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Pei's Kira's Boyhood IrvdEX M His Cbteek ' " A -g jImSSKSmo -/’ j '• M %a, gjff Commander of ’ America's Armies in France Earlu Gave j Evidence of Couraoe : and Power of Will. ‘lf 1 " ■ ' ' 7 "J IS boyhood friends in Linn n county. Mo., agree that it was neither pull nor poli ties that made John y-—rffi-Pershing commander of tiie American forces in r -:.y France. They say also - that he is not a genius and that luck has not alli ed him in rising from the ranks. Advantages he had —outdo* fl lile. ’arm work, plain living, good parents md a Christian inane. Even yet Ids >ld home town carries the flavor of the open country. Laclede is scarcely larger today and no less wholesome than it was forty years ago when its three nurseries made it at once the most Important atsl the most agricul tural town in the county, writes A. A. Jeffrey In New York Sun. To this thriving town of the '.los came the general’s father. John F. Pershing, from Westmoreland county. Pa., where his family had been hon ored citizens since 1749, the year chos en by John and Frederick Pershing for their pilgrimage from France to the new home of freedom iti the new world. The ambitious young Pennsyl vanian of the fourth generation from ■these early patriots came to Missouri in 1815 to take a snb-contract in the building of the old Missouri Northern railroad from St. Louis to Macon. At the end of four venrs he had little of tar- - ~ material value to show for ids work ; but at Montgomery City he had won a bride —Ann Thompson, a fair-haired Missouri girl with brave, sweet month, hoiqjgt blue eyes and a heart of gold, r Born in Shanty Near Laclede. 1 Coming westward from Macon at the .conclusion of the railroad building the young contractor stopped at Laclede to accept the first honest .work that was offered, the foremanship of the west of Laclede section of th ■ ' inni ihal and St. Joseph railroad. The Per shings started housekeeping in ;• little shanty two miles west or taclede. It was there that their first baby. John Joseph, was horn September 13. 1860. “It was just after the outbreak of the Civil war In 1861." relates Henry C. Lomax, now Laclede’s pioneer hanker, “that the Pershing family came to town to live and John F. Pershing opened a general store here. “Their family and ours lived togeth er for several months, as my father had gone to war and there an emoty house in town for the newcom " When the Pershing store was open- Buddhist’s American Experiences Rev. Mokusen Heki, a Buddhist apostle returning lately from America to his native Japan, was given a recep tion by the Japanese Voting Buddhist association. Recounting his experienees. he told that there was a machine indicating exactly the death rate in America at the education section In tht Panama exposition. According to it, ' lortality Many Uses for Kapok. Kapok is the name applied to the silky fiber found around the seed of the silk-cotton tree (Brimlendron n -fractuosum). This tree is found m nf* tropical countries ami i> very abun dnnt In Java, which furnishes a large part of the eoinmereiaJ 'Upply Ka pok is Imported into the Colled .'.tales to large quantities, prim - !pally from J.va. and is used ::s iHling for mat j Cesses, pillows eusbioiK ‘id Ihe pie s' rver♦ >f \nrh*u ■ > i - i s an up- In- Ker\ f;t. i ' , * j ed I was old enough to accept employ ■ ment in it. and for years I worked ias a clerk for the general’s father. As I remember the Johnny Pershing of ! those days he was a quiet, well-be haved little hoy.” The elder Pershing was strict in his discipline. As the hoys grew up he kept them steadily employed at useful, wholesome work. By the time John had readied his teens the family pos sessions included a 160-acre farm a utile from Laclede and there the fu ture soldier worked from spring plow ing to corn husking. "Every morning, if yon were up early enough, you could sec John and Jim with their teams going out to the farm.” says <C, Bigger, boyhood friend of General Pershing, now a’ lawyer at Laclede. "John was a worker. His father, though not unduly severe, was strict in his requirements; yet I never heard John complain. He always had a gen : nine interest in carrying to a success ful finish every piece of work that he | was directed to do. Not a Genius. “John Pershing was not a genius,” ; continues his boyhood friend. “He ( possessed a clear, analytical mind, but no better mind than thousands of other ■ hoys possess. He was clean in char acter, absolutely so, and a regular at tendant at church and Sunday school at the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a member and in which his father and mother were active 'corkers. His parents were intensely religions. “Tin- traits distinguishing him from i many other hoys." concludes Mr. Blg i ire;-, “were those that characterized him as a tireless worker, indomitable I in ids purpose to perform every task ! set before him. And he never was {tough; he never considered it neces sary to seek questionable companions or places in order to have a good time. In tic* wholesouled fashion of a healthy country hoy he enjoyed our neighbor homi parties, our taffy pullings, our baseball, fishing and swimming, hut lie never resorted to rowdyism.” Though never quarrelsome, Pershing was abundantly able to take care of himself. His old associates proudly , tell of the first term of school he taught, when he was eighteen. It was at Prairie Mound, in Chariton county. It became his duty in the course of the term to thrash a big boy. and lie addressed himself to this re sponsibility in his usual direct and vig orous fashion. The discipline had tiie desired effect on the hoy. hut brought the hoy's father rampant to humiliate the young teacher. "John was then only a boy himself, a big strong, broad-shouldered boy, but only a boy," says Captain Henley, with whom the young teacher boarded is remarkably higher in youth than in aged people. On one occasion he counseled ills audience to come over to Buddhism and get firm faith while they are young, re-enforcing his sermon with the demonstration afforded by the death rate indicating machine. Impressed with his speech, many ladles and gentlemen congratulated ADVENT OF THE MONARCH Tamp Pike is not accustomed to go hi braid on the uniforms of its of fieers, and so the dress uniforms of the members of the state staff of Gov ernor Bilbo of Mississippi created an impression upon the colored soldiers, v ho rank an officer by the amount of fine feathers on display. As the car with the staff passed up South avenue one negro poked his bead out of the j at Prairie Mound, “while Ids assailant. <>!d man Card, was a burly giant, fully six foot four and wildly dotennined to lick tin l young teacher. “He made it plain that nothing else would appease him. John tried to pre sent a reasonable view of the situa tion. but Card only grew more insolent in word and gesture. - Showed Iron Determination. “Then it was, as my children re i counted at the time, that John’s usual ly ruddy lips whitened and his big blue eyes narrowed to steel-gray points, lie stepped toward tin* big man and Ids words had a cold precision that was truly ominous. “‘You get out of this house and off these grounds and stay off as long ns I'm teacher —or i’ll kill you.’ “With mumbled apologies, old man Card hastily backed out of the school house," concludes Captain Henley, “and he did not trouble the young teacher again." From other sources there is addition al evidence of the sturdy fiber of John Pershing’s courage and power of will. “John was no sissy, even if he was clean and well behaved," asserts Charles R. Spurgeon, who was Per shing’s boyhood chum and his college roommate. “He was a manly, upstand ing hoy. In his classes he had his lessons, and when asked to work a problem he would step promptly to the blackboard and do 5l In a way that proved his heart was in the work. “It was the same at college. At Kirksville Normal, where we were classmates, John was a hard-working student. He always was thoroughly interested in ids class work and was always looking forward to the succeed ing years in the course and the finish. “When we came home at the end of our first term I was offered a posi tion in a store, took it and, by heck, I’m clerking yet. John had a similar offer, hut turned it down. " T’m going hack to Kirksville. any way,’ he said. T don’t know what I’ll finally and be a lawyer, but pist now I’m going to stick to the school.’ “Tiie next time I saw him was when he came home the time the Laclede post office was robbed. His father was postmaster then, and of course the loss fell upon him personally. John came home from college and turned over the remainder of ids savings to his father —gave up ids college course to help the folks at home. “It was just then that Congressman Burrows of the old Tenth district an nounced the first competitive examina tion for the appointment of a cadet to West Point. John heard of it. saw his chance, went to Trenton and won the appointment fairly and squarely by the sheer merit of his work.” him at the close, and some enthusias tic ladies “mystically kissed his hand,” to his great consternation. Again, whert he was the guest of honor at a dinner party given by a Japanophile American, a ball was its main feature. It can be imagined, therefore, in what an awkward plight the austere holy man found himself when some ladies Insisted upon hav ing the guest of honor for their partner in a profane gyration called a tango. —From East and West News. barrack window and then hurriedly called to his companions: “Niggers’ Niggers! Come heah a mimin'—de king of Arkansas done cum to town!” —Camp Pike Trench and Camp. St. Swithin’s day is on July 15. The tradition is that if rain falls then. It will rain for 40 days. THE SEA COAST ECHO. BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI FARM STOCK i | SANITARY HOUSES FOR HOG? Quarters and Immediate Premise? Should Be Thoroughly Disin fected Every Month. j (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Hogs should he provided with clean dry. well-ventilated quarters. Feed ing places should lie kept clean and the water supply pure. Hogs should be allowed access only to streams the sources and courses of which are known to be uncontaminated. Wal lows should be kept clean and sup plied constantly with clean water. The houses and immediate premises should be thoroughly disinfected once a month with air-slaked lime or a 5 per cent solution of crude carbolic acid. Hogs Kept Under Conditions Here Shown Are More Susceptible to Dis ease Than Those Kept Under Sani ; tary Conditions. Animals that show Indications of sick ness should be immediately isolated and the premises thoroughly disinfect ed. New hogs brought to the farm should he isolated or quarantined for several days before they are permitted to run with the herd. Hogs, and especially young pigs, often suffer much from lice. When numerous, lice are a serious drain on vitality, fattening is prevented by them, and hogs so affected are very much more subject to disease. To eradicate lice, dip, spray, or rub hogs with crude oil, crude-oil emulsion, or kerosene-oil emulsion every ten days for three or four applications. Avery troublesome affection with hogs, is caused by a mite or parasite that pricks the skin of the hog to get tissue fluid. This injury produces a red spot which finally results in a scale under which mites may he found. The symptoms are itching followed by a loss of hair and thickening and cracking of the skin. Treat mange by applying lime sulphur or nicotine dip once every ten days for three dip pings. Hogs should be washed thor oughly with soap, water, and brush before dipping, to remove the scales. SWINE USE WASTE PRODUCTS It is Necessary to Have Number of Pigs on Hand to Consume All of Perishable Feeds. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Under ordinary conditions hogs return the largest profit when raised to utilize waste products, and when kept for this purpose alone the number will depend upon the quantity of waste products to be consumed. Skim milk from dairy herds; shattered grain from grain fields; unmarketable prod ucts from the truck farm; undigested grain in the droppings of fattening steers, and many other minor wastes on the average farm are examples of foodstuffs whilch would be wasted were it not for their utilization by the thrifty farmer for the production of pork. In order to utilize some of these products, it is necessary to have a number of pigs on hand for a relative ly short time, on account of the per- j ishahle nature of these feeds. The rest of the year the fattening pigs and the breeding stock must he maintained upon feed raised expressly for their consumption, and while they are not j kept at a loss during this time, still the greatest profit is derived when they are eating their cheap feed in the j form of waste products, and the num ber of hogs which can utilize the waste | to the best advantage should be the limiting factor In determining the j number of hogs to the farm. On farms in the corn belt where hogs are raised i simply to market the com crop on the ; hoof, the number is controlled by the I amount of com which can profitably be raised to fatten them. TO ERADICATE HOG CHOLERA i Present Object of Government and State Authorities is to Gain Control of Disease. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The federal government and the state authorities aim at the ultimate eradication of hog cholera. At present the object is to bring it under strict j control so as to reduce losses to the ! minimum. Prevention, however, i§ bet- j ter than cure. Methods for prevention | as well as cure may be found in “Hog Cholera: Prevention and Treatment” | (Farmers’ Bulletin 834). Losses from tuberculosis may be serious also, and in order to be fore- i warned and forearmed, “Tuberculosis of Hogs” (Farmers’ Bulletin 781) should be studied. j There are two distinct types of swine, the lard and the bacon types. Care and Development of Calf. The care and development of the call | are more important than a knowledge of pedigree ip blending the blood lines. Save Roughage for Stock. Save the com fodder and the gralt straw. This roughage Is the hope of the future for meat-making stock. Young Animals for Breeding. Young animals that are being devel oped for breeding purposes should no bo closely housed and namnered. ' 1 1 " " 1 u ~i A Bird in the Hand j' - / ————— ■ ' ' "■ ... .. - ’ , ” 111 "'""7 1 (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) TURKEYS FOR HOLIDAY MARKETS. The Round-Up of a Turkey Drive. * FATTEN TURKEYS FOR THE MARKET Finish Fowls When Demand Is Keen and Price Correspond ingly Attractive. EXCELLENT PLAN OUTLINES New Corn Can Safely Be Fed if Fowls Are Gradually Accustomed to It— Birds Always Make Best Gains on Free Range. The true test of expert turkey rins ing is to l)o able to market a large i percentage of the annual crop in the pink of market finish at a time when the demand is keen and the price cor respondingly attractive. In fattening turkeys for the mar ket an excellent plan is to begin early in October to feed night and morning, only feeding enough at a time so that the birds go away still feeling a little hungry, and gradually increasing the quantity until they are given all they will clean up three times a day during the week before marketing. By the latter feeding is meant that they are fed until they leave the feed and walk away. Some turkey raisers feed outs during the first part of the fattening season, gradually changing to corn as the weather becomes cooler. Previous to the war, wheat was used in the same manner as oats. The majority, how ever, begin feeding heavily on corn about November 1, and since turkeys are not accustomed to such heavy feed ing, scours often result, especially if new corn is used. New corn can be fed safely if the turkeys are gradually accustomed to it by feeding lightly at first and more heavily afterward. Confining turkeys during the fatten ing season to prevent their using so much energy in ranging has been tried to some extent, hut with very little success. Those confined to a pen eat heartily for two or three days, hut after this they lose their appetite and begin to lose flesh rapidly. On allow ing them free range again, they pick up rapidly and are soon eating as ; heartily as ever. The better method Is to allow them free range, as if keeps them in good, healthy condition, and they are always eager to be fed. Nuts From the Range. Nuts of various kinds are a natural fattening feed picked up by the turkeys on the range. Of these beech nuts, chestnuts, pecans and acorns are the most commonly found by them. Many turkey growers in Texas depend solely upon acorns for fattening their turkeys, and when these nuts are j plentiful the birds are marketed In fairly good condition. The marketing season for turkeys is very short, running from the middle of November to the latter part of De cember. Most turkey raisers sell their’ birds alive to poultry dealers, who either dress them or ship them alfre . to city dealers. Farmers near the city i markets, and particularly those in the | middle Atlantic and New England states, often dress the turkeys and | either sell them direct to the con sumer or to city dealers. In some sec- i tions shortly before Thanksgiving there is held what is known as turkey day. On the day before the event every turkey grower in the neighbor- ; hood kills and dresses his turkeys and the following morning brings them into town, where they are hid on and purchased by whatever buyers choose to be there, the birds going to the highest bidder. In sections in which turkeys are grown in large numbers, as In Texas, dressing plants have been built by poultry dealers, who buy the birds ; alive and dress them for the various city markets. In such cases practically j all the turkey raisers sell to these dealers, who often send buyers out Into the country to gather up a drove of several hundred birds by stopping at each farm as they pass, weighing | During the summer litter in the coops should be removed frequently and fresh straw provided for scratch ing material. • ♦ ♦ Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the necessity of good, clean, pure, fresh water for either breeding stock or laying hens. whatever turkeys the farmer may have to sell, and addin? them to those al ready collected. Six or eight men can drive a flock of 1,000 turkeys 10 to 12 miles a day. As soon as possible after the turkeys are received at the dress i in? plant they are killed, dry-picked, cooled and packed in barrels or boxes for shipment. Killing and Dressing. In killin? and dressin? turkeys on the farm they should first: be deprived of feed for 24 hours, but ?iven plenty of fresh, clean water in order to clean ' (ho crop and intestines of all feed. When ready to kill, the bird should be bun? up by the feet; hoidin? the bird in one hand a sharp, narrow-bladed knife is used to sever the veins in the throat by making a small cut inside the mouth on the right side of the throat til the base of the skull. After making this cut and bleeding begins, the knife is thrust up through the groove in the roof of the mouth and into the brain at the back part of the skull. On piercing the brain the bird gives a peculiar squawk, the feathers are loosened by a quivering of the muscles, and death is instantaneous. In dry-picking the feathers should be plucked immediately, and if the bird has been properly stuck they come out very easily. The tail and large wing feathers are removed first, after which the body feathers are pulled out. When the turkeys are to be marketed locally or are to be shipped but a short dis tance they are cooled to a temperature of about 35 degrees Fahrenheit by i hanging In the open air, provided the weather is cool enough ; otherwise they are plunged into ice water and kept there until thoroughly cooled. After cooling they are packed undrawn in boxes or barrels. It is inadvisable for the producer without proper refrigerat ing facilities to ship dressed turkeys as losses from improper cooling and from their being exposed to warm weather during transit are liable tc occur. Aside from this it is seldom profitable to ship turkeys any great distance except in carload lots; whet this is done the turkeys are cooled tr 32 degrees Fahrenheit, packed in boxes or barrels, and shipped in refrigerant cars. •••••••••••••••••••••••••a 1 TURKEY POINTERS I • 4 • • • One of the most important • ! steps toward success in turkey * • raising is the proper selection 2 of breeding stock. Birds for J • breeding should be selected for • • vigor, size, shape, strong bone, fl • early maturity and color of • • plumage. Turkey hens will t 2 usually lay about 18 eggs in • their first litter, while those ( 2 that do not have to be set can J • be broken up on becoming < 2 broody and made to lay a sec- J • ond and sometimes a third llt> 2 ter. The high mortality com- J • men In young poults Is usually • due to some of the following J • causes: Exposure to dampness * 2 and cold, improper feeding. # • close confinement, lice, preda- • tory animals, weakness in the 2 parent stock, • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a Provide Plenty of Water. Water receptacles for poultry shoulc be large enough to hold plenty ot water to last at least 24 hours, so th< fowds w ? ill never suffer from lack ot water. Drinking vessels should b< carefully rinsed when fresh water if given. If water is supplied irregular ly, the hens will likely drink too mud at a time. It should not be exposed tc the sun’s rays in summer or be al lowed to freeze in winter if this can b< avoided. A flock of 50 hens in gooc laying condition will require four tc 1 six quarts of water a day. Shade of some kind should be pm j vided for poultry, and this can ofter i be advantageously furnished by plant in? fruit trees (such as pear, plum cherry and apple) in the yard. • Dispose of Cockerels. One good way to dispose of the cockerels that you are weeding out ot flocks is to can them. Geese live to a great age. The fe- ' males are reliable and productive for many years, * * * Few people understand that eggs j are almost as perishable as meat ot milk; that eggs will not stand an> . kind of treatment. * * Poultry will pick up 90 per cent of its living from scattered and wasted grains. They act as scavengers in con suming a large part of what would otherwise be lost. R CHILD GETS SICK CROSS, FEVERISH IF CONSTIPATED uOOK AT TONGUE! THEN GIVE FRUIT LAXATIVE FOR STOM ACH, LIVER, BOWELS. “CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS” CAN'T HARM CHILDREN AND THEY LOVE IT. Mother! Your child isn’t naturally ;ross and peevish. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign the little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom ach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gen tle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given. Nothing equals “California Syrup of Figs” for children’s ills; give a ten spoonful, and in a few hours all the foul waste, sour bile and fermenting food which is clogged in the bowels passes out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. All children love this harmless, deli cious “fruit laxative.” and it never fails to effect a good “inside” cleans ing. Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle. Keep it handy in your home. A little given today saves a sick child toraor -1 row. hut get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” then see that it is made by the “California Fig Syrup Company.”—Adv. Some foolish people play with lire just to see whether it will burn them. Bad Colds, Pneumonia, and Croup may be prevented by using Vaeh- r- P.alm in time. Everyone should keep it in the house. Beware of imitations. A 1 There are -18 different kinds of house fly known and classified. Tf your eves smart or feel scalded. Ro man Eye Salaam spotted upon ftalrp to b* and 1b .lust the thing to relievo them. Adv. Some girls never flirt —but perhaps It isn’t their fault. WOMAN WORKS 15 HOURS A BAY Marvelous Story of Woman's Change from Weakness to Strength by Taking Druggist's Advice. 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