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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
City Has q History.

Hamadan, the Persian city. seems
to be the Ekbatana or summer resi-
dence OF the ancient Persian kings,
where Alexander the Great stored his
enormous loot from Persia, estimated
at over $205.000,000. But there is to-
biographical difficulty about identity
ing 1t with the earlier and still more
interesting Ekbatana described by
Herodotus-the city where the first
Median kings, Deioces, realizing the
ideal OF royal ISOLATION by shutting
himself up In palace on top OF a
hill. surrounded by seven fortified
circles of different colors descending
the slopes in order, and allowing the
inhabitants of these to communicate
with him only by writing.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

bottle, shake well and use a tea
spoonful Of the mixture as flavoring
for cake or pudding.
A fine combination for soup season
ing is two ounces of dried marjoram,
parsley, savory. thyme. lemon peel
and sweet basil ground fine and well
mixed. Keep IN tightly corked bot
tie and use sparingly for seasoning.
Rice a la CreoIe.-Chop one large
onion and small slice of cooked ham
very fine; put in saucepan with a
tablespoonful of butter, add cupful
of cooked rice, can of tomatoes, a
teaspoonful of salt and little pa
prika. Mix together and heat we'll.
then put into baking dish, cover
with bread crumbs, and put into the
oven for Is minutes.
Bacon chowder.-Chop half pound
of bacon or salt pork coarsely and fry
a light brown in a kettle. Add two
tablespoonfuls of wheat -four and when
brown add six potatoes, also chopped
with water to cover. Boil until the
vegetables are tender. add three cup
fuls of milk, three milk crackers and
sweeten to taste. Serve hot.
Beans With Rlce.--Soak a pint of
red beans overnight, drain, cover with
cold water and cook slowly. In one
hour add half pound of fat bacon.
Season with salt, red pepper, add one
pint of washed rice and cook slowly
until all is tender. The rice should
be nearly dry. Serve on a platter with
the bacon in the center.
Baked Potatoes.-Peel good-sized
potatoes, cut out a hole and in 1t
place a rolled strip of bacon, lay in
a baking pan and add little water,
haste the potatoes with the water and
the fat while cooking. When done
they will be tender and nice brown
color.
DevIled AImonds.-Fry blanched
almonds in olive oil, drain on paper,
add salt and cayenne. These are nice
served with the salad course.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
Dealing With the Child.

"Often child in the home is re-
garded as rebellious," says writer
in the Woman's Home Companion,
when 1t ia merely trying to adjust its
reason to the demands made by the
parent. 1t argues. objects, finds fault,
and is difficult to manage, and par
ents do not understand that the diff
Guilty lies in the fact that the child
has an unusually weIl-developed
reasoning faculty, and probably Wig
onous body as we'll. Such child
necds training, not punisbmsnt"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

meat with salt ana pepper
Noodles With Ham.-Cut noodle
dough rolled very thin into one-fourth-
inch squares. Boil in the liquor of the
ham or in water. Butter pan, place
in it layer of noodles, then layer
of minced ham and continue, leaving
the top lay~r of noodles Beat two
eggs with two cupfuls of milk and
pour over the mixture. Dot the top
with bits of butter and bake slowly.
Sausage In Potato.-Pare large po
tato and cut hole through the center
lengthwise with an apple corer. Draw
small sausage through each potato.
wrap in piece of bacon and bake I'M
til the potatoes are done.
Lamb Hot Pot.-Take convenient
sized Pieces for serving of lamb cut
from the neck or shoulder. Roll the
meat in -four. salt and pepper and
place in the cooking dish. Cover with
layers of onion and potatoes, sliced
thin, having potatoes on top. Bake in
slow oven for three hours. adding wa
ter from time to time as needed.
Serve In the same dish in which 1t was
cooked.
Stuffed Brisket OF Lamb.-Wipe the
brisket, make an opening and fill with
stuffing. sew up the opening and dust
all over with salt and pepper. Place
sliced carrot and onion in the baking
pan, put in the meat and add little
hot fat and enough hot soup stock or
water to cover the bottom of the pan.
Roast about an hour, basting frequent
ly. When tender remove the meat and
allow the liquor to boil down. Thicker
the liquor for gravy and serve with
tha
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Nu11 hl44~s
Few towards at the Front.

Daily saw men go through the
test Of fire triumphantly, and at the
last. what fearful test 1t was, and
how splendidly they met it! During
six months. continuously In the firing
line, met less than dozen natural.
born towards. and my experience was
largely among clerks. BARRIERS, plumb
ers, shopkeepers. men who had no
lighting traditions to back them up, to
make them heroic IN spite Of them
selves.-James Norman Hall in the
Atlantic Monthly
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und sauteed in butter, the banana is
also good, seasoned with little lemon
juice.
DeviIed Tomatoes.-Wipe, peel and
slice crosswise three tomatoes. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. roll in -four
and cook In hot pan in little but
ter. Cream fourth of a cupful of
butter, add two tablespoonfuls of pow
dered sugar, one teaspoonful of mus
tard, one-fourth Of teaspoonful of
salt, a dash of cayenne, the yolk
Of hard-cooked egg, one egg slightly
beaten and two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar. Cook over hot water and
pour hot over the tomatoes.
BechameI Eges.-Fry slice of car
rot, onion and sprig of parsley, all
minced in three tablespoonfuls of
butter with bit OF bay leaf. After
five minutes add three tablespoonfuls
of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of salt, and one-eighth of teaspoon
full of paprika, add cupful of
chicken broth, strain, reheat and add
four hard-cooked eggs cut in eighths
lengthwise. Add q half cupful of
cream and grating of nutmeg just
before serving.
APPEL chmarren.-Make thin bat
ter of two tablespoonful Of milk. one
tablespoonful of -four. a beaten egg,
seasoning with salt and slice into this
a large apple. Have teaspoonful Of
hot fat in frying pan, pour in the
batter and fry brown. Serve with
powdered sugar.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
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We come into this world naked and
bare,
We go through this world fun of sor-
row and care,
We go out of this world. we know not
where.
But IL we are thoroughbreds here
We'll be thoroughbreds there.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

three different ex-
tracts makes one
that will be pleas
ing and give vari-
ETY.. Take one tea
spoonful of al
mond. three of
lemon and six Of
vanilla nut IL In a
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

measurement q O
not seem impor.
tant. When our
cooks begin to
learn that cooking
is an exact sci.
ence, there will be
less said about
luck" in cooking
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

Stuffed Spareribs. -
Sew spareribs together
to form a pocket or in
the form of q crown
roast. Fill with finely
chopped, tart apple and
prunes. using a cupful OF
prunes to two cupfuls OF
apple. Add the juice in
which the prunes were
cooked and season the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

The holy passion of friendship is of
80 sweet and steady and loyal and en-
during a nature that II win last
through a whole lifetime-if not asked
to lend money.-Mark Twain.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

meat as a vegetable,
Loosen the skins from
the fruit; but do not re.
move them, place In a
hot frying pan and cook
until the pulp is very
soft. Remove the skins,
sprinkle with sugar and
a drop or two of lemon
Juice and butter, and
rorr1 18th rxocIx CI.a
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
TWO peluded souls.

Biz wonder II Doctor Cook really
thought he discovered the North polei
Dix--Possibly! We all make mis-
takes. Why, when ! married my wife
| thought had discovered paradise.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
Unnecessary.

do you tell your wife everything"
1T isn't necessary. My wife knows
everything. Detroit Free Press.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
Careful.

''Will the vaccination mark show,
doctor?"
THAT depends entirely on you.
cadam! Puck.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

Our greatest glory is not in never
falling hut In rising every time we fall.
Goldsmith.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

A frenzied financier is one who pro
vides for his family at the expense of
those who are not cognizant of his
game.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

To a man who is down to his last
penny silver dollar looks like .
wheel of fortune.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
oopvR,otsy ssse
aa.ssAt seos,ss we. a.

Efficiency built the Panama Canal after neiciency failed
The efficiency Of the Panama Canal doubled the effective
Of the o. S. Navy without adding ship to it. It
took 5000 miles of the trip from New York to
San Francisco and changed the highway between London
and Australia from Suez to Panama.
Efficiency insures against lost.motont produces the
most service Of equipment and yields the finest product
the least cost.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

All potatoes have eyes. and sons
have specs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
What She Needed ,

Mistress--W do we need for din
ner!
Servant Sure. ma'am, and rye
tripped over the rug an we need .
new set of dishes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
DISHES FOR DAILY MENU.

Few people appreciate the value Of
the banana as a dish served with
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
CORRECT MEASUREMENTS.

To the old-fashioned housekeeper
and cook the methods Of accurate
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

Step out from the surging crowd and
make yourself a master.--Clay.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
SOME GOOD EATING.

One tires of the same fiavoring in
cakes and the combination of two or
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
SOME WAYS WITH MEAT.

These are unusual ways of prepar
ing some of the common dishes:
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
A hot foot bath with
j0HNSOn'S FOOT SOAP

viii relieve them 1t once and make life worth
hving. The safe and sure remedy composed OF
the old and reliable Observation-Disclosures Iodine,
and Bran. CSC per cake at first class druggists
Or sent prepaid ON receipt Of the price by the
manufacturers. THOMAS GILL SOAP co.
z11.717 Kent Ave-. Brooklyn, N. =.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
Cruel Common

"Mr. Smithers says he would die for
me-"
'He can't He's too bald"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

Never life that was carved In pain
That cannot be kissed into smiles
again.
Bret Harte.
The secret of happiness is never to
allow your energies to stagnate.-
Adam Clarke.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

Tiny not do something for your Corns.
Callouses, Bunions, and Aching, Tired
Tender, Sweaty, Swollen
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNYSClOOL
LESSON
Ry e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
Copyright. 1916. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR APRIL 9
AENEAs AND DoRcAs.

LESSON TExT-Acts 1928. (see also
Prov. 3l:10-Sl)
GOLDEN TExT-In all things showing
thysclf an ensample of good works.
Titus 81.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
ONE OF NEW Y0RK's "NIGHTS"
Pleasure in the Gay Metropolis
of America.

Have you ever had a might" of 1t
In Little Old New York, meaning. of
course, that the might" ends at s
a. m. BY at" l do not mean to sug-
gest anything in particular. But a
might of 1t" begins with dinner at
T., theater at $3.50. After the show
1t is Ziegfeld's "Follies" at mid
night until 2. Then you taxi to
the club at Researchers to see the
"Hoola Hoola' at a. m, and from
there to Healy's to fox trot I'M
til s. After which you go to
Jacks to meet the celebrities who are
having their piece de resistance
scrambled eggs at O'Clock. Then
you pass on your way to your ho-
tel the milkman, newsboys, early
workers, other late stragglers, yawn-
ing policemen and street cleaners.
With your purse considerably lighter,
probably also your head, you get feel
ings of spiritualistic nature on inhal-
ing the fresh, clear air and seeing
bright old Sol come up. You feel
sorry and ashamed that you are a
sun dodger. But your half-formed
resolutions ooze out about the time
you get pick-me-up after emerging
from the hay in the afternoon and
you're ready to repeat.-New York
Correspondence Pittsburgh Dispatch
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
CRITICISM OF MODERN FICTION
Pleases Many Because of Its Unreal
ity and Sentimentaity, Is Opinion
Expressed by One Writer.

Sentimentality is kind of artificial
coloring matter. Just as a plateful OF
pink (grade e skinned milk, chem
ically flavored) passes for strawberry,
as magazineful of pink (same for
mula) passes for romance. Without this
adventurous glamour many of the
sugary connections now served up to
the public would seem as fiat as stale
toothpaste.
Some people find this tinge very
convenient. To them it makes the
most drab things seem tolerable.
Wed rather not know what this
really is" they say, "for II we did,
we mightnt like 1t as well. Besides,
there are enough unpleasant things in
this world, without our needing to add
to them by analysing something we
enjoy"
And so, thinking the thoughts they
like to think, they batten on coal tar
and cochineal.
But some of US would like to know
what goes into our physical and men
tai stomachs. We wish that the pure
food experts who censor the adver-
tisements in many of the popular mag
azines might be given chance at the
fiction.--Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
INDEPENDENT LIFE
DENY ACCUSATIONS
BILL FOR RECEivERSHIP FILED
IN DAVIDSON cHANcERY
ANSWERED.
CLAIM BUSINESS REGULAR
Answer Charges That Insurance Com.
missioner Dunbar 10 an Enemy to
Company and Seeks To lnjure
Its Business.

Nashyille.-An5wer has been filed by
the Independent Life Insurance Com.
pany of America TO the bill for receiv-
er filed recently in chancery court
here.
The bill denies that the company
was not holding funds to secure in
vestments to an amount equal to the
net value of the other obligations;
that its property was not at all times
under the control of the board of d.
rectors, or that 1t was making publ
cations in which in computing its liza
bilities it did not follow the basis al
lowed for its annual statement to the
department 1t was also denied that
section of chapter 100 Of the acts Of
1896 was violated.
The purchase of the Independent
Life building is explained, the state
ment being made that Paul Roberts
gave to the insurance company, with
out any consideration, 231 shares of
the common stock and Sc shares of
the preferred stock of the Corner Real
ty Company, from which the building
was purchased. The actual cost in
cash to the company for half inter
est in the building was $4,000 in cash.
1t Is denied that dollar of the policy
holders money ever entered into the
investment for the building. The
charge is made that Insurance Com
missioner w. F. Dunbar had been the
enemy OF the company ever since his
appointment and that enemies of the
company started the investigation
with the idea of injuring the company.
The total value of the building and
land is placed at s436,7SS by an ex-
pert employed by the company. Other
estimates of the value of the build
ing are also given.
The charge that The company owes
about $4,000 In taxes which 1t is un'
able to pay is denounced as untrue
this sum having been deposited in the
bank for that purpose pending dis
pute over the correctness Of the as
| sessment.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
MAKING GOOD WORLDS WASTE
Thirty-Six Million Babies Are Born on
the Earth During Each Period
of Twelve Months.

"Thirty-six million babies are born
into the world each year, about sew
enty minute, or more than one every
second" says a statistlcian. place
each baby in cradle ranged in line,
and the cradles would circle the globe.
Let the babies be carried in their
mothers arms past given point, the
procession being kept up night and
day, and at the end Of year only
about one-sixth Of the infantile host
would have gone by, and this although
they passed at the rate of IL min
ute. The babe that had to be carried
when the tramp began. would be able
to walk when mere fraction Of its
comrades had reached the reviewers
post; and when the years supply Of
babies was drawing to close there
would be rear guard, not Of infants,
but of romping six-year-old boys and
girls
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
Love and the Liner,

A sentimental young lady from town
was on the steamship quay. where she
saw a young girl sitting on trunk In
an attitude of utter detection and de-
spair.
Poor thing" thought the romantic
young lady. "she is probably alone and
a stranger! Her pale cheeks and great,
sad eyes tell of broken heart and a
yearning for sympathy"
She went over to the traveller to win
her confidence.
Crossed in lover" she asked SYM
pathetically.
"No." replied the girl, with sigh;
crossed In the Frolic, and an aw-
fully rough passage, tool"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
Strange Toast.

In the course Of a recent address
Doctor Smellie OF the Original Seces-
sion church. recalled a curious toast
which one of the Scottish regiments
quartered at Edinburgh Castle in the
early years of last century was &C
customed to drink at mess. The toast
was: "A clean sword and dirty
Bible" II the sword had to be drawn,
1t must only be In the cause of honor,
for the protection of the weak, for
the defense of the helpless. The dirty
Bible meant Bible whose leaves
were thumbed or frayed with constant
use.
The second condition secures the
first; for the Bible is the foundation
of chivalry and honor. and the only
effectual and enduring antidote TO
strife between man and man.--Lon-
don Christian.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
HIGHWAY PROBE IN MAuRY.
Charges of Irregularities Charged
Against Commission.

Columbia. Sensational charges have
been filed here against the Maury
county highway commission by r. A.
Wilkes. In Mr.. Wilkes charges
which. .i:cc.h; ~e:c s s:!!ca NTH the county
court, gross inaccuracies in reports ON
roads built and amounts paid out are
alleged. Disbursements aggregating
$171,000 are to be investigated.
Mr.. Wilkes has protested against
the committee appointed to make the
investigation on the ground that the
conduct of some of the members OF
the committee itself will be involved.
Among the specific allegations in
the charges against the highway COM
mission are that improved roads were
mismeasured. that erroneous warrants
were drawn and that work and money
was spent on roads that we're in prac
tically perfect condition.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
TRAVELLERS WANT ACCOUNTING.
Bill 10 Filed Against r. p. Powell, Head
of T. p. A.

Memphis Charging that R. P. Pow
ell, president of the Tennessee division
of the Travellers Protective Associa'
tion, has refused to account for funds
entrusted to his care while he was sec
rotary and treasurer Of the Tri-State
Travellers Association. members of the
latter organization have filed suit in
the chancery court seeking to compel
an accounting.
Powell was elected president of the
Tennessee association at the recent
convention here.
The bill of complaint sets forth that
Powell sought to dissolve the Tri-State
association by "roughshod and illegal"
methods by calling together few of
his friends and having resolutions
passed to dissolve the corporation and
surrender the charter to the state,
They declare further that he Is in debt
to the association to the amount OF
several hundred dollars.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
CAL0MEl
IL cEIn0M c0In M0M
ID OLLDUU VUED HUT
Come Saaes Makes You Sick and You Lose Days W-Dodsons
Liver Tone Acts Better Than Caome and Is Harmless for
Men, Women Chidren-Read Guaranteed

Every druggist here, yesl your druggist and
eyerybody's druggist has noticed great falling
off in the sale Of calomel. They all give the
same reason Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its
place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people know it while
Dodson's Liver Tone is safe and gives better re-
suits said a prominent local druggist Dodson's
Liver Tone is personally guaranteed by every
druggist. A large fanilysized bottle costs only SO
cents and if you find it doesn't take the place OF
dangerous, salvating calomel you have only to ask
for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is pleasant-tasting, pure
ly vegetable remedy, harmless to both children
and adults. Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine, no sick headache, biousness, ague,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY DISEASES

There il only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as remedy for
diseases Of the kidneys, liver and bladder.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in Thousands
upon thousands Of even the most distress
ing cases. Swamp-Root, physicians pre-
scription for special diseases, makes friends
quickly because its mild and immediate ef.
feet is soon realized in most cases. It ID
gentle, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug
stores in bottles Of two sizes-6fty cents
and one dollar.
However, if you wish first 10 test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02

sour stomach or clogged bowels Dodson's Liver
Tone doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all next
day like calomel
Take dose of calomel tonight and tomorrow
you will feel sick, weak and nauseated. Don't lose
days work.
Dodsons Liver Tone is real liver medicine
You'll know it next morning because you will
wake up with your head clear, your liver active,
bowels clean, breath sweet and stomach regulated.
You will feel cheerful and full of vigor and ready
for hard days work.
You can eat anything afterwards without risk
of salvating yourself or your children.
Get bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and try it
on my guarantee. You'll never again put dose
of nasty, dangerous caome into your stomach. Adv.