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The Penn's Grove record., 1911-04-28

the initial run with a carload of mail
was made from Hannibal to st. Joseph
in record time, the mails properly dis
tributed and ready for the overland
stages, couriers, etc.
The first trial was so satisfactory
that other cars were brought into re-
QUESTION and soon a most remarkable
change for the better was made in the
receipt and distribution of mails. The
great railway mail service had been
in%augurated!
The problem of forwarding overland
mails without delay was solved, and
Mr.. Davis was loon made a special
agent of the department and given full
charge of the branch of the service
which he had originated.
William A. Davis, inventor of the
railway mail service, was born in Bar
rem County, Kentucky, in September,
1909. In early youth he went to Vir-
ginia, where he entered the postal
service, at Richmond and other places,
and with his career in st. Joseph he
had been in the postal service about
fifty years.
The first car for the distribution of
the mails was an old-time way" car,
fitted up with pigeon holes. Extra
windows were arranged and the dis
tributors" used candles to assist in
lighting the cars. Mr.. Davis made a
trip on the first car as far as Palmyra,
Mo-, and then left the work with an as
sistant while he returned to Hannibal
for the second car. There are many
old railroaders yet alive who rsmem
Der the first mail cars.
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GlBsoN's ONE GOOD POINT
In the Old Gentleman's Eyes 1t Out
weighed Any Slight Error in
Orthoeraphy.

The old man had given his son a
very fair education, and had taken
him into his shop. The young fellow
was over-nice about a great many
things, but the father made no COM
ment. One day an order came in from
a customer.
Il wish to goodness" exclaimed the
son, that Gibson would learn to
SPELL"
What's the matter with it," in
quired the father, ch%eerfully.
why, he spells coffee with a k"
Modes he? l never noticed it."
"Of course you never did," said the
son, %pettishly. you never notice any
thing like that"
Perhaps not, my son." replied the
old man, gently; but there is one
thing l do notice, which you will learn
by and by, and that is that Gibson
pays cash"
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GEESE ON THE STAGE REBEL
Object to Understudy for Singer in
Halle Performance of Humper-
dinck's "konigskinder."

Berlin.-An amusing incident oc-
Cured this week at a performance of
Humperdinck's "Konigskinder' at the
Halle opera house.
Live geese are employed for the
Halle production in contrast to the
papier mache variety which indulge in
make believe cackles at Berlin. The
prima donna who regularly sings the
part of the goose maid was taken Ill
suddenly and it became necessary to
obtain an understudy. When the lat
ter, however, went on the stage the
geese rebelled against the intrusion of
a stranger. They became so enraged
they threatened to do the singer bod
lily injury.
The conductor of the orchestra had
to stop the performance until the
geese could be quelled. They refused
to subside until the familiar hgures oil
the wood chopper and the broom max
er came upon the scene.
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ORIGIN OF MAIL CAR.
Railway Postal Service First 0p-
Grated in Missouri.
william A. Davis, Before the War,
Postmaster at St. Joseph, Devised
System Now in Vogue for Dis
tributing Mail En- Route.

St. Joseph, Mo.-Frogress in the
carrying and distribution of United
States mails has been remarkable in
this country in the last fifty years. A
half century ago, the first railroad west
of the Mississippi river, from Hannibal
to St. Joseph, Mo-, was constructed,
and on this road the railway mail serv-
ice of the country had it's origin and
inception. Then, only the mails for the
whole western country came in bulk
on freight and passenger trains to be
distributed in ton lots and carried to
many destinations by courier, by buck
board, horseback and stage lines. the
only methods in those days.
It remained for William A. Davis,
postmaster at st. Joseph from 1855 to
1861, to invent and inaugurate the
great system now in vogue. Before
this time the mails, all mixed and in
bulk, were carried to some central dis
tributing point. independence, Mo,
was one of these and ST. Joseph later
was another. When the railroad was
built the task all came to the st. Jo-
seph office, in distributing the entire
overland mail.
The idea occurred to Mr.. Davis that
these mails could be distributed while
in transit. 1t seemed to him in every
way possible and desirable. So he
wrote to the people in Washington for
authority to fit up some cars on the
Hannibal G St. Joseph railroad to try
out the experiment. The authority
came and Mr.. Davis went to the rail-
way headquarters at Hannibal and SUI
Lerintended the arrangement of sew
eral way cars with pigeon holes, doors,
windows and other conveniences and
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Baby's Spring Bonnet.


Spring bonnets for very little babies
are made of white liberty satin. They
are close fitting, but the satin is fulled
On the crown, the band around the face
being plain. Embroidered side pieces
are set. in, the most attractive design
is tiny forget-me-not wreaths. Where
The ribbon ties are set On there are.ros-
cites of, the white satin, in the center
of which are tiny r%osebuds. There are
other bonnets also of the liberty satin,
which have full crowns and the satin
draped over the straight piece which
forms the front. These are trimmed
with narrow pink or blue velvet rib
bon. Embroidered batiste caps have
the tiniest bouquets of pink and blue
flowers set on the left side of the
front.
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HEREFORDS WIN AS GRAZERS
Their Ability to Fatten on Grass Diet
Is Characteristic Which APP
peaIs to All.

There is no breed of cattle which
anproaches the Hereford as grazers,
and their ability to fatten on a grass
diet of their own cleaning is a char
acteristic which appeals to all who
are looking for the most economical
method of producing beef.
Extremes of weather, which will
cause other cattle to seek shelter or
shade does not deter the Hereford
from eating his fill; and the contrast
after an ~unfavorable season between
the Hereford and other breeds is very
marked, writes August Haedecke in
the Northwestern Agriculturist.
The Hereford can be fattened at
any age with equal rapidity. Whether
baby beef or a more mature product
Is desired the Hereford will salts
factorily meet all requirements.
The impressiveness of the Here
ford sire, when used On scrubs or
native cattle, is a quality which rec
ommends itself to breeders of every
section. The color, coat and mark
ings are all ideal and all are trans
mitted by the sire to his offspring,
making a uniform bunch of animals
which will instantly attract the buyer.
No dollhouse pampering is requisite
to fit the Hereford steer for market.
There is nothing capricious about his
appetite and all that is necessary is
to give him a chance at the feed
trough.
The Hereford bull is of a mild, even
temperament, not in the least excit-
able Or cross, yet never overlooking
an opportunity to increase the number
of his offspring. The cows are good
mothers and supply abundant milk
for their calves.
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COOK OUTDID THE SCHOLAR
Maybe Sign Mas Not All Good Latin,
But She Translated 1t Without
Difficulty.

Jack returned home from college,
where he had won high honors as a
student of ancient languages, but he
pleaded ignorance n day when his
young sister asked him to translate
a sign she had seen of an opticians
which read thus: Con sultu sabo
utyo urey es."
Jack struggled manfully with 1t for
several minutes and gave 1t up.
There are some words in it that are
Latin. The others aren't, anyhow. 1t
doesn't make sense"
That is what 1 said," replied his
sister. But cook translates it with
out any trouble. She says it means
Consult us about your eyes,"
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is LIGHT AND WARM
WOODEN WRAP THAT WILL GIVE
REAL COMFORT.
Can Be Made Any Size If Simple Rule
Is observed-ExpIIcit Directions
That Should Be Carefully
Followed.

A very light warm wrap this, that
Is worked in Solomon knots with
Andalusian wool or some wool about
that thickness and a medium size bone
hook. The wrap can be made any
size, but when making the foundation
chain, let it be a little longer than
you wish the width of the finished
wrap to be; always make three chain
at beginning of the row to turn.
The detail of the pattern Is very
clearly shown In No. 2.
LIST row., draw up one long loop,
draw through it, then work a double
through the back loop. draw up an
other long loop, draw through it, then
work a double into the back thread;
pass yer 3 stitches of foundation
chain, work 1 double into next, re-
peat from > to end Of row
I'd rows chain, draw up a long
loop, draw through 1t, 1 double into
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Youthful Criminals.

One of the most distressing cases
he has ever had to deal with faced a
Liverpool (England) magistrate re
Gently, and n cannot wonder at his
exclamation: What car l do with
these babies?" as he gazed upon FIVE
tiny prisoners in the dock. The
youngest was only sever years old.
and the eldest eleven, yet the quintet
for two months have carried out
thefts and other depredations with
such skill and cunning that for two
months the police and detectives have
been trying in vain to find out who
were the thieves. No fewer than 40
charges were brought against the
children. The 7-year-old child was
the r~ingIeader, and quite an adept at
thieving and planning thefts.
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Cost and Profit In Hoqs.

The experiment station at Grand
Rapids, Mich, has been experimenting
with the cost of producing bacon hogs
OF the York breed. Pigs are narrowed
er pasture when six or eight weeks
old, with a little shorts and milk as a
supplementary ration. In September
barley and peas are added and for two
months the hogs are fed all they will
eat, reaching prime condition about
November 1, at 1870 to $50 pounds.
Hogs so produced have been selling
in the local market at SIC per pound
and, according to Superintendent Nc
CURE, the cost of production is 4kc.
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FOR FEEDING YOUNG CATTLE
Modern Barn Is Built Throughout on
Concrete Wall Averaging About
Two Feet In Height.

The ground floor plan Of a barn.
shown in the illustration, was orig
inally intended for feeding young cat
tie; 1t is built throughout on a con
crete wall averaging about two feet
in height; the gates shut across the
20-foot shed so as to divide 1t when
necessary, writes H. G. 8. Todd of
Plymouth county, Iowa, in the Breed
er's Gazette. Hay is taken in through
the center driveway; the feed room
is fioored with concrete and has grain
and feed bins overhead; the grain
feeds to the mill and is elevated to a
bin over the scales. There are two
inch pipes set on the inside concrete
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strong thread under the strands of
wool at n side, draw 1t up and tie
tightly; cut through the wool at the
other side, bind round the strands at
the tied end with wool to form a top,
then sew to the gathered end of wrap.
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Rouqh Handling Live Stock.

Packers claim they sustain consid-
cradle losses in the aggregate through
skin bruised meats due to rough han
ding of meat animals in transit. A
packer writes to the National Provis-
Toner about this abuse, claiming 1t is
due chiefly to rough handling at the
various stockyards, unloading, yard
ing and %reloading. He even called at
tention of the humane society to the
evil, but says nothing is accomplished
from that source. He advises packers
to take some action to protect their
own interests.
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"ECZEMA ITCHED so
COULDN'T STAND IT."

Il suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by
little pimples breaking out. 1 kept
scratching till the blood came. 1t
kept getting worse, I couldn't sleep
nights any more. 1t kept itching for
about a month, then l went to a doc
tor and got some liquid to take. 1t
seemed as If l was going to get bet
ter. The itching stopped for about
three days, but when 1t started again
was even worse than before. The &C.
zema itched SO badly 1 couldn't stand
it any more. / went to a doctor and
he gave me some medicine, but 1t
didn't do any good. We have been
having Cuticura Remedies In the
house, sc l decided to try them. 1
had been using Cuticura Soap, SO /
got me a box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and washed off the affected part with
Cuticura Soap three times a day, and
then put the Cuticura Ointment on.
The first day I put it on, 1t relieved
me of itching SO l could sleep all that
night. 1t took about a week, then I
could see the scab come OF. l kept
the treatment up for three weeks, and
my eczema was cured.
my brother got his face burned
with gunpowder, and he used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. The peo-
pie all thought he would have scars,
but you can't see that he ever had
his face burned. It was simply awful
to look at before the Cuticura Rem
edies (Soap and Ointment) cured It,"
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki, For
rest City, Ark, Oct. 16, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere. a liberal sample OF
each, with 32-page booklet on the care
and treatment of skin and hair, will be
sent, postfree, on application to Potter
D. & C. Corp, Dept. X, Boston.
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at the regular armhole; neither one
is more fashionable than the other;
also, sleeves to the wrist were in as
much demand as sleeves to the elbow,
although it was admitted that the lat
ter was the newer style.
Nearly all Of them were without
collars. The neck was arranged for
a stock If one wished it, but usually
it was shaped to fit the immensely
popular sailor collar. which comes in
a variety of shapes and Is made of ex-
quisite materials. Expensive ones are
Of Old World batiste and fine mus
lin, with wheels of eyelet embroidery.
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DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong it is generally
with the food; the old Dame is always
faithful and one should act at once.
To put off the change is to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Art-
IONA man says:
For years l could not safely eat
any breakfast. / tried all kinds OF
breakfast foods, but they were all
soft, starchy messes, which gave me
distressing headaches. drank strong
coffee, too, which appeared to benefit
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coffee
were no better, for l found the toast
very co~nstipating.
"a friend persuaded. me to quit cof-
fee and the starchy breakfast foods.
and use Postum and Grape-Nuts In
stead. / shall regret taking his
advice.
1.-The change they have worked in
me is wonderful. I now have no more
Of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating. and l never have
any headaches. / have gained IL
pounds In weight and feel better in
every way. Grape-Nuts make a de-
licious as well as a nutritious dish,
and / find that Postum is easily d.
gested and never produces dyspepsia
symptoms"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich
Get the little book, ''The Road to
WellvilIe," In pkgs. There's a
Reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
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No mar becomes a 1ailbird just for
a lark.
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SCRUB HOG is IMPROBABLE
Can Consume More Valuable Feed and
Give Less in Return Than ANY
Other Farm Animal.
fRx w. G.

(By W. G.. WESTCOTI)
Possibly there is no other farm AM
NAL that can offer as poor an excuse
for his existence as the scrub hog. he
is an improbable animal any way you
take him.
AS an economical pork-producer he
is a failure. Even his ability to shirt
for himself does not recommend MIN
to the people within the limit OF MS
range, as he has the reputation OF
preying upon neighboring cornfields
when food is scarce.
His build naturally adapts him to
his manner of living, since he is long
legged, narrow in the chest, has a
long, narrow snout. This adapts him
to his manner of living. With the
scrub hog 1t is root, hog. or die,
hence the long snout. His narrow
body aids him in getting through
small fence-cracks and If he falls to
find a place large enough to go
through the fence, he can soon dig
under with his long snout.
There is no standard of excellence
for the scrub-hog, since he may pos
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New Barettes.

Among the new barettes are large
ovals of fine gold wires set in a narrow
gold rim. The wires are so strung as
to resemble a mesh of gold net or
gauze.
Another barette is of crossed wire
of gold, with a setting Of seed pearls
at each intersection.
Somewhat heavier is a barette of
h~and-carved gold in openwork. These
are large enough to cover the nape Of
the neck; more becoming are the
smaller ones. Whether real or not.
a huge ornament of gold at the back
of the hair is open to suspicion.
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head and part of the needle itself
are immersed in the liquid. When
the cork is withdrawn from the bot
tie. the moisture %adhering to the
needle will run down and drip from
it. and in this way drops can be cas-
ily and accurately measured with lit.
tie trouble, the head of the needle be-
ing from time to time inserted in the
LIQUID until the required number Of
drops has been obtained.
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wall about IL inches apart and hay Is
thrown from the top Of the NOW into
a rack built on the braces, where 1t
slides down so that the cattle can
reach through to it.
The arrangement is quite convent
ent for the purpose intended. The
chute at the east end Is used to
castrate, vaccinate and mark calves
and ring bulls. The stanchion opens
with a lever about 2 feet-wide
enough for anything to pass through.
and closes to 6 inches. There Is a
door at the side of the stanchion for
vaccinating and another side door at
the real for castrating. This is much
the handiest continuance l have ever
seen.
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Treating a Cracked Hoof.

the V-shaped part Of the hoof about
half way up and draw a hot iron deep
ly across the top of the v, just above
the horn.
Any fiat, ordinary or bar shoe will
do, If the bottom of the hoof is prop
erly leveled. A clamp or two may be
put In below the v. If the horn is
kept at work, 1t will not grow togeth-
err again. The object is to keep the
part where the new horn is being
formed from moving, and by practical
ly ~isolating 1t from the other part of
the hoof. nature is given a chance to
do the work under most favorable cir
cumstances.
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New Pouch BAGS.

Pouch bags are cut with an oval
bottom, covered with black velvet on
one side and a bright-colored satin
on the other. The top. which is Joined
to the bottom without f~ulness, is fin
ished on top with black satin ribbon.
It is lined with the satin.
The top has draw string of satin
ribbon through a casing, long enough
to hang over the arm. The lining may
be In coral. green. burnt orange or
royal purple.
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enec, Of Mind on Matter.

Heavy thoughts bring on physical
maladies; when the soul is oppressed
SO is the body. When cares. a
cogitations, sorrows n passions
superabound they weaken the body.
which, without the soul is dead. or
like a horse without a driver. But
when the heart is at rest and quiet,
then it takes care of the body and
gives it what pertains thereunto
Therefore we ought to abandon and
resist anxious thoughts by all possible
means.-Luther's Table Talk
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A cheap Quilt.

Join together two lengths of cheap
red flannel. so as to make it the proper
size for a quilt, and OF 1t tack any old
voolen garments and knitted under.
vests. underdrawers, stockings, etc.
over these place, as a cover. another
niece of flannel of the same size. or
cbiutz or cretonne, if you prefer, and
featherstitch firmly all around the
edge.
You will thus have a good. warn
quilt at the cost Of a pocket handker
chief.
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ED GEERS, "The grand old man." he
is called for he is so honest handling
horses in races. He says: 81 have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for Il
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy l know to cure all forms Of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta
BILE having the disease" Soc and 81 a bot
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers. Spohn
Medical Co.. Chemists. Goshen. Ind.
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Poor Tom.

A very youthful and entirely I'M
known musical composer read some
verses by the renowned Thomas Moore
which he liked very much. Forthwith
the buzz of inspiration circulated
through his brain. and the next thing
he knew he had evolved a tune which
went right p~rettily with the words OF
the Irish poet. Much elated, the very
youthful composer took the product to
a publisher of popular songs and sang
it to him. The publisher shook his
head.
The music's all right" he opined.
"but the words are bum"
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CARING FOR HORSES HOOPS
Place to Stop Movement Of Crack is
Where New Horn ls Being
Formed at Coronary Band.

The proper place to stop the move
ment of a cracked hoof is at the top
of the crack where the new horn Is
being formed at the coronary band,
says the American Blacksmith. The
thing to do is to cut a roove down
through the horn on each side Of the
crack and about five-eighths to three
fourths of an inch from it. at the top,
and coming to a point about one-half
inch down the hoof. This will form
a V-shaped line with the crack in the
middle, as shown in the sketch. Clamp
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ParasoIs.

A pretty conceit of the season is to
have the points Of the new parasol-
which almost every one is tempted to
buy-all covered with tiny ribbon or
chiffon buds, matching the parasol In
color and made by twisting up a piece
of the material and tying it round
with a silk cord. Almost all girls
know how to make these ribbon buds,
and they will find that a rather plain
parasol may be made most attractive
by fastening one on each Of the points.
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FOR MEASURING THE DROPS
Useful Hint in Suggestion That Bone
Knitting Needle May Profit
ably Be Employed.

The hint contained in our sketch
will be found very useful for measur-
ing liquids by drops, such as medi-
cines that have to be taken in guam
titles Of SO many drops, Photographic
materials, ETC.. etc.
1t merely consists Of a portion Of
a bone knitting needle run through
the center of the cork so that the
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-04-28

Blasphemy in Japan is another rud.
iisillusionment for the credulous trav
sler. Prof. B. H. Chamberlain. In his
Things Japanese" remarks: THE
Japanese vocabulary. though extraor
iinarily rich and constantly growing
s honorably deficient in terms Of
'buse. 1t affords absolutely no means
II cursing and swearing"
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Willing to Make an Effort.

On a large estate In the Scottish
highlands it was the custom for q
piper to play In front of the house
every week day morning to awaken
the residents. After an ~overconviv-
ial Saturday night, however, the piper
forgot the day and began his reveille
(can it be played on the pipes?) on
Sunday morning. The angry master
shouted to him from the bedroom win
dow: Here, do you not know the
fourth commandment" And the piper
sturdily replied: Nae, sir, but yen
|-hic-whustle 1t Ill-hic-try 1t, SIR"
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Household Remedy
Taken In the Spring for Years.

Ralph Rust, Willis, Mich, writes:
Hoods ~sarsaparilla has been a house
hold remedy in our home as long as l
can remember. l have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
polling the humors that accumulsts dnr-
ing the winter. Being a farmer and cx-
posed to bad weather, my system is often
parilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsaparilla is Peculiar to Itself.
There is no Gust as good"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.