Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1916 — Page 2

LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE NOW NATIONAL PARK

The nation recently accepted from an associa-' tion of patriotic citizens the martyred president’s early home in Kentucky. Beautiful memorial hall houses log cabin in which he first saw light of day

the nation, from the Lincoln Farm association. The occasion was marked with elaborate ceremony, of course, and thousands of visitors were present from all parts of the country —many of them persons of real importance. This was the third time the people of Larue county have seen a president of the United States among them in seven years. The first exercises held in connection frith the Lincoln farm, after it was proposed to give it to the United States, were held February 12, 1909, when President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Lineoin Memorial hall. On November 9, 1911, President Taft presided at ceremonies incidental to the dedication of Memorial hall. And then President Wilson went there for the finishing touch. It is unlikely that another president will go to Larue county for a long, long time to come. The Stars and Stripes flew bravely and defiantly from the Lincoln statue In Hodgenville’s public square at the latest celebration. Just opposite, the courthouse was draped lavishly In red, white and blue. And yet, only .ten years ago in August the courthouse bore a decoration of another kind. It was a plain hand bill which advertised the fact that the Lincoln farm was to be sold to settle unpaid taxes. The Memorial hall, built at a cost of $250,000, is the center of this new national park. The hall houses the cabin in which Lincoln was born. This is the original structure rescued from a warehouse in New York after it had been carried around the country for exhibition purposes. Over the entrance doors to Memorial hall are inscribed these words:

Here over the log cabin where Abraham was born, destined to preserve the union and to free the slave., a graceful people have dedicated this memorial to unity, peace and brotherhood among these states. Within the hall, the cabin occupies the principal place. It is surrounded by a heavy bronze chain, for no one is permitted to enter or touch the cabin. The first owner of the farm which «• has passed into possession of the nation, was, so far as records tell, a man named Duckworth. Court records do not show how he -came to own it, but It is supposed he secured it in a distribution of public lands by the state or federal government. No land grant or deed has ever been found to prove his legal ownership. Local historians agree hr the- statement based on the declarations of old citizens of Larue county that when Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln moved to take up their residence shortly after their marriage they were “squatters” and moved into the log

POSTSCRIPTS

The government of Ecuador has established a course in scientific agriculture at Its central unlversty. Madrid gets its electricity for lighting and power from a hydroelectric plant 120 miles from the city. A New Jersey Inventor's turret head enables ordinary screw machine work jto be done on an engine lathe. . A new thief-proof shopping bag for ’women cannot be opened as long as it fastened to its owoor'i wrist. ;—,

HE farm where Abraham Lincoln —was —born Is—in Ta r u e county, Kentucky, near Hodgenville. Just a month ago September 4 —the place became a national par k, when President Wilson accepted it. on behalf of

cabiri which they found vacant. The couple never held a deed to a foot of ground in Larue county. The huge crowd at the farm took great Interest In that which probably caused Thomas Lincoln to select this spot for his home —the Lincoln spring. This never failing stream of water comes from the ground today-as it did in Lincoln’s time. The Lincolns lived on the farm where Abe was born for several years. Their eldest daughter, Snllie, was born there. When Abe was about four years old the family moved to a home on Knob creek. There—occurred the—incident which Lincoln remembered vividly all his life, where he was saved from drowning in a creek by Austin Gollaher. From this farm the Lincoln family mojyed to Indiana. The farm fell into the possession of Micajah Middleton who sold to Richard A. Creal, the Lincoln farm as it stands today. Greal built a new log home and for many years used the cabin In which Abraham Lincoln was born as a com crib. At the death of Creql the farm passed into the hands of his heirs. Many years after the death of Lincoln the farm began to grow in fame as “Lincoln’s birthplaee.” Many people came to see It and among them was Alfred W. Denett, a wealthy restaurant owner of New York city. Denett bought the farm, paying the Creal heirs $.3,000 and the deed to the property was made February 12, 1895, just S 0 years after the birth of Lincoln.

Denett had plans for the purchase of the farm by congress and conversion into a national park and spent considerable money In an attempt to get a successful hearing of his proposition at Washington, but failed. He was the first to attempt any real improvement of the property. He built a fence around it, cleared away the underbrush and made a driveway from the entrance to the famous spring. He was planning to build a house over the cabin to. protect it from the elements when business reverses forced him to make an assignment.

Just before this he had complied with the request of the officials of the exposition in Nashville, Tenn., and had shipped the Lincoln cabin to be placed on exhibition there. From Nashville the cabin went to New York, where it was exhibited several months. Later it was stored in a warehouse. n A few days before m'aking an assignment Denett deeded the farm and cabin to David R:„Crear, treasurer of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of New York, as payment on a note he had given them in a contribution. His creditors brought suit in Larue county to have this transfer set aside. This was done at the May terra of court 190 G and once more the Lincoln farm, with taxes in arrears, was on

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the market for best prices obtainable. It was sold at the courthouse door in August and was bought by Richard Lloyd Jones, representing Robert J. Collier. He organized the Lincoln Farm Association which raised SBOO,000 by popular subscription, erected the Memorial hall, made the necessary improvements in the property and turned it over to the government as a .national park. In receiving the gift on behalf of the nation, President Wilson made a noteworthy address. He said in part: “No more significant memorial could have been presented to the nation than this. It expresses so much of what is singular and noteworthy in the history of the country; it suggests so many of the things that we prize most highly in our life and in our system of government. How eloquent this little house within this shrine is of the vigor of democracy!

“There is nowhere in the land any home so remote, so humble, that It may not contain the power of mind and heart and conscience to which nations yield add history submits its processes. Nature pays no tribute to aristocracy, subscribes to no creed of caste, renders fealty to no monarch or master of any name or kind. Genius is no snob. It does not run after titles or seek by preference the high circles of society. “It affects humble company as well as great. It pays no special tribute to universities or learned societies or conventional, standards of greatness, but serenely chooses its own comrades, its own haunts, its own cradle even, and its own life of adventure and of training. Here is proof of it. “This little hut was the cradle of one of the great sons of men, a man of singular, delightful, vital genius who presently emerged upon the great stage of the nation’s history, gaunt, shy, ungainly, but dominant and majestic, a natural ruler of men, himself inevitably the central figure of the great plot. “Here. no lcss, hiflos tne mystery of democracy. Who shall guess this secret of nature and providence and a free polity? Whatever the vigor and vitality of the stock from which he sprang, its mere vigor and soundness do not explain where this man got his great heart that seemed to comprehend all mankind'in Its catholic and benignant sympathy, the mind that sat enthroned behind those brooding, melancholy.eyes, whose vision swept many a horizon which those about him dreamed not of —that mind that comprehended what it had never seen, and understood the language of affairs ..with the ready ease of one to the manner born—sor that nature which seemed in Its varied richness to be the familiar of me»«oL,.every way of life.” *- „ : 1

Slightly Muddled.

“I’m afraid my wife knows we had a small stag party. She ran in from the country this morning.” “r—“Nonsense. - You cleaned up thoroughly.” “Too thoroughly, I putrthe ice pan under the grand piano.”—Kansas City Journal. "• ’ !—_—.

Fulfilling Her Destiny.

“How did those society climbers get on about marrying their daughter off?” “I believe she is engaged to a steeple Jbck.”

CAN NOW FOR WINTER USE

Time Spent In Preparing Vegetables Will Be Found Well Worth While When Cold Weather Comes. Whole tomatoes, green peppers and spinach every day next winter! Doesn’t the thought suggest a pleasant departure from too much meat in the diet? Every woman on the farm should can surplus .-fruits and vegetables during the summer months for winter according to Miss Addle D. Root of the Missouri College of Agriculture. By so doing, the cost of a valuable food will Re-decreased and meals during the winter will be made more appetizing. Fruits and vegetables give variety to the diet and supply certain food materials which are necessary to maintain health. They do not leave us in need ofa spring tontg; In the day of our grandmothers the canning of vegetables was little understood and results werejseldom successful. We know today that foods spoil from the action of small organisms called bacteria, which float in the air around us and we know how tq kill them. If these are killed, in the process of canning and the jars sealed airtight, food will keep indefinitely. Different kinds of bacteria are found in different kinds of foods. Some kinds require a higher temperature to kill them than others and for this reason some fruits and vegetables must be cooked longer than others during the canning process. For the beginner the water-bath canner Is recommended as the simplest form. It can be arranged in any home with but small expense. It consists of a containing vessel with a rack and a cover. A Wash boiler may be used. A rack may jbe made of thin boabds or heavy wire. It should be raised threefourths of an inch from the bottom of the boiler or enough so that water can circulate freely under the jars. This prevents the jars from getting too hot. Water should be an inch over the tops of the jars. Before placing the jars in the boiler, screw the top down as tightly as possible with thumb and little finger. If screwed too tightly, expansion will cause the jars to break. The cans are removed most easily by means of a can lifter. Miss Root has recently issued a circular containing directions for canning all the common fruits and vegetables. It can be secured by writing to the Missouri College of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.

Cucumber Farci.

Peel three good-sized young encumbers, cut into halves, lengthwise and remove the seeds. Mix two cupfuls of finely chopped chicken or veal with one cupful of chopped mushrooms, one-half cupful of cream, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one teaspoouful of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper and one-half teaspoonful of onion juice. Mix thoroughly, moisten with mushroom liquor, add one teaspoonful of lemon juice, fill the cucumbers, place them in a baking pan and hake about half an hour, basting frequently with £qual parts of hot water and melted butter. Serve with hollandaise sauce.

Bernhardt Rolls.

One cupful of milk scalded and cooled, one tablespoonful of sugar, ft pinch of salt, one-half cupful of compressed yeast, tw r o cupfuls of flour. Let rise over night. In morning add flour enough to make a stiff dough. Let rise again, then add one-half cupful of sugar, butter the size of an egg, a little nutmeg, two eggs; beat butter, sugar and eggs, to a cream, then add to dough. Knead, roll with rollingpin, cut with a large cake cutter, then cut in halves, dip in melted butter and lay against one another, with rounded part up. Let rise again, then bake. These are delicious.

Maraschino Cup.

One pint of maraschino cherries, one pound sugar, four oranges, two lemons, one quart cold water, three bananas. Boil the water and sugar together for five minutes. Then add the grated rind of the lemons and oranges to the sirup and boil five minutes longer. Allow It to cool, then strain through a cloth and add the juice of the lemons and two of the oranges, the three bananas cut into dice and the contents of the bottle of cherries. Chill for *two hours, and, ready to serve, add a quart of cracked ice and a bottle of charged water.

Plum Tart.

Make a good crust with one-half pound of sifted flour, one-fourth pound of butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, the beaten yolk of an egg, a pinch of salt and just enough milk to mix smooth. Line the edge of aj deep pie tin with a strip of this paste,, fill It with ripe stoned plums, add a small cupful of granulated sugar and cover the pie crust. Ornament the edges and hake in a good oven until very Jightly browned. Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar and serve with whipped cream or a thin bcftied custard.

Making One Egg Do for Two.

When scrambling eggs for breakfast, add one tablespoonful of fine bread crumbs and one tablespooaful of milk to every beaten egg. Season wltb pepper and salt and cook In the usual way. By this means stale bread may be used up, and one egg will go as far as two.

To Preserve Cheese.

Cheese will not become moldy If you keep it covered with a cloth wrung out In vinegar. This will keep the cheese fresh indefinitely.

ECONOMY IN HOME

MANY WAYS IN WHICH MONEY MAY BE SAVED. Substitutes for Expensive Meats and Other Table Furnishings Are Possible, and Health of the Fam- «. ily Will Be Improved. ~~~ • . m. — By Nellie Maxwell, Department of Farmers' Institutes of the university gs Wisconsin. We all know, If -we have given -the subject any thought that the feeding of the family is the most expensive item in the list of household accounts. Every housewife Should keep a careful account of her fficome and outgo. Too many of us are like the youngbride who was given a set of books In which to keep her accounts and when asked by her husband at the end of the month if her accounts balanced, showed him the book, on one page was written, “Received of John, sixty dollars,” on the opposite page these words “spent it all.* Since the cost of living is constantly advancing it is vitally necessary that real concern be paid to reducing certain items of expenditure, and as meat is one of the most expensive of our foods, any economy in the purchase of it will make a noticeable reduction in the food bill. By using meat substitutes of cheese, nuts, milk and eggs which are less expensive but fully as nutritious, the expenses may be reduced. Cheese has a food value of twice that of meat pound for pound, and can be used with much less waste. The use of cheese in combination with milk and eggs makes a most satisfactory substitute for meat. The cheaper cuts of meat may be utilized more often and on the farm all kinds of meat may be salted, pickled, canned or dried for future use. So that In time of plenty prepare for the famine. Pork sausage, fried to sear both sides of small cakes, packed in large jars and - covered with the boiling hot fat so that it makes a perfect seal over the sausage will keep to use in midsummer and is a constant source of satisfaction for it is so easy to get it ready for breakfast as it needs but little more cooking. Chicken may be canned when too much is cooked and set away for another time when an emergency calls it forth. The utilizing of left-overs in the planning of the meals is another important point for the housewife to consider. It goes without saying that she plans her menus days ahead in order to save expense and use these leftovers acceptably. Fruits and vegetables lend themselves to all sorts of combinations as salads and soups, and make dishes that are tasty and wholesome. The costly habit of eating more than we need is not only wasteful of material, bad on the complexion, but vastly more—dmportant, ruinous to the digestive organs. Preparing more food than is used, paring away vegetables and fruits, cooking vegetables in so much water that much of the food value is wasted, throwing away the trimmings and bones of meat, that would make good broths, stew r s or soups—these are some of the w r astes that need to be watched. Constant vigilance is the price of success in expenditures as in other things.

Lemon Preserve.

Peel and cut one dozen lemons in slices and soak for a day in eold water. Then boil four pounds of sugar and a cupful of water for about twenty minutes and tir to keep 'rom burning. Next add the lemons, some chopped raisins and almonds and let thicken slowly. This is a delicious and new filling for sandwiches to serve with iced tea or lemonade on a warm after-, noon. To keep lemons put a layer of fine dry sand at the bottom of a large earthen jar. Place on this a layer of lemons, stalk end downward, being careful that they do not touch one another. Cover these with a three-inch layer of sand. Add another layer of lemons, and so on until the jar is full. In a cool, dry place lemons packed like this will keep a year.

Some Favorite Potato Recipes.

Potatoes Fried Whole —When nearly boiled enough, put small potatoes into a saucepan with butter or beef drippings. Shake them about to prevent burning until they are brown and crisp. Drain them from the fat. It will be an improvement if they are floured, dipped in beaten egg and inline bread crumbs and then friend*/ Potatoes for Breakfast —Cut cold boiled potatoes in slices lengthwise, dip them in beaten egg and put on a buttered pie plate in the oven. As soon as they are brown and hot, serve.

The Linen Press.

With regard to household linen, as a rule the middle of sheets wear out first; but by the pld-fashioned plan of turning sides to middle you ckn give them a fresh lease of life. When past use for beds they serve as dust sheets and on ironing boards.

For Delicate Fabrics.

To clean fine musMn blouses, table centers,, etc., dissolve a tablespoonful of borax in a gallon of water; put the muslins into this and let them remain for half an hour; then gently rub them out In fine white suds.

Washing Comforters.

When washing summer comforters do not wring them. Let them hang and drip from the line. * Then before they are quite dry whip with a beatei to make them fluffy and light.

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Demand for Participation

“Why do women want to vote?" “Because,” replied Miss Cayenne, “we want to find out by experience how men have managed to make so many political blunders. It’s always easier to put up with mistakes when you’ve had a hand in making them yourself."

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GERMANY COULD SHIPS

So Far as Ways and Construction Plants Are Concerned 25 Could Be Under Erection. According to an excellent naval critic, Hector C. Bywater, so far as buildIng "ways and “construction”profits are ~ concerned, there is no reason why Germany could not have 25 battleships or battle cruisers under construction at one and the same time. Though he admits that this figure may be astonishing, he shows that an examination of the various yards, government and private, in Germany justifies the estimate. In fact, he goes further and states that, simultaneously, & program intruding light cruisers, destroyers and submarines could be put through, since there are many German yards which, although they cannot build capital ships, are well equipped to produce the lighter craft. He estimates the total working force in all these yards at 100,000 men.

The Penalty.

Senator Fall was talking in New York about the Mexican situation. “The imbroglio,” he said, disgustedly, _ alluding_to an earlier phase, “was due to absentmindedness. Well, absentmindedness in affairs of state gets punished as sharply as in affairs of love. “I once knew an absent-minded dry goods clerk who was In love with a spirited girl. He took her hand one night and droned: “‘Dear, dear little hand! I wonder • I wonder’ —and then his absontmlndedness got its work in, nnd he said: “I wonder if It will wash?’ “The girl gave a sudden start. “ ‘No, George,’ she hissed, ‘it won’t wash, and I may as well tell you, too, that it won’t cook, or sweep, or darn socks, either. Good evening 1’ ”

One Exception.

“Nobody likes to get only cold comfort.” “How about a well-defined report of cheap ice lir summer?”

Billy Sunday converts in Syracuse, N. Y„ cost $01.854.00. or $3.80 each. “Another Article Against Coffee”— In spite of broad publicity,',' many people do not realize the harm the 2\ grains of caffeine in the average cup of does to many users, until they try a 10 r days* change to POSTUM Postum satisfies the desire for a hot table drink, and its users generally sleep better, feel better, smile oftener and enjoy life more. A fair trial off coffee and on Postum —shows “There's a Reason” i