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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

Regulating His Sleep.
John Wesley recognized the evils Of
oversleeping and gave a recipe where
by one may find out how much sleep
he really wants. IL was derive from
experience. Il walked every night
about u and lay awake for some time
and / readily concluded that this arose
from my being longer in bed than ma
ture required. / procured an alarm,
which walked me next morning at 7
IAN hour earlier than / rose the day
before), yet lay awake at night. The
next morning I rose at 8; nOtwith-
standing lay awake the second night
The third morning rose at 8. never
theless lay awake. The fourth morn
ing | rose at 4, as have done ever
since, and lay awake no more Lon
don Chronicle.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

mans future IS his own. He makes
It himself every day as he goes along
through life.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

'If were poor would you be as
eager to marry me as you are nowT
Every bit. my dear. But we might
have to postpone our wedding for o
year or two Detroit Free Press.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

Gladys Mamma. when people get
married are they made into onel
Mamma-Yes, dear.
Gladys Which one7
Mamma-Oh. they find that out after
ward. darling. Here and There
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

We can do what we ought to dc
and when we say we cannot. why W
simply will not.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

I've written OF the summer girl
More times than can tell
And on her many charming ways
Have fondly loved TO dwell.
never met her till last week,
And hard twas. you'l agree.
But when l had been introduced
Shed scarcely speak TO me.
st Louis Post Dispatch
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

Nen-Ho . you know he is mar
ried? -
Belle-Oh. he's such a good listener
Philadelphia Record.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-20

lllcQ lnal, ana IL olQ me no ROoQ.
She had nothing but these new fan
gled openworks. Washington Herald
The slit skirt Is a Wondrous tuba.
When first I gazed upon t.
Said /. I'm bet some careless boob
Has ripped II. stepping on H."
Detroit Free Press.
Gibbs-1t is very evident that youi
wife has a mind Of her own.
Dibbs-You think sol Well, 30 do l.
but she keeps telling me that her mind
Is made up.-Baltimore Sun.
did whisky lead that man astrayr'
The Joker made reply
'Id put Il In another way
1t just sent him a-ryei''
-LiDpincotta
He They say kissing brings on dis
eases.
she-Well a little illness must come
into every life.-Boston Transcript.
To him II never has occurred
That credits what you make n.
And 20 he always keeps his word
Because no man will take Il.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Benign Old Gentleman Poor little
chap Where did that cruel boy hit
you?
Tommy-BoO-oO-oO We were 'avine
a naval battle. and e torpedoed me In
the engine roomw-New York Journal.
When nations have a falling out
And threats Of war begin.
It's then the soldiers. past all doubt.
Must start to falling in
Denver Republican.
"Did you see the lovelight in hei
eyesT
mo. The gaslight was in her eyes
and she squinted. Picked Up.
Stone beans do not an infeid make
Nor iron domes team.
Some changes 1 shall have to make.
And that's no pitchers dream.
New York Evening Mail
"If / were poor would you be as
eager to marry me as you are nOwT
Every bit. my dear. But we might
have to postpone our wedding for o
year or two Detroit Free Press.
I've written OF the summer girl
More times than / can tell
And on her many charming ways
Have fondly loved to dwell.
never met her till last week,
And hard twas. you'n agree.
But when / had been introduced
Shed scarcely speak TO me.
St Louis Poat-Dispatch.
Gladys Mamma, when people get
married are they made into onel
Mamma-Yes, dear.
Gladys-Which one7
Mamma-Oh. they find that out after
ward, darling. Here and There.
He shakes as he waits by the altar
AS the bride floats down for her mar
rlage.
But he hasn't half the dignity
OF the groom she left on her carriage
Puck.
ried? -
Belle-Oh. he's such a good listener.
philadelphia Record.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
THE CALL OF THE NEW YEAR

A Christian man sat in the Masters presence
thinking of the coming of the new year. 1t was
a good but solemn thing to do. The mans
thoughts in that presence ran thus; Seeing him
l am sure that every year is the year of our
Lord 1t ought to be begun, continued and
ended in him. He will be with me all the days.
My days must be in his hands," The Christian
man continued his meditation-always in his pres
ence, What sort of man ought / to be, this year
and all years." The answer came out of an old
word which had new meaning, in his presence:
Complete in him." Again he asked: What kind
of work ought l to do this year and all years? ?"
The centuries fade away and he seems to hear
again: Whatsoever he saith unto you do it." He
asked again: where shall l go to be his man and
do his work." Once more old words leap into
new times: ITO your household, to your ~neighbor,
and to all the world" How can l do all this ?"
"The entrance of his word giveth light" therefore
give yourself to Bible study; mot by might nor
by power but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Of
hosts" therefore give yourself to prayer; 81 can
do all things through Christ" therefore give your
self to work; Sin all things he shall have the pre-
eminence," therefore give yourself to him. And
the man arose from the meditation to make the
new year and all years, years of the Lord. And
the Master arose and went with the man.-Bishop
Mcdowell.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
"Hogmanay, trollolay,
Give us OF your white bread,
But hone of your grey,
Hogmena, Hogmena,
Give us cake and cheese. and let us go
away"

AS they sang they collected what they called
their "farls"-oaten cake and cheese. From this
developed the letting in" of the new year. Par
ties of men and boys went through the town. They
stopped at the front door of every house and sang
until they were admitted. Then they received a
small gilt Of money, went through the house and
left by the back door. That a man should be the
first visitor of the year was a general belief in
the British isles for centuries, nor is it yet ex-
tinct.
In Scotland the ceremony of "frst-footing" has
almost entirely died out, but in some of the re-
moter parts of that country it is pleasantly re-
membered. At the approach of IL on New Years
eve a hot pint" was prepared. This was a kettle
of warm spiced or sweetened ale, with a liberal
infusion of spirits. When the clock struck, every
member of the family drank to the new year.
Then the elders of the family went out into the
street, carrying the kettle of spiced ale and a
supply of buns, cakes, bread, and cheese. When
they met a party of friends similarly engaged,
they stopped to exchange greetings and sips of
ale. They went to the houses of their neighbors,i
sent the kettle from friend to friend, and spent
the hours before dawn in sociability and good
cheer. If they were the first to enter a house after
twelve o'clock they were the "hrst-foot' and re-
ceived especial favor.
In England, the hrst-footing parties were made
up generally of the poor boys of the village, who
carried a "wassail-bowl" decorated with ribbons,
and received in return for their proffered drinks
and good wishes, cakes and cups of ale. But in
Scotland as recently as 100 years ago frst-footing
was a democratic social institution, in which few
were too proud to share. The principal streets
of Edinburgh, it is said, were more crowded be-
tween twelve and one on New Years day morning
than at noon on business days.
A simple ceremony. not yet obsolete, consisted
In unbarring the front door as the clock struck
twelve, to let the old year out and the new year
in. In ene Island Of Guernsey the children paraded
the streets carrying the efigy of a man. emble-
matte of the dying year. This they buried at
midnight on the s~eashore, with elaborate ritual.
At Burghhead in Morayshire, they kept New
Years eve by Burning the clavie." They made
huge piles of herring barrels, and set fire to them
with peat. The burning embers they carried home
to their houses as a protection against whatever
evils the year might bring.
On New Years day the Scotch of bygone gen.
erations believed no fire should go out of the
house. If it were given, misfortune might be pre-
scented by throwing burning peat into a tub Of
water.
There is something suggestive of the Russian
Easter in one "hrst-footing" custom once popular
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

in Scotland and England. The first visitor to a
house on New Years morning had the privilege OF
kissing the person that opened the door. Perhaps
there is a "reminiscences of ancient fire worship In
the Shropshire custom of stirring the fire on New
Years morning before uttering a word.
Although there are few houses where New
Years day is observed with it's oldtime hospital
ity, the day is not wholly divorced from the
thought of good things to eat. The ridiculous New
Years eve dinners in the Broadway restaurants
have no special significance, but there are certain
dishes inseparably associated with the day.
One of these is roast goose, which is perhaps
more liked in England than America. But even
more characteristic are those admirable little
cakes which come from Germany, and which are
imported in tin boxes. German cooks have made
them for centuries, have lavished their time and
energy on new designs and new favors, and the
result is a cake so excellent that it must always
be the special delight of the New Year feast. This
point of ritual, surely, must be left us.
So excellent is the German New Years cake
that it cannot be used for a charm, like the New
Years eve cake of Ireland. For this was thrown
against the wall and broken into pieces. The first
fragment to touch the ground was eagerly sought,
for he who ate it was sure of a years happiness.
There was much pleasure in the baking of the
cake. 1t was placed on a gridiron before the open
fire, and lamentations were sung to secure the sue.
cess of the charm.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

is another custom observed at this tirne, which Is
called among us mumming; which is a changing
of clothes between men and women; who when
dressed in each others habits go from one neigh
boris house to another, and make merry with
them in disguise, by dancing and singing, and
such like merriments. " . . 1t were to be
wished this custom which is still so common
among us at this season of the year were laid
aside; as it is directly opposite to the word of
God"
1t is possible that ~"mumming" is related in
some way to the performance which marked Hog
manay" in England and Scotland. "Hogmanay"
was the last day of the year. Some scholars think
the word comes from the Greek "agla meme"
c"holy Donth'O; others from the Saxon "halig
monath." which has the same meaning; still others
from the French phrase eau gui menez' C"to the
mistletoe go!') which mummers anciently cried
in France at Christmas, or from "Au gueux
menez," ("Bring to the beggars!"). Whatever the
origin of the word may be, Hogmanay was the
time for much amateur begging.
The children went from house to house, singing
such songs as:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

If these United States of America
should become involved in war, what
part do you think the Negro OF the
South would play?
II he were asked to take up arms
to help protect the peace and pros
perity of the southland-and refuse?
If he should stand and tell the peo-
pie Of the South. mo, sab; Use not
goin' ter no war; Use got der rheuma-
tism?"
If the Negro would say, Yves don
tried to help you once, and you turned
us off after we's don won a battle at
San Juan hill"
If the loafing Negro and the other
pms of rest would refuse to give their
services as cooks and other required
labor?
my dear readers, the above is an "if."
II these United States of America
should become involved in the pres
ent war, we, the colored people of the
South, stand ready to give u serv-
ices, property and lives for the peace
and prosperity of the southland. Nor
would we sneak from the battlefield
and hang around the cook pot. We
are ready to fall in line and advance
in pursuit Of the enemy. It is true,
when the North and South were fight
ing, our fathers and mothers were
left behind to care for the families
and farms. And when master came
back from the battlefield he found
everything better than he left it; all
the corr had been planted and all the
land had been broken up.
We want the good white people Of
! the southland to ever remember that
the blood of the old reliable. trust
worthy nanny" and uncle" is still
in the South. We realize that those
who refuse to give us justice at times
are the ones who have forgotten the
good deeds of the old Negro nanny"
and uncle" The same blood that
traced the old nanny and uncle
veins traces their sons and daughters
veins.-C. ]. Taylor, in the Houston
Post.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
THE NEW YEAR.

Julia Ward Howe was no believer in New Years
resolutions. should make and keep good
resolutions all the year round" the celebrated
author once said in Boston. 81 am no great be-
lever in New Years vows, for, although they are
splendid things, they really don't amount to much
more than Oliver Wendell Holmes tobacco reso-
luton.
M Holmes, with affected gravity, said to a
friend on the first day Of the year: 4 really must
not smoke so persistently; I must turn over a
new leaf-a tobacco leaf-and have q cigar only
after each'-here he paused as If to say meal
but he continued-'after each cigar"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

commotion near the river bank. Look
ing there. he saw two geese with heads
together and perched upon their
necks was one of his hens. The geese
started and swan sideways across the
river. The two remaining geese en-
tered the water. another hen few to
their necks and they departed.
Bagg entered his rowboat and rowed
to the Binn farm. There he learned
that 40 strange hens had Joined the
Binn flock. After explaining the ex-
plot of the geese Bagg was allowed
to take his hens home, The geese are
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

In the midst of the war situation, it
is sincerely to be hoped that the gem
eral public will not forget the needs
of such institutions as the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial institute, To-
Gated in Alabama, in the heart of the
South.
Whatever conditions may arise, 1t is
of the highest Importance to continue
without interruption to give that
training which will insure the pros
perity of the South and peaceful rela-
tionships between white people and
black people.
After deducting all sums likely to
be received from stated sources, in
Guiding a sum guaranteed by trustees
and friends of the school, there re-
main to be raised this year by the
principal of Tuskegee institute in the
form of $50 scholarship, or otherwise,
for current expenses, about $125,000.
The amount referred to not only in
cludes the direct expenses of the
school for the work on the grounds,
but the extension work, which inf1u-
ences and reaches a large part of the
far South. Even the smallest amount
will be gratefully received and
promptly acknowledged.
The work of the institute is now so
thoroughly established, and it's great
value to the Negro people and to the
nation so fully demonstrated, that the
school should not be allowed to suffer
in its need for current expenses.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON,
Principal, Tuskegee Institute, Ala
bama.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

would come in the morning and return
at night. This continued until re-
Gently.
A few weeks ago Bagg observed
that ten of his choice hens we're miss
ing and attributed the theft to thieves.
Last week he lost IS. and as his hen
house was locked, the windows barred
and no signs that it had been entered.
he believed that q fox was carrying
away his poultry. Saturday he put
in the day watching his diminishing
flock.
Late In the afternoon he heard a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
Tn!EvING GEESE SWIM RIVER
And the Stolen Chickens Are Waited
Across Stream on Their Necks,
ls the Story.

All summer people coming and 60
ing over the river road have noticed
four extra large geese a mile below
here. These geese belong to tho Binn
farm. across the river.
Early In the spring the geese
crossed the river and mingled with
The fowls on the Bagg farm. They
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
A CASUAL OBSERVATION.

I'VE are living in an age of exceptional cul
ture," said the woman with angular features.
"Mebbe we are" said Farmer Corntossel. But
l can't help noticin' that people walk right up to
the news stand to buy some pretty fluffy stun,
while it takes a mighty good book agent to work
off a set of Shakespeare"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

years afterward. Miss Caroline White,
whose death occurred last September
in her 101st year, came nearer than
this to the record Of Nj F~erthialt. She
began writing for the monthly maya
zines when she was twenty-five and
continued her literary labors until
within a few months of her death.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
Long Literary Life.

Francois Ferthialt, the latest cheval-
Ter OF the French Legion OF Honor,
published his first volume in 1880,
when he was seventeen and his latest
In 1912. This makes a record hard to
parallel. There appear to be only two
other instances OF a c~entenarian
writer, and neither OF these could
show a literary life extending over
eighty-two years. Michel Chevreul.
who died in 1889 at the g of 1903,
issued his earliest publication at the
age OF thirty-seven and his latest sixty
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The unassailable supremacy of the
Smiths" in London can be estimated
from the telephone directory. The
honorable family of Jones, for exam
pie, occupies not quite four pages.
The Robinsons, who have a place with
the greatest, do not require two pages.
But the Smiths begin on page 1872
and end on page no.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The newest %battleship building for
the United States will be 1,400 tons
larger than Japan's largest, 3,400 tons
larger than Germany's, $500 tons
larger than Great Britain's, and $500
tons larger than anything France
plans.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
Greatly Benefited.

Your weight seem to be about the
same all the time, Mr.. Knaggs."
About the same. However. 1t var
led a little last year"
Tell me about IT,"
owing to ar affection OF the throat.
Mrs. Knaggs was unable to speak for
two weeks, and gained seven
pounds"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

There are said to be nearly or quite
n thousand varieties of rice in the
Philippine islands. 1t is probable that
some of these will prove nearly dupli
Gates. but the actual number of va-
rieties Is very great.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The United States forest service has
undertaken the reforestation of a
large section in northern Idaho de-
stroyed by forest fires in 1910 to de-
termine whether the destruction of
trees decreases the flow of streams.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

Not many years ago Russia was a
strong rival of the United States in
the production of petroleum. Now the
Russian empire yields only about 6S
per zen as much oil as California
alone, and not much more than Okla
homa.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

A new Tennessee law makes provi-
sion for fire escapes on workshops
and factories two stories and more
in height.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

A successful peach grower, S. ]. T.
Bush, in a recent talk at Rochester,
N. Y, said that 100000 bushels of
peaches rotted on the trees in n
New York county alone in 1912 for
lack of cars to transport them to
market.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

An antiquarian society has recently
obtained one of the most interesting
collections in the country. 1t con-
sists of the commercial tokens and
mock coins issued by tradesmen dur
ing the Civil war when small change
with the government stamp became a
rarity. There are in the collection
about one thousand varieties Of to-
kens.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26
Her Gain.

us Mrs. Maggs grieying much over
the loss of her husband?"
How can she be when she's got his
insuTancef"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

In Berlin there has been constructed
a skating rink with all the properties
of ice, but made of salt, the invention
of a German scientist.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

Irrigation projects now under way
or contemplated by the Union of
South Africa call for an expenditure
of more than $4,000. 900.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

1t is asserted that more children
are employed in dangerous occupa'
tions now than 80 years ago.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

Germany has 17S stock companies
in textiles, capitalized for an aggre-
gate of $S1, 512, 900.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The bulk of the aluminium ore OF
the United States is produced in Ar.
kansas.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

It has been discovered that the leaf
of the pineapple a be wought into
a serviceable cloth.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

now inclosed in a pen. -Brewerton
IN. " Dispatch to New York Trib,
une.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-12-26

The average earning of a film Of
moderate length is said to be nearly
S15. 900.