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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
G,INsBoEoIGH's YoNTH

From the Desingner.
 Gaiasborough's mother encours qec her sons first attempts at d.aw!ng Al lwelve he was filline books with sketches of flowers and clumps of trees in the suffolk lanes and woods IL shnwe much talent tha ths family decided 10 send him to London to ssldy paintine.
 The occasion of the first port-si; he painted was very romantic. Hs was working on a landscape when n NounS lady came unexpectedly upon him. He mme mediately began to transx fer her to his canvas. This took some time--long enough for painter ant model to fall in love. When he WIS ia he married her.
 His work hrca'Ge so much the rag that hls friends lovlally punnra naoa his na'ns and dubbed hls hoesc Gains Borough" Though he dis agreed with Reynolds and others ,e hls famous contempcraries, they su shiuted nim as brilliant man and 4 great painter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

low Upholstering, drum type head lights. beauty of line and finish, smoothness of action, nickel plated radiator and bumpers lend an ap pearanee and comfort quite enviable. In outward appearance above and below, all models of the new Velie seem to have been built for long years of service.
 The most interesting feature of the machine is the new Velie built motor, with every moving part supplied with running oil, which gives a perfect ness of action and decreases the noise made by the motor to a min. mum. People who are interested in motors and their development state that the Velie-built is quite an ac- complishmcnt which earns a recom- mendation wherever it is known.
 Headquarters of the Velie agency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
NEW GAR WILL BE ON MARKET
 DURING MARCH
Production of the JeWett Will Begin During the Present Month, Pennington
 States

Orders totaling more than s2,ooo,00e have already been booked for the Jewett car although this new light six will not be in production until March.
 Executives of the Paige Detroit Motor Car company. designers and builders Of the Jewett, have been frankly. surprised at the widespread interest shown, as the car has not yet been placed before the public. Ii has not been on exhibition in any showroom and no advertising has yet been released
 There have been a few private showings of the Jewett confined al most entirely to Paige dealers who will handle the new car. Information as to the appearance, specifications and general character of the ear, which is to sell in the sl,ooo price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

For beauty and sturdiness, the new model Velie roadster classes with the smartest and since it's arrival re- gently at the J. c. Barrett Motor com pany in Ensley. local distributing point for the Nelie, it has been praised unstintedly and Is the pet of the company
 Above, from left to right are W. A. McBee, A. r. Speiehts, Birmingham representatives and Miss Nndra Stone at the wheel. who are connected with the local distributor and feel that the Velie roadster is simply in class to itself"
 With the new overhead valve Velie built morton noise has almost been eliminated and the almost perfect balance of the motor renders just as smooth running at high speed as at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
The Crouch.

When a pedestrian is feeling mean. according to psychology tests, he is of the opinion that the highways belong to him. He exercises his rights and goes pulling alor,g across the street, walking directly in front of a moving ear. and curses the driver if he should get in his way Likely as not he walks directly into an accident, and then planes the operator Grouchy motorists have their mean days, too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
The Perfect Road Hor.

The man who cuts in sharp to the right.
 The man who refuses to stay in the traffic line
 The man who insists on using both sides and the middle of the road,
 The man who leaves his empty car standing on a busy street all day long.
 The man who turns corner at 20 miles an hour after a faint signal from the horn.
 The man who insists in rushing in front of the car ahead, and then drass Indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Usr Air 10 Clean Upbostcry.

Use the compressed ar, whlch Ia furnished by the engines operation of the tire pump to clean the uphol- stery of the car. This device will be found servieeable when getting the particles of dust out of the tufts of the cushions and other inaccessible places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
rront Seat for Ensx Hiding.

Jolts and jars are less evident in the front seat than in the rear seat, because the latter part of the ear is about midway to the chassis length, and therefore eentered between the springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
The DifferenfiaI and It's use

The function of the dfferential in automobiles is to give flexbility to the axle, through which the power is transmitted to the wheels. When the car is turning corner. the out side wheel travels farther than tho inside wheel, and this difference is taken eare of in the dffcrcntial by an arrangement of ,bevel gears and onions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Metals Destroy Batteries,

keep the battery clean. If th6 smallest quantity of iron or copper, etc. gets into the battery. an iron or copper sulphate will form on the plate. making them inactive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

field has therefore hcoe confined. so .ar to ? s.nall numb eg of people but the demand for it apparently go
 ius to lie very kc,u. judging from
 n aH,aacf of orders already in.
 Production at the Paige factory is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Rope-a Useful Accessory.

One of the most useful things to carry along in the car is 25-foot length of one-half inch Manila rope
 In the first place, it is an admirable tow-rope. Ii can be wrapped around the axle and spring after some of the spring leaves have been broken. to get home without breaking the rest of the leaves. lt can be cut in two and wrapped around to give traction in some mud hole where it would be impossible to fasten chains. The rope can be used even as n tire when the last spare has blown out and, will save the rim on the journey home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Motor vehicles must be equipped with adequate brakes in good work ing order and adequate horns or other signaling devices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

satisfactorily under way and Paige dealers will be receiving their first Jewett cars the latter part of March.
 The new Jewett will De shoHn at the Detroit Motor company. 61a Twentieth street. south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
keen Within Inc Law.

re-zround cylinders, new rings, etc., should be driven slowly for at least 900 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Fu~e vinegar wtll clean cellulo!d windows in the curtains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Registrations

l.575.6S6. Registrations increased I229.02S, It is reasonable to believe
 that the difference between these two figures Or 246.663. represents the number Of cars that were junkcd last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Battery and Hydromstcr Heading

l275 to 1900 battery is fully charg- ed.
 1260 battery is three-fourths charg- cd
 1210 battery is one-half charged. 1f6o battery Is one-fourth charged. i120 battery is discharged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

battery can not burn out" by long distance driving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Not every hill should be made in high gear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Cultivate he habit Of ooas lin" @5 5nad corners O. going into second rear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Do not allow a battery to stand in a discharged state for any length of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Glo'yeed cylinders and worn piston equinment cause loss of power in tho engine,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

< motor will warm up more rapidly Whea running idle than with the car under wuy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

Every motorisi should provide him. self with au air suage to test the pressure of tires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
,,ouf,,rinm the New Tire.

To prevent the dors of the car from rattlng. pad out the hinges or catches with thin sheeting of rubber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05

When driving at night it is very important that the red light in the rear of the ear Is working properly at all times.
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

One Of the walters carried the dish TO
the chef, saying: "Try this; II don't
taste right to me-" The chef ate q
mouthful, and died few hours later.
One OF the walters died; the other was
taken III but recovered.
There Is an average Of nearly 900
deaths In the United States from food
poisoning annually, and undoubtedly In a
large percentage of instances these are
attributable to botullnus poison.
In 1912 botulism killed 10000 mules In
Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. There
have been sporadic outbreaks In Ken
tucky, Illinois and other States. What
has hitherto been known rs forage poi
soning," long deemed mysterious cause
Of wholesale mortality among horses and
mules, is undoubtedly attributable mainly
to the microbe here described, which
breeds In decomposed hay or straw. II
has been isolated from oat hay and from
ensilage.
The most common symptoms Of botu-
linus poisoning in human beings are ver-
tigo, difficulty in swallowing, burning
sensation in the abdomen, dimming OF
sight, and tendency TO double vision.
The nervous system is severely affected,
and death comes with failure OF the heart
Strycbnine and such heart stimulants as
nitroglycerine are recommended, but 1t
can hardly be said that they are effec-
tive; and, though an antitoxin has been
produced, its administration has been In
no case successful.
Commenting on the discoveries In re-
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

spoilage and so threw them into the
garbage. The chickens ate them.
In nature the botulinus germ, In order
to develop and accomplish its life cycle,
must pass through the intestinal tract of
human being or other animal, There
the spore develops into the bacillus In the
absence of air just as It does In jar or
can Of food. This being the case, and In
view Of the fact that domestic animals and
even wild animals seem generally to har-
Dor the microbe, one can easily understand
how It happens that soil becomes infected.
A typical outbreak of botulism among
human beings occurred not long ago at
Canton, Ohio, where about 200 people
were assembled for q banquet. Fourteen
of them showed symptoms Of poisoning
and seven OF them died, The sufferers
were all Of them guests OF the hostess and
sat at separate table--barring two wait
ers at the same table, and the chef, who
were among those affected.
Investigation showed that this was the
only table on which one particular article
of food was served and that some of the
guests noticed something peculiar about
It's taste, odor, or consistency, rcmnrkng
that 1t ''smelled like limburger," "bit the
tongue" Seemed to pucker the mouth"
was soft" etc.
OF the fourteen persons taken i'll, oil ate
of this dish. Those who died first were
the ones who ate the most. Among those
who recovered, those who suffered the
severest attacks ate more than those who
suffered less severely.
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

A great many people have died Of II. Yet
it is no new thing. Severe recent outbreaks
traced in several instances to the eating
of preserved fruits, vegetables and meats
have called attention to the matter.
Science has newly gained some definite
knowledge on the subject; and II has
come almost suddenly to be realized that
many of the deaths hitherto attributed to
ptomaine poisoning have been really due
to botulism.
We are putting up this deadly poison
in cans and glass jars. II sometimes
comes into our households In such contain
ers.c The only reason why consumers of
such preserved food are not killed by
thopsands annually is that the toxin Is
destroyed by heat. Thus contsiner of
string beans, for instance, though holding
enough of it to wipe out dozens of fam
harmless conditions, having been cooked.
Not only in America, but in other parts
of the world, there has been recent
awakening to the dangers of this desper-
ately fatal food poison. There have been
many. epidemics in Europe and the
medical press in England has recently
been, much stirred by an unfortunate end
ing of a happy hunting party at the
Scotch Highlands. This was at Loch
Maree where sandwiches were made from
little can of potted wild duck Eight
people ate these sandwiches, and the eight
people died-a startling 100 per cent
fatality.
It. must not be supposed that canned
foodstuffs commonly or even often con-
tain the poison. But every now and then
il happens that they do. The reason for
tho outbreaks caused recently by canned
fruit.r or meats lies in the fact Chat
usually they are not cooked btforF being
eatesayi
There is no remedy known foy botulinus
poiso~ing. There is no antdote. No
method of treatment seems 10 be in the
least effective. The victims sometimes
recover; more often they die. In some
epiderhics during the lat few years the
mortality has been 100 per cent.
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

There Is not even any adequate means
Of prevention, unless preservers were to
subject I'll Of their products to hest con-
siderably above. boiling point. That
would certainly destroy the poison. But
some Of these products are Of such Q
nature as TO be injured by high heat.
How Is that difficulty TO be surmounted'
Another thing. The women Of this
country within recent years have been
going In largely for home canning, which
has become an important domestic In
dustry. Th' processes they are able to
employ are not always efficient In destroy.
ing the botulinus toxin. Thus It is lot
surprising TO learn that many of the re-
cent outbreaks have been traced to home
canned vegetables and fruits.
Lest the point be forgotten, II should
he repeated that the cooking of canned
foods as performed by the everyday
housewife Is not always adequate for the
destruction of the poison, II any he pres
ent. She may empty can Of peas into
her skillet and stir them bit on the fire,
yet part of them may not actually be
heated to the boiling point before they
are emptied into the dish for serving.
Nevertheless, there are means whereby
the housewife may guard herself and her
family against the danger, and these will
presently be explained. But in the mean
time II will be as well to tell something
about the cause of the mischief which has
only recently come to be definitely known,
though cases of bOtulism have been re-
ported from time to time for nearly two
centuries past.
The cause is bacillus, q tiny rod
shaped organism which occurs In soil
noN> everywhere by any means, but
locally, In one place or another. II
propngates itself by means of "spores,"
which, ordinarily are harmless. The reader
of this page has doubtless swallowed
plenty of them. We have taken them In
with opr food. Our hands are not always
clean, and We are constantly putting our
fingers to our mouths.
II, however, the spores happen to get
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

condition Is absence Of air. This is pro-
vided by q vacuum-sealed can or Jar,
which. with Its food contents, affords the
best possible opportunity for the "germs"
to breed and produce their deadly poison.
The spores seem to be very plentifully
distributed In some districts, yet not 10 be
found In others. II Is matter of local
infection apparently. Certain neighbor.
hoods Of the United States are rather
badly Infected. One garden In any town
may be full Of the germs, and another
garden across the street may have none.
Enthusiastically In some instances the in
fection Is derived from manure put on the
land.
Where the soil Is infected It Is In
evitable that the botulinus spores should
occur on vegetables or small fruits grown
In It. Thus, though invisible to the eye,
they may be carried by vegetables or
fruit when bought or gathered by the
housewife. Peas, beets, radishes, aspara-
gus. carrots, parsnips and string beans,
bought In the markets by health officers,
have been found to hsrbor the dangerous
germs.
Since 1900 there have been thirty-nino
outbreaks In one Western State with a
total Of 1870 cases, ninety.four of which
resulted In death. During the same
period there have been forty-two out
breaks among fowls, three among hogs.
and quite number among horses. For
the lower animals seem to be affected by
the poison as readily as human beings.
Botulism among barnyard fowls Is COM
monty known as "limbcrneck," owing to
the fact that the afflicted birds cannot
hold their heads up. In one locality not
long ago there was a noteworthy outbreak
among chickens, 643 dying within four
days. 1t was traced to some canned beans
which had been thrown out They were
homegrown beans and home canned; but
the woman who had put them up found
that four Of the jars showed signs of
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

in the sporting state and almost always in
small numbers only. Such spores may de-
velop into bacili and produce extremely
poisonous toxins under suitable conditions,
but they will not do so in the animal body.
Botuline spores in moderate number can
be swallowed with impunity; danger only
arises when the numbers are so large that
the toxin in the spores themselves is suffi-
cient to produce symptoms.
"On the other hand, if such spores find
conditions suitable to their growth and
develop, they will, 1t is true, produce po-
tent toxins, but the process will be accom-
panied--usually but not invariably-by a
physical alteration of the outside of the
tin (blown or springy condition), and in
variably by a rancid odor. In other words,
the dangerous tins are also physically un-
fit, and In most, II not all, the recorded
outbreaks associated with fruit or vege-
tables this danger signal has been neglect
ed. These considerations refer to canned
fruit or vegetables. How far they apply
to preserved meats or other foods, the
flavor of which may mask the odor Of
botuline growth, is uncertain and re-
quires investigation"
The lesson to be derived from all this
Is that the housewife should be exceed
inely careful never to make use of canned
food that has any suspicious popularity
Of appearance, odor, or taste. IL there
be the slightest suggestion Of spoiage,
she should throw II away, deeming il dan
gcrous Unfortunately, there is some
times very little change of smell or taste
IN foodstuffs that contain the germs
On the other hand, there is no reason
to look with suspicion upon canned foods
in general, which ordinarily are the most
innocent of products. II is simply worth
while for the housewife to be on her
guard; and, when she cooks canned stun
before serving it, let her see that IN Of
It Is heated to the boiling point.
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

Harvard, DR.. Jacques
M. J.. Schlesinger, say that
the botulinus poison IL 50
powerful that one drop Of
it, if suitably distributed,
would. be enough to kill
all the people on the earth.
A recent report Of the
interesting but disturbing
researches in the Harvard
u niv ersity laLors-
tory : states that these
Harvard chemists have
found that the strength
of the botulinus toxin.
which" occurs in spoiled
vegetable food, is SO great
that the average man
dies from a dose
of +O.OO000ooo00
cubic centimeter of It. One
cubic centimetsr would be
enough to depopuists tho
whole earth, with ese, ,0S9
parts left overi's drop,
therefore, would hill every
living human being on the
glohel
All of us have heard o
great deal lately about
epidemics of "botulism."
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

gard to botulism, and
especially the eight
deaths at the Scottish
shooting party, from
the little can of potted
wild duck, the London
Lancet says:
"They have shown
two features of in
terest. In the first
place, the European
cases were nearly all
a S soc j a t e q with a
vehicle which was
usually meat in some
form or other. In the
United States, on the
contrary, the vehicle
has been almost in
variably fruit or
vegetables in a pre-
served form, as a rule
home canned or bot
tied, less commonly
commercially put up in
cans.
"a diligent examina-
ton of possible mate
rial outside the animal
body has demonstrated
the presence of this
bacillus upon the sur
face of growing fruits
and vegetables, bruised
cherries, d e ying
leaves, and the bodies
of insects. Extensive
soil studies have also
been made, and it has
been shown that the
spores of the organism
are widely distributed
through the soil of the
western States and also
In many other parts Of
the u. s. A.
"While direct exam
ination and expert
mental investigation
have shown that B.
b o tulinus may be
isolated from canned
fruits or other foods
which are perfectly
sound in every way,
the bacillus under such
conditions is present
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

Diagram Of the
Deadly Dinner Of the
Hostess and Her
Gussts At Canton,
Ohio. Those Who
Occupied the Seats y.
Marked in Black
Died. Those Who
Sat in the Seats
Marked With a Circle
Were Sick and
Almost Died.
The Washington times., 1922-11-12

OtneT~ise Way Ne@epu OopusAns S.ss'
Proper Conditions q. o.. Suitable Media
and Absence Of Oxygsn) Are Available
for Their Dsvsioposat.
THE most powerful, the most deadly
-. poison known. And there may pos
.sibly be some of It In the next jar
or can of vegetables or fruit that 10
opened for your table, and that you, your
self, have preserved!
Rattlesnake venom is notoriously
deadly. but compared with the poison that
sometimes comes with preserved food It
is mild indeed. Highly concentrated prus-
sic acid is so lethal that Q mere sniff Of It
will kill a man as quickly rs bullet
through the heart, but In its action II b
feeble compared with the "botulinus"
toxin.
Two, eminent biological chemists Of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-06-03
To Project Bill

Manilla. 7. 1.-THE Philippine cham
Der of commesce Sunday by cablecram,
Instructed Manuel Quezon and Sergio
Osmora. joint heads of the independ-
cnce mission EN- route to Washington
To protest against the extension of the
American coastwise shlrping laws to
the Philippines. They were asked to
use their best efforts While in WASH
ingt1n to procure final abandonment If
the propos / to bring the Philippines
snfler cogstNide classification.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-06-03
Wireless Dinner Hard On Glasses

LOndon.--Wireless dinner parties
are the latest fad in London. A we'll
known titled woman gave dinner
ut which no one was supposed to
speak ,communications being carried on
by tapping messages in dots and DASH
rs against crystal tumblers with
knives and forks. Pouring different
amounts of champagne in the glasses
gave the notes different sound, per-
hitting half dozen conversations to
be carried on simultaneously for the
more delicately attuned ears. The
wireless dinner party was great sue
cess until bill for f6 was presented
for two dozen brokn glasses.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-06-03
u You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

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tcnsiyeiy advertised, all at once drop out
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reason 10 plain-the article did not fulill
the promises Of the manufacturer. This
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medicinal preparation that has rea,
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy ia
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a prominent druggist says "Take for
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You, may receive sample bottle Of
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