Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — Page 3

Rapid Evaporation of Water Secret of Success of The Iceless Refrigerator

Milk and other perishable foods can be kept cool and so preserved for considerable periods, even where ice Is unobtainable. This can be accomplished by the use of Iceless refrigerators, which are dependent on the rapid evaporation of water for the creation of low temperatures.. These devices have been perfected by woman demonstrators in extension work, South, of the United States department of agriculture. The iceless refrigerator consists of a wooden frame covered with canton

An Iceless Refrigerator.

flannel, burlap or heavy duck. It is desirable that the frame be screened, although this Is not necessary. Wicks, made of the same material as the covering, resting In a pan of water on top of the cooler, conduct the water over the sides and ends of the pan and allow it to seep down the sides of the box. The evaporation from this moistened covering causes a lower

I’ve Wished Time Away.

Since I Wan remember and all through my life? With its pleasures and sorrows, its trou- — teles and strife. There's something we wanted. I must wait day by day. To come by it quickly, I’ve wished life away. How in my schooldays I envied the men. And Wished I were grown up, to be just like them. I was so Impatient I could brook no delay; The time passed so slowly, I wished life away. When I grew to a man, and I became married, With a family around me, and life's burden I carried, So hard did I labor, I scarcely could stay TUI my day’s work was done; I wished life away. And now in my old age I look back with tears On the time that is past, fully three score of years. I’m growing quite feeble, my hair’s turned to gray. My race’s about run; I’ve wished life away, —William E. Burke.

Some Observations.

The first shock the average bride gets is that which follows the discovery of a half-used plug of chewing tobacco in her husband’s pocket. A man has enough faults as It is without making himself disagreeable. The people who enter matrimony with the Idea that the divorce court will help them out If they happen to make a bad bargain usually land In the divorce court. 'About the only time the average man doesn’t pull his money out of his pocket with a flourish so that everybody can see the S2O bill that is being used as a wrapper Is when his wife is In the room. Spring seems to be having difficulty getting Its big guns into action.

Cure for “Strawberry Nose” Found in Simple Operation

That most distressing of facial deformities which doctors call rhinophyma, characterized by a much-swol-len and reddened tip of the nose, making this look like a huge strawberry or a piece of cauliflower that has been dipped tn beet juice, may be cured by’ a simple operation. Sir William Milligan of the Royal infirmary, Manchester, describes this in the London Lancet. t < The operation consists in cutting off all the hypertrophied tissue, while the nasal passages are kept extended with absorbent wool In order to preserve their contour. The raw surface is covered with two thin grafts of skin cut from the patient’s thigh, over Which a sheet of gold lea,f is placed and a dry dressing fastened with adhesive plaster. It should be possible to remove the dressing in five days.

Specification.

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temperature inside. On dry, hot days a temperature of 50 degrees has been known to be obtained in the cooler. This is the way to build it: Make a screened case 3% feet high with the other dimensions 12 by 15 inches. If a solid top is used, simply place the water pan on this. Otherwise fit the pan closely Into the opening of the top frame and support it by one-inch cleats fastened to the Inside of the frame. Place two movable shelves In the frame, 12 to 15 inches apart. Use a biscuit pan 12 by 14 inches on the top to hold the water, and where the refrigerator Is to be used indoors have the whole thing standing in a large pan to catch any drip. The pans and case may be painted white, allowed to dry, and then enameled. A covering of white canton flannel should be made to fit the frame. Have the smooth side out and button the covering on the frame with buggy or automobile curtain hooks and eyes, arranged so that the door may be opened without unfastening these hooks. This can easily be done by putting one row of hooks on the edge of the door near the latch and the other just opposite the opening, with the hem on each sicjp extended far enough to cover the crack at the edge of the door, so as to keep out the warm, outside air and retain the cooled air. This dress or covering will have to be hooked around the top edge also. Two double strips onehalf the width of each side should be sewed on the top of each side covering, and allowed to extend over about 2% or 3 inches in the pan-of water. The bottom of the covering should extend into the lower pan. Place the refrigerator in a shady place, where air will circulate around it freely. If buttons and buttonholes are used on the canton flannel instead of buggy hooks, the cost will be reduced.

Says College Women Will Have Big Part in the Work Of Rebuilding the World

Any young woman who neglects the opportunity in this war time to prepare for the rebuilding of the world will be a world slacker, in the opinion of Miss Ada Rice, secretary of the Kansas State Agricultural College Alumni association. Miss Rice points out that at the close of the war there must be a rebuilding of national and international life. This will call for the best qualities of leadership and the best training, and in this work the college woman can play a part of great importance. College women must not wait until the end of the war for service, however, states Miss Rice. “The time is now at hand,” she declares, “when the world must depend upon woman for carrying forward progressive movements.” She urges college women to take an active interest and perform active service in the big movements now in progress. -

Wise and Otherwise.

Look out for things that won’t bear looking into. Going to law is often a preliminary to going broke. A boy in the schoolroom Is worth a dozen In the poolroom. Naturally a man would rather part his hair than part with it. Meet people with a smile unless they want to borrow something. Stocks usually recover from a fall quicker than the speculator does. Even when they weigh their words rash people give short weight. An airplane engine with 12 cylinders has been Invented that makes more than 2,000 revolutions a minute. Three asbestos mines have been opened in China, where extensive deposits of the mineral have been found.

Mother’s Cook Book

We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harm, which the wise Powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers. —Shakespeare. Seasonable Dishes, A tasty sandwich is made by mixing a fewfinely chopped olives with a little cottage cheese. The bread need not be buttered for these sandwiches. Onion Sandwich. —Soak for an hour finely cut Bermudas in ice water which has been well sweetened and salted. Drain and mix with slightly seasoned mayonnaise. Serve on rounds of buttered bread. Ham finely chopped and mixed with chopped pickles or olives makes a change from the ordinary ham sandwich. 1 - Rhubarb Marmalade. Allow three-quarters of a pound of sugAr to each pound of rhubarb. Cut in short lengths without peeling, cook slowly, stirring often to keep It from sticking or burning. After an hour place in the jars la the usual way.' \

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FOLLOW UP.

By GEORGE M. ADAMS.

How common It is in games of foctball and other sports, some quick-

When you think a Worthy Thought, follow it up. When you do a Useful Thing, Follow it up. When you strike an effective blow for a Right Cause, Follow it up. It’s the man with the Courage, first to start a. thing and then follow it up, that after a while, has an accumulation of points that stamp him Great and Masterful. Follow up or else you will fall back. Periodic Brilliancy is not Success. The Great man is simply the Small man become great. Every Great man at some time or other is the unknown, obscure man. Make your life count by compelling every single, effort to Figure in the final summing up. For after all, Success itself is nothing more nor less than work well performed and Followed Up day after day, year after year. . Periodic Brilliancy is not Success.

Facts in Figures.

Hawaii has two mountains 14,000 feet high. United States received 298,000 Immigrants last year. Turlock, Cal., will can 25,000 tons of peaches this year. Wilmington, Cal., is to have a $5,000,000 shipbuilding plant. United States in 1916 exported $150,000,000 worth of leather. Southern California is gathering $1,000,000 a day from tourists. United States last year exported glass bottles valued at $2,500,000. Glen county, California, will devote 14,123 acres of land to w rice-growing.

War Service of Y. M. C. A. Requires Vast Expenditure

The service which the Y. M. C. A. is planning to give the selective national army in its cantonments is going to require 1,100 secretaries and $3,000,000 of which nearly $2,000,000 has already been paid in or pledged. It is to be; noted that an army of 1,000,000 men, which the 200 buildings the Y. M. C. A. proposes to erect will accommodate, will require an equipment of 200 pianos and piano players, 268,000 feet of films a day, 3,000,000 sheets of writing paper dally, 10,000 pens a day and a barrel of ink, 95 automobiles and trucks, 200 mov-ing-picture machines, 200 graphophones and 10,000 records, 40,000 pounds of ice per day, a Bible to every man, magazines by the hundred tons.

Lightships and Weather Bureau.

The United States Weather bureau. In co-operation with the bureau of lighthouses, department of commerce, recently equipped a number of lightships with apparatus for recording weather conditions. These observations are then reported by wireless and are of service to the bureau in Its preparation of storm and other warnings to ships at sea. * One iron only has been discovered in Egypt which was worked by the ancients. ,

Iced Cocoa. 801 l a half cupful of cocoa, threequarters of a cupful of sugar, and one cupful of water to make a rich sirup. Put this in a jar on ice and it is ready to serve at a moment’s notice. Add a tablespoonful of the sirup to a glass of cold milk. ( Mint Jelly Sauce. Combine a cupful of currant or any. tart jelly, beaten with the juice of one orange and a half cupful of finely minced mint. Let stand in a cold place for an hour before using. Strawberries Preserved Whole. Crush two quarts of strawberries, using the small ones, and pimpier gently for twenty minutes, then strain, Allow a pound of sugar to a pint of juice. Heat the sugar and add the juice as soon as it is strained. Return to the stove and boil until thick, skimming carefully when necessary. Fill hot glasses with hulled fine berries and cover with the boiling sirup, then put on the sterilised covers. Pineapples and strawberries is a combination well liked. Cut the pineapple In dice and add twice as many strawberries. Fill the jars with this mixture using the usual amount of sugar In cooking.

thinking player dashes off a thrilling play, only to fall back for the remainder of the game into obscurity and be forgot-ten-rand for no other reason than that he failed to —Follow Up. Periodic B r 11liancy is not Success. Follow Up.

PARIS MODELS IN WAR TIMES

Those for Whose Services Great I Artiste Once Fought Are Now Working for Mere Pittance. On the professional models of Parle the misery of the war has weighed most heavily. That is apparent in the studios of the younger artists. While in former times they could afford only elderly models of more or less faded beauty, they are now engaging for a pittance famous models for whose services great artists once overbid each other. Six francs a day is all these models get for eight hours of hard posing, with a short rest period at the end of each hour, writes Mme. Bernardini-Sjoestedt In Cartoons Magazine. True, there is taken up for them a cornet —a collection which gets its name from the paper scoop into which the coins are throwti —8, 10 or 12 francs, according to the generosity of the students; but In times like these, it doesn’t go any too far. A pupil of the Julian academy, speaking of a certain model, told me, “the poor girl certainly must have starved; she has lost at least 20 pounds; she had a magnificent physique and a gloriously tinted skin. Now she is flabby and her complexion is gray, yet we use her out of pity.”

DUMMY AS WRESTLERS’ AID

Invention Designed to Give Athletes Practice as Nearly as Possible Like That With Living Opponents. William P. Armstrong of Washington has invented a wrestling dummy which w|H- find favor with wrestling teams. At the present time there is no gymnasium apparatus available with which wrestlers can practice. With the dummy illustrated they can go through many of the movements they would assume in tackling and throwing a living opponent, says the Popular Science Monthly. The figure is shaped so that no protruding points will injure the one practicing with it. The head portion of the figure is nearly round, the arms are stubbed, and the base, although heavy, is padded and upholstered. The entire body consists of a canvas suit fitted over raw cotton, excelsior, hair or any other yielding material. The device is supported on an upright board embedded securely in the base of heavy Wood. In order to throw' the figure to the floor the wrestler must secure a hold on it and exert considerable force before it will yield. The dummy is light enough to be used at home.

The Workers.

In an article on how labor can aid in the war, advising longer hours, increased production, etc., the Industrial Economist says: “According to the census there are at present about 30,000,000 workers in the United States, Including all over the age of ten. The figures submitted by the secretary of the American Federation of Labor some time ago show about 1,847,000 persons working on an eight-hour basis in the United States, and of this number 475,000 were either federal, state, county or municipal employees. Since that time the number of those working on an eight-hour basis has Increased, and today there is a minimum of 2,000,000 workers operating on an eight-hour basis, and these 2,000,000 workers are probably the ones who will be very directly concerned with producing that which the government needs through the various factories, mills, mines, etc., throughout the country.”

Had Too Many Pets.

The exact reason why a man refused to live with or support his lawful wife, was set forth in the domestic relations court in New York. “I will never return home,” explained the recreant husband, “as long as my wife keeps pets. She’s got a turtle, two parrots, a canary» two cats and a fox terrier, and it ain’t no place to live.” “He needn’t come If he don’t want to; no one cares and no one asked him to,” said the helpmate. “What I want is three dollars a week from him and no conversation. I gave away all the pets but Cuckoo, the pup, and Td keep him If my husband talked forever. He’s better company than some people I know anyway—swears less, eats less, and only barks when there’s something to bark about.”

Fish by the Shovelful.

There Is a fish of the smelt family, which, according to Dr. David Starr Jordan, is reducing the cost of living on the Pacific coast and might profitably be shipped. In the spring the beaches about the mouth of the Columbia river are fairly lined with the fish, which come there to spawn. They, may be literally shoveled out of the water, and sell at 3 to 5 cents a pound. Although then ki-poor condition they are excellent food, being full of a very digestible oil. It Is said that if a wick is placed In one of these fish it will burn like a candle.

Visitor Took No Chances.

The ways of a “great city” evidently were very new to him as he stood on the curb on Main street north from the .Union station and gazed across the street at a line of brilliantly lighted windows. Several times he ventured a foot to the pavement, and then drew It back. A city man who was observing him apparently looked friendly, for the stranger suddenly approached him. “Say,” he asked, “do they allow a fellow to cross the street anywhere he wants 'to, or does he have to go to one of them cressings?”—Kansas City Star. .. '- ■ ‘

JOURNEY IS NEVER FINISHED

f Trip Over “Sleepy Road" Found by Doctor to Be a Sure Cure for Wakefulness. It is hard for me to remember now that my knowledge of the Sleepy Roat, gained so many years ago, came only through the chance bit of advice dropped by a wise, kind, weary old doctor as he shuffled, at midnight, down the corridor of the silent hospital. Whatever was* the errand of life or death that had called him in such haste, he had time to stop and give me a friendly word, although I, a small and incorrigibly sleepless patient, was sitting bolt upright among the pillows in defiance of nil his orders, and was staring, wide-eyed, into the hot, pain-haunted dark. “You think you are never going to be able to sleep again, don’t you?” he observed; “well, shut your eyes and do just what I tell you. Think of some road that you know well, a good long road that winds and turns and shows you water and woods and hills. Keep your eyes tight shut and travel along it in memory; go as slowly as you can, recall every sight and sound and perfume as you pass by.- I have such a road of my own, the one I used to walk to school when I was eight years old; I have started out on it a hundred times, when I thought I could not sleep, but I never get very far. I come just about to the old, stone bridge over Damon’s creek, or perhaps to the swimming-hole where the willows dip into the brown water, but I never reach the end.” —From the Atlantic.

IS MAGICIAN AMONG FISHES

Little Puffer Escapes From Danger by inflating Itself Until It Is Almost Spherical in Shape. It is doubtless true that there are no mermaids in the sea and no Neptune with crown and flowing locks; but the species of life that do exist there are in many ways equally as. Interesting as the mythological folk. Take the little puffer fish, for example, which has attracted the attention of scientists from earliest times on account of its shrewd habit of defending itself by Inflation. The moment it scents danger in the form of a large fish searching for a dinner It Instantly distends itself with water until It becomes almost spherical in shape, so that no ordinary fish could swallow it, says the Popular Science Monthly. Director H. C. Townsend of the New York aquarium, placed a few good-sized scup or porgies in a tank which contained a dozen young puffers about two Inches in length, which the hungry scup attacked at once. Instantly the baby puffers inflated themselves and became almost globular in form, so that the larger fish were unable to do more than knock them about like toy balloons, too large to be swallowed, and on which they cool’d get no hold, no matter how hard they tried. ——-

Takes Photographs by Magnetism.

A school superintendent in Texas has made some Interesting investigations into the nature of the force that a magnet exerts when it pulls on iron and steel. Proceeding on the theory that this force is analogous to the waves of light and the waves of the X-ray, he attempted to take photographs by means of it and got some encouraging results. By shutting up * magnet under a photographic plate, which rested upon several small objects, in a perfectly dark chamber, for a period of several days, he obtained photographs of the objects upon the plate. If further research should show that this effect was due solely to the magnet the experiment might cast considerable light on the problems of magnetism.

Little Candy Imported.

Unlike American consumers of other products, the candy eater much prefers his own American made candy to the confections of other lands. Imports of foreign confectionery have never been large and with few exceptions have been overshadowed by the . exports. . 1-—-——-—--The small amount'that is Imported came from many different countries, Including Austria-Hungary, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, China, Hongkong, Japan and Turkpy in Asia. American manufacturers export candy to almost every nation in the world.

Irish Not Coal Miners.

An Irish coal field of Importance Is that of Tyrone. Here exists a supply which, if fully exploited, would afford nearly sufficient coal for the important factories of that prosperous section of Ireland; but unfortunately, coal mining Is a branch of Industry which seems foreign to the habits of the people. The'Tyrone coaid field has special advantages for working, lying north of the flourishing town of Dungannon. The coal is bituminous; there are several thick seams, about ten in all—all workable, and the Ulster canal places district of Coal Island In connection with Lough Neagh.

Can You Beat it?

\ “Jack, dear, which would you rather lose, me or my money?” “You, dearest.” - “Oh, Jack!” “But I would. Because you see, dp**”’ If I lost you 1 would have the money to offer a large reward and get you back again!” “You darling-boy 1" -

The Shame of the Gospel

By REV. L. W. GOSNELL

"J .. . —— ~ Auutant Dean. Moody Bible Imtitote. Chicago.

TEXT—For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Chriat; for It ia the power of God unto salvation to everyone that beUeveth; to the Jew first, and also to tho Greek.—Rom. 1:14. Why should we be ashamed of the Gospel? Men are not ashamed of per-

We can understand why Paul might have been ashamed of the Gospel in Rome. Today the cross has become glorified in men’s eyes, but then it was only the symbol of shame, and Paul preached as Savior one who was crucified between two thieves. Many of the early Christians were of lowly station while Rome was the center of wealth, culture and power. Things have changed somewhat, outwardly, yet we too find abundant temptations to be ashamed of the Gospel. Scientific circles often ridicule its teaching as to man’s origin, condition and destiny. The workingman finds it takes courage to tell his companions of his conversion and school boys will jibe their fellow who dares to kneel at his bedside to pray. Frances* Ridley Havergal tells of attending a» social gathering one evening where she was Invited to sing. She selected a sweet hymn about Jesus and sang It, and as we read of it, we feel it was not easy to do thaL Why We Are Ashamed. And now it is time to try to give the real reason why Paul might have been ashamed of the Gospel at Rome, why we may be ashamed of it now, and, on the contrary, why the followers of new "isms” are not ashamed of them. We believe it is because of the different attitude taken towards man. The Gospel regards him aS lost and undone, needing a Savior who redeems him by the death of tho cross. It tells him he must be born again, becoming a new creation. True, the Gospel holds before man a deotiny such as has not entered his heart to conceive. Paul tells, however, why he was not ashamed. First, the Gospel is a power. Of this there can be no doubL For example, John Lawrence declared that however much the British government has done for India, the missionary has done more; the modern educational system of India sprang from Carey and Duff through Macauley. Dr. Edgerton R. Young tells, In a fascinating way, how this same Gospel wrought changes among the American Indians for the far north, transforming them from improvident savages into owners of harvesting machinery and well-built barns and bounteous crops. The Converted Medicine Man. But, this is not all; it is a power “unto salvation.” Let others do with all their enchantments what the Gospel Is doing every day—bringing peace to bad consciences, contentment to restless hearts, and hope to those whose outlook into the future is gloomy. We recall one story told by Dr. Egerton R. Young about an Indian medicine man. We are persuaded by his accounts and those of David Brainerd that many of these men were possessed by demons, just as spiritualistic mediums have their “controls.” Doctor Young visited the man referred to and consented to eat with him. In»an Instant there was a gleam In the Indian’s eye and he glanced at the medicine bag hanging on his tent pole. Doctor Young knew what the glance meant; the Indian thought he would now be able to kill him by some of the powerful poisons in the medicine bag. Doctor Young boldly charged him with this murderous intent. The Indian cowered under the rebuke, but that was all. Yet. after some weeks, this same poor creature was found clothed, In his right mind and sitting at the feet of Jesus. Surely we are not ashamed of a Gospel of power like this! Third, this power is for everyone who believes, Jew or Gentile. The fact that all races and classes may enter into the blessing suggest that the Gospel originates with him who is Lord of all. The fact that it is by faith makes It available to every son of man. Where is place for shame with such a Gospel as this! What Is It to Bellevef And now, dear reader, what Is that belief, that faith which brings us salvation? It does not mean mere belief in a creed, or anything of that sort. It is rather trust in a person—and surely the Savior of sinners is alto-, getber trustworthy. Venture, then* upon him and salvation is yours, for* “with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the motlite confession is made unto salvation.”

versions of IL Our friends who have espoused modern “isms” talk of their beauties in the parlor and on the street, hand us literature about them and invite ns to their meetings. It seems natural for them to do so. But there is something unnatural about our doing likewise in regard to the Gospel. Why?