THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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POULTRY
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In bulk, doth make man better bo.
Mo dlRest of laws like tho law of di
gestion, Moore.
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TASTY EATS.
A sandwich filling Is so often used
Anil a vnrlety of combinations nre so
welcome that those
following mny be
suggestive.
Gooseberry jnin
mixed with cream
cheese, or chopped
cherries mixed
with cottage
cheese.'
A sandwich for
state occasions when a most nourish
ing one Is needed Is one of peanut but
ter used as a Ailing between two thin
.slabs of sweet chocolate.
Take equal parts of diced banana
and pineapple, mashed to a pulp, and
mix with strawberry Jam. This Is a
reat favorite with the boys.
Mix together tho solid portion of
ripe tomatoes, diced cucumber, chop
ped chives or onion tops and crushed
well cooked bacon with cottage cheese.
Spread on buttered rye bread.
A thin slice of salt pork dipped In
batter and fried a nice brown, then
placed between layers of chow chow
on buttered bread Is a tasty sandwich
well liked.
Spinach well cooked and seasoned
itnd rubbed with hard-cooked egg.
Italsln bread cut In heart shapes and
.spread with fudge enriched with nut
meats Is a sweet sandwich which will
lake the place of cake. These may be
made in the ordinary way or the hot
fudge may be poured on the slices and
fallowed to cool before the top slice Is
(added.
i Lima beans put through n sieve, sea
soned with melted butter, a little onion
Juice and a pinch of mustard, a few
.chopped olives and a dash of tomato
catsup spread on brown bread.
Corn Dainties. Put well popped
corn through the food chopper with a
few walnut meats, add n little melted
butter and tho beaten white of an egg
with two tnblespoonfuls of sugar.
.Spread on round crackers sandwich
fashion and decorate the top with the
same mixture and the half of a walnut
meat. Bake In the oven until brown
Patty Pie. Fill large paper Icq cases
'with any seasonable fruit cooked in
ttlrup, and top the fruit with ice cream
.spread around the edges and Hutu with
ji fork. Stark a leaf in the center to re
semble a pie and seiwe at once.
Nut and Cheese Roast. Cook two
tnblespoonfuls of chopped onions in a
.tnblespoonful of butter, add three
fourths of a cupful of water and cook
until the onion Is tender, add a cupful
iof chopped nut meats, a cupful of
fChue.se, a cupful of bread crumbs, salt
mid pepper to taste, the grated rind of
jn lemon and the juice of half a lemon.
Turn Into a buttered mold and bake
twenty minutes. Decorate with lemon
mid parsley.
Better to search the llelds for hralth
unnought Miua pay the doctor for a
nauseous draught.
PRESERVING FRUITS AND VEGE
TABLES FOR WINTER.
To save cans for fruits It Is wise to
lry corn nnd many prefer tho Havor
to that of canned corn.
Select young ears, busk
and plunge into boiling
water and boll five min
utes to set the milk.
Slice from the cob and
arrange on the drying
trays, spreading as thin
ly as possible, put Into
the oven or around the stove to dry ns
quickly us possible. Corn should be
put in the trays for drying within an
hour from the time it Is pulled from
1 lie stalk. This insures a fine sweet
Havor. The corn Is soaked and cooked
in tho same water until tender, then
dressed with cream and a dash of salt
nnd pepper, making a dish that may,
but never has, been equaled.
Salted Beans. Take young tender
string beans, preferably In the fall,
string and cut 'them as for tho table.
In a stone crock put a layer of coarse
wait just covering the bottom. Then
put In a loyor of raw beans about an
inch deep, another layer of salt, Just
covering the beans and so on, ending
with the salt. Tie a piece of muslin
over tho top of the jar and In a day
or two they will settle, and more
boaua, and more salt may be added.
Crocks holding several quarts are set
In the cellar, whore the beans will
keep their color and Huvor. When
wanted, remove a few and soak them
over night changing the water occa
sionally until they are right for eating.
Canning Tomatoes. Scald the tomn
toes and remove the stem end care
fully, plunge In cold water to hold the
coloring mutter near the surface, then
remove the skins and pack whole In
jars, adding a teaspoonful of salt to
every quart of the tomatoes. Place on
a rack in a holler and cover the Jars to
tho depth of an Inch above the highest
Jur. When they begin to boll count
the time nnd cook thirty minutes for
quarts and twenty for pints. Tho tops
should be screwed down tight. When
removing thorn be sure to tighten tho
tops, pressing down tho edge of tho
cover with the handle of n knlfo
to bo sure that there Is no way for
bacteria to enter. To further securo
the fruit dip the can tops Into hot
paraffin and place In u cool dark cel
I feel It my duty to emphasize that
tho food situation Is one of utmost
gravity, which, unless It be solved, may
possibly result In the collapse of ev
erything we lvold dear In civilization.
Tho only hope Is by the elimination of
waste and actual and rigorous sotf
sacrlllco on tho part of American peo
ple. Wo do not ask that they should
starve themselves, but that thoy should
eat plenty, wisely and without waste.
Herbert Hoovor.
BARLEY DISHES.
Barley has been used for years In In
valid cookery for broths and as Infant
food. High-grade barley
contains as much protein
as hard wheat. It fur
nishes starch, fat and
mineral matter In equal
amounts with wheat. As
barley lacks gluten,
wheat flour must be add
ed to barley meal or
flour to make successful bread, using
one part of whole wheat or white Hour
to two parts of barley Hour. Barley
meal has a similar texture to corn
meal, both tho Hour and the meal may
be obtained In many sections of tho
country and as the Increasing demand
for It grows, will bo more commonly
In the smaller markets. Barley cook
ery Is being revived because of the lack
of wheat Hour, and wo are beginning to
appreciate Its value as a food.
Barley Pone. Add two cupfuls of
milk to one cupful of cooked hot honi
Iny grits or rice, three tnblespoonfuls
of butter, then cool and add a half tea
spoonful of salt, a cupful of barley
meal sifted with two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, then add two well-beat
en eggs ; pour Into a buttered dish and
bake In a moderate oven 45 minutes
Serve from the dish, cut In triangular
shapes.
Breakfast Food. Add a half cupful
of barley meal to two cupfuls of boll
lug water and a half teaspoonful of
salt. Cook in a double boiler one hour
or In a fireless cooker over night. Servo
with cream and sugar. Figs, dates or
raisins may lie ndded If desired.
Barley Scones. Take a cupful each
of whole wheat Hour, a cupful of bar
ley meal, a half teaspoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
two tnblespoonfuls of beef drippings,
or any sweet fat, three-fourths of a
cupful of sour milk or sour crenni may
be substituted, omitting the drippings
and a half of a teaspoonful of soda. If
tho fat Is used, cut It In as for pastry
and proceed as usual In the mixing,
Roll out half-Inch thick and cut In din
mond shapes. Brush with egg and
sprinkle with sugar.
And tho plowman soltles tho share
Mora deep in tho grudging clod:
For ho salth: "Tho wheat Is my care,
And tho rest Is the will of God."
-Kipling.
HELPFUL
HINTS FOR
WIVES.
HOUSE
Close your eyes when using the tele
phone. This not only rests the eyes
but Is good for the
tired nerves, says
the oculist.
Paint hoops green
and use them as
supports for by
drangen bushes, pe
onies and other
fes-L. " rr-gfA bushy plunts which
fall down and be
come broken by tho wind. (
A small salt sack folded many times
until a small square is formed, then
slipped Into a clothespin makes a good
griddle pan greaser. The cloth may
bo renewed whenever necessary.
When driving with a small child, If
her dress Is spread so you can sit upon
It, you will bo able to support a rath
er suiall child safely and still mtuinge
the reins. One mother padded a small
box for her small child when driving
In tho auto. The child was comforUblo
and so was the mother, as she did not
fear for Its safety.
The children love to cut out pic
tures of fruit from catalogues and one
housewife pastes them on her cans of
fruit Instead of labels,! making a most
attractive-looking fruit closet.
Never try to pick up bits of glass.
Wot a woolen cloth and pat It around
I In the glass. Tho fragments will cling
to It and the hands ure saved tho dan
ger. A thrifty wife Keeps a list of the
things she needs to huvo attended to
about tho house, This list Is placed
where her husband Is sure to see It,
and when each Is attended to Is
checked off.
Frosted Date Cakes Beat a tldrd
of a cupful of shortening, add a cupful
of sugar and two eggs well-beaten,
n half cupful of vnllk, one and three
fourths cupfuls of flour sifted with
tovo teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a
fourth of a teaspoonful each of cloves
and nutmeg, n half teaspoonful of cin
namon. Baku In gem pans. Cover
wlti frosting and decorate with a
stoned date.
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SuItB and coats nnd lints lead off
tho fall fashion parade but In the re-
servo forces of the wardrobe along
como the dependable separate skirts.
They are beautifully lltted and tai
lored nnd made of all the staple or
fashionable Avool fabrics. There Is an
abiding attraction in these everyday
clothes of tho average woman no one
gets tired of them.
Quiet colors In plaids, crossbar mix
tures and figured materials share hon
ors with plain goods for the sepnrate
skirt for fall and winter. Needlework,
In tho simpler kinds of embroidery,
proved bo effective on Into summer
skirts that It has carried over nnd
become a new chapter In the story of
fall fashions. In the skirt pictured It
In order to hnvo a clear comprehen
nlon of the Bed Cross nnd Its work, It
Is necessary to know about Its con
struction and Its methods. Tho pres
ident of the United States Is not mere
ly an honorary officer but an active
president of the society. Ho presides
nt tho annual meetings, appoints mem
bers of various boards and Issues Im
portant public nppenls In time of war
or disaster. It is Important to under
stand thnt It Is the arm or instrument
of the government for giving aid to
humanity. Its work goes on at all
times In the department of civilian re
lief. Under Its chnrter all accounts of
tho American Red Cross are audited
by tho war department and an iinmnl
report submitted to congress by tin'
secretary of war. To President Tnft
belongs much credit for tho time and
nttentlon ho gavo to the affairs of tho
society, In order to build It up to Its
present efficiency and establish It In
the public confidence.
The contrnl committee Is the gov
erning body, under It coming three Im
portant boards whose chairmen and
vice chairmen nre members of tho com
mittee. These bonrds tiro tho war, nu
tlonnl and International relief bonrds.
They establish tho policies In their re
spective fields of activity and recom
mendations for appropriations aro
made by them to the contrnl or exec
utive, committee which has the sole
right of appropriating funds.
The chairman nnd vice chairman of
the war relief board are tho surgeon
generals of the army nnd navy. Those
of the International relief board are
representatives of the stato depart
ment nnd tho navy and those of the
natlonnl relief board aro members of
tho central committee particularly fa
miliar Kith this part of Red Cross
work.
"Under these boards nro various
nubcqmmltteos, tho medical bureau,
tho first zld department, the nursing
crvlee, town and country nursing and
the Christmas seal. Stuto boards, con
nlstlng of from three to ten prominent
persons, constitute permunent omer-
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nppeurfl In silk throad on tho pockets
nnd on the skirt about six Inches
above tho hem. But tho designer re
frains from breaking tho length of tho
panel nt tho front and terminates tho
embroidered disks nt each side of It
The pockots servo n double purpose
for thoy aro actual pockets ns well
us decorative parts of tho design. Tho
embroidery for them Is placed on a
separate piece of mnterlal, cut out tho
shnpo of the pocket and sewed over It
A belt of the mnterlal Is finished with
n plaited frill nt the top which extends
across the' sides nnd back but not
across the front where the designer
refuses to allow anything to Interfere
with tho straight lino, nnd n largo flat
button Is used for fastening.
gency finance committees In each state,
the governor of the state being tho
chairman.
Besides the state bonrds theru are
local organizations which are callod
chapters, each with Its own officers and
members. The special duties. of tho
chapters arc to collect funds nnd sup
plies on appeal from headquarters or
from the governor of their respective
state, and, in case of local disasters, to
co-operate with tho Institutional mem
ber lu Immediate relief measures."
The above brief review of tho organ
ization of tho American Red Cross li
whlch gives a very comprehensive nn
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thorough history of tho organization,
Its alms nnd Its work.
To Fix Buttonholes.
For mending buttonholes In tho neck
bands of shirts, stitch pieces of tape
tint along each edge of tho buttonholo,
bringing them together at Its ends. Tho
tape on ench side should bo Just wldo
enough to extend to the edge of tho
neckband, where It should also bo
stitched. This new buttonhole will out
last the rest of tho shirt.
Bags to Match Hats This Fall.
The knitting epidemic will bnlng
forth hats and bagsto match this full,
nnd It Is a great opportunity for tho
womnn.wUo loves handwork. She can
cross-stltch or embroider loth nnd
feel thoroughly In the mode.
Duvetyn lints will bo very smurt, nnd
It Is soft enough to make lovely bngs.
Panel Effect In Evening Gowns.
Kvenlng gowns hnvo puneled effects
In tho back and a sash or girdle In
front, or again thoy nro mado with
drapery to follow tho lines of thu body,
somewhat In nntlque stylo. Many of
iucbo gowns nave a huuh lounutuion,
.Recent Device Confines Dark Area
Just Around Egg Impossible- for
Light to Qet In.
As far ns the consumer Is concerned
there are only two kinds of eggs-
good ones and bnd ones ; and usually
ho cannot distinguish one from tho
other until ho breaks the shell. But
to the dealer there are several grades
between tho best and the ustiblo eggs.
For years these grades have been
determined by candling n process re-
Latest Candling Device.
quiring a dnrk room nnd a point of
light against which tho egg Is held to
get a kind of X-ray view of Us In
terior. The process Is slow nnd the
conditions under which tho men must
work are moro or less unsanitary.
A newer method employs tho can
dling device shown In tho Illustration.
This device confines tho dark area
where It belongs Just around tho egg.
Tho projection on top of tho device
has a slight slant so that It is Impos
sible for any light to get to tho egg
from nbove. With this device one
room may bo used for candling, grad
ing and packing. Popular Science
Monthly.
CHICKS INFESTED WITH LICE
Mother Hen Should Be Dusted With
.Some Good Insect Powder Moke
Examination Often.
Where chicks arc raised with hens,
they are likely to become lufosted
with lice. If tho Hco get very nu
merous, thoy greatly retard the chicks'
growth and may even cause their
death. The hen should be powdered
thoroughly with some good Insect
powder before she Is put In tho coop
with the chicks, nnd nt Intervals of
several days or a week thereafter.
The baby chicks should be examined
for lice, particularly on tho head,
under the wings and about tho vent.
If any nro found, n little grease, such
as lard, should bo rubbed on In those
places. Apply grease moderately, as
too much will Injure the chicks. Tho
chicks should be examined frequently
and tho treatment repeated if Hco nro
found on them.
MAKING MONEY WITH CAPONS
Fowls Should Reach Full 8lze Before
Fattening Bring Better Prices
Titan Turkeys.
Capons should rench fr'.l bIeo bo-
fore fattening, nnd this should b
when they nro from ten to twelve
months old.
Fntten them from two to three
weeks before mnrkoting two it tncy
nre shut up in dnric coops, l'oea
them all they will stuff of cornracal
and middlings, wet, but not too wt,
with milk.
Cracked bits of glass nro used as
nn nld to digestion, but good grit Is
snfent where the ground stuff Is used.
Grit of some kind they must have.
The farmer who docs not keep over
n lot of male birds as capons will lona
a big profit on fowls, ns turkeys do not
at any timo sell as high as capons per
pound,
VENTILATION OF HENHOUSES
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Reason Many Fowls Seek Roosting
Places In Trees Is Because Build
ings Are Too Warm.
Henhouses need to bo ventilated In
the summer time ns much ns In tho
winter time. The reason mnny. hens
go to tho trees to roost Is bocnuso tho
house Is too wnnn for them. At least
ten Inches of rfc'rch spnee should bo
provided for the fowls, so that they
will not have to crowd; and the more
open the house Is during the summer
months tho more contented the fowls
will bo. A small hole cut on tho north
side of the poultry house about two
feet off the lloor nnd left open during
the day nnd night will do great deal
to cool the house down and to remove
any foul odors. All windows should be
removed and screens Inserted; also the
doors should bo left wide open.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF BROODER
Vermin and Disease Developed More
Rapidly In Warm Weather Than
In Cool Disinfect Often.
Bo sure thnt tho brooder is clenned
nnd disinfected frequently nnd regit-
lnrly. Vermin nnd germs of disease
Bhould not be allowed to get Into v
brooder but If they should Invade, dc
not forget that they develop more rnp-
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cmai i pftVIMfi R nHKS IISEDl
They Are Proving Popular In Rural
Regions In Europe First Laid
In New York State.
, For a number of years country roads
In parts of Germany, Austria and oth
er European countries have becu pavedl
with small cubes of stono but it is not'
bo generally known thnt smnll-blocki
pavements hnvo been laid In tho Unit-!
cd States. Thoy aro believed to have
been Introduced first by J. Y. McClln
tock, county superintendent of Monroo
county, N. Y. After an expcrlcnco of
ten years or no, ho recommends tho
uso of blocks of vitrified clay, meas
uring 24 Inches on each Bide. Thcso
aro laid on n base of gravel, macadam,
concrete or broken sing, which Is usu
ally made wider than tho pavement
In order to support tho gravel or brok
en stono laid bcsldo tho cubes to form
hard shoulders to carry vehicles thnt'
Laying Vitrified Blocks.
aro forced to turn nut of the main
roadway. During the last year about
six miles of such pavement wero put
clown In tho county.
Mr. McCllntock holds that this type
of construction Is desirable where a
substantial baso Is already In place, ha
u (ho case of nn old gravel or mu
endam rond which Is not worn out, or
a base can bo constructed nt low cost.
Tho vitrified blocks nro often laid by
unskilled labor, properly supervised,
with entirely satisfactory results.
Another typo of small-block pave-
inont was recently laid, on tho Morris-
town turnpike In New Jersey, which
tyirrles n heavy trafllc. Thero Ism sec-
tlon of this road about 1,200 feet long
having a 7 per cent grade, where It
Was decided to try small granlta
blocks In thb hope that their numerous
Joints would reduce tho tendency to
slip and skid on this rather steep
slope. Tho blocks nro 3 to 4-Inch cubes
nnd wero laid on a thin foundation
They wero not laid In rows but
In curved lines, forming a mosaic pat-
tern, nnd tho Joints wero filled with
fine stone and a grout of cement nnd
Band.
PIONEER GOOD' ROAD BUILDER
Over $120,000,000 Expended or
Pledged During Last Two Dec
ades In New York State.
Twenty years ago Now York em-
barked upon Us policy of state aid for
tne construction, maintenance and re
pnlr of state, county nnd township
highways. Since that timo approxi
mately 20,000 of tho total mileage, es
timated to exceed 80,000, havo been
Improved.
As a pioneer in tho good ronds move
ment, the Emplro stnto has alwnys oc-
i 0
I HMO Ml'l'll VJ-fUIIIV4 VI I.V.)V-v
tho Inst two decades for highway con
struction.
CONVICTS BUILD GOOD ROADS
p , camps No Longer In Experl-
mental Stago In Oklahoma-
Accepted Institution.
In Oklahoma prison rond camps uro
no longer In' tho experimental stage,
Nntional Committee on Prls-
ons nnd Prison Labor. They havo
become nn accepted Institution In tho
state. In the central and southwest
Bectlons prisoners are building tho
Ozark jnll ; In tho southeast, tncy nro
'. i,lBhwny, and hi
J f , assisting la tho
"V ',,', ' mnnf
local good road movement.
Illinois In Earnest
Tho state of Illinois will put to Its
voters at the 1018 election tho ques
tion of issuing $00,000,000 In highway
,omiHi the Interest nnd retiring runov
for which Is to bo provided for by an
Incrcnso la tho motor vohlcto registra
tion fees. '
Drainage and Foundation,
Drainage nnd n good foundation nro
tho first considerations In Improving a
rnmi wiMi n himl surface. Tho best
,,08Sui0 foundation Is a good earth
road with n lrW crown.