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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

I AWRENCE. KAN.--The growing
Il importance Of dealing adequately
with problems Of the home, and espe.
cially with the man in the home, u
has led to the introduction of a new
course Of study-The Family-at the
University of Kansas.
Such momentous questions as how
to deal with the spoiled child, do
nestle hygiene, education in the home,
the hired girl" problem and how to
keep the weekly household expendi-
lures In fair ratio to the family in
come, usually are left to the wife to
solve. The head Of the house seldom
bothers his head about these petty"
affairs. Indeed, 1t may be said that 1t
has been beneath his traditional dig
nifty to concern himself In these mat
tiers. This precedent has broken at
X. u. however, and this semester nine
boys out Of class Of 20 are getting
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Los Angeles to Have Hindoo Temple

7 IS ANGELES, CAL.-Swami Baba
L Premanander Bharati, celebrated
nindoo ascetic philosopher. whose
teachings created great interest when
he was in America three years ago
has arrived here to superintend the
work OF construction of a. great Hin
doc temple to be built. the Swami
declares, entirely from contributions
made by devout Hindoos in India.
Before he forsook the world for an
ascetic life the Swami was editor of
the Lahore Tribune. at the same time
Rudyard Kipling was an associate edi-
tor of the Civil and Military Gazette.
II knew Rudyard WELL" said the
Hindoo. And while have greatly en-.
joyed his books, he has never been
able to write Of the actual life OF ID
dia, for he never knew 1t. His de-
scription Of the countryside color
are beautiful, but he Is lacking in the
spiritual understanding--the inner
life-of India"
Concerning the temple here where
the real spiritual and religion Of In.
Ola will be taught, the Swami says he
has procured the grounds and this. en-
thusiasm In India among the i've NIL.
ION ascetics IL 20 great that the pro
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
The Standard Yard,

In 1855 there was completed gun.
metal bar, representing the imperial
standard yard Of Great Britain. 1t was
found, however, that standards made
of bronze or gun metal we're liable to
an appreciable alteration In length
through molecular and other changes,
and accordingly few years ago, the
imperial standard was replaced with a
bar Of platinum, consisting of 30
per cent. platinum and 10 per cent.
iridium.
This new alloy Is less alterable than
bronze. The new bar was made of an
X-shaped cross-section to combine
rigidity with comparative lightness,
and for one year 1t was subjected to
4 series of tests and measurements In.
volving the most refined methods
known to science. The bar has marked
on 1t the length both OF the standard
yard and OF the standard meter.-Har.
per's Weekly.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

RECIPES THAT OFFER AGREE
ABLE VARIETY FOR SUMMER.
Old Dominion Corn Bread 10 Really
Decentralization Soup, Cheese
Aigrettes and Ginger Cream
Worth the Trouble.

Old Dominion Corn Bread - The
night before take cup yellow cornmeaf
and half cup rice, put into good
sized bowl with piece of butter the
size Of an egg, a pinch OF salt and a
tablespoon of sugar Pour over this
sufficient boiling water (be sure the
water is boiling) to make the mixture
d thick paste, Cover tightly and let
stand till morning In the morning
prepare two pie tins for making. Then
take tea cup Of sweet milk or cream
and three well beaten eggs, add the
milk to eggs and beat. Then dissolve
two large teaspoons OF baking powder
In little extra milk. Pour the milk
and egg mixture into the cornmeal and
beat well. Then add the baking pow
der dissolved In milk. Bake at once
in a quick oven for Is or 20 minutes.
II the mixture Is allowed to stand be-
fore baking, or If the oven Is cool the
egg will separate and form a custard
on top. but II properly prepared this
makes corn bread without an equal.
Should be eaten hot right from tho
oven.
Mushroom soup--Quart Of milk, pint
mushrooms, two tablespoons butter.
tablespoon -four, minced onion, salt and
pepper to taste. Stew the mushrooms
and onion with half cup Of milk till
tender, then mash and rub them
through a colander. Pour this into
tho quart OF milk and place over the
fire ina double boiler. Cream the but
ter and -four together, and when the
milk Is at boiling point pour about
cup into the creamed -four and butter.
stirring until smooth. Pour this into
the boiling milk and stir until thick a.
cream. Add seasoning and serve with
cubes of toast.
Cheese Aigrettes--Boi together half
a cup of water and quarter cup OF but
ter; sift into this half cup of flour, q
pinch of salt and seasoning Of paprika;
beat until the mass forms ball. Let
Il cool few moments; then break In
three eggs and beat, one at time
Add third of cup Of grated cheese
(Parmesan preferred), drop by tea
spoon on creased pan or oiled paper.
leaving a good space between each
spoonful of mixture. Bake in a hot
oven till light and puffy and we'll
Drowned. Serve hot with butter.
Ginger Cream-Cut in small, thin
pieces three ounces Of preserved Can
ton ginger; put this in bowl with
three dessert spoons of the syrup and
the we'll beaten yolk Of four eggs and
a pint of sweet cream. Mix these In
gradients well together and then cook
In double boiler ten minutes or till
thick. Then take from the fire and
beat with wire whisk until cool. Add
two teaspoons of pulverized sugar and
one ounce Of gelatine, previously
soaked In water to dissolve. Beat all
together until thoroughly mixed; put
In a mold and keep on ice or In cold
water In draught of air until serving
time. This makes very dainty and
delicious dessert. Whipped cream
piled about the mound adds to the ap-
pearance, but is not necessary.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
TRAINING IN GOOD MANNERS
Begin When Boy 10 Young, and 20
likeness 10 Bound to Become
Second Nature.

Long before had any sons Of my
own | made UP my mind that. II !
ever had the training of boy, !
should begin, as soon as he could I'M
derstand anything, to teach him the
small things that constitute good man
ners. So many boys l have known,
and men, too, who at heart are good
and kind and really refined, yet lack
80 large part of the little courtesies
that 1t ia hard to believe they have
been well brought up. In most cases
1t Is the fault of the mother. She
feels that 1t is much more important
to form the character of little boy,
that his manners can wait till he Is
older. The result is that one sees
boys and men who rarely forget to be
polite outside Of their homes, and yet
seem to think 1t unnecessary to treat
their own mother in the same way.
My view is that there Is no need
to neglect the character because you
pay attention to the manners. l think
/ have succeeded. As soon as my first
little boy wore trousers taught him
tina he must take of his hat as soon
as he came into the house or when a
lady spoke to him In the street. That
he must rise from his chair when !
came at the dining table, must never
walk out of the room before lady,
and all the other little polite ways we
like to see In men. 1t has never been
any trouble to keep him up to these
things; he learned so young that it
soon became second nature.--Harper's
Bazaar.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Real Maud Mullers Now Raking Hay

firmly believes that the work is suit.
ed to women and women suited to the
work, and that there is no reason In the
world why normal girls should con.
tinue to slave in sweatshops and fac.
tories and grow pale and wan when
they can blossom into splendid won.
anhood by taking up pleasant out
door life which is educational. health.
full and remnuerative.
The novel suffrage colony Is the
only one Of Its kind and has been
carefully guarded from the inquisitive
eyes Of the intruder since Its head
farmer. Pennsylvania Quakeress.
was placed in charge.
you can't dig In the ground, do
mems work and wear skirts" Mrs.
Belmont explained. calling attention
to the novel costume her colonists
wear. Each was dressed in fine
checked bingham blouse and bloom.
ers. When the wind is chilly or the
morning air damp they don thick gray
sweaters.
It is Mrs. Belmont's plan and hope
to get as many of these factory girls
as she can to leave their city work
rooms for the open country. where
they will have chance to expand and
grow. Already the girls on the farm
have begun to show marked improve.
ment In their appearance. Some
have gained Ave or six pounds In
weight.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
New Electrical Discovery.

Developments in the investigation
OF electricity at the University of Chi
cago were announced the other day.
Prof. r. A. Millikan made public re.
suits which he declares supply not
only complete proof that electricity
Is a definite substance which can be
separated into the atoms composing
1t, but which gives a satisfactory
demonstration that all matter is com.
posed of molecules which are in con
slant motion. every object being Of
countless moving atoms which give
an incalculable number of analogies
to the ceaseless motions of the solar
system.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Do You Know

That to clean screens they should
be scrubbed with gasoline, into which
has been dipped soft scrubbing
brush, then vanished?
That slice of lemon put into the
copper when boiling clothes will make
them beautifully white and will re-
move all stains from handkerchiefs
and children's clothes? Cut the lem
on with the rind into slices anc allow
It to remain in the boiler until the
clothes are ready to come out.
That bit Of reliable coloring placed
In the water in which tub frock Is
washed will restore its color and may
be used with safety II 1t is properly
rinsed and dried? This applies only
to such gowns as are not trimmed
with white or other colored trim
mings.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
GOOD NERVES OF GAMBLERS
Necessary Part Of the Professional
Equipment, Without Which Sue
cess 10 Impossible.

TT has always been held that steady
nerves are about the most valuable
qualification a man can have to fit
him for playing poker successfully"
the gray-haired young looking man In
the club smoking room said. THE
man who allows himself to get ratified
under any circumstances when he is
playing Is not likely to get the better
of the other fellow. But IL this is true
now In New York 1t was more conspic-
uously and prominently true some
twenty or thirty years ago in some
other parts of the country. And espe.
cially was 1t true with regard to pro-
fessional gamblers.
There Is widespread belief that
a professional gambler will not hest
tate to cheat at poker II he finds he is
not likely to win a square game. And
II this is true here and now, as I be.
lieve 1t to be. 1t has certainly been true
at times and places in which public
opinion tolerated II 1t did not approve
killing the man who was caught
cheating at cards. That Is precisely
what public opinion did In many parts
OF the United States not 80 many
years ago.
"All this being understood. It Is easy
to realize that the profession of card
playing In the west called for the exer.
else of such nerves as the average
man has not. He who adopted it was
almost obliged to be skilled in the use
OF weapons, and as a matter of fact
the most of the professionals were SO
skilled.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

posed edifice will be one OF the most
beautiful In the world. Nearly $780,.
600 already has been raised.
In personal appearance the Swami
Is most impressive He is a very big
man and his great head is covered
with long black hair, slightly tinged
with gray. He has deep black eyes
and massive face. He wears long
khaki covered robe and American
made shoes. His turban is OF gold
and red silk.
AT home, when wander from
province to province, go without
shoes and wear cloth about my body,
while my arms and shoulders are
BARE" he said. II am an ascetic, and
we take no money In India. Here, II
would get people interested in my
philosophy, must live 40 they live.
cannot wander sn1 beg. l would -
Misunderstood"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Banana SpIjt.

First have your bananas thorough.
ly chilled in refrigerator for several
hours II possible. Remove the skin
from q banana, leaving the skin
whole. fill 1t with ice cream. pour
some kind OF fruit strip or maple
sugar sauce over the Ice cream, lay
two or three maraschino cherries ON
top of this II 1t is fruit strip. or
sprinkle nuts II 1t is maple strip. Lay
the peeled banana on same plate be-
side the Ice cream If 1t is served In
oblong plate, or slice and place the
fruit around If served on a round
plate. This serves one person.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

time the numper of his chickens was
steadily decreasing. On two or three
occasions his attention was called tc
whoops and yells that sounded very
human from the Ghost House, but he
was busy with his law books and did
not investigate.
It was Miss Cally who solved the
problem. That Is, when she was out
one morning galloping over the wet
grass to get her share OF the dew
cure. she saw FIVE strapping big
tramps leave the Ghost House In
single file to scatter over the country
and tell the sad story Of losing their
all in the great Chicago fire. Their
appearance started a train of thought
that was to solidify two weeks later.
when her chum, Molly Parsons. came
up for q months stay.
"A haunted house? You don't mean
IT." replied the visitor.
Honest Injun!"
"And there are ghosts?"
mo. There are tramps sleeping
there nights, which is better for us.
We are to be the ghosts. Molly Par.
sons. you get ready for the time Of
your life. We are going to scare a
dozen Weary Willies most to DEATH"
But your father and mother?"
They are not up to date, dear. In
the afternoon we raise ladder to my
window to trim the ivy. 1t il left
there. At night we descend and the
ghosts walk. We have pillow-cases
drawn over our heads, and sheets
draped around our bodies, and we
glide to and fro and say 'hist!' and
's'death! Lands, but won't 1t be fun"
Three or four nights later the af.
fair came on. but not exactly accord.
ing to program. Miss Cally had got
the idea that at least FIVE tramps
found lodgings in the Ghost House
every night. whereas there were
nights when none sought the place at
all. No tramp can ever tell Just where
he will be when night falls. Important
bnsiness or the police may detain him.
The idea Of the girls was to invade
the house In advance of oil callers,
and they we're successful In this. BY
the help OF candle they found their
way in and to room upstairs. and
thou sat down on. the floor to tremble
and shiver and wish they were out Of
Il. II suddenly began to rain, and
that didn't add to the cheer Of the
situation.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Playing the Ghost
By CLAUDINE SISSON

IL Judge Lester had been q super.
stitious man he might never have be-
come Judge. 1t was on Friday that
he accepted the nomination; it was
on the 18th that he came down with
his contribution to the campaign fund !;
1t was on another Friday that the
convention nominated him. and it was
on the 18th again that the recount of
the votes proved that he had actually
been elected by a majority of 20 votes.
Again, had the Judge been a super
stitious man he would have hesitated
before buying the manor house known
as THE Naples" Only forty rods
down the road stood what had come
to be known as "The Ghost House"
It had been q fine place in its day,
owned and tenanted by gentility and
wealth. but things had gone wrong
and the lawyers and chancery had
come to the feast. The house had
been abandoned and was in decay.
Farmers without the fear of the law
before their eyes had helped them
selves to doors and other things, and
the small boy had seen to 1t that not
whole pane Of glass was left.
From abandonment to pillage, decay
and ghosts Is natural transition. The
stories came to the ears Of Judge Les
ter. but made no impression. II there
were ghosts he'd have them arrested
and brought before him. and on con-
viction. which, was reasonably GER
tain In every case. the sentence would
be for not less than three years and
four months, and not more than six
years and eight months.
When the judges wife came to hear
u the ghosts stalking about SO near
her every night at midnight she shud-
dered. Not so with the daughter Cal
ly, however. Shed always wanted to
see real ghost, and to shake hands
with 1t II 1t was a well-behaved one,
and here was her opportunity. Per
haps a witch or two would be thrown
In for good measure.
His honor went his way without
needing the fact that the number of
ghosts seemed to be increasing as
summer drew on. while at the same
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

4
1t Is possible to clean the inside Of
shoes thoroughly. and the process will
appeal to neat women.
Take an old tooth brush which has
been thoroughly cleansed with hot wa.
ter and washing soda--or new brush,
for that matter-wet very slightly,
soap 1t enough to make light suds.
and with It carefully rub and clean the
inside Of your shoes. II Ia not neces
sary to get them very wet, The chem.
ical action Of the soap does the work.
Let the suds remain few minutes,
then rinse with the brush in the same
way. put the shoes on ventilated shoe.
trees to dry in the air, and they will
be as fresh as new pair.--Harper's
Bazaar.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
How the Caucus Originated.

This day learned that the Caucus
club meets at certain times in the gar.
ret Of Tom Dawes, the adjutant Of
the Boston regiment. He has large
house and he has q movable partition
in the garnet which he takes down
and the whole club meets In one room.
There they smoke tobacco until you
cannot see from one end Of the gar
ret to the other. There they drink
nip, I suppose. and they choose
moderator who puts questions to the
vote regularly; and selsctmea. asses.
sors, collectors. fire.wards and repre-
sentatives are regularly chosen before
they are chosen in the town.--yrom
John Adsmr Journal
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

No tramps! The only ghostly fig.
ures were the two girls. sitting with
clasped hands and their backs to the
wall The situation was solemn. IL
was weird. 1t was, uncanny There
wasn't the least bit of fun in it.
Hist! A step! A swear-word! A
man enters the open front doors. Mr..
George Fenwick, artist, coming up
from the city on a late train to the
house OF his brother had found the
rain and mud too much for him, and
had sought shelter. He batted his
wet felt hat against the wall. He
scraped his muddy feet on the floor.
He swore In soft and gentle way
not to be wicked. but just to make the
weather behave itself.
Hes no tramp" whispered Miss
Cally to her friend.
MOI"
Hes some nice young man. Yon
can tell that by his way of swearing.
wonder II he's heard about the
ghosts?"
"S-s-sh! He seems to be listening!"
Il hope he is. I'm going to scare
him bald-headed!"
"Cally Lester. II you utter the least
sound I'll"
But the sound was uttered. It was
long-drawn groan-just such a groan
as man who had got stuck while
crawling under corn-crib would ut.
ter The silence down stairs could
have been cut with knife.
Another groan, ending with a wall
such a wall as strong man utters
when he gives up his fight with the
mad waves and sinks to the bottom OF
the tossing sea. OF course, the wall
is uttered before he reaches the bot
tom.
There was the movement of feet
down stairs. and then voice called
up:
ANY one up there? II SO, don't try
any of your tricks on mel"
"O-h-h-h-h-h! M-m-m-m-m-m!" was
answered.
This signing, wailing, grooming agon.
izing sound was made by Miss Cally
Lester while Miss Molly Parson was
trying to hold hand over her mouth
1t should have brought about the bald
headed act, but it didn't. Somebody
downstairs muttered something about
tom-cats, and then feet were heard OF
one ascending. An electric cigar
lighter was flashed. a man stood In
the door of the room, and the two
girls gave utterance to shrieks.
Good evening. ladies'! Waiting fol
the storm to pass, suppose! Some
thing new in evening costumes. see
| should be happy to paint you both
as you sit there. The wailing aud
grooming were perfect. Why DONE
you try 1t for the monograph"
Sir" replied Miss Cally as she
scrambled up. 1--WE are two girls.
We came here to play ghost and scare
away tramps. It's just lark. We
are now going home, and-and-"
mo, won't follow"
And as you are gentleman"
mot a word to any living soul. You
have a candle there. Let me light it
for you and show you out"
And as they plodded home in rain
and mud to climb the ladder, Miss
Molly Parsons said, after long ST.
lence:
"Cally, you arranged all this and led
me into 1t, and now you've got to pay
the penalty"
How"
you've got to marry the man we
didn't scare!"
Mr.. Fenwick has been pretty con-
slant in his calls at 'The Naples" for
the last year, and it was only the
other evening that the Judge woke
from nap to say:
Eyes, he'll be asking for an inter-
view with me In very short time.
now"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15
Nobody Wants to See Them.

According to sculptor you can't
show the. majesty Of the human form
In trousers and SKIRTS" but thank
goodness these garments are useful In
hiding Z multitude Of unlovely shins.--
Louisville Courier Journal.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-07-15

Three-q quarters cup flour. two table.
spoons sugar. ~ teaspoons baking
powder, ons-quarter teaspoon salt.
0ift thoroughly together. Into this
work two-thirds cup cold cooked rice:
use tips OF fingers. Add TX cups
milk, one egg. one tablespoon melts1
hutt~-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
Stop Drinking.

We have sold ORRINE, the standard
remedy for the liquor habit, for num-
Der Of years. You will be interested IN
knowing that thousands Of men have
been restored to lives Of sobriety and
industry by the aid of this meritorious
article.
Orrine is simple home treatment
that requires no loss Of time from work
while you are taking it. Start today
and you will be surprised at the quick
results. II after trial, you fail to get
any benefit from its use, your money
will be refunded.
Orrine is prepared in two forms.
Secret and Voluntary Treatments. Costs
but $1.00 box--less than u man would
spend in day for drink. Come ii and
get free booklet. Wen gladly tai
you Of the good work ORRINE Is doing
Divers Red Cross Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
CRESCENT.

Master Johnnie Cross is on the sicI
list.
Most Of the farmers are busy thresh
ing wheat.
Clarence Bradford and sister, Esther
left Saturday for Covington, Mo.
Mr.. Vertle Mosier, who has been liv-
ing at Hickman, has moved back tc
the country. He is now ON the place
vacated by John Sims.
Messrs. Mack and Dode Thompson,
OF McAnna, visited in these parts Sun
day.
There will be singing at Mount Manuel
Sunday afternoon. All are invited to
come.
Quite number OF young people from
this community attended services Sum
day morning at Beech Grove.
Mr.. Fred Barnes and Miss Aida East
erwood, Of McAnna, were married at
Squire Bob Hicks office last Sunday
morning. PALSY.