Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 26, 1903, EDITORIAL SHEET, Page 18, Image 18
THE OMAITA DATTjY rEE; SUNDAY, JULY 2H. 1003. 18 WORK ON MISSOURI RIVER Captain thittenden Discusses It Fntnra Prob'.blff Eipensa ESTIMATE FOR THE CNSUINQ TWO YEARS Tfaree Million Dollar Seeded to Take Care of Imnrovrmrnti I nder War a id for New Work Projected. Cartnln Hiram M. Chittenden, U. B. A., engineer In charge of the Missouri river Improvement work, has Jut forwarded to the chief engineer of the War department bis report for the year ending June 30. It la a voluminous document, covering In de tail the operations of toe engineers and contractor engaged In the work, and gives much Interesting data concerning that which has already been achieved. The really interesting part of the report deals with the future of the work, sluoe the abolition of the Missouri River commission. On this Captain Chittenden writes: In making future appropriations for the river the present arbitrary dlvl-lon Into the Upper and Lower districts, with the dividing line at Sioux City, should be abol ished and the river tre:tel us a wnule. W hlle the appropriation should be based upon estimates for illc loa.itles. It should Itself be In a lump sum. T.ie reas m for this Is that the river and liarb ir bill generally covers a period of two year and the expenditures authorized frequently ex tend to a period of three year ironi the date of the estimates. In an unstable stream like the Missouri condition are certain to arise within that per. oil requir ing work which could not be foreseen. T.ie appropriation should have Kuril le.it elasticity to permit every emergency t . be met as It arises. There could be no pos sible reason to divert funds from any necessary work Included In the estimates, while at the same time it would be possible to meet mi) ordinary exigency noi fore seen when the estimate were prepared. Following Is a draft of the appropriation act which la recommended as covering the ground and giving recognition to the prin ciple of bank protection: R&PAIRS AND MAINTENANCE. Pelican Bend, Mo I 16.0"0 Howard Bend, Mo 6.W0 Murray s Menu to mouth of Uaa- coiiade river, Missouri 2W),0JO Wilhltes Kend, Mo 16.U00 Arrow Hock, Mo 6,1100 Miami, Mo lo.UJO kittle Blue, Mo 7,w Kansas City , Mo. and Kan 75,oii Leavenworth, Kan Su,(W Atchison, Kan 2j,UK) St. Joseph, Mo llai.'iOO Hulo, iseb .. lO.OUJ Nebrasku City, Neb ijo.ooo Omaha and Council Bluffs lii.oio Wuux City, la 36.0U0 Klk J'olnt, S. D 7,6i) Yankton, S. D 10,1)00 Pierre, 8. D lS.uuO Bismarck, 8. D 12,500 Judith and Kort Benton, Mont l,uu Total f 724,000 NEW WORK. Howard's Bend, Mo., revetment....! Murray's Benu to mouth Gasco nade river, Mo., revetment Cam across Osage chute, Missouri. Kocheport, Mo., revetment Wilhltes Bend, Mo., revetment Arrow Hock, Mo., revetment Kansas City and vicinity, Missouri and Kansas, revetment St. Joseph, Mo., revetment bloux t,ity, la., revetment Klk Point, 6. V.. revetment Yankton, 8. D., revetment Pierre, 8. IT, revetment Bismarck, N. D., longitudinal dike. Bismarck, N. D., revetment Maunhaven, N.. 1., revetment Judith and Fort Benton, Mont., re vetment Add to the above for contingencies that are liable to arise at points which cannot now be foreseen, 20 ' per cent 60,000 2UU.0O0 60,1100 luo.uuo 70.U0J 140,000 400,000 lOJ.OUO &U.OU0 l&o,0ii0 Iwj.uoo 100,000 Km.niiO luo.ooo 22,000 14,000 360,000 Total 12,156.000 AGGREGATE FOR TWO YEARS' WORK Maintenance and repairs 1 724.000 New work 2,156,000 Snagging and dredging 60,oo0 Total $2,930,0J0 Say a total of J,ooo,uuQ Poller of Future Improvement. In my last annual renort I made the fnl lowing reieruuce to future work on both the upper and lower river: "The public work on tne entire Missouri river has been consolidated under a single otllce. The discontinuance of the Missouri Hlver commission and the greatly reduced appropriations, us compared with former years, ror botn the upper and lower river indicate an intention on the part of con gress to abandon the river ultogelner in the near future. In its final report the Missouri River commission dealt with the work and requirements of the lower river Inasmuch as there will not be another river and harbor bill for two years, and therefore, no need of present estimates for congress to act upon, such estimates are omitted from this report. Before the rendition of the annual report for Won the oflicer in charge will be prepared to submit a comprehensive statement of the condi tions along Use entire river, and the advisa bility or nouadvlsublllty of further work upon it, together with estimates, if such work la considered necessary." The drift of public comment upon this subject during the past year shows unmis takably that the action of congress above referred to is generally considered as fore shadowing an early abandonment of work upon the river. There is a strong feeling throughout the valley that such a course will do grave Injustice to many Important interests, and that if the true situation j were better understood there would be less disposition to Ignore them. In any event It Is clear that the present Is a crisis in the history of government work on the river. CongresN will probably take definite action one way or the other at the ensuing, ses sion. It Is therefore important to submit at this time a full report upon the sub ject, In order that whatever action be taken It may be with a clear understanding of the situation us it actually exists. Itavlgablllty of the Mlasoarl Hlver. There is a widespread belief that the Mis souri river Is a nonnavlgable stream; or, if ever navigable, that it has practically ceased to be so. As a matter of fact, no other river in the l ulled Stales and prob ably no other on the globe, has a record for navigability to compare with It. It has been navigated by steamboats for nearly ninety years. The distance over which these boats have piled between Fort Benton and the mouth ol the river Is 2.286 miles. The amount of traffic carried has been enormous. During portions of this period, as from 1S-10 to IKiO. some of the finest boats ever launched upon the Inland waters of America were to in- found upon this stream. Cargoes of &00 tons have been carried all the way from Bt. Iouts to Fort Benton, and occasionally two such voyages have been made by one boat In a single reason a total distance traveled of more than 10.000 miles. All of this business was upon the stream In Its natural condition, for at that time no work of Improvement worthy of men tion had been done upon It. As before said, there Is no other river In tills coun try that has a record to compare, wiin it. Its pre-eminence In this respect remains unchanged. It is as navigable today na it ever was; for the recent- Improvements made by the government more than offset the obstables formed by the numerous htligce. There is no physical obstruction to prevent bonis from going all the way from hi. I .outs to Fort Benton at an aver age state of the river, Just as they uaeij to do forty years ago. Hot while the Missouri river Is as much a navigable stream as It ever was, and far more so than many streams that are being Improved at great expense by the govern ment, still It lias p: Helically ceased to be a luvluated stream. Methods of transporta tion throughout the valley' have undergone a profound change In the lust forty years. '1 ho many restrictions and drawbacks which are Inseparable from the navigation of this river have, for the present, placed it behind the railroad as an efficient hlgh wuy of commerce. It "' therefore passed out, Just as every Inferior method In any linx nf commerce or Industry Is bound to do. lt Is not at all certain, however, that this disappearance Is a irn-"nent thing. In the further deve'ov'int of. the country the cteamlinat mnv come back again Just as It ..r.oL...rf iii f r.tt-t usefulness Pi the densclv iMipuiatrd countries of the old world. There ire already Indications of a decided tendency In this direct loo. Bol taken at the present moment commerce uiwn the river la prac tically nonexlsterv ror. rnue mere sre r aood manv reirisfe-ea vea is noing a iocs trade as leei'ers frr railronds. there are n riruliir iiacVs tvorthv of consideration. So far. therefore, ss the Improvement of the Missouri liver r'lates to the single ob ject of facilitating navigation, there Is not sufficient reason fo firther appropriations for the imi' of -nagging and dredging In those p'retchra where boats are in actual miration and It is the opinion of this office that such appropriations should be discontinued. But til making this recommendation. It cannot be too strongly urged that the gov ernment.. In suspending tne policy of Im provement so strenuously advocated by the late Missouri ltiver commission, should not relinquish uny of Its rign.s over the river as a navigable stream. It should tealously preserve every Interest pertaining to navi gation. It should supervise the construc tion of all bridges witn as much care ss It dues on ajiy oilier stream. All harbor lines snouia be '.aid out with the same prudent forethought. All Work done on Its banks or In lis ihiI by private parties should be In pmsuance of uuly a..Uiorised plans. The .mment snoum conseive an its ugiiis. est it make trouble for itself hereafter. Io one can ioieull what the future may bring mi. 1'ians tor use of the river in colu mn vial projects are coming constantly to light, and It Is to be expected, as the coun try develops, and local traffic becomes nune Important, that the stream will Hguln he utilised In carrying freight. If It Is not. It will he an exception among trie navigable rivers In thickly populated portions of the globe. 1 ne government should therefore keen In mind the possibility or future re sumption of navigation on this stream and not take any action trial may impair us control thereof. Protection of Rlparlaa Property. 1 he foregoing views and recommendations rest solely upon the basis of lae present commercial value of this stream; tney uo not relate al all to the real question of lunher Improvement of the river as a pub lic work unsigned to prumotu tne weitare of the community at large. As a matter of fact, there are reasons of a most press ing character why tile government hho.ild not, and. In Justice to a large section of Its citizenship, cannot abiimion Its work there, it should radically change the pur pose and character of that work, but the work I Use f should unquestionably proceed. This river Is In the most emphatic sense a public, Interstate waterway. It belongs to the government; It cannot belong to any other agency. The government is In a sent-e responsible for its behavior and cannot shut tnat responsibility, morally at le.ist, by simply refusing to appropriate money to take care of It. Of all rivers In this country, and probably of all In tiie world, the Missouri Is the most ueswuciive oi piopeiiy muiig banks. The wholly alluvial character oi' its valley, cuuplcu Willi Its siecv shqe, causes ll to be e.er cnanging it channel, cuulng into the lands on either slue an 1 working destruction which Imliv.dual e.fori Is powerless to prevent. The soil oi ihj valley Is magnificently rich and as settle ment Increases tne continuous ravage of the stream are becoming an evil whlo i calls loudly for a remeuy. The destructive character of the great floods of the Missis sippi has led congre.-s to take up the sys tematic control ol that stream. But these floods come only at long Intervals, whereas the destruction cau.-eu by the Mis ouii river is continuous. Even in the winter season on the lower river It does not en tirely cease. Great flooils concentrate pub lic attention because the loss and suffering are all displayed In a single exhibition and In a way to make a deep Impression. On the Missouri the loss is going on year in and year out, and Is so common and con tinuous that it scarcely arrests attention. A man's property, the result of ye rs of labor, may be washed away In a few weeks, leaving him practically ptinnlies.i, yei It. would probably pass unnoticed as being a matter of no public Interest. This condi tion of things prevails tilt along the lira t l.ooo miles of river. Property is in Jeopardy everywhere, values are not what they should be, conveyancing is imperiled and the proper development of this natural garden country is indefinitely delayea. Not infrequently great hardship results through ignorance of the habits of the stream, for no one who has not long dwelt on Its borders has any idea or Its migratory character. A man purchasing land In the valley, but far away from the river, cannot be supposed to know that some day the river may invade his land. Yet he Is very likely to find, after It Is too late, that he has lost his Investment by the mere caprices of nature, and without any lack of reasonable foresight on his part. It la uouuuui ii in any oiner pari oi ine country there is more suffering from causes beyond Individual control, or more patnellc ex amples of hardship from the operations of the forces of nature, than along the entire valley of the lower Missouri river Remedial Agencies. The situation Is one that must be met sooner or later with some adequate remedy. and the question now Is what shall this remedy be? it cannot be tne private in dividual. He is practically helpless, for the destructive agencies extend above and below, and to resist them at his particular locality would be to lose the cost of his efforts and his property as well. Neither Is it ordinarily practicable to do the work by combined effort. The difficulty of mak lug a sufficient combination among, prop erty owners to be effective la practically Insuperable, and such work la alway bound to be of the cheapest possible character whlcn serves only an lm mediate purpose, and soon leaves the1 situation as bad as it was before. Munlcl pa Hues and counties meet the same difficulty, for as a general thing the destructive agencies extend beyond their Jurisdiction and they are liable to find their efforts nullified because they could not be carried as far as they should be The states themselves will never go Into the work of protecting the banks of an Interstate waterway. The only agency to which this duty nat urally and rightfully belongs, and the only one that has the authority and resources to carry it out. Is the general government, There Is no duty pertaining to its public works that is more deuely grounded in Jus tice. Every argument that will Justify levee construction on thg Mississippi applies witn even greater force to the case here In ques tion, for the works proposed, as will pres ently appear, not only serve the purpose of protection, out or improvement oi tne cnan nel as well, whereas the levees can exercise no appreciable Influence on the navigable condition of the channel. The government owes ll as a duty to tne people or tne val ley to keep this destructive stream within bounds, to lift the mortgage which It holds upon the land along Its shores. It is a duty which cannot be shirked except at the cost or doing positive wrong to tne people. It Is idle to grant to private parties the privilege or aelf-derense, for, aa has been shown, self-protection is practically Imnos- slble. To say, as Is often said, that the I and is not worth the cost of nrotectlnr It. Is little more than mocking at a hapless situation. The statement is not true, in the first place, if looked at In a broad sense, as a work whose influence extends into the indefinite future. , Moral Olillgatloa Involved Even If It were true. Is the government going to adopt the alternative of paying for the lands which the river destroys? The question useu carries its own answer. Moreover, the merit of the work should not be measured strictly by the relation of its first cost to the vaiue of the property pro- lecieu. n wouia oe as reasonable to urge that a highwayman should not be brought to trial and punishment, or a civil wrong le adjusted by the courts, because the outlay to the state might be greater than the value of the property Involved. Again, it is sometimes urged that land cut away In one place is built up in an other, so that the grand aggregate Is not affected. Here again the parallel of . the nignwayman is the most convincing an swer. Property wrested by force from one Individual und given to another Is not de stroyed. The sum total remains the same. But could the security of society and the prosperity of a community exist on that basis 7 do along Its valley the river is an unrestrained highwayman, robbing from one to give to another, with, years of loss to the community during the transfer. The operation of such a system may be seen in tne condition or land values along the valley whtoh are in many places 60 to 75 per cent less than they should be. it is the general government alone which has the necessary authority and resources to cope with this situation. As before said, it Is a responsibility that cannot be shifted. The evil Is one which will con tinually press for a remedy. Petitions for relief come from nearly all parts of the valley. Sooner or later the government will have to undertake the control of this stream, and it will lie for Its own ultimate advantage to take it up systematically and without delay. It should abandon the policy upon which the work has hitherto been conducted, but not the work Itself, which should be entered upon a new or more rational basis. Caglaeerlna Problem Involved. As a practical engineering problem, that of protecting the banks of the Missouri river may oe considered as oennueiy solved. The standard bank revetment, de veloped during twenty years' experience. Is a thoroughly successful method. Eveu for the purpose of Improving the channel It Is undoubtedly more effective than any other form of work. If the past experience on the river has shown on thing more clearly than another. It la that the Missouri river can le more easily coaxed than driven: that It will follow a smooth, even banll that has been carefully revetted better than It will yield to a bold obstacles thrust bodily Into Its channel. The plant required for revetment work is simple. The willows on the sandbars and the rock in the bluffs are practically all the material required. The work ut present costs $10 per running foot. Including office and all other ex penses; but In large amount and with a specially designed plant, this figure would probably be reduced. Method of Procedure. In regard to the method of dealing with the problem, the policy of proceeding by continuous reaches shculd 1h definitely abandoned. The only Justification for such a policy is the theory that this work is solely (or the benent of commerce, and that theory will no longer Justify any work. Ou the theory ot bauk rolecUoa the funds. would be had In a practical war to meet nil existing situation. Where destruction of the banks Is going on. there work would be done. After enough had been done to st v the destruction ffectlvely anil to secure the work, no further expenditure should be made. Al I attempts to regulate., or 'rectify." the ohsnnel by hemming It In within Axed limits should be abondoned. Lt the streams hsve its natural bed to exercise Its peculiar habits in as It chooses. But place the limit of its performances at the main banks and wheneve.- It attacks them be there to meet It. In this way relief will be brought where I. lost needed. Every dollar .will be ef fectively snd usefully employed, and at the saline time these detached works. In the course of vears, will form connections with one another or with the stable bluffs snd the river will be confined within rensonahle limits. The onlv places where there Is any Im mediate necessity of regulating the river within fixed nnd narrow limits are along the fronts of large cities. In such pUces harbor lines should las laid down and the necessary work done, but In general the value of accretions Is so great that private capital will do the necessary work Cost of the Work. The full magnitude of the work, ns out lined above, would not be lis great ss might at first sight appear. It Is n. not that the river tends to cling to these smooth banks, and without any attempt to train It by force, it would grow more and more Into a regular habit of flow. F.vcrv mile of revetment built would not only servo Its own Immediate end but les sen the tendency of the river to ao damage ut other points In Its vicinity. On the whole, It will prolinMy never be necessary tr. gin mnr wrirlt thnn the efllllvalent Of TC- vctlng a single bank of the river, ana probably a century would elapse before even this amount of work would be necOH- nary. It Is believed that, after the work is well on Its way, and existing works are thoromrhlv renaired. SLUM. 000 a year will satisfy the requirements of the work along the entire river. Mnagglng and Dredalngr. ,For the exclusive benefit of navigation no work should be done except where boats are in actual oueratlon ana tnii wora should consist only or snugging anu ori Inir ' he last river and harbor Dill Ul reeled tnat an examination be made of that portion of the Missouri river lelow Sioux tltv. la., "with u view to ascertain ing whether navigation can be obtained at a reasonable coBt by dieiglng and the removal of obstacles. It has not been practicable, on account of tne cost, to nuild and equip a dredge uoui to mane this experiment with and It Is not believed that It Is necessary to do so. ExisUng data are sufficient to answer the question. HnagKing has been systematically carried on tor many years and there Is no question of tne great value of this Improvement Wherever boats are running. 11 is noi auvlsable to attempt sucn work anywhere else. Tne snna boats have done a greit deal of work which has been inaccurately called sluicing washing a channel through bars by means of the wheels of the boats. The success of this crude method and tho experience with dredges on the Mississippi prove the great practical utility oi mis form of Improvement. For the present it Is not' even recommended to purchase or build a dredge bout, but simply to operate two snug boats, one on each section of the river, iiie operation oi inese iwo dolus should be Dald from special continuing ap propriations, as Is done on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Maintenance of Existing; Works. Apart from the question of new work of future policy or improvement is tnat oi what should be done with the works al ready built. There is now in existenoe along the river work whose aggregate cost Is probably 6,ooo,ouo. A large part of this work is doing service, witn greater or less effect, in protecting the bottom lands. It Is a matter of great moment to the people along the valley whether It is going to be preserved or abandoned. In not a fpw cases new lands hav been created and have become private property and nave been Dougnt and sold, it is a serious proposition to abandon the works by which these lands have been created and turn them over to the mercy of the river, it Is difficult to see by what color of right the government can do this, ami in the view of this omce it snouia not do it. but should make adequate provision for maintenance. An estimate for this purpose is submitted herewith. (1) The Missouri river is In every par ticular of its physical condition as naviga ble a stream as It has ever been. (2) The commerce, which at one time reached enormous proportions, has prac tically ceased to exist, and there is small probability of its early return. (3) The continuation . of "systematic lm provement" of the river solely for the benefit of navigation Is no longer Justifiable and appropriations for that exclusive pur pose should cease, except aa specified In the next section. (4) All appropriations intended solely for the benent of commerce should be confined to snagg nsr and dredging. This work should be placed by law upon the same basis as that of slmller work on the Ohio nnd Mississippi, and not depend upon spe rlHn nnnronriations for the river. iki Tii. situation along the entire valley, as regards the destruction of property by the river, and the loss, hardship and suffer ing caused thereby, calls attention at the hands of congress. It Is a situation with which the government alone can deal In any adequate manner. It Is a matter of common Justice to the communlUea that dwell along the river that they receive some consideration from congress, and that money be appropriated to protect them from the ravages of this stream. On Legitimate Basis. (6) The work of protection stands upon a thoroughly legitimate basis as a part of the expenditures on rivers and harbors more so than does the construction of levees along the Mississippi, for in the latter caae the work is for protection only and does not improve the navigation of the river, whereas the works proposed for the Missouri not only protect property, but are the most effective works of all hi improv ing the channel of the river. (7) The work of protection should consist mainly of standard revetment and should be put in wherever occasion for ita use arises without any reference to the "systematic" and continuous improvement of the river. No attempt should be made to narrow the general width of the river between the main banks, but it should not be permitted to Invade the banks them selves. Each caae should be treated by ""xl'i 'arbor lines should be carefully established along the fronta of all large iti confining the river to a definite section sufficient oniy io carry us uutuii at high stages. iu, Th o-overnment should retain and exercise full control over all questions of bridges and other works constructed by private partita on the river, and should permit nothing to be done that can be detrimental to the interests of navigation, should these ever assume greater Impor tance than at present.- (10) The extensive works constructed .i,.n. th Miseoiirl river during the past twenty vears are serving a useful purpose In the protection of valuable bottom lands. They should not be abandoned, but ample provision ahould be made for their care ana maintenance. m So Women Who Think Dishes prepared with Shredded Wheat are not only attractive to the eye and pleasing to the palate but appeal to the reason. The great food conservatory in which it is made is sun-flooded through 30,000 lights of glass, coursed by filtered and uniformly tem pered air and finished in white enamel. It is a purer and more hygienic place than the cleanest kitchen a place where contamina tion cannot occur. No other cereal food has as great a" sur face for the action of the digestive fluids as Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit This is true because the wheat is not crushed into dense masses but spun out into porous shreds. These shreds are crisp and compel thorough mastication, which strengthens the teeth and insures complete digestion. Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit perfectly nourishes the, whole body and purifies the di gestive tract. Will you use it ? Sold by all grocers Send for "The Vital Question" ( Cook Book, illustrated in 1 colors) free. Address The Natural Food Co. Niagara Falls, N. Y. RELKilOl S. Bob Burdette has accepted a call to be the pastor of a Baptlt church In Angeles. As a humorist he always trained with another denomination. The pone has conferred the degree of doctor of divinity upon Ilev. Father James I- Meagher, president of the rhrlstlun Press Association Publishing company of New York. Perhaps the oldest members of any church choir In the country are John Z. lohst and his wife of Emons. Pa. Mr. T..t.ut lm,. twen a memlier of the choir In the Moravian church for an uninterrupted period of fifty-seven years. Mr. lobst has belonged to the same choir for fifty-two vnari and sinas as excellent a mexso contralto today as ever. Hev Wlnfred Phesney Rhoades, pastor of the Eliot Congregational churcn, Huston, nri Tir. Melville 8. l"aae of Mount Vernon, N Y.. have planned to mage a tour oi v.nrland. Scotland. Ireland. Belgium and Holland. Their tour will be out of the ordinary lines, for they will see much of the country awheel and on foot, their oliWt beine: to study the life and habits of all classes nf people. They sailed on the steamship Mesaba on July is anu win be absent a couple of months. Edward Davis, for several years pastor of the Central C hristian cnurcn or uaaiana. Cal., has forsaken the pulpit and entered upon a stage career. He has written a "liny with a purpose" and will himself auiime the leadlnc role. Practically re versing this process, James Barton, a lead ing player in tne lirana napias central ihiu base ball team, Is about to discard tils uniform for the robes of priesthood. He has been a professional base ball player for years, but has devoted his spare time to atudy. Rev. W. W. BustaYd. pastor of a Bant Is ehnreh In Boston, now filling the Madison Avenue Baptist church pulpit. New Yurk Cliv In the absence of Key. Or. Lorlmer. la an athletic six footer. On his way to the church the other evening he saw two men belaboring eaco oiner w:in ciuoa. 11 lm on his PRATTLE. OP TUB YOUNGSTERS. "Oh, mamma," exclaimed little Elsie on seeing a calf for the first time, "that must be -tine of the little cow that give condensed milk!" v i A little girl waa in tho habit of ending her prayer by asking for a doien rela tives, naming each of them. But being very sleepy one evening she closed aa follows: And please, God, blesa papa and mamma and the rest of the crowd. Amen." Johnny Papa, who was Horace Greeley T Papa He waa a famous editor, Johnny. Johnny And did he write the base ball news? Papa-?o, I don't believe he did. Johnnr Huh! He couldn't have been much of an editor, then. TeacherWHlle, if one horse can run a mile In two minutes and another horse can do it In throe minutes, how far apart will they be at the end of eight miles? Willie Madam. I was brought up strictly. Above all things my parents have warned me to avoid racing. Consequently I can not answer your question. Dromotly collared the one thst seemed to be having the better of It. laid hlrr back and sat on him. "It wasn t a very dignified proceeding on my jart," he ex f lained to his congregation, "but It seemed o me to be the only thing to do." And the congregation, tuateaa oi ucwg an oca to. UugaeU. if tTri . M e Jesi t??- ih(!$&2b - 22r 1-1 TABLE AND KITCHEN President Roosevelt's son Kermlt haa a face of the gravest solemnity, which, when he was a little chap, gave a humorous turn to everything he said. One day the children came running Into Mr. Roosevelt's den In the greatest excitement over a snake they had seen. Teddy, Jr., was so worked up over the glitter of the reptile's eye, as it swayed its head, hlBsing and darting out Its-fiery tongue, that all he could get breath to say was: "Oh, papa. It had a head such a head I wish you could have seen the thing's head!" 'Well," said Mr. Roosevelt, "and didn't It have a tail?" Kermlt, standing wide-eyed beside his brother, looked Into his father's face and said solemnly: "It was a tall." Tha New York Times tells this story about a country surgeon who once had three leg amputation cases In a week. The unusual number of serious and similar operations naturally caused talk In the sur geon's household and bla little daughter was greatly Interested. A few days after the last operation the surgeon's wife and daughter were rummaging In the attic. In a trunk was found a daguerreotype depicting a girl of about I years of age. The portrait, through a peculiarity of pose, showed only one leg of the subject, the other being doubled up under her In a manner truly feminine. "'Whose picture Is that, mamma?" asked the surgeon's daughter. "Mine. It was taken when I was a child not much older than you are now. . "Did you know papa then?" "No, dear. Why do you ask?" "I thought maybe you did, 'cause you've only got one leg.'' Mess, SUN DAT. BREAK FAST. Iced Melon. Cereal. Cream. Broiled Spring Chicken. Bulked New Potatoes. French Popovers. Co (Too. DINNER, Cucumber Soup. Braised Spring Chicken. Mashed New Potatoes. Stuffed Tomatoes. Creamed Cauliflower. Cherry and Nut Salad Mayonnaise. Green Apple Pie. Cheese. Coffee. SUPPER. Creamed Mushrooms on Toast. English Muffins. Pineapple Salad. Sliver Cake. Prussian Tec Recipes. Scalloped Corn Butter a pudding dish well; put In a layer of cooked com out from the cub, first sooting tlie grain and then scraping out the pulp; put a layer In the dish; season with salt and pepper; cover with buttered crumbs, or cover with pluln crumbs, dotted with bits of butter; then another layer of corn, more crumbs and continue in this way until dish Is full, with buttered crumbs on top. Add a cup of sweet cream and bake for half an hour. Corn Pudding Score ten ears and scrape out the pulp. Add the beaten yolks of five eggs, one quart of sweet milk, four ounces of butler, melted, and seasoning of sail, pepper and a tableapoonful of sugar. Mix thoroughly and then stir In lightly the beaten whites of the eggs. Turn Into a well buttered pudding dish and bake for an hour with cover on, until pudding is nearly done, then remove and let the top brown. Corn In Tomato Cups Select firm, round, ripe tomatoes, cut a slice from the top and scoop out the seeds, and fill the tomatoes with cooked corn cut from the cob and nicely seasoned with salt and pepper. Put a lump of butter on top of each one, place them on a buttered, shal low dish and bake in a moderately hot oven for forty-five minutes. Serve plain or with a cream sauce. Green Corn Boiled Strip off all the husk and carefully pick off the silk, trim off the stem and top. Put the corn In boiling un salted water and allow to boll for ten minutes if young and tender, fifteen If old. Drain free from all water and serve on a folded napkin; sprinkle the corn with salt and fold the ends of the napkin over to keep hot. If the corn has been standing over a day add a tablespoonful of sugar to the water In which it Is boiled but do not add salt. Pried Corn Carefully cut the corn from sis ears of sweet corn, being careful not to take any of the cob with It and have the grains separata Fry in Just enough butter to keep It from sticking to the pan, being careful to stir very often. When a nloe brown add bait g cup of sweet cream and salt and pepper to taste. Do not place on the fire after you have added the cream, as ft will curdle. Serve In a hot dish. A very nice luncheon or breakfast dish. Old Fashioned Roasting' Ears Take off all but the lukf-layer of husks, make a place clean m front of a wood lire In the ashes, lay the corn down and turn when the lower side is done; serve with salt and butter. It can also bo rousted on a grid Iron over a bright fire of coals by watching carefully and turning when one side Is done. Do not allow it to burn, aa it will be bitter. Stewed Corn and Tomatoes Strip oft all the husks from the corn and carefully free from all silk. Split down each row of kernels with a sharp knife and shaVe off the cob. Place the corn In a saucepan, cover with hot water and simmer slowly for five minutes. To every pint of corn add a tablespoonful of butter, season with salt and pepper to taste, then add one oup of peeled and chopped tomatoes. Bring to the boiling point and cook twenty minutes and serve In covered dish. Roll the butter In flour before adding If there Is too much liquid. Baked Corn Use only fresh, tender ears of green corn of equal slr.e. Remove all silk, but not the husk. Tie the husks around the ears carefully with clean white cord. Place the corn In a hot oven and bake until tender, about twenty minutes. Serve on a napkin, removing the husks before serving. Green Corn Cakes Add to 'one pint of corn pulp two well beafen eggs, stir In one tablespoonful of flour end one of corn starch, season with salt and pepper and beat thoroughly. Bake a light brown on a hot griddle. These cakes can be made of canned corn finely chopped by adding two tablespoon fills of milk, canned corn being less moist than the green. Corn Balls Take one cup of corn that haa been cut through the kernels and then scraped from the cob, add to this two beaten eggs, half a cup of milk, quarter of a oup of flour, half a teaapoonful of baking powder, salt to taste. Butter small cups and fill three-quarters full of the mixture; steam thirty minutes. Serve with roust beef or friend ham. Corn Porridge Take young, tender green corn and cut from the cob. To each two nnd a half cups of corn add one quart of sweet milk. Put the milk and corn into a double boiler and cook until perfectly tender, then add bits of butter dredged In flour and cook five minutes longer take from the fire and stir In the beaten yolks' of two eggs, let boll up, and serve hot. Add some butter If desired, sugar und nut meg If liked. Don'ts Hegardlusl Wrinkles. 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