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The Washington times., 1912-06-19

nishing store, have been "hot footed"
out OF hotel lobbies in much the same
manner that buns are driven out or
Grant Park by the sparrow cops
They're all alike, whether they wear
silk hats or brakemen's caps" said a
knowing bell hop yesterday afternoon
after driving one of the uninvited guests
away. II can tell 'em a mile away"
Finds Bets Easy.
State Senator Stephen D. Fleming of
Fort Wayne, Ind. found that It was
the easiest thing in the world to make
bet on President Tafts prospects of
getting the nomination. He walked in
| to the lobby Of the Congress Hotel at
noon yesterday and, half an hour later,
had made a bet of $1,000 on President
Taft at even money
IT am ready to bet Taft will be nom-
he, addressing the hotel people at large.
| How much?' asked a man at his
| right elbow.
ANY sum-" was the ready answer.
| A roll Of bills was produced on both
sides and a hotel employe was selected
to hold the stakes
Fooled the Copper.
mounted policeman was sent to
block an alley leading to an obscure
entrance to the Auditorium last night
A man reached out and dumped the fire
from his pipe on the flank OF the p9-
a dozen rushed past and made their
| way in.
III I catch the. guy that done that, y
expounded the policeman, he'll never
hear no more Roosevelts, He'll be down
listening to Nero hollering for a drink. u
Hawkers Are Busy.
Sidewalk; novelty hawkers have theil
own view of tho convention situation
Out Of more than thirty counted shout
ing their buttons and badges and freal
devices for partisans around conven
ton headquarters, only four last nigh
rest were crying Teddy. hats. and Ted
dy banners, and Teddy tiepins ant
Roosevelt paraphernalLa generally
Few Original Songs.
Another thing the old timers are motto
ing is the scarcity Of any real conven
ton songs. There are paroles galor'
on the popular melodies of the day
hut West Virginia's Roosevelt nooster
seem to BE- about the only crowd tina
came to .he meeting drilled in som
original tunes. A man in the Congress
lobby today claimed to have hear
eighteen separate and distinct parodie
on "Everybody's DOin' 1t Now" ant
. said he expected to get as many NOR
versions before the end of the conven
ton. Incidentally. rhis is the SON.
heard most often alonx Michigan ave
nue..
:, Learned Men on Hand.
Three leading college professors ar
taking part in the convention. to wit:
President Nicholas Murray Butler o
/ Columbia, who will second the Tai
nomination; Prof. Albert bushnell
, Hart, of the chair Of government o
Harvard, who is a Roosevelt delegate
r at-larse from MASSACHUSETTS,, and Prof
William Draper Lewis. who is a Roose
t welt member Of the committee on reso
lutions from Pennsylvanis and dean o
the law school OF the University O
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Examine Candidates
For Naval Academy

The annual entrance examination of
sturdy young American men with a
military bent, who have been desig-
mated for appointment as m!dshipmen
at the United States Naval Academy,
is under way In the big examination hall
of the Civil Service Commission, at 1724
F street northwest
Principals and alternates numbering
10. representing every state and Terri
tory In the Union and the District of
Columbia, will be on the grill today
tomorrow, and Friday. All principals
who pass will become members Of the
fourth class at the Academy in July.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Trees Blown Down
Will Be Replaced

The trees blown down during the
heavy storm last Sunday will be re-
placed in the fall. Trueman Lanham,
superintendent Of trees and parkipgs,
said today that about 90 per cent of the
$50 trees blown down were of the. soft
wood variety and these will be re-
placed by hard wood trees, such as
Norway NAPLES, American lindens, red
oaks and several other varieties.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
CHICAGO. June Is.

CHICAGO, June 1s
The Army Of Political Has Beens. It
is here. If any of the troops are miss
ing, It would require a lot of hunting
to find out who they are. Perhaps a
few may have strayed toward Balti-
more. But the strays cannot be numer-
Gus for the woods, yes all the rest or
the territory here at Chicago, is full
of them. ..... % -
Some of them are frank enough to
say they belong to another political
age Others won't admit II, and still
profess to be important cogs in the
wheels.
II you will walk about the lobbies of
the hotels for a few minutes or SO along
the streets, you will be sure to en-
counter numbers Of them. It ID not
a pleasant thing to name them, for
some of them don't like 1t. Others
glory in 1t,
Col. william Peters Hepburn, Of Iowa,
in the House of Representatives for
the better part of a generation, is one
of the old timers here. The colonel was
turned out of Congress by a constitu-
ency that didn't like his reactionary
views. But he still takes a keen inter-
est in political affairs. He sniffed the
battle in Chicago from afar, and then
packed his grip. If you want to find
out what a progressive looks like to a
gentleman of the standpat persuasion,
Just ask Colonel Pete" You'll find
out and learn it. too. in the vigorous
and varigated English for which the
colonel Is famous.
Here are just few more OF them:
Former Senator Depew, former Senator
John Kean OF New Jersey. former Sena-
tor Hemenway of Indiana, former Vice
President Fairbanks, former Congress-
man Jim" Watson, former Secretary
of the. Treasury George Bruce Cortel-
Won, former Senator Burkett OF Nc
braska, and so on ad libitum.
Knew His Condition.
Enter, comfortably drunk, a Southern
delegate into a leading hotel.
whats your slater" asked some one.
"state of intoxication."
Bryan an Attraction.
William Jennings Bryan is almost as
much Of an attraction as the former
President. Wherever Bryan goes he
is followed by curious crowds. This be-
hlS d IOhN ciitioli, tlItS uOh
cheer him the way they will at Bal
timore. But lot Of Republicans ex-
press admiration for him. nevertheless
and there's a lot of gossip to the effect
he is likely to be the Democratic nom
inee. Bryan Is here writing for the
newspapers.
There goes Bryan" said one Of the
crowd in the Congress Hotel. He's try
ing to look like a reporter"
L. r.. and Deneen.
A good deal of the story about the
confab between Colonel Roosevelt and
Governor Deneen Sunday night was
| slow in getting out. 1t was a stormy
| occasion. Deneen was telling the col
| onel that part OF the Illinois delegate.
| would line up against him on the tenn
| porary organization.
| whereat the colonel had some thing.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19

PERSPI-No keeps the arm-pits Just az
fresh and dry as any other part of the
body. You can wear any weight of
clothing, be in hot stuffy rooms. In q
warm theatre or dance-hall and never
over-perspire in the arm-pits. The colors
in a colored gown will never run. The
cloth will never fade, get stiff from per-
spiration and then rot and tear and ruin
your gown at the arm-pits. Nevermorei
No more rolling up of dress shields like
ropes under the arms. PERSPI-NO is
delightful powder, absolutely safe for
everybody. and never harms any fabric.
It's wonder. Try 1t once, and be con-
vinced. You apply It with o pad, which
Is packed with every box.
Satisfaction or money back.
PERSPI-NO is for sale at your drug
gist's at $50 q box. or sent direct, on receipt
Of price, by the Perspo Co., 27l5 Lincoln
Ave-, Chicago. For sale and recommended
In Washington by Jas. O'DonneIl Peoplse
Pharmacy. p. C. Affleck.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
He Feared HOld.Up.
La Follette's Family There.

Senator La Follette's children lande'
in Chicago Sunday. prepared to sta:
through the convention. Robert. Philip
Mary, and Fola, with Fola's husband
George Middleton, motored from Wash
ington. 1t Is expected that the Senate
will join therH here. Asked II his fight
ing father-in-law is to arrive today
Middleton denied and retreated.
The Washington times., 1912-06-19

to say which he punctuated with a few
i've stood by you governor" he
said. This is more than a"political
question, It is a moral one; l want mt
everything"
Missed One Bird. t.-.' .,'
Col, Roosevelt was receiving the
newspaper men and was handing them
large gobs of information about the
state of the progressive movement and
the condition of the Taft table of dele
gates. In the midst of it. the colonel
espied Edward B. Clark, Washington
correspondent for the Chicago Evening
Post. He forgot all about politics.
Hello. Clark, l want to talk to you
about BIRDS
Clark is one of the authorities of the
land on lore of birds and many pleas
ant hour he and the colonel have put
In talking about them. On this par
taicular occasion, while the heat Of the
political battle ragged around him, he
took Clark off in one corner and held
solemn converse with him on the SOL
had left oyster Bay and kindred
topics.
well" remarked one man who heard
the story, "Ill bet there's one bird he
What was thatT'
THE dove OF peace"
He Bows to Two.
"Who are the best politicians here?'
was asked of Ormsby McHarg, former
assistant Secretary Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, and in charge
of the contests on the Roosevelt side.
| Mr.. McHarg, be It known, is no slouch
n IN In tYVna aAIf
There are just two Of them here that
I always take my hat off to-" said Nc
Harg. "One is Roosevelt and the
others William l. Ward"
He Feared Hold.Up.
A newspaper man was walking down
| Michigan avenue from the direction OF
the Coliseum the day before the con.
vention opened. He met friend.
say" said id the newspaper man an.
hotel. I'm afraid of being held up
"well. I've got FIVE press tickets ir
my pocket. I'm taking them to the
poets it. I'll be waylaid and my re-
mains thrown into the lake before
can arrive at my destination"
| 1t was calculated that the Ave tick
cts at the current rates being Offered
| for tickets about Chicago would easily
bring. 500.
La FOllette's Family There.
Senator La Follette's children LANDED
in Chicago Sunday. prepared to sta.
through the convention. Robert. Philip
Mary, and Fola, with Fola's husband
| George Middleton. motored from Wash
will join them here. Asked II his fight
! ing father-tn-law is to arrive today
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Legacy to His Boy.

Entering Colonel Roosevelt's orna-
mental headquarters, Florentine room.
parlor floor. Congress Hotel. one OBJ
served Governor Glasscock Of West Vir-
ginia coming a paraphrase.
Governor Glasscock. one of the i'm
The Washington times., 1912-06-19
Rip.p.p-p.p!
Out Come Thousands ]
Of Dress Shields :!
Hereafter, Madame, You Are Going to
Feel More Comfy" Under the Arms. |

Girls, get 25c box Of PERSPI-No right
away at the drug store, and get one OF
the surprises of your life. II means this
age Of dress shields Is gone.f
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
SOME IDEAS ABOUT COOKERY
Improving the Flavor Of FIsh-cream
for Baked CHARACTERIZATION
Of Delicious Rice Omelet.

When flsh of unpronounced flavor is
to be boiled 1t is improved by the ad-
dition of vinegar to the water. II the
fish is inclined to be tasteless half
pint of vinegar to an ordinary kettle Of
water will not be too much.
An old New England housekeeper
has a cupful Of rich. hot cream ready
to stir into the baked beans when they
come from the oven and before they
go to the table.
Dreamed toast in one family Is pre-.
pared in this way: The bread is toast
ed and kept hot in a covered dish
Then white sauce is made in the
usual proportion Of cupful Of rich
milk or cream to a tablespoonful each
of butter and flour, with salt to sea
son. At the last, when the sauce is
thick. two tablespoonfuls Of grated
cheese are stirred in, teaspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce and dash OF
paprika. It Is poured over the toast.
To prepare rice omelet as one
cook does It, make white sauce with
a cupful OF milk and two level table
spoonfuls each OF cornstarch and but
ter. Stir in three well beaten yolks
and a cupful of hot boiled rice Fold
in the stiffiy beaten whites OF the
three eggs, season with paprika and a
trace of nutmeg, and cook in the regu-
lar omelet pan. Serve with red cur
rant Jelly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
UNDER CRUST FOR TWO PIES
Mixture That Adds to SAVIOR Of Deli
clous CONNECTION Worth all the
Trouble II Involves.

Mix one-fourth teaspoon each OF salt
and baking powder with one cup Of
sifted pastry flour. Measure one heap
ed tablespoon each of butter and lard.
and If they are soft spread them out
on plate and chill them. Then chop
them into the -four until well mixed.
Wet with cold water to a stir dough
that may be all taken up clean from
the bowl Toss out on Toured board
and pat it down until half an inch
thick and long, narrow shape.
Dredge it with flour and roll 1t over
into thick roll. Divide in the mid
die, turn each piece over and pat 1t
out fiat, and II the paste sticks and is
soft, lay 1t away in cold place till
firm and hard, Then roll out gently,
keeping the shape round and even.
and roll 1t trifle larger than the
plate, for as you lift the paste 1t will
shrink slightly, and 1t is better to
push it back toward the center Of the
plate II too large than to stretch 1t to
the edge If too small. Lift the edge
and press the paste down in the cen
ter that there may be no bubbles Of
air underneath. If you have the knack
OF keeping the paste round as you roll
1t there will be no edges to be trim
med off and no waste. Use tin or
granite plates and merely dust them
with -four, greasing is unnecessary.
Remove the pies to earthen plates
when baked
This paste will make very tender
upper crust. good enough for every
day pies, but for Thanksgiving we
use pun paste.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26

After the hogs have been killed and
the meat thoroughly cooled the fresh
surface is sprinkled with fine salt
peter until the meat is white, says
the Farm Magazine. About three or
four pounds Of saltpeter is used 10
1000 pounds Of hams Fine salt is
then rubbed over the entire surface
and the hams are packed in bulk not
deeper than three feet. In ordinary
weather they should remain thus for
several days. at least three. Then
break the bulk and resalt with fine
salt and again pack. Each ham should
remain in bulk at least one day for
each pound of weight The hams are
then hung up and gradually smoked
for 80 or 40 days with hickory or red
oak bark. When the smoking is com
plete they should be repeppered and
placed in canvass bags to guard
against vermin. The Smithfield hams
cured as indicated improve with age
and are considered about perfect.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
SUPERIOR POINTS
y, ON DAIRY FEEDS
Relative Qualities of the Different
RationS for Milk
Cows.

Alfalfa meal, more convenient to
handle than hay. much easier to adul-
terate, price usually excessive, rich
In protein.
Beet pulp soaked up, a good sub
stitute for silage or roots but higher
priced
Bran wheat, light, bulky, appetiz-
ing. high in mineral matter, high in
crude fibre. Relatively expensive at
present prices.
Buckwheat. low In protein-usually
pays to sell 1t and buy back the mid
dlings
Buckwheat middlings, heavy usual
Iy economical source Of protein, tend
to make soft, oily butter
Bulky feed. bran, gluten feed, ajax
flakes, distillers' grains, corn and cob
meal
Constipating, cottonseed meal corn
fodder and hay.
Corn, easily digested, usually cheap
est source OF energy. Pays to grind
Corn and cob meal, bulky. consid
cradle crude fibre, nearly equal tc
corn meal In ration because OF bulky
nature. Grind fine.
Cottonseed meal. high in protein
heavy, should be fed with something
else. makes for hard butter, relative
ly cheap source Of protein, ordinarily
should not constitute more than one
third of the mixture
Distiller's dried grains, rich in pro
TEN. very variable in composition
bulky. must be fed with other feeds
Dried brewers corn grains, light
bulky, high in protein not readily
eaten alone.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
CATTLE
FOR FIRST TIME
Profit Depends on Steady, Con-
sistent Gains From
RationS.

Those who are feeding cattle for the
first time this season should remember
that getting bunch of steers on full
feed is a matter that requires about a
months time. High-pressure feeding is
an entirely different proposition from
ordinary rations and the animal must
gradually get accustomed to the
change IL he is to continue to make
consistent gains throughout the feed.
ing period. Most feeders prefer to
start their cattle on grass, giving a
few stalks of fodder corn a day to
each steer and gradually increasing.
The change is then made to snapped
corn fed in the hunks. the final change
then being made to husked corn or
whatever form the grain is fed in,
Every time the ration is changed
such changes should be made gradual
ly This applies especially to the first
few weeks in which the feeding is
started and to the latter period OF the
feeding operation, when there is the
more danger of getting the stock of
feed And remember, the profit in
feeding cattle depends on steady, con
sistent gains. meaning good returns
for the feed consumed. every time
they get off feed meaning just no
much lost time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Lost Trousers PalNIna Poker.

William Verne appeared in Detroit
police coudt attired in a dress coat
and some underwear-he had bet tho
trousers in poker game the evening
before and lost His cash, his watch
ami his diamonds preceded the trou-
sers into the bank" The trousers
we're OF good quality, SO William bet
several blue chips on them. But his
luck didn't turn and when he was
cleaned out again he broke up the
game by quitting. He begged the loan
of the trousers to go home in, but
the bank took no risks and declined.
So William started in dress coat and
underwear and was arrested.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Stuffed Fresh Shoulder.

Stuffed fresh shoulder is quite a
nice dish Have the shoulder boned
and stuff as you would turkey. Save
all the small pieces that will not slice
up good. Run through meat chopper,
add two potatoes, one-half cup bread
crumbs and little gravy If you have
some left and salt and pepper. Make
into little cakes. dip in bread crumbs.
then In beaten eggs. then in bread
crumbs again. and fry brown in deep
fat.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Bread Cake.

One large cup Of dough. after the
first rising one cup of sugar, one-half
cup of butter, two eggs, one-half tea
spoon OF soda dissolved in a table
spoon OF hot water, nutmeg. cinnamon,
one-half teaspoon of each, one cup OF
raisins, one-half cup OF currants. Melt
the butter and work with the hand in
to the dough until well mixed togeth-
err. Add the sugar and mix well. Add
the eggs, well beaten, and beat the
whole mixture thoroughly. Now add
the dissolved soda, stir again we'll add
spices, raisins and currants and beat
again thoroughly. This is delicious
cake. although 1t takes some little
time to make it. Can be frosted II
you wish.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
PROBLEM OF MOST PROFITABLE BREED
OF SWINE is DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
Many People Say "Rase the Breed You Like Best and You Will
Be Successful" but That Is Not Always the case-Exper-
ence Of Maryland Hog Raiser May Help Others.

my best grade Poland China sows.
and today | have an ideal hog for
profit, a pig that is always ready for
the market from month old, always
fat, a rapid grower and one that has
dressed for the past three years that
l have been raising them, all the way
from $50 to 230 pounds at from seven
to eight months old, and which
think is the most profitable age to kill
them.
do not care to winter any pigs over
SO sell all the fall filters and have
my spring pigs come about the first
Of April. All of my sows are then
in pens and as soon as the pigs be
gin to run about raise the doors high
enough to let them in and out on the
lot, where / teach them to eat mix
ture of skimmilk and mill feed till
they are six weeks old, when / shut
them in the pens and turn out the
sows They are kept in pens till they
are butchered, their feed consisting
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Two Guesses.

WELL. said the proud father az
the doctor entered the room, what
is it-a boy or girl?"
"Tll give you two guesses, and eve>
then you won't guess right" said the
doctor.
"Tush! nonsense!" said the proud
father. "Boy?"
Nope" said the doctor.
"Ah-girl. them" said the proud
father.
Nope" said the doctor
"Ah-I know" said the proud
father, sadly.-Harper's Weekly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26

did raise hog from them 1t was all
fat and to be made into lard.
Next tried Jersey Reds and l
found them a very coarse hog and
very hard to clean on account Of the
thick coat Of wool they invariably had
underneath the hair. So discarded
them to take up the Berkshire. and
was so we'll pleased with them that |
stuck to them until the popularity OF
the Poland China became so great
that was induced to try them. l
found them a fine hog, with one ex-
ception. While they made a large
hog when matured, they would not
take on fat like the Berkshire while
young and growing rapidly and l had
to make the hog first and fatten him
afterwards.
Just here concluded that | could
make cross that would give me the
hog wanted, for while liked the
early-maturing, easy-fattening points
In the Berkshire, wanted a large
hog, SO | bought a pure-bred Berk-
shire boar and crossed with some OF
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Last DAYS of the Ranches.

The day of large ranches In Texas
is passing away, but there are still
four with an area of over one million
acres each and quite large number
M over 100000 acres. Much of this
land is bought as low as 20 cents per
acre. and is now worth "a to 81 per
acre. These ranches are being con-
tinually divided up into large farms.
Last year over one million acres OF
ranch lands were sold to small set
Tiers for general farming purposes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-12-26
Harm
and Good
Done by
English
Sparrow
BY r. G. WEATHERSTONE
Minneapolis. MINI.

alleged service destroying insect pests Farmers have however
settled the question their satisfaction and in places small
is paid destruction of these birds the Legislatures of some
of the having made appropriations for this fund
j. Quincy The House Sparrow 1885, concusively shows
number of dsecons that the sarrow food to the amount oil
per consists of grain and only 10 cent of insects
Dr. Coues "The English Sparrow in America 1885 says tina
hese birds introduced keep insect life have proved failure
and are generally regarded distinct curse"
And be from observation that the DESTRUCTIVE
public private buildings where allowed to nest and young
quarresome and noisy and will prevent birds from
nhabng groves orchards dwelling houses But they will no
themselves nhab extensive groves tmbed tracts great danc
removed from human habtations.