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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

dosed if the raiser is experimen entally inclined. Airslaked lime is a cheap, eff fectual disinfectant to use around the
 coops and feeding boards. For few days after suspicious case has been | removed, copperas (sulphate of from or permanganate of potash may be used in the flock's drinking water. This is not absolutely essential, since the para site is in the earth or in the excre- ment of infected birds. All dead tur- keys should be burned or buried deep ly A plentiful supply of charcoal in rations is a wise precaution
 TURPENTINE VERSUS PARASITE The only treatment I have found helpful is turpentine. l do not offer it as a cure, but I do know that 1t
 has been used again and again With gratifying results to prevent general infection of the flock. I speak par ticularIy of turkeys old enough to eat wheat On farm where blackhead has claimed victims at various times Tor
 some years, the farmer at first 1ndi-
 cation of it's activity, begins to use tur-
 pentine. For 20 birds of 10 weeks age
 he mixes one tablespoonful Of turpen-
 tine with one quart of wheat Tor
 breakfast As they grow accustomed TO
 the taste, he increases the dose to two
 ia ablespoonfuls After a week he omits
 the turpentine unless the birds con-
 tinue to sicken, which seldom hap
 pens. Those turkeys just infected oft
 en improve and apparently recover
 After decided emaciation and loss Of appetite appear, there is no hope
 While an infected fowl remains in
 weight, it has a chance. The use of
 turpentine In early infection seems to
 devitalize the germ. Emaciation bears
 testimony to the work of the parasite
 in liver and intestines, for these organs
 are greatly impaired by the infection.
 The Rhode Island station investiga-
 tors are inclined to believe that black
 head and white diarrhoea In young
 chickens are correlative, or identical
 Outward signs as well as microscopic
 examination tend to confirm the the
 ory.
 It cannot be denied that blackhead is to be feared by turkey raisers. Yet its appearance on a farm need not en- tirely dishearten. Prompt measures to isolate sick birds, burning of car casses and use of turpentine prevent it's spreading. If the acreage permits it., the healthy turks may be removed to another pasture, preferably a wheat field, to which other poultry has no ac- cess. If the disease has obtained such a foothold as to make heavy inroads annually in the flock. al last resort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
SILVER-LACED WYANDOTTEs

Early in the history of fancy poultry breeding in America an attempt was made to produce a Cochin Bantam with the beautiful lacings of the Seabrights. A Sea albright cock was crossed with Cochin hen. When the size of this offspring proved too large to class as bantam, they were dubbed Seabright Cochins Other crosses of Silver-Spangled Ham burgs and Cochins were made the blood of the two crosses intermingled. The resulting fowls were mated to a fowl known as the Eureka which was the result of a cross of Silver -Spangled Ham burgs on Dark Brama females.
 When these two strains were brought together more uniform specimens were produced The fowls had rose-combs and their plumage was much the same as it Is today. The females are beautifully laced black and white in all sections and the male laced in the breast and body and striped in the neck and saddle. This coloration, while very crude at that time and not to be compared with its beauty
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as it has been refined and is bred today, was sufficient to get the American breed CTS in favor of the fowl. In addition to it's attractive coloring, the new breed proved to be heavy layers.
 Such was the origin of all Wyandotte fowls. All other varieties are descended from it in some way The Silver Wyan- dotte enjoyed immense popularity, rival ing the famous Barred Rock, until the White Wyandottes appeared.
 The Silver-Laced Wyandotte is hard to breed true It is doubtful if any other variety of poultry is as difficult to pro- duce. It is ideal for the home flock. how ever The hens are heavy layers of large eggs. They get broody and are good mothers. The chicks like those of the other American breeds, are rugged and active and rapid growers. When full grown this variety weighs 71a to S1z pounds for males and 51a to 614 pounds for females. They are docile and easily con- fined, doing as well in confinement as on free range.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

it would pay to dispense with the in- dustry for a year or two In this time the parasites lose vitality if they do not wholly disappear. With new and healthy flock and a rising tide of hope the turkey raiser may start afresh.
 Is poultry culture a safe venture Is it easy to make money with hens Thousands are interested in the prob lem. and it is gaining greater promi- hence every year. In next weeks arti- cle, entitled "Keystones That Insure Success in Poultry Culture" the writer puts it squarely up to the reader what may be expected, both from the poui- tryman and from his flock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
"PREsENT-DAY CHINA"

By Garner L. Harding. Eight Full Page
 Illustrations from Photographs. The
 Century Company Publishers, New
 York
 "Present-Day. China" by Gardner L.. Harding, is a concise summing up of the problems, the achievements, and the pros- poets of the Chinese republic.
 MT. Harding was probably the only white man in China who enjoyed the complete confidence of pr. Sun Vat Sen and his party during the recent revolu- ton. He was with Dr. Sun the night the revolution broke out He followed the campaign from Shanghai to Ranking, where he was the only foreign correspon- dent with the beseging northern army, with whom he entered the city and wit messed the terrible three days of sack and slaughter with which they took revenge. After the collapse of the revolution MT. Harding set to work to find out just what the republic has accomplished in China. In Picking he secured obscure parts of the city where no foreigner had ever thought 1t worth while to go, interview ing suffragistS, students, political leaders teachers. He went over the cotton fac tories of Shanghai, studied coal mnes railroads and financial conditions with one point in view-the possibility of Chinese industrial growth for the Chinese them selves.
 Mir. Harding is convinced that the re- publican movement, far from being a flash in the pan, is the symbol of a pro- found and universal regeneration in China, and this is the guiding idea of his book. He sketches the leading figures of the new China; he shows the splendid qualities that were brought out in the people by their experience in revolution; he describes the ill-starred Chinese Par liament in actual session as he witnessed it, he tells surprising things about the part played by women in the awakening of China, the Chinese Suffragette society, the achievements of Chinese women in nursing, teaching and writing; he analyses the causes of Yuan Shi-Kafs rise to power, the sinister encroachments of Japan upon Chna's sovereignty, and the scarcely less interruptions dealings of the European powers; he tabulates the present status of the railway question in China. showing it's vital connection with China s future. In a concluding chapter he urges that the only way of preventing China from becoming a cause of world-disaster in times to come is for the rest of the world to aid it in upbuilding itself.
 Gardner L. Harding is. by his own con- lcSS1Oi dS dS dLly COuuSu I1o was born in New England in 1887 and graduated from Harvard in 1910. Immedi- ately afterward he went to England, where he remained three and half years as newspaper correspondent and stu dent of political and labor questions. Early in 1914 he went to China, largely as a personal speculation in the vital world importance of the Chinese revolu- tion, and soon found himself in the very thick of it, continually in touch with the real forces behind the revolutionary move nnent. Since his return to America Mir. Harding has made a name for himself through his contributions to various
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plan of educatio that seeks to find for the youth his life-work," he de- clares, recognizing that one of the great est, if not the greatest tragedy of the modern world is the result of lack of fit ness, lack of sympathy between the in- dividual and his work. But for this kind of life-preparation the old idea that Teacher extracting fact from book and inserting it in childs brain equals educa- ton will not answer; such so-called training kills imagination, and 1t imagi- nation, "the seeing of the spirit of things which is of the utmost importance. Here it will be noticed that Mir. Comfort is very near to Browning:
 And to know
 Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may
 escape.
 There is scarcely page of this extraor- dinarf1y rich book which does not tempt to quotation. Out of an abundance of experience, good and evil, an abundance of living in the full sense of the word living in brain and heart and soul-Mr. Comfort pours forth much of the essence of his gains. In that vivid, impressionistic style which he has made his own, he talks of roses and building, of trees and children and the unfit. of cruety and social problems and The Choice of the Many and again and yet again of work the joy of it, the value of it:
 Nothing can happen so important to a man as to find his particular thing to do. The greatest wrong that has been done us by past generations is the detachment of work and religion.
 THE HIDDEN SPRING" By Clarence B. Keland. Harper Brothers,
 publishers, New York.
 With his dog and 8 suitcase-and not much else-the young man stepped off the train and into situation both hu- monous and thrilling-with a. blue-eyed girl at the other end of it. A millionaire kicked the dog and the easy-going young man suddenly became a human torpedo very human and very explosive. The millionaire owned the town and was good at cooking and fighting. The young man found out how to fight-and to love. The spring is touched and a hero leaps to the front fighting for victory in love and affairs.
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED CREVIEWS
 LATER)
 THE BEASTS OF TARTAN" By Ed gar Rice Burroughs. With illustrations by J. Allen St. John. A. c. McClurg & Co.,, publishers. hicago
 "vTvIETTE." By William J. Locke With illustrations in color. By Earl Stetson Crawford. The John Lane com pany, publishers, New York.
 "A CAPITALISTS VIEW OF SO- CIALISM.' By the author of Prom Boy hood to Manhood. With an introduction by Benjamin Paul Blood Parke, Aus tin & Lipscomb Gnc) publishers, New York
 THE BORDER LEGION" By Zane Grey. Harper Brothers, publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
HOW BLACKHEAD TRAVELLED

How this parasite has finally jour neyed from New England throughout the states may only be conjected. It is reasonable to believe that turkeys shipped from one point to another have been responsible in part. Pigeons and quail are susceptible to it's infection, and rats and mice are carriers. Per haps among it's other activities, the sparrow has hastened the prevalence of this pest. Certainly they may bear germs from farm to farm in their free- lance feeding. Some intelligent people believe that certain farm seeds and commercial fertilizers share the re- sponsibility for its dissemination. The parasite once settled on new territory exercises the right of squatter sover- eighty. It is difficult to dislodge It is said that the soils of certain New Eng land states are so impregnated with the parasite that even the game birds are being depleted.
 Scientists declare there is no cure for blackhead. Knowing these facts concerning 1t, how can raisers protect themselves? Prevention is the reply. Since it attacks all poultry, turkeys should be raised apart. and never all lowed to feed where fowls run. Fresh turned ground. as far as possible, is recommended for turkeys. Their habit of ranging abroad may be encouraged. New stock should always be subject to the closest scrutiny. Mopy or light weight turkeys or "finicky" feeders are suspicious. If possible. one should ac- quaint ones self with the history of the flocks from which ones breeders are selected. At the first sign of sick ness, the ailing turkey should be iso- lated. Upon the appearance of black head prudence would dictate the re- moval of the healthy turkeys to a new range, such as wheat or hay field. The sick turkey may be put in coop reserved for hospital purposes. and be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

With the abolishment of the low-spade bid. permitting the dealer to pass, etc, it is safe to say that auction as it is played today is pretty definitely fixed in form. Auction has no peer among the many games with playing cards in which skill Is made the predominatinG factor, and its vogue is constantly in creasing as the appreciation of this fact spreads.
 MT, Ehlermann's book is intended for those who have acquired some knowl edge of auction, but who fall short of real proficiency in their play through a lack of understanding of those finer points of the game which mark the play of the master. Anyone who can play auction at all can play 1t better if properly coached. The author seeks to initiate the average player into those subtleties which will bring his play into that of first rank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
CHILD AND COUNTRY"

By Will Lexington Comfort; George H.
 Doran company, publishers, New
 York
 MT. Will Lexington Comfort, the dis tinguished author of "Midstream' ' Down Among Men," "Rutledge Rides Alone" and other splendid books, of fers as his latest contribution to liter ary fields Child and Country" which he subtitles. "A Book for the Younger Generation"
 In this book Mir. Comfort recounts certain of his own experiences at
 Stonestudy, the country home by the shores of Lake Erie, whither he and Penelope all readers of Mid stream will remember-went to escape from the city. Then it was that the author, dissatisfied with the education his 10-year-old daughter was receiving from ordinary schools. decided to try teaching her himself This was the beginning of little class. varying in age from 10 or Il to 20, for young men presently came to the quiet abode by the lake seek ing guidance. Authorship is the work of Stonestudy and shall always be-" but of training in it's stereotyped forms there is none. Those who come bring nothing in their hands, 1t being an important factor in MT. Comforts theory that a part of the duty and joy of each good workman should be to instruct in his craft those of the youth about him who are This own by virtue of the spirit if not of the flesh. q would support any
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
ABOUT SPORT CLOTHES.

Paris, evidently taking a cue from
the inquiries of American buyers who
were In search of good sport clothes
models this spring, has surpassed itself.
for never have jauntier sport clothes
been seen among the French importa
tons suited for outdoor sports and
pleasures. The most up to date mod
els are tnoSe which are carried cot In
either the silk or the wool jersey ma
terials. The wool jersey clothes are
more sportsmanlike and better suited
for active games and pleasures, but
silk jersey will look lovely at race
meets and the more graceful athletic
sports and games.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
CLOTHES AND THE MAN.
How to Be Well Dressed and Not Lool
Like a Cloudy Winter Day.

Like a Cloudy winter Day.
In the American Magazine is an ac
count of one of the most successful
insurance solicitors in the country
who attributes a large part of his u
cess TO the fact that he always look
well dressed and prosperous.
IF you have only n suit of clothes
keep that one suit clean and pressed al
the time" he says. Press your trou
sers yourself every day If necessary.
have pressed my trousers lots of times
Keep your shoes shined.
IF you can afford several suits
change off from one suit to anothe
frequently and keep all of them spot
less and well pressed. | wear :;
suit longer than the second day at +;
time. To change every day is better
1t gives the clothes a chance ~ rest
l always hang my clothes on hanger
the minute | take them off. 1t give
them a chance to come back int
shape and the nap to come up again.
at is a great economy to nav lots o
good clothes. A suit will last twice
and three times as long and Away,
look well If you keep changing off from
one to another. Besides, people &c
tired of seeing a man In the same sui
day after day for a whole season.
"When | started In the insurance
business years ago l realized that tt
make a good appearance was to lool
prosperous, and I paid much attention
to M dress. | avoided solid colors
and always selected clothes with som,
life In them. A dash of color abou
your person, whether 1t be In tht
plaid of the suit, the shirt, tie, hat Oh
handkerchief ~protruding from the oai
pocket, will take away the monoton.
of ones appearance and Is sure tt
please. But, in adding this life n
pep to ones appearance. avoid, above
all things, the colors that clash. Gel
clothes with snap and 'life;' avoii
those which make the wearer look like
a cloudy winter day"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
WON THE AUDIENCE.
Bernhardt's Clever Trick Turned Cold
ness to Enthusiasm.


ness to Enthusiasm.
Once when Sarah Bernhardt was act
ing In Italy the audience was rath
er ~unfriendly, owing to the fact tina
the prices of the seats had been con
siderably increased.
After the first act Nine. Bernhard
called her maid and gave her some di
rections In an undertone. The mai
left the theater, but speedily returned
and just before her mistress went o.
the stage again she handed her some
thing as, she stood In the wings. TIL
scene progressed. 1.-THE Divine Sarah
seemed hoarse. She tried to clear he
throat, passed her handkerchief acros
her mouth, and suddenly a stream o
blood poured from her lips, and sh
fell into the arms of the actor wit
whom she was playing.
The curtain was promptly rum
down, and the audience waited breath
lessly to hear the worst. All thei
previous yexation was turned t .sym
pathy, and when it was announces
that the great actress would shortl.
resume her part rather than disaI
point them the cheering was deafen
ing. When madame came on agail
the people %applauded her as loudly a
formerly they had shown their disaI
prevail. and the rest of the play wa
one long triumph.
But that audience W. knew tn
truth, for when madame had sent he
maid out of the theater it was to ge
her a small bladder of red ink, whicl
she kept in her handkerchief an(
which she bit through with her teetl
SO as to produce the alarming effec
that had transformed her audience
Pearson's Weekly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
CHECKS STILL M0DISH.

For wear on vacations and in the
mountains, for all travel, Is this natty
suit of navy and white check worsted-
Navy taffeta Is used as a banding on
the coats flare, a metal strip aecen'
tuating the belt line. Revers are also
featured In taffeta, and crisp organdie
furnishes a collar. The stick-up OF a
rose and its foliage on the turban Is
chic.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
The Difficulty.

"My wife's mad with me and has
gone on a hunger strike"
'Then let her go hungry till sh.
comes to her senses. Why should yor
worry?"
Because I'm the n that's COINS
hungry.'-Baltimore American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
Accomplished.

Randall-After twenty-five years o.
married life she loves her husband a!
much as V e R~ogers-Yes, and sh,
annoys him In other ways, too.-Life.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-28
Tied.

"They say he's tied to his wife's
apron strings"
"His wife is far too rich to wear
aprons. Purse strings is the term.''-
Kansas City Journal.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-06
MGHLANDERS IN
Fast G !
JAPANESE Team

in order to celebrate Labor Day as
q holiday the country folks at EVA
staged Q bali game betwecn the Japa-
anese I'M. b. Al. nine and the Homo
amlu HiehlandeFs, which resulted In a
score Of 5 to ( In faver Of the High
lanaefs The game was well played
throuehouf. More than 800 plantation
fans and fanettes watched the game.
The score stood TO ] In favor Of the
Y. n B. A. nine 1t the close OF the
sixth frame. The Highlandefs got the
fans on their toes when two were
gone. starting q batting rally and ham
mered the Y. M. p. As slabster 10
ali corners OF the lot and when the
last out was made four runs had Teen
scored.
Both teams were unable to send a
man. across the pan throughout the
latter part Of the game. The Japan
ese failed 70 hit and Pitcher Chung
Of the Highlanders held them score
less. When the game ended the score
was 70 4 with the Hlghlanders the
victors. Chung OF the winners de-
serves much credit AZ he sent IA o;
the opponents to warm the bench by
the s. o. route.
The lineups Of the two teams were:
Hiehlanders- Philip. c.; Loo Gee.
81 sam, 81; Bento. c. T.: Chung, D.;
Rodriguez. q: Quin, :. T.; John, ID;
C. John. %.
TN. B. A.-Toshi, 80; Itato. %:
Saito, SIS: Kawaguich. p: Imori. c.;
Shinmoto. c. T.; Katsui. T. T., and
Hnshi, 10.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-06

Far back in 1877, at Louisville. Ten
Brock electrified racing enthusiasts by
running a mile In the then unprece-
dented time Of 1889 "a. This record
stood until Racine reduced II TO
1:39 IL az Washington Park in 1890.
This was equalled at Morris Park by
la Tosca in 1891, and at the same
track chorister ran mile in 1879 IA
in 1893.
II was not until 1894 that a mile
was run in better than 1889, Libertine
scoring In 1 :3s "a at Harlem, Oct. "a
OF that year, Il thus requiring seven
teen years TO reduce the Ten Brock
record to the full etxent Of a second.
Previously in that same year. 1894. a
mile had for the first time in this
country been run In l:39.. This was
when George Forbes speedy old sell.
ing platter Arab covered mile 10 that
time at, Morris Park, June II, and
DDcat equalled IL at Sheepshead Bay
on Aug. Is.
The Libertine record held good un-
III 1900. When Voter ran mile in
1873 at Brighton Beach, and Orimar
did the same at Washington Park.
In 1901 Brigadier became the record
holder by running a mile at Sleeps
head Bay in 1877 As, and held that
distinction until Allan-a,Dale cut the
time to 1877 s-6 at Washington Park
July /, 1903. Allan-a-Dale's supre-
macy was shortlived, lasting until
Aug. IA Of the same year. when Dick
Welles established the faster record
OF 1:S7 rs at Harlem.
This time was tied by Kiamesha at
belmont Park. Oct. 9, 1905. II was not
again eQualled until Aug. Is, 1908,
when Fern l., carrying the light bur-
den OF eighty pounds. ran in the same
time At Seattle.
From the time horses began to run
over the new Santa Anita track II was
obvious that II was such phenome-
nally fast course that in time 1t must
inevitably hold many Of the records.
II acquired the mile record Dec. %,
1908, when Centre Shot. with los
pounds in the saddle. seta new record