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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1907)
x .1 1 Crowded, Bpcrotnry Tnft Wfl H nn Alii Amis sloii, In consultation with Senator Ten- rose or Pennsylvania. The Secretary is giganuo, and tlm Senator Is taller and, weliclw more than any member of we Nennte. While thoso two utatemnon. were In enrncHt conversation, an nggreHMlve pol Itlrrlun endeavored to enter the room, uut an alert Bocretary politely Intor fered. k "What are they dolnff In there?" ask ed tho politician. ImiulKltlvelv. This Impertinent quoHtlon nettled the secretary, and he answered, tersely; "rifihliiiB n mass meeting, I preume." Harper's Weekly. - ( Spcnklnir of Thavra. "lhaw " begun Mrs. Stubb the Oilier morning. "Thaw!" snapped Mr. Stubb, Irrita bly. "Now, look here, Maria, If you begin to talk about the Thaw trial I will leave tho house. I am sick of hear ing about It and " "Thaw " "nidu'j; I toll you to stop? This Thaw argument is a nuisance and " But Mrs. Stubb was rapping on the kitchen table with the rolling pin. "Ignoramus !" she hissed. "Will you give a poor, weak woman a chance to get In a word? I am not talking about the Thaw trial. I was merely telling pou to go out and thaw the pipes. Of nil the - But Mr. Stubb had fled with the ket tle of hot water. Awful Break. The man of the house had shown the culler the leaky roof, the Insecure founda tion, the unfinished upper rooms, and the generally wretched condition of the prem lten. "Now," he said, "I think you ought to make the assessment about half what it was last year." "You must have misunderstood me, Mr. Gimpswiteh," remarked the caller. "I didn't say I was the assessor. What I said was that my name is Elsessor. I am thinking of buying gom, property In this neighborhood." Chicago Tribune. His Chance, Young Prof. McGoozle was calling on Miss Gurgle. "Duckie," said her younger brother, who happened in, "you don't get your hair all tousled up now like you used to do when Mr. Kleengawn was comlh' here." "You Impudent boy!" exclaimed his sister, indignantly, but retaining her self possession. "You go right back to the sitting room, and stay there 1" Mica Axle Grease Helos the Wanon nn a m Hie Dill C Tho load 6eems lighter 'Wagon and team wca longer You make more money, and have more time to make money, when wheels are greased with ' Mica Axle Grease The longest wearing and most satisfactory lubricant in the world. STANDARD OIL CO. InwrporlUd When you buy WET WEATHER CLOTHINO you want complete protection, and long service. These and marry other good points are combined In TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING You can afford to buy any other Aaam jtOWM CO eOlTONUIA TOWCX CANADIAN CO TOWONTQ. CAN, C. Gee Wo The Well-Known I Reliable v CHINESE Root and Herb DOCTOR I Mill IJ lAflLWinaaM Has made a life study of roots and herbs, and In that study discovered and Is giving to the world his won derful remedies. No Mercury, Poisons or Drugs Used He Cures Without Operation, or Without the Aid of a Knife. He guarantees to Cure Catarrh, Asthma, Lung, Throat, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Nervous Debil ity, Stomach, Liver, Kidney Troubles: also Lost Manhood. Female Weaknessand All Private Diseases A SURE CANCER CURE Just Received from Peking, China Safe, Sure and Reliable. IF YOU ARE AFLICTED, DON'T DELAY. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. If you cannot call, write for sympton blank and circu lar. Inclose 4 cents In stamps. CONSULTATION FREE THE C. OEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 162 First St., Cor. Morrison, Portland, Oregon , Please Mention This Paper. linked ('runt I' lidding?.' A adding of this description Is fre quently spoiled by being too soft, too dry or lumpy. In frugal cookery, the bread Is soaked in bolllnu wuter for half an hour, squeezed dry In a cloth, and then all the lumps are beaten with a fork till quite smooth. Mix with three breakfastcupfuls of the soaked crusts, a teaeupful of currants, a tea spoonful of cinnamon, the sume of gin ger, two tablesiioonfuls of flour, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of treacle, two of dripping, two eggs beaten up, and a pint of skim milk. Stir all thoroughly, put Into pudding dish. Place a little dripping of shred suet all over the top, and at once put the pudding Into the oven. Bake slowly for an hour and a half. If this Is nicely made and buked, It will, when com, eat like cake. Apple Meriniroe. Peel and core a half a dozen fine ap ples ; put them In a porcelain-lined dish and pour around them a thin sirup made by boiling together one minute half a cup of sugar and half a cup of water. Flavor strongly with lemon and let them boil In the sirup until partly tender: then set closely cov ered In the oven, and let them become perfectly tender, but do not let them break. Baste them often with the slrun. When done, cool and set away for half a day, until the Jelly in and around them Is firm. Then cover with a del icate meringue and brown in the oven. Dredge lightly with powdered sugar and serve as a dessert. Circle EtCHTK. Separate the yolks and whites of four eggs. Without beating the whites turn them into a small pan In which is a bit of boiling lard. Fry the white thoroughly on one side. Meanwhile beat the yolks light, adding half a salt spoon of salt and a dash of pepper. Turn the beaten yolks' into a hot pan and stir until they are firm. Then add two tablespoonfuls of finely chopped ham, bacon or chipped beef. Take up the fried white with a large cake turn er, pile the scrambled yolks unon It in a circle and serve hot This makes a very attractive-looking dish. "Pot Holders." Every stylish cake pan has a little hook on the side by means of which It can be drawn from the oven. But In case nil are not provided with these new pans, there can be had "pot hold ers of felt, curiously shaped, so as to resemble a rooster, and even deco rated with feather-stitching In silk. The folded wings of the rooster you slip over the edge of pot or pan. Price, 10 cents. Glaaed Sweet Potatoea. Five sweet potatoes, one egg, half cupful of sugar, half teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of butter. Pare and cut the potatoes In strips; steam until nearly done. Remove from the fire and cool. Dip in egg beaten with the salt, then In the sugar, coating each strip thickly. Place In the pan with the butter and bake a rich brown. Rabbit Pie. Clean and joint two rabbits. Soak In salted water for two hours, wash in fresh water and put Into a pie dish with a handful of chopped parsley, an onion with ten cloves stuck Into It a dash of grated nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste. Fill the dish with hot water, cover with a good paste and bake for one and one-half hours. , Graham Bread. , Seam two cups of milk, add two level teaspoons of sugar and one level teaspoon of salt When cool add one half yeast cake dissolved in one-half cup of lukewarm water, two cups of white flour and a little more than three cups of graham flour. Cover and let rise; shape Into loaves, let rise again, and bake thoroughly. Cookie. Creaoi together one and one-half cuns of light brown sugar and one-half cup of butter. Add a half cud of sour cream, one egg beaten light, a teaspoon ful of baking soda dissolved In a lit tle boiling water, lemon flavoring and nour xo mane a aough that can be rolled out Rool thin and bake. Concord Grape Pudding. Allow two tablespoonfuls of rice flour, moistened with four tablespoon fuls of cold water and four tablesnoon- fills of sugaf. Stir Into it one pint of boiling grape Juice.' Stir until thick as blanc mange; pour Into mold, put on lee. Serve with whipped cream. Zen da Paddlnir. Two ounces of flour, two ounces of breadcrumbs and two of suet ; mix with 4 ounces of . grated cocoanut, two ounces of sugar, the yolks of three eggs and half a gill of milk. Steam one hour and serve with foamy sauce. My Hair is Scra99ly Do you like It? Then why be contented with It? Have to be? Oh.no! Just put on Ayer's Hair Vigor and have Ions:, thick hair; soft, even hair; beautiful hair, without a single gray line In it. Have a little pride. Keep young just as long as you can. " I m fifty-seven ynars old, and until re eently my hair was yry jrray. But In a few weeks Ayer' Hair VIor restored the natural color to my hair so now there in not a (tray hair to be en." -J. W. Hansom, Boulder Creak, Cal. A ltadsb $7 '-0-y;r Co., Lowell, Also maaufaoturere of SARSAPABILU. PILLS. yers CHERRY PECTORAL. Companfonahlp of Hooka, Will you go and gossip With your housemaid or your stable boy when you mny talk with kings and queens, while this eternal court Is open to you, with Its society wide as the world, mul titudinous as its days, the chosen and the mighty of every place and time? Into that you may enter always, in that you may take fellowship and rank ac cording to your wish. From that, once entered Into it, you can never be out cast but by your own fault. John Rus kln. Stay-at-Home Laborers. Farm laborers In England are not migratory. A certain farm in Wiltshire has a regular staff of six men and two boys who have served for the following periods: Forty-six years eight months, forty-four years eight months, thlrtv- two years eight months, twenty-six years seven months, fourteen years eleven months, four years eleven months, five years six months, threp years nine months. There is thus an aggregate period of 179 years of ser vice. s Price of Proficiency. Herkimer James,, the well known sel. entist, was talking In New York about the bill of $25,000 that Dr. Frank Bill- lugs presented to the Marshall Field estat "It seems a big fee," said Prof. James. "But whenever physicians' fees seem extortionate I think of a certain famous eye specialist. "A patient of this specialist's com ing to pay his bill, growled: 'Doctor, It seems to me that JSm Is a big charge for that operation of mine. It didn't take you over half a minute. "'My dear sir,' the other answered, 'In learning to perform that operation In half a minute I have spoiled over eleven pecks of such eyes as yours.' " Philadelphia Record. . L Ox Wagona Against Freight Traina. In the Cape of Good Hope colony many of the short railroad branches and extensions do not pay on account of ox wagon competition. In the report for the year 1905. recently Issued, tho traffic manager of one of the lines re ports In regard to a new nineteen-mile Dranch that as there was a very plenti ful supply of wagons and an abundant supply of grass during the season ox wagon rates ruled low and the railroad secured little general traffic. - UnZ f, . ij o uuugui um mill mo U1W BllMlil" ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and lias been made under his lit-. IX Mill villi MQVA A livava Kaiia.1,1. tint. 1. ...... A 1. -! to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and 'ZiZTSSP&l are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric. Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its agre is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind j1! r,eUeTes Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Mm Always Bought .bears tne In Use For Over 30 Years. THS etNTAtin OOMMIIV. TT MU larna of Coming Earthquake. Can an earthquake be "felt" ap proachlng as a shower of rain can be felt and a fall of snow? On the Ri viera In 1887 the horses laid their ears back and gave every sign of uneasi ness. In Chile the birds have been observed to fly Inland Just before a convulsion. In Talcahuano In 1835 all ! the dogs fled from the city. These ac ! tions, of course, as a scientist who, has I. collected a valuable list suggests, may 1 be mere coincidences, for birds will fly inlund and kittens become nervous when no earthquake' Is nigh, on the I other hand, as the lower animals are i singularly sensitive to any changes of weather and to pressure of the air they "may even be conscious cf sub terranean movements which do not come within human ken or are even not detectable by the most delicate Instru ments." , Demoralized Friend of Candidate Bingo, how are you getting along with your campaign? Famously? Candidate No; infamously. Haven't you seen the opposition papers? , Force of Habit. "Poor fellow I He studied the French language for three years." "You don't say?" "Yes, and then he went over to Paris and tried his best to pass as a native Frenchman." "Was he successful?" "No. he was tripped up on one word. When he had occasion to write 'sou' he forgot and wrote 'Sioux.' "Chicago News. HOWARD E. 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