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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Novelist's Romance.

Mr.. S. X. Crockett, the Scottish nov
elist. whose death is announced, was
fond of relating among his intimates
how he met his best Of wives. II was
his day of early struggle. He had
written for London daily a review OF
one of George Miners books Pleased
with the review, which was unsigned,
Mr.. Miner communicated with the
writer of It and invited him eventual.
ly to visit his home In Manchester.
In time the invitation was accepted
The future novelist of fame fell IN
love with Miss Miner. and marriage
of perfect happiness was the result.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
shakespeare and Bacon.

1t has not been proven that Bacon
wrote the plays known as Shake
speare's. The various attempts at
such task have all turned out to be
melancholy failures. II has been shown
that there are many difficulties In the
way of believing that the historical
Shakespeare wrote the immortal dra
mas, but 1t has not been shown that
anybody else wrote them. The STRAIT
ford man is still in possession Of the
glory of their authorship, and II he
is not entitled to the honor II is i'm
possible to say who Is.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Cheese Industry.

One OF the great milk markets Is the
cheese industry. which is concentrated
in New York and Wisconsin. These
states together make more than three
fourths of the national product. Their
output is nearly equal, Wisconsin lead
ing slightly. Michigan. Pennsylvania,
California, Oregon. Illinois and Mime
sofa are, In the order named. the other
principal cheese-making states. Near
ly all the cheese is made in small fac
tories Wisconsin makes AZ per cent
of the total
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Little Steamed Puddinqs.

Cream onequarter cupful OF butter
with one-half cupful Of sugar. add one
half cupful of milk. then one cupfui OF
flour sifted with two level teaspoon
fu's Of baking powder and a pinch of
salt, and last fold In the stiiily beaten
whites OF three eggs. Have some small
molds or cups buttered, fill half full
with the batter, cover with buttered
paper and steam three-auarters of an
hour. Serve hot with sauce.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Rhubarb Qumpllnoa.

Children will enjoy these for lunch
or supper, even though they do not
like rhubarb. Many children very
much dislike It, in fact.
The rhubarb is stewed in half its
weight of sugar and little water.
While 1t is cooking mix a biscuit bat.
ter. using a pint OF flour. a half tea
spoonful salt. two teaspoonfuls OF bak.
ing powder and cupful of milk. Drop
this in the rhubarb by spoonfuls and
cook for from eight to ten minutes
A pinch of ground ginger or a few
raisins can be added IL the flavor
Is liked.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

To keep the tablecloth clean at a
child's place, have found 1t most
helpful to get some thin white oiled
paper. spread under the childs plate
and extending little beyond. II
will not be very noticeable, especially
II 1t is cut and laid smoothly on the
cloth.
To keep meal hot for late
conner take soup plate and almost
fll 1t with hot water, then place the
dinner plate. with its contents. on
top Of the hot soup plate. and cover
closely with another late.--Ezchange
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Environment.

The Mexican student was watching
his first northern football game. 1t
held his interest firmly. His face grew
flushed, his arms were flung out. he
shouted, hoarsely.
do you call this gamer" he
asked of the man at his right.
Sure" was the reply. what would
you call it,"
In my country" said the stranger
from across the border. I'VE would call
II a seven.day pitched battle!"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Deep BREATHING.

Learn to sit or stand erect and
breathe deep" says a health expert
Remember that your blood cannot be
properly washed with half lungful OF
air any more than you can take a
proper bath In n few pints OF water"
Everybody must know what JOY
there is In the deep breathing OF the
pure air of the morning. The lungs
respond to the stimulus much as the
body reacts from dash of cold water.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
CONNECTIONS ALL LIKE
HOUSEWIFE ALWAYS SAFE IN
SERVING THE srRAWeERRY.
Here Are Six Suggestions for the uss
Of the Delicious Fruit--Muffins
Added to Enjoyment Of A.
ternoon Tea.

Strawberry Bavarian Cream.-Take
one cupful Of mashed straw berries. US
Ing both the pulp and the Juice. three
quarters Of cupful OF powdered sugar
one cupful heavy cream stifiiy beaten.
and three-quarters Of level tablespoon
full Of granulated gelatin. Soak the
gelatin in four tablespoonfuls cold wa
ter. When 1t is soft, melt over hot
water. Add melted gelatin to straw
berry Juice and let 1t par, tally cool or
set. Beat the sugar In tie whipped
cream. fold this into the partly set
gelatin and allow the whole to stiffen
thoroughly before serving II may be
nodded in large fancy mold. In plain
loaf, or individual molds. This dish
may be served with plain cream and
sugar or the remainder of the box OF
strawberries may be mashed, sweet.
ened to taste. and poured around II.
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Short
Cake.-One quart -four, one scant tea.
spoonful salt. two teasroonfuls baking
powder two tablespoonfuls butter. one
pint milk. slit -four, salt and powder
together. rub in cold butter, add milk
ami mix into smooth dough just soft
enough to handle Divide In half and
roll out the size of pan used. Bake
In hot oven 20 minutes. Separate the
cake, and spread with butter. Hull one
quart strawberries, wash, mash, add
cupful sugar. spread over cake and
serve.
Steamed Strawberry Pudding
one cupful sugar, two eggs. one tea
spoonful baking powder, two cupfuls
-four one cupful sweet milk, two cup
fuls Strawberries and steam two hours
Mash two additional cupfuls of berries
add three-quarters cupful sugar and
serve with pudding.
Strawberry Punch-Hull and wash
one quart ripe strawberries and half a
pint raspberries. Crush together and
strain juice through sieve. Make a
sirup of two cupfuls sugar and one
and one-half cupfuls water. Mix with
the Juice and sirup large tumblei
port wine. Keep on ice for several
hours. Serve in small glasses with
lady fingers.
Strawberry Mufiins.-Add to one
pint -four two teaspoonfuls baking
| powder and little SALT sift all to
| gether. Cream one-quarter cupful OF
butter. two tablespoonfuls sugar and
add the beaten yolks of two eggs. Stii
into butter. sugar and eggs alternately
c!n cupful sweet milk and the flouI
mixture When smooth stir In beater
whites of two eggs. Have ready one
cupful fresh strawberries thoroughly
| cleaned and hulled and sprinkled with
sugar. Stir into the mixture without
breaking Pour in buttered muffin
tins bake in slow oven three-quarters
of an hour and serve warm.
Strawberry Layer Cake.-Cream on,
cupful sugar and one tablespoonful but
ter. Add one egg, beaten thoroughly
one cupful sweet milk. two cupfuls iloul
into which two teaspoonfuls baking
powder have been sifted, a pinch O
salt and dash of nutmeg. Divide
this mixture into two or three cak,
tins and bake in moderately no
oven. Hull and clean one box straw
berries, cut the berries In half, sweet
en- and place between and on top o
layers. Whip half pint cream unit
stiff. Put over berries and serve.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Sizing Up Louis.

able shoe shop in Chicago a daughter
OF man whose wealth has been ac-
quired within very recent years. The
young woman was disposed to patron
ize the clerk. and rejected number
of CLASSY" slippers he produced for
her approval. Finally she said:
II think. perhaps, shall take these
two pairs. But Louis XIV heels are
too high for me. Give me size lower
or. stay-perhaps Louis XIII will be
high enough. h."-IIarper's
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
FAILS TO SECURE
RECOGNITION
Lady's Own Friends Assert Could
Not Recognize Her When
Brought Face to Face.

Arritts, Va.-Mrs. ID. J. Bowen, Of
this town. makes the following state.
s2ent: For 20 years I suffered with
womaniy troubles. and although
tried different treatments, I did not
get any relief
I was unable to look after any Of
my work, and my frierds thought I
could not get well.
Finally. began to take Cardui. the
woman's tonic. and hadn't taken
one-third Of the first bottle, before I
could notice It's good effects.
Now can do all my work, feel like
I'm not more than 16 years old. but
am really 40. My own friends say
look 30 well. they don't recognize me
when we meet In the road.
My daughter is using Cardui, and
she says 1t is a fine medicine. also
have number OF lady friends taking
1t. since they found out how 1t helped
me.
Whenever I feel n little fatigued
after a days extra hard work, Just
take n dose OF Cardui and am all
right.
can't say too much for Cardui."
Thousands OF women who now suffer
from womanly troubles, could be re-
lieved and benefited, by following Mrs
3owens example.
Are you OF this number?
II so. try Cardui today. II cannot
harm you. and is almost sure to do
you good.
At the nearest drug store-Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
lndIxldual Peach pessert.

In frappe glass place one-half 4
peach from can Of peaches, with the
cavity side up. In the hollow place
four or flve marshmailows and nearly
cover with sirup from the can. Now
heap up the glass with whipped cream
piled lightly on top Of the marshmal.
lows. serve very cold with crisp mao
aroons.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
On Australian STAMINA.

The Kooka'mrra. which is to figure
on the new Australian stamps. Is q
kind Of laughing jackass OF the king
fisher tribe. and about the size OF a
crow. He kills snakes. is an optimist
by nature. laughing at sunrise and
sundown.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Extensive, Though.

Peck-My wife's will is law.
Heck-So is my wife's; but occa-
sonally can bribe her not to en-.
force II.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Cynical.

What | am. owe to my wife"
well, take my advice and don't pay
the debt. She made mess Of the
Job"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Once for All.

Nov, Freddie, once for all. will you
wash your face and hands?"
Sure thing. If it's once for ALL
Judge.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
Correct.

"Riches have wings" quoted the
sage.
But poverty gets to you quicker"
added the fool-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

$50 Julia came up to the scratch
without a whimper. She's duck of
girl"
Yes, she's game"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
One of the Finest.

Policeman-Whats your name, little
girl?
Little Girl (who is losD--Fanny Ell
len Towne.
Policeman-I'ut what's your name
In the country?
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
NaturalIy.

THAT orator is going on comet
like course of lecturing"
Yes, and with a special train
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

You never can tell. Many a shallow
mind has been concealed behind a
deep voice.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

IL you wish beautiful, clear. white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Some men make both ends meet by
stinting their wives, and others by not
having any
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

n you want to be assured that mar
riage Is a failure. ask q man who has
never tried Il.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Afflnity-the first man to show up
with n solitaire.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Cant you advance me FIVE thousand
marks. Isaac? My rich cid uncle has
one foot In the grave, you know"
Yes, but what is he doing with the
other?"-Fliegende Blatter.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

DR.. Pierce's Pellets. small. sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and nvig.
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundress
happy makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Presence of mind in lovemaking is
apt to indicate absence of heart.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Many man who has that tired feel
ing did not acquire II legitimately.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Don't put Oh getting Hsnford's -
sam Of Myrrh until somsthing ~
pens Get II now and b prepassd ~
accidents. You will flnd frequent -
for II In your homo and In your stable
for cuts, burns. bruises ana any sosA
any lameness. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Get 1t to the bottom of the affected
part. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27
For wire cuts use Hanford's Balsam.
Adv

II you don't want people IN like you
criticize what they do.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

The long distance phone makes III.
heart trrob faster
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

The man who talks too much has
one advantage. No one can remember
exactly what he did say ON any propo
sition.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

One OF a boys first ambitions 10 70
get all the pie he can eat.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Made since 1S46-Hanford' Balsam.
Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

Keep Hanford's Balsam in your 80
BILE. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-05-27

At the nearest drug store.-Adv.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13

know he Is in heaven!'' Then she pite-
ously cried, but. oh. my darling boy,
my darling boy''
e Never from the hour when Private
Richard Doubledick enlisted at Chat
ham had the private. corporal, SER
geant. sergeant major. ensign or lieu
tenant breathed his right name, or the
name Of Mary Marshall, or word of
the story of his life. into any ear ex-
cept his reclaimer's.
But that night remembering the
words he had cherished for two years,
Tell her how we became friends. It
will comfort her as it comforts me- he
related everything. 1t gradually seem
ed to him us if in his maturity he had
recovered u mother. 1t gradually
seemed to her as if in her bereavement
she had found son. During his stay
in England. the quiet garden into
which he had slowly and painfully
crept stranger, became the boundary
of his home. When he was able to join
his regiment in the spring he left the
garden thinking was this indeed the
first time he had ever turned his face
toward the old colors with a woman's
blessing!
He followed them-so ragged, so
SCARED and pierced now, that they
would scarcely hold together-to Quatre
Bras and Ligny. He stood beside them
in an awful stiffness of many men,
shadowy through the mist and drizzle
of wet June forenoon, on the field Of
Waterloo. And down to that hour the
picture in his mind of the French Off
Ger had never been compared with the
reality.
The famous regiment was in action
early in the battle and received it's first
check in many an eventful year, when
he was seen to fall. But it swept on
to avenge him and left behind it no
such creature in the world Of con-
seriousness as Lieutenant Richard Dou-
| bledick.
Through pits Of mire and pools Of
rain, along deep bitches. once roads,
that were pounded and ploughed to
| pieces by artillery. heavy wagons,
| tramp Of men and horses and the strug-
| gle of every wheeled thing that could
carry wounded soldiers; jolted among
the dying and dead, so disfgured by
blood and mud as to be hardly recog-
nizable for humanity; undisturbed by
the moaning of men and the shrieks of
horses. which, newly taken from the
peaceful pursuits of life, could not en-
dure the sight of the stragglers lying
by the wayside, never to resume their
toilsome journey; dead as to any SEN
tient life that was in it, and yet alive
the form that had been Lieutenant
Richard Doubledick. with whose
praises England rang, was conveyed to
Brussels. There it was tenderly laid
down in hospital. and there it lay
week after week, through the long
bright summer days, until the harvest
spared by war, had ripened and was
gathered in.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
PART II.

~ YER and over again the sun
rose and sat upon the crowded
II city; over and over again the
~ moonlight nights were quiet
on the plains of Waterloo; and all that
time was blank to what had been
Richard Doubledick.
Slowly laboring at last through a
long. heavy dream Of confused time
and place, presenting faint glimpses Of
army surgeons whom he knew and Of
faces that had been familiar to his
youth-dearest and kindest among
them Mary .Marshalls, with a solici-
tude upon it more like reality than any
thing he could ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Richard Doubledick came back to life
Ito the beautiful life of calm autumn
evening sunset. to the peaceful life of
a fresh. quiet room with large win
dow standing open, a balcony beyond
in which were moving leaves and
sweet smelling flowers: beyond, again,
the clear sky, with the sun full in his
sight, pouring it's golden radiance on
his bed.
| It was so tranquil and so lovely that
he thought he had passed into another
world. And he said in a faint voice,
| taunton. are you near me?"
A face bent over him-not his, his
| mothers.
II came to nurse you. We have
nursed you many weeks. You were
moved here long ago. Do you remem-
Der nothing?"
| Nothing"
The lady kissed his cheek and held
his hand. soothing him.
where is the regiment? What has
happened? Let me call you mother.
What has happened, mother?"
"A great victory. dear. The war is
over, and the regiment was the bravest
in the field
His eyes kindled. his lips trembled.
he sobbed. and the tears ran down his
face. He was very weak-too weak to
move his hand.
"Was it dark just now?" he asked
presently.
NO.
1T was only dark to me? Some
thing passed away. like black shad-
ow. But as it went and the sun-oh.
the blessed sun. how beautiful it isl
touched my face l thought l saw a
light white cloud pass out at the door.
Was there nothing that went out?'
She shook her head. and in a little
while he fell asleep. she still holding
his hand and soothing him.
From that time be recovered-slowly.
for he had been desperately wounded
in the head and had been shot in the
body. but making some little advance
every day.
One day he awoke out of a sleep re-
freshed and asked her to read to him.
But the curtain of the bed. softening
the light. which she always drew back
when he awoke that she might see him
from her table at the bedside where
she sat at work. was held undrawn.
and woman's voice spoke. which was
not hers. @.r u.
"Can you bear to see a stranger?" it
said softly. will you like to see a
strangery"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13
PART /.

PART /.
I'm the year 1899 a relative Of
mine came limping down on
foot to this town of Chatham.
~ My relative came to Chatham
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-08-13

n YER and over again the sun
II rose and sat upon the crowded
IL city; over and over again the
moonlight nights were quiet
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-03
RANK HIGH IN SCHOLARSHIP
That Athletes Are Poor Students Ia
Denied by Former Professor
In an Eastern College.

THAT athletics are practiced in most
colleges do not detract the attention of
students from scholastic duties is
abundantly testified to by college pro.
fessors," remarked DR.. James Hine-
man, former professor in one of the
eastern colleges. Dr. Brinker, the
president Of Lehigh university, de-
clared that the Lehigh football squad
had averaged higher in scholastic
standing than the students who did
not participate in college athletics. LIE.
high is not the only college in which
this fact has been marked. Cornell for
several years-and I have no doubt
that it continues to show it-had foot
ball and baseball teams the members
of which led their classes.
Properly controlled athletics are as
necessary to successful mental train.
ing as are professors. presume there
have been instances where members
of college teams have failed in their
examinations, and charges follow, as a
matter of course, that these men are
not genuine students. But the facts are
SO pronounced that the best men on
the leading athletic teams in our
greatest colleges are men Of big men.
tally that the suggestion that col
leges have to hire athletes falls in its
beginning"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-03
MADE nm dlVK Up TIE aIHEI
caddle's UnfeeIins Remarks TOO Much
for Tender Feelings Of Dear
Old Gentleman.

A dear old gentleman, who had only
taken up the dear game very late in
life, spent some months endeavoring,
under the tuition of professional
and the care Of a special caddie, to
hit the ball. When he succeeded in
doing so at all it was never more than
few yards, and every bunker on the
course was his daily doom. Still his
caddie, having an eye to the main
chance, always encouraged him to
think that he would soon be more a
player, and the old man, with the
hope that springs eternal even more
In the hearts of golfers than in other
people, firmly believed him. One day
1t happened that his special caddy was
absent. and ruffianly looking person
appeared on the first tee with the old
gentleman's clubs. He took his nor
NAL IA shots to the first hole, to the
unconcealed but unnoticed disgust of
the caddie; but on the second tee the
miracle happened. and the old boy for
once hit beauty.
"That was good one, wasn't it?'
he asked, turning to the bearer OF
clubs.
Good one?" retorted the ruffian, In
tones of the bitterest contempt why
could play better than that with me
left fut!"
This unexpected verdict SO upse,
the poor old man that he walked
straight back home. and has never
touched club since.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-03
GslzAss-sa- IL,


The members of party around q
table in an exclusive club in a down
town skyscraper were much amused
the other evening by controversy
between their waiter and another en-
plOyee of the club.
One of the party had ordered sirup.
What the sirup was for has nothing to
do with this story. Going to the
dumb waiter. the servitor shouted In
bis best ordering voice:
"Sirupr"
81 don't getchu." came the response
down the shaft.
"Sirup!r' this time with two excla.
nation points and rising infection
Come again." was the imperturbable
response.
"Sirup| 1t went up the shaft like
the blast of an explosion
Jaw, spell it." said the echo.
IS u-r"-the waiter had his feet
planted firmly -n-r"-he had tight
ened his vest and taken deep breath
-''s-su-r. Say, bring some one to the
shaft that can understand me, Will
yuh?"
And he waited with some dignity the
coming of person with sharper ears
Pittsburgh Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-03
Courtship by Flowers.

In remote Alpine hamlets and VII
lagos. especially in the Bernese ODER
land. there still exist ancient and pref
ty customs of proposing marriage by
the language of flowers. II maid
accepts a bouquet Of edelweiss from a
man she at the same time accepts hin,
as her fiance. the idea being that the
man has risked his life to obtain the
flowers for the woman he loves. An
other method which exists In the can.
ton of Glarus is for the young man to
place a howerpot containing a single
rose and a note on the window sill OF
the girls room when she Is absent
from home and wait-perhaps days
for a reply. If the maid takes the rose
the young man boldly enters the house
to arrange matters with her parents,
but If the rose Is allowed to fade away
the proposal is rejected without sin
gle word having been exchanged be-
tween the couple. Sometimes tickle
girl vii! keep a young man waiting a
day or two for an answer, but what.
ever it may be 1t is final