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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-01-01

ton and make a cou15npIace eul
him. %. would disappear, this re-
%1orter. TIA. would %. .l. and when
hey found him he might or might
not De RECOGNIZABLE.
So Brain. ,sNad a conference aUd
he and his fellow roeues went over %
number OF ezled. and
Ilgreed that the best thing TO do would
be to send a man 20 the newspaper.
)steusibly ss , reporter Locking for
a situation. With tins excuse he would
be able 20 hang around the city room
for three or four days. The idea back
Of this was TO waylay Norton on his
way to some assignment which took
him TO the suburbs.
All this was arranged down to the
smallest detail; and a man whom they
we're quite certain Norton had not
yet e was selected to play the
part. He had been a reporter once
more's the pity; so there was no doubt
of his being able to handle his end
Of the game.
Il want Norton, ] want him badly
declared Brlina. and woe to you it
you let booze play in between you and
the object Of this move"
The man selected to act the re-
porter hung his head. Whisky had
been the origin Of his fall from hon
est living end he was not so cal
loused MS not to feel the sting OF
remorse az times.
More, went on Braiue, 81 want
Norton brought to 40. It's a little off
the beat. and we can handle Norton
as we pler#e. When VIC get rid or
this newspaper ferret therell be an
other 10 eliminate But he's a fox.
and a FOX must be set to trail him
And via. IS thaJo"
Zones Jones Jonesl" Numbered
Irr.iue .aa's Che live wire. But he
~reuor-cr first Jones depends a lot
on him Take away this prop and
Jones will not be so sure Of himself
There's a man outside all this circle,
and all these weeks Of warfare have
not served TO bring him into the
circle"
'Hargroave is dead said Vroon
stolicly
"As dead as ! am" snarled Braine
1.-TWO men went away in that balloon;
end IN wager my head that n man
came back. am beginning TO put
a few things together that have
not thought Of before. VINO knows:
That balloon may have been carried
out to sea purposely. The captain on
that tramp steamer may have LED
from beginning to end tell you.
Hargreaye is alive, and wherever he
is he has his hand on all the wires.
He has agents, too, whom we know
nothing about. Hang the million!
want to put my hands on HargreaYe
just to prove that | am the better
man. He communicates win Jones per
haps through the reporter ne mas hau
. me followed; 1t was ne VINO changeu
the boxes, bored the mole IN tne cen
ing Of the other quarters ana learned
heaven KNOWS what
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hands on the money I'd have given it
10 him! All, girl, it doesn't do any
cod to talk to you, does it?'
"But they told me he was dying!"
Jones shrugged.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-10-28

reach OF the attendant. One advan-
tage of hanging the sash from the CEN
ter is that high winds are not likely
to slam the sash, either open or shut.
The foundation Of this monitor-roof
dairy barn is OF concrete. the walls
having footings wide enough to make
them solid and deep enough to reach
down to solid ground These walls
extend up two feet above grade. =
profile of the dairy door conforms to
the most approved plan worked out by
practical dairymen.
The concrete standing floor his q,
fall OF one inch between the front and
hind feet of the cows. This is to ia
cilitate drainage and for easy clean
ing The managers are two feet IN
width, they are six inches deep at the
back and IL inches deep az the front or
eed-alley side. The standing floor
measures four feet ten inches from the
back of the manger to the gutter The
gutter is is inches wide and drops six
inches below the standing floor. The
feed alley in the center is about seven
feet in width and the alleys behind
the cows are five feet six inches wide
The side alleys slope with fall az
one inch towards the gutter This
makes q stable floor that is perma-
nent and satisfactory.
The roof may be supported in two
ways. II may be made selfsupporting
SO there will be no posts in the way.
This is done by running the rafters
from the caves clear Through to the
monitor plates They are crossed and
bolted at the crossings, and the whole
roof structure is made into a trussed
roof by ties reaching across the buifd-
ing from one side plate to the other
side plate. ALL monitor studding
reaches down and is bolted to these
cross ties and to the rafters, thus
forming a very strong truss.
The other plan supports the monitor
studding or posts long enough to reach
from the rear wall of the concretes
hangers to the monitor plates. 1t Is
customary to place these posts two
cows apart. and the monitor windows
are the same width as the cow stalls.
This arrangement provides one mon
itor window for each two cows.
The COW stalls may be two feet ten
inches between stall partitions, or
they may be three feet two inches. ac-
cordlng TO the size of the COWS the
stable is intended for
Generally there is no ceiling In
monitor-roof cow stable, for the rea-
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Here are two pretty dress hats
which show which way the millinery
wind blows. AS to trimming it points
to simplicity, but as to shape it con-
tinues to blow every which way In
materials hatters' plush, velours and
combinations of velvet with other ma
terials are in steady demand and such
combinations appear in these two hats.
At the top the picturesque shape is
of velvet and plush, the velvet appear
ing on the upper brim and in a wide
Hange against the plush facing. The
top crown is of velvet. A wide, hand
some faille ribbon is laid in folds
about the side crown and the ends are
joined at the right of the front. Here
an odd feather ornament is posed at
an equally odd angle. Sprays of fine
feathers, which look like frost-covered
twigs, spring from a big cabochon of
feathers and dance in every breeze
that blows. At the left ball and tas-
sci of silk, fastened against the crown,
give this model more than the usual
allowance of ornament
The brim in this shape is very IT.
regular and the crown is eccentric in
shape but both are made on good and
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becoming lines. Such shapes are not
universally becoming, but when they
do suit the face, they seem made es-
pecially for the wearers.
Below is French sailor with the
brim widened at the left front, which
is an indication of the privilege ac-
corded to brim by the mode. They
do all sorts of unexpected things. The
brim is of hatters' plush faced with
velvet ard has a narrow velvet bind
ing. The top crown is soft and of
velvet
This hat, becoming to almost every
face, has band of the new, brilliant
flitter-jet about the side crown. The
sequins are small and set very thick,
overlapping one another in mass of
brilliant scales Two long "feelers"
spring froTn small oblong body Of
the f1itter-jet, the little sequins or
spangles extending little way on
each one. Two of the odd, stiff orna-
ments are set at the backbone on
each side of it, The hat would be pref
tier without these, and measured by
the seasons standards would be amply
trimmed.
sULlA HoTToMLEY.
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feed carrier to run through the center
feed alley, to carry silage from the
silo, or mixed feed from the little feed
room built in between the end of the
stable and the silo The same center
car track and carrier will bring for
age from hayrack at the other end
of the building. In using a stable in
this way dairymen often prefer to cut
certain crops in the field and haul the
fodder to the stable to feed.
This plan of feeding is not prac-
'ticed to any extent In the North, but
there are conditions of climate In some
of our best dairy sections where feed
crops grow late in the fall, and still
others are sown In the fall to mature
early In the spring that may be fed to
as soiling crops. All soil
ing crops are expensive to handle, be-
cause they are fed green. 1t has al
ways been puzzle to dairymen how
to handle such fodder without pulling
their arms out of the sockets. A CEN
ter feed alley built on this plan, with
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A design in a dress and coatee for
little girl, which may be successful
ly made up in any sort of material is
shown here. AS pictured the dress
is of Irish poplin with border of
ottoman silk in a wide bias band
about the bottom IL the skirt, and a
jacket of the same silk as the band
But the model is just as well adapted
to many of the new cotton fabrics. 1t
might be developed in cotton gaber-
dine for the dress, and cotton cordu-
roy for the jacket, in any of the light,
staple colors that these new fabrics
are made in.
AS shown in the picture the skirt
is set on to belt of the poplin which
is also the belt of the plain bodice.
The bodice has small yoke, opening
at the neck in shallow "v' and fin
ished with little, buttonholed scallops.
The coat is cut with long shoulders
and short sleeves and is lined with
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an extra large feed carrier, comes
about as near solving the problem as
any system that has ever been tried.
. Thirty-six feet in width is recog-
nized as being the most satisfactory
COW stable when machinery is used to
save hand labor. 1t gives room for the
different stable carriers, for milking
machines and for the necessary me-
chanical appliances to operate the diff
ferent labor savers.
In this stable the cows are headed
in for the same reason. 1t is cheaper
and easier to care for cattle when they
face each other Also the many win
dows of the building admit light where
it is most needed. All of the window
openings are fitted with sash that may
be closed during cold or stormy wealth
er. The monitor sash is hung with a
patent bracket, so that each sash
swings from the center in such way
as to easily open by means of con-
Meeting rods that come down within
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sley and little onion juice. Season
with salt, and paprika. Form into
balls and bake ten or fifteen minutes
in hot oven. Serve on oyster shells
with parsley and lemon as a garnish.
Asparagus With Stuffed Eggs. -
Take canned asparagus, or If fresh.
cook until tender in sailed water and
arrange on a platter in border of
buttered toast points and quartered.
stuffed eggs. Pour over hot sauce
made as follows: Take two table
spoonfuls of butter and two and half
of -four when well mixed add pint
of chicken stock. or small can of
chicken broth and SIX finely minced
mushrooms Stir and cook for fifteen
minutes. then add cupful of hot
cream and the juice of a lemon; strain
and reheat.
Chicken and Mushroom Patties. -
Saute two cupfuls of mushrooms in
two tablespoonfuls of butter five min
utes; season well with salt and pep
scant cupful and chop the remain
der line with two and half CYPRUS OF
cold cooked chicken. Beat two eggs,
add salt. pepper and the juice of half
a lemon. Add tablespoonful of
chopped parsley and a pint Of boiling
milk: stirring until it thickens. Now
add the mushroom and chicken mix
ture and when very hot fill patty
shells and garnish the tops with whole
mushrooms
Gingerbread with whipped cream
and a cupful of hot coffee is well
liked by many people who do not en-
joy rich cake.
Cold ham, boiled or fried. put
through the meat chopper, mixed with
a little mustard or hard boiled egg, is
nice filling for sandwiches.
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is Incorrectly used, as pimento is all
spice: The real name is 'pimiento,
giving another syllable. A chopped
green pepper given to almost any
salad, and especially potato salad,
improves it wonderfully. Care should
be taken to carefully wash them, re-
move the white inner fiber, as well as
the seeds, before using, Peppers
chopped and pounded, then fixed with
cream cheese make a most appetizing
relish
Fried sweet peppers make a nice
garnish to serve with lamb, mutton
or pork chops.
Stuffed Peppers.-Bread crumbs
with tomato or rice and a few nuts,
corn beef hash, boiled rice with chick
en-, and many 9th er combinations
make fine stufing for peppers. See
that they are we'll washed, then cut
off the best end to make stable re-
ceptacle, remove the white fiber and
seeds; fill the pepper, replacing the
cap Put them into a baking dish
with little stock or butter and water
to keep them moist while baking.
Steak Smothered in Sweet Peppers.
Spread over a round steak the fol-
lowing mixture: A cup of bread
crumbs, one small onion, chopped; a
little poultry dressing, pint of to-
matoes and peppers mixed; if canned
they will not need chopping. Place
the stuffing on steak, roll and tie and
pour over the tomato and pepper mix
ture. Cook very slowly three hours.
Add boiling water or tomato juice il
the meat becomes dry. Canned pep
pers should always find a place on
the emergency shelf. as they add much
to many dishes. Dreamed eggs with a
pepper or two added, either chopped
or rubbed through sieve; serve on
toast as usual and have an unusual
relish. These eggs may be served
with a border of seasoned boiled rice
instead of toast, if desired.
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added beauty and the cool fruit will be
most grateful.
Grape Juice.-To prepare-pick the
stems from the fruit and cover with
enough water to be seen between the
grapes. Cook until the seeds are free
and the skins look pink or have lost
their color, then strain Return the
juice to the fire and boil 20 minutes;
then to each quart add a cupful of
sugar; cook ten minutes longer and
bottle in alright bottles, dipping the
corks in melted paraffin.
Grape Juice Ice Gream.-To a cupful
of grape juice add pint of thin cream
and sugar to sweeten, tablespoonful
of lemon juice. mix and freeze.
Grape Jam.-Remove the skin from
the pulp of well-washed grapes and
put them in separate utensils; heat
the pulp with a cupful of water and
press through sieve to remove .he
seeds; add the skins to the pulp and
weigh. To each pound of fruit add
three-fourths of a pound of sugar and
just enough water to prevent burning.
Cook slowly for 40 minutes
Grape Sherbet.-Take three pounds
of Concord grapes, three lemons, three
pints of water and three cupfuls of
sugar Wash the grapes and put them
in granite pan, mash and squeeze
out all the Juice; measure and add an
equal amount of water, the lemon
juice and sugar. The sugar and water.
IL boiled to strip, will make a
smoother sherbet. The amount of wa
ter should be allowed when measur-
ing. Freeze as usual.
A pretty novelty IS crystallized
grapes. Select firm, large grapes in
perfect punches; wash carefully and
dip in white of egg, then in pulverized
sugar. Arrange on platter on bed
of grape leaves.
For grape jelly the grapes should be
underripe. Prepare them as for grape.
juice, then add the sugar to the Juice
and cook until it thickens in a cold
dish, when teaspoonful is tried.
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St. Paul's Cathedral, London, cost
$7,500.0O0
Speaking of the 131-pound catfish
caught in the Missouri river, if thing
is valueless the supply is always am
pie
A "tinker's dam is a wall of dough
or of soft clay, raised around a spot
which plumber, in repairing, desires
to food with solder. The material of
this dam can be used only once. and
is thrown away after this very tempo
rary period of usefulness. Hence the
well-known proverb.
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ONE or THE suREsT SIGNS
Get Lover to Talk About Himself, and
You Have Him Hooked, Is opin-
ion Of Expert.

And directly we feel yearning to
talk about ourselves, our hopes, our
fears, we are weak and tractable. It
is sure sign. Brother, when you find
yourself expanding conversationally
to the young woman, and she shows a
disposition to listen amiabiy, it is a
dangerous symptom
We notice it ourselves. AS sure as
a young woman is interested in us,
considers us with certain amount of
admiration, she invariably starts in to
tell us the story of her life We may
feel bored but we can also safely fiat
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and place the toast in dripping pan
and pour over little weakened vine
gar enough to moisten the toast.
Place in the oven until the cheese is
melted and serve hot.
Apple DumpIings With Peanut
Butter.-Sift pint of flour, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, half
half cupful of peanut butter; moisten
with iced water as for pie crust. Roll
out and cut in squares. Lay on each
square a cored, peeled apple, sprinkle
with sugar and cinnamon. wet the
edges and pinch them together Bake
and serve with cream and sugar.
Cuban Stew.--Take four pounds of
mutton, one cupful of olive oil, one
can of tomatoes, eight medium sized
onions, one can of peas, one can of
mushrooms and eight potatoes; ia
blespoonful of salt and few dashes
of pepper. Put olive oil into ket-
tie, and when hot add onions, toma-
toes and meat, cut in pieces, with the
salt and pepper. Cover closely and
simmer three hours. Then add the
potatoes, cut in halves, and when
they are tender add the peas and
mushrooms, drained from the cans
When well heated, thicken the gravy
and serve hot
Simple Cake.-Into measuring cup
holding half a pint break an egg.
tablespoonful of melted lard, three ia
blespoonfuls of canned cream, then
fill the cup with water. Sift together
one and half cupfuls of -four, one
cupful of sugar. two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and a pinch of salt.
Add the liquid and beat hard for five
minutes. Bake in layers or in loaf.
Gypsy Stew-Cook together young
carrots cut in slices. green onions,
peas and new potatoes. Fry slice
of diced salt pork turn in the tender
vegetables, add milk to it and season
ings, and serve very hot.
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the poplin. This is used also for the
turnback cuffs and collar and appears
in a piping about the edges of the lit
tie garment. Small pink frogs form
the single fastening. A girdle is worn
with the dress
Among other pretty models for the
little miss are full skirts of plaid ma
teriai confined at the waist with sew
eral rows OF shirring and set onto a
plain belt of the plaid. Wide suspen-
ders made also of the plaid material
are set onto the belt. Such skirts are
finished with plain. three-inch hem
and are only moderately wide, They
are worn over thin blouses made of
batiste or organdie or other sheerma-
terial. Short top coats or jackets of
plain wooden goods, matching the dom
inant color in the plaid skirt. are worn
with them. Together they make a
smart looking outfit for the little girl.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
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GATHERED FACTS

Spain has 100000 acres of olives.
New York leads the states in salt
production.
kid" is gypsy for child Hence
the term kidnapping
Hailstones IA inches in circumfer
ence have been found in England.
Intrinsically, Victoria crosses are
worth 9 cents each.
Some Japanese spiders make webs
SO strong it requires knife to cut
them.
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Floor Plan.

ter ourselves that she has cast favor
able eye upon U.S.
but how do you know he Is intse-
ested in you?" asks mamma, when
daughter makes tentative conf
dence.
"Oh, he talked about himself the
whole time answers daughter art
lessly-and mamma mods understand
ingly and puts him through Bradstreet.
Exchange
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New York,s Vocational School.

New York citys first vocational
school, which is to be erected by the
city at the northwest corner of Lex
ington avenue and Twenty-second
street, will cost $4,000 to build, ac-
cording to plans filed with the build
ing department by the architect for
the board of education. The struc-
ture will be ten stories high, of brick
and terra Gotta. It will replace three
dwellings.
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Style Of Dairy Building That Is
Especially Suitable for Hot
Sections.
KEEPS ANIMALS IN COMFORT
Manure and Feed Carriers a Feature
of the DesIsn--cheape and Eas-
Ter to Care for Cattle When
They Face Each
Other.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.

Mr. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building work on the farm. for
4ghe readers OF this paper. On account Of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer he is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A, Rad
ford No. 1921 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
We read great deal about the me-
cessity of keeping the dairy herd
warm and comfortable in winter. but
no one seems to pay much attention
to keeping the cows cool and comfor.
table in summer
The monitor roof style of dairy
building is well liked in some sections,
especially where the summer Is long
and hot. A dairy barn of this type
is shown in the accompanying lllustra-
tions, which give the perspective and
floor plans.
This stable is open to the roof, de-
sign that just naturally ventilates
itself when the windows are left open.
The building is SO feet wide by 54
feet in length and 1t contains stalls
to hold 20 cows, besides twofbox stalls
to be used as hospital stalls, bull pen.
calf pen. or for any other useful pur-
pose.
This plan is laid out for and Is in
tended to use manure carriers sus-
pended from overhead tracks in the
side alleyways behind the cows, also a
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agreeable.
Dresden Oysters. =
Chop two dozen large
oysters, mix with a ia
blespoonful of melted
butter. an unbeaten egg,
one-third of the bulk of
bread crumbs, a table,
spoonful of chopped par
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always have at
least a dozen
plants in the gar
den to supply the
needs Of the table.
A name commonly
used for this yege-
table when canned
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IIISIIBU WITH LH6II
own leaves. Grapes
If placed over.
night on ice, then
served with a leaf
or two on a plate
will have a frosty
appearance which
will give them an
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PEPPERS AND PEPPER DISHES

Sweet garden peppers are such
favorite vegetable that one should
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DISHES FOR EVENING PARTIES.

Often light supper which does not
tax the digestion will be found most
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GOOD THINGS FROM GRAPES.

Grapes are at their best when eaten
ripe and fresh from the vines gar
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them, but they VIII be
enjoyed.
Yorkshire 3 u c k S.
Toast IL slices of bread
and on top of each
place a square of cheese.
and on top of the cheese
a thin slice of bacon;
snrinkla with panrika
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GOOD EATING.

Some of the following are so I'M
usual that it may take faith to try
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It is net enough that women should
be home-makers but they must make
the world itself large home.
There is no defeat. no call for re-
treat can be blown from the bugle of
right