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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
HAMP's TIME SURE TO COME
Gap johnson Has 1t Mapped Out, and
It Will Be Sore Day for
the Buffer.

"Hamp Slaughter has an interesting
sort of fad," related Gap johnson of
Rumpus Ridge. about once in so
often he gets few drains Of bone-dry
Ticker and high fever, and shows up
in the middle Of the big road out yur.
He filings his hat down in the dust and
stOmps on it, and yells that he's man
eater. and such as that, and can whip
certain black-hearted son-of-this-
that-and-tuther living not more than
mile from yur. When l go out to
inquire which special black-hearted
thus-and-so he means he says Zach
Flat. three-Guarters of mile up the
road. So there amt much to do but
to excuse him. Then he goes frica-
seeing off to Zach's place and repeats
the performance. When Zach wants
to know who he is referring to he says
it's me. After that he rambles around
norating that he's got us both bluffed.
zone of these days he's going to
ketch me and Zach together, and find
out his - yaw-w-wwn! - mistake."-
Kansas City Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
ROUGH, BUT effective CURE
Why Alice GolishtIy No Longer Bores
People With Long Recital Of
Her Physical Ailments.

Polite Dear and Mollie Love met out
shopping one morning and Immediate
iy forgot all about shopping. time,
hungry husbands at home, ETC., in a
flew minutes chat.
Just then Alice Golightly passed by.
Each smiled sweetiy at the other. and
murmured:
Good morning"
AS soon as Alice had passed on,
PCllie turned 10 Mollie and said:
II notice Alice doesn't go round bor-
ing other people with her ailments as
she used to-"
NO" smiled Mollie,; "she met a
man who cured her completely"
"Oooh" purred Polite. "Who was
he? Was he doctor?"
"Oh, nor answered Molle. "She
was telling this man some of her
symptoms, when he remarked, It's
strange how many of these things af-
flict people as they begin to grow DID,
Since then she has held her tongue
about them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
BETTER QUALITY OF POULTRY
Platte County (Neb.) Farmer Lists
Chickens, Geese and Ducks, All
Purebeed.

A noticeable feature Of the Better
Sires' campaign conducted by the vari-
GUS states and the United States De-
partment of Agriculture is the excel
lent quality of poultry kept on general
farms. Typical of this condition is
statement recently received from
farm in Platte county, Nebraska. The
principal live stock kept were Short
horn cattle and Poland China swine.
In addition the owner listed the fol-
lowing poultry, all of which was
standard bred: Seventy-five Barred
Plymouth Rocks, IS Black Langshans,
100 Brown Leghorns, 100 Rhode Island
Reds, three White China geese and
three Pekin ducks. 1t was noteworthy
that, whereas the poultry was all of
pure breeding, the swine herd includ-
ed a number of grade females. The
sires kept for all classes of stock were
of pure breeding-a requirement for
enrolment in the Better Sires-Better
Stock" campaign.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
NOT HARD TO MAKE CHOICE
Probably Lester Could Have Deter
mined Without the Appeal to
His Physical Feelings.

Two men passed away. One had
been born, and in due course admitted
to the bar, soon ran for Office. was
elected continuous Hon. until ut
last he went to his reward, such as it
was. And the local paper gave him AN
obituary as long as your arm.
The other man followed in the foot
steps of his brawny sire, and became
a maker of harrows. He was indus
trious and honest, and for years the
Hilligoss harrows which he whacked
out by hand were known nearly all
over the county as reliable utensils.
By-and-by he, too, passed on. The
paper announced his demise in few
lines and spelled Ills name wrong,
Now, tell me, Lester, which of those
men would you rather have been? Do
not say the former, or I'll slap your
jaws for you and not let you go to tie
picture show, either.-Kansas City
Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
NEW DEVICE CLEANS GRAINS
Recently Invented Continuance Re-
moves Smut, Dust, Etc, at the
Time of Thrashing.

A new device known as an aspirator
has been designed by specialists of the
bureau of markets, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, for cleaning
wheat and other small grains by re-
moving smut, dust, and dockage at the
time of thrashing. This device is at
tached to the grain delivery spout, and
tests indicate that 1t removes approx
mately one-third of what ordinarily Is
classed as dockage. The use of this
device will enable farmers to keep for
feed a part of the seeds and other for
eign material ordinarily hauled to the
elevator and lost to the producer; 1t
also improves the quality of grain by
removing from it large part of the
smut dust and Objectionable foreign
material. A recleaner, for attachment
to the deck of thrashing machines, al
so designed, gives promise of being eff
ficient, it is said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

That the standard weights devel-
oped at the Vineland station are not
beyond the attainment of good poul-
try raisers is shown by other observa-
tons. Ten chicks that had access to
dry mash at all times and were care
fully handled reached an average
weight of 17.6 ounces at seven weeks
old. This is ID ounces heavier than
the normal or Vineland station weight.
The poultryman who reports these
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Chicks of Same Age and Breed-one
on Right With Properly Balanced
Ration Weighed Almost Twice as
Much as One on Left, Which Was
Given Ordinary Feed.

observations points out that weights
vary, of course, according to the
variety of chicks. The figures given
refer to such varieties as the Plymouth
Rocks, Orpingtons, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds
The following table, furnished by
the same poultryman. contains ages
and weights of various lots of farm
chicks and also the weights given as
standard. The variations in the
weight of the farm-grown chicks are
very noticeable:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
The One Busy Man.
"How's business with you?"

"How's business with you?"
Great" replied the young man.
"I'm rushed to death. haven't had
so much to do since long before the
war;"
For Heavens sake replied the
other, expecting every man he met to
wall about the dull times, what line
of business are you inY
"pm bill collector" was the an.
swer, " Pm dunning people for money
today that never were dunned before"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
The BeIlhop.

The negro bellhop had found the
colonel free and openhanded for
services rendered, but this day things
were slow. When the colonel entered
the lobby he was met, by a broad
chocolate-colored smile and greeting,
"Good even, kunnel. Is dey anythin'
! kin do for you in de bellhoppin' line
dis even?"
The colonel handed him coin and
this-"Yes, you can shut up"
II understands perfectly. tunnel.
Dis heah quarter done close my mouf
wild err spring."-Judge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Quite in Order.

w. B. Trites, who has been living
in southern Spain for the last year
or two, said the other day:
Life is very abundant and pro-
life over there, especially insect life.
There was a typographical error in
one of my stories recently but this
error would have escaped notice in
Andalusia, though it excited lot of
disgust here at home.
"The error was in the quotation of
hymn, my heroine being made to
sing:
"'Just as / am without one fea.'
"a hymn wOrded like that would
be quite in order in SPAIN"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
English Mercy for Criminals.

In England a sentence of life i'm
prisonment is always reviewed at the
end of Is years. and if the prisoners
conduct has been uniformly good, he
is usually released. This is particular
ly the case where prisoner has been
sentenced for murder. for murderers
are said to be usually well-behaved
prisoners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

either, if they had the
vitality animals get from
their blood.
Rich, wholesome blood
gives bodily vigor, and if
hot weather lays you low,
start now to fortify your
vitality with a good tonic
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
IDEAL LOCATION FOR GARDEN
Should Have Fertile Soil, Rather Light
and Easily Worked-con-
venient to House.

The ideal garden site has fertile soil,
rather light and easily worked. 1t is
well-drained and has some wind pro-
lection on the north. 1t is near the
house for convenience In working and
harvesting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
ONION GROWERS HAVE
ADOPTED NEW GRADES
Standardization Of Bermuda
Industry Is Completed.
Commercial Crop of CoacheIIa Valley
CAL, Is to Be Marketed on Basis
Recommended by Department
Of Agriculture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The 1921 commercial crop of Bermu-
da onions in the Coachella valley, CAL,
is to be marketed on the basis of Uni
ted States-Bermuda onion grades, &C.
cOrding to an announcement of the bu-
reau of markets, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This completes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24


Burlington trouble and had number Of
until had
the floor thing
Pnkhs Vegetable Compound
Vegetable Compound
publish testimonial Mrs R. SHARON
Apple Point Burlington, VT
and there
thought
dsplace
growts although the the
Pnkam Vegetable
relieve troubles
been advised by attending physicians.
e. Pinkham's Private "Aiments
liar Women" will be you free Write
Pinkham Medicine Massachusetts.
his bOOkc val ab
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Feeding Young Chicks.

Remember that young chicks do not
require food for the first 4S to 60
hours after Matching. When they do
start eating, it is good plan to start
using sour milk or buttermilk instead
Of water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Be Sure to Keep Blood Pure

Nature intended all creatures to
withstand the normal changes Of
the seasons. You never saw a wild
animal collapse from heat, did you?
People wouldn't get knocked out"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Opulence.

Parke-Well, I've just had con-
siderable increase in my income.
Lane-Wonderful Must be a great
help.
ut is. 1t has extended my credit
so much that my wife can run into
debt twice as much as she could
Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

weight? Chicks should double their
weight every two weeks until they
weigh one pound. Weigh 10 of your
chicks and see if they are getting
enough feed. Feed dry mash, scratch
feed grit, and green feed. Use self
feeder and save labor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Nebraska PouItryman Gives His
Reasons for Start of Runts
in Poultry FIocks.
LARGELY MATTER OF RATION
Weight of Chick Varies According to
Breed, Those Given Balanced Ra.
tion Almost Double Those
Fed in Ordinary Way.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
"A pen of ten chicks fed by farm
er in the ordinary way reached an
average weight Of 9.4 ounces at seven
weeks old. Other chicks receiving a
balanced ration reached a weight of
1853 ounces at the same age. 1t is my
firm belief" says Nebraska poultry
man in letter to the United States
Department Of Agriculture, which re-
Gently conducted an inquiry into the
cause of runty live stock, that this is
the way many runtS in poultry start.
Here was case of normal chicks to
start with and they developed into
runts by the time they were seven
weeks old.
Club Investigating.
"Our poultry club in making some
investigations" he adds, visited a
number of farms and weighed chicks
of various ages at each place. The
chicks received ordinary farm feeding
and you will see from the figures
shown in the table below that they
were all under normal, according to
the standard weight given by the
Vineland IN. J.) station.
"We find among the fiocks under the
supervision of our county agent that
the weights come up nearer normal,
so there is no question in our mind
that the runt problem is largely a
matter of feed so far as chickens are
concerned"
Weights of Chicks Fed in Ordinary
Manner Versus Those Given Bal
anced RatjonS,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
I'm Summer

that will drive the impurities out
and leave your blood stream nour-
ishing and robust.
S.S.S., the well known herb alter
alive, is fine for this; get it from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
Old Penalties Inadequate.

"Why don't you Crimson Clutch men
hang an automobile thief the same as
you used to do with horse theft"
"We've discussed it," said Cactus
Joe; but we came to the conclusion
that hangin' is too good for him."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

your druggist today.
Then write us about your
condition, addressing
Chief Medical Advisor,
843 Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta, Ga. We will
send you free medical
advice suited to your in
dividual case,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
His Boast.

Lady-"And you say you are an
educated man." Wearied Will-"Yes
! mum. I'm a roads scholar"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

Unless a man is willing to do some
thing he will amount to nothing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24

Some people expect opportunity to
break in the house. go back to the
kitchen and cook supper.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-24
how WOMEN AVOID
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
Some Are Extremely Necessary, Others May Not Be
Every Woman Should Give Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound Trial First

Chicago, Ill. -"I was in
bedwith q female trouble and
Inflammation and had four
doctors but none of them did
me any'good. They all said l
would have to have an oper-
alton. A druggists wife told
me to take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and / took % bottles, never
missing a dose and at the end
of that time I was perfectly
well. / have never had occa-
sion to take it again as /
have been so well. / have q
six room fiat and do all my
work. My two sisters are
taking the Compound upon
Experimentation and you
may publish my letter. 1t is
the gospel truth and l will
write to any one who wants
q personal letter. Mrs. E.
II. HAYDoCK, 1924 st. Law.
renee Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
A Vermont woman
adds her testimony to
the long line of those
fortunate women who
have been restored to
health by Lydia r.
Pink hams Vegetablo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31

Ask for Jack Frost Salt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
The Ldst Word on Reliability

NNsNE beautiful bright sunshiny- Il ! morning last week I was sit ting out under the towering graceful trees on the lawn at beautiful French Lick, reading.
 was so engrossed in the book that to all intents and purposes the natural conclusion from the casual observer was that it was a romantic, lovelor1 story; maybe a thriller like MT. Wu;" or a "gripper" like Mrs. Craddock;" maybe Floyd Dells Half Moon," or yet "A Chair on the Boulevard" of Leonard Merrick's; but this was no- the case, for when one of the best looking men at French Lick, tall and slender, stunning in his white flannel trousers and dark blue serge coat, sauntered by and asked me what was reading and I quietly said:
 "Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation; a selection of mate rial from the essays submitted on, the competition for the Eugene Higgins prize of S5,000; compiled by and edited and introductory matter supplied by j.. Malcolm Bird. associate editor of the Scientific American, Mum and con- pany, Publishers, New York City" he fairly gasped and declared that he q never tackled the subject although every newspaper he'd picked up for the past six weeks had been filled with Einstein and his theories, and what was more he never expected to!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
RANDOM NOTES

Miss Katherine Conner, who is at- tending school at Baylor Hall. Mass, will return to Birmingham soon to spend the summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31

Mexico and the southwest that the tourist should visit and also tell him how to reach them. We are thorough ly posted on road conditions. camp grounds. hotel accommodations in the different localities etc.
 We will consider it privilege to be allowed to render this service to our visitors. We also will be glad to an- swer immediately any and all inquiries received by mail from those who wish this information before leaving their homes. Yours very truly,
 NEW MEXICO AUTO CLUB,
 Per L. J. Often. Assistant Secretary.
 Albuqerque, N M May 25. 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31

makes Prof. Enoch Flypaper" declare l that:
 Columbus was all wrong when he
 said that the earth was round for I.
 wasn't; it was square, because how
 could a round surface have a corner grocery?"
 | Musicians. unwilling to be left out of
 the question of the day, have delved in- l to "Relativity," and Musical America gives vent to the following amusing
 dialogue:
 .Vot is relativity?" said one. l Said the other: "Vun idea is dat de cost, of Twin has no relativity to your | safety or mine. Und anodder idea ist l dat if you vas standing on de planet
 Mars, und looking at de moon, you would not see de cart in de same way l as if you vas on de moon looking at Mars. Anyway, dere is vun ting were l Einstein ist right. He says dat de only ting which ist fixed Is change. | Oats certain"
 Yes" said the otber musician. | "everyt'ing ist changed. Ven I come here first, could get me a glass Of l beer, und, if I had de price, I could get me glass of wine. Und now we | hay prohibition, und relativity, und a policemans comes into de restaurant und smells vat I hay in my glass und | tastes what my wife has in her glass, und I must sit still if l don't want to | change my position for relativity Tn
 cell in der police court" | After reading this relativity pot pourri" don't you agree with me that 1 it is absolutely -understandable, ex- cept to the "elect," and anyway. 1, 'sposn' you did understand it and thoroughly believed in it, what would you do with it?
 Seems to me that Professor Einstein could have spent his time in far | more commendable cause if he had glv- l en the same thought to How to Keep Good Cook Satisfied" or a perfectly good process whereby Friend Hus- band" aged 55. might be shown how silly and foolish he looks trying 70 be "youngish and coltish." as he tod dies" and "foxtrots' or a dozen or more other "household hints" tha. spell the Fourth Dimension to most inf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
NINE
WILL nuY cARLoAD oF CHAD

WILL BUY CARLOAD OF GRADES
 Sheffield May -(speclal.) .)--coun- ty Agent Deal announces that several of grade Jersey cows and heifers and that the purchase will be made in the next few days. MT. Deal has ac- companied several parties of farmers. to the several dairy sections of Ten nessee recently and the farmers have become convinced that dairying and diversification is the sure and safs plan of operating in this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31

Nothing daunted by his opinion, and may as well admit right here that the gentleman is one of the best known and most successful lawyers in Ala bama, beautifully educated and wide- ly read scholar. I went straight on through the book, conceited enough to think that whether he tackled it or not 1 would: but alas! When l finished it I knew not one whit about the matter included between pages anc 354, than did when I started.
 In the first place the fourth dimen- sion" which is the heroine of Prof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AUToIsTs IN NEW MExICo

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 We would like for you to tell those of your readers who are planning an overland automobile trip to Califor- mia and other points in the southwest that on their arrival at Albuquerque, N. M, they should call at the office of the New Mexico Auto club for valuable touring information We can tell them of many points of interest in New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
MORRIS HOME DAMAGED

Sheffield May S0.-(Special )-The residence of George Morris was dam aged by fire last night. The roof was totally destroyed, and much damage done to the contents of the house by water. The family were absent when the fire occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
WILL OPEN REGISTRATION BOOKS

SneIIIeIu, Mdy oU.-- topeCIdI J--I Ie county commissioners have directed the board of registrars to open the registration books in July for the pur- pose of permitting those entitled to registration to qualify. It Is thought that a large number will take advan- tage of this opportunity to qualify as voters. No further opportunity to reg ister will be had until 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
SCHOOL FACULTY ENTERTAINED

Meridian, MISs., May oU.-topeCIdI'J-- n The Kaldron- board of the Meridian High school entertained number of the members of the faculty with a banouet at local cafe tonight. The banouet was a fitting climax to the distribution of the high school an- nual, which is one of the most credi- table ones yet produced. Monroe Byrd. business manager of the Kaldron,y was master of ceremonies, the programme consisting of after dinner speeches, all of which were highly appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31

1 Miss Katherine Conner, who is at- tending school at Baylor Hall, Mass. will return to Birmingham soon to spend the summer. Miss Ruby Dun, of Nashville, is the guest of Mrs. S. W. Boles.
 Miss Lucille Hitchcock, of Harpers- vile, has returned from Nashville, and is the guest of Miss Edna Hitchcock, in Woodlawn. Miss Hitchcock has done splendid work for the Y. W. c. A.. which is much appreciated.
 Mrs. W. T. Bell. who has been in Auburn attending the graduation ex- ercises of her brother, MT. Philip Hardie. will return to Birmingham to- day and continue her visit to Mrs. s. P Smith.
 sss Dr. and Mrs. l.. l.. Hill, of Mont gcmery. are the guests of pr. and Mrs. Ed. Fucker, Jr. Miss Lucy Anderson has returned from Baltimore, where she was a stu dent at the Latin school. Mrs. A. M. Tart, of Livingston, will arrive today to be the guest of MT. and Mrs. D. H. Brown.
 Mrs. Frank Coleman will leave to- morrow to be the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. w. S. Kilby. | MT. Allen Rushton who has been at tending the Metallic school, in Chat tanooga, will return this week to spend the summer with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Rushton. | Mir and Mrs. Ross Vest were the weekend guests of MT. and Mrs. George F. Walker. Mrs. Charles E. Bennett and little daughter, of Atlanta are the guests of Mrs. Bennett's parents. Mir. and Mrs. P. c. Ault, at the Ridgely. l Miss Ellen Ledbetter has returned from Anniston, where she spent the weekend.
 l Mrs Mary Gillen has gone to New York, where she will be the guest of | friends for several weeks. Mrs. Herman Dalton spent the week. end with friends in Talladega.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Nursery guild will meet this morning at 10:3O o'clock at the Busi- ness Womens club.
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Alabama Vo- cational school will be held tomorrow morning, at 10:3o o'clock, at the school in Woodlawn.