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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05

lowed have these greetings been omit
ted.
Though North Carolina could never
boast as many stately mansions as
could some of her sister states. yet for
homely comfort and lavish old time
hospitality she has never been sur
passed. Each of the dear old places
has its own name. still lingering there
Swan Ponds, Pleasant Gardens,
Mount Welcome, Ingleside. The SEN
timent of all was voiced on one stone
gatepost. which proudly bore the in
scription:
Welcome all
To Buncombe Hall.
Tradition tells us that the owner Of
this estate, Colonel Buncombe (of
course he was colonel, lived in
the Glow" country, and when he was
entertaining guests whom he particu-
larly enjoyed he had the bridge, the
only means Of escape, taken up and
hidden in the swamps. Most of these
jovial hosts are sleeping now, each in
his narrow bed forever laid, but the
new year has way Of returning, and
the shooters return with it.
Then tenantry and poorer people of
the neighborhood gather at some ap-
pointed place about o'clock in the
evening, and the march begins. From
one "big house" to another they tramp,
dolorously intoning their doggerel, fir
ing fierce salutes and feasting at the
hands Of the gentry.
On the last night of the year, as you
sit over the hickory fire, there comes a
tramping in the front yard, and deep
voice outside begins the so called New
Years sermon with forcing of the
rhyme worthy of Walt Whitman.
A loud report being the thing desired
heavy wads are put on the powder and
the gun muzzle held close to the
ground. After the shooting comes the
hint:
If you are man Of grace
Come to the door and show your face.
The door is then thrown wide, and
the company enter, awkward, grinning
and shivering with cold. Some of
them have come from a distance of
eight or ten miles, as the country is
sparsely settled, and must necessarily
be tired, but they consider it more def
erential to stand, or if one is finally
persuaded to take chair he sits on
the edge uneasily.
The ruddy, Santa Claus-like old men
exchange laconic remarks on the price
of cotton; the youngsters refer to the
possum hunt of the previous night
Some one goes to the piano and strums
away in a frantic attempt to furnish
amusement. They are stolid until she
strikes up Dixie" The effect is mag
ical. The callers mark time with mud,
dy boots and remark slyly:
That's the stuffv'
Apples and oranges, cakes and coffee
are now brought out. At some places
the black bottle is passed around
Then the shooters with relieved sigh
pile out of the door. The society man.
ner is fearful strain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
LIVE STOCK - AGRICULTURE
TRIBUTE TO THE FARMER.
The farmer produces wealth;
others exchange it.

The farmer produces wealth;
others exchange 1t.
He is like the alfalfa which
enriches both soil and owner;
others are the dodder Of society.
Out Of the good, common coarse
ness of the earth he creates;
they take nothing at first hand.
Close to the soil he attains most
nearly to the balance between
the mateIal and the spiritual,
using his time for the exactions
of the one and leisure for the
growth Of the other.
If his soul be attuned to his
condition he gains knowledge at
first hand. He grows as none
other can, he abounds in the
health of the out of doors, and
he learns the right use Of things.
His is the happiness and well
fare which rebounds from hard
work, and he develops originali-
ty.
The city polishes to one mind
and one model. Its people think
prepared thoughts, live In re-
ports Of life, smell manufactur-
; ed odors and vegetate in a thin.
second hand existence.
; Every boy should have his
.. early training in the knockabout
. university of the farm. There
rs more discipline for him in the
continuous care of a horse or a
COW than in many terms of
school, Industry, patience and
perseverance are inherent in the
atmosphere of farm life, and
their possession spells success.
All boys cannot and should not
remain on the farm. 1t is not
an end. but only means. He
who succeeds must have con-
tentment. and this may be
found elsewhere as well. But
the boy who is most likely and
most able to "come back" is he
who has spent his early years
on the farm.-Kansas Farmer
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
Proper Flowing.

The pride Of every good plowman is
a straight. well turned furrow, and yet
its straightness is but a small part of
its merit. Its true worth is measured
by its depth, the manner In which it is
turned and the way in which 1t lies.
When properly turned It will present
q loosely pulverized and completely in
verted furrow slice that leaves behind
q furrow Of sufficient depth, even in
the bottom, and clean cut in every part.
-OsnxR Field and Farm
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
An Oversiaht,

"There seem to be very few ut this
meeting Of the Society Of Women to
Suppress Gambling"
II know, but unfortunately we for
get that this is the day when so many
of the members have their regular
bridge parties. baltimore American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
SHOOTING THE
new YEAR IN.
Quaint Custom Still In Practice
In the CaroIinas.
ORIGINATED IN PENNSYLVANIA
People Gather About 9 O'clock In the
Evening, and the March Begns-From
Ono House to the Other They Go, Fir
Ing Fierce SaIutes and Feastins.

Racing, whirling, nerve wrecking as
has become the recognized spirit of
our times, yet in the remote districts
fingers q serenity so unshaken we can
but marvel over the dual nature of
this thing we call American. Customs
Of the fatherland have become so
grated upon the newer land that one
feels the richness Of the past ever
mellowing the crudeness Of the pres
ent.
One Of the most lovable Of these old
customs, redolent of the air of feu-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
What the Jokesni1bs Hdx,e TO Say
a Until Hono An Alarming Pros
Mother dom mar The great danger"
Better Wait Until Asked.

Anxious Mother-Why don't you mar
ry young Swansen? He has good
looks, good family, wealth and every
thing to be desired.
Pretty Daughter-But there is one
very important thing lacking. mamma.
Anxious Mother-What is that?
Pretty Daughter-A proposal.-Chica-
go News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
Keeping Women Down.

Friend-How in the world was your
motion defeated, dear?
Suffragette-Ou opponent took a
mean advantage. She placed wads Of
gum on our chairs, and when the call
came for rising vote some Of us
couldn't get up.-Boston Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
An Alarming Prospect.

"The great danger" said the grave
citizen, sis that we will drift into a
paternal form of government"
YES answered Mr.. Meekton, with
sigh. ''Henriette seems worried
about that every time / speak to the
children. Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
From the Other Side.

Il am going to start garden" an
nounced Mr.. Subbubs. "A few months
from now l won't be kicking about
your prices"
NO" said the green grocer, you'll
be wondering how | can afford to sell
vegetables so cheap. World.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
Clothes.

"It isn't what you pay for clothes
that makes you well dressed" said
Mrs. Knicker.
And Mrs. Booker remarked: "No in
deed; it's what you owe.''--New Pork
Sun.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
The Sassy Thing!
Record.

She-I wouldn't marry you If you
were the only man on earth.
He-Well. considering that in such a
case / would have large number Of
summers to select from. l don't think
you would-Boston Transcript.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
Hope.

"Your life is too sedentary," said the
doctor. What you need is constant
excitement"
''Well. l guess I'll get it," replied
the fair patient. I'm going to marry
n man to reform m."-Philadelphi
Record
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
In thy New Year.

II.
In thy New Year
Send the white sunlight gllmmerng
through the tear.
In deserts dim may Love his temples rear
And light the fires that burn to heaven
there
In thy New Year.
Frank l.. Stanton.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05
In Thy New Year.

In thy New Year
Give us thy strength for burdens we must
bear.
The thorny crown. If thou so will, to wear
Having thy love, which casteth out all
fear,
In thy New Year
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05

Fannie-My big sister is coming out
this evening
Katie-Dats noting. Me big brudder
is comm out tonight too. He was up
fer six months.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
hELPEuL HINTS.

Bits of cake, doughnuts and bread of
all kinds may be soaked in warm
water and added to the steamed
brown bread mixture. A few prunes
will improve the bread and will take
the place of raisins.
Soap should never be rubbed direct
ly on flannels Dissolve It in a little
hot water and add as needed to make
a suds Rain water should always be
used when possible in the washing of
flannels.
Sleep in a well-ventiIated bedroom
with fresh, pure air coming in all the
time, and many of the colds will be
avoided. Night air seems to be an
especial terror to many when it is all
We have to breathe at night.
Lack of ventilation in sleeping
rooms, the superstitious dread Of
cold air, is responsible for large ma
jority of tuberculosis cases all over
our country. 1t seems a pity that in
small towns and country homes where
there is an abundance of fresh, pure
air, that the value of it is not appre-
ciated
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03

Give Yourself a Helpful Environment.
Why shouldn't you give yourself all
the help there is in the world for you
to grow toward the good and the beau
tiful? For growth toward the good
and beautiful means success and hap
piness.
And your environment has a lot to
do with this. And you can influence
your environment.
We all know that if we plant canta-
loupes near squash, the cantaloupes
will taste of the squash; that if pop
corn is grown too near the field corn,
it loses it's characteristic quality of
popping. And what is true in the vege-
table world is true in the finer world
of spirit. We gradually and insensibly
become like that which we associate
with. And it is strange thing that
unless we are an exceptional charac-
ter, we rarely pull the other fellow up
unless he wants to be pulled up.
But we eventually and insensibly slip
down. The squash does not partake
of the nature of the cantaloupe. The
cantaloupe grows like the squash.
And since this seems the law, why
not make use of the beneficent side of
it, and put ourselves in touch with
those associations that will lift us up?
Why not deliberately give ourselves
all the help possible upward to better
things?
Choose books, choose music, choose
pictures, that all have an upward and
broadening tendency. Why not live
the richer, fuller, more beautiful life,
if you can? If you do not know these
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
SAVORY WARMED OVER MEAT COMBINATIONS

sides and fill the space in the middle
with the gravy and liver. ~prinkle
crumbs over the top and put in the
oven for twenty minutes.
Pate Of Potato and Liver.
Follow the same directions as that
already given, substituting mashed po-
tato for the rice and adding a beaten
egg to this, to give it frmer consist
ency. Pass gravy with it.
Perhaps l speak of gravy with an
ease which is discouraging to some Of
you. You may tell me that you don't
always have gravy in the house. Then
make it! Save all the bones from
your roasts and insist that the butcher
shall send home the trimmings He
has an airy way of cutting them off
and throwing them to one side. Stand
by while he cuts off your meat and
claim the bits he would reject if you
were not there to watch him. These
will serve as a foundation for soup
stock and for gravy. Moreover, a can
of soup-cost ten cents-will answer
as the basis for an excellent gravy
and will cost much less than the meat
you would buy especially to make It.
BY the addition of seasoning and vege-
tables and thickening you can have
unlimited gravy at small outlay and it
is worth while as an economy for 1t
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
DBoyd M&5a2,

regions, there's untold pleasure await
ing you in exploring them. There's
more of adventure and delight ahead
than ever awaited the early discover
ers of this continent.
And deliberately choose associates
who are a mental and spiritual uplift.
Do not choose those whose influence
pulls you down, whose conversation,
even, is lowering in thought or Ian
guage. Get yourself in touch with
people who are a tonic, not a poison
or even a sedative.
You may need to prepare yourself
for such associations by getting on
their mental plane. But this you can
do through books and pictures and
music. And rest assured, when they
find in you a kindred spirit, they will
gladly welcome you.
And if you get in this helpful, uplift
ing environment, you will find good
things coming your way. Like attracts
like, in mental and spiritual realms
as well as in the physical.
And why deprive yourself of this
good when you can have it if you will?
Why not enjoy beauty and success and
richer life, when it is ours for the
taking? Why sit in shadow when you
can bask in sunshine? You can
choose your pleasures and your asso
ciates. And if you choose what is
progressive and uplifting, it will be
the door through which you can enter
into many good things.
So look to your environment Dror
that which is pulling you down, and
reach out and take hold of that which
will lift you up.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03

helps out wonderfully in a meat com.
bination.
Meat Warmed over in Tomato.
This is an excellent way of using
up cold lamb or mutton or beef, when
they have dried out a little. Slice
the meat into neat pieces. Cook to-
gether the contents of a can of toma-
toes and a sliced onion, adding a little
sugar, bay leaf, salt and pepper un-
til you have a savory stew of tomato.
In this lay the slices of meat and cook
until they are hot through-ten min
utes will answer. There may be a
good deal of tomato and only a small
quantity of meat, but the combination
should taste good enough to make the
eaters entirely content
SaVory Meat Pie.
For this you can use any kind of
meat you have or you may combine
two or three. Add a pair of stewed
kidneys or part of lambs liver, cut
into very small pieces, to the rem
nants to your roast, making all the
fragments as nearly tho same size as
possible, and be sure to have plenty
of gravy and to season it we'll A
hard-boiled egg or two sliced, is also
a good addition. Put all into a deep
bake dish and cover with top crust
made of good biscuit dough.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
LIVING OVER INCOME

Two women were commissioning a
friend whose husband had lost his
money, whose family had to move
into a small house, and whose daugh.
ters had to go to work.
A third woman said: you might
as well save your pity. l met her
yesterday and she looked more con.
tented than | have ever seen her.
When l began to sympathize with her
she replied, L feel dreadfully about
Tom and it is hard on the girls, but
you cannot imagine the relief not 20
have to keep up appearances any
longer"
Any one who is struggling to live
beyond her means knows what that
woman meant. There is nothing 50
wearing to the nerves, so ruiqous TO
the disposition, so destructive TO
moral fiber as trying to keep up ap.
pearances.
No one advocates wearing our heart
on our sleeve or taking all the world
into our confidence about our finan-
cial mishaps. but even that is less
hurtful than the silly struggle to be
something one is not
Americans are too prone to this
pretense. Our ingrained love Of lux.
ury, our habit of living up to the in.
come, make it all too easy to live
beyond our means.
Then begins the struggle. Instead
of curtailing expenses and simplify.
ing living, false pride steps in, debt,
worry and discomfort comes close On
it's trail. The family continues to
dress, entertain, amuse itself, while
the harassed father works to make
money.
To what end? 1t isn't as if the
smash could be averted! And what
is gained? Who save the silliest of
natures is not more content in the
small house than in watching the big
one go to rack and ruin for lack OF
money to keep it in repair? What
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
No-KIss TAGS FOR INFANTS.

NEW YORK.-Mothers who wish to
follow the latest fads in the nursery
must equip their children with labels
bearing the words "No me bese" (Do
not kiss mel
The tags, specimens of which have
just reached this country, are the re-
suit of a European campaign against
the prOmiscuous kissing of children.
The wording is in Spanish because
the idea is said to have originated
with Queen Victoria of Spain.
On hygienic grounds, so the story
goes, the queen directed that her
three children should not be embrace
ed by all and sundry court attendants
who desired merely to show their 10y
Atty
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03

girl is not happier in a simple gown
that is paid for than in a creation
for which she is being dunned? Who
save the utterly improvident or sell
fish woman fails to worry harder
when she struggles to keep up appear
ances?
The very nature of this struggle
makes for discomfort. When we face
issues and make the best of them we
may not love the effort, but we are
proud of our bravery and common
sense. But let us ape our wealthy
friends and the fret of the struggle
sours had embitters us.
False pride is at the bottom of
keeping up appearances. Economy is
dreaded less for itself than for its
effect on social position. Suppose one
is invited to fewer parties, does she
lose her place in the world because
she does not pose as wealthy when
she is hard up?
Two brothers of a firm got into
tight places financially. The family
of the one frankly acknowledged 1t
and met it sensibly. The mother dis
pensed with all but one maid and the
daughters started to earn their
clothes. One tutored children, the
other made cakes and desserts.
The family of 1.-THE other brother
tried to bluff it out. Outwardly they
acted as if affairs were as prosperous
as ever. The girls we're as capable
as they were silly. They made their
own clothes, but pretended that an
expensive dressmaker and milliner
turned them out. The same number
of servants were retained, but the
family stinted themselves in food to
pay their wages.
What was the result? The one
brother helped by his family had
courage to make a new start, while
the other brother, harassed by grow
ing debts, lost heart and died. The
girls who didn't keep up appearances
lost nothing in popularity.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03
WHEN A NAN COOKS

a la Poulette" and is delicious no mat
ter by what name you call it,
| may say, by the way, that oysters
are easy to cook because the plump
ing" to which | have referred and the
curling of the gills, give infallible proof
that they are done. Cooking them
after this stage is likely to make them
flabby and tough
Dreamed CLAIMS.
For this dish use the soft clans,
trimming off the rough part and cook
them by the preceding recipe. You
will improve them if you add a table
spoonful of sherry and the yolks of
two beaten eggs after the clans are
cooked in the sauce. Three minutes
more cooking will bring them to the
right stage. The double boiler should
be used for any dish in which eggs
are added to a sauce containing milk
or cream.
oysters or Shrmps With AnchoVy
Sauce.
Melt a teaspoonful of anchovy paste
with two tablespoonful of butter in
the double boiler of the chatting dish,
lay in the contents of a can of shrimps,
or twenty oysters, drained from their
liquor. When the oysters or shrimps
are hot through, pour over them a gill
of cream into which you have beaten
the yolks of two eggs Stir the mix
ture with the fish until it thickens, add
a pinch of cayenne and serve at once
on toast.
Shrimps With AnchoVy Sauce.
Cook together a tablespoonful OF
butter and one of -four until they are
blended, pour over them half a pint
of tomato liquor to which you have
added dozen drops of onion juice
and half a teaspoonful of white sugar
Stir to a smooth thick paste, put in
the shrimrs, let them become hot
through season with salt and cayenne
and serve in little naples or shells
Put a little hot water into these tc
take the chill off before using them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-03

make a bag mould for the pudding,
but the paper bag, tied tight at the
mouth, is rather more trustworthy.
The boiling bag must of course be set
upright, hence it will be apt to re-
quire the whole oven space.
This same pudding, made without
fruit, baked quickly and served with
the richest possible sauce, is known
to Southern cooks as poor mans pud-
ding" a name that sounds sarcastic
at the present prices of eggs. Bake
it in a single bag, buttering the bag
very well and filling no more than
half. The pudding should be feather
light, but has to be eaten as soon as
cooked on pain of falling and being
tough and soggy.
Suppose Saturday finds you with all
sorts of rags and tatters-a snippet of
veal, some bits of roast lamb and cold
beef too scanty to make a dish, cold
roast pork, or even boiled salt pork
You have to throw it away, but the ag-
gregation looks rather hopeless. 1t is
not hopeless, however. Make a crust,
not too rich, and a square bag mould
proportional to your need. Grease the
mould, line it with crust rolled a quar-
ter inch thick, then fill it with your
meat scraps, cut small and heated to-
gether in a little stock or gravy, or
milk and water, or butter and vine
gar, with a seasoning of onion juice,
salt, pepper and powdered herbs. Fill
lit in by spoonfuls, and lay in along
with the spoonfuls strips of the crust
cut an inch wide and five inches long,
letting them curl and nestle among
the bits. You can, if you like, brush
over the strips with soft butter Lay
narrower strips, lattice fashion, across
the top Put in a bigger bag, well
creased of course, seal and cook until
the crust is delicate brown. A peep.
hole in the upper part of the bag will
let you know about that. If you want
your pie cold, tear off the bag as soon
as it is taken from the outer one, and
set upon folded cloth on a trivet TO
cool, Thus the bottom crust will be
crisp, not leathery
Small left-overs of vegetables, such
as canned corn, tomatoes, peas or
caulitlower, mixed through the meat
and crust, add alike to the bulk, the
tastiness and the economy of such q
connection, besides clearing the ice
box at one fell swoop. A little tomato
catsup also improves the pie, if it
happens that there are no stewed to-
matoes to go in it,
Meat scraps, if clean and hard, can
be ground, mixed with toasted bread
crumbs, moistened with an egg beaten
in milk, a little melted butter and to-
mato catsup, and baked in a loaf in
side a we'll creased bag. The result
is a good supper dish, which also an
swers we'll for luncheon and is not to,
be despised for slicing cold or serving
in sandwiches. Ham, fat and lean,
equal in bulk to all the other sorts of
meat, gives a very appetizing loaf, es-
Decially if it is eaten as a relish with
'adishes and bread and butter.
-
Lace gowns trimmed with narrow
bands of sealskin have chic all their