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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Miss Maude Reynolds was an
Ava visitor this week.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Miss Opal Freeman was in
Springfield Tuesday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Prof. W.H.Lynch of Springfield
was here during the week.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Sweet, Sour and Dill Pickles
in the bulk.
Adv. HILSABECK S.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

The Embroidery Club met with
Miss Opal Freeman today.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

The tax books are now in my
hands and | am prepared to make
collections.
Respectfully,
C.. A. STEPHENS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20
OKLAHOMA
DAWSON DOTTINGs.

Especial Correspond ence. }
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

. When you want something diff
ferent-go TO
Adv. HILsABECK's.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

The band boys need the money
We need the Band. Everybody
go Wednesday evening. ADV.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Your name added for Sc a week.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-11-20

Adv.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
BEGINNING OF "MRs. GRUMPY"
Like Host of Other Famous Matrons,
She Sprang From Fertile Brain
of Literary Genius.

Mrs. Grundy is comparatively re-
cent creation. Like Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Camp, Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Partington,
she sprang from the fertile brain of
literary genius.
Thomas Morton, a forgotten London
playwright, is her authentic sponsor,
and she made her debut on the boards
of a London theater in 1898, the We
hicle of her maiden appearance being
a comedy of some theatrical effective
mass entitled Speed the Plow.''
In the play Dame Grundy is the
wife of a rich and successful farmer.
Dame Ashfield, another farmers wife,
for whom she is the object of innocent
envy and idolatrous alteration, can do
nothing but talk of her and quote her
and invoke her approval on every oc-
casion and with reference to every
subject.
When she returns from the market
she tells her husband that Mrs. Grun-
dy's eggs and cattle are the best she
has seen there; and when news comes
that their daughter has married title
she exclaims:
Our Nellie married to real baro-
net! 1 wonder, Tummas. what Mrs.
Grundy will say?" Her husband be-
trays great irritation at every such
reference, and finally breaks forth:
BE quiet, woolye? Always din, ding
ing Dame Grundy into my ears-what
will Mrs Grundy say? What will
Mrs Grundy think? Can't thee be
quiet, let me alone, and behave thyself,
Matty?" But the good dame Is not to
be silenced.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
SOWING SEEDS TOO DEEPLY
Smaller Vegetables and Flowers Can
Hardly Be Covered Too Lightly
With the Soil.

More seeds are probably killed by
sowing or covering too deeply than
too lightly.
1t is no uncommon thing to find
small seeds covered with quarter
or over half an inch Of soil.
Thousands so deeply sown perish,
germs either never come to life at all
or are quite unequal to coping with
such a weight of covering earth.
Only the larger seeds of vegetables
should be sown from a quarter to one
inch in depth.
Peas, beans and such like seeds may
go underground two or three inches
but the smaller vegetables and flower
seeds can hardly be covered too light
~, provided they are covered.
1t should always be borne in mind
that deep sowing ruins more SEEDS
than any other fault or mistake.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
MAKES STAIN THAT WILL LAST
Permanent Polish Not Hard to Put To-
eether, and VIII Be Durable on
the Floor Where 1t Is Applied.

One of the most durable stains
known, and not expensive, for either
kitchen or dining-rooIn, is made and
applied as follows, says the Common
er. Have the floor perfectly clean.
well scrubbed and dried, and for the
average-size room get one-fourth ounce
of permangnate of potash, add to a
quart of water and apply quickly to
the floor, using a fat brush; repeat
the process until as dark as you want
it. When dry, go over it with one or
two coats of boiled linseed oil and
turpentine. in proportion of two
ounces of turpentine to quart of the
oil, stirred well. Let the first coat dry
before applying the second. and it will
pay you to apply the second coat. At
ter drying there will be no more scrub
bling necessary, but it can be wiped
up with clear water and a cloth. drying
with another cloth.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Squads One Week Old.

and invests in few, well-mated work
Ing birds. Then, having posted him
self as fully as possible by reading
good pigeon literature, let him give
his stock that careful attention indis-
pensable to the well-being of all living
things, and it will not take very tai
ented prophet to predict result quite
at variance with the one first outlined.
Squads die in the nest or are found
on the floor or do not fatten up prop
erly, when the old birds are not fed
properly. A young SQUAD is not to be
compared with young chick. A very
young chick can run about and help
itself to food and water and the other
necessities of life; whereas the squad
is utterly helpless at its birth, and is
unable to walk and must be fed in the
nest by the parent bird and with what
ever the parent birds may feed it.
The watchful pigeon man Is the one
who gives his f1ocks the best of care
He keeps them in health by noting the
first signs of ailment.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
HABIT OF EXCHANGING EGGS
Exercise Of Little Care in Gathering
and Selecting Will Net Advance
Over Common Price.

There is no satisfaction and but
very little money in exchanging eggs
for groceries or grain. BY being care
full in gathering eggs, so that they
won't become chilled in winter and
so the hens won't sit on them over
night and using little care in sizing
and selecting, quite an advance over
the common prices may be obtained.
When possible, sell your eggs direct
to the consumer. If not possible, get
a market in your nearest city with
some grocer who deals in strictly
fancy groceries and provisions. Agree
to furnish him only strictly fresh
eggs, and then, for your own sake,
live up to the agreement. Carefully
clean all the eggs; don't send small,
misshapen or large ones. Stamp each
egg with a rubber stamp, using your
initials or the name of your farm, and
in a short time you will have created
demand for your eggs, and when
you have created such a demand your
eggs will bring the highest prices,
considerably more than your store
keeper would pay.
Several neighbors should send their
eggs together, paying a cent or two
per dozen to one of their number for
doing the business, and in this way
all would gain little.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
ERRORS or BEGINNER
Element of Common Sense Often
Is WoefulIy Lacking.
Having BIundered In initial Move He
Now Proceeds to Growing Folly
OF Purchasing Cheap Stock
Way for Success.

Practically all beginners are honest
in their belief in the business, but it
seems at times that the simple Gle
ment of common sense is woefully
lacking in the majority of cases-per-
haps because common sense is not so
common after all, writes w. b. Thorn
as, in Utility Pigeons.
Having blundered in his initial
move, he now proceeds to the crown
ing folly of which he can be guilty
he buys cheap stock because it is
cheap. He is either victimized by the
proverbially conscienceless dealer, or
he takes the stock of some fellow who
has already demonstrated himself a
failure; in either case he gets a sorry
lot of birds.
Now suppose that instead of COM
hitting the usual folly, the beginner
applies a little of that golden specific
that L mentioned above,-common
sense. Instead of an old shack, sup
pose he provides good rat-proof
house, built on plans approved by ex-
perienced breeders; then suppose he
looks up some good, reliable breeder
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
POINTERS FOR COUNTRY BOY
Simple and Practical Suggestions for
Youth to Follow While on
Hunting Expedition.


DONE pull your gun after you when
you climb or crawl through a barb
wire fence. Push 1t through first,
with the muzzle away from you.
If you fall in going down steep
hills or over rough ground don't turn
your gun loose. Hang on to it. and
keep the muzzle pointed the other
way.
Don't shoot even approximately in
the direction of anyone in the woods.
as glancing bullet may strike them
quite a bit to one side of the object
at which you aim.
Don't forget that the smaller rife
or shotgun the more steady you must
hold it. when you shoot. 1t takes a
mighty good shot to do long-range
shooting with a small target-rifie.
Don't pull the trigger until you're
sure you know what you are shooting
at. Quite a number of men are in
their graves now because in a quick
glance the nervous hunter took them
to be a deer or wild turkey among
the bushes.
If you are III the woods a long
time. and do lot of shooting. don't
fail to give your gun one cleaning
especially il target-rifie or pump
gun. 1t will shoot truer.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
FOR THE BEST OF COFFEE
Three Ways of Preparing Beverage
Which Is Favorite in Every
American Household.

For old.fashioned coffee the rule Is
one tablespoon for each person and
one for the pot To clear it take one
egg and the shell and beat it up with
four tablespoons of cold water, using
one-third of this for six tablespoons
of coffee. The remainder of the egg
water will keep until used on the next
two mornings.
Stir with spoon so all the coffee
may become coated with the egg mix
ture. Now turn into the coffee pot as
many cups of boiling water as spoons
Of coffee used. Set on the fire and
allow to boil briskly five minutes. Set
back on the stove to melt" for ten
minutes
Percolated coffee is the best coffee
made and those who can afford a per-
colater will find that it will lessen the
bills and that they can always have
fine coffee. A cheaper grade Of cot
fee can be used in a percolater than
for regulation" boiled coffee. Have
the coffee pulverized, using one heap
ing teaspoon for each cup, turn over
it the same number of cups of boiling
water and allow it to percolate eight
minutes.
If the frugal housekeeper will wash
every egg she uses before breaking
and will put the shells through a
meat grinder she will find there is no
need of using eggs to settle coffee.
One tablespoon of the ground eggshell
put into the coffee pot with the coffee
and two tablespoons of cold water
stirred well before adding the boiling
water will make the coffee clear and
amber colored
Drip coffee can be made, in any cof-
fee pot. Take a cocoa can that will
fit into the top of the coffee pot and
punch fine holes in the bottom. Pat
into 1t the coffee, ground very finely.
the same proportion as for boiled
| coffee-one tablespoon to cup of wa
ter. Turn the water slowly into the
can, allowing it to drip slowly into the
pot Then put it on the back of the
stove, where it will get hot but not
boil. If desired very strong, take the
coffee from the pot and turn it into
the coffee can at the top for the sec
ond time. Keep hot, for after drip
coffee cools it is not very good.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
p(1DHRYNfS

There is nothing the matter with
the hen that shows a bright eye and
red comb.
Exercise Is better laying stimu-
laAt for the hens han heat-producing
condiments.
Establish, If possible, a brand Of
eggs which will in itself be a guar
antee of good quality.
Green food of some kind Is neces-
sary to make hers do their best in
the line of egg production.
Eggs ought to weigh pound and q
half to the dozen or fifty-fve pounds
net to the thirty dozen eggs.
1t is poor policy to change the quar-
tiers of hens or pullets while laying,
for it usually checks or stops egg pro-
duction.
Experiments show that chickens
with strong vitality and plenty of
masculine characteristics make the
largest gains.
The best place for the incubator is
the one where the temperature is
most nearly uniform from day to day,
under natural conditions.
| Collect the eggs regularly at least
once, better twice. a day in moderate
weather and more frequently in very
warm and very cold weather.
Where green cut bone is fed, about
ounces a week fed in small quanti-
ties at a time is a good average allow
ance per hen. It need not be fed ev-
cry day.
If taken at very early age chickens
can be taught to come and go at GER
! taih times. to feed in q certain way
and do other things that will save
lime and annoyance.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
RIDDLES

What did Adam first set in the gar
den of Eden?
His foot.
why cannot deaf man be legally
convicted?
Because it is not lawful to condemn
a man without hearing.
Why are the pages of book like
the days of man!
Because they are numbered.
How would you speak of tailor
when you did not remember his name?
AS Mr.. So-and-So (sew and sew.
Why is a leaf of tree like the hu-
man body?
Because It has veins in It.
When are soldiers like good fan
nels?
When they don't shrink.
Why is a bad picture like weak teal
Because it is not well drawn.
Why are two young ladies kissing
each other like an emblem OF Chris
tianity?
Because they are doing unto each
other as they would men should do
unto them.
Way is dressmaher q deceptive
woman?
Because she is not what she seams.
Why is thief called a iailbird?
Because he's been robin
When is a blow from lady rather
pleasant?
When she strikes you agreeablyl
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
PURGE of Celery.

Peel ten medium sized potatoes.
wash well and set on the fire to boil
with soup stock.
Cut into small pieces the outside
stalks of twelve heads of celery and
add them to the potatoes with two
onions, one of them stuck with two
cloves. When the potatoes are done.
mash them up and dilute with suf1i-
cient soup stock to give the exact
degree of consistency. allow to boil,
clear from scum, season with salt
pepper, nutmeg and a pinch of sugar,
and before serving bind with one pint
of cream. six egg yolks and a quarter
pound of butter. Add a pinch of cher
vii and serve with fried crust of bread
separate.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Hax Should Not sunhurn

The feeding value, as well as the
market value, and palatability of hay
is lowered by being sunburned.- The
feeding value is probably hurt mostsby
the loss of leaves. Sunburned clover
and alfalfa lose g. large part of the
leaves in handling, and this is the
best part of the crop.
When the sun Is shining very bright
iy the alfalfa or grass should not be
left in the swath long. A large part
of the curing should be done in the
windrow and the cock. Most of the
hay is then shaded and so the damag
ing effect of intense sunshine is re.
duced to the exposed portion. And q
stock cover will still further lessen
the injury from the sun as well as
from rain.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Mop for Vases.

A convenient little mop for cleaning
bottles, tall vases. and other dishes
having spots inaccessible to the dish
mop or cloth can be made as follows:
Cut a deep groove one-fourth from the
end of a slender stick-any desirable
length and no larger round than a
pencil. Place bunch of string cut
in two-inch lengths around the stick
and tie them firmly in the groove with
strong thread. Next turn the long
ends of the string down and tie again
Just beyond the end of the stick
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
GARDEN PL0W MADE AT HOME
implement Is inexpensive, Easy to Put
Together and Will Give Most
Excellent Results.

A garden pillow is very useful arti-
Gle, but many people do not have gar
den enough to make it worth while
buying one. have homemade plow
that I find very useful. Any boy
handy with tools can make one like
it, writes Fred L. Doty of Mound Val
ley, Kan, in the Farmers Mail and
Breeze. A and B are pieces of by 4.
At one end of B rectangular hole is
mortised into which A fits and is bolt
ed. The other end of B is mortised
out to form the forks for the Pinch
wheel. The wheel is from an old baby
carriage, with the rubber tire re-
moved. This leaves a hollow shaped
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Lease sweIIinss Alone.

The large swellings that occasion,
ally appear in front of the knees Of
cattle, particularly old cows, is prop
erly known as hygroma. 1t is usually
filed with watery or straw-colored
fluid. Opening or other surgical oper-
alton is not advisable, except by a
competent veterinarian. These SWELL
ings usually do no harm, and most OF
the cases are most wisely left alone.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Water Bottle Baby.

wrong to say incidentally. for that
was the prime motive of the inven-
ton. Any one who has tried to make
child hold hot water bottle against
it can testify to the difficulty of the
task. The illustration shows how this
may be done. A dolls head is fasten-
ed to the bottom of the bottle and a
dress allowed to drape over it in loose
folds. The garment completely con-
ceals the bottle, and child will nurse
the doll and get all the benefit to be
derived from the hot bottle, without
knowing it is being treated"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Homemade Garden Plow.

rim which rides over the ground bet
ter than a fat rim would. D is one
Of the tools which may be used for
cultivation. A small cultivator shovel
will answer the purpose. Other tools
for garden working will suggest them
selves to the ingenuity of the maker.
The two iron strips bolted from A to
B have several holes at the upper end
to make them adjustable. The handle
braces are also of iron strips. Tho
handles are made of soft pine. This
plow does fine work and one person
can do as much with it as three per-
sons can with ordinary hoes.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Molasses Corn Balls.

OF course, you know how to pop
your corn. get it in packages. Pop
about your bread pan half full to try
your luck. Take cup of molasses,
and half a cup of sugar. and boil till
it will get hard in cold water (not
brittle). Just before you take it OF
add a pinch of soda to make it light,
Pour over popped corn and stir till
the molasses is well over the corn
then wet your hands in cold water
and form the balls. make my bread
pan full and use two cups molasses
and one cup of sugar.-Boston Globe
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
cocoanut PUDDING.

In one quart of boiling milk gradual
ly stir three-fourths cup farina Let
this boil 10 minutes, then add one cup
cocoanut and three well-beaten eggs,
stirring briskly to prevent eggs
curding. Butter a melon mold and
line with fine bread crumbs, pour the
mixture into it and place'in pan OF
hot water and bake in moderate over
three-fourths of an hour. Serve hot
with wine sauce.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
For Hoarseness.

Father was examining the mechan'
ism of an auto honker that was out
of order.
What are you going to do with
it?" asked Benjamin, aged nine years
81 think I'll try pouring little oil
in It, replied the Iatner.
"Oil nothing exclaimed BENJAMIN
what that thing needs 10 cough
si-np."
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
10 Prevent oat Smut

The Minnesota method: First, thor.
oIghly clean the seed by rinsing it
through several waters, taking one
pound Zone pint) Of formalin and
pour into barrel containing 40 to As
gallons of water. Place the grain in
a gunny sack and dip it into this bar
rel until you are satisfied that every
grain has been made wet. Then take
the oats out and dry them. They may
be kept for several days before they
are sown.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
A Sacred Secret.

The inspector in an English school
was questioning the small boys.
Can you take your warm over
coat OFF, he asked.
Eyes, SIR was the ready response.
"Can the bear take his warm over
coat off"
mo, sir"
why not?"
There was q perplexed silence
Then a little boy spoke up: please
sir, cause the good Lord alone knows
where the buttons is."-National
Monthly.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
BOTTLE DRESSED LIKE DOLL
ing It Aside, Thereby Getting
Benefit Of Hot Water.

The New York woman who devised
the water bottle baby showed keen
insight into juvenile psychology. Incl
dentally she overcame the child's nat
ural tendency to toss aside anything
of medicinal purpose. Or it may be
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
Toy Semaphore.

the string through screw-eye guide.
To the lower end of the string attach
piece of soft iron which should be
neavy enough so that when current
passes through the electromagnetic the
soft iron will be pulled down and the
signal arm raised
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
BOYS LEAVE FARM FOR, CITY
Strong and Rather Reliable Light
Thrown on Subject by Professor
Bailey Of Cornell.

Professor Leon H. Bailey or Cor
nell university has benn conducting
some inquiries as to why boys leave
the farm, which throw a strong and
rather reliable light upon this much
Rdiscussed question.
He addressed a circular letter to all
students-of Cornell who, he had rea-
son to believe. were born in the coun-
try
1855 from persons bred on the farm.
and planning to leave it. These assign
ed some 29S reasons why they were
leaving the farm, the same being
roughly classified as follows:
Question of financial reward. -. .101
Question of physical labor ..... IS
Question OF social and intellectual
Miscellaneous handicaps ......... Al
Professor Bailey summarizes as fol-
lows:
1t is easy to say that this finan-
cial unsuccess is due to poor indivi6-
ual farming, but it is question wheth-
er a good part is not due to causes
that go further and deeper than this.
Farming is virtually the only great
series of occupations that is morgan
lied, unsyndicated, unmonopolized,
uncontrolled except as it is dominated
by natural laws of commerce and the
arbitrary limitations imposed by or
ganiZation in other business.
The replies of these serious-minded
youths should also set every thought
fCl person wondering what is to be
the place of the farmer in the social
scheme of things. and whether the
present trend is doing him complete
justice.
About II per cent. of the replies
considered that the farmer has dis
tinct social disabilities.
They suggest the question as to how
far agriculture is to depend for it's
progress on the efforts of the individ-
ual farmer
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20

This period OF
the Christian year
is especially ap
propriate to con-
slider that tran
scendant event in
the earthly his
tory of our Sa-
viour referred to
in these words
viz: His ascen-
sion into heaven.
The incarnation,
death and resur-
rection of Jesus
Christ are each
and all of them
incomplete with
nnt the ascension
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
NEAT LITTLE ELECTRIC TO-
Semaphore May Be Operated by Use
of Piece of Soft iron and Small
EIectro-Magnet.

Place a small electromagnetic upon a
platform as shown, says the Popular
Electricity. After securing the sema-
phore arm in place at the top of the
post, fasten a string to 1t and pass
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
MOVING Brood Hen al Niaht.

Move your setting hen at night, and
chances are, if she is broody, she
will keep the nest you put her on:
whereas if changed during the day
time she is very apt not to act.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20
The Ascension
Of Christ
By REV. JAMES NJ. CRAY. D. D.
Dean Of the Moody Bible lnstitute
Chicago

TEXT-When he had spoken these
things, he was taken up and a cloud re-
ceived him out of their sight. Acts 10
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-20

Trees injured by freezing very oftel.
need to be severely cut hack.