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The Huttig news., 1918-02-23

By II. K. Sanders, Agricultural Ex-
 tension Division. University of Ark
 ansas.
 Feed For the Sow Before Farrowina-
 Sows fed on corn alone will noi bring strong and heavy pigs Feed or sweet milk with the corn ill the fol- lowing proportion.
 Corn parts and shorts part.
 Corn g parts and tankage l part
 Corn parts and peanuts l part in hull.
 Corn parts and bran 1 part
 Corn 6 parts and cowpeas l part.
 A 250-pound SOW should have from five to ss, en pounds per day of one Of the above mixtures If she is fed in dry lot and given plenty of fresh water. The brood SOW when carrying her litter has to be fed with view. of feeding the growing litter. The pros pective pigs of the litter need proper feed to lay the foundation for their. future strength, size and constitu- ton. One of the drains upon the SOW al the time she is carrying her litter is furnishing bonemaking material She, therefore, requires an extra amount of bone-msking feed. The lack of 1t is an injury to the It. ter, and a danger to the SOW. Provide. & trough with wood ashes, charreG corn cobs, charcoal and lime. For details, see page g, Farmers Bullet. in No. 566, on Boys Pig Clubs.
 Feei For Sow After Farrowina.
 The mother should not receive tee.r for about "A hours after giving birth to the pigs. She is feverish. though and should be supplied literally with fresh water. The second day after farroWing she should be given small feed Of shorts and skim milk made in to a thin slop. If there is no skhne milk on hand, mix about four psrrs of corn with one Of shorts, cowpeaS. soy bean meal or peanuts and give a small quantity She should be brought up gradually to a full feed. This should require about three weeks. If she is oYerfed at first, the pigs are likely to take the SCOUTS and thumps When on full feed in a dry lot. sh.>, will eat about four pounds of grain per day for each loo pounds she, weighs. If she weighs 200 pounds. she will need about eight pounds per day. If she weighs 2a0 pounds. she, will need ,bodt 10 pounds per day. If she has the run of a good pasture at least onehalf of the grain will be. saved. If no pasture can be provtdL ed, she will need to be fed about the same as she was before farrowibg. time, except that she will need mora grain than when dry. when the pas ture is composed of Bermuda grass D grain ration equivalent to , per cenr of her live weight shoald be fed and the grain part of tho ration should be. shorts tankage and eowpeas. Ash your county agent for Circular No. yt on how to build selffeeder for hoga
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CHAPTER XXX.
A Day in the Boat.

I turned my fingers yet gripping the rail. Before then I had had no time to think. to appreciate the full terror of our situation, to realize the horror of the spectacle. In that last instant this burst upon me in All its vivid horror. Between the two hatchcs the deck was a sheet ot flames; already the cahF"S of the lower yards had caught, and was blazing tiercely Tte red writhing ser pents, famed by the wind were sweep ing aft in pillows, tipped with black smoke. dense and suffocating All about us the glare of dancing fire, the swirl of shadowy smoke clouds; the air was hot almost blstering. l saw nothing of McCann.
 '.Ie isn't in the boat?"
 "No, sir"
 "Well, we can't wait-lower away yes, I'm coming"
 They must have unlocked the falls at my first word, for the boat sank just as I swung to the rail. This, and a sight suddenly revealed against the front of the cabin, held me there, clinging to stay, struck motionless with horror. l heard Vera cry out from below:
 "Robert-Rob obertl Don't wait jump!"
 But the words seemed to have no meaning, no power to impress me; for an instant the sight I beheh paraiyzed my brain. The dashed wheel still held the ship to the wind, and the clouds of smoke belched aft becoming SC dense I could not see across the decR to the port rail. I knew not where they came from, nor how they had met in that last death grapple. All l kno" is, that suddenly, both bodies wrapped ia flame, and half shrouded in wreaths
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photoEraFhing itself upon my brain The ocean heaYed in long green bii. loWs, crested with foam, the boas ris ing and falling as steadily as d rock. ing chair; the sun uo longer beat doWr dpon us from cl0udless sky. but an noared as q fiery red disk through n cloud oe vapor, which swept along the surface of the water obscurng the cir cle Of horizon. Liverpool stood erect in tho boats bow. helding himself firm by gripping the inverted oar his free hand followed to make trumpet Of his voice. Every other face was turned forward, yet for an instant, the flap. ping shirts, improvised for sails pro vented my seeing the cause of excite ment. Then Leayord, with an oath damned down his helm, and the dinghy swept to port, mounting a wave crest like a bird in flight, and there burst out directly ahead the sharp brow of | tWo-masted schooner, bearing streie4t down toward us, sailing before the wind.
 "Ahoy therei Ahoy" yelled Red and Olson, almost in one voice. Port your helm! Curse you, port your helm!"
 It was almost like a vision, that ves-
The Huttig news., 1918-02-23
WEA2Y0URREDC2OSSBUTTON

The Ittie button which was given to you when you joined the Red Cross stands for something II means that you are one of twenty-two millions in the United States, one-fifth of the entire population of the country. who are helping to win the war for Amer iea and her Allies. It means that you believe in humanity and demo- cracy. It is the insignia of one of the most potent agencies for good In the world. Every member of the American Red Cross is a privileged person. for it is privilege to belong 10 this most wonderful organization. Show that you esteem 1t privilege by wearing on the lapel of your coat or on your dress the white button with the Red Cross. Wear it every day and wear it where others cannot fail to see it!
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face, every Aumbed faculty restored by the plunge, the icy grip of the water. the glow of the flames above me re vealed the small boat Dashlng the moisture from my eyes, conscious 6uly of the pleading in her extended arms, I swan toward if. Then behind mc the ship burst into thousand fragments, reuding apart with the report of q mighty gun and shooting upward in q volcano of flame. l went down-doWn down, and knew no more.
 If one could be in n. instant trans ferred from the most fantastic depths of an inferno to the heavenly delights of paradise. his experience would not seem stranger or more impossible than mine. I had sunk to death. about me every horror of noise and sight; the black night, the glare of flame. the roar of explosion, the icy clutch of wa ter what followed that plunge into the depths was unconseiousneSs. l awollc with Vera's eyes smiling into mine. her face bent above me, the golden sun light of q new dawn resting on her hair. 1 could but stare mp at her nn= able to comprehend, half believing if all a vision to as quickly dissolve into mist. Yet ! was rational, my hrain swiftly clearing to the truth The hand which held mine was of flesh and blood; those were no dream eycs smil- ing their welcome, and I Was lying in boat, bobbing up and down to the surface of the sea. Words came to my lips, whispered question:
 "You-you picked me up? we are still at sea?'
 "Yes, dear; oh am So glad. Lie still. you are not strong enough to sit up yet"
 "Oh. yes am: see. I will lean ngainst your shoulder, Why, il is ae5uallE morning; the sgR k an hoT high.
 My eyes left her face to survey the others. and the eoeklesheil In which We floated. The little boat bore up Hraye- lv under it's load, although White and Olson were both bailing, and my eyes took note of several charred spoiS alonc the gunwale showing The touch of fire. Leayord was at the tiiler. and seemed to comprehend all that | waa most eager 10 learn.
 "Yes, we're still anoat, sir" he said. with a sailors hopefulness. 4Bat it's Gods mercy. By every token we should have been blown out of the water when the Indian Chief exploded, but somehow the gust of it didn't hit ua Ws was showered with fire. an hit
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~AUTHoR 2 7 LADY tAeNoRTH ftlO 9|Ie FoRE5T' ETc

CT smoke, the glare of fire on their 1aces, every muscle straining in the in- tensity of struegle-McCann fighting desperately To escape; Bascam eXer- cising all the mad strength of insanity to retain hold Of his victim. If either uttered a sound, I heard it not If was like hofrid picture projected from out the smoke cloud. and as instantly fading. SAW the aen's faces. eX- uitant hatred in one unSreakab1e ter- TOT in the other: l witnessed the strain of muscle, the awful effort to rend apart arms and limbs Il was vision of he'll yet almost before I could ttns vision if, the two figures were eneulfed in sea of flame; where they went into the seething caldron, or over tho rfgil into the depths of oesan-I can never tell. They were there. struggling like fiends, q horror unspeakable in q frame of smoke and fire; then that curtain of death and fire drorBcd- and they were no more.
 I may have jumped: I may have re feased my hold upon the baeksfaY aa1 fallen. The deeb blanks were hat to my feet, and serpeats Of flame crept along the seams as though reaching for ne with tongues Of fire. I staggered baek with hands held before my eyes. half blinded With the glare sill seeing in erazed memory that awful spectacle of death and horror. From far below cry reached my ears-a womanss agonized cry shrfellins upward through the crackle and roar of flames until il even penetrated my brain, and brought me life again:
 Robert. Robert Come to mel"
 I turned, and gfipPed the rail. With one swing l was over t. my body hurtling through the air. down into the black sea. As I came back To the sur
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sel-a grim, menacing Gnacl ?. leaping straight on toward us out of the mist the white foam cireling from her sharp cut-water, her spars and ropes sll- houotted against the gray fog, her main sheets reefed, but with topsails bcllying to the sharp breeze, yet with not a sign of human life visible.
 Put your helm down, Leayord !! Hard down, man." I sobbed. shell be into us in q minute! Ay! that's bet ter; stand by, forward. If there Is any chance lay hold"
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NURSING SERVICE DEAR TMENr. :

The Bureau of Nursing wide he full satisfaction distinction The number this i every indication at he demand Tor experienced will continue for I n O hospitals
  qualified 
 The Surgeon General of the United States Army has
 
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  from years formerly 10 Excellent at a throughout the
The Huttig news., 1918-02-23

Nursing education not only prepares for a large variety Of professional fields, but is an excellent preparation for home and family life and for pub lie service in many ways.
 Almost upon enrolment the student begins her service to the communit. in helping to care for the sick. as : part of her instruction and training.
 Life in most schools Is healthy wholesome, simple and regular. It Is full of vivid human interest, the stu dent sharing in deepest realities of life
 The graduate of a good school steps at once into regular professional life and work with an assured livelihood No weary struggle to get foothold- 10 show what she can do. The hos pital has carried her over that stage, Her work is ready and waiting for her if she successfully completes heFtrain- ing.
 The student is at no expense for tuition, board, lodging, laundry, uni form, etc, in the great majority of schools Only a few schools charge tuition fee Fer preparatory course. The student is also cared for in illness.
 Salaries compare favorably with sal aries of other trained women. In some fields they are higher than the aver age Especially is this true of teach ing and administrative work either in institutions or in public health nars= ing. Opportunities for advancement are many and steadily increasing
 Our schools Of nursing, our civil hos pitals, are to women what Che training camps are to officers and men Hun dreds of nurses have already been drafted The supply will be utterly inadequate unless our qualified wom- on rally in large numbers 10 this eall of duty. Enroll IS a student and be gin your preparation to meet your counry's need for large numbers of highly trained nurses-not only for war service under the American Red Cross, but also for peace serviee ot the greatest importance.
 Hospitals and schools of nursing need an ample student nursing strv- ice, composed of well-educated, high principled capable and devoted young women who are in training to become expert, skilled, competent nurses. All
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(Cuntinned Next Week.)
Optimism.

To face the changing fortunes of life with eqnanimity, to brace our selves against the shocks of fortune, to learn to smile at pretehtiousnesS, to cultivate poise in the face of losses, to let no scarcity in the non-essentials touch our inner 1epose, to adjust our sense of value so that we need not miss what we do not need-these may be the fortunate by-products of our first lessons in the art of doing with Exchange.
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hospitals and schools of nursing must select from these their superintend- ents and assistants, supervisors or head nurses and principals, instructors and lecturers.
 Public health nursing needs in .arg, numbers well-qualiffed nurses for ti 1 following well-defined fields of xo1k Bedside care Of the sick in thei homes, care of babies and prenatal in struction of mothers, supervision 0f health of school children. instruction and care of tuberculous patients tn their homes, nursing and welfare work in industrial plants, mental hygiene work, hospital social service.
 In all these fields there Is ,.n in creasing demand for adminish ators, supervisors and teachers. These posts call for women of superior ability and Etgh educational qualifications.
 General conditions for admission are; Ca Those personal qualities re- Quired in life of responsible service for others; tb; graduation from good high or private school {e) good health; (d) proper age-should not be under 20 years If possible) and apt over 8 (about the limit.
 For further information address Lyda Anderson. Director Nursing Serv- ice. f617 Railway Exchange. St. I.onis
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E YOU LIKE VEGETABLES N so DOES THE HOG
MORE FORAGE MORE PROFIT
 E,l COLLEGE or AGRICULTURE CL,l G6 UNVER SITT OF ARKANSAS EA
J. H. Mcleod, Extension Division University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. and Fay
 etteville, Ark.

Hogs do not like to eat corn alone any more than people would like to eat bread alone. Why not give the hogs some vegetables forage) with their bread (corn)? They will not only grow faster and larger, but will yield a greater profit.
 These hogs were litter mates, but one was fed on corn alone and the other on corn and forage. Which kind do you prefer to raise-
 Produce more forage and more hogs and help Arkansas increase her num- Der of 'porkers" 0,000 head this ,uar. Ask your county agent for in- formation and bulletins.
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CHAPTER I-Robert Hollis, one-tlme Sea captain, who tells the story. is a guest on Gerald Carrington's yacht. Els meralda. It is supposed to be stag party and Hollis Is surprised on discover ing woman, who evidently wishes to re- aain unknown, aboard.
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CHAPTER II-HolHs, the next night, succeeds in having an interview with the woman. She merely tells him her name is Vera
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CHAPTER III-Carrington tells his guests of the coming war, and that he Is engineering a copper pool.
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CHAPTER IV-The yacht Is sunk in a collision and Hollis saves McCaun, mil Honaire, and one of the party.
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SUCCESSION OF FORAGE CROPS
 FOR HOGS.
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CHAPTER V-Holis and McCann res cue Vera and leave the ship in small
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CHAPTER vT-Hollis and Vera become friendly, though he Is unaware of her identity.
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CHAPTER VII-McCann refuses to sub init to Hollis authority. and the latter enforces it.
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CHAPTER VIII-The castaways are sighted by ship. the Indian Chief. which takes them aboard.
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FEED FOR THE sow.

By H. K. Sanders, Agricultural Ex~ tension Division. University of Ark anSaS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. Warner Shook is improving fol lowing an attack of influenza.
 Mrs. Motion Smith has returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs. Murphree in Troy.
 Miss Mary Elizabeth Caldwell will be among the Birmingham girls spending the holidays at home. She is a studen, at the Foxcroft school in Washington.
 Mrs. Harry T, Toulmin of Mobile, aft e. spending the past few weeks in New York, is in the city. where she wil spend the remainder of the winter wiff her cousin, MT. Priestly Toulmln and Mrs. Toulmn, on Sycamore street.
 Lieut. Byrd Haley is in the city as the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs l.. J. Haley. Lieutenant Haley has re- gently graduated from Camp Taylor of ficers training camp, Louisville, Ky Lieutenant Haley has been placed on the officers reserve corps for three months but is relieved from military duties
 Mrs. w. T. Yeatman will return today from Springfield. Tenn. where she at tended the marriage of her sister, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05

most part among the most cultured and refined and literary people in the coun- try; they appreciate everything that is artistic and clever on the stage and are glad to pass it along; the actors and actresses who are sponsored-and by that mean--approyed by the Drama league, feel greatly complmented be- cause the Drama league approves of only the best, the highest, and the most beautiful on the stage. Personally, I
 am greatly in favor of the Drama league resuming its good.work all over the country which was so ably started before the war; and the war work too, of the Drama league has been most commendable: many of our best play wrights, actors, actresses and comedy artists have gone Over There and giv- en their talents toward entertaining our splendid soldier boys.
 q would have enjoyed going over myself and taking some of my come dies" Miss Robson said, flor I feel sure 1 the soldiers would have liked them; , Martha By the Day; "A Clever Woman and the play I'm doing now; although Iits title conveys the idea that it is "A Little Bit Old Fashioned, it really is quite enough up-to-date to make the soldiers forget their troubles for a short while"
 ! Time was up; nose powdered every body ready for Miss Robsons talk at the Drama league, and had only taken up eight minutes of her time. all told. l Train arrived at 3:45 o'clock; Miss
 Robson at the hotel at o'clock; inter- 1 view finished by 4.0S o'clock; Miss Rob- ison appeared before the Drama league | at 4:15 o'clock.
 l Rather speedy work, eh?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05

and dirty and srnudgy and mussy, usual ly having located cinder in my eye or taken fearful cold and everything!
 Probably my sense of hu1nor saves the day Miss Robson replied quickly as we boarded the elevator, her nice manager, MT Smelling. Miss Robson aud myself, because, of course, being a woni an, she had to powder her nose and fix curl or two, and adjust her blouse and give an extra tilt to her hat before she appeared before that big audence assembled for the Drama league, and waiting for a glimpse of her and word from her as to the drama.
 What on earth do they expect me to talk about?' Miss Robson, turning interviewer. asked me.
 "Why- on earth should I know" stammered. "The one thing I'm interested in is what you are going to talk to me about.''
 "Oh, that's easy" Miss Robson said
 Let's talk about Birmingham and how glad I am to be back here after six long years. It is just six years since played here in The Rejuvenation oi Aunt Mary I haven't even peeped into Birmingham, or in fact, haven't been south since then. You see, my country home is on Long IslandAvery near New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
GALLOWAY-JENKINS

A marriage which will come as a sur prise to many friends is that of Miss Helen Jenkins and Mir. Charles B. Cal loway, which took place on Tuesday evening at the home of the brides mother, Mrs. E. II. Easterling, at West End. The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr. Stevens of the Methodist church. and was witnessed by -only a few friends and relatives. Preceding the ceremony a musical programme was rendered by Mrs R. J. Steinmehl and MT Harry Steinmehl. Mrs, R. J. Stein- mehl was the matron of honor and was the first member of the wedding party to enter the living room where the decor ations were most attractive. The patri- otic idea was carried out with many flags, palms and cut flowers.
 The bride wore travelling suit Of burgundy shade with hat to match. Her flowers were brides roses and valley lilies. Mr. Galloway was attended by MT. R. J. Steinmehl, both wearing their mil- tary uniforms, having been members of the officers training camp at Camp Taylor, Ky.
 The bride is well known in Tuscaloosa, where she made her home until recent ly, and has large circle of friends. The groom was a student at the Univer- sity of Alabama until entering the army. After short wedding trip they will be at home at 1121 Cotton avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
' the last few vears of turmoil, strlfe

IT the last few years of turmoil, strife II and struggle, women have filled
 mems places in all phases of work Right here in Birmingham we have had women assuming and filling most ac- ceptably work formerly assigned only to men. Now war and struggle and strife are to be vertically translated into victory on Friday evening at the Coun- try club, when victory ball will be given for the benefit of the Children's hospital.
 The committees are working most eagerly for the success of the ball, and Mrs Robert Thach, Jr., and her commit tee has planned one of the most attrac- tive features of the ball. Everyone must visit the rathskeller and seesfor himself. The rathskeller will be open until F o'clock. After that hour the Pirates Den will be opened, the cabaret will go on, and many other attractions will be fea- tured. Just a few are the "The Mouse Trap ''The Candy Stick,' "Ye Pig and Whistle in Ye Olde Greenwich Village, all these little niches and corners that lure the sightseer and make him long to be a villager: "The Will -o'-the- Wisp,' with flames of incense arising from trinkets slender and artistic, "The Treasure Box" "The Samovar," "The Lacquered Box," ''The Hatters in the Rabbit Hole" "The Silhouette" There will be Mind Reader, Fortune tel Ter, and no one need leave the ball with out being perfectly wise and satisfied as to every part of his future life. As to the past, it has been suggested that the mind reader who has been selected for the occasion is so successful and pos sesses such rare gifts of insight, that certain husbands might be just as hap py if they leave their wife in the RathskeIler, or even the Pirates Den while being told thing or two,' es- specially since the average wife is wise enough; and if she isn't wise, she makes it up in being happy.
 As to influenza? Why, the health au- therities say--Have the ball. Mrs. Mey- CT, the chairman, has been most care- ful to inquire as to the health situation and relative need for postponing, but has been assured that it will be alright to proceed with the ball. There are some to whom the question of invitation may occur. All of those who feel that they wish to celebrate the glorious victory which has come to the allies are invited. All of those who wish to help the Chil- dren's hospital are invited The tickets will be on sale at the door of the Country club on December at the time of the ball. A number of officers from the camps are expected, and with the varied lights, colors, gown, flowers flags, and with the soldiers of our own victorious country present, we shall wit ness a sight not soon to be forgotten.