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Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
HERE'S EGG LORE
How to Test Eggs Before You
 Break Them.
CLEVER WAY TO BEAT ONE.

Every Household Uses Them, but How Many Housewives Know the Simplest Things About These Commonest In- gredients of All Cookery?
 Are the eggs for which you pay 40 cents better than those which cost 30? Test them to see.
 Much handling makes eggs shiny. Those direct from the farm are dull. If an egg is stale some of the water of its composition has evuporatel through the porous shell, air has en. tered, and the egg Is light.
 To test, put in deep pan of water. First-If bad it will float. Second.-lf stale 1t will be light enough to slant away from the bottom of the pan or stand on end.
 Third.-If fresh its weight causes 1t to sink.
 This test will make you wish eggs could always be bought by the pound, as in some places. instead of by the dozen.
 Because the eggshell is porous and readily absorbs impurities from dirty shell or the air eggs should always be washed before being put away.
 Second test: Hold egg before can dle or gas jet behind which is dark background.
 Around the yolk of an egg is a thin tissue, which holds the yolk together When decomposition occurs the yolk breaks this membrane and becomes mixed with the white. By holding the egg before a strong light the yolk can easily be seen as a large dark spot. If bad, the yolk has broken its mem. brane and this dark spot cannot be noticed.
 There is also a tissue around the white of an egg which, in beating the whites stiff, must be broken into in- finitesimal pieces before the egg will become light and fluffy.
 A few grains of salt dropped into the white before beating will at each turn of the beater help to cut this membrane.
 The whites then "beat up" much sooner than if the salt had not been added.
 Table Tor cooking eggs without keep ing time or temperature:
 One egg. one-half pint of boiling water. Two or three eggs, a pint of boiling water. Three to five eggs, one and one-half pints of boiling water. Five to eight eggs, quart.
 Put the eggs into the water while 1t is boiling hard and immediately set
  or twenty minutes will be required to cook the eggs. After that time the water will have reached 40 degrees and will do no more cooking, but will keep the eggs warm long time.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
THE APPLE TREE.

~ LD apple tree, love you so 4 Because you bend when breezes N blow O And sing to me of long ago
 Lost days of happy youth, you
 know. And, better still, you sing for me The mornings gladdest minstrelsy Of childhood's truant ways, and free happy lands of used to be. You sing the margin of the brook, The tangled line, the fishing hook. The robins nest, the eggs took And sorrow in my mothers look. Her sad eyes bent on me were wet With gleaming tears I can't forget. No spoken word, but, oh, regret Was with me then, is with me yet. But when the evening lights were low saw her face with love light glow. She held me close to her, and, oh, She read my heart alright, know! And apple tree, dear apple tree, With your own tuneful melody Come up from out the used to be The songs my mother sang to me.
 J. B. Iden.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
Gerno In Versc
WHAT A BABY cCcTS.

VITA A S'"1 SS- S' Y -OW much do habes cost?" said he The other night upon my knee And then l said: "'Irney cU-t a X < lot;
 A lot of watching by a cot, A lot of slecpless hours and care, A lot of heart2che and despair. A lot of fear and trying dread. And sometimes many tears are shed In payment for our babies small, But they are really worth it all" ENOR babies people have to pay A heavy price from day to day. There is no way to get ore cheap. Why, sometimes when t' re fast asleep You have to get up in the night And go and see that they're all right. But what they cost in constant care And worry does not half compare With what they bring of joy and bliss; You'd pay much more for just kiss. WHO buys baby has to pay W A portion of the bill each day. He has to give his time and thought Unto the little one he's bought. He has to stand lot of pain Inside his heart and not complain, And pay with lonely days and sad For all the happy hours he's had. All this a baby costs, and yet His smile is worth it all, you bet.
 Edgar A. Guest.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
ARGENTINE COAL $40 A TON.
Unusually Cold Weather Brings Sui
 fering In Buenos Aires.

Passengers who arrived in New York from BuenOs Aires said that the Ar genuine was experiencing the cOldest winter in twenty-five years.
 Theodore Ricksher asserted that the temperature had not gone above 25 degrees above zero for days at time. The price of coal, he said. had risen to $40 a ton in Buenos Aires, and the landlords of the apartment houses re fused to turn on the steam heat. Only two of the best hotels in the city made any attempt to warm their rooms or restaurants during the winter. People sat in their rooms with furs or blan- kets around them. Business conditions in the Argentine were not good, he said.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
Berlin Is Now Kitchener.

An order in council was passed at Toronto changing the name of Berlin, Ont, to Kitchener. The town has about 10000 inhabitants and was set tied by German immigrants, whose de- scenGants form an important part of the population.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
Scenes.

Make a soft dough with two table. spoonfuls of butter rubbed into three pints of flour, two teaspoonfuls of bak
 ing powder. scant teaspoonful of salt one teaspoonful of sugar, sufficient coh milk to mix. Roll out an inch thick, cut into triangles or squares and cook slowly on moderately hot griddle.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
SCENES THAT ARE BRIGHTEST.

SCENES THAT ARE BRIGHTEST. SCENES that are brightest may charm o for awhile Hearts that are lightest and eyes that
 smile, Yet OCT them. above us. though nature
 beam, With none to love us, how sad they seem! With none to love us. how sad they seem! WORDS cannot scatter the thoughts we W fear, For, though they fatter. they mock the Hopes will still deceive us with fearful
 cost, And when they leave us the heart is lost! And when they leave us the heart is lost!
 W. " Wallace.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
IDYLLICAL.
FOLK SONG.

"7HE wind blows east. the wind blows west, And never its pathway shows, \ And whence it comes and whither
 it goes
 Who knows? An, me, and this is the way with love. And this is the way with joy; To come and go like the little dreams
 Of a boy! The wind blows west. the wind blows east Tn shadow and sun and strife, And thus go the souls of men on the winds
 Of life!
 Arthur Wallace Peach.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
Oddities In the News

Freight engine and seventeen cars jumped the track in Wisconsin, ran if ty feet and jumped on again.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Four baseball teams have been or ganized among the inmates of the Es- sex county (N. JD penitentiary.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
CHIC EFFECT.

and cuffs of brown taffeta strike new note. The vestee wristlets and collar are creamy satin bound with the taf- feta.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Husband of Stockton (Cal) woman belongs to so many lodges he can't support her, so court gave her a di- vorce.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Girl students taking the domestic sci ence course in the Kansas State Agri- cultural college now wear pedometers to find out how many steps it takes to prepare a meal.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Freak bet made by stranger caused run on East St. Louis bank, but mil lion dollars piled high on counter stop ped 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Sure cure for fat is advanced by a St. Paul tramp. Lock yourself in freight car for a week, he says, and live on water and shelled corn.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
An expert in statistics heard,

An expert in statistics heard, And in his mind strange figures stirred. He took the hours which each mans voice Used up to let his heart rejoice He brought them to a total grand And wrote 1t with a trembling hand. The better portion of a year Went up in that exuberant cheer
 Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14
A CALCULATION.

THE mighty crowd stood up to cheer;
 For hours men shook the atmos- phere
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

"Pier post" Chicago man grasped to aid him in getting to surface after dive was leg of girl bather, but his explana- ton cleared him in court.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Wild man who "eats 'em alive" after eating snakes all day at Elwood Qnd.) fair, seriously injured his employers because they refused him a square meal at a restaurant.
Connecticut western news., 1916-09-14

Catfish that can't submerge caught in North Carolina. It had gorged on wheat grains washed away in flood, and the grain swelled so it couldn't di- gest them.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
Many Asking for Loans under
Farm Bank Law.

Washington, July 27,-Appli-
cations for loans under the new
farm loan bank law are reaching
the treasury department in great
numbers, although members of a
of board to administer the law
have not been named by Presi-
dent Wilson nor have steps been
taken to designate the twelve
districts into which the United
States will be divided for ad-
ministrative purposes. Many
applications are not in form re-
quired by the law but wherever
possible the applicants have been
rewarded with Copies of .tha act
and With the Information that
their requests wiz be referred to
the board when it is organized.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03

rows alongside the fence will
keep hogs growing and thrifty
until frost or pastures come in.
Sorghum cane is fattenine, being
full OF saccarine matter, and ia
also a good feed for plow-stock.
This farm er gave his hogs run OF
the fields when crops were gath
cred, and he planted peas every
where. Then he turned the hogs
he meant to kill into a pinder or
chufa patch-he says chufas are
better, ag they yield more and
stronger hog feed. They come
out very fat, and it only takes a
short feeding on corn 70 harden
the meat TO get them ready for
slaughter,
Our Jones county farmers are
as intelligent and work as hard
as any people in the country, but
they are notmaking the headway
they ought to be making.
The truth is, they follow in the
old beaten footprints Of their
forefathers and don't seem to
catch on to modern and up-to-
date ideas and innovations. They
refuse to try new crops, but stick
10 corn and cotton, when the for
mer is the most costly feed that a
farmer can grow, and they ought
% know by this time that it is a
yerg uncertain and unprofita BILE
business to try and raise cotton
n competition with the boil weevil
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
RUSTIN MAN FINDS
BOX OF TREASURE
Plow Bursts Iron Chest, Ex-
posing 1000 Pieces of Old
Silver Coins.

Ruston, La, July 2S.-John w.
llSkinner, promiL emit white farmer
fresiding near this place, plowed up
in his field Wednesday an old iron
box, which burst when his plow struck
it. The box contained more than a
thousand pieces OF silver coin, esti-
mated at one thousand dollars. Most
of the coin is of Mexican mintage, but
much OF it is English, German, Span
ish and American money. One piece
shown your correspondent was coined
in 1777-139 years ago-of Spanish
mictage. Very little of it is United
States money. Mr.. Skinner states
that he has seen the old box around
his farm many times before, but on
account of its greet weight, thought
it a solid piece OF iron and paid no
attention to it, When his plow struck
it, it flew open, exposing the silver
coins. He brought his find to Ruston
today and placed it in Lincoln Parish
Bank to ascertain its value.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
DON'T TAKE A CHANCE.
Ellisville People Should Act in

Ellisville People Should ACT in
Time.
If you suffer from packache;
1t you have headache, dizzy spells;
Ifthe kidney secretions are irreg ular
Don't delay-likelY your kidneys
are sick.
Ellisville people recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Here's an Ellisville mans expe:- :
ieuce;
A. L. Abbey, grocer, Ellisville, says:
81 suffered from kidney trouble for
good many years. ! had to get up
lug l felt lame and tired. and during
the day had severe backaches. Sew
eral of my family had received so
much benent from Doan's. Kidney
Pills. that / got some at Wards Pbar-
macy. never felt better IN all my
life than did after using them"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-tbe same that
Mr.. Abbey had, Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney Pills-the same that
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
The Liquor and Game Law.

According to the decision of a
Judge, the people will not be
given referendum vote on
either the liquor law or game law
either. Under the rulings OF
this Judge the referendum act was
unconstitutional. The case will
be appealed to the Supreme
Court for final decision. We do
not understond what can be
wrong with that referendum act,
and which was voted by the
people and made into a law by
the legislature.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03

To the Adult Tax Payers of Iones county
mississippi. Exclusive of those who pay poll
taxes only.
You are hereby given notice Of the purposef
and intention of the Board of Supervisors o
Jones county. Mississippi. at its August 1916
term to borrow the of twenty thousand
dollers for the purpose of defraying the ex
penses OF the other than Judiciary expenses
apd at said term said sum will be borrowed and
loan warrents of the County executed therefor
d. eand payable on January LIST 1917. bearing
int est at per cent per annum unless on or
befor the first day of said term that is to say
ou r before August 7th 1916 there shall be filed
with the Clerk of the Board petition signed
by ten per centum of the Adult tax payers of
said Jones county exclusive of those who pay
poll taxes only against the borrowing of said
sum of money. If such petition signed as afore-
said then said sum will not be ordered by the
board for this purpose.
Ordered by the Board of Supervisors This
Iuiy the 10th 1916.
II, p. Cough,
Clerk Board of Supervisors of Jones County
ByA. {. Brekinridge.
Deputy Clerk.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03

Gated on large water courses
were operated, and often parties
had to carry their grain fifty
miles or more to get it ground
and then with others camp out on
the river bank for days, waiting
their turn.
Every afternoon during that
summer heavy black clouds gath
cred, when wind would come on
and sweep them away.
This "Dry Year" was followed
in the fall by great freshet.
Then for long series Of years
there we're abundant harvests and
the people were highly prosper
Gus, and that calamity became
but a memory.
1t will thus be with the recent
diaster to crops in our county
and section. Indeed we should
be thankful that not life was
lost and things are no worse than
they are. Crops were by no means
totally destroyed, and the great
est trouble 10 the sore disappoint-
ment Of our farmers over the un-
precedented harvests promised.
There will be plenty of food crops
made and some cotton. Then the
country is well stocked with cat.
tie and hogs.
These calamities may be sent
on the country for some good
purpose-to humble earthly pride
and show how futile and puny |
re the efforts of man, that in al.
most a breath can be swept away
" the Higher Power that con-
rolls the earth and firmaments.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
Just the Thing for Diarrhoea

"About two years ago had a severe
attack of diarrhoea which lasted over
a week" writes w. @. Jones, Budford
n. d. ST became so weak that
could not hardly stand upright. A
druggist recommended Chamberlain S
Cholic, Cholera & Diarrhoea Remedy
The FIRST dose relieve me and within
two days l was as we'll as ever. y
Many druggist recommend this remedy
because they know that il is reliable.
Obtained everywhere.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
School Fund Shortage in
Forest.

Hattiesburg, July pa detail
explanation of the facts connected
with the illegal inssuing and
cashing of school warrants,
amounting to more than 81 900 by
a former deputy in the Chancery
Clerks office, was made to the
public today by Chancery Clerk
Herbert Gillis.
The statement tells of the
number of warrants fraudulently
issued and those issued and CASH
ned. One is still outstanding.
Warrants were cashed by the
County Treasurer amounting to
S733. 10, others amounting to S3O5
were cashed by a local bank,
which still holds them, while one
$50 wsrrgnt was issued but never
has been presented for payment.
Young Rswls, charged with
issuing and cashing.. the paper,
was placed in Jail.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
Notice to Creditors.

t1Not ce is herebJ Civ nj hat letters OF
administration have been granted to
the undersigned as administratrix OF
the estate of p. p. Landrum, deceas-
ed, and all persons holding claims
against said estate are hereby notified
TO probate same within twelve months
from this date or they will be barred.
This the 2Sth day of July, 1916.
Mrs. g. A. Shows,
Administra triA.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
Tho Astor Family.

The Astor family is descended from
John Jacob Astor; who was born at
Waldorf. a village near Heidelberg,
Germany, in 1868. He came to New
York in 1888. Astoria was the name
OF the Oregon trading station which
he founded in 1911. 100 miles north
west of Portland, ON the Columbia Yiv-
or. Its derivation is obvious.
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
AGRICULTURAL CATASTROPHES.

Farmers may expect at loni
intervals great calamities to come
upon the country, sweeping away
in a few hours, perhaps, months
Of hard labor and blighting the
brightest hopes.
Some ten years ago the Editor
of the Jones County News lived
in Spartanburg county, S. c., and
owned about 800 acres of land,
most Of it in high state of Guilt.
walton, and we never saw bright
or crop prospects.
But one night there broke up.
on the country that famous Pao-
olet Freshet, the greatest flood
recorded since the days OF Noah.
Halt-million dollar cotton mills
were washed away as if made of
corn-stalks, many lives lost, fam
ming iands apparently ruined
past redemption-hillsides beng
torn into gullies and bottom lands
covered with sand by broken mill
dams-and crops apparently wash
ed from off the face OF the earth.
But the farmers did not give
up in despair. They set in and
plowed their fields and straight
ened up those washed-down plants
and put pine-bush in the gullies,
They made an average crop, and
in two years all signs of that dis.
aster had vanished. Last sum-
mer we visited that section and
farming lands were bringing S100
and upward per acre.
The recuperating hand of Ma
.ure, backed by human industry,
can quickly repair ravages such
as this.
The father of the Editor of this
paper operated an extensive farm
in Abbeville county, S. c. We
have often heard him talk of the
"Dry Year" of 1915, when not
drop of rain fell from the time
crops were planted until they
were gathered, Our father said
his entire corn crop was gathered
in a cotton basket from a wet
spot in his bottoms. The only
thing that stood between the far
mers and actual starvation was
that they harvested record
breaking wheat crop that spring,
and they fed their plow-stock on
wheat. There were no railroads
in those days, and corn wac wag-
oned from Cobb county, Georgia,
one hundred and fifty miles dis
tant, and in which section fine
crops were made. There was no
sale for stock, and the following
winter some farmers gave away
their surplus cattle and horses
rather than see the animals starve
to death.
This was before the adoption
of steam power and the country
depended on water mills for grim
ding grain. Many streams dried
up and the large rivers dwindled
into mere rivulets. The Savan-
nah river got so low that an old
German named Schultz sowed q
turnip patch in its bed at Angus
ia, Georgia. Only the mills To-
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03

The department OF justice contends
that the referendum amendment was
properly submitted, was ratified and
legally inserted by the Legislature.
This being the case, the question
whether or not the people at large
want the. anti-iiquor acts OF 1916 and
the game and fish law to go before
the people for a vote in November Is
stoutly maintained by the attorney
The members of the supreme pencn
have started their vacations, but have
not given up work entirely. Some OF
the judges will start an active cam
naign in their districts for reelection
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
500 Reward. SIOO

The readers of this paper will he
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all Its stages, and that is
Catarrh- Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the meehcel
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
e.sease, requires a constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
lnd mucous surfaces of the system. there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
case, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
sature in doing Its work. The proprietors
nave so much faith In its curative pow
ers thai they offer One Hundred Dollars
Cor any case that II falls to core- Send
Tor list OF testimonials
Address v. J. CHENEY Co. Toledo Ohio.
Sid by all Druggists, 75c-
Take Halls FAmily Fiila for eonaAipation-
The Jones County news., 1916-08-03
666

The IS 8 prescriptlon prepared es-
pecialy for MALARIA or CHtLS q
FEVER. Five or six doses will break
any case, and ii taken then as tonic
the Fever will not return. 1t acts on
the liver better than Oalomel and does
rot grippe or sicken. 25c