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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
PEACE CONGRESS
FOR ARBITRATION

MoHONK LAKE. N. z, May 2s.--The
representatives of 81 commercial organ
izations attending the 18th annual meet
ing Of the Lake Mohonk conferences on
international arbitration today sent tele-
grams to President Taft and Senator
Cummins. saying that they heartily In
dorse treaties of unlimited arbitration
with Great Britain, France and other
countries and wish speedy success with
Oscar s. Straus. member of The Hague
court and former ambassador to Turkey,
addressed the conference on business
and International Arbitration"
such treaties"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
nAcK IN rHE SERVICE.


Hitherto the office of adjutant gem
eral of Illinois had carried with 1t duties
no more onerous than the superintend-
ence of a box of an arsenal and the few
out dated weapons 1t contained. The adj
jutant general at the time was man
whose regular business was that of In
surance agent, somewhat pompous man
though good-natured enough. but without
scrap of real military knowledge. And
it was he who must organize and get
ready the six regiments called for by the
president.
In the bare anteroom of his impro-
vised office Grant was assigned a stool
and set to work to make out blanks. AT
first 1t was only the most trivial, even
mental tasks that were assigned to this
dead beat military man." as some cali
ed him, but gradually because of the
knowledge that he and he only had there,
he became military adviser to the whole
office.
.'My old army SERVICE" he wrote. 81
found indeed of very great service. | was
no clerk, nor had l any capacity to be-
come one The only place ever found in
my life to put a paper so as to find 1t
again was either side coat pocket or the
hands of a clerk or secretary more care
full than myself. But 1 had been QUAR-
ltermaster. 5~eommissary and adjutant In
the field The army forms were familiar
to me and 1 could direct how they should
be made out"
Fifty years ago today Grant was just
turned 80, though he seemed more than
10 years older. He had been in the army
and made some name for himself as a
gallant young officer; he had left 1t. and
lapsed into shabby obscurity; now he
was returned to the service and was TO
be obscure no more.
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
Many Graduates

When Mandy graduates. by jingl
We're goin' to see her through.
There amt a gol-darned blessed thing
Her old Pap wouldn't do.
She's goin' 10 have a brand-new dress
Jest like them fashion plates.
We won't spare no expense, 1 guess,
When Mandy graduates.
When Mandy graduates. by jingl
She's goin' to speak a piece.
It's all about some ancient King
What lived. 1 think. in Greece.
Then, too, she's goin to take a part
In one o them debates.
They'll see our gal is ALFRED smart,
When Mandy graduates.
when Mandy graduates. by jing!
The knowledge sure will flow.
guess she knows most everything
That any one kin know.
mean the things you learn from books
An figgerin' on states.
An purty2 Well. she'll have the looks,
When Mandy graduates.
When Mandy graduates, by jingl
I sorter wonder how
She'll git along. She's had her fling;
She's dedicated now.
But she don't know how gardens grow,
An housework she jest hates.
Sich thoughts I s'pose is foolish, though
When Mandy graduates.
New York Times.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
2 s. :: $ $: ::
~ CoNpocTED Br11ps. INHIBITION.
TN ANp AROUND TIE DAIRY.

IN AND AROUND THE DAIRY
Cows ike molasses and as II makes
other feed taste good. naturally aids d.
gestion and is a good thing to feed
When calves begin to scour skip feed
or two and they viii generally come
around sll right in a short time.
A sIoveniy man who does not milk the
cows clean at every milking win soon
airy her mp. Besides. imperfect milking
may lead to serious udder, trouble.
Never take a very young calf away
from its mother and put 1t on skim
milk. Taper II OF from whole milk to
skinl-milk gradually.
An Oregon grocer in a dairy commun-
ity has worked I'D big business by de-
livering gooSs 20 his customers within a
radius OF five miles at the same time he
gather up the cream from the farm. Or
ders for goods pour in 10 him by tele-
phone every morning before he starts out.
carlotta. the Missouri COW that pro-
duced $40 worth OF butter in one year.
f. years old. has had seven calves and
never was sick in her life. Her grain
ration = corn chopped. bran. oats. gluten
meal and linseed meal. she gets at least
three Of these ingredients every time she
+ fed.
When preparing butter for market al
ways bear in mind that an attractive
package win more quickly win buyer
Western Kansas last year raised the
biggest sugr beet crop in its history This
is due 10 the fact that large area OF
irrigated lands were put under cuitiVa-
lion for the first time
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
DISTRICT SCHOOL CLOSES c.n.L {. "a
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR near nIS Oiyilsn Ouii

Triton, Ca, May 26.-The Second
District Agricultural school has just
closed it's scholastic year with an I'M
precedented success-zthe first really SUI
cessful year it has had, and the directors
were so elated with the splendid showing
that President S. L. Lewis and his entire
faculty were reelected.
The college has an enrolment this year
of 1877 pupils and the dormitories have
been crowded. Practically the entire stu
dent body will return next year and they
they are so enthused that they expect to
bring nearly double the number of pupils
back with them at the fall term
This is the third year the school has
been In operation and its work has begun
to show results in the methods of agri-
culture throughout the Second district.
The professor of agriculture, Prof K. p.
Moore, has been sending out bulletins to
the papers of all the counties in the dis
trict every week, which have BEEN of
great benefit to the farmers. These bull
letins have been especially applicable to
the soil and conditions of this section of
Georgia and much more valuable to the
farmers here than the bulletins sent out
from the experiment station at Griffin or
the State college at Athens.
Practically every county in the Second
district has been represented by pupils
in the college this year.
The members of the faculty besides the
president and vice president already
named are Prof. J. NJ. Thrash, of the
mathematics department.; Mrs. j. ].
Crumbley, OF the domestic department;
Miss Mana Luck, of the English depart
ment and Prof. Howard Davis. superin-
tendent of the farm.
One of the notable things accomplished
by the farm Of this college the past year
was its success in practical farming. 1t
cleared nearly 5000 on it's farm OF Al
acres, all the work having been done by
the boys under the direction of the sup
erintendent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
NEGRO FARMERS PRAISE
WORK OF PROF. PARKS

HARTwELL. Ca, May 26.-At the
commencement exercises of the Hartwen
Industrial and Agricultural institute, an
institution, for negro youths, a mass
meeting was held by the negro farmers
Of Hart, Ebert and adjacent counties.
After a forceful and practical sermon
by DR.. G. E. Motley, of Macon. the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted
I'm view of the fact that the negro
farmers and tenants operate about 40
out of every 100 of the 224,226 farms In
the state. and that because of bad man
agement and poor methods, these farms
are becoming less productive every year,
thereby retarding the farming interest
of the whole state, and since there have
been such splendid results obtained
from the farmers Institutes started in
the state by p. G. Parks, of Clark uni
versity. Atlanta, Ga, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we. the negro farm
ers of Hart, Franklin and adjacent coun-
ties assembled in mass meeting at the
Hartwen institute do hereby indorse the
work of Professor Parks, and pray that
the way may open so his work may De-
come statewide.
seIVe believe his work to be the most
beneficial single movement in the state
for negroes We know he has done
great good in this section. We congrat-
ulate the management of Clark university
for the splendid work they are doing for
the uplift of negro farmers, and pray
that they will continue the institutional
work, which is the only organized effort
in the state to help the negro farmers,
who form about 80 per cent of our peo-
pie in this state. We also pledge our
support to the Roundup Farmers in
stitute which is to be held at Clark
university this summer
There were about 500 farmers present
at the mass meeting, which was pre-
sided over by Rev. c. L. Bonner, presid-
ing elder Elberton district of the Col
ored M. E. church. The school under
the management of Prof. A. F. Bailey
and his assistants has been successful
year. and IS doing much good for the
negroes of this section.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
sPARRoWs.

Little birds sit on the telegraph wires,
And chitter and chitter and fold their
wings;
Maybe they think that for them and
their sires
Stretched always on purpose those
wonderful strings,
And perhaps the thought that the world
inspires
Did plan for the birds-emong other
things.
Little birds sit on the slender lines
And the news of the world runs under
their feet
How value rises and how declines,
How kings with their armies in battle
meet;
And all the while mid the soundless
signs,
They chirp their small gossipings
soundless and sweet.
Little things light on the lines of our
lives.
Hopes and joys and acts of today.
And we think for these the Lord con-
trives,
Nor catch what the hidden lightnings
say;
Yet from end to end His meaning ar
rives,
And his word runs underneath al
the way
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

he wished to read, and his vacation will
bring him a browning delight in that he
need not do anything but read those
dear books
rejoiced with the little fellow. He
may disappoint his parents in the future
but the chances are good that he will
grow into a real student.
/ know exactly how that little chap
felt. l was as fond OF playhouses and
dolls as the next young one, but when
/ put the house in order. and put dolly
TO sleep. then 1 had such a good time
with Esops' Fables and the few little
story BOOKS that were common in my
time. We had no comic picture papers,
and newt to the Fables ii was a great
Joy TO get nice place in the piazza and
be allowed to look at Bible pictures.
was years old before my baby
sister came TO us, so l had to amuse
myself a great deal l appreciate that
little boys ,elight over his story book.
II is great enjoyment to a book-loving
child. After a child gets a real love
for reading it is a fortunate child.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
short time / had gained my average
weight and am now strong and well"
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, II. T. D., No.
3, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass was in ner-
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
owe my present good health TO
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which I be-
Ieve saved my life.
Ny doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against II"
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES, Box
Isl. Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is q difficult one,
Doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
bound a trial. it surely has cured
f1any cases Of female ills, such as in
lammation, liberation. Disbursements.
rof1 ~Flf1n-t 7'iar- mode
80. e.fcE-- .4-. $50. ..,s-dOWn
EseI3uu ana .---..l< 4.rnsfraIisan
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

Grant, hardly known in his own town,
was an utter stranger in Springfield. The
governor had never heard of him, and
to his application for some position re-
piled, I'm very sorry to say, captain,
there is nothing for you to do. Call
again."
Discouraged, Grant would have gone
back at once to the leather store at
Galena, but was persuaded Ito stay a
few days in the hope that something
might turn up. He could see how much
he was needed. could hear the talk of
the weakness of the state military
organization but couId do nothing The
company that he had organized and
drilled was the subject of much com
plimentary comment, but no one assoc
ciated him withttt.
LUCK TURNS.
At last his purse, simmer even than
his carpet bag, made longer stay i'm
possible. I'm going. home" he said
'"The politicians have got everything
here; there's no chance for me. l came
down because I felt it my duty. The
government educated me, and l felt I
ought to offer my services again. L
have offered and no result. 1 can't af-
ford to stay here longer, and I'm going
home"
that evening. He had finished his sup
per, and was standing on the steps of
the hotel when Governor Yates. who
boarded at the same hotel, came out
after him.
HE spoke to me-" said Grant, calling
me by my old army title, captain, and
said he understood that 1 was about to
/ leave the city. / answered that / was.
He said he would be glad if i would re-
main overnight and call at the execu-
tive office the next morning. l complied
with his request and was asked to go
! itno the adjutant generals Office and
render such assistance as 1 could, the
governor saying that my old army ex-
| perience would be of great service there.
1 accepted the proposition"
Gradually the fact that there was in
the city an old army officer, veteran
of the Mexican war, who could answer
offhand and exactly any question about
military matters, and who was looking
ed the governor, and this had resulted in
for a chance to be of service to the
state. had become known and had reach
the interview.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
AWFUL.

In glancing over the columns
OF a paper the other day.
read of the awful young lady
Who's insuch an awful way.
She lives with her awful father
In an awful great stone house,
Sometimes she's awfully frightened
BY seeing an awful mouse.
She learns such awful lessons,
And goes to an awful school;
The teacher is awful hOmely,
And therefore an awful fool.
Mary Smith is an awful nice girl
And she is her awful good friend.
They took an awful nice walk one day
But it came TO an awful end;
For they met an awful cross dog
They were awful afraid he would bite
em,
And they ran home awful fast
II they don't stop saying awful,
They will come to an awful end.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
POULTR NOTES.

Sunshine and cleanliness are the best
medicine.
But do not forget that shade Is some
times necessary in the hot days Be sure
that the drinking fountain is kept in a
cool place and renewed as frequently as
you would like for your own drinking
water.
When milk is given. special attention
must be given TO daily cleansing. II al
lowed 10 get foul II Is much worse than
no milk. though the milk properly given
j. beneficial in the extreme
If you keep a lot Of cats, you wont
have birds about the place. Birds destroy
. great many insect pests.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

and so nervous I
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but
did me no good /
got SO bad that /
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition ! read
of Lydia K. Pink
hsnIs Y G ge ia BILE
ompound, and
began its use and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
More Fiuhtinq Reported

JUAREZ, May H-Provisional Governor
Gonzales received telegram today
stating that federal troops had opened an
attack on the insurrectos at Cuchillo
Parode. 40 miles west of OJinaga- colonel
sanchez. commanding at Ojinaga,. was in
structed to take defensive position as
the aggressiveness of the federal troops
probably was due to a mistake or to
their not having SECURED Official word
that peace had been declared.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
EXAMINERS BOARD IS
ABOLISHED IN VIRGINIA

RICHMOND, Va. May 1.-THE state
board of education, in session here today,
abolished the state board of school ex-
aminers. The work of examining candi-
dates for places as teachers will hereaf-
ter be done under the direction of the
department of public instruction at
large pecuniary saving 10 the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
CULTIVATE THE READING HABIT
WITH THE CHILD.

Our school examinations closed today
and while nearly all the children We're
joyously glad TO know there would be
no more school until September !. / saw
one little boz OF or AK himself in a
cool. shaded place ont OF doors. and he
made himself happy with book. That
vas his chief joy He could now read all
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
A coon SALAD DRESSING

Boil one-half cup of vinegar, add salt,
mustard. little sugar, and a small piece
OF nice, good butter. Beat three eggs
light. and when your vinegar mixture
boils stir in three eggs after they have
been beaten light Nice for cold slaw.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

GRANT GOES TO SPRINGFIELD.
Grant was offered the captaincy Of IT.,
but declined on the plea that he thought
he could serve the state better at Spring
field. IT can't afford to- re-enter service
as a captain of volunteers" he told a
friend II have served nine years In the
regular army and am fitted to command
a regiment
His promise to aid the company he
fulfilled. He selected the cloth for their
uniforms and gave directions for it's cut
ting; he gave directions by squads and as
a whole; he instructed the officers, and
when the company proudly marched on
to take the train for Springfield, the
state capital, he fell in behind, with
dropping head, carrying limp carpet
bag.
At, Springfield he hoped that as a
former army captain he might find some
work to do In which his knowledge and
abilities would be of value, but at first
he was sorely disappointed.
] Richard Yates, the governor, a man
| of intelligence ability and patriotism,
knew hardly anything of military affairs.
The state. moreover. had but the slightest
military organization, utterly unfit to
meet the existing situation.
GRANT AND THE POLITICIANS.
Springfield was washington on small
er scale. Everywhere companies were
being enlisted and sent to the capital
to be mustered in, organized, provided
with arms. The little city was like a
camp. On all sides were men in unf-
form drilling or marching, on every street
the noise of fife and drum
At the state house the governors office
at all times of the day was packed with
place-seelxers and glory-hunters. The
governor was constantly beset by poll
ticians. men who could control the vote
OF wards or towns or districts and who
desired this or that favor for them
selves or their friends and who were
Derforce the governors advisers.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

Fifty years ago today Ulysses 5. Grant.
retired captain of the regular army
was serving as clerk in the office Of the
adjutant general at Springfield. Ill.
The position was a most humble one;
the work, as Grant bitterly complained,
of a sort that any child might have
done. yet it afforded him the opportunity
of demonstrating his solid abilities
The day on which Sumter was fired
upon and the war begun found Grant
in Galena, a river town in the north
west corner of Illinois, where he was
employed in a wholesale leather store
owned by his father and managed by
his younger brothers.
After resigning from the army in 1854
Grant had turned his hand to Warming
and to various forms of business, but
without any success, and la the spring
of 1850 he had come to Galena to go to
work for his father and his brothers.
Prematurely bent. careworn and SOM
Der, shabbily dressed, living with his
wife and four children in house perch
ed inconvenently UP on top of bluff
because the low rent atoned for the high
location, he had attracted little notice in
the town save on account of his custom
of still wearing on cold days his old blue
army coat.
Immediately upon receipt of the news
i
| ing was held in the court house. The
room was packed with excited, enthusi-
astic men who broke into loud applause
at the patriotic appeals of the speakers
Republicans and Democrats both. Grant
attended the meeting, but said nothing
and vent unnoticed.
A day or two later second meeting
was held, this time to call for enlist
ments. and over this Grant was sum-
1 g., v.ra~iTa alfkn RI his own sur
prise and to that of most of those pres
ent. who as he went up to the platform
saw a bowed, shortish man, of grave
appearance. looking rather like a coun-
/ try doctor than a soldier.
His talk, however, soon proclaimed MIN
the true soldier, for, leaving patriotic
frenzy and figures of speech to the other
speakers, he told OF the facts of war
as he knew them.
Before calling on you to become vol
unteers" he said IT wish to state just
what will be required of you. First Of
all, unquestioned obedience to your SUI
perior officers. The army is not pick
niclxin party nor is it an excursion. You
will have hard fare. You may be obliged
| to sleep on the ground after long marches
in the rain and snow. Many of the or
ders of your superiors will seem to you
unjust, and yet they must be borne. .
If YOU put your name down here, it
should be in full understanding of what
the act means. In conclusion, let me say
that so far as 1 can I will aid the COM
pany, and intend to reinlist in the serv-
ice myself"
Though his grave words put sudden
end to bombast, they only strengthened
real patriotism, and before the end OF
the evening a company, the 10 Daviess
guards. was enlisted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
prcKEp uP Isl lie oRcHARD.

PICKED UP IN THE ORCHARD
Nothing grown on the farm pays bet
ter for the care bestowed upon IL than
the orchard
As rule sheep do no harm in the OLD
orchard. but they should not be allowed
10 have access to the young trees
We never Guild &c the wisdom OF al
lowing the hogs 10 run In the orchard
unless il is in COW peas or clover pas
rnTe-
The foolish man plants his orchard on
low ground and the wise man seeks the
hills.
are there any old apple trees In your
orchard beating undesirable fruitg Easy
10 graft good varieties upon them
cut out the useless brush in your OLD
trees ana give the sun a chance TO reacn
every part OF them
OF course. the fruit must have more
or less shade. but nature will take care
OF that after intelligent pruning has
been done
When the fruit buds come very thick
most people take II as a sign OF a big
Yield. but when fruit grows too tnickly
IL must necessarily be very small
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
AFTER
I YEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Waurika, Okla.-'1 had female trou-
oles for seven years, was all run down.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30
THE DELICIOUS SWEET PEPPERS.

THE DELICIOUS SWEET PEPPERS.
your garden ought TO be well supplied
xith that most palatable vegetable, the
sweet pepper. Many people imagine that
ali peppers are too hot to be eaten with
comfort but this is a great mistake The
only hot portions are the seeds ana they
can be removed before the cooking
Green peppers are cooked In variety
OF ways ana there is no vegetable that
produces more table enjoyment than
these vegetables II little STUDY ana
care Is given to their growth and prep
aration for the table
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-24
Welded Last Monday,

Mary Dumbroske, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Dumbroske,
of this city and Albert Sparrow, of
Browerville, Mimi, we're united in
marriage last Monday morning at
the Polish Catholic Church, Father
Sengir officiating.
The bridesmaids were Misses
katherine Dumbroske, Anna Nee
han, Rose Ramus, Hattie Lisowsky
and Rose Prussack. The "best men"
were Frank Budas, John Dunn
broske, John Korki, Joe Mitchell
and Peter Kotchly.
The happy Young couple will
make their home in this city.