Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — Page 2

War Adventures “Over There”

~ "Where did I get the limp?” Lieutenant —— of the Royal Flying corps, repeated my Interesting story. I got it back of the German lines. “I was out canoeing on the lake near Chicago when I got the impulse to go over. Without telling my parents I crossed over to Canada and enlisted in the flying corps. There were three months of training and then I was sent to London. From London I cabled back to Chicago, telling my parents where I was. Some pretty hot replies came back, but they didn’t reach me in London. It was hotter where I was when the messages arrived, so they didn’t have much effect. .•••■•; ■ ' • “Early one morning we were ordered up in the air to get an ammunition dump some six miles behind- the. German lines. We were up as soon as it was daylight and headed with two other machines for the place we were to bomb. One of the machines got into trouble before it crossed our lines and had to descend. We saw there was no damage. The airplane volplaned gently to earth. Just a case of englne..trouble, so we went ahead. We were subjected to a pretty hot fire when we crossed over the German trenches, but we got across safely and were off to our ammunition dump. “We dropped two or three bombs on the place and' saw it go up in ■moke. Then we were ready to return. Just before we crossed the German lines on our return trip Fritz opened up on us with his ‘archibalds.’

Mother’s Cook Book

Food for the Family. Before the good greens are frost bitten and spoiled one should can a few Jars with carrots, celery and an onion or two to use for the children In the winter. Two or three carrots cut up with a stalk or two of celery and onion with the bulk of the jar filled with spinach, or Swiss chard will take its place. This combination is highly recommended by dieticians, for little people, beginning as soon as vegetables may be given. Two or three tablespoonfuls of this mixture put through a puree sieve may be added to any meat broth or a cream soup. Children may early learn to enjoy all vegetables by adding them to soups and various dishes. As the mineral matter contained in vegetables is so valuable to growing children a variety of vegetables should be served and always in some attractive and, tasty form to induce the liking for them. Potato water contains valuable mineral matter, which water may be added to bread when setting the sponge, buckwheat griddle cakes instead of water and gravies of all kinds In place of water or milk. Canned Vegetables for Soup. Scald, peel and mash one peck of ripe tomatoes. Cook a dozen ears of corn, cut from the cob and scrape oft all the tender bits of the kernel. Put a bunch of celery, one-half peek of onions, two medium heads of cabbtfge, one dozen small carrots and three bunches of well-washed celery through the meat chopper. Pack In jars and cook under water, following the directions for cold pack canning. In the winter add the amount of cooked vegetables needed to any kind of broth. Potatoes and turnips may be added when used. Tomatoes and corn may be omitted and any liked combination used. If corn is used, however, the cooking must continue three hours, Peanut Butter Soup. A delicious and nourishing soup may be made from peanut butter and skim milk. Heat a pint of milk until warm, add two tablespoonfuls of peanut butter, mixed to a paste with a little of the milk. Salt and season to taste and thicken with a teaspoonful each of butter and flour cooked together until smooth. When scalding hot, serve. Fried corn is del lei pus. Mix with a little finely chopped green pepper and cook in any swteet fat, corn oil or olive oil. Season salt and pepper and serve with crispJbacon.

Fruits as Foods.

It is believed that if the people of this country would eat more fruits they would be more healthful and efficient. The average family does not consume enough fresh, canned and preserved fruits. Especially Is this true with those in poor circumstances whomust buy most of their foods, says an exchange. \ £ Farmers should provide for an abundance of fruits in season; not only should plenty of fresh fruits be available, but there shoufd be enough to can, preserve and dry for future use. The opportunity for producing fruits for home use is too great to neglect. As a means of providing a wholesome and palatable food supply growing fruits is Important Every farm should have sufficient acreage in orchard to supply the needs of the manager and his family.

BY RICHARD BOECKEL

The ‘arcfilbalds’ are called antiaircraft guns by civilians. “I felt my machine Jerk and knew I had been hit. A piece of shell had gone through my petrol tank. My engine stopped and my pilot was forced to drop down behind the German trenches. The pilot of my companion machine saw I whs in trouble and dropped down alongside of me. IV e always figure that it is better for two machines to go down together, for often it is possible to make quick repairs and get aloft again before the Germans get to us. “If the machine was gone beyond repair we would have touched it off to prevent its falling into the hands of the Germans and all four of us would have got into the good machine for our trip back. “The holes through our petrol tank were just as clean as you could wish for. We were patching them up with a couple pieces of wood when some Germans came upon them. Both machines turned their machine guns on the Germans and sprayed them while we were completing the repairs and exchanging gasoline. “The Germans replied with a volley from their rifles and I felt a sharp sting in my leg. We got into the machines again and safely up aloft before the Germans got to us. When we landed back of our own lines I felt faint and had to be carried from my car. The floor of the car was covered with blood. I had stopped two German-balls with my leg.”

Great Ararat Not Known by This Name to the Armenians.

Great Ararat, which looms up about 17,000 feet Into the Armenian sky and looks down on the lands of Russia, Turkey .and ITrsia, although so truly the rallying point, as it were, for the Armenian people, Is quite unknown to the native Armenian by this name. The people who actually dwell within sight of its great snow-capped dome, who Took out toward it over the plain from Erivan, some thirty miles away to the north, or from the frontier mountain slopes away-to the south, call it by a variety of names. If they are Armenians they call it “Massisif Turks, “Aghrl Dagh,” and If Persians. “Koh-i-Nuh,” or the “Mountain of Noah.” There are really, of course, two mountains, or, rather, there is one vast mass out of which rise two peaks, “their bases confluent at a height of 8,800 feet their summits about seven miles apart.” Little Ararat, upon whose slopes it is that the territories of the three kingdoms actually meet, Is some 4,000 feet lower than its big brother; but, nevertheless, with its 12,840 feet, it is “none so little.”

Henpeck—l love to take my wife autoing. Henderson —Indeed ? Henpeck—Yes. We go so fast that she’s too scared to say a word.

The palatability of dried foods depends largely upon the manner in which they are prepared for serving. In the process of drying fruits and vegetables most of the water is removed. This water must be supplied in the process of preparation. The best way. to accomplish this is by soaking the products several hours, such as over night, before they are cooked. The product should always be cooked In the water in which it has been soaked, otherwise much food material wili be lost. In cooking dried fruits and vegetables the slower and longer the process the better the results. The long, slow cooking not only makes a much more plump and attractive-looking product but lends a better flavor. Directions for cooking .dried fruits and vegetables are summarized by Miss Addie D. Root of the University of Missouri college of agriculture, as follows: 1. Wash the product. 2. Soak several hours, to replace the water which has been dried out." 3. Cook sfewly several hours. 4. For fruits use as little water as possible and only a little sugar. 5. If it is a fruit which has a flat taste, add a little lemon juice or a little cream of tartar. 6. Chopped nuts may be sprinkled in stewed fruit for variety, and to Increase the food value.

A MEAN ADVANTAGE.

Cooking Dried Foods.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. REJffiWLAER. IND.

Popular Science.

Five per cent ,of all storage eggs are spoiled because of minute breaks in the shell. A little more care in handling would z save them. The chimney sweep- has persisted longer in Paris than in any other city, but his gradual disappearance in that city is noted now. The long, silky fiber of the silk-cotton tree, found principal-. Iv in Jamaica, is extensively used for making stuffing for pillow cushions. Shark killing is now accomplished with greater facility by means of an electrified wire through which a severe shock Is given as soon as the fish takes thebait.—„ . Blind persons are enabled to write letters neatly by means of a gauge which holds the paper and guides the pencil regularly across the surface.

Simple Tests of Value in Telling Whether Goods Is “All Wool and Yard Wide.”

The laws of the country at present offer no protection to the purchaser of textile materials. If the price of “all wool, a yard wide” goods Is paid and later it 4s found that the material is half cotton, there is nothing left for the purchaser to do but to enter It as “loss” in her profit and loss account. To be sure there are any number of stores where the dealers are truthful about the textile niaterlals handled, but nevertheless a knowledge of a few simple tests may not come amiss, writes Beryl Dixon of the Colorado Agricultural college. Sometimes sleazy, thin cotton material is made to look quite firm and attractive by the use of sizing or dressing. By rubbing a corner between the thumb and finger, the sizing is removed and the real quality of the material is apparent. In very thin materials the sizing may be detected by holding the cloth to the light. The starch will show between the threads. An examination of the raveled warp and woof threads will often appear fuzzy. Linen fibers are long, and consequently broken ends of linen threads are more pointed than those of cotton. Cotton material feels warmer than linen. Somewoolen materials are “made" over” that is, old woolen rags and short, broken fibers, and the clippings from broadcloth are used in its manufacture. Sometimes this can be detected by unraveling the end. The short fibers are loosened and fall out.

POULTRY POINTERS

Making the most of everything in the poultry businesses a sure way to success. Odd or surplus cockerels should be made over into capons to help increase the meat supply. Capons grow to substantial weights and their meat is of a high quality. Cockerels from two to six months old are of the caponizlng age, but the younger they are the better the work can be done. From one and a half to two and a half pounds is generally accepted as the best weight of cockerels for capoffizing. Experience and practice soon make the work easy to those so Inclined to learn the art. A knowledge of the essential features of the operation and a good set of tools soon put the operator in the front ranks of the profession. Birds intended for caponizlng should not be fed for 36 hours prior to the operation. Refraining from feeding the birds before, always helps the operator as well as the birds afterwards.

The operation should be preferred In the daytime, and the brighter the light the more easily are the organs distinguished. When the operator Is skillful the operation Is only the matter of seconds In the making of a capon. After the birds have been operated upon, place them in a house from which the roosts and other furniture have been removed, and cover the floor with straw, hay or leaves for a bedding. fDon’t crowd them too Smich until they have taken to and show some strength af.er the operation.

GOD SPEED YOU, SOLDIER BOY!

By CHARLES A. SNYDER.

The nation has called you, ‘ Bravely Boy, you have answered the call. i And no matter whate’er may befall you, We’re with you a hundred million all. God speed you. Soldier Boy; keep you day by day, And bring you back to us unharmed At the closing of the fray. Mothers, dads and sweethearts true, the friends you've left behind Are praying that you, on the battleground. Might hear this prayer of cheer. May God speed you. Soldier Boy, to all of us most dear. So let’s pray that 1 ’twill all soon be ended And back home once again you’ll return, r With Old Glory and Victory blended To your loved ones who night and day > will yearn.

GIANTS, CHAMPIONS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE, 1917

I—Tesreau; 2—Robertson ; 3—Holke; 4—Rariden; s—Anderson; 6—Fletcher; 7—Onslow; B—Wilhoit; 9 Schupp; 10—Demnree; 11—Sallee; 12—John McGraw, manager; 13—Perritt; 14—J. Smith; 15—Kauff; I&—Zimmerman; 17—Benton; 18—McCarty; 19—Gibson; 20—Herzog; 21—Thorpe; 22—Murray.

BALL PLAYERS TURNED DOWN

Many Athletes In Various Branches of Sport Have Been Rejected as Physically Unfit. - t Since the exemption boards throughout the country settled down to work In earnest, It has developed that many athletes In various branches of sport have been turned down as unfit for military service. Earl Craddock, the wrestler, for instance, was declared physically unfit, as were Tommy Gibbons, Helnle Groh and many others. The percentage of ball players who have failed to stack up to requirements is large. Flat feet have been found very common among the pastimers, and deformed hands, due to “busted” fingers, have been the cause of excusing a good many players who were otherwise in superb physical condition. The lbw, half-shoes worn by a majority of ball players are responsible for flat wheels; tin ears have kept a number of fighters out of the army, and the “athletic heart,” with which a good many athletes are afflicted, has robbed Uncle Samuel of men.

UMPIRE’S ADVICE WAS GOOD

Howard Ehmke, Detroit Pitcher, Developed Rapidly After Being Warned Against Emery. Bill Brennan, die former Federal league umpire, believes that he may have had something to do with the success of Howard Ehmke, the brilliant pitching recruit of the Detroit Americans. When Ehmke was tn the Federal league, Brennan caught hinj experimenting with the emery ball and urged him to abandon this method of delivery. Ehmke did and, Brennan says, soon learned that he had more than enough “stuff* without it.

JOE HIGGINS GREAT RUNNER

Irish-American Athlete Hailed as Suecessor of Mel Sheppard as Middle-Distance Man. Joe Higgins, the/noted runner, is being hailed as the successor of Mel Sheppard as a middle-distance man. Higgins, Who wears the colors of the Irish-American Athletic Club of New York, received his early training at Holy Cross. Higgins has not decided whether he will stick to the mile and 1,000-yard runs or whether he will go in for the mile. "

BUYING HURLERS IS LOTTERY

Grover Cleveland Alexander, Star of National League, Cost SSO0 — O’Toole $22,500. In the season of 1910 Grover Cleveland Alexander, the star pitcher of the Philadelphia was-drafted from tfye Syracuse club of the New York State league, the management of the Phillies paying the sum of SSOO for him. In the following season the Pittsburgh club paid the large sum of $22,500 for the release of one Marty O’Toole, who was pitching baseball in a most wonderful manner for the St. Paul club of the America,n Assoclatloh. Alexander proved a real gem; O’Toole after a short career, fell by the wayside, which goes to prove that buying baseball pitchers is a lottery.

KEEPS AWAY FROM UMPIRES

Hughie Jennings Accepts Rulings of Arbiters Without QuestionKicking Doesn’t Pay. 'Hughie Jennings spends much of his time on the coaching lines, but he makes it a point not to get into trouble with the umpires. In a recent game an umpire made two very close decisions, which would have been disputed by some of the more hot-headed spirits of the game. But in each instance Jennings accepted the rulings without a word. Jennings demands the same conduct from his players and recently called one of them to order for kicking when an umpire gave a cltise decision. Hughie has long come to the conclusion that kicking doesn’t pay.

DAVIS SCOUTING FOR JONES

Former White Sox Player Signs Infielder and Pitcher for Manager of St Louis Browns.

Acting on the advice of Scout George Davis, the SC. Louis Browns have signed Ted Murray, captain of the Trinity college team. Murray is an infielder and a heavy hitter. Davis also signed' a college pitcher named Molyneaux the other day, and the latter came west with the Browns. Davis joined the St. Louis team as a coach. He played with the Chicago White Sox when, under Jones* management, they won,the world’s championship in 1906 Davis and Jones have been close friends ever since.

ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME

Little Chance That Big Grid Contest Will Be Played Tills Year—Secretary Baker's View. There is little chance that the ArmyNavy football game will be played this year. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, declared that he was opposed to having the contest played, even for the purpose of raising a war fund. Mr. Baker explained that the ArmyNavy game had been discussed by him with Secretary Daniels and Col. Palmer Pierce, U. S. A. head of the National Collegiate Athletic association. The decision reached was that so far as West Point and Annapolis were concerned, every ounce of energy ought to be employed toward the prosecution of the war, even at the temporary sacrifice of athletics. At West Point Secretary Baker explained a system of very intensive military training has been initiated, while arrangements are being rushed to graduate two classes ahead. Mr. Baker also pointed out that the feeling between West Point and Annapolis was naturally such that playing of the football match would involve much training and preparation. Jle does not think that this energy should be devoted at thia time even for the advantage of raising a war fund.

RAY CALDWELL IN OUTFIELD

Yankee Pitcher Has All Qualifications That Go to Make Good Chaser of Flies. As a precedent for the Yankees in making an outfielder of Ray Caldwell there have been Elmer Smith, Jimmy Ryan, Cy Seymour, Mike Donlin, Dave Robertson, Harry Wolter and Walter Thornton. These were all pitchers before they took to playing the outfields Caldwell has the qualifications that these men had. lie is a natural hitter and is fast.

FOHL URGES THREE UMPIRES

So Far Ahead of Two-Men Arrangement as to Permit No Comparison, Says Clevelander. “I will be glad,” remarks Lee Fohl, Cleveland manager, “when the time comes for us to have three umpires assigned tp every game. I have seen enough of the three-umpire system this year to know that it is so far ahead of the two-umpire arrangement to permit of ho comparison.”