Indiahoma Champion (Indiahoma, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Indiaho
VOL. 1
INDIAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12.
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His Mother-mLaw
By CLAUDINE SISSON
At the age ct twenty-three, when
Moses Smith was married, he was
epoken of ns a hustler. As a car-
penter by trade, he was at work early
and late. Two years later he fell off
a scaffold and hurt his ba'ik. He was
♦petted and pitted and -sympathized
with, and, although after sis weeks
of loafing, the doctor pronounced
Moses a« good as now, the carpenter
had lost his hustle. His wife dreaded
that he might Injure himself by go-
Tiig to work too soon and she started
dressmaking to support them while
he loafed
Moses Smith's mother-in-law lived
In another state. She heard how
things were going, but It was a year
before she came on. She found
Moses growing fat and his wife grow-
ing lean, it didn't take the old lady
over a week to size things up. In her
time she had known of several lame-
backed men and foolish wives. With
the doctor to back her. she announced
•+hat her daughter must go away and
hest for a month to prevent a nervous
breakdown. She would remain to
keep house for Moses.
The lame-backej man didn't like it
at all. It mesLt au overturning of his
pleasant program. He donbteo if
there would bo any more tea and
toaBt and "poor Moses!" for him. He
was overruled, however, and the
morning his wife started away he
went down to the village postoffice
and took his old seat on the veranda
and hoped for the,best At noon h%
returned home to meet with a sur-
prise. No fire—no dinner. In reply
to bis look of bewilderment the lady
with the Iron Jaw replied:
"You didn't cut any wood, and so
there's no dinner"
, "But I can't raise the ax with this
lame back."
"Then you won't have to raise
knife or fork!"
Moses went back to the grocery
and filled up on a raw turnip. He
I .went home to supper, but there was
no supper. No wood—no supper. He
went out and sat down under a U'ac
bush, and his eyes filled with tears
He was in the habit of going to bed
(at 9 and getting up at the same
hour next morning. His going to bed
on this occasion was according to
program, but he was aroused at 8
''clock by a dash of water in his face.
He had been called twice In vain.
"Moses, the ax and the woodpile!"
said the mother-in-law as he came
down stairs with a scowl on his brow.
"You know I'm a cripple," he an-
swered.
"No w ... 1—no breakfast!"
He went slowly out and bent to
pick up the ax and straightened up
with a groan and his hand to his
back.
"It's a crlk In the back," said the
woman. "I'm glad to find tt out.
•I've "tackled fourteen different crlks
abd cured each and every one If 1
can cure you then Nelly will be very
happy when she returns. Come along
out to the smokehouse."
Tf\' "But whats tho smokehouse going
to do for a man whose spinal cord Is
all knotted up?"
"Treatment, Moses—treatment. Just
step in6lde."
He stepped, and the door was
closed on him and locked. He found
a cot, a Jug of water and a loaf of
bread. He kicked on the door and
called out to know what It all meant,
and was told to cuddle down and
take treatmeut for the cure of gen-
eral laziness, drink, a crlk In the
back and lying abed In the morning.
*le was warned that any extra emo-
**5n on his part would make the crlk
worse, and told that there was no ob-
jection to his sleeping all day. Moses
was toollsb enough to kick and shout
until a score of villagers came run-
ning to see what the matter was. To
one and all the mother-in-law an-
swered:
"Moses has had a crlk In the back
for a year paBt, arid I've set out to
cure it. 1 hope to meet with great
success. In fact 1 don't think bla
wife will have to do dressmaking
when 6he ctmes back. Thanks Tor
calling. Come again."
During the first day Moses thought
and slept by turns, and now and then
shed tears In a few hours his life
had changed over and his peace and
comfbrt had departed.
At sundown more bread and water.
He yelled and kicked and again he
was warned to supress his emotions.
He demanded better Tare, but was
answered th«t until ais crlk got so
that he could use the ax there would
be no cooking On the second night
he seriously thought of suicide, and
he smiled Joyously as he conjured up
a mental picture of the mother-in-
law opened the door In the morning
and finding him stark and Etiff In
death. But successfully to commit
suicide one must have something
more than a Jug of water and ti loaf
of bread at hand. Moses couldn't
choke himself with either. ^
Breakfast was the same old bill of
fare, and the woman still had her
iron jaw. There was no conversation.
Moses nibbled and sipped am.: thought.
An hour before noon he called out
and when asked what he wanted bo
very humbly replied:
"Kother, I believe that crlk is bet-
ter."
"It': '.oo soon, Moses—it's too
soon."
"Maybe, If I was very careful, 1
could split a few sticks of wood to get
dinner with."
"I wouldn't have you try It for the
world, ray dear son-in-law. You have
been In dreadful tad shape for a year
Any undue exertion might finish you
You shall have a raw tomato to help
out your dinner, as that goes with the
treatment. If It wasn't half a mile to
the nearest saloon I'd ask you to have
a drink with me."
Moses didn't have such a lame back
that he couldn't understand sarcasm,
and he raised another row. Again the
helghbors came, but when he ap-
pealed to them for help they looked
at the mother-in-law. She asked them
not to Interfere with her treatment.
She had set out to cure his crlk. and
they could all notice that his voice
was growing stronger. That smoke
house door was the first tiling be had
raised his foot to kick a whole
year.
Bread and water again for supper,
and another long night. Not a look
of pity—not a "poor Moses!" Truly,
things had changed. At midnight
Moses sat up on his cot to decide
two questions. Was his crlk really
better? Was this his mother-in-law's
fifteenth cure? Should he go to work?
After an hour be decided both cases
In the affirmative, and in the morning
he was ready to say:
"Mother, I've been doing some seri-
ous thinking since you were here
last."
"You have? I am sorry tor that.
1 warned you not to strain your mind
You must be very, very quiet."
"I—I ought to have been at work
for months past."
"But the lame back, you know?"
"I shouldn't have gone to drinking "
"But you had to. poor man."
"If you'll let me out now I'll have a
Job before night."
"1 couldn't, Moses—I couldn't It's
altogether too sudden. If you went
to work now It night be the last of
you, and I don't want my oaugnter ■
widow. Let's do a good Job and not
hurry about it."
It was on 'be morning of the tenth
day. and after two ministers and a
score of lawmen bad pleaded tor
Moses, that the door was unlocked
and an ax put into his hands He
walked straight to the woodpile <tnd
made the chips fly. When be bad
worked for two hours he put on bis
coat and started to look for a Job.
and when his wife came home he was
at work on a new barn. 1 here was
astonishment at hie cur©, and sur-
prise that he wouldn't tell how It had
been brought about All the explana-
tion he made was that M suddenly
felt something give way The mot'aer
was a little clea'sr as she said:
"Nelly, all men want r motiierin-
law around the bouRO, but some want
them more than others If I were you
I'd let It kind o' leah out around the
village that you ain't going to do any
Vore dressmaking, and that Moses Is
going to give up sitting on the pest-
office steps and put In ten bourb work
for eight hours' pay."
IN PRESERVING TIME
80ME DAINTIES OF E3PECIAL
rLAVOR FOR WINTER.
NO. 52.
MANY USES FOR GASOLINE
Clove Apples One of the Best—Sweet
Peach Pickle—Spiced Currants
Excellent to Serve With
Cold Meats.
Fly That Was Swatted.
For seven monthB an expart ac-
countant searched the books of a cer-
tain grain company of St. Paul for an
error of an even $100 There was that
shortage in the cash. Whom to sus-
pect the firm did not know They
spent much more than the $100 trying
t track the matter down
And then, after hiving gone over
the books time and again, the account-
ant's pencil point rested on an Item
of $140 The pencil point rested on
the figure "1," when the figure sud
denly broke in two and slid down the
page!
Upon examination it proved that the
supposed figure "1" was a fly's leg
which had become pasted In front of
the $40, raising the item to all ap-
pearances $100. The fly bad undoubt- |
edly been crushed In the book when It
was closed.
Bridge Entirely of Bamboo
la Java the government engineers
have recently constructed a road
bridge more than a hundred feet long,
with a central span of over 60 feet,
entirely of bamboo. The roadbed Is
composed of bamboo matting, which j
will be covered with a layer of dry
earth. In profile the bridge resembles
a steel structure, but all the members
are bamboo rods. It Is estimated that
such a bridge should be good for 10
or 15 yean,. There are two kinds or
bamboo used In building and cabinet
making in the east, one having solid
and the other hollow stems. The
solid, seen In Japanese furniture, is
much smaller than the hollow, but j
both belong to the same species In
the construction ot bamboo houses no
nails are used. The parts are bound
together with lashings formed from
the skin of the bamboo itself.
What She Supposed-
Shortly after Sir Lawrence Alma-
Tadema. R. A., was knighted, he and
Lady Alma-Tadema gave an "at home"
at St. John's Wood. Everybody pres-
ent was congratulating them, and one
lady was very profuse. "Oh. dear Sir
Lawrence," she said, "1 am awfully
glad to hear of the honor you have re-
ceived. I suppose now that you are
knighted you will give up painting
and live like a gentleman."
Clove Apples—Select hard, dark red
apples; pare, core and halve them
unless too large, then quarter; make
a heavy syrup with Just enough wa-
ter to dissolve the sugar; boll up and
skim; put In part of the appleB at a
time; first stick one or two whole
cloves Into each piece of apple ac-
cording to size; simmer gently till
clefr; then remove each piece with a
fork to glass Jars; when all the apple
has been cooked drop In the syrup
the red parings, which will give a del-
icate tint, and cook a few minutes
longer, or until It Jellies when dropped
on a cool plate; then remove the
parings and pour qyrup over the fruit.
Serve these with roast pork.
Sweet Peach Pickle.—Peel eight
pounds of freestone peaches that are
hard and firm; cut in ba'J and re-
move stones; make a syrup of three
pints cider vinegar and four pounds
brown sugar, one tablespoon each of
ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice;
put In fruit and cook till clear; then
remove to glass Jars, and allow syrup
to boll 16 minutes longer to thicken;
pour over fruit; do not fill Jars too
full of peaches, as syrup must be
added. This is an excellent accom-
paniment to game.
Spiced Currants—Stem, wash and
drain four quarts of ripe currants;
add three and a half pounds cane
sugar one pint vinegar, one table-
spoon each of ground cinnamon, all-
spice and cloves; boll one hour, stir- 1
ring often; put in glasses and, when
cold, seal. This should be thick as
Jelly and is fine with cold meats
Spiced Tomatoes—Wash, wipe and
weigh seven pounds of fruit, allow
three pounds brown sugar, one-half
ounce each of stick cinnamon and
whole cloves, a piece of girder root ;
three or four inches long and a quart ;
of vinegar; heat sugar and vinegar
and simmer five minutes; stick the
cloves in the tomatoes; also prick ;
them lightly to keep from cracking; I
add them to the syrup, also the Bpices,
and simmer gently till tomatoes are
Too Valuable a Household Adjunct to
Be Discarded Because of
Possible Danger.
A can of gasoline In the kitchen for
cleaning purposes will be found a
great help If ordinary care Is exer-
cised against fire. To clean the gaa
stove, soak the Jets In a little gaso-
line. and It will remove all dirt and
do away v.iih any odor from the gaa
range, oi scrub the Jeta with a little
brush dipped In gasoline.
To clean copper or aluminum cook-
ing utensils soak a cloth In gasoline
and rub on the outside of the vessel;
this will remove all black or dlscolor-
atlon on the metal.
For grease marks or dirty spots oa
woodwork, a little gasoline applied
with a cloth will remove at once.
If the drain In the sink becomes
stopped up, remove all water from
sink and pour in a pint or more gaso-
line and let it stand; this wll! cut the
cause of J'i '.pag^ In a little while.
Before blacklrg a atove or range,
rub off the top with a cloth wet with
gasoline and It will remove all dirt
und grease and make the blacking
stay on longer.
Laces, gloves and silks can be
cleaned very successfully by washln#
in plenty of clean gasoline; there
should be enough to cover the article
you are washing. Change the gaso-
line aa often as it becomes dark !oc!c
Ink; work quickly and hang In the
sun to dry. Always rfemember when
using gasoline to keep away from fire
or Dame of any kind.
BUTTERMILK SAUCE THE BEST
Adds to Flavor of Pudding In Fa,"
Greater Degree Than When Sweet
Milk Is Used.
BuHermllk t auce for puddings or
any dessert which lacks an acid, la
far superior to sauce In which sweet
milk Is used. A delicious sauce is
made of a cupful of bailing water and
one cupful (jf sugar, one-half cupful
of good buttermilk and butter the
size pf an egg. The same rule ap-
plies to custard with lemon flavoring.
This Is a good way to clean bull
or cream-colored window shades: Be-
gin by taking off any trimmings there
may be. washing them in hot soapy
water, then rinsing them In borax wa-
ter and pressing them on the wrong
side. Next bake some flour in a dish
clear; then put into glass jars; cook i 'n tlle oven'. Iay the blind fiat on a
syrup down quite thick and pour over; table, dust it with a clean cloth then
seai when cool ^lp a Plece of flannel in the flour and
Tomato Relish (Uncooked)-One nib ,he bllDd *VGnl.v with <• Tak*
peck of ripe tomatoes, peeled and "c^ir an*! flannel when so! ed
chopped; drain off part of the Juice;
chop one medium head of celery, six
onions, six green and three red pep-
pers, fine, and add half a cup of white
mustard seed, two cups cane sugar,
half a cup of salt, one and a half
cups grated horseradish and five cups
of vinegar. Mix thoroughly, bottle
and seal.
Polish the blind with a clean, soft
cloth, sew on tho trimmings agalo
and replace It in the window.
Scandal at a Watering Place.
"Malvern — Furnished residence;
large lounge hall, three reception,
eight bedrooms; beautiful grcundB and
charming, retired situation; cook and
husband could be left."—The Birming-
ham Daily Post.
We are Interested to know whether
it is the lady o( tba house or her
husband who Is responsible for the
above advertisement.—London Punch.
Grape Pie.
Make a rich pie crust the same as
you do In making any other pie. Wash
the grapes and remove skins. Then
fill the pie with the skins and sprinkle
two pounds of flour and one and one-
half cupfuls of sugar over the skins.
Put on top crust and bake. The re-
maining part of the grapes may be
used for Jelly.
AlUROUND
rnousE
Brown Kidney Stew.
From a beef kidney cut off the out-
side meat in bits, rejecting tubes and
purplish cores. Cover with cold wa-
ter, heat slowly till steaming, drain,
add cold water and heat a second
time, and again a third time. To the
drained kidneys add one cup brown
sauce, season very highly with table
sauce and catsup and stand over hot
water ten minutes
Brown sauce to be used for kidneys.
In saucepan brown one tablespoon but-
ter until dark, but not burned; add
ono tablespoon four; stir and brown
again. Add gradually one cup stock
(beef Is best) or hot water and stir
until smooth and thick. Season with
salt and pepper and simmer five min-
utes and pour over the kidney *tew.
"In our country, where can one real-
ly find the cream of society?" asked
Miss Blase.
"In Reno, of couse. where society
goes through the separator, replied
the synlc acridly—Judge.
HERE'S THE TYPICAL JANITOR
A woman had lost a handbag After &
Odyssean wanderings from one official
to another she was ushered Into the
janitor's office.
"I was told," she began, "that a bag
found upstairs was turned in to you.
Is It here?"""
"I ain't sayln' It la/' said he. "What
kind of a bag did you lose?"
the handbag had been only
('ne 01 a trillion black bags sold for a
dollar and possessed no special marks
1ContlflcaUoa,"'ihe woman waived a
description of Its exterior and plunged
straightway into an enumeration of
the contents. There was a bankbook,
a purse containing the loBer's name
and address and money, a sample of
*ilk keys and a bunch of small en-
velopes.
He put her through a catechism that
compelled repeated descriptions of
the lost treasures, and at the end he
said:
"I can't #ee W clear to let you
have that bag. I can't see as you've
established your right to If
In desperation the woman appealed
to the superintendent of the building.
"Have you looked Inside the bag?"
"I have."
"Does It contain the things she has
described?"
"I guess—about."
"Then why in the name of sense
don't you let her have It?"
"Because." said the janitor stub-
bornly. "«hs aitj't never onoe d
icrtbed eutaM* Pi Vhf
A cloth moistened with alcohol will
clean piano keys.
To break an apple, use a thread
pulled through It.
Ammonia will bring out the brillian-
cy of cut glass.
Clean linoleum with warm water
and polish with milk.
Sterilize Jars and all utensils before
putting up fruit
Linoleum on the kitchen table will
last longer than oilcloth.
When some one ts burned or scald-
ed, apply lime water and olive oil,
half and half.
Peaches, stewed with pineapple,
make one of the most delicious des-
serts of the season.
The best way to keep rats away is
to prevent any acaumuiatlon of gar-
bage around the houce.
Clean old glass by pouring strong
ammonia on it; scrub well with a
brush and rinse in cold water.
' Apple Custard.
Pare, peel and quarter seme Juicy ap-
ples. stew them until tender with the
#-:ated rind of one lemon. After they
are cooked there should be a pint and
a half. Mash fine, and mix with it a
half cupful of sugar. Beat six eggs
very light, stir them into a quart of
milk, a little at a time, also the apple,
alternately. Butter a baking dish,
turn in the mixture and bake about
twenty minutes
F.-led Chicken.
Cut one or two small chickens in
half and dredge with flour. Heat some
lard until smoking hot, then lay in
the chicken After the first few min-
utes cook slowly, turning so it can
brown on all st&es. When done take
up and place on a platter, pour oft all
the lard excepting one tablespoonful.
place this over the five again and add
a heaping tablespoonful of flour, stir
until it Is brown, then add slowly one
cup of milk, some butter, pepper, and
talt, and let c«ok five minutes; pour
over the chicken and serve
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