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BUIIDIN6 MEAT-CURING HOUSES ON FARM { riCb, r? • ? /»' V r*":i>c.i)wn 7vv Vfj| K Ic e bunker. •• ^ Jmot i 4*fart —- -r-vrsg T r evttar T V-'. ! I ! Î i I .1 : I « •-Ô « V. 4 L « V0 ! I I 0 I I Mr 11 ll«at Racks SUIs 1% 3-l'«parC. ll 1 »"A3 Girder - [-Posts 4)t apart. - VUfc" on *dg* SrouM level,. » □ ■ I Section Through Box. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) An experimental meat-curing house built in southern Georgia last year from plans supplied by the United States department of agriculture proved so successful that additional sets of plans have been distributed among individuals who profess their willingness to build from them and to report upon their results. Georgia imports a great part of the meat that she consumes, and for this the diffi culty in curing meat in a climate which makes the process much of a gamble is held responsible. It is be lieved that it satisfactory meat-curing houses could be ; erected throughout the South it would be a great incentive for farmers to raise their own meat, which in turn would lead to their pro ducing other food supplies, and a more Ji—E TT Tf IT TT V u U 3 «fl» n Front Elevation. TESTING FOR SOIL REACTION Easy to Determine Whether Soli Is AoM- or Alkallno by Moans of Litmus Papor Toot. (By DR. CHARLES K. FRANCIS, Chem • let. Experiment Station. Oklahoma Agrt* i cultural College.) The natural reaction of fertile soil should be slightly alkaline. Add noils do jjsêt produce welL màtter to determine It la an whether * given soil la acid or alkaline by meap% of the litmus paper teat. Litmus paper may be purchased at a drug store in two colors, red and blue, and should be of good, strong color. To apply the test It is neces sary to knead a handful of the soil into a ball with the aid of a small quantity of rainwater. (Do not use well water.) Break open the ball and place a piece of red paper between the halves so. that one-third of the length will rèmain uncovered. Press the two portions together and am aside. Repeat this with another portion of the same soil, but Insert a piece of the blue litmus paper. Examine the test papers at the end of an hour, or after standing overnight, and note If they have, chapged color, if the. ' r bai become blue, the abil «- bui If the blue paper baa to pink or red. the soil la nd; ia Don't Overlook dUckoae. fails to fepM) • the diversified form of agriculture. In the experimental curing bo i«e a test was made last winter in whicn the estimated cost of curing the meat was not over three-fourths of a cent a pound, including the cost of the ice. All meat cured in dry salt kept per fectly. but five hams and shoulders cured by the brine method puffed in five days after being hung up. The plans called for a building 12 by 12 feet in size, but this is somewhat larger than would ordinarily be re quired, and a building 9 by 9 feet was erected. Buildings of the larger size, however, it is thought, can be operated successfully on a co-operative basis. The planter on whose farm it was constructed could do the curing for his neighbors and take his pay In meat, as millers still do in some sec tions In grain. I it a LICE ON CATTLE AND COLTS Watch Animale Ciosoly Whan Put In Worma Stables This Winte Also Do Much Injury. . Usually no attention is given to lice on cattle and colts until they have done enough harm to be noticed in the condition of the animals. When these animals are put in the barns this win ter watqh them olgeely and kill the lies if they appear before they seri ously check the growth of the stock. There is no better time to kill ticks than October and November, killed now means less eggs to hatch ticks in the spring. Worms do most Injury when the stock is in dry lots and during the winter. It is a good plan to regùlaily feed some worm medicine at intervals during the winter. Prevention, or at least early destruction, is better than building up tiie animals after they bave been pulled down by worms. One indication of Production. The activity of a bird ia a very good indication of production, high producer must have more to eat of everything that a hen requires tor production, «onsequentiy she is the first down in the morning and the last to roost at night. She will range farther and Is always looking for s ometh ing to eat. The MtUet for Poultry, to not only an as antoda •owls to gat «to In the mm n * m i -mm Marriage by Capture ; By GREGORY GREEN (Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman.) "And it's a shame, to see a girl of your age, who could still have her choice, remaining unmarried," said the old lady emphatically. Little Miss Durfree smiled, for she knew the old lady's frankness. At thirty, she was still unmarried. She had been a belle once; her face told her that evening that she was still at tractive, in spite of the hint of a line at the edge of the mouth, and of a thread or two of gray at the temples. Once little Miss Durfree had been in love, madly in love. But he had gone away West, and after a while his let ters ceased. Then she had plunged In to work, never regarding her other suitors with any seriousness. She was the busiest mortal alive. In the morning she did her housework, and sewed, and marketed ; in the afternoon she read the newspapers, skimmed the latest book, sewed some more, dressed, visited the sick, put up conserves in season, and did the thousand odd tasks that any woman can find to do. And the thought of getting married had simply never occurred to her since Jack went away. She really was an old maid. She could not have torn herself away from her round of duties. It was three weeks after the old lady had gone away, shaking her head, that Jack came home. He had been gone seven years, and he was the talk "j r ^ & ■:i 111 1 \\ ■ ■ i » , 1 Meant to Come." of the village, with his money, his good looks, and the fact that he was still unmarried. He called upon little Miss Durfree almost as soon as May Durfree had heard of his return. If the heart beneath the prim dress was beating rather faster than usually, little Miss Durfree gave no sign of it. Jack shook hands, sat down, and talked like an old friend. Sometimes Miss Durfree, looking up, found his eyes fixed upon hers in a puzzled way. At length he broke the comparative silence that had grown up between them. "May," he said, changed so much?" "I changed?" she asked in surprise. "Yes. You have been telling me all about the things you do; they seem to fill your life. Well—you used not to be like that." "How do you mean?" asked Miss Durfree. 'why have you "Well, you—why. May, don't you re member how we went to the picnic and walked home together and talked poetry to each other all the way?" "But that was eight years ago, Mr. MeCallum. People grow stalder as they grow older." "But—May, listen! You have filled your life with a lot of inanimate things that mean nothing. You have become enslaved to them. They don't represent anything. • There 1 ought ' to be more humanity in your life." I know you mean well," she said icily, "but I have chosen my life—" He rose also. He took her by the May," he cried, "don't y*u see that I love yon still? I have al ways hoped some day to return and ask you to be my wife. I felt I had no right to continue writing to you. when I had no prospects. May—" She took her hands from his. "No, it is impossible. Jack," she. said, with a touch of tenderness nevertheless. "But why?" "I am what I have made myself. I loved yon once, and I will admit I like you now as much as any man atiye. But—well, I am cut out to be an old maid. I think. 1 couldn't face the pros pect of beginning a new life. If any man married me it would be by force." "I will carry yon away captive." he began, half seriously. She smiled; "I hope we shall always be friends," she said. There was finality In her time. Jack went away. He saw her sev eral times afterward. But it was true, what he had realized: Misa Durfree's haut Miss Durfree rose. years before. was really an okf by had mol by the old lady. this view Tt's a ;*• OfÄfc cure, c Adc. M. i .iQ-ÿ te? **• * ■ And you think titan'* he mo?" -•» . • "I think," said the old lady, "that May Durfree cares for you as much as she is capable of caring for anybody. But die doesn't tore ymi. She couldn't lore—now. What in the worlddid you do to her. Jack, beton you went *way? Broke her heart?" "If I had thought that," he answered, *1 would hare married fife E. ly, ; money or It's the safest way." said the old lady. In spite of the old lady's warning Jack tried his luck again. Be declared his love. Little Miss Durfree stopped him promptly, "Now, Mr. MeCallum, if we are to remain friends," she said, "you must realize that this cannot be. Won't you try? You know, I am fond of you, as a friend." for of the Jack told her it was impossible. He stayed away a whole week. At the end of that period, meeting her in the street, he fancied that she looked a little worried. "I was expecting you to call last night," she said, and the pout made little Miss Durfree look uncommonly pretty. Jack MeCallum was more madly in love with her than ever. "I meant to come," he answered penitently, "but I had an engagement. I had promised to call on the Du ponts." "O, those girls!" said little Miss Durfree acidly. "I hope you enjoyed your visit, Mr. MeCallum." With every nerve urging him to shout that he hadn't, that he hated them, Jack managed, by a superhuman effort, to maintain silence.' He had scored his point, he had piqued little Miss Durfree. "You're clever," said the old lady, patting him on the shoulder, you won't win out that way, my dear boy. There's only one chance for you, and even then it's a hundred to one against. And if you lose you'll be the ridicule of the town." "I'll take it," said Jack decisively. "I don't know," said the old lady. "I shall have to ask the minister what he thinks of it. If he agrees that it ia a possible plan I'll tell you." Before the old lady told him Jack had resumed his visits to Miss Dur free. His infatuation was evident. He had lost all that he had scored that day in the street. Miss Durfree lived in terror of the proposal that came again at last. "May, If you'll be my wife you shall live on in this house and I'll only come on Sundays," said Jack, sweep and cook and dust and sew and—'' 'But You shall «• sighed May Durfree. "Won't you ever be sensible and un derstand, Mr. MeCallum?" He took his hat and stamped out of the house. But on the next day the old lady told him that the minister had Indorsed her scheme. "We must get her out. of her house for the day," she said. "How can it be arranged ?" "Tell her about the new cooking demonstration downtown." said Jack bitterly. "The very thing," said the old lady. "I'll get her to go with me and bring her here for lunch, and keep her till four in the afternoon, if I have to lock her in this room." And she did it. If little Miss Dur free became vaguely uneasy about her home as the old lady chatted away, she concealed it as long as possible. The old lady was so insistent. She showed her one thing after another, until at length four o'clock came, and the suspense was over. "And now, my dear, I've kept you so long that I shall just walk over with you in atonement," said the old lady. It seemed a queer sort of atone ment to little Miss Durfree, but she ac cepted the old lady's company. But at the door the old lady showed no signs of going away, and Miss Durfree had to ask her in. The old lady walked in with her—into a transformed living room. For, where the piano had been, waa an improvised altar, at which the min ister stood, and in front of him was Jack, and on little Miss Durfree's other side was Jack's chum, Kenneth Gray, who had known all about the affair, but of whom no mention has had to be made before. 'O dear! "Wilt thou have this woman for thy wedded wife?" the minister demanded. "I will." said Jack. "Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?" the minister de manded. Little Miss Durfree stared at him aa if Bhe.'wepe*hypnotised. Perk scene, long donnant in lier bra utbe „ «» * vision unrealized, suddenly stirred her memories. Perhaps it was Jack at her Side, recalling her love of old. How ever that may be, the whispered af firmative melted Miss Durfree's heart. Five minutes later she and her hus band sat alone together. "It's all like a dream," she whis pered. You shall have your home, dearest May—" "O bethel*the old home!" said little Miss Durfree. Thunder at Sea. The Astronomical Society of France has again taken up the discussion which has been before it on several previous occasions, and that la the statement that thunder is never heard at sea. The statement was original ly attributed to Baron von Humboldt, fund it bas been frequently questioned, but those who insisi. that they have heard thunder at sea have also stated that the peals were not so loud as on land. A large number of seamen have been found to agree with the scientist, although it is suggested that the other noises prevailing on ship board during a storm may be the reason why the thunder often Hie Failure. . "dfc! What scanty km „ hare of what the fritare holds hi scarp tor us!" l "When I was a fracki with the nah of ' . lsp ofanrid-fr *w little did i •I BBT * T • - ÿ *1 f> : .-Vä-4 T RaBroad Company Wi Reward Brakeman Who Risked Life to Save Boy. New York.—Because he rtaked his fife to sore that of a little boy. Hug E. Duey, a brakeman employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, re ceived a letter of congratulation and special commendation from the acting president of the company. Incidental ly, he is in line for Immediate promo - i Uon. Duey. twenty-seven years old, and for five years in the service of the railroad, was on a train of loaded cars descending a heavy grade on the Snowshoe branch of the Tyrone divi sion of the road from the coal mines of Centre county, Pennsylvania. As the train swept around the curve the rails for a great distance ahead were of J. T h lV Reached Out With the Other Hand. hidden from the view of the engine driver by a string of empty cars drawn up on a siding. Suddenly the form of a boy, three years old, son of a miner, appeared between the rails in front of the train. The engine driver at once threW on the brakes, but the weight of the load ed cars was bo great that they slid along the wet rails at great speed. Without a moment's hesitation Duey, realizing the sliding of the cars meant death for the child, ran along the running board at the side of the engine, crept down to the pilot, gripped an iron bar with one hand and then reached out with the other. He caught the child firmly by the clothes, lifted him free of the engine and swung him back upon the run ning board and to safety. Duey is an athlete and active in the affairs of the Young Men's Christian association. So greatly did the officers of the railroad admire his bravery that his photograph and an account of hiB act were ordered printed and distributed to every employee of the railroad. SHOCK TO KINSTON MORALS Negroes Play Checkers on Privileged Street of Staid North Carolina Town. Kinston, N. C.—Charles Dunn, a negro, and a man named Canady were playing checkers on the porch of an ancient building at the ' corner of Queen and K Ing streets recently when a cop caught sight of them. It isn't a crime to play checkers, but few people are aware of it, though it is a misdemeanor under the city code to play games of amusement on Queen street. What the court had to determine; it was stated after the arrest, was whether the feet of Dunn and Canady, who were seated in the porch, were touching the pavement or not. Their legs were dangling near the ground if not actually touching it. It was the first arrest, so far as any one could recall, under the ordinance. GOAT LOSES HEROIC FIGHT Makes Courageous Effort to Butt Lang lotand Express Train Off the* Treck. Sayville. L. L—Because Martin Co» way is section boss st Sayville hia goat seems to have the notion that he owns the track, or at least holds un disputed right of way on the Long Is land railroad. He protested against the Patchogue Express, which had just pulled out of Sayville station, running with wide open throttle, and took his position on the track. The engineer slowed up-just as the an im al locked horns with the cowcatcher, and for a quarter of a mile the train backed the goat, thé determined ani mal butting the cowcatcher all the way. The goat was nnable to shove the train backward, and when a boy sig naled to him he jumped off the track and allowed the train to proceed. GIRL SAVED BY STALLION Horse Charges Lion as It Is About to Spring Upon Daughter of Texas Rancher. Alpine, Tex.—A stallion is said to have saved the life of Ethel Easter wood. the thirteen-year-old da ught e r of g B. Easterwood, a ca ttl e m a n , when she was attacked by a mountain The girl was riding on thp range the mountain lion looped at a The colt escaped, and the floe. »ring the girt end her *- isrred on fi** 1 * The Stanton earning oat of the M* on the terrified gbi After " '--—'Hä; ' •I of* Sjk'v; L- w - S ?»* * % *1 * - •' >->/ •LAYER OF LARUE HOLLOWAY AT COLUMBIA IB TAKEN FROM JAIL. FALL KILLS W. K. M'LAURIN Member of Prominent Miwieeippi Fam ily and Attorney at Vicksburg Meets Death In s pe ct ing Big Black Bridge. • 878 of of to of In • Columbia.—Jack Hughes, who on th« night of Oct. 21 shot and killed young Larue Holloway, near Columbia, fol lowing a dispute over a small amount of money which Hughes' brother-in-law, J. E. Higginbotham, claimed was due him from Holloway, was taken from the jail here in the early hours of the morning by a crowd of masked men and carried just outside the corporate limits east of the town and there hanged. The mob went to the jail and after tying Qtho Fortenberry, the jailer, to his bed, secured the jail keys and took possession of youug Holloway's slayer. Just a little over a mile east of the courthouse on the morning searchers found the body hanging, suspended about six feet from the ground from a stooping hickory tree. His hands were tied behind his back and his feet tied together at the ankles. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the man had come to his death at the hands of some party or parties unknown to the iury. Judge McLaurin's Fall Kills. Vicksburg.—Judge William K. Me Laurin, county attorney, and one of three surviving brothers, of the widely known McLaurln family of Mississippi, was killed when lie accidentaly fell from the Big Black river state high bridge. His death was almost instanta neous; Judge McLaurln at the time was making an inspection tour of the de fective piers which are under the proc ess of being rebuilt. He was accom panied on the tour by Engineer G. R. Thomas of the bridge company and C. P. Sillinger. Mr. Sillinger says he was within two feet of Judge McLaurln when he ap peared to lose his balance and then fall from the planks which are laid across the bridge frame, giving one scream as he went through the iron bracing and underwork supporting the bridge. Friends rushed to the river bed below but the fatally wounded man died while being taken to an automobile. Reward Per a Burglar. Clarkadale.—One hundred dollars re ward Has been offered for the arrest of Nathan Hunt, negro, who, it is al leged, recently attempted to burglarize the residence of G. W. Butler at Jones town, Miss. Mr. Butler discovered the negro in his house; after being cap tured once he managed to escape while the city marshal was getting a pair of handcuffs. Women Capture 8till. Aberdeen.—Mrs. Sarah Williams and her daughter. Miss Williams, two of Monroe county's prominent women, while strolling near their home, discov ered and captured a still, in ignorance of what they had uncovered. They went across the line into Alabama and notified United States Revenue Agent Humphreys what they had found. He immediately went to the scene and made an investigation. Sheriff J. D. Cooper of this county was notified. College Filled to Capacity. Agricultural College.—The Mississip pi Agricultural and Mechanical College is on the verge of overflowing its plant —the dormitories are overfilled and students are rooming in the agricultur al engineering building. The present enrollment shows nearly 500 students in college. Brewer Caee la Callod. Aberdeen.—The case against L. L Brewer, accused, with his brothers, of the murder of George Nichols on the streets of Aber d een, Jan. 21, 1918, has been called in the circuit court here, with both the prosecution and the de fense ready for trial. If the state puts on all of its witnesses, numbering 45, and the defense all of theirs, it will re quire several days to examine them. Hae Oldest Bale of Cotton. Laurel.— E. T. Wilburn, a farmer on the county line between Jones and Jas per counties claims to have the oldest bale of cotton in the United States. The bale Is now thirty-six years old. Hurt in Boiler Explosion. Hattiesburg.—In an explosion of the boilers of the M. & O. Lumber Com pany at New Augusta, George Kelin and Charles Matthews, whites, were seriously scalded, and little hope is held for their recovery. Four others received painful injuries. The mill •«».s completely wrecked. Spelling -Bee at Artesia. Artesia.—An oldtime spelling bee was recently held at the schoolhouse here. It was a benefit affair for the school. Its Handicap. T want to buy a first-class watch." "Can't do iL None of that sort so "What do yon if ' "Why. Isn't port of every welch hand?" "Fknay says her troubteo are grow lag "In what way?" In a to -Sv. •' \ >1 ■ - ; -v O. SELLERS, Actio« Direc to r mt Chicago.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 7 JOABH REPAIR g THE TEMPLE. LE880N TEXT—II Kings 12:4-18. • GOLDEN TEXT—God loveth a cheerful giver.—XX Cor. 1:7. The time of this lesson was about 878 B. C, and It follows within a few years last Sunday's 1 rated as king and instructed by a faithful, priest, yet Joash discovered great lethargy on the part of the priestly class with regard to the house of God. He set himself to arouse great liberality and to repair the temple. I. .Lethargy, v. 4, 8. (1) Its cause. We should read in this connection II Chron. 24. and the previous history of the na tion we conclude that the condition of the temple was due, (a) to the weak and frequently vicious charac ters of the rulers of the nation; (b)l to the evil companions of both princes and priests and (c) to the cupidity of court and curate. (2) The result of this lethargy regarding God's cause was evidenced (a) upon the temple, and (b) upon the lives of the people of the kingdom. (3) The cure. Joash instituted great reforms in Judah and In these Jehoiada the priest (v. 2) had no'small part. In this particular les son the prince (v. 7) seems to lead the priest. Unfortunately the godly, priest did not long survive the crown ing of Joash and hence when he came under other influences he soon went back to the evil practices of bis prede cessors and his reign ended In an eclipse of evil (II Chron. 24:15-26). In this lesson we have, however, a suggestion of what is needed to cure religious lethargy, (a) A vision of the real condition of affairs (v. 7; also II Chron. 24:7). Joash saw the resultant ruin of the temple after 15 years of misrule; he also saw the misconduct of the priests and did not hesitate to call them to account. Tis no easy task to un dertake a reformation and restoration such as this; witness Moses, Luther. Wesley and Cary. These priests had aided him to gain his throne and doubtless had had a part in his boy hood training. Joash had Inaugu rated certain reforms before he be gan this task which suggests the sec ond need of (b) persistence (see I Chron. 24:5, 6). Such work also de mands (c) systematic effort and giv ing. Joash placed himself among Is rael's best kings by undertaking the restoration of the temple and won a place alongside of Hesekiah and Jo* slah. Modern churches are not, strict ly speaking, "a housi of the Lord" such as the Jewish temple, yet the condition of many of our church would indicate great indifference to the cause of the kingdom. Our bod ies are indeed a "temple" I Cor. 3: 16; 6:19) and both the body and church buildings alike should be kept In proper condition. II. Liberality, vs. 9-15. The plan to have the priests gather funds for the repairs was Scriptural. (Ezod. 25: 2-8) God does not look upon the measure but upon the motive of our gifts (II Cor. 8:12). The priests did not "hasten the matter" so the king took it into his own hands (v. 9). In this remissness Jehoiada, as the chief priest, is held accountable for all (v. 7). We have in this story a rich sug gestion as to God's plan of Chrlatian giving. (1) The object. It was dis tinctly for the glory of God and not to outbid others or to wastefully use the money for selfish purposes. (2> All were to participate voluntarily, out of their abundance (II Chron. 24:10), systematically and faithfully. (3) The results were a house repaired (II Chron. 24:12), beautiful (II Chron. 24:13) with the worship restored (ü Chron. 24:14). Joash seems to have laid great emphasis upon the "taber nacle of witness" (24:6) and we need to recall that each and every part of that temple waa a testimony to the troth of God and had in it a spiritual suggestion and prophecy. As a whole, it suggested that God dwelt In the midst of his people. Athaliah (Joash's grandmother) bad so conducted themselves as to cause it to need repairing (II Chron. 24:7). When we turn to II Chron. 24:8-14 and read the record of the restoration of the temple, we discover: (1) Each had Its part in the work. (2) Ba ch did a "perfect" work. e. g, did hte task faithfully, fully and to a finish. (3) Each did an orderly work, "In hie state." None sought to supplant or defraud others in the work assigned. (4) Each did a strong work, it was "strengthened" and not a trifling wort: as men-pleasers - or for the moment. (5) Each worked economically be cause when all bills were paid, money was returned to the treasury. What a marked contrast with mod ern methods of conducting public Im provements! There was great Joy in the hearts of both princes and people as they brought and wrought. We rob ourselves by our withholding, "tor • where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." There is sound philosophy in Proverbs 11:24. 25. That class, church or individual that lfveth unto itself will soon die. that is great in the earth but that name will not abide. In giving we get; in serving, we increase. Here is »iso a suggestion how to raise church finances. Inaugu From the two accounts The sons of It may have a nasse The world Is o post master in the rasing and can discount many ait of times over the cheep entertainments so frequently used to wheedle money from the unwary. No worrier church treasuries are os tan empty for we do not give value received by any each mBoda