Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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WHEN THE AUTO
CHARGED
Hugh Uranscombe looked enviously
at Sidney Graves, as the letter's new
touring car shot down the village
iBtreet, with Myra Coleman on the seat
beside him.
Graves' hands tightened on the
Steering wheel as he glanced at Hrans-
combe's six feet of sturdy manhood.
No one ever knew how bitterly Graves
regretted his shortness of stature.
Graves was not a weakling. There
was bone and muscle In the Ave feet
four Inches that constituted his earth-
ly tenement, but his slight build sug-
gested lack of power, and Uranscombe
had contemptuously referred to him
as doll man.
The nickname stuck, though It wa»
never used by Graves himself. And
yet in some manner Graves had be-
come acquainted with his nickname
and his sensitive spirit writhed under
the slight he could not resent.
The nickname had done more than
wounded bis pride, it had in a degree
robbed him of confidence In himself,
and though Myra seemed to prefer
him to Uranscombe, he only ascribed
^thls to the fact that he was the pos-
sessor of a motor ear and was wealthy
enough to gratify his love for auto-
mobillng by purchasing the finest ma-
chine to be had.
< He took a mournful satisfaction in
delaying the day of Hranscombe's vic-
jtHury as long tis possible, but as to the
•taltltnhte result of the rivalry he never
W«b in doubt. He knew Myra too well j
to think that his greater possessions
could win her consent to marriage.
Like himself, Myra was found of
motoring, and they had planned a run
to Palls Village, some 20 miles away.
It could be done in an hour on the de-
aerted river road, but to-day the ma-
chine was acting badly, missing the
spark and finally coming to a stop al-
together.
Patiently, Sidney climbed down and
raised the bonnet. There seemed to
be nothing the matter with the motors.
The sparking plugs were clean and the
flow was regular. It was not until he
turned his attention to the battery con-
nections that the cause of the trouble
*M located. In putting in a new bat-
tery, his mechanic had neglected to
make a proper connection.
"We'll be on our way In a jiffy,
now," he promised. "I shall have to
blow up John when we get back. He
Is growing very careless."
"Don't mind me," protested Myra.
"I've been having a perfectly lovely
time watching you fuss about the ma-
chine without even swearing once."
"It Isn't that I didn't want to," ad-
mitted Sidney frankly as he went for-
ward to throw over the motor.
He grasped the crank and gave a
heave. At first the motor remained
cold, but suddenly there was an ex-
plosion and the car shot forward.
Myra shrieked in terror and closed
her eyes, while she waited for the Jolt
that would tell her that the wheels
had passed over Sidney's body, but no
Jolt came and she opened her eyes.
Graves had leaped to the bonnet
when the car started and now he was
climbing over the dashboard and had
uhut off the power. The car slowed
down with a suddenness that threw
Myra against the dashboard, then it
stopped, and Graves slipped to the
road and regarded the car with aston-
ishment.
"I could have sworn that I shut off
the clutch before I got out of the car,"
he said in puzzled tones. "It's one of
the first things you learn."
"You mean this lever?" asked Myra
Sidney nodded.
"I am afraid that I might have
moved that," she confessed. "You see
I don't dare try to handle the car, it's
so big and powerful, but while you
were working over it I pretended to be
running it, and I guess 1 didn't realize
that 1 left the car all ready to start
up when you cranked It."
Graves chuckled at the explanation
"It's all right," he answered, "but I
never was so surprised in my life as
when the car jumped at me. it was
on* lively half second I assure you.'
"It was a wonderful thing that you
Jumped on the car instead of aside,"
she commented.
"I knew that you did not know how
to run the car," he said simply as he
climbed back to the seat. "1 knew that
If it would only run straight for a mo-
ment I could climb over the bonnet
and stop the power."
"And in that moment you thought of
me?" asked Myra wonderlngly. "I
think I'd have tried to jump aside. I
would not have thought of anything
else. It was a splendidly brave thing
to do."
"Not bad for a doll man," he said a
little wistfully.
"You heard that nickname?" Bhe
cried. "I think It's a shame. I'd rather
be you than the man who gave you
that name."
"No one wants to be a little five-
foot runt," he said, "nor wants one,"
he added softly.
"You think that a woman Judges a
man's worth by his height?" asked
Myra, scornfully.
"Do you mean that you might learn
to care for me in spite of my size?"
he asked, a ray of hope lighting his
face.
"Do you suppose that I go riding
with you Just because I like the auto?"
demanded Myra, scornfully.
Sidney shut off the power and the
car stopped. Myra looked at him In-
quiringly.
"I did suppose that your preference
was for the auto—but I'm going to find
out," he explained as he took her hand
in his.
HERE 18 A FRENCH DAINTY.
Chicken en Casserole Popular with
Our Qallic Cousins.
i
Select a plump spring chicken!
clean it and truss It as for roasting.
Place in a casserole two tablespoon-
fills butter, a carrot and an onion
(both cut into slices), two bay leaves
and a sprig of thyme. Set the casser-
ole on top of the stove for about ten
minutes or until the vegetables are
lightly browned in the butter. Pour
in then a pint of well seasoned con>
somme, cover the casserole closely, put
it Into the oven and braise the chicken
for three-quarters of an hour. Ten
minutes before the time is up, add two
tablespoonfuls of sherry or Madeira
and cover again. At the end of three-
quarters of an hour drop into the gravy
a dozen or more of small potato balls
which have been cut from the raw
potatoes with a Parisian cutter, and
then brown, or saute in butter. At the
same time, add an equal number of
French champiguo'is. Season gravy
with pepper and salt and leave the
cover off the casserole that the chicken
may brown. After removing it front
the oven, sprinkle finely minced para-
ley over chicken and send it to the
table in the casserole.
PICKING OUT THE LAYERS.
o You Intend
*
COFFEE IS DISPLACING TEA.
Takes Place of Latter Beverage at
Afternoon Functions.
The number of alluring coffee sets
as Christmas presents point to the
fact that this drink is becoming more
fashionable than tea for the alter*
noon.
This is a German and a Dutch fash-
ion, and a palatable one. Americans
are coffee drinkers, and are quite will-
lng to add another cup to their usual
supply. Just how healthful it is is lefl
for the doctors to say.
Certainly afternoon tea Is as Indi-
gestible a thing as most people can
drink. It takes off the uppetlte for
dinner and creates as much nervous-
ness as coffee.
The afternoon tea habit, however,
has never gotten a strong hold upon
any large class of people. Whether
the afternoon coffee habit will must
be left to the future.
To all men, and to the majority of
women, it Is a far more palatable and
stimulating drink than flve-o'clock tea.
At any rate girls are serving it in
fashionable parlors, people at the re»
taurants are drinking it, and all sort!
of ware is being made up Into aftep
noon coffee sets.
The person who knows good coffee
knows too much to make or serve it
in anything except earthen or china
ware. The metal coffee pot is injuri-
ous to the taste and should be avoided.
Doughnuts.
Required: One pound flour, dried
and Blfted, one tablespoonful of caster
sugar, one saltspoonful of salt, halt
pint of hot milk, one ounce of butter,
half an ounce of yeast, one egg, fat
for frying.
Put the sifted flour into a basin, add
to it the sugar and salt. Into another
basin put the hot milk and butter,
When the butter is dissolved and thi
milk only lukewarm add half an ounce
of yeast. Make a hole in the flour,
stir in the liquid by degrees, adding
an egg, and beating the whole till ths
batter is quite smooth. Stand In
warm place to rise for an hour and a
half. Heat some frying fat till it give#
off a blue smoke, drop In a spoonful ot
dough and fry a light brown. Drain
and scatter sugar over.
Fro.ten Tomato Salad.
From a can of tomatoes take all th«
large pieces of pulp, press them
through a sieve and season highly
with salt, pepper, a little tarragon
vinegar and a few . drops of onion
Juice. Put this mixture in the freozer
as for a water ice. Take out the
dasher, work down well in the can, re-
pack the freezer and put in the cellar
for a couple of hours. Grate or chop
fine some English walnuts. Serve the
frozen tomato In a bed of lettuct
leaves and sprinkle thickly with the
walnuts. Serve with mayonnaise in
a bowl.
Jellied Apples.
Peel and core firm, tart apples. Put
them over the flre in Just enough water
to cover them, sprinkle them gener-
ously with white sugar. Cook slowly
at the back of the flre until the apples
are tender.
Take them out and arrange In •
bowl. Bring the liquid left from them
to a boil and add to it a tablespoonful
of gelatine which has been soaked for
half an hour In a very little cold
water. When this is dissolved pour
all over the apples.
Orange Cake.
Bequlred: Three ounces of caster
sugar, three ounces of butter, three
well-beaten eggs, the grated rind ot
an orange, half a pound of flour, one
teaspoonful of baking powder.
Cream the butter and sugar and
then add the eggs. When thoroughly
beaten, sift in the flour with the
orange rind and baking powder. Heat
well and then place in a greased tin
and bake for an hour.
Venison Steak.
Fry until almost done In a small
piece of butter. Season with salt and
pepper, and then add a cupful of sweet
cream. Let it boll until it thickens.
Orange Punch.
This can be made from equal por-
tions of orange and lemon juice with
sugar, chopped ice, soda water and
fruit
To Take Out Machine Create.
Cold water, a little ammonia and
soap will take out machine grease.
How You May Be Able to Tell Which
Is the Business Hen,
An experienced, closely observing
poultry raiser knows at a glance the
laying hen. The small feminine neck
and head count, the bright, alert eye
tells a tale, the drooping tall tells an-
other tale and when she picks her
feet up and Jumps them down we
have another pointer.
How manage the hens? There are
several ways. The trap nest is a prac-
tical thing and would be especially
valuable to the small breeder or to
any poultryman or poultrywoman who
had the time or would take the time
to properly manage the traps. Most
people know the meaning of trap
nests, but for the few that might not
know I will mention that they are a
nest in a box that confines the hen
until the owner releases her; hence it
is known what hen laid the egg.
And there are other ways to im-
prove the flock. A close observance
and constancy with them enables us
to know by sight what hens lay every
day and those that lay every other day
or do not lay at all. We must never
lose sight of the fact that the cock-
erels are half the flock in breeding
value. Many of the same rules that
apply to the race horse, the cow or the
hen also apply to cockerels. The small
neck and head, the alert eye and activ-
ity are all pointers in the right direc-
tion.
I am one of those who believe the
200-egg hen will never be excelled to
any great extent. But I do believe
that any ordinary flock can be Im-
proved to a point where the 200-mark
would fit where the 150-mark now
fits. If the time ever comes that egg
records will be a part of score cards,
then the work of Improvement will
be on.
fence
This Sbrinq?
We Have Just Received)
1 Car No. 1 Oak Posts.
1 Gar No. 2 Bois ®D Arc Posts.
1 Car No. 1 Bois 'D Arc Posts.
1 Car Select Bois 'D Arc Posts.
1 Car Baker Perfect Wire.
AND ARE MAKING
PRACTICAL POULTRY HOU8E.
One That Will Comfortably Accommo-
date About Fifty Hsna.
A good, comfortable house for the
hens is shown in the illustration. It
can be built, up to a certain extent,
any size desired, or to accommodats
comfortably from 25 to 50 hens. As
suggested by the sketch, it should
face the south (tr southeast, and,
preferably, occupy a warm, sunny lo-
cation. The front part should be five
feet high, the center eight feet and
the rear four and one-half feet above
ground. The roosts should be In the
back part, leaving tie front for
A Comfortable Poultry House.
scratching floor, with nests for laying
arranged along the sides and in the
corners. A small door should open
into the yard at one end, but only In
favorable weather need the fowls have
access to this, and then not until it
has been well carpeted with straw or
hay, for to let hens onto the bare
ground In cold weather will check
their laying at once. Such a house,
says Farm and Home, Should Jiave
either a good board floor or one made
of cement, and be constructed through-
out of first-class lumber. Kept well
painted, it will then last almost a
lifetime.
ALFALFA MEAL.
It Is a Splendid Feed for Chickens of
All Ages.
Alfalfa meal Is said to be a fine
feed for both growing chicks and lay-
ing hens, as good as the growing al-
falfa is through the summer. This
will prove a boon to the poultry grow-
ers in places where alfalfa is grown
so largely.
One lady cures limber neck in fowls
by feeding dry feed only, and asa-
foetlda. The latter Is a fine disinfect-
ant at any rate.
Extra warm houses are not as much
thought of as they were a few years
ago. One poultryman in Iowa that I
know of, writes a correspondent of
the Indiana Farmer, in a climate that
gets 30 degrees below zero, makes a
success by using the open shed hous-
ing, and the following feed with about
one-tenth part of beef meal, and some
clover meal, for the morning feed.
After this is cleaned up some wheat
Is thrown in deep litter. Hunting for
this grain keeps them busy until noon.
At noon more wheat is raked in the
litter to keep them busy most of the
day; at night a full feed of corn is
given, warming it in the oven during
coldest weather. Once a week green
cut bone, and hang up a cabbage head
for them to pick at and at all times,
fresh water is kept before them.
Curtain front houses are used, the
curtains sewed to rings, top and bot-
tom, two wires are stretched, and
these rings glide back and forth on
these wires. When weather Is very In-
clement these curtains are stretched
snugly, but on nice dayB they are drawn
back. The t6p and bottom fastenings
prevent the curtains blowing In the
wind. Grit and oyster shells are al-
ways handy and eggs are gathered all
Winter through.
Priccs that will Interest You
We Carry the Largest Stock and Always
Make the Best Prices.
Wm. Cameron & Co.
Mangum, Oklahoma.
Pork and Apple Stew.
Cut a joint of pork in thick pieces.
Peel and slice two baking apples, four
onions and six potatoes. Lay the
slices of meat and vegetables together
in a pie dish, sprinkle with pepper,
salt and powdered sage. Cover with
water or gravy, tie down with greased
paper, and bake for two hours. The
meat should be dipped in flour before
putting it into the dish, so as to give
a little thickening to the gravy.
DOCTORS MISTAKES
Are said often to be buried six feet nndei
ground. But many times women call on
their family physicians, suffering, as they
imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from
heart disease, another from liver or kid-
ney disease, another from nervous pros-
tration, another with pain here and there,
and In this way they present alike to
themselves and their easy-going or over-
busy doctor, separate diseases, for which
he, assuming them to be such, prescribes
his pills and potions. In reality, they are
all only nymptmna caused by some uterine
disease. Tlie'ph«ician,>ignorant of the
cuuse of suffering,>yeps upnisJreatment
until large bills are nniile. /Th£>ufferlng
patient gets no bette\J»fcJhraieeJ<tbe
wrong treatment, but probably worsSr
prr.per niedirlije like TV Plerrc'B Fqvnr
frertol tolhecause wc
nave entirely remuvea tne disease, there-
by dispelling all tnose uiarresting symp-
toms, and instituting comfort Instead of
prolonged misery. It has been well said,
that "a disease known Is half cured." .
I)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription la a
scientific medicine, carefully devised by
an experienced and skillful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate system.
It Is maae of native American medicinal
roots and Is perfectly harmless In Its
^iir'-W'tr'i '.t iu run'ig
as a powerful Invigorating tonic "Fa-
vorite Prescription" imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis-
tinctly feminine in particular. For over-
worked, "worn-out," run-down," debili-
tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers,
seamstresses, "shop-girls,"house-keepers,
nursing mothers, ana foeble women gen-
erally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Is tho greatest earthly boon, being un-
equaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
As
Ine "
and is invaluable in allaying
dulng nervous excitability, Irritability,
nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration,
neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, St. Vitus'a
dance, and other distressing, nervous
symptoms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic disease of the
is a soothing and strengthening nerv-
" Favorite Prescription " is unequaled
1 Is Invaluable In allaying and sub-
uterus. It Induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and despondency.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets fnvigorato
the stomach, liver and bowels. One to
three a dose. Easy to take as candy.
The Weather Man
Says tht»r cool Morning* and eve-
niugs will continue.
A "Perfection" Oil Heater
•Will keep you warm and save you the
trouble of putting up your stove until it
freta cold. They are always serviceable
or the bedroom or bathroom and alao
the dining room. If unable to aecure
from your dealer, addreaa
WatersPierce Oil Co.
Mangum. Okla.
CITY MEAT MARKET
RUDE £* PIGG, Proprietors.
The Only Cold Storage
Market in Greer County
| ■ |
All Kinds of Fresh Meats, Oysters, Fish and
Hi Dressed Poultry.
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H North Oklahoma Avenue, Mangum, Okla.
®!IP®l!PSlSl®>1Ei®5®iiI50JiSi®!
MANGUM DRUG CO.
CARRIES A COMPLETE STOCK OK
DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES,
Druggists Sundries, Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils,
Varnish, Window Glass and avery thing usually kept in a first-
class drug store. We also carry a large stock of
WALL PAPER —Prices from ioc per dauble roll add up.
Also agents for the famous Mound City Strictly Pure Paint.
SCOTT SCOTT,
Farm Loans. Money Ready Now
If you want a farm loan get our rate and terms
before borrowing. We have a proposition we
think will please you and save you money on the
deal. Let us figure on your loan.
Office Upstairs over Postoffice. Mangum, Okla
H. MATHKWSON,
President.
GEO. W. BOYD,
Vlcc-Pruident.
fc. 8. NOBUt,
Cthier,
First National Bank,
j* Mangum, Okla. j» j»
United States, State and County Depository,
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND NET PR0FIT8, ti 26,000.00.
DIRECTORS.
H. MATHKWSON
GEO. BOYD
-• phami*<ton Our Patrons receive every Courtesy and Accommo*
C. 8. HEMMING
l. S. NOBI.K
dation within the range of prudent banking.
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