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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Enlists for the Free
Eats and the Free
Railroad Journeys

NEW YORK. April 14.-Here's the
banner enlistment "eloper:"
Gordon Ashman applied for enlist
ment in the marine corps. When he
went out for just a few minutes" and
failed to return in hours, inquiry was
made as to his previous record.
1t was found he had enlisted eleven
times, gotten numerous free meals and
railroad rides each time and managed
to slip away. He had been enlisted al
Baltimore, San Francisco, Cleveland,
Wilkes Barre and other cities.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Kidney Medicine Wins
High Standing

In the past fifteen years OF our drug
business we have rot experienced a
finer seller than Dr- Kilmer's swamp
Root II has won for itself a high
standing in our trade and those VINO
have used IL claim that the results OBJ
tanned after using Swsmp-RoOt Is very
gratifying. We have good faith in your
preparation and believe it j. meritori-
Gus article
Very truly yours,
CONWAY DRUG CO.
Chas- J. EppS. Sec-Treas-
eNoveuber 4 1915 Conway. :. g
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Train is Wrecked by
Villa Followers, Report

JUAREZ, Mexico. April IA north
bound passenger train on the Mexican
Central railroad was wrecked near Sa-
malayuos, % miles south of the border,
late yesterday, according to an unofficial
report received here today. The report
said four passengers were killed and sew
eral injured and that the removal of a
rail by Villa followers caused the wreck
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Official Notice of
Bolivia's Break Given

WASHINGTON, April 14-Of1ciaI
notification that Bolivia had severed
diplomatic relations with Germany
reached the state department today i'm
a note from Minister Calderon. The
text of the communication may be
made public later.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Billy Sundays Eulogy
On Death Of Friend

NEW YORK. April 14-"I hope st.
Peter gave Diamond Jim the glad hand
when he knocked at the gates of Heaven
this morning" was Billy Sundays COM
ment on the death of James Buchanan
Brady. 81 knew him. He was a good
scout, but good scouts as we'll as bad
ones must face the Lord sooner or
later"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17

Richmond lnd-For years sick and weak from
female troubles that going stairs had slowly
with the steps, then sit down at the top to rest The
doctor said he should have operation friends
thought not live into house My daughter
PnkhamS Vegetable Compound she had
taken good results did weak neSs disappeared
home, do all kinds OF garden
work and raised hundreds of and ducks cannot
enough in praise of lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
NJ o. JOHNSTON, Route D, Box $780, Richmond Ind.
OF course there are many serious cases that only
surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters and many others like them
amply prove that many operations are recommended "heh
medicine in many cases is all that is needed.
IF YOU want special advice write to Lydia Pinham Med
cine Co Mass Your letter Will be opened
Snn held in strict confidence
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17

send ten cents TO Or Kilmer a Co,
BinghamtOn. y Y. for a sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet Of valuable
Information. telling about the kidneys
and bladder When writing. be sure and
mention The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Jour
mel Regular fifty-cent and One-dOllaT
size bottles for sale at all drug stores.
fAdyt D
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Girls Are All Stuck Up
Now-With Old Glory

CHICAGO. April 14.-Pa triotic maids
have gone "one better"
Flag stiokers, pasted oil shapely
shoulders. has supplanted poor butter
fly"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
The Right Medicine in Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.


Des Moines, Iowa-"My husband says would
have been in my grave today had it not been for
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. / suf
fered from serious female trouble and the doctors
said could not live one year without an operation
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound
soon commenced to get better and now well
and able to do my own homework. can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound to
any woman as a wonderful health restorer"-Mrs
BLANCHE JEFFERSON 03 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
Letter 20
Or. Kilmer s Co.,
Binghampton, y. 7.

Prove what swamp-ROot VIII DO For
You.
The record., 1917-01-18
TO PURIFY Water
BLEACHING POWDER WILL KILL
UNPLEASANT DOOR
Not a Hard Task, Nor Expensive, TO
Remove DsagreeabIe Smell From
the Contents of Cistern, Says
Prof. Newman.

If the ciStern wafer has Disagree
able OG0r it can be made sweet ana
disable by treating with bleaching
powder, according to i. j. Newman,
assistant professor of chemistry in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Tie rain water as it cones from
the roof is laden with micrO-organiSliS.
which under the right temperature
cen litions, grow and multiply said
Professor Newman. "Nnrn summer
rains are allowed to run into the G. :
tern this ideal tCmpcratUre--iS soon
reached and the development of these
organisms proceeds rapidly. The Uil-
pleasant odor is due mainly to the life
processes and decay of the bacteria.
bleaching powder, or calcium hyIo-
ch!orite, can be purchased in any drug
store nj from 20 to 80 cents Il pound.
Onc-thirh to OnC-fOurlh of Il pound is
sufficient TO treat 80 to 100 barrels OF
water
The powder as it comes from the
store is placed in Il pail or any con-
vencnt receptacle, which is then filled
with water. The mixture is stirred for
Il few minutes until no more of the
powder will dissolve, and is allowed
TO settle. The mixture is, then poured
into the ciStcTn.
Some of the powder will remain I'M
dissolved in the bottom of the pail.
Pour in more water and repeat the
process as many times as may he nee
eSSary to dissolve all the powder.
Where possible it is preferable to agi-
tate the water in the ciStern While the
bleaching mixture is being poured in.
When used in the proportion indicat-
ed the powder is not in sufficient guam
tity TO make the water unfit for use,
nor is it dangerous in any way. 1t
acts simply as a deOd0rizer and a
Scrmicidc.
The record., 1917-01-18

building suitable shelter for sheep !;
third, the little care sheep require in
the summer, during the farmers bust
est time; fourth, the determination of
weeds on the farm by the sheep; fifth.
the enrichment of the soil on which
the sheep Craze by the even distribu-
value to the land; sixth, that with
present prices OF wool Il breeding eve
ought +" lay for more than her keep
and thut her lamb or lambs are their
ret profit; and, seventh, that since the
demand for them is ever growing
stronger, mutton and wool are con-
stantiT increasing in vaIue.-Wiscon-
sin bulletin 2O3.
The record., 1917-01-18
STRAW FOR FERTILITY
Practice of Burning Piles After
ThreshIng Is WastefuI.
Soils in Many Sections Would Be
Greatly Benefited by Addition Of
Fertiizing Constituents
Present in Stalks.

From the time the prairies were first
cultivated up to q year or so ago IT,
was the general custom to burn to
piles Of straw which tiCtt"ci the fiei..>,
after the fall thTesEiE@, IN fact. ii i
get 4 very c,.ll.i-:.,n p."ctiea aud II very
r.fStci1!l Ouv
1t is an established fact that or-
G"nic matter is essential for soil fer
,i!ity. 80 o34p disputes The fact that
our prairie soils are already rich in
this essential, but in many sections the
soils would be greatly benefited by
HE addition of the frrtiliZing con&titu-
cnts which are present in the straw.
Hopkins Of Illinois gives the va!un
II ""t straw 1ct. la;:'':7r;,,' PURPOSES ut
:;:!.3G :scr tor. Went straw is value.
IT :" - Per Ton Th2 same relative
comparison gives the value of fresh
farm manure at So and barnyard
manure at $2.34 per ton. Anyone who
destroys a ton of wheat or oat straw,
therefore, destroys more fertilizing
clements than are contained in the
average farmyard manure.
is to feed it to stock and return the
manure to the land. Thus it serves
Il double purpose-fodder and manure
When fed to horses or cattle ON q
maintenance ration or those doing
comparatively little work, oat straw
is considered by Hoard's Dairyman to
he from one-half to tWo-thirds the
value Of good clover and timothy hay.
| The manure from one ton of wheat
straw is worth S1.52, and that from Il
ton of Oat straw is worth $234 Thus
the wastefulness Of burning straw is
evident.
When sufficient live stock is not
kept. however, to use all of the straw
in this way, the straw can be returned
directly to the land. 1t may be spread
and plowed under or used as a top
! dressing on grain or pasture.
The record., 1917-01-18
QUALITY is MOST ESSENTIAL
Greatest Profit Can Be Expected Only
From Live Stock Of the Very
Highest Grade.
CBy e, 4, TROWBRIDGE.)


Quality becomes more essential TO
profit in live stock farming each sea-
son. When labor, land, and feed were
cheap it was possible to realize prof
it on live stock Of an inferior grade,
but with the present high cost of these
production factors and constant dis
criinnatien OF the market against the
scrub" it has become evident that
the greatest profit can be expected only
from live stock Of good quality. It
play be possible for the feeder or deal
ef TO make Il profit on inferior live
stock il he Is able to buy it sufficiently
cheap and ssh quickly, but usually
someone has not reaiiza3 the greatest
possible profit when scrub goes to
in3rkrt. If it is not the feeder, it is
the maR who produced the animal.
The record., 1917-01-18
COLONY HOUSES NOT COSTLY
Material, May Be Bought for Price
Hanging From $7.35 to $17.43-
Much Depends on Type.

According i, The practical experience
Of tie agricultural experiment station
ct AI32s, u worry ratj%Ff,nfGry colony of
?aGI"2'a lo"hDus;rS may - built at
:. c.~si. ~ laarcgiAI, ran%iR" f,H0i4s !? 81
10 %i7.4:;. dcI~EjinG upon the type. liz
nn case G'v.@ III" cost of labor add
Tor" tam &'}.T1 70 the total cost.
These movable i.ouseS have been used
fer 4 good many ycAFs az 4mcs. They
arc declared successful ~ Joi.n NJ.
JGEEar,', .Wjio is III charge Of tile e9=
psItaHnt;.i work in animal huSl,andfg.
WIN iref, J. =. Davidson, Mr. Ev-
gard has recently coiEE.I"t@G Il bulletin
which gives coTpIrt" piHhz a.fd speci-
9icatiens for six different Types IF
r'nVAil1 is@Hs"S. The publication maF
be SccGFed without COST by writing to
the Bu!Iciiu elitoT. Am"S. Iowa, fer It.
The record., 1917-01-18

that the caterpiilars in their first and
second stages are not able to live on
some of these plants even though they
may feed on them in later stages of
development. For instance, though the
eaterpillars in their later stages will
feed upon pine, and have killed large
areas of pine mixed with hard wood
in Massachusetts. they must have some
deciduous foliage for food in their first
and second larval stages. Considering
the matter from this standpoint it
seems quite possible to cut out alt
other growth, leaving solid stands of
pine or other cOnifers which, with only
slight protection, may escape destruc-
ton. BY the use of tanglefOot on the
trunks of the trees around the margins
OF such an area, little damage will re-
suit.
In slight infestations the insects are
nearly always found on old apple
frees. They are partial to fruit trees,
wii4Gsy, oak, poplar and rose, but when
the caterpiiiaes age abundant, food We
coEles increasingly scarce anq they
will feed upon Il great many different
trees and plants.
The record., 1917-01-18
N1&te Nl~f~eeo
Q Orchard .
Inflammation
WHAT GYPSY MOTH LIVES ON
caterpilIars Must Have Some De>idU
GUS Foliage for Food-They Axe
Partial to Fruit Trees.

o.. W f. BRITTON, State Entomologist.
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Ssation)
The damage caused by the gyrsy
moth consists in stripping trees, shrubs
and other plants of their leaves by the
caterpi!lars. Formerly it was sup
posed that the caterpillars would at
tack almost any kind of foliage, ash
being, perhaps, the most nearly immune
of any of our broad-leaved deciduous
trees. But more recent Investigations
ut the parasite laboratory, Melrose
Highlands, Mass, conducted under the
direction of Mr.. A. F. Burgess, show
The record., 1917-01-18
EASIEST INCOME FROM SHEEP
Small Sum of Money Required in Es-
tablshing F!ock-Demand for
Them Growing Stronger.

1t has never been disputed that
sheep are of great vaiuc on the farm.
Som" men who have had years of
practical experience with sheep and
have raised 1loek-in connection with
other Glasses of live st9~.... declare that
they have derived the ,a-;Grst and
easiest income from sheep. From the
standpoint of profit they consider:
First, the small sum Of money required
fer the establishment of flock; sec
ond. IL" small expense incurred i'll
The record., 1917-01-18
Another Highway Link.

A new connecting highway has been
proposed leading from Savannah, Cid,
to Seattle, Wash, crossing the Lincoln
highway at Omaha. An invitation will
shortly be extended to all the cities
along the route to send delegates to
u convention to be held in Omaha in
February,
The record., 1917-01-18
pottcd Ok Tor-ur.

on" p,"nn + rold c;nl;cd. OF tot,s:e,o,
sin tah!">l"':nFt1.' Of. butter tr fat
from tongue. aF~jaf !tar", made mus
lard, one tca$pool,fGI 81 mushroom
catsUD, red p"plt"r
Crop tongue fine ana put II in
basin with tie butter or the fat from
the tongue, if any is left; season to
taste. i;1iit BE mixture, after it has
been well l'",!srleh, through fine
sieve. i'r'PsS Into small pots, cover
with ciHGi:;"d butter o. larG keep in q
cool place.
The record., 1917-01-18
Vat fos Dipping Hogs.

the hogs come up out of the dip. By
holding them oa this incline for a few
1niuutps great deal of the dip is
saved ~ running off them and into the
INK. The KAT rron@r is 16 inches wide
1T The bottom, x inches wide at the
Up and ( feet deep. It is 10 feet
M.n1.
The record., 1917-01-18

JulNNo ihittS NC uSIu
with excellent results.
Apples baked with nuts make
most delicious breakfast dish. Cor"
and peel them and fill with chopped
nuts, sugar and bit of orange or can
died lemon peel, bake until tender.
jelly may be used for filling, orange
marnnadc raiSins and nuts, dates
and figs, or marshmallOws with jelly.
So many combinations will Occur to
enc that there may be a constant
variety. Serve them cold with whipped
cream.
Apple betty is never out of style.
Chop pint of apples, add buttercd
crumbs. brown sugar, little spice,
either cinnamon or nutmeg, put the
ingredients into buttered baking
dish in layers and bake without any
water if the apples are juicy.
Apples and AImonds.-Core and
pare half dozen even-sized apples,
cook nearly tender in a strip of sugar
and water, remove carefully to a deep
dish and decorate with blanched al
montls, cut in eighthS, lengthwise, and
thrust pol1ll uONu llllO tlc uplhtS,
sprinkle with powdered sugar, pour the
sirup in which they We're cooked
around them and brown in the oven.
Serve either hot or cold with whipped
cream and sugar.
Apples in Sirup.-Cook perfect ap-
pies unpeelcd, red ones are prettier,
in a heavy sirup until tender, then
place in the dish in which they are to
be served. Add to the juice q slice or
two of lemon and cook briSkly for Il
| few minutes. then pour over the ap-
! plcs. Chill and serve with cream.
For Il dainty dish for an invalid, a
| red apple cooked in water until tender,
| then carefully peeled, leaving the Dinl,
! tint On the apple, or scraping the i'll
side of the peeling and putting the tint
! on the cheek, is dish most attractive.
Serve with cream and sugar. This is
called "apple in bloom"
w.. Nlef~eeo
The record., 1917-01-18
SQUAD for the Invaiia.

A SQUAD cooked according to these
directions won't harm the sick stom
acii. Clean the squad, split it open, lay
Oh thic}iy battered pun and sprinkle
over with salt and peppef. Cover with
another buttered pan and stea'n until
tender. Serve plain or with hot brown
sAuce.
The record., 1917-01-18
HOG DIPPING VAT OF CEMENT
Tank Recommended by Wisconsin Elk.
pertinent Station Made With
Chute at Either End.

This is the cement constructed hog
dipping vat recommended by the Wis
conSin experiment station. 1t has a
chute at either end, and there is a
return drain apron at the end where
The record., 1917-01-18


apples lack flavor
various fruits may
he added to help
the d G fl CT e n c Y.
Grated pineapple,
ounces, dates. rails
ms and figs as we'll
as various fruit
The record., 1917-01-18
To inirraYe MI stard.

Add little drop Of s%'ad oil to mus
tard when ii is being made. Not only
will il. improve the taste, but it will
keep it fresh for days.
The record., 1917-01-18
APPLE DAINTiES.

There are many delicious dishes that
may be made from the common every
The record., 1917-01-18
g! THE
4 zAKlTCHEN -
81 81 CABINE T-

When tissue change is slow and the
supply of energy equals the demand,
as in well-nourished perspns in middle
life and old age, the qua tity of nitro
gcnous food should be diminished
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-23

into the nearest streams and allowed
to dispose of itself by evaporation;
but experience proved that this was a
decidedly dangerous method of dis
posal. The refiners were forced to
recognize the fact that in some way
they must find a legitimate CONNER
cia1 outlet for this volatile fluid,
which was so explosive that it could
not be dumped without great peril
to life and property.
Under the pressure of this economic
necessity, about 1875, a man named
Hull who was in touch with the
Cleveland refineries, invented a va
por stove, which was the father Of
the gasoline stove of today. For a
time this furnished very considers
BILE outlet. A considerable quantity
of gasoline was also consumed at this
period in street lamps and out-of-door
lighting systems.
About 1903 the motor car. with it's
internal combustion engine. appeared
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-23

When crude oil was first discovered
in the Pennsylvania district the public
received it as a cure-all for diseases
instead of fuel or an illuminant
Then it was discovered that by
subjecting it to distillation certain
portion of it could be used for light
ing purposes, to supplant candles and
lamps using. whale oils and vegetable
oils.
But it was found that a considera-
BILE fraction-about 20 per cent.-of
this oil had so low a boiling point.
was SO volatile and explosive, that it
was extremely dangerous in lamps.
At the sign of the coal oil lamp of
that pioneer period fires and explo-
sions were the prevaIisnA program.
\ It was soon seen by the rs-fr-srs that
if kerosene was to become a popular
ilIuminant,S the Tight boiling point
fraction must be taken off the top
and disposed Of in some other way.
For a considerable time it was turned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-23

to the day Of death, would speak one
word to explain the mystery.
! The chivalrous Southwesterners
were furious at Houston for the i'm
piled slur his action cast on Eliza's
good name. There were countless
i threats to lynch him. His boundless
popularity collapsed. Friends came
to: him and begged him for his own
! sake to explain the situation. Hous-
ton made the following brief state
ment: "My wife will return to her
father, while I must make my way
/ alone. She will not complain of me
nor shall complain of her. It is no
ones business but our own. I can
make no explanation. I exonerate her
fully and I do not justify myself. I
shall regard any ones interference as
an insult which 1 shall punish with
my own hands,
Houston resigned his Governorship
and that same night vanished. For a
long time no one knew what had be-
come of him. Then it was learned
that he had gone back to the wilder
ness and was again irving among the
Indians Also, that he was degener-
ating into common drunkard. He
had thrown away one of the brightest
careers in American history. for a
woman. But he was too great to re-
main in drunken sec1us1on. At last
news came to him of Texans seem
ingly hopeless struggle against Mex
leo.
Houston threw in his lot with the
Texans. Under his leadership they
thrashed the Mexicans, freed Texas
and made it. a republic, with Sam
Houston as its first president. But
Houston had no, personal ambition and
he was not content until he had caus-
ed Texas to be.anneKed to our coun-
try Perhaps thus we owe Texas (and
the Mexican wary Indirectly to Eliza
Allen. .a
Long after his death the Houston
marriage mystery was solved by
means of some private letters which
fell into the hands of his heirs. Here
is the solution, according to these
letters:
Eliza, before she met Houston, had
been engaged to a Tennesseean named
Douglass, man Of no wealth or pros
poets. When Houston fell in love
with Eliza her ambitious parents
forced her to break with poor Doug
lass and accept the famous young
governor, who might one day be
president
Meekly Eliza had consented. Still
loving Douglass, she had married
Houston. And three months later
Houston had somehow, found out that
his alteration was lavished on a
woman who had been sold to him by
her parents and who cared for an
other man.
Houston, heartbroken at the dis
cOyery had behaved in heroic fash
ion. He had given up everything and
had left his home and his high Of
flee, taking himself wholly out Of
Eliza's life and bearing without con-.
tradiction the, vile rumors that were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-23
But FOR Love He
MIGHT HAVE Been
U. S. PRESIDENT
Wiles Of Cupid Shattered
Brilliant Future of
Sam Houston.

This is the story of one of the
strangest, most dramatic love affairs
I in the history. Its hero was Sam
/ Houston, the virginian, who emigrat-
Z ed in childhood to the Tennessee will
derness.
At 18 Houston who was even then a
giant in size aJid.Sstrength ,5 quarrel
( ed with his family and went to live
, among the Indians. He came back 20
civilization in time to win fame as a
/, soldier in the War Of 1872 Then he
studied law, and in the next few
! years held one high office after an
other. In 1927, as Governor iof Ten
nessee, a wonderful POLITICAL future
1 stretched out before him. Then it
was that he fell in love.
Up to IS Houston had never; Cooked
q second time at any WOMAN. He
had led an adventurous outdoor life
and had. scant opportunity tosHculti-
vate the art Of love- king. But
! when he became Governor Of Ten
nessee ti1fs rough man of forests and
/ prafries Waa forced to come into con-
tact fors the first time with any
thing like social life.
He bore himself we'll in his new
surroundings, and many a girls said
! to have lost her heart to the hand
some giant. But he remained blind
to- their alteration and was wholly
i Indifferent to feminine charms until
in 1928 he CHANGED to meet Eliza AL
I; len, daughter of Summer County
politician.
Eliza was slender, graceful and very
pretty. She was well educated, came
of good family and was a local belle.
Houston fell madly in love with her,
and after whiElwind courtship he
won her. They were married lit is
said, Jan. f16, 1929. ~
I Houston was absurdly happy and
took no pains to hide his bliss. 1t
was freely prophesied that he. would
soon be sent to the United States Sen
ate. Indeed, through his friend AM
drew Jackson's aid. the path to- the
White House itself seemed to stretch
fairly straight before him Eliza had
made a splendid match from world
ly point of view. IS. 4as
Then, barely three months after
( the marriage came like a thunderbolt
the news that Houston and his bride
were about to separate. Neither
! would deny the report. And neither