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Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
PREPARATIONS FOR CANNING.


Before commencing the work, have
all requisite utensils, vessels and ne
cessities at hand and perfectly clean.
Scales, Jars, a strainer, colander,
skinner, silver spoon, perforated
wooden spoon, preserving kettle, jelly
bag, measuring cup, funnel, tray.
dishpan, towels, holders, and plenty
of hot water and a big kitchen table.
For small faE!ly select pint Jars:
for a large family Qucrt jars are bet
ter than half-gallon. Do not use old,
stin rubbers; they are not safe. Fill
each Jar full OF water, seal and in
vert. II 1t leaks, do not use 1t, no
matter how slight the leak. The
trouble may be with the rubber, or
the top, or some flaw in the Jar top.
Remedy the evil II you can, but do
not attempt to use until all leakage
is stopped, using the rubber and top
with the Jar that has been tested.
Canning must be done right, or 1t is
but waste of time and material.
Choose the cool, early morning for
the work Of putting up, but 1t is best
to have the fruit gathered the night
before, and remember, that fruit
gathered on rainy day, or while the
dew is on 1t, will not keep we'll, and
many find it almost, IL not quite, i'm
possible to make such fruit 'jell."
Fruits should be rather under-ripe
than over-ripe, as 1t Will make much
better preserves and jellies and keep
better. with better flavor. Remem-
Der, too, that you can get out of the
can only what you put into It.; poor
fruits will make poor conserves.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
CATCHING Cold

Very severe colds are caught in
doors, the result of indigestion or fouI
air. A cold is frequently brought ON
by eating a hearty dinner. becoming
mentally absorbed for two or three
hours Immediately afterward and re-
firing to a warm. close room. The
food is not digested. the temperature
OF the body is raised by the exertions
OF the stomach. the sleep is broken.
and the individual rises chilled and
III. Had relaxation followed the din
ner and the room been supplied with
refreshing air, everything would have
been different.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

toward the chattering happy little
prairie dogs and IL was nct mis- fault
that they still live TO chatter of the
crashing and smashing which tore up
their little homes that sunny bright
May day.
About half an hour later we en-
countered the kind of a wind storm
which these men who travel with
fierce new boots and COW boy hats and
brand new guns are not familiar with
the kind of a breeze which cause
seme of us. who know quite little
about western breezes, to wonder at
just what angle our particular be-
longings will return to us.
You should have seen the man with
the fierce new boots and the shiny
gun. IL the sleek little prairie dogs
coild only have known. their revenge
would be complete. He was positive.
ly terrified-and very wickedly. O.
course. and very silently we smiled
with glee and wished the wind would
give him and his gun a nice little
twirl and blow some of the murder
out of his heart.
Oh, yes, We know exactly what you
will say. 1t isn't murder TO destroy
any expression If Gods life except our
fellow men and then it becomes muir
der only under certain conditions of
human disapproval.
May be so-and may be not. We do
not aspire TO any great wisdom in
point OF such Northumberland We
believe that any man who has muir
der in his heart is a coward. and that
any man who would wantonly destroy
any living creature has murder in
his heart
X is not what men do, il is what
they desire TO do which formulates
characte
II is not the result of their actions
but the result Of their motive thought
and of their intention which has its
vital effect.
When a mans motive is constructive
the constructive forces invari-
ably and inevitably follow him.
Prosperity abides with him
happiness is the natural result of
the activity of the motive form of his
being.
Disasters fail to reach the man whose
motive force is entirely constructive.
He may encounter confiagration and
turmoil, but the inner sanctuary of his
serenity is poised in its stronghold
The forces Of destruction and the
forces of construction refuse TO blend
as forces of opposite quality always
fail to recognize each other. although
externally they may seem almost as
one.
All along the ages men have been
seeking for truth, but until they
learned through their seeking to he
true to themselves and thereby TO be
guided by the truth motive, they could
not recognize even family the truth
substance.
For truth is substance, vibrant
with the essence of God. And men
must be aware of the truth of their
own being before they may expect 10
recognize IL in outside things.
Men respect the man who is true TO
himself because they feel that his mo
tive is pure.
Men honor the man whose motive
Is pure, because he expresses in every
action the quality Of life eternal.
The pure motive strengthens the
soul to recognize and rs meet eternal
life. 1t glorifies the man until by the
consciousness of his own goodness he
realizes his true position in the Lords
kingdom and his part in the service OF
the Master.
GRACE NJ BEACON
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
GRACE NJ. BEACON.
PEANUTS.
First Brought 20 This Country About
1e50-where the Most Are Grown.

Few people who buy bag of Dea-
nuts on the street for five cents real
ize the extent of the peanut industry"
said A. p. Bryan of Norfolk, Va. 1t
IS fact that the total sales of pea
nuts amount annually to between S..
100000 and 100000. and Some
statesmen sell as high as 100000
bushels each year.
The seeds of the peanut are plant
ed like beans. and when the vines
have come up and the nuts are ready
for harvesting the farmer takes a cul-
tivator especially made for that pur-
pose and starts down the long rows
On either side of this cultivator are
two long knives which sink into TIE
ground sufficiently TO cut the tap root
of the vine. The same process Is
gone through with on the other side
Of the vine. The main root being
thus severed and the ground looseTed
the vines are lifted into shocks like
corn. They are cured by allowing
them TO stand in the sun for about
10 days. when colored women and chill
dren are sent into the field to pick the
nuts from the vines. An average pick.
er will pick about FIVE bushels day
for which he is paid at the rate OF 10
cents a bushel.
1t Is not known how peanuts frs;
came 10 this country. Roth Africa aud
Asia claim the distinction OF being the
home Of this vegetable. Its first rec
ord in the United States dates back
TO 1850. In 1861 the crop amounted
TO about $4,000 bushels. but II was the
circus that really made the peanut Il
valuable article OF commerce. At the
present time the crop. amounts to
about 100000 bushels annually. Wiz.
ginia and North Carolina still main.
tain their lead. but Tennessee nov
raises about 100000 bushels. Though az
an inferior quality. or the ordinary
variety about % pounds make a bush
el.-Iiiwaukce Sentinel.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
To Wash Glassware.

Much of the imitation cut glassware NAV
be mace to look almost like the genuine
article If washed in the following manner:
Make strong suds of Ivory Soap and i'm.
merse the piece of glassware in it. Rub
down IN the suds and do not dry but let
drain. This will give a beautiful SPARKLE.
Eleanor Il. Parker.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
In the Spacious Times.

Raleigh had just thrown his mantle
at the Queens feet.
"A fine excuse to be a shirt-waist
man., murmured the knowing ones,
wiping their brows.
Thus we may see that poIiteness
does sometimes pay.-New York Sun.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
FOR WHITENING FLANNEL.

For whitening flannel that has
grown yellow by lons-lying or by fire.
quent washing and wear. this is rec
commended: Soak for an -Four in a
weak solution OF bi-sulphite of soda,
then press the water out and to It
add little muriatic acid. stirring
well; return the material to the solu-
ton. stir it well and cover the vessel.
letting 1t stand for twenty minutes:
after this, take the flannel out and
rinse in several soft waters and dry
in the sun.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

II Is astonishing how all Of us arc
generally numbered up with the thous-
and and one hindrances and duties
which are not such. but which. never.
theless. wind us about with their
spider thread and fetter the movement
of our wings. II Is the lack Of order
which makes us slaves; the confu.
sion Of today discounts the freedom
Of tomorrov-Home Chat.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
Party at TIE HamiIto, costum.d by
Boston Firm.

The fancy dress party at The Ham,
ilton. Chebeague. Friday evening was
noticeable by the excellent costumes
worn. They were furnished by a BIS
ton costumer who was specially en-
gagged 10 come down to attend 10 the
needs of the party. There are. II ap-
pears. no costumers in Portland who
are equipped TO handle such an affair.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

a Cold at Any Time of the Year, Espe-
etduy an Hot Weather, rs Very Depressing
TO the System. Pe-ru-nd is dn UneQudIed
Tonic For Su,t Cases. Read What
People Say About It,
I Hon. w. H. Kelbaugh. Ex-Member
w. Va Legislature, 2O4 9th street, N.
! T., Washington, ID. c., writes:
I "fou eau Mse nay ma me a nd ,rord
at all times for Peruna as a sn edit
cine and tonic unequdted. Ihare
tried IL for a stubborn cold aud
I badly ran dO,cn system. tried
all sorts Of other medicines aud
paid sererut erPcnsiee doctor
I bills. Perund cured nae, strength
ened me more than erer, and
Z sd red me money"
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Mrs. Clara Litterst, Seafeld, Ind, saws:
Last fall i took a severe cold. took
Peruna, began to improve and kept on so
until was able to do my work"
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

A little thinking shows US that tho
deeds Of kindness we do are effective
in proportion to the love we put into
them. More depends upon the motive
than upon the gift. IL the thought
be selfish, II we expect compensation
or are guilty Of close calculation. tho
result will be like the attitude OF
mind which invited it.-woman's Life.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
TO COOL A SICK ROOM.

Il would like to suggest through
your paper to the thousands who are
obliged to remain in town during
the hot Enthusiastically to those
caring for the sick-ny plan for cool
ing the sick room. / place a pad
made OF folded piece of Oh blanket,
on the stone ledge of the widow
(Which the sun keeps very hot). and
keep wet all'day. The rapid evap-
Grafton keeps the stone perfectly cold,
and the air passing over it is per-
ceptibly cooled. and gives much re-
lief to the invalid.-A Nurse. in the
New York Times.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09
THE GRAVEL PATH.

To a tidy housewife a gravel walk
Is often an annoyance. Unless it is
continually looked after it will get
untidy, and then 1t does look so for
lorn. In France the practical natives
have invented a preparation with
which they freely water gravel paths
and roads and thus save much time
and many a backache. Here is the
rule for 1t: Ten gallons Of water,
twenty pounds Of lime, two pounds
OF -four OF sulphur. Boil all together
In an iron kettle. When cold pour
on the clear part and use on the
walks, being very careful not to get
any Of the mixture on grass or flower
beds.-Suffalo Times.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

OF restaurants search down the lists
CT game in season" when seeking
muskrats. When they come to swamp
rabbit or black squirrel or South
ern rabbits they know what to ex-
pect. 1t is apt to be just plain musk
rat shipped from Baltimore. Those
who believe what they read order the
animal under its tempting name and
eat without harm TO themselves Of
a savo-y dish.
IL wculd be interesting to read res
taurant lists in New York IL they
were revised according to common
nomenclature. IL would be found
that much that passes for game" is
really humble muskrats and similar
animals served to suit the taste Of
those who have never seen a muskrat
on its native grass. A sportsman who
frequents the fields as well as the
club rooms occasionally finds musk
rats on the menus Of special game din
ners. Many a housekeeper in New
York. ordering gray squirrels or rab-
bits dressed unwittingly Serves at
her table Chesapeake Bay muskrats.
There are, Of course, many people
who know muskrats and eat them
regularly. In some of the foreign
quarters muskrats are sold for what
they are. Italians buy them in large
numbers, and the ingredients Of sun.
dry Chinese restaurant dishes include
the dark meat Of the water rodent dis
guised only by its Chinese name.
OF the scores Of barrels Of musk
rats which come to- New York during
the winter months. few carcasses are
wasted, and few find their way into
the omnivorous cutters of soup and
hash makers. Between the butchers
who sell dressed squirrels and rab-
bits" and the men who are familiar
with the good qualities OF muskrat
meat, the supply is cared for at fair
prices. OF course, people who be-
lieve they ought TO know what they
eat may object to eating muskrats
under another name. but in the long
run. II they eat nothing worse in their
gustatory ramblings. they may con-
slider themselves fortunate.-New
York Times.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

The socalled "aerogen stone" OF
Mr.. Georges JoubeTt Is stated to con
,ain specially compressed peroxide Of
calcium or potassium. with perman-
ganate. hyperchlorite and some salt
OF copper or nickel. When placed In
water. II Is dccomposed without heat.
giving on chemically pure oxygen
This discovery supplies US with oxy.
gen tablets, Of which a pound will
yield twenty to thirty gallons of oxy-
gen. and which can be used in a sub
marine boat or other close space as
needed to keep the free oxygen In tho
atmosphere at its normal proportion
CT twenty-one percent.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17
A Valuable Guide.

The Mining News is in receipt
of a copy Of the third edition of
Idaho Mining Rights, . compiled
and published by OrvilleE. Jack
san of Boise, member of the state
bar. The book comprises II
pages and is filled from cover to
cover with information indispen-
sable to the prospector, promoter
and operator. The price is 81.
Address -Orvile E. jackson, Boise.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17

operators and considerable devel-
opment work is in progress in
the district this winter.
WERDENHOFF MINE. In the
Big Creek district, thirty miles
north of Thunder Mountain, the
largest crew of men employed
during the past year was at the
Werdenhoff mine. Interest was
kept alive however, and assess
ment work done on most of the
other holdings of this great min
eral belt, although no large forces
of men were employed. The
temporary suspension of interest
in this district was accounted for
by the fact that the near future
presented the prospects of it's
being made accessible to wagon
road transportation by the con-
struction of a wagon road VIA
Council, Meadows and Warren.
This work was undertaken by the
state and a large portion of it
completed which included some
construction on a bridge across
the south fork of Salmon river
east of Warren, and the contrac-
tors promised to have this road
completed into the Big Greek
country early next summer, which
will greatly facilitate the trans
kporatation of supplies and ma
chinery and should result in big
influx of mining men and capital
lists, for the district contains
many deposits of gold and silver
bearing ore on which sufficient
work has been done to indicate g
source of enormous tonnage of pay
mineral, if sufficient economical
methods of treatment can be
found to handle it.
The ores of Big creek and its
tributaries occur in bodies vary.
ing from a few feet to as much
as two hundred feet in width
Many of them show sulphides al
a comparatively shallow depth
under the surface, and some anti
mony mineral and associated sill
yer values. At some point.
beautiful specimens of fourite
stained quartz are encountered
At Ramey Ridge some handsom,
coarse gold specimen ore has beer
discovered in small pay streak
contained in a larger minera
zone. The ore bodies of this bel
are traceable for long distances
The inclosing formation is favor
able for permanency and consist
of a variety of porphyry dyke
and altered granite and som
belts of schisty, metamorphi
sediments, the latter containin,
copper-iron-sulphide ores, associ
ated with nickel and cobalt, an
the lower end of the district ha
some handsome deposits of high
grade copper oxide ore.
The new wagon road will, it
believed, prove a great incentiv
TO development to the district i
general and a probable precursc
of railway construction, for we
posted local mining men wh
have become thoroughly acquain1
ed with its resources believe
= presents one of the biggest mir
eral tonnage possibilities in tn
state.
fContinued next week.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17
Elementary Classification of Rocks.

IN connection with rock claSSlfi-
cation is, says the Denver Mining
Reporter, matter that is to be
regretted on account of the fact
that every effort has been made
by geOlogistS to simplify the SyS-
tenn. While the lack of opportu-
nifty for technical education may
be the reason for this condition,
it is perfectly possible for the
novice in mining matters to so
familiarize himself with the var
ious kinds Of rocks that there can
be but little excuse for glaring
errors in the use of the technical
terms involved.
In making up its geological
map of the United States, the
geological survey has prepared
some sxcellent explanatory notes
on the kinds Of rocks encounter
ed, and for the benefit of those
whose purpose they will serve
the surveyors classification is
herewith appended:
Rocks are of many kinds. The
original crust Of the earth was
originally composed of igneous
rocks, and all other rocks have
been derived from them in one
way or another.
4 Atmospheric agencies gradually
break up igneous rocks, forming
superficial, or surficial, deposits
of clay, sand and gravel. De
posits of this class have been
formed on land surfaces since the
earliest geologic times. Through
the transporting agencies of
streams the surficial materials of
all ages and origins are carried
to the sea, where, along with
material derived from the land
by the action of the waves on the
, coast, they form sedimentary
rocks. These are usually harden
ed into conglomerate, sandstone,
. shale and limestone, but they
. may remain unconsolidated and
, still be called rocks by. the ge-
, ologist, though popularity known
, as gravel, sand or clay.
From time to time in geologic
! history, igneous and sedimentary
< rocks have been deeply buried,
. consolidated and raised again
above the surface of the. water.
In these processes, through the
agencies of pressure, movement
, and chemical action, they are
:, often greatly altered, and in this
condition they are called meta.
. morphic rocks.
IGNEOUS Rocks. These are
rocks which have cooled and con.
solidated from a liquid state. Az
has been explained, sedimentary
rocks were deposited on the orig
> inal igneous rocks. Through the
. igneous and sedimentary rock.
{ of all ages molten material ha:
from time to time been forced
upward to or near the surface
q and there consolidated. Whel
- the channels or veins into which
% this molten matter is forced d,
" not reach the surface, it ma!
/ consolidate in cracks or fissure
crossing the bedding planes, thu:
e forming dikes, or spread out be
L tween the strata in large bodies
is called sheets or loccoliths, O
e form large irregular prosecuting
5. masses called stocks. Such rock
1. are called intrusive. Within thei
"a rock Enclosures they cool slowly
1T and hence are generally of crys
5e talline texture. When the chan
w nels reach the surface the lava
D often flow out and build up vol
L
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17

dcIloH OICen accompanies volcanic
eruptlons, causing elections of
dust or ash and larger fragments.
These materials when consolidate
ed constitute breccias, agglomer-
ates and tufts. The ash, when
carried into lakes or seas, NAV
become stratified, so as to have the
structure of sedimentary rocks.
The age of an igneous rock is
always difficult or impossible TO
determine When it cuts across
sedimentary rock it is younger
than that rock, and when a sed-
lmentary rock is deposited over
1T the igneous rock is the older.
Under the influence Of dynamic
and chemical forces an igneous
rock may be metamorphosed
The alteration may involve only
rearrangement of it's minute
particles, or it may be accom-
panied by a change in chemical
mineralogic composition. Fur
ther, the structure of the rock
may be changed by the develop
ment of planes of division, so
that it splits in one direction more
easily than in others. Thus a
granite may pass into a gneiss,
and from that into mica-schist.
SEDIMENTARY Rocks. These
comprise ali rocks which have
been deposited under water,
whether in sea, lake or stream.
They form a very large part of
the dry land
When the materials for which.
sedimentary rocks are composed
are carried as solid particles by
water and deposited as gravel,
sand or mud, the deposit is called
a mechanical sediment. These
may become hardened into con-
glomerate, sandstone or shale.
when the material is carried in
1sotutions by the. water and is de-
posted without. the aid of life. it
is, called a cheMical sediment: if
deposited with the aid of life, it
is called an organic sediment.
The more important rocks formed
from chemical and organic de-
posits are limestone, ebert, gyp-
sum, salt, iron ore, peat, Ignite
and coal Any one of the above
sedimentary deposits may be
separately formed, or the differ
ent materials may be interming-
led in many ways, producing
great variety of rocks.
Sedimentary rocks are usually
made up of layers or beds which
can be easily separated. These
layers are called strata. Rocks
, deposited in successive layers are
said to be stratified.
The surface of the earth is not
, fixed, as it seems to be; it very
slowly rises or sinks over wide
; expanses, and as it rises or sub
| sides the shore lines of the ocean
: are changed, areas of deposition
, may arise above the water and
, become land areas, and land
} areas may sink below the water
, and become areas of deposition.
: If North America were gradually
: to sink a thousand feet the sea
: would flow over the Atlantic coast
and the Mississippi and Ohio val
!. leys from the Gulf of Mexico to
: the Great Lakes; the Appalachian
5 mountains would become an arch
r ipelago, and the oceans shore
would traverse Wisconsin, Iowa
and Kansas, and extend thence
: to Texas. More extensive changes
s than this have repeatedly occurr-
ed in the past.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17

The thermometer registered &c
degrees below zero in Elk City
Thursday night, the 18th inst.