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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
q Slioht Difference.

First Father-"What? Your son is
an undertaken? Why, | thought you
said he was a Doctor" Second Pater
nal Relative-"No; l said that he fol
lowed the medical profession. "-Har-
ward Lampoon.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
WORSE Than DEATH
Epilepsy Follows Certain Injuries
to Head.
Blow That Causes Inconsistencies
for Long Intervals Practically De-
fies the Best of Surgical Skill,
Says Famous Doctor.

81 have often said that had rather
die than receive a blow sufficiently
severe to render me unconscious for
considerable period of time" said
DR.. John b. Murphy during an opera
tion on the head of a young man who
had been suffering from epileptic fits,
which came on three years after he
had been struck on the head by base
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Cows Were Intoxicated

On report that nine cows in Col
chester, Conn, were infected with the
hoof-and-mouth disease. a veterinarian
was sent Immediately to investigate.
After examining the cows the vet.
erinarian reported that they we're
merely intoxicated A probable ex-
PLANTATION for their condition was that
they had eaten too many apples.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Wreaths for the Vlctors.

In classic times successful warriors
athletes, poets and singers we're some
times crowned with bay. 1t is some
times written that they were crowned
with myrtle wreaths These leaves
came from tree which botanists call
Taurus nobilis.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Miniature Cattle.

The smallest cows in the world are
found in the Samoan islands. The
average weight does not exceed $50
pounds, while the bulls weigh about
200 pounds. They are about the size
of Merino sheep.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Out for the Dollars.

Il hear Rev. MIR. Sharpe intends to
resign from the ministry Yes. He
says there is no money in marrying
people. so he intends to practice law
and divorce them"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Kiiometer.

A kilometer is a length of 1000 me-
tiers, equal to $3.50 feet, or 0.621 of
mile. The kilometer is the chief unit
for long distances in the metric sys.
tenn of measurement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Letter to
Or. kilmer & Co.,
Binghsmton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp Root viii Do For You

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper. Regular
fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

much better than L
did when the doctor
was treating me. l
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
at all now and I sleep
well. / cannot say
enough for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
Liver Pills as they
have done so much
for me. l am enjoy
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, watery
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eve
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
you CAN CURE THAT eAckAcHE

ache and general langour. Get a pack
age of MOTHER GRAY'S AROMATIC
LEAF, the pleasant root and herb cure
for all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary
troubles. MOTHER GRAY'S AROMATIC
LEAF is sold by all Druggists or sent by
mail for soc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. The Mother Gray Co., LIE Roy N. Y.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Worse Than Work

After a man has loafed awhile, ="
said Uncle Eben, he generally de-
cides dat he'd rather go to work dan
be so lonesome"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
Guide for Daily Life.

know what you want to do, hold
the thought firmly, and do every day
what should be done, and every sun
set will see you that much nearer the
goal"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

Constipation causes and aggravates
many serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The favorable family laxative.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

Howard e. Burton, Assayer and Chemist,
LesdviIie, Colorado. Specimen prices: Gold
Silver Lead $1.o0; Gold. Silver. 75c; Gold Soc;
Zinc or Copper. $1.00. Mailing envelopes and full
price list sent on application Control and Umpire
work solicited. Reference: Carbonate National
Bank.-Advt.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
TYPEWRITERS

All makes of typewriters old.lrented and re-
paired. Smith Premier. $40. New and secondhand
Stearns Visibles. Country orders solicited. The
Typewritorium. 225 Montgomery St., San Francisco
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

When Writing Advertisers Please Mention
This Paper
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
What $40 DID
FOR this WOMAN
The Price She Paid for Lydia
E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com
pound Which Brought
Good Health.

Danville, Va.-"I have only spent ten
dollars on your medicine and l feel SO
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
PATENT ATTORNEYS

PATENTS that protect secured through
PACIFIC COAST PATENT AGENCY, Inc,
Saving and Loan Building. Stockton. California.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20

This new observation ladder with a
steel shield is used in connection with
the famous 75-millimeter gun batteries
of the French army.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-03-20
lVWX'3IIIdITCl1

"a Mr.. Andor Kiss, No. 318
- Clinton Place, Kansas City,
Mo-, writes: 'T cannot
thank you enough for being cured.
For seven long years doctored
steadily for my catarrh and cough,
which cost me hundreds of dol
lars. But my catarrh grew worse
all the time. Even though 1 was
under the treatment of some Of
the most famous doctors, I still
had terrible cough and thought
n sometimes that I would choke.
could get no air. 1 then
p bought a bottle of Peruna, and
that evening and all night my
wife gave it to me according
81 to the directions, and I felt bet
ter the following day already.
Three days later felt much i'm
N proved, and today, after the use
h. of the fourth bottle, feel en-
M tirely cured. I can conscien-
tiously recommend this grand
medicine to every citizen"
A Good Cough Tablet.
There are people who object
to taking fluid medicines. For
such people the Peruna Tablets
are especially valuable. They
are convenient to carry in the
pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT
 A POUND A DAY

Thin men and women who would like to increase their weight with 10 or ID pounds of healthy "stay there" fat should try eating a little Sargol With their meals for a while and note results. Here is a good test worth trying. First weigh yourself and measure yourself. Then take sargol-one tablet with weigh and measure again. It isn't question of how you look or feel or what your friends say and think. The scales and the tape measure will tell their own story, and most any thin man or woman can easily add from five to eight pounds in the first fourteen days by following this simple direction. And best of all, the new flesh stays put.
 Sargol does not of itself make fat, but mixing with your food, 1t turns the fats. sugars and starches of what you have nourishment for the tissues and blood prepares it in an easily assimilated form which the blood can readily ac- cept All this nourishment now passee from your body as waste. But Sargol stops the waste and does 1t quickly and makes the fat producing contents of the very same meals you are eating now develop pounds and pounds of healthy flesh between your skin and bones. Expensive. Averyt's Chain of Drug Ensley Store, Averyt's: North Birming- ham Store, Madison Pharmacy: Pratt City Store, Phillips Patterson Drug Co.,. ; M. Q. Dept. 1o9 N. 20th St.. and other leading druggise in Birmingham and vicinity sell 1t in large boxes-forty tab let's to . package-on guarantee of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
Cold Storage Pldnt
 Will Cost OUer $75,OOO
Birmingham Ice Factory Erect Story Plant Avenue and Twenty second Street-Work Will Be Started I'm
 mediately Says Rushton, in Announcing Plant

At cost of between s55.0oo and sSooo0 the Birmingham Ice factory will erect on the northwest corner of Avenue b and Twenty-second street cold storage plant. An announcement to this effect was given to The Age-Herald yesterday afternoon by J. Frank Rushton of that company. He said that the plant would occupy plot 6S by 120 feet and would be located opposite the plant now operated by the Birmingham Ice factory.
 The plant will be constructed of brick, reinforced concrete and steel, and will be in every degree modern. It will, it is stated. take care of the storage wants of this city in the way of fruits, foods and other perishable commodities The warehouse will be five stories high.
 MT. Rushton said that the place at Ely ton, which has been used as a cold stor- age plant. was oriignally simply for an ice factory, but that the necessity for a cold storage plant impressed itself upon the company and it was being used for that purpose for a time. He added that the plant in Birmingham, which will have every railroad facility and which will be designed by cold storage experts of Chi cago. will be in. reality a cold storage plant, which wilH fill all the immediate wants of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
SHOW NEW METHOD .OF PRESSING COTTON
Standard" Pressed Bales Are Much Smaller and
 Better Wrapped

A very large crowd yesterday afternoon witnessed the demonstration of the work ings of a process known as the stand ard" for pressing cotton into bales. It was held at I.oveman, Joseph & Boeb's by the Warrant Warehouse company. Several bales of cotton, made by various types of compressors, were shown and the difference between the Standard" and other makes pointed out.
 The bale compressed by the process used by the Warrant Warehouse has 4o0-ton pressure on all sides of the bale, making it about 50 per cent smaller than the bale as it comes from the ginnery. The standard compressed bale Is 50 per cent as large as bales compressed in the old style machines. which have a pres sure of 25o0 tons. The difference in the size of the bales which have smaller pres sure. and those compressed in the old fashioned method Is caused by the fact that the newer method of compressing covers the entire bale. while the former method does not touch the ends.
 It was pointed out that loo bales of the standard compressed cotton could be placed In s6-foot railroad car. while only about 66 bales of old-style com pressed cotton could be accommodated.
 The wrapping of the standard com pressed bale is of cotton cloth and covers the entire bale The old-fashoned cover ing Is of Jute, foreign manufactured, and does not cover the bale at the ends, causing loss from cotton dropping out. The old covering, not being adequate, makes cotton highly inflammable in the bale. The new covering protects all sides of the bale and cigarette butt thrown in carload of cotton covered in this manner would cause little harm.
 The Warrant Warehouse company has only one machine and it is in operation at Mobile Seven worlSmen are required to operate it, while II men are necessary for the operation of the old-style ma chine. The cost per bale of cotton is the same, however. as the new machine turns out one bale a minute while the o.d-style compressor worked even faster than this.
 Many railroad men were present at the demonstration and seemed highly pleased with the appearance of the bale com pressed under the standard process. They believe it will make it more convenient for railroads to handle the cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

We intend to build plant which will cost between s75,oo and sS0.0Oo' said MT. Rushton yesterday. We have a half block at Avenue E and Twenty-second street. We propose to utilize eS feet by 120 feet for the cold storage plant. It will be five stories high and will be equipped with every modern detail in cold storage operations
 We will have the usual cork storage rooms and the other necessary equipment to enable the plant to give efficient serv- ice. The plant will be started within the next few weeks. In fact, we propose to break ground in less than three weeks unless something unforeseen occurs. The design for the plant Is being drawn in Chicago by one of the leading firms of that city specializing on cold storage propositions.
 ''The company has for some time in- tended to erect a modern cold storage plant here for fruits, vegetables, furs and other articles that demand cold storage. We have been using the ice plant at Ely ton for this purpose, but the demand has outgrown our expectations and we have determined to erect 8 new plant.
 Birmingham. we realize, is growing very rapidly and the demand for such a plant as we contemplate will be greater from time to time. In addition to this We believe that at this time 1t is not inappro- priate to commence the construction of whatever a person or firm has in mind.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

In these days of keen business compe- tition one has been led to be believe that the lot of the travelling salesman is hard one. Everyone has heard countless stories of the trials and tribulations of the knights of the grip in their efforts to secure an order. We hear of them being recalled while on the road because of a lack or insufficiency of orders.
 While this may be true in many in- stances, yet we believe that the salesman representing a commodity of merit and one that has been properly advertised. has bigger "cinch' than has the aver age office holder whose clerks do all the work while he cops the perquisites This deduction is not a mere guess but based on our actual experience.
 On yesterday morning we accompanied 'the dainty little drummer girl, who sells the tissue building Ham Biscuit" on her tour of the several grocery stores to take orders for the above commodity. We never saw an easier proposition in our "short" life. Our mission was to intro duce the little lady to the prospective buyer, but we found it was not neces- sary for she had been already introduced through the advertising columns of The Age-Herald and the buyers aforesaid greeted the lady drummer like we'll known acquaintance.
 Not only that. but before she could present the merit of her wares the pros pective buyer would say: "Yes, I know what you have got; have had num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
JURY UNCONV|NCED BY COP|OUS TEARS Murray Lane Found Guilty of Picking Pockets in
 Criminal Court

What is said to be the first conviction for the offense of picking pockets in a number of years was had yesterday aft ernoon in the criminal court when the jury in the case of Murray Lane. young white man said to be from New York, returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment and fixed the value of the property stolen at s25. The. case was tried before Judge W. E. Fort. the de- fendant being accused of picking the pocket of a passenger on a South High lands street car about two months ago, and was said to have been operating with confederates. His bond was set at S2500.
 The defendant took the stand iR his own behalf and denied the theft, and claimed he was not present when the rob bery occurred. He wept copiously as he gave his evidence, stating he was a stranger in strange land and at the mercy of the courts. Asked as to his business in Birmingham he stated that he had come to the city to promote a boxing contest. having just pulled off a contest in New Orleans.
 Walter Brewer, assistant solicitor, made a strong appeal to the jury for convic- ton, stating that the evidence against the defendant admitted no doubt as to his guilt, and that his conviction would serve as a warning to the light-tingered fraternity to steer clear of this com munity
 The jury was out only a few minutes when the above verdict was returned. The offense under the finding of the jury constitutes grand larceny, and is punish- able by a sentence of from one, to 10 years in the pententiary. It is under stood his attorneys, Felix Blackburn and Robert Montgomery, will make. a motion for a new trial tomorrow before re is sentenced by Judge Fort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
STORES WILL CLOSE
 ON OPENING DAY
Committees Working for Record Crowd at Rick
 wood Very Successful

Indications arc that practically every place of business in the city will be closed on tho afternoon of April ii, which Is the date of the opening of the baseball sea son and the time at which the cities of the Southern league will compete for the annual attendance trophy offered by the president of the league
 subcommittees of the campaign com mittee for the opening day, which is made up of representatives of all the civic bodies. yesterday started to work and re- ports are that fully % per cent of every body seen has agreed to close up on this afternoon and permit their employees to go to the ball game. The city commits sioners have declared the afternoon legal holiday.
 Crawford Johnson, chairman of the com mttee to see the industrial corporations. yesterday reported the following com panies who have agreed to close:
 Empire Fuel company.
 Alabama Fuel and Iron company.
 Maryland Coal company.
 Brown Bros. X Co.
 Shook & Fletcher.
 Dunn X Balande Bros.
 Birmingham Paving company.
 Steel City Chemical company.
 Birmingham Fertilizer company.
 Jefferson Powder company
 Southern Asphalt company.
 F'ies & Son.
 Ressemer Coal, Iron and Land company. Montevallo Mining company
 Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement company. Pratt Consolidated Coal company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
PARTIAL REPORT
 BY GRAND JURY Fifty True Bills Returned. Docket Cleared of All
 Cases

Returning about 50 true bills and stat ing that the docket was cleared, the grand jury for the April term made partial report before Judge w. E. Fort, senior judge of the criminal court, yesterday and asked to go into recess until April 19. None of the indictments were made pub lie yesterday. >
 Judge Fort declared the grand jury In recess until the above date and suggested that after it had expired the jurors re- turn to their duties like Alexander Of old seeking new worlds to conquer" He thanked them on behalf of the judges Of the court for their prompt service.
 The grand jury was organized last Mon day by Judge H. P. Heflin, and has been in session less than four days, during which time it has investigated over 70 cases and returned indictments in 51.
 Quite a number of cases were disposed of yesterday in the divisions of the crim- inal court presided over by Judge H. P. Heflin and Judge John IT. Miller, and many convictions were had. The jury in the case of Mart Mason, Jenkins Snid- CT, Oscar Westbrooke, T. II. Matthews Tom Meek and John Snider, charged with grand larceny, returned a verdict of not guilty They were charged with stealing goats John Henderson and Cecil Hand were convicted of assault with intent to murder. Joe Roberts was convicted or burglary and grand larceny. Willie Per- kins was convicted of grand larceny. A. w. Washington plead guilty to charge of assault and battery with weapon and Will Spencer plead guilty to grand larceny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
MRS. MATHIS WORKS 0N EXTENSIVE PLANS
After Four Crop Experts to Conduct FOllOw-Up
 Work

A plan by which four crop diversified tion and agricultural experts will con duct throughout the state the follow-up work of the recent crop diversification campaign is being worked out by Mrs. s. H. Mathis. president of the recently organized Alabama Diversified Farming association.
 The state is to be divided into three divisions according to the present plan, the units of which will be the diversified farming associations already organized at Mobile for the southern counties. Mont gomery for the central counties and Br- mingham for the northern counties.
 Each one of these divisions will have at it's disposal a farm expert who will give all of his time to work among the farmers and the three will be under the supervision of fourth and head man who will direct the work throughout the state and who will pass from the one di- vision to the other.
 These men are to be employed by a fund to be raised by the large land own CTS, bankers and industrial corporations of the state, including the railroads. They are not to be in politics or have any con- nection with the state officially. Letters have now been sent out to the men from whom the money to carry on this work is looked for and Mrs. Mathis stated yesterday she believed it would be 2 tremendous success.
 What we need in Alabama is immigra- tion she said but before we can get immigration we must learn to feed our selves and to do that we must get rid Of the cattle tick, the one-crop system, the boil weevil and similar enemies. lmmi- grants will never come to section where the people who are already there cannot feed themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
The Edible Par Excellence
Drummer Girl Overwhelmed With Orders the Ham Biscuit Proves the Most Popular Article of Its Kind on the
 Market-Experiences of Assistant Drummer
By CHARLES H. MANDY

Der of calls for the Ham Biscuit al- ready. What are your terms and prices?' and before we got a chance to show our elegant advertising scheme, which was our part of the transaction. the sale was entered up on the notebook already crowded with orders. It did not take long to convince us that we were about as much use, so far as making sales were concerned, as the fifth wheel of a wagon and our only duties were to help the lady in and out of her conveyance
 Yes, sir, you can gamble it, that the life of a drummer selling goods of unquestioned merit and widely adver- tised in the columns of The Herald has an easier time making sales than has a pretty girl at a bazar selling kisses at a dollar per osculation.
 Speaking of Ham Biscuits, have you tried one? If not, you have something to live for. It Is the biscuit par ex- cellence, the alpha and omega, the very last word in commodities of it's kind Despite the saying that there is nothing new under the sun. the promoters of Ham Biscuit have produced an edible the like of which has never been equaled or surpassed. For taste, nutrition, dainti- ness and convenience, it is unequaled by anything the market today.
 There is more genuine enjoyment to the epicure in one Ham Biscuit than all other sandwiches ever invented and they are destined to prove the most popular article for the picnic and lunch basket, the party and the luncheon that can be bought today.
 In reference to our trip yesterday we had to omit calling at several of the grocerymen on our list, as we are so fond of the dainty edibles that we ate up all the samples before we got half way on our rounds.