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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07

Poi is made from the tuberous root
of the Taro plant species Of the
Cala6ium family, OF which the we'll
known elephant ear plant is also a
member. The tuber, which averages
in size that Of a large sweet potato,
is baked and afterwards pounded up
with water until smooth white paste
lis obtained much resembling wheat
-four paste except that the color is
pale pink or purple, dependent upon
the variety of taro used This paste
is allowed to slightly ferment, or
sour, when it is ready for use. In
olden times each family prepared it's
own poi, the work being done by the
men, as in fact were most other cook
ing operations. At the present time
poi factories in which machinery
grinds the taro and mikes it on large
scale have largely supplauted the old
hand method The Chinese of this
territory have come to be the leading
manufacturers of the product
Many of the white residents of the
Islands eat poi to almost the extent as
the natives, but the taste is largely
acquired, and STRANGERS seldom care
for it. Poi has high food value. and
since it formed the principal article
of diet of the old Hawaiians, some per-
sons have credited it with the splen-
did physical development of the race.
Poi was always eaten from wooden
bowls, or calabashes, and was con-
veyed to the. mouth by the fingers,
one, two, or three being employed ac-
cording to the consistency of the food,
which also establishes designation Of
one, two, or three finger poi. White
poi eaters now usually employ a fork
or spoon in lieu of fingers, although
it is still common even in the high
est families to give native dinners,
or luaus, at which knives and forks
are tabood and fingers only used
New England Grocer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
LACE CURTAIN sTRETcHER.

Take four pieces of wood 1 IL
inches wide and IL inch thick; two
of the pieces must be 10 feet long.
and two others IL feet wide. Have
four thumb screws, four strips muslin
2 inches wide, the length of pieces
of wood; fold muslin in two length
wise, tack down to wood with small
tacks 2 or 3 inches apart. When u.s.
ing put on back of four chairs, put
the size wanted and make solid by
putting one thumb screw on each cor
ner. Put on curtains and pin a COM
mon brass pin on each scallop. Two
pairs of curtains can be done at same
time-Boston Post
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
SHAMPOO CREAM.

Take the yolks of two fresh eggs
and the juice of a lemon, beat thor.
oughly and mix with small packet
of soap flakes or soap powder; pour
enc pint of boiling water over the
whole and stir well until the flakes
are dissolved. Put in a tin with air.
tight lid. When cool the mixture
should be the consistency of jelly. A
small piece will make lather sufficient
to shampoo the hair thoroughly.-New
Haven Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
WHAT THE equity SHOULD EAT.
Discovery in Diet Made by a Sufferer
From Periodical Headaches.

DR.. Haig of London, who has at
certain diseases, came to his theory OF
the uric acid causation of many cases
of so-called neuralgia, rheumatic
pains, equity twinges and headache as
a result of observation on himself.
Turing his student and early profess
sional days he suffered horribly from
periodical headaches, losing an aver
age of one or two days of every week
in consequence thereof. He expert
mented with all sorts of drugs and
modes of living and finally discovered
that the less meat he ate the less
headache he had, and he found furth-
er that the occurrence of headache
was marked by simultaneous excre-
ton of large amount of uric acid.
From these two facts he concluded
that the headache was due to the
presence of uric acid in the blood and
that the presence of uric acid in the
blood was due to meat eating From
this beginning was developed a COM
plete system Of dietetics, having for
its object the exclusion of all uric acid
containing foods, since If uric acid
is really the cause of these troubles
no permanent relief can he expected
SO long as fresh quantities, are thrown
into the system.
Man is naturally fruit and vege-
table eating animal, he believes, and
must return to his original diet as
the only means to his sanitary saliva
ton. In other words, Dr. Haig is a
vegetarian, but of a peculiar kind, for
he does not allow all vegetable foods
by any means.
Beans, peas and other pulses are
forbidden. since their protein is read
lily convertible into uric acid, and
especially does he eschew tea and
coffee, their alkaloidal ingredient
caffeine. being practically the same
chemically as uric acid.
The diet of one who would avoid
becoming q subject of the uric acid
diathesis or who would emancipate
himself from the pains of the already
existing condition must therefore con-
sist almost entirely of breadstuff and
cereals, buildings, fresh and dried
fruits, nuts and the milk products.
Water is the only beverage allowed.
1t is meagre diet. and must be more
or less monotonoms; and moreover 1t
is not always efficacious in curing
periodical headaches and other sup
posed manifestations of the uric acid
diathesis. An occasional course of 1t
and a habitual more or less close an
proach to it are, no doubt, of great
benefit, but one must not forget that
many OF the ills credited to uric acii
may be direct result of eye strain
to be relieved more by glasses than
by diet.-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
LOCAL oPTIoNIsTs AT WORK.
They Begin Their Campaign For
Prohibition In Washington
County.

Hagerstown. IT e Anti-Saloon
League started it's local option cam
paign in Washington County by max
ing a canvass for signatures of vot-
ers to the petition addressed to the
Election Supervisors requesting that
the proposition be printed in the No
vember ballot. The work of getting
signatures was started in Indian
Springs District by Rev. Cyrus P.
Keen, of Wilmington, DEL, who has
charge of the campaign here, under
direction of the General County
Temperance Committee. Mr.. Keen
was assisted by Newton E. Funkhau-
ser, merchant of Big Pool.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
KING EDWARD LIKES cRoouEr
Does Not Now Play Golf, Though He
Enjoys Watching Il.

The beautiful new crouuet ground at
Cannes will probably see a good deal
of King Edward should he go there,
says Madame. Golf, curiously enough,
does not suit him and he now scarce
ly plays at all. although he is fond
of watching the game.
There was formerly no croquet
ground at Biaritz. but since the King
took to going there annually lawn
has been set apart for him adjoining
the golf ground and no one else uses it
during certain hours of the day.
The King plays remarkably well
and adopts the complicated modern
croquet. so unlike the game which
was looked upon as only suitable for
curates and old maids He is said
to be especially skilful at long shots.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
HANGED H1MsELF IN STABLE.
David Clippinger, Aged And Sick,
Grows Tired OF Life.

Hagerstown.-David Clippinger,
an aged and respected resident of
Chambersburg and brother of Rev.
J. o. Clippinger, pastor of Bethel
United Brethren Church, Rohrers-
vile, Washington County, committed
suicide by hanging himself in sta
BILE at the home of his brother, S. w.
Clippinger.
Dependency due to i'll health was
given as the cause. Clippinger first
fastened the rope to a cross-beam,
then made a moose, slipped it over
his head and swung off. He was
found several hours later by his
niece, Miss Lulu Clippinger.
He was 10 years old and had been
a partial invalid from childhood. He
was son of the late Elias Clippin-
ger
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
COMMRCIAL COLUMN
Weekly RsyieW Of Trade and Latest
Market ReDortS

R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
Two developments of the week
are of special significance. One Is
the distinct improvement in the iron
and steel trade, on which the whole
industrial situation so largely de-
ponds. The reduced prices have
stimulated an active demand which,
in turn, brought about this week a
lifting of prices on number of prod
ucts. The demand is especially mo-
table for construction and agricul-
tural interests.
The other development is the
foreign commerce statement, which
reveals extraordinary importations
of crude materials for manufacture
ers' purposes, clear proof of reviv-
ing industry"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
A Doq ane ! Man.

A Dog saa 2 MAN.
he was a dog. 4
But he stayed at home
And guarded the family night and
day,
He was a dog
That didn't roam
(. He lay on the porch or chased thu
stray {,
The tramps, the burglar, the hen,
away;
For dogs true heart for that
household beat
At morning and evening in cold and
heat.
He was dog
He was man,
And didn't stay
TO cherish his wife and children
fair
He was man,
And every day
His heart grew callous, Its love
beats rare,
He thought of himself at the close
of day,
And cigar in his fingers, hurried
away
To the club, the lodge. the store,
the show,
But! he had a right to go, you
know.
He was a man.
s. s Times
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
PoI,TAE HAWAIIAN STAFF OF LIFE
Peculiar Food of Much Value and
Used BY Many In Territory-An
Acquired Taste BY Strangers.

What bread is to the American or
European, poi is to the native Ha-
waiian. No meal is complete without
it, and for the great majority of the
natives it forms the principal article
of diet. While they probably could
at the present time live without this
accustomed dish. the time once was,
before the advent of the whites to
the Islands and the introduction of
new foods. that life without it would
at least have been precarlous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
VICIOUS COW KILLS A CHILD.
Little Girl Who Was Playing With
A Calf Gored To Death.

Cumberland.-The Swear old
daughter of Henry Brown, of Addi-
son, few miles north of Finzel, Gar
rett County, was gored to death by
an Infatuated COW.
During the absence of the cow
from the stable the little girl went
into the stall to play with the calf.
Later the father, not knowing the
child was in the stable, turned the
cow in to its calf. When the child
was missed search was made and the
lifeless body found in the cows stall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
A Prayer.

Let us congratulate each other up
on seeing the dawn of this year also.
and let us nn!tedly pray that we enter
upon It. continue in it, and come to lis
close under the unfailing blessing Of
the Lord to whom all years belong
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
Bradstreet's says:

Summed up, the situation, may
be said to be current trade, whole
sale and retail, better than last year,
but disappointing as whole, while
the tone for the future is still quite
markedly optimistic.
Business failures in the United
States for the week were 268 against
247 last week, 2S2 in the like week
Of 1908, 1913 in 1907, 139 in 1906
and 1913 in 1905.
Wheat, including flour, exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week aggregate S96,312
bushels, against /, 585,77S last week
and 1,620,5S9 this week last year."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07

Household Notes
WITH OLD SHEETS.

When sheets get worn and torn
down the middle and are no longer
fit to use on the bed, take out the
best of them and run up for pillow
slips. These will wear quite while
and give homemade use of what 9th.
erwise would be added to your al
ready overflow of "old rags" boston
Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
$4,000 Worth OF Tickets Stolen.

Hagerstown.-The ticket office of
the Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany in this city was entered by rob-
bers and number of railway tickets,
mostly for Northern summer resorts,
were carried off. Detective Charles
B. Burnett recovered about 200 of
the stolen tickets in a haymow in the
barn of H. A. Myers, along the Ma.
tional turnpike, several miles west
of HagerstOwn. In all 231 tickets,
with a face value of over $4,000,
were stolen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
i've Stock

-Cattle-Market steady.
Steers. s5@7; cows, $4@ 5.75; heif.
ers, $S.25@6; bulls. $3.75@5.25;
calves. $S@6; seekers and feeders.
$4,000 5.35.
Hogs-Market steady to 5000
higher Choice heavy shipping
s740@ 7.521a; butchers. $1,000
$50; light mixed. $7.1O@7.25;
choice light, $7.15@7 1856; packing
sZ25@7.S5; pigs. $5.25 06.75; bulb
If sales, $7.20@7.35.
Sheep-Market strong to shade
higher; sheep. 3.75@6.60.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
HOMEMADE REFRIGERATOR.

Nearly all housekeepers who are
not able to obtain refrigerator keep
their ice wrapped up in a piece of
cloth or some non-conducting material
which wastes the ice and affords no
help in preserving food, and these di-
rections may be of help to some one:
Take two large boxes (dry goods boxes
is what is used), select the second
one about two inches smaller on all
sides, bore two holes one inch in
diameter in both correspondingly to
give drainage and ventilation, fill up
the space under the boxes with powd-
cred charcoal, put the inner box in
place and fill UP all spaces with same,
fix on the lids to both boxes to fit
tightly with iron hinges Qeather ones
can be substituted) and fasten with
lock and key if desired, put shelves
on the inner box by means of cleats,
leave place in centre for ice. I lined
my inner box with felting and a rack
made fer lathing for the ice to rest
on. Legs can be added by putting
pieces of wood at each corner, and
drainage and ventilation will be i'm
proved A 10-cent can of any color
of paint will Improve it. An ingeni-
Gus man can make an excellent ice
box this way. was proud Of mine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
RECIPES.

Lemon Sauce.-Drawn butter or wa.
ter, and melted butter. thickened with
-four, stirred until smooth, and sea.
soned with a little lemon juice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07

Spiced Salmon-Place in the chat
ing dish the liquor from one can Of
salmon with two tablespoons of but
ter, two of lemon juice. four of wa
ter, a half dozen cloves. When it be.
gins to boil add the salmon Aom
which the skin and bones have been
carefully removed. Season with cay
enne pepper and salt to taste. Boil
for several minutes and serve on sal
tines
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07


Oatmeal Cookies.-One egg, IL cup
butter and lard mixed, IL cup sugar,
1 teaspoon OF cinnamon, IL teaspoon
of vanilla, IL cup raisins, tablespoon
of molasses, speck of salt cup of
-four and cup of rolled oats with
IL teaspoon soda sifted with it. Drop
by small spoonfuls on buttered tin
about 2 inches apart and bake.
Baked Fish.-Stuff the fish with
fine cracker crumbs, moistened with
drawn butter, and capers to taste, put
In pan with little water. salt, pepper
and butter, haste while baking. A
fish weighing pounds will bake in
an hour. Garnish with hard-boiled
eggs, and parsley. Make brown
sauce from pan liquid, or an egg
sauce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
RoOsEvEITs BOOKS.

Theodore Roosevelt's pig-skin IL
brary" as he calls it because OF the
binding on the books which he took
with him to South Africa. is bound to
attract considerable attention these
days. coming as it does on the heels of
the much commented on library for a
''five-foot shelf which DIR. Eliot, presi-
dent emeritus of Harvard university,
has selected as containing books which
will give their readers an aH-around
liberal education.
As Mr.. Roosevelt says in the first in
stallment of the story of this African
trip as it appears in Scribner's for Oc-
tober. the books he took with him rep
resent in part the tastes of his son as
well as himself and they In no way
represent all the books that both of
them care for, but merely those which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
LAYHAWKER JOTy

The Leavenworth Times is demand
ing survey of the interior of the fed
eraI interior department.
The decision of the Omaha school
board that pie is a brain food throws
considerable light on the condition of
the Democratic party In Kansas, ac-
cording to Sheffield ingalls,.
Some oldest inhabitant must have
been telling a whopper to Tom Thomp-
son for he declares that sit is mighty
easy for an old settler to remember a
lot of things that never happened"
Charley Blakesley refers to the an
nouncement by Ottawa that it has
decided to continue its chautauqua
assembly as "a forecast of another
flood in the Marais des Cygnes river"
There is nothing small about the
Garnett News. 1t remarks with con-
new fifty dollar bill FIVE thousand
times better than it does the Lincoln
cent.
A Douglas county farmer claims
hail stone as big as a hens egg
knocked him senseless. Measuring
hens eggs by their price it is a won
der the hail stone didn't kill him,
says the Wichita Beacon.
The Emporia Gazette thinks that
the death of an lola barber, after con-
and lemon extract. shows that there
is good ground for Myra McHenry's
prejudice against mixed drinks.
A Wichita man was fined $4,000 for
embezzling a pension check, and got u
beautiful roast from the court free of
charge. when the chautauqua season
opens,'' says the Emporia Gazette, 'he
will lecture on The Way Of the Trans
gressor.'
The Wichita Eagle has issued large
and handsome industrial edition, filled
full of interesting statistics, and the
Ottawa Herald calls attention to the
fact that it has been placed in the
mails at a timely moment to supply
the fall demand for new paper for the
pantry shelves"
A poem of school days from the Troy
Chief: remember, I remember the
house where was born; the voice of
dad that beloved forth to rouse me
every morn; the picnic that I always
had when winter breezes blew, to clear
the sidewalk of the snow; the chores /
had to do. 1 remember. / remember
the old-time days in school; the lick
ings that I always got for breaking
some darned rule; the moonlight nights
used to go out in the old bob sleigh,
and hug and kiss the pretty girls be-
meath the robes and hay. remember,
remember, oh. no, I'll not forget; III
like to wander back again to those old
days, you bet!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
When Birds Get LIN

One of the small compensations for
sleepless old age is to lie awake all
night while the whole household is
asleep and listen to what is going on.
will give you one of my nights ex-
periences.
I say nothing of the earlier hours
except that I think the blackbird is
the last to go to bed. At 1880 the
robins song is heard. At 3:45 a thrush
flies up from somewhere onto the
bare branch of an ash tree and there
after stretching out one wing after the
other and then his legs and giving
himself a regular wash and brush up
I can see him plainly, for the tree
is in front of my open window and bed
he begins his song; his notes at
first are rough, as if he had a cold in
his throat but in a short time he
pours forth his liquid music clear and
sweet as nightingale's. BY O'Clock
all the trees are alive with variety
of songs of many birds, each one sing
ing his own song regardless of har-
mony, the whole contributing to one
general harmony
BY $50 the music is silent break
fast time has arrived, and the lawn
is alive with starlings, thrushes
blackbirds, robins. and sparrows.-
London Spectator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
Fulton,s Inspiration.

1.-The steamboat is a French invention,
perfected in France by an American and
exploited in America"
In this fashion George Montorgueil, In
a long review of Robert F'ultons career
in France. published today, essays to
prove that Fulton admitted that his in
SEPARATION came from the experiments of
Marquis Jouffroy at Lyons, In 1888.
Besides reproducing an official account
of Fulton's trials the Seine, January rs,
1903 Monographs review includes the
statement that France is sending a mem n
Der of the institute and a detachment OF
her fleet to participate in New York $
Hudoson-Fulton celebration. in order TO
Join in the tribute of gratitude which
America is paying to her iliustrious son;
who in many ways made the Old World
tributary to the new"
Denunciation of Napoleon BonapaTte is
not spared in Montorgueils work, in
which he insists that Fulton left France
Nautilus. a prototype of the submarine,
with three of which. Fulton told Ma
poieon. he could destroy the English
fleet When Fulton subsequently offered
Of that country wanted to destroy the
secret. Then it was Fulton went back to
his native country.-Paris Gable to New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
Filling Mems Jobs.

OF the 4.S33.630 woman workers in
the United States. according to the
latest census returns. 44.2 per cent
nearly half-are under 20 years OF
age, while 22.6 per cent have not
reached the age of 81.
OF the 800 occupations in which
bread winners of the country are en-
gagged, women have pre-empted a
place in all but nine. In the list of
unusual pursuits adopted, were
pilots, 10 were baggage women on
steam railroads, 81 brakewomen and
&c switchwomen, yardwomen and flag
women, 43 were carriage and hack
drivers and sos machinists.
A man who wanted a new house
built might have all the work done
by women, Tor the report shows that
besides the 100 architects, who come
more properly under the "profes-
sions" there are $50 woman builders
and contractors in the United States,
167 woman masons, 545' woman car
penters As woman plasterers, 1853
woman painters, glaciers and varnish-
ers, 126 woman plumbers. 241 woman
paperhangers and 2 woman skaters
and roofers.
1t is not unusual in the Middle West
and Pacific coast states to meet with
the actual performance of these me-
chanical lines of work by women
Van Norden Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
WHERE CRIMINAL, LAWS FAIL

Crime of one sort and another has
increased of late among the young
men in this locality. ]. j. Schenck,
the county attorney believes 1t is due
to the fact that under the present
penal statutes it Is made mandatory
in some instances and optional in
others for the courts to send the
young fellows under twenty-five years
of age who either plead guilty or are
convicted of the charges against them
to the state reformatory instead of to
the states prison. Mr. Schenck has
formed the opinion that the reforma-
tory has really few terrors for the
young man who has started on a ca
reer of crime. For this reason a SEN
tence to it is in no way a deterrent
to others from mixing up in the
things they ought not to do. On the
other hand most young men have q
dread of going to states prison. Mr..
Schenck believes that If the youths of
misguided tendencies knew that
prison sentence was staring them In
the face they would not be so prone
to commit overt acts of serious ma
ture.
Mr.. Schenck's points ought to strike
most folks as being we'll taken. It is
a particularly distressing fact that
crime is on the increase among young
fellows in this locality. Presum-
ably similar conditions prevail
throughout the state. It is a condi-
ton of affairs that should be check
ed. There would appear to be no bet
ter way to repress it than by a re-
arranging of the methods of GRIM
inal procedure so that youthful Of
tenders can be dealt with severely
and in proper proportion TO the meas
ure of their crimes. 1t is reasonable
to assume that If the courts had the
necessary authority to make some
rigorous examples of some youthful
law-breakers who really deserve stern
punishment, the effect on others who
have criminal inclinations would be
most salutary
As a Chicago judge remarked re-
Gently there is altogether too much of
a "siekly sentimentality'' pervading
the handling of criminals during these
days in this country. The result is
that crime of all sorts is generally on
the increase.