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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17

Dear Mrs. Thomas: 1t has been so
long since I wrote to Our Household that
/ suspect / have been almost forgot
ten by you ALL" though 1 still read and
enjoy our page.
Nancy made a call for me sometime
ago, which was quite a surprise, as Il
has been so long since she wrote. I'VE
never been able 20 identify you, friend
Nancy The one 1 suspected pleaded
mot guilty" and for the life of me. 1
can't locate her, so won't you drop me
a card and satisfy my curiosity? I
suspect your hens nest was made of
new pine lumber? Did you know bed
bugs breed in pine2 PulY the bark
of Of pine trees and sometimes you can
md the little pests.
II those who are afflicted with pella-
era will take sulphur and gin mixed in
equal quantities think they will find
1t a help. Mix only small quantities as
it seems to lose strength and take one
teaspoonful day. I've seen this tried
in two cases withs much success and
trust others who see this may be bene-
fitted also.
had ths-pleasure of spending nearly
three months in Randolph county this
winter, and had a very pleasant time.
What has become of our dear Invalid
Girl?" Would be so glad to hear from
her either personally, or through Our
Household.
Kitty Wells called for my friend Mrs.
D. F. Jackson. Juliette, Ca I am glad
to say she is improving, her health is
better than it has been in several years
though she is still in bed, and cannot
walk on account of rheumatism. hear
she is able to do fancy work now, and
her crocheted work Is beautiful Just
imagine trying to crochet lying flat
of your back. That's the way she does.
Please some OF you send her a card or a
CHEEKY. letter, her mail is great plkas-
ure TO her.
walter Z. Warren is one Of the faith
full and his letters are fine.
My eyes have been in a bad way all
the year. and have not done any fancy
work at all, and nothing else much Wish
I was situated so that I could go into
the chicken business. but don't care TO
raise chickens TO feed the negroes dogs
on and that's what 1 would do here.
Eula Lee is one OF the "old timers" we
would be glad to hear from and there are
many others who used to write in the
long ago. Please all of you come again.
Busy Mother IL you will put cook
ing soda in your dry beans IL will help
to keep weevils out. Keep them in
something that allows ventilation.
Mrs. H. g. Lee, put salty grease on
your chickens heads. II will kill the
lice, and won't hurt the young chicks,
unless you use too much.
Mrs. Mailicoat, your letter was fine
and every word OF IL so true. If the
young people were given a chance on
the farm many of them wouldn't flock TO
the cities.
Ny letter has already grown too long,
so will extend my heartiest congratula-
tfons to our dear Mrs. Thomas and "the
farmer" and make my exit. Wishing
them many years of happiness and con-
tentment May the sunlight of love
ever brighten their pathway.
NAE JOHNSON,
RF ID g. Macon, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17

love the modest little violets. nave
them by the thousands-purple and the
gray. 1 know no one likes to arrange
a bouquet more than do. I take a glass
bowl eight inches across, put bottle
in the center filled with water and put
purple hyacinths in it; then wrap
punches of violets with tissue paper
about their stems (as / gather them),
and put alternate punches of gray and
purple clusters and curly parsley or
maiden hair fern around the edge of
the dish and there is nothing makes
q more beautiful centerpiece for q Ia
bic. / sell a lot of cut flowers from
my narcissi bulbs and my hall has been
freely decorated in flowers since last
October. Now my prince and Prln-
cess" daffodils are beginning to bloom.
They are later than all the rest eX-
cept the white jonquil daffodils They
have a long, large yellow cup and pure
white petals. They are rare and fine
and do not multiply as rapidly as the
n'Ire white onesl'
I have some slips Of the golden we'd
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yolk slipping into the little stomach at
the very last is why we must not feed
them for forty-eight hours. 1t is like
overlooking a bsby's stomach. Nature
has provided the little chickens first
feed. have some three weeks old and
I shall gather mother and babies and
grease them again. Eternal vigilance Is
the price one pays Tor healthy chickens,
or for anything that is worth while.
I never'have heard Of so many chick
ems dying with gapes as I have lately.
sly theory IS that their runs, or the
back yards have never been ploughed
since the chicken business started. There
are parasites on the earth worm and
when the worm Is swallowed the para
sites stick IN the chickens throat, work
into the wiadpipe and soon choke them.
Plow the ground, plant grain. and keep
the little chickens up until noon every
day. Worms by that time If there
are any, viii have gone back into the
ground.
A barrel OF lime, put broadcast over
the earth and plowed In, kills the
worms quicker. OF course.
I find people astonished over the
fact that broody hens may be moved.
1t has TO be done in the evening and
the nest kept fastened so that she cam
not geS out. have two I moved re-
Gently. They were first put on china
eggs so that If they were inclined TO
try 10 prize their way out the eggs
would not be broken. I had one to
stand up three days. She was deter
mined not to accept her new quarters,
but that sort is rare And / have one
that / got from n neighbor and dare
not let her out of feeding coop when
the time arrives for her TO be fed and
watered. When il is possible have plen-
81 Of sunshins part of every day for
the hens that are sitting as well as Tor
the young chickens.
Try the colony houses. Make half of
your garden a place for young chickens
this. year and next year reverse It, or
put them in the pea patch or cat field
IL you have some one you can send there
to shut up the wire coop at night One
night's neglect might mean a well-fed
possum and minus a brood of chickens
to you. Toe mark your early chickens
and get your fall pullets from that lot,
then you will get eggs when the price
Is right.
Nearly all of the roosts 1 see are as
high as my head. They should not be
over two and a half feet from the
ground. Flying down Injuries heavy
fowls. and you don't want them as light
as birds I saw six hens spoiled that
way in one house. Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE .. THOMAS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17

Dear Mrs. Thomas: I am glad 10 be
able to answer Busy Mothers" query.
how to keep weevils out OF dried beans
and peas. When you gather them, dry
them sffd shell Immediately. Then put
them in a thin sack / use a flour sack.
Put them in u pan and pour boiling
water on them. Lift them out quickly
and spread out to- dry. This does not
injpre the termination In the least, and
they keep nicely. The soft white COW
pea. as spring advances, may have to
be dipped again, as they arc not planted
till summer
7 enjoy the Household.
Sincerely.
MRS. Il. r. G..
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SOME INCIDENTS OF INDIAN
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CAN YOU GIVE INFORMATION?
Dear Mrs. FELTON,:
You once wrote about your father
buying land among the Cherokee In
dams before they left Georgia.
Somewhere up there my father was
taken prisoner by the Indians and held
at the point of seventeen guns during
part of the evening and all that night
after they were captured.
l did not learn definitely the place.
and have long wished to know more
about it. There was a man with him
at tho time named Philips, and they
too had bought land there-together.
The lands lay near the home of a
mix-breed named Adair, and Adair
went with them. He made excuse and
left the white men. When they got
back without him they found a num-
Der of Indians at his home who SEEM
ed to be waiting for them and they
were made prisoners at once. They In
dams were in n very ugly mood, and,
believing it a plot, the two white men
expected the worst at any time.
Adair appeared the next morning and
told 4 PLAUSIBLE story. But whether
true or not father never knew. He
always had his suspicious of Adair.
Now, where did Adair live at that
time?
He evidently had means, including 4
few slaves. and was, doubtless, q man
OF some note.
Father lived in Henry county at the
time and Samuel Young was his name.
Others went at that time but Philips
is the only name I distinctly remem-
Der. Perhaps your father was one of
them. l take the Journal and appre-
ciate your talks very much
Respectfully,
w. A. YOUNG.
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dollars monthly. His clothes, shoes and
board would cost him all or twenty
five per month, with reasonable econ
omy. In q place like Lynchburg, if he
has decent and respectable surround
ings, his laundry will be an item. His
mother now keeps his clothes in order,
and he is now in safe place, with
friends. and if he gets sick his mother
is nearby to look after him, as the case
now stands.
On the other hand he will nave bet
ter opportunity if he must ever go out
in the world. His business course will
secure him better paying position any
where. q mean will give him more mon
ey), and in this day and time, where
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17

education means getting up in the world.
the young man Cor young woman either)
who has little education is at a great
disadvantage. Their activities are re-
stricted. Perhaps they must take low
wages and stick to what they are only
liable to do in and around where they
live.
AS I see it, land if the dear mother
sees it as 1 do), / would try the busi-
ness course, because the dear boy can
always come back to the job near at
home, if he fails at getting a paying po-
sition abroad, and if he remains with
his present job he has nothing else to
look to--as a life business. Il would not
have him forget that there are risks
and temptations away from home that
may give him some trouble.) But he
can walk straight and trust in God.
THE FIFTEEN GREAT BATTLES.
A correspondent has heard of the IF,
teen greatest battles of the world, not
including the present war in Europe. and
he wants names and places fought and
Gates, whether on land or water, etc. He
presents a rather large proposition. I'M
less / had book devoted to this par
ticular subject.
AS he is apparently youthful and seek
ng information. perhaps would do we'll
to write him of the books in which he
might learn a good deal more than my
time and space would warrant.
The great battles mentioned in the
lble he can lind elaborated in a book
called Josephus, which is early history
Of the Jewish nation. In Gibbons Rome
he will find full data as to some of the
greatest battles ever recorded. Alexan-
Ter Caesar, Xerxes and Darius were OF
the greatest Of the worlds warriors Of
any time and place. HumGs history of
England will give him information most
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17

exact and reliable on English and foreign
wars.
The battles Napoleon fought are many,
and some of them beat all other records.
The story of the American Revolution
should certainly be within reach OF my
young friend. in this day of many IL
braries and countless volumes on the
subject. General Washington was the
ZERO of the Revolution. Andrew jack
son was the hero of New Orleans. 1872
Generals Lee and Grant, with other great
generals, were the heroes of the civil
war. Any biography of these men will
give information, and the concise story
of great skill and martial valor. General
Taylor was the hero of the Mexican war
There were some decisive battles fought
on Mexican soil. 1t made General Tay-
Tor president.
From present signs and symptoms,
there may be need for some other great
Americans to distinguish themselves in
Mexico. The capture of Admiral Cervera
was the great battle of the Spanish
American war, and the capture of Mania
by Admiral Dewey also.
CAN YOU HELP HER?
Dear Mrs. FELTON,:
1 have enjoyed reading your corner
in. The Journal a long time and am
writing to you for help. / want to
hear from my sister, Josie Vaughn She
married Jesse Mckenzie about twenty
FIVE years ago and went to Tennessee
and from there to Indian Territory. 1t
Ha~ N~o'' - - twelve years since
heard from her.
. ,nOus4.. -Juld possibly hear from
her if you would have, this published
in your corner.
Thanking you in advance. ann
Sincerely,
MRS. EVA CWHITE) CANT.
Duluth. Ca, r. It. D. No. 2.
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He is anxious for an education. He
has worked hard until he is twenty-one
years old. He is getting $40 per month.
his board and working clothes, and he
has saved up and can start with $3.50
He thinks it unwise TO marry until he
has a reasonable start in life. A BUSH
ness college in Lynchburg. Va, offers a
course to him by his paying down half
the tuition and giving his note for the
other half They promise to secure for
him position that pays from $50 to SIS
per month within six weeks after grad
uation. His mother tells him to consult
Mrs. FELTON,.
There are two sides to this question.
AT home he is now getting Everything
considered) about forty or forty-five
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ding chrysanthemums that are fine.
am almost aching for warm weather
so I can get out and plant flower seeds.
sure do enjoy Mrs. Thomas chicken
talks. / have beautiful docile White
Wyandottes. I can rub each one of my
sitting hens and talk to them and they
never ruffle up their feathers at me.
use the Cycle hatcher so as to have
enough small ones Of the same age to
care for
Much success to all the flower-lovers
and chicken-raisers. MRS. C. o. KEGG,
Perry, Ga.
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Dallas, Ga. Route 6. Be
A HELPFUL FLOWER LETTER.

A HELPFUL FLOWER LETTER.
Dear Mrs. Thomas: I just don't know
where Ruth Ann. of the Household, Is
located She asked ME to tell her
through these columns why her narc1ssi
do not bloom till spring. I grow TIE
bulbs Of the white ones bv the thou
sands and / have some that require
liftine every year. as thew become too
crowded by the offsets made new every
year So the middle Of September /
plant some from them on everv two
or three weeks till the first Of January.
1 have a succession Of blooms, but that
is not why mine bloom early. 1t must
he a good deal colder with her or the
soil may be clay soil.
Such land as onions grow we'll on is
good for bulbs. Though my bulbs that
have been in the ground four years
bloomed before Christmas, and had a
continual crop of blooms, / believe it
is becausesthe offsets come from unCer-
meath the first bulb and next year the
next set Of bulblets are still lower down
and the different depths bloom at diff
ferent periods.
Some of my plants were heavily fer
tilted with manure from COW stalls and
others never had any fertilizer nor even
have had anything done to them, and
grew in Bermuda sod and had fine flow
ers on them. However, those in Ber-
muda sod bloomed later than those that
were lifted and reset. Try lifting yours
when the foliage turns yellow. make
rich soil in September and plant them
six inches deep. Throw old sacks over
them until the roots are formed and the
tops can be seen. Then remove the
sacks and cultivate once and see what
they do.
I sent "The Farmers" wife some and
hers blo0med before Christmas, as high
up as she is. A"
am a great flower lover I have just
planted out some flowers I ordered from
a Springfield. Ohio, florist. Among them
were ~the Prince of Wales" violets. 1
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ties for the future, and the garden spo;
is in Madison county, SO "methinks.
Darlina Bell Mrs. Tessa Willingham
Roddey, Walter T.. Warren, your letters
are interesting. Visit the Household oft
en-. Mrs. Thomas ! wish for you many
more years of usefulness and much hap
piness i'm your new life, and heartiest
congratulations to THE Farmer" for be-
ing so lucky.
EUDORA.
afadison County Fla
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INP0nMATION WANTED.

If any one knows the address of Sam
uel A. Gamble. Floridian by birth, but
1osent from this state for many years,
and win write me l shall appreciate the
1f1dness.
When last heard of he was travelling
for an Atlanta finn
MRS. ]. T. COOKSEY,
Lamont, fla.
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ANSWERS INouIRIEs.

Dear Mrs. Thomas: I've been a silent
admirer Of Our Household for long
time. know we all cam learn a great
many things from each other that will
benefit US. Mrs. Lee. as soon as you
talks or your little chicks take some
lard and put few drops of carbolic
acid in it and rub your hens feathers
and her head with it. Also. grease the
chicks heads, and you will not lose
your chicks from lice. 1t takes a tiny
bit of lard for little chickens. but moth
ing is better. Powder viii smother
them.
Busy Mother, If you will shell your
beans as soon as thew are gathered and
spread them on a sheet of tin in the
hot sun off and on for two or three
weeks YOU will not be bothered with
weevils. The tin draws heat and so
kills all the insect eggs.
MRS. MATTE BOGGS.
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Wisconsin Woman Testifies.

Milwaukee, Wis. - Before taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound was physical wreck. l
me no good. A friend told me about Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound so l decided to give it
fair trial. and gave relief from bearing down pains
which had been bad that would have to lie down.
also used the Sanative Wash and it has done me
great deal of good and am not troubled with weak
ness any more Mrs. P L. BRILL, 1929 Booth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis
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Ohio Woman Testifies.

Lima, Ohio was all broken down in health from
displacement One of my lady friends came to see
and she advised me to commence taking Lydia E.
Pinkhsms Vegetable Compound and to use Lydia E
Pinkham Sanative Wash. began taking your rene
dies and took $500 worth and in two months well
woman after three doctors said never would stand up
straight again. / have recommended Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to many women and it
surely has proved godsend to suffering women. -
Mrs. JENNIE MOVER, 342 E. North St. Lima. Ohio
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young Man les-res Advice.

Cragford, Ala, Route 2.
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upon thousands of
Maryland Woman Testifies.

Cambridge, MIDI wish all women who suffer from
female troubles would take Lydia E. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound and be convinced of its worth as have
been At one time was a great sufferer and my hus-
table Compound and It helped me right away Again.
after my second child born it Overcame a female
weakness after everything else had failed know how
me, and know it will help others Mrs. JAMES A.
BEIDEL, LOT Maryland Avenue, Cambridge, Md
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trial e Lydia Son eRp GSp0T
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lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

such letters the three following tell why this famous
has stood the test of time
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HOW TO KEEP OUT wEEv1Ls.

Madison County. Fla.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
COTTON MARKET.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. April 15.-The cotton
vance of 2 to points this morn
ing. Liverpool cables were relative
ly steady. but houses with Liverpool
connections were again good sellers.
here. particularly of January. These
offerings were absorbed partly by
trade buying. however. and the mar
ket showed a generally steady under
tone during the early session, with
May selling around 11.S3. July. 1900,
and October. 1217, or about 3 to )
points above last nights closing fig
ureS.
Eullsh reports from the goods trade
helped the advance while private wires
from New Orleans reported an i'm
proved spot demand. and the amount of
cotton on shipboard awaiting clear
ance showed an increase of about 3d.
600 bales for the week. Private cables
reported a quiet steady market in Liv-
erpool
Futures opened steady: May, 11.s3;
July. 1199: October. 12.16: December,
1892 January, 1896
Trading continued very quiet later in
the morning. but prices ruled generally
steady on a little trade buying and
scattered covering. with July selling
up to 12.02 and closing at 1900. with
the general list closing steady at net
advance of 3 to points.
Futures closed steady. May. 1l.s6:
July 200; October. 12.16: December
l.. 80: January, l2.4o.
Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands,
1900; sales. none.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
WEATHER..
Fair Topight-Tomorrow Cloudy
Probably Showers at Night.

For the District Of Columbia and
Maryland, fair tonight. Tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness. probably followed
by showers tomorrow night; light vari-
able winds.
For Virginia. fair tonight; somewhat
warmer in west portion. Tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness, probably followed
by rain in west portion; moderate
northerly winds.
For West Virginia. increasing cloudi-
ness and somewhat warmer tonight.
Tomorrow rain.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermome meter-Yesterday, 4 pm. S.:
pm, 54; IL midnight, Al; today. 4
ami, As; am, 4s; IL noon. 56: pm.
ESQ. Maximum. So, at pm. yesterday;
minimum, "A, at 6 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81; minimum. 35.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pm. 29.52; ;
pm, 1912: IL midnight. 1890: today.
am. 2s.ss; am. S0.0s; IL noon.
3013, 2 pm. BOIL.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Self-Government for D. C. Topic.

Self-government for the District will
be the general theme for discussion at
the Grover Cleveland Community
Forum meeting in the Public Library
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock The
Poindexter delegate bill and Senator
proposed constitutional
amendment will be tho subjects of de-
bate. The announced speakers are
Chaplin Brown, representing the Cham
ber of Commerce.: e. w. Oyster, mem
ber of the board of assessors, and Miss
Maud Younger, woman,s suffrage ad-
vocate.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, April 15-The state
ment of the actual condition Of clear
ing house banks and trust companies
for the week shows that they hold
$102,744,690 reserve in excess Of legal
requirements. This is an increase Of
$3,696,760 over last week.
Mercantile paper. 3a3A. Sterling
60-day bills, 4.73; demand, 476H:
cables. 4T l-1b Francs: Demand,
Sol: cables. 500. Marks: Demand,
1874; cables, 1Sh. kronen: Demand.
1855; cables. 1910: Guilders: Demand.
42A; cables, 42N. Lires: Demand,
6.4s; cables SAT. Rubles: Demand.
301s; cables, 30S. Bar silver. sax.
Mexican dollars, 4sh. Government
bonds steady. Railroad bonds Irregular.
Evening star., 1916-04-15
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. April 15.-Cotton-Spot
f1rm:n good middiing. sos; middling.
7.S4: low middling, 80
Sales. 1000 bales, 400 for speculation
and export. Receipts, 1000 bales. Fu
lures steady: April, 7.61: April and May,
7,65 i2 May and June, 1861: June and
July. 1.s3: July and August. 7.61; Au-
gust and September. 1.55: September
and October, AS: October and Novem-
Der. 1.i4; November and December
7.i0l2: December and January, 7.37 712 :;
January and February. 7.36; February
and March. 1.3I; March and April, 1877
Evening star., 1916-04-15
Sugar Market Quiet, Undertone Firm

NEW YORK. April 15.-Raw sugar
hrrn; molasses, SIS: centrifugal. S.02:
refined, firm.
The market for futures was quiet.
but the undertone was firm and prices
we're a shade higher on covering and
tn sympathy with the strength in raws
Closing prices were l to points high
er on active positions: May. 5.11. July,
b.14; September. 5.14: December. 464.