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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Bv EBERT HUBBARD

layers of charcoal in friedrich re-
torts. Yellow heat is applied for
a certain period until the re-
quired grade of steel is obtained
by the addition Of the necessary
carbon.
This is the steel from which
edged tools are made.
The Bessemer process is direct
ly opposite in principle to the
concentration process. The Besse-
mer burns the carbon out of the
cast iron.
This is done In an egg shaped
furnace known as a converter,
lined with firebrick, and capable
of being tilted. At the bottom,
number of tuy@res or nozzles
conduct the air from a powerful
blowing machine through the
molten metal. This burns out the
silicon and carbon. and after the
alloy has been added and thor
oughly mixed the metal is poured
into ladies'. and thence to casting
molds.
The ingots are reheated and
rolled into the forms desired for
use.
In the open-hearth system. steel
is made from a mixture of pig
iron and scrap-iron or steel. which
is melted by direct contact with
the flame in a regenerative gas
furnace.
Steel Everywhere.
To follow these different pro-
cesses-to see the ore-cod. dead
stOnes-transforme into things
of utility and beauty is a revela-
ton and an education. We realize
that the Missable Range and your
wire fence are associated by APP
piled gas. Steel is everywhere.
Circus horses, farm horses wear
it for shoes. Wire rope in ele-
vators, and in ships and mines
the telegraph and telephone wires,
and all kinds of electrical wires
from the ignition wire i'm the au-
tomobile to the submarine cable.
Aeroplane plates, boiler plates and
castings. We sleep on steel
springs and shave with a Safety"
We use nails and tacks. and the
shafting for machinery is nothing
more or less than big round wire!
We see all these things in the
manufactured goods.
We talk Of the tone OF our
piano, we boast of the wonderful
speed, endurance and economy of
up-keep of our autos.
We speak of cheap and rapid
transportation; of our spring
beds. our easy shave.
But do we ever associate these
things with the men in the mills?
l hope so.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

r-HERE are about 1.5OO,0O0,0OO
people on the earth.
Most of them are intent
on getting
A few are intent on giving.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Ebert Hubbard
Writes on
The Metal Workers

From the Savage Who Raked
From the Ashes a Crude Ball
of Molten Mineral and Stag,
With Which He Formed a
Weapon of Defense, to the
Safety Razor and Automo-
bile, Metal is Supreme.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
Bio Business in Brazil

The Canadian, Farquhar. who has
been exploiting all kinds of big
schemes in Brazil. seems to have
found an unsparing antagonist in Le
Bresil EconomiQue OF Rio de Janeiro,
the great commercial paper of South
America. and the big banks OF Paris
and Brussels will probably go no
further In financing the great trusts
which now, the EconomiQue init
mates, call for government interven-
tion to save Brazil. The paper charges
that thus far 250,000.0G0 francs
about $4,000, 000-remains In the peck
cts Of the exploiters OF these schemes
and the Intermediates. There will
be a crash" says this paper, lone OF
the most formidable OF the century.
and this syndicate will take with IL
the credit OF Brazil. The appetite Of
this group is Unsuitable. In a single
week 1t has asked 69.240.000 francs
of French and Belgian loans" The
successors to John Law Of the Mis-
sissippi bubble scheme. OF more than
a century ago. seem to have found
fruitful soil in South America
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
SIL0 IS AID OF
MODERN DAIRYMAN
improved Machinery and Huge
Food Tanks Do Away With
Much Manual Labor.
Ry N. s. FRENCH, California ,

Not SO very long ago 1t seemed ra-
Their important that the man behind
the COW" should be an athlete, at least
able to do not only one hard days
work, but many Of them. Sixty or
seventy years ago, when our cities and
railroads we're young. as was also the
dairy business. the principal surplus
age OF dairy products came from the
northern and New England states. and
eastern provinces Of Canada where
the greater part Of the summer had to
be spent in raising, harvesting and
storing up feed for tho long, cold win
ter: and the man who could swing a
scythe from to IL a. IN. and WELD a
fork from / to 9 p. m, or till the last
load was safe In the barn. was gen.
orally considered to be about the
right sort of a man to make a success
OF dairy farm.
Feed must still be stored up for the
winter and times of short pasture b,t
the many machines now to be had to
facilitate this work, have reduced the
actual labor part of this work almost
beyond computation. Young men NAV
hardly realize it. but there are n few
vet alive who can remember WIN, q,
was to lead gang OF mowers in
heavy clover and herd-grass. II was
not called timothy then. II NAV mo,
require any higher degree Of brain
mower to run these new machines than
Il did to rightly sharpen and hanO
a scythe, for this could not be well
done by anyone who was either men.
tally or physically weak Now the
moving machine. tedder and rake are
all equipped with easy spring seats
while the power loader and horse.fort
do the rest: and weather permitt,ng
the hay crop is easily secured on Tim,
and in good order. Then. II the da,rv
man has a silo. he can Command snc
cuIent cow feed as good or better IN % +,
green grass for every day of the Voc :
and he needs 1t
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

Watts and William Blake. Many OF
the inscriptions on the tombstones
are very quaint and funny. One Is
The within has gone to rest. An
other, which was by far the best pre-
served tombstone In the cemetery. was
decorated by this brave, but not over
elegant inscription: Dame Mare
Page. 172S. In 67 months she was
tapped &C times. Had taken away 24O
gallons of water without ever repining
at her case or ever fearing the opera
ton"
After spending a half hour in Bun
hill Fields one longs for some place
bright and beautiful, and Chelsea is
a fine place to select Even the name
Chelsea has beautiful sound II has
always been the favorite residence dis
trict of the artists, literary men and
actors of London, past and present.
Cheyne Walk along the Thames is
very delightful The old Battersea
bridge, which Whistler made SO IA
nous. is gone and a new bridge has
taken its place. 1t is not an unattract-
i've bridge by any means. but still one
longs to see the high old bridge that
has conferred in so many "Nocturns"
and Symphonies"
Rosetti's house on Cheyne row Is
still standing, and near it the house of
George Eliot. and the house of Count
D'Orsay. A garden marks the spot
where Sir Thomas More lived for so
many years. Farther down the street
Is the house where William Turner
died. This house is marked by very
beautiful tablet. designed by the emf
nent English artist, Walter Crane.
In upper Cheyne row stands the
house of Leigh Hunt. and near II is
the spot where Katharine Parr is said
to have lived.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
DIPPING SHEEP TO
ERADICATE PESTS
Promotes Health Of Skin and Al
so Furthers Growth of
Wool of Animal.
By FRANK KLEINHEINz. Wisconsin

CBy FRANK KLEINHEINZ. Wisconsin
College OF Agriculture)
In order to kill ticks and lice and
thus promote the health OF the skin.
and also further the growth of wool.
di psheep every spring. Dipping IL
too often neglected by flock owners.
with the result that the sheep are an
moved day and night and are kept
busy rubbing against every post ana
corner. with consequent loss or hesh.
A warm. sunsbiuy day, at least ten
DAVIS after the sheep have been
sbeared should be selected for this
work It should preferably be done
IN the morning, so as to give the
sheep a chance to dry out berore
NIGHT ANY one OF the many coal tar
dins may be used II the directions
accompanying them are carefully foi
lowed
There are several forms of watts but
the majority OF flock masters use one
,,oae NJ galvanized iron. The size OF
the vat necessarily depends upon the
s,,o NJ tn flock. A draining pen
sbould be So arranged that all the
din which runs off the sheep while
thew are dripping is returned into the
vat -, -
II Is not necessary for the head 70
80, into the dip, since the sheep can
Keep 1t free of ticks or ice py rOU :,
hing or scratching. Furthermore, y
10 hest If no dip gets into the mouth
eyes e. or ears, However r. all, all T Sss1
l pnrr be kept IN the dip not less
s sno one minute. The dip viii be
, nost effective If the solution Is luxe s'
lnoo. and the sheep will then not o.
chilled while IN IT,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

cost. the house is set ON cedar posts.
instcal OF having a cellar. THIS is
done because there are men who
costing 200 or $I.l0O. whom % would
be impossible for them to ruiao the
money for a house costing s. 900 Il
Is better to build in this way. and put
cellar under the house afterwards.
than to keep on paying rent wear after
year with the expectation Of building
just rs YOU want to i'm three or four
years time. because the three or lcur
years slip away quickly. and Won are
in no better position to build then
than YOU are now.
\ little determination goes a long
way in making a start for home OF
) course little money is necessary:
but the amount paid out for rent each
month would soon pay for $1,000
cottage. and leave the owner in poss
/ ton To 20 ahead on something larger
/ if he needs it. Sometimes people get
| SO attached to little home which is
/ comfortable and convenient. that they
/ are I'm no hurry to leave it, My adj
vice has always been to make start.
and make it modest enough so that
you are not embarrassed In making
! your payments: and believe IT Ia a
/ great deal better to be a good deal too
slow than to go a little bit too fast
like to see good houses. and when
a person can afford it. like to see
them living in an expensive house;
but do not like to see young fellows
start in with n property a good deal
larger and more expensive than they
need. when they have not the means
to pay for II. because know It means
many months and years of hard work
and a good many nights of worry-all
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

There were seventeen pigs fed
cooked food. and seventeen uncooked.
and the results are absolutely in keep
ing with those generally secured by
American Investigators. However. It
Is worth quoting the summary OF the
results. as given by MIR. James AdanfA
Who conducted the experiment:
/. pigs can be fattened successful.
ly with raw meal.
2. The average daily gain in live
weight was greater when meal was
raw than when cooked into porridge
2. When meal was fed raw, less
food was required to put on one
pound increase In live weight.
4. The proportion OF dead to live
weight was higher in the case of the
pigs fed with raw meal. that is to
say. they killed better.
5. Raw meal can be fed to pigu
after weaving. say at eleven to twelve
weeks old
6. On raw meal pigs clean up their
food well. look clean and healthy, and
| handle firm.
I. Pigs fed on raw meal require less
litter and cleaning than those fed
with cooked meal.
This Irish series OF experiments. l!
properly regarded by the people oil
Ireland. will turn many feeders into
the right path. and enable them Il
feed with far more profit than by the
old method.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
BAD TEETH CAUSE OF CRIME
So Says Boston Sheriff, Who InstaIls
Dentists Chair in
Prison.

Boston.-Treatment OF the teeth OF
criminals as means OF preventing
crime IS being tried in the Charles
street Jail, under the direction of Sher-
IN Quinn. The sheriff has had a dent
lists chair installed in the prison, and
has employed a skilled practitioner to
fill or otherwise treat the defective
teeth of the prisoner.
"A bad TOOTH" said the sheriff.
often lands a man in Jail. A large
number OF crimes are committed by
people who are badly nourished. Nal
nutrition leads to morbid mental
thought, which results in crime. A
dentists chair and a good dentist in
every correctional institution will pre-
vent hundreds of inmates from re-
turning again, once they are free.
The dentists chair is an accessory
in that direction"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
Ry the Mile.

A young married woman athleticali.
inclined was very anxious TO learn to
swim. So she bought a bathing suit.
Joined the swimming class at q near
by Turkish bath. and plunged TN. Ev-
cry Monday. Wednesday and Friday
for an hour in the afternoon she toiied
laboriously from one end 20 the other
of the ninety-toot pool. On returning
home after each lesson she carefully
computed the distance she Travelled
and iotted it down In her housekeep-
er's memorandum book. One night
with the help of her husband. she
started in TO balance her housekeep-
ing accounts.
shall put swimming under pleas
ures or necessities?" she asked. unde-
cldedly.
The husband glanced at the figures
indicating the number of nautical
miles his wife had covered.
Why not put it down under trav'
cling expenses" he suggested.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

,,,.,r r s PLUME '''' ''''e
Ivy ''o'' University or tho oar
yc,rs ago among some u
r.st ,oodinr experiments CONDUCTED
with pigs WAS compa' 80" and aa
rel,tiyo merits Of cooked anu va
.oos.d food Various agricu''u' al '''.
l,rrs and experiment stations '''u'
.,,.,.., -, ,bjs field. and the results
,,.r. ,ho, very generally it was clear
rs shown that hogs gaineu '''''' ''''.
moro economically on the u"'""', u
Good ,i,,r ON the cooked. N"' "''l
,,.s tl,is demonstrated az a PFacllc'H
,,r,rcs,,ion Int from a scientihc point
lf view il was shown that uhc
hiluv Of the food was lo"eI'u Wy
ranking the proteids especially D''"S
Affected There is no DOUBT out "'''
IN, work of the American lhN'Su-
gators in this field very gehe'U"5 P"'
an end tn Cooking feed In TINS couh-
try Tho writer well remembers Wis
ting a very large hog-feedinS plaht
in Indiana some fifteen years ago
with the request to suggest any III
movements in methods. and found an
extensive plant for cooking teed III
full operation. involving more laoor
than ono might suppose. The result
of my visit was the Adjustment o'
that method of feeding hogs. ana
considerable saving of expense only
very rarely does one now nnd 1000
being cooked. In winter warm slol
is desirable. but that Is quite diiler
ent proposition from cooking the ieeo
I'm big kettles or tanks.
Our British cousins are great STOCK
men. and one must give them dut
respect for the high plane to whlcf
they have elevated the livestock IN
dustry However, they are very con
servative. and change very reluctant
/ ly from the old to the new. Probably
I this conservatism Is responsible FOL
tho magnificent breeding so general!
practiced in the British Isles. le
| they are still feeding cooked food
! and are slow TO believe that the un
/ cooked can have even the virtue o
the cooked In order to secure SOM
British light on this now old subject
series OF feeding experiments wa
conducted AT the Agricultural Expert
ment station at Clonakilty. ireland
TO ascertain If pigs could be- success
fully fattened with meal fed raw" Il
view of tho fact that most OF the pig
fattened In ireland are given cooke
feed, this experiment IVES to furnis
information as to whether the polio
was sound or not Four experiment
were conducted. Both lots Of pigs RI
ceived an equal quantity of the sam
foods. and were treated In the sam
manner, except that the meal wa
given raw to one, and cooked int
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

quickly. Sometimes a house built for
sale does not sell right away. II 1t Is
well built, It may be rented to ad-
vantage until purchaser comes
along; but you must not rent a poorly
built house unless you are looking for
trouble.
The cheapest way to build house
is to put up box like this. and put a
straight roof over 1t. 1t makes all
straight work Stock sizes of all kinds
of material work in without waste,
and cheap labor can be used to ad-
vantage in putting 1t together. Every
thing for the house may be purchased
ready to go together. at the building
supply Dealers.
Years ago IT was considered neces-
sary to put up some fancy design in
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
BURIAL GROUND OF LONG AGO
Many Quaint Inscriptions Found on
Tombstones in Old English
Cemetery.

London Not far from Petticoat
fame is the old Bunhill Fields grave
yard No one has been buried here
for more than hundred years and
from the odor that hangs around the
place one can easily believe that this
is true. and yet the poor grass-hungry
WhitcChapcl mothers use this for a
park. and here sit holding their sick
~ babies in their arms, basking In
the dusky London SUNSHINE, and from
the Contented look upon their faces
one knows they smell naught but fra
grant flowers. In this old cemetery
lie Daniel Befoe. John BHHyan. Isaac
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
DEVILS GRAVEYARD BLASTED
Burial Place Of sorcerers and Screen
esses for Centuries Excavated
in Switzerland.

Geneva. Switzerland.-The Devils
Graveyard" a cemetery on top of a
rocky hill overlooking Sion. canton of
Valais, where for centuries were
buried sorcerers and sorceresses, is
being blasted away to make place for
public improvements. From the tenth
century to the early seventeenth those
supposed to be in traffic with the evil
one were tortured. executed and buried
there. The excavators have found
bones estimated to be those of many
hundreds of persons.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24

porldSe with steam for the other.
e'' portion Of meal being weighed hr.
.o'e cooking The meal fed raw waa
''''r''y damPencd with cold water and
u''A'd with the separated milk A the
".n' OF feeding The meal consisted
~ indian corn and barley. principally
'Ne former. both being ccarsclv
GROUND 1hS pigs at the start were
from eleven TO fourteen weeks old
before starting each experiment. the
p'ES were fed alternately with raw
ana cooked meal in order to start
'ach lot ON an equal basis. Green al
I'l'a was fed the pigs IN experiment
No. !. and boiled potatoes or boiled
carrots IN experiment No 4. All the
pigs were also fed some skinned
milk.
The following figures give the more
interesting facts regarding these ex-
periments.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
5 pppaIANo THPE0HlNG CORN

rcst-huusCs Tor the night, when the
servant indicates your apartment you
are ant to be badly Jared by it's APP
pcarauCe. The opening into the black.
smokC-bcCrimcd room is doorlcss. The
mud floor is dirty and uneven. the
corners filed with all kinds of rubbish.
such as egg shells. fruit skins and the
like. But If the boy is n good one
he soon makes his master comfort
able. A fire Is lighted. the room
swept and the meager equipment set
out. A curtain nailed over the en-
rance battles the gaze of inquisittve
! onlookers. and when in the pickering
candlelight the steaming samovar
sings. and the dinner of several
courses begins to appear, past troubles
| are forgotten until new day dawns
The dinner. by the bye. is prepared
by the cook In a draughty corner on
three cage-like crates one ON eacn
side of the pack-saddle.
Big Caravans.
Often during the long hours OF the
| daily march are heard the low-sound-
! ing bells, telling of an approaching
caravan. Surrounded by huge bales
of cotton. cases of opium and bundles
| of carpets come troop OF Persiahs
on pilgrimage to Mecca or kubella.
who for safety's sake generally travel
with a large. wellguarded caravan
| Their weII-fiied saddie-bags contain
everything necessary for their SIX TO
eight-months journey. So accustomed
do the Persians become to the pace
of their mules, they can doze comfort
ably on their backs through the not
hours of the afternoon without run
ming the slightest risk OF misadventure,
but the westerner has to keep VIDE
awake to preserve his equilibrium.
The most useful vehicles for long
Journeys in Persia are the palakis ana
kaiavahs. the quaintest contrivances
for travel to be seen anywhere. Inese
Persian cabs are fixed upon mules
Some skill. too, is required In load
Ing I'D the mule with its human
freight. care being taken that the two
people who travel side by side are
! about the same weight II tiny nus
band and n fat wife have to go togeth'
er. his box must be filed up with bal
last so as to eQualiZe the weight
Similar care has to be exercised IN
dismounting, for II one passenger
Jumps out without giving warning oil
his Intention. his neighbor is shot to
the ground with unseemly haste. The
only difference between the ka)avah
and the palaki is that the latter is
open. while the former is covered with
light waterproof roof and Is cur
tanned against bad weather.
The most comfortable means Of
travel sacred TO the use OF the
weal,hiest class. is the takhtiravan
a kind of palanQuin. consisting OF
box about seven feet long and hve
feet high, fitted with doors and win
dows and furnished inside with
soft mattress and luxurious cushions
The vehicle IS built on the Sedan-chaiI
principle. the poles resting on sort
of saddle on the backs OF the mules
which are harnessed tandem.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
Douohnuts BIZ Parcel Post.

New Britain, Conn.-William C..
Merkle is very fond of ldfashioned
doughnuts. He was brought up on
them and his wife was never able to
duplicate the kind like mother used
to make" Now the household re-
ceives a dozen homemade doughnuts
every other day from Mrs. Merkle, Sr.,
who lives thirty-flve miles away.
They are forwarded by parcel post.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
"BiC Peas"

An English farmer. up in town.
went into a first class hotel for din
ner. As an appetizer. the waiter placed
a tray of large elves before him.
Giles eyed them critically for a
while. and then motioned for the
waiter.
Say" he began. Il don't want to
trouble the likes of We that has plenty
to do. but if you wouldn't mind. I'd
like to see one Of them"
One of what. sir?"
One of the pods that them green
peas came in" explained Giles.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
Successive Generations.

Miss Anne Morgan. daughter OF the
great financier, gives most OF her time
20 social work. John ID. Rockefeller
Ir.. is one OF the leaders H. the move
ment against white slavery The
daughter OF Senator Mark Hanna.
Mrs. Medil Mccormick. is an active
advocate OF working vomen's organi-
zation Such interests o. many OF
1.-THE second generation OF wealth" are
n better dependence for the future
than the earlier hope that the second
and succeeding generations would
squander what the fathers and grand
fathers accumulated Spendthrifts
DO not materially affect the general
welfare. Persons with social instincts
and a sense of responsibility do
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
CITY Mothers,

A clever club woman once asserted
that a good motto for a city hall would
be: What is city without city
mothers" adding that the time would
soon come when it viii no longer be
asked only of the woman. rs she
good?" and of the man. is he good
citizen?" but it will be asked OF the
woman. Is she a good citizen?" and
OF the man. is he good MANI"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-05-24
Attraction Of opposites.

AN this leaning, swayinJ and in
clining. this slender lovely hight char
acteristic Of the modern woman OF
fashion are SO opposed 10 the brisk
frank mental attitude of the twentieth
cer,rry feminine ideal that one is as
tcnished at the vogue the new styles
have attained from the practical wom-
An. comments a writer, Il is due en-