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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-04-24

every particle Of the bodily and
mental force she has, belong to
the man who pays her weekly
wages. Talk about comfort!
She does not know what it 10,
how many, many times she wish
es she were back on the farm.
May / now come to the last of
the superstitions above mention
ed, that of shame on account of
farm life? There, am persuad-
ed, is one Of the greatest reasons
why the girls choose anything
rather than farm life. They
look at their fathers and their
brothers and compare them with
the men and boys of the town
and they see that fathers hands
are rough and calloused with
hard work, and that the clothes
brother wears are not as fine on
week days as are those of the
boys down town. Living among
the cows, and the sheep, and the
horses, and the hogs does not
give them much time to think
of fine clothes or to read much of
what is going on in the world.
There is the comparison, and its
hurts o little bit to know that
her own clothes are not just as
neat nor are there as many of
them as has the girl from town.
And she Is q little bit ashamed
of it all and wishes she might
get away where folks have a
better chance to be somebody. "
Being somebody counts for 80
much, you know, sometimes!
Now we have the three things
before US. What shall we do
about it? The boys and girls are
going away from the farm. No
doubt about that.
Everywhere the young folks
are slipping away. The problem
is rs it a good thing to try to
keep the Young people2 If SO,
how shall it be done?
In the first place, it is worth
while to do all we can to keep
the young folks on the farm. We
do need them and we need the m
badly.
The men and women Of tomor.
row are going to be made out of
the life and the influence and
the thought and-the love of the
young folks Of today. If our
dear ones 60 someone will come
in their place. These will not
be just like our own boys and
girls. They cannot be. 1t takes
a generation or two to build up q
good strong, true manhood and
womanhood.
So it will pay to make the life
of the farm just as helpful and
just as attractive as we possibly
can. How can it be done? By
thinking more of the personal
appearance of everybody about
the farm. | know some kinds of
work cannot be done with a
white skirt on, but there are
pretty shirts that are not white,
and mother may have a neat
d-essy suit even if she is doing
h)usew ork. The boys and girls
may have things to wear that
will make them feel just as we'll
clothed as anybody down. town.
Then, too, there ought to be
good hooks and papers and music
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in every farm home. tits bet
ter to put some OF the money in.
to these things and keep the
boys and girls with us than TO
lay it away in the bank and lose
those We love so well. There
ought to benice attractive rooms
for everybody. The boys and
the. girls love pretty little things
that do not cost much, but which
do help to make the room at,
tractive.
Then, too, the farmer and his
wife ought to live BETTER than
they do. | don't mean eat bet
ter food, though that is a good
thing, but | do mean they should
get out mingle with folks more
and be part of the little world
in which they live. The farmer
is now the best citizen there is
in the country, he is going to be
still better! Thought, inven.
tive genius and the whole trend
of events are all the time push
ing him that. And he is quick
to respond. He is responding.
The reasons for the boy leav..
ing the farm are many. Orr
schools in the past have made
many mistakes in the training
they gave the boy. They edu.
Gated the boy away from the
farm rather than educate him
for the farm. Many times in my
life have | heard fathers and
mothers say, We want to give
our children a good education !;
we want them to be able to
make a living without work; we
would like for them to be a great
preacher, lawyer or doctor. !"
But seldom in my life have l
heard father say, II want my
son to make a farmer, the. mob
lest profession beneath the cano.
py of heaven" That is one
great reason for the boys and
girls leaving the farm and going
to the city. They hayn't re
ceived the proper parental train
ing. There are too many faith.
ers and mothers who look on
farming as u low calling and not
q profession. I'VE need more
producers and fewer consumers"
is the cry of the people today.
We need more educated farmers
who can demonstrate the facts
of science. We have too many
teachers and not enough demon
strators.
1t has always been a great mys-
terry to me why so many people
look on farming as a low calling
when all of our greatest men
come from the farm and like to
boast of it. Take the preacher,
the lawyer and any other profes.
sional man, and he likes to boast
about being raised on the farm.
The farmer is the very bone and
sinew of our government. Then
why should we be ashamed of
our profession and teach our
children that farming is an un.
thankful calling?
OF course we can't expect all
the boys to remain on the farm;
there is as much diversity in the
mind as there is in the DISPOSE.
ton. There is no use to try to
make a farmer out Of a boy who
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-04-24

Farmers Letter.
BY CAPT. 7. r. PECK


girls should turn their backs on
the old farm and all it's pleasant
things and be willing to do most
anything rather than stay on the
old placer Can it be they are
really ashamed of the farm? Or
do they think farm work does
not offer enough opportunities?
Beginning with this last prop
osition let me work back through
the list. ! believe the life of
the farm is just as well adapted
to bring a comfortable living as
anything a woman can do. 10
fact, know of one woman who,
although left alone in the world
after she was married to a far
mer and had three children took
the work on her own shoulders
and made fine success of it.
She is now the owner of good
farm all paid for and has put a
nice snm of money in the bank.
do not know of any better man
ager than she has always been.
She has kept cows and made the
butter herself and marketed it
There was always a good demand
for her product. Indeed, she
could not make enough to sup.
ply her trade. She made her
farm better and more produc-
tive as the years went by.
know the argument is some.
times brought up that where the
girl becomes the wife of far.
mer, altho he may make money
and do it with the help of a wife
she never has any part or lot in
the profits of the business. Ii
she has any money of her own to
spend. she must ask her husband
for II and it is given grudglngly.
Just,here is no doubt a strong
point of a fair distribution Of the
farm surplus. Somehow the
wifelought to have share of the
farm profits. An understanding
on this point in the beginning
would in most cases settle the
matter for all time. Few men
but are fair enough to acknow.
ledge the value of the wife 3
help Ia making and saving the
money.
The trouble is the farmer girl
won't give the farmer boy a
chance to win her and to make
this proposition to her. She
seems to prefer to 60 down town
and work in the shop awhile, or
teach school for a few years,
hoping all the time that some
fellow of the city will come
along and pop the question to
her, when she will settle down
and be lost to all save her own
very small circle of friends, and
have just as hard a time to get a
little ready money al she ever
would have done If she had be.
come the wife of acme good, true
farmer youth.
Going another step backward,
it seems to me that If farmer
girls really knew what they were
doing in the start they would
not prefer any other kind Of
work to that of the farm. In.
deed, lots or girls | know who
have tnraed their backs on the
farm and gone away to do some.
thing else would be very glad to
get back to the old free, happy
life on the farm if they only,
could. That is it. The way is
hedaed mp. Pride says, Don't
sou do it! Folks will laugh at
you If you dol" So they stick
to'itand finally take up with the
first. fellow that comes along,
good, bad, or Indifferent, and
then are sorry for it as long as
they live. There does seem to
be q certain fascination about
the town or city-when it is
viewed from afar off, No sweet
er pasture than that over the
fence! Get there, z however,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-04-24

We have fine line of ladies
and children ready to.wear dress
ca, waists, skirts, kimonos, 10 to
% per cent saving W. F. Han.
cock.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
TELEGRAPH1C
NOTES

San Francisco, Feb. 3.-Maury /.
Diggs. former state architect, pleaded
not guilty to a charge of committing
an assault upon Ida Fearing. seven.
teen-year-old daughter of a physician.
He furnished bonds for his release.
New York, Feb. 3.-Benjamin F..
Funk, millionaire vice-president of the
Funk & Wagnalls company, dropped
dead In gymnasium at 200 Fifth ave
nue.. He was sixty-four years old.
Violent exercise in the gymnasium is
believed to have brought on an attack
of heart disease.
Baltimore, Md, Feb 5-Robert C.
Bremner, the New Jersey congress-
man who is suffering from a malignant
cancer at a sanitarium here, was re-
ported to be dying. Radium applica.
tions have been discontinued
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
EPlLOGUE.

Once more with Jesse in Cathedral
Grove! The breath of evening stirred
its tangled coral, the long needles
clustered in globes were swaying as
censors sway. with heavy incense.
Beyond the purple night swept up
over glowing cliffs to where the upper
forest, like an edge of flame burned
against deeps of sky.
Come to the hilltop: blackbird Choir.
listers
Peal their clear anthem to the knee!-
ing gorse."
Jesse lay dreaming while sang TO
him. Crisp silvered hair, and the
deeply. craven lines of his dear face,
gave him at RESI- a sweet sad dignity;
but presently he would look up. his
big mouth humorous, his eyes alight
with fun, a man of commanding power
matured in wisdom. in sympathy, and
yalor to lead his fellows.
Through the east window OF the
grove, / could see little procession
of my closest friends pass on their
Sunday stroll. First came Pete, i'll at
ease in his Sabbath suit Of blacks. and
with him, arm In arm, was Mrs. Pete
in silk, full-skirted, prickly. and 30
very grim. Then Billy passed slowly
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14

ace of evil in the night had vanished
| felt an immense relief. with hands
wet. mouth parched. knees shaking.
and great need of tears | knew the
strain had been beyond endurance, but
now 1t was gone, although a velvet
darkness closing round me, black night
swinging round me, sickness must
not faint, when had to fight. to keep
command, to set an example worthy
of Jesse's wife. And there was sit
ting in my chair, with drops of sweat
forming and pouring on my forehead.
had found and lighted the candle, and
was holding the flame in the palms OF
his hands till it steadied and blazed
up clear Buck up, missus," he was
saying "Cheer-oh. Don't let EN- know
you swoomed. Grab on to the cross.
and make it proud Of you. That's
right. Laugh, mum! Laugh, Wish
I'd half yer grit"
had come to myself and only Billy
knew, who was loyal. AS the candle
bering like some toothless mask of
yellow india-rubber, but that nurse
still kept up her silly screaming I'M
til l ordered her to shut her mouth,
which she did in sheer surprise.
There lay Polly prone across the
doorway on her face, racked with con-
vulsive sobs, until feeling, / suppose,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
"TELEPHONE" FOR THE DEAF
Letters and Numbers TO Be Flashed
on Buttons by ara Electric Key
board, II tho idea.


An optical telegraph intended to ill
the place Of the telephone for talking
with a deaf person has recently been
invented by a deaf and dumb married
couple of Berlin, Germany. 1t consists
essentially Of keyboard. as in type
writer, through whose keys single cleo
trio currents pass. In each circuit is
included an incandescent lamp with n
fiat surface. bearing letter OF the
alphabet or Roman mineral. Press
ing any key causes the corresponding
lamp to glow. Thus words and sen.
fences are spelled out and numbers are
formed
The keyboard can be operated as fast
as that of an ordinary typewriter, 30
that with practice communication be
comes very smooth and rapid. Each
station. OF course, must contain both a
sender and a receiver and these may
be in different rooms or In houses Z
long distance apart.
The instrument can be conveniently
1sed for conversation between deaf
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
Earth Eatinn

Earth eating is a habit often OBJ.
served in India, and is very widely
distributed 1t often manifests, itself
as a symptom Of disease or perverted
appetite, but among many healthy
people it is regular habit. In addi-
tion to India. the Soudan, China and
the Malay archipelago are mentioned
as places where the custom prevails,
but these by no means exhaust the
list. 1t is said that in Siberia and
Lapland, earth consisting Of the fos-
SLICED siliceous shells of diatoms is
mixed with meal to make kind of
-four 1t is also said that the Anus
of Japan used to eat a paste made of
a mixture of diatomaceous earth. The
Indians OF Guatemala eat a yellowish
edible earth containing sulphur, not
so much as food, but as a prophy-
Tactic against disease There are peo-
pie in Bengal who regard the fine
earth OF which anthills are built as a
delcacy, and the explanation has been
suggested that the flavor is due to
q digestive fluid added to the earth
by the ants to make it more easily
worked.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
CHAPTER vi.-contlnued.

For the next hour was busy rem
dering the last services, in haste, for
the lamp had most peculiar smell.
/ took it away and lighted candles, but
II was not the lamp. Spreading the
Union Jack upon the bed, bolted
from that room. For a time sat in
the dininghall but could not stay
there. Even in the barroom | still had
TO fight off something intangible. a
sense of being watched. PRESENT..
ment Of evil coming swiftly nearer.
Closing the door which led into the
house. ] opened that which gave
upon the yard, then placed a Pickering
candle on the counter, and my chair
In front OF it facing the darkness.
In the presence Of the dead which
makes their resting places serene with
quiet beauty, instinct with tenderness
toward all living hearts That pres.
ence had entered the good log house, a
home of human warmth. OF kindly
comfort. made holy, Consecrate, where
people would hush their voices, con
strained to reverence.
And in the gracious monotone oil
the rain, compound Of voices joined in
requiem, felt soothing melancholy
beauty. knowing well how peace not
of this world had come into the home
stead.
But outside that, beyond, In the
dread forest, threat, n menace filled
the outer darkness. Fear clutched al
my heart, presentiment told me o.
evil, of instant danger Then. as
though the horror/in the night moved
other hearts as well as mine. the
Chinese cook came cropping his way
through the dining.hall and humbly
scratched at the door. ] let him in
and he crept to stool in the neal
corner. whispered to him
Are you frightened. Sam?"
TOO plenty much" he quavered
me fitened bad"
He lighted his pipe and seemed
like me, TO be eased by human com
pany Once only he moved. and In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
EXCLUSION BILLS ARE LOST
Congressman Put Aside Party and De-
feat Measure Aimed at the
Jananese.

Washington, Feb. lied by the
patriotic speeches of Representatives
Mann, SABBATH and Rainey of Illinois
and Sherley of Kentucky, the house on
Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated all
Asiatic exclusion amendments-to the
immigration bill. An amendment pro.
passed by Representative Raker of Cal
i;ornia to exclude all persons living
east of line drawn through the Red
sea and the Ural mountains was beat
en- by vote of 1S2 to 6. and was fol-
lowed Immediately by the defeat of
the Hayes amendment. excluding all
representatives of the brown. black
and yellow races by vote of 2Oi to
81.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14
DECLINES RUSS POST
HENRY N. PINDELL REFUSES AM-@
BAssApoRsHlP.
Letter From President Pays High
Tribute to the Peoria Qli)
Editor.

Washington. Feb. 4.-Henry NJ. Pin
dell of Peoria, who was recently nomi-
mated and confirmed as ambassador 10
Russia, has declined the appointment
according to letter to the president.
made public at the White House on
Monday.
In reply to the resignation. the
president expressed his unqualified
confidence in Mr.. Pindell's ability.
character and entire suitability for
the Russian post. Mr.. Pindell's letter
follows:
Dear Mr. President: ] deeply APP
preciate the honor you have done me
in nominating me ambassador to Rus
STA and the very great compliment
paid me by the senate in confirming
the nomination by unanimous vote.
had hoped and confidently expected
when you asked me to accept the post
that ] could do so at once and take
up the work at a very early date.
Il am. therefore, the more embar-
raised to find that circumstances have
arisen which will render it impossible
for me TO undertake the mission.
Il have. as you know, been put in
a very false light by certain gross
Misrepresentation in the public
press and while 1t is true that these
have been cleared away and the nomi-
nation accepted in its true light after
thorough and dispassionate investi-
cation, l feel that it would be more
delicate for me TO decline the APP
pointment than to accept It, No con-
troversy of this kind should surround
the appointment OF an ambassador to
country which cannot be expected
to be familiar with the real circum-
stances as they are known at home.
There should be nothing personal to
talk about or explain there as far as
the ambassador himself is concerned.
Il beg, therefore, that trusting me
TO be guided by my own instinct in
this matter, YOU will accept my as
surances of deep gratitude for the
honor you have sought TO do me and
permit me, with genuine regret, but
with 10 hesitation of Judgment. to
decline the appointment
With sentiments Of distinguished
consideration, believe me to be, Mr..
President, yoGr obedient servant. =,
HENRY NJ. PINDELL.h
The president reply follows
Dear Mr.. Pindell: Your letter
does great credit to your delicate
sense of propriety and serves to in
crease, if that were possible, my adj
miration for you and my confidence in
your eminent fitness for the mission
which you now decline.
Il can but yield to your Judgment
in the matter because 1t Is clear to
me that, feeling as you do, whether
you are fully justified in that feeling
or not, you would not be comfortable
or happy in the post. therefore can
not insist. You will allow me, how
ever, hope. to express my deep re-
gret
Cordially and sincerely yours
WOODROW WILSON"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14

the flashing rain on her back, she rose
wild animal crawling to shelter, while
behind her stretched trail of wet
and blood stared until in shame she
sat up, still for all the world like
an animal lost to human feeling, and
to woman's dignity, until as she looked
at me wan shamed smile seemed to
apologize. She sat back then against
the log wall, limp, relaxed with weak
ness
Nurse" ! called, still with my gaze
on Folly, this woman is wounded
You are nurses You claimed to be
nurse"
But Miss PaAten INDUCED IN hys-
terics, so turned to Billy. Run into
the house. get the hip bath, warm
water, blankets, bandages."
Aye, aye, num-" he touched his
forelock, and swinging the Chinaman
grunted. and hustled him off on duty.
Polly looked up, trusting me with
her tawny bloodshot eyes Her voice
was a dreary hoarseness, demanding
liquor But with an open wound, to
quicken the hearts action might be
fatal, and Polly knew well it was no
use pleading. Instead of that she
pointed at the nurse. and said. Send
that away"
turned up,m Nurse Panton who sat
forsaken and ostentatious in her cor
ner Co." | said, "and make beef
tea"
Sniff
took her by the shoulders. and
marched her out OF the room, while
Polly grinned approval. came back
and asked where she was wounded.
She pointed to the left hip, but dared
not remove any clothing which might
have caught and sealed the flow of
blood A sole diet of alcohol and
months OF neglect had made her condi.
tlon such that shrank from touching
her
so you're Kate" she lay against
the bottom log Of the wall. head back,
eyes nearly shut, looking along her
hose AT me, 'CarrOty nate.
Her own tawny hair. draggled, and
hung in snakes. was streaked with
dirty gray.
"Ye took Jesse" she said In weary
scorn, so ruined him. Then this
Brooke, he fell in love with yer. so I
murdered him. Take everything, give
nothin'; that's you, Carrots. give
nothin'. That's you, Carrots, give
nothin' away. not even drink. And
gave everything.
so you're good. and I'm bad; you're
heightened society. and I'm poor
sporting lady. oh, saw ye lift yer
skirt away when ye passed-calling
yerself a Christian, when Just one
word OF Christian kindness would
have saved the likes of me-
"Ye needn't look over my head as II
wasn't there. I'm no fairy. amt
no dream. I'm facts. and ye'd better
face 'em. Sisters OF Sorrow they
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-02-14

calls US. who gave everything. who
gave ourselves.
And you good women pride yer
selves In virtue, which amt been
tempted. Your virtue never been out
doors in the rain. gettin' wet. Your
virtue never been starved and froze
or fooled and betrayed. Your colors
amt run, cause they've never been
to the wash. You don't know good
from evil, and you set thar judgin' me
Tears running down yer face, eh ?
You think you struck it rough when
you came up agin me. Poor Carrots
playin' Christian martyr. ] done you
good If you know'd it. I'm all the
schoolin' you got in real life. i walked
We from dreams to Twin. And you an
me is women, sisters in pain | wish'd
I'd auburn hair like your'n, Kate. and
a baby David to favor me with hair an
eyes. And IL I'd had home! But
didn't get fair show ever. and every
time | done good. / got 1t In the necn.
Well, what's the odds?
1T wasn't you brung me down, Kate.
Don't cry like that, dear. 1t don't
matter. Nothing matters. 1t was this
Brooke which done for me, not you
or Jesse. Brooke's only thing |
took in like lost dog cause he was
hungry He said he'd manage my
business, and he shorely did---invested
all I'd got in n governess, and bon
frn at MathCnn'c n OF ~
mules. Then he fooled widow down
to Ashcroft to start him running a
tourist joint, and | was to be turned
out, And he fell in love with you.
Il guess that's all, excep' l got to
tell you one thing. II was nursing
the sick men KEEP me straight all them
years, KEEP me from drink. You see |
was meant for nures, trained for a
nurse until-until-well, never you
mind. Brooke stopped the nursing,
and drank. I'm only nurse gone
wrong.
Eyes, your eyes is wonderin' why
they don't come back with them ban
dages, and the bath. Don't worry
about that cause I'll be dead by day
break. Jesse loved yer. Brooke
loved yer, and somehow. well, I'm
kinder ranging that way myself. And
IL go, you'll get back Jess, eh?"
Rallying what courage had left, I
knelt down and kissed my sister, my
poor sister For moment / let her
stroke my carroty hair. which she
liked. Then ran TO hurry my people
to bring the beef tea, the hot water,
the bandages. ] found that wretched
nurse OBTAINING Billy and the China
man, with some pretensc that must
not be disturbed | was telling he-
to get out of my sight, TO go &c her
bed, when revolver-shot rang
through the echoing house.
Polly had crawled to the doorstep.
found her revolver She who gave
everything In life, had given me back
to Jesse. and lay dead her forehead
shattered in with the revolver-shot.
For some seconds Billy and hung
back. watching from the doorway
while q slow coil Of smoke unfclded
In the wan light of the dawn. The
rain had ceased, and the east was all
aglow with golden radiance.
Billy knelt and touched the poor
broken forehead, then looking up at
me, This time" he said, its real"