AN ARIZONA POILU
Frenchman Makes Interesting
Discovery in Redskin’s Cabin.
Learns Story of How Son of Hopl In
dian Squaw Crossed Great Water
to Fight for His Father’s
i People. k
It Is In order to sell their products
to a passing public that the Hopl In
dians, one of the tribes of Arizona,
the most marked for Its nobleness and
dignity of type, have established at
the station of the Grand canyon a
sort of shop, furnished within, as it Is
modeled without, after the manner of
their dwellings of the desert, Anatole
le Braz writes in The Outlook. Cubes
of rough adobe, placed side by side or
superimposed one on the other, consti
tute the abode, and serve as home for
several families, who wait here. In the
habitual attitude of taciturn and mel
ancholy disdain, the line of white
visitors.
When I had penetrated into the first
room, dimly lighted by a small open
ing high up in the wall, it was some
time before I was able to discern in
the half-catacomb light the indistinct
figure of a woman seated on the bare
earth, before a screen of vertical
threads, among which her fingers,
moving in and out, were weaving the
pattern of a mysterious design.
My entrance did not cause her to
raise her head. But I disturbed in his
musing an old bronze sachem, who in
dicated by a gesture a collection of ob
jects, more or less rude, ranged on
shelves the length of one of the walls
or partitions, while from half open
lips he muttered in English the cus
tomary salutation:
"You’re welcome, sir,” which mani
festly to his mind, being Interpreted,
meant:
“You are not worthy, O paleface,
to appreciate the work of onr hands,
hut because times are hard for the de
posed rulers of the prairie we accord
you nevertheless the privilege to buy.”
In response to his greeting I had be
gun to examine the display of articles,
when my eye fell on a frame of colored
straw In which I perceived the photo
graph of a soldier. Approaching near
er. I exclaimed. In spite of myself:
“God bless me, he Is French!”
It was quite true. There before my
eyes, in the cabin of a redskin, thou
sands of miles from the battlefield,
where at that very moment, no doubt,
he was fighting for his country, was
the picture of one of our soldiers, In
the uniform of the daring impetuous
Chasseurs Alpins. or it may be of the
foreign legion. To examine it better,
I had taken It In my hands.
“The frame alone is for sale,” inter
posed the old Indian, abruptly.
“All right,” I said, “I will take It.
But I should like to know how the pic
ture found Its way here.”
He motioned toward the woman
weaving.
“It Is that of my daughter’s eon.
He has sent It to us from the other
side of the world.”
“He Is, then, In France?” 1 at;
“Yes.”
“How Is that?”
“Ills father, a good miner, was born
In the land of the French. When he
came among us he married that
squaw. He died In the desert. But
his spirit having spoken In the blood
of his child, the boy has crossed the
great water to fight the enemies of
his father’s people.”
I could not resist the temptation to
take his hand.
“Bravo!” I cried. And that he might
not he astonished at this somewhat
brusque demonstration, If one could
suppose that an Indian worthy the
name ever could be astonished at any
thing, I hastened to add: “For I, too,
am French.”
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The Busy Birds.
One form of national waste which Is
far more serious than the American
people realize Is a result of the deplor
able neglect to conserve bird life in
this heedless and ungrateful country.
Ornithologists and other Intelligent
observers of nature who have made a
study of the subject say with the sanc
tion of crop experts that Insects de
stroy one-tenth of the products of agri
culture In the United States. Nearly
all birds destroy Insect life. The fed
eral department of agriculture has
found that among the birds which
most effectively nld the farmers are
phoebes, kingbirds, catbirds, swallows,
brown thrushes, rosebreasted gros
beaks, house wrens, vlreos, native spar
rows, cuckoos, orioles, warblers, shore
larks, loggerhead shrikes and meadow
larks. Even the crow and the crow
blackbird, which have rested under sus
picion so long, do more good than harm
ito the farmers.—Chicago News.
The People of India.
The population of Indin is far more
diverse than is generally thought. They
talk about 150 different languages, and
are divided up into 43 distinct nation
alities. There are 2,387 mnin castes,
besides a large number of subcastes.
There are 200,000,000 Hindus, from
which Great Britain can draw fighting
men; 60,000,000 Mohammedans, while
among the Hindus there are 50,000,000
of degraded people of no caste, whose
touch, or even shadow, is supposed to
cause pollution.
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Thrift.
Holy—Does your wife believe in do
mestic economy?
Poly—Yes; she saves all the “scraps”
to be served for breakfast.
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Our soldiers fuee a foe once more,
Somewhere In France;
On our gallant ally’s shore,
Each prepared to do his bit,
And make light of doing It,
Somewhere in France,
Exponents of true liberty,
Somewhere in France;
Of freedom both on land and sea,
Upholders of democracy,
Opponents of autocracy,
Somewhere in France.
Your boys and our boys among the
rest.
Somewhere in France;
And all inspired to do his best,
To give (heir lives if fate so wills.
In trenches or on shot-swept hills,
Somewhere in France.
Chir hearts are with the boys in drab,
Somewhere in France;
A valiant lot, both proud and glad
That they liuve opporturnty to serve
A righteous cause with pluck and
nerve,
Somewhere in France.
The spirit of ’76 aflame,
Somewhere In France;
Moving forward in freemen’s name,
Repaying service long ago
By Lafayette and Roehainbeau,
Somewhere in France.
—Walter S. Frazier.
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EPIGRHYMES:
I’d like to be as FORTUNATE
ns lots of MEN I know who
rouse an agitation in all
hearts where’er they go. Now
take YOUR old friends Tyrus
Cobh; he leads the COUNTRY,
fans, in clever execution of
the tricks Hugh Jennings plans.
And then, in little, old New
York, LIVES “Muggsy,” John Mo
Graw, and many other notables
who follow “fame” quite raw
BECAUSE it’s served to them
so fast there is no time to
cook the adulation that they
get each blessed way they look.
You’ve got to hand it to these
chaps; they’ve earned all they
have won, and it’s worth while
to rouse the shout: “Gee!
Attaboy! Well done!” But, humbly,
may I ask of YOU to ponder
Garfield’s thought: Behold our
land, in twenty years, and see
the men wdio fought in this, we
pray, the final war for ever
lasting peace, and hear all
nations’ cry of thanks which
nevermore shall cease! And then
imagine, if you can, that
reverence multiplied ten thou
sand times ten thousand, for
the Fighting Men—who DIED I
Robert Russell.
“Fortunate men your country
lives because you died.”
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(Copyright. 1017, by Int'l Press Bureau.)
Use of Camera in Training
Marksmen Saves Ammunition
A saving of ammunition in the train
ing of n marksman has been made
possible by n remarkable apparatus
recently patented by an English in
ventor.
The invention can be easily attached
to a rifle, and consists of a small cylin
drical camera which fastens to the
under side of the barrel, nnd is fitted
with a telescopic focusing device, so
positioned that its line of focus is par
allel to the gun barrel. Immediately
In front of the trigger of the weapon a
second trigger is placed, which is con
nected with the camera-shutter by a
wire.
When a marksman has aimed his
gun and pulls the trigger, the camera
trigger is operated just an instant be
fore the gun trigger, and consequently
a snapshot is secured of the target
that th# gun was pointed at. The po
sition of the target as it appears on
the developed plate or film will indi
cate the accuracy of the shot. If the
bull’seye is exactly in the center it
shows that the gun was correctly
aimed.
Flashlights.
About all that jealousy asks
to make trouble Is a chance.
Fair as women are, even they
are no excuse for the so-called
ladles’ man.
No matter how much a man
may neglect his wife It always
makes him mad to discover that
some other man Is slightly Inter
ested in her.
This world may owe you a liv
ing, but if you don’t care enough
for it to hustle round and col
lect it, the world isn't going to
do any worrying.
Luck doesn’t play nearly so
big a part In the other fellow’s
success ns you imagine.
Little Things Worth Knowing.
The best marksmen are generally
those with blue or gray eyes.
German silver Is an alloy of copper,
nickel and zinc. There is no silver in
It.
There are fifteen technical colleges
In Queensland, with 8,000 students in
attendance.
Under perfect conditions watercress
may be mode to flower and seed with
in eight days of planting.
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POULTRY POINTERS
(By H. L. Kempster of MiMOurl Agri
cultural College.)
As the chicks grow they need more
room. It does not pay to let them
crowd.
Tough grass Is of no value as a green
food. Better sow some quick-growing
crop.
Feed hoppers greatly reduce the
work. If they are kept filled, the
chicks will never go hungry.
If your chicks are not doing well
something Is wrong. Look out for lice
and for worms In the intestines.
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed if kept over a third sea
son.
Shade Is one of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
the chicks Into the orchard and comi
fleld.
Young stock will do better if not
compelled to pick their living with the
old. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
Grit and oyster shell should be in
cluded in the ration for both young
and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
A growing chick will not thrive on
short rntlons. If the right kind of
food Is fed, there Is little danger of
overfeeding, especially if they are
given plenty or range.
Supplement the regular feeds with a
wet mash—fed crumbly. Feed all the
chicks will clean up before going to
roost, but none should be left In the
trough, for it will sour.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
you will know just how old your hens
are. A leg band on the right leg one
year and on the left leg the next will
assist in culling the flock. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
Your Best Talents Hidden.
Usually those who are well satisfied
with themselves are poorly fitted for
the Job. It may be something to meas
ure yourself by the other fellow, It’s
Infinitely more to measure yourself by
what you ore capable of becoming.
Measure yourself by your possibilities
and you will find much to be desired.
There are hidden reservoirs of power
waiting only an outlet. Begin to Im
prove them and you will find new Im
pulses to challenge you. The richest
jewels lie hidden In the earth. Your
best talents are often Invisible, they
cun be brought forth only by the call
of a great occuslon. Start something
in your life and see whut will come
out of It.—Grit.
Tell us the news for the News
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig.5:69 p. m
9:50 a. m.Monro# .2:07 p. mj
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m.Huttig ...... 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERV1LLE * SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m.. Huttig .2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farmerville.6:46 p. m
local, t
10:10 a. m.Huttig .... 2:22 p.m.
fArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmervilie and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M.—meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M — Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. O. F.
I meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
Visitors Jfre invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C.
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 146, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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