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suspicious that he will be as easy to
trap as Jimmp Skunk is. and, good
ness knows! Jimmy will walk into al
most any kind Of a. trap. OF course, /
wouldn't think Of setting a steel trap.
Steel traps are awful things. How any
boy can find any pleasure in setting
steel traps and making animals suffer
is beyond my understanding. I guess
boys that set steel traps just don't
think. Now, I have an idea that
Johnny Chuck will be Just curious
enough to go into a box trap"
SO Farmer Browns Boy took a big
box trap, in which he once had caught
Jimmy Skunk, and carried it out near
the tree where Johnny Chuck had
been in mischief. He baited that trap
with an apple. He knew that Johnny
Chuck had a. liking for apples. and
that apples were out of season so far
as Johnny was concerned. So he went
down cellar and got an apple, and
with this he baited the trap.
Now, Johnny Chuck from his door
step had watched Farmer Browns Boy
set that trap. Hardly was Farmer
Browns Boys back turned when
Johnny started out to see what this
thing was. He looked it over from all
points. He went all around it. He
found a piece of apple lying just out
side, and this he ate. My. but that
tastes good said Johnny Chuck. Its
q long time since I've tasted an apple.
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would like some more. l would so. -
Just then Johnny discovered the ap.
pie inside that box. His mouth watered
His eyes shone. He started to go right
in. Then he thought better of 1t and
backed out. He sat down and looked
at that box for a long time. What was
it? He didn't know. 1t looked harm.
less. Was it harmless? He wished he
knew. The more he looked at it the
more curious he became. Why was
that apple there? II there was an ap-
apples around outside? What did
Farmer Browns Boy bring that thing
over there for, anyway? Why not go
in and get that apple and take 1t out
and eat 1t outside? There couldn't be
any harm in going in and coming
right out again. Already he had been
part way in and nothing had hap
pened.
The longer he hesitated, the more
curious he became. Finally he made
up his mind that that thing must be
harmless and that his curiosity never
would be satisfied until he had been in
there to get that apple. So once more
he poked his head in the trap. He
waited Nothing happened. He took a
step and waited again. Nothing hap
pened. He took another step and
waited Nothing happened. He was
now wholly inside. h1'e smell Of that
apple tickled his nose until he couldn't
stand it any longer. He set his teeth
in the apple. Bang. He was in dark,
ness. Something had happened. lie
was a prisoner. He was a prisoner in
that box. Johnny heart almost stopped
beating for a moment or two.
Copyright. 1920
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My Neighbor Says:

Always work a sewing ma
chine steadily and never start
or stop with a Jerk. The best
way to finish off a machine
seam is TO turn the material
all around and stitch back for
about an inch. This saves tying
the threads, which takes up a
lot of time, especially If there
are many seams.
To revive patent leather, rub
II well with a soft rag soaked
in olive oil and milk. then
polish with a soft dry duster
Cream and linseed oil mixed in
equal proportions make a very
good polish also.
When not in use, scrubbing
brushes should be turned bris-
ties downward. Thus the water
will run out OF them, and they
will dry thoroughly, whereas, II
they are placed on their backs
the water will soak the wood
and loosen the bristles.
Better results are obtained by
ironing all Summer dresses on
the wrong side. and they are
less apt 10 fade. Should any
article become scorched, hang
ii in the sunlight, and the stain
will generally disappear.
One of the best ways to re.
move a fresh ink stain is to
saturate the material with kerr
osene. Let it stand IS minutes,
then wash out.
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Too Hard2 Do It.

MY Dear Boy, My Dear Girl:
This little bit is written to you
who are about to enter high school.
or who have been in high school for
this your first year. Whenever you
find q thing too hard for you, do It,.
Until you can face a hard problem
and know that because it can be
done you can do it and YOU will do
it YOU have not yet the power Of
success in your hands.
1t is all very we'll for you to pass
high on the intelligence test. Those
tests were on the things that cost
YOU very little effort in the main;
they did not measure how much of
YOUR spirit went into the acquiring
of them; they did not measure the
pounds Of pressure you were capable
Of putting on O. job nor the length
Of time YOU could maintain that
pressure.
You see, there is no way of measur-
ing that l am but saying in a.
roundabout way that nobody knows
the power of your spirit, least OF all
yourself You have never tested II
until you have faced the task that
seemed too hard for you and &C
complished it. You have gone after
the hard task and stuck to 1t, oil
by DIT. Untn IL Is al open way pCAoAC
you, you do not know the meaning
Of work, you have no idea OF the
beauty Of living, you have not sprout-
ed the wings with which you must
one day soar If you are to amount
to anything.
To have done the set lesson on A
passing basis is nothing but routine.
follow the leader. do-as-you're bid
stuff. You have not tasted the joy
Of studying. the triumph OF the
scholar, until you did the thing that
was hard for you 10 do.
The hard thing differs for each one
of us. To one it may mean rising
on time and getting to the first recita-
ton of the day on time and giving
a creditable performance. Did you
ever think that it was because you
did not like the first lesson of the
day that you We're repeatedly late
for it? Well, think about it. 1t may
be your hard place.
Maybe you are failing in French
The verbs are too hard for you or
the translation or the transcription
is too difficult for you? Then do it.
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bureau. And there are many that
find themselves merely boxed IN cara
board and slowed away on high
shelf in a much used pantry or the
shelf in wardrobe. But somewhere
in every home there are hidden treas
ures.
What magic the things have. and
what actual intrinsic worth many pos
seSS. no one except the owner actualiE
knows, and she flor the treasure Is
apt to belong to the woman Of the
home) generally guards the treasure
with an eagle eye. Her watchfulness
is not apparent. however. She knows
where to bury the treasure so that 1t
will seem to be of no Importance
should any one come upon it inadVert-
emily.
Odd AssOrtments.
Sometimes no one would suspect
the things to be trea sures without De-
ing told. They appear to be nothing
more than odds and ends of things, a
motley assortment. good for little eX-
cept the waste basket. But there IS
where you are mistaken. ASK grand
ma or mother TO tell you what they
are kept for. and soft and beautiful
expression will steal over her counte-
nance, and a wistful look come IN her
ewes. with Just a suspicion of tremor
about the corners of her mouth, While
she gently takes the things away from
your ruthless grasp and restores them
TO their hiding place. If by any good
fortune you can persuade nef 10 tell
YOU the story that lies infolded IN the
article there is sure to be faSclna
ton ever afterward for YOU, too, ana
possibly a bit of the thrill it once
al CT H..
does the one telling the incident. A
wisp of a curl in a jewel box may
have a rightful place among the cost
" gems and be no less valued by the
owner than the richest piece in the
jewel casket.
Treasured Letters.
There are few mothers who do not
have hidden among their treasures
some little note i'll uneven. printed let
tering or uncertain scrawling, prob
ably penciled, that would not be part
ed with for more than its weight in
gold An old and faded photograph
of young man, now the father of the
family, is probably in this same treas
ure box, and an old brooch or locket
may hold it's bit of family history.
What Adds the Charm?
Ii is tho hidden treasure of home
that holds mystery, love. sadness that
is mellowed by time, and joy that is
made poignant by seeing the things
occasionally and bringing incidents
clearly to remembrance. While 1t is a
mistake to hoard mementoes, to clut-
ter up ones home and be taken care
of, as they have to be at times, still
there are some few genuine treasures
which a person would not part with
under any circumstances, and it is
these that constitute the valuable hid
den treasures of a home.
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Our Children-By Angelo Patri

Do that lesson first. when you are
fresh and rested. and tell yourself
that you are going to do 1t easily
because you are going TO loose the
power that lies In your backbone full
on that task.
Perhaps you do not like the mathe
mates teacher? lie gives too hard
problems? Well do them. You see.
they can be done. Somebody has
done them. The teacher has set the
task for YOU and you are going 70
gain in power by performing it. Sit
down with the idea that the thing
can be done and that YOU are going
to know how it feels to do the thing
that is hard.
You see. the lessons in school are
the least part Of the idea. We build
and man schools TO raise people. real
people, who can do things. And the
way to do them. the only way. Is just
to do them. Easy things do them
selves and there is no sprouting of
the wings of the spirit in them. But
the hard ones? In them lies all the
glory and power and honor. Go
after them.
copyright. 1925
inquiries from parents or school teachers on
the care and development of children. Write
him in care of this paper. incloeng SELF
addressed stamped envelope for reply.
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Ne and Pubs Simkins was having
catch and l was chasing the ball
more on account of Pubs having
made a bum throw than on account
of me having made bum catch,
and I saw a glove laying in the
street, being a big glove all made
out Of leather on the outside, think
ing, G, look at the glove.
And 1 picked it up and Pubs came
running up saying, G, look at the
glove.
Look how big it is. it must be a
giants glove, l sed. and Pubs sed, II
we knew who belonged to 1T we mite
take IT there and get a reward, heh?
Maybe we mite anyways, maybe
whoever belongs TO it will come err
round looking for it, maybe. I sed.
Well If they do l get half the re-
ward, if l hadent OF threw that ball
too high you would. never of ran up
heer and found it, l get half Pubs
sed.
Like fun you get half. you get
iXactly a therd, that's all your in
titled TO according TO law. I sed.
o is that SO, who made up that
law? Pubs sed.
Some Judge, l CESS. how do
know? I sed. WITCH jest then q man
stopped his automobeel saying, Hay,
wat are you doing with my driving
glove. hand that over.
Pubs quick winking at me, meen-
ing about the reward, and / sed,
Did you drop this glove we found.
mister?
Do you think I'm tawking to heer
myself tawk, hand it heer, the man
sed.
Is there eny name in it to idennify
it? l sed. Being reward tawk, and
the man sed. Hand me that glove or
Ill jump out and give you a good
licking.
Heer it Is, found it, 1 sed. And
handed il to him and he drove
away without even saying Mulch
obliged.
Being a man with @ lite overcoat
and heavy eyebrows and proving II
you got a reward every time you
thawt you awt to you mite have
more to argew about.
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One Mother says
We all know how fretful and rest.
less is a little child who has had a
spell of sickness, and 1t is a task to
find enough variety Of entertainment
for them. discovered that by
stretching a piece Of strong twine
across a window and hanging several
glass crystals or q prism on It so that
the sun would shine on them. Tight
BIRDS would appear on the wall.
Bobby delights in watching these
pretty spots. inexpensive crystals
may be purchased at almost any va
riety store.
Copyright. 1920
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Lessons in English
BY W. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused-Don't say.
1T might as well be me-" Say, 1T
might as we'll be l." t." denoting the
same person as ''it." is also in the
nominative case.
Often mispronounced-Quay. Pro
nounce as "key"
often Observation-Disclosures; Re. not
Sc.
synonyms Hypocrite. impostor.
pretender. cheat. dissimulator.
Word study--"Cse a word three
times and It is YOURS Let us increa So
our voca bulary by mastering one word
each day. Today's word-Instinctive
acting or prompted by natural i'm
pulse. Animal mothers instinctively
protect the life of their young"
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-PuzzleLimericks

A CHEEKY old man in a +
Once murmured, This might have
been p;
OF course, the 3
Is simply 4,
But it doesn't come out Of my s.
l. Vehicle used by undertakers.
.. Comparative of bad"
3. Cost.
4. Huge.
s. Pocketbook.
Extraordinarily the old man in
question didn't say any such thing
for the simple reason that he couldn't
say anything. But it's a good linn
ertck, nevertheless. The answer and
another "Puzzlick' will be here to.
morrow
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
A tutor who taught on the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to
loot.
Said the two to the tutor:
us it harder to foOt, or
To tutor two tooters to f0Ot:'
Copyright. 1927
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all are in perfect taste. This group
would add interest and sparkle to any
informal room, particularly bed
room or small living room furnished
with early American pieces.
The lamp has a dolphin candlestick
base of clear, light blue glass. The
shade is white georgette, decorated
with silver stars
The fiat little flower bowl Is pale.
pretty green and makes a nice holder
for the fresh charms Of the daffodils.
The cigarette box is yellow birds
eye maple with a dog painted on the
cover against a dark background.
The cigarette dish is Of silver.
Copyright. 1920
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Fruit Shrub.

This is a. variation of the popular
fruit punch and makes an excellent
luncheon or supper drink for children
or for any one who does not care for
tea and coffee.
Endless combinations may be pre-
pared according to individual tastes
One method is as follows: Make a
lemonade. allowing Ave lemons to four
cups of charged water.
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fat and then in cracker crumbs, place
on a well creased broiler and let cook
over the Goals or under a gas flame for
about eight minutes, turning two or
three times. Serve on slices Of toast
or on fat cakes Of hamburg steak.
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THE TREASURES ARE SOME.
TIMES OF INTRINSIC WORTH.
But MORE OFTEN ARE SIM
PIE ARTICLES ENRICHED
WITH MEMORIES.
ern store room or closet, or they ma Y
be wrapped in newspapers and the
packets tucked in some safe out uh.
suspected spot. Perhaps the treasures
are not far away. but lie in a laven-
.tier-scented drawer. IN a Seldom.used
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Curiosity,
Cllriositv's q trap
That often leads TO a mishap,
johnny Chuck.

Johnny Chuck had lived near to
Farmer Browns Boy for so long that
he thought he knew all about Farmer
Browns Boy. He had no real fear Of
him. He was no longer suspicious of
him. Farmer Browns Boy had discov-
cred this.
II have an idea it isn't going to be
any trick at all to trap Johnny
Chuck" said Farmer Browns Boy.
81 have an idea that Johnny is so un-
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Buried Treasures" i'm the Home
by LYDIA lie BARON WALKER.

Every home has its buried treas
tires. They may be hidden deep in
some nook or Granny in an old-fash-
toned attic, or neatly boxed in a mod.
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HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

After all. it is the decorative acces-
sories which mark the successful
room, quite as much as the furniture.
draperies and floor covering. Not one
Of the pieces shown is expensive, yet
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Broiled Tomatoes.

Cut off a thin slice from the ends Of
each tomato. Do not peel them, but
cut them in halves crosswise. Sprin-
kle with salt and pepper, dip in melted
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1926-10-14

destroys the malarial germs which are transmits
to the blood by the Malaria Mosquito Price CO.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1926-10-14
WARM SPRINGS

We are having rain at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Privett went to
Doniphan, Mo-, last Thursday.
Eselman Holt had business at Poca-
hontas last Saturday.
The stave mill here is now in opera
ton.
Fsier and son, Carl, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Lourwood.
Mrs Claud Bailey and Miss Jewel
Bailey spent Saturday night with Mr..
ant Mrs. Sam Merry.
Rufe Stubblefeld of Pocahontas was
in our town last Friday afternoon.
Miss Alva and Arnot Holt returned
to their home last Tuesday from Poca-
hontas
Miss Zelma Merry returned to her
home here last Monday from Manson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Sietze and daugh-
ter visited Mrs. Sietze's mother, Mrs.
Lacy, in Missouri last Sunday.
J. II. Holt of Reyno spent last Fri
day night here with his brother, W. A.
Holt.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Privett and chill
dren visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Grim
Sunday.
Mrs. Lourwood. who has been in st.
Louis visiting her children, came home
Saturday.
Mrs. Coda Fowler and two little
children of st. Louis are here visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Jarrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarrett have moved in
town.
Mr. and Mrs Sam Merry and chill
dren visited their daughter, Mrs. Daily
Stanfill. at Dalton recently.
Little Elena Holt of ReynO is here
visiting relatives.
Freeman Holt is recovering very
slowly from injuries received some two
weeks ago.
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1926-10-14
IoRINE

Cotton picking is the order of the
day here
We are having some more rainy,
cloudy weather
Aunt Dee Mondy spent a few days
last week with AIillie Jane stephens
and family.
Mrs. NJ. e. Beegle's two children are
sick.
Jessie Sisk visited homefolks last
week end. She has been in the lot
toms picking cotton.
Il. N. Mondy and wife had business
in POcahOntas Saturday.
Ben Tyler made some fine mOlasses
for l.. w. Mondy last week.
Lloyd MOndv and family spent Sun
day with his sister, Mrs DOna Going,
at Peach Orchard.
Bill Beegle of holland visited Mrs.
NJ. f. Beegle one day last week.
Sank Hurn Of near Attica was In
this part of the country buying calves
one day last week.
Arthur Cooper has been buying calves
in this neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan VIM spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. George Steph-
ems.
J. G. Mondy was in Pocahontas sat
urday on business.
Mrs Eva Mondy and baby and Mrs.
Addie Standiford visited Aunt Dee
Mondy Sunday.
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WARM SPRINGS

We are having some more rainy
weather.
Claud Bailey and wife and Miss
Jewel Bailey spent Saturday night with
S. w. Merry and family.
S. w Merry and family, Mrs. Bar
nett and daughter, Leonia, Mrs. Claud
Bailey and Miss Jewel Bailey visited
DAILY Stanfill and wife at Dalton Sun
day.
Mrs. Il. NJ. Bailey spent Saturday
afternoon with her daughter, Mrs. s.
W. Merry.
Jim Jarrett and wife are moving in
the Bill Lynn house.
S. W. Merry and family, Claud 9ai-
ley and wife, Tom Morris and Jewel
Bailey spent a few hours Saturday
night with Sam and Pete Moore and
families. They were entertained by
music and all had a nice time.
Mrs. John Whittenburg and children.
Cecil and Everett Holt visited relatives
at Reyno Saturday night.
A few words to the Randolph County
Democrats, wherein a fellow votes in
Democratic primary election and
comes out in the general election
against the Democratic nominee on an
Independent ticket What kind Of a
denomination would he be called? A
Democrat, Republican, Socialist or
what? A candidate here said he had
an opponent in the primary election,
one in the general election and he says
he is expecting another in the congress
sional election in November. We won
der what he would be called? win
someone please answer these questions
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INGRAM

Mrs. Roy Rush is reported sick at
her home We hope her illness is not
serious.
Otis Mock took his wife to Pocahon-
one day last week for medical
eatment
Abe Mock was a business caller here
last week end
j Rector Davis and wife visited friends
and relatives at Hamil Sunday.
I Earl Nenetter was out Saturday
and Sunday speeding on his bikobim
at PocahOntas, HOXie and other points.
/ A. Hayes and J. NJ. Fowler were
business visitors in POcahontas SatIr-
day afternoon.
w. NJ. Hawk, good farmer and
citizen of near Warm Springs, was a
business caller here Saturday.
We understand that Uncle Clark
Holland has abandoned the idea of
going west and will likely move back
to Missouri.
J, G. Throgmorton and family and
Geo. w. Barnett, two of our prosper
GUS farmers, had business in Pocahon-
tas last Wednesday.
Jesse Seawel and family, Mrs A. Il.
Mock and Charlie Ramsey attended
church at Pocahontas Sunday night.
Hubert Long and family visited near
Maynard Saturday night, guests of
Will Russell and family.
The best thing, boys, that we can do
with our cotton is to bale it, put it in
a dry place, keep it off the market and
hold it until old Father Gabriel blows
his horn.
j. L. Condict made a trip to Poca-
hontas last week after a truck load of
goods for his store here.
Roy Rush and Elmer Driskill took
two wagons to POcahontas one day last
week after metal roofing for Mr. Rush,
who will recover his residence soon.
Gray Throgmorton mOtOred to Poca-
hontas last week on business. Gray
has been on the indisposed list but is
some better.
A. f. Haley and two sons have been
confined to their bed with fever DR.
Brown of PocahOntas was called and
now they are improving very much.
Herman Ramsey was laid up most
of last Sunday with a chill but We
think he is going to show his skill in
dodging the next one.
Brother McCord failed to meet his
appointment here Sunday owing to the
rain but we are expecting him to be
with us next SUNDAY.
few words from John Timer and
wife, who left here on the fourth, ac
companied by Sam Smith from som,
point in Texas, state that they are en-
joying the scene of much cotton and
nothing but cotton in that country.
VIII ]. Russell and family of neal
Maynard were Sunday dinner guests
of Jess Seawel and family while at
tending church here.
J. Wesley Barnett. just few days
owning n new Ford, is noted as sure
enough pep driver. For sample
he turned it on the highway the Other
morning with wobble-gear speed. de
molished telephone pole, backed over
Frank Brawley's blacksmith shop, de
horned two cows for S. A. Shaver
knocked down twenty panels of wover
wire fence for S. NJ Spikes, then tore
out to Missouri by the way of Doni
phan and Thayer and back into Arkan
sas at Mammoth Springs, swan the bis
Spring at that place. knocked over tw,
box cars off railroad track. then ran
home, put the car under lock and Roy
built a barbed wire fence around II
and posted in box car letters this sign
private keep out"
Pocahontas star herald. (Pocahontas, Randolph County, Ark.) 1907-current, 1926-10-14

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