GOT HIS “SPENDING MONEY”
Humorous Incident In the Early Ca
reer of the Late Comedian, Sol
Smith Russell.
When a boy Sol Smith Russell, who j
later rose to eminence as a comedian
and to high material fortune through
a combination of large earnings and
Ingenious frugality, was employed aa
a member of the celebrated Peak
Family of Bell Ringers. He was billed
as Master Solly. His "turn" was bal
lad singing, and it was stipulated that
he was to receive no compensation
other than board and lodging until ex
perience should make him more af
firmatively valuable to the organiza
tion.
When the second season was nearly
at an end Master Solly suddenly was
struck with an idea that he ought to
have some kind of remuneration for
his work, since he was "featured," and
really the best drawing card Peak
could boast. So. plucking up courage,
he accosted Peak in these words:
“Mr. Peak, I have been with yon
nearly two years and in all that time
you have paid me nothing for my
work. I don't a*k for much, but yon
can afford to give me a little spending
money every week—Just enough to ge*
along on."
Bill looked at him in sorrow, not to
aay amaiement. "How much do you
want. SollyV he managed to gasp
“Oh. 1 guess about five dollars a
week."
The demand almost sent Peak into
convulsions; but he rallied, and in a
tone of melancholy resignation, he
said:
“Very well, Solly. I am your friend.
1 will give you the five dollars, but for
God’s sake don't tell my wife!”
HOMES OF THE STRAWBERRY
Eight Districts of the Country In
Which the Succulent Fruit Is
sn Important Crop.
A surrey of the production and mar- 1
keting of strawberries in the United
States made by the department of ag
riculture Indicates that the eight most 1
Important commercial strawberry dis
tricts are central California, Tennes
see, Maryland, Delaware, southern 1
Louisiana, North and South Carolina,
Virginia and the Ozarks. 1
Great quantities of strawberries, the
report says, are also grown in the
North in small patches and shipped 1
to market by trolley, express or in the <
producer’s own wagon.
The first strawberries of the year
come from central Florida, the incre
ment beginning in December and ©on- 1
tinuing until the end of March. By
the first of March the first soas%e
ern California find their way no the
market About the middle of March
the Louisiana crop begins te men*.
continuing about two months or until
the middle of May.
By that time the season of carload
shipments is at its height. The greater
part of the Tennessee and Virginia
crop is shipped in May, as well as
much of the Delaware, Illinois add
Maryland output.—Good Housekeep
ing Magazine.
Brlgtjt Salesman.
The depression in business caused
a local jeweler to discharge his ex
perienced man, replacing him with
a high school graduate—a youth
Just out of school. He appeared
very anxious to learn, and the pro
prietor at the end of the first week
was much pleased with results. One
day the merchant was obliged to be
away from the store, and upon his
return Inquired:
‘•Well, Drank, did you sell any
thing?”
‘Yes sir: I sold five plain band
rings "
• Fine, my boy!” said the jeweler
enthusiastically “Well make an At
salesman oat of you one of these
days. Yoa got the regular price for
them, of coarse’”
“Oh. yes. str The price on the t»
side was tSe., and the man took all
that was left, “—Harper's kt aga
line.
rEACHING CHILDREN TO TALK
an Emv M-itWr t> S«t
Th*<-i ta lia* tr*« *• #ra» Ua
Rig*t P'aua.
We teach oar children to»esS nicely
:o walk gracefully and to> Jr#s4 them
•elves aeatly, and all the rest of St.
Jut very few of us take the trouble to
:each them how to talk tn an interest
,ng way. though the art of entertala
ng conversation U as valuable an
irt as one can possess, sa>« the Can
ien Daily Courier.
If you listen to the ordinary gossip
n an average family you will notice
hat the children use the same set
>f words again and again. They have
lalf a dozen adjectives with which
hey sprinkle their conversation and
hey help out their lack of expression
>y such tags as “Oh, wefll, you know
shat I mean,” or "It was a sort of
vhat-do-you-call-it" and go on.
It is a pity to allow such slovenly j
tablts of speech to be formed. Even
then the accent and grammar are
julte good, the children's speech is
>ften very uninteresting just because
)f the thoughtless style of expression
ued.
When a glaringly unsuitable word i*
tsed take a chance oi speai.r.g thcsi
t and ssggeiKing a Wo tr one. These
rd he so seed So tig at the ctofi
dr«a tm rvta. m these. The
wrflB few mafijr sa» %v Warn., » they
kave the dtaase% liar atom little tme*
are aswttsiesrrefiy- a.ttr»sE*c by the mere
smf off flaw yaw-fit.
MADE A MATTER OF BARTER
John Wanted Contract to Be Explicit
as to the Ownership of Those
Trousers.
A village clergyman In England,
walking round his parish, met an old ;
parishioner. “Well, John,” he said,
'how is it I have n<>t seen you at
church for several Sundays?” “Hain t
got no Sunday trousers," answered
John. •■Well.” said the clergyman,
“I think we can remedy that. I have
a pair at home which will just about
fit you. and I will have them sent to
you today. "Thank'ee!” said John.
The trousers were duly sent, and the
following three Sundays John was
seen at church. Then, after being
absent for some time, the clergyman
again met him. “Well, John,” he
said, “you have no excuse for not
coming to church lately. How is it
I have not seen you there?" “Look
here, parson!” said John. “I like a
man to speak plain. 1 know what you
mean: you're a-thinking about them
trousers. I come to church three Sun
days, an", if you don t think 1 earned
them trousers, just tell me how many
more Sundays I shall ha to come
afore they're mine altogther!”
Look Before You Leap.
Lt*res to this: “At the age of twen
ty says « phrenologist, “the head of
every woman should be clipped close
the head of a convict and care
*t"y measured. The inches should be
placed on record: then the hair should
he allowed to grow. Women's heads
are a great deal smaller than they
are measured Beautiful hair, lovely
hair daffy locks, rebellious tresses
hide a multitude of phrenological
lumps that every man should know
about before he marries. The male
head, as automatically charted by
the hatter, looks more like a bear
track then a brain container. What
must the female caput look like? We
are accustomed to judging a man by
his whole head, and as his hair is
usually short cropped a tolerably cor
rect estimate of his character and
abilities may be arrived at. Not so
with a woman. We Judge her by her
figure and looks. In her garrulous
vivacity she Is as unknowable as the
Sphinx In his majestic silence. Make
your sweethearts shave their heads be
fore you ask for their hands in mar
riage "
Had Net Noticed Any Improvement
Less a one shawt yeah ago. brud
drea and s.stabs" dramatically de
clared Brother Bogus, during the ex
pesnenee meeting. ‘T was a mizzable
wretch wadin' in de slough o' sin and
waUe-it in de Baaspoie # nickert,;.'
t ’towed fle wrong and hate^ de right ’
I lied 1 stole. 1 cheated, and was de
most contaminated bcoe’1 it die town!
Bat now, bruddret and sistahs, wiiat
do yo’ s'pose brung about de change?-’
"What change?” pessimistically de
manded Brother Grump, whose grudge
against the speaker was one of long
standing.—Kansas City Star.
A Question of Time.
She was a young and pretty girl of
a sporting turn of mind. Somehow
she heard that a certain horse was to
win a certain race, and, deciding to
indulge in a little speculation, she
went to a ‘'bookie” and put a dollar
on for a win, asking how much she
would get if it came off.
“If it starts at 20 to 1 you will get
$21 back,” said the bockle; "if at 10
to 1, $11 back; if at 5 to 1, you’ll get
$6 back.”
"I see,” said the maiden, "and if it
starts at 1 o’clock, how much do I get
then.”
My’Srrlle.
Our smile still holds its wonted
place, due east and west across our
face, and sometimes it seems half in
clined to reach around and tie behind.
We cannot dance, nor can we sing,
but we can tote a smile, by Jing!
Sometimes we push it from its place,
but that is when we shave our face,
and when we have done shaving, then,
our smile is on the job again. Worms
may kill our tomato plants, hot Irons
may scorch our Palm Beach pants,
laundries may spiflicate our shirts and
fix our collar so it hurts, a neighbor’s
dog may kill our cat, but our smile
stays right where it's at, and being
such a happy cuss makes the old
world smile back at us. Misfortune
cannot get your goat if you have got
a smile to tote.—Judd Mortimer Lew
is, in Houston Post.
Auto Win* In Train Race.
After a mad race, covering 18 miles,
between an express truln on the Laurel
line and a high-powered automobile,
which had been requisitioned by Chief
of Police Roberts of VVilkes-Rarre,
the latter captured a man accused of
flimflammlng a Wllkes Hnrrean as ho
stepped from a train in Scranton, Pa.
The fugitive got away with a ten
minute start, but the big racing car
cut down the running time, and the
officers were waiting at the station
here for their man. who was taken
back to Wilkes-Barre.
The running time of the train was
35 minutes, and the automobile trav
eled a little more than a mile a minute
to overhaul it.—Scranton Dispatch to
Philadelphia Record.
Height of Absurdity.
“Look at those two chumps having
a heated argument about the merits
and demerits of an automobile."
"Do you mean the two men examin
ing a car across the street?"
‘Tee.”
'Tmph! To make matters worse,
neither one owns the car they are
wrangling about.” _
XX
Eminent Scholar to Retire.
Dr. Basil Lanneau Glldersleeve, who
1 is to “retire from Johns Hopkins uni
versity at the end of the scholastic
year, is, with the exception of Ur.
Ira Ramsen, the last man of the orig
i inal university faculty. His reason
1 for retiring is his age, he having
! passed the eighty-third milestone. Doc
tor Gildersleeve, a native of Charles
ton, S. C., is recognized as one of two
greatest Greek scholars in the world,
and has been at work on a Greek Syu
i tax, said by Greek scholars to be the
most wonderful work of its kind ever
attempted, and which he has himself
said he never expects to live to com
pilete. His associates in the depart
ment of Greek of the university. Dr.
C. VV. E. Miller and Mr. Edmund Speik
| er, will probably finish it. Honors cou
j ferred on him by the scientific institu
tions of the world are many, and his
treatises on classical languages are in
general use in educational circles.
Dirigible for the Navy.
It is announced that the navy de
partment has ordered a dirigible air
craft from a Connecticut company,
which is to be delivered within four
months and will cost $45,636. This
[ craft will be 175 feet long, 55 feet in
| height and will accommodate eight
■ men. The speed will be 25 miles an
i hour. This craft cannot be seriously
| regarded as a fighting machine, but is
probably intended merely for practice
purposes and for training operators
for possible future craft. The battle
cruiser North Carolina, which has be
come superannuated, is to be remod
eled to serve as an aviation ship, and
will be sent to Pensacola, which is to
bo made a station and school for train
ing nviators. As soon as it is finished
the new airship will be sent to the
same place and a floating hangar is to
be provided to shelter it.—Scientific
American.
Russian Newspaper In Stockholm.
A Kussinn newspaper under the
name of Skandlnavskij l.istok is now
being regularly published in Stock
holm. It 1h estimated that there are
15,000 Russian subjects residing in
that city, and it Is the Intention of
this paper to meet the needs of these
[ people. One reason for establishing
the paper is the difficulty, of receiv
ing Russian papers regularly In Stock
holm. owing to the uncertainty of
mail deliveries. It is also the inten
tion of this paper to devote a large
part of its space to commercial inter
ests and attempt to join Scandinavia
and Russia more closely In this re
spect It will be nonpolitical as far
as possible.
How to Clean Mother of Pearl.
Handles of mother-of-pearl or other
articles of the same material may be
restored by cleaning with pure olive
oil and rubbing with a nail brush, foi
iowed by a rubbing with a piece of
chamois.
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 504 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
G. T. Thompson, W. M.
C. A. Berry. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122, R A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
L. F. Magee, H. P.
R. W. Beede, Secy.
j HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
j the Eastern Star, meets every first and
j third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
; Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. C. A. Berry, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTT1G LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
A. P. Holtsford, N. G.
E. L. Ware, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Dona Holtsford, N. G.
Mrs. May Claybaugh, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMPNj.41 1 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
L. M. DeSpain, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
St. Louis. Iron Mountain &. Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South
5:26 a. m
?:55 a. m
Leaves
1 1:55 p. m.
. Huttig
Monroe
local. *
Huttig
North
3:25 p. m
1:00 p.m
Arrives
12:16 p. m.
i St. Louis. Iron Mountain &, Southern
PARMERVILLE i SOUTHERN RY.
North
4:42 a.m. Huttig
3:15 a.m. Farinervillo
LOCAL, t
10:15a. m. Huttig
South
3:54 p. m
5:20 p. m
2:25 p. m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
; villa.
"Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
DKS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physicians and Surgeons
At Company Hospital
Office Hours—8 lo 12 a. m., 1 to 6pm
Sundays—9 to II a. m., 3 to 5p. pm.
Residence Phone 12; office 18
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