OCR Text |
Show THE LEHI SUN, LEIH. UTAH Had the Proof heMosit "Son, you haven't washed your face yet as I told you, have your said mother surveying the boy's face still in doubt, as there had been little lit-tle Improvement . ; : . "les, I have, mother; here, look!" he said, as he exhibited a very dirty toweL which made it appear that any cleaning had been mostly by the dry cleaning process. ' If yon can't change other people's minds, try changing yours. MUiW Act of BREED FLOCK ABLE TO RESIST TYPHOID "How iThe Possibility Demonstrated, ..Td like toknn v ; 11 ' srM.cm 11 if) d ' 7 Keeps Skin v K by Experiments. Six years' selection and breeding !''- ' vyi I ? r b Vw - , j I liil'l Pyias, u , cage. . : '""a' l a i ) xV4$ -i- Commodore Edwardfteble YSyimmm. S A JUAl A ft frff ilowitwj up of the hrf 5 X 1 r ' -US.3. Philadelphia I' I x i; j.V By ELMO SCOTT WATSON IT WAS Admiral Nelson, the great British sailor, who, when he heard of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's brilliant exploit ot entering , the harbor of Tripoli and destroying the U. S. S. Philadelphia right under un-der the noses of the Barbary pi rates, called It "the most daring pt of the aee." And now It la another distinguished foreigner who Is propos-inir propos-inir to na a tribute of another kind to the des perate valor of a young American naval captain more than a century after he had thrilled the henna of his fellow-countrymen with his daring. icnr Premier Benito Mussolini, dictator of itoiv hn mnopWpA an ambitious project of "Duttln the old Barbary coast on the map" aeain and making It easy for American tourists to visit the spot where took place one of the most glorious deeds In American naval history. Not oniy will he make It easy for them to visit the place but It Is said that he Is planning spe cial inducements to attract tnem were. Durlne several visits to Tripoli Mussolini was particularly Impressed by the historical attraction attrac-tion the nlace held for the American people, especially as it has always been more or less olosea to them. For there still survive there many relics of America's almost forgotten war with the Barbary pirates at the opening of the Nineteenth century. The hulk of the Philadelphia Philadel-phia lies In 25 feet of water, less than 400 feet from the end of the mole, to where It drifted before exploding1, and when the sea is clear one can row out and see the timbers. Divers report that the hull Is mostly Intact and well preserved and It Is said that . Mussolini even Intends to raise the vessel eventually for exhibition pur- voses. To take advantage ot this American historic anneal. Premier Mussolini Is going to cut a broad tourist trail straight across Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean to Tripoli lie will have special train services,, special sailings and then lux nrlous hotels In Tripoli to lodge the visitors. The hotels are being built now. It was partly for this new attraction that the Italian govern ment Is financing several fine new liners, which will sail directly for the Mediterranean and stop at Tripoli as well as Naples. The liners carry ing winter cruises will be Invited to stop there. The situation which brought about Decatur's chance for glory was this: Tor centuries the Barbary pirates had preyed upon the commerce of all nations. Finally It became Europe's custom, cus-tom, and also that of America, to make presents of goods and money to the fierce rovers of northern' north-ern' Africa, and when those gifts were not promptly forthcoming the swift galleys ot the corsairs ranged the seas ana committed every act of piracy in the buccaneering calendar. The cruelty of these rovers was unbounded, their arrogance ar-rogance unmitigated, their demands Insatiable. America. Its colonies established as a tree ana Independent nation following the Revolution, Its maritime troubles with its erstwhile ally, France, settled, now turned Its attention to the vexatious and dangerous problem of the Barbary corcalrs. The war really opened In 1S01 but It was not until 1803 that the third squadron sent out by the United Slates gathered at Gibraltar under the command of Commodore Edward Preble, one of whose lieutenants was Stephen Decatur, the son of another of the same name who had com manded an American privateer during the Revo lution. After several bloodless encounters. Preble assigned as-signed two American vessels, the famous Phil adelphia and the Vixen, to tne tasK or Dioctaa lnr Tripoli. This was exceedingly difficult be cause the coast was a high, dangerous one, full of reefs, shoals and strong, unknown currents, as well as being harassed by strong winds. The difficulty ef the situation became acute when the Tixen made off toward the east In search of a Trlpolltan cruiser and the nuladelphla, Decatur Home in WashingtanD.C deep-draught frigate, fell heir to the duties of In-shore chasing. During the course of this duty the Philadel phia ran on a reef. Immediately the Trlpolitans swarmed about the ship and her commander, Cnpt Richard Balnbrldge, was forced to sur render. Balnbrldge tried to sink the ship to prevent her falling In the enemy's hands, but failed. He and his men were thrown In a dun geon In Tripoli and within a week the pirates had the Philadelphia refitted and ready for action ac-tion against the Americans. Commodore Preble, hearing of the catastro phe, determined upon a vigorous course of ac tion and making good a promise given Decatur, indicated that the latter was to head the perilous peril-ous expedition he had projected. Preble first had thought that re-capture of the Philadelphia would be possible, but upon mature considera tion resolved that her destruction was the only course. . Plans were carefully worked out, and finally Decatur received these Instructions from his commander: "It Is my order that you proceed to Tripoli In company with Lieutenant Stewart, enter that harbor In the night, board the Philadelphia, burn her and make good your retreat with the In trepid, If possible, unless you can make her the means of destroying the enemy's vessels In the harbor, by converting her Into a fire-ship for that purpose, and retreating In your boats and those of the Siren. You must take fixed am munition and apparatus for the frigate's 13- pounders, and If you can, without risking too much, you may endeavor to make them the In struments of destruction to the shipping and bashaw's castle. "You will provide all the necessary combusti bles for burning and destroying ships. The destruction de-struction of the Philadelphia is an object of great Importance, and I rely with confidence on your lnterpidity and enterprise to effect It Liteutenant Steward will support yon with the boats of the Siren and cover your retreat with that vessel Be sure and set fire in the gun room berths, cockpit, storerooms' forward and berths on the berth deck. After the ship Is well on fire, point two of the IS pounders, shotted, down the main hatch and blow her bottom out" The expedition, consisting of the Siren and the Intrepid, set forth, loaded with combutibles and anxious but eager men. Arriving before Tripoli Just as bad weather was setting In, De catur sent out a boat with the pilot and Mid shipman Morris to reconnolter. Their report was unfavorable, and the decision was against going go-ing In. The wind, getting ' constantly worse. blew a gale and drove the adventurers to the eastward. Recalling that the boats were small, and that they were overloaded with men and combustibles, one can sympathize with Morris In his account of the situation of the Intrepid' crew. He says: "The commander, three lieutenants and the surgeon occupied the very small cabin. Six midshipmen mid-shipmen and the pilot had a platform laid out on the water casks, whose surface they covered when they lay down for sleep, and at so small a distance below the deck that their heads would reach It when seated on the platform. The marines had corresponding accommodations on the opposite side, and the sailors had only the surface of the casks In the hold. '10 tnese Inconveniences were added the want of any room on the deck for exercise and the attacks of innumerable vermin which our predecessors, the slaves, had left behind them. The provisions proved to be decayed and offensive, Finally, however, the little fleet again stooa before Tripoli, and this time the grim drama was not to be Interrupted. With approximately 84 men aboard, the Intrepid, commanded by Ste phen Decatur, drifted Into the harbor, a pale, beautiful young moon overhead lighting her way. ; The harbor and town were still ; no sound was to be heard but the gentle lapping of the waves as the Intrepid moved quietly to her destination. Her quarry the Philadelphia stood before, a handsome ship, her 40 guns all loaded and double-shotted and well manned. This was the enemy which the little ketch ofjGO tons and four small guns faced and In addition there were the guns of the Pasha's castle as well as other batteries. Furthermore, there were floating de fenses close by consisting of two or three cruisers cruis-ers and some galleys.' It was a tense moment and had suspicion been directed against the Intrepid "she . would have been blown out of the water and not a man could have escaped." All the men on the ketch were kept concealed except a few In na tive dress and, owing to the smooth Trlpolitanese of the Sicilian pilot no suspicion was excited aboard the Philadelphia. The watch hailed, and the pilot of the Intrepid replied that she had, lost anchors In the gale and would like to make fast to the Philadelphia for the night This was agreed to, but after the ketch was warped alongside the Philadelphia's crew scented dan ger and there came the cry: "Americanos! Americanos l" In another moment the Intrepid had swung broadside on and quickly passed lashings held the two ships locked In deadly embrace. Then Decatur's cry of "Board I" rang out and with a quick rush and the discharge of only a single gun the decks were gained. The surprise was as perfect as the assault was rapid and the Trlpolltan crew, panic-stricken, huddled like rats at bay awaiting the final dash. Decatur bad early gathered his men aft stood a moment for them to gain sight of the enemy, and then, with the watchword "Phila delphia" rushed upon the rovers. No defense was made, for, swarming to leeward, they tumbled tum-bled overboard; over the bows, through gun ports, by aid of trailing hllliards and stranded rigging, out of the channels, pell-mell by every loophole they went and then, such as could. swam use water rats for the friendly shelter of the neighboring war galleys. One by one the decks were cleared. Ten min utes after the boarding party swung over the rails Decatur was In full possession of the shin. Events then moved with lightning rapidity. Par lies, especially assigned of course, darted here, there and elsewhere, setting Are to vulnerable points. Then, with the ship already a bhulng mass which lighted the entire harbor and sent terror to the hearts of the native onlookers, the crave urae crew of Americans made for the in. trepld. Then came the struggle to escape, with the town awakened, the Trlpolitanese batteries coming Into action, and the tiny ketch the ob ject oi every missile. Through a veritable hell of gunfire the Intrepid uiauu us way sareiy out or tne harbor and as they did so a mighty explosion shook the earth of chickens that are resistent to fowl typhoid has reduced the percentage per-centage of dead chicks, Inoculated with the disease germs, from sa.a per cent In the first generation down to 9.4 per cent In the fifth gen eration, while the losses In nonre-slstant nonre-slstant flocks used for comparison ranged from 93J2 per cent down to 85 per cent In the same number of years and generations, W. V. Lambert Lam-bert of Iowa State college reported to the International genetics conference con-ference at Cornell university. In the experiment, Doctor Lam bert inoculated seven-day-old chicks with the fowl typhoid germ and se lected breeding stock from the chicks whose families gave the high est resistance. Some Inbreeding was dona Records of mortality, kept until the chicks were twenty-one twenty-one days old, showed that most of the chicks which failed to survive from the selected strains died on the eighth day after Inoculation, and most of the chicks from the un-selected un-selected flock died on the fifth day after inoculation. Observations of 1,563 chicks of four different breeds, and from two strains of a single breed, showed these mortality percentages: White Leghorn, ' 87.7; White Plymouth Rock, 79.7; White Wyandotte, 93.4, and Rhode Island Red, 94.4. The differences, according to Doctor Lambert, probably represent strain resistance - rather than breed resistance. re-sistance. Crosses between the selected and unselected stock show that the male as well as the female transmits resistance to the disease. Back-crosses, Back-crosses, he says. Indicate that more than one factor Is responsible for developing resistance and that continued con-tinued Investigation Is necessary to establish the genetic behavior of these disease-resistant factors. Proper Treatment for Worm-Infested Turkeys There are over forty kinds of worms that are found In fowls of various kinds and five or six that are round in turkeys. They are usually picked up in embryonic stages by birds that eat their feed off the ground and are kept year after year on the same range or In the same yards. All droppings from affected birds should be gathered or burned or mixed with quicklime and burled. Sick birds should' be Isolated, Iso-lated, to the first place. For tapeworms tape-worms It is recommended to mix In the feed one teaspoonful of powdered pow-dered pomegranate root bark for every 50 birds. It Is advisable to follow the treatment with a dose of castor oIL one or two teaspobnfuls for each bird. Powdered Areca nut may be given If convenient and Is said to be equally effective, though It is too severe for some birds. Male fern also Is effectual in doses of 15 to 30 drops per bird In liquid extract form. Oil of turpentine Is an excellent remedy for all kinds of worms that infest the digestive canal Santonin Is another worm remedy that can be given In feed. Powdered tobacco or stems "cut fine can be used with good results where a milder remedy Is desired, and tobacco stems are often used In pigeons' nests to keep lice away. Let Hens Choose The free-choice method of feed ing grain to poultry has shown good results In Ohio State university, wnere eacn or tne grains were placed In different compartments of a self-feeder. Preference of the birds varies greatly depending upon their condition, the time of the year, weather and rate of egg production, states D. C Eennard, poultryman. At the University of Wisconsin. studies Indicate that some birds naturally prefer one kind of grain to another, and because of this difference dif-ference In taste, eggs varied In yolk color more than when birds were all forced to eat the same grains. Prairie Farmer. Poultry Notes It Is believed that a hen requires 75 per cent of what she consumes for her bodily needs. Dont keep anything that Is not worth feeding, but feed anything that Is worth keeping. Cleanliness and sanitation are the most Important factors in raising chicks successfully. If the chloka and sea ad aumnTf i rSE SS- Start -the Phtisdeint.!. w hw nWT . Md tt ProP" feed Is available. "f iue impossible impos-sible had been accomplished and not a single one of Decatur's men had been killed I Shortly after fEe epic firing of the Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Preble recommended to the secretary ef the navy that Decatur be promoted. This recommendation rec-ommendation was promptly carried out, and the secretary addressed a letter to Stephen Decatur Esq, captain In the navy of the United States! Decatur was Just twenty-live years old, the youngest captain ever appointed In the United States navy. 0 Wwtarm NwipipW Calca. Among the minerals that should be found In a balanced ration are: common salt oyster shell, Bme-Btone, Bme-Btone, clamshelL bone, rock phosphate phos-phate and phosphatic limestone. Rape Is quite commonly fed to laying pullets as a green feed. Rape has a tendency to darken the yolks of the eggs and make them look orange In color. Wi ll TIE Mo ther gives credit to Eagle Brand V ...A st mmmmmmmmmmmm l X.X i w :t "Co xxVs , x - . " O tBxMAEiBHA(K3EBTiI,i'eW(Cs!Iyw,7a -E started our baby on Eagle Brand at tk ' wrJtpa Mrs. W. F. Haggerty, If rwIfto Aw PPMo. Colo., "and she is perl now. She has won in three baby shows, and 1 1 Eagle Brand ought to have the credit She is 1J 8 months old now, and has never been sick, not a a cold-and I will send our family doctor's state if you wish. . T "The texture of her skin is just Ee velveUf have praised Eagle Brand, for I think it has a her beautiful. .. r "The other day, I was visiting at the hospij , . j her and one of the men caiiea a ui ; . j was she bottle fed and when I told him EJ . he said, 'Well, Eagle Brand ougm w a is why I am sending the piciure. Hyourbab, fa not tfaMof --frfj Send for free booklet Be new of "Baby's Welfare" contains pr 1 , formation and suggestions for "PPIelJ orange juice, cereals, cod4iver (A etc j ?vtrrs- S FREE! Wonderful baWJ; tj- RuiUW. SSO Madison Avenne,i , Ple nd me-free-U new sad 'Baby's Welfare.' Cl- T, mMaM Jdk Pkrm vrial acM f |