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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
HAS SLOW GROWTH
MistIetoe Develops Slowly in First
Years of Existence.
Psrzsite Occurs on Wloe Range OF
Trees ana Is Common on That
Of the Apple, but Rarely
Appears on the Pear

London. -The very slow growth
made By the mistletoe plant In the
first few years OF its existence has
been & cause Of anxiety to those who
hare fondly hoped TO grow large
bxnches Of mistletoe in their gar
dens in q short space Of time. In sup
port Of your correspondents views
am sending q photograph showing
two large punches Of mistletoe on
whitethorn. says q writer in Country
Life. II is very curious. for the mis-
tletos is obviously older than the host
plant. This, however, has been &C
complished by removing the mistle-
toe with q portion of the tree on
which it was growing and grating
upon the whitethorn. Your CORE
spondeuts success in growing mistle-
toe on the Glastonbury thorn raises
the question Of suitable host plants
for the parasite. II is most often
seen growing upon the apple, but in
certain districts 1t is common on the
poplar, while II is also found on haw-
thorn, willow, lime, maple, mountain
ash, and even cedar OF Lebanon and
larch. There is a popular impression
that mistletoe has a great liking for
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

the oak AS matter of fact, the two
are very seldom found together, and
the rare occurrence of mistletoe grow
ing upon oak was held sacred by tho
DTuids and regarded as divine gift.
A most singular thing concerning mis-
tletoe is that, although 1t occurs on a
wide range of trees and is so common
On the apple, yet 1t is hardly ever
found on the pear. The writer has
never seen mistletoe on the pear, and
such instances must be extremely
rare. Attempts recently made to
grow mistletoe on pear have led to
such remarkable results that the sub
iect has since been brought before the
scientific committee of the Royal Hor-
ticultural society. Mistletoe seed was
sown on a number of trees, and in
many instances termination took
place. In no case, however, did the
mistletoe get beyond the stage of
termination, and no leaves were made.
The effect upon the pear was notice
able, for the mistletoe In its attempt
to establish itself killed the tissue OF
the tree stem just within the bark,
completely encircling the stem. all
growth being killed above the point
where the mistletoe had terminated
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

good bacon pig. We might start first
from the head
Here, length Of snout. which partly
includes length Of Jowl and the abb
senee Of loose fabbiness so frequent
ly seen there, indicates Is q rule q
lengthy animal The idea has been
TO reduce the cheap parts Of the ami
mai and 70 increase those which are
dearer On that account q light fore
head is necessary, but II must not be
a. the expense Of width OF back or
depth In the pig.
AS . rule q pig narrow al the poll
(between the ears ia not the widest
On his top. nor is he the thriftiest Of
feeders. There may be exceptions to
this rule, but il can be applied gener-
ally. The advantages Of prominent
eye and 3 smooth unwrinkled jaw or
cheek. as well as width between the
eyes. are that they invariably indicate
q smooth. lean-heshed animal
A short heavy head 10 invariably as
ISOLATED with very round body and
wide and very fat back, altogether
q wasteful carcass. The neck should
not be too long, otherwise 1t indicates
weakness, and q short neck generally
goes with a short side, which from
the bacon point OF view of course is
not desirable. II Ii important to note
the character OF the middle piece.
The ribs should spring from the
back, but they should not be entirely
round They should rather spring wen
and allow the animal to be turned
out slightly fat from the sides. There
VIII then be less wasteful fat on the
top without decreasing the depth of
the pig.
What La wanted is pig that con-
tains maximum OF lean meat and an
undercut with as much streaky as pos
sible. The loin should, Of course, be
covered and muscular, because so
much depends on good development
there. The rump should not be too
straight, otherwise the hams will In
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

instance Cancer Is on 3 steady IN
crease and no man has yet been able
70 demonstrate the cause, but when
the cause is located II VIII, undoubted-
IL, prove 10 be closely related 70 s3De
slight form Of starvation as is our
other scourge-tuberculo
The future field Of medicine lies
along the lines not Of determining how
many organs may be removed from
mankind without immediate destruc-
lion OF life. not in discovering the par
rcular remedy required 10 overcome
the distress resulting from some dis
eased condition, but in determining
and teaching men so 70 live that they
may prevent the lowered resistance
that makes them subject 70 disease
how 10 maintain normal resistance 70
disease
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Commission Man Knows.

Yoer commission man knows that q
good fresh bird shows q well rounded
form, with neat, compact legs and no
sharp. bony angles on the breast, in
dicating lack Of tender white meat.
That the skin should be clear color,
yellow preferred and free from
blotches and pin feathers; for II 1t
looks tight and drawn he viii believe
1t was scdded before plucking.
That the flesh should give evenly
and gently when pressed by the fin.
gers and should be neither fabby nor
stiff.
That the marks Of freshness are In
ticated by moist, soft and timber feet,
with eyes bright and full
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Here " answered u chorus
q
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that something revolutionary had happened
whskes o
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will allowed a
Not 0
When
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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

variably be short. There should be
no fabbiness about the hams and q
well-csrried tail puts finish to q pig,
which helps 1t greatly at the time Of
sale 10 the butcher.
The quantity OF bone should also be
accompanied by strength Of bone, be-
cause 1t is not possible 10 carry a
heavy weight OF meat Of very fine
quality without substance. Round
bone should be avoided. as Il indicates
lack Of breeding and is invariably as
ISOLATED with fat carcass.
The pasterns should not be weak
and the pig should be straight on its
legs. This Is likewise OF great i'm
portance. for exercise is necessary
In the production Of the best class Of
carcass.
These may seem small points, yet
they all indicate particular functions
which the bacon pig is supposed to
fu1hll.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

the diet with trankues and schnapps
a while
heard could
diet
sine s35 a week and steak"
another woman declared Mrs Jensen He
right until he
married who love
sausage said Judge Torrison
other
others Cut
win along all right Better read book the
control o nerves"
Judge Torrison ordered Jensen to
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Gn uses they telephone for moving pick Up all their family and
=
bugs One
craving pantry and
reprohfuy
back
VIII fl
sCsakas food al
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
LIGHTNING Baked BY ROPE
Saves Cows Life After Bolt Had Melt
ed Heavy Chain Holding
Animal.

Lentsville, N. C.-Lightning perpe-
trated quite an unusual freak here
during the electrical storm. Harden
Evans had a COW tied with a chain
which had been heightened with a
piece Of rope some three feet In
length and this piece of rope was
fixed to the halter.
The lightning struck the post to
which the chain was tied, completely
shattering 1t. and followed the chain
down to where the rope was fixed.
The chain links were melted into 4
solid mass and could easily be broken
apart with the hand
The rope being attached is the only
reason the COW escaped being killed
instantly.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
tCoyyriSfr.. l9lS. by A. s. Cray
WHEAT FLOUR.

OF the protein substances used for
food none IL Of more importance than
those contained in wheat Next 10
rice. il is today the most largely used
grain
The wheat berry is fruit and moi
q seed. The actual wheat seed is the
germ or embryo, kdney-shsped body
which is found at the base Of the Der
~ and connected with the root
through the placenta, which is IL ef-
feet cord joining the berry with its
stalk Botanists distinguish six skins
on the wheat berry-epicarp. meso
carp. endocarp. epispern. tegmen and
psrisperm-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Liverwurst, German sausage,
schnapps and bologna Is poor diet for
a steamftter who earns s35 q week
and wants steak once in a while. It's
bad for the nerves.
Charles told Municipal Judge Tor
rison in the court OF domestic rela-
lions the other day that he had run
away from a sausage, his wife and
six children.
She gave me bologna for break.
fast. liverwurst for dinner and Ger
man sausage for supper" he said.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Moisture and the diastase cause the
eatalyzers to work and digest or de-
compose the -four. II Is In just this
difference between the contents OF the
whole wheat berry and the -four from
which ''the STAFF OF Life" is made that
undoubtedly will be found the key to
much Of our trouble. II Is admitted
that neurasthenia-"Americanitis," az
1t Is jokingly called by the rest of the
worlds due 10 some type Of NAL
nutrition" meaning. In plain English,
starvstion-a lack OF balance between
the energy expended and that devel-
oped. How much Of this Ia due to our
devitalized food? Hunt reports in bull
letin So. hygienic laboratory, United
States treasury department; In ex-
IRENE cases mice after having been
fed upon certain diets recovered from
forty times the dose OF acetonitrile
fatal to mice kept on other diets II
ls, moreover, possible TO alter the re-
sistance Of these animals at will, and
TO overcome the effects Of one diet by
combining IT with another"-the point
be was working to establish being that
unnatural diets lower resistance and
restoring the diet balance raises re-
sistance.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

eAb71s SoLtf4S lAuAA 14Als LSAl bSCh'
reaches al Z certain fixed rate fox the
month or the year.
Nothing worse could happen. res
tsurant-keepers say, than the finding
by 2 customer OF 3 cockroach in his
apple pie
Three hundred young coekroaches
at setting is nothing unusual and q
box Of breakfast food is one Of the
most select places for 2 nest.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Cockroach
smell the wonderful powder that
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Wrapped up and thoroughly sealed
within these many skins lies the
houry kernel, the endosperm, In tnti
mate contact with the inner skin. The
epdosperm consists Of starch gran
ules held In a network OF minute abers
OF gluten. This glutinous portion Ii
Of great importance to the baker, be-
cause on its quantity and quality de-
ponds the strength" or raising power
Of the -four.
The placenta serves TO filter the
food which the plant sucks up from
the ground. First the mineral and
gluten skeleton is formed and then
the berry tattens by extracting out OF
the air under action Of sunlight the
carbon necessary to build mp the
starches and sugar. A good deal OF
the matter filtered by the placenta Is
mineral In nature and such portions
as are not digested remain In the
crease. A grain Of wheat Is com
posed approximately as follows: Wa
ter, u per cent; protein IL per cent
fat. two per cent; carbohydrates, II
per cent; mineral salts. two per cent
These mineral salts consist OF potas-
sum, sodium, calcium, magnesium,
iron, phosphorus, sulphur, silicon.
chlorine, iodine and manganese
Until recent years the whole berry
was broken up and triturated In one
operation. and the -four necessarily
contained aiarge proportion Of branny
particles, In which cerealin, an active
digestive constituent, was present in
very sensible proportions. Unless the
wheat was thoroughly matured and
dry IL was difficult to produce good
keeping -four.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Bszt when the proprietor entered and
hooked about he knew something ter
rfble had struck the place
~John," be called. Jake, jim"
They were his oldest men Some
had been in his service for twenty
ysarS and naturally the proprietor
wfshed 20 give them cheery greet
ing On his homecoming. Three men
stood before him. He didn't know
them He took several looks. turned
20 hls books for q few moments and
once as=1n called the men
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Unnecessary Loss.

Coops and egg cases are expensive.
Unless sold with the contents, keep a
check on them and see to it that they
are returned to you promptly. The
value Of lost coops each season viii
aggregate a fortune.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

There is a medium in feeding
which. as far as is possible. every one
should follow. It gives to each animal
iust what its system can readily as
simulate and make use Of; no more.
no less.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

The patent roller process brushes
the berry in such manner as TO chip
OF the woody skins and flatten the
germ. Thus their removal by me
chanical means is made easily posi-
Bile. In this way is removed from the
houry starch granules the bulk Of the
mineral matter and the digestive fer
ments. This makes q better keeping
-four and gives clear, white bread and
cakes OF fine texture. very attractive
10 the eye. Patent process -four Is
graded as follows: First patent, sec
ond patent, first clear or straight sec
ond clear and red dog. Ordinary or
straight -four" is the third: the fifth
is chiefly used in the arts and for feed
ing animals. The rest of the wheat
berry constitutes several grades Of
bran and shorts The United States
department OF agriculture standard"
permits not less than s.5 per cent pro
TEN, or four per cent ash. and not
more than 1876 per cent moisture.
The two per cent of mineral salts
In wheat makes the ash" While the
mineral contents of whole wheat are
two per cent, the mineral contents Of
fine white -four are about one-half Of
one per cent The more thoroughly
the mineral matter and the digestive
elements are eliminated from -four,
the whittier bread il makes and the
better the -four keeps under all con-
ditions of climate.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
BEST TYPE FOR BACON
DESIRED STANDARD OF ANIMAL
NOT ALWAYS REACHED.
Mary Small Points indicsts Particular
Functions Hos 10 Supposed TO
FuifiIi-EKsrcise is Of Great
Importance

The style Of animal which best
meets the bacon curer's ideal has
often been spoken about. but the de-
sired standard is not always reached.
and this IL many cases is due TO
faulty breeding
To consider briefly one or two OF
ths Indications Be to what is really q
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

halfhou had occupied shaving the
tor Rudy stupehedi
he said to
his and he rs hour for It II
charged him 10
7 for the
he homelovinG
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

three hours at rs cents an hour.
Toward the close Of his stay he de-
Szded TO rest and get shaved.
Guess I'll get shaved" he said,
At the same time climbing into Rudys
CHAIR. Red men meet tonight and
I've got to look pretty"
Rudy gave him good shave.
bordered with a lot Of hot towels,
plenty Of face lotion and talcum- 1t
must have taken half an hour TO get
the plumber properly beautified.
The next day Rudy got the plum
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
INERT FOOD

Life in the furnace giving out life
conserving heat into the house means
that something has to be contln-
uopsly dying IN the furnace. For
TO maintain that heat some form
Of potential energy has got 70 be
continuously released in the furnace
and this is achieved by digesting. or
decomposing. or IN plain English. BY
burning coal or some other form Of
carbon in the frebox- Whether 1t be
in your furnace or IN your own body.
in the wheat plant or In the single
celed Rnoeba, life is continuous
process Of dying
AL organic life exists IN state OF
continuous decomposition and rebuild
ing. perpetual state Of mutation.
What is true Of the fire Is equally
true OF ourselves. the principles being
identical AS soon as decomposition
ceases, reconstruction ceases; as soon
as we cease dying. We cease living
Life in man. plant, amoebs or the fur
mace is merely vibration an individ
ual Transformation Of potential ener
gy that varies only in degree.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Joker Scares Whiskers From His rs Employees

M YoRKJohn keeps oyster
~
time his
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Steady Sausage Diet Wrecked Victims Nerves

HCAGo,ked long served breakfast dinner
meals Charles his 1922
Harper II got his
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Dairy farming IL one OF the most
approved and profitable methods Of
hive stock farming.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Barber Wants to Know lust Where He Comes In

INDIANAPOLIS Maurath barber
The other day Rudy called
The plnmbsr droned along for
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10
Eviction of Cochoaches Is This Mans Specially

PAUL MnNThe unpopsty
Ger~int West De
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Il is no more possible for US TO
maintain our bodies in health without
q generous supply of these inorganic
elements than it would be for us TO
keep a gasoline. engine running for an
indefinite period Of years by merely
tells US that the engine must be taken
to the shop every so often and the
worn parts renewed II we are to Sc
cure continuous action or any sort OF
efficiency from the oil consumed.
All organic life rests on one funda-
mental and vital fact, which is that
the seed bearing plants have, with
few known exceptions, the exclu-
sive power Of absorbing energy d.
rect from the inorganic under the
stimulus Of sunlight. In the action OF
chlorophyi 1.-THE green coloring matter
of plant life analogous to the red col
oring matter in human blood In sun
light undoubtedly lies the key to the
mystery OF life. But with the sublime
assurance Of ignorance we step in and
deliberately break this cycle OF life
by discarding elements that offend our
color sense or that interfere with our
business.
II, for instance, wheat -four will not
keep. we remove the bran, the woody
matter and the mineral salts, together
with a portion of the protein matter
and the germ; 1t makes much whittier
and lighter bread, anyway, Aand the
experts tell US that II is more digesti-
BILE, too; and besides, the "insoiuble
by-products" make fine food for stock.
Cattle. chickens and other forms OF
life grow fat and sleek on a diet to
which these waste by-products" are
added.
Evidently these waste products"
have very profound influence on the
metabolism of the lower forms of life,
but 1t is argued that that has nothing
to do with man. We are still hitched
TO the idea that man is a thing apart
from all the rest of creation and that
IL anything becomes the matter with
his machine 1t is because an evil spirit
gets in and he must pour some vile
tasting combination down his throat
to drive the evil thing out Meantime
the fact that some fifteen millions of
our nineteen-odd million children en-
rolled In the schools are shown to be
more or less physically defective from
insufficient building material supplied
in their food, and the fact that we are
experiencing a constantly increasing
economic loss through the premature
death Of our matured lives, do not ap-
pear to be 80 important to us as that
we shall have nice white foods that
viii keep
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

We do not know much about diges-
ton; we do not know much about the
cause Of many diseases-cancer, for
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

All living matter contains substances
OF peculiar molecular structure and
composition far more complex than
any compounds found in inorganic nsr
ture But the difference between these
organic and inorganic substances Ia
only a difference of degree. and many
of the most Characteristic Of the sub
stances have been artihcially made tn
the chemical laboratory.
Built up out of the commonest ele
ments on the surface of the earth
these organic compounds are grouped
into three classes: Carbohydrates
sugar, starch and celluloseI, fats and
proteins. OF these three compounds
the proteins are by far the most i'm
portant, for while the molecule of fat
or carbohydrate, consists entirely OF
various combinations of the three ele-
ment, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen,
the protein molecuIe always contains.
In addition. nitrogen and sulphur
The Carbohydrate and the fat, so
far as we know, appear TO be only
heat and nergy-giving compounds ex-
actly equivalent TO the coal We burn
in the furnace or In the frebox Of q
steam engine. But the preteins have
at least double function TO perform
and probably others we have not yet
grasped-for not only must they sup
ply energy but also the structural ma
terial. the brick. stone. mortar, iron
and other inorganic material out Of
which our bodies are composed.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-10

Cutting of the bloom viii not iniure,
but win help IL. Where this clipping
is too long delayed, the clippings are
likely to make too much of swath,
and unless removed win seriously in
terfere with the stand Of clover by
shading it We had this happen once
In our own experience.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-28

After he had handed the Tigers q
two-run lead In the fourth inning Of
yesterdays fray with the Nationals
at Navin field, Walter Johnson
snatchcd Il back In the eighth by
clouting twobagger to center field
and leading his teammates In a stick
ing rally which tied the score and
forced the game into overtime, wash
ington eventually, In the tenth, win
ming, 8 to 2,
Reynolds pitched superb ball :or
seven innings, and looked good for his
second victory of the season over
Johnson. In the second, Cobb had
taken third when Foster threw TO
the grandstand on the Georgia
Peach's easy grounder. and had
scored when Johnson heaved q fasr
one TO the press box. Then Veach
walked and was scored by fIeilman's
single, and the game appeared TO
be on Ice for the Tigers.
But four hits In the eighth. led by
Johnson's, sent Reynolds to the show
ers with the score tied, and Covel
eskie was called upon with two men
on and nobody out. lie responded
nobly, making Gandil and Shanks pole
to Rush. and catching Milan OF third
The ninth was uneventful. In the
tenth, q lift, a fumbled grounder b.
Bush, and walk for shanks, filed In,
bases, and when Morgan singled q
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-28
1914 Bad Year for Managers;
Kid Gleason May Be New Sox Chieftain
Several Slated for Discard

, flirting with the Feds. Doom has fail
ed. This Is small reflection upon him
as no man could have brought hal,
mony In that club. The new manager.
whoever he is. faces desperate task
and q house-cleaning
O'Day is through at Chicago. This
is authoritative. II has been arranged
by National league leaders to clean
the Chicago stables entirely. There
Is talk OF Jack Hendricks, but before
that came up was informed as to
O'Day's successor and Hendricks was
not the man. or course II McGill sue
ceeds In buying Taft's stock Hen.
bricks may get the job.
There Is a persistent rumor that
Fred Clark Is going to retire from
baseball. He has not announced II
and II is probable he could stay with
Pittsburgh as long as he wanted TO
stay. He was ready to retire five
years ago. but was persuaded to keep
on. Clark Is rich and prefers his
family and his ranch to baseball. He
would not quit Dreyfuss II Dreyfuss
needed him. but he has been so long
In the harness that II is CALLING him
and there may be more than rumor
behind the story Of his retirement