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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-31

1t is noticeable that very few of the
old faces are to be seen in the convention
sessions. Some few of the unions over
the district have barely existed through
out these intervening years, but the work
of reorganization practically meant a
complete organization from start to fin
ish. The work has been rapid and SEEM
ingly thorough. The men attending the
convention seem to be in earnest about
establishing a wage scales'and reaching
an agreement with the operators tina t
will form satisfactory working basis
The convention will meet at o'clock
today and adjourn for dinner at noon,
then meet again in the afternoon. These
sessions will be continued each day I'M
til the business of the convention has
been discharged. Committee meetings
will take place at night.
President j. r.. Kennamer presided at
the meetings yesterday and will continue
to do so throughout the session. ]. l..
Cicmo is secretary and Is handling the
minutes of the convention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-23
ToLive Long!

A recipe given by famous physician
for long life was: keep the kidneys in
good order! Try to eliminate thru the
skin and intestines the poisons that other
wise clog the kidneys. Avoid eating meat
as much as possible; avoid too much salt,
alcohol, tea Try milk and vegetable
diet. Drink plenty of water, and exercise
the toxic poisons and uric acid"
For those past middle life, for those
easily recognized symptoms of inflamma-
ton, as backache, scalding water" or
if uric acid in the blood has caused rheu-
matism, rusty" joints, stiffness, get
Anuric at the drug store. This is a
wonderful eliminator of uric acid and was
discovered by DR.. Pierce Of 1nvalids'
Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. If your druggist
does not keep it send 10 cents to Or:
Pierce for trial package and you will find
that it is thirty-seven times more potent
than lithia and that it dissolves uric acid
as hot water does sugar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-23
COMMUNITY ADVERTISING

community
necessarily follow that
special whole
though a advantages.
various
advertising
coong his ads that will attract
whole fact
contribute the reputation the whole
greatly desired by his fellows.
advertising the merchants
advertise their by ne That IT,
dcuar line of goods should be advertised at a time
Now obvious merchant able to properly dis
make cred
liable display ONE PARTICULAR LINE time
beginning let all of the dry
wherein will
other lines
to goods
drawing the surrounding
benefit
pulled stunt will invariably
much favorable regarding the
siksa
be and n time
the the dry goods The
profitable themselves the community
include firms
the
individuals community whole
followed will displays will
articles will brought public
during entire
of largely suggestive
article attractiveand
seldom attractive while reposing peacefully shelf
public attention the things the
splendid reputation
for preparedness and efficiency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-23
DECENCY IS ASSERTING SELF

Starting with the cleanup Campbell Lake club and the descent Of
recounted
largest cathedra Florence,
is tho
LIE
liquor selling, violating descended
Friday odd
;~rt personal
vicinity but is
DECENT CITIZENSHIP REACHED LIMIT IN THE
NOTORIOUS LIQUOR
children
befoulng all with
fair country which honest decent
in Bemd Betrami
and that domination is to be brooked
THAT'S it, that's AND 1T IS ENOUGH.
the Federal auhor
ties being permitted into dry" territory 1T isn't
evidence replied
invite friends Mr. Torrance,
little "evidence" Why tight?
being shipped sealed Just
wondering,
Some Sonora And something raided. En-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-23
BUYING FEED INGREDIENTS
Difficult to Buy Proper Feed stuffs at
!, National Crop Improvement service.l


National Crop Improvement Service.l
There are not a.doZen feed stores
in the country that carry in stock all
the ingredients of first-class mixed
feed at all times and at reasonable
prices, and usually they do not carry
feeds Of the same high quality used
BY the mixers who work scientifically
through laboratory. This is human
nature. Competition compels dealer
to sell the cheapest quality. The best
quality of feed is seldom carried, be-
cause the average buyer will not pay
the highest price. A. good many ex-
pertinent stations in a general way
will advocate that farmer mix ALI
his own feed. but they are human like
the rest OF US and they will use recog-
niIed brands in their own feeding
operations rather than 60 to the trou
BILE and take the time to follow their.
own advice. 4, -
There are a good many herds at
experiment stations which are kept as
sort of clinic for professors to prac-
tice theories upon. The poor brutes
are used a good deal as guinea pigs
in hospital practice. On the other
hand, at the experiment stations are
to be found many of the finest ami
mails ever bred.
The mixed feeds of the first grade
can be fed alone or in connection with
homegrown corn. oats or barley. To
do this widens your ration. and it is !
correct to do so if it will reduce your
cost Of feeding. Mixed feeds. there
fore, are largely a matter of arith-
metic.
You can usually get the result for
less money than by feeding more e&-
pensive grains separately.
kongo Salt Marshes.
Along the central part of the Kongo
river there are q number of salt marsh
es. The African digs shallow holes in
these, whence issue streams Of hot wa.
ter, which on being evaporated leaves:
q residue Of salt.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-23
Monument OF Tears.

"CnUnent OF IedTy.
Marking the dividing line between
Europe and Asia and of Russia and
Siberia, at the summit of the Ural
mountains. is the Monument of
Tears" white triangular pyramid
significant to unfortunate exiles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Jack Rabbits Which Live
on Deserts of Southwest
Are Never Known to Drink.

A very curious feature OF animal
life in the deserts Of the Southwest is
that rabbits, quail, squirrels, deer, an
telope, the mountain sheep and ma ny
kinds of reptiles and insects Nys at
great distances from visible water.
The jack rabbit is especially notable
in this respect; and, moreover, 1t
fourishes in regions without a particle
Of green food in sight for miles and
miles.
Westerners assert that the jack
rabbit may be found, happy and fat,
spending the day under a scrap OF
bush that makes little more shade than
fishnet. His skin IL as porous as a
piece of buckskin, and the heat is
sufficient to evaporate every drop OF
blood in his body, yet he seems to get
on very nicely. r@
Californians aver that no one has even
seen a jack rabbit drink. Those who
have camped for days In the deserts
In vicinities where the only water for
miles around was to be found, and
with rabbits everywhere, declare that
never does one Of the little fellows
come to the springs to drink. Men
have even gone so far as to examine
the margins Of waterholes in those ais
tricts, with never track Of the fab-
bit disclosed beyond where the grass
grew.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
PREPARE
BY GEORGE M. ADAMS.

Success can never be without Prep
aration. Preparation means to get
ready-to be able to carry out the
more important tasks Of life as they
come along.
Prepare today for the Obligations
Of tomorrow.
You who learn to Control yourself
and stand Calm in the midst of dis
appointments and failures, as well as
in the midst of success and victory,
are accommodating reserve sure to
hold strong and steady for the times
Of stress, confusion and chaos. Pre-
pare for the emergencies to come.
Prepare by courageously facing and
solving every problem that comes to
you daily.
The big affairs of today call for the
trained man-for the one who is Pre-
pared.
Consciously or unconsciously, you
are Preparing for something. Seek
and find out what that something Is,
and when you find it, concentrate In
double Preparation upon it. No man
knows what his Preparation today may
mean to him tomorrow. But he is
sure that If 1t is Conscientiously done
to q purpose, in this Preparation, he
is making the s0undest possible invest
ment for his future career.
To Prepare today means to Know
How tomorrow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
BIackbirds of Two Kinds;
One Deserves No Quarter,
Other Has Good Qualities

The lark has two sable relatives,
very numerous, which have long been
Of Ill repute. One is the grackle, our
common big, snaky keel-tailed ''black-
bird" and he deserves the black eye
he has (actually, by the way, that or
gan is Of maniacal straw Yellow,
and his place in the list of birds with
out protection. He does destroy many
bad bugs, especially cutworms and
other ground infesting nuisances, but
he also Furnishes the grain, spoils a
deal of corn in the milk and systemati-
cally raids the nests of his smaller
neighbors, the weed seed cleaners and
small insect scourges, breaking their
eggs and Draining their helpless young.
So it might be all right to eat grackles
If grackles were not decidedly too
tough and strong to eat.
But the other blackbird, the redwing,
that fine steel black march bugler with
the orange scarlet .epaulettes, can be
eaten, can when f1ocked in autumn be
slaughtered wholesale with the spread
ing charge of shotgun, and although
he too takes some toll of the grain
and the corn in ear investigation has
established his overbalancing worth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Longing.

Sometimes wish that could go
Along the paths used to know,
Could go back there and find some kid
And go along the roads did
When had not single care.
And all life's skies were bright and fair
And birds sung in the wayside tree.
And all the world seemed made for me
That's what I think I'd love to do!
Go find a little tad knew
Away back there. and we would go
Where water lilies used to grow,
And bend pin and fix line,
Me and this old-time chum Of mine,
And sit until the light grew dim
Where little sunfsh used to swim.
Those were the days when bullheads bit,
And sunfish-why, life seemed to At
Us like garment, and we slid,
Myself and that remembered kid,
From one JOY to another. So,
Sometimes, I wish that ! might go
And look about and find that tad
And be with him once more, and glad.
Judd Mortimer Lewis, in the Houston
Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Flashlights.

Nobody ever made a real sue
cess of the other fellows bust
ness.
It's human nature to 60 to
some swell cafe to study human
nature, where everything except
what is real human nature can
be found.
A virtue that is boosted Of is
usually a very new possession.
A man can live down a vicious
past, but a fellow is q fool to
handicap himself to that ex-
tent.
No man is strong enough to
carry a grudge and do justice
to himself, too.
Being a good fellow downtown
is all right enough in it's way,
but save little of your good
nature for use when you get
home.
A woman never understands
why a lot Of other women's
husbands can make fortunes out
of stocks and mines and real
estate and her husband can't
even get a raise in salary.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
On the Safe Side.

Many years ago, says Surgeon Guth-
RE in Seeing the World Through a
Porthole," group Of children were
listening with great interest to the
yarns" Of an old sailor, who seemed
to them a miracle Of knowledge.
'In crossing the equator you either
gain or lose day." the story-teller de-
clared.
One of the children appeared to him
somewhat incredulous, whereupon the
old man cleared his throat and added,
sthat is to say-sometmes."
Another old sailor who was being
tried by .court-martial had been so Inn
pressed with the instructions Of the
young officer detailed for his defense
that he be extremely careful about
qualifying evidence when he was not
absolutely certain, said, when the
Judge advocate asked his name:
"My name Is John McGraw-or
words to that effect"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Poultry Pointers.

A late-hatched chick well grown Is
more profitable than an early chick
that has been neglected.
Much Of the profit in poultry raising
depends on whether the chicks grow
rapidly and uniformly, and that means
whether they have the right kind of
care and feed.
There is no economy in feeding en-
tirely on one grain, or even two grains,
because better results can be obtained
for less money if variety is furnished
the fowls and chicks.
Although young geese will some
times pick up enough food to keep
from starving, they will not make
enough growth to be profitable unless
fed literally when young and given
enough feed to make up, with what
they get on the range, full ration.
Be sure that ducklings and goslings
are given water in dishes, fountains or
troughs large enough so that the most
Of the flock can drink at one time dur
ing meals, and so arranged that each
can get it's head into the water up to
it's eyes but cannot tip the dish over or
get it's feet into the water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Ferdinand Schupp.

Ferdinand Schupp.
He was particularly interested in the
hooks and curves of Ferdinand
Schupp the Giant pitching pride.
1t mattered not that Schupp was hit
a little harder than usual, although he
beat the Cubs. Coakley was only in
terested in what Schupp was putting
on the ball.
AThat fellow" said Andy. sis some
pitcher! 1 don't see how anyone bats
against him effectively. He has the
best curve ball I've ever looked at and
I've looked at few in my time.
"The most remarkable thing about
1t is his control of it. He sweeps it
over the outer edge high or low, or on
the inside, with as great ease as Mat
ty used to. 1 never saw southpaw
pitch that way. The more stuff they
have, the wilder they usually are.
"Schupp has wonderful poise. He
never let's the batter work him. He
keeps the upper hand all the time.
Unless you sit here and watch every
ball he throws you cannot appreciate
the wonder Of his work.
"He sat around on the bench long
time, but 1t didn't do him any harm.
This is really his first year as a regu-
lar, but he knows all the tricks of a
veteran Of half q dozen years Of
twirling.
|T don't want to seem extravagant
m my praise, but If there has ever
been Schupp's equal in recent years he
has escaped my notice. wouldn't
give him for any pitcher in baseball
today If he were my property"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Most Women Serve Too Many
Varieties of Food at One
Meal, Says College Expert.

Food conservation is quite as impor-
tant as food production. People of
this country can profit by the expert
ence of European nations at war, and
at the same time effect great saving
in their living expenses. European
peoples started conserving food when
they were forced to do so, but the peo-
pie of this country can avert the ne
cessity by beginning now. These are
the conclusions of food experts.
Miss Bah Bell of the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture is Of the opinion
that most women serve too many foods
e a meal. "a meal may be well-bal-
anced and appetizing, and still be sub
tect to reduction without loss to body
needs" said Miss Bell. "By cutting
down the number of foods served the
cost Of meals can be materially de-
creased. Furthermore, there is no ne
cessity for folks to eat more than they
need. BY doing without the excess
which Is usually consumed, we can
make available just that much more
food for future needs"
Miss Bell cited the following meal
as typical: "Clear soup, maccaroni
and cheese, lettuce and beet salad, ap-
pie sauce, bread and butter, cream
pie.", This meal will be just as well
balanced and much more economical
if it is simplified thus: Macaroni and
cheese, lettuce salad, bread and but
ter, apple sauce.
"In like manner" she concluded, "1n
planning meals, see first that the nee
essary classes Of food are represented
and then see how few dishes may be
served, rather than how many"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Business as Usual" for
! Toy-Shop Keeper of Arras.

The merchant in the town which Is
beset by war has q very definite last
moment of peace. There comes time
when he has made his last sale, when
his customers flee, and when, even
were he to remain, he would find little
benefit in doing so. Into the toy-shop.
into the sweet-shops, the children will
come no more, for their little feet are
struggling miles away over these I'M
comfortably rounded cobblestones that
seem to them like slippery little noun
tains over which they must make giant
strides. He might as well get his last
moment over with as quickly as pos
sible, put up the shutters, lock the
doors and depart. And little good his
shutters and locks will do II the big
shells come his way. says w. S. Shep-
herd, In Harper's Magazine.
The toy-shop keeper at Arras. who
returned to his shop when the Smelling
mad slackened, found 1t open to the
skies, SO that he had no need to seek
for his door key. Who would ever
have thought-least Of all. he-that ne
would one day sell out almost his en-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Some Observations.

Little things trouble us and little
things console us.
Only fool will pay twice for the
same experience. II
When a man becomes thoroughly
contented he has outlived his useful
ness.
It is easier for the borrowed UNI
brella to keep lent than it is for the
average man.
The hardest thing in this world for
dead game sport to do is not to tell
you about it.
Many fool, after putting his foot
in il. isn't satisfied until he gets there
with both feet.
Marriageable couples are fond OF
star gazing because they are properly
equipped for It.
When a candidate places himself In
the hands Of his friends they mas
sage his pocketbook freely.
Now and then you will find that
the shyest girl gets tangled up in the
boldest love affair.
IF women were unable to see the
fine clothes other women wear they
would have fewer wrinkles.
When you pick up a pretty girls
handkerchief it is permissible to Won
der how she came to drop it.
When a married man walks into q
public place looking mad enough to
bite q nail in two, and growls to those
who speak to him, old maids WHO
happen to be present shake hands with
themselves. They have nothing like
that coming home noon and evenings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
CANNING FRUIT
WITHOUT SUGAR

Fruit for use in pie or salads or as
stewed fruit can be put up or canned
without the use Of any sugar at all,
according to the canning specialists
of the government. They, the efore,
advise those who, because Of the high
price Of sugar, have been thinking
of reducing the amount Of fruit they
put up, to can as much Of their sur
plus as possible by the use of boiling
water when sugar strip is beyond
their means. Any fruit, they say, may
be successfully sterilized and re-
tanned their natural flavor, texture and
color as well as fruit put up in strip.
Fruit canned without sugar to be used
for sauces or desserts must be sweet
ened.
Can the product the same day it is
picked. Gull, stem, or seed, and clean
the fruit by placing it in Strainer
and pouring water over it until it is
clean. Pack the product thoroughly
In glass Jars or tin cans until they are
full use the handle Of a tablespoon,
wooden ladle, or table knife for pack
ing purposes. Pour over the fruit
boiling water from kettle, place rub
bers and caps in position, partially
seal If using glass jars, seal complete
ly If using tin cans. Place the con-
tainers in a sterilizing vat such as a
wash boiler with false bottom, or 9th
er receptacle improvised for the pur-
pose. If using hot-water bath out
fit, process for 80 minutes; count time
after the water has reached the boil
ing point; the water must cover the
highest jar In container. After steril-
izing remove packs, seal glass jars,
wrap in paper to prevent bleaching
and store in dry, cool place.
If you are canning in tin cans it will
improve the product to plunge the
cans quickly into cold water imme-
diately after sterilization. When us
ing a steam-pressure Gamer instead Of
the hot-water bath, sterilize for ten
minutes with five pounds Of steam
pressure. Never allow the pressure
to go over ten pounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
War Museums.

The war museum Of the Avenue NAL
akoff, in Paris, is to have counterparts
in London, as well as in Berlin. The
Berlin, scheme is a gigantic one, aiming
at nothing less than collection Of
everything printed in connection with
the war. The London project, which
is that Of Sir Alfred Mond, has only
just been sanctioned by the cabinet. It
seems that one of it's most interesting
features will be a collection Of the
proclamations issued in various parts
of the empire during the war, among
which will be the Bagdad proclama-
ton, and such contrasts as the stately
proclamation of the city of London and
that issued in "pidgin" English to the
natives of New Guinea.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Nuu MLt~t4Q
Brahms Refuses Haircut.

The late Johannes Brahms, the mas
ter musician, was easily enraged by
fulsome fattery and ELUSIVE adula-
ton. At a banquet given by the Ton
kunstlerverein Of Vienna In honor of
Franz List and Anton Rubinstein,
Brahms carefully avoided the seats of
the mighty and betook himself tn the
company of the younger musicians,
seated "below the salt" But this
strategic move did not protect him in
the Etude, who had resolved to carry
of trophies in the shape Of a lock Of
hair from each Of the leonine heads.
Liszt and Rubenstein yielded with
good grace to this Delilah, but
Brahms CURLY refused. Slipping up
behind his chair she was just about
to realize her wish, when Brahms felt
the cold point of the scissors and ex-
claiming: "What arrant nonsense !"
rose and left the banquet,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
WASTE OF HEALTH is
oi1 A PERIL TO THE NATION
BY REV. GEORGE LUTHER cADy OF LANSING, MICH


The emphasis which has been put health athletics
has been entirely the interest of happiness
economy industrial efficiency All of which good and
but how often have thought of it patriotic and that
peness vastly essential than preparedness arms?
who makes unmak the value OF the
gun but the be che ane weak OF hb defective Oh
been made All the
the world the best that Krupps Bethlehem Steel turn
will foe from landing soil the man behind
Not the farms than at
the industrial agricultural crisis well the military demand
forward and lay the altar Of their country
their very best l.lf se5
realizes that the requirements for that
shall five feet four inches height weigh 1875 pounds have
mobility of inches be otherwise fairly sound
surprised find how large proportion Of Of today
rejected One is reminded that threatened with deterioration
which mper May not well the
today: he waste your health may mpe not only living
but your ibery?"
have nation realized that greatest asset was not
orr banks factories FARMS but
hoo been busy making that had no time
making May not well turn attention to building up
walls at this point? a.fgs e sal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Something New Under Sun.

Coins placed in change holder IN
tended for public places complete an
electric circuit and cause a picture or
advertisement to be Illuminated.
/. A New York inventors wheeled
serving tray can be elevated to any
convenient height and its top slid to
one side for the use Of bedridden IN
yalids.
An automobile tire Of British inven-
tion that is said to be almost as resli-
dent as rubber is made of several
metals bends, separated BY aluminium
blocks.
Forcing Plants by immersing their
branches end leaves In hot water while
the earth Is kept dry has been found
very advantageous by q German flor
list.
Operated by an electric motor, q
fountain has been invented that uses
The came water repeatedly so that
there is no appreciate consumption
of the supply.
SO that baggage cannot fall out on
passengers heads a new rack for rail-
road cars Is almost completely in