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country for Thanksgiving. 81 don't
see how l can get away" Mr.. Maddox
said.
But Mrs. Maddox had gone over to
the enemy, and she proceeded to show
how they could all leave the city late
on Wednesday afternoon and return
early on Friday morning, send regrets
to the Changers, return their matinee
tickets and defer Mary Thomas din
ner invitation until Christmas time.
After all, Aunt Barbara is getting
old and We ought to make an effort to
go" Maddox said. So all the details
were arranged and the family set
tied back in a state Of expectancy.
awaiting the written invitation.
Every day the youngest Maddox met
the postman, demanding a letter from
his great aunt, but the days passed,
and none came. During the last week
before the holiday the interest of
the family became almost feverish.
Four days before the feast Mrs. Mad
dox spoke of writing a note to Aunt
Barbara accepting the alleged invita-
ton conveyed by Mrs. Lawler. But
the others argued that if Aunt Bar
bara had forgotten to. send a formal
invitation, she was not expecting a
formal acceptance. "She takes ST.
lence for consent, and she's too busy
making pies to write" Jack said.
The day before Thanksgiving came
around, but no letter from Aunt Bar
bara. The family held council al break.
fast. "Of course, she expects u.s." Mar
ion observed. "She's absent-minded.
and she probably wrote a letter and
stuck it behind the clock, waiting for
somebody to go to the postofice."
1t was agreed that Maddox and
Jack should return early from the Of
flee, then they would all take an eve
ming train to the country and drop
in on their aunt just at bedtime. Mrs.
Maddox told the cook and housemaid
that they could go away Immediately
after lunch and not return until Fri
day.
The Maddox family were almost
ready for the train when the postman
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Pure In Hart

The world would be 100 per cent.
better off If everybody read every
morning, or even every Sunday morn
ing, the first IL verses of the Sermon
on the Mount Matthew W candidly,
sincerely, Understandings. 1t is gem
orally believed that the ethics of this
sermon are so finely drawn, so deli.
cately expressed that It cannot be ap-
piled to everyday practical life. But
that Is a great mistake.
Take the one, "9lesesd are the pure
In heart, for they shall see God" That
is as true as a rule in arithmetic.
There is nothing transcendental about
1t. A man who is pure IN heart is GER
tain to see God wherever he looks-in
the flowers. the stars. the trees.
in the charities, good works and
aspirations of men, IN historic events
and great deeds. 1t is perfectly ridi-
culous to say that a man with an Inn
pure heart can see these things. He
sees the very opposite. He sees the
devil from whom he gets all his wrong
impulses.-Ohio State Journal.
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FOREIGN

The Turkish troops set fire to the
Istrandja forest in order to prevent
Bulgarians from hiding there.
The rate of discount of the Imperial
Bank of Germany at Berlin was raised
from 5 to 6 per cent.
A fire in the Bank of England was
extinguished by the bank apparatus
before considerable damage was done.
The Mayfower, an old side-wheeler
steamboat, sank in the Madawaska
River, Canada, and nine persons were
drowned.
The French budget for 1913 pro-
vides for the constructor of a dry
dock at L'Orient which will be capa-
Bile of the building of warships.
The Votes for Women Society of
Paris has requested President Falli-
eres to aid the cause Of suffrage be-
fore he leaves the presidency.
And now a s~uffragette army has
marched on London from Scotland.
The women marched the 400 miles in
five weeks. Premier Asquith has gone
to the country for the weekend.
The Austrian Parliament has had
installed an elaborate shower bath in
a beautifully tiled room especially
constructed for the purpose. Special
baths are provided for the newspaper
men.
Bulgars made a grand attack all
along the Turkish line, fighting from
before dawn until after sunset. Naz-
i'm Pasha reported after the firing
subsidized that "the enemy was re-
pulsed" and that three Bulgarian bat
teries were destroyed.
A severe storm tied up all traffic in
the st. Lawrence River at Quebec at
a time when steamers were discharg-
ing big grain cargoes from the West.
Guglelmo Caruso, an Italian soldier.
who claims he is a cousin OF Enrico
Caruso. the singer, shot his captain
dead at Turin, believing the latter
had prevented his promotion.
Premier Asquith accepted the sug-
gestion of the Speaker of the House
of Commons to adjourn until Monday
in order to have further time to con-
slider the situation brought about by
amending the Home Rule bill by a
snap vote.
The biggest of all shipping combi-
nations was formed in England by
Sir Owen Phillips.
A detachment of 100 British blue
jackets has been lent by the British
cruiser Weymouth to guard the
American Embassy at Constantinople.
An official Turkish communication
advises the public to accept with re-
serve the unofficial news of the war
published by the newspapers.
Vice-President zayas of Cuba, who
was defeated for the presidency at
the recent election will not accept the
result, according to newspapers back
ing his candidacy.
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General

The assessors of Cook County, III.
declare there is only one watch OF
clock to every 16 persons in Chicago
Judge Kirkland 1. Perky of Boise
was appointed United States senator
by Gov. Hawley, to succeed the late
Senator Hepburn.
Vernon j.. Freeland was sentenced
to three months in the p~enitentiary
for practising law in New York with,
o a certificate.
0tf1c1al returns from every county
in Kansas show that Hodges, Demo.
crat, leads Capper, Progressive, for
governor by 81 votes.
Representative William B. McKin.
ley, unsuccessful candidate for re-
election in the 18th Illinois district,
certified that his campaign cost him
$4,432.19.
Vincent Astor celebrated his coming
of age and his taking full possession
of his $65, 900, 900 fortune by working
in the Astor Estate offices in New
York as usual
More than $780, 900 in profits we're
paid Nov. Is by thirty-two railroads,
industrial and public service corpo-
rations in the form of dividends to
shareholders.
Arthur T. Cummings, a prominent
produce merchant of Boston, was ar
rested following the finding of the
body of his s~tenographer in a bathtub
at a hotel.
Freebooter Sloane and Pastor Win
ner of Butler, N. j., while cunning,
shot at the same rabbit simultaneous
ly and hit each other in the leg. The
rabbit escaped.
Senator J.. w. Bailey of Texas an
nounced that his resignation will not
go into effect until after the coming
session of Congress, as he wants to
make one more speech.
President-elect Wilson announced
he would call al extra session of Con
gress not later than April Is, and that
his call would not limit Congress to
revision of the tariff.
Mrs. Wylla A. Hulett, the only wom-
an pilot on the inland waters, left St.
Louis in charge of the steamboat
Mary. She applied for a license when
her husband was disqualified because
of color blindness.
At the Horse Show in New York.
clothes, as usual, attracted as much
interest as the horses, though Ameri-
can cavalrymen carried off first, third
and fourth in the charger class.
Seven-year-old Terence Dewitt talk
ed in a Brooklyn hospital for the first
time since his birth. A surgeon last
week cut away part of Terence's
skull that was pressing on his brain.
Harry Asselen, famous eight years
ago as the %plunging half-back of the
football team of the University of
Minnesota, was committed to the
a$ylum-for the insane in Washington
state.
The Church of the Sacred Heart,
the largest edifice in Butte, Mont,
was burned with a loss of SS5, 900. The
fire started under suspicious circum-
stances.
Melvin Davis, who murdered his
sister after a quarrel in Rawlins,
Wyo, was captured by a shef4ff. The
officer was barely able to save Davis
from a moi of would-be ~lynchers.A
The fight against sections of the
P6st-o flee AUTHORIZATION act requir-
ing newspapers 9s9 open their circula-
ton books and publish names of bond
holders was opened in the United
States Supreme CouK.
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bhd1 III ohlu ike men OF &c
wear wool like sheep, hair like a
horses o. fur like a bear.
My order is gallinaceous, from a
Latin word, meaning hen; and ou1
ride is sometimes called rasores, al.
SO from the Latin, because we scratch
for a living. We practice "the strenu-
u life" which others preach.
My family is a large one, the Phasi.
anidae, which includes most of the
domestic fowls and also p~heasants,
grouse and quail-nearly 100 species
in all.
You notice that l have some Jaw
breaking words in my scientific rec
ord, but my jaws are called mandi-
bles, from a Latin word that means
to chew, the upper and lower mandi-
bles forming my bill.
The whole opening of my mouth is
called my cape (broad a, please and
sometimes the %rictus; but that word
should always be restricted to the
back corner Of my mouth.
You must have noticed how beauti-
fully my neck is waited. That word
waffle is Old English and means a
bag. The other name for my wattles,
caruncle, comes from the Latin and
means flesh.
1 go b~areheaded, but wear a great
many feathers from my neck down to
my tibia. Everybody's leg below the
knee Including yours and mine) has
two bones. of which one is the tibia.
My tibia is feathered. Below that
is the tarsus (Greek-heel in verte.
brates, the joint that bends back,
while the knee-joint bends forward),
and this tarsus is bare of feathers,
but covered with big scales. I wouldn't
dare pronounce all the long words
that go with this part of my anatomy,
but it may be interesting for you to
go turkey-hunting in the dictionary
for "sculated" and related words.
Look for "drumstick" and see why it
is called "tibio-tarsus."
My wings have three joints, too,
just like your arms. The first Joint
is called my pinion, while yours is a
hand; but the second and third joints
are fore arm and upper arm, the
same as yours. My thumb projects
from my fore arm, of course.
While on my feet and legs I'd bet
ter tell you something of my toes, of
which / have four, besides the spur,
this last-named weapon being merci-
fully denied to the females of our fam
lily. My first toe grows out in a SEEM
ingly awkward way behind the spread
of my foot; but 1t is really a conve-
nience when l want to clutch any
thing, as, for instance, the branch of
the tree where 1 generally roost. This
toe is two-jointed and called the hal
lux. The second toe, the inner front
one, is three-jointed; the third or mid
die n has four joints, and the fourth
or outer one has five joints.
Now, when you prepare me for the
oven don't throw away my lower legs
and feet but clean them thoroughly
with a brush and warm water, to
which you have added a pinch of soda.
Lay in cold water after a generous
rinsing, and when you start the fire
to roast my carcass put my legs (the
tarsus only and feet into a basin,
cover with cold water and let them
sit where they will simmer until the
roast is done-when you have a foun-
dalton or stock for the most delicious
broth, / could tell you how the chick
en- soup trade began with a poor WON
an who utilized what the marketmen
threw away, only to buy back from
her in the form of a bowl of steaming
hot soup, for which they each paid
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
True Thankfulness,

Where true thankfulness is there
can be no self1shness. For the hon.
estly thankful a must be filed
with a n of his own unworthiness
to enjoy the good things that come to
him. Humility must mark his attitude
toward his W blessings. The next
step is to share them as far as this
may be done with others less for.
tunate though quite as worthy as him.
self.
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NEWS STORIES
IN MINIATURE
Minor Mention of a Weeks
Important Events.
A HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS
Paragraphs Which Briefly Chronicle
the Events of Interest as BulIe-
tined by Wire, Wireless and
CabIe-Foreign News.
WASHINGTON

The Supreme Court in a far-reach-
ing decision declared the Bathtub
Trust in restraint of trade and order
ed its dissolution.
The annual report of the Panama
Canal Commission contained a clear
animation OF a purpose to send a YES
sci tkSough the great waterway some
time in 1913.
Government employees who worked
on Labor Day will not be paid for
their services.
Lee McClung, Treasurer of the
United States, resigned, and President
Tart designated his secretary, Carmi
A. thompson, to fill the place.
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Her Sacred Joke,

When Barbara said her prayers the
other night she wound up with this
request: And, please, God, bless
Uncle Mabel and Aunt Sammy"
why, Babs," her mother protested
you know that isn't right. You must
say Uncle Sammy and Aunt Mabel.
dear"
Well" the little girl explained, ct
get so sorry for God sitting up there
listening to nothing but about folks
being bad and begging him to give EN-
something or other, SO l just thought
I'd make a joke SO God could laugh
or once"
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Personal

President-elect Wilson and his fam
lily were warmly welcomed in Bermu-
da.
Women must give up either bridge
or babies; the two are incompatible,
declared John Drew, the actor, in
Pittsburgh.
The Nobel prize for literature was
awarded to Gerhart Hauptmann, the
German poet, novelist, and dramatist.
He lives in Berlin.
Senator Martin of Virginia has &C.
copied membership on the Lincoln
memorial commission to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Money of Mississippi.
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What Hammered Them

Billy, who has been taught to be
courteous. was relating to his moth
er an incident of his play during the
day. He admitted he had been a
good boy" and continued.
Mamma, l hit Chester with a stick
but l didun go to, mammalian I
said, Pardon me, Chester'-'ust like
that"
THAT was NICE" returned Billy's
mother. And what did Chester say?"
"He didun say nuthin'. He kicktud
me in the stumick."
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left a letter in
A Barbara's
cramped writing.
III o W fortunate
that we are all
ready" Mrs. Mad
dox said, as she
tore open the en-
velope. Here is
o ur invitation
now
Aunt Barbara
sent greetings to
all and then went
on to say that she
had lately seen
Mrs. Lawler and
told her that she
was going to ask
the Maddox fam
lily out to the
country to Christ
mas dinner. You
must be sure to
come" she ended.
That's why l am
asking you so
1Onp hofOra
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"

II don't believe there is an escala-
tor in that town"
ooh, yes, there is. That must be
the queer creature they have there
In the ZOO"
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Resisting the temptation to extol
the glories Of a Faithful Lovers day
and a Husbands day, and more par
ticularly of a Wives day (for to merge
these into Mothers day and Fathers
day Is to assume, modern fashion, that
the standpoint of the children is
the supreme concern of matrimony).
the Wayfarer moves on to indicate
the high Importance Of founding GER
tain societies to commemorate the
cardinal virtues; since nowadays vir-
tue seems not to be virtue unless 1t
wears q badge, possesses a diploma
and employs a press agent. The Way
farer Is well aware that he Is not q
pioneer in this project. It was but a
few days ago that the pastor of a
large church proposed in all serious
ness that he would like to give up his
charge and devote himself to estab-
fishing a Society for the Promotion
Of Democracy. The dearth of ~associa-
tons for the furtherance Of the obvi-
GUS probably had appealed to his pro-
gressive mind. So the Wayfarer has
contemplated the glorious future of a
Society Of Men Who Do Not Beat
Their Wives; and of allied organiza-
lions of Men Who Do Not Smoke, OF
Devotees of Non-dancing, Of the Vir-
tuous Company of Gentlemen Who
Never Stay Out Late-Exchange.
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THE youngest Maddox set up a loud
wall. Marion called Mrs. Lawler "a
stupid thing" and the rest looked at
each other with foolish smiles.
This is the reason that on Thanks
giving day the Maddox family sat
down to steak, boiled potatoes, and a
sticky rice pudding.
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Attend to the matter which is before
shee. whether 1t ia an opinion or an
let or a word-Franklin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22

FQU4ET
HOUR
"H0LY OF HOLES"
OUT OF FASHION
~HE Holy Of Holes" has gone

"HE Holy Of Holes" has gone
out of fashion. There are no
longer any sanctities which the
world is bound to respect.
from the bed of birth to the bed of
earth, mans life-and even woman's
is ut subject for copy" for the
newspaper, the novelist and the col
lege professor. 1t took all the power
OF the New York city police depart
ment to keep the photographers away
from the reunion Of the Titanic sur
V1Vors with their loved ones. More
than one bridegroom has proved his
proWess by smashing a newspaper
camera In the bright lexicon of to-
day there is no such word as reserve.
That some of the great sentiments of
life may be held in ~reverent silence
Is contrary to the present mode. It
may become the fashion for men to
advertise in the personal column
OF the newspapers that they really
love their wives. Nothing nowadays
goes without saying" So we have
Mothers days, and everybody who
loves mother must wear a white car
nation in his b%uttonhole, to the shame
OF the rest Of US who do not.
II we are to have a celebration and
a society for every virtue, we shall
have no time for the exercise of these
virtues, but must give ourselves to
the important business of keeping this
admirable machinery going. Obvi-
ously, and indisputably, If we have a
Mothers day we must also have a Fa-
theirs day, for dad pays the freight.
n makes possible the buying Of flow
ers that adorn the holiday. Also he
fulfls various other useful functions,
although it is not greatly the vogue to
talk about father. He is merely back
ground.
OF course, and beyond question, II
we give mother and father their due,
we cannot go back on grandmother,
bless her heart! Perhaps if we hire
enough bands and adopt the right
floral emblem-the Wayfarer nomi-
mates the chrysanthemum, as sym
boliZing at once the autumn Of life
and the unostentatious character Of
these special days-a Grandmothers'
day will help restore to US the race
OF dear old who we knew
when We were young. and who are
ever so much more desirable than
the numerous massaged, pompadour-
ed, tailor-made, sophisticated, never
grow-old ladies who awe US now at
swagger restaurants and social func-
tons.
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ana your IaLHer
and l are asked
to a whist party
at the Changers
in the evening""
Send regrets"
We'll, wait and
hear what your
father and Jack
say" Mrs. Mad
doX said.
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THE TURKEYS STORY
TOLD BY

rOLD BY HIMSELF.
CAN introduce myself as of
the type vertebrate, be-
cause l have a backbone. |
am classed as a bird be-
cause l am an animal that
dresses in feathers rather
than in skin Like man or To
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And shall we not have a Big Sisters
day? Her day seems long in coming,
and she tolls and sacrifices for the
whole household. Especially would
the Wayfarer insist upon honoring
her, a little later on IN her career, by
an Old Maids day. This is really es-
sential to any equitable adjustment Of
the scheme Of things. Some day an
orator. or essay1st will win immortal
fame by setting forth in terms the
Office and works Of the Maiden Aunt,
the prop of dependent or selfish par
ents, and the slave and guide and
friend of the children of those par
ents. There is a high seat in heaven
for the unhonored and uncommon
grated Old Maid Aunt. In passing, let
it be emphasized that there is to be
no honor shown the Old Bachelor; he
Is deserving of no consideration what
oev He is the saddest word OF
tongue or pen.
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Ethel-Why is the turkey regarded
as especially appropriate for Thanks
giving?
Bob-Because any n who can af-
ford to buy turkeys these days has
reason to be thankful.
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When Maddox
and Jack came
home to dinner
they were met
with the news
that Mrs. Lawler
had seen Aunt
Barbara, and that
they were all to
he invitod tn tho
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INVITATION

WV REALLY don't see how We
SEA, could go out 20 Aunt Bar
Lon n bara's for Thanksgiving
&WMZE dinner this year." Mrs.
@ Maddox said thoughtfully.
You are sure she intends
to ask u.s." Yes" Mrs. Lawler re-
turned. Just as 1 was leaving town
l met her on the street. She spoke
of our being neighbors, and then she
told me that she was going to ask
you all out to an old-fashioned Thanks
giving dinner. l wouldn't have men,
toned it, but l supposed that you had
your invitation"
1T would be fine to go there" Mar
ion remarked. Her pumpkin pies
are about three inches deep, and her
turkeys are always cooked to a Titan
brown and her cranberry sauce is SO
delicious
The youngest Of the Maddox family
was overcome by the fervor of this
description. "Oh, let's all go to Aunt
Barbara's for Thanksgiving" he
cried.
But l had limited to Mary Thomas
that we might ask her here" said his
mother.
Somebody else is sure to ask
Mary" declared Marion.
We have tickets for the Thanksgiv.
ing matinee"
Take 'em back"
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Our best increases with the doing
of 1t.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-07-24
PLAN VIGOROUS
PROHI CAMP PAICN
COUNTY TO BE ORGANIZED
GRAND JURY POLL Is TO ! FOR
STATEWIDE PLEASES
LOCAL LEADERS.

A conference of several Conway
business and professional men at the
Methodist church yesterday after
noon, plans were laid for a vigorous
campaign in Faulkner county in be-
half of the statewide prohibition bill.
Prof. j. M. c. Vaughter presided at
the meeting, among those present be-
ing D. o. Harton, j. III. Stubs, Jesse
Witt, S. E. Anderson, w. B. Owen, ].
Frank Jones, T. r. Douglass and
Professors A. J. Meadors, S. C. Par
rish and R. Fl. Cannon.
The announcement that a poll of
the grand jury taken yesterday
showed Is members in favor of state
wide prohibition to one against was
received with much enthusiasm.
Professors Vaughter and Meadors
and Mr.. Owen were elected as three
members of committee to be known
as county central committee with
authority to select four others to CO.
operate with them, making the total
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1912-07-24
GAIN IN SCHOOL
POPULATION 496
ENROLMENT DECREASED
COUNTY EXAMINER WAUGH
TER is FIRST TO FILE AN
NUAL SCHOOL REPORT

An increase of 496 in the number
of persons of school age in Faulkner
county is shown in the annual re-
port of County Examiner J. M. C.
Vaughter completed today. A copy
of the report was mailed today to
the state department of education,
and it will doubtless be the first sub
m.tted in the state, as only three
days have elapsed since the time for
closing the report, July 20. Prof.
Vaughter states that he has secured
reports from every district in the
county.
While healthy increase is shown
in the enumeration, the enrolment
shows slight decrease from the
1911 report. The enrolment and
! daily attendance figures, however
are not considered reliable, as many
of the directors merely give esti-
mates and do not take the trouble to
verify Their figures by the teachers
records.
Following is the summary of the
statistics for the county, with those
of the preceding year for compar-
| ison:
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for bridges and permanent improve
ments, the county's debt has been les
sened by about $4,000 during this
period of time. In securing data
from the article the fact was over
looked that on June 80, 1906, there
were unpaid judgments against the
county amounting to S8,070.41. The
total debt at that time, therefore,
was 9,104.25, instead of S31, ,033.84,
as stated The judgments have in
the meantime been paid off by the
issuance of county scrip, and total
outstanding Indebtedness June 80,
1912, was S35,155,3S, or approx
mately $4,000 less than it was six
years ago.