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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
FOUND WHAT CHARM NEEDED
Magician Finally Discovered Just
What Was Lacking in Magic
That Insured Happiness.

An old legend tells of a magician
who claimed that he had found how 10
make a charm TO insure happiness.
Then as pupils fiocked 10 him be
set them TO making a small mosaic
or picture out of. various tiny col
ored stones. Each stone represented
single one OF the elements that
make up happiness. When the mosaic
was done 1t was to be q charm that
would insure happiness for all the rest
of life.
But, alas, though the mosaic was
put together ever so carefully, ii die
another his pupils left him in disap
pointment, their faces as sad. their
hearts as heavy. as when they came.
1T must work :" sighed the magi
clan. Il have studied the rules until
| know l am right. l have just the
right proportion of good health, sue
cess, wealth, education, leisure and al
the other things needed"
Then one day came a new pupil
who put together the mosaic of hap
piness, and when it was done he took
it as a gift to friend whom he loved
And this mosaic proved TO have the
desired charm. for it gave happiness
both TO the one who made ii and the
one who received it.
"AhI' said the magician. 81 have
found now what was missing in my
happiness mosaic. 1t can become a
sure charm only when 1t is made for
Others"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
"fiouse Moss"

A Washington housewife employs a
negro servant girl, who sweeps and
dusts on the theory that you don't
have to worry about the dirt you don't
happen to see. The other day her mis-
fress was making an inspection of a
bedroom which the girl had just clean
ed up in preparation for an expected
guest who was known 70 be very fas-
tidiOuS.
The woman looked under the bed
and saw there very visible deposit of
fuzz and dust. Calling the girl TO the
spot. she pointed this deposit out TO
her and asked: what do you call
that, Pearline?"
"What does l call dat?" asked the
shifty maiden, in the effort to gain
time. "Why. don't you all know what
dat IS? Dat amt dirt. It's house
moss. ma'am; yes'm-dat's jes' house
moss. -Pathfinder.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Chrysanthemun1 Lore

Five hundred different kinds OF
chrysanthemums there are, grown in
Japan, and each with its most careful
~ descriptive name. Two words are
repeated over and over in these names
two words which satisfy entirely the
longing every one has to describe a
great, full chysanthemum completely
''brocade" and folded" They are
folded. fold on fold. and no wonder
that their followers call them the
"eight-folded cherry blossom" the
'nine-folded brocade." So entirely do
they identify the. blossoms with
brocade that when the chrysan-
themums are not blooming in time
for the Feast of Chresanthemum, tie
japanese cut great blossoms from
many-colored brocades and put them
in the imperial gardens instead. under
the silk tents and curtains which al
ways guard the flowers.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

he might have added-live on the
fruits of mems labor.
One of those Industrious statisticians
has made an estimate of what it costs
to keep rats 1t was estimated short
time ago that each year the rats in
Great Britain did damage amounting
to seventy-three million dollars. in
France to thirty-eight million, and ia
the United States TO two hundred mil
lion-three hundred and eleven million
in these three countries These values
We're made up of food consumed, de-
stroyed or damaged. And, besides, the
rats carry disease that cuts off many
human lives, and lessons the sum of
national efficiency.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE KIDNEYS

For uanv wears druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney. liver and bladder medi-
cine.
It is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test OF years:
Il is sold by all druggists on its merit and
It should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
READING ALOUD TO CHILD
BY HAMLlN GARLAND,
(Author of "a Son of the Middle Bor-
der" ETC.,

der, ETC.,
The value of reading aloud to child
cannot be overstated. In the first
place, it establishes a delightful COM
ratNeship between parent and child. It
builds q lasting foundation of COM
mon interest and mutual understand
ing. The child associates with the
face and the voice of his sire much
of the dignity and poetry of the book
he has heard read. He infers that his
father has something of the quality
of the author, and he carries with
him a grateful memory of the busy
man who laid aside his large affairs
In order to give pleasure to q small
boy.
A fathers voice can vitalize the
printed page TO his son even before
the son can comprehend the written
words. I commenced reading alouC
TO my daughters before they could I'M
derstand the spoken words, for the
reason that the very music Of the bal
lad or the drift of the story enthralled
them. 1t was good to see them strive
to comprehend. 1t developed their inn
agination. They are growing toward
womanhood now and they are able to
tell me that they remember those
nights when 1 read to them, with an
emotion which they find it hard fit
tingly to express. l gave them both,
In this way, feeling for glorious
verse, and a love for choice words
which has been of the highest value
10 them Up to this time, and which will
increase in value as the years pass.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Not So ignorant.

Immediately after the Zeebrugge
raid the proprietor of a saloon in Do
yer displayed a placard outside his
house bearing the words: Naval raid
on Zeabrugge."
A sailor noticing the wrongly
spelled word, dropped in, called for a
drink, and said to the proprietor :
you've got that word 'Zeebrugge'
spelt wrong"
'Hov II" said the proprietor. We'll,
you're the fortieth man that has called
In to tell me so, and none of them
were teetotalers, so 1 think I'll let it
stand as 1t is."-London Mail.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
\ nnnpSH TREATMENT. G
Yen. he,s a Real One.

And You say YOU are the seventh
boy in your family" quizzed the super
stitiouS old lady.
Yes. num-" replied the younEster-
And your Ia was the seventh SON
in his family"
'Yes. num-"
'Why, mercy me- exclaimed the
lady excitedly. the seventh son of 81
seventh son always has the power 20
tell the future. Did you know that,
my boy?"
Yes. num-"
Can you tell anything that's go
ing TO happen?"
half to wear me brothers made-over
clothes fer n long time to come"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Has Two independence DAYS.

There is one country on the Ameri-
can continent, Ecuador. which actu-
ally boasts OF two national days. These
independence days of the little re-
public are the 9th of August and the
9th of October, and mark two deter
mined revolutions, the first of which
failed, only TO spur the patriots, re-
voting against Spanish domination, to
shake it off, a few months later, for
ever.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Monkey Business.

The Irate Circus Manager-Say,
what's The matter with your act? Why
can't it go on?
The Animal Trainer-But re ape sir,
re ape he again sprain re arm looking
at re wrist watch re clown geev heem.
The I. c. M.-Bah. you are always
throwing n monkey wrench into the
machinery of this show
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
How's This ?

We offer $1,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is TAX
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free
T. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Women all over the world realize
more and more that their work al home
helped the men at the Front. 1t in
volved great sacrifices. hard work and
unusual physical strength. Women at
home should study nursing fer the
home good way TO learn is to
ask your druggist for a copy or
send soc 10 publishers Of the Med
ical Adviser" 663 Main St, Buffalo,
N. V, and get a copy OF their 1000 page
book bound IN cloth, with chapters on
First Aid, Taking Care Of the Sick or
Wounded, Physiology, Hygiene, Anato-
my, Sex Problems, Mother and Babe.
Nobody, man or woman, can do good
work when health IS impaired. II e
woman Is nervous or has dizzy spells,
suffers from awful pains at regular or
irregular intervals she should turn to
tonic made up of herbs, and without alcohol,
which makes weak women strong and sick
women well. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Favorits
Prescription. Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo,
NY. 10 cents for trial package.
Federal Posat Fld.-''I can highly recommend
Or Pierce's medicines and II Is q pleasure for me
20 do so. I only used five boxes o. the Favorlts
Prescription and the Golden Medical Discovery
Tablets but they certainly helped ne beiors
that I suffered with pain IN my side, but after |
took these medicines ! haven't hsd any Enors
pains Today am once more nesl,3y "o5 R
Am enjoying the best days Of health that have
since | have been married, and 1 bSFe great
faith that there is nothing equal 70 III. pierce
Favorite Prescription. l will endeayor 20 en-
heartfelt thanks for the great heneht nave
derived from the Of these remedies also iof
the kind letters OF advice which | receives
=
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Cutjcura CornpIexions.

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment as needed to make
the complexion clear, scalp clean and
hands soft and white. For free sam
pies address "Cuticura, Dept. x, Bos-
ton" Sold by druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment % and 5O.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
No Repentance.

Alice-So Maude is divorced.
thought when she married in such
haste that she would repent at leisure.
Kate-Oh, there's no repentance in
her case-she gets 5000 a month ali
mony-Boston Transcript.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

quaintance thanked HE most ap-
preciatively for the help l had given
her and when she left she carried the
little book away with her tucked under
| her arm.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
WhY the Rat Must Go.

. According 10 Mark Twain. rats came
liked the climate; the prospects pleas
e6 them; and so they decided to stay
aud grow up with the country. And
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
SUGAR in the Philippines.

The Philippine islands are stead
lily gaining in the production of raw
sugar. From crops of 345,O77 short
tons In 1913. and of 4OS,339 tons in
1914, the crop of 1917 advanced to 1885,
266 tons
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Growing Bold.

Mr.. Peewee-He asked me how
many there were in my family and
said there We're five.
His Wife--Let me see. There's me
wo-three-four- Henry. you
must have counted yourself
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
FOR TOOTHACHE

Nothing gives quicker relief than
Vacher-Balm, it is harmless. 25c in
jars or tubes. Made by E. w. Vacher,
Inc, New Orleans, La. Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Rich Weld

Doctor X-"Did old Moneybrugs
case yield TO treatment?" Doctor Y
1T did-something like $500 in six
MONTHS
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
RHEUMATISM PAINS

Are quickly relieved by applying
Vacher-Balm. Try 25c jar or tube.
If you cannot get it locally write to
E. W. Vacher, Inc, New Orleans, La.
Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
cATaRRH. COUGHS, AND GROUP

Are quickly relieved by VacherBalm.
Every family should keep it in the
house this time of year. If you can
not get it locally send 25c for a tube
to E. W. Vacher, New Orleans. La.Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Keep clean inside well outside by takin
a gentle laxative at least week, such q
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets ADV.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Very Much So.

HAS the circus strong man any de-
pendents who claim exemption for
him?'
"Why, he holds up the whole group"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Good health depends upon good digestion.
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills safeguard
your digestion and your health. Tonic as
well purgative. Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

It's the toughest kind of luck to
have your watch stolen when you are
on your way to pawn it.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

You never can know how superior to other
preparations DR.. Peery's Dead Shot is IN
til you have tried IL once. a single dose
cleans out Worms Tapeworm. Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Missouri will build 1900 farm siIos
next year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
QUESTION ABOUT BIRTH
BY MARGARET WARNER MORLEY.
(Author Of renewal of Life.rl

-
Some day your child will ask where
he came from. or where the new baby
came from. In properly answering this
natural question the mother has q
chance to impress forever upon the:
young mind a clean and wholes ONE
knowledge of one of the most impor-
tant facts. of nature.
Let the mother strive for two things:
to start the child with beautiful and
reverent feeling concerning the origin
of life; to give this knowledge before
the child can learn it in q harmful way
outside the home.
II is well to anticipate the direct
question by getting ready before the
child is old enough to ask it. How to
do this? Begin, perhaps, with seeds.
Show the seed-pods of any plant. The
seeds are the children Of the plant.
The plant gives them protection and
feeds them with its juices. They are
part of the plant. The plant is the
mother of the seeds. When the seeds
are ripe the pod opens and the seeds
leave their mother to live their own
separate lives.
Lessons From Nature.
In the springtime show birds nests
If possible. If not, show pictures and
talk about the building and how both
parents engage In it. Then show or tell
about the eggs. Explain how the eggs
grew inside the mOther-bird. They are
q part of her just as the seeds are q
part of the plant. When the eggs are
ready the bird lays them In the pretty
nest and sits on them to keep them
warm. The father bird sings to her
and feeds her. Both birds love the
baby birds and as soon as they hatch
out, father bird and mother bird feed
them and care for them and teach them
to fly. A hen sitting on her eggs can
be used to teach the lesson. The
egg grew in the hen. How wonderful
It is that a little egg can change into Il
beautiful bird or a cunning little chick
en-! AS the child grows older lead
him TO notice that the seed grows into
a plant just like the parent, that the
egg becomes a bird like the parent.
Tell the child how important it is for
children to come from good parents.
Speak of parents and children when
talking of plants and birds; this will
cause the child uncOnsciOusly to con-
meet the ideas gained about plants and
birds with human life.
When q chance comes to show the
child young kittens or puppies or rab-
bits, or the young of any animal, tell
him quite frankly. whether he asks or
not, that of course the young ones
come from the mother, that before
they were born they were a part Of
her. Make it all seem natural to the
child.
Teach Mother-LoVe.
Dwell upon the love and care the
mother everywhere bestows upon her
children Include father-love wherever
it is expressed in the lower animals.
When at last the great question
comes, the child will probably answer
it himself Mamma, did l come from
you?' Yes, darling, you We're once a
part of mother. How mother loves her
little son (daughter) !"
Each mother will think of a way to
tell the. story according to circum-
stances. Only remember two things.
Tell the story properly before anybody
gets ahead of you and poisons the
child's mind. And tell 1t in way to
make the child reverence and love.
parenthoOd.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

When Baby Is Teething
GROVES BABY BOWBf. MEDICINE will correc
the Stomach and Bowel troubles. Perfectly harm
less See directions the bottle.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Some defeats are only installments
of victOry.-Jacob \. Riis.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

After putting your best foot forward
get there with both feet.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Groves TasteIess chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purifying and en-
rching the blood. You can soon feel It's strength
ening, Inyigorating Effect. Price &c.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Philippine ports IN 1917 received
652 foreign boats
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
The Trouble

HAS he difficulty in learning Eng
lish?" Indeed he has. His difficulty
is pronounced"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

Necessity is the ballast in our life
voyage.-Ralph Parlette.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

The world knows no better climber
than the Rocky mountain sheep.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

There's no outside cure for ''I
trouble.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

A bad beginning makes a good end
Ing
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

London had $500 German taifors
in 1914.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Depends.

do you favor the open-door pol
icy?"
Not in this kind of weather"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20

There is heap of difference between
the idle husband and the ideal one.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-20
Important TO Mothers

CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that Ii
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-23
soft SNAP" FOR PRISONER
Jail Declared Unsanitary He VIII
Serve His Sentence in Office of
County Commissioners.

Declaring that the county jail was
insanitary and unfit for a human be-
ing to be confined in, and that the
county authorities apparently are diff
fident about remedying the situation,
Presiding Judge Kenneth Macintosh
ordered Joe Ambrose, who pleaded
guilty to petty larceny, TO be confined
in the office of the county commission
ers for 80 days.
Judge Macintosh likewise intimated
that more prisoners may be sentenced
to the commissioners Office, unless
steps are taken soon to provide better
quarters for county prisoners than the
present Jail.
The order of the court was carried
out after Ambrose had refused to en-
list in the Canadian army in order to
gain suspension of his sentence. He
is an Italian subject, and declared he
was willing to fight for the United
States. but not for Canada.
A cot was provided for Ambrose in
the auditorium of the commissioners
office, and three deputy sheriffs, each
working eight hours, will stand guard
over him until his sentence is COM
pleted. Two extra deputies, and per-
haps three, will have to be employed
to carry out the order of the court.
The prisoner will be taken to q res
taurant for his meals.-Seattle POST
Intelligencer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-23
APPEAL TO PRESS
TO RECRUIT LABOR.
Secretary Wilson Asks Papers In
Towns To Aid In Getting
Men For The Farms.

The aid of daily newspapers was
asked by Secretary of Labor Wilson
yesterday in modifying farm labor
They will be branches of the Fed
eral Employment Service and a mem
Der of the staff on each paper will be
made a federal agent
Secretary Wilson's letter to the
newspapers follows:
There is no more worthy demand
than the farmers for help to produce
the nations food. The Department of
Labor, cooperating with the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is expanding its
United States Employment service to
find all available labor and correlate
every activity toward meeting this
demand.
The Postmaster General has au-
thorized rural carriers and postmast-
ers in rural communities and smaller
towns to aid the employment service
as labor agents. But over 100 of the
315 American cities above 10000
population have no public employment
Office, and in many such offices there
is no special farm service given.
There is hardly time to open and train
the needed offices for this season S
farm needs.
I'm this emergency ] am asking the
patriotic help of the daily newspapers
of cities to establish cooperative
farm labor agencies"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-23
BAY FERRY PLAN Is
ONCE MORE REVIVED.
Senator Harrison Has Bill To
Connect This City With
Eastern Shore Points.

Senator Harrison would haze the
State provide regular transportation
between Annapolis and Claiborne. A
bill introduced by him yesterday di-
reefs the State Roads Commiss on to
furnish. not later than July l, a
steamer or steamers. with ann ie deck
room for passengers. automobiles and
other vehicles. and also wharf facili-
ties at either terminal. and make such
trips across the lay between these
points as may be justified. charging
such rates as may be established by
The Board OF Put lie Works The
State Roads Commission is asked TO
pay any expenses above the revenue
derived from the ferry proceeds, the
money TO come out of the automobile
license fund
1t will be remembered that this
plan was advocated two years ago
and an attempt was then made to in
vestage the feasibility of the plan
from every angle. This investigation
was made but the matter was never
pushed because with the arrival of
wartime stringency in shipping cir
cles and the resulting jump i'm prices
of even old vessels