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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
Telling the Age of Poultry

From the POpuldr SCleHce MOutnly.
 There are tricks in every trade. they say, and the average poultry dealer is not likely to be altogether exempt from the implication; for there are almost no tests by which the buying public may judge the age of his birds which he may not, if he is so disposed, cover up or offset For instance, 1t is commonly known that in young chicken, goose or turkey the end of the breastbone is easily bent, like the cartilage in the human ear, while in the old bird it is brittle. But this test is often rendered worthless by the dealer breaking the end of the breastbone so that it seems pliable.
 The feet sometimes furnish clue. In young bird they are .rft and smooth. while in an old one they are hard and rough. and if male the spurs are long and large Young turkeys have black feet. 1t is said, which grow pinkish at about three years and then turn gray and dull Tn ducks and geese the flexi- bility of the windpipe denotes the age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
HENDERSON WINS IN
 ANNUAL HILL CLIMB
Two Thousand People See Exciting
 Finish to Race

By going higher up the terrific grade than any of his competitors, John Loomis, driving a four-cylinder Henderson motorcycle, won the stock event in the annual hilI-climb of the Bakersfield Motorcycle club" said Robert Stubbs, the Henderson distribu- tor. He covered S5OM feet of the roof like slope before being stopped by the rear wheel slipping on account of the steep angle of ascent.
 Second prize in this event was won by B. R. Gilmore, on an Excelsior, who made next to the longest climb, and third was W. A. Parks, on an Indian.
 The result was a. choice selection of thrills for the crowd of 2000 peo- pie who came out to watch the con- tests, as the excessive steepness gave very little traction for the wheels and the machines reared, slipped and buck jumped as the intrepid riders piloted them up. The pitch was so great that the rear wheels spun as soon as the speed of the machine became reduced, so that in some instances the machine would start sliding back down the hill with the rear wheel still turning for ward. The winner was the machine which could go up farthest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
LIGHT WEIGHT GREAT
 ASSET, SAYS DEALER
Builders of Franklin Con- sistently Followed Light
 Weight Practice

"OId-timers in the automobile business driven cars of the early days were su- perior to the average car of today in abil- ity to hold the road" said Charles Dene- gre, local Franklin distributor They give the reason that the rear axle of the chain driven car was relieved of the weight of differential gears and case. and interior driving shafts, making 1t excep- tionally light in proportion to the total weight of the car. This lightness made possible the use of light, flexible springs, which did not drag the body of the car into all the holes in the road and throw it out hard on the rebound.
 ''The loss in road holding quality, due to the adoption of shaft drive with it's heavy working parts located directly on the axle, was either overlooked or put up with because the relief from early day troubles overshadowed it in impor- tance. Within recent years road holding ability has received more attention, how ever, as Is shown by the increasing favor accorded semi-floating rear axles and quick detachable rims, each being the lighteSt type of construction employed foI its purpose.
 "The builders of the Franklin have con. sistently followed lightweight practice fr the models they have offered the public for the past 15 years. They claim that the first requisite for ease of riding and ability to hold the road Is lightweight and that the proper relation of the weight above the springs to the weight below is very important.
 Tt is interesting to note the manner ir about producing car that measures uI to their self-imposed standards. In the first place, extensive use of aluminium and alloy steels, together with careful designing of parts, has made possible a touring car that weighs only 22S0 pounds Axles are 30 per cent lighter in proportion to body weight than the average. This is made possible by the use of nickel steel tubing and aluminium differential housing, and by keeping the transmission off the rear axle and locating the service brake on a transmission brake drum. In addition, all cars are equipped with quick detachable rather than demount- able rims.
 "The Franklin people point to Dario Resta's Peugot, with which the Italian race driver won the American speedway championship for 1916, as vindication ot their lightweight arguments Resta's car weighed 2275 pounds, just five pounds less than the Franklin touring car.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
The Broken Road to Bagdad

From the New Republic.
 Bagdad fallen has much more than a sentimental significance. It is a land mark in the progress of the British de- sign to place a final quietus upon Ger many's Levantine ambitions. n an ulti- mate sense, the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris. with its potential agricultural and mineral resources looming vastly greater in German statesmen's calcula- tions than i'm the reality, was the cause of the world war. Servia had to be re- duced to vassalage, Russia had to be driven out of Balkan politics, not because the Balkans are valuable in themselves, but because they lie on the road to Bag dad If the war had ended last December, with the status quo re-established on all European frontiers, Germany would have regarded the war as won. The prize of Mesopotamia would have remained to German designs, and the fear of God and of the Kaiser would have been thrown into the hearts of any Balkan nation that might have sought to block the way. But now the prize is being torn to pieces by the British invader. The war might end by leaving Germany paramount in the Balkans If the British succeed in con- solidating their conquests in Mesopota- mia, Germany would still have lost gain ing nothing but stony cul de sac.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
MILITARY TRAINING
 AT GOODYEAR PLANT
Instruction to Be Given Under Super. vision of Ex-Army Officers

Military training has been added to the educational classes of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company's factory school at Akron, O., according to an an- nouncement just issued to employees by P. w. Litchfield, vice president and fac tory manager" said Sewell Taylor, To- cal manager. Instruction is to be given under the supervision of ex-army off, cers of long military experience. The Goodyear factory is in operation A hours of the day, divided into three eight-hour shifts. The classes in military training have been arranged that each shift of workers may have two hours of drill each week.
 ''The company's policy is outlined in the following statement by MT. Litch- field
 "The introduction of the eight-hour day into industry sets free additional time for a man to use as he may desire. He may waste it and spend on extra amusement the money -he has earned, or he may-use lit for his mental and physical develop n1ent, making him a more efficient and useful citizen.
 "In extending our educational and train- ing courses for those of the latter class, we have recently added military drill. We are among those who believe that only by having a democratic citizenry, equipped and trained in the use of arms, can we insure the safety and honor of our republic from foreign aggression. and the peace of the future, such as has been our heritage in the past. Conditions of the past, which happily made military preparedness unnecessary fol use, now have changed. Depending upon mere untrained numbers to defend our homes against the present forces ot other nations, would be as foolish as starting to compete in the manufacture of tires without buildings, machinery and tools or previous training"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
CAM SHAFT IS VERY
 DIFFICULT 10 MAKE
Many Processes Necessary to Make Single Part, Says
 Robert Maxwell

There isn't any manufacturing plant more interesting than a motor car fac tory, said Robert Maxwell, local dis tributer. "In fact it is little short of marvellous to watch the speed with which the various parts which go oward mak- ing up a spick and span 1917 automobile re manufacured. One of the most inter- esting manufa acturing operations is the processes necessary to make a single part is the cam shaft used in the new series IS Studebaker cars. This part is a diff cult one to manufacture, yet many of the operations in it's making are the same
 as those required to manufacture the axle shaft, transmission shaft, propeller and
 many of the other 2OOO parts that go to make the finished Studebaker.
 ''The steel for the cam shaft comes to the factory in bars. This bar is cut off by gigantic shears into billets about a foot long. The billet is heated to a mal- leable state just as the blacksmith, of old heated the piece of steel to make a horseshoe, but the cam shaft, instead of being hammered into shape on an an- vil is placed on the die of a great steam hammer.
 "The die is the shape of the cam shaft tllS udIlIleT WHICH SlTlhGS tue SCeel IS guided to strike exactly the same spot on the die each time. The face of the hammer is also cut in the shape of the cam shaft. This great hammer is oper- ated by steam. striking it a smashing blow In few strokes the billet of steel 1 is elongated and shaped roughly into it's
 l final form. At the same time the blows l of the drop-forge hammer press the grain
 of the steel together and refine it. After l this operation the shaft is allowed to 1 cool in the air. It is then heated again slowly to TOO degrees Fahrenheit, in a furnace, where the heat is electrically
 measured. This heat treatment readjusts the grain of the steel after the strains of the drop-forge hammer.
 Tt then goes through several lathes which still further shape it to it's final form
 "As a last finishing process it is cleaned, strengthened. inspected and then passed on to the final grinders. Here it is ground to shape under emory wheels. Automat- ically the emery wheels are guided over the curved surface of the cams so as insure accuracy to the one-thousandth of an inch. On the s1x-cylinder Stude- baker cars there are 12 cam surfaces six for the intake valves and six for the exhaust valves. In addition, there are four bearing surfaces This makes 16 sur faces to be ground, all to perfect dimen- sions and all in perfect line within one thousandth of an inch. In the series IS Studebaker Four there are four surfaces lesS.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
"How Small the World Is" lise Closser Hale in Harper's Maga-

zine.
 We visited two hospitals near Com piegne. That of the French republic, which is under the control of Dr. Alexis Carrel. lies at the edge of the forest, and
 a sentinel challenged us gith gun held at arms length above the soldiers head, but, "Hopftal, grunted the cocher, and we turned into pleasant grounds of the great hotel which,. later, trippers will en- joy. Within, all was order and comfort and smothered pain. But am a strum- bier in a hospital. whereI become resent full of the scheme which sends the pa- tients there. l fear to offend by offer l ing such poor phrases as l can muster. The wounded may not want me to come nodding about the beds. If they have
 been pushed about like checkers, surely they have now reached the kings row, and with the privilege of a crown there should be accorded them choice of audi ences
 An army car, gray paint and white let l ters. was sent to us by Dr. Carrel to take us on to Chateau dAnnel, which, I be- lieve, is the only field hospital under the American flag. The men are taken here directly from the front often with only such bandaging as the stretcher bearers | can manage. It is very beautiful-the chateau-with a great tree in front which Napoleon planted and charming salon such as Napoleon would have enjoyed in company with ms court, save that ne might have been discommoded by the sack of cradles for shattered arms and | legs which bravely ornamented one cor ner.
 I found among the patients one Arab, l and I groped about for topics of conver- sation which might interest this poor alien I told him had been a visitor to his land. His people had planned a farm l tasia in our honor at one place, and I was sorry that I could not offer him some thing in return half so gay; but when I
 1 told him that Bou Saada was the name l of the village he was radiant for that l turned out to be his own home. So we grew gay, talking over Bon Saada, and, as he exclaimed loudly in Arabic, he was probably saying, "How small the world Isr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

said MT. Crawford. ''has been what the factory calls fact campaign Not that Chandler advertising has not always been based on facts, but that the ad- vertising this year has emphasized and reiterated certain simple fundamental facts about the Chandler car which very largely are exclusive Chandler facts. The Chandler company in per- fectly plain English is calling the at- tention of the public to facts like these.
 Where many other well known sixes in the medium priced field offer heavy cast iron crank cases the Chand- Ter offers you cast aluminium crank case-a feature of the Packard, Pierce Arrow, Wfnton, White, Stutz, Mercer and Cadillac.
 Where many other sixes offer noisy gear drive for the motor shafts, Chandler offers you the silent chain drive-a feature of the Packard, Win ton, Mercer and Cadillac
 The big aluminium Chandler crank case extends from frame to frame both at the front and the rear of the mo- tor, giving perfect rigidity to the en- zine mounting and saving it from the rack and stress of the road-a fea- ture or the Packard. Locomobile, Win ton. Stutz and Mercer
 Where other siXes offer battery ig- milton, Chandler gives you Bosch high tension magneto, the worlds finest system of ignition-a feature of the Pierce-Arrow. Locomobile. Winton. White, Stutz and Mercer.
 ~"As in the highest priced, high grade cars, also. Chandler uses the light running, annular ball bearings in trans. mission. differential and rear wheels; Hull floating rear axle with silent spiral bevel differential; two unit starting and lighting systems and many other features of proven excel lence.
 Through four years of conscien- tious manufacturing effort backed up by a previous experience of many years in the building of high-priced sixes, the exclusive Chandler motor has been developed and refined to 8 point approximating perfection. It is a fact motor, not a claim motor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
VALUE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. SHOWN BY CHANDLER CO. Have a Story to Tell and Tell It Through the
 Papers, Says Paul
 Crawford

One of the most interesting adver- Using campaigns of many season is that now being followed out by the Chandler Motor Car company of Cleve- land, manufacturers of the Chandler Six. Paul Crawford, local Chandler distributor. says that he never had any doubt of the value of newspaper ad- vertising but that his conviction as to the value of such advertising, if the advertiser has a real story to tell, is greater now than ever before
 Chandler advertising this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
Kidneys Cause Hysteria

Some folks overwork; some overeat; some overdrink, and many do all these things and neglect the excretory organs. Nervousness ensues. Constipation some- times, but most often the delicate func- tion of the kidneys become disordered, followed soon by congestion. Then head ache, neuralgia, rheumatic pain, back ache, and lumbago set in. Frequent uri- nation sometimes beyond control. The voided liquid being dark of foetid odor, and it's passage followed by burning, smarting spasms of pain, even hysteria being often the result unless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
Public Improvements

From EVefyDOuy'S MagdzfHe The politician rushed past the officia! Cerberus into the editorial sanctum.
 What do you mean?" he roared What do you mean by insulting me as you did in last nights Clamor?' <. "Just a moment,' replied the editor. Didn't the story appear as. you gave it to us namely, that you had resigned as city treasurer?"
 "It did. But you put it under the head, Public Improvements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

Recent army orders in Great Britain forbid the acceptance by officers and
 men of money presents from private sources for services rendered in the
 performance of duty. The first heavy
 losers under this order are two air men, Fred Sowrey and w. J. Tempest each of whom would otherwise have received $5000 offered by Lord Michel ham for destroying Zeppelins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
BAD COLD? TAKE 'CASCARETS' FOR BOWELS TONIGHT They're fine! Liven your liver and bowels and clear
 your head. No headache, sour stomach, bad cold or constipation by
 morning.
Get a Decent box.

Colds-whether in the head or any part of the body-are quickly over- come by urging the liver to action and keeping the bowels free of poison. Take Cascarets tonight and you will wake up with a clear head and your cold will be gone. Cascarets work while you sleep; they cleanse and reg ulate the stomach. remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste mat ter and poison from the bowels.
 Remember the quickest way to get rid of colds is one or two Cascarets at night to cleanse the system. Get a 1O-cent box at any drug store. Don't forget the children. They relish thia Candy Cathartic and it is often all that Is needed to drive cold from their little systems.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

It is said by scholars that no word in Biblical Hebrew denotes an elephant, yet the Hebrews were familiar with ivory,
 and the skilled workmen of Hiram. 4Alng of Tyre, fashioned the great ivory throne of Solomon and overlaid it with pure
 gold. I Kings, x, IS; II Chronicles, ix. IF.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

The Hapsburgs, or Habsburgs. of whom the Emperor Francis Joseph was the head. derive their name from the castle of Habichtsburg, or Hawk cas- t1e in the Swiss canton of Aargau. In the twelfth century the family became one of the most powerful in Swabia. Rudolf TIT was elected Emperor of Austria in the following century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

Experiments by British expert in reforesting some of the hills of China have led to the establishment of a comprehensive course in forestry in a university in that country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08
G;|gIIli!!j;E I|!|!II I;|g5E

the greatest of all kidney medicines, is taken to regulate, allay and neutralize the irritation of the organs.
 GREAT KIDNEY MEDICINE Sold by all druggists.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-08

When frying doughnuts or oysters in deep fat, pared potato dropped into the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15

the clash of rings on q rod. But he
was beyond being startled. He was
;fot really sure he was in the world.
He was not certain whether it was the
twentieth century. or So b. c., or ear
lier yet; or whether time had ceased.
The place where he was did not
look like cave, but palace chamber,
for the rock walls had been trimmed
square and polished smooth; then they
had been painted pure white, except
for wide blue frieze, with n line of
gold leaf drawn underneath it. And
on the frieze, done in gOld-leaf too,
was the Grecian lady of the lamps
always dancing. There were fifty or
sixty figures of her, no two alike.
A dozen lamps We're burning, set in
inches cut in the walls at measured
intervals. They were exactly like the
two outside, except that their horn
chimneys were stained yellow instead
of red. suffuSing everything in a golden
glow.
Opposite him was a curtain, rather
like that through which he had en-
tered. Near to the curtain was a bed
whose great wooden posts were
cracked with age. In spite of its age
it was spread with fine new linen.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15

Kings hana. "One lay on her bosom
and one on his when found them !"
she said. Now, think again."
He did think, of thirty thousand nos.
sibilities, and of one impossible idea
that stood up prominent among them
all and insisted on seeming the only
likely one.
L saw the knife in your bosom last
night she said, land laughed so that
l nearly wakeued you"
"Why didn't you take II with the
bracelet?' King asked her, holding it
out. Take it now, don't want it,"
She accepted it and laid it on the
mans bronze armor. Then, however.
she resumed if and paved with it.
Look again" she said. Think and
look again."
He looked and ne knew now. But
he still preferred that she should tell
him, and his lips shut tight.
Can you guess why l changed my
mind about yOu-wIse MANI"
She looked from him to the man on
the bed and back to him again. Hay
| ing solved the riddle. King had leisure
| to be interested in her eyes. and
watched them analytically. like a Jew
| eler appraiSing diamonds. They were
| strangely reminiscent. but much more
changeable and colorful than any he
had ever seen. They had the battling
trick of changing while he watched
| them.
! Having sent man to kill you. why
| did l cease to want to kill you? In
stead of losing You on the way to kim
jan, why did ! run risks to protect
you after you reached here? Why did
| save your life in the Cavern of
| Earth's Drink tonight? You do not
know yet? Then | will tell you some
thing else you do not know. was in
| Delhi when you We're | watched and
| listened while you and Rewa Gunga
| talked in my housed | was in Rewa
! Gunga's carriage on the train that he
! took and you did not | have learned
at first hand that you are not fCol
! But that was not enoughl You had to
! be three thingS-Clever and brave and
one other. The one other You are
Brave you have proved yourself to
be! Clever you must be. to trick your
way into Khinjan caves, even with
lsmail at your elbow That is why
/ saved your life-because you are
those two things and 1870 and one
| other !"
She snatched n mirror from n little
| ivory table--a modern m!rror-bad
glass, bad art. bad workmanship. but
! silver warranted.
Look in it and then at hint !" she
ordered.
But he did not need to look. The
| man on the bed was not so much like
himself as the woman was like her.
/ but the resemblance seemed To grow
under his eyes. King was the taller
/ and the younger by several years, but
! the noses were the same, and the
wrinkIed foroheadS; both men had the
same firm mouth; both looked like
| Romans.