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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
TFT IS ALIVE" JOY
BEATS GLOOM AT FIRE
poodle Gets Air From Crack In
Floor and Survives Blaze
in Grocery

-. az French poodles sometimes do.
=. ,,der the bed last night He chose
se.,nn spot. close UP In a corner where
=. cold nose could take in fresh breaths
-, = mysterious crack In the floor
ahaye him, on the mattress and in the
49,, he'd coverings. slept his master.
t.rnsa Close, who, with his family, occu
ss.S tho floor above their delcatessen store.
pfii9 North Fifty-second street. In ad-
ss,st.. rooms were the masters wife, his
ss.a,ber-In-law. Mrs. Yetta Parkinson. and
-. three children, who, In waking hours.
n not in Dreamland, were playmates OF Fin
t-in for all anybody knows, was dreaming
.so,a the cans Of salmon and the strips
~ liver in the delicatessen store below,
-h.n a n1otorman in southbound Fifty
-..ond street car passed and looked In that
s.,y same store. II was n little after 3
,,c,ook this morning and cold as II could
n every place except the spot where Flf
snoozed, and-in tine ueucateSseh Ihere
ras n FIRE tAerel
tina motorman sped the car to Girard
.vanue where he met Policeman Brawley
"a the Sixty-first and Thompson streets
roiioe station and fire alarm was turned
X from the box. Policeman Brawley hur-
ried to the dellcatessen and reused all the
occupants OF the house. They came out
on the cold street in their night clothes, the
r,snacing smoke and flames coming UP too
sast from the store to give them time to
NJ. d. Nixon, a paperhnnger his wife and
tour children were aroused from the house
AZ ii14 North Fifty-second street, and Abe
fduslaB, who conducts five and ten cent
store at 1410. his wifc and four children,
we're assisted out of their smoke-fllled
rooms Theodore Lipsias, eight years old,
got lost from his mother. who was help
ing him down the back stairway and went
into the dellcatessen, but Policeman Braw-
iey went into the smoke and carried him
out.
Fire engines were pufflng In tho street I;
there were loud cries through the houses
glass wasI cracking and shattering in loud
crashes and the tmbers OF the lower floor
Of the house were cracking and sizzling
under the play of the fire hose, when one
OF the Close children asked where Fiji was.
Mr.. Close--it was the greatest loss of the
hre--answered that Fin was dead.
Then the children shivered in the cold
rescue Fiji. Where had Fla last been seen
allve7 Mr.. Close said he thought he had
heard him earlier in the night under the
bed,
When hremen clambered into the bed.
ROOM filled with smoke, and its curtains,
rugs and other furnishings charred with
FIRE, there seemed no hope for Fih. Even
the mattress OF the bed above him was
glowing with embers. The flremen pulled
the bed back from the wall and found him
lying there, his cold nose close to the
mysterious crack But when, they touched
him. Flfi jumped up. snifred his nose bit
and wagged his tail He appeared as II he
had been awakened from pleasant dream
Of cans of salmon and strips of liver.
The damage to the building amounted to
about s2500. But Fih is alive
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27

OF the triangle, voiced the indignation that
many OF the parents feel
Were indignant because the same re-
suits could have been obtained simply by
other people by playing on the lot" she
said. We don't need a cop 70 watch
them.
Before the Smiths moved here we had
several robberies and many annoyances.
but we never saw an officer In the neigh
borhood gang of men used to gather
In the lot every Sunday afternoon and
shoot crap unmoIested But now we have
COP on duty all day 20 keep our own
children on the lot"
A majority Of Mrs AlbrIghts neighbors
on the west side OF Broad street between
Lycomlng and Jerome and on the south
side OF Jerome street between Broad and
Sixteenth expressed the same opinion. In
tho meantime King Boy 10 directing his
scouts In search for another site for his
kingdom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27

ments, removal OF debris and planting Of
grass enhanced the spot. Boys congregated
there never before. But today although
green and. In fact a very pretty back yard
for the Smith home, the triangle Is IA use
less and barren as n desert as far as the
boys are concerned.
A burly blue-coated policeman is the
reason. He appeared one day and ordered
the boys away. The next day no repeated
II. He appeared every morning at o'clock
and remained until o'clock in the after
noon.
Members OF the Smith family denied that
they had used influence to have a police
man detailed there. II was Also pointed
out that tho triangle was frequented by
crap shooters" on Sundays.
But this neighborhood is skeptlcal. Be-
fore tho influential family moved there n
policeman came around as often as Christ
mas" 1t was said.
Mrs. Albert Albright who lives at 1I22
Jerome street. which forms one of tho legs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
TWO HURT IN 5O-FooT FALL
Workmen Injured as Brick Elevator
Breaks at Kensington School

Two men were hurt. ono seriously. when
brick elevator at tho New Kensington
High School for Girls, Cumberland and
Amber streets, now being constructed, fell
fifty feet to the ground with them. Tho
cable broke.
The injured men are John PrenderBrls.
ffty-two years old. 1887 Judson street, who
received internal injuries and a bruised
arm, and Amato Meloni, twenty-seven
years old. 41s0 Frankford avenue, who es-
capped with slight injuries, because the force
OF his fall was broken by a beam which he
clung to. Prendergris was taken to st.
Joseph's Hospital and Meloni TO the Epis-
eopal Hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
DRESS LIKE MOTHERS
PRIEST TELLS WOMEN
Only Pipestems Wear Short Skirts, the
Rev. ]. J. Coroner Tells His
Congregation

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. a7.-The Rev. j.
J. Coroner. pastor Of st. Johns Catholic
Church, Plttston. told his congregation sun
day morning that the women of today are
devoting more time to their form and dress
than to their character.
The women with nno forms do not dis
play them; IT'S the ones with the poor liz
tlo shanks and the plpestems that like to
wear the short skirt" the priest said. He
urged the women to dress as plainly as
their mothers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
SLEEPWALKER'S SKULL
FRACTURED BY FALL
Mertztown Lad Found Unconscious
Under Barn--Condition Is Criti-
cal, His Physicians Say

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Nov. 27.-Raymond
Hsrtzog, nineteen years old, of Mertztown
with a reputation as a somnambulist, is in
Allentown Hospital with a fractured skull,
the result of a fall while sleepwalking Sat-
urday night.
When called for breakfast yesterday he
did not respond. His room was empt, but
his clothes were there. Blood on the walk
showed he must have aAllen from the win
dow. After an all-day search he was found
unconscious under the hay in the barn. He
has not recovered consciousness and his
condition is critical. Members Of his fam
fly are rich farmers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27

Graham, OF Chester County. and william
i. Ramsey and IT. II. Hepburn. Of Della
ware
The three Chester County members are
followers Of senator-elect T. Larry Eyre.
who was the local option whip" during
tho last session. Eyre ran as the Brum-
baugh candidate during the recent cleo
tion, and he and his Chester colleagues
are local optlonists.
In the meantime. small booms for Rep
resentatlves Thomas r. McNchol and Ed
win r. Cox, Of Philadelphia, have been
started quietly. MoNlchol and Cox are both
ware followers, and their names are being
mentioned in connection with the speaker
ship only in the remote possibility OF a
Philadelphlan being elected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
wins probated By the Register

Wills probated today were those OF Ho-
nora Gallagher, 1901 South Broad street.
which, in private bequests. disposes OF prop
erty valued at sSO,s5O; DR.. Alexander W.
Barbara Il. Dewitt, s01 South Second street.
sslOO; John zieEenthaler, 1911 BoclSius
street, s4176; Annie t. Owens. 934 South
Fifty-eighth street. $500; Henry MerlSel
who died in the Rush Hospital, 5000. and
Arnold Husing, st. Joseph's Hospital. $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27

Walnut Street Windows to Be Judged
Some time between December s and 70
the exact date being kept secret-the 1udf
ing will be done In the night window com
petition OF the Walnut Street business
Association More than 100 entries are
listed. The judges are: Robert Grier Cooke
president OF the Fifth Avenue Association
Of New York Thomas p. Moran, presideut|
OF the Chamber Of Commerce, OF washing
ton, and Edwin A. seidewitz. president of
the Rotary Club, Of Baltimore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27

Window SmSshers Flee with Gems
JOLIET. III, Nov. 24-Robbers smashed
windows in the stores Of Rice q Larzen and
the johnson jewelry store today and es-
capped with jewels valued at $4,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-27
British Gums Aetlve Near La Bassee

" LUNUONt NOV. u.
Aside from activity by British artillery In
the sector fla Bassee, there is nothing
to report from the western front, the War
Office announced today.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
SWAT THE FLY
Prevention and Cure Both Recon-
mended by the Experiment Sta
ton to Control the Typhoid
Carrier

The best means of getting rid of
flies is to never let them get foot
hold, according to w. w. SWEET of the
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. Although his recommendations
are made mainly from the standpoint
of protecting cows against flies, they
are just as applicable to the protec-
ton of people.
The best means of fly control is
through preventing them from breed
ing. 1t requires ten days for the fly
to develop from egg to adult, so il
all barnyard manure and other filth in
which it can develop is cleaned up ev-
cry five or eight days, the flies, sup
ply will be cut off. If it is impossible
to remove the filth far enough so that
the flies which breed in it cannot
reach the house or barns, it may be
treated with powdered borax sprink-
led over the manure pile or other filth
at the rate of about an ounce foreach
cubic foot to be treated. After it
has been sprinkled on, it should be
washed through the pile with water.
Half pound of Hellebore which has
been allowed to stand in ten gallons of
water from ten to "a hours, may be
sprinkled at the rate of gallon to
the cubic foot on the filth to be treat
ed.
In either barns or houses fiy-traps
help little and a great deal of re-
lief may be obtained by mixing half
pint Of milk, half pint of water,
and two tablespoons of formalin Gao
per cent formaldehyde). Stronger
mixtures have so much formalin in
them that the flies do not drink it. A
slice of bread may be placed in the
plate in which the mixture is exposed
Cows may be protected by means
of commercial or homemade repel-
lants. Pyrethrum powder is good and
the commercial repellants are general
ly preferable if they do not cost toe
much. Homemade mixtures of either
one part of crude carbelic acid or pine
tar with nine parts Of cotton seed OF
give veEy good results if applied
lightly but if applied too heavily they
will injure the skin and hair and de
more damage than the flies will.
L
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
SLAUGHTER

"We killed thousand Germans"
remarks the dauntless Russ; "this
sort of thing determines the victory
for us. We captured many rifles, a
mortar and bomb, and other warlike
trihes, which shows we're going
some.' GAS frolicsome as kittens we
marched into the fray, and slew 10,-
600 Britons," the fighting Germans
say. Each day we read the story of
death and all its works, of Frenchmen
dead and glory, of Dissicated Turks.
The Prussian and the Roman go forth
to fight each morn; perhaps they shear
the foeman, and maybe they are shorn;
the sum of all their striving, is useless,
empty, vain,. The warriors surviv-
ing may brag of those they've slain.
Far better would be boasting of fields
Of oats and rye, of corn ears fit for
roasting, and pumpkins ripe for pie;
of orchards nobly bearing, and gar
dens filled with greens, and hardy
vines a-wearing a wealth of Lima
beans, of large green watermelons
grown in the fertile mud-but kings
and kindred felons are not yet tired
Of blood. Walt Mason.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
CALL FOR PLATFORM
CONVENTION TO MEET AT
JEFFERSON CITY, AUG. 2

The Democratic State Committee is
called to meet in Jefferson City at the
parlors of the Madison House, at
noon, Tuesday, August %, for the pur-
pose of transacting such business as
may come before said committee and
also to organize the new committee,
and after having so organized said
committee, shall meet with the party
nominees for State offices-Congress-
men, State Senators, Representatives
and aid in formulating State plat
form of the Democratic party.
D. G. McCLUNG, Chairman.
G. H. Middlekamp, Secretary.
AS directed by the law, the Demo
cratic State Platform Convention il
called to meet at Jefferson City, Tues
day, August %, for the purpose Of
formulating State platform of the
Democratic party, and transact Other
such business as may properly come
before this meeting.
D. C. McCLUNG, Chairman.
G. H. Middelkamp, Secretary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
FALLS FROM LOAD OF
WHEAT AND is KILLED

James Sasseen, well-to-do farmer
living on one of the John E. Marshall
farms near Blodgett, was fatally in
iured Wednesday morning, when he
fell from a wagon-load of wheat he
was hauling from his place to Blodg-
EFT. The wheels of the wagon did not
pass over his body, but he was drag
ged for some distance and suffered
bruises which injured him internally
to such an extent that he died at 8
o'clock that evening. His most Sc
rious injury seemed to have been
near his heart. The physician who
was hurriedly summoned to his as
sistance could do nothing to relieve
the sufferer.
Mr.. Sasseen, who had lived for five
or six years in the Blodgett commune
ty, was highly respected as an up
right and enterprising citizen. He
was aged about so years. -Sikeston
Herald.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
DON'T DO IT

Don't get the idea in your head that
you must raise your children as you
were raised. Times have changed
since we were kids, and we must
change with them to make success in
life. Give them all the education YOU
can afford. Don't think that because
you received only few years school
ing and got through life all right your
children can do the same.
Above all, don't make drudge out
Of the boy or girl, working them from
morning till night, never stopping to
think that they are not strong enough
for the amount of work you are COM
polling them to do. Most men won't
put a acolt to work until it is old
enough to stand it, and then do so by
easy stages; but parents turn right
around and put the boy to working a
full day long before he is able to do
so. 1t seems strange that some men
have more consideration for colt
than for their own children. Many
fathers see in their boy way to help
them save and grasp all they can, and
never think of the boys pleasure or
comfort. Is it any wonder, then, that
he gets tired of staying at home and
branches out for himself? Generally
the parents blame the boy. They new
err stop to think that had they treated
the boy right he would still be at
home. Give him good room and a
house he can enjoy.-Farme and Fire
side.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18

them. If we find that the butcher or
packer likes an animal of extreme beef
type because that animal yields to
high percentage of the high-priced
cuts, the sires must be selected ac-
cordingly. If we find that the horse
buyer takes the big, drafty, sound
horse in preference to the chunk when
his order calls for horses for heavy
work, we must secure sires that will
get colts of that type. If we ship
or sell to market which demands ba-
con hogs, then the boar should be the
best obtainable individual of bacon
breed which is in good demand in that
market.
In any case we must strive to pro-
duce only the best animals and to be
sure that they are uniformly good
and that there are among them nc
insists or inferior specimens which dc
not meet the customers needs.-S. 7
Simpson, Missouri College of Agri,
culture.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
SWAT THE CHIGGER

Touch each chigger bite with a
brush that has been dipped in iodin
or apply strong solutions of amonia or
common baking soda after itching
has begun. The better plan, of course,
is to prevent the chigger from getting
a foothold at all. This may be done in
a number of ways. A bath in hot wa
ter with strong soap is very good if
taken Immediately after passing
through the shrubbery and weeds
from which the chiggers are picked up,
but the best real preventive is flour
of sulphur rubbed all over the body
particularly from the knees down. The
sulphur may be made to stick better
if mixed with little cold cream and
rubbed OIL. Haseman, Missouri
College of Agriculture.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
LIVE STOCK CAMPAIGN

A campaign with the purpose Of
improving the live stock Of Missouri
has Just been started by S. 7. Simp-
son of the College of Agriculture of
the University of Missouri in coop
Grafton with F. A. Gougler, county
agent of johnson county. Professor
Simpson and Mr.. Gougler are touring
the State, visiting farmers, especially
the breeders of good sires, pointing
out the good and bad animals and of
fering general suggestions that will
aid the breeders in improving THEN
stock. Lectures and demonstration
are being given daily at the different
places visited.
Mr.. Simpson will also select farms
to be used in the future by the Uni
versity in carrying on breeding and
feeding demonstrations.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
BERT L. FRANCE
Farm Adviser

in shape. Like the pin-worm, it does
not seem to create much disturbance,
but must be more or less injurious.
Treatment for Intestinal Worms
Preventive treatment consists in keep
ing buildings and surroundings clean
and sanitary. Feeding in filthy yards
and allowing to drink stagnant water
are practices which favor the spread
of parasites.
As to medical treatment, the writer
has found that allowing hogS-to have
access to a mixture of charcoal and
salt, or charcoal, wood ashes and salt,
seems to be quite effective in driving
out round worms.
Turpentine is commonly recommnd-
ed for worms, especially the thorn
headed worm. The dose is teaspoon
full for every eighty or one hundred
pounds live weight of the hogs to be
treated. 1t can be given in the feed,
and the hogs should be tasted at least
twelve hours before treatment, A
dose each day for three days will gen
orally prove effective.
Another remedy which is recon-
mended is five grains of calomel and
eight grains of santonin for every
hundred pounds live weight Of the
hogs. This remedy can also be given
in the feed. 1t is generally advisable
to give physic after treatment for
worms.
Lung Worms.
The lung worm is small, thread
like, whitish worm, sometimes found
in large numbers in the air passages
of the lungs. Ordinarily, about the
only symptom is a spasmodic cough,
which is somewhat similar to the
cough which accompanies bronchitis
Sometimes the irritation caused by
the worms produces Inflammation and
consolidation of the lung tissue, in
which case the animal dies, but in
many cases no bad effect is apparent
In a post-mortem examination, the
worms can be detected by cutting the
lung near the apex and then squeez-
ing the tissue next to the cut. The
pressure forces the thread-like worms
out upon the cut surface.
There is practically no effective
treatment for this parasite. Clear
pens, in which disinfectants are lib.
orally used, and clean. well-drainec
yards will help keep the worms il
check. Filthy yards and wallows ia.
vor its development. Flowing up ole
hog lots or re-seeding them is also
preventive measure.
Lice on Hogs.
In handling hundreds Of hogs during
the past few weeks, we find that they
are all badly infested with lice. Boil
lice and worms undermine the gene
raj health and constitution of hog:
which makes them much more suscep
d, tible to other diseases.
1t requires considerable persever
ence to get rid of hog lice, and thu
principal reason why lice are SO com
mon is because farmers are no
: equipped to control them. The mos
/, satisfactory method of combating
lice is to purchase crude oil by tn,
7 barrel, which may be bought at abou
12cents per gallon. Put the hogs il
, close pen and spray them with thi
: crude oil without diluting it. Thi
e crude oil will adhere to the hair TO
4 several days which is the main reason
for it being so efficient. A secon'
: spraying in ten days or two week
will be beneficial. An ordinary han,
! spray pump costing very little is al
f that is necessary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18

Government Formula for Hog Tonic.
Soft Coal, Charcoal, and Tonic Mix
ture.-Bulletin $50 of the Maryland
Experiment Station gives results of
a single test with soft coal charcoal;
and tonic mixture, made up as fol-
lows: Wood charcoal, / pound; sui
phur, i pound; common salt, 2 pounds;
bread soda, 2 pounds; sodium hypo-
sulphite, 2 pounds; sodium sulphate,
/ pound; black anthony, pound.
The ingredients of the tonic were pull
verified and thoroughly mixed. The
cost of the mixture was a cents per
pound.
Common Round Worm.-The most
common intestinal worm affecting
swine is the round worm, which is
found mainly in the small intestines.
If a post-mortem examination is
made some time after death, the
worms may be found in the stomach
having made their way there after the
death of the animal. The worms vary
from 6 to IL inches in length, and Ia
per somewhat toward the extremeties
In color they are usually yellowish
white. The eggs of the female pass
out with the eXcrement and become
scattered over the premises. Evcntu-
ally, some Of them are taken up by
other hogs along with their feed.
They do not seem to cause the hog
any inconvenience unless they arc
present in very large numbers, when
they may cause digestive troubles, and
the writer has known death to result
There can be little doubt, however
that pig affected with worms can
not make the best use Of its feed, ever
though it may appear quite thrifty.
Thorn Headed Worm para
site is much less common than the
round worm. 1t is usually found at
taehed to the wall Of the intestines by
its hooked proboscis, from which il
derives the name Of "thorn-headed.
In length it is similar to the rounC
worm, but its surface is somewhat
wrinkled, and the posterior extremit!
is blunt. Though only few are us
ually found in an animal, they do mucl
more damage than the round worm
irritating the lining OF the intestine
and sometimes causing severe infiam
nation. 1t would be difficult to dis
tinguish the symptoms from other in
testinal arrangements, but a post
norton examination would readil,
reveal the presence Of the worm.
Pin Worm.-The pin-worm is yer,
small and might be easily overlooke,
in careless post-mortem. It is usu
ally found near the beginning of tn
large intestine, often hidden in tn
folds of the lining membrane. 1t is
very common parasite of swine, an
does not seem to cause much incon
venience to the animal.
Whip Worm is also a smal
worm, being about one and one-hal
inches long. 1t attaches its head t
the lining of the intestine, and is usu
ally found in the beginning of tn
large intestine. The anterior porto
is very thin and hair-like, and the pos
terror portion@is thick and cylindrica