his man kept burning cheerfully tor
him.
Today he had Intended to start out
after luncheon. He decided to wait
till the girl hod called. While bis man
prepared the simple luncheon he rum
By HOPS A IN t L I I.
maged around the attic tor the prom
On# of those woolon fascinators that
Ised books and clothes. He got them
I women used to wear over,their hutr
road y In a large basket that he
I when they went out In the evening, a
thought could be eaallf put into tbe
set of bone dishes of the same data of
car.
usefulness, an umber of dilapidated
It waa- three when Molly called
' umbrellas, band-boxes full of old hats
Tom hod not gone out. "Even If Mr.
l end pieces of bats, saucers without
Stanley should still be In," ber mother
any cups and cups without »grtsau-
hod warned her, "just pick up the bun
cars, and s motley colle«TOf$flf%ut-
die from tbe veranda and «come away.
of-date men's and women'
You know bow people would talk If
such was the array of afflclue that they saw you going tpto his bouse."
Molly Bergen found In the living room
An hour later, Stanley, having
one cool morning In November yrben
missed the sound of Molly's light foot
she returned from her usual trip to steps on the veranda and giving up
Uw Tillage.
hope of seeing her, started off for his
’’Whatever on earth’'— she began, trip to the bunting club. On the ver
pulling off her gloves and slipping out anda, bn looked for tbe bundle be
of bar sport cost.
bad left there hurriedly when he en
Her mother anticipated her ques tered the house In the morning. , It
tion. "Those are for tbs rummage contained a new fur motor coat, mink
sale for the benefit of the old people's lined; two sleeping rugs, hunting
boms." Mrs. Bergen was sitting at boots, oilskins, half a dozen new books
hor desk laboriously rubbing the fresh from the printers, and two new
names off from Christmas and Easter steamer rugs— in short, bis entire out
and other seasonal' cards. " I ’m get fit outside of provisions and arms. He
ting these cards r««g y , too. I've saved thought perhaps he had left them In
them ever alnoe before you were born. the station taxi, but a trip of his man
There are many hundreds of them to the station and his own recollection
and moat of them 1 can use. W e can of having lifted the bundle from the
■ell them for flve for a cent. Borne taxi convinced him this was. not the
one will want to buy them."
case. 1'erbsps bis man had taken tbe
Molly drew ber chair to the open things indoors for safekeeping; but
flreplape and strstchud out ber bands on Inquiry and patient searching be
to the blase. "H avo you hoard the found tola waa hot sa ; -
news, mother?" she asked by way o f
After passing a half hour In doubt,
announcing that there wss nows to be suddenly recalled that something
tell. "The Stanleys’ bouse Is opened had been said about Mqjly Bergen tak
again.
Yes, It la Tom Btanloy, I Ing a package left on thé veranda.
think, though 1 know you don’t agree That cleared tbe matter. He would
with me when ! say that be Is quite telephone to the Bergens at once. Of
the best looking men that 1 ever sew. course they would have seen the mis
I know wbst you are going to say. take. It would be easy to expiai«.
You're going to nay that It Isn't be
But no ono was borne but the cook
coming for a young, eligible girl to
."Sure huff Miss Bergen and Mies
make complimentary1' .remarks like Molly done gone to the scrubbage sale.
that about men—you woron't going to Yasaar. been gone ail afternoon. No,
aay It just that way. but that would sir, there’s no telephone there. It’s
have been the gist of It. But really at tbo old hay barn on the Smith place
you mustn’t mind.*' All girls aro quite and the - Smith place done burned
frank about those things nowadays." dqwn, so there's no telephone there,
*1 wasn't going to say that at all," neither."
-
assured the mother. "I'm sure Mr.
It was nearly five and Tom waa Just
Stanley Is very handsome, but don't getting ready to start out In person to
Imagine for a minute that-the heir to the "hay barn" of the Smith farm,
that large fortune la golqg to bo one wherever * that might be, when the
little bit Itilerexied In a little country phoue rang at bis side.* It was Mrs.
mouse llko you."
Bergen's sweetest voice.
"I'm not a country mouso at all.
"1 Just took a chance at finding you
Haven't 1 been away to boarding home. I thought maybe It would be
school? Anyway, T vs met that Stan cold for you to start out this after
ley man and he's fine. HI« cousin was noon. I miatt thank yoa. Such beau
at boarding school— not that he cared tiful things^ never saw. Why, tt was
at all for her. She waa engaged at only about ten mtnutea before they
toe time. Ho dropped around to boo were all sold. And such high prices,
her once or twice. I met him. But tool W e actually got twenty dollars
wbst were you going to say ?"
for that <|>at—'” Tom had paid eighty
"Simply that your remark gave me for It a wleok before— "and the books
an Idea that I might telephono them my daughter waa glad to buy. One
tor a bundlo of rummage. 1 am sum would hardly know tbey had been
Obey have plenty of old things that read—" As a matter of fact the lessee
they don't want that would tell very had not Sxen been cut. "And tbe rugs
easily."
........ .
and tho blankets and everything were
"N o one Is there but old Tpra and almplr splendid. 1 can. never thank
the man who drlvee bis car. Old man you enough for being ao Interested in
hates the country. Son adores I t our old people's borne. They really
He's making the old house a bead- made my little offerings look quite
quarters for a hunting trip. Just gets shabby. I bad managed to get to
In the village on the eleven-seven and gether some interesting antiques my
■tarts out hunting again' this after self that sold pretty well, but not so
noon. That's wbst the rlllago gossips well as your things. And, Mr. Stanley,
If you would care tr we should be de-
say.“
Before Molly had finished, Mrs. Ber* llghtod to have you come to call. You
Perhaps you would
gen had picked up her desk phone to are all alone.
get Into communication with the Stan share our simple family dinner with
*
ley house. Her voice waa sweetness us.
"111 send down the car for you at
personified when she spoke.
"Mr. Stanley, excuse mo for phon once. No. I promise I won’t have a
ing the minute you arrived, but we are thing done for you except to have an
giving a rummage tale, beginning tbla extra place laid. And I’ll tell you that
afternoon, for the benefit— ’’ and xo our #ajtress has gone and we have
■he went on with her honeyed words only a cook, so yoti know how simply
we shall dine.” 8he didn't add that
of explanation.
As a matter of fa c t the telephono there had nover been a waitress In the
bell had boon ringing when Stanley ^ Bergen household and probably never
arrived at the bouse.
Tom had would be.
No sooner bad she put down the
droppod the armful of paraphernalia
that he had with him on the front telephone receiver than she rushed to
porch to hurry In to answer the call. the kitchen, ber excited daughter wbo
There was a chance that It was Impor bad been listening to the conversation
tant business news from New York. following ber. "Olive, for pity sake,”
Meantime bis onetime chauffeur, who ■he said, addressing the cook, "open a
was active as chief cook and bottle large can of bouillon and some olives.
washer and boon companion on the And If you have time make the butter
proposed hunting trip, had stopped at Into balls and get out that bottle of
the village for provisions and Tom bad port that the grocer sent by accident
with tbe last order. And, Molly, hurry
dismissed the station taxi.
“ I’m sure I can dig up something. and get out the best china, and lay an
Old books we have lota of," Tom said extra place at the table, and get down
the candlesticks and— and when your
over the phone. "And I have a trunk
full of old clothes somewhere. I’ll father comes In whisper to him that
get my man to hunt them up. Noth he Is to make no comments. Tell him
ing very wonderful, of courae, tor we not to put his foot In It the way he did
have to wear our clothes till they are the last time we used tho candles t?y
worn out, but perhaps they w ill be asking if the electricity had been
salable for a few cents. I really turned off. And, Olive, be sure to
wouldn't dare to give you anything wear that cap I bought you the time
Molly.
from around the house, though I am the minister dined with us.
you’]l have to take the car around for
quite sure there are loads of Useless
things, but when my elster comes out Mr. Stanley. You might make some
next time she might discover that I remark about tbe chauffeur being ill
had given away all* the family heir or hla day off or something .if you
think It would look better. Slip Into
looms. I'll send my man over with
your little blue mull before you go.
the bundle.”
I’ll wear my black moire. Really,
"Please don’t bother," Mrs. Stanley
those Stanleys must have a great deal
replied. “ I shall be delighted to stop.
of money to be able to dis^mM such
You may be away on your trip. In
perfectly splendid things. ™ n d he
that case, leave the bundle on the
seemed eo delighted when I told him
front veranda. My daughter w ill run
that they had sold well. I am sure he
down In the car. My daughter says
has a very kind, heart. Molly, he la
■he has met yon. No, Indeed, I should
really Interested In yon already, tor
really rather have her stop for their."
he aeemed fairly to Jump at the Invi
Tom Stanley experienced a decided
tation to dinner. I wonder why he
ly agreeable turn o f memory at the
didn’t go hunting. It wasn’t really ao
nama o f Mrs. Stanley’« daughter. Yea,
vary cold.”
■he was to « decidedly pretty, viva
(Copyrlgbt, UK, by McClure Newspa
cious brunette he had met at hie cou
per Syndicate.)
sin’s boarding school, th e had told
him that bar home waa near one of
hie many home*. He had practised
"The new minister called upon the
himself to t pleasure of hunting her np factory superintendent today.”
"H ow ’d ha come out?"
some time. In tact, he had m ad« two
tjrlpa to the eountry with a half Idea
"Bolling. The busy superintendent
o f finding an excuse to meet bar «gain. thought he was a man looking for a
But Tom was anything but a ladle«' Job gafi told Mm (hat he would give
him a Job in eplte of his look«, i f he
Oould furnish fifita)loss rsfsrenoeeaad
HAS DISTINCT FLAVOR
C A U U F L O W IR ONB OF TH B BfifiT
OF V gQ B TA B LB t.
Careful Preparation Needed to Bring
Out Itai Really Fine Qualltlee In
lo n u Dlehes That Have Indorse
ment of txperts.
Cauliflower has a distinctive flavor,
suggesting cabbage somewhat, but
more delicate. Whatever tbe method
of preparing It for the table, care
should b e taken to preserve and de
velop Its flavor and to keep tbe creamy
white color which Ms so attractive.
This meaps that It must be cooked
just long enough to Insure tendernee*
and no longer. I f overcooked, the
white portion turns dark and the flavor
becomes strong and finally rank. Some
persons Insist that overcooked cauli
flower and overcooked cabbage may be
tbe cause o f digestive, disturbance
which ie not noticed wtaed .these vege
tables are properly cooked.
The following recipes are worth try
ing!
Boiled Cauliflower With Drawn But
ter,— Place , tbe cauliflower, head up,
In boiling water to which salt has boon
added (one teaspoonful to a quart of
water) and cook until Just tender,
w^lch should require for a medium-
•tsed cauliflower about one-half hour.
Then remove whole to a hot dish and
serve with melted butter. Sometimes
the head la wrapped In cheesecloth be
fore being cooked to make sure that
the delicate flowerets are not broken
off. If tbe leaf sta lk » are cooked with
the bead, serve in such a way that
each person receives a portion o f both
bead and leaf.
- Creamed Cauliflower^—1
T he cauli
flower cooked as above may be served
with a cream sauce, and the dish looks
particularly well when tbs head la left
whole and the-sauce Is poured over It.
I f more convenient, however. It.m ay
be broken up Into small portions,
which should be arranged neatly In
the dlah and then covered with the
Cream Sauce.— This kind o f sance
(so ohen served with vegetables)
should be made rather thick for cauli
flower, as follows: One cupful milk,
two tablespoonfuls butter, two table
spoonfuls floor, one-half teaspoonful
■alt and one-fourth teaspoonful pepper.
Heat the milk over boiling water; beat
tbe butter and flour to a cream and
stir Into tbe hot milk. Cook live min
utes, then add salt and pepper,
In this and tbe other dishes referred
to salt and pepper can be added as
desired.
Cauliflower Baked : With Cheese
(Cauliflower au Qrattn)-— Break Into
pieces a well-drained" bead o f plain
boiled cauliflower and fill a dish with
layers (two or at most three) of cauli
flower lightly sprinkled with grated
cheese. Pour over all a capful of
cream sauce; sprinkle the top with
buttered bread crumbs, and, if a decid
ed cheese flavor is liked, with a little
grated cheese also. Bake In a mod
erately hot oven until the top la a deli
cate brown.
Qresm o f Cauliflower Soup.— Cream
aoups can be made by adding the pulp
of a vegetable (enough to insure good
flavor) to a thin cream sauce. A good
proportion ia one cupful o f vegetable
pulp (In this case cauliflower broken
into very small pieces or pat through
a rather ooaroe aleve) to a quart of
sauce.
WHEN TH E PINERS ARE LATE CARING FO R LAMBING EWES
1
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%
Food May Be Kept In deed Condition
If Requisite Paraphernalia la
at Hand.
Week Animals Cannot Give Birth to
Vigorous Lambs— Furnish Dry,
1
Comfortable Shelter.
* This problem confronts every house
keeper in all the seasons, and per
haps tt is the IsgCluC breakfast-comers,
and those who are a little uncertain
at the dinner boor who cause her toe
most anxiety. However, since the in
troduction o f hot water plates and fla t
ters, this has ceased to be serious a
question.
The food on these plates, after the
nickel reservoir under them has been
filled with hotting hot water may be
covered with the nickel cover and will
keep in perfect condition fo r a half
or even three-quarters of on hour.
Tbe vegetables, cooked now in toe
three-quarter compartment steamers,
may be well kept tor at least the seme
length of time. The roast, done In
the universal covered roasting pan.
will suffer none from the same length
delay.
Tiny alcohol burners under toe lit
tle chaflng dishes used for saucers
will keep the sauces warm, though
perhaps they suffer more than any
other one thing by waiting— they get
too thick or dry out if allowed to
stand, and thetr flavor ia often sacri
ficed. Soup, of course, can wait with-
put serious injury.
Fish la the hardept article to keep
warm unless It is made into a fish tar-,
bot. If It has been boiled, then It
should be rpUUBd uu UiUTnak—end-
placed over boiling water, so tt la
steam-enveloped and covered, but if
It is allowed to stand more than ten or
fifteen minutes this way It yrlll become
woolly and lose Its taste. T r im m e d
It will stand all right in a double boil
er over hot water for twenty or thirty
minutes, after which It begins to get
watery.
Solid alcohol burners, lighted un
der toe chaflng dish long «tough at
a time to keep the water at boiling
point In the water pan, will keep the
contents warm without danger o f be
ing overcooked, tor at least a half-
hour.
Any o f toe plate warmers placed
on the dining room radiator will keep
the plates warm and ready for serv
ing when needed.
The ewes that ore to Inmb h
spring should havo good care In toe
winter, so they will come through
strong and healthy. Weak ewes aa>
not give birth to vigorous Iambs, and
often they will die in the attempt to
give birth to their offspring.
It becomes necessary, therefore, to
keep the ewee under good shelter to
the time o f storms snd bad weather,
says an Oklahoma writer in Farm
Progress. The ewe that must stand
out In the snow or natal storm w ill get
her wool bedrabblsd snd become
chilled and weakened. She «t»n«td
have a dry, comfortable shelter, and
here she should stay except when the
days ore bright and ¿nnny and the
ground la firm. To torn her out on
soft fields may result disastrously, for
she may mire down and strain her
self or perish.
The ewe should be fed plenty of
good clover or alfalfa hay, with the
addition o f a fair, grain ration. It is
not necessary fo r ber to grow fat, but
■he must be kept in good flesh, so
that she will be strong at lambing
time. I like oats fo r a feed, but a
little corn mixed with to e oats Is
beneficial. A straw bedding for the
sheep will be appreciated.
Sheep
should not be allowed to sleep on
damp or wet ground In toe winter.
H ELP FU L SUGGESTIONS
.
Add a capful o f cooked rice when
making beef loaf and the loaf will be
moist add slice firmly and will have
a new flavor.
x
After plucking and singeing, Xqwla.
dampen them slightly, sprinkle with
flour, rub gently all over arid wash In
tepid water.
.>
Mix the salt with the flour before
milk or water is added in making
thickening for gravies, etc., and there
by prevent lumpiness.
Before pouring hot fruit into a glass
dish or Jar, place the receptacle on a
cloth wet in cold water. This prevents
the glass from breaking.
To remove oil stains and point from
windows, wet a woolen cloth with am
monia and apply to the spots, rubbing
briskly bnt not too hard. ,
To prevent cakes, pies and other
pastry from burning on the bottom
sprinkle the bottom o f the oven with
fine, dry salt, and your cakes or pies
will bake perfectly.
T o make a light and dark layer cake
first bake the dark part, then when
almost done remove from the oven,
pour the light part over it, put back
in the oven and bake quickly.
Creamed Celery. v
Celery two cupfuls, white sauce one
cupfaL *
Method: Select the tender parts of
the celery and serve as a relish. The
tougher, undestrablo parts, break into
Inch pieces and cook until tender in
enough boiling salted water to cover
(30 to 00 minutes). Make a white
sauce by melting one tableapoonful of
butter and adding one tablespoon ful
of flour and stirring until smooth, grad
ually pouring on the one-fourth cupful
of milk and stirring until smooth.
Add the cooking water.
Instead of Starch.
I f you have found the ordinary
starch unsatisfactory when "doing
up" your fine white wear try making
starch either o f borax or gam arable.
The borax method is the simpler in
that it is merely added to the rins
ing water (two heaping teaspoonfuls
of borax to flve quarts o f water la
the proportion) and gives the gar
ments when Ironed Just the right
amount o f crispness. T o make a gum
arable starch use half an ounoe of
the gum arable to a cupful o f boiling
water. Dilute to ault your taste In
stiffness and use as you would the
common laundry variety.
Fruit Pudding.
Take one egg„ beaten slightly; one-
half cupful butter and lard mixed, one
cupful milk, scant one-half teaspoon
ful cloves, allspice, cinnamon, nut-
mog, ginger, one-half teaspoonful
■alt, one teaspoonful soda, three cup
fuls flour, one cupful seeded raisins,
one-half cupful citron, one cupful wal
nut meats, ground.
Steam three anQ one-half hoars.
Serve with cream or wine or brandy
sauce. This makes an excellent des
sert and w ill keep a long time.
Glass Plant 8helf.
I t la a good Idea to have glass cut
to fit a shelf on which plants stand.
The glaas Is easily cleaned and aavea
the wood underneath.
A piece of
plate glass cut to fit a window ledge
or top o f a radiator w ill often fur
nish a convenient shelf. A pretty tear
room has its tables covered first with
an attractive pattern lx cretonne, and
this In tarn oovered with plat» g laas
exactly fitting to e tables.
Creole Balls.
Add to one cupful of milk butter the
■lee o f an agg and let It come to a
boil. A fter the milk bolls add three
cupfuls light brown spgar, getting the
mixture to toe boiling point as quick
ly as possible to avoid curdling. Stir
continually. Whan a soft ball will
form in the water tt la done. Remove
from the stove and boat, add one tea
spoon ful vanilla, one capful not
meats. When tt creams form In small
ball ahapes or mounds.
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Sauteed Oyster».
T o be prepared In the chaflng dish.
Free the oysters from bits o f shell and
rinse If gritty, drain and lay on a
bed o f ooaroe cracker crumbs, tolled
rather coarsely, and seasoned with
pepper and sa lt Put enough butter
into the blaoer to m ar» than oever
the bottom, lay in the oyster» an# turn
as soon as light brown, adding more
butter as needed. Serve with ehvee
or ptoalillL
Scald one «ni
one-half cupful
Veal Balia.
Bight ounces o f cold cooked real,
three ounoee o f bacon fried, two
tablespoon fuls of cream, three ounces
o f grated roll, one tablespoonful o f
chopped parsley, pepper and sa lt Pass
the meat and bacon twice through the
«whtniwg machine. Stir grated roll
into cream, add egg, salt, pepper and
parsley and lastly the meat, mixing
all thoroughly. Form Into balls the
alas o f a hut, boll for fits minutes in
o f milk, add to thle
ploca, let ooxae to a
e-halt cupful sosar;
flavor with ranilla,
JVhmiB u n i B w B
t.
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HOW MRS. BERN
MET THE CRISIS
Hatovflle,T
L ife 1
fo r tt u n « |
called a w « F
Lydia & Pbkham’s
it
It
to » Chang» o f L ila i
I got home I did net need B i ds
I took t the 1
gone, tbe doctor said, owl I
have not felt it rinee. I tell evucy eaa
bow 1 was eared. I f this
help others yoa sgaAreleome to use ft *
—Mrs. E. H. B k ZS, 825 Joseph Av
Nashville, Te
Lydia E. P in k W s Vegetable Gita»
peuud, a pare remedy containing tha
extractive properties o f good old
i and herbs, meets the
icyveosti
times.
Keep hogs end dogs ou to f the sheep o f her Hfe. Try it
I f th e re Is
pen, and whan the ewee are ready to
mse w b ie h ]
lamb separate them from the rest of
he L y d ia 1
the flock.’’ Ono should have a com
fortable stall In which the ewe
be put to bear her lamb. Here she
may be kept until toe lamb has WEEKS’ BKEAK-UP-A-COLB TABUS
learned to suck snd knows toe moth A guaranteed remedy fo r Colds
er w e ll
L a Grippe. Price 26c o f your
a S5^
It's good. TakqjgctHnr dee. —
3K U S
SYSTEM FOR MARKING FIGS
Acute Hearing.
Animals W ill Not Bleed I f Work la
A number o f Candida too for
Done When They Are Real Yeung
lice force were being
— Cuts Are Made in Cars.
doctor the other day, and a J
examination it was, to a
I will give you the system o f mark came to testing tbe men's
ing pigs which I have used for sev bearing, and said ton i
“ Do you sea this watch?“
eral years. I find tt much better to
“Yea"
mark the pigs as ooon as they are
“ Do you hear tt tick?“
farrowed, writes Horry Belts o f Wash
"Certainly; quite plainly.“
ington county. Neb., in _ Independent
“ Stand further back.“
Former. They w ill not bleed iff tt fla / Candidate retires to re » pm
“ Do you hear it now?"
“ Ten”
“ Well, yoa must-
watch has not been i
—Chicago H erald..
.XMlUf’f*
HOW WONDERFULLY RESMOL
SOOTHES ITCHING SKMS1
I f you have ecsema,
other Itching, burning;
ing skin-eruption, try
ment
Riwinni Soap
quickly the itching stops and the t
Me disappears. R
»J «« an excellent
tor dandruff, sores, burns
choflngs and for a scare o f <
where a soothing, healing
is needed.
Reelnol contains nothing o f a !
or injurious nature and
freely even on the mod
face. Every druggist
Ointment and Reelnol
Marking Flga
•
;-4<> ■ V
done when they ore real young. Cuts
In the lower part o f the right ear mean
|l. X, 3 and 4; one cut In the upper part
Of right ear means 6; one cut in the
upper part o f left ear means 10, and In
the lower part o f the left ear oae cut
means 10. Thus a pig with one eat off
the l o w « and cae on the upper side o f
the left ear is numbered 30; with tour
For chronic pain In toe back apgSff
cuts on ths l o w « and one on the upper Hanford’s Balsam Rah tt SB sad s q »
Side o f right ear ia numbered 9; and tt 1 b thoroughly. Adv.
an animal with all seven cuts is num
la
bered 39.
■*. _
ARGUMENT FOR M ETAL POSTS
Coming Into Use on Many Farms
Where Permanent Fences Are Being
Made—They W ill Net Burn.
There ore several good and sound
arguments for the use o f metal poets,
and they are coming Into use on many
forma where permanent fences are be
ing made.
These poets can be driven, in moat
cases, not needing to be s e t They
do not r o t and w ill not burn. Tbey
also furnish a ground connection as
a protection against lightning tn case
o f w ire fences
W ire fences con be grounded at
■mall coot o f time and money, but as
a general thing they are n ot The
little work and expense needed w ill
usually be postponed until
are killed.
Fires which gat beyond control, and
those set to burn out weeds and rub
bish along the fences w ill not damage
either metal or concrete ports; and an
these reasons are convincing many
that such posts win prove more eco
nomical than wood where wood la
hard to get and replooe when through
SmmtsK
ted that while he was the
three cows, “ the besets worn as
as Phsrosh’s lean klne."
The chairman, thinking to o
old Kenneth, asked U a to sag
lean Pharoeh’s klne were.
Bren a 17th-century (Urine x
hare wanted a day or two to thl
over. But Kenneth answered at
“ They were, sir, so lean that
could only he seen In a dream.“
Paradoxical Result
“ How did prohibition week
Crimson Gulch?’’
“ Fine,“ said Bronco Boh, “ T
have sared np so much men
mebbe w e ll hare to let a few
open ao’s they can celebrah
prosperity.“— Washington Star,
Keep Your
Stom ach W<
The Stomach k the i
trolling power in i l l :
ten pertaining to hi
and it muet be
•ndactfv* A t
sign o f