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NN A RECORD.
VOL. 7.
KENNA, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913.
NO. 27.
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AT THE WHITE FARM
Story of the Troubles of Two
Girl Farmers, Their.Pigs
and Lovers.
By MARION GORDON.
"Oh, Gertrude, I am sick of hogs!"
.wailed Alicia as she followed her cou
sin toward the big cement pen where
the pedigreed Cheaters were rooting
around In uncomfortable cleanliness.
"You can't raise prize fans stock
without coming In contact with many
unpleasant things," retorted Gertrude
Lee, pulling her hat down over ber
tightly braided and coiled hair.
"I wish we hadn't added hogs to the
farm, anyway," went on Alicia discon
tentedly; "the cows are perfect pets
and poultry raising Is too fascinating
but hogs, ugh!"
Gertrude turned a dark, weather
beaten face toward her pretty partner.
"You can fuss all you want to, Alicia,
but you will Arid that the Cheaters will
carry oft the first prize at the county
fair and if everything does as well,
why we may take that trip to Califor
nia next winter."
"If Uncle Gregory hadn't been so
suspicious he would have left us the
money outright instead of stipulating
that we must show ourselves capable
of self support for two years."
"It was a great Idea our starting
this stock farm! I just wish uncle
were alive now to see how well we
have managed," triumphed Gertrude.
"And that sneering Jack Fenway,
too!"
'"Gertrude you ought to give Sam
Ralllday some credit; If he hadn't
been such a splendid neighbor we
couldn't have accomplished a thing!
Mrs. Wells said the otner day that
this was practically Sam Halllday's
success not ours!" Alicia was talk
ing very fast
Miss Lee flushed indignantly but
said nothing. She pumped a pall of
water and carried it to the pig pen,
swaying gracefully at hip and shoulder
as she walked. Her short skirts be
trayed high brown boots laced snug
ly over her slender ankles and she
skipped with agility through the gate
and out of the way of the lumbering
porkers. From her ample pocket she
produced a small box of soap powder.
She sprinkled the powder on the
largest hog, dipped a stiff broom In
the water pall and proceeded to
scrub the bristle's of the prize hog un
til he was a fluff of snowy suds from
snout to twisted tall.
A that moment a stinging dab of
soap entered the eye of the prize hog.
With one angulBhed squeal he broke
loose and banged against the un
latched gate of the pen. The gate
swung outward and away went the
frightened animal across the barnyard,
down the hollyhock-bordered path, out
of the gate and straight toward the
road that ran past the White farm.'
Gertrude flung aside her broom and
followed him. Alicia slipped from the
wall and ran after Gertrude. Just as
the two girls reached the gate a long
gray motor car swept swiftly down
the hill; there was just time' to note
that the chauffer's eyes were dreamily
fixed on the peak of Old Man moun
tain when the tragedy happened.
There was a startled hoot from the
siren of . the car that mingled with
the dying squeal of the prize porker.
The car Jerked heavily and came to
a standstill . Just ae Gertrude, white
lipped and with two burning spots in
her cheeks, flew across the interven
ing space to the side of the car.
"And then be woke up!" she cried
with bitter sarcasm as she faced the
bewildered young man at the steering
wheeL
- "By Jove, what have I done now?"
he groaned as he got out and peered
under the car, "Oh, a hog!" he cried
with relief.
"Only a hog," sneered Gertrude, un
pleasantly. "Only the sole means of
livelihood of two women who are try
ing to e. self-supporting."
Wonderful Dexterity.
What appears to be superhuman
skill is at times attained by the train
ing of a special sense or of special
parts of the human mechanism. In
this relation there is reported the sur
prising feat of a workman in one of
the great needle factories.
The workman took a common sew
ing needle of medium size, one and
five-eighths Inches In length, and
drilled a bole through its entire length,
from eye to point, barely large enough
to allow tat passing of. a very flat
"I'm sorry I don't know what to
say !". stammered Jack Fenway con
tritely. "I was looking at the moun
tain peak yonder and thought I had a
clear road ahead but that's no 'ex
cuse." "No, it isn't. Tou see this is an un
usual hog we were raising It for the
county, fatr; we have toiled all sum
mer over these hogr-and now!" Ger
trude's voice quavered alarmingly.
Jack's fumbling hand found' his
cheque book. "I must Insist upon pay
ing for the hog," he said practically.
"If you will tell me its value and add
to it the amount of the prize you ex
pected to take, I shall be happy to re
fund ypu the money."
"Of course we might not have taken
a prize but it was for the pair of
Cheaters that we were striving. We
would' rather have the hog and get the
prize the honor belongs to the White
farm," explained Gertrude coldly.
" Jack thought rapidly. He was will
ing to do anything to placate this
angry young woman. His face bright
ened. "I have a friend over at Redcote
who has a fancy farm. - I'm sure he
will let me have a prize hcg," he said
eagerly. "I'll go over there now." .
Gertrude frowned. "That wouldn't
be the product of the White farm,"
she said In a shocked tone.
"In a way it would you might say
it was a by-product," Insisted Jack.
"Come, Miss er madam, let us have
some understanding in the matter
I'm sorry about the hog but I want to
do what is right"
"A praiseworthy sentiment," sneered
Gertrude, her eye on a swiftly advanc
ing masculine form. "The constable
will discuss that with you," she added
triumphantly.
"The constable ah!" Jack slipped
his cheque book into his pocket and
faced the massive form of the village
officer. He was In his shirtsleeves
and on the lapel of his vest was pinned
his badge of office.
He eyed Jack Fenway with a dubi
ous grin. "Wall, Mr. Fenway, seems
like you kin git inter more trouble
with that there car of yours than. any
other autymobillst I ever saw!"
"Oh, hello, Benson, it's you. Is it?"
greeted Jack amiably.
"Yep, It's me. It was seven chick
ens and a cow last week what is it
now, I didn't understand what Miss
Alicia said when she telephoned?" He
peered under the- car.-
"A hawg! By gum. Miss Lee, It's
one of your prize critters!" he ex
claimed, sympathetically.
"It is, Mr. Benson, and I think thlB
should bo arrested," said Gertrude se
verely. "Tain't no use, Mies Lee, 'twon't
punish him none; he's been arrested
twice in the last month.
"I've offered to replace the hog,"
said Jack.
"Better let him do it, Miss Lee,"
urged Benson. "I'll stand guarantee
for him doing so."
"Very well, Mr. Benson and I Wish
you would call one of my men and get
th that h h hog away; I never
want to see It again!" And Gertrude
whirled about and disappeared through
the gate.
The next morning the .woman farm
era were busy about the pig pen where
the solitary prize pig was submitted
to a bath. The ceremony was punctu
ated by his approving grunts and so
absorbed were the fair farmers that
they did not see Jack Fenway's gray
car enter the yard nor were they
aware of his presence until the siren
uttered a warning wait
At sight, of the car and it occu
pants Alicia Lee screamed loudly and
fainted in the arms of her exasperated
cousin. Gertrude staggered out of
the pig pen with ber burden thankful
to have Sam Halllday Jump from the
car and relieve her of her charge.
"Just put her on the grass any
where." said Gertrude tartly; "I can't
see why sho should be so surprised to
see Jack Fenway in that costume.
A wooden-faced chauffeur sat 'at the
wheel of the handsome' car and in the
tonneau was Constable Benson.
Beside him was Jack Fenway
garbed In a hideous suit of white and
hair. It is hardly possible to conceive
of a more exquisite mastery of eye,
muscles and the directing brain. Har
per's Weekly.
8naks Put Town In Darkness.
A 20-lnch green snake put out all
the electric lights In the town of Mul
llns, S. C. In the morning linemen
found it tangled in some wires on a
pole. It bad crawled to the top of
the pole and coming In contact with
tfie wires forced a short circuit, put
out ths lights and iaoideutly died,
black striped flannels and the stripes
ran around and around in the most
heart-breaking manner; and Jack Fen
way's head was shaved and he looked
very much like a re-captured convict
as he faced the obdurate cousin of the
girl he loved. .
"See what you have done, Ger
trude," his reproachful glance seemed
to say.
"What's all this, Sam?" asked Ger
trude, clinging to the lapel of Mr. Hal
llday's coat
Constable Benson spoke np. "He
couldn't find no hawg, miss, so we're
Jailing him. I'm afraid he's a hard
character, he Is!"
"Shut up," muttered Jack politely.
He leaned over and beckoned Gertrude
to him. "Say, Gertie, it's a Joke you
don't think Alicia le dead, do you?"
"No Jack, why can't you let us
alone until we live out the term of
uncle's will?" demanded Gertrude.''
"I'm engaged to Alicia and no White
farms and prize hogs will separate me
from the girl I love declared Jack
sternly. "Gertrude, I've worn out
three pairs of tires running back and
forth past this place and I've been ar
rested for speeding and fined for kill
ing Innocent critters only one thing
remains; If you and Alicia won't allow
me to visit the White farm, why Ben
son here can take me to Jail!"
Gertrude wavered. Unconsciously
her hand was still gripping the lapel
of Mr. Halllday's coat and his big
brown band had closed over her
smaller one. Also she was leaning
against him ever so slightly.
Jack's eyes flashed. "If you're not
engaged to Halllday, Gertie, you ought
to be," he snapped suddenly.
"She' is!" retorted Halllday quickly
and his arm closed around her before
she could withdraw.
"Then you ought not to come be
tween Alicia and me," said Jack grim
ly, and he Jumped down and went to
ward Alicia who was standing staring
at him with dazed, troubled eyes.
"Jack," she cried, suddenly, "If you
go to Jail I shall go with you, so
there!"
And it was during this , general
reconciliation that the remaining prize
hog raa away and was never recov
ered but when October came the. wom
en farmers were so busy over wedding
finery that they forgot all about the
county fair.
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
Two Ways to Catch Rabbits.
By the first method, "you take a lot
o' salt, mix some pepper with it, stew
it on a very hard rock, then watch.
The rabbits cum and eat the salt, and
the pepper makes 'em sneeze so vilent,
they bump their noses on the rock till
they fall In a swound and you step up
and pop 'em In your bag." The other
method was to "build a bustln' fire In
the woods, when the snow is plenty.
Now rabbits, you must know, is a mite
cold blooded little critters, so they'll
cum and set round It and warm their
toes. Well, pretty soon they'll drop
off asleep and the fire'll melt the snow
into slush. And pretty soon the flrell
die out and the inornin' 11 cum on
sharp and '11 freeze the slush Into ice
and ketch the little critters fast by
the paws. Then all you have to do is
cum round with yer ax and chop 'em
out"
Advocates Compulsory Matrimony.
There has been such a decline of re
cent years In the marriage rite of
Trieste that one of the clvlo dignitar
ies suggests the institution of a sys
tem of compulsory matrimony. It is
proposed that on a given date In each
year air spinsters who have attained
their twenty-fifth year and bachelors
who have attained their thirtieth year
should, be required to present them
selves before the syndic in whose Jur
isdiction they reside. The names of
those who on medical examlnatllon
prove to be thoroughly sound would
be sorted according to sex, placed In
separate urns, and then drawn two at
a time. The couples whose names
are drawn together would, at the con
clusion of the draw, be united forth
with by the syndic.
Fighting Hatpin Nuisance.
Law Times says that the French
minister of public works, M. Thierry,
who Ib a lawyer, has found a means
to deal with the hatpin nuisance. He
has requested the omnibus and rail
way companies to put In force a de
cree issued In 1901 which' forbids the
entry into vehicles of al) persons bear
ing "objects which by their nature,
volume or odor may annoy or discom
mode other passengers." Mlnistei
Thierry contends that this interdiction
Includes hatpins.
WITH FOREIGN FLAVOR
ORIENTAL. DI8HE3 WORTH ADD
ING TO THE MENU.
Boiled Fish, In Armenian 8tyle, Seems
Appetizing 8tuffd Mackerel
8hortcakes Made With Sour
Cherries Oven Roast
Boiled Fish Armenian style. In
gredients: Three pounds of fish, three
eggs, two lemons, two tablespoanfuls
butter, one bunch of parsley, six to
eight slices of bread, salt and pepper
to taste. Method: Cleanse the fish
properly and leave in salt for one or
two hours. Then wash well and boil
In plain water, barely covering it till
nearly done. Then fry the bread slices
In butter on both sides and arrange
side by side In a deep, flat pan. Now
take the water in which the fish was
boiled and mix it with the eggs, beat
en, and the Juice of the lemons. Also
add the parsley, finely chopped, and
with one-half of this mixture moisten
the fried bread In the pan. Over this
lay the fish and then pour over the
rest of the mixture. Now simmer the
whole on a very slow fire .till the fish
Is thoroughly done. Serve very hot
Stuffed Mackerel Ingredients: Six
small mackerel, three tablespoonfuls
olive oil, five medium sized onions, one
lemon, two eggs, one bunch parsley,
one pinch curry, two tablespoonfuls
flour, salt and pepper to taste. Meth
od: Clean the fish and put them in hot
water for ten to fifteen minutes to
cause them to become slack; then cut
off the heads and break the backbone
at the tall. After rolling them on a
board under the palm of the hand pull
the backbone out very carefully
through the neck ends; then wash and
they are ready for stuffing. Chop the
onions and fry them nearly brown In
part of the olive oil; then add the
parsley, finely chopped, the curry, and
salt and pepper to taste. With this
mixture stuff each fish, and after mix
ing it in batter made of the beaten
eggs or flour (or in crushed biscuits If
desired) fry in plenty of hot olive oil.
Serve hot garnished with greens and
lemon.
Oriental Shortcake With Sour Cher
lies Ingredients: Four or six slices
of dry bread, toasted; pint of sour
cherries, half a cup of sugar, as much
butter as may be needed for frying.
Method: Fry the toasted slices of
bread on both sides In butter, then,
after cooking the cherries and the su
gar in Just sufficient water to be
syrupy, place in the fried slices of
bread, one by one. When all have
been dipped and placed on a platter,
pour the remainder of the preserves
over them and, after setting In a hot
oven for from five to ten minutes,
serve. Any sort of fruit preserve
may be used instead of the cherries if
desired.
Oven Roast With Rice Ingredients:
Two or three pounds of beef, mutton
or lamb, half a cupful of rice, two or
three ripe tomatoes, salt and pepper.
Method: Boll the meat In a little
water, taking off the scum. When half
done, place It and Its little broth In a
vessel with the rice, the rice under
the meat and on top place the Juice
of the tomatoes. Season with salt
and pepper and roast In a moderate
oven till well done and all liquid has
evaporated. Serve hot with vegetable
salad.
8lmple Wood Stain.
When the home carpenter is ready
to stain the table or bench be has
made, it -may be quickly done at the
cost a few cents. - A water solution
of bichromate of potassium Is first
applied, an ounce or so dissolved In a
quart of water. Rub It on with a rag,
and in a few minutes rub it off. Then
apply a weak solution of water of log
wood and rub off soon. The result is
a rich brown. The strength of the so
lution and the time of application
make the difference in the shade.
Chill 8auce.
Boll together one hour 18 ripe to
matoes, two chopped onions, three red
peppers chopped fine, four teacups
vinegar, two tablespoonfuls salt, two
tablespoons ginger, four tablespoons
sugar, four tablespoonfuls allspice and
one of nutmeg. This makes three
quarts.
To Whip Thin Cream.
When cream Is too thin to whip,
add the unbeaten white of an egg. You
will then have no trouble whipping the
orsm. Better Farming.
GOOD DESSERT FOR SUMMER
Pies That Make a Fitting Ending to
the Dinner Served During the
Hot Days.
Fruit Pie Mix half a tablespoonful
of arrowroot with a little cold water
till smooth and put it in a lined sauce
pan with any sort of fruit Juice pre-;
ferred the Juice from canned fruit
or from that freshly stewed. Sweeten,
to taste with powdered sugar and stirj
over the fire till boiling and thickened.,
Put about two breakfast cupfuls of the;
fruit with Its Juice, into a pie dish
and pour the thickened Juice over It
Put a cupful of well washed rice into
a saucepan with a pint and a half of
milk and boll till reduced to a pulp.
Beat two eggs with three tablespoon
fuls of granulated sugar and stir them
In with the rice when that Is cooked.
Spread the rice out on a dish and
leave It until cool; then work It up
with a little flour, mold it into a flat
cake that will Just fit Into the pie
dish and lay In on top of the fruit
Brush It over with a paste brush dip
ped in beaten egg and bake in the
oven till browned. This may be
served hot but Is generally preferred
cold.
Raspberry Pie Place the picked'
over raspberries or use canned rasp-.
berries in layers In a tart dish,,
sprinkling sugar between layers, rals-'
Ing the fruit to a nolnt level with the1
top of the dish. Place a strip of
puffed paste around the edge of the
dish, cover the whole with a round of
the paste, ornament it, sprinkle It over
with sugar, place In a moderate oven,
and bae for about three-quarters of
an hour. To be served either hot or
cold.
Banana Cream Pie Put a lump of
butter In a basin and warm it together
with a little crushed loaf sugar, the
yolks of two or three eggs, a little
milk, and sherry or angelica, and
pulp of bananas mashed thoroughly.
Pour the mixture In a deep dish, stlr
rWig in the well-whipped whites of
two eggs, place the dish In a moder
ate oven, and hake, not too' quickly,,
till done. Serve hot or cold.
COTTAGE PUDDING ALL LIKE
Equally a Favorite With the Grown
Ups as With the Younger Mem
bers of the Family.
One cup of flour, one heaping tea
spoonful of baking powder, one ta
blespoonful of butter, one-half cupful
of sugar, one-half cupful of milk, one
saltspoonful of salt and one egg. Mix
the baking powder with the flour and
sift Cream the butter and sugar and
beat Into the egg; add tha milk In
which salt has been dissolved, then,
the flour. Beat well together and turn
Into a cake tin having a tube In the
center. Bake about 25 minutes in a
moderate oven. Turn Into a flat dish,
leaving bottom side up. Serve with a
rich sauce; a good chocolate sauce
recipe follows: Melt three ounces of
chocolate, add one-half cupful of sugar,
one-half cupful of boiling water: stir
until smooth. Flavor with one-quarter
teaEpoonful of vanilla.'
Fruit Jelly.
Cover the contents of one box of
gelatin with one pint of wate', and
after standing half an hour add one-,
half pint of sugar and one quart of!
boiling water, the grated rind of ona
lemon and the Juice also. Pare aprll
cots, or peaches, or pears, and thai
softest ones use for the Jelly, reserv
ing the firmest for garnishing tha
dish. Press the softest fruit through,
a sieve and sprinkle with a little
lemon Juice to prevent Its becoming
discolored; then, after preparing the
gelatin and setting the dish In a pan
of crushed ice, slowly stir until it
begins to thicken; now fold in the
fruit pulp and turn Into a dish, either
plain or fancy. Set on ice until firm.
Dip the dish a moment in hot water;
Invert onto a cold dish and garnish
with the fruit and whipped cream, or
pass a dlBh of plain cream when serv
ing. Rice Spanish Style.
Cut two slices of bacon and ona
onion Into small bits, fry a golden
brown and add one cup of well washed
rice, two large green peppers from
which the partitions and seeds have
been removed, cut into small bits, two
cups of canned or four or Ave fresh
tomatoes, one teaspoon of salt boll
slowly for about half an hour, and
serve dry. If not enough liquor add
a little water to keep from sticking to
the pan. Do not stir, or the grains
will not be "separate" as they should
be, I