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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
DR.. Charles F.
Writes on
Quaint ales OfOur
GrandmOthers
HomeIy Phrases and Stories
of Other Days Recalled by
Clergyman Who Had
Sprightly Grandmother.
Bv REV. CHARLES E. AKED. D. d

"Higgledy- piggleby," also s,,a
OF things which had becona
mixed, which were "all SKIES and
sevens," goes back to the con.
tents of peddler's baskr
heaped up in most admired con-
fusion. "Higgle" is a weak FORM
OF the verb '.'haggle"-that ia. 10
chatter about prices. A peddler
was a "higgler," because nobody
would dream of giving him tina
price he first asked. "Piggiedy"
the learned trace back to tina
newborn family of female pig
and to the confused heap of In
FAINT grunters called q litter Fnr
myself, 1 remain slxepttcal about
the stymology. l am inclined to
think that we owe "piggledy' 10
the inveterate habit Of rhyrninr
demonstrated in the folk lore ~
every nation. "Higgledy" quite
naturally calls for "piggledy."
The "inveterate habit Of rhym-
ing" Is clearly responsible for
"mugger" in '@hugger-
dear to my grandmother and dear.
also, 1t will be remembered. to
Shakespeare's self. I'VE have
done but greenly in hugger-mug-
ger to inter him." says the guilty
king of the hasty, secret burial Of
Polonius. The first meaning is
secretly" and only afterward
does 1t mean something done in
sloveniy fashion. 1t is older than
Shakespeare, though in Sir
Thomas More It appears as
"hucker-mucker," and so hides its
origin. 1t Is Danish and is ap-
propriateiy introduced by Shakes
pesre into his Danish play Of
Hamlet" It is related to SNUG"
from which we get "smuggle"--
TO bring into the country secretly.
-Ludlam's dog" was another A
boy who loved play better than
work was las lazy as Ludlam's
dog" Inquiry into the history
Of this creature brought to light
the fact that he Teamed his head
against the wall to bark" His
tory can tell all about the Sur
rey witch named Ludlam and her
dog, noted for his laziness. But
the explanation seems to need
q something that IL missing to
explain It.
y Saucy Mommet."
And the best of all was "a
saucy mom1net," yes, that was
best OF all. One of the girls was
"a saucy mommet,~ and We
youngsters screamed our delight.
We clamored for an explanation
but the old lady stalked of in
high dudgeon, scorning to define
1t was many years before light
dawned. In Romeo and Juliet"
the fair daughter of tho Capulets
is described by her father as =
whining nammet," and "mom-
met" Is clearly the equivalent OF
Shakespeare's ''mammet." And
Shakespeare is right, not grand
mother. For a "mammet" was q
doll and a whining nammet
was a cry-baby girl as childish
as her own doll.
Curiously enough. the word is
from "Mahometl" And II does
black injustice to the great
prophet of Arabia For his re-
ligion took its rise in a protest
against the veneration OF idols.
yet "mammetry," a corruption
of 'Mahometry." appears in early
English authors for "idolatry;
"mammet" was a religious i'm
age-and afterward a doll.
These tales of grandmother
might go on forever. They have
led us back to Mahomet and to
Mecca. And-that is far enough
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
The Beauty and the Butcher
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE:

JAMES J. MONTAGUE-
I'D ECAUSE he was butchers boy
I'D Steve Stuffing's love for Graycie Grady
Served only greatly to annoy
That fair, fastidious young lady.
In vain he told her that his work
In such sphere was uncongenial
She said, You're Just butchers clerk
low, meat-mutilating mental"
ssTLL win your hand" he said, cor bust,
You naughty, zero-hearted charmer.
Some day Pm going to own trust
A beef trust-like ]. Ogden Armour"
Reluctant as, of course, 1 am"
Said she, your purpose to disparage
The horrid hand that handles ham
Can never clasp my hand in marriagel"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24

CIR WALTER SCOTT wrote
the Tales of a GRANDPA
Their" Somebody ought to
write the Tales of a Grand
mother" before It is too late. Re-
cent excursions into American
isms" and Criticisms" have
brought to mind quaint phrases
which are neither American nor
British. They belong to the COM
mon stock from which our Eng
fish speech has grown. Grand
mother used them in her day, and
did not know that she was saying
something strange.
Whose grandmother Yours, to
be sure, and mine, and the grand
mother of anybody you like to
name Most Of us have had a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, II not more
than one. Mine was q host in
herself. Let her stand for the
grandmother Of all men and wona-
en- everywhere who love the flavor
of homely English speech and arc
not willing to let Is pass from hui
man memory.
Richard S Hatband.
She was a fine outstanding fig-
ure Of a woman, my grandmother.
She lived to be SO. and It was the
disappointment OF her life that
she died before she was 100. She
had a healthy contempt for per-
sons who could not sit bolt up
right or stand erect. Like a cat
in pattens" was her description Of
the stumbling, shutting walk Of
person awkward upon his feet.
A patten was wooden clog
raised several inches from the
ground by an iron framework I'M
derneath the wooden sole. The
housewife wore q pair of pat
tens" when she was "swilling" the
yard or washing the kitchen floor,
or after she had washed 1t and
before she flung the sand upon It
in the first instance so as not
to wet her feet, in the second so
as not to leave the marks Of a
dirty shoe.
LAS queer as Dicks hatband"
was common on her lips, though
am bound to say that never
heard the description Of the
aforesaid hatband which learned
writer gives. He says that tho
popularity of 1t was that 1T went
round nine times and would not
tie at last"
The reference IL to the nine
days protectorate of Richard
Cromwell, son Of the great Oliver,
uncrowned king Of men. It 10
the fashion to regard Richard as
a futile person and his nine days
reign" as a ridiculous thing; but
two men of letters, a Frenchman,
Scribe, and an Englishman, Bull
wer Lytton, have taken very Diff
ferent views. confess to a weak
ness for Lytton's generous ap-
praisal of Richard Cromwell. and
in a day when the doctrine of
'spoils' is revived I am inclined
to wish that some other politi-
clans would act in such a way as
to give to the world an exam
pie as fine as that OF Dick and
his hatband.
How Phrase Started.
Grandmother used to call a
thing that was confused "all skies
and sevens." When we were sent
out to buy a pound Of tallow cam
dies, we were told to ask for
short skies" or long SKIES" the
short ones being stout and the
long ones thin. and in any case
running six candles to the pound.
1t is possible that at an earlier
day some ran seven to the pound;
and so things that were mixed
were all skies and sevens."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Give the Commission All Need
full Power

The creation of Federal Trades Bureau, to have super
sion the operations of all trusts and corporations doing
interstate business urged Congress this week by Pre
dent Wilson in special message.
The plan not bill Ito provide for national
incorporation and control Of all corporations engaged
among the several States introduced by Mr. Hearst
when a member of Congress March /, 1907.
The bill at first rejected revolutionary by the Repub
leans then power but the principle has been adopted since
by leaders Of first the Republican then the Progressive and
now finally Of the Democratic parties IF SOUND WORK
ABLE AND RADICAL Law SHOULD NOW BE PASSED
PRESIDENT WILSON WOULD BE ENTITLED TO ORIGI-
NAL CREDIT. IT WOULD HASTEN THE RETURN OF
GOOD TIMES AND THE RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE
WE ALL so MUCH DESIRE.
But every reference made the proposed bureau the
band of faithful proclaim Presidents purpose
is hedged about with that the bureau to be
purely advisory that it will powers regulation
and will not fix prices It is to be moral force only in
vegatng body whose findings and recommendations be
expected to influence the corporation investigated
reau Is to have power to enforce its DEGREES.
This trades bureau will either be of the notable Of
all the forward steps of government OR 1T WILL BE so
MPoTENT, SO FUTILE A BODY AS TO JUSTIFY SUSPI-
cIoN THAT 1T WAS MERELY INTENDED TO STILL PUB
LILO CLAMoR WITHOUT REALLY CORRECTING THE
EVILS DENOUNCED.
No commission accomplish anything toward
ton Of the abuses of combinations industry possesses
power to do these three things:
Ito investigate supervise and regulate the formation of
new interpretations combinations and particularly prevent
their overcaptalzation
ITO investigate the methods practices Of such cor
porations and prevent all restraints of trade.
3-To PERMIT intelligent and legitimate combination and
cooperation but to PREVENT the evils monopoly super
wise and CONTROL all monopohes Of public public
character whenever such monopoes strong
pendent of competition.
These will be essential the eff
fecve The record Of the Interstate Commission
demonstrates that fact
When that body created 1t intended
wholly advisory By step after STEP and against the determined
opposition of the railroads these powers extended
until today not only stops determinations and rebates but
fixes rates guards the safety of passengers prescbes
employment and exercises supervision the railroads
which the trainers of the original law dreamed
DURING THE TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND
STRENGTHENING OF THE LAW THE RAILROADS EN-
JoYED THE PERIOD OF GREATEST PROSPERITY IN ALL
THEIR HISTORY
To-day the commission is seeking authority control the
issue OF stocks and bonds by railroads The public
that this power should be granted and undoubtedly will be-
Had been written into the Interstate Commerce law even
ten the scandal of the Chicago and Alton the Nor
gan financing of the New Haven would been impossible
Hundreds millions would have and railroad credit
would not have been impaired by ndefensbe methods of high
finance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Magic Pennies!
e8V
G3w
by JAMES J. MONTAGUE:


Mr. Rockefeller pennies children with
instructions to invest them wisely and when they earned 700
cent to invest the proceeds in neutrality-suspicious. ITEM
II MET breezy spender sitting round a grand cafe
I And ncineratng money in a loose and lavish way.
where SIR asked Ibid obtain this Fortunaian hoard
By writing have job with Henry Ford?"
II merely am dividing with the ho-pollei" said he,
The interest the penny that got from old John D."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Providence ON hls Side.

AS a rule the habitual wrongdoer
bears little resentment toward the de-
!ectiVe who may have brought him to
justice. Neither is he always devoid
Of a blind belief in the workings Of
Providence. One known to the po-
lice as a chronic crook" met one Of
the detectives who had on several oc-
casions unpleasant business with him.
'How are you doing now, Tom?" ask
ed the detective. "Doing!" bitterly ex-
claimed the crook. "You and your
pals have fairly bottled our business!"
WELL, how's the wife," asked the
man from the Yard, w%hereupon the
crook nearly broke down. The
missus," he said, died a month ago.
1t vas a near thing that the parish
didn't have to bury her, but with a
ring Of heartfelt gratitude in his
voice) Providence was very good, for
it sent along a mug in the nick o time
and L done him for 20 quid. We
was able to bury poor Liz quite de-
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
American Farmers and Canada.

PAWN SAO o0SIOh LEaIlSCTlpI.
We have read 90 much In recent years
Of the movement Of American farmers
into the Canadian northwest that perhaps
OF us have overlooked the refux.
An Ottawa dispatch says that the refux
Is attaining proportions that may well
cause Canadians to ponder measures to
the Americans satisfied with their
lot In the dominion. In 1913. 81, 497 Amer
lean settlers returned to the United
States, abandoning thcir locations"
This was more than twice as many az
repented their choice three years before.
Possibly an explanation Ia found In the
overcoming, which has filed Winnipeg
n other cities with armies of the un-
employed, and Chasing the wheat belt''
have not proved as profitable to the
late corners as to the pioneers. Canada
expect TO work miracles and the
soil will revolt at ponderous burdens.
This was the conclusion reached by a
OF q syndicate OF Boston
capitalists who went all over the north
west IS months ago. and reported that
the grain bearing soil was thinner than
first knew the pillow. He advised his
principals to put their money elsewhere.
Canada may have a conservation prob
lem Of the first magnitude on its hands
before long. on the solution Of hic de-
ponds Its rate Of growth. In the last six
years, We are informed. the emigration
from the United States into Canada was
almost equalled by the emigration from
to the United States, the totals
being respectively 61S,112 and 694, $40.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
AMUSING Truth.

The late Frank Simmons, the IA
nous American sculptor who recently
died in Rome, was an exponent Of the
frank, n~aturalistic method.
How much more amusing the true
is than the IDEAL" he said one day in
his studio to a correspondent. Take
the case of the little girl.
my dear the little girls mother
said, don't you think you're getting
too old to play with boys?'
The little girl frowned in scornml
establishment.
why, no, mammal she cried i'm
patiently. The older l get the better
l like EN-"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Corporation Footballs.

Mayor Mitchell Of New York was
praising a commuter who, by continual
complaints, had improved the railway
service of his district
We r apt to call the kicker q
crank and a nuisance" said Mr.. Nit
chel, "but it's the kicker who gets
things done for the community" .
He smiled and ended:
They who never kick are but too
apt to become footballs"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Vegetable NIahtcap.

A vegetable nightcap may be seen in
the agricultural sci at Washing.
ton. 1t is the sheath of an immense
African flower, and is used by the ma.
lower edge, 1t runs to a point like a
tasseled nightcap. Its color is a rich
brown, its texture of a fine lacelike
quality, and it is strong and durable.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

His Table Manners.

The charity worker" says one Of
them, "is always learning. We a
learn much from the destitute. Thus,
apropos of the a~ffectation OF some of
our table etiquette, l nee heard a
Ragged little chap at a school treat
say, as he held a chicken leg in one
fist and a hot potato in the other:
The trouble about table manners
is that they was invented by people
who was never very hungry"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
wiling 10 Learn.

Pauline motored to the station 10
meet her dearest friend, who was com
ing down for a weekend. 3" F1
"Oh, Belle" cried Pauline enthusi-
~asticaIIy. edo you know, Mr.. Barnum,
the young millionaire, is going to teach
me to swim" ''..I'..
TO swim!" exclaimed the guest,
wonderingly. why, Pauline, l thought
you had been taught already"
Yes, SO ] have, DEAR" said Pauline,
but not by him."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Tree Strangely Marked.

A curious tree which though sound
was never known to blossom has just
been cut down by Mr.. James Hay
den Carriglen, on his lands at Pands-
town, County Kildare, Ireland. On
the freshly sawn butt Of the tree there
was found a blood-red imprint of what
closely resembled a hand and part Of
an arm.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Unreasonable.
From the Kansas City |

From the Kansas City Star.
A man entered a store and bought
three cigars and lighted one
NY. this Is a rotten cigar!" he ex-
claimed.
Say, man, what are you complaining
replied the dealer. You have
only three of those cigars and I have
], 200. Be reasonable"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Easy to Tint Candles.

Candles can be tinted in any color,
or painted in any design by using
fuchsin, methyl violet or any others
of this class Of colors, dissolved in
wood alcohol. They may be dipped
into a bath Of the dye, or this may be
applied with a paint brush.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Save EIeetrlelty Alds plaestion.

Professor Bergonie OF bordeaux and
Professor Arsonyal OF Paris announce
that currents or electricity Of three
amperes and, from 1000 to $500 volts
passed through the body Of q man
enable him to digest 70 per cent. OF
the food which ordinarily passes away
undigested. 40
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
D~isprovIna a Proverb.

Lady Cook Tennessee Clafiin) was
talking in Pittsburgh about times
changes.
Woman used to wear the hoop
skirt" she said, land the wind blew 1t
up outrageously. She now wears the
slashed skirt, a much more modest
affair. IL.
"Time changes all things" ended
Lady Cook. Il said to q young man
the other day:
Distance lends enchantment.'
But not he answered, when
you're taking your girl home in a tax
tcab.'" '..
Infested virtue is the cheapest COM
modify in the world. The universe Is
full of men with good intentions.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Baked.

She-Didn't you say you'd go through
fire and water for me?
He--Yes; but I'm blowed II I'm going
through bankruptcy for you'll
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
A Failure.

WAS your Joy ride a SUGGEST"
Not a bit Of 1t. Everybody we
met got out of the way.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12
Unpleasant to Hear.

1.-The very sound Of some peoples
voices is exasperating."
Quite true. Especially when they
say, Move on or Pay up"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

Nightly coughing and torturing throat
tickle quickly relieved by Deans Mentho-
lated Cough Drops-5c at all Druggists.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

Wool alcohol, in face lotions Is said
TO blind 1000 persons in the United
States each year. ~.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the cas-.
lest to use. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-12

city dweller, so that they develop a
kind Of internal antitoxin against this
disease. There are on the other hand,
certain ilclinations OF the Jews to-
wards particular diseases, foremost
among which Is the inclination to
diabetis. A high rate Of sufferers of
this disease among the Jews has been
observed everywhere, though the NOR
tally from this illness amongst them Is
not SO high. There is also a marked
disposition among the Jews to blind
ness in general, and to color blindness
in particular as well as to deaf mutism.
These p~ecularities are due to conditions
such as the marriage OF cousins which
is allowed among them as well as to
the urban mode OF life. -
or the mental diseases a great share
falls to the Jew, nervousness Is quite
high among them. but It is only the
lighter kinds such as hysteria. The
percentage Of insane among Jews IL
somewhat higher than for other nation
alities. We must not forget however
that ervou disturbances 10 a distinc-
tive mark OF our age and civilization,
due to feverish and intense life. Whose
life is more feverish and intense than
the Jews, whose social and legal DO
sition In certain countries Is well known.
One of the Interesting traits Of the
Jews is their p~recocity, premature de-
velopment is to be noticed in the
growth Of intellect of Jewish children
as well as In their physique. Untimely
decay Is also to be- noticed among them
and signs Of old age appear with Jews
at an early period.
The Mental Traits Of the Jews.
The evolution Of the individuality of
a nation Is similar to the growth Of
the personality Of a single Individual.
The personality Of an individual at
any moment n his life is the sum total
Of all the forces physical, biological
and spiritual, operating from the mo-
ment OF his birth, even before birth,
through heredity, 70 the last minute
of observation. Personality Is con-
tinually being created by each individ-
ual every day. 1t Is In the same light
OF creating evolution that the soul OF
q people Is to be viewed. 1t is partly
the product OF racial elements, but pri-
marily OF its life history.
The fundamental trait in the psy-
chology Of the Jewish nation is that
1t 10 the psychology OF q people that
from the beginning Of its history Il
the present time Is q minority Of the
nations. It is the soul of a minority
that 10 always fighting against odds,
Of q people that knew the bitterness
Of lost battles. self judgment and self
contest MORE, The tragedy Of the
Jews begins with their entrance to
Palestine. They came there with q
high ideal Of monotheism and dreams
OF a great and glorious future, but were
naver able to realize It They were
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-04-14

Nine'y-si, years ago today. az two
O'Clock ip the afternoon the first
United states flag Of the present de
sign WIS hcisted over the house of
reptesentstives at Washington. II
lad twenty stars and thirteen stripes
Tie alag had been made In New Yor;
by tho wife OF Captain S G Reid.
famous "a the commander of the
Urivat,er. General Armstrong. Mrs.
Reid sent it by mail TO Congressman
Nendover who had been sponsor for
the new act by which the law OF
1894. providing new stripe and a
rev star for each state, was changed
20 require only new star for each
state. Thirteen stripes were TO be
preserved TO represent the original
colonies.
The law making the new banner the
official flag ~ the United states be
came effective July 4, 1918.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-04-14
THEN EN--AND--NOW

Nearly a hundred million people
live beneath the Jag today as com
rored with less then 100000. nine
siA years ago and it waves over a
bined area seyera times greate-
than that represented by its twenty
states In 1913 It's Westernmost recog
tition was then along the Mississippi
river To-day the 4s states sweep un-
broken across the continent The
flag has also been planted over the
Philippines. over numerous strategic
islands IN tho Pacific. over the en0r-
nous area Of Alaska and at the new
gateway at Panama Several years
ago It was carried arouug the world
BY fleet OF American hartleships.
and Just five years ago Il was planted
at the north pole by Commander
Featy.