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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
WILL TRY NEW BALL WHICH HAS
 BEEN DEADENED IN SOUTHERN

Memphis. May A.-(Special.) )-The South ern league circuit has been selected for the first official test of new brand of cork center balls which have been hurried from the factory to lessen the batting and shorten the long drawn games caused up to date it is said by the frequent bonn bardment of the pitchers this year. The new balls, several gross of them, are ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
She Might Try

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Although you have refused to be my wife, don't you think you could learn to love me?"
 Well. I might. once learned to like spinach"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
Charged

From Judge.
 willis-"He calls himself . human dy- namo."
 Gillis-'No wonder; everything hs has oults charged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

pected early next month and will be dis
 tributed by President Kavanaugh. Games in the southern league this year have
 been long drawn out and have been char acterlked by many hits and runs as in the major leagues It is said the major leagues will send representatives south to
 watch the result of the experiment, the
 idea being. to diminish base hits by "deadening' the ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
The Doctor Answers On
 Health and Beauty Questions
By DIR. LEWIS BAKER

The questions answered below are general in char the symptoms diseases given and the answers will apply to any of similar nature.
 Those wishing further advice, free, may address pr. Lewis Baker, College Bldg, College Ellwood sts, Dayton Ohio enclosing self addressed, stamped velope for reply reply Full name and address must be my answers The prescriptions can be filled at any well-stoeked drug store. Any druggist can order of wholesaler 99 ~ 9i oA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

Mrs. Y. O.-The cough and symptoms of asthma and hay fever which you describe should not be neglected or it may be- come chronic. However. 1 have known chronic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
ANOTHER SUIT VS,
 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Richmond, Va, May 24.-qrowinr out of the Knight, Yancey & Go. cotton Sills of lading case. suit was filed her today by John Munroe & Co., of New York, bankers. against the South ern Railway company for $45,000 dam ages. It is. alleged the Selma, Ala, agent of the Southern issued fraudu- lent bills of lading to Knight. Yancey & Co.,, who sent them to the New York firm which in turn issued drafts for exchange on Italian, English and French bankers aggregating $36.446.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
Cabs Disappear

The swarms of cabs usually about the
 streets disappeared as if by magic. Taxi cabs and automobile drivers likewise for
 the most part sought safety in the out skirts of the city Only few braver drivers and chauffeurs remained on duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
Ruling Made on Rates

Philadelphia. May AHA freight ship --..t bexun in Germany is not subject to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

ToR appropriate floral offerings. phone
 1olS It avepuA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
A Fresh Clerk

F rum Lfie bOBlOu I IFduSCTlPt.7 Customer-Have you got low shoesf
 Clerk--Yes, sir; we marked our out1Do stock down yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25
sHAw. The Undertakes. rnonss ..
GREEN Undertaking Co. Phonss lcoa

&lcU LoY. Usdertaksr. Phones n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-25

the government were stilled but a re- gathering on the street corners of the now thoroughly enraged as well as fright ened partlsans of Madero resulted in an other order to fire at will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

dered the removal of the special $1,000
Improvement tax levied in the South
side dixie district. This loss of reVe-
nue. will be cared for by funds from
the deficiency levy and will probably
block the filing Of injunctions to pre-
vent the collect of the Improvement tax
The Orphans Home association has
elected the following officers for the
president; Mrs. H. H Hunter, vice
president Mrs Burgett second vice
president: Mrs. Jack Hanley, superin-
tendent; Mrs. Mary Peterson, secre-
tary, and Mrs. ]. V. Mooney CORE
spending secretary.
Miss Hattie Holman. who has just
her municipal work with S. 5. McFad-
den who was city clerk in 1897. She
was appointed deputy city clerk at
this time. She handled the Office in
such an excellent manner that seven
mayors and three city clerks have
come and gone and not one of them
would listen to her resignation or her
plans to desert the office.
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed in the district court by E. l..
Robinson, who asks judgment against
the Consumers Light. Heat & Power
company. The suit grew out of the
gas explosion in the West Seventh
street cistern more than a year ago.
Robinson. who was a member of the
city fire department at the time, was
severely burned about the face and
head Robinson was working with
the street commissioners gang at the
time of the accident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
LOCKED HERSELF IN
Woman Came Near Losing Her Life
in Hotel Fire.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 5.-Fire. OF
unknown origin, which started at ~: 80
O'Clock this morning in an unoccupied
room on the second floor of the annex
to the Hotel MetropoIe, the city's second
largest hotel, for more than an hour
threatened the destruction of the en-
tire annex, but was finally placed I'M
der control after damage estimated at
several thousand dollars had been
done. The flames were confined to the
annex in which SO guests were sleep
ing, and did not reach the main part
of the hotel.
All the guests got out without seri-
Gus injury, although Miss Mary Nourse,
80 years old. a private detective and
claim adjuster for the street railway
was so Frustrated by the
sight of the flames across the hall from
her room that her recovery is de-
SPARED of. Miss Nourse was rescued
by travelling men who broke down the
door to her room which she hurriedly
locked when she saw the fire
Several persons were slightly injured
by jumping from second story win
dows, but grass in the court yard broke
their fall. Four of these were women.
A number of rescues from upper win
dows were made by spectators and fire
m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

May be promoted by those who
gently cleanse the system. now and
then. when IN need of laxative
remedy, by taking desertspoonfu.
of the ever refreshing. wholesome
and truly beneficial Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. which is the
only family laxative generally ap-
proved by the most eminent ply
sicians. because it acts in a natural,
Strengthening way and warns ano
tones up the internal organs without
weakening them. tits equally bene6-
6cialfor the very young and the mid
die aged. as tits always efficient and
free from all harmful ingredients. To
get its beneficial effects it is always
necessary to buy the genuine. bear
ing the name of the Company
California Fig Syrup Co.-pIainly
on the frontof everypackage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS.

Patronize the lunch counter First
Congregational Bazaar.
Mighty big, we'll contented family of
Independent telephone patrons; be one
of them
The Suffrage meeting announced to
be held at Lincoln Post hall Saturday,
December 8, has been postponed until
further notice.
The supreme tribe Of Ben Hur has
opened a membership campaign in To-
peka and will hold the first initiation
Wednesday night.
Experts over at the chicken show say
that one rooster has such manly
voice that the pipe organ throbs when
he raises his voice in the early morn
ing.
Rev. J. G. Godefroid announces that
the Christian Workers of America Will
give a Christmas dinner for the poor
at the headquarters, 400 Kansas ave-
nue..
Washburn college have returned TO To-
peka after the Thanksgiving vacation
OF three days. The students scattered
to all parts of the state
Despite the efforts OF scores of bust
ness. men in Topeka to do away with the
name North Topeka and call it the
North side the postOffice department
has called that section of the city Off
ciany North Topeka"
The world is tiptoeing gently from
expectant father The reason2 It's
easy, The high school football cham
pionship of Kansas is being fought out
in the country newspapers.
Everybody in town is kicking and
Tuning about the gas bill this month.
comes to a consumer on a warm day,
it means grief for the manager and
employees of the company
The Kansas Aggies have the best col
lege band in Kansas and no one Will
disagree with this statement. They
play real music and they have real har-
mony. A college with a real band is
not entitled to any additional honors-
Bishop Millspaugh. Of the Episcopal
church as been taken to Christ's hos
pital for rest and diet. Physicians ex-
planned that this was necessary in or
der to keep the bishop from his work
and to prevent d nervous breakdown
Albert Patten general superintendent
of the Topeka Railway company, states
that a plan of stopping the cars on the
near side of the street will be tried out
in Topeka 1t is practiced successfully
in most of the larger cities in the coun-
try.
The Washburn college campus soon
will be lighted with electric lights. The
college electricity class viii do the
work If the college leaves the task
to the students it is a foregone con-
clusion that all of the real hooks and
places Oh pOiiSAO0AAiS III " 49, ~A-NA -
ened.
The purchase of a second road
roller and grader is being discussed
by the county board. If the purchase
is made, one of the rollers will be used
on the north side of the river. while
the new machines will be kept for
road work on the south side of the
Kaw river
Ed Mclaughlin leaves this week for
Corpus Christi Texas. to join his broth
ers II r and w r Mclaughlin, who
are opening up a cotton farm at Taft.
which is about y miles from Corpus
Christi. Dr. H. T. Mclaughlin left last
week with seven head of mules and
other stuff to be used on the farm.
The county commissioners have Or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
GETS BACK PEARLS
Italian Woman Carried Beads" in
Apron Pocket.

Orange, n. J.. Dec. 5.-While Mrs.
Henry Vaughan nourned for two days
the loss of a $1,000 pearl necklace and
had the police of three states active
posing quietly in the pocket of ging-
ham apron worn by Mrs. Salvatore
Stophano. wife of an Italian laborer.
The woman had no idea of the value of
furore caused by their mysterious dis
appearance.
Recovered through the activity of a
quick witted Italian newsboy, the pearls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
AT THE PLAY HOUSE
s.HazeI kirI1e'' PIeases Majestic Audi
ence-NIiss Russell to Leave.

Hazel Kirke" an old rural Eng
glish play, after the type of Way
Down East" is the bill at the Ma
jestic this week 1t has plenty of
tears but enough comedy to relieve
the pathos. Harry North plays Duns-
tan Kirke Mr.. Bethew, the leading
man. Arthur Carringford. Miss Hunt
distinguishes herself as Emily Car
ringford. The cast follows:
Dunstan Kirke Mr.. Harry North
Arthur Carringford. Mr.. Bethew
Aaron Rodney Mr.. Deming
PittacuS Green Mr. SayleS
Barney O'Flynn. Mr.. O'Neli
Met higgins. -....- Mr.. Barnette
Joe Mr.. Harper
Mercy Kirke -.--.-..-. Miss Leroy
Hazel Kirke. Miss Genevieve Russell
Miss Genevieve Russell (Mrs.
sport North), leading lady with
North Brothers at the Majestic. will
leave Topeka soon after the first of
the year for New York city where
she will have her hand treated by
specialist. It was injured when she
was thrown from her horse last sum-
mer. Her last appearance in Topeka
will be as Mary in "Forty-five Min
utes From Broadway" New Years
week In that bill Orville Spurrier,
leading man with the Wichita North
company, will come here to play the
comedy lead, Kid Burns.
After Miss Russell leaves her place
will be taken by Miss Virginia Good
win (Mrs. Harry North-) Miss Good
win will open in "The Little Minis
ter in the role of Lady Babbie, the
part created by Maude Adams. Miss
Goodwin was leading lady here at the
beginning of the season, but was call
ed home to Columbus, Ohio, by the
death of her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Goodwin. She has returned to To-
peka.
Miss Russell has been working with
her arm in a sling. or hand bandaged
This is due to her horse falling on
her when the animal ran into wire
in the dark last August.
Yes I have to give up, said Miss
Russell. Z thought l was stronger,
but constant worry over the condltion
of my wrist and hand has completely
gotten the better of me. My wrist is
stiff and two fingers are still para
lyzed, hindering my work and giving
me lots of pain When Mr.. North was
home last week we decided that
'Forty-five Minutes From Broadway
would be my last bill. I'm going to
a noted specialist in the east. | wish
to hold out until then as Mary is one
of my pet parts and my last number
SO Long Mary viii be true to life
A rural comedy sketch in which
girl, blindfoIded and handicapped by
small hoop around her ankles, walks
slackwire. is one of the features of the
Novelty bill this week. It is put on
by Lavine and Inman. The man fur
nisnes a great deal of comedy and some
tuIn bling. A nearplOt is that a girl,
returns to the farm home after hav-
ing been with a circus five years She
shows how she has learned to walk
tightwire with the show and also strips
to tights on the wire. Shriner and Wells
billed as Those College Boys" sing
and play They were encored several
times at Monday afternoon show. Like
wise Warren and Francis doing aero
batic dancing with good singing. Card
ner and Revere. a man and woman, do
a little of everything funny besides
guitar playing and singing and tell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
WANT CHEAP FARE
Ministers Ask Restoration of Old Dis
elimination Favoring Them.

Trenton. y. J.. Dec. 5.-Pastors Of all
denominations from every section Of
New Jersey are launching a statewide
campaign in the interest of having re
stored to the ministers of the state the
half fare on railroads. which has been
denied to the clergy through a ruling of
the public utilities commission.
A committee representing each of the
church bodies of the state will appear be
fore the utilities board and endeavor to
have the question reopened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

jokes along with impromptu kidding
references to the other acts on the
bill They also were encored. Mile.
Emerie takes off one layer of gowns
after another from head to foot until
she appears in tights, in addition to
clever athletic stunts. Applause is
plentiful for her. The bill as a whole
appears to be one of the most pleasing
at the theater this season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
Wants 10 Change Governors.

Honolulu. Dec. 5.-Reports from
Washington say that ]. Kuhno Kalani-
anaole. congressional delegate from
Hawaii. is opposing the reappointment
of w F. Frear as Hawaiian territorial
governor, and urging the appointment
Of L Tenny Peck, a banker and capt.
talist here, for the office. Mr.. Peck
has stated that he would not refuse
the commission. Governor Frear's term
expires December Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Everybody read the state journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
A Terrible BIunder

are today again in the possession Of
Mrs. Vaughan. The newsboy will re-
ceive a $500 reward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
TO ENTER CONTEST

Each lady may enter one, or not over two loaves
of bread.
This bread must be made from AMERICAN
EAGLE" Topeka's Popular Flour, and must be
accompanied by empty American Eagle Sack
or your merchants and the date of pur-
chase.
Three competent, disinterested judges will
award the twenty prizes
All bread must be entered at Fraser Bros. c. o.
D. Store Corner of 9th and Jackson where our
representative will give you number and
ceipt for your bread
Your bread must be at the store by p m,
Thursday December 18th.
On account of the large number Of entries and
the taken in awarding prizes, the results will
not be announced until Friday, December 18th.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-22
THE JEFFERSONIAN
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.

To carry out the plan of intensi-
fed and diversified farming it must
be remembered that plants, like ami
mails, have different requirements
and these requirements must be
carefully met if a maximum yield is
secured. Although all kinds of Gull
tlvated crops are similar in that
they require moisture and plant food,
the various elements of plant food
are not used in the same proportion
and the environment is not the same,
for different plants have different re-
quirements.
No manager can change tempera-
ture, moisture, ETC., to suit plants,
but it is often possible to ameliorate
some OF the factors and thereby rem
der valuable assistance to crops.
This is good cultivation.
1t is highly desirable that the man
ager become familiar with the vary
ing needs of different crops so that
he may, so far as possible, supply
favorable conditions for rapid
growth
Many of the common errors made
On the farm are responsible for short
crops and unsatisfactory returns.
This is why the intelligent manager
has SO much advantage over the
careless, ignorant cropper who does
not know anything about the needs
of plants.
But to know, what plants require
and not supply those things that are
within our power does not profit us.
Not only must we recognize the
needs, but We must supply them
Farm and Ranch.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-22

prefer to proceed as though blind
folded.
Those years are used for the rea-
son that the record is clear of es-
Inmates which are so deceiving.
The increase in the general use
of fertilizer between 1902 and 1909,
was 82.7 per cent. That itself di-
reefs attention to a most interesting
fact-the widespread consumption of
fertilizer in the State and the large
sum annually invested in the ma
terial. 1t is money we'll spent in
every case in which the fertilizer is
intelEgenty Literally.
The Increase in the acreage to
corn, 1909, was 1913 per cent.
The increase in fertilizer pounds
per acre was 62.2 per cent
The Increase in aggregate prOduc-
ton was 1876 per cent.
The increase in yield per acre was
54.4 per cent.
Oats were included in the COM
parison made, because this valuable
crop is coming into larger use year
by year. 1t is true that occasionally
the infatuation of a high price for
cotton not only reduces the acreage
that should be given to oats, but
takes the fence corners also.
The increase in the oat acreage
was 1926 per cent.
The increase in fertilizer pounds
per acre was 37.8 per cent.
The increase in aggregate crop
was 1863 per cent.
The Increase in average yield per
acre was I'll per cent.
You will marvel at the fact that
in 1902, the average application of
fertilizer per acre to corn was 81
pounds; in 1909, 60.9 pounds. The
tenant, first at the front, the share
tenant is the man who crippled cock
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-22
A FEW HINTS FOR THE FARM
FAMILY

Few flowers are better adapted to
garden culture than gladiolus. They
are semi-hardy plants and can be
grown with little care
When boiling rice or beans, two
things which will boil over, put in a
lump of butter size Of walnut and
this will stop the trouble at once.
A farmhouse can be made more
attractive than any other home. 1t
does not have the dusty streets and
smoky atmosphere of the city homes,
but it does have beautiful trees and
a lawn-things of which many city
homes are deprived.
If boy shows bit of discomfort
over the dullness of farm life, give
him decent-siZed check after har-
vest and let him have his head in
town for a week. 1t will not ruin
him if he is the right sort, but will
open his eyes to the sweetness and
beauty of his own home.
1T may be that tomato plants
grown about fourteen inches apart
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-22
FARW PAGE

robin. The tenant does not figure
in the oat crop, hence the great diff
ference in the average quantity of
fertilizer applied per acre.
In 1902, the quantity of high
grade fertilizer applied per acre to
oats was 1865 pounds; in 1909,
the quantity used per acre was 5O5.3
pounds.
1t is practically impossible to ex-
aggerate the Importance of the oat
crop or the value of that splendid
cereal. Oats constitute an excep-
tionally excellent article of food for
man and beast. For mich COWS and
for pigs, as we'll as for horses and
mules, good oats can not be sur
passed.
We have a wide field in which to
operate in the interest of a larger
yield per acre of both corn and oats.
While corn showed an increase Of
54.4 per cent in the average yield
per acre, in 1909, it was only a
beggarly yield of 1879 bushels. Oats
only 10 bushels.
1t is we'll to keep in mind the
facts above presented. They may
be little dry, but they make for
your doing or undoing. A man
farms to no purpose when the aver
age yield per acre of his crops is
along the line of those we have Just
been discussing
There is a clover which is today
ladening the atmosphere with it's
fragrance. [ saw some volunteer
plants this morning that had climbed
on wire fence to height of four
feet. This clover is not as we'll
known as it richly deserves TO be
It's name is Melilotus or sweet clover,
sometimes called Bokhara clover. It
so closely resembles alfalfa it may
be regarded as first cousin to that
much lauded plant. 1t is biennial
but reseeds itself indefinitely 1t
will make growth on bare rotten
limestone where no other plant would
survive. AS a soil renovator, it is
unsurpassed. 1t furnishes plant food
through it's decayed roots and aids
in soil drainage. It will flourish on
lime lands throughout the South. 1t
is excellent for pasturage and for
hay. At first, cattle are disposed
to pass it by, but soon yield their
prejudice, and become very fond of
it,
Melilotus should be sown in latter
February or middle March. Three
peck to the acre, broadcast. Have
the land in good condition. 1t may
be sown with oats. Keep the plant
IN mind, and give an acre to it next
Spring.
Many inquiries are coming in:
When shall | begin to apply nitrate
of soda to- my corn and cotton?" I
have Outlines stated that nitra+a of
soda is a source of nitrogen which
later makes stem and leaf If too
much be fed to cotton, there will be
too much weed. In measure, the
same is true as to corn. If cotton
be not vigorous, apply nitrate at rate
of 100 pounds per acre along rows
On the surface of earth on a dry day.
Corn, rs pounds per acre when knee
high, if not healthy in appearance
Experiment, Ga.
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|kIE deep an interest in, and ap-
ii Nj probation of, high-grade fer
tilizer for all crops, been
manifested in this State as in the
current year. There is a constantly
increasing and intelligent demand
for special fertilizer; that is, fertili-
ger adapted to the special wants
of corn, tomatoes, potatoes, etc.
[ have for years been giving line
upon line in advocacy of plant food
required by this crop and that crop.
L have been urging the adoption and
pursuit of the true policy in the mat
ter of economy in the use of fertili-
ger, i. E., high fertilization.
This afternoon, l looked into re-
suits in the use Of fertilizer as
shown by two seasons, seven years
apart. | compared 1902 and 1909
in the use of fertilizer in corn and
oat production, taking into consid-
Grafton acreage, quantity Of fertili-
ger used per acre, total crop aver
age yield per acre and the increase
in the yield per acre.
shall not go into details but
summarize the facts which must in
terest all farmers except those who
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-22

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