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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

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them, said Elisha quickly. "Im much
obliged to you, Mrs. Fryer. I'll remcm-
Der it. Good morning.
ELLIS" shouted Mr. Hammick to the
cashier, stop the car, when it goes by
next trip, and tell Shore want to see him.
Not long afterward lobe Shore came
in, whistling and whirling his controller
handle. "Mornin', Mr.. lIammick," he
saluted cheerily.
MIR. Hammick settled back in his chair
with CLEAN of wolfishness in his eyes
But he asked blandly: ashore, did you
ever let anybody-that is, -nmybody-run
your carp
Tobe's cheeks Redeemed, but he laughed
heartily.
"Who saw u.s." he replied. 81 bet it was
old lady Fryer! She couldn't keep her
mouth shut if her teeth were falling out"
"When did this occur" continued Mr.
Hammick with sigh of relief that he did
not have to explain the horrible thing he
meant by "this.
"Oh, always let her run the car down
the long hill this side of Pleasure Park,
iSPiSo 1opS SuSSilS. A'llt > d hlils
good motorman, Mr. Hammick."
Elisha suppressed Il desire to scream
He went on as calmly as he thought the
principles of big business required of him:
"Were there passengers on the car,
Shore?"
mot that week." chucked Tobc.
"'This is not Il joke, Shore" cautioned
the president of the road. "Wherc was
MORRILL, He referred to the conductor.
"Bill? Oh, Bill was having his nap"
said lobe.
"His nap!' roared the outraged Ham
mick.
"Well, what's the use getting that way
about it, Squirrel" asked lobe, in Il tone
of panied surprise. "Bll had read the
morning paper twice over and the mo-
ton of the car just. naturally makes IL
fellow sleepy"
you're fred!" snapped Hammick,
with a wave of tnality.
"Just as you say" assented lobe,
without turning IL hair.
Thereupon a brilliant idea occurred to
the owner of the street railway. The car
was made pay-as-you-ente affair.
That is, the passengers paid Bill Morrill,
as they entered. The conductor became
the motorman, and the place of conductor
remained vacant.
TT was easy enough to fire lobe Shore,
but it was not so easy for Elisha Ham
mick to quench the fire that had taken
flame in the heart of his daughter. 1t is
one thing to say to an employee, "You
are fired!' 1t is another thing to say to
ones daughter, "Kindly fire your sweet
heart!' Especially when one has a weak
ness for ones pretty, rosy, lively daugh-
ter, and even stands bit in awe of her.
Elisha thought the matter over at
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When the Jitney

everything that Elisha Hammick
touched turned as we say, to
gold. Fortune smiled upon him; and not
only smiled, but in certain events actually
uttered loud guffaw He was the richest
man in Enderby, and he had started as
a barefoot boy. Still, the recipe for
riches must call for something more than
bare feet; for several other men who
had begun life in an equally nude condi-
ton had in the same number of years
barely acquired boots.
But in the first month of that year
1909, as aforesaid Fortune stopped smil-
ing on Elisha Hammick least, tempo
rarily. 1t was in that period that Mr.
Hammick built the Enderby Street
Railway.
| The town of Enderby stood in need of
a number of things, but one of the. things
it distinctly did not require was street
railway. But there was wave of pro-
motion about that time. A skilfulpromoter
came to town and promoted MIR. Ham
mick, and Mr.. Hammick promoted the
railway, and the towns-people promoted
| the scheme with their five-cent fares until
thenovelty wore off, and thenresumed their
cheap and hygienic habit of walking. The
Enderby Street Railway became joke.
lOF course, the investment did not pau
perize Elisha. 1t gave him a severe
shock, and it grieved him; but he was
still rich. But something worse was to
come. Mary Hammicl, his only child,
fell in love with-the motorman!
With the motorman-yes. That was
bitterness and Indebtedness for Elisha
But that was not the worst. For the
motorman happened to be "Tobe" Shore,
son of lobe Shore the useless, who
was son of lobe Shore the shiftless
Every generation in Enderby had had it's
Tobias Shore. and each succeeding lobe
had kept up the tradition of inefficiency
They We're always big, well built, hand
some men, these lobe Shores. They had
always had more than their share of wit
and good nature. But theyloved not work.
This lobe Shore, the motorman, was
as big, fne-looking, clever, and good
natured as any of his forebears. More as
an experiment than anything else, Elisha
had offered him chance on the Enderby
Street Railway. Somewhat to his sur
prise, lobe jumped at the chance. 1t
supplied just the excitement, perhaps,
that the Shore nature demanded; and it
did not too closely resemble productive
labor. Anyway, lobe became motor
man, and then
1t was Mrs. Fryer, the town gossip,
that gave the alarm. She came into the
First National Bank one morning, as full
of business as if she had an account there
She wanted to see Mr.. Hammick imme-
diately-on important business, certainly.
well, Mrs. Fryer, what can do for
you?"
al don't want you to think | am med
ding in other folks affairs" began Mrs
Fryer breathlessly. 81 never medde
You know that, Mr.. Hammick. You've
known me"
you are all right, Mrs. Fryer" inter
rupted Mr.. Hammick. "What was it
you had in mind?"
And then the awful story came out
Elisha Hammick leaped from his chair
and clutched feverishly at his paper-knife
"You saw them" he shouted. "You are
sure, Mrs. Fryer"
Mrs. Fryer nodded, with contented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

The first user was Prof. A.
P. Anderson, the inventor of
Pulled Wheat and Pulled Rice.
For years and years, while
he learned how to explode
them, he alone knew what
was coming.
Finally he shot the grains
from guns. He exploded every
food cell. Then, for the first time,
you had whole grains with
every granule made digestible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

Then we started lunch
room in the heart of New
York, and thousands of men
came to taste them.
Among all the ready-cooked
cereals, four men in five
selected Pulled Wheat or
Pulled Rice.
They came day after day,
month after month for them.
This became the favorite
lunch dish. Then we knew
we had the best-liked cereals
men had ever tasted.
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User No. 4

Then armies of children be-
gan to demand them. They ate
them with cream and sugar.
They floated them in bowls
of milk.
Morning, noon and night
they called for cereals in
pulled form. Now grocers
tell us that there's not another
cereal known of which users
use so much. And mothers
say that nothing else brings
dishes back so often. These
are the king foods now.
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Pulled Wheat, lie 3ll1
Pulled Rice, 15c (313{
( Except in Extreme West 1l,as

But it's not bewching alone that wins folks these
foods These scientific grain foodshe bescooked cereals
known By other process all the food cells broken
The you know about Pulled Grains the you'll
serve your cereals in this Try all of them Each has
different
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
User No. 3

Then we supplied Pulled
Grains in barrels to countless
candy-makers. They used
them in place of nuts.
Girls fell in love with Pulled
Grain candy, and they started
to make it at home. No doubt
millions of packages have
since been used as confec-
tions-in fudge, as garnish
for ice cream, and for eating
dry like peanuts. They taste
like toasted nuts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Hang Corn So the Air VIII Circulate Freely Around Every Ear.

(By c. p. BULL and L. H. ROBBINS.)
In case n has no special seed
plot" in which his best and earliest
maturing ears were planted, it is then
necessary that his seed corr be Sc
lected from the field. The most prac-
tical method to do this is to go
through the field with a sack tied
across ones shoulder and select the
choicest and best-matured ears. Two
rows Of corn may easily be examined
at once. During the process of selec-
ton, consideration of the strength and
character of the stalk, the height of
the ear from the ground, and the size
of the shank, should be noted. A
stalk does not necessarily have to be
large to be a big producer. A tall
spindling plant lodges very easily. The
stalk should be of good size and strong
at the base, gradually tapering, and
not necessarily tall. Strong, vigorous
stalks Of medium height, usually pro.
duce the best and understanding
ears. The ear should be attached to
the stalk by a medium-sized shank,
which is long enough to allow the tip
Of the a to hang down.
All ears in a cornfield will not ma
ture at the same time. A variation Of
is days in maturing Of ears in a field
is not uncommon. One Of the rea-
sons why a good selection Of corn can
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
SMITH HAD THE WRONG IDEA
Easy to Imagine Large Volume of Mu-
sic Was Made by Hands and Feet,
but Not by Ear Alone.

One evening Smith jitneyed to the
suburbs to call on his friend Jones,
and while they were sitting on the
veranda enjoying their af%ter-dinner
ragweed large volumes of music
broke loose in the adjacent bunga-
low.
Some music" commented Smith,
glancing through the t~iretlies to the
scenery beyond. Who might the
performer be-"
1T is my neighbor Green" an
swered Jones. And would you believe
that he plays by ear alone?"
81 would not" was the prompt re-
joinder Of Smith. 81 can easily
imagine that he might make that
much noise by using both hands and
feet and an ak, but you can't make me
believe that he does 1t by banging the
side of his head on the keys.'-Phila-
delphia Telegl aph.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
IL You Do Not Sleep Well.

Should you be a restless sleeper.
should sleep come to you only at fits
and starts, try simple remedies. and
do not plunge into narcotics or stimu-
lants-at least not until the others
have failed. A famous English physi-
clan is quoted as saying, II a cure
the worst case of insomnia in this
manner: When the patient has re-
tired, give her a heaping bowl Of
bread and milk, with just a dash OF
salt to season 1t. This will draw the
blood from the head to the stomach,
it will quiet the nerves and put the
entire body in a healthy glow, and in
nine:y-nine cases out of a hundred
the patient falls into a healthy, rest
full Sleep" Another tasty dose to take
which will induce sleep is a cold or
ange just before retiring. There are
certain sedative as well as stimu-
lating qualities in an orange, and 1t
is probably. n of the most effica-
cious fruits that can be taken for this
purpose.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21

select ars SO large that they will not
mature, he is the loser thereby.
1t has been learned, by many tests.
that ears of a certain form yield more
than other ears different from the
standard form. Ears of corn likely to
give best results carry the butt dame
ter well towards the tip; they are free
from indentations or other Irregular
ties that would tend to decrease the
yield Of the ear; they have straight,
regular rows of uniform kernels, and
have kernels extended well over the
tip and butt.
1t costs just IS much to grow an ear
Of corn that has kernels covering
three-fourths of the cob as it does to
grow one with kernels covering the
whole cob. The kernel contains most
Of the feeding value. The cob is of
very little value as food, hence the
rows of kernels should round well
down over the butt and extend well
over the tip mot necessarily clear
over thus %insuring a good proportion
Of corn to cob. The rows should run
straight from the butt to the tip; be-
cause, in crooked rows, there are
more irregular kernels, and kernels of
irregular size make 1t impossible to
plant a uniform number in each hill.
To get the most feeding value out
Of an a of corr there should be no
space between the kernels at the cob.
1t is the tip of the kernel-the end that
contains the germ-that is richest in
food nutrient. Pointed, chaffy tips in
dictate low feeding value and poor
terminating power. Every precaution
should be exercised to select seed corn
that will grow and produce strong, Wig
orous plants. Space between, the kerr
nels at the cob, and lack of furrow,
usually indicate a low proportion of
corn to the cob, immaturity and poor
vitality. The tip of the kernel should
be wide, allowing room for a long,
broad and deep germ.
Nothing will aid more In making a
high yield of shelled corn than a deep,
well-formed kernel. But do not select
a too deep kernel, because the deeper
the kernel, the greater is the length OF
time required to mature 1t; and, above
all other things, maturity is the first
consideration. To secure uniform
planting, the kernels Of selected seed
corn must be all or nearly the same
size, not only on n ear, but through.
out the whole selection.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
CERTAIN REWARD OF VANITY
Sturdy Farmer Of Jeffersonian Sim.
plicity Had No Difficulty in Rec.
&. ognizing sons Picture.

He was one of those stubborn young
men who carry out their own ideas
regardless of consequences, and when
he left the farm to engage in the liv-
cry business In a nearby town. con-
trary to the wishes of his father, the
first thing he did was to have a
m~any-colored sign painted, represent
ing himself holding a mule by the
bride.
One day his father, a sturdy old
farmer Of the J~effersonian simplicity
type, came to town, and the son in
showing him about the stable, proud
ly pointed to the sign:
BY the way, isn't that a good like
ness of me, dad?" he queried.
"Ya-as," replied the old man, ad.
justing his s%pectacles. "Ya-as, IT'S a
gosh hang'd good picture Nv yew, l
reckon; but who DC that Teller what's
holdin' yew by the bride ?"-Indian-
apolis Star.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Has His Own CAGE Now.

"Squabbling and fighting there's
another very frequent cause Of d.
%vorce." said Prof. l.. Watts Ingersoll
in an address before the Cleveland
Antidivorce league.
"A man had been hailed before a
Cleveland magistrate for nonsupport
or some such fault.
but let me see.' the justice said,
aren't you the man who was married
In a cage of wild, man-eating tigers
and leopards?
Ives, your honor, I'm the man,
was the reply.
Exciting, wasn't it?' said the JUS
tice.
We'll your honor" said the man.
it seemed so then. 1t wouldn't now!''
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
SOME FIGURES ON
ROTATION OF CROPS
Interesting Data Collected From
Demonstration Farms in
North Dakota.

The crops are rotated On the % dem
o%nstration farms operated in North
Dakota. This gives each crop the best
chance to do well. In 1914 the aver.
age cost per acre Of producing the
crops was 1913. the average income
per acre was s17.49, leaving an aver.
age net return of $3.50.
The net profits per acre from each
crop was: Corn SS.49, hard wheat
$500, durum 1888, oats $7.S7, barley
$2.07, oats and peas $3.50, clover sS.96,
timothy and clover $17.36, potatoes
$9.tl. winter rye $1,000, alfalfa s2O.95.
and millet a loss Of S1.76.
The first of these farms were start
ed nine years ago. A five to six year
rotation is practiced on most Of
them.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
WHY HE WAS IN THE WAY
Presence Of Chaplain Prevented priv.
ers Talking to Their Horses
as They Wished.

The weather had been very wet for
weeks, and the roads. Somewhere
across the Channel" were in a very
bad state.
Consequently. 1t was not surprising
that a wagon in a certain British sup
ply column suddenly dived into a
hole full of mud, and refused to bulge.
At the critical moment up came an
army chaplain, who at once proffered
his services.
Men," be said, 81 see you're in difl.
culties. Can l be Of any help?"
Yes, Sir" answered a burly SER
geant, bluntly, as he mopped his brow,
you can give US the greatest help
by making yourself scarce,
Making myself s~carce!" gasped the
chaplain. why, how"
Yes, sir" broke in the sergeant:
you see, we can't very we'll say to the
horses what they'd understand. while
you are about"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21


not be made from the shock, or from
the field late in the fall, is that n
is not able to tell the time the ear
matured.
Desirable ears may mature ten or if
teen days later than the average
freezing time; and, II those are select
ed, they will insure a ~late-maturing
crop. Again, If corn is left unhusked
until late, the husks prevent the a
from drying out properly; and, as a
consequence, it is likely to be frozen
before It is husked, or at least before
it has had time to dry out after husk-
ing.
In the choice of corn for seed, n
selects the ears that he believes will
give him the largest yield Of good corn
the following year. 1t is a good plan
to choose IN a Of corn that is as
near the type wanted as possible; ttren
keep this ear from year to year, or I'M
til you get q better one. At any rate
have a sample ear that you can look at
occasionally to help you in following
one type. Keep this type.ear handy
when selecting corn in the fall; and
in the spring, when the final selection
is made. 1t is well to compare all ears
carefully with the type-ear.
A common practice is to select ears
that are too large. It is much better
to grow three medium-sized mature
ears to the hill than 1t is to grow three
larger immature ear per hill. AS a
general rule, the larger the cob and
the deeper the kernel, the longer it
will take the ear to mature.
Indications OF maturity are looseness
OF kernels on the cob, a high percent
age Of moisture, chafiness Tor thin,
small, poorly developed kernels), adj
herence Of the tip cap TO the cob, and
generally a large amount of white
starch.
It may be well to emphasize the fact
again that many are inclined to select
ears that are too large. This is a very
natural thing to do, because everyone
likes large ears of cor better than
small ones; but 1t is yield per acre
rather than large ears that determine
profit. And If one allows himself to
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Case Of Must.

you're not smoking as much as you
used to. Did your doctor order you TO
stop?"
mo I'm a martyr to fashion"
Whats fashion got to- do with
smoking?"
IF you saw my vife's dressmaker
and milliner bills you wouldn't ask
such a foolish question"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Man..

THE kaiser could have rid the world
Of flies, of mosquitoes, of consump.
tion-he could almost have rid the
world of disease-at less than what
this war is costing him."
The speaker was DR.. Harvey W. Wi
ley. He continued:
But men are like that. It is only
big, grand, heroic things that attract
men.
Alexander wept because he had no
more worlds to conquer. But no man
ever wept yet because there was no
more coal to carry up or dishes to
help his wife with"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
FOOD PROVIDED FOR FAMILY
Value Of Good Mich Cows Hard to Es.
innate When Amount Saved on
Bills 10 Considered.

The first reason for having good
milch cows on the farm comes from the
fact that they provide the cheapest,
best, and most wholesome food for
the family.
Their value is hard to estimate
when we consider the amount saved
on the bills.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Good Times.


Henry Ford, praising the good times,
In New York, said:
THE good times are spread the
country over. There isn't a spot that
hasn't got its share.
Anybody who can contemplate
these times with optimism must have
a disposition like the ~bookkeeper's
wife.
The bookkeeper said one day at
dinner:
"'Gee, I wish I could get up an ap-
petite for once!'
"'Oh. go on. john said his wife.
impatiently. What do you want an
appetite for? 1t would only give you
more dyspepsia"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
His Trolley Twisted.

He was raving to his family about
the fair maid that he had selected to
lead him up before the parson.
"Her golden hair, her velvet COM
plexion, her liquid eyes" he was say
ing, when his ten-year-old sister in.
terrupted him:
"You are getting things mixed,
George" she said. 1T is her complex
ion that is liquid. I was with her
when she bought it."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Waited for Orders.

A drill foreman in Culebra cut sent
a negro to the top Of the mast on one
of his drills to straighten out a rope
which had slipped off the sheave. Just
after the man went up the general
foreman came along and talked about
the job for half an hour. In the mean.
time the man on top of the drill was
forgotten and after the general fore.
man left he was discovered still rOost-
ing on top of the mast. The foreman
called to him:
Aren't you through up there yet?"
"Oh, yes, sir, boss"
We'll, why don't you come down.
then?"
You don't tell me to, sir"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21

fault. SO l took Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They were the means Of saving my
life."
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC per box at
your dealer. or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab.
lets for Indigestion have been proved,
SOC per box. Write for Household
Hints. also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and
recipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent
free.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Reminded.

when the autumnal frosts touch
the foliage with tints of red and yel-
low against the gray sky, doesn't that
inspire you to thought"
ut certainly does. The reds and
yellows make me think Of the Job
ahead of me tending the furnace. and
the grays make me think of the dust
when | sift the ashes"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
The Dog Nuisance.

Fear Of offending a neighbor often
makes us put up grudgingly and
growlingly perhaps, with many little
annoyances which really we should
not be asked or expected to endure.
The keeping of useless, worthless ours
is n of the most prolific causes Of
such petty annoyances, il not at times
of actual dangers, or of considerable
loss. Dogs worry and often kill sheep
at night, and poultry in daytime.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
His Patience.

IF you had to work-jest ~nachcrly
had to-" queried Seldom Fedd, who
was a great hand to cogitate, what
kind of a job would you choose?"
'Bein' %janitor in an air castle" re-
piled Soiled Spooner. a prominent vol
unteer in the great army Of the I'M
employed.-Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
WRONG Impressions.

you will observe" said the profess
sor, the higher the altitude attained
the colder the temperature becomes"
"But isn't 1t warmer up in the noun.
tains?' asked the youth at the pedal
extremity Of the class.
Certainly not" replied the profess
sor. why do you think it would be
warmer there?"
81 thought the atmosphere was heat
ed by the mountain ranges" answered
the youth.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Early Indications.

What profession do you think your
youngest boy will follow?"
WELL replied Farmer Corntossel.
Judging from the way he likes to
play in the dirt, I think maybe he'll
be one o. these land.grabbers you
read so much about"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
The Element of Endowment.

what satisfaction did you derive
from paying a fortune for that quaint
old picture?" asked the woman who
Is not very appreciative of art.
"The satisfaction" replied Mrs.
Cumrox, "of showing our old friends
that we could afford to spend all that
money"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-10-21
Mans Observation.

Mrs. Snooper-Man makes me
tired.
Mrs. Swayback-What's the matter
now?
Mrs. Snooper-My husband saw Mrs.
Keedick yesterday, and / asked him
what she had on, and lie replied, "Oh,
clothes. STRAY Stories.