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THE HOUSTON POST: SATURPAY MORNING.' OCTOBER; 19. 191?
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' Heeete Texas Sturda)( October 19 1118
V;IJJT PAT OFTHX POURTH LOAN.
': The prospects art not flattering for the
complete siiccees of thn Fourth Ixan At to
. 'If It should fait it will not tw because tbe
re source of the country havo been over-
taxed. Bor will it he because the American
people as a whole are not sound at heart.
It will be Kiniiilr because a considerable
element among the wealthy people have In-
A gloriously and abanielesflly shirked tbeir duty
to their country.
' In this city of Houaton the quota will be
' Made all honor to tjhe men women and1 chll-
area woo aia ueir part uuseuisnjy ana en
: thueiastieally but ' even In Houston there
have) been wealthy citizens to reveal what
large white livers and broad yellow streaks
they possess what Infinitesimal souls are
theirs.
; Creatures of Shis character exist 00 doubt.
In every community of the country. - Many
of them are secretly In sympathy with the
enemies of the nation. If they bad been
' loyal and patriotfc the nation" mlfht weU
' hare cared for a loan of eight billions
' It tht loan should fail it wilt jtiot facllltaU
' .any advantage for Germany which some of
these shirkers hope for.
'; " y It will humiliate the nation or that part
'; Of ft which la patriotic and It will serve to
prolong the war.
' And another thing la inevitable and this
t - those who have failed of their duty will have
.to face
. Every dollar of wealth In- America is sub
ject to the call of the government so in
farther measures to procure the needed rev-
enuesHfhtch are necessaiy to the succeaa-
ful conduct of the war due account will be
" ' i taken of those whose wealth has not re-
: t aponded to the country's need's
There are to be other loans. The Fourth
Loan which closes tonight has already been
; ' expended In the form of moneys derived from
the sale of short-term certificates to the
i hanks. Even If the war were to end to-
: : ' morrow another loan would be required to
' finance the Immediate future of the army and
V navy and to repatriate the soldiers.
: The government of the United States Is
kot going to permit men of wealth to shirk
their responsibilities In a time like this.
5; t Tnay wift e searched out in eyery com-
- muadty of the land and compelled to doUhaif
pari.: It la not a matter of volition forHlua.
. -'.final analysis
: ..:.-'"Th pro-German elements are not going to
- ;: be permitted lo hoard their money until after
f'. the war money made in the United States
v". and pour it into Germany to rehabilitate the
enemy of mankind when such funds) are
i. needed at home.
The necessity for legtslatlon to dear with
' the shirkers is plainly apparent. The power
lies In congress to scourge them to their du-
; 'vties and it may be depended upon that in a
' ' time like this congress is not going to per-
1 ' mit Its powers to lie dormant In order that
' misers may flourish.
THE HOUSTON MILK PROBLEM.
; f I Out of the serious milk situation that now
-v$1ta ln Houston let us hope a sane
efficient economical system of milk distribu
Jf'wj tlon may be evolved'. . ' 4
. ' i The complaint that many of the men have
; abandoned their routes finding it more prof-
' itable to dispose of their product to the
l wholesalers and manufacturers. sl not sur-
'Vi'prialng. The present plan of distribution in Hous-
ton would not be creditable to a community
Kt of 1000 inhabitants.
Ilera we have scores of dairymen driving
'their delivery wagons over the same route
- 'aJl of which is wasted time and duplicated
" effort. Involving much expense as well as in-
ferior service. There are Instances of seven
'i different dairies serving the people of a
. single block.
.'("''i.TlMi; 'dairymen who havo at last ascer-
: talood. what they ought to have known years
; ago that trying to serve miles of milk route
' i'-wlUi a few gallons of milk la poverty thrice
X ! Insured have simply waked up.
Houston's milk system has meant in many
;j ; cases grossly inferior milk frequent adultera-
tion much impure milk poor deliveries un-
f " sigbtty and muddy wagons strewing the
" streets' with filth poorly equipped and ln-
sanitary dairies inferior milch stock ln many
:- cases and. unprosperous dairymen.
VTUara Is no reason why a single corpora-
' tlbn should not undertake to distribute the
' tuQk conaumad in the city of Houston. With
' conveniently located receiving and bottling
stattonai tie producers could bring their
milk in bulk: and1 deliver it. The distributors
could avoid rouCv duplications and send tbeir
clean vehicles to all parts of the city quickly.
Tfcere would b responelblllty and Inspae-
Vtlos guaranteeing pure unadulterated aiid
ihlgh'grade milk for all the people at a rea-
;j sonabl( prlco. " ; ; .
r'i. city of Houston could exercise control
to tbo extant of regulating the production
; ' distribution sale and price of the milk '
' ..- Under such system the homes and chil-
dren would -not be defied because the manu-
tactuerr irbro absorbing thf supply Thoro
woC r be the proper apportioning of the sup-
y' j -on -the basis of babies ' and children
on U too large city to have -the
baphaaard dairy and milk dlatribuUon sys
tem that Is la vogue bars. It larger elUas
like New York Boston Baltimore Washing
ton or Philadelphia had to depend on tba
Houston system thouaaads at children- might
parish annually for lack of milk. -Houaton
must awake to the fact that
milk supply U almost aa eaaeaUal'to a city's
wall bainc aa a water supply and distribu-
tion Is quite within tba realm of proper mo-
nopolistic activities provided' the propter
measure of regulation and mapaetlen ta
maintained.
A real milk system woula) prove aa banafl-
clal to the prodacara aa to tbo conjumara.
The Post eommanda the whole subject to
Mayor Amerman aa oaa well worth his pro
found study with a view to evolving a com
plete and' permanent jytem that will guar-
antee pure milk at a minimum coat acoV
noinical prompt and efficient distribution
amp La responsibility on the part of those who
produce or distribute milk aaaltary dairies
and beat milch rattle and a prosperous in
dustry where now tboae engaged in It are
discouraged.
The milk problem ts a big one and It
offers Mayor Amerman a field for achieve
ment worthy of hie fine capacity for useful
and constructive munlcipaj staiaemanshlp
THE FREE TEXT BOOK AMENDMENT
Tbe voters of Texas must not ignore tbeir
Important interests by assuming that the pri
mary election which selected ta democratic
candidates released tham from further politi
cal duty this year.
The nominees of the primary are going to
be elected b.v practically a unanimous .vote.
and there is no uneasiness on that score
But the pending text book amendment to
the State constitution is a matter of such
tremendous consequence to tbe welfare of tba
Btate and tbe progress of education that
every voter of the State regardless of party.
ought to make it an Inviolable duty to go to
the polls and vote for it.
The amendment provides for free teat
books in tbe public schools of this State. It
increase the limit of taxes that the legis
lature may levy for school purposes from 2Q
cents to 25 cents on the $100 valuation and
then provides that "it shall be tbe duty of
the State board of education to set aside a
sufficient amount of said tax to provide free
text books for the use of the children at
tending the public free schools of this State"
and provides further that "should tbe limit
of taxation herein named be Insufficient the
deficit may be met by appropriation from the
general funds of the State."
It haa required many years to bring tbe
question of free text books before tbe peo
ple when it was first broached most of us
dismissed it with the thought that if the
State provided the school houses and the
teachers the parents ought to supply the
books. And for years that seemed to answer
the free text book demand.
We have come to know however that the
text book question has a vital bearing upon
school enrollment and! attendance and the
more interest we evince la public education
the more are we bound to be convinced ot
thekic&eitr'M free text books.
We have already adopted the compulsory
attendance idea. But isn't it apparent ln
tens of thousands of cases that the compul-
sory attendance principle is largely imprac-
tical unless free text books go with it?
The parent may say "I haven't the money
to buy books." What does compulsory at
tendance amount to in that case? We might
as well undertake to enforce compulsory at-
tendance without a school house or teacher.
When the State says to the parent: "There
is the school house the teacher and the
books within access of your home ; you must
send your children to school" then that will
mean something.
If you think a moment you will see that
free text books Is logically quite as much n
part of a complete system of public educa-
tion as either teacher or house. The fact
that parents of the majority of the children
are able to buy books has nothing to do with
it. It Is the fact that many are not able to
buy the books which makes it imperative to
adopt free text books.
The 209000 or more children that will be
brought within the fostering care and influ
ence of the public school system by free text
books are tbe very children that it is most
important to reach because they include the
children who would never get any Schooling
whatever if it were not for the State.
There are many considerations whieh
make it highly important for the people of
Texas to add the advantage of free text
books to their scheme of public' education
and these we shall discuss hereafter. At
present it is merely desired to remind the
voters that the forthcoming election Is npt a
mere formality. It gives them an oppor-
tunity to do a thing; of Vast importance to
the school children Of this State.
They must as friend's of the children and
of the State go to the polls on November 5
and vote for the amendment
Some Postscripts
A French electrician has estimated that the
temperature of the carbon filament on an incan-
descent lamp is in the neighborhood of 2000 de
grees.
A new motor to provide power for ordinary bi
cycles which is mounted 'over the rear wheel
driving It with a chain has only seen moving
parts:
To enable automobiles to run over deep sand
or mud light perforated and cleated steel rims
that can replace the tires on wheels have been
invented.
laoan is considering the adoption of an alpha
bet of 47 letters most of which are Roiuari char-
acters some Russian and the remainder original
symbols.
For the use of shipbuilders a pneumatic driven
strapping saw has been invented that enables two
men to do as much work as 20 men can do with
hand tools. . .
Norwegian enffineers have invented an auto
matic spillway gate for-daitis which is claimed to
work perfectly under the most extreme conditions
of ice or cold. c-
Ovsrdolng a Good .Thing;
t (From tht Detroit Fr Prts.)
It aruat worry those Gertnaa retreat specialists
fjiriW a:: lot tor havef'to dip; up wusea for the
Turks end. the nulgarianj'toe -l.V'p'Vi
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Early Morning Observation
9t Oeerft M. Bailey.
If teeee iUHuMwrad people ef ta Lucas ceuetjr
emrict ia Ohio eWeat Uacle law Sherwood H
Harm tht world will knew that fc was bscaai
lacy permit led a cold praetical ' material will
tariaa view of public fervice ta control them
rather thaa that awret emotlonalieai sad aeoti'
eteotalily in politics that are abundantly served
wars we vote for tbe candidate bacauee he
true to the ticket and. tovre the office.
we'd hear the primer clam HSe the JUo
Caa the Hiul near The Hue can ma Sec the
HaVT run. The aoa of a gun."
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Governor Bichrtt of North Carolina iteuea hie
final Liberty Loaa appeal to the Tar Heels aeider
the captii "A Dah for the Home Plate. 7 Hoate
Plate"? Where in the world have we heard or
area that term before ? There ie aoaaetbiag Mart
liagly familiar about it and since we board it
caa't pokaibly apply to tbe dining table.
Tbe German emperor can now comprehend tbe
neanina of .taoae lines in " Excli or" ' Dark
lower the tempest o'erhead the roaring torrent
is deep and wide."
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This ia tbe last day and Houaton ia going over
tbe top. If people in ribald communities like
Pallas Atlanta and Kiaus City feel inclined to
)cer at Houston tnry must rememoer tsal la
level country like this "tops" have to be left to
tbe imagination and we are not an imaginative
people.
It i not exactly vital that the kaiser' should
be a graceful abdicator but if he values his awn
hide he will strive for the record and the medals
as a quick -juiitir.
If when peace comes and the law doesn't pre
vent it lrrniny may ascertain from Judge
Bryan's committee the name of the men ia Hons
ton wbo arc probably eager to aid her. But the
chances arc even Germany would have too great a
contempt for them to accept their money. .
i
Says the Waco News-Tribune: "We are spend
ing $50000000 a day. tier our brother prob
ably has yjA eggs for breakfast and fried chicken
lor ainner every aay.
The present period i a turning point in the
history of the world. Tbe shirking slaves of
money lust who have failed in their duty need not
think they will be forgotten. Tbeir place ia tbe
execration and contempt of mankind will become
more pronounced as the years go by.
Don't get on the street corner and bawl like a
jackass for unconditional surrender and then re
fuse to take all tbe bonds you can pay for in a
year you lour-tlusnrr I
Congress is to take a brief recess on October
29. It isn t toat tney need rest but tney want
to get into the bleachers to see the biensial drub-
bing that the saints of an invincible and ever-
lasting democracy administer to the minions of a
depraved and devilish republican party.
Shed a tear for Private Albert Halt of Vir
ginia. His German captors have him imprisoned
at Limbtirg a place that wouldn't be any aweeter
f it had a leas odorous name.
It is said the -German chancellor objects to tbe
tone of the president's reply. This is no time
for squcamishness on the part of the German gov
ernment. If it doesn't like our Schtiaaaanesquc
notes we can offer it a fine line of Americanized
Wagnerian effects.
There is a possibility of course that tbe in-
fluenza germ may be of republican origin. W
do not assert it however as we must noa-Mk
uuina; mc inuucnza germ an injustice.
Suppose the enemy's guns were trained on their
big Main street buildings. How much would they
give the enemy not to shoot ? And yet they offer
as a loan' what is comparatively nothing but their
pocket change to tbe government that protects
them.
The government hereafter will buy beef on the
basis of quality instead of by weight. That's the
idea. It is better to be shortweighted than to
have the bum stuff inflicted upon the soldiers.
There is not only Germany to lick but Russia
to pacify and reconstruct. We are rehabilitating
civilization's broken temples and the task ahead
is sublime enough to inspire any people who are
not given over to tbe gratification of their bellies.
Judging by the scope of the present German re
treat the German command has accumulated
the biggest most urgent and most imperative set
of strategic retirement reasons the world ever
saw
Brooklyn now registers more voters than Man-
hattan. Brooklyn soon will have an opportunity
to show by the size of her democratic majority
whether her preponderance has the quality that
would make the Lord proud of the quantity.
'
The war poets have never slacked on their part
of it. They have produced and produced and pro-
duced. If only tbe men who produce turnips
potatoes and .beans could have proven such pro-
lific outputtersl
AIL tbe spirit baa been knocked out of Wilhelm.
He's broken cowed and 'crushed. But we sup--I
pose be would put up a pretty rough fight with
anybody who would tell him to his face that he is
as contemptible as Lenine and Trotzky.
They aay the Chicago saloons may be closed in
order to fight the "flu" better. Fighting the
"flu" without "ball" ammunition? 'The Chicago
"flu" fighters must belong to the castor oil
school of practitioners.
If Henry Fprd happens to be elected to the
United States senate next month on his platform
of "Not a dollar for the boosters" it will show
that the American dollar has fallen pretty low
ia the estimation of the 'Michiganders.
If Helen Ring Robinson intends to make 4he
world safe for monogamy it seems to us one of
the first step would be to crush out agamy oth-
erwise knows as bachelorhood. In other words
first enthrone monogamy.
'Tliat's Discipline.
(H. t. Witiuer in Colliert Weekly.)
Joe no matter what you are told to do or how
useless and nutty it sounds to you they is only
two words that you wanna aay and them two ia
Yes sir!" They got plenty of guys in the
army whose jobs is to do nothin' but think and
your job is to do what they tell you. If you
figure you're gettin' the worst of it you can
moan to the captain afterward but first carry
out whatever order you are given no matter if
some voumr second lieutenant teHs you to walk
out in No Man's Laodi and see if you can Juggle
six eggs not that they ever will.
Caeur nd- the; Qqnuuia.... . :
From the St.. Paul' ' Pionttr-Pntt.)
History' repeats itself .and the particular bit
of history we hope 'to aee repeated soon it that
recorded bv luliu Caesartowit : "The German
turned. and ran nor did they too until they bad
crested the Rhine." v r
Your Employer
y H. AoWlaftaa waV
You. have fallen -they tell iota aa wnfetv
tuaate habit at railing and aaaerlng at year
(iloyer. Yea deerrihe hist a erraeeat aclfiah hv
J . .7 . . ' t - u
griadiaar.yeu down.
.Luridly you rtfet to him a s tlaedswrhar
parasite aa inhuman profiteer aa eaesty ta tba
warkingaaaa. Peaaibly he ia all ef thaa thing
In that ease I advise y to find aaathef em
ployer as sjuickljr aa you ran.
But you pretest all employers are alike. They
differ only ia degrees of greed or iabtentaniry. If
that rraOy la your belief brethcr I urge yea ta
eitU down and do soma hard thinking.
Ar present let sae tell ' yea plainly yea are
blinded Xy prejudice and cleat hatred. You are
in a dangerous frame of mind dan grrpa particu
larly to yourself
For ic ia a frame of mind that will uVedca all
your jntcreet ia your wrk will cause you to work
badly hence will soon or late make it impassible
for you to hols' employment of any sort.
Whereat by shifting the center of your atten
tion from your employer to your work tbe chance
are you will work so much belter that tbe em
ployer you now criticise will give you store re
sponsible work to do carrying with it men pay.
And this decidedly will be to year advantage as
well a his.
Do recognize I beg of you that after all there
s a close relationship between your employer's
interests and your own.
Unless he is a knave or a fool and the aver
age employer it neither a knave nor a fool be s
bound to treat you fairly if only from eelf-esckv
ing motive.
He will not "keep you under" if you really are
first-claas workman. Oa tba contrary ha will
steadily promote yon. lest yon jnsthr become dis
contented and take a place eleewber.
And appreciating that it i to hi interest to
safeguard your emcieney by sefaguerewg your
heahh he will aee to it that your working place
is sanitary tnat you nave aaaele tune tor real
and recreation and that you arc not overworked.
This is tbe common sense policy adopted by
really successful employer. If it is net the eoL
cy of the men for whom tou now work; aawa J
advise yon to make a change.
But first be sure that mi your bitterness yea
are not misjudging your employer. First be sore
that the cu&culty you now find ia earaing what
you ought to earn DOt chiefly your ewa fault
Are you honest H trying te work efficiently?
Are you readerinaT loyal service? Art you Irvine
healthfully when away from year work?-
These sua queetiana it may he much to your
advantage ta put to youraell.
I Copyright. 19 is by the AscocUtea .newspapers.)
Enupeak
(By Dr. Frank Cram.)
K Arthur Shields a former New York newspaper
man now in Nome Alaska edits a magazine
sailed "The Eskimo" which ia ai4 to be the only
publication ia tbe interests of the Eskimo race.
n a recent number Charles Menadalook a native
teacher write that the Eskimos call themtetrs
Enapeak." -
"We learn that name from our forefathers" he
say. "It mean "a real human being. "
Most people of whatever tribe are apt to con
sider themselves as "real human beiaga" and all
foreigner a a bit queer. '
The ancient Jews call themselves the "chosen
people."
Tbe Greek thanked the gods he was a Greek
and not a Barbarian a free man and not a alave.
a man and not a woman.
Every race ha tbe notion that his particular
brand of folk i the Lord's prime handiwork.
The Romans were chesty. But they were mod
est violets by a mossy stone compared te the
mpdirsa German. As for instance Ernest Haeckel
As? Celebrated zoologist" declared : .
"One (ingle highly cultured German warrior
represents a higher intellectual and moral bfe-
value than hundreds of the raw children of na
ture (Naturmenschen) whom England and France
Russia and Italy oppose to them.
We all have some of this feeling that our folks
are Fnuneak. We all have it. but few of -us
realize how contemptible it is.
It is at the bottom of this war. It so obsessed
the minds of the Germans that they could not be-
lieve other nationalities who did not eat sauer
kraut button their words up behind and have an
All Highest to rule them could possibly be Enu-
peak. It's taking a deal of time blood and money
to show them they are mistaken.
The same poison feeling is at the bottom of
race hate. It makes white men despise Mack. It
causes us to look down on Japanese and Chinese.
It gets up the nose of the society lady and
causes her to stare haughtily at the cook and tbe
ire man also to regard stenographers and factory
girls as inhabitants f another world. Only a
great danger can blast her conceit open enough to
receive the idea that .
The colonel's lady and Julia O'Grady
Are sisters Under tbe skin.
Democracy is not a form of government a
scheme of voting or a crazy notion that the igno
rant and incompetent should take all the prop
erty away from the efficient. Democracy is a
feeling a fundamental conviction a point of view
that determines one's whole life and thought.
And that point of view is that only my folks
my party my class ana my country are fcnu-
pcak but that every human being is Enupeak.
The original democrat was Jesus who taught
that the destiny of every soul is determined by
his attitude toward "one of the least of these my
brethren."
' (Copyright 1918 by Frank Crane.)
Ultimate Us of Liberty Bonds
(From the Chicago Evening Port.)
The great war already ha claimed more thaa
40000 American aoldiers as casualties. The list
will Constantly grow larger.
England has lost more thaa 900000 troops in
killed alone. The German loss ia killed ha been
more than 2000000. The French -Josse have
been almost as great.
Statisticians who have made a study of war
casualties declare that in killed alone the casual-
ties of all nations Russians Serbs Rumanians
Turks Austrians Bulgars and those before men-
tioned have been more than 10000000.
The majority of these men were young. They
were the men who would have tilled the fields
worked in the shops and raised the families of
tomorrow.
They were the promises unfulfilled bv tat mad
dream of the brute at Potsdam.
Ten million lives cut off at the time when they
were broadening into usefulness to civilization.
Civilization ia paying tbe price and must con
tinue to pay.
' But this orgy of bloodshed of murder and
rapine must never be repeated.
It is you who must see that -it is not re-
pented. .
Buy Liberty Bend.'- If you have bought buy
more t The ultimate use of Liberty Bond i to
save the' world from another killing' of 10000000
of it young men.
Overlooked by the Cook.
(From tht Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.)
A new squadron was formed in camp and one
of the more experienced men wishing to show
h3 interest in the rookie's progress ia morning
exercise asked hint how he had enjoyed tht cal-
isthenics that morning. r
. "Aw they didn't give ua none of that" said
tbe rookie "All we had was oatmeal and eggs."
Lst'a See Who Did Wirt Itt . '
i V (Frew tht New York Telegraph) .f
Wara ravages continue.- Our today' office
boy doetn't know whether Cincinnati or Washing-
ton woa the werld's series. -" I
Tampering With Trifles
1 If Judd Mortimer Lewie.
; EDITH CAVELU
Today we griev Vos Biasing death I
Taday whea we art eut el breath
From cheering ua eur splendid tea
Wbo have put frer iate 'be Hue.
It waa Ibrre year age lodey
Van Biasing gave the word lo lay
The body of brave Nurse CaveU;
Three year ago this day she fell.
Tbrea pear ago she gasped and died I
Mat all tbese three years by the side
Of every soldier through the hell
Of war ha gone brave Nurat CaveU t
Her eul ha led them ia the fight I
Through battlcimoke ill garbed in white
She has led on through war-tom lands
Till victory Is in tbeir bands I
Aad so w grieve Voa Biasing drad.
W griev that hi vile soul is fled
Te hell's red pit. But tbe "Most High"
.'Neath whose rule he gave her to die
la atiU alive. Oh when the day
Come that tba criminal auat pay
Just Judges I Whea their fate you tell
Remember murdered Nurse CaveJI.
PATSY KTI.PA1K OUTLAW.
Me aad Rowdy lade quite a long' time looking
at it get light thia morning. We both had a heap
to think about. Rowdy had m te think about and
that kept him busy for I am enough for one
dog to think about and I have everything to think
about end even an Irish little girl can not think
about everything without tying still for 'a little
while. Tben I thought about the young man in
the swimming pool who bad been going to invite
an te hi party but who had forgotten sad the
kind of dives he done off tbe springboard.
It
was very instructive but you can not dive tta
way from tbe bank of the river.
So that made me think of something and we
got up and I washed my hands and face separate
and got my father a domestic silence break
fast and me and Rowdy rambled to Jim's and be
waa just driving into the yard from delivering his
cow's milk and 1 said "Jim If I had a spring
board eut by the river you would be surprised
at the things I could do tbe burglar is borne and
caa aot go to war because be had a broken leg
once and a man tried to steal Rowdy Saturday
and I wish I bad a springboard awful much.
And Jim laughed and said "If you go out to
the river after school I shouldn't wonder veu
wouia una a spnngnoara. 11 you una a spring
board out there do I get a kits?" I said "You
certainly do." So then me and Rowdy went into
bi house and et a bowl of sour milk mixed with
nutmeg and sugar and some bread and it was
very good aad Rowdy had some sweet milk only
sweet milk is not really sweet like I wish it was.
it ia only not sour.
Aad when we went asy from Jim's we were
feeling fine and I smiled at everything and every-
body Ajid when you smile at everybody every
body smiles back. One time I smiled at the blind
man that set by tbe corner of tbe market with a
tia cup and even be smiled back at me.
I even made Mrs. Cross smile at me once and
I shouldn't wonder if I can do it again some time
if I keep trying. You can't make Mrs. Carpenter
smile though. I told that to my father and he
said Mrs. Carpenter's face was not made for smil-
ing so I asked him what it was made for and he
saiu uoa oniy Knows. so 01 course 1 can rot
find out till I get to heaven for God does not
answer you with a voice He just listens to your
prayers ana gives you the things you want that
are good for you and says nothing but He al-
ways bears you and that makes you feel kinda
good when you are alone all but Rowdy in the
big house and it is dark and your father is night
watching.
The girls were playina basket ball out by tbe
gold posts when I got to school and the boys was
playing pull-away and first me and Rowdy stood
by the sold posts quite awhile and nobody asked
as to play so then we went over on the boys'
tide and stood around where the boys were playing
pull-away and after awhile Dutch who was it
scowled and said "Get out of here I"
So I stuck out my tongue at him and went over
to toe side of the yard and got some stones and
started a game of duck on the rock. It would
be a lie if I said I did not want to play with
them but I would not do it unless they asked me
and they didn't ask me so I thought I would start
a game all by myself and maybe I would ask
some of them.
But whten I had got tbe duck on the rock.
Dutch chased another bov that way and kicked
my duck when he went past it. So I threw the
sound stone I was carrying and it hit him on tbe
leg just under the knee and the way he hollered
I thought his leg was broke and tbe boys helped
him into school hopping on one leg and pretty
soon a girl came out and told me the principal
wanted me and she said "You are going to get
and she looked so glad that I stuck my tongue
out at her.
Dutch was setting in a chair in the principal's
room crying when me and Rowdy went in and
the principal told Dutch t tell her all about it
and be did all but running me off the pull-away
ground and kicking my duck and then the prin
cipal toia me 10 ten ner an aoout it.
And when I got done ahe said "But you did
not mean to hit him with the atone did you
Patsy?" And I said "Yes monf." ' She said I fctn
sorry that you threw the stone- an hit him our
posely but I am glad you are truthful enouch to
acknowledge it. Of course you are sorry for it
now?" I said "No mom. What is the use of
doing a thing if you are going to lie sorry for
it r . Being sorry tor it spoils it all. 1 would have
een sorry if 1 had missed him.
She said "Patsy. 1 am very sorrv lo have vou
show such a spirit. You may remain in at re
cess for a week." That made Dutch smile all
over bis face and he wa coins- to umn out. when
the teacher aaid "Dutch you may remain in at
recess for two weeks to punish you for crowding
Patsy off the pull-away around and kicking her
aucx ana an extra week tor aot telling me that
part of the story. Do you think that is fair.
Patsy?" I said "Ye mom: Dutch i rtaving
pin tor lying ana I am Maying in because I told
the truth."
She said "Patsy it does look that way. You
need not .remain in until I tell you to . I want to
think that matter over." So me and Dutch and
Rowdy went to our room and when we aot out in
the hall Dutch made a fist on his nose at me
and I stuck my tongue out at him and Rowdy
growled at him so we had the best of it. .
When school let out me' and Rowdy rambled
to the river and there was no springboard there
but we went further down where .Jim made the
bath house there it was over a deep place and a
piece of carpet waa nailed on the end . of it to
keen my feet from slipping. If Jim wa not al-
ready married I would marrv him when I now
up I think. He is certainly unlucky.
Me ana Koway swam tor a long tune and then
we went home and my father had o-one. but he
left some dried beef gravy and biscuits for us
and that was good. Then I got a brush and
brushed Rowdy's and my hair till bed time. I
rayed a nice long prayer ta Ood. t told Him
would like to pray to Him all the time but that
my mother is related to me and He isn't and
that when I pray to Him it seem to put my
mother's angel far away from me and because
I do not want to feel bad and do not want her'
angel to feel bad for no one ought to feel bad in
heaven I pray to her and she can tell bim what I
want. I think he understood about it all right
for even Rowdy did and wagged hi tail. Amen.
(Copyrighted by judd Mortimer Lewis.)
NOT A THING.
Oh Hun you can '
' Give in to U. S.
But there is nothing (
m To discuss.
. ::' A SWEET TURN.
Sugar Limited. Candy Maker"
Turn
to
Syrup" Jackson News. ...n
We remember the case of ayoupg lady in..a
rainyAlaisy who went op Main street and caused
II the men to turn te rubber aad Mrs. Let who
turned to a pillar ef eajt but this Is .the. first ia-
stance like the above that wa have eoird. ::-'
. Li t tie Stone for Bedtime . )
t . ' I- - '? -a f t
' ' y Therntoa W urgeee. ' . . I
The greatest Joy ia all the world Is work ' .'
- Jaut a-erk. .1 fl
Who will aof do bit b on est (hare's a shirk
- Plain shirk. 1 I
.'' . -v "
'.'that is a fact.1 It. may seem surer to yee
but k it a fact that the greatest joy in the
world Is found in good honest work aad seei
day yeu'U find it out. .The busiest people ia the
world usually are the happiest. ' t"
New digging a tunnel iaa't the easiest work j
ever It isn't eaay even for Jerry Mutkrat
who at .you know i a very good digger. - Jerry
could think of lota of thing easier to do thaa '
digging- But he wouldn't think ef them. No
sir he wouldh't think of them. Instead be kept
ih hi naiad all the time the thought of carrot
And to ash
dug Jerry "wa
happy. Ho wa
too busy to be
anything else.
He started hi
t ttttl at a
point where the
o v e r b anging
grata wat Jong
est and thick.
You ae be did
not want any-..
body to discover i
tnc (ill isbi 4
The earth he I
11 r- d"H ut he scat- 4
"l tered about on
He Dug op a Couple ef
the bottom of .
Carrote and Took Them Baek mav .X .' t.im H
t n e alien 1 1
to Mis tunnsi. verv lone to die
himself in out of sight. As soon as he had done
this be felt easier in his mind. He felt quite
safe. :
All that day Terry dug and due. with short rest
in between. When the Black Shadow crept out
from the-rurple Hill across the Green Meadows
to where the carrots grew in row and row. Jerry
crept out of that little ditch ran over ana dug
up a couple of carrot and took them back to
hi tunnel. There he ate them. Then he curled
up for a nap for be bad worked so hard he. waa
very tired.
aJejaaswaWsw1
While he slept Reddy Fox trotted along right'
over' his head. Jerry' didn't know it. Neither j
did Reddy. Reddy had first visited the Smiling t
Pool. - Of course he had seen nothing of Jerry
there. Then he had hurried straight to Farmer f 1
Brown's field where the carrots grew in rowa
and rows. All the way there he had watched for ; r
Jerry Muskrat. When he got there he had tip- '
toed up and down the rows hoping to surprise ;
jerry irasiing mere. At rengin ne louno wncre
Jerry had dug tbe .two carrots early that even-
ing. He had followed Jerry's tracks to the little
drainage ditch and on the bank of that be had
stopped. There wat a little water in tbe bottom
of that ditch and Reddy does not like to wet his.
feet if he can avoid it. Besides he knew that
be could no longer follow Jerry's tracks down .
there. There were no tracks in-the water and "
no scent.
So Reddy ground hi teeth and snarled in dis
appointment and then he set out to follow along '
the little ditch in the hope that somewhere along '
t be would tind Jerry Muskrat on his way home. .
Knowing nothing of this Jerry awoke by and by.
and at once went to work again.
(Copyright 1918 by T. W. fiurgest.)
Age and War
(From Leslie's.) i
Abraham Lincoln was 39 years old and a merrft
ber of congressi when he wrote : 4
"My pld withered dry eyes are full of tear
yet. In the same year he wrote: "I suppose 1
am now one of the old men and I declare on. my
veracity which I think is good with you that
nothing could afford me more satisfaction Jhan to
learn that you and others of my young friends
at home are doing battle in the contest and en-
dearing themselves to the people and taking a
stand far above any I have been able to take in 1.
thesr admiration.
We are now in a time more critical than -Lin
coln's. Why is it that old men arc conducting'
tbe nations in this emergency? Would one hot i
nave sam tnat atter four years ot unexampled
strain when every country is seeking efficiency
as never before men of as to 4.4 would have risen
to the highest places? What do we find? Hin-
denburg is 71. The prime minister of France is
77- General 1-och is 67. As this war goe. lAi-
dendorff is young. He is 53. Young also is Lloyd
George ; he is 55 : The greatest worker associated
with him Lord Milnrr is 64. Kitchener was 66.
You can't explain it away by any theory of young
men not having their chance tor these days the
search everywhere is for force. For some reason
or other a man in his forties has now come to be
looked upon as young. "
It is said Dr. Johnston "a hppeless endeavor
unite the contrarities nf mrinc sfnii winter."
Apparently it is not hopeless vet it is indeed sur
prising that no Nelson Pitt or Napoleon in point
01 youcn nas rjeen mrown up Dy tne war except
Kercnsky who lasted but a little. While youth
and early middle life are on the whole the most
mcient eras the rule evidently needs reserve in
its application. Perhaps frequently the most et
ficient are those who combine long experience
with a vitality unusual at their age. Uncoil
knew how to express himself. He said: "A fe!
low once advertised' that lie hkd made a disco
ery by which he could make a new man out 4
an old one and have enough .left over to make
little yellow dog.
Obviously the fellow was.no quack.
Stopped in Time.
1 (From the Kansas City Star.)
"The kaiser" began one of the prominent ar
influential loafers occupying chair on the pori
of the Petunia. tavern. j
Now. looky here gent I" severely said tl
landlord appearing in the doorway "I am a p
triotic as the next man and alt that but if yotf
going to use that kind of language I'll have .
ask you to excuse yourselves and adjourn. T'
windows behind you are open and the dining roa.a
girjs arc worxing rignt insiae. ; 41
Just in His 8pare Momenta f
(From the Memphis CommerciaUAppeal.) K
If Bill Hohenzollern wishes to abdicate our Mr. '.
McAdoo will take over the administration of the '
Hun estate.
Local Railway Time Tablev
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GRAND CENTRAL STATION. ; f ;
Southern Pacific Lines. Houston and Tcm Oninl tar
Anstiu Dallas and other Northern Points Loa-rea 9:80"
; f.rv p.m. ii:j p.m. Arrives .e:30 s.sn 7:10;.
OslTeston Hsn-lsbunr and Ban Aatoalo. tor Ban An-
west leaves :S a.m. (Sunaet Limited);
.1 :80 D.m. Arriva ft:40 B.ni. fRiinu Tim.
11
00 a.m.; 11:30
00 a.m. ; 8:00 p.m. Galveama Division Lwrn
. : liOO n.m .: 8:20 n.aa. ArrfvM A-fiA mm. a.
00
si: 11:00 p.m. Motor Car tat Sabrook leaves at 11:00
m. and S:00 p.m.: Victoria Dlvialon testes 8:jJ a.m.:
(H) p.m. Arrives l:.tS p.m.l 6:10 p.m. T v
Texas and New Orleans Leaves :0O n m VrSS a.m.
:0S a.m.: 3rlS p.m.: 8:20 p.m. Arrlvea :30 a.n.1 10:30
..at.: 4:46 p.m.i 8:45 p.m.: 10:M l.m. 1
Maa AnuMiis ami anaaas rasa- Leaves :0S a.m.; :M
m. Arrives S;06 a.m.; T:10 p.m. '
Houaton Eaat and Weat Texaa for T.nfkln. ShennM-r
ikI other points Leaves. 7:30 a.m.; 8:00 o.m7 I ArrlTes
:O0 a.m.; 6:64 p.m. v. .
tnteraatkoal and Great Northern for Texarkana and
Ji-"! .":. a.m. launsnine. Bpeelali: :1B
: B:S0 o.m. Arrives 6:15 D.m. . (Hnnahlna Bnaelalk
OS a.m.; 4:05 p.m. Longrlsw.Tsiarkana Trains Leave.
M a.m.: J:lt a.m.t :S0 p. Antra 6 a.m.: 4:05
p.m. For Waco. Fort Worth. Anatln ud Baa Antonio
Leave. 8:80 a.mj 0:90 p.m. Arrives 6:45 a.m.I TUB p-ni.i
For oolnmma. Free port ana Velaaes Leaves 7:45 a.m.
passenger.
.Arrives T:M a.m. Calcaeo aad Kanaaa I
Leave g:0 a.m. Arrives 7:50 p.m. Calif
Hhare :80 a.a. Arrive 780 s.av fvi t
(Htv- Kxnnaa 1
fornla enacts! Leave 8:80 .a. Arrive '
Ualvaston (Dally t Leaves 6.U0 a.m.: 7:55 .m.r 8:1
n.m. Arrtvsa 8:1S a.m.: 4:00 o.m.i 6:20 D.m. Wot Qm
veston iftwidayV-Lt-ve :0 a.m. Arrives 3: IS P.W'
Mieennn. Bkaneaa ana. lene-uarca :ev
Arrives i:oo s.m.t v:aop.m.
alty aa Brass Valley Leave 1:90 est 1
Unit at Liaesk t th Kt Leave 3:lts.n.i
.m. Arrives 8:10. a.m.: :!' .m. To tie a
Leaves s.eo .: ; aoa.. ajxit i:oo a.m.; I.
. Arrives z:oo p.m. Houaton and btmos vaMl
lev. lor nee pun ana voiasco -Lesve i:sa a.at.t s:veis
p.m. AtTlres 11:00 s.m.t 2:50 .m. I . l
41nlveton. Houston and Henderaon. . for Ofelveeton j I
Leave 7:5&a.m.t 6:25 n.m. Arrlvea 5:40 a.m.; lliae p.m.l
tiq.ll. Colors ox) ami ginla Fa Lsarea :80 p.m. (Satiny
Fe IJmltedl. Arrlvea T:JO a.m. - raleaan and r
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