Fishing for Sea Spider Through the Ice
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IL L W IN D F O R MIL CAT
HOG-CHOLERA LOSS REDUCED
Cat was
barnyard
when he happened to look on top of
the barn, and there sat Mr. Mouse
looking down at him.
“Oh, dear me, Mr. Mouse,” said Mr.
Losses by hog cholera have been ma-1
terially reduced In Bullock county, Ala Tom, “how you frighten me. You
bama, as a result of the work of the should not be up so high. Come down,
county agent In training farmers In or you may fall and be killed.”
various centers throughout the county I Mr. Mouse knew full well that Mr.
to use the serum and apparatus devel Tom was only concerned about him
oped by the United States Department because he was out of his ren< h, so he
of Agriculture. Fjrty-nlne cars of replied: “I am a better climber than
you, my good fellow. You could not
even climb to the top of the barn with
safety, while I can easily reach the
top of the weathercock’s head and
never be harmed.”
“Well, well, you may be right,” said
Tom, knowing he could not reach Mr.
Mouse, for by the time he reached the
Estimated Saving of $6,000 to Farm
ers of Alabam a County Brought
About by County Agent.
Fishing for the sea spider at Nome, Alaska, means a little more than putting on the halt and waiting for results.
It means cutting a hole through Ice, ranging In thickness from 3 to 5 feet. A 30 to nO-foot line is used, with tlsh as
buit. The meat of this species of crab Is very sweet and Is considered a great delicacy.
Protecting the Young From Reptiles
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CHICAGO ART MYSTERY
Los Angeles Detectives Wear Masks
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hogs, 3,928 head, have been marketed
from the county through co-operative
work, with an estimated saving of $6,-
000. In Houston county the depart
ment’s representative taught 18 men
to vaccinate hogs. Six sets of instru
ments owned by the Dothan Rotary
club were supplied to the demonstra
tors and a serum-distributing point
was established In charge of a reliable
Chicago has an art spirit mystery veterinarian. More than 9,000 head of
| that centers about Mrs. Emma Mabel hogs were treated. In many cases it
Field.
For ten years she has been \\ps found that sickness, other than
drawing strange pictures of Egyptian cholera, was due to some incidental
figures, symbols and scenes.
She cause, such as bad peanut meal, and
started the work when she was thirty, balanced rations were advised. The
and with no preparation. Ignorant of county agent’s work resulted In 32
both art and mythology, with no con farmers establishing pastures to keep
ception of draughtsmanship or Egypt their hogs off the open range, the land
ian decoration, Mrs. Field says she be thus pastured being freed from many
gan suddenly In 1910 to turn out a noxious weeds by the rooting of the
series of fascinating pictures. These I animals, and prepared for future culti
develop Into remarkable drawings of vation.
Forty-four farmers In the
Egyptian symbolism. Mrs. Field Is to county were Interested In stump re
be Investigated by the psychologists moving, and about 2,000 ncres of land
of the University of Chicago.
was cleared In this movement. About
five tons of dynamite was bought for
STICKS TO THE NAVY
the purpose largely on the co-operative
plan.
FEEDING GARBAGE TO SWINE
Practical Means of Producing Pork,
According to Department of Agrl-
culture Bulletin.
l liter or 1 ollce I endegast of I.os Angeles, has ordered Ills detectives to
wear masks when Identifying prisoners, so that their faces will not become
familiar to criminals.
Teaching Them to Be Real Americans
Scene In a classroom In the plant of the Qriffln Wheel company, Chicago,
i here alien employees are being taught the English I an gun go and American
;overnmental Ideals, so they can obtuln their cltlienshlp papers.
S S f /r y o c /
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Vaccinating a Hog for Cholera— Don't
Run R isks or W aste Feed W ith Un
healthy Live Stock.
Owing to the vast numbers of boa constrictors, deadly scorpions and
poisonous Insects In central Borneo, the wild men there take extraordinary
precautions to protect young children, according to Frederick Burllngham, the
American explorer. There are no cradles there. Instead, the children ure
swaddled up so that they cannot fall and are hung up, as the photograph
shows, on u rattan vine stretched from one tree to another.
morning Mr. Tom
O NE running
through the
When properly managed, the feed
ing of garbage to swine is a practical
means of pork production, according
to Farmers’ Bulletin 1133 Issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture.
In addition It helps to settle a prob
lem which confronts many cities and
towns—that of effective and economi
cal garbage disposal. The wholesome
ness of garbage depends greatly on
the care It receives in households. Tin
cans, glass, paper, oyster shells, saw
dust, soap, and other foreign mate
rials when mixed with garbage may
enuse numerous losses of hogs. But it
has been found that this evil can be
minimized by proper precaution nnd
published requests to householders to
be careful.
Immunizing of hogs Is necessary to
prevent hog cholera and frequent col
lection Is urged to keep the feed fresh.
inougn tie recently Inherited $00,- Copies of the bulletin may be had free
000 through the dcnth of Ills uncle, by applying to the United Stntes De
Abrnhum Schneider, seaman on the partment of Agriculture.
U. S. destroyer Wadsworth, stationed
at the Philadelphia navy yard, an
nounces he Intends to “stick by the SEGREGATE ALL NEW ANIMALS
navy.” He paused from Ills task of
I painting the deck of the Wadsworth W ise Plan to Place Recent Purchases
| long enough to remark: “Life In the
in Quarantine for at Least
navy Just suits me. I’ll serve out my
Twenty-One Days.
present enlistment nni sign on again.”
The proper and only safe thing to
lie Is the son of Mrs. Annie Schneider
of Boston. Mass, lie will receive the do with the recently purchased animal
Income of the $00,000 until October I. Is to place It In quarantine upon Its
1921, when he will he twenty-one. and arrival. Better keep It there not less
than 21 days at least. Tills enables
receive the principal.
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you to keep n careful watch over the
animal at all times, nnd to determine
Found Out Why.
My most embarrassing moment was that the anlnml Is healthy, nnd In c.a«e
me Christmas a few years ago. I there should be any disease. It would
bail been at a friend’s borne admiring not be carried to those animals al
tier gifts, and on my way home I met ready on the farm.
another friend. I told her where I I
had been and mentioned some of the
gifts I had seen, nmong which was a t SUPPLY PIGS PLENTY WATER
novelty vanity bag entailing mneh ar
duous hand work, which I described j Young Porkers Drink Often and In
Small Quantities— Non. Freezer
exactly, telling what I thought of ti e I
Is Very Useful.
lack of wisdom In spending so much
time and effort on such a useless gift. |
My listener agreed with me rattier ! A pig likes to drink water often and
lamely, I thought. When I reached In small quantities. It drinks water
home l could see why. because she was the same as It eats feed—a little at a
on her way from having delivered for ! time and often. That Is why a non-
me a present which was Identically j freezing waterer nnd a self-feeder for
the same as the one I had ridiculed grain are so very valuable In the hog
lo t
to her.—Exchange^
top of the barn Mr. Mouse would be
somewhere else.
“f know you are a very limber fel
low, Mr. Mouse, but I really do not
think you can reach the top of the
weathercock even If you are so spry.”
"Watch me, then,” said Mr. Mouse,
who was very proud of his spryness,
Beauty Chats
and up the pole he ran and was soon
sitting on the weathercock’s head.
By the time he had reached this
high place Mr. Tom Cat hud reached
the top of the barn, and there he stood
looking up at poor Mr. Mouse, who
now must stay where he was or come
down for Tom to catch.
“You certainly are a good climber,"
said Tom, swinging his tail back and
forth. “Let me see If you can run
down as fast as you went up.”
Poor Mr. Mouse knew he was in a
very tight place, but he decided he
would better stay where he was and
see if Mr. Tom would get tired of wait
ing and go away.
Pretty soon the wind began to
swing the weathercock and Mr. Mouse
clung on for denr life, while Mr. Tom
Cat, with his head tilted backward,
looked steadily at him, thinking every
minute Mr. Mouse would be in his
paws. But the wind was changeable
that day, and around swung the
weathercock so fast that Tom Cat
grew dizzy watching It, and before he
knew what had happened he lost his
balance and tumbled off the barn to
the ground.
Of course he landed on his feet.
Cats always do. And when he had
gathered his senses he looked up at
the weathercock, but Mr. Mouse had
gone.
Mr. Mouse was safe on the top of
the barn and was just running into a
hole in the roof, but he stopped to
call to Mr. Tom C at: “It is an ill wind,
you know, that blows no one any
good, and I happened this time to.get
the good.”
“Y’ou wait until I meet you on the
ground, and it will matter very little
which way the wind blows that day,
I promise you," replied Mr. Tom, lick
ing his mouth at the thought of the
dinner he had lost.
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HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
By C. N. Lurie
By EDNA KENT FORBES
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
B E A U T Y BATIIS
“V E R B A L ” A N D “O R A L .”
j
HESE two words, "verbal” and
man divided baths into
O NE two bright
kinds—baths of necessity T “oral” are misused frequently
even by persons who are careful In
and baths of pleasure. The Saturday
night ceremonials when clean clothes their choice 9 f words. We hear dia
are donned for church nnd clean logues such as the following: “Did
sheets put on the beds while the you send him a letter accepting his
soiled ones are soaked for Monday’s terms?” “No, I gave him a verbal
washing—these, I suppose, are the reply.”
For the word “verbal,” In the sen
baths of necessity.
But the daily
bath—what a pleasure It can be. Given tence Just quoted, the word “oral,”
a tub with plenty of running water, should be substituted, since "verbal”
a shower, a cake of bath soap, and means “consisting of words,” and
a soft brush, with a brisk rub on the “oral” means “by word of mouth.” A
rough towel and a dusting off of the verbal message may, therefore, be
entire body with scented bath powder given either in writing or in speech,
—wouldn't such a bath be a plensure? an oral message only in speech. It
To be sure, this special pleasure Is should be said, however, that while
mostly reserved for those who have grammarians generally make this dis
a bathroom and running water In tinction, and express a desire for Its
stalled.
No house should be built genernl ndoptlon, they say also that
nowadays without such sanitary ar- the word “verbal” lias been employed
so long and so generally ns n synonym
for “oral” that it is probably hope
less to try to establish the distinc
tion in common usage.
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A LINE O' CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs.
RESO LVE.
T h e B r o o k l e t with Its Ice Is chill
Y e t holds Its c ours es with a will
T o r e a c h th e d ista n t sea,
N o r lets th e woe
Of d r i ft and snow
E n c h a i n its purpose free.
And so when clouded is m y sky,
And o b s ta c l e s a r e m oun ti n g high,
T o r m e n t i n g to my soul,
W h a t e ’er impede
I to o sh all speed
On to m y cho se n goal.
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haw Itg5uirted
Never Omit the D ally Bath— if You
W ant to Be Healthy and Beauti
ful.
¡ungements. Even with labor and ma
terials at their present prices the cost
of putting a tank above the house and
n pump to force up water, of running
¡>ipes and putting in some sort of bath-
toom. is but a small addition to the
cost of the house, and more than pays
for Its investment in the Increased
value it gives the house, as well as in
!ts comfort nnd cleanliness.
Arrangements for henting plenty of
hot water can be secured cheaply.
And there Is nothing else that will
make one feel fresh and fit ns the
morning tub. It takes all the tired
ness and Ustlessness from the body,
wakens the brain nnd whets the appe
tite for business. It stirs the blood
nnd rests the muscles.
P E N - K N IV E S .
little knife yon carry In
T HE your hnndy
pocket was evolved of neces
sity In the days when people wrote
with quill pens instead of steel. The
quills wore down or broke, nnd It was
necessary to reshape them. Scriven
ers found it unhandy to have a
straight knife always with them, so
the present folding article was invent
ed to fill the want. The name survives
though the use has gone.
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Hom e Illustration.
Teacher—Who esn give me an Illus
tration of “persistence?”
Bright Boy—Mother talking for a
new t a t —Boston Transcript.
P E R F E C T IO N
“I auppoae your Idea of a perfect
woman ia one who hat no faults.”
“No, merely one who acknowledge!
them."