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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

a tumor caused by rupture. / wrote
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
/ did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away" Mrs.
r. r. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave., Galena,
Kans.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, hatulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. 1t costs
but a trihe to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice write
forit to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
Does This Hit You?

Dear Miss Thomas: | have been asleeu. Or
II seems that way. for our subscription expired
and missed the paper some weeks. but ] am
rejoicing in it again. Pansy's last letter called
back my own childhood. never cared much
for children then; | expect II was because
was the only one at home. My one brother and
sitter were a good bit older than l. i had
a rocking chair that had the habit of turning
over, and when ladies came TO spend the day.
bringing their children along. II ] thought
they intruded too much in my dominion I in
troduced them to this rocking chair and never
said a word when they began TO rock hard. "
! remember. ii usually had the desired effect:
they went back to their mother and stayed.
Now. II any little vixen should do mine the
same way l should be swfully mad. ] have
though since the subiect of child training
was being discussed I would mention the differ
ence between boys and girls. I know there
are some young men who read our page, ana
some mothers. too. may give q roasting.
but only wish some I've seen and know would
see this II IL could make any difference. II
you will look around at the difference made
them you will understand me- I know there
are exceptions to all cases. but ] think the
thought is all wrong that have heard from
mothers and father "Oh let MIN alone; ne
a boy" Now I have no boys. and you may
say at once you would like to see what kind
ever do have one ] will do the best I can
and I would rather raise a Sissy" than some
others ! could mention-a jailbird, for In
stance. I firmly believe if much pains
pains were taken with boys with girls from
the cradle up. the standard of Young manhood
would be higher today. N" same
REBECCA il ~
p. SWIM some tell me what causes an
otaska hydrangea to droop and shed it's leaves.
r. J.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
Is This Your Life?

Dear Household; God pity the person who
cannot find WORK TO do. l pity the young lady
who cannot cook WASH 1ish make an
apron. The young who can find no better
occupation than stanI the streets End
smoke cigarettes and prOfans the name of his
Maker is a sorry Glow. whoever he may Re.
God did never intAnd that We should be idle.
Here is the great fi'l1 that he has set al art
in which each and every one Of us can find
work. Yet everywhere we hear the cry Work
ers needed. Why stand ye hero al tine
day idle?' Our life is growing shooter and
we must soon lay down our responsibilities and
stand before the Judgment throne If God to
give an account for ourselves.
Woe unto you idlers. Wake up, dear friends,
our time is not 'loDg. Our life is only narrow
isthmus between two eternities.
1t is race: the goal will soon be reached.
II Is voyage the port is almost in sight.
II is a journey; the end is nearing.
How much of the way have you already passed
which you started. You going on and on
and away from ell your earlyy ears. Lie
bears US on like the waters of a mighty river.
Our boat at first gldes down the narrow chan-
mel, through the playful murmuring OF the little
brook and the winding of its grassy borders.
The trees shed their blossoms over young heads;
the flowers the brink seem to offer them
selves to the young hands. We are happy IN
hope. and grasp eagerly at the beauties around
us, but the stream hurrier and still our
hands empty. Our course in youth and man
hood is along a wilder and deeper flood, anna
objects more striking and magnificent. We are
animated at the moving pIc;~res and esioV-
menus ana passing u.s. we ca
cited at some short lived disappointment.
The stream bears us on and on, and our
joys and grefs are alike left behind us. We
may be shpwrecked. but We cannot be delayed.
Whether rough or smooth. the river hastens 20
its home, till the roar OF the ocean is in our
ears and the tossing OF the waves beneath
our feet and the land lessons from eyes AMI
the floods are lifted up around us. and we take
leave of earth and its Inhabitants.
IT is n startling thought that business
will soon be left behind: that work will
be done and that we shall leave this stage Of
being: leave it forever. Our homes and cares
aud all the interests that engage MS here and
never come back.
But it is joyous thought that we-if we are
Christians-shall be in heaven. Think If
It! Time and all it's opportunities passed for
ever. The suns and moons and stars all behind
us; springs. summers and autumns all gone;
the sights and sounds Of cart han passed away
Soon-very soon. shall we be IN heaven. We
shall see God: we shall behold Christ in His
glory: shall look upon the angels. Mothers
viii be searching for their children and hus-
bands and wives will find each other. and all
the hands parted in Christ will he clasped
again. II Is like coming into port after an
ocean voyage. The shining shore line! How
II grows the waiting eye! The JOY Will
be like that with which the Crusaders first
saw Jerusalem. But whereof. where Win
the idler appear Love to all
Smiley, Ga W. r. JENKINS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
like an adder.

In considering this temperance lesson
II is not so much my purpose to treat II
from a religious as from scientific
standpoint For a number OF years, four
times each year, we have considered the
former until a generation has grown up
more thoroughly in sympathy with the
temperance movement than at any time
in the past, and through whose influence
largely has been brought about the tenn
perance wave which has swept well nigh
the whole south, and is extending north
ward.
This particular passage has been used
frequently to showeus the effects of al
cohol in bringing disaster, sorrow, and
disease, and in showing that the only
safe course is not to look upon the wine;
that the first glass always leads to the
second, and also to demonstrate the hold
which alcohol has upon the drunkard.
causing him to return to his drink in
spite of the despair which is brought up
on him. Let these points be emphasized
again
There is no doubt that large percent
age of the crimes that are committed in
this country have alcohol as the base:
but the phase of the subject which We
particularly want to show today is the
action of alcohol upon the human body.
and the necessary resultant action upon
the human spirit. We desire to remove
the commonly accepted opinion that al
cohol is a stimulant, and to show that
it is always a depressant. 1t has its
function as a drug which is just as dis
tinct as the function of morphine, of caf-
feline. and of strychnine but ii is no more
to be abused than either of these Meth
or should its use be interdicted any more
than the use of any of these when the
proper regard to it's action is had.
THE ACTION OF ALCOHOL
When an ordinary quantity of alcohol
has been taken, certain effects are pro-
duced upon the little cells which COM
pose the body. and this action is very
different, depending upon the Specialize
ton of the various cells For example, on
the circulation alcohol makes the heart
beat more rapidly, and therefore the
pulse quicker. The pulse seems at first
to be strengthened, but measurements
with instruments for the purpose of de-
termining the pressure of the blood in
the arteries show that the apparent
stimulation at first very rapidly gives
way to depression, and that the force Of
the pulse therefore the circulation) Is
less than before 1t is given. This de-
preston is so great that in large doses
sometimes paralysis of the heart occurs,
and II is not unusual for a man who has
been on terrible debauch to die of
paralysis of the heart from the depress-
ing effect of the alcohol.
There is a sensation of warmth which
occurs. but as a matter of fact the tenn
perature OF the body is lowered from one
to four degrees. Both of these results
are due to the fact that alcohol de-
presses the nerves which keep the capil-
laries or small blood vessels in check,
thereby allowing them to dilate and more
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

blood to go into the superficial blood ves-
sells of the skin. This gives the sensa-
ton of warmth: but il also allows more
heat to be radiated from the body, and
therefore, the temperature lowered. ON
account of this fact arctic explorers, anC
people who go into exceedingly cold eli
mates, will not allow alcoholics to be
members of their party.
On the digestive system in small guam
titles alcohol stimulates the cells of the
stomach. but its presence prevents tie
action of the pepsin which the cells Sc
crete, so that the ultimate action OF al
cohol' on the digestion is depressant
am aware that there is a widely spread
opinion that alcohol aids digestion, but
the aid is only psychic. not physical. The
glands of the body. like the liver. for in
stance. are stimulated slightly by the
irritant action of alcohol circulating
through the blood which feeds them, but
this irritant action soon accuses an in
fiammation and an increase of the tissues
which bind the cells together. As this
Inflammation subsidies the cells are con-
tracted so that there is not much
secreting surface left as there was before
the use of alcohol. Just here is the
gravest danger in the continued use OF
small doses-mainly upon the liver and
kidneys, causing chronic Inflammation
which results in those two very disas-
trous diseases-cirrhosis. or hardening. OF
the liver, and Bright's disease.
But possibly the most interesting effect
of alcohol is on the nervous system
There is primary excitation. A man who
was not formerly able to speak with
fiuency speaks with the greatest ease
after dinner with wine. This might be
H. a. - 49, zsS1
portion of the brain which deals with in
tellection has been directly stimulated
or those parts which ordinarily hold the
brain in check have become depressed
so that now no longer inhibited, the
words and ideas flow forth in rapid sue
cession. As a matter of fact, various ex-
periments have proven that the latter is
true. The man has lost the power to
keep himself in check rather than has
his intellection been stimulated. This
opinion is further confirmed by the re-
suits which follow slightly larger doses of
alcohol; for we find that then there is a
progressive paralysis of the whole nerv-
Gus system, beginning with the highes:
centers and extending through the parts
Of the brain which control the muscles,
down to those parts which control SEN
sation, and finally affecting that portion
of the medulla in which are situated the
vital centers controlling the circulation
and the respiration. This progressive
paralysis is manifested In this way; the
depression OF the highest centers is
shown by the loss OF q mans aesthetic
nature. He does and says things which
he would not think of doing and saying
under other circumstances. He has no
regard for his personal appearance; ne
uses language in the presence of ladies
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
GROWING CORN
SCIENTIFICALLY

The testing of seed corn is very i'm
portant this spring. Not in many years
has the question so closely appealed TO
the farmer as it does now.
Much of the seed corn saved in the
corn belt states for this seasons plant
ing is showing low termination anu
better cultivation than ever will be
necessary TO produce big croop.
A good seed bed is the foundation
of the cop. or rather the first stone
upon the real foundation, the seed.
Presuming that the corn ground is in
proper rotation and sufficiently man
ured, it should be worked up as mel
low as garden bed. If staiAs are on
the ground they should be dIsked bOtn
ways, the rollers being ground sharp,
then follow with a spading disk, ami
work the soil thoroughly four or TIE
inches deep.
II is hardly possible TO spend too
much time In preparing the ground. Ii
should be disked three times each
way. making six workings before plant
ing.
When stalks are plOwed under a good
plan is TO harrow first, then pillow,
then harrow again and plant.
The harrow should follow the pillow
closely and all plvwed ground should
be finished every noon and night.
Another good preparation is to disk
the ground four times, using a spader
the first time and an ordinary disk a
week later. Then harrow the land
after each double disking and plant
close after the harrow. Rowe, the
Illinois man. says that after several
years experience no prefers disking to
blowing. OF course. sod ground must
be plOwed.
1t is also important to use the right
kind of corn planter-use an edge
drop planter or one that will drop the
exact number Of kernels for which Is
set 80 times out of 100. 1t should
even do better than that, IL the seed
has been carefully sorted according to
size to fit the holes IN the different
plates. This is the only way to get an
even stand of corn. An even stand
from good seed Is the only way TO
grow profitable crop.
Test the planter well before taking
il to the field. DO not spoil a lot Of
ground and waste a lot of seed trying
TO find out whether your planter is
-~~liahls not
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
One Thinq | Know

Dear Household: / just want TO drop in this
evening 10 say amen TO Chat in April II issue
of The Semi Weekly Journal.
This is my first attempt to write to the
Household. but some way. after reading what
Miss Thomas says about voting for or against
prohibition, / cannot resist longer.
for one am for prohibition. God speed the
day when this law will be enforced In our
good old state.
often read I'm The Semi-Weeky Journal
how some smart detective has caught some
moonshiner or blind tiger in or around At
lanta aud ! am disposed to think some one
ought 20 come down here TO wiregrass Georgia
and see II they could not do good business
at that much NEEDED work.
| am quite sure that they could, Tor thls
evil Is curse To our state.
As for dirty children, | have three of thtm'
hut they were nice and clean this morning
when they started off to school. l love cream
children. but IL Is impossible to keep them
clean all the time. especially where a motner
does all of her work. including the tamlly
washing and garden work. ! will not try 10
discuss the subject Of woman suffrage, as
think there are mOny others more capable OF
writing on that subject than myself 40
know this: that there are plenty or women
who are more capable Of casting a vote than
a lot Of men that do cast them.
With love to all the Household.
MRS GARDENER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
MRS. LEAv|TT-OWEN
AND HUSBAND ON TOUR
They Stop in Kansas City on
Their Way to Jamaica,
Where They Will Visit
(By Associated Press. ]

KANSAS CITY, May 4.-Lieut. Reginald
A. Owen and his bride, who was Mrs.
Ruth Bryan-Leavitt. en- route from Lin
coin, Neb., to Jamaica on their wedding
trip, spent last night in Kansas City.
They planned, it was stated, this morn
ing, to depart for the south late today.
Lieutenant and Mrs. owen reached Kan
sas City late last night, and went to
the Baltimore hotel. Lieutenant Owen reg
istered illegibly and it was some time
before their presence was known.
1--WE are going to Jamaica, where 1 am
stationed" said Lieutenant Owen in re-
spouse to inquiries. The clerk at the
hotel this morning said that the couple
had left their room early, and that it
was not known when they would re-
turn.
1t was stated. however, that they in
tended to remain i'm Kansas City at least
today before they start south.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
Deicafelg
Formed

and gently reared, women will find in
all the seasons of their lives, as maid
ems, wives and mothers, that the one
simple, wholesome laxative remedy,
which acts gently and pleasantly and
naturally and which may be taken at
any time, when the system needs a
laxative, with perfect safety and real
ly beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA.
It has that true delicacy of flavor
which is so refreshing to the taste,
that warming and grateful toning to
the stomach which responds so favor
ably to its action and the laxative eff
feet which is so beneficial to the sys-
tenn when, occasionally, its gentle
cleansing is required.
The genuine. always bearing the
name of the California Fig Syrup Co.,
may be purchased from all leading
druggists in original packages of one
size only, price fifty cents per bottle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
Is this An Exception

Dear Miss Thomas: ] have for long time
been silently listening to the discussion Of va
rious questions. especially the one. should
girls marry for love money " l say they
would better go to school and complete their
education instead of marrying for either love
or money Then they can make money and
love who they please, whether IT does them
any good or not. IL they should not win a
heart I guess they will be just as well off,
1 had much rather be- spinster than TO be
I'm A home with a crowd of children running
and crying after nanny" OF course. do
not mean 10 say every home is this way, but
can stand in my door and see Tor good ans
tanee the grown-up girls dressed and on the
streets. while their little sisters and brothers
are crying after them, and so dirty that they
look almost like garments l wonder II Mr.
Bach was out here with to all this
sight. which he would like the better, the girls
their little sisters and brothers. Neither
I suspect.
know a family who seem to be up to date
They own a large, beautiful farm in the cOun-
try aud nice house and lot in city, but
you very often the grown girls crying
because their father has beaten them cruelty
Is any man like this a gentleman? Is he any
more than a bruteI Has he any love for hia
family? I should say such a man is not any
more than a wild beast3 Then he win kill
chickens because they the veranda
and do not go when he them. and when
his poor invalid wife says anything about IL
he slaps her face. Though at home. he dresses
in his incest clothes and is ready TO go to
wonder how many would return the smile IL
they knew just what had happened at his home
thirty minutes ago? Is this happiness? They
are wealthy enough.
Yes this man has love. but IL is for the
banks and the money he has in his pockets
There is one. | guess. that he serves and
that is the devil and | would not ne at all
surprised IL the devil is not getting disgusted
by this time, for he has been playing this game
about % years, or more, for he has been mar
ried this long.
| hope 10 be a college girl before long If
work hard then I will be able to make nv
own living and then. IL good luck comes my
way. maybe can marry the right sort of man.
SILLAH.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Compound

Galena, Kans. "a year ago last
March l fell, and a few days after
there was soreness in my right side.
In short time a bunch came and it
bothered me so much at night / could
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

not sleep. 1t kept
growing larger and
by fall it was as
large as a hens egg.
/ could not go to
bed without a hot
water bottle applied
to that side. / had
one of the best doc
tors in Kansas and
he told my husband
thatI would have to
be operated on as it
was something like
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
Shearinu Sheen

Shearing sheep too closely. even when the
weather is warm, is bad practice, either
chill a sunscald is liable to result.
Early shearing Of sheep is not to he recon
mended unless warm barns available. for
much feed is required ny shcrn sheer
cold.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

The French feed considerable huckwheat Il
their turkeys. believing that this grain mparts
10 the flesh 4 delicious. nutty flavor nuch
liked by their epicurcs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday, May 7. Prov. 3d. 1885.

By DR. MARION MICH. HULL
Golden Text-A the last it beh like a serpent and sngeth
like adder
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06

LONELY COWBOY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
INDICT CHICAGO COAL MEN
with Defrauding the City-Gam-
bIers Are Also Hit.

Chicago.-James P. Connery, secre-
tary and treasurer of the Chicago
Fire Appliance Company and secre-
tary of the Miami Coal Company, and
Michael H. Rogers, Democratic COM
mitteeman of the Thirteenth ward and
head of the M H. Rogers Coal Com
pany, were indicted Wednesday by
the December grand jury on charges
of obtaining money from the city of
Chicago by false pretenses in connec-
ton with the sale of coal to the city.
The return of the two indictments
against the two coal dealers is the
first step in States Attorney Way
mans attack upon the alleged graft
combination, which is charged with
defrauding the city of Chicago out of
many thousands of dollars.
Seven indictments were also re-
turned by the grand jury against six
wellknown Chicago gamblers. This
action is said to be the opening volley
of a determined attack on the part of
the states attorneys Office to crush
out gambling in Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-01-06
BOY TORTURED BY ECZEMA

when my boy was six years old, he
suffered terribly with eczema. He
could neither sit still nor lie quietly in
bed, for the itching was dreadful. He
would irritate spots by scratching
with his nails and that only made
them worse. A doctor treated him
and we tried almost everything, but
the eczema seemed to spread. 1t
started in a small place on the lower
extremities and spread for two years
until it very nearly covered the back
part of his leg to the knee.
Finally I got Cuticura Soap, Cuti-
cura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and
gave them according to directions. /
used them in the morning and that
evening, before put my boy to bed,
used them again and the improve
ment even in those few hours was sur
prising, the inflammation seemed to
be so much less. l used two boxes of
Cuticnra Ointment, the same Of the
Pills and the Soap and my boy was
cured. My son is now in his sew
enteenth year and he has never had
a return of the eczema.
II took care of friends child that
had eczema on it's face and limbs and
[ used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
They acted on the child just as they
did on my son and it has never re-
turned. would recommend the Cuti-
cura Remedies to anyone. Mrs. A. J.
Cochran, 1923 Columbia Ave-, Phila-
delphia, Pa, Oct. 20, 1909"