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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
RAILROAD MEN ARE PROUD OF GARDENS Change in Farms From Bir- mingham to Atlanta  RECLAIMING THE LAND Indications Are That Georgia Will Be Able to Feed Herself This
 Year for the First
 Time
RECLAIMING THE LAND
Fly HERvEY w. LAIRD

Atlanta, May 9.-(SpeciaL )-Much land Is being put to food crops in that part of the country lying between Atlanta and Birmingham, on the Southern and the Seaboard Air Line roads. As far as the eye can see they have ploughed the earth, and mighty little of it is for cot ton.
 l rode over both lines last week and took pains to examine with regard to this matter And there has been & lot of new ground cleared, also In many places fires of brush and scrubble can be reclaimed for the subsistence of the men who fight either at home or abroad.
 MANY HAVE GARDENS
 Significant also is the trend of talk and the actual accomplishment in the making of gardens. The flagman on one of the trains Is an example. T have a garden that will make me half the cost of my living between now and Christi mas" he said, The Pullman conductor spoke up at the same time: My garden is better than that one, and further along" He was looking at large lot in fine state of cultivation beside the track. k
 Es
 How many of tae men you know are making gardesss? was asked of the flag man. Most If them,'' he replied. And they are raising things that will be worth a lot, too, such as beans and po- tatoes. l have a neighbor who has al- ready sold $50 worth of lettuce off his hot beds. They realize that it is going to be hard to get something to eat and that it is important that they plant now
 RAILROAD MEN THRIFTY
 I found that most railroad men are thinking along this line. An engineer on the Southern, not far from Cartersville, for instance, is specializing in cattle, and has one of the best small herds in this part of the country. He maintains the cattle on his place and makes a neat profit above the subsistence of his fam fly.
 Work of this kind comes easy to the men in railroad service. As an example, take the flagman who brings out the Seaboard from Birmingham at 2:40 in the afternoon. He gets back at noon the next day and has layover until 4 p. m. the following day. With engineers the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

layover is even more convenient So it comes about that they are making the best of their idle time, many being in duced to it by the large amount of pub liclty given and the high cost of living.
 Many go at the matter blindly, how ever. which could be corrected. They have meagre ideas of making gardens and get poor results. It ought to be ren- orally known that they can get accu.1te information and instruction by applying to certain well known sources Seed men can tell them, or letters addressed to the state department of agriculture will bring what they want tn knnW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
THE MARKETING PROBLEM

Business men should plan now to guar antee market for all the foodstuffs that can be raised. The farmers are fearful along this line, as the following will in dicate: A small planter went to a south Alabama merchant to get help a few
 days ago He said he was going to plant cotton because he knew he could get
 money for it. The merchant urged him to put in peas and peanuts. The man 1 said he was afraid that he could not sell them. I'll contract for all you raise right now, said the merchant. Then 1 l Il plant them and leave out the cotton '
 said the farmer. This is short but an
 important story
 It is generally stated that Georgia will
 feed itself and it's live stock this year This will mean saving of sS5 900, 0O0 that amount having in the past been sent out
 of the state each year for food and feed
 exclusive of meat and dairy products What Georgia can do others can do. And it looks now as if others had started out to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Wash Goods Department
 Third Floor

Special Sale of Sutns and Skirtng-Ths lot consists of entire line of high grade skrting, values up 79c Sverbloom, gaberdine honeycomb AOo serge and silk stripe poplin, per yard ........ 4JC 36-Inch Percae-Mill ends, from 2 to 10 yards; the best patterns for dresses, aprons ando 101
 skirts, 15c value per yard ........ lZ2C Tansia Cloth and Mercerized Linen-Two most pop uar suitings, solid colors of all shades, EO
 per yaTd ..........-..........'. OOO Dress VoiIe and Tissue Gingham-If you can't get suited in one line, it's certainty you will in 1E. the other, the prettest patterns per yard .. lCC Manhattan Shifting Madras, the kind $2.50 shirts are made of, fancy and neat patterns, DE-
 Cretonne the most wanted patterns, DE-
 36 inches wide, per yard .................-.. AOC Gingham Specia-17 1-2c Is the price of Toille du Nord and Red Seal Gingham; have them in mill ends, to 10 yard, the choicest 101
 Silk and Linen Shirting-Appear we'll as $1.00 silk wears better account of having linen mixture, neat and fancy patterns of the best En
 best shirting designs per yard ............. COC Pongee-Solid coors of all shades and fancy stripes suitable for ladies and children's wear mems OF
 and boys shirts and pajamas, per yard ...... OOC
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-25
nrief1v ifs peculiar novelty.

oriefy it's peculiar novelty.
It should be stated also whether the
invention is in general use or whether
the use has been limited. II the device
is in an experimental state only this
should be stated. 1t should also be
stated whether it has only been work
ed out on paper or whether it is an en-
tirely new theory still requiring deVel-
opment.
State also whether the invention Is
patented. and If so attach a copy Of
the patent. II patent is pending the
typewriter specification and print Of
the drawing should be attached.
II the inventor has no mechanical
knowledge it would be we'll for him to
get some one. a trained engineer pref
erably, to typewrite complete de-
scription Of the device and make draw
ings of 1t, where such drawings are
possible. In order that the inventor
may protect himself. let him sign and
date both the dr. WiI:s and the deseEt:,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-25
INVENTORS u | ] GUIDE
Government Ready to Encourage
Genius of Country.
SEND ALONG YOUR SCHEME.

In Submitting Original Service to Ma.
val Consulting Board Use the Malta
Board Too Busy For Personal Inter.
visws-Immsdiato Trial For Any.
thing Of Value. -
New York.-A few days ago publicity
was given to the statement of United
States navy officer here that he was
''pestered to death by cranks with all
sorts Of crazy inventions they wished
to hand over to the government"
The officer In question is one Of the
most able, the most valuable, in the
service. There is no doubt either, as
he says, that he has suffered great an
noyance. At the same time the state
ment he made could not have been
more unfortunate, says Macmillan
Foster of the Vigilantes.
Instead Of discourasing the so called
cranks Of inventors, the United States
government at the moment is making
every effort in it's power to encourage
and develop the country's Inventive
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Photo by American Press Association.

Photo BY American Press association.
THOMAS 4 EDISON cREE7s &sEcRErART
- ,' ~ DANIELS.
genius. Any suggestion that will in
any way aid to terminate the war will
be received with gratitude.
In submitting the invention or orig
inal device to the naval consulting
board, Is Park row, the following
should be borne in mind:
Plans for such devices should be sub
mitted by mall and only by mail. In
no case should they be submitted in
person. The board is far too busy to
give time for personal interviews.
In describing your invention SIM
plicity Is great anil necessary requi-
site. Only one invention should be
described III each communication. If
the inventor has. say. a half dozen in
ventions. let him set forth each in a
separate communication.
In submittin an invention the in
yentor Shol.!d~ Lc .-:.!-.:..::y!ar to state
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-25
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

We wish to call the attention OF all
users of electricity that we have
opened an office in the Elks build
ing, 800 Beltrami Ave. We will mail
all bills on the 1st Of each month and
will expect the bill to be paid on or
before the 10th of each month at the
office, to obtain the 10 per cent dis
count. If bills are not paid by the
Goth, service will be discontinued
WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE. WE
WILL POSITIVELY NOT SEND OUT
COLLECTORS AFTER AUG. 18th,
and there will be no variation to the
above ruling.
Office hours: a. m. to 6 p. m.
daily; 8 a. NJ to 10 p. m. Saturday
and the 10th of each month.
MINNESOTA ELECTRIC LIGHT
& POWER co.
d-84
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-07-25
FOR SALE

Good team mules, new harness.
wide tire wagon, only $3.50.
My beautiful driving mare (Ruby
HahD mark 2.O6, harness and new
top buggy. Would trade towards
house on Beltrami avenue.
wards house on Beltrami avenue.
Very nice Chester White (sow)
pig weeks, $500.
Good young work horse, cheap.
New $500 Crispett machinery, on
ly $3.50.
New double alley ten pinett and
new tent for alleys and all equip
ment; cost $3.50, for $3.50.
New one-horse wagon, complete.
New feed mill cheap.
Confectionery car and fixtures:
can be moved to any location q
dandy $11O.
Good motor boat, cheap.
Restaurant and hotel down town.
$500.
$4,000 Fair Store stock, sale or
trade for land.
Groom house and lot, 2 blocks
from City Hall, on 4th St.; worth
$500; have offered for $1,000, but
will consider offer for even less if
sold this month. Owner does not
live here and says sell. She's sick.
All modern Groom house, 75-foot
front, only $1,000; $4OO cash and
$500 per month and 7 per cent in
terest. Worth $500.
5-room house, barn, one-half acre
ground, $4,000.
Groom house, barn, modern chick
en- house, brooder and hover house,
acres ground, elegant location in
city.
Very fine 5-room, modern except
heat, house. Garage and lot. Easy
terms, $1,000.
Groom house livery nice) on CO.
foot lot, worth $4,000; owner, widow
who is going away, and $2,65O will
buy if taken at once.
Groom house and lot down town,
$3.50.
1o-acre improved farm; might
trade, $1,000.
20 acres, one mile west, only ST.
900.
Snaps on all kinds of farm land.
WANTED-A NEW I'D to date
|AEROPLANE AT ONCE.
Wanted-4O acres close in on lake,
at once.
Wanted-4O or 60 acres hardwood
land not over miles east of city, at
once.
For Rent-11-room thoroughly
modern house down town.
For Rent - Broom house "a
dandy.
Come in and see me anyway. In
formation cheerfully given.
For Trade-Good 81 1880 house and
lot for Brainerd house and lot about
same value. Quick deal desired.
E. j. WILLIS,
Phone Al. lis 3rd St.
5-726
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ton and have two witnesses also sign
and date both. 1t also would be well
for him to keep the originals (both
drawings. and speci6cations) and for
ward only carbon copy Of the speci-
flcation. and a copy of the dra wing.
II remuneration is expected of the
United States government it should be
stated specifically. On the other hand,
state also whether the device Is do
mated to the government,
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FOR RIFT.

WANFED-Head laundry woman.
Apply Hotel Markham 3-725
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WANTED-Roomers. SIS Oak 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
If BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take glass of
Salts to flush out Kidneys
Drink plenty water.

Uric acid in meat eXcites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish. ache, and feel like Jumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated. and you may be
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush off
the body'S urinous waste or you'll be
4 real sick person shortly. At first you
feel a dull misery in the kidney region.
you suffer from backache, sick head
ache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoon
full in a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and lem
on juice, combined with lithia. and has
been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the
acids in urine, so it no longer is a
source of irritation, thus ending blad-
der weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
lure: makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
wANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED - % dining room and lunch
counter girls, good wages, steady work
women cooks 81 and $40 week: pastry
cooks; women for country homes So week
chamber maid. $50 mo-: family help etc.
Furman Employment Office. 106 West Sth.
WANTED-Bright and intelligent young
ladies' for telephone operating between
ages 10 and %. Permanent employ ment.
Paid while learning and chance for ad-
vancement. Apply So Jackson between 8
a. IN. and p. IN.
WANTED-tIirl or woman to do house
! work on farm. No objection to child
Frank Sinrecka, Della, Kans
WANTED-Young white girl for general
house work No washing or ironing. 3 in
family -534 Fillmore. Phone 3032 Ring 2.
WANTED = Young white girl wanting
home for six months or more; little
wages. Phone 1854 Red
EXPERIENCED help wanted at Gem
Laundry.
WANTED-An experienced girl for house
work at Ingleside. Reference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
Doctors Stand Amazed at Power
of Bon Optic to Make Weak Eyes
strengthening to DR.. Le,Ois
Guaranteed Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instances

able time and multitudes more will be able
to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared
the trouble and expense of ever getting
glasses. Eye troubles of many descrip-
tons may be wonderfully benefited by the
use of this prescription Go to any active
tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in II
fourth of glass of water and let it dis
solve. With this liquid battle the eyes
two to four times daily You should no
tice your eyes clear up perceptibly right
from the start and inflammation and red
ness will quickly disappear. If your eyes
bother you even a little it Is your duty to
take steps to save them now before it is
too late. Many hopelessly blind might
have saved their sight if they had cared
for their eyes in time.
NOTE-Another prominent physician to
whom the above article was submitted,
said: Yes, the Bon-Opto prescription is
truly a wonderful eye remedy. It's con
stituent ingredients are well known to
eminent eye specialists and widely pre-
scribed by them. l have used it very sue
cessfully in my own practice on patients
whose eyes were strained through over
work misfit glasses l can highly rec
ommend it in case Of weak, watery, ach-
ing, Smarting, itching, burning eyes, red
lids blurred vision or for eyes inflamed
from exposure to smoke. sun. dust or wind.
1t is one of the very few preparations I
feel should be kept on hand for regular
use in almost every family" Bon Optic,
referred to above, is not IA patent medicine
or a secret remedy. 1t is an ethical prep
aratiOn. the formula being printed on the
package The manufacturers guarantee it
to strengthen eyesight 80 per cent in one
weeks time IN many instances or refund
the money 1t can be obtained from any
Geo. w Stansfield and other druggists.
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06


MEN. is and over, of Topeka and yicin-
ity, desiring to prepare for examinations
for positions as Meat Inspectors, Prison
Guards, Letter Carriers, Department, Gus
toms, Revenue, Postoffice Railway Mail
Clerks. government farmers, etc, call and
interview I. II. Irving at Throop Hotel
Topeka, Saturday, April T. Permanent po-
sitions at good salaries. Call without fail,
IL NJ until p. NJ Saturday only. Minors
must be accompanied by parent. -.
WANTED--1O0 colored men to ship out !;
section work. s1.55 day; quarry laborers !;
laborers in city, 20 cents hour; % farm
hands, $50 no.; dairy hands, $50 mo-; 10
farm couples; married couple, children,
$45 mo-, furnished; bridge carpenters and
helpers; neat young men to ship west for
hotel work; blacksmith and helpers: fry
cook, hotel cooks, arm waiter, kitchen
help. Furman Employment, log West Sth.
WANTED-Reliable white man and wife
for New Mexico home, $50 mo-, furnish
ed. Furman Employment office, LOG West
Sth.
YOUNG MEN neutrality-suspicious. rail-
way mail clerks, S75 month. Sample ex-
animation questions free. Franklin In
stitute. Dept 138 d. Rochester. n. Y.
WANTED-Young men for hospital work !;
hotel clerks; men to ship out; cooks.
Furman Employment Office 106 W. Eighth.
WANTED-Young unmarried man for hall
work. Cbrists hospital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
\ Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home.

FILLED and Use at Home.
Philadelphia, Ia. Victims of eve strain
md other eye weaknesses, and those who
wear glasses, will be glad to know that
according to DIR. Lewis there is real hope
and help for them. Many whose eyes
were falling say they have had their eyes
restored by this remarkable prescription
and many who once wore glasses say they
have thrown them away. One man says,
after using it Il was almost blind. Could
not see to read ut all. Now 1 can read
everything without my glasses and my
eyes do not hurt any more. At night they
would pain dreadfully. Now they feel
fine all the time. 1t was like miracle
to me" \ lady who used it says: The
atmosphere seemed hazy with or without
glasses. but after using this prescription
for 10 days everything seems clear / can
read even fine print without glasses" An
other who used it says: Il was bothered
with eve strain caused by overworked.
tired eyes which induced fierce headaches.
/ have worn glasses for several years both
for distance and work, and without them
| could not read my own name on an en-
velppe or the typewriting on the machine
before me 1 can do both now and have
discarded my long distance glasses alto
Ietber. / can count the fluttering leaves
on the trees across the street now, which
for several years have looked like n dim
green blur to me. / cannot express my
toy at what it has done for me-"
1t is believed that thousands who wear
glasses can now discard them in a reason
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
CHAUTAUQUAS LOYAL
To Be Keynote of Circuit
Entertainments.

Chicago, April 6.-The promotion
of patriotic ideals will be the first aim
of the large lyceum and chautauqua
circuits appearing in the United States
it was announced today by the head
of the Redpath lyceum bureau.
The cause to which this seasons en-
tertainments and lectures will be ded-
icated, as outlined today, is:
ITO use our efforts during the com
ing season to promote the patriotic
influences of our great country and to
inspire the people to greater heights
of loyalty and greater conservation to
the cause of democracy-to the cause
of American ideals"
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nection with the entry of the United
States into the war:
There is not man among us who
does not breathe more freely now
when he knows that the whole Eng
fish speaking race is to fight as COM
rades in the most momentouS strug-
gle in history. The presidents speech
will vie in the annals of eloquence as
a worthy and noble exposition of the
grounds and the aims of a great ma
tional resolve.
1.-THE people of the United States
have been forced. as the United King
dom was forced, irto a struggle which
in neither case was of our own seek
ing. They have realized as we have
realized that the choice lay between
peace with humiliation and war with
honor There was no middle course,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06

for armed neutrality as the president
points out with irresistible cogency,
affords no secure or powerful foot
hold.
Provocations Different.
THE provocation offered in the two
cases was different, but in each the
challenge was one which neither ma
ton could refuse to take up without
the sacrifice of its self respect and
without the betrayal of the sacred
trust imposed upon all free peoples, to
uphold the defense of liberty and
humanity.
Never have the fundamental issues
at stake been stated with more pre-
cision or with a greater elevation OF
thought and language than in the
presidents address. The present Ger
man warfare, he points out, is a war
against all nations and the animating
motives of the allies, by whose side
he invites his fellow cOuntrymen to
range themselves, is not vindictiveness
but Vindica tion-the Vindication of
those human rights which are the
common interest and the natural bond
of the whole family of civilized socie-
ties.
ITO this great purpose, the Ameri-
can people now dedicate their lives
and fortunes.
Long Hoped for Course.
The president urges upon his fell
low citizens the utmost practical CO.
operation in counsel with the allies
and promises every form of effective
help that America can provide We
have never presumed to dictate or
even to suggest to our kinsman in the
United States what their course should
be but we have in our heart of hearts
longed that the time might come
when their strength would be joined
with ours in a struggle consonant to
all that is best in our common in
stincts and traditions That day has
now dawned and we believe that its
sun shall not set until the two great
English speaking democratic can re
joice together, as fellow workers. and
fellow combatants over the triumph
of freedom and of right"
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w A m T S
AND MISCELLANEOUS ADS

ADVERTISING RATES: The rate for
inserting Want Ads in The Topeka State
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents a
word. minimum SO cents.
COUNT THE WORDS of your ad includ-
ing four words for State Journal address,
when address is useu count each initial
letter and each number combination Of
figures rs one word.
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be
accompanied with cash or check in full
payment of the same. Note the foregoing
instructions about counting the words and
the rate per word for The Topeka State
journal.
CLOSING HOUR: Want Ads to be CLASH
fled properly must be in The State journal
office before II 30 o'clock. Want Ads re-
ceived after IL 30 till rs p. m. will be in
sify.'
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HEMSTITCHING. PINKING.
Paintings of all kinds Buttons made.
Mail orders receive prompt. careful atten-
ton. Mrs. Mercer, 500 Topeka
WANTED-Watch repairing. Main springs,
zoe; cleaned, 75c. All work guaranteed.
Armstrong Jewelry Co. 429 Kansas ave.
GOOD milk cows. fat cattle and veal calves.
W A Leitzow. Tel 257.
CARPET and rug weaving 1880 Garfield.
Phone 25SS Blue
WANTED-Cisterns to clean and repair.
All work guaranteed Phone J5S9J-
WANTED-Horses and cattle to pasture
VIM. IRE, Phone s104F2-
WANTED to present pretty spaniel TO sub
urbanites. Hyatt, phone 1855.
1OS2 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS.