Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1918 — Page 2

Sea Lure Now Strong

Family Traditions Stimulate Young Mariners

The lure of service in the Merchant Marine was never stronger than now, and it is noticed by officials that many of the candidates for places aboard ship are members of former sea-going families. * Among the many young Americans now applying to the United States shipping board’B recruiting service for training as deck officers, there appeared the other day one named Ashton, who was accepted and placed in a navigation school. He said the dangers of the submarine zone had no terrors for him; that he came of a family of mariners who in earlier times had faced many dangers from wars, pirates and at sea and were ever ready to sail again. To prove his statement the candidate produced a book detailing the adventures of one of his ancestors, who was seized by pirates, escaped from them, and lived nearly two years like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island, but never regretted that he chose the life of a sailor. This was Phillip Ashton of Marblehead, whose adventures were so extraordinary that Pastor John Barnard made the young man’s safe return home the subject of a sermon, from the text, “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hands, O King.” Phillip Ashton commanded a fishing schooner, with a crew of four men and a boy, and when harboring for Sunday near Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, he was seized by one Ned Low, a pirate, who also took a dozen other peaceful fishing craft. Putting his prisoners aboard his own ship, tn be sent to Boston, Low transferred his crew to a Marblehead schooner, and started anew. Ashton was pressed into his service, at the point of a pistol. The pirates ranged the seas eastward, and off the Azores captured a large Portugese pink. In this, with the schooner in company, they sailed to “the Triangles, about forty leagues to the eastward of Surinam.” Here they lost the pink, which filled and sank while being careened for cleaning. Resuming their cruise in the schooner, they took several prizes in the West Indies. They then proceeded to the Gulf of Honduras, where they landed on an Island, built huts and proceeded to spend their time in carousal. Ashton had been ever watchful for a chance to escape, and here one presented itself. The cooper being sent

The Family Market Basket

By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon

Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania

On a Saturday morning a poor woman, with her baby in arms, was re-

bad cold, a serious infection, which the extremely changeable weather had made very prevalent. The sick individual was ignorant of sanitary laws, as well as police laws, for he was spitting the poisonous contents of the cough on the floor of the car. Directly the two well dressed individuals left the train at a way-station and the woman, being somewhat crowded with baby and basket in the seat divided with another passenger, moved to the place made vacant by the two men. She carelessly placed her basket on the floor in such a manner that it took up a portion of the poisonous sputum. The rest of the story is easily told. The basket was carried home and placed on the kitchen table, where the food to be eaten raw would be prepared for the family. The sickness of the baby in arms, and maybe other members of the family, can be left to the imagination. To keep well, our foodstuffs must be .kept clean.

Dry Goods High in Germany.

Dry goods prices as reported by German newspapers. in their market reports have reached unprecedentedly high figures. Half wool stuffs formerly 38 cents a yard now command $5.76; velvets, once $1.44 are now sl2 a yard; sateen, once 20 cents a yard, now cannot be had under $2.88. Other textiles have advanced in like proportion, even shoe laces increasing to 20 times their antewar prices.

Frequently the Case.

Sometimes It is love at first sight of a bank account—Memphis Commercial Appeal.

turning from the town to her home in the suburbs with a well-filled market basket In the electric train were two extravagantly dressed gentlemen sitting together, across the aisle from the woman and child. One was evidently suffering with a

ashore on another island with a gang to get water, took Ashton with him. The young man helped fill the water casks, but at the first opportunity slipped into the bush. The pirates searched for him in vain. For five days the young American sat at the edge of the woods and watched the island of the pirates. On the fifth day their ship sailed away and he felt safe, even though alone on a desert Island. Clad only In “an Osnaburg frock and trousers, a milled cap, but neither shirt, shoes, stqckings nor anything else,” the youth lived alone nine months on this Island. He found it to be “well-watered, with high hills and deep valleys,” in which were many fruit trees. He lived on figs, coconuts and “an orange, oval-shaped, of a brownish color without, and red within.” There were wild pigs on the island, and turtles on the beach, but he had no knife or weapon, and no means of making fire for cooking meat. One day the young Crusoe saw a small canoe approaching the island. As it grounded on the beach, a man stepped out of it. He proved to be a “native of North Britain, well advanced in years, of a grave and venerable aspect,” who had “lived for years with the Spaniards,v but had fled from them when persecuted. For three days the Scot lived on the island with the lad. Then he started for another Island, to “kill wild hogs.” Ashton was too weak to go with him. A storm came up, and Ashton never saw him again. But the youth now had a knife and a flint, and life to him became endurable." He roasted the delicate flesh of the tortoise, and regained strength on the diet it afforded. Three months passed. Then the young sailor, wandering on the beach, found the old man’s canoe stranded. In this he left the Island, and reached another; but being chased away by buccaneers he* kept on, finally reaching the island of Roatan. Here he lived alone seven months more, being finally joined, by a party of Englishmen, refugees from the main. The party was attacked by pirates, but Ashton and a companion escaped in a small boat, and succeeding in finding an English vessel among the Islands of Honduras gulf. Transferred finally to a Yankee ship, Ashton reached home in 1725, having been absent two years, ten months and fifteen days. He soon went to sea again.

Secretary Wilson Says People Ought to Provide Full Man Power for War

Is this a capitalists’ war? Do you believe the pacifists and pro-Germans? Read this extract from a speech by Secretary of Labor Wilson at St. Paul: “If this Is a capitalists’ war, then It follows that congress and the president have, been dominated by capitalism in declaring war, and it would follow also that they would be dominated by capitalism in pursuing the war. And yet, Instead of permitting capital to secure profits at will, one of the first powers granted the war administration was to fix prices at which capitalists shduld sell their products of labor; the selling price of coal at the mines was fixed, the price of wheat, the price of certain metal products and the price of copper fixed. “But in no instance has there been any attempt on the part of the administration to fix the maximum price that should be paid for labor. “This is a war of the people of the United States for their liberty. If our boys are willing to sacrifice their lives, if need be, surely we who remain at home ought to sacrifice our pride, our prejudices and our suspicions and provide our full man power in preparing the material by which these boys will defend our country.”

Two Bits a Day Clubs, the New Way of Aiding the War

A movement has been inaugurated in Phoenix, Ariz., for the formation of “Two Bits a Day” clubs, the members of which are to buy a quarter’s worth of thrift stamps every day. Three men each took 100 thrift cards, pasted one stamp on each card and sold the entire lot before two, blocks had been covered. “Two bits” is the old term, dating back to the early days of the country, and is still used in the South and West. Every patriotic American now wants “to do his bit,” says a treasury department bulletin. The members of these clubs are carrying out this idea finely in doing their “two bits” every day. It is hoped that “Two Bits a Day” clubs will be formed all over the country in the great war-savings campaign.

Beans and Aviation.

No one would ever associate the humble bean with the success or failure of a great aircraft program, writes H. E. Coflin, in the Saturday Evening Post, and yet just now we are arranging for the planting in America of a hundred thousand acres of castor beans, the oil from which is a vital necessity to the smooth running of aircraft engines.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER.

TO A SOLDIER IN FRANCE

Oh, If today you dream of home, Think of the road we know Untangling a blue skein of hills; - And how the birches grow Against the light, and of that day Only a year ago! For here alone those hills again Your little son and I Are wishing the enchanted trail Would lead us round the sky And drop us in a Flanders field To see you marching by. And now the child is eager for A wonder-tale of Greece; I tell him how you sailed away Like Jason for the Fleece, To find a glory more than <gold Beside the winding Lys. But while his deep eyes glow and slew. It seems another tells The tale and beauty to my heart No world of meaning spells. And the river on the valley-floor Flows over Flemish bells. —Grace Hazard Conkling, In the Century.

IT IS TO LAUGH

No Co-dperation. “I always try to make the best of a bad situation,” remarked Mr. Glithery. “What do you do when your water pipes freeze and then burst?” “Oh, I sing a little song, just to show that I’m not worrying.” “That’s highly commendable.” “But when the water begins to leak on the people who occupy the flat beneath mine, to save my life I can’t persuade them to join me in singing.” An Important Point.

Great Help. “It Isn’t the small amount of money involved, it’s the principle of the thing.” “Um.” “You approve that stand, do you not?” “You bet I do,” declared the attorney. “It keeps many a lawyer in business.” Couldn’t Be Worse. Mrs. A.—l don’t think their manners are particularly good. I wonder where they have been living? Mrs. B. —I don’t know, but their manners couldn’t be any worse if they had been living at home all their lives. Caught Napping. Bess—Then her. husband’s death was unexpected?” June —Yes; it caught her totally unprepared with a possible second. Better Yet.

“You were mighty lucky in not seeing any sub marines on your trip across.”. “We were that, and luckier still that none of them saw us.”

No Reason To. “Are you conserving food In your house, Mrs. Comeup?” “Don’t have to; nobody in it likes conserves.”

Punish the Slackers Who Gain Release Through Crime

Dishonorable discharges from the army, which many officers believe have been seized upon by slackers as the vehicle of escape from military service, will no longer provide such opportunity, under an order issued by Secretary Baker. For several weeks the army has been losing men at the rate of 100 to 150 a day. They chose to commit offenses which led to thplr dishonorable discharge. In the future, Secretary Baker ordered, such men will get terms of Imprisonment with their discharges, and whenever possible some other form of sentence will be used.

Bits of Wisdom.

Good habits of some men are as expensive as the bad habits of others. A woman isn’t necessarily homely because she is unspeakably beautiful. When a man is really in love . he thinks there is but one woman in the world. Some' people never know when to stop and’ others never know when to begin. The man who marries an orphan can’t blame his troubles on his wife’s mother. A wise woman always lets herself get the worst of an argument with an egotist.

Hay Used as Tea.

Many tons of hay from the mountains have been exported to Germany to be used as tea. The hay consists chiefly of aromatic plants and is gathered with much difficulty in the high altitudes. The price paid for this hay is between $5 and $8 for 100 pounds.

“Your wife has Im a gin ary ailments.” “Um.” “I’ll just give her some imaginary medicine.” “Um. What kind of a bill are you going to render in this case, doc?”

Heroic Women of France

They Have Even Stepped Into the Place of Work Animals

My words are not powerful enough to do even scanty justice to the most heroic figure in the modern world, and of ages past—the woman of France. Of the healthy men who are engaged in the military service in France, practically all are engaged either in transportation or in the manufacture of munitions, leaving the agriculture absolutely to the women. Not only this, but they have stepped into the place of work animals; you can go into any section of France today and see women of magnificent, noble womanhood hitched to the plow and cultivating the« soiL All of the agriculture rests upon their shoulders. The home, always an extremely efficient home, maintains a few old men, the wounded and the

Women Doing Work of Horses in the Fields.

tubercular. Uncomplaining, with high devotion, with an attitude that amounts almost to religious exaltation, the woman of France bears the burden. .... Now, conditions being as they are, does it lie within the heart of the American people to preserve and hold to every convenience of our life at the expense of adding an additional burden to the womanhood of France? This is the exact question that is involved in our substitution of other cereals in place of wheat. The women of France must be enabled to hold up the morale of the French soldier until next spring. The morale of the house decides the morale of the soldier in the fighting line. We can do this by giving to them the greatest possible freedom in their food supply, and of this, wheat is the chief factor.

HINTS FOR THE POULTRY GROWERS

Tn addition to the grain and the table scraps in feeding chickens for meat and eggs, it is well to feed a dry mash. This dry mash is composed of various ground grains and is piaced in a mash hopper or box from which the hens can help themselves. The advantage of feeding such a mash is that the hens always have access to feed, and this tends to make up for any faulty, inexperienced, or insufficient feeding. The hens do not like the dry mash so well that they are likely to overeat, but it will supply a source of feed in case they are not getting, enough. The dry mash also provides a suitable medium for feeding beef scrap, a certain amount of which may or may not be necessary, depending upon the amount of meat scraps available in the table waste. If the hens show a tendency to become overfat it may be desirable to close the mash hopper during a part of the day and allow them access to it only during a certain period, preferably the afternoon. A good dry mash is composed of equal parts by weight of cornmeal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, and beef scrap. Another good mash is composed of three parts by weight of cornmeal and one part beef scrap. Still a third mash, which has given excellent results, is composed of one pound of wheat bran, one pound Of wheat middlings, 6.5 pounds of beef scraps, and 16.5 pounds of cornmeal. The beef scrap used in the dry mash is usually the most expensive ingredient, but it is a very essential part of the- mash and very efficient for egg production. It should not be eliminated or reduced unless the quantity of meat in the table scraps is considerable or unless some other product can be substituted for it. Fish scrap, when available, may replace the beef Scrap, or cottonseed meal can be used to replace one-half the beef scrap in the mash. No attempt should be made to replace more than half the beef scrap with cottonseed meal, as the results in egg production and in the quality of the eggs will be unsatisfactory. Green cut bone can often be purchased from the butcher. This material when procured fresh makes an excellent substitute for beef scrap. It should be purchased in small quantities, as it can pot be kept fresh for any length of time and when spoiled may cause severe bowel trouble. It is Jbest fed in a trough not oftener than *evdfc other day, allowing about onehair ounce per bird. Should severe or continued looseness of the bowels follow the feeding Of green cut bone it should be discontinued or the quantity reduced. Vegetable, tops, parings, and other

By DR. ALONZO TAYLOR.

vegetable refuse supply a valuable and very necessary green feed for the hens. Lawn clippings also are a valuable green feed. They can be fed as soon as cut, or they may be dried or cured, stored in bags, and saved until winter, when they can be soaked in warm water and fed in that condition or be mixed with some of the mash or with the table scraps.

“Buddeized Milk” Can Be Kept Twenty-One Days, Two Physicians Declare

There Is a way of preserving milk for 21 days without spoiling It in any way. Health Commissioner John Dill Robertson and Dr. W. A. Evans, former commissioner, testified to this before the Chicago milk commission. It’s called “Buddeized milk,” and it’s treated to a 1 per cent solution of peroxide, and then heated to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The use of this milk would not only bring down the price, Doctor Rbbinson testified, but It would certainly prevent any possibility of a milk famine when the railroads are stormbound. The use of the “Buddeized” milk, the two doctors said, permits wholesale buying by the housewife, and permits the bringing of milk from greater tances. It will permit a city to get a price that Is determined on a butterfat and cheese factory basis —which is much less, they say, than the present prices.

The 15 women who have been ap-\ pointed mail carriers in New York city wear gray uniform jackets and caps, but stick to skirts. They are just one skirt each behind their sisters in the march of progress who are street car conductors. The 25 women employed as conductors on the New York trolley lines wear “womanalls,” uniform garments which are a compromise between masculine and feminine attire, having semidivided skirts.

Things Worth Knowing.

When cooked by electricity meats shrink less than when cooked by coal. The College of Hawaii has added a four-year course in sugar technology. About $500,000,000 a year is being spent on education in the United States. A wireless station, open to the public, has been opened in Terre del Fuego. To record the work done by stenographers a typewriter meter has been invented.

Woman Workers' Garb.

Illinois Professor Says Acres Must Yield Double —Farmers to Win the War

“We must speed up the farm, making every unproductive acre productive and every productive acre moreproductive,” says Prof. Ten Eyck of Illinois. . “To double the acre yield on many fields now being tilled,” he says,, “is possible by giving the proper attention to the simple fundamentals of crop production, such as drainage, seed selection, more timely and thorough tillage, the proper rotation of crops and the fertilization of the soil. “Fertilization of the soil means the use of any available plantfood such as manure, legumes and commercial fertilizers. All of these forms should be used this year. The same raw materials used In making fertilizers such as nitrate of soda, potash and sulphuric acid are used In war munitions. It Is also difficult to ship many farm supplies on account of the freight car shortage. For these reasons all spring: supplies should be ordered now.” “Upon the farmer rests in large measure the final responsibility of winning the war In which we are now involved,” says the Birmingham (Ala.) Sentinel; “therefore, the man who tills the soil and supports the soldier in the field and the family at home, is rendering as noble and patriotic a service as the man who bears the brunt of battle.”

Mother’s Cook Book

God preserve us from the destructive power of words! There are words which can separate hearts sooner than sharp, swords; there are words whose sting car» remain through a whole life. A Group of Salads. In sections of our country where cauliflower is reasonable in price it may be served occasionally as a winter salad, making a most attractive one. Wash the cauliflower carefully, tie in a piece of cheesecloth and cook in boiling salted water. When done remove from the cloth .and sprinkle with lemon juice and cool. When ready to serve separate into flowed ts, arrange on a dish, sprinkle With chopped parsley and serve with French dressing, made by using three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, a tablespoon ful of vinegar, half a teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of cayenne. B>at well and pour over the cauliflower. Carefully remove canned salmon from the-can .and arrange In a n&st of lettuce, then pour over a spoonful of lemon juice and cover with mayonnaise just when It is ready to serve. Chopped pickle may be sprinkled Over the salmon if preferred, omitting the lemon juice. Herring Salad. Heat until well-heated through, thr.je smoked herring, then remove the heads and skin, split and take out tire back bones and cut In small bits, or shred with a fork. Put Into a salad bowl, one small chopped onion, two hard-cooked eggs, chopped, one boiled potato cut fine, a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, salt, pepper and three tablespoonfuls of vinegar with two of oil; serve well-mixed. Boiled - beet may be used for decoration. Nut and Celery Salad. Boil a cupful of walnut meats 111 broth, then remove the skins, by letting them stand in cold water a few minutes, dry and rub In a towel to> remove the skin. Add a pint of finely cut celery to the nuts, a tablespoonful' of grated orange rind of finely-minced rind, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley; serve with French dressing and garnish with celery tips. Cre?m Johnny Cake. Mix and sift one-half teaspoonful of salt, one level ’teaspoonful of soda, half a cupful of flour and two cupfuls* of white cornmeal; add one cupful of sour cream, one cupful of sour milk and two well beaten eggs. Beat to a smooth batter and pour half an inch thick into a greased shallow pan. Bako in a hot oven. Tomato Salad. Fresh sliced tomatoes, a thick slice for each serving covered with finely chopped celery and onton mixed, and serve with French or Mayonnaise dressing, This is always a well-re-ceived salad.

No Connection Between the Weather and Moon’s Changes

People who rely on the moon as a weather indicator (writes a correspondent) must have very short memories, for accurate comparisons prove conclusively that there is no connection . whatever between the weather and the moon’s changes of phase. Professor Schuster analyzed a whole century’s weather records, and, as a result, was unable to trace any lunar period in them. Several authorities are agreed, however, that there is a tendency for clouds to disperse as a full moon comes to the meridian of any place;but it is a far cry from that to the definite belief that the weather changes with a change in the lunar phases. These changes, of course, can be predicted for years in advance with perfect accuracy, and if the weather, depended. on them, weather forepasting would be the simplest of all the sciences, instead of the most difficult.