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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
DANGER EATING VEGETABLES
Believer In Meat Diet Puts Forth
Some Novel " Not Particularly
Convincing Arguments.

The vegetarian editor was having
an argument with bis meatenting
colleague.
with an ordinary mixed diet Of
bread. butter, eggs. meat, milk, sugar.
fish. potatoes and green vegetables"
said the meat eater. ian average man
will eat about four to Ave pounds
weight daily.
III he depended on potatoes alone
he should eat at least ten pounds.
and when he adds cabbage. turnips.
caulifiowers and other watcry veRe
tables, his consumption might be
twelve or fifteen pounds before ho
had really enough 10 keep him N con
dition. This means greatly en-.
larged stomach and other digestive
organs.
Look at COW or n horse They
seem 20 be nearly all stomach and
other abdominal parts. As matter
of fact. about 90 per cent. or onennh
of the entire body Of vegetarian ami
mails. is digestive organs In flesh.
eating animals the figure is about
per cent, or one-twentieth OF the
body. And In man n f. 7 10 3 per
cent. or about onefourtoenth Of the
body.
But II vegetarian dieting were con-
tinued from father 10 son for n mum.
Der OF generations, the end would DO.
very likely a resemblance 20 the COW
In the abdominal region. and consid.
cradle dificuIty in getting about" -
London Answers.
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unessst1ssnbly ene - ~ nost -
naskaole enreoso n ~ history q
Anerscaa railroa1lng that has FUR
niahod . many fluGtrlous examples
~ hrilllanf % faSehful work - that Of
Doo Juau Whltte0ore. Who recently
retired a chief engineer Of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee anl o. Paul rail-
road.
Mr.. Whitteuore II q years OF age.
~ has been building railroads for .
little over sixty-three years. and has
held the once Of chief engineer for
the st. Paul system continuously for
forty-seven years. or virtually
throughout the entire existence OF the
company.
Mr.. Whittemore not only enjoys the
distinction Of having built and locat.
ed railroads all over the United
States and . part Of Canada and
Cuba while most Of the present big
transportation systems of the coun-
try were still undreamed OF. but he
has himself supervised the c0nstruc-
ton and reconstruction during nearly
half . century Of one of the biggest
Of them all. from almost nothing to
some 5000 miles.
In fact. the browning achievement
Of his life. undertaken ut the age Of
AZ. many years after the time Of re-
tirement for most men. was the super
vision in many Of tho most essential
features Of the construction Of = new
railroad reaching half way across the
continent This IL the Pacific coast
extension of the st. Paul system.
known since its completion DURING
the last year ~ the Chicago. Miiwau-
kee 4 Puget Sound railroad. extend
ing for 1900 miles west Of the Mis-
souri, river to Tacoma and Seattle.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
Trunk Complete.

well be screwed in place before the
end circles are sawed apart
Great-grandfather's trunk was COW
cred with leather, tanned with the
hair on. making what was called a
hair trunk II one wishes to imi-
tate the original as far as possible. he
could cover this little trunk with can
ton flannel. the rough side out. This
will give quite the original effect
Circles Of cloth are cut for the ends
. tribe larger than the wood circles
and the edges carried over to the
sides. The sides have the cloth
stretched straight above the outside
the edges covering the ends. Then q
dark strip of braid can be put about
the edges and secured by round
headed brass tacks, as shown. Two
skate or book straps Of leather com
plete the fittings. except for the han
dies at the ends. which can be had al
. hardware store. and the little deco
ration with round-headed brass tacki
shown In front Tho trunk can b.
lined with paper.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
l9B63EEEEHSg
Cynical Cynthia
By Dorothy blackmore


Family ties. love. sentiment and
the like count for little nowadays
remarked Cynthia
DO they teach that at coilcge?-
Cynthia Danvers raised her eye
orows. shrugged her shoulders and
answered. Perhaps they do. Who
knowsy"
Remington Ardsiey looked her
souarely in the eyes before he spoke
Then my daughters shall not 60 to
college" be said
Cynthia laughed. You anticipate
the future with nattsry to yourself"
she retorted
'I'lI deal In the present. n you pre-
fer. Cynthia Though. TO be perfectly
frank. was happier In the past" he
said earnestly.
cynthia's eyes questioned him. She
did not speak.
Yes: when you were . sweet. un-
spoiled girl" he said deliberately
Before you went to college" he add.
81.
Thanks" replied Cynthia. sharply.
They walked on in silence. The
warm sunshine invited q tagging
step: II cast over all the world OF
Gienmore. q lazy step. Even Gym
thia. usually erect and quick of nc
ton. strolled.
-Four years ago when your step
mother sent you to . fashionable col
iege. Cynthia. you were neither hard
nor cynical" Ardsicy continued. You
were gentle and hopeful and-wom-
anIy." He added the final adjective
with some misgivings. He was not
sure he dared to speak SO frankly:
and he watched her from the tall Of
bis eye.
Cynthia raised her chin . trine
higher and began indinerently TO hum
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ried q woman we did not care for
not that any woman living could have
taken the Place OF our own mother
but Sis and decided that. for Dads
sake. we'd make the best OF H. And
We have It's harder for Cynthia than
for me for she has Mrs. Danvers nll
day. and now that she's home from
college for FOOD It's beginning TO tell
on her. Last night | found the poor
Girl In tears out In the honeysuckle
arbor all by herself She said she
had tried. In the four years that she'd
been away at college. TO acquire
hard. cynical view OF life so that the
little things at home would not jar
on her and upset her 80 much. ~
seems that II In hard and she Ia IN
happy In being unable 10 be her own,
old self Now-what shall we dof /
hate TO raise scandal and break up
the family by taking Cynthia away
from home-and father--but you
know. old man. you can't sit back and
see your only sister unhappy because
OF family pride"
The young man pushed back HIS
chair and wiped his forehead. II had
been hard-this confding OF "A family
trouble. even 60 so old friend as
Remington Ardsley.
IL hate 20 make fuss. You
know, Rem. but ! had 60 speak Of u
today. Our family In 30 old and 90
proud" he added. his chin uncon'
sciously elevated.
Ardsley did not speak for fun
minute. Il appreciate your situation
and ! respect your confidence, Bob,
but-you don't know how II has ma7u
me feel. ! would like 20 disappear on
the face OF tho earth at this minute"
Your But it's not your family,
Rem" said Danvers In surprise.
mo; but you don't know how much
have 20 do win IT," Ardsley re-
marked. meaningly. I'LL try 20
tell you more about II some time.
Now-I must rush on"
The two men separated as was
their custom after lunch. Ardslcy
sought the Danvers home and Gym
thia. He could not wait another hour
before telling her how he had mis-
judged her, how abJectly sorry he
was for his unwonted criticism OF the
Pf'''oiHb
Words absolutely fail me. Cynthia.
TO tell you how woefuily | midjudged
you. Can you-will you try to.-for'
give me7" He spoke earnestly and
looked down into her eyes ns she
stood with him out on tho big YER
anda.
Cynthia did not answer for a mo-
ment "Wby-whnt have you donoR'
she asked, the old trick Jack again.
"Done7 | accused you OF being
anything but the sweet. womanly girl
you are. Cynthia. / .hought-in "a
great egotism--that ] was the one 10
name your faults. TO Judge you. | did
not understand what you have to--to
put up with. | did not know II was
NIL done for noble purpose oh.
Cynthia. am sorry"
Don't be. Remington" she said,
generously. II forgive you for think
Ing had put on silly airs Just to
show that ! had been away at col
lege."
irdsiey smiled grhteruffy ana cook
her hands DO your And---will you
prove II by promising 10 BIO my wife7"
Cynthia drew back-not too Ear
back Am I not too cynical1" she
asked
You're Cynthia" no said. That's
enough for me"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
Arranging Circles.

Use q pair of dividers to make exact
circles; or, II these are not at hand.
use a string and pencil attached to
the end. Set the two circles just rs
inches apart, and cover the entire out
side with laths nailed close together.
NJ suggested In the illustration. When
the circles have been entirely COW
cred by laths and firmly nailed at the
ends of these, take a small smoothing
plane and smooth of all the edges OF
the laths that may be prominent In
this way a smooth rounded surface
can be secured. Now saw OF the top
by saving through the end circles at
the point shown by the dotted lines.
letting the saw pass between the
same pair of laths at each end. We
shall now have the body of the trunk
and It's cover, which Is to be hinged
to the body by a small pair of hinges
one part of each hinge being screw
cd to the top lath OF the body and the
other part to the lath next above In
the cover. In fact the hinges may
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
POPULAR GAMES IN LONDON
0abbIt, CsstelIo, HoIo and Three
Tricks Have PossibiiitIes-0e-
scrjptlon IT Pastimes.

"Dabbit"
This sounds like swear word from
man who is suffering from a severe
code Id the Dose" but It isn't Dab
bit Is only the title Of a new game.
which some people say has a good
chance Of becoming more popular than
Sketch.
The idea is ridiculously simple. You
are provided with > sort OF oblong
tray. the bottom of which is formed
by the table on which you play. Placed
across the middle OF the court thus
provided Is . piece of wood contain
ing arches.
The ordinary rules of tennis are fol-
lowed. but instead of going over the
net you serve the ball under the CEN
ter arch. In returning, the players
send the ball back under any of tho
arches and the fun is exciting. II IL
series of pushes. and one II sur
prised at the amount OF skill which
can be obtained.
Dabbit Is only one OF several. Per
haps the best is CASTILLO. a game on
an entirely new principle. which Is be-
WILLIS very POpui0I III 1<OuOOns AOi -
can be played either on a lawn or the
table. specially shaped mallets are
used. while ordinary croquet balls.
four players having a castle and two
balls. Much skill Is required in the
capturing of flags and castles, each
game lasting about 20 minutes. and
providing all sorts Of excitement when
the players are skillful.
More modest. but equally interest
Ing. Is holo, the players trying to
drive q ball through their opponents
well-guarded goals. Holo appeals
quite as much to children as to grown
ups. and what seems fairly simple at
first Is In the end very difficult =.
Stepping-siones Is game In which
| the players have to stop from one
block to another while balancing a
ball on a platter. The results are
ludicr0us.
Finally. there is three tricks. A 1T
tie table is revoived ana Jddenly
stopped. whereupon the players try
| to spike loose tablets which are num-
hered. The fact that one player spikes
more than another does not mean that
he wins. for he may have taken sew
eral for which he has to concede
| points.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

The very next day the cane arrived
at the house by messenger. He bad
left II I'm the cigar store be regularly
patronizes The proprietor sent
note along telling him that Il would
have been returned sooner but he
had expected Daggleberry in any day.
DaggIeberry paid the messenger boy
who brought II and said nothing. but
looked unutterable things.
Last week II disappeared again. but
this time az the result OF careful
plot Daegleberry had a friend who
was going to the far west
-rhis fs my chance" thought Dag.
gieberry. SO he went 20 the stntion
with his friend. and just an they were
parting pressed the cane upon him
and said:
Take this with you. old man. as a
little remembrance"
The friend was ELUSIVE IN bis
thanks and Daggieberry was equally
pleased. Three days later the cane
came back by express collect" OAK.
gieberry's friend had lost II on The
train and another friend OF DaEgio-
berry found n and recognized Il as
Dsgsleberry's' Dag 'eberry 10 now
poslguod 70 his fatA
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an operate air. She swung her par
asol to and fro as she stroIIed.
AT least. Mr. Remington ArdsIey
taught US. At college. TO be polite"
Politely pessimistic?" be asked.
She nodded. ~Perhaps-even .hnt.-
she said. But I'm sorry you've TAX
en- the trouble to look mo up again II
I'm 500 different"
IT'S only on the surface. ] think
hope"
Cynthia turned on him, an angry
fash In her eyes. Add dishonesty
hypocrisy to my list OF acquired
faults! I'm sure you've heaped com
piiments on my head this afternoon
and no mistake" she declared angriiy
and quickening her step. Even the
Oldest of friends can go too far In
frankness."
Ardsley bit his lip to keep from ut.
tering the words OF forgiveness he
fain would beg. but he felt It his duty
to give Cynthia an idea of how her re.
Gently acquired notions affected her
friends. II was hard but he had de-
termined to do IT, He believed he
understood women and he felt this To
be his duty plainly laid down.
After that there wa little said be.
tween them and when he left her at
her fathers gate n was with a dis
tant. curt word OF farewell from her
as she FASTENED up the rose-path and
disappeared from view.
That night he thought only OF Gym
thia and the more lie reviewed his
own attitude and recalled bis own nc.
cusations the more he hated himself.
What right had he to sit thus in
judgment OF herr He had been bru-
tally frank-cruei even-and she had
tried at first to take him in Jest. lie
had accused her OF being not only un.
womanly but hypocritical.
The next day he INST cynthia's
brother at the club CT lunch. The
but somehow today when Robert Dan
vers took the seat opposite Ardsley a
the small table. the latter felt
strangely III at east How could be
look into tho eyes of a man whose
sister he had treated so badly?
Luncheon was well under way when
Danvers looked up at Ardsiey.
Rem. old man. you've always been
q friend Of the family. haven't your
Ardsiey nodded. q pang OF shame
darling through his whole being. "Oi
course" be said.
"Ws'rs pretty proud. you know
Rem. az q family. but sometimes
think it's false pride and-weli. Gym
thia 10 suffering from II all"
-Cynthia7" repeated Ardsley. In q
Low tone How SOL"
Tue patef, a. you well know. mar
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
IS RESIGNED TO HIS FATE
oaaelsbsrry Has Come 20 the Con-
eIuelon Thst He Can Not
Iooo Hated Cane.

Daggiebesry II in despair. It's all
On account Of . cane that was pre-
sented 70 him last Christmas. Dag
gieberry hates canes. He thinks a
man Who carries one 10 the quintss-
sencs Of . moilycoddIe. But this
cane was given him b. m old and
dear friend. and there was no way out
Of Il but 10 make : show Of carrying
Il, for = while ~ least
%. we'll. I'll lose II pretty soon. any
way said Daggleberry.
Sure enough he did. He left II IN
. nat store. He hadn't gone . block
before . clerk came cunning after
him With the cane and rsceived Dag
gieberry's rather grumpy thanks
A month later the caae was mise
tug again. DaggIeberry was happy
i Whole wesk vent ~ without the
easp nakins IT, roappearance. -0one
IT. Gpo1- re tine, guess" waa
unGg1obegsy's sbeuGhe
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

night fasten . candle to II; then back
on t1Il nothing can be seen but the
candle flame.
Let the wheel revolve slowly. free
from the ground. The candle fame
makes . circle Of fire al right. and
goes around the axle. Now lower the
candle until It rests on the ground
and start ahead. The flames sudden
" stops going in . circle and begins
to make . wsvy line. nrst high and
then low. II goes around nothing 1t
all
Men with clear minds can perform
the experiment satisfactorily by tying
. handkerchief around the tire In day
light, but to do this takes a keen
mathematical imagination. because the
eye II confused by other moving OBJ
5ects and II not able to see the hand
kerchief free from these other in
iluences.
At night Tho candle flames alone
can b seen. % that II perhaps the
torch to . locomotive driver and
then send the engine slowly back and
forth while the observer is on some
hundred feet distant in the dark. The
torch does not move In a circle.
Now We will say that a man has
just performed this experiment. He
has seen with his own eyes that the
torch does not 90 around anything at
all. but. that It simply goes ahead
somewhat like . flying machine rising
and falling to the wind. coming 10 a
dead stop at its lowest point and go
Ing twice a. fast a. the engine when
ut its highest point. Well and good.
without touching anything on the
nrst engine. just board a second en-
CINE and ride back and forth and
watch that torch. or candle flame.
This time It goes around the axle.
Leave the second engine and stand
still on the ground and the flames at
once begins the wavy lines. Why is
II? No one knows.
The fact that the bottom OF an
engine wheel always stands still IL
more easy to learn than the fact that
the top of the wheel moves just twice
~ fast a. the train. but this can be
proved easily with a piece OF board.
Take . piece of board, say ten
feet long, and lay one end on top of
IL wheel. Now move the engine for
ward two feet and you will ind that
the board has gone ahead four feet.
just twice N far a. the engine. Lay
down the board and tie two pieces OF
string to the wheel. one at the top
and the other at the bottom, where
II rests on the ground. Now run your
engine forward two feet and see what
happens. The bottom string has
moved forward too. but not nearly as
far as has the top piece of string, al
though the ends were even at the
start"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
RARE WOODS FOR ITS TIES
Panama Railroad VIII Be Laid on lIe.
mum Vitae and Other Most
Costly Varieties.

The Panama Railroad will lay its
tracks over the rarest and most valu-
able cabinet woods. The road 10 now
being relocated incidental to the con-
struction of the canal over part of
the old line and II has become neces-
sary to replace the old soft wood.
Eight thousand hardwood ties have
just been received at Colon from Co
lombia. Most Of these ties are hewn
from Guaicum. or lignum vitae. but
there are also many of polvillo. cor
teza and balsamo.
These hard woods should last In,
definitely even In the tropical climate
Of the Isthmus. but they can be laid
and rallied only by the use of special
machinery which bores holes for the
screw bolts and chisels out faces to
form the rail seats.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

During a strike In the coal regions
q Hooking Valley coal train was STOP
ped by the strikers about q quarter of
q mile from q wooden bridge. The
leader of the strikers told the engf-
neer that he must not pull that train
through, and the engineer declared
that he would. Come down. JIM"
cried one of the strikers. I'VE know
you too well to harm you. We have
. keg OF powder on that bridge. and
when the boys sec you coming. they
are going to light the fuse" "All
right" replied the engineer. grfmly.
I've promised to pull this train
through, and through she goes" With
these words he opened the throttle
and the train dashed on. The strikers
saw the train coming and lit the fuse.
On and over the bridge the train
went: ~ the last car cleared the
structure bang! went the powder. and
the bridge was blown to splinters. The
fuse was . Quarter-inch too long.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
A hungry Motor Car.

Have you ever noticed how hungry
m automobile sometimes looks when
It IL trying to run you down On the
street? It looks as Il 1t would like
20 eat you and leave nothing except
the buttons. That may have been
the feeling Of the motor car that got
In the path of . runaway In Kalama-
500 The runaway was composed Of
two frightened horses and = loaded
pie. wagon. which may or may not
have been frightened. The driver
was thrown on the wagon seat, and
the horses dragged the swaying pie
wagon through the streets. dripping
pies behind They ran into an auto
mobile. and the wagon suddenly stop
ped. but the pies went straight on and
plastered themselves all over the car.
The car was spotted with red cherry
and purple raspberry and blue buckle
berry and brown apple and yellow lem
on pie filling until II looked like I
horse on q merry-go-round or In =
Noah's ark.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

Two little boys were selling lemon
ade to earn circus money. thirsty
old gentleman stopped at the stand OF
the drst little boy and drank three
glasses OF the beverage. He then
passed to the stand C. the seconu ut
tie boy. Are you aware" he asked
pleasantly. that the little boy across
the way only asks three cents glass
for his lemonade. while you charge
l1ve?"
The lad addressed answered very
readily: Yes. know. mister. but nis
lemonade is what the puppy fell in-"-
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

Although the British locomotives
limited ~ they arc BY the narrower
clearances Of tunnels. bridges. ETC.,
have never reached the size OF loco.
motives In America. there has been
. steady growth In dimensions. and
some Of the latest engines are ex.
trsmely powerful. Thus 10 of the At.
lantic typ. built for the East Coast
9cottish express use. have . total
hoot1ng surface Of 3.456 square feet,
and . grate area Of "a square feet.
Tho barrel Of the boiler II 5 feet &
inches In diameter and Is feet lOh
inches in length. The tank has . ca
pacity Of l.135 SALONS Of water and 8
tons Of coal The total weight Of the
engine alone II nearly 20 TONS
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

q W0OI uuD2Otys
nayo . writer Ia
'the Railroad Mans
- . g. sine. b . I
the mystery II still
with ~. and whlrla
its hundred Quss-
don marks before
oar eyes every
minute Of the day
OF course ev'
cry one believes
that the edge OF
tho wheel goes
around the axle.
But does IL? Take
the end Of any
spoke near the
tire. or any part OF
the tire. and ON .
-~alr ~auAl~ra
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

During the days of the gold fever
In California" said an old sea cap
tain, "our ship was SO crowded that
you could hardly get q place TO sleep
Captain said q man when We were
three days out, I have just got to have
some place to sleep
Where have you been sieepingT
asked.
Il have been sleeping on q sick
man. the passenger said. but he's get
ting better now "-Success.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15
Train stopped by catsrpIiIars.

Black caterpIIiars so thoroughly
CREASED the track" for = short South
ern Pacific train near here that the
engine came to dead stop three
times. The engine was drawing only
pne coach up the heavy grade be-
tween here and Sisson. When about
a mile north of McCloud the first
hold-up was made by the caterpillars
The engineer was forced to turn
on the sand to make the wheels grip
the track. Immediately upon the sand
being shut on there was another stop.
This was repeated again. 20 the man
at the throttle kept the sand running
until he had passed the caterpillar
belt-McCloud Correspondence. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-15

Two French naval officers have de.
vised scheme which they are work
ing. under the auspices Of the govern.
ment. by which they claim to be able
to supply all chronometers IT sea with
the exact time at noon. 8 p. m. and
midnight. by means Of wireless mes
sages from the EihIel tower BY its
means the longitude Of any vessel can
be computed almost instantaneousIy
and in foggy weather Especially In
places where there are irregular cur
rents) the advantage will BE- enor
nous.