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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
SOME ODD FACTS ABOUT COAL
Material ~ Not Always Black In Color
-ColIlery Merely Derivation
From Coaiery.

A colliery used to be called a coal.
cry. Coal-meter is an old name given
to one who superintendent the meas
uring of Goals. Coalstone Is a species
OF hard, Opaque, inflammable. coal,
which does not soil or dirty the fin
gers when touched. 1t is tet-blackv
and can be cut. Brown coal has been
found at Bovey, Devonshire and on the
continent. Coal-hod Is an old-fash-
Toned name for scuttle. Gas light can
be traced back over 200 years. A Mr..
T. Shirley, In 1909, attributed q burn
Ing well at Wigan to the presence of
coal underneath II. Just about this
time a MIR. Clayton procured gas by
distilling. coal. Practical lighting,
however, came very slowly. In 1929
a Mr.. Murdoch Illuminated his house
with gaslight, and a very poor show IL
Is said to have been. He lived ut Re-
druth, Cornwall. In 1902, Birmingham.
I'm celebrating the peace Of Amiens.I
frightened up a large factory with
gaslight. Thousands journeyed TO see|
the wonderful sight-which led toI
gas-works being established at that|
place, and In Manchester and Halifax.
Montreal Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06

any mistakes. For it embodieS the
latest ideas in barn building. Sub
stantially built, efficiently designed
and completely equipped with the most
modern dairy barn equipment, 1t is a
structure that will reflect credit on
any up-to-date progressive farm estab-
lishment.
Built with the ~well-known gambrel
type of roof, this dairy barn is frame,
set on a stout concrete foundation.
BY the use of the plank frame type
of construction, ample storage space
has been provided in the large hay
NOW above.
One of the attractive features of
this barn is the splendid silo supple
ment provided In the form of two
large vitrifed tile silos. They are ID
feet in diameter and connected with
the feed room. This feed room Is
~splendidly arranged for the storage OF
feed and conveniently close to the
stalls so that extra work and hauling
are eliminated. Bins for grain have
been built in the upper part Of the
feed room.
Leading from this feed room Is. the
main central feed alley, on either side
Of which are the cow stalls, ten on
each side. They are equipped with
the most modern, sanitary and hui
name stall partitions, stanchions,
hangers and drinking cups. Every
convenience that will help to increase
the productivity Of the COW has been
Installed. Some will argue this is tre-
mendously expensive. When the ul-
Innate return Is considered, this equip
ment turns out to be the most eco
nomical.
A feed carrier track Is located over
this feed alley and enables the hired
man to haul the grain via carriers to
each stall with great speed and ease.
Similarly, In back OF each stall over
the litter alleys, are litter carrier
tracks to carry the manure to the adj
Joining manure pit. Thus the old
back-breaking wheelbarrow method
has been relegated to the growing
dump pile of ANTIQUITIES. AT the END
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
CUTTERS KEEP CELLARS DRY
Cement bitches Carry Water From
House Far Enough to Prevent
Injury by Seepage.

A few homemade cement cutters will
drain away the water from the gutter
pipes and help keep a cellar dry. The
cement ditch can he s inches wide. 2
inches thick and widened at the receiv-
ing end 70 resemble a shallow platter,
says the United States Department Of
Agriculture. 1t should be sufficiently
long to carry the water fDom the gut.
ter pipe far enough from the house
foundation 70 proven: seepage. II the
work Ia set flush wsh the ground II
offers no hindrance 10 passing feet OF
to she lawn mower.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
SHOWS latest IN
BARN BUILDING
Design Embodies All Labor Saw
ing Conveniences.
COMFORT FOR HERD INSURED
suilding Has Twenty Stalls and Four
Stock Pens, and Is Supplemented
by Two Hollow Tile
Silos.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

Mr.. William A. RadfordI vii; answe,
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building work on the farm, for
the readers OF this paper. On account of
his wide experience. as Editor. Author and
manufactures he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
lord, No. 1871 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
During the winter months the farm
err has plenty of time to shape his
plans for the coming spring. He has
many problems to sift over, many
preparations to make, and of these
none is more important than his fu-
ture building plans. Perhaps he did
not have enough storage space last fall
to handle the unusually large crop of
corn and other grains, or enough
housing room for his large herd of an
fmals. His dairy herd has increased
In size, and he must find more room
to house it. To him the dairy barn
is the most important building of the
group, and it behooves him to give it
special attention and study.
He has found during the busy sea-
son, when help was so scarce, that
labor-saving appliances and equipment
I'm the dairy barn would have saved
many weary hours of worry and also
added to his profits. These items
should also take up some of his
thought.
If after a few months study he de-
cides TO build a barn like the one
shown here he is not liable to make
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06

gar, who, out of the wealth of his ex-
%perience, would attend to the offender
with wisdom and dispatch. Some
months after my visit Hankow was
captured, first by the republican
forces and later by the Manchus. For
a long time the city was without it's
usual complement of officials, Judges,
policemen, etc. During this hiatus the
beggars were kept in hand by the
guild. The richer guilds employed
men to take the place Of the regular
police, and the absence Of political
authority was little noticed, because It
had never played a very important
part in the lives of the residents
Christian Science Monitor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
Adjustable Hog Creep.

ing. The hogs can always pass through
without ~stoopirg, and since there is no
board to rub along their backs there is
hess danger of injuriog them. The two
outside boards are nailed to the cross
pieces while the two middle boards are
held in place by bolts which pass
through elongated holes. These two
middle boards may be close together or
far apart depending upon the size OF
the hogs to he excluded.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
Why Are Skin Diseases
So Difficult to Overcome?

stantial relief you must treat them
through the blood.
The best remedy for this purpose
is S.S.S., the fine old blood remedy
that purifies the blood of disease
germs, and thus restores the. skin
to a normal and healthy condition.
Begin taking S.S.S. today, and
write a complete history of your
case, and III medical director will
give you expert advice without
charge. Address Chief Medical Ad-
wiser. 161 Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
cockroaches at a Premium.

A Pittsburgh physician is paying
5 cents each for good specimens of
cockroaches. They must be alive and
kicking. They will be sent TO the
University of Prague. where they will
undergo a close examination. Their
bodies will be closely searched for the
germs of cancer. a scientist Of that
institution has a suspicion that these
creatures carry the germs Of cancer on
their bodies and distribute them for
human consumption as they strol
over portions Of food left unpro
tected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06


When your skin breaks out with
itching eruptions, letter, rash, &C.
zema, PSORIASIS, or other terrifying
disorders, temporary relief will do
you but little good, for soon all the
itching and irritation breaks out
afresh with renewed fury, and you
soon realize that local remedies
such as ointments, salvcs and SINH
lar treatment will never rid you Of
your trouble.
These troubles originate in the
blood. and il you expect real sub
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
ADJUSTABLE CREEP FOR PIGS
Boards Held Perpendiculariy by Bolts
May Be Close Together or
Far Apart.

Here Is nm adjustable hog creep that
may be used to admit TO a pen or feed
lot pigs up to a certain size, and ex-
clude all above that size. Usually the
boards of a hog creep are horizontal
but in this case they are ~perpendicu-
lar, says a writer in Successful Farm
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
How to Save Light.
SELECTING BEST cocKERELs
Male Bird Should Have Short, Stout
Legs and Full Breast-comb Is
Good Index.

In selecting cockerels. they should
hs We short. stout legs and full breasts.
The comb Is also a good index In judg-
Ing the maturity Of q male. as some
are far ahead Of others Matched at the
same time. Coco judgment goes . long
ray in selecting fowls.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
x.Ray Detects Swallowed Coins.

In the government mint in Japan an
x-ray machine is used TO examine sus-
pected employees rs they leave the
establishment daily. and 1t has re-
vealed the presence Of coins that had
been concealed In the guilty ones
stomach.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
Large A-Shaped Coop Used by Govern
ment Poultry Farm In Artificial
Lighting Experiments.

where during the fall and winter the
nights are from 13 to 10 hours long
the transplanted domestic fowl from
the tropics has changed her habits
but not her naturee During this time
she takes her vacation when she has
from necessity rather than from
choice, for, given an opportunity to
eat, exercise, and enjoy herself for II
hours a day, she lays nearly, If not
quite so well, as during the summer
months.
Acting on this theory many poultry
keepers have found it profitable to
light their poultry houses for several
hours each day. This heightened day,
together with the right kind of feed
and plenty Of exercise, has been found
TO increase to a marked degree the
number Of eggs laid by pullets in the
fall and winter. 1t does not pay to
provide light for older hens. A IA
hour day for the laying flock during
the winter months is the aim Of those
who are following this practice.
Experiments are being carried on by
the United States Department of
Agriculture at the government poultry
farm at Beltsville, Md, for the pur-
pose Of securing more data on this
phase Of poultry work. The results
secured thus far corroborate the testi-
mOny of others as TO the value of T.
Elimination in hen houses.
The birds used in the government
experiments are fed four times a day,
at eight, twelve, four and some time
after dark. This last feed is for the
four feeds a dry mash is kept con-
stantly before the birds.
BY means Of an ordinary alarm
clock an electric switch is turned on
about 4:30 in the morning. Care is
taken TO increase the length of the
time of illumination gradually or the
effect on the birds would be disas-
trous. At the close of the season the
decrease must be made slowly. From
November 1, the opening of the puliet
season, to April l is the time when
lighting is usually provided for fowls.
To secure the desired results II is
necessary not only to provide food
ready for eating when the birds
awake. but also water. In very cold
weather some special means Of heating
II must be provided or the watering
trough will be frozen over. The birds
will not Go well If drink is not avail
able also. A small oil lamp under a
bucket. an electric attachment for
slightly heating the water, and a
watering tank insulated somewhat af-
ter the idea of a ~fireless cooker are
the methods used for keeping the
water for the flock at a temperature
above freezing.
How to Save Light.
In a pen 20 by 20 two lights rather
than one should be used A wide
angled reflector that will throw the
light to all parts OF the building also
helps TO get the best results from the
amount of electricity used. To save
illumination the windows should be
placed when feasible on the south.
east and west sides of the building.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
That Sneech

That Speech.
II heard the speech last night was
extempore." at was nothing Of tho
kind. 1t was rotten"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06

Up in che north-temperate zone
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-07
Monday, March 7, 1921

Pretty clothes, of truest fashion note cost least
at Gimbels. The power of the store is bent to real
vaue-giving.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05
the Arthur F. Hanscom post of Will

the Arthur F. Hanscom post Of Will
mar.
The post Of the American Legion
at BRISTOL, on the Virginia Tennes-
see line, has completed plans to OPP
crate an american Legion Bathing
Beach" during the coming summer.
The beach will be free to all children
and to disabled ex-service men. A
bungalow will be built to house the
guests.
Visitors to Gotham from the ranks
Of the American Legion are invited
to have their mail addressed in care
Of s. Rankin Drew Post, 101 West
Forty second street, New York City.
The Georgia department of the
American Legion has just completed
combined membership and service
drive that Melted about 1000 new
members and 1000 successfully con-
cluded cases of claims of veterans.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

Tanlac.S
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05
NOW
GIVES OUT FACTS
Says TanIac Enabled Him. to Pass
Examination With Rating Al
and Ne Feels Great

81 never paid out money to bet.
Ter advantage in my life than when
got Tanlac, for it has restored
my health and built me up fifteen
pounds in weight BESIDES" said
Frank J. Hebbler, patrolman on the
Covington, KY, police force and who
lives at 513 Hakeman street.
''For a long time past" he con-
timed, IT had not been in the best
Of health, and last spring ! started
Ill Of sudden to going down hill
rapidly. What I ate didn't seem to
do me bit of good. After meals 7
tloated up so tight with gas that /
could hardly stand the pressure. Of
my belt around my waist. I was on
night duty and my legs hurt so it
was with difficulty. I got around in
patrolling my beat.
my nerves went all to pieces aud
usually went home all tired out,
and never got any sound sleep, Just
dosed by fits and starts and got no
feeling worse than if I hadn't gone
to bed at all.
'But Tanlac has just knocked out
all these troubles and got me to feel
ing like a new man. Since taking It I
can enjoy my food and it does me
good. 1 sleep like log and am in
top-notch condition in every way.
I recently underwent the regular re-
examination for the police force and
passed physically with a rating Of
Al, which 1 never could have done
in the shape I was in before I got
Tanlac." w iMEE'
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05
I Zach Employees Art Of
Selling and Pleasing

Generally speaking retail clerks in
country towns are not receiving any
instruction from their employers
with regard to selling methods and a
knowledge of the merchandise. Many
of them are good statesmen, many Of
them are polite and obliging, many
instinctly grasp the psychology of
handling customers, but they know
little of the best methods Of sales
manship and they are not taught, al
though they would be glad to learn
and quick to absorb.
The New York stores conduct
school for their selling force. Classes
attend every day. Experiences are
exchanged, results are announced,
ard suggestions made.
The principle can be applied by
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

The drive took two months. Repre-
sentatives of the Legion, Bureau of
War Risk Insurance, Public Health
Service and Federal Board for Vo-
cational Education visited every
county in the state and interviewed
men who had claims for compensa-
ton, education or disqualification.
Former service men who were not
members Of the Legion benefited as
equally as Lgionnaires.
Contributions of more than $4,000
received for a proposed memorial to
veterans in Twin Falls County, Ida
no, were turned over to the local
post of the American Legion when
it was deemed inadvisable to carry
on the plan.
A call for all members of the
American Legion to contribute ten
cents to the Memorial Day fund for
the decoration of American graves
overseas was sent out in a bulletin
from Legion National Headquarters.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

Though scarce as diamonds, true
friendship shines like a diamond,
and blazes on unconsumed through
the years, while loves passion, COM
mon as fire, often burns like a fire,
and sometimes too soon leaves a
mere heap Of cinders and ashes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

took DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton about two years ago during ex.
pectancy and got along fine-better
than any other time. I was i'll only
two hours, or maybe less. / am the
mother of seven children."-MRS. J.
l. HALLIBURTON, R. F. D. 1.
Send 10c for large trial package of
Favorite Prescription Tablets to DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, NY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

anu WHEN d woman
passes through the
changes OF middle
life, are the three
periods of life when
DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription IL
most needed. Many
thousands W ou d
testify Just as does
the following:
Donhfn4 We sfY
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

Before they are married he often
says that he would die for her, but
after they are married she often has
to shoot him to make him keep his
promise.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

any storekeeper even if he has only
one selling assistant Talk to him.
Study selling and teach those who
sell for you.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05
Mothers, Prepared

When a girl becomes a woman.
when a woman becomes a mother
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

For Printing, See The Advocate.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

News item = Terrible accident |!
Automobile skidded and struck lady
in the safety zone.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-04-05

promise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27
Telephone TFIE. GAZETTE pest
No. Cn17o1nS lol,
Work For euNigh aDa
REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT-Modern seven room
house in Del Ray; excellent condi-
ton. One square from cars. Phone
1907 1865
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27
THIRTY.FIVE YEARS MISSING

An English sailor settled in Aus.
tralia and after his wife died, leaving
a boy and girl of ten and twelve years
Of age, he concluded 10 leave them and
come 10 America.
Sometime afterward lie met and mar.
ried a woman who imposed the condi.
ton that he never communicate with
his children or his first wife's people.
He kept that promise for thirty-fiye
years but after her death he began to
long for his boy and girl and started
inquiries to find them.
Al the same time, these two in Aus
tralia began inquiries for the father so
long lost 10 them in America.
Advertisements inserted by both
parent and children in the War Cry
lie, in Americas they in Australia
We're brought into communication
and hanDy old man embarked for the
voyage that promised reunion.
Nearly two thousand Inquiries found
issue in the WAR Cry" last year.
Nearly 500 missing friends were 10.
rated by this means.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27
BOY BANDS

What live boy does not sometime
wildly crave TO play in band?-try
out his ability on cornet, flute or drum.
Many man is now in Salvation Army
ranks because when he was blass.
bored, restless, street gamin. some big
hearted Salvation Army Officer sensed
the cry OF a>soul for music and coaxed
him into the hall, first to hear the 9th.
er fellows play and later invited him
to try to make noise himself. NO
normal boy could resist the chance,
because in his innermost heart he Is
certain that he could play just as well
as any fellow in the bunch il he had
half chance to try.
The Army gives them not only hall
chance but whole chance over and
over again until before they hardly
realize it they are able to play and
play we'll The regular practice keeps
them off the streets, away from gam
bling dens, out of craps shooting and
lighting and surrounds them over those
periods at least with uplifting infu.
ence. BY and by they get into the uni,
form, and though other interests
beackon, the bands hold them when
every other appeal fails and many OF
them not only cling to this Association
as Soldiers, but eventually become Sal.
walton Army Officers. This is another
splendid type Of preventative work
which reaches and appeals to boys from
ten TO fifteen, many of whom actually
beg for the privilege of joining.
In Baltimore, Captain Albert Turk
ington, skilled band leader, who has
recently been transferred from the
South, is already finding his corps hall
a magnet to the boys Of the neighbor,
hood eager to join his band which is
already about twenty-five in number.
instruments and uniforms are provided
for these PLAYERS and along with the
playing, they are also encouraged to
sing, for the Army believes in music
and plenty of it.
On its Roster at the present time in
the United States there are 1922
bandsmen and something like $4,000
songsters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27
FOR SALE
SALE OF APARTMENT HOUSE
PROPERTY.

By virtue CT deed Of trust. date :!
May 81, 1918, and recorded in the
land records of Alexandria City, Vir-
ginia, in Deed Book 81, page "a, from
the General Realty Corporation to
the undersigned Trustee. default hav-
ing been made in the payment of the
note thereby secured, the undersigned
Trustee Will, at the request Of the
holder Of said ,nctc. offer for sale at
public auction in front Of the Royal
Street entrance II TIE mSrkct build
ing, on MONDAY. the eth day Of
JUNE, 1921, at TWELVE O'CLOCK
NOON, all that lot Of ground with the
improvements thereon, in the City Of
Alexandria, Virginia, known as "The
Old Hospital. Property" and described
as follows, to-wit:-
BEGINNING at the intersection Of
tbs east side Of Pitt Street With the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27

Virginia Maryland =
placed In charge OF tn
Salvation Army.
Virginia Salvation n
foalon with its mother IN t.
position Dc
herin will be permitted to keep her baby
forlorn, hopeless these little oundhnE
attention love
family
picked alleys in barrels, garbage cam
being
transform
dirty into l
regular trained nurse h
physical welfare
white uniform
Rescue Homes and Nurseries,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED-Windcw washing. ]. H.
Lucas, reasonable rates charged.
Apply at 119 South Fairfax Street
121-6c. t
IT Is IMPORTANT

To know We have secured store 206
King street, in which we can show
our goods to better advantage, so
you can see exactly how things
look. We have large variety OF
chairs, rockers, tables, office desks
bed springs and mattresses, rugs,
carpets, linoleum, mating, mat
ting rugs, cots, touches, rop side
nches, wardrobes, par.or sets,
end many other things used in
your home. You will walk right
eff the street to the sales rooms.
I. will be a pleasure to show you
our goods. Bernheimer and Co.,
go King street. Also 2 flats to
rent.
1902 IT,