Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1918 — Page 3

Concrete Motor Boat Is Speedy

Prototype of the Newest of the Freight-Carrying Vesttls Built to Defeat the U-Boats

A Close-Up of a Concrete Motor Boat, Which May Be the Coming Typo of Pleasure Craft

The stone age—ln boats, at least—has returned to Washington. Floating easily on the waters of the Potomac there is today the first real stone boat the capital has ever seen. It is the Concrete, a prototype, as its name Implies, of the newest of the freight-carrying vessels built to defeat the U-boats. ~ - This little motor boat, in its first trials there, more than proyed the boasts of its builders as to Its seaworthiness. The hull is only three-quarters of an Inch thick, but, driven by a ten-horse-power engine, the Concrete developed good speed in several trips and drew favorable comment from several officials who rode in It. . ~ -

Stars of Gold

Bands to be Worn on Arm by Those Who Have Lost Near Relatives in War.

War department officials who have been consulted In regard to the black - band with gold stars. to be worn on the left arm by those who have lost relatives In the*war recommended that the gold star of the navy, Fifteen-six-teenths of an inch in size, which may be purchased at any army or navy equipment store, be appliqued by hand on a band of broadcloth or other suitable material. The use of the regulation broadcloth Is not obligatory, however, and the insignia may be made at home. The band is to be of black, three Inches wide, the stars, one for each member of the family lost, to be of gold, of gilded metal, satin, or of cloth, or may be embroidered in yellow silk or gold thread. The badge will not be patented and will not be commercialized. The badge was devised by the woman’s committee of the Council of National Defense and approved by President Wilson.

To the Point

Man was originally made to serve his maker, but along came woman —and the servant question has been unsettled ever since. The man who admits that he doesn’t know at least has the advantage of the'other fellow who had to go through the school of experience to find out that he didn’t know. Most of the mothers not only send their sons to the war but wish they could go along with them. Success very seldom comes to the fellow who refuses to do something for which he is afraid the other chap will get the credit.

War Strength of Company In U. S. Army Is 250 Men

The war strength of a company in the United States army is six officers and 250 men. The war strength of a regiment is 103 officers and 3,652 men, made up as follows: Twelve rifle companies, one headquarters and headquarters company, one supply company, one machine gun company, one medical detachment, A battalion consists of headquarters, four companies and machine gun section.

Drafted Men’s Insurance.

A drafted man in the army is hot compelled to take out insurance, but he is urged to do so. The minimum amount of insurance that can be taken is SSOO, and the insurance ranges in multiples of SSOO up to SIO,OOO, which is the maximum. The' insurance of a married man can be made payable to bls father and mother, but the allotment of bls pay must be made to his wife.

Graduated in America.

About 30 per cent of Norway’s dentists are graduates of American dental colleges or have taken post-graduate courses in the United States.

Marked Variation in Yield Of Income and Profits for Different States This Year

Wide variation in the yield of income and excess profits taxes in ent states this year, as compared with income tax payments last year, was shown by tabulations of the internal revenue bureau at Washington. Eight times as much revenue was received from these sources this year as last in the entire country, the comparative figures being $2,821,000,000 and $359,000,000, yet the Increases by states ranged from 2.6 times for Idaho, Utah and Montana to 15 times for Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia. New York state ranked first in the volume of income and excess profits taxes returned this year, yet the increase over last year’s yield was only 51-3 times. Tax officials,’it is said, have found it impossible to draw definite conclusions concerning tax evasions from the tabulations. Increases by other states were as follows: South Carolina, 13 2-3 times; Kentucky, 13; Arkansas and Oregon, 12 each; Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, 11 each; Louisiana, 10%; Nebraska, Tennessee and Wisconsin, 10 each; Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire (jointly), 9.7; Georgia, Kansas -dnd Minnesota, 9 each! Virginia, 8.8; Missouri, 8%; Washington, 8.4; Wyoming, Colorado and Indiana, 81-3; Massachusetts, 81-5; Connecticut - and Rhode Island (jointly), lowa and North and South Dakota, 8; California, 7% ; Florida, 71-3; Michigan, 7; New Jersey, 62-3; Delaware, Maryland and District of Columblt (jointly) and New Mexico and Arizona (jointly), 6% each; Texas, 4%; Oklahoma, 2.7.

How to Distinguish Branch Of Service by Colors Worn

The branch of service to which soldiers belong may be told by their hat cords. The key 7 to the military color scheme follows: Blue—lnfantry. Artillery. Yellow —Cavalry. Red and white —Engineering corps. Pink and white —Signal corps. Blue with red tassels —Machine gun" corps. Green —Service corps. Orange-Quartermaster’s corps. Plum and black —Medical corps. - Dark red and black—Ordnance corps. White band without cord—Aviation training corps. Blue and white —Reserve militia and volunteer training corps. Regular army men are to be distinguished by the plain U. S. on their collars, while inembers of the National Guard have a small N. G. after the U. S., and members of the National army a small N. A.

Some Speed.

A rifle bullet covers about two miles in uve seconds, while sound travels the same distance in a shade more than nine and one-half seconds, so it is easy to understand why the bullet strikes before the report of the rifle is heard.

Seiners Make Rich HauL.

It is said that a boat with five fishermen went out seining from Orrs island, Maine, for herring recently and received SSOO for their day’s work, sharing SIOO each. ~

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A WATCH IN THE NIGHT

••Watchman, what of the night?** x "Rumors clash from the towers; The clocks strike different hours; The vanes point different ways. Through darkness leftward and right Voices quaver and boom. Pealing our victor's praise, Tolling the tocsin of doom.” "Optimist, what of the night?” “Night is over and gone; See how the dawn marches on. Triumphing, over the hills. Annies of foemen In flight - Scatter dismay and despair. Wild is the terror that fills War-lords that crouch In their lair.” M "Pessimist, whaP of the night?" "Blackness that walls us about; The last little star has gone out. Whelmed In the wrath of the storm. Exhaustless, resistless in might. The enemy faints not nor fails; Thundering, swarm upon swarm. He sweeps' like a flood through ths vales.” "Pacifist, what of the night?” "We hear the thunder afar. But all is still where we are; Good and evil are friends. Here in the passionless height War and morality cease. And the moon with the midnight blendi In perennial twilight of peace.? “Soldier, what of the night?'* "Vainly, ye question of me; I know not, I hear not nor see; The voice of the prophet ia dumb; Here in the heart of the fight I count not the hours on their way; I know not when morning shall come; Enough that I work for the day.” —London Punch.

FOR THE POULTRY GROWER

“Aspergillosis” Is the name of a disease that is fatal to chickens, and is the result of feeding moldy grain, writes Frank L. Pratt, extension poultry husbandman, United States department of agriculture. It is especially important that the farmers and poultry keepers should protect their chickens by giving them as sound and sweet corn as possible. There is practically no cure for this disease. As the disease develops there is a fever, diarrhea, drooping wings, great depression, suffocation and death. The symptoms are similar to those of tuberculosis, and aspergillosis and tuberculosis are both cases of what practical poultrymen often term “going light.” The spores of aspergillosis are usually introduced by moldy grain or feeding the grain in moldy litters of straw. The fungus most frequently develops In the respiratory system, mouth and lungs. To prevent it, feed sound, sweet grain. Moldy corn is particularly dangerous.

Selection of the Stars in the Flag of United States

Whatever conclusions may be reached as to the originator of the Idea of selecting stars to represent the states of the federal union, one thing is certain; and that is that the stars which Adorn the American flag were never borrowed from the coat of arms of any American citizen, not excepting that of George Washington. In the first place, General Washington who, as some authorities think, owned the stars selected for the purpose, was far from being the “father of his country” in the early part of 1777, when the Star-Spangled Banner came into being. At that time the military situation of the country was at its lowest ebb, and Washington was beset by more than one cabal of jealous rivals. No, opr forefathers who formed this glorious union looked higher than man for a symbol* of sovereignty, and sought the heavens, which “declare the glory of God,” for a sign, and selected something from the firmament, which “showeth His handiwork;” or there would have been no “In God We Trust” on our coins today.—Admiral Chester In Yale Review.

Two-Year-Old Tot Can Read, Count and Tell Time of Day

A tiny two-year-old baby girl in California holds the world’s record in mental development. The infant prodigy is Martha Springer, twenty-six months old,, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Springer of Mountain View, The child can read like an eight-year-old, according to a correspondent. The father says the child has a normal mind, which simply has been developed by persistent training. At a re* cent meeting of college professors and experts in pedagogy and psychology the child for 40 minutes read, counted and told the time by clock and, talked with the men who were observing her. Her tmby brain did not sag, and she appeared to enjoy the long interview. All were unanimous in declaring that the baby’s case indicates that geniuses are made, not born. The child reads and speaks with a vocabulary of about 2,000 words. She is large for her age and eats and sleeps well.

Can With Corn Sirup, Says Department of Agriculture

Corn sftup may be used in canning and in making jellies, jams and marmalades and fruit butters. Varying amounts of corn sirup are used with sugar. The sirup gives a modified flavor to products so it should be tried out in small quantities at first to suit the family taste. It combines mo~t satisfactorily with strong flavored fruits such as pineapple and cherries. The amount used must be determined I by the kind of fruit and the strength I of the sirup.

Finds Million Are Consumptive

National Tuberculosis Association Asks for Plana for Cheaper Hospital Buildings

Need for increase of hospital facilities to accommodate tuberculous peraopa, said to number more than a million in the United States, is asserted in a statement issued by the National Tuberculosis association. The statement says in part: "It was recently reported that the capital issues committee would probably not approve anything except the most inexpensive temporary structures. The association feared it might mean the holding up for the duration of the war of any increase in hospital accommodations. "Something more than a million persons are now suffering from this disease in the United States, and the previous shortage in accommodations him been more acute by the problem of providing proper care for men rejected in the draft. "We have gone into the question with the capital issues committee and find that the attitude of its members is one of open-mindedness. The committee does not pass upon building projects which do not require the issuance of bonds, or those which can be covered by capital issues not exceeding SIOO,OOO. Permanent structures may be approved if the difference in cost is not too large. "Plans and estimates as to the most economical types of permanent buildings and of practicable temporary structures have been requested, to submit to the capital issues committee. z

Jim Vaughn Has a Varied Assortment of Curves and Is Puzzling Hard Hitters

“Is Vaughn as great a pitcher as Alexander?” Bill Killefer, who ought to know a great deal about it, says “Yes.” Bill was the battery mate of Alex the Great He also has officiated behind the plate donning the mask and spangles when Hippo is on the hill. Batsmen would rather see almost anyone on the firing line than Vaughn.

Jim Vaughn.

The brawny southpaw of Mitchell’s staff has averaged about five strikeouts a game this season. “Alexander is a wonderful pitcher,” said Killefer recently. “So is Vaughn. I’ve handled them both and, take it /from me, there’s little to choose between the pair. Vaughn Is the equal of Alexander, all things considered, but their styles are different Alex is a side-arm pitcher. Vaughn has a varied assortment of curves and he has a great hook that is puzzling to batsmen.”

Bones of Napoleon’s Heroes Paid Homage by French Poilus

An interesting ceremony was held recently at Rivoli, in the province of Verona, Italy. There, on January 14, 1797, Bonaparte won a great victory largely through the skillful use of his artillery. So it was only natural that in 1918 the French expeditionary force in Italy should choose the battlefield of Rivoli for its artillery training school. When the ground was being prepared for this purpose the bones of eight soldiers of Bonaparte’s army were discovered and identified by their buttons as grenadiers of the guard. Their remains were solemnly interred at the foot of the monument of the battle of Rivoli, a detachment of French poilus rendering the last homage t'o their predecessors of 121 years ago.

Around the World

New Hampshire will teach only English in public schools. Philadelphia factories are ready to employ crippled soldiers. Peru has 300,000 residents of Japanese and Chinese half-blood. Pennsylvania reports serious shortage of teachers for rural schools. An anarchist organization in Saratov, Russia, has passed a decree making all women, from seventeen to thirty-two years of age community property.

Cherry Tree, 84 Years, Bearing.

Planted when Gen. U. 8. Grant was a lieutenant stationed at Fort Vancouver, a cherry tree on the farm of Grant Farmer on Ford’s Prairie, Wash., is still bearing at the age of righty-four years. It has a spread of G 5 feet and its trunk measures 10 feet 11 inches in circumference.

Experiments have shown that good paper can be made of grapevine.

MOTHER'S COOK BOOK

For she must boll. And she must broil. And she must toil, And for the sake of the home. Favorite Dishes. We cannot all like these dishes equally well; but no doubt we may find one of which we may approve. Flank Steak. Take one and a quarter pounds of flank steak, slash with a sharp knife on both sides, sprinkle with flour, a half-teaspoonful of curry powder, salt and pepper to taste. Pound these seasonings well , into the meat and then put into a hot frying pan with a tablespoonful of sweet fat. Add two cupfuls of water, cover and let simmer slowly for an hour, adding more water as needed. If cooked at a low temperature the meat will be tender and juicy with a rich brown gravy. A delicious sauce to serve with this is creole sauce. Creole Sauce. Slice fine two medium sized onions, two green peppers, two ounces of lean ham and a clove of garlic. Fry five minutes and then add half a can of tomatoes, two bay leaves, four cloves and eight allspice. Let come to the boiling point, thicken slightly with ‘cornstarch, cook until smooth, add a dash of red pepper or a fresh one finely chopped. Mushrooms will Improve the sauce, not adding to the expense if gathered from the fields. ■ <l— and Lemon Sherbet. To the juice and rind of three oranges and one lemon add a cupful of honey and a pint of cream; freeze as usual. For very nice occasions serve in halves of oranges or of grapefruit.

Cream Torte. Beat the yolks of six eggs, add a cupful of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of fine bread crumbs which have been sifted, with a teaspoonful of baking powder. Add a half-pound of dates, cut fine; a half pound of walnuts and the well-beaten whites of the eggs. Flavor with spices and bake in layers. Put together with sweetened and flavored w’hlpped cream. Pineapple Fluff. Beat the whites of three eggs until stiff,- add three tablespoonfuls of grated pineapple. Beat together and put Into slightly buttered cups. Partly fill the cups and set them in hot water and bake a light brown. Turn out of the cups and serve with whipped cream. Garnish with a little preserved pineapple. Codfish a la Mode. Take a cupful of shredded codfish, two cupfuls of mashed potatoes, a pint of milk and two eggs well beaten, a half cupful of sweet fat and pepper and salt; mix well and bake in a buttered baking dish 20 minutes.

New Erie Canal, 340 Miles, Long, From Troy to Buffalo

The new Erie canal extends across New York state from Troy to Buffalo, a distance of 340 miles. From Troy it follows the line of the Hudson river to Waterford. Turning west it follows the line of the Mohawk river to a point beyond Little Falls. West of this point it follows the route of the old canal, but passes north of Utica on a new line, thence south of Rome and through Oneida lake. From there it follows the Oneida river to the Seneca river at Three River point, and on through the Clyde river to a point east of Lyons. From there the old canal route is followed beyond Pittsford. Here the channel leaves the old route, crosses the Genesee river about a mile south of Rochester, joins the line of the old canal a few miles west and continues through the old channel to and through Tonawanda creek to Tonawanda on the Niagara river, which ia followed to Lake Erie at Buffalo.

Signs Forbidding Peasants From Taking Potatoes, Plan To Induce Eating of Tubers

Although potatoes were early Introduced into Europe by the Spaniards, they did not come in quantity for many years. The English found them in Virginia, but it is believed that the Spaniards brought them to that colony from further south. The first attempt to introduce them into France was due to a well-known scientific authority named Parmentier. This was in the seventeenth century, says Popular Science Monthly. He imported some of the plants, set them out in a field near Paris, and by means of learned pamphlets and talk with the people tried to have the new vegetable brought into cultivation and the market. But It was all in vain. Potatoes did not prove attractive, and when the planted ones matured it seemed that they would rot in the ground on account of the prejudice against them. Then some wise man who knew human nature —a student of psychology, with practical ideas —suggested that peasants could not be made to try potatoes by persuasion, but might be led to adopt them if they were forbidden to eat them. His Idea was adopted. Many signs were painted and erected in plain sight, forbidding under severe penalties anyone from taking any potatoes from the field. The peasants at once began to raid the hills, and before long most of the ripe tubers were stolen and eaten with fetish.

Automatic Soldier Made Of Steel Shoots 400 Shots In Any Desired Direction

“An automatic soldier” is one of the latest developments in weapons of war. A Danish engineer has recently taken out a patent for an apparatus to which he has given this name. It consists of a steel cylinder normally within a larger cylinder, the whole being sunk Into the ground vertically. By means of a mechanism operated by wireless, the inner cylinder rises to a height of IS inches from the ground and simultaneously an automatic rifle mounted on the inner cylinders fires 400 shots in any given direction. The “automatic soldiers” can be controlled from a central position some four or five miles behind the line of defense, according to the Inventor. They may be seen by the enemy only when they rise from the ground. From trials already made it has been shown, so it is reported, that a few hundreds of these steel soldiers can easily defend a position against Infantry attacks, however numerous the opposing force may be. They blaze away their 400 shots without flinching, and never retreat. In order to “automatics” they must be destroyed one by one.

SMILES FOR ALL

To and For. “Everything I have in this world I owe to my wife.” "I’m almost like you, too. Everything I owe for in.this world my wife bought.” Giving Details.

Numbers. “I always look out for number one,” remarked the egotistical man. "Friend," replied Mr. Chuggins, “if that’s the only number you look out for In these days of traffic confusion you’re liable to get run over and never know who did it.” Very Necessary. A rotund gentleman with a perennial smile had to have his dally joke as he meandered into bls dub. „ "I have here the most valuable motorcar accessory ever invented,” ''he remarked. "What is it?" asked a tall, thin gentleman. “A bankbook,” replied the first speaker. Cause and Effect)

“That famous financier has such an angular countenance.” “No wonder; he made himself by corners.”

Easily Arranged. “How are we going to get any quotations out of these press notices?” asked the theater’s advertising “The most generous of them says, •This is not a very good show.’" “Well,” replied the manager, “for billboard purposes you’ll have to condense it a little.’* “HowF “Just leave out the word‘not’" Such Is Love. “Too bad about Jack and the girl « he’s engaged to. Neither of them ia good enough for the other.” “Where did you get that idea?* “Tve been talklhg the matter over with both families.” .

“Kitty married a man a good deal older than she is, so I hear.” “Older! Why, he’s twice her real age and three times the age she says she is.”