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Show PLEASANT GBOVBREVISL. Had tha Proof "Son, you haven't washed your face yet, as I told you, have you?" said mother surveying the boy'a face, still In doubt, as there had been little lit-tle Improvement. "Yes, I have, mother; here, look!" be said, as he exhibited a very dirty towel, which made It appear that any cleaning had been mostly by the dry cleaning process. VSM "IheMolt callih$ vmmi OB until -iir-'H.IL.. Actor Mam l- .t made?" " the J If you can't change ether people's minds, try changing yours. "W Me to know ho, k money he lost" Hiilli -r-- ss. ' 1 fill I I T , If the aA9e Vw ) . .JiLoju..JUf----8-J- - Commodore Edward PVeble n - wn . The Barbary Coast mJk'Mv? LommaruieFSteplienDeca , iKai .Blowing up of the ji If ;'-4f 1- ;I U S. 3. Philadelphia Pi' XV. k -!m m 1 i.m-I rn By ELMO SCOTT WATSON T WAS Admiral Nelson, the great British sailor, who, when he heard of Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's brilliant exploit of entering the harbor of Tripoli and destroying the U. S. S. Philadelphia right un der the noses of the Barbury pi rates, railed It "the most daring net of the age." And now It Is another distinguished foreigner who Is proposing propos-ing to pay a tribute of another kind to the desperate des-perate valor of a young American naval captain more than a century after he had thrilled the hearts of his fellow-countrymen with his daring. For Premier Ilenlto Mussolini, dictator of Italy, lias conceived an ambitious project of "putting the old Uarbary coast - on the map" again 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 only will he make It easy for them to visit tha r.i imf it la kiiIiI that he is nlannlns spe cial inducements to attract them there During several visits to Tripoli Mussolini was particularly Impressed by the historical attraction attrac-tion the place held for the American people. especially as It has always been more or less closed to them. For there stllL 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 I'hiladel- phla lies In 25 feet of water, less than 400 feet from the end of the mole, to where It drifted before exploding, 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 poses. To take-advantage of tLis. American historic mmi-Hl Premier Mussolini Is colnc to cut a broad tourist trail straight across Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean to Tripoli. He will have special train services, special sailings and then . lux urlofis 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 lng winter cruises will be Invited to stop there. The situation which brought about Decatur's chance for glory was this: For 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 north ern Africa, and when those gifts were not promptly forthcoming the swift galleys of , the corsairs ranged the seas and committed every act or piracy in tne Duccaneering calendar, i ne cruelty of these rovers was unbounded, their arrogance ar-rogance unmitigated, their demands insatiable. America. Its colonies established as a free and Independent nation following the Revolution, Its maritime troubles with Its erstwhile ally, France, settled, now turned its attention to the vexations and dangerous problem of the Barbary corcalrs. - The war really opened In ISOl but It was not UDtll 1SU3 that the third squadron sent out by the United States gathered at Gibraltar under ' the command of Coimuixlore Edward Preble, one of whose lIeutenantsjRas..SXephea Decatur, the eon of another of the same name who had crm manded an American privateer during the Revolution.' Revo-lution.' After several bloodless encounters. Preble assigned as-signed two American vessels, the famous Philadelphia Phil-adelphia and the Vixen, to the task of blockading blockad-ing Tripoli- This was exceedingly difficult because 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 of the situation became acute when the Ytxen made on" toward the east In search of a Trtpo1ttanrruiser an th TfciladelphlaT a Decatur HomeinWashingtonD.C 'deep-draught frigate, .fell -heir to the duties of in shore chasing. - - - - - - . During the course of this duty, the Philadelphia Philadel-phia ran on a reef. Immediately the Tripolitans swarnied about the ship and her commander, Capt llichard Bainbridge, was forced to surrender, sur-render, liainbrldge tried to sink the ship to prevent her falling In the enemy's hands, but failed. He and his men were thrown in a dungeon 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 catastrophe, catastro-phe, determined upon a vigorous course of action 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 consideration 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 Intrepid, In-trepid, If possible, unless you can make her the means of destroying the enemy's vessels la the harbor, by converting her Into a fire-ship for that purpose, and retreating In your boats and those of the Siren. lou must take fixed ammunition am-munition and apparatus for the frigate's Impounders, Im-pounders, and If you can, without risking too much, you may endeavor to make them the Instruments In-struments of destruction to the shipping and bashaw's castle. Too will provide all the necessary combustibles 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 Interpldity and enterprise to effect It LIteutenant Steward will support you with the boats of the Siren and cover your retreat with that vessel. Be sure and set fire In the gunroom gun-room berths, cockpit, storerooms forward and berths on the berth deck. After the ship Is well on Are, point two of the 13 pounders, shotted, down the main hatch and blow her bottom out" The expedition, consisting of the Siren and the Intrepid, act forth, loaded with conibutibles and anxious but eager men. Arriving before Tripoli Just as bad weather was setting in. Decatur De-catur sent ,out a boat with the pilot and Midshipman 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. - ItecaHing mat tne Boats were smaTirt and that they were overloaded with men and combustibles, one can sympathize with Morris In his account, of the situation of the Intrepld's crew, ne says: "The commander, three lieutenants and the surgeon occupied the very small caMa Six midshipmen mid-shipmen nd 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 belew the deck that their heads would reach It when seated on the platform. The marines had corresponding accommodaCons da the opposite side, and the sailors had only the surface of the casks In the hold. To these 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 stood .before Tripoli, and this time the grim drama was not to be Interrupted. With approximately 84 men aboard, the Intrepid, commanded by Stephen Ste-phen Decatur, drifted Into the harbor, a pale, beautiful young moon overhead lighting her way. The harbor nd--tQwn wreL StllU no sound was. to be heard but the gentle lapping of the waves as the Intrepid moved quietly to her destination. HeF quarrythe Philadelphia stood before, a handsome ship,"' her 4i) guns all loaded and double-shotted and well manned. This was the enemy which the lit,tle ketch of CO 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 defenses 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 native na-tive dross and, owing to the smooth Tripolitanese of the Sicilian pilot, ho 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 BREED FLOCK ABLE TO RESIST TYPHOID Possibility Demonstrated by Experiments. Six years' selection and breeding of chickens that are resistent to fowl typhoid has reduced the per-centage per-centage of dead chicks, inoculated with the disease germs, from 30.8 per cent in the first generation down to 0.4 per cent in the fifth generation, gen-eration, while the losses In nonre-slstant nonre-slstant flocks used for comparison ranged from 911.2 per cent down to S3 per cent in the same number of years and generations, V. V. Lambert Lam-bert of Iowa State college reported to the international genetics conference con-ference at Cornell university. Ia the experiment. Doctor Lambert Lam-bert inoculated seven-day-old chicks with the fowl typhoid germ and selected se-lected breeding stock from the chicks whose families gave the highest high-est resistance. Some inbreeding was done. 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 lniiculatlon, and most of the chicks from the un-selected un-selected flock died on the fifth day after inoculation. Observations of l.SGS 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. grosses 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 found In -turkeys. They are usually picked up In embryonic stages by birds that eat their feed on" the ground and are kept year after year on the same range or In Th o sa m e"y a rds. " A ITd roppl ngsTro rfl" affected birds should be gathered or burned or mixed with quicklime and buried. Sick birds should be isolated, iso-lated, In the first place. For tapeworms tape-worms It Is recommended to mix In the feed one tenspoonful 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 teaspoonfuls for each bird. Powdered Areca nut may be given It 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 was agreed to, but after the ketch was warped aiongsiue me -miiadeip Mia s crew scented dan-' can be used with; good results ger and there came the cry: "Americanos! ' where a milder remedy ' is desired, Americanos!" and tobacco stems are often used In In another moment the Intrepid had swung ' pigeons' nests to keep lice away, broadside on and quickly passed lashings held ! tne two slaps locked In deadly embrace. Then Decatur's cry of "Board!" rang out and with a quick rush and the discharge of only a single gun the dock's were gained. The surprise was as" perfect as the assault was rapid and the Tripolitan crew, panic-strick Let Hens Choose The free-choice method of feeding feed-ing grain to poultry has shown good results In Ohio State university, where each of the grains wer en, huddled like rats at bay awaiting the final ': Place(1 ,n different compartments of dash. Decatur had early gathered his men aft, i.-selr reMer- Preference of the stood a moment for them to gain sight of the ! birds Taries greatly depending upon enemy, and then, with the watchword "Phila-! their contl'tlor. the time of the year, delphia" rushed upon the rovers. No defense ! weather and rate of egg production, was made, for, swarming to leeward, they turn- i 8tates D- c- Kennard, poultryman. bled overboard ; over the bows, through gun ! At the University of Wisconsin, ports, by aid of trailing hilllards and stranded i stndies Indicate that some birds rigging, out of the channels, pell-mell by every I Daturally prefer one kind of grain loophole they went and then, such as could, t0 anotne'". and because of this dif-swani dif-swani like water rats for the friendly shelter 0f I ference In taste, eggs varied In yolk the neighboring war galleys. . I color more than when birds were all One by one the decks were cleared. Ten-mln- forced t0 eat the same grains uirs auer me Doardmg party swung over the l ralne Farmer. rails Decatur was In full possession of the ship' Events then moved with lightning rapidity. Parties, Par-ties, especially assigned f course, darted here, there and pkpnhpj cAffin , . mint Then. already a bS LK tb.t a hen requires mass which lighted the entire harbor and tent T" f what she consumes terror-to the hearts of the native onlookers. tte ' ' DeedS- brave little crew of Americans made" for the In- n u trepid. Then came the stroesle to en- ' 1 on 1 keep "ything . that Is not Mhe town awakened th TTinniit, m" feedi'mr, but feed aiivthinF- coming into action. 8nd the tiny ketch th ,s worth keeping. J oct of every missile. Poultry Notes m ... k llAoni: .. .. niroucn a ventre hell of gunfire the Ia'renM ana sanitation are the made Its way m;It out of the harbor and ai , ,mPnan factrs In raising they did so a muhtv omlnslon .. - .. c,,ll'k successfully. If thp ,i-v. uiase io start with cit.u I,.,. i i : .. . . ""i-" . ' 1 ' " ; pusnea-and not a sin-'e one of D(va":r s men had Wn tm.i i an.is.ea. and a c..;;J:;-a of ,, shot to - " '-e irom disease -tne rmiade-phia ha 1, blown un. Th , nml !Ee ProerTeedTTs avariabte. Amon? the minerals that .-NHM-uy att.-r the e:dc firing of the PhiLi,' o '"" ,n flawed ration are lid Pr.!.' r..v.. . UIjU' common salt - ' uum mi me sevretarr rr . ' nen. : nrae- e navy that W,-r be promoted. Thi, ,1 ?t"ne' c,9nh'" rock phos. :.n n-- . . . . v nnnrp fin,i nKA.k.ti. .... ! "puy earned out. and th. limestone. a.' r- : a letter to Stephen Decatnr rh the ommcm; secretary n'a 10 ravy of the United statw . ,0ite mnlx fed to Ifvatur was t twenrv-five tm , ' . lft-vinS PulMs as a preen rA x youngest Cfl;;ain ever appointed In the !! fcns ''"ney to darken' the yolks 1 States cavy. ' "t the essr, and make them look '' e tj wif, swipjwrtmisa. 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