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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
MAN WHO HAD THE HABIT
Abilities of an Experienced Toast. master Displayed at the Fam
 fly Table.

The man who always acts as toast master was seated at dinner with his immediate family.
 Papa" began five-year-old Willie, may I have"
 Hush, Willie," corrected mamma Papa hasn't introduced you yet. Now, papa"
 The man who had the toastmaster habit here clinked his tumbler with a fork and arose at his place.
 Some five years ago." he said, in his best banquet manner "an interest ing event occurred in this house. It was prefaced by considerable excite ment and not a little anxiety. When the worst was over my good friend, Doctor Soakum, administered a brisk but good-humored spanking to a very red atom of humanity, and a voice new to these premises was heard in shrill pipings.
 This voice has since grown in strength and range as it's owner has developed in stature, and it affords me great pleasure to say that it has made this house cheerier and happier by it's varied tones. The atom of hu- manity has expanded and thrived, and we have it with us tonight. Again l say that it is with great pleasure that l introduce my son, Willie Now, Willie, what was it you wete about to remark"
 Papa said Willie, may I have an- other piece of steak?"
 No, my boy,' said the man who had the toastmaster habit, but you may have another baked potato"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09

even dents. if we'll packed, loaded, | and transported, are only one-third more liable to damage than are the
 sound eggs similarly handled. If the l cases are we'll packed and shipped in
 well-loaded car lots, the additional l liability to damage is only about one fifth of an egg per case. From the viewpoint of transportation alone the per cent of lightly cracked eggs appears to be comparatively unimpor- l tant.
 | Cracked Eggs Cause Serious Loss If Stored.
 From the viewpoint of cold storage,
 however, even lightly cracked eggs
 are of great importance. The inves-
 tigators find that about 50 per cent of the cracked eggs are rotten by Novem-
 Der, generally because of a growth of mold. Sometimes the moldy crack resting against the filler infects it and the egg in the next cell becomes moldy. Each leaking egg causes about two eggs besides itself to rot. On the other hand. good early spring eggs with sound, clean shells show less than 1 per cent loss from decay by November In other words, six eggs in every dozen cracked eggs will rot, while only one sound egg in 12 dozen will rot, all other conditions being equal. The cracked eggs are a heavy economic loss.
 Loss $o4 Per Carload.
 Eggs at the eastern seaboard dur ing the early spring are commonly worth about 20 cents a dozen. Car rying charges, including insurance, are usually about cents a dozen Therefore, the nine cracked eggs which are spoiled by November show total loss, not only of their value when they were stored, which was about 15 cents, but also the carrying charges, or total of 161@ cents. About ten cracked eggs out of the 19, on the average, will not spoil, but are much lower in grade when coming out of storage than the sound eggs. They will be sold for about 33 per cent less than the sound, good eggs, mak- ing, on 25-cent basis, another loss of cents, or total loss due to cracked eggs alone of 23A cents a case, or about S94 on a carload of 400 cases.
 This loss of 231a cents a case, which is believed to be a conservative esti- mate, quickly mounts up to imposing figures when the vast number of cases of eggs that are stored is taken into consideration. In 45 cold-storage houses alone, according to the report of the American Warehousemen's as. sociation, about 3,75O,O0O cases of eggs were in storage on July 1, 1915. If these cases suffered the average dam- age. in these warehouses alone there would be loss to the country of $SS1 900 that might have been saved to the egg industry from producer to the consumer if shippers had been more careful in packing their early spring eggs.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
PROPER HOUSING FOR TOOLS
From Weather When Not in Use to Save Depreciation.

The only way to overcome deprecia- tion is to provide proper housing for all tools and implements. This will protect them from the weather when they are not in use. While the ques- ton of housing is important. it is equally important that the defective and broken parts be repaired.
 A workshop is required to make these repairs. It need not be large, but sufficiently roomy to allow for a work bench, stove, and a certain amount of floor space where the ma chinery or tools may be repaired, or taken apart and reassembled.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
In the SIeepinu Room,

Sleeping rooms should be cold. At least one window should be opened top and bottom all the time. The bed should be as far from the windows as possible, in corner out of the direct draft. The same treatment applies to small children and babies as we'll as to their parents. The mother who can convince herself of this will get re- suits. She will discover that her baby, if properly clothed and with a blanket pinned around his crib to prevent a current of air, will sleep more quietly, learn to keep under his bed clothing and will not catch cold so easily. Of course this does not apply to ailing infants or those under six weeks of age.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09

Ion Which Prevents Eggs From
 Shifting.
 time he has hauled them to the coun- try store or to the shipper investiga- tors find that approximately f per cent are cracked and one-tenth of one per cent mashed or leaking.
 If the country storekeeper rehandles the eggs and hauls them to the egg shipper, the number of cracked eggs fs increased to about per cent. In addition. three-tenths of per cent are mashed eggs or leakers that must be thrown out. If, however. the country Htorekeeper sends the cases of eggs to a nearby shipper by local freight, the total of cracked eggs has risen at the end of the journey to approximately z per cent, and l per cent more are mashed or leaking. The damage when eggs reach the big cities after haul of 1000 miles or more will depend upon the quality of the egg packing, the way the lot is placed in the car, and the way the railroad hauls the car. especially when switching. When the eggs arc shipped in car lots and both shippers and carriers do their work well. transit damage is kept down to as little as 1 per cent, includ- ing cracked, mashed, and leaking eggs.
 Approximately one egg in two cases gets mashed or becomes a leaker on the railroad rip. But when eggs are
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09


 tributes Pressure UnevenIy on the Top Layer.
 shipped in less than car lots, the tram sit damage is generally multiplied many times. The total damage from all handlings of eggs between the hen and the consumer, investigations show is certainly not less than 10 per cent and may be even greater. The 10 eggs out of 100 that are damaged con- sist of about eight eggs which are lowered in value by cracking and abe eggs which are total loss.
 Cracked Eggs Lower Prices.
 Because there are so many lightly cracked egg1 and because they will bring lower price if put in cases by themselves. most shippers have got Into the habit of including about 5 per cent of cracked eggs in the cases of supposedly sound eggs. This prac- tice has continued so long that the re- ceiyers in cities have adjusted prices accordingly. On the average the ship per is really paid for just what he ships.
 Very often the receiver planes the railroad for all the light as well as the heavy damage in the case; and since the inclusion Of the per cent of light iy damaged eggs has become generally known, 1t commonly is supposed that 1t Is these eggs which, being weak, are further damaged in transit. The investigators of the department. how aver. find thn these light cracks, or
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
GOOD POULTRY LICE POWDER
Dried Tobacco Stems, Powdered and Mixed With Stacked Lime, Is
 Excellent Mixture.

Tobacco stems, dried, powdered and mixed with slacked lime or used alone, make an excellent lice powder. The stems can be boiled, when the juice forms a good spraying liquid for kill ing the mites on the roost.
 For head lice on chicks apply the juice to the head with a small cam els-hair brush.
 Tincture of lark pur makes short work of the large head lice, but must be used carefully and in small Quan- titles.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09

audience suddenly begins to ask question and the minister answers in words from the Scripture. T h e first question is: Whom Am l to
 Believe ?
 If we receive the witness of man the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath tes- titied of his son, l John 5:9. It is not the church.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
Ouch!

It was 3 a. m., and Mrs. Gabb was awakened by her daughter. who stood by the bed shivering in her nightgown.
 "Oh, mamma" whispered Miss Gabb, sleep. I think there is man in the house."
 Mrs. Gabb glared at the other side of the bed, where MT. Gabb was giving an imitation of saw mill in full blast, and then she said
 Co to bed and go to sleep. daugh- ter. The noise you heard was your father snoring. And you can rest as- sured that there is not a man in the house."
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09
Questions of Man
 Replies by God
By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE Extension Department Moody Bible
 Institute of Chicago

TEXT-Only belieye.-Mark 5:36.
 Suppose minister is preaching on the word believe" A member of the
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-09

Improvement in a soul gets owner ship in it, even as it does in land We may have property in everyone we meet. if only we can find out how to bless him.-Horace Bushnell
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
SEARCH FOR A YOUNG BUDDHA
TO REPLACE OLD ONE DEAD

PICKING, Dec. 27.-One of the i'm
portant living Buddhas" of Mongolia,
the old Kanchurwa Hutuhktp, re-
Gently died and his senior disciple,
Lama Akewangyenlinpuleh, Is now in
Peking preparing to wake a pilgrim
age into Tibet in search of a young
boy in whom the soul of the old Hut
uhkutu has been reincarnated.
The Chinese government has grant
ed the Lama the use Of a private car
to the end of the government railway
in Mongolia, and from that point he
will proceed by caravan into Tibet
where he will search for young
Buddha to replace his old master.
Inquiries will be made by him In
Tibet for boys in miraculous way
with divine signs, such as a red light
or other forms of supposed divine
manifestations. at about the time the
old Hutuhqtu passed away. All the
boys thus secured will be then carried
to Lhassa, where their names will be
written on slabs of wood and placed
in a golden urn. The boy whose
name is first drawn out after due
ceremony will be declared the reem-
bodiment of the dead Buddka.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

OF fretting over. them after they have
passed, we will find that we have the
strength to rise above them. Worry
undermines the health to certain ex-
tent. 1t really weakens the mental
forces by firing them out by doing
nothing. Usually the relief from wor
ry rests with the vistim of this unhap-
by habit himself, but sometimes the
real causes are not the ones which
seem to explain the candition and we
must go deep into our lives or have
the assistance of those who are skill
ed in unrayeling mental processes.
The best antidote for worry is a
change of mental occupation, a get
ting away from the scenes which pro-
woke the worry. exercise in the open
air, a good book, a pleasant recrea-
ton, or a temporary change Of occupa-
ton. AS matter of mental health
every sufferer from this unfortunate
condition owes it to himself to discov-
er some simple means of getting away
from this habit which Is destructive to
health and peace of mind alike.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

The Office devil informs us that up
to last night his tabulated figures on
the reports from the warning countries
show: Killed, 256,S45,S29; Injured,
287, 462.7S4; Captured, 173.948,S43. By
way of explanation, he stated that
these figures show more than the com
bined populations of the countries at
war, still the bureaus make no ex-
llanation-and neither does he.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
MILITARY LAWS.

The United States has been cursed
by slip-shod arrangements for nationa
protection and defense. The yariou.
plans have been adopted and no soon
er does the necessity arise for the dis
play of their efficiency than some 9th
er way is offered. Along these lines
the Augusta Chronicle says:
A definite plan for military
training will be laid before con-
gress in the shape of a bill formu-
lated by the general staff Of the
army. 1t will be accompanied by
estimates of cost as compared
with the present volunteer sys-
TEN. And the sooner congress en-
acts these suggestions into law,
the better for the country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
VILLAS CHRISTMAS TREE.

A peculiarly vivid Christmas tree fol
Villa, the Mexican bandit, is describe,
in a paragraph from the Savanna!
Morning News.
When Villa jumped out of bed
Christmas morning to run and see
what Santa Claus had brought
him, he found his tree decorated
with four Carranza generals and
private, gracefully swinging
from ropes entwined among the
branches. A telegraph pole was
pressed into service to take care
Of the overflow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
WORRY IS A BIG
PRICE AS COST


Consider the automobile. When the
car is going to stand still for more
than few minutes the driver stops
the engine. By doing this he saves
gasoline, oil, and above all, the useless
wear aud tear on the machinery. If
he let's the engine run idle" he has
wasted a lot of valuable material,
shortened the life of his engine and In
the meantime the automobile hasn't
Judged an inch.
The birds build nests for the pro-
lection of their young against the
weather; the foxes dig holes for secur-
ity against foes; the squirrels lay by
stores of nuts against the coming Of
winter; and dogs bury bones against
the day when they will be scarce.
These are the manifestations of q
normal protective instinct arising from
an experience Of many, many genera
lions. So far is is known though, no
bird ever tried to build more nests
than his neighbor. No fox ever fretted
because he only had one hole in which
to hide; no squirrel ever died of anx-
iety lest he should not lay by enough
nuts for two winters instead of one;
and no dog ever lost any sleep over
the fact that he didn't have enough
bones laid aside to provide for his de-
Ginning years.
This protective instinct is also
present in the human mind and when
properly directed is great source OF
prosperity both to the individual and
the nationI In order for man to store
up and lay by, to gain advancement
either in honor or material things, it
is necessary that he takes some fore
thought of the morrow, but just as
soon as he carries this beyond the
normal point the mental process be-
comes an exaggerated and abnormal
one. The normal protective instinct is
stimulated by normal fear of those
events which are reasonably sure to
happen in the future unless means are
adopted against them. The moment
that this fear becomes abnormal or ex-
aggerated it over stimulates this
protective instinct and to no good
purpose because it results in worry.
This worry continues long after the
necessity for the normal stimulus OF
fear has passed, with the result that
there is an impairment in mental
power and a dissipation Of the nerv-
GUS forces. In other words, the men
ia! engine has been running idle" and
at the same time delivering no pro-
pulsive power. In fact. worry Is an
abnormal state.
Not all worry is preventable but
for the most part Ii can be avoided.
Most of our fears are never realized,
and as rule, If we meet our troubles
day by day as they come without wor-
rying about them before they arrive
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
AMERICAS EVIDENCE FOR
AMERICUS PEOPLE
The Statements of Americas Residents
Are Surely More Reliable Than
Those of Utter Strangers.

Home testimony is real proof.
Public statements of Americas PEG,
pie carry real weight.
What friend or neighbor says com
pels respect.
The word of one whose home is far
away invites your doubts.
Here's an Americas mans state.
ment.
And it's for Americas peoples bene-
fit.
Such evidence is convincing.
That's the kind of proof that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills.
D. J. Stevens, blacksmith, 314 Spring
St., Americas, says: "The kidney Sc
eretions were scanty and irregular ia
passage. suffered from sharp pains
in the small of my back, sometimes for
three days. Part OF this time l was
in bed, bent over and not able to
straighten up. / suffered from rheu-
matte pains a great deal, too. I took
about one box of Deans Kidney Pills
and they helped me-"
Price soc at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
noan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MIR. Stevens had. -Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
THE HOPE OF PEACE.

1t would be reasonable TO suppose
that President Wilson had some as
suranees that his recent offer Of peace
would receive earnest consideration at
the hands of all parties interested in
the great struggle. This is usually the
case In international affairs, and num-
erous incidents of history point to the
manner In which presidents and kings
have offered their good Office after
both sides intimated the agreeableness
of consideration. Still one can hardly
see how such conditions existed.
Germany only few days before the
startling notes from President Wilson,
had spoken for her allies In offers Of
peace without any definite stipulated
terms. This was met among the ma
lions of the Entente Allies with bare
consideration-and a quick rebuff.
Lloyd George, the new Englis prem
Ter, appeared for the first time as the
great man Of his government, in de-
nouncing the Teutonic forces. In the
face of this, the president Of the
United States dispatches his peace
note.
The first offer made by Mr.. Wilson
came soon after the beginning of the
struggle and was merely notification
that the United States would be glad to
act at any time the nations at war ex-
pressed willingness.
Europe Is not ready for peace, and
it seems peculiar that the United
States should desire to urge the cessa-
ton Of hostilities at this particular
juncture. The sympathy of America is
plainly with the Entente and their
cause. Germany has reached the pin
nacle of her success, according to ap-
parent determination of responsible
critics.
The boundary lines of Europe before
the war began IS no term of peace The
establishment of the kingdoms of Po-
land and Lithuania are merely second
airy to the real cause of the war. The
root of the struggle is German militar-
ism, and peace at this time would be
success for the Prussian heel.
However good the intentions Of Pres
ident Wilson may be, his efforts are
doomed to failure until one side or the
other forces the enemy to their knees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
THE WISE PROVISION.

1t is we'll that Governor Harris is
making temporary provision for an
overflow at the state capitol in Atlanta
In few years the plans will be COM
pleted for erecting the new state house
in Macon.
Georgia's capitol is not large enough
Cor the many varied affairs of state
which have arisen since the present
structure was erected. The state house
needs room to grow, and as long as a
number of definite and needed changes
must come it will we'll to do walt until
the new capitol is erected-in Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
HER GENEROSITY.

A type of madness with which Ger
many and her people are infected is
shown by their belief that nothing can
defeat them. The supreme confidence
which seems to be Unborn has carried
them far in this way. The Fatherland
that sheet published In New York, In
the interest Of the hyphen, refers to
German generosity and honesty" as
a fault. Forbid, such. Their comment
is:
Stripped of bluff and bragga-
docio, Lloyd Georges speech
means that England is ready to
bicker for terms. Let not Ger
many lose at the green table what
she has won on the red field.
Hannibal's brother said to him:
Thou knowest how to win victor
les. but not how to use them" We
trust that Germany will not imi-
tate the fault of Hannibal. The
status quo ante would give her the
title of victory, but rob her of its
fruits. Germany must insist upon
an open road to Bagdad and an
open road to the sea. Her gener-
osity and her honesty are handi-
caps in dealing with an enemy
who has neither the one nor the
other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27
SedbOdrd Air Line
The Progressive Railway Of the South

Leave Americas for Cordele. Ro-
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
Inns, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond
Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 D m
$3.50 q m
Leave Americas for Cordele. Abbe-
Vile, Helena and intermediate points
5:11 p m
Leave Americas for Richland. At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
S:OS m
Leave Americas for Richland. Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
date points
10000 o m
Seaboard Buffet Parlor- Sfeeping Car
on Trains IL and IA arriving Americas
from Savannah 11:25 D. M. and leay-
ing Americas for Savannah 2:3O a. m.
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
$3.50 a. M, will be open for passengers
at 11:40 p. m.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americas.
Ca; c. w. Small, Div. Pass, Agent.
Savannah. Ga; c. B. RYAN. G. P. A..
Norfolk, We.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

The railroads of the country are said
- have earned over a billion dollars,
with the eastern roads leading in the
net earnings. You don't hear Of news
papers doing such a thing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

Many interested friends will be glad
TO learn that Italy announces that she
continues in the war. (These occas-
ional reminders are always pleasant to
the admirers of the Entente Allies.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

For some reason or other Franc
Mangums editor of the Swainsboro For
est Blade, has flung his hat in the
rtate political ring for 1918 as a can
0idate for prison commissioner. There
may be something to the .early bird
sessins the worm.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

Our idea of economy is that fellow
who hung himself with the cord from
a Christmas package sent him. Make
ether folks care for your wants.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

Admiral george Dewey was 70 years
old yesterday. We'd like to see him
have charge of that English feet for
a season, and some folks would find
that it was shorter trip to Heligoland
than to Tipperary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

An Allied leet is reported off the
Atlantic coast. 1t must be cruising
around to take look at ours, and
venture guess at the length of time
it would take one of the Kaiser's sub
marines to wipe the said fleet off of
the seas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

This is almost midway between
Christmas aud New Year, and fellow
can remember that morning after in
the same thought as the New Year
resolution
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

Congressman "Gussie" Gardner has
Eepudiated Republican Leader Mann.
It is reasonable to suppose that Mann
Tepudiated first.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

The new county fever has suffered a
relapse. Announcement comes that
Midwife will attempt to make herself
the capital of section composed of
Emanuel, Burke, Jenkins and Jeffer
son.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-12-27

Japan has a population of seventy
seven millions now, which shows rapid
progress towards the high mark set
by the United States.