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The Washington times., 1919-08-09
:.IEARTS OF THREE R B4 JbSK
Queen Presents LeOncia and Henry With Hand
Valuable Gems as Wedding Present
Torres in Trouble Again

speak true when you say whispers
are ghosts when ! sell secrets ]
do not sell ghosts. ] sell shoes. /
sell mahogany timber. My proofs
are what 1 sell. They are solid. On
the scales they will weigh weight.
You can tear the paper off them,
which is legal paper OF recond, on
which they are written. Some of
them, not paper. you can bite with
your teeth and break your teeth
upon. For the whlSpers are al
ready gone like morning mists. /
have proofs. You will pay me six
hundred gold for the proofs or men
will laugh at you for lending your
ears to ghosts"
"AH right" Torres capitulated,
convinced. show me the proofs
that l can tear and bite"
PAY me the 600 gold"
when you have shown me the
proofs"
The proofs you can tear and bite
are yours after you have put the
COO gold into my hand. You prom
Use, A promise is a whisper, q
ghost. do not do business with
ghost money. You pay me real
money / can tear or bite"
And in the end Torres surrend-
cred, paying in advance for what
did satisfy him when De had ex-
Amined the documents, the old let
tiers, the baby locket and the baby
trinkets. And Torres not only as
sured vi Peon he was satisfied, but
paid him in advance, on the latter's
inSistence, and an additional hun
dred gold to execute q commission
for him.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom
which connected their bedrooms,
clad in fresh underlinen and shaw
ing with safety razors. Henry and
Francis were singing.
Back TO back against the main
mast.
Held at bay by the entire
In her charming quarters, aided
and abetted by a couple of Indian
seRmstresses, Leoncia. half in mirth,
half in sadness and in all sweet
ness and wholesomeneEs of gener-
osity, was initiating the Queen into
the charmingness of civilized wo-
mans dress.
The Queen, q true woman to her
hearts core. was wild with delight
In the countless pretties of texture
and adornment with which Leoncia's
wardrobe was stored. 1t was a
maiden frolic for the pair of them,
and a stitch here and a take-up
there modified certain of Leoncia's
gowns to the Queens slenderness.
NO" said Leoncia judicially.
You will not need a corset. You
are the one woman in a hundred
for whom a corset Is not necessary.
You have the roundest lines for a
thin woman that 1 ever saw. You
Leoncia paused, apparently defect
ed by her need for a pin from her
dressing table, for which she turn o
ed; but at the same time she swal-
lowed the swelling that choked in
her throat, so that she was able
to continue: You are a beautiful
bride, and Francis can only grow
prouder Of you"
In the bathroom. Francis finished
shaving first. broke of the song to
respond to the knock at his bed
room door and received a telegram
from Fernando. the next to the
youngest Of the Solano brothers.
And Francis read:
CTO BE CONTINUED MONDAY
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
The Rhymins
Optimist
By Aline Michaelis.
AUGUST.

HEED not Junetime's calling
and when I truly try I stiH
= keep up this stalling through
glowing. glad July; but here III
make confession-I just lay down
my arms when August takes pos
session of woods and fields and
farms. I have no will to battle
against her golden smiles. I'm
nothing but a chattel on whom she
works her wiles. When like a
nymph she dances amidst her fiow-
cry train, my heart gets up and
prances with all its might and main.
For this is how she greets me. as
plain as plain can be: We'll. wei,
this really beats me! Still on the
Job, ] see. Still busy silver-seekinR
still happy saving cents: 1 know &
you were speaking. you'd call thia
life immense. Still boarding up your,
treasure to spend when you are old;
still putting or youths pleasure tin
youth 10 stark and cold. I would
not dare dispute you. nor lure YOU
from your way. II that's the lin
that suits you. go to il, 30, ia
say" And then her voice goes sing
Ing In far-off fragrant ways, above
the bird-songs ringing, in mellow
Hits and lays; ] hear her silver
laughter above the ripping rilla
and very soon thereafter chuck my
books and bills. seek enchanted
regions where August lives ana
breathes, the orchards golden ler
gions. the meadows shining sheaveS
Some say lose my reason but
many times fear this Is the only
season I'm sane. OF all the year.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
When Corn Is
In Season
BY Loretto G. Lynch.

HERE is something very en-
ticing about the odor that
= issues forth when green corn
Is a boiling. Haven't you noticed
it? 1t has been my privilege to eat
some corn cooked out in the open
by an Indian in one of our Western
States. and it was so superior to
that prepared by the foreign chefs
at cosmopolitan hotels that sought
to and the secret.
After all, maize or Indian corn
was given to the early white men
blythe Indians. And no one, per-
haps, has experimental with Indian
corn more than these same Indians.
While green corn is in season
and at its best, eat il au natural"
Have the water at a galloping boil.
Remove the husk and silk from the
corn and wash it. Put the corn
into the boiling water, and when it
comes to the boiling point again
cook ii between ten and fifteen min
utes. Five minutes before remov-
ing it from the flame add the salt,
a level tablespoon for every three
quarts OF water used. When done
remove and serve in a folded nap
kin. Spread with butter and
sprinkle with salt and pepper just
before il is eaten from the cob.
Salt put in at the beginning of
the cooking will positively tougher
the most tender corn. This is true,
also, of many of the tender vegeta-
bles of summer.
Overlooking will tougher corn.
while overlooking will render ten
der cabbage sodden and indigesti-
BILE.
Leftover corn may be scraped
from the cob, reheated in a little
milk and combined with an equal
quantity of hot. cooked butter
beans or Iimas. This is what the
Indians call "succotash."
But when the family begins to
tire OF corn on the cob" or when
the corn becomes a little less ten
der as the season goes on, try some
Of the made dishes.
Scrape the corn from a dozen ears
Of raw corn. Put il in a saucepan
with a finely chopped green pepper.
Cover with milk and simmer gently
until the pepper is very tender and
almost all of the milk has been alb
sorbed. Add salt, pepper and a
lump Of butter before serving.
And some day when you want a
substitute for meat, try this:
CORN PUDDING.
Scrape enough corn from young
ears to make one measuring cup
full. Add 1t to four eggs slightly
beaten. with half a teaspoon of salt,
little pepper or paprika, several
small well-buttered molds. Stand
these into pans of hot water. Bake
until the Custard Is firm. taking
care the water in the pan does not
come TO the boiling point. If il
does, the result will be a curdIed
custard. The pudding is done when
a knife stuck into the mixture
comes out clean.
Turn the pudding out on A warm
plate. Serve with a white sauce
and slices OF brOiIed tomato.
MOCK OYSTERS
Add enough cracker meal tn two
cupfuls OF grated corn pulp to hold
the mixture together Add salt
pepper and half a teaspoon of bak-
ing powder. Drop the mixture from
a teaspoon into hot fat and fry to a
light brown. Drain on soft psner
G8rnish with springs Of watercress
and slices Of lemon and serve on a
folded napkin.
And II you have more corn than
you can eat. write the United States
Garden Commission. Washington
and get simple directions for osn-
ming vegetables.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
Oamels and Tobacco.

Soldiers from the East tell some
curious stories of cameIs' love for
tobacco. Dromedarics and cameIs
are passionately addicted to the
weed, and can be made to do almost
anything under its influence. The
driver carries i triangular niece ~
wood. which is pierced at one point
like cigar holder. This is inserted
in the beasts mouth, the cigar he.
ing 1T and pressed into the hole.
The camel Immediately closes its
eyes and puffs away through its
mouth and nostrlls till the cigar h
entirely consumed. II seems to
thoroughly enjoy the experience.
Furthermore, the nicotine appears
TO exercise a stimulating and re-
freShing effect upon the animal. SO
that, though ready 10 all appear
ances To- drop from fatigue before
ITS fmukc, IT will plod on for many
more miles after it
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
Where Women Propose.

In New Guinea it is always Leap
Year. for in that island the men
consider IL beneath their dignity to
notice women, much less to make
Overtures of marriage. COnse-
quentIy the proposing is left to the
women to 30. When a New Guinea
woman falls in love with a man she
sends a piece Of string to his sister.
or, II he has no sister. to his mother
or another Of his lady relatives.
Then the lady who receives the
string tells the favored man that
the particular woman is in love
with him No counting follows.
however. for IL Is considered he.
meath a New Guinea mans dignity
TO waste time In such a pursuit
II the man thinks he would like to
wed the lady. he meets her alone.
and they decide whether TO marry
or not.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09

by w. "A. McAeeVer, N. ~.
IND you ever take a turn in the
harvest field with a bunch of
- boys? Try IT once and you
will find them true blue.
A pair of coYeralls,
A 15-cent straw hat,
A red bandana kerchief,
A pair Of old shoes,
A pair of cotton gloves
such was my stock in trade as I
sailed in with half a dozen jolly
boys to help save the 100000. 900
busheI Kansas wheat crop. After
nearly a quarter of a century aD-
sence from the harvest field it was
both a pleasure and surprising to
find the old-time swing OF wheat
shocking still fresh in my muscles
and nerves.
Does the noisy, exciting city
world have any conception Of =
100000. 900 busheI wheat crap all in
one State, with thousands of bind
ers and tens Of thousands OF men
garnering it? Perhaps there was
never before such a single crop
grown in the history OF the world.
The price in Kansas alone will be
almost half a billion.
But 1t Is the honesty OF the hGr-
vest field Of which 1 especially wish
to write. There everyone works
faithfully. Here were six boys from
the city. rather pale and soft, but
not a Stacker, not a piker. Boys
who will cheat at cards and check
ers, who will cut bases at the ball
game, who will "crib" at school and
who will loaf on the dull mechan-
ical job in the factory-put one
man with a half dozen of these out
in the broiling sun in the wheat
field and you get value received.
So il you want to bring the primi-
tive honesty and integrity out OF a
bunch Of boys. sweat with them.
Get the blood to flowing. the tenn
perature hot, the pores open, and
laziness is forgotten. The school
work is too pale and thin. Bows
are lodging it everywhere. The
shop is too monotonous. But the
field is the place to sweat the
character into boys. America gre v
her first great generations on the
perspiration OF the farm and she
has never found a suitable substi-
tute for its sturdy discipline.
hOlt dlulOSl DldCh Win CRIME ana
sweat, but still rollIckinE with
jokes and laughter. we turn in at
meal time. And the way things
are thrown in" at the dining table
is even more workmanlike than
here, either.
City fathers. by all means, plan
to try the wheat harvest awhile
with your boy next season. he
at least your equal and will per-
haps continue to earn his so cents
per hour after you have surren-
dered to the cool shade. Go there
and help your boy find his soul
hidden In the muscular strain and
honest sweat OF wheat shocking.
There is no known substitute for
this character builder. And, in the
end, il will even prove more re-
freshing and invigorstlnE than any
so-called pleasure resort.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
Too Much to Bear.

Amelia" said old Mr.. Binderton
as he finished his dinner. I'm going
to ask you to do me a favor. I want
you to give, your young man. Mr.
Mr. forget his name-a message
from me-" Amelia blushed and
looked down at her plate. Tell
him." her bluff old parent went on,
that I don't object to his staying
here and running up my gas bills,
but that do object TO his carrying
the morning paper away with him
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
The Midsummer Meteors.

EVERY year the night of August TO- continuing on the
11th more or less abundant shower of meteors
Is to be by those who carefully watch the heavens
toward the northeast quarter where the radiant point OF
the lies in the constellation Perseus This point
Is well I'D in the skv between IL O'Clock and midnight
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
in the
Harvest

By W. A. McKeever, N. D.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09
This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary of the great battle OF Pharsaia
in 48 B. G.. when Caesar defeated Pompey although
possessing only half the latters forces This struggle
forms the subject of Lucans epic poem, 'Pharsala in
ten books, in which the hero is Cato.
The Washington times., 1919-08-09

Don't let careless expenditure
make n SIeve of your purse. Buy
wisely and Increase your money hold
Tags By investing In w. 8. 8.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-01-17
DRY GOODS.

35c. Bleaching, sale price, -2Sc.
25c. Bleaching, sale price zoe.
2Gc. Rlea~> hing, sale price l6c.
CSC. Unbleached Homespun,
sale price zoe.
23c. Long cloth, sale price Csc.
33 1-3c. Long cloth, at-27c
see. Ginghams, sale price 40c.
35c. Ginghams, sale price, -2Sc.
25c. Ginghams, sale price, zoe.
35c. Percale, sale price -28c.
soc Kiddy cloth, sale price 4Oc.
SOC. Towels, sale price 4Oc
35c. Towels, sal eprice 2Sc
25c. Towels, sale price zoe
l5c. Towels, sale price zoe
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-01-17
LADIES' COAT SUITS

Spring suits will soonsbe ar
irving and we must make room
for them. So we expect to close
out all suits we have left re-
gardless of cost. An opportu-
nifty you should not let pass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-01-17

Our Entire Stock in Sale.
Shoes, sale price. $500
500 Shoes, sale price, $40
$50 Shoes, sale price,. 800
500 Shoes, sale price, 4.8O
500 Shoes, sale price, 400
400 Shoes, sale price,. 800
$50 Shoes, sale price,. ESQ
800 Shoes, sale price,. 2.4O
2.50 Shoes, sale price, ZOO
200 Shoes, sale price,. 1.6O
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01
QUAINT u~UrToN.tN.TRoN
UlOTsTs

q VERY quaint little fprinr blouse
r. D. Of white Gsorsstfe quite col.
~ iaricss and with long. loose
bishop sleeves finished with a narrow
wristhand The coliaries neck and
The wrisfhand , finished with cord
"a edges anc The blouse closes In front
under a double row Of tiny white GOV.
cred buttons set very close together.
Becaus. Of IT, delicate material tho
perfectly plain and austersly Simple
little waist Is quaint and dainty. made
o. heavier stun u would be uninter-
cstine
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01

pictured roun FOR formal wear nod.
leo and iunic are Of black ace and
here = an under-bodiee Of gfscn ant
gold brocaded ribbon. Ike no ribbon
which makes The smarfiy drapsd sash.
The undersk.ri ia Of back chsrmeuss
and the sleeves Nre Of cmbroidsred
net.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01

comes over ih, skirt To- basque eject
md he sleeves ore long and close nt'
'Iur Both OF the formal afternoon
gowns pictured have skirts TO the
Hut.r DO bot make she mistake Of
hl.1s al0r' Va ftirt ln your spring
UUDk#inrs .aIfIH ate fashionable now
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01

ana d snort one looks passe and gro
icsqIe such a frork as this black
satin model should be accompanied
by drcgy patent leather pumps or by
%daintily built huttoncd boots. The lat.
ter are very fashionable afain. indeed
they never went out of nshion-they
were merely forbidden because Of war.
on footwear Nov those
restrictions have been removed and
the pretty huiioned shoe leaps back to
~ usual place In feminine favor.
Ribbon DrapcrS Moss Graceful
Tho possibilities % ribbon as a draP
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01

IL with
q S8sh OF pSle
Glue Rainbow
Ribbon
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-01
Ribbon Drapcr, Mos GraccfuI

Tho possibilities u ribbon rs a drsP
nv material are evidenced by another
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
SOUTHERN COUNTIES SHORT
OF FEED AND RANGE

Feed conditions are not the most
favorable to stock raising this Win
ter in White Pine and Nye Counties.
according to the White Pine News.
This is due to two disturbing fac
tors, II says. The tonnage of hay in
the county is considerably less this
year than the usual amount depend
ed upon by transient iocks, which
Craze upon the ranges until the fall
of snow, when the owners buy up hay
from the ranches for Winter feeding.
White Pine live stock owners are also
complaining that herds owned by
nonresident and non-taxpayers ofthe
county, which by law are required to
be kept on the move, are feeding on
one place long enough to exhaust the
vegetation there for that year and
for several years to come and not
leaving enough for the use Of White
Pine feeders.
The stock ranchers of these coun-
ties hope to have these conditions
remedied through the efforts of the
Cattle and Sheep Growers Associa-
ton.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
two QUARTS BOOZE
SOLD FOR TOO BUCKS

A story is going the rounds, and
many chuckles and broad smiles APP
pear In certain quarters, about the
experiences of a certain man who re-
Gently bought a barrel" of whisky,
paying s706 for 1t. For the past few
weeks the gambling game has been
somewhat slow, and in order to make
both ends meet some Of the gamblers
rugged up a scheme to get some of
the good long green-a scheme with
out a "kickback," says the Elko Free
Press:
They secured an old whisky barrel
and, pouring in a gallon of water,
then poured in a lot Of melted paraf-
fine, which formed Q solid wall. the
water then being drawn of. The
barrel was turned over and the same
thing done to the other end, with the
result that the barrel had two parti-
lions, small on each end and large In
the center. A quart of whisky was
introduced in each end of the barrel,
while the center was filled with va
ter.
Then the man who raj to buy the
stuff was approached and was offered
the barrel for 500. To convince him
that the barrel was full to the brim"
a small hole was bored in n end
and a glass of whisky was allowed to
run out and was handed to the man
who drank it. Then the barrel was
turned over and a glass of whisky
was drawn from the other end, show
ing that the whisky extended from
n end to the other.
The man paid his money and took
the barrel, but when he got home he
found that he had bought but two
quarts of whisky and fifty gallons OF
water. He couldn't ~"squeal," and
the gamblers knew they had him
when the deal was made. No, we
| don't know any names in this trans
action, but the story is true.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
WHITE CAPS MILL
Is CLOSED DOWN

Manhattan Magnet: The big mill OF
the White Caps has shut down and a
new era has begun for the ores of the
company which are now being
shipped to a chemical plant outside
Chicago for the purpose of extracting
the arsenical contents which will
yield approximately 500 a ton. The
White Caps has 200 tons on thedump
and this week six five-ton trucks be-
gan hauling the ore to Tonopah to be
loaded on cars.
The trucks with good going can
make one round trip q day covering
SO miles, which does not allow any
time for loafing on the road as the
conditions are bad owing to the melt
ing snow which has packed down to
a solid Is inches from nearly twice
that depth.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
WEST SIDE URGED FOR
WASHOE LAKE ROAD

Governor Boyle has addressed a
letter to the Department Of Highways
asking that 1t hold a special meeting,
at which he desires to be present, to
further consider the location of the
Reno-Carson State highway past
Washoe lake. In making this re
quest for a reconsideration of the
matter the Governor is understood to
have expressed an opinion that the
department made a mistake in selec-
ting the East Side road. Members
of the Greater Carson Club r also
carrying on a campaign to have the
roads location changed to the west
side of the lake.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
M X

Milk supplied In any quantity from
Cows that have passed the Tubercu-
line test. Fifteen cents per quart.
JAMES HUNTER,
Spring street Eureka, Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
a rRIch SLUMP EXPECTED


Now That Packers Have Quit Gro
ceries to Come Down With q Run
The Attorney General of the Uni
ted States has busted" the i've big
meat packing houses into smither-
Gems. Whether their stocks and div
idends will increase like those Of the
Standard Oil Company after 1t was
busted" remains to be seen, but, In
any event, says the s. F. Chronicle. II
the Attorney General is anywhere
near right in his theory, the prices OF
a great list of foodstuffs must come
down In a way to delight the House
wives League and the family check
drawers.
BY a decree of the appropriate
United States court not to be resisted
by the packers that wicked bunch is
to cease and desist for ever and ever
from in any way dealing in grocer
ies," q term which includes most
things that we eat, and no less than
thirty-two highly important articles
specified by name.
We do not enumerate the entire
list, but note with pleasure that it in
cludes fish, fruits and vegetables In
any form, ice cream, -four. soda wa
ter syrups, china, jellies, spaghetti,
cigars and furniture.
In its binding character the decree
is a corker, for 1t ties up permanently
not only corporations but individuals
and will compel them to put their
stock in the names of their grand
children.
II the theory of the Attorney Gen.
eral is correct there should be a cat
aclysm in prices. II they do not
change at all, or continue to go up,
then there is nothing in his theory.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
when the win Of the late Eusen

When the will of the late Eugene
L. Coe. Verdi hotel man, was admit
ted to probate, his widow. Mary L.
Coe, gave notice of a contest Of the
instrument. Mrs. Coe, who was Goes
second wife. was not mentioned In
the will, and the estate was left to .
SON and daughter by a previous mar
rfage. The z-year-old sons care and
education also "a left to his half
brother and half-sister. Mrs. Coe
alleges that the property disposed OF
nv the viii is community property.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27

EIko Free Press: From informa-
ton cleaned from a letter, the des-
ert adjoining the northern portions
of Humboldt and ETko counties is be-
ing searched by many mounted men,
locking for a lost herder and a big
band Of sheep. The outfit has been
missing for some time. The snow is
quite deep. and 1t is believed the
herder and. sheep have drifted with
the storm and have become lost In
some OF the deep canyons that cut
through the desert at places. The
letter did not state the herder's name
nor the owner of the sheep.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-27
TYPO

Manhattan Magnet: The Louisa
ana Consolidated, which is operating
at Typo, will be in fnll blast by Spring
Despite delays due to inclement
weather. all material for the power
line from Manhattan has been deliv-
cred and the juice will be turned on
in about two weeks. Work on the
new smelter is going forward stead
lily, but the orders for machinery are
not being met as rapidly as might be
desired. In the meantime r is be-
ing blocked out in the mine and ex
~ploration work is being conducted.