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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
The Age of Friuolity
BY WILL BRADSHAW.

This is an age of mirth; an age of
the light and airy in everything. The
rugged frame of the old professor
shook, as he wiped away tear and
reluctantly admitted such was the
condition of affairs.
For rs years of his young life he
toiled like a poor day laborer, with a
pick and shovel, beneath the burning
sun of old Egypt and under the very
nose of that wise old sphinx. He
looked back on those wasted decades
with sigh and tear. All the labor
OF his youth gone for naught. What
had become of the thousands of tab
let's he yanked from the hot sands in
his long career? What did all the
effort amount to that was used in de-
ciphering love letter, written on a
brick, by an Egyptian domestic to her
lover across the Nile in the seven
teenth dynasty? He realized the an
swer to the queries was nothing"
OF what benefit was the knowledge he
exhumed to the fiighty ones of the
present day? And if any benefit did
accrue. how was the old mans gift to
the living appreciated?
In all his time he never happened
on anything really astonishing; any
thing that would cause the average
man to drop his evening paper and sit
up with look of eager expectation.
With his stupendous knowledge of
the olden days he has never given to
the women and girls of our land the
much sought secret of Cleopatra s
beauty; what she ate for that lovely
complexion, or what were the ingred-
tents of her toilet preparations,
The old professor realized now,
when far too late, that the things
most likely to make the American peo-
pie show super-heated interest in
Egyptology were still buried in the
dim past.
In this age of ours, when everything
runs in lighter vein we cannot con.
scientously waste our valuable time
porting over musty records and hero
glyphics when they are not in the
trend of thought we take the most in
terest in.
The serious thought, though sad II
may seem to the old professor and DOS
sibly few others, is gradually being
eliminated We are getting into the gay
life with rapidity that all but awes
Man, woman, and child is gradually
evolving into being with the same
aspect for the serious butterfly has
on June morning. We are almost
saturated in humor of every conceiv
able form. Newspapers, magazines
and bill boards are all contributing tt
the pleasure of the populace.
In very short time our entire
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
With the Worlds
Great Hzl17or'iSfS
Selections from TIE tVriffnSS
Makers Mirfb.

him anyway. | noticed, also, that the
hornets were coming out in a good
sized procession, their wings silvered
by the adherring bubbles. | observed.
also, that they acted very strangely
for drowned" hornets. The presence
of the water did not make them even
wobble as they walked steadily and
purposefully along that trough-edge.
Finally one hornet came free Of the
water. Immediately he brushed the
moisture from his eyes, twiddled his
hind legs on his wings till they were
dry, wiped his mouth with the back
of his hand and said, vengefully:
"Ah! Look who's here! There sits
the son of gun that tried to asphyx-
late us, eh Well, Mister Smarty,
put this in your dudeen and Whit it
and this, and this, likewise these and
those!"
By that time the whole phalanx was
busy.
Folks had said we boys would rise
quickly when once we got out in the
world, but none of us has ever risen
with such meteor-like rapidity as did
this scientifically-inc brother of
mine on this occasion. | never saw
such speed from a standing start in
my life. He lit ten feet away, up.
hill at that, and when he struck the
ground every bit of him was running.
l went with him. Far be it from me
to stay and see my brother hurt, or
to stay so close as to associate with
those who had purposely hurt him.
My place was at his side, though did
not stay so close as to interfere with
his going as rapidly as possible. l
paralleled his course, about aNhundred
feet on his starboard side.
He looked like weeping wart-
hog when he reached home, and to-
this day believe he suspects that
had seen the hornets coming and
hadn't told him!
Copyright, 1909, by w. G. Chapman)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Poached EGGS with Tongue.


This is a capital way of using up
remains of tongue, if they happen to
be on hand: Required-Four eggs,
four rounds of tongue, a little salt and
vinegar, buttered toast, little thick
gravy or sauce. Cut four neat rounds
of buttered toast and keep it hot.
Stamp out four rounds of tongue; if
you cannot get whole rounds arrange
the pieces neatly. Heat the sauce,
put in the slices of tongue, and heat
them through. Meantime carefully
poach the eggs. Use either sauce
pan or a frying pan, and about half
a teaspoonful of vinegar or lemon
juice to the water-this helps to pre-
vent the eggs breaking little
salt. Put a round of tongue on a
round of toast, and on this place a
carefully poached egg. Put them on
hot dish, and strain the sauce
round. If liked, sprinkle little
chopped parsley over each egg.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

newspapers will be devoted to humoi
in all its forms. We will have all the
facts of the worlds doings recorded in
a way to excite laughter from the
most grumpy reader. 1t will cause no
surprise to read an announcement
that Willie Plum has been engaged at
fabulous sum by the Morning Hee
Haw to write in humorous verse the
story of the great bank failure while
Percy Hill Arious is in New York
handling the greatest murder mystery
of the age in his most amusing style,
for the Evening Lawfter exclusively.
The theater is following rapidly the
footsteps of the press. We have, with
in the past few years, installed in
every town and village, a nickel show
with vaudeville accompaniment for
every 500 inhabitants, at least. The
tragedian and his naughty tragedienne
are tramping through the agencies
looking for engagements, only to be
told to save themselves from penury
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

or died, when 1 read about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so !
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved of all my suffering. Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, Marlton, Nj.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof voluntary estimonialsare
on file in the Piplxham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, Ill
ceration, displacements,f ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodicpains, backache.
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial
If you would like special advice
about your case write q cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free
and always helpful.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
From Overhead.

A canary hung directly over the big
square table in the Hungarian res
taurant.
Once" said woman who was din
ing there, 1.-The bottom dropped out
of the cage, the bird flew at the or
chestra yonder, and we had bird seed
in our soup. 1t was awful"
THAT reminds me-" said the cross
eyed man, ''of one time when we were
having little game of poker on the
B. & o. You know how those trains
roll. Well, just about the middle of
the game down came all the grips and
dress suit cases straight into the
kitty and broke up the game. Money
flew everywhere. We got so mixed
we couldn't tell which had won or
where the money was that whoever
had won it won. Talk about bird seed"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Drowning Hornets
BY STRICKLAND w. GILLIAN.

Once in my James H. Halcyon days,
when things of human intelligence
appealed to me even less, my brother
and | attempted to drown some hor-
nets. At which time we learned a
very interesting thing in natural his
tory. viz, that hornets do not drown
as readily as do sightless kittens with
petrified necklaces on
We were fooling around an odd cor
ner of the meadow where some big
rocks made the scythe necessary as
a cleaner-up after the moving ma
chine, when we discovered in an aban-
doned and inverted calf-trough hor-
nets nest about as large as an adult
slop bucket.
We were not chaperoned that day
by any one who was in duty bound to
Keep us working, so scientific ex-
pertinent Immediately suggested itself
to my brother, who has since degener-
ated into a physician and surgeon.
I'll drown en- he announced,
with the light of adventure and re-
solve in his eyes.
Not much, Mary Ann" proudly
responded in the slang of that re-
mote moment.
Watch me- was his comment.
Setting the nail more firmly in the
end OF his one bed-ticking suspender,
he lay down and crawled up to within
six inches of the nest. The last three
feet of his journey occupied ten min
utes, owing to the proximity and evil
dent suspiciousness of the black-and-
white garrison of the besieged cit
adel
The affair had then reached the
stage at which did not hesitate to
take a hand. So far as l could see,
there was not much more danger, so
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Fool Questions
BY FRED c. KELLY.

And these people that come to
apartment houses with fool questions!
Take the case of Gnash, for instance
habitat snug little suite on the
top floor of an apartment house pro-
viding all the discomforts of an or.
binary house.
Gnash hollered down the tube, but
the man at the other en- seemed to
be one of those boneheads who won't
answer you through tn tube, but
wait for you to traipse down stairs and
see what they want
Gnash went down. The visitor was
one of those exasperatingly meek, po-
lite ones that fill a person with a
rabid desire to be just the opposite.
''Is Mr.. Thompson in?" inquired the
man.
Thompson? I'm sure l haven't the
faintest idea how much he's in, or
whether he's in at all or not" re-
sponded Gnash, sarcastically.
"Mr. Henry Thompson, I mean," ex-
planned the man.
"Uh huh," says Gnash; "and still |
can't tell you if he's in"
well. he lives here, doesn't he?"
"Mebby he does. I don't know
There are twelve different families
here in the building. l don't know
them. None of them are on my pay
roll. can't argue about whether
Thompson lives here or not"
Then the stranger had an idea
@Why, his cards over in that place
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
For the Housekeeper.

Cookies and little cakes placed in
an earthen jar with few pieces of
cut orange or lemon will be found to
be delicately favored when eaten
A child's broom, purchasable for a
small amount at any department store.
is an excellent article for cleaning be-
hind the radiators.
Powdered arrowroot is preferable
to cornstarch for thickening fruit
juices. for 1t keeps the juice trans
parent and prevents Jumping.
For cleaning down stairs, stiff,
plain brush is better than wisk
broom.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Fifteen Minute Puddinu

A pudding that is well liked and
so easily made, is this little steamed
pudding which makes just enough for
four. Use one cupful of flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder and bit
of salt Stir in enough rich milk to
make drop batter. Butter the cups
and put a spoonful of the batter in
the bottom of each, then drop in two
tablespoonfuls of cherries, juice and
all. if fresh, sweeten. Then add more
batter and set in the steamer to
steam IA minutes without uncovering
Served with cream and sugar they are
most delicious.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Tomato Catsup.

Peel and slice one gallon firm toma-
toes. Simmer in a porcelain lined
kettle for several hours with a pint
of vinegar then add one cupful OF
sugar into which has been thoroughly
blended four tablespoonful of salt
one teaspoonful of black pepper, one
quarter teaspoonful of cayenne, one
tablespoonful of ground cinnamon,
one tablespoonful of mustard, and half
a tablespoonful of ground cloves. Cook
slowly to the desired consistency; put
in pint bottle, using new corks
soaked in hot water
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

the end containing the nest. After
showing 1t well under, my brother re-
marked with braggadocio carelessness
that he believed he would rest bit
Looking down into the pool, when
the roiledness cleared away, l no.
ticed that the water loosened the plug
In the hornets vestibule. I neglected,
somehow, to mention this to my
brother He had often chided me
for nibbing in when it wasn't my
business. | didn't want to disturb
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

there" said he with the confident
there-you-are tone of man who has
put forth an argument that is unassail-
able.
"Sure enough" admitted Gnash;
"his card is there"
"Then he must live here, all right. "
argued the man.
Il don't know whether he lives here
all right or not. But II his card is
there he must occupy suite here.
Looks like safe bet. Want to write
your own ticket?"
The stranger stared at Gnash the
way man will when he's wondering
what the joke is.
well, is he-is he in row" he pur-
sued, cranking up for fresh start.
I'm what?" asked Gnash blankly.
"Why, is he in his room here?
where'd'je suppose"
aOh, haven't the slightest idea.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Open Eyes to Beauties About You.


One of the most important things
that every mother should have and
teach her children is an appreciation
of and love for the beauties in nature.
Whatever comes to that life this Joy
can not be taken away, the leaf, the
bud, the clouds, sunset and stars are
each day source OF pleasure and up
lift. We have eyes and see not. as
did the artists friend who was being
shown glorious sunset which the
painter had reproduced on canvas, he
remarked: Il never saw sunset like
that" the artist replied: Don't you
wish you could?" These senses of
ours were given us to enjoy the
sights and sounds about us, and by
their use we see more and enjoy more
as the years go on.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

Believe me, don't make a practice
OF going about peoples rooms and
Keeping tab on their movements.
Here's tip though: suppose you ring
his bell. If you're after Thompson
you'd have just as good chance of
getting him by ringing his bell as by
ringing mine, don't you Think"
But did ring his" spoke up the
other one. triunlphantly. "And he
didn't answer"
Then you rang mine, second choice
Ell? oh, l see! You thought, of
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

course, when he didn't answer his
own bell that he might answer mine
Well. I'm sorry he disappointed
you"
Maybe he'll be back aft. while
il he amt in now" suggested the
stranger.
Sure enough! Maybe he will!
There's an idea for you to work on
What time do you suppose"
But Gnash had slammed the door
and hiked back upstairs, swearing to
himself in low, soft pedal tone.
The stranger walked away, mutter.
ing something about the ignorance
and cheekiness of the average apart.
ment house resident.
Copyright, 1909, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Household Dont's.

Don't try to do two days work in
one.
Don't have the laundry work done
on Monday as that gives day to re-
move stains; do any necessary mend
ing that would become worse after
going through the laundry, and also
gives time to put away the best
clothes worn on Sunday and getting
the house in order after the day with
all at home.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

Four hundred thousand people
take CASCARET every night
and rise up in the morningand call
them blessed. Ifyou don't belongto
this great crowd of CASCARET
takers you are missing the greatest
asset of your life. 0,a
CAScARETS Ioc box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
In the.world. Million boxes month
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

-. is not the throned and scep-
tered king 1t is not the
warrior grimed with smoke and stained
with blood-it is the queen of the home
who, under God, rules the destinies of
this world. There is the center from
which radiates the light that never fails
For l say unto you the sweetest wisdom
Of this world is a woman's counsel. the
purest altar from which human prayer
ever went to heaven is a mothers knee.
Senator Carmack.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Bio Berlin Philanthropy.

More than $4,000 children were en-
abled by the authorities of Berlin to
spend this summer on land within
easy reach of the city limits. They
were assigned plots where they could
play and cultivate gardens profitably
with the help of their families and the
advice of public instructors.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Importance of BEING Earnest.

In the frivolous fashions of to-day
we provide for the earnest searcher
after fundamental truths and the real
ization of dreams of Utopia. We care
not for the gravity of their atmo-
sphere, but rejoice rather in the gor-
geous colors we can offer for extending
in art the glorious schemes of nature.
Ladies' Field.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

and put on song and dance. The
soubrette and the chorus lady are the
esteemed ones in the profession to.
day. We think more of a little
comedian than we do of all the heavies
on the boards. If popular vote was
taken the author of "Oh You Kidd"
would win by large majority over
the makers of the wise old proverbs.
How do l stand as theatrical pos.
sibility?" asked the old professor
showing an interest
well. could book you solid, Theo
philus, If you were pugilist, or cared
to go on in black-face and monologue.
Copyright 1909, by W. G. CLapinan.)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Tins for the Tired

When very tired, to lie down and
entirely relax for five minutes In q
quiet, dark room will work wonders
for a nervous, tired body.
Have place for everything and
after using an article return it to its
proper place, then there will be no
irritating hunts which destroy the
best of tempers.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
A crisp. Refreshina sandwIch.

Did you ever place two or three
thick slices of crisp cool cucumber
between bread and butter sand
witches? They must be served as
soon as made or kept on ice so that
the cucumber will not wilt. They are
most appetizing
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

given me new Lie.
/ suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
fammation, ulcer
alton, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not Sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
t r GU bles were
chronic. I was in
despair, anddid not
-, - -. :. IL 4
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
French Custard.

Beat three eggs well, add one-half
cupful of sugar, one pint of whipped
cream. Flavor to suit the taste, serve
in sherbet glasses, with nutmeg gra-
ted over the top.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

- + WERE Judge, and called
upon to name
The penance for each crime-committing
sinner
should inquire before l gauged his
shame
That evil day, what did he have for
dinner?'
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
MISSED 1T.

Aunt-Well, Johnny, suppose you
had a nice sojourn in the country?"
Johnny-Um, well, had lots of nice
apples an peaches an watermelons an
things, but l guess them sojourn
things wasn't ripe yet.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

The man who has the greatest COM
mand of language is the one who
knows when to keep quiet.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
swedish Timbale Pastry.

Mix two cupfuls of flour with one
tablespoonful of butter and one-half
teaspoonful of salt. Add one egg and
milk to make smooth batter.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

could afford to come in for the
grand-stand finish. Together we car
ried the trough, nest, imprisoned war
riors and all, to the creek, sought
out the deepest hole, and inserted
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Yes. He Made a Spluroe.

Il suppose Newrich is making quite
a splurge with his money!"
HE did the day he backed his auto
off the ferryboat. Puck.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

1 "A LII the reasonings of men are
not worth one sentiment of
woman, -Voltaire.
"Grace was in all her steps. heaven In
her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love"
Milton
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
For Headache rrv Hicks, cau,din,

Whether from Colds, Heat Stomach or
Nervous troubles. the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to talke-Enects Immediately. 10, Is
and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

Dr. Pferce's Pleasant Pellets first put up 10 year
ago. They regulate and invigorate stomach, live
and bowels. Sugar-eoated tiny granules.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

MARLToN, MIL feel that LydiaE.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
Green Corn Oysters.

Carefully CRATE six ears of new
corn, mix in one thoroughly beaten
egg. a tablespoonful of cream in
which teaspoonful of flour has been
rubbed to a paste and the proper sea-
soning. Mix and make into patties
the size of large oysters. Fry in hot
butter in the frying pan till nicely
Drowned. and serve hot.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23

A brain is worth little without a
tongue.-French.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-23
WOMANl lovely woman

" WOMAN lovely woman
Angels are painted fair to look
like you" -Otway
"She moves a goddess and she looks a
QUEEN Pope
The Prescott daily news., 1909-01-25

fence in the building and main- tenance of macadam roads.
 Judge w. A. FalcOner of Fort Smith a former president of the association, and who has made Sebastian the good roads county of the state will divide time with Pres. Henry $. Hartzog of Ouach- ita College in the evening ses- sion. Dr. HartzOg has been a cen spicious figure at all good roads conventions and his talks, like those of Judge Falconer, are from a practical standpoint. Judge Falconer will speak on state Aid" and Pres. Hartzog on the Relation of Good Roads to Education"
 Wednesday the last day of the session will be filled with inter- esting discourses. w. l.. Cooper will talk on gravel roads and the most inexpensive ways of build ing good ones Ben Griffin, the Farmers Union orator, will speak upon the relation of good roads to the farmer. NJ. F.. Dickenson will wind up the "Wednesday morning session with a dis course on the increasing of land values through the building of good roads. In the afternoon w A. Wooford will lecture on the proper construction of country roads where the township is not equipped with all the modern ma chinery. w. G. Harkey will talk on the way to get better streets in the smaller cities of the state. Ad Bertig will take the good road from an economic stand point as his subject. The after noon session will close with a general discussion upon whether the township road Overseers should be appointed by the coun- ty judge or elected.
 Mayor W.>R. Duley was on the program for an address Wednes- day evening on the need of bonds issues in building good roads, but he is ill in New Mexico, and his place will have to be taken by some other enthusiast on the bond amendment phase.
 Judge Gould resigned as presi dent of the association when A mendment No. 10 was defeated and the association has had no real head for the past four months, but it is reported the delegates will force him again into the presidency.