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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-16
Indian Veteran
High School Boy

~ LENELNND. Ohio. oct Is
II Jnck Grancy. veteran outOelder
", of the Cleveland American
league club. has enrolled In cen
tral high school here TO prepare for
a college rouisc lu medicine
GraucN b. determined To become u
phNpoBu when his baseball DAYS are
over He WAS unable to enter college
AZ once hocau % he needed additional
preparation iu latin
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
A Good Indian,

With all his faults, the American
Indian in his best estate has the mighty
virtues Of loyalty and courage. A
touching example Of the nobility of
character that many of them are capa-
BILE Of is given in the late John Muir's
Travels in Alaska"
Mr.. Muir describes the coming of
missionaries to the Stickeen Indians of
Fort Wrangell and their success in
Christianizing them. The tribesmen,
he says, were encouraged to accept the
Christian faith by their head chief, but
he told them he could not himself be-
come Christian, for this reason:
II wish you to learn this new religion
and teach it to your children, so that
you may all go when you die to that
good heaven country Of the white man
and be happy. But 1 am too old to
learn a new religion; and, besides,
many Of my people who have died were
bad and foolish people, and, If this
word the missionaries have brought us
is true, as think it is, many of my
people must be in that bad country the
missionaries call 'hell;' and must 60
there also, for Stickeen chief never
deserts his people in time of trouble
To that bad country, therefore, 1 will
go, and try to cheer my people and
help them as best can to endure their
misery. Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Resolved Never to Eat Again.

the interests and the outlook Of chill
dren. In q normal school the young
women who are the next year to be
intrusted with the care of young chill
dren will be found very often to show
the same attitude of indifference and
antagOnism toward their instructors as
younger children do so commonly.
Yet these same young women when
they are placed in front of class will
resent inattentiOn as If it were wan
ton and malicious affrOnt to their au-
thOrity. The normal school student
will very often shirk work and avoid
responsibility but in a short while,
when confronted with similar conduct
on the part of her pupils, she finds it
difficult, if not impossible, to under
stand "how children can do such
things" The college student will
''bluff' through his recitatiOns in the
manner characteristic of the particu-
lar institution, and the following year
he will be outraged because some
sharp boys try to play the same trick
upon him.
If we did somehow manage to re-
member our own moods and our va
rious misdeeds and our youthful esca'
pades it is still quite likely that we
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
WASTE OF MENTAL ENERGY
OF All Forms Of FooIishness the Civ
ing Way to Anger Is About
the Worst.

1t wouldn't be easy to find the per-
son who never makes a careless or un-
kind remark. None of US likes to be
criticized for every chance word we
may happen to utter. Why allow our
selves to become angry at some chance
remark or carelessness Of another?
Give him time to recover his good ma
ture.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath"
Very likely the hard word wasn't
meant, anyhow, and was no sooner ut
tered than repented Of. Do not lose
your temper because someone else lost
his. It isn't well that two should be
angry at the same time. If someone
really wishes to be mean to you, the
best return you can make is to show
him he can say nothing important
enough to disturb you. It is the best
revenge one can take.
Anger is not good for body or mind.
1t poisons the blood; it disturbs cir
culation; it retards digestion. II
takes from your vitality and saps
strength. 1t hinders you from being
happy or from giving happiness to 9TH
ers. 1t is waste of mental energy
1t leaves a scar on the soul not easily
effaced. If you would retain your self.
respect, keep control of your temper
Anger is the weapon of the fool.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Making Lead PensiIs.

MisSOuri-Particularly the Ozark
hills-furnishes the greater part of the
wood used in making lead pencils.
Though many other varieties have
been tried, none has proved as sat
isfactOry as the red cedar. The cedars
grow on the rocky hillsides all through
the White river district OF Missouri.
They are small, stUnted trees, seldom
reaching a diameter of more than a
foot at the butt. At the mill the logs
are first cut lengthwise by circular
saws into planks. These are cut into
right lengths for lead pencils, and
those chunks go, into the hands of men
who, with circular saws, rip them up
into what are called "slats." Only the
red heart of the log is used; the white
sapwOod is thrown away. The Stats
are bound in bundles and sent to New
York, where the greater part are
worked up into lead pencils, and the
remainder goes to lead-pencil factories
in Europe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
ABSENTMINDED Mr.. JONES
Although He Hadn't Forgotten the Fa-
Vors, He Might Almost as Well
Have Done So.

Mr.. Jones' wife says that he is the
most absentminded man in the world
She finds it necessary to look him over
every morning before he leaves for his
office, lest he should appear there in
his paiamas .>Ome day.
On the day that she entertained the
members of her club, Mrs. Jones took
great pains to purchase the bridge IA
vors, according to the New York
Times.
Now" she said in the morning, as
he was about to leave for the day, do
please try and remember to go to the
store next door to your office and get
% of the handsOmest favOrs in the
store and send them up to the house
with a boy this afternoon"
Jones promised faithfully to remem-
Der and promptly forgot all about the
matter until he reached the office. Then
his eyes lighted on the string his wife
had tied about his finger.
Great Scottr' he cried, those ia
yors! ~ Half an hour later, as he was
opening his mail, he came across a let
ter from his wife.
Don't forget those favOrs," 1t read,
"and be sure to pay for them"
HIN, that's right" muttered Jones
abstractedly. II did nearly forget
them
Shortly after receiving the letter, his
wife called him up on the telephone.
"Have you bought those favorsT she
inquired.
"By JOve I" answered the husband, u
did almost forget them!"
At noon he left the Office, to be gone
the remainder of the day. At six O'CLOCK
he walked up the stOop of his house
tired but happy in the consciousness
that his days work was over.
At the door of the house his wife me
him, in Il plainly wrathful mood.
"Wretched mani" she cried.
Jones surveyed her in amaZement TO
a moment. Then an awful though
pierced his mind.
"Why," he stammered, Il didn't for
get those favors after all, did I?'
NO" she cried. 'But three time
this afternoon you sent n boy her
with % of them each time"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
ACTORS MAKE QUICK CHANGES
Some Record Trips From City to City,
which Have Been MSGe by
Noted ThesplanS.

EnvIous persons have been known
TO pooh-pOOh the actor who thinks that
his life is not all cakes and ale. Many
years ago we thought the limit had
been reached when e. L. Davenport
acted at a matinee in Philadelphia
and duplicated the performance in New
York the same night. Later came the
sensational jump Of Lawrence Barrett
by special train from New York to
San, Francisco in less than four days
and the Joseph Brooks-Janauschek
leap from Milwaukee to Philadelphia
between Saturday midnight and Mon
day in time for a regular perform
ance in the latter city.
Once Richard Mansheld's energies
compassed a hurry trip between New
Orleans and Chicago. On a Saturday
evening he presented Julius Caesar"
in the Crescent City and on the next
succeeding Monday evening he repeat
ed the experience in Chicago. Mean
while he had travelled thousand miles
and transported all the pOnderOus i'm
pedimenta of his well-remembered pro-
ductiOn of the Shakespeare classic.
This is how it was done:
A special train in ten cars was un-
der steam in New Orleans at the close
of the engagement. AS soon as a
scene of the play was worked off 1t
was conveyed on trucks to the waiting
special. When the curtain fell on the
last act the players who appeared In
1t without changing their costumes,
were driven to the railway station, and
the train was out of sight Of New Or.
leans before midnight. Right of way
was given for the entire distance, and
relays of fresh engines were provided
from division to division. Thus a new
record between the gulf and Lake
Michigan was made. The running time
for the 1000 miles was % hours.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09

should not approve Of the parallel man.
lfestatlons in our children. But how
ever much we disapprOve Of them, we
could gain q great deal from the bare
realization that the children are not
wicked or malicious. Understanding
their moods and their impulses does
not mean indifference TO the conse-
Quences or to the habits that they are
forming. II means ability to help them
over their difficulties, TO guide them
because Of our superior wisdom and
larger experience.
II is for these reasons that those Of
US who have forgotten our own youth
need to STUDY what is known about the
child Of given age. We are taken
unawares fhOn a docile child begins
some day to ran away from our side.
He Is brought back and told to keep
within bounds; but befegs very long
he is off again, and WI Shudder to
think what might have happened If a
vehicle had just then come along.
Or the neat child surprises us by
coming home with soiled clothes, and
we wonder whether it was not one Of
the neighbors' children that brought
him to his plight. We know, of course,
that other peoples children are DISC
bedient, that they are untidy, that they
are wild" But when 1t comes Har-
Old's turn we are caught unprepared.
Yet it is possible for parents to be
prepared to a degree. 1t is possible for
us to find out the general course OF
the child's development and to know
what we have to look forward to. II
is possible to find out the distinctive
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
HAD ALL SHE COULD STAND
Despite Possible Proposal, Young
"OId Maid" Was Unable to Put
Up With Bore.

IOIe is q new and charming corre-
spondent who describes herself as "a
rather young old maid in whom the
eager desire for matrimOny is almost
overbalanced by an unfortunate sense
Of the Righteousness of all masculine
beings" Her letter relating some re-
cent experiences with male bOres and
zanies is too long to reproduce. We
print this brief excerpt:
"He talked of socialism from 8 80 to
0 80, of the war from then till 10:30,
of Bernard Shaw and how he is diff
ferent from Chesterton till II :30-and
then of psychic therapeutics
az am, you know he interjected,
connected with the Emmanuel move
ment.'
"'YOu surprise me- murmured.
"'Why should you be surprised that
l am interested in so absorbing a sub
jectY he demanded. And I'm afraid
glanced at the clock as an
swered:
at didn't imagine you could be con-
nected with any sort of a-er-mOve-
ment'
"But isn't it too bad? think he
would have proposed If I'd let him
talk another hour or sol"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Preparedness for Parents Lies in
Their Own Memory.
CHILDISH MOODS ARE QUEER
Recall Your Own Youthful MIsdeeds
and Peculiar Desires When Called
On to Judge the Little Person
In Your Family.
By sIpoNlE M. eRuENsERe.

StVJ HEN was your age" said moth
W er, or father, or uncle, or even
an older brother or sister, Il ate every
thing placed before me without
word"
Or,
"I cbeyed first and asked why after.
ward"
Or, at best,
II wouldn't have thought of doing
anything like that"
These things are not said for the
sake of completing the historical rec
ord. You will have guessed that they
are said for the purpose Of impressing
the young person with the abnormal
ity of his wishes or conduct and thus
with the unreasOnableness or even
wickedness of his ways. But there are
two serious defects in the method.
Statements made in this form are like
ly to be untrue. And they generally
fail to produce the desired effect.
When father was sons age he really
did want a latchkey for weeks or
months before he had the courage to
ask for 1t; and If he now thinks II
prepOsterouS for Jack to ask for q
latchkey 1t may be that his judgment
has mellowed. But to say to Jack
"When was your age is hardly tC
the point. If the truth were known OF
remembered the parent would not say
that. But when he does say it Jack is
likely to think to himself that father
must have been rather dull in those
days. Has mother forgotten the time
when she preferred considerations OF
dress and parties to the humdrum Of
the household? Or was she really tht
kind of girl that never cared?
When we are inclined to lose pa
tience because the child objects t.
wearing the clothes we have selected
for him, let us search the dusty Gran
MES of our memory attics for the day!
when we thought that everybody mus
be watching our absurd blouse or out
landish hat. When we are tempted t.
lose our temper because the child in
Inmates that we are unjust in our treat
ment of him, let US recall the days o
futile rage when we resolved neve
to eat again, or when we wished W
had never been born.
Every child passes through these eX
periences, and most of these same chill
dren grow up to be unseeing and un
feeling parents, because they forge
OF course, we are not to be blamed 70
; forgetting; that seems to be the natur
, of the species. But we might at leas
make an effort to find out just wha
. we have a right to expect and to dt
r mand Of the children Of those fOrgO
ten ages.
. 1t is not alone the parents who fOl
get. All who get safely past childhOO
are liable to detach themselves frol
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
PROUD OF THEIR MODEL SON
Of Course He Was Young, but Just
Then His Habits Were Abso-
IuteIy Irreproaehable.

"Ah, well, wife," said John Rumbles,
the honest farmer, though our corn
was stricken with quinsy this year,
and our pigs all got the ear disease,
and our cabbages were all hollow, and
our wheat had appendicitis, we have
the consolation of knowing that we
have model son. Just think, Roland
has never smoked a cigarette in his
whole life"
"NOr anything else, for that mat
ter" replied Susan, his honest wife.
"And he would no more think of TAX
ing strong drink than he would of fly
ing"
True" asserted Honest John, with
a sickly smile. "And the regular hours
he keeps"
"Yes," put in Honest Susan, eagerly.
ITO bed right after supper every night
regular as clockwork."
And for while John smoked In cOP-
templatlve silence, while Susan knit,
ted away in her easy chair.
"But of course, there's this" said
John at length. 1--WE can't tell how
he'll be later on. We must remember
he's only six months old"
"Ah, John, we mustn't borrow trou
BILE. We have enough already, good
ness knows" snickered Susan.-De
\ troit Free Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
IncorriaibIe FIirt.

A newly married couple have just
moved into a bungalow in what the
real estate people call "a new develop
ment" near New York. The benevolent
land company runs an electric car from
the property to the railway station,
This car, which Qike the bonneville
trolley meets all trains, is manned, as
usual, by a conductor and a motor
man, both of whom are naturally on
very friendly terms with the patrons.
The other day the brides mother came
to visit her. She noticed that her
daughter often waved greeting to-
ward the electric car as it passed the
house. "Why, Gladys" said the old
lady, "dO you know all the conductors
on this line already ?"-Exchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Educated Rooster.

"Spizzerinktum" is an odd name
wen for q rooster, but this rooster is
10 ordinary fowl. The bird comes
rom a strain of Barred Plymouth
.ocks, was Matched last May and
weighs six pounds. He is owned by
T. E. Bennett of Hartford City, who
'efuses to part with his prize-winner
It any price. Judges at various fairs
where he has been shown have told
he owner that he is a most promising
bird and this is borne out by the fact
that 500 has been offered for him.
"Spizzerinktum" is also an educated
fowl. One of his chief delights is rid
ing the seat of specially constructed
wagon and holding the reins over eight
boys who act as steeds for him. He
drove this team in the centennial pa
rade at Hartford City.-Indianapoli
News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Wonder OF the Rose.

What service has the rose rendered
to our ancestors that we should admire
it beyond all rational measure? Did 1t
feed them, clothe them, warm them, or
serve to deck some otherwise unatrac-
tive maid and win for her a wOoer2
Did our ancestors, whether beasts or
human progenitOrs of retreating skull
and tusklike teeth, breathe in its
beauty and take fresh courage for the
battle of life? Can it be by chance that
man has come to find in flower the
great symbol of beauty? Why is not
the fruit more beautiful to him than
the flower? Why not the vegetable
than the fruit? Why not the fish than
the vegetable, or lamb chop most
beautiful of all?-Henry Dwight Sedg'
wick, in the Atlantic.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Valuable Jerusalem Artichoke.

1t appears from Professor Stra-
kOsch's figures that the most efficient
of all economic plants is the Jerusa-
lem artichoke. This justly valued
vegetable produces on an acre of good
land about 1927 pounds of starch and
other digestible substances. 1t takes
from the soil incidentally S26 worth of
material. But the difference between
consumption and production, in terms
of value, is SIG.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Sorry She Smoke

John" she said sternly, father
said he saw you this morning going
into a pawnbrOker's with a large bun
die"
Her suitOr flushed. Then he replied
in low voice:
Yes, that is true. l was taking the
pawnbroker some of my old clothes.
You see, he and his wife are awfully
hard up"
"Oh. John. forgive me-" exclaimed
! the young girl. How truly noble YOU
arer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
VANISHING Trick.

The noted friends of a noted magi-
clan were his guests at dinner.
"You do some wonderful things on
the stage" one of the friends observed,
"but I am inclined to think you are
handicapped when you are away from
your apparatus"
ITO an extent. 4s," the magician
admitted, "but there are many things
I can do anywhere on a moments no
tice."
LET us see you do something now"
"All right, take for instance this
steak. the Brussels sprouts and the sa-
lad"
'Yes-"
..In very few minutes we will cause
all of them to entirely disappear"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From Itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Too Much of a Strain.

1t was little Martha's bedtime, and
she was being tucked in, but she was
inclined to delay the process by some
thing she had to tell her mother. Sew
eraE times she attempted to tell her
mother, but each time was told to close
her eyes and mouth tight and go to
sleep. Finally in desperation, But
mother, l want to tell you"
"No, dear. 1t is time for you to &c
70 sleep. You can tell me in the morn,
ing"
"But, mother, just cant hold it in
my mouth all night"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09

altitude of more than two thousand
feet. Italians are, for the most part,
employed in the cultivation of the
grapes, the whole family accompany
ing husband and father to the field
and assisting in tending the vines. The
babies are put to sleep in improvised
tents while their elders work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Gun With a Record

There is 15-centimeter gun still in
service on the Champagne front which
has been in action ever since the OPEN
ing of the war. 1t is believed this gun
is about the "sole survivor" Of the
early days Of the struggle and that its
record of 1880 shots fred is far and
away ahead Of any other gun.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
vInexards Of Argentina.

Mendoza is the southern California
of Argentina. Irrigation has long been
successfully applied to its vineyards,
which produce more wine than the
combined vineyards of the entire Unit
ed States of North America, according
to the National Geographic Magazine.
The whole of the province lies at an
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.

Nature warns you when the track of
health is not clear. Kidney and bladder
troubles cause many annoying symptoms
and great inconvenience both day and
night.
Unhealthy kidneys may cause lumbago,
rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, pain
or dull ache in the back, joints or mus
cles, at times have headache or indiges'
ton, as time passes you may have sal
low complexion, puffy or dark circles
under the eyes, sometimes feel as though
you had heart trouble, may have plenty
of ambition but no strength, get weak
and lose flesh.
If such conditions are permitted te
continue, serious results may be expect
ed; Kidney Trouble in its very worst
form may steal upon you.
PrevaIency Of Kidney Disease.
AEos+ Deonla do not realize the alarm
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Coming Home With soiIed Clothes.

characteristics of each important stage
and to accept them without losing our
pOise.
The individual fOrgets, but the race
remembers. If we have forgotten the
pecullarities of our own seventh year,
let US study the present-day children
who are still in the seventh year, and
we shall know what is proper for our
own child in his seventh year. If we
have forgotten how we crossed the
bridge of the teens" let us watch the
adolescents of today, and we shall be
prepared in spite of our short memo
ries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
Altogether Too Economical.

Mr.. A.--So the Tompkins- Chorkins
match is broken off, is it?
Mr.. B.-Yes. The TOmpkins object
ed to ChOrkins being so economical.
Mr.. A.-You astonish me.
Mr.. B.-Yes. You know he is con-
tractor himself, and so sent circulars
to all the ministers in town asking for
their lowest estimates for performing
the ceremony.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
stau Parties.

"I wonder why they call them stag
parties?" remarked the man who had
lust received an invitation to attend
one. Its probably an allusion to that
well-known quotation, The stag at eve
has drunk his ILL.," replied his wife
meaningly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
His Business.

ut is a shame the way that beauty
doctor is swindling the pretty girls
who go to him."
Perfectly legitimate business. He
is merely grating peaches"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09

DR.. Peery's DEAD SHOT" is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm in adults
or children. One dose is sufficient and no
supplemental purge necessary.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09

Egg stains on linen or any other
cloth should be soaked In cold wateE
never in hot, which would make
them almost impossible to remove