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Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12
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Isaac Kidd's folks all have the
Au.
Bill johnson and wife spent Sat-
urday night with their daughter,
Mrs Scott BIckford.
A. A. Rnpert and wife spent Sun.
day dIuner with Arthur Graham
and family.
Charlie PItman will work for
Cromer Hinton this coming year
Earl Johnson has been logging
Tor the past week.
j. L Jobns0n and wife spent
sunday with their son, Tom john
son, and family.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12
RAYENDEN SPRINGS

Bro. Gibson filled his regular APP
pointment at the Methodist church
here SUNDAY.
The Baptist B. Y. P. U. gave a
very interesting entertainment last
Friday night at the home of Mrs.
r. l.. hIgginbotbam, A large
crowd was present and all report a
good time.
Bro. Threlkeld, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here filled his
regular appointment near Dalton
Sunday.
Elder G. Higginbotham preached
at the Christian church last Satur.
dav night and Sunday.
Clarence Bailey went up near
Poplar Bluff last week and rented a
farm. He expects to move up there
soon.
Hills Wyatt has made quite an
improvement on his residence here
IN the way of repairing and painting.
Oscar Williams has had a nice
little room added 10 his residence IN
the last few days.
There Is a very good opening
here for a good sawmlll and cotton
gin. We need the saw mill now
ana the cotton gin next fall.
Ravendeu Springs Is one of the
best little towns IN the state of Ar
kansas. But we are like all other
towns-we could be improved. We
need a good telephone system and
many other things could be done
that would be beIp to the town.
We have a good school this year,
but let's have q better one next year.
Fred Ray, Dolph KelletL and
John Hickman drove over to POca.
houtas and back last Saturday.
l.. =. Reed had business at Jones
boro the greater part of last week.
Que of our biggest sales that has
ever been IN Rsyenden Springs was
pulled off here Saturday. Il. 4.
Carter sold the enure lot of the
Southern Hotels furniture, bedding,
dIshes, stoves, IN fact everything
that belonged on the inside of the
hotel was sold to the highest bidder.
It is possible now that the Southern
Hotel will be stocked up before the
summer season with a BRAID new
outfit.
A very pretty wedding took place
here last SUNDAY wherein Mr.. Dolpb
Kellelt and Miss Iva Reed were
happily married at the home Of Rev
q. Hlgglubotham, who said the
words tSat made them man ana
wife. They are both we'll respected
young people aud have host oil
friends who wish them a long and
happy married life,
w. l.. Perrin and family OF
Ravendeu were visitors here last
Sunday.
l. g. Fry Of Water Valley was
here Saturday on business.
p. G. Hawkins, a substantial
farmer and stock raiser of Eleven
point, was transacting business
here Saturday
Quite a bunch from here attended
the Owen Wells sale at Water
Valley last Monday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12
Late County News
MAYNARD

NIl,s Ingram, who has been very
III for come time, Ia worse at this
writing. We are very sorry to
hear this news.
Rev. Cherry filed hls appoint
ment here sunday moriug and night
Lloyd Hawkins and family visited
Raymond spencer and family Satur
day night.
John Shaver OF Reyno aud Miss
Ruth Weathertord Of tins place
were Sunday guests of L, G. Mock
and family.
John Q. Pond will leave this
week for Reyno where he will hold
his position with the Shaver Mere.
90.
Quite a crowd of young folks at.
tended the play "Du,t OF the Earth
At Richardson Saturday night They
all report that the play was vel
rendered
MISS E(iie Tay lor has been visit
ing At supply for the post few DAYS
Lehman Abbott aud vile are
YisitIng Mrs. AbbotL's parents, MIR
and Mrs. Tom Johnson.
\ Buell. LOFTS aGd vile VISITED Mr.,
Lofu.' parents, @r and Mre. Mock
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Winters, the music tescheI
of the NJ b. A., has been real sion
but Is better at this writing
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12

W. l.. Johnson made a busn|
trip TO Pocahontas Monday.
Mrs. Ollie Murrell IS on the pI
list at this writing.
Tom Murtell and family bi
moved to the Bottoms where ID
expect to tarm this coming year.
HerbIne ooTrects bIlIOusness,
digestion and constipation. Il i
fine herbal medicine that drives
Impurities and restores healthy ct
dltIons IN the system. Price, o
Sold by Palace Drug Store.
For taxi service phone 267 2l.'
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12
No Vorlus la . II.auny ".

Alehiidrca troubled with Worms have 0g
1cclthy culor which Indicates poor blood. upd s8
ule, thuC Is more or less stomach disAI bans
SR0VES TASlELESS ChlIL TONIC given req
larry ior two or three weeks win enrich thf t'Ge,
'mprrve the Gisostion and act as aaeacrulSuc.lsa
enihe Tonic to the whole systsm. tiamre vii, 'ae,
throw % cr dispcl the worms, md the Chllewu',,
III perfect health. picssont TO take. CO.. p,i bsi.s
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12

Riggs 81 Jones, Ford dealers, are
putting on a sale Of slightly used
aud second hand cars Some Of
them are electricity EQUIPPED and
are selling as low as Sl25 Get
yours before they are all taken. l4u
Pocahontas star herald., 1923-01-12

For taxi service phone 267 9l.S
Evening star., 1923-09-23

THERE'S a kind of blindman's bum
l. that gives the "blindman" a
better chance of making a capture.
The player must be a quick dodger
to get away from him.
The players make a large circle and
count out, "Eni, meeni," to see who
must be at" 1T" is blindfolded and
led to the center of the circle. Around
his neck is put a ribbon on which
there is a whistle which hangs down
the middle OF his back.
Then the game begins. Each per-
son in the circle takes his turn at
sneaking up and blowing the whistle.
If the blindman turns quickly enough
to tag the player before he gets back
to his place then the one caught must
take his position in the middle as the
blindman.
The blindman will be alert to the
steps Of the player behind him and
will be all ready to give a good
whack the minute the whistle sounds.
The clever player is the one that
creeps up softly without a sound and
blows the whistle without pulling the
cord around Its" neck.
The players should tease the blind
man a little, too, by not coming up
at regular intervals when he will be
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Paderewski.

When Paderewski was on one oi
his early tours in this country he
played a concert at San Jose. Calf
Two ambitious students at LELAND
Stanford University saw the possibil-
ity of making money, so they man
aged the recital. The air castle they
built was a large one, and they guar
anteed the pianis. $4,000,
AS Paderewski was not well known
at the time, his audience was small
The two students found that $1.60C
was all the box Office had taken in
and they would have to go in debt to
secure the other $500 to pay what
they had guaranteed. But they found
a kind-hearted Paderewski when they
sought to explain. The musician di-
rected that the boys should pay out
Of the 81, 800 all the expenses they
had incurred, deduct 20 per cent from
what was left for their labors, and
give him the remainder.
Twenty years later when Pader-
ewsIkfs fortune was spent and his re-
aources for aiding his native Poland
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Raising Snakes.

snake farm is being started near
Los Angeles. The owner of the new
venture is having a huge concrete
wall pit constructed. where snakes
will be kept and permitted to breed.
The pit will cover two acres below
the surface of the ground. with
promenade walks built around the
edges and occasionally crossing. so
that visitors may see the snakes in
their home environment.
Almost every kind of reptile ex-
cept alligators and crocodiles will be
found there. A swampy pool will
attract water moccasins. spreading
adders and creatures of the lizard
family.
Rattlesnakes will be the main at
traction at the farm. Five thousand
have been ordered from a Texas
dealer for starter.
You will wonder what can be the
object of such a curious business.
The snakes will be sold to motion
picture companies and to educational
film companies. Snake oil has
use in the cure of rheumatism, while
the venom of the snakes Is In demand
by chemists and physicians for med
icical purposes.
The weekly bill of fare for the
colony of snakes will include from
10, to 1900 rats and mice, which
will be raised nearby.
Evening star., 1923-09-23

sunny side of sixty was unable to
sign her name BY the sheer accident
of knowing a certain business man
familiar with inside facts of the case,
here is the why of the woman's
ignorance:
Way UP in the mountains of West
Virginia there lived a trapper and
his wife. Their nearest neighbor was
twenty miles away and they were
never inside a church or ever saw a
school. World atmosphere was fur
nished by far-between sportsmen who
hired the trapper to guide them on
hunts, and when the husband died
his childless widow was left to the
loneliness of the primeval forest about
her. She raised her own garden and
poultry, kept a pig in pen, and, once
In every so often, was able, through
the passing of some woodsman, to
send eggs to a store in the valley and
get sugar and matches in exchange.
Two years ago a couple of engineers
on a surveying expedition, a dozen
miles away, decided to put in the
week end exploring. with mountain
trout on the side. They found their
suaded her to take them in for the
night. They caught fish in a nearby
stream for their supper, and were so
pleased with the night in the open
the cabin having but the one room
and so touched by the woman's joy
at the sound of human voices that
they prolonged their outing for an
other day. While hunting around
they discovered that the cabin, its
garden, the stump clearing that pas
, tured the cow and all the green
wilderness which the owner could
claim by squatter right of homestead
Ing stood on land of virgin coal. And
so:
When these two engineers had seen
to it that the woman had sold her
property for a fortune and invested
1t safely-you may have noticed that
| surveying engineers are like that,
maybe because. they live SO close to
Mother Natures heart-but any
/ When they had put her on . the
luxury side of life, and engaged the
right sort of teacher to help her To
knowledge of theo three RS. she
found herself unable to respond, be-,
cause. as she excused herself:
You have to be young to learn to
fell a tree or turn earth in hard soil.
and I reckon it's that way in trying
to read and write"
Which seems to show. little sister,
that general opportunity, like most
things In this world. has time limit.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Powhatan Indians of Virginia.

VXTHEN the Indian princess Poca-
w hontas saved the life of Capt.
John Smith little did she dream
that the captain. with John White, an
other of the early Virginia colonists.
would leave drawings and records of
her people so that today. when the
Indians of that locality are gone, we
still know about how they looked
and what they did.
The Indians in the picture are
Powhatan Indians and lived on the
spot where the Capitol of the United
States now stands. They were a race
of warriors and hunters, and natural
ly they had to make their own hunt
ing and fishing implements. They
found that flint and similar workable
Evening star., 1923-09-23

Tommy and Brother Bullfrog prepared
themselves for the dive. Each got a
good sized cobblestone to hold on to
with his hind legs and use as a sinker
and when all was ready, Jim Crow
counted:
Zone, two, three"-and down went
the two divers out of sight. Just be-
fore Tommy Turtle went under the
water ae pinched the head off of one
of the long g-stemmed water plants.
leaving the hollow end sticking out OF
the water. When he reached the bot
tom of the pond ne pulled off the
other end and applied it to his mouth.
In this way Tommy found he could
breathe perfectly under water and so
he opened his eyes and looked around.
There sat Brother Bullfrog. holding
on to his rock and looking as pert as
June bug in January.
Minutes passed and Tommy sat still
and waited. BY and by he saw
Brother BuIIfrog begin to show signs
of uneasiness. His eyes began to
roll around in his head and he began
to look mighty restless. After while
Brother Bullfrog shifted around so
that his eye encountered Tommy's.
Brother Bullfrog gave Tommy one ag-
onized look, dropped his rock and
shot up to the surface like a bullet
out of a gun. When he reached the
surface of the water he went up in
the air about four feet, blew out a
spurt of water and went down again.
This happened second time and
Brother Pintail had to swim in and
fish Brother Bllfrog out. Brother
Bullfrog was so exhausted that he
could only lie on the cobblestones
and gasp for breath. The Witnesses
Brother Pintail, Baby Pintail. Sister
Swan Grebe, Brother Kingfisher and
Jim Crow-rolled on the ground and
laughed and hollered and hollered and
laughed. Old Jim Crow laughed so hard
that he rolled down in the shallow wa
ter and got his swallow-tail coat wet,
but no matter. he was too weak to get
up for several minutes.
After a while Brother Bullfrog
managed to get his breath again and
| then Tommy Turtle rose to the sur
face as cool as a cucumber.
why, heigho, Brother Bul1frog"
said he. 81 reckon l gets that red
apple"
Evening star., 1923-09-23

English crumpet basket. The net is
to keep the napkin from touching the
crump.'
Are you sure?" the bobtail jacket
asked with a dubiousness that failed
to dovetail with the reputation she
had just conferred.
why, of course-still, to satisfy
you, I'll go inside and inquire"
When the woman who knew every
thing came out of the store, the one
who had apotheosized her asked
anxiously, "Is it an English crumpet
basket"
Certainly not 1t is a centerpiece
for dinner table. You put long
stemmed roses through the meshes
and each guest gets one for a
souvenir. When the lid is off you car
use 1t for a salad dish or a punch
bowl or an oyster tureen."
"Or an English crumpet basket!
The three laughed together with the
heartiness born of good nature anc
one went off under the umbrella OF
the friend who knew everything.
y y y
THERE is one good little sister ir
l. this town who refuses to believe
that truth is stranger than hction
For one thing. she didn't see no"
"any woman intelligent enough &c
make money and collect Jewels coulo
be so ignorant as to be unable to
write her own name-in these days oi
general opportunity" A defense could
not he made at the time without turn
ing a spotlight on the person who was
written about--but just to show thai
IfIliteracy is possible in spite of gen
eral opportunity" here is another
case, for good measure:
A woman on the sunny side of sixty
spent q few days in Washington re-
GENTLY on her way west. She was ac-
by a younger woman who
served as secretary and companion
and who in her former capacity signed
the register, paid bills and so on
They stopped at a stylish hotel, went
sightseeing in a fine car and dressed
as well as could be expected of well
groomed women on tour. And no one
suspected that the wealthy one on the
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Written and illustrated
BY EDWARD McCANDLISH.

LONE morning Tommy Turtle was
~ amusing himself by hopping
from rock to rock along the shallow
banks of the big pond, trying to see
how far he could go without getting
his shoes wet Turning a bend IN
the, bank, he found Brother Bullfrog
seated on a rock gazing solemnly
down into the deep water.
'Mawnin', Brother Bullfrog!" said
Tommy. What kind of a game II
you playin' now?" said he.
'Just a cogitatin', Brother Snap
pin Turtle" said Brother Bullfrog
Just sort of moralizin'. so to speak"
Then Brother BulIfrog went back
to his gazing into the deep green of
the pond bottom. Tommy Turtle
said no more, but just stood by to
see what Brother Bullfrogs moon
gazing was about.
Presently Brother Bullfrog shifted
his position a little and lit a cigar
made of grape leaves and cornsilk.
Brother Snappin' Turtle" said he,
II been ruminatin' to myself about
| the climate down yander in the green
| depths, and / got half a mind to move
my goods and chattels down there and
| live where the trees is upside down,
| and things is different" said he.
| How long can you stay under
water. Brother Bullfrog?" asked
Tommy.
"Des as long as you likes" an
swered Brother Bulifrog. Under
water. over water. It's all the same
| to me-
Got any wager to lay on that,
Brother Bullfrog?" Tommy asked.
Wager anything you like" said
Brother Bullfrog. blowing out his
| chest.
Tommy sat and looked down into
\ the water for a minute, and his eye
| lit on the long, hollow water plants
that had their roots away down in
1 the bed of the pond Then Tommy
| had an idea.
Tell you what I'll do said Tom
my, IN bet you a red apple ! can
stay under water longer than you
can"
Fetch out yo' red apple" said
Brother Bullfrog. without blinking
an eyelid.
Better have some witnesses" said
| Tommy.
/ "Des as many as you please an
1 swered Brother Bullfrog. q
! "All right" said Tommy. stand
| by, and get yo wind up, Brother
Evening star., 1923-09-23
AROUND THE CITY
BY Mamie Lancaster.

~ HE was an opulent lady-dress
and contour-and she was tell
ing a real estate agent that she
- wanted to lease q house for a
year. 1t must be in a desirable
neighborhood. be absolutely new and
stylish and have a garage for two
cars.
The agent. who rightfully calls him
self a wise old owl, suggested that
1t would be better to buy instead of
leasing-and he would take her in
his automobile to show
But the client turned him off the
same as if he were a gas Jet. She
wouldn't have 1t that way at all.
What she wanted was a years lease,
because, as she explained:
II do not intend to make Washing
ton my native home"
iT%HE rain was showering down, but
/ it failed to dampen the curiosity
of two women who were standing be-
fore a shop window debating the uses
of a piece of silverware--each out
talking the other with an abandon
tn at implied lifelong intimacy. though
Ii was also made evident that Meth er
had ever before laid eyes on the
other.
Having decided, in turn. that Ii was
an oyster tureen that had turned it
self into a punch bowl and then in
difference to prohibition law had put
on a lid-gilt wire net with meshes
the size of an orthodox caramel-the
one in the trim raincoat asked:
What do you suppose the thing is
intended for, anyhow
The one in a bobtaii jacket of a
day before the great war expressed
honest ignorance. qualified by rain
bow promise OF hope.
Here comes a friend Of mine who
knows everything. She'll tell u.s."
1t was just as well to exploit the
coming woman's perfection, for she
didn't look the part.
Hello, Ann. come here and, tell us
what this thing is for"
Ann came and with a glance at the
silver sized it up with a promptness
In keeping with advance fame:
why, don't You know? It's an
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Nicknanes of Cities.

Call her Belle of the Lakes and
hear Chicago, Detroit. Cleveland
and Buffalo scream" Thus wrote a
Texas editor when the announce
ment was made that Toledo, Ohio,
was looking for a good nickname.
The prize name for Toledo is THE
Lotus City" selected because of the
lotus blooms in the marshes in the
bay shore several miles beyond the
city. 1t Is said the plants bloom more
luxuriantly there than any other place
In the world with the exception of
the Nile.
More than sixty cities in the United
States have nicknames which have
been widely adopted. Some have
more than one nickname. Boston is
referred to as THE Athens of Amer
ica," THE Hub" and "Beantown.
New York is called Gotham" "The
Metropolis" THE Empire City," and
often. affectionately, Lii Ole New
York"
Hartford. Conn. is known histor-
ically as THE Charter Oak City,
and commercially as The Insurance
City" Philadelphia is THE City of
Brotherly Love" and THE Quaker
City" Pittsburgh is 1.-The Iron City
and 1.-The Smoky City" Chicago is
The Windy CITY,
Commerce and industry have given
special names to Troy, 'The Collar
City; Lynn. Mass. THE City of
Shoes; Indianapolis. THE Railroad
City; New Bedford, "The Whaling
City; Paterson, N. J. THE Silk City; /;
Reading. Pa, THE Pretzel City; ;
Minneapolis. THE Flour City"
Denver is "The City of the Plains
San Francisco. The Golden Gate"
Springfield, Mass, long ago took the
proud title, "The City of Homes"
and Brooklyn, N. Y, THE City of
Churches"
Evening star., 1923-09-23

Kingfisher. Tommy told them all
about the diving contest and they
agreed to act as witnesses. So the
whole party. trooped across the
swamp again. with Tommy Turtle
leading the way
Brother Bullfrog was still sitting
on the same rock and looking as wise
as ever. Everybody greeted every one
else all around and then Jim Crow.
Brother Pintail. Baby Pintail, Sister
Swan Grebe and Brother Kinglsher
all took their seats on convenient
cobblestones along the shore and
Evening star., 1923-09-23

Bullfrog, and I'll be back In two
jiffies." And, with that, he set out
across the bog lands to find his
neighbors. Pretty soon he met Jim
Crow, who was wrestling with a bag
of acorns.
"Heigho, Jim Crow" said Tommy.
big doin's down to the pond pres
emily"
Whats the game?" asked Jim Crow.
"Divin' contest" answered Tommy.
Want you to umpire. Come along"
So Jim Crow dropped his acorns
and joined Tommy, and they crossed
a cornfieid and there they found
Brother Pintail Duck and Baby Pin
tail, Sister Swan Grebe and Brother
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Dollhouse for Queen.


Architects and builders in England
have been working for some time on
miniature dollhouse, seven feet
high and eight feet long, which Is to
be complete in every detail. 1t is be-
ing built at the order of Queen Mary
The rugs will be silk Persian ones.
There will be electric doll elevators,
baby piano, a perfect kitchen, and
library of hundreds of books, each
written by a famous author for the
collection. The plumbing will be flaw
less. On the walls will hang por-
traits of the royal family done spe-
cially by artists. Even a midget lim-
CUISINE will be standing at the door!
1t will be a lucky doll that finds 1t
her lot to live in what will probably
be the most elaborate plaything in
the world.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Foot Ball

(This is I'm a series of lessons which
bring out the most important points
which every boy should know who
wants to learn to play foot ball
right.
THE best method for placing the
ball for a kickoff is to build
L little mound of earth five or six
inches high and place the ball on this
mound with its axis at an angle ap-
proximately As degrees toward the
opponents goal, as shown in the IL
lustration.
The kicker's toe must hit the ball
at the lower point. AS he starts
Evening star., 1923-09-23

rock was the best for making spear
heads, arrow points, knives and
scrapers, and in the east now can be
found traces Of Quarries, of rock pit
ting and stone manufacturing that
they left.
In the picture you see two Powha-
tans in the first stage of manufactur-
ing stone tools. The man at the left
is prying up a finted quartzite
boulder, the best that could be found
for the purpose. His companion is
helping to break up the rocks into
smaller pieces so that they can be
carried back to the Indian village
where they will be shaped into in
struments at the leisure of the
warrior
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Lesson on
the Kickoff

forward toward the ball he should
keep his eyes glued on this point, and
they. should remain there until after
the kick Is made.
good kicker starts from a mark
about ten yards away from the ball
and runs through naturally AS he
comes up to the ball his left foot
should be placed about six inches in
the rear and to the side of the ball.
His right foot should swing through,
with the toe held naturally and the
leg muscle tense. The kicking foot
should follow through as high and
as far forward as possible. giving
the kicker more. distance
Evening star., 1923-09-23

seemed at an end, one of those stu
dents, Herbert Hoover, remembering
the musicians mercy in the years be-
fore. was able to repay the Kindness
by going to his aid
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Then the Storm Broke.

Eleanor-It looks like storm; you
had better stay for dinner.
Robert-Oh. thanks! But don't
think It's bad enough for that.
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Squedki

"why do you feed your dog axle
1T helps his waggin'."