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Middletown transcript., 1915-05-15
REAL TRUTH IN THESE LINES
One Might Criticize Them as Poetry,
But They Contain Lesson
Worth Heeding.

A Quincy travelling salesman, who
keeps open a most observant eye in
his travels around the country, notic-
ing the influences which affect a city's
prosperity, sends to the Herald what
he terms a good piece of poetry.
The poetry may be open to question,
but the sentiment is one which every
Quincyan should have deeply i'm
pressed upon his mind, and hence it
is worth repeating. 1t is as follows:
'If you want to live in the kind of
a town like the kind of town you
like, you needn't slip your clothes in
a grip and start on long, long hike.
You'll only ind what you left behind,
for there's nothing that's really new,
It's a knock at yourself, when you
knock your town. 1t isn't the town
its you. Real towns are not made
by men afraid lest somebody else gets
ahead. When everyone works and no.
body shirks, you can raise a town
from the dead. And If while you
make your personal stake, your neigh
bors can make one, too, your town
will be what you want to see. 1t isn't
the town-itis you"
The Quincy man further says in his
letter: ut will be a good thing to
put in the paper for Quincy people
who go to Chicago and st. Louis to
buy their goods" For these very per-
sons it is here reprinted-Quincy Her
aid,
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disappeared by next feed time, and
soon the horses were ready to eat
them with relish.
The hogs, too, will eat them but not
with any avidity If otherwise well fed.
For the hogs prefer to cook them If
possible and mix them with shorts and
bran. Thus prepared they are eagerly
eaten.
We also stir them, cooked soft, in
the poultry mash of a morning.
Last year our turnips were raised
along fence row which was formerly
occupied by a row of old peach trees
and blackberries 1t was thoroughly
grubbed, planted to early potatoes and
then sown to turnips. 1t made a fine
crop.
We first pulled and pitted all the
good-sized ones, but left large num-
ber of small ones. AS the autumn as
mild, these little ones continued to
grow until many of them were as
large as the first crop.
In December we began pulling these
and feeding tops and all to chickens
and cow and horses and we are able
to continue this, with a few days
skipped, for over six weeks.
Before this the cutoff tops of those
first pitted furnished feed for a sur
prising time, remaining fresh and
green in piles on the ground.
All this has been said without men,
tion Of the market value Of turnip,
which by reason of its great yield is
often considerable. have seen them
grow at the rate OF 500 bushels to the
acre.
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ACCIDENT, Md, MAN TELLS
OF GOOD REMEDY
Al. Alexander Says Treatment Did
More for Him Than
Any Other.

A. J. Alexander Of Accident, Mds
was a victim of stomach disorders.
He tried many remedies and treat.
ments without satisfactory results.
At last he tried Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy. He was surprised and
pleased. He wrote:
Il have taken your remedy with
good results, 1t has done more for
me than anything l have ever taken.
1t has done what you claimed 1t
would. I am advising all my friend
sufferers to take it, feeling confident
that 1t will be q great blessing to
them"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle Of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts
factory money will be returned.-Adv.
Push of the hoggish variety does not
always promote lasting popularity.
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WOMEN MAKE MONEY
BY RAISING CRESS
Popular Salad Plant More Valued
in These Days Than Ever
Before-HoW to Plant.
(Ry MAupE HYMERs.N

The woman owning bit of ground
across which runs a stream of water
is fortunate indeed! especially if the
home lies within daily driving distance
to the city.
For this low, moist ground, consid
cred usually as so much waste space
may be made to yield dollars to the
woman capable of grasping the posi-
bilities of cultivating water cress.
This delectable salad plant is more
valued in these days than ever before
AS the first step, have the stream
cleared, ready for planting the cress
This may be done by plants or seeds
either of which may be procured from
any reliable dealer. Better buy the
plants.
Set two rows the entire length OF
the ditch. Pick up six or ten stalks,
lay them at the bottom of the ditch
near the side, so the tops will be above
the water, then two feet from there set
another bunch of plants on the other
side, anchoring the plants by placing
pile of earth on the roots.
If the plants must be homegrown
from seed, make a seed bed near the
spring in soft, wet ground, but do not
let the water run over it. Scatter the
seed and press into the mud with a
spade. Transplant the plants any
time when large enough to handle.
When the cress has grown and
spreads over the top of the ditch, have
it moved close to the top of the water,
clearing away all clippings, so they
will not choke the stream. When it
grows up again fresh and crisp you
will be ready to market your product.
Place a plank across the ditch on
which to sit, gather the cress with the
left hand and cut with a sharp knife,
having the stalks about three inches
long.
Bunch neatly, fastening the stalks
with rubber band and cutting of
squarely. Sprinkle lightly and keep
from the sun until sold.
Cress may be sold for shipment, for
consumption in the home market, or
to individual customers, the price per
dozen or per bunch varying with diff
ferent localities.
If the cress is crisp and tender the
matter of marketing will take care o.
itself and the returns will be suficien
and sure.
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OVERLOOK VALUE OF
HOMEGROWN FOODS
Unless Foundation Is Well Laid
Business Will Be Failure
Practice Rotation.

BY following along the line of "sci-
entific" feeding, many dairymen have
overlooked the value of homegrown
dairy foods, and formed a habit of go
ing to the mill and exchanging their
milk check for protein foods.
On the dairy farms a short system
Of crop rotation renews old fields,
puts all crops nearer to the manure
and fertilizer used, increases the va
riety of feeds, adds to their value
through an increase in their protein
content, and to their palatability and
ease of digestion.
Food and food production for the
dairy lies at the foundation of sue
cessful dairying. Unless the founda-
ton is well laid the business swill be a
failure.
Dairying today is the leading branch
Of farming, bringing to the farmer the
most money and leaving the land in
the best possible condition to continue
its production.
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CREAM OF HIGHEST QUALITY
Can Be Produced With but Little La.
Dor or Expense-Principles In
VolVed Are Simple.

One of the most common causes OF
poor quality butter is the lack of i'm
mediate, thorough cooling of the
cream after separation. The dairy di-
vision of the United States depart
ment of agriculture has made a care
full investigation of conditions on a
large number of dairy farms, and the
data obtained show that, if properly
cooled, cream of the best grade can be
produced with but little extra labor or
expense. The principles involved are
very simple and are easily under
stood.
A liberal use Of ice which has been
stored in winter to be used the follow
ing summer is one of the requirements
for the solution of the poor butter
problem. Farmers who already are
delivering good products to the cream
cry usually have provided for them
selves a convenient source of supply
for the ice, suitable houses for storing
the ice and ice water tanks for the
immediate cooling Of the milk and
cream.
In parts of New England, although
the dairymen often hold cream on the
farm four days in the summer and
seven days in the winter, they deliver
practically all their product while
sweet. After it reaches the creamery
it is pasteurized and shipped a dis
tance of from SO to 300 miles, and may
still be sold in these remote localities
in the form of sweet cream.
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Maklnn Gardens.

A Chicago man has given $1,000 to
buy seed for gardens to be made in
the vacant lots of the city. There is
help to a noble municipal enterprise.
There is nothing that will so enhance
the beauty of city as well-made gar
dens. A garden is the workshop of
the soul. 1t not only awakens the bet
ter natures of men, but it crowns the
table with vegetable delights that
make good blood where greater spir-
dts dwell There is nothing that re-
fleets more joy than well-made gar
den. 1t conduces to good citizenship.
It drives away selfishness, meanness,
grief, disappointment and fills the
heart with beautiful impulses. Every
vacant lot given over to waste is
wasted opportunity, and indicates a
lack of true enterprise in the citizen
ship. There ought to be an organiza-
ton in every city to make the vacant
spots blossom as theNrose. Talk about
education-here is a chance for the
best that can be had.
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CBy L. r, JoHNsToNO


AS test the turnip year after year,
think more highly of its value as a
farm product that can be put to many
uses. On the table it is wholesome
and good and ranks after potatoes and
cabbage.
AS feed value it highly. There
is no herbivorous animal that does not
relish it. The horse is often an ap-
parent exception, but with a little ef-
fort he can be taught to acquire the
taste.
1t is usual to say that turnips make
the milk taste, but we are feeding
them once day-at noon-to our Jer-
sey COW and selling the butter to
pleased customers. No taste of tur-
nips is distinguishable.
We feed from a peck to a half
bushel. When one Is dropped where
the hens can get 1t, it never remains
long; during the winter the poultry
will eat large quantities of turnips,
and they thus cheaply supply the
green vegetable ration so essential to
good health.
Up to the last of February pulled
up tops and roots from the patch and
threw them into the poultry lot, where
the hens would crowd around to get a
share, and it was Surprising to see
how much they would eat, although
well fed on mash and grain.
AS to the horses, began by tossing
a turnip into the feed box as 1 passed
them, which at first they would only
sniff at, and nose around, but it was
not long until noticed the turnips had
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-15
DAISY FLY KILLER
Among the Wounded.

1t happened at Christ's church dis
pensary. The little fellow had a bad
ly dislocated thumb. He was only nine
years old, but he was brave, and
scarcely WINGED as the doctor pulled
and hauled to get it back into posi-
tion.
Wen have you back in the
trenches soon," said the doctor. How
do you stand on this war, anyway"
How do you t'ink l stand?" said
the boy I'm a Belgian"
How did you dislocate your
thumb?' asked the doctor. somewhat
abashed.
Swinging on a German kid, but
gee!"-a grin of delight overspread
his countenance-"you just ought to
see him!"-New York Evening Post
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His Overtime.

81 see you claim one hours over
time, Bill" said the master of the mill
"How's that? thought no one worked
overtime this week."
Bill passed horny hand across his
mouth.
quite right, guv'nor," he replied.
zone hours me due"
The master regarded him suspi-
ciously.
Come, when was it?" he inquired.
Last Thursday" responded Bill. 81
was sent up to your own 'ouse to 'elp
shake the carpets"
Yes; l remember that distinctly"
cut in the boss; but you got off at six
sharp"
"Ah, that's true, guv'ncr, as far as
it goes" assented the man; but your
missus give me a 'alf a meat pie to
take 'ome, an that there hour is for
bringin' the dish back!"-Sallie Her.
rick, Ontario.
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to produce a liberal yield OF milk
daily as it is for a horse to work at
hard labor all day. When this is fully
understood the necessity for a few
weeks rest on the part of the COW
becomes evident.
Furthermore, the COW during seven
or eight months of the milking pc
riod is carrying and developing a calf,
which is a further drain on her sys-
tenn. If she is given few weeks
to repair her worn-out body tissues
and to store up little excess fat she
will give more in the entire year,
than she would milking continuously
If not given a rest before calving,
she begins new lactation period at
a lower level of production, and will
maintain lower level through the
entire time. Six weeks is none too
long for any cow and if she is badly
run down ten or twelve weeks will be
better.
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Plant Snapdrauons.

Have a bed of snapdragons for the
garden. These old-fashioned weeds,
as they are sometimes called, have
become very popular. AS a table
flower they surpass most any other.
Sow the seed inside in pots, or out
side when weather permits, broadcast.
When the plants are five inches tall
set them in rows two inches apart
each way. Close growth gives the
best effect and bloom. All colors and
both tall and dwarf are consistent
bloomers.
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Heir, Not a Gale

The guide suddenly halted the party
Of Americans.
"Ah, there comes the heir to the
throne" he said, removing his hat as
a royal equipage appeared.
The little boy of the party nudged
his mother and whispered:
did he take off his hat for fear the
air would blow it off"
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Woman Judne.

A woman seems particularly fitted
to act as a judge of the women who
pass through the police court, and
it is her juvenile court experience
which has enabled Mary NJ. Bartelme
of Chicago to be such an efficient
judge, and SO well beloved of the
offenders who are brought before her.
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MOI Askinn Much.

so you are ambitious to have a
little garden?"
YES"
"You ought to get lot of pleasure
out of It,"
Il don't expect to get any pleasure
out Of it, but if l can get few beets
and turnips in return for a great deal
of hard work I'll be satisfied"
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Plant Sweet Corn Early.

1t pays to plant some early sweet
corn before the time for general plant
ing. Many times it will not survive
but sometimes it does and the first
sweet corn Of the season is a delicate
morsel.
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He's Got II.

Doctor. I'm afraid I've an attack of
spring fever and ague."
Indeed? How does it affect you?"
my temperature goes up when
start for business, and when l get
there | feel like shaking work"
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BABY LOVES HIS BATH
With cutieura Soap Because So sooth-
Ing When His Skin 10 Hot.

These fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients are comfort to children. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the .Oint-
ment to soothe and heal rashes, itch
ings, chafings, etc. Nothing more ef-
fective. May be used from the hour
of birth, with absolute confidence.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv.
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HARNESS FOR SUCKING COWS
Smooth Pole Extending Between Fore
Legs to Near the Udder Prevents
Animal From Cheating.

The harness illustrated in the ac-
companying cut has been found salts
factory in preventing cows from milk
ing themselves. A smooth pole ex-
tends between the fore legs to near
the udder, and is suspended by two
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Watch Appetlte Of Sheen

The appetite of the sheep is some
thing that should be closely watched
at all times. Feed them only what
they will eat up clean at one time To
feed more is no advantage to them,
and is loss to the feeder.
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Over 100000 packages of Aliens Foot Ease, the
autiseptic powder to shake int your Shoes are
being used by the German and Allied troops at
the Front because 1t rests the feet gives in
slant relief to Corns and Bunions, hot, swollen
aching, tender feet, and makes walking easy.
Sold every where 25c. Try 1t TODAY. Don't
accept any substitute. Adv
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Useful Study.

Il see Jimmie studies his arithmetic
lesson faithfully every night now"
Yes, the class has taken up per.
centage, and he's learning how to fig
ure Out batting averages"
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DAIRY
VACATIONS FOR DAIRY COWS
Six Weeks Rest Is None Too Long for
Animal to Rest Between Lac
tatlon Periods.

1t is fairly well understood that the
dairy COW should be given vacation
or rest between lactation periods.
The longer the rest up to a certain
point the better it is for the COW.
Ten and one-half months continuous
milking out of every twelve is all that
can be reasonably expected. 1t is
claimed that it is as hard on a COW
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Good Fence Ia Necessary.

No man should undertake sheep
raising until he has his farm properly
fenced. The old-time barb wire, with
wool hanging to it, is relic of the
past on the up-to-date sheep farm.
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Natural Inferenne

Please, sir, I'd like this afternoon
off to go to my cousins funeral"
Your cousin? Oh, l see! You are
saving up your grandmother for the
championship games"
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straps over the back, one around the
flank and by a light chain to the
halter. The COW wearing such a de-
vice will find 1t impossible to reach
far enough to cheat her master.
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Alias Jim the Penman.

is Blinks making any progress?"
"Yes, he forged ahead until the
handwriting experts proved 1t on him"
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Time Wei snent.

Time spent in weighing the milk
from each COW is as we'll spent as the
time the storekeeper puts in keeping
his books.
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ClfN Garhena.

A movement has been started to
make Chicago city of gardens. That
Is an example which ought to spread
to every city and town in the country.
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Place to Feed Hoes.

The nezt best place to a clean
cement or board floor on which TO
eed hogs is a good tough blue grass
Id
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Sure to sueoead.

The man who owns good cows and
likes their company, is sure to sue
ceed in the dairy business.
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1t is easy to size up egotism that is
not causing our own skulls to bulge.
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, watery
just Rye comfort. Write for BOOK of Inc I've
BY mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co. Chicaco,
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influence Of Dairy Bull,

The dairy bull has an influence on
the heifers of the entire herd, while
the COW influences one calf each year
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Fundamental Necessity,

Certainty is the fundamental neces-
Bity in dairying. Don't guess at re-
suits but know what you are doing.
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Experience benefits only those who
have had it, and sometimes not even
them.-Albany Journal
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cnrrect Innatinn

'Did the victim of these blackmail
threats live in continual trepidation?"
mo. sir. He lived in a tenement
house"
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Too True.

What is the main point of cen.
sor's job?"
Il guess it's incensing people"
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Bull Pen lie Essential.

The bull pen is a necessity on every
farm. 1t is unwise and injudicious to
allow the bull to run at liberty With
the cattle.
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The Almighty puts long tails on
horses and man cuts them off.
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II she doesn't own a mirror she haa
lost all interest in life.
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Every man knows how different he
would act if he were some other ipdl-
Vidual.
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Many man who would steer clear
of graveyard after dark is not afraid
of a tank full of spirits.
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Proof.

Proof.
Will-So you think she loves youf
Ned-Of course She accepts
everything give her!-Judge.
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A man is always telling his wife that
his household expenses are higher
than any other mans in town
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placed anywhere, at
tracts and kills aIl
nies. Neat, clean, or
namentAl, convenient,
cheap. Lasts ell
season. AadOoe
metal, can'tgplll or tip
over will not soil ~
injure anythin
Guaranteed effective
AlldOalOFS senO
express paid for el.0G
Ave, Brooklyn, n. y.
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Push of the hoggish variety does not
always promote lasting popularity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-03

yet In the little matter we talked
about?"
"Say-be careful OF names-over
the wire" came 4 growl.
You know-what ! mean"
YES. The trick will be pulled on
at three o'clock"
Good she exclaimed. "Good-by
and thank you"
With his ~well-known caution
Clutching Hand did not even betray
names over the telephone II he could
help Il.
Flirty hung up the receiver with
satisfaction. The names OF the de-
parted Dan might Dol rest In peace!
The next day. early in the forenoon.
a young man with a small package
carefully done up came to the Dodge
house.
From Martins. the jewelers.. for
Miss Dodge" he said TO Jennings Al
the door.
Elaine and Aunt Josephine were
sitting In the library when Jennings
announced him.
oh. It's my watch" cried Maine.
SHOW him In"
Elaine put the watch on her wrist
and admired II.
rs Il all right" asked Slim.
Yes. yes" answered Elaine. You
may Co."
Early the same r7rning Kennedy
went around again 10 the apartment
house and, cautious not 10 be seen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-03

The New York police are rnystined by =
series Of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue TO the criminal IL the warn
isE letter which is sent the victims. signed
With = '.cIutcLIng hand" Tho latest vic
TIM OF the mysterious assassin Is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. Ills
daughter. Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy.
the famous scientific detective. to try TO
unravei the my siery. What Kennedy ac-
eonaplishes In told by his friend Jameson.
a new psper man. Enraged al the deter
mined effort which Elaine and Craig kee-
crimes. the clutching Hand. az this
strange criminal In known. resorts TO all
sorts OF the most diabolical schemes 10
Pot them out OF the way. Each chapter
OF the story tells OF a new plot against
their lives and Of the way the great de-
tectivs uses all lis skill Ia save this pref
~ girl and himself from death.