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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1916)
i LOVE AND LAW By Justine Wickersham (Copyright, mi, by W. O. Chapman.) "The day of your success, Ransom, dearl" "You hopeful helper and unconqucr able optimist!" returnod the brother of Nettle Balrd. "Don't build your hopes too high. Instead, this may be the day of my downfall." "0, never that, brother, doarl" cried the loving sister, turning quite pale at the set, anxious face of her brother. - "Nettle," he said gravely, "this Is the crisis. You know the unheard-of sacrifices we have both gono through to enable me to qualify for the bar. You remember the years of starving alone, waltlnn for clients who never came. Finally thore comos to me the great Wyford case. The plaintiff Is poor, the fee contingent" "Out a little fortune If you win the case." "It has taken my last dollar to meet the court costs and expenses," con tlnued Ransom. "And I am going to lose the case." "Oh, Ransom!" uttered his sister In dire distress. "Yes, I feel certain of that. You must never lisp what I am going to say to you, but Judge Allison Is a dla honest man and an unscrupulous jur ist." "You shock me!" said Nottle. "The fact is notorious among those who have suffered through his bought and paid for unjust decisions. I have been warned of this," pursued Ransom gravely. "They say be will novor again be appointed to the bench, but that the truth as to his re- The Witness Qavt a Great 8tart. jectlon may not come out, as he has been shrewd and clever In covering up his nefarious deals." "Ransom, It seems Impossible that a high servant of justice could be thus Influenced!" T "Did you notice yesterday, Nettle," proceeded Ransom, "that when the op posing counsel tried to deny a point of law I made, the judge sustained him, for It greatly weakened my cqbo. I knew I was right, but I nover dreamed that they would deny an es tablished point in legal jurlflprudonce." "Cut the Judge gave you until this morning to submit your authorities In your contention," suggested Nottle. "Yea, because he know it would be next to Impossible for me to prepare them on that prescribed limit of time. The law library of the bar associa tion was closed. As you know, I have few reference books myself. Besides, It would have been an all night task gathering up the Information I needed." "Oh, brother!" exclaimed Nettle, "I forgot to toll you. When I was In the gallery of the courtroom yesterday listening to your case, a beautiful young lady sat next to me. She seemed as Interested as I was. And who do you think It was?" "How can I tell. Nettle!" "It was Miss Honorla Adama. She Is a daughter of the dead Judge Ephraim Adams. Don't you know how you admire him? I told her we had bis portrait here at borne and how you made him your model. She says she helped her father a great deal In his home legal work and loved still the legal atmosphere. When that point came up In your argument when the Judge demanded precedents, she said that It was a pity you had not availed yourself of the splendid law library her father had loft her." Nettle walked with her brother to the courtroom, as she had done dur ing the trial. Just at the door she met a young lady also entering the place, who smiled, advancing and shook her band. "Ransom dear, this Is the young lady I told you about Miss Adams." "I am glad and proud to meet you, Miss Adams," said Ransom. "Your father's works on law have been great sources of help to me." "Thank you," bowed the young lady and then she flushed Bllghtly as she went on. "I hope you will pardon my presumption, but I was so Interested In your case that after I got home last evening I looked up the rofcronce on the point In dispute. You were right and the judge Is wrong. I have taken the liberty of bringing you a memorandum of the authorities," and she handed Ransom several folded Bheets of paper closely written over. An hour later when the case was Tevlewed and Ransom cited his au thorities, the opposing counsel looked ifluBtered and the judge positively angry. The latter was more censorious land unfair after that than ever, how ever. Finally the attorney for the de iienje Introduced an unexpected wit ness. He swore to Investigating cer tain points In the cubo, decidedly ad verse to Ransom's client. From tlio start Ransom discerned that the man was a base perjurer. He was unable to oppose any con tradictory testimony. The odds of knavery and falsehood wero too many for him, be realized. From that mo ment Ransom was sure that the case was lost He looked surprised as bailiff tame from beyond the railing and handed him a foldod note. Involun tarily he glanced up at the two young ladles In the gallery. From there bis ststor smiled and Miss Adams seemed to bow encouragingly. Ran som know that the note must be from the latter, He opened It, to read the puzzling sentence: "Ask the witness If he was an In vestigator live years since In the Evans bribery case. Then toll him that Is all. Then say to the Judge that you lntond to recall the wltnoss In the sur-rebuttal testimony." When the opposing attorney had completed his questioning, Ransom arose to bis feet. "Your honor," he spoko, not sure of his ground but resolving to obey this now friend of his extromlty. "I wish to ask the wltnoss only one question. Were you an Investigator In the Evans brlbory case?" The witness gavo a great start Ills faco paled. He grasped the arms of his chair In which he sat to steady himself. "Yes!" he choked out, like one un der some fearful spell of terror. "That Is all," bowed Ransom calm ly. "Your honor, I wish to announce that I will recall this witness In tho sur-robuttal testimony." "The judge Is 111!" cried a bailiff and rushed to the side of the jurist, who had turned deathly pale, bad fainted suddenly on tho bench. The court was adjourned In some confusion. Tho next morning the Judge, looking as though he had passed a night of Intense suffering, an nounced that the dofonse had decided to withdraw from the case and Judg ment was given for the plaintiff, and the latter and bis gifted young attor ney were rich men! It was only when he had become acquainted with Miss Adams that the latter explained the mystery of her fortuitous hint. "It must never come out," she said, "for It In a secret, but I recalled a case where my father had told me Judge Allison bad accepted a large bribe. Your allusion to It caused him to fear that the truth would come out. For once at least he was obliged to decide a case fairly." And, when they had become still bettor acquainted, Ransom Dalrd asked Honorla Adams the sweetest query human lips can frame: "Will you become my wife?" She did not say "Nay." NO CHANCE FOR AGREEMENT Very Evident That These Russian Men of Letters Could Have Nothing at All In Common, StasBov, the Russian critic, was once arguing with Turgenev, the Rus sian novelist, whose rather supercil ious attitude toward the art of young Russia infuriated the critic. At last tho novelist, wearied with what he called "this chewing of dried grass," showed signs of yielding to Stassov's onslaughts. "Now, I see you agree with me," cried Stassov In triumph. This acted like the dart planted In the hide of the weary or reluctant bull. Acordlng to Rosa Newmarch, Turgenev sprang from his chair and shufllcd on his gouty, bandaged feet to the window. "Agree with you, Indeed!" he an swered. "If I felt I was beginning to think like you I should fling open the wiimow mere ne suited me action to the word) and scream to the passers by, 'Take mo to a lunatic asylum! I agree with Stassov!' " Persian Grain. The great arid wastes of Persia would lead one to believe that the country does not produce sufficient grain to supply the needs of Its popu lation. Such, however, is not the case, and considerable quantities of grain are exported each year. The princi pal grains grown are wheat, barley end rice. Corn Is planted In small quantities, but is only used for roast ing ears. Oats and rye are Beldom sown. Except along the Caspian coast Persian agriculture Is dependent al most entirely on Irrigation. The agri cultural Implements used in Persia are of the most primitive kind. Plows are madd from forks of small trees with the addition of a share of Iron. It Is stated to be doubtful, however, whether the yield of grain would bo greatly Increased by using modern plows, as there is no sod and this crude lmploment seems to stir the soil fairly well. Work of Ghouls Frustrated. A gruesome mystery recalling the ghoulish days when "body snatching" was rife, Is reported from' Athlone, Ireland. The body of a young woman was recently laid to rest in the family plot at Klltoom graveyard. Notwith standing that the burial ground la within sight of the publlo road and nearly opposite a police barrack, a das tardly attempt to remove the corpse was almost successful. Not alone was the earth removed, but the coffin was partially lifted, and when the outrage was detected It was apparent that the evll-dlsposed perpetrators had been In terrupted In their unnatural and grue some work. The coffin was Btandlng upright In the grave. The Banltary of ficer wns notified and the coffin was again Interred. The Likeness. "Your dog reminds me of my hus band." "In what way?" "He growls with such evident en joyment whenever he has a bone to pick." Pop Waa Wise. Willie Say, pop, what's the differ ence between Incognito and alias? Pop About the same as between kleptomanlao and robber. FOR THE BREAKFAST TABLE Preparation That Is Well Worth Try ingBoth Nourishing and Economical, Ingredients Ono breakfast cupful of JCgyptlan lentils, three onions (medi um size), one heaped tablospoonful of curry powder, one breakfast cupful of water, one and a half breakfast cup fuls of rice, throe ounces of butter (or margarine). Method Wash and soak the lentils In plenty of water for some hours, then drain. Next take the three onions and mince thorn as finely as possible, mnanwhilo letting tho butter (or margarine) melt gently In a frying pan. Then add the minced onions and fry until they are a golden brown. Next take your curry powder and mix it In gontly with the onions, allow It to fry gradually from 10 to 15 min utes, moving It all the while with a wooden spoon In order to prevent It from burning. Now add a breakfast cupful of water and the lentils. Let all simmer slowly until it appears to have the consistency of thick por ridge Then add the pepper and salt to taste, and serve hot with some dry boiled rice In a separate dish. Method for Boiling Rice. Wash the rlco three or four times In cold water, then place It In a saucepan with plenty of cold wator and put It on the fire, Allow It to come to the boll quickly, Whon sufficiently cooked It should be soft enough to crumble when rubbed between the finger and thumb. Wash woll again, this time In hot water to prevent the rice from getting chilled, then strain It and put It on a dish with a clean cloth over the top. Place It on the stove to dry, and serve with the curried lentils when ready. . Ubo warm wator to sprinkle starched cloths and the effect will be twice as satisfactory. A painter's brush may be used to dislodge dust from cracks and crevices about the house. Try removing mildew by soaking in a weak solution of chloride of lime, then rinsing In cold water. Elasticity Is restored to rubber by cooking In one part ammonia and two parts water. Smoked celling should be washed with soda water. Salt will remove the stain from sil ver caused by eggs, when applied dry with a soft cloth. To remove stains from tableware a little saleratus rubbed on with the fin gers or a bit of cloth will remove stains from cups and other articles of tableware and tinware and marblelzed oil cloth. RuBt Wet with lemon Juice and rub with salt and lay in sun. Cooking 8ausage. If sausages are cooked on a plate In the oven they will not he unpleas antly odorous. An old platter will do, and they will take from twenty min utes to half an hour. Prick them and arrange side by side. When the fat has fried out pour It off and turn each sausage and they will be far drier and crlBper than If cooked on top of the Btove. Spread the dralned-off fat on slicos of crustless bread and brown them In the oven or In a hot frying pan, or choose a crisp apple, peel and cut In rather thick slices and fry in the dralned-off fat, and serve on the same platter with the sausages. . Mincemeat. Boll a fresh tongue and chop One. Chnn fine thrnfi-nimrtfirs nf a nniinrl o( meat, tw0 oumIa of Bee(lod ralslnSi tw0 pound8 o wasne(, currnnt8i one pound of mixed peel chopped fine, one pound .chopped figs, two pounds best brown Biigur, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste, a pinch of mace, one of salt, one pound of shelled and blanched al monds chopped fine, and juice of three lemons, three oranges, the grat ed rind of one lemon, one orange and four pounds of chopped apples. Mix well, put in a covered stone crock, moisten it with a little brandy. Apple, Corn Bread Pudding. One pint of corn or brown bread crumbs, one pint of chopped apples, one-halt cupful of finely-chopped suet, one cupful of raisins, one egg, a table spoonful of flour and a half a tea spoonful of salt; mix with half a pint of milk. Boll In buttered mold two hours or bake one-half hour. Serve with Bauce. Sauce One tablespoonful butter, one tablespoonful flour and one cup ful of sugar; mix sugar and flour and cream with the butter. Add two cup tuls of boiling water and cook until It bolls. Flavor with lemon. Home-Made Breakfast Food. I take all my stale bread, whether wheat, rye or graham, roast It In the oven until thoroughly brown, grind It In the food chopper, using the coarse knife, and havo then a very delicious breakfast food. If possible, I use some rye tread with caraway seeds In 1L This glvea a flavor which my folks like very much. It put In a tin can, such as coffee comes In, it will keep crisp and fresh for a long time. Good Housekeeping. Halibut Rabbit Melt one teaspoonful butter, add a few drops of onion Juice and one ta blespoonful cornstarch mixed with one-fourth teaspoonful paprika, then pour on gradually one cupful of milk, add three-fourths cupful of soft cheese, cut fine, and one cupful cold, flaked, cooked halibut. When cheese Is melted, add one egg, slightly beat en, and one tablespoonful lemon Juice, Serve on crackers. Novelty Potatoes. Chop very flue one quart cold boiled potatoes, put them Into a saucepan with one cupful cream, two table spoonfuls butter, salt and pepper, set on Ore, stir until hot then turn Into a baking dish. Cover with bread or cracker crumbs and bake brown In ovea. yiAUARQDND COOKING LIMA BEANS MATTER WORTHY CAREFUL AT TENTION OF HOU8EWIFE. Food Specialists Suggest Some Meth ods of Preparing the Dried and ' Canned Product to the Best Possible Advantage. Food exports have long been Insist ing upon the Importance of dried beans, peas, cowpeas and slmilai logumes, and In ono form or another such foods are an accepted part of tho diet In most families. In order that she may make the diet varied, It Is to the housekeeper's advantage to know a number of good ways of serving such foods, and so tho home economics ex perts of the department have mado some suggestions based upon their studies of foods and their uses In the borne. Fresh green lima beans when at their best have a delicate, spicy or pungent flavor, which to some palates, at least, suggests curry, a fairly well known (any grocer can get It) though not very common spice, which Is per haps most familiar In such dishes as "curried lamb" or "curried veal." This suggested the possible use of curry as a seasoning for lima beans, and the tests which have been made gave very satisfactory results with dried and canned as well as with fresh beans. When preparing dried lima beans, soak them an hour or two (or even longer), according to dryness, and cook until tender. Then add the curry powder (In the proportion of one-half teaspoonful (level) to each pound of dried beans) rubbed Into a tablespoon ful of butter and mixed with a few spoonfuls of hot water. Add salt and pepper to taste and cook slowly until the curry flavor Is well dis tributed through the beans. That the method can also be fol lowed with good results in preparing canned lima beans for the table Is of Interest to housekeepers as well as to the canning clubs organized as a part of the department work and for whom some special studies of the use of canned vegetables have been under taken. In this case, as with dried beans, the amount of curry powder should be just sufficient to give a deli cate flavor. A quarter of a teaspoon ful (level) Is sufficient for a quart can f beans. For variety a little onion may be used, with or without curry. Cut the onion very fine, cook It In a covered stewpan with a little butter and a few tablespoonfuls of wator until It Is ten der, and then add to the beans. Another good combination Is canned lima beans with plmientos or sweet peppers, with or without the addition of the finely-chopped onion, cooked until it Is tender. The plmientos, be cause of their red color, add to the at tractiveness of the dish as well as to the flavor. One-half of a good-sized peppor, cut into small pieces, is suffi cient for a quart can of beans. Stir into the beans and cook with them long enough to distribute the flavor through the beans Molded Salmon With Celery Salad. Separate salmon into flakes. Have ready a clear, gelatlned mixture, made by dissolving In two cupfuls and one half of boiling water two tablespoon fuls of granulated gelatin which have soaked fifteen minutes In half a cup ful of cold water. Add one-half cup ful of lemon juice. When cool, stir In the flaked flsh, together with slices of hard-boiled egg, previously sea soned with pepper, salt and onion Juice. Turn into a wet border mold. To serve, unmold on platter and fill center cavity with celery and lettuce dressed with mayonnaise. Decorate edge of platter with small, curving let tuce leaves holding additional mayon naloe. From the Delineator. Rich Cake. one and a half pounds flour, one pound castor sugar, one pound butter, one pound sultanas, one-half pound currants, one-half pound raisius, one and a half ounces mixed peel, one nut meg, ono teaspoonful flavoring, one teaspaonfu! carbonate soda, one table spoonful vinegar (put on soda In a tea cup last of nil), six eggs. Cream bultor, put sugar In, beat eggs up and put In gradually. Warm basin, put in butter and beat up with a wooden spoon. Mix fruit, flour, etc., and gradually add It to butter and ogga. Add soda and vinegar last and a littlo milk If required. Make a good stiff batter so that It will drop off the spoon but not run. English Plum Pudding. One pound suet, one quart rolled cracker crumbs, one pint flour, one pound currants, one and one-half pounds raisins, one-half pound citron, one cupful sui;ar, one-half cupful mo lasses. Beat two eggs, pour a little cold water over them, one-fourth tea spoonful cassia, one-half allspice, a lit tle clove, two nutmegs. Mix pretty stiff with flour and steam six or seven hours. Sauce for It One and one-half cup fuls sugar, ono tablespoonful butter, one teaspoonful flour. Beat to a foam and pour In boiling water. Flavor to taste. Ethel's Muffins. One-half cupful graham flour, one half cupful bran, one-half cupful rye flour, or.ehnlf cupful white flour, one third or cr.o-half cupful cornmeal, one half cupful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two well-rounded tcaspoonfuls baking powder, tne-thlrd cupful of ground dates. Mix all these ingredients, then add about ono and one-third cupfuls of milk, one beaten ess, one table spoon molted butter. Bake in moder ate oven. Rice With Cheese Sauce. Put boiler rice in layers Into a but tered baking dish. Cover each layer with the following sauce: Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add three ol Ccur and when well mixed, one and a half cupful of rich milk. When smooth, add a half cupful of good flavored cheese which has been grated, a tew dishes of pepper and salt to season. HARM DONE BY PLUM BORERS Observations Show That Insect Pre fers Trees That Are In a Some what Witakened Condition, Observations made by an entomol ogist of the department of agricul ture of the American plum borer, show that this Insect prefers treos that are In a somewhat weakened condition, such as those partially girdled by the disease commonly known as collar blight or mechanically Injured by frost. Without Injury of some sort to its host plant the borer raroly suc ceeds In establishing itself, and en tirely healthy trees are In little danger from Us attacks. Whore a tree has suffered Injury the work of this borer may, In many cases, considerably shorten Us life. Beginning at some scar, wound, or crevice, where a bark scalo offers par tlul protection, the larva works Its way back Into the living tissues, In broad, shallow, Irregular galleries just beneath the bark. It has been found feeding upon plum, peach, cherry, Chinese plum, Kieffer pear, mountain ash, persimmons, applo, and Russian mulberry. The Insect Is known to occur In 21 different states as far separated as the District of Columbia, Arizona, and Washington. As a result of the obser vations made by the entomologist, the conclusion Is drawn that this borer will nover probably become a pest of more than ordinary Importance, except In occasional Isolated cases. When the ordinary precaution of cut ting away the dead bark and planting the wounded areas Is followed, this may be regarded as sufficient for the control of the borer. Where the borer has established itself already, the cut ting out mothod Is the only one that can be followed. FIELD PEAS AS A HAY CROP Almost Always Sown In Mixture With Oats or Some Other Small Grain High Feed Value. The field pea is commonly' grown In Pennsylvania and New York for hay, and the larger part of the crop In the southern states Is also used In this manner. When grown for hay the field pea Is almost always sown in a mixture with oats or some other small grain. These mixtures with grain will stand up much better, caus ing less trouble In the harvest, and the presence of oats or barley In the crop also causes It to cure more quickly. The yield from a mixture of oats and peas Is usually larger than that from timothy. The field pea works lnt5 a rotation very nicely, because of the fact that when har vested for hay It is removed from the field early !n the year, thus allowing A Mower With an Attachment De signed to Raise the Pea Vines Off the Ground and Allow the Passage of the Cutter Bar Beneath Them. time for a thorough preparation of the soil during the fall. The feeding value of pea hay is quite high, being apparently the same as that of alfalfa hay. GOOD FEED FOR DAIRY HERD Usually Profitable to Purchase Small Quantities of Concentrated Feeds Prices Govern. It Is usually a profitable investment in feeding a dairy herd to purchase small quantities of concentrated feeds, such as bran, cottonseed and oilmeal, Prices, of course, govern which kind of feed it Is best to purchase, but when you have plenty of oats and corn to grind up, cottonseed meal Is as cheap as any feed on the market. Cottonseed meal should be fed care fully as It Is a very concentrated feed, As a rule, from two to three pounds daily Is a sufficient amount, and it should be fed with some kind of suc culent matter in the ration. And corn silage furnishes the best means of supplying the succulent matter needed in the ration. STATE CONTROL OF HIGHWAYS Iowa Solves Problem of Construction and Maintenance Traffic Causing Excessive Wear. The realization has become quite general that In order to render maxi mum service, state highway depart ments should be given some measure of control over the construction and maintenance of local roads. For this class of roads an amount exceeding (160,000,000 Is expended annually, with comparatively little result to show In the form of improved road mileage tor this great outlay. The state of Iowa has met this situation by plac ing all the road work in the state undor the direction of the state high way department. Traffic Is Increasing so rapidly as to cause excessive wear upon the roads, especially in the vicinity of congested centers of population. This results in a heavy annual mainten ance cost averaging in the large Eastern states of not less than (760 per mile per annum. Many experi ments have been made In the effort to devise types of road which can be maintained at relatively low cost. Thus far, aside from the cheaper forms of construction, the states are depending upon Che various forms of bituminous macadam, concrete and vitrified brick road. Year Book, United States Department Agriculture. Blanket the Horse. Never leave home without a blanket tor your horse. Cover the hone It you toe only a short time. COMPARE BEEF BREEDS Experiment Stations Unable to Say Which One Is Best. Hereford Steers Made Dally Gain of 1.64 Pounds Aberdeen Angus Have Won Ten Out of Fourteen Grand Championships. A number of experiment stations 4ave compared the different breeds of beef cattle, by steor feeding tests, with the result that they are unable to say, undor the general farm con ditions, which one is best. . As an average of experiments by four different stations, Hereford steers made an average daily gain at the ago of two years and eight months of 1.D4 pounds; Shorthorn steers In five experiments, at an ago of two years and nine months, mado an average dally gain of 1.6 pounds; Angus steers in four different experiments mado an average daily gain at an age of two years and eight months of 1.53 pounds, and Galloway steers In three different experiments made an avorage daily gain from birth to an age of two years and seven months of 1.62 pounds. This is not enough difference to warrant anyone saying that any one of these prominent beef breeds gains more rapidly than another. Condi- K n i 1 Vj. mmsm Excellent Beef Type. tions might readily enough have beet changed, and perhaps only slightly, so as to change these gains one way or another in the case of any or all of the breeds. In general farm feeding steers of all four breeds will do about equally well In the feed lot in the making of daily gains. Neither is there much difference In the feed It takes to produce a pound of gain by the steers of these four breeds. In eight different experiments at five different stations, Shorthorn steers required an average of 694 pounds of grain to produce 100 pounds of gain; Hereford steers required 739 pounds of grain; Angus steers, 761 pounds, and Galloway, 699 pounds. Here also a slight change In condi tions of feeding or management, might have produced different results In fa vor of one breed or another. Does one of the beet breeds sell enough better on' the market to war rant anyone making a statement to that effect? No. The Aberdeen An gus, it Is true, have won ten out of a possible 14 grand championships In the single fat steer classes at the In ternational Live Stock exposition, 11 out of a possible 14 grand champion ships In the carlot fat steer classes, and 13 out of a possible 14 in the fat steer carcass classes, and this has given them the edge on prices paid for fat show cattle sold during Inter national week at auction. PROTECTORS FOR THE TREE.S Hardware Cloth, With Mesh of About One-Fourth Inch, Will Be Found Cheap and Satisfactory. (By LEONARD G. HERRON, Depart ment of Horticulture, Oklahoma Agri cultural College.) Most any hardware store carries what they call hardware cloth, which has a mesh about one-fourth Inch square. You can buy this by the yard and cut It In such sizes as will fit your trees when Is Is bound around them. Make the protectors tall enough to reach the first limbs, and also let them extend down Into the ground one or two Inches. We use these at the sta tion entirely and find them very satis factory and quite cheap. Some people use large corn stalks and tie them about the trunks of the trees. This method is also quite satis factory. SOY BEANS QUITE VALUABLE Equal to Linseed and Cottonseed Meal In Protein Most Excellent for Hay and Pasture. As a food the soy bean ranks high. In crude protein and fat It is equal to linseed and cottonseed meal, and twice as rich as wheat bran. As a concentrated food It Is valu able for hogs and sheep. Its use for dairy cows should be moderate, as too large allowances ot soy beans may produce soft butter. For hay and pasture It Is excellent; as a soiling crop rather unsatisfac tory; as a soil renovator highly bone da! This crop can be profitably grown on sandy soils for seed, hay, pasture, silage and green manure. GOOD HINTS TO P0ULTRYMAN Chicks Need Plenty of Range Feed Liberally of Variety Avoid Con taminated Ground. Growing chicks need plenty of range. Soiled and contaminated ground is a frequent source of disease among the young chicks. Feed abundance, with variety. The chick's constitution Is made before the egg that Is hatched Is laid. Exercise produces warmth, provides pleasure, and promotes health. it KT It r IPC GABRIEL TOOK HIS MEASURE Suppliant at Pearly Gates Had Not Played Summer Baseball, But Lied to Attendance Committee. The scene was that usual finale to earthly existence at which St. Peter passes upon those whose avlatory pro clivities have progressed to the stage where they are suppliants for wings. An Individual approaches the pearly gates. "Age, color and previous condition of servitude?" demanded St. Peter. "Twenty-two, white I was a stu dent at Ann Arbor." "Humph!" muttered St. Peter, and forthwith dispatched a night letter to his satanlc majesty, whereat the imps prepared for another collegiate cele bration. "Have you never sinned?" Inquired the saint. "Once," came the confession. "Oh! so you played summer base ball?" snapped the heavenly guardian. "No. I lied to the attendance com mittee." St. Peter looked at the suppliant sternly. "Step right up, young man, while Gabriel measures you for wings." Michigan- Gargoyle. And It Came to Pass. Meeks By the way, old man, do you believe In dreams? Weeks You bet I do. One night about a month ago I dreamed an angel came to my bedside and said: "Pre pare for tho worst" Meeks Well? Weeks The next day our cook left and my wife has done the cooking ever since. More So. "She always dresses like a fashion plate," we say, referring to the lady who, though stout, Is nevertheless charming. "Do you think so?" murmurs her bosom friend, sweetly. "Now, I should say she was more like a fashion plas ter," Judge. Point of View. White I understand young Green lost all the money his father left him on the races, and he's now looking for a job. He won't have such a soft thing as formerly. Brown Oh, I don't know; he'll con tinue to have a soft thing as long as he doesn't lose his mind. Study In Sacrifice. "Would you sacrifice your principles for the sake of an office!" "I suppose not," replied Senator Sorghum. "And yet when you smother your principles you stand a chance ot reviving them after you get the office, It seems too bad to sacrifice both." NOT IN SOCIETY. "What a peculiar-acting child that Is." v "Yes. You see It was ralBed by lta own mother." Human Paradox. Hammand Since Walker Tlghs In herited $50,000 he Is a paradox. Egglet How's that? -Hammand He's one of the richest and also one ot the poorest actors on the boards. Willing to Help. "AH I need Is a thousand dollars to make us both rich," said the flashily dressed caller. "Good!" exclaimed his prospective victim. "Let's you and I go out and see it we can't borrow It somewhere." Did He Want an Exception? Head of Vestry It will be your duty to toll the bell, take care of the fur- . nace and blow the organ. New Sexton Have I got to listen to U of tho sermons, sir? Judge. Now They Don't Speak. Miss Screecher When I'm asked to sing I don't say, "No, I can't sing," but I Just sit down at the piano and Miss Caustique And let the com pany find it out themselves. Nothing to Worry About. Thin Thurston De reason you're so tat Is dat you eat all de time an' don't worry enuf. Fat Fagtn But, it I kin gtt some pin to eat reg'lar, how kin I worry, wot?