The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TEXAS MESQUlTEk
JOHN t. DAVIS, Editor and Proprietor
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MES QUITE, -
Is It not time now for the joy rl<fc
era to quit?
The reckless autolst and his nt>-
•rty should be parted.
Europe without a war scare on Its
bands would be unhappy.
Why become excited If you do not
happen to own any sbeep?
Possibly you wouldn't like to be tin
Ice man If you had to carry the Ice.
Mark Twain's estate foots up near-
ly half a million. Evidently ho wasn't
Joking for nothing.
j And now the fair ladles have taken
«p the practice of wearing false eye
lashes. False woman!
Indiana farmers break Into print
Iby predicting an early winter. Rush-
ing the season, as it were.
' Women are displacing men In all
'walks of life. One of them has been
killed in an aeroplane flight.
The eastern woman who died and
Heft ten sets of teeth evidently was
well equipped to chew the rag.
A new ocean liner la to be called
the Gigantic, and in this case no
doubt there will be something in a
name.
Now comes a learned scientist and
proposes that the snake shall be sub-
stituted for the cat as the household
mouser.
Doctors tell us that the old oaken
bncket is unsanitary, but it strikes us
that our forefathers were healthy Indi-
viduals.
The hobble skirt is to go, which
will be a loss to the contemporary
humorists but a decided gain to so-
ciety at large.
A Chicago traction road has award-
ed a gold medal to a polite conductor.
8uch a rarity in Chicago certainly
merited some recognition.
A Western oil man has lost his wife
In New York for the second time.
Always thought opportunity was sup-
posed to knock only once.
( The Denver man who has an ach-
ing void where his appendix ones
held forth also has an aching void in
(the vicinity of his pocketboolc.
w New York is going to keep a card
Index of the drunkards, which shows
that the bigness of an undertaking
doesn't daunt little old New York.
It Is to be illegal In New Jersey for
women to wear birds on their bats.
The women will doubtless be able
to find something equally expensive
W:
The Insect that bit a St Louis
clergyman and stopped a wedding evi-
dently wanted to show that his sting
jwaa more effective than Cupld'a dart
' A Tacoma man on a bicycle won a
race with a wild cat, but he cannot
thope to compete with the French avi-
ator who won a battle with an eagle
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Squirrels are busy destroying the
'Kansas corn crop. Don't blame the
squirrels. If they were not destroy-
ing the crop something else would b«
doing so.
Pennsylvania has a book agent one
hundred years old. Undoubtedly he is
tough enough now to stand all the
alleged witticisms that will be printed
about him.
Mary MacLane, silent In a literary
aense for nine years, says confidential-
ly,"Take it from me," in giving an im-
pression. This phrase is not coun-
tenanced even In the discerning uat
of slang.
Tearing bis shirt from his back, an
Ohio man flagged a train and saved
It from a wreck. That was good for
a mere man, but the regulation article
for flagging a train in an emergency
la a red petticoat
The New York Tribune has heard of
a woman who desires to draw five pen
sions because she was married to five
men who served in the Civil war. It
looks as if she had tried to turn mat
rlmony into a sort of progressive pen-
sion game. 1' ' r
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IN
RECTOR WHO SCORED ASTOR
Society has been forced to sit up
and take notice of the denunciation
which has been hurled by Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond, rector of St
John's Episcopal church in Philadel-
phia, against the proposed marriage of
John Jacob Astor, a multi-millionaire,
aged 47, to Miss Madeline Talmage
Force, a beauty aged 18 years.
The denunciation which was made
from the pulpit has been followed by
more sharp criticisms—a criticism
which has extended to others of the
smart set who marry and divorce with
the ease and nonchalance with which
they put on their coats.
Mr. Astor, It may be recalled, was
divorced from his wife, who was a
Miss Willing, of Philadelphia, and it
Is because this divorce is to be fol-
lowed by remarriage that Rev. Mr.
Richmond is aroused to the fighting
point
"The Episcopal church," he said, "is
opposed to divorce. We score unholy
alliances both among the poor of our slums and the rich society dwellers of
Newport, Bar Harbor and other sinners' summer retreats. We abhor this
Astor Alliance. It is unholy in its origin and its end will be a defiance of
God's laws and of our holy religion. We need a national unlferm divorce law
which will put an end to this overriding of court decrees by such as John
Jacob Astor and the social set with whom he associates.
"I know this set pretty Intimately. I have ministered to these people and
know what manner of lives they lead. They believe their money will buy
everything—women, churchly sanction, worldly approval, immunity from
retribution. Those who inherit their wealth are the worst Look at the
wealthy families now furnishing grist for the divorce mills, material for the
scandal factories.
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LONG DISTANCE SKY PILOT
Rapidly as the public Is becoming
accustomed to aeroplane novelties, it
received fresh cause for wonder and
enthusiasm in the achievement of
Harry N. Atwood. When he landed in
Chicago on the first lap of his St
Louis-to-Boston trip he broke the
American record for a day's flight
and demonstrated the remarkable ef-
ficiency which has been reached in
aeroplane construction. Express
trains travel between Chicago and St
Louis In 8 hours; Atwood's time In
the air was 7 hours and 30 minutes.
When he reached Albany, N. Y., At-
wood had flown 1,123 miles, breaking
all cross-country flights.
Atwood's boyish appearance attracts
attention. He is a tall, slender youth,
looking anything but the part of the
most daring and successful aviator in
the United States. Atwood shuns no-
toriety and reception committees as
far as possible He cares little for
anything except achievement in the
aviation world. He is retiring to an unusual degree, and It is dlfllcult to in-
duce him to talk of his own achievements. His flight over the New York
skyscrapers and around their towers; his trip from New York to Washington
and call on the president, had already made Atwood one of the greatest of
American aviators.
In the course of his travel Atwood gave many thousands of dwellers on
farms and in towns their first opportunity of seeing an aeroplane in motion.
How some of the pioneers must have reflected on the marvel of the changes
In transportation—first the slow-going wagons, then the canal boat, then the
railway now, the aeroplane—all within the memory of living persons!
' They have put a man in a lunatlo
asylum In Ohio because he believes he
has Invented a telephone that will en-
able him to establish a direct con-
nection with heaven. If they are go-
ing to shut up all people who think
the universe listens when they speak
the asylums will soon be overcrowded
At a recent plumbers' convention
there was a spirited discussion over
the question: "Why Do Plumbers Not
Make More Money?" The reason
probably is that they don't send back
to the shops often enough for tools.
A clergyman in South Carolina
prayed so successfully for rain that
farmers, fearing for their cotton crop,
were about to try and get an injunc-
tion against his praying any more.
Which shows again how a sense of
humor can help In keeping people
from making themselves ridiculous.
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KENTUCKY'S NEXT SENATOR
The next senator from Kentucky
will no doubt be Representative Ollie
M. James, as his Democratic opponent.
Senator Paynter, retired from the pri-
mary contest
Ollle James is the biggest man
physically in the house. He won fame
as an attorney in the Goebel murder
case in Kentucky, being one of the
lawyers for the prosecution of Caleb
Powers. It is something of a coinci-
dence that both James and Powers
are now members of the house, the
one a Democrat and the other a Re-
publican.
In that murder case James also
won a reputation for physical courage,
for the times were stirring and there
were threats of violence going around,
so that anyone prominent upon either
side of the case was In physical dan-
ger. James would have made a good
target for any bullet., as there Is so
much of him to shoot at, but he went
through the prosecution in a manner
that demonstrated he was possessed of a good nerve and was not to be de-
terred by fear.
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WANTS TO MARRY FOR LOVE
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PROPER HOG FEEDING
Variety Should Be As Great As
Is Possible.
Col. Edward H. R. Green, president
of the Westinghouse company, with
assets of $126,000,000, owner of the
Texas Midland railroad and son of
Mrs. Hetty Green, is going to marry
within a year. Who the bride-to-be Is he
doesn't know, but he says In all se-
riousness that his bachelorhood will
end before he Is a year older. Here
is the secret of why Col. Green, who
is 43 years old, has so long lived the
life of single blessedness. He prom-
ised hlB mother 19 years ago, when
■he took him down to Texas to "break
him In" as a railroad section band,
that he would remain a bachelor 20
years. He has kept his word, but
when the time limit expires next
year he is going to take unto himself
a wife.
Three hundred proposals of mar-
riage have reached Col. Green Bince
he decided to live in New York a
year ago to take charge of his, moth-
er's Interests. Scores of tlio aspir-
ing maids enclosed photographs and letters have been received from half'of
the states of the Union, while Bome have come from Europe, Russia and
even the Hawaiian Islands. He has answered none of the letters. The fu-
ture Mrs. H. R. Green muBt be a woman who Is willing to accept the Texas
colonel for himself and not for the millions which he will Inherit from hit
pnother. —..-mk.„ ..
Man Who Makes Business Most Prof.
Itable Is One Who Induces Ani-
mals to Devour Most of Right
Kinds of Food.
(By S. M. TRACT.)
Whatever feeds may be used the
variety should be as great as possible,
and changes should be made at every
opportunity. The only object in rais-
ing hogs Is the production of meat,
and the more rapidly a hog can be
made to produce meat the more profit-
able he becomes. The man who makes
bog raising the most profitable is the
one who induces his hogs to eat the
most of the right kinds of food, and
who never keeps them on any one
kind of grain or forage until their ap-
petites become cloyed and they get
"off their feed." The greater the va-
riety and the more frequent the
changes the more will be eaten and
the more rapid will be the growth.
No matter what food may be used
or what the age of the animals which
consume it a great saving may be
effected by feeding so that none of it
will be wasted. While a hog is not
over particular about cleanliness, and
will eat food which is covered with
almost any kind of filth, still he pre-
fers clean food, and will not waste
time and strength in rooting half an
ear of corn out of the mud when he
Bees an ear which has not been soiled.
Throwing corn, or any other feed, on
the ground Is wasteful, and if, as is
too often the case, the hogs are kept
in a small pen which is trampled and
rooted so that It has become a per-
manent mudhole, the practice Is ex-
ceedingly wasteful. In managing the
grazing lots, especially those on which
root crops are grown, the temporary
cross fences will save from one-fourth
to one-half the feed. It pays, and
pays well, to have a floor on which to
feed corn; and when shorts or other
ground feeds are used they should al-
ways be wet and fed in a trough. The
trough should have end pieces so long
that the hogs cannot turn it over, but
should not be fastened to the floor,
as It will need cleaning often. The
feeding floor and trough should be
under a shelter if possible. It Is never
a good plan to feed animals of dif-
ferent sizes In the same pen. When
large and Bmall are fed together the
small are sure to suffer, no matter
how much may be given to the lot.
The food which an animal gets by
lighting may sustain life, but it will
make very little fat. An ample variety
of feeds suited to the age of the ani-
mals, and a feeding place where none
of it will be wasted are the two im-
portant factors In profitable hog, rais-
ing. In regard to feeding hogs, Hon.
W. L. Foster of Shreveport, La., who
has been for many years one of the
largest breeders in that state, says:
"On the hill lands, rye, barley, oats
and artichokes are the best winter
grazing, taking the hogs off the grain
crops about the last of February to
permit the crops to mature seed.
Sorghum, to come In shortly after
barley or rye, ought to be planted In
Spanish peanuts, sweet potatoes and
peas. Turn the hogs onto the oats
when the seed is about ripe; then on
artichokes again for the winter. Or
course Bermuda pasture for summer
grazing is a slnte qua non. On al-
luvial lands I would say alfalfa for
pasture the year around, with straight
corn, hard (or better If soaked twen-
ty-fou#hours). The alfalfa should be
cut and fed when the ground is too
wet to pasture. Hogs should run out
at all times, but should have V-shaped
shelters to go under when very cold
or extremely hot.
"For grain feed I think corn alone,
and not much of it, good enough with
alfalfa or clover. Skim milk with
shorts, bran, oats and corn meal in
equal parts is, to my mind, the best
feed, but hardly profitable for hogs
Intended for slaughter. I do not think
it pays t& cook feed, other than tur-
nips, Irish potatoes, or similar crops,
which are made more palatable. For
growing pigs on alfalfa, soak corn is
good enough; while for pigs on Ber-
muda grass I think shorts, oats and
corn almost necessary to good results,
unless one has plenty of peas, sorg-
hum and vegetables, or milk. For
fattening I prefer the same feeds as
for growing except to increase the
proportion of corn."
In writing of the saute matter, Prof.
Duggar of the Alabama experiment
station says:
"On eandy soils a suitable succes-
sion of crops for hogs Is a mixture ot
hairy vetch and oats for spring graa-
ing; permanent pastures, especially
lespedeza, carpet grass, and Bermuda
for June and part of July; sorghum
or permanent pasture for July and a
part of August; peanuts for August
and September and October; Bweet
potatoes and the run of cowpea fields
for November, December and Janu-
ary. The peanut diet, the cheapest
of all the methods of growing pork
yet tested here, should be discontin-
ued at least two months before the
hogs are killed. Corn should be the
chief food in the few weeks imme-
diately preceding slaughtering. Some
corn must be fed to hogs on pasture,
and can be fed profitably even when
pigs are running in peanut fields. As
soon as we have large enough areas
of alfalfa we shall have a still cheap-
er method of growing pork. If pigs
must be grown chiefly on grain, I
prefer either a mixture of two parts
corn and one part of cowpeas grown
together, or shorts. Bran 1b too
coarse. We have found sweet pota-
toes to be not more than one-fourth
as valuable as an equal weight of
corn, and yet when harvested by the
hogs, sweet potatoes constitute a val-
uable food on poor, sandy soil."
Director Redding of the Georgia
experiment station uses nearly the
same feeds. He says:
"The best succession of grazing
crops Is vetches (Vicla Sativa and
villosa), clovers (medicago maculata
and medicago denticulata), red clover
and orchard grass, crab grass, chufas,
peanuts, sweet potatoes and arti-
chokes. For permanent pastures Ber-
muda grass Is best for summer, while
orchard grass, tall oat grass, red top,
red and white clovers are best for
winter and spring.
"For feeds for the growing period
I use shorts, corn meal and pasture;
for the fattening period, peanuts,
sweet potatoes, artichokes and corn
meal. Skim milk Is undoubtedly good
for growing pigs; bran and oats are
unexcelled excepting by shorts."
MANURE SPREADER IS USEFUL
Newly Invented Implement .Practical-
ly Pulverize* Fertilizer and Scat-
ters it Broadcast.
This invention relates to manure
spreaders in which the material Is
distributed from a wagon by means
of a distributing cylinder or heater.
The cylinder 1b shown in perspective
in the illustration, says the Sclentiflo
American. The purpose 1b to provide
a distributing cylinder which will be
simple In construction and reliable lq
Manure Spreader.
operation, the distributing cylinder be-
ing so constructed that It will not
only separate and practically pulver-
ize the manure, but will scatter the
same broadcast over a greater area
than that ocupied by the machine.
Remedy for "Sorehead."
Chicken pox or "Borhead" is very
Infectious and is easily carried from
one farm to another by a person. The
best treatment is to separate the sick
from the well fowls and spray the
house and yards with a Btrong solu-
tion of coal tar dip. Apply to the
sores or warts on the fowls tincture
of Iodine mixed with a ten per cent
solution of carbolic acid. Carbolated
vaseline Is an excellent remedy for
mild cases.
Grow Into Sheep Business.
Do not go into sheep breeding.
Grow Into It. Begin in a small way.
You will find many unexpected prob-
lems constantly coming up and if you
Co Into It largely at first you will find
a great deal of trouble and disap-
pointment. There is much that has
to be learned by long and thoughtful
experience.
FOUR BEST BREEDS OF DAIRY CATTLE
ROASTER FOR SMALL FLATS
Contrivance Designed by New York
Man !• Collapsible and Takes
up Little Room.
For use on gaa and oil stoves the
collapsible roaster designed by a New
York man and shown here will be
found a great convenience. Not only
will It toast four pieces of bread at a
time and In such a way that you can
see the operation and prevent the
bread from burning, but when not In
use It can be folded up into small com-
pass and take up little room. A square
metal plate has perforations In the
center and two wires hinged along
each side. These wires are bent at
right angles at the top and fit into
openings in a small square metal cap
that holds them all together in an in-
clined position, and also acts as a
reflector for the heat. When the de-
vice is rigged up it is placed over th®
flame and a piece of bread leaned up
against each of the four sides. The
slanting position gives the heat a
chance to spread over the whole sur-
face, and as each slice Is done on one
side it is turned over to the other.
TO KEEP SAUSAGES FRESH
They Should Be Cooked, Put In Jars
and Covered With Hot Drip-
ping or Lard.
To Insure the keeping of sausages#
made in quantity for use through the
summer months, it is usual to resort
to smoking them in the manner of
hams and bacon. In lieu of this meth-
od, however, cook them in any desir-
able way until nearly done, fill them
Into glass jars, wide-mouthed Btone
jars or tin lard pails, packing them
quite closely, then cover them with
hot dripping, lard, or any good
grease, filling all interstices, and leav-
ing at least an inch of clear dripping
to cover the top. If the cans will seal
perfectly seal (hem the same as you
would any kind of canned or pre-
served fruit. If tin lard pails are
used till level with the dripping, fix
the cover closely and as an extra pre-
caution paste a strip of white paper
around the edge of the cover. The
sausages will keep thus for any length
of time.
Before Ironing Plaits.
Many sheer dresses of this season
have inset panels of plaited goods,
plaited at the top and stitched yoke
depth, with the lower half falling in
straight, unstitched plaits. This looks
very pretty and dressy, but those
plaits will be very difficult to Iron un-
less they are first basted in at the hem
and caught dbwn at intervals all the
way up the plait before the dress la
laundered. Unless you do this the
plaits will be stretched out of all sem-
blance to their original shape and will
never be Ironed the same way twice.
After being Ironed, and when perfect-
ly dry, pull the bastings out carefully.
Collars and cuffs, or anything else
that Is plaited and to be laundered,
■should be treated In the same way.
English Delight.
Put through the meat chopper one
and one-half pounds of beef. Season
with salt, pepper and butter. Place
In the form of a loaf In a baking pan.
Over it spread the following dressing:
Bread crumbs seasoned with salt, pep-
per, sage, butter and mixed soft with
warm water or meat stock. Spread
an inch or two thick over the meat
and dot with butter. In one end of
pan place onions which have previous-
ly been boiled and seasoned. Bake a
half hour, or until dressing is browned.
Philippine Salad.
Cut tomatoes, largo white onions,
green and sweet red peppers, also cu-
cumbers, In very thin slices, add a
good French dressing and let the salad
ptand for an hour at least on ice In
a cool place. Garnish with crisp let-
tuce leaves before serving. This
makes a pretty, dish If the different
vegetables used ?\re laid In separate
circles alternately. The seeds of the
peppers must be carefully removed be-
fore they are sliced and the cucumbers
peeled.
Small Vegetables Help.
To cook small vegetables In a Ore-
leBs cooker let them boll a few min-
utes, then put them, with the water
they boil in, Into Mason jars. Put
lid on tightly and Bet the Jars In the
large cooker kettle, almoBt full of hot
water. Let It boil and pack as usual
In the cooker.
Fruit Ice.
A fruit Ice Is easily made by rub.
blng a quart of fruit through a col-
ander and adding a cupful of water as
sweet as honey. Mix with this the un
beaten whites of three fresh eggs and
freeze, stirring constantly.
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911, newspaper, September 8, 1911; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400768/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.