Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1918 — Page 3

Allied Governments' Purchases in the United States

Arrangements were entered into shortly after the beginning of the 'war by the secretary of the treasury, with the approval of the president, 'with the governments of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Belgium and •Serbia, whereby Bernard M. Baruch, Robert S. Lovett and Robert S. Brookings of the war industries board were designated a commission (through whom or with whose approval or consent all purchases in the United States of materials and supplies by or on behalf of these govern‘.jnents shall be made. Under this arrangement these governments communicate their reiquirements for materials and supplies to this commission through their i designated purchasing agents in this country, and the commission then •uses its best efforts to obtain offers of the materials and supplies required iat the best obtainable prices and terms, of delivery and otherwise, and submits the same to the purchasing agent concerned, it being no part of 'the commission’s duty to prepare and sign contracts, or to supervise their 'execution, or to determine technical details, or to carry out the inspection lof materials, all of which matters are cared for by the governments concerned; e . The foreign governments have agreed not to make purchases in the States otherwise than through or with the consent of the commission. The arrangements provide that nothing expressed or implied, nor anything done or omitted by the commission, shall impose any obligation or liability upon, the United States whether to advance moneys, to esi tablish credits, or otherwise. The purchasing commission in carrying out the terms of this agreement, says Commerce Reports, is endeavoring to see •first that the wants of the governments associated with the United bta es iin the war are supplied as promptly as possible, and without interfering with the requirements of our own government. This necessarily involves •the finding of a source of supply from which articles neededl by.the allies can be obtained without prejudice to contracts placed with the United i States government for articles of the same kind, and in many cases it has ibeen found necessary to develop new sources of supply—that is, to induce • some one who has not been previously making the articles needed to prot duce them.

FEEDING FOWLS FOR MEAT AND EGGS

Tn feeding the flock an effort should be made to do so as cheaply as posconsistent with the production of eggs. To accomplish this all table scraps, kitchen waste, etc., should be utilized. Scraps of meat or leftover vegetables which cannot be utilized in tiny other way make excellent feed. There are also many other waste products, such as beet tops, turnip tops, •carrot tops, potato parings, onion tops, the outside leaves Of cabbages, waste lettuce leaves, bread and cake crumbs, etc., all of which are relished by the, .Jiens-«and 'can be used to the best advantage. In saving the scraps and waste it is well to separate the portions adapted for feeding to the flock and place these in a receptacle or pall of their own. Decomposed waste material or, moldy bread or cake should never be saved to feed to the hens, as ft is harmful to them and may cause serious bowel trouble. Sloppy material, such as dishwater, should not be thrown into their pall. It is also useless to put in such things as banana peels or the skins of .oranges, as these have little or no food value. Any sour milk which is not utilized in the house should be given to the chickens. This should be fed separately, however, either by allowing the hens to drink It or by allowing it to clabber on the back of the stove and then feeding it In that condition. When the family’s table waste is not sufficient for feeding the flock, it is usually possible to get some of thi? neighbors who keep no hens to save material suitable for feeding. Many people are glad to do this if a small pall in which to place the waste is furnished.

Table scraps and kitchen waste are best prepared for feeding by running them through an ordinary meat grinder. After the material has been put through the grinder ft Is usually a rather moist mass, and It Is well to mix with It some cornmeal, bran or other ground grain until the whole mass assumes a crumbly condition. The usual method Is’ to feed the .table scraps at noon or at night, or at both times, as may be desired, in a trough or on a board. All should be] fed that the hens will eat up clean, and If any of the material Is left after one-half or three-quarters of an hour It should be removed. If allowed to lie It may spoil and would be very bad for the hens. With the table scraps It Is well to feed* some grain. Perhaps this may be given best as a light feed in the morning. Four or five handfuls of grain (about one-half pint) scattered In the litter will be sufficient for a flock of twenty or twenty-five hens. By handful is meant as much as can be grasped In the hand, not what can be scooped up In the open hand. By scattering It tn the litter the bens will be compelled to scratch in order to find the grain and In this way, to take exercise, which is decidedly beneficial to them. If the house is too small to feed in, the grain can be scattered on the ground outside. A good grain mixture for this purpose is composed of equal parts by weight of wheat,' cracked corn and oats.. Another suitable grain mixture is composed of two parts by weight of cracked corn and one part oats.

Live in Suspended Huts.

In the lowlands of the delta of the tOrlnoco river the natives build huts suspended between trunks of Mauritia flexuosa, a palm. They also eat its fruits, its pith, Its Juice and use the fibers of its leaf stems for making ropes, hammocks, etc.

Movies Showing Methods of Increasing Country’s Pork Supply—Boys’ Pig Clubs

As a means of helping to Increase the pork supply, the United States department of agriculture has released to the motion picture theaters, through one of the large motion picture companies, a film showing the work of the boys’ pig clubs which the department is organizing in all parts of the country in co-operation with the extension divisions of the state agricultural colleges. The film shows methods of instructing farm boys, and in some instances girls, who have joined the agricultural clubs, how to raise better pigs and the methods used by club members in carrying out instructions. The first ’lesson taught in the film stony is that it costs no more to feed and care for the pig of carefully selected stock than the scrub, while the results in meat produced 4s greatly in favor of the wellbred animal. The picture shows further how to feed and care for the pigs, how to protect them from disease, and how to shelter them from the inclemency of winter and the heat of summer. The results of wise selection and intelligent care are shown in the wellgroomed, fat, healthy porkers wearing the prize ribbons they have won. The first pig club was organized in Louisiana in 1910. Now approximately 45,000 members are enrolled in the pig clubs throughout the country.

Timber Sales on National Forests Doubled in Year

Sales of national forest timber In the fiscal year 1917 were more than double those, of 1916, according to the annual report of the government forester. The total amount sold exceeded 2,000,000,000 feet and Is valued at more than $3,715,000. During the same period about 727,000,000 feet w’ere cut and removed, for which the purchasers paid $1,507,303 into the federal treasury. The largest sales were made in Oregon, where about 688,000,000 board feet were disposed of. / In addition to the timber sold, approximately 113,000,000 board feet, valued at almost $150,000, was cut under free use permit by more than 41,000 settlers living near the national forests and depending on the forests for firewood and building material to improve* their homesteads. The timber business on the eastern purchase areas, while still small as compared with the western forests, showed a decided increase. More than three times as much timber was sold and than twice as much cut as in 1916. The material disposed of Is largely of poor quality and Its removal will Improve the forest growth.

Of Interest to Women.

British women are proving successful as veterinary surgeons. The original model of Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty is now In 1 possession of Bascon of Paris. New York’s subway has colored women porters who wear a quite l natty uniform. Mrs. Blanche Wagstaff, poet and traveler, has been appoint-ed-to th§, state charities board by Governor Whitman of New York: Members of the New York woman’s motor messenger corps receive first aid instructions at St. Luke’s hospital. ~

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Payment of Funds to Credit of Enemy or Ally Authorized by U. S. War Trade Board

The war trade board has authorized the payment of drafts that have been accepted, drawn on funds to the credit of a person who Is an “enemy” or “ally of enemy,” or acting for or on behalf of an “enemj*’ or "ally of enemy,” or on which such a person appears as drawer or indorser, when such, drafts are presented for payment in the United States: Provided, however, that when such drafts are collected for or on behalf of any person who Is an “enemy” or “ally of enemy,” or person acting for or on behalf of an “enemy” or “ally of enemy,” the proceeds of collection shall be at once reported by the person making such collection to and be held subject to the disposition ol the alien property custodian. No drafts can now be accepted or transferred or dealt in before acceptance which are drawn on funds to the credit of any person who is an “enemy” or “ally of enemy” or acting, for or on behalf of an “enemy” or “ally of enemy,” or drawn by or to the order of such person, or on which such person appears as Indorser, unless a license is first obtained from the bureau of enejny trade, Bond Building, Wash--1 ng ton. The war trade board has also authorized the payment of travelers’ checks, not exceeding SIOO in amount, on which there appears the indorsement of a person who is an “enemy” or "ally of enemy,” or acting for or on behalf of an “enemy” or “ally of enemy,” without obtaining a license therefor.

JUST FOR FUN

Something Suitable. “What can I make for my husband to eat?” asked the bride. “Something suitable for the honeymoon. I don’t want anything prosaic, you know.” ‘Try angel food.” “We’ve been having a great deal of that.” “Well, make him some spoon bread.” Breaking the News.

collect yure pore husband, but we’ll help ye collect that” Up Against It “Are you the dealer who supplies Cinderella with her glass slippers?” “I am, and it’s a job to fit her, too. I admit she has a small foot, but she thinks it’s smaller than it really is. And you know, glass slippers don’t stretch.” She Wasn’t So Smart - Mother—l just knew you were going to spill that milk. Teddy—Well, if you knew, why didn’t you tell me? Had Knowledge of Both. _

Banker —Do you know anything about checks and drafts? Applicant—Yes,, sir; I’ve run our furnace for years.

A Soft Answer. “These bargains you women are after are really dear things.” “Yes, for I got a bargain when I married you.” After Effect First Bill—What makes him so pugnacious? Second Bill—l guess he’s been eating scrap Iron. Oh, How Different “That man sure has a handsome mug.” -j “Why, I think he’s as homely as sin.” “I mean he has a handsome mug In the barber shop with his monogram on it’*

Lignite Coals May Provide Many Important Supplies

Secretary Lane has recommended to congress an appropriation of $100,006 to investigate the commercial and economic i practicability of utilizing the lignite coals of the United States for producing fnel oil, gasoline substitutes, ammonia,-coal tar and gas for power. There are immense quantities of lignite deposits in the public lands of the United States lying near the surface of the earth and cheaply mined, but the coal is of such character that it does Ifot stand transportation In its natural state and is cf small value for fuel except -in the immediate vicinity of the mines. If a satisfactory method of ex tracting fuel oil and other substances is secured it would be of enormous value , and add Immensely to the resources of the United States. It is proposed to have the investigations con ducted through the bureau of mlnea.

Poor Tim Murphy went up in a premature blast, and Mike Mulligan was delegated to break the newfl to the widow. After a few casual remarks, Mike asked, “Has Tim any insurance on his life?” “He has, inde e d,” replied Mrs. Murphy. “Well,” said Mike, “we can’t

Federal Hospital Inmates Knitting for the Soldiers

More than 100 women, Inmates of St. Elizabeth's hospital, the federal Institution for the Insane, are knitting for Uncle Sam's sailors and soldiers. Prior to the war the women inmates did no work, though the men who are not violently insane have always done manual labor around the hospital. The women take great pride in their achievements and are aware of its patriotic nature. They have turned out a great quantity of useful garments.

President Approves the Timely Injunction Sent By Redfield to Chiefs

President Wilson has set the stamp of his approval upon a timely injunction addressed by Secretary Redfield to his bureau chiefs. It is to be circulated, posted up, and made a guiding rule" in the transaction of all war business. It should be a golden rule, a precept always to be heeded: "Forget how things were done before the war; eliminate red tape, We must learn with Germans that ‘the war won’t wait.* Delay is the kaiser’s ally.” Heads of department bureaus are not alone insisting upon doing things this year as they did them last year and the year before that The “business as usual,” “pleasure as usual," and “my own interests first” advocates are just as guilty as the tape-bound bureau chiefs. All such are playing Germany’s game of delay. It is the business of each individual to bestir himself to help win the war. It is the business of all to realize that everything is changed, that nothing can be done this year as it was last We must do the things the war demands, and do them now.

THE DOLLAR QUEST

Of the dollar you’ll And There Is many a kind While you seek it, as men have to do; And you shouldn’t neglect Some care to select The kind it Is best to pursue. There’S the dollar* that works. And the dollar that shirks; There’s the dollar that loves tn assist; There's the dollar that slacks And just stands in its tracks. When it ought to get out and enlist. There’s the dollar that thrives And the one that contrives, An indolent fancy to please; The dollar that hopes And the dollar that gropes In the haunts of improvident ease. There are dollars that roam; • There are those that stay home, They are built both for joy and regret. And success will depend, More or less, in the end, On the kind of a dollar you get. —Washington Star.

Men’s Clothing for Spring Lighter Weight Than Usual

With the wind-up of the buying season for spring delivery, manufacturers in New York of men’s clothing find themselves with a volume of orders on hand which, in most cases, is above the record for the corresponding period a year ago. It is sald that, as a rule, the fabrics to be used in these garments for next spring are lighter in weight than ordinarily. In other respects, however, there is practically no evidence of the war regulations,” the modifications In styles that have been agreed to applying more to next fall than to the coming spring season. Patch pockets will be worn a great deal, and many double-breasted. coats have been sold. Trousers will be turned up at the bottom as usual, though this feature may be cut opt in the fall styles. The cloths used are mostly of subdued colors and combinations of colors, and conservatism seems to rule in the great majority of

Cats Eat Only Scraps.

“There is absolutely no justification for anyone’s proposing to destroy the cats to save the food they eat,” said Dr. F. J. Flanagan of the Boston Cat club. ’’Not from any angle. They eat the scraps from the table which would only accumulate "and be dumped into the garbage pail. The refuse cnn’t be used to feed pigs, because no one in Boston can get a permit to raise them. It is taken down the bay by the Boston Developing company and turned into fertilizer; bnt the amount which the cats use is so small that Lt isn’t worth counting.”

Dangerous Drugs

By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon

ComnuMiooer ol Health cl Pens»ylvaaia

The modern method of preparing drugs for family use has its attrac-

cury, one of the mo’st deadly of poisons. One of these drugs might be picked up for the other in the dark or even in the daytime, if the label was not carefully read by the one seeking to take the medicine. This has resulted in an Innocent father killing his child, or perhaps his wife, or in some cases himself.

Another great mistake is to change a drug from one bottle to another without altering the label. It is often done in dividing up the contents of a rare drug with a neighbor. The one receiving the unlabeled bottle depends upon his memory, which often fails him, and a fatal mistake results. A very short time ago I knew of a generous doctor dividing up a rare drug with one of his colleagues, intending to label the bottle he kept tot himself. He neglected to do so, and not long after he wanted to use the drug and picked up what he believed to be the proper bottle, but which proved to contain an agent active in its power to destroy tissue. This he dropped into his eye and only escaped Having his eye destroyed by a narrow margin. Now this is quite a common mistake, and people have been made blind by this carelessness. Drugs that are most useful are, as a rule, most dangerous, and should always be kept under lock and key and plainly labeled. At present we-are being robbed enough of the members of our families during the war, so that we should have no patience with the killing of the innocent at home by simple carelessness, and it is this common, everyday practice of confusing drug bottles that I warn you against. It can all be done away with if you will only give it reasonable attention. . .

Sayings of a Cynic.

Anything that disturbs serenity Is an enemy of thought. The shriek of a penny whistle may cost the world a masterpiece. The possession of wealth has little to do with real happiness. Often a one-legged beggar on the street is happy. He of the fishy handshake is easy to index. There are people so filled with egotism that they can strut standing stilt A trip to the country often proves to be mainly the purchasing of expensive inconveniences.

Old Shoes for Paving.

Wornout boots and shoes, chopped up and mixed with slag, granite, limestope, asphalt, and bitumen, make fine roads. The patent on this process was issued in 1910 in England, and the roads that have been paved with the product wear well, are resilient and ba-ve little dust.

tions, yet it has been the cause of many deaths, often from the fact that so many drugs are put up in form add color to resemble each other. One may be innocent and the other deadly poison, as for instance, calomel, an' innocent form of mercury and bichloride of mer-

Culture Buttermilk More Beneficial as Drink; Has More of the Lactic Acid

Culture buttermilk is more beneficial as a drink than the common variety, according to C. E. Buchanan of the dairy department of the Kansas State Agricultural college. It is more likely to be free from harmful bacteria,, and jio contain more of the lactic , acid which gives it Its healthful properties. Lactic acid bacteria are present in the digestive tract and destroy other bacteria which might prove injurious to the body. The use of buttermilk as a beverage is one method of introducing more of these lactic bacteria into the system. Whole or skim milk may be used to make culture buttermilk, but usually these are combined in equal parts. The milk is first subjected to a temperature of 180 degrees for 30 minutes to sterilize It It is then cooled to 70 degrees and a small amount of starter is added. The milk Is kept at this temperature for ten or twelve hours until the whole is coagulated. Afterwards it is beaten thoroughly or churned from three to five minutes and salted —one teaspoonful of salt to each gallon. The buttermilk is then cooled to 50 degrees, at which temperature it is kept ready for use. The starter is made from pure lactic acid culture obtained from the laboratories where it is cultivated. The lactic acid bacteria are carried by means of sterilized milk powder made from the dried casein of milk. A small quantity of this powder is put into a small bottle of milk, which soon coagulates. The curded milk is used in a new bottle of milk the next day and this process is continued through three or four propagations. These preliminary propagations of the starter are necessary to eliminate the peculiar taste of the original powdered milk culture.

Food May Be Saved by Close Watch of Weather Forecasts

Immense losses of food products, occasioned by freezing and other Injurious weather conditions, occur annually that may, with proper precautions, be avoided. This is especially true of shipments by rail during the winter season. The weather bureau issues forecasts daily, and special warnings as occasion demands, giving information of expected weather conditions, including frosts, cold waves, high winds and heavy rains or snow. During the winter season, 'officials In charge of nearly all weather bureau stations issue dally what are known as “Shippers’ Forecasts,” giving the minimum temperature expected to occure within a shipping radius of from 24 to 36 hours from the station. These forecasts are published on postal cards.

Careful watch of forecasts and warnings will often enable shippers to avoid losses, either by expediting or delaying shipments or taking extra precautions to project goods from injury. No shipment of considerable length should be made without first ascertaining the expected conditions over the route. The occasion demands the utmost prevent losses of food not only as a matter of self-interest but a* a patriotic duty, )

Mother’s Cook Book

“Who is a stranger to him who hath. the habit of speaking kindly?” Vi ■-< Good Food for the Family. While we are cutting down on our meat, using less beef, mutton and pork, the following recipe will help out when planning a. beef dinner: Beef and Kidney Ragout. Wash skin and cut beef kidney into one-fourth-inch cubes; wipe a pound of stew meat and cut into inch cubes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dredge with flour. Cut two slices of bacon into dice, put into saucepan, add one onion peeled and sliced, cook three minutes; then add the meat and stir and cook until well browned. Add a cupful of boiling water, a tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce and one green pepper cut in strips; bring to the boiling point, and cook slowly until the meat is tender. Thicken the gravy, add a half-cupful of stoned ripe oHves and garnish with rings of green pepper and fried mush.

A salad that is most appetizing is made of a small head of cabbage and one onion chopped fine. Cut a thick slice of salt pork into small dice and fry out until broWui; pour the fat all over the cabbage, stir well, add salt and pepper to taste, then pour over enough, boiling hot vinegar to moisten and further season the cabbfige. Serve at once. Oatmeal Soup. Cook one good-sized, onion In a tablespoonful of butter until soft. Add a bay leaf, celery-seed (one-fourth teaspoonful), three-fourths of a cupful of oatmeal, leftover; two cupfuls of water or stock and two cupfuls of milk. 801 l up, season and strain and serve with hot buttered toast. . Fine for a supper dish. ; Cranberry Salad. For this salad make jelly as usual and mold it in a baking powder can. When ready to use unmold and cut in half-inch slices and arrange on lettuce; on top sprinkle a few broken walnut meats and some, shredded celery with a spoonful of thick salad dressing.