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VOICE DISTURBED THE VICAR But the Congregation in an English Church Stopped to Hear the Extreme High Notes. Strange behavior in the parish church of St. Mary, Walton-on-Thames was described recently at a police court, the London Chronicle states. James Wells was summoned for be having in a reckless and violent man ner, during church services on three dates in November. He did not ap pear. H. Grey, for the church wardens said Weils bawled all the responses out of time with other worshipers. Once the vicar had to leave off re citing the creed, because the defend ■ant shouting drowned his voice. He refused to sit at the back of the church. Arthur Higgins, the verger, said that during service on Sunday, November Wells jumped about in the gallery. -iust as if he were trying to catch a cricket ball. He sang the hymns and psalms at the top of his voice, always behind the rest of the congregation. People stopped singing to listen to him. When the hymn, "Peace. Perfect Peace," was being sung, his voice could be heard above every other voice. Another hymn was “in Time of Trouble,” which the vicar requested 6hould be sung softly, the congregati . kneeling. The defendant took no no tice of this and sang as loudly as ever. The summons was adjourned. Affectionate Chickens. Henry E. Dixey met a friend on Broadway. "Well, Henry," exclaimed the friend, "you are looking fine! What do they feed you on?" "Chicken, mostly,” replied Dixey. "You see, I am rehearsing a new play where I am to be a thief, so just by wav of getting into training for the part I steal one of my own chickens every morning and Lave the cook broil it for me. I have accomplished the remarkable feat of eating thirty chick ens in thirty consecutive days.’’ "Great Scott!" exclaimed the triend. "Do you still like them?” "Yes, I do,” replied Dixey. "and, what la better still, the chickens like me. Why, they have got so when 1 sneak into the henhouse they all be gin to cackle I wish I was in Dixey.' ” Admonition Applied. "Young man, don't you know that it's better to be alone than in bad company?” “Yes, sir. Gocd-by, sir.” Expunge the accounts of man's in manity to man from the world's his tory, and a small volume would con lain the rest. r— WERE LONG TIME IN 3ERMCE Pair of Silk Socks Did Duty zs Christ mas Present for Many Years Be fore Joke Came Out. Out the Grandvue Drive on the Illi nois Bluffs, where residents have their lives brightened by the St. Louis lights every night, they are always looking for "something oil the other fellow." This time it’s "on" J. F. •Tones of the National Stockyards, who has a pretty home on the drive. "Jimmy” does not wear silk socks. He prefers another kind. But each birthday and every Christmas for years he has received a beautiful pair of silk socks. Sometimes they were from one town and sometimes from another. He appreciated the tribute to his taste and always mentioned the socks "among gifts received." And always did he put them carefully away. Not until last Christmas did he find out that in all these years he has been receiving the same pair of socks. Members of the family were the per petrators of this continuous joke. Now his neighbors know and he will be "Silk Sock Jimmy" until they find a new victim.—St. Louis Globe Demo, crat. Too Many Such “Customers." Montague Glass, the creator of Pot ash and Perlmutter, says an acquaint ance of his, a clothing manufacturer on the East side of New York, re ceived a call from a city salesman representing a notions, trimming and button house. The visitor began to spread out his samples. “Put ’em up! Put ’em up!” said the manufacturer in a tired business man tone. "I wouldn’t care to look at nothing what you got." ’’But, Mr. Cohen—” "S 'nough! I won't look. Please go away!” The salesman gazed at him admir ingly. "Mr. Cohen," he said. “I only wish one thing—I wish I had only fifty cus tomers like you.” “I told you I didn’t wish to see noth ing what you got.” “Sure you did: and that’s why I says t wish I had only fifty customers like you. Instead. I got two hundred!”— Saturday Evening Post. Of Course Not. Jaggs—I was painting the town red last night. Waggs—I'll bet you didn't use water colors. A man never duvotes much time to wheeling his sect nd baby around the block. Fools and children can be reiied up on to tell the iruth—at the wrong time. I Weather-Proof Any man with a title to normal health may hurl cheery defiance in the teeth of the weather, even in its wilder moods. It’s wholly a matter of blood-current and tissue cells, and everybody knows that sturdiness and vigor in these regards depend largely on good, nourishing food. Much of the food in the ordinary dietary is lack ing in certain vitalizing elements which Nature has designed for sturdy growth and resistance to disease Especially is this true of white bread and white flour foods, because in making flour white most of the ener gizing mineral phosphates of the grain are thfown out in the milling process. These vital elements are retained in the scientific ally prepared food — Grape-Nuts Made of whole wheat and barley, this food provides all the nutriment of the grain, including those vitalizing phosphates that mean everything in building up and maintaining a robust, vigorous body and keen intellect • A ration of Grape-Nuts along with the other food has worked wonders for thousands. Ready to eat, economical, appetizing. I “There’s a Reason” for Grape-Nuts | Sold by Grocers everywhere. I REGULAR HOURS FOR CATTLE FEEDING I Cattle in an Illinois Feeding Lot. fBy W. L. BI.IZZARD, Department of Animal Husbandry, Oklahoma Agricul tural College.) The care of cattle on feed is an im portant factor. In feeding it should he remembered that fattening cattle soon become accustomed tc looking for their feed at certain hours in the day, and if it is not supplied at the regular times the cattle become uneasy and worry. As soon as the fattening proc ess begins the cattle should be fed at certaiD hours and in the same way. This cannot vary without some detri ment to the cattle. The extent of in jury, of course, will depend upon the frequency and extent of irregulari- j ties. To get the most out of one's feed and cattle requires more than appli cation of rules, no matter how good these may be. .1 veteran feeder puts it thus: “No man will ever be a suc cessful feeder unless he takes brains into the feed lot with him." Regu larity of feeding, kindness and pains taking attention are among the most important factors of feeding. The animals must be comfortable at all times. They must come to each meal with a keen appetite and go away from an empty trough satisfied. In the early Ftages light feeding should be the rule, more especially in I regard to the grain ration. The quietness of manner of the feed er is also an important consideration. The feeder should not rush up to the steers, scaring them, but should, rath er. approach the cattle with the great est care and consideration, getting them up as quietly as possible. Pas tures for cattle in quiet, secluded places are more valuable for fattening cattle than are those adjacent to pub tic roads or adjoining pastures when horses or breeding cattle are kept Cattle soon respond to kind treatment and will feed better and make morf rapid and economical gains. As to the number of cattle thal should be run together in the sami feed lot. it is customary to run then in droves of 100. There is no doubt however, that except for convenience in caring for the cattle, smaller droves would be advisable, bu: they should be at least carefully assorted as to age and weight. The best method of watering is tc keep water before them at all times If one is to follow mature, this is the ideal system, as undoubtedly an ahi null's thirst is its guide as to when it requires water. In whatever way wa ter is supplied, it is important thal they receive water whenever the} need it. and before any suffering from thirst is experienced. A system thal does this with the least labor will bt satisfoefory. If cattle are warm, they should not be allowed water, a3 it will cause scouring. t DIMENSIONS FOR A BREEDING CRATE Easily Constructed Breeding Crate. A description and illustration is given herewith of a breeding crate described in Farmers’ Bulletin No. 105, issued by the United States de partment of agriculture. The best size is six feet long, two :'eet four inches wide and two and one half feet high. It is made of two by four inch scantling, closed in front and ppen behind. On each side nail a two by four inch strip, reaching from the bottom at the rear end to a point about 14 or 16 inches from the top at the front end for the boar to rest his feet on. The holes in the side cleats are for an iron rod to run through, just be hind the sow's hock joints. The cut shows the bottom boards put in lengthwise. If put in lengthwise, the boar will not slip so much. Light slats nailed crosswise will pre vent slipping. MANY ADVANTAGES OF WINTER DAIRY Observing and Careful Dairymen Have Cows Bred to Drop Their Calves in Fall. In many sections most of the cows freshen in the spring. The more ob serving and careful dairymen, how ever, having found that winter dairy ing has many advantages, are breed ing their cows to drop the calves in the fall. The following are some of the advantages of winter dairying: First, higher prices are obtained for milk and cream. An the usual season for cows to freshen is the spring, milk has always been plentiful during the early summer and scarce and higher during the winter. Second, milk and cream can be han dled in cold weather with less danger of souring, so there is little loss on account of milk returned from the creamery. Third, the amount of labor on the farm is better distributed throughout the year. If the cow3 freshen in the >>pring, they are in full flow of milk FEEDING CALVES SOUR MILK Findings of Federal Investigators Who Have been Experimenting on This Question. Calves will do as well in summer time on sour skim milk as they do on sweet, declare federal investigators who have been experimenting on this problem. While this does not hold true in win ter, they say, the calves made as rap id gains on sour milk as others did on t and need the best care when work in the fields is most pressing. Fourth, the lactation period is lengthened and the amount of milk given during the year increased. Cows that freshen in the spring milk heav ily while grass is good, but as the pas tures dry up the flow of milk falls oft and with the approach of winter the cows are nearly dry. Fifth, fall calves can be raised bet ter than those bora in the spring Young calve3 should be fed on milk for several months, after which they must be weaned and fed on solid food If they are born in the spring, they will be tormented by flies all summer they may be neglected because of the farm work, and when it is time to wean them they must be put on a dry winter ration. As more milk can be produced, high er prices obtained, the labor more evenly distributed throughout the year, and better calves raised, winter dairy ing offers the best returns to pro ducers. HORSE IS A COSTLY ITEM OF EQUIPMENT Apparent That Average Farmer Is Giving Close to 4.5 Acres of Land to Each Animal. (By FRANCIS W. PECK, Minnesota Ex periment Station.) Statistics on a number of farms in icate that the horse is a costly item of equipment on the farm. Assuming average state yields of grain and hay for the last five years and considering the amount of feed fed annually to a horse it is apparent that the average farmer is giving close to 4.5 acres of his best land to each work horse. This is besides the straw consumed and the pasture, which also may be very productive land. Be sure the horse is giving you back an equivalent in productive work on a sufficient acreage. the sweet, although sometimes they were a little slow learning to like it. They give the additional precaution that the milk must be produced and kept under cleanly conditions, so that the souring is not partly caused by disease-producing bacteria. The milk should be allowed to sour quickly and fed without delay. Fruit Grower la Fortunate Man. The grower of fruit is a fortunate man, though he often thinks he has more troubles than anyone else. POTATOES AT THEIR BEST Universally Popular Vegetable Will Well Repay All the Care That Can Be Given to It. There are many varieties of pota toes. Tastes differ as to the most de sirable kind. In this country the white potato, when light and dry. is pre ferred. It is especially suited for boil ing, steaming and baking, also for soups and purees. The yellow pota toes are more suitable for salads, rag outs, hash and frying, because they keep their shape when cooked. The sweet .potato makes a pleasant and healthful addition to the table. It is rich in starch and sugar and somewhat laxative. The white and yellow varieties con tain a large percentage of water, a fair percentage of starch, a very small percentage of sugar and about one per cent mineral matter. It is to this min eral matter that the potato owes its antiscorbutic properties. Potatoes cooked in dry heat, as by baking in the' oven, roasting in ashes, frying in deep fat, or steaming with out peeling are more pronounced and savory than when cooked in water. But the vegetables so cooked must be served just as soon as they are done, or else they will become soggy. On llie contrary, boiled potatoes may be kept warm for an hour or more after cooking without ill results. Potatoes should cook in half an hour if ordinary size. Large potatoes should be given five minutes more, and small ones two minutes less. These rules apply to peeled, partly peeled or un peeled. The potatoes should he covered with boiling water and brought quickly to a boil. After fifteen minutes add one tablespoonful of salt to every twelve potatoes. At the end of thirty minutes drain off. To make them very white and mealy, after draining off the wa ter, put the cover on, hold jt down firmly and give the pot a shake. Next open the window and hold the uncov ered pot outside for a few seconds, to let the steam escape. Place the ves sel where it will keep warm for a few minutes, covering with a folded cloth, not the lid. When boiling potatoes in their skins a narrow band of the skin should be removed from the center of the vege table and small bits from either end. Steamed potatoes will require forty minutes to cook, the water boiling hard all the time. Baked potatoes (in their skins) must be pricked before putting into the oven to allow the gases to escape. The oven should be very hot, as a number j of cold potatoes will lower the tem- i perature. One hour should be allowed. | Small sweet potatoes will bake in j half an hour, large ones an hour or ! more. Those who like them moist and , sweet may bake them two hours. Economical War Cake. A fruit cake without eggs was much used in England during the holidays and further popularized by being called a “war cake." It is really very good and undoubtedly economical. It requires one-half pound of flour, two ounces of sultana raisins, one ounce of currants, one ounce of but ter, one-half pound of brotvn sugar, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, one tablespoonful molasses, cne-fourth teaspoonful cinnamon or mixed spices, one-fourtb teaspoonful of ground gin ger, one teaspoonful vinegar. Mix the ingredients after creaming the sugar and butter, in a half-cup of milk. Put the vinegar in last and very carefully a drop at a time lest it curdle the mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for an hour and do not cut for a week. _ Beef Essence. Remove the fat from a slice of steak from the top of the round, cut three quarters inch thick, broil over a clear fire three or four minutes, turning often; heat the broiler to prevent the steak from adhering, as any sugges tion of grease must be avoided; re move to a warm plate, cut into 1 inch squares, gash on both sides, and with a lemon squeezer extract the Juices; season with salt. This is nu tritious and extremely palatable. Often desirable, given in small quantities, where a condensed form of food is de sired. Cottage Savory of Ham. Place in a chopping bowl three ounces of cooked, lean ham and chop for ten minutes until it is a smooth j pulp. Then add half a tablespoonful j of good butter, two tablespoonfuls of j Worcestershire sauce, half a saltspoon- j ful of cayenne pepper and half a tea spoonful of mustard. Chop the whole well together for five minutes more and place this paste on a plate. Pre pare six small round pieces of toast. Divide the ham preparation evenly on the toast and serve immediately. To Mend Buttons. When the little cloth center or in ner side of buttons has either pulled out, or worn, make a net work by criss-crossing your threads, in inner part where cloth was, to make that part solid; from here then catch threads out to edge of button, com pletely hiding tin part, and sort oi forming a spider’s web. Thus one can use buttons that might otherwise be thrown away. When Making Cake. Never beat eggs for a cake. Drop the unbeaten whites in the last thing, and stir just enough to mix well with the butter. This is against all cus tomary rules for cake making, but af ter one trial you doubt no more. Soft, moist, light fluffy cakes are the happy result. Flaxseed Lemonade. Carefully pick over and wash two tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed, add three cupfuls boiling water, let cook for two hours, keeping below the boil ing point, strain, add sugar and lemon Juice to taste. Of great value in throat and lung troubles. When Roasting a Turkey. The turkey need not be sewed after the dressing has been put in. Insert toothpicks on either side and string back and forth ovtr the picks. This is easily removed after the bird is cooked. TAKESD DANDRUFF HAIR STOPS FALLING Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful—No More Itching Scalp. Within ten minutes after an appli cation of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks’ use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over tho scalp. A little Danderine immediately dou bles the beauty of your hair. No dif ference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect is amaz ing—your hair will be light, fluffy and w-avy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incomparable luster, softness and luxuriance. Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any store, and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any—that it has been neglected or injured by careless treatment—that's all—you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a lit tle Danderine. Adv. Paradoxical Appropriateness. “What raw weather this has been!” “Yes; that is why everybody has been roasting it." For a really fine coffee at a mod erate price, drink Denison's Seminoie Brand, 35c the lb., in sealed cans. 'Only one merchant in each town sells Seminole. If your grocer isn’t the one, write the Denison Coffee Co., Chicago, for a souvenir and the name of your Seminole dealer. Buy the 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00. —Adv. Bulletproof Textile Invented. The Rome Corriere del Polessina an nounces an invention by the curate of Ariano consisting of an imperforable textile fabric. Numerous rifle and re volver shots have been fired at the material from a distance of a few yards without penetrating it. The projectiles are said to have fallen without leaving a trace on the fabric. The cure will offer his invention to the government. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint ol water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Bai bo Compound, and H oz of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug gist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re moves dandruff. It is excellent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft ami glossy, it will not color the scalp, is not sticky oi greasy, and does not rub off.—Adv Improvements in Hawaii. The territory of Hawaii now has in hand reclamation works that will cost about $300,000, with several other pro jects in contemplation. At Honolulu a strip of land half a mile wide, start ing near the wharves and extending for about three miles along the shore, is being put in sanitary condition. An other project well under way, known as the Waiolama reclamation project, will improve the water front of Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii. PREPAREDNESS I To Fortify The System Against Qrip when Grip is prevalent LAXATIVE BRCMO QUININE should be taken, as this combination of Quinine with other ingredients, destroys germs, acts as a Tonic and Laxative and thus keeps the system in condition to withstand Colds. Grip and Influenza. There is only one ' BROMO QUININE. 1 E. W. GROVE’S sir nature on box. (yc. Didn't Show. Teacher—Y’our pen-wiper has never been used at all. Tommy—I know, ma’am. You see. I’ve been wearing a black coat. The average man would rather lose $5 on a horse race than a nickel through a hole in his pocket Uruguayan banks have gold re serves aggregating $20,645,667. Improve Your Health , c _, ■ To promote and maintain your general health, pay strict attention to your diet and see that the liver and bowels are regularly active. If assis tance is needed, JtlSt Try OSTETTERS Stomach Bitters Men in the Trenches. Men who have been under fire in the trenches or in the open, with shells falling all around them and men stricken on all sides, will tell you that they had no fear as long as they could tight and bear their part in the strug gle. Hut when wounded, lying powerless and helpless on the field, the enemy descended on them, fear of the un known, of the long hours of waiting torture, of what fate had in store for j them, has wrung groans from hearts that no pain could influence. Each sound, each movement con tained a menace for which they had no name, no reason, but which was full of unutterable horror, and for which there was no relief but merciful unconsciousness or removal into the zone of peace and safety. Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give “California Syrup of Figs.” Children love this “fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don’t eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys tem. and you have a well child again. Millions of mothers give “California Syrup of Figs” because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it nev er fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels, e Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. Safety. Johann, a soldier in a Bavarian Landwehr regiment, seemed to have something on his mind. Finally be spoke up. “If I only knew what sort of humor the captain was in,” he said, “I would ask him for a furlough.” “Well,” remarked Fritz, “there’s one thing about it. If you go to him now, at least he will not eat you. This is one of the days when nobody ain't al lowed fo have meat.” / _ _ After the Elopment. She—I am telegraphing to papa ask ing forgiveness. He (broke)—Better make it “for giveness and funds.” New Strength for Lame Backs and Worn-out Conditions Dear Mr. Editor: I suffered from lame back and a tired, worn-out feeling. Was unable to stand erect and scarcely able to get around. It would usually come on at first with crick in small of my back. I took Anuric Tablets and my back commenced to get better. I did not have to walk doubled over as I did before using the “Anuric.” It is the best remedy I have ever taken for what it is intended to relieve. A. G. DRAKE. NOTE:—When your kidneys get sluggish and clog, you suffer from backache, sick-headaehe, dizzy spells, or the twinges and pains of lumbago, rheumatism and gout. “Anuric” is the most powerful agent in dissolving uric acid, as hot water melts sugar. Ask the druggist for “Anuric,” put up by Dr. Pierce, in 50-cent packages. FROM GIRLHOOD TO OLD AGE WOMEN ARE HELPED At the first symptoms of any de rangement of the feminine organism at any period of life the one safe, really helpful remedy is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for every conceivable ail ment and disease of a womanly nature. It is a woman’s temperance medicine and its ingredients are published on wrapper. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a true friend to women in times of trial and at times of pain when the organs are not performing their func tions. For headache, backache, hot flashes, catarrhal conditions, bearing down sensations, mental depression, dizziness, fainting spells, women should never fail to take this tried and true women’s medicine. Bumper Grain Crops " Good Markets—High Prices _ Prizes Awarded to Western Canada for Wheat, Oats, Bariey, Altai fa and Grasses The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Products \ Exposition at Denver were easily made. The list 1 comprised Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grasses, the most tJ important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa. No less important than the splendid quality of Western Canada’s wneat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of that wunuj. x* ictcm snipmeni oi cattle to ixincago topped the market in that city for quality and price. Canada produced ia 1915 one-third as nod wheal thn United States, o> over 300,000,000 baskets. Canada in proportion to population has a greater exportable surplus of wheat this year than any country in the world, and at present prices you can figure out the revenue for the pro ducer. In Western Canada you will find good markets, splendid schools, excep tional social conditions, perfect climate . . . a and other great attractions. There Is as war tax on land and no conscription. Said for Muni sled pamphlet and ask for reduced railway rates, information as to beat t/v-»ti™». at Address Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa. ran»rf», or V* BENNETT, Room 4, Bee Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. Canadian fwwormw«-» a —
