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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
CHEERFULNEss AT TABLE.

An old lady who looked as though
she might have belonged 10 the Sun
shine Society" all her life vas asked
By a friend for the secret OF her new
er-faiiing cheerfuIness- Her answer
contains a suggestive lesson for par
ents:
Il think" said the clever old lady.
1T is because We were taught In our
family TO be cheerful at table. Ny
father was a lawyer with a large
criminal practice; his mind was har-
raised with difficult problems all the
day long: yet he always came 10 the
table with a smile and pleasant
greeting for every one. and exerted
himself TO make the table hour de-
lightful. All his powers were freely
given to entertain his family.
Three times a day we felt this
genial influence, and the effect was
marvellous. II child came TO the
table with cross looks, he or she was
quietly sent away to find a good boy
or girl, for onlys such were allowed
to come within that loving circle.
We were taught that all petty griev-
ances and jealousies must be forgot
ten when meal time came, and the
habit of being cheerful three times
day under all circumstances had
its effect ON even the most sullen
temper.
Much is said and written these
days about table manners Children
| in well-bred families are drilled in a
knowledge of good form as to the
, use of the fork and napkin; proper
methods of eating the various courses
are descanted upon, but training in
the most important grace or habit a
child must have, that Of cheerfulness
at table, is too often neglected.
/ THE Orientals had no family ties
of affection until they began to eat at
a common table. Let the gathering
at meal time be made the most hap
Ply hour of the day, and the influence
on the children may be beyond esti-
nation. Table Talk.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

year rossssxsons 70 ss9 xre~1 -
safsss generosity. Czaaanw sovy. Yea
luse xratlfnde u gua sad sase Yus
I'LL and roar c1see wsvss 10 aapthsr-
Sah~srss1 from yuar life al tAss
wou1a Keep yoa from God. TATE
awzy SELF. anG yoa hare xnors powsF
for service. Remove he sensual.
and It's place nay BE allied @Jte nost
ne=sty. Ggve up yoar own ELL. an1
you can 20 making effective TIE
greatest mfii OF al. the ELL cf God
Divide pour Joys and double then !:
divide POUR scrrowa. ard they de-
crease. GIre freely Of ali God can
give you. and discover how God can
gtEs new blessings. nIlIng mp yoar
lie faster than you can empty IL.
Multiply your gifts oy your pray
ers: yoar faith By your works. yoar
influence By your example: your ser
vice By your sympathy: your love By
your devotion.-Epworth Herald.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

/, doesn't require an axe 10 cgt Al
acquaintance
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
RENTING KITTENS.

II wac Mark Twain who originated
the idea OF renting . cat for the
pleasure OF Its company. He vas
fond OF kittens: and when he found
himself in quiet country place for
awhile without his pets. he would
rent cats by the month and return
them to their homes at the end OF
his stay. One spring he hired three
kittens lat a discount" for FIVE
months.
They are beautiful creatures.
these triplets," he wrote In his auto
biography. Two of them wear the
blacklist and shiniest and thickest
OF sealskin vestments ali over their
bodies, except the lower half OF their
faces and the examinations OF their
paws. The black masks reach down
below the eyes; therefore, when the
eyes are closed, they are not visible.
The rest Of the face and the gloves
and the stockings are snow white.
These markings are Just the same on
both cats, SO exactly the same that
when you call one the other is likely
to answer, because they cannot tell
each other apart. Since the cats are
precisely alike and cannot be told
apart by any Of us, they do not need
two names. So they have but one
between them. We call both Of them
Sackcloth, and We call the gray one
Ashes. Exchange.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

punishment Ct the crime. says Gre
serene yUnnw mother Ct foar. Eat
now we.se dropped puaishusats alto
rether. They took up waca lot 81
good time. and ! fand ay nerves leaa
strained and ny eonsroi OF the chEi.
6reu more complete @ithoEt them.
Can parents not understand sAas
arrogant authority car raise ~ great
> storm IN = young breast al II an
older one7 And wEii rot intelligence
tell then that such tumult. such emo
lions. are detrimental 10 nervous
poixe and the best growth OF mInd
and body
There Ii wholesome food for
thought" in these suggestions
Emily Holden
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
~ SHALL NOT WANT"
Rev. Robt. J. Burdette.

Green pastures" Green pastures
In which God makes US TO lie down!
have learned myself this summer
the foolishness Of the sheep who will
not lie down, but whom God has TO
make" lie down 4 dear brother
told me that God had 10 make me
lie down this summer. | told him /
thought | could have heard Gods
voice without being shouted at quite
so loud.
But he said: Not SO! God has
been telling you to lie down these
five years past. but you would not
listen, so he had to shout"
Sheep-herders will tell you very
often that the reason they go In front
OF the great focks Of sheep We have
in this Western country Ia because
the sheep feed too fast. The great
, thing is, not to drive the sheep, but
to hold them back; to keep them on
the same pasturage until 1t is time
for new.
So God holds us back and makes
us to lie down in the pastures OF his
! refreshing. Refreshing and peace and
rest-that is the type Of Gods mer-
cies. There is always enough to go
around, and plenty of it left over.
When a man puts a meter on his
water-pipe he is careful to turn on
only a small stream of water, and to
shut it off before dark. But when
God makes fountain he turns Nj
agara over it's great beetling cliffs,
and lets it pour for unnumbered GEN.
turtles. When the dear Lord fed the
hungry people in the wilderness
had to start with. When Paul went
| to him asking to be relieved from
| his thorn in the flesh" his answer
was: "My grace is sufficient for
| thee" We eat of his mama by
day, and then we pillow our heads
waken to his renewed blessings in
the morning.
/ That nation is poor, and that man
is poor who raises only enough corn
and wheat for himself. And God
himself would be poor if when l ask
ed him for something he gave me
only just what l asked for. l never
had a prayer answered that way in
my life. He gives me more than !
ask, or can even think of.
Gods beautiful pastures are al
ways green, when everything else is
bare and brown. We have only to
lift our faces and ask for our daily
bread, and, 10, all the world is his
granary. And the bountiful God Is
bending over US, and all the fields OF
the world and all the storehouses OF
heaven are emptied to feed his hun
CRY children.-Watchm
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
THE SLEEPY song.

As soon al the areb urns red and los
And the house upstairs Ia still.
She sings me q queer little sleepy
song.
or sheep that go over the hill.
The good little sheep run quick and
soft.
Their colors are gray and white:
They follow their leader nose TO tail,
For they must be home by night.
And one slips over and one comes
next,
And one runs after behind.
The gray ones nose at the white one''
tail.
The top of the hill they find.
And when they get to the top Of the
hill
They quietly slip away,
But one runs over and one comes
next;
Their coIors are white and gray.
And over they go and over they go,
And over the top Of the hill.
The good little sheep run thick and
fast,
And the house upstairs Is still.
And one slips over and one comes
next,
The good little, gray little sheep!
I watch how the fire burns red and
low,
And she says that | fall asleep.
-McClure's.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
THE ARITHMETIC OF GOD.

The lad with the leaves and fishes
was willing to give up his lunch
"Substracting" it from himself, he
added" it to the resources of Jesus.
Jesus divided" the gift that it might
be distributed, and in the division it
was multiplied" until the great
throng was fed. So there is divine
arithmetic. Some of it's rules may be
limited at here.
Add to what spiritual resources
you have all the increase you can get
The Christian is to grow in knoWl-
edge, to increase in faith, to add
power to power. Do not try to add
that which will reduce the total Of
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

her baby IN her arms As she heard
the xhoIe story. John Is the oTaF-
ex. boy In the whole village, and
am proud Of him"
John had plenty OF piaynates, and
the weeks visit heightened out into
q month and still he was not anxious
10 go home. I'm having such good
time. mamma, that | really wouidn't
care II everybody called me Baby, ous
I'm glad that Is all over nov Hill
aa Richmond, Sunday School Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
ExACTING AND TRAINING.

We are learning good many new
things about children nowadays, and
this new knowledge is, or oug'-t to
be, considerably modifying our ideas
Of training them. The old saying,
wrongfully attributed to Solomon,
Spare the rod and spoil the child"
was really from the brain of Samuel
Butler, the author of Hudibras 1t
was based on Prov. 1924, which,
however does not necessarily mean
corporal chastisement, and certainly
not the chastisement or anger. The
real proverbial idea was akin to that
of modern child study, Train the
child according to his way" (the cor
rect rendering), or "bent," if you
want to secure lasting results. In
the. new magazine, The American
Baby, Mrs. Grace Hurd Gaines, who
has charge Of ''The Mother Militant
department, has these sensible things
to say to the troubled mother:
eff you are having a troublesome
time in being a parent the fault may
lie more with you than with your
child. If there is constant clash of
wills, be certain that you have pro-
voked it, and that in insisting
upon being the victor every time you
are taking something from your little
ones personality you can never re-
place.
! "a very good woman said in my
hearing the other day: I try to be
reasonable with my children. but
when I have once given an order ]
always exact obedience
This seems to be an axiom with
many parents. But why order ?
Why exact? These are strange
terms to use in dealing with ones
dearest in the world. Apparently II
never occurs to some minds tina,
there are other ways of getting re
suits self-respecting on both sides
and leaving pleasanter taste in the
mouth. The closer in UNDERSTANDING
you can come to child the less neef
you will have of the imperative moot
and the less use you will have to dis
cipline.
I began with trying to make tn,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

Ycm wiI1 az1. as zoe aock hA<s
upOn roxr lie. taat tie Eznnsats TAI
ssan1 oage he Enzssnss wse7 zee
aaxs really lived. are tie szo@ssss
shea Yoa have 1oae thI1xs n , spirit
% lore. - memory sraa4 tAe rass.
above an1 h~xona n. tie ETaasstcEx
pleasures CO life. there leap forwar1
sho@e supreme koarx whsn 200 bare
heea enabled 10 do unaotaoe<1 atn9-
nss&ea 10 those r0gna asoas Yoa-a
fhlnxz too traGng Ia speak ct. eat
which you feel hare catered insn
roar eternal iifs.-Drumnoa6-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26
BABY ABBOTT.

Baby! Baby!" called quavering
thin voice from the porch: Come
In, Baby! Dinners ready"
John Abbot, aged six and one-half
years, rose up from the sand pile
with frown on his face. Il do wish
Great Grandmother wouldn't call me
that" he sighed. ''All the boys will
be calling me Baby if she keeps on"
He knew it would be useless to an
swer, as Observation-Disclosures Abbott
was very hard OF hearing, so he ran
hastily to the house to get ready for
the old-fashioned midday dinner.
Mamma, won't you persuade
Great-Grandmother to stop calling me
Baby?" he asked, as he hastily scrub
bed his hands at the kitchen sink.
please do, mamma. You said l was
too big to be called that, and you and
papa never do"
"Dearie, Observation-Disclosures is a
very old lady, and besides, she is so
deaf | couldn't make her understand.
Isn't my boy big enough and manly
enough to bear a little teasing for
her sake? She doesn't know how it
troubles you"
"I'l1 try, mamma, but it's very
hard"
That's my big boy!" said Mrs. Abb
bot proudly. You'll succeed, too,
am sure"
81 had Betty make apple dump
lings and chocolate custard for din
ner, because Baby likes them," said
the dear old lady.
1t wasn't SO hard to hear the Of
Tending name just then with big
puffy white dumping surrounded by
yellow cream before him, and John
ate and ate until he could hold no
more. He was just quietly slipping
back to his play in the sand pile
when boy passed and called, Hello.
Baby"
An angry repl rose to Johns lips
but he thought in time and set his
teeth tightly, 81 promised I'd try
he said to himself, land I'm going to
do it."
Before a week all the boys and
girls in the village called him Baby
Abbot, and John would not play with
them. They did not mean to hurt his
feelings, but it seemed SO absurd tt
call big, strong boy such a name
that they all took it up. John never
replied, but his mamma knew wha
it cost him to keep his promise
Observation-Disclosures Abbot knew moth
ing of what was going on, and ever!
day she would go on the porch ant
call him If he ventured out on tn,
lawn or in the garden.
Many tear the little boy shed, blu
he never let them see him crying, AM
when his mamma said they woult
soon go home, he was very much re
Heved. He loved the big house, an,
the dear old lady who did so mucl
for him, but he wanted some play
mates and he did not want to be teas
ed all the time.
Runaway! Runaway! Look out!
That was the cry that echoed dow,
the quiet village street one afternoon
and the frightened children turne
and ran in all directions to get O.
der quite forgot her little sister sill
ting in the go-cart under the elm-tret
q she campered up on Mrs. Kile'
porch for safety.
John was standing forlornly in tn
garden watching the children fror
behind the lilac bushes, where the
could not see him, and, and he "a
IS fast as he could to rescue littl
Emily. He had just time to dra
the go-cart into the yard when tn
madly galloping horse dashed dow
's street right over the place frigh
eued Maggie had left the baby.
Nobody shall ever say Baby Al
bot again!" said Mrs. Elder, claspin
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-26

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29
HONDURAS IN TREATY
With united States
TWO GOVERNMENTS ENTER INTO
AGREEMENT CONCERNING
COTRACTS

Washington. Jan ss.-The seal Of
secrecy had not yet been removed
rom the treaty between the United
states aud Honduras, which was sub
mittcd 20 the senate but It was learned
that the document provided Tor thu
guaranteeing by Honduras and tho
support Nv tho United states of con'
tracts entered into In Honduras which
hovc the mutual approval of both
governmental such obligations ma re-
cclye the governmental sanction by
supulatloug OF the treaty are gu0rau-
tccd hy certain customs receipts Of
Honduras
II H said that tho treaty docs not
establish an American financial pro-
tcytorato and does not go $50 Ear as tho
convention of Snuto Domingo, whose
custom receipts tor the payment OF
foreign debts are undor American
supervision,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29
MRS. drew SAYS SHE
CAN'T GET FURNITURE
BRINGS SUIT AGAINST " L., NIL
LER FOR S2t3 WOItrII or
PILLOWS, BLANKETS, EIt

For the return Of sundry articles Of
furniture, which she alleges are her
personal property Mrs Emma Drew
yesterday filed suit In the district
court against W. T.. Miller 20 recover
the possession of the furniture or its
eQulaycnt IN money. $2i3.
Among the articles which tho Do
fcudant ls charged with upproprinilng
are the following
Bed room suite, 500: mattress, Sl2;
uattrcss, So; leather couch, 500; din.
Ing room table. SIS; two dining room
chairs, S5 mission rocker SO; mission
rocker. So; oak arm chair ST., oak hall
tree, Sl5, oak stand table. IS. gas
heating stove. SIS; 9 pillows $3.50
c1ch blanket t5 Total value, S2l3.
The PLAINTIFF alleges that tho de-
fcndunt has converted the property Ia
his own use, and suit is brought tn
secure possession OF the same
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29
NEW YORK DEADLOCK
believed NEAR END
LEGISLATORS HEAR RUMORS OF
A BREAK Is THE SENA-
TORIAu FIGHT

Albany, n Y, Jan. 2S.-Inquiry
among tho Legislators who went home
for the week end revealed that most
OF them believed that a United States
senator VIII be elected next week. Ru-
mors Of break In the long deadlock
have circulated for tho last two days.
but no on. Is in position TO know
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29

really as to predict how the expected
new lineup will stand William +
Sheehan returned to New York to-
day saying has strength was unimpair-
ed.
No word came from Charles r.
Murphy. who had another consuta-
tlon with Dix tonight, Neither would
tell what he talked about. The fact
that the legislative patronage was set
tied today strengthened the belief
that the senatorshlp question Is near
settlement also
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-29
New Rnnk In Fairyicw

Fairview Okla. Jan. 2s.-A char
ter has been issued for the establish
ment Of the Citizens State Bank Of
Fairyiew
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
The Battle of the Nile.

But for a pin prick there would have
been no battle of the Nile. At one
moment Nelson was fretting his heart
out in vain quest of the French. with
no one to furnish a clew as to their
whereabouts. Next minute the secret
was out-in lady's boudoir. Sir John
Acton, commander in chief of land and
sea forces at Naples, was in his wife's
room when her maid was putting the
finishing touches to her ladyship's
dress. The maid drove the point of a
pin into her mistress and apoIogized.
Some one had at that moment handed
the maid a letter from her brother, a
French sailor, from whom she had not
heard for some time, and it's receipt
had startled her. Sir John Acton, fore
seeing possibilities, offered to read the
letter while the maid continued her at
tent10ns to her mistress. The moment
he had read it he dashed off to find
Nelson. The letter gave all the infor-
nation as to the whereabouts and in
tentions of the French. Upon this Mel
son acted, and the battle of the Nile
resulted from that pin prick.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

and presently he came in again and
gave me this rose-and | cried"
Just a rOse-and she cried!
Big. silent John said nothing, but
Maggie's warm heart responded in
stantIy, and she cried from tenderness
and joy.
And the memory of the rose and its
message was wholly sweet to the end
Of her days.
Ny friends
Why should it be 50 hard for us to
do tn gracious thing in season?
And the tears We waste and the years
We waste and the cruel wounds we
bear all because we are not large
enough, not wise enough, to listen to
the voice of wisdom, because we are
too proud or too vain or too blind to
pluck the simple rose to heal the hurt!
Just Il rOSe-nOW dust.
But John was forgiving enough and
humble enough to heed the small voice
of pleading love.
Doubtless the little tiff" was a turn
ing point in the welded life of these.
Often it is the trivial things over which
husband and wife disagree. And these
little matters grow and grow. They
lead to GOODNESS and resentment and
sometimes to the parting of the ways.
How quickly does the heart of every
Maggie respond to the rose that John
silently extends!
What argument can never do the log
ic of the prOffered flower will accom-
plish. 1t is the message of forgiving
love STOPPING that it may conquer, and
the heart Of woman makes instant an
swer
That rose is dust The long grass
grows on the graves of John and Mary,
but this to us who live and love is the
teaching:
Love much, Be very kind
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
AT THE CENTER
Love much

For a thousand years astronomers
verse
| Where is the center?
You are the center
Also l am the center of the universe
of my universe.
Which is to say there is more than
one center of the universe There are
as many centers as there are sentient
beings.
In a subcOnscious sort of way we all
recognize this fact Unconsciously
each Of US draws about him certain
circles.
There is the small circle which rep
resents our relation to our immediate
family or friends, and there is the lar
ger circle which stands for our rela-
ton to our neighborhood and city, and
so on And finally, with it's great
sweep, there is the great circle-whose
arc only we may know-that repre-
sents our relation to the wide universe.
But always
In the center of these concentric cir
Giles is you
You are the hub
And that is no egotistic view, be-
cause, outside God himself, there is no
bigger thing in the universe than a
man.
You are the axis on which turn al
things. and all things are made for
you-air. sunshine, day, night, stars,
planets-just the same as if you were
the only man in the world
Is it not so?
Even the God of all things is in
very real sense your God
The great trouble with us is that we
often get away from the center where
we belong Then there is trouble and
friction. lack of harmony. Instead of
staying at she center we try to get to
one side. thinking we may find a bet
ter position.
You know what an eccentric is?
In mechanics it is in having a point
on which the wheel revolves at one
side Of the center. That makes the
wheel run unevenly. 1t wabbles.
Just so do men and women often
wabble They get away from the cen
ter Of things That is what is the mat
ter with the odd, the irregular. the
cratic man He is eccentric If he is
very eccentric he becomes insane.
Stay in the center.
Do not go wabbling off after this fad
and that ism So long as you stay in
your right place there is poise in you
and harmony about you, and all things
are yours, and naught can harm you.
Stand fast in the center.