The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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We wish to thank you for your liberal patronage during our Sale, which was a success in every
1 particular. We are receiving new Ginghams, Percales, Lawns and Flaxons, and will be
glad to show them to you at any and all times. . Make our Store your Head-
quarters when in town. FRESH GROCERIES at all times. Quick delivery.
J. A. CARROLL,
Aspermont, Texas
fERIOD OF FEATHER GROWING
There Is Considerable Variation ln:
the Time Required for Individual
Fowla to Complete Molting.
It is variously asserted that the
time required for the growth of a
body feather on a healthy fowl is ap-
proximately 42 days, while the time
needed to develop the tail is some-
what longer. This refers to plucked
feathers. The usual molting period of
a hen cannot, however, be accurately
calculated from this estimate. In the
experiment under consideration the
average time of complete molting in
the six flocks, containing at the end of
the molting season, 215 hens, was 95
days. The average time required to
complete the molt of the three-year-
olds was nearly 104 days; of the two-
year-olds, about 101 days, and of the
one-year-olds, 82 days. The starved
one-yearolds averaged to molt more,
quickly by 33 days than did the fed;
Ore starved two-year-olds were little
affected, while the starved three-year-
olds average 20 days longer in molting
than did the fed birds. The average
time required to complete the molt of
the three starved flocks was 93.8
days; of the three fed flocks, 97.4
days.
All this would indicate that the
molting process continues much long-
er than is usually supposed, and that
there is considerable variation in the!
time of beginning the molt between
different individuals and between
flocks of different ages, also a wide
variation in the length of time it re-
quires individuals to complete the
molt. One is further impressed with
the fact that, st> far as this experi-
ment is concerned, the method of
feeding did not materially alter the
.normal conditions of molting, except
with the one-year-Old fowls.
Old Firearms In Historic House.
Much excitement prevailed the
jother morning when the historic old
•residence owned by C. E. Burd was
■destroyed by fire. Within the walls
¡of the structure were hidden a wmall
[arsenal of firearms, rifles and pistols,
:all loaded, and when the heat of the
[building reached them a regular
(Fourth of July bombardment began.
The house was one of the old land-
marks of the town, having been built
before the Civil war. D. Offett, a
southern soldier, had recently writ-
ten to the owner of the property that
the Confederates had stored guns and
ammunition in the walls of the old
.structure during the war, but Mr.
Burd was unable to get at the relics
iowlng to the fact that the building
ibad been remodeled and strong walls
¡had been built around the old ones.
The much prized relics, consisting
iof ante helium firearms of the crud-
est make, were hidden in the walls
¡of the old structure in order to get
Sthem at the end of the struggle.—
[Enterprise Cor. New Orleans Times-
Democrat.
Distance of the Horizon.
At an elevation of ten feet above the
sea the apparent horizon is slightly
more than ten miles away.
New Word Coined.
To designate the handling of a piece
of work by machinery the word "me-
chanipulate" has been coined.
Not Easily Dejected.
A man used to vicissitudes is not
easily dejected.—Johnson.
HEALTH SOCIETY BARS KISSES
Consumption, Smallpox and Other
Contagious Diseases 8ure to Spread
in This Manner.
"Kiss not," is the motto of the
World's Health organization, of which
Mrs. Imogene Rechtln of Cincinnati
U president. Mrs. Rechtln explains
¡that the object of the movement is to
lessen the spread of consumption and
Insists that the "Kiss not" pledges
should be taken and kept by every
school teacher in the country.
"Teachers and pupils both will
benefit by it," declares Mrs. Rechtln.
"A sweet-faced kindergarten teacher
kissed her pupils good-by, saying, 1
will take a good rest this summer. In
the fall I will give you more games;
they tire me now.' She <iied of con-
sumption in the middle of August.
Were the children exposed to con-
sumption? Had the disease been diph-
theria or smallpox would they have
Iboea exposed to it?
"Since you cannot quarantine
against consumption, nor vaccinate
against consumption, how will we con-
trol it?
"It takes whole families to the
grave. We get it into our system
through our noses and mouths. As fa
as possible we safeguard our noses by
avoiding dust. We have no way of
protecting our mouths. Quarantine
them, if I may be allowed to use the
word in this way. Teach the little
ones to quarantine their mouths. With
a land teeming with consumption we
should always love our relatives and
friends. Teachers and others will al-
ways love the little folks, but should
love them too well to kiss them.
"Our health officer says "Kiss only
your enemies.'
"We have a very pretty club but-
ton bearing our motto, 'Kiss Not,' in
red letters on a white background. A
prominent physician said: 'If one of
those buttons could be put upon the
bib of every new-born baby and worn
till the child is eighty years old there
would be more old people than there
are today.'"
Curious to Know.
Little Paul had been taken by his
father to hear the band play. He lis-
tened a while and then said: "Papa,
'why don't these men stop playing and
go to work?"
The Unkindest Cut.
Father (to his son, a doctor)—If
.this isn't the limit! I pay all that
'money for you to study medicine, and
!the first thing you do is to cut me off
my drinks.
Kerosene for Brass.
Brasses should be rubbed with kero-
sene before they are polished. Then
use oxalic acid or common vinegar and
salt to remove the stains and dullness.
The Idea!
"Don't you know your husband is
an awful flirt?" "How could I? You
!don't suppose he flirts with me, do
you?
Poultry at the Mines.
Owing to the difficulty of securing
fresh eggs, most of the raining com-
panies in Mexico have their own poul-
try yards.
Life of a Metal Pole.
If a metal pole is unprotected when
placed in the ground it will rust seri-
ously in about ten years.
WILL BUILD RUSSIAN CANAL
Minimum Depth of Proposed Canal Be-
tween Black and Baltic Seas to
Be Fourteen Feet.
A committee has been formed at St.
Petersburg to prepare tor the con-
struction of a canal between the Black
Sea and the Baltic. The engineering
project, which has been prepared by
M. Rugetschel, is to build a canal;
with a minimum depth of 14 feet. The
original project was to have a canal
31 feet deep, so as to allow the passage
of large warships, but the government
rejected this on the ground that suffi-
cient water could not be found to feed
such a canal.
The total length of the canal from
Riga to Kherson is 2010 versts, a verst
measuring 3,501 feet Of this 485
versts would follow the bed of the
West Dwina from Riga to the village
•of Breshenkovichi. Prom there the
canal would follow a new route for 95
versts, joining the Dnieper at the town
of Koplus. For the remaining 1,520
versts the Dnieper would be utilized,
except at the rapids, whore a new
canal would have to be excavated.
The Dnieper would require dredging
at many points. The Dwina would have
to be made into a canal for its entire
length and would require 15 locks. The
water would be drawn from the Beresl-
na by a canal 125 versts long.
The cost of the canal Is estimated at
$150,000,000. The plan is to raise
(money by bonds on the foreign market,
but to exclude foreigners from holding
any of the share capital. The govern-
ment is to be asked for a guarantee,
and only Russian Idbor, material and
machinery are to he used. The pro-
moters rely on a gross annual revenue
¡of $16,950,000.—London Correspond-
¡ence New York Sun.
He Sailed on the Constitution.
John Lowe, who once was a mem-
ber of the crew of the historic frigate
Constitution, has died at his home in
Portsmouth, N. H., after a short ill-
ness. He was born in New York
January 9, 1824. When he was seven-
teen years old both of his parents
died. After a limited amount of
schooling he learned the trade of a
, stone mason, but in 1853 he enlisted
in the Marine Corps at Brooklyn
navy yard and after a short stay at
the yard barracks was assigned to the
Constitution, then commanded by
Commodore Isaac Mayo. The ship
[soon left New York for Gibraltar and
fa cruise in the Mediterranean and re-
turned to this country in 1855. On
the expiration of his enlistment Mr.
Lowe, re-enlisted in 1856 and went to
the Portsmouth naval station in the
(vessel when she was sent there to be
¡rebuilt. He was transferred to the
¡ marine barracks at the navy yard and
I served out his second term of enlist-
! ment.
Great in More Ways Than One.
I "One peculiarity of automobiles that
II don't remember to have heard men-
i tioned," said a man who had Just
! sent a suit of clothes to the cleaner,
! "is found in their great bility as mud
land slush splashers.
| "An ordinary narrow rimmed wheel
cuts into mud and slush and doesn't
j scatter either so much, but the broad,
[round faced tire of an automobile
¡moving rapidly throws wide sheets
; and sprays far out from its wheels.
¡When you see an automobile coming
•swiftly along a muddy or slushy
I street you want to stand back—'way
back. This I have learned by ex-
perience."
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Switzer Lumber Co,
WE ARE HERE TO STAY!
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And we are receiving new lumber
every week. New car Cedar Posts
just received. Don't fail to see us
when in need of anything in the
Builders' line.
Our motto is to please everyone who
trades with us, and we defy competi-
tion in prices.
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J Yours Truly,
J. L FOUTS, Local
Aspermont, Texas
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McCarty, Richard H. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1911, newspaper, April 21, 1911; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168469/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.