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Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

100 familiar with us common fellows"
And John, covering his loneliness
with a cloak of indifference, went on
his way with grim determination.
When a part of the correspondence
was handed over to MIN, Mr.. Benton
said quizzically:
(Which of the girls shall I send in
for you?"
whichever you can best spare"
John answered with his usual brevity.
| But John suspected that it was
more than chance that caused Edith
Billings to appear on so many morn
| ings at the little desk by the window
| Trust Uncle John to see that she was
exactly the sort OF girl TO appeal to
| his austere namesake-S.nd 10 give
/ him a chance to make a fool of him
self!
Her soft, shining hair was folded
| daintily about her head. Her fine eyes
| looked upon the world with serene
and capable consciousness.
John longed to talk with her. He
! longed to see her face light up with
| laughter. He longed to know If she
sewed the little, white waists and
made cakes and played sweet, old
fashioned things on the piano.
But he did not ask her-indeed no!
Uncle Johns sardonic smile haunted
/ him too persistently for that!
When he was alone in his room al
night, he called himself a fool. Why
didn't he find out how she felt to
| ward him?
John had had a hard morning
| Work pressed hard. Interruptions sue
| ceeded each other And instead ot
Edith he had a frightened young
woman who forthwith forgot all she
ever had known. A solitary lunch die
not raise his spirits.
/ Upon his desk, when he returned
was a slip of paper in Edith's writ
I ing:
Call up 225."
John took down the receiver ant
gave the number CURLY,
This 1852" he inquired.
A voice replied in the affirmative
We'll, this is John Benton"
No reply.
You called for me, did you not
Do you want me?"
No" said the voice.
"Who is this?" demanded John, los
ing all patience.
"The insane asylum" said the voic,
patiently.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Money.Making Dogs.

To make ones living simply by own
ing an animal does not sound a very
profitable business. But there are
dozens of cases in which the posses,
sion of an intelligent creature means
money. One owner trained four dogs
three spaniels and a terrier--to
hunt for golf balls, and so perfectly
did they work that they found upward
Of 300 balls during the first summer
they were employed. A lady living
in a London suburb owns a half-breed
terrier. which had also been trained
TO find lost balls. BY selling those
that are not claimed the dogs owner
is able to send every year a handsom
donation to a charity In Paris a dog
was trained by a bookmakeT to 60
around TO betting clients, and its own.
er, by the aid OF his canine messen.
ger, who collects the bets, made 5000
a year. A well trained sporting dog
particularly a retrieving spaniel--is
always a source Of income, and ono
owner estimates that his dog Is worth
500 a year at least in recovering
birds and hares which would be lost
after they have been shot
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
HOW EGGS SHOULD BE PACKED
Covered With Solution Of Water Glass,
They viii Keep in Good condi-
ton for Months.

A clean stone Jar holding six to ten
gallons is the best vessel for packing
down eggs for family use, but a tight
wooden firkin or other vessel will an
swer very well. The eggs must be
clean and fresh. Dirty shells and
cracked or spoiled eggs will injure and
possibly spoil the entire lot.
Place the eggs in the Jar as they
are gathered and cover with a solu-
ton of water glass (sllicate Of soda)
one part to ten or fifteen parts of
water. Cover the Jar to prevent evap-
Grafton. Water glass is an amber col.
cred liquid which can be procured of
druggists or dealers in poultry sup.
plies. 1t costs about 25 cents per
quart, or less by the gallon.
Pure water should be used. rain wa.
ter II you can get 1t. The jar should
be placed in a cool cellar or room
where it will not freeze in winter. Ac.
cording to Farm and Home, eggs pre-
served In this way will keep in good
condition eight or nine months.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

When the honey bees buzz through the
orcha: In bloom
And the breezes drift by with a breath
of perfume
And the sky is so blue and the clouds are
so white
And the sun makes them blaze with a sill
very light
Then the days that are gone send their
happiest call.
For the summers of old were the best of
them all.
Through the roar OF the street comes a
memory-song
That is blent with the hurryinR steps of
the throng,
And you lift up your hand then to toss
back your hair
But you sigh as you do, for the hair is
not therel
SIN the song that you knew whispers UP
through the noise
And your heart takes the rolllcking beat
of boys.
Ho, the road through the wood, and the
path by the mill,
And the creek laughing on the foot Of
the hill
Where the willows bend down with a wa
vering shade
And the dragon fly huns In your ear as
And the tang Of the mint, and the snap
of the cress
That you munched-they are something
your spirit to bless!
So you sit in a dream-and you see the
wild rose
As It mods by the pathway that lazily
goes
Through the meadows; and catch with a
rapture divine
The scent Of the tender wild grapes
where they Irvine,
And you quicker your lips with the wild
sorrers taste
For no joy in the world with a boy goes
to waste.
When the honeybees buzz through the
orchards in bloom
And the world is athrill with a subtle
perfume,
Then the gives of the streets may COM
pei you to stay,
But your swift-beating heart then is up
and away
To the orchards and creek and the
meadows and all
For the days that have gone send their
happiest call.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
NICE FILLING FOR SANDWICH
Sweet, Meat and Fancy Are the
erades-Just How They Should
Be Prepared.

Sandwich filings may be roughly
classified as sweet, meat and fancy.
Here are few nice filings of each
grade.
Spread slices Of brown bread with
grapefruit marmalade, through which
is chopped candied ginger. Another
good sweet mixture is pineapple pre-
serves mixed with candied cherries.
Equally delicious is barbecue and
cream cheese, or grated maple sugar
and chopped black walnuts.
Never use slices Of meat In a dainty
sandwich. Put the meat through a
fine chopper until It is almost a paste
Cold chicken, lamb duck and game
make delicious and simple filling by
seasoning highly with salt. pepper and
pinch OF cayenne, then moistening
with rich cream--or whipped cream
until the mixture spreads easily.
Minced ham or tongue is better when
moistened with mayonnaise. Cold fish
mixtures can be treated in the same
way, but are Improved by chopping
olives through the dressing.
A good fancy filling is made from
cream cheese mixed to a paste. with
French dressing. and seasoned with
chopped green peppers and slices of
olives. Another good mixture is made
from the outer leaves of head lettuce
the hearts can DO used for salad
cut up fine, mixed with mayonnaise.
and sprinkled thickly with crisp bacon
cut in small Reces.
Red pepper sandwiches are artistic
and appetizing. Use the canned sweet
red peppers, chop fine and mix to a
smooth paste with mayonnaise.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

ton at the Connecticut Poultry as.
sociation meeting held at Hartford re-
Gently, as some of the speakers had
birds entered in tho contest
Following is the report Of the lead
ing hens for the twelfth week of the
contest:
John A. FTetchery of Harrisburg,
Pa, single comb Rhode Island Reds.
81 eggs; Howard Steele of Philadel-
phia, Pa, single comb Rhode Island
Reds % eggs, Top Notch farm; Wal
Ter Mills OF Long Island. barred Ply
mouth Rocks, II eggs; c. S. Scoville
Of East Haven, single comb Rhode Is
land Reds. 90 eggs, per cent, Notch
farm; Walter Hills of Long Is
land. ~ V, barred Plymouth
Rocks, q eggs; C. S. Scovllle of East
Haven, Conn, rose comb Rhode Island
Reds, 20 eggs; Woodside Poultry
farm, Philadelphia, Pa, white Wyan-
dottes, Is eggs; Arnold Francis Of
Oak. Pa, single comb Rhode Island
Reds, IS eggs; f. G.. Yost OF Sayre.
Pa, single comb White Leghorns, IS
! eggs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
An April
Fools Wisdom
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BY SUSANNA GLENN
tcOpyrisht iOIa, by Associated Literary PrssO

NSohtlhhts AglAs W NhsoNlaled LhethII fEehb
John Benton eyed his nephew keen
ly when the young man obeyed his
summons to his private Office
81 suppose you are looking to me
for a start in the world?" he observ.
ed, in his habitual, crusty way.
Young Johns head went up proud.
ly, and his shoulders squared In a
way that brought twinkle to the old
mans eyes.
i've stood alone so far he an.
swered crisply.
Yes. you've put yourself through
college in a most commendable man
ner, but there are some debts yet.
presume? And you don't know just
what to turn to first, do you? You
would not object to a desk in my Of
flee? This much is expected of me,
| guess. for the honor of having you
named for met"
I'm willing TO accept a position
anywhere. for a time at least" said
the young man stiffly.
Good! Come Ia Monday morning
at $50 sharp. And there is just one
condition | wish to make See that
you look upon my stenographers in
he same light that you do their type
writer's. Never yet had n cookbook
ing young fellow in the Office that he
iidn't raise the deuce with the stenog-
raphers, talking nonsense in business
hours and filling their heads full of
concerts and suppers and violets that
they could neither one Afford"
'Tll try to remember my place
answered young Josr, shortly.
Since he reported on that memor.
able Monday morning. nearly a year
Of hard work had slipped past.
Young John was not popular in his
uncles office, except, perhaps, with
he old man himself. He never could
get over a feeling of resentment
coward his uncle's covert sarcasm, or
a determination to show him that he
knew how to mind his own business.
"He never forgets that he will be
proprietor some day" the young fell
lows were fond of saying among
themselves. "He doesn't care to be
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
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Nothing like few warm days to
coax the hens to lay.
Don't let your breeders get too fat
or you will be sorry for 1t.
Young ducks should always have
plenty Of water and shade and grit.
Green cut bone and meat foods are
the worms and bugs in the winter ra-
ton.
No condition powder on the market
is as good as wholesome food and
plenty of exercise
Turkey gobblers should be mated
with the hens as early as possible,
certainly by the first OF April
The best layers are those fowls that
have been bred particularly with
view to increased egg production.
Inbreeding soon lowers the vitality
OF a flock. That is why we should get
new males or settings of eggs every
year.
There is genuine satisfaction in
owning thoroughbred stock and they
cost no more to feed. Go in for the
best.
Have you ever noticed the hens fol-
lowing the plow and did you observe
how fast the grubs disappeared? This
IS good for the hens and the land also.
Encourage them.
A bone cutter will surely pay for
itself. Green cut bone supplies the
hen with ability to produce eggs,
nourishes her feathers and keeRS her
in general good health
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Good Pancakes,

Compound a flour by using pints
wheat -four, 2 pints buckwheat -four
and 1 pint cornmeal. This can be put
into half-gallon fruit jars. Then beat
up the cakes ~ using sour milk, a
teaspoonful soda and a generous pinch
of salt and flour to make a medium
thin batter. One must regulate ac-
cording to size Of family and appetites.
These are fine and can be used from
early fall till late spring and much
healthier than raised buckwheat cakes
and better than any patent pancake
-four.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
New Potatoes, Creole StyIe.

Get the tiniest Bermuda potatoes
shape them like marbles, and drop
them in cold water to keep them from
discoloring.
Mince very fine one white onion,
one leek and one ounce of lean salt
pork. Cook these together in a little
butter and brown to a light golden
color. Add the potatoes, salt and pep
per and one bay leaf; after mixing
the ingredients well together add one
gill Of hot water. Cover the pan
and cook for 20 minutes. or until the
potatoes are done. Dress on a hot
dish, sprinkle with chopped parsley,
and serve at once.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Also by he Price,

Once l knew a great big fellow,
who was six feet tall. His name was
Arthur Mukks, and We always called
him High Art" said the Reminiscent
Person.
"Of, yes. a.. l see," remarked his Eng.
lish Cousin, delighted that he had
solved the joke so promptly; 1t was
because of his height"
mot much. In this country we
Judge art by the width of the frame"
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Beef Rolls.

Take thin slices of beefsteak and
spread with the following dressing,
roll up and bake in a moderate oven,
basting frequently. Dressing: Two
cups bread crumbs soaked In hot wa
ter until soft, then squeeze dry. Add
one boiled potato, mashed, one table
spoonful melted butter, half onion
chopped fine, one egg and salt and
pepper to taste, and 1t is ready for
use.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Apple Salad,

Chop together 4 large apples. cup
celery and cup nuts, add the follow
ing: Boiled dressing; take the yolks
Of eggs, l small teaspoonful mustard,
1 teaspoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls
sugar, one-fourth saltspoon cayenne
pepper, tablespoonfuls butter, cup
sweet cream and the whites of 2 eggs
beaten stiff.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Drowned Wheat Coffee.

Roast one quart of clean wheat in
hot oven, stirring often. When Drowned
but not burned add two tablespoonfuls
pure molasses and one keaping tea.
spoonful butter. Dry in. When meet
ed grind and use the same as coffee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Chicken shorteake on Toast.

Stew chicken and make a cream
sauce to so with 1t, well seasoned.
Bake a nice shortcake in squares, and
pour the chicken and gravy over them
while hot Slices OF butter toast may
take the place OF the shortcake.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
ELECTRIC INCUBATOR IS BIG
Machine Built for New Orleans PouI-
try Raiser Has Capacity Of 5000
Eggs-How Worked.

One Of the largest electric incuba-
.ors in use anywhere in the world was
built for a poultry raiser In New
Orleans. 1t is 40 feet long by 5 feet
wide. and contains 40 compartments.
each having a capacity of $50 eggs,
says the Popular Mechanics. Each
compartment can be separately con-
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
Incubator Of 5000 Capacity.

rolled. so that any one, or all of the
compartments, can be operated, ac-
cording to the number of eggs to be
Matched. The controlling thermo-
stats used do not completely break the
aeater circuit, but introduce the COM
Daratiyely high resistance of a small
electric lamp when open, thus avoid
ng sparkling at the contacts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
PAW EXPLAINS.

Johnny-Say. paw.
Mir. Wise-Well, my son?
Johnnny-What were the Ides of
March?
Mr. Wise-Why, they were the times
last month when your mother said, I'd
like to have a new bonnet"
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
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RHODE ISLAND REDS IN LEAD
Hens Owned by Pennsylvania Poultry
Raiser Ahead Of Eastern Egg
Laying Contest.

The egg-laying contest at the Con-
necticut Agricultural college, with it's
500 pullets from 10 states OF the
Union, England and Canada, repre-
senting ~ distinct breeds and 90 va
rieties. attracted considerable atten-
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
The Very Latest

"She's very proud Of her child"
Doesn't she know that mere chill
dren are very unfashionable?"
but | believe she has some sort o.
a modified baby"
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
COMPOSING Pieces.

Mrs. Hocorn-Young Ezra Hankins
is gettin' to be right literurry. He
had three pieces in the county paper
this week.
Mrs. Meddergrass-He comes OF q
hterurry family. His ma put over a
thousand pieces in a crazy quilt cncet
NcGe-01as>GH>
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02
They Gwaked,

! There once was a young man named
| joaquin,
| Who In his new clothes went a woaquln,
| The boys on the street
! Remarked: "Ain't he sweet?"
| But the young man exclaimed: ''Stop
your Eoaquin."
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

Fresh poultry manure is said to
have about twice the fertilizing value
OF cattle manure, pound for pound.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

Another argument for the silo-it is
weed killer. No weed seed that
goes into a silo ever comes out alive.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

A yearling tree is preferred by
many to older trees. They are thought
to be safer to transplant than two-year
trees.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

Nothing worse than damp brooder
floor to start chick ills. Cover them
with a little dry earth or old carpet.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

A cement feeding floor for the hogs
can be built for close around six cents
a square foot. 1t is worth the invest
ment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-05-02

Cultivation is a moisture conserva-
tor, but if the ground is dry don't run
the cultivGtor teeth deep; keep the
top soil stirred only.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-10-10

Forty Thieves; George was transport
ed mentally to that magic city, stand
Ing between the Tigris and the Eu-
pirates, In all It's white glory of a
thousand years gone. Ryanne, the
room and its furnishings, all had van
ished, all save the exquisite fabric pat
termed out of wool and cotton and
knotted with that mingling love and
skill and patience the world knows no
more. He let his hand stray over 1t.
How many knees had pressed it's thick
yet plant substance? How many
strange scenes had 1t mutely wit
messed, scenes of beauty, OF terror? 1t
shone under the light like the hide OF
a healthy hound.
The nerves of a smoker are general
ly made apparent by the rapidity of
his exhalations. These two, in the
several minutes, had filled the room
with thick, blue haze; and through
this the elder man eyed the younger.
The sign Of the wolf cleaned in his
eyes, but without animosity, modified
as 1t was by the half-friendly. half
cynical smile.
"Tll risk it," said George finally,
having stepped off the magical carpet,
as 1t were. II can't give you thou
sand pounds tonight. | can give you
three hundred, and the balance tomor-
row. between ten and eleven, at
Cooks"
That will be agreeable to me-"
George passed over all the available
cash he had, rolled up the treasure and
tucked it under his arm. That some
where in the world was a true be-
lever, wailing and beating his breast
and calling down from Allah curses
upon the giaour, the dog Of an infidel,
who had done this thing, disturbed
George not In the least.
Il say" as he opened the door. you
must tell me all about the adventure.
1t must have been a thriller"
1T was replied Ryanne. "The
story will keep. Later, il you care to
hear IT,"
''Of course" added George, moved
by a discretionary thought, this trans
action is just between you and me-"
you may lay odds on that" heart
lily. well, good night. See you at
Cooks in the morning"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-10-10

us. A dispersion. perhaps, but more
pertinently an application.
Temptation then no longer at his
shoulder, George began to have
qualms, little chaps, who started buzz
ling into his moral ears with all that
maddening, interminable drone which
makes one marvel however do school
teachers survive their first terms.
Among these qualms there was none
that pleaded for the desolate Turk or
his minions whose carelessness had
made the theft possible. For all George
cared, the Moslem might grind his
forehead in the soulless sand and
make the air palpitate with his plants
to Allah. No. Tie disturbance was
due to the fact that never before had
he been Willingly the purchaser OF
stolen goods. He never tried to gloze
over the subtle distinction between
knowing and suspecting; and il he had
been variously suspicious in regard to
certain past bargains, conscience had
found no sizeable wedge for her de-
murrers The Yhiordes was confessed
ly stolen.
He paused. with his hand upon the
door-knob of his room. II he didn't
keep the rug, IL would fall into the
hands OF a collector less scrupulous.
To return It to the Pasha at Bagdad
would be pure folly. and thankless. 1t
was one of the most beautiful weav-
ings in existence. 1t was as priceless
in it's way as any Raphael in the Vati-
can. And he desired it's possession in
tensely. Why not? Insidious phrase!
Was Il not better that the world
should see and learn what wonderful
craft the making Of rare rug had
been, than to allow It to return to the
sordid chamber of a harem, to newt
able ruin? AS Ryanne said, what the
deuce was a fanatical Turk or Arab
to him?
Against these specious arguments in
favor Of becoming the adventurer's
abettor and accomplish, there was
first the possible stain Of blood. The
man agreed that he had come away
from Bagdad in doubt. George did
not like the thought Of blood. Still,
he had collected hundred emeralds,
not one OF which was without It's red
record. Again, IL he carried the rug
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-10-10
CHAPTER W.
An Old Acquaintance.

That faculty which decides on the
lawlessness of our actions; 80 the
noted etymologist described con-
science. 1t fell to another distin.
guished intellect to add that con.
science makes towards of us all. Ay.
She may be overcome at times, side.
tracked for any special desire that de-
mands a clear way; but she's after us,
fast enough, with that battered red
lantern of hers, which, brought down
from all tongues crisply into our own.
reads-"Don't do IT," She herself Is
not wholly without cunning. She rare
ly stands boldly upon the track to flag
us as We come. She realizes that she
might be permanently ditched. No; 1t
Ia far safer to run after us and catch
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-10-10

home with his other purchases, ne
could pull It through the customs only
by lying, which was as distasteful to
his mind as being receiver of stolen
goods.
He had already paid goodly SUM
against the purchase; and it was noe
likely that man who was down to
reversing his collars and cuffs would
take back the rug and refund the
money. The Yhiordes was his, hap
pom what might. So conscience snuffed
out her red lantern and retired.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)