Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — Page 3

The Left Handed Quartette

This picture shows the fine spirit and morale of our boys which had so much to do with the quick termination of the war. From left to right, Sergts. Charles L. Blair, Walter E. Ringen, Guy Wilson and Harold Sancier, veterans returning on the Leviathan, which recently docked at her pier at Hoboken, each wounded in the left arm. They formed a quartette which did much toward keeping up the spirit of everyone returning from battle-scarred France aboard the Leviathan.

Mother’s Cook Book

« Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choice up the unused path.—Scandinavian Edda. The Value of Salads in the Diet. Salads are invaluable in the diet as they supply water, mineral salts, acids, cellulose and flavor when prepared from vegetables and fruits. Meat, fish, eggs and cheese supply protein and fat while starchy vegetables furnish fuel food. The salad dressings are an Important part of the salad as regards nutrition, for they are valuable fuel f<?ods. The materials used in making salads are: Raw vegetables, cooked vegetables, eggs, meat, fish, cheese, nuts and fruit. With such a variety from which to choose, there is no need of monotony. Calcutta Salad. Take one cupful of soft cheese, onehalf cupful of grated American cheese, one cupful of whipped cream, threefourths of a tablespoonful of gelatin, one teaspoonful of salt, and a few dashes of paprika. Soak the gelatin tn the cold water, add the hot water to dissolve it. Soften the cheese with a little plain cream, add the grated cheese and the whipped cream, the gelatin, the salt and the paprika. Turn into molds and chill. < Garnish with pimento or stuffed olives and asparagus tips. Serve on lettuce with French dressing. French Dressing. The amount of acid will vary with the kind of salad on which it is to be used. One tablespoonful of vinegar to three of oil is a good • combination, and half a teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of paprika. .This dressing may be changed by adding a tablespoonful of thick cream to the French dressing, a tablespoonful of chopped onion, parsley, or green pepThe dressing should be well blended by beating with a Dover egg better, then add the chopped vegetables and let stand for at least an hour to season. Beat again before serving. Fruit Salad dressing. BCat two eggs until very light, add three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, beating constantly while adding the butter, three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Cook over hot water until thick, stirring constantly. Cool and add one cupful of whipped cream, one-fourth cupful of powdered sugar; one-half ter.-, spoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of vanilla, one-fourfh teaspoonful of paprika, and three drops of onion juice. Salad plants should be crisp, cold and tender. In arranging a salad avoid too many colors.

Wood Produces Quick Heat and Is Cheaper Than Coal

Farmers who own woodlands and people in cities, towns and villages who can purchase wood from near-by farms can help, this winter —as last winter —to relieve the demand for coal and the strain on ralway capacity by burning wood in place of coal. It is not Expected substitution of wood for coal will be complete or universal, ■ as for many purposes coal is much more convenient But for heating many kinds of buildings wood is the more convenient and cheaper fuel. Thia is particularly tnie in the case of churches, .balls, summer cottages and other buildings for which heat is required only occasionally but then is wanted in large volume at short notice. 1 .

Toasted Potatoes Regarded Good Substitute for Bread —Skins Add to the Flavor

The United States this year, it appears, will have to feed practically all of Europe. Every suggestion for conservation of food and variation in preparation is welcome and an article in Good Housekeeping has special value in this connection. To quote: “It is plainly a patriotic duty to use potatoes as a bread substitute. The nearest approach to conventional methods of cooking potatoes for a bread substitute is, of course, a perfectly baked potato, but a perfectly baked potato is rare as a day in June. “Even a perfectly baked potato served at the psychological moment does not give that subtle sense of. bread function that the piece of bread or toast, held in hand affords. “Prepare good-sized potatoes as if to bake, being more scrupulously careful than usual to scrub . and cleanse the skin carefully and remove all bad spots. Cut the perfectly cleansed potato lengthwise into slices, one-fourth of an inch thick. Put the slices loosely into a wire basket or steamer and steam until they are properly ‘tempered’—that is, until they are in part but not completely cooked. If they are completely cooked by the steam, they are of no particular value as a bread substitute. As a rule, about ten minutes’ steaming is adequate. After this initial steaming, dry the slices well between clean towels and toast as you would slices of bread, or put them In a wire basket or perforated pan and bake In a very hot oven until the slices are delicately browned on both sides. Sprinkle lightly with salt. Serve as yon would toast*. .The sklns can. bet r.emoved before serving or while eating, but If one is a connoisseur, a real disciple of Epicurus, with as much love of flavor and conservation as a boy or animal, he will eat the toasted slices skTnandaH.” =

TO THE POINT

The closer we get to our good deeds the smaller they seem. A fool may be able to answer questions that a wise man wouldn’t ask. Some persons make a life study of things that are of no earthly use. _ ___ True friendship results from a compact of frankness and forbearance. r . Pluck usually wins. A man’s success often depends upon the ability to pluck others.

Chinese Also Have “Kicks” On the Telephone Service

China is learning fast' Where a few years ago. the telephone would be considered -an invention of the devil now listen to this wail from a native business man to a Tientsin paper: “Can we hope for any improvement In the long-distanco telephone situation? A few days ago I called up Peking about 3 p. nj., and was informed that there were 60 calls ahead of me, and that there were only three trunk lines in operation. I finally got the call about 10 p. m. Surely the Chinese administration can put up another trunk line ahd make this onetime fine service again to busUi ness men. The Peking long-distance’ service is almost as bad as similar services in Japan.”

Influenza.

Influenza is an Italian word, meaning influence. One version of its origin 18 that in the far past there was a plague in Italy which was attributed to the influence of the stars and for this reason was called influenza. "■ ' -

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER. INB.

AN UNDEFILED HERITAGE

Father In heaven, who lovest all. Oh, help thy children when they cal»; That they mav build from age to age An undeflled heritage. Teach us to rule ourselves always. Controlled and oleanly night-and-day. That we may bring, If need arise, :. - No maimed or worthless sacrifice. Team'll us to look, in all our ends,On thee for Judge, and not our friends; That we With thee may walk uncowed By fear or favor of the crowd. Teach us the strength that cannot se(A By deed or thought .to-hurt, the weak;—„ That, under thee, we may possess Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress. Teach us delimit in simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all men ’neath the sun. —Rudyard Kipling.

American Housewives Profit From the Lessons in Thrift As Taught by French Chefs

The French chef, the acknowledged world leader of the art of the cuisine, is the product of a country that surpasses all others in the practice of thrift. But the necessity of keeping her food budget within strict limits in spite of war prices has led many an American housewife to discover for herself some of the secrets of the French chef in .making inexpensive and formerly neglected food Into delicacies fit for a king. Especially has this been so in the preparation of meat for our American tables. The following are some oMJie secrets of the French chef that the American housewife has discovered for herself. Flank steak, which costs much less than top sirloin or round steak, makes an excellent roast. It can also be pot roasted or used as chop steak. Chuck, or round steak costs much porterhouse or sirloin. These cuts should be cookedhy “moist” heator made tender by mechanical means, as in “hamburger.” Beef neck is juicy and well flavored. It makes a good pot roast and the very best stews and soups. The cross rib makes an excellent pot roast and there is no waste. Shin of beef makes a good “beef a la mode.” Cut it up as for stew; brown pieces In hot fat; then add water; cook in a pot the same as pot roast, and serve with gravy. Sfiin of beef makes a most nourishing soup and the meat can be taken from the pot afterward and served with horseradish sauce* If you buy a rib roast of beef, have your butcher cut the rib end off so that you can use it for making soup. If It is left on and roasted with the rest of the meat it is largely wasted. For corned beef, the flank piece, the navel piece and the brisket piece cost the least These cuts are palatable and the left-over portions can be made into a delicious hash.

65 Per Cent of Fires of Country Are Declared Due to Preventable Causes

The losses by fire in the United States and Canada during the year 1917, as compiled from the records of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, aggregate $267,273,300, the heaviest of any year in the history of the country except 1906, when the great SanTHMSsrw: flagration swelled the total to $450,710,009. r ßlie 1917 record is nearly $36,000,000 in excess of the previous year’s figures and over $84,000,000 larger than the fire losses of 1915. The world war was a contributing factor in 1917’s unusual record. In some instances where the heaviest war munition losses occurred there was little or no insurance against fire carried, and the underwriters, therefore, made a lucky escape. The notable munition plant losses Included the Canadian Car and Foundry’s plant at Kingsland, N. J., involving a loss of $12,000,000; the DuPont Powder plant at Haskell, N#> J., causing $1,500,000 loss; the munition plant of the Union Switch and Signal company at Pittsburgh, causing a loss of $4,200,000, and the Washburn Wire works at New*’ York city, with a loss of $1,100,000. The aggregate fire waste of the United States and Canada during the past 40 years, from 1878 to 1917, inclusive, reaches the appalling total of $6,480,267,560, showing an annual' average property destruction of $162,006,698. It Is generally conceded by those who make a study of fire loss causes that fully 65 per cent of the fires of this country are due to preventable causes. On this basis of calculation the preventable fire losses of the country during the past 40 years reach the total of $4,212,173,900.

India’s Total Sugar Acreage Estimated at 2,550,000 Acres.

The first official forecast of the sugar-cane crop of India for the 191819 season is Based upon reports received from provinces that contain 99 per cent of the area under' Cane in British India. The total area planted is estimated at 2,550,000 acres, which is practically the same as the estimate for the 1917-18 season. Seasonal conditions at sowing time were not very favorable in the Imporiapt cane-grow-ing provinces and. owing to the delay caused by rains the crop returns are still uncertain in the greater part of the United Provinces, which contain more than half the cane are® of Brit ish India.

Live Stock Should Be Well Treated

‘l■J . . X Prices Are High, and It Will Pay to Feed Generously and Protect All Animals From the Weather

Farm animals that are shabbily wintered^—the idea being to fatten them and sell them early the next summer or in the fall —do not thrive or give a profitable account of themselves, writes DeWitt C. Wing in Breeders’ Gazette. Poorly sheltered, stingily fed and compelled to drink icecold water, they become stunted'. The severe weather of the winter months in the corn belt and elsewhere is hard oil live stork, even when comfortable housing, generous feeding and an abundance of clean, temperate water are provided. Animals kept to do farm work, to breed, to make meat or to produce milk are worth more than they have been in a long time. They will be worth still fiibre when grass comes. Shelter is essential; it is a form of feed. It saves body heat by keeping animals warm and dry. Body heat is made with feed. Shelter, therefore, conserves feed. Inexpensive sheds, in the absence of well-equipped, modern barns and stables, will serve the purpose fairly well. Straw and corn stover can be used in walling up and sealing the ends and north sides of such improvised structures, which usually open to the south. A beast worth wintering is worth wintering well, even on high-priced feed. All young stock should be fed more liberally, pound for pound, than mature animals. Both classes require a lot of roughage. Glover, alfalfa and cowpea hay, -which are rich in protein, should be generously dealt out to young stock. Adult animals may be wintered largely on other hays, silage, corn fodder and corn stover (cut and hauled to them, or standing in fields). Pigs, in order to thrive and make the best returns, must have plenty of protein feeds. like" Skim milk, bran, tankage and cowpea or soy-bean meal, whTeE~make muscle (lean meat) and bone; they must also have corn to make body heat. Water from holes in the ice On a pond, creek or tank requires a lot of feed (fuel) to warm it when drunk by an animal. The best water for stock in the winter is pumped daily from depths at -which its' temperature is comparatively high. With practically nothing green or succulent to eat in winter, all classes of stock require much more water than they will drink if they are compelled to take it ice cold.

SOIL FROM FRANCE

Earth for Filling Purposes About Statue of Liberty

Here is a striking instance of thrift manifesting itself in poetical justice. The tiny island in New York harbor on which stands Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty is being enlarged. The soil used for fllling-in purposes comes from France. It is the debris from the trenches, military railway lines, warehouses and wharves. It was brought to America as ballast for the transports that carried our mighty legions of liberty to France. Thus is mingled the soil of the two republics as a setting for the world’s most typical symbol of liberty, just as the bodies of thousands of American sons are today mingled with the soil of Francs' under the crosses where they lie. In this humble yet beautiful demonstration of the kindred ideals of the two nations, American thrift, which did so much to make victory possible, was the underlying impulse. —Thrift Magazine.

Purpose to Make Tientsin New York of China, Says Commissioner Yang I-teh

Tientsin is to become China’s New York, according to General Yang I-teh, commissioner of the Native City. “I am trying to eliminate beggary in Tientsin by education and industry,” said the general recently. “We are starting on the new San Tiao Shih cutting, which is part of the general plan for the conservation of the river systems of Chihli,” continued General Yang. “This cutting will include several streets. We are already tearing down the houses and building the tracks for the miniature railway. About 800 rooms in all will be removed to allow for the new cutting. But, thisi does not matter. When the river Is moved from its present bed and is forced to flow through the cuttings we shall have reclaimed much valuable Idnd. It will then be possible for us lo build new-and clean houses there. We shall lay the reclaimed land out in the most modern fashion. I hope to make Tientsin the New York of China.”

Ohio Shakers Producers of First Poland-China Hogs.

The Poland-China hog originated in Butler and Warren counties, Ohio. In 1816 the Society of Shakers, in Warren county, brought some breeding hogs from Philadelphia. Some of them were pure white and others white, with black spots. They were represented to the Shakers as of pure Chinese blood and were called Big Chinas. In 1872 a committee of the National Swine Breeders’ congress reported against the theory that Chinas had been crossed witty Polands, but as the name Poland-China was in general, use advised that it be retained.

Move to Bar German-Made Goods

Over seven hundred stores in New York are displaying the signs of the American Defense society, which read, “No German Made Goods Sold Here,” and an active campaign is being conducted by the women’s national committee ,of the society to extern! the work.

PITH AND POINT

What Folks Might Say. 'Tm not In the least disappointed about you, Mrs. Naylor. Everybody told me that you were a regular busybody.” “Go on, you old hippopotamus 1 Can’t you see you are blocking the entrance for 1,000,000,000 people besides me?” “I like your story first rate, Scribbler. The plot is rotten and the style would shame a high-school pupil, but otherwise it’s all right.” “Tommy, you may go home and tell your mother I slapped you because you are a regular little nuisance whose parents don’t know how to bring up a child.*’ Try It First Mother —How do you get Harold to wash hiswrists? Second Mother —Oh, I bought him a wrist w’atch and he can’t afford to look to see what time it is and then show his dirty wrists. t—— An Inspiration Recognized.

Done on Purpose. “That man always manages to say the wrong thing.” “L. have noticed it,” replied Miss Cayenne. “He seems to, realize that it is the only way for him to be suspected of having an original thought.” Venom. /

Edith—Are you going to return Jack’s ring? Marie (who has just broken her engagement) I haven’t decided. I suppose he’ll propose to you now, and I thought I’d just hand it over to you to save bother.

Snappy. She —I haven’t been able to get a copy of your book. He —Perhaps you didn’t try the right places. She —I went to abook store. Where should I have tried, at a junk shop?

Canned and Dried Fruits to Endow Hospital Beds

Frim proceeds derived chiefly from the sale of canned and dried fruits, farm women’s clubs in West Virginia contributed $2,100 for the endowment of hospital ..beds for wounded soldiers in France. During the past summer they canned for this purpose 20,000 quarts from materials formerly allowed to waste. Nineteen of the thir-ty-one counties put away for winter use 1,500,000 quarts. Farm women’s clubs in this state took the lead in the use of substitutes, thereby releasing a very considerable amount of- food; . *r—•

“What is your opinion of government ownership?” “Its possibilities are brilliant,” replied 7 Senator Sorghum; “I think that in the near future it is going to prove one of our most brilliant topics of conversation.”

FOR POULTRY GROWERS

The farmers of the United States lose each year large sums because of improper methods of producing and handling eggs. One-third of this loss Is easily preventable,. It is due to-tha-.. partial ‘ hatching of fertile eggs, according to the United States department of agriculture. The eggs laid by a hen may be either fertile or Infertile, depending on ; whether or not the male bird has been allowed to run aim lire feiiwder’ A fertile egg is one in which the germ has been fertilized by the male bird. Except for this process of fertilization the male bird has no influence upon the eggs which the hens lay. Egg production is Equally great in flocks from which roosters are excluded. A fertile egg does not keep as well as an Infertile one because the fertilized germ responds more readily to high temperatures than the unfertilized one. It is Impossible to hatch an Infertile egg or to cause a blood ring to form in one. Such eggs are much. - more likely to reach the table in good condition and there is less spoilage in shipments,, composed entirely of them than in "mixed shipments of fertile and infertile eggs. Heat is the great enemy of eggs, both fertile and infertile. Poultry growers are urged to follow these simple rules, which cost nothing but time and thought, and will add dollars to the poultry-yard returns: 1. Keep the nests clean; provide one nest for every four hens. 2. Gather the eggs- twice daily. ' 3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room, or cellar. 4. Market the eggs at least twice a week. 5. Sell, kill or confine all male birds as soon as the hatching season ia over. - ..

THRIFT SAYINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Benjamin Franklin.

Every little makes a mickle. - Look before or you’ll find yourself behind. He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner. Learning is to the studious and riches to the careful. All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. A penny saved is a twopence clear; a pin a day is a groat a year. Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but expense is constant and certain. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow It

HERE AND THERE

In counting the cost it never seems necessary to allow for shrinkage. Some' people couldn’t eyen drive a nail without doing crooked work. The game laws provide no closed season for those who are hunting trouble. . The only use some people have for pleasant weather is to put something by fqr a rainy day. It’s one thing to take things as they come, but quite another, matter to grab them on the go.

Regarding Influenza.

Dogs sometimes contract flu, but more rarely than cats. Birds, however, can get it. In the great epidemic of 1581, ft is op record that many birds died, while the rest absolutely deserted those parts of the country where the disease was at Its worst. —Pearson’s Weekly. .

New Time Zones.

Time how changes at instead of at Pittsburgh. The new official boundaries for time zones ip the United States became effective the first pf the year. East of Columbus the time is “eastern” and, west of Columbus to the 100th meridian “central” time. ■ < ■ .. ;