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or blackens an eye, but this time 1
laughed!
For it was the dog catcher!
A little boy | know came home
one evening last winter with the yal-
lerist kind of cur, one of those for
lorn, halfstarved, unkempt pups of
the gutter.
But to the boy it was DOG.
That was enough.
1t mattered not to him that all
the so-called points of good breed
ing were absent, nor that the dog had
absolutely no pedigree and not a
good habit.
1t was a dog.
And the boy formed a partner
ship with the pup.
Mother stormed about the matter,
and father pretended to be feeling
the same way about it, but secretly
he helped the boy fix up comfy bed
for the dog in the basement, and
raided the pantry for some stray
scraps of meat.
And everything went well, ex-
cepting, of course, on those days
when the thoughtless pup would
track up the newly scrubbed kitchen
floor. -.
And the boy was having the big
Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-18
WANTED: SERVICE

council meeting yesterday afternoon at turned
down proposal from the Aercus Lighting return to
the pumping city by electric power which discontinued
the and abandon the plan operation OF the
city using plant for the task Mayor Sheppard informed
the company who offered the proposal that the
present relations unsatisfactory
did contracts until
When explanations offered the declared
that what the and the public desired service
The mayor exactly right Beginning May and increased
rates electricity and effect Previously to that time
by the particularly to bad
covering the entire half of city, have been of
sion Light service residential section has been interrupted at
annovng furnished has been weak
that the home lights useless.
pressed for explanations the always has
apses OF them apparently
valid excuses inability coa slow handling OF rail-
road cars thing and another Oc
casonay discovered that employees the plants
are responsible the trouble But explanations all
to be in taking remedy conditions and against repeons
of the trouble.
The public will be uncompanng its inconvenience for
that better condionsrea the
But no forthcoming We doing the best
we can the invariably them when there
word ALL there enough cook supper dinner
while full speed tails
forth heat enough supply the household needs the electric
lights there S n o wait and hope
Amecus long suffering and patient But Mayor Sheppard is
right What the people of this community service doesn
cheapness the has the
and tired Of getting would that it
is about time definite word forthcoming from the
of the Ameus Lighting what could be expected in
the future.
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IS LIFE

days of his life, the first dog he had
had, you know.
And the other day the boy and
the dog were out in the street play
ing.
The boy would throw a stick and
the dog would run after it and the
boy would howl with joy.
Then the clouds came up. The
dog catcher's wagon ratified down
the street
The boy didn't see it.
First thing he knew the mean old
dog catcher had stopped his wagon
and was making straight line for
the dog.
The Cup, sensing danger of an
unknown quality, raced for the in
side of the yard, but he couldn't
have made it if it hadn't been for
loose brick in the street.
Just as the dog catcher was push
ing the net over the pups head, he,
the dog catcher, stepped on the edge
of the brick. Down he went. Believe
me, there was some fall. There was
striking resemblance between the
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pink.
He took the helpful brick into the
house, coated it with pretty tinfoil
and says he's going to save it for
ever.
I wish the hand fthe law would
oct half as ambitious about catch
ing profteers, and other criminals
as it is about trying to catch dogs
that belong to little boys.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-18
HAMMERS

AS Thucyddes remarked Epgos just before the battle of
Parthenon
The human is vocay bitter"
Luckily, he doesn't it.
Man up from savagery.
+ And he's still savage-vyih his tongue.
There time when attacked any other he met
& He hurled his spear.
He hit him with his hammer.
Why2
Because there always chance that the other had
thing he wanted
A loin-s skim war club wife
The way get it to put the other out Of the
The thing
One man has presidency Another
Instead of the barbed the barbed tongue
Instead of the hard club, the hard word.
Funny things is its so ineffective
Nor the hammer-tongue confined to politics
All use it.
-, You too.
You play which doesn't get
You might be justified in saying Il think the cast hardly
dequste u1sa e,..
You read a book which bores you.
Perhaps ought quite understanding it
What you probably say is Drvel and drooll
You dollars for shoes.
Your IF had these robbers would be shot
at sunrise"
Mean it2
Not at ALL Just Thucyddes again
The human ctter is vocaly bitter
RULES FOR SWIMMERS
Tom Robinson coach these rules for swim
Learn them by heart Remember them when the
bathing beach.
Bear them mind boys you the oil hole.
Do notg bathing alone There is safety in numbers
entering keep the hands under if step
the beach.
Never swim until exhausted. Don't show off"
If caught in the undertow, try at once to float
One can't tell Edwards makes until the
in from Havana
There a pauper class paid
piecework basis
Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-18
By O. B. Joyful

dog catcher's face after he got up
and beefsteak freshly chopped
But the dog was inside the yard
by this time.
And little boy l know is tickled
Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-18

make the idle Industrious the hress
provident the drunken sober.-Samue Smiles.
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By golly, how l laughed the other
day!
Most often I have some feeling of
sympathy for a guy who falls down
and cracks his face, or breaks bone,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
To Renew the War

In this era Of reconstruction. now
that the country Is returning To r..
accustomed grooves, the fiy fighters
are aligning their forces anew
against an enemy which has ALWAYS
been with us. If the increase og ths
hy were not prevented by its natural
enemies and by sustained camp.jyns
all the flies would be as large a mass
as the old earth itself. There ,s
therefore. still much to be done. and
the committee is preparing to do IL
AS preliminary to its new task il
sent out a questionable to health
ollicers OF states and principal cities
throughout the nation. These Ri
thorities were asked:
As q result Of your experience
and observation. do you find that the
prevalence CT the house fly during
the past season was less than in
former years? If so, to what cause
90 you ascribe that condition?"
In reply camo overwhelming tes,,-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

in appearance as to deceive the
average observer, and he also offered
these pins in gold for the first fly
caught on New Years Day. Every
year has brought winners Of this
novel souvenir who come with
credentials and other evidences of
the genuineness Of their kill TO re-
ceive their golden guerdon.
Hundreds Of Swat the Fly cam
paigns were waged meanwhile all
over the country. Rewards were
given for the dead bodies of flies,
which brought huge piles of the dead
insects to the dumps. The bad little
boys became those who did not kill
flies. The old prejudice against the
Staying OF the noxious insects was
broken by 1912, when public spirited
citizens and municipalities were buy
ing swatted flies by the pound.
With the entrance Of the United
States into the World War the civic
activities in fly swatting continued,
while the onslaught was carried into
every army camp and into every
cantorment. The terrible lessons of
the Spanish-American War. in which
thousands Of men-manv more than
those who we're lost in battle-went
to their deaths from typhoid and
other Ay-borne diseases, was vividly
remembered. Mr.. Hatch, az chair
man OF the committee, visited the
environments himself and saw to il
that screens and other projections
were raised against the flies and that
the pests were exterminated at everv
turn. Soldiers were also rewarded
for fly killing. Owing to the man
sanitary precautions undertaken in
the European war, the deaths from
typhoid and intestinal diseases wero
almost negligible.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
The Final Campaig1,

On such reports as these the com.
mittee decided to stress for the COM
ing year the killing off Of fly genera.
tlons yet unborn.
Although the fly seems &c short
lived, he propagates very rapidly
from the eggs which are hidden BY
the female in filth which VIII gen
crate heat by fermentation. As the
fly Is one Of the most fecund of ami
mails, only a few flies are needed 10
start a new population with the COM
ing Of the spring. When they ere
IN houses they may linger through
the winter, and frequently they have
been found alternating III concealed
hooks. Often house flies have been
taken out Of crannles in garrets
where they have been dormant for
weeks, and after thawing in tie
warmth Of q heated room would bs
as lively as though they were en-
Joying the August sun.
1T has been found when the tenn
perature is sufficiently hlgn." to
quote from Dr. Hewitt, "as some
times occurs in warm cellars and
kitchens, flies are able to deposit
their eggs and the larva VIII de-
velop during the winter months. A
single female fly is capable of de-
posting from 100 to $50 eggs at
one time and FIVE or SIX and possibly
more patches Of eggs can be depos-
tied during her short life. It has
oeen calculated that if the progeny
OF a single pair Of flies, assum:ns
that they all lived, were pressed To-
gether at the end of a summer tha'
they would occupy n space of about
a quarter Of million cubic feet"
swat in the winter tlnlc nlsy
therefore save million swats ID
summer. The foes of the fly are
therefore sounding the warning
against the household pests which
can flourish only in waste material
and IN filth. A clean house in the
cold weather or in summer can hAr-
Dor no flies. There Is. therefore,
good logic in Offering a price on tks
heads of the first flies Of the year,
although those heads appear on Nsw
Years Day.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
AUCTION BRIDGE

Question-Away out hero in tho IS
land Of HainRn, South China. we are
nos rs we'll up on che rules as we might
be. but every one hers 81 bridge mad
We want The Tribune 70 ssttlo this:
2 dealt and bid two spades, A doubled
md said two hearts, whereupon 3
said. mot enough" so said he would
pass. When passed. z went three
hearts, but A would not allow 1t. Nov
why should not Y go three hearts if
A passes? English or American rules
j. II. B.
Answer~-fn che frst place. Y cannot
pass. He must amend his bid TO three
hearts, if attention is called 10 IL If
no bid or double la made by the other
side. that ends the bidding, as z cannot
bid unless the three henrta Ia over
called or doubled. The American laws
nov agree with tho English In this
respect
Question-Ws arc told thas II one
holds FIVE honors In clubs and bids
an imperial club" it outranks no.
trumps- Is this recognized as a bid In
the new rules MRS. X.
Answer-No. Il was mover a legiti
mate call, and Is used only as . sort
ot flip, 20 add little zest TO "a game
when there are no stakes on II.
Qucstion-A says tha, tho new laws
OF auction have changed the revoke
penalty so as to make our laws agree
with the English. Is this the case ?
We have q small be, on It'll. McC.
Answer-The English law Is still
three tricks and l50 points. No notice
war taken OF the English codo when
making up the American.
Question-We underatand that dunn.
my may call revoke IL he aces one
hhs been made In tho play. A says
not II he haa overlooked tho hand OF
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
THE STATES IN, black
4 represent those IN aUhich
distinct progress has been
made In fly control

coming of the pupa from the re-
voting maggot, were all shown in
detail. The picture also represent
ed flies tossing dumb bells Of pith
many times their size, and with
their wings glued down they we're
shown turning strange objects
about with their feet, as though
they were Oriental jugglers. ali the
feats showing the abnormal strength
Of the insects.
The film proved such success
that il was in great demand, as
combining both entertainment and
instruction.
The leader Of the fly campaign in
New York had pledged himself to
advance the $3.50 needed TO make
the original film, but the makers
were so highly pleased with the re-
suits that they offered to pay all
the expenses themselves in exchange
for the rights.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
and sent out into the bright sun I
dry their gauzy wings.
The Truth Is Out

The Egyptians used to worship
Beelzebub, whose name means the
God Of Flies, and he was also the
father Of lies. Worshipcrs Of the
fly a few years ago have since
learned the truth about him and
know that he does not wipe his
feet and that he brings with him
pestilence and sudden death in his
wings and on his Shiny body.
The belief that the fly was
harmless household pet instead of
a winged death was hard to fasten
upon the American people. Even
after due investigation, when the
danger Of the most disgusting of
all insects was known, moralsts at
tackled the fly fighters and accused
them Of leading youth into sinful
ways. It used to be said Of the
good little boy that he would not
harm fly, while the youngster who
followed out his natural inclinations
and swatted the buzzing poisoner
was whipped within an inch Of his
young life.
The crusaders against the Legion
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
A Swat in December Swat Worth While;
Winter Is the Best Time to Fight the Fly :
Next Sunmer's S Swans Of the Pests
Will Be Descended From Cold
Weather's Few Survivors
By J. w. Harrington

MACE to face with doom is
II the worst menace of man
a the house fly.
He is being swatted to his
swan song so rapidly in many parts
OF the United States, as shown by a
survey just completed by the Mer-
chants Association Of New York
that his foes have taken new cour-
age and are planning a grand as
sault upon MS breeding places this
winter and in the early spring of
next year.
1t may DE far cry to Flyless
Age, yet it was only fourteen years
ago that flies led charmed lives and
were received by the best society
The sentiment against their propa
cation now has been a gradual
growth Of q decade and q half, for
SIS early as 1906 they we're looked
upon as winsome little visitors, in
capable of doing anybody any harm.
They were the playful irritants Of
bnld pates, the cheerful frequenters
of our food and drink, the joyful
iYnps which used the cream jug as q
swimming hole. When they fell
into the soup they we're rescued
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

OF Pollution came In for the abuse
Of the sentimentalists. and even
long after the movement against
the fly was launched paragraphers
and cartoonists poked fun at the
efforts Of the health officials and
the sanitary experts to rid the land
Of the filthy scavengers Of the air
Had it not been for the persever-
ance OF one man through fourteen
years which were filed with MANY
discouragements it is likely that
quadrillions Of flies would have re
mained unswatted. and the pestilen
tlal creatures would be leading more
or less charmed lives. Pestilence
and financial sinews, however.
turned the tide of battle, decimated
the malignant swarms and put 8 gi
gantic swatter on the map of the
United States.
The chief Of the fly fighting brig
adc is Edward S. Hatch IT,, who.
strangely enough, was brought up to
believe that these habitues Of stable
and cesspool should be treated with
great kindness. AS a boy he was
taught to escort errant flies out
doors when they were troublesome,
but to spare their lives. His change
Of fpn?-t rotOa O1,f ~ !, ~, ,r+oco~+ -.
conserving the streams and harbors
about New York from contauina
ton.
He was appointed chairman Of the
Merchants Association Committee
on Pollution and Sewerage. Serving
with him were the late J. Pierpont
Morgan, the financier; DR.. Albert
Van der Veer. an Albany physician:
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
A Popular Film,

This finn was the forerunner Of
the many scientific and educational
pictures which have since become
a feature of cinema programs
throughout the world. The fly film
was distributed in many cities and
towns Of the United States. sixty
five copies of it being used in Chi
cago alone, and It is still much in
request.
1t was at this point that the
pamphlet "The House Fly at the
Bar" was printed under the direc
ton of Mr.. Hatch and distributed
by the hundreds OF thousands in
this country and in other lands.
Many copies were sent to the re-
mote islands Of the Pacific, and in
Quiries concerning it we're received
from Asia and the Antipodes. The
fly was pictured as arraigned in
the presence Of Uncle Sam as Judge,
and as condemned to death for the
taking Of so many human lives and
the spelling Of provender and prop
erty.
Convincing as the proof Of the
havoc which the fly had wrought
was to most persons, the foul in
sect still had the ear Of his friends
Lampoons and satres were hurled
against the cohorts Of his foes, and
on the other hand there came q re
vulsion against the tradition, and
the cartoonists. the rhymesters and
the columnists came to the aid of
the campaign. A prize was offered
for the best essay on the swatting
Of the fly, in the name Of the com
mittee. Although this enterprise
was underwritten by Mr.. Hatch, the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
RUSSIAN RANK

Question-We have been shown how
to play this game, but have been
told that all building, whether on the
foundations or on the tableaux, Is in
suit. Is this correct?-M Z l..
Answer-No. The colors must bs 81.
ternAte in the tnbieaux. otherwise the
whole pile could be run oil the mo-
ment tt got start. and there would
be no skill TO the game.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Inspected Their Feet

DR.. jackson noted that clingine to
the ooze and sewage on the piles Of
the Hudson River piers were myriads
Of house flies, which from time to
time disengaged themselves and few
inland Wishing to know more about
their habits and their range. he
caused traps for them to be set in
many streets in the lower part Of the
Borough Of Manhattan. 1t was
found that the flies SO captured
reeked with disease germs, so much
so that when one Of them was made
TO walk over a gelatIne nIate colonies
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

The solution Of the problem given
last week, No. 30, in which hearts
were trumps, I and z to take six
tricks, follows:
z leads the aca OF diamonds and
follows with the ace and the small
club. A wins the oecond club lead
with the king. His best defense Is
to return the suit, which Y trumps.
Now, if B ducks the trick by refus-
Ing to overtrurnp, discarding a dia-
mond or a spade, 2 must play the
grand coup by understanding with
the five, OF B will make a trump
later.
This being The situation, Y must
be careful to lead the diamond, not
the spade. If B still has diamond
and cannot trump, z must get ri,
Of the ace of spades If B over
trumps Y on the fourth trick, 2 wins
with the king end pulls BE- trump.
Then he makes the spade. If dis
cards diamond when Y trumps the
club he mus, either trump Y's dia-
mond lead or shed the king Of
spades. If the spade. then z throws
the ace.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
A Nationwide Fight

The publication Of the researches
Of the distinguished British ento-
mologist, C. Gardner Hewitt. under
the title House Flies and How They
Spread Disease, and Of the associa
tions manual, The Fly as a Menace.
brought more recruits to the stand
ards Of the fly fighters. The battle
was Joined against the flies Of Bos-
ton, where an appropriation of
100000 was made for a special
campaign; the health authorities of
Chicago made determined on
slaught and the fight was carried
through the West and to the Pacific
Slope.
More ammunition was furnished
when. in 1908. DR.. l.. o. Howard. Of
the chronological Bureau Of the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture published his report on the
disease bearing qualities Of the
house fly and the government Joined
in the campaign.
That the guilt Of the house fly
might be seen of men, Mr.. Hatch
sent to Europe for q microscopic
moving picture film on which was
depicted the insects in the act Of
feeding on carrion and then walk
ing over food prepared for the Ia
BILE. The breeding Of the fly in
decayed matter and manure. the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
(IDE VIEW very materially enlarged Of the house f the
- qcorst enemy has

local communities and the newspa-
pers became so interested that they
often advanced the money for the
prizes. The award in New York
City was given to a colored girl,
whose essay showed such study and
such mature thought that the
judges were skeptical as to the abil
ity of a child Of twelve years to
produce it. They summoned her
before them and asked her to re
produce it from memory. This she
did, with only two or three slight
verbal changes, and the money was
given to her.
The New Years Fly
The chairman Of the committee
also distributed thousands of stick
pins In the form Of flies, SO natural
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

A MONG the interesting excep-
IA tions TO the rule Of always
leading the suit your partner
has declared, when he does not get
contract, we have examined those in
which the leader has strong suit
Of his own. headed by ace and king,
or perhaps ace king alone. 1t some
times happens that the leader may
have more promising suit than his
partners. especially if the contract
is no-trumps, hut such fortunate
holdings are not common.
If your partner has called a suit
and the player on your right has
gone to no-trumps, 1t is only fair
t. assume that he has your partners
suit safely stopped at least once.
Under such circumstances It is some
times a nice question whether to lead
his suit or your own. Holding three
top honors, such as A K Q, K q j.
or even Q 10, it may be much bet
ter to open your own suit, especially
If you have q reentry. Some no.
trump calls are pretty light
There Is one interesting excep-
tion to the rule of leading partners
suit Immediately which arises only in
playing against trump contracts.
This Is when the leader holds q sin
gleton in some other suit and wants
to get in q ruff. On general prin-
ciples it is bad policy TO lead single
tons unless you can stop the trump
Tad before ali your trumps are gone.
If you can do this, and then put
your partner in with his suit, or can
make a good guess when he has not
G.alled suit, the singleton lead pays.
1t is also bad policy to lead a
singleton if you have four or more
trumps, because if you can get q
force on the declarer and he had
only Ave trumps, you bring him
down to even terms and may greatly
CIipplc ms Sduics
1t is important that the partner
should be able TO depend absolutely
on the card led being a singleton if
It Is neither ace nor king. nor one
of the suit he has bid, no matter how
MUCH appearances may be against
It. | once saw g player who had
bid clubs. overcalled by spades on
his left, get the ten Of diamonds
from his partner as an opening lead
Dummy had only four small dia
monds, the club bidder only two
That the lead could be q singleton
seemed absurd, and that the leader
could have no clubs equally so. The
result was that after winning the
ten with the ace. he did not return
The suit, but led club and lost the
Tame. The lead was q singleton,
the dcclaler holding six, all but the
ace and five spades. with two losing
hearts. The ruff would have saved
the game.
Here IS rather interesting deal
IN which The opportunity for this sin
Rieton lead presented itself in com
blnation with an ace-klug lead and
also lead TO the partners suit. II
was played IN duplicate match at
the Knickcrbocker Wins, Club, nine
tables, only one Of which took ad,
vsnta4s Of the play.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

Colonel John Y Cuyler. civil en-
ginecr, and DR.. Daniel D. Jackson,
Of the department Of chemistry of
Columbia University and also an
engineer Of the Water Supply De-
partment Of the metropolis.