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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
FOX Girls IN IhE HONE.
TESTING The OVEN.
BY Neale s. Knowles, Lecturer Of
Home Economies, Iowa State
College.

Success in cooking depends more
upon the degree of heat used than
Upon anything else. In other words,
the fire and the stove are most i'm
pcrtant factors. You may beat eggs
ever so carefully and still have a
cake which is failure because the
oven is too hot or too cold.
Girls who are ambitious to cook we'll
ought to know first how to build a
good fire and how to keep it going
SO it will be just right for the food
that is to be cooked.
1t is important to understand first
Of all that fire needs air to burn.
When fire is started, stove damp
ers must first be opened up, both the
hampers in front and that in the
pipe. All the old ashes and cinders
must be removed, because they inter-
fere with the passage of air to the
fuel and check the fire. When the
fire is laid for starting, put shavings
or bits of hard, twisted paper in the
bottom of the fire box first. On top
of that lay fine sticks of pine, and
be careful to cross them so the air
will pass freely among them. On
top Of the pine sticks lay sticks of
hard wood or small pieces of coal,
whichever is used for fuel, but do not
pile on too many, for too much fuel
fills the stove so full that the air
cannot circulate through it. Touch
a lighted match to the papers under
meath, and in a few minutes you
will have fire well started. Then
partly close the hampers.
It is important to know how hot an
oven should be for different kinds of
baking. Mother can tell when the
oven is hot enough by putting her
hand into it. But the girl who is
just learning to cook needs some
other way of testing. She may do
it this way for the different kinds
of baking:
For Baking Powder Biscuits.
Place a slip of white letter paper
in the oven. If the heat is great
enough to brown this paper a yell
lowish brown in three minutes, there
is the right amount of heat for bis
cult.
For Sponge Cake.
Place slip of white paper in the
oven. If the paper becomes a yell
lowish brown in ten minutes there is
enough heat for sponge cake. If you
are making cake in which you use
butter, the paper should brown in
seven minutes.
For Bread.
If you want to bake a loaf of
bread, the paper should brown in ten
minutes.
For Baker custard.
: For baked custard, or baked eggs
or omelet, the paper should brown
in ten minutes.
Sometimes you are told to use a
hot, moderate, or cool oven. A
hot oven browns the paper in from
three to five minutes. A moderate
oven browns the paper in from seven
to ten minutes. A cool oven browns
the paper in from ten to fifteen min
utes. vino
Even a simple thing like fire build
ing cannot be managed without the
use of brain work If the work is
done carelessly, fuel is wasted by
leaving the hampers open when they
are not needed. Time is wasted by
allowing the fire to become too low.
Food is wasted by trying to cook
when the heat of the stove is not
right.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
10000 DAYS IN A SCHOOL
Three Pennsylvania Children Have
Most Unusual Sunday School Rec
ord-Never Missed q Session.

Philadelphia.-Three children Of
William NJ. Smith Of LOG South Sixth
street, Darby. have respective records
Of 1000, $500 and 2,4oo days Of school
attendance without single days alb.
sence. These same children have at.
tended Sunday school for ten. seven
and six years respectively without .
sundays absence.
Out IN Germantown three sons Of
Henry +. Doernbach Of 456 East
Tulpehocken street have attended Sun
day school Tor eighteen successive
years without missing session.
The father Of the children who
hold Darby's attendance record is .
former policeman. He served twenty
four years and was of duty only three
minutes.
His son, Robert NJ. has completed
ten school terms and has neither an
absence nor tardy mark against him.
His younger brother, who will enter
the eighth grade next year. and his
sister. Mabel, are the other record
holdaso in this family. Elmer has at.
TENDED seven years and Mabel six.
These three attend the Sunday
school Of the Church Of st. James Of
KinEssessing, where their perfect rec.
ords have been maintained.
Once Robert broke his arm, and at
another time Elmer suffered similar
accidsut. But after surgeons had
placed the fractured bones in splmts,
the Two lads started of to tho school
house. They said they wouldn't stay
out q school on account Of little
think Ike broken arm.
The mother of these three children
says the average mother is too willing
to EXCUSE her child from school on &C
count OF slight and petty illnesses.
Just; .ths same. she says her children
have been unusually healthy and
strone. and to this fact IL due the re-
mafkabIe record Of the family.
Eighteen years Of Sundays. every
ono Of them spent in Sunday school.
Ii a Germantown family's record.
The three men are Stanley B., Ell.
wood B. and H. Warren Doernbach.
They attend the Union Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school. Diamond
street near Twentieth. Stanley B. is
superintendent and H. Warren is 70
corder Of this school.
A year ago Elwood B. went to Buff
ralo. N. Y, to reside. He found q
Sunday school as soon as he reached
the city and has kept up his record Of
attendance.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Give the Hen. . Du.,y w.,,ow.

If you want to keep your hens free
from lice, make sure that they have
good dust bath throughout the
winter. A good earth wallow may be
made of equal parts of sifted dry
loan and fine coal ashes. Do not
use wood ashes. for they bleach the
feathers or burn the shanks and
feathers. Establish this wallow in a
corner of the hen house where it will
keep dry. Put it in shallow box
set in the ground if necessary to
prevent it's being scattered. The
fowls will take care of themselves
pretty we'll as far as lice are con-
cerned il given half chance.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
BETTER OATS.
Improving the Quality and Quantity
Of the Crop-Preparation Of the
Seed Bed and Seeding.
10y Prof. M. L. 1owman.)


10y Prof. M. L. Hownnan.)
A carefully prepared seed bed has
been che of the most neglected
features in connection with the pro
duction OF oats. 1t is a very common
practice to see an end-gate seeder at
work in fields where the corn stalks
still remain standing on the ground.
Az a matter of fact. most Of the
preparation of the seed bed has been
very largely done after the oats have
been sown. Such practices will have
to be done away with before We can
expect the average yield of oats to be
materially increased. The prepare
ton OF the seed bed by no means re-
Ceives the attention that It should In
connection with all our grains. but
especially is it deficient with our cats.
Through the investigations of the Iowa
experiment station we are led to be-
l,eve that about 70 per cent. OF the
oats are put in before the seed bed
is prepared; the oats being sown
broadcast on unprepared corn stalk
ground, disced once or twice and pos.
sibly narrowed. For the best results
the corn stalk ground should be
disced two or three times. tapping the
disc half in order that the stalks may
be cut up and the seed bed put in
desirable condition for receiving the
srain The harrow should be freely
used. It is not desirable that we have
deep. loose seed bed, nor is it
necessary that the ground be plowed.
When 1t follows plowed crop II
should. however, be disced sufficient.
ly thorough, followed by the harrow
until mellow surface of at least two
or three inches i'll depth be prepared
for the receiving of the grain. In gen.
eral, TO prepare suitable seed bed for
oats, corn stalk ground should be
Gisced at least twice. tapping the disc
half, and in addition to this 1t will
pay tc double harrow. Some seasons
viii require more discing; seldom can
It he done with less.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

A Des Moines man had an attack Of
muscular rheumatism in his shoulder.
A friend advised him to go to Hot
Spr ngs. That me ant an expense of
s. OF 0O or more He sought for aquick-
er and cheaper way to cure it and
found it in Chamberlain Imminent
Three days after the first application
Of this liniment he was well. For sale
by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Ends Winters Troubles.

To many, winter is season of troub-
lie. The frost-bitten toe and, fingers.
chapped hands and lips, chilblains. cold
sores, red and rough skins, prove this.
But such troubles fly before Bucklen' s
Arnica Salve. A trial convinces.
Greatest healer of Burns, Boils, Piles.
Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Eczema and
Sprains. Only Csc. at P. A. Glenn
mer's, F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

The Fashion for Housekeeping.
It Is no longer fashionable not "a
know on which side the bread 10 but
tered or how to cook . potato. The
intelligent society woman nowadays 10
scientifically domesticated. She can
meet her own cook without flinchins
and can. moreover, give that autocrst
points" on culinary matters.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Dairy Cow Facts.

A little extra care and attention in
feeding would add an average Of 20
hounds of butterfat annually per COW,
or a total of 100000 pounds.
worth nearly $1O,0O0,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Still Posalble.

In spite Of the many associations, so
cieties. guilds, bunds, organizations
and clubs that exist in this country. it
remains possible occasionally to find
Q man who has never had to learn par
liamentary rules in order to act as
Q chairman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

Iowa has 100000 cows valued at
e35 per head, making total value Of
s56,52O,OOO. Iowa ranks second among
the states in the number and value
If her cows, New York alone preced-
lng her.
Estimating the average value Of
outterfat 1t 80 cents per pound, Iowa
produces S65,940,000 worth of butter
at annually.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Knew What She Wanted.

Knew What She Wanted.
Frances had been studying the Wag.
ner motifs with her mother, and her
powers Of appreciation exceeded her
powers Of expression. One day she
placed the Wagner book in position
and implored mamma: Dearest. let's
60 to the piano and have the rum.
bles."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

Advantage Of Concrete Buildings.
It has been shown m practice that
concrete buildings require less artt
fetal light than those Of slow burning
mill construction. This is owing to
the reflection Of light from the white
walls and ceilings and columns and
also to the fact that 1t is possible to
supply buildings Of this character with
greater window area.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
PRINCE OF WALES A SMOKER
English Rulers Allow the Heir Three
Cigarettes Day Since HIs Sew.
enteenth Birthday.

London. - Since his seventeenth
birthday 1t has just become
known, the Prince OF Wales has
been permitted to enjoy an occa-
sional cigarette. Like the King Of
Spain, he shows preference for the
genuine Spanish cigaritos. which are
very small and made Of choice Havana
tobacco. They are not gummed. but
are held together by dexterous In
ward fold c. the paper.
The king and queen did not wish
their eldest son to smoke until his
seventeenth birthday. and on that date
he received many gifts representing
the smokers small Injuries. II ru.
NOR speaks truly the young prince
does not show great enthusiasm ~
a smoker, and il quite satisfied with
the three cigarettes day which arc
allotted to him until no reaches his
eighteenth birthday.
The health Of Prince Henry continues
to cause anxiety. The experiment Of
sending him to school at Brosdstairs
has resulted in an Improvement. but
the gain in strength IL hardly rapid
enough to satisfy the royal physicians.
1t IL hoped, however, that quick
change for tho better will como dur.
ing his holiday sojourn in tho High
lands.
Prince Henry's lack Of vigor IL the
more serious because he is growing
too fast for his age. He is tho tall
est of the kings sons, and he has
the making Of handsome lad. His
continued weakness does not seem to
affect the princes lively disposition.
which has earned for him tho family
nickname Of "Bluebottle." He IL the
humorist Of the royal children. and
his comicalities Of manner and speech
are tho delight Of all who know him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
A Good Ending.

Old people are especially prone to
stomach. liver Eand howell ailments.
Old age can he made the pleasantest
time of life if these diseases can be
avoided. They can be avoided, and
cured, by the use of DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. which cures chronic con-
ic constipation, dyspepsia, liver troub-
les. heartburn, sour stomach, flatulen-
cy, indigestion, etc. 1t is absolutely
guaranteed to do what we claim,
and if you . want to try
it before buying, send your address for
free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup
Co., ll9 Caldwell Bldg, Monticello,
III. It is sold by all druggists at SOC
and 81 Z bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

It pays to put extra weight on
chickens before they are taken to
market, especially if they are to be
fit for fancy trade.
A fattening crate which may be
made quite easily, and which has
been used successfully at the poultry
farm at Iowa State College, is shown
in the above illustration. 1t is made
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

If you are troubled with chronic con-
stipation, the mild and gentle effect Of
Chamberlain's Tablets, makes them es-
pecially suited to your case. For sale
by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

When you have bilious attack give
Chamberlain Tablets trial. They
are excellent. Sold by all dealers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

Always Somewhsre Nsar.
Misery never had to look Tar Tor Tie
oo0pauy that 1t loves. $780,. =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
4 Plain ln0uCPv,

warden, what are most of these
men doing here?" principally doing
time, madam"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
Daily Khouoht,

Daily Thought.
FIJI thy heart with II, ana then
name It as thou wilt.-Goethe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

Pure Ruckwheat Flour.
Fred Salisbury's Buckwheat -four,
ABSOLUTELY PURE, for sale by
VIZ. KELLow.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01

just long enough to hold a dozen
birds comfortably and is divided into
three compartments to prevent
crowding. The top, bottom and back
sides are made of Stats in this case.
but they may also be made of wider
boards. The slide doors for putting
in and taking out the birds are at
the front
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-01
The Farmers Home.

The Farmers Home.
A S1.OO a day house. Especial at
tention paid the farmer trade. With
more stable room / am prepared to
give farmers better accommodations
than ever. ]. w. WENTWORTH.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30

health resort. He paid s325,OOO and
invested another S250,00O In improve.
ments calculated to render the place
attractive TO visitors. The capital,
however. was insufficient, and Mr..
Marlitt was declared bankrupt at the
end Of last year.
The sale by auction took place by
order Of the Official receiver. The
first bid of $220, 900 was made by Herr
Vobes, n lawyer, on behalf Of Herr
Kahlden. The Lubbock bank bid $3.50.
600, Herr Kahlden s275,O00 and Herr
Gluhenstein OF Hamburg $500. 900.
Herr Kahlden then bid s3l2.0OO
whereupon Herr Gluhenstein made
the highest bid-namely. s375,OOO As
this amount was below the margin
fAed by the official receiver another
auction sale will have to be held
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30

increased 1t simply marks the disap-
pearance of the Gould fortune as
power in the financial world
The story Of this war had its be-
ginning in the early eighties, when
old Jay Gould was the most power
ful, as well as the most feared man
In Wall Street. His particular hobby
was the securing of control of various
railroad properties, which he would
proceed to wreck and then dispose OF.
He had great faith in the possibilities
of the West and Southwest, and many
n Wall street financler looked on his
properties in that section with
covetous eye. But they knew better
than TO attempt to monkey with the
wizard of American finance"
When the old gentleman died in
1892, however, the long-delayed fight
for the valuable Gould property imme.
diately began His will divided his
vast fortune among his children. but
provided that all his stock holdings
should be voted at tho various meet
ings as n unit, and gave George ].
Gould, his eldest son. the power to
control such votes. At this time
George Gould was only 26 years OF
age, but ten years under his fathers
careful tuition had developed his husi.
ness and fighting ability to great
extent. He had inherited craze
Tor acquiring railroad properties and
his great ambition was to gain con.
troll of a road which would stretch
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
The most valuable piece OF railroad
property in the Gould estate was the
Missouri Pacific. which stretches from
Kansas City to Denver, and by Sc
curing control of the Denver g. Rio
Grande, George Gould extended his
line into Salt Lake City.
In the meantime, IN order to carry
out his plans in the West and South.
west, Gould was forced to sacrifice
his holdings In the Manhattan Elevat
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
GEO. GOULD RETIRES

ed Co. which was purchased by the
lnterborough In 1902.
BY this time George Gould had con
verted the Missouri Pacific into a val
liable property. A control Of the ma
iority of the stock OF the Wabash car
ried It as far east as Buffalo and the
purchase Of the Denver & Rio Grande
brought It west to Ogden, Utah
1t was now time to procure
terminus at the Atlantic seaboard.
His first step was to gain an en-
trance into Pittsburg, which he did
by securing control OF the Wheeling
G. Lake Erie. He then began work
on his Wabash -Pittsburg Terminal.
The next step was TO secure con.
troll of the Western Maryland, which
ran from Baltimore inland, and the
West Virginia and Central Pitsburg,
which ran east from the Smoky City
Between these two roads there was n
slight gap, which Mr.. Gould proposed
to bridge by building a new road
With this exception the only link
necessary to complete the chain OF
roads from coast to coast was that
frcm Salt Lake City to the coast, and
to complete this mr. Gould started to
build the Western Pacific.
But his troubles had already be
gun. The other railroad interests,
recognizing the value OF the Gould
properties and the serious competi.
ton they would offer, had already be
gun war to oust George Gould as
the head OF the system AS early as
1902 the young flnancier had a severe
struggle with f.. H. Hartman and Ed
mund Hawley for the control OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company. but
succeeded in worsting his opponents.
The Pennsylvania bitterly opposed
his entrance into Pittsburg. and 80
bitter did this fight become that after
the erection OF the Wabash Pitts
burg Terminal. the Pennsylvania or
dered the Western Union Telegraph
Co., which the Goulds control. to take
down their lines east OF Pittsburg
alone the route OF that road.
In 1905 Mr. Gould had serious dis
agreement with Joseph w. Ramsay
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30

Jr., his right.hand man. and president
Of the Wabash, which eliminated in
Ramsay's discharge At the annual
meeting OF the stockholders OF the
road several weeks later. Ramsay
made hard fight to oust Gould, but
was defeated.
BY his decision to build the West
ern Pacific he again incurred the dis.
pleasure OF Hartman, who believed
that It would injure the interests OF
the Southern Pacific.
About this time considerable legis.
lation adverse to the railroads was
enacted in several of the western
states, and on account OF his lack OF
railroad training Gould was not equal
to the situation, The stocks OF his
various companies were boycotted In
Wall street on account OF the meth.
DDS which had characterized that end
of his business. Gould was now hard
pressed for money His Wabash.
Pittsburg terminal had been over.
capitalized. and ruin seemed newt
able
The crash came with the panic OF
1907, which destroyed forever his
transcontinental dream Four OF his
roads, the Western Maryland. Wa.
bash.Pittsburg Terminal, the Wheel.
Ing and Lake Erie and the Interna.
tional and Great Northern, which ran
into Texas, went into the hands OF
receivers within a period of one year.
lie did not give up, however, but on
the contrary began new scheme to
recuperate his properties. His first
step was to patch up his differences
with Hartman, which was accom-.
plished by the arrangements OF the
Western Pacific to be operated on
nmicable relations with the Southern
Pacific. Another plan adopted for
raising funds was to cut of the divi.
dends from the Missouri. i.Pacinc and
turn back all earnings into the com.
pany. Gould himself was not adverse
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
Forced to RecapituIate After
Struggle Of Twenty Years.
elnce Death Of Jay Gould In 1897
Control Of His Many Valuable
Properties Gradually Wrested
From Famlly-story Of War

New York-An important chapter
IN the railroad and financial history
OF the country came to close at the
recent annual meeting OF the share
holders Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road held at st. Louis, when George
]. Gould presented his resignation as
president of that road. and new men
were elected to succeed the repre-
sentatives OF the Gould interests on
the board OF directors.
Thus will end n twenty years war,
which has been waged relentlessly
by the financial giants OF Wall street
for control OF the Gould properties;
thus will George Gould's dream OF
controlling a coast-to-coast railroad
be rudely dlspelled
Since the death OF old Jay Gould
in 1892, the control Of his many val
liable properties has gradually been
wrested from the family. First the
Manhattan Elevated line was gobbled
up by the Interborough then the
Western Union Telegraph Co. was
absorbed by the A. T. & T. Co; and
now the Missouri Pacific, the holding
company for the Gould railroad prop
srties and considered one Of the most
valuable OF all the Gould holdings.
will pass into other hands.
But these changes were not effected
without struggle, the history of which
makes interesting reading.
At every turn George Gould has met
his enemies with courage born OF
desperation, but the odds were too
great and he has at last been forced
to recapitulate.
This does not mean. however, that
the Gould fortune has dwindled In
size; on the contrary It has greatly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-30
SMOKERS DIET KILLS TASTE
University Instructor Says Civilized
Persons Have Lost Original Uses
OF Touch and Smell.

Chicago.-"With the sense OF taste
atrophied by tobacco, men must have
highly seasoned foods to tickle their
palates And the constant eating Of
such foods disables the individual from
recognize delicate fiavors."
Dr. Elizabeth II. Dunn, instructor Of
anatomical research at the Chicago
university, was speaking to the Chi.
cago Medical society on Sensation"
the other night at the public library
Strange revelations would occur to
civilized persons were the senses Of
taste. touch and smell developed equal.
ly, she said, with those OF sight and
hearing