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the Indians met large force Of say
ages Who had gathered to prevent the
passage Of DeSoto. The spaniards quiet
" fortified themselves, showed but lit
tie resistance to the Indians, who. on
observing this gradually dispersed.
Desoto detailed a hundred men to cut
timbers for RATS which when ready.
the Spaniards proceeded to cross. giving
ne heed to the arrows rained on them.
In surprise the Indians again took to
their heels. and soon vanished. These
represented a large force that had been
left to watch the movements Of the
Spaniards. DeSoto was charmed by the
natural beauty of this region. The late.
dry fan had enlivened the autumnal
scenery The grass was still green and
the flaming foliage of the woods lent
unusual grandeur 10 the scene. The soil
was of deep black, and the surface
was Just sufficiently undulating 10 add
variety to the surroundings. The troop
was now passing through the upper part
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church for every. crossroads settlement
far in advance of the average city church,
alike IN its practical wisdom and in its
catholicity: a church seeing that eating
and drinking, playing and dancing and
shouting and music and reading and FORM
ipg and building outhouses or greenhouses
are religious acts; a church teaching the
mothers to be mothers and fathers to
be fathers and boys and girls to be little
gentlemen and little gentlewomen. such
a church would not be INSTITUTIONAL"
but It would create institution, school
and library and swimming pool and GYM
.nasium and polytechnic for study of arts
and crafts. 1t would not be political"
but it would raise citizens who soon would
make an end of hundred blighting
heredities under which this great state
waiting to be delivered. What we
need to discover is the way to create suoh
church in every community to eluci-
date. rather. the church herself from her
false heredties. godfathers and godmoth-
ers/ galore who have let Satan get hold
of her to sift her as wheat I'm the dark
ness OF this earthly threshinx floor Mean
time we hear her bravely singing her
hopes into her heart, but in most
pathetic voice. and amid tears. at the
crossroads chapel,
We are not dividedl
All one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
One in charityl"
Can that coprosefo,, - .,..a- . -,
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Canal Zone Criminals

Treatment of criminals at the canal
zone is discussed by Edward T. Devine.
who gives, III the Survey, his impressions
of social and civic problems at the 18TH
mus. lie says:
There are some 100 convicts IN the PEN
ltontlary on an average and they are san-
rloyed largely in road building and other
outdoor work. They wear the striped
clothing Of the states prison tradition.
Also. alas for the first three months.
While at work, they wear the ball and
chain. which saves guards. and as the
chief of police thinks. some lives for II
the convicts were not chained tile guards
would have to shoot more freely when es-
cape is attempted.
''The ball and chain and the striped
clothes are rough means OF classifea-
ton. but It seems little hard on man
sentenced for three months that the most
exemplary conduct secures graduation
from the lowest grade only on the ex-
piration Of his term.
AN army officer was once conveying
some military eonvicts from Fort SMELL
ing to Fort Leayenworth, all of whom
were heavily encumbered with ball and
cEdln. INel came 10 place III tnHHS-
ing trains where il was necessary either
TO cross a trestle. which the prisoners
could not do IN their chains. or make a
long and tedious detour The officer did
not relish the prospect and said as much.
whereupon the leading spirit among the
prisoners. after a look Of free masonry
among his comrades. said: Captain, if
you don't mind, just to accommodate
you, we Will take these things off With
out further permission or assistance they
sat down and pulled off their boots and
the irons, carried them across the trestle
and then all in good humor and patience
put them ON again. They had some mis-
givings as 10 whether other Fort Smell
ing prisoners might not lose the advan-
tsge of the arrangement which they had
had with the accommodating blacksmith,
"'rhe canal authorities might possibly
find that il they would let their conNcts
slip off the chain they would NOT only
build more road. but would also get
more safely over the difficult bit OF road
which separates the life OF criminal
from that OF a law abiding eItizsA"
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his most trusted men. conspiracy was
Matching 10 leave him to his fate, make
their way to the coast, some 10 return
TO Spain others to JOIN in new adeea-
ture' in Peru. To satisfy himself fully
OF conditions, he Quietly slid about the
camp under cover of darkness TO gather
what information he could. Among his
men were some who had deserted Pizarro
at juneture, and DeSoto was prepared
Tor the worst. This was the trial of his
eventfu life. lie did not know who
We're his friends. or whether he had any
The crisis was extreme
Turning the matter over in his mind.
Desoto finally revolved on a course He-
had been negotiating with certain IN
dians with a view Of founding a Spanish
settlement in that region. and had gone
so far as to send an Indian agent to
Qchus where the plans of colonization
were to be arranged. 1t was at that
time, and at Ochus, that his men pro-
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Il HAVE not maintained continuity of
thought throughout these papers on
the subject of Our English. and I am
aware of it, l have preferred to indite
my thoughts as they should come TO me.
There is one advantage In this method,
which, suppose, has been noticed-it ad-
mits of the greatest variety, which is not
only the "spice of life," but of newspaper
articles as well. shall follow my own in
oinations in the present paper.
There are many words and phrases that
we all use daily which are associated
with the names of men and places. or
With facts and Incidents knowledge of
which would intensity our interest in
them, and lead, in many cases, to a prop
er use of them, which does not char
acterize our conversation now.
A friend was reading deed to an ad-
joining farm few days ago and came
upon the words Running down the river
which meanders in an easterly direction,
etc. He asked. "Who ever heard of a
rivers meandering?" / assured him that
The word was the proper one and more
correctly applied to a river than to any
thing else. We get the word from the
Meander river a winding and crooked
stream that flows into the Aegean sea
after making innunerable curves. From
the winding of the river the name be-
came an adjective, and applied to almost
anything following an irregular course
1t is used in art, and in embroidery to
describe certain patterns of curved or
winding lines. Lord Bacon uses the ad-
sective "nisandry," saying, THE river
styx with crooked and meandry turnings,
encircleth the palace, etc" In The Temp
est we find the word, also, applied as
originally. To say as ] have heard, II
shall meanders homeward." is hardly a
proper use of the word meander, unless
the speaker has taken on moro than
lie can walk straight under
Dryden in his Art of Poetry says,
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The silhouette is profile picture ,ut
from black paper. 1t is SO called from
Etienne Silhouette, minister of finance
in France In 1883. His rigid economy
prevented national bankruptcy, ana
caused his name to become a synonym
for everything cheap. This method OF
taking ones picture, costing practically
nothing, therefore, was called by the
name of the minister of finance Sill
horette Is frequently used as a verb, as
The mans dark form was silhouetted
against the bright sky
The number of such words is very great,
hut shall not mention others now. Some
thing has happened
I looked out of the east window 1ust
now and saw tho peach trees covered
with pink blooms, and I cannot resist
the call of the beauteous blossoms. The
nimble air is fragrant with a thousand
sweet odors. Cherry trees are white as
snow. Butterflies, looking like bits OF
floating jonquils, are on the wing and
trembling zig gag in the air. and now and
then may he heard the unobstrusive note
of the blue bird as he sings to his
sweetheart This Is not day to be
writing. Blossoms. birds. and the beauty
OF nature call. l must go and stroll over
ficlds, through orchards. and down to
the honeysuekle embowered spring Here's
my faithful airedaie dog. GeclSo ready
for a tramp. His eyes are flashing with
prospective fun. He may start he
lated hare or tree lingering squirrel
o. how beautiful everything is today
among the hills OF old Virginia.
"The roses nowhere bloom so white,
As in Virginia.
The sunshine nowhere shines so bright,
As in Virginia.
The birds sing nowhere quite so sweet,
And nowhere heafts so lightly beat
For heaven and earth both seem to meet,
In old Virginia"
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posed to revolt. Goaded 10 the extreme.
Desoto proposed to make a bold show Of
authority and force. 1t was now Just a
month since the battle. and his men
had SO far recovered that he could take
up the line Of march. lie disclosed his
plan to no one, but on the morning Of
November IS. he suddenly issued an order
to get every thing in readiness for the
marchl His men did not know but he
would turn southwark, but to their aston
ishment he turned toward the north. He
accompanied the peremptorv order with
a threat to Kill any man on tile spot
who would dare resist This was un-
like anything that had occurred since the
march began. and it took the men quite
off their guard. Before the troops could
confer or consult they were on horseback
and strung out in line of march. It was
a stroke to take them more unawares
than they had proposed to take him. He
really was without due authority The
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HEART TO HEART TALkS--By James A. Edgerton

of the idealism that is found among this
people They knew likewise that this
idealism has been the most powerful
factor making for our material progress
and achievement. What will surprise
them Is that the discovery of 1t should
have proved a revelation. to a thinker
and student such as Professor Bergson
They took it for granted that all the
world knew
The misinformation In Europe concern
ing things American constitutes the
eighth wonder of the world.
Europeans judge us by the superficial
weeks and then write books about u.s.
They also measure us by our millionaires
and near millionaires, who. going abroad
and not knowing just how to act, COM
promise by spending money.
The real American type is found among
those of moderate means rather than
among the excessively rich, among those
who stay at home rather than those who
go abroad.
There are no people on earth more
packed with idealism and sentiment than
our matter of fact, joke loving, practical
hard headed Americans. The world thinks
of us as money grubbers, worshipers of
the golden calf, materialists. In some
degree we have given ground for this
estimate, yet it represents but half
truth.
At heart we are idealists following
vision of democracy, bent on having an
equal start in the race toward life. liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
1t was idea1lsm that wrote the Declara-
ticn Of Independence idealism> that stood
for sailors rights, idealism that preserved
the union and freed the slave. idealism
that liberated Cuba, idealism that framed
a government which became ,the model
for republics the world around, idealism
that cheated our tremendous material
and national development
AS it is with nations, so with indi-
yiduals No man can win big success
unless he is practical idealist, unless
he sees principles and cleaves to them
In working out his career.
Have a great ideal and keep 1t whole
and clean. 1t will prove day star to
lead you to the heights.
Have you heard the story Of James
J. Lynch and Thomas Morris? It is
q real life story, but u better than most
fiction.
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will in time regain his lost blood and
his strength and he will be stronger
in courag ge. spirit and soul than ever
before.
:. A body of agricultural activities
never yet given the efficiency of great
business undertakings or served as II
should be through the instrumentality
of science taken directly to the farm
From President Wilson's inaugural ad -
dress.
The great crops of last year were the
results not only of good season, but
of the beginnings of scientific agricul-
ture
They We're but the beginnings, how
ever. We have vet a long way to go
on that road before we reach the linz
its of possible ,attainment in the mat
ter OF crop yield.
Before we have gone very far in that
direction there is every reason to be-
lieve that the bounteous yield of last
year may be doubled or even trebled
Already the boys corn clubs of the
south have shown something of what
may be accomplished.
These lads were stimulated by the
offer of prizes. They Increased the
yield per acre SO amazingly as to as
tonish the old time farmers
AS a result of their example agri-
culture has been advanced throughout
the south, and this has affected not only
corn, but other crops.
In Kentucky the average number of
bushels, Of corn per acre was so much
greater in 1912 than ever before that it
caused comment throughout the nation.
and the credit was given to the boys
corn clubs.
Splendid work also is being done by
the agricultural department at Wash
ington. by the experiment stations, by
the agricultural colleges and by the in
structors that travel from county to
county in many OF the states.
In the last analysis. however. the
work Of Improvement lies with the in
dividual farmer. Others may tell him
how, but he must make their ideas his
own and do the work
More careful selection of seed, study
of soils, more thorough preparation OF
the ground, better seeding. more liberal
and 1udicious use Of fertilizers, crop ro-
eatlon ana more assfduous cultivation
az of these faeteFs entsr into the pro-
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TINE runner who pounds ahead and
strains to his very> utmost on the
last lap, making still an extra
spnrt, though the world goes black and
the sky reels, exemplfies the quality
needed for winning any race.
lie has grit.
The man who in the midst of his ruined
fortunes pulls himself together and starts
all over again. determined to pay every
dollar he owes and to win back all he
has lost and then some, reveals the same
quality.
He has grit.
1t is said that "God hates coward
lie also hates a quitter.
Sand is used by the engine driver to
make his wheels stick to the track. Sand
is also needed by the Individual man to
make him stick to the track.
The man who is good loser is1iable
in the end to be a good winner. He
doesn't whine over his temporary de-
feat. but makes ready for the next heat.
He has grit.
The race is not to the swift alone nor
the battle to the strong. 1t is to those
who never let go.
In race between grit and brillancy
grit may fall behind at the start, but
will be found at the front on the last
lap, and it is the last lap that counts.
Sir Walter Scott was a great novelist
who charmed and is yet charming the
world. Yet he was never greater than
when in his great financial failure he
bucled to work to retrieve his ruined
fortunes.
He won because he had grit
Mark Twain was perhaps the foremost
humorist in the worlds history. He made
all nations happier Yet Mark Twain
was more. He repeated the feat of Sir
Walter Scott, and to the worlds appre-
citation and laughter was added respect.
1t was tribute to his grit.
The man who wins Is the one who
does not stop at one rebuff or a hum
dred In fact, he does not stop at all.
He has grit.
Professor Henry Bergson, the French
philosopher. recently delivered several
lectures in New York. The World of that
city said of him.
What Professor Bergson particularly
found to admire here was the idealism
nf the American people, which was q
positive revelation to him.
Most Americans who think already knew
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ORY-MURMIJRlNG AND MUTINY-By B. F. R

OF Greene. near the eastern border Of
Pickens county.
Five days more brought tho troop 10
the Little Tombeckbee. within the region
Of Lowndes county. Mississippi. and the
spsniard WAS the more surprised. In
view Of the Imposing advantages Of the
section that the population was 90
sparse 1t was due TO the fact that the
Indian Stunned the deep mud Of the
prairies He sought the uplands on which
to dwell and descended to the plains only
at certain seasons in search of> game
with which 10 replenish his stores for the
winter.
Again at the Little Tombeckbee the In-
dams showed marked signs of histility.
hut DeSoto sought to avoid battle, and
sent a friendly Indian across to nego-
tate with them. Him they killed within
sight of the Spaniards and then strangely
fled TO the woods. DeSoto now crossed
In leisure. lie had reached the boundary
of Mississippi. but the final act OF the
tragedy was yet to come
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once remarked in effect that the brav-
est soldier is he who trembles before the
| danger, but who goes In and does his
duty despite his trembling.
The man who Is afraid but who faces
the music, has moral bravery, which is
the only sort that counts in the last
analysis,
Honesty and nervel Tie 6ne viii keep
man straight himself, and the other
will enable him to face his crooked as
socats and defeat or expose him.
Success is a cube. The eight corners
are:
Integrity.
Courage.
Vision.
Energy.
Ability.
Invention.
Interest
Perseverance,
And the greatest of these are integ-
rity and courage, which are but other
names for honesty and nerve.
The burning glass furnishes an illus
tration that should be studied by every
one who would make the most effective
useNof his mental powers.
The glass concentrates the suns rays
to one point
Every man needs mental burning
glass.
SO long as his powers are diffuse they
will be as powerIess as the sunshine
but when brought together TO a focal
point something will happen.
The men who accomplish things are
those who can shut out all the world
and bring their whole minds to the con-
sideration OF one subject. 1t is only
so that they can pierce It through like
tire burning glass.
One of the greatest intellectual pleas
ures is to take UP any problem. analyzs
1t, pick 1T to pieces. look all over, under
and through it. find out everything about
it--in word, master it,
Thomas A. Edison is perhaps the great
est inventor In the worlds history be-
cause he has the power of concentration.
He shuts himself up with his problem.
often without food or sleep. until he has
gained complete mastery of its every de-
tall.
BY concentration we can even affect the
action OF some given part OF the body.
We can affect the -beating-of the heart,
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LMosT is months of hardship nov

A L.MosT IS months of hardship now
"A lay behind the expedition. They
= had been months of almost super
human endurance. Exposure ~ rain and
cold wading through tangled swamp
and swimming numerous streams. under
going hunger, fatigue and sickness, kept
in constant anxiety by day and by night
throughout the march, climbing hills and
mountains. fighting frequently without
Knowledge of the strength of the foe,
without any means of intercommunica-
tion with home-this briefly tells the
story What had they gained? Their
ranks were thinned. their luggage large
" gone. they were worn down by long
marches, many of their comrades were
in their graves, and not grain Of the
precious metal was yet found They had
stahed their fortunes on the quest, and
these young Castilians were now showing
signs of hostile restlessness.
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In many sections mixed farming
that is, the raising of live stock as well
as crops-will increase the farmers S
profits.
In the past we have been, on the
our resources are becoming exhausted,
and We are paying the penalty.
The time has come when the farmer
must use business efficiency and scien-
tific methods.
And he cannot take these from the
theoIist, but must himself put them IN
practice.
| recently heard Of man being
chosen to a responsible position, and
the two points concerning which his
references were questioned We're his
honesty and nerve.
Special training is important, but a
man may be ever so well equipped and
still be a crook. If so his special
knowledge may make him all the more
dangerous.
But If he is straight and possesses
moral courage he can gain the training
and knowledge necessary.
His foundations are sound, and the
superstructure can be reared in safety
II he lacks these cornerstones of char
acter, however, the edfice he erects will
be in constant danger of collapse.
IT is like the house builded upon the
rock and the house builded upon the sand
When the storm of adversely or tempta-
tion comes. as come ii may with all, which
mouse do you think will stand and which
will go down?
Honesty and nerve! You may strip
man of everything except these two and
he will still be a tower of strength.
II is in the power of each OF us to have
these two requisites of success.
They do not depend on acquired knowl-
edge or even on intellect. They depend
alone on purpose and will.
Employers are coming more and more
to demand these fundamentals of char
acter.
Any man can be honest Even IL he has
made slips in the past. each day is a
new day, and he can resolve TO be honest
every moment of his future.
Money honestysis not enough He must
he honest with himself. claim nothing
he does not possess. seem only what he
Is.
Any man can have nerve. Napoleon
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children, because the tune, like our Dixie
is easily caught. But how few under
stand an allusion in the doggerel sug-
gested by an Italian word? Let's see--how
does it go
Yankee Doodle came to town,
On a little poney-
Stuck a feather in his hat,
And called him macaroni.'
Why call him "macaroni?" Well it
doesn't matter very much if you do not
know, and yet, II a thing is movable,
why not know it? About the middle of
the eighteenth century there We're num-
ber OF men In London who had Travelled
in Italy, and, being pleased with italian
customs, they formed club whose men,
bers were to assume Italian costumes,
manners and methods of living. They
were a club of fops. dandies, and insult
ferable bores. One writer said, The
macaronies were the most exquisite fops
that ever disgraced the name. of man"
So, Yankee Doodle Dandy decorated him
self with a feather, stuck it into his cap,
and called himself macaroni, a fop,,
coxcomb, dandy. Ole of the Maryland
regiments. in the Revolutionary war, had
such brilliant uniforms and flashing orna-
ments that they were called .'AIaca-
rones."
This reference to the Maryland regi-
ment reminds me of another regiment
and its gift TO the world. Our grand
fathers wore 'cravats;" we in this day
wear ''necktes"-the same things with
another name. The cravat was adopted
as an article of a mans attire in 1886.
1t was worn by the French light horse
regiment, who affected the style of the
Cravates, or, as they are now called, the
Croats a people belonging to the Aus
trian empire, formerly a very snowy and
brilliantly dressed folk.
There is another style Of necllNyear
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the warmth of particular point, the
health of an organ.
1t is matter of organizing our forces
and directing them to one point
And ON it depends mental efficiency
on IL depends success
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Have you heard the story Of James
J. Lynch and Thomas Morris? 1t is
a real life story, but II better than most
fiction.
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Can that confession be made faota