Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1914 — Home Helps. [ARTICLE]

Home Helps.

Suet and lard are best kept in tin vessels. Salt pork, however, should be kept in glazed earthenware. A tablespoonful of salt, sprinkled over the coals, will brighten the range fire quickly. If kerosene is rubbed into leather hardened by LWater, it will soften it well. 1 Pie crust is best kept cold in the making; to this end, an excellent substitute for a rolling pin is a bottle filled with ice water. 4 ■ Entries are already being made tor Ch* fourth annual international 500e automobile race which is to be at the Indianapolis speedway |Br M 1M&

George Ross and Richard Moyer,, of South Riau/b, engaged in chicken stealing. They were detected and have just /been sentenced at Lafayette to pay fines of ss»each and to serve penitentiary terms of from one to eight'ycans. Oysters Wednesday evening and Chicken Thursday evening after 4 o’clock at the Catholic school hall. All are invited. The famous 'brown Swiss herd of cattle on the model dairy farm of Enos M. Barton, multi-millionaire, has been condemned to die by Dr. S. E. Bennett, U. S. veterinarian in charge of the Chicago office of the bureau of animal industry, being affected with the hoof and mouth disease. The Catholic ladies’ bazaar should be visited Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons and iwenings, Dec. 16 and 17. Many beautiful and useful articles to sell. ~ C ; Shots from Mexican rifles continue to fall on the U. S. side,of the border at Naco, Ariz. Gov. Jose Maytorena states that he has received no orders to cease firing. Gen. Bliss states that he has received no orders from Washington to take action and “watchful wait? ing” is the program. Hamilton & Kellne- will take care of- your coal orders promptly. They have ample stock and abundant facilities for prompt delivery. ~ William Holt, 'for years the manager of the Denison hotel in Indianapolis,, has resigned in order to move to Lafayette to manage the new Hotel Fowler, which ’will be opened the first of April. The Fowler hotel will employ 100 people and will be modern in every particular. * Get our prices on Christmas candies and nuts. Our assortment is the largest and best we have ever carried. From 8 and ■ls cents a Ttound. JOHN EGER. A Lafayette lady went 'to Paducah, Ky., to -visit relatives. ■ Soon after her arrival she received a telegram stating that her sister and mother had both died suddenly, Distracted with grief the woman hastened home to find that her sister and mother were alive and well. The message has been traced to >a former servant, who sent it for spite. < '