Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1918 — Page 2

Can Fruits From Summer’s Plenty

Prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture

Team Work in Canning Justifies a Vision of Pantry Shelves Groaning Under Well-Filled Jars.

Those luscious berries, peaches, cherries, figs, and other fruits, so abundant this summer, can be made to supply many desirable desserts for winter*, and with little trouble. Practically all fruits can be canned at home in ordinary canners or in a large Yeseel with tightly fitting cover. In fact, fruits are easier to can than most vegetables. They are prepared more quickly and need to be boiled in the jars only once and generally for a shorter time than is necessary to can other products.

Canned fruits preserve most of the delicate flavors and succulence of fresh fruits and are the nearest substitute for fruits fresh from bush or tree. They are very valuable in the winter diet. They supply acids and mineral substances very useful in keeping the body in condition. Do not cook or handle fruits in galvanized vessels. The fruit acid attacks the zinc coating and makes the product dangerous to health and spoils its color and flavor.

Fruits Can Be Canned Without Sugar. Don’t let cost or difficulty of obtaining sugar deter you from canning quantities of fruit this year. Fruit can be canned without sugar. Instead of using sirup, simply fill /the cans with clean hot water and process in a wgter bath. The fruit will not" spoil, but, of course, will not have the fine color pnd flavor which it would have if packed in sirup. The use of even a thin sirup in canning fruits will give a more attractive finished product than can possibly be obtained by canning in water. If sugar is not available. it will be well to consider drying the fruits instead of canning, since a good dried product Is far better than a poor canned one. The importance of canning in less water should be stressed this year because of the high cost of containers. Fruits canned

SWAT THE ROOSTER

Many summer eggs spoil. They spoil because they are fertile.. Because many of them spoil, eggs sell much cheaper -than they ought. The rooster makes the eggs fertile, he does not help to get more eggs, He hinders. Hens will probably lay more eggs without the help of the roosters. Then why keep the roosters over the summer? These is no reason at all. When the produce man buys eggs in summer, he allows for rotten eggs. That brings the price down. Not only is there a loss on the price, but the eggs are lost. That means waste. Infertile eggs will not spoil. If they are kept cool, they will keep fresh for a long time. The fertile egg spoils because the germ of the-©gg-begins to develop. But there is no germ in the infertile egg. Therefore, swat the rooster. Keep clean nests for the hens. Gather the eggs often. , Market eggs twice a week, at least. And agsin, swat the rooster!

Near-Tobacco Kills Teutons.

The tobacco substitute supplied to the German army has proved more injurious than enemy gas attacks, Deputy Mueller of Meiningen asserted in the reichstag recently. The substitute is composed of beech leaves, says the Koelnische Zeitung. On behalf of the army administration Gen. von • Oven admitted that further delivery of the substitute had been stopped.

Garden Army Flag.

A. service flag for the United States school garden army, to be displayed in homes of nearly 2,000,000 boys and girls ■who volunteered to aid in food production, has been designed. The flag bears a crossed rake and hoe, with the letter* U. 8. 8. G. in blue on a field of white with a red border. A fireproof varnish has been devised for use. In the fabrication of airplanes.

without sugar or with the addition of a very small amount of sugar may be used for pie fillings, desserts and in other ways.

Fruits for home use can be canned with corn sirup or refiners’ sirup in place of part of the sugar ordinarily used. Sirups with a distinctive flavor add sweetness, but also, of course, change the flavor of the panned fruit. A little experimenting in handling fruits should enable a housewife to develop various combinations of fruits and sirups which are pleasing to her own family. Caution: Fruits canned with plain water or with other than sugar sirup should not be sold until the jars have been labeled to comply with local and federal requirements as to description of contents. How to Can Fruit.-

Boil empty jars and lids for at least fifteen minutes before you fill them with the fruit. Rubber rings just before being put on the jars should be cleansed by dipping for a minute into a quart of boiling water in which a teaspoonful of cooking soda has been dissolved. Take the jars out of thewater bath, drain quickly and fill, while still hot, with the fruit prepared as described below. Fill the jar with hot sirup or hot water. Put on the lid but do not seal absolutely tight, so as to allow for expansion inside the jar. Put the partially sealed jars, while still hot, into a hot water canner provided with a false bottom of slats or wire mesh. Do not put cold jars into hot water —or boiling water into cold jars—they’ll crack. Boil (process) the filled jars for the time specified in the recipes, counting from When the water in the canner begins to boil again. Remove jars; seal airtight; when c|>ld test for leaks and store in a dark, cool, dry place..

General Foch’s Great Army Numbers Seven Million Men.

General Foch commands the largest single army under one man in all history, observes a writer in the Philadelphia Telegraph;The French have under arms nearly 4.000,000 meq. The English «(¥my in France is at least half of that. America, 1,000,000 men on the battle front. There will be 7.000,000 men under General Foch on one front and moving In the same direction. Hindenburg does not have that many on any one line or in any one army. Napoleon’s largest army was 600,000, and he never had over 1,000,000 soldiers in uniform in his empire. Grant had 1,000,000 under his command during the last year of the Civil war. Wellington’s largest army was under 100,000. Von Moltke did not have in any one army in the Franco-Prussian war a quarter of the troops now obeying the commands of Hindenburg.

Shoes to Support Arches.

Two shoes have been patented to support the arches of their wearers’ feet, one with a bracket extending forward from the heel and the other having a projection from the shanks to the ground.

Statistical Notes.

New York state in May had 80 fatalities in auto accidents. Camp Funston, Kan., is gardening 20,000 acres this year, employing interned kalserites. Germany has limited the amount that prisoners may spend to sls a week for officers and $12.50 for privates. ' Mary Callahan is dead in Lock Haven, Pa., madhouse after 50 years’ confinement there, costing the state $6,022 for her maintenance in that period.

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THE AMERICAN MARINE

Wherever they be, on land or sea, when the voice of duty calls. They're alert and - true to dare and do; no peril our lads appals. With true Yankee grit they will do their “bit” through stormiest battle scenes. And the Teuton shell that was made In hell has no terror for our Marines. Away In the front where the battle’s brunt Is winnowing men like chaff American lads, the sons of their dads, keep fighting right on and laugh! Oh, they’ve hearts of steel, no fear do they feel for the Teuton’s fiery "screens” Or his poison guns, and they’ll get the Huns, for they are our own Marines ! Then, here’s to the boys, America’s Joys, to our gallant lads in France! To the Stars and Stripes,' the Immortal types of Democracy’s advance! To the men who know how to meet the foe and who show what courage means! Uncle Sam is proud of that fearless Crowd, the magnificent Marines! —John E. Barrett in New York Sun.

Knowledge, Without Love of Nature Does Not Stick, Says an Authority on the Subject.

“Once started In pursuit of nature lore, we are pretty sure to keep on*” says John Burroughs in the Century Magazine. “When people ask me, ‘How shall we teach our children to love nature?’ I reply: ‘Do not try to teach them at all. Just turn them loose in the country and trust to luck.’ It is time enough to answer children’s questions when they are interested enough to ask them. Knowledge without love does not stick; but if love comes first, knowledge is pretty sure to follow. I do not know how I first got my own love for nature, but I suppose it was because I was born and passed my youth on the farm, and reacted spontaneously to the natural objects about me. I felt a certain privacy and kinship with the woods and fields and streams long before the naturalist awoke to self-consciousness within me/ A feeling of companionship with nature came long prior to any conscious desire for accurate and specific knowledge about her works. I loved the flowers and the wild creatures, as most healthy children do, long before I knew there was such a study as botany or natural history. And when I take a walk now, thoughts of natural history play only a secondary part; I suspect it is more to bathe the spirit in natural influences than to store the mind with natural facts. I think I know what Emerson means when he says in his journal that a walk in the woods is one of the secrete for dodging old age.”

Mother’s Cook Book

No talent will enable us to do any work without drudgery, but no childishness must tempt us to give it up because it is hard. No work- can be well done by anyone who is unwilling to sacrifice ease to its accomplishment. Save Sugar. Before the war Germany, AustriaHungary and Russia produced 57 per cent of the total supply of beet sugar, about one-third of the entire sugar supply of the tvorld. With the withdrawal of sugar exports of these heavily producing countries it is easy to see why the allies’ supply of sugar has shrunk. The one thing we can do in this country is to increase our production and decrease our consumption, to change our sugar habits until the war is over. In practically all dishes requiring sugar some other sweetening may be substituted. The sweetening power of sirups varies somewhat, so that will have to be taken into account. Honey is about as sweet as sugar, but when it is used the liquid in the dish will need to be decreased. Maple sirup is sweeter than sugar and corn sirup less sweet. When substituting sirups for sugar decrease the liquid one-fourth. Dried fruits of various kinds, when added to any cereal or pudding decrease the amount of sweetening needed.

Coconut Drop Cookies. Cream a half cupful of fat, add one cupful „of corn sirup, a fourth of a cupful of sour milk with a fourth of a teaspoonful of soda added, a third of of a teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of buckwheat* flour, one-fialf cupful of corn flour, a third of a pupful of coconut, a teaspoonful of vanilla, and a teaspoonful of baking powder sifted with the flours. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased tin. Bake in a quick oven.

Peanut Butter Cookies. Mix the following ingredients in thej order given: Six tablespoonfuls or fat, one-fourth of a cupful of peanut butter, one cupful of molasses, one-fourth cupful of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of baking powder, and three and one-fourth cupfuls *of buckwheat flour, or sufficient to make a mixture stiff enough to roll. Roll, cut and bake in a moderate oven. Maple sirup cooked with a cupful of sour cream until waxy, nnd added to half cupful of broken nut meats, hickory, walnut, butternut or pecans, is a delicious filling for cake. If frosting is desired boil the maple sirup and, pour over the beaten white of the egg„ beating until thick before placing on the cake.

Florida contains about 4,000,000 acres of land waiting to bo reclaimed by drainage.

Money Orders Good in France

They Are Drawn on the “U. S. Army Postal Service’* and Only Domestic Fees Are Charged

How to send money to a soldier in France In case of need, has pnzzled many parents and relatives of members of the American expeditionary forces. There are several ways, but a certain and easy one Is to use United States postal money orders. They can be cashed readily and easily by any payee. Here is the way to do it, according to an official statement by Postmaster W. B. Carlile of Chicago; “Money orders issued in the United States payable to members of the American expeditionary' forces are made out on domestic forms precisely the same as if they were drawn on offices in this country and domestic fees only are charged therefor. Such orders are all drawn on ‘U. S. Army Postal Service’ without indicating the name of any post office abroad. “The orders are, of course, delivered to the remitters to he mailed by them to the payee precisely the same as any other mail would be addressed. It is necessary, however, in any such case that the remitter furnish the full military description of the payee, that is, the company, regiment and branch of the service to which he is attached. “There are many branches of the U. S. army postal service and a money order drawn thereon is payable at any of them. It should be explained, however, that the postal service in France has been militarized, which means that the distribution of the mail has been taken over by the military authorities. The post office department distributes and pouches the mail In the United States, but the war department carries it on its transports, and distributes it to the soldiers abroad. The entire administration of the money order service still remains, however, under the post office department. “The secretary of war has explained that owing to the fact that the military units,were moving constantly from place to place, the changes being concealed from everybody except the particular commanding officer, it was necessary to let the mail follow the distribution of supplies. No doubt the soldiers at the front to whom a money order Is delivered will turn the order over to the company mail orderly to have it collected and the amount thereof given to him. This office was informed some time ago that the payments were made in France in the money of that country.”

Archer, National League’s Star Catcher, Comes Back With His Old-Time Speed

Jimmy Archer, once the National league’s star catcher when he played with the Chicago Cubs, is doing a remarkable comeback stunt in Pittsburgh. Archer was released by the Cubs last year because a bunch of crippled fingers prevented him from throwing to bases with his former speed and

Jimmy Archer.

accuracy. The veteran was passed up by the other National league clubs and retired. Manager Bezdek of the Pirates signed Archer to coach the pitchers this season. Archer soon proved that he could catch and throw as well as in former campaigns, with the result that Bezdek is playing him regularly, while the other Pirate catchers — Schmidt, Wagner and Fischer—are sitting on the bench. If Archer doesn’t brfeak down there Isn’t a doubt that he will help the Pittsburgh pitchers and also will steady the whole team.

Dental Truck Is Provided for the United States Army.

The government has recently been presented with a dental* truck which is remarkable for its completeness and the ingenuity of its design. It is illustrated in an article in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Attached to either side of the body and mounted on frames that fold up, jackknife fashion, are tents that can be opened quickly when the car is at rest. These are used as living quarters for the men in charge and for professional work. One is equipped with a portable dental chair and an oil heater. The body of the car is equipped with a regulation dental chair, a gas-admin-istering outfit, spacious cabinets for Instruments, a washbasin, thirty-gallon water tank, rotary pump, etc. Acetylene gas is supplied from compression tanks for lights, a heater and a brazing torch. Storage batteries supply current for auxiliary lights, a dental lathe and an electric engine.

“Around the World.

Ohio farmers have been plowing by moonlight and tractors. Spain is discussing a project to tunnel under Gibraltar strait. New’ York, New Jersey and Minnesota ban German in public schools. New York magistrate the other day sentenced an auto speeder to a spanking. Army chaplains are being trained in a school in Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.

Name in the News.

Liaison —pronounced “lee-ay-zon”— the name given to the corps of inters prefers for the British, French and Bel-, gian armies. The duty of the “liaison’’ officer Is to assist in billeting, conducting negotiations, translating messages of every description and questioning persons suspected of espionage.— Springfield Union.

Tornadoes and Cyclones

Storms as Defined by the LJ. S. Weather Bureau*

Weather men define a tornado as a violent windstorm, with rain or hail, thunder and lightning, in which the air masses whirl with great velocity around a central core, while the whole storm travels across the country in a narrow path at high speed. The thunder and the whirling motion have given rise to two theories of the derivation of the word, as to whether it is derived from the Spanish “tornada,” a thunderstorm, or from the Latin “tornare,” to turn. A cyclone, In the definition of the weather bureau, is not necessarily a windstorm of great velocity, but rather..a widespread storm that moves with no great speed. Its width may cover several states. This cyclone, or area Of low pressure—indicated as “low” on the weather map—gives conditions essential to tornadoes. Many cyclones never develop a tornado, but a tornado never develops without the cyclone, and almost invariably the tornadoes occur in the southeast quarter of the low area. About 120 cyclones pass across the United States each year, moving in a general way from west to east. They are of great benefit because they induce movement of surface air from the squth and southeast, and the rainfall that makes the great Interior valleys a rich agricultural region is dependent upon these southerly, moisture-bearing winds. Practically all of the cyclones of the warm season give rise at some time or place to thunderstorms or hail or violent winds. These winds may be violent enough to cause destruction, but unless they have the whirling column of air they are not tornadoes. In the East it is not always easy to distinguish the funnel-shaped cloud, but the lay of the debris after a storm will tell whether there has been a twisting motion. Tornadoes almost invariably move in an easterly direction and generally from southwest to northeast. The average length of the path of destruction is about 25 miles, and this path may not be continuous, if the funnel cloud is not in contact with the earth during its whole course. Sometimes it rises and goes for a considerable distance before descending again.

Living on Vegetables.

There Is at least one family In England which can snap its fingers at Lord Rhondda and whose members are not to be found in food queues. The head of the family recently wrote to a London newspaper that himself, wife and family of four have lived for 14 weeks wholly on raw vegetable salads made of grated turnips, carrots, parsnips, beets, cabbages, etc., together with fruit salads, toast and porridge and'' says that they are all much healthier as a result. They use neither tea nor coffee, and grow,their own vegetables, and so may be regarded as the most independent family in England.—New York World.

New Asparagus Strain.

A new strain of asparagus that is larger, more uniform and more productive than the old varieties and in addition Is highly disease-resistant, has been developed through ten years of work by a plant breeder In the bureau of plant industry. Introduction of the new -strain Is expected eventually to stamp out the “rust," a destructive disease that sw’ept over the country a few years ago.

Warm Bed Helps.

Sir William Gull, the distinguished English physician, announces that an electrically heated bed seems to diminish the number and percentage of fatal pneumonia victims.

Traumatic Shock, Harvard Medical Expert Finds Far Most Deadly in Trenches

Men rarely die of shell shock but they have been dying at the rate of 20,000 a year in the English and French armies alone as a result of a far snore deadly form of shock —traumatic shock, says the Atlantic Monthly. In fact, the latter is usually fatal when skilled assistance isnot at hand. Dr. William T. Porter of the Harvard medical school has. been sent into front line trenches in France to study this strange enemy in action. Traumatic shock, he found, usually follows a serious fracture of a major bone like the hip bone or multiple wounds through the sub-cu-taneous fat layer. . By experimenting, with injecting: olive oil into the veins of a cat Dr. Porter developed symptoms identical with those appearing in cases of traumatic shock, confirming his belief that fatty globules are released into the veins by certain wounds and these gradually clog up the halrlike.-Capil-laries of the brain until circulation ceases. Then began an interesting, series of experiments in the front line trenches in which Dr. Porter tried the experiment of giving carbon dioxide to freshly wounded men to prevent: shock. The poilus were delighted with /his tests and crowded around eagerly to watch the operation. All of these ' details, together with many keen and humorous reactions* of a trained observer in the war zone,, are set down in Dr. Porter’s recently published little book, “Shock at the Front.” In fact, one well known critic insists that the book, far from being a mere medical treatise, is* rather “a glimpse of the war done in sharp stroke by a physician who hfi» as pretty a technic with the pen as with the scalpel.”

Keeping Books Aids Farmer in Ascertaining What Part of Living Comes From Farm

(By the United States Department of Agriculture.) How many people know just what it costs them to live? Such information is extremely valuable, especially if the makeup of the cost is known, both as to money cost and the other factors. To the farmer such data should prove valuable, indeed, especially in determining what part of his living comes from the farm. If the accounts have been completely kept, the household expenses are easily assembled from ttye cash record, inventory and record of supplies used. Nothing in the realm of figures is more likely to astonish the average farm family than a summary of the household costs. The farm furnishes the family a house to live in. milk, butter, cream, eggs, pork, fowls, fuel, vegetables and fruit, and often a great many other things. Yet the farmer often does not think of all these unless they are set before him. If he breaks pyen on the year he is likely, to think there is no profit in the business when, in fact, he may have been living much better than the average city business man of like education, attainments and capital. AH these things may have to be seen to be believed, but a well-kept set of records, by adequate handling, can be made to show them.

SMILES FOR ALL

Not a Thing. “The youngsters think they’re smart with their new dances.” “Well, Uncle Josh?” “I’ll admit they do give you a good excuse for hugging a girl, but at that they ain’t got nothing on the old-fash-ioned kissing games.” The Jury Understood.

Heels Vs. Heads. “I suppose she’s head over heels in love?” “I think it Is a case of heels over head this time. She Is engaged to a tango fiend.” Not Hindering It.

“Cholly, w.hy don’t you let your mustache grow?” “Why don’t I let it? Good heavens, deah boy, I do; but it won’t.”

✓ —■ Too Considerate. “That’s a fine stenographer you liave." “Yes,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “But she’s too deferential. I never pretended to be any great scholar, and sometimes she flatters me to the extent of trying to imitate my style of spelling.” Of Course! Kidd—What caused Gaybird to fly the coop? Kidder—Chicken*.

“I fear I tcent too strong on that talk about it wasn’t money we were suing for, but the principle \ of the thing.” “Why so?” “The jury saw it in that light, evidently. Gave us eight cents damages.”