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Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

An eye screw should be placed in every broom, and then 1t should be hung after using. Such a broom will give a third longer service than one that is not taken care of
 Have change drawer placed under the shelf of your kitchen cabinet. with a spring arranged with bell to lock it and avoid another using it. and from this pay all the small accounts as the 7 come. Where this system has been tried there is less overcharging and it is well liked by both the collector and the housewife.
 When milk is scorched, pour 1t at once into a clean dish and set it into cold water. This will remove every trace of the taste If it has not been too badly burned.
 One of the easiest ways of mending china and one which will make 1t water and heat proof is to use the white paint of oil colors used by artists. A small tube costs ten cents and will last for a hundred mended dishes Mend the dish aLd put it away for six weeks to get thoroughly hard. Then if any of the paint has oozed out on the edge # can be scraped on and the dish will be as good as ever
 Clean your bed springs by putting them on the law. and turning on the hose on a bright day. They will dry in a few minutes.
 Tea and coffee stains. or, in fact. any stains that seem obstinate and those of long standing may be removed with
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

msls are more valuable when pro duced in northern localities. furriers have learned that certain localities are not too far south to produce val uable furs, but the conclusions they are able to form are of only very gen. eral application. To determine the re- gions suitable for fox farming. there fore, it is necessary to learn the areas
 within which foxes are known to pro duce superior fur. Records show that such localities occur only north of the southern boundary of the Cana dian zone. This boundary crosses the States of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Michigan. Wisconsin, Min nesota and North Dakota, and eX- tends southward along the mountains in New York, Pennsylvania. West Vir- ginia. and in all the states of the Rocky mountain region and westward. South of the forested regions of the northern tier of states and western Oregon. however, the Canadian zone. although sufficiently cold. is too dry
 and sunny fer the production of first class fur.
 A fox ranch should be situated where it will have good drainage and
 be partially shaded by young growth of deciduous trees. Each pair | of foxes should have a runway Of about 2.5O0 square feet. They thrive
 on a varied diet. including meat. fish,
 bread. mush. milk and table scraps.
 The reproductive period is about ten | years. The young are born in April or May. the average litter containing | four cubs: but as only about half of the captive females produce young in ! any given year, the annual increase has not averaged above 100 per cent. Foxes bear captivity well. No wide spread disease has appeared among them. Wounds heal readily. and cases of sickness are usually attriout,
 able to a lack of proper care. By | selective breeding the originators of | fox culture produced a superior strain
 of animals in the course of few
 years. This fact is an assurance that even greater improvements can be
 achieved by selecting. from different geographic races. foxes of the largest
 size and crossing them with animals
 having the finest fur.
 The exceedingly high value of sil.
 yer foxes has led 10 the adoption of c
 variety of precautions against their loss. On the more pretentious ranches the animals are regularly examined by
 a doctor and guarded by watchmen,
 bulldogs, and burglar alarms. Cats
 are kept to act as foster mothers to orphan cubs. Foxhounds are trained
 to overtake and hold without injury
 foxes that have escaped, and blood hounds are employed to track thieves
 The cost Of yards runs from S1o0 | to $50 each for common silver foxes up to several thousand dollars for the
 best silvers. The price of foxes will
 decline as the supply increases. The
 profits from breeding silver foxes have
 thus far been very large. So long as
 the demand for breeding stock exceeds
 the supply. the value of the annual in crease, or the gross income, will aver age approximately 100 per cent of the
 vslue of the breeding stock When
 part Of the increase can be disposed of
 only by slaughterins for fur. profits
 will be less than at present. but even
 then they are likely 10 be much great
 CT than from ordinary lines of bus
 bandry involving like capital and at
 tention.
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Domestication of the fox was first achieved in 1891 by Robert T. Oulton and Charles Dalton on Prince Edward island, Canadian province in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Silver fox belts have continuously commanded high prices. and hunters have been core spondingly keen to secure them. IL is not strange, therefore, that the first successful breeders of this rare animal were men who had pursued il in the chase. The two mentioned had hunted foxes together. and had frequently bought and sold fox belts of their nelghbors. Oulton was once lucky enough to shoot silver fox the skin of which netted Si3S. Becoming i'm pressed with the possibility of domesti eating such valuable fur bearers. Oulton and Dalton separately experi- mented in building fox-proof fences and in feeding and breeding the ami mals. After several years work on these problems they formed a partner ship in 1894. built ranch and stocked t with two pairs of silver foxes. This became the first profitable fox ranch. | the fOrerunner of a remarkable and. for that region, a revolutionary in dustry.
 At that time black pelts brought much higher prices than silver pelts This prompted Oulton 6 Dalton to re tain their darker animals and dispose of the lighter ones. and as a result each successive lot of peits from their
 yards was darker than those of pre- yious years. Finally in 1910, they
 were able to send to the London sales the finest collection of silver fox pelts that had ever appeared there.
 Disclosure of the results Of the 1910 sales was the climax of the first stage | in the development of fox farming | People who formerly had known some | thing of the business were now eager to engage in it Those having money | invested in foxes. Others mortgaged
 their farms for the purpose of fitting
 up ranching facilities and boarded
 foxes for share of the progeny. How rapidly prices for breeding stock ad-
 vanced is well illustrated by the expe- rience of one ranchman who sold his
 first pair Of cubs for s750. and other
 pairs excessively for 5000. SIP, 900. | s13,0O0 and $l4.000. In the fall of 1913 good ranch bred cubs six months
 old sold for from si1 900 to sl5 900 a pair. Pairs that had had large filters
 were valued at about twice as much | as six-months-old cubs.
 In the pioneer days, when proper
 methods for handling foxes were un- known, many failures resulted from ignorance and carelessness. The ex. | citement following the fur sales of | 1910 hastened the improvement of
 methods of feeding. handling. and
 breeding. It also broke the monop- | oiy. and caused a rapid distribution of foxes and of information concerning
 them. Now. with a comparatively | large number of silver foxes in do mestication. with clearer under,
 standing of their successful manage
 ment, and with a return of moderate prices for breeders, a steady. healthy, and general development of silver fox
 farming may be expected. Fox ranches are established in most of the Cana dian provinces and in Maine, New
 Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York,
 Pennsylvania, Ohio. Wisconsin, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Missouri. Oregon, Washington and Alaska
 While pelts of all fur-bearing anil
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A Fine Oepartment,

Got good police department in this town7"
 You bet we have"
 Funny all these burglars that are working seem to be able to get away with it."
 Well. that is queer. but we've got a good department just the same"
 What makes you think so?"
 Burglars may be able to get away, but if the tail light on my car hap pens to blow out I get pinched before I've gone two blocks.'-Detroit Free Press
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of the salad.
 Fig Sandwiches.-Prepare a half. pound of fgs by chopping them. and a third of a cupful of sugar. a half. cupful of boiling water, two table. spoonfuls of lemon juice. mix and cook these ingredients in a double boiler until thick enough to spread. Cut the bread in fancy shapes, spread with softened butter and place the fig filling between.
 Lettuce Sandwiehes.-Spread white bread. cut in oblongs, with butter. lay on lettuce leaf dipped in salad dress, ing and sprinkle with Roquefort cheese.
 Kindergarten Sandwiches. Cut brown bread with a doughnut cutter also cut slices of white bread and use the same cutter. Spread out the small circles and the hollow ones. put a dark center into a white ring and a write center into a dark one, spread with butter and cottage cheese, put together in pairs or serve singly.
 A most appetizing filling for any sandwich is a common boiled dressing which has been thinned with a little of the seasoned oil and vinegar from oil pickles with a bit of the pickles chopped and added with tablespoon full or two of finely chopped boiled ham.
 A green pepper finely chopped added to boiled dressing Is a flavor which is well liked for sandwiches Olives stuffed or plain. pickles of yari ous kinds and salt of celery or other seasonings also make a good filling
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A Sinecure.

'Td like to be the manager of this joint for about ten minutes" said the head bookkeeper.
 What would you do if you werer' asked the shipping clerk.
 I'd go out to lunch. That's all he ever does, ain't it?'
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About North Dakota.

North Dakota. besides its Devils lake. its bad lands and it's tremendous stretches of absolutely worthless seen cry. is chief producer in this country of three grains-spring wheat. fax and barley It also is bounded on the straight up by the swiftest moving fresh air in America.
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FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
cutleura Soap and cuticura Ointment
 Are Supreme. Trial Free.

These fragrant, super-creamy emol lients keep the skin fresh and clear, the scalp free from dandruR, crusts and scales and the hands soft and white. They are splendid for nursery and toilet purposes and are most eco nomical because most effective.
 Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept [. Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
Exaggerated Optimism.

'Bliggins is trying to be an opti- mist"
 The last time saw him he thought everything was going to smash"
 He thinks so yet But he's getting into a frame of mind that makes him suspect that maybe he'll enjoy see ing 1t happen"
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Nuu hlt~s4Q
Small Staying Power.

The household encouraged the little servant girl to go 10 the pictures. They felt that her life needed bright. ening. She went. and they asked her afterwards whether she had enjoyed herself. Yes" she said rather du. biuusIy, but l can't stick them long. l only stayed two hours."-Exchange.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum, . mall box of Barbo Compound, and . O. ol glycerine. Apply to the hair twice . wesk until it becomes the desired shade. Any dru9- gist can put this up or you can mix it st darken streaked, faded gray hair. and rs- moves dandrun. It h excellent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft and giossy. It will not color the scalp, 0 not sticky e greasy, and does not rub of.-Adv.
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No Improvement.

Don't you know" remarked the humorist, that i; is impossible for me to think and operate the typewriter simultaneously"
 That being the case" rejoined the sditor. you are no better on than when you used a pen"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

Boil and mash seven potatoes, add a pint of water fin which the potatoes have been boiled, and three pints of cold water. then stir in two and half cakes of yeast dissolved in a little warm water, two tablespoonfuls of salt, two of sugar and three of four, mix and add a pint of boiling water; when cool add to the first mixture and cover with cloth and keep warm ten hours. Then place in a moderate ly cool place until needed. For each loaf of bread put four cupfuls of flour. warm and siftei into bread pan with pint of the yeast, a cupful of scald ed milk, cooled. and a tablespoonful of lard. Mix with spoon, then knead briskly for ten minutes. mold into loaves and let rise in a warm place. When light bake forty-five minutes in moderate oven
 Tea Rolls.-Scald two cupfuls of milk and pour 1t over a cupful of sugar. three tablespoonfuls of butter and teaspoonful of salt When it is cool to luke-warm beat into it three cupfuls of flour. sifted three times then add a cake of yeast. dissolved in fourth of a cupful of luke-warm water. Cover and let rise until it is light. then add two well-beaten eggs, three more cupfuls of flour and tea spoonful of cinnamon. Place in a but tered bowl and let rise until double its bulk. Form into small rolls and place in buttered pan. let them rise until very light. Brush the tops with melt ed butter and bake in hot oven for fifteen minutes by adding to the above one-half a cupful of cocoa.
 Popovers-Take two cupfuIs of flour, two cupfuls of milk, three eggs and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs until light, add the milk and salt and pour gradually into the flour. beat ing all the time. Strain the batter and pour into hot ereased gem pans. Bake in a hot oven twenty-five min utes.
 Let Es examine saCrediy whether
 there Is any wrong intrust,d 10 Us to
 set Tight.-DiCkeus
 Greatness is nothing If i. Is not
 lastins.-NapOleon-
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eXcursiOns and picnics. They are easily made and depend for perfec- tion on their daintiness.
 For chicken salad
 sandwiches chop the chicken and celery much
 finer than for the salad. Cut the bread in narrow
 oblongs. butter. lay on a lettuce leaf and a filling
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the most lily pre- pared. For the busy woman who has little time to prepare the light bread in the longer process this will appeal to her:
 Quick Rread.-
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A Successful Failure.

S osssS esS' Ryder-Was Jones' airship Q suo- cess?
 walker-That depends on the point of view.
 How so?" walker-well, as a success it was . failure. but as a failure. 1t was e suo cess.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

the apron, but on the under side where it will not be caught and worn of on every projecting point.
 Treat your broom to a hot-water bath of hot soap suds. dipping it un, til it is bright and clean then shake out the va ter and let dry hanging
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

different each day for a week fl so desired.
 Cut thin sponge c a k Q in rounds, heap on sliced ba- nanas and add 0 little lemon juice, { h n h Q ap on
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
}ahoKTUITN4 d@@ABKE1$'

A light supper. a good nights sleep and a fine morning. have often made a hero of the same man who by indi- Eestion. a restless night and rainy morning would have proved a coward Chesterfield
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
Blocked by Her Think.

T once thought seriously of marry ing for money"
 Why don't you. them"
 "The girl in the case did some think ing, too"
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow never comes. Today Is here. If you don't know what Co 60. sit still and listen. You may hear something. Nobody knOws.-CLarles Sandberg.
 Praise loudly; blame softly.
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peroxide. Put the peroxide on the spots when the clothing is on the line. repeat until all trace is removed. The nice thing about using this is that you need not wash the clothing. as 'he liquid does not injure the fabric
 To freshen rolls or biscuits damped them slightly by sprinkle Of water, slip them in a paper bag and lay on the rack in a hot oven.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
cIty,s Children sIauah,ered.

Upward of 300 children are being killed each year in the streets of New York and about 7.s00 others injured
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
aridae Anchored to Rock.

A suspension bridge in Bavaria has put one tower, the cables at the other md being anchored ir a high rock bluff
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
Give Credit to Chinese.

The earliest designs used for china at Worcester. England. are believed to have been copied from the Chinese.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
SANDWICHES FOR GUESTS.

Good wholesome bread is the great food in our homes and is ofter-times
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
Easy to Harden Lead.

Two per cent of metallic sodium will harden lead SC that 1t will ring when struck.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
STAFF OF LIFE.

Sandwiches are used particularly for cold repasts. especially for outdoor
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

The city of Copenhagen is daily con- suming about 25.00o pounds of Ameri- can salt pork
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

Throw Of Coids and Prevent GripI When you feel . cold coming on. taks LAxA. uyn baoS2 oUiSSa n E%cSss snqss = ii W GROvI vIS rxsos1SO q nox "a
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

The United States produces so r9 cant of the oil of the verld.
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Take This Mans Advice TRY THE GREAT KIDNEY REMEDY

It slways gives me pleasure to recoms mend nything that is right and so feel t my duty to herald the praises of DF. kilmer's Swamp-Root.
 For years I was troubled with kidney disease and it was so intense that was bedridden for days at a time. l gave up all hope and doctors for miles around gave me no help. Incidentally I tried several patent remedies and at last tried Swamp Root. From the first it gave me relief and it was no time before l was able to be up and around and now am perfectly well and able to work as l used to before my terrible sickness.
 So now let me thank you for your won derful discovery and take this opportunity to recommend it to all who suffer from kidney troubles.
 Yours very truly,
 WALTER SEWER, 3l7 North Main Street. Hope, Ark. Subscribed and sworn to before Ine, this 18th of March, 1912.
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HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS.

The indispensable pocket in a kitch- CT apron may be put near the edge of
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
Prove wha, Swamp Root Win Do For Yo,

Send len cents to DT. Kilmer 6 O., Binghamton, N. T., for a sample size bot. tie. It will convince anyone. Yoa will also receive booklet of valuable infor. nation, telling about the kidneys and blad- der When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all dru0 ,tores.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
DAINTY CAKES FOR DESSERTS.

With a sheet of sponge cake one may vary the desserts, having something
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Hereditary Experiene

Hereditary Experience. "As a social climber, Mrs. DeRich is certainly a success" She ought to be. Her father was . lineman.
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

The world is full of unfortunates that have but one ailment-indecisioa. Sam Johnson.
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Important to Mothers

Imp0rt0nt 70 M0tn0f0
 Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that 1t
Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

Let IFS examine sacrsdiy whether there Is any wrong intrust,d 10 Us to set Tight.-DiCkeus.
 Greatness is nothing If i. Is not lasting
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By N. DEAR BORN.

n The natural production of lI first-class furs seems to be
 approaching a sure end, and
 the growing worldwide de- = mend to- them requires >I that the present supply be . supplemented with stock
 obtained through domestica-
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
Sunday the DeDH Hard Opening His Detroit Cdnpaig

walton of = principle.
Are Won AghJlng for 4 principle
30 you quake and auiyer IN your
boots every time a brewer blows his
nose Let me urge YOU TO get out
and hght Come on YOU God rep.
reseutatiVes Come on,
4 monk once disobeyed the rules
OF the monastery he was condemn
cd 70 bs buried alive lie was stood
up in a hole ara dirt thrown In
around him until IL covered MS
chest. and ne was asked II he would
submit 20 their demands and he
replied. / will not The dirt VAS
then nlled in up 10 his mouth. and
again he VAS asked, and again he
replied 4 will not and the dirt
was then hlled In until Il reached
up 10 his face and only his eyes
and nose were left uncovered, and
again he was asked. and this time
ne replied. 1 will. | VIII While
this might be termed inhuman treat
ment. Yet IL was for principle, and
II We all would stand for prin-
ciple for the Lords sake great
would be the results"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

marching in and playing 'ne Wscht
Am Rhine then The French heard
the Marsellaisc. and hoS the Eng
lish were cheeTed by the music of
God Save The King And how the
Americans waited and wondered IL
their soldiers we're coming 20 their
relief. and when through the night
pealed the strains ~ The Star
Spangled Banner. Dixie. Colum
ois. the Gem of the Ocean. and
those stirring. patriotic airs as the
field representatives OF our govern
ment came 10 the rescue. the feel
ing II brought 10 those people. What
ala II all mean? | meant that Min.
lister Conxer. his wife and daughter
and other loyal Americans were in
danger. and for their protection this
government would stop a. nothing,
Dramatic Illustration
IL necessary the treasury would
nave been emptied in them defense
every soldier would havt been, sen,
70 their relief and everf battiesbYp
and other lighting Apparatus OF the
navy would have been a. their dis-
posal. And for what? The prestr.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
"GOd;S GenQdierS"
AFTERNOON SERMON

he edged and squirmed and tried TO
get out OF granting the young
WomAns demand But in the end.
"a you know, the bleeding, bruisins
head OF John the Baptist was
brought IN on a charger Why did
Herod DO IT, An he had promised
anything in the kinsdom-if II was
IN he power Of he oath
am sorry To say in. bur the
Hcly Spirits army never has been.
b. not now nor reyer will be what
o. ought 70 5e Hut A. thai nobody
ought 20 Ga around sneering and
knocking The church I'd have
more respect for you II you we're
10 20 and scorn your mother from
the steps Of he Cily hall or the
court house publicly. than for you
10 30 to rail and mock the church.
The church doesn't have all good
people, but she has the best. Why
don't >ou, who ere ever criticising.
take your old c3rcasses out OF town
and start church Of your own?
DO you know what the biggest
financial assets Of your city is? rs
not the banks, not the railroads, not
the factories, rot the stores. No.
rs not any OF those thinss-it's re.
Iieion.
suppose there was no church in.
side OF 30 miles OF Detroit. Real
estate prices would go 10 smash in
no time and you wouldn't live here
even You like 10 live around
churches because you know your old
head rs safe.
J want you 10 understand that
Christianity is suffering as well as
pleasure. hardships as we'll as de.
lights. Don't forget that for a MN.
ute
When the time for he judEmen,
OF God comes you've all got 10 tell
him vha, Won have been doing down
here He's going 20 ash you IL
you ~ been going 20 leg shows
where the women don't wear enough
70 make a pair o. legzins FOR 2 hum
ming bird He's going 10 ask you
II you've been hitting The booze AZ
Dutch lunch
Get right and on the firing line
Where are the Methodiss today,
Out somewhere al Dutch mnch7
No. they re- out here in the taber.
nscle Where are - Presbyteriansa
Hanging around. talking OF this
thing and that No. they're going
70 church and working for God
Where are the Luthersns. The Bap-
lists? Why. they're all on the Ar
ing line.
~ feel as II We can say 70 the
forces Of evil IN Detroit, like the
little drummer boy did TO Napoleon,
that we don't know how to beat a
retreat We can make charge
that will drive the devil back with
pneumonia in As hours"
Copyright
The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
"White House Baby" Aids Blind Soldiers

Esther Cleveland the first child
OF president born in the White
House, Is in London. helping blind
soldiers become useful. She IL
here shown teaching a blind warrior
TO use a typev ritter.