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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
His Turn Next.

Little Boy (who has just seen his
mother dismiss the servant for staying
away from home the previous night
FIVE or six hours without leave):-
Mamma, wasn't 1t very wrong in Mary
to stay out so late?
Mamma Undignantly)-Yes, Char
lie, and very impudent, too, she was.
But | won't keep such person in my
house.
Little Boy-When are you going to
dismiss papa?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

A keen student OF human nature
must have written the following;
When you see young man sailing
down a street shortly after midnight
with his collar crumplcd. you can
make up your mind that there's a
young girl crawling upstairs not far
distant, with her shoes under her arm
and an extinguished lamp in hAr
hand"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Bridde Scandal.

Shelf you should hold hand like
that
To you what make would best ap-
pear?
He-Why, If held hand like yours,
think I'd make It diamonds, dear.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
No Scabs.

Flushing Bride-What was that our
dearest?
The Groom-Honey. love, that was
a union label
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

CURES ITCHING SKIN DISEASES.
Coles Carboisalve stops itching md makes
the skin smooth. All druggists. Is and soc. Adv
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Take good care OF heifers.
Manure the garden in the fall.
Put the machinery under cover.
The prop of the dairy"-a well
He'd silo.
Give the weanling colts all the oats
hey will eat.
The hen that fattens readily is usu-
lily not good layer
An ounce of salt to a pound OF but
.er is about the right average.
Gather your vegetables before heavy
'rosts and store in suitable places.
Cuts laceratioI.s and bruises are
treated in the COW the same as in
man.
Sweet clover is one OF the most
valuable crops for improving run
down soils.
After the haying and harvesting are
completed, change the sheep from the
regular pasture.
The eve flock should be run through
the mill and culled Just as the wheat
is before sowing.
Dusty feeding places are very in
furious, and lack of sunshine for
early pigs is detrimental.
Somehow the poultry yard seems
to be the very last place that reforms
In stock breeding take place.
The ideal time for picking apples
Is a matter that must be settled to a
large degree by the individual.
B A liberal banking Of sheds on the
north side will prove a boon to the
cows when the cold weather comes.
At this season of the year with the
WI. AilE VI NAt luil ans q vi = oAiNA
Ter should be provided for the sheep.
The value of livestock on the farm
for turning low-priced products into
good money has never been thorough
ly understood.
Fall blowing usually produces a bet
ter corn crop than spring blowing,
the ground being mellowed by the
frost and rain.
1t is said by observers that a hog
roots in the ground for alkali which
it finds in the soil and which aids
him in digestion.
Let the hogs husk their own corn.
Corn and soy beans corn and rape, or
corn and pumpkins, will pSduce pork
for So per Cwt. or less.
Fall is a better time TO manure the
garden or potato patch than spring.
+ The richness has time to soak into
the soil during the winter.
Don't leave any rotten fruit lying
around in the orchard for the insect
pests to harbor in this winter and
, hatch their young out next spring.
, One lesson that short hay crops
have taught us is that crop Of hay
, can be raised along the roadside
where weeds had their home before.
The dairyman who is trying, with
dry feed, to compete with the man
with a silo might as well make up
his mind to get silo next summer.
Rub the cows udder with damp
, cloth before milking We would dis,
i charge a mixer whom we caught wet
ting the teats with milk drawn into
! the hand
; Fruit picking must be done care
: fully, as all bruised fruit quickly de
) Gays Do not leave any decayed
fruit on the trees or lying around on
, the ground.
, Cattle uniformly of the same color
, aud general conformation make a
much better appearance in the pas
! ture fields or in the farm yard than
! those Of great variety of colors and
general appearance.
1t is always best to give slop OF
Z drink Of any kind 10 hogs before they
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Occasionally patient swears by his
doctor, but more often at him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07
Geese are easy to raiss.

Study individual tastes in the cows,
md feed accordingly.
Australia raises nearly 10000 900
acres of wheat year.
To most farmers the old COW looks
better than she used to.
Better three good COWS any time
than a half dozen scrubs.
High feeding, unless the horse is
used every day is a positive injury.
Keep the sire In service just as
long as Improvement follows his use.
A little green corn in the stalk oc
casional!y will be relished by the
hogs.
Regularity in milking hours means
more milk i'm the pail with the same
feed.
The fall plowed land should not be
worked, but should be left rough over
winter.
The onion crop in Texas was so
large this year that it barely paid ex-
penses.
Better than saving the largest pota-
toes is to save the seed from the most
productive hills.
The yellow condition of the alfalfa
indicates that it has not received suf-
ticient nitrogen.
II your garden is too wet at times
remember that fall is a good time to
put In the drains.
II alfalfa or clover will not thrive in
your climate or soil it is pretty GER
tain cowpeas will.
Hairy or winter vetch may be sown
in the fall, and will be a very useful
early spring forage
Give the wethers extra grain and
send them to market before the pas
ture is dried and short.
If the pigs are thrifty and doing
well that is good evidence that they
are being pretty well fed.
If you are tired OF making milk on
high.priced mill feed why not try al
falfa, clover or cowpeas next year?
Save the wood ashes during the
coming winter and you will have the
best kind of fertilizer for the orchard
Many a new and valuable imple-
ment is left out all winter more
through carelessness than anything
else.
Close housing and bad ventilation in
the COW stable are favorable con-
ditions for starting tuberculosis in a
herd.
Good breeding and good feeding are
so closely related that they must go
together, one is useless without the
other.
If sheep are in a good thrifty con-
dition at the start two months of
good feeding will properly fatten for
market.
Why not lay by the returns from
the next few dozen eggs and buy a
bone cutter? 1t will pay for itself in
one winters time
4 horse may be sound in every par
ticular but If he has not n level head
he is never a pleasant horse and
rarely a valuable one.
A spool of copper wire viii come in
handy for repairing all sorts of small
breaks. Even common ballng wire
finds hundreds of uses.
With beef prices soaring, the temp.
| tation to sell dairy heifer calves for
veal is strong, but the foresighted
dairyman does not think of giving in
to 1t.
Apples have been found to keep
better il well colored and ripened
though not oyerripe Picking should
not be delayed till this fruit com.
mences to fall.
Ensilage cannot be destroyed by
fire and is the best feed produced on
the farm for the COW in milk. The
dairyman who does not build a silo
is wasting part of his profits
Fodder that is somewhat green
when cut should be left very lightly
tied in the shock for a day or two in
order that it may cure out before be
ing tied and bound tightly together.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

Some farmers have so much TO do
that manure lies around their yards
from year 70 year just naturally rot
ting down whore 1t does harm instead
OF good What is the use Of mapping
out so much TO do that often that
which is most profitable has to be
left uudone?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-07

No breed of farm stock Is so highly
developed that it can be kept at a
high standard without careful selec-
ton and culling The fact that stock
has attained high plane Is evidence
OF selection that must be continued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
BURNED AND ITCHED BADLY

500 Lincoln Park Blvd, Chicago, Ill.
"A year ago received a very severe
burn on my left arm. l caught cold in
1t and 1t was all sore and liberated.
The sore was as large as silver dol
lar. 1t was all red and in1amed and
had pus running out Of 1t. I suffered
terribly from burning pain; could not
sleep for two weeks it burned and
itched SO badly. l applied - Salve,
- Salve and a salve my druggist
recommended as his own, but got no
relief. I then commenced using the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. / bathed
the burned parts with Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment on
a linen bandage. I got relief from the
first, and my arm healed nicely. I was
soon able to be at work again. Had l
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment at
first would have avoided lots Of sur
fering." (Signed) Harry Junke. Mar.
8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Add. post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston" Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair, the 22-year-old son OF the
ffty-million- dollar copper king OF Blair
town. Mont. Is a guest at the English
home Of Lady Galorey Dams father had
his Tisit TO the United States and the
courtesy is now being returned to the
young man; The youth has an ideal girl
In bis mind. He meets Lily. Duchess or
BreAkwater. a beautiful widow. who is
attracted by his immense fortune and
takes liking to her. When Dan was a
ne had never forgotten her. The Ga
ioreys. Lily and Dan attend London
tneater where one Lefty Lane Is the star
Dan recognizes her as the girl from his
duces himself and she remembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky is
sutton and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
lorev and a friend named RugGles deter
mine TO protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters. Young Blair
goes to see Lily: he can talk of nothing
put Lefty and this angers the. Duchess;
The westerner finds Lefty III from hard
york, but she RECEIVERS and Ruggles and
Dan invite her to supper She asks Dan
to build home for disappointed the
atricaI people. Dan visits Lily. for the
time forgetting Lefty. and later an
nouNves his engagement to the duchess.
Lefty refuses to sing for an entertain
i tba, E'ye n, by LILY GalOrey tells Dan Dan
It is disclosed that he and the duchess
nave been mutually in love for years.
Let-y sings at an aristocratic function,
Dan escortinG her home Dan confronts
Galorey and Lily together. Later he in
forms Lefty that his engagement with
Lny Is broken, asks the singer to marry
him; and they become engaged. Ruggles
thinks the westerner should not marry
q public singer and endeavors to induce
Lefty to give him up. She runs away.
tearing she is not good enough for Dan,
has abandoned his love Finally Dan
Tncs Lefty In Paris. -.'..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20

his gray clothes disappearing through
the vista of meeting trees. e,..-..
For moment she stared after him,
her eyes fastened on the tall, slender,
beautiful young man. Blair's fire and
ardor his fresh youthfulness, his pro-
lection and his chivalry, his ardent de-
votion, touched her profoundly. Tears
fell, and one splashed on her white
glove Was he really going to ruin
his life? The old ballad, THE Earl
of Moray" ran through her head:
"And long may his lady look from the
castle wall"
Dan had neither title nor. according
to Ruggles, had he any money, and
she could marry the prince; but Dan,
as he walked so fast away. misery
swapping at his heels as he went,
stamping through the woods. seemed
glorious to Lefty Lane and the only
one she wanted in the world. What IL
anything should happen to him really?
What il he should really start out to
do the town according to the fashion
of his Anglo-Saxon brothers, but more
desperately still? She took card
from the case in the corner of the car,
scrubbed few words, told the man to
drive around the curve and meet the
outlet of the path by which Dan had
gone When she saw him within
reaching distance she sent the chauf-
feur across the woods to give Mr..
Blair her scrubbed word and consoled
herself with the belief that Dan
wouldn't "go to the dogs or throw
himself In the river until he had seen
her again
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
FOREIGN BELIEFS ARE QUEER
Spanish Wedding Is Ruined IL One
Person Appears Entirely in Black
Some Other Signs.

In Spain the wedding is spoiled II
one of the guests appears entirely In
black, or if the bride looks into
mirror after orange blossoms and veil
are fastened in her headdress.
When a persons hair ends split, it's
taken by the superstitious for a sign
that she is either witch or has been
bewitched. AS blond hair splits more
readily than dark hair, all witches.
spirits and sorceresses have blond or
red hair, according to popular belief.
Likewise, according to the standard OF
art.
On the marriage eve there is often
much good-natured rivalry between
the groom and the bride in the SlaV
countries as to who shall blow out
the candle, for the person who does
will be first to die" 1t is impossible
to trace the origin Of this superstition,
yet it prevails in aristocratic society
as well as in the peasants hut, even
as like this, that Ito insure the life
and health of the children" the WON
an must occupy the right side Of the
bed. In addition, she must not smoke
before her forty-ifth year.
There is q superstition in this coun-
try and many others against burning
a broom. The bud of birch broom is
used in southern Germany as pre-
ventive against erysipelas. These
buds, piece of yellow wax and some
other articles are inclosed in pink
silk bag, secured with red silk and
worn on the back of the neck. The
person must change his shirt every
Friday. 5000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
TEXT TAKEN TOO LITERALLY
Ten-Year-oId Julia Gets Into Bad
Graces Of Mother by Giving
Tramp a Half-DoIIar.

BE not forgetful to entertain
strangers; for thereby some have en-
tertained angels unawares."
The foregoing quotation is from
chapter 13, verse 2, Book of Hebrews,
and it Is introduced solely because 1t
constitutes vital part of this story.
Julia is ten years old and she goes to
Sunday school. 1t appears that on
recent occasion the Sunday school
teacher had considerable to say about
this matter Of entertaining angels
unawares." Anyway, it made deep
impression with Julia.
A few days after the lesson Julia's
mother left her in charge of the house
for few hours. When the mother re-
turned she went to a particular cup
in the cupboard to extract therefrom
one-half dollar. In this cup is kept
the family pin money, and Julia's
mother knew that she had put fifty
cents there before she had gone out.
But the half dollar was gone. There
was an expression of anxiety on
Julia's face and mother scented mis-
chief.
did you take that money!" asked
the mother, somewhat severely.
Julia broke into tears. Il gave it to
Q man that came to the back door,"
sobbed the little girl. ....
Gave it to a mani" exclaimed the
mother. What for?" ...
Il thought he might be Cod" tear
fully replied Julia.-Kansas City Star.
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you think you are the only person who
has asked me to marry him, Dan. 7
am going to marry Prince Ponio-
towsky. He is perfectly crazy about
me-
Until that moment she had not
made him think that she was indiffer-
ent to him, and the idea that such a
thing was possible, was too much for
his overstrained heart to bear. Dan
cried her name in voice whose ap-
peal was like a hurt creatures, and
as the hurt creature In its suffering
sometimes springs upon its torturer,
he flung his arms around her as she
sat in the motor, held her and kissed
her. then set her free, and rs the
motor flew along, tore open the door
to spring out or to throw himself out,
but clinging to him she prevented his
mad act. She stopped the car along
the edge of the quiet, wooded alice.
Blair saw that he had terrified her.
She covered her beating heart with
her hands and gasped at him that he
was crazy, crazy" and perhaps lit
tie late his dignity and self-possession
returned
Il am mad" he acknowledged more
calmly. land / am sorry that | fright
ened you. But you drive me mad"
Without further word he got out
and left her agitated, leaning toward
him, and Blair, less pale and thor
oughly the man, lifted his hat to her
and. with unusual grace. bowed good
night and good-by. Then, rushing as
he had come, he walked off down
through the alice. his gray figure in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
CHAPTER XVII.
At Maxim's.

AT the Meurice. Miss Lane gave
strict orders to admit only Mr.. Blair
to her apartments. She described
him. No sooner had she drunk her
cup of tea, which Higgins gave her.
than she began to expect Dan.
He didn't come.
Her dinner. without much appetite.
she ate alone In her salon; saw a doc
tor and made him prescribe something
for the cough that racked her chest;
looked out to the warm. bright gardens
of the Tuilleries fading into the pallid
loveliness of sunset. Indifferent to
everything in the world-except Dan
Blair. She believed she would soon
be Indifferent to him. too; then every
thing would be done with. Now she
wondered had he really gone-had he
done what he threatened? Why didn't
he come? At twelve o'clock that night.
as she lay among the cushions of her
sofa, doing, the door of her parlor
vas pushed in. She sprang up with
a cry of delight; but when Ponio-
towsky came up to her she exclaimed:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
Old Roman Wan unearthed.

A part of the wall which once en-
closed old st. Paul's, London. has been
discovered in excavations at the cor
ner of Paternoster Row and St. Paups
alley in London. The wall, which Is
about 60 feet long, is made of chalk
and rubble, and was built in the
twelfth century. On the same site
pieces of a Roman amphora Roman
vases and some Samian ware have
also been found. Other finds" include
a cancels skull unearthed in High Hol-
born and a large quantity of pipes OF
the eighteenth century. Under some
old stables in Bartholomew Close
one of the oldest parts of London
three Norman arches have been found.
They are close to one another, and
are believed to have formed part of
the cloisters of the priory which once
stood on this site.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
TIP QUESTION IS SERIOUS
Gratuities of the Season Give a So
we're Jolt to Man Of Small
income.

This tip business" said a man Of
small income. has come to be q Sc
rious matter.
Every summer ! send my wife and
daughter to the country, to a modest
hotel in quiet place-does them good
and doesn't cost us much more than 1t
would to tave them stay home. or
didn't use to-
Years ago We gave some small tips.
a little to the waitress and little to
the chambermaid, amounts not great.
but now we have to give more to them
and we have to give also to the chef
and to the housekeeper and so on.
something TO everybody that does
something Tor US. 1t seems to be the
custom. and it all counts up.
This year, for instance. I sent the
folks along weekly the little check for
their board and their other moderate
expenses-and they are always careful
about those-and everything is going
along very pleasantly and see us set
Ting the financial problem very nice
ly, and then a week or two before they
are coming home we put down little
memorandum Of the tips to give when
they come away, and do you know
that this year these amounted to $50
Thirty dollars; and that gives me
Just as it does every year-quite
little jolt l know it's coming. but
never realize IT till 1t comes.
You know what Lincoln said about
paying bills? that it was easier to
pay big bill If you had the money
than a little bill IL you hadn't. and
that sum up on the tips hits us In
something that way. We pay 'em. but
II does sort Of put the kibosh on our
nice little financial schedule"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
"oh. you!" And the languor ana

"Oh. you!" And the ianguor anA
boredom with which she said his name
made the prince laugh shortly.
Yes. /. Who did you think 1t was?"
Cynically and rather cruelty he looked
down at Lefty Lane and admired the
picture she made; small. exquisite. her
blond head against the dark velvet OF
the lounge. her gray eyes intensified
by the fatigue under them.
"Just got in from Carlsbad: came
directly here. How-de-do? You look.
you know" he scrutinized her
through his single eye-glass-"most
frightfully seedy."
"Oh, I'm all right" She left the
sofa, for she wanted to prevent his
nearer approach. Have you had any
supper? I'll call Higgins"
mo, no, sit down, please. will you?
want to know why you sent to Carts
bad for me? Have you come to your
senses"
He was as mad about the beautiful
creature as. man of his temperament
could be. Exhausted by excess and
bored with life, she charmed and
amused him, and in order to have her
with him always, to be master of her
caprices, he was willing to make any
sacrifice.
Have you. sent off that imbecile
boy?" And at her look he stopped and
shrugged. You need rest. my child"
he murmured practically, you're neu-
rasthenic and very ill. I've wired to
have the yacht at Cherbourg-it'll
reach there by noon tomorrow"
She was standing listlessly by the
table. A mass of letters sent BY spe-
cial messenger from London after her,
kilograms and cards lay there in a
pile. Looking deNn at the lot. she
murmured: "All fight, ] don't care"
He concealed his triumph, but be-
fore the look had faxed from his face
she saw it and exclaimed sharply:
Don't be crazy about it, you know.
You'll have to pay high for me; you
know what | mean"
He answered CALAMITY: MY dear
child, I've told you that you would be
the most charming princess in Hun
gary" ....
Once more she accepted Indifferent
ly: "All right, all right, | donf care
tuppence-not tuppence"-and she
snapped her fingers; but like to see
you pay. Frederigo. Take me to Max
inns" .-..-. .. .....
He demurred, saying she was far too
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-09-20
First Christmas Tree.

The Christmas tree, as every one
knows, is not exactly Christian in
stitution," writes Samuel M. Evans,
in Sunset Magazine. Before the
time of Christ the Druids worshipped
the spirits in the trees and celebrated
the festival of Yuletide, in which the
tree had prominent part. The first
man that We know Of in the countries
of the north was the cave man. His
cathedral was the forest and its cell
Ing the blue sky, seemingly upheld by
the fluted columns of redwood trees
that raised their lofty trunks to the
zenith. And in midwinter he looked
forth from his rude door on trees
lighted with the rays Of the setting
sun into more splendor than ever gilt
tering tinsel or pickering candle can
lend to the Christmas tree OF our
time"