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When the West Bank Dikes Brcke
Saving the Vicksburg Railroad Transfer
AARY GRAHAM BONNER.
SPUD COON'S RESOLUTIONS
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY MAY 19, 1927
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"I must tell you," said Paddy to
Kick and Nancy, "about Spud Coon's
New Year's resolutions.
"Spud Coon had been a very
naughty raccoon during the Christmas
holidays.
"He lmd been stealing a great many
of Former Wells' chickens.
"He had given a number of chick
en feasts and had also gone to many
parties.
"He hat! always come home very
much exhausted and stayed asleep
even longer than he should have done.
"Of course too many parties and too
many chicken feasts and not enough
rest and good exercise made Spud
Coon feel quite poorly.
"He got extremely worried about
himself, and one evening It was New
Year's Eve, by the way Spud Coon
decided he would go see Dr. Ked Fox.
"Now, Dr. Ited Fox had been very
naughty when he was a Uttle fox, but
age had given him a great deal of eom-
He1 Looked Very Wise.
mon sense, and he was as clever as a
fox can be, which is pretty clever, you
know.
"Spud Coon found him all alone in
his office, which was about a mile
through the woods from where Spud
Coon lived.
"Dr. Red Fox was seated on a wood
en stump reading an enormously big
book, and he looked very wise with
his spectacles on his nose.
"'How do you do, Spud Coon?' said
Doctor Fox, as he looked up from his
book.
" 'Oh, very poorly ! I'm afraid I am
going to die,' replied Spud Coon.
"'Why, what's the trouble?'
"'Oh, doctor I've very bad pains In
my head, and my legs ache, and I
don't know what is the matter with
me!'
"Doctor Fox took his spectacles off
his nose and, leaning back on the
stump, sighed heavily.
" 'Well, I know what the trouble Is,
Spud Coon ; you've been eating too
much rich food, and too much is bad
for you.
"Then you've stolen them and your
conscience is troubling you, for you
really are a good coon nt heart, and
no sleep at the right time not good !
" 'You should get up and exercise
and hunt for your food and then
you'll feel well.
" 'But if you keep on like this,' and
Doctor Fox looked very grave, 'you'll
be all doubled up with rheumatism so
that your joints will get stiff and you
will not be able to walk without limp
ing and no one will care for you.'
"Spud Coon felt for a few moments
that he could never give up the feasts
and the good times and the lazy life,
so accustomed to them had he be
come, and he had greatly enjoyed his
lazy and gay life.
"But he realb:;'d how dreadful It
would be to grow old and Infirm be
fore his time, so he bravely decided
that his New Year's resolutions would i
be to do as Dr. Red Fox had said so
he could once more be a good and
strong creature."
PUZZLES
What Is deeper than the ocean?
bed.
Its
, What sort of a fish does an astron
omer want? A starfish.
Long aqd lanky, thin and tall, causes
many birds to fall? A gun.,
When Is a fish like an airman?
When It rises and takes a fly.
a turnip become If It
What would
were left ail day In a bucket of water?
Wet
Why Is a giraffe the most forgiving
animal? Because it overlooks every
thing. Why Is 9,000,000 such a very bad
number? Because It Is so naughty
(noughty).
What tongue Is It that sometimes
gives you pain and yet never speaks
a word? The tongue of your shoe.
What is the difference between a
champion runner and a doctor's watch.
One beats the retrd and the other
records the beat.
What Is that instrument with which
every tooth in your head may be
drawn, not only without pain but with
out consciousness of the operation,
provided only you keep your mouth
open? A black-lead pencil.
The railroad transfer of Vicksburg was in great danger of destruction by
an army of men was put to work reinforcing the levee with thousands of
Explosion Cripples the Langley
The L'. S. S. Langley, f gshlp of the fleet's air forces, being towed Into
Brooklyn navy yard for re;,: ls after the explosion off Ambrose light. Electric
machinery aboard the craft was paralyzed, but no one was hurt.
Apple Blossom Parade Prize Float
This float won first prize in the Apple Blossom parade nt Winchester, Vu.
Beauties of the Shenandoah valley were garbed in old-fashioned dresses in
the apple blossom colors, pink,- white and green.
Big Offer for Thi3 Monstrance
Theresa Moser of New York holding a timustrance said to contain part
Of the holy cross. An art dealer has offered $J(X,"iO for the elic. but the
girl has not yet decided to part with it. Her forehoars received it 150 years
ago from Joseph II, Austrian monarch.
the flood waters of the Mississiuni and
sacks of dirt! PPl
KITCHEN M m
(, 1927, Western Newspaper Union.)
Emerson said of Lincoln: "Hii
heart was as great as the world,
but there was no room In It to
hold the memory of a wrong."
TEMPTING FOODS
The commonest foods when well
cooked and well seasoned, then well
served are always tempt
ing.
Braised Cabbage. Af-
tr cutting a good-sized
head of cabbage in half,
let it stand an hour or
more in cold water to
cover, then put on to
cook in boiling salted wa
ter until nearly done.
Drain and remove the hard center
after it has cooked twenty minutes.
Put Into a saucepan one sliced carrot,
one turnip sliced, one stalk of celery,
a few springs of parsley, one sliced
onion and a bunch of any herbs. Lay
the cabbage on top, pour over two cup-
i fuls of good stock and boil until all
the vegetables are tender.
Hot Tamales. Boil a fowl until ten
der, strip the meat from the bones and
chop flue. Chop half a pound of
seeded raisins and one-half cupful of
stoned olives with one red pepper, all
finely chopped. Mix all together with
i a paste made of two cupfuls of corn
meal, scalded with boiling water and
cook for fifteen minutes. Add six
half cooked eggs finely chopped and
mold into rolls. Place in the smooth
inner husks of green corn and tie with
strips of the husk. Boil for an hour
In salted water.
parsnips. There are so few ways
that parsnips are served that an occa
sional change is always welcome. Try
cooking them unscraped, then remove
the skin and mash. Serve them as
fritters by dropping a spoonful of the
parsnips, well seasoned, into a fritter
batter and frying in deep fat.
Another tnost appetizing way of
serving parsnips Is to peel and slice
them into matchlike strips' two -Inches
long, put to cook with no water, only
that which clings to the vegetable
when washed. Add a spoonful each of
lard and butter and stir occasionally
to insure an even browning. Add salt
and pepper if liked ; serve as a vege
table or as a garnish for the platter of
meat.
Buttered Parsnips. Clean parsnips
and slice into quarters, and the quar
ters Into strips. Put to cook in a
tightly covered dish with a tablespoon
ful of butter, stirring occasionally and
cooking slowly for two hours.
WHY SHE REVERTED
TO FEMININE TYPE
Although Mrs. Elsie Redfern was an
ardent worker in the cause of women's
suffrage, she is entirely out of sym
pathy with the masculine trend of the
modern girl. Indeed, she advocates
drastic methods to win back the vogue
of longer hair and longer skirts.
"More people should employ the Joe
Brown method," she states. '.
" 'I never see Brown's wife In knick
ers any more,' commented the next
door neighbor, 'and my wife says she
never meets her in the barber shop
these days, either. I wonder what's
happened?'
"'She's reverted to the feminine
type, explained the girl across the
fence. 'Mr. Brown is pretty builhead
ed and he told her that if she was
going to be a man she was going to
change the tires, earn the money for
the gas and take care of the furnace
in winter.'" Los Angeles Times.
Writers of Note Did
Best Thinking in Bed
Descartes used to lie in bed, very
frequently, for 12 or 14 hours in the
day with the curtains drawn.
.Rousseau and Pope likewise pro
cured some of their best thoughts in
bed.
Balzac never grudged spending a
week on a page, and was never satis-
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Great tracts of central Louisiana were inundated when the levees on the
west bank of the Mississippi river gave way. This picture, ma'le across from
Vicksburg, shows the flood waters rushing over the Dixie highway.
fled with his first thoughts.
Hume wrote his "History of Eng
land" on a sofa, and went on quietly
correcting every edition until his
death.
Burke had all his principal works
printed two or three times at a pri
vate press before submitting them to
his publisher.
Gibbon trusted his printer to the
extent of sending the first and only
manuscript of his stupendous work,
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire," to him. Market for Ex
change. Better Than Farce
The commercial traveler found
himself stranded in a manufacturing
town in Lancashire and decided to
visit the local music hall. He found
the place closed, however.
On the way home he happened to
pass a large hall whence Issued roar
after roar of hilarious laughter. He
walked up to the entrance and in
quired of the doorkeeper what was
taking place.
"Amateur dramatic society, sir,"
explained the doorman.
"Ah," said the other, as there came
another burst of laughter, "doing a
comedy, eh?"
"No, sir," came the grim retort,
"they're doing 'Macbeth' !" London
Answers.
Record Growing Period
The year 1920 will be recorded by
nature as the greatest growing period
for a century or more. Foresters have
just found that the annual ring of
growth made by the forest trees on
the Pacific coast during the 12 months
of 1920 is twice the width of former
years in recent history.
Unusually mild weather, plentiful
rainfall and very little wind proved
beneficial to forest growth. Recent
examination of new growth rings is
amazing, report loggers and student
foresters. It is possible In the study
of ring growth to discover whether
former years were cold or warm. In
connection with thin or wide expan
sion of the tree trunks.
Eat Eels and Live Long
Baron Kihachiro Okura's retire
ment at the age of ninety-one brings
to light an important fact. He at
tributes his longevity to a diet of rice
and eels. This restricted and esotlc
regimen may seem somewhat strange
to his Japanese compatriots, but to
westerners with a fondness for health
foods it must be quite acceptable.
Eels are surely full of vitamlnes, and
even If they are not, the civilization
that fell for Metchnlk'off's sour but
tejmijk cannot find anything oufland-
THERE'S HEALTH IN
MILK
Especially is this time when the milk is as
carefully guarded as is our milk from the
time it leaves the cow until it reaches your
home. The utmost in sanitary handling
is our rigid practice.
Holly Grove Dairy
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Ten thousand books and more are
published annually in America.
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A newly organized troop of Girl
Scouts in Maiden, Massachusetts, has
selected the rolling-pin as its official
insignia,
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One third of the year consists eith
er of Sunday or national holidays in
Brazil, the exact number of working
days being 245.
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A recent claim against a Connecti
cut insurance company was made by
a father who said his ribs were brok-
i en by his daughter's embrace.
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Some Chinese still hold spectacles
in superstitious reverence and it is
considered correct to remove them
when greeting a social superior.
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By unanimous vote of the Texas,
legislature the mocking bird was re
cently adopted as the official song,
bird of that state. , .,
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