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The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
sEAsoNAeLE DISHES.

Try a cream of soup with a cup OF
grated cheese added Just before serv-
ing. Such soup is sufficiently nour-
ishing. with little bread, for a we'll
balanced meal.
Parsnips make a good soup II care
fully made. adding cup Of the pulp
put through a sieve to cream or milk
soup.
A most attractive salad Is one pre-
pared with celery hearts cut cross
wise. tips Of blanched asparagus and
. few strips of canned red pepper Cpl
mientoes). Serve with French dress.
ing on lettuce leaves.
Nut Muf1ns.-Mix and sift together
ono and a half cups of -four. tea
spoonful of salt and three teaspoon,
fuls Of baking powder. a tablespoonful
of sugar. Beat until light one egg.
add three-fourths of cup Of milk and
stir 1t into the -four mixture. Beat
we'll. then add half cup OF broken
walnut meats and three tablespoonful
Of melted butter. FIJI buttered muffin
pans two-thirds full and bake.
A new way of keeping bread and
NsAAO ~ Yell - w bo0 q WCI bpOh8o Al
the box. Lay the sponge in a saucer
80 that It will not come in contact
with the bread.
German Almond cookIss.-Beat the
yolks Of six eggs until lemon colored I:
add q cup and half Of sugar beaten
to q cream with threefourths Of cup
Of softened butter. Add = cup OF
blanched and chopped almonds. a Ia
blespoonful of cinnamon and three
cups of flour. Beat hard and drop by
spoonfuls on a buttered sheet. putting
an almond on the top OF each cake
Bake In a moderate oven.
Baked Corn With Minced Meat
Take two cups Of corn. add a cup Of
minced meat. chicken or any that Ii
at hand. add a half cup of milk. ar
egg we'll beaten. salt and pepper ant
cover with bread crumbs. and bake.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

toward the expense OF her wedding
outfit and a few days later arrived to
claim his bride.
There was still the divorce to be OBJ
tanned. however. Ray paid all the ex-
penses Of Mrs. DeWitt's side of the
case and sat in court during the hear
ing. 1t had been planned to have the
wedding here. but when Judge Sapp
prohibited Mrs. Dewitt from marry
ing again for six months that caused a
change In the plans.
A reception was given instead of
the wedding. SO the guests were not
entirely disappointed. Preparations
were made at once to start to Califor-
mia where the ceremony would be per
formed.
But I couldn't think of going way
out there and leaving mother at home
Alone" said Mrs. Dewitt. Wen take
mother right along with u.s." replied
Mr.. Ray.
A number of friends gathered at the
house to wish the party a pleasant
journel. And then Mrs. Dewitt and
Ray Quarreled.
Mrs. Dewitt said Mr.. Ray was q
"jay." that she would not walk down
street with him. let alone be married
to him. Mr.. Ray took the nrst train
for California after having turned in
the two tickets to Holtville which he
had purchased for his prospective
wife and mother-in-lAw.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
MANAGING HIS OWN AFFAIRS
In successful Farming and Farmers'
Movements Every Man Must Work
Out Own Salvation.

To the onicers and Members of the
Farmers Union:
Did you ever hear the good old ex.
horters and revivalists tell you that
you must work out your own saliva
ton!
Well. the same principle applies to
successful farming. and to the sue
cess Of farmers organisations In -.
curing the reforms for which they are
contending by legislation, and with
their own ranks.
There's no such thing a. enlistins
in the battle Of life and then paying
. substitute. II you do. you'll either
have to be satisfied with short ra-
tons or wake up some morning and
find that the substitute has walked
OF with the bacon. the Carnegie med.
al and the laurel wreath It would BE-
Just like you then. to srowl that the
world had given you a"cold deal"
l lay 1t down as a broad. first princi-
pie that we've got to learn to manage
our own affairs, whether on the farm
or within the organization. before the
world takes US with the degree Of Sc
rousnsss our numbers and our i'm
portance to the world really justines.
II you demand Of your representa-
tive. for instance. that he vote for the
recall. or trimming the New York cot
ton. exchange. and he passes your
place and sees tho chimney tumblins
down. weeds in your fields. and Just .
few raxor-backs roofing around. he
isn't apt to get busy and obey your
orders.
II you elect a. your Farmers union
omcials. or tho president Of some
union enterprise. some oily. smiling.
hand-shaking. baby-kissins brother.
Just because he Is these things. rather
than for the fact that he has proved
himself a good farmer. a good bust
ness man and good leader of men.
you are evading your share of per-
sonal responsibility. and you have no
right to complain II things hit the
ceiling. Or II you get into the halle
lujah-lick At q meeting and promise
to support almost any old enterprise
suggested. and then 60 home and for
get all about II, you needn't come
around with tho hypocritical criticism
that there isn't anything In farm
ers' organisation" and that You're
not getting your moneys worth.
These are Just few instances OF
the need of exerting personal respon-
sibility, II you succeed in your own
affairs. and II you would have this
organisation achieve the ends for
which 1t was founded. 1t Is well to
remember them at the beginning Of
the new year.
CHARLES 9. BARRETT.
Union City, Ga
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
some HOT DISHES FOR COLD
NIGHTS.

There Is nothing more satisfying
and warming on damp. chilly night
than a good bowl of hot soup. Cream
soups of different kinds may be had
every night in the week, and the va.
riety not run out.
Ono may have tomato bisque. thick.
ening the cream of tomato for a
change. or potato with little onion
and milk makes a most appetIzing
soup.
Another favorite dish is:
Spanish Rlcs-Into buttered ba-
king dish put layer of cooked rice.
sprinkle with finely cut broiled ham.
or fried ham. sprinkling Of onion
grated and seasoning of red and green
pepper chopped, salt and then another
layer of rice. Pour over a generous
amount Of tomato. and bake until
thoroughly heated through. The sea-
soning of this dish will make or mar
It,
Southern Rlce.-Melt a tablespoon
full OF butter In a frying pan. add a
Glove Of garlic and a large chopped
onion, a cup of washed rice. Keep
stirring the rice until It is slightly
brown and crisp. Then add cup OF
tomato and NIL the pan with boiling
water. Cook until the rice is tender
without stirring If possible. as each
grain will stand out by itself.
Chicken stsw.-Cut up chicken
with Glove Of garlic and two small
onions; cook until half done, then add
the following sauce:
Melt two tablespoonfuls Of butter in
q frying pan: add tablespoonful Of
-four and a generous sprinkling of cay
enne. When we'll cooked add salt and
a cup Of tomatoes; stir and cook. add
ing salt and sage, II liked.
Poached eggs are very nice for .
supper dish with the above sauce.
A mixture Of lard and suet makes .
very desirable fat for almost all uses
that lard would be put to. The soft
beef fat IL the best
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

the purpose of tho tough fiber paper
especially prepared for such cook
Ing.
One might have paper supper. pa
per table cover or doilies and napkins.
paper candlesticks and shades. paper
favors and paper flowers for decora-
ton. This would be especially appro-
pirate for paper wedding anniver-
sary.
The cocktail may be served in tiny
paper bags torn open to show their
contents. the salad in paper cases and
the meat and fish In individual bags.
piping hot. or q larger bag with the
whole serving on a platter.
Halibut seasoned with tomato, lem
on Juice and butter will come out
after fifteen minutes in hot oven.
swimming In its own Juices and most
delicious to the taste.
Apple dumplings baked in paper
bag are elevated from common dish
to a creation. Served with a sauce
made Of half cup Of softened butter,
a cup Of powdered sugar. teaspoon
i, of vanilla and half cup OF whipped
cream. II 1t is handy. will be ambrosia
| ut for the goddess.
salisbury steaks.-Put round steak
three times through the meat chop
per. to have 1t we'll cut; mix with
melted butter. salt and lemon Juice
using oneS own taste in regard to the
amount used and depending upon the
amount of meat. Pat out into long
fat cakes and put into a well-greased
paper bag to bake Just ten minutes
In hot oven. Serve with baked 20
tatoes.
Green bananas unpeoled. adding q
little water to the bag. will bake
nicely in twenty to twenty-five min
utes and are a delicious accompani
ment to the steaks with little lemon
and melted butter poured over them
i When baking small nllets Of meat
or biscuits. a griddle cake turner ID
an indispensable utensil in putting
things into the bags for cooking.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
COOPERATION IN NEBRASKA
Farmers' Congress Adopts Resolution
FavorIns Plan for System Of
Agricultural Credit.

At a recent meeting of the Nebras-
ka Farmers Congress. held at Omaha.
the following resolution was adopted:
whereas, After 300 years of the
American system of agriculture, in
the last 80 years Of which millions
upon millions of dollars have been
expended for higher agricultural edu-
cation and agricultural experiments.
the advance reports of the united CEN
sus show conclusivsly that the proper
ton of rural to urban population IL
decreasing. and,
whereas, The average yields of
the great food staples in the United
States are only fraction Of the po-
tential possibilities of the soil, as IL
demonstrated by the much greater
Yields in the leading European coun-
tries, followed In those countries by
crease in tenantry. proving conclu-
sively that the care Of the land and
the contentment of the people SO that
they will remain on the land are prob
lens which must be solved rightly, II
the bread-basket Of the nation is to
be kept filled. and.
Whereas. Great progress has been
made in some Of the countries Of Eu-
rope. and particularly in Germany. in
the solution of these problems
through system of cooperative agri-
cultural credits, and,
whereas, The International Insti.
tute Of Agriculture representative Of
40 governments Of which the United
States is one. has rendered its as
sistance to the farmers of Nebraska
in the study and solution of this prob
lem: therefore,
BE 1t Resolved. That this congress
create a committee of seven to devise
and formulate q system Of co-opera-
tive agricultural credit for the farm.
ers of Nebraska and report upon this
plan at the next annual meeting Of
this body.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
CALIFORNIAN LOSTA
MAIL ORDER BRIDE
After Paying for the Trousseau
and a Divorce the Western
Man Was lifted.
CALLED HIM A "JAY"
Farmer Even Was Willing to Take
Mothsr-in-Law Along, but Kan
sas Woman Changed Her
Mind at che Last
Moment.

Columbus, Kan.-After he had paid
all the expenses of her divorce from
her first husband. purchased, tickets
for her and her mother to Holtville.
Cal, where they were to be married.
and agreed to allow her mother to live
with them. Mrs. Minnie May Dewitt
Quarreled with J.. A. Ray and refused
to marry him.
Instead, Mrs. Dewitt IL said to be
preparing now to marry a young man
whom she met before she began q cor
respondenoe with Ray. whose acQuaint.
anoe she had made through a matri-
California home. He said he had no
feeling against Mrs. Dewitt. even II
she had changed her mind and called
him Jay"
Mrs. Dewitt is q pretty little wom-
an eighteen years old. She was mar
He'd three years ago, and about two
years ago, after the birth of daugh-
ter. she brought suit for divorce. Not
having the money to pay the court
costs. she allowed the case to rest on
the docket. Meantime she had become
dCQoaiAleo' IL ID bdloS Win q youh6
man here. and they desired to marry.
but neither had the money to pay the
costs Of divorce. One day Mrs. De-
Witt saw Rays name in a matrimonial
paper: She began a correspondence
with him and learned that he was for.
ty-three years old and the owner of a
fine Irrigated farm near Ell Sentro. He
wrote interesting letters and SO did
she. Photographs were exchanged and
finally they arranged to marry. Ray
sent generous check to Mrs. Dewitt
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
They Ran.aeked the Rooms.

eral of the rooms and escaped with
cash and articles valued at 5000. She
said the men came to her home In re-
Spouse to an advertisement which she
had inserted in newspaper Offering
1t for sale.
They said they liked the place, bpt
that the walls appeared to be shall
low" Mrs. Bredow told the police.
They asked me to go into one OF the
rooms and pound on the wall SO they
could tell by the sound whether it was
solid. 1 went from room to room
beating the partitions while they re-
NAMED in the dining room.
Finally they said the walls sounded
as II they were safe and they would
return later and buy my home. After
they went away I discovered that
they had stolen my valuables. One
was about forty years old and the
other about thirty-five."
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

lily, but I tell them Of my good friend,
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pound for painful periods and Irregular
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happiness to your wonderful medicine.
Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
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contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being tho
most successful remedy for woman's ILLS
known,
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE BUSY
HOUSEWIFE.

A most delicious tapioca pudding is
made with canned pears for an &C.
compartment.
A few prunes or cherries are an ad-
dition to a tapioca pudding
When making pastry, handle with
as little moisture as possible; the
more crumbly 1t is the more faky 1t
will be.
When putting on the top crust. Just
after rolling out, spread 1t with lard
and sprinkle with -four and pat 1t in.
then sprinkle with cold water Just be-
fore putting into the oven. 1t will
pun up and be very much fakier than
usual
In rheumatism the great remedy Is
elimination, getting rid Of the poisons
which go back into the system and
should be thrown of.
Put five or six sheets OF paper in
the bottom of fruit cake pan before
baking tho cake. and 1t will Be much
nicer. as the long baking tends to
make a hard crust, which is not al
lowed to form with the paper as pro
lection.
A most appetizing dish to be served
either for supper or luncheon 10 po-
tatoes and bacon. Put layer or two
of thinly sliced potatoes in a buttered
bakish dish and pour over thin white
sauce or simply milk with little sea-
soning of salt. pepper and butter.
Lay over the top a few slices of nice
bacon and set into the oven to bake
for an hour or longer. depending upon
the thickness of the potatoes. Serve
from the dish. as 1t looks almost as
good as 1t tastes.
Whole wheat right from the gran
ary, which can be bought for two
cents a pound. II cooked until soft
and the grains well cracked. makes an
ideal breakfast food for a growing
child, or in fact anybody. for with
cream and bit Of sugar 1t is a meal
In itself Children should not be al
lowed much sugar on breakfast foods;
none is better for most children. and
II they never have 1t they will not
miss It Soak the wheat after bruis-
ing 1t, II desired to crack the grains,
then put It on to cook for half a day.
A flreless cooker is nne place to
cook whole wheat
A hundred calorie portion Of pulled
wheat, for which we pay a cont and .
quarter. has no more nutriment in It
than the same amount Of whole wheat,
which costs a sixth Of cent.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
LIVING PREACHER is
CARRIED IN COFFIN
Arohdeaoon Rehearses His Flu.
neral In the Presence OF
His Congregation.

London.-One Of the most astound.
ing ceremonies ever witnessed In the
history of the Church Of England was
presented by the Venerable Archdea.
con Colley for the "edification" Of his
parishioners in the Church of st. Mi.
chael's and All Angels. at Stockton.
Warwickshire.
At the close Of an evening service
the archdeacon stepped into the cot.
I'm in which he means to be buried and
had himself carried around the church
In full view Of the congregation.
After the sermon. which was
preached on the text: Set Thy House
In Order" the eccentric archdeacon
amazed his hearers by saying: Not
feeling that am getting younger
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

Performance is q mans best pedi
gree.
Work never hurt any ono who didn't
want to be hurt.
There 10 nothing that gives = man
such safe anchorage In life a. = good
wife.
Temptation ID only an invitation {:
It does not become a wrong until you
accept 1t.
Always keep your promises. no mat
ter II doing 30 causes you whole
lot of Inconvenience.
Steps saved are wages saved, and
well-arranged premises save steps.
Make these plans before 1t Is too late
to change them.
The test of neighborliness 10 in
helping the man you dislike most OF
all. When certain man fell among
thieves 1t was his bitterest enemy that
saved his life.
When you seem to sec trouble ev-
erywhere. when others faults annoy
you. and when the whole world seems
blue. consult an oculist-your glasses
may be out of date.
The man who does right because It
is right hits the bull's-eye: but the
fellow who does right merely to ap-
pear well in the opinion Of his friends
is a mighty poor shot.
Has somebody hurt your feelings
Don't let your feelings control you.
Let your common sense assert its au-
thority. Feelings" might be defined
as what enjoys sitting on elbows
purposely to be hurt"
1t doesn't pay to do the things you
dislike in another. Just to get even"
with him. The boy who 10 liked on
the playground is not the one who
cheats or who acts SO much like q
cheat that he requires watching.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

every day have had my coffin-which
many of you for some years have
known has been made for me
brought over from the rectory music
room, and now is before you in the
chapel.
"On May 1. 1904. bequeathed my
body to the University of Birmingham
TOR medical students use, and to be
cut up in the interests of anatomical
and surgical science when have done
with it."
Then calling for his bearers" he
stepped. still clad In full canonicals. In
to the coffin. which stood on end. and
the glass cover was fixed In front Of
him.
Carried only breast high by the four
bearers, so that all might see. the cot
fined archdeacon was grayely borne
up and down the church.
AS 1t passed seat after seat the
startled practitioners gazed spellbound
at the spectacle. Some of them were
SO overcome that they sobbed; Others
crasies. giggled half Historically. while
others. shocked by the mockery o.
death filed from the church.
Returned to the chancel the glass
cover was removed from the coffin
and the body was heard to calculate
For this relief much thanks" Then
still standing in the coffin, he gave out
and joined Justify In singing the hymn
Praise God From Whom All Blessings
Flow.
The extraordinary proceedings
closed with the benediction In the Gus
tomary form, and the congregation
filed out. obviously relieved from 8
strain that was to most of them we'll
nigh unbearable.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
Bokhara Clover In Poland.

An American agricultural expert.
ment station seeks information In 70
gard to the plant known as sweet
clover (the two varieties OF which ars
Melilotus alba and Melilotus ofnein'
alis), which 10 stated to have orig
mated in Bokhara, Asiatic Russia
Bokhara clover Ia grown to a certain
extent in Poland, mostly for plowtnl
into the ground as q manure. A Ger
man publication says that 1t Is an OK
cellent nitrogen collector. being sown
with winter rye and plowed under
after the rye has been harvested. II
is said to enrich the soil with dry
substance of about ton to the acre
whereas lupine yields only about hall
Al much.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
viii Use Forum. for Roads.

Wilmington. Del.-General T. Cole
man du Pont, president Of the du Pont
Powder company and said to possess
fortune Of $4,000. 900 announces to-
day that he will give away all the sur
plus of his vast fortune in building
good roads. Delaware and adjoining
states will be the beneficiaries. "One
million dollars will keep a family
WELL" he declared. by an expendi-
ture of the balance of my possessions
/ can do a great good"
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
He Spoke Too Late.

This IL Maclyn .Arbuckle's story
and by way of giving proper credit 1t
should be added that Mr.. Arbuckle
has Just made something better than
good with a new sketch In vaudeville.
Mr.. Arbuckle found four negro por-
tiers engaged in poker at a hotel in
which he stopped recently. As MT.
Arbuckle has won money at poker
oh, yes, two or three times he has
won money at poker-he stopped and
looked on. BY and by along came a
Jackpot The ante was a dime. Only
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
No Credit, Pay Cash.

The old mortgage and credit system
ia rapidly weakening. Tho teaching
of the Farmers union is bearing fruit
Every true blue Farmers union man
is living at home and practicing the
most rigid enconomy. Thousands are
leaving the land Of bondage and en-
terine the promised land-the land of
pay-cash-as-you-go. Let US all Join the
band that is marching to the promised
land.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
Can't Blame Farmer.

A bank president of ofkus county.
Oklahoma, states that history does
not record one single instance of =
bank failure where the loans were
made to farmers, and says 1t never
will be because the closest intimacy
exists between the banks and the
farmer in the matter OF loans and de-
posts.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
PerxersItY Of Nature.

His father was busy and had eau
toned him not to ask foolish Ques.
lions, SO he said to the boy when he
came into the room:
AS long as this isn't fool question.
what is it?"
And this is what the boy PROFOUND.
ed:
When you've a sore throat. dad.
and 1t hurts you to swallow. why do
you want to swallow all the timer"
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
HOME ROBBED IN ODD STYLE
Housewife Told to Pound Wall, and
While She Does Thieves Loot
Rooms.

Chicago.-Two well dressed men.
who posed as real estate agents. sue
ceeded In persuading Mrs. Catherine
Bredow, widow. 674s Southport ave-
nue., to keep pounding on walls in her
home to test their solidity the other
afternoon while they ransacked sew
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15

New York.-"Nothing doing; no al
vorce dinner for me: I've forgotten 1
ever knew that woman Lima Cavalieri,"
declared ex-Sheriff Bob Chanler. when
told the famous diva's divorce had
been made final.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
Wintering Horses.

It is question whether the so
called cheap wintering Of horses 10
really cheap or expensive. Remember
that the horse must have nourishment
to live and maintain his strength.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-15
Find Chinese stow.w.v..

tyler. Tex.-Wreckers gathering up
the debris Of smashed freight car
found six Chinese stowaways who
had been smuggled in from Mexico.
All were unhurt and were arrested.