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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
The Endless Chain i'm Foreign Mis-
sion Methods

You contribute a certain sum of money,
to have the Gospel preached to the heather.
Do YOU know what goes with it? Did you
know that part of what you contribute is used
to pay American editors and printers for pub
fishing tracts, pamphlets and papers which
urge you to give more to the heather?
The more you gjve, the greater as the amount
they spend TO persuade you to give still maore
Thus, you are made to foot the expense of
the literature which pulls the coin out Of your
pockets.
1t is y0u who pay the editor who is
eternally dingdonging at you for larger con-
tributions.
It is y0u who bear the expense of publish
ing those letters from 'the foreign feld'-
written by men who are so generously paid
that they spend their lives in ease and luxury
1t is y0u who foot the bills for the circula-
ton given to those begging letters-letters
that absolutely exhaust human ingenuity in
their purpose of deluding you about the true
conditions in those 'forei ON fields" and Of
getting more cash ont Of yOu.
[ have read hundreds of those letters, and
have found more cant, more childishness, more
self-righteousness, more eXaggeration and
more selfshness in them than | could have be-
lieved possible.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
Just Am Exchange of Horses

Do you remember the outburst of jubila-
ton, not quite q gear ago, when the Demo
Gratis and Insurgents overthrow the one-man
despotism of that grand old rascal Joe Can
non?
THAT WAS BEFORE THE ELEC-
zIONS. So happy were the people, in their
expectation that at last they were to have
relief from the terrible burdens of class-legis-
latiOn, that they voted against the Republi-
cans, and elected Democratic Congress.
Do you remember that [ expressed the fear
that the Trusts and Wall Streeters had
merely snapped horses?
1t is almost heart-breaking to see how soon
my distrust was justified.
On precisely the same ruling by Cannon,
which caused his overthrow last March, the
Democrats v0ted to sustain him, zeav5mq the
Insurgents en- the 1urch.
This means, of course, that Champ Clark.
who is to be the Democratic boss of the next
House, wants the same one-man power that
old Joe Cannon has enjoyed. and he qoo7otS
1t for the same purpose.
He is to be the servant of the Trusts, Just
as Cannon has BEEN
He is to answer the peoples cry for bread
with stone, just as Cannon did.
He is to take his orders from Wall Street.
just as Cannon did.
He is to harden his heart to suffering hui
manity, just as Cannon did.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
THE JEFFERSONIAN

excellence with which he rendered i, and
would be called upon to sing it wherever he
was invited.
In these days, however, the brief, amusing
story is preferred. The sparkle of converse
ton, the interchange of thought, the relation
of some stirring incident, the Renaissance
which relates to some celebrity or to some
dramatic occurrence, the jest that tickles-
these are at present the constituent elements
of mental enjoyment of private entertainment
Pathetic stories, which cause sadness and
tears are not appropriate. AS Madame Mon
tholon said at St. Helena, "they interfere with
Digestion"
People don't come together, at social func-
tions to make one another feel badly: the
purpose of such a gathering is to promote
the enjoyment of teach for all, all for each.
This finishes "Table Manners" Next
week my subject will be: Manners in the
Home, and out of it,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
The Progress of Democracy i'm
EnOIand

Last year, some men who had been elected
to Parliament lost their seats because they
loaned automobiles to the q,oters on the doy
they U0ted. The cars were used to get the
patriots to the polls. Under English law,
this was illegal, and Parliament promptly
punished the candidates who violated the
law.
In England, the voter must not be given
any inducement whatever, excepting, of
course, verbal solicitation.
In this country of boasted democracy,a Demo
cratic boss, like Lee O'Neill Brown, cam bride
Democratic members Of the Illinois zegisza-
ture to cote for q Republican candidate for
i. s. Sen0tOr-the men who were bribed
making confession of the fact-and get L0-
rinoe1, the beneficiary of the brides, can hold
has seat IN the upper chamber of the highest
laaO-no0h11g body on earth.
Not only that; we see the lavish and un-
concealed use of money and whiskey in cleo
tions, all over the country.
1t is because voters and newspapers can be
bought, that we have such evil laws, and such
law-made conditions.
In England the legislation is responding
more and more to the will of the people,
BECAUSE the moO1aey of the rich has no IN
fe1ence on the v0ters
In this country, the people have neglected
to watch their public servants, and to study
the trend of their government: hence, the
rings and cliques and committees and cor
porations have been ruling the roost and get
ting what they wanted.
In England, not only the men, but the
women, take intense interest in their public
business hold their representatives to the
strictest account, and demand to know the
reason why for every act of Parliament:
hence, the people of England get what they
want
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19

lhe Item below appears In the Washington
3D. CO. Herald:
'.Greatest Living Pathfinder"
Ex-senator Chandler says dispatch from
Washington els finding fault with the Carnegie
peace gift Why not? Mr.. Chandler is the
greatest living Pathfinder and has been since they
separated him from the government pay ROLL
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Anyway, that leaves me out
AS Chandler lives in New England, how
ever, and is not much known in the South and
West, [ am still in some danger.
But did you ever stop to think what might
happen, if SOMEBODY did not find the
fauzt?
Clearly, if it is there, it should be found,
and cast out.
[ watch the man in charge of our monster
presses; and [ see him constantly on the watch
to make them q'uo right. The moment there is
a fault, he finds it and battles with it, until it
is remedied.
[ watch the roof-reader, as she goes over
the printed slips, looking for errors made by
the printers
Unless she finds the fault, and corrects it,
the whole shop is worried; and you yourself
comment on the typographical errors
(Once, one of these faults which was not
found, made me call Gen. Putnam (Old Putt
by the unheard-of sobriquet, Old PotD
Faults In Government are natural, since
mem are the governors they are not infallible,
and their faults should be found.
Laws are man-made, and partake of human
inirmity: their faults should be foumd.
Human institutions are bound to have some
imperfections in them: these should be found
and, as far as possible, corrected.
Oar liberties are due to f0uzt-7G finding an
cest0rs, who not only found the fault, but
went to war to destroy it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
PAGE TWELVE
SHORT TALKS TO YOUNG MEN
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE NINE.
ED FROM PAGE NINE. J

y
would like another cup of Coffee tea, cocoa, or
glass of milk, there is no improperly IN your
asking If you may have another-unless you
should happen to see that the supply IS eX-
hausted.
Don't rest your elbows on the table, while
feeding.
Don't grasp the fork as though you meant
to jab somebody: hold it tightly between your
thumb and the first two fingers. When using
the knife to cut with, let your index finger rest
on the upper edge of the blade.
After your fork has gone to your mouth,
carrying food, don't think of using it to
supply the plate of another. If asked to
'help" fellow guest, use has fork, If there
is none on the platter from which you are to
serve him.,
With a spoon that has once been into your
own mouth you cannot ladle anything for
another.
A meal of victuals, in private or in public,
brings people closer together; and the most
attractive qualities should be-and generally
are-displayed Men lay aside worries and
chill reserve, become affable and amiable and
communicative.
In public, formal entertainments a brief,
bright speech is always appreciated; and the
man who can say witty things which 'set the
table in a roar" are much in request. Unless
there is pre-arranged list of invited speak
ers any guest may address the head of the
table.
The speaking is not supposed to begin until
hunger has been satisfied, and the end of the
banquet-so far as the eating is concerned
is being reached. "The walnuts and the wine"
stage, is the garrulous one; and when tact
fullV manaOnd is most ENJOYABLE
Wine is universally served at formal feasts
IF y0u should attend such an entertain
ment, and should not wish to take the wine,
0vOid q grand-8tand play. Don't ostentatiously
turn down your glass. That's bad manners.
The thing to do is, to leave ''the rosy" to
itself. BY your mot touching it, you will make
yourself sufficiently understood
The moderate use of light, pure wine, at
table, is not at all injurious On the con-
trary, it is beneficial. Noah planted the
vine; and he was one of the first to prove
that too much IS aohat hurts. In all ages,
however, wine has been regarded as a food.
to be used along with other viands
Its legitimate use, not as beverage, but as
q food, is sanctioned, over and over again, in
the Old Testament. Christ Himself so used
it. daily. He furnished a miraculous supply
of it for the guests of the Cana marriage
feast-and it qOaSnt SOu4'-n1ash either: it was
2cine. People who drink wine can't endure
sour-mash, or unfermented grape Juice; and
those Cana people who had already been
drinking the real wine of the country COM
plimented that which Jesus made as the best
of all.
1t was the genuine wine of Judea that
Christ was drinking at the Last Supper; and
we make ourselves ridiculous when we pre-
tend otherwise.
Therefore, the extreme views of some of
our well-meaning prOhibitionists are quite a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19
The Greatest Pathfinder

The item below appears in the Washington
Cd. O. Herald:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-01-19

At private dinners, in private houses,
speech-making is not generally INDUCED in ;
nor is it to be encouraged. Formerly the men
were expected to sing songs, usually comic
A diner-out would make speciality of
"a certain song, would become noted for the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
II Means Health
For the Child

The careful mother, who watches close
iy the physical pecullarities of her chill
dren, will soon discover that the most
important thing in connection with a
child's constant good health is to keep
the bowels regularly open. Sluggish
bowels will be followed by loss of appe-
tite. restlessness during sleep, irrita-
bility and a dozen and one similar evil
dences of physical disorder.
At the first sign of such disorder give
the child a teaspoonful Of DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin at night on retiring and
repeat the dose the following night IL
necessary--more than that will SCARCELY
be needed. You will find that the child
will recover its accustomed good spirits
at once and will eat and sleep normally.
This remedy is a vast improvement
over salts. cathartics. laxative waters
and similar things, which are altogether
too powerful for child. The homes of
Mrs. e. b. Jackson, Burr Oak, Kas., and
Mrs. J. H. Walters. Mulberry, Kas.,
are always supplied with DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. and with them,
as with thousands of others, there
is no substitute for this grand laxative.
1t Is really more than laxative, for 1t
contains superior tonic properties which
help to tone and strengthen the stomach,
liver and bowels SO that after brief
use of it all laxatives can be dispensed
with and nature will do its own work.
Anyone wishing to make trial of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way Of a druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle Qamily slze) can
have a sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing DR..
w. B. Caldwell, POI Washington St.,
Monticello, Ill. Your name and address
on a postal card will do.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
Public
Opinion
Should
Compel
Uniform
Laws
by CHARLES e. PARK
Boston

opinion power successful only far public opinion
is of itself sluggish wanting in unanmity.
Public opinion thoroughly aroused and
definite object will always sweep everything before it.
1t not then, question of ability question of willingness
the part of public opinion Will public opinion reach
where will compel uniform marriage divorce
eddy present conditions become bad enough
versa enough justify the concentration public public
.disapproval upon them.
Few people realize how important the process decomposition
plays in all evolution The ocu
is ripe
4 Of that in the matter of divorce
rage conditions already sufficiently maodorou justify
rection without delay
It evident that too much in hurry The world patient
but its judgments sound and
AS these conditions become pe public opinion will
them and will perform surgical
operation It is simply question of time.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
PROFIT MADE
In SUNFLOWERS
Seed Is Used Mainly for Poultry
Feed-P1ant May be Grown
on Any Corn
Land.

Sunflower seed is used mainly for
birds and poultry as feed. 1t Is
native of Kansas and the far western
country.
Sunflowers can be grown in any
good corn land, but 1t takes the nitro
gen out of the soil n great quantities
and therefore the crop should not be
repeated on the same SOIL
Plant with drill or corn planter
as you would corn in rows about 81
feet apart. The seeds should be three
or four inches apart in drills and
thinned later on to about Is inches.
1t requires from six to IL pounds
planted little shallower than corn.
The cultivation must be very shallow
so as not to disturb the roots. After
the plants are in bloom pinch off all
but three or four heads. Harvest be-
fore the seeds are fully ripe as they
difficult to protect them from the
birds which fall upon them in great
flocks.
1t is not easy to harvest the sun
flower as they shatter so easily.
Sometimes they are threshed by
running them through an ordinary
separator while some farmers con-
struct a wooden wheel hanging ON
supports like grind-stone. On the
sides of the wheel nails are driven
quite thickly and as the wheel turns
round the heads of the sunflowers are
held against them and the seeds are
thus removed.
The seeds must be thoroughly dry
before being stored. They can be
saved in sacks or small bins and must
be kept perfectly dry or they will
quickly spoil.
An acre of good land will produce
about 1000 to 1000 pounds of seed.
If ground and mixed with other
grains it adds to the palatability and
flavor of other stock foods.
The large seeded variety is best for
poultry and stock while the small
seeded varleties are used more LOT the
oil. This oil Is sometimes used for
the table and also for candle making.
Manufacturers of poultry and stock
feeds are the buyers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29

heating the building in winter. It's
concrete floors and walls cannot har-
Dor germs. If necessary, the entire
structure can be flushed out with wa
ter and kept clean and sanitary
enough for the most strict state in
spection.
On the same farm there are many
small sidewalks. They are narrow
and require little material and very
little work. The picture shows the
forms that are needed and all the tools
required for the making of such work.
When spring-time with its heavy rains
comes, these walks pay for them
selves many times over. There is no
reason why the farm should not be
equipped with as good sidewalks as is
the average city house. when little
outlay for cement and odd times may
be utilized for making permanent
walks like this.
Many different kinds of tanks can
be used on the farm.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
A Rearing Mare.

l once owned Morgan mare which
when frightened would rear In har-
ness, says a writer In an exchange.
My way of handling her was so cheap
and effective that all horsemen should
know of it. kept hanging in her
stall martingale to slip on her belly
band and up between her forelegs and
snap in her bit rings on either side of
her head. A trip or two out on the
road would cure her Of rearing for a
long time and the cost of strap and
labor was but trif1e. No horse can
rear with a martingale of this kind
on.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
Somewhat inconsistent.

The young woman had spent busy
day. She had browbeaten fourteen
sales-people, bullyragged a shop.
walker, argued VIGOROUSLY with a
milliner, laid down the law to a mod
lste, nipped In the bud taxi chauf-
feur's attempt to overcharge her,
made street-car conductor stop the
car in the middle of a nonstop run
for her, discharged her maid and en-
gagged another, and otherwise refused
to allow herself to be imposed upon.
Yet she did not smile that evening
when young man begged.
Let me be your protector through,
life!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
INSECTS PROVE
MOST INJURIOUS
Losses by Bugs Not Taken INTO
Consideration by Farmer TN.
Less They Prove of Largo
Magnitude.
By F. NJ. EBsTER9

There are insects whose methods of
attack are so obscure and covert that
they are not usually discovered at all
by the ordinary farmer, who simply
knows at the end of the year that
his crops have not done well and the
year has been an Improbable one for
him.
Perhaps some of the wheat straw
worms have attacked his wheat and
the result has only shown in the shriv-
eled condition and light weights of the
kernels, with no apparent connection
between the two.
His corn has not grown well, the
ears are short and not well filled out
at the tips, precisely as If his land
was lacking in fertility or drought
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29


to either the weather or his land,
whereas it was the corn root worm
that ruined his crop. a pest that he
might easily have avoided.
His timothy meadow has died out.
and he does not know why it should
have done SO, when had he looked
carefully about the roots he would
have found the short winged form of
the chineh bug present there in myr-
lads,
Such losses as these are not con
sidered at all and do not enter into
consideration, either by the farmer OF
statistician, unless they are of such
magnitude as to deyastate large areas
of country.
Here we have a financial loss, fall
ing upon single industry nearly
three times as great as that caused
by fire, and to ask If such a factor
should be reckoned upon and care
fully considered by those engaged in
that industry appears almost ridicu-
ioes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
The Missing Ducks.

In a country police court a man
was brought up by farmer, accused
of stealing some ducks.
How do you know they are your
ducks?" asked the defendants coun-
sci.
"Oh, should know them any
where" replied the farmer, and he
went on to describe their different
peculiarities.
why" said the prisoners counsel,
"these ducks can't be such rare
breed. | have some like them in my
own yard"
That's not unlikely, sir replied
the farmer. they are not the only
ducks I have had stolen lately"
Call the next Witness" said coun-
London Ideas.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
THE LITTLE WIDOW
A Mighty Good Sort Of Neighbor to
Have.

"a little widow. neighbor of mine,
persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when
my stomach was so weak that it
would not retain food of any other
XIII !" writes a grateful woman, from
San Bernardino Co., Cal.
L had been Ill and confined to nv
bed With fever and nervous prostra-
ton for three long months after the
birth of my second boy. We were in
despair until the little widows advice
brought relief.
Il liked Grape-Nuts food from the
beginning, and in IAN incredibly short
time 1t gave me such strength that I
was able to leave my bed and enioy
my three good meals a day. In
months my weight increased from 95
to ff3 pounds, my nerves had steadied
down and | felt ready for anything
My neighbors were amazed to see me
gain so rapidly, and still more SO
when they heard that Grane-Nuts
alone had brought the change.
My 4-year-old boy had eczema very
bad last spring and lost his appetite
entirely, which made him cross and
peeyish. put him on diet of Crane
Nuts, which he relished at once. He
improved from the beginning, the &c.
zema disappeared and now he is fat
and rosy, with delightfully."- soft, clear
skin. The Grape-Nuts diet did 1t. / win
willingly answer all inquiries. Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's a reason" -
Ever read the above letter. A new
o.e appears from time to time. They
&zs 9S19zns,. tire and full OF humax
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
Precise.

The proofreader on small middle
western daily was woman of great
precision and extreme propriety. One
day reporter succeeded in getting
into type an item about Willie Brown,
the boy who was burned in the West
end by live wire"
On the following day the reporter
found on his desk a frigid note ask
ing, Which is the west end of a
boy?"
1t took only an instant to reply
The end the son sets on, of course"
Ladies' Home Journal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29

converted into his troughs, dairy
houses, walks and even into his house
and barn But today farmers are try
ing to make improvements that will
last They are better off financially
and their crops are selling for prices
that were unheard of ten years ago.
In fact, the farmers as class are the
most prosperous in the country. This
has resulted in their wanting more
sanitary buildings, that will need no
renewals, and that will make their
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29

Is stopped, voices heard commenting the sub
Ject treated and their knife chaveta is struck vio
lenty on the fiat surface of their working table, This
is their mode of applauding
Sometimes the national hymn and other popular
airs are intoned but singing reserved for important
occasions, such the victory of Cuban in foreign
country in athletic contest, in hard game
wrung from of the baseball teams which visit
Havana each year. The excitement lasts, however,
only few minutes, work is at once resumed, and the
only voice heard in the big is that of the reader
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
Question for Question.

7 shall discharge our butler" said
Mr.. Cumrox.
What's the trouble?"
He doesn't show me proper defer.
ence. When l am paying man lib
errSclllsy, vuo..-s.der 1t his duty to laugh.
at my jokes"
sand won't he?"
81 don't think he Gan. He's an Eng
lish butler when in spirit of gen.
tie and understanding badinage l said.
to him, Hawkins, can you tell me-
which came first, the chicken or the
egg?' he said, Which did you order
first, sir?'"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29

farms look prosperous and neat. The
farmer of today does not plan to re-
build even in fifty years. He is build
ing out of concrete and letting his re-
naming timber stand. Already the
damage due to cutting timber from
our farm lands, as we'll as from our
forested areas, has caused untold
damage and now that there is ma
terial SO readily used and so widely
understood as concrete, there is little
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-12-29
CONCRETE MAKES EXCELLENT
MATERIAL FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Nothing Permanent Buildings
Such Barns Dairy Houses, TrouShs, Walks and
Even Dwelling PIaces-FIoors Do Not
Harbor

A few years ago farmers used moth
ing but lumber for their farm work.
Though 1t rotted out in few years,
1t was good enough for small struc-
lures could be built quickly and
cheaply The farmer could cut timber
from his own land and have it sawed
nearby, SO that his own trees were