Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1918 — Page 2

Right Use of the Flag

It Should Never Be Permitted to Touch the Ground, Nor Draped as a Decoration

la these days when every household should have a flag, and should fly It uponevery occasion offered, Its correct use should be known to all. The following, from the National Geographic Magazine, tells the proper usage succinctly: “While there is no federal law in force pertaining to the manner of displaying, hanging, or saluting the United States flag, or prescribing any ceremonies that should be observed, there are many regulations and usages of national force bearing on the subject “In raising the flag It should never be rolled up and hoisted to the top of the staff before unfurling. Instead, the fly should be free during the act of hoisting, which should be done quickly. It should be taken Jn slowly and with dignity. It should not be allowed to touch the ground on shore, nor should it be permitted to trail in the dust. It should not be hung where it can be contaminated or soiled easily, or draped over chairs or benches for ny ting purposes, and no object or emblem of any kind should be placed upon it or above IL “A common but regrettable practice at public meetings is to drape the flag like a tablecloth over the speaker’s table and then place on the flag a pitcher of ice water, flowers, books, etc. “The flag should not be festooned over doorways or arches. Always let the flag hang straight Do not tie it in a bow knot. Where colors are desired for decorative purposes, use red, white and blue bunting. "The flag should not be hoisted upside down, other than as a signal of distress at sea. “International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of any other with which it is at peace. When the flags of two or more nations are displayed, they should be on separate staffs, or on separate halyards of equal size and on the same level. "The flag should never be raised or lowered by any mechanical appliance. “When the national colors are passing on parade, or in review, the spectator should, if walking, halt, and if sitting arise and stand at attention and uncover. - "When flags are used in unveiling a statue or monument they should not be allowed to fall to the ground, but should be carried aloft to wave out, forming a distinctive feature during the remainder of the ceremony. “Where the national flag Is displayed with state or other flags. It should be given the place of honor on the right. Its use should be confined as much as possible to Its display upon the staff. Where used as a banner, the union should fly to the north in streets running east and west, and to the east in streets running north and south. ' "Old. faded, or wornout flags should not be used for banners or other secondary purposes. “When no longer fit for display, the flag should be destroyed privately, preferably by burning or other methods lacking the suggestion of irreverence or disrespect. “A flag or an ensign at half-mast Is the universal sign of mourning. Before being placed at half-mast the flag must always be raised to the stop of the staff, and before It is lowered from half-mast It must likewise be hoisted to the top.”

Good Irish Name Helped Mike Hogan Get a Tryout With John McGraw’s Team

The bird who said there Is nothing in a name had his signals gummed up. There is quite a bit in some names, and the case of Mike Hogan of Cohoes, N. Y., proves it beyond a doubt Just before the Giants started for Marlin and spring training, Mike Hogan bounced into the Giants’ offices and announced that he was ready to go South. John McGraw gave him the up and down, scratched his noggan in deep

Pitcher M. B. Hogan.

thought, and utterly failed to remember of ever having heard of him. “Why, the paper up in Cohoes said you wanted to give me a trial and so here I am,” explained Hogan. “I’ve been pitching semipro ball up home, and I guess you’ve heard about me. Tm a machinist by trade.” McGraw had never dreamed of Hogan, but he liked the youngster’s looks, and, most of all, he took a * fancy to the name of Hogan. McGraw would 'like to surround himself with Doyles, McCarthys and Hogans, so he decided to give Mike a chance, and Mike went to Marlin. So there is something in a name after all, for Hogan, who had never played professional ball, is getting his first tryout in the strongest minor league in the country, and all because i his name is Hogan.

The Butter Tree.

A tree, known as the shea, or butter tree, is beginning to attract commercial attention. It supplies not only nuts, but also butter that may become an article of commercial Importance, says the San Francisco Argonaut. It Is already exported to Europe, where .makers of artificial butter find use for it Almost two-thirds of the nut is vegetable butter. The tree begins to bear when it is fifteen years old, and reaches its prime in twenty-five years. Chocolate manufacturers could easily utilise the product. It might also be ad use In making candles and soap.

Mother’s Cook Book

Wait till the laurel bursts Its buds. And creeping Ivy flings its graces About the lichen’s rocks, and floods Of sunshine fill the shady places. Potato Muffins. Take one cupful of mashed potato, packing the cup firmly, add a cupful of warm milk, a half a yeast cake, two eggs, a tablespoonful of lard, a tablespoonful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, and flour to make a stiff dough. Let rise, shape Into biscuits. Let rise again, and bake 15 minutes. Set the muffins at eleven and bake at six. Potato Stuffng. Mix two cupfuls of mashed potato one cupful of soft bread crumbs, onethird of a cupful of melted shortening, half a teaspoonful each of salt and poultry dressing, a few dashes of cayenne pepper, mix thoroughly and use as stuffing for fish or poultry.

Swiss Potato Soup. Take four large potatoes, one large white turnip, three quarts of boiling water, a quart of scalded milk, one-half an onion, four tablespoonfuls of fat, one-third of a cupful of barley flour, and a half teaspoonful of salt, and one-eighth of a teaspoonful of pepper. Wash the potatoes and turnip, cut in small pieces and cook ten minutes, drain and add the onion cut in slices, add three cupfuls of water, cook until the vegetables are soft, press them through a sieve, return to the water ; add milk, reheat and thicken with the flour and fat cooked together; add seasoning. Potato Puree. Pour boiling water over a fourth of a pound of salt pork, scrape and rinse In cold water. To the pork add three potatoes, pared and cut in quarters, one onion, peeled and sliced, four branches of parsley, half a cupful of chopped celery, all cooked until tender In just enough water to cover. Remove the pork, press the vegetables thrpugh the sieve, adding the water. Add a quart of hot milk, a teaspoonful and a half of salt, a half teaspoonful of pepper, and when boiling stir in an egg beaten with a little cold milk. Serve at once without further cooking or the egg will curdle the mixture. Potatoes, to be palatable boiled, should be drained as soon as they are tender, then shaken over the heat to remove all steam and make them mealy.

Short and Snappy.

Jealousy at best Is but a chronic case of self-love. A shady character doesn’t always keep a man cool. During the courtship love shows up In the dark. Men of genius often make a fortune for a man of talent. Singers who pursue the even tenor of their way never get off their bass, Sometimes the man who is afraid to take a chance is beaten at his own game.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER., IND.

Fifteen Cities in 1920 May Reach a Population In Excess of 500,000

There will certainly be ten 'American cities, when the 1920 census count is made, that will have a population in excess of 500,000, and there may be as many as fifteen that will pass the half-million population score, states a writer In the Baltimore American. Baltimore Is going to be In the big ten, but where along In the big ten? New York, Chicago and Philadelphia will be the three largest cities in the order named. But what city will occupy fourth place? And just what place In the first ten column will Baltimore occupy? The question may seem trivial, but it is a question in which the people of at least five cities, Baltimore being included In the five, are even now taking a lively Interest. The five cities that will be In competition for fourth place” are Baltimore, Boston, St. Louis, Detroit and Cleveland. The. city that is most likely to beat Baltimore in the race for fourth place is Detroit, which now has an estimated population of 825,000. Estimated populations sometimes shrink tremendously when the government count is made, and It may be so with the spurty metropolis of Michigan. St. Louis is claiming <a 1918 population of 850,000, but this also Is subject to possible shrinkage, as It Is 163,000 greater than the 1910 score. Boston has not extended her boundary lines and Is'not making any claim to extraordinary population growth. The New England city does claim an Increase of 100,000 over the 1910 count, however, or a present population of 767,000. It seems to be a warranted conclusion that Baltimore must score above 800,000 to get fourth place in the column. If the Baltimore score should be around, say, 750,000, the Greater Baltimore may not be located above seventh place and may be in eighth position, or only two places from bottom. But the Baltimore count may be In a way of surprise. We don’t know just how many people there are in the annex.

A FEW SMILES

A Wise Silence. "What excuse did you give the wife last night?” “I gave none.” “Didn’t even tell her It was business detained you?” “Heavens, man, if Pd uttered the word ’blshness’ I’d have given myself dead away.” Inconsistent.

Service. “You have always considered yourself a servant of the people.” “Yes," said Senator Sorghum. “But understand this. I’m not one of those servants t who get Independent and want to run the whole works.” J If She’s Mercenary. “What is the best way to lead up to a proposal?” “You anight make some casual reference to the size of your Income tax.” “Yes?” “In a majority of cases that will put the young woman in a receptive frame of mind.” Interviewing a Lion Tamer.

“What are your methods in lion taming. I would pay you well for a few lessons.” “I don’t mind giving you lessons, mister. But there’s nothing in the business, I warn you.” “I don’t w’lsh to embark In the

business. Thought Td try ’em on my wife.” A Bright Idea. Friend' —How perfectly devoted you are to your husband. Wise —Yes. I’m trying to spoil him so that if I die and he marries again no other woman could live with him.

Speak of 100,000 Army as Sort of Corporal’s Guard

The war has blunted the old meaning of figures and we speak glibly of an army of 100,000 men or more, General Pershing’s offer to General FoCh, as though it were only a sort of corporal’s guard. Late reports hint at a larger figure than that equaling Kitchener’s first army. Never before in our history have 100,000 men fought under the Stars and Stripes in any one battle. The Army of the Potomac, with which drant and Meade fought the campaign of 1864, had an aggregate strength of less than 120,000, and only a part of them were used in any single engagement. Earlier there had been rather more than 70,000 federal troops at Gettysburg, about 65,000 at Chattanooga. Sherman started from Atlanta with some 66,000. Napoleon had 72,000 men at Waterloo and the Britta** numbered 68,00tt,

George —You have stolen my heart Peggy—That’s a nice thing to say after you’ve been begging me for six months to accept It.

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Overburdened.

Park —Senator Sideswipe seems to be a gloomy person. Wood —Yes; It is some sort of internal trouble. Park —Organic? Wood—Mouth organic, I’d call it Park—l fail to get you. Wood—Well, he prepared a tenhour speech not long ago and congress adjourned before he got a chance to spring It. Park —Disappointed, eh? Wood —Yes; but it isn’t that so much as the fact th®t he 19 still carrying it around In his system. —Youngstown Telegram.

Get New Kidneys! The kidneys are the most overworked organs of the human body, . and when they fail in their work of filtering out and throwing off the poisons developed in the system, things begin to happen. One of the first warnings is pain or stiffness in the lower part of the back;, highly colored urine; loss of apoetite; indigestion: irritation, or even stone in the bladder. These symptoms indicate a condition that may lead to that dreaded and fatal malady. Bright’s disease, for which there is said to be no cure. Do not delay a minute. At the first indication of trouble in the kidney, liver, bladder or urinary organs start taking Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, .and save vourself before it is too late. Instant treatment is necessary in kidney ana bladder troubles. A delay is often fatal. You ean almost certainly find immediate relief in Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. For more than 200 years this famous preparation has been an unfailing remedy for all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It is the pure, original Haarlem Oil vour great-grandmother used. About two capsules each day will keep you toned uo and feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and if it does not give you almost immediate relief, your money will be refunded. Be sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand. None other genuine. In boxes, three rises.—Adv.

Contract for Shad at $1 a Fish.

Shad fishermen of New Castle, Del., numbering the owners of 19 nets, affcer disposing of their catches for the early part of the season, have made a contract with Francois Dominlco for the entire catch of the remainder of the season, and prices have* gone to $1 a fish as caugh't, large and small. The purchaser has bonded for the carrying out of the contract with a surety company of Philadelphia.

FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER And using their feet more than ever before. For all these workers the frequent use of Allen’s Foot=Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, Increases their efficiency and Insures needed physical comfort. It takes the Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet, ind prevents tired, aching and blistered feet. Women everywhere are constant users of Alien’s Foot=Ease. Don’t get foot sore, get Allen’s Foot= Ease. Sold by dealers everyrhere, 25c. —Adv.

Rice as a Foodstuff.

Rice forms the staple diet of most eastern races, and It Is also largely eaten In Europe and America. Its nutritive value, says a bulletin of the Imperial Institute, depends on the form in which It Is eaten.

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A Simple Arrangement

Hardly—Does your wife ever bother you about her new bonnets? Easy—Not In the least. When she wants one she simply gets It and has the bill sent in.

To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach. —Adv.

Clumsy at It

Edith —How does Fred make love? Marie —Well. I should define It as unskilled labor.—Boston Transcript

Delight in Their Grouch.

There are people from whom we never receive a word unless they have something to complain about

An old toper says he envies the acorns, because they always remain in their cups until they drop. Rhetoric to the quackery of elo-

FREDERICA, PATRIOT

By AGNES G. BROGAN.

(Copyright. 1818, Western Newspaper Union.) The girl who opened the door, stood fort a moment staring at the two uniformed men who waited; the one wearing the costume of an American army officer, spoke first. “I was directed here,” he said, “by the station agent. He advised me against the poor hospitality of your hotel, and suggested that we might find accommodation for the night at your house. You do take people?” The girl hesitated, then for answer, turned inquiringly to a bulky red-faced man seated behind her in the sunny kitchen dining room. Sullenly he arose and came toward them. “Tonight,” he said brusquely, “our house will be full.” “That is too bad,” the officer pleasantly responded, “we are on our way to camp, traveling on tomorrow. A foolish desire to pass through my father’s village home, has brought us out of our way. You can recommend no other lodging place?” “None,” the man answered gruffly. But with a sudden smile the fairhaired girl threw wide the door. “Come In,” she said decidedly, “you shall have my room, and I will sleep on the couch. It will be qqite convenient,” “Why,” she demanded of her father upon her return, “did you tell them that the house was full. You and I are alone.” “Soldifers!" exclaimed the man in a bitter tone. “Soldiers of my country!” she repeated emphatically. And after the wholesome country supper, the young officer came to the girl out In the fragrant garden. “I cannot tell, how much we appreciate your kindness.” he said. “All my people are gone. There Is not one to bid me farewell or wish me good courage. So it was a peculiar fancy that brought me here, before leaving to fight for my country, to walk the same streets through which my father passed when he was leaving for the Civil war! And you, are quite a little patriot miss—what shall I call you?" The girl gave him her shy smile. “Frederica,” she answered, “that .is what they all call me.” The officer frowned. “Your father seems not so patriotic, one might almost believe him to averse to soldiers." ' The girl’s lips tightened. “My two brothers fight in the German army,” she said. The officer started. “Now?” he questioned. Frederica nodded. “Years ago, he and my mother left them there with the grandparents. They were little boys. I have never known them.” The young officer studied the girl curiously, “it is strange,” he mused, “that you—” “I am ah American,” she Interrupted fiercely, “if I could, I would do for my country, what my brothers are doing for theirs. But a girl,” her hands fell helplessly, “can do nothing.”

“Nothing!” the soldier was upon his feet, “why you have given me courage." "Good night,” she whispered, and fled across the lawn. Her eyes were averted, as she served the guests In the morning tfieir breakfasts, and the bulky figure of her father was absent. “We are very grateful to you. Miss Frederica,” the officer said, his hand clasped her small roughened one, “Our departing train will pass over the switch up there, at early twilight I shall be looking down toward the village and bidding you a second good-by. When victory Is ours, little patriot, I shall come back again to clasp hands with you." “Those fighters gone?” her father asked the girl at noon time, and Frederica merely nodded as she placed the food before him and his helper. Then she went up to her own little room. When she came down later, the house was silent and long shadows stretched across the grass. “Her father could not be at home for the evening ineal,” he had told her. Frederica’s face looked worn and white as she reached for her scarlet sweater, and went slowly out through the garden. At the turn of the road she began to run, fleeing still, like a scarlet bird on wing.

There at the railroad tracks, Frederica paused 'bending breathlessly above the rails. Then with a sharp cry of horror, she drew back before a tie spiked across the track. . Even now she could feel the distant rumble of the approaching heavy troop train; Frederica jumped to the rails. There was no time to seek help, no time to lose. After ail, what was one girl’s life, to the lives of her countrymen going to battle. If she could but save the troops by any sacrifice, how wonderful It would be. Half laughing, half crying, Frederica snatched off her scarlet sweater, waving It steadily above her head. The train was already in sight. On It came. She heard the whistle’s shriek before all grew black. Shouting excitedly, trainmen and khaki-clad soldiers leaped from the train, frantically a freight crew endeavored to remove the murderous obstruction. Then, with them all pressing about her, Frederica opened her wide blue eyes. It was vfery confusing at first to remember. But comforting, to find the officer-soldier’s arms about her, her head on his shoulder. He was evidently carrying her to some place of safety. “I«told you,’’ she murmured happily, “that I would do what I could for my country. One girl’s life is not much, but I would have given that” v

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The Difference.

Wise Guy—When a single woman believes in practicing economy she husbands her means. The Really Wise—And when a married woman believes that economy should be practiced she means her husband. —Judge.

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More Grub.

“What we need," declared the first Russian, “Is a man on horseback.” “Yes,” assented the other one, “we could use a little horse meat, that’s true.”

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