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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26
SWEETHEART'S PIECE.

For the first time in his life Jack
was going to speak in the school. His
teacher had asked him to learn some'
verses, and recite them Friday after-j
noon; and as this was his first year
in school, and as he thought hel
shouldn't enjoy speaking in public,
it made quite an event for Jack.
Jack had chosen to learn a verse
that often had been read to him by]
his mamma, called Little Albert
It was in little poem about a small
boy who was afraid to go to sleep in
the dark. ct is hard to believe such
story of boy, but it's true, sup
pose.)
Friday came at last, and as a favor
permitted to invite his little sister,
Sweetheart, to come to the school
to see, perhaps, like ''little Jack Hor-
ner," what great boy" he was get
ting to be.
'Now, Sweetheart" said Jack as
they trotted along, you must sit
very still, and fold your hands, and
be sure you don't talk aloud"
Cali wight" answered Sweetheart,
beaming with joy at the idea of 60
ing into real school. "I'll be
berry nice little girl, cause Miss WITCH
wouldn't like me if wasn't"
Jack felt proud as he escorted his
little sister into the school-room, for
arrayed as she was in dainty mus
lin frock, with pink ribbons, she look
ed like great handsome dolly, with
her blue eyes and faxy curls.
But when school opened and the
exercises began, Jack grew flushed
with excitement, almost dreading to
have his turn come; but before it
came, the teacher, who wished to be
polite to her little guest, asked Sweet
heart if she would not like to say
piece.
Sweetheart nodded yes" and
skipping forward to the place where
the children had stood who had spok~
en-, she proudly said Little Albert"
as well as such a small person could
say it-they very piece she had come
to hear her big brother recite.
1t was something like this that
Sweetheart said:
title La'lbert's muzzer put him in
him's bed,
Kissed the pity yinglets on him's pit
ty head;
And little Lalbert's muzzer said: AN
gels watch wi keep
Over little L'albert while little L'al-
bert goes a-sleepin'."
Poor little Jackie looked SO sur
prised, and 50 mad" too. Yes, he
looked quite angry, and IL he hadn't
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

mother rat caused liz =. -
fecily ssill until Tho a. Saa't ,--
BE would DOT disturb - : ''a.as.a
sIs oass aat turtAsr, a. : = a
% aad carried The yozsF .,.s s'ss.s
paaee o. sa:*'y s~aeash =. - "a
turning Aad carving aas.s.. =
oihsr Until The las, ke.a,.., .1& H.
~As out o. any aasxs- S. !. 49,
der-aeArtsd sezmster. s. e "a
help but ADMIRE 10 h.ar.-'st ass
mother in the pro,e~tfsz a.. 8 Ia
The man declared =. -, ,-s''
could see IN bis taes ia, = a.. y
aiio~ her 30 carry a~Ay a. - b
her little ones. ~ho see -, ''F
his power.-Wes;era CAr.r.,. q
cate. Assa.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

Away. then. with al! .eeAg.
plants. all meager and ma.
ieties! Take your duty and = 60
in IL, as God will make yos IS
The harder II Is the stronger 5, s.
you will be. Understand. alsa -.
the great question here Is 70, =.
you will get. but what you all =
come. The greatest wealth sa- :.
ever get vii be In yourself Tai. =.
burdens and troubles and loss, :.
wrongs. IL come they must ara e.
as your opportunities. knoulnr a..
God has girded you for greater 49,,
than these.--Horace Bushnell
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26
A TRAMP WHO WAS A HERO.

/ was curled up on one cold after
noon trying to catch fragment of
much needed sleep and to keep warm
at the same time. That particular
spot was made halfway comfortable
by the piping under the pavement.
You see, I was what they call a
tramp" dog. I confess 1 had no
home, but that was no fault of mine.
/ had a master once and comfort
able home, and I was happy. But
master was one day called away on a
long journey, and made provision for
my lodging at a neighbours whom 7
knew from the start I could not sue
coed in pleasing.
In less than a week he had nailed
up the door Of my kennel, and shut
of my source of supplies. I took the
hint and deported myself, spurred on
by the growing pangs of hunger.
AS I lay there huddled up that
cold December afternoon I wondered
how long this fast was going to last.
Memory of my few months Of happi-
ness when I was at home and knew
how fresh meat and clean table-leav-
ings tasted, and received encouraging
words and gentle pattings.-an this
had faded through the loneliness and
misery Of trampdom.
II could only prove my right to
live, to a home, to kind treatment
and place In some child's heart!
had made advances enough, only to
have my good Intentions misinter-
preted. I had gone 30 far as to one
day pick up q scarf q child had let
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

clip from her shoulders. and proceed
ed 10 restore the same. but before
could do 50 half q dozen pedestrians
we're chasing me across the street.
and In the shuttle the scarf vas ruin
ed b. the feet OF one CT my pursuers.
The child burst into tears. and i'm
precatiors followed me. even far up.
the alley. That sort OF thing had
completely discouraged me. and
concluded that dogs understand men
a great deal better than they under
stand US.
do not know how long / lay there
thinking of mans inhumanity TO
dogs know fell asleep. and from
my sleep was sharply aroused by the
sound OF breaking glass. Looking
around, / caught sight OF q man
thrusting his arm through hole in
the window OF the jewelry store near
by No one was passing, and 1t was
plain the burglar was succeeding In
his work. | knew what IL all meant
| leaped to my feet. and as the fell
low turned to run | was at his heels.
barking furiously. He cursed me and
kicked at me, but that only made me
more determined. He darted into a
dark alley, | being close behind.
On through the length of the mar
row way he ran. By the time he
emerged into the next thoroughfare,
where he hoped to have some chance
of mingling in the holiday throng,
he found me close upon him. My
Gatling-gun bark finally attracted the
attention of passers-by. They sur
missed the situation and Joined in the
chase. I gave way to no one, and
when at last a big policeman nabbed
the fleeing man and brought him to
a standstill, l had him by the trous-
ers-leg.
Its no use, gentlemen" he said
with the short breath he had left
eff it hadn't been for that dog and
his yelp I'd have got away. He's
worth more than the whole bunch of
YOU"
Well, there the lane turned and
came into my own. Things happen
ed so quickly after that, I really lost
track. Mr.. Williams, the jeweler,
actually took me, dirty as I was and
steaming from exertion, and carried
me into the store. There I met his
wife and the sweetest little girl I had
ever seen. I was the hero of the
hour.
When finally it came time to close
the store, visions of dark alleys and
cold retreats came back with double
force after this little taste of heaven,
but, to my establishment, I was bum
died up and actually carried out to
the waiting automobile, and away we
sped.
"Listen!" said the sweet little girl,
laughing shaking her finger in my in
quiring face: Just as soon as we
get home I'm going to tie pretty
pink ribbon about your neck, and you
are going to be my playmate forever
and forever. And how does that
suit your" |
I suppose in answer I embarrassed
them all, for l barked all the way
home, and danced about so that my
mistress could hardly keep my wrap
about me. My day of grace had be-
gum. Robb Earring, in Our Dumb
Animals.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26
APPEAL OF A MOTHER RAT.

At a barn where horses were kept
in a town in Eastern Ohio, ii became
necessary to remove the accommodating
manure from the pen just outside the
building. A teamster, engaged in
loading his wagon, thrust his pitch
fork into the nest of a rat, and as
he lifted it up the mother rat and
eight very young rats fell out and
were scattered about on the pile of
manure at the transfers feet. AS rats
are a great nuisance in such places,
the first impulse with the man was
to kill the creatures. The helplessness
of the little animals, and the brav-
cry of the mother rat in remaining
right with her young, caused the
teamster to hesitate for a few mo-
ments, and then the appealing look
that came into the countenance of the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

You can use Bucklens Ann
Salve 10 cure children OF eefs~s
rashes, letter, chafings. scaly az
crusted humors, as we'll as their A.
cidental iniuries,-cuts. bzr,i
bruises, etc, with perfect a.sr
othing else heals so quickly. Fr
boils, ulcers, old, running or isre.
sores or piles it has no eQaal =!
cents at all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

been such . plucky little man ] think
be ~oufd hare cried. Sweetheart nn-
ished with : flourish. and beautiful
inshed with > flourish and beautiful
bow. TOO. And then she danced back
TO her seat looking veil satisfied.
Jacks turn came the very next.
and he got up all disappointed and
crest-failen. and went 30 his place.
and said Little Albert" all over
again. for you see he never liked 10
learn verses. and did no, kn3w any
others. This Is the way Jack said the
verse:
Little Albert's mother tucked him
close In bed.
kissing the shining ringiets on his
curly head.
And she said: Good angels loving
watch will keep
Over little Albert while he goes TO
sleep"
And when he had hurried Sweet
heart home, and told the whole mis-
cradle story TO mamma. who. strange
ly enough. grew rosy red and kept
wiping away what looked like real
tears, Jack turned to his little sister.
and said sternly: We'll, Sweetheart,
| don't believe I'll take you TO school
with me again. for you didn't treat
me very well. But" he added, laugh
ing out suddenly, 81 don't believe the
children, any of them, guessed what
you said, for you didn't say a quarter
OF your words plain!"
And the children didn't guess,
though perhaps it was different with
Miss Rich.-Children's Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26
MADE SOME ONE H,rrx

ut 10 the duty OF er,-7
make At least one perNo. -. s Z
iag the week" said g $50 -
teacher. a'''s
Now. have you done -. Ies.....
Yes. said Johnny prozs.1,
that's right. VIA, did yos Az
Il went 10 see my auat A.
always happy when 20 a..
Answers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

90 i Vie" tudl part nav hAc3-
Then sent over TO Teddy's kouse
and whistled for Ted. He's my
friend. When Teddy came out ask
ed him IL he'd lend me Bungo, his
brindled bulldog. And rtold him all
about It. And Teddy said that IL let
him come over and sit In the black
cherry tree he'd let me have Bungo.
You see, Bungo loves baby. He
won't let any stranger touch baby
ahen he's round. He just makes
himsel: her Guard OF Honor, papa
says.
so that very afternoon had
baby out in the back yard. Bungo
was Ihere and Teddy was up in the
tree And twas Just about time for
our new neighbor to wake up from
his nap and come out to give more
orders bout the fence. I spoke to
the man who was building the fence
and said that / had an errand inside,
and that I wouldn't hurt anything.
He said I'd better be careful, cause
the gentleman was specially rough
on boys.
81 said I'd be careful, and I went
to one Of the flower beds that hadn't
any plants in yet, and I spread down
the baby's fur rug and her pretty
white afghan on top Of it. Then l
carried baby over and set her in the
middle of it, and said to her:
I'm leaving it all to you, babe
"She winked up at me and said
Coo very hard. And I ran away,
cause l heard the door ojen. And I
went and united Bungo and held him
by the collar, and stood where We
could see, but nobody could see US.
Il just wish you could've looked at
our neighbor then. He was s'prised.
Then He was scared. He looked all
round and said things. Bungo pull
led at his collar, but I patted his
head and held on. I was pretty scar
ed, too; but l knew Bungo. He's
and awful holder on. And he's quick
too. My! how quick he is!
Johnson called the new neigh
Dor, is that your child?' Just as if
Johnson's baby could be as nice as
ours!
And Johnson took off his hat and
up.
'It belongs over there he said.
L say, what's it doing here?' he
shouted
and then was when baby did it.
She kicked up her little pink toes and
shook her little pink fists and said
'Goo,'
and somehow he understood.
Then | went in, holding Bungo by
the collar, and Teddy climbed down
out of the tree. And we both took
off our hats.
The neighbor scowled and looked
at Bungo. Then he said, Boys, what
does this mean?'
Just only that we want to be
friends I told him.
HE looked at Bungo and he
smiled-a truly smile! But this is
what he said: And you want to run
over my premises and ruin my gar
dem
No, sir l said. We only want
to show you that we've got something
lot nicer n you have, and that if
you'll make a wire gate so that we
can look through at your flowers,
We'll let you look through and see
our baby-she's in the yard a lot.
and he did-a great big wide
gate. Sometimes it's open and flow
ers come through to mamma. And
papa and the new neighbor talk to-
gether bout flosophy and books. And
he's been twice to our church and
heard papa preach-'cause he says
that the father of such a boy must
have something to say worth hearing.
And l told him-when he'd said it
two times-that he'd made a mis-
take, baby isn't a boy! And he
laughed again.
80 you see, baby did it.''-New
York Advocate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-26

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26
THE STANDARD BRED HORSE AT OUR FAIRS

milton due him. II also shows that
the associations which are supposed
to foster and encourage the standard
bred interests have not helped as have
the associations representing other
breeds, notably the Percheron and Bel
gian,
These two things, Indifference upon
the part of owners and breeders and
lack of proper recognition by fair
managers. have been the principle
reasons for the poor showing of the
standardized horse at our county and
state fairs. Concerted. persistent and
organized effort In advancing the In
terest Of the standardized horse Is
needed. ANY business to be success
full must be properly advertised. The
standardized horse has not been
properly advertised. There Is no bet
ter place to advertise him than at
our county and state fairs. and there
Is no better way to advertise him as
a useful breed than by making a large
exhibit Of good individuals OF this
breed, and this exhibit should be made
more for the purpose of boosting the
breed than for the mere purpose OF
winning a few dollars in prize money.
The fair associations should offer
more liberal prizes for STANDARDIZED
horses in breeding classes and should
make greater effort to secure exhibits
from owners and breeders of high
class standard-breds. After securing
the exhibit the fair associations
should provide a place to- show these
horses so that 1t will be instructive
and not merely a commercial propo-
sition. Why not show these horses
before the grandstand inside the race
track between heats or in the fore
noon before the races. instead Of out
behind the barns most any old timer
When the owners. breeders. and fair
managers each do their part. work IN
harmony and for the best interests OF
the breed, then viii We have q good
showing Of standardized horses At
eur county and state fairH.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26
Tree Conc Mad.

Nature in the tropics. left to her
self, IL harsh, aggressive, savage;
looks as though she wanted to hang
Fou with her dangling ropes or impale
You on her thorns. or engulf you In
her ranks Of gigantic ferns. Her
mood IL never as placid and sane Is
IN the north. There Is a tree in the
Hawaiian woods that suggests q tree
gone mad II IL called the hau-tree.
Il lies down, squirms and wriggles all
over the ground like a wounded
snake; It gets up. and then takes to
earth again. Now It wants to BE-
vine. now II wants TO be q tree. II
throws somersaults, II makes itself
Into loops and rings, II rolls. It reach
e, Il doubles upon itself Altogether
4 4 the crsziest vegetable growth !
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26

Considerable comment he's been
made upon the fact that the number
of standardized horses shown at
county and state fairs has been gradu-
ally decreasing until, In mcst In
stances, very poor showing Is made.
This is a lamentable fact for the stan
dard-bred is a useful horse as well as
q pleasure horse.
There probably are several reasons
for this poor showing the standard
bred horse has been making in the
breeding classes at our state and
county fairs, but the principle reason
Is that the owners and breeders are
apparently Indifferent to their own
best interests.
Other reasons for this poor show
Ing have been the insufficient recogni-
tion and the unsatisfactory classified
lions given this breed by the fairs. II
the state and country fairs are to
foster and encourage the interests OF
the breed in proportion to the number
of horses they represent, then the
standardized horse certainly de-
serves more recognition than he is
getting. The number OF Dure-bred
stations standing for public service
in Kansas as shown by the records Of
the State Live Stock Registry Board
Is as follows; Percheron, 1,72S;
standardized, 672; French Draft.
sO7; Belgian, 2O5; Shire. 1876; Ger
man Coach, 40; Clydesdale, 46;
French Coach, 3S; Morgan. 81; Ameri-
can Saddle, 81. The Kansas State
Fair at Topeka offered prize money
in breeding classes as follows:
Percheron, S7O6; French Draft, $612;
Ciydesdale and Shire, $6S2; Belgian.
sos; Coach, 1922; Standardized.
$500; Morgan, sos. In addition. the
Percheron society offered $3.50, two
800 cups, ten gold medals and eleven
silver medals: the Belgian society Of
fered sos and two gold medals
This date shows that the standard.
bred horse d not getting the recoS'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26

paratively satisfactory under horse
traffic, but It ruts and ravels ard cuts
out rapidly under motor car and motor
truck traffic due to the friction Of the
driving wheels. To prevent the dust
nuisance the road must be oiled one
or more times every season.
The bituminous macadam roads,
those roads in which asphalt or tar
have been used to bind the particles
of stone together, when properly con-
structed have proved very satisfac-
tory under motor car traffic; but when
subject to both horse and motor traf-
fic the maintenance expense ID rela,
lively high, for the calks Of the horses
shoes cut and loosen the road sur
face and the motor car driving wheels
tear up and ravel the surface.
The brick road is being considered
more favorably than any other type
of construction through New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio and other east
ern states where large amounts are
being expended for improving roads.
However, brick roads cost from $1O,-
900 to $4,000 a mile which makes
them almost prohibitive In Kansas at
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26
A FEW TIMELY SUGGESTIONS OF MUCH
IMPORTANCE TO THE FARMERS OF KANSAS
Expert Supervision Good Road Bed First Glass Materials and Good
Judgment Some Of the Essentials in the Building
Of Good Roads--MOtOr Traffic to
Replace Teams.
GBy W. S. Geahar State Highway Engineer at the K A c.

~HE ESSENTIAL points in con-
structing a concrete road are,
expert supervision. a thorough
ly drained and compact road bed to
prevent settling and heaving by frost
which will crack concrete; rich mix
ture OF concrete properly placed, and
first class materials, ample provision
for expansion joints and the edges OF
the Joints protected, and the opening
well filed with asphalt or tar.
Kansas limestone is soft and when
crushed and used for water-bound
macadam, commonly known as rock
road or ordinary macadam, is COM
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26

concrete surface may be used at some
future time for the base Of brick
or asphalt road.
AS compared with macadam the
concrete has many advantages for the
surface Is hard and dustless and since
the crown Of the concrete road need
not be over quarter Of an inch to
the foot and the traffic can utilize the
entire width Of the surface 1t can be
built approximately two feet narrower
than a macadam road and give the
same service and the first cost is but
little greater than for a first class BIZ
luminous macadam road. There Is
practically no maintenance charge
while on the macadam road this ex-
pense would be from $50 to 5000 q
mile annually.
This is a list Of the more important
desirable qualities Of road or street
surfacing material: Low first cost;
easy, cheap maintenance; smooth,
hard surface, one easily cleaned; lit
tie noise; minimum amount of dust;
non-absorbant; one which will give a
good foothold for horses and be COM
Portable for those driving on It.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26

Not all city folks are as ignorant Of
the farmer surroundings AZ tho far
mers sometimes suppose. This was
evidenced by an incident in the stay
Of a young New Yorker on a New Eng
land farm.
well, young man." said the farmer
to his boarder who was up early and
looking around. been out to hear the
haycock crow, l SUPPOSED" And the
sly old chap wlnked at his hired man.
The city man smiled. mo-" said he
suavely, I've merely been out tying
a knot In a cord OF wood."-Judges
Library.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26
Too cold for Baths.

DR.. Xene Y. Smith, medical In
spector in the Muncie Ond.) public
schools, tells this story Of his expert
ences in examining pupils.
when were you bathed?" asked DR..
Smith OF boy Of seven or eight years
in q suburban school.
"Bathed?" quiered the child. why,
don't You know this Is winter?"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26
present.

present.
In building a brick highway II 10
necessary to put down a concrete
base. This is large part of the ex-
pense. II a county ssculd build a
concrete road and at the end Of fifteen
or twenty years It was found that the
concrete was cutting out. this surface
could be used for the base of either
an asphalt or brick street, The first
cost would not be so great and the
travelling public would have good
road all the time, so that the con-
crete road has a great advantage over
the brick road In first cost and the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-26

ever saw. Where you can get It up
OF the ground and let It perform its
antics on a broad skeleton framework.
1t makes a cover that no sunbeam can
penetrate, and forms q living roof to
the most charming verandas-or
lanaIs, as they are called In the ISL
ands-that one can wish to see
From Holidays in Hawaii" By John
Burroughs In the Century.