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The Robesonian., 1918-05-16
Mother and 2 Small Boys Drown
ed in Well in Cumberland.

Mrs. Annie West and two sons,
Edward, aged 5, and Percy, aged 8,
were drowned in a we'll in Cumber-
land county, Seventy-first township,
Monday. Mrs. West was at work In
a nearby field when the two boys,
who are supposed to have been play
ing in the water, which reached near
ly to the top of the shaft, fell in. The
mother hurried to the we'll and jump
ed in to save her children and all 3
were drowned in IA feet of water.
Mrs. West leaves a 6-weeks' old in
FAINT. The triple tragedy occurred on
the farm of D. G.. Blue, where Mrs.
West was working in a cotton field
The Robesonian., 1918-05-16
President Names Day of Prayer
and Fasting.

National Memorial day, Thursday,
May 80, is designated by President
Wilson in a proclamation issued Sun
day as day Of public humiliation,
prayer and fasting. The people Of the
nation are asked to gather that day
in their places Of worship and pray
for the victory Of the American arm
les which will bring a peace founded
upon mercy, justice and good will.
The Press., 1918-03-28
oDIuM ATTACHED TO CARD
Numerous Explanations as to Why the Nine of Diamonds 10 Called the
 CUrse of Scotland.

While the nine spot of spadsS is looked upon as a fatal and vindictive card in the trying of fortunes, it is the nine of diamonds that bears the Odium of being called the curse of Scotland. All writers agree on the card, but as to the cause of the stigma attached to 1t there is a diversity of opinion and 1t is difficult to decide which of the many theories is correct. One the ory is that after the Culloden strug- gle the duke of Cumberland picked up a nine of diamonds from the floor and wrote on it an order for the death of the insurgents. To clinch this aC- gument, it is declared that the identi- cal card is preserved at Slains castle, Aberdeenshire. Another explanation was that a Scotch member of parlia- ment, part of whose family arms was the nine of diamonds, once voted for malt tax for his country. Stiu another view is that diamonds represent roy atty and every ninth king of Scotland having been tyrant and 8 curse fur nishes the key to the mystery. One writer explains 1t by stating that the last queen of Scotland taxed her sub- jects heavily to pay for nine jewels for her own adornment. The 'last queen of Scotland" In her own right was poor, pretty Marie Stuart, against whose memory has been tossed the mud of countless accusations by her bitter critics, and she might as we'll beaE the nine O diamonds islander along with the others.
The Press., 1918-03-28
IDEAS CURIOUS AND POETIC
Remarkable Beliefs That Have Been Firmly Ingrained Into the ChiI-
 dren of Siam.

MT. Ernest Young, who went to Siam to organize the educational system. related at London recently some Cu- rious beliefs held by the chlldrc2 there. He explained that he had experienced considerable difficulty in teaching them the rudiments of science, They be- lieved that the earth was flat because the priest had told them so. It was also the impression of these children that a big crab went down into the sea and made the tide flow, and when the crab came up for fresh air the tide ebbed. When the gods became angry rolling thunder was heard, and when the angels got sporty and struck fire out of bricks, summer lightning flashes were seen. When many angels got into the bath at the same time water ran over the side and 1t rained.
 Directly Mir. Young entered school the children prostrated themselves be- fore him, and the only way they could be induced to abandon this practice was to tell them that English children did not do that. They would do any thing English children were said to do. They were awful liars, but when told that the English boy was truthful they gave up the habit.
The Press., 1918-03-28

Gabrielle clung closer to her brave 1over Walter scanh~d hopefully the open, honest face of the intruder.
 "How can you help us?" he ques- toned dubiously.
 "By taking you to Rosebury in my automobile"
 "But the roads may be watched"
 'T won't take the roads," explained Neil, ''that is, the traversed roads. Here's the proposition; if you think that striking Rosebury after dark by an untraveled route you can manage to reach this minister friend without being discovered, I'll get you there"
 "You willl'
 "Without fail!"
 "I'n make 1t the best days work you ever did," pledged Walter Young. 'See here, friend, I'm not marrying this jewel of an angel for money. I've got more of 1t than she has. It's q case of genuine, disinterested love and cruel, scheming guardian"
 'I guessed that" nodded Neil in a chipper way. t'Now let me explain to you. There's half road west; no one ever uses it now. It runs by the old glass factory that burned down. It's made up of refuse and cinders that would ruin ordinary tires in ten min jeered at my old machine, but all the same it can make that trip, and they couldn't even begin It." ..
 "Oh, Walter, this is dreadful! pal pitated Gabrielle, as. an hour later, in the dark the old auto bumped and skidded and thundcred along over the glass works road.
 ''NOt when it throws you into my arms '" cried Walter jubilantly. '"ThinE of our good fortune in running across this genuinely fine young fellow. with heart big as the m0onF' With a whIz the automobile finally rolled out into a smooth country lane.
 "You've arrived" announced Neil, "What's the program? This is the edge of Rosebury."
 'T think" spoke Walter, after brief thought, "that I'll take no risks. I'll leave you two here, go for Mir. Both well and we'll get married before we venture into town .... He was gone an hour. He returned l with his friend. There, in the auto mobile, the solemn words were pro. nounced that made the runaways man and wife.
 ''For you," spoke Walter Young, talk ing Neil aside and pressing a folded slip of paper into the hand of their gallant chauffeur. "It's a check, and good, and none too big for man who has helped me with the best little girl in the world!"
 When Nell Borden opened the check back at Fairview, four hours later, he found it to, be for one thousand dol lars. The adventure 1t commemorated had awakened latent romance in his heart. He could afford to think of a life companion now, and did. His choice fortunately fell upon a sweet souled creature who did not disdain riding in the old automobile, and Neil made that the test of her worthiness
The Press., 1918-03-28
wAkEFUL HOURS SEEM LONG
One Thinks He Has Slept Little iF He Is Aroused Several Times Dur
 inq the NIaht.

: 1t is surprising what little sleep men can get on with, and then, not few men who think they are getting only an hour or two of sleep night, are really getting much more: but because they awake or are awakened five or six times during the night they think they sleep very little in between, says a writer in the American Magazine. Nothing is so fallacious as our, esti- mate of how long we have been asleep. Usually when we wake, feel ing quite rested, we were scarcely more than an hour or two asleep. If we wake feeling so. tired that we hope 1t is before midnight, 1t is probably nearly time to get up. Only too often, indeed, 1t is after the time.
 Feeling rested Is very largely 8 mat ter of how much our wills are awakened, how firmly we have got hold of ourselves and then how inter esting is the work ahead of. us and how anxious we are to get up and get at it, while feeling fatigued is very much a matter of not wanting to get up, because the work ahead af 5us is annoying and full of complications, and is not promising at best, and has, perhaps, been put of for three or four days because we do not care to net at 1t.
The Press., 1918-03-28
"EIapdoodIeW unIversal.

Boosters have used 1t simply and in. genuously, but by mankind 1t has been raised almost to the level of an art and it has been extensively used from long before the days of Solomon for pur. poses of evasion, promotion, argument and self-advancement. There is scarce ly department of human activity that Is free from 1t. It is rhetorical de- vice that Is literally and shamelessly used by the lover, the business man, the professional man, the society wonl- an, the critic and the craftsman. and even the clergyman has been known to descend to its employment upon Occa- sion. The routine evidences of flap doodle in ordinary intercourse are mo notonous, but in it's most highly culti- vated forms it Is found In art, liter ature, criticism, politics and statecraft. It is the most, common commodity In the world, and about the most serious.
The Press., 1918-03-28
SIMPLE THINGS WORTH WHILE
Many Make Mistake of Thinking hlap- piness Comes Only From Material
 or Outward Conditions.

Why should you care to be pcstered with a largo bank account or distressed by a house full of servants? asks the Albuquerque Evening Herald, which adds: Adam and Eve had neither of these and they called their place of abode Paradise. Few people have learned the secret of living we'll. Too many think it depends almost wholly on the condition of the pocketbook. This is most certainly mistake. Hap Biness is not born of material or out ward conditions. It Is largely the re- suit of purely mental process.
 Amid the duller threads of duty it is well to weave one bright strand of dcsires-it is well to mix a little sunshine with your daily food. You can soften the sound of cab and car in the stony street by calling to mcm- ory a birds song heard in the fields on a summer afternoon in childhood. It is sweeter to your souI-if you have one-than is the railroad that you own yourself.
 Take 8 day off and go out to some cemetery where you may reflect on the brcvity of life and the lnsufll- clency of things pertaining to the pock- etbook. It is better that you go be- fore it. comes your turn to ride out there ill the big plumed car that never hauls it's load back again. Don't wait until you own your private automobile, but go while you are able to walk and to think. From the dead you may learn much of life. Scan all the vir- tues inscribed upon all the hcadstones by loving hands-and among them all you will not find recorded the posses sion of million dollars or dOclled- tail horse or a brownstOne palace or a 12-cyEndcr car or handsome" ward robe.
 No! The headstones usually tell you only of those things worth while.
The Press., 1918-03-28
Chinese Canala

At what period the Chinese began to dig canals, there Is no authentic rec ord to prove. Sometimes 1t seems as if these remarkable people. must .al- ways have had canals and other works, so long have they been familiar to them and so we'll established have they been as a part of the country as the men from the Occident first visited 1t. One thinks of the Grand Canal of China and the Great Wall of China to- gether, although, of course, they have nothing whatever to do with each oth. CT, except that they are both ancient and remarkable works of the Chinese people. -'I - -r .Ht
The Press., 1918-03-28
ONLY HUMAN. BEINGS CRUEL
Proud Man the Sole Living Creature Capable of Deliberately Inflicting
 Suffering on Others.

A cruel person Is one who exults in the pain, mental or bodily, suffered by another. Cruelty has its basis in anger (and thus is related to the cumulative instinct), though there is a cold-blood- ed form of cruelty which may he en- loved without any obtrusive feeling of anger, Henry Campbell writes in the Lancet, London.
 Cruelty, implying as it does self consciousness-the ability to realize the feelings of others-is essentially a human attribute. Children who im- pale frogs and eviscerate flies cannot be said to be cruel, for they know not what they do. Nor are the lower ami malls cruel, seeing that they are wholly unconscious of the sufferings of oth- CTS. Thus the charge of cruelty against the carnivora is unjust. These animals generally destroy their victims out right and in the rare cases (e. g., cat and mouse) where they prolonS the suffering they have no knowledge Of the pain they are causing. When, therefore, we stigmatize the conduct or the cruel man as "brutsr we wrong the brutes.
 The animal which attacks another, and in so doing causes pain, merely responds to a blind, minimizing in- stincr; but man, proud man, who looks before and after, is able to realize and take pleasure in the pain he deliber' ateIy, and by subtle means maybe, sets out to cause. It is clearly absurd to speak of his conduct as brutal" Rather should we call it devilish, the devil usually being credited with goodly share of intelligence. We must cease to libel the brutes by designat- ing the basest acts of man as brutal AS a matter of fact, they cannot be charged, with nonmoral conduct, see ing that they are devoid of self-con- cpfnuaneSE
The Press., 1918-03-28
Nearsighted Man Walks Like FIirt

That near-sighted people habitually walk in an oddly weaving and swerv- ing manner was the successful defense of LondOner who was recently arrest ed for annoying women. Hugh Clifford, B. A., B. Sc., a well-known British sec retary in one of the governmental bu- reaus, was taken in custody for bump ing into young women on the street and insulting them consistently. His attorneys brought scientists into court to testify that he was nearslghted and therefore subject t0 the indirect walk Ing habits Of that class of sufferers. Professor Cadnan testified that q E2Hr- sighted man might easily he mistaken for fllr or annoyer of women when walking through a crowded street. So thoroughly did the scientists establish this point thai the court discharged Clifford with cXonerati0n
The Press., 1918-03-28
Pneeloua stones ln RrItlsh crev,n.

There are no less than 5000 stones In the crown of the British king. Some very famous jewels are included in this number. One of these is large heart-shaped ruby, given to Edward, the Black Prince, in 1887. by Don Ped TO of Castile. Another precious gem of the crown is a huge sapphire, bought by George ". The remaining jewels consist of 1888 brilliant dia- monds, 1,279 rose diamonds, 147 table diamonds. 277 pearls, 16 sapphires, Il emeTalds and four rubies. Complete with its white silk lining and purple cap. the crown weighs slightly more than 89 ounces.
The Press., 1918-03-28
Not All, Love silence.


 Dr. A. A. Brill of New York tells of a musical genius who complained of insomnia, which he maintained to be due to street noises In the city and cricket and night calls in the country. Many persons who become hypersen- sitive to noises blame their troubles on the sounds. This very patient could listen with rapture to music and yet believe that noises kept him awake!
 Some of the greatest apostles of sl- fence have shown themselves In need of noise. For example, John Stuart Mill, who was an enemy of all noise. hired boy. according to Doctor Brill, to beat a drum next to the room in which he worked in order to stimulate his thoughts.
The Press., 1918-03-28
Don't Envy others.

Idle women, or women who seem to be spared anything that savers of work, are never happy or satisfied. Persons who live aimless lives simply cannot be happy.
 Let the woman given to envying those fortunate" but in reality lazy and listless individuals, ponder seri- ously over this truth, become interest. ed In some worthwhile duty of the hour, and try to forget herself. If she does this she will not find any time to waste in idle wishing, but, on the other hand, will experience a contentment delightfully."- new and satisfying.
The Press., 1918-03-28
RECIPE FOE GRAY nAn.

To half pint of water aad or. Bay Rum, e small box of Barbo Compound. and A OF. of glycerine. Apply to the hair shade. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix. 1t at home at very little cost Full directions for making and use come In each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked. faded gray hair, and removes dandtuff. It is excel lent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp. iS not sticky or GEOAsys ARA does not F@ O3 +
The Press., 1918-03-28
How's Thisa

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
 HaTl's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five years. and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. HalPs Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi- son from the Blood and healing the dis- eased portions.
 After you have taken Halls Catarrh Medicine for q short time you will see a great improvement In your general health. Start taking Halls CatarFl Medi- cine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
 F.~J. CHENEY 6 CO, Toledo, Ohio.
 Spld bY all Drugg1st9. 76c.
The Press., 1918-03-28
Was In the Name.

The strolling company were playing Hamlet" but they were afraid that Shakespeare's great tragedy would not sufficiently attract, so they conceived the bright idea of altering the title to "How a Stepfather Was Paid Out" The result was a crowded house.-Lon- don Tit-Bits.
The Press., 1918-03-28
Rnadn for 1omorroM

Finish every day and be done with 1t. You have done what you could; care, worry, sorrow, even fear and doubt erepr in; forget them as soon as you can. This day for all that Is good and fair !-Emersnn
The Press., 1918-03-28

my health so can do all my work and I am SO grntsful that l am reeommend- inc it to my friends. "- Mrs. ID. A. ALTFRS, R. R. 4, Oregon, III.
 Onlvwomenw who have suffered the tor lures of such troubles and have dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herD remedy, Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
 Women everywhere m Mrs. Alters condition should profit by her recom- mendAtion, and if there are any com plieations write Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of their 70 years experience is at your service.
The Press., 1918-03-28
.,mltasIno, Ehe cowa

Gan get some fresh eggs at your house tOdayf" asked nelghboP of small Harry.
 s"Nos madam" replied the little fel- lew. SAll our hens have gone dry"
The Press., 1918-03-28

k AAAa& eA@8&A@ W A4Ae-A4 pulled me down un- til l could not putmy foot to the floor and could scarcely do my work, and aS l live on a small farm and raise SIX hundred chickens every year it made it very bard for me.
 T saw the Com pound advertised in our paper. and tried ik It has restored
The Press., 1918-03-28
NOW RAISES
 500 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or. ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Oregon. IIl.-"I took Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25

boat In for a debt, and sou couldn't
told there vas auythiu the matter
with him, What / mean, sou couldn't
told nothin vu him Ia daytime, but
after dark he'd 81 shambHR' all
around the village, aua then when II
got late, il be ser a light somcwhercs,
he'd 10 Ia there aud have spell just
the same ho bad with me Scared
people with them spells, De DID.
The Last Of Gsedfeld's Money.
Long about September bis wife up
aud surprised everybody, because she
went to all the expense Of hayln' the
odd man declared insane and hauled
oft 10 the asylum lie cut hls throat
with piece ef broken bottle up there,
and the funniest thing happened-they
found the old woman dead the same
afternoon iH their house here. The
court gave the estate 10 a trust conn
pany, and guess that was the end q
old Gouditgld.s hundred and twenty.
four thousand three hundred and sl..
tytbreo dollars and flfty- cents
We'll, sir sou know an that about
old Mr. and Mrs GladarIH made a
kind Of sensation, as you might call
II, aud there Has quite good deal u
thlHkiH aH3 faIkiH about IL here In
the village There was sulnp that
claimed they hgsered ouf how II aI
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25
SPEAKING OF MONEY
Just How the Coodfields-
The Stingiest Couple i'm Town
Helped the Red Cross
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25

Ifam ami after this date an hunting Of
anus HuH GA Amhrusia ami independence
plantation rs positively prohibited under
penalty 81 trespassiHF ANY one found Un
these places without permission viii he
considered lgssIaaslaF aud prosecuted 60
the f8i extent u the laW
Mrs X "a BARRON
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1918-05-25
asveaking Of money" said my sea.

"sFeakiug Of money" satd my sea-
surlnE friend II tia Maine coast We
used 90 have ats oid mau here named
t.oudaesl When he was young he
used fa sing Ia the church choir that
didn't casg Hehi8 aud married one
Of the Emhrrsns. hot didn't have only
oIr child. au1 IL died, aHd Time BE- Eot
80 be- about stAtyeIgm years Old b" d
saved up aud WIS hirin' uul his mon
IS at about Fl, high =. cent az any
body Made It all Just tradIu aud
hela careful HhHf he spent Care
full lie wouldn't buy hIss"if pair
If brilthss bat oure in eight years.
npH when Als old sister hat lived With
elm says one day Size was bound to
spe what the inside the pitcher show
fhrater locked like Just once before
she died, why, old tloodheli ami his
wife says tina, was the last straw, and
ibpr hxrd 49, and had her hauled Of
a. live GA the county. Ills wife was
lust the same rs hir toe
We'll. along about The mldtie o
the hard winter, three years ago,
Goudfirld took sick and his wife told
the uslghEsors they both thought II
was a pretty good thing comln on
him IN the cold weather that way, he
CAUSE fuel vas so high and q Terson
IN bed don't need to use auy They
woaila'f heur IT cuI}n' Ia the doctor,
and for two uF tire" weeks the neigh
burs and old friends most Of en-, was
sure b. was goin to die, bat then
he begun e. looa SEA we'll there didn't
hardly seem to hs much hope
Ole 6podhsld Walks In.
lie got tu aaiu' uut and shamhIin
around again and far awhile there
wnsat nohudy nutlred anything much
different reckon / was the FIRST.
aud 10 come about mighty 4mar II
was Hike his was worktn In my
shack aue night pretty mte, rDin TO
spell uut hat va~ She matter vRh a
rarhurctor "a brought up from INV
boat. when there come top 90 the
door. and old t3oodHrld walks iu /.
sas kind O SURPRISED ~ see him. lat I /
didn't say uUthin rrpt Guud r}eniH'.' F
and all IT a Sudden bp shy. n rau .
kn0a how musb money ~ NofhT