The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1929 — Page 5

“The Li’l Wife In Africa” (Editor’s Note: Because »»• many people have suggested we write some of our African experiences; and because so much is written of big game, and so little of housekeeping near the Equator, the editor's wife b Writing, from the diary she kept, about “The Li'l Wife in Africa.'’) I had heard of people with too much moral turpitude to gel into the United States, even with Chicago and its gangs already here, but I never thought they’d have to put up bond to get me into the Belgian Congo! Why, 1 thought Africa was the place where they grew wild women! But they did have to put up the money," and this is how it happened: The editor, who was then employed as a mining engineer, was returning to Africa for his second term. The li’l wife hadn’t been with him the first time. He knew that it was required that every man planning to go to the Congo have a certificate ol character fjpm the chief of police of his old home-town. Inasmuch as I was to travel on his passport as, “and wife”, it didn’t once occur so us that I might be suspected of being a villain in disguise. When we reached New York in April of the year of our Lord. 1926, and the present editor had taken care of necessary business with his European company’s New York representative, he started after the papers necessary before we should leave this country. We were going to the Belgian consul’s office for the visa for Congo, only, as w;e were going by the way of Belgium, and that country requires no visa for Americans. Before going there, we paid a visit to the company’s doctor. We had been re-vaccinated before leaving home, to be safe from small-pox, and shot three times as prevehtative of oiu' getting typhoid. " Now all the doctor had to do, was give us thorough physical exams and blood tests, and make out his official certificates as to the state of our health -—and mentality. We needed his certificate before we dared ask for a visa.. *lf he had found us feeble in physique—or mind —no one was going to take any chance on us going to that unhealthy-in-spots Africa. So, armed with the passport, with the medical certificates from the doctor, and the husband’s certificate of character from the chief of police, we found the consul’s office and tried to get a visa for the Congo. Presented with our stock of official papers, the young man in teh consul’s front office, opened a door and went into another room, presumably into consultation. In a short while he returned, and in his perfect English said it would be necessary for me to have a certificate from the police also. To us it was an excellent joke —but the young man only smiled politely, instead of laughing out loud. So, the husband had to find the company’s representative to see what he could do about getting us on the boat, sailing the next day. There wasn’t time for my Charatcer Summary to come by mail, and the nice young man said a telegram wouldn’t be sufficient. The company’s man of affairs, gently told the consul’s office that his concern sent a number of employes to the Congo each year, to mine diamonds, and they didn’t usually send out crooks. But it didn’t do much good. It didn’t matter that we were just going through the Congo in transit to Angola where we were to be located. Finally the consul’s office did say, if the official of thecompany wished to put up bond for me, until the police o. k. came, that it would be acceptible. If the recommendation didn’t come in a month’s time, the bond would be forfeited. Thoughts of bank officials under $50,000 bond, and of suspects out of jail on $25,000 bail chased through my head. But the consul only wanted SSO. And I had be gun to feel like a dangerous woman! Later, when mail reached us, we learned that the mayor of the old home town had said kind words about me, so the bond was not forfeited. On the boat from Europe to the Congo we met missionaries, who had experienced the same difficulty in getting a visa before sailing from New York. So we decided it hadn’t been entirely on account of my villanous expression. (Stories of the trip to Africa, and of amusing housekeeping experiences there, will follow.)

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Grace Lutheran Church To Give Pageant Sunday The Lutheran church and Sunday school will present the pageant, “The Angel’s Christmas,’’ on Sunday evening, Dec. 22, at 7:15 o’clock. The pageant in outline is as follows: An angel recites the introduction, setting forth the plan and purpose of the pageant. I'he prologue presents a host of angels and cherubs preparing for their duties at the first Christmas. As the different scenes are presented, the story of the Annunciation, Nativity, visits of the Shepherds and Wise Men, is sung by three choirs; the angel choir, eight angels, and cherub choir. The closing scene pictures the departure of the shepherds and the setting forth of the Wise Men on their journey. Everyone is invited to attend. —oThe best in all talking pictures are shown at the Crystal Theater, Ligonier. —adv. o— — Farmers Warned To Examine Seed Recently a striking demonstration of the danger of sowing nontested clover seed has been called to the attention of the state Seed Commissioner. A large seed company in this state submitted a sample of clover seed representing 33 bushels offered for sale by a farmer. The sample was anylized by the Purdue Experiment station Seed Laboratory and found to contain only 70.9 oer cent of clover seed and over 27 per cent of Weed seeds most >f which were noxious. The sample contained over 148,000 noxious weed seeds per pound. : !n sowing this seed at the rate ff 8 pounds per acre over one uillion weed seeds would be sown oer acre. The seed dealer reports that in order to clean this seed and put it in saleable condition there would be a loss of fully 50 per cent in weight. The seed dealer asked the grower of the seed where he bought the supply from which this seed was raised. The farmer replied that he bought it from one of his neighbors. He said that his neighbor told him that he had a nice lot of clover and that he really did not pay any attention to it when he sowed it. I The crop of clover seed in Indiana this year is large and there will doubtless be many bushels of

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AND this verse, although it applies to March especially, seems to. typify these blowy blustery days of Spring, when the weather is as capricious as the traditional lady of Victorian days. So while the wind outside tries to make up its mind whether to aid rain or snow or sleet, we, inside, can make up our minds to combat his decision. And one way to do this is to get out our cans of fruits and decide to add a few more touches to them and have an array of fancy pickles and preserves. Some you can give a piquant flavor by adding vinegar, sugar and spices; others may be bland preserves, luscious.lv rich and subtly compounded of fruits in unusual combinations. And probably you will like a chutney, too, to serve on the occasions when your menus need shaking out of their routine, and you decide on a curry—and of course a curry without chutney is hardly curry. Get Large Can of Fruit Os all these, you probably will want to make small amounts, but did you know that by getting a big number 10 can of fruit and adding little sugar, you can make deli-

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cious preserves most inexpensively? A number 10 can holds something less than a gallon, so the resulting conserves will vary from three to six quarts. Here are some of the ways to do it; Some Effective Flavors Pickled Canned Peaches: Drain a number 2 can of halved peaches and to the syrup add one-half cup vinegar, three-fourths cup sugar, two long sticks cinnamon and one-half teaspoon whole cloves. Boil ten minutes, pour over the peaches, cover and let stand for three days. The last day pour into glass jars and seal. Makes one pint. • Pear and Tomato Chutney. Cut the pears arid tomatoes from number 2 cans into small pieces. Add pear syrup, one chopped sweet green pepper, one sweet red pepper, one chopped onion, one cup sugar, one-half cup vinegar, one and one-eighth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon ginger, one-half teaspoon mustard, and a few grains of cayenne. Cook slowly until thick. Pour into glasses. Makes about three glasses. Peach and Pineapple Conserve: Mix contents of a number 2 can of crushed pineapple with the chopped contents of a number 2

with the label specified by the Indiana seed law. This tag states the number of noxious weed seeds per pound and also the germination of the seed offered for sale. To get this information, a test must be made. The State Seed Commissioner, H. R. Kraybill, states that the

can of sliced peaches. Add one cup washed, seedless raisins, one and one-half cups brown sugar, four lemons '(juice and grated rind), and cook gently until thick. Ten minutes before the conserve is done, add one cup chopped walnuts. Pour into jelly glasses or jars. Makes about three pints. Strawberry and Rhubarb Preserves: Mix contents of a number 10 can of strawberries, three cups of diced rhubarb a: ?l > and one-fourth cv. >s sugar, b until the mixture reaches 218 d-g-ces F.. and it drops thick!-. : n spoon.' Use a wooden s->«on for stirring. Pour into hot glasses or jars and seal. Makes ab >ut four quarts. Preserves from Cans Raspberry, Strawberry cr Cherry Preserves: These preserves are made in the same manner, but using only the canned fruit and sugar. The proportions used are: one number 10 can of strawberr' ’, and one and one-half cups sugar; a number 10 can of raspberries and one and one-half cups sugar; a number 10 can of red pitted cherries and two cups of sugar. Cook as directed in above recipe; seal in sterilized glasses. They make around three quarts each.*

samples of home grown seed will be tested free of charge and promptly if they are sent to the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station Seed Laboratory during the fall months of October. November and December, before the rush season in th business.

L. A. NEFF ASKS “REMEBER WHEN” FROM SOUTHLAND “Do you remember 31 years ago. L. A. Neff and sons, Ive and Irve planted the first independant telephone poles in the town of Syracuse?” writes Mr. Neff, from Clearwater, Fla. “When John and Lewis Neff installed in their homes the two first rural telephones within a radius of ten miles of Syracuse? Do you remember 25 years ago this Christmas eve, when the Syracuse Power and Light company machinery, generator and transformers went down into the wheel pit of the power house at Benton? There was a sick bunch of stockholders all day Christmas. Then Win. Binkley and L. A. Neff got their heads together, brought the generators and transformers to Syracuse, dried them out, and hitched on the water power in Syracuse. By New Year’s, they were again shooting light into the

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