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household
questions\jm)
Sandwich Filler.?Peanut butter
mixed with a little cream is a good
filling for white or graham cracker
sandwiches for children.
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White. Tender Chicken Meat
If a chicken is well rubbed inside
and out with a cut lemon before
being cooked it will make the meat
white, juicy and tender.
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To lltsten Cooking?When using
a double boiler tiie food will
cook more quickly if the water
in the outer vessel is salted in the
proportion of a fourth of a cup of
salt to one quart of water.
Cap. Scarf, Mittens
To Keep Tot Warm
Pattern 6504.
Any little girl will be overjoyed
to find this woolly set in her Christmas
stocking. It's done in simple
crochet. Pattern 6504 contains direetions
for making cap, scarf and
mittens in a 4, 6 and 8 year size;
materials needed; illustrations of i
them and stitches; color schemes, i
T > obtain this pattern send 15
cents in coins to The Sewing j
Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259
\V ',4th St Npw Vixrlt N V
NIGHT COUGHS
COLDS
Need More Than "Salve" To
Quickly Relieve DISTRESS!
Before you go to bed rub your throat,
chest and back with warminR. soothing
Musterole. You get such QUICK relief
because Musterole is MORE than "just (
a salve." It's a marvelous stimulating
"counter-irritant" which helps break
up 1< ?cal congestion and pain due to colds, j
Its soothing vapora ease breathing.
Used by millions for over 30 years! 3
strengths: Regular, Children's (mild) and
Extra Strong, 40*. Hospital Size, $3.00,
Habits to Cultivate
Cultivate only the habits that
you are willing should master you.
^Elbert Hubbard.
HEADACHE?
Here Is Amazing Relief of
Conditions Due to Sluggish Bowels
thfuY/XfavriSYLl if ^ thlnk a11
IjUlU 11 yWi0JKl4t? act alike, just try thia
ell vegetable laaatlve. j
? muiougn, icinaning, invigoraung. i^cProduMe
relief from sick headaches, bilious spells,
tifwl iccling when associated with constipation.
Without Pick a 2Sc bor of NR from your
niUlOUl KISK druggist. Make lite test?then
if not delighted, return the box to us. We will
refund the purchase
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Hope a Pillar
Hope is the pillar that upholds
the world.?Pliny.
?entholated~Creosote&
Good Merchandise
Gn Be CONSISTENTLY Advertised
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THE CHEROKEE
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Farm
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MORTGAGE DEBT
SHOWS DECLINE
Farm Liens Are the Lowest
In Twenty Years.
The farm mortgage debt stands
at approximately $7,000,000,000 it is
reported by the bureau of agricultural
economics. This is the smallest
figure in 20 years, and compares
with the high record of nearly
$11,000,000,000 in the early 1920s.
Officials said the debt has been
reduced markedly during the current
decade?from $9,631,000,000 in
1930 to $7,071,000,000 in 1939?but is
still much higher than in the years
immediately preceding the World
war a quarter century ago. Much
of the reduction during the early
1930s was the result of foreclosures
and distress transfers. In recent
years principai repayments have
been of increasing importance.
The way in which the debt increased
and declined in the last
three decades, and the conditions af- ]
fecting these movements are discussed
by Donald C. Horton in a
recent issue of the bureau's publication
"The Agricultural "Situation."
The peak in farm mortgage debt
during the last 30 years was in 1922- ,
23, about 172 per cent above the j
1910-14 level. The debt has declined
in each subsequent year except 1927.
The debt increased in all major
geographic divisions of the country
from 1910 to 1920, and there was a
further rise in all areas for some
time during the early 1920s. For
all geographic decreases liquidation
or a much retarded rate of growth
followed the increases of the early
1920s, and varying amounts of debt
liquidation resulted from the post1929
depression in all areas.
Marked regional differences in
debt trends occurred in the late
1920s and early 1930s. The continued
downward trend for the west
north central states, for example,
stood in sharp contrast with the con- i
tinucd upward trend for the Pacific
states during this period. In the
west south central states debt continued
to increase from 1925 to 1930
whereas in the south Atlantic and
east south central states the upward
movement after 11)25 continued
only to the middle of this five-year
period.
In four geographic divisions?New j
England, Middle Atlantic, Mountain,
and Pacific?farm mortgage debt j
rose for a time after 1930. In all j
of these regions mortgage debt had
either risen or changed little during
the latter part of the 1920s.
During 1932 and 1933 the decline j
was general for all areas, but in I
the following two years there were
again widely divergent regional
movements. There was a continued
rise in New England during the
years 1936, 1937 and 1938. Changes
were small during this period in the
middle Atlantic, east south central
and Pacific states.
There was a considerable decrease,
however, in the west north
central states. The largest decrease
for any state in 1938 was 9.4 per
cent for North Dakota, the largest
increase was 3 per cent for Massachusetts.
Many Silo Accidents
Are Found Avoidable
Far too many serious accidents
occur in connection with silo filling,
most of which can be prevented by
exercising even a small amount of
care. Probably the most common
is that of falls from the silo in putting
up or taking down the filler
pipes or in putting in the doors, i
Even a 10-foot fall may be very
serious if one strikes on his head,
falls with a leg or arm underneath,
or falls on the cutter or other machine.
Also many lose a hand or an arm i
by trying to crowd the corn into a !
cutter whicfh is partly choked. Keep ;
the hands at least a foot away from
the feed rolls; and if closer crowding
must be done, use a forked
stick.
Be careful that the cutting knives
are properly adjusted and the adjusting
bolts and hocking nuts properly
secured. Any clicking or tapping
should at once be investigated
by stopping the cutter and testing
the knife adjustments and lock nuts, '
and these should be gone over each
half day before the cutter is started
up.
Do not run the cutter faster than
called for in the manufacturers directions.
Experimental work shows
that excessive speed not only is
dangerous but that it wastes an
enormous amount of power and
that usually just as good results
will be obtained at the lower speeds.
SCOUT. MURPHY. N. C.. THURSDAY
Peace Theme F
For U. S. Ch
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Christmas 1939 will ho a caval
in his $225,000,000 pack, St. Nick
military playthings, 'l'here will b
Learning by doing is stressed for gr
feature microscopes.
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Above: An example of mcclu
made in England. Far more popuh
trucks, harrows, spreaders, mowers
bag will be rubber-shod toys, tcfii
show will use 100,000,000 tiros?twi
jn
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Above: Dolls and doll
bouses scaled to life. The /J
tot is a model of Netll- ///
erlands' Princess Beatrix. Ar Ar
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DECEMBER 7. 1939
eatures Toys I
ildren This Year
* ifmill/*'
. i LMt
cade of peace for American kiddies:
will carry less than one per cent of
e fewer imported toys, too. A hove:
- o j a ? uiiviuwh j at'is am
inization in toys. a miniature army
nr mechanical toys are farm tractors.
miff reapers. Biggest item in Santa's
ch B. I'\ Goodrich company surveys
ice as many as the nation's real autos.
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Miscellany: Above is an electrically-driven
drawbridge, a
sample of the new "progressive
education* construction toys. j
Left: Late bulletins from toy!
land come imm tJtic rn/nrv
| printing press tvltich is strictly
in line icith recent advances
Mof the craft, using rubber type
and plates for economy. Beloxv:
Real-life characters pory._.
trayed in dolls. IIoic many can
you identify?
Hft*, Sv
OUR PRESIDENTS
Of our Presidents. John Adams
lived to the greatest age?
91 years.
He was the first President to
be inaugurated on March 4, at
Philadelphia.
The mothers of seven Presidents
lived until their sons were
inaugurated. These were Mary
Ball Washington. Kelly Conway
Madison, Eliza Garfield. Nancy
Allison McKinley, Hannah
Simpson Grant. Jane Knox Polk
and Sara Delano Roosevelt.
The Adams. Harrison and
Roosevelt families have been
twice represented in the White
House.
Made From Spools
By KUTH WYETH SPEARS
CO MANY readers have asked
^ for more spool ideas after seeing
the directions for spool shelves
in Sewing Book No. 3. that I know
you will love making these
amusing toys.
The two spools for the doll's
arms are strung together with
cord. Start with these, then bend
the body wire over the center of
the cord. Run both ends of the
wire through the two body spools,
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Pj- oiww { :W\BE
tYES /
vrr WITH ' V
use -/ (crayon . s \
WIRE DRAW rrj < !, 1
UP TIGHTLY AND ?* I
TWIST ENDS AROUND TAIL CORD \
then bend the wires and run them
through the spools for the legs.
Bend in flat loops for the feet.
Twist wire around the bonnet
spool and fasten to body tightly so
the bonnet tips up at the back.
Cut a face out of a fashion magazine
or draw one and paste it 011
the front of the bonnet sdooI. The
dress is of two straight pieces;
the bright sash and bonnet ribbons
match.
One end is cut oft the spool for
the dog's head. Bend the wire
over the whiskers, then run both
ends through the head and neck
spools. Run one end through the
two leg spools, then both through
the body and one through the
back spool. Twist together arcund
the tail.
NOTE: Readers who are now
using Sewing Books No. 1, 2 and 3
will be happy to learn that No. 4 is
ready for mailing; as well as the
10-cent editions of No. 1, 2 and 3.
Mrs. Spears has just made quilt
block patterns for three designs
selected from her favorite Early
American quilts. You may have
these patterns FREE with your
order for four books. Price of
books?10 cents each postpaid. Set
of three quilt block patterns without
books?10 cents. Send orders
to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10. Bea!ord
Hills, New York.
CLOTHESPIN
Sensational extra help for colds |ai v
?with Luden's! These frmous "S{
cough drops not only help
soothe throat, but release a HKjph&g&.. 1
menthol vapor?which, with j
every breath, helps penetrate
clogged nasal passages, helps ?s\ ;
relieve "clothespin nose!"
LUDEN'S 5
Monthol Cough Drops
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is grave, inward,
self-controlled; mere excitement
outward.?Sterling.
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