The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Lies Spice
Variety is the spice Of life"
By ). NICK. +.

Now that we are really waking
up to the benefit of Civic Improve
ment, there will be several things
to consider along this line. For
one thing, the many unlicensed
dogs which roam the streets,
scratching aud tearing mp yards,
hunting buried bones, are an alb
sOlute nuisance, aud something
ought to he done about them. II
u dog is worth having it is worth
the cost of the license, aud as there
is Il law in this regard it ought to
be enforced. Chickens are IA neigh
bUrhoud nuisance. aud when they
refuse to keep within their own
boundary lines they should be
eaten at once by the owners. That
will be the law at our place this
year, and ! hope to see it followed
10y everybody else. After years of
fooliug with a lawn, ! have this
year gone to bed rock by having
my front yard plowed and rolled,
aud have started a new lawn, and
! don't want it scratched up by
either dogs or chickens.
The Swastika, the Indian luck
charm, is becoming all the rage.
1t is said to be the only sign or
symbol which has been found IN
every nation and cline, even the
earliest nations, and has always
been the representative of the very
best ideal to be attained. Even
among heather nations it means
the highest conception of II Deity.
A sect of Buddhists in Japan con
slider that the angles of the Swas-
tika signify Love, Wisdom and Tol.
erance. Could there be n higher con.
ceptiOn Of Christianity than that!
But all nations superstitously hold
that it is luck giving charm, and
it is worn to ward off evils aud
give good luck in all undertakings.
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Did You ever realize the value of
half hoursf 1t seems II very little
time in which anything can be &C.
compllshed, but little one day
in half hour, and continued the
next day for this time, and there
will be something worth while ac-
complished. have realized this
in a practical way recently. Peo-
pie have different way to take a
rest and change from the ordinary
routine of everyday life. Mine is
to embroider. Physicians agree
that there is no sedative for ner-
vous and tired women like a needle
used with moderation; so | have
set myself daily task at my EN-.
broideIy for one half hour. 1t
seems so little can be done that
way, but | gradually find large
piece growing into one ready for
use after some work. | completed
recently Il large embroidered square
which had been on hand at inter
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Now that there has been so much
investigation in regard to foods,
and the enforcement of the pure
food law has restricted our diet to
a very considerable extent, the bug
and insect experts are coming 10
the front and telling us of the very
great delicacies we can find in their
line. Grasshoppers are the first on
the edible list. When a school
girl, | remember the pictures in
the biographies of the Indians
eating mud aud grasshoppers, and
] thought that one was as bad as
the other. The experts declare
that grasshoppers fried in butter
are very delicious, and when made
into soup it's the kind you pass
your plate back and ask for more &.
Made into croquettes they are
equally fine. Wasp grubs are said
to be so palatable because the grubs
are only fed on the most delicate
morsels possible for the mother
wasp to find in her travels. Ants
serve both as food and drink. As
the latter, they are crushed and
make an acid drink like lemonade
There were several other insects
and crawling things which could
be eaten at pinch, but the nor
NAL appetite would undoubtedly
rebel at them. While we are
threatened with a plague of locusts
this summer, we are told that we
cannot take comfort in eating
them, for they are so much stronger
in taste than the grasshopper that
they are not good eating.
In the sixties, there were two
sisters, Alice and Phoebe Cary,
who wrote beautiful poems that
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