The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1913 Page: 8 of 8
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EDERICKTHE SENSITIVE!
8 By MAX HOQC p
jWsoxoi::o:co:a
The woman la the heliotrope gown
M(bed “They certainly bare queer
teachers In the tcbooli nowadays”
be confided to the woman In crape
olor "Your Evangeline Is in tbe
same class wltb my Frederick lent
aba? Well wbat do you tblnc of iht
Hiss Etterick they have to teach
them?"
“(—-I don’t know" confessed the
woman In grape color "I've been so
u7 getting tbe bouse cleaned and
doing the other fall work that I
haven’t had time to visit tbe school”
“Then you’d better!” solemnly do- v
dared the woman In heliotrope -My 1 Wahnt0“ the second In the pas-
dear some one ought to do something! I a y the last congreaa of the bill
m T" " I eawntaHne LI a
KEPT HIM GUESSINQ
(Conducted by tha National Woman' I
Christian Tmperanc Union)
TWO VICTORIES ARE NOTABLE fe
Temperance People Highly Elated
Over Eyents Recently Enacted
at Nation’s Capital
Tbe two great principles of total
abstinence and prohibition have lately
received wonderful Impetus — tbe first
In the attitude of the administration
GOOD HOME-MADE IMPLEMENT I SHORT SENTENCES FOR HIM I
brag When Properly Weighted Ap
were for Roller and Harrow -Puts
Soil In Fine Condition
(By J w griffin)
This Is one of the best home-made
Implements not the best made but
the beat Implement that I ever saw
1 have been a close observer and have
given the greater part of my time in
the last thirty years to the study of
farm labor Improvements and short
cuts In practical farming Under all
conditions when advisable to use the
barrow this Implement comes In at
first place It bas been some twelve
or thirteen years since I first called
attention to the draw and barrow com
dned At first I made several wltb a
roller attachment Tbe roller was
bitched
Writer Gives Good Advice to His Fet
lows In the Following Simple
Words
Writers who wish to impart to theli
productions power and pungency wbc
wish to keep tbe reader's attention
upon the tiptoe of activity who deslr
to escape the Imputation of pedantry
and who seek to surcharge their sentt
ments wltb sparkle and spirit will do
well to bear In mind constantly that
long lingering sentences unduly over
burdened wltb an abundance of
phrases clauses and parenthetical ob
nervations of a more or less digressive
character are apt to be tiresome to
tbe reader especially If the subject-
matter be at all profound or ponder
ous to place an undue strain upon his
HE VENTURED HIS LIFE
Why when I think of Frederick In
that Miss Etterick's charge all year
and wltb bis sensitive nature I am
terribly upeotl no you know wbat
that woman did? Wrote me a note
saying that Frederick was not doing
well In bis arithmetic She said be
evidently needed to put more work
on It!
“Well after tbe receipt ef that
note I went to the school Just as fast
as I could!
“‘Miss Etterick’ I said to her 1
don’t suppose you realise that when
you criticise Frederick you are crush-
ing all the life and spirit out of him
He Is not like other boys’ I said ’He
needs encouragement and help and
Interest and I am sure he works very
bard!’
“She sort of sighed and looked at me
In a cold way Yon could see she was
not trying in the least to make her-
self agreeable ‘Help! Interest!’ She
repeated the words
‘‘And then she declared that she de
voted twice as much time to Frederick
as to any other boy in the class and
that she was perfectly discouraged at
bis lack of Interest She said be knew
nothing at all that day about his les-
son “I explained to her that Frederick
bad had no time to study at home the
previous evening because I had taken
him to a children’s party — and she
had the effrontery to say that children
shouldn’t go to parties on school
nights! That was too ridiculous for
the party was at the Bertons I told
her so— and she said stolidly ‘What
' of itr The Bertons! Why I know
women who’d give their eye teeth to
get their children noticed by the Ber-1 Liquor Dealers Won’t Patronize Pro-
tons!” I fesslonal Men Who Drink — Want- j
“Oh I think we can live without the I - Clear-Headed Individuals
Bertons!” Declared the woman
“I’m sorry you take it so hard” said
the woman 'in ' heliotrope “But we
were speaking about Miss Etterick I
told her that Frederick was nervous
regulating interstate shipment of
liquor
When a few days after March 4 the
morning papers reported that this was
to be a ‘‘white ribbon administration”
there was great rejoicing among the
temperance forces and from National
W C T U headquarters the follow-
ing message was promptly sent over
the wires:'
Mrs Woodrow Wilson the Whits
House Washington D C:We are In-
expressibly glad for the noble decision
made by the Wilson administration In
regard to the non-use of wines and
liquors The beneficent example safe
for all to follow will bless numberless
lives and brighten countless homes A
half million whlte-ribboners In com-
mon with other millions Interested In
humanity's weal are wafting you to-
day their heartfelt thanks
LILLIAN M N STEVENS
President National Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union
The temperance principles of Secre-
tary and Mrs Bryan are well known
and it Is said that most of the cabinet
members are total abstainers Mrs
Champ Clark leader of the congres-
sional set at her ' entertainments
serves nothing Stronger than fruit
punches and lemonade
' “The banishment of wines from the
tables of the first ladles of the land Is’
commented tbe Chicago Tribune “one
of the most striking social changes un
der tbe new administration” "Likely
to become a popular fad” said another
paper --
— to the harrow But after i -
Howe— Did you ever sail on an Ice- un thB one eason I come to the ““wmtratlon and to lesvs
boat? I conclusion that the drag when proper-1 m confused concept of the
Wise — Well I rode on one once but y wehted- answered for the roller Jt Z apparenti7
I don’t know whether I was saUing I ’ — been at great pains to concentrate I e 1 r recess
skating or swimming most of the
time - -
Ley a V LEVIS
Thera wasn't a thing against Bessie
Hicks excepting the fact that her
aging father was
only a flagman at
tbe railroad cross-
ing and be was
rather a forlorn
figure In hts shab-
by coat wltb Its
one empty sleeve
At any rate four
or five of tbe girls
who attended the
village school evi-
dently considered
It obligatory to
GOOD DESCRIPTION
Drag and Harrow
Then the sharp teeth of the harrow
left the soil in the finest condition
possible
With the accompanying pen draw-1
while short snappy sentences on the
l other hand with the frequent recur-
rence of subject and predicate thus
recalling and emphasising the Idea to
be expressed as the development of
the thought proceeds like numerous
signposts upon an untraveled road
I these frequent breaks having the ef-
fect of taking a new hold upon the
reader’s attention oases in tbe desert
of words as it were will be found to
I be much more effective much more
conducive to clarify and far better
calculated to preserve the contact the
I wireless connection so to speak b
tween the writer and the reader pro-
games judging
from the slights
they thrust upon
her
However Bes-
sie’s ’ deportment
was something to
be emulated with 1
profit moreover
she was an apt
pupil and even In
a school yard may
be found a goodly
percentage of
young people to
whom qualities of
vlded however and it la always very I beart and mind appeal before mere ex
easy to err through a too strict and I ternals
literal application of a general rule
that the sentences are not so short as
to give a Jerky choppy and sketchy
effect and to scatter the reader’s st
ing it will hardly be necessary to go L-u £ ’ “e Jr " “
! into details in regard to making one 2rinr 2 Jf 7
I of these Although I will give the di- complete— Ellis O Jones
tensions of the timbers - For ordl-
Teacher— Willie what is a volcano? “if7 UB®’ wdth of Blx foet B BUffl‘
Willie — Why-er-er it’s like a fur-
nace full of Roman candles wld de
door open
TRY TRY AGAIN
BAR THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS!
to have him ruin bis constitution
studying and become a nervous wreck
T pointed "out to her that what she
Some of the best arguments against
the liquor traffic come directly from
those engaged in the business If
their minds could be read it would
and sensitive and that I was not going I be discovered that they rate their bust-
‘ ‘ ness none too highly and would be
glad to be out of It "were there no
financial reasons in Its favor A Chi-
cago dentist an ardent temperance
worker has among his customers the
wife of a saloonkeeper In reply to
his query as to why she continued to
patronize him inasmuch as he gave
no custom to her husband she said:
“If you bad patronized our saloon you
would not have seen me lq your office
again My husband and I long ago
made up our minds never to employ
a doctor lawyer or dentist who used
our goods When It comes to that kind
of service we went clear-headed in-
dividuals” v j
cient But on perfectly level or land I MISTAKES
that is practically free of trash and
stumps or stones one as long' as eight
feet can be used to an advantage-
Material required:
- Six' pieces lxlO-lncb plank 6 feet
long flanker t
Two pieces 3x3-lnch hard Wood 6
feet long beams for harrow
OF A SCIENTIST
Sir George Airy’s Predictions About
Atlantic Cable and Big Ben Were
“‘"'Proved Wrong t
Sir George Biddell Alry- British
astronomer royal told tbe -pioneers of
Ue first Atlantic cable that it was a
- Two pieces 2x6-(nch cross beam for I mathematical impossibility to eub-
harrow to planker merge the cable to the i necessary
Two pieces 2x6-lnch cleats to which ’ — - -
planker is made
Twenty-three pieces flve-elghths-inch
square harrow teeth 12 inches
long
Eight one-half-inch bolts 10 Inches
long
Two one-half-inch bolts 5 Inches
long
Two one-half-inch bolts 7 Inches long
Two 4-inch devices
Two pounds 10 penny nails
The beams that connect tbe harrow
iepth and if it were possible no sig-
aals could travel through bo great a
distance Sir George was also asked
‘bout the possibility of making Big
Ben the great clock In the tower above
the houses of parliament so trustwor-
hy that it would not lose five sec-
onds a day on the average-- He re-
plied that no clock exposed to the
weather could run with so small an
She — And why are yon afraid to ask
papa?
He — Well I’ve asked hlm for three
of your sisters already
error The late Lord Grimthorpe how-
ever said be would guarantee the de-
P’oe of exactness and - by designing
with the planker Is worked on a bolt his gravity escapement he produced a
at (x x) which permits the barrow I timepiece that la never five seconds
being raised to remove trash out with the observatory at Greenwich
IT! to which it signals Its time each day!
WATER FOR THE DAIRY COW and on most days is dead true ' ’
"Shucks!” ejaculated Lena White
“Edna Larkin needn’t consider her
self so superior to Bessie She’s way
below her In class — always ' is deal
knows besides she hasn’t half her
good manners” -
The four or five “best dressers” bad
a most exclusive time of It so It wai
not the flagman’s little girl who had
cause to complain of loneliness by
any means ' -
With the older children at school
tbe tots at home were sometimes per
mltted to play in a neighbor’s back
yard They required watching too
sometimes more than they got for th-'
straying instinct is particularly stroni
in some wee ones
'That-this was true of at least twe
playmates the small maids In questior
were to demonstrate soon for hand
in hand they maiteged to elude theli
elders and were heading straight foi
the “wailwoad track” as Dotty pro
nounced it '
The screech of a locomotive whistl
was sufficient to prevent Dotty’s com
panion 'from venturing further ’ so
Maizle prudently turned back In thi
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"I Hope You’ll Get Them”
was being paid for was to get children
through her grade without bothering
the parents who have many cares and
responsibilities
' ‘If you were a capable teacher
Misa Etterick’ I said ’instead of com-
plaining about poor little Frederick
and making his life miserable with
your nagging you would know what
to do to push him ahead! I am sure
that’s what a tetcher ought to do’
“Really my dear I thought for
minute that awful woman was going
to be Insufferably Insolent She said
something about its not being her
duty to furnish brains for her pupils
but I ignored it She is utterly impos-
sible “ ‘I shall expect’ I told her firmly
repprts from Frederick from
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DEFEAT CAUSED BY DRINKING j
One Great Battle in American War for j
Union Caused by Officer Con-
fused by Liquor
General O O Howard gives the fol-
lowing among other Instances of de- j
feat through drink In the American
war for the Union: “In one of ourj
great battles we suffered defeat and
many of us have believed that the
mistake which caused the defeat was
due to an excess of whisky drunk bY
the officer in command I had the tes-
timony rom an officer who was with
him that pitchers of - liquor were j
brought to his table and that he and
those around him drank as freely J
from them as if they contained only i
water The orders the commander
gave were the direct opposite from j
those he would have given had he not
been suddenly confused by drink A
heavy loss of men and material and
a dreadful defeat for our cause was j
the result”
Good Tank Heater or 8ome Other De-
vice Should Be Used During
Winter— Helps Milk Yield
It Is very important that the water
drunk by the cows giving three or
more gallons of milk dally be warmed
to about 60 degrees Fahrenheit Other
wise-the cows will not drink as much
as they need to keep up a good milk
flow--- It does not take much ice water
to - chill a - thin-fleshed dairy cow
through and through on a cold winter
day especially when she is compelled
to walk some- distance - through the
snow or a cutting wind to get to the
tank or pond - -
Experiments made at the Missouri
station show that drinking water is
Bread a La United States
This is the way to make official
bread given out by the chief cook of
the department of agriculture
Hannah Wessler:
“For three-pound loaves — Make fer-
ment of one-ounce cake compressed
yeast one ounce granulated sugar
half-ounce salt and twenty ounces wa-
ter 4 Place in even temperature for an
hour Weigh 4 pounds flour and let
It warm Mix flour and ferment to-
gether Cover mixture and warm for
twenty minutes
“If dough Is too stiff add luke-warm
water After twenty minutes more
take up dough with hands slightly
greased and fold over and over four-
- teen times Cover set aside for twen-
needed in proportion to the milk yield ty minutes then fold nine times
That Is a cow giving six gallons of “After twenty minutes more mould
ns:- — o ““i 1 to“ “d bke ertr ”’“t“
have for j day If the water Is too cold to be
comfortable If drunk in large quanti-
ties the cow will not drink enough
and as a result will drop considerably
in her milk yield -
1 When Missouri Chief Josephine was
giving about TOO pounds of milk each
day last winter she drunk daily about
31 gallons of water Imaging how she
would have suffered if that had been
Ice water It was warmed however
and Josephine did not chill after drink-
lug A good tank heater or some other
device should be used this winter to
warm the water for the cows It will
pay- '
what fine pies we
Thanksgiving!
direction oif borne’
The next minnte there was a tlnji
White-garbed figure in the very mid!
die of the track right above the watci I
box of the old flagman- j
The child bewildered by fright wai
uncertain which- way to go to get ow
pf the way of the oncoming train '
It took but another moment for th
flagman to comprehend the little one’i1
peril and In the same moment he wai
racing from his box with the engini
well nigh at his heels
' Leaping on the track with the grim
belching monster horribly i near him
he had barely time to seize the half j
paralyzed toddler by the back of hej
clothing and to swing her aside with
hls one arm before the train whistled
by on its thunderous path j
A "few" pedestrians who had wit
nessed the spectacle groanlngly turned
away their heads to avoid seeing th'
mangled body of the helpless baby
Great was their relief great as wai
their amazement when their dazed
eyes -could assure them of the truth 1
that the almost-victim - had escaped
any worse injury than a few bruises'
Excitement' ran high among thi
group of spectators' and while on
Protest That Counts ' ' ’
It Is a great thing for the voter tc
make hls protest against the liquor
traffic In prayer-meeting or by hi
manner of life but If he would really
tpjl the government as well as the
X6rd'nd the people that he wants
the''salobn closed there Is but one
method3 by which he can be recog
'fiDrefl!" bnrjlisl one law under which
hid tttfihlonqcajxl declare Itself and
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when hq drops into a box a ballot that
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EGGS EXTREMELY NUTRITIOUS
Contain All the Elements Required for
- Building Up and Support of tha
Human Body
Hens’ eggs contain 60 per cent
water 16 per cent protein 33 per
cent fat
Ducks’ eggs 46 per cent water IT
per cent protein 36 per cent fat
Goose eggs 44 per cent water 19
per cent protein 36 per cent fat
Turkeys’ eggs 48 per cent water
18 per cent protein 33 per cent fat
Protein as is generally known Is
the substance that goes to make mus-
cle and blood Fat of course is fuel
for running the body-machine Thus
It will be seen eggs though half or
nearly half water are extremely
nutritious containing all the elements
required for the building up and sup-
port of the human body
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!a Dairy Calf Often Overlooked
v Many dairymen and farmers fall to
appreciate the great importance of
e
iiools 3a
SiTST £
1 nieJJnll is 32 1 ’fNdkjpment of the dairy calf during
She-Wh George you always pra-first clx months of IU life
evssa vil J 10 1
a steady oven 400 to 410 degrees Fahr- who recognized the child was taking
e“Jett A CUP of water in the oven her to her home the little knot wai
will make a tenderer crust” presently augmented by the pupili
from the school house
“Who’s hurt? What’s ithe matter?’
demanded the nowcomers In alram
“Couldn't be our Dorothy could it!
almost screamed Edna Larkin withou!
waiting for a full account -Her fear
winged feet never halted until the)
bore her to her home " ” -
"Then she isn’t Injured They told
the truth Oh! I thought—” t
- “Yes” Interrupted the neighbor who
had carried in the object of solicitude
her escape was miraculous but even
more so was the escape of her res
cuer A braver dqed never was per
formed than hls and physically han
di capped as he was too"
rescuer? I never waited to —
"Flagman Hicks” announced Mrs
Larkin “I’ve just been told Such
heroism as his can be repaid never!
To him we owe the life of our pet”
Edna went to her room where she
might weep unseen The debt was too
much for words!
Again the "Slrlions"
V-- King James L is said to have been
so well pleased with a lion of beef
as to knight It and make it Sir Lion
or slrlion However a story of the
same kind was also told of Henry
VIII and Is to be found In Fuller's
“Church History" Dining with the
abbot of Reading Henry according to
this authority ate so heartily of a
lion of beef that the abbot said he
would give 1000 marks for such a
stomach “Done!” said the king and
kept the abbot a prisoner in the tower
ontll he grew ravenously hungry and
won hls 1000 marks and knighted the
beef But Webster characterizes this
etymology as “erroneous” saying that
the true spelling should be “surlion”
— the "sur” being equal to “super”
Good Advice 1
Lord Cheyleamore is telling an
amusing story Just now
He went down to one of the big
schools to distribute prizes on breaking-up
day and he says that before the
ceremony one of the schoolboys gave
him some good advice
If you’re going to make a speech”
(aid tbe youngster “don't be too long
Remember that every minute you
(pend in talking you are taking some-
thing off my holiday ! ” — Pearson's
Weekly
Beyond His Comprehension
King Lear Is a great character" re-
marked the friend “Yes ” answered
‘ Give Fruit to Mayor of London
An ancient city privilege was wit-
nessed at London a few days ago
when the lord mayor Sir David Bur-
nett was presented by the printers
with a fine collection of luscious fruit
The gift marked the continuance of a
custom which has existed for many
years and la a survival of the days
when the lord mayor was entitled to
sample all the fruit that came Into
the city All the fruit presented re-
cently was grown In England and
most of It came from Kent Perfectly
shaped pineapples velvety peaches
the actor “I suppose you remember I apples pears and melons and' ImlnniT
my performance last season?" "No I Anost every variety of fruit FnginA
must confess I have never seen you in I can produce were to be seen In the
the part” "Indeed!" was the rejoin- overflowing- cornucopia and three
der In a tone of gentle surprise “Then large baskets decorated with earns-
how cn earth did you know- It was a I tlons and ’blue silk ribbon In which
great character?” — Liverpool Mercury j ‘be gift was contained
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