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The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
Blue Mushroon.

A blue mushroom, known as the
Trieholoma Nudum, has Just beer
added TO the list OF edible fungi II
has been produced from wild wood
Fungus which In its natural state ap
pears only in the late autumn. Pro
fessor Matruchot planted a specimen
In the cellar of the Paris observatory
where by careful cultivation he suo
ceeded in evolving mushroom which
VIII grow all the year round. The
purple-blue OF the wild specimen hai
faded into light blue shade.
This new mushroom, Professor
Matruchot declares. will be hailed with
delight by chefs and gourmets on &C
count of Its exquisite flavor. which Il
faintly reminiscent of aniseed.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15

murder anybody, not even Berkeley,
while the people are here, will your"
coaxed Miss Chaplin, anxiously.
What made you invite Berkeley
Fresno, anyhow" was the rejoinder.
This is no gilded novelty to him. He
is a Western man"
Miss Chapin numbered her reasons
sagely. 'In the first place-Helen.
Then there had to be enough men to
go around. Last and best, he is the
most adorable man l ever saw at a
house-party. He's an angel at break
fast, sings perfectly beautifully-you
know he was on the Stanford Glee
Club"
"Humph!" Jack was unimpressed.
brand, why have you sent for Wally
Speeds"
well, you see, Berkeley and Helen
didn't quite bit it off. and Mr.. Speed
is--a friend of Culver's." Miss Cha,
pin blushed prettily.
"Oh, see! I thought myself that
this affair had something to do with
you and Culver Covington, but
didn't know it had lapsed into a sort
of matrimonial roundup. Suppose
Miss Blake shouldn't care for Speed
after he gets here?"
"Oh, but she will That's where
Berkeley Fresno comes in. When two
men begin to fight for her, she'll have
to begin to form preference, and I'm
sure it will be for Wally Speed. Don't
you see?"
The brother looked at his sister
shrewdly. "It seems TO me yoI
learned lot at Smith"
Jean tossed her head. How alb
surd! That sort of knowledge is per-
fectly natural for a girl to have"
Then she teased: 'But you admit that
my selection of a chaperon was ex.
cellent. don't you, Jackw
Mrs. Keap and l are the best of
friends" Jack averred, with supreme
dignity. I'm not in the market, and
a man doesn't marry a widow, any
how. It's too old and experienced a
beginning"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
NOT HER OWN BAKING AK!!!e
MRS. NEWLYwED HAD TAKE,
NO CHANCES.
Biscuits That Pleased Hubby So Mu..
Were Not the Production Of
His Adored One, as He
Had Supposed.

The newly married man wac =.
home at last. 1t was cozy fat. moi
a mere kitchenette cut off by screor
or curtains and interfering with tba
ostensible purpose of the room. SIN
II must be written In truth that tba
kitchen was not large. Two persons
might occupy 1t at once, unless thew
we're engaged In a conversation that
required Delsartian gesture.
The newly married man had tele.
phoned repeatedly since $500 D. m
correcting the time he would arriva
to a minute. as nearly as he could
calculate 1t. allowing so many minutea
for the movement of the train between
the given points. He lived near the
elevated and knew he could make the
distance from the station to the fla,
in 81 seconds by his watch, as he was
a sprinter.
He found his bride blushingly han.
by, with pretty apron covering her
elaborate house gown and just a hint
of perspiration on her brow. Running
to the telephone now and then while
preparing dinner had consplred with
her natural enthusiasm over her first
real meal at home to induce perspira.
ton. even though the weather outside
was not warm. In addition to the
calls from the bridegroom she had in.
sinuated several TO this tradesman
and that for edible things forgotten in
her hasty though dreamy marketing
The bridegroom, after the ardent
and prolonged greeting usual in such
cases ever since primitive man
brought home his grub on his back
or In one hand. while the other carried
his rude weapon. inspected the dinner
table with something that resembled
hunger, superficial as hunger com.
monty is In the honeymoon. The table
was bright with new silver and entL
cling with fresh napery-loot saved
from a multitude of wedding gifts,
many of which. redundant or lacking
utility. had been piled away In one OF
the tiny closets of the place.
Hunger was forgotten for the mo
ment while he again took her in his
arms and told her how happy he was
that he had won such prize.
AS he sat down he noted with no
misgiying various dishes which In
substance and garnishing spelled the
word 'dellcatessen" almost as plainly
as It was spelled on the windows on
the avenue. But he loved his bride
and was proud OF her and knew she
would be equal to any domestic emer
gency that the future might hold.
His love was spurred as he picked
up a warm biscuit and. parting II
spread golden butter between the sec
tions. Darling" he cried, as he
tasted the biscuit. this Is even better
than the biscuits mother used to
makel"
rs 1t, dearest7" the bride happily
exclaimed. I'm so gladl got them
at the bakers Judge.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15

He was cutting an item from q
newspaper.
TT tells how a house was robbed
and | want to show II to my wife," he
explained
What good win that dor" friend
inquired.
"A whole lot" was the reply. you
see. this house was robbed while the
man was at church with his wife"
Say" exclaimed the friend excited
ly, you haven't got duplicate copy
of that paper. have you?"-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
ineredulIty Of Logan.

Thomas c. Logan of Philadelphia Is
sometimes pessimistic about things IN
general and always particular about
what he eats. One day he went into
a restaurant in Chicago. and, afteI
scanning the menu, said to the waiter
i see here you have some caifs
heart"
Yes. SIR" agreed the waiter
Well. how about that?' pursued
Logan. rs 1t tender?"
Yes. SIR" the waiter assured MIN
Then" ordered Logan, bring II "
me. II there is In this world sucn
thing as tender heart. want IT, =
Popular Magazlne.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15

nouncemcnt in q mans metallic syl.
lables:
""rhe baggage Coach Ahead rs
sung by Helena Mora for the Echo
Phonoar1 ph, of New York and Pa-a-a-
risi"
From the dusk to the right Of the
two listeners now issued soft Spanish
phrases.
"Madre de Dios! The Baggage Car
in 'FRONT.' T'adora Mora! God bless
'er,"
Durirr the rendition of this affect
ing bali he two cow-men remained
6raued eaco omfortably over the barbed.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
Crude Calculation

You will admit that two and two
make four"
YES replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. "But
II you're dealing with millions Won
ought to make two and two produce
a very much larger total than four"
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
(To BE coNTINUED.)
EndeavorIna to Be Polite

Look out, down therel" yelled Pat,
after heavy beam had fallen from
the sixteenth story.
Whats the use looking out now?"
called a man who had narrowly
escaped being crushed.
There mayn't be any use. but I
thought you might be provoked II ]
didn't notice it"-Judge's Library.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
Her Declaration

did that woman have anything to
declare7' asked the first customs Off
Ger.
NO." answered the second customs
officer, but she declared to goodness
repeatedly while we we're searching
her trunks. ."-Baltimor Sun.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
Experlence.

Pat. when was you first married -
Mike asked.
AT nineteen years It was" Pat re-
piled. and, begorra, I'd never marry
again so young IL | should live to be
the age of Methuselah. boston Tran
script.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15

- OUR cowboys inclined their
&fs bodies over the barbed-wire
vi fence which marked the df
~ viding line between the Can
EfYa tipede Ranch and their own
Nh staring mournfully into q
80 summer night such as only
t-S he far southwestern coun.
49, try knows. And as the four
Inclined their bodies, they
inclined also their ears, after the
strained manner Of listeners who
feel anguish at what they hear. A
voice, shrill and human, pierced the
night like a needle, then. with a
wall OF o tortured soul, died away
amid discordant raspings: the voice
Of a phono graph 1t was their own,
or had Leen until one over-confident
day, when the Flying Heart Ranch
had staked 1t as a wager in q foot
race with the neighboring Cent?
pede, and their own man had been too
slow. AS it had been their pride. 1t
remained their disgrace. Dearly had
they loved, and dearly lost it. 1t
meant something that looked like
honor. and though there were ten
Thousand thousand monographs, In all
the world there was not one that could
take its place.
The sound ceased, there was m ap-
proving distant murmur of mems
voices, and then the song began:
@Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
fs4 vp YOUR vntOo and cfpp-p
Higher and higher the voice mount
ed until it reSched again its first thin,
ear.spl:tting pitch.
still Bill" Slower stirred uneasily
in the darkness.
'Why'n'ell don't they keep her
wound rp?" he complained. Gala
gher's got the soul of wart-hog. It's
criminal tho way he massacres that
hymn"
From a rod farther down the wire
fence Willie answered him, In a boys
faisetto:
Il wonder IL he does 1t to spite me?"
''He don't know you're here" said
Slower
The other came out of the gloom,
a little stoop-shouldered man with
spectacles.
Il amt noways sure" he piped,
peering up at his lanky foreman.
why do you reckon he allus lets
Mrs. Melby peter out On my favorite
record. He done the same thing last
night. 1t looks like an insult"
Its nothing but his ignorance"
Stover replied. "He don't want no
trouble with you. None Of 'em do"
I'D like to know for certain" The
small man seemed torn by doubt eff
only knew he done 1t a-purpose, I'd
git him. | bet could do 1t from
here"
Stover's voice was gruff as he com
manded:
Forget it, Amt 1t bad enough for
us fellers TO hang around like this
evory night without advertising our
idiocy by gun-play?"
"They amt got no right to that
phonogrsph," Willie averred darkly.
"Oh yes, they have; they won 1t
fair and square"
Fair and square! Do you mean to
say Hump Joe run that foot-race on
the square"
Il never said nothin' like that what
ever. mean we bet 1t, and we lost
It, Listen! There goes Carara's
piece
Or. past the corral fioated the an
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
An Affahle One

Pall-Fve made big hit with your
friend. Miss Scrumps.
Mall-Tiow do you knowf
Pall-she spoke to me today and I
have been introduced to her only three
timos---Judge. e'
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
CHAPTER I.

OUR cowboys inclined their
bodies over the barbed-wire
fence which marked the d.
viding line between the Cen-
tipede Ranch and their own.
staring mournfully into q
summer night such as only
:he far southwestern coun-
try knows. And as the four
Inclined their bodies, they
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
KEEP POULTRY YARDS CLEAN
Where Only One Place Is Available
for Chickens II May Be Kept
Sweet by Use Of Lime.

The farmer who has abundant range
for his chickens, where they may Sc
cure plenty of green food and insects.
and where the range may be changed
from season to season. has great
advantage over the man who must
keep his stock in a small space.
If only one place is available this
may be kept in sweet, healthy condi-
ton by the use of lime and by plow-
ing and cropping between seasons. II
not possible to pillow up large space
at one time, divide the lot and freshen
up one part of it, then turn the stock
into that portion-and pillow and rem
ovate the other half Even when
cared for in the best possible man
ner, this Is not as desirable as a
change to new ground or ground that
has been used a season or two for
growing crops.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
REMEMBER NAMES AND FACES
important Business Asset That An
Merchant Will Do Well to
Cultivate Assiduously.

Can you remember names and faces?
If you can. you are cultivating one of
the most valuable of business assets.
Teach yourself to remember names
and faces. Impress your clerks with
the Importance of doing likewise. A
good rule to follow in remembering
names is to write down the name of
your new customers when they leave
your store or when you go home at
night. If Mrs. Smith comes into your
store and you greet her with kind
How do you do, Mrs. Smith, she is
happy You have appealed to her
vanity. You have singled her out
from the rest. She is not just Gus.
toner" she is Mrs. Smith. She has
a new personality and she will repeat
her visits to your store. Even if she
only wants to make a five-cent pur-
chase she will go out of her way to
come to your store if you remember
her and call her by name when she
comes in. But don't allow clerks to
overdo courtesy. Many women are
easily frightened by display of too
much politeness and will drop your
store as buying place if they think
your clerks are getting too familiar
However, the study of names and faces
is a part of the business that should
not be overlooked.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
Why Popes CHANGE Names.

Everyone knows that as soon as a
cardinal becomes pope he is no
longer known by his own name, but
takes a new one. This custom origi-
mated out of reverence for st. Peter.
Piux X. for instance, was Giuseppe
Sarto-in English. Joseph Taylor-be-
fore he took up his residence in the
Vatican.
This custom. now a law of the
church, had it's origin in SS4, when Pc
ter di Porca became pope of Rome. He
held that it would be presumptuous to
style himself Peter H. Before that
time many popes had changed their
names, but it was not obligatory for
them to do so. Sergius II not only
established a precedent in this direc-
ton, but he set an example which all
pontiffs have followed in that none of
them has ever retained or assumed
the name of Peter.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
DEPENDS ON THE LIGHTNING
Why Length and Strength of Thunder
Peas Have Different Qualities
OF Sound.

Lightning is the glare of prodi-
gious electric spark that is turned
loose from some place no longer
strong enough to hold it and forms a
tremendous blazing arc as it leaps
from cloud to cloud or from cloud to
earth. The little spark of labora-
tory machine makes a cracking noise,
and the gigantic one in the sky makes
a correspondingly great one as it tears
through the air and sets up vibrations
of tremendous intensity.
But it is noticeable in a thunder
storm that the thunderclaps are of
very different loudness and quality OF
sound. The length and strength of
a thunder peal, as a meteorologist
points out in knowledge, depend main
ly on the size Of the accompanying
lightning discharge, but the loudness
and sharpness of the crack that comes
before the peal depend chiefly on the
direction taken by the electric cur
rent relative to the nearer
The first crack or rending noise
comes from the flash itself; the peal
that follows consists Of echoes from
the clouds or mountain sides when
hills are near. Furthermore, the noise
of the actual flash comes to us from
all along the lightning's path. We
hear first that at the beginning OF
the flash and later the noise made
toward the end of its path. When
this is short and we are SO situated
with reference to it that the whole
report reaches our ears almost stimuli
taneously, say in a quarter Of sec
ond, it sounds like one terrific thump
or crash. But If the electric arc is
long and the noise takes two or three
seconds to reach us completely 1t
translates itself into a long tearing
roar. Thus you may judge Of the
character of lightning flash from Its
own report Of proceedings.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
First Enulish Martyr.

The first martyr to Christianity in
England was st. Alban. He lived in
the third century and was soldier
under the emperor Diocletian before
he embraced the new faith. After leav-
ing she army he returned to Britain
and became the first English victim
of the persecution of Diocletian, who
prohibited Christian worship on pen
atty of death. Alban was beheaded
in the year 2S6. During the following
years of the emperor's reign and the
administrations Of his immediate sue
cessors thousands of Christians in all
parts of Europe were put to death.
Houses filed with Christians were set
on fire and many other followers Of
the faith were bound together with
ropes and cast into the sea.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
HAD THEM ALL "BUFFALOED"
Editors Warning, Since They Couldn't
Understand II, Scared the Entire
Neighborhood.

On the gate of the garden belonging
to the editor Of well-known Eng
lish horticultural paper there is affixed
this notice: Beware Of the Lycopo-
dunn"
This big metal notice was placed
there in order to frighten away flower
thieves 1t was so successful that It
deferred everybody, and the trades
people refused point-blank to risk
their lives; they would sooner lose
custom.
Various guesses were hazarded as
to the identity of the 'Lyco." as II is,
called in the neighborhood. Some de-
clared 1t to be a wolf. snake like a
boa constructor, a sort of hyena,
singing toad, an Abyssinian lion, a
jaguar, savage vulture, mandril.
and blood-sucking vampire.
1t became necessary to inform the
tradespeople that 1t was kept confined
during the day and was only roaming
about at night. One day man called
with load of manure for the edito-
rial garden. and he was very 'nervy"
about the notice.
Although he was treasured, he
looked about apprehensively all the
time When he had brought in his
last load and was bending down, the
editorial cat large Persian, play
fully leaped on his back. and. shrek
ing horribly. the man fied-likewise
the cat
AS a matter of fact, lycopodium Is
the name of a tiny moss that grows
on the rockery near the garden gate.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
SHOWING HOW MIND GROWS
Illustration by Well-known Writer IL
interesting and Something
Of Novelty.

The late Lester F. Ward. who spent
many years in the service Of the gov
eminent at Washington as a scientific
investigator, prepared shortly before
his death his mental biography. which
consisted of chronological arrange
ment of everything that he had ever
written for publication during so years.
This enterprise he terms "Glimpses or
the Cosmos" and three volumes of the
work have been published.
1t was an interesting thing to do,
even brave thing For there are not
many writer's of advanced years who
would relish the giving again to the
world of their youthful illusions. But
Doctor Wards scheme is a good one,
although there is no need for every
other writer to do the same. For one
reads with amused interest the cock
sure articles of Wards early period;
he did not scruple to enter any field,
whether he knew anything about it or
not. He wrote a good deal on theo-
logical matters during the early days
and it is interesting to note the con-
spicuousness of the absence Of logic
and understanding Of the subject mat
Ger.
AS the years passed, however Ward
pulled himself together, and he aban-
doned theology and devoted his time
and talents to economics and botany,
in which he excelled Here the pub
LEGATION of his writings, with but little
comment, offer a splendid history Of
the development of an active, produc-
tive mind. This is the real value OF
the work, which becomes unique hui
man document The bad is showed in
next to the good and altogether it is
easy for the reader to mark the growth
to maturity of the authors mind.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18

two yards for the fowls and rotating
these runs occasionally. A constant
supply of water is very essential in
hot weather and should be placed in
the shade. Hens should have good
shade during the summer months,
which Is best secured from trees, or by
planting crops such as corn and sun
flowers, or fast growing trailing vines.
on the fences. Hen houses built on
hens, or artificial shelter may be built
for shade.
Care Of tho House.
Thorough cleaning is very essential
in the care Of hen houses during the
summer as filth and hot weather offer
ideal conditions for rapid increase in
mites and lice. The droppings board
should be cleaned at least once or
twice week and the roosts thoroughly
oiled with kerosene, crude oil or some
commercial preparation of this nature.
every week. 1t is very necessary to
put the oil on the under side of the
roosts, and it is advisable to spray the
oil in the cracks and corners around
the roost and dropping boards. The
nests should be cleaned occasionally
and should be examined frequently for
mites. The chicken mite is usually
pale gray color, with darker spots, but
after feeding 1t becomes reddish and
is usually noticed as gray or reddish
patches on the under side of the
roosts. Coops for chickens should be
treated in q similar way. A dust bath
of fine road dirt or any fine dry earth
should be provided unless the hens
range on light, sandy SOIL Hens and
chickens should be busted with a COM
mercial or homemade lice powder IL
many lice are found on them. The
necessity for such treatment depends
entirely upon the conditions, which
should be watched carefully.
Care Of the Eggs.
In order to produce good market
eggs in summer the following rules
should be followed:
Keep the nests clean; provide one
nest for every four hens.
Gather the eggs twice daily.
Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room
or cellar.
Market the eggs at least twice a
week
Sell, kill or confine all male birds
as soon as the Matching season is over.
Infertile eggs eggs laid by hens that
are not allowed to run with male
bird) keep much better in hot weather
than fertile eggs, while the male bird
has no influence on egg production.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
GOOD ENOUGH ALREADY.

This is the old thing she quoted:
"A woman, dog and a walnut tree.
the more you beat them the better
they be-"
This is what the Brute answered:
well, what of it?'
Are you one of those who think
that silly old rhyme true?"
mot altogether"
Il am much relieved" said the wom-
an. II was afraid that you were a
reactionary, but see that you are a
modern. Now tell me what it is in
that horrid old rhyme that you can't
stand for?"
well, never could see," said the
man, frankly, why a walnut tree had
to be beaten"
Men will be men.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
Ovation"

When julius Caesar returned from
the wars Roman citizens made holt
day and killed fat sheep, baked them
and served them to the victorious gen.
eral.
When the alderman of the bloody
Sixth" or the fighting Fourth" cele-
brates his election with mass meet
ing his admiring henchmen pass up
the mutton feast. but they give him
an ovation.
And because the sheep on which
Caesar dined was called in Latin, owls,
and the root word gives us the word
ovation, every big, noisy reception
given popular man or woman Is
called an ovation.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
hcaIthoQram.

1t is not necessary to know the ulti-
mate cause of cancer in order to con-
troll the death rate from il. Many Of
the conditions under which the dis
ease develops may be remedied by in
creasing the knowledge of cancer.
Campaigns of education have as their
object the spreading of information
about the disease. The American So
ciety for the Control of Cancer has
recently been formed to encourage and
direct this kind of educational activ-
lty. The society plans to cooperate
with all existing agencies engaged in
studying the disease and to publish
in every city, town and village the
message of hope which lies in the
early recognition and proper treat
ment OF cancer.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-18
Keep Vessels Clean.

Be sure that the vessels used for
skim milk are kept clean. 1t is best to
set out clean crock each time milk
is given. Wooden troughs are unfit
for milk in summer. Milk is an ami
NAL product and soon putrefies In he
hot sun. Putrefied animal prod,ats
set up an irritation in the digestive
tract known as otomaine poisonir.s
fatal malady. Always set the Ak
vessels In the shade.