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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
A Thing to Thank God For.

HVHERE is HARDLY in the range of English
literature finer thought than this para
graph from Charles Kingsby:
Thank God every morning when you get
up that you have something to do that day
which must be done, whether you like II or
not. Being forced to work. and forced TO
do your best, will breed in you temperance
and self-control, diligence and strength of
will, cheerfulness and content, and hun
dred virtues which the idle never know"
similar thought is we'll expressed by David
Grayson in his Adventures in Contentment''.
Happiness, | have discovered is nearly
always a rebound from hard work. 1t is one
of the folies of men to imagine that they
can enjoy mere thought, or emotion. or senti-
ment, AS well try TO eat beauty, For
happiness must be tricked. She loves to see
men at work. She loves sweat. wearness
self-sacriice She will be found not in pal
aces, but lurking in fields and factories
and lowering over Uttered desks: she crowns
the unconscious head OF the busy child IT
you look up suddenly from hard work you
will see her. but IL you look too long she
fades sorrowfully away"
We are reminded OF these things just now by
Nashville. before the recent Tennessee State Med
lcal AssoclaliOn. Discussing The Nervous I'm
fit" DR.. Crockett told of the different classes of
nervous breakdown. and made this highly inter.
esting, though not surprising. statement:
AS paradoxical 1t may SEEM many
cases are observed among the unfortunate,
unemployed children of wealth who have
never known the absorbing interest of earn
ing their daily bread, who have so little to
do that it is effort to keep themselves
Abycf Ilv a. ..ha
potion for nights sleep, and who are
strangers to that kind of slumber that has
to be fought off till task is done; whose
organs of elimination from lack OF physical
activity foul surface sewer;
whose digestive organs from early and long
continued over-indulgence, have long since
lost all that compensation that food brings
to honest toll; whose principal occupation
and whose greatest delight seems TO be the
contemplation OF their own sensations. This
class elicits our constant pity ant- commiser-
alton"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

glider cuched out of him with strangled scream,
and the cloudy shape its eyes blazing cody, drted
away into the shadows with its prey.
THE game full stop, for that night at least.
AS luck would have it, the squirrel that had been
through the adventure of the morning encounter
with Jabe Smiths missile and the interview with that
woud-be mesmerizer the backsnake-had been sailing
just below his unhappy playmate at the moment of the
great wood owls swoop He had the whole tragedy
and 1T made him dlStrSttul OF aeroplanng for the
ment He decided emulate his cousin the red squirrel
and trust to running and climbing, to the solid trunks
and branches rather than the treacheries of the air
After hiding in a crotch till his palpitatons had
what Gained down. he descended the tree cautious
search for food He had had his fill of nuts and
He wanted jucer fare. He went all the way down to
EARTH his appetite set the rpenng partridge berries
Now as it CHANGED, the boy had taken heart that
suggestion of the uberman in regard to the cage trap
His appetite for knowledge of all the wild creatures of
the woods Unsuitable. He eager to know the
flying squirrels more intimately than he could know
them from the plates and text of his natural history
books His idea was to catch one keep it awhile, win
its confidence study and then give back freedom
before had had time forget how take of itself
among the perils of freedom.
That very afternoon, therefore, he had returned to
the "squirl tree, carrying spacious trap cage of
strong WIRE cage of two chambers in which he had al
ready kept with both red squirrels and ground
squirrels The second inner chamber the regula-
ton revolving wire cylinder designed to give the little
captive such strenuous exercise might and
to divert its thoughts from its captivity. The door
wide trap opening upward and outward, and shutting
with powerful spring at the least touch on the trigger
within. Beyond the trigger the boy had fixed varied
bait cunnny calculated the vagares of the squirrel
appetite. There sweet nut kernels securely tied
down. fragrant piece OF apple bit OF green corn ear
and crisp morsel of bacon rnd.
The boy had no of knowing whether the flying
squirrel like his red cousin not, in the matter of
taste for meat but he felt that some one or other
of these scented danes would prove too much for the
prudence of anything that called itself squirrel Near
the great trunk of the blasted tree he found another
giant half fallen, its top still upheld by the embrace of
he
rightly Judged to be favorite pathway of the flying
squirrels as they raced upward from their excursions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

unable to check himself bumped his against the
wires with violence that brought the blood and stirred
his hunting lust to madness of fury.
Both pursued and pursuer recovered themselves in a
second 1t well that the boy, exact, methodical
SOUL had ashed the cage securely to the trunk Other
wise the mad assaults of the weasel would have torn
loose and dashed it to the ground He all it
and around it every moment, fnging himself vciousy
this and that in the effort to catch his quarry against
the wires.
And the quaking squirrel at the time, dashed
himself franticaly from side to side, keeping
much space possible between himself and those re-
leness blood seeking Jaws He had not the wit the
GOODNESS crouch the of the cage, where he
might securely have chartered derison at his foe He
had not yet perhaps even arrived at the truth that his
prison his CITADEL his tower of safety. But at
length, luck would have it, in of his desperate
bounds he shot himself clean through the round opening
into the second chamber, and before he knew 1t he
racing beathess pace, the vain effort to climb the
wall of the spinning cylinder.
For moment or two the weasel was nonplussed He
stopped short and stared at these amazing tactics of his
victim. his thin lips wrnked back from his pointed jaw
and muzzle in sort of soundless snarl Then, appar
emily coming to the conclusion that such farce had
gone long enough he sprang with all his strength
upon the top of the cylinder in the direction in which
was spinning. 1t great mistake. The cylinder did
not stop. 1t spun on-and shot him off Indignantly.
head first, into space, and banged him down. with a
supplying thud the roots of the nearest tree Very
and disconnected, he picked himself up. gave
look the spinning mystery and skunk off behind the
tree humb eness of spirit such as few OF his IRE
pressible tribe have ever known
A LII but paralyzed by exhaustion and by the utter
extremity of his fear the flying squirrel stopped
racing with his wheel With all four handke paws, and
with his teeth, he chung to the wires till presently
his weight brought it to standstll Then he crept
through the exit and crouched, trembling and painting
on the floor of the outer chamber.
Here, after sun-up, the boy who was an early
riser, found him. He puzzled, was the boy, over
that smear of blood the cage door; but finding
clue the experiences of the night, he
obliged to lay the matter away among the many in
soluble engmas wherewith the ancient wood so con-
tnuay and mockingly provokes the invader of its
intimaceS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

to the forest floor. So, upon the
slope of the trunk, some six or
seven feet above the earth, he
fixed his trap securely, and left
it to show what it could do.
For a long time, however, it
did nothing. 1t was a new, strange
thing on the familiar path, and all
the little people of the wild
avoided it. Till near the first
gray of dawn not a flying squirrel
had dared approach its neighbour
hood.
THE forest powers seem to have
sometimes a mischievouS
trick of selecting some particular
one of their children for special
trial, of following up that one
for days with a kind of persecu-
ton. So it came about that the
same adventurous little aeronaut
that had fallen foul of both Jabe
Smith and the blacksnake, and
had so narrowly escaped the
pounce of the brown owl, had now
the misfortune to be sighted, as
he was feasting on the partridge
berries not far from the sloping
tree, by a weasel which had had
bad luck in his nights hunting.
Sinuous as a snake, and swifter,
his cruel eyes glowing like points
of live flame, the long, yellow
form of the weasel darted for
ward. With a faint squeak of
terror the squirrel sprang for the
sloping trunk, his one hope being
to get high enough to launch
himself into the air. But the
flying squirrel is less nimble on
his feet than the red or the gray.
He was much slower than the
weasel. He gained the sloping
trunk, indeed; but the foe was
almost at his heels. 1t looked as
if the doom of the wild was upon
him. By a frantic effort, how
ever, he evaded, for a second, the
vessels rush. Desperately, he
raced up the well known trail.
He came to the cage. There was
no time to 60 over it, or to 60
round it. He hurled himself
straight into it, and brought up
with shock against the wires of
the partition. At the same in
slant there was loud click be-
hind him. The door snapped
down tiqht. And the weasel.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

night like red hot, steam.hissin' saw
mill en.jine. dey won't be no time to
elect me as president"
Elect yoh," cried ont President
Jackson, Sister Ann Huckleberry and
Uncle Orlando Orestes Napoleon
Hardtack in unison.
Oats what | said" affirmed Frog
eye Simmons Il pronounces my can
yass-ship fob de same"
But yoh can't write no poultry"
exclaimed Confucius Waterloo Lee
Jones
Frogeye Simmons drew shining
razor frcm his right bootheel Sister
Arm Huckleberry borrowed Miss Alex
Pndrina Sullingers new lavender glass
smelling bottle and tainted. The pres
idCnt fell out OF the window. Frog-eye
Simmons spoke slowly. menacingly:
Maybe yOh mas got some sonnet poul-
try Ia enlightenfy dis hyeh club.
Il shoh has" cried Confucius
Waterloo Lee Jones. He climbed
upon the coal box. unfolded a piece
OF brown wrapping paper from the
Fieshy Opossum restaurant, tied with
pink and lemon ribbon. and recited
in a meIodiCus bass
De moon sot in de tempesquential
sea;
De stahs tucked Gere bright counter
ances behind simmon tree;
De fahmer deserted de hen-house and
fohsOt dc key,
And left de succliferous pullets
awatin' theah foh me
There was tremendous outbust
of applause.
oh, yoh chicken" shouted Chris
tOpher Columbus Henson.
Then Fros-eye Simmons waved for
silence and, displaying a manuscript
cur from the back OF -four sack, he
read
oh, Ham. lustiferous sire OF a Nigh
~. cullud band.
When yoh left de good. old Ahk and
wandered down TO Egyptland
What fob in de name o. darkness
didn't yoh turn and ramble back
Befoh yoh face got blistered and yoh
turned. a nation black?"
Instantly there was another wild
acclaim and il was necessary for the
president to appoint Mr.. Solar Plexus
Thompson and Mr.. Peter FitZmelon,
the ex-heavyweights, as committee
TO collect razors and brass knucks be-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
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S1ORES|ssN
VALENTINE DAY.

Little Bess had been anxiously
watching for the postman to come
that morning. for It was Valentine day.
How delightfully."- she ran to the door
to receive the envelopes he brought
her! Then what a scurrying to open
them
Here Was a big red paper heart she
was sure came from Brother Tom. and
long CLAIM OF dainty cards Aunt
Lucy must have sent. At this mo-
ment Bess suddenly asked, Mamma,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
THE EVENING STORY

fore order was restored. The hat
Was then passed for ballots and the
vote announced:
Confucius Waterloo Lee Jones. 1856
Frog-eye Simmons ..........,....IS6
As there were a. members present
and no one had received clear MAJ
jority. the president arose and al.
nounced
De othcious vote resultlcatinR In q
tie, de chair riZzes TO declare no lee
ton. DE chair will continue 20 be yoh
eloquenial and distinguished presi-
dent until de next animal lection"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

what Is Valentines day. anyway"
You see, dearie. Saint Valentine
was a monk who lived many. many
years ago IN Italy. Because his heart
was 80 filled with love and goodness
that he did many kind deeds. We have
SET apart one day a year TO be his
day. when We send little love tokens
and greetings To our dear friends
why, mamma" said Bess. Il won
der II | offered TO do errands for poor
old Mrs Gray, who lives down the
street. II that would he valentine"
Yes. dear" answered her mamma;
III YOU tell her today | am cure II
would he very nice valentine
Quickly putting on her hood and
cloak. Bess raced down TO deliver heI
valentine to Mrs. Gray. who vowed
Il quite the incest one she had ever
received
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26


Il Is the guest OF Detroit friends tor a
fortnight.
Zion lodge. T. & A NJ. will give a
dancing party In Masonic temple on
Thursday evening.
The annual ball OF the Westphalia
n Schuetzenhund will be given Tuesday
II eyeniag In Schiller hall.
= The Central Conference. c. NJ. IS. A..
twill give an informal dancing party
4 "Wednesday evening. in Strasburg
hall.
Mrs. Frederick VI. Everett OF Au-
! burn, ~ Y. Is the guest OF her mother.
|. Mrs. A. j. Hatch. OF the Marlborough
departments.
The Altar society OF the Church OF
the Annuneiation Will give pedro
party Tuesday evening, Feb. J, In the
school hall
Mrs. Francis Palms and her daugh'
tiers. the Misses Helene and Marie
Louise Palms, will leave next week for
\ New Orleans. TO spend the remainder
!. of the winter,
Mrs. Campau Thompson and Miss
Adele Campau We're the hostesses OF
a tea party Tuesday afternoon in hon.
or OF Mrs w. d. Rankine, the guest OF
Mrs. +. A. Sumner.
NJ
Mr.. aud Mrs Frederick Church. Jr.,
oand Mrs Charles r. Church, OF New
|tRochelle. y. Y, are the guests or Mrs.
|dE. r. Nichols. I'm the Pasadena, on
|ttheir way to California.
n Curtis Guild. Jr. ex-governor OF
Massachusetts, will be the guest of the
Iypetroit Sons of the American Revo-
g..ution. at a luncheon I'm the Hotel
|sPontchartruin Saturday noon.
Ia A free stereopticon lecture on "OuT
New ApeIcuns--wh they come and
bwhere they GO will be given by the
REV. A. r. Barr, in FOREST Presby-
'terian church house Thursday even
'ung. Jan, %. at 3 o'clock.
la Mrs Frances Squire Potter, of New
york. was the guest OF honor at re-
Iception and tea in the College club,
TUESDAY afternoon Mrs. Potter lee
1ures In the Century building Tuesday
! ievenlng. under the auspices OF the
|'Equal Suffrage club.
Miss Camilla May Connolly, daugh-
Fer Of Mr. and Mrs Hugh Connolly,
f Eyill be married 10 clyde w. Hoicker
SFhursday evening, in the North Wood
ward II. f. church Following the
ceremony. which takes place at 8
o'clock. a reception will be given in
. the church parlors
III William College Alumni association
=. Nill-give the annual dinner Thur sday
evening in the Hotel Pontchartrain
when DR. Harry A. Garfield, president
4.pf Williams college, will be the special
euest OF honor Bentley w. Warren.
+ bf Boston. a member OF the board OF
. trustees OF the college, Is also expect
4 I'D TO he present
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
THE SONNET BATTLE.
BY STUART 3. STONE.

When the members OF the Smoky
City Otbello and Ham Literary So
ciety had gathered in their hall. Rev.
John Quincy Adams Jackson. the pres.
ident. raped for order with the tin
dipper handle.
AS | ariz TO promulfizgate. fellow
litratures. dis hyeh meetin am foh de
purpose 81 lectin successor to de
honorable and wuhthy gemman who
now dresses yoh II am fittin befoh
yOh go To nomnatin' some wuhfiess.
ornery, come-seven. razor-totin. moon
eyed. doctor-sewed--'
81 riz 10 point of order" inter
rnpted Frog-eye Simmons. IF Brud-
der Jackson continues TO spout all
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
FASHIONS

The frock OF chantilly lace is an
l,id.time favorite that is again 10 the
fore.
The natural colored chamois glove
S having considerable favor for
street wear.
Large handbags are now out or
style. The newest are small and made
bf undressed kid.
Carved ivory ha.pins are smart with
white evening hats.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

been Esed Tor over FIFTY YEARS by
MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
PERFECT SUCCESS. IL soOTHts the
CHILD, SOFTENS tho GUMS, ALL4AYS
all PAIN; CURES WIND collie, and Is
6y Druggists in every part Of the
world BE sure and ask for Mrs. Win
slows Soothing syrup" and take ne
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

Gray and moss-green mixture in the
new rough cloth is the material Of
which this natty and practical suit is
made. IL has smart little cuffs. collar
and turnback corners of the deep
green satin with which the coat Is
lined.
The hat worn with this suit is most
effective. X Is a turban of gray SPUR
rel fur with ermine tails. deep green
satin crown and trimmed with a stiff
aigTette.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
pssPoNpENr, KILLS sELF.
When You Can't Sleep,
TRY This!

lusOun0ld ltduS SOOu lhdilN
people TO experiment with
liquors and even opiates. when
there is really no need for such
dangerous extremes.
Below is suggested a simple
mixture which will quiet and
strengthen the nerves and in
duCe "a natural sound, refreshing
sleep, with no evil after effects.
From any druggist get five
cents worth OF Hops and 2 oZs.
OF Thargol Compound (about
fifty cents WORTH. Make
strong tea OF the Hops by steeD-
ing in pint of boiling water,
and strain thoroughly. Put the
Thargol in an S-ounce bottle
(exactly half-pint) and fill up
with the Hop Tea. Take two
teaspoonfuls after each meal
and at bedtime. The effect IS
quite prompt.
This prescription is free from
narcotics. opiates, or other
harmful drugs. and is a plain
but very effective nervine. Ii is
a splendid remedy for any form
of nervousness - nervous head
aches, nervous dyspepsia, nerv-
GUS debility--and il has been
used very successfully in cases
OF nervous prostration. St. Vitus
Dance and acute Hysteria.
BE sure to get the ingredients
given above, because no other
ingredients will do in this pre-
scription. To make sure. better
write them down on slip OF
paper, or clip this article.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
-T4RYS@I':01B0N

Southern Sweet Potatoes.-Cut hot
boiled potatoes in thick slices and
brush them over with melted butter.
Roll in sugar and brown them in the
oven. Then remove the potatoes TO q
hot dish and add little water to the
pan In which they were Drowned, with
a trifie more butter and sugar If there
is not enough left In the pan. Let this
cook down To a brown syrup and pour
Il over the potatoes.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
Mther,s,RobEemS

\ When the children have cold, slice
.pne or two onions In "A saucer. sprinkle
iEem with sugar. and set on the stove
10 simmer into syrup. When you pat
he children TO bed. give a half tea
spoon to the baby and full teaspoon
Df the syrup to the older child.
A large Turkish bath towel makes
a nice bath robe for baby or smau
hid. Use white cotton curtain cords
For the girdle and make the hood or
Turkish lace cloth The little robe -
kerviceabe and convenient and easily
numbered.
Every mother has trouble with
Daby's shirt slipping up. To remedy
Ibis. cut Of the shirt, beginning at
sinder arm seam, two inches below
hrm hole. Then make a flannel shirt
lot over a yard in width, with side
leans shaped TO make il narrower at
he top. and gather To the shirt, fin
shlng raw edges with loose button
ole stitch Of mercerized cotton. Knit
cd bands. to which the diaper is
pinned. can be worn under this.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

Tapioca Meringue. Soak overnight
two ounces OF toploca In one pint OF
milk, and next morning boil II slowly
In the milk for half an hour, or till II
IS soft and thick. Then let II cool
little and stir in the beaten yolks
OF two eggs. Crate the rind Of a
lemon or to one ounce OF sugar and
add Il TO the tapiocal Pat a layer OF
jam in glass dish pour the tapioca
mixture on the top Of IL and leave y
till it is cold Beat up the whites OF
the eggs into stff froth and favor
IL with vanilla and sugar, then spread
IL over the tapioca. Sprinkle over the
top finely chopped nuts and serve.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
DntElid6rey5
6ottorso

Dear Miss Grey: Is Witch Hazel
good Tor bathing the eyes? | am 10
and four feet seven inches tall. How
long should my dresses be? VIII IL
hurt my eyes II read steadily for
three hours every evening?
COLLEGE GIRL
A.-OD Not very. Use saturate
solution OF boric acid-four drops In
the eyes twice a day (2D TO your
shoetops. 80 lf your eyes ache or
your head aches you had better con
suit an ocullst. Be sure your light Il
good and shines over your shoulder.
rather than In front OF you. II your
eyes are normal the reading is not
bad II your eyes are abnormal proper
glasses will permit the reading with
out injury.
Dear Miss Grey What are the dig-
ferent degrees OF learning and their
meaning? How many are there?
What are consecutive thirds in
music. and do they occur often?
Can you recommend anything bet
ter than cocoa butter for massaging
the chest? | use it for 10 minutes
every night. How soon will | see an
Improvement?
INTERESTED READER.
A.-Q Consult Authorizations and
COntractions, In the back OF your die
tionary.
t2l Consult musical dictionary.
go Cocoa butter is very good.
Bathing the chest with towel wrung
out OF cold water and slapping Wig
orously with towel night and morning
is also said TO be good Eat fesh-pro-
ducing foods, get plenty OF sleep. and
you should soon see an Improvement.
Dear Miss Grey: am going to be
married, and rhe girls parents are
giving the wedding. Is It proper for
me 10 invite my friends. or merely my
family? II. II. b.
A.-The girls family should invite
your personal friends as well as your
own family.
Dear Miss Grey; Can YOU tell me
how TO clean fine white lace without
washing IL? MYRTLE.
Airy rubbing ii between the
palms with -four or white cornmeal.
Re peat several times. II SO badly
soiled that this simple method does
not cleanse, send 10 dry cleaner.
Dear Miss Grey: Please recommend
Ia treatment for chapped face.
GEORGE MEG.
A.-Use any oily face cream. Avoid
washing with scented soaps. BE sure
the face IS we'll dried and powdered
after washing and shavings. Avoid
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26
In Society

Miss Velma Sharpe. of Alma. Mich.
Is the guest of Detroit friends tor a
fortnight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

The annual ball OF the WestphalIa
Schuetzenbund will be given Tuesday
IeyenIag In Schiller hall.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

Zion lodge. L. & A. NJ. will give
dancing party In Masonic temple on
Thursday evening
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-26

ItdI NIAo NIVF T-ItdSV IVCOUIIHVIIU
q treatment for chapped face.
GEORGE MEG.
A.-Use any oily face cream. Avoid
washing with scented soaps. BE sure
the face IS we'll dried and powdered
after washing and shavings. Avoid
glycerin toilet waters.