Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — Page 3

Discovered

■ There are a good many dull days In the office of the small-town newspaper. Bren when the city has 40,000 complacent souls and Is picturesquely mounted on the Mississippi—which Opie Reed characterises as the river of romance and folly—-there are times so dßll that the bell of the scissors grinder would be hailed with joy. For a long season I was sentenced to the dally task of getting out the Herald in Quincy. Of course I didn't fcet out the whole paper, bat I thought I did, or at least felt responsible for It, and when neither the telegraph nor the local end was able to pan out any gold I began to worry qbout my growing flock of readers. When things looked pretty stale we would often turn hopefully to the broad river which flows Irresistibly past our gates. It was always good for a fish story and at flood seasons it furnished thrills. But fish tales wane 1 in interest, and flood time is so short, so there periods when one had to be a pretty good skirmisher to dig anything out of the stream. One summer we had more than a week of Intolerable dullness. It seemed that nothing could pcspibly happen. Every grass widow in-town was on her good behavior and even the dogs were licking noses instead # of scrapping. Our little force would meet moral qgs to discuss possibilities and every man ceuld feel in his bones that the day was a dead one. So one morning when the situation was becoming serious from the standpoint of a newspaper man I announced that I was going down to the river in person and by the immortal gods I would bring something back that would make the town talk for a week. My partner wished me well, but shook his head doubtfully and suggested that I take a couple of shots of cocaine before starting. But Tw a ved him aside and started bravely forth.

I came back with the long-lost casket containing the remains of Hernando de Soto, companion of Pizarro and discoverer of the Mississippi river! That was some find. Most folk along the stream were familiar with the romance and legend surrounding the De Soto expedition, and the tragedy and mystery of Ms passing and the disposition of his body. —how at midnight hia corpse was consigned to the river he had found lest the Indians should doubt his claim to supernatural power and massacre the remnants of the expedition. The spot was not even known nor was any record kept In a general way. Yet here we were, four and a half centuries later, blithely discovering the bony remnants of the discoverer! The river at that time was lower than it had been for years, and this furnished she excuse for the find. Capt Jack Arptzen, who was in command of the ferry plying to the Missouri side, was a good old scout, and said he would swear to and substantiate anything I said, even If he had to go to the electric chair for it.

There was hardly a passenger on the ferry that morning and every now and then the craft would kiss a sand-bar, hang for a moment, and then the venerable engine would shake her free. About midstream the captain and I put on rubber boots and got out on a hump-backed bar that Impeded the channel. We dug out a couple of lengths of stovepipe half-filled with sand and bore them carefully and tenderly back to the Illinois side, where we locked them up Into a waste room In the basement of the waterworks plant. So much of the proceedings were observed with Idle interest by a few persons lounging at the ferry landing.

Then came the story. We told It In the paper that evening with an abundance of detail. The captain of the ferry was given full credit for the find. He had noted the curious object on a previous trip and had resolved to investigate. Then he had made the discovery and had realised its Importance. He had stood with bared head on Ihe lonely bar as he had uncovered the rude casket of the great explorer, , £here could* be no mistake—On a metallic plate could still be traced the legend, “Hernando de Soto, 1542/* With the assistance of a map from'the boiler works he had opened the casket and there found the somewhat ‘disintegrated bones of the explorer. Also- within was found a Spanish doubloon of the reign of Oarlos the Magnificent, a metaf gauntlet add a button resembling a Grand Army emblem.

The story wsb told with a careless wealth of words and there were pictures of the captain and his ferryboat to back It up. '•That did for the first day. “ When the paper came out the large majority of readers considered It a merry Jest, but there also were many others who took It seriously. That room for an argument—something to talk about. And*they had It AH* day at the waterworks there was a straggling procession of curious people who would rather shame-facedly ask If they ujlgbt view the remains. Oaa iMn came from a hundred miles

over In Missouri early the*next day in order to be Johnfly-on-the-Spot. To all the captain explained that he could do nothing until after the Inquest So we had one. The coroner was a good friend of mine and promised to stand up calmly under anything we said in the paper, so I selected a Jury of friendly ’scouts and described-the proceedings at the Inquest I told how at first, when notified, the coroner had thought De Soto was a molder who had drowned near Hannibal the day before and had asked that everything possible be done to revive the corpse. When the doctor said that he understood the man had been dead for 400 years the coroner abruptly told him he must not believe all he heard. The story of the Inquest was given with minute detail and included an obituary of the explorer. This gave the readers something more to talk about, and the number of those who belleved in the reality of the story increased. An enterprising museum man of St. Louis heard of it and wired up an offer of SI,OOO for the casket and its contents. Some of the country press roundabout took to the yarn quite serlbusly, and began to argue how it was possible? or impossible for the bones of the‘explorer 'to be found at this day. Of course, our loathsome local contemporaries made no reference whatever to the Incident, so that we had the home crowd in our own hands. It was an “exclusive” story, and we played it up for some days along those lines. The other papers were silent because they had been scooped the greatest scopp of the century. So people continued to talk and to write about it until one igvriver church considered the idea of running an excursion to view the remains. Then It was that we began to consider the best way to get rid of the ghostly corpus delicti. But that is another story.— Eugene Brown,' In Los Angeles Tijnes.

A SHAMELESS WISH

“You’ve a hard-working wife.” “Yep; an’ I wish I had two or three more like her."

Vast Deposit of Asphalt.

The vastest deposit of asphalt In the world, hitherto untouched, is about to be opened dp. This is In northwestern Canada, its southern boundary being about 300 miles north of Edmonton. The area, according to the Scientific American, Is, probably, not less than one thousand square miles, and the average thickness is upward of 100 feet The railroad from Edmonton, begun two years ago, Is now almost completed, and it will be possible to get this asphalt out. Its form is a sand containing 15 per cent bitumen. At the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research In Pittsburgh a process for separating the asphalt from the sand has been developed. All this Is now on Canadian government property, but it Is expected that it will be opened for commercial exploitation.

Bells Not in Favor.

Greek monks are Called to prayer In a fashion of their own. Bells are not regarded with too much favor In the Levant The fact that they are an innovation borrowed albeit In the tenth century from schismatic Venice makes the orthodox doubt their-appeal, while the Turks object to theft even more strongly lest they disturb wandering spirits, says the National Geographic Magazine. For all ordinary purposes the monks use In their stead a hanging wooden plank or sometimes a smaller metal bar of which the necessary concomitant Is a stoat maljet

Asia Big Tin Producer.

.The world's "tln-smeltlng capacity Is placed at 137,800 tons. Asia is credited with 89,000 tons, England with 28,000 tons, Germany with 11,200 tons, the United* States with 11,200 tons, " and Australia with 8,400 tons.

To Whiten Handkerchiefs.

Wash as usual, then soak overnight In a quart as water, to which has been added one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, ; _____ •

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URGED TO EAT MORE RABBITS

English People Asked to Make Use of Wild Animals and Birds to Relieve Food Shortage.

It has been suggested by the food controller that more use should be made of the wild animals and birds which abound In the country, says a writer In the London Mall. Rabbits, wood pigeons i\nd sparrows have been specially mentioned. All three are a plague l»‘the country today, and to make a systematic raid on them for food purposes would serve two useful endq. Rabbits are eaten chiefly between harvest time and the end of March, but they drift to the kitchen at all seasons. By systematic snaring or trapping great numbers could be available as a regular supply for the people of a district or for dispatch to the towns. Wood pigeons as well as rabbits were recommended by the board of agriculture soon after the outbreak of war as forming “an excellent meat diet.” Wood pigeons, or ring doves, abound In all wooded districts In autumn, winter and eirly spring, but they are exceedingly difficult birds to bring down In any number owing to their extreme cunning. It is only by well concerted shoots extending over a wide area that a supply of pigeons can be obtained. Through lack of men able to take part In such shoots no appreciable difference has been made in the number of wood pigeons during the war. For the table they are cooked as a rule in a pie with a few pieces of beef or salt pork.

Fish Forcemeat.

Three cupfuls pounded raw haddock or fresh cod, one-half teaspoonful salt, two tablespoonfuls melted butter, one-half cupful rich milk or cream, few grains nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls cornstarch, one-eighth tablespoonful pepper, or less if liked less highly seasoned. To prepare fish, scrape the white, raw flesh from the bones and skin. About a pound and three-quarters will be needed, put the flesh through the foodchopper, then into a bowl, and rub with a potato masher till it is thoroughly broken up and very smooth. Add the other ingredients in the order given, transfer Into a well-buttered mold or pan and bake for 80 minutes. Serve it with desired sauce. When cold, it may be sliced, dipped in flour, and fried as any fish Is, or it may be cut Into cubes, combined with diced lobster, and served with white sauce; or it* may be combined with cubes of roast veal and heated in brown gravy, or with bits of cooked cauliflower and celeriaa

How to Cook Leg of Lamb.

To properly cook a leg of lamb, considering both flavor and economy, have it boned and rolled by your butcher. Be sure he sends you the bone and meat the day before Id Is to be eaten. As soon as it comes put bones in a kettle with cold water, an onion, and season with salt and pepper. Let simmer for three-quarters of an hour. When this comes to a boll put In the meat and keep at a constant boil for two hours. Take out meat and boil down liquor, then strain and cool. The next day take off fat, put in half a cupful barley and boll, till tender. This will make delicious soup. The leg should now be covered with the fatty membrane that has been taken off the leg. This will give it flavor and serve to baste the meat. Bake In oven about one hour.

Butter Icing.

A rich and delicious Icing for cake, which surpasses any boiled icing, Is made as follows: Cream one heaping tablespoonful butter With one and a h»if cupfuls pulverized sugar. Add the beaten yolk of one egg and stir until perfectly smooth. Flavor with orange extract or a little orange and Jemon Juice. It should be stiff enough so that-It will spread easily and not drip from the cake.

Cocoa Cake Without Eggs.

Mir four tablespoonfuls butter with erne cupful sugar. _ Add one cupful buttermilk and one and one-hqjf capfuls flour which has been sifted with on* teaspoonful soda and one-half cupful cocoa, ou£ teaspoonful vanilla, onehalf teaspooflful salt.

For Quick Cooling.

If you wish to cool anything very quickly take a vessel qf cold water and squeeze the blue bag Into It until it becomes dark blue. Then add a handful of salt, and in this water place your Jug of lemonade or milk or blanrtnange or Jelly. A >

When Boiling Rioe.

» A teaspoonful of lemon ftice added j to a Quart of water in which rice la to be boiled will make- the rice very ( white and wIH keep the grains aepa-, rate when boiled. 1

WISE AND OTHERWISE

A beauty specialist frequently encounters hard lines. ‘Tdorality Is always ready to monopeHac the spotlight. Most married men growl Just to keep from forgetting how. If a man expects i woman to be reasonable she thinks he Is unreasonable. «, Some people derive a lot of satisfaction from making themselves miserable. There may be nothing new under the sou, bat there are always a lot of fresh people. Girts who can’t cook should look before they leap Into the. matrimonial frying pan.

DO YOU KNOW THAT—

Burial In dry flbur will keep sliver bright for a long time? A lemon will yield almost twice as mnch Juice If slightly warmed before squeezing? Pie crnsts are bound, crimped and trimmed at the same time with a new kitchen utensil? A patent has been granted for stick candy having a core made of peanut butter? Cushions filled with dried coffee grounds protect needles and pins from rusting? A laundry soap which applies bluing while It is being used to lather clothes has been invented by an Englishman? A coffee pot on the varinun bottle principle, the lid of which serves as a stopper, has been Invented? One of the new laundry machines can be used in a bathroom, being supplied with water through hose from the washstand and emptying into the douet. * A new substitute for butter is being made from the butter fats of coconuts? The coconuts are ground fine, mixed with milk and churned. It makes an article yon eouldnt tell from butter.

SUMPIN’ LACKING

He—-Yes, I shall will my brain to science when I die. She —I certainly will be interest 1 ed in finding out what's the matter with it

No Chance to Win.

The captain of the Golden dross listened patiently to his Yankee passenger’s account of his shooting abilities, then he quietly remarked: “I don’t think you could hit this bottle at twenty yards, placed on the taffrall, while the ship Is heaving like this.” “I guess It would be just child’s play.” “Well, Til bet yon a guinea you don’t hit it three times out of six.” “It’s a wager I Come- along.” The bottle was placed in position. Crack! The Yankee hit it, and it disappeared in fragments into the sea. “Trot out another one,” said the marksman. “Not at all. conditions were that you hit that one three times out of six. Five shots more.” —London Tit* Bits. *

Beautiful Resignation.

Apropos of the Russian revolution, Oswald darrison Vlllard said: “Even the higher classes of ttussla seem to accept this revolutionary change with resignation—like Smithson, you know. “Smithson, clad In deepest black, said resignedly, as he drained a glass of beer: ** The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord.’ “ ‘Smithson seems,’ said a bystander, *to have sustained a loss.’ “•Yes,’ said a bartefider, Tie’s Just buried his mother-in-law.’ ”

Oilcloth on Shelves.

Oilcloth Is more satisfactory than shelf paper for covering the pantry •helves, as it can always be kept dean. Though the outlay is larger, it is cheaper In the end, as It may be washed when soiled Instead of having tp be replaced.

Would Be a Boon.

Wife (reading).—“lsn't it fanny, ray dear! Here Is an article which says they have found a new species of bird in Australia which has fonr legs. Now, whatever do yon suppose they want four legs for?” Husband (yawning)— "They are probably 'politicians, my love, and by this beautiful dispensation of their Creator they are enabled to Maud on both sides of the fence at the same time.

Very Likely.

Harold was Instructed in the duties and spirit of a host by his mother before she gave the birthday party. One guest, a boy of eight, feeling too old for baby games, was frankly bored and refused to Join In the play. Several times Harold, In obedience to warning glances, offered the boy his own place, only to meet as many refusals. Finally he inquired in tones of sincere interest, “What did you come for—to eat?”

How War of 1812 Was Declared.

An act declaring war between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the-dependencies thereof and the United States of America was approved by the president at 3 p. m. June 18, 1812. The act was drawn up by William Pinkney, then attorney general of the United States. It passed the house June 4, 1812, 79 in favor, 49 against, and passed the senate June 17, 1812, yeas, 19; noes, 18.

Greek Athletic Judges.

St. Paul mentions In II Timothy, 4: 8, that the judge in the Greek athletic contests was selected for his spotless Integrity; his office was ton decide any disputes. Col. 3:15; and to award the prize, I Cor. 9:24; consisting of a crown, n Timothy, 2:5, and 4:2, of leaves of wild olive at the Olympic games and of pine, or at one period, Ivy, at Isthmian games.

The New-Fangled Way.

“What has become of the old-fash-ioned man who used to whistle and wait for his sweetheart?” asks an exchange. Probably sitting in the front room listening to his son honk the tin liscie while waiting for Mayme to don her motor garb. —St Paul Pioneer Press.

Almost the Same.

Robert was forced to visit the dentist The dentist remarked that there was Inflammation in the tooth, and after relieving the pain Robert was sent home, “what did the dentist say?” his mother asked. “He said I had an information tooth,” was die reply.

Silver Trumpets.

The silver trumpets which Moses was charged to fnrnlsh the Israelites were to be used for the calling together of the assembly; for the journeying of camps, for sounding the alarm of war; for celebrating the sacrifices on festivals and new moons (Numbers3o: 1-10).

Waste of Time.

A little fellow, age four, was repeating a prayer after his mother, ending with “God bless papa, mamma, grandma, brother and sister, and everybody.” “Mamma,” said he, “If we bad said •everybody’ at the start it wouldn’t have taken np so much of God’s time.”

Some Echo.

It la%Ud there la a cavern In Finland where the echo Is so strong (hat If a person shouts at the top of' hta lungs the sound will be repeated with, such horrible moanlngs and rumblings U will almost deafen the listener.

No More Fairy Tales.

“Now the giant had a wonderful musical Instrument which would cry out If anybody tried to steal It." “I don’t sea anything so wonderful about It I Blink maybe we could arrange oar grapbophone to do that” i

Maybe Both Are Right

The unsuccessful man is always sure hls poverty la the result of bad luck. The successful maa Is equally certain that hla own success waa due to his business judgment

Well, Who Did?

Bruy was told to amuse hla baby brother for a while. He obeyed, say* tog just iQud enough to be heard: “Huh, who ever heard of a ho aaxaa gwr*

Feeling One's Wife.

No man ever succeeded tn footing his wife as to, his eapohllltles 'vary long. Better take her into partnership In everything.

Tho Danger.

"Xf you ain’t a fighter.* said Uncle Sben, “you runa a terrible risk of Je* bein’ stock up an* used fob forget bhmd ttce,*

Taking Lessons From Savage.

“We need not be savage* to ho healthy? but we sharid make sure rift air we breathe, the food we eri. and the water we drink are as pore aa those oC the savage.*—?. B, KeUcgg.

Pitted for Job.

S| bear Adele hps gone Into «mht opera.’* “There was always something nipreuady sad about that grLT'Hbttb

Prohibition Measure to Know Fate Soon.

Washington, July 26.—-National prohibition will be voted on by the senate next Wednesday. By unanimous consent it was lagreed tonight t otake up Monday, Senator Sheppard’s .resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution and to dispose of it by Wednesday night. Foes of prohibition consented to the vote in order to clear the resolution from the calendar, transmit it to the house and perhaps shift further agitation on the 'ubject from congress to the states. They secured a nagreement, however, for addition of a prov'so requiriifj? the states to act within six years! on the constitutional amendment if submitted to them. The vote in the senate probably will be extremely close. Adoption would require two-thirds of the senators present. Senator Sheppard predicted tonight an affirmative vote of 66 or 66 votes,' just enough to prove the resolution, which would then go to the house, subject to a similar two-thirds vote. Ratification of the resolution would require affirmative action by threefourths of the forty-eight states. The resolution provides: “The manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes are hereby prohibited. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

USt PINE

Prepared at Home

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