Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1913 — Page 3

The ONLOOKER

By HENRY HOWLAND

T6j»ier Esteem

St from the average man you wish to win respect or admiration. There Is a way that never fails, no matter what your occupation; _ You may engage In deals that look trifle Shady or suspicious; You may get on by hook or crook and cling to habits that are vicious, But you may cause the average man to humbly pay you his addresses By' having Just a little more than he possesses. You may not have the taste that spells experience and education; Xt may be that you have not gained a very lofty station; You may have little grace,or wit and claim the coarsest boor's ambition; You may be totally unfit for any prominent position. But by your neighbor you can be applauded, envied and admired, Xf you have Just a little more than he's acquired. Xf Brown has more than Poster, Brown stands high in Poster’s estimation, And Foster, though his merit shines, from Brown gets small consideration; For men have but one standard which they use In measuring each other; Be who has managed to get rich is still awed by his richer brother; So If you wish to be esteemed put an . things else aside and labor * To be a little richer than your richest neighbor.

His Experience Under Fire.

"Oh, Mrs. Brassbraid,” exclaimed the beautiful girl, "bow proud you must be to think that you are married to a hero. I have just been talking to your hußband.” "Have jrou?” replied the wife of the bespangled member of the governors staff. “I noticed that ypu and he re- ' mained in that corner behind the palms a long time.” '‘How Wave he must be. He told me that he had actually been under fire.” “Yes. It was wheii the people in the flat above ours were byrned out. He slept peacefully and bravely away until the water began to come through ®ur celling.”

Glorious Part.

"At last,” explained the low come dian, “I have a part that Jdßt suits me.” “Good,” said the first old lady. "You are the only actor I ever knew who was thoroughly satisfied with his part What Is it?” “Oh, the part much, as far as that goes, but I'm supposed to be a burglar, and I break Into a pantry ant eat a real meal at every performance.*

A Born Leader.

**He’a born to-be a leader,” his parents fondly said, As proudly they beheld him upon his downy bed; , i. ■•‘See how his forehead bulges,” exclaimed his doting dad. “His law is shaped exactly like that Napoleon had." “He’s born to be a leader," they said with honest Joy What time he bossed the while he was yet a boy; * And they were right in thinking him sent to have command; . He has become a leader—be leads a village band. *

His Hope.

*- “Is thlß the place where you want « boy?” “Yes. Where did you work last?" "My dear sir," replied little Ralph Waldo from Boston. "I hope I have not worked last anywhere, as yet”

Diplomacy.

"She married the president of one of the big trunk lines, I believe.” “Yes. ’ I s’pose she did it so she could have her extra trunks taken without being compelled to pay for exoess baggage.”

Cause of His Excitement

"Why is that man making so much noise, waijterl Has he gone suddenly crazy?” “He ordered cantaloupe, sir, the piece he got was fit to eat sir-”

Definition.

"Pa, what’s a hypocrite?” "A man who pretends that he isn’t mad when his wife arranges the draw* ers and puts his shirts where he can** find them.”

WAR REMINISCENCES

6TH CORPS AT FORT STEVENS Member of 3rd Vermont Relates Some Personal Experiences—Notables Witnessed Fighting. The article published recently lit regard to placing a large stone at Fort Stevens as a memorial to the battle of July 12, 1864, calls to mind some personal experiences there. As a member of the old Vermont brigade 1 had been all through the strenuous campaign from the. - Wilderness to Petersburg, and was several weeks on that line, when on July# we had orders to move to City Point. This we found to include the whole Sixth Corps, or at least what had not already gone. We marched in the night a distance of about fourteen miles, then took transportation to Washings ton, arriving on the 11th, writes George A. Farrington of Company A, 3rd Vermont, of Elgin, 111., in the- National Tribune. =- General Early had been sent into Maryland to create a spare, so as to compel General Grant to weaken his lliie in front of Petersburg, and this force hgd already arrived at the line of forts around Washington. As we marched through the city the citizens were much relieved. As we passed up Seventh street we were welcomed in a truly friendly manner, and the Greek cross never locked so good before to any people. General Gordon has said: “On July 11, 1864, the second day after the battle of Monocacy, we were at the defenses of Washington. We were to the national capital than any armed Confederates had ever been, and nearer to it than and federal army had been to Richmond. I myself rode to a point on those breastworks at which there was no force In Bight. The unprotected space was ,broad enough for the easy passage of Early’s army without Undoubtedly we could have marched Into Washington, but In the council of war called by General Early there was not a dissenting opinion as to the impolicy Of entering the city.” After the Sixth Corps had taken a position and had time to get ready a strong line was moved forward shortly, after 4 o’clock, July 12, and a sharp fight took place, In which the Union loss was 280 and the loss on the other side was about the same. It is said that this battle took place In the presence of a more distinguished group of spectators than witnessed any other action of the war. President and Mrs. Lincoln, Secretary Stanton and other members of the cabinet and several ladies came out to Fort Stevens during the afternoon to see some actual fighting, and Mr. Lincoln remained during the action. I chanced to be in the line a few rods to the left of Fort Stevens, and knew when Mr. Lincoln was there, but I did not see him. We were all busy watching the effects of the large shells from the fort and expecting to be ordered forward at any moment. This battle was the first of the campaign in the . Shenandoah valley, which culminated at Cedar Creek under (Jen. Sheridan. After tne work was dpne In the valley we .returned to the lines in front of Petersburg, .and well do I remember the trip from Harper’s Ferry to Washington on a cold winter night on a platform car. In the morning we were covered with about six inches of snow.

TO BUY ANTIETAM LANDMARK

Dunkard Church on Battlefield May Be Sold to Government to Be Used for Office. It Is now said on good authority that the United States government is desirous of acquiring the old Dunkard church on Antietam battlefield, anti that the war department will use It as an office, if It can be purchased, according to the Baltimore News. , The church is a small, rough cast structure, built in 1851, and it is located along the Hagerstown and SharpSburg turnpike, near Bloody Lane. It is still used for services by the Manor congregation, Church of the Brethren, and the congregation wishes to dispose of the property. ■ The title to the church, however; is complicated, as the deed of gift for the site from Samuel Mumma provided that it be used by the Church of the Brethren to erect a house of public worship thereon and hold therein their services. Any deviation from this purpose would, in the opinion of lawyers, cause title to revert to the Mumma heirs, who are numerous and scattered' The Maryland monument is near the church, also those of Indiana, New Jersey and the Philadelphia brigade.

Colonel’s Wife.

Colonel Yerger*s wife was a co» stant source of embarrassment to him. Colonel Yerger once gave a dinner party to' a few select ladles and gen* tlemen. Of course, he was called upon for an after-dinner speech. Colonel Yerger got up and began: “Ladles and gentlemen, unprepared as I am —being whplly unprepared to make a speech—not having expect ed£—” There was a painful silence, which was broken by Mrs. Yerger. "Why, * Colonel, you knew youi speech perfectly this morning.”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER; IND.

RUNS OVER ICE FIELD

ROADBED OF ALASKAN RAILROAD RESTS ON GLACIER. Builders Admit Situation Has Its Perils, Though rfiere Is Little Danger of Sudden. Catastrophe— Minor Accidents Frequent. An Alaskan railroad, the Copper River & Northwestern, runs for nearly

Digest, Prof. Laurence Martin, chief of the National Geographical Alaskan expedition, describes this part of the road and recounts the dangers that is running in its risky location. Fortunately, glaciers move slowly, and there is little- peril in Any sudden catastrophe. Writes Professor Martin: / “During our visit In 1909 the ice was visible on six of the railroad cuts on the terminal glacier; it was no longer seen a year later, although It could be brought to light by digging Blightly. In 1909 the railroad had been built on a sort of a shield of morainic ballast encased In* the ice, which had been opened up with dynamite. It was found to be seriously changed In 1910, the sinking dqp to the melting of the ice varying from two to three feet in one place and to six or even eight feet in others. . . . The railroad men had endeavored to repair the damage by filling in. . . . “Nowhere else in the world —at least to our knowledge—has a railroad line been constructed for nearly seven miles on the edge of a still active glacier. Here the layer of ballast which supports the ties and rails lies directly on the ice, and not, as at the Heney glacier, several miles to the north, on a solid moraine. “This perilbus situation gives rise to continual accidents; sometimes the meltihg of the ice displaces the profile of the road; sometimes there are formed new streams, which involve a

Railway Over the Moraine, Showing the Ice on the Left.

readjustment of the whole system of support ; ,onpe even the* abutment of a bridge sliud 16 inches toward the river, and h new one had to be built As these difficulties are renewed every summer, it is very expensive to maintain the way, and the speed of the trains must be kept very low, although the passengers are never in danger, as a very close watch is necessarily kept of the road. “What makes the upkeep of the road still more risky is the possibility of a .forward movement of the glacier. The road would be destroyed and all traffic Btopped, for there would be no possible way of getting out. After the period of Immunity of 67 years, which is attested by the vegetation, a movement of this kind may take place any day.”

Improving Australian Railroads.

Standardizing rail gauge on the railroads in the continental states of Australia is proving costly through delay in pushing the work forward, according to a recent report now in the hands ok the federal government. The report of the engineers in chief recommends the adoption of a uniform gauge of 4 feet 8% inches (the existing New South Wales gauge) on the grounds of the comfort and convenience of passengers, the facility of transfer of troops and merchandise, and the reduction of rolling stock. Owing to the huge cost of bringing about complete uniformity. It is suggested that as a preliminary step the through lines from Fremantle to Brisbane (including the tran-Australian line now under construction) should be converted to 4 feet 8% inches at a cost of $60,710,000. The engineers strongly urge that the work of conversion should be begun without delay, and it is pointed out that in 1897 the estimated cost of converting the 5 feet 3 inch gauge lines in Victoria and South Australia to the 4' feet 8% inch gauge was only $11,800,000 against $36,475,000 at the present time.

Expanding Screw to Spike Rails to Ties

For attaching rails to ties on railroads a Frenchman has- invented a screw that is said to hold fighter than anything yet devised. It is in two parts: First a hollow screw, open at the lower end, slit a short distance up the sides had having a worm inside as well as outside. This is screwed into the hole in the tie. Into It is screwed the second part, which is a solid screw, conical in shape. As this is driven home it forces the lower end of the hollow screw apart, making it Bpread and become wider below than above, thus biting the wood of the tie in a way that makes it inextricable. ' .

seven miles over the lower end of the Allen partly covered in this part with moraines and vegetation, although at points the Ice is visible. In an article contributed to La Nature, says the Literary

FAULTY RAIL ALWAYS PERIL

Probably Worst Danger Known to Railroading, and Constant Watchfulness Only Minimizes It * _______ Only a few days ago a broken rail caused a railroad accident which might easily have resulted in serious loss to life. A passenger train was derailed and by a miracle the cars came to a standstill Just before piling over the edge of bank into a swollen river. This is an illtistration of the, peril of the unsound rail. —- During the three months ended January 1 of the cprrent year 2,967 persons were killed and 51,323 were injured on steam railroads In the United States. There were 1,859 collisions and 2,135 derailments. Passenger trains were concerned In 229 of the collisions and 194 of the derailments. The property losses reached the total of $3,408,953, and this sum covered only the damage to the rolling stock, etc., belonging to the railroads. Calculated at thffe rate the railroads would suffer annually in this manner a loss of substantially $14,000,000, and the public has to pay for this in the mid. The additional sums that would be involved in lawsuits and the payment of damage claims would run the aggregate yearly drain, due to negligence or mechanical failures, into many millions of dollars more. Broken rails and fractured wheels were mainly responsible for the casualties, and 71 per cent, of all of the derailments were occasioned by defective roadvfay or equipment, while nearly 24 per cent, of the derailments were caused by broken pdls. Shattered or fractured wheels were accountable for 26.5 per cent, of the derailments. Collisions can mostly be avoided through proper alertness on the part of responsible employes, but M tbere is something insidious about thlg peril of the faulty ralL To the casual eye of the track walker the rail may be seemingly sound, and yet within the substance of its head or the thinner material of the supporting web a catastrophe may be larking. Unseen, the steel may be yielding and at the next blow the rail may be shattered and a speeding train hurled from its course.

UNDER FIVE MILES IN LENGTH

England Has No Fewer Than Ten Railroads With a Trackage That Is Insignificant. Altogether there are ten railroads in various parts of the country which are under five miles in length. The shortest line is that of the Felixstowe Dock and Railroad company, which nans from the Great Eastern/ line at Felixstowe Beach station, in Suffolk, down to Felixstowe dock. It is only 726 yards long, its entire rolling stock? consisting of 12 freight cars. The next shortest is the Milford Haven Dock company’s railroad, which is only .a mile and a quarter in length, and which was opened ih 1882. It runs from Milford Haven on the Great Western roalroad to Newton Noyes pier, and its rolling stock consists Of one locomotive and 21 freight cars. The Stockbridge railroad is one mile seven furlongs in length, and has one locomotive, two passenger carriages and 68 freight cars. It runs from Deepcar, near Sheffield, on the Great Central, to Stockbridge. The Rye & Cambridge Steam tramway is two and a half miles long,, and possesses two locomotives, two passenger coaches and three freight cars, while the South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn railroad is a mile and threequarters long, and runs from South Shields to Witburn colliery, says the English Railway Magazine. In Cumberland there is the Rowrah & Kelton Fell Mineral railroad, three miles long, which connects with -the Furness railroad. The nearest of these tiny railroads to London is the Corringham Light railroad, which starts at Covingham, about three miles from Stanford-le-Hope, in Essex, and runs to' Kynochtown. The rolling stock consists of two locomotives, two passenger vehicles and ten freight cars.

Cape to Cairo Rival.

The French project for a trans-Af-rican railroad from Algiers to Cajfe Town, using the line from Stanleyville to Cape Town, has taken definite form. In January, says the Scientific and Mining Press, an expedition to make a preliminary survey from Colomb-Bechar the present southern terminus of the Algerian railroad, to Lake Tchad, started out from the former point The engineers believe that the crossing of the Sahara desert presents no unsurmountable difficulties. From Lake Tchad the line will presumably follow the divide between the Sbaro and Nile basins and will enter the Belgian Kongo at Semio on the Bomu river, from there going to Stanleyville.

Defects of Steel Ties.

The ufce of steel ties on foreign railroads is not universally successful. Mr. Braet, engineer in chief of the Belgian State railways, informs Engineering News that the steel 3ftes are unsatisfactory under high speed traffic. The Netherlands State Railways company has abandoned their use because of the expense... Engineering authority in this country discountenance them, stating that none of the foreign steel ties in use are strong enough to bear the heavy trains and the driving axle loads of 50.000 and SO,OOO pounds on the American trunk line railways

Not His Fate to Die In Wreck.

Los Angeles has a mail clerk. P. D. Popenoe, who has survived forty railroad wrecks. :: ■+—- r

MAKE CHANGE IN MENU

DISHES WITHOUT MEAT AFFORD VARIETY TO DIET. Imported Recipe* Economical and Unusual—ltalian Methods of Combining Macaroni and Eggs in Appetizing Manner. Although meat furnishes heat for the body, and therefore ie necessary in cold countries and cold seasons, * relief from a meat diet is welcomed by every one and affords a variety to a diet that gives beneficial results. The combination dishes fit in very well, furnishing in their double and triple form a more appetizing and nourishing fare. These allow the housewife to ring the changes on one dish and, to use left-overs in an attractive form. We can resort to European countries for inspiration. France, Italy, Germany give countless recipes that are economical and unusual. They are good to eat, too, a very important fact to be considered. In Italy there is a wealth of cheap, nourishing dishes which every housekeeper gives when meat is not required. One of the favorite dishes at the Italian is macaroni and eggs combined in numerous clever ways. Italian Malgre Dishes,—The macaroni, boiled until creamy and thick; and never hardened In the oven until the uppermost layer resembles pieces of bark instead of floor paste, is mixed with sliced, hard boiled eggs and cheese, with tomatoes deliciously fried in butter, with poached eggs sprinkled with grated cheese, with fish or with chestnuts in many different ways. Macaroni and Chestnuts.—Take 20 chestnuts. Grill them. Then remove the skins, and cut the kernels in halves. Cook some macaroni in salted water, add the chestnuts and when cooked, drain and add butter, salt, pepper and grated cheese. Turn into a buttered fireproof dish, and place In the oven, after sprinkling the top fine breadcrumbs and melted butter. Serve when brown, Patate Alla Provenzale.—A favorite potato dish —to be served as a dish by itself—is known as “patate alia provenzale.” The Italian cook places a large lump of butter in a saucepan. She adds, to it a few spoonfuls of the beet cooking oil, finely pared lemon peel, finely chopped shallots, a little grated nutmeg, salt, pepper and minced parsley. She then peels and Bllces some potatoes, and turns them Into the frying pan. She cooks them until nicely brown, but not hard. The fire is not too quick. Finally, she sprinkles lemon juice over them, and hands slices of lemon with the dish. Rlce-Bplna£h.—They make, besides, another malgre dish in Germany of spinach and rice. While the spinach is cooking, a quarter of a pound of rice is boiled in milk—nicely seasoned —the epinach being then strained and finely minced. A beaten egg is added to the rice with a spoonful of thick, sour cream, butter, salt and pepper. Rice and spinach are then alternately placed in a buttered pie dish and vegetable stock—some of the spinach water —poured over the top. The whole is covered with breadcrumbs and melted butter and browned in the .oven.

Pineapple Pie.

Juice from one can of 10 or 15 cent pineapple (sliced), about half a cup, add one tablespoonful lemon juice, fill cup with water, add three more cup* fuls of water, one cupful sugar l (white), and a pinch of salt Bring to a boil. Add four round tablespoonfuls of corn starch wet in a little more water; cook three minutes. Add beaten yolks of three eggs, cook two minutes more. Pour into two baked pie crusts that have been baked in jelly tins. Let cool three minutes, put smhll bits of pineapple on top. When cold, add meringue. Use remaining pineapple in salad with apples and bananas.

Summer Plum Pudding.

Press rich stewed plums through a coarse sieve and measure the pulp. To each pint allow one and one-half tablespoons of corn starch. Mix the corn starch smoothly with , a little cold water. Bring the plums, pulp and Juice to a boil, stir in the corn starch, and boil for 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour it into a wet mold, and set away until cold and firm. When time to serve, turn it out carefully, and pour rich yellow, ice-cold custard around it

Stewed Cucumbers.

Peel and cut into two-inch lengths four ripe cucumbers. Cover with a tea* spoonful of oil, vinegar and salt for two hours. Into a skillet melt two tablespoonfuls butter, a teaspoonful salt and grated nutmeg. Simmer cucumbers in this sauce about twenty minutes, or until tender. Add a tablespoonful flour and one-half cup of cream to the butter in pan and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Simmer, but do not boil, for another ten minutes. Serve very hot. adding the Juice of half a lemon and a pinch of chopped parsley.

Coffee Frappe.

Save the coffee left from breakfast., add one cup sugar to one cup of cream* to each quart, freeze rather soft and pack in the tireless cooker until dinner time, serve is tall glasses. Or if you prefer, freeze the coffee without cream, whip the latter and place a spoonful on each glass.

When Making Mint Sauce.

When making mint sauce if hot vinegar is used Instead of cold it will greatly Improve the flavor and give the sauce better color.

MEAT AND VEGETABLE SALAD

•Lsft-Ovsrs” May B* Ussd to Ativan* tags In This Appstfzfng anti Seasonable Dish. * Free the meat from skin and bone, and cut into small dice. For each pint make a French dressing with four table* pooufuls of olive oil, one tablespoonful of salt and one-quarter of * teaspoonful of plain or tarragon vinegar, one-half of a teaspoonful of salt and one-quarter of a teaspoonful of white pepper, and with it thoroughly marinate the meat. Set aside in a. cold place for in hour or more, that It may be thoroughly Impregnated withi dressing, drain and marinate separately with French dressing. Arrange m bed of lettuce or other green salad om a platter, pour on it the meat and garnish It with vegetables. A few nasturtium leaves will add piquancy to thei salad, or a little watercress may bet need with the lettuce, the combination; depending largely upon the meat oni < hand and In the way in which it wool cooked. Boiled meat usually needs! more in the way of seasoning than roast meat; a few drops of onion juice or a teaspoonful of finely chopped chives is frequently a decided addition.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A delicious sandwich is made of! cream cheese and dates. Castor oil rubbed thoroughly into! boots and shoes will make them soft-. When curtains are hung up to dry* they should be hung double over theT line. Cold* slaw served in green pepper shells is a dainty bit for luncheon. The old-fashioned Shetland shawf should be washed in bran and warns water—no soap! When making sandwiches, it In beat to butter the end of the loaf before cutting off the slice. If a piece of sugar Is pat Into the water that flowers stand In, they will keep fresh quite a long time. Wet shoes should be stuffed with paper before they are put away; they will dry more quickly and not be so hard. Finger marks v on the doors will clean off easily if the cloth is Erst dipped in kerosene; then wash in tha usual way. In preparing eggplant, press it under water instead of Just salting 1L This prevents the vegetable from turning black. Wall paper can be cleaned by making a paste of whitening. Lay it thick on the marks, allow it to dry, then brush off.

Boiled Onions In White Sauce.

Peel the onions and cut ofl the roots, dropping Into cold water as fast as they are peeled. Drain from the cold water and put in a stewpan with boiling water to cover generously. Add a teaspoqnful of salt for each quart of water. Boil rapidly for ten minutes, with the cover partially- off the saucepan. Drain off the water and cover the onions with hot sweet milk (a quart of onions will require a pint of milk). Simmer for half an hour. Add one teaspoonful of white pepper. Gradually beat in about half a cupful of milk in which the onions are cooking. When smooth stir the mixture into the onions and milk. Let the dish cook ten minutes longer and serve. , ,

Poor Man's Pudding.

Butter a pudding dish. Over the bottom of dish scatter one-half cup well washed raw rice, one-half cup sugar, a pinch of salt, a sprinkle of nutmeg. Then pour in erne quart of milk. Bake in a medium oven an hour and a half. Do not stir at all, neither before nor after it goes into the oven. The time of baking may vary, but bake until the rice shows above the milk and it is done. Every grain la separate. The milk is like heavy crapn and it is delieious, hot or cold. If the oven is toe hot the milk evaporates and the pudding is too stiff.

Victoria Fans.

Mix two cups of flour sad one-half cup brown sugar, then sift Wash three-quarters cup butter and work into the mixture, using the hands. Toss on a floured board and roll to onethird inch in thickness Shape with a large, round, fluted cutter, first dipped in flour. Cut each round in quarters and crease to represent an open fan. Brash over with yolk of egg slightly beaten and diluted with milk. Bake in a moderate oven until delicately browned.

To Remove Grease.

Pour cold water, with a little lemon juice, on the grease marks immediately after spilling the grease. This, you will find, hardens it quickly and you can remove it with the aid of a knife, without leaving a dark.

Potato Soup.

Four large potatoes, one onion. Boil In two quarts of water until soft. Press through a sieve, and add ons pint of sweet milk, one tablespoon butter, a little salt and pepper. Let It boil up again and serve.

Good Starch.

Put into the starch you use a little soda to keep it swdt, and a teaspoonful of glycerine,- which imparts a dainty gloss to collars and cuffs. Clothes starched with this mixture may stand tor S 6 hours without the least danger | of mildew.

For Damp Cupboards

When troubled with the cupboard being damp it is very good to put a. quantity of quicklime in it tor a fetedays, as it absorbs the moisture e% tirely.