Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1913 — Page 2

GOING ON A PLEASURE TRIP.

UNCLE’ SAM’S blue - jacketed sailor men, to the number of about eight thousand, are going on a pleasure tour. Tha contemplated outing throws down the gauntlet to well-laid plans of millionaire yacht owners who seek to amuse themselves in regions where the world is most prone to smile. These light-hearted, frolicsome American boys are to be turned loose in the ports of the Mediterranean with their pockets full of mopey, and admonished to have the time of their lives. They are to be conducted to the pleasure land on craft each unit of which represents a value of $12,000,000. The ships are to be tied up in the various harbors* with sleeping quarters and food always ready when purses are empty. No man need have a care in the world, for his own ship lies ready to bear him back to America in time for a Christmas at home when his money is spent. This cruise of the great men-of-war is made to redeem campaign pledges, as it were. Agents of the navy department have been going forth throughout the land and asking young men to enlist for service at sea. They have told these young men of the opportunities to learn trades in the navy, of the sport that is to be had in maneuvers at Newport and Guantanimo, of the opportunities that the service* offers to see the world. The Recruiting officers have not merely told them that they would see the ports of this nation and the 'Caribbean, hut the charm of foreign lands also has been held out as an inducement for enlistments. To Redeem Pledges. And how the department proposes to make good on these claims. Every effort is being made to increase the facilities for learning trades in the navy. Life aboard ship is being made healthful, stimulating and attractive. But navy programs of late have included little cruising abroad. The sailor man has known little except Newport, Norfolk and Guantanimo and a touch of Vera Cruz or Panama. w So it was determined that a trip to the Mediterranean should be made this fall. Pledges of recruiting campaigns should be redeemed. Secretary Daniels holds that men of the navy are better sailors and better citizens when they go back into private life because of these trips abroad. Likewise is the popularity of the navy increased, and this makes it possible to fill the service with better and better men all the time. When the trip to the Mediterranean was first planned it was proposed that the entire Atlantic fleet should go. Then conditions became so unsettled in Mexico that four battleships were assigned to those waters. Tha navy department contemplates the relief of those four ships by four others by November 1. This eliminates eight battleships. Then there is the regular work In the navy yards which calls for the overhauling of ships with a certain degree of regularity that the working force may be maintained. This fall there will be four battleships in those navy yards. So are twelve ships of the Atlantic fleet eliminated from the Mediterranean cruise. There remain nine great vessels that are at liberty to go. It was at first thought that some twenty destroyers would cross the Atlantic. These little, high-speed ships, the daredevils of the service, do not take the waves of the mighty main with the same degree of ease as do the dreadnoughts. They are entirely seaworthy, but in stormy weather they roll and plunge and inflict great hardship upon men and officers. As the Atlantic Is to be crossed at the season when gales are frequent, it was thought advisable to leave the destroyers at home But all those ships that are not allowed to make the present cruise are to be given later opportunity for cruising in foreign waters, and some of them are to have the privilege of first passing through the Panama canal, an event that will transpire before the new year. They will go abroad at other times. A trip to Scandinavian waters is being talked of for next summer. The torpedo flotilla will likewise be given its chance pleasure jaunt that will be as gopd us the best. n So it comes to pass that which will sail from Hamptdn roads about November 1 will b& the Wyoming, flagship; the Vermoht, the Ohio, the Arkansas the Florida, the Utah, the Delaware and two as yet not framed. Carry Ail Supplies. With these battleships will go three new colliers, the Orloo, the Jason and MWSwMkT ’

PART of ATLANTIC FLEET

the Cyclops. The bunkers of the battleships will be full of coal when they leave Hampton roads. With the three new Coal ships plowing in its wake, the fleet of dreadnoughts will demonstrate its ability to subsist for a threemonth cruise without calling in any outside source of supply whatever. No ship will take on coal other than from the accompanying colliers from the time it leaves Hampton roads until its return, a period of nearly three months. The same Is true with reference to supplies for the 8,500 men who are making the cruise. The larder of all the ships will be full when the cruise is begun. The great cold storage compartments will be stocked with frozen meat and throughout the trip the men will have as good food as when in a home port. The supply ship Celtic, which is the last word in the way of an up-to-date refrigeration plant afloat, will accompany the fleet, and from its stores the v dreadnoughts will draw men necessary, although it is figured that the three-month cruise could be made even without the supply ship. This self-dependence of the fleet is intended as a demonstration of the possibilities in time of need. The fleet wants to show that it can go forth and give an account of itself for three months without the necessity of returning to the home port. There are few campaigns at sea that would require more than three months. Conflicts at sea that would make world history could be Initiated and brought to a conclusion in less time. Almost any point in the world could be reached from our supply bases and the force of the whole navy hurled against it without any occasion to worry about food and fuel. When nine of the great dreadnoughts of the Atlantic fleet steam out of Hampton roads a force will have been set in motion that is almost beyond conception. Each of these nine vessels will represent a weight of 20,000 tons. The nine, together with, .the colliers and supply ship, would weigh more than 200,000 tons. To carry the weight here represented would require 3,500 freight cars, which, strung out on the tracks, would make a line thirty .miles long. When steam is up and these ships are moving at the rate of twenty knots an hour there is a force in motion that comes near being irresistible.

POPPER’S ANSWER TO LISZT

Cellist’s Gentle Retort to the Com poser’s Seeming Attack on the Jewish Race. Among the anecdotes told about the late David Popper is an interesting one relating to Liszt. It is well known that many of the pages attributed to Liszt were really written by the Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein. The most flagrant instance was the insertion by her in one of his books of some pages attacking the Jews and advising their deportation in a body to Palestine. Liszt was greatly annoyed at this, for such sentiments were entirely foreign to his character, and many of his best friends were Jews; among them David Popper, the, famous violoncellist. Not long after the appearance of the book referred to Popper made a call on Liszt, who was delighted to see him. and asked when he came and where he was going. , I am on the way to Palestine, dear master, in accordance with your wishes,” was the prompt answer.

Cook—ls please, mum, you’ll be so good as to take my notice from today! Mistress—But what’s wrong, cook? I have no wish to part with you. Cook—Nor I with you, mum. It’s all along of that new hussy the housemaid. I’m„sure the way master an’ her .carries on is shameful, an’ I won’t stay where such things are allowed. Mistress —But is that reason for leaving, cook? Of course such things are not allowed, and I can soon put a stop to them. And, really, as long as yoiur master doesnit canjy on with you I don’t see why should wish to leave m Cook—l thin« I’ll go all the same, mum. Before that hut-Bv came master used to be nice to ma but he wouldn't ever be the same again now.

Old Peterby is rich nod stingy: In the event of his death his nephew will inherit his property. A friend bf the family said to the bid gentleman: "I hear your nephew) !® going to marry. On that occasion you ought to do something to make him happy." "I will,” said Peterby: “I’ll pretend that I am dangerously ill.’'

That Explained Everything.

Inexpensive Pleasure Given.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. .

FROWN ON ALL WASTE

RAILROADS ARE KEEN ON SAVING ' THE PENNIES. Not ths Slightest Scrap Allowed to Be Thrown Away —Saving by This Policy Amounts to Thousands of Dollars a Year. It probably would surprise most persons to know that every little sheet of paper and every piece of iron or steel and every piece of old oily waste used in railroad work is saved and sold after its usefulness to tiye railroad company is ended. It also is sur prising to know that the wastes of a big railroad corporation have a lot to do with the dividends on the stock, for whatever waste is saved and sold is just that much profit for the company and its owners. Even the sawdust and shavings of the railroad shop are saved and used either for packing ice or for heating the furnaces. The cloths and cotton waste that are used in wiping the machinery and keeping it bright and shiny are never thrown away, but are carefully saved and used for starting the fires in locomotive furnaces, instead of soaking wood kindling in kerosene. Tons and tons of waste paper are collected in all the little railway stations, and when there is a big pile it is put into sacks and shipped to a division point and baled and then sold to paper houses that use this waste paper for a base for new pWpej*. “We don’t know Just how much'of a saving is made every year by these little waste accumulations, but it amounts to thousands of dollars and tons every year,” said the general manager of a western road. “This company has its general scrap yards. All of the broken pieces of rail, old spikes, bolts, nuts, broken switch frogs and everything else of an iron or steel nature is gathered up by each section foreman, and whenever is enough of this scrap to make a carload on any division a car is sent out on a local train, the scrap iron and steel loaded into the ear and it goes into the general scrap yards. “The company employs many specially trained men at the yards. They sort over the piles of scrap and pick out what can be made useful to the company. Whatever cannot be used is sold for old iron or old accumulations of ordinary iron and steel scrap on the system exceeds fifty thousand tons a year* About half of it is available for use after being worked over and the other half is sold to steel mills. “We do not try to clean and use again the waste that is used for rubbing machinery, because it is full of grit, fine particles of steel and sand which would damage the bearings. But we use it for starting fires in the furnaces. The waste that is used in the journal-boxes of all cars is saved and it is run through machines when too dirty and thorouhgly cleaned. The waste is dry and almost as clean and white as the day it was purchased and it is used over again. The oil is strained and ready for use a second time, instead of being thrown away.”

RAILS BADLY BUCKLED

The expansion of rails from the heat, with consequent buckling, is one

vent an accident, and the bent rails were quickly replaced by new rails, be;ween the ends of which plenty of space was left for expansion.—Popular Mechanics,

Stopped Train to Pick Up Dog.

A dog stopped a train at Lauderdale, Berwickshire, Scotland, under remarkable circumstances, a feiWays ago. The shepherd lost the dog in Lauder, and rest without her, but Nell, as she was called, raced after the train in which her master was for four miles, drawing level on a stiff gradient, and then running alongside for softie distance. She kept so close that the occupants of a compartment, who noticed her, were afraid she would be run over. One of 'them pulled the communication cord stopped the train, the faithful dog thus getting in safely.

Bridge Rebuilt in Short Order,

More than a mile of burned railroad bridge was rebuilt in 12 days this summer. It was the two-track bridge across Newark bay, 5,663 feet long, including a draw 264 feet long. The fire was yet in progress when the reconstruction was decided upon and the plans got ready. Orders were given for 14 pile driveirs, 13 marine derricks, $1 scows, - two tugs, six catamarans, five air compressors, three water boats, two derrick cars, two locomotive trains, three switch engines, two teams of horses, 3,000,000 feet of lumber and for the assembling of 1,600 men. *

FASCINATED BY THE RAILS

Only Explanation for the Persistency With .Which Animals Stay in Front of Moving Trains. As the engineer in charge of a railroad 'track running through the Megantic, Que., district, was over his division in a track car propelled by a gasoline engine!, he Baw a fine deer on the track before him. His bridge inspector, who accompanied him, being a keen sportsman, at once sent the car along at full speed after the swiftly flying animal. These cars are supposed to be able to run along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, so that although the deer had a good start it was caught up with after about a mile’s racing. For . fear of a smash-up resulting from a rear-end collision, the foreman slacked up as the car came up to the frightened creature, and both men shouted vigorously to it to clear the track. The only result was another spurt of speed,/.Which was kept up until the nimble feet slipped through a high trestle, and the helpless deer, a three-year-old male, was made into venison. The curious feature of this not unexciting hunting was the persistency with which the stag kept to the track between the rails, instead of turning 'aside to the safety which a bound or two would have afforded in the bush. The engineer, in reporting the occurrence, says that three or four times during the past summer he has been obliged to stop his motor car to get the deer-to leave the track. This, and the fact that the engine drivers say that they have several times run down moose and deer in hunting districts led to an enthusiastic sportsman doing a little investgating on his own account. From personal experience, and much information received a very in.-, genious explanation of the refusal of the deer to leave the track between the metals has been deduced. . It is a fact known to experimentalists, that if a chicken’s bill is held to the floor to a chalk line drawn straight before it, the bird becomes fascinated and apparently unable to withdraw itself from it. So it appears that when fear is driving from behind, the two shining rails from the right and left have a fascinating 01/ hypnotizing effect upon deer, and as long as they are kept moving swiftly they are unable to turn to either side.

MUCH DEPENDS ON OFFICIALS

Railroad Workers Welcome Discipline of the Right Sort Under the Right Man. In a communication to the New York Sun a veteran railroader remarks: Whenever a railroad accident occurs there is usually much talk about regulation of speed, a closer supervision by state and federal boards, the installation of various mechanical and signal devices, etc., all of which, while being well enough in their way, are tinctured with hysteria and often founded upon little or no knowledge of the business. Such suggestions fail to touch the most important element in the whole safety proposition; namely, that improved devices and the best form of construction are valueless without the enforcement of a strict, observance of operating rules, simple discipline. The maintenance of discipline does not involve, as is often popularly supposed, arbitrary methods or harshness. A discipline founded upon such methods is but little better than no discipline at all. The right kind of discipline is severe but just, and it must have in it an element of kindness and decent treatment. The -right kind of discipline is generally desired by the rank and file of railroad employes, because they appreciate the fact that it is essential for thelr own safety, not to speak of the lives of passengers committed to their care. A discipline so administered dpes not create antagonism and disloyalty, but on the other hand carries with it the confidence and respect of railroad employes for the management. It is not possible to say precisely how all of this is accomplished and maintained, but it is all summed up in the art of handling men. One of the es sential qualifications of a railroad officer is that he shall so lead liis men as to secure their obedience to 'the rules, and also their confidence, esteem and support.

of the danger s for which railro a d trackmen are constantly on the lookout during the hot months o f summer, but it is not often that so extr em e a case as that shown in the illustratlo n oc c u rs. In this case the danger was discovered in time to pre-

Signal Department Most Important.

The signal department is becoming more and more a specialized part of the machinery of a railroad. The signal engineer is coming to be a very Important person. He must know paints and painting. ,He must understand cements and concrete work, adding a good knowledge of blacksmithlng and pipe fitting. Furthermore, he should be a machinist and have a certain idea about draughing as well as the designing and making of mechanical apparatus and should be a fairly good electrical engineer.

The oft-quoted Finnigan has a rival In Pat Donohue, an Ohio freight conductor whose train hat| a breakdown recently. After the "accident he sent this message to Train Dispatcher Straight: “Two-twenty-two has a busted flue. What will I do? Donohue.” This awakened the slumbering muss in the telegraph office, and the reply ran: “Wait. take your freight. Dispatcher Straight."

Poetry of Railroading.

FOR THE BEDROOM CLOSET

Row of Shelves Easily Arranged That. Will Bs Found Most Valuable. v The bedroom closet is frequently a secondary consideration, although it may be made an economic and artistic portion of the house. The perfect closet should have a window which readily opens. Under this a chest of drawers is arranged. If the room be sufficiently wide, a portion of these drawers can be built to accommodate hats, after the faßhion of the hat-boxes purchased in furnishing stores. Provision for shoes and slippers in a shallow drawer is a convenience often overlooked. Whenever possible, the clothes-closet should be easily thrown oped to outdoor air and light. The linen-closet

Drop Doors Cover Shelves.

does not need such an arrangement to so great an extent; but clothes that are frequently worn and ÜBed should be cared for in a well-ventilated room, and sunlight also is a wise provision. Mirrors are frequently placed in closet doors, occasionally on the inside, where the effect of the woodwork finish is not interrupted by the mirror-paneled door; but, more often, they are placed on the bedroom side. Shallow closetß, or wardrobes, while not so hygienic, are sometimes a necessity, and they may be made most convenient. When built along one side of a room with mirror doors, they make an attractive feature. Shallow drawers are frequently built below the main clothes space, and a cupboard above for hats. There are firms which manufacture fixtures for closets of this type. The fixture consists of a pole, which pulls out and exposes the clothes placed on hangers. This shallow closet takes up more wallspace in a bedroom; but, where compression of floor space is a necessity, it may be easily arranged and made, very convenient.

Boiled Salad Dressing.

Mix three teaspoons of sugar, onehalf teaspoon of mustard, one teaspoon of salt; beat the ingredients into the yolks of two eggs, add three' tablespoons of cream, either sweet or sour; one-half cup of vinegar and the beaten whites of two eggs, cook until it thickens, stirring constantly; remove from the stove and stir in four tablespoons of olive oil. This is a particularly good dressing for any one no accustomed to mayonnaise dressing, as a slight flavor of the oil is obtained. For use. with fruit or vegetables the amount of sugar may be changed to one s taste.

Currant Muffins.

One cupful milk, two cupfuls of flour, two tablespoonfuls fat, onefourth cupful sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful baking powder, one egg, one-half cupful c irrants. Mix and sift dry materials together, add milk, then beaten egg and melted fat. Stir in currants, which*’ have been washed and sprinkled with a lntle flour. Bake in a moderate oven about 20 minutes.

Oatmeal Bannocks.

Sift three cupfqlß of oatmeal, one cupful of flour and a teaspoon of salt well together. 801 l one pint of milk and in it melt two tablespoonfuls of butter. Make a hole in the middle of the sifted meal and flour and pour in the milk. Stir into a soft dough as quickly as possible, roll into a thin sheet, cut into round cakes and hake on a hot griddle. Butter while not and serve. Also good cold.

Fruit Salads.

Take a ring of fresh pineapple and fill the center with sliced banana and strawberries and Berve with French dressing or mayonnaise. Oranges and watercress make another good Balad. Remove the fiber from the orange and cut into sections. Place on lettuce leaves with a portion of watercress. A French dressing is best for this.

Corn, Eggs and Bacon.

Fry eight slices of Bacon and take out on the platter, then fry in the fat one-half can 'of corn until slightly brown; pour into this four eggs well beaten, with a little milk; add a bit of butter and stir until eggs are cooked.

When Milk Curdles.

Should you ever have trouble with milk curdling* when you put it on to boll try adding a liberal pinch of bicarbonate of soda to each quart of milk before putting it on the stove.

Liver Fried In Bread Crumbs.

CutLhe liver in slices, sprinkle witl salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg am very fine cracker crumbs. Fry si' minutes in boiling lard. . 4

The ONLOOKER

by HENRY HOWLAND

MoixkoreKcysW;

Montmorency Mlggsworth loved Lucretia Ann A&a.lr, Lover her with the love of twenty-four. Loved the very hairpins that were fastened In her hair. Loved the plaits and puffs and rat she wore. Loved the sky because she saw it. Loved the air because she breathed It,; Loved her as he fancied man had never! loved before. Montmorency Mlggsworth loved the llttly yellow bird That the maiden fed from day to day,. Loved the brindle kitten that lay In h«r> lap and purred, f . I-oved the wads of gum she tossedi away, Loved the chair that she sat In, Loved the tub that she bathed In, ( Loved her so he hardly had the timet to earn his pay. Montmorency Mlggsworth loved the shoeaj upon her feet, Loved the little mole upon her cheek; Loved her so he gladly paid for thing*) she liked to eat, Went to see her seven nights a week; j Loved the fillings In her molars. Loved the charcoal on her eyebrows. Loved so love became the only word h#t cared to speak. Montmorency Mlggsworth lose the job hej had possessed, Lost It when he had himself to blame; Then Lucretla scorned him, and, dlscour-t aged and oppressed, What he did was really a shame— Thought that life was not worth living, Loathed the world and longed to leave* ' It. But the world went swinging on Its orbitj just the same.

CANDID OPINION.

No man can win success by doing; something that has been done before.j A little taffy now and then’is reH lshed by the wisest men. Some girls seem to think they are not getting their money’s worth if they fail to get engaged seven on eight times before they get married.. One of the differences between the measles and the eccentricities ot genius is that the latter are not neo* essarily fatal if they strike in. When a man disgraces himßelf hlai first thought is not one of regret for his own shame, but of what the worldt will think. In addition to tempting Eve, Satan, probably Introduced money into thel Garden of Eden. People have died for love that would have made them miserable if they, could have had it

Some People Never Get Over It.

“That funny looking old fellow over there,” he said as he and the girl sati down on the stairs, “makes me think of a disagreeable thing that happened to me once when I was living in Phila-i delphla. I was at a gathering something like this and was talking to a stunning girl I had Just met. Well, among the guests was a little chap who looked for all the world ilk*. that homely little runt, and I got to making funny cracks to her about him/' After she’d lot me tie myself up in all kinds of knots she broke it to me gently that the old party with the twisted face was her—say, why are you looking at rile in that funny way?” “I \fras' Just wondering when you would stop long enough to let me tell you that you have been using my grandfather and myself for invldioua comparisons.”

What It Costs to Be a Pig.

He put his elbows on the table. He ate potatoes with a knife; He reached before the man beside him. And belched against the latter’s wife; .He wiped his nose upon hla napkin. He “chonked" and slopped things her* and th«^e; He never thought of those about him. j Or If he did he didn’t care. Next day he sought to win promotion, , But failed, and cursed his sorry lot; The man whose dinner he had. ruined Was master of the place he sought? . Some men get In the trough and wallow, • Nor care what others think or say— There's, nothing lost In having manners. And being decent by tha way.