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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-01-25

Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizzi.
sizes grippe. sicken, weaken the bowels and don't
cure. Doan's regulets act gently and cure
constipation. Is cents. Ask your druggist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
The Waste of Big Farms.

From the Nashville TenuexSeean.
Nearly $1,000 farms ia the United States
-4D.604 to be exact,-contain over Loo
acres each. And therein lies the full ex-
PLANTATION of the failure of many farming
districts to improve and attain their full
possibilities Few men have the organize
ton. the capital and the equipment To
operate q farm of 1000 acres in such
manner that It yields adequate returns on
the actual value OF the land. More farms
and better farming are the crying need
OF the nation.
Ten farms of 100 acres each operated
by ten farm owners. yield a vastly greater
income to a community than one farm OF
LOCO acres operated by a single man. A
farm owner Keeps up fences, paints his
house. cleans the weeds out OF the corners
of fields and takes pride In keeping the
lanes and roads about his place in pre-
sentable condition The result is a condi-
ton OF general thrift which makes "a
neighborhood attractive to other farmers
and enhances land values.
But tenant farmers have no interest I'm
the appearance OF land or improvements
They rob the soil without qualm Of con-
science and have no heart i'm advancing
the reputation OF a neighborhood or An
improving schools and churches. Smalle +
farms In the hands of working farmers
are the demand of the hour, north and
south alike
Intensified farming must come ia all
sections. 1t means the salvation Of thou
sands of families, and ii also means the
fipancial salvation OF landowners who are
blindly holding large tracts that do not
yield even y fair interest on the invest
ment. Live and let live. Give the anbi-
tious settler a chance to make a home for
himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

From Harpers Weekly.
What one feels chiefly in following
the modern romances is that they
move In too small spaces and make ap
peal to minds Of very elementary
structure. They are all amazingly
alike. What wrote an indignant
magazine editor to an incautious cor
respondent, do you insinuate that all
our stories are alike2" And the corr
respondent would like to have replied:
80 alike that / can't tell t'other from
which or remember anything except
the eternal recurrent central facts.
They all twirl around the same theme.
are all handled in like manner. The
only possible differentiation Is In the
background" A girl finds q man or a
man finds girl. They meet. they fall
in love; they are duly separated by cir
cumstances or MISUNDERSTANDING and
come back together again. and that lie
the end. It is to be said that Amer
leans sin more continuously than any
other writer's or readers in this sort
of thing. French writer's not only vary
the tale, but they do use language to
express a temperament an individual.
More or less, English writer's aim at
serious and truthful transcription of
life and able expression. They are not
satisfied. as our writer's are. with cut
ting out all the tales after the same
old pattern.
But what the speculative mind would
like to ask and keep on asking until
some one listens and answers is this:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
The Study Of the Past.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
We learn how to live and how to be-
have today from the study Of the way
they thought and acted in the past; and
We learn what not to do as well as what
to dc. The past in our own lives is to be
thrown behind us as We go; there is not
time to brood over mistakes and acts Of
folly. But the past Of the life OF the
world holds in 1t much that is instructive;
we can learn a great deal from a chapter
OF Thebes, a page of Babylon, a few par
agraphs of Rome. and the whole book of
the human race from the beginning.
That Is the reason why we study his
tory. 1t is futile-a mere mnemonic ex-
ercise--to commit to the pigeonholes of
ones recollection the dates OF wars and
deaths of kings That is not history. We
accent the wrong end of the word-it
is the story that Is the vital part. Con-
sidering the Bible merely as a historical
work. 1t is still an inexhaustible quarry
OF experience that enlightens the present
DAY and generation For all the unnum-
! bered sermons that have been preached,
we are not yet at the end of the lessons
to be derived from It, To look ahead
with clear. accura' e vision, there should
first be retrospect as in the case of the
surveyor, who first takes his sight across
the ground he has passed over before he
permits himself the forward look through
the telescope of the transit instrument
How can you spell the present Alright or
reasonably forecast what is to come until
you have perused what has gone by-alI
that occurred before you came on the
scene? The young doctor does not have
to strike blindly into anatomical re-
searches with no guide-he has the {. ored
wisdom. the collected experimental results
and subsequent induetions of many prede-
cessors to go on. He who builds q house
is informed by the knowledge Of building
materials acquired by success and failure
since the troglodytes fashioned their caves
in the earth or In the Amazonian jungle
the aborigines first threw palm-leaves to-
gether. The whole visible structure Of
civilization. indeed soundly rests on the
basis OF all that men and women labored
to produce before our time-we enter into
he Inheritance. OF the fruit of their
, labors.
Who then, shall declare himself a self
made man? His original addition to the
, aboriginal accumulation is very small in
! deed. II he is the summation of his
! ancestors. his own real contribution of
the sum total was but q solitary insig-
nihcant unit. why should the spirit OF
NOR al be proud in view OF the fact that
there was so much In the world ere our
uncomfortable selves came upon IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
PIONEER WEDDINGS.
Ride Through the Woods, Dancing
and DAYS Of Feasting.

From the New York Press.
For a long time after this country was
settled folk married mighty young and
at first chance. There was no sort OF
distinction Of rank or title, and yet pre-
cious little money or worldly gear. A
family backwoods palace cost only lit
tie neighborly help and labor to get 1t
ready for the sure-to-come. healthy. hap
py brood. In those olden, golden days in
the south and west wedding set the
whole country circuit for miles around
wild with talk, excitement and expecta-
ton for frolic.
On wedding day everybody came to-
gether at the bridegroom's daddy house
so that all could go in one bunch to the
brides house before dinner midday.
a thing that had ever been inside store
The gentlemen dressed I'm moccasins,
leather breeches or leggins. coonskin
caps and homespun linsey or buckskin
fiber genuine. simonpure homespun and
homemade. Ladies. as peerless as fear
less. dressed in nnsey petticoats, and
under all long linsey or linen bedgown.
moccasins, yarn or flax stockings, hand
kerchiefs and gauntleted puckskin gloves
if any If there were any rings. buckles
or other jewelry. they were relics from
grandparents back beyond the Blue
Ridge, on the SHORES OF the sea
The march, Indian file. through the
woods to the brides house was often
stopped by mischief-makers tying grape
vines across the road. Or suddenly
false Indian ambush was laid and a
dozen rifles covered the wedding COM
pany with smoke. The horses would
rear and jump and cavort, and the girls
riding bareback. would shriekof course,
girllike. And their sweethearts would
get mighty brave and chivalrous and
orr I, ha0 ar them
from falling. even if most of these same
girls could break and ride two-year-old
horse or steer.
Then came the marriage ceremony; then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
QUEER WEATHER DEVICES.
Nature Has Furnished Many Simple
But Interesting Ones.

fs,nt the Strand.
me Of the oldest and simplest ways of
ielEing whether the air is dry or moist
is to suspend a piece Of seaweed out of
doors. or even in an apartment where
there Is no artificial heat. The weed Is
crisp and dry at the approach of fine
Weather. while 1t is flabby and moist
when rain Is likely.
\ common toy, the Swiss weather.
..ouse. is really quite trustworthy In Its
forecasts. The woman. Of course, emerges
rom the little house in fine weather.
while the man comes out when wet con-
S.itions are to be expected.
In a medium state of the atmosphere
both figures stand just inside the house.
The movements are due to the twisting
of a cord of catgut, substance which
= highly sensitive to changes in the hui
midity of the air.
Two very singular weather devices
are those in which a frog and a leech
are employed. In the former case a
glass jam jar is filled to about two
...irds of its capacity with water. A
itttle wooden ladder is constructed,
and this is placed inside the jar.
frog will live quite happy in such
n position for few weeks, and Ii
ill be found that in fine weather the
creature will climb out up to the top
ever the frog prefers to remain under
Jue water.
Even more reliable as weather
prophets are leeches. 4 single leech is
placed in broad glass bottle with d
piece OF perforated bladder or leather
cvor the mouth. On the approach of
tine or frosty weather the ieech re-
mains almost motionless, curled UP at
me bottom When rain or wind is
coming the creature rises to the sur
face, while a coming thunderstorm
viii cause II to be much agitated; at
mes the leech Will even leave the
gater altogether. so sensitive Is the
-tuimaI to an electrical disturbance.
The chameleon barometer Is curl
usity which has puzzled many people,
tut its construction Is really very
nipple The animal changes color ac-
cording to the weather, being pink in
lamp conditions. purple in variable
state and bright blue when the air is
dry.
\ cardboard mount is prepared. and
this may be lettered in sections Fair
storm and Change. The chameleon is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
Let the Deer Live.
From the Boston Post.


The state board OF agriculture, in its
annual report to the legislature, advises
the determination of wild deer in Massa-
chusetts. "It would be desirable" says
the report. IF these creatures could bt
entirely eliminated"
But would it be as desirable as these
very practical gentlemen represent? They
say that the wild deer, under the protec-
ton of the law Of the closed season, de
great damage to agriculture. "theil
greatest menace being to young orchards
which some farmers find 1t impossible
to bring to bearing age because OF these
creatures Yet, further along In the
report. it is stated that 1.-The opportunity
offered by apple raising is greater than
in any other line Of agriculture and
greater than that in almost any line OF
manufacturing.
Where damage to crops is doue by
wild deer, the state reimburscs the farm
er his loss. Our people willingly meet
this charge in their taxes for the sake
Of preserving the wild deer fium "elrn-
nation Is it possible that the BOARD OF
agriculture intends to mask the suggcs-
ton of tax upon farmers whose apple
orchards have been brought by ravaEcs
of the deer to the highly profitable con-
dition which is described?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
An Imposing Procession.

The procession escorting him was COM
posed as follows: First came strong
detachment of the I'd Infantry. headed by
a band, then a number of Laos drum
mers, and then a big black elephant in
state trappings. A body of Laos trumpet
ers came next. and then, after a number
of golden umbrellas and other insignia OF
state. came the new white elephant,
escorted by two other elephants. one of
which acts as his nurse, followed by
number of Brahmns. More umbrellas
and insignia were succeeded by number
Of men in antique white garb, some of
whom carried on a lofty stand q pure
white monkey Some Boy Scouts and a
detachment from the royal navy, headed
by q band, came next, and were succeed
ed by a body of infantry, the rear being
brought up by a detachment of the
Chulalongkorn bodyguard. The roads
along the route taken by the procession
were lined with many thousands of peo-
pie. and the sight was an extremely pic
turesque one.
Arrived at his stable, the elephant was
visited again by the king. Buddhist priests
went through some religious ceremonies
and kind of fancy fair was held lasting
for three days. November Q the elephant
received title. that of Phra Saweke
Vachira Paha, the ceremony including
the handing to him by the king of a stick
of sugar cane on which his style and
title had been cut in Pail characters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

sketched out on blotting paper, and
then immersed in a solution OF chloride
OF cobalt. to which are added chloride
Of sodium and gum arabic. AEy
chemist will make up the mixture.
A more beautiful chemical hygro-
scope is formed of a flower made OF
white blotting paper which has been
immersed in the cobalt mixture. The
blossoms show many varying shades
from bright pink to sky blue, with
the changes in the degree of damp
ness In the atmosphere
A somewhat curious srormglass was
introduced by the late Admiral Fitz-
roy. This is formed of a glass tube
stoppered but with a small hole
through the cork. Into the tube ha:
been poured q mixture of campnor
inter. sal ammOniac. alcohol and water
The changes in the state of the at
mosphere are indicated by the produc-
tion Of feathery growths, these ex-
tending upward at the approach Of a
storm and retreating to the lower part
of the tube in quiet weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
Famous Expert Tells
How Fat May he Removed Rapidly and
Safely In summer by Simple Home J,
Remedy without Causing WrinkIe~,
Disturbing the Diet or Necessity
for Exercise.

Fat is nothing but unsued energy, says \
prominent physician, and the man Or wcmsn
who is burdened with Il easily get rid OF 1t
II they wish. All they need is = ounce or
Marmola, II ounce OF Fluid Extract Cascsra
Aromatic and 3is Of Peppermint Water
all Of which they can get nj any good dru !.
store for a few cents. Then let them take ore
teaspoonfui after meals and ~ bedtime unit
they are down TO the weight they want 70 be-.
This simple home recipe IL far and away bet-
ter than any all the patent or secret med,
zines, for IL reduces the fat safely and harm
lessly. even during the hottest weather. The
ingredients are. in fact beneficial 10 thn s.S-
TEN, having both tonic and purifying agaiitic.,
and SO help rather than distress the stomach.
The remedy does not cause wrinkles. for It re-
dnces one gradually and naturally. preserving
good outline. and, best OF sli. needs neither
physical exercise TO help IL do the ro-s ror
does it require any change in diet-cne can &c.
results and still take things easy-csting mean
while jus. what. wien and bow he or Ell
pleases. BE sure and get the MarInola IN
sealed package, SO that you got Marmo'a end nH
. substitutes s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

the feast of beef pork. fowls. venison,
bear meat. roasted and boiled potatoes
and cabbage and corn pOnes.
After dinner the fiddle was tuned and
the dancing started and generally lasted
all night until broad daylight The fie-
ures were three and four handed reels.
square sets and jigs. II any tried to stall
or sneak away late in the night they
while the fiddler was ordered to play
Hang Out Till Morning Wedding car
rying-ons lasted from two days to two
weeks, and some guests stayed, while
others came and went. Some travelled
for days. coming and going great dis
tances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

Is romance never to move in l.r..r
ranges? Are We to be forever tied dcSn
marriage. as if that were n oc.s., s 1nu
20 anything at all? The great businsss
OF minds and spirits on earth M 10 mn
pregnate matter with life--foru With
sonce; Marriage h interesting from twf.
tnat OF its service TO the race In the kii,.i
OF chiIdren likely to be fits product Men
tai companionship. such as that Of the
,nroWnings, the Pencils and a few well
known cases, is interesting because a i
so rare ana SO wonderful q blessing
when IT comes that one can hardly than
q any Ills that could counterbalance st.
But the romances one reads rarely lead
post-marital companionship. $50 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

ruary l.
The postponement of the flower election
has allowed q little more campaigning.
Many are still watching the weather
reports for more weather that will be
bad enough to close some school doors
An applicant at one of the trade schools
wanted to study ''the trade of music"
The officials decided that music was not
a trade and persuaded the aspiring youth
to study carpentry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
Seven Miles Down.
IN Francisco Argonaut.

From the San Francisco Argonaut
travelling man who drove across the
country TO a little town in western Kan
sas the other day met a farmer hauling
wagonload OF water.
Where do you get water?" he asked.
up the road about seven miles," the
farmer replied.
And You haul water seven mil.s for
your family and stock9'
Yep"
why in the name Of sense DON'T you
dig well?' asked the traveller.
"Secarse it'e su;t IS fur one way as the
oshe.. s.raoger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
Unfriendly Relations.
om the Yonkers Statesman.

FroM tut 1Unkcfs StatthmaD.
Were you not quarreling with that
gentleman just now?' inquired the man
with the white necktie.
II certainly was replied the woman
with the ostrich plume.
And are your relations not friendly
with him?'
'sMy relatives certainly are not. He's
my husband!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
The Way Out.
From Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
A painstaking mother of two children
was attempting to give them serious
idea of her anxiety to make them good,
and to make plain to their minds the
gravity of the task before her. Over
come with the impossibility of ever at
tanning her mothers ideal, three-year-
old Frances answered in all earnestness:
Don't try to make US good, mother,
just shoot u.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
ROBERT SLoAT NASH OF the Busi-
ness High School, lieutenant colonel OF

the High Schooi
Cadet Regiment,
was born In this
city eighteen years
a g o. He W q s
educated, before
entering Business,
in the p b lie
grade schools, at
tending the Twin
ing and Abbot
schools.
Col. Nash Will
sAy- a. n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
NEW WHITE ELEPHANT
FOR STABLES OF KING
It Isn't Really White, o.
Course, But the Co'oring
Goes in Siam.
Foreign CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BANGKOK. December -, 1911.
For good many centuries the so-called
white elephant" has been regarded I'm
Ceylon, Burma, ndo-C hina, and especially
! in Siam, as a kind of s-ni-sacrosaIct
animal. to be possessed only by kings. to
be endowed with high-sounding titles, and
to be treated with awe and generation.
while in bygone centuries the power of
potentates in this portion of Asia was
gagged to very considerable extent by
the number of white elephants they pos
sessed. Rivalry for the ownership of
them led to many bloody wars.
In the reign of the late King Chulalong-
korn no fewer than thirteen white ele-
plants were captured in Siam, five Of
which still embellish the royal palace.
Their discovery and capture are supposed
to bring luck upon the severe. gn and his
land. so that when news was received in
Bangkok In June last that one had been
caught up-country 1t was generally ac-
cepted as a good omen for the new reign.
The animal In question is no more white
than any of its predecessors, but an alb
sencc of coloring matter in the skin OF its
ear maps and on other parts Of Its anat.
omy, suggestive of leprosy In a negro
more than anything else. entities It to be
classed among the sacred, or semi-sacred.
beasts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
We want you to buy during our
January Furniture Sale
i Above all else have Home Comfort

Our goods absolutely reliable and present prices
50 unusually that we're anxious for you to take this
opportunity get wlatcvcr need and learn the real
value of your credit here
III YOU wish d long time open account Will sell you
more goods the payments the same amount for
smaller payments than other store i'll Washington.
\ few items from Of cur departments will give you
an idea Of the bargain prices:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
A Matter Of Ceremony.

The animal is n male, Of playful dis
position, about five years old. and stand
ing about five feet six inches high, adorn-
cd with a single short tusk on the of
side. lie was brought to Bangkok I'm a
fine lockwood house, with scarlet and
white three-tiered roof, floating on raft,
and his progress down the Menam river
was attended with great celebrations
wherever the raft tied up for the night
n foster mother was furnished for the
animal in the shape of large female
elephant of ordinary hue, and the little
stranger first landed at the capital No
vember &, near the palace. and was con-
veyed to his regular quarters at the
Dust Park summer palace in the midst
of a state procession.
The Brahmn court astrologerS had pre-
dicted that he was to land at 4:51 pm,
this being an suspicious time, but as
King Vajiravudh, who was to witness the
landing. arrived about half an hour late
the animal was not brought ashore till
about $50 pm. Then he was inspected
by the king, the Brahmins threw holy
water and jasmine flowers over him.
number of pigeons were let go. and the
animal who did not seem to be able to
understand 1t all, was, taken off to his
stable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia has
to speak at the dedicatory ex-
erciseS of the new Grover Cleveland
School. All the school officials are ex-
pected to attend the exercises. and 1t is
the affair will be one of the
largest of the year in school circles. The
exact date has not yet been set. but 1t
will be about the middle of February.