Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1913 — Page 3

CAP and BELLS

WHOM DID PROFESSOR MEET?

Pleasant Conversation With Beautiful Woman Not With Mrs. Raymond as He Remembered. The professor of philosophy, absent minded and full of enthusiasm, came Into the Bitting-room. “What a bautiful woman Mrs. Raymond is!” Be exclaimed. “I have just had such a pleasant talk with her in the book store.” His wife looked up from her sewing. “John!” she exclaimed, “where 1b ycrur collar?” The professor of philosophy put his hand to his throat. “I must have left it at the barber shop. Yes, that’s it. I went to the barber shop; then to the book store. Why,” he ended lamely, “Mrs. Raymond would think it very careless of me to appear in public without my collar, wouldn’t she?” “Rather,” said his wife. “Perhaps you hpd better call her up and tell her just how it happened.” “Exactly,” said the professor. The professor went to the telephone. “Hello, central, hello. Hello—is this Mrs. Raymond? Yes? Well, really, it was very stupid of me, Mrs. Raymond; but, you know, I had been thinking of something very important, and I quite forgot to put on my collar. I—oh —ah! —good-by.” The professor suddenly hung up the receiver. He gave utterance to a mild exclamation. “John!” exclaimed his wife. “She says she hasn’t been out of the house today,’’ groaned the professor. —Philadelphia Ledger.

Indans and Indians.

Mr. Porklngton of Chicago, visiting in New York, was introduced to a lady as from that growing town. “Ah!” she smiled, with the keen cynicisin of the effete east. “Prom Chicago. I suppose you have Indians out there?" , . “Yes, madam, some,” > he replied ' humbly. “Ah! Aren’t you afraid of being scalped?” “Not now, madam! not now,” he responded, with profound sincerity. “I was before I came to New York; but having been skinned as I have by these New York Indians, !l consider soalping by our Chicago *brand as a mere bagatelle.” Then there was * lull in the conversation. —Judge. *

POOR MAN.

“Can’t I sell you a dictionary?" asked the enterprising book agent “No,” answered the man with the huhted look in his eye; “I don’t need one. I married a college graduate.”

Was a Good Bargain.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan was one day coming back from shooting, with an empty bag. Re did not like td go home without one bird, and seeing a%umber of ducks in a pond, and A farmer leaning on a rail watching them, Sheridan aaid: “What will you take for a shot at the ducks?” “Oh,” said the stranger, "about halt a sovereign.” “Done!” said Sheridan, and, paying the man he fired into the middle of the flock, killing a dozen ducks. “I am afraid you made a bad bargain,' he said. . “Well, I know,” replied the* man; "they weren’t my ducks.”—The{ Ladies' Home Journal if

Knew His Ground.

"You say thjs man is no chickeq stealer?” inquired the Judge. “Yassuh," replied Mr. Brutus Pinkley. “Da's *tmt I said.” 1 “What do you know about the facta In thla case?” “I isn’t s’posed to know nullin’ bout* de sacks in de case. I is an expert witness foh de defense:” » v k

NOT PUT DOWN IN THE BILL

Walter Refuses to Remove Customer's V Omelet Until Latter Replaces Roach Thrown Away. Oliver Herford, so the Story runs, once strayed southward out of Clubland and sat down to lunch in one of those downtown restaurants to which the tired business man resorts at A tired business man was Herford’s table companion. An omelet was ordered and was brought. Herford looked at it and an expression of pain crossed his countenance. He called the waiter and pointed to the dish. Then he said mildly: “Take it away. I cannot eat it. There was a roach in it.” The waiter appeared not to understand. He stood stupidly by and did nothing. Herford patiently repeated' his request. ‘T said take it away. There was a roach in it” Still the waiter stood by and did nothing. Herford fixed a gentle gaze upon him. “Oh, I see, you are waiting for the roach,” he said, and bending down picked up from the floor of a small object which he placed carefully upon the dish. The waiter hastily removed the omelet. —New York Post.

A Modern Version.

Returning from an eastern trip one day recently, a local man was recounting his experience for the edification of other members of his household. _ “While in Baltimore,” he said, “I tried to find Borne of father’s relations, but I was unable to locate them. Odd, too, because they have an uncommon name." “What is the name?” inquired Robert, aged nine. “Hack,” replied the parent. “It’s an old German name.” _ “Are they up-to-date people?” asked the boy. * “Up-to-date? Of course they are, so f?r as I know; why do you ask that?” . “Oh,” replied the youngster with a grin, “I thought they might have changed their names to Taxicab.”— Youngstown, Telegram.

BACK-FENCE GOSSIP.

First Cat —I wonder if my master has missed me since we eloped? Second Cat —Quite likely. He missed me just before we eloped, while I was calling for you. The way he throws a water pitcher is something laughable.

But He Came Back Next Day.

“Don’t pedple take up a lot of your time?" “Yes/ “Just sit down fend not know when to go?" ' “Yes.” “oDesn’t \it make you almost frantic?" “Yes.” “They never do know when to take a hint, do they?” “No.” “What in the world do they find to talk about?” “Oh* they just ask a lot of fool jjuestions.” “Uipm—er—guess I’ll blow along.” "Good-bye.”

Hired by the Defense.

The jury, after long deliberation, seemed unable to agree in a perfectly clear case. The judge, thoroughly exasperated at the delay,’said: “I'discharge this jury.” One sensitive juror, Indignant at what he considered a rebuke, faced the judge. “You can’t discharge me,” he said, with a tone of conviction. > "And why not?” inquired the judge in surprise. ✓ “Because,” announced the Juror, pointing to the lawyer for the defense, "I was hired by that man there.” — Ladies’ Journal.

Kitchen or Pulpit.

In preaching the minister had been rather long winded, when the young bride remembered that she had left the Christmas dinner Jn the gas range without regulating the flame. She hastily wrote a note and slipped it to her husband, who was an usher. He, thinking it was Intended for the minister, calmly walked up and laid it on the pulpit. The, minister paused in the midst of his sermon and took the note with a smile which changed into a terrific frown as he read: "Please hurry Aome and shut off the gas.' —Ladies Home Journal.

Her Dilemma.

• Mrs. Newedd (excitedly)—Ob, John, dear, please hurry and send off a tele' gram for me. Newedd —What’s the matter? Mrs. Newedd—Why, I’m taklflg s correspondence course in cooking an< the cake 1 made is running all ove* the oven. I want to telegraph thus quick to find out what to do.

REASON FOR GROWING BEEF CATTLE IN INDIANA

By C. F. GOBBLE, Department of Animal Husbandry, Purdue University Bchool of Agriculture, y Purdue University Agricultural Extension.

Just at this time there are a great number of farmers in Indiana asking themselves these questions, “Can I grow beef cattle at a profit?” “Shall I go into the business?” There are a great many things to be considered in answering these questions. -Taking a general view of things as they exist today, we may consider the prospects for making money in beef cattle as favorable. To be sure, land is high and feeds are fairly high, but beef is high as well. Cattle feeders the past winter have made money. Breeding cattle are selling high. It takes money to start in the business, but the indications are that it will be a long time before beef cattle prices will come down. There Is a shortage of beef cattle that is world-wide in extent. Today, Indiana has a smaller number of beef cattle than at any time in the past ten years. On Jan. 1, 1913, according to government figures, she had only 586,000 head and was exceeded in numbers by eighteen other states. The following table, taken from the United States Department of Agriculture Year Books, gives the number of beef cattle in this state and her rank as compared with other states of she Union;

Number of Date. Standing, beef cattle. Jan. 1, 1903.... 17th state.... 913,860 Jan. 1, 1904.-...17th state.... 895,583 Jan. 1, 1905....14th state.... 985,141 Jan. 1, 1906....10th state... .1,201,872 Jaa. 1, 1907... .13th state.... 1,141,778 Jan. 1, 1908... .13th state... .1,096,000 Jan. 1, 1909. ...13th state.,. .1,052,000 Jan. 1, 1910....13th state... ,1,020,000 Jan'. 1, 1911.... 16th state.... 744,000 Jan. 1, 1912... .19th state.... 702,000 Jan. 1, 1913... .19th state.... 686,000 A glance at this table shows a steady decrease in numbers from Jan. 1, 1906, to Jan. 1, 1913, a decrease of 4.5> per cent, in seven years. During the year of 1910 alone there was a drop of 27 per cent. It is evident that Indiana is not holding her own in beef production. She is not only decreasing in her numbers, but she is not keeping up with the other states. She has. dropped in rank from 10th place in 1906 to 19th in 1913. Now this state of affairs is not due to a lessening in productive ability of Indiana farms, nor to less chance for making money with beef cattle during this period, for, taken as a whole, these have been prosperous years in the cattle business. It is simply due to the fact that cattle have been selling so high that every one sold everything that would make beef in ordek tq take advantage of high prices. Causes of High Prices. Supply and demand, of course, largely regulate the price of any product. Values are. placed on meat in

FLOCK SHOULD BE CULLED SYSTEMATICALLY

By H. E. ALLEN, Department of Animal Husbandry, Purdue University School of Agriculture, Purdue University Agricultural Extension.

Ewes Culled From Purdue Flock on Account of Old Age.

A systematic culling out of the flock and the replacing of the culls by the most thrifty and promising ewe laipbe is a feature of sheep management that deserves more thought and attention than is ordinarily given to the average Indiana farm flock. This must be attended to annually if the owner expects to make any progress in the general Improvement of his sheep. In cases of neglect the flock is certain to degenerate When weaning the lambs is suggested as the irost opportune time for this work, for It is then that the owper can best estimate the value of each ewe on the basis of her performance both as a lamb and a wool produoer. In case a lamb is strong and thrifty, and its mother has a healthy, nigged appearance, the chances are that she is qualified to do

England, the meat market of the world. Up to the present time, prices received for our export beef have regulated prices for meat consumed at home. Thiß year there is no export trade. oA* home consumption has overtaken our home supply. We are short on beef. The past ten years while the ranges have been breaking up into grain farms, and during a drought in the west the past two years, and while our corn belt farmers have been sellfhg everything that would make beef from the farm, causing a shortage of 4 per cent in beef, our population has increased 25 per cent. - _ The cause of high prices for beef is due to a shortage in not only the United States, but over the entire world. Argentine, the only country that has any great beef export trade, has a tendency to increase her grain farming,’rather than her stock growing. Men who have visited that country say that the beef business is at a standstill. England can easily use all that Argentine can supply. Many men have been afraid that removing our import duty on beef will cause such an influx into this country that our producers will be put out of business. Other mep claim that this is impossible. It certainly seems highly improbable when we remember that there is a world’s shortage of beef, that the ship lines run to England and not td the United States from Argentina, and that the American is a fastidious person who is used to eating fresh meat. We are considered a meat eating nation, but it would certainly give us a •severe test to have to eat meat fattened on alfalfa, killed and frozen in South America and shipped across the equator’ to our ports. These conditions, along with the generally considered advantages from growing beef animals on the farm, such as consumption of roughage, conservation of soil fertility, ease of marketing farm produce, distribution of labor, etc., should, I think, be sufficient inducement for a man of average ability, on the average rolling farm of Indiana, to go into the business.

Making Profit.

Keep the young stock growing. They are tried during the heated spell as much as the human race, and any extra attention given the fowls will result in extra growth. This means profit Many promising chicks are stunted the dog days for lack of attention, and never regain what has been lost, causing a source of loss.

Winter Garden.

Plan for the winter garden now Don’t neglect it.

good service in. the flock for at least another year or two, especially if upon further examination of the ewe herself it is found that she still has a full, sound set of teeth, and that her skin has a good pink, healthy color. Further features to consider are.the amount and quality of wool that she produced in the spring, and whether a not her udder is sound. Selecting the Ewe Lambs. At the same time the flockmastei is culling the ewes, he should decide on which ewe lambs shall be kept to per petuate the flock. His selection should be based upon the principle of flock uniformity in all points of size and type, and upon the performance of the ancestry of each lamb selected. The culled ewes and lambs should then be turned with the wethers in ordei that they may bq presented to the market in the beat possible condition. y

RECIPES WITH MERIT

COLLECTION OF DIBHEB WORTH RECOMMENDING. ' ' ... * 1 Vlrtegared Cherries Serve As On* of , the Best of Relishes—Salmon Chowder Luncheon Fare FoV the Hot Weather. Vtnegared Cherries.—One quart of more stoned cherries, sugar and vinegar. Cover cherries with vinegar and let remain 24 hours. Drain off the vinegar and to every cup cherries add a cup of granulated sugar. Stir the mixture daily until sugar is dissolved. Lay away in covered stone crock and use as a relish. Salmon Chowder. —Three mediumsized potatoes, M can tomatoes. Mi can salmon, one onion, one heading tablespoon salt, dash pepper, chopped parsley, one tablespoon butter. Dice and parboil potatoes. Add tomatoes and chopped onion and cook 5 minutes. Add salmon flaked in pieces, seasoning and butter, and enough milk to make the chowder. Serve very hot with crackers. Good Boston Brown Bread. —One cap corn meal, one cup Graham flour, one cup rye flour, % tablespoon soda, two cups cold water, % cup raisins, Vi tablespoon salt. Mix thoroughly. Steam in buttered pail two hours, then bake one hour. Cheese Dainty. One-half pound cream cheese, one tablespoon butter, juice of small onion, one tablespoon chopped parsley, two tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, pinch cayenne. Mix thoroughly, mold into balls, serve on lettuce leaves with French dressing. Raisih Cake. —One cup sugar, Mi cup butter, one whole egg, yolks of two, 2-3 cup sweet milk, two cups flour, M tablespoon flour, one tablespoon cream tartar, one tablespoon vanilla. Filling—Whites of two eggs beaten stiff, one cup chopped raisins, one tablespoon sugar, pinch cloves, few drops lemon, ice with white icing.’

Old-Fashioned Rhubarb Pie.

Make a rich pastry, using only butter for shortening. After lining a deep pie pan with the pastry, which Bhould be rolled out thin, wash the rhubarb in cold water, cut it in halfinch pieces without peeling it. Lay the pieces on the crust till It is well sovered, then sprinkle over the layer a generous layer of sugar. Repeat this process till the dish is well filled and piled in a well-rounded mound toward He center. Have the top layer of sugar. Roll out the’top crust, make several cuts in the center of It Wet the edge Df the lower crust with cold water, then carefully turn the upper crust over the rolling pin and lay it on top. Lift the pan with a sharp knife, trim the edges of the crust, cutting from you. With the side of your thumb press the edges of the crust together dll around the pan. Place the pie'in a moderate oven and let it bake till a nice golden brown. Then remove it from the oven, dust it over the surface with powdered sugar and stand the pie to cool.

Mending Wire Door.

There is much more general screening of doors and windows nowadays, because it has become known generally that flies are dangerous germ carriers. Bronze and copper wire is said to be the most durable, but if a hole appears, cut a piece the same shape but about two inches larger ali around, unravel the edges, place over the part to be mended, and weave in and out through every other hole, being very careful not tq break the wires. Keep the wires smooth and straight, and when the weaving is finished, hammer the surface to give an added smoothness. Wire netting is excellent for mending the bottoms of upholstered chairs. It may be securely fastened around the edges by double-headed tacks and over the springs, then neatly covered with thick muslin.

French Tea Cream.

Scald one quart of cream, take from the fire, add one teaspoonful of any preferred kind of tea, stir for an instant, cover closely for six minutes, then strain. Return to the fire in a double boiler with five eggs and five tablespoonfuls of sugar beaten together and added to it, and stir until as thick as custard. Take from the fire, add one box of gelatin which has been soaked in one cupful of cold water and stir.until dissolved. Strain into a wetted mold and set away until firm. Serve with whipped cream.

Salad Sandwiches.

Salad sandwiches include any salad in which meat and lettuce or any other salad green are combined. A small piece of crisp green should be placed on each slice of buttered bread. The lettuce may be sprinkled with A dash of salt and pepper and spread lightly with mayonnaise or French dressing. The slice of meat should be placed on one piece of lettuce, the other !ettu<% covered piece of bread should be put on top and the whole pressed firmly together before trimming and cutting.

Covering the Glass Door.

A Possibly you have tired of the white curtain at the front door. If so, then by all means cover the glass with one of the paper coverings that can be pasted to the g!as% and which reflects the same lights as a genuine glass door. The paper is more fashionable than curtains. The deep ruby, green and yellow papers are best for the purpose. This paper may be also used to cover stairway and hall windows.

The ONLOOKER

By HENRY HOWLAND

“I tell you there is, after all, » divinity that shapes our ends.” “Bosh! I insist that I am captain of my soul.” "You may be captain of your soul, all right, but I want to tell you of an, experience I had yesterday. It happened that I had a nice, new $lO bill in my pocket. Well, there were a number of things that I could have done with It —a number of pleasant things—things that I really wished to do.- During the forenoon I heard thevoice of Smitherton out in the hall. He was asking for ipe. I knew, of course, what he was after. I owed him $lO. By acting quickly and dodging Into another room I managed to get out before he could catch sight of me. I supposed I was safe, after I had got out*V>f the building, but as I was turning the corner I ran plump into my former wife, who demanded her last week’s alimony. I might) have got Smitherton to wait if I bad) stayed and faced him.”

Love Letters.

He wrote a letter every day; He called her “Darling,” “Precious,* "Dove.” The lady filed them all away; Her gentle breast was filled with love. . He wrote that if her love should cease The sun and moon and stars would fall. She tied them up and held her peace. And kept them indexed, one and all. Now she is asking him to pay, She’s brought his letters all to light. | ■ The moral is as plain as day; Love if you must, but do not write.

SPITE.

Strategy.

“My wife insists on having a cottage by the sea this summer* ‘Ts she fond of the water?" “No, she dreads it, but my sister, who, with her four boys, generally visits us during the summer, is morbidly afraid they will be drowned and always keeps them as Car as possiblefrom any place that is wet"

Precocity,

"Grandma, that fairy story isn't true,. is itr "Why do you think it isn’t true, dear?” "'Cause it says they were married! and lived happily ever after. If it wa» true It would say they lived happily until they got their divorce, wouldn't^ ttr

No Cause for Alarm.

“Ah," sighed Mr. Hen peck, “It's a pity the way most great men’s sons turn out It’s only in rare cases that they amount to anything.” / "I hope,” the lady returned, “that yon are not worrying about our child In this connection.”

No Chance.

“Your father has money enough; why don’t'you get him to quit workIngr "We’ve tried to, but there’s no public job to which we are able to get him appointed.”

It Keeps Her Busy.

A girl’s life is one continuous effort to create the impression that she wouldn’t think of doing things she’s crazy to try.

Sublime Egotism.

Some men are such egotists that they even imagine themselves to bo of Importance at their own wed* dings. * , :

“I always pity a fat man on a hot day.” “I don’t, for I never saw a fat man who frit the least sympathy for me when the weather was cold.*