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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

II IS easy to recall the time when the regulation of saloons was verv live topic. but now such talk is a thinp of tba past TOT there ain't no sich thing"
 
 Some thought that when tbev uot rid or whisky that the community would settie down to peace and quietude but iew ol us dreaded the hour when the regulation of dairies would cause such a temperance drink as milk to have the town in an uproar but having once dipped into the merry controversx, now raging between the dairyrnen and inc neaith department. I sit down not to get further mixed up in it but to tell q few things about the importance of pure milk not merely as an article of diet.
 The milk of various domesticated anil mals is more or less used bv man for food. but this story will be limited to the milk of the Cow, which may he taken as typical of all others. is. when drawn, an opaque white fluid. with a yellowish tinse, soft, bland and swedish to the taste, and possessed of faintly animal odor. which, according to Schrein- CT. is due to the presence of suphurreted hydrogen, and disappears after a short exposure. l was glad to run across this Tn formation for l have been frequently twitted because the smell of fresh milk was particularly offensice to me. and when 1t was the fad to advise, tubercular patiepts to sleep in COW barns. I said | had rather die than to pu. up with the smell of fresh milk W
 The constitution of cows milk has been concisely stated by Richmond: Tt is es- sentiaiiy an aqueous solution of milk sugar, albumin and certain salts. shold- ing in suspension glo5ules of fat. ana in a state of semi-solution, casein together With mineral matter. Small quantities of other substances are also foundn I have alreadys spoken of it's physical proper ties, but failed to state that it's yellovish color is due to fat The gases contained in cows milk, carbonic acid with small amounts of oxygen and nitrogen, are for the most part evaporated in the usual process of handling the milk But milk is not to be regarded as a degnite chemical compound. nor even as mixture of bod ies in fixed and invariable proportions. for not only does the milk of various breeds vary, but the milk of the same animal is subject to extensive fluctuation. the prin- cipal causes being in the age, period of lactation. health, nature and amount of food. treatment. the frequency of milk ing. etc.
 Thus, it will be seen. in the case of cows milk. the quality depends on many things; but with the mixed milking of a large herd of cows the composition is fairly constant, as the poor milk of one COW is balanced by the extra rich milk of another; but with individual cows the variation is frequently very ma rkcd. >For example. the lowest percentake Of fat that has been recorded is OPS. while the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
DREAMS OF YEsTERYEAR

From the Atlanta Constitution. How far beyond our moral ken, In turing light and Cheer. Have gone the dreams of ''Might-have.
 been"
 On wings of Yesteryear, @A Ho! Yesteryear-how fleet and sheer. The wilesome ings-of Yesteryear! The cloudless skies and singing birds,
 The buds for me, for you That would have come to wondroua
 bloom
 If dreams had proven true! Oh. Yesterday-how brief and dear The fleeting dreams of Yesterday. For vanished dreams of Yesterdayyear, To sigh. alas. in vain Above your bier, this now New Year
 An, may we dream again Hope. Yesteryear-but reappear, Restore its Dreamers their arrear! Dear dreams of buds and blooming
 flowers
 Of joy and starry skies. Of smiling lips and happy hearts
 For true love never dies Hail Yesteryear. New skies shine Hopes Rainbow now doth reappear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
Presidential Years
 of Other Times

II T used to be that presidential
 H campaigns were accompanied by business depression. Financial inter- ests were afraid of the democratic party.
 But since 1885, following Cleve- lands first inauguration, the feeling changed to some extent, and by 1912 the old bogy had quite disappeared. The time has come when if business conditions are fundamentally sound, a presidential year cuts very little figure. President Wilson's election was easily foreseen, but the country was enjoying abundant prosperity, and this prosperity was little dis turbcd. The year 1916, when Amer ica was on the verge of war, was hardly fair test. Business was nat urally unsettled. In this year 1920, no one can make reasonable guess on the nominees of either of the parties, but as business is in full swing, it is safe to say that it will continue so to the end of the year, no matter what the presidential out look may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

ahead of you But you don't shoot The guide has warned you.
 You paddle along. You go through channels that are no channels. You break through growing cane and all manner of jungle. Then you get into little pond,1 as big as city backyard all surrounded by growing cane or young fishing poles. and your guide paddles about. throwing out wooden decoy ducks here and there, anchoring them with reed stuck in the bottom Soon he has flock of ducks in this lit- tie pond, all apparently swimming about. Then he points your boat into the cane brake At the entrance to your blind, in the growing cane he points up cane shoots as high as one's head. stick ing them in the bottom. You are thus hid from the flying wild ducks, but in few yards of the decoys.
 Then the.guide opens up your shells and hands you your gun. Henceforth it is up to you-gunman that you pre- tend to be-to kill your 25 ducks that the Louisiana law allows you for a days sport.
 Ducks are not always to be fooled by decoys. The wary, wild boys will spot them and fly down almost to the waters surface and see the glassy stare of the painted eye. Then. like the wind they are off, turning and twisting as no air plane artist has yet learned.
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 I had shot duck on the rise in the jungles of the Swann Lake Club, over in Mississippi, and had done bit of so- called good shooting. But here, in the first half hour, these duck made ping pong balls of my No. shot However. old John Jo, my guide, sitting back at the stern of the boat. said: "Meester Poor Shot, lead your duck" It sounded at first like he wanted me to throw a lasso over him and lead him off. Some of them had actually almost flown on my gun barrel. But they were agile devils. and had done it so quick that they had touched and gone before had disting uished them from mosquitoes
 However, I soon figured out what Head them" meant. and played the game of touch and go with them It meant shoot in the atmosphere ahead of them, and, at their speed, they would run into your shot. I tried it. and be- fore those ducks got onto my game of playing long shots in advance I had IT of them bagged and they quit flying my way.
 By the way, Bill Kettig is a good old sport, at least such is believed by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

pubic At the Pilgrims dinner the prince spoke with assurance and in a strong voice That Surprised his hear CTS A suspicion may be thus enter- talned that native gifts of voice and presence expanded during the sojourn here Possibly. also there was an en- iargement of vocabulary. If so. per maps the prince will explain to his fell low oW-countrymen a verbal misunder- standing into which Punch has fallen. quoting newspaper report that the prince spent couple of weeks in Phil adelphia yesterday Charivari com ments; How, time does fly when one is happy" We would not have it thought that the prince was less than happy anywhere; but. as a great Eng lishman once remarked. there are places where time flies withal" and then there are other places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

Commodore Kettig and his satellites 50 miles below New Orleans to landing called Buras, and there the Delta Duck Clubs yacht met the party for water transportation another 30 miles. A sup per of raw oysters, oyster soup. fried and broiled oysters, and steaming hot black coffee was served en route to the clubhouse.
 An ideal haven of rest and hunts mans sport is this Delta Duck Club. Great yerandas. lounging rooms, dec- orated with all varieties of stuffed wild duck and wild geese; a large dining room, catered to by most excellent French chef; several dormitories of 10 beds each. lockers and baths, and each and every comfort which would appeal to sportsman.
 There are launches .and yachts and duck boats galore scores of guides, of French decent, who know every bayou and pond and marsh of all the lower Mississippi.
 It is duck shooting de luxe.
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 At in the morning all lights are turned on. A waiter takes the rounds of the beds with a tray of steaming coffee cups. Hunting togs are donned, with rubber boots reaching to the thigh. but made to fold over beneath the knee in ordinary times and very comfortable and cozy-at all times.
 A breakfast unequalled in daintiness and service is served at a. m The guides are. lined up outside, each with a waterproof and handled box with 100 or more shells, lunch and a water bottle. At the dock, in front of the CluOuouSt, lOur UT iHOTt their guides take well covered gaso- line motor boat. This boat tows the duck boats, each with its supply of de- coys. Through the darkness and fog, for perhaps five or ten miles. you speed. Then the motor boat Nslows up and a guide calls out, "Meester Blank" in a distinctive French accent. You go over the side and into little duck boat. The guide paddles you down stream bit and then into mud bank and cane brake. You step ashore in an ooze. or otherwise, and help draw the boat up. The guide slides the boat inland for per- haps 10 feet into four-foot canal For few hundred feet you travel. and then, like Columbus discovering Amer ica, you sight a pond or a great lake, and as the first streaks of dawn appear the squawks of duck are heard and they rise, in droves and coveys and Singles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
EMMA's THRIFTY

Y EnQUIFeT.
 Emma Goldman says she is coming back to save America Emma is great little old saver. She carried away from these shores nice little fortune in cash and seven trunks filled with furs. all tribute from. the downtrodden and oppressed peasantry of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
TIP FOR MAURICE

From the Washington Star.
 Maurice Maeterlinck might have avoid ed some irritation if on coming to hands of practical snowman who called him "Maury." and said. Leave all them business details to me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND~ELSEWHERE
Coming {. Cobb Lecture

coming to Cobb Lecture
 Quite a number of Aniston peo- pie are coming over Ito Birmingham to attend the lecture given next Fri day night by Irwin S. Cobb" said Col Harry NJ. Ayers. editor of the Annis- ton Star. who spent the weekend in Birmingham. There is no more popu- lar writer and lecturer in America to- aday than Cobb. and it is quite a com pliment to the Birmingham post Of the American Legion that it was able to secure his services for the lecture Eere. I know that Cobb will only make limited number of lectures each season and the demand for his lec- tures is so heavy that his booking agents are able to choose his itinerary and book him, at only the most impor- tant places
 T am informed that Cobb announces that he will not talk on the war or ar subjects and that assured that his lecture will be extremely amusing and interesting. He is one of the great est humorists of the age and during the past few years has developed won derfully as a public lecturer. When he first started to making lectures. he drew crowds principally on account Of the popularity he enjoyed as writ CT, but now he draws crowds to his merits as speaker He is one of the highest p%ced lecturers on the plat form today. his, services being as ex- nanSiVa Rru or,fo rf t nationally known men. many of whom command large prices because of their prominence in national affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
Changes Are Marxeious

To person who had not been in Texas and Oklahoma in several years the changes that have taken place there are nothing less than marvel ons, said James W. Kennedy, who re- turned from a trip to the oil districts in those states day or two ago. T went out there to look after some land bought years ago and to see what the prospects were for developing it. Oil wells are now in operation within short distance on three sides of my land and within another year the wells will be right up to it.
 That whole section is on the big 9est boom ever known there and the people are wild over the great develop ments. The cities of Fort Worth, DaI-, las. Wichita Falls and other nearby towns in Texas and at Oklahoma City. Tulsa and other Oklahoma towns are crowded with strangers Some men are making fortunes almost over night, put, of course, -there are others who fail to get hold of the right kind of property"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
Notice Effective

That notice in The Age Herald stating that applicants would be sranted provisional certificates to teach in the county schools did good work, stated Superintendent N. R. faker All the places except one nave been filled and I expect that place Will not be vacant longer than Tuesday, for I have an application in mind that I Relieve. I will act favor ably on Monday morning.
 fhere were enough applications the first two days to fill all the vacancies but they continued to come to my of nee so there were quite a few to pick rom. The shortage is now ahou. over and unless there be a great num- Der Of resignations soon the county schools will get along fairly well for the remainder of the session.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

ards adopted by ordinances of various cities practically agree, that the total solids should reach Ills to IS per cent, while the fat should reach 25 to 3.5 per cent.
 am sure getting tired of these analy- sis, but am digging them up in order that those of you who care to may get some Idea to form an intelligent opinion on the controversy now raging over Bir- mingham's milk supply. am, however purposely refrainipg from using the mat ter set out in the proposed ordinance and getting my data elsewhere. and therefore it may not please either the health re- partment or the dairymen. But to pro- ceed, the fat of milk is in the form or globules differing in size and numbering one million to the pint, which when the milk is allowed to stand, rise to the sur face along with portion of the casein. and form a mixture known as cream Tn the analysis above the nitrogenous con stituents of milk are only shown as casein. but as a matter of fact there are other nitrogenous matters present, though only in small quantities. Amongst these are peptones and coloring matter. The chief ingredients of the ash are potas- sum, calcium and phosphoric acid.l
 
 Now I am getting down to the root or the matter, as the chemical composition or milk renders it very suitable soil Tor the cultivation of bacteria. Bowling oe- fends the coco bacterial requirement. contained in the milk ordinance, and de- clares that by the installation of modern equipment and thu adoption of business like methods of marketing their proouct local dairymen can fulfill requirement and operate successfully many of them. but they say it will put them out of commission. I may be mistaken. but understand that the dairymen can. from their standpoint, meet the other resula- lions about clean milk and proper sani- tation in its home handling and delivery Various methods have been devised to overcome the dangers of an impure milk supply by preventing the growth and transmission of pathogenic bacteria. Pas teurization and sterilization having found most favor but I haven't the space to show the difference here between the two.
 I think I deserve some credit for get ting up this article on milk, for While I own a registered Jersey and fine heifer.: thoroughly dislike milk. detest butter. abhor clabber. but can eat cer- tain kinds of cheese. and strange to say am unusually fond of ice cream. There IS no accounting for the idyocyncrasies or a mans likes and disIikes. and therefore I have always been willing to allow q wide latitude to my friends Tn the mat fer of what they eat and what they drink. Before going any further to ease my conscisnce must own up that in days gone by did relish we'll made milk punch but why make an exception of it as such beverage is now put be vond my reach, and if l take glass Q. mix it must be camouflaged as a mill chocolate, with the accent on the shoeo late.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

Because of his attitude toward Brit ish protectorate in Egypt, Clemenceau was warned that he would not meet with a friendly reception and aban- boned his plan to visit that country. Iris to weep. All his life he's wanted to see .ae pyramids and the sphinx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

o the difference of man and man:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26
MED BRACE TELLS ABOUT DUCK SHOOTING DOWN AT THE LOUISIANA DELTA DUCK CLUB

R was at the Badhams-that most charming couple. of, many distin-
 guished boys, including an ace. The dinner was framed about that most prized of all foods-the canvass back duck. A dearly beloved Virginia bishop in the older days had travelled here with a bottle of 1886 Burgundy the gift of his most devoted admirer.
 But, at any rate, during this most de- licious dinner. an interruption came in a telephone call and moments pleas ure was destroyed
 Hello" I responded, in gruff and unpleasant voice.
 "Is that you. Ed? This is Bill Ket- tig. Sorry to interrupt you. But can you go down to the Delta Duck Club as my guest Sunday afternon on the Louisville and Nashville at o'clock"
 The Delta Duck Club is known to all men as the winter home of the best shots and best sports of all the world.
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 And, of Sunday afternoon, 8 party of six gunmen, with malice intent. started. out to do murder unto the duck tribe in their winter resort down 90 miles below New Orleans down where the Mississippi divides up and flows out into the gulf through many self-made channels, down an hundred miles further south than the regul6r gulf coast. where there is warmth and food for the ducks which come down from far up into Canada, and all the other cold sections where food is scarce in winter.
 rooms, and men still have cards and chips. In the olden days there were glasses beneath the water coolers in Pullman cars, and men carried in the right hand end of dress suit cases quart bottles of distilled glories, the ages of which they bragged about and the mel .iowness of which they exhorted of. They smacked their lips in glee as they tasted of the contents and rubbed their protruding fronts in joy after the tast- ing. But those days have passed, and, in these men may but reminisce
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 However, in New Orleans. there are men of the old school of statesmanship who do not boast of cellars-they are too damp thereabouts-but they have old-t attics, up top-side, and. in them the mellow products of that which may soon be termed the brew of prehistoric days.
 A private car, on serpentine rail- way, through the marshes, transported highest is over no In an analysis of milk the casein, milk sugar, and ash are classed together as solids not fat. -<l@< a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

A 17-year-old girl of New York who chased two wouid-be robbers for 10 blocks into house, up to the roof ana into another building, where they were captured. is evidently not the clinging vine type
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second-class matter. un- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-26

way, through the marshes transported highest is over 11.0 In an analysis of milk the casein, milk sugar and ash are classed together as solids not fat. and these have been observed to range from 55 to over 12.0 though they rarely fall below s.5 or exceed 11.0. The stand ards adopted by ordinances of various cities practically agree, that the total solids should reach Ills to IS per cent while the fat should reach 2.5 to 3.5 per cent.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-08-05
Sdli,amfte &riie, Die sStalien bnrd'
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-08-05
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-08-05
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1920-08-05
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