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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
BY HOWARD R. oARls.
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspaper
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One afternoon, when the clouds that
were fitting over Woodland, near the
Orange Ice mountains, looked as If they
would soon scatter snow down on the
forests and fields, Uncle Wiggily Long
ears hoped slowly back to his hollow
stump bungalow.
Dear me- exclaimed Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady house
keeper. You look sort of disappointed
and kerslostrated like Wiggy. Is any
thing the matter?'
"Oh, nothing much; except that
hunted all over for an adventure and
didn't find one" he answered. II guess
might as well stay home with you
The rest of the day and listen to the
|phonograph."
I'm be, glad to have you" spoke the
Imuskrat lady, and she put on the funny
surprise record that sounded like an
automobile going to fire and having
its teeth pulled on the Fourth of July.
Uncle Wiggily liked that very much.
Then Nurse Jane played some soft,
low music for the rabbit gentleman,
and he forgot about being disappointed
at not having an adventure. And the
First thing Uncle Wiggily knew, or,
rather, the first thing he didn't know
he was fast, fast asleep.
and walked softly about the room. She
took up her Huntingdon she was
making pair of red mittens for the
unny-and she sat down in her easy
chair.
"Maybe he'll dream of having an
adventure, thought Nurse Jane to her
self, and that will do him just as
Pretty soon the telephone bell rang,
land when the muskrat lady went quick
lily to 1t, to stop the juggling bell so as
mot to awaken Uncle Wiggily, voice
called to Nurse Jale over the wire.
This is Mrs, Wibbewobble, the duck
lady" spoke the voice. Gould you run
over just for a minute? Jimmie is all
sswelled up around his bill, I'm afraid
he's getting the mumps, but I want
you to look at him to make sure"
'TlI come right over" promised Nurse
lis sleeping, so I can leave him all right
4 I'll soon let you know If Jimmie has
the mumps, All I'll have to do will be
I to show him n lemon or a pickle. Then
It'll know by the way he acts
4 The muskrat lady leaving her knit
fling on the table near which Uncle
3Wiggily was sitting asleep in his easy
Achair, went over to the house of Mrs
Unbelievable, the duck lady.
The bunny rabbit gentleman slept on
B and on, and pretty soon he awakened
He looked for Nurse Jane, but she was
gone. He saw her knitting, the needles
stuck in the ball OF red yarn. on the
Fable, Then he saw a little note which
#the muskrat lady had written for him
i with burned stick on piece of white
4 birch bark paper.
II have gone over to Mrs. Wibbe-
wobbes to see If Jimmie. the boy duck,
BIAS the mumps," read the note which
Nurse Jane left,
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AND HE told it all.
IN A q9iet. voice.
AND ONCE in a while
THERE CAME a smile.
AND A gentle touch.
IN THE tale he told
THAT WARMED my, heart.
AND WHEN he was done.
HE REACHED his hand.
INSIDE OF his coat.
AND DREW therefrom.
AN ENVELOPE.
AND PASSED it to me.
AND SAID to me.
THERE'S A thousand there,
land | want you to take it,
ITO SWELL the fund,
THAT YOU'RE going to raise.
lat YOUR benefit"
AND I had TO promise,
I'd NEVER tell.
WHENCE THE thousand came.
AND LUNCH was through,
AND HE hurried away
WITH THE parting word,
THAT put It down.
JUST FROM a friend
AND so have.
AND NO one knows.
EXCEPT MYSELF
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follows whenever I ask for little
| pocket money Often l have made up
my mind to leave my husband but the
only thing ! could go into is service.
am not too lazy to do that, and l would
| get appreciation and pay from a stran-
ger which do not get at home. l have
saved my husband many dollars from
| time to time, but l get no thanks for
that. He has money in two banks, but
| boasts. that I have all l win ever get
from him; SO | suppose he means to
leave everything to the boy, and l may
be penniless in my old age. 1t is only
| years and experience that make me
| stop, look and listen If / were younger
| | would be off tomorrow with my darl-
| ing boy
Entirely apart from my own observa-
| ton, and judging solely by the letters
| have received in the past few years,
would say that the question Of finance
| had wrecked more homes than drink,
| or the intruding siren, or mother-in-
law, or any other contributing cause
| As this woman feels it is unneces-
| sarily humiliating to have to be contin-
ually begging for small sums to cover
| her own needs, and it is nerve tracking
| to have a quarrel about it every time
| she does So
! If her husband is earning the family
living, she is doing al, the work neces-
sary to keep up the home, He would
have fine time trying to feed and
| lodge himself and the child and pay
laundry and other bills on SIS week
and yet she maintains all three on that
| inadequate sum, 1t is a niggardly and
unfair proportion of his wages to spend
on the home, and the fact that he quar-
rels about giving her money for her
| own expenses is another indictment of
| his character.
1t is not worth while for a woman to
| 60 on doing the best she can under
| such circumstances while he is giving
himself the pleasure, at her expense, OF
seeing money pile up in the bank
| The only thing for her to do is to take
the attitude Of no pay no work. She
| should make him understand that she
| has been thinking the matter over for
| 20 years and has come to a final, I'M
| shakable decision, that unless he makes
a satisfactory arrangement with her,
| she will go to work for herself. Such
| household manager as she has proved
| herself to be would have no difficulty
| in finding plenty Of opportunities,
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HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, DEG. 10, 1919.


Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News.
paper SyndiCate)
Mercury rules strongly for good today
according to astrolOgy. and the sun Ii
in friendly aspect. Mars and Uranus
are adverse,
The danger to the nation seems to bf
from world thoughts that are destruC.
tive After the war minds subject t.
severe strain are peculiarly susceptible
to suggestions that tear down old prin-
Ciples and old ideals, the seera declare
and while Uranus Is in evil place UNI
rest ana discomfort viii continue,
This should be "A sway most favorable
to the balancing of accounts aud the
reviewing Of business affairs
Newspapers and periodicals now come
under a better sway of the stars and
should benefit from improved condi-
lions
This should be an suspicious rule I'M
der which to press ones claims fol-
recognition In business or politics,
The stars are read as presaging agt-
tatton on the part of women who viii
present to pubic notice the claim that
they suffer from unjust discrimination
in government appointments,
Governors ana all who hold positions
Of authority are subject to the best
possible direction during this Configu-
ration,
Surprising developments in national
politics are presaged for January.
There is pleasant omen Tor all VINO
give presents when the sun is In kind
~ sway as it is this day.
Warning Is given that under certain
Influences Of the s arS all which is coy
cred win be revealed Frauds, waste
of public money and neglect OF heavy
responsibilities viii become known early
Ia ha "a
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MAGAZINE FEATURES
3VNCIE WlGGEYl) - =
BEDTINE' STOHY
UNCLE WIGGILY'S KNITTING.

That's very kind of her" said the
bunny rabbit gentleman to himself, as
he looked at the piece of white birch
bark paper. Nurse Jane Is always
doing something to help someone else"
And as he said that he happened to
notice the knitting needle, the red
bali Of yarn and the mittens partly fin
ished.
Hum" said the bunny to himself
II wonder II l couldn't do something
to help Nurse Jane? True, ] have
never kitted, but that is no reason
why l should not try it, l don't believe
/ am too old"
He had often watched the muskrat
lady click the shining needles. flip the
yarn around them with her paw, and
make mittens, or socks, or neck scarfs
out Of what at first, had only been a
long, red string of worsted.
Wen, at least l can try to knit"
said Uncle Wiggily, So, putting his
James needles and ball of yarn and he
started in. He poked the end of one
needle through the loop of yarn and he
began to take off the stitch as he had
seen the muskrat lady do. And then,
just as he was Tipping the red cord
over the end Of the needle, there was a
noise at the door and in popped the bad
old fox.
"Ah, ha! see you are all alone
spoke the fox. hungry like. II was
going past and I saw the door open; so
l came in for little souse."
Dear mel" said Uncle Wiggily.
Nurse Jane must have forgotten to
shut the door when she went out. But
don't want you to take my souse!" he
told the fox.
1T matters not to me what you
want" impolitely growled the bad chap
"Souse I need and souse I will have"
He was just going to make a jump
and grab Uncle Wiggily by the ears,
when, all of sudden, the bunny pulled
one of the sharp, shiny needles out OF
Nurse James knitting. The bunny
dropped lot of stitches, but this was
no time to think about such things.
oh, you want my souse, do you."
cried Uncle Wiggily, brave and bold.
wei, want to tickle you with this
knitting needle"
Then he poked the end of the needle
in the short, soft and tender ribs of
the fox, and the bad chap cried:
"Oh wow! Oh, WOW! Now you stop!
How you tickle!" And the fox sneezed
so hard that he sneezed himself back
ward, head over heels, out of the door
and away off in the woods, and he
didn't hurt the bunny at all.
ITS a good thing | know how to
knit, or l wouldn't have any souse now,
maybe, said Uncle Wiggiy. And when
Nurse Jane came back she picked up
all the dropped stitches. And Jimmie
Wibblewobble didn't have the humps
at all. The swelling in his bill was only
a chunk of candy he was eating
And If the window curtain doesn't
roll up to the ceiling, to find out why
the little fly is tickling the roses in
the wallpaper, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wggily and the black brush.
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BEN WAS BUSY.

Very friendly was little Clara; and
to satisfy her gregariousnes. she de-
manded affectionate speech from all
and on every occasion.
One evening her big brother Ben
was industriously engaged in endeavor-
ing to solve some arithmetical prob
lens. After trying to get his attention
several times without receiving any
reply whatsoever Clara appealed to her
father to stir Ben up.
, But Ben is busy" said dad
Il know he is" said Clara, but at
least he might have said Shut up!"
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SOME SPLENDID MOONS

Binkins had signed the pledge The
curate was particularly pleased to
think that he had succeeded in turn
ing the notorious topper from the error
of his ways.
But judge of the curate's horror
when, one evening he overlook Binkins
walking along the village street in a
distinctly shaky manner.
"Bnklns," said he, in voice of stern
sadness, II hope you haven't broken
your pledge of abstinenca?"
Me, sir? Oh, no. sir!' replied Blink
ms, hoarsely. Its the rheumatic in
me legs"
"Ah, I'm glad to hear that you have
remained true to your promise" sighed
the curate. well, good might. It's a
lovely evening"
1T is that sir said Binkins, fer
vently And there's some splendid
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
e.vrAA. ma r,.- r.AsA. c. IN r...l.s w..u,

My Dear X, c. b am a reader Of
your daily efforts and | want to help
the Christmas fund. Come some day
next week and take lunch with me, and
am sure the fund will expand. Sin
cerely yours,
2. S.-No publicity wanted in any
shape or form.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
CASHIER OF GRADY BANK
CHARGED WITH SHORTAGE

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Dec. IS. (Spl)--
o. l.. Miller, cashier Of the Bank of
Grady, is under arrest at Star City,
charged with embezzling funds of the
bank. His shortage is alleged to be
$4,000. His attorney, Arthur John
son, of Star City, says that the short
age will be made good and Miller Is
under bond for 100000,
Bank Examiner +. ], Major said here
Wednesday night that the bank will not
lose anything as the defalcation is COW
cred by surety bond and that the
Bank of Grady is in good condition and
there will be no loss to the stockhold-
ers. Miller is IS years of age and is
married and has several children. He
and his attorney decline to discuss the
cause Of the shortage.
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aspiration, the seers declare. This
means an impetus to art.
Persons whose brthdate it is may
meet many problems in the new year.
They should be careful In all their
dealings with others,
Children born on this day will be
clever and Industrious hut unsettled and
ambitious TO u degree that makes them
restless, Girls probably VIII have
eventful careers
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~ &c. %.

AND WE sat at a table
.>,r ~, 49,
A4N ~ TIE lOiu me tntjI.
TIL AT ONCE pn a time
TIE. NAN 49,. x,,aIt .ff
AN' MAJ ioSI II all
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fact that the first
Polish minister to
the United States,
who has Just ar
rived In Washing
ton, is n prince and
It member of an
e aristoeratic
.nily In Poland.
TIs3 full name is
7 "tn ce Cassimir
Lthomirski,
FRINGE Casimir
was born in Cra-
COW. Poland. and
was e d u c a { c d
there and In Wen
ma and Paris. Aft
er completing his
education he en-
tered upon the pro-
fession Of the law.
He was a member
of the Felician
dict for IL wears
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and has taken big part in politics in
Poland
Prince Lubomirski visited the Unit
ed states 20 years ago and has been q
great admrer of this country ever
since. He is accompanied on his pres
ent mission here by his daughter and
three sons.
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sharper. aud probably nj this moment
they were dividing his sixty dollars
the price Of old slop-eye-between
them.
Early next morning he was awake
and astlr. The recollection OF his loss
sent a sudden pang through his morn
INK spirits, but no tried to close his
mind 10 II.
mo use worryin' over that" he said,
jlngling the few coins that now rep
resented his wealth. That's over and
gone. | traded sixty dollars for my
first lesson. Maybe 4 was n bad trade,
hut anyway | amt goin' TO sGueal."
lie whlstled Rs he finished dressing.
ate his breakfast cheerfully, and set
out In search OF employment.
Almost the nrst person he met was
the tranger who had %sclioOled him In
the gambling game the night before,
There was something attractive about
his personality something which In
vlted friendship and even confidence,
and yet beneath these emotions Dave
felt a sense OF distfust. as though part
OF his nature rebellcd against the ac
Quainianceship.
THAT was the rottenest luck yot
had last night" the stranger was say
ing. II never saw the beat OF II.
was hopin' you'd stay and raise hin
next time; you might have got you
money back that way"
"oh. l don't mind the money I" salt
~ ~ AN aawfN aarAaN A
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pssplaed Wares.

Seeing that | cannot choose any s. b.
feet OF grent utility or pleasure. De-
cause my predecessors have already
taken as their own all useful and
necessary themes. ! will do like n
who, because Of his poverty, Is the
last to arrive at the fair. and not be-
ing able otherwise to provide himself.
chooses all the things which others
have already looked over and not
taken, but refused as being OF little
value. with these desnlsed aud re-
jected wares-the ieavings OF many
buyers-l will load my course. dlstrib-
utlng. not. indeed. amid the great
cities, but among the mean hamlets'
and taking such rewards as BELTS the
things | offer.-Leonardo da Vlnct.
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aMaru."

The word "mnru" attached TO the
name OF every merchant ship and
con uonly accepted as meaning ship"
in .,ality has no known meaning. Ac-
cording to u Japanese authority the
word Is the survival OF a custom cen
turtles old. There are two opinions as
to how the custom started. The story.
the more likely to be the true one, 10
that in ancient times the Japanese
attached "maru" to the name OF any
thing precious or highly priced, as a
sword or a baby. II was hrst applied
10 a ships name about 1000 years
ago, when the Empress lingo sent an
expedition TO Korea. She added the
word to the namo OF the ship TINT
transported the troops to Korea. Ever
since then "maru' has been nssoclat 4
with the name OF Il steamship or sail
lag vessel. II Is never used with the
name OF q warship.
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dealer. "but you got II IN me. Turn
'er up"
The card was red.
Dave looked at II stupidity. II was
q moment or two before no realized
that his money was gone. Then. re-
gardlesa Of those about. he rushed
through the crowd. hinging byatnnd-
ers right and left. and plunged Into
the night.
lie walked down a street until Il
lost Itself ON the prairie; then he fol.
lowed a prairie trail far Into the coun-
try. The air was cold and u few drops
OF rain we're falling In II, but he was
unconscious Of the weather. He was
In a rage through and through. Stop
eye was now q dream. q memory.
gone-gone. Everything was gone ;
only his revolver and a few cents re-
NAMED. He gripped the revolver
again. With that he was supreme. No
man In all that town % men schooled
In the ways OF the West was more
then his equal while that grip lay
In his palm. At the point OF that
muzzle he could demand his money
bnck-and get II.
Then he laughed. Hollow Rnc
empty II sounded In the night air. hui
II was a laugh. aud II saved his spirit
why, you fool" he chuckled. 'yot
came to town for to learn somethin'
didn't your Well. you're learnin'
sixty dollars a throw. Education
comes high. don't ~ But yo'
shouldn't kick. file didn't Goa yo'
IN. an gave you every chance to bacl
away. You butted In and got stunG
Perhaps you've learned sOmethin
; worth sixty dollars"
IN his innocence of the ways Of III
! game II never occurred to him that tn
! friendly stranger who had showed hin
. how To plny II was Il friend OF IN
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Dave learns lesson No. 2
from Coward.
ITo BE coNTINUED.J
WORDS TOO OFTEN CONFUSED
Excellent Point Made In Emphasis Of
Difference Between Training"
and education"

The difference between training and
education was we'll expressed by Or.
c. Stuart eager In his address to the
graduating class OF the school OF hor-
tlculture for women. when he said:
Cloth would be spun on hnnd looms
today had no other factor been intro
duced into spinning than the instruc'
ton OF daughters by mothers. This
kind OF instruction does not make for
progress II ran CONVEX a trade
into n profession. The spinning Jenny
was not Invented by n spinner, nor the
wireless telegraph by n telegraph
operator. nor the science OF agronomy
Dy practical farmers.
"Progress depends upon n fullness
OF preparation exceeding the limits OF
anticipated requirement In practice,
That II why | have never liked the
phrase teachers training class.
Horses may he trained. and a well
trained horse may be depended ON tC
do accurately and promptly the tricks
that are taught him. But place him II
a new situation or confront him with
a new problem or an old one some
what ~nltered-nnd you may then leari
cleurly and enslly the difference be
tween training and Characterization
real Herald.
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ID Qok YOUR AcID-sroMAcD
The Unusual one.

A IIooslcr minister recently decided
that the parsonage needed n new cost
Of paint. Sirmghtway he went to n
VI the dcacons of the church with the
request. The deacon eyed him sternly
at the close Of his speech. The
prenrhcr who was here before you
painted the whole house out OF his
own pocket" he said mennlngly'
The minister looked his Amusement.
"But. my dear mnn," he began inered-
ulously. ~ couldn't do that. You see
! don't carry paint In my pockets
They're too full OF sermons"
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- " .---...
hnndS' Cohwaru ohereu n's c'E"'s'e
box ana the TWO s'nokeu TOT T" 'e"
moments ~ silence
what kinh OF a Jon 90 you whit
Coward asked nj length
ANY KIND That pays a wage SUI"
Dave.
." know the Fellow mat runs nm
employment agency down mere Soh-
ward answered. Lets go down fer'
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"mv NAME Is COWARD

synopsis. David Eiden, son OF y
drunken. ahiftless rauchman, A.
muat a ma vorick OF the toothllls,
In breaking bottles with hts pia,ol
frutn his running cRyuse when the
first automobile no has ever seen
arrives and tips over, breaking the
les OF Doctor Hardy u not lnJur.
ing his beautiful daughter Irene
Dave rescuea the injured man and
brings a doctor from " miles
away. Irene takes charge Of the
housek eeplng. Dave and Irene take
many rides together and during
her father'a enforced stay they get
we'll acquainted. They part with a
klsa and an implied promise.
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Ai.dv o. Distinction.

In recognized by the delicate fascinat-
ing influence OF the perfume she uses.
A hath with Cutlcura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores.
followed by n busting with ouueura
Talcum Powder usually means a clear
sweet, healthy akin.-AdV.
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AAsdlelns From tterns.

In CHM n large trade exists In deer,
reindeer and wild sheep horns for
use In medicines. and Hongkong. 40
the chief center Of trade In Chinese
medicines In south China. imports a
considerable quantity OF such goods
annually.
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81 shall never nsk lack for his ad'
vice ugaln'
"What's the matter. dearT'
"He never thinks what I've made up
my mind In do In right
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The gigantic wall which the Dutch
are building r the entrance to
the Zuyder Zoe will be IS miles long
and $50 feet wide at sea level.
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No woman EVER awakens hSr hns-
band from his afternoon nap 70 show
him her dressmnker's blu
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Baby's little dresses will just simply
dazzle II Red Cross Bag Blue Ia used
In the laundry. Try II and see for your
self. At all good grOcers, &c.
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BELCHING
Caused by
Acid-St0mach

Let nAToNIc, he wondsrful modern
stomach remedy. give you quick relief
from disgusting beiehinG. food.repeAtihg'
indlg sstion. bioAted. gassy stomach. dyspeg-
sIa, neartburn and other stomach nliserlea-
They are ali caused BY Acid from
which about nine people out Of tea sunet
in one way or another. on writes ~ tot.
lows. before I used EATONiC. could not
eat a bite without beichlnG Il right up. sour
and bitter, I have not had . BIT Of treueis
since the nrst tablet
Millions are victims Of Aeid-Stemash
without knowing II, They are weak ana
aIllng. have poor digestion, bodies improg-
sriy nourlshed although they may eat hear.
ny. Grave disorders are likely 20 follow y
an acid -stomRoh 10 neglected. Ctrrhosin OF
the liver. Intestinal congestion, Gastriis,
catarrh OF the atomAch-thess are only .
few Of the many ailments often caused ~
a sufferer from cAtarrh Of the stomach
OF II years standing writes II had cAtarrh
Of the stomach for n long years and never
found anything to DO me any Eood-just
temporary rsiief-untii used ~
i a wonderful rsmsdy and ! do not want 70
be without H."
n you are not feeling quite rlEhtEiAek
energy and enthusiasm and don't know Just
whore TO locate the trouble-try AToNi
and see how much better you VIII feel 10
AZ ali drug atores-a big box for soc and
your money back n you are not satiahed'