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SPARING THE ROD
4( A H I came past Jimuelson’s house
A. this morning,” said the asses
sor, “I saw him applying a buggy-whip
to his fifteen-year-old boy with a zeal
worthy a better cause. I think a man
should be arrested and punished for
such an offense.”
‘inffiicT punishment,” ob
served the village
of going to press,
as it was when Caesar double-crossed
the Rubicon.
‘‘l believe that every man must be
his own Judge about the management
of his family. Jimuelson strikes me
as an excellent citizen, and he should
be a successful parent. If he finds it
uecessury to wear out a buggy-whip on
his heir, I huve no doubt that the
provocation is sufficient. If his policy
is wrong he ia pretty sure to realize it
before long and change his tactics;
meanwhile outsiders have no reason to
butt in, and the idea of calling the po
lice is perfectly ridiculous.
‘‘My father was an old-fashioned
man who believed that an ounce of
birch was better than a ton of educa
tion. He kept a small sapling behind
the kitchen door and applied it to my
person whenever I violated the by
laws governing our happy home. 1
think he probably carried his theory
to extremes; whipping me became a
sort of dissipation with him. But I
am willing to admit that his treatment
did me good, and I can’t imagine what
would have become of me but for it.
“My mother believed in moral sua
sion, and used to plead and argue with
me, but I can’t remember that her ten
der eloquence ever prevented me from
breaking into a melon patch or fishing
in forbidden waters. Her method
probably would have been successful
in many cases. There are boys who
are responsive to such appeals, but I
was headstrong as a government mule
and when I wanted to do something it
took more than gentle counsel to head
me off.
“I had a profound respect for that
sapling behind the door. It always •
seemed to be quivering with impa
tience to get at me, and my father re
garded it with loving glances. It used
to mystify me how he heard of every
thing I did. There was no such a thing
as concealing a crime or misdemeanor
from him.
“I’d swipe a few apples from a farm
er’s orchard, for instance, and would
be willing to make an affidavit that no
body had seen me. I took all possible
precautions against discovery. Yet in
the evening, when I got home, my
stern parent would meet me at the
door and say, ‘So you have been rob
bing Farmer Dofunny’s orchard, hey?
You are fully aware that robbing or
chards does violence to the peace and
dignity of the state, and is contrary to
the provisions of the revised statutes.
Come, therefore, and receive the pun
ishment prescribed by Solomon and
other law givers.'
“He always explained that it caused
him the most poignant sorrow to pour
the birch into me. but I couldn’t be
lieve in Ills sincerity, for his eyes spar
kled with unseemly Joy at such thnes,
and if he had used the same enthusi
asm when sawing wood, he’d have
whacked up two or three cords in an
hour.
“I don’t know to this day how he
found out everything I did, unless he
did some quiet sleuthing with false
whiskers and a dark lantern, but he
always did discover everything, and
when I fully realized that fact I de
cided to reform and became a model
young man. I was so extremely good
that my father couldn’t dig up an ex
cuse for chastising me, and a settled
melancholy fell upon him and he pined
aw r ay until he died. I’ll never forget
the reproachful glances he used to
cast upon me, as though asking wheth
er l considered my course honorable
or generous. I got into the habit of
being good, and have never been able
to break away from It.”
Jud Tunkins.
Jud Tunkins says the man who is
too willing to take advice is liable to
spend a whole lot of precious time
listening to conversation.
THE STORY OF
OUR STATES
By JONATHAN BRACE
(© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
CONNECTICUT
§r»ONNECTICBT
t* stands unique as
probably the first
state which was
created in the world
by a written consti
tution. It was really
an offshoot from
Massachusetts, for In 1636 there was
dissatisfaction over the form of gov
ernment among the Puritans In Cam
bridge, Watertown and Dorchester,
the three towns surrounding Boston.
A large ‘part of the§e three towns,
therefore, decided to Journey to the
Connecticut valley, as they had heard
that there was to be found excellent
farm land, and the Dutch from New
Netherlands had been forced out the
previous year by the erection by the
English of a fort at Saybrook at the
mouth of the river. The Cambridge
people, under the leadership of their
pastor, Hooker, founded Hartford, the
Dorchester people settled Windsor,
and those from Watertown established
Wethersfield. For a few years they re
mained a part of Massachusetts, but
early in 1639 the people of these three
towns met and drew up a written con
stitution and ngreed to govern them
selves. Meanwhile, in 1638, a large
company of colonists under the leader
ship of John Davenport arrived from
England and settled the town of New
Haven, later spreading to Milford and
Stamford. These two distinct colonies
were later united and took the name
of Connecticut from its principal river.
This is an Algonquin Indian name
meaning “long river.” It became the
fifth state to join the Union when It
adopted the Constitution on January
9, 1788. It is sometimes called the
Land of Steady Habits, but is more
popularly known as the Nutmeg state
from the humorous accusation that
Its peddlers were accustomed to palm
off wooden nutmegs to their cus
tomers. The area of Connecticut is
4,965 square miles, the third smallest
of our states. Its population, however,
entitles it to seven electoral votes for
President
MASSACHUSETTS
®m*A SSACHC
-I*l SETTS was an
Indian word, 'mass- -
awachuset, which
means “at the
great hill.” It was
used by the Algon
quins to designate
the tribe living near Blue Hill in Mil
ton, now a state reservation near
Boston and the highest hill In the
eastern part of the state. This name
was later applied to the great bay
which Blue Hill overlooks. It was
from this bay that the state was
called the Massachusetts Bay colony,
and after that the Province of Massa
chusetts Bay until the Revolution
made It a commonwealth. Even today
It Is often called the Bay state.
It was Capt. John Smith who first
made a map of the New 7 England
coast and named the Charles river In
honor of “Baby Charles,” who after
ward became King Charles I. Other
captains visited the coast from time to
time, but It was not until the fall of
1620 that the Mayflower brought the
first permanent settlers to the Massa
chusetts shore. The landing of the
Pilgrims at Provlncetown and Ply
mouth three hundred years ago was
recently celebrated. Of the original one
hundred passengers on the Mayflower
more than half died during the first
winter. But the sturdy survivors,
with indomitable courage, soon be
came firmly established and from
their beginning, augmented by the
Puritan settlements of Salem and the
towns around Boston, grew 7 the state
of Massachusetts, which now extends
over 8.28 S square miles. In propor
tion to its area Massachusetts is sec
ond only to Rhode Island in popula*
tlon and has eighteen presidential
electoral votes. This makes Massa
chusetts one of the six most important
states from a political point of view.
Lines to Be Remembered.
A gentleman puts words into deed,
and suits what he says to the deed.
He is broad and fair. The vulgar are
biased and petty. A gentleman con
siders what is right. The vulgar man
considers what w ill pay. A gentleman
wishes to be slow 7 to speak and quick
to act. He *helps the needy; he does
not swell riches. —Confucius.
Rich Kitchenware.
In the days when the Roman em
pire was at its height, if you went into
the culinary department of an ele
gant establishment you would find
saucepans lined with silver and pails
of various descriptions richly Inlaid
with arabesque in silyer, and shovela
handsomely and intricately carved.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA.
GOOD
ROADS
FIND ASPHALT BY ACCIDENT
Discovered in Switzerland and Used
for Purpose of Extracting Valu
able Bitumen.
Asphalt, though covering thousands
of miles of roads in all countries, was
discovered quite by accident. In the
middle of the last century it was
found in Switzerland in its natural
state, and used for the purpose of ex
tracting the valuable store of bitumen
it contained. In time it was noticed
that pieces of rock which fell from
the wagons, and were crushed by the
Wheels, formed a very fine road sur
face when half melted by the heat of
the sun.
An experiment was made and a road
of asphalt laid in Paris. It was so
successful that the new road material
became adopted through all the big
towns of Europe.
All sorts of materials have been
tried since, from rubber to seaweed.
It /S very likely, in fact, that in the
future the streets of our big cities
will be paved with some form of rub
ber mixture which will be practically
noiseless. Very extensive experiments
have already been carried out with
such a mixture.
In New York several streets are
paved with steel, and a steel road has
been in use in Valencia, in Spain, for
the last 110 years. Perhaps the most
curious material for a road is sea
weed. This compressed into solid
blocks, is used to pave the streets of
Baltimore. These seaweed blocks are
bound with wire and dipped into boil
ing tar before being put to use.
DESTROY ROADSIDE WEEDS
Because—
1. They act as centers of weed in
festation for adjoining fields.
2. They may be carried for many
miles by passing vehicles and animals.
3. They harbor harmful insects and
plant diseases.
4. They create insanitary conditions.
5. They are unsightly.
Methods for destroying roadside
weeds, approved by specialists of the
<<y !
Weeds Along Roadside Harbor Injuri
ous Insects and Various Plant Dis
eases.
United States Department of Agri
culture, are:
By—
1. Mowing twice a year while they
are in full bloom, usually in June and
August.
2. Utilizing the roadsides for grow
ing hay.
3. Grazing with tethered animals.
4. Converting weedy roadsides into
lawns.
GRADE ALL ROADSIDES SO THE
WEEDS CAN BE CONTROLLED.
WIRE MESH GOOD FOR ROADS
British Army in Egypt Used Chicken-
Wire in Building Temporary
Routes in Sand.
The British army in Egypt has
used chicken-wire in the construction
of roads.
Loose sand was smoothed and lev
eled and then covered with chicken
wire, whiPli was firmly pegged down.
The passage of troops or motor
transports seemed to affect the road
very little, while the passage of ani
mal-drawn vehicles damaged the im
provised road badly. However, it was
possible to make repairs quickly and
the road was easily kept in good con
dition.
Of course this wire-mesh road was
purely a temporary expedient for the
military. The old Romans still hold
the palm as the champion road-mak
ers of the world. Many a foundation
of the roads they made is still in use
in Europe, tne surface alone being
modern.
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cine Not Only Phenomenal, But Unprece
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[Years —Foreign Countries Clamor for It.
Never before, perhaps, in the history of the drug trade has
the demand for a proprietary medicine ever approached the
wonderful record that is now being made by Tanlac, the cele
brated medicine which has been accomplishing such remark
able results throughout this country and Canada. As a matter
of fact, the marvelous success achieved by this medicine is not
only phenomenal, but unprecedented.
The first bottle of Tanlac to reach
the public was sold just a little over
six years ago. Its success was imme
diate and people everywhere were
quick to recognize it as a medicine of
extraordinary merit. Since that time
there have been sold throughout this
country and Canada something over
Twenty Million (20.000,000) bottles, es
tablishing a record which has probably
never been equalled in the history of
the drug trade in America.
Fame Is International.
The instant and phenomenal success
which Tanlac won when it was first
introduced has been extended to prac
tically every large city, small town,
village and hamlet in North America.
Its fame has become international in
its scope and England, Japan, Mexico,
Cuba. Hawaii, Alaska, Porto Rico and
many European countries are clamor
ing for it. v
From coast to coast and from Great
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and honored. Millions have taken it
with the most gratifying and astonish
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mmm
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several instances and have obrained excellent results. ”
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Tens of thousands of men and wom
en of all ages in all walks of life, af
flicted with stomach, liver and kidney
disorders, some of them of long stand
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nervous men and women apparently on
the verge of collapse, have testified
that they have been fully restored to
their normal weight, health and
strength by its use.
Restored to Health.
Still others, who seemed fairly well,
yet who suffered with indigestion,
headaches, shortness of breath, dizzy
spells, sour, gassy stomachs, coated
tongues, foulness of breath, constipa
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use of Tanlac.
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.
