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Meade County news., 1917-12-06

millions of people devastated Europe
depend the activity of the Red Cross alone for the most
necessities OF eu enough keep body and soul to-
gete The Red organization the universal helping hand
But in order extend this hand to the sorrowng and afflicted
your support In fact would do to
relieve suffering in the world you do it most directly and
the Red today
Meade County news., 1917-12-06

Suffering humanity in many nations
is calling to us for help. We can
help through the Bed Cross.
Meade County news., 1917-12-06

YOU can RESCUE the Perishing,
care for the dying by joining the
Red Cross.
Meade County news., 1917-12-06
OFFICIAL STATEMENT

of the Financial condition ofIthe
MEADE STATE BANK
at Meade, State of Kansas, at the 4
close of business on the "a day of
November 1917.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

least part of the time nut margarine. Give every child at least one pint, If possible one quart of whole milk a day. Then nut margarine and other vegetable oils may be used in place of animal fats for children as well as grown ups.
 Save all fats from cooking meats. Sausage fat is excellent for meking gingerbread. Drippings from roast or bacon may be used for making gravies, flavoring escalloped potatoes and sauteing vegetables. All suet or other beef fat, chicken fat, lamb fat should be saved
 All kinds of fats may be clarified and neutralized for use in cooking by combining the fats, which may in clude beef, mutton, chicken, bacon sausage, ham fat and to each pound allow a sliced raw potato and a half teaspoonful of baking soda. Put to- gether in a large utensil and heat un- til the potato is Drowned and the fat has stopped bubbhng. Strain through cheese cloth. By soaking mutton fat in several waters, the strong flavor may be eliminated.
 Do not buy animal fats except but ter. Use only those tried out'' from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

it is seriously explained that one is the head of the good man as a boy, and the other as a man. So there are in existence two genuine bodies of St. Nicholas, one at Bari, Italy, and an> other, equally bonafide, in the church of the fortress of San Nicola del Lido The Russians believe that the one at Bari is genuine, and not many years ago Russian official. offered S,000,- 900 rubles for the relics. The bones of the saint were translated to Bari. in 1907, and from them, it is said, the mama of St. Nicholas still flows and heals all kinds of sick.
 St. Nicholas was born toward the end of the third century. and became archbishop of Myra, in Lycia, on the death, of his uncle, who had held that
 position. Throughout his life he was the special protector of the poor and the wronged, and for centuries after his death he was a patron of the wandering minstre1s and vagabonds
 the reckless and improvident, the
 criminal and the imprisoned. In those
 days "clerk of St. Nicholas meant a thief. Respectable people will look askance at this association of St. Nich-
 olas with the dregs of humanity, but
 certainly they are entitled to one friend in the long calendar of saints.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
FAT

Many housewives who are conserv- ing meat, wheat and sugar forget that fat is also important.
 Americans have frequently been called '"The Worlds Greatest Fat Masters" and the accusation is true
 We have never really known the value of fe& and the very serious re- suits which a shortage will produce
 Each person needs three to four ounces of fat daily in the diet are needed for soap-and quantities of fat just now for ammunition. Some women say, 'I don't believe in mak- ing ammunition any way" That is not the point at present. The only thing for us to consider is conquer ing Germany. To do so we must have ammunition. To make ammunition we must have fat Therefore we must use just enough in the diet to keep our ration properly balanced and every other bit must be saved. We are either for America or we are against her. We will save fat or we will waste it.
 How shall we do it?
 Have in place of dairy butter at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
FESTIVAL OF ST. NICHOLAS.
 BEARER OF GIFTS

Despite the misery which the war has brought to France and Belgium attempts will be made to celebrate as fittingly as circumstances permit the festival of St. Nicholas which falls to- morrow and which is the great chil- dren's holiday, taking the place of our Christmas, which in those lands, as well as in Holland, is a more dis tinctly religious holiday. In Holland it is the good St. Nicholas of Bari in- stead of Santa Claus who goes about carrying gifts to good children, trav- cling on a white horse instead of in a sleigh drawn by reindeer. The chil- dren, furthermore, will leave carrots, if they can get them, on the hearth stone for the consumption of the horse, so that the animal may be properly entertained while the saint is going down the chimney. Such at least was the custom in happier times, anE ~i:: be again when peace has been restored.
 Instead of hanging up stockings on Christmas eve, as with us, it has been the custom of French youngsters to hang up their shoes, on the night of Dec. the fifth.
 St. Nicholas is the patron saint of Russia, but owing to the difference in the calendar, the festival will not be celebrated until 13 days hence Of course, with conditions as they are in Russia today. there will be very little celebration. In Russia St. Nieh- olas has always been the patron of the under dog, the pood and the op- pressed, as well as of the children and as the vast majority of the Rus sians have always been poor and ep- pressed, he naturally has wide fol- lowing. In a little Italian town there are displayed two heads said to be those of one and the same saint, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
KEEP THE CALVES WARM.

Wss1e visiting dairy herd the other day, the owner stated, .Every winter lose a number of calves fron& some cause or other, and 1t would be- of considerable help to me if some onef would locate the trouble for me- Especially Is this true Of my younger fall-dropped calves" After examyin.s ming the calf quarters, it was evil dent that the trouble lay largely in the fact that the calves are exposed too much in cold weather. Dairy calves must have warm housing they are to grow and thrive properlz Breeds of dairy cattle have for many years selected and bred for tempern ment; one of the indications of thf1.- character is spareness. This neanes. that the calf is born with little fat and in most cases, a thin hide with little protection to cold weather.
 Exposure will not only deprive the calf of active exercise and languid rest, but retards1efficienc in diges tion, and often causes bowel troublek which in turn makes more severe the results of exposure. The sunny sid of the barn, dry and warm houHin are of great importance. If the calf barn or section of the barn used for salves is cold enough to freeze wakef: it will pay to put them in the sanfe barn or section of the barn with thez COWS.
 Experience with calves has shoW that one of the greatest factors fh keeping them thrifty Is the warm quarters. A considerable increase in
 growth can be expected from the same quantity of feed in warm quars ters
 Coal is worth more than $20 a. tot to heat water for milch cows, and ! this practice of herd management i
 even more important in the case oi
 calves.
 Blankets for calves will return good interest on the money invested if the
 barn is below freezing in cold | weather.
 Clean, fresh and dry bedding will aid in keeping the calf warm.
 Milk and gruels fed at ternpera- ture of 90 degrees will also be bens- ficial in maintaining warmth as we'll as facilitating digestion. KARL B. MUSER, Extension Dairyman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

dry, cool smokehouse or cellar. there is no need for covering if the tenn perature is uniform enough so the meat will not freeze. When it isl kept into the spring, wrap well with news. papers, then wrap in burlap or can vas Or sack we'll Gas flour sacks) and bury in ashes or grain. thus excluding insects and gaining a uniform tenn perature. To keep the meat indefi- nitely, surer plan is to sack all the meat after wrapping in paper and hang it so that no two pieces touch. Coat well with thick white wash Qime and water) to which a little glue has been added to make it stick.
 J. A. SIMMS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

your meat supply. Use little or no bacon and salt pork.
 In cooking, use vegetable oils, as Crisco, Wesson oil, Nut Margarine, etc.
 Pies, doughnuts and other foods are often tndigestfble simply because they are made with animal fats.
 If butter is heated to a high tenn perature, butyric acid is formed, which is very irritating to the diges- tive system.
 Any fats not edible should be sav- ed and either sold for soap or used to make soap in the home. Soap is not a difficult thing to make.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

To be up to date nowadays you must be accurately informed to what happening the world over in po
 and religious circles But some one will object, athis implies the reading of practically all the newspapers and magazines published!" And it would, for the fact that periodical exists which does just this for you every week and condenses the worlds for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
POSTAL SAVINGS FOR PAST MONTH

Reports of postal savings in Bridge. port for the month of November have increased $27,S40, 469 accounts having been opened during the month, and 444 closed. During the month $112,- GOA was deposited, and withdrawals amounted to $S4,164. Total deposits for the Bridgeport district are $1,047,- 7Sz.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
WAR INSURANCE
 BUREAU REPORT

Washington. Dec. 7-The war risk insurance bureau issued Il, ,951 poll cies between Sept 2, 1914. at the bureaus inception. and Nov. 30, 1917, carrying a total of $961, ,000,0 in- surance. Premiums received were $S5,O00.o 900, net losses paid $13,000,- 900, and surplus premiums on hand $22, 369,712. .Ae
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
.HINCKS TO READ
 WAR THRIFT SALE

William T. Hincks has been nameds as chairman Of the committee of the Bridgeport branch of the War Saw ings committee to promote the sale of war savings certificates and thrift stamps. It will be composed of l5 members who have not yet been named. David Day has been name county chairman of 8 similar con mittee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
DAMAGE BY RAIDERS.

London. Dec. 7-Most of the dam- age done in London yesterday morn ing in the German air raid appears to have been the work of a single aeroplane which lowered over tho city and dropped five explosive and two incendiary bombs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

you into a convenient and compact form. THE LITER AIRY DIGEST provides you with this weekly summary of events of interest quoting from the press of the whole world with rigid impartality It offers you the facts culled from all sources and leaves you free to form your own judgments Begin today to cultivate broad outlook by reading THE LITERARY DIGEST, greatest of neWs-magaZines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

Colonel House, after watching the American troops in France exeel >, some new drill movements, declared that it was fine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

A bronze medal commemorating the. United States entry into the war will be presented by the French people fo President Wilson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

The latest Canadian casualties list contained the names of two Ameri- cans killed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

Farmer Want Ads, One Cent a Word
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01

judiciously applied. And after q.
second look we know there amt
d spoonful of balm left in Gilead,
and that jellies won't always jell.
It's just the same in lection
time. We trust 'em once more
md they disappoint us once more,
prompt to the minute. We turn
the rascals out and turn a new
bunch i'll every time.
We study the seed catalogs and
construct the garden Of our
dreams, with spinach as big as
palm leaves, turnips three to a
bushel, onions as big as a quart
cup, and all things accordin'. And
the measley thing we create looks
40 more like the thing we plan
ned than a chigger resembles a
mastodon.
But why pile up and add to
and augment the evidence9 We
are disappointed from the minute
we find our dolls stuffed with
sawdust to the last review we
take Of our lives and see that
we'v cleft undone the things we
ought to have done, and have
done the things we should not"
And after we re dead our
friends are disappointed in us.
We didn't leave as much property
as they thought we had, or we
don't look natural in our collins
Or our funeral was not as i'm.
posin' as it ort to have been.
Shucks! Let's 60 a-fishin
and get disappointed!
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01
How to Use Patent Medicines.

Sick Headache-Place a paper
Of Killum's Headache Powders in
the slop bucket, then &C to bed
and rest till your head gets easy.
Pain Or Cramps-Put a bottle
of Painkiller in the ice-box and go
without dinner.
Cold in the Head-Put a bot
tie Of DR.. Sting's New Dope on
the top shelf Of the cupboard and
go to work as usual
Fretful Children-Empty a
bottle of Mrs. Sally swiggins s
Soothing Syrup on the sole of an
old shoe, rub in well, and apply
to the child until the symptoms
disappear.
Cold Feet-Pour one-half pint
Of any reliable tonic over behind
the back-stlck, and then sit down
and poke your feet to the fire.
Loss Of Appetite-Get a box
Of DR.. Poysner's Liver Pills. Rol]
each pill around the house three
times with a golf club. Eat &
hearty dinner.
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01
LETTERS FROM THE FOLKS.

D. W. Truluck, R4, Moultrie, Ca
Here's $1.05 for seven subs to The
Fool-Killer. I was at a country store
last Saturday evening and a friend
handed me one of your Fool-Killers,
and after looking over it | wanted
to subscribe. So I asked a few of my
friends If they wanted to take it, and
| got up seven including my own.
Mark M. Plessinger, RI, Bx75,
~Silverdale, Wash.-I have been read
ing your ding-busted ~foolishness for
the past year whenever I could get
hold Of it, and have roped in three
other victims and am going to renew
my subscription another twelve
months as well as making a present to
the fifth in order to make a list of five.
So just w~hoop-er-up and send a good
big wallop to all the enclosed names.
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01

or seven places. But, best Of alb
it will take the poetry out of your
system, and that s the main thing
This is the seventh time yor
have been before MEL said the
judge severely. THAT so9'' said
Rastus. "Hit do beat all, Jedga<
how some folks hold OH to their
Office
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01
ADVICE TO SPRING POETS.

Some Of you know that the edi-
tor Of this fool paper is a sort Of
a jack-leg poet. Some Of you are
very positive you could beat him
poeting, | expect. Hence this SER
mon of ready help to the spring
poet.
Course you know the spring
poet differs from the common or
garden variety.
Why, law bless your time, fools
that never wrote a rime, when the.
smell Of violets gifts 'em and a.
Southern warm breeze hits 'em,
break out into verse as easily as,
a baby breaks out with the
chicken pox.
Well, you'll want to mention.
"the fields Of waving corn' in
; your verses; but don't, for the
love Of Bill Shakespeare, say a
word about beans or 'taters or
succotash. Tomatoes are all right,
but you mustn't speak Of them in
poetry.
Wheat is permissible, and rimes
with "Gret, meet, sweet etc.
no, I'll be hanged if it rimes with
etc., but what | wanted to say is,
don't mention oats. nor even oat-
meal, or you'll hear a squeal in
circles poetic.
Sure, you'll want to say some
thing about "leafy June" or
"rose-crowned June" and more
so when | tell you it's strictly orr
ginal and nobody ever said it be-
fore. So take notice n. B. June
rimes with "moon, soon, noon,
rune, boon prune,' etc., but be-
ing in North Carolina personally
| would not use "prune'' as a
rime for "June.' In California
it is not de trop, but here it would
be highly improper.
You can speak of the birds and
the bees and the butterflies all
you pIease-but say!-beware of
the wasp! He is utterly hostile to
either poets or poetry-could
hardly be incorporated Or tolerat-
ed there, in fact.
It's quite a good plan to keep
near you some standard poetry tc
get rimes out of. | once had a
friend (he's not my friend any
more) who did this successfully
and by some chance he found the
expression, "salt seas morning
brule,' and wanted to work sale
words into one Of his pieces OIL
mosaic, or "pottery,' or what-ye
may-call-it. He asked me abou1
changing "salt sea s. to "moun
tains', and | just couldn't think
, Of onesingle rime for "brule' ex
, cept mule" and "fool." Aftel
that Jul friendship had it's vermi
form appendix and adenoids re
moved, dying on the operating
table.
: Feller poets, when you get you,
spring PONIES all doped out, maxi
> your mother-in-law a present O
!. the whole blame caboodle. .Sh'
1 doubtless has her opinions Of 20,
: anyhow, and said PONIES will en-
q nance the same, deepen and broad
en- and intensity the old lady
privatest opinions Of you. Then
: too, She give utterance to he
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01
SERMON ON DISAPPOINT-
MENTS.

Roes bare-footed. Well have EN-
&gain about sixty million times
while on this mundane sl.eer. And
maybe after we leave the before
mentioned and herein-described
peer we IL have our biggest dis
appointment yet.
One Of the worst one this ma
ton ever had was the famous and
infamous Halley's Comet. Id
Been led into the belief that she'd
appear in low neck and short
sleeves, blazin' in her virginia.
beauty, FIRTH with Orion and the
ether 'uns, Jenus and Vupitef,
and skimmin' the cream from the
Milky Way, or words to that I'M
mort, so to remark.
Lo and behold! she appeared
ane evening. / noticed a rush
and a mad scramble up the hill
t'other side Of my door. / was en-
gagged in writing a volumlnous
and learned lecture entitled
@Drifting Where?' l had gotten
Us far as: eve are standing to-
night on the threshold of life
booking out over it's turbulent
waters and drifting we know not
where" Lovely, amt 1t? | got
it out of an old scrap-book. But
ss | was saying, l put away my
lecture, folded the gestared that
went with it and put EN- in my
desk, and drifted up the hill with
the populace. Passed q fat man
nopplng his bald head and puff
fling like a steam engine that had
got stalled halfway between
Hades and Chicago, and | said
"WhasmatterY" "Damfno!" he
puffed, which is Greek and means,
81 do not comprehend Or if it
ain't Greek it means that, any
way.
Well, when I had got to the top
/ was told: cts Halley's
Comet" [ looked at the weak
= and watery-eyed little tl,lng gllm-
= mering with the radiance of a
pewter spoon in a mud puddle.
felt the sickening pain [ always
have when a new disappointment
hits me from ambush with a
stuffed club. Why, that comet
had no more idea how a comet
should shine than a coconut in a
at of delirium tremens! Believe
me, it was one Of my greatest dis
appointments.
And It's just that way through
the whole catalog of life's Turing
lying panorama. No sooner de
you discover an ointment and IN
gent for the ills Of life than yo1
see it's full of flies and stinketl
worse than a billy-goat and TIVE
niger camp-meetings.
The man you just know is you,
ideal turns out to be knock-kneed
Or has a wart on his nose, or hi
feet stink, Or his principles ar,
whomper-jawed when you fnt
out, and he steps down and on
with a tin can tied to him and tn
sign, "For sale cheap, one second
hand ideal, good as new"
So it is with the woman Of GU
dreams. She saileth into our OF
bit with colors flynn and the ban,
playin' "Annie Laurie,' and O.
closer inspection we find th
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01

Now is the time to plant Horse
Radish if you want to raise a
Spring Colt.
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01
CORRESPONDENCE.
Good Advice.

Good Advice.
Fol good plain truth and no bunh
feed,
With every line a thriller,
Become a sub and always read
The little old Fool-kllIer.
=, William G. Rupp.
Naesatz, N. D.
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01

feed,
With every line a thriller,
become a sub and always read
The little old Fool-kllIer.
- William G. Rupp.
Naesatz, N. D.
I. Chapman, Candy, Ind
The FOol-KiIler paper we find inn,
mense,
And enclosed find fifty cents:
This is all you have 90 do
ana II Will pay for just us two.
Many laughs We had last year
~ Mt. fOol-hlller, tnis way steer:
Don miss a copy, no, not one,
0or tnen we'd lose just lots of fun.
SO now I'll close, so now goodby. 4
! couldnt write if should try:
! read your poetry every time
1ou KINDER softer make it rhyma
y. U. Swords. ~Arnoldsyille, Ca
enclosed hnd money oruer for ST "a
dor which myself n seven othe7
iools want to near you foot vouv
gospel horn for another twelvn
months TIE Fool-kller. to nv
nina, contains more good honesa
truth n simple common sense than
any other periodical know Of. YoIr
sermon on Poetry in tie last iss,,a
was just gram. In fact. 7 dong
KNOW of any part of any Issue 7 hava
0'eT read out what Was like the voune
man said about t.se g.ris-eood rs
ter, best-none Lau. Here's Inch "a
you n the best Of health to Won anA
your wife. Keep on hitting tho nana.
trust betWeen the eyes. We ara
right with you anu will send in suha
occasionally TO help bear the exnensa
so pour the juice to us. Be s1ra ~
get the next issue to Il csc s,haon;hasS
SO they can begin 10 enjoy the tr,,th
as early as possible.
Charles Smith. Joseph's Mills, "
Ea.-Dy mere accI ent a copy Of The
1oo4-iAiiier Tell into my hams, and I
a1n truly oellgilted that it did not miss
uue' seeing thai the editor has enliste0
IL one OF Tue most difficult undertake
t thsss Known TO the world today. And
tnat is, to kill the foolishness ont -
all the fools 1t is a work that haa
long been neglected. AS an hnmh1a
token OF my appreciation of vo,r
master bows, | enciose 25c. forf a
years subscription to The Fool-Kll-
er.
George N. Hampton, Ri. Addison
Ala don't know Just when nv
subscription expires, so | am gettins.
u another Little club. MIR. Pearson
i nnd tina there are not manv hvno.
crltes In this commun ty, and nv res.
son for this decision Is that thav GIN
IKE TO read The .Fool-killer. h
cltlzens of this community all like tn
v fun, and they say they are COINS
TO nave that, for fun is ali thev ever
expect to have in this old world. anv-
way. 0"S
charlie Polston, McColl, s. en-.
Closed Ind money order for 81 20 fos
eight subscribers to your naner .
n OF them from a friend
today n read it some, and it was ga
, good l wanted to subscribe for it and
, thought | would get you no a little
: cluD. l would be glad for eyervhodv
TO read your paper, and il Won wifi
SEND me some sample copies / will
give them out for You.
: Wash Hooks says it is perfectly
natural for a person to turn over
| after he goes to bed at night. as
the world does the same thing
The fool-killer., 1917-04-01

Wash Hooks says it is perfectly
natural for a person to turn over
after he goes to bed at night, as
the world does the same thing
Arizona republican., 1917-03-09

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