About Common sense. (Odum, Ga.) 1916-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1918)
Hi^Q^^ PRICE. One .rear . 7% Six Month# . 40b. Threr Monthfl. 'Ato. NO. 79. SAVING FOR UNCLE SAM (atom High School) While our brother* tight across the wave That the whole wide world may be free, We will lend our nickels and dimes To support our toys o'er the sea Saving for Uncle Sami Helping dear Uncle Sam! Gladly we'll rave our dimes, Save them for Uncle Sam! Wilson stands for justice and right; He's our loyal true hearted friend. Tho we may not join in the fight, <>ur cash we will gladly lend. 'Honors Easy They went on roped. Beeston still first. It seemed to Oakey at one time that his companion was seized by a sort of mild convulsion. It was as If he wished to sneeze, yet could not. He had several such attacks. "Anything the matter, Sam?" Oakey asked. The other checked himself and look ed round with a smile. "Nothing, old man—simply nothing. To tell you the truth. I was laugh ing." "What aboutr "Ah, that's where you're driving at j i dead wall! I can't toll you, Dick. Impossible. The air In mas high you know, does strange things a fellow. It makes some men sick. You're not feeling anything of It, I hope?"' Oakey's face showed surprise, tinged ^Bust a little skepticism. As a boy,^B^ had had mysterious sides, ^^reinn, Oakey had long learned raUMnere were certain bar riers about his character which he could never get beyond. They were picturesque barriers. Oakey had often wished he could hedge himself In with walls of like quality. They them selves alone commanded respect. There was no defining them, yet there they were. But this familiar use of his name also warmed Oakey like a sudden breath of fire. "Were you laughing. Sam?" he asked. "Certainly. Why not?" "Oh, nothing! Only I could envy you. I haven't had a good honest laugh since — since—well, you can guess, can't you?" All the Imtte left Beeston's lips and eyes as he gazed at his friend. "poor chap!" he murmured. "But never mind. One can't properly do two things at the same time. I'm not go ing to guess. Let's make another mile, then we'll refresh. I wish your fa ther was with us." "Wish the bishop was here, Sam! Why?" "To give us his blessing, old man— absolution first and a blessing to crown the feast, like chartreuse. Come along!" Much agitated. Oakey followed again. Os course, Beeston was only sarcas tic; but what a weird coincidence that he should thus, even at hazard, seem to divine what was in his mind! How enviably strong and self-restrained he was! In this moment of almost chivalrous admiration of the man he had wronged so brutally, he could even find some fault with Ruby herself. What was she made of that with such comparative ease she could be per suaded to resign Beeston for a man like him? Just one week of moderate anguish, and then she was ripe fpr his wooing. Though they had been brought up together from childhood, Oakey was not prepared to be wel comed with such er.se as a substitute for a lover like Beeston. He shivered a little as a deadly thought protruded Itself. If Ruby was of a nature to absorb calumny so readily might not another calumny wreck the married happiness which he dared to hope for? Was thia the Nemesis that la. In wait for him. one year, two, three, or ten years hence? What an awful thought! Ills feet were fast In this dreadful vision when suddenly Beeston shouted and sank a foot or so. "Quick! After me!" he cried, and the rope drew out as he leaped. He landed on firmer snow even as that from which he sprang slid under oakey's boots. Ills serves shattered In a moment. Oakey made a wild at tempt to follow, jumped short, and slipped with the snow Itself Into a black abyss. And there he hung. He fell a little lower, then a little lower still. "I'm going!" he groaned. It seemed a long time ere Beeston gave him a word of encouragement, and then It came but faintly. "Don't wriggle, old chap," Beeston .whispered. "The grip's none too good up here. I'm right on the edge my self. Can you get any support for your feet?" In silence, with the very blood trem bling In his veins, Oakey put forth his feet, and touched polished Ice. "Keep calm. Dick," Reeston said on. Hang as light as you can. I — Oh, dear !" Oakey saw the ice before him rise about another foot. This was the measure of his drop by the latest jerk. "Whack out a niche for y<mr lingers! Be sharp!" Reeston com manded. "I can't," said Oakey. "I've dropped It. And—the rope's strangling me! Oh. Sam, do you think this is the end of both of us?" He could see his companion's boots above him. Staring at them, he saw more of Reeston every moment. And then a flood of remorse aw ept over him. as be seemed to see more •till —that this was heaven's chastise ment for his dastardly treatment of his friend. He had lied to Ruby about Beeston, and— " Sam," he cried, "save yourself! Cut the rope and save yourself !" "Save your grandmother !" replied Beeston hoarsely. "And keep still !" But the desperate nature of the situ ation was now plainer than ever to Oakey. The more Beeston tried to work the lever of his planted ax, the more certainly could he see the ap proach of the doom of both of them. He felt for his knife, found It, and opened a blade. "Sam," he cried, "I told Ruby you loved another woman! I deserve it all!" "Shut up!" hissed Reeston. "But I must tell you. I can't die with this on my soul. She wouldn't believe It nt first, but I persuaded her. Good by !" Ile hacked at tho rope while lie spol<e, and with the "q^d-by!" on his lips he beheld the last strand part be fore him. Shutting his eyes, he fell. Almost at the name Instant Reeston perceived that he could do no more — that he, too, was going Inevitably. He felt the relief from below, hut that did nothing for him. Tho hanging mass of snow gave way, and the gap received him Into Its depths only a moment or two after Oakey dropped. Rome two hours Inter they both emerged from the lower end of the crevasse—the worse for work and wear, hut otherwise In sound condition. Instead of being an Immeasurable abyss, it was less than 40 feet deep, with their own disturbed snow to alight upon. Oakey had come down without n scratch, and was just In time to dodge Beeston's hobnailed hoots, when he understood that ho was by no means dead. Beeston fell more awkwardly and had a cut face—nothing worse. Yith nil soon in the ascendant ""'"' h " "''" I' l '''"' " f h pc^tyl^Lntion. Aiol Onkev's nr havlnn|.iCTecovered, though not ODUM, GA.. JAN. 1918 without a search, th, set to work In grim earnest. "We're a couple of forty beggara," Reeston said early in the endeavor. "At least, I think no." Ere they were out,, he said some thing else: "Do you know, old chap, that was a plucky thing to do — to cut loose like that? You'll forgive me. Dick; hut I hardly gave you credit for that kind of heroism." "I don't wonder." said Oakey. "But It wasn't heroism." "That's what It would be railed by the best judges." Reeston Insisted. "Well, we'll talk moreabout It by and by." He was the first oqt, and held the mended and readjusted rope with both hands to help Oakey. "There, done!" he raid, as Oakey joined him. The Plc de Dien, white and black against the blue sky, was the first other object their eyes sa luted In this return to the loved up per crust of earth. "Well. what. SamT' asked Oakey, reading something of Beeston's thoughts in his face, but not ail. "Oh, about my loving another wom an. It's the trufh. Didn't think I was such a worm, did you?" "Sam! You don't mean that?" "Oh, yes, I do! I was Immensely disgusted with myself; yes. and puz zled when I discovered that Ruby was only the second best woman In the world after all. I kept It as dark as dark, though. You see why, of course. So long as she loved me. I had to fight against the other notion. I meant to try mid live up to irt and that kind of thing. But you've straightened my knots, and there we are." "Oh, Sam !" Oakey whispered again. "But It doesn't make me any the has a liar. And yet I believe I'd shrink at nothing for her." "Really? Woman is all that to a man. Isn't she? But let's get on." "You forgive me?" Oakey pleaded. Reeston pressed his old school friend's hand very hard. "A fellow who cuts himself adrift In a crevasse to save another fellow's life doesn't need to be forgiven much by the other fellow."—C. Edwardes in Black and White. A CONSIDERATE CHAP "Do you ask a girl's permission be fore taking a kiss?" "Certainly not! That would be meanly putting the re-ponsihlllty cn her." New Electric Furnaces, The success of electric heat In japan and varnish oven work has led to con- Mderable Investigation along the line of what might be termed low tempera ture heating; that is. heating with temperatures up to coo degrees Fah renheit. The results of these Investi gations have brought out numerous other applications, among which are electric core baking ovens, electric bread baking ovens, ovens for making cereals, drying woolen articles and equipment foEjherurdlalng. A Good Wife. Once upon a time there was a farm er whose wife daily pumped the house hold supply of water up to n tank on the roof, says The Little Journal. As- ter 9 years he Installed an electric motor to do this for her. Careful cat relation brought out the fact that the wife had been working that pump han dle 8.1150 hours at a value of half a cent per hour. Rhe had raved him BIRTS In 20 years. What was It the preacher said about her worth being above rubles? Birds 'Nest Soup. Tho birds' neats from which the far famed Chinese soup la made are built by a species of swallow that abounds on the coasts of Java. Ceylon and Bor neo. and consists of a gelatinous sub stance obtained from marine plants. The nests are boiled either In chicken broth or in milk of almonds, and the result very much resembles vermicelli soup, except that It is far more costly. Ball vs. Roller Bearings. Ball bearings are a German Inven tion. and It Is only a few years r;ro that they made their appearance on the market. Roller bearings, both cyl indrical and conical, are an Aw-rlenn Invention. The advantages claimed for the rollers over the balls are that they can sustain both the radial and the axial rain and they are more easily replaced when they become worn. Responsibility on Heredity. The oldest nations Invariably have the most philosophers and learned seers. This has been thought to be due, observes a writer, to their great er accumulation of knowledge, but this new theory places the responsi bility In large part upon heredity— the fact that men of civilised nation give their sons the menta! equipment of civilization. 9 omt^ Written In Fifteenth Century. Written In the fifteenth century, a manuscript containing letters and minor works of St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, father of the Latin church, who suffered martyrdom In 258. was one of the most Interesting objects when the dispersal of the libraries of Charles J. Groves of Boston, Mass., and others was begun. When a Woman May Lie. A Kansas City court has ruled that "a woman may lie to her husband when the provocation Is great enough." From our meager experience, notes the Pennsylvania Grit. It appears as If the dear ones are provoked virtually all the time. And, mercy, how angry they do become when the subject of ages Is broa ?hed. The Old Octagon Coin. The most valuable coin authorized In the United States Is the double Eagle, worth S2O, of course. But there was' formerly struck In California what was called an "octagon" because of Its shape, and It passed for SSO. It was current elsewhere, but never le gal tender. An Indian Dawn. I awoke—ami beyond the great trees I saw tho dawn come up like thunder, as It does on Mandalay. Exactly like thunder It camo up, rolling, rising, crashing clouds of copper and dull gold, reddening, breaking, mounting, out-topping one another.—Atlantic. Well Posted. They were discussing literature and the conversation turned to English au thors. "Have you read Carlyle?" In quired the literary connoisseur. "No," answered the literary pavenu, "but I've visited his Indian school." Late Food Discoveries. Lichens have been proposed as the latest addition to staple articles of diet. Ono scientist has suggested Ice land moss as suitable for making flour for bread and reindeer moss as good fodder for animals. Dangerous Symptom. "I hear that Bilcum is going to run for (congress." "Really? I'm not sur prised. When he was a boy they say hili'parents were awfully worried abfrut hlnu"—Life. Flow who are Truly wise In Common Senia Will advertise 75c.per year. CHINESE ARE DRILLED HERE Refugees From Mexico. Given Asylum at Columbas, N. M.. Formed Into Regiment by Army Officer. A Chinese regiment Is being drilled in the United States which could an ewer a call to the colors at any time. Ths regiment is composed of the Chi nese refugees from Mexico who ac companied General Pershing's troops out of the Southern republic. As the exclusion art prohibited them from bring admitted to the United States, they were given asylum st Columbus, N. M., and are being fed by the Chi nese relief society formed by tho Chi nese tongs of San Francisco. As these Chinese refugees have no work to do they have been formed Into military companies by Major Parker of the local military command, and they are put through dally drills, using sticks for guns. The Chinese have be come proficient In the manual of arms and tho more simple drills and make a presentable appearance while at drill. New Glazier's Hammer. For setting panes of glass In window and other frames, a hammer Is avail able which facilitates the work by giving a glazier perfect freedom In driving point*, and also lessens the lia bility of accidental breakage, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. The tool is but little heavier than an ordi nary tack-hammer and provided with a double-faced baud of trapezoidal form. Because of the shape of the faces, which have angular sides, the handle of the tool slants away from the flat surface of the glass when being used, thus permitting a workman to strike the points squarely and without diffi culty. Food Value of Milk. A New York authority contends that one quart of milk is equal In food value to any one of the follow ing: Three-quarters of a pound of beef steak. Three-fifths of a pound of ham. Four-fifths of a pound of pork chops. Eight eggs. Three pounds of fresh codfish. One pint of oysters. Two pounds of chicken. By comparing the prices of the ar ticles named one may arrive at a fairly accurate value of milk as a food at present prices. FLASHLIGHTS The worst kind of failure Is tho failure that Is tho result of only half trying. You can always tell what a man thinks of money by the things he will do to get It. Don't brag about yourself. As good as you are you don't stand alone In your class. Laughter won't cure an ail ment. but by gosh! it won't make It any worse. Judging by Appearance. Don't judge by appearance. The mno who looks like a bank president may be a farmer who has lots of business with banks.—Exchange. Daily Thought. Nothing will ever be attempted If all possible objections must be first overcome.—Doctor Johnson. The Cost. Everything Is worth what Its pur chaser will pay for it, according to an old saying.
