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PANTRY SHELVES * By HAZEL L. LANGDALE. (?,k 1921. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) "Remember to feed the cat, put the bottles out for the milkman, take your medicine regularly, and don'; clean house!" Polly kissed her husband af fecMonately and hastened out. John watched his wife go down the street, waited to wave to her when she reached the corner, then turned away and gazed gloomily about the comfort able sitting room, suddenly, for some reason or other, become so forlorn. Yet this sending away of his wife on a little visit to their son had been his own doing. After playing the part of faithful nurse to his six week's attack of rheumatic fever she certainly de served, now that he was well on the road to recovery, a bit of a vacation. The first few days of Polly's absence passed away pleasantly. But by the end of the week he began to look around for something to do and sheepishly recalled his wife's admoni tion about cleaning house. As he limped slowly from room to room he was aware that everything was as neat as a pin. Straightaway John plunged into his task, poking abandonedly into jars and bottles and paper bags, arranging and rearranging things to suit his mascu line! idea of the way pantry shelves should be. Two weeks later Polly came home, rosy cheeked once more, glad to see her husband, and overflowing with stories about the darlingness of John, third. . "I just guess you'll be pleased to have some more good things to eat, John, dear," she said. "To begin with Tm going to make up your favorite chocolate cake for supper!" Polly's husband, supremely content to have her back, sat in the old kitchen rocker, comfortably puffing his . pipe, his eyes happily watching his ' wife as she bustled about. Presently she disappeared Into the pantry and he heard her rummaging around. Then she emerged and he beard her say half to herself, "There now, I was afraid I was out of lt. But I find I have got a little baking powder after all. Thought I'd have to borrow a mite from Dora." John chuckled, remembering where be found that baking powder. Why would women, the best of them, mind you, tuck away little dabs of stuff in * old envelopes or paper bags and then forget all about them? If It hadn't been for his putting that baking pow der Into an old baking powder can where It belonged, she'd have had to trot over to a neighbor's, wasting time. Half an hour later his wife opened the oven door and In his mind's eye John plainly visualized the cake In all Its wonderful three-storied glory, each layer a miracle of lightness. An ex clamation from his wife punctured the vision. "Why, why, why, John, I've never had that happen before!" Polly's face expressed utter dismay. John rose and peered over his wife's stooped shoulder. On the oven rack were three cake tins, each sending forth a delicious odor and containing some thing that was nicely browned, but which lay flat as the proverbial pan cake. "I can't understand lt!" Polly wailed. She walked over to the table, picked up the baking powder can, tipped out a little of the contents In her palm and tasted it. For a moment she stood there with a puzzled frown on her forehead. Then, "That's not baking powder-that's boric acid!" she cried. For a moment John dit! not under stand. Then, slowly, a ? rent light broke upon him, and sheepishly he grinned. "My fault, Polly," he confessed. "I I fourni a little envelope full of white powder on the shelf. It said on it-I thought-'B. P.' I guess it must have been TB. A.' Written In pencil, you know, and not very clear. Anyhow, It appeared to me like baking powder | and I put It where it belonged." "Well-of all things!" said his wife | "That's what Mary used to use for the baby-left it th? time she was here visiting. I suppose to a man they look exactly alike." She paused and eyed her husband suspiciously. "But what were you doing fooling around those pantry shelves?" "Cleaning 'em," said John, meekly. Then he brightened. "Look, here. Polly. Forget about lt. I'm punished, anyhow, by losing the cake!" He looked for all the world like a crest fallen child-like John, Jr., used to when he was a little chap. Polly melted. "Never mind, John, you'll get your cake. I'm golng; right over to Dora's for some baking powder. But while Tm gone, John, don't, don't-" "No, I won't," interrupted her hus band, "not ever again !'* * The Home of Culture. "Now Johnny," said the Boston mother to her six-year-old son. "you should avoid playing pranks with your elders, for remember 'He who laughs last, laughs best'." "I appreciate your admonition, mother." said the son, "and doubtless you mean to infer that he who gig gles at the conclusion, chuckles far better than his predecessor." Early Morning Idyl. WIfey (to returning hubby)-Aud you dnr^e look me In the face? He-S'yes, dear! (hie), you shee <me gets used to most (hie) any tiling. Duty always conies* before pleasure lo the dictionary. The reduction in coal rates comes tco late for real service. Many hear the alarm clock, but few get up before it rings again. What the world is getting now is peace on the time-payment plan. The clinging vine has disappeared with the leaning oak type of man. With some women the style bf un covering the ears has gone to their knees. . . > When farmers' crops rot in ? the fields, opposition to farmer relief is all rot. It is evident that for a sick man Turkey has marvelous recuperative powers. Prosperity's sun Is rising again, but not with a sufficient glare to cause blindness. An International chess tournament probably was the originator of the serial story. Perhaps the school teachers are so poorly paid because they're In ?n In fant industry. The popular way to asl: for higher wages these days seems to be to re ject a pay cut. The reform business is frequently undertaken more to raise money than to raise morals. There Is no age limit for vamps, even though some of them are old enough to know better. Greece missed most of the great war, but seems to be catching up rap idly on war experience. J The walling hiccough is a new afflic tion. Presently we will have among us the banshee bronchitis. The only thing the industrial and business situation needs/ls more In dustry and more business. The increased sale of cosmetics proves the women's determination to change the nature of things*.' Nowadays when a thug has nothing else to do, he goes out and steals a few sacks of registered mail. What at first looked like an ordi nary drive may turn out to be a home run ii the Greeks don't stop. Russia has gold and gems, but what the world wants now is something to eat, to wear or to sleep under. The tug of war over the island of Yap shows what a lot of wire pulling it takes to control an ocean cable. In spite of treatment by specialists, it is feared the dollar never will be what it was in "the good old days." If Constantine does not quickly win the war with the Turks, Greece may decide that It wants to be a republic after all. Reappearance of the nickel cigar in the marts of trade indicates that the five-cent nickel Is struggling back to normalcy. s There never was an ex-king or an ex-prize fight champion that did not dream of coming back-. And once In a while they do. Another claim to distinction is that enjoyed by men who attended the peace conference and have not writ ten books about IL A medal is walting for the man who will construct an automobile that will stop and display its license number when it hits somebody. Anoth?r trouble with the housing problem ls that whenever everything is in readiness for housebuilding, somebody goes on strike. Maybe co-operative marketing of Middle Western fruits will prevent the rotting of vast cargoes of them under the trees next summer and fall. Don't be too sure. Last year there were some people who were not quizzed about their incoihe tax re turns until as far along as November. Bolshevism would have displayed more discretion had it seen the ad vantages of orderly commercial inter change before going broke financially. However, the federal government ls not experiencing any trouble in finding men worth $1 a year who are willing to accept $5,000 and $10,000 jobs. A wife suing for divorce admitted In court that her husband always treated her .relatives cordially, and a lot of husbands probably have been shown the cliping. A;J & variant of .'he early Christmas shopping slogan the "Buy your coal now" has advantages. It helps the purchasers and assists to straighten cut a basic Industry. Proposals for military and naval bo 'nuses arouse great enthusiasm among the taxpayers until they learn who ls to pay the bonuses. Tlten they resolve to temper generosity with frugality. DAIRY FACTS AID BETTER BULL CAMPAIGN Kansas- City Chamber of Commerce Offers $2,000 in Prizes for Re placing Scrub Sires. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) An illustration of the earnestness with which various states and local organizations have, taken, up live stock improvement work, especially in con nection with purebred sires, is shown by the work in Missouri. The exten sion service of the Missouri College of Agriculture started a better-bull cam paign in January, 1920, and so success ful wen; the results of the work dur ing tin.- year that the Kansas City chamber of commerce appropriated $2,000 to be used in cash prizes this year. The prizes are to be awarded to the four counties which' replace the great est number of scrubs with purebred bulls. $1.000 being the first prize, $500 The Purebred Dairy Sire When Intro duced Into a Scrub or Grade Herd' Soon Brings About a Phenomenal Change. the second. $300 the third, and $200 the fourth. To obtain a prlzef how ever, a county must replace at least 25 scrub bulls. In an announcement of the contest received by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, state officials di recting the work say they have con centrated on better bulls because they think the greatest good will result from efforts along this line. The an nouncement states that any county in the state Is eligible for entrance In the contest. Awards will be made on the basis of fhe number of scrub bulls of breeding age replaced by registered bulls. A scrub Is defined as one that is not registered or eligible for reg istry. Any county which at any time dur ing the year completes Its work with 100 per cent purebred registered bulls will be entitled to first prize; -fcsi' should "more than one county show 10t) per cent registered bulls the various counties will be entitled to first, sec ond, third, and fourth prizes, respect ively, in the order In which they com plete the work. The counties com peting In the contest are to form or ganizations, under the leadership* |of the county agent, to promote the work. AU questions arising in the contest will be referred to a better-bull com mittee of the Missouri College of Ag riculture for settlement, and the de cision of this committee will be final. A monthly report showing the name and address of the owner of the scrub bull replaced and breed of the regis tered bull in which an interest has been purchased will be forwarded on the first day of each month to the state project leader. At the end of the year a final report, certified by the county agent, will be sent In. giv ing the names and addresses of own ers of scrub bulls which have been re placed, together with the breed, name, and registry number of each regis tered bull In which the contestants purchased an Interest CHURN NUMBERS ARE USEFUL Makes lt Simple Matter to Separate Different Churnings and Sell Ac cording ' to Score. The use of churn numbers, so that the receivers of butter can more readily sort out separate churnings, Is urged upon creamery men by food products inspectors of the bureau of markets, United States Department of Agriculture. Tn a lot of butter rec ently examined by these inspectors the score varied from 88 to 92. As no churn numbers were shown, the only way the receiver could separate the butter was by examining every tub. If the churn numbers had been shown, It would have been a simple matter to separate the various churn lngs and sell them according to score It is not possible to .take time to ex amine every tub, so the butter IE sole according to the samples taken and at n discount if the samples vary widely. If there should be just' one poor tub In the shipment and the sampler happens upon It the whole shipment would suffer, while If churn numbers are used only the tubs in that churning would receive the lower score. ATTENTION TO YOUNG CALVES Give Only Warm Milk While Young and Begin Feeding Grain After the Second Month. Feed only warm milk while calves are young. Gradually begin feeding proper grain after the second month Do not allow them too much grass. Give p!?nty of pure water, and never allow exposure to rain or extreme, cold wind. You'll get s with Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top. : CRIMP cur ; IONS BURNING PIPE AND . ! CIGARETTE TOBACCO fl Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynold* Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem, N.C. Harvestng Peanuts. The proper time to harvest pea nuts is at a time when the vines j have on them the greatest number j of mature nuts. The peanut is a con tiguous bearer like cotton and to mato; there may be "pegs" and ma ture nuts on the same vine? In the south the earlier nuts may begin to decay or. sprout before the later ones mature. 'Small crops are harvested by loos ening the soil around the vines with a fork, and pulling the vine with the adhering nuts up with the hand. Lar ger areas will be harvested by using a plow or potato digger. After the vines have been loosened from the ground, they should be allowed to lie for a few hours till the leaves have wilted, then placed in small stacks around a central stake to cure, j The essentials in curing the crop are to put in small stacks and give an abundance of circulation. On ac count of the fleshy >n?ture of the stem, they cure slowly and will mil. dew if in large stacks. A barn floor | is not a suitable place for curing un less the crop is very small and can I be spread out. Stacking Hay. The stakes around which the vines are to be stacked should be six or seven feet long, driven in the ground securely. Before the stack is started two pieces of lath or light lumber should be nailed at right angles to the stake six or eight inches from ?the ground, in order to keep the peanuts from coming in contact with the soil. In building the stack, the pods are kept to the center and the tops outside, with sufficient slope to shed water. A few vines should be hung round the stake to tie the stack. When the desired heighth h*as been leached a cap of dry grass should he put on, but never wet hay or weeds. The peanuts should be cured in the stack three or four weeks before picking. Like shocked corn, much of the sap from the vine goes toward maturing the nut while curing. If the picking is done by hand, only the well matured pods should be picked, the immature ones being left on the vines to feed to stock. Peanuts are easily discolored by mildew, and for that reason should be kept dry. The vines, after the nut pods have been picked off, may be baled, stacked or put in the 'barn. The vines and immature nuts make excellent stoock feed, especially for milk cows. It is equal to, if not .better than, good clover hay.-Farm & Ranch. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Heao Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordin?r* Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. Invigorating tc the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC.drives out l?ala ri a,en riche s the blood, builds up the system. A true Tonic For adults and children. 60o omewhere a pipe and P. A.! ?tart fresh all over again at the beginning? Get a e!-and forget every smoke experience you ever had t spilled the beans! For a jimmy pipe, packed nf ul with Prince Albert, will trim any degree of ike joy you ever registered! It's a revelation! 'ut a pin in here! Prince Albert can't bite your ?ue or parch your throat. Both are cut out by our lusive patented process. So, just pass up any old i you may have stored away that you can't smoke a B ! We tell you that you can-and just have the time our'life on every fire-up-if you play Prince Albert packing! Phat P. A hands you in a pipe it will duplicate in a ie-made cigarette! Gee-but you'll have a lot of rolling 'em with Prince Albert; and, it's a cinch iuse P. A. is crimp cut and stays put! '. the national joy smoke Felix Lake and Daughter Near Death in Plane. Washington Couple Narrowly Avert Plunge >n English Channel When Engine Fails. .Felix Lake, District real estate man, and his daughter, Matalie Tal. butt Lake, Western High school Graduate, had a narrow escape from death in an airplane flight from Lon_ don to Paris recently, according to word received here to-day. In a letter to th*i Rev. Albert H. Zimmerman, 1300 Rhode Island ave. ?nue northeaast, fifteen.year Mat alie Lake told of the experience that ?nearly cost the lives of several peo ple. She said the engine of the plane that was carrying them across the English Channel stopped while the machine was in mid-air. At the node of a dangerous swoop, which carried them near the water, the beat of the engine was resumed, and the plane continued-its flight. Longevity of Nutgrass Nuts. An interesting experiment to clo_ Iver fifteen years has been begun by i the weed specialists of the United [States Department of Agriculture to j ascertain how long the nuts of nut grass can stay in the soil and still re_ I tain their viability. Many almost un believable stories are told by farmers and others in the Southern Coastal States regarding the length of time nutgrass nuts remain viable in the soil. Some stories itel!, of grass nuts being dug up after thirty years' bur ial and still sprouting. A seemingly authentic case has been found by the Government weed specialists where a house built in 1912 was removed from its site eight years later and grass nuts sprouted on, the spot from which it had been removed. In order to get definite informa tion on -t-his point, four galvanized iron cans, each about two feet square and four feet deep, without bottoms, were sunk into the soil at the Ar lington farm near Washington, and 250 pounds of soil well filled with the grass nuts was placed in each. The cans were covered against light, and it is planned to open them on the 1st. of June, 1923, 1926, 1931, and 1936, respectively, to test the via_ . bility of the nuts. Velvet bean vines are known to smother nutgrass, but if the nuts will remain viable in the soil for an indefinite period, it is seen that other means of extermination will be necessary.-Farm & Ranch. Cures Old Sores, Cine? fame dtts Won't Cutta The worst cases, no matter cf ^owlonsrstandicz ?re cured by ths wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve! ??ai? and Heals at the p?un<? ??"T.C. 25C. 50c.tJ.<* Notice to Builders We have Doors, Sash, Blinds, Ceiling, Siding, Flooring, Mantels, Store Fixtures, and can do all kinds of high-class work. Designing and estimates furnished on application. We make a specialty of furnishing .High-Class Flooring and Ceiling.* Get our prices on Porch and Lawn Sets. Yours for Prompt Service Wright Sash, Door and Lumber Co. JOHNSTON, S. C. J GINNERS, OIL MILLS AND MACHINERY OPERATORS We have a large and well assorted stock of Machinery Supplies at present low prices. We only mention a few of them: Babbitt Belt Dressing Belting, Rubber Belting, Leather Belting, Gandy Ejectors Flue Flanders Shaft Hangers Pulleys, Wood Flue Cleaners Injectors Pulleys, Steel Files Iron Shafting Steam Gauges Lubricators Pipe Tools Water Gauges Packing, all kinds Wrenches, all kinds Engine Governors, Pipe, Valves, Fittings We have anything that should be found in a first-class machinery supply house. Columbia Supply Company 823 W. GEOTAIS ST. COLUMBIA, S. C.