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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
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dies. 81 thought IL was a cahos'.
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Spirituality, like a plant. rrau
only when the roots are In the e,ra
The glare OF publicity will cause tAsa
to wither and dry up as surely a. q.
blazing sun will destroy the ,ents,
rootlets of an herb that has been ten
from it's place In the soil.--Anon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28
GRANDMA'S "THASKFULLEST
THANKSGIVING DAY.

"Oh, deary me-" sighed Teddy.
1t was Thanksgiving Day, and all
OF the family had gone to church ex-
cept grandma and Teddy, and they
had stayed at home to take care of
each other. Teddy was spending his
time fattening his nose against the
window-pane, watching for them to
come home from church, and grand
ma was spending hers reading her
big print Testament
ooh, deary me-" he sighed again.
whats the matter, Teddy?" ask
ed grandma.
81 don't believe dinner time will
ever come" he answered, mournfully.
Tell me story, grandma an then,
maybe 1t won't seem so long"
Grandma laid her book down.
what kind of story do you want?"
she asked.
'Tell me bout Thanksgiving Day
when you were little"
Grandma thought moment.
What is Thanksgiving Day for, Ted
dy?" she asked again.
ITO eat turkey, an dressin', an
cranberry sauce, an lots of good
things" he answered promptly.
well, that's about the idea a good
many people have of it," said grand
ma, "but, Ted, the best Thanksgiv-
Ing Day / ever had in my life we
didn't have anything but mush and
milk and baked potatoes for dinner"
"Why, grandma" said Ted.
''Now, Teddy, when we thank a
person for anything, what do we
mean? If I were to give you an or
ange. what would you mean when you
said, THANK your"
Teddy drew his brows together and
thought for fully two minutes.
''I'd mean," he said, slowly, "I'd
mean was glad to get 1t, an thought
it was mighty good of you to give it
to me-"
That's it," said grandma, "and
Thanksgiving Day Is a day when we
are to think about the things God has
given us, and to tell him we are glad
to get them, and think it is good in
Him to give them to u.s. Now, do you
understand"
"Yes'm," answered Teddy; now
tell me bout that thankfullest
Thanksgivin' Day you had when you
didn't have much to eat"
''It was when was ten years DID,"
said grandma. "Your Uncle John
was seven and your Aunt Mary three,
and we lived In little house just on
the edge of the prairie. It had only
been two years since we came from
the East, and that summer had been
very dry-so dry we hadn't raised
much but potatoes. But we had q
COW and plenty Of corn left over from
the year before, and father could
shoot prairie chickens sometimes, SO
we didn't expect to starve.
Zone day, about ten days before
Thanksgiving, a man rode up to our
house. He was one of our nearest
neighbors, although his house was
several miles away. After he and
father-your great-grandfather,T Ted
dy-had talked a while, we learned
that father would have to go to the
town on business. It was something
about land that you wouldn't under
stand, so I won't try to tell you about
that. The town was miles and miles
away, so the next morning. he started
on at daybreak. He rode one horse,
with a sack of corn behind him. and
fixed sacks of corn on a pack-saddle
on the other, to have it ground at the
mill, for our meal was nearly out.
He said he would be back the fourth
day, and remember how we ali three
stood and watched him ride OF across
the prairie. But mother wasn't
afraid. and neither were we, 80 we
didn't mind staying alone.
The day after he left, baby Mary
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-11-28

Wasn't Julie q nice little teaeherf-
congregationalist and Christian
World.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-01
Artificial ButtermiIk.

The word artificial" as rule
suggests something inferior to the
natural article and usually there is
good ground for such Interpretation
But in the case of artificial butter
milk We have product that is far
superior to that made in the ordinary
way.
Buttermilk should be part of
everyone's diet. 1t has a food value
about the same as skimmilk and be-
sides this contains Tactic acid and the
germs which cause the acid to be
formed. The acid acts as tonic,
while the germs, when taken into the
system prey upon those which cause
digestive troubles.
Doctors prescribe buttermilk to
their patients who have Indigestion.
If the patient refuses buttermilk as a
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-01
Questions and Hn$Wer$
WHEAT AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR SHORTS.

Question: La table of balanced
ratiops for COW feed, wheat bran and
shorts are used. Shorts retails here
for ST. 80 and bran and shorts for 81. 70
per 100. I can buy wheat at Sl.00
per 100 and grind it in small feed
mill [ have. Is this meal as desir-
able as the bran or the shorts. Ii
four pounds of shorts are used in the
ration. what proportion Of this whole
wheat meal should be used? W. II.
Kettle Falls, Wash.
Answer: From the feeds and prices
that you have named, | would use
the bran and the whole wheat rather
than the shorts. Whole wheat is
higher in carbohydrates than either
of the other two, so that if you use it
in the same proportion you have a
wider ration. | suggest that you mix
the bran and wheat half and half,
and to every 200 pounds of the mix
ture add so pounds of some high pro-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-01

drink, the doctor takes ''p1ll' out
of vial, adds it to some fresh milk,
and thus gives a "medicine' which
has the same properties as buttermilk.
Ordinary buttermilk, when made
from properly ripened and un-
pasteurized cream, has very desir-
able taste and aroma, but on account
of the variety of germs that get into
the cream causing various fiavors,
the buttermilk is not a uniform pro-
duct and at the same time is not as
valuable as a food or tonic as In
the case of the artificial product.
The latter, however, can be made
from sweet skimmilk or whole milk
and by introducing the proper germ
at the proper temperature very uni
form product can be obtained.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-01

The value of the product from any
dairy is as a rule determined by the
percentage of fat contained in that
product. More recently, however,
milk and its products have been valu-
ed according to the absence or pres
ence of dirt, especially so with the
milk for direct consumption.
In recent years changes have been
the purpose of reducing the amount
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-01
The Covered Milk Pail

of dirt which falls into the milk dur
ing the time of milking. The first
and simplest of these is the change
in the style OF milk pail. The old
fashioned pail had a large top, built
about the same as a funnel so as to
make the milking operation easy, but
incidently it resulted in exposing the
milk to much contamination by dirt
and bacteria. There is great varia-
ton in the devices that are being
used, but they all have the general
plan Of decreasing the size of the
opening of the milk vessels so as to
expose less surface for the entrance
of dirt, and they also have in the
opening some kind of cloth strainer
for catching the larger PARTICLES of
dirt and keeping them from the milk.
What is known as the Gurler type Of
pail uses absorbent cotton for the
purpose. Such milk pals produce a
decided improvement in the milk
Careful testing has shown that by
their use large proportion of the
dirt that gets into milk may be avoid
ed. Their use has been extending
rapidly, and the covered milk pals
will soon doubtless crowd out all the
old fiaring tops. Every dalryman
should recognize this as one of the
easiest, cheapest and most efficient
means at his disposal for improving
the character of the milk. 1t is
necessary to use them intelligently,
however, for a, careless mixer can
obtain as bad results from a covered
pail as from any other. In their use
special attention must be given to the
cloths used for strainers. These
must be sterilized daily by washing
and boiling. 1t is sometimes custo-
mary to use a new cloth for each
milking in order to do away with the
sterilizing. Strainers made of bolt
ing cloth, Irish linen or flannel are
the best and these may be used over
and over again with the proper wash
ing. II absoI bent cotton is used for
a strainer it must be thrown away
after the milking.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24

The high cost of living does not seem to materially effect the receipts of the vaudeville and the moving picture theaters.-Shore Line Times.
 Did you ever notice how easily a per son with an uneasy conscience can mis- understand what he hears or reads?- Millerton Telegram.
 It is cheaper to charter a special train and go to southern Florida, than it is to buy and pay for a winters supply of coal. Hartford Post.
 In these days of long distance travel, when motorists are slipping about the country hundred or more miles day a host of strangers pass through our place daily. If our streets are kept up in good shape, our visitors carry away a favorable impression, and spread the good fame of this town far and wide. If they are jOunced and jared by deep holes and ruts, they curse our road build CTS, and all our works and ways, and de- clare that this is a slow, unprogressive town.-New Haven Union.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
Growing Old.

A little more tired at close of day; A little less anxious to have our way; A little less ready to scold and blame A little more care for brother's name ; And so we are nearing the journey s
 end
 Where time and eternity meet and
 blend. A little less care for bonds and gold. A little more zest in the days of old, A broader view and saner mind, And a little more love for all mankind ; And so we are faring a-down the way That leads to the gates of better day. A little more love for the friends of
 youth,
 A little less zeal for established truth, A little more charity in our views, A little less thirst for the daily news And so we are folding our tents away And passing in silence at close of day, A little more leisure to sit and dream, A little more real the things unseen, A little nearer those ahead, With visions of those long-loved and
 dead;
 And so we are going to where all must go To the place the living may never know. A little more laughter, few more tears, And we shall have told our increasing
 years,
 The book is closed, and the prayers are
 said
 And we are part of the countless dead -RoIlin J. Wells in Philadelphia Rec. ord
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
ANiNDEPENDENr DEMOCRAT

Professor Herbert E. Gregory, of Yale, is 8 member of the New Haven hoard of education, whose politics, hay ling become matter of controversy in the board, is described in letter to the secretary to the republican mayor, Rice. who appointed him. In that letter he says:
 @'In politics am an independent with democratic leanings. I have voted for Taft, for Baldwin, for Reilly, for Rice. If the people of New Haven must be separated into republicans and demo Grats, please brand me with D. only don't press the iron in too far, for may wish to erase the mark when democratic candidates or policies do not meet with my approval. If the city charter does not provide for the appointment of dem ocrats or republicans who act indepen- dently, please ask the mayor to select some one to fill my place."
 Yet Professor Gregory is the kind of democrat who would be dubbed "no democrat" by the hide-bound stickler for regularity who boasts that he never scratched ballot in his life, and proclaims that would vote for the devil If he were on the ticket.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
Letters From the People
Salisbury Inscriptions.
Editor of The News 1:

To the Editor of The News
 The collecting of graVe-stone inscrlp- tions is of much greater historical and genealogical value than isgenerally sup posed. Many of the older memorials of this kind hereabouts, although of comparatively recent date as such things go, are nearly (and in some cases en- tirely) illegible, and before long the date will be lost unless it is preserved now.
 For over twenty years have been col lecting these mortuary records here and there for miles around. Just at present my intention is to complete the lists so far as they affect the town of Salisbury. In order to do this it is necessary to in. clude all of the existing indicators Of burials on homesteads. This practice of burying on private property instead Of the public cemeteries, though now dis continued, was formerly quite common. There are a number of such instances in Salisbury, but there may be others that I do not know of, and the object of this note is to induce persons who may know of the location of any isolated monuments, to so inform me. It should be borne i'll mind that grave-stones come to light in all kinds of queer places-in orchards and pastures. in door steps and walls-and the ploughshare occasionally turns one out. All are of interest and are included in this want :" even frag- ments are worthy of note.
 Any responses to this appeal will cer- tainly be most helpful and gratifying.
 M. D. Rndd.
 LakeVille, Conn.,
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
Bell Hon To Millionaire


 From bellhop to millionaire has been the experience of a New York youth now back from the mining region with for tune aggregatiug $500, 900, and still grow ing.
 Young Orankshaw was bellhop at the Waldorf Astoria 10 years ago. After several years at this sort of work. he went back to England, where he was promptly disowned by his family, and again set adrift. This time he fell in with a company of men enroute to Canada. and he began selling stock for one of the mines.
 From that time his rise was rapid, and now he is registered at the Waldorf in the role of guest instead of menial.
 The other day he spent several hours in the lobby, occupying chair near the bench where, as a bellhop he used to be located. Every tiSne bell rang he jump ed, until he declared he would either have to leave or be back to his old work of carrying someone's valise.
 This is, of course not a remarkable story, but it shows what pluck will ac' complish. Crankshaw is now only 2S years of age, and has plenty of time to make more money, or lose what he has and have to start again. But inasmuch as he landed in New York the first time without cent, and has amassed half a million in so short time, his story should be passed on to other young men who are bitterly complaining they can't get ahead in life because they have no chance. Crankshaw had apparently no chance, but he made one for himself.- Hartford Post.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
What the Other Fellows Say,

With what pompous air most men say: My lawyer" "my doctor," 'my dentist" t."-Pittsfeld Eagle.
 The report of the state board of health shows an increase of typhoid fever in September of about hundred, over a year ago. This is not encouraging and certainly with the general diffusion of sanitary knowledge should not occur Bridgeport Standard.
 Now and then young man who will part his hair in the middle to prevent his mind from becoming unbalanced.- Woodbury Reporter.
 The attempt to blame the right of free speech for the assain's attack on RooSe- welt is not one, we believe which the colonel himself would sanction. No one has spoken with greater freedom or bit terness than he has done and no one has hit harder.-Anson1a Sentinel.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
RosroEElcE RULING.

The following ruling by the Postoffice Depart Enent at Washington makes it obligatory upor che publisher to either discontinue all subscrip Gions not renewed year after expiration of the Eime to which they are paid, or pay regular postal rate-one cent per copy--fn advance which must necessarily be added to the regular subscription price to the subscriber thus ir arrears: ..
 The right of publishers to extend in good faith credit on subscriptions is recognized
 and will not be abridged, and although all
 subscriptions are regarded as expiring with
 the period for which they are obtained, nev-
 -ertheless, in order to give an opportunity to
 secure renewals, copies of their publications
 will be accepted for mailing as to subscribers
 at the usual second class rates of postage for
 a period of one year from the date of expira
 Eion; but copies sent to persons after one
 year from the date of the expiration of their
 subscriptions. unless such subscriptions be
 expressly renewedfor definite time. togeth-
 ~erswith an actual payment of subscription or
 bona fide promise of payment, will not be accepted at the pound rate. but will be ac-
 cepted at the transient second class rate of
 one cent for each four ounces or fraction
 thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed"
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
THE STORM BREAKS.

The inevitable storm is breaking. The "'quadruple candidate" knew it would,
 and said so The vultures who rode, rough.shod, over the voice of the peepul, and plucked the dragons teeth from the deadly upas tree, by disregarding the quadruple candidates in every caucus, ane about to reap the whirlwind of their own blowing. From amid the deafen- ing storm of protest going up from a furious and indignant press, we sort out the voice of the New Haven Union s sditor, Phil Troup. laundering ill no un- certain tones. He aptly designates the luadruple candidate as ''a victim of the
 Hnrst political perfdy called to our at-
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
A Brave Little Woman.

A brave little woman stopped horse on downtown Chicago street the other day because it was unfit for work. Three policeman threatened to arrest her If she didn't let the driver go and permit con- gested traffic to resume. But the plucky little body defed the whole lot and finally won out, the horse being removed from the harness and led away to the barns. Here's a case where a tender heart back ed by a plucky spirit routed mere bulk of uniformed and helmeted police and drove them to cover. Her name is gwen graphical error it should be spelled "an. gel. ."-Northwestern Christian Advo- cate
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
Artful GeorRie.

Papa" said Georgie. "it worries me awful to think how much trouble give mama"
 "She hasn't complained.
 "No, she's very patient. But she often sends me to the shops for things and they are good way off, and know she gets cross waiting when she's in 0 hurry"
 Not often, I fancy"
 "Oh, she's nearly always in a hurry. She gets everything all ready for baking and finds at the last minute she hasn't any yeast, or gets a pudding all mixed and finds she hasn any nutmeg or some thing, and then she's in an awful stew, cause the oven is all ready"
 "Humph Well what can you do about it?"
 "I was thinking you might get me 8 bicycle. Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1912-10-24
The Wurra Wurra Club.

There was full attendance of mem- bers at the last meeting. Former Presi- dent N. Watson Hardenbergh was wei comed back, and unanimously selected to preside over the deliberations of the assemblage in the absence of President Freeman Dempsey, who was busy else where trying to color a new calabash pipe. President pro tenn. Hardenbergh took the meeting in hand and ordered the minutes of the previous meeting read by Artist Sleighter, who refused on the advice of his counsel, Clint Roraback, Al. Higgins was then ordered to sing the Opening Ode, but recited the first ten blanks of the bull moose platform in- stead. The chair then declared the meet ing ready for the important business of the session, and called for motions or res olutions.
 Seneca Strong. the sexton of the club room, said he had an important engage ment with man upthe road somewhere, and would like to close up, and asked if a motion to adjourn would be in order.
 The chair assured him that such a motion would be perfectly in order after all the business was transacted, and Seneca subsided.
 Judge Ford moved that a committee be appointed to draw up set of resolu- tions congratulating Colonel Roosevelt on his escape from fatal injury from the bullet of the lunatic.
 "Better wait until after election" said Hen. Whitford. "You may not feel so jubilant about 1t when you read in the papers. the morning after election, that he's elected president. That shooting will be worth hundreds of thousands of votes to him."
 "In deference to Brother Whitford's suggestion I withdraw my motion," said the Judge, And the incident was closed.
 Clint. Roraback offered a motion that the Club assemble at the Clubroom Sat urday evening, and march in a body to the hall, to attend the rally and band con cert, and listen to the addresses by Col Osborn. Phil Troup and Lawyer Ken nedy.
 Ned Roberts entered a prompt and vehement protest. "I objectto this Club, or any member of it, giving countenance to any political agitation by either party" said he. "We are getting now more politics than we want in the newspapers, and 1t striks ss me 1t would be best to let the whole business drop, as soon as possi. ble. hope the gentleman's motion will not pass"
 But 1t did.
 Mayor Rowe moved that the chair call a special meeting at an early date tor the purpose of organizing the whole Club into a singing class to join the Choral Union which will soon be doing business again. Lew Rhoades thought 1t would be better to appoint committee on music, and the chair appointed Rhoades and Rowe on the committee, with power to organize the singing class and instruct the same up to the time the Choral Union begins operations.
 Seneca Strong then asked if he might make his motion, and the meeting ad- iourned.