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>ViJv * -• r » . .v,* V'.* - r:- :•"" ' 1. >* '* * A •v 1 " % i *" / ' "' • spfajTJsrri^ tHE H'HSNBT PLAINDEALXB, TBUBSDAT, JUNE, 28, 1938 "; v;- ' > JUST HUMANS 9^ Cmii Carr Original "Dark Horaen Judge Mcllveigh, famous racing Judge, asked to give an opinion aa to the relative chances of two favorites, advised both parties to save sapper money from their bets, as there would be a "dark horse" tn the race. He bad noticed a black horse hitched to a buggy outside which he knew to be A more famous racer either the contestants. talk. A Good Talk There are always two to a •Mat aad taking, comparing ience, and according conclusions. Talk Is fluid, tentative, continually la further search and progress"; while written words remain fixed. • • • Good talk most commonly arises among friends. Talk is, indeed, both the scene and instrument of friendship-- Bobert Louis Stevenson, la The(W)hole "Who separated yott Jxetp your last quarter?" "My better halfl* ^ * A Delicate Hint "So you advise me to keep on writing Terse. I can't live on poetry." "Then do keep it up." Branded " Jim--Fred's pet byword Is "bunk." Mac--'Tea, and he's about as good aa his word. The Gold Digger ^ "8o that little flapper stole heart* "Yes, somebody tald < had a heart of gold." your m I Speaking of Eggplant* "What determines the else of eggplant crop?" "The lay e( the land.* High The bvnn of standards says thai •lcrosoopes may be parchssed having a nagnifioatlo^ as high as 8,000 dt» ameters. ' EWeet She-Oh, Ii hhaavvee a headack* He That reminds me. talkath* brother today. X aaw yo«r , BITS OF. HUMOR * . ^Not in a Literal Sckm Dutab and Blind Man--"Please slr.j Gent--yon see I'm too busy to talk to you I Of the Upper Clou ^ •Hit Laundress--"Why Is Sft^je S^ stuck apt" Second Laundress--"She's a white- collar worker.** „ - ; Sounded Alarming ^ *• MgW Assistant--"What shall I do first?" Proprietor of Clock Store--* "Wind up the business." ml Loyml "I was reading about your Mali's big engineering feat." "Big feet or not, I like hlmt* boy Umal Thing ^ CBadys--Shall I tell you what to do with an unsatisfactory husband? PfcyUia--Yes, shoot--life. PUindealers at Bolger's. \ WM. 11 CABEOLL Lawyer Olee with Kent & Every Wednesday Cfceae • McHosry, m. Insure--la Snre-bsoriact WITH Wm.G. Schretner Auctioneering OflKI AT MUIDENCK Phone McHENRY, ILL 0. W. KL0NTZ, M. D. Physician and Surgeon (Also treating all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and the Fitting of Glasses) Otoe Honrs--8 to 9 a. 1 te 4 and T fee S p. m. thmdiyi Vy Apyaiat--t Office at Residence, Waukegan Road. Phone 181 lfcHaary, OL Reasonable Batsa I SCHAEFBT |f Draying ^ ^ McHENRY, ILLINOIS Telephone No. lOft-R. S toff el & Reihanspergmf Insurance agents for all clasess ef property In the best eoeapanlss. WEST McHXNRT, :: ILLINOIS McHENEY GRAVEL EXCAVATING CO A. P. Treund, Prop. '"** toad Building and Excai of Every Description Estimates Furnished oat' Request High-grade Gravel Delivered at any time--large or small C orders given prompt attention, Phone 204M M&Umif *OH, MAMMA, COMB LOOK AT TH* BIROS MKNDIN* THKIR NE8TS1* TARDY DOUGLAS fumbling hands ward feet Ji youngster slips into his seat; Ashamed the teacher's look to meet -j (there Is a panic In his heart, . put not of fear--but Just to start 1 £he day not having done his part. . tind something of rebellion, too. Of course, shell blame it all on yon, And think you played. It isn't true." Ah, what's the use of being goodt Be ran the fastest that he could. ' the won't believe him. No one would. And so he stumbles through the day, And stutters things he has to say. And wishes he could run away. Put Mother had to telephone, other had matters of her own, ad so he had to dress alone. jlfaybe he was a little slow, (That's whj he's late. Well, maybe set (He says, but how was he to know? sheets Where another would have had Laundry lines Tjith flapping She has made a garden close Where her little world retreats. --Sidney Drake EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS Mother had duties to be done, .And quite forgot about her son, •"My goodness I Here's you cap. run!" Now jBut wheq the children stand in line, )|f some one isn't there at nine, hope the fault is nevter mine. * (© by McClur# Newspaper Syndicate.) CTHE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS B y J l . 1KVINQ KINQ THE PLANTAIN HAT pestiferous weed, the plantain, which people have to dig out of [their lawns and dooryards is anything ut a romantic or mystic plant in aprance and yet It figures prominenty in myth and superstition. In this untry it appears in folk-medicine as cure for bee stings and something 'to "draw out poison** from any wound 4>r sore. The Indians call It white man's foot for with the white man the plantain came to this country as It lias traveled in his company to all |>arts of the earth. A native of temperate Asia and Europe the weed has flrandered always with the white man and never appears where he is not or Jias not been. This can be accounted or, of course, without calling upon the supernatural. The insidious seed may be accidentally carried abroad Just as the Jlmsonweed came to this jj»untry In a load of discharged ballast from British ships. But to the Unreflecting there is something rather |incanny in the way In which the Iblantaln follows the white man's foot- •teps. The name itself is from jplanta," meaning the sole of the foot |n this country and England the ilantaln is sometimes called Wayread and the fact that it so perslstntly haunts the tracks of man is scanted for by an old legend of Oern origin to the effect that it was ormerly a maiden who, after long graitlng In vain by the wayside fbr Her lover, was changed into this weed. ^Lnd in this form she has ever since haunted the footsteps of men looking * or the recreant one. In this ancient gend we see again the idea of primitive man of a metamorphosis by Which animal and vegetable forms tvere changed the one into the other. iTo those who regarded mankind as descended from the oak or the ash It teemed quite natural that a disconsolate maiden should be changed Into a plantain. (® by MoClore Newspaper SrxUoaU.) I SOAK a nice fat mackerel overnight, skin side up. Drain and change the water several times If it is very salt In the morning for breakfast, cover with thin cream and bake in a hot oven twenty minutes. Serve with baked potatoes. If the fish is very thick pour boiling water over It at first and simmer for ten minutes; drain and then add the cream. Dried Beef With Cream Take one-fourth of a pound of dried beef, cover with boiling water and let stand ten minutes, then drain. Dilute one and one-half tabtespoonfuls of flour with enough cold water to pour easily, making a smooth paste; add one cupful of scalded cream, cook in a double boiler ten minutes. Add beef and reheat. . Hamburg ,uV Make a mound of chopped seasoned meat, adding a pinch of doves and grated onion with salt and pepper to season and cover the top with strips of salt pork put on in latticed form. Bake, remove carefully and place on a hot platter; nerve with mushroom saucet Vermont Chicken Soup. Reheat six cupfuls of chicken stock, seasoning with salt and pepper and a grated onion. Add one head of lettuce, shredded, and one cupful of green peas. Simmer until the vegetables are done. Beat one egg, add enough stale bread crumbs to make a paste and roil Into small balls. Drop these Into the boiling soup and simmer tea otolites, then serve. Reset Beef With Gravy. Place thinly sliced roast beef on a platter and pour ov«r tt reheated gravy to cover. Meat and Nut Balis. Take one cupful of chopped seasoned real, add one dozen chopped almonds, one egg, one-half teaspoonful of salt and pepper to taste. Mix and roll kito balls, place In a baking pan and pour one cupful of rich highly seasoned tomato sauce over them. Whejk.h^ eerfo garnish^ w*(pr cress, , ")Wm (ft till. Western^NawgpaperUnion.) BremenTraniattantk fiancWasLubrkatcd By SHELL Sit »'<" n twit X!V» 1 mm®&T b«>ti M- ->•4 What Does Your Child Want to Know Aiuw*r«if fry BARBARA BOUIUA1LT -+M K WHV ARE ICE COLD FOODS FOR ME? BAO They ehlll th« stomach Juices, And keep them from their duty Of turning food to rich red blood To give you health and beauty. (Coorrteht.) j % Hand« Up "Will all those who Induced soma one else to attend this meeting hold «p their hands?" asked the revivalist. And every woman who had her bus- Band sitting beside her held up a light hand.--Clay Center Times. f Baked Potato-- Boat When potatoes are baked the starch Is more thoroughly broken tip than Iff other methods. Utilized Old Reterifoir Shortly after the occupation of Jer> Qsalem by the British, water was brought to the city from the reservoir originally built nearly 2,000 years ago by Pontius Pilate. This reservoir is known as "Birkelt Arrout," and lies a few miles south of the pool of Slloam. 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