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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-01

Myers in very short time where
they are having a very pretty
bungalow erected.
Mrs. Pearl Tolson's little CIR
has measles; everybody is keep
ing close so they wont get the
disease.
Hon. j. E. Bowdoin is trucking
at Murdoch and spends part OF
his time there. He also has been
improving his place here by hav.
ing the oaks thinned out and
cleared Others here are also fol.
lowing this plan.-DOT
Charlotte Harbor Girls Club
The c. II. G. G. held another in
Iteresting and entertaining meet
ing at the church last Thursday
evening March rs.
The girls entered the church to
a march played by Miss Freddie
Lee Roberts and took their places
on the platform which had been
arranged in a semicircle.
An interesting feature of this
meeting was the instrumental Sc
lection given by members of Mrs.
Smith s music class.
The program was devoted to
Longfellow and was as follows:
Roll call, quotations from Long
fellow; "Lifc of Longfellow, !"
lnez Rowland; instrumental solo,
selected, Bertha Hagan.
Selections from Hiawatha-
'The Peace Pipe" Freddie Lee
Roberts; "Hiawatha s Child
hood" Nettie Guthrie; Ottawa
tha's Wooing, Mary Hagan; in
solo, selected, Marjor-
lie Barnhill; recitation, The Ar
row and the Song, 4th grade rec
itation. Legend Of the Cross
Bill, " Mable Locklear; recitation,
The Bridge" Marjorie Barnhill
Instrumental solo, selected, Elsie
Mauck; selection from Evange-
inc, Bertha Hagan; recitation,
The Children's Hour" 5th
grade; instrumental solo, Mary
5lagan; recitation, Village
Blacksmith, " Luna Bowdoin; re-
citation, Psalm of Life" Elsie
lauck; recitation, "Ship of
State, " Thelma Wolf; Club song,
'lub.-Frcddie Lee Roberts, Sec.
charlotte Harbor Community
Club
The entertainment, which was
o have been given by the Club
evening, Apr. Bird, will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

count up ~forty-one. but we can't get
EN- together.
"Well." he unused on, well try to
get q dozen OF 30 of 'em an call It q
family party, but you an l an Rhody.
an the help are strong an hearty, an
could take care of EN- all. II they
would only come. But I don't see any
way"
"No. there isn't any way" sighed
his good wife. "but you hadn't oughter
complain. Silas. Ye'ye got a sight O.
blessin's. an we'd oughter think O.
those we've got an not banker after
those we can't have" Which was good
doctrine. though it could not quite
stop the deacon's grumbling.
Miss Rhoda Phfpps was quite equal
to the task of taking care of the old
people. A strong woman helped her
in the kitchen, and there we're neigh
bors rear by who we're ready to do
extra work. Job. the good middle
aged man who had taken care of the
horses fer many a year. was no mean
hand at household as we'll as stable
service. and at this special Thanks
giving season Miss Rhoda kept them
all busy until the pantries we're piled
thick. with dainties. Mrs. Phipps
thought that there was too much food
prepared.
''Why. Rhoda, what do we want
with twenty apple pies and six tur.
keys and ten chicken pies and a gal
Ion of cranberry sauce?" she cried.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

Na&NpaonQ@&

HATE tem!" good old
Deacon Phipps was in the
An habit Of saying, whenever
vL he saw an automobile.
-k%1 From the first moment the
SANH new invention appeared.
soaring his steady old horses almost
to death, and breaking up IL of his
best farm wagons. Deacon Phipps had
no patience with any kind of a motor
vehicle.
AS time went on. and many Of his
n%eighbors bought automobiles, his
horses became wonted to them and
turned never a hair when they whizzed
by; but the good deacon did not re-
lent. Whenever one passed him on
the road. throwing, perhaps. a shower
of dust or mud upon his modest car
riage. and leaving behind 1t a trail
Of ill-odor. he would mutter (under his
breath) words which no good deacon
should ever. eve use.
The deacon and his wife grew old,
and their six children all married. e.
cepting Rhoda. the youngest. who
stayed at home to, take care of them.
The four son were prosperous. and
the older daughter had married a very
rich man and lived one hundred or
more miles away. Two o n had be-
come farmers and lived quite near
One was a merchant in q large town
perhaps fifty miles distant. The fourth
one was a minister, settled in the
same town with the merchant brother.
To the infinite disgust Of Deacon
Phipps, all of these sons, excepting
the minister, owned automobiles. and
Thomas, the merchant, actually sport
ed three or four. When his father
found this out, he came almost to the
point Of breaking OF relations with
Thomas.
In the old days. the family had
used to gather on the day before
Thanksgiving. and the large. airy
chambers of the ample Phipps home
stead could accommodate them all.
Now the children and the grandchil-
dren had increased in number until
such gatherings no longer pos
sible. The uncles and aunts had died
Or had become infirm. There had
been some pretty lonely Thanksgiv-
ings at the hospitable Phipps farm.
It was during the week before the
great day that Deacon Phipps was sit
ting before the open fire in his big,
comfortable sittingroom, and ponder
ing over this melancholy fact.
"'Tain't right" he grumbled to his
gentle wife. who sat knitting beside
him. "'Tain't right to have families
scattered SO at Thanksgiving. ! wish
we could get u folks all together.
Susan, just once more. Here you an.
/ are vergin' onto eighty. an we hatnt
had our folks all together for goin' on
ten year now. Here's this great house.
dinin' room tit to seat thirty. an this
room to spill over into for as many
more, and countin' Sister Judy an
Brother Ben, all the sister an brother
we've got left, bless 'em!-except Bet
". an she's tied to the house by her
broken hip. an always will be. it's
lkely-all put together they only
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

from the m%onotonous grind OF keeping
a home. They added to her burdens
by bringing others nome with them.
Mother smiled and worked a little
harder. Then m day mother did not
come down to shake the fire and pre-
pare the breakfast. She had closed
her eyes and they were so tired that
she never opened them.
I wish you could have heard the be-
lated gratitude at the funeral. wish
you could have seen the consterna.
ton and despair when the children
and father looked at each other and
said: What are we going to do with
out herr" They were filed with re-
greet. The ears could not hear the
thanks that they poured out. They
should have shown their gratitude
every day OF the year and in time.
Look over your own fife. Are you
speaking and acting in time?
you are living in q great country
and are indeed fortunate in hav-
ing freedom. the right to think and to
act, opportunity, countless chances to
forge to the top If you have 1t in
you. You nave libraries. Fairgrounds.
schools. You have your mfnd. r0n:
dear. sympathetic souls In relatives
or friends and the ideals which arr
necessary to any human beings nap.
piness. Do you fully a%pprec'a.7 the
GOOD fortune that cast your lot over
here? Are you taking the trouble to
express your thanks every once IN a
whiley You ought to do this. It 10
good to get It out Of your system.
YIAvE you health? Be thankful in
the right way. Do not throw to
the winds Of indiscretion your pre-.
dous heritage. Do not insult your
N.1-a ....Ea r
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came a great touring car The deacon
scowled. but as he heard, first the
sweet Gabriel horn, and then the
rough roar of the Klaxon. his face re-
Taxed a little. Who were In the car?
It was not the family Of o John.
Surely II was Thomas and his min
lister brother. with several members Of
their families, and Mrs. Phipps fair
ly cried with Joy as she saw them.
There is another load just behind
u.s." they shouted, as they drew up he.
fore the door.
Another load." There were half
a dozen loads before the final toll was
taken. and when two strong. big
Phipps sons lifted out from of the
cushiAped limousines poor, lame old
Aunt Betty. who could not have
dreamed OF coming in anything except
such q softly padded vehicle. the tears
were dropping all over Mother Phipps'
best white lace jabot.
Such a Thanksgiving! Every sin
gle one Of the Phipps children and
grandchildren was there! The good
deacon's voice trembled with Joy as
he asked the blessing. and poured out
his thanks before God.
But you know. father" said Thomas
Phipps. slyly, there are several of US
who couldn't possibly have come If it
hadn't been for those automobiles that
you hate So"
The deacon ahemmed, and bristled
a little, but in the face Of the loud
merriment which greeted this perfect
ly true reminder. his few rather growl-
ing remarks could not be heard.
a"You know there really isn't much
danger from automobiles nowadays,
father" proceeded Thomas Phipps
automatically. 1.-THE chauffeurs are
better taught than they used to be.
the machines can be stopped more
easily-oh. in every way they are i'm
proved"
"Improved!" shouted the deacon, un.
able to restrain himself longer. "You
can't pick up a paper without readin'
about some shockin' accident through
carelessly driven automobiles. I'm
proved! They can't be improved.
They are inventions of the evil n
himself. You can't tell me! l read
the papers"
"Wait a minute, father" laughed
Thomas. amid the eager looks of all
the others. who were evidently full of
suppressed excitement. "We-well-
we-w feel as though we all wanted
to see more of you and mother than
we have seen lately, but we don't feel
safe to have you travelling around on
the cars any more, and your horses
can't take you as far as most of US
live, so we have dubbed together and
have bought you the strongest and
handsomest limousine car that we
could find. We have put q sum at In
terest in the bank to pay for the keep
ing of it, and we have had Job taught
how to run 1t. You know he has been
away q good many afternoons. Well.
he has been learning how to u a
car. You can trust him, and now you
and mother car heat . big soapstone
and climb into your limousine and
come and see us all, and we expect
you to do It. Now what do you say
to that, father?"
What could the old man say?
He turned red. stammered. looked
at his wife, who was smiling signif-
cantly. and then had the grace to
accept and thank his children for their
muniiicent gift:
All Of Deacon Phipps' neighbors
laugh . little when they see him rid
ing by in his splendid automobile. But
they are wise enough e sober W when.
thsy catch his 90.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

I'VE never in the world can eat them
up before they spoil! Az near ~ u
can make out, there are only about
ten coming, anyway"
But Miss Rhoda said she would
risk it." and laughed her mother back
to her post beside the fire. n
By ten O'Clock Thanksgiving morn
ing the whole farmhouse was IN
speckless order. Aunt Judy and Uncle
Ben had promised to z early. and
80 had son John and his family. Dea-
con Phipps was restlessly peering up
the road. long before the proper time.
and Mrs. Phipps vas almost as impa-
tient as he.
Presently over the brow Of the hdll
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

breathing the wrong things. Cut u
dissipation and lead a sane. balanced,
clean, normal life. Prize that good
health. Sometimes 1t leaves in high
dudgeon and never returns. And all
the poulticing and nursing may not
bring back to you that which should
be appreciated every hour OF the day:
The way to thank your good health!
is to be kind to 1t. $40.
~
MENTIONED ideals . minute ago.
] Have you ideals suffered from dis
use? Where are your ideals? Arc
they slowed away in camphol to bo
brought out OF Sunday when you 90.
to church? Why are they not being
cared for in the way that is the only
valuable treatment for these wonder
ful things? Give your ideals .
chance! Let them have daily inf1u-
ence on your thoughts and acts. Bring
them into the light Of day and make.
them important contribution factors
Of your happiness and success ~ .
human being. You may not be get
Iluk 6O HuCu u1OACy 90 ySNA ~~~s
door neighbor or your hat may not
have the label of an exclusive maker
in its crown, but Is a human being
filling a niche in the great scheme,
your ideals should be thanked every
hour. Thanking them il really shak-
ing hands with Their.
IF you are a woman who rides In
] a street car, do you thank the en-
lightened gentlemen who rise to give
you a seat? Or do you make them
very scornful Of the weaker sex BY
taking 1t as your due? have seen
many men converted to the paper
gazers and the seated masculine row
by the neglect of ONE to thank the
men. Say 1t graciously and as ii you
meant 1t. Good heavens! The cause
for a thank you OF this kind is grow
ing more remote. Let US cherish It.
4 STRANGER is entitled to a thank
"a you when he has rendered you Q
service. Do not be an insufferablo
snob and accept help silently because
you have not been introduced or be-
cause his %forefathers might not have
come over in the Mayflower. Say
thank you smilingly and be human!
no not forget to thank in the right
u way the children. It is only In
the respectful use of . courtesy OF
this kind that children will admire and
emulate.
Indeed, the thank you Of every day
is that which makes things 60 smooth
~. It is such q little thing that it
should never be forgotten. Try say.
ing thank you once every day. Look
around. You will md something
which should elicit your gratitude.
4 ND thank you for listening.
Il BARBARA LEE. I
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19

1HAVE in mind q family that allowed
] the mother of the large circle to
wear herself out with %unceasing work.
She worked SO long and hard that she
never had time for considering q rest.
The members of her family regarded
mothers work as q habit. They &C.
cepted her working and never thought
that she needed relaxation or a change
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-11-19
SHOW KINDNESS
WHILE YOU May
Expressions of Gratitude Timely
Made Denote Proper Feeling
of ThankfuIness in
the Heart.

IF far down in your heart you are
thankful about anything. will you
show the kindness to everybody
connected with you and to your
own personality by giving an honest,
sincere expression Of your gratitude?
The man who dies with all the thank.
you's in him is as deserving of pity
as the one who stiles all the music.
Don't be afraid to say Thank you"
and say it loud.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
New subterranean Fauna.

Deep mines present conditions like
ly to evolve a new subterranean fauna
from animals accidentally imprisoned
and having sufficient endurance to sur
vive the change. At depth of $50
feet in a mine of the Midlothian Coal
field, Scotland, Dr. James Richie has
found Is animal forms, and he con-
cludes that many others may be car
ried into deep underground workings.
These animals were away from any
ventilating shaft reaching the surface,
the main shaft being a quarter of a
mile distant. They are supposed to
have been introduced mostly on the
props of Norwegian fir and with the
horse fodder, but some may have been
drawn in by the suction Of the venti-
lating fans. The species noted were
the common mouse, the brown rat, the
house sparrow, the great slug, a small
spider, two beetles, two flies, the
springtail or pit flea, two earthworms
and mycetozoon on the pit props.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
The Practice of KICKING.

Kicking, like charity, should begin
at home. 1t ought to be the duty of
everybody at home to object, per
sistently and effectively, to the spe-
cific overcrowded street car, the badly
paved road, the encroaching doorstep,
the neglected yard, the malodorous
cesspool, the irresponsible motor car
and the reckless raiiroad-especially
if he have any personal part in the
maintenance of similar abuses. If the
tendency of these evils were rightly
apprehended, if a part only of the eff
fort that is expended, presumably, in
Directing to generalized, foreign and
futile subjects were bestowed on spe-
cif1c and tangible details, if we would
forego the emotional pleasure of the
impersonal muck rake" to assail the
evil at our very feet-especially if
each one of US were careful to avoid
offense in matters of the same kind
our country would surely be a much
fairer one.-The Unpopular Review.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
New TeIeuraph Code.

A new form of code chart for sim
plifying the teaching of the Cont
mental telegraph code has been
evolved by a Chicago inventor. In
place of the usual method of repre-
senting the different telegraphic equiv
alents for letters and figures in the
form of dots and dashes, the charac-
ters are indicated by small and. large
letters or figures; the former repre-
senting the dots and the latter the
dashes. For instance, the letter CA
is represented as "a A." meaning dot
dash The letter "B" is shown as 'B
bib" or dash dot dot dot. Thus, by
this simple method, the inventor has
eliminated the great confusion arising
from the dash-dot representations of
the various characters. The letters
and figures are fixed in the memory
of the student as large and small
characters instead of in the form of a
complicated mass of letters, figures
and combinations of dots and dashes.
1t is stated that this chart has greatly
simplified the learning of the code.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
Reason for Drier in Paint.

The linseed oil in paint naturally
resists the drying effect of the atmos-
phere, and because Of this it Is nee
essary to add something to the paint
mixture to overcome the resistance.
Drier is prepared for this purpose, Its
function being to absorb oxygen rap
idly and convert the film into a hard.
insoluble product. During this proc
ess the Hnseed oil is changed into
Iinoxyn, and the drier continues its
oxidation until the paint film is eventu.
ally destroyed
Drier is made by adding salts to a
certain amount of linseed oil which
is haated up to about 500 degrees F.
The temperature is allowed to drop
and turpentine or mixture of tur-
pentine and benzile added.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
SOME FLOWER HINTS

Set out Iris in September and they
will flower next summer.
Hellebore busted on cabbage plants
while they are wet with dew will keep
the cabbage worms down.
Late pruning induces a new growth
on plants and trees, rendering them
susceptible to injury from the winter
cold The time for pruning is during
the winter or early spring, before the
buds start.
Look at the stored roots and bulbs.
If any sign of decay remove the
rotton spot and cover quickly with
powdered charcoal
Gas-heated rooms, unless we'll venti-
lated. are bad for plants.
All faded or fading blossoms should
be cut from every bush.
Fruit trees are especially benefited
by this treatment. The fruit will i'm.
prove by the check in leaf growth
Climbing roses and vines can be
made to follow your will, il you will
give that good start in summer
Cut back the shoots that are too vigor.
GUS and take out entirely every weak.
ling. If branch is going up straight
and you want it to go sideways cut
the branch so that the bud which will
be at the top points the way you want
the branch to go.
Don't be too severe on your plants
in summer, but at the same time LEI
them understand you hold the reins
and that they cannot run riot.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
STARTING OF THE ANIMALS

Many ANIMALS can be started from
seed planted now for winter flower
ing, and with the use of the plants
now growing in the garden and young
plants raised from cuttings a good
display can be obtained for house
culture at a very small expense.
1t is a good idea to pot the plants
sufficiently early so the pots can be
plunged in the garden, permitting
them to remain there a week or two
before taking them into the house.
A good rule is to allow two leaves
to remain on cuttings of such plants
as geraniums, cutting off the top half
of these leaves with a sharp knife.
Any cuttings that die or rot must be
Immediately removed.
The Rex Begonias are propagated
from leaf cuttings, that is, a portion
of the leaf cut and stuck in the sand,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06
FINALLY GOT HIS INTERVIEW
Death of James CreeIman Recalls Re
markabIe Exploit of News
paper Man.

James Creelman's death in Germany
while still in the prime o; life recalls
an exploit of which any newspaper
reporter might be proud, observes the
Wall Street Journal. He was in Lon
don at the time of the Barring crisis in
1890, and performed the unheard-of
feat of securing for the New York Her
aid an exclusive interview with the
governor of the Bank of England
1t is matter of history how the gov
ernor, the right Hon. William H. Lid
derdale, handled that crisis. He lived
to see the Barings successfully liquid
ated and stronger than ever, with the
financial situation in Argentina re-
stored, the 100000 gold which he
borrowed by means of acceptances
from the Bank of France returned in
due course with the seals of the pack
ages unbroken. The London market
was tided over desperate emergency
with the minimum of disturbance, al
though there were some forty failures
in the stock exchange.
Lidderdale died not long ago, leav-
He was a strong man and an honest
one. But the idea of interviewing him
was so remote that only an irreverent
American would have thought Of it.
Creelman had no pass key or letters
of introduction. He simply went to
the Bank of England, and starting
with the astonishing "beadle,' worked
his way up. He was sent from depart
ment to department, to the secret
amusement of various heads, until he
actually found himself in the pres
ence of the governor
But the joke failed to explode. Lid
derdale was a long-headed Scotchman,
much too intelligent not to see the
value of publicity at such time. He
was no slave to precedent. He gave
Creelman an excellent interview of a
frank and reassuring character, which
was published in the following Sun
days New York Herald. 1t was
great scoop; and the London papers
spent money frantically on cable toll
getting facts on their own situation
from New York for their Monday
morning issue.
A precedent was set, and since that
time English f1nanciers have been
more approachable. 1t may be said
also that publicity there, as in Wall
street, has done much to clean up ad-
initted evils, and to set honest finance
right with public opinion. The story
is well worth recalling, for it has an
obvious moral which should never be
forgotten.