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The Little River news., 1921-04-30

drilling has stopped as the casing has lodged
 "The manganese produced in the Bat esville district is known as the best in the United States, but is not being worked much.
 ''Zinc and lead are produced in pay ing quantities, also pink marble, build ing clay, koalin, limestone and also rock from which the finest whetstones known are made.
 ''The above discussion is but mere outline of the real wealth Of Arkansas but it gives an idea of what Arkansas may become in the future. The fertile farming lands, much Of which are ly- ing idle; the vast mineral resources almost untouched; the oil possibilities just opening and the great forests tC be converted to lumber, will all com bine to make Arkansas great state with great reputation"
The Little River news., 1921-04-30
Warning Order.

In the Little River Chancery Court
 Little River county Ark LillIe Chad wick, plaintiff, vs. Jack Chad wick, de fendant. The defendant, Jack Chad wick, is hereby warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein, Lillie Chadwick. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 5th day of April, 192I.-Jas. H. Will Hams, Clerk Reynolds & Steel, Atty
 for Pltf. Geo. R. Steel, Atty. ad li- tenn. 4-3C
The Little River news., 1921-04-30

Tom Lewis of Stone county found a giant wolf dead in the woods near his home few days ago. The head WIS brought to Guion and is said to of the state
The Little River news., 1921-04-30
Here and There in
 Arkansas.

Near Mountain View there is a creek that plunges into hole and disappears. It reappears on the other side of Blue Mountain. Several years ago a farmer who lived near the point where the creek disappears into the earth missed a large flock of Pekin ducks. He found them on the other den through on the Subterranean stream.
The Little River news., 1921-04-30

Two hours before the recent torna- do struck Hampstead county pho- tograph, believed to have been carried from Idabel, Okla, fully 100 miles away, fell in field near Philadelphia. negro workman saw the photograph ill the air and picked it up when it futtered to the ground. The theory is that the photograph was taken high in the air by the wind at Idabel and then carried by a wind of great vel ocity blowing at a high altitude to the vicinity of Philadelphia, where it was dropped.
The Little River news., 1921-04-30
Order of Eastern Star .

Meets at Masonic Hall, Second and Fourth Monday night at z o'clock. Mai F. Mobley, Worthy Matron.
 Mary Lena Sutton, Secretary.
The Little River news., 1921-04-30

The Board of Commissioners of the ArkansasLouisiana highway has pub lished a synopsis of the acts for the maintenance of the road The law contains safety regulations as well as regulations designated to insure the life of the highway. The regulations set out the width of tires allowable under certain loads. One inch tires are allowed on wagons that weigh not exceeding 1,600 pounds loaded. Wag~ GUS not exceeding 1200O loaded require fve-inch tires.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
TOO MUCH FOR MRS. SMITH
She Couldn't Allow Her Old Friend,
Mrs. Brown, TO Keep Up Her
Dragging Remarks.

Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith were
neighbors, both were fat and both
were extremely sensitive about 1t.
Both tried every method they could
hear of for losing weight, and. until
this summer, both continued to gain.
Mrs. Brown went West early In the
spring and while there managed in
some way to lose nearly thirty pounds.
When she came back Mrs. Smith saw
her step from the taxi and realized
that her neighbor had accomplished
what to her seemed unattainable.
"HellO, dearie," called Mrs. Brown.
Don't you think my trip Iehs agreed
with met Four months in the West
certainly make a difference in one"
Jealousy seized Mrs. Smith. The
idea Of Mrs Brown Dragging that way
just because she weighed few
pounds less!
"You have fallen of marvelously,
DEAR" Mrs.. Smith replied. when
you stepped out of the taxi never
would have known you, only for your
hat"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
NEWS CARRIED BY DRUMBEAT
African Natives Have Really Won.
derfui Way Of Communicating
Over Long Distances

News is carried by drumbeat in At
RIGA at rate as fast as the telegraph,
writes correspondent. The natives
Of Central Africa have q wonderful
system Of signaling from village to viii
lage by drumbeat, he says. Generally
the property Of the chief, these Official
drums, which are many, forming a set
Of varying size, are, as a rule, Of the
species known as Incision-drum. This
Is long, narrow hollow cylinder.
made from a tree trunk, with the ends
closed. By relay message may
travel a thousand miles In little more
than the velocity of sound. The drum
telephone depends upon an elaborate
code Of sounds. European travellers
often order their dinner and nights
lodging at the next village by a drum
message. The villagers use 1t as we
use postal, telegraph and telephone
service-and there are no charges. To
European the rhythm Of a drum ex-
presses nothing beyond repetition OF
the same note at different intervals of
time, but to native it expresses much
more. To him the drum can and does
speak, the sounds produced from 1t
forming words and the whole measure
of rhythm sense, Thus, at dance
Of companies" in one measure they
abuse the men of another company
then the rhythm changes and
the gallant deeds of their own com
pany are extOlled. All this, and much
more, is conveyed by the beating OF
drums, and the native ear, trained to
detect and interpret each beat, ID
never at fault.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
Might in Battery Park.

Battery park at dusk Is filled with
people seeking relief from the city's
heat. From the benches one may gaze
upon the Statue Of Liberty, Governors
and Ellis islands. The harbor Is filed
with craft and now and then an ocean
liner noses Its way out to sea. 1t is
one of the most picturesque spots in
all New York. In the background is
the New York sky line-a nest Of
cloud-pierced buildings. On the top Of
these buildings many rich men are
building fine bungalows. One has a
sleeping porch adjoining his bedroom,
and by pushing button his bed rolls
out onto the porch. At nightfall the
section has the peaceful quiet Of the
village churchyard, and the only Noise
Is the soothing chimes Of Old Trinity
striking the hour. visitor along
Wall and Broad streets, so thick with
jostling humanity during the day, is
rare at night, and his very presence
excites suspicion. He is Swallowed
from the time he arrives until he
leaves.-New York Correspondence Of
the Indianapolis Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
How TO Succeed How to Get
Ahead-How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS
IIIIIIIIIllIIIlIIllIlIVIIIIIIIIIIIlIIllIIII
TRAINING sALESWOMEN

ut WAS thriving little store in q
i small village in New England. Ihad
some chintz to get, and she was real
help in finding something, though the
stock was necessarily limited. But she
had taste, and a sense Of color, and
she was interested.
found that she had graduated that
year from high school, and gone into
the store to earn money during the
GUNNER, and that she meant to 90 to
the city and try for the position of
Isaleswoman in one of the large depart
ment stores. She asked me what
thought Of her chances.
advised her to go to the highest
class store Of the kind she wished to
work for.
Take a lot of pains with your ap
pearance. Remember that you are moi
only applying for the job that Is now
open to you, when you are ignorant
and unframed, but for the Job in the
future when you have got your train
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
Keep Up Old Ceremony.

A quaint little ceremony which has
been enacted on the second day Of
February for more than 200 years may
be seen in the churchyard of WOttOn,
near Dorking, England. 1t arose out
Of the beQuest Of William Granville,
a member Of the Inner temple, who
left by his will a sum Of 4Os. for the
boys of WottOn. Five Of them were
required to stand bareheaded on the
morning of February 2, and success
fully recite from memory the Lords
Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and
the Apostles Greed, read l Corinthians,
chapter Is, and write legibly from die
tation two verses from the same pas
sage. Then the 40s. is distributed to
them. A boy may succeed only once.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
Conserve Heat From suns Rays.

Long years ago. a gentleman in In
dia cooked meal for some Of his
friends by rejecting the rays Of the
sun from a mirror on his cooking
utensil, says Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. This was, OF course, out of
the question on rainy days and dur
ing the night. Now comes a mechan-
ical harness for the heat of the suns
rays wherein it is preserved for night
and cloudy-day use. At the Smithson-
ian solar observing station on Mount
Wilson in California Is such device.
A large z by 1O-fOot mirror, built
semi-cylindrical in shape and made of
aluminum-covered steel plates, focuses
the rays of the sun on 11a-inch pipe
placed centrally in Its frame. This
pipe carries an oil OF high boiling
point, which, after heating from the
reflected rays, rises to a reservoir that
is insulated to retain the heat for
long time. Oven compartments are
embodied in this reservoir in which
the foods may be placed for cooking.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
ILIIILLItE
ByF. A. Walker

put them together. One side of his
work Kept him interested in the other
When a boy Is at school or college
HIS reading Is divided into two sorts
voluntary" and Involuntary" He
reads for pleasure and he reads for
business.
AS nobody's education is ever fn-
ished the same division should mark
later life.
Mrs. Asquith in her celebrated
Autobiography" tells how ahe be-
longed to a sort of society the men,
bers Of which agreed to do an hours
serious reading every day.
Doctor johnson said that If a man
read any subject for an hour daily he
could not help becoming learned" His
own great difficulty was that he was
unsyStematic.
BY reading certain things for recre-
alton and at the same time following
course laid down in advance, a per-
son gets the additional benefit Of dis
cipline.
In the Eighteenth century they
thought nothing of reading through
Homer, Virgil and Shakespeare once
a year. No wonder they were able to
think in those days.
(Copyright.)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
nuokhlll Freak Of Nature.

The duckbill, or platypus, is one
of the strangest and most paradOxical
Of all the animals Of nature. 1t is
sometimes called natures Joke. 1t has
bill and webbed feet like duck and
can swim and dive like a fish. The
most unexpected trait Of the animal
is that it actually lays eggs. He
makes long tunnels in the banks Of
streams in his native home In Aus
tralla. These are made barely large
enough for his body to pass through ;
so that II he desires to return at any
time he simply backs out, which he is
enabled to do, since his fur is like
that Of the common mole. set In such
a way that no matter what direction
he moves his fur neither hlnders him
nor gets full Of dirt. The duckbill is
nil that is left Of large family.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
GENIusEs IN POOR ABoDEs
Many Of the Worlds Great Men
Have Been Born In or Lived or
Died In squaIid Atties.

A good many great men have lived
In attics and some have died there.
Attics, says the dictionary, are places
where lumber Is stored" and the
world has used them to store q good
deal Of its lumber In at one time or
another. Its preachers and painters
and poets, its deep-browed men who
find out things, its fire-eyed men, who
will tell truths that no one wants to-
hear-these are the lumber that the
world hides away in its attics. Haydn
grew up in an attic, ChattertOn starved
In one. Addison and Goldsmith wrote
in garrets.
Faraday and De Quincy knew
them well. Doctor johnson camped
cheerfully In them, sleeping soundly
upon their trundle beds like the sturdy
old soldieraof fortune that he was,
Injured to Aardships and careless Of
himself. Dickens passed his youth
among them, Morland his old age.
Hans Andersen, the fairy king,
dreamed his sweet fancieS beneath
theirrsloplng roofs. Poor, hayward
hearted Collins leaned his head upon
their crazy tables. Benjamin Frank
lin. Savage, young Bloomfield, Bobby
Burns, Hogarth, Watts-the roll Is
endless. Ever since the habitations
Of man were reared two stories high
has the garnet been the nursery OF
genius Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
LYRICSOFLIFE
By DOUGLAS MALLoCH
THE EASY CURE.

YOU had a little hurt today.
know 1t by your face,
A hurt you hoped to hide away,
And yet 1t left trace.
You tried to wear the usual smile,
Yet futilely you tried
That little trouble all the while
Was hurting you inside.
My, my, wish that money, too.
Would earn the interest
That ordinary troubles do
We carry in our breast!
Inside ourselves deposited
They grow and grow and grow,
But not in gold-a load Of lead
Is all we ever know,
Now. i've a simple little plan
I've used with little Ills,
I'm glad to tell to any man
Who's blue around the gills:
Just ask yourself: "This little ache
This trouble, anyhow,
Just how much difference will 1t maxi
A year or so from now2"
What was 1t that you used to want
What was 1t made you sore?--
Your woes a year ago you can't
Remember any more!
The thought of troubles you forgot
VIII cut the new in half;
And then, bet, as like as not
You will not smile-but laugh!
(Copyright).,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18

ing and when you know your possibili-
ties"
There are splendid opportunities for
saleswomen nowadays. 1t Is one of
the big professions now open to wOm-
en-. But 1t is a difficult one. with
much competition and an almost end
less amount of training. It requires
hard work and natural aptitude. l
think the girl / met that day is going
to succeed. She had the right idea and
the love for 1t, too. But don't think,
when you hear of the big salaries and
wonderful opportunities in that pro-
fession, that you can get these without
deserving them.
(Copyright)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
WORDS OF CERMANIc ORIGIN
Many Of Todayis Most Common Ex.
presSIons Can Easily Pc Traced
10 the ANGLES"

Perhaps the saddest Of English
words-the word which brings up more
thoughts Of grief and fear than any
other worlds death" This word
did not come to us from the classic
lands Of Greece and Rome. 1t was
one Of the words OF the Germanic peo-
pies and has been English ever since
English was The Angles, who came
to Britain from what Is now south
eastern Schleswig, called the land that
they invaded and helped to conquer
"Angleland" and from that word
England" "Anglische" or a word
something like 1t, came to be ENG
llsh." These Angles, and all the other
Germanic peoples, had this word
death" long before the English Ian
guage was spoken, and in the earliest
English we find the word spelled
"deth" and sometimes "deeth" and no
doubt from the spelling ''deeth" we
arrived at spelling death"
.Skull" was another word Of our
Germanic forebears and 1t meant q
cup. bowl. or drinking vessel, and from
the shape of mans head. as It ap-
peared long after death, the relic came
to be called skull" because its form
suggested a Skull" "sk0le," or .
"skals" or drinking vessel. We often
read Of northern barbarlans who
drank out Of Skulls" but it does not
necessarily follow that they drank out
Of the skulls Of the dead men, but
merely from their household skulls"
"skols," or "skals." which were their
bowls or cups of wood or stone.-
Kansas City Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
DeImonIoo Peach Pudding.

Turn a pint can of peaches into a
pudding dish. Scald two cupfuls Of
milk in a double boiler. Mix two and
one-half tablespoOnfuls Of cornstarch
with three tablespoonful Of sugar
and one-half teaspoonful Of salt. Stir
into the hot milk; cook, stirring until
the mixture thickens. then cover and
cook for fifteen minutes. Beat the
yolks Of two eggs, add a tablespoon
full Of sugar and stir into the hot
mixture. When the egg Is set pour
over the peaches. Beat the whites of
the eggs very light, add four table
spoonfuls OF sugar. spread over the
pudding. Dredge with q teaspOonful
OF sugar and bake In a moderate oven
to cook the meringue. Serve hot or
cold.
O. 1874 western gswupaDsr union)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
WHAT A MAN READS.

20 ONIEONE has said that Charles e.
- Hughes, the secretary of state, did
not read novels or verse while he was
at the university, and that he was so
absorbed In science as to miss all the
poetry and romance of college life.
To disprove this statement the IL
brarian Of the John, Hay library at
the recent commencement Of Brown
university showed in glass case the
very books that Mr.. Hughes had taken
out. They included the regular novel
lists that everybody is supposed to
read. and such poets as Tennyson and
LongfellOw.
Variety in reading is just as neces-
sary as variety in food.
Some good people did not under
stand this when they objected to nov
els on principle as frivilous and a
waste of time.
A celebrated man Of science Of the
latter part of the Nineteenth century
used to find himself losing interest in
his work every now and then. When
this took place he would shut himself
up with a great supply of dime novels
and read nothing else for week. Then
he would go back to his laboratory as
fresh as ever.
On the other hand, a certain French
novelist, whenever ne found himself
In need of a mental rest used to read
the Criminal Code.
Charles Darwin as he grew older
lost all interest In poetry, but found
recreation, in novels with good lively
plots that held his attention.
One reason why detective stories are
90 popular with all sorts Of readers Is
because they appeal to the love Of
mystery which is almost universal.
1t has been said Of Poe that he
would have made a good detective be-
cause of his gift for fitting together
criminal mystery. The idea was
that he would have been able to take
criminal puzzles to pieces as well as
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
The ROMANCE or WORDS
JACK.

WHILE this name is, OF
w course, the dlminutive Of
John--or, rather, the Anglicised
form Of the French Jacques
1t appears In English in a num-
Der Of ways which apparently
have no connection with the
name. Among these may be men
toned boot-jack, 1acb-knife, lum-
ber-jack, blackjack, Union-jack
and jack-tar.
The reason for this usage Is
because the proper name or
nickname, Jack" has for many
years past been applied in Eng
land to servants or labOrers as
a class. Jack is a handy and
easy name for q waiter or a
caddy, or a groom, much as many
Americans apply the name
George to any negro porter. For
this reason, many appliances
which are subject to rough usage
or which perform the tasks Of
a labOrer are known by the
prefix Jack" with a noun which
designates the use to which they
are put, The expression Jack
Of all trades" is another ex-
empllfication of the same usage,
while the substitution Of the
name Jack" for the "knave" In
a pack of cards is an indication
Of the hard usage which this gen.
tlenan undergoes at the hands
of the queen, king and ace.
(CopyrightO
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18

Heat one cupful Of well-favofed
pney. Beat four eggs slightly and
bur the hot honey over them. Cook
ntil smooth and thick; when cooked
rid a pint Of cream, whipped. Put the
lxture into a mold, pack in salt and
. and let stand three or four hours.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
etrinu Beans Win seurrs NoIr.

Prepare a quart of beans cut into
inch pieces. Cook in boiling sailed
water; drain and place on hot dish.
Pour over the following sauces Melt
one-fourth Of a cupfuI Of butter until
delicate brown, add four tablespoon
fuls of vinegar; when hot pour over
the beans and serve at once. Salt pork
cut in small dice and fried until brown
may be used In place Of butter for this
dish. Pour the fat, with the bits Of
Drowned pork over the beans.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
Apple and Banana Salad.

Scoop out apple balls, cover with
lemon juice, and prepare banana balls:
using a small French potato cutter.
Heap on head lettuce, sprinkle with
paprika and serve with highly sea-
soned French dressing or a rich may
onnalse.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
FAvoRITE DISHES.

n 1HEN it comes to cooking for the
w family, the householder does
adeed have d hard time to suit all
Aembers, if they are not normal In
aeir appetites,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18

Lines TO Be Remembered.
Many a shaft at random sent, nnda
mark the archer little meant; and
many word. at random spoken, may
soothe or wound heart that's broken
Walter Scott.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
d m0T4 B60k By N44ua Mr-trsle
NONNNNNNNNNNNNNA

This IL a dlfilcult world indeed
- And people are hard to suit.
The man that plays the violin
u q bore to the man with flute.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18

Hague Home Of Treaties.
More international conferences have
been held at The Hague and more
treaties and alliances arranged there
than In any other city Of the world.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
carrots ala PouIette.

wash and scrape eight .medium-sized
riots. Cut them into thin slices,
csok ii a small amount of saited
ming water with one thinly sliced
IAN season with pepper. When
,aer add two tablespoonfuls Of but
mIxed with -four, stirring constant
ana lust before serving stir in the
,i.heaten yolks Of two eggs. Serve
soon as the eggs are cooked.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
Try Thla

To prevent the gloss coming or Of
your white paint wash 1t with milk
and a little soap. That win ee much
cheaper than repainting and is effec-
ARvA
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-08-18
1870 WE Ham.

medlum-slzed tomatoes In
~. dID II seasoned -four and fry
en both sides. Fry id another
~ nan as many small round slices
eT ~ there are halves Of toma-
IRON the ham until crisp Place
y ham on the tomato ana pour
~ ram gravy. Serve sprinklec
chopped parsley.
Evening star., 1921-10-04

Other officers familiar with both the
Navy and the navy yards, SAID tnaI
whenever economies were suggested
in the Navy, the first point OF at
tack was the personnel. They char-
acterized the recent cuts at the navy
yard as unnecessary.
At the present time, they said, with
reduced personnel at the navy yard,
the Navy Is continuing to purchase
millions of dollars worth OF material,
which can never be used, and in two
years will be absolutely useless. The
out, by comparison of the purchases
with the naval appropriations.
The legislative committee imme-
diately began it's task of developing
nationwide campaign, In which
the aid of the American Legion Will
be invoked. 1t is planning
stone unturned to have the order re-
voked.
Efforts will be made to have the
regular officers in charge OF the naval
reserve division of the Navy Depart
ment replaced by naval reserve Of
ficers, pointing out that militia mat
tiers in the War Department are ham
died by National Guard officers.
Telegrams were sent out following
the meeting last night to officials or
the National Naval Reserve Omcers
Association, calling on them for AID,
and American Legion officials are TO
be approached.
The legislative committee. which. In
addition to Commander Blood, con-
sists of Commander Rutter. Lieut..
Walcott and Lieut. Buckley, Will hold
a meeting tonight to map out plan
of attack, which, the officers SAID,
may eliminate in impeachment pro-
ceedings before the House.