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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-03-13

The Enterprise, First in Every
thing, $3.50 year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
How Does a Rat Manage
To Carry Her Egus AWAY?

How do rats carry eggs? asks the
Scientific American. Some time ago
the query was put to the most IA
nous of all American naturalists,
John Burroughs. He added that he
didn't know. He had heard an ex-
but he couldn't say that it was the
correct one.
The mystery of how. rats carry
eggs is unsolved "officially' after
hundreds of years of conjecture.
That eggs disappearing are borne Oft
by rats is proved clearly enough by
the discovery of whole, uncracked
other hiding places. In farming
communities various theories are adj
vanced and every now and then some
one actually claims to have seen the
rats at work. These eyewitnesses
of a most unusual thing say the rat
holds the egg between helm and
forefeet, or Rugged tightly between
the forefeet; that he tumbleS off ele-
vations, deftly protecting the egg as
crowd of. rats about to drag the
egg rat, lying on his back, by the
tail across the flood to the hole.
Others say the rat carries the egg,
held between folds of skin under the
hcin, without assistance. The gen
eral testimony, however, would ex-
plain such a conflict of opinion. 1t
is agreed that rats work in gangs
when egg-carrying. and that it is
lance exactly what they are doing
among themselves. It is said there
is always much squealing, but
whether because some are getting
hurt or by contrast are hugely en-
Dying themselves is not indicated.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29

Will the famous African elephants
soon be as nearly extinct as is the
buffalo of the American plains? Ca
BILE dispatches that the South At
rican Cape Council has decided to
exterminate elephants, which are re-
garded as a menace to the farmers
whose crops they despoil and whose
Harry Johnston, famous sAfrican au-
thority,, tells of his experiences with
African elephants in a communica-
ton tosthe National Geographic So
ciety, which is quoted in bulletin
from the society as follows:
eff after many years of trial the
African elephant is pronounced to
be hopeless as a domestic animal
(and it should be remembered that
most male African elephants in cap
tivity have shown themselves to be
hopelessly savage), then at least for
its magnificent ivory the creature is
worth preserving as an asset to the
state. If the Indian elephant shows
African elephant. it must be relnem-
bered. on the other hand. that he is
of very little value for the ivory.
Zone day baby elephant was pre-
sented to me by an Uganda chief. 1t
is a sad thing to relate, but three
men were killed in attempting to cap
ture the first elephant. had eX-
pressed wish one day for some ele-
plants to experiment with jnsdomes-
tications IS and the natiyesj with their
usual desire to please me were so
ify my wish and so determined in
their pursuit of the young elephant
that the mother elephant knocked
over and killed three of them. But
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Youths SpIurge GaiIy
On Stolen u. S. Bonds

Three boys, Harry J. Milham, Ar
thur Eller and Edward c. Eicholz,
charged with stealing $4,000 in
Liberty bonds from Simmons &
Slade, New York brokers, have been
arrested at Saranac lake and taken
back to New York, the officers bring
ing in with them story of lavish
spending by the trio during the
period in which the police were
seeking them.
According to the detectives the
boys, with the police always little
behind them, posed as college stu
dents and the sons of Chicago mill
lionaires, rode in Pullmans, bought
expensive clothes, ate at high-priced
restaurants, paid 500 week each
for quarters, hired fast automobiles
and motor boats. and cashed $500
Liberty bond whenever they needed
funds.
At the time they were caught
they were negotiating for the pur-
chase of a $4,000 automobile to tour
the country. and were using a high
powered speed boat on Saranac lake,
with an option on it's purchase.
And, one of the boys had offered to
send a Broadway dancer a $500
bond, so that she could join him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Political Parties to Use
PhonoqraphS in Campaign

Photographs will be used nv both
Republican and Democratic parties
in the approaching presidential cam
paign, 1t is announced. mo lfo
embracing a program which Will
permit residents of small towns and
remote hamlets to hear the speeches
of eminent orators at the same
time records are released in the
large cities.
The photographic campaign will
be opened on September 1, when
records containing utterances by
Attorney General y Palmer, speak
ing for the Democrats, and others
registering the speech of Senator
Lodge, voicing sentiments of the
Republicans, will be reproduced
at clubs, societies headquarters,
churches, monday meetings and
in the homes of the party work.
ers.
Following release of the speeches
of Attorney General Palmer and
Senator Lodge, other records will
be distributed monthly, and it is
expected that meeting places and
homes throughout the country will
fairly echo and re-echo with words
of orators as conveyed by means of
talking machines.
The extent of the part which
monographs may play in the cam
paign can be estimated by the state
ment that two manufacturers of
the machines are known to have
more than 100000 monographs in
use in the United States
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Eyebrows, Bushy Ones,
To Adorn MiIadV Auain

The girls are about to lose that
inquiring look-some harsh persons
call it supercillious--whic as char
acetrized the fashionable young
woman of the last year. 4 r'
Mflady is to resume the growing
of eyebrows.
Oh, yes, they have them now, but
to recognize in a thin pencil line OF
black what nature originally intend
ed for an eyebrow portrays keen per-
ception.
Shaved, plucked or pulled eye
brows were the style. No longer do
they reign. For their day is over,
or almost over, and soon to appear
with a forehead of unprotected and
hairless cuticle will be as unfashion-
able and provincial as though one
appeared in a hoopskirt.
Wasted are the hours spent in the
painful task of pulling them out, one
at a time, amid acute anguish, and
lucky are the damsels to wqhom
comfort and convenience looked bet
ter than a skinny line of hair and a
surface of white holes that resem-
bled pin pricks or the shiny surface
of a bald head.
Eyebrows, unlike tonsils or an ap-
pendix, are useful things, and thick
ones-even bushy ones-are coming
back in style.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Alabama Farm Circular
Answers Vital Question

An interesting and valuable circu-
lar has just been issued by the Ala
bama farm extension service entitled
''Man Labor Requirement of Some
written by r. d. Stevens, farm man
agement specialist. located at Biz
mingham, and cannot but prove of
timely interest to thoughtful farm
ers, whose production in the past
has been limited by lack of labor
supply. This circular, No; 49, first IT
propounds the question, How many
acres of crops can one man handler
and proceeds to show how an aver
age one-horse cotton farm, the time
of a farmer and his family Qour in
alb is practically taken up in car
ing for sixteen acres of cotton four
teen acres of corn and three acres
of cowpeas--thirty-t three acres in
all. The wastefulness of this plan,
however, is shown in that it actual
ly uses only $50 days, or Sc per
cent of the available time of the
farmer. available time" is ,calcu-
lated to be 229 days in the year, the
as unavailable for field work, and
includes Sundays and holidays.
Commenting on this system, the
circular says: 'The distribution OF
this labor is such as to interfere
materially with any regularity of the
popularity, of the five months school
In the cotton states" x
And so aiother crop rotation is
planned, wherein an. attempt is made
TO SHOW the maximum acreage II
Is possible tor one man and his fam
lily to care for, where cotton is still
retaine in the system OF planting,
This plan contemplates a tour-year
rotation on four nelds of ten acres
each, total of forty acres, on which
sixty acres OF crops are grown.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Sixth Sense Is Needed
For Success as Aviator

The Lancet, i4U4luun, asks Wn.clt
OF the five senses could have prayed
It predominant share in the nonstop
Irans tlanttc flight of Alcock and
Brown.
sight, even when the moon was
visible, was practically nuIlttieA by
the constant cloud and storms ol
Sleet or hail; hearing must gradually
have lost in acuteneSS in the course
Of sixteen hours OF continuous eX-
posture to the tremendous din of en-
gines' and propeller--it is recorded
that both officers were deaf on dis
to have been no truSty guide, mas
much as the pilot admitted involun-
tary Indulgence in stunning and
seems to have Topped the loop with
out being aware that his vertical g.
rection was changing.
ON the other hand the aviators'
horizontal direction must have been
marVelously precise throughout, as,
with on landmarks to guide them,
their destination was reached with
out a hitch, when sWerve of a
single degree to one side or the
other of the direct line would have
lost them their objective.
presumably the imperfect sense
records supplemented ech other In
nervous systems long trained to rap
id and impromptu adjustment"
1t seems that the human body is
and balance that depends not upon
any one Of the five senses" and
cannot, be localized entirely in the
of the ear. Some men pos
sess this sense in greater degree
than, others
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
African Elephants, Vau able for Ivory,
Threatened With Extinction byNatives

finally they succeeded in their object,
capturing the calf, and tt m. grea
surprise it trotted into camp behind
one of the men.
This little creature was at the
time only four feet high. In two
days it had become perfectly tame,
and would follow human being as
readily as his own mother. 1t was
easy enough to feed him with milk,
bottle with a long neck. This bot
tie was filled with cows milk diluted
with water and poured down the ele-
plants thoat. Soon all that one had
to do was to place the neck of the
bottle in the elephants mouth and the
intelligent creature wound it's trunk
around the neck of the bottle, tilted
1t up and absorbed the contents. For
several weeks the elephant throve
and became a most delightful pet.
It would allow any one to ride on it's
back, and. seemed to take pleasure
and amusement in this exercise. 1t
would and it's way through Divers
passagese4ainto my sitting room, not
upsetting@ or injuring anything, but
deftly smelling and examining OBJ
jects of curiosity with it's trunk.
at the same time we had in cap
tivity a young zebra, which was also
striped horse. These two orphans.
the elephant and the zebra became
greatly attached to each other,
though perhaps thre was more en-
thusiasti affection on the part of
the elephant. the zebra at times get
ting a little bored with constant en-
braces. Alas and lack. both elehant
and zebra died eventually from the
unWholesomeness, to them. of cows
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Secretary Houston
FavorS Credit Unions

There should be provided a
system of personal-credit unions,
especially for the benefit of in
dividuals whose financial circum-
stances and scale of operations
make it difficult for them to Sc
cure accommodations through the
ordinary channels. Organized COM
mercial banks make short-term
loans of a great aggregate vol
ume to the farmers of the ma
ton possessing the requisite in
dividual credit, but there are
many farmers who, because Of
their circumstances, are prevent
ed from securing the accommo-
dations they need -. The
men I have especially in mind are
those whose operations are on q
small scale and who are not in
most cases intimately in touch
with banking machinery, who
know too little about finacial OPP
erations, and whose cases usually
do not receive the affirmative at
tention and sympathy of the
banker. Such farmers would be
much benefited by membership in
cooperative credit associations or
unions. david F. Houston, Sec
rotary Of Agriculture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Engineers Paid More
Than Governors Are

Which would you rather do he
the governor Of a state or work
on. the railroad? There may be
more glory in the governorsip,
but there's more money in engl-
neering a freight train-at least.
in thirteen states of the Union.
Not the original thirteen, of
course. Their governors come
rather high. But, according to
figures submitted to the house OF
representatives by R, l.. O'Don-
nell, general manager of the
Pennsylvania railroad. freight en-
gineers are now getting 1902 "a
month. or $4,704 a year. which Is
more than can be said of the gov
errors of Arizona, Delaware.
Maryland. Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island.
South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee. Texas, Vermont and
Wyoming. No.. rs
The same is true OF. passenger
train engineers, whose salary
$4,520-is only slightly less than
that of the freight engineers.
while freight conductors and pas
senger conductors, who receive
$3,7oS and $3,696 respectively, are
better paid than the governors of
Nebraska, >NewvHampshire. Rhode
Island, South Carolina. South Da-
kota and Vermont.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Married Fohr Times at 70,
Has % Children Now

When it comes to marriage and
birth records, you'll have to hand it
to the Rev William Lyttle. Here is
his record:
Is father of twenty-eight chill
dren, nearly all of whom are liv-
ing.
Has been married four times,
averaging seven children to each
union.
There were three sets of twins,
two sets by his present wife.
The youngest child is only Z
months old
The Rev. Lyttle, who is about
70 years old. resides near Rae
coon, below Whitesburg, Ky, in
Perry county. He is still rAVogorous
health and his mentality is unim-
paired.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Twin Soldiers Have
Similar Experiences

Vocational advisers of the federal
board for vocational education, have
called attention to similarities in the
cases of two brothers.
Walter F. and Albert T. Grierson
are twins who enlisted in the A. E. F.
on May 10, 1917. Both saw service in
France; both were wounded, one re-
ceived a gunshot wound through the
ankle, resulting in partial apkylosis,
the other received gunshot wound
through the right arm, causing pa
ralysis of the hand. Before they
enlisted both were bank clerks. Now
they have applied for training under
the vocational rehabilitation law and
courses in commercial work to be
followed by special training in South
American trade relation at the Uni
versity of Washington have been
approved by both.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Europe Does Not Want
Montana Horse Meat

A plan to market in Europe horse
flesh from wild horses which run on
Montana ranges is discouraged in re-
ports forwarded from France and
Belgium by American commercial
attaches.
The reports say the Europeans do
not care for frozen horse meat and
that horses consigned to the butcher
must be slaughtered within the cities
or districts in which they are to be
consumed.
The Montana plan contemplated
slaughter at some point in the state,
with sale of the by-products in the
country and sale of the flesh abroad.
Stockmen are considering what
other means they can employ to rid
the state of the wild horses, which
they say consume a large amount of
valuable range.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Georgia Is Second
With Potato Yield

Alabama is leading again this year
in the production of sweet potatoes
and her crop promises to be 100000
bushels more than last years
with a total of 100000 bushels. as
forecast by the department of agrl-
culture from conditions prevailing
on August 1.
Georgia stands second among the
producing states with crop prospects
this year of 12,512,00 bushels, which
is more than half a million bushels
larger than last years, crop. -,
Mississippi's forecast places her
third in this years production with
1884, 900 bushels. Forecasts of 9TH
er southern states are:
North Carolina. $4,000 bushels;
South Carolina. 7,548.000; Virginia,
3,255,0o0; Tennessee, 2,9S4,00o; Flor
ida. 4,5S8.000: Louisiana, 5,801,0oO +;
Texas, 8,770.000; Oklahoma, 1,586,00
and Arkansas, 4,150.000.
The country's total crops this
year is forecast at 00,456,000 bush
els, which is 100000 bushels
more than harvested last year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Kills Hen for Dinner,
Finds $500 Rinu in CraW

Andromeda is, or was, plain
drab-colored runabout Buff Cochin
hem. with feathered pantaiets and no
especial claim to distinction. She
belonged to H. E. Westerly, a farm
er, of Hayward, Cal, and led an
existence as drab as her color. She
wallowed in the dirt, cacRIed as per
accomplishment and did her own
scratching in wholly middle-ciass
way.
Now Andromeda is the most ia
nous hen in the county. For Wester-
ly decided that his hen would make
a wonderful Sunday dinner. He kill
ed her and opened her crop. Among
the gravel of her grinder he found
an emerald ring surrounded by Ai&-
monds, worth about $500. The ring
was corroded and had apparently
been in the hens differential box
for about a week.
It is thought the ring was dropped
by some passing automoblist ana
Andromeda, attracted by the glitter,
swallowed it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Leave Dead in France,
Advises Gen. PerShinn

General Pershing, in cable
gram to the war department, has
expressed the opinion that the
bodies of American soldiers who
died abroad should be left near
where they fell.
ct believe that, could these SOL
diers speak for themselves, they
would wish to be left undisturbed
where, with their comrades, they
fought the last fight" General
Pershing said. Those who rest
in England gave their lives in the
same cause and their remains
represent the same salvation as
those who lie on the battlefields.
1.-THE graves of our soldiers
constitute, if they are allowed to
remain, a perpetual reminder to
our Allies of the liberty and
ideals upon which the greatness
of Amreica rests. I think the
Sentiments above outlined are
held by many who have given this
subject thought. These senti-
ments should appeal to the rela-
tives and friends. 1 recommend
that none of our dead be removed
from Europe unless their nearest
relatives so demand after full
understanding of all the senti-
mental reasons against such re-
-moval, and further recommend
that immediate steps be taken for
permanently improving and beau
tifying our cemeteries"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Diamonds Worth $1,000 a
"a. Carat but PeopIe Buv

Prohibition and high wages paid
during the war have combined to
make the jewelry business more pros
porous than ever before in it's his
tory, according to delegates attend
Ing the annual meeting of American
Retail jewelers. Association, in ses-
sion in Chicago, Ill.
"a large part of the money for
merly expended for liquor is now
being used in buying jewelry," said
Joseph Mazer, of New York. THE
public apparently has plenty of
money and is spending a large part
Of it for jewelry: The highest price
articles are in the greatest demand.
Wrist watches priced at $500 are
sold as soon as we get them and
the demand for diamonds is unprece-
denied The finest diamonds are
worth $1,000 a carat today and they
will go. higher, because the. great
diamond mines in South Africa and
South America are nearly exhausted.
Platinum is used more than ever
before in settings for precious stones
and the public wants nothing but the
VIA ffhRS 0oaHPb
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Frightened Out of Wits
BV Storm in CatSkIIIS

An unidentified woman, wearing a
purple satin dress with brown -Goor-
gette sleeves, brown silk stockings
and tan shoes, stamped '"Genting,
staggered to the home Of Chester
Fredenburgh, mile north of Cat
skill, N. Y, last week, asking for
water.
The Fredenburgh family called DIR:
William Rapp, of Catskill, who found
the woman exhausted from hunger
and exposure. She could talk .coher-
entity but could not tell her name
or address.
The woman was taken to CataXili
and placed in a hospital ward there
Although she is resting comfortably
she has not recovered her memory
only recalling that she had been
frightened by storm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
FREE ECZEMA REMEDY

Such wonderful results in eczema
and all skin diseases instantly fol-
low the soothing application of
Krano-Zema, the new scientific treat
ment, and so confident is the Krano-
Zema Co. that they will gladly send
any reader a full-sized $500 treat
ment by prepaid mail without one
cent in advance. If satisfied after
using the treatment two weeks, pay
$1.00 but if not, you do not pay one
cent. Take advantage of this amaZ-
ing free offer today. Send no money,
Krano-Zema Co., 80 Phillips Bldg,
Girard Kans-(Adyt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29

There's no reason why a person
should take sickening. salivating cal
omel when few cents buys large
bottle of podson's Liver Tone-a
perfect substitute for calomei.
it is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as
surely as colonel, but it doesn't
make you sick and can not sail
vate. ~
Children and grown folks can take,
Dodsons Liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Prourom at Women's Bath

LONDON.-JeWish women bathers
have been driven naked through the
streets of Cholm by laughing, boot
ing soldiers, according to pogrom
stories received from Poland by
Zionist headquarters here. The
troops. say the dispatches. entered
the baths set aside for women and
with whips and with the butts Of
the rifles drove the women into the
street.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Bio Postwar Order

VANCOUVER.-The British gov
eminent has placed an order here for
70, 100000 feet of lumber to be used
in Europe for reconstruction pur-
poses. The mills have already ship
ped 100000 feet BY the sea route.
It is expected 50,000,000 feet will be
sent by the end Of the year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Cotton viii Become
Industry in China

come an important Industry in G China ina
in the opinion of the British consul
at Marking, who in a government
report, says cotton cultivation is be-
ing extended in northern Kiangpei,
and experiments are being made in
Haichow, partly with American seeds.
Investments ar ebeing made in cot
ton spinning factories. One estab-
lishment at Pootung- represents an
investment of $1,000000 and another
at ChangchoM 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29

.'ORONTO-Ontario furnishes the
new leader of the Liberal party in
Canada, William l.. M. King, King
was educated in the Universities Of
Toronto and Chicago and Harvard
university. He's forty-five and of
fighting stock. His father was
Scotch and his mother daughter Of
leader in the Canadian rebellion
of 1888. King was fayorite Of
Laurier, the famous Canadian Lib
eral leader.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-29
Deficient Moisture
Caused Big Loss in
Cotton During 1918

Losses of cotton, from deficient moisture
were heavier during the 1918 season than
during any of the last ten. years, reaching
II pounds per acre, according to statistics of
the department of agriculture just issued.
The total loss from all causes was 1914
pounds per acre. That was less than the
year before, but more than any other year
since 1910. but eight pounds per acre more
than the average for the previous ten years.
Losses from insect pests were less than
K OoundS nor apre