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HE KENNA RECORD.
VOL.6.
KENNA, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1913.
NO. 48.
L
GIG
REASON
An Instance Where Logical Man
Gave the Impression of
Being in Earnest.
By CLAUDINE 8ISSON.
"In cms war la declared, what la
the logical conclusion T" asked tbe
professor of his class. ,
"That, some one Is going to get
hurt," was the reply.
"And In case of an earthquake?"
"That buildings will be shaken
down."
. "And In case of love?"
"That matrimony will follow." "
"And In oaBe of pinching the tiger's
tall at the i oo?"
"You get the bounce."
"Correct, gentlemen. Always reason
from loglo aud you will always be
right."
Mr. Fred Clinton, a young man of
Z4, had been using logic for many
months when he set out to walk
across the country, a distance of 80
miles, for a visit to his old aunt. He
found nothing to reason about . until
within four miles of his Journey's
end. Then, as be was passing a farm'
nouse of the better class, he saw
. something that halted him. A young
girl was on the roof of the tool-house
mending a leak. . Her back was to
wards him, but he saw that she had
three or four shingles and a hammer
, and nails.
There might have been men-folks
working In the field, but they were
not In sight There might have been
a mother In the house, but If so .she
gave no sign.
"Now, then, here Is logic, and here
are conclusions," said the wayfarer
as ha sat down to watch and wait
"A girl on the roof with shingles,
hammer and nails means that the
roof leaks. It also means that she Is
taking a rink, ,
"If she pounds her thumb, which
she is almost sure to do, she will yell
out Darn It!' and roll off the roof.
"If her foot slips she will clutch
and claw and scream, but go down
just the same.
"No girl will climb up on the roof
of a shed If she knows there's a man
around. If she sees one after she
. gets' up there she Is startled and In
her baste to get down slips, sljdes,
and comes down ker-plunk.
"Any way you fix It. the loeical eon'
elusion la thaP there Is pure to be a
fall here. Now, then, the girl la
perched about 14 feet from the
ground, and the ground is hard. There
are nine chances In ten that she
breaks a bone. At any rate, she will
get a hard Jar. She will need some
one to hold the camphor to her nose
and call some one from tho field. It
may be necessary to. telephone or send
for a doctor. '
"I am at hand. I am the It It's for
me 'to do and dare. I don't save her
life, but she thinks I do,' so it's all
the same. When a girl thtnlp she
owes her lire to a young man what
does she do? The logical conclusion
Is admiration, gratitude. love.
"And when a young man has been
called upon to save the life of
staving loosing girl tbe same emo
tions are aroused and the same con
elusions must prevail. If I go on and
she does not see me I won't be at
hand when she falls; if I remain I add
to her risk. There Is no loglo here,
and there are no conclusions to be
' drawn. It Is a case of even up, and
I shall stay."
Five minutes after the young man
had finished his soliloquy the girl
changed her position to get at her
work the better, and there was
scream and she went sliding. Her
fingers dragged over the dry shin
gles, and when tbe edge was reached
she took a drop.
"Conclusion the first Is all right!"
said Mr. Clinton as he started on the
run to the rescue."I must tickle the
professor by writing him a letter."
Telephone Three Miles In Air.
. A telephone exchange three miles
la the air. This station, said to be
tbe highest In the world, la In the
meteorological observatory on the
top of Mont Rosa In the Pennine
Alps, 15,450 feet above sea level. At
this elevation enow Is always found,
and advantage is taken of the high
insulation given by dry snow, the
wires In the last section, at the peak,
being simply laid on the snow covered
ground. To prevent breakage by
(lacier mvemeDta the lint 1m carried
He found Miss Amy Logan In a
huddle on the ground and insensible.
The fall had dislocated her shoulder.
Mr. Clinton dashed Into the house
by the kitchen door and shouted. No
one at home. He ran through three
rooms and came to the camphor bot
tle. It la among the equipment of
every farmhouse In the land. He re
turned to the girl and held It to her
nose and then sprinkled her face with
It By and by she opened her eyes
and looked at him wonderingly.
"Hurt?" he asked.
"Shoulder."
"I was In the road when you fell.
Are you all alone here?"
"Tee."
"Telephone In the house?"
"Tea."
"I don't know beans about first aid.
but something must be done. I think
you have a broken arm and I shall
telephone the doctor." -
"Doctor Arnold three rings.
In five mlnutea Mr. Clinton 'was
back again to say:
"Now we must get you Into the
house and onto the lounge I saw In
the sitting room. Careful, now. Put
your arm well around me and walk
alow.
But I don't know you!" protested
the girl as she hung back.
"That's logical. Since I Uve miles
away and never passed this place be
fore It follow that you dont know
my name la Clinton. Keep innanng
the camphor and brace up against
any falntness. Here we are, and now
let me set you a drink of water, la
It the arm or the shoulder?"
"Shoulder."
"It'a dislocated, but that's, a heap
better than a broken arm. ' There a
a house a quarter of a - mile back.
Let me run there while waiting for
the doctor and fetch a woman."
"If you would he so kind, . but
don't quite understand yet"
Oh. you will later on. I've got it
all figured out It's a case of loglo
The young man returned, accom
panied by a farmers wife. Just as the
doctor drove up.
"What'a up?" asked the M. D.
"Girl got a dislocated shoulder.'
"Who telephoned?"
"I did."
"What did you want to swear for?"
"Logic. The man who aweara over
the telephone wire gives the Impres
sion to the receiver that he is very
much In earnest, and that he'd better
do eome hiking."
Mr. Clinton sat on the veranda
while the doctor and the woman car
ed for the patient By and by the
girl's thanks were sent to him, and
he waa asked to call In a week a time,
If he could make It convenient, and
he went away whistling and not even
posted as to the girl's name.
"But odds Is the difference," he
said to himself. "It may be Jonea or
Brown or Baker now, but It's sure to
be Clinton after a while."
When the aunt waa told the ad
venture she replied:
"Why, that's the Logan girl!"
"But why the exclamation?"
"Because they are the nabobs ot
the country." v
"Well?"
' "And she turned down several of
fers of marriage."
"Well, again?" '
- "And you are no nabob. Don't be
foolish, Fred, and fall in love."
"I'm not a nabob, but I'm a logi
cian, and the logical conclusion Is that
I shall marry .her. Can't beat loglo,
Aunty."
He managed to bear from aome one
every day as to Miss Logan's Im
provement, and when he was told
that with her arm In a sling ahe was
walking about the housu and grounds,
he drove over to pay h's call. When
he had been received In a very
friendly spirit and Identified himself
Miss Logan said:
"Did you tell me that you were
passing by as I fell?"
"Not exactly passing by, but sit
ting down and waiting for the logical
conclusions."
"And they came?"
"They did.' The girl who mounts
a roof to make repairs will not escape
a fall one time In fifty."
through rings on the telephone poles.
The poles are short and are taken
down at the end of every summer sea
son and replaced at the beginning ot
the following summer.
v Speed of a Rabbit
A rabbit can travel at tbe rate of
fifty-five miles an hour. This was
proved here, when one of the little ani
mals made that rate A speed for
half a mile in front of the motorcycle
of County Traffic Officer Eml'.e Agras,
who waa chasing a apeader. . As Agras
"How silly ot me to get up there?
The roof leaked, but the Idea of re
pairing It was a sudden freak. Did
your loglo tell you what to do after
fell? I've been thinking It over.
and I wonder that you got along so
well."
'I knew there wonld be logical
conclusions," laughed the young man.
"Oh, I'm very, very thankful."
"That's one conclusion."
"And grateful."
"That's number two."
"And and I really admire the calm
way you managed things."
"That'a number three."
"But bat la there any more?"
He said there was, but he would de
lay the telling of It until aome other
time.
Several montha later he said, "It'a
only logical that I want you for a
wife."
'Then you must look out for conse
quences!" she laughed as ahe gave
him her hand.
"Loglo and Its consequences maka
happiness!" said the professor when
he had read tbe letter.
(Copyright, 1911. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
NOTHING NEW IN THE WORLD
What Are Called Present-Day Evils
Really Date Back to Beginning
of Time.
It la not only In modern daya that
the cry haa been raised against 1m
pure foods or that the makers of food
stuffs have attempted to adulterate
their products by the Injection of un
wholesome materials Into their arti
cles.
Far back In the daya when Rome
swayed the world many of the so-
called present day evils were preva
lent Divorcee were more common
then than they are today; at one time,
In fact, divorcee became ao ordinary
an occurrence that a woman who had
not been divorced at least once was
pointed out aa a curiosity. And the
adulteration of foods waa another
everyday matter.
In the writings of that day can be
found accounts of the evils, and Pliny
tells of the. manner In which the ba
kers In Rome mixed the dough of their
bread with a white earth, which was
exceedingly soft when touched and
very sweet to the taste. In thla man
ner they were able to put out a food
stuff that waa fine In appearance and
had weight, and yet It cost them little
or nothing In the making and had prac
tically no food value.
Wines were another product which
were ad alt era ted to an amazing ex
tent. Even the wealthiest among the
Roman nobles could not be at all sure
that the expensive wines they bought
were made of pure grape. Even the
wlnea that were Imported from the
colony of Oaul, now France, and which
were considered to be the finest In the
world, were artificially colored by
aloes and other drugs.
Deceptive weignta ana raise meas
ures were used continually, and al
most all the modern tricks of the trade
were practiced. It can truly be said
of this, as of all other things, that
there la nothing new under the sun.
Jerrold'a Quick Wtt '
Douglaa JerroId was one of the best
known Victorian wits -one of the men
who said instanter the things which
others think of an hour later. In the
book produced' by hla grandson are
some speclments of tbe quick wit ot
other times.
. At a club supper, when sheep'
heads had provided the chief dish, one
enthusiast exclaimed:
"Well, sheep's' heads for ever, aay
II"
"There's egotism!" quietly remark'
ed Jerrold.
Dining with a friend, he was asked
how he liked the port
"Not much," he replied.
"Not much!" echoed the host "Why,
my dear fellow, It's Hedgea and But-
ler'a best."
"Possibly." said Jerrold; "hut to my
taste it partakes more of tbe hedges
than the butler."
overhauled the automobile he crowded
on a little more speed and this put
the rabbit out ot the race. As the scared
animal turned out of the road he lost
his balance and turned turtle, rolling
up against a fence. San Jose corres
pondence San Francisco Chronicle.
Willie Wist.
Sunday School Teacher And what
should we do after breaktug a com
mandment, Willie? Willie Muzzle
de papers and hire a good lawyer.
Lilt
UNDER CRUST FOR TWO PIES
Mlxturo That Adds to Savor of Dell-
clous Confection Worth all the
Trouble It Involves.
Mix one-fourth teaspoon each of salt
and baking powder with one cup of
alfted pastry flour. Measure one heap
ed tablespoon each of butter and lard,
and if tbey are soft spread them out
on a plate and chill them. Then chop
hem Into the flour until well mixed.
Wet with' cold water to a Btiff dough
that may be all taken up clean from
the bowl. Toss out on a floured board
and pat It down until half an Inch
thick and a long, narrow ehape.
Dredge It with flour and roll It over
Into a thick roll. Divide In the mid
dle, turn each piece over and pat It
out flat, and If the paste sticks and is
soft, lay It away In a cold place till
firm and hard. Then roll out gently,
keeping the shape round and even,
and roll It a trifle larger than the
plate, for aa you lift the paste it win
shrink slightly, tnd It Is better to
push It back toward the center of the
plate if too large tian to stretch It to
the edge if too smiill. Lift the edge
and press the paste down In the cen-'
ter that there may be no bubbles of
air underneath. If you have the knack
of keeping the paste round as yo roll
It there will be no edges to be trim
med on and no waste. Use tin or
granite plates and merely dust them
with flour, greasing Is unnecessary.
Remove the pies to earthen plates
when baked.
This paste will make a very tender
upper crust, good enough for every
day pies, but for Thaaksglvlng we
use puff paste.
SOME IDEAS ABOUT COOKERY
Improving the Flavor of Fish Cream
for Baked Beans Preparation
of Delicious Rice Omelet
When fish of unpronounced flavor Is
to be boiled It Is Improved by the ad
dition of vinegar to the water. If the
fish is Inclined to be tasteless half a
pint of vinegar to an ordinary kettle ot
water will not be too much.
An old New England housekeeper
haa a cupful of rich, hot cream ready
to stir Into the baked beans when they
come from the oven and before they
go to the table.
Creamed toast in one family 'a pre
pared In thla way: The bread Is toast
ed and kept hot In a corered d'sh.
Then a white sauce Is made In tbe
usual proportion of a cupful of rich
milk or cream to a tablespoonful each
of butter, and flour, with salt to sea
son. At the last, when the sauce Is
thick, two tableepoonfuls of grated
cheese are stirred in, a teaspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce and a dash of
paprika. It is poured over the toast. '
To prepare a rice omelet as one
cook does It, make a white sauce with
a cftpful of milk and two level table
spoonfuls each of cornstarch and but
ter. Stir In three well beaten yolks
and a cupful ot hot boiled rice Fold
in - the stiffly beaten whites of tbe
three eggs, season with paprika and a
trace of nutmeg, and cook In the regu
lar omelet pan. - Serve with red cur
rant Jelly.
Stuffed Fresh Shoulder.
Stuffed fresh shoulder is quite a
nice dish. Have the shoulder boned
and stuff as you would turkey. Save
all the small pieces that will not sllee
up good. Run through meat chopper,
add two potatoes, one-half cup bread
crumbs and a little gravy if you have
some left and salt and pepper. Make
into little cakes, dip In bread crumbs,
then In beaten eggs, then in bread
crumbs again, and fry brown in deep
fat ,
Mock Mince Pie.
One cup each of sugar, molasses,
water and cracker crumbs rolled fine,
one-third cup butter or lard, one-quarter
cup vinegar, pinch salt, two eggs,
one teaspoon mixed spice. Bake with
two crusts. Make two plea.
Salad Dressing.
Four teaspoonfuls of sugar, one tea
poonful of mustard, one-half tea
poonful of salt, two eggs, one-half
up of melted butter, one-half cup of
inegar, one cup of milk. Mix the
augar, salt and custard together in a
wwl, add eggs well beaten, then set
Kwl over steam ot kettle, and add
nelted butter slowly. When it thick
tns add vinegar very slowly, then
when It is as thick as cream add milk
slowly, stirring all tbe time. Cook un
til as thick aa heavy cream. Let cool.
U will thicken more after It cools-
IN PLACE OF TURKEY
80ME SUBSTITUTES THAT WILL
BE FOUND EFFECTIVE,
(
Chicken Pie Properly Made Is a Cel. 1
Icacy That All Will Appreciate J.
To Prepare and Stuff Roast (i
Ducks. "
Chicken Pie. Dress, clean and cut
up as many chickens an needed. Put
a kettle on range with three pints of '
water; as soon as water reaches the
boiling point add chicken, a few pieces
at a time, otherwise the boiling will be
stopped, and the water thus cooled
will draw out so much of the flavor
that the chicken will become tasteless.
When all Is added, cover and cook
slowly until meat Is tender, adding
one-half tablespoonful of salt dur
ing the last half hour of the cook
ing.
Remove chicken and discard skin
and hone of the larger bones. Strain
stock, skim off fat and- then cook un
til reduced to four cupfuls. Thicken
with one-fourth of a cupful of butter
mixed with one-third of a cupful of
flour. Season with salt and pepper.
Arrange chicken in serving dUh, strain
over gravy, let stand over night and
reheat for serving. Make a decorated
cover of a rich pie crust It Is much
better to bake the paste separately
and reheat before covering the pie.
If you decide to cook turkey, king ot
the Christmas dinner, he should be
ordered some days before he In want
ed. Call upon your butcher In per
son and give him your order, telling
him how large a bird you want and in
sisting that he be. the best of hla kind.
No cold storage fowl for this in
caslon, but one that Is healthy, fat and
Arm, yet tender, with fair flesh and
smooth, dark legs and a breast bone
that yields slightly when pressed by a
light finger.
Roast Ducks. Clean and stuff and
truss a pair of ducks, place on a rack
In a dripping pan, sprinkle with salt
and pepper, and cover breast Of each
bird with two thin slices of fat salt
pork. If wild ducks are nsed. bake
twenty to thirty mtnutei; in a very
hot oven, basting every Ave mlnutea
with fat In pan. If doraestlo ducks
are preferred, reduce the heat and
bake one and one-fourth hours. Gar
nish with water cress.
Stuffing for Wild Duck. This stuf
fing is not eaten; it Is simply added to
Impart flavor, and couslsta of thres
small onions put Into body of each
bird or apples pared, cored and cut In
quarters and removed before serving.
Stuffed Cabbage and Pork.
Take a small, firm white cabbage,
clean and wash In between the leaves
without breaking apart put In water
and boll for 15 minutes. Take out and
very carefully turn hack the leaves
and curl under until the center la
open. Then very carefully put in a
stuffing of raw, chopped pork (fresh
pork). Lay in a little, then lay leaves
back, then a little more, then turn
back more leaves and season, until
cabbage Is all filled. Then carefully
put the cabbage back Into the cloth
It was first boiled In, bring corners
together and fasten securely. Put
back Into uolltng water and boll again
for 50 minutes or an hour. Then re
move carefully from cloth, pour over
It a rich cream or egg sauce and serve
hat. Also nice cold. Veal can be
used In place of pork.
' Veal Croquettes. .
Put two cups finely chopped veal In
a saucepan, add two tablespoons ol
fine bread crumbs, one teaspoon ol
butter, the beaten yolks of two raw
eggs, one taaspoon of onion Juice, one
half teaspoon of salt, one saltspoon
paprika and a speck of mace. Stir the
mixture over the fire until thoroughly
heated, then Bet aside to cool. Shape
Into crouuetteB, dip In beaten egg, roll
In fine crumbs, let stand one or more
hours and fry until well browned.
Serve with tomato sauce.
Curtain Hints.
When "doing up" lace curtains fold
them lengthways and starch the
edges only. In this way an economy
In starch Is effected, the curtains look
better and they do not so quickly wear
Into holes as when starched all over.
When buying window shades get an
pxtra set of catches. Put one set at
the UBual place, the other about a
foot lower. In cold weather hang the
shades on the lower catches and leave
tbe window down from the top. .This
rives perfect ventilation and prevents
tbe shade from blowing about