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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-05
1T is the playful. friendly fly; the ever
ready little visitor the house fly. Fly. tlv
fIy: Just keep him in mind as the worst
enemy of v0nr baby.

III great. hulking brute would crush
vour infant under hi- heel would YOU DE-
mand action Yuu would" ~ said. aa-
dressing through The Herald, the Browns
Vile mothers.
III \ hlood-thir~trv drmon traver-cd
the streets of Brownsville and killed
eighteen Brownsville babies IN month.
would Won demand action' Yon would.
-Aciion taken ~ apnr"hcnd and con
Wet murderer sometimes consumes
months or wears and costs thousands NJ
dollars. Would il cost much money N
eliminate the numbering little flv' Y
would not. Can Won IN ANYTHING ~ Grad
icatc the flvl YOU CAN.
..rla rnrtril,-fin~ md disturbing. cause
~ o...hteo- r'.Ic funerals in August was
the httlc flv who wn~ deposited a- an e~e
in that oil manure pie in the corner o;
vo~~ vari
NATURALLY Won would not give a known
cr;riraI y weara~ ~ rc.rriit riftrinr' Far
~ &, frn,., IN h' pri vn' f~'lea to pro-
vide covered. fly-proof garbage can
Uh.~r r,,.ref,irr food was hrrfoning to
the IN Vow know Won diA. You said. I'm
,oo hr-v to cot that cnrhare can today
After the social E,fle flv visited vonr open
garbage can. or Your uncovered. ah"ve-
ground toilet lo ven k"ow that he ID no'
helm yanr hahv drirt th~' t-l"S- Vt milk
N Won know -h4- tho fnnrv hfflo flv I'D
no, i, on the hahv'- I'M or h""d~P NeN
~ W. ~rf on hahv'> spoon nr h- iectfln'
ring. Very likely many flies did every
one ~ these things n germs or putrefae-
tion and disease travel from garbage ear
and toilet on the feet Of the housefiy
THEY DO.
CONFIRMED bachelors will laugh ana Sav
You're not talking 10 me. ] eat NJ Mrs
Somebody's select boarding house and ge'
my lunch downtown Talking TO yeu-va'
are the man | wanted to talk TO- DO ye'
CONTINUED on Page D.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-05
THE WEATHER FORECAST.

THE WEATHER FORECAST.
The following weather forecast for
the lower gulf coast states and the
: Magic Valley il issued III New Orleans
Tonight, generally fair. showers;
Wednesday, light southerly winds.
Local Weather Observations.
The following local weather observa-
tiuns. covering the 24-hour period ending
NJ : q. IN. today. are furnished hy the
United States weather bureau station az
Fort Brown:
Maximum temperature. Sg.i
Minimum temperature .131
Barometric pressure. ! u. m. 29.9o
BarometrIc pressure, u. IN. 29.94
Rainfall Ola
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-05
"CLEAN Up YOUR PkEMIS-
rs so WELL THAT \ FIN
WOULD STARNE II HE DID
NOT MOVE on"

When shown the death statistics fpr
Brownsville for last month"; taken from
the city records, nr. Miitcnhcrger did not
conceal the fact that he was very much
surprised. He asked that the statistic ~
checked over To- be certain that They are
accurate ana II was done. Upon request
Tor statement Of what he considered io
hc 4 diagnosis of the situation he said IN
substance
Does anyone realize" he said, 'what
was the fundamental reason for eighteen
children having contracted intestinal dis
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Valley of Virginia.
'inl Correspondence Of The Star.

| Specinl Correspondence of The Star.
| WINCHESTER, Va, August 5.--Man-
ufacturers. merchants and others who
employ boy and girl labor had the child
! la bor law laid down in black and white
before them yesterday in police court
when Justice Krebs fined large mum
ber of such persons for violating the
la Dor law relating to children and fe-
/ males. There were a number of cases
all of which were worked up by j. B.
Clinedinst. factory and sanitary in
spector in the bureau of labor and in
dustrial statistics of Virginia Many
manufacturers and merchants were
under the age of fourteen years. and
others were charged with employing
female help more than ten hours per
day. Fines were imposed in practical
ly every instance. Even children be-
tween the ages of fourteen and sixteen
years are not allowed to work before
am or after pm. or longer than
ten hours within those periods.
Mr.. and Mrs: NJ. NJ. swimley of Swim
ley station, Va, have announced the
marriage of their daughter Araanna
Stuart Swimley, and DR.. Frederick A.
Cochran. a former practicing physician
of C1earbrook. Frederick county, Va. 1t
is announced that the marriage took
pldce may 20 IN Sapulpa, Okla Dr. ana
Mrs. Cochran will live in Oklah homa
City, Okla. Or. Cochrans first wife
died some time ago in Philadelphia.
after submitting to no less than seven
surgical operations in the Jefferson
Hospital.
Relatives of the Humsten family liv-
ing in Clarke county and in Winchester
believe they have traced the source of
origin of scourge of typhoid fever
among members of their family and
some of their colored help to an old
cistern on the premises of Lacy Hump
ton, who Is i'll of the disease on his
farm near Berryville. His niece. Mrs.
Allie Humsten Smith, wife of 'William m
B. Smith. died this week of the same
disease In Winchester Memorial Hos
pital. aged twenty-siX years. leaving a
little daughter. Several negroes who
used the cistern water for washing pur-
poses only died recently.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Culture.
From Judge.

FROM Judge
Culture is the faculty of reading
books which appeal just as much when
perused from the last page to the be-
ginning.
1t is ability. In a man. to wear del
icate whiskers and talk indeterminate
things about incomprehensible topics.
In woman. it is the ability to
wear flowing garments and speak soft
iy and knowingly about airy symptoms
Of inexplicable impossibilities
The great charm about this kind of
culture is that neither the talker nor
the talkee need bother to try to un-
derstand what is said
Yet. both are benefited. for each feels
himself or herself understood at last
Culture, therefore, Is bestowed upon
people in the proportions each is best
able to carry.
The common garden variety Of
culture. which has to do with gentle
regard for the thoughts. opinions and
wishes of others, and with an ordinary
enjoyment of the human side of books
pictures and the world In general. is too
easily attained to be of interest to the
folk who adopt the other form of cul-
ture.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
THESE ARE OLD BELIEFS.
Why It's Bad Luck to Break Mir.
rors or Cross Knives.

rom Pearson weekly.
1t is remarkable how old some of our
most common superstitions are. Cross
ing knives. sDilling salt and breaking G
looking -gla sses. for example. are things
that very few people will do willingly,
however hard headed they may be in
other respects.
The belief that it is unlucky to cross
knives dates back to the time when
men used their daggers to cut their
food with. In those days women were
always expecting their men folk TO
quarrel, and the accidental crossing of
knives on the table was looked upon
as a warning that they would shortly
be crossed in deadly combat
In those days, too. and for many a
and the salt-box was an important
table decoration. The servants sat at
table below the salt. and their master
and mistress above it. To upset it
meant swift punishment to the offender.
and in time there sprang up the be-
lief that it was unlucky TO spill the
salt
The breaking of a looking glass su-
perstition Is also very old one. Hun
dreds of years ago it used to be a
common belief that those who wished
to harm others could do so by getting
pictures or making images of their
enemies. and destroying them. The
destruction Of the picture would be
followed by the death of its original
Even the victims reflection in a mir
ror was enough for the purpose. pro-
vided the mirror was promptly broken.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
High Winds.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
During the gale which visited London
the other day the wind is said to have
reached velocity Of fifty miles an hour
That would make it officially a gale, for
in meteorological terms a strong wind is
anything from twentyrour to thirty-seven
miles an hour. a gale from thirty-eight
TO ffty-five miles and a storm from fifty
six to seYenty-five miles. Beyond that it
may be described a hurricane. In the
CONFUSION which destroyed the Tay
bridge in December. $40 the thermometer
registered gusts of wind which exceeded
100 miles an hour. The connection be-
tween the velocity and the pressure of
the wind is not yet known with absolute
certainty, but, roughly speaking. wind
Of forty miles produces a pressure of eight
pounds to the square foot and flfty-one
miles pressure of thirteen pounds. The
British Association committee wind
pressure has recorded cases Of eighty to
ninety pounds to the square foot.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
FIELD, FARM AND FLOCK.
Pouymen Gardeners Stock Raises Ochardts and
mers---Information Cleaned Researches Experts
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

ing places or the setting of eggs prob
ably will be lost. If the nests are in
hot or exposed places the hens. becom-
Ing overheated. kare likely to leave the
eggs. Nevertheless it is we'll enough to
plan to set a few hens in late August
or early September, as chicks hatched
In early autumn will be fine broiiers
around Christmas. while the pullets
hatched at that time may make good
layers for next summer.
If the fowls and chicks are yarded
in small. bare quarters. see that they
have daily supply of green stuff in
the form of lawn clippings or the like.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
He Realized Its Truth

From the Boston Transcript.
'It was Shakespeare, wasn't IT, who
said: Sweet are the uses of adver-
sity'?''
Shakespeare may have said it origi-
nally, but heard it from a lawyer who
had pocketed IS per cent of an es-
tate"
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Notes Worth Remembering.

A feed containing much in excess of
3 TO per cent ash is not worth buy
ing.
A grain that has noticeable quanti-
ties of grain hulls. hay or weed seeds
is not economical food.
A feed that contains less than u per
cent of proteinl should not be pur-
chased
In protein we have nourishing mat
ter that supplies material for bone.
muscle, blood. feathers and eggs.
In carbohydrates technically nitro
gen free extract'D we have the prin-
ciral sources of heat and energy.
There is a greater amount of albumen
in wheat than in any other grain. and
therefore ii must be the foundation of
an egg-producing ration.
Glover is equal to barley, and nearly
as high as wheat in nutritive ratio.
Linseed meal is very rich in albumen.
Millet seed ranks high as flesh
forming substance
There is more nutriment In white oats
than in black.
Fats enter largely into the compost
ton of the egg, and furnish reserve
force of heat and energy.
There are more phosphates and nitro
gen in popcorn than in Indian corn.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Not the Man.

From the Bostcn Transcript
Arduppe-My love for you, dear Miss
Roxley, is like a consuming fire that
burns everything in its path.
Miss Roxley-Then I fear IT would
handle my money.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Food That Gives Energy.

oats are richer in digestible protein
than either corn or wheat. Good oats
are probably the best whole grain to
balance heavy corn ration.
The analysis of oats is 10 water. 80
ash, lis protein. 80 fiber. 59.7 nitrogen
free extract and 80 fat.
OF Indian corn one authority Nstates
there is per cent fat. u per cent flesh
forming. 50 per cent warmth giving
and per cent of bone-making quali-
ties.
oats are not recommended for a fin
ishing food while fattenng for market,
as they produce a light color TO the
skin and shanks. not desirable in
American carcasses
The analysis of kafir corn is l25
water. 1.3 ash. 1913 protein, 1.9 fiber. 40 )
nitrogen free extract and 29 fat For
buckwheat. 12.6 water. 20 ash, 100 pro-
tein. 81 fiber. 64.5 nitrogen free extract
and 20 fat. For barley. 10.9 water, ?. A
ash, l2.4 protein 80 fiber, SIS nitrogen
free extract and Is fat. kafir corn is
one of the very best grains for poultry
and more suitable for general feeding
than Indian corn and is not so fatten-
ing.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
Hard on the Profesh.

From the Boston Transcript.
NO, Willie. / can't buy any candy
for you it's bad for the teeth
Ma, what would dentists do If every
family was run like ours?
Evening star., 1916-08-06

First Southefner-Were you in New
York long enough to feel at homee
Second Southerner-Yes, sir; why,
got so could keep my seat in the cars
With a lady standing and not even
think ahout it.-Eoston Globe.
Evening star., 1916-08-06
England's Best Liked Grain.

Barley is an excellent feed but fowls
do not take so readily to it. Its feed
ing value is nearly the equal of wheat
Barley contains Il little more bone and
muscle-forrning food than wheat 1t
contains more protein than either corn
or buckwheat and little less than
oats or wheat. After fowls once be-
come acquainted with barley they rel
ish 1t highly. Barley. according to an
English analysis, contains very
small quantity of fat or OIL has 13 per
cent of flesh forming properties. 81 y
per cent OF warmth giving, ard 1 per
cent Of bone-ma king substances.
Compared with other grains buck
wheat is not rich poultry food. 1t
contains less carbohydrates and less
protein than any of the grains popular
with poultrymen. and containing only
about the same amount of mineral
matter as corn, rye or wheat Largely
fed ii produces white flesh and light
cOlOred yolkS
Evening star., 1916-08-06
THE COMPOST|0N0 Of
RAT|ONS FOR FOWLS
Some Notes Worth Remembering on
/. the Analysis of Grains and
Their By-Products.
Poultry Foods That Are Properly
Balanced Insure Economy
and Profit.
BY MICHAEL K. BOYER.

Corn. wheat and oats, with their by
products, cornmeal. gluten meal. bran.
middlings and oatmeal Cor ground
oats). are the chief articles in the
rations adopted by American poultry
men.
The analysis of whole corn is i0s
water. is ash. los protein. 81 fiber,
69.6 nitrogen free extract and 5,4 fat
That of cornmeal is $50 water. IA
ash. 90 protein. 10 fiber. 6s.7 nitrogen
free extract 3.s fat Gluten meal is
s.6 water. 0.S ash, 300 protein. rs
fiber. 492 nitrogen free extract, SIS fat.
Cornmeal is SO per cent digestible and
is the standa rd ~starchy feed. Gluten
meal is a very digestible protein con-
centrate (31.5 per cent digestible pro-
tein) and ranks with linseed meal in
nutritive value.
Corn has one part of dgestible pro-
tein to ten and eight-tenths parts of
digestible carbohydrates and fats. 1t
is an excellent heating food for winter
feeding and has strong fattening
qualities.
Gluten meal and feeds are the by
products in the manufacture of starch
and glucose from Indian corn In other
words. that portion of commercial
shelled corn that remains after the
separation of the larger part of the
starch. the germ and the bran by the
processes employed in the manufacture
Of cornstarch and glucose. 1t is a very
dfgestible protein concentrate.
The value of corn as a poultry food
is in the large amount of oil and
sugar it contains and the ease of
hydrate nutriments with the excep-
ton of sunfiower seed and f1axseed).
but decidedly low in the mineral
nutrients and weak in protein. Corn
should be fed with such foods as are
rich in protein and ash.
Wheat Well Balanced Grain.
Wheat ANALYSIS shows a difference in
the spring and winter varieties Spring
wheat calls for 1o.4 water, 1.9 ash. IL. 5
protein, is fiber. 71.e nitrogen free ex-
tract and 2.2 fat. Winter wheat has
1o.5 water. Is ash. lis protein, is fiber,
72.o nitrogen free extract. 21 fat.
OF the by-products. bran has 1l9 wa
ter. 5.s ash. 15.4 protein, 90 fiber, 53.s
nitrogen free extract and 40 fat. Mid
diings have l2.1 water. 3.3 ash. 1876 pro-
tein. 40 fiber. 60.4 nitrogen free extract
and 40 fat
Wheat stands at the head of all poul-
try grains. 1t is the most nearly COM
plete and well balanced. 1t contains
less oil. but more protein and starch
than does corn. The byproducts-bran n
and middlings-are of more value
pound for pound, than the whole grain.
Wheat bran is only 62 per cent digest
ible, has l2.3 per cent of digestible pro-
tein and from the standpoint of nutri-
ton cannot otherwise be regarded than
as an expensive feed. But it is pala-
table. slightly laxative and forms a
valuable feed with which to mix the
heavier concentrates.
Wheat middlings possess about 25
per cent greater feeding value than
bran. and contain little crude fiber. Be
Ing rich in giutinous matter, middlings
are most valuable to use with cornmeal
and in the mashes of all rations con
tanning much corn.
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Berkeley Springs. W. Var. r. Reed.
superintendent of the Speer white sand
works here. while driving with his wife
in his automobile lost control of the
steering wheel in coming down the
Washington street hill. and. in turning
the corner at the Hotel Washington,
meant to put his foot on the brake. but
struck the accelera tor instead giving
more power. The machine struck one
of the concrete posts at the east end of
the hotel and was badly broken. Mrs
Reed was badly cut and bruised and
sustained severe nervous shock. Mr.
Reed was unhurt.
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Frederick. Md-Declarine that he
was the victim of witchcraft and evil
Influences exercised by religious sect
j. II. Hardt, about sixty years old. ap-
peared before Justice August T. Brust
here and asked for "A warrant for the
arrest of members of the sect. He de-
clares that his left leg and foot are al
most useless because of these influ-
ences, which have been brought to bear
during the past six months. The war
rant not issued.
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Wheeling. ". Na.-The final official
pilation of the late primary vote in
the two contests on the democratic
ticket, the governorship and the COM
missonership of agriculture. has been
completed. following the abandonment
of court proceedings in Mcdowell coun-
ty on the republican governorship nom
lination. The totals for the state in the
two contests are follows: Governor
HoGg, 1910: Cornwelrs plurality. &c.
40. Commissioner of agriculture-Fin-
ley. 36,1o9; Post, 2S.63S, Finley ma
jority, 12,47l.
Front Royal. Va.-Mason Strother at
tempted to cross a storm swollen stream
on the Baldwin Ridge road in Fauquier
county with his two little daughters in
a car when they stuck in the middle of
the stream, and he was obliged to swim
out with the children. He started back
to try to bring the car out hut 1t
washed away before he could reach it.
BIueficld. w. Va.-How she watched
her husband. Walter King. and his broth
er. John King, fight duel which ended
in the death of the brother, was told to a
coroner's jury here by Mrs Laura King,
who was the only witness of the tragedy.
Mrs. King was in bed when she heard
the men quarreling over whether John
King was welcome to his brothers home
The men fought with knives and Mrs
King was cut severely in trying to sep
arate them.
John King fell, fatally wounded. in the
house, while Walter, also badly cut, went
outside and lay down. Fearing his
brother would come out and attack him,
his wife watched over him through the
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Just about nine gardens suffer from
lack of sufficient fertilizer for one that
is made too rich through the use of
manures. cover crops or fertilizers.
Evening star., 1916-08-06

| if living, otherwise to his natural heirs
Mrs. Fairfax qualified as eXecutrix. Civ
ing unsecured bond in amount OF
100000.
Cumberland. Nd.-Police aud Fire
Commissioner Oscar Eyerman has had
printed small Summons tags that will
be used by the officers in summoning e
drivers of teams and motor vehicles
who violate the city ira ffic ordinances.
The tags are yellow in color, round in
shape and on one side is printed. Legal
Notice. City Police Department, W.
Ralph Young, Chief" while on the
other side is the following: Notice.
The driver of this vehicle, No. - is
hereby notified to apear at police court
ito at 4:30 pm"
When an officer finds a driver of a
motor car or other vehicle violating
locate the driver of the machine or
team, he will tie one of these ia gS
on the steering wheel of the automo-
bile and on the seat of wagons or
other vehicles in such a manner that
the drivers attention will be directed
10 it as soon as he takes his seat The
number of the car is then telephoned
into police station and should the
pasr parsy fail all, to put in his appsJanee' an
fore the police magistrate.
Richmond. vn.-Said to have been
temporarily insane, J. r. Williams,
thirty-fve years old. of Cobham, Va,
under treatment at the Hygeia Hos
pital for nervous trouble, plunged head
foremost from the third story of the
hospital and was instantly killed.
Supt C. d. Allen and DIR. r. H.
Jenkins. who were attending him,
stated that Williams was in better con-
dition early this morning than for some
time.
BlueheId. w. Va.-Secretary Irion
of the Princeton chamber of commerce
has received a letter from Secretary
John Wood of the Roanoke chamber of
commerce, advising him that on Au-
gust 10 business men of Roanoke 100
strong would arrive in Princeton by
special train, remaining in the city
from l o'clock until 2:30 Mr.. Wood
did not state i'll his letter the nature of
the trip or what would be the partys
itinerary, but it was understood that
the business men of Roanoke were on
a boosting mission to the Virginia coal
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Bordeaux mixture to which is added
a small proportion of arsenate of lead.
makes the best spray material for pota-
toes. either early or late
Evening star., 1916-08-06

MRrtinsburg. w. ya.-Clerk John
Conrad of the federal court is MAKING
up list of the fines imposed and un-
collected. in criminal cases in the fed
eral court here since June 30. 1912 at
the suggestion of United States At
torney Walker of this city. This ac-
tion is taken under a circular letter
recently issued by Attorney General T
w. Gregory. who has this to say in
connection with unpaid fines:
1T Is q common misapprehension that
when a prisoner. held for non-payment
of fine. or fine and costs. is discharged
from custody under section 1o42, Re-
vised Statutes. his debt to the govern
ment is likewise discharged: whereas
the only material effects of such a dis-
charge is to release the prisoner from
further confinement and not to satisfy.
set aside or vacate the claim of the
government against the defendant, or 70
prevent its enforcement by execution.
as provided by section 1o41, Revised
Statutes.
The department has not been able to
And authorities. directly deciding this
point, and but one decision referring TO
1t, but IL firmly believes that the po-
sition indicated above is the correct
one and should be maintained until the
matter shall be judicially determined"
Evening star., 1916-08-06

MOrgantOwn. w. Val. G. Smith
killed a garter snake in Falling run
mea surfing between two and two ana
one half feet long. and upon dissect-
! ing the reptile. forty-one Young ones
We're found in the snakes body. This
number represents a total of those tiny
snakes which were completely formed.
there being quite number of imper-
fectly formed little ones also. Mr..
Smith SAYS that anybody who wishes
to see the small snakes may do so at
his home. for he has taken care to keep
them for proof of his assertions.
Evening star., 1916-08-06

filed by this city with the state cor
poration commission asking that the
telephone rates be lowered. A rate of
So for residence phones and So for
business phones is now being charged.
and the suit asks that the rates be
| lowered to So and s150 per month,
reSpectiyely
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Hens that are set during hot weather
must be provided with cool, dark nest
Evening star., 1916-08-06

Here are sor:e instructions given by
the Maryland state insurance department
for prevention of fires:
Don't put ashes iu wooden boxes or
barrels. Use metal cans.
Don't throw hot ashes against fences or
buildings.
Don't fail TO burn all rubbish. and don't
leave it until the fire is out
Don't use coal oil to start fire
Don't I'LL an oil stove after dark. and
never I'll one while il is lighted
Don't permit rubbish. paper and greasy
rags to accumulate: