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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

found her in the kitchen rubbing OIL
on her blistered hands and arms.
What does all this mean?" he ask.
ed abruptly.
What does what mean?"
Who are you and what are you
doing here?"
i am Jane White, servant in
your mothers employ"
You are a servant only through
some whim Of your own. want an
explanation"
For several minutes the maid did
not reply. Finally she dragged her
reluctant eyes up to the mans keen,
wondering ones.
am Coral Nielson-yes, the Coral
Nelson who inherited the great Mel
son estate. My parents died when /
was baby. An aunt brought me up.
sne was a hard, selfish woman, i'm
uued with the belief that wealth
makes a class which has no obliga-
IONS to less fortunate beings. l did
AoI realize that had grown up to be
seihsh, self-absorbed woman, utterly
Nl'hout sympathy for the troubles of
women In other walks of life.
The revelation came to me from a
nousemaid. She was the daughter of
farmer, a rosy-cheeked, happy girl,
WIN no knowledge of class distinc-
uohs' One day, when by a particu-
,aHy cutting remark l tried to show
ner the difference in our stations. she
Hafeu forth. All her wholesome
t..ue' her innate self-respect, declared
"eI Indignation against any selfish In
so'ehce' She spoke with a dignity
"HU grief that awed me-and awak-
eHvu me. I saw myself as / was, a
o1''"us' heartless snob. There was
U"e chance Of reformation for me, l
."ought, That was to rouse my heart
!mpathy and love for other wom-
~ determined to see life from the
"ers side, to know their labors
'N sorrows. The little housemaid
i-gnt me her work, and went out
- world to do 1t. l have been a
ggsemaid, shall be a factory girl
slU learn what they have to suffer, 7
rru.l De clerk in great store where
men as cruel as l was shall treat
ne soulless, bloodless automaton.
t-'oush the experience of mutual
,s e,lSsuips | shall learn love and sym
my Tor other women"
:, 'Ou nave made a good beginning
was working woman whose life
'''eu at the risk of your own"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Copyright Isra. by Associated Literary Pres.

DR.. George Moultrie looked up from
his book at the maid who was busting
his study. Several times 1t had oc.
mothers other maids.
The tightly fitting black dress show.
ed the lined of a slender, erect young
figure. Her hair was brushed tightly
back into a hard knot. Her head,
with its unbecoming hair arrangement
and the white cap Of service, was held
well back on her shoulders as If the
firm, round chin had all the girls life
been tilted at a pronounced angle. Her
hands were email, with long, taperlng
fingers. They had the roughness of
labor, but not the distorted joints Of
excessive hard work
She turned and met his curious
scrutiny. Her face REDEEMED and a
look of apprehension flashed in her
eyes. She whirled around and re-
sumed the welding of her dustcloth.
That afternoon wild, frightened
screams rang suddenly through the
house. DR.. Moultrie, bounding down
the stairs, saw in the drawing room q
cloud of smoke. through which he
could distinguish several figures. On
the floor near an overturned tea table,
whose alcohol lamp had started the
fire, lay a woman covered with a rug.
Beside her knelt Jane, the housemaid,
pressing the rug close about the wom-
an and beating with her hands the
flames that shot from under the rug
Around them screamed his mother
and her friends.
In a moment the fire was extin-
guished. The injured woman was the
cook, who had ben assisting the maid
In the drawing room when the table
had been overturned.
When the cook had been made
comfortable in her own room DR..
Moultrie went in search Of Jane. He
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

One-half cupfui of cornmeal, one
half cupful OF white -four, one table
spoonful baking powder, one salt
spoonful salt. one tablespoonful brown
sugar, one tablespoonful maple syrup,
two tablespoonfuls melted butter, one
supful sweet milk, one egg. Mix -four,
salt, cornmeal, sugar and baking pow
der together. To the milk add the beat
en- egg, syrup and melted butter. Stir
this liquid into the dry mixture and
beat until smooth. Bake in hot creased
muffin tins Is to 20 minutes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
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ADVANTAGES OF TRAP NESTS
BY Use Of Device Number Of Eggs
Laid by Each Hen May Be AS
certaIned Without Trouble.

The primary object OF using trap
nests is to develop a heavy laying
strain. 1t has been found by the use
of trap nests that the number Of eggs
laid per hen in an average flock varies
from 40 TO PAS. Without using trap
nests. the results from such flock
would be uncertain and probably un-
satisfactory. 1t is the object of the
poultryman to breed and build up the
strain which lays the heaviest, by
breeding to the heavy producers.
For fanciers, the trap nest is indis-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Couldn't Do Il,

"Unhand me, wretch"
The tense tones of the heroine float
ed out over the auditorium, and the
people in the boxes stopped right in
the middle of their conversation.
1t was, indeed, a crucial moment.
The villain gazed at her with cold,
cruel sheer on his grease paint. Then
he Kissed:
Il am no surgeon"
But the next performance, the stage
manager made him cut that out.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
MANY Planets Added 70 List

During the year 1911 fifty-eight
small planets were discovered, but
eight of these were found on examina.
ton to be identical with bodies pre-.
viously observed, so that on balance
there are fifty asteroids to be added
TO the family that circulate around the
sun between Mars and Jupiter. o.
these, more than thirty were discover.
ed at Heidelberg, the next largest con
tribution coming from the Transvaal
observatory at Johannesburgh.-The
Athenaeum.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Fertility Of Euus,

The disposition of the male bird has
considerable to do with the fertility
of the eggs. A male that is greedy and
quarrelsome is apt TO drive hens
away from the feed and gulp down
more than is good for him. Such
males become overfat and conse-
quently sluggish.
On the other hand, the too gallant
male will stand back while the hens
are helping themselves. His condition
Is as bad as the greedy bird. for he is
undefed and has not the proper
strength to fertilize.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

pensable on account of the fact that
in the ordinary pen there are from
six to IL females to one male. II trap
nests are used, and there are as many
as there are females in the pen, II is
possible to distinguish each hens
eggs. while If the trap nests are not
used, this is impossible.
The use of trap nests goes far to
prevent the hens forming the habit of
eggeating. They are likely to form
this habit If kept in limited quarters.
If so kept, they are probably not given
the very best food, and probably not
enough of it, especially animal food.
The accompanying drawings of a
bank of trap nests are self-explana-
tory. The nests are built without any
top or bottom. The hen enters through
the back of the nest, brushing under
the hanging wire, which releases the
door. She then passes on to the nest
compartment toward the front end.
To inspect the nest, and to remove
the hen, ascertain her number, and Sc
cure the eggs. the front door is sim.
ply unbuttoned, and let down. II will
be noticed that the two doors are fas-
tened together with a cord. so that
when the front door Is let down, the
trap is automatically set again. The
hen will find it difficult to leave
through the back door at this time, as
the hanging wire permits her to go
one way only. These are so simple
that in making them in almost any
quantity, the material should not cost
over Is cents. at most, per trap nest.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
The Honest Rustic.

While an honest rustic was rubber
Ing through the city he saw sign in
a bookstore window which read:
Burns Works for So"
Contrary to all precedent and ex-
pectation, the honest rustic did not
get on his wagon and go in and ask
If Burns worked by the week or by
the month. No, indeed, he clucked to
his horse, and said
Il hope he gets IT,"
For the honest rustic had once been
lured to city job.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Parliamentary Procedure.

Pardon me-" says the creditor to
the legislator, "but might I call your
attention to your bill for Christmas
purchase, which has beea sent you
couple of time already?"
MY dear sir" responds the legisla-
tor. sticking his right hand into the
bosom Of his frock coat and thrusting
his cowlick back with his left hand.
My dear sir, your bill has been
passed to the second reading. 1t will
have to follow the regular course, al
though l will expedite 1t as much as
possible If it comes out OF commit
tee"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Almond Cake,

Take two ounces Of butter and beat
Il well with one ounce OF sugar. Then
add to it two well.beaten eggs, beat.
ing the mixture well together. Sift
into 1t two ounces of flour, add two
tablespoons Of ground almonds and
half a taspoonful of almond extract.
The cake should be baked in a tin
lined with creased paper, in a mod.
crate oven, and sugar be sifted over
the top.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Enulish Monkev.

Soak one cup bread crumbs in one
cup Of milk for fifteen minutes. Add one
tablespoonful melted butter to one
half cup cheese, broken into small
pieces and stir them in the chatting
dish till the cheese is melted To
this add the bread crumbs and milk,
one egg well beaten salt and pepper.
Cook until creamed and serve on
crackers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

The old hand organ in the street
Has not the gaudy gold and gilt
The new ones have-but, oh, the sweet
Old tunes 1t plays with limping lit
The Harp That Once Through Tara's
Halls"
Jim Crow and annie Laurie too
And, answering its bugle calls,
The old times rise for me and you.
Then You'll Remember Me" Il plays
And straight our memories go back
Through all the cead years mellow haze
With frequent pause along the track.
And then we see the grass-grown streets,
The orchards gieaming in the sun,
Where grooming bees search out the
sweets
And shadows through the grasses run.
we see the flash of merry eyes;
We see the charm OF old-time smiles;
And. ere the old-time music dies,
We live again the olden whites.
We walk the pathway In the lane
And daydream as we used to then,
For in the ripping old refrain
The old times come TO life again,
Play. old hand organ in the street!
Play every song we used TO sing,
And let our hearts in cadence beat
With each glad memory they bring.
ray In your hating, careless way,
The fine old tunes that softly tell
or every God-made, happy day
In those old times we love so we'll.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Perch for Chickens.

Perches should be IL inches apart
and not closer than Is inches to the
wall or ceiling. Show birds, especial
ly Leghorns or similar type, should be
kept at greater distance from walls
and ceilings. Many good birds are
spoiled by grooming" their tails
against the walls.
There are several methods of max.
ing movable perches One OF the most
common is by Ringing them to the
wall at the hack.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

]
curled dock; 4, lady's thumb; 5, lambs
rot; 8, cloved dodder; 9, field dodder;
10, rat-tail pIantaln; II, buckhorn; ~
pIantaln; 10, raeweed; IA, Canada
thistle; rs, wild chicory.
der If the ground is poor in humus.
Even where it is cut for hay and only
the roots and stubble turned under IL
has a marked influence in increasing
the yields of succeeding crops. 1t
makes an ideal hay for cattle and in
the clover sections should constitute
from one-half to two-thirds of the
roughage ration of milk cows. Sheep
and young stock of all kinds make ex-
cellent gains on either the pasture or
the hay. In addition to its usefulness
as a food for animals 1t has most
important effect upon the land in
maintaining the supply of nitrogen in
the soil. BY means of the nitrogen
fixing organism on it's roots the red
clover plant is able to gather large
quantities of nitrogen from the air
and leave II in the soil in form which
can readily be utilized for growing
crops. If not infrequently happens
that the yield OF a grain crop can be
doubled by the growing and blowing
under OF a crop of clover.
The most serious problem at present
confronting the American farmer in
many of the clover sections is the in
creasing difficulty of successfully
maintaining stands of clover upon the
farm.
With continuous cropping and the
consequent depletion of the soil of
humus and plant food the difficulty of
growing red clover is greatly in
creased. This condition must be met
and solved, since the loss of clover or
its equivalent from the rotation leads
rapidly to a rundown farm and un-
profitable crop yield.
1t should be emphasized, however,
that the mere introduction of red
clover into the farm rotation is not
in itself sufficient procedure to main
tain indefinitely the productivity of
the farm. The clover plant adds only
the nitrates 10 the soil, and removes
large quantities of potash, phosphorus
and lime from the soil, especially
when cut for hay and the manure re-
sulting therefrom Is not returned to
the land The increased supply OF
nitrogen may In fact stimulate the
soil to increase yields, temporarily,
only to leave It, after few years, in
condition worse than If no clover
had been grown.
1t is important that considerable
care be taken in choosing the seed to
be sown. If poor seed is used, the ex-
pected crop may be partial or total
failure.
Red clover seed may be poor and
undesirable from several points of
view, Such seed Is constantly being
sold to farmers and should be recog-
nized and rejected. II may be poorly
developed, many seeds being shriveied
and dull brown in color. Such seeds
Will not produce plants. Often red
clover is adulterated by the use Of vel
low trefoil dead clover seed, cheap
imported seed or weedy screenings.
Each of these constituents reduces the |
stand of healthy plants and makes the |
purchaser pay for what he does not |
get, transportation included. He is |
likely to get an undesired crop OF
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
PERCH SPACE FOR CHICKENS
Small Hens Should Be Allowed SIX
Inches, While Larger Bids Should
Be Given Eight.

AS a general rule, small hens should
have about six inches of perch space.
while the larger hens should be al
lowed eight inches. In the winter
they huddle closer together, but in
the summer there should be plenty of
room to allow them to spread out,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Ihose Professors

First College PROFESSIONALISM are
you going to do next to get your
name in the papers?
Second College Professor-I was
thinking of declaring that the diction-
airy is too wordy to be considered
good literature.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Hen Not Sentimental.

There is no sentiment in a hen.
Her only object in life is TO get
enough to eat. If she is given that
and a warm, well-ventilated house to
sleep IN all night, a dry sheltered
place in winter, she will do the rest
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Warnino,

When the humble poets notice that the
leaves are turning red,
And the farmers take potatoes from their
cosy summer bed,
And the cider mill is running and the
coal man wears a smile,
Ana the women folks are fretting over
what might be the style
Then the PAROLES will roll in every min
ute by the clock
On The frost is on the punltin' an the
folders in the shock"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
White Grape Pie.

Line a pie plate with an under
crust and bake. Make an orange or
lemon jelly from gelatin. When the
crust is cool 1ll with white winter
grapes from which the stones have
been removed. When the jelly begins
TO stitfen pour It among and over the
grapes, stand aside until perfectly
GOLD.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
Dramatic Deceit

why, this is not soup at ALL" whis
pered the leading lady TO the heavy
villain at the stage banquet Its
only water"
Yes" said the heavy villain, at is
merely suping for the soup"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06
A MelI-kept Lawn.

No scene pleases the eye moe than
beautiful and welLkept lawn with
comfortable farm home in the
center.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-06

Seeds Of red clover and common i'm
purities: I, red clover; 2, tretoIl; 8,
curled dock; 4, lady's thumb; 5, lambs
quarters; 6, wild mustard; 7, wild car
rot; 8, cloVed dodder; 8, field dodder;
10, rat-tail pIantaln; II, buckhorn; ~,
plantaln; 10, raeweed; IA, Canada
thistle; is, wild chicory.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-28

Numerous complaints are being
sent in at this time to the College of
Agriculture of the work OF worm in
sweet corn. This is the common corn
earworm or green corn worm. the cot
ton holl--worm Of the south. In its
earlier moods 1t has worked on corn
and other plants all summer but now
that the ears are forming it confines
its attention almost entirely to them.
There Is no really satisfactory way
Of controlling the earworm, but on
small patches of sweet corn it Is often
profitable to dust with arsenate OF lead
powder The dust is applied lightly
and evenly over the leaves and silks
by means OF blower or even With a
muslin bag. Treatment is repeated
two or three times per week. This is
good practice for field corn which is to
be saved for seed or show.
On a large scale the ear-worm in.
Jury can be materially lesseued BY
cultural measures applied co-operat
lively over large area but the indi-
vitual alone can do little in this way.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-28
SECRETARY NAyLOR
SECURING EXHIBITS
FOR LAND SHOW

State Board Of Trade Anxious That
State Have Many Exhibits at Chi
caoo and urges the People to &c.
come More Active--Exhihits viii
Be Shown Throughout the Country.
Mr.. Roy b. Naylor. secretary of the
state board of trade, with headquar-
ters at Wheeling, is In the city in the
interest OF the Chicago Land SHOW,
which will be held In November.
Today Mr., Naylor was very busy
meeting fruit growers of this sec.
section, and interesting them in pre-
pairing their exhibits for the big show,
which is assured to be the greatest
ever held in the country
The state beard of trade viii have
the West Virginia exhibits under SUI
peryision and viii see that they are
well cared for and are given a prom.
inent place. The exhibits from this
state will embrace every product
known, and 1t is safe to predict that
there will be lively contest IN CIV.
cry class for premiums.
At the last session OF the state leg
islature considerable money was ap-
propriated to defray the expense OF
the states part in the show, and also
to encourage the people to become SC
interested that they will have their
exhibits at the show and compete
for the premiums offered.
Mr.. Naylor is anxious that the East
en Panhandle be we'll represented
He not only wants tho fruit, but he
desires samples of the soil. In fact
everything that has made this section
OF the state famous. All exhibits will
be given free transportation by the
.B. & o. railroad, and, after the show
the exhibits VIII be carried over the
country and shown in every large
city and then returned home.
Today Mr.. Naylor received much
encouragement from the fruit grow
ers and the Eastern Panhandle will
have exhibits at the show that will
be equal to any in the country.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-28
DR.. THOMAS HOME
AFTER BAD MlSRAP
Says He Fell from Car Platform at
Marion, Ind, Just as Train
Started

DR.. w. N. Thomas, a we'll known
physician OF this CITY, returned last
night from Marion. Ind, where he hal
been in a hospital for two weeks as
the result OF an accident in which
his left arm was broken at the elbow
and left shoulder dislocated by fall
ing from a railroad train While on his
way to Pond Greek. Oklahoma, on a
business trip. His son, DR.. G. A.
Thomas, accompanied him home from
Marion, having been called there
shortly after the accident.
DR.. Thomas still has his arm in a
plaster paris cast but expects to be
alright again before long, though at
present he is naturally much inccn-
yenienced by the bandage.
This paper published an account of
the accident a few days afterwards
that was taken from a Wheeling pa
per purporting to be a special dis
Patch from Marion, Ind, in which it
was stated that Dr. Thomas had sud
denly become demented on a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train and jumped out
of car window with suicide intent,
sustaining the injuries already de-
seribed. This was doing the doctor a
great injustice because his mishap
was due to an entirely different cause
ccording to a statement he made to-
day.
Dr. Thomas says that on the after.
noon of Saturday, September Z, he
was going west on a train on the
Pennsylvania railroad and that as the
train came to full stop at the cross
ing of the Big Four, which is short
distance from the depot at Marion,
Ind, he left the smoker and started
to walk back to the day coach. AS he
reached the platform, the vestibule
doors having already been opened
the train gave a sudden start, he says,
and threw him headlong to the tracks
He was picked up and conveyed to
hospital and his wants attended to,
and where he remained till he started
home.
DR.. G. A. Thomas was apprised CT
the accident that had pefalleD his
father and left at once for Marion
On his return here last night he learn
ed of the newspaper dispatch referred
to, and which is herewith cheerfully
corrected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-28

and Tripoli occupied the attention Of
the congress, and the criticism BY Or.
Cobalt president of the International
Peace bureau. of Germany's attitude
in Morocco, brought the German dele
gates 70 their feet in heated protest.
DR. Gobat was obliged to make a semi
apology. and to assure them he did
not inteEd to infer that either the
German Government or the German
Nation was responsible for bringing
war so close. The prevailing Chau
vinism OF Europe was, he said respon-
sible for that crisis. 4
Representatives of the French
Christian Society of reace said they
thought some OF the blame for this
crisis might be attached to France
for intervening in Morocco.
This caused another uproar and as
the factions were unable to reconcile
their differences. the subject was re-
ferred TO a committee which is try
to produce formula which will not
offend either side
When the Italian adventure in Trip
ollie vas preached in the discussion,
such an uproar arose that the speak
er was obliged to suspend his re
marks.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-09-28
CUBA PAYS PROMPTLY
Sewer Contract InstalIments No De-
faulted After Warning

Havana, Sept 26.-The Cuban Gov
eminent has paid its monthly install.
ment on the Havana sewer and paw
ing contract amounting to about
100000. According to the Presiden-
tial statement, the money was deriv-
ed from the reserve fund of the inter-
nal revenue.
Last month the Government de-
faulted for the first time in this pay
ment, declaring that it had no more
money in the treasury The contrac-
tors appealed to the American Lega-
ton, and the account was met.
The Legation also notified the Gov
eminent this month that it was I'M
perative that the payment should be
continued promptly, according to the
agreement.