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SELFISHNESS TO BE CHECKED jWise Mother Will Not Allow the | Smaller Children to Impose Upon the Older Ones. The smull boy la loud In Ills protestations as he and his little churns play togother, ull of whom are older than he. The boy realizes that the other children are prepared to take advantage of him and the instinctive habit of self-protection, common to all animals, makes him resent the attempt. In his efforts to maintain his own rights he is very likely to become insistent and dictatorial and he will not hesitate to take advantage of the fact that ho is younger than the others, and so under the protection of his eld era, who ho fools certain will bo on his side in the discussion. I A child is never too young to bo taught that ho must not bo selfish and must ask no more than his rights. This habit of lording it over all his companions may Increase as ho grows older unless a wise mother can reason him out of it In a family composed for the most part of boys the gills often make lil'o .miserable for their, by selfishly appropriating the chief pleasures for themselves Many men who have a poor opinion of women gained this opinion as children in their own homes, where Selfish girls were allowed to insist that hoys should chivalrously defer to them in everything Hoys and girls in a family should bo brought up in the same way, and * what is right for one should be eontf^idered right for the other. "Oh, but you will be a man and give up to your little sister," the mother says, and the selfish girl is allowed to Impose on the boy in this way. , Little disputes In regard to family frights should be decided on their morlfo o ?>/! ? ? ? +MAXW mo aim ma ?nii M'^umi IU til! A. Boys should ho taught to protect their Bisters. hut should not be allowed to cater to their wishes when these are inspired by pure selfishness. WANTED "ALL-AROUND" MAN P Australian Employer Would Seem to Require Much From Hand He Was About to Hire. Applying for a situation at an Australian homestead, the following questions were put to the applicant: "Can you milk, plow, shear or mend harness?" "D'ye know anything about hookkeeping or poultry rearing?" "Have ye ever tried to put in sheep wires?" "What sort of a carpenter are ye?" "Can you hang a door properly, or do a hit of farrii ry?" "How would ye start if I asked ye to build me a small three hundred-egg incubator?" "D'ye throw away your skim when you're making butter, or would ye . sooner put up a few hog sties an' feed A-fcigs?" After satisfying the owner that he was competent to undertake most of the aforementioned jobs, his wife took the applicant In hand and asked sweetly whether ho would objpct, during spare hours, to giving her children a few lessons in German and French. Nourish Your Nerves. People of a nervous disposition need a nourishing, nerve building diet. EggB served in various ways, milk, cereals, etc., should bo a standard part of the diet. He careful of a lavish uso of tomatoes or red beets. Supply your table with quantities of fruit ami fresh vegetables and serve bran bread or biscuit frequently. Should you have a tendency to obesity be careful to avoid an excess of starch and sweets. Consult your physician about any especial tendency that you know your family or any member of it to possess and, guided by his advice, eliminate such foods as might bo harmful. In families where there is no special indisposition or hereditary tendency to be considered let common sense guide you, read up on dietetics and keep your table free from unhealthful combinations and indigestible foods. You wtll find this study an interesting one, aJvit beware of fads. A diet must be ^w*rted to be wholesome, and it is better to use spicps and condiments in moderation than to let your table lack flavor from overzeal in leaving out everything that Is not pre-eminently wholesome. 1 Proper Judgment. As William James points out in his little book. It is getting away from ourselves that is our big task In living. getting away from our own selfish and biased point of view, and reaching out to the other fellow and sympathizing with the forces that give him a vitality that is our vitality. "The spectator's Judgment is sure to miss the root of the matter, and to possess no truth. The subject Judged knows a part of the world of reality which the Judging spectator fails to see. knows more while the spectator knows less; and, wherever there Is conflict of opinion and difference of vision, we ail) bound to believe that the truer side is the side thai feels the more, and not the side that feels the less." Protecting the Bison. It is stated that there are nearly 3,000 bison in national parks, etc., in xnis country ana in canaua. The ^American Hlson society Is Interested j x Id preventing the extinction of these animate ind In trying to foster their propagation; It ia said to be meeting with success. | __ T i PHRASE ESTABLISHED AS OLC ' expression "In Our Midst" Is Not Ac ceptcd by the Fastidious Users of Our Language. The phrase. "In our midst," is sou.id K lgliph, but it is not UBed much by , those who have regard for the plaiD j meaning of the words rather than for their idiomatic force. It turns up oo casionally in an American newspaper ;or In a speech in congress, but the more faStidiOUS Shun it. It nnnenr? tr, . * be in good newspaper standing in Eng- ' land, however, for the Dally Tele- 1 graph has just used it on two successive days, once In the heading of a 1 leading editorial article, namely, "Ger- ' mans in Our Midst," and again in ai 1 special article, as thus: "The foreign !restaurant grew up and flourished in 1 our midst." I.*! the editorial writer had 'headed his article, "Germans Among, ' Us.' it would have been quite Intimate ' enough for personal comfort, while the ' idea of a foreign restaurant, or even a native one. growing and flourishing ' ; "in our midst." is decidedly painful or i decidedly grotesque, according as one 1 may feel about it. Th<' word midst means middle, ami sounds all right as Shakiapeaie us? d it, "in the midst of the fight, ' or as ' i ti e Pible uses it. "in the midst I o: the garden." "in tlie mids of the \ cloud," "in the midst of rordiai." an ' I so on or in that famous passage. ' For i where two or three are gathered to! gether in my name, there am I In the j midst nf thoni " Wlmr.. ?!% > t- I ' I ww ?www -I I j objective or collective there is not'i-' i ing unpleasant in speaking of ite ml< u , ; or tho inidHt of them; but when "our ' i midst" is said to he crammed with a < ' hostile people, or with a growing res- i | taurant, tho normal meaning is clearly , J j subjective and personal, and is alto- i j gether too suggestive of green apple days ami later stomach ache. The i idiom is good, but a diagram is rei quired with the usage in order to save one from a wholly extraordinary, not , to say nonsensical, indigestion.?HartI ford Courant. NATURE HIDES ITS SECRETS Scientists, Using the Finest of Instruments, Admit That They Have Learned But Little. (ireenwieh t Kng.) observatory was founded by Charles II, mainly for the 1 purpose of investigating the move- I ments of the moon in the interests of : | navigation, hut though generations of astronomers have in the intervening two and n half cen'unes been working 1 at the problem the moon has not vet I 1 boon made amenable to their mathematics. The astronomer royal, in his 1 report of the work at Greenwich dur- j f ing the last year, calls attention to I the increasingly big deviation between * the calculated position of the moon in j the sky and its real position as shown j by the Greenwich observations. This deviation has lately been in- j creasing in a serious manner, the error last year being more than 12 times I as large as it was 20 years ago. the ! average annual increaso amounting in the two decades to half a second I of arc in longitude. The cause of the failure of astronomers to make the I moon amenable to their exact matlie| matics, based on the dynamical laws of gravitation. Is believed to be some attractive force of which wo are at J present ignorant, though In all probability one factor is the true shape | i of the earth, which still awaits ac- j J curate determination. Fortunately the j chronometer and wireless telegraphy have made seamen practically inde1 pendent of lunar observations in as! certaining their position in the track| less oceans. Westminster Gazette. Fleas as Broad Jumpers. i ne jumping powers 01 ileus liave > been much exaggerated, according to a bulletin on these Insects recently issued by the department of agriculture. The species known as the human Ilea (I'ulex irritans) is probably I the best Jumper. According to Mitzmuin, the maximum horizontal dis , tance this species can jump is tliiri teen inches and the maximum vertical distance less than eight inches. [ The Question of tho Ilea's Jumping [ powers is of importance in connection with the spread of bubonic plague and other diseases of which this insect is the carrier. The Indian pluguo ( commission, which has investigated tho habits of the Indian rat flea, finds , Jts maximum horizontal Jump to be only Ave inches, while Mltzmain records the maximum height to which it can Jump as three and one-eighth Inches. One species of flea, the "sticktight." is nearly incapable of jumping. ____________ | Amazing Appetites. If a baby had the appetite of a young potato beetle it would eat 50 to 100 pounds of rood every 24 hours. If a horse ate as much as a caterpU1 ap In nrnnnrf inn n ita atvo U 1 .-I <M ! CM yawyu* W IVO n?4.U, IV TTUU1U consume a ton of hay every 24 hours. A caterpillar eats twice its weight of leaves every (lay; but a potato beetle devours every day at least five times its weight of foliage, every bit of I which represents Just so much much money to the farmer. The most destructive of all Insects, however, is the grasshopper, which, i Iv>wen iu Kuttu maun, consumes ui a i iday ten times Its weight of vegeta- | ,tion. No wonder that whole districts , are devastated by Its multitudinous ( swarms.?Tlt-Jllt^ 1 Covering Food. Use paper bags to cover food or milk that Is in a pitcher. This will keef out the dust and there is no danger i of slipping QTf as with a plate. j IIE LAXCASTKK XKffS, J WORTHY OF STUDY BY ALL I Lessons Taught in the Book of Ruth ' Should Find Comprehension in Every Mind. The Hook of Ruth is the greateBt pastoral idyl in literature. It is ' founded on loving kindness, the loving kindness of the Moabitess repealed to her family, and the loving kindness of lloaz, the wealthy Israelite, to Kuth, his kinswoman. It also contains the germ of that great heartjdness which is the center of the gos- i pel of Christian love. i i It is u book that opens with tears ; i iiul (amine und ends with the sound < if wedding bells. The story turns , upon the straiglitforwardncss of Hoaz, t who showed kindness and manliness 1 to Ituth, a member of a nation that 1 was Israel's foe. and in that kindness ' rounded a new house, the house of ' Jesse and David, the **oyal line that i begat a greater than David. It was first the mingling of the f blood of the Jew and (lentile, symbolic of the cosmopolitan width of the ' Christ inn religion It was the sign ' that that religion was not to lie founded upon wealth, i r upon social caste. ' but upon the large, whole ouie love if tli" human heart. I.o -y, is immortal amofig Dible heroes for hi kindness. hli plain, everyday generosity, ' his sens* ot pi lection and care for the lonely, nnpi t led M- liiitisli girl, his dead kinsman's wife, who in her I povc rt\ gleam d in his harvest Held after the reapers I'oaz gave order ' Lo his reapers that they should allow her to glean even among the sheaves uf barley, and by his large-hearted- 1 ,?n?tii-il i, *,-ir "I I nMKI< ?? II "II- , Uilli. 111(11 I' tllvlll * that, made a plait- for himself in that < immortal company who arc renowned t ror naught but for being kind.?Christian Herald. Cottonseed Flour Nutritious. Flour made from cotton seed is a ' ruluuhle fond for general consumption, ' and an inexpensive substitute for ' meat. It is remarkably high in pro- 1 Loin, which is the tlesh producing sub- ' stance of meat, and is readiiy digested 1 by the gastric juices. Cottonseed Hour is ma tie troni the j kernel of tho seed after the oil has 1 been pressed front it. It is a highly * concentrated food and is in no way * intended to replace wheat Mour or nth- ' or cereals. It could not safely he used as such because an excess of protein is probably as damaging to ' the human system as the lack ot it ' It should 1>? mixed with three or four ; parts of wheat Hour in making into a ? riongh No. No. "Doctor \\ 11 \ sam a man can ne a , food toper as well as a drink toper. Do ?cu Relieve it?-' "Not at our boarding house h* Her Wtan. , "Snoring, my dear, ts the sign of an easy conscienoe." "Httbbr. there are times when I wish you weren't so contented with 1 your past career " < VUIUC UT uia ooms. In tho public mind a coin more J than f.O years old is hoary with age and so rare as to be almost priceless, but a silver dollar of 1795 is actually worth no more than to dealers, and " then only if it is in an excellent 1 stato of preservation, for a great many of them were coined. A half dollar of 1803 is worth as much as 15 cents more than its face value, but collectors and dealers find that there are so many of them in circulation that there is no profit in buying and selling thorn. In fact, a person might have a hundred 1'nited States coins of different denominations and dates, no two alike, but all more than 100 years old, which would bo worth to a dealer not over $10 above their face value. Modest H*?ro. At an English county station a little child, owing to the rush of a crowd of trippers, ft as pushed over in front of an outgoing train. Quick as a flash a workingman Jumped on to the track, threw the child on to the platform and scrambled up himself, but scarcely quick enough, as the engine in passing rolled him over on the platform. Several people hastened to his su^ cor, but ho rose uninjured, and with a face expressive of extreme concern drew out of his pocket a colored handkerchief containing his day's victuals, which he cursorily examined, and then ruefully exclaimed: "Confound it! Just my luck!" "What is the matter?" "Why, I've brokeu two eggs and a rhubarb tart, and it's all mixed up with my tea and sugar." Not Always What They Seem. "Tony," said a British officer to his Boldier-servant, "something tells me that I shall never come back alive. 1 seem to have a presentiment thai way." "Then take no heed of It, sir," responded the servant. "Them presentiments is frauds. A cousin of mine had one once, and it treated him very badly. It was Just like the one that's troublln' you now. sir. Ho felt sure that he'd be killed out in Egypt, so he divided his savings between his sweetheart and his bosom chum, and went out to be shot. Hut nover a scratch did ho get." "And what happened when he returned home'.' Did they give him back his money?" "Not a farden, Bir. They'd been and got married while he was away, and they'd set up housekeeping with the money." ANUARY 21, l'JIG. LOOKING ON THF. SUNNY SIDE < \ .ythirig Is Better Thai to Give \ O.ieself Over to Pessimism That Will Spoil Everything. Since we all have more or less mis'ortune to meet let us strive to meet ^ t in the right way. Why sit down s uul bewail the ill luck that is ours? , j A'hy turn our sorrow over and over n our minds, seeing in it ever new ( aliases of misfortune? No! l.?et us : j stand up beneath its weight, no mat- j f er how heavy the loud may seem. ' , uul, with our eyes ilxed oil the glim- f ner of light, let us walk swiftly out f >1" the dark paths into the sunlight. Once we have learned to walk on he sunny side of life darkness will j save no further terrors for us. for we .Mil carry our sunshine around with is in the depths of our hearts. The sunshine ot the mind is far warmer , uul brighter than the sunshine which , .re see and feel with our physical {C1IS03. c Once we have gained tl e true sense f real mental sunshine we will have ii iin'itiiB ii> |?1111 oursuives out 01 Slouh oi |)c pond without any >>i' : !? aid !?? j'' t as ilunynn's 1 *i 1 ai i s I'rogrc. was ntal, so it is .? iih all of niii Journ ys through life. \"h ?l we rails accon.plish must lirst it work <1 out in miitu Learning to pick out tho gleam ol if ii'i .a . k path, !? oiling i i\v to avoid .iu> "<iu;hs of ?1< sp- ral mil ' uu jo \ illf- in tho sunshine is j ?ot v. lint even tlio attempt at j ."'iim; these less ns brings its re , viin! oi happiness ; ml peace. Kvery it tie effort in the right ilireetion ' irings such beautiful returns that the >nly wonder is that so few of us make ' he effort Pittsburgh Dispatch. Feminine Haste. "Oh, let us learn to wait." writes . Margaret Poland anent the change in ^ he feminine ideal. it does not folow that we must he idle because we efuse to lie precipitate, it may only iican that we have a faith that is arge in Time, and in that which R shapes it to some perfect end. . "Indeed, there seems to me a cerain unhnmorous arrogance in this j justling. feminine haste to make over lie world?it is as if we thought our- fj selves so important that nothing could ? ;o right without us. f "It is the satno sort of hurrying n anxiety to do" which every house- ; deeper of ns knows so well in her ittle daily affairs, an anxiety that | olds so successfully to the discomfort ; ,, if our families. I t "Yet, when you come to think of it ' o ?it may not lie flattering- but when | in illness sweeps us off our feet or | some duty calls us upon a journey, i liow well our famines do get along r Treat Children's Colds Externally Don't dose delicnto littlo stomachs with harmful internal medicines. \ lrk'a "Vap- n D-ltuh" Salve, ap]>lied externally, relieves j liv inhalation as a vapor and by absorption . through the skin. Viek's rau ho used freely with perfeet safety on tho younge.-t K member of tlio family. -">? , 50c,or lyl.bd. I VICKS v^^ SALVE ' i&HDj thtit ?BE33I? OQTff 0t LONG BURNING PIPf'AND 1 llndeH: ( CIGAPtTTE fOBACCO ^ tr \ k r v i -m I Bpff ' '^.;jaBMffebt^g^P^_ by K.J. I - . ro APPRECIATE JOKfc j Voman That Could Laugh Even When | the Humor of incident Was Against Her. This is an extract from a letter vritten by a woman who is willing to \ lhare a good joke, even if the laugh j s at her own expense: ^ It was a damp, windy day?the sort | >f day that turns straight, straggly 1 tlonde hair like mine into a mass of I J ilrings and ends that sti( k out about ho faco and nook with frightful of- i | eet. 1 was downtown on a shopping 1 xpeditton that was exceptionally try- ? ng. and I know I looked so badly that earcftilly avoided all chance glances r; nto mirrors, for I was sure- I could int. under the rirctimstaiwes. Improve j,< ny appearance much. Recklessly I k tntered an ieo-c roam shop with a 1 IT) riond whom I happened to moot. As fl placed niv shopping hag on the floor v. war the tabl" sit which wore to hi dt. another hoc. exactly like my own. Xl \:is | ut hesi do it. Quite natural'-' ? ny glance followed the hand and arm |t ii> to the face my neighbor, and as mot h r look. 1 aid to myself, lis hair iust li'<o mlrm- sticking out n rv ; v dir ti< and she looks ^ , veil wors< t' ' 1 ' ; * i thing' j , \ iturellv. my ? . r' v e: ' out to lmr !. ; a sweat wav ol sympathy ' I-' a ib 1 simul'a leonslv our troll! ! d i \ no t. and I s: i 1. . ! el and 'Utile < listlnctly. ii we are not careful, we hall got our 'hopping bags mixed'' I !' The mollis lit tbn vvrtt-a u-r rn mil el I . " ? - " J lj uy month 1 wish* <! very arnestly \ hat tin floor would men ifully open itul lot mo through. It illd not re or Iiiir< the subdued snickers from the* w icnrby tabb s to awaken mo to the oali/ation that I bad boon addressing lio image of tnvs( It in the mirror of vhirh the entire side of tlio shop was brmed. Do you u- t the picture?? j c t'outh's Companion. Memories ot insects. Euglenao and practically all microcopic aninialoulae, even of the most imply nature, have boon found to V< lavo association of ideas, or, better, ssoeiativo memory. Tiiat is to say iy rewards of food and punishment f one sort or another, they learn etinlte performances. In brief, they N ssociate the act with the eonseuenccs Hedhugs and oockroachos. (i loss than Ilea.? and plant lice, have ?een actually trained to obey the hip Professors Szvmanski. Holmes, N< 'one, Hrunditi and Mast are but a tew t those zoologists who have studied !i> learning process" and behavior f such insects The Sorrow of rt. "Is th< r< no hope a! out the links' tch old uncle?" No >e. whatever r 11 <- doctor told lion, this v rning ho was likely to I\e lor ; oars. British 'orpedoe*. Tho torpedoes used in the British df avy are ot' throe diameters?14 inch. B; 8 inch, and 21 inch?and they vary 1' n length trom lf> feet to 18 feet. As oon as a torpedo hits its uiark it ex dodos automatically Every torpedo ired in action represents an expendi uro of from $3,000 to $4,000. Prince Albert i such friendly t< just makes a man sorry he di id cigarette smoke long, long at; luick as the goodness of Prince ife! The patented process fixes d parch! 1 the right-smoke-track soon >tand yourself how much you RINCE Al the national joy an It stands to reason, doesn't it, tt a a i* WtV/ Watch your step! prefe If. easy to change the shape haV0 and color of unsalable brands cofici to imitate the Prince Albert SailSI tidy red tin, but it is impossible _ _ to imitate the flavor of Prince IVlen, Alb ert tobacco l The Aibe: patented process 3 protect, that! tODUC than , ) it's s N gran hl l,M Jlp/ f '% 7 | REMEMBER I PeT<Mrriia ( When ^ ftuCal! WOur Drug Store/5^ Mr. Robert II Norrls, No. 1333 Hen? St., North Rerkeley, Cal., write*: IVe have never had any other mediae but I'eruna 111 our home since we ave been ma rt. ' ' ? *' . . * .-'III' I <1 Willi Idney ami bladder trouble. but two lonths treatment with iv-runa made ie a well and strung man. My wife It wt ak a1 <1 v .is i .is-ily tired and as aN<? troubled with various >* mis, :t slnnc she took Peruna slir. is w 11 id sir<>ng." ancaster & Chester Ry. Co. hodule in lulled August 15, 11* 16. Eastern Time. WESTUOIWD. Lancaster ...6:00am :topin > . Fort Lawn . . 6:3ouui 4 "fcpm .. I'i < < nr.. 1! . . C: 1 5am?4 :'J^ptn r. l!i 1 bare . . . 0 : 5. i: pin r. i' ' t it ... ir.. i 5pm LAST HO LAD. C liester -im t.. 4 ;?ui e. Itichburg ... '.t.l5ain - T .Tjiro v. It.I.st Oin ille . 1 1 ' : !ii 7 :. S piu v Fort Lawn . lu:.'.<uini -7-r."mn r. Lancaster .. ll;iM.?ata -8:25pm Connections?Chester with South n. Seaboard and Carolina & Northi stern Railways. Fort Lawn, with Seaboard Air ine Railways. Lancaster ,wth Southern Railway. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier Carrier ?.f the South. A3SF.NG Lit TRAIN SCHEDULES. Trains arrive L&r.c: v.er from: rj. 118?Yorkvlllr, Rock liill and intermediate stations 8:31 a. m a. 113?Charleston. Columbia and intermediate stations lu:05 a. m. j. 114?Marion. Rlaoksburp, Charlotte and intermediate stations, 1:35 p. in. o. 117?Columbia. Kingsville and intermediate stations. 7:41 p. m. Trains leave Lancaster for: j 118?Kinpsville, Col imblu and Intermediate stations. 8:31 a. m >. 113?Rook Mill, Khtoksburj, Marion. Charlotte and Intermediate stations, 10;h5 a. m j. 714 ? Kinpsville, Colvimhia Charleston and intermediate -sl.it Inns 1 3 f. . * j 117 ? Rook Hill. Yorkv'lle and intermediate stations. 7:4 1 p. ra Schedule figures are published as formation only, not guaranteed, or Information as to passenger res etc., call on Notice of Discharm*Notice is hereby given that the un rsigned will, as guardian of Springs lskins, on the 9th day of January, If., make his final return as such lardian. and apply to the probate iiirt of Lancaster county for letter? smissory. R. A. BLACKMON, Guardian of Springs Raskins. Dec. lrt, 1915. H ts 1 !; dn't get wind of this ||| o. He counts it lost H \u> Albert gets tirm set |H or.? : that?and cuts out O v a as you know how! ||| to*11 like |ff ver LBERT11 B iteri oke 9 one suclat if men all over the ii tlon* wm n, all over the world, ; ^ r P. A. that it must J pired an tne qualities to ||I i V?o y your fondest desires? t HI 1 riti, get us right on Prince l|| st inrt! We tell you this ||| mnity xo will prove better 11 #' you can figure out, II j o chummy and frat and inviting all the ||| Can t cost you more j|| 5c or 10c to get your H ngs! H Buy Prince Albert eiervw here ^9 | ' ft. tobacco it told ? in loppy red ^9 bagt, Sc; tidy red tint. lOcs handtome pound and ball -pound tin humidort?and?in that clatty BsH crrxai giaum poumj numtaor with aponge motBtener top that H 111 Si hmrpt the tobacco in each great ||| illtrim / R. J. REYNOLDS 11 TOBACCO COMPANY Winetoa-Salcm, N. C. mmmmmmatJi a nil . - ?_