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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
$4,000 PAID FOR HORSE
Government of Argentina Buys cras-
amour, Which Was Disqualified In
Recent English Derby.

The sum of $4,000 was paid re-
Gently by the government of Argen-
tina for the horse Craganour, which
was first past the winning post in the
recent derby race, but was dis
qualified for humping. Only on four
occasions has the price paid for
Craganour, which Is to be used for
breeding purposes in Argentina, been
exceeded in the amount paid for a
race horse. These were Ormonde,
which was sold for $156,250 to an
American sportsman; Cyllene, which
went to an English sportsman for
$157,500; Diamond Jubilee, sold to an
Argentine breeder for $157,500, and
Flying Fox, which holds the record
for price and was sold to q French
sportsman for $196,875.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

I'll consult an encyclopaedia or spe
cialist In the particular line OF knowl
edge I'm interested in," Mrs. Merri.
wild continued; then I'll get exactly
what | want. But II a voluntary dis
seminator of unimportant and irrele-
want facts ever gets me out for
moonlight sociable again, 1t will be
by the purest accident, assure you.
No eminent educators like Mr. Cram
mer for me. l don't even want q
prominent one II he can't hold what
he knows without splitting 1t every
step he takes. have quite an as
sortment of valuable information
tucked away under my barette N.Y.
self, II l may be permitted to say so.
but don't feel impelled to tell 1t all
unless l feel there is an urgent de-
mand for It I'll take a chance that
the person l am talking to won't suf
fer from his ignorance. But I'm
making one exception now"
whats that?" asked Aunt Jane.
"Mr. Crammer," replied her niece.
viciously. by the time l get through
with him, he'll have the nebular by
pothesis all tangled up with the sew
enth dimension and he won't know a
perigee from a parallax. No man can
look at the moon with little Melissa
and talk astronomy and get away with
it. believe mel"
Well, my dear" said Aunt Jane,
with a smile, Il don't know that IL
blame you"
Copyright, 1918, by W. O. Chapman.)
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
MAKE STUDY OF HOME
COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME OF
BEAUTY ADVISABLE.
Frequently a Little Contemplation VIII
Show Defects That Mar the Per.
feet Home-Arransement of
Furnishings Important.

Our house looks SO ugly to me"
said q young matron recently. But
don't know how to make 1t look
nice and like other peoples"
And there are many other women in
q like predicament. They simply
haven't the taste for home decoration
and arrangement that seems natural In
others. To all such women. who are
discontented with the appearance OF
their house interior and cannot anord
to employ q professional decorator to
show them what Is wrong and help
them decorate 1t, would recommend
the following reflections:
First of all-is your house too
crowded? Go over 1t carefully. room
by room. and consider what might be
stored in the attic or given away. See
II you can't exchange large table In
a small room for the small table In
q large room and get truer rear
rangement OF the furniture SO as to get
more space. Don't hurry about 1t,
either, but think each room over care
fully and try each change to be sure
1t is right.
Next-Rre your pictures hung night?
Pictures should be hung where they
can be seen easily-about on the level
with the eyes. And they should be
hung fat against the wall, and not
slanting away against the wall. and
not slanting away from 1t at the top.
! saw q little sitting-room absolutely
transformed by having the pictures re-
hung not long ago.
Now take look at your sofa or
couch pillows. Are they like Joseph's
coat Of many colors! II they are. try
covering half Of them with some plain
material. cool, gray-green denim, or
tan crash, and see how much more
restful your room instantly becomes.
Dull blue denim may be used. also. II
blue suits your other upholstery.
AS to wall paper-well. we may an
well suppose that you cannot change
that Only while you are wondering
why your home isn't pretty you might
notice the wall paper and see IL 1t
shares in the crime For II 1t does
you will be more ready to buy plain
and not-too-dark paper the next time.
Plain or twotoned paper is really the
easiest to live with and makes a splen.
did background for pictures and furni-
ture. And always remember that red
paper is only for large rooms that are
to be put to rather serious uses-such
as library. Otherwise you will ind
that red paper is hot looking and
makes your room look smaller.
Table covers and lamp shades are
notable offenders against good artistic
effects in many rooms. Keep them
both pretty simple and remember they
are for use as well as ornament
Linen table covers with cross stitch
trees In green and brown are Ideal for
summer and the cretonne lamp shades
in soft. not-toobright patterns ara
also very good In effect.-Chicago In.
ter Ocean,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

/ am to know that! And just think of
It being millions and millions of miles
away In that star-lit infinitude of
space! 1t makes one feel 80 small
and so lonely / put indescribable
pathos into that last observation,
auntie, and II he had only looked at
my wistful face. etherealized as 1t
must have been by the moonbeams,
he couldn't have helped-surely he
couldn't have helped saying some
thing idiotic. mean pleasantly idi-
otto, OF course. What he did say
showed little enough sense.
Pardon me, but you are hardly
accurate in your estimate OF distance,
says he, in tolerant and plying
tone. The moon is only two hundred
and thirty-seven thousand. six hun
dred miles from the earth
Isn't that too perfectly marvel
GUST gurgled. What do you es-
innate your own distance is, profess
SORT
Er-excuse me, but ! don't think
quite grasp your meaning he said.
1T has an elliptical orbit with q
sharp curve just before 1t goes over
the plate explained. I don't blame
you for letting 1t get BY. Don't you
think It's little chilly out here?
well, it certainly was about as near
frost as anything In the shape of a
peach ever gets, auntie, believe me,
leaving out the Michigan crop. had
to make chocolate and / drank three
cups before felt like myself again"
i've no patience with you, Meiis-
sa," said Aunt Jane. You haven't the
least appreciation of anything sensible
and instructive"
Il think almost any conversation is
instructive, except when it becomes
sensible" opined Mrs. Merriwid.
When it's statistical. it's deadly. I'm
not opposed to knowledge. l think
it's a perfectly splendid thing and I'm
willing to have people go to the Pie
rian spring and drink until they're wa
ter-logged; but when they pump it
into tank and attach a hose and
sprinkle innocent bystanders, think
it's time to scream for help.
When / want to know anything
more than ] Absorb from day to day,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Philadelphia Policeman Ends a Hunqer Strike

telling the truth. So they decided to
hold her pending further investigation.
When the young woman found that
she would not be permitted to depart
at her own pleasure there was q
scene. But the police are used to all
kinds OF scenery, and 1t didn't make
any difference. Then she started q
hunger strike. She refused breakfast
also lunch.
Whereupon policeman with a low.
down disposition and q cruel disre
gard of the lofty thoughts and high
determination of a lady who wants
to have her own way, regardless
went out and invested In a big plate
OF ice cream. He deliberately and
maliciously toted that ice cream to
the matron's rooms at headquarters
and set 1t down before her. He Just
laid 1t before her and silently de.
parted.
1t was a mean thing to do, but II
worked. In less than three minutes
the ice cream had been transposed
from the plate to the young lady's
department Of the interior And the
hunger strike was broken.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

A policeman and milkman respond
ed. They searched the house and found
trail of burned matches and up
turned furnishings. The burglar had
obtained jewelry worth $4,000, but had
missed the Disston jewels, valued at
more than $4,000, left to daughter
Of Mrs. Turner. They were In a safe
In wall
In speaking of her experience later.
Miss Rosselle, said she was more
frightened in her dream than when
she actually faced real live, flesh
and blood burglar
AT FIRST" she said, Il couldn't real.
lie that l had really awakened, but
the man was SO near me that | got
the odor Of liquor and tobacco. They
knew that 1t was no dream"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

ID HILADELPHIA.-It has remained
for slow-going old Philadelphia to
discover the way to break the hunger
strike. 1t is to be hoped that Premier
Asquith Of England will take notice.
Two nights ago, at about IL o'clock.
girl stopped a policeman on one OF
Philadelphia's downtown streets and
asked for shelter. She said she was
Julia Morgan, seventeen years old,
Of Pottstown, and that she had ar
rived in the big city with her sister,
but had become separated from her
The patrolman took her to the police
headquarters in the city hall. and
the officers who questioned her there
made up their minds that she was not
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
TO KILL TENT CATERPILLARs
Single Spray of Arsenate of Leac
When Insects Are Observed
Would Stop DepredatIons.

If grower is spraying his fruit
trees faithfully with arsenate of lead
from tent caterpillars, or the tents
may be crushed with the gloved hand,
when they can be reached, at a time
when the caterpillars are inside; or
burned by torch on the end of pole,
twisted out of their place by means Of
wire brush, attached to the end of a
long pole. These remedies are effect
ual only when the caterpillars are in
their tents, early in the morning, or
In stormy wet weather. A single
spraying Of arsenate of lead, when
caterpillars are observed, would prob
ably stop their depredations.
The forest tent caterpillars can be
destroyed when they collect In bunch
es on the trunks of trees. Prune of
and destroy the twigs holding the
eggs.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Boy on 81" Tracks Barely Misses Third Rail

open the vestibule door with a jerk
stand still, little boy" called Pot
ter, but the little boy, bursting nto
tears, ran down the track.
Potter was aghast. He tried to cali
reassuringly Then, as the child went
skipping back and forth across the
charged rails-trains were running
on the three UNLOCKED tracks-he
started In pursuit. the passengers De
hind leaning far out the windows, ex-
pecting every moment to see the little
bare foot strike the raised rail and the
child fall to death.
Finally Potter, taking big risks him
self. grabbed the youngster.
Say, you little rat" he painted,
don't you know the third railll kill
your"
What's the third rail?" whimpered
Mathew
why, that's the third" began Pot
ter, then grabbed Mathew, who was
extending an inquiring toe.
Mathew was put aboard and carried
to Chicago avenue, where a local train
could take him home. Assured he was
not to be arrested, he wiped away his
tears and explained.
Il threw the ball way up high In the
air." he said. And it didn't come
down any more. / climbed up, did,
and when l sticked my head up
through the tracks train was right
there. When 1t was gone climbed up
to get my ball, and then you came
A child Of the same age was killed
a year ago while seeking ball at the
same place.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
TREAT POTATOES FOR scAB
Corrosive suhlimate Solution and Bor-
deaux Mixture Applied to Seed
Gave Excellent Results.

At German experiment station,
experiments with potato scab have
been carried on for two years.
Corrosive sublimate solution of
0.05 per cent, and Bordeaux mixture
of two per cent, both applied to the
seed potatoes for ~ hours, gave ex-
cellent and about equal results in the
prevention of scab, as was also the
case with Bordeaux mixture of two
per cent. applied to two lots for
three and fourteen hours, respective
ly, and with two lots treated with four
ky. per acre 1856 pounds per acre. OF
sulphur mixed with the soil, one lot
having been also thoroughly rubbed
with sulphur before planting. A peat
mold dressing of IS en-. depth ap-
peared to give some protection
against the development of scab,
while a sand dressing of the same
depth afforded none. On both the
plats treated with soil dressing the
next years crops were found to be
healthy.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
oId.EashIoned Prune Pie.

Wash and soak one pound OF prunes
over night in water to cover and cook
in same water until tender. Line a pie
plate with rich crust and fill with he
prunes and the liquid, which must
have been reduced at the last of the
cooking to very small amount
Sprinkle over one-half cup sugar and
sprinkle on also one tablespoon Of
lemon Juice. Cover with top crust
and bake in fairly quick oven, as the
filling Is already cooked. Cool partly,
then sprinkle with powdered sugar
and serve fresh.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Music and Work.

Sir Lawrence CONNIE, London stats
tician and Archaeological, regards music
as an end to work He related that
at the beginning of his official career
he used to add up huge columns of
figures for statistical purposes by the
simple process Of doing the task to a
Gregorian tune, and that he was al
ways correct in his totals. The Lon
don Chronicle says that there are
probably not many brain workers of
this order but manual laborers have
long shared the opinion of Adam Bede
that mems muscles move better when
their souls are making merry music.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Breeding Draft Horses.

The breeding of heavy draft horses
is one of the most profitable branches
OF live stock farming. Few farmers
realize the importance of size In q
draft horse, when put on the market,
either in public or private sale. A
horse that weighs less than 1900
pounds is not considered a draft
horse in any of the horse markets OF
the country, yet the mares kept on
the ordinary farms are usually light
er than that. This accounts for the
small, scrubby lot Of horses that are
constantly being put on the market
at loss to the breeder.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
KILL OUT CANADA THISTLES
Most Practical Way Of Getting RIs
Of Patch Is to Cut OF All Leaves
Below Surface.

In response to query as to the
best way of getting rid Of patch OF
Canada thistles the Wallace's Farmer
makes the following reply:
Anything which keeps Canada this
tie leaves from getting to the sun
light for two or three months during
the growing season will give them q
severe setback, and In some cases
kill them. Putting a heavy coating OF
straw on the patch has in some cases
proved successful, but in other cases
the straw has become disarranged
and the thistles have grown up
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
SUGAR Potatoes.

Six sweet potatoes, one cup white
sugar, one-half cup water. one tea
spoonful butter. Parboil. peel and cut
potatoes into Quarter-inch slices. Cook
the other ingredients to form a strip.
Place the slices of potato in the strip
and simmer gently for an hour, then
let the strip boil away until 1t is al
most dry. Serve with meats.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
SPRAY OUTFIT HELPS
Equipment Necessary Depends
on Work to Be Done.
General Purpose Pump Should Be
Made Of Brass to Prevent corrod-
Ing by Copper sulphate Used
In Bordeaux Mixture.
(By III. GARMAN.)

(By III. GARMAN.)
The kind Of spraying outfit to
get depends entirely on the kind Of
spraying to be done and the extent Of
the work proposed II one has few
rose bushes or tomato plants about a
dwelling, or even a few small fruit
trees, he can get along with small
hand pump known as bucket pump.
With a little extra hose and pole. or
a bamboo rod. with which to elevate
the nozzle, 1t is possible to spray trees
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

man overbalanced the sailor and
oashed up the gangplank as it swung
loose at the scupper end.
The sailor caught at him, but sue.
ceeded only In knocking off the bride
groom's straw hat, which fell into the
water. The newlywed jumped upon the
aeck and was enthusiastically taken to
the arms of his bride. while he and she
hurled cross words at the guard who
mad been trying to do his duty.
The newlywed was Charles Moor.
held Storey, son of a Boston LAWYER.
who married, at Chestnut Hills. Mise
Susan Sweetser of that Huh CITY
suburb
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

through It. Really, the most practical
way Of getting rid Of small patch OF
Canada thistles is to go over it every
week and cut off all leaves below the
surface Of the ground. If conscien.
tious job of this is done for the sum.
mer, the thistles will not bother much
the next year, although 1t is best to
keep an eye open for them and cut
them off regularly. A careful job
must be done, for If the leaves are
allowed to grow very long in the sun.
shine enough energy will be stored up
In the roots to hold the pest over 70,
a considerable length of time.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Care Of Swine.

Two things which should be avoid
ed with swine in cold weather are,
first, do not let them sleep in or upon
heating manure, because they become
warm and then rush into the cold air,
frequently contracting colds, coughs
or severe pulmonary diseases that
are sometimes fatal; second, bed
them we'll in dry quarters where
there is no draft of air blowing across
them.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Lemonade Hint.

When making lemonade dissolve the
sugar in little hot water before put
ting 1t into the lemonade. This keeps
the sugar from sinking to the bottom
of the glass and sweetens 1t more
quickly. Another method is to put the
lemon In hot water before squeezing
rs 1t gives as much Juice.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Corn for Sitaoe.

Corn for silage should be plowed
only one way. The corn should be
drilled in the row and thinned to one
stalk to the foot A small-sized stalk
and ear is much more preferable for
silage than the large stalk and ear
that usually results where the corn
lie cultivated for feed.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Sacrifice for Arts Sake.

You say you have devoted your life
to art" said the man who tries to be
polite, even when surprised.
YES" replied Mr.. CuLlrox. 81 have
devoted myself to an effort to become
rich enough to own a gallery Of genu.
inc old masters"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
About Potatoes,

Would you like to know how to
scrspe potatoes easily1 Here Is an
excellent method: Put the potatoes
to soak a little while with a small
piece of common soda In the water,
and you will find they are much easier
TO scrape and do not soil the fingers.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
GOOD IN Definite PURPOSE
Little Ahead for the Man or Woman
Who is Content to Almiessiy
Drift Through Life.

1t is astonishing how many people
there are who have no definite aim
nor ambition, but just exist from one
day to another with NO we'll defined
life plan. All about US on the ocean
Of life we see young men and women
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04

II sheep are poisoned by milkweeds,
and the evidence seems to be fairly
conclusive that they are, 1t is only
when there is little else to eat, for
sheep do not eat milkweeds under
normal conditions.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
When Washing Mirrors.

When washing windows and mir.
rors, little turpentine dissolved In
warm water is the best thing A little
alcohol will also do wonders in bright.
aiming the glass.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
tuberculosis Among Hogs.

Tuberculosis affects hogs During
1912 the government inspectors con-
demned about one million carcasses
and parts of carcesses for this dis
aaSA
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-04
Place for DRINKING Vessels.

Drinking vessels placed in the hen.
houses should be put on shelf that
Is raised at least six inches from the
ground, or the fowls will scratch a
lot Of dirt into the water.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-06
Consumption Takes
$50 People Daily

in the United States and the deadly
germs claim more victims in cities
than in rural districts, due no doubt
to the increased number of indoor
workers in confirming quarters and
their lack of sunshine.
Tubercular germs always attack when
the system is weakened from colds or
sickness, overwork, overstrain, combining
duties or any drain which has reduced the
resistive forces of the body. But nature
always provides corrector and the best
physicians emphasize that during chang
ing climate our blood should be kept rich
and pure and active by taking Scott $
Emulsion after meals; the cod liver oil in
SCOTS Emulsion warns the body by en-
riching the blood-it peculiarly strength
ems the lungs and upbuilds the resistive
forces of the body to avoid colds and
prevent consumption.
If you work indoors, tire easily, feel
ianguid or nervous, SCOTS Emulsion is
the most strengthening food-medicine
known; it builds energy and strength
and is totally free from alcohol or any
Supplying drug-every druggist has it.
1906 Scott s. Bovine. Bloomfield. N. J.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-06
STOMACH MISERY,
GAS, INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" Really Does Fix Sick,
Sour, Bloated Stomachs in Five
Minutes-Time til

Time it In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid
or quotations of undigested food, nc
dizziness, bloating, foul breath or head
ache.
Pape's Dapepsin is noted for its speed
in regulating upset stomaehs. 1t is the
surest, quickest and most certain indi-
gestion remedy in the whole world, and
besides it is harmless.
Millions of men and women now eat
their fayorite foods without fear-they
know Pape's Diapepsin will save them
from any stomach misery.
Please, for your sake, get a large
fifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from
any drug store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not here long,
so make your stay agreeable. Eat
what you like and digest it; enjoy it,
without dread of rebellion in the stom-
ach.
Pape's Diapepsn belongs in your home
anyway Should one of the family eat
something which don't agree with them,
or in case of an attack of Indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach derange-
ment, at daytime or during the night,
it is handy to give the quickest, surest
relief known.-Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-06
MONKEY WITH RARE
DISEASE LOOSE IN CITY
Escapes or Is Stolen from Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Where He Had Under
gone Pathological Experiment
Returned After Alarm.

Baltimore, Md, Oct Ga small mon
key, said to be suffering from a rare
disease, which escaped or was stolen
from Johns Hopkins hospital, was re-
turned Saturday night to the institution
by man who said he bought it from
a stranger He had seen an advertise
ment OF the loss in local paper.
Whether the animal was stolen or es-
capped from its cage and intelligently
closed and fastened the door behind it
remains as much mystery as the all
ment with which it was believed to have
been innoculated and from which there
have been five deaths at Johns Hop
kins hospital in the last year.
DIR. Schmeiser. who has been making
the experiments, said Saturday that he
did not believe the animal could com
munieate the malady to humans. 1t
showed evident symptoms of the disease,
according to DR.. Schmeiser, and he is
certain his experiments have
been successful. He began them early
this year. The doctor declined to iden-
tify the disease.
Physicians and scientists all the world
over, it was declared, have tried with
out success to transmit this disorder to
some of the lower animals for the pur-
pose Of study.