p^hed ever, Friday at McCrorv. Ark.
WALTERW. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
rAY K. CRAIL, Assistant Editor.
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Friday, February 23, 1917.
The Present Age.
We live in an age in which superflu
ous ideas abound and essential ideas
$re lacking.—Joubert.
Daily Thought.
The mind of man is improved by
learning and reflection. We place a
happy life in tranquility of mind.—
Cicero.
Share Your Joys.
Grief can take care of itself; but to
get the full value of a joy you must
have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain.
Matrimonial Felicity.
Lucky is the man who marries a
good cook, for he may find that his
wife is able to bake the kind of pies
his mother tried to make.
When Home Beckons to Pa.
If pa is carrying the baby he is
ready to go home. He tells wife she
can get the balance of the things to
morrow.—Fort Worth Star-Telegraw.
Apple Cleaner.
A new electrical contrivance for
cleaning apples before they are packed
for shipment, is said to clean thor
oughly one carload of apples in a
day.
One Disadvantage of Wealth.
’Pears to me,” said Uncle Eben,
at stid o’ wealth bringin’ happiness,
4 coniPels folks to go to a heap o’
Parties where dar ain’t a chance of
aeir injoyin’ deirse’fs.”
Real Defender.
Big” brother is reasonably good
about defending little sister, but the
real serious trouble comes when “big”
sister sees someone imposing on little
brother.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Looking for a Scapegoat.
ones ‘And have they fixed the
J* an ar*y special person for that
■ t railroad smash?” Brown—“Why,
thp hi<U r°ad officials are trying to fix
coverame 0n James Watt for first dis
_motive power of steam.”
Office Bmwii"9, Doin9!"
ers dis rnrl , 7e k°ss km see no call
"Say, I’ll Jv n' Insistent Visitor—
this card i' \ J °u a fiuurter to take
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"ages for ' ,lle glves me bigger
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Cartel*' and Unu«,»|.
tle brother ng to convillce his Ht
n°t }n accord! soruething which was
apguerl f <lncG vv0h his own views.
»‘He broth' ’,3®?™1 “‘"Ot®*. when
^aiming. n t0 their mother, ex
iting and „amma’ Car,e Just keeps
* aud argating with me.”
Hilleman-White Hall News.
Aunt Jane Fowler is very sick
at this writing.
Mr. Arthur Pittmann is on the
sick list this week.
Messrs Chappell and Dupree
were McCrory visitors Friday.
Mrs. J. R. Chappell was the
guest of Mrs. George Lane, Sat
urday.
The singing at Mr. Wash Fow
ler’s Sunday night was very much
enjoyed.
Miss Emily Fowler was the
guest of Miss Hope Taylor Sat
urday.night.
Mr. Will Burns of Tip visited
at the home of Mr. Jim Mat
lock’s last Sunday.
A good many in the neigbor
hood have planted potatoes and
gardened last week.
Mr. J. Z. Fowler of Bullville
visited the family of Mr. Arthur
Pittman last Sunday.
Mrs. Homer Lee visited her
sister, Mrs. Rosa Belle Hall of
DeView, last Saturday.
Mr. James Dupree and wife
visited the family of Mr. John
Collier of Tip last Monday.
Miss Hope Taylor entertained
a few of her friends with rook
on the evening of the 17th.
Mr. Ed Woods and family vis
ited at the home of Mr. Elton
Blevins and family last Sunday.
Mr. S. L. Stair of Altamont,
111., was in Hillemann last Fri
day looking after business inter
ests.
Rev. Brickell of Brinklev
preached at White Hall Sunday,
to a large and appreciative audi
ence.
Miss Jewell Holmes, who has
been attending High School in
McCrory, returned home last
week.
Mr. George Smith and family
visited Mrs. Adenia Smith of
Chappell Grove Saturday and
Sunday.
Mesdame? John Taylor and J.
L. Chappell accompanied Mrs.
Wash Fowler home from church
last Sunday.
Among those of White Hall
who attended preaching at Hille
mann last Monday eve, we note:
Misses Emily Fowler and Hope
Taylor and Mr. Leslie Fow l r.
The Leaky Roof.
Pat—Sure, I’m thinkin’ we should
be dryer outside in the wet.—From
Today. __
Their Lonesome Look.
Having a large family, the dining
room table was a long one. A short
time ago the parents were alone for a
few weeks, so all the leaves were taken
from the table. A little boy from next
door came in one day at dinner time
and, seeing the small table, said: “My,
but you look lonesome up so close to
gether !”
Go 3iow.
Don’t put too fine a point to your
wit for fear it should get blunted.—
Cervantes.
Epithet!
“Millionaire” used to be a title, but
now it is generally an epifehet.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
Neatly Countered.
“Before I married you, you said you
had money.” “See what one gets for
lying ’’’—Puck.
Some Rose.
A new rose is valued at $15,000. If
you want to order a couple of dozen,
now’s your chance.—Buffalo Times.
Money.
Money doesn’t go as fay as it did,
but you have to go about as far as
ever to get it.—Philadelphia Press.
Second Thought.
“Every man wants to have his say,”
remarked Uncle Eben, “an’ when he
gets his say he’s liable to be sorry he
ever said anything.”
Tree That Is Unique.
On Dinis island, in one of the lakes
of Killarney, Ireland, is a plane tree
which has the reputation of being the
only tree of its kind in Ireland.
New Idea in This.
The Greek word fox private, • pecu
liar to myself, unrelated to the thought
of interest of anybody else, is our word
for idiot.—William De Witt Hyde.
Convenience.
It is a convenience to make several
medium-sized bags of cheesecloth for
putting vegetables in when they have
been prepared and are to be put in the
refrigerator.
Some Consolation.
“It’s tough when you have to pay
forty-five cents a pound for beef
steak,” grumbled the head of the
house. “Yes, but it’s tougher, dad,
when you pay eighteen,” returned the
pride of the family._
National Bird.
Most of the choicer turkeys New
York eats at Thanksgiving time hail
from Ohio, Michigan or Indiana. Mary
land furnishes many of luscious flavor,
while Rhode Island birds are compara
tively “few and far between.”
Sand in Holland.
In Holland sand is plentiful and in
expensive and is used instead of hay
and straw as beds for cows. It keeps
the animals perfectly clean, requiring
only a slight raking in the morning to
soften and freshen it.—London Tele
graph.
"More Deadly Than the Male."
The case of a young woman who
routed a “masher” by throwing face
powder at him emphasizes once more
the great truth that the gentler sex
needs no other weapons than those its
own armory supplies.—Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Unscrambling an Egg.
Very frequently when separating the
whites from the yolks of eggp the yolk
becomes broken and falls into the
white. Dip a cloth in warm water,
wring it dry and touch the yolk with a
corner of it and the yolk will adhere to
the cloth and may easily be removed.
Eight Points of Law.
The eight points of law are, accord
ing to an old saying attributed to Mr.
Selwyn, a former candidate for the
chamberlaincy of the city of London:
I “1, a good cause; 2, a good purse; 3,
an honest and skillful attorney; 4,
good evidence; 5, able counsel; 6, an
| upright judge; 7, an intelligent jury;
8, good luck.
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Heard at a Reception.
“Tour new poem is charming! So
unlike your usual work.”—Boston Eve
ning Transcript.
The Hardest Part.
It is never hard to do the right
thing; it is in deciding to do it that
the tug comes.—Anonymous.
Grandmother's Nice Rug.
Little John visited grandmother for
a week. While there one of his great
joys was to play on a certain little
rug which was a wildcat skin. The day
after his return home he ran into the
house demanding bread and butter.
“And be sure,” he said, “to give me a
piece of bread that’s as soft as the
wildcat skin at g’ama’s.”
Glorious Hungary.
In speaking of Hungary, a German
writer has said: “When I hear its
name mentioned my waistcoat seems
too tight for me, in my heart wakens
traditionary exploits of long ago, the
poetry and song of the Middle Ages.
Its history is that of yore, the same
heroism lies within its borders, the
names of its heroes alone have
changed.”
Scents in Ancient Egypt.
Egypt was a great market for all
kinds of perfumes. Women made them
selves beautiful through the use of
essences, and guests were received in
chambers strewn with flowers. Even
the dead were not forgotten, for the
embalmed mummy was saturated with
perfumes and spices, and sweet scents
were burned before their statues.
Those who could not afford this paint
ed scent bottles on their tombs.
Penn Always Friend of Indians.
It has ben stated that before Penn
left Pennsylvania for England, in
1684, he made treaties of friendship
and alliance with no less than nine
teen distinct tribes, and this may well
be true, for history proves that for
years after his death, which occurred
in 1738, the Indians in all parts of
Pennsylvania and western New Jer
sey revered the name of the one whom
they had learned to know and love as
friend and adviser.