The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THE PEARSALL LEADER, PEARSALL, TEXAS
:~*1 One snrelv does get some
' new ideas from the depart-
i ment of agriculture. Fol-
-y j j lowing the dictum that
| “the only fruit which equals
( the persimmon in its value
» as a food is the date,” we
, h eh tempted Eve in the garden of
: out the tig and the raisin ?
. upon its sugar content, in
T very rich. On the actual figures
•:<>wever, that both the Hebrew and
to the common use of the fig and
rdmmon is not so honored. When
o his wrath against Nabal, “she
- and two bottles of wine and five
f parched corn and an hundred
- f figs and laid them on asses,”
- , who thought so highly of her
1 d, after a drunken feast, he took
: -ti- d the Amalekites, they found
‘•"ought him to David and gave him
and two clusters of raisins, and
: . .tain, for he had eaten no bread
.'in.- were the ordinary food i
own to be very nourishing,
r.tion ti-e dg. and also the grape, and j
i r • ; xpeditions across the desert they
fl here is an account of the beau-
r for King Snefru, which had a great
gs, vines and other fruit,
iinmons!
: of it in the Encyclopedia Britan-
produces 5,000 tons of figs annually,
s well as some persimmons. _ .
Kiee soup, if made from
rice and water without any
leguminous vegetable add-
ed, is not a satisfactory
substitute for meat, if it is
made from polished rice
and more than 99 per cent
today is polished. This rice is denatured
: rive coat containing valuable salts and
rice grain, and what is left is mostly
about 17 to 20 per cent protein, the
-out tissues in the human body.
' starchy foods for proteid foods in
e could repair a leaky steam boiler with
Bice is classed as a carbohydrate food
, just as coal is the fuel for the steam
i - essential for the human body, as the
in appetizing form in other proteid foods,
and the legumes, such as peas, beans and
rived from meat due to the body toxins
in degree.
nie to eat the whole rice, whole wheat and
gives them to us, together with other
nuts and leguminous vegetables
its and green vegetables.
-ome, economical food, but investiga-
te the unpolished rice in conjunction
leguminous vegetables as the soy bean,
n-.f at from the diet, the rational way to do
When the body receives these in conjunc-
re is no desire for flesh, for the needs
Military instruction in
colleges is highly impor-
tant, not only for the phys-
ical development, the dis-
cipline and the intellectual
exercise it provides, but for
the important bearing it
r n who go to college may be divided
and those who are not. Happily, the
. But both classes make the same error,
The close student does not want to drill
i« lias a convenient chance to get a lab-
: a id he does not want to quit and put
. r more would finish an experiment or
; finds that drill interferes with his watch-
ge 'ports or something else. An hour of
ad up, shoulders square, and with
pWing influence of mass action, teamwork
finish for the day of a college student and
ening meal.
f are prone to neglect the simple laws of
drill would be worth while ten times
Wii to force students to exercise regularly
y Drill in
Is Favored
V, HARRIS, Chicago
►ody
jge, 111.
it catches the very fellow who would
compulsion.
The professional hostes
is no longer a luxury at th<
vacation resort — she's i
dire necessity. For it is th<
uninteresting, dowdy clien
tele that makes a hotel pay
Left to themselves, the’
and die of neglect, and go home to repor
:ked up to be.
nal Hostess
Necessity
E, Lot Acgele*. Cal.
■rtime and grows old in sorrow
nj n her with pathetic trust. She has to tell
ar it. What time to get up and when
; < . rv minute of the day for them, prompt
■ —1 to their confidences, provide them
widows, she is certainly expected to put
ling another husbarn^
- martyrs to American incompetence in the
ie professional hostess.
BUGRLAR WASN’T
TAKING CHANGES
Captured by a Spinster He Begs
the Neighbors to Help
Him.
GLAD TO GO TO JAIL
One Barrel of Woman’s Shotgun Goes
Off, and the Thief in Panic
Cries Lustily for
Help.
New Monmouth, N. J.—The report
of a shotgun, discharged shortly after
one o’clock in the morning, aroused
the whole neighborhood in the vicinity
©f the house occupied by Miss Nettie
Walling and two maiden sisters, whose
ages range from fifty to seventy years.
The sound had come from the Walling
home, and to it rushed men from all
the nearby houses and moct of the
wives and families as well.
Upstairs in the Walling home the
sisters were screaming, shrilly and in
chorus: ’
“We’ve got a burglar. Help. We’ve
got a burglar.”
And, audibly, only when the women
paused briefly for breath, came the
cries of a man in great fear, calling:
“Yes, come'and get me. Yes, come
and get me. They’ve got a gun. Come
and get me.”
"Come down and let us in," shouted
the men outside.
Neighbors Break In.
“We can’t. We’ve got a burglar.
Help! Help!” came from the house in
the voices of the sisters, punctuated at
intervals with deeper tones, calling:
“Hurry. Come and get me. Hurry.
They’ve got a gun.”
Outside the men called again and
again Inside the women shrieked and
the burglar called for help. At last
they broke down the door and a dozen
men rushed inside. There, crouched be-
neath the wreck of a window in the
hall, was the burglar. Opposite him
stood Miss Nettie, the muzzle of a
shotgun, which she held, wavering
and wobbling, but pointing in the gen-
eral direction of the frightened man.
“Thank heaven!” murmured the
burglar, as someone grabbed the gun
The Burglar Called for Help.
and others grabbed him. Then, re-
proachfully:
‘‘She shot at me with one barrel and
It’s a mercy she didn’t kill me. The
charge went through that window
right over my head. And I wasn’t
doin’ anything only standing still like
she told me.”
Didn’t Aim to Shoot Man.
Miss Nettie acknowledged the charge.
She said she and her sisters had been
aroused from sleep by the noise the
burglar made entering a window, and
she had rushed for a shotgun which
the sisters have always kept in the
house. She was returning to her
room with the weapon when she sur-
prised the burglar in the hall, and or-
dered him to throw up his hands. He
did so at once, and Miss Nettie kept
the gun pointed at him while she and
her sisters screamed for help, the
others too frightened to leave their
bedroom.
"I didn’t aim to shoot the man,” de-
clared Miss Nettie. “This pesky thing
just sort of went off by itself, and
anyway it didn't hurt him.”
The burglar looked unbelieving,
however, even when Constable Elmer
Minugh led him off to Red Bank.
Later he was committed to the county
jail in Freehold by Justice Edward
Wise to await the action of the grand
jury. He said he was Clarence Meliss,
twenty-four years old. and had no
home. He seemed relieved to reach
the Jail safely.
Drunken Sparrow Whipped Ostrich.
Seattle, Wash.—An English spar-
row, made dru$ik on a whisky tonic
prepared for an American eagle in
Woodland park, fought a winning bat-
tle with a California-bred ostrich, van-
quishing th* huge bird in quick or-
der. The arrow, after drinking at
the pan In which the tonic had been
placed, flem at the ostrich’s eyes in
a fierce at-ark. The ostrich didn’t
have a fighbug chance and finally hid
his shamed head under the wing of
his conpsnton for protection
DON’T SNIFFLE!
You can rid yourself of that cold in
the head by taking Laxative Qninidine
Tablets. Price 25c. Also used in
cases of La Grippe and for severe
headaches. Remember that.—Adv.
Your
Undoubtedly.
“Miss Day claims she’s just twenty-
four years old.”
“Miss Day? I knew her father well.
He died thirty years ago.”
“Then she’s thirty if she’s a day,
isn’t she?”
Health
Accoun!
Housework Is a Burden
It’s hard enough to keep house if
in perfect health, but a woman who
is weak, tired and suffering from an
aching back has a heavy burden.
Any woman in this condition has
good cause to suspect kidney trou-
ble, especially if the kidney action
seems disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
thousands of suffering women. It’s
the best recommended special kid-
ney remedy.
A Louisiana Case
“Mvnj Fit- Mrs. F. F. Gook-
iKr< TtlU m in. 211 Hanson St.,
Sun." wBHS Hammond, La.,
¥ |says: “My system
I was filled witli uric
A acid and I had
*3sharp pains across
fitli my bacI< an^ shout-
ing, H ders. My kidneys
J§&jjil did11’* act right and
my muscles ached.
ml * After doctors’
wo H medicine failed,
11 hi H Doan’s Kidney
yt U f Pills fixed me up
q t all right. I have
no backache now and my kidneys are
we^l.”
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NOT RIGHT KIND OF FOWL
Magician in Hard Luck When He
Meant to Put Finishing Touch
on Entertainment.
“Now, ladies and gentlemen,” said
the conjurer, trying to make his husky
voice impressive. “I will conclude my
entertainment with truly a wonderful
trick. It is a feat which must be seen
to b* believed.”
After a lot of difficulty he borrowed
a shabby silk hat frdto his village
audience. Turning it upside down to
prove there was nothing inside, he
next placed it brim uppermost on his
/little table and proceeded to produce
12 eggs from Its depths.
The audience watched with gog-
gling eyetf, and then burst into wild
applause.
“And now,” the magician went on,
bowing his thanks, “I will show you
that, although the hat is emphy, there
is inside it the hen that laid those
eggs.”
Putting his hand into the hat he
withdrew a fluttering, squawking fowl,
which he placed on the table, and
turned *to face the applause.
Instead there was a wild yell of
laughter. He turned in amazement,
which changed to horror when the
fowl shrieked;
“Cocka-doodle-do-o!" — Philadelphia
Record.
,-i - ———
Busy.
“Please. Mrs. Brown,” said the lit-
tle girl from the house next door,
“mother says would you be kind
enough to come over and take care of
baby for a little while?” v-
“Why certainly," replied Mrs.
Brown. “Is your mother ill?”
"No’m, but she’s writing a paper on
‘The Proper Care of Infants,’ and she’s
afraid she won’t be able to get it done
in time to read before the Mothers’
club tomorrow afternoon.”
Unanimous.
“I understand Reggie Van Boob has
gone on the stage in spite of the stren-
uous objections of his family.”
"Yes, but now that the public has
seen him, it has taken sides with the
family and he’ll have to retire.”
LADIES!
—Take CAPUDINE—
A
For Aches, Pains and Nervousness.
IT IS NOT A NARCOTIC OR DOPE—
Given quick relief—Try it.—Adv.
Too Speedy for a Guaranty.
Joy Rider (stopped by rural con-
stable)—Haven’t we got any right left
in this country? Doesn’t the consti-
tution guarantee us life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness?
Constable—It don’t guarantee no
man the pursuit of happiness at 90
miles an hour.”
Got Out of the Difficulty.
Some time ago a local corps was re-
viewed by Sir Ian Hamilton, and there
Is a story told that one of the officers
was mounted on a horse that had pre-
viously distinguished itself in a
bakery business. —.
A wag In the crowd is supposed to
have recognized the horse, for he
shouted out, “Baker!” The horse
promptly stopped dead, and nothing
could urge it on. The situation was
getting painful, when the officer was
struck with a brilliant idea, and re-
marked, within hearing of his steed:
“Not today, thank you.”
The procession then moved on with-
out further delay.—London Mail.
8oldiers Want No Children.
I asked Zeni Peshkoff, socialist,
what his sensations were when he
went out to kilL “It didn’t seem real,
it doesn't now. Before my last charge
the lieutenant and I were filled with
the beanty of (he night. We sat gaz-
ing at the stars. Then the command
came and we rushed forward. It did
not seem possible I was killing hu-
man beings.” It is the unreality that
sustains men. Germans are not hu-
man beings—only the enemy. For the
wounded French soldier will tell you
he loathes war and longs for peace.
He fights or one object, permanent
peace. He fights to save his children
from fighting.
“Have you any children?” I asked
one soldier, “No, thank God,” is the
reply. “But why?” "Because,” comes
the fierce answer, “if I had a son I
would rather he deserted than see
what I have seen.” The man is not
unusual. The soldiers—not the wom-
en—are beginning to say: "We will
have no more children unless there
is no more war.”—The New Republic.
Don’t allow it to be “overdrawn”
as a result of
LOSS OF APPETITE
POOR DIGESTION
INACTIVE LIVER
CONSTIPATED BOWELS
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
may help correct such conditions
and improve your general health.
PADDY READY WITH EXCUSE
Caught in the Act, He Had Hia An-
swer ap if it Had Been
Rehearsed.
A merchant who suspected an Irish-
man in his employ of tampering with
the private stock of whisky allowed
the demijohn to become empty, and,
instead of filling it again, pot the
liquor in bottles in a cupboard, and
labeled them “Poison.”
One night, as he came home from
the theater, he caught the fellow in
the act. Seising the bottle in mock
terror, the employer exclaimed:
“Great heavens! Do.you know what
you are doing? Don't you aee that
what that bottle contains Is marked
“Poison r”
Paddy held It off and looked at it.
Then he smelt it with a look of mel-
ancholy, replied:
“ Tain’t poison, sir! It’s meself
that’s foiled sgln.”
"How dare you tamper with it
whether you knew it was poison or
not?”
“It's like this, sir. From the way
yer honor emptied that demijohn in
the cellar I thought you had your sus-
picions of me, an’ it made me melan-
choly, so I thought, yer honor, Fd com-
mit suicide.”
Including Himself.
Wife—What do you say to our tak-
ing baby to church with us this morn-
ing?
Hub—No, no; She might wake peo-
ple up.
A schemer points out the silver lin-
ing of a cloud—and then proceeds to
swipe your umbrella.
DOAN
BREAD WITHOUT SALT IS TASTELESS
A medicine chest without Magic Ar-
nica Liniment is useless. Best of all
liniments for sprains, swellings,
bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia.
Three sizes, 25c, 50c and $LOO.—Adv.
No Occasion for Roasting.
“I hear Mamie trowed you down.”
“Aw, she needn’t brag. I been
trowed down by better girls dan Ma-
mie.”—Life.
SPINELESS CACTUS
Wa will ship you a sample order of Are spineless
cactus slabs by express, on receipt of $1. This
•s your opportunity to get a start in a forage that can
produce 1OO tons to the acre annually. Thtrty slabs
for $S by freight. Now is the time to plant. Sandier
literature. AQ slabs stripped F. O. B. from Nursery.
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