono.
On the contrary, the birds certain
ly thrive better without the roost cur
tain than with it. 1t has been a gen.
eyal observation among users Of the
curtaia-front type of house that when
the roost curtains are used the birds
are particularly susceptible to colds.
It is not hard to understand why this
should be so. The air in the roosting
closet when 1t is opened in the morn
ing is plainly bad. The fact that it is
warm in no way offsets physiological
ly the evils of it's lack of oxygen and
excess of carbon dioxide, ammoniacal
vapors, and other exhalations from
the bodies Of the birds.
For some time past it has been felt
that the roosting closet was at least
unnecessary, If not in fact a positive
evil Consequently the time of begin.
ming to close the roost curtain in the
fall has been each year longer de.
layed. Finally in the fall of 1910, II
was decided not to use these curtains
at all during the winter. Consequent.
ly they were taken out of the house,
or spiked to the roof, as the case
might be. The winter of 1901 was
severe one. On several occasions
the temperature dropped to 80 de.
grees below zero. During the winter
the mortality was exceptionally low,
and the egg production exceptionally
high.
In view of this experience the sta,
ton has decided to discontinue the
use of the roost curtain. 1t would
seem to be generally undesirable, OF
at least unnecessary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24

II ERSONS passing the State, War
/ and Navy building, on Pennsylvan-
ia avenue, the other day saw a bat
tie royal" between a corps of army
worms and battalion of sparrows.
The unusual sight attracted large
crowd, and much expert opinion was
passed on the outcome Of the battle,
the problem facing the battalion of
sparrows being the humiliation OF
the enemy before darkness set in.
The battalion of sparrows moved
eastward in two columns from the
northwest corner of the State, War
and Navy lawn. One of the most in
teresting features of the battle" was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24

weight unknown to any other species
of domestic animals-the great meta
bolic changes which must necessarily
occur can be appreciated. Such rapid
development is very likely to take
place at the expense of the disease
resisting powers of the animal
When tuberculosis results, the le-
sions usually observed are discrete
and of a chronic type, at times retro
gressive and at other times slowly pro-
gressive, as manifested by calcaerous
deposits and fibrous encapsulation. 1t
is not infrequent, however, that a
more extensive and spreading disease
is seen, and the LESSONS indicate a Sc
we're infection and rapid generalization
of the bacilli, which in these animals
may quickly follow the initial attack.
And whether the disease assumes an
acute, sub-acute, or chronic type, tu-
berculous growths may soon be found
attacking lymph glands in widely sep
arated parts of the body.
The intradermal method of testing
hogs for tuberculosis has given ex-
cellent res Its. Two drops of tuber-
culin prepared by evaporating away
two-thirds of the volume of the tuber-
culin previously PREPARED for the
sub-cutaneous tuberculin testing of
cattle, is injected into the dermal
layer of the skin near the base of
one of the ears of the hog. If the
animal is not affected, no change in
the appearance of the ear will result,
but a positive reaction will at the
end of 4S hours cause swelling near
the seat of their injection. This
edematous enlargement may remain
visible for 10 to IL days after the
injection in case the animal is affected
with tuberculosis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-24
women,s Heroes.

There is no man in Shakespeare es-
pecially ideal to the minds of women
none, certainly, even Romeo, who be-
gins to arouse as much enthusiasm as
some in other literature. Shake
speare, himself man, drew women
with a touch that makes them loved
by men; If he had been a woman
probably the process would have been
reversed In fact, even although such
a comparatively small part of the
great novels have been written by
women a number of the heroes who
nre most popular with them are to be
found in the writings of women, such
as Rochester in Jane Eyre" Darcy
In pride and Prejudice" and Lydgate
In sMiddlemarch." When women pro-
duce a Shakespeare she will fill her
plays with men who would make Ideal
usbands.-Collier's Weekly.