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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
The Boil Weevil Problem

B. L. Moss, managing editor of the Progressive Farmer, published in Bir- mingham, has recently issued little book upon the boil weevil problem which is full of interest and informa- tion for the southern planter.
 Treating the subject in an exhaus- tive manner Mir. Moss shows that the boil weevil was first discovered in 1843 in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, Mex, and that owing to it's ravages the raising of cotton in Mexico was practically abandoned three years later.
 In 1871 the pest was authentically reported as existing in Cuba, and in 1892 it entered the United States from Mexico, first appearing at Browns vile, Tex. It crossed upon the bridge built in that locality, bridge the construction of which brought inesti- mable loss to the farmer, bankruptcy to many business men and stagnation to towns and cities. In the Brownsville neighborhood it fingered for few years when it began it's march of de- vastation eastward and in the last decade its progress has covered 498 miles, or an annual movement approx mating 50 miles.
 As the weevil is impelled to migra- tiNn hunger it moves more rapidly
 sparsely planted with cot
 \one year in an area of
 \issippi it covered 12O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27

Gentlemen filled to the bursting point with political schemes are frequent call CTS at Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27

When Colonel Roosevelt starts on the trail of Boies Penrose we may reasonably expect some fur to fly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
ACCOMMODATING.

ACCOMMODATING. Attorney tduring triaD: MT. Bailin. bring me the 3sd Ala Reports Bailiff u0 minutes 1ater): Cant find the ssd; here's the s4th-won't that be near enough?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
A REFLECTION.

He: That man has the most polished manners I ever saw.p
 She: Indeed" He: "Yes, he's window cleaners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
RADIUM AS A BEVERAGE

William of Wied is finding the king business anything but a lark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
SOME GORILLAS.

 An endless gorilla warfare was going on then in those islands as there is today in Mexico. As a nation we are too great, too Christian, to sit by and see thousands of human being annually killed in this gorilla warfare and not use our best efforts to stop it.-Ashtabua, O.. Beacon. Endless gorilla" is correct; that bea st has no caudal appendage.
 EXPLANATIONS.
 Gro C. F. M We've turned our thoughts awhile aside from things poetic To try another little game, game ath- letic. Our gyms the busy street not in some ancient attic; Making ends meet is our stunt: our duns are so emphatic.
 R. A. L. To make ends meet is rather hard To it we hate to stoop; But Robert, dear. suppose you try Beef tongue and ox-tal soup still there is another way: Who wins deserves wreath: To make ends meet just try to hold Your toes between your teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
MEANINGLESS.

MEANINGLESS. Hollow the pretty words they pore How punk the fusome chatl Often yer kicked clean out the door, Tho Welcome marks the mat
 Philadelphia Telegraph. And then again the wife oft hurs Tea pot at hubby's dome And breaks the motto on the wall Which reads God Bless Our Home.
 -C. F. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
HAS WHEELS.

Teacher: Tommy. what is dachs. hund?''
 Tommy: "A little dog that rolls around with caster on each corner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27

dier, sportsman and writer. would come to his support as political leader and swing their section for him for President. On the score of personality he had the call in their hearts over MT. Wilson.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
REDUCED RATES
 ID GOOD ROADS MEET
ALL RAILROADS WILL AID AT TENDANCE AT THE OZARK
 TRAILS CONVENTION.

Tulsa. Okla. May 1G.- Special re- duccd rates have been granted by the railroads operating on Missouri Kan .as, Oklahoma and Arkansas, for the Ozark Trails good roads convention ta bc entertained in Tulsa May 20 and .2I
 The rates apply to al roads inter tested in the territory and each has individually authorized aa open rate .of two cents a mile in each direction fer the round trip to Tulsa. The tickets will he on sale May 25 and 26. and will be good for return {. origin al starting point as late as midnight May 29
 With automobile parties being p.aa, nod in many cities in the four states, and the special railroad rate granted throughout this territory, the largest attendance ever registered at goot roads convention west ot the Msais- sippi river expected at the big Tulsa eatherin
 The special rate enables those in. torcsted in good roads to attend the Tulsa convention at nominal cost,
 and many residents of Kansas, Mis- souri aad Arkansas, who nave never boon in Oklahoma have signifed
 heir intentions of visiting the state ou the occasion of this convention.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16

chandise which would afford them a sa1 ing in price, and enable them to secure different lines iaom special displays and at special prices.
 1t would be a vastly better business policy for inc competing merchant to make money himself than to e1dcavor 10 keep both himself and his com petiror from making money
 The merchant who ondeavors to profit by his competitors advertising usually fails to reap the benefit he seeks. He could easily, by inaugural
 ing special sale himself, and by properly advertising it, make the two sales, in different lines, direct busi- .uess gattor for both by increasing inc .uumlor of shoppers ana offering greater variety of articles for sale.
 The promotion of special sales oH tha same day if in different lines. won d create a sort cf a market day in which the public would be induced 70 buy more heavily and even though baIf q dozen different lines were spe Iciaized on tho same day, the result would be to create a bigger and better business for all.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
TO
 TRANSPORT TROOPS
SIX TRANSPORTS NOW READY AT GALVESTON TO CARRY THE
 TROOPS TO VERA CRUZ.

Galveston. Texas, May 15. Six army transports lay alongside tho government piers tonight in readiness to carry troops. horses and supplies to Vera Cruz EmbarEoton officers said that five hours after an order to sail had been received the transp rts will be loaded with soldiers headed scaward toward Mexico
 Within the last four days the quar- teymaster's department has converted the steamship Denver into troop ship capable of carrying 14o0 mcn. Stands have been erected between decks kitchen and refrigerators in- sta led and the forward hold loaded with army supplies The Denver was ready tonight to take on soldiers The Col rado is now floating stable Stalls have been placed throughout the ship and hay and feed has been loaded into the hold The Colorado can transport a50 horses
 Word was received tonight tat tho government udd CHdIitItu llit il-hi CT Ilansan, which is due here from ports in the West Indies She vii be made over into a stable ship with d capacity goo Ior-
 The regular army transports Meade Sumner and Fitzpatrick are already loaded with coal provisions for yoy- age and supplies for the troops al- ready in Vera Cruz Three newly chartered transports are eNpecte l here from New York some time ue&, week.
 That the army is preparing itself for a possible campaien throu2h the Mexican mountain passes. where thr uiaAts are cold was indicated this afternoon when hundreds of boxes a,aiuiug hoodlces oyercoats were
 nlcadcd from freight cars to the gov crument piers They will he sent to Mexico if move is made toward Mexico City.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
ORIGINALITY IN
 STORE ADVERTISING
TOO MANY MERCHANTS EN- DEAVOR TO FOLLOW LEAD OF
 THEIR COMPETITORS.

In this day of advanced business methods the buying public have Ions since learned that the market index lis to be found in the newspaper adyer .tscmouts This class of adycrtisiaa .talks direct to the buyer talks W terms of price. quality and date of .sae, along some special line where tho merchant has made a lucky nur chase of eoasmablo goods, or has ether reasons for inau2uuting spe cial sale t supply thc trade iu needed articles at am attractive price concos- sion
 Too often f. Is the policy of com- peutors when some mercbalt has iu auematcd an attractive sale by spo cial adyerti-int moaus to follow on the same date with a similar line at prices which are dosieuod either to attract attention Co his sa c or to de. tract from his competitors special of foring
 AS a rule the man who has iuausU- rated the sale and spent his money in .adyertisue it liberally is the man who does the business on "speeiW salc" days. but often the follow moth .ods Of competitors cut into the volume of business, at tho same time result ing in but litte, if any, gain for t1c merchant who eudeayors to take ad- vantage of the interest created in the lines offered for sal8
 To the buying public this fact pre- sents itself The merchant who iu- aueurated the sale, usually adyertiscs and sells just one article of merchan. disc. He has created a buying 1ter- est with the public and as a rule there is rush of shoppers to secure the bargains offered The buyer wou q much rather see the competing store offer another line Of scasonable mcr
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16

For expert kodst finisnlng. 8orr"lip Drug Cc. kt-tf
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SentineI-Record Want Ads Gets suits.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
WARNING ORDER.

In the Garland Chancery Court Ernest c Miller. C. \. RiN, as Trus
 tee Plaintiffs.
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AMERICAN EAGLE The Noted Registered
 Saddle Horse.

No. 2o5t, formerly belonging to Roy Levi, will make the season of 1911 at Howell IIu Stock Farm. 1-2 mils from end of Oadawn ear line on IHe- don Ferry road. Phone No 120 This stallion is a handsome ma hogany brown, is years old. lG hands high and weighs ll50 pounds. He was exhibited 10 times in Ken lucky show ring and carried away 9 blue ribbons.
 FEE $15.00 TO INSURE LIVING
 FOAL.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
NIRn-THE TAILOR.

He wln make your suit, do yoB cleaning and pressing. 12J Central Phone SSS. 10-7-t'
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GET IT AT HALLS.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
TRUNKS AT HALLS.
AReENTA RAILWAY SOLD.
Purchasers Will Build lnterurban Line
 to Pine Bluff

to Pine Bluff.
 Little Rock, May l5-United States Senator James P. Clark today sold the Areenta street railway, Of which he has been sole owner. to the syndi. cate of eastern capitalists who pro. pose te build aa interurban line be- tween Little Rock and Pine Bluff The price was not made public.
 Coburn C. Kavanaugh of Little Rock was elected president of the re. organized Argenta Street Railway company; F. w. Jackson of New York, vice president, and W. A. Can trel of Little Rock, secretary-treas- arer. The new owners plan to con meet the Argenta system with the sys- tenn of the Little Rock Traction ccm- pauy a tonce
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
STORAGE

When you want to store housshola goods, or crate, pack of ship furniture
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16

R c. Morris Drug Co.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16
Takes Off FrecExles,
 Removes Tan.

Bcau'ifyy7ur cornplczion. Get rid of those frccbles. You can invest soc in 8 jar of Wll- SONS FRFCElE CREAM and they'n disappear Severe eases may rcquirc two jars no more We pasitivcly guar autee this aud # your com- pletiau !sn't fully rcsto-cl.o
The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-16

its natural bcautet ue agree @ rcfar1 yonr money v.h9.t argument AnI fu aiitt.-4 WILSON'S lftCl,IE lhTNsI r. a are. irg gran. tgtlet cream. D1lMft a4ua Lff t4 grow and daes positively real4t. E- TKtCkIrs. 1r rl at .rr ial pr sgs sent by mau if arAfD3 Namarih lrs e#l. VT SON $ PAIR SKIN -llp .r Af.ot lr.eh'r trsaa t., ta4t.satlH. s. .N.. m4.tr. toi sale ug
 E c. Morris Drug Co.
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''' AMNl.LNI

Agaiast
 Wm F. sheets, ct al. Defendants The defendants Wm. r. Sheets. Ol ic Sheets, Fred Miller Brewing Co. N n Sachs, C. Sachs and $. Haas, ratuers dciuS business under the lirm name of D. Sachs X Sons. <. J. Land x Son partners; Frieberg X Kahn, partners, Old Gtaudad Di5tili- ing Co.,, Bcrnheim X G., are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs
 Given under my hand and seal of said court on this 10th day of May 1914.
 A. G. SUILENBERGER. (SeaD Clerk. JAS. $. MCCONNELL,
 Attorney ad Litem.
 5-1G-5w Dr. R. A. Simpson. office ground floor Arkansas National Bank Build ing. t1-9.tt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
RULES. FOR THE CONSERVATIVE
New Jersey Board Of Health In laud-
( able Endeavor to Prevent Spread
OF Tuberculosis. n II 4iS

~ "a l.f
Acting under. a law Of 1912, the New
Jersey state board Of health has issued
the following rules. which are to be
followed by all consumptives in that
state: I. g:5
All persons suffering from pull,
monary tuberculosis (consumption)
shall effectively destroy their sputum
(spit) H 4 s
O. ALE persons suffering from rum
ming sores due to any form of tuber-j
,culosis shall burn all soiled dressings
after removal. MI
# 8. The room occupied by a tubercu-
losis patient shall have at least one
outside window. n &
No person suffering from pulmo-
nary or other communicable form Of
tuberculosis shall handle food designed
for the use OF others except when nee
essary in the performance Of house
hold duties, unless the food be
wrapped in such way as to protect
1T from contamination or unless some
necessary subsequent process Of prep
aration such as cooking will sterilize.
5. The manufacturing of any kind
of goods for commercial purposes or
the performance Of any work known
as shop work" in the home OF any
person suffering from pulmonary or
other communicable form OF tubercu-
!losis. is prohibited, unless the product
is such as can be sterilized, and un-t
less sterilization is done in strict &C
cordance with the requirements Of the
local board Of health. NJ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
Bushman's Clever Strategy Saved Him
From Becoming a Meal for Prowl-
Is a& Ing Lion. gsu

The little Bushman Of South Africa
Ii not only small in size, but to the
Europeon he appears feeble In mind.
Yet there is the story of an encounter
between Bushman and lion which,
according to q correspondent Of Har-
4per's Weekly, shows a man cool in
danger and fertile in resource.
The Bushman. who was a long way
from home, met a lion. The animal.
sure that he had his victim complete
IL in his power. began to sport with
him with feline playfulness that the
little Bushman failed to appreciate.
The lion would appear at point in
the road, and leap back again into the
Jungle, to reappear little farther on.
The Bushman did not lose his pres
ence OF mind, and presently hit upon
a way to outwit his foe. Aware that
the beast was ahead Of him, the Bush
man lodged into the jungle to the
right, and quietly awaited the next
move. When the lion discovered that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
GREAT. MEN MERELY HUMAN
We Are All Too Apt to Forget Those
Traits Which Link Them with
Il IA I. Their Fellows. 33 H

In spite Of the saying that no man
is a hero to his own valet. Napoleon'As
man servant has given us reveren-
tial account Of his master from his
own point OF view. and now, simullttas TIA
neously, there appear a life Of King
Edward by his chauffeur and book
about Cecil Rhodes by one Of his sew.
en- private secretaries. King Edward
was not a history maker in the &C
cepted sense of the words, but Is q
fpeacemaker, and the story OF his life
Is anecdotal rather than epic. That
even kings are not exempt from en- IN
CINE trouble and tire trouble and the
rest Of the Ills that flesh is heir to
is seen in his chautfeur's description.
e Here we have Cecil Rhodes as he
was In life-in fatigue uniform, as It
were. When they told him that the
Dutch in Africa were salt OF the earth,
he remarked: I'D like to know
where come I'M" He was not un-i
mindful Of his own merits. Creative
genius, that's what I've got" he would
say. tits great thing to have,
But he was not Of the number Of
those who do not recognize an ind
nitely higher power than their own
Let q man be a Mohammedan, let
him be a Christian, or what you will;
let him call himself what he likes. but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
FEELS FOR WOES OF OTHERS
Man Of BrotherIy Instinct Is Not Pre-
~ pared to Admit, However, That
,sSs45 he Is q PessImist. % b T. i,l e

It is constantly said tome: Count,
your blessings! Look on the bright
side; you are, not blind or a cripple;
you have your speech and memory.
On cold days you have warm clothes.
the loaf is on the table and the fire
is burning on the hearth. And the
material prosperity will continue to-
morrow and probably through all the
tomorrows of your mortal life. And
then there are the dear ones and the
friends who love you. 81. ...l 81. s55l5
This Is all true; but stepping on
the porch for a minute, l see poor
old horse standing hitched to a laun.
dry sleigh. He is shivering and un-S
blanketed At this moment there
comes a little boy, not too warmly
clad, who wants me to buy a loaf OF
brown bread. His mother Is widow
and does ''home- baktng" and tries in
this way to keep her family together.
And then have learned that even
in this so.called prosperous city there:
are q large number Of people out Of
work who rely upon their daily wages
to keep the loaf on the table.
III Now If the shadow falls across my
heart. am / q pessimist? Does It
make my loaf taste sweeter that my
neighbor has none? Can l be thank
full for my breakfast when so many
of my brothers and sisters, far bet
ter than I in every sense, do not know
where their next breakfast is coming
from? axlS "A. y q h tt s.5.t Il.
Should ! not look these sad facts
In the face? To recognize these pitt
able conditions does not make me less.
strenuous for human emancipation
James G.. Townsend in Sunday School
Times. II isf n ii vi NJ i7}!. N
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06

then to their children, and 80 on and
on. Why. think Of what you're sell
ing!" 57..t Il e. q. I, Z. ( = s
He was a little dazed, but. still, he
surely needed money. II don't see
where there's any sentiment connect
ed with the thing
p "You don't!" She gazed at him, as
tonished, and rose and stood beside
the table, looking down at him.
Would you ruin the town in which
you were born? Why. your grand
father was the founder of this town,
Mr.. Jones'! Would you see seven hun
dred men and boys turned out of their
employment? Would you see the very
bread and butter taken from the
mouths of families?"
8 He felt he must defend himself, ex-
plain himself. ''Well, that's not my
fault. I'm awfully sorry, but can't
help it. don't see how can help it"
Her voice was deep and sorrowful,
reproachful, warning. pleading. stir
ring. "I'd give 1t very serious thought
il were you. Mr.. Jones'" Then the
timbre OF enthusiasm crept into her
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
CHIEF CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM Il
Scientist Asserts That to Catarrh Palm.
fuI }Aff,Ictlon May BE Most Ere
quentIy Traced. "a.

According to Prof. Menzer there Is
only one cause for rheumatism Of the
joint, whether this be acute, sub
acute or chronic, and this is q bacte-
rial infection Of the upper air pas
sages-in other words. catarrh. This
infection may be acute or may be the
exacerbation of a latent infection. It
may be seated in the nose, the ear,
the tonsils, bronchial glands, etc. It
leads to a progressive weakening Of
the system. which takes different form
in different individuals, such as ane-
mia, headache. tendency to perspire.
palpitation OF the heart, frequent an
%ginas and catarrhs in the head. In
these latent foci Of infection are found
the bacteria Of pneumonia, purulence
and often OF tuberculosis. 5.s IA
1t is generally the powerful man who
is seized with an acute attack OF rheu-
matism; weak, anemic persons Il de-
5velop it In a form that lies between
the acute and the chronic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
WHEN POTATOES WERE NEW
Ignorance Of French Cook Came Very
Near Putting Them Out Of Conn
@a mission AZ an Edible.

In France, arrangements are being
made for the celebration Of the one
hundredth anniversary Of the death Of
Parmentier, whose name is INSOFAR
ably associated with the introduction
of potatoes as popular comestible.
Louis XVI. promised to help him to
launch them by giving banquet at
which they were to be served as an
attractive novelty; but the royal cook
unfortunately misunderstood the In
structions given to him. Instead of
boiling the tubercles, he cooked the
leaves as kind of cabbage. The
courtiers, after trying every imagin-
able sort of condiment with the prepa-
ration, pronounced the dish detestable,
and declared that no persuasion would
induce them ever to taste 1t again
Inquiry. however, detected the error
which had been made, and a second
experiment brought the new delicacy
into high favor. # -
Do many remember that Mr.. Dahl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
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SYNOPSIS.

jackson Jones. nicknamed broadway"
because OF his continual Qualification Of
New York's great <thoroughfare.@ Is anX-
ious to get away from his home town Of
Jonesville.f Abner$ Jones, his uncle, Is
very angry because Broadway refuses to
settle down and take q place In the gum
factory in w hich he succeeded q to his
father's, interest Judgs &C. 81 In n,
fGs s aRee g lefs h%
makes record time In heading for his
4faYorite street In New 7 rk: RI With shls
New York friend Robert Wallace Broad
way creates "a Sensation by his extrava-
gance on the w ite;i ~ ay.! Four years
pass and fBroadway Y suddenly discovers
that he Is not only broke. but heavily In
debt. He app iesY to &his$ uncle for loan
with the advice to chew itEand forget his
troubles. He quietly seeks work without
success, Broadway gives what I, Is I, In
tended to be q farewell supper to his New
York friends. and fore it is over be-
comes engaged to- Mrs. Gerard. an an
Gent widow. althy and very E1ddy.
Wallace expos tulates with the q ged tiirt
and her yout hful fiance. but falls to bet
\ ter the situation He learns that Broad
with his fathers advertising firm. but u
4 Is declined. Wallace takes charge q OF
EBroadway,s Affairs Broadway receives
astelegram announcing the death OF his
Uncle Abner in Europe. Broadway IS MS
sole heir Peter Penn broke of the Con-
4 solldated Chewing Gum company offers
Broadway 81. 2oO. 900 for: his gum plant ami
the affair in hand and insists that Broad
way hold of for g bigger price and PUSHES
\ him Ito Jonesyi1le, . to consult Judge Spots
wood. who was Uncle Abner's attorney
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-06
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{ PLACING the Blame.

SSg Congressman Jacob "A. Canter OF
New York smiled when the topic
turned to the servant girl. He said
he was reminded Of an incident that
happened in the home Of Smith, who
lives up around Syracuse. In the.
kitchen Of that home there Is a sery-i
ant girl named Norah. When the
earthquake tickled its way through
Syracuse week 4 or SO ago, Mrs.
Smith was reclining in the sitting
room on the second floor, /, & &
Hearing glass breaking, furniture
rocking and crockeryware cracking.
she sprang to her feet and fastened
to the head Of the stair
Il /. "Norah! Norah!' exclaimed Il tie
good woman in an anxious voice.
What in the world are you doing
now Pr ehoboth Sunday Herald. ~