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The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
To Have Hot Water.

Place the socket of a wall bracket lamp just, high enough above a table so that the top of a hand lamp chim- ney will be five or six inches below 1t. Make an arm of round wire or small piping long enough to extend out over the lamp and to this hang a picture hook on which hang small teakettle or pail In this enough water for the needs of the night can be kept hot without boiling, and will be ready at an instant's notice. As a lamp is a necessity in house where there is a youngster. the cost of this device will be nothing. for the blaze of small burner will provide sufficient heat. The lamp chimney should not be near CT than two inches to the bottom of the kettle.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
HOW TO MAKE POTATO BAGS
oeleetabIe Dish That Is Prepared With Grated Potatoes and Chop
 ped Salt Pork.

Crate five or six large potatoes. Add Ihree tablespoonfuls of milk, four ta- olespoonfuls of flour, and three-fourths cup raisfns.
 Have ready one-half pound salt pork; cut up in pieces about the oize of lima bean; also a kettle of boil ing water and two small bags; salt bags do very well. Wet the bags in cold water. then put into them, first thin layer of the potato dough. then about six or seven pieces of the salt pork, which press down a little into the dough. Half fill the bags in this way. finishing with a layer of the dough- The bags must not be more than half full, as space must be al lowed for the dough to swell. Tie the tops of the bags securely and put them into the boiling water and cook two hours. Care must be taken that the bogs do not stick to the bottom of the kettle.
 At the end of this time remove the bag from the water and allow them to cool slightly. then strip from the loaf.
 Cut the loaf in thin slices and fry brown. This makes a delicious break fast dish.
 The recipe just as it is makes enough for seven or eight persons.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Infinitely and the Inner Life

Two things fill my spirit with ever increasing wonder and awe, the often CT and the more steadfastly my thoughts occupy themselves herewith the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. The first begins from the place which I occupy in the outer world of sense, and ex- tends the connection in which I stand to invisible space beyond the eye of man, with worlds on worlds, systems on systems, to their periodical move ments in endless time, their beginning and continuance.
 The second begins with my unseen self. my personality, and places me in a world which had true eternity, but which is perceptible only to the un- derstanding, and with which am con scious of being. not, as in the former case, accidental, but in universal and indispensable connection. = FroD Rants "Critique of Pure Reason"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Memnon,s Singing Statue.

Sir Gaston Maspero supplies som
 interesting information concerning a modern reproduction of the so-called vocal statue of Memnon, the salute" of which to the rising sun formed one of the marvels of antiquity In 1901 two of the great stones in the hypo- style hall of the Temple of Edfu showed signs of falling and were sup ported on an iron structure as a tenn porary measure. From this date un- til five years ago, when the impro- vised iron support was exchanged for one of wood and concrete, the stones every morning at sunrise gave forth noises like revolver shots. sometimes single and at intervals. sometimes in a continuous volley, but always ter minating in a clear and vibrating sound like deep sigh. This is sup ported by the evidence given officially by M Barsanti, who was in charge of the work; M Carlo Oropesa, the painter employed by the Cairo mu- scum. and M Henri Pieron. who was occupied with some of the architec, tural details.-From the Athenaeum.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
I4.E CZl1LZ7Yo Rl1XH ~

ardent bobsleighist has his chance c. breaking his neck on the Interlaken road.
 At no Swiss resort are evening en- tertainments unknown; but the visitor to Zweisimmen, Morginis, St Beaten berg and Leuzerheide will have to blame himself if he sits up late more than two nights a week. We must not be understood to affirm that at some places peace and quiet are not to be obtained, and at others there is nothing to do in the evenings. Ev- erywhere the individual is at liberty to please himself But our experience is that the man who at home settles in an armchair after dinner with a book is often so exhilarated by the surroundings of a winter place in Switzerland that he is ready to take a hand in whatever is going.
 At all the places mentioned in this article there is excellent skiing to be found, but Adelboden, Zweisimmen and Leuzerheide especially lend them selves to this sport. Engelberg just ly brides itself on it's runs for tobog- gans and bobsleighs. Skating is much practiced at Caux, Chateau DOex, Les Avants and St Beatenberg, and at the last named resort there is generally a strong contingent of curriers', while at Les Avants there is a good bob-run- a short paragraph to themselves
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
PRACTICAL HOUSE FOR HENS
Dry Floor Is Absolute Necessity for Health of 5irds-Draughs Also
 Should Be Excluded.
Bv A. v. MERsCHo

By A. V. MERSCH)
 With regard to the exterior and in- terior arrangements of poultry houses. the advantage of not having a wooden floor is that the hens keep healthier than if there was fitted floor
 If portable house and too large to move on to fresh ground as often as would be necessary to keep the ground clean, but since cleanliness is essential to success, the ground on which the house stands must be cleaned and newly filtered frequently.
 Some of the best materials to use as litter are moss filters, cinders and ashes, straw or hay.
 Sawdust is not good litter in such a place, whatever it may be on a dry floor. because it absorbs and retains much moisture from the ground.
 It is advisable to keep the walls cs the house off the ground by standing them on a sill made of the most dur able wood, and in this way they are kept from early decay, and the wood will also hold longest by placing the boards upright and fixing them in this position to the frame work
 A dry floor is absolutely essential to the health of the birds and any pains that may be taken to secure dryness will be well repaid. In most soils it may be well to take of the clay until the gravel is reached and fill in the excavation with stones finish ing off the floor with gravel.
 In this way 1t can be raised a few inches above the surrounding ground and water cannot run into it.
 If the house it to be of wood a foundation for the walls should be made of stone and mortar in order to raise the wood off the ground and keep it from decaying.
 Draughts may be excluded. as it is most necessary they should be. by mailing thin strips two inches wide, over the joints between the boards on the outside walls.
 The boards of the roof should on the other hand run lengthwise from end to end of the house and parallel with the ground. for though they may not hold so long in this position as if placed upright, they can be pre- served by annual painting or tarring, and it is the only way of making a thoroughly rain-proof roof, that will remain rainproof for years in all changes of weather.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Value of the Soy Bean.

The great value of the soy bean lies in its power to withstand excessive drought, and 1t will also withstand much wet weather. It is not attacked by chinch bugs, and in addition to it's greater feeding value, makes an ex. ceIlent second crop following wheat or oats to build up rundown or thin soil. Protein is very necessary in a ration for building bone and muscle, as all feeders are coming to know, and the soy bean is exceptionally rich in this. It even stands ahead of alfalfa in this respect
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Witch Yeast.

Boil three medium-sized potatoes in one quart of water. When tender pour water (boiling) over handful of flour, stir in .teaspoonful of salt, a handful of sugar and the potatoes well beaten; add one pine cold water Add one-half cake of well-soaked yeast Let rise in warm place until foamy then save teacupful, after stirring well, for next baking, using instead ol the yeast Mix as for any bread, add ing one handful each of salt and sugar to flour. If yeast should be acid when wanted add one-half teaspoonful of soda and beat foamy. This yeast can be kept for weeks.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
An Overwhelming Charge.

The magistrate looked sternly over his gold-rimmed glasses at the puny Individual in the dock.
 You are charged" he remarked. reading the formal complaint, with having willfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought appropriated to your own use and behoof certain ar ticle, to-wit, a one-wheeled vehicle, commonly called a wheel-barrow, the said vehicle having been wrongfully and feloniously abstracted by you from the premises of one John Smith, carpenter, on September IS, Anno Domini, contrary to the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of this great realm. What have you to say? Are you guilty or not guilty?"
 The prisoners face assumed pea green hue, his knees trembled and ne stammered forth:
 Not guilty, guv'nor. All I done was to steal a arrow!"-Tit-Bits
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
There You Have It.

The admonition, Cheer up, the worst is yet to come" may not be very comforting in certain cases, but it suggests to the Buffalo Commercial a repetition of the story of Aunt Jane Smith, an old lady who, without any intellectual equipment to boast of, was exceedingly fond of moralizing over the aspects in which life presents it. self She was calling on a neighbor who was convalescing from a severe illness. Well" said Aunt Jane, when the usual condolences and congratula- tions had been exchanged, 'T'n tell you what it is. When we don't feel very good. then we think we are pret- ty bad of; but when we get worse. then. we wish we were as well as we was had. nff ''
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Danish Convict earb.

Convicts in Danish prisons wear light gray uniforms made of coarse material The blouse is ample. but the trousers come only to the knees. When half the term has been served the trousers are heightened, and they are made longer from time to time. reaching full length at the end of the term" says a letter from Copenhagen, describing the reception at the Hor- sens prison of ex-Minister of Justice Alberti, who was recently convinced "Alberti is so tall and stout that none of the clothing on hand would it him, and he had to be measured for a uniform. He is too heavy for the or dinary cot, and a special bed had to be taken to his cell. While the va- rious humilitating formalities were taking place he was more at ease than the prison authorities, who from that day and for eight years will know the once powerful courier as No. 75.'"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
SPRAYING THE APPLE TREES
Growers Who Wish to Make Thorough Job Make About Four Applica-
 tions During Season.
By R. G. wEATHERsToNE0


 While there are some apple grow CTS who spray their trees once before the buds open in the spring. there are more who apply the spray mixture first as the petals of the blossoms are falling, and if but one application is to be made this is decidedly the best time to make it. The earliest spray ing is for fungous diseases, while the one made just as the blossoms are falling is for both fungous diseases 4nd insects. The blossoms having fallen, the calyx of the young apple is in just the right condition to receive an application of poison to be ready for the young larvae of the codling moth when they appear. This dose of poison must be placed in the calyx of the apple before the calyx closes, which occurs within a week or ten days after the blossoms fall.
 Growers who wish to spray their trees thoroughly make about four ap- plications-the first as the leaf buds are unfolding. the second just as the petals of the blossoms are, falling, the third within ten days and the fourth one ten days to two weeks later There is a growing sentiment in favor of still another application later in the season to catch the later brood of the codling moth
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
BUT HUBBY WAS ION"
AND MIR. AND MRS. DiLLY RE- cEIVED NO REAL SYMPATHY.
in the First Place the TelePhonS Grievance Was an Old Ore, and
 Besides He Had Had Some
Experience,

Archie, exclaimed Mrs. billy the other evening, attacking her husband before he had removed his overcoat, If you don't do something to the tele- phone company I shall go madi It's no use for me to talk to them; you pay the bills and they don't care what I say. not for a moment. But if you don't tell them that they've either got to give us another party on the line or make Mrs. Dixon behave better, I'll T don't know what I'll do," she con cluded weakly, bursting into tears.
 Well, well, I'll see about it," re- turned MT. billy, to whom the tele- phone grievance is an old one. Stop crying and try to talk sense, Marian. Whats the matter now?"
 ''The matter" said Mrs. billy, wip- ing her eyes violently, ifs that while we're supposed to have half the use of this two-party line, we get practic- ally only Mrs. Dixon's leavings. She's always talking, that womani Take down the receiver in the morning she's conferring with the butcher over a 50-cent steak as though she were going to entertain at grand banquet Take it down at noon, and she's talking club matters with some other woman. Try at night, and she's chattering with her mother, telling her of the chiIdren's baths or whoop- ing coughs or what she had for din ner. I never saw or heard of such gabber in my life. And this after noon"
 Help Helpl" cried MT. billy, throwing up his hands. Let's get down to hard pan if we can. duckie. Seems to me there's something rem iniscent about that story. Didn't try to get you for half an hour the other morning, only to learn that grocer2 And didn't sit waiting for you nearly an hour, only night before last, while you told your mother all about your new dress and your day of shopping for the children? Sure there's nothing of the How rude of you to take that big red apple, Nanted it myself idea about this busi- ness. Marian? The last time I called up-and called down-the telephone company they hinted that you and Mrs. Dixon were pretty fairly matched pair, and"
 well, Archibald Cunning billy, if you want to take sides with another woman against your wife, of course, you've a right to-" cried Mrs. billy, now weeping in good and mad earnest, "but when it comes to comparing me and my dear. sweet, lady of a mother with that horrid Mrs. Dixon and the common old washerwoman who brought her up, it's going a little too far, Noi Don't try to kiss or console mel I'm too hurt to want to forgive you. I only hope I can stay furious for week"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07

Arosa and Holsters. Arosa claims the best bobsleigh run in Switzerland, and take place there. Holsters was the first place where tobogganing was practiced as a sport and today it's run is hardly less famous than the Cres- ta If rather less difficult, it is cer tainly longer.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Wheat Mumns.

Two tablespoons sugar. one table spoon butter (heaping), one egg. three quarters cup sweet milk (generousl one and one-half cups flour, pinch of salt, two teaspoons baking powder. This recipe just makes 12 mullins. Bake in a real warm oven
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
"SPOKE THE ENGLISH"
BUT MEXICAN WAS NOT A FLU
 ENT coNVERsATIoNALIsT.
schooImaster's Knowledge of Langu age Decidedly Limited, So That He Was Not the Acquisition That
 Had Been Hoped.

The wonderful old Aztec town of Mexcaltatan, the Mexican Venice" is built in the form of a cart-wheel, with it's plaza for hub and, for spokes, ca nals, bordered with huts, radiating out to an outer rim of water. MT. Dillon Wallace, travelling recently Beyond the Mexican Sierras," not only found Mexcaltatan most picturesque, but ex perienced there that pleasurable thrill that always comes on meeting some one in a foreign land who can speak ones own language. The converse tional results are given below.
 Very entrancing the little town look ed as approached The sun was just dropping behind the lagunas, lighting the tops of graceful cocoanut-palms that rose high above the plaza, and setting on fire the red-tiled roofs of gray huts below, while the murky ca, naIs lay in deep and somber shadow. A bit of old Mexico, solitary and alone, untouched and unmarred by the march of civilization, it seemed to breathe something of the mystery of forgotten days.
 ALIS1 " clQ we WSuI lO ASA EICdk fast at the hut which was the hotel; a guest was at table when we en- tered, who proved to be school-teach- CT from Topic. He rose, and extend ing his hand to each, greeted us in English:
 Good morningl I-am-your- friend" As we sat down he contin- ued: 'Eam-ve -much-hun-gerie I-am-the-sc -school-master"
 It was gratifying to find some one who could speak English, and I was exceedingly pleased to meet him. A schoolmsater he was doubtless man of some education, and his knowledge of English would enable us to con verse with him, and thus learn much of our surroundings that we should otherwise miss.
 How large a school have you sen or?'' I asked, by way of opening the conversation
 'I-count-it-forty-o he an swered. with great precision.
 "A very good school,' commented Have you been teaching here long?"
 '1-count- -it-forty-one.
 1 looked at him with astonishment He was not a day over twenty-eight-
 Excuse me, how long did you say?"
 ''I-count- t-it-forty-one. Then he continued: "'I eata-the-meat. r. sickness"
 We then noticed that, instead of fish, he had small piece of meat turned very black.
 ''Is that better for your ailment than fish?" I inquired, beginning to wonder whether he was afflicted with leprosy, not uncommon in some localities of western Mexico. and feeling decided interest, for we had all shaken his hand.
 "I-have-a -sweet-heart-wit - the-beautiful- was his reply.
 "Ah," remarked, that must be very pleasant
 Hikes
 And this was the limit of the school- masters English, except "Good-by, m-your-friend," which was re peated to each of us as we departed.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Ia Save His Eesllnns-

Himborn-Themers. the novelist, is responsible for squeezing a falsehood out of every one of his friends.
 Antlers-How's thatl
 Himborn-He asked them if they had read his latest book.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Horse in Stable.

It Is not a good idea to keep horses blanketed in the stable. A horse sta ble should not be too warm, but 1t should not freeze therein.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Corn Bread.

When making corn bread by any TO- eipe, if one large cooked potato hot or cold. is rubbed through a very fine sieve into the batter. 1t greatly i'm proves 1t, making 1t light and feathery.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-07
Hopeless Case.

HopcICS8 OdSc. Ts he a has-been?" Worse than that" "A never-was ?" 'sEven worse" q know. He's a never-will-be."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
WOODMEN CIRCLE
 UNVEIL MONUMENT
Disastrous Conflagration Is Narrow ly Averted in Fort
 Deposit

h Fort Deposit, September 17.-(Special.)- big crowd assembled at the Fort De- posit cemetery yesterday. where they wit messed the ceremonies of the Woodmen s Circle in unveiing a monument erected to the memory of Mrs. Lenora Moore Black. who died at Century, Fla, and was inferred here. A large delegation representing the Century Circle were pres ent. The following are the officers who conducted the ceremonies:
 Mrs. Willie Davis Mrs. Harrison Mitch- ell, Mrs. Oscar Smith, Mrs. Levi Sam pley, Mrs. McCary, Mrs. Smith, Mrs Sam Matthews, Mrs. W. J. Bought, Mrs. Wright, and pr. W. c. Weaver, circle physician.
 A disastrous confagration was narrow ly averted last night by the timely dis covery and immediate action of watch man employed at local ginnery here. The fire originated in the boiler room and had gained considerable headway when discovered. The plant is large two story structure and one of the bes, equipped in the south. number of wood en stores are in close proximity to the plant, and owing to the inadequate sup ply of water at this season the entire business block on West Pollard street would have been a total loss had the girnery been burned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
EXAMINE WOMAN IN
 WHITE SLAVE CASE
Miss Shelby of Louisville Gave Girl Reference Not For Immoral
 Purposes

Louisville, Ky, September 17.-Invesu- gation of reports that young women had been sent here by white slave traffickers in Tampa. Fla, disclosed that Edna Shell ly, cashier in a motion picture show, rec commended indirectly place in the latter city where girls could find employment in 1o cent show houses. The Shelly wom- an disappeared after being interviewed Then she said she received a letter from Ma arion Lawrence in Tampa in which the writer said she was looking for a house maid. A few days later a young girl ap DC al ed at the cashiers window of tho show house and requested her for infor. nation. Edna Shelly said she told hei there was no vacancy for a piano player but handed her the letter from her core sEondent, telling the girl at the same time she might get a place there.
 Miss Shelly denied any immoral pur- pose. The federal authorities will take up the matter. Efforts to find the Shelly woman again failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-18
ALARM FELT OVER PREMIER STOLYP|N Condition Takes Turn for Worse With Blood Eff
 fusion

<ieV, September 1.-The condition of Premier stolypin, who was shot by Dmi- try Bogroff at a gala performance in the municipal theatre Thursday night Is causing his physicians alarm. Peritonitis has set in and the patients heart action has considerable weakened. A long bull letin was prepared this afternoon by the Ihysiciars in view of the change for the worse as 1t was deemed advisable to in- form the public Of the true nature of tiic premier's wounds. This bulletin was as follows:
 "A change for the worse in Premier Stolypin's condition set in last evening. Symptoms of focal peritonitis were mo- ticsd with indications of effusion of blood under the diaf hragm. At 6:S0 o'clock this morning the patients temeprature The temperature hours latA was 9S.6, pulse 104 respiration 24 to 26.
 "The bandages were removed at 10 O clock and the mouth of the wound was found to be In a satisfactory state The hullet was felt under the skin and re- moved a local anaethetic being em- pioyed The patient stood the operation well in every way"
 The premier showed no improvement during the day, but the doctors hope fully expressed the opinion that there was no great cause for alarm. The midnight bulletin, however. was not reassuring. It read:
 Late tonight M. Stolypin is still show ing symptoms of perltonftis. Tempera- ture ss, pulse 116 to 120 respiration 2s."