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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-07-31

TWO HORSES FOR SALE-A black mare
and q young bay horse. Both gentle and sound
and are comblfation horses.
KATE B. AUGUSTUS.
Route l, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-07-31

JERSEY COwS-Five Young Grade rer.sv
with heifer calves for sale. Can be seen AZ
Mr. Knisht's place, one mile east of Macon.
r, r, CANNON.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
CARE OF IMMATURE ANIMALS
Young Stock Intended to Be Put on
Grass Pasture In Spring Should
Not Be Made Fat.

Keeping immature animals growing
is the only way profit can be OBJ
tained from them. One should not,
however, make the young stock he
intends to put on grass along next
spring fat by feeding them corn
through the winter. Many have been
very much surprised, after feeding
their calves and yearllng steers an
abundance OF corn during the winter,
to find that they do not do as we'll on
grass in the summer as others that
were not so we'll fed The reason is
obvious. No kind OF animal does we'll
when turned from a good ration to
a poorer one. There Is more or lens
shock to the system TO begin with,
and as the animal on grass is not get.
ting fat-forming elements that the
corn furnished, 1t is very likely to 20
back, at least not TO go forward In the
same ratio as the animal that has been
kept on the fesh-forming ration during
the winter and goes right on with
similar ration during the summer.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

yersity, fashioned for general learn.
ing-because without general learning
there cannot be the best technical ed
ucation-but also for the special indus
tries of the great manufacturing city
OF Sheffield. A visitor saw in the
metallurgical laboratory of the univer.
sity, under the guidance OF professors
OF epinence, students working at the
science OF the steel industry. They
were slim, 1.-the figures, o lot of them,
and with them were four or FIVE older,
slower and more pnrtly persons, who
could be recognized as professors,
though they had on leather aprons. At
the steel works In the city the visitor
saw much the same scene, with this
remarkable difference, that instead Of
the portly foreman-professor there
were skilled men, trained in the works,
who were instricting the students how
to make steel. Fifteen years ago."
said the owner of the ;.,steel works,
Sheffield was threatened. we were
falling behind the continent In the
quality Of our steel. Then-we brought
Wv ehA'SioAbN W Jul hOip-bClSuC6
serving indust=y-and nothing can
now equal the quality Of Sheffield
steel" Public concern as to industrial
competition is tn. source from which
the British movement for bread studies
has derived its main strength,
Lays In Technical Education.
Technical or trade schools, taking
the place OF the old apprentice train.
Ing, now sadly out of date, are in
creasing in England in number and
efficiency. AT the present time about
100000 boys are Attending CLASSES in
technical schools for the purpose OF ac
curing some handicraft. The system
OF technical education. however, curl.
tusly enough in this great manufactur.
lag country, lags behind that OF its
nearest neighbors, Germany and
France. The National Industrial Edu.
cation league-one of the many organi-
"a lions for educational change-seeks
to remedy this condition by compul
sorry technical training. "Our system OF
Industrial education Is so topsy.turvy.'
said one OF the members OF the On
that boy must commi De.
fora Nu CON De- pOup. .'h Ht-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
QUITE PROBABLY IT WOULD
Little Accident to Headaear Likely TO
Spoil Expression OF Almost
Any Man.

Look pleasant" said the photogra.
pher The r'ter raised his eyes and
y sickUning smirk. your head
lust little more to the left. please"
suggested the voice from the black
shroud mo. don't move the eyes"
Like a man suffering from a stiff neck
or an Eiffel tower collar. the sitter tilt.
ed his head gingerly till 1t reached
the desired angle. and he resembled a
dying fish trying not to mind. That's
very nice, very nice indeed" said the
photographer. Stay just there while
! make the exposure" He removed
the cap as he spoke and counted out
minute and three-quarters. Thank
you" he observed. you can get up
I'm afraid you have been sitting on
your hat" my hat" roared the sit.
ter, angrily, regarding the flattened
felt. Why the dicken eildnt you tell
me I was sitting on my hatT my
dear sir" protested the photographer,
blandly, that would have spoiled your
expression"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

universities, the technical schools, the
secondary schools and the elementary
schools are to be cooroinated into one
great scheme. mo one can deny"
said MIR. Pease, that In the last ten
years a great advance has been made
In the educational system OF the coun-
try. However, our national system of
education is still not national, and not
\ system" intermediate education is
to be placed within the reach OF all
who desire it-a complete and pro-
gressive system Of education. provid-
Ing instruction OF an advanced charac-
ter. Salaries Of teachers are to be in
creased. Baths, playing fields, nurs-
cries, gymnasia. medical inspection,
nursing, housecraft, cookery and other
domestic subjects are to be encour-
aged, developed and supported with
extra money from the national treas
ury. The compulsory school age, now
fourteen, is to be raised. Supervision
Is to be extended over all the schools
In Great Britain. Upon this rock for
mer educational bills found wreck.
"The state should look to the we'll
being OF the children from a very early
age" said Mr.. Pease, even before
they are born. The education of the
young child is primarily physical and
not primarily intellectual" In this re-
gard, Great Britain has gone perhaps
further than any other European coun-
try In providing medical inspection,
nursing and meals for underfed chill.
dren.
I'VE want to build" continued Mr..
Pease, "a road from the elementary
schools to the universities broad
enough to be travelled by thousands.
The state will have profit in the
capacities OF thousands which other
wise would be wasted and unrevealed."
Poor Secondary Schools.
The existing secondary school facili-
ties were sharply criticized by Mr..
Pease. who suggested that the "Acad-
emy." familiar to Americans from its
description in a recent novel was AN
outstanding fact In our educational
system" and most discrcditable one.
Whether there wera l0re or $4,000
secondarv gr,tain. he
ccri 80
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
BREEDING FOR FALL CALVES
Good, Fresh Air 10 Of Great Import
snce to Give Young Animal Strong.
Vigorous Constitution.

CBy O. L. MARTIN. North Dakota Agri-
cultural College.)
The first requisites in raising fall
calves are clean, dry, we'll ventilated.
sunny pens Young calves never do
well In damp, dirty quarters. A good
floor made of cement, or cork brick,
well bedded with short straw, shaw.
ings or sawdust TO absorb the liquid
manure will facilitate cleaning and
keep the calves warm. A wood floor
does fairly we'll II the joints are laid
closely and then treated to a coat OF
creosote to prevent the absorption Of
liquid manure. otherwise wood Ia very
insanitary. A floor OF earth is prac.
tically useless as It cannot be kept
clean and sanitary.
Good, fresh air in the calf stable ia
OF great Importance with the young
calf to give 1t a strong, vigorous con.
stitution and strong vitality. The
calf will be the daily COW within two
years so II good productive dairy cows
are expected the calf needs to be
kept strong and thrifty from the start.
sunshine ls very necessary to the
vigor Of all young growing animals.
1t Is an excellent germicide and for
that reason serves to purify the sur.
roundings and to keep the young calf
healthy. It is always we'll to place
the calf pens in part OF the stable
where plenty of direct sunshine may
enter.
The advantages Of raising fall
calves coming In the fall. they are
ready to be weaned in the spring and
can be put out to pasture where they
will continue to grow. On the other
hand. when calves are dropped in the
spring they are ready to wean in the
fall about the time winter sets in 80
are liable to go through the winter
without making very much growth. In
the fall is by all means the best time
for dairy calves to come, both from
the standpoint Of the calf and profits
81 the owner.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Making 70n70rY0Ws
==UOrLd===,=.
BY WALTER uILLLAMr LL.D.n.n.c-
NEW EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
By WHLTER WILLIAMS, LII
Dean 9TH Seheo fJsrnshsm efii< Unssnay Of M.sr0

ask how many there were or what in.
struction they gave. Recently, how
ever, his inspectors had an oppor.
tunity of inspecting some nifty schools
In Middlesex, and here are two OF
their reports: iss~ M
Sixty-six boys. School dingy. dirty,
poor, ill-lighted. Gas burning at 2:45
p. m. Ventilation so defective that
the broken window was an advantage.
Only one wash basin.
Boys from eleven to eighteen years
OF age in the same class, Glass held
in a clubroom in the space between
two fullsized billiard tables No desks.
or course, said Mr.. Pease, good
work is done In many private schools,
but there are many others where con-
ditions make good work Impossible. II
education is to be compulsory the pa
rent ought to have guarantee as to
the sanitary character or The schools
and the way children are taught II Is
the Pease bill, with It's costly but CON-
prehensive scheme, following a pre-
vious bill by Mr. Balfour, that Is to be
considered as basis for national edu-
cational progress. .Js. g~.
Universities Adding Bread Studies"
Borrowing the word from the Ger
man and much of the idea as we'll, the
newer British universities are adding
the bread studies" to their scope of
service. Even oxford and Cambridge.
where favored Britons formed pleas.
ant and profitable friendships, enjoyed
agreeable social intercourse and had
the acquisition of knowledge as a
rather minor consideration, have been
stirred to activity In this direction.
Medicine came first, and then en-
cheering and agriculture and COM
merce, and, in the new National uni
versity Of Ireland, Journalism At
Birmingham there is q school of brew.
ing, at Sheffield a school OF steel ma
king, at Durham a school OF ship
building. These seek to provide, !"
said Sir Bertram Windla. "a type OF
university instruction which, without
departing from the high ideals which
should always rule In such institutions
and the broad, general education. adds
specialized and professional training
and does not wholly avert. It's eyes
from the requirements OF It's students
as future money. earners." It strikes
,off Industrial chainss ,,.fs a.4
Teaching steel Maxine II, SHEFFIELD,
At shefneidS ~ Pm isksi& pis on a
newer city university. . teaching uni-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
CLIENT WAS GRATEFUL.
Would Have Rewarded "Plumed
Knight" for Timely Aid.

"l'8Ut toV tUHcty Hiu.
When Blaine was young lawyer
and cases were few. he was asked to
defend a poverty stricken tramp &C
cused Of stealing a watch He pleaded
with all the ardor at his command,
drawing SO pathetic a picture with
such convincing energy that at the
close OF his argument the court was
In tears and even the tramp wept.
The jury deliberated few minutes
and returned the verdict mot guilty"
Then the tramp drew himself up,
tears streaming down his face as he
looked at the future 'plumed knight"
and said:
Sir, have never heard 30 grand
plea. have not cried before since
was a child. | have no money with
which to reward you, but drawing a
package from the depths of his
ragged clothes), here's the watch;
take 1t and welcome. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Missed the Flood Story

Sir William Treloar recently told a
story OF servant who was once en-
ployed at his Cripples' Home at AL
ton, says the Taller. One day during
lunch time there was a heavy down
rail- OF rain, and Sir William said to
The little maid who was waiting at
table, why, Lizzie, It is almost like
the flood"
The food, Sir William" said the
girl.
Yes, the flood. Noah, you know
and Mount Ararat.'
Il never have no time to look at the
papers," she replied apologeticall,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23


aividual for the attainment of freedom
and for Its use and enjoyment unto in.
hvidual good and social service. Pub
Ito education yesterday in Great Bril-
tain was q rather vague and incoher-
emit system, dominated by Oxford and
Cambridge. which were, and could
only be, for the few, and was pursued
In archaic ways adapted to a world
chat has ceased to be. Public educa-
ton planned in Great Britain today
for working out In fuller detail tomor-
row Is for the lifo that now is for all
as well as that which In this world is
to come, perhaps, for a few. II Is to
unchain all Britons that they may find
fullest freedom, largest use of individ-
ual gifts and no doors Of opportunity
barred. Hence the newer universities.
birmingham, under Sir Oliver Lodge,
and Cork, under Sir Ber.ram Windle,
and Manchester and London and
Leeds, take the bread studies into ac-
count; hence the growth of technical
schools; hence the new education
scheme, which Ia to enable any British
child to proceed from nationwide ele.
mentary schools to q modern univer-
sity. A national system of education,
on lines Of present-day usefulness, is
proposed.
All Schools In One Scheme.
The new education scheme outlined
by the minister OF education, Mr.. j. A.
Pease. is as yet only scheme on pa
per. but from It will be drawn the
chief changes in the q aool system Of
the United Kingdom. Under Il the
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
What He Had Learned.

"Oh, mother!" cried youngster
who had been visiting an elder bro
Their in school. Il learned lots to
day"
What was one thing you learned?"
asked the parent.
Il learned In the 'rithmetic class"
was the reply, that the square OF the
base and the perpendicular of right.
handed triangle is equal to the sun
of the hippipotamus." Chicago Trib.
une
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
A Wise Youth.

A small boy had been vaccinated,
and after the operation the doctor
prepared to bandage the sore arm,
but the boy objected.
Put 1t on the other arm, doctor"
Why, no." said the physician, 81
want to put the bandage on your sore
arm, so the boys at school won't hit
you on it,
Put 1t on the other arm, doc" re-
iterated the small boy; you don't
know the fellows at our school."--Ia-
dies Home Journal.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

We W oh'tn' der. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cured me OF that and the Kidney
Trouble. I take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. l
am n years old and farmer. You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial.
and you may use my picture in con.
nection with IT," Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills. soc. per box at
your dealer or podd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and reel.
pes for dainty dishes. AL 3 sent free.
Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

simple, In fact, that the mere illustra-
ton furnishes all the specifications
necessary, says the Farm Buildings
The uprights should be firmly set in
the ground and the upper piece Of
stocks pinioned to the upright on q
pivot at A. BY mailing boards to the
uprights on both sides In the rear
small chute may be formed by means
OF which the hogs may easily be
driven into the trap"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

Oxford, 4 n e.
land.-"Ma is
born free" wrote
Rousseau, in the
ften quot d
opening sentence
of his Social
Contract Man
is born free, and
everywhere he is
in chains" The
world-traveler is
tempted to re-
verse the famous
saying and TO
write: Man is
born in chains
and the world
struggle is unto
freedom. Educa-
tion-in its new
est and best form
Tho IN
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Polite Rertha.

Little Bertha was invited out to din.
ner with her father and mother. Be.
fore she went 1t was firmly impressed
upon her that she must not speak
unless spoken to. All went smoothly
for while. but when some time
elapsed and no notice was tf.ken OF
her she began to get uneasy.
Finally the hostess. seeing some
thfRg-wEs- fcug, naked her what she
would like next "iH - rtr
Il should like to have you begin "a
ask me questions" was the polite 70
ply.-Lippincott's.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
A Near Humorlst.

PA, what is near humorist?"
A near humorist, son, is a person
who says, when he finds an oyster II
stew We'll, we'll, little stranger
what are you doing here'?" -Birm
hgham Age-Herald.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Care Of Pastures.

When pastures get far ahead OF
sheep they should be grazed down q
possible with cattle. In such a condi
ton the sheep Will not Craze down the
grass that has become rank and woody
BY preference they viii feed upor
those par's where the grass Is short
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Dancer Ahead

Young husband Ito wife)-Didnt
telegraph to you not to bring your
mother with you?
Young wife-I know. That's what
she wants to see you about. She read
the telegram
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Wllllna to Learn.

Witty % LSdIII.
Moved by an impulse he could not
resist, he suddenly kissed her. "Oh.
HERBERT" she exclaimed. that's not
right" I'm sorry, Helen" replied
Herbert humbly. 81 did the best
know how. Won't you show me the
proper way?"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

not think | would be
alive today II II
were not for Dodd's
XII dn ey Pills. I
strained my back
about forty years
ago, which left 1t
very weak. I was
troubled with infam.
nation Of the blad.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
A GRATEFUL OLD MAN.

MT. w. d. Smith. Ethel. KY, writes:
7 have been using Dodd's Kidney Pills
for ten or twelve years and they have
done me a great deal OF good. do
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Nothing to His Credit.

Nowadays when a man tries to
make both ends meet he is greeted by
a loud laugh of derision."
Quite So And 1t is generally sus
pected that he is lacking In finesse."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
DEVICE FOR HOLDING HOGS
Crate shown In the Illustration 10
Cheap and Simple In construc-
tlon and Easy TO Work.

The device shown in the accompany
Ing drawing 10 simple and cheap in its
construction and easy to operate-so
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
Eresh Air Pumpa

Electrically drive. portable all
os are provided by a big New
'ectric coUr % provide
"a ~ ' work
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23
10 EPILEPSY CONQUERED,
New Jersey Physician Said to Have
Many Cures to HE Credit.

Many Cures to He Credit.
Red Bank, N. ]. Especially .--Advices
from every direction fully confirm
previous reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by DR.. Perkins OF this city, is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly
benefited and many patients claim to
have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to DIR. II. w.
Perkins. Branch 40. Red Bank, N. J..
for a supply Of the remedy which 10
being distributed gratuitously.--Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

Stop that cough. the source of Pneumonin,
etc. Prompt use Of Deans Mentholated
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

It's easier to convince a woman than
1t is to keep her convinced.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-23

Important 20 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA. safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20

job lot of odd-shaped and jugs and teapos and
such truck
A TALL loppy female with mustard -colored hair and
naughty manners tows us to place in dark
and shoves at You know the tearoom
brand of waitress maybe, and how distant they
be? But this fairly at as she takes Our
order although kind of shrivels up in the chair and
acts as humble as l know how
THAT amt Sister Evelyn is it,? says l, as she dis
appears towards the back.
mo, no." SAYS Steele. miss Webb is at the little
cashiers DESK by the door, And that is Webb, behind
the counter, talking to those ladies'"
"Oh!" says I. Him with the pale hair and the mar
row mouth? Huh! He is Lzzieike amt he?'
He's slim, thin-blooded, sharp-faced gent, well
along in the thirties, should judge, with gray shown
in his forelock and dear little mustache pointed at
the ends; the sort of chappy who wears idbound
cutaway and wrist watch, you know He's >temptin
his with silverset turquoise necklaces and
abalone cuff Inks and moonsone SETS and such; dom
it dainty and airy, and incidentally dspayin job OF
manicun that's the last word in hngerna decoration.
Such smooth hghbrow conversation goes with 1t too!
ooh, yes, Madam 1 overhears him gurge. quite
So assuah you We import these direct from Cairo;
genuine scarabs, taken from ancient mummy cases.
No. not Rameses; these of the Thetos period.
Rather rare, you know. And here is an odd trlf1e, If
you will permit me. Oh, trouble at all Really!
When find persons of such discriminating taste as
you undoubtedly have, We"
"Sav,' l remarks low to Steele, shes some swell
kidder amt he? He'll be chuckn her under the chin
next. What sweet thing he is! It's shame to waste
all that side street He ought to be farther up
in the shoppn' district and on the avenue.
"Do you think SOP says ]. Bayard. 4I've been con-
sdering at-setting him up in frst-cass style on
big scale. But of should like to be that is
what he most
That's my best guess, says I. ell bet he'd eat it
up. Spring it on him and see
perhaps will when he's through says ]. Bayard
@There! They're going now"
HE wrong: they was only startin' to 60 They
IL had to come back twice and look at somethin all
over again. after which Gerald follows em to the door
and holds it open for em while they exchange few
last words So it's ten minutes before Steele
has chance call him over get him planted in the
extra chair and begin breakn' the news to him about
Pyramids batty will
And even after all them years Webb hushes pink in
the at the mention of the ooh, yes, Cor
don' says he. d did hold position at one time in
his office. misunderstanding? Not at all. He treated
me shamefully. Rank injustice, it was He-he was
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