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• new motto: "Don't take care of your health—-to excess.1

Speaking of strikes, they have never been popular with ball players.

Coal was once used as money. It Is nearly worth its weight in gold to-day.

Nothing but kind words for the hen will do. Fresh eggs are available daily.

That new nickel may serve to teach a careless public that a bison is not a buffalo.

The air cocktail, with its oxygen flavor, is the most invigorating drink these days.

A New Yorker says that stingy men are always poor. Now, who wants to be poor?

The gross debt of the city of New York is $1,082,662,851. This is also a new altitude record.

Though' the new nickels are in de-mand, they are still twenty times less popular than the old dollar.

A 13 cent piece is now recommend-ed. We may yet have 13 cent stores or "superstitious*1 establishments.

The Chicago burglar who robbed the sheriff's office is entitled to a Car-negie medal for his high attainment.

"Resolved, That the tipless barber shop has been tried and found want-ing." By whom, gentlemen, by whom?

Somebody is going to explore the Amazon river, evidently being fired with a desire to discover the torrid pole.

The English poet, who declared that he has supported himself by bis poetry alone, has attained a high am-bition

The color of hair is due to iron, which further emphasizes why advice fails to enter the brains of many people.

There are better authorities than a Harvard professor to tell us just how many hours of sleep will do us the most good.

There will be more money to Jingle In the pockets if the bill for the coin age of ¼ cents in the United States goes through.

Somebody says that there Is a gen-eral art awakening in America Yet the low crowned derby persists am) even flourishes.

Biological experts declare that the Intellectuality of the female is superior to the male dog. But the male dog runs the kennel.

All doubt of progress in aviation is set aside by the fact that an aviator has just succeeded in falling 1,000 feef without getting hurt

A court has ruled that a brass band is not a necessary part of a funeral. Literally speaking, they are "out of tune" with the occasion.

As for the patriotic citizen who is to lead a donkey 4,500 miles across the continent in pay mem of en elec-tion bet—well, two is company

An Italian count was discovered in the role of a waiter in a Baltimore hotel the other day Having no other means of visible support, he was kept on the job.

California is to have a "Father's day." The "head of the house" is not being forgotten after all.

'The average life of a $10 bill is a little more than twelve months " That man must live in Philadelphia

Now Vesuvius shows signs of break ing out The volcano can always be depended on to threaten an eruption when other big world matters get into the limelight

A Brooklyn court has ruled that a sandwich is not a meal The court must have been visiting some popular restaurant at its busy hour to get data for its decision

There is no truth In the report 'hit theaters will e^uip serts with .YexH.

U S E F U L R A C K L I F T E R S

Automatic Unloader That Any One Can Easily Work.

Illustration* and Description of Con* trlvsnco That Will Be Found Ad*

vantageoua on Any Farm Racks Will Not Slip.

1 have an automatic unloader for heavy hay racjke and other wagon bodies that any one can operate who knows how to drive a team, writes F. Hathaway of Fort Smith, Ark., in the Farmers Mall and Breeze. Fig. 1 shows one section of the frame as It appears before unloading while Fig. 2 shows the position of the frame with the rack on i t The poets A are 4 by 4's set firmly into the ground. These posts should be set about 6½ feet apart crosswise. The length and height ot the frames depend on the racks used. BB are the lifting braceB which must be well made and secure-

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How Lifter Does Its Work.

ly bolted to the posts, yet not so tight as to hinder them from moving freely in loading or unloading a rack. The pieces C are 2 by 6's bolted to the lift-ing braces. At their forward ends two short pieces of 2 by 4's (E) are bolted that strike against the rack as it is being driven between the frames, thus bringing up the lifting frames and raising the rack off the wagon. Two crosspieces of 2 by 4s (D) are bolted lengthwise to the posts to give the frames rigidity. Two blocks (F) are bolted at the forward ends of D to stop the forward movement of the lifting frame. TheBe are placed a lit-tle past the center so as to lock the frame while up. Two pawls notched at one end are bolted underneath the rack frame with the notched ends against the rear bolster of the wagon This prevents the rack slipping back as it rises from the wagon.

S T A P L E FOOD FOR CHICKENS

Hens Cannot Give Best Results When Fed Grain Alone—Fowls De-

mand Variety of Feed.

Grain is the staple food for poultry, and will be used for. that purpose as long as fowls are kept on farms, but hens cannot give good results on grain alone. It is beneficial to them and will be at all times relished, but the de-mands of the hens are such as to call for a variety. In the shells of eggs as well as their composition are sev-eral forms of mineral matter and nitro-gen, which can only be partially ob-tained from grain.

Even grains vary in composition, and when fowls are fed on one kind for a long time they will begin to re-fuse it, as they may be oversupplied with the elements of the food partaken and lack the elements that are best supplied from some other source. Fpr this reason they will accept a change of food, which is of itself an evidence that the best results from hens can only be obtained by a variety of food-Corn and wheat may be used as food with advantage, but must be given as a portion of the ration and not made exclusive articles of diet.

* Fighting Ringworm. Ringworm is a contagious disease

due to a fungas. Man, horses and cat-tle are commonly affected, and it is easily transmitted from one animal to another. The affection first asserts Itself as a ringlike patch, with the hair broken off. The usual location is on the skin around the eyebrows, or muzzle, scattering from there over different parts of the body. Treatment is sometimes easy, more often difficult to completely eradicate. All brushes and utensils in contact with infected animals should be sterilized. Wash the patch with soap and water, and apply tincture of iodine or lard and salicylic acid, six part to one of salicylic acid.

Good Combs and Brushes. Are your curry combs^and brushes

in good condition? You just can't af-ford to use poor ones. New ones cost but little.

Swine for Breeding. When the pure-bred swine are kept

for breeding purposes they should be given every opportunity for bone and muscle development r|ther than pro-duction of fat

HOW TO PREVENT OAT SMUT

Grain Should Be Treated With For-ntialin Solution in Morning and

Drilled in Same Day.

To prevent oat smut, the grain should be treated with formalin It takes about one ounce of formalin for every five bushels of grain to be treat-ed.

Clean a space on the barn floor and thoroughly sprinkle it with the for-malin solution before spreading the seed grain. The oats should be run through the fanning mill twice to re-move all light grain, as only heavy clean seed should be sown. Spread down the seed grain, then sprinkle the grain with the formalin solution made as follows: Formalin, one ounce; wa-ter, two and one-half gallons; mix thoroughly. The solution can be ap-plied with a fine rose watering pot; shovel the grain over so that every seed is coated with the solution. When all the grain is coataed, shovel the grain into a round pile and cover with sacks for not more than two or three hours, then spread out, and as soon as the oats will not stick together it is fit to sow or drill. The grain should be treated in the morning and drilled in the same day. The drill should be set to drill two and one-fourth to two and one-half bushels to the acre, as the oats, having absorbed considerable water are larger than dry oats. Have the ground thoroughly mellowed; drill the oats in with 250 pounds to the acre of some good bone fertilizer. Even if the ground is in good order, it will pay to use the fertilizer. The fer-tilizer will ripen the grain early, the straw will stand up stiff and cannot be blown down by summer storms and the yield will be increased fully 10 to 12 bushels per acre.

FOR CUTTING PRICKLY PEAR

Implement Invented by Texas Man for Quickly Clearing Land for

the Purpose of Cultivation.

In describing an implement intend-ed for catting and handling prickly pear, invented by R. H. Brown of San Antonia, Tex., the Scientific American says:

This invention pertains to imple-ments for clearing the ground for pur-poses of cultivation, the object being to provide an implement which may be easily and quickly handled for the

Prickly Pear Implement

purpose of cutting and handling prick-ly pear. Broadly, the improvement consists in the provision of an imple-ment which embodies a handle and a transversely elongated head at one end of the handle, having an outer cutting edge and an engaging prong or tine extending from one side thereof.

Most Serious Problem. Infectious abortion among cattle

has become one of the most serious problems for cattle owners so far as Infectious diseases are concerned. It is well entitled to rank in import-ance with tuberculosis, hog cholera, and Texas fever. Two new medical treatments have recently appeared, either one of which may possibly prove to be of very great importance. One, abortin, is used like tuberculin, as a diagnostic; and the other Is a vaccine, which it is hoped will im-munize heifers against the infection There is not sufficient reliable infor-mation available as yet, upon which to justify any definite statement. Breeders should keep these things in mind and watch for future develop-ments.

Value of Education. The question is often asked, "Of

how much value is school training to farmers from a business standpoint?" A recent agricultural eurvey of sever-al townships of Tompkins county, New York, made by the College of Agricul-ture of Cornell University has reveal-ed many Interesting and suggestive facts bearing upon rural sociology. To quote from the Nummary: "The sur-vey shows that a high school educa-tion is worth as much to a farmer as $6,000 worth of 5 per cent, bonds. A college education Is worth nearly twice as much."

Good Milk Records. It is worthy of notice that within

12 months the Ayrshire Breeders' As-sociation had three cows qualify for advanced registry with records of over 20,000 pounds of milk each, and this, too, under widely different condi-tions, two from the favorable locality of the state of Washington and one from the hills of Vermont

Cost of Production. Cut the cost of production by using

machinery wherever you can.

AWFUL.

"I don't wemember what I ate, but I had an awful dweam."

"What was it, old chap?" "I dweamed my valet went away

without lacing my shoes."

No Little Girl for Him. The six-yearrold son of a well-known

Indianapolis family attends a dancing school. He is a chubby little fellow who has not begun to stretch out yet, and he keenly feels his "shortage." He demands that he be recognized as a little "grownup." Several days ago the teacher planned to instruct her pupils in dancing "the Butterfly." A five-year-old girl who is small for her age, and just a trifle stouter than our hero, but an adept at dancing, was assigned as his partner. He gazed at her in silence. Then he took hold of her hand and, with his mouth set firmly, walked straight over the the teacher.

"Don't you think you'd better give me a bigger girl ?'f he asked.—Indian-apolis News.

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Liquid blue is a weak solution. Avoid it. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue. Ask your grocer. Adv.

Speaking of square deals, a corner in food products is something else.

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take. Do not gripe. Adv.

First acquire a business of your own, then learn to attend to it.

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WORSE T THEMURDE

ME mem name of tho Rus-sian secret police has al-ways Inspired a feeling of dread In every honest American heart Yet the assassination of the gam-bler Rosenthal In New York revealed a murder-ous ring that makes the

tsar's spy system appear tame by comparison.

Furthermore! It seems that the rest of the nation, which shuddered with virtuous horror at the Manhattan crimes, has good reason to feel asham-ed. Compared to Russia, this joyous land of freedom averages more than three murders to one.

Worse than Russia by far Is this country j n its reckless disregard for human life; and It Is piling up ho ml-aids records at such a rate thst even Insurance experts are beginning to wonder If our vaunted civilization Is progressing as fast as we think. "'•

It Is always an "open season" for unpopular Russian officials. Pot shots at them are never held to violate the ethics of true sportsmanship. Aside

from them, however, the Russian is not usually looking for human game.

When it comes to real execution, a New York gunman of the good old days before Lieutenant Becker was convicted would put the ordinary ni-hilist in the class of sparrow shoot-ers. For real deviltry, the nicely manicured murderers of the Second avenue coffee houses were in a class by themselves; the rough-necked, long-bearded Russian agitators, who knew no better than to throw the primitive and unwieldly bombs, could never expect to rival their records.

Barring nihilists and anarchists, however, the great mass of Russians are not murderers at heart By far the greatest proportion of the popula-tion is composed of Ignorant peasants, who drudge along as best they may with an extra portion of food and drink on feast days. They are stolid individuals, with a tingle ot pessim-ism and melancholy as the common heritage of the Slav race.

Considering that almost exactly one official a day is brought down, the Russian marksmanship may be held to be fairly good, in view of the primi-tive methods and weapons. In the body of the population, though, the homicides are not greatly, if any, in excess of those of England.

For the five years 1907 to 1912, ac-cording to figures recently given out by the statistical department of the ministry of the Interior, there were 7,716 killings, an average of 1,543 an-nually. With only 298 homicides a year to her 35,000,000 people, Eng-land is one of the few nations with a record as low or lower. On the oth-er hand, America, with about 3,000 slaying* per year in her "registration area" alone, is at the top of the life-taking nations.

Just how many murders there are in this country in a year has never been definitely ascertained. It is known, however, that, in the* 53 per cent, of the population included in the .states that keep accurate vital statistics, the ratio of killings per 100,000 of population has ranged fromj, 6 to fi. In the big cities it has gone as high as 8.3. Judging from the known to the unknown there must be at least 5,000 to 0,000 persons slain every years.

For instance, during 1911, there were 1,300 lives taken in our thirty largest cities, giving the high-water ratio above quoted. In other words, there are almost as many persons killed in our big towns as in the whole of Russia.

In the decade ending with 1910 there were nearly 10,000 lives taken in these same cities, or three times as many as occurred in England in the same length of time. ~ On this point F. L. Hoffman in a recent article in the Spectator, an in-surance journal, said:

"The comparison brings out In star-tling contrast the disregard of human life in the United States at the pres-ent time. The subject is obviously one of most serious importance, not only to life insurance companies, but also to the public at large, and, grant-ing the defects" in the available statis-tics^ there can be no question of doubt buy that* the American homicide rate Is exceedingly high and that the rate Is on tfce increase. A condition of thia kind ta not compatible with the common assumption that actual pror

THE MURDEROUS RECORD OF AMERICA COMPARED WITH THAT OF RUSSIA AND OTHER NATIONS.

Murders In Russia for five years (1907-11) 7,716 Average yearly number of murders In Russia 1,543 Murders in the registration area of America (about 53 per cent

of the total population Is included in the area keeping vi-tal statistics) for five years (1905-09) 12,198

Average yearly number of murders in the registration area of America 2,439

Average rate per 100,000 of population of murders In registra-tion area of America fpr five years (1909-09) 6.5

Average annual number of murders In America for five yetirn, estimated at 5.5 per 100,000of (tabulation (latter 93,000,000) 6,116

Ratio of murders in America to murders in Russia, over 3 to 1 Germany's ratio of murders per 100,000 1.86 England's ratio of murders per 100,000 of population 0.9 Total number of murders In England in ten years (1900-09).. 2,982 Average annual number of murders In England in ten years

(1900-09 < ; 298 Total number of murders in registration area of America in

ten years (1900-09) * 16,077 (Returns for first five years probably incomplete, as are most of our early

vital statistics.) Average annual number of American murders in registration

ares for ten yeara. 1,607 Ratio of American murders of registration area to English mur-

ders for ten years. .V. 5 6-7 to 1 (Figured on a basis of ten years' English population, amounting to 889,-

760,000, and ten years' total of the registration area of America, amounting to 376,925,000.)

gress is being made in the United States in all that is being summed up under the term civilization and na-tional welfare."

Undoubtedly our worst record, which moved Mr. Hoffman to make such a severe assertion, is that of our cities, and, according to the sta-tistics compiled for his article, this follows: HOMICIDE STATISTICS FOR 30 AMER-

ICAN CITIES. 1901-1010 Rate per

No. 100,000 Memphis, Tern 556 Charleston, S. C . . . 159 Savannah, Ga 154 New Orleans,, La... 702 Atlanta, Qa 215 Louisville, Ky 856 Nashville, Tenn 132 St. Louis, Mo 804 San Francisco, Cal. S43 Cincinnati, Ohio .... 328 Chicago, III 1,659 Spofc&ne, Wash 55 Seattle, Wash 119 Washington, D. C . 210 Manhattan and The

Bronx, N. Y 1,249

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Cleveland, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa. Providence, R, Boston, Mass Dayton, Ohio Brooklyn, N. Y.

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[OR MANY years no slaves have been Imported into Morocco by sea. Mediterranean pirates no longer chase unfortunate vessels that have ventured near the in-

hospitable coast of Moghre, but slavery still exists everywhere in .Morocco, Mme. Doctor fcegey writes in

Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Mara-kech is still, as it was at the time of which Voltaire wrote, the headquar-ters of this shameless traffic. In vain France forbids slavery in all her Afri-can possessions, but as long as numer-ous droves of human cattle are driven into Marakeoh by caravans from Souss and Tafllet the slave trade will con-tinue.

The Imported slaves are readily sold, either openly in the market or secretly. The slave market is situated In the quarter of the aularines, or druggists. Nothing is more pitiful than to see this slave market, where sales are made in bright daylight under the protection of Allah.

Imagine an enormous open square, surrounded by a large number of boxes, in the center Is a covered gal-lery. Under which the vendors stand In rainy weather. A little before the opening time of the market the slave traders bring in their human merchan-dise, leaving the actual sale to Com-missioners, dellals.

Slav* Mart Opened With Prayer. Women, children, youth and grown

men are driven promiscuously into the boxes, in most cases they make no attempt at resistance. They know full well that they have nothing to say, and that they will be sold whether they like It or not. Little by little the square Is filled- up by purchasers. Everybody tries to get the best place to obtain a good view of the slaves. At last tbe dellals arrive.

The market is opened with a solemn prayer. Standing near the entrance gate with their hands open to simu-late "the book," they place themselves under the protection of Sidl bel Abbes,

Ke-patron of town, and in a loud voice ctte the "Fatiha," or first sourate of the Koran.

It reads: "Praised be Allah, master it the universe, the lenient, the mer-ciful, the ruler on the day of retribu-tion. It is thee whom we adore, it is thy help we implore—"

When the invocation is over, each del la 1 takes charge of the lot of slaves intrusted to him. A hasty toilet Is made, consisting in removing the most filthy rags and replacing them by neat-ly clean clothes. This enhances the value of the ware, and the sale be-gins.

The dellals run all around the square in all directions, followed by the group of women, children and men they have to sell. If any buyer appears to be Interested the gang is stopped and he is given an opportunity to take his choice. He carefully examines the hair, teeth and limbs ot the creatures offered for sale.

When a bargain is made it Is rati-fied before the adoul (notary). The price depends on the sex, age and qualty. of the slave. I have seen a man of twenty-four sold for 16 douros has* sanl, or about $14 in American money, while a girl of ten or twelve brings 120 to ISO douros. The very little children are worth next to nothing. A woman who knows how to cook may bring BOO douros. When a woman Is brought to the market with an infant at her breast or just able to walk it often hap-pens that the buyer wants only the mother; the poor baby is then sold separately. Heartrending scenes take place, for the mother, even if she be the lowest kind of savage, refuses to submit to this brutal separation will-ingly, but Is soon beaten into submis-sion by merciless blows.

Sales Are Perfectly Legal. Inside the limit of two months the

sale may be declared void, If the slave does not come up to the stipulated conditions. The Biave is then re-turned Jo the merchant. This gives rise to many lawsuits, and not seldom the cases are carried even to the pasha, who pronounces final judgment.

These sales, as I have said, take place quite openly in the market, ac-cording to certain laws. The market is practically a state institution.

Nobody can imagine what a harem is like, nor form any idea of the enor-mous number of women kept prisoners within its walls. I have visited har-ems containing 500 women and over. An ordinary citizen owns a score of slaves. Monogamy exists nowhere, and those too poor to own slaves are dreaming only of the day when they can possess some.

The sultan shares the vices of his people. H1b harem is fantastic beyond all imagination. Besides the women he has about him at Fez, he has at Marakech, in the lar-el-makhzen, a re-serve, 3,000 women. The royal harem

Every time a caid fears the anger of the sultan, or merely wishes to please him, he offers him a number of women, often his own daughters. On account of this the number of unfor-tunate women is almost daily in-creased, and they are kept in a prison from which they are liberated only by death.

TWO DESSERTS THAT P L E A S E

Raspberry Charlotte One of the Meet Delicious— Baptist Cake* Wnrth

Giving a Trial.

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Raspberry Charlotte—Butter a quart pudding dish, sprinkle in a layer of coarse bread crumbs (use tne; crumbs free from crust), put butter in little bits here and there, a layer of canned raspberries and a sprinkling of sugar. Continue in this way until dish is filled, using about equal measures of fruit and crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter and three-fourths cup sugar. Have the last layer crumbs. Cover and bake half An hour, then remove cover to brown top. Serve hot with cream. Cheap and delicious.

Baptist Cakes—Place in a granite basin two cupfuls milk, one-fourth tea-spoonful salt, one-half teaspoon sugar, one rounding teaspoon butter; simmer only until butter is melted, remove from fire and when of blood heat stir in half a yeast cake dissolved in one-fourth cup luke warm water and suf-ficient sifted flour to form a dough: cover and set In a warm place to rise. Knead thoroughly, breaking off into tiny pieces of walnut size; again let rise and fry in deep fat until crisp and brown. Either chopped nuts or rais-ins may be added if a richer break fast bread Is desired. Serve very hot in a folded napkin. This quantity makes enough for two meals and may be reheated in the oven.

ONE OF T H E BEST OF S A L A D S

As Season for This Delicacy le Almost Here, This Is Good Recipe

to Remember.

Fill the bottom of the salad dish with aspic jelly and set on ice until it is very hard. Then in the salad dish place a smaller bowl, but large enough to hold the desired amount of salad. Fill the bowl with Ice and pour melted Jelly around it between the two dishes. When the jelly is hard re-move the ice from the inner bowl, fill it with hot water for an instant and lift it out, being careful not to break the jelly. Now make any of the ordi-nary salads, or slice firm red toma-toes, with a little green, such as let-tuce or celery, mixed among them. Place the salad in the space left in the Jelly, cover with more jelly and place in the refrigerator. When want-ed, place the salad dish in hot water for a moment, reverse quickly and turn out on a cooled platter. Serve with mayonnaise dressing.

Here and There. The adept in cooking does her work

without many utensils. Milk puddings are the best desserts

for children, but they should be va-ried.

All green vegetables, , roots and tuberB should be crisp and firm when put on to cook.

In cold weather cream sometimes refuses to "come" to butter. When such Is the case, set it away over night. By morning it will have sepa-rated, pour off the thick part, which a few minutes' stirring will bring to butter.

When a large bottle of olives has been opened and a part of them used, those remaining in the brine some-times become soft and almost taste-less To avoid this, pour half an inch of oilive oil on top and cork well. The olives will retain their flavor Indefi-nitely.

Grape Cup. Pour half a cupful of boiling water

over four tablespoonfuls of grape jelly and stir until dissolved. Add the acme quantity of cold water, one tablespoonful of sugar, and a little lemon juice.

Place a lump of ice in a glass pitcher and pour the liquid over. Any kind of jelly will answer if the grape is not at hand. If current jelly is used then less lemon juice will be required, currants being rather tart.

Argentine Soup, Soak one-half pint of split peas for

two hours. Boil in plenty of water for two hours with two bay leaves and 12 seeds of dried red pepper. An hour before serving add one quart of good strong stock or three-quarters ot a pint of cold roast meat gravy. One-half hour before serving add one pint of canned tomatoes. Strain through a colander, season with salt to taste. Allow soup to boil again be-fore serving. This soup may be varied by using different. fresh and dried vegetables.

Potato Toddle. Into a kettle put two or three

slices of salt pork cut In small pieces; fry grown, peel and slice four large pt tatoes and onions, putting first a layer of potatoes and* then onions, and so on. Season with salt and pepper and cover with water. Boil 20 min-utes; when done add a generous lump of butter.

Poulette Sauce. , Poulette sauce is a broth thickenetf

with flour and one egg yolk and sea oned and strained.

tit. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST oh all subjects pertaining to the Subject of building, for the readers of this paper. Oh account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all theefe subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard. Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.

Everyone realizes the advantages of building on a good wide lot. but unfortunately real estate values are so high that not everyone can afford as large a space as he would like. Real estate operators have a habit of dividing up their sections into 25-foot lots, probably because that is a convenient number to figure with and not because it makes a space well suited for home building purposes.

As a matter of fact, it is a difficult matter ordinarily to design a satis-factory frame house to occupy a 25-foot lot Some space must be left on each side for light and air; also the fire hazard arising from too close building must be considered.

The accompanying design solves this problem especially well. The to-tal width is 20 feet, being the width at the bay window. The balance of the right-hand wall is recessed 2¼ feet, giving additional light and air. The left-hand wall has no important window openings in it, so the house can be placed well up to the lot line on that side. Accordingly, on a 25-foot lot, even though the adjoining property should be built in close, a strip of lawn 7½ feet wide could be had along the right side of the house.

can possibly be had. As an aid to ventilation it Is unsurpassed, and for comfort on the cold, rainy days of fall or spring, and even summer, when the furnace fire is out, there is noth-ing quite so cozy and comfortable as a blazing wood fire in the grate.

The second floor of this house pro-vides three good-sized bedrooms and a bath. There is also a generous supply of closet space.

The house is planned along very economical lines as the estimated cost, $2,000, will indicate. This esti-mate provides for a good grade of material throughout, red oak floors

Second Floor Plan.

down stairs, yellow pine upstairs and birch trim throughout; also a good quality of plumbing and lighting fix-tures.

S C R E E N MAN LIKED SINGING

Graphophone Player Had Hard Work

BETSY'S BIG HERO - i

Story of Revolutionary War ; Girl Saves Life of British Spy

Caught in Storm.

BY CLARISSA MACK IE. It was snowing drearily and a bit-

ter little wind moaned among the tree tops, creaking the frozen branches until they waved like stiff black fin-gers.

Little Betsy Stevens slipped a hood over her bright hair, and, wrapping herself in a blue cloak, she swept a path from the kitchen door to the hen house and another and longer one out to the road that ran y&at the lonely house into the woods i>eyond.

The road was lonely and fearsome because the British encampment was not far away and the red-coated sol-diers had ravaged the little farmhouse of its choicest provisions, and of the big flock of chickens there remained one solitary member—Old Nicodemus, the ancient red rooster.

Betsy Stevens looked carefully up and down the road, but there was not the flicker of a red coat, and when she had finished sweeping her path she leaned her round chin on the broom handle and looked dreamily through the failing flakes at the beginning of the road—where it emerged from an-other wood beyond which the Ameri-can troops were encamped.

It was from this wood that Betsy ex-pected her lover to ride some fine day. No, she had never met him yet —he was a dream lover, but lately he had taken on the form and fea-tures of her hero, Gen. George Wash-ington.

Suppose, now, this very minute, a black charger should break through the woods and appear on the white-ness of the snowy road!

How wonderful It would be—she would lead him to the house and her uricle and aunt would hasten to wait upon him and Betsy herself would carry In his supper!

But tonight the road was deserted. No hero came forth to ask for food and lodging. Only the snow fell soft-ly and the wind moaned bitterly.

By the time the evening meal was cleared away the storm had Increased mightly. The wind, screamed pierc-ingly around the snug farmhouse and the snow swirled madly' in freezing stinging flakes.

Jabez Stevens and his wife went to bed early that night, knowing ths»t the early morning would bring them hard work after the storm.

Betsy, nervous and excited by the storm, sat by the glowing logs on the kitchen hearth, cuddling Peter, the big black cat.

The old clock In the corner ticked away the moments, and Betsy yawned, nodded drowsily, and went fast asleep. Suddenly she awoke with a little start. The Are had died down to red embers and-the hands of the clock Were pointing to midnight.

"Mercy!" cried Betsy, "what will Aunt Ellen say when she finds out— eh, Peter, boy?"

Peter opened his red mouth In a yawn just as there came a sound out-side the kitchen door. It was a muffled thud followed by a faint groan.

Betsy's heart stood still for an In-stant. Then she tiptoed so?tly to the window and peered out.

Huddled against the doorstep she could see a dark form splashed with snow.

With a little cry of pity Betsy un-latched the door and the form tumbled Into the room. With slender, strain-ing arms she managed to drag it to the fireplace, where it loped down in a h*«ap. When she had closed the doov upon the howling storm, Betsy ran z*> the storeroom, and in five min-utes, she had made a mug of mulled cider and was holding it to the white, Btiff lips of the exhausted man.

Her heart beat riotously. It could be no other than her hero—

the great general—this splendid man wrapped In the dark cloak, his noble face as white as the snow he came out of.

Slowly his lips moved, slowly he swallowed, once, twice; slowly his lids lifted above handsome hazel eyes to gaze for one bewildered instant into Betsy's tender Mttle face. He smiled and his lips murmured grati-tude Then he jerked himself to a sitting posture and leaned against the big hickory chair.

"You are very kind," he murmured in rather a surprised way as Betsy threw more logs on the fire.

"Did you lose your way in the storm?" asked Betsy, intent on warm-ing a skillet of porridge for the way-farer.

He looked up at her under straight dark brows. "Yes—I was sent on a secret mission and I was returning to camp when I lost my way, and I have been wandering around in the woods and fields for hours. Just as I had given up hope I saw a gleam of light from your window and so I came."

Betsy placed the bowl of steaming porridge "and milk in his hands.

"You bad better take off your cloak

and spread it to dry," suggested Betsy as her guest arose and sat down in the big chair.

He shook his bead and wrapped1 the cloak still more snugly about him. He had lost his hat, and the wind and snow bad removed the powder from his hair, so that it showed its natural color—a rich brown.

Betsy watched him with tender, timid eyes.

"Tomorrow be will tell us that he 1s the commander-in-chief," thought Betsy dreamily. "Now I must run and ask Uncle Jabez if I may put him in the spare chamber." She started to her feet, but the stranger lifted a shapely hand in protest.

"Where are you going, little maid?" he asked, knitting his handsome brows.

"To awaken my uncle and tell him that you are here—we will then pre-pare ajbed for you and—" she paused as the stranger rose with precipitate haste and came toward her.

"I pray you do not disturb anyone," he pleaded in his rich voice. "I am going now—your kind ministrations have quite revived me. Some day— when the war is over—perhaps I may come and thank you again for saving my life."

Betsy's heart beat tumultuously, and her lovely eyes drooped and as she stood there mute she could see a strange thing happening to his soaked cloak. Steam from the heat of the fire was rising from the cloth, and lit-tle by little it was drying and wher-ever it had dried it was—scarlet!

He looked down and saw it too, and perhaps realizing that he was discov-ered to be her enemy, he boldly tossed aside the scarlet cloak so that she could see the splendor of his red and gold uniform.

She had been entertaining one of his majesty's officers—one of the wicked Invaders of her country! Tears came to Betsy's lovely eyes— tears of disappointment. Who could make a hero out of a despised and hated Britisher?

"Why are you crying?" he asked gently.

"I—thought perhaps you were Gen-eral Washington," whispered Betsy, fearful now that her uncle might wake up and find the intruder.

"And if you had known who I was you would not have let me in out of the storm?" he queried.

"Ah—yes—I must do that!" cried impulsive Betsy. "I would not have you think I am sorry for the little I could do—I am glad—glad—but I am sorry Uncle Jabez doesn't like—Brit-ishers," she ended naively.

He smiled very tenderly upon her troubled face. "I am sorry, too; but some day when this war is over-then may I come riding up to your door and make a call upon Mis-tress—?"

"Betsy Stevens," supplied Betsy softly. "Yes, you may, sir—and 1 hope you will go through the war safely."

"Thank you," he said as he bent over her little hand, and his lips brushed It.

"God go with you," whispered Betsy as he stepped through the door; he heard her and his eyes shone wonder-fully. Through many a lonely bivouac and on many a toilsome march he re-membered the dense snowstorm and the little maid standing in the door-way against the warm background of fire and candlelight e -

A very wonderful thing was that neither Uncle Jabez nor Aunt Ellen knew a word about it until long after-ward.

But there was something still more wonderful. After Betsy had spent four anxious years waiting for the war to end, worrying about the safety of her nameless hero, feeling a traitor because she had really lost her heart to the stranger, there came a day when the war was .over and everyone was feeling happy and almost cordial toward the vanquished enemy.

It was on that happy day that Betsy went Into the woods seeking trailing arbutus, for it was May and tbe whole world was a-quiver with new life, A horseman came riding down the mossy path and Betsy turned, her hands full of the odorous pink bios soma.

A warm color flooded her fair face as their eyes met. He had doffed his scarlet uniform and wore clothes of beautiful gray satin. v

"Mistress Betsy Stevens," he said bowing to the ground, "I have com** back because I want to thank you fo* saving my life—and I have come baclr because I can never be happy again unless you promise to marry me and protect me hereafter."

There was a smile in his eyes as he said this, and somehow Betsy could see In a flash that it was her hero standing there—and that she shou'd always love him despite country o* creed or protesting relatives.

But it so happened that her rela-tives made no protest—indeed, they were quite delighted that little Betsy should make such a splendid mar-rlage.

And it was not until she became Lady Fairbaim that Betsy and her husband told the relatives about the> snowy night when Betsy savtid his life. (Copyright, mi by the McClurw

paper Syndicate*)

P r a c t i c a l F a s h i o n s

CHILDREN'S CREEPING APRON.

6137

This pattern provides for a creep* Ing apron for a baby and also for a plain sack t>pron for the older tot The creeping apron is gathered at the knees. The sack apron has belt at back and turn down collar.

The pattern (6137) is cut in sizes ½ to 3 years and requires for creek-lng apron 3% yards of 27 inch goods and for sack apron 1% yards of 27 inch material.

To procure this pattern send 10 cents to "Pattern Department," of this paper. Write name and address plainly, and be sure to give size and number of pattern.

NO. 6137. SIZE. NAME TOWN STREET AND NO STATE—

LADY'S FOUR GORED SKIR1

This skirt can be used to complete a coat suit, or it can be used for cos-tume development. It can be made with either the empire or regulation waist line. The closing is made at the left side of the back. Serge or broadcloth can be used to make this skirt.

The patern (6143) is cut in sizes 22 to 30 Inches waist measure. Medium size requires 3% yards of 36 inch ma-terial.

To procure this pattern send 10 cents to "Pattern Department," of this paper. Write name and address plainly, and be sure to give size and number of pattern.

SIZE. NO. 6143. NAME »— TOWN STREET AND NO STATE ..

Mountain Fever. Miss Dora Keene was talking at a

tea at the Acorn club in Philadelphia, about mountaineers' enthusiasm.

"The frenzy to get higher, higher, higher," she said, "is quite Incredible to those who have done no mountain-eering.

"There's a story, doubtless true, about a girl who climbed the Schreck-horn, a difficult rock-scramble. When the summit was .reached the head guide, wiping his brow, panted:

" 'Well, here we are, men, up on the top at last.'

"But the girl said, fretfully: "'Oh, guide, can't we go any high*

err "'Not unless you climb this alpen-

stock, miss,' the guide answered, thrusting it into tbe frozen snow."

Simple Remedy for Burns. Common whiting, mixed with water

to the consistency of a thick dream spread on linen, forms an excellent lo-cal application to burns and scalds. The whole burnt surface should be covered, thus excluding the action of the air. The ease it affords is instan-taneous, and it only requires to be kept moist by occasional sprinkling of cold water.

A L L SAVE LABOR IN KITCHEN

Little Helps That Will Leave the Housewife Less Tired When

Day's Work Is Ended.

A shelf back of the kitchen table on which to place cups, spoons and small vessels that are used frequently, the wash basin, within reach of the roller towel, a drinking cup near the water pail, all save needless exertion and time that may be utilized for some-thing else or rest

The very best stove holder can be made of an did stocking by cutting off the foot at the ankle and folding it into the leg, fastening it well as tt is folded over and over until it Is the square shape of the common ironing holder. A brass ring in one corner is a great convenience for hanging and such a holder can be laundered.

In the sewing room, patterns should have their place of quick and easy access and if each one is marked it will often prove a blessing. A bag fastened on the lower part of the sew-ing machine for scraps will likewise be a comfort, and sharp scissors and a work table are absolute necessities.

OLD B R E A K F A S T T A B L E DISH

Spanish Omelet, When Properly Made, Deserves All the Popularity It

Has Attained.

Cut fou* ounces of bacon in very thin slices and then into one-half inch squares. Fry gently until crisp, then add one small onion, a medium sized ' tomato and five mushrooms, all chop-ped rather fine. Rub a freshly cut clove of garlic upon the spoon for stir-ring while Rooking 15 minutes. Mean-while break six eggs into a bowl, season with a saltspoonful of salt, one-fourth saltspoonful of white pepper. Give them a dozen good strokes and turn into a perfectly smooth frying pan, in which a teaspoonful of butter has been melted, and well spread. Do not stir, but shake constantly until the omelet is nearly set. Spread the bacon and vegetables quickly over the omelet, fold over and set it in the oven for about one minute. Then slip it upon a hot platter and serve at once.

Our Cook Says That In filling a, cake pan it is well

to remember that the center of the cake is the part which will be the highest. If the batter is spread as much to the sides as possible, leaving a depression in the center, then the cake when baked will be level.

That a cheap and durable toaster for a gas stove is a piece of sheet iron. Over this is a, five-cent fire toaster can be used without danger of burning or blackening the bread.

That when baking or scalloping potatoes, chops can be baked in a pan in the oven, steak broiled underneath or pudding or pie cooked at the same time. It saves gas.

Warm Slaw. Select a nice solid head of winter

cabbage and cut it up very fine. Put into a hot frying pan a piece of but-ter, the size, of a walnut, and when melted put in the cabbage with a very little water; le t j t simmer till well done. Then beat up one egg very light and stir in slowly; lastly, add one-half cup of sour cream; salt and pepper to suit the taste. Another method for "hot slaw" Is to simply make a boiled dressing of two egg yolks, two tablespoons of sugar, two tablespoons of sour cream, one cup of vinegar, and a rounded teaspoonful of butter, and* pour this over the fine-ly-cut cabbage

Rice Pudding With Fig Sauce. Press hot boiled rice into buttered

cups; then slip out on a hot dish and pour the sauce over. Look carefully over the figs to be used; place them in a pan and cover with cold water; cook until tender; chop very fine and press through a coarse sieve. To this pulp add the juice of one-half lemon and sugar if not sufficiently sweet

To Restore a Faded Carpet. To revive the colors in faded car-

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v. To Clean Satin Shoe.

Take a piece of flannel and dip it Into spirits of wine, rub the satin the way of the nap, turn the flannel as it gets soiled. Any light color may be cleaned this way. White satin shoes should always be kept in blue paper, or the satin gets discolored.

When to Buy Shoes. To get comfortable fitting shoes,

buy them late in the afternoon, when the exercise of the day has spread the muscles of the feet to their largest extent

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Good for Small Towns. A few big shoe manufacturers are

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The little fellows stand with us be-cause we treat all manufacturers alike, no matter how.many machines they use. Hence, competition in the shoe business and prosperous factor-ies in small towns!

Write us and we will tell you all about it. The United Shoe Machinery Co., Bos-ton, Mass.—Adv.

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A HIGHER STAGE OF WATER THAN LAST SPRING IS

PREDICTED.

GOV. DUNNE RUSHES MEN AND SUPPLIES TO SCENE.

All Along the Mississippi Watero Are High and People Are Pteeing

From Their Homes In Terror.

Trainloads of persons left Cairo fol-lowing receipt of news that the Ohio river was expected to reach a higher stage than during the disastrous flood of last spring. R. T. Lindley, the local weather forecaster, issued a statement, saying:

"With weather conditions becom-ing somewhat unsettled in this river district and rapid rises continuing in the Ohio and Wabash rivers, a 54-foot stage is regarded as certain at Cairo if the levees below hold. Fifty-six feet is regarded as a strong possibility here. As a prudential (measure it is ad-visable that women, children and the infirm seek more secure refuge."

The Ohio has reached 51.8 feet. Ev-ery attention is being given the levees here. Labor is scarce and an appeal was sent to Governor Dunne for help and he responded that he would send 1,000 men, 200 national guardsmen, 10,000 rounds of rations and 200,000 sacks.

On the Missouri side of the Missis-sippi river water is reported every-where. Hundreds of refugees have come into Cairo. Conditions in this entire district and are very serious.

News of State University. Dr. H. H. Cummings, assistant to

Dr. Reuben Peterson, was appointed university physician by the board of regents at their meeting last night, and Dr. Elsie S. Pratt, of Denver, was appointed physician to the women.

Dr. S.- C. Lind was granted a leave of absence for next year that he may work with the United States govern-ment in the new laboratory of the bu-reau of mines at Denver on radio-activity, in an effort to obtain a means of supply of radium from existing American ores. The $150 grant from the bureau of classic fellowships was given to Amos JVeigel, of Dover, Pa., who obtained his A. B. degree at the same meeting.

Four "master" degrees were grant-ed, three masters of art, as follows: Robert Clark, of Ann Arbor; Helen Parry, Ann Arbor; Robert Smith, Du-rand, and master of civil engineering, Ralph Goodrich, Ann Arbor. Assistant Dean W. H. Butts, of the engineering department, was granted a leave of absence from April 15 to 30, tb enaole him to inspect the Panama canal be-fore its completion.

Loss of Life at Peru. An official report received by Mayor

Charles E. Goetz, of South Bend, said that 300 persons were drowned at Peru, that no bodies had been recov-ered and that there was less than one block of the entire city that was not under water.

The report was telephoned to May-or Goetz by the relief party sent from South Bend, which reached the out-skirts of Peru. It stated further that only two feet of the upper parts of the houses in the submerged disstricts could be seen ;that the court house, the hospital and some factory build-ings were crowded with survivors in need of food and that Gov. Ralston had been asked to send more supplies from Fort Wayne.

Miss Maude Gilchrist, who has been dean of women at the Agricultural col-lege at East Lansing, for some years has been notified of her appointment to a place on the faculty of *Wellesley college.

Attractive prizes have been offered by business men and manufacturers of Hastings, to the Junior Civic gram-mar grades, to encourage them to raise all kinds of flowers and vegetables.

A monument and marker will be placed on the trail of Fr. Marquette through the Arlington Park, according to the decision of Petosega chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

William Barnes, of Lansing, awaiting a decision of the supreme court in a case in which he was convicted on a charge of killing a little girl with an automobile, confessed to the police tlat he was one of a party of three young men who pulled several fire alarm boxes, causing the Are depart* meat to make four unnecessary runs.

T H E M A R K E T S .

Live Stock, Grain and General Farm Produce.

Detroit—Cattle—Receipts 848; mar-ket steady; best steers, $8@8.15; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,2000 lbs. 17.60@8; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000 lbs, $7@7.50; steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700 lbs, *8

G r e g o r y G a z e t t e

Published every Friday morning by

& W. CAVEBLY, Pine kney, Michigan

TEEMS oF SUBSCRIPT ION One Year iu advance. 1.00

All communications should be addressed to K. W. Caverly, Pinckney, Michigan and should be received on or before Wed-nesday of each week, if it receives proper mention.

*'Entered as second-class matter June 8 12, at the post office at Piockuey, Mich-

ĵ an, under the Act of March 3,1879.

Mens suits at $13.50 at Dancer's, Stock* bridge. They are special values. adv.

Oakland county fishermen are eore at Detroit fishermen who come out to the many lakes in the vicinity of Pontiac and get big strings of fish regardless of the law, and so have organized a county organization and w i l l

M m Locals

Bernardino Lynch has been on the sick list.

Geo. Roche is working for W , C, Dunning.

Mosea Lyons was a Howel l v i s -itor recently.

Detroit Free Press on sale at Meyer's D r u g Store*

Roy Darwin of Lansing was in Pinckney over Sunday,

Geo. Sargeson of Howell was a Pinckney caller Monday.

G . 4. Sigler of A n n Arbor was in town Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs . S. E . VanHorn has been spending some time in Howell .

W i l l i a m Darrow J r . was the guest of Brighton friends Friday evening.

Oliver plows are always sold on on their merits by Dinke l & Dun-bar.

Clarence Stackable and family assist the officers in making ar- - - - - - - — —~ rests for illegal fishing. 8 P e n t 8 u n d f t y w l t b relatives m

Pinckney.

W h e n t h e M e r c u r y

I s l o w E g g s a r e H i g h

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T H A T ' S w h y t h e ^ * hen that lays i n

the winter is worth two that only lay i n the summer time.

Y o u c a n make your hens lay i n winter by the con-sistent feeding of

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Come target a bag of this h igh protein meat feed for yffir fowls—and be sure o f w i n t e r e g g profits. ^

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