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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

Observation-Disclosures first Broadway
" car ran through the loop district
the other night, through the La Sale
street tunnel, up Clark street, and
out Broadway, 1t was the first evil
denoe of the city's 567 varieties of new
street names.
The car, with no sign save the un.
wonted Broadway" displayed, swung
around the loop at the alcoholic hour
Of 1880, just when the most people
wanted car.
Say, now, where'd that come
FROM" demanded one night owl of an.
other on the curb, as No. 219 trundled
by. Lived here all my life an didn t
know we had Broadway, let alone a
car line on it."
Nobody could tell him.
Down Randolph street rumbled the
broadway" apparition, and drew up
In front of the Lambs cafe just as
two chorus girls emerged.
Amt this luck, Lii" exclaimed one
as they peeled their hobbies just high
enough to allow them to reach the
step. "The way remembered it we'd
have to beat 1t two blocks to car,
an here's one right at the door. Call
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Retired? Not So That Anybody Could Notice 1t

n INCINNATI, O.-Not long ago an
~ aged man presented himself at the
new account" window of local bank
and asked to have his semi-annual in.
terest entered in his passbook Rec
ognizing him at once, the teller on
duty asked: Are you still retired?"
Il reckon | am, as far as ever
was replied the depositor, smiling
grimly.
The little joke dates back a year or
two to the day when the account was
opened Accompanied by his wife on
that occasion, the aged farmer from
Ohio's onion belt rendered the teller
a roll of banknotes counting up in the
thousands.
How old are your" asked the clerk,
pursuant to the banks practice of
keeping such bits of information on
file
''Eighty-six."
Occupation
Farmer"
Farmer, retired" repeated the
teller and began to write it so.
Retired nothing!" protested the
octogenarian. IF you call working
$50 acres of land being retired, then
| suppose I'm retired"
The teller made suitable apologies
AS it was to be joint account, the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

The Hereford derives its name from
its native district in England.
The most popular color and mark.
ings are dark claret or cherry, white
face, throat, chest, legs, belly and
small strip of white on neck and be.
fore the shoulders. The horns are
medium to long, white and generally
turning outward
This breed represents the type that
is suitable for the largest production
Of beef as 1t is low set and broad,
heavy in forequarters; full, deep
chest, level, wide back, wide thick
loin and quarters. The torn repre-
sents that which is associated with a
strong constitution, vigor and prepo
tency, and one of the strong points
Of the breed is their grazing attri.
butes. The Hereford probably has no
superior on the range. The cows of
this breed give only milk enough TO
raise very thrifty calf.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
MELISSA WILL HAVE NO MEGiLPS
ABOUT THE HOUSE.

Mrs. Merriwid took off her big, fuzzy
hat and sent 1t Swimming to the dav-
export, with her habitual, careless
ease, and then slipped out Of her long
fur coat, revealing a costume that clio
tied a little squeal of establishment
from her maternal maiden aunt Jane.
1t was certainly bizarre in coloring
and remarkable as to its draping, that
costume.
"You don't mean to say you wore
that, Melissa?" said Aunt Jane.
Il certainly did, darling" replied
Mrs. Merriwid. why do you ask"
"Oh, for no reason in particular, my
DEAR" said Aunt Jane; only you
won't mind my saying that hope You
kept your coat on"
'Dearie." returned Mrs. Merriwid,
equally, II never mind anything you
say. know that even your harshest
criticisms of my conduct are uttered
wholly and solely for my good and
with view to my improvement. All
the same, loved one, your remark be.
trays the fact that you are hopelessly
Philistine and have never made q
serious study of the clinging and the
cadaVerous in art. I'm afraid, dearie
you don't even know what art is"
Perhaps l don't" said Aunt Jane
snappily.
We'll, don't lose any sleep over it
loved one," said Mrs. Merriwid
There are whole communities in the
same fix. / gather from what Mr.. Me
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
DOESN'T ROOT FOR MISCHIEF
Hog Is Looking for Alkal Found in
Soil to Aid In Dlsestion-Tank-
age Is Excellent.

A great many think hog roots just
for mischief. That is not the case.
The animal roots for alkali, which 1t
finds in the soil and which aids him in
digestion. Nature helps him out in
this way when man is foolish enough
to neglect him.
In the amount OF carbonaceous feed
that we feed the hogs there is too lit
tie phosphate for them.
Anything that we throw to the pigs.
whether lime, bones or oysted shells,
seem to be greatly relished and seems
to be a great help to them in digesting
their other feed and promoting their
general health.
Tankage is an excellent feed to pre-.
vent the sows and pigs from having
an apparent craving for uncommon
feeds like bones, old leather and also
killing chickens.
1t also aids them in getting more
nutriment out of their other feed by
keeping them In a healthy condition.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

Clip says that there aren't twenty-five
people in Chicago who are capable of
recognizing art. There were about If
teen of them at the tea. felt all
swelled up with the distinction of be-
ing among them, to say nothing of the
attentions Mr.. Megilp paid me-"
Il wouldn't encourage him, Melissa"
said Aunt Jane.
Genius should always be encour
aged, dearie,' declared Mrs. Merriwid.
Its our duty to encourage it,"
1.-THE question is, is he a genius?"
Aunt Jane asked.
Mercy! l should say he was" said
AIRS. Merriwid. "If you had been at
that tea and seen his studio and his
pictures, not to mention his guests,
you wouldn't dream of doubling it. If
he hasn't the divine fire, I'll be willing
to bet he finds it chilly in the winter
There wasn't the first sign of radia-
tor in the room. We all kept pretty
close to the samovar and the warmer
tinted canyases, however, and there
we didn't suffer especially. The argu.
ment was started over Maidgood's pic.
lures. The only Philistine present
said they were delightful, and there
was a general mpvement-the kind of
a movement you'll notice on the street
when two dogs begin to fight. Mr..
Mcgilp was just telling me something
pretty about my gown, but he made a
sort of bound to pick up the gage of
battle and left his compliment broken
off short.
Delightful, perhaps he said, with
deadly calm and poisonous politeness.
Delightful it may be; but, my dear sir,
do you consider that sort of thing
art?'
81 supposed it was said the Phil
istine. The critics seem to think his
coloring is extraordinarily fine
Nearly everybody shiyered at that.
You'd have thought some one had left
an outside door open. There were six
distinct shrugs. and one lady with a
sinuous neck said: oh, the criticsn
III just the tOHe MI TIoslt useu W say
'boorgewah!'
And you can't deny his superb
drawing the Philistine continued
oh, the fellow can draw Mr. Me-
Clip admitted, with lofty smile. SO
can an automobile designer. But we
were speaking Of art
We'll there's sentiment and ap-
peal ard human interest in his pic
lures said the Philistine. i may be
wrong, but / consider
That was as far as he got. They
fell on him en- masse and choked him
with relative proportions and values
and Burne-Jones and idealism and mid
die distances and high lights and at
mosphere until he couldn't do any
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Cleveland Firemen and Police in Fy-Trap Race

idea. The firemen contributed to a
fund to build the largest and most
lethal fy-trap in existence. 1t was in
stalled near the stable, wherein the
firemen had an immeasurable ad.
vantage over the police in the matter
of flies.
Then, all confidence, Trump chal.
lenged Cregan to a fiy-catching con-
test between their respective traps
Because the firemen had the advan.
tage of the stable, Trump gave Gre
gan handicap of 100 flies.
For days firemen and policemen
watched their traps earnestly. Wagers
were made on the result and in.
terest grew to a fever heat. Each
side accused the other of catching
flies by hand and 'stufiing" the traps.
But, strangely enough, the police trap
continued to attract more flies.
An approximate gave Cregan lead
of possibly 1000 flies and the fire.
fighters were In despair A terrible
disappointment awaited the police one
morning. With the break of dawn
Cregan went out to inspect lis trap
He sent in vocal riot call. The flies
were gone and a nervous bat was
alone in the cage.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Some Dairy looic,

Dairying is not only a cash business
but profitable when properly handled.
If the calf is to grow into a show
COW it will be wise to teach 1t to lead
before it gets too large
Butter-making on the farm is profit.
able if good butter is made, but the
Indifferent kind will bring a poor
price. Learn to make good butter.
Don't strip the COW with the thumb
and finger, but milk with the whole
hand and as fast as you can if you
want to make a good cow of her. Get
all the milk each time or she will
gradually dry up.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

n LEVELAND, GA desire to excel
~ in the manufacture of tiy-traps is
responsible for bad blood" between
the police at the Eleventh precinct on
East One Hundred and Fifth street,
near Euclid, and the firemen at en-
CINE house No. 10. next door
Sergeant Cregan, the Thomas Alva
Edison of the force, wearied of shoot
ing flies from his face, or pursuing
them with swatter," designed and
built gigantic fiy-trap This was
placed near the front door, as the
Transformation of the stable into a
garage had eliminated the busy fly
from that region. The flies began to
buzz around.
Charles Trump, the Marconi of the
firemen, CHANGED to see the police trap
and went back to the station with an
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

thing but gasp and look at them with
dumb pleading eyes. But he deserved
1t. He ought to have known better.
To even mention Maidgood In the
presence of Mr.. Megilp, not to speak
Of Mr.. Blivvy and Mr.. Klein and Mr..
Blodman, who were also present, was
honestly about the limit. Even know
better than that"
I'm sure wouldn't" said Aunt
Jane.
"Auntie, DEAR said Mrs. Merriwid.
That vandal Maidgood paints his
things just the way they are He isn't
ashamed to have green grass and blue
sky in his landscapes, and his sheep
actually look like sheep, and when It
comes to the female form divine, he'll
make curves when he could just as
we'll do them in straight lines and an
giles. Then he uses either brushes or
palette knife to apply his paint, In.
stead of a plasterer's trowel, and the
worst thing of all is that he sells his
pictures for real money and quite lot
Of it. Just to look at the man you'd
know him for the panderer to a de.
based taste that he is. He might be
stockbroker or banker for all the
distinction there is in his dress. AS
different from dear Mr.. Megilp with
his cunning blonde beard and his loose
flowing peacockb blue pecktie as any
thing you can imagine. Auntie, just
think how perfectly lovely it would be
to own being in brown velveteen like
Mr.. Megilp, to sustain and inspire him
and pose for him and tie his neckties
] and snnthe his apitated snirits whan a
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

loathsome realist got an honorable
mention! And he could design all my
gowns"
Melissa, my dear" said Aunt Jane.
you can't scare me bit. But, hon.
estly. what did you have that awful
dress made for?"
ITO tell the truth, dearie," said Mrs.
Merriwid, 81 intended it for the Dry.
salters' association masquerade ball.
I'm going to impersonate an Easter
lily. Only" she added, with a down.
ward glance, I'll have to have the
stem let out considerably If do any
| dancing"
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman.)
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

the suspects sure enough. Both, how.
ever, were reclining on the sidewalk
comfortably resting against brick
house, fast asleep in the broiling sun.
When yanked to their feet by the
Jealous limbs of the law, the darkeys
rubbed their eyes and gazed in won.
derment at the. blue coats. ~
"Whahfah you arrest us, boss?"
they asked of Faulkner. I'VE ain bin
dom nothin' but waitin' Yeah fer de
gawbage wagon t. come long. We
all's city 'ployes, we is We jess
Bout facet" shouted Lieutenant
Faulkner to the subs Forward,
march straight back to the cooler
joint, We've been fooled again"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
De TocuueviIIe's Faith.

/ cannot believe that the Creator
made man to leave him in an endless
struggle with the intellectual miseries
that surround US. | am Ignorant of
his designs, but | cannot cease to
believe in them because l cannot
fathom them, and / had rather mis-
trust my own capacity than his JUS
tice.-De Tocqueville..
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

wire also was questioned as 10 her
age.
DO have to tell?" she asked.
mo, not unless you wish"
We'll, ladies are little bashful
about telling their age after they pass
thirty"
'Aw, tell the man how old you are,
Hannah" The husband seemed dis
gusted with coyness.
We'll" the old lady made confess
sion reluctantly 81 amt so old as
the old man is, but I'm eighty-four."
And | suppose you are retired
too?" said the smiling teller.
That may be your name for it, but
what with the cooking and the house
work and the milking and the butter
Ing and all; manage to keep kind of
busy"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
BIG POTATO CROP IN TEXAS
Farmer Raises s36 Bushels on Three
and Seven-Eighths Acres-ought
to Do Even Better.

The man holdi1e, row of potatoes
on his arm, with pardonable pride,
is Texas farmer who writes that
some of his tubers weighed two and
one.half to three pounds, He raised
$3.50 bushels on three and seven.
eighths acres.
The man in the machine was turn.
ing up tubers at the rate of PIP bush.
els per acre on a 12-acre field. In
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Thorcuph Preparation.

The better the preparation of The
soil the less seed will be required.
Many failures in seed are not due so
much to lack of vitality in the seed as
to the unfavorable condition of the
ground. Thorough preparation not
only saves seed, but lessons the work
of cultivation.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Profit in Bees,

The expense of keeping few col
onies of bees is but little. They pay
a good profit on the money outlay.
Bees may be kept in most any neigh
borhood, as they gather their food
by the wayside, often flying several
-uiles for their daily food
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

Lydia Il. Plnkham 8
v G ct bic Com
pound has done fer
me. ] was weak,
nervous, and cared
for n o thin G blu {
sleep. Now | can
go ahead with my
work daily and feel
ten years younger
than before | started
taking your medi-
cine. / will advise
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Their Turn Now,

Father-'1 am sorry to have to say,
my son, that from what l hear about
town you must be running into
debt" Son-"You are mistaken, sir.
| am already in debt; my creditors
are doing all the running
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

Don't have any loose wires lying
around the farm anywhere, especial
ly where the colts and horses run. 1t
only takes two seconds to knock a
hundred dollars OF the value of the
horse
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
She Knew.

Bookkeeper--lf | asked the boss to
raise my salary, what do you think he
would say?
Stenographer-Mr. Pehner, | am
lady - ! never even think such
things!
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

one part of the field where the soil
was in high condition 266 bushels
were obtained. Still American farm.
ers ought to do better than that. Ger.
man growers produce $50 to 400
bushels per acre.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
No Contortionist.

Fat Man-Did you give them a good
shine?
Bootblack-Sure, sir Look for
yourself
Fat Man-lll take your word for it.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

The great principle of brotherhood
is not by equality, nor by likeness,
but by giving and receiving
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
WOMAN FEELS
10 YEARS
YOUNGER
Since Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re
stored Her Health.

Louisville, KY. -" / take great pleas
ure in writing to inform you of what
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16
Another Sufferer Relieved.


LIS, 2229 Bank St, Louisville, KY.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Romayor, Texas. -"I suffered terri
bly, with a displacement and bladder
trouble. was in misery all the time
and could not walk any distance. I
thought l never could be cured, but my
mother advised me to try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and / did
al am cured of the displacement and
the bladder trouble is relieved. / think
the Compound is the finest medicine on
earth for suffering women. - Mrs.
VIOLA JASPER, Romayor, Texas.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

any woman to consult with you before
going to a doctor. Mrs. INIZE WILL
LIS, 2229 Bank St, Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-10-16

wife also was questioned as to her
Gunnison news-champion., 1913-09-19
RESTORATION ~ ESTRN Ot LANDS ~
NATIONAL FOREST

Nofics = harshy given thaf the lauas .ie.
=sriis.l b.,sos easbrscins 10 scrss. within We
t.anntzsga >auissssi f.sre-t. fais'rtiips ~ D.
.ahIso y -attieaani sisd ess5 ssia,.t n. ~
STAT snd she sei of June ~ is.', - STAT ~
- flge uiteti States land oiifce a. Attitft'se
Col lirsa.. on t,ut.ibar q. l.lS Anf -etitH WI.
49, actually and "a good faith ciaiInihe sas oi
satd lsads fsf agricultural parps-es prior b
Jsass.1y 1, Itss. snd hss moi aiisHa,iiiea same.
has = yrefffrance night 10 naAe h""s-hfha
entry f.sr the lsnas situsliy oconpish Satn
isntis wara listed n.rin the Applications "i the
person mentioned below. Tho have pr"fcr'
spoe rizilf subject ~ the prgr rifht of sui such
sstflr proxid q sach settler OF appiicSnt i-
qualified 10 make homestead entry snn .se
prefarsnce right y exsrci-ed prior 70 Oct' t'ioer
- Isl.3. on which date the laads vii be subject
a. -astlsnsanf and entry 10 ans gaaliiieu peAon.
The lsnds are within un-urseyed bat what
.aa s s'gTere Ts s% X Ssn ssf'is' s'h ~ % e-asissa
b, meies sad bounas a. fOlfc~-; b'.elnf,ns at
corner No. l. a sandstone marked tshhl
whence the quarter e..rn,r On sset.on Ine br'
t~e.u -s.cs a snd p. 7. D. =. v ~ bear :.
CHAIN : ~ W VI ~ - chains. y. D. obsins.
and $ ~ ~ y a. chains, extending thence \.
~ chains. theBce y. - ~ y. y chains thence
y " chain, thence y. = ~ : chains.
thence y scbsin- thence \ ~ ~ l.. schain-.
thence \. CHAINS. thence y ~ ~ y
chains thence q chains thence ~ ~ -
2 chains shsnce 5 D chains thaIce > ~
~ ". D. chains thence chsins, thence :.
b. " schsin- thence =. chaIns; thsace
. ~ ~ " > chains: thence n chains
thence s. - ~ v Is chains Ia the place ~ -
ginning. So much of the above tract as war moi
Included in List ~. here,ofore opened- ls hsra.
by opened TO entry. sad tract was listed npon
the application - y. . Davenport. 81 Crss
Isl3 g. NJ BRUCE, Assistant ttomnsi-sionar of
the ts.narH Land Office.
First Pub. Ans. ~. Last Pub sept. ~.
Gunnison news-champion., 1913-09-19
. Our Washington Letter 4
Is WORST
GOVERNED CITY IN THE
NATION SAYS KEETlNC:


their assis. and shese ,s y,ieusy 81
evidence THAI asea.bers 81 Congress
have pEo6sed by These transactions.
far exsmple. tue real estate r.ns
parchssed tract of subarban land
and determss~a 10 msxe 1t she
f..ssIo.sble Eessdsut a.sar.ct oi
~sshsnetos. Tbs csty ssslwsy Co.
~ss peEaasised " exssaa IL lisss 10
the tract and then Congress approp
rated money 10 epea up ske ssseets
and @ake other impsoveueass cslcs-
lated 10 fsrshss euhaaee the vslse u
the rsaGs hold,aes. I have 1t On
the ~erd II rnembes If the Hou.e
Dssrlct Commissse thss the govern
nseat eaPsaasd el.750. .s66 in th,.
manner oa this trsct slone of
eo3rse the insse,ers "clssasd sp"
hsadsonsly.
In other csssss the Goa Il psrk
sadewsik and ssssss impsovs.snss
70 sssssssd against the psopsssy ben
eased. Not % in WssAslstoa.
Uncle Sam bsys ell sAe parks and
be eostribstss ons hslf the cost Of
oil ssaewslk ssd ssssst smpsosssssat
The oshsr half 10 paid out Of the
general reveaoe Of the district Re.
sslt-she street and slIeys in wssh
saGtons best" rssideatal districss
are models for the world, while in
lsss favorsd ssctioas Of the city-the
plaess whsse the tosrisas Do no& 10,
but where the pscple hve-she alleys
ere full Of fool odoss end the side
wsiks and psvsnenss sss dilspidst.
ed.
The method Of raising the cisy's
revease 10 pecsliar The Comm,s-
sloners first determine how much
they will collect from general taxa
t'on. Whatever this cum nay he,
the nsaioasl government 10 called
upon 70 furnish an eqaal smosnt
Thss it has cone 10 psss that whsn-
ever the city licenses q new saloon
Uncle Sen 10 co@pslled 10 dig do~n
in Ais pocket end pay tine District
Treasury IN equal saosnt.
THE MARKET STEAL :.
Washington hes q magnificent
market house which is pointed out
10 vjsitors. As matter of fact it 10
Q monument to graft.
The land and the building belong
to the government. In 1873 certain
Congressman and Senators organic
ed company and put through bill
granting them 80 year lease on the
market or condition that they pay
an annual rental of $25,OOO and
construct a municipal building to
cost $250,OOO Soon after they
obtained the lease they exerted their
influence and were released from the
obligation to build the municipal
building and the rent WAS cut to
81 500 a year.
Thus they were given possession
Of this tremendously valuable piece
of property for LOCO a year less
than nothing. They still control il
and | have been told that it has
paid 40 per cent annual dividends
on the original capitalization.
The length of Washington's graft
could be heightened indefinitely but
space forbids. The House District
Committee, led by johnson, George
and Prouty is uncovering new
scandals every day. The President
is assisting in the good work by ap
pointing able, Trustworthy and pro-
gressive commissioners What is
most needed is a nation wide public
sentiment which will demand
clean up"