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The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12
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PROUD POPLAR TREES.

"Down by one bank of River was
row of Weeping Willow Trees, and on
the opposite side stood row of Poplar
Trees" said Daddy.
Underneath the Willows 1t was so
delightfully."- cool and shady that little
Boys and Girls would get their books
and sit under the wide shading
branches. There were many Picnics
given under the Willows, too, and the
Trees were splendid for climbing.
But one day the Brownies thought
they would like to have Breakfast
Party underneath the row of Weeping
Willows.
Yes said one of the Elves, when
the Brownies We're inviting them to
their Breakfast Party, 4 think 1t would
be a fine idea. But somehow, we've
Trees standing opposite. They see
all the Children flocking to the Weep.
ing Willows, and there they have to
stand just rs straight as they can and
pretend they don't mind in the least.
"'Well, how do you know they mindT
asked one Of the Brownies. I've never
heard that Poplar Tree ever felt sad,
and the very name of the Weeping
Willow means Sadness
That's true, that's true said the
Elf who had spoken first. But 1 will
tell you what We'll do. Well each have
a Breakfast Party and then We'll tell
our experiences. How about it, Brown.
ies?'
"'All right shouted the Brownies.
We'll all go tomorrow bright and early
In the morning
"The next morning the Brownies
with Picnic Baskets and the Elves with
their Picnic Baskets started off for
their Breakfast Parties.
"Well,' said the Elves to the Poplar
Trees, we've come to honor your And
they made deep, low bows before the
Poplar Trees.
"The Poplar Trees paid not the
slightest bit of attention. They still
stood with their heads straight up In
the air
"'We're about to have Breakfast
continued the Elves, thinking that the
oplalo Iuu HOl lleuIu llleLl. we re
very sorry tha Trees don't care for
the same goodies to eat that Elves
door we'd be delighted to share with
you. But we've come here to eat to
cheer you up. We think you're very
fine and straight and tall. In fact,
we admire you
"The Elves started in eating and
frisking about as they ate the good
things they had brought along. Some
of them ran up the Trees and whis-
pered little secrets to the Leaves
which were shaking in the Breeze.
"Soon the Elves heard the Poplars
muttering This is what they said:
"'Well be much obliged If you 60
to those silly Weeping Willows they
whispered, Us they waved just little
In the wind. The idea Of thinking
you've paid US a compliment to come
and eat your silly food here. Why,
it's almost an insult to us-why, we
we are Friends Of the Sun. We're
great Friends of his. Do you suppose
we care about silly People, or even
Elves, when we can chat with Mr..
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12

o. young man." he answered. 1.-THE
uhe may come when you will be glad
Of me-"
l shall always be glad of you, as
you call 1t, If l can get you to come to
our meetings and give up your savage
ways, said the missionary, with feel
ing Don't you feel anything within
you That urges you to anything high
e' DO you suppose lying on bed
Vi nails leads to better life?
let your own prophet has taught
mat the body must be crucified," re-
'pohued the fakir, in excellent English.
Mr. Smith stared at him. "Then, if
sou know that much, you know enough
10 reason he said. "Come to our
heeting next Thursday week and We'll
nave talk together"
i shall come to you next Thursday
evening, and we will have a talk to-
seuner, the fakir responded. "Sa-
laam!"
Nr' smith rubbed his eyes. The
aaAir was gone, apparently through the
closed door!
ne called his wife and told her. She
%as positive nobody had entered the
house She was afraid.
wish we'd never come to this
neuthehish place." she sobbed. "These
people are devils. And with the talk
r, an uprising II wish were back in
".s Moines, that dol"
Doys passed and the rumors Of a
na siSe outbreak, increased. The gar
no sol' depleted on account of the war,
ma" ra insufficient to overawe the fanatics
no paraded the streets, threatening
a,",h -, TO all foreigners on the occasion
'he great annual festival that was
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12
Baruain Hunter.

Patience-Your brother Is great
bargain hunter, / hear.
Patrice-He sure is. And he's quite
excited just now.
"What about?"
"Oh, he's n confirmed bachelor, you
know, but he read an advertisement
yesterday in the paper about great
bargains in wedding rings, and now
he's all upset"
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12
NEW MILITARY CAPE

and bottom of the box), two pieces
inches by inches (for front nno
back), two pieces inches by inches
(for sides).
TO put the glass together. ribbon
will be required, about yards, from
~ to inches in width. Just fold
the ribbon lengthwise, then iron 1T;
sew one folded end together and slip
n piece of glass between the fold;
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12
Pre- Iudice.

Prejudice may be considered as a
continual false medium of viewing
things, for prejudiced persons not only
never speak well, but also never think
well of those whom they dislike, and
the whole character and conduct is
considered with an eye to that particu-
lar thing which Offends them.-Bishop
Butler.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-08-12

skirt, where the contents will he eas-
lily accessible.
The bag shown can be made of silk
CHOSEN possibly of color to match
the belt, and 1t Is lined with satcen
and bound at the edges with narrow
ribbon. 1t can either be made TO fas-
ten with snap fasteners or small but
tons and buttonholes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
The Nimbla Nickel

Cut down your small expendi-
lures.
1t is the quarters and dimes
here and there which 90 for
things you do not need that make
the drain on your income.
II is not not ten and fifteen
dollar items which keep you
Financially tight.
Get in the habit of checking
your desire to spend small
amounts, and YOU will be sur
prised at how soon you will nave
a bank account.
Get the habit Of making week
.Iy bank deposits.
If you find that something you
want makes your deposit short,
wait until next week, and take it
from US, you probably won't
want it then.
want 1t then.
1t is poor policy to figure tc
cut your deposit one week, and
make up the deficiency next pay
day,
This course will soon break ur
your saving system, you'll find.
Get a little money ahead, and
you'll wonder how you could
have enjoyed yourself a minute
while you were living from on
pay day to the next. constantly
putting off your creditors, anC
without a cent to fall back or
should you become ill or lose
your job, jackson News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Why Sugar 10 High

Sugar is now retailing at eight
cents per pound when a little
more than a year ago it could be
had for five cents. With as
large a crop grown as ever there
are many who cannot under
stand the reason for this big in
crease in price.
The same reason applies to
sugar as applies to many other
articles Of food.
We are paying war prices.
Refined sugar valued at about
SIS, 900, 900 has been exported
from the United States in the
twenty months since the begin
ming Of the war, against -, 000,
600 worth in the same length OF
time prior to the war.
Virtually all the sugar eX,
ported from the United States
since the beginning of the war,
has come in the raw state from
Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii.
1t tarried in this country just
long enough to pass through the
reiineries, and then most of il
was sold to Great Britain.
France and Italy. which in the
past obtained all their supplies
from the sugar beet fields Of
Europe.
War has stopped the cultiva-
ton of nearly all the beet fields
of Europe, and the nations en-
gagei in the war are dependen.
almost altogether on the Ameri
can supply. We produce tn,
sugar but foreign nations get it
and our people must pay to sup
port a war in which they hav,
no interest. -Clarion-L edper.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Preparedness

What sticks out in this story
of studded invasion by Villas
bandit forces is the unprepared
condition of our own border
troops.
The soldiers were the right
stuff. they proved that soon
enough. But their equipment
was shamefully inefficient.
The news story relates that
there were not even rifles enough
to go around, though this seems
incredible.
Then one, at least. of the ma
chine guns would not work.
Whether the mechanism was de-
fcient or whether the gunners
damned it" we are not told.
But, in any case, this all-import-
ant weapon was out of commits
sion just when needed.
In addition, the cavalry could
not keep up the pursuit of the
raiders because there were no
supply trains to follow them
with water and food. Men and
horses rode back famished and
exhausted.
Our little army has as &ne
officers and men as any army in
the world.
But its equipment is scandous-
ly and dangerously small and in
efficient.
We hope this lesson will sink
deep into the country's mind,
and that universal consent will
tell Mr., Bryan and all his sort,
who are opposing appropriations
for supplying sailors and soldiers
with the right weapons, and
with enough weapons. to defend
US, that it is time they shut up.
With the dead bodies of muir
dered American men and Ameri-
can women lying on American
soil, the nation is in no mood to
listen to pacificist simpletons.
The vote of an indignant PEG.
pie demands preparedness not
p~acifcism.
The country is tired and sick
of these p~hrasemakers and their
endless CAB. We want no more
of it. What we all want and
now mean to have is a navy and
an army equipped to defend
American soil, American lives
and American honor! Jackson
News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
ButtermHk

Buttermilk has lately come in
to its own. It used to be the
fashion to decry it as common,
and to make it the drink of the
sty, All this is changed. Every
hospital has it as first on the list
of food as well as drink, for the
sick, and the best sedative for
disturbed nerves.
The head Of the Pasteur Insti-
tute in Paris bethoughth him tom
quire into the reason Of the eX-
ceptional longevity Of the people
in some districts Of Bohemia,
and 10. he found without trouble
that the menu Of these ~centenar-
ians was composed Of potatoes
and buttermilk. The great and
immediate successor Of Pasteur
would find some Of the most
splendid samples Of manhood
among the Irish peasants, who
never know what a days sick.
ness is, and who drink from the
same fount that makes the Be-
hemians Iong-lived the churn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Job Getting Too Big

Woodrow Wilson is one of the
few of our citizens fit for the
Office Of President, the biggest
job in the world, says Savoyard.
The fact is that our country is
getting too big for our system.
The time is not distant when we
will have to change our methods.
| would elect some man like
Chester A. Arthur President for
life and divest him of every shred
of political power. ThenI would
lodge all Federal political power
in the hands of a ministry re,
sponsible to Congress and !
would make Congress response.
BILE to the people, something like
the English system.
VIZ will have to do that, OF
something like that, for the jot
of President is getting to be sc
big that some day a smash will
come if a pig-headed fool should
get to be President, as is liable
to happen most any time. The
tlibe of Woodrow Wilson's OF
Grover Clevelands is not numer.
Gus.
Just now it behoovesth the Demo.
cratic party to overhaul the con.
gressional district primaries anC
weed out some dead timber,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Bulletin Number z.

Do not fail to attend the great
Convention of the Mississipni
Teachers Association. to be held
In this city May 4th, 9th and 9Th.
Remember that you are. in a
large measure, the custodian of
the present and future welfare
and glory of the state.
Remember that the cry that is
gong up everywhere in this great
land today is embodied in that
one word, which is fraught with
significant and tremendous mean
ing-Eficiency!
Remember that, while the col.
leges and higher institutions are
doing a great and noble work. it
is TO the splendid public school
system that we look for the
Daslc" strength of society.
jackson stands with outstretch-
ed arms to welcome you to the
great Convention-so come and
let us all enjoy its great advant-
ages IN giving US a clearer and
Very respectfully,
jackson Board of Trade.
Young Mems Business Club.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

Many others besides sculptors
have a keen interest in the plan
to transform Stone Mountain,
sixteen miles from Atlanta,
Georgia, into a stupendous monu-
ment to the Confederacy. The
face of the mountain is said to
be the largest single piece of
granite in the world. For a
thousand feet upward and for
two miles along the mountain
front there is not a fissure to
interfere with the work. 1t is
proposed to carve groups of
heroic figures of southern lead
ers, and above them an army, in
divisions of cavalry, artillery and
infantry, winding to the top of
the mountain. Below the groups
there will be an immense COLON
ade of thirteen columns. and be-
hind the columns. eXcavated
from the heart of the granite
mass, a memorial hall, about 100
feet by sixty, for the use of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Round the mountain will be a
park of eighty acres. 1t is an
ambitious llaE, but the obstacles
are not insurmountable.
See the New ROYAL Society goods at
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Conversation

Conversation will soon be a
lost art. Is there in these flip,
pant days Of social intercourse
conversational Is it not toe
true that caIumny or foolish com.
ments upon nothinqs have taker
its place. How seldom We heal
conversation worthy Of the
name. that discusses some topic
of moment,
Where you meet ladies en-.
gagged in the development of q
religious or moral purpose it is a
JOY to men and angels, and is a
PREPARATION to God for the thou
sands who waste their time in
remarks upon dress or hats, OF
worse still, are of the class of
hags whom We once saw in a
picture representing three drink
ing tea, entitled with every sip
a reputation dies" Ladies are
ladies in their chats hat can be
sweet as songs OF angels, and
men generally in their discus
lions are only as good as women
make them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
The Meridian Dispatch

With the full leased wire serviceo of the
Associated Press and its columns full
of the latest foreign and domestic news.
the Meridian dispatch is now a news
paper that Meridian ana Mississippi
may well be proud Of. 1t is paying
more attention too to the news hap
penings in Macon and other towns in
the state. and really covering its local
territory and doing it well. The edi-
torial columns of the Dispatch l%atterly
have frightened up a CREST deal, and
the staff is to be congratulated on hav-
ing made their paper a thoroughly
good one IN every way,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

The sound of the heavy guns
in the recent great battle of Yer
dun was undoubtedly the loudest
man-made noise that the world
has ever known. It was heard
at Ziegenhain. one hundred and
eighty-eight miles away, even
indoors with the windows shut.
There has never been anything
comparable to it except the ex-
plosions consequent to great vol
canic outbreaks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
Issues Of the Election

~ ~ 81 ~ - 800 $3.50
dent Of the United States? What
is going to be the paramount
issue" in the next campaign,
No one can answer either ques.
ton with confidence. Atpresent
it seems probable that the point
upon which parties will divide
will have no reference to any
one of the great issues of the
p%ast-state rights, the tariff.
free silver, imperialism but
will spring out of the great war,
and will concern our relation t.
one of the belligerent groups, on
to both of them.
To be sure, the choice of dele
gates to the national conyen-
tons is proceeding without any
suggestion in either Of the two
great parties that the selection
turns upon matters that have TO
do with the war. No candidate
for a seat in either convention
announces himself as pro-Ger-
man or pro Ally, or as favoring
or opposing preparedness" or
as for or against warning Amer
cans not to travel on armed mer-
chantmen.
Nevertheless, all those ques-
tons are IN the air, every cand :
date for either convention prob
ably has his own opinion on
them; and when the conventions
meet there will be delegates VIII
will demand that the party taxi
ground upon them in the plat
form. Should that occur, tn,
usual custom will prevail. tn,
party leaders will seek language
to please one side without too
seriously offending the other
side. Yet one of the platforms
will be more decidedly in fayol
of unfolding American rights al
all hazards than the other; and
one candidate for president will
be more stiffly insistents upon
those rights than the other. Il
must be so, and yet no one can
say now which party will take
the stronger position, and since,
on the republican side at least,
the choice of a candidate is Whot-
ly undetermined, no one can
guess with confidence WhichsoG
them will be inclined to magnify
the demands of national honor
and which the more determined
to have peace at all hazards.
In the event of such a differ
ence between the two parties,
we shall not see either party
crumbling or decaying, for both
views are widely held by patri-
otto citizens. But we shall see
an extraordinary shifting of
party relations. Pro-AlIies will
not vote for a candidate who
would yield on the subject Of the
rights of Americans or the high
seas. Pro-Germans will not sup
port a candidate who has openly
denounced the conduct of Ger.
many toward Belgium. Mel
who think it our duty to engage
in the war, and those who regarC
an increase of the army anC
navy as the first step toward
militarism, are sure to be on op.
posite sides in the election
Patriotic as every one of then
may be, they look at the grea
questions of the day from differ
ent angles.
The paramount issue has no
yet appeared. Apparently tn,
parties are laying plans today a:
If the contest were to be Tough
on questions that date back ten
fifty or a hundred years, Blu
it will be wise for US to keep GU
eyes open to what is happening
across the water, for the war il
Europe is raising some of tn
most critical problems tina
Americans have been called up
on to solve. Youths Companion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07
A city man, familiar with life

n SIUy IIIuII, IdIIIIIIdI WIUII III6
in the country, uses the wood
shed test" to determine whether
it is safe to lend a farmer money,
says an exchange. If he finds a
good stock of wood on hand, with
plenty of itsplit and neatly piled,
and some .plit very fine, so that
it will kindle easily, he concludes
that the man is forehanded,
looks out for his wife's comfort,
does not spend his rainy days at
the store, and is a good risk. II
the woodshed shows shiftlessness
he refuses to lend.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

A pleasant incident will follow
he roopeunG Of the Panama
anal to large vessels. Half 6
eatury ago, when the epoch.
n king battle between the Mon.
tor and the Merrimac was over,
President Lincoln summoned the
crew of the Monitor to Washing
ton, thanked them for what they
had done, and told them that, il
any one of them ever wanted a
favor, ne need only to ask it.
The Oldest living membcr of the
rev is John Driscoll Of Hamp-
Ton, Virginia. Having waited
fifty years to ask his favor, he
now makes the modest reqqest
that he be allowed to go through
the canal on a battleship, The
first one that makes the trip vii.
carry him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

The great war in Europe has
already killed or injured 1908
600 men and cost an expenditure
of 500. 500, 900, 900. 1t is destroy
ing the manhood of the nations
engaged in it, and sinking them
into the depths of a huge debt,
for the payment of which gener-
atoms yet unborn will have to
suffer. Will it not come to an
end before they are all eX-
hausted2
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

nSt Two Barrow pigs; | black; | black with
L'S' white ring around fruat part OF body
marked with swallow fork in ripht and slit in EFF
HOLBERG,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

DIrOc pi6S Registered Duroc Pigs For Sale
Ou'VS iSS Good breeding. Cherry Red
color. III. r. LOVE. Route l.
Macon. Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

If a literary test had been in
force against immigration one
hundred and fifty years ago,
America would not have won its
independence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-04-07

See the New Royal Society goods at
A. klaus s. Co,
Evening star., 1916-09-03
Health and a Golden Wedding

TIME writer of this letter, u years old,
enjoys complete freedom from Or
ganic, nervous, or rheumatic COM
plants, keeps house without hired help
for husband and family, attends church
services, lectures, and concerts, visits the
poor and afflicted, takes active part in
several societies for women's welfare, reads
her newspaper regularly, walks mile or
two every bright day, and plays the piano
evenings.
The health Of myself and family is ex-
cellent; no doctors services have been
required for several years past. We rise
about 5 A. NJ. in summer, A. M. in winter,
taking short walk before breakfast,
breathing deeply the fresh morning air,
listening to the songs of birds, viewing the
beauties of nature, and raising grateful
hearts to the Creator of all earth's lowell
ness, whether the trees are covered with
foliage, laden with fruit, or bending be-
meath mantle of snow.
According to rules Of health, we eat,
without repletion, well cooked meals, ac-
cording to the season, fruit and vegetables
in plenty, meat rather sparingly, fresh
eggs, milk, rye and whole wheat bread,
soup, different every day, coffee in the
morning, tea in the evening.
We sleep seven hours, each member Of
the family having u separate room, with
Evening star., 1916-09-03

watched closely for things that tire me
and things from which | instinctively
shrink. Among the conditions that have
needed adjustment have been door that
opened with a jerk, gas-jet above my
reach, kitchen table too low, shelves
too high, mixing bowls and kettles too
heavy, turnover heels, skirts too tight
or too heavy, too many rugs, and stand
ing over hot stove when freless
cooker should have been used.
surely have saved many a doctor bill
in the case mentioned probably very
large one. For what doctor, however
thorough he may be, would ever think to
examine the kitchen window?
C. F.. H., Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1916-09-03

AT noon? Nothing but glass of but
termilk, sometimes two, with cracker
and dish Of cottage cheese, which leaves
the brain fresh and keeh-sor the after
Moons work.
Dinner? eat vegetables, soft boiled
eggs, lean meat, milk, graham gems, and
salads. l have cut out fried stuff, fresh
bread, potatoes, fat meats, too much
sugar, and all midnight lunches. get
up from the table feeling that could eat
some more, and that is the time stop.
Now hearty dinner at noon is like
dose of poison, and the joy Of stuffing
myself is gone; but the joy Of feeling per-
fectly well, fit for business at forty-nine,
and having the capacity for the really
enjoyable things of life more than COM
pensates.
G. L. c., Detroit, Michigan.
Evening star., 1916-09-03

had no heavy eNerclSe III
connection with my work,
l took some light exercises
to keep the muscles supple.
In the afternoon at four
l repeated this. If | was
hungry between meals,
and nervous people are apt
to think they are, i either
ate an apple or drank
some hot water. If | grew
Evening star., 1916-09-03

abdomen one hundred
times. | have performed
thiseyercise approximately
10000 times. 1t has
strengthened my abdomi-
nal muscles in a wonder
full way. and stimulates
the great trunk sewage
system.
Then with a rough
brush | quickly scrub
Evening star., 1916-09-03

limit Of my endurance.
| was using a food-box,
outside of u window which
stuck so that it was hard
to open it, even using both
hands.
| felt just then that |
could never open that VIM
dow again. Then the
thought struck me that
possibly, since that hurt