POULTRY
• BUTS •
COCCIDIOSIS IS
CAUSING LOSSES
TH E W ORLD’S
GREAT EVENTS
A LB ER T PAYSON T E R H U N E
POOR ECONOMY TO
GRIND DAIRY FEED
lii by Dodd. Ua«d a Company.J
V on M ult he
Whitsuntide In
Rothertbur
• <C IR E," said Napoleon I ll's min-
(F rep »r«4 bv tb s N a tio n a l u « o « r* p n i»
later of war, "all la In absolute
S ociety, W a a b la x to n . D. C.)
G rinding soy bean and coarse alfalfa readiness for the P russian campaign,
HE traveler in Germany who, at
Cocel.lk.als Is a p arasitic disease hay, In an attem pt to make them bet­ ! down to the lust button ou tire last
W hitsuntide, Is w ithin reuch of
of chicks over two weeks old and la ter feed* for dairy catle. Is of doubt­ gaiter of the lust soldier.
Rothenburg o b-d e r-T a u b e r,
ful
economy,
Judging
from
tb
s
results
Now,
this
w
as
one
of
the
most
rnonu
causing unnecessarily large losses to
should set aside all other plans
*f Investigations carried out last year i mental lies ever uttered,
poultrymen. states J. J. Black, as
Napoleon III was well aw are th at and visit tills perfect medieval-walled
sHtunt poultry pathologist, New J e r­ by the dairy departm ent of the col-
lege of ugrlculture, U niversity of 1111* Europe distru sted him. lie kuew the town to witness a unkque festival, so
sey agricultural exp*riiueiit station.
j French were n aturally restless, th a t picturesque und so pleasantly divert­
The dl-euae Is picked up from con­ nola
Comparison
was
made
with
whole
' they had had a long era of m ilitary ing as to have no equal in continental
tam inated soli or front brooder
houses th at have not been pro|>erly hay und with hay chaffed by mentis of glory, and th at a few years of hutn- Europe. On th is occasion the city
does honor to the man who took the
cleaned. The p arasite th at causes It a silo tiller About 14 p er cent of the ' drum peace might lead them to weury
may I# carried ou the feet of attend whole soy bean was refused, the | of him. So he went on the principle biggest drink In all history, bur none I
refuse being coarse stems, while only th at a w ar every four years would Thereby he saved the lives of Rothen-
unts or on feeding vessels.
2.5
per cent of the chaffed hay and 2 keep them content, swell France's burg*» town council and obtained
I occldlosls may he prevented by
raising chicks In confinement, using a per cent of the ground hay were re­ m artial renown and m ake sufe his ovVn mercy for his fellow citizens.
This Is the s to ry :
concrete slab for a run In front of the fused. The gain In digestible m atter crown.
During the T hirty Y ears’ w ar Roth-
In the first decade o f th e N ineteenth
house, udvlses Doctor Black.
Only through chaffing anyl grinding was ea-
uew equipment or that which has been tlm ated to be about 50 pounds a ton, century Napoleon the G reat h ad •nburg felt secure behind her great
disinfected by a high degree of heat or about 5 per cent for each procesa crushed P russia to the dust and hu­ wall, with her tow ers well placed for
should he used. When a person Is en­ This small gain was due to the fact miliated her king. The son of th at defense; with her wide, and at th a t
tering the poultry house, he should th at the stem s w ere so much lower king w as on the Prussian throne In time very wet, m o a t; w ith her <fltl-
slip on a p air of rubbers kept for that In n utritive vulue than the other por­ 1870 and the g reat Napoleon’s nephew zenry trained to arm s and loving noth­
ing better than a good fight, and w ith
purpose or clean and disinfect his tions of the hay. The labor and power ruled France.
Bismarck, Von Moltke and other a garrison of professional soldiers, a
shoes in a box of wood shavings s a t­ required were about five tim es as
P russian statesm en had foreseen Swedish force sent to help the Roth-
urated with a pure, coal tu r disin­ great for grinding as for chuffing.
T here was less advantage In grind­ trouble with F rance and were well p re­ en burgers against the enemy. But
fectant.
It has been found th at losses from ing and chaffing th e alfalfa hay than pared for It, even If they did not (as the city w as besieged by no less a
coc.-ldlosls may he checked by clean In th e cnse of the soy bean hay. Only mnn.v think) secretly bring about the general than Tilly himself, who
lug the hrooder ns soon as disease 5 per cent of the whole hay was left conflict. Frunce, on the other hand, brought up l<ls whole arm y of 40,000
makes Its appearance. A small amount uneaten, and chaffing and grinding was totally unready for any such and swore to capture the town und
of litter should be used and the hrood­ resulted In GA* refusal of only 1 per clash. P ru ssia’s revenge for the slxty- dcul with It us he had alreudy dealt
er cleaned every day for three days cent of the hay prepared In these yenr-old Injuries was at hand. The with hapless Magdeburg.
Tilly's cannon b attered a t the walls,
anil then every third day until losses ways. Here again, grinding proved a overt occasion of the Frauco-I’russlan
and l/ie light artillery of the city’s
stop. All visibly affected chicks must much more expensive process than w ar was as follows:
Queen Isabella of Spain w as de­ towers was powerless to silence the
he removed and the carcasses of those chaffing.
The results of tho feeding trial posed. The Spanish crown w as of­ heavier guns of th e besiegers; but
that die should he burned. It Is of
great vulue to keep the floor of the showed that, In both the soy bean hay fered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzol- whenever a breach w as made and T il­
brooder house warm und dry. This and alfnlfa hay trials, the am ount of lern, a relative to King William of ly’s soldiers ultucked, In hund-to-hund
prevents the development of the para milk produced a ton of hay fed was Prussia. Nnpoleon III nt once de­ fighting, they were beaten off by the
practically the sam e regardless of clared th n t such selection would de­ Intrepid townsmen.
site.
Tilly w anted the city « n t capture
California milk mash Is advised for w hether the hay was fbd whole, stroy the “balance of power*’ and leave
feeding. It .-.insists of dry skim milk chaffed or ground. The Pennsylvania France exposed to P russian attuck on was Inevitable, nnd th at the only sul-
or dry butterm ilk, 40 pounds; wheat Experim ent station has reported thnt east and south. He th erefore de­ vatlon of the citizens lay In su rren ­
bran, 10 pounds; yellow corn meal, 80 digestion trials carried out with a l­ manded th at Leopold’s candidature be d e r; but they would none of It. At
King William meekly lust one of the assailan ts’ cannon, by
pounds; ground barley or rolled outs, falfa hay showed practically no effect withdrawn.
of grinding upon the digestibility of itbeycd. U tterly deceived by such sub­ a lucky shot, exploded the R othenburg
2o pounds.
Tills mash should he furnished as the hay. It Is concluded, therefore, mission, Napoleon went a step fu rth er powder magazine. Even then the
soon us disease appears. Grain Is fed th at grinding of hay Is of doubtful j and demanded a pledge from William doughty burghers refused to su rren ­
twice dally, hut Is restricted to one- economy unless labor and power are ¡ th at no P russian prince should ever der, but with duuutless courage con­
third the amount of mash consumed. relatively cheap and hay und other sit on the Hpanlsh throne. William tinued the hand-to-hand fighting. It
This system of mash and grain feeding feeds relatively high priced. The prom ptly refused to g ran t so absurd was left to the garrison of m ercenaries
Is continued *ns long as there Is any chaffing of soy bean hay having a request and publicly snubbed the to hang out the w hite flag.
Indication of the disease. The grain coarse stem s proved to be a fairly am bassador who transm itted It. This
Saved by a Huge Drink.
was such an excuse as Napoleon had
Is supplied lu the usual manner. The economical procedure.
Tilly
was so enraged a t the pro­
longed for. France nt once declared
cluing.* hack to the regular ration Is
w ar on Prussia (July 10, 1870) and longed resistance of the town thnt,
made gradually. ' All mashes should
a fter he had taken possession of It
Self-Feeders Not Good
rushed a body of troope to the G er­
contain 2 per c.-nt of cod liver oil.
und allowed the surrendering Swedes
man
frontier.
When* liquid milk Is used, all mash
for Calf, Says Expert Po far, ao good. But, owing to graft to m arch out in safety, he summoned
ami w ater are withheld, and grain Is
Dairy calves do not have sense and Incompetency, F ran ce’s army was the members of the town council and
fad spui'lnglv- a little In the morning
enough to balance th eir ration for In w retched condition. Yet F rance Informed them th a t they were all to
nad more ut night. It Is o ften dltll-
aultnhle growth. A fter three years, went mad with p atriotic zeal. The be hanged. But, moved by the pleas
cull to get the chicks to consume
the South Dukotn agricultural college feats of the first Napoleon against of their wives und daughters, the con-
enough liquid milk, especially If It
finds th at calves given access to a Prussln were recalled. Everyone ex­ lueror ut length mitlgutetl this sen­
Is nut of good quullty.
self feeder get too fut or eat such ex­ pected a trium phal m arch to the P ru s­ tence and announced tliut he would
pensive feeds as to make th eir gain* sian capital. The cry "On to Berlin I’’ hang ouly four. H e gave th e council
Habits of Guineas
perm ission to cust lots to see who of
too coatly.
was on all lips.
their num ber should die.
The self-feeders were filled with
For some reason the mother guinea
In co n trast to this, P ru ssia’s troops
dees not seem to realise th at her lit­ corn, ground oats nnd whole oats, lin­ were In splendid p reparation. The j W hereupon the undism ayed council
tle ones are frail creatures, unable seed oil meal, bran, alfalfa und the north and south Germ an stntes (on j stood up und refused the m arshal’s
to withstand extrem es of heat anil minerals aalt and bonemenl. During, many of which Napoleon III had been . “m ercy,'’ saying they would all live
colil, moisture und long trampN afield. the experim ent the cu b es developed told he might r e ^ for n eutrality or or they would all die, but there would
Their huhlls seem to he about ns rickets. This Is a result of Insufficient even aid) unanim ously Joined Prussia. I he no lot-casting among them at T il­
As sinking Internecine grievances In a ly's bidding.
senseless as their noise, which prob m inerals o r poor assim ilation.
ahl.v accounts In a large measure for plehty of m inerals was supplied, It common cause ; 477,OK) men were mus
At this point In the proceedings, a
their culture having been neglected. was assumed thnt the calves could tered, as ag ain st F rance's SlO.tani diversion w as created by the appear­
They make tlirlr nests In remote not assim ilate w hat they ate. The The German forces were divided Into ance of the town Pokal, the state
places, under hedges, hushes, brush calves were kept In a barn rath er I thr**e arm ies, whl,ch at a signal crept beaker, a huge three-quart glass, filled
heaps or wheat shocks, und if their b etter supplied with sunlight than i unchecked across th e Rhine like a with th e tow n's best wine. Tilly and
nests nre disturbed they will move to the average However, the sunlight j huge three headed snake, preceded by j his seven uldes drunk und drank
came through the ordinary glass. 4 cloud of Uhlans, sweeping all before again. T he Pokal w ent around tw ice
another place.
Valves Should he expose,) to the dl
an(J Btrlklnif Bt F ran ce's very and still It w as not empty."
:;o*<>-*o*o*o:;o*c>-*o-c-<>:: reet rays of the sun at least one hour | |le||r{ King William w as commander P erhaps the wine softened Tilly's
dally, says Thom as Olson, who con­ In chief, with M arshal von Moltke, the h e a r t! At all events, he east a grim ­
P o u ltry Ite m s
ducted the experiment.
pee.rless tactician, as his chief of staff ly hum orous eye over the council and
The French arm ies, commanded by sw ore th a t If there w ere any man
;:o-o--o-o-o;;o-<>—
o -o -o :;
Napoleon 111 In person, m ade Metz am ong them who could em pty the
Wood shavings make hotter poultry Registered Animals Not
fam ous Pokal ut one d ra ft the coun­
th eir headquarters.
nests than hay or straw.
Always High Producers On Aagust 2, p art of Napoleon's cil w ould be spared and mercy would
• • •
Too many farm ers seem to he of the northern arm y drove a handful of be show n to the citizenry.
The first off I he roontii In the morn
T he proposal did not seem to offer
Impression
th at If the anim al is regia P russians out of the town of Saar
Intf nnd the |>n<t to roost nt night ure
brack. But th e reafter Prussln acted much of a chance to the staunch pa­
tered
It
will
tiring
tihotit
the
neces
the best layer*.
triots, even though the K othenhurgers
sary Im provement In th eir herd. But ever on the offensive. The French.
• • •
Individually, fought like heroes, but were supposed to be as good drinkers
This Is tlie season when mites nnd such Is not alw ays tie* case. Many a
they w ere no m atch for their us fig h te rs; but at last one brave soul,
lice multiply so fast thnt one of ’em purb-hred anim al Is a scrub for the
stronger foes. In two arm ies France's ex-B urgouiaster George Nusch, said he
reason
thnt
there
lias
been
very
little
h<»comcs n grandm a of hundred* In
Improvement In the family for several Incompetently commanded, Ill-equipped would make a try. ami Intim ated that
Just a few days.
If he failed he'd ju s t as soon be
g en eratio n s
The average fanner, forces were hurled back and pre
• • •
hanged drunk us sober.
One
of
these
vented
from
uniting,
Poultry should always be fattened when he buys a hull, looks only at arm ies w as led by Bazalne, for
T he keeper of the town cellar re ­
the
pedigree
and
thinks
th
at
If
the
before killing
Tbla means better
iner conqueror of M exico; the other filled the beaker, and George Nusch
anim
al
has
the
papers
It
Is
Just
what
q ialltv . m« re weight, ami a consider­
lifted It—nnd d ra n k —and drank—and
he wants. The |8*dlgree should be by MncMulion, afterw ard s president of
ably h 'g h a r price per pound.
drunk—and drank. One quart, two
France.
B
azalne
w
as
successively
studied to note the records of the
• • •
q u arts and a half, th ree q u arts—
beaten
nt
Courcelles,
Mara
la
Tour
and
For fattening broilers a good ration | dam and the grand dams ns far hack G rsvelotte (A ugust 14, Iff and 18) down It w ent to the very last drop!
as the fifth and sixth generations. The j
la made up of seven p arts of corn I
and »»» penned up In th e city of Metz And w ith the last drop Nusch fell
men, by weight, three p arts wheat records of the fem ales are the first MncMahon moved forw ard to aid him senseless s t the feet of the conquer­
things that should Interest, then con |
middling«, and one part bran. Wet
ing general, while a cheer w ent up
»Ider the hull. If the pedigree Is sat hut on Septem ber 1, w as surrounded
with inllk until It will pour like bat
at Redan, snd next day was forced to from those he had saved from the
ter, and feed to the birds In shaded Isfactory, t l . i i study the hull to de surrender wltk forty generals, 4.fftk' hangm an's noose.
term lne w hether or not he will do for ,
pens.
It Is gratifying to relate th at
lesser officers and 84,000 men.
the herd.
• • •
Napoleon III, who was with MacMs Nusch came to presently und suffered
Mold I" one of tlx* commonest
hon’s army, w as also captured and no III effects from his draft. -
troubles In sprouting oats, and Moldy
Tilly was as good as his word—
parked off s prisoner to s Oertnnfi
Rich
in
Minerals
feed Is dangerous
fortress. At news of hts cap ture snd nearly. He »pared th e R othenburgers'
Milk
Is
very
rich
In
m
ineral
m
atter
. . .
and rite milk producing organs of the the disgraceful faffrtbe of French arm s lives, but he made them pay him heav­
Follow directions nuil handle the
cow nre so constituted that they can rsge nnd m ortification seised all ily In cash for his leniency, and he
Incubator correctly If the best hatch produca milk ef only a certain dell France. Napoleon was deposed ; his turned the town over to tils soldiers
of llvi Me chicks Is to be secured, say
nite compoaltlon. T h at Is to say the ! wife nnd sen w ere compelled to flee for a week of looting and pillage. But
poultry workers.
intlk of a given cow, when she Is In secretly to E ngland; and. Septem ber George Nusch hud won a place In his­
• • •
tory and lu th e h e arts of his country­
normal condition, alw ays contains cer­ I, a republic w as proclaimed.
Ileus must eat plenty of mash, If
On Septem ber 10, the O erntans be men th a t well deserves the annual
tain definite percentages of protein
they ure to lay their best. Have you
sugar, fat, m ineral m atter and w ater sieged Paris. On Septem ber 28 Ba W hitsuntide party the city stages for
made enough hopper room so thnt
Through breeding and selection we salne su rrendered at Meta. The latter him.
every hen chit gel th eir HUT There
Re-snacted In the Pageant.
have produced cows th at yield ssveral city, snatched from G erm any tn the
should he a foot of space for every
day* of C harles V, once more was held
T his Is the pageant of W hitsuntide
limes as much as n atu re's
five or six hens.
by Its origin»! m asters. P aris fell which the tourist must not nils». Each
• • •
after a long and gallant »tege; arm ies year some thousand or more of the
sent to relieve It were beaten. France tow n's Inhabitants don the costumes
Keep the chicks th at nre raised In
was at P ru ssia's mercy. On March I. of 1«31 and .e-euact the whole dram a
a hrooder p retty close to the heat
D a iry S tjuibs
1871, th e victorious G erm ans entered of th e siege, the capture, and the
during the first three ilays-
♦ O M O e O e O - e O e O h P a rts ; passing through the mighty
e e e
em ptying of the Pokal—with the e x ­
Fall freshened cows give more am' Arc de Trlom phe, which had been ception that the George Nusch of to­
High priced seeds th at produce high
erected to com m em orate the m artial day doesn't have to drink the whole
yields are cheaper than low priced cheaper inllk and b u tter f a t
trium phs of F ran ce; thus adding a ell- three quarts. It Is all done w ith m i
seed« th a t produce low yields.
Two misfits In any dairy herd art ' max to perhaps th e grimm est trony In perb accuracy of detail, with spirit,
• • •
the masculine cow snd th e effemlnat« 1 the annals of w arfare.
gusto, and ra re histrionic pow er
It taken 21 d arn for a hen egg to
bull. Both are fnr too common.
The provinces of Alsace and Lor-
It would not be possible, of course.
b a tc h , sh o u t 28 day* for (lin ks, from
• • •
ralne nn '
'• itinl'» o f »I ' P ’ '*".
10 give tills dram a a , It Is given, were
:#• to 84 day* fur a gooae egg. and S8
Dairy stables m ust he properly ven
were exacted by th e conquerors—
days for turkey egg«. The tim e may tHated In w tnter or cows will not pro * fairly cheap fee for curing France nut Rothenburg Itself still very much
is It *■ • lu medieval times. To he
vary som ewhat according to condl dues so well nor keep healthy.
• ,,f Napoleoulsui I
Ilona.
T
t
sure, the m oat has been drained, save
for a pond or two, and peaceful gar­
den* and orchards grow w here once
Its turbid w aters flowed. B ut the wall
Is still there, repaired and complete,
and the very tow ers where once the
arquebuses fired futllely ut Tilly's men
a t arms.
Moreover, the townsm en of R othen­
burg, w ith splendid appreciation of
th eir native place, have refused to let
any modern Innovations creep Into the
arch itectu re or the city's streets.
When a house or a highw ay within
the w alls needs repals, It Is done In
a way to preserve Its ancient ap p ear­
ance. R othenburg today looks as It
must have fcoked long before Colum­
bus discovered America. Indeed, parts
of the city date from two centuries
before th a t time.
T his fascinating town Is the sort
of place to drive an a rtist mad, since
every corner, every shop, every tiny
red-tiled house, Is a picture. As for
the R athaus, w ith Its beautiful R enais­
sance doorway In the Inner court, the
Jnkobsklrche, the Franciscan church,
the B urgturm , the rom antic Toppler-
achloaschen, and the small Gothic
Kobollzeller church, built In 1472, with
Its am using double spiral staircase,
which two persons can ascend at once
w ithout seeing each other—all of these
can be, have been, and will be painted
again and again, for the delight of all
those who Und pleasure In medieval
beauty.
A ncient T orture Chambers.
Below th s R athaus nre to rtu re
cham bers and
dungeons, w ithout
which no medieval town hall would
be complete. The R othenburgers did
nothing by h a lv e s; so their dungeons
and to rtu re cham bers are the last
word In horror even now, though the
rack snd the Iron Malden have been
removed. Crim inals were executed
here by the sword as recently us 1804,
In which y ear B avaria stepped In and
revoked th e city’s rights to deal out
such bloody punishm ents.
The civic pride of the old-time
R othenburgers wus a splendid thing.
They dug down Into th eir pockets and
built the R athaus Just u fter a w ar tax
of 80,000 guldens had been levied on
the town. They built th s Jakobs-
klrche, a high and hftidaom e basilica.
In one of the chapels Inside this
church Is the tomb of H einrich Top-
pier, an even g reater hero In R othen­
burg than Nusch. He w as a burgo­
m aster of the earlier days, for he
died In 1408, and to him th s town
owed much of lta prosperity and many
of Its fine buildings. T here are two
dice carved on T oppler’s tomb, be­
cause he cast dice fo r th s city with
the B urgruve of N urem burg and won I
When the trav eler Is w eary of
churches he will do well te go out
Into the park und enjoy the views of
the tow n’s steep red gables, while be­
low In th e valley may be seen Top-
pler's own castle, w here lie used often
to en tertain his frleld, the Em peror
Wenzel.
A fter a visit to the park, a walk
around the city on top of the old wall
Is in order. T his may he reached by
staircases a t the city’s gistes. The
wall has a roofed pathw ay some 4 feet
wide, open ou the town side only. The
Spltalhastei, th e great bastion nt the
extrem e end of the town. Is an epitome
of medieval defense, w ith Its 5-foot
walls, wide ram parts, and frowning
old guns.
As a la st and pleasing tirnch, one
should read the old L atin motto on
the near-by Kobollzellertor, the most
picturesque of all the city's g ates;
"PAY INTRANTIBU8
SALUH EXEUNTIBUK''
which may he tran slated as "Peace to
those who e n te r; safety to those who
depart.”
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eczema Is Instantly sto p p ed ; th e
eruptions dry up and scale off In a
very few days. T he sam e Is tru e of
hnrtiers' Itch, sa lt rheum nnd o th er
irrita tin g an d unsightly skin tro u ­
bles.
You can obtain Moone’s E m erald
Oil In th e original bottle a t any mod­
ern drug store.
It Is safe to use,
and failure lu any of the ailment*
noted above Is next to Impossible.
Your druggist can supply you at any
time.
9
Object in Holding
Particle of Land
W hat would you do If some friend
died and bequeathed you a trllllonth
of an acre of land?
You couldn’t
build a Rummer home, but you might
s ta rt a microbe farm. Although land
la not portioned out In such m inute
parcels today, transactions Involving
plecea of property ranging In size
from a trllllonth of an aere to a
square Inch were rnmanon In C ontra
Costa county, Calif., 38 years ago.
The trllllonth of an aero, probably
the sm allest piece of described land
on record, was purchased a t a ta s
«ide. The Innd wns a portion of the
T ar ranch at Ran Pablo. The #nr-
chaser paid $24 8P, which represented
tax delinquency and costs of sale. The
•mall piece of land would he merely
large enough to place the point of a
Told Them Something
fine needle on. In accepting mlnnte
About Fence Building pieces In the center of large ranches,
Q uite a crowd w as gnthered round the bidders secured a lien which
the stove In the grocery. As Bill clouded the title, and w ere often paid
Tom pkins concluded his tale of his well before a private sale could be
wonderful achievem ents In fence hulld transacted.—Oakland Tribune.
Ing, there came a lull In the conversa­
P e rry 1» " P ea d s h o t" 1» not » lo ir n » «
tion. It was very evident th at all were or Or.
»yrup, but a real, o ld -fa ih lo n r d m ed loln«
deeply Impressed by Bill'* recital, for w hich clean » out W orm » or T ap ew orm w ith
silence la to the soap box orator what » a ln »le do»«. I 7 i P ea rl 8 t„ N. t . A dv.
applause is to the politician.
A real financier w ants his million
F inally the silence was broken by an to perform wonders w ith ; averuga
old ch aracter known as "W rinkles."
man wfflild Just loaf on It.
“W all," said he. "th a t th a r was
some fencin'—leastw ise for these days.
Efficiency generally doea
B ut let me tell you that If you want reed at lightning pace.
to know anything about fence making,
you w ant to ask some of us old fel
lows. Why, back In '68, when tix* and
Dick P o tter WHS wnrklDg for the rail
road, th e boss sent us out one morn
Ing te build a four board fence along
both sides of the right-of-wav, and
sir, by quitting time that night we had
mad* ao much fence that It took a*
Prepared Especially for Infant«
three whole day* to walk back to
w here we atarted from.'*—Philadelphia
and Children of All Age»
Ledger.
9
4
BABIES CRY
FOR “ CASTORIA”
Shake Hand» W ith Self
When you meet a friend, why not
shake hands with yourself Instead
of clasping the other's hand? The
Ohio H ealth New* makes the stigges
tlpn. urging adoption of the Chinese
method of handshaking as a hygi*-nlc
measure. Many Infections are tra n s
m ined through the medium of hand
shaking by the A m erica, method
« h ila th« Chi;
cusioia ob\ late*
thia danger,
M other!
F letcher's C a sto rl. hai
'>een In uae for over 00 years as i
pleasant, harm less substitute for Ca*
tor OU. Puregorlc, T eething Drops an(
Roothlng Syrupe. Contain* no naroot
lea. Proven directions a re on eact
package. Physicians everyw here reo
ommend I t
The genuine h e a rt signature of
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