Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1917 — Page 2

Brussels Like Tomb at Night

Curfew Rings at Eight O’clock and City Becomes Silent and Dark. - .... __i 1 .. ■■■ ■ ■ ■■■ I !■■■■ ’ ' * CHANGED BY THE PRUSSIANS Gayety-Loving Belgians Being Punished Thus for Honoring King Albert—Learning to Stay, at Home Evenings. Berlin. —German newspapers print a letter from Brussels, sent by a German resident of that city, which gives a graphic picture of life there under Prussian domination. “If there is any man with a good memory who can think back sto-1914-before the war and remember htow things were in Brussels at that time I would heg of him tn, resurrect-huhis mind the picture of that glorious time. What a life that was then! From morning until night the air was filled with entrancing music coming from alt sides, and up and down the boulevards paraded gaily pressed men and women, laughing and chatting. Brussels laughed, sang and danced in those jjjjjgfr ~ , 1 ——

Is Different Now. "What a difference now! A few days ago in honor of King Albert some too zealous’ patriots held a religious service and made use of the occasion to distribute manifestos not only in the church, but also in the streets. At the same time they insulted some German soldiers. The result was that the governor of Brussels place<i a fine of a million marks on the city and issued an

EAGLE IN 3,700 MILE FLIGHT

Carried Bottle From Montana to South America In Nine Weeks’ Journey. Anaconda, Mont. —Flight of an eagle caught and released at Choteau, Mont., covered more than 3,700 miles in nine weeks, according to word received from Luis Felipe Rulda in the republic of Colombia. P. B. Christian, route 1, box 62, El Centro, QL, while in Choteau on August 19 caught a golden eagle in ibis wheat field. He released the bird, with a small bottle containing his name and address the next day. Mr. Christian a few days ago received a message from Luis Felipe Rulda, in the republic of Colombia, .stating that Rulda killed the eagle_on October 29. The eagle flew 3,700 imiles from Montana to the plains north <of Bogota. ~= When the bird was captured Mr. Christian planned to keep it as a pet; Ibut it evinced such a desire to get >away that he decided to mark it so as !to determine its habits. Mr. Christian said that the bird was on its way i south when it landed in his field.

Due to Drink.

Chicago.—Ninety-five per cent of the eases in the court of domestic relations during 1916 were due to drink. The court’s annual report lists the causes as follows: Drink, 95 per cent; other women. 3 per eent; interference of mother-in-law 1 per cent; other causes, 1 per cent.

HEADS MODERN SCHOOL

A new sehool, which will be put into operation next fall and run in connection with the teachers’ college of Columbia university, New York, will ieschew most of the things that now characterize the elementar/ and secondary education of children and teach only “practical” subjects. The general education board, founded and endowed ,by John D. Rockefeller'; has $35,000,000 at its disposal to devote to the new scheme of educating children from six to nineteen years of age. The new school will have no formal discipline and teach as little mathematics and grammar as possible. The so-called “culture” subjects will be tabooed and stress will be laid jtipon tfiose subjects which will fit the student for his lifers work. ——— J Otis W. Caldwell, now head of the department r,f natural sciences In the school of education of the University of Chicago, will bp the director of the gamtarn »chool<

order that all cases and concert halls must be closed at eight o’clock In the evening and that the merry Belgians must go to bed at half-past eight. This is a hard blow to citizens who so much enjoy night life. « “After eight o’clock at night Brussels is as silent and as dark as a tdmb. The only sound heard is the heavy tread of the Prussian soldiers ofl patrol duty. A few German restaurants have permission to remain open until midnight, and for the benefit of their patrons, the main street car line can run a car once an hour. “While many look upon this as a joke, it has its tragic side, for thousands who made their living.at night« working in the various places of amusement are now without a position. However, citizens of Brussels are resourceful, and instead of enjoying themselves iii the evening they now do their own singing, drinking and dancing in the afternoon. The theaters all have matihee performances 11 fltiff tlid cates and dance halls do a big business in the afternoon. The closing down of all these resorts after eight o’clock in the evening has no doubt had its good effect in the family circle, for many a good wife now has the pleasure of having her husband home with her in the evening —something that never happened—before. The order also has stimulated reading of good literature and the various libraries have never had so many calls for books.

City Like a Tomb. “But, joking aside, Brussels is like a tomb. Save for the rumble of distant guns on the Somme, a walk through the streets after dark is like walking tn a cemetery. Only a German can be out after eight o’clock, and even he must be feady to give a good account of him-

FRENCH GENERAL AT ITALIAN FRONT

General Gouraud of the French staff and King Victor Emmanuel on the Italian front The king Is pointing out an Austrian position.

Canadians Raid German Dugout

First Learned Enemy’s language Says Correspondent of London Times. PREPARE WITH GREAT CARE Affefr Moves on With Unfaltering Precl lion—Judgment of Officers Formed by Guesswork From Airplane Photographs. London.—A Times correspondent with the British army in the field writes the following description of a Nomine front: • A full account of the raid made by Canadians on the German lines near Calonne on January 17 serves to show that the raid, though soon over, received much care from the staff officersand IheTnen who carried it out. The Canadian lads were set to studying the German language and acquired some phrases, such as “Kaus” and another phrase explaining that if the i Germans stayed down they must exI pect - the worst immediately. i Our men —hate the necessity, of bombing deejp dugouts, full of the i frightened enemy, but the time is short •’ and bombing is necessary if orders are not obeyed at once. A modest CanaI dtan officer" said he called down one, ' dugout six times, shouting in German ion -this 1 occ.' sion. Burned Battalion Orders. i “I didn’t want to bomb,” he said. “I knew the number below. Every time II shouted a Voice replied, “yes,” in I good English. At last out came a German company commander, a sergeant major, with four others. He apologized for delaying and said he had been burning the battalion orders. He had only just time Chough.” Three men were detailed to stay behind and when the German wire was reached to cut paths. It happened that our guns made a beautiful mess of that wire. Nevertheless these three cut the tangle into short lengths and the shorter boys went over at eight in the morrting: After an Active walk of four minutes the first waves of raiders was at the first line. Iff -20 minutes the ] second .lino .was reached. The affair ! moved with unfaltering precision. The t

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CUBS HER PLAYMATES

Miss Rita Gilmore and three slxken eubH; —photographed during a “frolic.” “Cats and dogs are ‘tame’ playmates compared with these pets,” says Miss Gilmore, who plays with the cubs daily. “There is just enough of the ‘wild’ left in them to make them interesting.”

self. Occasionally the rumble of supply and ammunition wagons going to the front is heard in the streets, and they look like specters as they disappear in the fog of the night. A few nights ago a Zeppelin passed over the city, and her propellers made such a noise that they awoke nearly the whole city. Almost every window in the city was opened and faces were seen peering out into the darkness, but the Zeppelin quickly disappeared. Then the city went to sleep again.”

enemy’s front line had been strengthened and the assembly trenches manned with supports. Their losses were heavier in consequence. ' The judgments,of the Canadian officers were formed by guesswork from airplane photographs. All proved correct. Each Canadian by consulting his watch recognized each particular German trench and did his appointed work till all was over. A friendly snowstorm masked the homeward journey, which began one hour after the start. Said a German noncommissioned officer sadly: "If you had only come the day before you would have captured the corps commander.” The prisoners, many of them Silesians.stirremlered readily. Twosmall and one large ammunition dump-were blown up. The death roll inflicted was as high as 300, including, it is thought, a battalion commander. We took 100 prisoners, several machine guns and a trench mortar. Our casualties were light.

Hog Ate Pile of Scrap Iron.

Beaver Springs. Pa.—Dory Hummell killed a hog recently that weighed 595 pounds but puzzled all conservative weight guessers as to where it carried theweight. When tfie~stonf-~ ach was opened 60 ten-penny nails and six pieces of hoop iron were found.

LAMPS FOR HENS SO THEY WORK LONGER

► Nez Perces,. Idaho.—Gasoline ’ lamps are used by Mrs. W. H. ► Baringer to lengthen the work- ’ ing day of her hens. Mrs. Bar- ! ► inger lights the lamps at six ’ o’clock in the morning in the ■ ► winter months and keeps them ; ! lighted until 8:30 p. m. In this • ■ way she says she increases the ! egg outpuf of her flocks. !- Mrs. Baringer says a hen < ► can’t see to scratch her dinner ’ ; out of the litter before 8 a. m. ’ nor after 3:30 p, m., which leaves < ; Biddy only 7% hours for work. 1 • By adding to the hen’s Working J ‘ hours, Mrs. Baringer declares, * - the efficiency of the egg-inaking < / machine is increased. t

GOOD FOR LUNCH

PREPARATION OF CHICKEN THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED. Nothing Better for Small Family, If It Is Not Too Expensive—Royal Scallop Another Dish That Is First Class. One medium-size chicken (cut up), one tutflespoonfijl lard, one-half tablespoonful of butter. Put the lard into a baking pan, set on top of stove until melted; add butter, and melt, but do not brown. Roll each piece of chicken In flour, put it into the pan with the hot lard and butter, cover with water and cook in the oven for about an hour, carefnity firming the chicken over when browned on one side. If the gravy is not thick enough, a little flour may. be added. A little cream is also an improvement. With this I serve stuffed potatoes. Six potatoes, one tablespoonful melted butted, hot milk to moisten,' Shit fifta pepper. —Select-

large potatoes, bake until soft, cut in halves lengthwise. Remove the inside without breaking the skin, mash it well, season with salt, pepper and melted butter, add hot milk and beat until light. Heap this mixture Into the skins, brush tops with melted butter and brown in the oven. Perhaps you do not want such an expensive one. Here is another; but It Is hard to get the whole tomatoes this time of year. I have used canned. Select ripe tomatoes of uniform size. Remove the core and part of the inside, and into each drop a raw egg, with a little salt and pepper. Cover the opening with breadcrumbs and bake until the tomatoes are done. ’ ' ■ '’* • ■ ‘ " "" - ~~ Royal Scallop. —Three hard boiled eggs, one cupful salmon, two cupfuls crumbs, two cupfuls white sauce. Mash the eggs fine with a fork, butter a baking dish and arrange in layers, crumbs, fish, eggs and sauce, salt, pepper and butter (two and one-half • tablespoonfuls to the whole mixture). Repeat until all the food material is used, finishing with a layer of crumbs on top. Bake until brown. Hope you will try one of these. I have some salads I use for luncheon that are very nice.— Boston Globe.

Chafing Dish Recipes.

Cheese Fondu. —Two cupfuls grated cheese, one tablespoonful butter, cupful of milk, one cupful bread crumbs, two eggs, a little cayenne. Put the butter into the chafing dish; when melted add the milk, crumbs, cheese and cayenne; stir constantly. Add just before serving the eggs beaten light. Creamed Lobster.—One tablespoonful butter, one tablespoonful flour, one cupful of milk, one small cupful cream, two pounds lobster, teaspoonful of salt, cayenne pepper. Melt the butter in the chafing dish and then stir in the flour gradually, add the milk and cream; when all is smooth add the lobster cut into small pieces, then add the salt and cayenne. Stir until very hot, add the lemon juice and serve at once on toast.

Leftovers.

This is the way I use up cold roast meat or bits of steak: Cut up in small pieces, put on in kettle with cold water and an onion. Cook until tender, then thicken quite thick with flour. Season to taste, put in small round pan, but quite deep, let get cold, then, about an hour before supper, _boiL enough potatoes to cover quite thick. Mash them with milk and butter. Cover meat and bake until meat is thoroughly heated, usually a half hour. If any Is left I warm up for breakfast by mixing in the spider, but there is seldom any left. I like this way better than grinding meat fine and then covering with potatoes and gravy, and just a small amount of meat will amply do for two.

Pineapple Custard Pie-

Won’t someone please try my pineapple custard pie? It is delicious. I used the pineapple that I canned. Shred thoroughly ripe pineapples until you have two cupfuls; add one cupful granulated sugar and the yolks of four eggs, well beaten. Stir in a pint of milk which has been scalded —not boiled —and which has been allowed to cool; then add the whites of eggs beaten stiff and stir all thoroughly. Put the pastry on tin plates and bake until the crusts are rich and brown.— Boston Globe. — —— ——

A Tempting Club Side Dish.

Take the skin, juice and seeds from nice, fresh tomatoes, chop what remains with celery and add this dressing : Yolks of two hard-boiled eggs rubbed fine and smooth, one ful of English mustard, one of salt, the yolks of two raw eggs beaten into the other, dessertspoonful of fine sugar. Add very fresh sweet oil, pour in by very small quantities and beat until quite thick, then add vinegar till as thin as desired. If not hot enough with mustard add a little cayenne pepper.

Chestnut Balts.

Mix one cupful of hot boiled and mashed chestnuts with 'the beaten yolks of two eggs, one-half saltspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of heavy cream, one teaspoonful of vanilla; cool, fold in .the stiffly beaten whites, shape In small balls, roll in crumbs, dip in beaten eggs, roll again in crumbs, let stand one or more* hours and fry in deep fat. ‘

WHAT A JEWELRY FIRM DID

They Invested Some of Their Spare Money in Canadian “ Lands. S. Joseph & Sons, of Des Mplnes, lowa, are looked upon as being shrewd, careful business men. Having some spare money on hand, and looking for a suitable investment, they decided to purchase Canadian lands, and farm it. With the assistance of the Canadian Government Agent, at' Des Moines, lowa, they made selection near Champion, Alberta. They put 240 acres of land in wheat, and in writing to .Mr. Hewitt, the Canadian Government Agent at Des Moines, one of the members of the firm says : “I have much pleasure In advising you that on our farm five miles east of Champion, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, this year (1916 we harvested and threshed 10,600 bushels of wheat from 240 acres, this being an average of 44 bushels and 10 pounds to the acre. A considerable portion of the wheat was No. 1 Northern, worth at Champion approximately $1.85 per bushel, making a total return of $19,610, or an average of $81.70 per acre gross yields. Needless to say, we are extremely well pleased with our lands.” It might not be uninteresting to read the report of C. A. Wright of Milo, lowa, who bought 160 acres at Champion, Alberta, for $3,300 in December, 1915. He stubbled in the whole lot of it, and threshed 4,487 bushels Grade No. 2 Northern. Mr. Wright, being a thorough business man, gives the cost of work, and the amount realized. These figures show that after paying for his land and cost of operation he had $2,472.67 tefL ■—— - -----a

4,48" bushels, worth $1.55 at Champion $6,954.85 Threshing bill, 11c per bushel.s 493.57 Seed at 95c 144.00 Drilling 160.00 Cutting 160.00 Twine , 50.00 Shocking 40.00 Hauling to town, 3c. ,134.61 Total cost $1,182.18 Cost of land 3,300.00 $4,482.18 $4,482.18 Net profit after paying for farm and all cost of operation $2,472.67 —Advertisement.

PERFECT CURE FOR BURNS

Military Surgeons Have Accomplished Results Which a Few Years Ager Would Have Been Impossible. __ Among the wounded on the battlefields are soldiers with horrible burns caused by bursting projectiles, liquid fire, or scalding water. On the western front the allies transport the worst of these cases to a special hospital near Paris, where the meh are given the benefits of a new treatment that has lately come to public notice. In the short period of a few weeks, “living corpses” almost without semblance that enter the institution, leave fl without scars, and, more wonderful still, with scarcely anj visible evidence of the torturous injuries from which they have recovered The treatment, the discovery of ■ French physician, is described In Pop ular Mechanics Magazine. Next t< the almost unbelievable results li_ accomplishes, Is the fact that It banishes a patient’s suffering within a few hours. It Is a pqlnless cure for burn! of all kinds, Including acid ones. After being cleansed with warm watei and thoroughly dried with hot air, ai atomizer Is used to spray the burnef flesh with a preparation composed ol paraffin and resin, made liquid by heat Ing It to a temperature of about 15E degrees Fahrenheit. This gives th< wound a waxlike coating, over which cotton batting Is laid In thin strips The hot liquid is then applied to the latter with a brush, an seal Ing thus being provided.

Frog Hide in Skin Grafting.

A successful method of skin grafting, in whlcli frog skin is used instead of human skin, as a covering for slowhealing wounds, is described in the British Medical Journal by Capt. H. W. M. Kendall. Wounds In which the skin has been destroyed heal naturally with a contracting scar, which is often unsightly and inconvenient, but this method leases a neatand supple scar. Frog skift can be obtained in abundance at the front. The loose skin on the inner side of the frog’s leg is shipped off with scissors, spread out and applied by its under surface to the wound, which has been cleansed without antiseptics. It is then fixed in place by a covering of guttapercha tissue and a dry dressing. In three days the site of the graft appears as a spot branching outward toward the edges of the wound. After the<fifth day the wound is dressed svith boric ointment until healingis completed, all contracttion being avoided. -

Her Ladyship.

“So Peggy’s grown up and got married? What a romantic child she was, and how she used to talk about marrying a title.” ••Well, she did.” “You don’t mean It? What Is she now, a countess or a duchess?” "Neither ; she’s a coal Boston Evening Transcript.

Moat men would rather borrow thaa be canght begging or stealing.

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Winged Creatures.

“Is your wife trying to make a social butterfly of you?” “No* replied Mr. Cumrox. “I don’t stand any chance of being a winged creature of airy grace. If you want to classify me you’ll have to get away from the insects and try birds. I’m the goose that lays the golden eggs.”

Important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle ol CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that It Bears the - Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria

AS WAS SEEN IN A DREAM

British Soldier Wounded in Battle and Brought to Safety by Big Maori. Many well-authenticated stories are told of how sweethearts and wives have been warned by dreams and telepathy of impending danger to loved ones at the front. One of thb most vivid stories on record is related by a young lady whose fiancee was recently wounded, says London TitBits. Almost as soon as she fell asleep one night she dreamed that she saw her fiance In the trenches preparing for a raid. In her dream she saw him, with many others, climb out of the British trenches, cross No Man’s Land, and enter the enemy’s lines. Her dream became confused for a mo- • ment and then quite plainly she saw him climb on the parapet of the German trench and fall forward .wounded. A big man came up, took the wounded man on his shoulder, and carried him back to the British lines. The young lady—awoke—feeling very alarmed and the next day wrote to her fiance for news. A few days afterward she received a letter from film In hospital, statlpgthat on the night of her dream, about midnight, he was one of a raiding party, composed of English and New Zealanders, and was wounded whilst standing on the top of the German trench. A big Maori carried him back to the British lines, exactly as the young lady had pictured In her dream. The average man is able to.look in a milliner’s show window without seeing something he would be willing to go without.

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