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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

CBy GEORGE c. HUSSMANN, Pomolo-
gist United States Department OF
AgriCulture)
Cuttings for the propagation of
grape vines may be prepared at any
time after the vines have become dor
mant. Other things being equal. and
II they are afterwards we'll cared for,
tho sooner they are prepared after the
vines have become dormant the bet
ter. The length of the cuttings may
vary from s to 20 inches, depending
on the climatic and other conditions
Of the locality in which they are to be
planted. Usually, the hotter and drier
the climate the longer the cuttings
will need TO be- They should always
be made from young, we'll matured
wood, and preferably from medium
sized, short jointed wood.
To make cuttings, cut close below
the lower bud, making tho cut some
what slanting, and leave about an inch
of wood above the upper bud or eye.
II small piece of the old wood or
whorl of buds can be left to form the
butt end of the cutting. so much the
better. The cuttings should be tied
in convenient sized bundles, the butts
being turned the same way The bun.
dies should then be heeled in or bur
led in trenches. butt ends up, and well
covered with to inches Of soil. In.
verting the bundles causes the butts
to callus while the tops remain dor
mant, and the cuttings are ready to
throw out rootlets as soon as planted
whereas, II the bundles are heeled in
with the tops up the latter often start
to grow before the roots to support
them do
In the spring, when the ground has
become warm enough, plant the cut.
tings in soil made mellow by blowing
and cultivating The planting may be
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25
ECONOMICAL LIVING.

1t is a necessity for the majority OF
people to buy meat to learn TO cook
those cuts which are cheap, or cheap
er than the choice cuts. As meat is
one or our most expensive foods, wise
buying will Leseen the monthly bills
Get round OF meat cut from the
ruinp OF beef. cut the pieces In size
Tor serving. roll in -four and brown in
trying pan with beef drippings or
sIet
When well Drowned add two table
spoonfuls Of beef dripplngs and two
tablespoonfuls of -four, mink we'll and
add three cups Of stock or water; let
this boil. In a casserole nut thin
slices of small carrot and onion. and
pour over this the boiling mixture
WIN teaspoonful of salt and few
uashes or red pepper. Cover and
place in a slow oven for an hour.
A medium flank steak If carefully
cooked is tender, we'll favored and
palatable. Score the steak on both
sides and sprinkle with n tablespoon
tul OF lemon Jouice or vinegar. which
softens the fiber; season with salt,
pepper, dash of nutmeg. cloves and
little chopped onion Cover thickly
with fine bread crumbs. roll up and
fasten we'll with skewers. Scar over
well in hot frying pan, add pint of
stock or water and bake an hour and
a half.
dish which may be new to some
Is an old one to many Of our friends
across the water Bonny clabber. This
is simply milk that has become thick,
before II Is very acid. II it has stood
and acquired cream all the better.
Serve as one does a custard, prinkled
with a little grated maple sugar or
with brown sugar It is a most whole
some dish for hot weather, good for
all ages and especially good for those
who have alimentary troubles.
Junket is another easily prepared
food, which Is both good and cheap.
1t is never economy to buy wilted
vegetables or questionable fruit The
waste makes them more costly than
those which cost a few cents more.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25
GENERAL HINTS.

II the sweet peas, cucumber vines
and rose bushes are infested with the
Ubiquitous bugs and lice which de-
stroy the plants, use the following
spray:
Melt a third of bar of ivory soap,
add a teaspoonful of kerosene and
eight quarts of water. Use this In the
sprinkler and spray everything that
needs 1t, as 1t is a universal killer.
A Famous Cholera Cure.-Mix to-
gether a fourth of a teaspoonful of
soda, the same of ginger, fifteen drops
of peppermint; add to glass of hot
water, Take a glass of this every
three hours.
A Splendid Lotion for Tan.-When
preparing cottage cheese, save the
whey, and in this cook a good.sized
cucumber. peeling and all; cut 1t in
slices before cooking, let stand until
cool. strain and add a tablespoonful
of alcohol and teaspoonful of ben
zoin, two drops of oil of rose. There
should be a cupful of the whey and
cucumber juice.
fine shampoo for dark hair is the
well-beaten yolk of an egg Rub it
we'll into the scalp and rinse with sew
eral waters. The rinsing of the hair
is the important point to have well
done. Add a few drops Of any desired
perfume to the rinsing water and a
delicate odor will remain in your
tresses for a week. White hair should
be rinsed in water quite we'll blued
with bluing
When buying grape fruit, oranges,
lemons. or in fact any large fruit,
weigh them in the hands, as the heav-
Ter ones are most profitable, are more
full OF juice,
Carry some sheets of asbestos paper
with you when camping; they may be
rolled into cone shaped dishes, set
point down into the camp fire and
will hold any vegetables TO be baked,
without being troubled with ashes.
Keeping the feet from the floor Of
the car when riding on the steam cars
will relieve car sickness. Support
them on a cushion or bag. The vibra-
ton of the car causes the illness,
A folding coat hanger is great
convenience to use when travelling.
The paper bag which the porter gives
you to cover your hat may be used
to cover a coat, at least the upper
part of It. Slit the bag at the bottom
and put the hook Of the hanger
through that.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

done In slanting trenches, or feet
apart, which can be made with a pillow.
Deepen the trenches with spade II
depth that only the upper buds will
project above the ground and firm the
soil we'll around them. The cuttings
should be spaced to 8 inches apart,
the distance between them differing
with the varieties, some roofing more
readily than others. Keep the soil
clean with hoe and cultivator, and stir
often during the summer to keep It.
mellow and moist. Frequent stirring
in many localities is better than irri-
cation.
All varieties OF the vine may be
propagated by layers. The RotundI-
folia vines are nearly always propa-
gated in this manner, but with other
species layering is usually resorted to
only with varieties which do not root
readily from cuttings. In layering
choose canes of the last seasons
growth, preferably those that start
near the base of the vine.
1t IL well, the summer before, to
leave on tho vine for this purpose
some shoots starting close above
ground and allow them to grow as
long as possible, In pruning these
canes all the well-developed buds are
eft The ground is made mellow, a
rench about inches deep is drawn
from the vine with the hoe and the
cane is bent down and fastened in it,
Each bud on the cane will usually
produce a shoot, which by this proc
ess is made to grow upward, When
these shoots are well started the
trench should be filled with soil, Each
of the shoots then takes root at its
base. To assist the roots In starting
q slight incision should be made In
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

the cane opposite each shoot. The
plants are taken up in the fall or win
ter, being divided by serving the orig
inal nne behind each shoot which,
having its own system of roots. be
comes new vine. Canes may be lay,
cred either in tho fall or in tho
spring.
When grating Is done near the
ground on stocks strong enough to
hold the sclons firmly no tying Is neo
essaryI otherwise they should be tied
with rafIla. In either case stake
should be driven at the side OF the
graft to protect it and TO provide q
support for the young shoots. II IL
good practice to press a little moist
soil over the cut around the junction
of the graft and to cover the scion
completely with fine dirt, killing II up
sufficiently to protect 1t from drying
out.
When vines grated above ground
are not covered with dirt the entire
cuts should be waxed to exclude tho
air. The CRAFTS should be examined
frequently and the suckers removed
and the roots starting from scions
that have been grated on resistant
stocks should be cut off.
Bench CRAFTS are also tied with raj
fla. They may be planted out directly
but bench-grafted cuttings are usually
stored or are heeIed in upside down
in damp, not wet, river sand. moss
or other suitable material, to allow
them to callus before planting.
The soil and location best suited.
the preparation OF the soil, the laying
out of and cost per acre OF establish.
ing vineyard, ana the cultivation and
fertilization necessary for obtaining
the best results are not presented
here, as they vary decidedly with DIFF.
fering conditions of soil, climate, etc,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

latter forces popular at least treated
with some federation, whereas the police de-
tested. 1t may be that recruiting reasons
back OF Engand's policy of keeping the army and
militia out of Irish agrarian troubles. Ireland
used to be good recruiting ground for these lat
ter forces and it is important to England that it
should continue This consideration would die
tate the wisdom of keeping the military force
neutral in Irish internal affairs.
One of the allegations made by Nationalists is
that outrages have often been manufactured" by
police agents at the instigation Of the Government
itself in order to furnish for coercve
laws. | asked this police veteran If there
any truth In this statement.
at is no longer true" he said But" he added
81 well remember when there were some very
queer methods employed by the Dublin Castle
authorities to get evidence about outrages Did
you ever hear OF the TubbercuTry conspiracy" he
inquired
/ told him l had not. He thereupon told me
the story of how Government spy, disguised as
a blacksmith, settled in a Western town, got in
to the confidence of the people, became sworn in
as secret society man, and ended by making
things so hot that nearly one hundred young mea
had to flee the country.
1T was" said he, lin the early Land League
days, when the famous, infamous, Jimmy
French was at the head of the detective depart
ment in Dublin Castle. | a recruit in the
constabulary depot then Tubbercurry is a little
town in the west, and many outrages were COM
mitted around that spot, but not man was pun
ished for them, nor any word OF information
given to the police Secret societies ruled the
place. Going among the raw recruits one day,
and questioning them, Jimmy French picked out
a young man. named Boris blacksmith's son,
who had also learned the trade himself and in
structed MIN to repair to Tubbercurry, set up
blacksmiths forge there, make himself popular
with the people, keep his ears and eyes open, and
if he got any bit of important information, to take
1t himself to Dublin, He was not to divulge his
identity TO the local police. for this would ruin his
chances. They We're to be kept in the dark
much as the peasantry OF course Morris to
have plenty of money for the job but he was to
live poorly and dress poorly on the profits of the
forge
Morris carried out his instructions to the
letter. He took the name of Billy Barley Bart
leys forge soon became rendezvous for the
idle or haS idle youth OF the neighborhood. The
kind young blacksmith would only charge few
coppers for shoeng horse, or mending a spade,
and smaller jobs he often did for nothing espe.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

| and need to be dealt with in a special
treatise on the subject.
A clear understanding of the names
Of the different parts of vine Is nee.
essary before the subject of grape
training Is considered The illustra.
ton shows a vine the different parts
of which are shown by letters, as fol-
lows: T, trunk, the stem or main
body Of the vine; b, branches
which are of mature wood, be
ing several years old a, arms or
qualifications of the branches, usually
of wood two or more years old; c.
canes, called shoots when green and
canes when nature s. suckers, the
shoots which start below the ground
from the main body; WIS, water
sprouts. the shoots which start above
the ground from wood older than one
year; l., laterals, the secondary shoots
of a cane.
The basal eye or bud, which is not
reckoned in counting the eyes on
spur, Is near the base of the cane.
When more than four eyes of cane
are left in pruning it is generally
called o fruiting cane,
Water sprouts and suckers do not
ordinarily produce bearing shoots.
Below the basal bud on each cane
are one or more dormant buds, which
grow and produce sterile canes only
when too few eyes are left in prun-
ing or when the eyes have been de-
stroyed. At the base Of each eye on
cane there are two dormant buds
Sometimes one of these grows the sea
son It is formed, making a lateral
from which secondary laterals also
may grow.
The first and secondary laterals
bear the second and third crops Of
grapes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

cially when his clients we're OF the
poorer sort Ho acquired a reputa.
tion as the broth OF boy he WAS
a willing gamester, being always
ready, IL a game of cards was 9ro-
posed, to cease work and reach over
for the cards, which were always
kept on the top of the bel
lows, and continued playing as long
as he found company He omitted
no opportunity of making himself
known and liked, went to every
fair. dance, wake and festival
where people congregated. In the
political life of the village he was
always on the popular side in Civ
ing his opinions, and even his mon
ey. Had he continued this gait
he must have found himself in
some public office. \ Poor Law
Guardian. or Justice of the Peace
he might have been if the plot had
been allowed to develop 80 far.
"Of course. there we're those who
had their suspicious of young aBrt-
ley. Where did he come from. and
what were his antecedents? When
this kind OF questioning got too
close, he managed to turn 1t off in
some adroit way Beyond the state
ment that he had had some trouble
with his parents. and that he had
resolved to earn his livelihood away
from them, he would conflde moth
ing as to his past. The old men
shook their heads, and warned the
young men to shun him One said
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25
6|EllE1 Y4@ -

EVER bear more than one
IL kind Of trouble at "A time.
Some people bear three-all they have
now, and they ever had and all they ex-
peCt to have.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

A jewish weighing 525 pounds has
been captured by the crew of the
launch Leone at Santa Monica, Cal.
In length the fish measured Ave feet
Il was caught three miles off shore.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25
lWekITGHEN


Am Ny one can carry his burden,
- &AA~ however heavy. TIL nightfall.
Amy one can do bis work, however hard.
Tor one day. Any one can live sweetly.
patiently, lovingly. purely. till the sun
goes down. And this Is all that life ever
really means
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-07-25

staUOns and SITeet COTneTS. although
natives, the policeman is free enough
with strangers, and his information is
apt to be reliable about the country
generally, for. as he is never kept
long at any one place, his local knowl.
edge is extensive. 1t is true that he
is apt to be biased against the peas
antry, because, although a peasants
son himself, his training and employ.
ment have made the people hate him.
for the common people have no use
for the "peeler," as the constabulary
are cOntemptuously called nv them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-09-20

KsrE e1mzrs aua caIarent sM
auzzr ir Hss1e Ail pasa r. ahs fslipv-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

the features Is The operate sketch
"A csson In opera to he offered
try--ft et1T7-- fzrrTur-- HT7vt MN ttttT-v II
of TWO schools Of opera. grand
ana comic. with selections from each.
rrtfrvTIt ny EuTTrg CtTaTu7TrT UIuipEUe
and a touch of hight comedy.
"A Edwards. a muhlctan AMI black
face comed!an ns we'll, Viii complete
The vaudeville bill with his display q
cleycrness on variety OF musical tn
Frumeuts ana hts Amusing character
t4ntiou eli tht make
Mary Archer and Hsly Carr, a tight
comedian and 81 pretty giri foil, WIN
be one Of the features, Their specially
IS timely p4ttee and iolly gong nnm-
hers.
La Yter IN lightning liEe trapeze
act is billed AZ the zenith Of aerial
the most daring Of his
geats being performed white he IS
blrdfoded in Il rocking chair aud
swinging to and fro.
s&4a1i4. 44l=4staa- picture falaAs a IA
proved by the National Board OF Cen
sorshlp, will complete the bill Three
performances are given every day. al
3 o'clock, : 10 and . o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

hidden to tell that story. Vet that
evening Atf, telHheft.4a the story, tArea
columns OF IL to her newspaper. she
got what she went after because she
AHaH- if49p
\ girl arrived at noon. stranger IN
city whore she was To be efnpiuF"d
hv newspaper At ] o'ctock thht
Afternoon the city editor called hey
TO his desk He glanced down inc
page Of his assignment book After
each Of the DAYS events was written
the name Of the reporter who wns 10
cover 1t. The city editor fro"ned he
meath unfrfendty brows nj the new
conner. who had been forc@d upon
hin, by an editor Of higher rank
Go out and get something. That s.
tho way to do" he said
She wont ont and got something. It
was published the next dag under
her own name. She knew how.
r wonder If this new school 81
Journalism or any other school OF
Journalism on earth can ttach the Dc
ginner how
A great editor saftf tn an Emporium
ate applicants: Well. III Ut you on
aud let Won tFv At any rate we II he
ont n Er7aft arnount~ NJ sftiers attd yea
very little time. The newspaper bust
ness liz the only one in which You can
find whether you are fitted for IL In A
short time. You will know in three
or four days whether you viii make a
newspaper mHU, and FL witt we.
Yet the prospectus OF the school Or
Journalism names courses ot two ana
fofir years II talks OF tests In read
Ing German. French, Spanish or Ita!~
Al a newspaper banquet Of one nun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
nv ADA PATTERSON.

ADO yon know Pat Sheedy an aple
e6,,or asked "A college youth. who was
tryinr to get Oh the paper
No. replied the youth hopefully
-nut think could get acquainted
with him
= aon,t think you could The edi-
Tor smiled grimiy.
Hes a gambler and won't talk to
.rYone he doesn't know" He tele-
phoned the police court reporter. who
.srot Pat to talk -
Tho poAce court reporter had Tor
westan cicero If he was ever aSQuaibt"
al with him II you talk to him aoont
a eoI,epe fraternity he might not nave
stared. but he would have been pretty
sure TO wHwn.
H,s mind wasn't stuffed with the"
nrias nobody cared about. and II an
argument grew TOO long he was IKE
~ 10 finish it with his f1sts- Yet no
VAS ono OF the papers most Nalnahte
men because he knew how to get what
the paper wanted.
A woman was dispatched by her
Newspaper at twenty minutes notice
TO find a man who had escaped from
4 Iunatic asylum IN one state ana
taken refuge in another, and get ms
CIV, story of his imprisonment, his es-
cape and the bitter quarrel In the
family Of rujiionaires involved. After
!, nigh, Of travel she overlook the man
on = high road in the South. She in
troducad herself and told her mis-
sion. He told her he had been Tor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
e A SCHOOL. OF JOURNALISM NECESSARY?

, ..... 49,. st,,...
dred persons. however, S7" o''t ana y g
Aefll,llhK A4att MN 49,
highiF praised hE me lo'As''ii' So
the &feat'st man anu ti'' p"''
penhlhlh -nh1 AlLlAA--4- IL " -, -
man of mtoi" age a''d p"'"inS ,
dfsrTiht+' as ft,' '''''' -. ,a''
paper success tHr man III" nN"' ''''
news
mar or woman "iS} "' T'"'i'."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16
By LOUISE MERRIF1ELn.

Copyright 1919, by the Associated
Literary Press
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

eou ever forgive mo FOR dls' arbAnE
rol So"
Joso'z da}h eyes s}owcl az ne
watched her
II shail thank the ;hod Ged for
il. he told her eraVeif. II ] could
Tut know You, but nice wa CON
vertionally"
She mused smiling ut ihe naive re-
mark
isn't it strange, thls great tonely
Sltv where we ail starry on desert
islands Of individuality, and stiu we
ring r-irltit4-- ~tti-t-ti- ut vtt=
ulette. Here we have met hy chanr".'
Pate spnuYita.' protested jose.
Perhaps You ara ipter@sted---t'h.
your eyes say so, and you ar" Just
"a boy "
Twenty four"
so ola. ana twenty two And
/ AXE sau also ah.aId nat All seq
that. but why not Il iA SO good 40
meet some one in these prosaic. self
ish DAYS who would 20 70 the rescue
of wuUan IN trouble.
Jose forgot the OLE houTe IN tn"
harbor town ia Panama, forget his
career. everything,
-AA- aa4.la-As-Ae- AneA IsaaAa
kind IT II had been true sIu
scilN--
For what
Natalie l.eonard smiled az his
eagcr. handsome face.
THAT sou are not IA lrouhe. l
- l. 49,. 4a4.-4 Il
logged 50 help you. You were 81"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

downright. 1919, by the Associated
Literary Press.)
She was at II again.
serrano stood back In the center
OF his own room. out " sight aad
watched her.
Between them lay two yards, high
fenced, uniphabited by humans
Never during his two weeks resi-
Jence at sos had he seen any per-
sou down in those barren little pp-
longs of earth But Ia the house
opposite she lived In room on tho
same floor as bis own
'='zz3sS,4 hgVe f5san III $ew iofR ofH.
month. serrano had written back
home 20 Panama. 1T lis most enter
tanning bat very. very lonely ]
make no friends, II is wise. yes /
srn but poor spanish student,
rnadre mic. not that which IL called
here spender1 0ne may not he a
spender on dreams yes A mere stu
dent, l. n translator day times In
coffee establishment rs night stu
dent Ia these most excellent United
States colleges so does one become
proficient IN tbH ambition. the hope,
the heart dream Of success. IL Two
Years shall be At home ~Hco again.
Fear not for ne. / forget never that
/ have the honor 10 be ~our most
Afrectionate and faithful SOS. jose
Every DAY y similar letter went
South To Sonora Serrauo, widow 81
the great ciyii engineer, VINO had
been Killed by 4 fall In the canal
works one fatal backward step saa
= plunge to death over the towering
lock.
1.4yt tfsT. S.
had sworn hs would touch only what
Was necessary for his education in
these student days. He would be Ike
his father, q civil engineer lie
would sai. 10 New York. the city of
gold. and study there, work fight his
own way. There would he then
plenty for his mother to maintain the
two great estates whore so many
American officials had known Ser
ranc hospitality.
Yet, after two weeks. even with the
highest Ideals. and fortified BY preju-
dic-s ana resolutions both, Jose
watched every day, onee. twice,
morning and evening, for the figure
IN pink neglige in the house Of
posite.
si,-. was tai and slender. eitd d.
4insiy young a ISIS she had a sp.en-
dor OF dark heir. He had watched st
fall i'm ripping beauty ever her shour
siar~ several times siso eie bellies ed
81 Esslch fresh air. tTer Windows wers
wide open ~ the MsUAattan o2ont
xrorn morning III aigii. Never did
sine appear even 10 sisttGe Al thoso
opposite. Jose knew why. She was
in some great. mysterious troepie
\ She broodad. She was miserable,
Hut today She was suffering n Ire
han usmai. He stared, fascinated bA
1 Her actions. Sitn paced the floor. moi
swiftly. bur with steady. SLOW. rhyLh.
1ITc afep Tx some Gagged lepps sde-s