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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03
venaI Justice.

EoRMER President Taft. during his
recent visit to Texas. said at din
ner in Galveston:
There is a story which illustra ties
the Importance of keeping our judges
out of business or trade.
Its story about magistrate who
was also -four and feed dealer. A
farmer was brought before the man for
failing to notify case of cattle dis
ease. The magistrate delivered judg-
ment. as follows:
you are fined SIS for this offense.
with $3.50 costs, making $3.50, and -
you owe me for your last bill of feed.
or $3.50 in all-s16.50 or thirty days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03
Too Much.

GEORGE AIDE said at a wedding
W breakfast at st. Joseph:
Once. in putting on a new play Of
mine, the manager refused to have q
young married couple in the cast.
III take on one or the other,
George he said, but not BOTH
Why not both?' said l. They're
both clever
That may be- said he. but the
public, George. don't care to see a man
making love to his own wife,
Looks too much like acting, chr
said l."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03
A Cyclone Story.

GIT HAT story" said Representative
Gardner at a Providence reception.
apropos Of a hyphenated explanation Of q
German sabotage plot. lis very nshy, II
reminds me Of Texas.
Once. In Texas, I came upon q tan
chimney, like a factory chimney, rising Ia
an arid waste -
Friend. 1 said to a native, what IN
that. chimney doing there?
A., That amt no chimney said the ma
tive. It's WELL
"A well?' said l.
Yes. said he. It's old Jeff Thatcher's
we'll A cyclone turned her upeide DOM
and inside OUT"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

recently. AS a boy he was Confederate
soldier, and was wounded and won dis
tinction at the battle of New Market. Va.
of cadets from the Virginia Military In
stitute.
The monument stands over the graves
of 260 Confederate soldiers, whose names
and regiments are chiseled upon their
headstones in the beautiful plot of ground
There in the stiffness of the Virginia
hills they are sleeping until the eternal
'reveille' shall sound.
The design of the Confederate monu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

ment has for its chief piece the heroic
figure of a woman to represent the south.
In the right hand of this figure is a
laurel wreath or crown. The left hand rests
upon pillow stock. Around the top of the
circular base upon which this figure
stands are the seals of the Confederacy
and the several states. each an elaborate
work of art. Beneath these and standing
out in full and perfect relief. are some
fifteen figures Of men. women, children
and soldiers. all allegorical and typical.
The official Confederate reunion
badge will locate the wearer by divi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

soecial Correspondence Of The Star.
DADS Mar "a 1Q17
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03
By CAPT. ]. WALTER MITCHELL.

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~ Jeb Stuart and Longstreet. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-03

One of my French friends, an
aviator photographer, was SO
impressed by the front funeral
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
DY'SEVZNNNG
ARY TALL NJ
~ MARY, GRAHAM BONNER
AFTERNOON BALL.

I'VE must give a snow-tlme ball.
said the Queen of the Fairies.
YES" said Fairy Princess Joy, 'let's
give one this very afternoon"
Can we have ball in the after
noon" asked Princess Twilight Bell.
ut is my favorite time of the day,
of course, but still 1 thought a ball
should be given at night"
Perhaps it should" said Fairy Prin-
cess JOY. "Or perhaps that is the
usual time for a ball. But 1 don't
believe it makes the least little scrap
of difference if we have ball when
we want one"
Il don't suppose 1t does" said the
Fairy Princess Twilight Bell. "And
am ever so glad you are to have it
at just the time love best"
The Fairy Queen smiled and waved
her wand. 'Let the ball commence ~
From far and near the Fairies, Elves,
Brownies and Gnomes all came, hurry
ing.
"The balll The balli The after.
noon ball !" they shouted.
Soon the dancing commenced. Mr..
Sun shOne through the heavy snow
covered trees which glistened like dia-
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
CusruMs IN WEST INDIES
Theodore Roosevelt Writes Entertain
inuly Of Life "Where the Steady
Trade-Winds Blow"

When the ship was coaled the work
ers were sometimes men, sometimes
strapping women as strong as the men,
who chattered and sang as they tOiled,
while their white teeth flashed in their
dark faces. Queer fishing craft, some
times with russell sails, danced over
the foaming combers which broke the
azure of the deep. Rows of tall, slen-
der-stemmed palms stood back of the
shining beaches, their fronded tops
threshlng endlessly in the trade-wind.
On the edge of the blue ocean, at the
foot of brilliant green mountains, half
hidden in the tropic vegetation, stood
little towns, clusters of low white or
red houses. After nightfall the town
gallants sat at small tables on the side
walks outside the taverns or under the
trees In the open squares. Powerful,
finely built black women and 1.-THE,
cOmely brown women strobe along the
paths and highroads, erect and supple,
all their burdens, great or small, poised
on their heads. Sometimes these bur-
dens were extraordinary because of
their bulk or weight, at other times
they were comic because it seemed in
credible that such small or peculiar OBJ
jects should not be carried in the
hand: once, for instance, we saw n
woman carrying on her head soli-
tary white shoe, and another time, of
all things, a single egg.
In all the islands lega' and political
determinations based on color have
been done away. In some the social
determinations are giving way. In
others sharp social lines are drawn
not only between white and colored-
as all shades of cross-bloOd are called
but between colored and black. The
whites everywhere composed most of
the upper class, although It also in.
cluded many of the colored; the col.
ored folk made up most of the middle
class, and just as they extended into
the class above them so their class
was entered by the blacks below them
and the bulk of the laborers, In the
towns and especially in the country
were blacks, although many were
browns.-FrOm "Where the Steady
Trade-Winds Blow" by Theodore
Roosevelt, in the February Scribner.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
CRACKED CORN is CHEAPEST
Fowls Get Enough Benefit From Pick
ing Up Small Pieces to More
Than Pay for Cracking.

Cracked corn is cheaper as chick
en- feed than is whole corn. That is,
the chickens will get enough benefit
over whole corlI, from the exercise re-
quired to fill their crops with an eve
ming meal of cracked corn, to more
than pay for the cracking. A sieve
should be used to sift the fine pOr-
tion of the corn for making mashes.
The poultry breeder should not try
to save by limiting the amount of food,
but by avoiding waste of food.
XIII off the rats and mice which de-
stroy an enormous amount of grain.
Feed in clean litter. If there is any
mash left after feeding, scrape it into
bucket for the next days feed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
]R1l[I{IET
WINTER TONIC FOR POULTRY
5eets, siIaee and Alfalfa Produce Sat.
isfaetory Results-cabbsge Also
ls Excellent.

Succulent feed should be given to
chickens in winter, because of its val
ue as tonic, asserts II. NJ. Sherwood,
acting head Of the department of poul-
try husbandry in the Kansas state ag-
ricultural college.
"Beets, silage, and alfalfa may be
obtained on most FARMS" said Mr..
Sherwood. alfalfa leaves soaked in
sour milk are of great value. The
milk softens the leaves, and also fur
nishes valuable food nutrients. 1t is
well for the farmer to plant winter
wheat or rye near his chicken house."
Cabbage is excellent as u green feed,
in the opinion of Mr.. Sherwood. Some
persons feed turnips, potatoes, aid
even apples. Sprouted oats are often
used for succulence, but it is not de.
sirable that the sprouting be done in
the house because of the offensive
odor given off. This necessitates the
use of special sprouter with heater,
and adds materially to the cost Of the
feed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
A Dog in Court.

Mrs. Blanche Pierce, stylishly at.
tired, appeared in the mems night
court before Magistrate Brough to de.
mand the punishment of Joseph Brown
Of No. 201 East Sixty-sixth street,
New York, who she said inhumanly
exposed toy poodle to the cold and
storm at night in front of the Biltmore
hotel.
Mrs. Pierce told the court that she
was leaving the Biltmore in the storm
when Brown with the little animal in
his hand offered the dog for sale to
passers-by.
II had him arrested" she said, "be.
cause such treatment and exposure tc
a dumb animal is cruel and inhuman.'
Where is the dog?" asked the court
Brown drew the dog from his coat
pocket and placed it on table in front
of the judge.
No sooner had Mr.. French Poodle
landed on his feet than he rushed for
the affidavit in his case and chewed
a corner off 1t, bit into a policeman's
hat and barked defiance at the specta.
tors.
"That dog seems healthy enough"
remarked the court when Brown cap
tured his, dog and order had been re.
stored. II can't see that he has been
badly treated. discharge the pris.
oner."-New York World.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
PREPARE GEESE FOR MARKET
Use slender-BIaded Sharp Knife, MAJ
ing Cut Well Back in Order to
Induce Free Bleeding.

When the birds are thoroughly fat
and plump, geese may be killed IN the
following manner: Hang by the feet,
back to the wall and insert a long
slender-bladed, sharp knife into the
roof of the mouth. The cut should be
made well back in order to induce free
bleeding. 1t is difficult to drypick a
fat bird without tearing the skin. A
better way is to loosen the feathers
by scaldlng or steaming.
A good way is to make a small plat
form of laths and place it in the bot
tom of barrel so that the platform
will be about A inches above the water
Pour into the barrel boiling water un.
til it comes within about an inch of the
platform. Lay the goose on the plat
form, cover the barrel tightly with 9
heavy piece of carpet or cloth and al.
low it to steam for five or six minutes.
Before placing the bird in the bar.
rel, tie stout string to its feet, leav.
ing one end hanging outside by which
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
WeIl-Bred Toulouse Geese.

the bird may be drawn out and sus.
pended at convenient height for pick.
ing. Have large bag or barrel near
into which the feathers may be placed
as they are picked. Care must be ta-
ken that the feathers are not soiled by
blood or dirt as they will lose their
value.
After the bird is thoroughly cleaned,
dip in cold water and allow it to re.
main two or three minutes. Leave
feathers on about half the neck next
to the head and also on the wings
above the first joint. Geese should be
marketed with the heads on and un.
drawn. Do not lay one bird upon an.
other when picked but wrap each in
clean cloth or paper, place it on its
back and allow 1t to cool in that form.
Never hang a bird up by the feet or
head to cool as this destroys theil
plump appearance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
REPAIRS FOR THE INCUBATOR
Time to Get Machine Into Working
order-RemovabIe Parts Should
Be Thoroughly Cleaned.

By c. 2. BROWN, Poultryman, North
west Experiment Station)
In few days many incubators will
be in operation. Whether the chicks
are to be hatched early in March or
not until the middle of April, it is time
to look after repairs and to get the
machine in shape. Repairs for the
incubator may not be readily found.
If the incubator was neglected at the
close of last season, it should be thor.
oughly cleaned. Removable parts
should be taken out and washed and
the entire machine should be aired and
summed. A 10 per cent solution of
zenoleum should be used as a disin,
fectant in washing the interior of the
machine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
"Best Sellers" Only.
LIFT YOUR C0RNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen q tender corn
or caIlus so It lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter;
wear shoes size smaller if you like,
for corns will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
he says that few drops of a drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and Gil, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding skin.
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
but will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet.
If your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get q small
bottle Of freezone for you from his
Wholesale drug house-adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Now They Are Not Afraid TO Let the
Children Run Outdoor
Freely.

Every mother knows how hard it Is
to keep children, especially boys, in
doors in bad weather. And yet If they
run out it. usually means Group or
colds. Carthage, Mo-, mothers have
solved this problem by keeping plenty
OF fresh air in the bedroom at night,
and applying a hot application of
Vick's Vap-O-Rnb at the first sign Of
trouble.
Vap-O-Rub really is q remarkable
preparation. Ic is the invention OF
North Carolina druggist, and is
universally used in the South. but was
introduced here only last winter.
II comes in salve form and Is ap-
piled externally over the throat and
chest. Externally-it acts like poul-
tice or plaster, relieving the tightness
and soreness. Internally--it acts like
a vapor-lamp, except that you do not
have to keep the windows shut and
the fresh air excluded as you do with
the old fashioned vapor-lamp. Vick's
is so made that the body heat re-
leases the ingredients in the form of
vapors. These vapors are inhaled with
every breath through the air passages
to the lungs. carrying the medication
right to the affected parts.
Mrs. Lee Wilkerson. 4O9 Il. Chest
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Carthage Mothers Find New Way
To Keep Boys Free From Colds

nut st., Carthage, tried Vick's Vap-O-
chest and throat, and also for mus
cular soreness, and writes-'I have
never used anything with as good re-
suits. l believe it is necessity in
every home"
Mrs. M. l.. Salyard, Ills S. Maple St..
Carthage, tried Vap-O-Rub for very
severe cold in my head and received
almost instant relief"
Mrs. Bertha Grove, r. F. d. No. 7,
has a little boy four years old who
lis bothered with bronchial trouble,
and catches cold whenever he runs
out in damp weather. His head and
nose stop up and he coughs so much
that his lungs wheeze until you can
hear him all over the room" Mrs.
Grove says she Just rubs Vap-O-Rub
well over the throat and chest and
covers with warm flannel cloth. and
the vapors arising open his head.
She also stops his cough by letting
him swallow a small piece. In fact,
Mrs. Grove writes US quite a long
letter and ends by saying-"I would
advise all mothers to keep Vap-O-Rub
on hand, especially IL they have any
small children. You don't need To
buy cough syrups when you have bot
tie on hand, and l find it better than
any internal medicine" Three size4.
25c. soc or s1.00.
ooS, y-Ihe Genuine has n.y.
WNLp9RglS
uls ESas Marx
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Wants Education to Be Practical


Thomas w. Churchill, former presi
dent of the New York board of educa.
ton, said in recent address that he
was opposed to any education that
harked back to a cultural past" or
allowed its weather vane to be blown
by the breezes from antiquity" "This
old cultural stuff is not going to help
any mothers son make living" he
said. Il am not in sympathy with the
views of college professors intrenched
In the marble halls of colleges endowed
by some rich benefactor. Until re-
Gently they have paid too much at
tention to the white shirt front and
ignored the overalls, and they found
their graduates starved to death. Cul
ture is a good thing, but it can be
picked up in spare moments where the
need may be. admire your pretty
vase, but my youngster needs a soup
plate. The man who stands on the cor
ner and spouts Latin may get repu-
tation for being erudlte, but he won't
bring much Of salary home to his
wife On Saturday night"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08

monds. In some places it looked as
though gems of different cOlors were
sparkling. But that was the work of
the Shadows who were being helped
by Mr.. Sun.
'You see," said Mr.. Sun-and be-
fore he could continue what he was
saying all the Fairies, Elves, Brownies,
Gnomes, had shrieked out, "Of course,
we see. You make us see! You're
bright enough for the whole world to
see. But no one can look right at you.
You're entirely too bright for that"
II know you can see" said Mr.. Sun.
81 wanted to go on with whole sen.
tence-which Boys and Girls would
say presume"
"Yes," agreed the Fairies, "Boys and
Girls who go to school would certainly
talk about q sentence! Well, go on
and let's hear the rest of yours"
Il was going to say" said Mr.. Sun,
"that l wanted you especially to see
that the afternoon was a very fine
time for a ball. It's quite the best
time, and to prove 1t to you I'll give
fine ballet dance between my Rays and
the Shadows"
Gorgeous !" shouted the little Crea-
lures of the Woods.
And then the Shadows danced with
the SUMS Rays. In and out of the trees
they danced, while the snow sparkled
and looked as if it were dancing tool
AS the Shadows were dancing with
the Suns Rays the sound of music was
heard.
And then came song from many
little silvery voices. This was what
the Fairies, Elves, Brownies and
Gnomes heard:
LET us sing as we go,
It's the Sun and the Snow,
AS you can see at a glance,
That is making us dance"
"What are those voices?" asked the
Fairies.
'Those," said the Fairy Queen, "are
the make-believe voices of the Shad-
ows. mo one can hear them but the
Fairies and the little People of the
Woods. They're singing especially for
our ball"
And they sang more:
Its this time of day,
When we are so gay,
Ask Twilight-Bell,
It's her time as we'll"
The Fairy Princess, Twilight-Bell,
laughed her wondrous musical, silvery
laugh and said:
"Ah, this is my time of the day,
when there are shadows and wonder
full cOlors."
AS she was speaking, the Sun began
to grow very bright. "fm going to
bed now," he said; but on my way to
bed shall give an illustrated lecture
as an ending to the ball"
Whatever do you meant" they
asked.
Il shall talk to you" he said, "and
all the time 1 shall change the colors
about me. The Sky will be red, pink,
blue, and there shall be purple clouds,
tool Oh! it will be what the Grown
Ups will call a marvellous sunset, but
you'll know it's an illustrated lecture,
with different colors instead of differ
ent pictures"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
zone by one.W

Little Molhe was seated at the tea
table with a plate of cakes opposite
her. She was waiting impatiently for
the meal to commence, and ventured
TO touch one of the cakes with her fore
finger.
"You must eat that cake noy., Mol.
le" said her mother, severely. mo.
body will want 1t after you have
touched IT.
Nellie looked. the cake aud placed
1t on her plate. A few minutes later
she said, plaintively:
"Oh, mummie, I've touched another
one!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known actress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint OF
water add l OF. Bay Rum, a small box of
Barbo Compound, and 4 OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix 1t at home at very little cost Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair and make 1t soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub OFF. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
EAT LESS MEAT

Excessive eating of meat is not only
tremendously expensive, but it is posi-
lively injurious to health. In place Of
meat try Skinner's Macaronl and Spa
uhetti the most delicious of all food
and the richest in nutriment. They
can be prepared in a hundred appetiz-
Ing ways at small cost. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Neb., for beauti'
full Cook Book. It's free.-Ady.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08

Throat affections, and in every disease
that can be reached through the blood,
It never fails to benefit or cure. In
tablet or liquid form.
The machinery Of the body needs to
be we'll oiled, kept in good condition
just as the automobile, steam engine or
bicycle. Why should the human neglect
his own machinery more than that OF
his horse or his engine? Yet most
people do neglect themselves. Clean
the system at least once week with
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Woman Heads German pepartment.

According to the Berlin correspond
ent of the Frankfurter 2eitung, wom-
an has now been put In charge CT
department In the war bureau of the
Prussian ministry of warV-a dersrt,
ment which will control the AUXILIARY
service" of women. The appointment
has been given to Or. Marie Elizabeth
Luders, and her department will estab-
lish connections with all the great
wOlnen's organizations in Germany.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
What Is Uric eAcid?

Everyone has uric acid in the system,
but naturally in small quantities. Ex-
cessive amount is caused by eating too
much meat and foods that ferment in
stomach. The kidneys, being the filters
of the blood, are supposed to separate
and throw the poisons out of the system.
Weak, tired and overworked kidneys
fail to do this, hence the uric acid accu-
mulates and the urate salts are carried
by the blood to the solid tissue structure,
causing backache, lumbago, rheuma-
tism. dropsy, drowsiness, and tired
feeling.
To overcome the trouble is only a
matter of toning up the kidneys, and this
is best done by treatment with Anuric,
three times a day. Anuric is recent
discovery of DR., Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y,
and can be obtained at any drug store.
Experience taught Doctor Pierce that
Anuric is a more powerful agent than
lithia in dissolving uric acid, and it is
then carried out of the system.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Never Tell Evil.

Never tell evil of a man If you do
not know it for certainty, and " you
know II for certainty, then ask your
self: ''Why should tell itT'-Laver
ter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Makes One Greater.

"The thing which makes one greater
than another, the quality by which we
ought to measure greatness, is the Gu
hacitY for loving"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Pretty Low.

Johnny-What's Blll's social stand,
lng2
Pop-He begins to wobble on the
fourth beer-Chaparral
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Nothinu New.

He-Dearest, do you feel cold sit
ting out here with an admirer?
She-Not at all Pm used to 1t.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
THn ONWARD MARCH Of bronchitis


and deep seated Coughs IL
arrested by Doctor Pierce'S
Golden Medical Discovery.
In those Scrofulous condi-
tions of the blood which in
vite Consumption /; in severe,
lingering Coughs, and Weak
Lungs, which threaten you
with this fatal disease, and
when other help has failed
this medicine is q proued
remedy.
As q blood-clean nser,
strength-restoreH, and tonic
1t is sure to benefit. In all
lingering Bronchial and
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
Goo sick
60 Work
Many Women in this Condition Re
gain Health by Taking Lydia E.
Pinlxham's Vegetable Compound.
Convincing Proof of This Fact.

Ridgway, Penn. - II suffered from female
trouble with backache and pain in my side for over
seven months so l could not do any of my work.
was treated by three different doctors and was
getting discouraged when my sister-in-law told me
how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had
helped her. decided to try it, and it restored my
health, so 1 now do all of my housework which IL
not light as 1 have little boy three years old"
= Mrs. o. M. RHNEs, Ridgway, Penn.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08

If a mans sins do not lind him OUT
his wife will.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
No Mystery.

No Mystery.
"Smithers never lights his cigar;
just keeps it in his mouth and chews
the end. I've often wondered why"
you wouldn't if you'd ever smoked
one of them"