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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

elastic-an increase in one article leads to retrenchment in another, and the de- mand is merely changed from one in- dustry to another. Thus enormous f1uc- tuations are shown each year in the silk industries, on which the uncertainties of fashion are most particularly centered.
 Ribbon is most affected, being much used,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

Japan vary from year to year with change of style, from 5000 to 16,0O0 kilo- grams.
 fashion? In the industrial world first of all, it seems to be a stimulant to produc- tion; but it is solely in objects to which it offers itself, for the estimates are not
 Copyright 1915. by the Star Comma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

4 New" French Fashion Of To-day That Is Compounded of Oriental Rlodes
 Hundreds of Years Old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

by the Star Company Great Britain Rights Reserved
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

sheltorlng them, and lamppost islands
in mldstreot looked metropolitan, and
plenty Of electric lights, and automo-
bllos 2Ipping up and down on tho
wrong side Of the street are my au.
thorty for calling It u real city, Yet
this isn't the season. and the Four
Hundred or whatever is It's oquiya.
lent In the metric system, h down at
Mar del Plata, getting Bunburnod,
while business goes on untroubled but
somewhat less officially speedy in
their absence, and the nnotyoIght diff
roront trolley lines bong right on, also
on tho wrong side Of tho street, and
the cigarette posters scream their
message to tho eItybound ploboIang.
Buenoa Aires 10 not dofunet yet
Work Mottly In Afternoon.
The Argontlnes are slow about get
ting to work In tho morning, Ten
o'clock Is reasonable and Ia preceded
among the natives by the customary
light breakfast Breakfast ut noon Ia
u function, and u long afternoon
makes real working day last until
six or later particularly among tho
hides mon whose exchange does not
open until four Dinner occurs at
oight, and you got to bed 0omo timo
the next morning For diversion IN
tho evening there are three 0doFIfor-
Gus vaudeville performances, numor-
Gus movies, and few midnight dane
Ink palaces whore you may aIt inside
and drink beer and see an Argentine
tango, Whichever you do, you viii
find the beer 10 excellent thanks to
German brewers IN the Argentine,
and the tango IL yorN very poor,
An for work The commercial tray.
eer can do no better than TO present
himself TO the commercial attaehe OF
the department Of commerce, Dr. ALI
bert Hale, who viii learn hlB mission
ahd place him az soon as possible i'm
touch with prospective customers.
Thoro are 200 North Americans WorlS-
Ing In Buonos Aires, so Of whom oro
IN positions Of responsibility ana with
some Of them he can deal In his own
language and his customary way with
the Argenllnoa ne will hnd u moro
tedious program Of introduction and
repeated interview necessary, aneuma
bered by the medium OF an interpreter
II he himself does not speak Spanish,
and enhanced by the pleasant rela.
tlona rising from the lpnato courtesy
Of the Latin,
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
CITTr Of the||#
mmO~7RASSHOPPER
80 ( PLAINS

Munchausen a Sunday school story
when they hear the grasshoppers
are coming toward a certain localCy
they call everyone out to fight them'
one train acquaintance said, and
everyone comes or gets in trouble.
They build ditches and lead the grass
hoppers into pits six feet square ana
deep, and I've seen one of those PITS
fill in half an hour. Then they
drench the pit in kerosene and burn
'em, but it never seems to do much
good. If they can catch 'em during the
1S days when they have to hop and
can't fly they're easier to stop, but II
they start fying-good night"
The grasshoppers average two and
one-half inches to three and one'half
In length, as we found when the train
stopped They eat every living thing
but the stalk Of the grain, and don't
object to clothing, With population
so sparsely distributed they are a
grave menace, and the government,
while willing to fight them, mas not
the means at present to meet the
huge estimates for finish fight,
Buenos Aires is the first real city
we have found. We rode up from the
station to the Savoy hotel in a pri-
yate car which, with hundreds Of 9TH
ers, hard times have pressed into taxi
service. Half a mile along the river
front, under the shadow Of four, five
and six story buildings and then a
mile up the Ayenida de Mayo Sounds
Irish, but isnU, or main street, and
past the house Of congress, which Is a
little more glorious than new state
capitol and a little less so than the
Washington edlnce Subway stations,
sidewalk cafes, neat rows Of trees
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
DANGEROUS Revenue.

VERY little talk Ia heard among tho
allies now about debating terms OF
peace IN Berlin" said Representative
Hartholdt at n German American han'
Quet IN Chicago
"The allies realize that to get to
Berlin would be M dangerous u gamo
M Daft Hanks revenge,
Daft Hank once helped himself TO
q whoelbarfow load OF fertilizer be'
longing 70 Farmer llusk The farmer,
therefore, had him locked up for ten
days Daft Hank when he got out,
said 10 the general storokeepor|
"'Woll I've found out a way to get
even with old Corn llusk for loeldn'
me up
"YoB7 said the atoroboepor, as ho
drew the choose back out OF llonNs
reach.
"'Yea, said Hank. I'm goA' 20
catch d mad dog and put II In among
his cows"
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

better than the old.fOshlonod sort and
the breeds Of poultry have improved
TO such an extent that bottor houses
are recognized Ns being necessary
This poultry house, although not
very large, la built with a good solid
concrete foundation that reaches down
below frost The floor also Is Of con-
crete
Somo poultrymcn prolor building q
iloor Of limo Ordinary burned limo
IL spread over the ground several
inches deep and pounded down and
made level, Water Id then thrown
on the lime In Just sufficient duantt
ties TO cause II to slack properly
Enough water N used TO slack the limo
into paaty mortar and II In left In
this condition until II dries and hard
ems Thia kind Of poultry lloor IA
not no hard aa concrete and the chick
ona will scratch deproBslons In II In
places IN their efforts 10 uncover the
grain that Ia scattered IN the litter
The chickens In digging UP the ker
nels of grain get considerable line
which goes 20 manufacture bone and
oRg shells n the original lime 10
good and the Stacking In we'll done
the floor win be- satisfactory for a
long time, If soft places develop and
the hens dig the ioor through, Il ID
easy at any time TO throw a little fresh
lime on to the cavity and moisten it
with water enough to slack and oil
the depression
There are poultrymon who insist
that this Ia the only method known
20 the poultry fraternity for making
faultlees hen house floor The same
kind Of lime floor may be made into
both OF these rooms or only ono OF
them, aa thought best Lime Ilooro
viii discourage rats and mice almost
az thoroughly as concrete foOr, aud
they are not 20 rough oh the ehiehen'a
claws
Any kind Of hard floor should be
kopt covered with straw, Tor the roa'
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

On farms combination poultry
house that accommodates laying hens
in one department and setting hens in
another works very nicely.
The plan shown in the illustrations
represent a house 20 feet by IA feet
in size, divided into two rooms The
larger room is intended for general
poultry comfort during the winter sea
son. The smaller department may be
used for a nesting room during the
winter and as a Matching department
during the early spring, and later as
a brooder house as the season ad-
vances. The combination works well
In different ways according to the
amount Of poultry and whether pure
bred fowls are kept for profit or less
valuable birds are kept for home use.
Sometimes one department Is want
ed for a few especially well.bred trap
nested hens to keep their eggs sepa-
rate for Matching, Generally how.
ever, the culling Of the flock is done
during the fall from previous records,
80 that all the mature hens wlntered
over are good enough to furnish eggs
for Matching,
The construction Of this poultry
house has been very carefully planned
and worked out to design a practical
building that may be used year after
year. Farm poultry houses too often
are oarolossly planned and poorly con.
structed, Poorly constructed houses
become 80 infested with yermin of diff
ierent kinds that It often seems bet
ter to tear them down and to build
new rather than to try to repair them,
Modern poultry houses are much
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

son that chickens cannot stand com,
fortably with their toes out straight.
They want something to close their
feet around The construction OF
chickens foot is intended by nature to
close the toes when the chicken sits
down This is for the purpose Of
grasping the limb Of tree or a poul-
try roost to hold the fowl steady while
it is sleeping. Hens will roost in
trees on windy nights without falling
off, because of the peculiar construc.
ton of their feet and legs,
In building the walls Of this poul'
try house the sills are laid in fresh
cement plastered on top of the con-
crete foundation walls. Bolts are
embedded in the concrete, which pass
through auger holes in the sills, and
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
RELICS OF DEPARTED AGE
Napkin Rings Condemned as Being
Things Of Which the World Has
Long Been Tired.

It is understood that the National
American Woman Suffrage association
takes just pride in the opportunity 1t
has afforded to It's members to dispose
of their superauous napkin rings,
which is to say all the napkin rings
they possess, The whole metngpot
plan fires the imagination,
But for the napkin rings, They are
relics Of a departed age, reminders Of
the era Of the Saturday night bath, tho
old folks concert and the painted
panoramas Of the Nile They abide
now In outoftho,way corners, tar
nishod and forgotten, bands Of old sill
yer, often alleetionatoly inscribed at
the command Of glyers long since
turned to dust. They are the sort Of
reminders Of n gontlcr but less rastidl-
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
300"

the nuts are screwed down to hold
them firmly in place, The mortar Is
troweled up against the sills inside
and outside carefully to prevent a
cold draft. Chickens can stand tho
cold of winter and thrive but draft
Of cold air coming through crack
often proves fatal.
This poultry house is fitted with
double sash windows, but ordinarily
the lower sash is showed up as far as
it will 90. A frame is fitted under
the outside or upper sash, Thin five
cent cotton is stretched over this
frame as ventilator. This Is the
only satisfactory and practical ven
tilator for a poultry house
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

fast, and the transandlno train will
back down to the hotel for him,
Top Of the World
The train Ia Of narrow gauge, with
regulation double seats on the right,
or uphill side, and single seats on the
left. We commandeerod two singles,
Tho route follows narrowing and
tortuou8 valley up n crazy cafoau'laIt
river, and after an hour or 30 begins
to shin up the side Of the mountain,
grinding over the sleeper grades by
means Of rack and pinlon, and puff
ing hard until II reaches the top Of the
world The constant changes IN tho
view make you forget your c0rdrumo,
and by noon you reach crystalline
lake on the backbone Of the Andes
From there It Is smoky few minutes
through a tunnel, and YOU notice that
the uniforms of the gcndarmcs at the
next station are different and the soil
10 red and you are in the Argentine,
Il In seven hours down, through two
more valleys, to tho plain, The noun
tains cease abruptly, the river the
train has followed disBlpates some.
whore In the distance, cattle and al
falfa grow moro humorous, and at
1880 you shoot through miles Of vino
yards to Mendoza, the wine center Of
the Argentine
From Mendoza double track Of
fyofootBIx gauge rid0s into BuonoB
Aires, one Of lta tangontB ~ over u
hundred miles long, From $3.50 TuoB'
day night until seven Wednesday
morning we rode tho plains, lt Is Me-
braalta stoamrolled smooth The only
disturbing element we saw was an 90.
caaonnl oussowNry IN the holda-=Oo'
eordIng to the primer the eNaeowory
lives In Timbuetoe, but he also fol-
lows the cattle in the great stretches
of Argentine camp"
Alfalfa and erasshoppers,
Tho power Of the Argentine tho ele.
ment which IN itB salvation from war
time depression, Ia the "eamp"-lhe
hundreds Of square miles Of farms,
The alfalfa looked good, 80 did the
wheat, and 20 did the cattle, We fol.
lowed excessive rains, and thore was
. good deal Of standing water on the
ground, but the rains have not hit the
crops appreelably IN one section We
passed several miles Of grain fields
eaten bare by tho grasshoppers, aud
the stories the Argentine ealpnoIa
owners toll OF the groeahoppora mako
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

temple The medals he beows himself nebo
that would particularly cold
clement Sunday
But Schmal philosophy
the eight little schmas follow ams
day shoe bills
Mrs Verona Sma who often her husband
his awards himself
strenuousy the children being
this point she did know but might be the
would be forbidden
you know don't mind his bare
them she said the medals
medals sign he's church member he
chidrenmal and asoud the thing all kinds
weather They'll catch their death colds
medal business the medal bills will be
"As it is he doesn't give girls
all like
ings on"
So Mrs Schmal complained to the superintendent Of the
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

ElTOR a city OF a million and nail
Buenos Aires is fairly hard to
Md find, writes Paul M. Hollister
III from the Argentine capital We
crossed a divide 1000 feet high
and a plain 600 miles wide to enjoy
the sensation Of arriving in this well
known Paris of South America, and 1t
was just about as exhilarating as
crossing Iowa and Illinois to reach
Chicago. In fact its western suburbs
are not unlike Chicago's. There are
fewer tall buildings, and each dinky
little stucco house is set apart from its
neighbors by a wall, but when the
short twilight of Wednesday evening
had faded and we had recovered from
the excitement Of having a Bleriot and
Wright pass overhead into the sun
set, we saw the lights Of a real city
ahead, and the station we anticipated
might just as well have been the Chi.
cago & Northwestern instead Of the
Buenos Aires Pacific.
The transandine trip from Chile
across the Argentine is worth word
or two as a new experience In life
on the road. The train over the noun
tains runs once a week, during the
summer CT is now Indian summer,
remember). Leaving Santiago at $50
each Monday evening, the passenger
rides through Llai-Llai Ga name which
Hughey Jennings shouts every day
from the third base coacher's box to
Los Andes, arriving there three hours
later AT Los Andes satisfactory
railway hotel, built Of wood and
equipped with plenty Of running wa
ter, will do for the night, for rea-
sonable price, The passenger will be
called early and will fight for break.
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

ways BY D0
Wichita whore the
with the alfalfa And there the the
alfalfa
year, city
did the put alfalfa small
the weeds have been chked off result Tho FIRST cutting
Wichita the odor Of big hay field It is estimated that than
thousand alfalfa from the small Wichita
tho high goody
homegrown alfalfa horses chick
small who have horse and have
found growing alfalfa a small scale very profitable
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

10 prepare tho lots Tor alfalfa at q
cost Of 80 cents to the owner to plow,
harrow and keep moved the crops,
and the weeds were oblIterated in
oyery instance, Many Wichita lots
that otherwise would have been rank
with mwolcomo yordure were turned
into profitable small hay meadow,
The Gfty cents that the city collected
from the land owners was given to
the man who prepared the land and
he was wen rocomponsod The alfal,
"a thus raised was utilized IN many
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

Told lhf0URh n deaf IhlefpfoIor, and
At its conclusion Judge MOndoll
sighed remarked 1--WE all have trou'
bles Of our own, and signed de-
cree of divorce
Another witness, also deaf.mute,
told OF things coming under his obs
sefyaiinn, and none OF his testimony
was objected 70 aa being merely hear
say Clcrk Thomas Fraser admin
iatorod the oath In his loudost tones
10 the deaf Interpreter who IN turn
W0rdnd Il w nj n Afa 70 Tho vii.
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

That fact made no trouble year ago,
for then everyone had been on tho
Job long enough to know that when
q hoarse.yoIccd, wIld'eyod lunatIo
yelled "Aows Mop" all he wanted
to know was tho latest ticket quo.
tation on the stock Of the Missouri
Pacific railroad
But when the war came many
Wall street employees found them
selves out Of Jobs, and found work
6ts1vb,pa Tt,n thb bV2bbnBn pa.
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

ana the brokers hastily employed and clerks
There trouble in finding om but when tho broker asked after tho
condition OF Mop they likely bring back that 1T dry
Sticks and that fool porter wasn't around Ot all"
And whom the brokers partner wanted know where's Katy nowY
than the newly enlisted heard hanged
know" giving the Missouri Kansas
aud Texas stock
the difficulty employees have been required to report
earlier than and through Of instruction
the older employees who held during
tho hard times period
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Much More TranIo.

"Wna your aaddost hour the time
whom you discovered that your hOnooo
was flirting with someone eleeY
mo- II was when she discovered
that I'd been doing the same thing '-
stray stories
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Division Into Compartments Plan
That Works Well in a Num-
Der of Ways.
FLOOR OF LIME OR CONCRETE
Former Has Some Advantages That
PouItrymen viii Recognize-Many
Insist That It Makes Only
Faultless Floor For
the Henhouse.
BY WILLIAM H. RADFoRD.

Mr. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account Of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects
Address all inquiries TO william A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago
H.. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Work for selen,ls,s,

Colossal stone statues ahd other
taliea Of Rn unknown race on Easter
island, 600 miles on the west coast
Of South America are 20 bo etudlod
by NnElInh nolonLInla
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

Asked address, the complainant rapidly spelled and
something with M right hand The interpreter with duzzlcd
bl face turned the judge aud remarked Funny but never
that street. the judge smiled and said he did not either
the 'embhnant seemed be telling long story and
Attorney ads that the patience OF the wud be exhausted
walked Numbered Don't lead that witness
into any conversations the smiled
told ha wfo throw bottle NJ his head every
body duokod
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

W Cucll MlHuONS VIII dS HluSn lutel-
est as If parade were passing
In reality Schmall resembles a
cross between a G, A. r. procession
and Russian dancer. His chest is
covered from shoulder padding to
waistband with medals, and Schmal's
ten twInkling toes-not always twin.
kling-sprawl on the cement walks as
he hurries along with athletic stride.
It is Schmalrs theory that shoes
are as much out of place to the
churchman as sliDnerg are in q Hindu
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Teaching New Boys the Language Of Wall Street

NEW YoREGomg work in Wall street these days Just like going
~ school hundred the latest additions to tho Of
clerks the brokerage houses "o street Wall
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Detroit Has Divorce Case in Sign Language

NgTRor Mclworng his fingers and facial expressions almost
eeasingy Muye r. Wilson told Judge MNndel how his
oded and oherMae nhnd him The
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
Alfalfa Solves the Weed Problem for Wichita

VIZ cHTA KAN-Whcn Wichita officials fomd that weeds
going take of well neglected
lots plan by wheh could be
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26
ChicagOan Who Always Goes to Church Barefoot

CCAGOt the residents Besley
when Frank Schma attends church Sunday Children
the sidewalk watch him the gossp of the
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

Gus generation that We do not like to
part with except for some good reason
and have no dosIrc to keep, Tho
eorOl napkin won't long ago. 10 tho
melting pot by all means with the
rings, and that they may melt up into
millionH Of dollars worth Of silver Ia
our sincere wish-New York Times
The Harrison times., 1915-06-26

aOR a city of a million and a half,
Buenos Aires is fairly hard to
find, writes Paul M. Hollister
from the Argentine capital, We
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-02
CHARGE: sH0BTAGts:Qg; :.
MORE: THAN $4,000
Washington County Board of Super
vtsors Orders Action Against
= Treasurer and surety

Ahing don. Va. May l.r~-At a called
meeting here today of the Board of
Supervisors of Washington County. e.
+. Surher, deputy State accountant of
Richmond. who for the past several
months has been engaged upon the
auditing OF the accounts of John O.
Bradley. treasurer of Washington
County. rendered his report
1t was ordered recorded and, 1t ap-
pears from the report that the treas
urer's Office Is in areas to the county
in the sam of $53.046.07. The board
ordered that the Commonwealth AT.
torHey and associates proceed to col
iect from John o. Bradley treasurer
and his surety. the amount as found
due the county and TO take such legal
steps as may be necessary State Ac-
countant w. F. Smith, Of Richmond
who was present at the meeting, rend-
cred report of audit Of accounts OF
p. J. Davenport, clerk ofsthe Circuit
Court, which showed them 70 be cor
rect ,..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-02

an advance Of. infantry or cavalry is
not indicated. =.
On all other sections of the front
there were dasultory sklrmfshes, but
nothing was heard OF the threatened
advance OF the Germans alongH the
Baltic towards Polangen. The State
Inene follows 4s--~--- - .s.
"On the left bank of the Niemen
North Polapdl, the advance Of our
troops continues successfully. We
captured number of prisoners and
some MAGAZINE gums. y
1.-THE Germans made two attacks
on our positions at Sosna, on ths Os-
sowiec front, AZ o'clock in. the
eveningeof Aprfi 2s They were re-
pulsed with great losses On the fol-
lowing day they made fresh attacks
between the PISA River and the
Szwka, which were also repulsed.
Our aviators successfully dropped
bombs on the enemy's batteries I'm the
region of Drobin and Racionz.
I'm the district of Rawa yesterday
the German artillery fire increased
very considerably.
'SThe Austrians developed an Of
feDsive in the region of Polena in the
Uzsnh Pass on the night of April
80 They were beaten back with
heavy losses.
I'VE carried two hills yesterday IN
the direction OF Stryj, south of Ko.
ziowa and Zolowetzko. In this ar.
fair we took 1,o00 prisoners and sew
erai machine guns. Our offensive
continues.
We repulsed German attacks in
the direction OF wyzskow.
There has been no change on the
other fronts"