Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1919 — Page 3

To Be Big Year for Gardens

Home gardening is starting off this year in every section of the country with the momentum gained during the two gardening seasons in which the United States was at war., This is the conclusion drawn from reports to the garden specialists of the United States department of agri-

showina “Before and After" of a Garden Campaign—Upper Picture the Neglected Lot—Lower, the Producing Garden.

culture from garden leaders in most of the states. According to these reports gardening has spread to every element of the people and has become a fixed factor in city and suburban as well as rural life. With experience gained by amateur gardeners in past seasons and with gardens assuming a permanent rather than a temporary character, this year is expected to be the greatest year ever recorded in making waste land produce food.

To Reorganize National Guard

Militia Bureau Will Extend Call to r All State*

With the rapid return to this country of the National Guard divisions that served in France, officials of the militia bureau of the war department are making plans for an active campaign to reorganize the National Guard in every state in the union. Authority has just been granted the bureau to increase its personnel. The militia bureau will soon extend a general call to all state troop leaders, urging them to give their co-opera-tion in the formation of the national militia. The new congress will be urged to make adequate financial provision for the re-establishment of the National Guard on a sound basis. The military bill that failed to pass at the last congress contained an appropriation of more than $14,000,000 for the National Guard and authorization for the equipment of all state troops from the surplus war material In war department depots. Authority will be sought to accept for. enlistment for a period of one year all National Guardsmen who' served In France. The remainder of the six-year enlistment period will be in the reserve.

Bells, Originally Used to Clear Air of Evil Spirits

The use of bells originated in superstition. They were first used in China a great many centuries ago, and their original purpose was to dispel and clear the air of “evil spirits,” also to break up and drive away storms. From China bells were eventually introduced into Europe. Old records tell us how the tolling of bells kept the “spirits of darkness” from assailing people while in the act of worship. Hence tfce collection of bells with churches. It was only a comparatively recent date that bells were used for calling the people to church. For ages they were designed solely for keeping evil spirits at a safe distance.

DO YOU KNOW THAT

Eve never once threatened ▲dam to go back to mother? A kid with a stick of candy can get everything in the room sticky, too? A woman who marries a rake has to scratch for a living? On the other hflnd, it would seem that a grass widow should properly marry a rake? No matter how fast time flies some clocks are, sure to be slow?

By U. S. Department of Agriculture

Affection of the Elephant Compared With That of Any of the Domestic Animals

It is commonly supposed that all, large animals of tropical jungles express a sense of ferocity, but this is not'true of the elephant, which is only fierce when his self-protection demands it Perhaps no other animal is so affectionate as the elephant. Whatever a horse, a dog. a cat or any domestic animal will do for its master, an elephant will Go, if it is possible, with equal promptness. However, this is the case only if the elephant has been treated with kindness. In the East, in Inola and in Africa, elephants are not properly rewarded for their kindness and service to man. In India this crepture is hunted, made prisoner, and forced to work in great lumber yards. In Africa, his existence is threatened because of the way that men track him down for ivory. If only the demands for ivory would cease, the elephant might be free to go about his accustomed ways and then he would always show his affectionate nature.

One of Philippine Group is an Inland of Mystery

Mindoro, In the Philippine group, is something of a mystery. Other Islands are rather thickly populated, but of Mindoro hardly anything is known. There is a fringe of population around the shore line, but the interior of the big island Is practically unknown and uaexplpred. It is claimed that but dne white man. Dean Worcester, ever has crossed the interior of Mindoro. Why the island has regained thus for nearly 300 years is quite hard to understand. It is said that there is gold in abundance on this Island, and where there is gold there usually can be found white men willing to go after it, whether in frozen waste or tropic heat, but Mindoro’s secrets remain safely hidden.

Door Should Fit in Frame Like Stopper in a Bottle

It ruffled the tidy nature of the handy man to have to pull and jerk at his door to open It, and then to have to coax and push to shut It. A door should fit in its frame like a stopper In a bottle, he thought A cursory examination disclosed that it stuck at the bottom. Of course, if the swelling had been at the top it would have been so easy to plane off the surplus. But at the bottom! He tried tightening the screws In the upper hinge, which were quite loose, but found the wood so soft that even longer screws would not hold. . There seemed to be nothing to do but remoye the upper binge, dig out the . soft wood and Insert in Its place a piece of new wood, which held the hinge firmly and prevented the door from sagging.

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Homely Hue of Immortal Grass Is More Enchanting Than the Lily or the Rose

Lying fn the sunshine amortg the buttercups and dandelions of 'slay. scarcely higher in intelligence than the minute tenants of that mimic wilderness. our earliest recollections are of grass; and when the fitful fever is ended and the foolish wrangle of the market and the forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which out descent Into the bosom of earth has made and the carpet of the infant becomes the blanket of the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of nature—her constant benediction. Fields tnmnpled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts-of eannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes and are obliterated.' Forests decgy, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is Ilamortal. Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter it withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring. Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propagated by the subtle agriculture of the elements, which are Its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the world. It bears no blazonry of bloom or splendor, but its homely hue is more enchanting than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, and yet, should its.harvest fail for a single year, famine would do-, populate the world. —John J. Ingallo-

Eight Well Defined Soots on the Sun and May Be Seen With Three-Inch Telescope

There are, at present, eight very well defined spots on the sun, that may be well seen with a three-inch telescope, notes a correspondent. Six of them lie, in groups of two, along a parallel to the sun’s equator, and about 15 degrees north of it-. The other two are close together and about the same distance south of the solar equator, near the sun’s eastern limb. If seen near the horizon these parallels are almost vertical. Since'one cannot look directly at the sun. these spots can be best seen by focussing theHfflage of the sun on a white card held at a little distance from the eyepiece of the telescope or field glass. When the Image of the sun is three Inches in diameter, these spots appear to be about one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, or about one-fifteenth of the sun’s diameter. This would make their actual breadth about 17,000 miles, or somewhat more than twice the diameter of the earth. Their nature is not precisely known, but they are believed to be eruptions in the sun’s surface. The gigantic scale of solar activity is well illustrated by their enormous size. The only Influence that sun spots have been actually demonstrated to have on the earth is on its magnetism. At a time of many sun spots, magnetic disturbances are more numerous and violent, and the aurora borealis is more frequent.

Mothers’ Cook Book

Nor can’t &apnt him happiest who has Sever Been forced with his own hand his chains to sever. Arid for himself find out the way divine; He never knew the aspirer’s glorious pains. He never earned the struggler’s priceless ___....... gains. —Lowell. Serve a Salad Every Day. The simple green, crisp salads which In many localities may be had for the gathering, are the best of blood tonics In the spring time. Water cress, dandelion greens, young onions, lettuce and radishes are all obtainable in most places. Where there Is running water from a spring (not too rapid) one may set out plants of water cress and leave a salad for future generations to enjoy. A simple French dressing Is generally liked for these crisp, green salads; take one tablespoonful of good vinegar and three of the best olive oil, salt, a little sugar and pepper to taste. Corn oils are also good If olive oil is not to be obtained. Beet and Potato Salad. Cut six cooked beets and six potatoes In small balls with a French vegetable cutter. The bits of leftovers may be used In hash or in a meat loaf. Put- the potatoes In a good dressing, either mayonnaise or boiled dressing, but well seasoned; add one cupful of chopped chives and olives mixed. Garnish with the best balls dipped in vinegar. Serve on lettuce. Marguerite Salad. Shred one head of lettuce and arrange It on Individual plates. Slice the whites of hard cooked eggs length.wise - to form a flower cup. „ Fill the centers with well seasoned i yolks of the eggs, put through a sieve. Serve with the salad dressing passed in a bowl. , -ji —l_ .‘L-j:... ' . •' • Sour Cream Dressing. Take half a cupful of sour cream, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt; the same of paprika and pepper, celery seed to taste and a tablespoonful of good flavored vinegar." Whip the cream and blend all the Ingredients before serving.

Business Veering Slowly to Normal

Federal Reserve Board Makes Public Summaries of Report*

The federal reserve board has made public summaries of reports from federal reserve agents throughout the country in answer to a questionnairerecently sent out to ascertain the extent of business and industrial readjustment The report showed in general large stocks on band by manufacturers and dealers and a lessened demand, with prices decreasing in many cases. A typical example of the reports from industrial districts was afforded by the tabulation of replies to questions from business concerns in the Philadelphia federal reserve district. These questions and classified replies were as follows: Are the quantities of materials, supplies and goods as shown by your last inventory larger than usual? Yes, 114; no, 129. Are they principally for war or civilian business?' War work, 20j_ civilian business, 221. Have the prices of your product been lower recently from the high prices prevailing during the war? Yes’, 148; nd, 93. Is labor more abundant? Yes, 225; no, 21. ' - Is labor less restless? Yes, 147; no, 91. l ls there less re-employment? Yes, 186; no, 62.’ Is labor more efficient? Yes, 90; no, 142. Has there been any lowering of wages? Yes, 17; no, 228. Are you paying less for raw materials? Yes, 131; no, 89. Have you a satisfactory amount of orders on hand ? Yes, 81; no, 150.

Hints for the Poultry Grower

Young chicks should not be fed for from 24 to 36 hours after hatching, and will not suffer if given no food until the third day. The yolk of the eggs, which is absorbed by the chick, furnishes all the nourishment required during this time. It is this provision of nature for the first sustenance of the chick that makes it possible to ship newly hatched chicks considerable distances. After feeding Is started It Is advisable to feed the chick five times a day, at equal Intervals, and alternating a mash of soft feed, such as johnny cake, with a hard grain or scratch feed. “A model variety ration for very young chicks,” said John L. Prehn, extension poultry husbandman for the Kansas State Agricultural college, “is a scratch mixture composed of five pounds of cracked corn, three pounds of cracked wheat, two pounds of pinhead oatmeal, either hulled or rolled oats. If corn Is not available, cracked kafir or rolled or hulled barley may be substituted. Feed this mixture, scattered In chaff, morning, noon and night. “For making the johnnycake, use five pounds of cornmeal, six infertile eggs, and one tablespoonful of baking soda. Mix in enough milk to make a stiff batter, and bake it well. “Instead of the johnnycake a mixture of dried crumbs with hard boiled Infertile eggs, making about one-quar-ter of the mixture of the eggs, may be used. Rolled oats may be used in place of the bread crumbs. Feed this in the middle of the forenoon and afternoon for the first ten days. or two weeks. ' “When infertile eggs are not available use double the quantity of baking soda, and add half a pound of sifted beef scrap. Infertile eggs are those which have been tested out from sittings or from an incubator. “Some tender green stuff should be fed to baby chicks after the first week. When a regular supply in quantity Is needed it is usually most convenient to use sprouted oats.”

Holding Breath, Gargle, and Sneezing, Hiccough Cure 400 Years Before Christ

The hiccough epidemic being prevalent In a mid-western state recently, a man comes forward with a remedy successfully used by a Greek poet 400 years before Christ. It is found in “The Banquet,” translated from Plato, and here it is: “When it came to the turn of Aristophanes to speak it happened that he had a hiccough which prevented him; so he turned to Eryximachus, the physician who was reclining close by him. and said: ‘lt is fair that you should cure me of my hiccoughs or speak until It is over.’ ‘I will do both,’ said the physician. T will speak In your turn and you shall speak In mine. Meanwhife, if you will hold your breath for some time it will subside. If not, gargle your throat with water, and If it still continues take something to stimulate your nostrils and sneeze; do this once or twice, and even though It should be very violent it will cease.”’

General Foch Bom in 1851, Near the Spanish Border

Ferdinand Foch was born at Tarbes, France, near the Spanish border, in 1851. He was a subaltern in the Franco-Prussian war In 187(0, and in 1871 entered the Ecole Polytechnique. He served as an artillery officer until 1884 when he entered the Ecole de Guerre. Twelve years later he returned to the school as an instructor. In 1907 he was made a’brigadier general. He served In the war until April, 1917, when he retired from active service to become adviser of the war council, and was appointed generalissimo of th* allied forces March 29, 1918.

Seventeen Species of the Humming Bird Family Are Summer Visitors to U. S.

It Is said that altogether 17 species of humming birds are summer visitors to the United States, and that one of these, the red hummer, 1§ found on the Pacific coast as far north as Alaska. The Brazilian forests are noted for their many varieties of these magnificent birds, though a few specimens are of somber colors. In most species the bill is straight. In a few the bill curves upward alt the tip and in others downward. The length of the bill differs greatly, that of “the sword-bearer” being five inches long, or longer than the head and body totogpther, while in another it is only one-fourth of an inch. Among the most plentiful of humming birds was one to which the name Chrysolampls mosquitus has been given. This species was once especially numerous in Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas, but skin hunters have slaughtered them by thousands, the skins being exported to be used in the manufacture of ornaments and decorations. - , -

Illusion Used as a Test of Correctness of Vision

In parlor physics an illusion is sometimes demonstrated as follows: a sheet of newspaper is rolled up to make a tube three feet long which is held in the right hand tn front of the right eye which is focused through the tube upon some distant object. The left eye is directed upon the palm of the left hand, which is held against the tube and near its peripheral end. The two eye pictures are fused in the brain so that the right eye appears to see its objective through a hole in the left hand. This trick is of value in testing the eyes. If the hole is seen in the middle of the hand binocular vision is perfect. If seen on the right side there is exaggerated convergence; if on the left side there is a divergence.

Why Birds Prefer North to Nest Year After Year

It is not an easy question to answer. It has been explained that there are vague promptings of instinct derived from long inheritance; especially the “homing instinct,” which brings the robin or the oriole back to the very same pest year after year. But these explanations really explain nothing, says a bulletin of New York state education department. This, however, is true: The vigorous traces of living beings are the children of the north. That has been true all through human history and through all the history of life on the earth. The birds early learned to bring forth their young under the invigorating surroundings of the north, that they might get a right start in life.

WHAT MAKES A FRIEND.

The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out A bank of credit on which we can draw supplies of confidence, counsel, sympathy, help and love. One who. combines for you alike the pleasures and benefits of society and solitude. A jewel whose luster the strong acids of poverty and misfortune cannot dim. One who multiplies joys, divides griefs, and whose honesty is inviolable.

Marrying First Cousinst

Marriages between first cousins is forbidden tn Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana. Karfsas, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon; Pennsyb vania. South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. '

New Method of Applying Chloroform Obviates the Nausea Usually Resulting

A new method of administering chloroform has been brought out in France by Doctor He no longer applies ft by the usual compress or mask- placed over the mouth, but Introduces the chloroform vapor directly into the lungs through a tube running into the windpipe. The tube method has already been employed In several hundred cases and with great success. Besides being very useful for operations to be performed on the head and neck, It Is of great Interest because it never produces the nausea which is almost always the result of applications of chloroform in the ordinary fashion, and thus the patient is relieved of cause of suffering. The effects of the new method will serve to explain the reason why chloroform applications always produced nausea when operating by the former method, for ft appears evident that the nausea was caused by a part of the chloroform vapors being absorbed by the esophagus and the stomach. Of course this is not necessary, for the whole of the vapors should go to the lungs, and this result is now reached by the new method. It, therefore, marks quite a progress in the right direction.

ELAINE

Oh, come again to Astolat! I will not ask you to be kind; And you may go when you will go. And I will stay behind! I will not say how dear you are. Or ask you if you hold me dear. Or trouble you with things for you. The way I did last year. So still the orchard. Lancelot, So very still the lake shall be. You could not guess—though you should guess— What is become of me. So wide shall be the garden walk. The garden seat so very wide. You needs must think—if you should think— The lily maid has died. Save that a little way away I’d watch you for a little while. To see you speak, the way you speak. And smile—if you should smile. —Edna St. Vincent Millay, in the Nation.

Fem Family Includes 6,000 Species and Many Varieties

According to the latest authority, the fern family comprises something like 150 genera, which Include about 6,000 species, with varieties among the species practically innumerable. Of all the varieties, however, there are only about two dozen which are commonly used for house decoration, and almost all come from the Nephrolepie family, of which the popular Boston fern Is a type. The Boston originated near Boston, Mass., about 25 years ago, and soon came into favor as a vigorous plant, most graceful in appearance, and capable of thriving under conditions found in the ordinary dwelling. But the most remarkable thing about it is its “sporting” proclivities, it having, through variation, produced a number of ferns in form notably differeht to type, over 30 of which have been catalogued commercially as distinct varieties.

SPRING SMILES

The Resemblance. Customer —You told me that horse you sold me was like a lion. Dealer—Well, didn’t you find him a roarer?

That’s It Customer (in music seller’s) —I want a copy of the “Stolen Rope.” Assistant —I am afraid I don’t know of such a song. Customer— Why, it goes tum-tum-tumpty-tum. Assistant—Oh, you mean the “Lost Chord.” '• Customer —Ah! that’s it! Position. “I understand you have a number of the old masters in your gallery.” “Gallery?” echoed Mr. Cumrox. “Nonsense! Eve got ’em right down in the front row.”

No Reason. "Are you interested in enthusiasm, madam?” =“I really don’t see, professor, why I should be any more interested in youth in Asia than J in old age In China.”

Quite So, “Don’t you think the judge’s man* ner is rather dogmatic?" “Well, it is what you might call sententious." '• Robins, “The first robin is not necessarily a sign of balmy sunshine.” “No.” replied Senator Sorghum ; pecially not if it la a round robin." ' j • • i k

Polish. “Your speech seemed to me to lack polish.” “I hope it did,” replied Senator Sorghum. "I’ve been called a ‘smooth article* long enough. I want to treat ’em rough.”