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TIL. Gentle RInodhound.

Il
No real reason exists for the COM
mon belief that the bloodhound Is q
Eferce animal, ready to tear the person
whom it may be tracking to pieces. It
ts, on the contrary. rather noted for
Its gentleness, even seeming timid, un-
hess especially trained to attack The
origin of the breed, according to Count
lie Couteulx de Canteleu, the greatest
living authority ON the subject, Is from
the St Hubert of st. Hubert's abbey
I'm the Ardennes. 1t dates from the
earliest ages. and the breed certainly
existed in the time of the Gauls. As
regards the name bloodhound, the
Count LIE Couteulx believes that when
fox hunting in something like its pres
ent form was instituted it was found
that the sleuthhound was not fast
enough for the purpose, and the pres
emit foxhound was evolved from varf-
Gus material. and about this time 1t
became usual in speaking OF the old
hound of the country to call him the
bloodhound, meaning the hound OF
pure blood (as might be said OF q
blooded horseI, to distinguish him from
the new hound or foxhound. There Is
only one breed of pure, genuine blood
hounds, and that is the English--Ar-
gonaut.
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FOR THE TEA TABLE.

Nothing is better with the cup of aft
ernoon tea perhaps than a slice of crisp
buttered toast But now and then a
sweet cake is reliShed as a change
Moreover, it is far easier to prepare tea
and cakes than tea and toast, for the
cakes can be made ahead Of time and
kept I'm one of the pretty cake boxes
specially made for tea table use. Some
Of them are tin boxes covered with
chintz or cretonne; some of them are
tin boxes painted or enameled daintily.
Here are recipes for some delicious
cakes and cookies. all of which can be
kept on hand for many days without
losing their freshness:
MargueriteS a sheet of sponge
cake into small rounds with cooky cut
ter and dip in melted sweet chocolate.
While still moist form a daisy on the
top of each, using blanched almonds
for petals and round yellow bonbons
for the centerS.
Ginger Nuts.-One and three-quarters
pounds of strip. one pound of moist
sugar, one pound of butter, two and
three-quarters pounds of flour. one and
one-half ounces of ground ginger, one
and one-half ounces of allspice. one
and one-half ounces Of coriander seed,
sal volatile size of bean, a little cay
enne. flour enough to roll out, but not
thin. Cut with wineglass or roll be-
tween your hands into small balls and
pinch.
Citron Heart Cakes.-Beat half q
pound Of butter to cream, take six
eggs, beat the whites to a froth and
the yolks with half a pound Of sugar
and rather more than half a pound OF
stfted flour; beat these well together
add a wineglass of brandy and quarter
Of a pound of citron cut In thin slips
bake it in small heart shaped tins or 6
square tin pan rubbed over with a bit
OF sponge dipped in melted butter; put
the mixture in half an inch deep; bake
fifteen or twenty minutes in a quict
oven.
Nut Wafers.-One cupful fine brown
sugar, one tablespoonful butter, mixed
together; add one beaten egg and on,
and one-half tablespoonfuls -four, heap
ing; one cupful chopped English wal
nuts. Drop with teaspoon on vel
buttered tin sheets. Bake In hot oven
Cool slightly before removing from tn,
tin.
Oatmeal Cookies.-Four cupfuls role,
oats, two cupfuls wheat -four. two cup
fuls brown sugar, one cupful butter
one-third cupful water or milk, scan
teaspoonful soda; roll quite thin ant
! cut In squares.
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Geometry.
gonaut

Plato is said to have written over his
door, LET no one ignorant Of geom-
etry enter here" Today such restric-
ton would reduce his visiting list Per
haps outside the professional mathe-
maticians he would have no one at all
All the artists, the philanthropists, the
historians, to say nothing Of those Ia
dies and gentlemen of leisure whose
critical faculties are so Importantly de-
!yeloped nowadays. would certainly be
absent and. worse still. would suffer
very little at their exclusion. Yet, go
ing back into the centuries for guests,
q distinguished company might have
been assembled of those who without
being famous merely for mathematical
studies, were known to have under
stood and loved the subject. The Greek
philosophers would have been there In
q body, AlphonSe ". Omar Khayyam,
Albert Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Des-
cartes, Pascal. Napoleon and Lewis
Carroll
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Ralzac's Way,

Jules Sandeau related that one time
while living in Paris BalZac locked
himself up in his room for twenty-five
days and twenty-five nights. refusing
to see any one and keeping the cur
tains closed and the lights continually
burning even in broad daylight The
only human being he saw during this
time WAS his servant, whom he rang
for when he felt the need of food,
which he washed down with numerous
cups of coffee. He would throw him
self on his bed only when entirely ex-
hauStcd from lack Of sleep. and he re-
manned in complete ignorance Of what
WAS IranSpiring outside. the state Of
the weather and even of the time and
day of the week. He only freed him
self from this voluntary captivity
when he had written the word END"
OIL the last page of the manuscript he
began when he entered his prison.
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After Death.

Ii is irrational to think death ends
all. for then life is gone and annihi-
lated. and it is just as though it had
never been 4 life can in nowise be
destroyed by death. What has once
been experienced is an eternal and in
deIiblP constituent of reality never
more To be erased or altered. 1t is a
foolish doubt which Karl Moor eX-
presses with the pistol i'm his hand, eff
the paltry pressure of this paltry thing
makes the wise man and the fool, the
coward and the hero. the noble and the
vilIHin. equal That cannot be- Death
sewers the thread of the earthly life,
but the content of life can neither be
altered nor annihilated by it. Reality
is eternal in its essence. Nothing that
is real can. To quote Angelus Silesius.
ever perish and cease to be.-Professor
Friedrich Paulsen. University Of Ber-
lin. in "A System of Ethics
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ItaIy's Ancestral GIories.

Three times has Italy ruled over Eu.
rope. She has sat on the political
throne under the Caesars, on the &C.
clesiastical throne under the popes
from Gregory the Great to Leo x. and
on the intellectual throne Of the renais-
sance. These things every Italian fam
fly remembers. Augustus Caesar and
Trajan, Hildebrand and Innocent Ill,
Dante and Petrarch, Michelangelo and
Raphael. Galilei and Bruno are in his
mouth like household words. The Ital-
ian does not consider himself and us as
equals; he accepts, he believes in, mod
ern democracy, but deep in his heart
be is an aristocrat, haughtily proud of
his long descent and his ancestral glo-
rieS When thinking of Italians one
must always bear in mind that they,
out of all the peoples Of Europe, have
the most glorious past and that they
are conscious of it to the Quick.-Henry
Dwight Sedgwick In Yale Review.
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"Sbe Died
Of
Cbinss''

This touching epitaph was placed on
a woman's tombstone by her affection
ate husband.
Things-things and still more things
most women spend the better part OF
their lives battling with them The
housekeeper knows the story well The
multiplicity of her possessions and the
care of them seem too often to be-
come her chief concern. 1t is as If Life
existed for things. instead Of things
for life.
And If is not alone the housekeeper
who finds herself a victim of things.
The business woman perhaps finds the
problem an even more serious one, for
she, too, often accumulates not wisely
but too well.
Somehow I'm going to get ahead OF
these unruly possessions of mine," said
such a woman to another when in the
midst of a perfect orgy Of clearing up
her small apartment.
81 seem to spend half my time put
ting things away and taking care OF
them, collecting my scant wearing ap-
parel and keeping it all in something
like order"
Perhaps" suggested the other wo-
man, "you are starting at the wrong
end of the problem Instead of devils
ing better ways and means of arrang-
ing your possessions and keeping them
in order, why not apply little more
thought to the process of accumula-
ton?
"Most of us accumulate twice as
many things as we need or want
Whether it's clothing or bric-a-brac,
it's quite possible that we would be
much better satisfied if We had fewer
things and had them better, and GER
tainly life would be simpler"
In any event, it would be happier
arrangement for our executors, for
things, unfortunately, even useless
things, have a persistent way of stay
ing on after we 20.
Women by right ought to be con-
tractors and engineers. They love to
make things. They want to put two
previously useless things together and
make one perfectly useful thing, which,
it must be admitted. is a worthy and
commendable aspiration.
But while they are making, how
happy a thing it would be if they al
ways made things that were worth
whileI Creative effort is too precious a
thing, too rare thing. too desperately
needed in this world to be squandered.
Therefore when women suggests
that by crocheting an edge or sewing
lace around the cuffs of mems discard
ed shirts one may make excellent pot
holders for the stove we feel impelled
to take kindly but respectful issue with
her.
Let US not burn our fingers on hot
kettles if we can help it, and by all
means let us use up old shirts in this
excellent way if we so desire. but as
long as we have breath let US save our
constructive effort for a more lofty
cause than belaced pot holders.
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PAGE TWO
EnoIand's Great Seal.

The great seal of England Is, says
the London Chronicle. a more elaDo-
rate article than most people imagine.
It costs about $500 to make it, and II
consists Of two heavy silver plates, In
one of which is cut the die for the
front of the seal and in the other that
for the back. When the seal is to be
affixed to a document lump Of wax
is softened in hot water and cooled In
cold water, after which it is placed be-
tween the two plates and pressed. 1t
comes out in the shape Of disk, with
an impression on each side.
Formerly there was an official attach
ed to the seal who was quite as proud
Of his office as the lord chancellor was
of his. That was "Chaffwax," whose
sole business was to melt the wax and
to take the impressions of the great
seal as often as required The writer
remembers the last Of the 'Chaffwax-
es," a rosy checked old gentleman who
lived long to enjoy the pension that a
grateful country granted him for his
important services. Those services are
now performed by an unnamed subor-
dinate in the chancellors Office.
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True to the Pole.

The needle of the compass does not
always point directly north. 1t is sub
ject to daily and yearly variations, as
well as those which require centuries
to complete. The needle is, however,
''true to the pole" although it shifts
thus every hour in the day. 1t does so
only in obedience TO the laws which
control its action. Variations which are
constantly taking place in the terres-
trial magnetism produce corresponding
changes in the needle.
The broad ax., 1915-11-20

Notable among the skillful horseback
riders at the recent horse show held at
Piping Rock By the New York society
folk was Master Freddy Pratt, son OF
Herbert Pratt Ever since he was big
enough to sit on a pony's back F1ed
has been used TO riding. so that now he
Is perfectly at home in the saddle. No
longer he mounts ponies. He must have
a regular sized horse. although the ami
NAL must be we'll broken. Many chill
dren I'm the country learn to ride at an
early age and without much instruc-
ton either. Hardly farm boy or girl
who hasn't mounted bareback to drive
the horses to water and to and from
the pasture. 1t is fine sport, and the
country lads get as much fun out Of it
as their city cousins.
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The Spider and the Fly.

This incident comes from Albany, n.
Y: A small garden spider had spun his
web in a corner where perpendicular
column and horizontal rail met and
from the ambush of Il hidden crack
awaited his prey. \ handsome yellow
wasp passing that way espied the
graceful trap and made for it. Setting
his feet lightly on two or three Of the
meshes, he started up a great buZZing,
which shook the web from end to end.
The watchful spider ran out little
way, stretched forth a delicate foot to
make sure of the location of the sup
posed fly. and then rushed for it,
alighting on the wasp with a gleeful
jump and no doubt Il grin of hideous
triumph. But Mr.. Spider had reckoned
without his host. Like a flash of light
ming, the wasp's six nimble legs closed
upon him, the graceful body bent near
~ double, and once, twice, thrice,
again and again. the sharp sting pierre
ed the luckless spider. AS his strug-
giles grew fainter and finally ceased,
the wasp, with n spring. disentangled
himself from the silken net and bore
away his spidery victim in triumph.
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Dame Fashion.

A white crepe de chine blouse of the
newest cut shows eyelet embroidery
quite like that worked on a Madeira
tea napkin, worked in white silk on
sleeves and fronts.
One of the new blouses Is made Of
plaid taffeta, with straps and pockets
Of heavy blue serge trimmed with but
tons.
Children's hats with down turning
brims are trimmed with a band of
braid or silk and a long tassel hanging
down at one side.
Plaid ribbons in bright colors are
shown in the shops. They are used fol
trimming hats and frocks as we'll
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Three Deep.

All of the players but two form In a
double ring. with one player directly
behind another. The two odd players,
one of whom is the runner and the 9th
er chaser. start outside the circle. The
object Of this game is for the chaser
to tag the runner. The runner may
save himself by stopping in front of
any couple standing in the ring. where
upon, since that file is three deep"
the third person i'm front becomes run
ner and tries to escape being caught
by the chaser.
Should the chaser tag the runner
they exchange places Immediately and
continue the game.
This game is one that is a favorite
for children and grOwnuPs as well.
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The Little Pics Lesson.

A little piggy-wig once went to court
To see the king and queen.
But they said. Little pig. you can't
come in
Because your face isn't clean"
So they wheeled him away In a wheelbar-
row
To the middle OF the market place,
And pumped and pumped till there wasn't
speck
or dirt upon his face.
Then they wheeled him back In the wheel-
barrow
Because his face was clean,
And he took OF his hat and made q bow
Before the king and queen
-Exchanga
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Sport Scarfs and lies.

Sport scarfs are made In all Of the
bright sweater colors, and many are In
a combination of colors. Rose; green
and white and black combinations,
white with black stripe borders and
rose or green with white or black
striped borders are all popular. Sport
ties are made Of inch wide grosgrain
silk ribbon and are yard In length.
They are made in bright color combi-
nations. Many are in roman stripe
colors and black and white stripe COM
binations in bayadere effect. The ends
are finished with fancy bead orna-
ments. and many have slides OF the
same.
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Boiled Nettles.

The countryman knows more about
economy than the tOwnSman when ii
comes Ia Il matter of vegetables. A
correspondent reports a conversation
overheard in Il village inn in Hartford
shire in this present year of grace.
Vegetables were under discussion, and
spinach was mentioned. Not bad. !"
one gourmet admitted. but give me
nettles." and inquiry has shown that
the two are not diSSimilar in taste.
Another forgotten vegetable" is the
primrose. Primrose pasties were once
a popular dish in Lancashire.-London
Standard
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This beautiful coat may be cut Of
any suitable material. The line is the
thing. Loose, warm and belted, Of
finest quality of chinchilla cloth, with
q snug beaver collar, it will fill many
needs. The smart hat suitable for this
coat has a white velvet crown above
q black velvet brim, around which
runs a band of beaver with dangling
fur balls on one side.
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Cat Wears Life Belt.

In an English magazine there recent
ly appeared picture of cat wearing
a life belt, which was specially made
for him by the jackies. The belt has a
sufficient number of corks attached to
1t to keep the little animal afloat on the
surface of the water The cat must be
saved at all hazards. say the jackies.
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Can This Be True7

"Why is ii that you never hear Of
any female after dinner speakersT
asked the old fogy
81 suppose it's because a woman tells
Eall she knows before dinner is hall
over" replied the grouch.-Spokane
Review.
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Mercury's Accident,

whats the matter with your office
lboy?"
HE hurt himself while running when
p sent him on an errand the other day."
Come off, You don't mean to say
81 do. He never did the errand, but
he found out why a horse had fallen
down I'm the street cleveland Leader.
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Same, but Different.

Visitor - Are old Stegbauer and
Schattliebner still carrying on that
everlasting lawsuit of theirs about the
boundary? Native-Not those two any
longer. but their lawyers are. Visitor
HOw's that? Native-Oh, the farm be-
longs TO them neutrality-suspicious.
Rloattar
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The True Enthusiast.

Does your motorcar give you much
trouble?"
"Troublew exclaimed Mr.. Chuggins
enthusiastically. II should say it did!
Why. repairing that car when 1t gets
out Of order is about the only real fun
get out of life "-Washington Star.
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Pussy willow silk in changeable rose
color fashions this frock. The deep,
wide scallops around the short skirt
are bordered with silk flowers, pref
ty detail. Silver lace net furnishes
sleeves for the simple bodice with a
dash of metal trimming at the waist
line, while metal lace accentuates each
skirt seam. Rose satin slippers finish
the pretty effect.
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inverted pumpkin blossom. Orange
colored Grape paper is also used to
cover the candy box, which is filled
with homemade chocolate drops. Some
Of your ''kewps" may be clothed in
other autumn shades.
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Well Satisfied.

"Old Grabber ought to be satisfied
with the money he has"
He is satiStied-so much so that he
wants a lot more Of exactly the same
Tit-Bits.
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, Charles Kingsley flung this sentence
into the balance on the side Of mar
rage: People talk Of love ending at
the altar Foolsr"
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london's Great Fire.

The great fire Of London In 1865
started in house on Pudding lane and
ended at Piecrust alley. Thirteen thou
sand two hundred houses were burned,
including eighty-nine churches.
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HiohIy Rated.

She-She died worth $4,000 and left
her husband IS. He-Well, some hus-
bands are lone man in a thousand"-
hers was one In Eve thousand.-Judge.
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Genuine Faith Cure.

Town-Do understand you to say
that Spencer's case was really a faith
cure? Browne-Yes. You see. the doc
tor and the druggist both trusted him.
Exchange
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fancy faced with black jet beads nat
tily set on the left side. We now have
four varieties of high hats-the top
per-" which is exactly like mems dress
hats; the chimney pot, the witch's hat
and the position.
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A Good Rreak-

The shopper lin china shop to sales
manl-You don't break these sets.
presume. The Salesman-No'm, but
our errand boy does sometimes.
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THE NEW POSTILION..

The Fourth Variation of the High Win
ter Hat.
OF pressed black silk beaver this
position has for its only trimming,
except q narrow band, fiuted ribbon
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THANKSGIVING FAVOR.

This Delicious Kewpie Will Decorate
Your Table For You.
This first cousin to the brownie fam
lily believes in the stylish height Of
hats, his own being fashioned OF an
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-30
One Tractor Takes the Place of Ten
 Mules.

In the current issue of Farm and Preside contributor describes sev- eral practical ways in which farmers can save time and money. In the fol. lowing extract taken from the article appears on account of the time saved by tractors:
 MT. Wharrie,' I said to an Illinois farmer last month, how many horses does your tractor replace?'
 "'Ten, he answered.
 "'How long does it take you to put your tractor in shape for the night 9
 "'Oh, just stop it and go off and leave it, he replied
 ""Then how long does it take you to get started in the morning for blow. ing?'
 "'About half an hour, counting oil ing, cleaning and taking on gasoline, and then he voluntarily added: I save over an hour a day in chores. and use that time to good advantage. Besides, keep the tractor going all the noon our. My helper eats dinner early and runs the tractor while I eat
 "Then he told of tho relief from currvinr, harnesSing, doctorirg sore necks, and cleaning stables. He still kept horses, but he didn't need as many to do the ean.o work on his AGO acre farm.
 "'How did you happen to get the tractor?' 1 asked him.
 "'We had 160 acres of slough grass to break he explained, and every spring we've had trouble with our teams, careful as we've been. Last year one horse died during blowing. This year it was a question of getting more horses, tractor, or give up blowing that slough-grass meadow. We got the tractor because We wanted
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-30
ADVERTISING IS THE NEWS ABOUT MERCHANDISING

"There is nothing closer to the hearts of the reading public than the live news concerning buying oppor- tunity," said an authority on adver- Using in recent discussion of news papers and advertising.
 When the advertiser fully realizes that the reader is eager to learn the truth about any useful article or pro- cess that is on the market, and will intelligently and conscientiously set out to supply this news about mer- chandising, he will have gone long way toward eliminating any element of luck or accident from his calcula- tions as to the results of his advertis- ing.
 Using newspaper that is known for the truthfulness of its utterances. and for the care it takes to keep out of it's advertising columns as we'll as its reading columns any statement that are misleading, the advertiser can count with almost mathematical exact ness on the benefit he will receive from an intelligent presentation of his case.
 The newspaper that is founded on truth will attract the best advertising and to such newspaper will come the praise, than which there is no higher q like to have dealings with the peo- pie who advertise in your newspaper, for my dealings with you advertisers have always been satisfactory"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-30
NOTICE

Is hereby given that the undersign- ed Bank Commissioner of the State of Arkansas in charge of the assets land affairs of the Citizens Bank x Trust Company of Prescott, Arkan- as, hereby, under Section 50 of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved March 3rd, 1913, providing for the organiz- ation and control of banks and trust companies, calls upon all persons having claims against said Citizens Bank & Trust Company to present the same, and make legal proof thereof to Thos. c. McRae Jr, special deputy bank commissioner at the Bank of Prescott in the City of Prescott, Ark ansas, on or before the 7th day of October, 1915.
 Witness my hand as Bank Commiss- toner of the State of Arkansas, this the 2nd day of August, 1915.
 JhO. M. DAVIS
 Bank Commissioner.
 THOS. c. McRAE JR.
 Special Deputy.