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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1908)
General Debility Ray In and day ont there is that feeling of weakness that makes a burden of itself. Food does not strengthen. Sleep does not refresh. It Is hard to do, bard to bear, what should be easy, vitality Is on the ebb, and the whole system suffers. For this condition take Hood's Sarsaparilla It vitalizes the blood and gives vigor and tone to all the organs'and functions. In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. A Cllmnlln IMxponrncemen t. "Do you think there Is any reliable nay of foivtejlins the weather?" "Yep." nnsweroil runner Corntassel. "Jes" think of the kind you don't want nnd then prophesy it." Wushiinjtou Star. By a arrnw Mnrirln. "You're all out of breath," said Tnoo dies. "What have you been doing?" . "I5een running a race!" panted Ardup. "On a hot day like this? What for?" "To er decide who was going to pay for the dinner." 'Tid you win?" "Yw, by the akin of my teeth." "Who was the oilier fellow?" "lie was well, he was the proprietor of the restaurant. I managed to lose him In the crowd just as lie was about to make a grab for me." Chicago Tribune, j f"ll ht" 'tu' i'tiico unit 1 mj...r!i pcrxv I 1 1 J nently cured ly Dr. inn's Great Nerve lie s' 'irrr. Kcn-l for FHEE $2.00 timl hottlo nnd trHiitlse. l)r. U. 11. Kline, Ld., U Arch HI., Pkiluduluhia, I'a. The outwnrd robe of the I'opn is red flud ninde from the wool of the lambs of til e convent of St. Allies, near- the l'orto l'ia. A Look Attend. Qucpti Alcxn ndrn iittenderl last upline's niimial mansion house fete In London, mid of Unit auspicious fact there Is a tale to tell. One of the diminutive flower mai dens was both pretty nnd plump, nnd' when her majesty stopped for an In stant to smile down upon her, what did she Uo but put up her wee mouth for a kiss, which she received. ".Molly !" gasped her astonished moth er, after the visitor bad passed on. "How could you?" Molly gnvo good reason. "I fought,' eaiil she, "it 'ml lie lnlertstin' to tell my grandchildren." Harper's Weekly. Only a few years ngo the only artlclo ' tasting of niiiplo was maplo suar. There is now nn article on the market that is so like the real maplo sugar that even obi Vermonters are unable to tell tho diffcretien. Jn fae.t, on ac count of its healthful qualities, being a. purely vegetable product, neither sticky nor sickly, it is preferred by many people who formerly used only the regulation maple sugar. This new-extract is called Mapleine. It is a Seattle product and can bo usod to advantage by the housewifo in a variety of ways. For instance, a syrup like maple can be made by simply dis solving granulated sugar in' water and adding a few drops of Mapleino. Tho Crescent Manufacturing Com pany who mnko Mapleine have pub lished n booklet called Mapleino Pain ties. This will bo sent freo on roquest to anyone who asks for it. It is full of wholesome recipes. Innocent ''Edith, I was ashamed of you when you called Mr. Midlage an old man to bis face." "Why, mamma, I did nothing of the kind. I wouldn't be as impolite as that for the world. I called him an old gen tleman." T.enp-Vear, Iho somewhat elderly but still linml fotm and w-ll-prcserved bachelor,-had long been an ndiiiirer of the young lady, but never bad dared to tell her so. At last, however, be mustered courage to say : 'Miss Jessie, I wish I were twenty jenrv younger." ( "Why so?" she asked. "BtTiuiso then I should be bold enough, perhaps, to ask you to marry Jiic." With a charming smile she shook her bead. "I should have. to tell you no, Mr. Baxter," she said. "If you were twenty years younger you would be er a great deal too young for me." He took the bint and a little while Inter the young lady, too. KASPARILLA Tl.i i sterling household remedy is most successfully prescribed for a "world of troubles." For derangements of the di gestive organs it is a natural corrective, operating directly upon the liver and ali mentary canal, gently but persistently stimulating a healthful activity. Its beneficial influence extends, however, to every portion of the system, aiding in the Jirocesscs of digestion and assimilution of ood, promoting a wholesome, natural appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad breath, irregularities of the bowels, con stipation and the long list of troubles directly traceable to those unwholesome conditions. Kasparilla disjiels drowsi ness, headache, backache and despond ency due to inactivity of the liver, kidneys and digestive tract. It is a strengthening tonic of the highest value. If it fails to satisfy we authorize all dealers to refund the purchase price. IIoyt Chbmical Co. Portland, Oregon: For Opening Frnlt Jan, I Any person who has ever struggled with a fruit Jar that hnd the lid stuck will be grateful to the Idaho man who has given us the fruit Jar opener. 1 his device is con structed ou the principle of a pair of pliers, and the Jaws, which are genii-circular and made to fit around the top of a Jar, are ser rated In such a way as to obtain a firm grip. Here tofore It was impossible to get a good purchase on the tops, us the hand would slip before the top would turn if the latter stuck very ! WHENCH. badly. I Then, too, the opener eliminates ah ' danger of cutting the hands on the metal of the top or the glass of the Jar. Many a ease of blundpoisnnlng has deveioiKHl from a wound sustained In this way and, taking a different view of the case, many a futility has sat down to the table without preserves be cause the Jars coold not be opened. In tho old days a prolonged soaking In hot water was the only remedy for an obstinate top. Snuoe For PTnt Lonf. " To three tablespoons melted butter add one teaspoon chopped onion and one-half sour apple, two tablespoons i flour. Cook to a clear brown, ndd one pint milk, one cup hot water, In which the glaze from baking pan has been ; melted. Stir until boiling hot, ndd j chopped nut meats and one tablespoon ! lemon Juke and one-half teaspoon salt Apple Dotter. Cook two parts apple and one part rhubarb until tender. Rub all through colander. If set in the oven it will cook without spattering the stove. Sweeten with sugar and flavor with cinnamon. For grape butter take two parts seeded grapes nnd one part apple run through colander. Apple gives a much better flavor to the grapes. Chncnlate Cake. One cup sugar, half-cup butter, half cup milk, twq eggs, two cups flour, two teaspoons 'baking powder. Before be ginning the cake take half a cake of chocolate, put It on the stove to melt, let It come to a boll, add the yolk of one egg, then pour on the cake batter while hot. Bake In long shallow tin. Put together with boiled Icing. Germnn Kuchnlapf. Half-pound of butter, three table spoons sugar, pinch of salt, rind of lemon, cake of compressed yeast, dis solved In a cup of lukewarm- water, twelve ounces flour and two ounces cornstarch. Stir half an hour. Put Into form with tube In center and let rise until tight Itulslns may be added if wished. Cnke Cuatnrd. Soak a coffee cupful or less of the cake left over from the pudding In a sulliclent quantity of milk to nearly fill a small pudding dish. Bent two eggs with a cupful of sugar ; add to mixture with any desired flavoring. Put In a email quantity of raisins, currant or citron nnd bake uutll brown. Serve with cream. Spiced Cherries, Nine pounds of fruit, 4 pounds of sugar, 1 pint of elder vinegar, i ounce of cinnamon bark, Vj ounce of whole cloves. Let the sirup come to a boll before putting In the fruit; cook the fruit until the skins break ; then take out the fruit and boll the sirup down until thick ; pour over the fruit hot Corn and Peppera, One of the uses for cold boiled corn left over from a previous meal Is as an entree with green peppers. Wash the peppers, remove their seeds and boll them for about twenty minutes. Then chop them fine, mix them with the corn cut from the cobs nnd heat tho two together' in butter, salt and peeper. Miuhcd Potato for Fried Ft nil. Pare and boll the potatoes as usual, In salted water, then draip. and press them through a slleer or vegetable press. Add a generous piece of butter, plenty of salt and cooked tomatoes, pressed through a sieve, and moisten as needed. Serve in a separate dlsb or on the plate with the fish. Iced Hlee Padding. To a quart of rich milk add two ta blcspoonfuls of rice and twelve of su gar, with a pinch of salt and two beat en eggs. Bake, stirring often, till the whole Is soft and like thick cream, then cool and put Into a pall and set in a larger pall, putting Ice In between. Let It stand three hours. VALUE OF WHEAT. ' Good Profit May Be Made by Feeding to Poultry at High Prices. By James Dry4en, Poultryman. Oregon Agricul tural College. Corvallia. The prices of poultry and eggs fol low closely the trend of wheat prices' and of corn prices, the two staple poul try foods in the United States. The tendency is for poultry keepers to cur tail the flock of poultry when prices of food are high, and to increase the flock when the prices of food are low. When the grain prices riso more poul try are sent to market, and later on there is a scarcity of both poultry and eggs. The question for the poultryman and the farmer to consider in this connec tion is, at what prices of grain does it pay the farmer to market the grain rather than feed it to the poultry, for the business of the farmer is to get the most out t)f the soil, whether it be in raw or concentrated products. It is a fine point to determine just where the profit in feeding poultry as well as other livestock disappears in the up ward tendency of tho price of grain; in other woTd's, at what point is there a parting of the ways between a profit and a lossf The general tendency among farmers is to sell the grain, rather than feed it, long before the parting of the ways has been reached, and it is a knowledge of this fact that nssures the skillful and persistent feeder of a profit. The parting of tho ways comes very soon to tho majority of feeders. One man may be telling 'the exact truth when lip nnrq that ho enn make no profit in feeding seventy-five-cent wheat, nnd another may be equally truthful when ho says ho can make a profit in feed ing one-dollar wheat. Tho difference in the two men is a difference in skill in feeding. With good stock nnd good earo the skillful feeder will make' a profit in feeding high-priced grain, but no one can make a profit with poor stock and poor care at any price for ;rain. The price of wheat is higher now than it has been for probably ten or fifteen years, nnd it is frequently said that it is too high to feed to chickens, Two or three things should be con sidered in this connection. First, the prices of poultry and eggs will rise if many chickens are marketed, and the farmer who keeps his chickens will make as much profit as ho did when the price of wheat was low. That is, tho price of poultry products will ad just itself to the prices of grain. Sec ond, how much does it really cost to feed a hen for a year! Does any one Vnowt In experiments made by the writer, covering several years, in which every ounce of food was - weighed, six pens of Leghorn hens consumed during the year 5G4 pounds wheat, 296 pounds corn, 203 pounds oats, 112 pounds bran nnd shorts and 235 pounds skim milk, in addition to some animal food. The cost of tho total food per fowl for the year varied in different pens from 61 cents to 78 cents, and averaged G6 cents. The wheat was charged at 1 cent a pound, corn at 1 cents, oats at a cent, skim milk at a fifth of a cent and bran and shorts at three fifths of a cent. The animal food cost from 5 to 6 cents per fowl. The wheat constituted nearly a half of the total cost, i The hens laid an average of 344 eggs per fowl, valued at $1.68 at local p -ices for eggs. The prices were from 10 cents to 25 cents per dozen, much lower than the prices are in Oregon at tho present time. If wheat had been worth, say, 90 cents and had been charged for at that rate, and bran nt 1 cent a pound, the cost per fowl would have been about 16 cents more, or 80 cents instead of 66 cents. But eggs arc also higher in price than they were then. Taking the monthly egg yield of tho six pens of Leghorns and computing the value of the eggs laid each month at tho average wholesale prices of eggs in' Portland during the past t'VO years, tho results would be as follows: Kggs Price laid. pcrdcz. Value. November ... 40 35o $ 1.17 December ...122 35c 3.00 January 243 2(ie 4.40 February ....238 25o 4.90 March 336 20o 5.60 April 499 " Sue 8.30 May 428 18c 6.33 June 397 20o 6.62 July 384 20o 6.40 August 393 25c 8.20 September ...221 25c 4.60 October D7 30o 2.40 $61.92 In place of eggs worth $1.68 per fowl, if their value be computed at present prices in Portland they would be worth $2.58 per fowl. In other words, on the basis of present prices, food costing 80 cents when fed to hens produces eggs worth $2.58. This is a pretty good margin of profit in feed ing UO cent wheat. It may bo said that tho average flock of hens does not lay 144 eggs per low!. That is true. It is also true that 144 eggs per fowl is not phenom enal. The right kind of hens properly attended should average 150 and well- bred hens considerably more. The av erage farm flock will not average 125, probably not 100. In these experiments all the food eaten was paid for at market prices and the cost averaged only 66 cents per ben. The cost would have been only 80 cents if tho wheat had cost 90 cents per bushel. The farmer, how ever, who keeps fifty or a hundred hens can do better than that, for on the average farm that number of hens may be kept largely on the waste pro ducts or by-products of the farm. They will find the animal food in the fields in the shape of bugs, grasshoppers, worms, etc., and' there will usually be skim-milk or buttermilk. There need therefore be no cost for animal food, resulting in a saving of 8 to 10 cents per fowl. The clover or grass they eat will have little marketable value. The destruction of grasshoppers in the clover and grain fields and of bugs in the orchards will, where these insects are bad, offset a large part of the an nual cost of food tor the fowls in better crops. In experiments with larger breeds the cost of feeding was greater. The cost of feeding Plymouth Hocks aver aged $1.15 per fowl and of Wyandottes $i.U0. This extra cost is largely offset when the fowls are marketed, the larger breeds bringing more than the small breeds. In answer to an inquiry relative to the way in which to tell the difference between the edible mushroom and the poisonous variety, the station replied: "There are so many different species of mushrooms, and they are so nearly like the poisonous varieties, that it is impossible for an inexperienced person to detect the difference. Botanists do not usually recognize any difference be tween mushrooms and toadstools. The best way is t learn to recognize cer tain species S edible mushrooms, even though the number bo few. A common variety, known botanically as ' Agaricus campestrias L.,' is not poisonous, and by the following description you may be able to recognize it: "The stem is cylindrical, or tapers a little toward the lower end. Near its upper end is a sort of collar, usually termed a 'ring,' which encircles it. This is very delicate, white like the stem, nnd of very tlnn, satiny texture. The circular, expanded disk into which the stem fits is called the 'cap.' The surface is sometimes white, although sometimes brownish, and usually cov ered by a thin layer of delicate threads. The flesh or inner portion is more com pact, and is white also. Numerous thin plates, or 'gills,' are on the under side of the cap, which radiate from near the stem to the margin of the cap. When the plant is very young tho gills are first white, but soon become a dark, pink color, mid in age changes to dark brown. Tho substance of the stem is less compact at the center, but the stem is not really hollow, though in some in stances there are slight indications of it. This mushroom will be found in sod, where shade is plentiful. "It is probable that the mushroom responsible for a majority of the deaths from eating this plant is the Amanita phalloides. By a novice, it might eas ily be taken for the Agaricus campes tris. However, the former usually oc curs in the woods, while the edible va riety just described occurs in open places. Professor G. F. Atkinson, of the botany division of tho Cornell univer sity agricultural experiment station, de scribes the Amanita phalloides as fol lows: "It is pure white, and possesses an annulus or collar, but what is most important the base of the stem rests in a cup-like envelope called the volva. . . . Tho pileus in this form is smooth, yiscid to the touch, and pure white,' as is also tho annulus, stem and volva, though the latter is soiled by particles of earth. The stem is nearly cylindrical, tapering slightly from the bulbous base. It is hollow; or stuffed with cottony, mycelial threads. The gills are .usually pure white, even in age, and are nearly free from the stem. When decaying the plant emits a very disagreeable odor." From Washington State college, Pullman. An inquiry which will be of interest to fruit growers of southwestern Wash ington and northwestern Oregon was referred to the department of horticul ture. It follows: "Kindly give me some advice con cerning the growing of raspberries and blackberries under the conditions found in southwestern Washington. I would be obliged to you for information con cerning the growing of plums, cherries and apples in this region." Professor W. S. Thornber replied: "You will have no difficulty in growing raspberries and blackberries in your part of tho country, providing you use good judgment in selecting your va rieties and in planting. If the low land is well drained you had better plant blackberries, but if the land is not well drained you will have difficulty in growing any form of small fruit there. However, tho blackberry will come nearer to growing in poorly drained land than the raspberries will. In choosing varieties of blackberries, use the Mam moth for extra' early, the Snyder for middlo early and the Evergreen for late. Raspberries require a dryer and, especially, well drained soil, and with such conditions in your part of the state you should be able to grow re mnrkablft crops of them. The Cuthbert is the standard for commercial work on the west side; also the Antwerp, the Superlative and the Marlboro are excel lent berries for growth there. "Plums will do well upon a ver moist soil, and will stand a poorly drained soil better thpn tho majority of other fruits. The Peach, tho Yellow Egg, tho Tragedy, the Willard, the Lom bard and other varieties almost without number will do well in the region you refer to. Almost any cherry will sue: coed there. Tho Royal Anns, the Bings, the Lamberts and the May Dukes would be good varieties to plant. The varie ties of apples that will do especially well 4hcro are more or less limited. The Yellow Transparent, the Duchess, the Oldenberg and tho Gravcnstcin for early apples, and the Northern Spy, Olympia, Baldwin, Grimes Golden and possibly a few Rhode Island Greenings for later varieties will do quite well. Other, varieties, such as Ben Davis, Gano and the Jonathan, do not seem to be entirely adapted , to your part of Washington." From Washington Stats college, Pullman. Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-informed in every walk of life and are essential to per manent success and creditable stand ing. Accordingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives Is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the Internal organs on which It acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to Increase the quantity from Ume to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. HOWARD E. BTJRTOS. Assayer ars Chemist, Leadvllle, Colorado, bpecliuen prices: liotd. Silver, L ad,(l ; Uold, Silver, 7.V; Oold,6Uc: Zllicor t'epper, 1. Cyanldo tcHtn. Mailing envelop an4 full price list sent on application. Control and Um pire work solicited, iLeiereaces Carbonate Ra tional Bank. TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING : look belter-wears longer- ana give more fc-jv( bodily comfort fryC Decerns? cur on J targe patterns, yer costs no more lhan the "jusl as good kinds SUIT543Q9 5LICKER5a3Qo SOLD EVERYWHERE Every garment CtNER' carina the - . . 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