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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Not Due to Ignorance.

Dr Briggs received note from Il
farmer living back quite ways In the
country, requesting him to come az
quickly as possible to see his child
who was very sick with IA very bad
cold"
The doctor examined the child and
thea turned to the mother.
Don't you know" he asked. that
your little girl is coming down with
the measles?"
"Yes. doctor" was the woman's re
ply, Il knew she was"
Then why In the world" asked the
doctor. did you write me that she had
very bad cold?"
The woman hesitated. for n moment
then, looking at her husband. said
with sullen frankness:
Neither him nor me knew how tt
spell measles National Monthly.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Stop using calomel! II makes you
sick. Don't lose days work. IL you
feel lazy. sluggish, bilious or consti'
pated listen to me-
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel. when II comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into It. breaking
It up This is when you feel that aw'
full nausea and cramping. II you feel
"all knocked out" II your liver Is tor
pd and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness. coated
tongue. II breath is bad or stomach
sour just try spoonful of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get 5O-cent
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
SOUPS EASY TO MAKE
PALArAeLE AND ECONOMICAL
ADDITIONS TO THE MENU.
Enable Housewife to Utilize Leftover
Materials Which Could Not Be
Otherwise Empioyed-Three
Of the Best Recipes.

Prices OF foodstuffs are keeping
wonderfully normal. but IT behooves
the housekeeper in these uncertain
times to learn to make the very best
use Of tho supplies which she obtains.
90 that she can supply nutritious
meals at the lowest possible cost.
Soups provide great deal Of nutri-
ton, and In making them cooked
bones. whether OF meat or fish. make
q really good basis for the stock,
while the water In which vegetables
have been cooked is also excellent for
soups.
Into the stock pot car go all meat
trimmings, bones, carcasses and glib
let's OF poultry and game. all rinds
and trimmings OF tongue, ham and
bacon. all liquids In which meat or
vegetables have been cooked aud all
strippings OF vegetables.
All these should be properly trim
med rinsed and put into the stock
pot Simmer, but do not boil the
soup. Ten minutes rapid boiling will
cloud a kettleful OF soup. Do not add
the vegetables until the last hour of
cooking. The delicate favoring Of
both meats and vegetables is easily
driven off In the steam II they are
boiled rapidly or cooked too long
An easily prepared and cheap soup
is made as follows: Place some bones,
cooked or uncooked. in a pot W 'N
an onion two carrots and two sliced
| turnips. two stalks of parsley, a little
| pepper and salt, and pour in sufficient
water to just cover them all. Bring
this all just TO boil. then draw the
pan to the side of the fire. and let
the contents simmer for two TO three
hours. Now cook and blend onehalf
an ounce of dripping and three.fourths
ounce of flour Strain the liquor on to
this, stirring well Then put all back
on to the fire and simmer for fifteen
minutes. and serve.
! TO make an inexpensive vegetable
soup slice down half a carrot, half a
turnip and one onion and fry them
In one-half an ounce o. clarified drip
ping for five minutes; then lift them
ph'f sithf Nit idi hNN dEtiH hllu ~ y
In II one-half an ounce of -four until
brown color. Take the pan from
the fire, add one and onehalf pints OF
stock. stirring over the fire until q
boils and is smooth, then put In the
vegetables bunch of herbs and a lit
tie salt. and let all simmer until the
vegetables are tender Lift out the
bunch of herbs and serve the soup.
This is a good onion soup: Pee
and cut up rather small three good
sized onions and cook them in two
ounces Of dripping in covered PAL
for one hour until tender, then mois
ten with one and half pints of no
water in which a cauliflower or beam
have been cooked or even plain wa
ter. Add some slices OF bread GU
diagonally and season with peppe
and salt Cover the pan again ant
let the contents simmer for at leas
an hour. Crush the onions through
sieve and just before serving gradu
ally add a tablespoonful of crate,
cheese, stirring rapidly into the sou
to blend.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Representative Bacon OF Georgia
was condemning In Macon club the
German general staff for its anti.
quated close formation in attack, n
formation which costs the German
army thousands Of llvea.
Close formation" he said, was
excellent in Napoleons day. but with
our modern machine guns. shooting
myriads OF bullets a minute. 1t is a
useless. It Is a cruel waste Of life"
But" said German-American
we've got so many men, you know
congressman-we've got so many, we
can AFFORD to-er-to lose"
MY friend" Mr.. Bacon interrupted
would you excuse your cook for serv
ing you watery soup because there
bad been rainy season."
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Paiamas for the Destltute.

Hoboes cared for next winter at the
municipal lodging house In st. Louis
will wear "ajamas. II the plans OF ID
rector OF Public Welfare Tolkacz are
successful.
The pajamas will not be fancy and
will not contain ribbons and elaborate
trimmings, but they will be service
able The night garments probably
will be made of material similar to
that used for overalls and Jumpers.
The purpose OF the pajamas equip
ment is to provide the lodgers with
covering during the night, while theii
clothing is being sterilized. The cot'
used are OF steel, and no bed clothing
Is furnished
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
One EelloWa Wlah.
CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP!
ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE ON LIVER
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone viii Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever HadDoesnt Make You Sick!

spoonful and II It doesn't straighten
you right up and make you feel hne
and vigorous want you to go back 70
the store and get your money. Dod-
sons Liver Tone is destroying the
sale OF calomel because It is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable. therefore
II cannot salivate or make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful OF
Dodscn's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels OF that sour bile and consti.
pated waste which Is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam.
lily feeling fine for months. Give It to
your children. II Is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like It's pleasant taste
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Dead Soldiers Gift.

Among the contributions to Queen
Mary of England's Work for Women
Fund received recently was an en-
gagement ring which arrived by mail.
accompanied by the following letter:
THE boy who AVE me this before
he went away will never come back.
He made me promise before he Joined
his regiment to give It away II any
thin1 happened to him. It's hard
wrench to part with II, but prom
ised him to do so. | send 1t to you
as his gift 10 the Queens Fund"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Resonant Tum-Tums.

Little Madge had been listening tt
her mother reading from the paper
All was silent for some little time
and then Madge burst out laughing
very suddenly.
why, dearie." said the mother
what is IT."
Il was thinking of what you just
read about the wild people in Africa
mother" replied the child.
'But there was nothing amusing
about thai, dear"
"Why. yes there was, mother" said
Madge, about their beating on theii
tum-tums till they could be heard fol
miles. body's Magazine.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
War Snatches,

Simeon Ford. the humorist OF New
York, said the other day:
I'VE are nation OF humorists.
We extract humor even out of war.
As l walked down Broadway the 9th
er morning ! overheard scraps OF talk
like these:
1.-The missionaries have been look.
ing for heathens In the wrong coun'
tries
WHATS the matter with the late
Rudyard Kipling resurrecting himself
and giving us new war song|
"'Carnegie's peace palace? The
kaiser has turned It into a fort
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

The Greatest Chasm.

The greatest chasm between the
produser and the consumer is the
mudhOfe.
would not discourage foreign mis-
sionary work. but l am rather envious
OF the permanent highways that have
been constructed In some of the coun-
tries to which we are sending Chris
tian Missionaries T. Wade,
secretary Texas Good Roads associa'
ton.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Sour MIX Johnny Cake.

Two tablespoonfuls of butter and
one cupful of -four mixed with one
cupful of cornmeal; add half cupful
Of sugar. half a teaspoonful Of baking
powder and half teaspoonful Of salt,
one cuptil Of sour milk, and two well.
beaten eggs. Turn the mixture into
a well-buttered pan and bake In a hot
oven. Sour cream may be substituted
for sour milk.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
NOT SUCH DEADLY ENEMIES
"Bioody Chasn" That Separated Ma
tlonallsts and Obstetrics Might
Have Been Bridoed.

As all the world knows, interna-
tional war has proved great concil-
iator in Ireland. AS q contributor to
the Bystander says. you cannot give
much attention to- the dismemberment
of the empire when you are not GER
tain whether you will have an EN-
pire to dismember
There Is n geniality about the Ma
rionalist volunteer that makes you
know that he would rather fight some
one else Germany In this case-thon
Ulster A few stories are current
that help to show how very ripe Ire
land was for conciintion. Not long
ago company Of Nationalist volun-
tecrs. passing company OF Ulster.
mep, and being uncertain as to the
customary etiquette between deadly
| enemies saluteG. In a northern dis
trict there was only one field suitable
for drilling, and as the two opposition
| armies wanted II, the owner began
/ bidding them against each other.
! Northern canniness asserted itself.
| The commanding officer of one battal-
| ion approached the enemy. and they
agreed to rent the field I'm common.
ard use II on alternate days.
A third anecdote relates that while
/ some Ulster volunteers were drilling
a Nationalist was seen sitting on a
fence watching them. When he was
questioned by an Ulstermaa he ex.
planned that his own company had
mislaid their rifles and could not
drill: but" he added. I'VE were wait
ing TO see II we could get the loan OF
yours when you've done with them"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Horses and cattle are liable to blood
poisoning from stepping on rusty nails.
For such an injury apply Hanford's
Baisam OF Myrrh and get 1t into the
bottom OF the wound. II should kill
the poison germs. Always have bot
tie In your stable. because you Will
find different uses for II. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Whites Of three eggs. one quart OF
peanuts lin she'll. one teaspoonful va
nilla. one and one-half or two cupfuls
powdered sugar: beat whites OF eggs
very stiiY, chop peanuts rather fine;
mix all together and drop on saltine
crackers, brown lightly In oven.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Where Enoland Leads.

England is ahead OF the United
States In the development Of the au-
tomato telephone service, and con.
tracts for automatic exchanges of the
total value Of nearly Ave hundred
thousand dollars have been placed.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
MRS. THOMSON
TELLS WOMEN
How She Wa Helped During
Change Of Life by Lydia E.
Pinkhasn's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pa---"I am Just So years
Of age and during Change of Life suf-

fered for six years
terribly. l tried sew
eral doctors but none
seemed to give me
any relief. Every
month the pains were
intense In both sides,
and m sd 9 m 9 SO
weak that I had to
20 to bed. At last
q friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hama VeOetahla
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Canada UsIno Cotton. seed OH.

Because Of the war Canada Is al
ready In need Of drugs and chemicals.
Scarcity Of olive oil has led to the use
OF American cotton-seed oil as = sub
stitute.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Expenaes Cut Down.

I'VE must admit that the cost OF liv-
ing is rather high" said the campaign
adviser.
Well replied Senator Sorghum,
we must do something with the mon.
ey. We can't buy votes with II any
."--Washington Star.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
About Kid Gloves.

Always powder the inside Of new
gloves before wearing them, az 1t
makes them easier to slip ON. It also
prevents the dye Of colorsd ones from
staining the hands.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Self-conceit is good asset. A man
can't hope to be popular with his
friends unless he Ia popular with
himself
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
Sure.

"All the worlds Il stage, quoted the
sage.
Yes, replied the fool. but II lacks
AN asbestos drop curtain.'
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Selling guaranteed wear-proof hosi.
cry to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas
business. Wear-Proof Mills. 1900
Chestnut St, Philadelphia. Pa.-Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

To prevent gangrene use Hanford's
Balsam because II cleanses and heals
the wound. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

After the second baby arrives .
woman seldom changes the style OF
doing up her hair.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

A widower never invests In q guitar
for the purpose Of serenading = spin
ster He begins right where he left
on at the end Of his first courtship.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
6efIttlnu Punishment.

Edith-The wretch! So he actually
proposed to both Of us! Oh, wish we
could think Of some way to punish
him!
Madge-Ws can; you marry him.
dear
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

For harness sores apply Hanford's
Balsam. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

A maid Of twenty tries to act like q
widow OF forty. . widow Of forty tries
to act like maid Of twenty--and
there you are.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

yOVR own DRUGGIST WILL TELL. YOU
Try Murine I've Kennedy tnI Ned ,wesh. Water,
just I've Comfort Write Tor Hook 81 the Eys
6y mai free. Murine Lye Neincdy Co.. Chica.u
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

You don't have to play poker with {
man to win his friendship.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Virtue In Its own reward, but even
an angel blows his own horn.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

IIanfords Balsam 10 used to coo
burns. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Red Cross Ball Blue, much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
A Modern n,sssss.

Old Jake woke up and rubbed bic
eyes ~ he gaxed on the unfamiliar
room. Then he remembered. and
hoped out Of bed Fifteen years haA
he saved out Of the meager wages CIV.
en- him by grateful farmer. In order
to visit London.
Uncle" came his young nephew'e
voice at the keyhole. mother saysu
you come and set these marrer ssedes
and see what you can do with the old
black 'en what's got a bad leGf"
Uncle and nephew soon entered the
little back garden. when the old boy
stopped short with amazement. and I'd.
justed his glasses to gaze at the small
figure on the grass plot, who was per.
forming gymnastic feats.
Does thy sister have fts. iadf" he
asked. with concern.
mo. uncle" replied the nipper with
a grin. "them's gymnastic feats."
'ln sorry bout hat" Quoth the
old chap. "'As she 'ad 'em lonsr--
One Fellows Wish.
Crawford--l hcar he thinks Of mar
rying again. Does he hope to get z
wife like his flrst?
Crabshaw-No: different.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28

Every little belps--especially little
kicks when you're going down hill
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-28
To cure cost,veness the medicine must he
n ere than purgatlve; " must contain tonic,
Alternative and cathsrtic properties.
TUFTS Pills

possess these qualities, and speedily restore
80 the bowels their natural peristsitic motion.
% essential 10 regularity
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
RAILWAY EXTENSIONS
ARE DENIED ANACOSTIA
Utilities Commission Says Work Can
not Be Ordered Until Physical Val
uation of Properties Is Ended.

After a strenuous campaign several of
the churches of Anaeostia have won an
other victory for the proper observance
of Sunday, in the decision of the pro-
prietors Of the motion picture park in
Nichols avenue near w street. to close
their place Of amusement hereafter on
Sunday nights. Those who have led the
campaign state that the receipts during
the week have not been as large as they
might have been had the place been
closed on Sunday nights. and II is be-
lieved that this is the direct reason for
agreeing to close on the Sabbath.
The civic bodies interested in railroad
extensions in this part Of the District
have been advised by the Public Utilities
Commission that no extensions will be
ordered in this direction until after the
OF the physical valuation OF
the properties. The letters indicate that
II probably will be another year before
this work Is completed. The members
Of the various bodies were desirous that
q decision be given at once. especially
the extension between Ana
costa and Benning.
Funeral services for Thomas Harry
Brinkley. the young Anacostia man who
lost his life while bathing at Virginia
Beach last Friday, will be held this
at st. Teresa's Church at 8
o'clock, followed byburiaI in Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Members Of Carroll Council.
Knights Of Columbus, will attend the
funeral
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
FOUR SHIPS TO CARRY MAIL.
Postorice Department Anticipates
Little Trouble.

The Postofice Department does not an
dcipate any extraordinary trouble or de-
lay in sending mall abroad. at least t6
Southampton and Cherbourg, but 1t may
have to depend on four boats to carry
It. These are the ST. Paul. St Louis.
Philadelphia, and New York, OF the
American line.
The Postoffice Department received
word yesterday afternoon that the sail
ing date of the Lusitania had been post
poned indefinitely. Orders were issued
at once to transfer her mails to the
Lorrain. of the French line, but II is
believed that when the time comes for
her to sail on Wednesday that she will
be tied up hard and fast in New York.
and that she will be the last of the for
eign boats on which the government will
attempt to send mail until the situation
changes.
The department has a contract with
the American line to send mails on the
ST. Paul, ST. Louis. Philadelphia and New
York. they being paid 81 a mile outward
trip. Foreign vessels carry the mail by
the trip. the department having contracts
with them. and they are paid by the
pound.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
In the District Courts.

Cash legacies of 1900 each are left to
two nieces and two grend-nieces by the
will Of Mrs. Brunette S. Mcdonald, filed
for probate yesterday. The nieces are Mrs.
L. J. Hills. of this city. and Mrs. David
w. Scott The grand-nieces are Mrs. Daisy
f. Smith and Beatrice Van Pless. After
directing that all jewelry and household
effects be given to the four nieces and
grand-nieces, the instrument gives the
residue Of the estate to Mrs. Hills in
trust to pay SIS a month from the income
TO Isaac N. Whitney, of Oswego. n. Y,
brother OF the testatrix. for life. Upon
bis death what remains is to go TO Mrs.
Hills, Mrs Scott and Mrs. Smith. Mrs.
Hills is appointed executrix.
The will Of Augustus Smith. also filed
yesterday, leaves all to E. Quincy Smith,
OF this city, in trust with directions to
distribute 1t among the following: Robert
4. and Robbins B. Smith, Bennet NJ. and
Frank A. Smith, all children of Elmore
Smith, brother of the testator; Charlotte
c. Garside and J. Homer Smith, children
Of another brother, Homer Smith; Will
lam H. and Samuel Smith, children OF
still another brother, z. Clark Smith.
E Quincy Smith also is named as execu-
tor.
BY the terms of the will of Thomas Y.
Yeates, also filed yesterday, 500 is left
TO each Of two children, Frederick Cham
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
MONEY ORDERS LIMITED
TO $10O TO PERSON
Postofice Department Prevents Inter-
national Speculation to Aid
Americans Abroad.

The Postoffice Department yesterday
issued telegraphic instructions to post
masters at all large offices TO limit the
amount OF international money orders is
sued TO one person to 800 IL there is
reason to believe that the orders are
being bought for speculative purposes.
The tenor OF the order issued by Pastmas-
ter General Burleson practically limits
the issuance to one person Of an inter-
national money order TO 800.
As the reason for this order II Is stated
at the department that the sudden and
extraordinary advance in bankers ex-
change due to the public apprehension
Of a general European war may lead to
abuses of the money order system be-
cause of the much lower rates OF con-
version obtainable at postoffices.
Postmaster General Burleson states
that the Postofflce Department will lend
every assistance possible in transmitting
money to aid Americans to return to
this country.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
EMBASSIES TO REOPEN
FOR RESERVISTS' AID
Diplomats of Warning Nations Return
ing from Summer Resorts to
Resume Duties Here.

With the spread Of the war in Europe
arrangements are being made for the re-
opening Of several OF the embassies in
Washington which were shifted for the
summer TO the New England coast this
summer.
Charge Clausse, of the French embassy.
Is expected to arrive in Washington to-
day and assume charge Of affairs here.
Ambassador Jusserand is in Europe.
Colville Barclay, counselor and charge
d afIaires Of the British embassy, Is also
expected to arrive today or tomorrow.
Ambassador Spring-R is in England
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador. is also in Europe, while the
embassy has been at Newport for two
months. 1t Is expected that Counselor
Haimhausen, who Is acting as charge
d'affaires. will be in Washington in a
few days
The Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmetefr are at Newport. and 1t is
understood the embassy here will re-
main closed for the present Ambassa-
dor Dumba, OF Austria. Is also remain
ing at the summer embassy at Manches-
ter-by-the-Sea, though Commander Bur-
styn. naval attache, has been In Wash
ington for several days directing the is
suing of the calling Of Austrian reser-
visits to the colors.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-04
DO MODERN DANCES
MAKE WRINKLES?

It is strictly a newspaper notion
that because the dances OF the day
are strenuous they develop signs of
age. Worry and carelessness may
make wrinkles. but the activity of
clean dancing neveri Wrinkles are
due more to improper care Of the skin,
neglect and too strenuous mental ac-
tivity. They may be avoided or cured
by using a simple protective and slim
ulative vegetable cream jelly before
retiring. Just get one ounce of almo-
zoin from your druggist-dissolve it in
u pint Of waite, and. before retiring,
cover the wrinkied surface with this
cream. which dries quickly and both
protects against the night air and,
draws the skin smooth, will not grow
hair and Immediately forces the blood
to build out the flesh 50 wrinkles dis