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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
TEST OF COOKS SKILL
PROPER PREPARATION OF THE
SWEET POTATO AN ART.
Al Least an Hour In the Oven Is Neo-
essary Properly to Bake Potato
Some Useful Hints and
Recipes.

II you would know the sweet po'o
to in all it's sweetness and goodness
YOU must leisurely tour the sunny
south in sweet later time" when the
entire clan of sweet is in its glory and
prime. While the Jerseys are a very
superior class, they lack the variety
found In the southern family. Color
and flavor range from the Sleek
smooth relocated sweet to the thin
skinned pale yellow and less sweet
variety which will be sold you as
white potato in some markets or the
south unless you ask for Irish potar
toes. The great coarse yam tnat
looks like an overgrown sweet anu
sometimes weighs five or six pounds
is not a sweet potato at all. However,
it is a good substitute for the potato;
is mealy and dry, and contains large
amount of starch. 1t is not sweet, and
Is a wholesome food, though most peo-
ple have to cultivate taste for II.
To bring out the delicate flavor OF
the sweet potato is an art. Most COOKS
spoil it by cooking too quickly. Al
least an QOuT III luC ONCA 40 SSSS~~~~-
to properly bake a sweet potato.
To Boil Sweet Potatoes-Wash the
potatoes we'll without breaking the
skins. Clip the roots that adhere. put
them in q kettle Of boiling water ana
let them cook until they can be easily
pierced to the center with 1orK'
without being actually soft. Drain
of the water and set the Kettle
back on the stove, or in the oven, with
q cloth thrown over the top and let
steam about five minutes, so they Will
be mealy. Peel them at once, ana
serve plain with roast pork or peel.
When served with fried or broiled f1sh,
accompany them with a drawn butter
sauce. or cut them in thick slices, but
ter we'll and set the dish in the oven
q few minutes.
A Fast Day Dish.-This is popular
creole breakfast dish served on
fast days: Take rather large. smooth
potatoes. peel them and fry In round
slices and fry in deep, hot fat, same as
Saratoga chips, until a fine brown.
Serve in a hot dish with plenty OF
butter poured over them.
Aunt Laura's Way-Boil the pota-
toes as directed, then peel them and
cut in rather thick lengthwise slices.
Lay them in deep dish and pour over
each layer Of slices sauce made &C.
cording to these directions: Take
cup each of sugar and butter and half
a cup of hot water and boil until this
is thick. Some like little grating OF
nutmeg; others a small piece Of stick
cinnamon boiled in the strip.
Caramel Sweet Potatoes-Boil the po-
tatoes until just done; drain, peel and
cut In halves lengthwise and fry q
rich brown in lard and butter mixed
Sprinkle generously, while frying. with
granulated sugar.
Sweet Potato Biscuit-Take one
square Of dry, mealy sweet potatoes
boiled and grated, half cup lard, hall
a cake Of compressed yeast dissolved
in half a cup of lukewarm water; mil
with milk or water to batter, and lei
rise twice. Bake the same as tea bis
cult and break open and butter hot.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
To Clean Knives.

A good knife cleaning board is made
by taking a piece of board ten inches
long and six inches wide. Tack on to
this piece of Brussels carpet and
sprinkle with fine emery. Knives
rubbed on this will clean well and
with little labor.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
RELIEVES PAIN AND HEALS
At The SANE TIME
The Wonderful, Old Reliable DR.. Porter's
Antiseptic Healing Oil. Prevents Blood
Poisoning. An Antiseptic Surgical
Dressing discovered by an Old
RR. Surgeon.

Thousands of families know it already,
and a trial will convince you that DR..
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING
OIL is the most wonderful remedy ever
discovered for Wounds, Burns, Old Sores,
Ulcers, Carbuncles, Granulated Eye Lids,
Sore Throat, Skin or Scalp Diseases and
all wounds and external diseases whether
slight or serious. Continually people are
finding new uses for this famous old
remedy. Guaranteed by your Druggist.
Wemean it. Csc. SOC. Sl.O0
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

.Apropos of the ravages that time
has made in the faces and forms OF
the veterans of the Civil war, Walter
S. Morton, president general Of the
Union society, said at dinner in
New York:
"A veteran, talking to his great
grandson, little lad Of eight or nine
years, remarked:
"'Nearly a generation and half
ago my head was grazed by bullet
at the battle of Chickamauga.'
THE little boy looked at the
Old mans head thoughtfully and said:
""There isn't much grazing there
now, is there, sir?'"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
Carry Flint,

The Norfolk peasants always regard
pointed flints as thunderbolts. So con-
sistent are the simple folks that they
will often assure you that they picked
them up red hot They carry flints and
stone arrow heads about with them in
the belief that this custom will pre-
vent them being struck by lightning.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
No. SIX-SIxTY-SIX

This is a prescription prepared es-
pecially for Malaria or Chills and
Fever. Five or six does will break
any case, and If taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
SPECIAL TO WOMEN
Do you realize the fact that thousands
Of women are now using
X4!;ze
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder

as a remedy for mucous membrane az
fections, such as sore throat, nasal or
pelvic catarrh, Inflammation or ulcera-
ton, caused by female ills? Women
who have been cured say ut is worth
its weight In gold" Dissolve In water
and apply locally. For ten years the
Lydia q. Pinkham Medicine Co. has
recommended Paxtine In their private
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and toilet uses It has
no equal. Only b0c large box at Drug
gists or sent postpaid on receipt Of
price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston.
Mass.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

Dogs are the best friends; they are
always ready with their sympathy,
and they ask no Questions.-G. Eliot.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning

Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning
is quickly relieved by bathing the at.
fected parts in a solution Of two tea
spoonfuls Of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to a pint of water. 25c. at all
druggists or sample sent free by J. 8.
Tyree, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
0uININE and IRON-1HE MOST
EFFECTuAL GENERAL TONIC
Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Combines both
in Tasteless form. The 0uinine drives
out Mslaris and the Iron builds up
the System. For Adults and
Children.

Won know what You are taking when
YOU take GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC, recognized for 80 years through
out the South a. the standard Malaria,
Chill and Fever Remedy and General
Strengthening Tonic. It Is ~ strong az
the strongest bitter tonic, but you do not
taste the bitter because the ingredients
do not dissolve in the mouth but do dis
solve readily in the acids Of the stomach.
Guaranteed by your Druggist. We mean
Il. Soc.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
To Moisten citron.

Before slicing citron, lay It in .
small strainer and place on top Of the
teaketu for few minutes. The
It am will soften the citron and make
n easier to educational Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

The great thing in the world is not
60 much to seek happiness as to earn
peace and self-respect.-Huxley.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

He's q bad citizen who can't get q
good obituary notice.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

Wounds on man or beast should be
healed by Hanford's Balsam. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

The average man fears a storm al
most as much as he fears his wife.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

For gals use Hanford's Balsam
Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26
Not Losing So Many

Not Losing So Many.
Bason: Il see the population Of
your town is increasing"
Egbert: Yes. They abolished rail.
road crossings about q year ago."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-26

There Is Only OUNINE BROMO QU1NNE
GROVE Cu1esa Cold One Day Csc
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
NOW Her FRIENDS
HARDLY KNOW HER
But This Does Not Bother Mrs.
Burton, Under the
Circumstances.

Houston, Texas.-ln an interesting
letter from this city, Mrs. S. c. Burton
writes as follows: "a think it is my duty
10 tell you what your medicine, Cardui,
the woman's tonic, has done for me.
Twas down sick with womanly trouble,
and my mother advised several different
treatments, but they didn't seem to do
me any good. fingered along for three
or four months, and for three weeks, i
0as in I'd, cssieelkt eesihiaaii'tt esaf s6f
any one TO walk across the floor.
My husband advised me to try Cardui,
the woman's tonic. have taken two
bottles OF Cardui, am feeling fine, gained
Is pounds and do all of my homework.
Friends hardly know me, am so we'll"
II you suffer from any Of the ailments
so common 10 women, don't allow the
trouble 10 become chronic. Begin taking
Cardui to-day. 1t is purely vegetable,
its ingredients acting in a gentle, natural
way on the weakened womanly constitu-
lion. You ruin no risk in trying Cardui.
1t has been helping weak women back to
health and strength for more than 50
years. Ii will help you. AT all dealers.
Write To-: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'.
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special
| Instructions on your case ana 6i-page book, Home
Treatment for Women" sent in plain wrapper E69-B
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
SAVED HIS BACON.

-
A very funny thing happened in
the United States senate the other
day. The vice-pfesident was not able
to be present, and knowing this, had
informed Senator Clark of Arkansas
that he had appointed him president
pro tenn. OF the senate. and that he
would have to preside. Senator Clark
forgot alliabout this, and, needing a
shave, went into the barber shop to
get It, His face was well lathered and
one side shaven when the Arkansas
senator happened to remember his
commission to preside. The clock be-
gan to strike the noon hour just as
he thought about It, With a bound
he was out of the BARRIERS chair and
had rubbed the lather off his face with
the towel that was about his neck. He
rushed up the stairs witout waiting
for the elevator, and got in just In
time to whack the little ivory cube
and call the senate to order at the
last stroke Of IL, which one might
call "a close shave" In all probable
ity, the glass medallion roof of the
United States senate chamber would
have fallen in If the IL strokes had
echoed through that cavern of brains
and the ivory cube had not battered
the call to order. Such thing never
has happened, 80, of course, there IL
no precedent by. which one might e
into the matter, but Senator Clarl
saved his bacon just the same.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
EARTH ROADS MOST POPULAR
Doubtless VIII Be Commonly Used In
Rural Districts Because Of Their
First Low Cost.

By II, n. FLINT. University Farm. st.
Paul, Mimi
The earth road will doubtless be
commonly used in rural communities
for many years because OF It's low
first cost. The ever-recurring prob
lem of upkeep on such road can be
solved very largely by the use of the
so-called split.log drag.
Anyone who can use tools reason.
ably well can build one OF these drags
ct a cost of four to FIVE dollars for la
Dor and material, Very few tools are
required In making the drag, and its
use is as simple and cheap as its con.
structlon. II desired, metal drags can
be purchased at a somewhat greater
cost from manufacturers of road ma
chinery.
Careful use OF the drag on a road
that is already In reasonably good
condition will almost entirely prevent
trouble from ruts, mud holes or dust
and give good service at reasonably
low cost.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
FEW VALUES IN GOOD ROADS
Added Freedom and Pleasures Are
Among Some Of the Real Benefits
Of Lower Cost Of Hauling.

Five miles to the picnic ground
does that mean for you an hours hard
work guiding your team over "chugs
and ruts and around and through mud
holes, with tired horses and soiled
clothes when you get there, or does
II mean a pleasant drive Of thirty
minutes or less with no exertion on
your part and little on the part Of
your team?
In the winter when the plays and
lectures come to your town, can you
drive In and arrive as neat and calm
as any townsman, or do you think OF
all the long stretches of bad roads
between you and the town hall, and
decide to stay at home rather than
face them?
Good roads are needed not only be.
cause they save the farmer money
and Increase land values, but because
in a very real sense they bring him
nearer to all the rest of the world
and enable him and his family ia
share in pleasures and privileges
often out OF his reach when roads are
bad, says the Progressive Farmer.
When you 90 to figure on the cost
and the value OF improved highways
do not forget that they have u rea
and n great value in the added enjoy
ment and the added freedom they
bring; and that this is benefit moi
less real than a reduction in the cos
OF the hauling you do.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
v. S. LEADS THE WORLD.

There are now, according to inter-
state commerce commission experts,
over $4,000 miles of railway on the
globe, of which $4,000 miles are OPP
Grated by private companies and the
rest by states or nations.
The mileage. by leading countries,
is; United States, "a 900 Germany:
3S, 1000; Russia, in Europe, $4,000; Brit
ish India, $4,000; France, 10000; Aus
tria-Hungary, $4,000; Great Britain,
%, 1000; Canada, $4,000; Mexico, $4,000;
Brazil, 10000.
The total by continents is: North
and South America, $4,000; Europe,
2O7, 900; Asia, $4,000; Africa, $4,000;
Australasia, 10000. OF the European
total 100000 miles are state-owned. In
the Americas 10000 miles are state
owned, of which 100 are in Canada,
the balance in South America. In Asia
the state-owned roads total $1,000
miles; inAfrica, 10000 miles; in Aus
tralasia, $4,000 miles.
In France in less than 80 years the
concessions to the companies will ex
pire and the great railway systems
will become state property. The Mex
lean government is said to hold q
controlling interest in the 5000 miles
of the National railways Of Mexico.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
eRgsNeAcKs IN FLIGHT.

At the height of the July storm a
man in the bureau of engraving and
printing dropped 500 5000 bills on his
desk and tugged at window to close
it, He succeeded all right, but the
aforesaid 500 bills went sailing across
the room and through another win
dow.
y The 'greenbacks could be seen aero
planning in all directions. AS soon as
the fury of the storm spent itself a
searching party was instituted to re-
cover as many of the bills as posi-
BILE.
Most of them we're found, some
near the Potomac river. The rest were
given up as lost, but spread of the
tale that $1,000 had been strewn along
the mall and river front soon brought
crowds of messenger boys and not a
few tramps searching for the golden
harvest. Many more were recovered
in this manner, but failed to reach
the bureau again.
When the messengers and tramps
tried to spend their wealth they found
that the bills were worthless. They
did not bear the signature OF the
treasurer Of the United States ant
the register of the treasury. The Sc
rial numbers we're also lacking.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
WILL pRecANcEL STAMPS.

Precanceled stamps are to be sold
to the public, an order to this effect
having been signed by Postmaster
General Burleson. BY the operation
OF this order II Is expected that a
saving OF approximately 100000 per
year can be effected in the operating
expense OF the post office depart.
ment
Precanceled stamps are those which
bear the name Of the post office at
which matter bearing them is mailed.
The name appears between two heavy
black lines. The canceling is done
by means OF special machine, and
by the use OF such stamps II becomes
unnecessary to pass each piece of
mail through the cancellng machines.
To cancel the number OF stamps
nov. used each year In this manner
IL Is stated will cost about $4,000
while II the stamps are not Cancelled
until placed on the matter to be mail
ed the cost would approximate
! aabO,OOO.
The precanceled stamps are to b.
valued for postage for any point onl!
when matter bearing them Is mailed
nj the ONCE OF pronunciation; tina
Sc. stamps precanceled at Washington
\ viii not be good on any matter mailed
: outside the delivery limits Of Wash
ington.
Formerly the use OF such stamp
was not permitted unless at least ZOO
were sold at one time, to be used Of
pieces Of mail identical in size an'
class. Postmaster General Burleson
order removes these restrictions. ant
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
GOOD. BETTER, BEST.

Total abstinence for town or coun-
ty is good from a business stand
point, but there is something better
and that is total abstinence for the
state. 1t must certainly be conceded
that state whose taxable property
has increased in ten years $1,2OO,OOO,-
600, or at the rate of $120.0O0,0OO a
year Is amazingly prosperous. Kan
sas is the commonwealth Of which
his fact is stated, and Ex-Governor
Stubs is the man who vouches for
the figures. He further affirms that
Kansas contains more taxable prop
erty to the citizen than New York or
Massachusetts,; that its farmers own
eighty-five per cent. of the bank de-
posits, and that these have increased
at the rate of $1O,OOO,O0O a year for
ten years; that 1t has many we'll
populated agricultural counties in
which the jails and the poorhouses
have had no occupants for years.
All the other total abstinence states
can testify that prohibition brings
financial prosperity as well as home
happiness and individual well being
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
WHAT DID JOHN HAVE TO sHowl

In a certain community which was
going to vote wet" or dry" an Irish
man and publican were discussing
the question. Finally, the Irishman,
whose given name was John, said to
the saloon keeper, Eyes, Bonnie, Pm
going to vote dry next fall" Now,
John, you are joking" said the publ.
can, you are too good a friend OF
mine to put me out Of business. Just
think, have been here twenty years
and all the money have made have
put into this business. How am
going to get my money back?" The
Irishman said: well, Ben, | have
been here twenty years, and all the
money 1 have made l have put into
your business. How am going to ge
back my money!"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
INSURANCE AND LIQUOR.

The following strong temperance
testimony has just been given by an
Industrial insurance man: ''In Mum
Gle, city of about $4,000, our COM
pany placed many policies, the pay
ment of which were met promptly and
cheerfully. Last year the city voted
wet, since which time our collectors
have had the greatest difficulty in Sc
curing payments. In fact. delinquent
payments and lapsed policies are now
the rule instead Of the exception. The
Industrial insurance men in the flu.
ture will all vote for temperance
city, because 1t sustains and promotes
their business"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
Test With Plas.

In a feeding test with so pigs, last.
ing 100 days, on ration of corn chop,
buttermllk and barley, and sorghum
forage, conducted at the Oklahoma
station, the average daily gain was
81 pound as compared with gain
of 1.22 pounds on corn chop and but.
termilk.
A lot OF hogs turned into field Of
corn yielding at rate of only II bush.
els per acre made a gain OF 1.2 pounds
per head. Estimating the value of the
grain at seven cents per pound, the
hogs returned n value OF 6315 cents
per bushel
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
BUILDING ROADS in FRANCE
National Thoroughfares, Maintained
Entirely by Government, Are Con-
structed az Feet Wide.


France admittedly has the best
roads system SO far devised, and It's
national roads constitute about 6A
per cent. of the $4,000 miles in the
whole country.
The national roads, maintained en-
tirely by the government, are con-
structed AZ feet wide between bitches,
and lead from the capital to the prin-
cipal cities, ports and commercial
centers, and between the principal
cities. With the departmental or state
roads, and commercial roads Of differ
ent classes, the national government
has nothing to do except to deter
mine their width, which is fixed by
general laws according to their classi-
fication.
The United States has two and a
half times the population Of
France, and about six times the road
milage. To balance this difference, Il
series of national roads which would
connect our capitals and principal
cities would duly amount to about IN
per cent. of the 100000 miles of
roads in this country as compared
with the 61a per cent. in France, bring
! ing the mileage Of national roads per
person in the United States about the
same as in France.
With our enormous resources await
ing development by the extension OF
our road systems, there seems no rea
son why we should not proceed with
the work of building national roads
writes Lewis r. Speare in the Illinois
Farmer. National roads building die
not ruin France; it made France
great.
The idea of building up politica
machine out of road construction
bureau does not deserve considera
ton. In all of the important govern
mental work being carried on /
seems the policy Of all parties to SCI
that 1t is conducted economically ant
honestly, whatever party chances t.
be in power. A fair instance Of tina
is the valuation OF the railroads of tn
country which is just about to begin
in which civil service examination
will soon be held for the selection o
several thousand civil and mechanics
engineers.
M. Fornand Bordas, leadin
French engineer, writing for the thir
international road congress, now /
session in London, says: The nationf
roads, which connect the capital
the frontiers and to the large town,
or else form a connecting link b.
tween the more densely populate
centers, are Of the. greatest interes
to the country as a whole, not onl
from an economic point of view bl
also from a strategic one, as assurin
communications between points {
long distances apart. 1t is therefor
essential that their general trend, gel
; I-eraf piKfi, and widtits shuuid-be settie
unfettered by local influences"
= This is the idea that the A. A.
. National Good Roads board hay
been and are endeavoring to impress
upon the lawmakers of this countr
1t seems as though plans which hay
. been so eminently successful in 9TH
; countries, and productive Of such e
celent results. are worthy of a tri
Il here.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-20
With Certain Ilmlta.

Young Tom Toote was spending a
holiday in the country, and had been
invited to the beautiful home OF a
sweet young thing named Agnes.
what a charming place!" he said
enthusiastically to Agnes proud pa.
ternal parent. Does It go as far as
those woods over there?"
1T does" remarked the somewhat
unsympathetic p. P, p.
"Ah," said Tom, still cheerily, "and
to that old stone wall over there, slr?"
1T does" came the gruff answer;
land II goes as far as the river on the
south, and to the main road on the
north"
Beautiful" put In Tom.
YES" went on the old man; but II
doesn't go with Aggie"
Then Tom faded peacefully from
view.