SOMETHING TO THINK
1 ABOUT 3y F. A. WALKER
A CLEAR TRACK
'T'HE white lights are blazing encour-
X agingly along your track, young
nian and woman, and the world Is
waiting open-armed to receive you.
There Is work to do for yoursel.
and your country.
The shops and factories are calling
you. The professions are opening
places in their ranks for your accept
ance.
The smiling acres in pleasant val
leys and on magnificent, health-giving
hills are stretchin" out their plump,
brown arms to embrace you in a
friendly welcome.
From everywhere comes the call to
honor and prosperity.
The old and worn are falling by the
wayside; the young and vigorous must
move up and take their places, full of
promise and overflowing with riches.
Mount your steed and whip him up.
Do not be afraid.
Nothing is impossible If you will
accept responsibility intelligently and
give the best that is in you.
There are greater fortunes hidden
in the future, waiting for development
than are visible in the present, and
the track Is clear along the entire
way.
Keep going in ail sorts of weather.
Keep away from your own ugly moods,
angry quips and storms of passion.
Carry with you all the cheer, will
ingness and sunshine that you can.
j oAmong the
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
■p IIAN’CIS SCOTT KEY, born Au
gust !>, 1780, made himself immor
tal by writing tlie “Star Spangled
Banner.”
It happened that, in the War of 1812,
towards its close in 'l4, the British in
vaded Washington. Some friends of
Key’s, who lived on a plantation near
by, were being held as prisoners and
Key obtained the permission of Presi
dent Madison to secure their release.
With another man who hud charge of
the release and exchange of prisoners,
he went out to the plantation and was
courteously received by the British.
They agreed to let the, owners go, but
said tlie entire party would have to
stay over during an attack on Balti
more. Consequently, they were de
tained on board the frigate Surprise,
part of the fleet tiring on Fort Mc-
Henry.
The battle raged (luring the night,
a puny enough tight, as battles go
nowadays, but was watched with anx
iety by the Americans. From his place
on the deck. Key could see the Amer
ican flag flying in the glare of the
guns. Then there was a lull, and only
darkness and smoke, and he lost sight
of it, and had to await the first rays
of dawn to see whether the Stars and
Stripes still floated. When lie saw it
again, in the first faint light, lie was
so overflowing with relief and exulta
tion that lie wrote the first part of
his immortal poem on the back of an
envelope. It was printed and sung
by a Baltimore actor, that ver. 'lay,
they say, and swept through the coun
try as the greatest song n tl n time.
Key was a lawyer, though he did
publish a book of poems with this
song included. He died in Baltimore
in 1843, and since then several monu
ments have been erected—one in Fred
erick county where he was born.
((£) by George Matthew Adams.)
o
Occasionally there Is a February
with no full moon. Two such cases
occur In the present century—l9l3 and
1901.
moil er’s CooL BooL
It Is better laughing than crying,
However the world go by!
Though the laughing be only lying,
It is better laughing than crying;
So laugh—lt Is well worth trying—
Though a teardrop burn In the eye!
It Is better laughing than crying,
However the world go by!
—Stokley Fisher.
m 9
FOR THE FAMILY TABLE
tt'KEDING the family is a very Im
portant business and one widen
every mother will do well to study.
Simple food well prepared Is much
more wholesome for all ages than the
rich foods and hearty meats so often
considered necessary.
Panned Chicken.
Separate a chicken into pieces at
the Joints; set into a buttered baking
pan, adding a bit of butter to each
piece ; pour in a cupful of boiling water
or veal broth, add salt, cover closely
and set to cook in a hot oven; let
cook an hour and a half; baste the
chicken once or twice and turn over
the pieces when half-cooked. When
done remove the chicken to a platter,
surround witli savory rice and serve
with
Sauce for Panned Chicken.
Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter;
la it cook three tablespoonfuls of
Stop frequently at the wayside sta
tions and take on a new supply, for
these are the things which will make
it possible for you to write your name
in later years side by side with the
illustrious leaders who are now show
ing you the way.
When their day is over. If you have
proved yourself capable and true, you
will take their places and help other
as they are now helping you.
Every morning when the sun comes
up it shines upon the smiling face n.
a new captain, who has passed safely
through tiie trying darkness of nig’t
and proved his worthiness to com
mand.
Some morning the sun may shine on
you!
I.et that thought give you encou;
agement, greater incentive to keep go
ing straight ahead on a clear track
where the white lights are flashing
you a friendly welcome at every mile
stone.
Pack your heart full of love; pack
it full of accomplishment; pack it full
of faith, courage and noble ambition,
then ride on assured that you will
reach the coveted goal.
by McClure Newspaper Syndicate )
SCHOOL DAIJS
your Last Name
IS IT BRIGGS?
BRIGGS is a more usual name than
Bridge or Bridges, yet they both
have the same meaning, and Briggs
is the dialect variation of Bridge.
Rigg is in the same way a form of
Ridge, yet Rigg or Riggs is rather
more usual than Ridge or Ridges.
In England the name is renowned
as having belonged to Henry Briggs, a
contemporary of Shakespeare and of
the greatest mathematicians of Ids
day.
There have been several distin
guished members of the Briggs family
here. One was George N. Briggs, one
fine governor of Massachusetts and
congressman. And another was
Charles Augustus Briggs, an Ameri
can theologian.
flour and a scant balf-teaspoonful of
salt and a few dashes of pepper;
when bubbling hot stir in three-fourths
of a cupful of cream and the broth
from the pan which should make a
cupful or more. When boiling, strain
into a bowl.
Raisin Pie.
Grate the rind and add the Juice of
two lemons and one orange, add one
cupful of light brown sugar, two cup
fuls of seeded raisins, one cupful of
coafsely chopped walnuts, one and
one-fourth cupfuls of water and bring
to the boiling point; add four table
spoonfuis of flour blended with two
of butter Cook until the mixture Is
smooth, pour into a well-lined pastry
plate, cover with a crust and hake for
thirty minutes in a moderately hot
oven until delicately browned.
For a family with a member or two
who cannot eat sauerkraut, those
who do must deny themselves a whole
some, tasty dish. Isn’t it too had that
we cannot all sit down to such a dish
as this?
9
(ft, lilt, Western Newspaper Union. )
ZEBULON RECORD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925.
THIS KEEPS US
TWENTY
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
A SHADOW will fall
Across us all,
There never yet was a year all sum
mer.
And men will win
To an empty Inn
Where never a light will greet the
• comer.
But the cloud will pass
And we’ll find the grass.
And the spring will come with the
buds returning.
And we’ll trudge along
When the inn goes w'rong
Till we come to a house where the
lights are burning.
The wind will blow
From the north, you know.
And the snow will drift, and the Ice
will gather.
But the wind will swing
To the south and tiring
Us clearer heavens and better weather
Why, all we need
Is to wait, indeed.
And to smile a little, and pray a plenty.
The days we scold
Are what makes us old,
And the daA we hope are what keep
us twenty!
((c) bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate )
FERRIS —This is said io have been
derived from a French nickname from
Frederick.
MASON—Sometimes tills Is an oe
cupative name but probably ofteue. -
it is derived from Matthew, having the
significance of son of Matthew.
CATT —This is undoubtedly derived
from the first name Catherine. It
may have been that the first of the
name took his name from his mother —
and illegitimacy wai surely not always
the reason for this. Again it is high
ly probable that sucli first names were
taken in honor of some saint or church
festival. Thus a man born on St. Cath
erine's day might have been given this
name to distinguish him from his as
sociates.
((c) by McClurt Newspaper Syndicate )
The young lady
ACROSS THE WAY
fl
The young lady across the waj
says It’s Interesting enough to go ti
tlie New York Stock Exchange once
in a while, but she doesn’t see whj
anybody wants to pay the prices the;
ask for a seat for the season.
(fi by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Lore for Dog-Owners
By Albert Payton Terbnne
WHY YOUR DOG DOES STRANGE THINGS
"The Dog Turned Carefully Around Twice Before Lying Down.”
OI.D MAN NEGLEY had brought
his slenderly compact little
Dobermann Pinscher dog along
with him to Vine street that day, for
companionship in his tiresome round
of lawn-mowing.
At noon the old man parked his
lawnrnower under a tree in tlie Yr#e
lands’ spacious back yard and sat
down beside it to sample the contents
of ids dinner-pail.
The grass had been left to grow
long in this part of the grounds. A
little later it was to be cut for hay.
At present it was wavy and starred
with daisies.
The two Vreeland boys and a school
friend of theirs sauntered past, toward
the house, and stopped to say hello
to the old niah.
As they did so the Dobermann Pin
scher decided to imitate his master’s
example by coming to rest in the tall
grass. The dog turned carefully
around,, twice, before lying down.
“I wonder why he did that,” said
Phil Vreeland. “Why he turned
around, I mean, before he lay down.
I've seen lots of dogs do it. It’s
silly.”
“Yes,” agreed Old Man Negley. “It's
silly. Just as silly as for you and me
to dream we’re falling off some high
place and wake up with a start. But
once it wasn’t silly for folks to dream
that. Our ancestors, a million years
ago slept in high trees or on high rock
ledges to keep out of the way of wild
beasts. The fellow who fell down
from that height in his sleep was due
.to get a broken neck or be eaten by
those same wild beasts.
“That was their worst terror for
maybe thousands of years. That's
why we keep on dreamlhg it; so a pro
fessor-chap told me once.
“Well, my dog turns around for a
reason something like that. ,
“For millions of years his ancestors
use! to sleep in the high grass at
night. The grass stems were stiff.
The ground was likely to have snakes
or seorplons on It. By turning around
the dogs brushed the stiiT grass Into a
led, and they scared away the snakes
or the scorpions that might have
stung them,
“Dogs, today, get that trick from
their ancestors. Some of them turn
around like that, even if its only a
hearthrug they’re gqjrg to lie down
on.
“It’s what the science sharps call a
‘throwback.’ It may be silly (now),
but once it was a life-saver.
“There are a lot of things our dogs
do because their ancestors did those
same things for so long. For in
stance :
"Wild dogs and their wolf-brothers
were about the only animals that ever
have hunted in packs. They would
pull down a deer or a buffalo or some
other prey, and then the whole pack
would fall upon It and eat it. They
were half starved.
“Often there wasn’t enough to go
around, so the dog with dainty table
manners didn't live long enough to
have any descendants. He died of
h iger.
“The strongest dog was the dog that
could bolt his food fastest and In that
way get the biggest share of it. He
was the dog that left his traits to his
descendants—his traits of gulping
down his food in big mouthfuls with
out half chewing it, among other
things.
“That’s why dogs today bolt their
food faster and with less chewing than
any othoi animal does. A cat eats
daintily. A dog gobbles. That Is why
it is twice as easy to poison a dog as
it Is to poison a cat. The cat ex
amines first. The dog Inherits the
habit of bolting his dinner without
stopping to figure out what Is in It.
“Nature has helped out this trait of
his by giving him gastric Juices that
dissolve almost anything, except poul
try bones, that gets Into his stomach.
If you or 1 should eat the things a
dog eats, and eat them as fast and
without chewing, we'd be dead.
“Another thing about the old-time
hunting packs of wild dogs: When a
dog starts to bay the moon at night,
you’ve noticed how one dog after an
other, for miles around, takes up the
sound and passes it on. It isn’t like
that with any other animal. For in
stance, if one cow moos all the cows
in town don’t begin to moo.
“In the old times the leader of the
pack would bay at night to call the
rest of the scattered dogs together
for the hunt. Wolves and wild dogs
still do that. Every wild dog that
heard the call would obey it, and he'd
do more. He’d send along the call to
any other dogs that might be in hear
ing distance of him, and they’d pass
it on in the same way.
“It’s the ancestor-memory of the
hunting call that makes our own dogs
hark or howl at night when they hear
a neighbor's dog do it. And a mighty
unpleasant throwback it is, when folks
are sleepy.”
Old Man Negley had tossed a mut
ton bone to his Dobermann I’lnscher
when he sat down. The Pinscher had
not finished gnawing all the meat off
it. Getting to his feet and trotting
over to a flowerbed, he proceeded to
bury the bone in the soft earth, shov
ing the dirt back into place above it
with his black nose.
“There's one more throwback,”
commented the old man, nodding to
ward the busy canine. “When the wild
dogs pulled down some prey that was
too big for them to eat all at once,
they knew the next dog or pack of
dogs that happened to get the scent
would finish the carcass.
“So the dog that had had enough
to eat would bury the rest of the
bones. He would come back later to
dig them up and eat them, when he
was hungry again.* That was good
common sense; and I don't doubt it
often saved him from famine. When
game was scarce, he’d Just return to
the pluce where he’d buried his din
ner ; and he’d eat It.
“To this day dogs do the some
thing. That Dobermann of mine
knows be isn’t likely to come here
again. He knows lie’s never in his
life been let go hungry. But by old
time* instinct he's burying that bone.
Because a trillion of his ancestors did
It; and they made it a part of his
nature to bury bones he can’t eat.
“Your dad was asking me how to
stop his collie from running out after
cars. That's another throwback. Wild
dogs lay In the bushes or long grass.
Deer or sheep or rabbits would scurry
past. If the dog wanted a dinner, he
had to give chase the first Instant he
saw the flash of anything rushing past
him. It was his nature to give chase
to anything that ran by. That’s how
he kept alive. It was his sport and
his way of making a living. It got to
be an Instinct.
“In the brains of modern dogs (espe
cially long-haired dogs, because they
are nearest to the wolf and the wild
dog) that Instinct Is still doing busi
ness. And a pesky nuisance It is.
“A car goes whizzing past, and in
stinct makes the dog chase It. Some
times I wonder what they think they’d
do with the car If they caught It.
“Yes, there’s a reason for every
thing your dog does. Even if that rea
son is sometimes a million years old.”
(Copyright by the McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Carlabad Still Popular
Before the World war, Carlsbad was
probably the most famous spa of Eu
rope, and 70.000 visitors a year Jour
neyed there. After the war Carlsbad
became Karioby Vary of Czechoslo
vakia. Nearly 30,000 visitors stayed
there last year, which was more than
twice as many ns the year before; five
times as triuny Americans as English
were there, a number eight times
larger than the number of French.
Miaunderatood
She —We women are always misun
derstood.
He —Well, no woman ever tries te
make herself pluln, dues she?
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uni
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