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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

II the calamity howlers would only
listen awhile they could hear the hum
OF returning prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

Little Bobs'' died at the front and
there is where he probably wished to die.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

Carranza is beginning to realize that 1t
is better to be a live ex-President than
a dead one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

The early giver is the one who receives
the fullest need of thanks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

According to the latest reports, au-
thorities have the foot and mouth dis
ease well in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

THANKSGIVING day win be a hollow
mockery to the democratic and progress
sive congressman who lost their Jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18
THE Nox1oUs WEED.

THE NoxIOUS WEED.
Tobacco is a noxious weed,
Perhaps they help 1t some
BY mixing in some chicken feed
And licorice and rum.
Washington Star.
1t often seems to little us,
AS through the smoke we grope,
That stogies which we roundly cuss
Are fashioned out of rope.
youngstown Telegram
The kind we smell around our den
Smells like a bit of fire
Had eaten through a last years sock
And bit an auto tire.
Houston Post
IT'S not. forsooth, tobacco smoke
That causes our regrets,
Since all the chaps about this place
Are strong for cigarettes.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18
OPEN TO SUSPICION.

What is your idea of a pedant, any
how?'
We'll, 1t is sometimes rather difficult
to say who is pedant and who Is not,
in suspecting a person of pedantry who
speaks of hair and whiskers as 'hirsute
adornment'"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHARLEYs
From the Augusta Chronicle
Horrors! Oscar Underwood has been
caught playing golf at Hot Springs with
Charley Murphy. Awful!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

.ou,d he well content TO entertain
the Iag-end of my life with quiet ho"rs'
Henry ~.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

PAS OFF DAY.
PA, what's a photographer"
I'm not quite sure. son. but I think
it's a person who names Pullman cars.s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

Admission Star: An easy mark never
wins an iron cross.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18
FORCED RETIREMENT.

FORCED RETIREMENT.
Il understand that Jobson has Temporal
rily retired from politics"
Yes. Having run for every office in
. sight without being elected. he is now
waiting for some new office to be Gre
ated."
RARE CASE.
"Gadson is the most inefficient man I
know"
You are rather hard on Gadson."
But It's the truth. He can't even op-
crate the family phonograph.'
ENTIRELY TOO CALM.
81 used to think JudlSins was a football
enthusiast, but think differently now"
why so?'
mo matter what happens during a
game. he keeps his seat"
MORE EXPLANATIONS.
i've just been reading a new white
book sent out by the German govern.
ment"
What 10 it's purpose?"
ITO mako things look black for Eng.
| land"
PAS OFF DAY.
PA, what's a photographer
"T'rn MT ot,fta s,,ra co, hut 4Ls-.,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

Dothan News: The palace of peace
would serve as an excellent asylum for
the widows and orphans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

Entered at the BirInIn nam. Ala,
poslotfice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-18

A. ]. Eaton, Jr., and O. e. Young are
the only authorized travelling represent
tatives of The Age-Herald in It's cir
culation department..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-09-28
Surnrse ShewS.'

Mrs. II. \. IIencAell 81 -i9e Wal
mt street, dthsaJ,raF surprised
Miss Alice S,rcus whose naEF.as
Is 10 occur ucxt month. WIFI E''z
eellaneous shower Saturday cyea-
ing. Miss Strons and Ars Hyrol
Hertert on making caiI at The
home Of Mrs. Honeka.I found upaa
their arrival a number Of the euezt
Of houors friends assembled. TIE
evening was spent at cards The
prize. two pretty vases being award
ed Miss Fay Koohler. These She
presented to the attractive bride
elect. At the e,cse Of the evening
there was a salad coarsa served with
coffee. The guests Of this enjoyable
affair were the members Of the
bridge club to which Miss Strong
belongs and a few Ct her immediate
friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-09-28

Are sou going visiting Tell US
about 1t so we can tell your friends
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-09-28

There "a News IN the Advertising
7'nmns, News that win save sou
money.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
PARADISE FOR THE BIRDS
Providence Seems to Have Provided
Temperate Zone for the Feathered
Friends of Man.

Up in the far country where the
timber fails, the calendar is respect
ed. There is no summer before the
official day set for it. The ground is
held fast by frost until June is we'll
started. There are fiurries of snow,
wild, bitter winds, a sky that has no
mercy. And then, suddenly, the wind
shifts and comes out of the south. 1t
is summer then with a leap.
The interest of the temperate zone
in the northland is that it is there
that have gone a great many of the
migrating birds which paid us few
days visit and passed on. For all it's
inhospitality to man, this country in
summer is a paradise for birds. It's
marshes are safe refugees from two
and four-footed enemies. There is ex-
haustless material for nests. And out
of the pools come myriads of insects,
food that does not fail until the time
for the southwark bird movement ar
rives.
Some man has said that there is
no God north of latitude SO. He did
not inquire as to what the birds
might have thought of that.-Toledo
Blade
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
The American Farmer.

All things recalled, wouldn't 1t be
the part of craftsmanship to do con-
occasionally for the American farmer?
He's one-fourth of your population,
and the nations best hope. The
American merchant borrows at five
per cent. The American stock gam
bier, producing nothing, accomplish
ing nothing, a merest leech living by
toll of others, borrows for even
less. The American farmer, with all
that can be said to his good and solv-
ent advantage, must and does pay S1a
per cent.
And all the time the savings and
postal banks are bullying with billions.
If the government would make two
blades of grass grow where but one
has grown beforehand publicly it
would pay-the wide-fung chance lies
open. Let it model action on French
or German lines, and place the farmer
on borrowing par with the merchant
the manufacturer and the stock job
ber. Let it evolve a system of farm
loans which shall put those savings
and postal bank billions at per cent
within the farmers borrowing reach.
-Hearst's Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
ECZEMA ITCHED AND BURNED

r: F. D. No. 2, Seymour, Mo.-'*My
scalp broke out with fine pimples at
the start. They itched and burned SO
much that was compelled to scratch
them and they would tester and come
to head and break out again The
trouble was attended by such burning
and itching l could not sleep, also
when / sweat 1t burned the same.
My hair fell out gradually and the
scalp kept rough and dry with itching
and burning. After about two years
the pimples broke out between my
shoulders. My clothing irritated them.
I was troubled with that eczema five
or six years.
i tried everything that was recon-
mended without any benefit until
used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
according to directions, and Cuticura
Soap and Ointment cured me sound
and well in two weeks" (Signed) s.
L. Killian, Nov %, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card 'Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston ADV.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
ARIZONA RAISING COTTON.
The 1918 Cotton Crop Was Most Val

The 1918 Cotton Crop Was Most Val
liable Ever Produced.
Washington-Fina figures on the
1913 cotton crop, announced by the
census bureau, place it as the largest
the United States has ever grown,
with the exception of that Of 1911. At
the same time the estimate of the to-
tai value of the crop shows it was the
most valuable ever produced, it being
worth $1,043, 100000.
The quantity of cotton ginned from
the 1913 crop, counting round as halt
bales and excluding linters, was 49,,
982,S11 running bales, or 14,156,486
bales Of 500 lbs. gross weight. Cotton
seed produced was 6,305, 900 tons, of
which 4,575,50S tons were crushed
The value of the cotton is estimated
at 1887 100000 and of the seed $780,
100000.
An interesting feature of the 1918
production was the crop of the I'M
perial valley, in southern California,
where 22,838 bales were grown. 1t
has been reported the acreage planted
this year in the Imperial valley will
show a large increase, while the pro-
duction is estimated at from $4,000 to
100000 bales. Last years production
was more than double that of any pre-
vious year there, where commercial
growing of cotton has been in progress
only few years.
Another feature was the production
in Arizona, where 1929 bales were
ginned, the largest part of which
possessed the same characteristics as
that grown in Egyp,. The 1914 area
shows a large increase, variously esti-
mated at from 10000 to $4,000 acres
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
HIGHWAY
IRM()YVEEMEEHl
TO STUDY ROAD CONDITIONS
Data Being Sought Looking Toward
Standardized System of Local
Road Management.

Detailed studies of local road build
ing systems In 100 counties are now
being carried on by the department OF
agriculture in cooperation with the
state highway departments and local
road authorities.
The purpose of this study is to dis
cover the points of excellence and de-
fects in existing local methods OF
building and maintaining roads which
will aid the state authorities to put
local road management on a systema'
tized basis. The cooperating state au.
thorities have been asked to desig.
nate counties that present typical and
exceptional features as to topography,
character of road materials, methods
of construction and maintenance, ad'
ministrative organization, methods OF
road financing and traffic conditions.
From these lists 100 counties will be
selected, and In these counties the
division Of road economics will make
intensive studies.
This investigation Is prompted by
the fact that there is at present very
little knowledge as to the most eff.
fective and economical methods by
which county can develop it's roads.
At present the methods of financing
local road Improvements vary from
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Dr.. johnson Praises x-Ray rogs.

Washington. = DR.. Joseph Tabor
Johnson in speech before the Keep
wells" of fashionable ST. Johns Epis-
bers that modern diaphanous drap-
cries were much more conducive to
health than the heavy clothing of the
past. He said that airy X-ray waists
and angel sleeves allow the air to
ventilate the body Many members OF
society and official Washington pre-
sent listened to the lecture while their
necks and shoulders cleaned through
their gauzy summer dresses.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
OIL OUTPUT is SMALLER.
The Price Advance in 1912 Stimu-
lated DRILLING.

Washington.-Prod of petro-
leum in the Appalachian oil field de-
clined LIP per cent or 452,876 barrels
in 1913, compared with 1912. Figures
by the Geological Survey show that
the total output in 1913 was 25,885, $40
barrels, against 26,338,516 barrels in
the preceding year. The value of the
product, however, was $43,619,617, an
increase of 48.58 per cent over 1912.
The average price per barrel increased
rom $1.63 in 1912 to $246 in 1913.
The increase in the price of petro
leum, which began at the end Of 1912,
resulted in stimulating drilling activ-
ity in all Appalachian states, which
embrace New York, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

calling on farmers for q certain num-
Der of days labor in lieu Of road tax,
or the use Of county prisoners in road
construction to bond issues or main
tenance of roads from dramshop
license funds.
The department will study ali of
these systems with the view to deter
mining what system or combination Of
systems works best in actual practise.
There is, however, at present no
standard system of keeping accounts
for road building and maintenance,
and as a result, while some counties
know to penny the purpose for which
money was spent, others have no def
mite check or reporting system. Among
various counties with the same condi-
tions, cost for excavation or other la
Dor is anything but uniform, and many
counties, because of the absence of
definite knowledge, fail to use local
and cheap materials and construct
roads which are unnecessarily expen-
sive for their purpose, or which will
wear out before the bond issues are re-
clude careful study of the use Of con-
vict labor in road construction.
In connection with the scientific
study, the departments highway en-
gineers will advise freely with local
officials as to improvements, and thus
give each county visited the advan
tage of direct cooperation, engineer
ing supervision and assistance.
These investigations, it is believed,
will yield important economic data
bearing especially on the benefits and
burdens of road improvement and
showing the extent to which financial
outlay under given typical conditions
is justifiable.
The heads of state highway depart
ments are manifesting great interest
and are cooperating cordially in this
work These data when obtained will
be published and thus made accessible
to all county and state road officials
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

walk the floor. I could not lie down or
sit still sometimes for day and night
at time. was nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though l had not a
friend in the world After I had tried
most every female remedy without sue
cess, my mother-in-law advised me to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. / did so and gained in
strength every day. 1 have now no trou-
BILE in any way and highly praise your
medicine. 1t advertises itself. Mrs.
S. T. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
It has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you try
it? Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Makes Jobs for Detectives.

Probably the only people to benefit
by recent suffragette outrages are
private detectives, many of whom
are doing little else just now but
guarding pictures and other treasures
of well-known hosts and hostesses
from attacks at social functions, the
London Globe states.
The head of one private detective
agency told me the other day, says
"The Carpenter" in the Express, that
he had been obliged to engage a spe-
cial staff for this work, and that to
some receptions he has sent as many
as a dozen faultlessly attired guests"
to look after the pictures and china
of the host.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Searching Criticism.

Five-year-old Herbert, scion of a
bookish family, had learned to read
so early and so readily that his first
glimpses Of storyland were growing
hazy in his memory. One day he con-
fided to his mother. "Ruthie showed
me her new book today, and it's the
queerest thing you ever saw! Why,
it just says, Is it dog? 1t is a dog.
Can the dog rum and lot of things
like that! Course l was too polite to
say so, but it didn't seem to me the
style was a bit juicy!"-Lippincott's
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Lettino Sun Shine on Highway.

The earth road should have at least
six hours Of sunshine each day. This
can be obtained either by locating the
road with southern or western expos
ure or by having such brush and trees
as impede the drying action of the sun
and wind removed. With gravel and
stone roads this is not so necessary, as
a certain amount of moisture is needed
on such roads, especially in the sum-
mer time.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
eIadstone,s Domestic RuIe.

Mr. Gladstone once said that he
had solved the domestic problem in
this way: Whenever Mrs. Gladstone
insists | submit; and whenever l insist
she submits" He didn't say, how
ever, whether they took turns about
insisting and submitting. Marriage
is failure when one of the parties
insists on being the insister and
doesn't take turns in submitting to
the submitter.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
New Modern Dancing

The leading Expert and Instructor in New York
City, writes: "Dear Sir: 4 have used ALLEN s
FooT.BASE the antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes, for the past ten It's blessing to
all who are compelled to be on their feet. dance
eight or ten hours daily, and find that ALLEN s
FooT-EAsE keeps my feet cool, takes the friction
from the shoe, prevents and Sore Aching feet.
l recommend it to all my pupils
(Signed) E. FLETCHER HALLAMORB
Sample FREE. Address Allen S. .Olmsted, LIE Roy N Y.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
WOMEN CAN
HARDLY BELIEVE
How Mrs. Hurley Was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Eldon, Mo. -''I was troubled with
displacement, inflammation and female

For two
y e ars I could not
stand on my fe ct
long at a time and I
could not walk two
blocks without en-
during cutting and
drawing pains down
my right side which
in ere a e d every
month. I have been
at that time purple
in the face andWOuld
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Fall Kills Woman Aqed 1o2.

Solomon Rapids, Kan.-Mrs. Re.
becca Holcomb, 102 years of age, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Thierolf, as the result of fall.
The body was taken to Gridley, ILL.,, for
interment.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Rrinos Market Nearer.

The good road brings the market
nearer to your farm and adds materi.
ally to the value of the place, whether
YOU want to sell or live there.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Idle Thouqhts.

"Why are you watching that fly so
intently?"
81 was just wondering if men will
ever be able to tango up and down
the walls like that. Wouldn't it be
fine ?''-Pittsburg Post.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eve
by mail Free Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
seekInn prx Roadheds.

Roads should never be located SO
close to stream beds as TO be subject
to overflow, or on ground which is
constantly damp and marshy.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

Many a man makes a strenuous eff
fort to recognize his duty SO that he
will be in a position to dodge it.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

Pompons made of all-colored fronds
or ostrich feathers are enjoying pop
ularity that will be soon worn out.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. ADV.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
EVERY citizen Interested.

A highway is no longer of purely
local interest. Every citizen of state
is interested in the roads.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

For every marriage in Kansas there
are five divorces.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25
Unusual Modesty.

"Dobbs is an extraordinary man"
TN what respect?"
Some years ago he spent two weeks
in Mexico, yet he doesn't pretend to
know all about the present situation
down there"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-25

Might doesn't make right, but very
often it makes good"-Deseret News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-24

sections have equally interesting
games. Notre Dame plays Syracuse
at Syracuse, Virginia and North Caro-
lima meet at Richmond, Vanderbilt and
the University of the South at Nash.
vile and Louisiana and Tulane at New
Orleans.
The season will close with the Army.
Navy game at Washington on the fol.
lowing Saturday, and the game be.
tween the two United States training
academies is expected to take an
added picturesqueness in it's capital
setting. For years those who are most
interested in giving this contest real
governmental sanction have sought to
have the game between the soldiers
and sailors played at Washington.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-24
GA|EN CAPITAL
NOW ALL QUIET
MILITARY LAW IN PARIS CLOSES
DOWN EVERYTHING AT
NIGHT.

Paris, Aug. 4.-Paris is beginning
to accept the condition of living that
has come into being since war was
declared and in some respects life in
the city is today more comfortable
than it was during the first days of
mobilization.
While there is still little movement
on the streets after dark, conditions
in this respect are improving. Some
OF the subway lines are now permitted
to run up to $3.50 p. m, and the tram
ways up to 10 p. m. 1t is believed that
on some of the suburban lines COM
muters, in two o rthree days, may be
allowed to leave the city for their
homes even as late at IL O'Clock.
In the daytime the streets of the
capital are quieter; such tranquility
has not been known before in years.
The reason is that more than onehalf
OF the vehicular traffic has disappear
ed. Elderly people are no longer so
apprehensive on the city streets: they
can now make the crossings without
endangering their lives.
The Governor of the city has re-
iterated his instructions to the effect
that no one may keep stock of alb
'sinthe in his residence. Any one sus-
pected of drinking absinthe in secret
Is liable to have his domicile searched.
The military law as it is administer
ed in Paris is much more severe in it's
ethical judgments than is customary
in the gay city. The military censors,
supervising the sale of drings in bars,
have also issued an order against
gambling, while the programs of the
moving picture theatres must be sub
mitted in advance and pictures of
doubtful morals are carefully excised.
The great park at Saint Cloud,
bombardment in 1871, has been turned
into a pasture by the military authori-
ties, and 10000 Or 10000 cattle and
sheep are to Craze in the historic
grounds.
To meet the situation arising from
the scarcity of small change the Lyons
Chamber of Commerce is about to is
sue two million paper notes of the
value of one franc go cents each.
BY agreement with the Bank of France
these one-franc notes may be eXchang-
ed against notes of larger denomina-
lions. u
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-24
GOVERNMENT TELLS HOW
TO MAKE CATTLE DIP
BULLETIN NOW READY USEFUL
FOR FARMERS IN THIS
SECTION.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 4.-The U.
S. Department of Agriculture has just
issued a 16-page Farmers Bulletin
mo. 6O3) on methods of preparation
and directions for the use of arsenical
cattle dips. These are the dips which
are effective against the Texas fever
tick.
The bulletin gives farmers and
stock raisers explicit practical direc-
lions for the making and use of boiled
and self-boiled dips. The measures
prescribed for the state handling of
these poisonous substances should be
read attentively by every farmer who
wishes to dip his own cattle.
The bulletin will be sent free to
anyone who will send a postcard to
the Editor and Chief, Division of Pub
locations, U. s. Department of Agricul.
ture.