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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
ABOUTEcOISM
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-.--E " .O6s rWSWR 0WaWe ttifFN ! thought in regard to esoism.
 There are two WAYS of viewing the matter, and each of these two ways has it's eood and bad side, |
 First, there Is the tendency to emphasize one's individuality. There is good side to this. For the highest teaching, of modern ethics is. to develop one's own personal fly. For what shall it profit man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul!" this is egoism, pure and simple, yet it is the best morality. Throughout the ages Christian saints have been striving to perfect and 'save" their souls as brands plucked from the burning" The very act of con version is an isolation of the hu- man spirit, alone with God, away from the world. Separate yourself from others, follow your own con science, seems to be the central teaching of Christianity.
 Modern philosophy teaches the same thing. "Liye your own life". is the dominant note in present-day. books of advice. Self-expression is. the true morality is what the. whole group of writers, such as Isben and Shaw, seem to indicate:
 Then there is bad side to this, represented in. the man with the diseased ego" the swelled head. the sense of oyerweening self-im- portance. It finds its vent in all sorts of disasreeable ways, in, the sybarite who lives only for his talk of self, in the social rebels and political drum beaters, in all fakers, humbugs and quacks.
 On the other hand, the suppress sion of self seems also the chiefest virtue. Christianity also exhorts us to deny ourselves, urges us to re- nunciation, and humility. Turn the other cheek; if one compel thee to go with him . mile go with him twain," is said by the same Master who put such value upon the say ing of ones own soul, The merg- ing of one's individuality into the world-soul is made the, central doc Urine of Buddhism. And every, "Hcrc Co SdcrlIIce one uIe TOT ones country or friends is consid- cred the highest type of goodness.
 This also has it's bad side, as seen in those who allow their personali- ties to be wholly crushed by oth. CTS, or swallowed up by some insti- tuition.
 Whats the answer? As in all human concerns the true solution is deep and hard to see. But it is simply this: That while the full de- velopment of my personality is my highest duty and will bring me my most lasting joy, yet that person. ality can be. developed in no way so well as by constant self-sacri- flee and submission to the good and true and beautiful.
 It is paradox, to be sure, but the most vital truths are two-sided Jesus stated the case, in his orient al terseness "Whosoever saveth his life shall lose it, and whoso loseth his life shall find it.' Only by knowing how to lose one's life nobly can one find the higher, purer ego ism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
HINT TO STUDENTS
sy x. AppIMaToN BRUCE

A snort time ago there was Srau- uated from the Municipal university of Akron, O., Il student named Nau- gle. His instructors are not likely soon to forget young Mir. Naugle, and it may pretty safely be predicted that he will accomplish much in years to come.
 Naugle, like many another before him, had to earn livelihood while he studied for his university degree. The usual procedure in this circum- stance is to find some work that will make a comparatively light demand on one's time. ~
 But Naugle elected to do full time work, obtained an eight-hour- day job in a rubber factory, And he proved himself so efficient worker as to win a place in the fact,ry's flying squadron" composed of em- ployes showing all-around ability for the various factory tasks.
 Nor did his university work suf- fer while he thus forged ahead in the rubber plant. Graduation day found Naugle one of four honor students among the sixty-four members of the graduation class.
 Which can only mean, it may be thought, that he possessed in excep- tional measure both mental capacity and physical robustness. Naugle himself proffers somewhat differ ent explanation. He is quoted as saying:
 Any success I have attained in combining labor with study I at tribute to regular habits of living.
 "To begin with, I saw to it that my sleep came in regular amounts and at regular intervals. During the first three years I slept six hours each night. In my senior year I was able to get seven hours of sleep.
 Il won the extra hour by learn ing to cut down, through greater concentration, the amount of time required for studying. I reserved Saturday afternoons and Sundays for my recreation.
 Successful study I have found to be a matter of intensive concentra- tion and rigid schedule. Too many students dawdle away the greater part of their time"
 Too many, for that matter, daw- dle away time even when they think they are studying more zealously' than the average of their class mates. To pore over ones books a certain length of time daily is not necessarily to study effectively.
 Everything depends on the degree of concentration. If concentration s weak, extraneous ideas of all sorts will come Hitting into the mind. to constitute dawdling as truly as though one sat idly dreaming with out book before one.
 And how to increase concentration power? By cultiyating greater in- terest in whatever one has to do.
 Young Mir. Naugle could never have achieved his dual success as student and rubber worker had he not been intensely interested in both his studies and his work. No mat ter how able and robust he may have been by nature, boredom and weari- ness would have overwhelmed him had interest been lacking.
 That may unhesitatingly be af- firmed in the light of present-day psychological knowledge of the part interest plays as developer of power and a preventive of fatigue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
Where the Faait IS

(Oneonta Southern Democrat
 We have seen some good men a farm because they could not m a living on it. and the man N bought it began at once fo nj money on it. The fault isl not ways in the land; it's in ybu. trouble is not always in &he munity where you live; i; it in
 If the community is not What want it to be, do your part Nto X it that way and you'll find htl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

d week he would stay at the office to get rid of the arrears. Now he makes it rule to reply to each letter at once. Not that day or that week, but at once. The reply is more easily written. it has more pep and cheer and energy, is more spontaneous and cordial, than if he had been evading the task of writ ing it. and had finally come to it with the glad mien of martyr be ing fed to the lions. Consequence. more business. %.
 Il cannot tell you what used to do with my time he confessed. "I WAS always at work, but it seem ed to me l never got anywhere Now my time is my own. for my letter writing is done in the early morning. My friends stay with me. too. You'd he surprised how many of them were peevish because I did not answer their notes"
 It may be more or less of flag to reply to each letter in the hour of reaching it, but I'm going to try. For my desk looks like a disorderiy thaystack aud mSsr Aever done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
Getting on Their Neryf'

lorence Daily NewS) S1
 Isn't congress cuttin' up Ks days? And in so many diffie ways The senate investig have made q nervous wreck of and have a few of his fellow triots looking after their he elsewhere is trying to def their reputations at the capi while the house military aff;i committee is rapping on the yer bra of a few of the people in t district. And the disturbance still going on! Nerve sanitariu will get to be popular institul lit around these diggin's unless wei a httie of the present pressure U.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
A NEW COLLEGE STUDY

What is known as "liberal educa- tion' seems to have practically no limits. Colleges the country over are continually extending their courses, and new optional subjects are. unceas- ingly offered. Only recently Leland Stanford University inaugurated some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
As to Tax Burdens.

lCentreville .Press)
 The officials are giving publ to parties who invest their m in tax exempted securities. In opinion there should be no investment allowed under the but there is, and no one shoul censured for taking advantage ( The tax burdens of the cou have become so burd@nsome moneyed interests are seeking e loophole possible for the savin this burden that seems 10 be 2 ing larger and larger with year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
ARE YOU PUTTING IN
 YOUR NICKELp
By JOHN CARLYLE

John Ruskin hated bicycles. This man Ruskin, who produced more prose than any other writer of the thirteenth century, fought everything that he didn't think was beautiful, however, useful it might be.
 Ruskin was the great antagonist of utilitarianism. He went so far as to be against almost everything that travelled on wheels. He said that God made feet and legs to walk with and men really ought not to travel any other way,
 We have come a long way from Ruskin, partly on wheels and partly by thinking in a different manner. He had an interesting but largely mistaken idea. He thought men would be better if they didn't go so fast. He wanted them to rest and think more.
 The trouble with that plan is they rest more The harder they work and the faster they travel, the harder and faster they think.
 We know now that the world needs bicycles and automobiles and express trains. The more. of them and the faster, the better. The thing we must learn to do is to use them intelligently.
 Live at high speed and travel speed, but keep on the road. Go ahead. Wear the best clothes you can afford, drive the best car you can afford, live in the best house you can offord to live in. Don't stagnate. Don't slow down.
 do not agree with those who preach liesure and letting up. l do not believe that the affairs of the world are too speedy and too com plex. I do not believe that man wears himself out by activity. Palm Beach makes far less contribution to an improving world than Main street and Broadway.
 Lecturers, writers and self-toned philosophers" love to. preach the tired and languorous gospel of leisure-for-high- thought to idle men and women. Folks need two things to make them happy. They need work and they need the sense of contributing definitely to the hap piness of some other, and in that way to human betterment. The hrader they work at this, the better 1t is for them. likeness, either in wealth or poverty, is not cure for anything.
 So we must think that Ruskin, with all his beautiful prose, was wrong about slowing down. Let us be sure we are doing something definitely good.
 Let us be sure we are putting our coin on the plate and bearing our share of the common burden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

An exchange declares that Tut was only half king. Perhaps he had . partner on the order of Trotzky with whom he had to divide the graft.
 It appears that under some circum- stances oil can have a smoothing ef- feet upon the troubled conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
A Big Asset Alabama Courier}

No county or country can pA that neglects to make roads. county can forge ahead when roads for months in the winter son are. impossible. You
 have roads to get your. childre go to school, produce to marke render the carriers to bring
 mail. Roads are the life of community. With good roads lands increase in value. Your life is more satisfactory. Your! munity is better comniunit which to live. t1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

It is reported that Prince George of England has been robbed of his euff-links and studs. Since he is still in possession of his collar-button, howevsr, the fate of the nation is not menaced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
shadeS of Jeffersnni

-ID- NI4dT HytIIt Hun
 Every presidential election
 on trains and around other p where groups of men are th| together one may hear all sori discussions. You'll hear soh,l cocOanut-headed fellow in the
 say: Well, I've always beI Democrat, but I'm going to Iv& Republican ticket this III Shades of Thomas JeffersoiN Ne knows he's a. liar when he ssNVN a Democrat, and he wouidn V a Democratic principle fifd mousse -colOred mule, Wt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

It may become necessary to have a referendum in England to decide when and where knickers are in cor. rect form. 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
Business Methods Need

(Elba Clipper v
 Coffee farmers have long the importance of a live denk tion agent, and now that tHN one, many are grasping theA tunity of cooperating withf an effort to make the pres& one of the best farm year$ history of the county. Wef good dirt as any county. J& to go about the matter in nesslike manner to make thS count for something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Taking the tax off of show tickets might at least induce people to become a bit more charitable in their theatri- cal criticisms. ->
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

An effort is being made to intro. duce voting machines in the , two branches of congress. Animate or in animate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Greece is reported to be bidding. for all the quinine that is available, just as if there hadn't been enough bitter ness in that country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

The trouble with the plan for a gold bank in Berlin is that they can't get any cooperation from prospective de- positors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

The. public had no conception of the size of the tempest which could be generated by one hitherto obscure teapot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Having compromised on a big au- tomobile show, after losing both na- tional conventions, Chicago will pro- ceed to toot its own horn. as usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

It seems that being official head of the navy does hot necessarily guaran- tee smooth sailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

|, There is growing impression that before the Teapot Dome brew is com pleted there are some political aspira- tions that will be effectively boiled in
 oil. .E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
Their Mental Status

(Tuscaloosa NeWsl
 Alabama has h9fne for ltl feeble-minded, but it4ls ndh l;r' enough to care for Emore Sas;. small minority of the mend W fected." Quoted from an edif the Montgomery JourAal. W6A The editors and stateshnen who fer with us in opinions should N provided for in such an institutia says the editor of the Qpelika Ney
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

An engineer wants to know where the Mexican rebellion is centered. Most probably near the cash-drawer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
THE ONCE OVER
ss \. !. PHiLLIPs kL AA-A aL r


 "Well, what's riew?" asked tn, Ground-hog as he came up for ail according to schedule.
 Nothing much," answered the Of flee Ground-hog Correspondent. Wash ington has taken census of Dem Tasse Domes inside and outside the cabinet, Ramsay Macdonald has beer made prime minister of England Travis Jackson has been put at short for the Giants at higher pay, the Democratic convention has been booked to play New York in June, Fannie Brice has had her nose reset and, oh. that's about all." ..,
 q don't see anything of my shadow around here, do you?"
 "No. On the level, does it really mean anything whether you see it O, not?" asked the correspondent.
 "Oh, very much so," replied the Ground-hog.
 What does it men if you do see your shadow?"
 "Six weeks more of winter"
 "What does it mean if you don't see your shadow?"
 "Six weeks more of winter"
 What does it men if you forget to look for your shadow?"
 "Six weeks more of winter" said the Grounding, scratching its left ear with its right foot. &.
 Doesn't it seem tough to spend a whole winter curled up in hole?"
 eff you're going to spend the whole winter in a hole the only way to spend it is curled up."
 Don't you mind being in a hole so long?"
 "Naw. Look at Germany and Sena- tor Fall and the Philadelphia Ath- letics."
 "Of course," resumed the Ground hog, "it seems dissgreeable at first. The first 100 days and nights are the hardest, but you get used to it after awhile. It's like everything else. As a matter of fact I'm so used to it I wouldn't come out now if it wasn't for the newspaper boys"
 "Whaddaya mean?"
 They're a good crowd and I have come out for them. They expect it of me. Why if didn't come out on Candlemas day they'd all have to either make liars of themselves or lose their jobs"
 "How so?"
 "It's the editors. They're hard boiled. They made a rule years ago that the ground hog had to come out Candlemas day. Just like the rule that whenever there's fire within a mile of big hotel all the guests must flee in their nightgowns, and that whenever horse with the blindstag- gers runs away and falls down from exhaustion he must be stopped by a heroic policeman. The American newspaper editors have ordered the grounding to come out on February 2, and he's gotta do it."
 Its pretty tough"
 "Yes," agreed the Ground-hoe. And the toughest part is that have to come out in time for the first edi- tions.
 In the old days when papers got out one edition it was O. k, but with some of the big papers getting out their evening editions at sunrise every morning it's an awful strain on ground hogs in general. Still it's the power of the press and we've gotta respect it.
 Here the ground-hog broke down completely. The correspondent tried to cheer him up.
 "Well, so long," said the G. H.. finally, "I'm going back to the wife and kiddies for another coupla months"
 One moment, please" begged the correspondent. Whats the weather outlook for the next few weeks?"
 Don't be a goof," replied the G. H., disappearing. How should I know?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Time to Get Busyl
(Ozark Southern Starl

Somebody has got to get up and hustle in our old town. This is V be year, of entertaining in ots city and if any steps have bS
 taken to this end we have failedF M hear of it. They certainly havenT left any sign of their tracks. Get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

|cabinet would not be out of place.
 The veneerins has been badly dam
 aged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
GETS NO CREDIT

Washington Starr H Jud Tunkins says a man who nes CT hnds fault comes to be regarded by lot of people as satisfied and lunsympathetic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
JE SAYS

e. T. Davis in Arkansas Gazette) If knowledge is of lovely things
 Then there is none more wise Than who have watched starlight
 down
 Within your eyes !. If knowledge is of grievous things Then bitter learned am I Who watched the quiyer of your lips That said good-by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

It begins to look as if some sub stantial repair work on the presidents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Well, it's a distinction to be called a fool by some people. It proves that we are probably right, and therefore not fool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
THE TORCH BEARER

Apropos of Mayor Taylor's change of front on the Ford offer, a corre- spondent, who takes refuge under the friendly shelter of anonymity, re- marks; A wise man changes his mind sometimes-a fool never"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
TT APPEARS so

IWnshlngtOn POSt) Europe's birth rate is reported to be decreasing. So seems to be it's rebirth rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

lnasmuch as we have not changed our mind on the Ford offer, we pre- sume that the witty unknown means to call us a fool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Besides, it is our opinion that the saying quoted above is wrong. It should be: "A wise man changes his mind for good and sufficient reason a fool can change his mind without good and sufficient reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
IN SAME BOAT

UndianapOlis News)
 The departments at Washington all need more money, which is ex- actly what the taxpayers need.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04

Of course, this rule would not ap- ply to ladies, who doubtless change their minds because they want to, which wise man would not care to contradict. +
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-04
PROVIDED

ullinois State JournaD
 It's easy enough to love your neighbors as you love yourself, pro- vided they mind their own business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
WOMEN'S EXTENSION CLUBS
COMPLETE 3RD TRAINING SCHOOL

Last week the Women's Extension
Clubs of Hand County completed their
third series of training schools. These
schools we're held in the new auditor
ium. in Miller. at the o. V. Breese
home in Spring Lake, and in the Mas
onic Hall in washington.
The demonstrations representing a
membership of about 400 women,
made an exceptional record in having
a perfect attendance of 81 demonstra-
tors at the respective Hand County
training centers. Where the demon
strators found it impossible to attend
the scheduled date, they made up the
work by attending a neighboring GEN.
ter.
In this series of schools. the demon
STATIONS included Gift Suggestions
and Skirt Drapery. At the close Of
each session the demonstrators cut
off many patterns to take back to their
local clubs. A total Of 312 patterns
were cut at the four training schools.
The next series of training schools
will be held in April.
Clara l.. Larson,
Home Demonstration Agent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
THE WIFE
Weekly Service Hints Furnished by
State College Specialists Of
BrOOkings
Mary Ann Gray
How to Prepare, Can and Serve Ger
tain Meat Products
SCRAPPLE NO. 2

SCRAPPLE NO. 2
To Prepare
2 C. cornmeal 2 is. salt
6 c. boiling meat liquor Il C. fat
2 tb. -four / to 2 C. fine meat
trimmings.
Mix well the dry ingredients. Then
sprinkle the dry ingredients slowly
into the boiling meat liquor. Add the
meat. cook for 10 minutes, stirring
constantly to prevent the meal form
ing Jumps. Continue cooking in dou-
bic boiler for three hours, or five TO
eight hours in a fireless cooker and
n hour at 20 pounds pressure in a
scraps, cracklings, heart. liver and
tongue can be heated and added just
before the mush is removed from the
stove. Cracklings from the best fat
make excellent scrapple and can be
used in place of the meat Pour the
The scrapple when finished should be
solid like cold mush. II 1t goes to
pieces when frying, probably too much
Of the meat liquor vas used. The
gelatin in the meat liquor will be
solid when cold but softens down
when heated. Use a very hot pan so
as to work quickly.
To Can by the Cold Pack Method
Fill jars to one-half inch of top with
cooked %scrapple. Place covers in po-
sition. Process pint cans 20 minutes
at Is pounds steam pressure and
quart a So minutes at Is pounds
tea pressure. Process four hours
in hot water bath.
To Serve-Slice cold and prepare
as fried mush. Serve hot. A tart
preserve, currant, gooseberry or Gran.
berry is excellent served with scrap
pie.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
DUCK EGGS, 60,0O0,0O0 YEARS
OLD, FOUND in BAD LANDS

Two eggs, believed to be bird eggs,
and between 35 1000, 900 and 60, OOO, 900
years old, found in the Bad Lands OF
South Dakota, have been added to the
collection of fossils in the Field Mu-
scum at Chicago. Chemical tests have
proven that they are really eggs and
not stones. A small piece of the shell,
when Clipped off and burned, gives
an odor similar to that accompanying
the burning of a fresh egg shell.
"Of course, we cannot be positive
that they are duck eggs" H. w. Mich
OILS, associate curator of geology at
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
HARLAN J. BUSHFIELD
ATTORNEY at Law

I AttOrHey dl Law
Real estate law a specially. Els.
tates probated and titles cleared UP.
ONCE In Bushfeld Block up stairs.
MILLER, 8. OAK.