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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
TIPS FOR THE HoUsEkEEPER.

When washing lace curtains. put
them 10 soak in cold water over night.
Change the water several times in the
morning. then put on to boil in clean
cold water with borax, a teaspoonful
to-, quart; boil 10 minutes; then
rinse In several waters until perfectly
clean. Never wiring curtains In the
hands, as they are easily torn.
Rinse out silk stockings in soap
suds before wearing them, and after
each wearing; they will last much
longer. Cold water and naphtha soap
should be used
Dip cheese and plum pudding I'm
paraffine aud 1t will keep moist in
definitely.
Use a garden trowel for packing Ice
and salt in the Ice cream freezer
Instead OF sewing up a stuffed fowl
use tooth picks. and lace the string
back and forth: the tooth picks and
string may be easily removed without
tearing the fowl
Wet the edge OF the lower crust OF
pastry when putting In fruit In pie.
1t keeps the juices from escaping.
Beets dropped in cold water after
boiling may be easily peeled; the
skins slip of with touch.
A tablespoonful of coffee to a gravy
will add color when the sauce lacks
the caramel color
Put your azaleas, buried In the
ground In their pots in the sun, water
Ing every night all summer and In the
winter you will be rewarded with
plenty OF blooms.
Rub soap into the nails when work
Ing in the garden and when the hands
are washed there will be no stained
nails
Thread In a box or basket often
causes much trouble by unwinding.
Wrap the thread once around the
spool and then under itself and It will
not unroll. but can, be used from the
spool
Thread to be used in making button
holes should be 20 sizes coarser than
that used In making the garment. For
example, II so thread is used for the
garment. 60 should be used for the
buttonholes
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
MANY MISTAKES
MADE AT START
Those About to Begin with
Poultry Should be Advised
to Begin With Good
Stock or Eggs.

How often have you stopped to
think how much better off you would
have been and how much time you
would have saved had you started
in with a pair or a trio of good
breeders instead of the flock of Gull
chickens which you purchased and
which even the most experienced poul-
tryman would have found difficult in
handling?
How often have you thought about
advising those about to start in with
chickens to put their money In good
stock or eggs at the outset instead
Of fretting with worthless stock for
two or three seasons before realizing
their mistake?
How often have you given this ad-
vice to deaf ear, become provoked
and then got in a good humor again
when you thought OF the fool you
had been and OF the time you had In
making up your mind to the neces-
sity of starting In all over again, aft
er dev6ting a couple Of years to a
flock that no one could have made
to pay for its feed?
When we look back upon the many
mistakes we made in getting a start
we wonder how we managed to stay
with It. It Is then we realize why IL
is so many go In for chickens and
fail. and begin to wonder how 1t hap
pens that more did not give up at
the outset
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
Planting the Popples.

When the daffodils are In flower
the garden begins to regain the at
fractions which 1t lost In winter. and
the tasks which the spring imposes
are entered on with zest Among the
most important is the sowing OF an
nuals. Two very common mistakes
should be avoided. One Is sowing too
thickly and the other sowing too deep
ly An annual such as Shirley pop
by. when well grown, will occupy a
square foot OF ground at least. yet
in that space dozens, If not scores. OF
seeds are often sown. The result is a
tremendous waste, not only OF seeds,
but also OF plants, for all that do grow
must be spoilt, unless they are thinned
quickly and severely.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
(By OSCAR ERF.)

(By OSCAR ERF)
Pure-bred animals are those that
produce their form, habits or other
distinctive qualities with uniformity.
In order that We may get offsprings
like the parent and like each other We
must have animals whose ancestors
for many generations back have been
OF ono type. The more generations or
such uniformity, the more certain 1t
will be that the young will possess
similar quality.
The wild animals of any one kind
or species in one locality have been
and may be considered as pure-bred.
BY the law of natural selection, indi-
viduals not suited to live in that par
ticular locality have been weeded out.
When animals are domesticated,
and moved to other climates, and are
fed different foods, only such indi-
viduals will live and produce young
as are suited TO the new conditions.
But another factor changes domestic
animals more rapidly. Men breed only
such specimens as please their fancy;
and this artificial selection replaces
natural selection. During the many
centuries OF domestication the chick
ems OF different parts OF the world
have developed into different types.
When these radically different types
are brought together and crossed We
have produced young that are very
different from the parents and from
each other. Nor can these young be
depended upon to reproduce offspring
like themselves. They are said to be
cross-bred, or, If the mixing be for
several generations, they are known
rs nongrels. BY selecting from cross
bred or mongrel stock such chickens
as are desired, and breeding these to-
gether for many generations, new
breeds may be established.
One strain OF chickens may be Sc
lected for uniform color of feathers,
another for certain size and shape,
another for laying large eggs OF GER
tain color. and yet another strain for
being producers OF many eggs. Each
Of these strains might be well-bred in
these peculiar traits, but would be
mongrels when the other considera-
tions were taken into account. Breed
ers OF pure-bred stock, in making
their selection of breeding animals,
try to consider the desirable qualities
in due order of their relative i'm
portance. Thus. with trotting horses
speed is given prominence above
everything else. while in the case OF
swine or beef cattle attention has been
given to the qualities OF growth and
fattening that make for the profitable
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
LEFTOVER WHITES OR YoLks OF
EGGS.

IL eggs are washed In cold water
before breaking. the shells are ready
for clearing soup, Jelly or coffee
II out OF salad dressing, take equal
quantities of beaten egg yolks and
mild vinegar; cook together until
thick, fold in a beaten white or two
and set away in cool place for salad
dressing Add. any desired seasoning
TO portion, and with little whipped
cream an ideal salad dressing may al
ways be had.
Little Gold Cskes.--Cream a table
spoonful OF butter, add half a cup Of
sugar and the beaten yolks of four
eggs; beat hard Dissolve an eighth
of teaspoonful of soda In very lit
tie hot water; add a fourth of cup
OF sour cream, BIT of salt and nut
meg. Bake in small tins. Frost, when
cold, and place a candied cherry on
t~p of each.
Scrambled Eggs.-Prepare crisp dry
toast Beat the yolks of three eggs
and a whole egg lightly; add two Ia
blespoonfuls of bacon cut In bits and
a half cup of milk Melt half table
spoonful of butter In frying pan, add
the egg mixture and cook lightly. Dip
toast in hot milk. Lay on a platter
and pour over the scrambled eggs.
Apple and Ginger FIuf.-For half
cup OF leftover whites use two-thirds
of cup OF sifted apple, one-fourth OF
a cup of powdered sugar. pinch OF
salt and tablespoonful OF crystalized
ginger cut fine Take baked apples
or apple sauce. put through strainer.
Beat eggs very stiff, add salt, ginger.
sugar and a little apple at time,
beating very hard. Pile In a glass
dish and put In cool place until ready
20 serve
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
WHEN MUIR REJOICED
NATURALIST WRITES ABOUT A
"NoBLE EARTHQUAKE"
Impressive Description Of Shocks In
Yosemite Valley Which Gave Birth
to a New Mountain Avalanche
Talus While He Looked.

"A noble earthquake! A noble
earthquake" exclaimed John Muir,
when he was awakened at halfpast
two o'clock of moonlit morning in
the Yosemite valley. For years he
had believed that the many great ava
lanche taluses leaning against the
walls OF the valley at intervals OF a
earthquake at least three centuries
before, and here was his chance to
make some observations. Never be
fore had he enjoyed a storm of this
sort. but the strange. thrilling motion
could not be mistaken, and so he ran
out of his cabin, both glad and fright
ened as he made his exclamation.
"The shocks were so violent and
varied, and succeeded on another so
closely" he writes in the Century,
that I had to balance myself care
fully in walking, as II on the deck
OF ship among waves. and 1t seemed
impossible that the high cliffs OF the
valley could escape being shattered.
In particular feared that the sheer
fronted Sentinel rock, towering above
my cabin, would be shaken down, and
took shelter back of large yellow
pine, hoping that II might protect me
from at least the smaller outbounding
boulders."
The most impressive part of his de-
scription is of the sounds. 1T was
calm, moonlight night" he says, "and
no sound was heard for the first min
ute or so save low, muffied, bubbling
underground rumblings, and the whis-
pering and rustling OF the agitated
trees, as IL Nature were holding her
breath. Then suddenly out of the
strange silence and strange motion
there came a tremendous roar. The
Eagle rock, on the south wall about
half a mile up the valley, gave way,
and | saw 1t falling in thousands of
the great boulders had so long been
studying. pouring to the valley floor
in a free curve luminous from fric-
ton, making a terribly sublime spec
tacle-an arc of glowing. passionate
fire. fifteen hundred feet span, as true
in form and as serene In beauty as a
dous rock storm. The sound was so
tremendously deep and broad and ear
nest that the whole earth, like liv-
ing creature, seemed at last to have
found voice, and to be calling to her
sister planets. In trying to tell some
thing of the size of this awful sound,
1t seems to me that IL all the thun-
der OF all the storms had ever heard
were condensed into one roar, 1t
would not equal the rock roar at the
birth Of mountain talus. Think,
then, OF the roar that arose to heaven
at the simultaneous birth OF the an
cient canyon taluses throughout the
length and breadth of the range!"
The Indians and many Of the white
men left the valley in terror of this
earthquake, the final rumblings OF
which we're not over for two months,
but Muir remained to study it's eff
fects. Among other things. he kept
a bucket of water on his cabin table
to learn what he could of the move
ments.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17

production OF meat. Only such uni.
forInity OF color and minor points are
demanded as will serve to distinguish
the breed and give uniformity of APP
pearance. The standards adopted by
breeders of this class OF animals give
relatively small consideration to fancy
points, whereas poultry breeders con-
slider about one-half Of the value OF
their birds to depend on color OF
feathers alone. while the judgment
OF shape is based upon the outline
the true body shape. The standard
bred poultry fanciers have not been
mainly concerned in producing breeds
OF chickens for the use OF the farmer
or practical grower, as have been the
breeders OF cattle and swine. Men
who pursue animal breeding for pleas
ure alone do not choose large, SLOW
breeding animals, such as cattle;
neither do animals wholly worthless
from other standpoints receive much
attention from breeders. But the hen,
variable In form and color, inexpen-
sive to secure, readily reared and
capable of producing in brief time
large numbers OF offspring, and yet
withal capable OF paying her way in
food products. has rendered possible
the development OF the fancy or STAN
dard-bred chicken business into the
most universal and important fancy or
artistic breeding business in the world.
From the attention that has been
given to the breeding OF poultry for
the show room, many people wrongly
infer that standardized poultry is no
better than mongrel stock for COM
mercial purposes.
The mongrel chicken Is production
of chance. It's ancestry represents
everything available in the barnyards
of the neighborhood, and its offspring
will be equally varied. In the pure
breeds there has been rigid selection
practiced that gives uniform appear
ance.
The size and shape requirements OF
the standard although not based on
the market demands, comes much
nearer producing an ideal carcass than
does chance breeding Ability to ma
ture for the fall and winter shows is a
decidedly practical quality that the
fancier breeds into his chickens.
Moreover, poultry breeders while still
keeping standard points in mind, have
also made improvements in the laying
and meat-producing qualities OF their
chickens. Considering these facts, it
is an enormous idea to think that
mongrel chickens offer any advantage
over pure-bred stock for meat or for
eggs.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
ParadoxicaI Display.

Miss Mary Garden, at dinner at
Sherry's in New York, said OF beau
tIful girl who was wearing one OF the
ultra-decollete dinner gowns OF the
1912 season:
when you see a pretty girl in such
a low cut gown as that you have a
remarkable paradox before you--the
paradox of a person who displays
simultaneously very bad taste and
very good form"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
Ne<k1- IA~,<s.eN-.
MaIvina's Pleasures

"Look-a.here, Malyinal" cried the
old man, shaking a horny finger at
the bills the rural free-dellvery car.
rier had left. mustard plasters from
Joslin's. soc; six teeth pulled at DR..
DIR. Pollard's s3l There's $3.50 In
one week spent for your own private
pleasure. DO you think, woman, I'm
made Of money7"-Hampton's Maya
ziae
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
ParaIyzed Hens.

Hens that cannot stand and have
no use OF limbs. but seem to be other
wise healthy, are probably paralyzed.
Little can be done for such birds
and II is best to dispatch them
quickly.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
~ - %zS%n

HEN we shall build our house
Its walls shall be the quiet
background for the loneliness of life.
hung over with the few records OF our
own. and others growth made in the
playtime OF art; its furnishings the prod
uct of that arts more serious hours: its
implements from kitchen ware to dress
ing table touched by the sane and hall
lowing hand OF purpose and taste.
william l.. Price.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
Eous for Ratchino.

Eggs must be from good. strong
stock, fertile and fresh to hatch well.
They must not be subjected to chills.
Earring. impure air or too great heat
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17

HE happiest thing.
-. The freest thing
That man may hope to see.
Is a sunbonnet mite
or a country child
In the top
or an apple tree.
Mary Dawson.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
ADVANTAGE With Ducks.

One advantage in duck raising is
that there is very little loss from dis
ease and they are not bothered by
vermiD
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17

OW much there Is in this
world that l do not want
n Socrates.
(AlI that man hath will he give for
MS life.
oh, cheese II Is a suriy elf.
Digesting all things but itself
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
WAYS OF SERVING roMAToEs.

There Ia no more delicious fruit
vegetable. II Il may be SO called. than
the tomato. Sliced after peeling, the
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-17
Get This
F r E E Book
Before You
Ala])aetine
The Beautiful Wall Tint

b fashionable than wall paper paint and
far less 10 too refined and exquisite In color
pare with any kind Of kalsouiine. Goes further
the wallis does chip. peel rub Off, longer.
10 Beauiiul Tnts. Conner all ready 70 mix with cold
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
NEWELL~BUFORD-Married The

neutrality-suspicious. Tues.
day, April %, 1912, at 1870 p. M, at
the office of the officiating justice, o.
c. G. Phillips, Lillian BufOrd to Fred
Newell. The ceremony was a quiet
affair and only witnessed by a few
relatives. The bride is the daughter
of Mrs. NJ. Buford, proprietor of the
BufOrd millinery store. Despite the
fact that she has been resident of
OskaloOsa for only two years, she Is
we'll known and popular. She has
been connected with the Princess and
Palace theatres Of the city as ticket
seller and singer, where she has gain.
ed large circle of friends by her
charming ways. The groom is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Newell, and
has been a resident of OskalOosa for
over a year. He was formerly man.
ager of the Palace theatre, but recent
ly has been connected with a theatre
at Mystic Iowa. He is Mahaska
county boy by birth but has resided
most of his life in other parts of the
state. The announcement of their
marriage came as great surprise to
their many friends as we'll as their
parents, but all who know them wish
them much success and happiness
during their matrimonial career.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
KENYON DEFENDS TAFT.

In the Tenth district republican
convention at Fort Dodge Senator
Kenyon made a vigorous defense OF
President Taft and bitterly assailed
those who couple the presidents name
with that of Lorimer. 1t required
some degree of courage for the junior
senator to do this, as. the majority
sentiment of the convention was
strongly anti-Taft. Fort Dodge is
Senator Kenyon's home and he was
given an ovation when it was an
nOunced that he would address the
convention. A dispatch gives the fol-
lowing outline of his remarks:
Republicans can afford to be just
TO their political enemies. They Ger,
tainly cannot afford to be unjust &c
others within their own party.
1T has aroused my Indignation to
witness the use of the name of PreSi.
dent Taft in connection with the Lori
mer campaign in Illinois. | despise
LOrimerism and all il stands for, and
er enemy in this country than Presi,
dent Taft. The president at the time
of the former vote in the LOrimer
case was severely criticised by some
pro-Lorimer senators because of his
activity against Lorimer. In this last
investigation | know that the presi,
dent has been anxious that the COM
mittee go to the bottom of the Lori.
mer election, regardless of where it
may hit or whom il may hit.
Il raise my voice in protest against
any attempt on the part OF any repub-
licans TO couple up the Lorimer inter
estS with the presidents interest
The president is too great a character
to resent a fair fight.
IF the LOrimer crowd supported
the president in Illinois, they did it
simply through a choice of hatred;
not that they loved Taft, but that they
hated Roosevelt the more. Let us
have a fair fight. To maintain that
Lorimer and the forces OF Lorimerism
are kindly disposed to President Taft
Is not only unfair, but untrue"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25

Dwight Abrams and Clyde Williams
were home from st. Louis Sunday for
u brief visit among friends and at
the homes of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. W. Abrams, No. 212 North
First street. and Mr.. and Mrs. J. d.
Williams, No. 700 Seventh avenue
east.
Harry Fl. Harris. of Moravia. was
a guest at the Elmer Phillips home
Sunday. Mr.. Harris has just return.
ed from Manila where he is in the
! employ OF the government as police
man. He is here on a short furlough
aud expects TO return to the islands
some time this week
Word reaches the city of the death
Of Master Raymond Bsyan at the
home of the parents in St Paul. He
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Bryan. Mr.. Bryan being son of the
late Hon. P. Cad Bryan of this city
and brother of Mrs. George w.
Sewers. Mrs. Bryan will be remem-
bered as Miss Eugenia Given, a sister
OF Mrs. Albert w. Swain. The re-
mains of Master Raymond will be TAX
en- 10 Des MOines, their former home,
for funeral and interment.
(From Wednesdays Dailvl
DR.. Wilcox went TO Des Moines this
morning on professional business.
X. Yer Ploeg has returned from a
brief business trip in Des Moines.
Mrs. J. Q. Anderson left this morn
ing Tor Des Moines, where she will EN-.
joy brief visit with relatives.
Colfay Clipper: Mrs. d. Sheldon
Went to Oskaloosa over a week ago
for an indefinite visit with her sister.
Ralph Sherman went to Des Moines
this morning. where he will be in at
tendance at the Iowa Electrical Show
there.
City Solicitor Hugh Mccoy return,
ed this morning from Ottumwa, where
he has been attending to business
matters and enjoying a brief visit
with friends.
Knoxville Journal: Mrs. Grace
Rhynsburger, of Oskaloosa, visited
here the latter part of last week with
her parents and brother. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Wolf and Reese Wolf.
Traer Star.Clipper: Jay Townley
and wife have moved from Oskaloosa
Iowa. to Alameda, California, where
Mr.. T. has accepted a position in a
jewelry store at salary of $50 per
week.
Keota Eagle: Miss Maude Erdice
is at home from Oskaloosa to stay. A
change was made in her brother
Clyde's business affairs that made IL
unnecessary for her to remain. Clyde
is now in business for himself.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
MAN A GIANT At 81.
Marvellous Career of a Poor
Scotch Laddie.
The Struggles and Successes OF Lord
Strathcona, Famous the World
Over as Pioneer and Em-s
plre Builder.

Ottawa, CANADIAN the closing
days of the rebellion of '3S, when af.
fairs were in turmoil, there landed
on the shores of Canada a poor,
friendless Scotch laddie, alone and
new in a new land. He was tall and
spare, but the square of his jaw told
of Scotch courage and the man-light
cleaned from his determined eyes.
He was not more than IS, but he was
big and inherited the Drawn of fine
ancestry of Scots. This humble,
friendless lad was Donald Smith, the
man of whose brains. energy and sac
rifices Canada owes much for her
present prosperity.
In the early days, when Smith
now Lord Strathcona-began his life
in the employ of the Hudson Bay COM
pany, the Canadian north was a coun-
try of the terrible For thirty years,
isolated on the ice-bound coast Of
Labrador, he labored in the hardest
service on the continent, that of the
Hudson Bay company. In his strip"
ling days, as trader, he tramped
the mighty, silent north from end to
end, planning, bartering and bargain
ing with the grim and stole natives OF
the wild From the time that Smith,
sturdy highland laddie," left Mon
treal for his labors in the north his
life was one of hardship, suffering
and sacrifice.
The lessons in the school of suffer
ing which awaited this lonely but
courageous boy were hard ones. but
Donald Smith learned them all. When
he was 20 years old romance of the
heart came to tighten his years Of
Punishment. A girl Of the wild, fair
as a rainbow on the snow. crossed
his path ard from then the bleakness
of his life began to lose its austerity.
She was the daughter of a trader
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25

Fairview Grange, No. 207S.
Whereas, God in His wisdom has
seen fit to remove from our circle our
brother, w. II. Minard. Be it
Resolved, That we as members OF
Fairview Grange do recognize in this
action that We nave lost a worthy
brother.
Resolved, That in his death the
community has lost a quiet, earnest
citizen, whose constant life work has
ever been TO do that which seemed
best for all.
Resolved, That the sincere sympa
thy of the members of this Grange
be extended to the bereaved family
and commend them to the care OF the
Heavenly Father in their sorrow.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
entered in the minutes of this grange
that a copy be sent to the family and
the same be published in the county
papers.
NJ. w. BARNES,
NJ. Fl. TULLIS,
LARA G. cox,
Committee.