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New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
a SUMMARY OF THE DEFECTS IN
AMERICAS STATE MILITIA
SYSTEM.

Dual service Of state and nation; the unl-
versally dsliked strike duty, where militia
men with war rifles that will shoot three miles,
and deadly service bayonets, are impressed
into law-and-order duty that ought to be per-
formed by professional policemen the muddlc,
the state patronage and favortism; the elo-
ouent and admitted ineiliciency of the troops
all these things tax the loyalty Of the Ma
tional Guardsmen TO the uttermost and put
an impossible strain on capable officers like
General Organ, of New York"
But TIE causes Of the inefiicency Of the
state militia are immateral Every Ameri-
can general. from George Washington down,
has declared it inefficient and unreliable m
case of a national emergency
The Minute Man, our pet military idol IS
a myth II takes Minute Man 525.60O min
utes to get ready. That is being demonstrated
at the border now as it was demonstrated
during the Spansh-American War.
It is with considerable regret that throw
aside my yeneration for my conception of the
Minute Man Of 1876, tre grim old farmer
with his long fntlock who needed only sixty
seconds to prepare himself 70 thrash the
trained redcoats Of CORVALLIS. But / must
come TO the conclusion that he was a dear
old braggart.
Admitting for the sake Of holding tender
fusion that he did what our primary school
histories say that he did, he could not help
US now any more than the bowmen Of Hastings
can help the British infantry in the north ~
France to-day. lie is lovely tradition, our
old Minute Man, but only tradition. Let us
treat him with the respect due tradition.
but let us not pattern our infantry rifle after
his fintlock
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
The Minute Men Nearest Mexico We're
"MIly Equipped" Except as TO Shoes
7hey We're Shod Like ContinentaIS
That Winter at Valley Forge.

pines. All yes. but that was after the reg-
ment had been nearly full year in the Fed
eral service after the officers and men had
been chastened by real army discipline and
had forgotten entirely that they had once been
a state militia regiment. II the New Mexico
militia stays in the service a year It. too,
will be real regiment Of infantry.
But it takes at least year 10 get the
Minute Man of 1916 ready. There is no cor
respondence school for the modern soldier
We have shipped from New York some
superfcially perfect regiments. The men sent
from this state are comparatively better pre-
pared in equipment and in drill. But they are
far from efficient soldiers. They are spen-
did material. but only material and when
thev come into contact with the real thing
they will admit it. They will declare when
thcv return that the militia is a kindergarten,
and a badly msmanaged kindergarten. They
will advocate the sterner discipline Of the
higher school
I have quoted a modern commander on tns
subject of the militia and Its dependablity
in case Of war. The first general Of an Amer
lean army had something to say on the same
subject.
George Washirgton who had considerable
experience With the Minute Man Of 1876,
said: IF were called upon to declare upon
oath whether the militia had been the mose
servceab!e or hurtful, upon the whole | would
subscribe to the latter
Gardner L. Harding, in an excellent article
on the Hay bill in the July "Eyerybodys''
eptomizes the causes for the failure Of the
state militia system in the following para
graph:
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

HHE natural egotsm which tinges all
American histories, especially the ele-
mentary ones. has left US some dan
cerous traditions. The most dangerous Of
these is the Minute Man. 1t is the ghost Of
he Minute Man Of 1875 to which the pork
hungry Congressman appeals when he desires
,o demonstrate that the appointment Of his
rephew as collector Of the port in the Mojave
Desert would be a much more effective move for
national defence than the organization OF
division Of trained reserve men.
Iii because Of the Minute Man that William
Jennings Bryan can get little serious consid-
Grafton when he declares that in an emergency
ne United States could within forty-eight
hours raise two million men armed and fully
eoujpped. Imaginative persons along the
CbaYtauoua circuit can see these men spring
inp from the ground Ike the army Of Cad
mus.
This martial dream Of the Commoner was
brougbt up for consideration daring the hear
inrs Of the Senate committee on military al
fairs last January Brigadier Daniel c. King
man. chief Of engineers and veteran OF forty
years, was being questioned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
CLEANING UP POULTRY HOUSE
vermIn Cannot Be Eradicated Until
Building Is Thoroughly Overhauled
and Then Whitewashed.

Houseclean the henhouse so as to
get rid of mites. Clean up the dirty
floor. Take out the roosts and scrape
them, and clean out the dirty nests.
II they are too badly infested, burn
them up and make rome new ones.
Brush down the cobwebs from the cor
ners. Then take a spray pump and
spray the whole inside Of the poultry
house, getting into all the cracks and
corners with a mixture OF one part
crude carbolic acid to ten Of kerosene.
This kills any of the mites which may
have fed TO the cracks and crevices
fer safety. After this is dry, put on
the whitewash. II may be put on with
tie same spray pump, but 1t sticks
better and lasts longer II 1t Is put on
with a brush. Lice and mites can't
stand w~hitewash. After the white
wash has thoroughly dried, reft the
house with clean roosts and nests, and
nut SOM clean straw on the floor. II
you wish, you can dust the hens on
with lice powder before admitting
them to the house. Repeat busting
again ii about \ week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
PROFIT IN GOOD HOUSING
Coal Companies Of Pennsylvania 6uilc
Modern Dwellings and Rent
Them to Miners.

At first glance there might not seem
to be a close connection between good
housing and coal mining, but the fact
remains that able business men who
are handling the anthracite industry
have discovered that there is a con
nection and that 1t pays them, as pro
ducers of anthracite, to see that their
employees are sheltered in modern
dwellings. So strongly convinced are
they OF this fact that the hard coal
region o contains some of the best
examples Of good housing in the coun-
try in the shape of villages planned
and erected by the coal companies
themselves and rented to mine EN-
ployees.
Any big hard coal company will do
to illustrate the improvement In
housing-Lehigh, Reading or Susque-
hanna. The upper coal fields naturally
take pride in the progress made by
their biggest producer. the ~1.ackawan-
ma, and that company's achievements
are in the fullest sense typical Of what
has been done.
For example, the L%ackawanna has
built what il known as Concrete
City" The houses are virtually all
concrete, save for doors and windows.
An empty house can be flushed from
ceiling to cellar with n hose without
damage. There is plerty Of light and
air, and particular attention has been
paid to bathing facilities, which are so
important in the lives OF coal miners.
Concrete City has been made a dis
tinctive community, with regular com
munity centers like Fairgrounds, and
the miners children have a pleasure
resort with wading pools and other APP
purtenances belonging to well-managed
Fairgrounds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Excellent Trio Of Rhode Island Reds.

the palatability of a ration, and 1t
gives the fowls q little chance to Sc
lect what agrees with them best.
Fowls forced to eat a certain food day
after day get tired Of it after a time,
refuse to eat quite as much, digest
less, and hence do not do as we'll.
Cooking some feeds decreases the
digestibility of the protein constitu-
ents. AS a practice it Is not advisable
to cook food for poultry; 1t does not
pay for the extra labor. The only ex-
ceptions would be one or two vege-
tables which have their feeding value
increased b. cooking, like turnips and
potatoes.
1t is not advisable to feed an entire
ration. Of either whole or ground
grains. 1t requires more energy to d.
gest whole grains than it does ground
grains and fowls cannot digest as
much whole grain in a day as they
can ground grain. The more they
can digest the faster the growth and
the better the egg production.
A properly balanced ration must
contain both whole, cracked and
ground grains. Either fed alone never
produce the best results. 1t is not
advisable to feed entirely on ground
grains because the crop and gizzard
are there for several purposes. One
Of them is to grind up the w1ole
grains into smaller particles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
(By +. ~. KAZMEIER. Texas Agricul
fnrul Collaun

(By +. ". KAZMEIER. Texas Agricul-
tural College.)
In preparing a balanced ration, the
~palatability of the various ingredi-
ents should be considered. In addition
to the various co%nctituents which
foods carry, they possess a certain
medical quality. either liked or
disliked by the fowls, and either bene-
fetal or harmful to their well-being.
Corn possesses a sweet flavor liked
by all fowls, yet should be fed in a
limited amount to laying and grow
ing stock because 1t is too fattening.
The p~alatability OF a ration should be
considered, because II the individual
does not like the ration 1t does not d.
gest to its best ability. Appetite plays
an important part in the feeding of
animals as we'll as fowls.
That which fowls like best they gen.
orally digest best. In feeding fowls
give them their choice as much as
possible. An animals power Of So
lecting food is greater than is gen.
orally expected and should be taken
into consideration. Yet this power
of selection is sometimes so much in
fluenced by the flavor of a certain
grain as to induce them to eat more
than is good for them. This, too,
should be taken into consideration.
If 10 odvicn6 70 faad a roriatu oP
foods for two reasons 1t increases
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
IHIs Unlucky DAYS.

Seated in o row on the porch OF an
o%ld-country inn. with their chairs
tipped back. some old cronies were go
ing on about unlucky days. After all
had given what they considered their
unlucky days. q quiet old chap at one
end spoke up:
"Aall tell ye ma unlucky days. Aa's
fund DOT in ma time that it's unlucky
to be struck wi leetening on u Mon
day; or to DO catched wiz a circular
saw on a Tuesday; or to tumble over
board on a Wednesday; or to be run
over by a motor car on a Thursday:
or lose a ten-pun note on a Friday; or
be bitten by u mad dog on a Saturday,
and hev nowt for dinner On the Sun
day!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
How TO XIII the Town.

Force the merchants to compete
with public street markets.
Do the city work with hobo and jail
labor and give the workingmen no EN-.
ployment.
Vote down all bonds and PROPOSE.
lions to make public improvements.
Drive out all contractors and their
crews and minimize public expendi-
ture.
Supply free camping grounds in tho
city 30 the hotels will all go broke.
Send away from town for printing,
dry goods and clothes and spend your
money on the mail order house.
See to it that no corporation or
public utility makes a cent Of profit
and keep all the foreign capital out
Pacific Coast Manufacturer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
WORTH OF SCHOOL GARDENS
Development Of the Idea Proves How
Valuable Has Been the lnforma-
tlon Spread by Them.

1t was only a few years ago that tho
school garden" idea, nature studies
and the teaching Of agriculture In tho
common schools, were looked upon as
fads of the most exaggerated type.
Farming, It was maintained, could be
taught on the farm, where 1t would be
needed; Of what possible use was 1t
to teach farming to q city boy or
girl? These nature studies wasted
the valuable time OF the pupil which
should be employed in rational work;
in short. the whole propaganda was
rank nonsense. Yet, the entire move
ment has grown and spread with phe-
nomenal rapidity, and has become al
most the beginning OF q national pol
icy. Where ten years ago there was
one city school garden, there are now
a hundred, and every spring sees
thousands Of new mes organized and
open. Towns, cities, and states, and
not least, the national government.
have fostered and pushed the move
ment with enthusiasm. The federal
bureau Of education and the depart
ment of agriculture are devoting much
time and energy to 1t. AS a matter of
fact, it is now recognized that thu
problem of the education Of the Amer
lean boy and girl is more than a mat
ter of mere pedagogy. It + a ques-
ton of the industrial efficiency and
social stability of the nation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
TOOLS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
For they alone have need Of sorrow,
And they alone are poor,
For whom in life Loves holy angel
Hath opened not the door.

A poor seamstress who works hard
and whose daughter Is in a department
store said to me the other day; Il
promised to give my girl a birthday
present. That day rolls around soon.
Now what do you suppose she wants
me to give her? You never in the
world could guess, so I'll tell you. |
have been limiting to her that my poor
purse might allow her a nice, suitable
pair of everyday shoes, that she could
go to work In and look decent instead
OF shabbily, as she does now. She
turned from m with a dissatisfied look
and asked quickly: Mother, won't you
please grant my greatest wish? long
for n few paint brushes and materials
to try With Wasn't | angry to hear
such a foolish request, and we poor
as church mice? Soundly / upbraided
her, coming out and telling her that
her mind must be affected. She must
imagine she was living in an air castle
OF gold! Nothing / said daunted her
nor changed her longing In the least.
She became so downcast 1t worried me
night and day. Finally / saw my way
out OF the difficulty which my kind
heart had brought about. | will give
my girl the m~oney-three dollars
which will be her gift from me. She
will have a perfect right to spend 1t as
she pleases. l will not bother my head
any more about 1t, l concluded"
The purse was empty when the
three dollars vas left beside the alarm
clock on her table. For days after
never was a word spoken between
mother and daughter, after their hours
Of toll, as to what was done with the
amount. The girl still wore shabby
shoes and a shabbier dress. Her
cheeks were a little paler, showing I'M
mistakably that she had remained up
long past midnight. She was up at tho
first streak Of dawn, long before others
were astir, and cut OF the house,
threading her way on a mission of
heart interest to her. She did not
mind the task Of art nor the heavy
parcel she carried, which she put safe
ly in her room. She had q better ap-
petite than ever before, and 1t was
easy to see that a new ambition lent
b~uoyancy to the workers steps.
Circumstances we're against her
when her mother u~pbraided the young
toiler for idling money and her time
away with paint boxes, which she had
at once bought and studied over in
doors and out.
Art became her calling. Her talent
was n of success, a gift. She had
free rein to mold her future talents
despite her early Eardships OF being
kept back in tolls beaten track. Proud
was that poor mother that her girl had
made her WI way in the world to for.
.une's top round.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
lrritates the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
IKE the bowels, get sluggish and clog.
ged and need a flushing occasionally.
else We have backache and dull misery
tn the kidney region. severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver.
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts Of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region. get about four ounces OF Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice. com-
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids In the urine so it
no longer i%rritates, thus ending blad-
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive:
makes a delightful ~efervescent lithia.
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com
plications.
A we'll known local druggist says he
sells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who be-
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while It Is only trouble.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
VALUABLE CROP FOR SOUTH
Cowpeas, Called "the Poor Mans
Clover" Can Be Grown on Al
most Any Kind Of Soil.

Cowpeas can be grown as far north
as Dent corn can be grown and on
land 30 poor that clover would not
catch at all. They are called the
poor mans clover" because you can
get such quick results. A crop Of COW
peas can be grown in three months,
and 1t will be fully equal to a two
years crop Of clover.
You al SOW tho peas any time
from May to August and can get a
good big crop following an early crop
taker of in June or July.
Plowed under after the first frost,
they will leave the ground in elegant
shape for a crop next rear. The seed
costs about $3.50 per bushel and
should b. drilled In ut the rate Of one
half bushel per acre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Evergreen Trees and Hedges.

Much OF the b~leakness OF the winter
landscape may be removed by the use
of e%vergreens near the house.
The home-builder may we'll consider
this point when planning the layout of
his grounds. 1t 10 comparatively easy
to secure pleasing landscape effects
during the season OF green leaves and
buds and blossoms; but when deprived
Of these the problem becomes more
difficult.
Evergreen hedges are possible, and
an occasional evergreen tree growing
up out OF the hedge is a charming way
Of breaking the sometimes monotonous
evenness and of adding a touch OF
feathery lightness to the aspect OF the
whole scene
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
COTTONSEED MEAL AS FEED
Mixture Recommended Which 10 Espe-
cially Valuable for Sucking
SoWs and Little Pigs.

Make a mixture by weight, about
one-third cottonseed meal, one-thlrd
cottonseed hulls and one-third rice
bran, corn chops, whole corn. wheat
bran or shorts, whichever Is most
available. Mix with water to q thick
mush in two vessels land old barrel
sawed in two 10 good) and leave to
sour or ferment, which will take from
IL to 4S hours, according to the wealth
er and other conditions; then feed
from these alternately; using the con.
tents of one, while that Of the other
is left to sour.
A good growing ration may be based
on one pound of dry mixture per 100
pounds of live weight. Fer quick
fattening this may be doubled. quad
rupled or even more largely increased.
Indeed, the Texas experimental sta
ton fed as much as eve pounds OF
cottonseed meal per day to ~15O-pound
hogs, though this is extreme and un-
economical, IL not dangerous.
When ready to feed, add fresh wa
ter to the feeding ration sufficient to
bring to a thin slop, about the consis-
tenc, of buttermilk. and give the hogs
all they will clean up.
All hogs eat it ~greedily and all
thrive on 1t from the lordly head of
the herd to the tiniest grunter. But
for piggy" or sucking sows it is es-
pecially valuable. giving to the pigs
both before and after narrowing a
growth and vigor attainable with no
o.her feed on earth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

the butterflies futter among the prim-
roses. How happy l shall be just
watching him. All, how very wonder
ful it is to be a mother-and have a
tiny human being all your own to
love, and hug, watch and dream glori-
Gus day dreams over,
The childless wife likes to go to
the park, forgetting her loneliness in
watching the blithesome toddlers who
make sunshine in the hearts of hap
pier women, AS she sits in the park
watching them, many q woman con-
ceives the idea that it is all wrong
for her to be denied this boon Of COM
fort. Why not have a little child to
clasp to her bosom, too? The asylums
and orphanages are full of them. 1t
would be q blessing for some waif and
stray to find q home and a heart that
loved.
Childless wives breach the subject
to their husbands Of adopting a baby
very hesitatingly. Where one will
lend his a with patience to the
scheme, a hundred will crush her bud
ding hopes with one blow. She may
coax and plead, but in this instance
her cajolery seldom accomplishes the
l~onged-for result, Such men. as a rule,
sigh to hear childish laughter, see a
sunny little face, listen to the patter
of baby feet and lisping tongue in
their silent home. II they were given
offspring of their own, no men would
or could rejoice more. but-bringing
up another mans child has its grave
disadvantages.
AS babies all human beings are
sweet, lovable and innocent, but who
can tell what the years ahead may
bring forth? If little or nothing is
known of the parents Of the waif,
sheltered at the founding home, a Ger.
tain amount Of risk is taken in bring.
ing him into ones home and heart
All the tender love and bright home
surroundings have little weight or
influence with the lad who inherits ten.
denotes he will never be able to over
come.
Where one returns love for love and
gratitude, another will prove to be
thankless, %unloving, with a longing
to break away to mingle with those
moro %congenial. The wren will still be
a wren, though you clothe him in the
plumage of the bird Of paradise.
To give a homeless lad a roof and
the care of loyal b~enefactors is a
noble experiment. II no tie binds the
lad is a free agent to stay or go as
he wills, but, II adopted, links are
forged which cannot be easily snapped
asunder wen though he should prove
untrustworthy. While nine waits out
of ten repay a t~housandfold, in love,
the devotion lavished on them by fos
ter parents, the tenth child grows w
SO much of a torment that those who
have taken unto themselves the re,
sponsibility of rearing him wish from
the depths Of their hearts that they
had not rushed into the folly of adopt
ing the baby instead of taking time
TO observe him expand from the baby
to the child and into the lad ere they
took the irrevocable step.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
TO START SWEET POTATOES
Tubers Arc P%ropagated From Sets o.
Shoots Obtained by Planting In
a Hotbed.

Sweet potatoes r propagated from
sets OF shoots which spring from the
tubers, when they are planted and
form the tips of the runners. The
sets are obtained by planting the pota-
toes in a hotbed. The roots should be
bedded five or six weeks before the
sets are wanted for planting out. The
sets are broken from the potatoes for
transplanting when they are three or
four inches high and others form in
their place, 30 that in all two to four
crops are obtained.
For the late planting cuttings IL
to IA inches long may be taken from
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
ADOPTING A BABY.
Something the heart must have to che.

Something the heart must have to cher
ish,
Must love and Joy and sorrow learn,
Something with passion clasp or perish
And in itself to ashes burn.
How many hearts throb with joy as
old winter folds his tent like the Arab
and silently steals away. Spring is
here!' many a mother cries out JOY
fully. That means taking baby in
his go-cart to the park. He shall sit
araid the warm green grass watching
the yellow b~uttercups. the daisies and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

A d~isheveled citizen rushed into o
police station and shouted for vengo-
ance.
The automobile that hit me five
minutes ago was No. 41144," he splut-
tered.
Il can prove that he was exceeding
the speed limit. and | want want"
You want a warrant for his ar.
rest?"
Warrant nothing! What good
would a warrant do nj at the rate
he was going? want extradition pa
pers."