Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1914 — Page 2

Along the Spansh Main

CRUISING along the Spanish Main, upon the glistening bosom of the Caribbean, the ocean tourist, no matter how care burdened, is quite apt to form the “lolling” habit. The air Is soothing to tired nerves, and I have little respect for an imagination that would not fall under the spelt of those perfect moonlit nights. For myself, en route from Trinidad to Colon, I just wanted to “loll’’ and dream of the days when pirates held sway in these waters, of the days of adventure and romance. It didn’t seem quite right that I should be enjoying all the luxuries of travel while possibly some of my forbears had to wrest their living from the sea. There were several distinguished passengers besides myself on board, including Lady Hope and the duchess of Kalamazoo. The passenger list presented a cosmopolitan assortment of Britishers, Americans, Spaniards and West- Indians. I must not neglect the young Irish patriot, an ardent champion of home rule, who had had several verbal set-tos with antagonistic Englishmen before our troupe boarded the steamer, writes C. Nick Stark m the Detroit Free Press. A ripple of melodramatic climax was reached on the second day out from Port-of-Spain, when, during a

heated argument between a Britisher ana the Duke of Cork, the latter started to warble “The Sun Is Now Rising on Ireland.” The incensed Englishman called the Irishman a "bally rotter,” or something like that, when bing! —the home rule advocate’s right shot into his adversary’s eye ’with such force as to break a bone In the smiter’s right hand and temporarily impair the Englishman’s eye for sight-seeing purposes. The incident almost caused international complications, and a general melee was only averted by prompt action on the part of the skipper, who ordered the combatants to be confined in their staterooms, where the only visitors were the surgeon and the stewards.

Bargain in Boa Constrictors. The distance from Port-of-Spain to Colon, Isthmus of Panama, is only a trifle over 1,000 miles, just an ordinary jump for an ocean-going theatrical company. The jump is broken by stops at Savanllla and Cartagena, on the Colombian coast. Panama has declared a strict quarantine against those towns, and passengers are not permitted to stray from the wharves. It is said that the sanitary grounds upon which the quarantine is based are merely a subterfuge. The Panamanian authorities are anxious to keep out undesirable, revolutionbreading pests frpni South America, and the quarantine serves the purpose. It is contended that the very bargains in Panama hats can be obtained at Savanllla and Cartagena. The venders that offered them for sale at the wharves had a sliding scale of prices. One needed only to be patient and wait until nearly sailing time, when prices rapidly descended. This was also true of the fluctuations in parrots, monkeys and boa constrictors. ? By not showing unseemly haste one could secure a nice sleek young boa constrictor for ILM. It is worth a long journey to see the wonderful Panama canal, but I the City of Panama or Colon as ideal lingering points for honeymoon couples. Except for the canal zone, the general aspect of Co-

tell us It wasn’t much more than a huge swamp—a yellow fever pest hole —when Uncle Sam began his clean-ing-up operations. From Colon to Kingston, Jamaica, it Js a short jump for a sea-going troupe—only about 500 miles. We played the City of Panama Monday night, and opened in Kingston Thurs; day night of the same week. This is what the small-time vaudevillian Would term a “split week.” Jamaica is justly termed the ' Gem of tfae Antilles.” One can well appreciate the enthusiasm of Columbus when, upon approaching this beautiful island, with its background of mountains melting into the sky, he exclaimed, “Santa Gloria!” Its history is filled with romance and thrills, and the exploits of Morgan and other famous buccaneers would afford material for the most blood-stirring melodramas. Frequently devastated by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tornadoes, it endures today as the most prosperous and commercially important of the British West Indies. Only seven years ago the island was visited by an earthquake which killed 1,200 persons and almost wiped Kingston off the map. It is something of a revelation, therefore, to find a city with as much bustle and real business activity as can be shown by the aver-

JUBILEE MARKET, KINGSTON.

age American city of Its size. They make a lot of noise about it, too. If one happens to be domiciled in the business section he will find the din of street traffic as annoying during hours of repose r.s in the larger metropolitan cities. The natives of Jamaica speak an almost unintelligible language that is alleged to be English. It is a sort of Afro-Cockney-dialect which has concis.eness for its keynote. It is not a musical tongue. The black people are constantly jabbering and they have a habit of conversing earnestly and in low tones with themselves as they shamble along the thoroughfares. Though the obeoh man who once practised voodooism amongst them, has been suppressed by law, some religious impostor periodically appears to

work on their superstitious and simple natures. Only the other day the newest “Messiah” was ordered to be banished to Barbadoes, which the Jamaican regards as the extreme penalty. This fellow came in town astride a donkey, wearing a nondescript uniform and equipped with a sword. His solemn mien and weird incantations soon won a host of followers, whom he led to the harbor, where he baptlzed the crowd at two shillings a head. He was draining the Impoverished negroes of every penny they could get, and when he made a bluff at crucifying himself on Good Friday the-law stepped in and grabbed him.

Where Color Regulates Caste. Social caste In Jamaica is regulated by the grade of color. There are black people, colored people and very light (though not quite white) people; As to the whites, the English Jew predominates, though he does not control. The mayor and nearly all the members of the Kingston city, council are colored men. Among the dark shades of humanity the women do most of the work. There are few legal marriages in this class. The woman realizes that If she is bound by the marriage tie she will probably be obliged to work so much harder to support her lord and master in idleness, while if there is no legal bond she can leave her man if be doesn’t treat her right.--rr . -

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD, RECENTLY PUT INTO ACTIVE SERVICE

The power that is depicted in the lines of this powerful steed of the steel rails will set most people to thinking of the great strides which have been made since the first locomotive startled the people who lived along the line of the first railroad, instead of having one driving-wheel, this, the "Centipede” locomotive, has 24. Eight of these w’heels are under the tender. It has two iowpressure cylinders mnd nne' high -pressure cyl- - inder. So powerful is this giant of all locomotives? that it cannot be used for pulling ordinary freight trains, be-

BROKEN RAILS BLAMED

CHIEF CAUSE OF RAILROAD WRECKS IN LAST TEN H. W. Belnap, Inspector of Safety Appliances, Recommends an Investigation With Idea of Finding Means . ... . *32 • ■ of Remedying Conditions. Broken rails have been responsible for the killing of 175 persons, the injuring of 6,004, and damage to the extent of $3,237,793 during the last ten years, according to a report made to the interstate commerce commission by H. W’. Belnap, its chifef inspector of safety appliances. Belnap recommends a complete investigation of rail, track and wheel load conditions for the purpose of determining the effect thereon of the recent types of locomotives and cars, with their greatly increased wheel loads, and ascertaining remedy. The report was made in connection with an Investigation of a derailment of a passenger ysrain on the New Haven road on October 25 last, near Westerly, R. 1., which resulted in the injury of 74 passengers and three employes. The report says that the derailment was caused by a defective rail. Chief Inspector Belnap points out that there are thousands of rails in use made at the same time and under identical conditions as those whose use had brought out the defect. “It is manifestly evident,” says Mr. Belnap in his report to the commission, “that in this type of rail failures there is presented a serious situation. Rail failures of other types havp been the cause of many accidents. To those elements of danger existing In the past is now added this type of failure shown in the development of interior fissures. It was intimated that the commission would await the action to be taken by congress on the Stevens bill, which has been favorably reported by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, and which gives the commission jurisdiction over the physical operation of railroads before taking any action looking to a general investigation of rail, track, and Wheel load conditions as recommended.

Big Cut in Expenses.

“We have cut dowm our fuel consumption on regular train trips 20 per cent in the last tw<p years,” stated the division superintendent of one -of the eastern roads, “through a system of penalties and rewards. The average amount of both fuel and oil we take for the standard has been worked out c&tefully. A maximum of ten per cent over this amount is allowed for each locomotive. If more than this maximum is used the fireman or engineer or both are fined unless good reasons, such as delays and accidents, can be given. For anything less than the average used on each trip the engineer and fireman get credit. If they save more than ten per cent of the standard amount, they receive 50 per cent of the cost of the fuel saved. In the course of several hundred trips made in a year these rewards sometimes amount to considerable for the men. They appreciate it. and work accordingly.”—Sunday Magazine.

Electric Gates for Canadian Pacific.

The Canadian Pacific railroad is erecting seven gates that will be operated automatically by electricity to safeguard traffic across its tracks along the waterfront in Vancouver. They are of the portcullis type, and the pressure />f an electric button will lower or raise them.

New Jersey’s Railroad Mileage.

New Jersey Is said to have the greatest proportion of railroad mileage of any state In the country, or one mile of railroad to every three square miles of territory. This makes an unusual risk of forest fires set by railroads.

The Fitting Style.

*1 wonder about the house '”'corating styles they have In the earthquake districts.” “What do you wonder about, them?" “If they prefer drop ceilings."*

Cause if this locomotive were coupled to one of the great freight trains it would pull apart the couplings and ruin the “draft gear” of the traint It is because of this fact that the giant' is put in the middle of the train. With one-half of its power it pulls the cars behind it, and with the other half of its power it pushes the cars ahead of it. The total weight of the engine is 853,050 pounds. Tho tank has a water capacity of 16 tons. The tractive effort is 160,000 pounds. The engine is 105 feet long and is capable of hauling 6,400 tons.

ON SPANISH RAILROAD LINE

Chief Thing American Traveler Notices Is the Complete Absence of “Hustling.” The train this morning is a correo, but everything is so new that you feel no more hurried than the train, and rather enjoy its ways, writes Grant Showerman in the Atlantic. 1 It creeps IntaJthe. station quietly and carefully, as if in fear that some hen might have laid one of those numerous fine Spanish eggs on the track, and it might get broken in a too reckless approach. Sometimes —but this doesn’t happen frequently—it slows up when near to one of the smallest of-the multitudinous stations, and sneaks by /without stopping, as if ashamed or afraid. When it 4 does come to a standstill, it listlessly slides back a bit, and then slides forward a bit, and then rights itself once more, and then straightens up with a jerk—as if it were tired, and its muscles not obedient to will. Then, for a few moments, every one cautiously waits to see what further'it intends ../.-.a.. About the time it is thoroughly stopped, some one pulls at the cord attached to the tongue of the station bell, and gives three signals—to let the passen'gers, and anyone else who may be interested, know that the train has officially arrived; and a station employe calls out, “San Pablo, ocho minutos! ” —meaning that there will be eight minutes of waiting.

Replace Wooden Cars With Steel.

All steel carriages are to be used on the Scottish expresses. It is learned that the North British railroad directorate has recently placed a contract with Messrs. Cravens of Darnall, Sheffield, fJr five restaurant cars and one opfen first-class carriage for dining trains. These six coaches will each have a length of 65 feet and a width of nine feet, and they will al} be built with steel underframes, while the body structure, with the single exception of the internal decorations, will also be composed entirely of steel. AU ordinary wooden flooring will be replaced by fireproof material laid upon corrugated iron sheets, rendering the whole exterior of the carriage fireproof. Electricity will be the illuminant used; and although the cooking in the kitchens will be by means of gas, there will be cylinders, 'having special valves, which will cut off the escape of gas should any damage take place to the gas pipes. This new allsteel rolling stock will be ready for service towards the end of the current year.

New Brake for Fast Trains.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has had demonstrated a new electro-pneumatic brake, which makes short stops possible for modern high-speed limiteds. A train of 12 steel passenger cars with a modem locomotive weighs 1,000 tons, is 1,000 feet long, and when running at 60 miles an hour possess a momentum equal to a blast of dynamite sufficient to blow the entire train 120 feet into the air. In the test of the new brake a train of 12 cars was stopped as follows: From 30 miles an hour, in 200 feet; from 60 miles an hour, in 1,000 feet, and from 80 miles an hour, in 2,000 feet. “

Ancient Horse-Drawn Train Service.

According to the Engineer, it was only last month that there was brought to a close a passenger train service maintained by horse traction, which has been in continual operation since the year 1856. The stretch of line affected is a portion of the North British railroad, lying between Drumbnrgh Junction, a few miles west of Carlisle, and Port Carlisle, a seaport on the Solway firth. The line was operated by locomotives from 1854 .to 1856, and in August of the latter year horses were substituted They have been in continuous use up to the present year, when they were superseded by steam locomotives. —Scientific American.

Canada Spreading Railroad Lines.

Canada in 1913 had 6,000 miles at railroad under construction.

ICED TEA FOR SULTRY DAYS

No Better Hot-Weather Beverage Than This Preparation Has Ever Beet) Devised. There is probably no drink more refreshing and none that can be more attractively served than iced tea. It can be made beforfe it is needed and kept on hand, always chilled, in the ice box, or it can be made’’ at a moment’s notice, provided there is plenty of ice, plenty of fresh boiling water and the right sort of tea on hand. There are two methods of making iced tea and both have their exponents. One says to put cracked ice in a glass and then put in a slice or so of lemon and, sweetness is liked, a sufficient number of lumps of sugar. Then make tea, rather strong, with freshly boiling water. After the water has stood on the ground for four or five minutes pour the tea on the ice. A safeguard against broken glasses is to put a spoon in each glass. The spoon serves as a conductor of heat. The other method for making iced tea is more economical, for, according to it the tea is made and poured into a big bottle, fruit jar-or covered jug or pitcher, when it is sufficiently strong and then stood in the ice box until it is thoroughly chilled. Slices of lemon and sugar can be added befora or after it is served, and a little chopped ice adds not only to the deliciousness but also to the sound of the tea —and nothing is more suggestive of refreshment when the mercury is climbing then the sound of tinkling ice and glass.

BEST WAY OF DOING THINGS

Trio of Useful Aids to Good Housewifery and Preservation of a Tranquil State of Mind. To make candles last double the usual time, take each candle by the w’ick and give it a good coat of white varnish. Put the canfiles away a day or two to let them harden. The yarnish prevents the grease from running down and so prolongs the life of the candle. To remove scorch marks on linen (unless they are very bad) cut an onion in half and rub the scorched part with it; then soak in cold water. The marks will soon disappear under this treatment if they can be remedied at all. To clean light colored or drab cloth spats or gaiters and shoetops, peel and wash some potatoes, then grate them into a basin, and while quite wet apply to the surface of the gaiters and shoetops. Put in the open air to dry and then brush the grated potato off with a clean brush. To mend a coal scuttle that has holes in the bottom take a piece of cork lino or linoleum and cut as near as possible to the shape and size of the bottom of the scuttle; then scrape the bottom of the scuttle until it is quite clean. Next apply a moderate amount of glue, and also put some on the piece of linoleum. Place the lino or linoleum in the bottom of the coal scuttle, fill up with coal and allow to stand a few hours. It will then be firmly set, and the scuttle will last quite a long time, “as good as new.”

Boiled Peas and Beans.

My mother used to soak peas over night f (otherwise it takes all day to boil them). In the morning wash them and put in a kettle with twice as much water as peas, a piece of salt pork, let boil steadily, but be sure to watch them, as the water boils away vpry soon. Add more, as you must keep them very moist. Salt and pepper to taste. They are very tasty, we think, and then again mother used to soak over night and in the morning wash and put in bean pot. Boil a little first to soften them, with a piece of pork (mixed), pepper and salt, and bake like beans, and they are fine. We often on Wednesdays boil some beans the same as peas, and they taste fine. Hope you will try and like them. —■ Mary Clare, in Boston Globe.

Lamb a la Russe.

Serve lamb very tenderly cooked with a brown gravy to which slices es lemon and cucumber (gherkin) have been added. For the next course have ready a rich pastry dough and roll it very thin, a square in form. Spread this with a savory forcemeat of' chopped cooked mushrooms, rice, hard-boiled eggs and cold veal, moistened with butter and broth, and roll it from edge to edge like a “roly-poly.” Put into baking dish, sprinkle the top with bread crumbs and bake one hour. It is to be sliced and served with a wine sauce.

Ginger Creams.

To one package of cream cheese add a dozen seeded and finely chopped table raisins. Take enough sirup from preserved ginger to make with one tablespoonful of whipped cream a spreading paste; one branch of the ginger may be added if chopped or ground very fine. Spread on rye bread and cut into rounds.

Pineapple Ice.

Peel and slice a pineapple and remove the hard center; chop fine, and bruise the pulp in a mortar, adding a little lemon juice, a pint of water, and eight tablespoonfuls of sugar. Mix all together, pounding well, then strain and freeze. ,

Practical Window Screens.

In making window screens, put white netting on the outside of the frame and black on the inside) thus the vision of a person inside will not be obstructed, while no one on the outside can see through the screens.

MENU FOR THE WEEK COMPLETE LAYOUT OF MEALS TO n SERVE SEVEN DAYS. Ideas That May Relieve Housewife From the Tiresome Necessity of Considering “What Shall We Have for the Next Meal?” By LIDA AMES WILLIS. SUNDAY—BREAKFAST. Fruit Cereal. ! Cream. JJroiled fish, sauce tartare. Muffins. Coffee. DINNER. Cream of cheese soup. Veal cutlets au gratin. Mashed potatoes. Asparagus on toast Tomato mayonnaise. Dandy pudding. Coffee. SUPPER. Green pea mayonnaise. Sliced tongue. Straw-berry shortcake. Iced cocoa. MONDAY—BREAKFAST. ' Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Codfish cakes. Creamed potatoes. Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Deviled ham loaf. Cucumbers. Egg bannocks. Orange marmalade. DINNER. Stewed hearts, French style. Boiled potatoes. Spinach souffle. Egg salad. Little strawberry puddings. Coffee. TUESDAY—BREAKFAST. Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Liver ala Bordelaise. Potato souffle. Raised corn bread. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Macaroni, with cheese sauce. Stuffed green peppers. Butter rolls. Rhubarb sauce. Ginger sponge cake. Tea. DINNER. Velvet soup. Egyptian chicken. Mashed potatoes. Creamed cauliflower. String bean salad. Lemon cream pie. Coffee. WEDNESDAY—BREAKFAST. Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Ham toast. Potatoes, maitre d’hotel. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Baked shad roe, with bacon. Radish and cucumber salad. Grape fruit marmalade. Cookies. Tea. DINNER. Baked shad. Spinach. Potatoes a la Italfenne. Peas. Lettuce salad. Orange ice. Brownies. Coffee. THURSDAY—BREAKFAST. Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Scrambled eggs. Spring onions on toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Clam chowder. Boiled rice, with orange compote. Nut bread. * Cocoa. DINNER. Asparagus puree. Smothered steak, with red bananas. Mashed potatoes. Cold slaw. Sweet fruit salad. Wafers. Cream cheese. Coffee. FRIDAY—BREAKFAST. Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Fried butterfish. Creamed potato hash. One-egg muffins. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Swiss eggs. Stuffed tomatoes. Old-fashioned strawberry shortcake. Iced tea. DINNER. Asparagus soup. ’ Boiled sheepshead, sauce Hollandaise. Boiled potato balls, butter and parsley. New beets. Cucumber salad. i Fruit ambrosia. Sponge cake. Coffee. SATURDAY—BREAKFAST' Fruit. Cereal. Cream. Creamed chopped beef. Lyonnaise potatoes, cream. Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Spiced salmon. Potato and cucumber salad. Raisin bread. Iced tea. DINNER. •Fried veal cutlets, tomato sauce. Boiled rice. Spinach, with egg. Rhubarb and raisin pie. Cheese. Coffee.

Strawberry Tartlets.

Make a rich pie crust and roll out quite thin in* small pieces and bake on Inverted patty pans.. When cold fill with crushed and sweetened strawberries and a spoonful of whipped cream on top. These are fine.

Salad.

Have- you ever tried this salad? It is very good. Chop one small onion up fine, add three boiled potatoes and two hard boiled eggs cut in dices. Cover edge of dish with lettuce leaves and on them lay sardines.

Strawberry Sago.

One-half cup jpf sago cooked in one quart of water or. milk until transparent, a pinch of salt one-half cup of sugar, one pint of berries stirred in and cooked for a moment before taking from the fire. .p