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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Powdered Milk.

The latest demonstration of the ten
dency toward the condensed mode of
living-the approaching epoch of the
vest-pocket dinner-is powdered milk
This preparation is actually on the
market, and has already found favor
because it solves the problem of short
notice coffee. If there is no cream
in the house, mix little of the new
stuff with cold water, and presto,
cream for the emergency! 1t is recon.
mended for daily use, also At night,
pour boiling water over the powder,
let it stand until morning, when cream
can be skinned from it, bringing the
country comfort to the breakfast ta-
BILE by the use of the magic powder.
Truly, the days of Aladdin's lamp are
upon us.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Crane Juice,

Now that grapes are in market, at g
moderate price, and the cook is turn
ing them into grape juice, it is well
to remember two important facts in
connection with fruit juice of all kinds.
First, that clear, unfermented fruit
juice is one of the best brain and
nerve foods-nourishing and stimulat
ing.
Second, that 1t must, however, be
entirely free from fermentation, for it
has been proved by chemical analysis
that the nourishing elements of the
sweet fruits are entirely consumed by
the process Of fermentation, and that
while fermented juices will stimulate,
they will not nourish, the body.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
CASTS OF FOSSILS.
Nature the First One to Make Repro
ductions of Animals.

Commenting on Mr.. Carnegie's gift
Of huge reproduction of his diplodo-
Gus skeleton to the museum in Paris,
La Nature remarks:
ut would seem that the public do
not well understand the interest that
attaches to a cast of a large fossil.
We have all heard it said: why so
much fuss over a reproduction? If it
was an original we could understand
This way of looking at the matter has
in it both truth and error It is true
that from the collectors point of view
there is as much difference between
a real fossil and a reproduction as be-
tween masterpiece and it's best copy.
The error lies in the importance that
is attached to this difference. Scien-
tiflcally the study of a cast is exactly
as instructive as that of an original.
Again, from the point OF view of in
struction, the interest of cast is of
better than the feeling of stupefac-
ton experienced, even by people well
acquainted with paleontology, before
this wonderful skeleton-because moth
ing can take the place of direct and
personal sight of things in which we
forget that in paleontology, what is
called an original is after all nothing
but cast made by nature herself
slowly in the course of ages. Trans
lated for the Literary Digest
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Leaves and Liuht.

have developed some power of meas
uring the intensity and direction Of
the rays.
ANY group of window-plants may
be seen bending toward the glass in
such a manner as to present the broad
upper surfaces of the leaves at right
angles to the strongest illumination.
The whole shoot appears to be con-
cerned in the reaction, and must
use the blindfolding method to ascer-
tain what parts are sensitive to light.
'If prepared sections Of the blades
of some of the more delicately react
ing plants are placed under the mi
croscope it will be found that the out
er walls of the epidermal cells are
curved outward, making lenses which
converge the rays upon the inner
walls, ana allowing them to be trans
mitted to the cells beneath where they
play upon the green color-bodies in
which the construction of food-ma-
terial takes place. Imagine one of
these epidermal cells to be a room
with a convex skylight roof and a
glass floor When the rays como
through and fall upon the floor they
pass through to the room below, and
drive the chlorophyl-mills making
sugar and other substances. The lat
eral walls of the skylighted room are
lined with a living layer sensitive to
light, and if the leaf or the building
is moved so that the rays strike the
sensitive layer a signal is sent to
distant shifting mechanism. Slowly,
but with unerring precision, this gets
in motion and brings the leaf to a po-
sition where the rays once more come
through the condensing skylight and
pass through the floor to the food
making cells below. In accordance
with this action the plant moves all
of its leaves into fixed positions, In
which they receive the daily iliumina-
ton most advantageously. In certain
cases the leafblade performs delicate
" gagged movements by which 1t re-
ceives the rays until they become so
intense as to be harmful, and then
the surfaces are turned away from
the source of the rays. The manage
ment of the leafscreen in either OF
these cases demands an automatic
mechanism capable of detecting very
minute variations in the intensity OF
light, and one which may also accom-
plish rapid and accurate movements"
The exactness with which the plant
can measure intensity Of illumination
is so great, we are told. that If small
rapidly growing shoot, such as that
of a young mustard, is placed In the
dark for a few hours and then two
standard candles are placed on oppo-
site sides, the leaves will feel the un-
equal stimulation when one candle Is
an inch nearer than the other and
the shoot will begin to curve toward
1t as toward 2 window. II has been
found, DR.. Macdougal says, that some
plants can appreciate difference so
small as one three-hundred-t -thousandth
of the intensity of candle at q die
tsnce of a yard.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Bridqet's Beatitudes.

Blessed is the cold water poured
into pots and pans. Then set them
away from the heat; they should
never be put on the stove to soak (;
this makes them harder to wash.
Blessed are the vegetables housed
In the cellar for winter use. Keep
pumpkins in the dryest part, apples
next, and turnips in the damp end
away from any heat.
Blessed is the little boiling water
added TO the omelette to prevent its
being tough.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10

corner and at any angle, and the man
who uses it need not be a contortion-
list, either. The brace has a supporting
bar of angular form that holds within
it the rotating driver, one end of
which engages and turns the socket
that holds the bit. The cut describes
this tool better than the mechanism
can be explained in words, for lay
man. The importance of this inven-
ton can not be understood by people
who have little use for tools, but 1t
means that the corner bugaboo no
longer exists for carpenters and that
the change from the old methods of
working in such places is almost revo-
lutionary.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
d French Steak

Place a thick sirloin steak in baking
pan, in which few bits OF suet have
been Drowned. Salt, pepper it, and
add few tiny bits of lemon and suet.
Cover with a thin layer of sliced on
ions. and on this pour tomato catsup.
Bake about half an hour. The onions
should be brown, but the steak rare.
Experience will govern this.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
nMatrinonv."

This is a West Indian dish, and
takes its name from the fact that it
is "a perfect combination" as the peo-
pie there naively say.
Grape fruit is sweetened and pre-
pared with a dash of lime juice it is
then (having been first cut in halves)
piled high with neesberries-a fruit
which has a simple substitute in pears
tasting very like them. Add sliced
bananas to the whole, and you have
what the people of Jamaica call the
perfect combination" The cynic who
thinks he would not care for the
m xture, may still not object to the
name, and the disagreeable man has
even been known to think the title
very apt
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10

For the smell of baking things comes
thro' the doorway,
Like incense from my childhood's CEN
sor flung:
We may not scorn them-things so plain
and simple
Made up the whole of life when we
were young.
And so I linger by that bakery window;
Go in? Not l, for that would break the
spell:
For me the place is filled with friendly
phantoms.
No real folk there could please me
half so well.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
kclfNCIE.A.'w kclfCIs...' Aw
PfTNNEENzE0V
A USEFUL PlNcusHloN.
Fastens on Sewing Machine and 10
at Hand When Needed.

At first glance the plncushion in.
appear to- be- "A very important addition
to the thousands of labor and time
saving devices but second thought
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
BoREs HOLES IN CORNERS.
New Bit Brace Enables Users to Get
Different Angles.

Carpenters should erect monument
to a man in New York, for he has over
come the difficulty they have en-
countered for years of boring holes
in corners. This man has invented a
bit-brace that will bore a hole in any
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Banana PuffS.

Mix together one cupful each OF
-four and sugar, one teaspoonful ba-
king powder, three eggs, we'll beaten,
and quarter cup milk. Into this bat
ter stir three sliced bananas. Half
fill custard cups and steam an hour.
Serve with lemon sauce.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
Treating a Carbon Brush,

A soft carbon brush that sparks
may sometimes be cured by raising
II to red heat and then plunging into
3 bath OF ordinary lubricating oil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10

But envies your content and health"
Me sacret?-Moderation
Il ates whln / am hungry, sor.
l drinks when | am dhry:
laves Off whin I've had enough:
And that's the raison .ghy."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10

Another gets the meals for Pa,
Perhaps knows nothing more.
Indeed, your sweet. domestic girl
Is oft behind the times:
She doesn't take to Ibsen,
Nor fathom Browning's lines. \
But when n wife Is wanted
Is any one to blame,
If the girl who loves the "homely" things,
Should get there, just the same?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
THE "HOME BAKERY"

N THE suburbs of a city
where l HE me
At evening. when from
work the day is free,
Past the station, on my
way home. l espy me,
A quaint, old-fashioned
shop - Home Bak-
cry"
In the window there's a
salad. appetizing,
And some pies, they say;
like mother used to
make"
And l linser there a space;
1T is surprising.
How 1 love that window.
just for old times
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
PATS SECRET.

Vt is a healthy Irishuan.
Fresh from the sod OF
Erin.
lie has no fear Of any
man.
'Tis only God he's
fcarin'.
And Pats n worker-he
can do
The greatest task with
case.
He's cheerful. very gen
crous,
Patient and keen to
please.
What is your secret,
Pat7" I asked,
mo man in any station
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
THE "HoMELY" THINGS.

- AfNNHAH N q - 80 q =
rabbit.
The story then goes on 70
say
tIow Tortoise stopped
that game,
And how, though he was
slow and calm,
lie got there, just the
same.
'Tis so with womankind-
one may
Be learned in bookish
lore,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-10
THE STUDENT-WAITER.

FF HEY say Johnny b
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
~

bale OF cotton. can get $50 worth of
goods Tor his money. but the Ameri-
can can get only $40 worth. as the
sZo Is taken by the manufacturer In
hcuuous prices of his wares. such
az clothes. shoes. plows. etc.
The solution OF the matter ia fuIl
crops. sold systematically at fair
prices. with the God given right to
spend our money where supplies are
cheapest.
All of the abnormal predatory
wealth accumulated by individuals I'm
our country is tho direct result OF
unfair lava. The farmers are kept
poor sithou, realizing how 1t IL done.
The plea of higher wages TO Ameri-
can workmen. Ia political CANNON.
Wages are increased about 90 per
cent. and family supplies about 40
per cent Raise full crops. market
1t systematically and spend the mon
ey where II Ia worth most.
Send farmers to the Legislatures.
aud 10 Congress. and lot them make
The Laws. r. ]. HAML.1N.
Charleston Co. :. G.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
A Warning!-Cut Your Crimson Clover
early.

Crimson or annual clover Is now
coming into bloom. and II cut at the
proper time makes valuable hay.
even more nutritious than red clover
hay But II allowed to stand too
long before cutting. II makes dan.
grrous feed for horses.
Il should be cut when In full
bloom and before the heads begin to
turn ripe. II allowed TO stand until
tho heads. or a considerable par, OF
them. are ripe. there is danger OF
them mating and forming balls In
horsea' stomaehs and killing them.
have seen them taken from
hores' s;omachs as large ms n mans
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

Mosarw. Editors. Please publish
N your excellent paper the follow
ms help 10 all who will try f.:
When the calf In three weeks old
take ss!cs Of lunar cauattc. dip In a
little wafer. rub on the little nnb OF
horn JUST coming ont. and rcpca,
three times. This will destroy the
horns and without pain. considc,
i.horuing grown cattle n harharous
custom. have a dairy farm and
fue cattle. and have used the above
method With satisfaction
RANDOLPH GILLESPIE
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
Why the Farmer should Not Shut
Down


Mcssrs. Editors: In recent issue
Mr.. NJ. ]. Battle aska. Shall the
cotton farmer ehu; down" say no
lot him "shut up." ny thls I meat
that h. should talk less and act uor.
organize and pull together until his
power In felt IN the government ~
our country. He cannot shut ao~t
becauar II @ouid only ra!s" the prics
o. cotton Tor h. benefit AZ grower
In other parts nf the world hev.
the production would be stimulated.
In proportion 20 tho rgae in price
and the demand for his cotton re
ducea rropoTtinnately. leaving him
more at the mercy ut the hntn. uaan.
utacturer*. and w~ know from 81
pertrn@e tha; seen; cotton is very
much ~ their lisirg
f~cauTr ot tariff lawa our tnanu
tactuterh can shut dowu and force
the farmer TO pay fictitious prices foF
hls goods. by simply waiting until h.
tnuas hare them. ~ hc cannot hus
from England. Germany. or o'h~F
competitors. without paying &o por
right 10 hold 10 thr extent u! CONTROL
Ing he nalc. aui realizing fair prices
but under present conditions the
American farmer ~ill surely be
beaten 80 the waIi
4 foreigner who gets $50 for y
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

fist and am told they often get very
much larger.
write this note OF warning be-
crimson clover this year who never
grew 1t before and may not know OF
the danger OF allowing It to stand
too long before cutting for hay.
Crimson clover Is a very valuable
crop and should be planted very
much more largely all over this
State and the South generally. but
this caution about cutting II before
the heads get ripe when intended for
hay should be observed.
r. 3. PARKER
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
A Mistake That Cost Me Half Of My
Cotton Crop.

cotton have 10 learn is tho advantage
Of planting shallow on frm seed
for Keeping the plants from exhaust
Ing their strength and dying after
getting out OF the ground. Another
thing 10 be KEEP, In mind. is that as
the ground gets warmed To great
or depth and there In less moisture
In the soil planting should be deeper
In general way. these rules VIII
hold for planting other crops: but
where there In danger from tn. boil
weeyii the Importance OF getting
stand of other crops quite early VIII
not be no important as In the case OF
cotton.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
How 70 Handle a Wagon Bed Easily.

Messrs. Editors; In answer TO Mr.
F Smith. | will give the following
II the wagon is under shelter tas
:, should be- take piece of scant-
ling or board long enough TO extend
ou, on each side four inches. Tie q
rope or line 10 each end: place the
scan,ling midway the bed. Throw
the lines over joist. raise one end
Of the bed up high and prop II there
Tie the line or rope to the same
niece. balance the bed. and run out
the wagon. II is easy to see then
how 10 get Il back on.
A READER.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

M~aars Editors. | would suggest
hat Mr. Clarendon Davis of Hunts
willie. Ala. mix hia clover aced
aith hss whca, and anw IL through
he wheat driil. aud 4! convenient
run the drills east and wcat. 40 that
he little ridges will protect the
@Inda
W. E. TREvATuAS.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

Messrs. Editors: A. II. r. In las,
weeks paper wanted 10 know hos
to keep crows from taking up corn
have used successfully a crow re
pelier made by r. VI. Stanley. Ne~
Britain, Conn. It In a tar preparation
which is applied by putting. say. hall
a hushei Of corn In hox and pour.
sns In a few spoontuls Of the prepar3.
ton and stirring TIL every kernel Is
covered with IT. fou muHt not use
too much "a /; might damage. ot
check termination by keeping out
moisture. /; dried almos, .mmcdi.
stely.
think have read that tar With
Just enough linkecd oil 10 thin II IL
all riEh; 10 apply this way. but am
DOT sure. A. |. RING.
Winchester. Tenn.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
W. E.. TREvATiIAS.


MraNra Edisora. For trouble mntar
rats aud crows. aamp~n secd corn
and mlx In yell teaspoon of Paris
green. which witl do the work. Mnica
follow them and cat the corn. Crows
wili pull up - plan, or 80 and leave
for other fields
J. II. TROLLISCER. SR
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
Mix in Some Pleasure as You Go
Along.

Mix little pleasure for the whole with
lar work Go fishing occasionally attend Mix
neghbors become better friends with
fruits OF your labor along the burdens life will
seem lighter Even become through
It, light spirit makes the body enduring Enjoy
self occasionally and help other member Of the family to
do the Just for the satisfaction
Tree minded little time
zeal gain than the time applied to ending toll
CHAS NJ. SCHERER
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

We are w.ll satisfied with the re.
suits 81 our labt ad ,~~~ Rush Bros.
Hrnndywinc. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

cotton la6t year on high loos. beds.
planted deep. and had IL all IN plant
over. and did no, average haf
bale per acre have near neigh
Dor. darkcy. aho is new sub
planted his cotton on fiat beds. COW
cred very shallow. cultivated with
an old, poor mule and very sorry
plo"s; and made nearly n bale per
acre Neither OF us used fertilizers.
G. w. SLEDGE.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09
Editorial Comment: Many Others

e"a'a report similar experience. and
one ~ The things planters Of early
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-14
MISSOURI VALLEY TINES
HARRIS 4 HoYLE, Editors
Weekly Established July 3, '6S
Daily Established April l, 81
Weekly sl.5o a Year,: Daily 15c
per week.
Entered at the Postoffice at Missouri
Valley, Iowa, as sec-nd class matter.
Stevenson as He Talked.

He used to stand on the hearth rug in
the smoking room, says Walter Crane
In his AN Artists "reminiscences OF
Robert Louis Stevenson. the center of
M admiring circle and discourse very
much in the same style as that in
which he wrote. II gave one the i'm
preston of artificiality rather mean
his manner OF speaking and choice Of
Words as il carefully selected and Gull
tivatcd IL remark was offered by
one of the company he would perhaps
accept it aud turn about, much as Il
conjurer does when he borrowS {: hand
kercliicf OF II hat from some one In his
audience, or perhaps ho would work it
into his next sentence, returning 1t to
his interlocutor improved wrapped in
silver paper, metaphorically speaking
His personal appearance was quite as
unusual as his spcech-a long, pale,
thin face and lanll hair, quick and pen.
etrating eyes and rather sardonic
smile. The world in general, especial
ly in clubland, wore white shirts and
collars us rule, but Stevenson sported
black ones.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-14
A Queer Ad,

IAN Italian with Il piano organ was
turning the handle Of his machine rap
idly. but not II note was to be heard. !
stopped at once. What OH earth COULD
be tile natter"
The speaker, an advertising agent,
smiled
"Finally," he said, 81 went up close
10 the man.
''.A breakdown" l asked.
'Hc pointed to II small placard OH
the organs front, and read:
.''rAe interior of the instrument has
liccn removed. The relief that in con
sequence You experience is as nothing
compared with that which Immediate
ly follows Il dose of Sure Cure Cough
MIXTURE
III was an original ad..' the expert
ended and followed it up. From
what the Sure cure people told me,
foaml that the same ingenuity and
lnoiley put in legitimate meMlsi,,pcs
advertising would !aTc bro":sh, 30 per
cent laore ic,;!rn.;." = New Orleans
Iiancs- Democrat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-14
A Lien Tsr,er,s Secret.

The hoar'lpund growlcl, anal the
great yellow lien leapcu back in fear.
Tho lion coall Kill Inc hoanl." the
.....iiicr said "l5;.t he doesn't thin:s 80
IL t.li::lss the l!oanl could easily Kill
aim
* ..s;i:"
When the lion was II cub this boar
hound, fnll gro"n. lived IN the cage
wlt. him. The Zig dog could, OF
coi:rsc. HEX the little cub, uati the cub
therefore TtpiYesl and respected hin.
Sew .;,s. rHl, l.; grown ni,, but be s1i'l
sl,iA..s ..,a ,,a,...d Il. ti.a lsl:sa w
'..ii' a wi, Wild. Il fiil .r9w; loa#d n
tii.s svhy fui' a ,es,sna, 'i'lln bound Is \
,,rn.sc.'ol, {. us iSa.nai; ntt;srwt,s'3
,s,i,e.' e.,A cub Is grown, icf THEN should
L.. l,nc.,lne la;..:,inctieu:; u:t,, lpas from
tlc cog viii fend him. slsbduetl and
,.:i,a.ard. Sinking OF to the cages far
thc.st ..or.,r. Philadelphia Eailctin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-14
IIil. Cory Il Zero.

The word zero is from The Spanish
and mc:tas empty" bence nothing. II
was frs. used TO-. a THERMOMETERS in
l1a; Ly !, l'rnssian named Fahrenheit.
Hy r..rcriG@nt.l:, with snow and salt
Fahrenheit foj:l.N that he coaiu pro
Luce IL ,.es.pe of cold equal To that OF
Ne col.est winter day. II happened
tnft the day on which he made Ills
ii.;tl experiment Was Tie coolest that
anybody cn,:ld ren3ci:4'ier and, struck
with tie coincidence of his scientific
1i,covest he hasti!S concluded that he
i;as; foU!ll The lowest degree OF tenn
ra.@;irc. citH"; natural or artificial.
Ne called the degree zero ana con-
s..,'ucted y Thermometer graGnatins up
from eco To boiling point. which he
numbered 3l2 and the frcezin;, point
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-05-14
His Nerve.

Speaking of Wall street operator, a
broker said: The mans nerve Is amaz-
ing. 1t shocks me. 1t reminds me of a
money lender to whom Il friend Of
mine, a great rider to hounds. once re-
sorted.
"'Yes,' said the money lender to my
embarrassed friend, y will renew your
note, but only on one condition, sir
namely, that during the next paper
chase at LenoN YOU scntter from your
bag these 5000 pink slips bearing my
name and tho words, Money advanced
on easy terms" Is it 80, sir!'"