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Middletown transcript., 1916-04-01
Much Ribbon on Millinery

In spite of the fact that so many
flowers were seen in the first straw
hats worn in the late winter, both in
Paris and in this country, ribbon is
taking a more and more important
place in the seasons millinery trim
ming.
Many of the new hats are almost en-
tirely covered with ribbon. Stiff rib
bon is laced and used to cover crown
and brim, ribbon about an inch wide.
Sometimes the crown is covered
with bands of ribbon, all crossing at
the center. The stiff, twilled ribbon is
used for this purpose, too.
Then there arc the bands of ribbon
with tailored bow at the side, some
tir,es forming the only trimming of
sailor s,.apes, sometimes used in COM
bination with a feather fancy at one
side.
A charming hat is Of black straw,
with small bow knots of very mar
row picotedged electric blue ribbon
fastened fat against the crown, all
around it. The ends of the bows hang
on the hrim.
Pastel coIors in ribbons are used
for hats to wear with thin summer
frocks. They are sometimes made into
big wired bows which perch jauntily
at the back or side Of the hat, some
times narrow ribbons are used.
Narrow ribbon is run through
buckles. too, which adds to its trim
ming quality. Small bone buckles.
sometimes metal buckles, are used.
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A poultry farm built on a secure
foundation is sure to be successful If
afterward properly managed. 1t is
not only necessary to make the right
kind Of start, but .he work must be
regularly and faithfully performed.
day in and day out.
AS rule, beginners start with
great enthusiasm, and not few build
air castles, but to many of them the
sameness of the work. the close ap-
plication, the constant watching. soon
become monotonous, and then there
is a shirking of duty, neglect, care
lessness-and the enterprise becomes
a failure. The point is to begin small
measure the size of the initial step
with the amount of capital and expe-
rience at hand.
1t is often the case that men with
more or less available capital prac.
tically put all their money in houses
and stocks. This is a mistake, and
more so in the. case of those who
have had no personal experience of
the work.
In the parlance of today, "A man
must be on to his job" He must know
what to do and how best to do it. He
must be aware that inexperience may
cause leaks, and leaks will soon sink
the enterprise.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the
most successful poultry farms Of to-
day are those that have started from
a small beginning and gradually ex-
panded as business and experience
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Although there are high, rolling
collars at the back of many of the
new jackets, there are also revers that
run down 10 the chest and sometimes
further.
Here and there one sees in the new
gowns some remarkably lovely mate
rails which we will not be able to
duplicate in this country. Barring
these, there is lack of new materials.
and it is probable that this season
our dressmakers will not encounter
one of their most serious obstacles i'll
copying French models, which is the
inability to secure enough of the ma
terial in the original gown.
This is the reason that your dress
maker may have persuaded you in
the past to have your French model
copied in another color and fabric;
you we're not aware that she could not
get the original material in this coun-
try and that she had not ordered
enough of it from France to satisfy
the demands of her patrons.
Serge. gaberdine and all manner of
silk supply the needs Of the dress
making w,rld this spring, brt Jenny,
Bernard and other HOUSES may bring
soft broadcloth back into fashion
through their sponsorship of it. One
does not usually think of brOadcloth
as a spring fabric, but tb' present
weave of IS as cool as serge. 1t
has Ceen sen: over here in u.ts of
white, beige, mauve and gray. 1t is
question whether American women
will edopt it, AS a rule, they prefer
silk for spring and summer. Our
warm weather comes early and stays
with US in an exasperating manner.
A vast number of the nest French
afternoon gowns are made Oh vJile, in
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New coIIar-and-cuffs Sets Are a Boon
to the Woman Who Is Forced
to Economic.

If a woman cannot afford a new
suit this spring she can add to her
old outfit new collar-and-cuff set,
which WILL give it at least one up-to-
date feature. The leather sets are
most attractive, and as they are in
expensive. the suggestion is not out
Of place. The sets can be had in al.
most every color-old blue rich green,
old rose. champagne. tan and white.
The edges of the collar and the cuffs
are scalloped.
In washable neckwear the large
deep collars are among the leading
models. Those women who were un-
able to follow the fashion of high col
lars will be relieved that the low and
semilow necks have been revived
Collars of this type resemble the Puri
tan or sailor style. The materials used
in the making Of these are plain and
cin-striped voile, fine sheer batiste.
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warranted. Men who could not get
into the dry goods busienss for the
reason that they knew nothing about
it" will build poultry houses and stock
them, and expect the hens to do the
rest.
Hens, like cows, yield a profit &C
cording to the treatment given them.
They will not stand neglect. They are
hard workers when properly reward
ed, but can be most idle and indiffer-
ent producers when made to shift for
themselves.
Our agricultural colleges have done
much to teach the new aspirants how
to tread in poultry paths, and men
and women who endeavor to improve
by these excellently arranged courses
Of instruction will have won half the
battle-the other half naturally be-
longs to practical experience.
A man with $1,000 had better in
vest onc-haH of it in buildings, stock
and fixtures, and reserve the other
half for feed and running expenses
than invest the whole amount in the
equipment and have to go in debt for
the feed.
Eggs and poultry are staple crops,
and the demand is far greater than
the supply. This country needs more
poultry farms. and they will be sue
cessful when properly built and man.
aged. But the beginning must be
small and the growth gradual, so that
every part of the work is properly
noted and correctly performed.
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PITY THE POOR BACHELOR
He's a Marked Man Just at Present,
Especially in France and
Great Britain.

II single men continue to be singled
out as victims of tax collectors and re-
cruiting sergeants, the great trinity Of
human rights will be changed to read:
''Life, liberty and matrimony." For
where can the bachelor find happiness
in q world that marks his income as
the first to be seized by a rapacious
state, and his precious person as the
nrst to be exposed to the enemys bull
lets.
Never since the history Of man be-
gan has the bachelor been the marked
man he is today. the Brooklyn Eagle
remarks. In England Premier AS
Quith's famous promise was given to
the married men, the conscription bill
exempts the married men, the state
supports the wives and children Of en-.
listed married men. In France the
state supports not only the legally es-
tablished wives, but those whom so.-
diers acknowledge as their wives"
the assumption being that the legal
ceremony will follow when the war
comes to an end. Thus even the man
who promises to become married is ia.
Vored by the state.
AS for the taxes, the bachelor has
long been the victim of his own dis
cretion. Even Uncle Sam, who Is or.
dinarily the least given to making In
Vtdious distinctions among his citizen
Fy. grants the married man a $4,000
exemption on his income tax. In Eu-
rope the discrimination against the
bachelor is much more marked-so
marked in fact that bachelorhood is
more Of luxury than a limousine.
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DISCARD EGG-EATING FOWLS
One Broken Egg Will Frequently
Start Whole Flock-PIace Nests
in Some Secluded Spot.
(By c. s ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul
tIIral CnlIeoe Fort Collins Coin

(By c. s ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins. Colo)
No flock of chickens will prove prof
table if they are consumers of their
own products. Egg eating is a vice
which has ruined IA great many fiocks
of laying hens. See that your hens
have access to plenty of grit and lime
and are given plenty of protein-con.
tent feeds. Bran, middlings, meat,
milk, alfalfa leaves, vegetables and
sprouted grains are all valuable in
supplying the need of protein and sue
culent feeds.
One broken or soft-shelled egg will
often start an entire flock in the habit
of eating eggs. Furnish plenty OF at
tractive nests to avoid crowding. It
is best to have nests secluded and
darkened and rather high up.
Some such device as filling an egg
shell with ground mustard paste or
red pepper will often break up the
habit, but unless they are exception
ally valuable birds, confirmed egg
eaters should be discarded.
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Point of Beauty Which All Women
Should Do Their Very Utmost
to Attain.

It is said by physiognomists the
mouth Is the feature which most truly
expresses the character. Mouths have
won more men for women than any
other feature. A man when away may
forget the glance of an eye, the shape
of the face. but some expression of the
mouth still remains with him perma-
nently.
Many women who have no other
good feature seem to be beautiful be-
cause the mouth is bewitchingly at
tractiVe. and tells Of a soul that is
big and fine. 1t is an easy matter for
US to do for the mouth what nature
did not do. OF course, we cannot
change the marking of the mouth, but
" can change the lines about it. No.
mouth. no matter how beautiful its
contour, is attractive if it pulls down
or remains immovable in tight,
straight lines.
The mouth is the most mobile of
all our features. 1t is claimed that
those who talk, sing and laugh fire.
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LATE FRENCH MODELS

a lustrous sill thread that is lutte ef-
fective. The materia, with which we
are familiar and which we call geor-
gette crepe, is also used, and some OF
the best models .re of satin.
Probably one may say that the
marked departure n Afternoon gowns
from what we have WOTn is the hdtf-
round decolete. 1t is trying and has
none of theegrace of The V-shaped
opening. but that will net deter it
from a wide success.
Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure Newsp1-
per Syndicate.)
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Back Lingerie

While black corsets are not so un-
usual as to cause one to exclaim, the
fact that there is a demand for whole
sets of lingerie in black is astonishing.
1t is said that anything in the lingerie
line can be now had in this somber
hue, and when it is considered that
many of the modish frOcks are of
transparent material, it seems reason
able, at least, that the brassiere and
the corset, too, for that matter, should
be fashioned of black material.
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FRESHENING UP THE GOWN

organdie, soft null, fine silk crepe, net,
pique and linen.
On some models there is an elab
crate use of hand embroidery or else
lace, Fine vals, filets and clunys and
sometimes Irish are among the laces
favored.
separate vests are offered in allur
ing forms. These are finished with
hemsutching. French knots, hand en-
broidery or with bindings of colored
linen. The latter is liked because it
carries the color Of the frock up to
the neckwear.
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A fre- pound package Of
Alabastine, the beautiful wall
tint, is mixed with two quarts
Of cold water, stir for about
one minute, and Alabastine is
ready to apply.
New and individual shades or tints
can be obtained by combining regular
tiats.
And Uhen you consider that you obtain
de most beautiful, mellow, nature colors,
yiI., soft buFs, delicate greens, and exquisite
blues, OF any 5hadE you wish by combining
shades of Alabastine, then you'll knOqV why
Alabastine is one of the most popular wall
decorations with millions of Painters and
Aouseholders, Decorators and Womenfolk,
who take a pride in their homes the wide
world over.
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DESIGNERS HAVE SENT OVER
MANY PRETTY THINGS.
New Coats Have Touches That Give
Incm DISCInCtI0n-O0TCb bT0adGiotft
May Be Brought Back
Into FaShion.

The new coats which have arrived
here seem to indicate that number
of the designers have taken up the
idea of fastening the coat at the col
larbone and at the waist line. When
the coat is single-breasted the blouse
usually shows through the opening,
which naturally occurs between the
two widely spaced buttons. If wom-
an does not like this. however, it is
better to give enough width to the
under front piece to hide the blouse.
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Washable Sp1ts

The expense of having white spats
cleaned is becoming so great that we
snail all welcome the advent of wash.
able white leather spats. Also white
ivory kid-skin boots are new. These
cost $40 and are of real ivory glove
skin with lightweight welted soles,
bind English eyelets. thong laciDgs
ard covered Louis XIV heels.
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NolIe Proseuul.

Rastus had caught Sambo red hand
ed. "Ah'm gwine hab yo' arrested
.oh stealin' nah chickens, yo' SambS
Washin 'ton-dat's jess what ah'm
gwine to do" said Rastus.
GO ahead, niggah." retorted Samb0
"Go ahead and hab me arrested. Ah'B
mex you prove whar yo' got dem
chickens yo'self!"
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TREATING THE AILING HENS
Physic for Flock May Be Given by
Placing Salt Solution in Mash
Tones Up System.

When hens go off their feed and you
suspect that their systems need clean
ing out, give them physic, as you
would a person. If it is a single fowl,
a half teaspoonful of epson salts may
be dissolved in water and poured
down it's neck. For the flock or
pen the salts solution may be used to
wet a mash.
1t won't hurt the 1iock to have a
physic once in two months anyway,
whether they show special signs of
needing it or not.
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VIII CduS5 II NLH0 LoI NJ
to grow like magic.
A few drops of turpen-
tine, four, or five, on a
lump of sugar when one
feels a cold coming on
will surely dispel it.
A small drawer made
to fit under the seat of
a sewing chair is a won
derful convenience to
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A WiIIinu civer.

"And you. she said to the bachelor
who h, blundered into the charity
bazaar. you'll have to pay double"
"Why?"
Because you're a bachelor"
That's all right" he drawled; Its
worth it."
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Incubator Essential.

Keeping the temperature as even
as possible is one of the first essen
tials with the incubator chicks. Sud-
den changes from heat to cold, and
Overfeeding, are causes of bowel
trouble.
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NCVlnnh NIVI IpQI VIlINnhIAlTlA ually pTODIem tnaC
the mothers have
given 1t thought.
five mothers
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SSsS&cSsSaS1YuIu - S1'YuI This gave tn 9
mothers the relief
from the monotonous task and the
children a change of food. It was
pleasant all around. This is an idea
which might be used in many places
where children need to carry lunches.
Custards, when we'll baked, make
most desirable food With a sandwich
and few nuts and an apple. this will
prove most satisfying meal.
Paper napkins are so inexpensive
that one should keep a supply on hand
to use for lining the box or basket
and for napkins. Each sandwich.
pickle. egg or piece of cake should he
wrapped carefully. Brown bread. rye.
bran. cornmeal and baking powder
biscuits will furnish variety. A littlo
surprise to vary the usual is always
pleasing to a child A piece of candy,
a fig or a date. hidden away in a cor
ner will always delight them.
Peanut butter is enjoyed (when not
made too common) as sandwich fill
ing. There are so many kinds of salad
filings that there need never be one
used too often to tire of it.
Brown bread spread with butter and
well seasoned cottage cheese in which
a bit of onion juice is placed for sea-
soning, and a tablespoonful of chopped
nuts is another good filling.
Candy, of course. is always liked by
the little people but should be used
sparingly. A piece of candy eaten
after each meal will not be undesir-
able but a fig or date will satisfy the
sweet tooth and be much more whole
some.
Dates, nuts and little cream mixed
together, the ingredients chopped fine
before adding the cream, makes a
most dainty sandwich.
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Nu. M~t~eeQ
After the HONEYMOON.

Shelf I'd known you'd be such
a brute to poor Fido I'd never have
married you" He-"The anticipated
pleasure of kicking that miserable lit
tie beast was one of my chief reasons
for proposing. STRAY Stories.
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Attention for Hens Nests.

Be sure you have plenty of nests.
we'll supplied with litter, including
some tobacco stems or dust to keep
vermin away. Hen comfort helps the
egg basket wonderfully.
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DESTROYING Disease Germs.

A solution of concentrated lye does
the work of destroying disease germs
in an old brooder, and it is also in
valuable for cleaning poultry drink
ing fountains.
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Keen RABBITS AWAY.

When butchering, save a piece OF
liver, rub the trunks of young fruit
trees with it and the rabbits will not
bother them.
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Cause Of M Humor.

III humor arises from an inward coz
sciousness of our own want of merit.
from a discomfort which ever accom-.
panies that envy which foolish vaniS
pngenders. Goethe.
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The Ready RepIy,

Fair Customer-But the hairs are
coming out of this muff.
The Sa1esman-That, madam, is q
popularity of the animal; 1t always
sheds its fur at this time of the year.
Judge.
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Bad Situation

Crawford-"Does your wife prepare
you better dinners since she's taken
up the cooking fad?" Crabshaw-'T
cant say she does. 1t looks like a
case of out of tie frying pan into the
:hafing dish. Puck.
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FRECKLES
Now Ii tho Time to Get Rid Of These
LIaklR krArnta

NOW AD LN0 1Lul0 % Got 4sIU OF Ih0BO
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need al
feeling ashamed Of your freckIes, az the
prescription othine-doubIe strengths
guaranteed to remove these hOmely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-doublR
strength-from your druggist, and apply =
little of 1t night and morning and Won
should soon see that even the worst frecklea
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t Is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion.
Be to ask for the double strength
othine. this Is sold under guarantee a
money back II It fails to remove freckIeA-
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Most unkInd.

Miss Sereleaf says she is going to
marry one man in a thousand
The last one?" asked Miss Cut.
tam.
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Keen out Wind and Ml+ee.

Tacking tarpaper on the inside of
an old house will keep out the wind
and make poultry mites uncomfort-
able.
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se+tino a Turkey Hen.

Do not place eggs under the turkey
hen the first days she shows signs Of
broodiness. Better wait a while, be-
cause she is apt to change her mind.
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Keen Windows Clean.

Keep the windows in the poultry
house clean. Rub them repeatedly
with old newspapers. Sunshine in
winter is the greatest of tones.
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Boy StaIIa for cnlts

Box stalls with ground floors. If pos
sibIe. should be arranged for the colts
for the winter.
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care for currant Bushes.

The branches of currant bushes
should be drawn close together and
tied to prevent the snow from breaE-
Ing them down.
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Donalda, Alberta. 1t is a plain state
ment Of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
- 'It is with pleas
So. - Hs'''e e. ure I drop line to
PAN letter: you. We had q
good year. OF of 65 acres, oats and
wheat, 1 got over 2,600 bushels OF
wheat and oats. Oats went here from
so to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat
from 25 to So per acre. Just see me
being here one year and have over 700
bushels Of wheat. It Is now over $1.OO
per bushel. Oats is 40 cents, and 60
ing up. You told me the truth, ana
want the people Of Toledo to know It
Hogs are S% cents; cattle are high
Canada is good enough for me. have
good horses. I sold good colts, y
COWS and 1S head of hogs and killed z.
l have hogs left. got 400 bushels
of potatoes of an acre and good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good onions. One neighbor had over
1000 bushels Of wheat, and sold over
$500 of hogs and 1000 bushels of oats.
This is a great country. If you should
tell the people of Toledo of this It
would get some of them thinking. The
soil is rich black loan, and a pleas
ure to work 1t.
I'VE have a good farm. We have q
flowing well with soft water. It 10
the best water in the country. Some
people think they got to go to war
when they come out here. They need
not be afraid Of war. There is no war
tax on land; only school tax, $1,000
on 100 acres, and road tax of two
days with your team. tell you the
truth, there is no land in or around
Toledo as good as our land here in AL
berta. If anybody wants to write us
give them our address.
I'VE have had nice weather. We
have had it quite cold for one week.
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
shines nearly every day, and it is hot
in the sun. Coal is $225 per ton. The
people are very nice and good hera
We are well enjoying the West,
The horses and cows are feeding on
the prairies all the winter. We just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Yours truly, (Sgd.) J. 2.
WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 8, 1916"
'T was born in
schweitzberger rnovod With nv
parents when a boy to Stephen Co..
Iowa l was there farming for 50
years. I sold my land there for over
5000 an acre. l moved to Saskatche
wan, and located near Briercrest in
the spring Of 1912. bought a half
section of land. / have good neigh
bors. / feel quite at home here the
same as in Iowa. We have perfect
safety and no trouble in living up to
the laws in force. My taxes are about
$65 year on the half section for ev.
erything. have had splendid crops.
Wheat in 1915 yielded me over 50.
bushels to the acre. That is more than
have ever had in Iowa, and yet. the
land there costs four times as much
as it does here. The man who comes
here now and buys land at $50 an acre
or less gets q bargain. (Sgd.) 8
schweitzberger, February 9th, 1915"
Advertisement.
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Prevent Eaa Eatinu.

If you don't want your hens to get
the habit of eating eggs, give them
plenty OF work. fresh vegetables and
a variety of grains. $50.
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The nivvu.

GLOW did Kid Jabb make out in his
bout with Battling McPug?"
"Oh, the Kid got the gate and Nc,
Pug got the gate receipts"
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plan a Hotbed.

Make hotbed and have some early
plants ready to SET out when the
weather is warm enough.
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Easv to Test Seed.

Testing seed corn is simple mat
ter But it is going to be a very i'm
portant matter this coming season.
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5-na Out the Euos.

Warm quarters and the right ration
will bring ont the eggs.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Those who have tried it say that an
oyster buried near the root Of fern
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Water for the Hena.

A hundred hens will normally con-
sumo about four gallons of water per
day.
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chic%ens Fono Of Milk.

Milk is good both as an egg and a
meat-growing food, and the chickens
are fond of IT,
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NEMCfEY
16ABLNEG
The place To he happy Is here. the
time to be happy Is now. the way to
be happy is TO help make others so.-
Ingersoll.
Praise loudly: blame softly.
THE SCHOOL LUNCH.

In one neighborhood where the
packing Of lunches has become such a
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No man with a poor memory has any
business to become q liar.
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1t amt never no use putin up your
umbrella till it rains.-MTs. Wigs.
It Is better TO make thousand mis-
takes, and suffer a thousand reverses
than to run away from the battle
Henry Van Dyke.