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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
KEEP CHILDREN AT HOME

children should be kept at home dur
ing this nationwide presence of infantle
paralysis. The disease follows the line
of travel: therefore, the distributing
agency enlarges with an increase of hui
man activity.
General rules of hygiene should be
rigidly observed in every home. Especial
attention should be given to the care and
cleansing of the nose throat and mouth
and this applies to the parents as well
as to the younger members of the family.
The infection can be borne home in the
nose and throat of a parent who has
come in contact with infested secre-
lions. The food of children should be pro.
tected from flies and other communicating
sources.
Since 1907, infantile paralysis has been
annually present in Birmingham as well
as in other parts of the United States
Therefore the present explosion of casea
is nothing new. This is evidence of a
wider spread of knowledge of the disease,
which indicates a frankness on the part
of the medical fraternity combined with
great public awakening concerning
vital matters of health. knowledge re.
garding infantile paralysis is far greater
than it has been at any other time in
the history of the world. and the medical
fraternity is alert to its sources of de-
velopment. With cooperation from the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
PERSONAL

Thomas Dozier. prominent lawyer and
commandant of Camp Henry d. Clay
ton, U. S. c. W. will leave today for an
extended trip to Washington. New
York, Boston and other eastern cities.
He expects to remain away from Bir-
/, mingham for 10 days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
Suit Filed

Tom Beard filed suit against the
American Cast Iron Pipe company for
$4,000 in the city court yesterday. The
plaintiff alleges that he received per-
sonal injuries while in the employ Of
the defendant company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27

) Trianon-'The Phantom" with Frank
Keenan,.
Strand-"The Shadow of Her Past"
with Lima Cavalieri.
Rialto-"Fathers of Men," with Robert
Edeson
Majestic-'The Unborn with Gertrude
Bondhill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
At the Photoplay House

Lyric-Vaudeville Matinee at 8 p. m.
evening at 7:30 and 8.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Alabama Press association convenes al
the Tutwiler at IL a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
WARDS STATEMENT

Following the executive conference on
garbage, President George B. Ward is.
sued the following statement:
More garbage is being carried off by
the city forces now than ever before in
its history. The garbage has not only
grown in volume but it is twice as
heavy on account of the soaking rains.
Ninety per cent of the public is pleased
with the celebrity with which it is be-
ing moved In the interest of efficiency
the department is trying to cut out a
lot of lost motion.
This may inconvenience some par
ticular locality, but the general good
coming from adding at least a third
more capacity to the force calls for
some small sacrifices on the part of
good citizens who may have their odd
arrangements interfered with. In the
meantime the city wishes to ask for a
little forbearance and patience, while
trying to maintain general system.
and give it a little time to work out
a satisfactory solution for situations
where 1T is a physical impossibility for
forces to handle with any speed
1t was also brought to the attention
of the city commission yesterday that
the collection of garbage in front of
restaurants downtown left much to be
desired The restaurants that have no
alley connections are forced to place their
garbage cans in front of their places OF
business at o'clock in the morning
to await the collection of the garbage
wagon Sometimes the wagon calls
around at o'clock, sometimes at 8
O'Clock, and in fact every hour up to
IL o'clock in the morning before all the
cans are collected downtown. In the
meanwhile awaiting the collection the
garbage cans, exuding a rich aroma Of
ancient and other fetid materials,
are left standing on the sidewalk. This
is particularly true of Twentieth street.
on both sidesfi from First avenue to Fifth
avenue.
In regard to the collection of gar
bage Commissioner Barber said
1--WE are doing the best we can. We
are about a day or two behind in the
collection of garbage at the present
time, owing to the heavy rains. A few
days of sunshine and everything will
be all right
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
90 PER CENT SATISFIED

'Ninety- nine per cent Of the people
are satisfied with the manner in which
am handling the garbage situation.
II have explained to my colleagues
the difficulties that / have encoun-
tered in theIcollection of garbage They
understand that there is more garbage
to be collected at the present time
owing to the scare over typhoid fever.
lowing to the limited number of en-
ployes in the garbage department we
have decided not to take back the
empty garbage cans to the rear of the
homes but to place them on the lawns
in front of the curbing. / believe that
the housewives should cooperate to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-27
BARBER SAYS RAINS
HAVE ADDED MUCH
TO THE BURDEN OF
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Says SO Per Cent of People
Are Satisfied But Others
Are Doing the Kicking
CONFERENCE is HELD
BY COMMISSIONERS
TO DISCUSS MATTER
Definite Policy Adopted of Having
Garbage Collectors Leave Cans
on the Lawns When
Emptied

Commissioner Arlie Barber brought to
bay by the insistent complaints of prop
erty owners in various parts of the city
concerning the collection of garbage, re-
quested an executive conference of the
city commission yesterday morning, and
there explained the problems that con-
fronted him.
According to the statements of Mr.. Bar
Der, at the executive conference, and later
repeated to an Age-Herald reporter by Mr..
Barber, there is more garbage to be
collected at the present time than at any
other period in the history of the city.
scared the people, and they are dumping
their garbage in the garbage cans in a
hurry.
Commissioner Barber also explained
that weeds were being cut, trash was be-
ing collected and in fact the problems
of garbage collection had increased many
fold in the past month.
WEATHER CAUSES DELAY
The inclement weather has had much
to do with the delay in the collection of
garbage, asserted Commissioner Barber,
and this fact has made the garbage heavy,
causing slower work.
Owing to the limited number of en-
ployes in the garbage department, Com
missioner Barber announced to his col
leagues yesterday morning that in the fu-
ture, where there was no alley entrance
to the residence, the garbage collectors
would be kind enough to get the garbage
cans they would leave them on the front
cans they would leave the mon the front
lawn as they had not the time to take
them back to the rear.
About 80 per cent of the people are
satisfied with the present collection OF
garbage" said Commissioner Barber,
but of course the per cent that is kick
ing is making a considerable fuss, but
that is nothing to get worried or flustered
about
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Squads, % Days Old, Ready for Market

of some kind of green feed, including
wide range of such material. The
use of rock salt was reported by one
half of the breeders, loose table salt by
one-fourth and table salt baked into a
hard lump by the rest. About 16 per
cent used some extra feed, such as mil
let or hemp seed, during the Noting
period, while several who did not use
any special feed for assisting the molt,
supplied these grains in their regular
rations. One-third used hoppers in feed
ing the pigeons.
About one-half supplied tobacco
stems as the entire, or for part of the
nesting material, and hay and straw
were commonly used, while others
used pine needles, cut pea vines and
alfalfa stems. One-half reported free
dom from all diseases, and about one
fourth gave canker as a common cause
of sickness.
The average annual profit per pair
Of breeders varied from 80 cents to
So, and averaged $1.52; the feed cost
from 95 cents to 50, with an average
Of $1.32. All sold squads for market,
while about one-half sold both as
breeders and for market. The aver
age price for the year received per
dozen squads varied from 50 to $462
and averaged $3.43.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
ERGOT SEPARATED FROM RYE
Many Growers Perform Task by Put
ting Grain Into 20 Per Cent
Brine Solution.

The most serious and destructive
disease of rye is ergot. In this, one
or more kernels of the head are re-
placed by horny violet or purplish
structure, usually somewhat larger
than the kernel. Where ergot is pres
ent rye should not follow rye in the
rotation, and seed free from ergot
should be sown. 1t is dangerous to
feed rye containing ergot to live stock.
Many growers separate ergot from
seed rye by putting the grain into a
20 per cent brine solution. The ergot
will float in the salt water, but the
rye will sink. Those who used this
simple treatment found that it did not
affect termination, and the rye could
be sown as soon as the surplus water
had drained off.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
JAP TOYS REPLACE GERMAN
European War Has Changed the Ma
tionality Of Our WelI-knoWn
Santa Claus.

That the war has changed the ma
tionality of Santa Claus from German
to Japanese, is made evident by the
predominance of japanese toys in the
shops.
made in Japan" has taken the
place of Made in Germany" The
wonderful displays from the Cherry
Blossom Kingdom" delight the hearts
of parents as well as the little folks,
for the inventive genius of the Jap
anese has produced line of Christ
mas playthings that is unique.
When the japanese steamship Wa
kasa Maru nosed her way into New
York harbor after a l6,000-mile jour-
ney around the Cape of Good Hope,
in order to dodge the submarines OF
the Teutonic nations, it was loaded
with toys. There were Geisha girls
marvelous-carved elephants, dolls, me-
chanical ROSTERS which eat corn out
of a bucket and no end of new and or
iginal playthings.
The Japanese have been studying the
toy market and have taken advantage
of the international combat to bring
toymaking up to the usual Oriental
perfection, and they will make strong
bid for the toy market even after the
war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
VAST WEALTH OF ABYssINIA
Country Has Remarkable Agricultural
Resources and Is Developing Rap
idly Under Native Rulers.

Ouizero Zeodita, daughter of the
late Menelik, has been proclaimed
empress of Abyssinia, says the Chris
tian Herald. She is forty years old.
The empress succeeds Emperor Lidj
Jeassu, who has been deposed. Abys-
sinia is one of the most interesting
nations of the earth. 1t is the Swift
erland of Africa. 1t is one-third larger
than Great Britain. 1t occupies the
mountainous regions of the valley of
the Upper Nile, extending to the lower
end of the Red Sea and over the water
shed toward the Indian ocean. The
land is fertile, yielding the products
of all chimes, some of them three crops
a year. Bananas, dates, sugar, cotton,
grapes, oranges, lemons and coffee all
flourish, and on the tablelands hay,
oats and barley are cultivated. Abyss
sinia is the only independent native
state in Africa. 1t has fine public i'm
provements and conveniences of civil
lied living, Abyssinia is the Ethiopia
of ancient history.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Rrown-TaiI Moth Gone.

Success seems to have attended the
efforts to exterminate the brown-tail
moth, which has for years been the OBJ
ject of warfare by the United States
government as well as the states which
have been ravaged by this pest. Light
houses along the coast of Connecticut
and Long island have been examined,
but no migrating moths have been
found. Fewer moths have been found
on trains coming from infested regions
during the season when the moths are
flying than in any previous year.
Hence this serious pest is believed not
to be spreading, if indeed not actually
in it's decline.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
coTTONsEED CAKE IN FAVOR
Has Almost TWO Thirds Value Of Meal
According to Test Made at Mis-
sissippi Station:

On most of the northern markets,
there are for sale cottonseed meal,
containing 38 to 40 per cent protein,
at 500 to $45 per ton, and cold pressed
cottonseed cake, containing 26 to %
per cent protein, at $50 to $35 per ton.
Most of our dairymen, for some rea-
son, have given the preference to cot
tonseed meal, although many steer
feeders prefer the cottonseed cake. It
is interesting to note that the Missis-
sippi station has conducted feeding
test with dairy cows, comparing cot
tonseed meal with cold pressed cotton
seed cake, the indications being that
cold pressed cottonseed cake has al
most exactly two-thirds the value,
pound for pound, Of cottonseed meal.
With prices as they now prevail, dairy
men are no doubt justified in prefer
ing cottonseed meal to cold pressed
cottonseed cake.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
SQUAD BREEDING DATA
Most Large Breeders Keep HoF1-
err and Carneaux Varieties.
Pigeons, With One Exception, KEPT
Confined-Average Annual Profit
Per Pair Varies From 80
Cents to So, Averaging $1.52.
(By A. R. LEE.)

A list of questions on pigeon raising
was sent to pigeon breeders through
out the United States, and, among
others, replies were received from %
large breeders who kept from 300 to
1900 pigeons and produced squads for
market. The records from these
breeders are considered more appli-
cable to the commercial production Of
squads than the replies which were
received from breeders keeping only
few pigeons for home use or pleas
ure. These large breeders reported
keeping the Homer and Carneaux
varieties almost exclusively for SQUAD
raising, with comparatively small
number of the Dragon, Maltese Hen
and White King mentioned. All except
one breeder kept their pigeons con-
fined. The birds were mated at from
five to seven months old, the average
mating age being 81 months.
Grains Commonly Fed.
Wheat, corn, kafir corn, Canada
peas, millet and hemp were the grains
most commonly fed, while number
Of other grains, including peanuts,
grass seed, oats, buckwheat, sunfower
seed, rice, Egyptian corn, cowpeas and
milo maize were also used. About one
half of the breeders reported the use
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Luck for Three Murphys.

Because they possess the name OF
Murphy, three students in search of
an education, are on their way to their
ambition, through the terms of the
viii of the late William S. Murphy, Il
Harvard alumnus. who left 100000 to
the university, the income of which
is to support scholarships for men of
name.
As there are no freshmen of that
name entered this fall, three scholar
ships were given instead TO students
In the graduate schools. only one of
whom holds Harvard degree.
The holders are Clifton Murphy of
Georgetown, S. c., first-year student
in the law school; William A. Murphy
of Boston, in his first year in the
medical school, and Gardner Murphy
of Boston, a student in the graduate
school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
ESSENTIALS FOR FALL PIGS
Select Good Individual Sows Of Pure
bred Stock-Have Separate
Houses for narrowing.

First and very important in having
good fall pigs one must select good in
dividual sows of some good purebred
stock. These must be bred to a pure
Nbred male. of same stock.
The second important thing is to
have the sows farrow about the first
week in September, then they get a
good start before severe weather sets
in and everyone knows cold weather
is worse on little fall pigs than on
spring pigs, they feel the change more.
Always have individual hoghouses
If possible. Sows when separated and
put each one in it's own lot and house
a week or ten days before narrowing
time will be better contented after far
rowing and each can take good care
of their young.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
LENGTHEN LIFE OF A BINDER
Machine Given Proper Care and Pro-
lection Will Last From Ten to
Even Twenty Years.

A binder left in the field from one
season to another will last at best
three or four years, whereas with
proper care a binder should do good
work for 10, Is or even 20 years. The
same kind of thing may be said of
almost all farm implements.
Before long, winter will be here,
Ievying its tax upon farm implements
left in the open. This is the time,
therefore, to make plans for housing
farm machinery.
The saving in the value Of machin-
cry in one year will almost pay for
the cost of a good machine shed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
New and Novel Device.

A big American steel company has
adopted a novel device for unload
ing pig-iron from the holds of freight
vessels. In place Of stevedores, the
company uses powerful magnets each
of which has lifting power of $500
pounds. Three such magnets were re
Gently used in unloading a vessel, and
made record of unloading 100000
pounds in ten hours, at cost of 800.
This represents saving of $500, it is
said, over the cost of handling by long.
ShOrcmen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
DOG FULL OF TRICKS
BUT THIS PUP is AN ELECTRICAL
AFFAIR.
Invented by John Hays Hammond and
8. r. Meister-controIied by Light
Rays 1t viii Do Many Inter-
estinq Things.

In the Popular Science Monthly ap'
pears an interesting article by B. f.
Meister, describing the famous electric
dog which was invented by the author
in collaboration with John Hays Ham,
mond, Jr. In speaking Of the tricks OF
his mechanical pet, the writer says:
"The electrical dog, which John
Hays Hammond, Jr., and l designed,
has no tai4 to wag and no voice to
bark with, but he can follow person
about in most surprising way.
Like the sunflower that follows the
sun In it's path across the heavens,
my first apparatus was capable of
turning itself only to face the object
that stimulated it. But a great diff
Guilty had to be overcome. The stimu-
liant was light, and sometimes the dog
saw too much light, so that he be-
haved occasionally in an astonishingiy
cratic manner.
"Just how grave difficulty this dis
obedience really it, was illustrated by
an amusing incident during demon
stration at Chicago theater.
''The dog was ready to spring into
action, but when the stage was lighted,
instead of obeying the fiashlight held
in my hands, the dog insisted on pay
ing attention to very allufing but
not thickly clothed young woman
painted on the scenery near by. It
seems that the reflected light from the
painting was sufficiently brilliant to
compete with the flashlight and to
cause the dog to creep to this fairer at
traction with directness which was
almost uncanny.
ITO all practical intents and pur-
poses, the electrical dog is dead dog
until excited by an external light ray
usually a pocket flashlight, held in the
hand. Fastened to the front of squat,
Oblong box on three rollerlike wheels,
are two great lenses, the eyes through
which the dog receives his intelli-
gence. Behind the lenses are two
extremely sensitive cells containing the
black, waxlike selenium. A popularity
of selenium is that it is sensitive
only to light rays; or, to put the facts
little more technically selenium is a
nonconductOr of electric currents un-
til it is struck by light, when it be-
comes a conductor. Located behind
the selenium eyes is an arrangement
of relays, batteries, magnets and a
motor. When beam of light strikes
one of the selenium cells, it causes a
relay to be operated which, in turn
causes current to flow through one of
the magnets controlling the steering
wheel. The driving motor starts and
the dog is under way. Shift the light
SO 1t strikes the other selenium eye and
the dog moves in the other direction
In other words, in whichever direction
the light travels there also will the
dog go. By reversing switch on the
outside of the box, the dog can be
made to back away from the light. II.
Illuminating both cells equally causes
the dog to move in straight line.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29

dEARM15N0TES
All farmers should have a silo.

Cows need succulent feed in fall and
winter.
Pure water and choice feed for the
cows is the first need.
Keep all milk vessels scrupulously
clean with hot water and soap.
Regularity in milking, like regular.
ity in feeding, is what counts.
The cucumber vines will continue
bearing if you keep the cucumbers
picked.
It is hard to tell a water glass egg
from fresh egg, If the former is prop
erly kept.
Now is a good time to make up the
list of vegetables and the quantity OF
each wanted for next years garden.
So
Follow up the premium won at the
state or county fair with little judi
cious advertising. 1t will help make
sales.
We certainly must sow before we
can expect to reap. This applies as
truly to beekeeping as to any other line
of business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
FILL slLo WITH DRY FODDER
Can be Successfully Used il Water
Enough to Moisten Is Added
While Being Filled.

Corn fodder can be successfully cut
into the silo if water enough to mois-
ten, it is added at the time Of
filling. The water is best run into
the cutting box with hose which
moistens the fodder evenly.
When corn has been badly frosted
before cutting it is also necessary to
add about one-third its weight in wa
ter when filling the silo.
After the silage has settled the silO
may be filled up with dry fodder
moistened in this way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure ana
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
biackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands az
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
SINGLE RIessedness.

Al sehoolmistress asked her class to
explain the word bachelor" and she
was amused when little girl an
swered: "a bachelor is very happy
man."
where did You learn that?" asked
the schoolmistress.
Father told me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
The Youno Idea AGAIN.

The three-year-old son of DIR. B. s.
Potter, superintendent of the county
hospital for the incurable insane af
Julietta, has been with his fatheF
often in his automobile when his fa~
Their exclaimed: "Now, I've killed itl'A
as the engine stopped.
The boy was watching his mother
use the sewing machine recently, wheA
the needle broke and the machine
stopped suddenly.
'Now, you've killed it, mamma J" h@'
exclaimed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Cynical Finance.

"Thdse old alchemists thought they
could make gold out of the baser
metals"
Eyes. But they didn't get rich"
mo. They devoted too much time
to working in laboratories and not
enough in circulating prospectuses and
stock certificates"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Looking Forward.

Hawkins Congratulate me, old
chap. My mother-in-law is coming to
spend the winter with u.s..
Baldwin-You seem to be real ell
thnsiastic about it.
dawkins- bet. your life am.
man, she can cook.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
lnnnortan, u. Mothe
roads Barred From Mail.

On complaint of the postal authorities
that soldiers along the Mexican border
have been sending live insects, ami
mails and reptiles through the Unite&
States mails, General Funston has Or
dered that postal regulations be strict
ly observed by the Guardsmen. The
soldiers have been mailing lizards.
scorpions, horned toads and other spe-
cimens of border life to ''the folks
back home"