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Events in the Lives of Little Men
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD
At a Safe Distance
A Thing of the Past
Girl Chums Elope;
Husbands Roommates
Boston.—Two girl chuins,
Dorothy Kimball of West New
ton and Jacqueline Abbott of
Brookline, stole 2 march on their
#-reniis and eloped to New York.
gecured marriage licenses and
‘were married in the Little
Church Around the Corner.
Their husbands are also chums
and roommates.
The Kimball girl, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs, Mark Kimball of
212 Chestnut street, West New
.ton, was married to Frank R.
Connell, Jr., of 24 Walker street,
Cambridge. He is a native of
Minneapolis and a graduate of
the University of Minnesota.
" The Abbott girl was married to
Charles B, Findlater, a student
at the Harvard school of archi
tecture, She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Phillip 8. Abbott
of Longwood Towers, Brookline,
Miss Abbott is a graduate of
the Choate School for Girls.
FEET HIS HANDS,
TOES HIS FINGERS
Defies Normal Limitations of
Mankind.
i Berlin.—Artist, juggler and newspa
perman, Carl Herrmann Unthan is one
of the world’s wonders. On April 5, he
was eighty years old. During all this
span he has been defying the normal
Hmitations of mankind.
For Herr Unthan was born without
arms, seemingly condemned to a life
of helpless misery. Instead of which,
the victim of chance has led a bril
liant and prosperous life. He devel
oped his feet and made them serve
nearly all the purposes of hands. This
eighty-year-old cripple shaves himself,
runs a typewriter with his toes, has
figured on the variety stages of the
entire world, renowned as armless
violin player, juggler and actor.
Some years ago he was a familiar
figure in the United States. As he grew
older he retired from the stage and
since then has been ceaselessly active
as a writer on theatrical subjects for
various newspapers.,
When a Berlin reporter ealled upon
him there had been a small tragedy
in the little flat where he has lived
for many years with an old servant
girl, Pepi, for the “gracious sir” had
that morning cut his toe with a razor
while shaving. Nevertheless, the re
porter found him sitting before his
writer whose keys were clicking
mly under light blows of his mar
velous and prehensile toes. The re
porter shook the old man's foot and
was motioned to a chair, where he
sat and heard the entire story of this
miraculous triumph of will over des
tiny. For at birth Herr Unthan's feet
were no more adapted for hand work
than those of anyone else,
Maimed Vet Kills Self
With Odd Contraption
Kansas City, Mo.—Mrs. Lucy Mi
aor removed a letter from her mail box
recently, It was from her son, Har
ry Minor, a World war veteran, who
had been a cripple for years as re
sult of wounds.
“I'll be dead when you read this,”
the letter said.
Investigation revealed her son had
followed a complicated but highly
methodical system of committing sui
clde,
Minor's body was found in a sitting
position in a rocking chair, a rifle
bullet wound in his head.
The rifle was supported on a pile of
clothing. From the trigger a wire ran
to an ice pick stuck in the wall, then
to the rocker of the chalr in which
he sat,
The rifle was almed at his head as
he sat in the chair and his rocking
caused a tension on the wire which
pulled the trigger.
Minor was a victim of shell shock
and was paralyzed from the waist
down as the result of wounds received
in action., His ill health and a recent
separation his wife gre believed
to have bomo causes of his sul
cide, |
\Burglars in Britain
¢ Average $3.50 Weekly
\l“don.-Ammon by Sir Willlam
Greaves Lord, K. C, of Manchester,
that the average lncome of burglars
in England Is only about $3.50 a week
has started a discusison throughout
the country on the earnings of
thieves,
The police belleve SBir Willlam
underestimates them, In making his
estimate be allowed for the time the
average thief or robber spends In
Detectives estimate that clever
porch climbers and other burglars In
the larger cities average perhaps SOO
to S7O per week. The best paid are
the crack burglars who rob homes of
the wealthy, Conldence men are
next. The poorest money getters are
the pickpocket and the motor thief,
The ordinary plckpocket, they estl
mate, makes S2O to B§3o a week,
Car Takes Flight
Redding, Calif.—A high wind which
raged over Redding, swooped down
on the automobile belonging to J. G.
Stanley, lifted It from its parking
ee In front of his home and then
Ffl it practically uadamaged,
‘& beighboring yard 0 feet away.
Opposition to
. .
TB. Eradication
Yritics of Campaign Are, as
a Rule, Well-Meaning,
but Uninformed.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Crities of the tuberculosis-eradica
tion campaign in the United Stnges
are, as a rule, well-meaning, but unin
formed. The bureau of animal indus
try of the United States Department
of Agriculture has observed a rapid
decline in opposition to the campaign
for eradication of bovine tuberculosis,
but occasional eriticisms persist. To
these objectors the bureau offers op
portunity to judge the overwhelming
mass of scientific evidence in published
form. An array of established facts,
the bureau ssserts, proves that eradi
catlon of tuberculosis from live stock
means not only a huge economic sav
ing to the live stock industry, but also
a safer milk and food supply to the
American public,
Expression of Public Will.
In particular the bureau stresses the
view that tuberculosis eradication is
an expression of the public will
through their elective representatives.
The work aims to remove, in a prac
tical way, the menace of a devastating
disease. The co-operative work is con
ducted under federal and state author
ity, and is supported by funds appro
priated by congress, by state legisla
tures, and by counties. Any opponent
may have opportunity to appear and
voice opposition when appropriations
and authorization of the work are un
der consideration, The work has ex
panded to new areas from year to
year because the advocates have pre
sented to legislators evidence that con
vinced the doubters of the merit of the
campaign,
Work Will Go On.
The bureau of animal industry is
confident that the work will go on.
Opposition to eradication work, which
was quite general ten years ago, has
declined until now it occurs only spo
radically, Obstructors, the bureau
says, add something to the cost of
eradication and the time required for
completing the work, and increase the
opportunity for tuberculosis to spread
from animal to animal, and from ani
mal to persons. The bureau believes
that citizens have every right to ex
press criticism verbally or through the
press, but that if the critics are sin
cere and honest, they should first ob
tain the facts readily available in fed
eral and state publications which con
trovert practically all criticisms that
have arisen to date, It is especially re
gretted that some critics whose titles
imply scientific training or attainment
have sought to hamper the work with
unsound objections and without ade
quate consideration of the reliable in
formation so easily obtained.
Many critics of tuberculosis eradica
tion have turned to advocacy, the bu
reau says. Notably, owners of valu
able animals condemned as tuber
culous and who have suffered serious
financial hardship, have, as a rule, re
mained ardent supporters of the work,
The critics are often those on the side
lines. Many owners of cattle who at
first were doubtful of the worthiness
of the campaign have become con
vinced supporters.
Lime Feeds to Prevent
. Leg Paralysis in Sows
Motherly sacrifices in favor of their
offspring cause the paralytic condi
tion in brood sows known as “going
down in the back” and this trouble,
therefore, can be much more easily
prevented than cured, Dr, W. E. Car
roll, chief in swine industry at the
college of agriculture, University of
Illinois, is telling the farmers of the
state in response to inquiries about
this ailment,
Frequently, although probably not
always, this trouble is caused by the
sow using an extra large amount of
lime from her own bones to produce
milk for ber pigs, Doctor Carroll ex
plained. This leaves her own bones
rather fragile and in danger of crack
ing when they are placed under stress
and strain. In case one of the ver
tebra of the backbone is thus cracked
in such a manner that it presses upon
the spinal cord, the anlmal loses con
trol of its hind legs,
Early Varieties of Corn
Are Favored for Silage
~ Early varleties of corn that mature
are better for silage than late varleties
that may not reach maturity, Tests
covering four years at the Illinols ex
periment station compared five early
varieties commonly grown for grain in
llinole with five later varieties, some
of which were grown for grain and
some for fodder,
~ The later varieties produced a great
~er welght of sllage, but were so much
lower in dry matter that the early
varleties, with thelr matured grain,
outylelded them In total welght es
dry matter. Reid’s Yellow Dent, which
was used as the standard of compari
~son, proved to yleld more actual food
value than other varieties,
; Material for Shells
~ Crushed oyster shells, a feed of near
1y 100 per cent calclum carbonate con
tent, bullds the bones of the chickens,
doing away with frailty, and making
‘them less susceptible to disease, Its
% most important work, however, is sup
plying sbell material which comes
from the calclum carbonate contained
;,ll the oyster shell. This mineral not
~only assures hard-shelled eggs, but In
~creases the number of eggs produced
Control of Lice and
Mites of Chickens
Big Losses May Be Avoided
by Simple Treatment.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture,)
In no other agricultural subject has
so much interest been manifested—
according to requests received during
a year for bulletins published by the
Department of Agriculture—than in
the control of lice and mites of poul
try. Sixteen editions of a bulletin on
this subject (amounting to nearly 1,
000,000 copies) have been printed. “Al
though these recommendations have
been put into effect very generally by
commercial poultry raisers, with the
result that in intensive poultry-raising
sections there is very little infesta
tion of parasites on poultry, owners
of farm and town flocks continue to
lose much money through injury
caused by these external parasites.
Losses are especially large from head
lice on chicks and body lice on grown
fowls, but the fact that the treatment
is simple and certain makes the losses
entirely avoidable. Commercial so
dium fluoride, used in the form of a
dust or dip, will completely destroy
all kinds of poultry lice and their eggs'
in one treatment. This material is
easy to handle, and if used in accord
ance with instructions causes no harm
in any way to the operator or to the
fowls. In using the material as a dip,
all that is necessary to insure a fully
satisfactory job is to pick out a warm,
sunny day and to treat every fowl.
Improving Dairy Herds
by Following Records
Almost every herd has unprofitable
producers, and the sooner these an
imals are weeded out the easier it is
for other improvement factors, such as
feeding and breeding, to show their
effect, say® J. B, Parker, associate
dairy husbandman, United States De
partment of Agriculture, who has pre
pared a brief publication on “Improv
ing Dairy Herds.”
Marked improvement in the herd is
difficult to obtain, he says, unless rec
ords are kept for accurately deter
mining the production of individual
cows, their feed consumption, and
economy of production. These may
consist of private records, records ob
tained by cow-testing circles or clubs,
or records kept by dairy-herd-improve
ment associations. -At the present
time where dairy-herd-improvement
associations are practical, they fur
nish by far the best method of keep
ing records.
VUsing such records as a guide, the
farmer with the help of the tester is
able to figure out better methods of
feeding, care, and management. All
cows that do not respond profitably
to intelligent feeding are eliminated
and careful attention given to prob
lems of breeding.
A copy of Leaflet N. 19-L, Improv
ing Dairy Herds, may be obtained by
writing to the United States Depart
m:at of Agriculture, Washington, D. C,
Canada Thistles Killed
by Using Smother Crop
Canada thistles are best killed by
some smother crop, and the more thor
oughly the smothering is done, of
course the more effective the killing
will be. Where a good stand of al
falfa can be had, that will usually
wear out the thistles. Thorough cul
tivation of a crop like tobacco should
do serious damage to the thistles, The
essential thing is to keep the tops from
growing, and after a time with this
treatment the roots will be starved out
and die.
If you sow oats on this field the this
tles are likely to evergrow the oats,
so that the crop will be pretty mear
worthless, If tobacco will work well
in the farm rotation, that will be a
much better erop, because it would be
cultivated, and hence the thistles
would be kept cut off. In the oats or
other similar grain, they will grow
right up with the grain and no prog
ress whatever will be made with get
ting rid of them,
BENEN NN 0
g Agricultural Notes &
Little weeds may be killed with very
much less labor than required for larg
er ones.
S 8 8
The only really efficient time to Kill
weeds s while such plants are young
and tender,
9 9 8
Cement must be kept dry. Good ce
ment may be damaged by molsture but
age has no detrimental effect on dry
cement,
. " 0
The secret of weed centrol In the
veggtable gurden and with other culti
vated crops Is to destroy these pests
while they are young.
9 9
“Good equipment makes a good
farmer better,” but efficient and suffi
clent use of the equipment Is also nec
essary If it Is to return a profit,
o 99
Half of the soluble plant food con
talned in manure may be lost In two
or three months, especially when ly.
ing exposed to the elements in o
sloping yard.
.0
New flelds of alfalfa should not be
pastured. If the alfalfa has been seed
ed alone and the weeds become . too
numerous, the field can be cut high
when the alfalfa plants are just come
ing into bloom, i