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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Corn Portleren.

The rice Dortieres of Japan can be
very satisfactorily initiated with In
dian corn, Screens of this sort ara
airy and effective and are not difficult
to make. The first step is to soak the
corn, adding to the water few drops
OF carbolic acid to protect 1t from in.
sect attack. When softened the ker-
nels can be easily pierced by a strong
needle and strung upon strong double
thread. A strip Of molding from
which the strings can depend should
be obtained and either punctured with
holes or set with brass headed taclrs
to which the strings can be tied.
Some attach a temporary frame Just
the size Of the desired portiere to the
molding believing that greater uni.
formity is secured by the tight stretch.
Ing OF the threads. Curtain frames
could probably be adapted to this
use. II no frame is used the
threads should be cut of uniform
length and need not be attached to
the molding until all the threads are
strung. The different colors may be
blended in q hit-and-miss way, or by
the aid Of a design checked on
into squares like a cross-stitch pat.
tern, each square representing q ker-
mel, the colers may DO strung in pat.
terms. Still another way OF securing
design is to use only white or yellow
corn and when strung In a frame to
stain the grain while damp with color
according to the design adopted. In
other words to dye or paint a pattern
upon the portiere as do the Japanese.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Preserve Soil MoIsturs.


To have two or three inches of the
surface soil mixed with the decaying
vegetable matter makes for us the
very best possible sponge for holding
the frequent showers, until such time
as the growing plants can make use Of
1t. Here again the manure heap
teaches us an important lesson, for
it will be the last place to dry out, and
as the water is the medium by which
plant food is conveyed from the soil
to the plants this Is benefit worthy
Of our consideration. Many people be-
lieve there is quite enough moisture
in the soil in the spring to nourish
an average crop, providing It is all
preserved and not allowed to eyapor.
ate. The movement of water in tho
soil is due to sympathetic nature, or
the capillary attraction that one par
ticle Of earth has for another. Sup
pose the PARTICLES of soil be as grains
Of wheat in a bin, and IL one grain
be dry and It's neighbor be saturated,
this sympathetic nature or capillary
attraction will bring about a unifor.
nifty, and in this way the water will
continue to move from the saturated
particles below to the dry ones above
in proportion as the grains of soil are
closely packed to each other, and will
rise right to the surface II not checked
and be eVapornted by the heat Of the
sun. Now, II we, by having two OF
three Of q looser soil mixed with the
manure to keep II open at the sur
face, TO check this evaporation, and at
= place where the roots Of the plants
are searching for moisture, they will
have the first chance 70 use It. This
Is very nicely explained and under.
stood by the rise OF oil in a lamp
wick. II within a little Of the top the
texture Of the wick be broken or
looser the OIL viii not rise to feed the
fame as readily, but viii rise to where
the wick is broken Just as we'll. But
when all Is said and done, the inn
portant thing for each farmer is TO
have HIS mind impressed with the
conditions and requirements OF his
own particular farm. and his own par
ticuiar fields, for different soils need
vastly and entirely different trcat-
ment. For instance, we might plow
down q coat OF rough, strawy manure
into stim clay soil with advantage.
while with q light black loan We
had better let It rot IN some other
place.--James McFadyean.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Selected ReeIpes

Coffee custard may be made thus:
Mix thoroughly eight egg yolks with
eight ounces OF sugar, dilute with
six custard-cupfuls of boiling milk and
good cupful Of black coffee, passed
through a fine straineT, All the cups
and put them in a low pan with boil
Ing water to half their height. take
on the froth that may Else TO the
surface, cover the pan and let It's con-
tents simmer gently for twenty min.
utes. When the custard Is well set
let Il cool in the water, drain, wine
the cups and serve cold.
Salmon Fritters-Take two eggs.
one-half cup milk, pinch OF salt, ana
one teaspOonful Of baking powder.
Flour. to make moderately thick bat
ter that win Just drop from the spoon.
Have the fat hot and Just before fry.
ing stir what broken salmon left from
supper you may chance 70 have In the
batter.
Cranberry Rellah--FiVe pounds OF
cleaned crGnberriess three pounds OF
aesded ralslns and The peel OF i've
large oranges chopped lins together.
Add the juice OF the oranges and
three pounds Of sugar. Brine % 4
beil. than Bot on back q tie range
and eimmer three hogra bottle ana
neal 8egVa - 3 meat relish. Nice
With chicken ~ Ns
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Bio Heavy Beef out Of styIe

BIG Heavy Beef Out OF Style.
There have been received on the
Chicago market during the past three
months more good cattle Weighing
1890 to 1900 pounds than for any
corresponding period in the last ten
years. Besides this, we have advices
through some of our readers of feed
ers who still have on hand cattle Of
extreme weights, some as heavy as
1000 pounds, though this of course is
rare. Quite number OF feeders
seem to have held their cattle back
from day to day hoping for better
markets, until they have become ex-
tremely heavy. OF course they have
missed it badly, and have thrown
away a good deal of corn that could
have been fed to lighter cattle to
good advantage.
AS matter Of fact, when a steer
reaches 1900 pounds he is heavy
enough for almost any purpose. Dur
ing the past two years there has
been a decided tendency on the part
Of exporters to purchase a lighter
grade of cattle than formerly, they
side Of the water is for smaller car
cases. There have been days this
fall when the exporters would not buy
steers weighing over 1850 pounds, and
in fact preferred them around 1900
pounds.
The buyers for Boston, who in the
old days wanted big 2,000-pound bull
locks-in fact, they could hardly be
too heavy to suit-are now calling for
lighter steers, Tastes have changed
and the drift of the times Is unmis-
takably in the direction of "baby
beef" To illustrate: one day last
week load of yearling beeves weigh
ing around 1850 pounds brought $5.35,
while right alongside of them were
plenty Of big 1000 to 100 pound
beeves, that no doubt cost so cents
to $1.0O more per 100 pounds to pro
duce than did the younger cattle, 60
ing at $50 to 1928. This surely is
an object lesson that any feeder can
grasp.
The slaughterer doesn't want the ex-
tremely heavy steer because he car.
ries an extensive amount OF waste fat,
and because his customers are clam.
oring for lighter carcasses, catering in
their turn to the consumer, who wants
tender toothsome, juicy steaks and
roasts cut from the early matured
1,200 to 1900 FOUNDER. In fact no one
wants the big bullock; he is obsolete,
out of date-and yet like Banquo's
ghost he will not down. Nine times
out of ten it is good policy to ship
out fattening steers as soon as they
reach the weight of 1900 pounds, at
the outside, and often before, and re-
place them with lighter set o. steers
rather than to keep on feeding until
the cattle reach the point where their
weight condemns them.-A. S. A. in
Live Stock Report,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
The Farm Home a Picture.

In travelling about tn state we see
too many buildings painted either in
gloomy or a gaudy color, says Del.
bert Utter Of Wisconsin. Now. why
not use a color that will blend with
natures colors, choosing white and
the neutral tints of gray, green and
brown, blending colors that will be
restful and cheerful to the sight. This
simply follows out the thought that
we are making a picture and oil the
colors should harmonize.
In forming our picture we wish to
make the better parts most prominent
and cover and hide the ugly parts
with vines and shrubbery. The barns
should be given the best of attention.
When making new lawn the first
work is to grade properly. 1t should
slope away from the house in all di.
rections, making drives from roadway
to barn and house. Drives to the barn
should be direct, while the one to the
house should diverge in easy and nat
ural curves, never losing sight Of the
thought that we are striving first for
utility and second for beauty. The
driveway should be excavated to the
depth Of six to twelve inches, accord
Ing to soil conditions, filing first with
coarse gravel or cinders, then finish
the last three inches with screened
gravel or crushed stone. Nothing adds
more to the appearance of lawn
than a well made and we'll kept drive.
The edges should always be kept
straight and graded, so that water
will run of readily.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
pIseardlnn Poor Animals.

One of the hardest things for a
young breeder to do is to discard
animals that are not up to the stand
ard for breeding purposes. There are
always buyers for pure-bred animals
at fair price. 1t matters not If the
animal in inferior, 1t will often COM
mand enough to tempt the breeder to
part with It, Here is where a great
many breeders tear down their repu.
tation while they are trying to build
1t up. Inferior breeding stock sold to
somebody has lived to vex many a
man who thought he was getting rid
OF his culls to advantage. It requires
courage to send pure-bred animals to
slaughter, but It pays when they are
not the kind to keep. The safe and
eventually the profitable plan is to
sell good animals and keep better
ones and breed best ones.-Thomas
McFarlane.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

the snimal purchased is free from
disease, even though the buyer may
be cogniEant of the fact that the
herd from which It came was entirely
free from all troubles Of this kind.
But many an animal, healthy at the
time Of being shipped, has contracted
disease in transit to the new purchas-
err. This is not infrequently due to
disease germs in the car in which
the hogs are shipped. We assume
that there are few or no breeders
that would ship to new locality an
animal known to be sick or that has
been exposed to cholera or any other
contagious disease. A little caution
in this matter will be effort well
spent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Man will be paper clad in the fu-
ture. Paper teeth would appear quite
impracticable, yet actual use has
proved them equal to those made Of
porcelain. Another interesting use
modern ingenuity has found for paper
Is to manufacture footsear from 1t.
So skillfully can II be prepared that
IN appearance It is almost identical
with that Of patent leather. It is,
however, considerably lighter, and SO
thin that It apparently reduces the
wearer's feet a couple Of sizes or
more
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
NewIy Purehaaed ltona.

When animals are purchased to 70
into the herd there Is always q pos
sibility that they will bring disease
with them. and this should be guard.
ed against as much Rs possible. Some
swine raisers follow the practice o.
keeping the animals separated from
the rest Of the hogs from one 70
three weeks. to give time for any
disease the hogs may have 70 a..
velep Thls q certainly - b CON.
naen4ed, Ono can neftr huoV that
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk
need be run il Peruna is kept in this
house and at the first appearance OF any
symptom of catarrh taken as directed ON
the bottle.
tive, a specific, is 8 cure for ali eases Of
catarrh, acute and chronic, coughs, colds,
consumption, etc.
II you do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of PeFunn,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case, and he win
be pleased to give you his valuable nd
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President a
The Hartman Sanitarium. COlumbul.
Ohm
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
kespIna Rees at Work.

Colorado is a great honey.produc-
ing state. Ono Colorado apiarist
keeps his bees busy collecting honey
all the year round by turning them
loose in his alfalfa fields in the sum.
mer and in winter shipping them to
plantation in Florida.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
MIR. PhIllIps' Poetic Secret.

A biographer Of Stephen Phillips,
endeavoring to account for his sue.
cess, lays particular stress on the
fact that, having been educated at
Standardization, he had unique op.
portunities Of imbibing the same air
as the master Of poetic drama"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place Of
all other brands. Others say they
cannot sell any other starch.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

We can sell you $50 acres fine land.
You can break 100 acres this spring,
SOW Il 20 SalzeT's Flax and reap
enough to pay for your land; etc, hav-
ing a fine farm free the frst year.
Have ten such pieces for Rale.
JOHN A. 9ALZER SEED CO..
CIV. N. W La Crosse. Wis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Eathnr nf ThIrtv.

There is a happy father Of thirty
children who lives at Beveren, Bel
GUM. He has been married twice. and
his progeny is composed of twenty-five
boys and eight girls.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
London,a blind Rennara.

In the poorer part of London, which
lies below the Bank Of England, there
are nearly 1900 blind persons, most
of whom are seen during the day
begging in the better quarters Of the
city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
How the Country he governed.

At a dinner at the Republican club
in New York the other evening, Gen.
Horace Porter, American ambassador
to France, explained how this country
is governed. The people across the
Atlantic, he said, didn't understand
It; but it Is perfectly simple. THE
daughters govern the mothers, and
the mothers govern the fathers, and
the fathers govern the country"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality Of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Dealers say that as soon as a Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch It is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold
mr. hOilpd
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
PetroIeum EleIds OF Rorneo.

The oil regions discovered in Dor.
neo furnished during the last year
more than 100000 tons of petroleum
for export.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

was she glad when he told her the
old, old story?" You bet she was.
Why, that girl never heard it before"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.--N. W, SAMUEL
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. II, 1900
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
Vast SUM In putIea.

Uncle Sans Golfers have been en-
riched greatly during the last nsca
year by duties collected here, accord
ing to the report Of the collector o.
port Just issued. For the year ending
June 80 duties amounting to S165.500.
12e have been paid. This is the larg
est amount ever collected at New
York and beats the previous record
made in 1s9s-19OO, by 312.OOO.OOO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
senslbIo Houseksenern

will have Defiance Starch, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Mrs. WInsloW's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces IN
Illumination, alays palm, cures wind colo. 2dc bottle
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

1.-THE more a man earns" says the
Cynical Bachelor, "the more his wife
yearns for more"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

Uneasy lies the tooth that wears a
crown.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21
A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject in Plain
Language.

The coming winter will cause at least
one-half Of the women to have catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or cOnsump-
ton. Thousands Of women will lose
their lives and tens Of thousands will
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

acquire some chronic all
ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless you take the nee
essary precautions, the
chances are that you (who
read this) will be one of
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-01-21

FITS g. s az II s
e. Sec for TREE ~ 90 t,isl bottle sPd trsst,ss
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
FAUQUlER
Death Of Popular Young Lady Mr..
BENZ. Courtney Dead Notes Per-
aonaIs, Etc.

Bristersburg, Va Sept. i0ib, 1901
Miss Mary Peters, daughter Of Mr.. j
M, Peters, died recently, aged ~ Sears
she WRe "a member oi ChlVerton rhurch
NJ. Z South. disease laid iIHrluIrheu on
her about I months ago. The Gpreaspd
was a student Of Farmville College last
year. and on her return home was mp
pointed teacher Of our village school
She had the element. To make IA snecear
OF her iuture life. and the promise Il de
cided usefulness.
Rev. W r. Grover her former pastor
conducted the funeral services.
Died at the home ui his mother, Mrs
Louisa Courtney. near Elk Run, Ben :
min Courtney, on Sept. 3rd, of typhoid
lever. He was "A member of Mt. Carmel
Baptist church Funeral services were
conducted by Rev Y III. Council
Busy season IL not confined 20 the
farmers and carpenters alone. Prepara.
tions in the way Of canning, preserving
and the housekeeping duties engage
the whole time OF the ladies Then
business syOcstions will be resumed by
the school teachers and Others who take
employment
Miss Lula James will leave for Wash.
ington to accept a position there
Mr j. H. George has gone 20 Washing
ton also, 80 our village is losing the 90
ciety OF some OF our young men.
Miss Colbert. OF Amissville, Is visiting
Mrs c. f. Bird and family.
Mrs. Hord, of upper Fauquirr. and
Mrs. Willis, Of Remington, were the
guests of Mrs. r. ~ Fieklen on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Walker, OF Cnlpep-r. are
guests OF Mr. +. NJ Boteler ana family.
We are sorry 90 announce the Illness oi
Mrg. Ada Smith near HowegO.
Mr. L. J. James, of WAshin ton. il
visiting his parents near Sowegu.
Mr. Waller COlyin, OF our village, and
Mrs. !. VI. Bird are delegates from Mt.
H0reb Epworth League to the ronyen-
tiOn AZ Fall's church sept. ! 9Th and 10th.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
The Saerat Of SUCCESS

Forty million bottles of August
Flower sold in the United States
alone since it's introduction And
the demand for it is still growing
Isn't that fine showing of success
Don't it prove that August Flower
has had unfailing success in the cure
of indigestion and dyspepsia-the
two greatest enemies of health and
happinessP Does it not afford the
best evidence that August Flower il
sure specific for all stomach and in
testinal disorders that il has
proved itself the best of all liver reg
ulatorsY August Flower has q
matchless record of over thirty fye
year5 in curing the ailing millions OF
these distressing eomplaints-a sue
cess that IL becoming wider in it,
scope every day,at home and abroad,
as the fame of August Flower
spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; regular
size, 75c. For sale by X. N.Goolrick'
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13

CAROLINE.
Notes, Personals, Etc q.

BOWL ling Green. Va, Sept, Sth, 1904
The Misses BrOaddus entertained thu
/ r. N. Ciub at their home on Main stree
/ Friday night
Mir. ami Mira. W r.. Ennis left On Mon
day for 81 Louis tO rpend week or ter
days,
Measrs. W h and /. 4 Pentross, o
J Norfolk, spent SUNDAY win Mai AND
Mrs X d Pratross
Mre. James WOrthHm, who has been
spending rome time with Mrs. l.. Bul
lard, WAS called 10 her home in Washing
ton Saturday On hccunnt of the Hines ol
her husband.
Misses Marion and Julia Iiy lani return
cI tn their home IN Richmond on Friday
after spending srvernl days with the
Misses lIrOsddus.
The ladies Of the Parsonage Aid So.
ciety of the Methodist church will sell ice
cream on court day, the proceeds 20 90
towards psinting the parsonage
Mrs John Gibson. OF K chmOnd, il the
guest of Dr f. + Butler and family.
Miss Angie McGruder, Of Richmond, il
at Mulberry Place. the home Of Mrs
I Lucy " OOuolht hnrIF 6hF NAh SPVh'
some time
Miss Eleanor Borum left on Monday for
Pennsylvania. where she will attend
school this winter
Mr.. e. e. Ennis has returned 20 Wash.
ington. after spending u lew days with
his mother. Mrs. e. X Ennis.
Lite Miss CAmmie Cary has returned
to her homs in Richmond hiier spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs j H. White.
Misses Florence and Helen BToaddus
have returned from Il delightful visit 10
Richmond.
There were no services iD the Methodist
church Sunday, owing 10 the fact that
The pastor, Rev. +. l. P,erman, is con.
ducting a meeting at GUineas.
Mr. Willie Wright left on Saturday
night for New York, after spending two
weeks with bis parents here
Messrs. Rylsnd and Lsber, of Rich.
mond, spent Sunday and Monday with
the family of DR. W. H. Broaddus
Miss Annie q Collins il spending few
days with relatives in Richmond.
The remains OF young Richie Vaughn,
OF Ashland, who WAS killed near Milford
Monday morning, were carried to Rich.
mond on Tuesday and inferred in Holly
wood Cemetery.
Miss Gertrude Clark, of Richmond, is
the guest Of the Misses Pollard
",
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
AOW,S THIS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. I. J. Cheney y Co, Toledo
o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the the last years
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and f.
nancially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by his firm.
Walding, kinnan i Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is Taken inter
nally' acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 7jc per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for Con
stipatiOn.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
Consumption

The only kind Of consumP--
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that con-
sumption is a durable disease
1t is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
AT the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle OF
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use Of SCOTS Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands OF
cases, turned the balance in
favor Of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
sion is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul. n
sion checks the disease while IT
can be checked.
Send for free sample
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists
4os-4Is Pearl Street, NOV iO'A
coz. and lI.oo; al draEslssA
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
Loose Tobacco Sales.

At meeting Of the b ard of Directors
Of the Richmond TObaCrO Trade. the fol.
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, that the formal opening oil
loose tobacco sales on the warehouse
floors of this city for this fiscal year, shall
begin on October Is, pro1imo."
"Resolyed. that the DFoprietors ol
warehouses berequested 70 ogiveextended
notice of this action Of the Board tu
their country patrons, and TO the buy
era OF tobacco on this market"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-13
From I4e 70 90 Pounds

One of the most remarkable eases
OF a cold, deep-seated on the lungs.
causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Ger
trude L. Fenner, Marion, Ind, who
was entirely cured by the use Of One
Minute Cough Cure. She says: THE
coughing and strainlng so weakened
me that ran down In weight from
i4s to % pounds. | tried a Dumber
OF remedies to no avail until | used
One Minute Cough Cure. Four bot
ties of this wonderful remedy cured
me entirely of the cough, strength
ened my lungs and restored pe TO
my normal weight, health, strength. -
Sold by ID. G. Bowman.