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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
IHE FIRST BALE Of TEXAS 1878 COTTON
Grown at Lyford, Texas, in Cameron
County, by E. IA. sorrenson.
Sold at Houston for $e05.

tIo,,..n, nv Tba first hole of
1910 aa..a, a,,nnoa nn.otlv into town
T 1 s ,orn;pa ha avnross almost
-. no9sAa ... ~ sas;aa ~ sahadn,ed lime
WV noA'n ss reara ramaron
~ "a9 $50 - a..s.aon ainnaa
Soun ~ ,,,, - ~. $500 hn n
~ ~ . a. ea - @ .sa.s ~ w n r,ova.
-. - son ~ ,Ia 80
'au = ooas y 1-oa .,.a4
AN auc',on saie ~ aouo, u n a. ."ss
paie was neiu inm.uia,.i5 on a.s :. :
. .. anu ai'el spl..sa Iiuue a ,aa,s
s ~ az, ooA, w ,n = n,e.a sS > oans b.,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Sensitive "Jeems.n

The Nuritches were very proud d
the English butler they brought bach
with them, and SO, you may suppose
they were not a little annoyed when
at the end of a month, he gave them
notice.
whats the matter, Parkeri You
have been here such a short timer
"Yessir. But you see when you en-
gagged me. | thought you was sparrt
grass and champagne people; but
when I found out that you eats CAB
bage, carrots and such like comna
Vegetables, and drinks beer, ! ses, "
|, this here amt no place for senl'
tive person like me. So must iean
you. carn't breathe q beery atnoF
phere."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
His Need of the Moment.

An old darby was encountered Ds
the expedition sent by Uncle Sam for
the relief of sufferers by the Missis-
sippi floods. Uncle Eph was In a
dllapidatetd looking skiff or dugout,
which he was having considerable
trouble to keep afloat. He was busy
padding with one hand and bailing
out his craft with the other when the
relief boat came within hailing dis
lance of him:
Hello there, uncle! What do you
want?"
Nothing but wings, boss," was the
answer.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Woman's Way.


John" she said, y have an avfsl
pain in my right side. Pm afraid Il,
APPENDICITIS"
Are your" he replied, without loo.
Ing up from his paper.
John" she walled q moment lats
Its getting worse"
is it," he asked, still interested i,
the sporting page.
John" she demanded why don't
you worry?"
Il am worrying, darn II! That's TIA
way with you women. 1t doesn't maxi
any difference how hard a man vor
ries, you're never satisfied unless i,
makes a noise about it"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Her Lucky Day.

Frances is only little girl, but she
has a quick mind and the gift Of Ian
guage that sometimes distinguishes
children who associate much with
their elders. The other day Frances
came home to her mother with cheeks
like roses and eyes like stars.
"Oh. mamma" she exclaimed, hap
PLY. 1--WE had the best luck thh
morning! l got downtown Just 1t
the psychological moment!"
did you, dear?" was mothers
pleased inquiry. And what hap
pened?"
Said Frances, solemnly: Il saw !
parade"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18

Hitchcock wrote the facts to the pres.
ident, urging that Underwood be ex-
cepted from the requirement because
OF his value to the department and
the eleven other reasons, the wife
and ten children. July ~, 1912, Mr..
Taft directed his promotion without
examination.
Governor Dockery recommended
Underwood's promotion to $1,000 a
year, effective July !. Postmaster
General Burleson has made the neces-
sary order. Meantime a daughter.
born in February, increased Under
woods family to thirteen.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
REAL MERIT HAS MADE
BONDS LIVER su,.

a household word through the sons
We have spared neither time :.
money in perfecting BONDS pills
for the cure OF Headaches. Ril0s
ness, Constipation, Malaria, and A.
liar ills. MERIT was our chief oh,...
Not how cheap" but how good :.
could make ttem. "
The extraordinary success !,
BONDS PILLS is due solely to Int.
MERIT, not to loud and misle,a,s.
claims Of CURING EVERYTHING :
ADV.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Safel

The McTavish family was dining.
and each member eagerly watched Mr..
McTavish carving the fowl, none so
eagerly however, as the dog. for that
intelligent animal never took his eyes
off the bird. Suddenly the knife
slipped and sent a fragment of poul
try rolling on the floor.
MIGHTY me-" cried McTavish, 1.-THE
leg. my own fayorite bit. The dog'l
get it."
mo, 1t won't, father" said the
youngest McTavish. Hell not get 1t
rye got my foot on it."-Youngs Mag
azine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
New Gin Near Midway,

Midway, Tex.--Another large gin
plant is being put in five miles east
of town to gin the river crop. This
will make four good outfits within
whistling distance Of Midway, and 1t
is thought that all viii be crowded to
the limit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
$4,000 Gin for Yeiasco.

Velasco, Textile people Of We
lasco have raised sufficient funds tc
buy and install $4,000 gin plant
Work viii start on the buil,.ing a.
soon as the blue prints arrive
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18

]. R. Maxwell Atlanta, Ga. says: s.!
suffered agony with a severe case OF
acsema, Tried six different remedies
and was in despair. when neighbor
told me to try Shuptrine's Tetterine.
After using So worth Of your Tetterine
and soap I am completely cured l cam
not say too much In its praise"
Tetterine at druggists or by mail Doc.
Soap CSC. J. T. Shnptrine, Savannah.
Ga, Adv
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
nnxs1prIAS AN,, cHrLBLAINs

AiIeviated and cured by the use OF
Tetterlne. 1t is an old established and
well known remedy for Eczema. Tet-
ter. Ground Itch (the cause OF Hook
worm Diseasel, Infant Sore Head.
Chaps, Chafes and other forms OF skin
diseases.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
RUR-MY.TlSM

Will cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, sprains, Bruises, Cuts
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptie
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
No. SIX-SlXTY.SIX

This is a prescription prepared -.
pecially for Malaria or Chilli a..
Fever. Five or six doses will b,,,.
any case, and II taken then as toni.
the fever will not return 25c-ia'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Their Kind.

These girls are very popular, un'
derstand, at the parish social gather"
ings." :,
Yes they are regular church
bellies" -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Natural,

"As soon as approach a bacs..
for my enterprise he flies from ma
"Well, don't you think it the ,,,
rral thing for an anger to fy~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18
Tonauls-Tled.

Money. talks"
II know, but my husband has an
tmpediment in his income"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18

FOR WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF Ape
EN TTTE.
Thu Old Standard general STRENGTHENING tonicI
faROyE'S TASTBLBsSc chill TONIC drives ont Ma
IaFs and builds up the system true so on ana
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-18

A man ought to feel satisfied with
himself when he feels that everybody
else Is, 43s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
Is 1t George Taylor:

On Tuesday of last week, man
claiming to be George Taylor. one
of the murderers of the Meeks fam
lily near Browning in 1894, walked
into the police station at st. Louis
and wanted to be locked up, saying
he was tired of hiding all the time.
1t will be remembered that William
and George Taylor were confined
execution, when George escaped and
has never been recaptured. Many
times men have been arrested in
different parts of the United States,
thought to be the fugitive, but each
time it has developed that the wrong
man was being held. The man now
being held is thought to be mentally
unbalanced and it may turn out that
he is not Taylor. The murder of the
Meeks family occurred on May II,
1894, east of Browning, Mo. Meeks
was a witness against the Taylors in
a case that was pending in the court
of that county The Taylors paid
him a sum of money to leave the
country, and with his wife and three
children he started in wagon and
was followed and murdered by the
Taylors.
Meeks was shot, while his wife
and two younger children were beat
en- to death with an ak. Nellie, the
oldest child was thought to have
been killed and was left for dead
under straw where the others were
buried. She crawled out several
hours later and her cries attracted
the attention of a farmer who was
passing along the road.
The authorities were notified and
it was not long until the whole coun-
try was aroused as the crime was
a most brutal one.
Suspicion at once pointed to the
Taylors, who succeeded in making
their escape, but were captured
some months later and brought back
for trial. They were easily, con-
victed of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged. Feeling
was high against the men and they
were taken to the Carroll county jail
for safe keeping, and it. was from
this Jail that George made his
escape. William was hung.-Prince-
ton Telegraph.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
THE ENGLISH SHIRE STALLION
M0u|tOn Lord Barry
1901 (2S995)

M.oulton Lord Barry is one of the
finest imported stations ever brought
to the state of Iowa. He was foaled
in the year 1909, a beautiful bay,
with white fore feet anu ankles and
white hind legs.
Will make the season of 1913 at
the LATE Mitchell barn in Leon, Iowa.
State Certificate No. 3842, Renewal
No. 377.
The pedigree of the stallion Moul-
ton Lord Barry, owned by j. d.
Brown, Leon, Decatur county, Iowa,
described as follows: Registered in
the American and the English Shire
Horse Stud Book. Breed, Shire.
Stud Book No. 1901 (2S995). Color
bay, marks white range, white fore
feet and ankles, white hind legs.
Foaled in the year 1909, has been ex-
amined in the Office of Iowa State
Department of Agriculture and it is
hereby certified that the said stallion
has been registered in the proper
stud book duly recognized by the
Iowa Department of Agriculture, Des
Moines, Iowa, and has been certified
to by DR.. F. G. Hume, Veterinarian,
as being free from hereditary, infec-
tiOus, contagious or transmissible
disease or unsoundness specified in
the Stallion Law. Dated at Des
Moines, Iowa, this 10th day of Feb
ruary, 1913. A. R. Corey, Secretary
Iowa State Department of Agricul-
ture.
TERNlS:-$15.OO to insure mare
in foal. Parties parting with mare
or removing from the community
forfeit the insurance and the ser
vice fee become due at once. Mare
and colt will be held for service
fee. Care will be taken to prevent
accidents but will not be responsible
should any occur.
j. ID. BROWN, Owner.
Pete Cruickshank, Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
SIS PER ACRE.
IMPROVED LAND. 100 ACRES OR
MORE.

We know that many farmers in
Iowa are looking for cheap land
suitable for farming where they can
raise good crops of corn, wheat, oats
and other grains; stock, fruit and
vegetables. We also know that these
farmers want to buy at a cheap
price, as cheap a price as is possible
to be had, and that many of them
desire homestead land. The best
homestead land has been filed on but
there are claims to be had in or near
good farming sections of country
ten miles of railroad stations. We
have one ranch of 100 acres for sale,
2 q miles from railroad station, with
fair buildings, 80 acres under plow,
balance hilly pasture land with six
head of horses, and farming machin-
cry for $4,000; $1,000 cash will
handle this proposition. We have
1000 acres, 5000 acres of which
can be cultivated, located about ten
miles from railroad station in Ore
gon, that can be had for SIS per
acre. For those desiring smaller
farms, several could come together
to purchase this land and secure it
al this very low price of SIS per acre,
and reasonable terms could be ar
ranged. Would be pleased to an
swer any questions you may ask re-
garding climate, and kind of crops
raised.
For information regarding cheap
lands, write
j. NJ. CURTIS,
314 Bankers Trust Bldg,
TACOMA, WASH.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
,llTHE TWO MAMMOTH JACKS
Billy Link and Frank CotCh

Will also stand the season of 1913
! att the Bechtel farm one half mile
J north of Decatur City.
ss Both of these animals are out of
Imported Jacks and are exceptional
ly good breeders. Parties who know,
state that this is the best pair of
/ Jacks ever brought to Decatur coun-
ty If you care to raise stock that
gets the money in the shortest time,
raise mules. Mules are always a
\ good price.
State Certificate No. 661.
The jack named Frank Gotch,
u owned by Charles Bechtel, Decatur
city, Decatur county, Iowa, describ-
ed as follows: color brown, mark
ings white points, foaled in the year
1910, is not of pure breeding, and
is, therefore, not eligible to registry
in any stud book recognized by the
1Qwa Department of Agriculture,
but has been certified to by DR.. F. G.
Hume, veterinarian, as being free
! from hereditary, infectious, contag-
fious or transmissible disease or I'M
soundness. Dated at Des Moines,
lewa, this 23rd day of April, 1913.
Y f. R. Corey, Secretary of Iowa De-
partment of Agriculture.
State Certificate No. 662.
\ The jack named Billy Link,
owned by Charles Bechtel, Decatur
\ CITY, Decatur county, Iowa, describ-
ed as follows: color black, mark
ings white points, foaled in the year
| NOS, is not Of pure breeding, and
is, therefore, not eligible to registry
in any stud book recognized by the
Iowa Department of Agriculture,
bu1 has been certified to by DR.. F. G..
Hume, veterinarian, as being free
from hereditary, infectious, contag-
kious or transmissible disease or I'M
Dated at Des Moines,
Iowa, this 23rd day of April, 1913.
LA. r. Corey, Secretary of Iowa De-
Bpartment of Agriculture.
Terms to insure colt to
stand and suck. Care will be taken
RESPONSIBLE should any occur. Par
ties disposing. OF mares or taking
them from the county, forfeit the in
and payable at once.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
VIZ will give TIL ee prizes at weaving
Etime. for the best colts from GIN
lsVOL UCRE' as follows:
tS15.OO first best; $1,000 second,
Nf$5.OO third.
will also give three prizes at
ming time for the best mule colts
II BILLY. LINK" and FRANK
tCH" as follows:
II h5.OO first; $1,000 second, and
y 30 third.
special day will be. appointed
IL Cthe awarding of the prizes and
II Twill have three competent judges
n make the decisions.
CHAS. BECHTEL.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
THE PERCHERoN STALLION
lNvOLUCRF No. 1889

/ will stand the season of 1913 at
the Charles Bechtel place, one half
mile north of Decatur City, Iowa,
known as the w. E.. Ammons farm.
. 1NVOLUCRE is a steel grey and is
"a tine animal with good bone, style
q and action. He was imported from
France in June, 1910, by c. G. Good,
on Ogden, Iowa, and is considered
one of the best stations ever brought
to this section. The horse is record
ed by the Percheron Society of Amer
lea and his number is 70853.
& State Certificate No. 61O0.
The pedigree of the stallion In
vaiucre. 70853 (7S839) foaled in the
year 1908, owned by Charles Bech-
tel, Decatur City, Iowa, has been
examined in the Office Of the Iowa
State Department of Agriculture and
1t is hereby certified that said stall
lion has been registered in the prop
eT stud book duly recognized by the
lhwa Department of Agriculture,
and has been certified to by F. G.
Hume, veterinarian, as being free
Fl from hereditary; infectious, contag-
lous or transmissible disease or un-
soundness specified in section three
Iof the law. Dated at Des Moines
y bis 18th day of March, 1913, A. R.
Corey, Secretary, Iowa Department
of Agriculture.
Terms-$10.O0 for service and
4 $500 to insure colt to stand and
suck. Care will be taken to prevent
accidents but will not be responsible
sHbuld any occur. Parties disposing
OF mares bred to this horse, or re-
. moving them from the country, for
felt the insurance and the fee be-
comes due and payable at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
ISLAND.

The pacing road stallion owned
by w. H. Wait will max the season
of 1918 at the ]. L. Mitchell baEn
in Leon, Iowa.
Certificate of SOundness.
The stallion named Island, owned
by w. H. Wait, Leon, Iowa, Decatur
county. Described as follows: Color,
bay; markings, star in forehead;
foaled in the year 1905, is not of
pure breeding, and is therefore, not
eligible to registry in any Stud Book
recognized by the Iowa Department
of Agriculture, but has been certi-
fled to by +. G. Hume, veterinarian,
as being free from hereditary, infec-
tious, contagious or transmissible d.
sease or unsoundness.
Dated at Des Moines, this End day
of May, 1913.
(SeaD A. r. COREY,
Sec Iowa Department of Agriculture.
TERMS:-$15.0 to insure live
colt. Care will be taken to prevent
accidents but will not be responsible
should any occur.
p. CRUICkSHANK, Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
500 Reward, 500 E

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medica!
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires q constitutional! treat
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system, there
By destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease. and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature Ia doing its work. The proprietors
have 80 much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that It fails to cure. Send
Tor list OF testim0niAl1.
Address r. ]. CHENEY. = CO., Toledo, Ono.
sold BY Ill Dfu9y1ata. 55c.
TIA Halps EA11y Pills for eo11tipAdoo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
THE GRADE JACK
Missouri Bill.

Missouri Bill is one of the best
jacks in the country. He was sired
by Leazenby's imported jack, foaled
in 1909, is brown in color with white
points, has extra good bone, stands
15A hands high, and is sure dandy
good one.
Will make the season of 1913 with
Axes barn at the Cesler barn in
LeoB Iowa.
Application has been filed for state
certificate.
Parties from a distance wishing to
breed to a good jack can come and
see Missouri Bill, and it they don't
say he is the best jack they have
seen in Decatur county will pay
them for their trip to see him.
w. III. AXES,
Owner and Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
J. o. WOODMANsEE
Osteopathic Physician.

Consultation and examination free.
Once at Woodmansee House one
block north Of square. Phone s. Of
dee hours 3 TO ! 2 q. ~. and 1 to p. n !,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings of the Board of Super.
vis0rs of Decatur County, Iowa.
May Session, 1913.
Monday, May 9th, 1913.

Board met in regular session,
present, Patrick Griffin, w.
NJ. Frost.
Board spent the day with road pc
titions, and hearing arguments.
At five o'clock board adjourned,
until eight O'Clock Tuesday morning,
May 9Th.
Patrick Griffin,
Chairman.
Attest:
r. E. Mclaughlin, Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15

All accounts due Gardner & IVAN
L. VanNostrand, are in the hands of
c. w. Hoffman for collection. Call
and settle at once. H. l.. VanNos-
trand will be found at q. w. Hoff-
mans office for the next ten days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
Attest:
Wednesday, May 9TH, 1913.

r. E. Mclaughlin, Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15

bUdlu UI sUEeI IsUIs We1II OUT anu
viewed hill on Leon-Decatur road
Board bought of Monmouth Bridge
Co. two bridges, one 7O-foot and one
40-foot span.
At five O'Clock board adjourned,
until eight o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, May 18th.
Patrick Griffin,
Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15

For any itching skin trouble,
piles, eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch,
scald head, herpes, scabies, Doan $
Ointment is highly recommended.
soc box at all stores.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15

Mrs. Goodwin. -. $3.50. 1916
Supply Store, merchandise
J. w. Morrell. -. .... 440
J. A. Sparkling, bounty on
wolves. 49,. 1000
r. r. Beck, board of review. $50
Patrick Griffin. board OF re-
view 49,. 49,. $50
John Since, bounty on wolves 1000
J. l.. Still, insurance for coun-
ty home. 2s.7o
A. w. Stearns, collector. 500
Arnold Gaunt, bounty on
wolves. -. 1900
c. P. Nicholson, repairing
bridge. -. ... ... $50
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-15
Attest:
Tuesday, May 9th, 1913.

r. e. Mclaughlin, Auditor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-05
Tanbark as a Fuel.

Perhaps the most important Of
waste fuels in the United States has
been spent tanbark. A rough estimate
would indicate that this material gen.
Grated few years ago an amount of
steam that would have otherwise re
quired the yearly consumption of
about 100000 tons of high grade coal.
Yet this valuable fuel was at one time
considered a mere detriment and an
expense to the leather industry. 1t
was disposed of by dumping it into
rivers, filling in waste ground and by
making roads with it, often necessitat-
ing the paying out of large sums for
its disposition. This strikingly illus
trates a case of how the improvement
OF furnace converted hitherto sup
posed combustible into valuable
waste fuel of the auto-combustible
class, and shows how an enormous
waste was converted into an equally
great economy. - Engineering Maya
zine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-05
GOOD ROADS FOLLOW FLOOD
Ohio Catastrophe Promises to Result
in Much. Better Highways In
That Section.

The truth of the old saying, Its an
Ill wind that blows no one good" is
no less well demonstrated, following
the great flood that swept over Ohio
and Indiana, than it has been after
every disaster the world has seen. In
the present case those who advocate
the transportation of merchandise by
motor trucks instead of by horse and
wagon, or rail methods, are the ones
who see great good to come out of
the flood, though they were no less
sympathetic with it's victims or
prompt in coming to their relief than
any others in the United States.
1t is the reconstruction of roads
and bridges destroyed by the great
sweep of waters that the motor truck
advocates are to benefit, according to
Vice-President G. w. Bennett of the
Garford company of Elyria, o. With
the work of rebuilding washed-out
roads and bridges completed, Ohio
and Indiana will have some of the
best truck highways in the country,
says Mr.. Bennett, basing his state
ment on information lately received
from Garford truck dealers in all
parts of the flooded district.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-06-05
FORGET the Failures.

AS time goes on and we go on with
it-more rapidly than we like-it be-
comes necessary to cling to the re-
membrance of a few things and let go
a great many others. The mind-the
average mind-has not room enough
to hold all that has been learned, OBJ
served, experienced in the course Of a
lifetime.
And the first things to forget are the
failures, the disappointments, the
crumbling of our idols upon their feet
of clay, the hard knocks dealt us in the
jostling concourse of the broad high,
way.
The things to remember are the
many blessings that have been our
portion from the beginning; the kind
face, the hospitable welcome, the
thought that YVES taken for us even
when we took no thought for our
selves, the sympathetic understanding
that outran our own and found an ex-
cuse for our shortcomings.
There is too much put into our
hands to do with each new day to
make it safe and wise for use to brood
upon bygones. To grieve merely to
make luxury of sorrow does not help
up, and does not help the needy world.