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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24
AN 0LD-TIME SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS
Day Celebrated
Belum Days.


the cheerful fire so essential to the
season.
The wagons were kept busy, too,
distributing turkeys, roasting pigs.
wild game and other products
of the plantation, to friends In
town. The distribution of a full
supply Of clothing, hats, shoes, so
pecially well-dressed 80 Crismus,"
was an important occasion prepare
tory to the festivities. The barbe-
cuing of numbers of whole hogs,
halves of beef, the hunt for wild
turkeys, ducks, squirrel. cartridges,
with possibly supply Of venison,
kept Uncle Tom," Jake" and
Amos" as busy as bees as the gala
season approached. The cooks were
consumed with their responsibilities
in the success Of the bread, cakes,
pies and buildings. On the day be-
fore Christmas the work began in
earnest. Great tables were spread
in the open, covered with snowy
homespun, trimmed in gay profusion
with border sprays of cedar, winter
green and lockwood. The decorat-
ing was always looked forward to
with enthusiasm by the young ladies
and guests Of the house. for the
pride of the planter and his family
was stirred to make the occasion
just as pleasant as possible alike to
the jewellers of the great house and
cabin.
In the midst of the merry laugh
ter, snatches Of song, and buzz OF
animated conversation within the
great house on Christmas eve, sud
denly the merry-makers were start
led by loud report, as of artil-
lery. This was the introduction to
the christmas eve" serenade to the
"Ole Marster and Mistiss," which
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24

the least important of this Christmas
preparation was season of "hog
killing" which meant many a busy
day, since it required no small
amount to provide the family supply
which included the great army of
servants, for there were no vegeta-
rians among them. Delicious saul
sage, juicy tenderloin, tempting
spare-ribs, dainty sweet-breads and
brains, not to speak of the splendid
hams and bacon that were looked
after with special care for this fes-
tive occasion. The young servants
were careful to save every bladder,
which they blew up, tied with a cot
ton string, hung up over the fire.
place and tenderly guarded until
Christmas eve, when they were ex-
ploded, as a preface to the Christmas
serenade, which always took place at
the "great house." The wagons and
teams were kept busy for days before
the festival, adding to the supply of
we'll seasoned light wood, to insure
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24
THE HOME CIRCLE
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS.

mind the Christmas sockingdon't hang it at all!
dim,
chmneys Of the still
you don'tb in Claus,
wait and it's Christmas Eve
think he's
and
And don't hang up your stockng-for he
Christmas
blow,
Claus
stockns ookin
wish n m
grandpeope-they knew him far
them in the attic there oday!)
Grandfather in-he
For a blievin' n
don't
whlin mornin'
He away from hat in
Frank L.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24

"A man might then behold at Christmas In each
hall, good fires to curb the cold and meat for the
great and SMALL
~ HRISTMAS season in the "Old
South was time when the hos
~ pitality of the house was taxed
to it's utmost, when the invited
guest, neighborhood friends and the
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24

plantation SER
wants were equal
in the consider
alton of the host.
On the plantation
no sooner was
the harvest we'll
over than slow,
Y e t methodical
preparation for
Christmas was en-
tered upon. Not
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-24
Hot Water Free

From waste heat of your stove pipe
Fits any stove. Heater holds ten gar
Ions. Every housewife delighted.
Write for particulars.
r. Nj. WELLS, Autaugaville, Ala.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
R@EsT77,---.-- @EEsT7,I- 80
A CIRCUS CHEETAH
By IZOLA FORESTER
By IZOLA FORESTER
copyrIght. l9Ia by AssoeIated Llterary Prsss

"A cheetah," said Murray pleasant
ly. is the pet OF kings and rajahs
and nabobs and the other classy gen.
Try OF the far east. Eve see one7",
'I'm not sure. little sa1!my Clsrcy
answered 81 ss
The two showmen we're on the train
en- route to Join others OF the tent
family TO show In Philadelphia.
Clancy was new to the circus bust
ness. He had appeared out Of the
west without warning and had bought
out the Rawlings and Wells Oriental
hippodrome on wheels, so to speak.
Both Rawlings and Wells had de-
camped for New York without specify.
ing their intentions as soon as the
transfer was made. and the new own
er had appeared simultaneously and
had picked up the reins on the run
away outfit and stopped the danger.
He was very polite. low-voiced
chap. about thirty, smooth shaven,
dark. with slow. boyish smile and a
steady eye. The show people liked
him at sight. and within a week re-
spected him. He did not yell at them
nor use large language. AS Murray
expressed It after personal expert
ence:
Hes an ultimate conclusion. So
and SOS the case. and there you are.
and what are you going to do about
it? He's a wise little boy, and he's
my boss and the rest of the shows.
too" ..u. a. .0If.. r...
There are several in this country"
went on Murray Some OF the parks
have them. But they all seem dis.
pirited. never saw but one live one
You don't know any OF the old timers.
do you? Haven't been In the busi-
ness long?" In rr"lt l
mot SO very long" said Sammy.
This happened nearly eight years
ago. just about the time small cir.
cuses began to lose their grip on &C.
count OF vaudeville packing the the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

aters and getting the best acts. One
OF the last TO give up was old Pop
Atkins. BY jove, he trotted over his
old circuit with the same old ele-
plants and wagons and animals that
he'd been giving them for years. His
wife died that year. but he didn't
care. They'd trained the daughter,
Glover, to take her place. ana she
took better than the old lady"
Sammy evlnced a fresh interest
Good looker?"
More than that. son, more than
that. She was the $4,000 beauty. all
right None Of your little sawedor
soubrettes! Slim and fair, she was,
and graceful--why, Lord Harry, you
should have seen her ride horse we
had. II would waltz on its eyelids n
she lifted her whip. But the cheetah
loved her best Pop used to beat II
and poke II playfully with hot iron.
and so on. Once when II didn't mind
him he stuck the lighted end OF
cigar on the tip OF its nose. oh, yes,
Pop was surely playful"
Were you with him them" asked
Sammy. .l. oF
II was-up to two weeks before It
happened. Then Pop and / had a
sentlemanly difference OF opinion.
and went east. He used to whip
the girl the way he had her mother
Shed fight back, but II wasn't any
use, and interfered. Well, he was
her father. and there you we're. And
she was too proud TO have him ar
rested and testify against him. So
after I'D pounded Pop and relieved
my feelings and been declined by
Glover. left the show. She was
working up an act with the cheetah
then. You know what they look like,
bigger than leopard and not so
crafty. They train them for hunting
over in Persia and India. This one
was trained to hate the hand that
struck him SO It laid for Pop"
who took care of it?" asked Sam
my lazily.
"a kid Pop had sent for from the
show where he bought n down at
Coney Island. He wasn't good for
anything around the show, but he had
that animal like a tame kitten around
him. He and Glover had all the care
of II, for the old fellow was asleep
most OF the time. One day II got
loose, ! heard about It from a pal
OF mine who stayed on for the sea.
son. II was about two, as the show
was breaking up for a new town, and
the cheetah got out and calmly
strolled down the main street In the
moonlight II seemed amused and in
terested. but when a principal citizen
get busy with 4 shooting iron Il
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
DEATH NOT DUE TO FOOTBALL
Autopsy Reveals Real Cause Of
Freshman's Demise at Cornell .''.
Died Of Heart Disease .at

That Lauren b. Paine OF Duluth.
the freshman who died at Cornell in
firmary the other night. did not die
from injuries sustained in football
practise was made known after an
autopsy upon the body by DIR. Charles
A. Bentz. the Buffalo pathologist
The findings confirmed the opinion
OF the football coaches and others
connected with the game and re-
moves all doubts as to the playing OF
the balance of the scheduled year.
The findings are contained In the fol.
lowing telegram sent by President J.,
G. Schurman to Franklin Paine. the
boys father:
"Dr. Bentz OF Buffalo made a post
mortep examination and has just
submitted TO me the following signed
report: From the findings It Is my
opinion that the patient died OF un-
avoidable acute dilatation OF the
heart. associated with arterial disease
and a CASTRO entero colitis There
was no evidence of anything due 10
football injury The castro entero
colitis was the most important cause
OF the dilatation. should add that
DIR. Bentz is a member of the depart
ment OF pathology Of the University
OF Buffalo and has made thousands OF
autopsies1 G
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
Animal IntelIiqenee.

Animal intelligence Is like the fig.
ures and designs made in a casting;
It is not acquired or much changed
by experience. while human intelll-
gence is slowly developed through
mans educative capacity. The ami
NAL is creature Of habits inherited
and acquired, in a sense that man is
not; certain things may be stamped
into the animals mind, and certain
things may be stamped out; we can
train II into the formation of new hab-
its. but we cannot educate or develop
it's mind as we can that Of child.
so that Il will know the why and the
wherefore, II docs the trick or the
task because We have shaped It's mind
to the particular pattern we have
stamped in this idea, which is not an
idea 10 the animal but an involuntary
impulse, That which exists In the
mind of man as mental concepts, free
ideas, exists in the mind OF the ami.
NAL as innate tendency to do certain
things. The bird has an impulse TO
build its nest, not any free or alb.
stract ideas about nest-building; prob.
ably the building is not preceded or
attended by any mental processes
whatever, but by an Awakening In
stinct, an inherited impulse-Johp
Burroughs, in Atlantic.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
The AirdaIe poa.

The airdale, airedale. or ayredalo
dog, is just now becoming quite pOpu-
lar.
1t is enthusiastically described as
possessing all the good qualities Of
all other dogs; It has the gentleness
OF the collie. the loving disposition Of
the pug, the solidity of the bulldog.
the acuteness OF the terrier and the
poise of wienerwurst.
The airdale is almost devoid Of tail,
being merely rudimentary in that re-
spect However, # possesses popu-
listic wealth OF whiskers. In fact, It's
hirsute arrangement is such that II
you do not know what II is you begin
TO wonder If II is doormat come to
life.
1t is one Of the few shredded-Iook-
ing dogs that ever achieved petdom.
The airdale has an affectionate dis
position, and being practically devoid
Of wagging facilities It expresses it's
affection by implanting moist kisses
upon those whom II loves.
The fine thing about the airdale is
that being utterly devoid OF beauty its
owner can really become enthusiastic
while telling OF other reasons for
liking it,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
His Handicap.

"The greatest bandmaster I ever
knew" says the man with the ashes
on his vest, twas little. slim, bald
headed, smooth-faced fellow named
John Smith. AS a band leader he
made all these famous ones look like
hopeless amateurs"
Y never heard of him." argues the
man with the reversible tie.
"Of course you didn't. Nor did any
body else. Didn't ] Just say that he
was little. slim, bald headed, smooth
faced fellow, and that his name was
John SMITH" utrue .-,,-,o
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

(stovaine. the new anesthetic, permits
the patient to retain his consciousness.
and carry on n conversation. while being
operated upon)
Gather round me, skilful surgeon. nurse.
physician and chirurgeon,
Let my conversation burgeon while you
carve upon my rib:
shall rest without culver and without
shake or shiyer I.l ...... . 90
As you cut apart my liver. II you won't
say l am glib.
Go ahead and slice my sinew With the
best OF skill that's in you
While l merrily continue 10 inquire =
little bit: t.t.. ......I .t D..
Tell me why when ] am aiiing and 20
you come a-trailing. f#istrt
must find IL unavailing to ask what
you christen II.
You will nod and hem and haw some in
In your manner more than awesoms
TIL you make me think you saw some
subtle symptom OF the plague;
Then you tell me TO keep quiet aAd you
fix me up a diet bonn Uu .t
That's enough TO start a riot-but the
rest of II Is vague.
You will write me prescription couehed
in something like Egyptian,
Looking like wild conniption Of .
spider In the ink: Sos
Though with science you have planned II
: and by rights you may command g.
sull. II ! could understand II. II would
help a lot. ! think
What's the matter doctor7 Truly, don't
mean to be unruly; INar
Please don't look at me so colly or
Think that I shall weep.
But the doctors and the nurses brought
the drug that talk dispenges
And In spite OF feeble curses put the
talking one to sleepl
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

Let anyone take notice when out in a
crowd and see the number of aigrette
plumes displayed on women's hats. Any
member of the Audubon society or believer
in its teachings will find it necessary to or
der mo feathers at any millinery store,
for almost all hats bear this kind Of trim
ming in some form or other.
Women are not losing their femininity,
but in the mad rush for fashions are be-
coming thoughtless. Many, perhaps, do
not know how much the mother heron suf-
fers when shorn of her beautiful pumage
That it means the death of herself and
5 women welcome information on such sub
yentle qualities with which we were endowed
ata and yDl,,pnaco - borona
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

81 haven't any use for Impractical men,.
Said my philosophical old Uncle Ben
These fellers inventin' their 'lectrleaI
things a-.....---.---- -
An ships that will sail through the aiy
on their wings
An telegraft lines that'u run ui,hoo,
wires
An ovens to cook up your meals withou,
fires
impractical nchemes! Jest you wait tlii
you've seen
My latest perpetual motion machiner.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
A Light Support.

What IS II. do YOU suppose, thai
keeps the moon in place and prevents
II from faliing?" asked Araminta.
81 think II must be the beams" re
piled Charlie. softly .-Shelburne Fall,
Messenger
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
Divine
Ideal

THE LAST chapters of Revelation assured that
the material world will when the time ripe be absorbed and
transformed by the spiritual. The primitive Christians
l expected this contamination too but they always
A thinking about it, and believed that the dead also wait
rlN ing for it in state Of probation sleep St Paul calls
kVAfIfl and that all the redeemed would together
EkutM Surely they right Humanity progressing towards
kD great end end higher than the pafectng OF separate
ndiyiduaite One generation where another leaves
and unfods the divine ideas little fully day may
hope this idea will be realized in human society nearly perfect
the limitations permit may reasonably hold that those gen
oaon which have passed have stood still either and still
cened with the work Of evolving humanity mighty whole with and
In the glorfed Christ
hen comeh the end" All illusions all Of parntencss, will
disappear the material will make the spiritual the phenomenal
the universcs visible and invisible
perfect the life Of God This the New
Testament view Of the matter the large perspective OF present
day knowledge Of the Of the universal order
When the question of the survival of individual
after death than that the evidence which would
satisfy the ordinary religious mind might fail with the unnomed by the
religious temperament Nevertheless the lack be in the latter rather
than in the former.
Evidence that would carry conviction by the methods acceptable to
the scientific mind would Of course have to be the lower plane
quite admit that such evidence might be of great value reinforcement
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

to spirituality, but It could never be substitute for
for it take precedence of it, Still think it not
improbable that scientific psychic investigation will
before long manage to prove to the satisfaction OF the
average the existence of discarnae consciousness
II 80, shall rejoice, because believe the general
effect Of such a demonstration would be good. But
so, would rather rely the instructive percep-
tonG of the highest order of spiritual experience.
Death is calamity to those whom it calls
higher, but only to those who mourn their loss. And
even that would be turned into Joy if we could but
know how things really are in the great beyond
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

The use of white phosphorus in our
match factories in America is greatly to be
deplored. 1t has been prohibited in Eng
land and other countries, because of the
fearful and most painful disease Of the
jaws which It often produces among the
matchmakers.
White phosphorus is a cheaper kind OF
phosphorus and consequently has been
much used.
The manufacturers are ready to give it
up, but as competition is keen they say
that the use Of it must be prohibited in all
the factories.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

pass law orbddng the of white phos
phorus feared that bribery has prevented far the desired
being obtained .....H
Will not the who houseeper help to hasten the dscn
of this evil?
Shall not this small make it easier and less dan
gerous for the women and little chldren2
commend them your mercy
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
Pistol
TotinS i'm
China
and Japan
By NJ. P. CRANDIN

:"
the country underhe ideals of the euda Of society when weap
part of the apparel OF all males and when personal difficulties
settled by and broadly speaking the dis
ncnaton to interfere with alright that inaienabe order
enable individuals protect themselves from the of those
above hem survival which ignores altered conditions
existence Of social methods Of securing justice. g \ sr#
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12
Waiting.

walk in. sir, says ST Peter 10 tho
shade who has been sitting on a cloud
for several days. Come right in. I
told you 1t would be all right for you
TO do So"
Thank you," replies the shade. Il
want to wait out here, If may, until
The fellow who sold me cantaloupes
asst sumner comes along. want to
see you send him down the chute"
HG<<..G 4ee~%SN
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

At the risk Of being thought disoyal to
native land, with its claim to a superior
civilization and its similar manifestations
of national egotism, venture to call atten-
tion TO the fact that both China and Ja-
pan have very much more sensible laws
governing ownership and use of firearms
than we have. The "hea;hen in their
blindness" carefully govern the matter Of
registration of sales and the responsibility
of vendors for such results as follow from
illegal use of firearms. t.s
The truth Of the matter, Of course, is
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

jumped at him and chewed his shouL
der. Then this youngster went after
II. but II had tasted blood and was
feeling mighty airy II only cuffed
at the boy. but II laid him out, and
all at once Glover heard the row and
ran out OF her tent and down the
street after II. And say. she had her
belt, little elastic business with a
pretty buckle on lt-you know the
kind girls wear--and she put that
around his neck and led II back to It's
wagon Hows that? Plucky? yes.
While the boys were hanging back
with pitchfords and nets and hot
irons"
Another time Il had toothache and
they got dentist in. and she made
him give II an anaesthetic. Little
things, but they made that heather
cheetah animal love the girl as If 1t
had been a pet cat.
Pop was thinking OF selling out
along this time, and the prospective
buyer came on from Kansas City to
look the show over. Instead. he
looked Glover over, and spoke to Pop.
Intentions? | don't know anything
about them, son II he had any good
ones he certainly kept them out Of
sight. But he made Glover the bonus
in the business deal and he bought
the outfit that night. Long about
1890 he comes out OF Pops quarters
and makes for Glover. She hadn't
gone to bed She was over at the
cheetah's wagon talking TO II and to
the kid. 1t was moonlight, those
nights in August when the moon
comes up like a great name-colored
blossom. and they were In Kentucky.
near the Ohio border. The Kid was
playing on a mouth organ, real soft
and decent, when the big chap came
over. took hold of Clovers arm and
told her what the deal was
when Glover screamed Pop him.
self came out and tried to reason with
her She was to go on that night to
Kansas City and marry the fellow
there and then back to the show. Pop
said he was sick and tired OF the
whole show business and was going
abroad to seek a long-deserved rest
from his labors. And he struck her
with one Of those short whips they
use on the animals when they lift
their upper lips and growl."
There was a brief silence. The
train was speeding along at fifty
miles an hour. Sammy stared out OF
the smoker window contentedly, In
terestedly. and watched the landscape
Of New Jersey take wings to itself
and roll UP like the scroll of parch.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-12-12

Then what?' he said finally.
THE kid let the cheetah loo e.
said Murray slowly And when the
two Of them grabbed her and tried to
carry her on It leaped on their backs.
That's about all know. Pop left the
hospital five months later with scars
that he'll bear all HIS life and the
other fellow lost one arm. That chez
tab was a discriminating animal. 1t
died from a bullet Pop managed to
land right finally; but II had done it's
work we'll. And the other two skipped
out that night. the kid and Glover. |
always thought they made for where
her mothers folks lived. in Indiana
somewhere"
That's just what they did" broke
in Sammy happily And the folks
down there was good to them. They
let the kid work around the farm, and
Glover got we'll and pretty, instead OF
looking like wax candle most of the
time. They lived there up to year
ago. 1t was a pretty good farm. You
haven't seen Mrs. Clancy. have you
Mrs. Sammy Clancy? No? | thought
not She's going to meet us in Phila-
delphia tonight. She still likes the
business, somehow. | guess Its just
because she's Glover. and I'm that kid
that looked after the cheetah."