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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

If you want the juice in the meal
begin to cook it with a high degree
of heat, keep that high degree OF
heat until the meat is we'll scared
then cook slowly. If you wish the
juice extracted, begin to cook the
meat in cold water and never allow
the water to reach the boiling point.
Tc Retain Juice.
Broiled Steak Wipe the steak
with a damp cloth and remove por-
ton Of the fat, but do not cut into
the lean. Place the steak in a hot
pan or on broiler over hot fire
and scar it on both sides. Lower the
heat and cook slowly until the meat
is just family pink on the inside.
This will take about twelve minutes
if the steak is one inch thick. Add
salt and pepper just before taking
from the pan and butter when the
meat is on the platter.
There are good uses for all parts
Of the animal, but the more tender
cuts, like the cuts from the loin, are
best for a broiled steak. Broiled
steaks are more easily digested than
fried steaks.
Oven Roast Place the roast in an
oven that is hot enough to scar the
outside quickly. This will keep the
juice in the meat. When the roast
is scared cool the oven until it is
just hot enough to burn a piece Of
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
AROUND THE FARM.

Last years dry season demonstrat-
ed that the man who plows deep has
money to keep.
Manure banked houses with de-
cayed vegetables in the cellars are
worse than green Christmas for
making a fat graveyard.
The cost of putting up ice is small,
but its value looms large during the
hot, dry days of July and August
when the butter runs like grease and
one is wondering if such weather will
ever cease.
Hang out some suet or pork rind
for the chickadees, nut-hatches and
wood peckers in bad weather. They
will repay you hundred fold by the
insects, eggs and cocoons they eat
from the twigs and bark of the trees.
They are also more apt to nest in the
vicinity the following spring.
Begin hauling out the manure as it
is made rather than let it freeze in
piles around the barn doors. A mucky
barnyard is hard on stock and hard
on the religion of the man who gets
in over his shoe tops. Winter hauling
saves handling once and this work
will be out of the way when spring
work is coming on.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

That is q serious situation, but
there are men who are awake to it
and who arc striving to meet it. Iowa
State College has been instrumental
in perfecting an organization of the
progressive beef producers of the
state, the Iowa Beef Cattle Associa-
ton, which purposes to educate Iowa
farmers to the need of larger beef
production and to the profit there is
in it. This association has $500
from the state of Iowa to put into
this work and it will soon send out
the first trains ever sent out to preach
the gospel of beef production.
"Iowa is the best state in the union
for beef CATTLE" says Professor Ken
nedy.
The state recently carried off all
the choice honors at the Internation-
al Live Stock Show and the college
produced the big winner for the
fourth time in Victor. 1t had close
runner up for the big honors in the
animal pictured in the illustration
with this article, Shamrock III. He
stands for the type of animal that
Iowa can produce and produce with
profit.
The advent Of the silo in Iowa has
opened up way of producing beef
cattle for market at two-thirds Of
the former cost of production. That
makes the chances for good profit
better than ever. Men who are pro-
ducing beef with skillful and scien-
tific methods are making their farms
yield more than ever before and at
the same time they are returning
larger percentage of fertility to the
soil than ever before"
Iowa men who believe in promoting
beef production should lose no time
in getting into touch with this new
association and join its ranks Of
boosters"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

A COOKING LESSON IN IOWA STATE
COLLEGE LABORATORIES
letter paper in ten minutes. Cook
the meat twenty minutes for each
pound of roast. Add salt and pepper
twenty minutes before serving. The
rib roast cut from point nearest
the loin makes a good oven roast.
Pot Roast Place the roast in a
hot iron kettle that has been creased.
Scar the meat on all sides. Add two
cups of boiling water. Cover the
meat and let it simmer slowly for
three hours. Add two cloves, one
cup cooked tomato, two teaspoons
salt and 1-s teaspoon pepper one
half hour before serving. Keep two
cups of liquid in the kettle all of the
time the meat is cooking.
Gravy Strain the liquid remain
ing in the kettle. Mix four level
tablespoons flour with IA cup cold
water and beat out all of the Jumps.
To this add the two cups of liquid
gradually. Cook thoroughly until the
gravy is thickened and smooth.
Gravy should not taste of raw flour.
The pot roas, is GOOD use for the
tougher cuts of meat, like the rump,
the chuck or the round.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
RULE OF REASON IN DIVORCE
Kentucky Judge Uses the Solomon
Plan In Untylng a Matrimonial
Knot.

Louisville, Ky-Solomon's rule OF
reason was invoked in divorce court
here in unraveling a knot OF conflict.
ing evidence, when John and Margaret
Wetzelberger, who had lived together
thirty-flve years and reared a dozen
children, both applied for a decree.
All the girls in the family allied them
selves on the side of their mother:
the boys were divided.
In granting decree to Mrs. Wetzel.
berger, the court said 1t was his opin-
ion that daughters, as rule, have a
better opportunity to know the condi-
ton in family" and he deemed it
inconsistent with the womans long
years of faithfulness in rearing the
large family needlessly to abandon her
husband. as charged, or to falsely &C.
cuse him Of cruelty.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
IOWA AND THE BEEF.
STEAK SITUATION.

Unless Iowa farmers get busy
within the next year or two and plan
on producing beef cattle on larger
and better scale, the country is going
to face a shortage in beefstoaxs.
Prof. w. J. Kennedy, of the animal
husbandry department of Iowa State
College, has investigated the situation
thoroughly and shat is the statement
he makes on the basis of the facts he
found. The number of cattle sent to
the big markets is decreasing: the
population of the country is rapidly
increasing. There is bound to be
only one result if this situation is
not changed" says Professor Ken
needy. Beef is either going to be so
high in few years that it will be
beyond the reach Of the average man
or it will be forgotten luxury"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
Bathea in 400 Gallon.

Au Sable Forks, N. Y.-Ellison N,
Cooper, we'll known throughout this
section. has received a new bathtub
that is Z feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 4
inches wide. 4 feet deep and weighs
l,94O pounds. 1t will hold 500 gal
Ions of water and is made of solid
porcelain four inches thick. After
two steel girders are put in Mr.. Coop.
er's house to support the bathtub he
Will be able to take bath in comfort.
heretofore Mr.. Cooper has had to
lake his bath in sections. He stands
Fix feet four inches and weighs about
900 pounds.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

brought him one on the spot, he would
have fallen down in fit! Oh,
all this isn't natural; and our mana.
gers are going mad! Besides,
it can't go on like this! I'm not used
to being treated in that fashion,"
Suddenly Gabriel whispered:
IT'S another trick of o. G's"
Remy gave grin, MERCER a sigh
and seemed about to speak but,
meeting Gabriel's eye, said nothing.
However, MERCER felt his RESPONSE
| bility increased as the minutes
passed without the managers appear.
ing; and, at last. he could stand it no
longer.
Look here, III go and hunt them
out myself"
Gabriel. turning very gloomy and
serious. stopped him.
BE careful what you're doing. Mer.
cier! If they're staying in their of.
flee. it's probably because they have
to! o. G. has more than one trick
in his bag!"
But MERCER shook his head.
nav licll loOhout. III sOlHS:
If people had listened to me, the po-
lice would have known everything
long ago!"
And he went.
whats everything?" asked Remy.
What was there to tell the police!
Why don't You answer. Gabriel?
All, SO you know something! Well,
do 20 %oll
you don't want me to shout out that
you are all going mad! Yes.
that's what you are: mad!"
Gabriel put on a stupid look and
pretended not to understand the prt-
vate secretary's unseemly outburst.
What something am supposed to
know" he said. Il don't know what
you mean"
Remy began to lose his temper.
This evening, Richard and Mon
charmin were behaving like lunatics.
here, between the acts"
Il never noticed It," growled Ga
briel. very much annoyed.
Then you're the only one! i
Do you think that didn't see them!
AHu lidL NJ. FdTdDlSe, tu0
manager OF the Credit Central, no.
ticed nothing? And that NJ.
de La Borderie, the ambassador, has
no eyes to see with? Why.
all the subscribers we're pointing at
our managers"
But what were our managers do.
ing?" asked Gabriel, putting on his
most innocent air.
What were they doing? You know
better than any one what they were
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
CHAPTER XIV,

The Singular Attitude Of Safety-PIn
Behind the curtain there was an in
describable crowd. Artists, scene
Shutters, dancers. supers, choristers
subscribers were al asking questions,
shouting and hustling one another.
what became of herr"
"Shes run away
"With the Vicomte de Chagny. of
course!"
mo, with the count"
"Ah, here's Carlotta! Carlotta did
the trick"
mo. it was the ghost!"
And few laughed, especially as a
careful examination of the trap-doors
and boards had put the idea OF an &C.
cident out of the question.
Amid this noisy throng, three men
! stood talking in low voice and with
despairing gestures. They We're Ca
briel. the chorus.master; MERCER, the
acting-manager: and Remy, the secre-
tary. They retired to corner of the
lobby by which the stage commune
Gates with the wide passage leading
to the foyer Of the ballet. Here they
stood and argued behind some enor-
nous properties"
II knocked at the door," said Kenny.
''They did not answer. Perhaps they
are not In the Office. In any case, it's
impossible to find out, for they took
the keys with them
"They" We're obviously the man
ayers, who had &ven orders, during
the last entr'acte, that they were not
to be disturbed on any pretext what
ever. They We're not in to anybody.
'All the same," exclaimed Gabriel,
"a singer isn't run away with, from
the middle of the stage. every day."
did you shout that to them?"
asked Mercer, impatiently.
I'll go back again." said Remy, and
disappeared at a run.
Thereupon the stage-manager ar
rived.
We'll, NJ. MERCER, are you coming?
What are you two doing here? You're
wanted, Mr.. Acting Manager"
II refuse to know or to do anything
before the commissary arrives" de-
clared MERCER. Il have sent for
Mifroid. We shall see when he
comes!"
"And I tell you that you ought to
60 down to the organ at once"
Not before the commissary comes"
I've been down to the organ my
self already"
"Ah! And what did you see?"
We'll, l saw nobody! Do you hear
nobody"
What do you want me to go down
there for?"
You're right" said the stage-man-
ager, frantically pushing his hands
through his rebellious hair You're
right! But there might be some one
at the organ who could tell us how
the stage came to be suddenly dark
ened. Now Mauclair is nowhere to
be found Do you Understand that?"
Mauclair was the gas-man. who dis
pensed day and night at will on the
stage Of the opera.
"Mauclair is not to be found!" re-
peated MERCER, taken aback. We'll.
what about his assistants?"
There's no Mauclair and no assist
ants! No one at the lights. / tell
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
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you! You can imagine" roared the
stage-manager, "that that little girl
must have been carried of by some
body else: she didn't run away by
herself! It was calculated stroke
and we have to find out about it. -.
And what are the managers doing all
this time? gave orders that
no one was to 60 down to the lights
and l posted fireman in front OF
the gas-man's box beside the organ
Wasn't that right?"
Yes, yes, quite right, quite right.
And now let's wait for the commits
sary."
The stage-manager walked away,
struggling his shoulders, Tuning, NUT
tering insults at those milksops who
remained quietly squatting in cor
ner while the whole theater was topsy-
turvy.
Gabriel and Merc:cr were not 80
quiet as all that. Only they had re.
ceived an order that paralyzed them.
turbed on any account. Remy had
violated that order and met with no
success.
At that moment he returned from
his new expedition, wearing curl.
ously startled air.
We'll. have you seen them?" asked
MERCER.
"Moncharmin opened the door at
last. His eyes were starting out OF
his head. thought he meant to
strike me. could not get word in;
and what do you think he shouted at
me? Have you safety-pin?' No!
Well, then, clear OUT tried to tell
him that an unheard-of thing had hap.
pened on the stage, but he roared, "A
safety-pin! Give me safety.pin at
once' A boy heard him-he was bel
lowing like bull-ran up with a
safety-pin and gave it to him, where
upon Moncharmin slammed the door
In my face, and there you are!"
''And couldn't you have said. Chris.
tine Daae?'"
~ should like to have seen you in
my place. He was foaming at the
mouth. He thought of nothing but his
safety-pin. believe. If they hadn't
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
Great Writer'S Id.a.

"There is an idea abroad among
moral people that they should make
their neighbors good. One person
have to make good: myself But my
duty to my neighbor is much more
nearly expressed by saying that
have to make him happy if | may
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

Huntsville (Ala.) Times: Woodrow
Wilson can beat any man the Repub-
leans choose to nominate against him
Present indications point favorably to
the nomination of Mr.. Taft by the Re-
publicans, in which event Mr. Wilson
will have walkOver"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
DAIRY NOTES.

1t costs little more to keep the
dairy barn clean, but it pays in the
end.
If sunlight and fresh air do not cost
anything why are they not used more
in the dairy barn?
1t is more profitable to read a good
dairy paper. than to loaf around the
house in the evenings.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
This Will Interest Mothers

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children relieve Feverishness, Head
ache, Bad Stomach, Teething Disord:
destroy worms; They break up colds
years. All Druggists, Csc Sample
free. Address, A. S. Ulmsted, Leroy,
N. Y. 59w4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

New Brunswick On. JD News: "Sen-
ator O'GOrman Of New York names
Governor Wilson first in his list Of
available candidates. Coming from
the ablest Of Tammany men, this is
somewhat significant"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
FOR GIRLS IN THE HOWE.
COOK. NC BEEF.

BY Neale S. Knowles, Iowa State
College.
Every girl should know how to
cook the common foods properly,
Often the very best parts are wasted
by the careless housekeeper. Beef is
one of our most wholesome and pop
ular meats and this month we are 60
ing to give you some methods of
preparing this important meat dish.
Beef is one of the great H.. Il
building foods. The muscle building
part is liquid inethe raw beef, but
heat hardens that liquid and makes it
more difficult to digest. This is an
other application of that same prin-
pie: Heat hardens protein" AL
ways keep that principle in mind
when you are cooking beef.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

Don't be surprised if you have an at
tack of rheumatism this spring. Just
rub the affected part parts freely with
Chamberlain Liniment and it will soon
disappear. Sold by Fred Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05
v..s:ss Who Care

II anu, goo a5c an ,:ntiaeptic in your
in.y:..ni ir Ia. c;ae cI your own per.
/, ;nG .rn rAl,.1 tie t'cst.
hlst;,,i Il vlh;.s you have been using
en- o. liquid or t:tblct antlseptlcs or
foal,;r, yoi.Iyou please try Paxtine,
scr,,. ,.tratea antiseptic powder to be
ss,.. ge,; 1r 'TaLer as needed
Pas.::.,a is more economical, more
AT. Eg. more germicidal and more
a,'as than anything you ever used.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

Clean pals, clean cows and clean
attendants take work, but it pays bet
ter than if it were not done.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-04-05

CHAPTER I-Consternation 10 caused
on the last night that the Opera IL man
the appearance of ghost, said to have
been In evidence on several previous oc-
caslons. Later In the evening Joseph
Buquet L. found dead. having hanged
himself.
Sharp County record., 1912-03-22

Jack Coots, a young man hVlhe
at McPhearson, Baxter county,
was badly hurt few days since
when his team ran away. he was
thrown from the wagon and suffer-
ed a fractured skull.
The following advertisement ap-
peared in the last issue OF the
Mountain Home Citizen. The fel-
low that lost his pocketknite Ill
Dick Cowan's corncrib the other
night may have it by applying in
person"
Newport held city democratic
primary election last week. There
was contest over but one office,
that being city marshal. For this
position w. H. Carouthers defeated
Judge H. S. Simmons by a majority
of % votes.
Tom Todd, who was mail carrier
on a route out from lmboden, was
arrested last week on a charge OF
stealing mail. He was taken be-
fore the federal commissioner at
Jonesboro and by that official COM
mitted to jail at that place.
John Chapel, who lives near Oil
Trough, was accidentally shot and
painfully wounded few days ago
by a cartridge which dropped on
the hearthstone and was discharg-
ed, a portion of the contents strik-
ine him in the mouth. He will re-
cover.
AT Batesville Friday Elmer
Hinkle of that place and 0. +.
Craig, editor of the Journal at New
ark, engaged in fight in which the
latter is said to have had decidedly
the worst of the argument. The
disagreement is said to have arisen
over politics.
Last week John r. Watson, one
of the best citizens of Logan town
ship, Baxter county, was taken sud-
denly insane. 1t is believed his
condition was brought about by
worry over the death Of one son
and some trouble in which another
son is involved. He was removed
to the state hospital.
Sharp County record., 1912-03-22
NORTH ARKANSAS

Daniel Pickle, a splendid citizen
of Logan township, independence
county, died lately at the age of 78
years.
Mrs. Mary Howard and Mrs.
Matte Messick, two old ladies of
Mountain Nome, died the same
day last week.
Hon. S. Brundidee, candidate for
United States Senator, addressed a
large crowd of voters at Mountain
Home last week.
Charley Rosenbaum of Salado
has cut rs cords of timber since
the holidays for the excelsior fac
tory at Batesville.
S. w. Taylor of Calico Rock
last week was exhibiting to his
friends a curiosity in the shape of a
four-leeeed chicken.
The Salado correspondent to the
Newark Journal says: Our main
thorouehfares now are only public
bitches across the country"
Circuit court for Baxter county
was held at Mountain Home last
week. The docket was light and
but one trial by jury was reported.
Mrs. Sallie Williams, the Oldest
citizen of Batesville, died a few
days ago at the age of 81 years
She was born at Batesville, near
where the railroad bridge is now To-
Gated.
There are forty-two candidates
making the canvass for Office ir
Lawrence county. 1t is said that
at some points the candidates out
number the voters who attend the
speaking
The Baxter county jail at Noun
tain Home was destroyed by fire
one night last week, the flames or
ieinating in the roof. Two prison
ers were in the Jail at the time, bu
were gotten out before they were
injured.
Sharp County record., 1912-03-22

done any gang, eACepl " 'oih
about it when he is a candidate for
office?
| live in a small country town,
and know nothing of the gangs
with which the governor has been
so intimate during his two terms.
He either has a secret understand
ina with them that they are to take
no exception to what he says, or ne
is unable to cope with them. Un-
der either condition, it is time for
another man to be chief executive
of Arkansas. If | find such a
gang" in existence when | am el-
ected governor and do not dispose
of it during my first term, | shall
never ask for public office again.
He said that it was this corrupt
gang" that took Mr.. Norwood out
of the race. What do his friends
think of this? They are resentin9
it almost to a man.
Is there a corrupt senate gang?
If so, it is his duty to tell the people
what members compose this gang"
in order that they may defeat them
at the polls. What service is he do
ing the state in ranting about this
gang" and, at the same time, keep
ing their names secret and prevent
ing their defeat? Should he be ell
ected for a third term because the
people make a mistake in electing
their senate? Until he names this
gang" his statement is reflection
upon every individual member of
the senate.
Was there a railroad lobby? If
so, he knew it, but said nothing
about it until he became a candi-
date for a THIRD TERM. He said
it was all right at the time and nev-
er mentioned it again during the
session. The railroad attorney, who
placed a representative thc.c, was
serving as an appointee of Governor
Donaehey on one Of the state boards,
and was at that time the governors
attorney. He has never said that
any undue influence was exerted or
attempted by Judge Hemingway, Or
his representative. Let him say
what wrong they did, or admit by
silence that his harangue is for po-
litical purposes.
The governor raves like one dis
tracted about the condition of the
convicts under contractors | am
opposed to this system, and will try
to remedy it. What has he done,
or tried TO do, during his entire two
terms to relieve the situationY He
has voted for some Of these con-
tractors.
He says that the Pulaski politic-
al ring is AGAINST him. | do not
live in that county, and consequent
ly do not know. He lives there and
ought to know--it went for him
both times he has been q candidate
AT the same time he talks about
the ring, he hopes to line it up for
himself a third time.
Frenzied by evidence OF his inl-
pending defeat for a third term, his
haranguine about the gang" sup
porting me Is nothing but a deliber-
ate, malicious and slanderous effort
to try to deceive my friends. lie
furnishes not one scintilla Of evil
dence of any truth In his charges
So complete Is the evidence that he
has made a practice of serving two
masters In the past, the conclusion
that he now has a perfect under
standing with all those elements he
names az the Sang" Is justified, |
know nothing of political intrigue,
and, when have the opportunity,
will show the people Of Arkansas
that the Office Of governor can be
run In the open 50 every citizen in
the state may know lust what is