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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
THE ORGANEST.
By Florence Atwater.
(TO BE CONTINUED.
WAVES OF GIGANTIC HEIGHT
Thousands of Tons of Water Not In
frequently Poured Upon Decks
of Ocean Vessels

Even in stormy weather the average
height of waves in mid-ocean does not
as rule exceed 30 or 40 feet Some
times, however, one enormous wave
makes its appearance amidst the rest.
Why this should happen no one can
say. All We know is that mighty
mass OF water rushes suddenly toward
a ship at the appalling speed of over
100 miles an hour.
If the ship can meet such a wave
with her bows she will ride over it,
though thousands of tons of water
may sweep over her decks. But If
the wave is following her and rushes
at her from the stern, she may fail
TO rise. Many a good ship has gone
10 her doom in this way.
These vAst mountains of water rise
sometimes to a height of more than
a hundred feet-as high as the spire
of a church. They have been known
TO extinguish the masthead lights of
sailing ships.
Sometimes on a perfectly calm day
there will be a sudden troubling of the
surface of the sea, and without the
slightest warning a wave 80 feet
high will appear.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
By
Booth
Harrington
Copyright, 1871
By the Bell Syndicate. Inc

7 than the expressions they used on
me ~
Then I'm very glad you didn't play
with Them,
But at this, Florence once more
gave way to flial despair Mama,
you just can't see through anything !!
I've said anyhow fifty times they amt
aren't playing They're getting up a
real newspaper. and people buy it,
and everything They have been all
over this part of town and got every
aunt and uncle they have, besides their
own fathers and mothers. and some
people in the neighborhood and Kitty
Silver and two or three other colored
people besides, that work for families
they know. They're going TO charge
twenty-five cents a year, cOllect-in-ad-
vance because they want the money
first; and even papa gave 'em a quar-
ter last night; he told me So"
How often do they publish their
paper. Florence?' Mrs Atwater in
quired somewhat absently having re-
sumed her sewing
Every week; and they're goin' to
have the first one a week from to-
day"
what do they call it?"
THE North End Daily Oriole. It's
the silliest name l ever heard for
newspaper; and l told 'em so. / told
'em what I thought of It, guess!'
WAS that the reason?" Mrs. At
water asked
WAS ii what reason, mama?''
WAS it the reason they wouldn't
let you be a reporter with them?"
Pooh :" Florence exclaimed airily.
81 didn't want anything to do with
their ole paper But anyway l didn't
make fun o their calm it the North
End Daily Oriole till after they said
couldn't be in it. Then l did, you
bet!"
Florence, don't say"
Mama, got to say somep'm! Well,
told 'em 1 wouldn't be in their ole
paper If they begged me on their bent
ed knees; and l said if they begged
me a thousand years / wouldn't be
in any paper with such a crazy name
and 1 wouldn't tell 'em any news If
L knew the President of the United
States had the scarlet fever! 1 just
politely informed EN- they could say
what they liked if they was dying;
declined so much as wipe the oldest
shoes L got on 'em -
Put why wouldn't they let you be
on the paper?" her mother insisted
Upon this Florence became analyti-
cal. Just SOS they could act so i'm
portant" And she added, as a con-
sequence: "They ought to be arrest
ed"
Mrs. Atwater murmured absently,
but forbore to press her inquiry; and
Florence was silent. in a brOoding
mood. The journalists upon the fence /
had disappeared from view, during the
conversation with her mother; and
presently she sighed and quietly left
the room. She went to her own apart
ment, where, at small and rather
battered little white desk, after a pc
riOd of earnest reverie, she took up
a pen, wet the point in purple ink, and /
without any great effort or any crii !
cal delayings. produced poem.
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HIS HEART IN RIGHT PLACE
Circus Tentman Evidently Remem-
bered That He Had Once Been
a Small Boy.

A little boy bObbed his head around
a wagon where the circus train was
unloading
please. sir, he said to a tentman
in overalls, please, have you got any
elephants to water?"
The tenman shook his head. It
seems elephants are watered by ma
chinery or something these days At
least there's no earning ones way in
by way of the water-bucket
The little boy was Sinking off for
lornly when the tentman turned
around.
Here" he grunted, hold this for
awhile" and he stuck a rope into his
hand without apparently seeing that
the little boys chin had stopped wag-
Cling
But he found other things to be
done, chairs to be logged. and such.
And an ecstatic little boy that sat
on the front row that afternoon with
an awestruck eye. winked at the tent
man, passing by.
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WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit
,and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine 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, \. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this advertisement.
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MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even a sick child loves the "fruitys
taste Of California Fig Syrup" II thu
little tongue is coated, or if your child
is listless, cross, feverish, fun of cold.
or has collie, give a teaspoOnful TO
cleanse the liver and bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the constipa-
ton poison, sour bile and waste out OF
the bowels, and you have well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children OF
all ages printed on bottle. MOtherI
You must say California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertiser
mpnf
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don't care what they do; it's far less
than nothing to me All I wish is
they'd fall off the fence and break
their vile ole necks!"
With this manifestation of imper-
sonal calmness, she turned again to
the window; but her mother protest.
ed. do find something else TO amuse
YOU. Florence; and quit watching
those foolish boys; you mustn't let
them upset you so by their playing"
Florence moaned. They don't up
set me, mama They have no effect
on me by the slightest degree And l
told you, mama, they're not playing. I"
Then what are they doing?"
well. they're having a newspaper.
They got the printing press and an
office In Herbert's ole stable and ev-
erything. They got somebody to give
'em some ole banisters and q railing
from house that was torn down
somewheres, and then they got 1T stuck
Up in the stable loft. so it runs across
with a kind of gate in the middle of
these banisters, and on one side is
the printing press and the other side
they got a desk from that nasty little
Henry Rooter's mothers attic; and q
table and some chairs, and a map on
the wall: and that's their newspaper
office They go out and look for what's
the news, and write it down in ink;
and then they go through the gate to
the other side of the railing where the
printing press is, and print it for their
newspaper
But what do they do on the fence
so much?"
That's where they go to watch
what the news is" Florence explained
morosely "They think they're so
grand, sittin' up there, pokip' around.
They go other places, TOO; and they
ask people. That's all they said 1
could be-" Here the lady's bitterness
became strongly intensified They
said, maybe l could be one o. the ones
they asked if | knew anything, some
times. if they happen to think of it! Il
just respectfully told 'em I'd decline to
wipe my oldest shoes on 'em to save
their lives ~
Mrs. Atwater sighed. you mustn't
use such expressions. Florence"
81 don't see Why not" the daughter
objected They're lot more refined
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
AMONG BIRDS OF PASSAGE"
Editorial Asserts West Point Will
Continue to Turn Out Crop of
Second Lieutenants.

That the second IOoie" of whom
there were so many during the war,
is more or less an institution of ac-
tive warfare is shown in an editorial
from the American Legion Weekly
under the caption Birds of Passage"
1t follows:
Buried in the recent official list
of the number of army officers of all
grades who have contrived to survive
the congressional guillOtine appeared
this incOnptcuOus entry:
Second lieutenants Call arms) .233.
"Only 233 second lieutenants left!
And once there must have been that
many thousand. Who shall now deny
that the war is over? Certainly while
ii lasted they bloomed like so many
hardy perennialS emerging full blown
from the training camps and finally
from the ranks, for was not the top
sergeant only a little lower than the
angels?
AFTER the Armistice. when divisional
and regimental shows began to appear
all over the A. Il. F.. the second lieu
tenant won fresh Immortality in the
quips which Mr. Bones passed to Mr..
TambO, and, vice versa 1t was a
token of his popularity-for humanity
does not poke gentle fun at what 1t
hates.
The second lieutenant is not ex-
tinguished. Most of him has grad
uated into a first Iieutenancy. West
Point viii, of course. continue to turn
out its annual crop, but even these
will within a few months enter the
larger life of the silver bar"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Great Men once Book Agents.

Longfellow, Mark Twain and Bret
Harte were among the subsequently
famous authors who bridged poverty
stricken periods by peddling the
works of already successful writer's
Daniel Webster also hunted up orders
for books, paying his second terms
tuition at Dartmouth college by act
ing as agent for De TocqueviIIe's
america" and Bismarck in his early
days at Heidelberg canvassed for one
of Blumenbach's hand-books.-New
York Evening Post.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

tenant of Battery F. Seventh field ar
tillery of the First division. He was
twenty-five years old, and had entered
the service of his country Immediately
upon his graduation from Harvard uni
versity.
year after the death of the young
officer on the field of battle, his per-
sonal property was sent TO his parents.
Colonel and Mrs. Feigl, who reside at
the BiltmOre hotel New York. In a
handbag was a letter addressed TO his
parents. which Lieutenant Feigl had
written a short time before he was
killed. In the letter he forecast his
death. and said. Dame Fortune
couldn't have picked more gentle
manly manner for me TO make my ex-
It."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Cured His Love spasm.

was a "freshie" in high school and
almost immediately upon entering. feI
violently in love with my algebra
teacher. l even stayed hours after
school 10 ''make up work" just so that
l could be near her. One day / could
withhold my sentiments no longer and
I blurted out sentences and sentences
of alteration all in one breath. She
seemed not at all unnerved and after
I had finished she merely thanked me-
profusely and said that I must come
TO visit her at home some time. She
was positive I would like her husband
and two little boys quite as much
Chicago Journal.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
YOUNG AMERICA.

Edison says the intellect of
Young America is becoming
strOphied. HUH He should
read Booth Tarkington's, THE
Oriole." It's dollars to dough-
nuts he'd apologize like a gem
tleman and a scholar. For there
are no indications of atroPhy
about either the author or the
kids" he writes about in The
OriOle." No, sir. Quite the con-
trary. But what's the use
read it. It's about the same
characters that figure in Too
Gentle Julia" Enough said.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
w. WIS. Take His Legion Button

Following his refusal to join the
T. w w. Joe Smith, a street car con-
ductor at Sioux City, Iowa. was at
tackled robbed and tortured until he
became unconscious, according to his
report to the Sioux City police. Smith
said the "wobbIiesr took his American
Legion button from his coat lapel and
replaced it with an /. w. w. button.
They took his conductors change belt
and told him If he reported the attack
to the police they would bring $4,000
I. w. w. to the city.
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who toll unneces-
sariiy in the busi-
ness world. ac-
cordhng TO Mrs.
Julia Z. WheelOck
commander of the
Barbara Frietchie
post of the Amer
lean Legion in
New York city,
and widely known
as a writer.
Mrs. Wheelock
b e lie We S [ h a t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

honored by his
surviving o m
rades. who have
named their post
OF the American
Legion in New
York in his hon
or. The po S {,
which comprises
members of the
old First division,
is known as the
jeff Feigl post.
Jefferson Feigl
was a first lieu
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
A Busy Twenty Minutes.

In the next ten years astronomers
have but 20 minutes in which to test
Einstein's theory. During the fleeing
moments of the solar eclipses they
will work strenuously in an attempt
70 discover any detection in the RAYS
of light that pass the sun.-Scientiic
American.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
His Philosophy

1--WE never worn out the knees of
my trousers prayin' for rain" says the
Village Deacon, IAN what's more, I
amt a-goin' to. Rain an shine1l come
when they're good an ready. an If
can't run the world Tm in, / certainly
can't give directions TO the other one"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
kinn GEORGES superstition-

King George, sane, healthy-minded
man though he is. owns up TO certain
Superstitions. He cant endure that a
wineglass should ring. If accidentally
touched. at his dinner table. The ring
ing will mean a death in his family, SO
he firmly believes. And if the slightest
ring is heard, every member of bis
family and guest ut his table rises up
en- the instant and stands in silence.
It's his wish.-London Opinion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
This little bit of adyice may he'll
jon regain your Health,
Strength and Vitality

Thousands of people suffer from nervous
ness. They are run down and miserable without
knowing the reason why.
They do not stop TO think that much of their
trouble may be caused by drinking tea and coffee
which contain the drugs, them and caffeine. When
you over-stinulate the aystem for any period of
time, the result may be nervousness with its
many accompanying ills. You may fail to sleep
properly and your sleep does not refresh you as
1t should
cereals, will help you to overcome all these
conditions For it contains only healthful sub
stances, instead of drugs, as are found in tea
and coffee.
Postum helps build sound nerve structure,
by letting you get sound restfu1 sleep.
In flavor, Postum is much like high-grade
coffee. In fact there are many people who pre-
fer Postum for its savory favor alone.
Order Postum from your grocer TODAY.
Serve this rich, fragrant beverage for the family.
See how the children will ike it and how much
better everybody will sleep at night.
Postum in Instant Postum I'm tius)
Postum Cereal Tin packages of larger bulk those who
prefer to make the drnx while being preparsd
made by boiling for 20 minutes.
Postum for Health
There's Reason
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Why He Worried.

"And when I kissed her I smeIled
tobacco"
you object 10 a woman who
smokes? ?"
NO, but she doesn't mOke."-Syd-
ney Bulletin.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

Daniel Chester French, sculptor. who
created The Minute Man ar Concord, .
has been selected TO design the me-
World war which is TO be erected
somewhere along the American sector
in France. Henry Bacon, designer Of
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
ID. c., will be associated with him.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Reality Versus Romance.

Occasionally a girl may fall In love
Mt first sight. But more often tNe first
time girl sees 4 man, she laughs. !,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

The Community House at Camp Gus
ter, Mich, purchased by a Chicago
company for $4,000, has been repur-
chased by the state of Michigan and
will be presented to the American
Legion for use as hospital for sick
and disabled veterans. The building
will be improved at the expense OF
the state.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Gle
AMERICAN
0L-E;GON@
copy for This Department Supplied b.
the American Legion News Servfce.)
"BACK-TO-H0ME MOVEMENT
New York Posts Woman Commander
Would Have Women Give
Up Their Jobs.

Someone should start a "back-to-the
home movement" for married women
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
POST NAMED FOR LIEUTENANT
First American Artillery Officer to Die
in Action Is Honored bye
Surviving Comrades.

The first American artillery officer
to die In action in France has been
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11
Ready for More.

Father-IS he thrifty?
Daughter-Thrifty. daddie, Why.
Jacks saved over $1,000 out of that
100000 his grandfather left him the
year before last.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

Language All Know
Ivy-SomeOne has said that kisses
are loves language
Frank-That 50? Let Us have 6
chat.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

General Lafayette post of the Ameri-
can Legion, composed of New York
City policemen, has mortgaged its
Long Island clubhouse for $1,000, the
money TO be used in helping unem-
ployed veterans. The policemen-Le-
giOnnaires haYe pledged themselves
to canvass their beats for jobs for
their unfortunate "buddies"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

One hundred aliens manning the
shipping boards feet at Camp Eustis,
Va, have been discharged and their
places filed with unemployed Ameri-
can seaman, at the instance of the
American Legion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

Ex-soldiers and marines, members
of the American Legion, were the
heroes in the rescue work which fol
lowed the explosion of a tank con
tanning 100000 cubic feet of ammonia
fumes in New York City. One of the
former service men is accredited with
having rescued ten persons from a
tenement which had become filled with
the fumes.
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10 canNaSS their beats Tor JOBS Tor
their unfortunate "buddies."
1.-The Book of Misery" containing
thousands of newS-clippings and let
tiers describing the plight of Americas
World war veterans in the recent
period of unemployment will be pre-
scented to Congress by the Legion as
documentary evidence in favor of
relief for ex-service men.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

Charles w. Seymour, of Hartford,
Conn, rendered his resignation as
state senator following his election to
the cOmmandership of the American
Legion in Connecticut. Officers of the
Legion cannot hold public office which
is elective.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

The American Legion post at Fair
mont, Mimi, has been awarded a 81
year lease on the former city water
plant there at a rental of 81 year.
The building is valued at $4,000 and
is in the heart of the business dis
trict. 1t will be converted into a club
house
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-11-11

The American Legion has asked the
shipping board to permit the use OF
the giant liner Liviathan as a TEN
porary shelter for jobless ex-service
men. The liner has been idle at the
HObOken army docks for several
months. During the war it transpOr
ted 10000 American troops to France
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-02
10 GIVE
ES.N.S A BENCH.
Next Years Glass May
Construct Mound on
Campus

Nsxt Friday the Y. w. G. A. Of
the Normal school will celebrate
Mothers Day. All the mothers are
invited to visit the school during
the day and visit ss many Of the
classes as they desire. In the after
noon the Y. w. G. A. will give a
program appropriate to Mothers
Day and tea will be served. The
occasion Is celebrated at this time
because Mothers Day will be oh.
served in the churches on Sunday,
May s.
Friday the Girls Hiking club Of
the Normal under the leadership Of
Miss Toiyonen, hitad to ColfaA
where they spent the night. Sat
urday night was spent at Camp
Dixie. A number Of boys went
up to the camp Saturday evening
and they held a marshmalIow roast.
The girls returned Sunday after.
noon.
On every hike that they take they
must so at least five miles. At the
end OF the year each girl who has
been on every hike and covered a
certain number OF miles, will get
credit for the work.
The Senior class OF the Normal
this year will leave the school a
marble bench which will be placed
somewhere on the campus and will
be exclusively for the seniors OF
each year TO use. 1t will be called
the Senior bench. A bronze plate
on the bench will give the year Of
the present class and the officers
Of the class.
The Junior class this year Is al.
ways planning what they will leave
the school next year. There has
been some discussion and It has
been suggested that they construct
Ia Mound on the campus and plant
a tree on 1t similar TO the Mound
on the old campus. Some OF the
dirt from the old Mound will be
carried to the new Mound to give
the idea Of moving the Mound.
The old Mound has figured large.
ly in the history of the school and
the students feel that It is sort of
sacred land mark and that some.
thing similar should be placed on
the campus OF the new school.