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The midland journal., 1917-01-26
Can ConscieEtiouslY Recon-
mend This Kidney Medicine

I believe and know that DR.. Kilmer'e
swamp-Root is Q good medicine. Seven.
teen years ago introduced it IN this
section and to my knowledge it has nOs
failed to prove valuable IN a single case.
Many reports have come to me from Peo.
pie who claimed that Swamp Root had
cured them, and personally I am convinced
that there is not better kidney prepare
ton on the market and can recon-
mend it conscientiously.
Very truly yours,
FRED A. KNOWLTON, Druggist,
The Rexal Store,
2S8 South Main Street.
Nov. IL, 1916. Cambridge Springs. Pa
Prove What Swamp-Root WIN Do For Yss
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & On
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size -
tie. It will convince anyone. You WIN
also receive booklet Of valuable infoI.
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing. be sure and mentioA
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one.
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
a%0rnm-AAv
The midland journal., 1917-01-26

The Ouinine That DOss Not Affect The Hea1
Because of its tonic and laxative e0eoA LAxaax9
canslng nervousness or Hl19ng N Shs Aea6; tT9sM
kR only one "Bromo Qulnin0s~ u. w. 8hUS@W
1iGnAturo Ia on each box 10
The midland journal., 1917-01-26

Constipation. indigestion, sick-headacho
and bilious conditions are overcome by .
course of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring.
ADV.
The midland journal., 1917-01-26
ReaInnlna Riaht.

In choosing associates. and In MAX
ing friends. begin at home. Acquire
the friendship of your wife.
The midland journal., 1917-01-26

All Seattle (Wash.) city employees
may get a Saturday half holiday next
summer
The midland journal., 1917-01-26
SOME COMPANY DISHES. &

When entertaining a few guests, a
few dishes out of the ordinary are al
The midland journal., 1917-01-26
~ THE
A QKITCHEN
CABINETS
My character may be my own, but
my reputation belongs to any old body
that enjoys gossiping more than tell
iEg the truth.
FISH DISHES.

The Norwegian people having so
much coast line always have fish, yet
The midland journal., 1917-01-26

wish you'd stay" She hurried on: '.If
I could feel that mother had de-
pendable person like you in the house,
It would all be easier"
Dependablel That stung.
"But-forgive my asking; I'm really
interested-can your mother manage?
You'll get practically no money during
your training"
'Tve thought Of that. A friend Of
mine, Christine Lorenz, is going to be
married. Her people are wealthy. but
she'll have nothing but what Palmer
The midland journal., 1917-01-26
What reason do you think K.
lie Moyne has for needing to
keep away from Doctor Max
does lie Moyne seem to you to
be some kind Of a erookT
Out of the Question.

GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05

feature of the extortion of fees for checking hats and coats is that tho money goes, not to the attendants, but to some man or company that pays the hotel or restaurant for the opportunity a levy tribute upon its guests The pe- culiar meanness of this exasperates cus- toners more than the petty tax on their pocketbooks. It appears that in this case the padrone did not make his servants live up to the agreement that there should be no discrimination between spenders and "hard boiled eggs." as the "tghtwad Is now called in the parlance of the day. No tip. no civility; even scornful remarks and intentional acci- dents to wearing apparel. But how would asking more for the lease-if that is the right word-remedy this? More or larger tips would be required to meet the expense and those who refrained from loosening up or gave less than the naughty taker of tips expected would offer greater temptation to isolence or neglect Sometime an indignant public may have nerve enough to abolish the whole business by refusing to be held up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Pixitz on Highways

'T had a great trip to New York and back in my automobile said Louis Pizitz, the we'll known merchant. T went what is known as the northern
 route and came back the southern, and was away for about six weeks. I never before realized the value of highways.
 rot merely as a convenience for tour ists, but as a benefit and an asset to farmers. Driving through Ohio I got into conversation with a farmer who told me that before they put good roads through his lands they were worth only about $35 per acre. but that within a few years they had brought as high as $40o. I had to pay toll the amount of about s5 on the northern route, but there was none to pay on the southern route.
 It is a great trip to make, for one gets some idea of the resources of his coun- try. I was impressed very much with the agricultural prospects in the terri tory I travelled, and in my opinion there will be a great crop harvested this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Cotton Expected to
 Reach High Level

1.-THE size of the cotton crop is now 4 known approximately. Gov ernment reporting of conditions has developed into science and when the department of agriculture published its estimate of this years crop as 12,499,0 bales--it might have looked around and found 1000 bales more, so as to have made total of 12,500,- 000-the public accepted the figures without question.
 The price problem is now of intense interest One school" of statis- ticians sec 15 cent cotton ahead An other school, which includes many we'll known and broad-visioned men, takes an optimistic view. Cotton, &C., cording to the latter view, will bring 80 cents before Christmas.
 The 100000 bales carried over from the 1916 crop would find the south with 14,0o0,00o bales for this years spinning. As only about 8,500,- 900 bales are taken by American spinners there would be about 5,500,- 900 for export. The question then will be, will there besany room for cotton in the ships that carry food supplies and munitions, which, of course, must have the right of way
 At one time the prospect for cotton export was gloomy. It is much bet ter now The steamship companies as well as railroad companies have learned efficiency By loading more compactly they increase their carry. ing capacity very appreciably. There will be possibly three or four million bales shipped to England; but what ever the situation might develop tt give the bears an advantage, cotton in the opinion of prominent growers is worth more than it is selling fol now. The farmer who is financial! independent and can hold his cottoI will, it is believed, get 30 cents O more for it. The war will be ovel some day and when it is any surplus the United States may have will b. grabbed for by Europe regardless O price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
A NEW SUBMARINE THREAT

From the New York World.
 To credit reports that 1t is Germany s purpose to begin a more destructive campaign against enemy shipping. and especially against American vessels. is to assume that it's U-boats have done less than they were capable of during the past seven months of ruthless submarine warfare That does not accord with Ger many's boastful programme, which was to reduce Great Britain to starvation within six months. That country is bet ter off Cor food supplies than 1t was on February 1.
 Admiral Sims reports that with the ald of the American navy the U-boats are being successfully held in check. To the valua ble assistance rendered by United States cestroyers the British admiralty freely testifies On one point naval opin- ion is fairly agreed: that the destroyer. whatever may be accomplished by other means, is the best weapon for coping with the submarine. In the game of building warships for this kind of contest the United States and Great Britain can beat Germany three to one.
 The Tirpitx schooi held to the policy of ruthlessnes. and in desperation the Ger man government was forced to accede to it. After long trial 1t has ended in the defeat of Germany's hopes. and new ex- cuses and new proposals are now expe- diunt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05

the sections north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers will have to be care fully regulated.
 The railroads had often felt stag gered at their freight traffic prob lems, but when the war forced eff ciency on lines of strictest economy of time, space and equipment, the car riers have proved equal to the occa- sion. Never again will transportation inefficiency be tolerated. In the meantime hats off to the railroad executives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Denver Revisited


 T was a hot day when left Birming-
 ham, August 1. The fresh collar of Il = o'clock was very limp rag at noon,
 and when bought new one, close to the Terminal station, I could hardly walk across the street before it had also ceased to walk uprightly. But from the moment that we pulled out toward Memphis visions of snowbanks and clear, blue Col orado skies cheered me with promise of refreshment after nine years of almost
 unbroken toil and pushed the mercury downward by absent treatment"
 That was on Wednesday. By Friday ] morning we were wearying of the Short cornstalks of Kansas, and glad to wei come bits of arid eastern Colorado Came noon, and the haze in the west had changed to a skyline, the long horizon | of the Rockies, and presently the more 1 insistent chimneys and roofs of Denver. 1 There the collars cease from willing and | the laundries have some rest. By that | time also arrears of sieep had begun to get themselves cancelled and the rav- elled sleeve of care to be decently knit and tucked away.
 Half my fellow passengers had elected to go southwest from Denver to Colorado Springs or PAeblo Peace go with them! For me the friends of long years were watching in the metropolis of all this mountain iand. Like Balaam ofsold. had my eyes open.
 And the first improvement I spied was great figures on the upper and outer corner of each street car front, each fig ure a foot or more in height, painted on a movable metal square. These are long distance identification tags, so that the wayfaring man, though short-sighted, need not wonder whether i. is his car that approaches, or err therein by stum- bling under an auto while he rushes to get on the wrong conveyance. By and by I should not wonder if Birmingham were also permitted to know the routes now so indistinctiy indicated on her various street cars; yea, even the near-sighted, wayfaring man of this progressive city. Who else so sorely needs to know this, and what Is more immediately pressing, to be surely known?
 Some one had told me that Denver had gone very empty, flat and stale. but it did not so appear. Rather, I marveled at the indications of widened areas, larger population, multiplied activities. The city and county of Denver, in thes Ian guage of the Hoosier, is some pumkin.' 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Before he gets her he would lay down his life for her. After he gets her he won't lay down his newspaper for her.
 What has become of the old-fashioned detective who used to use dicto-
 graph?
 You can always take chance. But
 you can't always put it back where you found it.
 The old-fashoned mother who lived on farm had to get half dozen kids ready for school, fix breakfast for 10, clean the house, feed the chickens, warm
 milk for the calves, work the churn. feed the hogs. put a big dinner on the stove. wash the dishes and mend some clothes before noon, now has married daughter who lives in flat in the city and who has d hard time getting up in time to attend the picture show every after noon.
 i Ono man can lead another man to drink when 100000 men couldn't drive | him away from it.
 | Women marry either for love, money l or a home. But 1t has always been a mystery why men marry. | When a married man is caught with 1 the goods, he is prone to blame the other { woman for dragging him into it and his wife for naggng him into 1t. There are all sorts of women in this 1 world, including the woman who isn't i happy unless she is unhappy i What has become of the d-fashioneo
 man whose wife and whose affinity were | the same person?
 i The good fellow when he had it is now discovering that his former cronies are always busy or broke when he runs
 across them
 After a man has been married long enough he gets too wise to hide his
 money in the toe of his shoe or the sweatband of his hat and hunts other places. Sometimes he hides his money
 so well after tapping up little toe much joy juice that he experiences tht pleasant sensation of waking in the morning and wondering where the het 1 he put his coin. And he doesn't ask hi. wife if she found 1t anywhere. That l would be dead give away.
 We do not mind the girl who cant I keep her feet still when she hears music But we draw the line on the girl who
 keeps time with the orchestra with her gum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Not Less Than
 65 Bales Per Car

MNWING to the heavy demand on NJ the railroads for moving food crops and war material cotton will be shipped in quantities of not less than sixty-five bales per car. The commission on car service of the railroads war board has issued in structions to that effect. Notice has been sent to cotton buyers, with a request that they place orders for re- quirements on a basis of "sixty- five bales or multiples thereof"
 In the southwest and the Mississippi delta districts "the average car will load sixty-five bales and in the south east district the average car will load seventy-five bales" Consequent ly buyers are urged to govern them selves accordingly. It is seen now that the New England territory will be taxed to the maximum capacity of Facilities this fall and the acceptance of freight by the railroads serving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Prominent Families

'"rhe initials E. B. in my name stand for Eugene Brown" said E. B. Erwin assistant county superintendent of edu- cation. My father thought a great deal of Eugene Brown, and showed his ap- preciation by naming me for him. Our families lived not far apart, near Pin son. MT. Brown moved to Louisville and became connected with a large drug house. He married Miss Annie Greene the daughter of Rev. Thomas F. Greene, the pioneer of slack water navigation on the Warrior river.
 MT. Brown and his family are now prominent in the commercial and socia life of Louisville. The descendants oi the men that lived near Pinson in those days have made their marks in the world. There were the Greenes. Tar rants, Masseys, Marshalls, Trusses Hewitts and others on farms not fai apart"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Austria's Reception
 of Presidents S Note

ID RESIDENT WILSON'S reply to x the pope's peace proposals was a disappointment to Austria Hungary. The dual kingdom was more desirous of peace than Germany, and it is not surprising that the failure of nego- tiations at this time has caused much unfavorable comment in Vienna
 A dispatch from Budapest gives a statement from ian inspired diplo- matic source" which agrees in most particulars with editorials which have appeared in German newspapers.
 "The demand for cheap democrati- zation of Germany is also time-Worn device of its enemies," says this au- thority. "Thcre would really be no advantage in subjecting MT. Wilson's note to a profound scrutiny" Since the present government of Germany has proved itself unworthy of conf; I-~cs there is no inconsistency in the Presidents contention that the German people must assert them selves and show the world that they are no longer subservient to Prussian militarisn.
 There is no desire on the part of MT. Wilson, or the American govern ment, to dictate the form of govern ment under which the German people shall live, but Prussian militarism has forfeited the confidence of four-fifths of the world and there is no hope for a permanent peace until the policy that might makes right is abandoned 1 When Italian troops advance witr | knives between their teeth. the Aus trians feel a great yearning for peace.
 
 The Russian people are badly disorgan- ized, but the Russian ballet is holding together as we'll as could be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
High school Site Settled

q guess the campaign might be said to be fairly under way said pr. N A. Barfett. candidate for pres ident of the board of commissioners. ."I have just heard that some very energetic member of the Annanias club is circulating the report that when I am elected one of my first acts will be to remove the proposed high school from Woodlawn to East Lake.
 "Of course, everyone who has heard this story knows it is started for it's political effect and that there is not one word of truth in the statement Woodlawn has won the location Tor the high school and there is where II will be located. The high school was designated to care for the eastern sec ton of the city and it will serve this purpose whether established at East Lake or Woodlawn l hope, in this connection. that the board will start actual construction of this school a' once"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
VACATION NOTES
By GEORGE EAvEs, D. D.

I But if Denver is both city and county, is Denver "she" or "they?" Whichsoeyer pronoun is permissible, Denver has ab- sorbed whole section of the Rocky
 mountains as a city parii the essential | splendor of which is called Lookout
 mountain, recently made the sepulchre
 of Colonel Cody, immortalized securely as Buffalo Bilf My friends whirled me thither in touring car and climbed with
 out mishap to the commanding height whence the plains seem to flow like in finite, mystical, many-colored robes, to where America dips her feet into the sea. Of those robes, Denver should have flashed like the jeweled and gigantic breastpin. Alas she also was so mysti- cal as to be quite hid in clouds of smoke. During the few happy days available
 for Denver I learned of the reconeilia- tion of her people with their great leader,
 MT. Speer. To him they have returned as to a necessary servant and master. l Evidences of his municipal genius and fine understanding abound, the great est of which is the redeemed waste land along Cherry creek. whose wayward floods are now confined within decent channel of concrete and whose banks. once consecra ted to the cult of dead cats, rusty coal scuttles, and other symbols of overflowing prosperity, are now green and gay with lawns and gardens, among which commodious driveways run Time fails me to tell of the parks connected with this great boulevard, of the superb central area dominated by the state- house, where also the majestic library building is the first element of the Civic center that is to be. A few rods west of the library is the United States mint, impressive enough, over whose manage
 ment presides my greatly esteemed and lovable friend the Hon. Thomas Annear of San Juan. He told me that there were over 460 millions in his care at the time. I told him that could not take it in. Much might be written of the bathing beaches of Denver. the naiads and fauns upon the adjacent lawns. and the crowds of onlookers admiring those classic and uncovered limbs. Why go to Atlantic City for sun-bath when Denver has | sun of her own? So on the day of the | Sun Washington park divides itself into | three portions, the undipped, the divers, l and the onlookers, only the latter carry l ing hosiery or other shelter for the 1 neither man, or woman.-4.I was told that | on other days the crowds were not diff l ferent, only smaller, with children more l in evidence, and went away wondering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Ten-Thousand Day

'Ten-thousand day at Capitol park
 should bring out great crowd of Bir- mingham people" said Mrs. Philip Os- ter, well known in musical circles scheduled to be given but several new
 features have been added which will make it better. In spite of the rain last Sunday several hundred persons went up to the park and expressed disappointment that the weather did not permit of having the sing. The singings have grown from week to week and next Sunday will be the greatest day of all if the weather per- mits and the present plan works out.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Back from the East

T am back from a busy time in the east,'' said Sam Blach. Tt has not been so hard to get goods in our line as in some others, and the prices have not been materially advanced as yet, but the chances are the lines will get not only scarcer but much higher in the spring. I think we will have prosperous times as long as the war lasts, but when peace comes there will have to be an adjustment, and then will come the test to try the souls of men who are en- gagged in business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Government Finance
 and Budget System

~ HARLES WALLACE COLLINS, NJ a native of Alabama, and at the time a citizen of Birmingham, where he was associated in the practice of law with his uncle, B. M. Allen, has come we'll to the front as a publicist. His book, entitled "The Fourteenth Amendment and the States" which made it's appearance few years ago, won for him high distinction, and now new volume from his pen, "The Ma tional Budget Systen," will add in large measure to his reputation as an authority on government administra- tion.
 A great deal is being said these days about governmental reform along budgetary lines, but the average lay man has little knowledge concerning the budget system which has been practiced in England for 200 years, and is in use in almost every other enlightened country.
 The United States is without a def mite fiscal policy. Financial legisla- ton, following the committee system, has been haphazard and therefore un- scientific. There is a growing de- mand among thoughtful public men and students of finance for national budget system. The term itself sounds easy, but like all matters pertaining to taxation and the economic expendi- ture of public funds it is extremely complex.
 MT. Collins set out to explain the budget system and discuss it in plain, untechnical language so that the man of average intelligence, but with lim- tied learning, could understand it. He has succeeded admirably we'll. The book contains only 150 pages, includ- ing complete index, and while the author, in a brief preface, says that "the work is not intended to be orig inal or exhaustive" it is full enough to be educative. It will serve to "clarify the subject in the popular mind" and will therefore supply real want. There is not dry page in the little book, and that so much of history, so much of sound reasoning and so much ( f governmental exposi- ton could be crowded into volume of it's size is something of marvel.
 Perhaps nothing since Woodrow Wilson published his work on Con gressional Government" has been so instructive, touching our legislative and departmental machinery as 1.-The National Budget System" And as this subject is of vital concern and will soon become a practical issue, every American citizen should seek to inform himself. MT. Collins has rem dered the reading public a timely service, indeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
JOHN BARLEYCORN's WAY

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
 Mean whisky is now getting the blame corn is always the goat"- Birmingham Age Herald. Always. in that he never fails to butt into any and all deyilitry thrat comes along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
sEARCHLIGHTs

Minna Irving. in the New York Herald Above the stricken land of France.
 Ali gashed with battle scars, The rockets from the, German lines
 Soar up and spout their stars. But look! a greater glory comes
 To quench their puny rays. The stars that on a field of blue
 In Freedoms banner blaze. The star-shells o'er the trenches shed Their evanescent Tight Like ghastly fox-fires flickering
 In cflurchyards old at night. But To! put out forevermore
 Their feeble beams shall be Before the searchlights of the world,
 The stars of liberty.