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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

l have vacancy for paying guest in well furnished home on Highland ave. Pri- vate bath and large sleeping porch Ex-
 cellent table Main 6673 5-6-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

~~>-~cSc@H@Oc-~~~~~O~-N WANTED-To exchange pair of good
 mules for Ford automobile in good run
 ming condition. Call Main 3096 before t
 p. m. 5-4-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

GUTTER AND TINWORK CALL Main 142, Spiro-Merrell Heating and Roofing Co. Work that satisfies.
 4-30-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

Mrs. J. A. Rountree. who attended the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

RATES-One cest a word a day, ad.
 taken for less than 25c for first inser- ton. Cash must accompany order.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17

If any or all of these things are to
blame 1t is the part of wisdom to seek
expert advice and begin the remedy
forthwith. To sink into the placid indif-
ference Of the fat-and-forty stage is
crime against your health. 1t means in
all probability that the liver and kid
neys are overworked and the result Of
any such strain prolonged Is at times
fatal.
There Is another reason which Is
worth almost equal consideration. To
Overfeed undermines ones health. Ply
steal fitness has distinct bearing on
mans mental attitude and unfitness
has also. The man who through neg
lect and lack of control over his appe-
tite begins to eat himself into an early
grave, loses his crispness Of thought.
The self-respect which every man who
achieves things should have for him
self as clean well-groomed animal, Ia
, lacking.
Don't weakly excuse yourself If you
have unconsciously slipped into this
class. Get busy and work yourself out
of 1t before it is too late.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
"EnuIish as She Is Spoke"
Not Much Like the English
Language, Declares Writer

Spoken American has Travelled far
from spoken English. The Enghsh h1t
the receiver and mildly inquire: Are
you there?" Americans rattle the nan
die and cry: "H'lo! Hlo Who-
ziss?" The English say: "RahtherF
We say Sure thingl" They "do her
in :" we "double-cross her." They tap
their foreheads significantly and MUIR
muir: "Balmyr' We remark; NO
buddy a-tome!"
And spoken American has Travelled
even further, Hugh Mearns writes IN
McClure's. We have no written IAN
guage. Our print is the English IAN
guage; our speech is the American.
For instance, we must use English let
tiers to indicate the sound of common
American salutation: "Godda macha
bowcha?" (Have you got a match
about YOU'D. But, alas, how this crude
spelling maligns our smoothly articu-
lated vernacular.
Our language-the American-is nc
stationary thing. 1t is on the move;
it has characteristic hustle" We are
busy smashing consonants, spelling
vowels, crushing whole phrases into
grunt-"uddia-d oon-air?'' (What are
you doing thereO "Sry." (That is
right.) In that respect our develop
ment is like the French language dur
ing the period of its most rapid ad-
vance. Like the French, we have be-
gun to drop our final consonants. A
jitney ride costs "fi-cense" Give cents).
Our evening valedictory is Goodnight p
Like the French, too, we have a
marked liaison-the borrowing of let
ter from the preceding word. We in
wife one another to "C'meer." (Come
here.) We guess at hard name and
add: "Sumpin nike at" Something
like that) If we don't hear distinct
ly we nudge our neighbor and inquire
''Wah zee say?" (What did he sayO
"Hoo-zat?" (Who is thatO has as
good a liaison as the French vous avez.
In few years one may not be as
tonished to see the great American
novel decked out in its own patois.
Fancy a page like this:
"Wen-juh gid din?" sez she.
'Lass-night," sez he.
"Binna way longY
"Munce n munce."
Flows re oh town."
"Aw-rye."
'Fie mole eddy" SEE he.
"Ass-rye," sez she.
Isn't 1t intoxicating? Ones own
ones native speech. To be sure, this is
only faint phonetic reproduction OF
the great American language-to do II
justice would require a special alpha.
bet-but it is "sompin nike at"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Origin of "Humbuq"

The word 'humbug" had its origin
as follows: Among the many issues
Of base coin, made from time to time
in Ireland, there was none so worth
less as that made by James II at the
Dublin mint. 1t was made of what
ever metal was the easiest to get
lead, copper, pewter or brass--and 80
low was its intrinsic value that 20
shillings Of 1t were worth only 2
pence sterling. The soft mixed metals
of which the worthless coin was COM
posed were known to the Irish as
''uimbog," pronounced "oombog," mean
ing soft copper or worthless money.
Thus the phrase "humbug" originated
by person saying: "That Is piece
of uimbog." Don't try to pass OF
your uimbog on me-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Things That Are New

From a mixture of sugar cane re-
fuse and bamboo hbers a Trinidad
planter has succeeded in making a pa
per equal in quality to the best wood
pulp product.
A reel to be attached to an autOmo-
bile wheel has been invented to enable
a lineman to pick up or pay out wire
much more rapidly than can be done
by hand.
Surgical instruments that are not at
fected by the presence of electromag-
nets are being made of secret steel
alloy by a French professor of medi-
cal electricity.
The inventor of u new auger bit has
made it thick at the edges and thin at
the center and claims it will force the
chips toward the center and thus avoid
clogging.
To prevent the absorption of damp
ness from the ground by stone build
ings a new Europeon practice is to cut
slots in the walls and insert asphalt
coated lead plates.
portable equipment to enable a person
to connect with any telephone, Oh tele-
graph line and either talk over it or
use telegraph instruments.
Silk manufacturers in Japan are
now receiving, for the first time, or
ders from the United States for silk
neckwear.
Soft-iron castings and forgings can
be changed into hard steel by a new
electrical process.
Italians are succeeding with expert
ments in the production of cotton on
the GASES of Tripoli.
revolving steel barrel to test the
relative durability of paving blocks has
been invented.
A rubber bulb to increase the suction
features a new siphon for removing
cream from bottles of milk.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
MENTAL HABITS OF DEBT
Summary of the Illusions That Are
Often Employed by the Spend
thrift.

These are mental habits of debt,
William II. Handy says in the Satur-
day Evening Post.
l. An overestimate of income. In
mild cases this consists in counting the
maximum. If man Is working at ~
day, he multiplies 26 working days
in the month by three, without any al
lowance for sickness, accident, bad
weather or unemployment. If he Is
in business he counts the next month
on a par with his best month in the
past; if in a profession he figures
the largest possible number of clients.
In the more exaggerated type of debt
mind he expects unexpected good luck
to add to his regular income.
2. An underestimate of expenses.
A tendency to think Of the debts sepa-
rately-and to count them as extraor-
binary emergencies that won't happen
next month.
3. Thinking that If you can afford
thing that costs $50 you can afford a
better quality that costs only So more
the elasticity of optimism.
4. Considering what we want as alb
solute necessities that must be sup
piled at once; but what our creditors
want as luxuries to be looked after in
60 or 80 days-Or when we get around
to IL.
5. Thinking more about what we owe
our station in life than what we owe
our tradesmen. 1t is easy for the debt
making mind to convince itself that
good clothes, fine variety of good
conveniences and nice home are the
wisest sort of investments-even off
the other fellows money.
6. A feeling-when not pushed by
creditors-that debt is rather a trivial
matter. "Oh, everybody runs accounts.
They know I'm good for it. Why
worry?' An impression that it is
much better to be generous and jolly
than prompt and just.
Z. In thinking that living in the fu-
ture means living off the future. There
is as much difference between hoping
for tomorrow and borrowing from to-
morrow as there is between raising
crop and mortgaging the farm.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17

made by some member of the party
and in tiny cups handed roundNto each
one, as much regard being paid to ETH
quette as if all were assembled in the
most spacious guestroom in the larg-
est city in the country.
Conversation never lags, and until
late in the evening the men talk, some
telling imaginary stories, others recit-
ing impromptu poetry, UNTIL tired out,
all except those designated to keep
watch roll up in their large cloaks and
are soon asleep.
Most of the houses of Arabia are
built of sundried bricks; many of them
are three stories high, and all have
fiat roofs. AS rule the interiors are
quite devoid of furniture, the coffee
rooster, FOUNDER, pots and cups being
about all that is visible that savors of
daily life and needs. Many of the
houses are doorless, accounted for by
the scarcity of suitable wood.
Wherever people are found in the
Arabian peninsula with the most limit
ed number of milk-giving animals,
such as sheep, goats or camels, there
will be found the national substitute
for the lard of the occident, or the
olive oil of other lands, very favorite
production called "semmin" This is
butter which is made in a primitive,
simple and unappetizing manner by be-
ing churned in a skin which has been
none too well cured and does not rec
ommend itself for cleanliness. The
mode of procedure is simplicity itself,
the milk being put into the skin and
then either swung backward and for
ward on tripod, or rolled to and fro
on the ground until the fat of the milk
forms itself into butter. A favorite
dish to set before the distinguished
guest is mixture of dates and butter.
Throughout Arabia there are many
things in common among the Bedouins
and the Fellahs, as for example, the
manner of clothing among both sexes
little distinction is made between rich
and poor, and from a mans apparel it
Is impossible to get any idea of his So
cial standing.
In all homes it is customary for the
host to assume the place Of waiting
during the serving of food. He takes
his meals after all the others have
been served.
AS In other Mohammedan lands, the
women In the cities and towns of Ara
bia are secluded, but in the village and
camp life they enjoy the same free
dom as the men; the women, too, do a
large share Of the work In cooperation
with the male members of the family.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Making Air Fit to Breathe.

1t is only recently that health COM
missions have studied all the condi-
tions that have to be considered in
mechanically counteracting drowsiness
and the sore Threats we get from being
shut up all day in our offices, factories
or schools.
Already many important and inter
esting facts have been brought to
light, says the Popular Science Month
ly for December. One of the discov-
cries which will change the beliefs Of
many of us is that the carbon dioxide
exhaled in our breath is practically
harmless; it is only when 1t amounts
to quantities eight to ten times the
quantity found in the best air that we
begin to be uncomfortable. Important
work has been accomplished by the
Chicago commission on ventilation in
determining the exact effects of the
humidity, or moisture, of the air upon
comfort. They have found that cold
room can be made as agreeable as one
that is warm, simply by increasing its
humidity.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
IF GREAT DEAD CAME BACK
Streng Probability That Their Return
to Life Would Not Be an Un-
mixed Pleasure.

What would happen If the mighty
dead of history came back to life is
being sketched out in the strange ad-
ventures of Ralph Blakelock. This
painter, of acknowledged genius, after
years of detention during which he be-
came '.posthumously" famous, is now
said to be about to go over the can
vases attributed to him and pick out
the genuine from the false which have
been foisted on the market.
1t is not strange, therefore, that we
should hear, almost in the same breath,
that a plot is afoot to lock him up in
the asylum again.
The incident is typical. The world
goes ahead and makes its arrange
ments on the assumption that dead
man, however sincerely mourned, will
stay dead. This makes it safe to adul-
terate his work. Let him come back
and everything is upset.
Politicians are forever conjuring
with the names of Washington and
Lincoln. "If Washington were alive to-
day." we are given to understand, he
would warmly echo-anything the
speaker happened to say.
What would happen IL Washington
or Lincoln were alive? One of three
things. He would indorse the first par
ty. to the wrath of the second; or, in
dorse the second, to the wrath of the
first, or (Which Is more likely reject
both-to the wrath of both.
Then the rejected party, or parties,
would promptly repudlate the national
hero and that worthy would find him
self In hall of political missiles
against which his high standing and
glorious deeds would avail him little |;
or else (and this, too, is more likely
he would not be attacked openly on &C
count of his high standing. but his ad-
versaries would go around saying be-
hind their hands: "George was a good
man in his day, but doesn't 1t seem to
you that the old man is failing bitT"
The safest plan for dead men, how
ever good and great they may heve
been, is to stay where they are.-Uncle
Dudley, in the Boston Globe.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Had Suffered Enough

An old American revolutionary SOL
der was candidate for congress, and
his opponent was young man who
had never been to the wars" It was
the custom of the old soldier to tell of
the hardships he had endured. Said
he:
Fellow citizens, | have fought and
bled for my country. l have helped to
whip the British and the Indians.
have slept on the field of battle with
no other covering than the canopy Of
heaven. l have walked over the frozen
ground till every footstep was marked
with blood"
Just about this time one of the vot-
ers, who had become greatly interested
In his tale of suffering, walked ND In
front of the speaker, wiped the tears
from his eyes with the extremity of his
coat-tail, and interrupted him with:
did you say you had fought the Brit
ish and Ingins?'
Yes, sir"
Did you say you had slept on the
ground while serving your country
without any kiver?'
II did,
Did you say your feet covered the
ground you walked over with bloodY
Yes replied the speaker exult-
ingly.
well. then" said the fearful citizen,
as he gave sigh Of pent-up emotion,
II guess I'll vote for t'other falIow FOR
I'll be hanged if you ha'n't done enough
for your country. "-Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Making Glad Waste Places of Earth.
BY A. w. DOUGLAS.

Throughout all inhabitants of the desert have been
force and originality thought and endeavor Their civilizations
have marked alike by material and mental accomplishments
that this true OF the Arabs who
SPAN as of the who bazed the of civilization for their
freedom thought and initiative in action were bred IN them by the vast
and solitude of their environment
So our building arid regions of rri
CATION emodies the spirit of progressive democracy 1t is
irrigated have set the pace IN all manner OF n
cent agricultural production and distribution Nor it by blind
that in the irrigation among the lowest litter
acy mansay today of most of the reforms
social economic political life For irrigation that wonderful thing
the creation of DEATH and making glad the waste places
earth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
TeIltaIe Parrot.

They were sitting close together in
the parlor.
He-I gave you that parrot as q
birthday present, did l not, Matilda?
She-Yes, but surely, Albert, you
are not going to speak of your gifts
as if
He-It was young and could not
speak at the time?
She-Yes, and 1t has never been out
of this parlor.
He-There are no other young ladies
in this house?
She-No, there are not.
He-Then, why-why, when kissed
your photograph in the album while
waiting for you did that wretched bird
initiate Jour voice and say: Don't do
that, Charlie; please don't2"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Fat and Forty.
BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON
Commissioner of Health Of PennsyI.
vania.

Forty is an unlucky number for men
five feet eight or under if 1t is the waist
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
Cause of the Delay.

First Cook-How do you like 1t at
the Bumps?
Second Cook-No good. I'm cooking
breakfast all the time from to IL.
First Cook-You don't sayl Why,
l always heard that they all got up at
the same time.
Second Cook-They do. but 1t takes
them all the way from little Willle's
fifteen seconds to Miss Bumps three
hours to dress.-Judge.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17

M e a 8 ur e. Any
number above that
is equally to be
a vol d ed. Over
weight is danger
Gus and Is indlca-
t | We of several
things. Either the
appetite is no
controlled, INSULT
clent exercise is
taken or the diet
is made up of i'm
properly selected
foodStuffs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1917-02-17
From Bad To Worsa.

"Well, Jane" said Mrs. DeStyle.
impatiently, haven't you found the
ornament for my hair yetr
Eyes, ma'am," answered the faithful
Jane, "but now can't find your hair,
ma'am."
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Gapeworns Attach Themselves to
 Trachea or Windpipe.

batting any disease Is to adopt and persist in some reliable means of pre- vention. There is a cause for all ail- ments. Unless you remove the cause you cannot cure the disease. If the cause is removable, serious outbreak of the disease can be prevented by proper hygienic and sanitary measures which make the cause much less liable to appear. or. if the measures adopted are sufficiently thorough, the cause may be prevented from putting in an appearance. Gapes is caused by the small red worms and their progeny.
 Satisfactory Treatment.
 The most satisfactory treatment is prevention of cOntagiOn, combined with extraction of the worms from the in- feeted chicks. All sick birds should be removed to quarters apart from the well ones. All coops and runs where infected birds have been should be thoroughly disinfeeted. The GOODS should have a thorough application Of hot whitewash. The ground of runs should be well lined with air-slacked lime, spaded up, and should be sprin- kled with one of the following solu- tions A two per cent solution of sul- phuric acid in water or two ounces of eopperas (sulphate of iron) dissolved in bucket of water; or a solution of permanganate of potassium in water, half an ounce of the crystals in bar rel of water; or strong solution of creolin, two tablespoonfuls in each gal lon of water.
 The ground should be well sprinkled with one of the above solutions after infected chicks have been removed. Then blow or spade and sprinkle again. Repeat this disinfection whenever in fected chicks have been running on the ground. Scald all drinking yes sels used by sick birds and be sure that the water used is boiling. If there are many earthworms and slugs in the ground which has been occu- pied by chicks with gapes, get rid of the worms with one of the patented worm exterminators sold by nearly ull seedSmeR. Always burn all chicks which die of the gapeS, and whenever you find gapewerms, CT extract them from sick chicks, be sure to burn the worms. Disinfeet all droppings. Earthwoims do not cause gapes, but may be contaminated with the eggs or embryonic gapeWerlnS and SD become u source of lnfecuon in ground where the disease has existed.
 A small piece of eopperas placed in the drinking water is said to pre- vent contagion. Tincure of asafetida, teaSpoonfui in quart of water, is used for the same purpose, and Is said to have curative action. Three drachms of salicylate of soda in a quart of drinking water is also | recommended as preventive.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
PUT UNITED STATES FIRST
Spanish-Amerieans in New Mexico Have Nothing in Common With
 People Across the Border.

II Is absurd to talk about any com munity of interest. sympathy or fel- low feeling for old Mexico Mexicans among the native people of this state. They have absolutely nothing in com mon and the average New Mexico Spanlsh-American doesn't take kindly 10 being elassed in the same category. The New Mexico natives live "close to the soll'; they are intensely local in their affiliations and their loyalty is based simply on the fact that their home Is the United States. New Mex leo is their home state and they live largely in the same spot where their forefathers have lived for centuries. With Mexico they have no more ties than with any other foreign country. save that they speak the same lan- guage. The fact that the native peo- pie have furnished three companies of the National Guard at the border and that the Spanish American company in Santa Fe went off with q larger initial number of recruits than any other company In the state ought to be sui feient answer to these intimations.
 A well-known wool grower declared that in the lumbing season. when n large extra number of hands is em- plnyed, he never uses old Mexico labor for the reason that the peons are lazy and inefficient and never get along with the native New Mexico laborers by reason of the deep-seated antipathy of the latter to the Mexlcans. Santa Fe New Mexican.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-09
Empire Theatre

Tomorrow, Saturday. sons of the Sea- < Luoin ana in three parts Is the special feature. "The Yellow Handn A thrilling two reel "Girl from Frisco" story, "rhe Hazards of Helen and comedy feature make up the rest of the Saturday program.
 Monday, the popular screen star, Bessie Bn'riscsle will be seen in "The Rose of the Rancho" Paramount production.
 Tuesday, A thrilling chapter of "rhe Secret of the Submarine" will be shown, also other short length feat ures including an L-ko comedy.
 "rhe Disciple" Triangle produc' ton with Wm. S. Hart will be shown Wednesday The Disciple Is full of action and romance, the story Is thrill ing It Is something, to see two listed minister hold whole mining camp Al bay and at the same time practice his holier office. Wm. S. Hart plays the bepistoled psrson.
 Thursday, the last episode of "Lib ertvh will be shown. Don't miss the finish of this great serial. adv.