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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Preparing Oysters.

Preparing Oysters.
Divine PoInts.-The custom which
iorbade the use of oysters In the
months without an r, no doubt orig.
mated in the fact that during the
months Of May, June, July and August
hey are poorer in quality and lack
flavor. natures way of protecting her
own. May is the month when the
spawning season opens.
Sfter-Theater Oysters.-To a pint OF
oysters with their liquor. a dash OF
paprika. celery salt. salt, a squeeze Of
lemon juice and half a cup OF rich
5ouilion. Cook until the edges curl.
hen serve on buttered toast
Lincoln Stew.-Place a quart of
milk in a double broiler, season with
paprika. celery salt and salt. Crate a
small onion, allowing the juice to drip
INTO the milk, add a dozen oyster
crackers well crushed and two table
spoonfuls Of butter. When boiling hot
add quart Of oysters with the liquor.
When they commence to curl, remove
them to the tureen and add a beaten
egg. Serve at once.
Oyster loaf.-Cut box-shaped
piece from a loaf OF rather stale
bread. Brush with melted butter and
brown in the oven. FIJI with fried
oysters or creamed oysters. To cream
oysters. allow a dozen oysters to a
cup Of cream. Heat the cream to the
boiling point, add the oysters, and
when curled, remove and serve imme-
diGtely. The seasoning may be added
by each guest TO suit his taste.
Oysters la creoIe.-Meit two table
spoonfuls of butter. add a slice OF
onion and cook until pale brown.
Remove the onion and add a table
spoonful Of flour and when brown a
cupful of tomatoes. When hot add
pint OF drained oysters, cook until the
edges curl, add a drap of tabasco. a
tablespoonful of minced parsley and
salt to taste Serve on toast.
Oyster cocktaiIs.-Clean and chill
60 small oysters; mix with three Ia.
blespoonfuls of horseradish. one tea.
spoonful of tabasco sauce, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar. three table
spoonfuls of Worcestershire sauce,
five tablespoonfuls OF lemon Juice,
three tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup
and one and a fourth teaspoonfuls of
salt Serve In lemon. grapefruit or to
mato cups.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Teacher Has Never Whipped a Pupil

standpoint, all their little traits and
peculiarities. Boys and girls of today
do not get the physical punishment
that was administered to their parents
and grandparents. And sincerely be
lieve the modern child can be managed
better without II. My views on this
subject are firm. and never In all OF
one of my pupils"
Mrs. Boyd's control over her schol
ars was clearly demonstrated at the
burning OF the Mary 8. Boyd Public
school building. named In her honor. g
few weeks ago. Soon after the fire
was discovered she marshalled her pu
pills who. at her command. marched
from the building in an orderly man
ner. leaving books and wraps behind
Had IL not been for the mastery han
ding there would undoubtedly have
been n great loss of life among the
four hundred or more children In the
building.
As Mrs. Boyd converses, her eyes
sparkle like those OF a 16-year-old
girl, and looking into their depths one
would never imagine themselves look.
ing at one whose hair has long since
turned gray. Her face, though slightly
furrowed. is marked with wrinkles
caused by smiles. and is still fresh and
rosy. The love of work has discovered
for her the true fountain OF youth"
the elixir Of which does not allow her
spirit to become old, even though her
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
The Tea and Coffee Pots.


Many otherwise exemplary house
keepers are most careless In regard to
the care given the tea and coffee pots.
Much OF our poor tea and coffee might
be traced TO an unclean pot.
The tea and coffee pots should be
as carefully washed and cared for as
any of the table dishes. AS both tea
and coffee have SO strong an odor. 1t
is necessary In order TO have the pots
sweet TO give them a good summing In
The air.
When the pots are not In frequent
use they are apt to grow musty. Try
keeping a loaf of sugar In the pot to
absorb the impurities.
When the tea is brewed in the kitch-
en-. stone or crockery teapot Is the
best to use
Coffee pots should never be allowed
to stand around with the grounds In
them. They should be thrown out and
the pot boiled out with cold water.
There are many cooks who keep the
water. for the next meal. This should
never be permitted. rs there is bit.
ter principle developed which Is most
Injurious.
II the coffee is put into cheese cloth
bags the grounds are then easily re-
moved and the coffee will always be
clearer and better.
Household Hints.
Cream cheese mixed with cherries
or cranberries makes a nice sandwich
filling.
In cooking broilers all the Juice Is
saved and much OF the favor other.
wise lost is retained by brushing the
fowl we'll with olive oil before broil-
ing.
Rinse laces In skinned milk, never
in bluing water. The milk adds a lit.
tie stiffness and the color is soft and
creamy.
Serve poached eggs on thin rounds
OF bread sauted in a little butter.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

RANSAS CITY. MO-The style of
n domestic architecture in Kansas
City has changed entirely In the past
year or two. say architects. on account
a. the prevalent habit Of sleeping out
q doors. II Is a veritable return to
tie open-air life that is animating the
people. Sleeping out Of doors is not a
M h this city; It is custom as firm
n intrsnched as eating breakfast. al.
0hough not yet SO common.
he desire for open air does not stop
Nh slsoplng. There are families in
4nnsas CITY that throughout the sum-
~ I'VE b the open air-eating. sleep
~ - visiting. Whether It work or
~. ovogyoA1ng = done out Of doors
- . lhm11y uvoo 1t 3S3l Campbell
Ghoot - 0v11ta J. C. Swift . for
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Alackl

Why are you SO gloomyf" asked
me mans friend. You ought to b
cheerful. Here you have been shot at
oy jealous husband who mistook you
ior another man and you have e.
capped without scratch because the
bullet was stopped by your pocket
bioie. given to you by your mother.
you're mighty lucky. 1t seems to me-"
Yes. but I have no stunt Of any
KIND. SO there's no chance for me &c
take advantage Of the advertising rvs
got. ! can't 60 into vaudeville"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

The Parson-And you say your wife
was thinking Of the women's hats all
the time she was In church.
The Deacon-Tm afraid she was,
parson.
I'm sorry. Her mind should be on
higher things"
Great guns. parson! Are there any
higher things than womep's hats?"-
Yonkers Statesman.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
They All Do,

First Author-Has Scribbler return.
ed from abroad?
Second Authorizes While there
he was introduced to the Gar and
had a three minutes talk with him.
First Author-What is he doing
since he got back?
Second Authorities at work now
on q three volume work on The Mich.
olas I Knew"-Puck.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
wrono License.

The stranger-Are you quite sur,
that that was a marriage license you
gave me last month";"
The Ofiicial-of course! What's the
matter?
The Stranger-Well. I've lived ,
dogs life ever since.-The Sketch.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Can Handle Bills.

Muggins-Women are gradually
usurping the place of men. heard
the other day OF woman bill col.
lector.
Buggins-Well. II a woman is as
successful In running down a bill as
she Is in running one up she should
be a wonder.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
She Learned Somethino.

One thing about the professors lee
ture at the village hall. on The Won.
ders Of the Human Body" seemed
TO Mrs. Goppinger to be not quite
clear, and after her return home she
was still bordering upon II.
Il understood everything he told us
about the nerves and the way they
act. and all that" she said, "and how
We couldn't get along without them,
but ! just could not understand Why
he called that part Of the brain where
the serves all center the Sarah Bel.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Keep II Dark.

Wife (whose husband. the local
mayor. has Just been knightedD Have
you heard from tn man who offered
to trace our pedigree?
Husband-Yes: he has found out
more than enough.
Wife-What did you pay him?
Husband-Fifty pounds-to hold his
tongue!
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Splendid Luck.

Did you have any luck when 20,
were out hunting yesterday?
Yes. great"
What did you kiln"
Nothing; but shot six times with
out hitting either myself or the ma,
who was with me-"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Merely ObeyIno Orders.

Daughter. did not see you sitting
on that young mans lap when I passed
the parlor door last EVENING""
Yes. and it was very embarrassing.
j wish you had not told me to-"
Good heavens! I never told you 70
do anything Of the kind!"
You did. You told me that II he
attempted to get sentimental / must
SIT on him"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Elsie-l had such a beautiful dream
last night. Oh. IT was glorious. I
dreamt that ! was in heaven and that
everything there was thousand
times more beautiful than any mortal
bad ever imagined 1t to be.
Evelyn-Pshawi thought you
were going to say you dreamt that
you had married a man with a title.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Vino for French Soldiers.

In the French army nearly three
times as much Is spent on wine al ON
bread. vegetables and preserved food
put together. The sum total for these
provisions amounts to only Gi.36o. 900.
whereas the amount spent on vine
last year was E3.s7o, 600
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

iamy. Was Sarah Bellamy the name
OF the woman doctor or surgeon who
discovered It? can't seem to find
anything about her In the dictionary"
Youths Companion.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Girls whose grandmothers used to
get outdoors and boil big iron ket.
tie full Of maple strip or soft SOAP"
says Deacon Palmer. think they are
doing something when they can roast
a marshmallow in a chafing dish
Atlanta Constitution.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
At the Battle Of Waterloo.

At the Battle Of Waterloo.
Napoleon was waiting anxiously for
Grouchy.
He has the key to the situatioui"
muttered the great commander.
But he was wrong for once. There
wasn't any key. II was a time lock
that held the situation. and Grouchy
had set II wrong.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Ie<kE A~l..sA..

Next to the Washington monument
the new Pilgrims monument on Cape
Cod. Massachusetts. which is 272 feet
high. is the loftiest structure of solid
masonry on this continent
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
|k8A 81 GA
STILLS
It's PREVALENT.

My muse II weak,
Ny muse 10 pale:
To WOO my muse
Doth not avail
From contact with
The world she shrinhs;
Just sits alone
And thinks and thinkA
What's on her mindf
Now. who could sayf
This much I know,
She's far from gay.
She smiles no more,
Nor doth she sing
"A roundelay
Inspired Of Spring.
All woe-begone,
Too tired to trip.
I fear my muse
Hath caught the grip"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
HNZ0 mmnx
NJ FARM
IT. AMs..< M-


Set trees in the a,Iing.
I Porpoise meat is not bad.
Chemistry is a valuable science.
Russia exports nearly two billion
Eggs each year.
Onions are pulled when half grown
and sold as bunch onions.
Nearly is per cent OF the people OF
Great Britain I've by agriculture.
profitable than a whole lot attempted
The milk should be stirred occasion
ally. but not vigorously. while being
cooled
II is said that under favorable condi-
lions the olive tree lives to be 1000
years old.
In order to make a good dairy COW
you must start with the calf of some
good dairy type.
4 goat eats only one-eighth as much
as COW. but gives more than that
proportion VI milk.
The fewer sows kept together dur
Ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time the better.
Silage Is one OF the cheapest sue
rulent feeds that can be supplied to
farm animals during the winter.
Don't SOW a miscellaneous assert
ment Of real seed, weed seed and dirt
and expect 10 get a satisfactory stand.
II seems strange that more farmers
do not combine dairy and poultry
farming when 1t may be done with so
much profit.
IL would require bin mile square
and 10 feet deep to hold the grain
produced In the United States in an
average year.
In the interest Of cleanliness. a bot.
tomless" milk bottle has been invent.
ed. a glass tube with parRfiined paper
caps at each end.
You don't have TO wait for the in.
cubator to get broody. and then II
you don't want to set II you don't
have 10 break II up.
An incubator win not feed or regu-
late itself as the hen does, and we
must not expect as good results until
we have had some experience.
DO not give eggs to an early broody
hen until she is surely broody, as
hens. like the weather at this season
OF the year. are rather changeable.
Many farmers simply tolerate the
fowls about the farm with a sort OF
notion that It is a hobby OF the wo-
men folks to have a few hens to cod.
die.
or the l0i. 100000 acres OF land I'm
Sweden. fully 100000 acres are in
wood. Finland alone. Of European
countries. having larger forests than
Sweden.
IL you want vigorous healthy chicks
do not feed too much animal matter
TO force heavy egg production. for n
you do you will weaken the vitality
Of your chicks.
There are incubators which have
been so arranged that the thermostat
works to control the moisture con.
tanned in the egg Others require
added moisture.
Corn and corn meal are carbonace-
Gus matter. similar In composition to
that OF cream. and there Is no feed
that a calf likes so well as shelled
corn or corn meal.
There is a wonderful increase In the
consumption Of milk all over the coun-
try since the authorities have taken
up the work Of compelling the produc-
ton Of clean pure milk.
In preserving eggs in water glass,
or any other favorite method, remem-
Der that every egg so used must be
strictly fresh. One spoiled egg will
contaminate Q whole hatch.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Marv's Luck.

Mary went TO cook school.
She thought II simply great;
She made her pa biscuit once
Now he has a paper weight
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
One Of His PecuIlar,ties.

There are times" said the eccen
trio boarder. when I feel almost SURE
that could manage to exist for at leas
six months without hearing or seein,
the words proven and gotten
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Cupid Explains.

Cupid shot a spinster once,
And folks thought II queer,
Until he said In explanation;
IT took her for q dear"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
The Last Resort.

Maud-They say bridge Is responsi.
bio for lot Of nervous breakdowns.
BeatrixI know It. II won't b
long before wen have to 60 to an
asylum for . really good game.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
The TRANQUIL Life

The Sage-After 40 years o. mar.
ried life I've made up my mind IT
doesn't matter how often a man an
his wife disagrees. AZ long as he don't
let her know it."-Harper's Magazine
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Worked Both wavs.

A fool man once lost his health
While striving to get wealth;
Then he straightway lost his wealth
While trying to gain health
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
An ingenious Explanation

Why do you scream when you Sc,
a mouse?'
Because Of my humane DISPOSE
tion." replied Miss Cayenne. =
scream SO as to give the mouse ,
chance to run away before I fall OF
II and destroy it,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
Doubtful Meanlno.

What do you really think Of my
daughters marrying . broksn-dovA
impecunious man Of titlef"
TO b frank with you. I think II 10
a rank proposition"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
SALVAGE.

Hotel Proprietor-was there sny.
thing Of value in the trunk Of that
fellow who Jumped his bill! Clerk
should say %. II was full Of our line.
and silverware.-Judge.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

HE who gives promptly gives
~ twice as much.
Whatever is unknown Is thought TO be
magnificent.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Poet lived three weeks on that
last poem Of mine.
Artist-Then the editor took II!
Poet-Oh, no; but he threw me
down six flights of stairs and ! was
In the hospital three weeks.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04
(U4eKfGnEN


HE world Is mine oyster. which
I with a sword will open
,anst tell how an oyster makes his shell 2
Mol I neither
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Meat scraps put up especially for
hens may be had in almost any mar
ket. and II is a very necessary egg
producing feed at any time. Crushed
oyster shells are needed also.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Cut out the mlddleman. One hun
dred postal cards addressed to peo
pie In town will bring you customer.
who will buy your eggs all the yea
around at fair price.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

Breeding ewes require plenty Of ex.
ercise and every day when the wealth.
er is favorable they should be turned
out and allowed to roam over the
yards and pasture.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-08-04

In preserving eggs in water glass,
or any other favorite method, remem-
Der that every egg so used must be
strictly fresh. One spoiled egg will
contaminate Q whole hatch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
Holy Rosary
 Church h--Rid-of
 $I5,000 Debt

There was much Nrejoicfne annons
 the members of, the Holy Rosary church. built by the Italian Roman Catholics of this city at East Wash 1ngton avenue and Harriet street sev- eral years ago, when it was announc- ed, today, that the debt of the church has been reduced to s12,O0O.
 Further rejoicing was occasioned when the pastor, the Rev. Angelo De Toro, assured his parishioners that the church was thriving so well that he felt warranted in promising them inside of five years to have ample means for the erection of a substan- tial stone edifice to supplant the pres ent wooden church.
 The parish has been paying off it's about $2O,000, and has bought many elaborate furnishings during its few years of existence. There were number of small scat terlng debts, which were paid off yes terday when the indebtedness of the church was placed in one sum in a s12,OOO mortgage to a New London oank. Debts against the church az s15,0O0 were paid of yes. erday with the funds yoS the. chr - { n reserve and the money o3ffHhet trough the mortgage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
LEWIS ATTACKS
 POSTAL OFFICERS

Washington, July 27.-The sensa.
 t1onal charge was made before tht rouse committee Investigating the Post Office department yesterdav ina, leonard goodwin, Chicago lawyer ana brother of Russell P, Goodwin
 assistant attorney general for the Post
 OHice department,was exploiting mail
 order houses throughout the country
 telllng them he could arrange any
 trouble they might have through a
 denial of mail privileges, etc.
 The charge was made by B. C..
 LeWls: president of a publishing com
 pany In St. Louis, recently denied the
 second class mail privilege. Lewis also
 declared that post office inspectors at
 St. Louis had been told to use what
 ever methods they pleased "to nut LeWis out Of business" and "to shut a1ts LeWis up before the next campaign" Thls was the campaign of 1903.
 Lewis said Rochester (N.Y.1 man had written to him that Goodwin was the man he ought to employ to get him out of his troubles with the nost oH1ce. inspectors. 'This man later told me-" said Lewis, "that Goodwin himself wrote the letter. Lewis tes- tined that he employed Pinkerton de- tectlVes who went to Goodwin's office representing themselves as in natent medicine mail order business and in trouble with the post office officials An aHidavit was presented, sworn to | py these detectives, in which they de. l :lared that goodwin told them he had i handled thousands of cases like theirs and that he could fix it so they would lot be bothered by post office 1nspecr- DTS. He told them, the detectives 'wore that all they would have to do would be to say to the inspectors, gentlemen, we may have gone wrong tne past but We are trying to live aid, would eballh t asw ta w a aid would be all that was necessary
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
WEATHER INDICATIONS
Especial from United pras.

Especial from United PressA
 New Haven, July 27.-Foreca st. Far tonight and Friday. Light, vari- able winds.
 An area of high pressure central is producing cool, pleasant westhar ar Tn all sections east of the Mississinnj river A well defined disturba pca central over North Dakota. is causo Ing cloudy and unsettled weather Witn Iocal showers between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississipni river This disturbance will probably move eastward and pass out the St. Law. renee valley on Saturday.
 Conditions favor for this vic;nit,, faIr weather followed by increasing cioudlness on Friday and proba hi1 day. oalor-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-27
Text of Anti Lobby
 Bill Which Passed in
 Senate Yesterday
Especial to the Farmer.A

| Hartford, July 27.-The following is
 the text of the so-called anti-lobby Dill fathered by Senator Judson and representative Tingier. which passed
 the Senate yesterday:
 section l. Any person, corpora tion
 or association employing Or agreeing
 lo e1nploy person to act as coun-
 sel or agent to promote or oppose. di-
 rectly Or indirectly, legislation by the
 general assembly, or to act as leg. lsIatlve counsel Or agent in connection
 herewith, shall, within one week af
 ter such employment Or agreement. cause the name of such counsel or agent to be entered upon a public oocket as hereinafter provided and cause to be noted therein the particu- lar ieglsIatlon to which such employ- ment relates; it shall also be the dutv of such counsel or agent to cause said entries to be made upon such docket upon the termination of such employ. ment 1t shall be the duty of said em- ployer and of said legislative counsel or agent to cause such fact to be en- tered opposite the name of such coun- SCI Or agent upon said docket.
 sec. Z. The secretary of the state shaI prepare and keep a docket of | cOunsel or agents in which | 'ounSel Or agents employed to per- orm the services described in Sec lon l, and statement of the par lcular legislation to which said em. loyment relates, and also the names ma addresses of the person corpora ion or association employing such ounsel Or agents.
 Sec 5. No person shall be emplov- as a legislative counsel or agent ]