THE EARLY BIRD
By ELIZABETH NOLAN.
(Copyright, K1 by th McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
- "Get up, fur goodness Hike, Tieth
Moore. This Is the third time I've call
ed you. You said we should go In
bathing every morning before break
fast, and here a whole week of our
vacation is near gone and we have
not been In the water once."
"All right groaned Beth, as she
sleepily rubbed her eyes. "I'll get
rtjiht up. Ion go ahead and Til be
down In a minute."
"Now, be sure," said Jennie, as she
ran downstairs, out onto the beach and
to the water's edfte, where she com
fortably seated herself to await Beth's
arrival
The two girls had planned months
past for this big vacation the first
two weeks of August Hunting through
vacation books and time tables they
finally had settled upon Sallshury
Beach. Of course, the bathing Xjfia to
be their greatest amusement as both
were expert swimmers. Quite con
trary to their plans, however, danc
ing and bowling had occupied most
of their time op to the first week's
end.
Jennie waited ior nearly half an
hour and then decided that Beth must
have turned over, only to fall asleep,
on the other side, as she hnd so often
done before. Knowing that it must be
near breakfast time she thought she
would take one plunge before return
ing. At first the water seemed Icy cold,
but after a' few minutes fhe was wish
lug that she had longer to stay, the
water was so Invigorating. Just one
more good swim and then Bhe would
go and dress for breakfast, she said to
herself. But alas I It was one swim
too many for Jennie Dever." Carried
out by the mighty waves and held by
the strong undertow, she could not
swim an inch nearer the shore. To
scream would be of no use as there
was not a soul on the whole beach, so
courageously she fought the waves,
still hoping to be able to make some
progress. To her great surprise and
relief she could now see the form of
someone In the distance hastening to
ward her. . Oh ! thought Jennie, will
they ever get here?
Tom Hurd, clerk at the "Castle
Mona," had been watching the "early
bird," and now, convinced that she
was in distress, ran down the bench
and hastily seized the life-saving bont,
dragged It Into the water. Bowing out
as quickly as possible, he was Just In
time to rescue the prostrate form from
sinking. Others had now gathered
round the shore ready to receive them,
with all things necessary to make the
victim as comfortable as possible. Tom
deposited his burden In the great warm
blankets and hastily they carried her
to the hotel.
Poor Jennie, too exhausted to speak,
soon found herself resting comfort
ably In her own bed, while Beth, eyes
brimming over with tears, lamented
the fact that she had fallen asleep
again almost Immediately after Jen
nie left her.
"How nice that fellow was who res
cued you. Tve seen him around here
all week," continued Beth. "I think
he must be employed here." Gaining
no reply from Jennie she did not en
thuse further over the hero of the day.
, 'Noticing that Jennie was dozing she
quietly took a mngwlne and tried to
Interest herself in it Presently a
gentle knock on the door announced
the arrival of Miss White, the propri
etress, with breakfast for the two girls.
"Gracious," said Beth, "how kind of
you. I had completely forgotten that
it was past eating time."
Jennie roused herself sufficiently to
take a few sips of coffee while Beth
fairly devoured the delicious corn muf-
fins.
A good sound sleep greatly improved
Jennie, and the afternoon found her
seated In an easy chair on the spacious
veranda, while Tom Hurd occupied the
chair by her side.
After supper that evening Jennie re
tired quite early, and Tom found him
self wondering how he had spent other
evenings. Tonight there seemed to be
no place to go, or nothing worth while
to do. But tomorrow evening she
would be nble to stay up, and possibly
to go to the dance, too. The thought
alone was consoling to him, and in idle
dreams he spent the evening until lock
ing up time arrived
Jennie rested all day, and finally
yielding to Tom's coaxing, she agreed
to take a short stroll along the beach
after supper.
Was it to be wondered at that Dan
Cupid completed his errand In that
one evening? What more powerful
weapons could there be than the "sil
very moon," combined with the
enchanting "sad sea waves" to work
successfully on two loving hearts.
"Just as soon as I finish medical
school," added Tom, "and how glnd I
am this is my last year."
, Arm in arm they returned to the
, "Castle Mona," Jennie too happy for
. words, and Tom convinced that he
had won the sweetest girl In the whole
world. , , '
When Jennie returned to her home
how surprj d were her friends to see
a sparkling diamond on the third
finger of her left hand, for as Beih
explained to. her acquaintances that
was the rooming that "the early bird
caught the worm."
Seeded to Be Both,
Maid There's a gentleman calling,
sir.
Man of the Ilouse In person or on
the telephone?
'Yes, sir; he's calling In person oa
the telephone, sir."
"STARTERS" TO RIPEN CREAM
Technical Work Should Not Be Un
dertaken Unleu Butter U Made
on Commercial Scale.
(Prepared by the Unltod States Depart-
meat or Agriculture.) himb, uir nuinuiuue
In creameries It Is customnry to con- more adnptnh'e these prisoner be
trol to some extent the ripening of ' cmie to the w assigned them, and
cream by means of "starters," which the more useful to us."
are pure cultures of lactlc-acld-produc- i Hun have a majestic awe of big
lug bacteria grown In pastourlxed , '" Thus It 1 explained for their
milk. The making of starters is tech-, edification that the "labor army" In
nlcal work that should not be under- prisoner camps Is numerically greater
taken unless butter is made on a com- than the whole male working-class
merclal scale. If the milk and cream population of Denmark. Jjnrwny and
are produced under proper conditions, Sweden combined, "and Is equivalent
there Is no need for using starter's. If to one-fifth tho totnl number of work
handled under those conditions and , ' Germany ' the war,
protected from contamination, cream '
will develop the desired flavor when ' Cherrlei From Ruatla.
allowed to ripen or sour naturally at That the cherry world ha. Its bol
the proper temperatures. j JwlW Is explained by Frank A.
When butter is made on a commer- "K the Country Gentleman,
clal scale. It may be advisable to con- SP"" f ,he '!M' !
trol the ripening and thus make a tnln American varieties, particularly
product that" is more uniform from the More lo Montmorency and Early
week to week Richmond, he writes:
Commercial cultures for starter mak-' nJB"w .h" hrn
lng may be obtained from culture man- challenged. Other vurlet e, i ha e been
ufacturers and from dairy supply by i0KD 'nd M bj bUD'
houses. Directions for using accom
pany each package and should be fol
lowed carefully.
A natural or homemade starter may
be made as follows : ;
1. Gean thoroughly and boll for five
minutes three pint fruit Jars and tops.
After boiling keep the Jars covered to
prevent the entrance of bacteria. i
2. Take a pint sample of milk
freshly drawn from each of three cows,
place In the Jars, cover, cool to 75 de
grees Fahrenheit, and keep at that
temperature until curdling occurs. j
3. Curdling, or coagulation, should
tak place in about 24 hours. An Ideal
curd should be firm, smooth, marble
like, free from holes or gas bubbles.
and should show little or no separa-
ton of the whey. It should have a
dTiV,Ur0fl,H "Trfn-
4 Se ert the sample that most close-
ly m?ts hose cond tlons and propa-
cme u u..u..w u.e "
selected sample is propagated as fol
lows :
(a) Clean thoroughly and boll for
five minutes a quart Jnr, the top, and
a teaspoon.
(b) Fill the Jar with freshly drawn
milk, cover loosely, heat -lowly toboH-
ng, and pasteurize by boiling gently
(cTctlVhe milk to 75 degrees Fah-!
re belt and add a teaspoonful of cur-
, . , . . . o a
died milk described In section 3 and
set away to curdle at that tempera-
ture. ,
(d) Propagate the starter from day
to day in the same manner described
In a. b and c. The starter de-
In a, b and c. Ihe starter ae -
,. ' , , .. t ., ,
scribed in c is the one to use for
ripening the cream, and should be add
ed in such quantities as to be one
tenth to one-fifth of the cream to be
churned.
GENERAL KINSHIP WITH SEA
Fondness for Salt Water 8eem to Be
a Characteristic of the Whole
Human Race.
A kind of kinship with the sea Is
In every one of ns, says Boys' Life, the
Boy Scouts' magazine. Noah built
the ark as a matter of religious duty,
we are told. But if old Noah could
have written a few lines to go with
the half dozen paragraphs of the Bible
narrative not for religious effect but
as a man to man, to let us know Just
how he felt about the Job what a
story It would have been 1
A landsman, getting ready for his
first voyage! Big and important re
sponsibilities to carry, but back of all
the study, all the labor, and the "kid
ding" of his friends, that ecstasy of
anticipation that grips your throat and
makes you want to yell for Joy.
Noah was a "regular fellow." You
can tell that by the way he "carried
on You bet the fact that he was
performing a religious duty didn't
make him feel like some folks look in
prayer meeting. You bet that when
he put aboard the ark one pair of
worms, per order, he put In an extra
few for bait You bet he. had that
same hankering for the sea that you
and I have.
It's In the very blood of every mao.
J Remember how, when you were a Ktu,
you put your finger In your mouth aft
er cutting It with your first Jnck-
knife? Didn't the blood taste willy?
Ask any doctor what they put Into
man'a velni to fill them when he hn
lost a lot of blood. He will tell you
"alt water." Poesn't that prove our
kinship to the tea?
Did you ever kriow even a grown up
to pass a gang In iwlmmlng, or a kid
with a string of flsh, or even a picture
of a ship, without stopping a minute
to look? It cant be done. Wt all
love tho water.
Germany Labor Army.
"Our growing labor army" Is the de
scription applied by the Huns to their
prisoner of war. According to a com
munique In the Infest Berlin papers,
Germany and her vnsnil between
them now hold 8,57f.0OO prisoners. For
the first time the German military au
thorities lay itress on tho supreme
value of their prisoners as man power
for Industry and agriculture. They are
so numerous, It Is asserted, that they
go fnr toward compensating Germany
for the men she has had to withdraw
from pnceful pursuits for active mil-
"r im , " . " " "
urctja.
"The
greatest competition arose
through the Introduction of the so
called Russian cherries. These came
along with the other Russian fruits,
mainly In the Importations of 1870 and
lass, and were exploited mainly In the
Northwest states.
"Prof. J. L. Budd propagated sev
eral of these sorts and recommended
them highly. Ir this company were
included Vladimir, Lutnvka. Sklanka,
Osthelm, George Glass, Double Na.tte,
Llthnucr, Brnsseler, Braune, Bessn- ,
rnblnn, Bunte Amerelle and Spaete i
Amarelle. There ' were wme others j
also, bearing the same flavor of north-!
east Germany and southwest Russia.'
. for th
"en In the trenches at all times Is
,
Undpr the direction of the surgeon
general's office sections held by the
American forces where permanent wa
terworks have not been established
will be fully supplied by these trains,
which are In reality miniature water-
""" fMnf .., n.
-- ' -
, fln
'"ISS "n
" e water tank are untedon
motortrucks equipped with powerful
' .
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Women for British Pulpit.
Wf n nrenchers for Great Britain
i .,..
are u possibility If the government
" ' ' . , ,,
fifty cause a much further shortage
In the crop of clergymen.
Already three clergymen have en
listed rather than be put In a noncom
batant corps.
That women will make good preach
ers Is the opinion of many of the Brit
ish clergy.
"Women can deal with many ques
tions thf ' "nnnot deal with," says the
Rev. N. of the City Temple.
laving Wool Rags.
The answer to the question, "Why
should we save wool?" Is that a fully
equipped soldier uses 13 times as much
wool as does a civilian. Also that
there are not enough sheep raised to
meet the needed wool supply.
LITTLE NIST ASIDE
How Military Stores on Mexican
Border Are Salvaged. '
Nothing That It Is Possible to Repair,
or In Any Way Make Useful, I
' Ever Thrown Away a
Worthies.
The most extensive denier In Junk
on the Mexican border wears an ollvo
drab uniform, two bars on his shoul
ders and a serious look, for business 18
nlwavs rushing with Capt. Fred Fe-
Ilx, Uncle Sum's jiina man In the cav
alry division here, write tho Fort
Wis (Tex.) correspondent of the New
York Sun.
A head of the.anlvnge and reclama
tion department of the genera! quar
termaster depot here, Captain Fell!
and hi force o( enlisted men are re
pairing and salvaging auppllei which
have been discarded by the United
State army In the border district
Three warehmises, a pnrt of the fort
machine shop, and Ifjg yard down
town, are used for this work.
Tent which have been torn by the
wind are repaired by men who have
been willor or who have exHrlence
In repairing canvas. Ciinvii cot cov
er which have been torn are cut up
Into tmall piece and made Into cloth
ing bags. These cot cover were for
merly discarded, A tailor shop bin
been established where worn mid torn
uniforms are repaired, buttons ewn
on, the uniform steam cleaned and
pressed and returned to the owner.
Army shoe which have been worn
by manyt marches over the desert
sands near the fort are half-soled by
machinery, ripped places stitched, new
laces Inserted and the shoes aent back
for further wear. Not a scrnp of
leather Is permitted to be wasted by
the reclamation and snlvngo depart
ment. Shoes too badly worn to be
repaired, and cavalry hoot, are rip
ped to pieces and the leather used for
repnlrlng other b!ot and shoes. The
scraps nre then sent to mnrkct for use
In the manufacture of composition
belting.
Recently 15 meat grinder for pre
paring meat for cooking were con
demned and sent to the reclamation
department to be sold for Junk. In
stead, the part were epnruted, reas
sembled and five good grinder obtain
ed, while the remaining part were
stored for repairing other grinder.
Broken part were sold for Junk.
Wagons, automobile, tank wagon,
soup kitchen and every other kind of
field equipment I received by thl de
partment. Wagonmnker replace worn
pnrt of transport and ammunition
wagon with new one. All automo
bile parts are classified and a crew of
rarage men repair the cars as they
come to the shop. Even track for
caterpillar truck are kept for repair
ing those big track which haul sup
piles over the desert.
Broken spurs, ragged guidon and
vo!rui f-ww wtrruint nulteeS,
' Train into Monmouth
L've Portland 71.5, a in, Gorlinger 10:20, Iiulepcnd'ce 10.32, Monm'th lOtliu
" Salem 9.!5, " " "
" " 1.40, pro Dallas 2:45 " 3:10
' " 3.45, " Gerlingcr 4:24, Independence 4:37, Monmouth 4 :fi5
" " 6.00, " " 6:45, " 6:D7, " 7:10
" Portland 3.30, Connects with above
" Corvallis 6.45, a m Independence 7:35.... Arrive Monmouth 7:45
" 1.15, p m ' " 2:14 ( ' " 2:!!0
" Dallas 7.00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25
' Airlie 8.30, a m and 3:45, p m. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 a m and 4:13 p ro.
Leave Independence, 6.50 am, 7.35, 8.45, 10.35, 12.20, 1.30, p m, 2.20, 3 50,
4.40, 7.00 '
Trains out of Monmouth
L've Monmouth 7:05 a m, Independence 7:35, Ccrlingcr 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30
"Same as above ' Portland 11.10
" Monmouth 1:45, pm, " 2:14. " 2:27, Snlem 3:10
" Same as above Portland 6:50
" Monmouth 4:05, " 4:40, " 4:55, Kalcm6:S0
" " 9:05, am Dallas 10:00 "11:00
" " 4;;!0,pm " 4:45, " 6:35
" " 9;05, a m, Independence 10:32, Corvallis 11:20
' " 4;55, p m, " 6:67, " 7:45
" " 7;25 a m and 3;lfl p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 3;40 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.05, a m, 8.15 9.05, 10.50, 12.30, M, 1.45, p m, 2.35, 4.15,
4.55, 7.1)
If you have pride in the farm that gives you a home and a
living why not show it by naming the farm and doing your
corresponding on printed stationery? Ask us about it.
Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop
Let a man once get the pure
clean taste of Real Gravely
Chewing Plug and he bids
ordinary tobacco good-bye.
Cum ii ikst
harness, saddle, the rope nnd even
"bull whips" used by tho nrmv mule
driver are salvaged In Uncle S:im'
big Junk shop here, and the govern
ment I saved thousand of dollars by
repairing army properly which oltxr
wise would hv to be replaced with
new.
Pottih Prom Cement Dust
Extraction' of potash from dunt I
claimed a a possibility. Jiuiie D.
i Rhode, a Pittsburgh manufacturer,
I claim to have made the discovery,
and at hi own expense hn arranged
to erect a large experimental plant nd-
Joining tho plant of a cement company
at Ctixtnlla, 0 for tho purpose of ex
, perimenllng for 120 day,
j The CsKtnlln plant I In the hand of
j a receiver nnd It wn necessary to
j get permission of the United Plate
district court before Mr. Rhode could
j enter Into any agreement with the re
ceiver. This wn gre 'it'll,
Mr. llhode said ho could extrnct
large quimtltle of potash for fertiliser
from the dust and waste of cement
mill that will bo of great benclll to
the country In Increasing the aiipr'
It I understood that the full.,.
States government I wutchlia the ex
periment w 'i Intercut
Dog en the Battlefield.
Experiment made In tho training
of dog as messenger with the ar
mies In the field havt It Is slated,
given satisfactory result. Tho dug
which have proved most receptive
under Instruction are chiefly half
bred collie nnd retriever. A rather
! poor b-ood of bob-tillled sheep dog
ha also done well. All have been
I trained to perform their errand
during heavy firing, both rifle and
I gun. They can be fired over
enslly a the ordinary sporting dog,
and, what Is quite another thing, they
will face fire nt close range. Many
have shown amnslng skill In getting
over, under and through nil sort of
obstacle, Including wire.
Glory for the Conqueror.
The more fiimniii the vanquished
the more famoui tho victor- Don
Quixote.
I
Optlmlttlo Thought
1 Suffer not your fulih to bo shaken
by the aophlstrle of skcptU'S.
Peyton Brand
Real Gravely
Chewing Plug
10c a pouchand1 worth it
Cravelylaiti to mac h longer it cotl$
no mors toehewthan ordinary plug
f, B. Gravely Tobacco Company
' Danville, Virginia
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