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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12
New Church at Randolph

Bethany Congregational church of
Randolph has voted to appoint a
committee of three, one of whom
shall be pastor, to raise fund of
$4,000 with which to build a new
church.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

An epidemic of chickenpox and
German measles has been prevalent
in Brattleboro sincethe beginning of
December. During the month IS
cases were reported and since Jan.
there have been over Id new cases.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12
Better. .

"Do you honestly believe the world
is growing better?'
Eyes, do. | saw woman pay car
fare for a twelve-year-old boy this
morning without making an effort to.
convince the conductor that the child
was under six."-Chicago Record Her
ah
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

'Hic jacet,'" quoted Miss Pechis as
they strolled through the cemetery.
What does that mean on all these old
tombstones?''
''Why-er-you see,' began Buffer.
that's an abbreviation for hickory
jacket'-that is to say. hickory coffin
That's the kind they used In old times,
see ?"-Catholic Standard and Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12
Mr.. Townsend's Expense Account.


Edward M. Townsend. who wrote
"Chimmie Fadden." but who later fell
to be a congressman from Montclair,
N. j.. and makes the roof of the
house of representatives rattle with
the disgrace of government which
makes the rich richer and the poor
poorer. was once a reporter highly
considered by his employers.
One day he was sent out of town
to report a scandal in a distant city
which promised at space rates to be
good for at least SIS or $50 week.
It was a fzzle. BY working all day
and nearly all night he could not
scare up news enough to pay better
than 500 or $25 week.
When he returned to his Office and
put in his expense bill the last item
read thus:
To Man-Is-Not-A dade-of-s Stone. ......... 500
And he got It.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

GA, Barber of Burlington has
received some nice maple sugar
made by A. Fl. Hyde of Grand Isle,
who tapped some trees and made
few cakes of sugar on Christmas
day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12
snrintar cartmeIl Back Aaain,

Nathan J. Cartmell. the former
champion Splinter of the University Of
Pennsylvania, who has been running
abroad since June. recently returned
to Philadelphia. Shortly after the new
year he will again take charge of the
track squad at the University of
North Carolina.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

AS he thought he had cause to
discharge four girls, one of the pro-
prietors of the Wheeler laundry in
Bellows Falls had strike on his
hands. AT once the greater number
OF the remainder of the employees,
some IS in number, struck in sym
patty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

Knicker--Memoryis strange.
Bocker-Yes; the landlord remasn-
beers to lay in cheap summer coal, but
never remembers to have the boilers
overhauled till after cold snap
Judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

Secretary of War Stimson says
that after talking with Colonel
Roosevelt he does not believe the
colonel will be a candidate for
president.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

The National Civic Federation
will endeavor to secure uniform
legislation in the various states for
pure foods and drugs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

j, Walter Lyons of Rutland is
spoken of as candidate for dele
gate at large at the Democratic
National Convention.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

Justice of the Peace Warning Q
Newark, N. j., will give a pound
tea and a free marriage license to a
leap-yeaI brides.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

A man is seldom arrested
striking an attitude.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

A good bluff may be more effectiv
than the real thing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-01-12

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Fine Printing
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
FtQ&S TFsff6Ss

A dry bread crust will clean your
clock face, oil, paint, pictures or wall
paper. 1t will take flyspecks off with
out taking the color out.
Save the tongs that come in candy
boxes. You can hull strawberries
with them and you won't soil your
fingers.
A toothbrush and little naphtha
will clean your velvet coat collars
and make them look new again.
If your pincushion is made of saw
dust put all your needles overhead
in the cushion till you want them
You will find they will be bright, as
they often grow rusty to leave them
in paper.
Most people sprinkle fried apples
with sugar just before serving. Try
using salt instead and see what an
entirely different flavor is given to
the dish.
White enameled kitchen ware can
be kept in first class condition if &C.
casionally it is put into a large YES
sci of cold water to which a table
spoonful of I've has been added Put
on the stove and allow it to come to
boil; then wash the kettles in the
usual way.
Unbleached muslin makes an excel
lent cover for the ironing board. If
two or three pieces, cut and hemmed
to fit, are kept at hand, there will al
ways be a fresh cover ready in case
of mishap.
Select large prunes, soak them over
night and then remove the pits care
fully; stuff each prune with nut meat,
roll in sugar and serve as one would
stuffed dates.
In order to clean bronze the article
should be immersed in boiling water,
then rubbed with a piece of flannel
dipped in yellow soapsuds and dried
with a soft cloth and chamois leather.
Pine pillows should be made of
butchers linen. This is to be pre-
ferred to the color linens for the oil
in the pine will strike through In
time and necessitate thorough wash.
ing.
If, before putting the loaf of gra-
ham bread into the oven, you dip a
spoon in water and pat the top of
the bread with 1t the bread will not
have hard and ragged crust.
After washing busters dip them in
kerosene and dry in the open air
This makes an excellent homemade
"dustless" buster. Dry moss may be
similarly treated with good effect.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07

Makes a Very Delicious DIsn ""'
Well Made and This Tells
You How.

Middle is really delicious when wen
made, but two precautions must po
taken. Don't add too much water VI
thickening, and don't cook 1t too lone
so that the fish will break up. IL taheS
about twenty minutes to prepare
enough for two, and use a pound anu
a quarter of fresh haddock. Allo" nan
a pound for each additional person.
and, of course, pork and water III pio-
portion. .
Fry carefully five or six slices oi
pork, then place the fish (cut nv
pieces about an inch and a hall tnlcA'
in the spider, and pour in about cup
and a half of boiling water. Cover anu
cook gently until fish is done. IL tne
spider used is one that the water does
not cover the fish, l have turneu IT,
but 1t is better not to, as IL may
break. Thicker the gravy before you
remove the muddle to the serving oisn
by adding a tablespoon OF flour wen
mixed with a little water. Muodleu
clans are good prepared this same
way, also Gods tongues. Serve lor
dinner with baked or boiled potatoes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Many a Good Animal Ruined by I'M
proper Flooring, Especially
During Summer Months.

Many a good horse Is ruined not by
work but by the stable he Is kept in.
Some are compelled TO stand on a
floor of cobble stones. When a horse
stamps on such a floor all through the
fly season it is little wonder the feet
are sore, hoofs cracked and broken.
or the ligaments strained. Some are
compelled to stand on a dirt floor
with great holes caused by constant
stamping. The urine gathers and fer
ments and the feet of the poor horse
are soaked in a disease-producing So
luton
A dirt floor Is best when kept In
proper condition. 1t is cool and soft
for the feet, but only very careful at
tention will keep it free from holes
and filth.
1t Is a common practice on many
farms to let the manure pile up behind
the horses until it is a mirey mess
of worm-breeding and ammonia-pro-
producing filth in which the horse
must wade to get in and out Of the
stall, and often has to keep his hind
feet In 1t all the time. In winter the
conditions are a little better, the ma
nure being frozen solid. The horse
stands with hind feet higher than the
front feet.
Ammonia Is destructive to the har-
ness and is bad for the horses eyes
and lungs. 1t Is valuable as a ferti-
lizer, and the place for 1t is growing
crops-not in the horse stable. Count
less millions of flies hatch in the ma
nure of a horse barn If 1t is not
cleaned up.
1t Is a mistake to have the horses
face the windows or be kept in a
dark stable. 1t Injuries the eyes of
the horses facing the light all the time
as much as it would yours. 1t is bad
to keep the stable dark, especially in
winter, for a horse is nearly blind
when taken out in the bright snow
light. Don't thrash the horse If he
steps on the tongue when you hitch
him up. He can't see for while.
Have plenty of light and have 1t
back of your horses.
Keep the floors free from holes.
Clean the damp, musty hayseed and
weed stalks out of the manger very
frequently.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Runaways
By JANE A. FARRELL

$50 the old man says have no back
bone, does he?"
The innocent bay mare on whose
back sat Drake Latting started up sud-
denly as her rider dug his spurs deep
into her TANKS. If Sunbeam had known
the whole story, of which her master
face gave only the outward sign. she
might not have been so resentful.
Drake Latting had, apparently,
everything to make life attractive, but
a man who gets curt, If courteous.
note of dismissal from the girl he Is
engaged to is apt to forget that his
family was among the most prominent
in America before 1865. He Is not apt
to think much of the fact that he had
a college training, and all that went
with 1t, and If he ever thought of 1T,
that he had not only wealth, motor
cars and stable of polo ponies, but
youth and looks.
81 wish l could get that COMPOUNDED
letter out of my head, and clear out OF
town. but can't, and I'm not going
to go back and beg at her feet" he
said, and Sunbeam again fastened her
pace.
You know that I have loved you.
Drake, but you know, too, that our
friends have always said that / could
not love any one more than love my
father. You must realize that we
Daddy and I-have been inseparable
ever since mother died when l was a
little girl. l have been everything to
him, and now that he Is old and his
health poor, cannot but accede to his
wish that ask you to release me from
our engagement.
1T was unnecessary and foolish for
me to tell you that my father said
that you had no backbone. Please put
1t out of your mind, as l am sure that
father did not mean quite that,
and wish you always to regard
him, as well as me, as your very good
friends"
1T looks as If l came pretty near
knowing 1t by heart" said Drake to
himself. IF I don't forget that letter
I'll be singing 1t next I've got up,
playing polo and billiards, breahasted,
lunched and dined, and gone to bed to
the music of 1t for a week now, and
it's time l got over it-but no back
bone'-why that old. vinegar-faced, file
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
SELECTING GOOD SEED CORN
Husked From the Shock-keep
Free From Rodents.

Seed corn should be selected in the
field as the corn is being husked from
the shock. Expert growers make the
selection by going through the best
part of the field, picking out the best
medium-sized, well-tipped-out, small
cobbed, early-maturing ears, where
two grow on a stalk, and tying a red
string around them near the tip.
These ears will be found in the husk-
ing and should be kept separate. By
this method any careful farmer can
have in few years productive va
riety of corn of standard excellence.
Do not select simply big ears. If the
variety of corn is good, the medium
sized ears will give the best results.
floor of barn or granary, where the
corn will keep dry and sound and be
free from rats and mice.
The corn should not be shelled IN
til near the season for planting.
Seedmen and careful truckers grow
each variety of sweet corn in separate
plots of ground so the pollen will not
mix Good land is chosen and care
full culture given; when the grain is
hard the field is topped and bladed
and the ears allowed to hang on the
stalks until the latter part of October
to become thoroughly dry. The ears
are then gathered, husked and placed
In Slated boxes in the crib, fully ex-
posed to the air. Small lots may be
strung on wire and hung up in the
granary. In nearly every neighbor-
hood there is demand in spring for
wound, well-selected seed corn.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07

voiced, stave-legged-well, he's BIS
father. l suppose, even though every
one In the street knows old Peter Var
Ian as the biggest crouch that ever
Hello! What's this?"
Drake had just turned out of Van
Cortlandt park into Jerome avenue.
when he saw, swinging around the cor
ner Of the Riverdale road, brougham
almost hidden by cloud of dust. At
first 1t looked like simple case of
reckless driving, but when the madly
whirling vehicle came to within rs
yards 1t was easy to see that the team
was rur .aing away and that the coach
man was In a pitiful funk, absolutely
Dowerless to get the horses under con-
troll.
between Drake and the carriage lay
an excavation that ran ahead. as a
quick glance had been sufficient to tell
him. for 200 yards without a break.
Polo develops the faculty of quick
thinking on the back of a horse. He
saw 1t would be impossible to clear
the ten-foot ditch from a standing take
off. Behind him was a hopelesslv
rough descent, and the trees. BY this
time the brougham was only ten yards
from him. He dug the spurs into Sun.
beam; the little mare responded game
ly. and they tore down along the mar
row rim of grass. From side to side
swerved the brougham, and twice the
rear wheels were thrown to the left
until the space between them and the
excavation was matter of inches.
Drake had counted on making a spot
where there was break in the exca
walton, and where he say a crossing
would be easy, but those rear wheels
worried him. His decision was quick
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Alfalfa In Ohio.

Alfalfa as a farm crop in Ohio has
risen during recent years from posi-
ton of doubtful adaptation to one of
recognized value; though its utiliza-
ton is by no means as extensive an
Its merits would warrant
In order to obtain moro definite
knowledge respecting the actual ex-
perience of farmers with alfalfa, the
Ohia experiment station, at Wooster,
has made a statewide survey of this
crop, and the information thus OBJ
tanned has been brought together in
circular 113, and which describes the
practice of farmers in all parts OF
the state who are successfully grow
Ing alfalfa.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
HOUSEHOLD
YQyESTIOhs

Wash a little paraffin in the black
ing to increase the brightness of the
polish.
To take away the oily taste when
using oil for frying, make the oil very
hot and then fry piece of onion in it.
and when brown take it out
When darning stockings run a
thread around each hole before begin
ming and draw until the edges lie fiat.
This makes the hole appear smaller,
and it will be much easier to mend.
To remove machine oil stains, cover
them with lard for several hours, and
then wash with soap and water. When
the lard is washed out the spots will
have disappeared.
10 keep a uncovered kitchen table
bright rub it occasionally with a cloth
dipped In vinegar.
To dry one-piece frock and have it
keep Its shape, slip 1t on a wooden
coat hanger that you have first cover
ed with a couple of folds of old muslin
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Barley Soup.

Three ounces barley, 1h ounces,
stale bread. ~ ounces butter, one
quarter ounce chopped parsley, one
quarter ounce salt. Wash and steep
the barley for twelve hours in one
half pint of water. to which a piece of
carbonic soda, the size of a pea, has
been added; pour off the water not alb
sorbed, add the bread crumbs. three
quarts of boiling water and the salt;
boil slowly In a well-tinned covered
pan for four or five hours, add the
parsley, butter, white pepper about
half an hour before the soup is ready
70 serve.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
A New Tea liable

The latest thing in tea tables is one
that can be used as a table or a trav
1t has folding automatic legs and ia
In the shape of tray 81 by II inches
and "a inches high when the legs are
opened.
Some of these combination table
trays are Of plain mahogany with brass
handles, others are inlaid still others
are of satin wood, plain or inlaid. with
plated or sterling silver rims. The
table can be utilized for cards NV
means of board covered with green
cloth that fits into the tray.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
PRESERVING JUICES OF STEAK
Great Point to Be Remembered When
Broillng of the Meat 10
Undertaken.

Tn an article on 1.-THE Appetizing
Reefsteak." in the Woman's Home
Companion. Fannie Merritt Farmer,
the well-known cooking authority, pre-
sents a number of recipes and gives
the following general advice about.
steaks:
1.-THE underlying principle which
governs good broiling is this: One
side of the meat must be quickly scar
ed. the meat must be turned, and the"
other side quickly scared. This pre-
vents the escape of any of the juices.
Turn almost constantly for the first
minute of the cooking, then the meat
must be cooked on one side, turned
and cooked on the other, to suit In
dividual taste.
"The best cuts of meat for broiling,
are porter house, sirloin, crosscut OF
rumpsteak and second and third cuts
from top of round. Porterhouse and
sirloin cuts, although commanding
about the same price per pound as
the Cross cut of the rump, prove more
expensive on account of the greater
loss in bone and fat. Round steak is
very Juicy, but, having coarser fiber,
is never as tender. Neither is the
flank end Of a porterhouse very ten
der. For this reason, 1t is a good plan
to cut It off before cooking the steak
and use 1t for meat cakes (Hamburg
steak) or a small stew. or perhaps a
small beefsteak pie. Cut out the
tenderloin and reserve 1t to be cook
ed for one meal; cut off the flank and
save it to be prepared for another;
then broil the sirloin for dinner. The
bone may be used to give added rich
ness to the stock, If the flank end In
utilized for a stew"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Brain Cakes.

Wash the brains thoroughly, first IL
cold and afterward in hot water; re-
move the skin fibers and then boil the
brains with a little salt for two or
'hree minutes. Take them up and beat
mem In basin with some very finely
chopped parsley, sifted sage, salt.
mace, cayenne pepper, well beaten
.oiK OF an egg and gill of cream.
Drop them in small cakes into frying
'an; Try them in butter light brown
'olor. A little flour and grated lemon
'eel are sometimes added.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Chocolate Cup Custards.

One pint of milk, let 1t get hot,
then mix three tablespoons sugar and
one OF cocoa together, wet with a lit
tie of the hot milk, stir this into the
hot milk. Let 1t scald, take from
stove and add two we'll beaten eggs
and one-half teaspoon vanilla. Put in
custard cups and bake In a pan half
full Of hot water.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Small Fruit Bushes.

Current and gooseverry bushes are
frequently neglected during the sum-
mer months. Keep the weeds down
and the soil stirred. These small fruits
like a rich and moist soil, and they
will not thrive struggling with weeds
and dry soil. Mulching In dry wealth
or will promote growth and develop
ment Of fruiting branches. For worms
ON the leaves, spray with paris green
anllntinn-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Milk Lemonade

Dissolve four ounces Of loaf sugar
In one-half gill of boiling water, then
add gill of sherry and juice of two
lemons. Stir we'll together, then ada
three-quarters of pint of new mill
Stir all well, strain through a Jelly bag
till clear. The cost is small, and the
drink really delicious.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
To Stop BleedIno.

In case of accident where the wouno
neeus 100 freely pour on tincture Of
run This clots the blood and stops
needing almost instantly. This is
Inc to use on animals as we'll as
'eople.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07

ratch pockets are feature of the
alior,,naoe skirts; and instead Of pla-
ing the solitary specimen allowed to
'a.a SKIRT high on the left side it is
I'll, ner novel to see it just beneath the
rui Of the skirt.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Try Paper Baus.

Use paper bags for cooking. This
saves pot washing, is most clean and
sanitary and not expensive. When.
ever pots and pans are used wash
them at once.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-11-07
Eco Cordial

Beat the white Of an egg to froth
add a tablespoon Of cream and ta'
blespoonful of good old brandy. and
II liked. little sugar.