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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-09

Total for this household month $17.81
Caste and custom make the having of so many
servants one of necessity and not one of choice.
AS rule most of the servants live On the COM
pound as it is difficult for them to get houses in
the town. All of the above servants are Chris
tans except the last two above named.
The stableman (who keeps the wheelbarrow
IN order) and the sweeper (who dusts, sweeps,
and cleans the missionary manson) are still
he0then.
How strange! Have neither precept nor
example any softening influence upon their
obdurate hearts?
Does Brother Menzies labor with these lost
souls?
Does he seek the stable, and take the
heather stableman aside, and pray over him?
Does Brother Menzies wrestle In prayer for
that benighted "sweeper?"
Does not Brother Menzies reproach these
two servants. for their perverseness, and rep
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-09
THE .JEFFERSONIAN

missionary day. It consists of tea, or cocoa,
bread and butter, or bread and cheese-sand-
wiches, with biscuits and cake.
"The cakes are generally homemade, Not
shipped from Europe or America, you see.
Now, let us take a review of what the hard
worked, hard-llvlng, poorly paid missionary
has taken on his impoverished stomach,
before dinner.
He has twice had tea and coffee, or tea and
cocoa twice had bread and butter: once had
eggs cooked as desired; once, oats, imported,
or native grown; then potatoes, meats and
vegetables rice, and the infammatory, highly
spiced meat curry, or vegetable curry; then
bread with jam, followed by fruits; then
cheese sandwiches, with biscuits and cake
homemade" cake.
BY this time, the self-denying missionary
is ready to refresh the inner man with
DINNER!
Here, my feelings are SO far gone, that I
must allow Brother Menzies to speak for
himself:
Fourt1-Dinner. Consists of soup, course Of
roast mutton with gravy aE1 potatoes with not
less than two vegetable courses, such cauli-
flower, fried or boiled and cabbage or fried pump
kin or turnips carrots This is oftentimes fol-
lowed with cheese and macaroni mixed. Then
follows deserts, such pudding or canned fruit
in syrup, finishing with cup of coffee and
sweets.
Vegetables, such as cabbage, caulifower, car
Tots, turnips, peas, BEANS beets tomatoes, celery
and lettuce, can only be had in very few mission
stations, that if they enjoyed at all it is at
the expense of raising them in the garden made
by the missionaries. The latter plan makes vege-
tables rather expensive for it takes less than
$45 to $50 a year to have garden with these
vegetables.
When [ think of one helpless stomach
being loaded up with four meals day: when
/ think of the distracted gastric juices tackling
such complicated job: when / reflect upon
the assimilation of cheese and turnips, fried
eggs and bananas, salmon and pound cake,
roast mutton and gravy and canned apricots;
when [ ponder on the condition of the mis-
sionary interior, loaded with all this mess,
[ don't wonder that they have to spend
third of each year regaining their strength,
on the Hills.
That's the way the foreign missionary lives,
as described fully by an honest Christian mis-
sionary.
H0O do has seuee servants Ire?
Let me quote his own words:
AS to the servants and their salaries, my article
will furnish you with much information on the
servant problem in India.
The cook is paid per month. .......... $3.50
Inc table servant. Observation-Disclosures. 3 33
Inc gardener NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2 90
Inc Waterman .......... ........... 1855
Inc WaSherman OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ESQ
Inc stapieman ............... 200
Total for this household month 49,. SIT 81
Caste and custom make the having of so many
servants one of necessity and not of choice
AS a rule most of the servants live On the COM
pound, it is difficult for them to get houses in
the town. All of the above servants Chris
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-09
Little Breakfast, Big Breakfast,
Tiffin, then Dinner, and
then Night-Cap.


of our Baptist Board of Foreign Missions.
His "facts" have all slid from under his
feet, and he is waving signals of distress, like
a man who is IN danger OF going distracted.
You see, it was this way:
DR.. Smith and DR.. Graham sailed forth to
prove that forei on missionaries are the most
unselfsh people on earth, and that they live
mighty hard, work awfully hard get mis-
erably poor pay, and that the nature of the
native food compels them to send to Europe
for belly-timber, and that whenever they
wish to vary the monotony of this wretched-
ness by travelling, they have to ride on wheel
barows.
The sweet little "Sunbeam' money colec-
tors believed all this, and they worked harder
than ever to gather up nickels and dimes for
the souls of the benighted heather.
The missionary ladies-bless their compass
sionate souls ALSO believed it; and they
spread on an extra layer of seductiveness to
their persuasive smiles when next they took
the streets to search the pockets Of helpless
mankind.
But who should appear upon the scene, but
my Brother w. G.. Menzies, Hindoo mis-
sionary of the Christian Church, or more
properly speaking, missionary Of the Chris
tan Church to the Hindoos
With the utmost cheerful candor, Brother
Menzies speaks of the hard life of the foreign
missionary, With its four regular meals a day,
to which is always added little something or
other to 90 to bed on.
"Ltte breakfast. and Big breakfast
Oh my
Sounds like Little butch, and Big butch,"
in the Arkansas Traveller.
l wonder what sort of a sermon a mission
airy can preach, after eating two breakfasts
Choti H0si, small breakfast bread, and
tea, and coffee, and surely they butter the
bread and sweeen the coffee.
Brother Menzies admits that "some mis-
sionares have boiled egg, or fried egg with
this
Well. the egg calls for more butter, and
then some salt and pepper; and human expe-
rience teaches lis that any man who will eat
one egg, will eat another, if he wants it.
So, you see, we might as we'll look the facts
in the face, and realize that Choti Hagi in
cludes bread and butter, tea and cofee-with
sugar and Greenland eggs, cooked to suit the
missionary; and | haven't the slightest doubt
on my own mind that some missionaries order
t100 eggs, one fried on one side, and one on
the other.
Big breakfast is far more serious Brother
Menzies tells us it consists of Quaker oats
(imported) and Saqudana, native grain of
India: then potatoes, meat, and vegetables:
then rice, salmon, meat currle, or vegetable
currie, bread, jam, with fruit, such as oranges,
bananas, &c.
Now, / don't profess to be a Know-it-all;
and when l saw this word ''currie," my ideas
about it were so vague that l consulted the
Editors Encyclopedia.
And this is what the Encyclopedia says
about 'Curry,' as it is properly spelled:
Curry, juicy meats, highly spced condi-
ment, much used throughout India"
Into the makeup of the curry continent,
enter such costly ingredients as coriander seed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
PAYING SALARIES TO WIVES
Discussion Started In Periodical De-
voted to Women-Husband Is the
Real Provider.

About the most foolish proposition
that has been advanced for some time
Is the discussion now going on con-
corning the payment of salaries to
wives. The discussion started some
time ago in periodical devoted to
women, and 1t has been raging" ever
since, with now and then some good
soul advocating that the wife be paid
regular wages, and the household ex-
penses be apportioned properly-and a
lot more of the same line
The ideal home is the one where
the wife is not bothered with finances
where the husband is the provider-
and provides. In this ideal home the
wife knows the standard of living
which should be maintained, and the
husband is not annoyed in any way
with apportioning the household ex.
penses. The wife has what she wants
because she wants only what the fam.
lily can afford, and the husband takes
care of all expenditures, whether in
the way of money outlay or by pay,
ing all bills promptly. In the ideal
home the question of money is seldom
mentioned, for the reason that 1t does
not have to be mentioned The hus-
band sees to it that the wife is amply
provided with funds.-Dayton News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

fered on account of bandits raids are a
matter of 'pecuniary reparation,' but
| never the cause for American forces
| to invade Mexican soil 1t has grown
| to be almost a custom not to settle
! depredations by money alone, but to
quell such disorders and to prevent such
crimes by swift and sure punishment
1.-THE de facto government finally
urges that If the frontier were duly
there would be no reason for the exist
ing difficulty thus the de facto govern
ment attempts to absolve itself from
the first duty of any government, name
ly, the protection of life and property.
This is the paramount obligation for
which governments are instituted and
perform it are not worthy of the name.
This is the duty for which General Car
rama, 1T must be assumed, initiated his
revolution in Mexico and organized the
present government and for which the
United States government recognized
his government as the de factO gov
Cannot Entertain Request
The government of the United States
does not wish to believe that the de
facto government approves these ma
rauding attacks, yet as they continue to
be made they show that the Mexican
government is unable to repress them.
I'm conclusion, the Mexican govern
ment invites the United States to sup
port its assurances of friendship with
other than the Immediate withdra wal of
the American troops For the reasons
I have herein, fully set forth. this re-
quest of the de facto government can
not now be entertained
Gravest Consequences Possible.
w heneVer Mexico will assume and
effectively exercise that responsibility,
the United States, as it has many times
before publicly declared. will be glad
to have this obligation fulfilled by the
de facto government of Mexico. If on
the contrary the de facto government
is pleased to ignore this obligation and
to believe that in case of a refusal to
retire these troops there is no further
recourse than to defend it's territory by
an appeal to arms the government of
the United States would surely be lack
ing in sincerity and friendship if it did
not frankly impress upon the de facto
government that the execution of this
threat will lead to the gravest conse-
uuences. While this government would
deeply regret such a result. it cannot
recede from fits settled determination to
maintain. its national rights and to
perform it's natural duty in preventing
further invasions of the territory of the
United States and in removing the
peril which Americans along the inter-
national boundary have borne so long
in patience and forbearance.
Robert Lansing"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
A Joy Table.

Mother made 10y table" for her
children by saving off the legs Of a
kitchen table more than halfway up.
50 that the little ones could reach it
Round the table, after 1t had been
painted green, was nailed a green
ledge Of wood-to keep In the sand
quite four inches deep, and table and
ledge alike We're lined with zinc. Clean
white sand was now distributed even
ly over the table, and the children
hugely enjoyed game of "being at
the seaside" bringing their spades and
pals and making hillocks and water
ways on it. On other days the children
pretended that the table was village,
or garden, and planted 1t with green
things and flowers and set church
and farnyard buildings and animals
about. The table was a success.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
YEARS ARE HELD IN LEASH
II You Would Live Long Go Over to
Halifax County, Va. and Hear
Mr.. Thomas Bruce.

II any of these authorities on what
constitutes old age are in the vicinity
will they please drop around to the
Wolcot hotel and discuss the matter
with Thomas e. Bruce of Halifax coun-
ty, Va? Mr. Bruce, who is eighty
years young, has some definite ideas
on the subject, and he knows where
the years may be successfully informed
so that they are harmless. -F
That beneficent spot is Halifax coun-
ty, Va. sub! 1t is beyond doubt the
most wonderful spot on the whole
green earth. If Metchnikoff, who
made goats milk popular by discover
ing that the Bulgarians who drank 1t
managed to live long time. had only
gone to Halifax county instead. there
would be less artificial buttermilk on
the market now
Believe all of this from Mr. Bruce.
The other day he halted in the foyer
of the Wolcott, where he has been
coming for many years. to hear one
man condole with another over the
death of his father. seventy-five years
old.
"He died of old age" the grieving
one said
"Old age?" broke in Mr. Bruce, in
dignantly. "Old age? Why, / am
eighty years old-or young-myself.
My mother lived to be ninety-six years
old, my father was past ninety when he
went on and I have an uncle living
and in good health at one hundred and
four. This old age is tommy rot, al
though 1 suppose people can't live
long around here. They should come
to my country, where the years are
held in LEASH"
And that is-?''
Halifax county, Va. sub. as I've
said New York Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
DAISY FLY KILLER
Bible Only Noncontraband.

During the Civil war the demand for
the Scriptures increased and multi
piled and Bibles printed at the Bible
house, New York, were the only mer-
chandise which, during more than
three years Of civil strife, the Union
army permitted to go through its lines
to the people Of the Confederacy, and
the only merchandise which the Con-
federate states were willing to receive
from the people OF the North. In 1865
the receipts Of the society were $642.
625.25, and the total number of Bibles
and portions printed was 1,15O,52S, a
number which was not exceeded until
20 years later.-Christian Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Miraue.

Mirages are most often seen in hot
climates, especially over sandy deserts
and also frequently in the Polar re
gions, the cause being assigned to
sharp variations in the atmosphere
They are also visible at times in the
temperate zones, the general opinion
being that the objects seen are re-
flected on minute particles of dust in
the air The same effect has been
witnessed in mists or fogs, the sup
position being that the reflection is
carried on the tiny globules of mois.
ture then contained in the atmosphere
If you noted the weather conditions at
the time the mirage was visible, you
will probably find the explanation in
the reason last mentioned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

could have found many pretexts in the
past for the qualification of its desire?
Can that government doubt that.
months ago. when the war between the
a much better opportunity than the
present was afforded for American in
tervention If such had been the purpose
of the United States, as the de facto
government now insinuates? What mo-
tive could this government have had
in refraining from taking advantage of
such opportunities other than unselfiSh
friendship for the Mexican republic?
You state that even the American
forces along the border find themselves
physically unable to protect effectively
the frontier on the American side OBJ
viously, if there is no means of reaching
bands rowing on Mexican territory and
making sudden daSheS at night into
American territory, it is Impossible to
prevent such invasions unless the from
tier is protected by a Gordon of troops.
No government could be expected not
to maintain a force of this strength
along the boundary of a nation with
which it is al peace for the purpose of
resisting the onSlaughtS of few bands
of lawless men, especially when the
neighboring state makes no effort to
prevent these attacks. The most effec-
tive method of preventing raids OF this
nature. as past experience has fully
demonstrated is to visit punishment or
destruction on the raiders.
Rejects Arrangement.
"It is precisely this plan which the
OnlIeu states OeSlTeS ~ AOllOW diOHS
the border, without any Intention of
infringing upon the sovereign rights of
her neighbor,g but which although OBJ
viOusly advantageous to the de facto
government, it refuses to allow or even
countenance.
The Mexican government further
protests that it has made every effort
on its part to protect the frontier and
that it is doing all possible to avoid
a recurrence of such acts Attention
is again invited to the well known and
unrestricted activity of De La Rosa.
Ancieto Piscano, Pedro Vinos and 9TH
ers in connection with border raids.
and to the fact that: as | am adyised,
up to June 4, De La Rosa was still col
lecting troops at Monterey for the
openly avowed purpose of making at,
Pedro Vinos was recruiting at other
places for the same avowed purpose
Not Doing "AH Possible"
"This does not indicate that the Mex
lean government is doing all possible
| to avoid further raids
"It is suggested that the injuries SUI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Cremation.

The process of cremation is as fol-
lows: The casket is lowered into the
incinerating room, the metal handles
and name plate are removed, and it is
put into the retort The heat is so in
tense that after few hours only the
ashes of the bones remain, all else, in
Guiding the structure of the casket.
having disappeared in light ash or gas
eous products. The casket screws and
nails are removed by a magnet and
about four ounces of pure ash remain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Artificial AbraSives.

Artificial abrasives have nearly dis.
placed the natural. The United States
production of corundum and emery is
reported to have gradually increased
in quantity and value from 1880 and
then decreased in value per ton, but
increased in quantity, thus main
tanning an annual average of about
100000 until 1902 In the decline
since then corundum mining has
ceased and emery mining is nearly
dead. The artificial abrasives pro-
duced are carborundum, crystolon, al.
undum, aloxite. crushed steel and steel
shot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Pencil Stubs.

Thrifty persons are advised to save
the stubs" Of lead pencils to avert a
threatened pencil famine, owing to di
minished supplies used in making
these daily necessities. The stubs
which almost everyone has been in the
habit of throwing away, can be fitted
into a holder and used to the extreme
end.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Discrimination.

Care much for poetry" asked the
studious person.
Yes, indeed" replied the man who
was reading pink paper.
Who's your Notwithstanding.
Byron, Keats or Shelly?"
"Oh. I've never read anything by
those fellows. but saw piece on the
sporting page of a newspaper yester-
day that was every bit as good as
Casey at the Bat"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
SUBJECT OF ROAD DRAINAGE
Good Roads Cannot Be Secured Until
Water Is Turned Away-6ulletins
Are Issued Free.

The office of public roads, Washing
ton, D. c., has prepared bulletins on
the subject of road drainage. and OF
building small bridges. These bulle-
tins may be obtained entirely free by
any who will address a postal card to
the office of public roads and ask for
them. Road drainage lies at the bot
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
LIVE STOCK. BUSINESS PAYS
Some Men Have No Inclination Nor
Taste for Pedigreed Stockholders
Make Good Money.

Shall farmer go into the purebred
live stock business? Well, it depends
upon the man. Some men have no
taste nor inclination for pedigreed
stock. Others have. It is long pull
upward. but with the right kind of
brains, organization, knowledge Of
breeding, ability to ADVERTISED pays
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

tom Of good road building. We can.
not have good roads until we get the
water away from them. Drainage will
do this. Therefore we should study
drainage, both surface and under.
ground Everybody should learn some
thing in regard to it. Get these free
bulletins.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Nebraska Has "War Bride"

Lincoln, Neb, June q. = When
Company A of the national guard
was ordered to mobilize, Private 10
seph o. Britain hurried to the county
courthouse and before his company
entrained, Miss Minnie A. Kaasch OF
Fremont, Neb., had become the first
Nebraska war BRIDE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Rather a Stimulus.

'sHalf the Office force is In love
with my pretty stenographer."
"Does it interfere with their work ?"
ooh, no. They're all speeding up,
trying to win promotion"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Keen Il In Your Stable.

For external use on horses nothing
that we know of equals Hanford's Bal
sam. Many trainers use it as leg
wash because it keeps the skin in fine
condition and should cure lameness.
Adv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Information.

"Pa, what is hypothesis"
ats one of those things the drug
f1ends use to squirt the dope into their
arms with. Why don't you look In the
dictionary
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
A Potato Washer,

Bilson-That new cook Of yours Is q
very handsome woman, isn't she?
Jilson-You bet she is. Why, all
she has to do is to smile at the pota
toes and they are mashed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Moist Washes for Ducks,

Ducks, both young and old, must
have moist mashes most of the time
for they will not do well on hard grain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

Making Profit on Lambs.
II you can make your lambs weigh
so pounds when they are four months
old, you are making fine profit on
them. You can do it. ~
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
The Poets Mistake.

1.-THE poet says, Stone walls do not
a prison make"
''They put up a good imitation,
though. when they're around peni-
tentiary"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Guard Against Loss.

II ewes are underfed, abortion often
follows. Guard against such loss By
good feed and watchful care.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
His Glass.

"That policeman who Is always
chasing motorists is crazy"
81 see; regular pinching bug"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Dislike Whitewash.

Lice and mites can't stand white
wash. 1t is cheap, SO be lavish with
it in the henhouse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

Cutting Timber for Posts.
If you cut timber for fence posts
before the sap starts to flow they last
longer as the wood is less apt to check
and rot.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Terribly Hard.

"We'n have hard luck in this place"
"Why sol?
Nothing but soft drinks"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
Cause of Worms.

Worms in sheep or hogs are caused
by infected pens or pastures. Watch
these places.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

Hanford's Balsam Of Myrrh is itself
an antiseptic and the use of any other
remedy before applying it is unneces-
sary. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

better than any other kind OF farm
ing. In the meantime market stuff
looks good these days with the stock
yards full and yelling for more.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23

f1dVI1Ig CUTTtCItU CIIt 6IrUrIeUuS Stdtc
nients of facts to which 1 have adverted.
the real situation stands forth in its true
light. 1t is admitted that American
troops have crossed the international
boundary in hot pursuit of the Columbus
raiders and without notice to or the con-
sent of your government. but the several
protestations on the part of this govern
ment, by the president. by this depart
n'ent, and by other American authorities
that the object of the expedition was to
capture, destroy or completely diSperSe
the Villa bands of outlaws or to turn
this duty over to the Mexican authorities,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-12
NOT FILLING

NOT FILLING
Lady of the HOUse-You say you
haven't had anything to eat today?
Tramp-Lady, if you viii believe
me, de Cnly ting I've swaHered today
is insult