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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
STUFFED STEAK ALWAYS GOOD
No Better Way Than This of Pre-.
pairing the Poorer Quality Of
Beef for the Table.

Take a thick cut of round steak,
make a dressing Of the following:
Fifteen crackers rolled not very fine
one tablespoon of butter, one egg, hot
water to moisten until soft, pepper,
salt and savory to flavor to taste.
Place steak on board, put the dressing
on it In pile and tie steak around
it. Sprinkle with salt. Heat an iron
kettle and put tablespoon or two OF
lard or drippings in it, then cut UP
three onions (good sized) and five or
six small carrots. Let them cook for
few minutes, then put in the meat
roll and brown on both sides. Then
put in a little water and let cook very
slowly for two hours. A delicious
gravy can be made by thtckening the
gravy with flour and adding more wa
ter. When using a gas stove more
water will usually have to be added
during the cooking.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
HOT IRON is NOT SUFFICIENT
Mistake to Assume That Ordinary
Home Process Will Destroy
Tubercle and Other BaciIII.

The widespread idea that the pro
cess of hot ironing acts as a disin-
fectant has been scientifically tested
at the Berlin Institute for Infectious
Diseases. Linen cloths were saturat.
ed with water containing tubercle
bacilli, cholera vibrions and other
germs and then ironed
1t was found that generally speak
ing germs Of the spore family re-
sisted even the highest temperature
practicable, 482 degrees Fahrenheit,
while temperature of 300 degrees,
which is considered the average heat
OF the domestic fiatiron, has only a
very slight germicidal effect, II efrec-
tive at all. At this lower temperature
tubercle bacilli at all events, remained
as virulent as ever.
Ironing on both sides of the cloth,
as might be expected, gave better re-
suits than treating one side only, but
the test was considered as showing
conclusively that for germ killing pur-
poses a heat of not less than $50 de.
grees was indispensable. and even
then some germs would survive.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
RECENT INVENTIONS

Apparatus to determine the percent
age of carbon in steels by burning
them in pure oxygen under pressure
has been invented in France.
A motor driven hay rake for use on
small farms is an Austrian invention
Occupying but little room in a house
is a new clothes dryer in which gar
ments may be dried by electricity.
A producer gas propelled automobile
has proved successful In Scotland.
where it was invented.
A new combination lock for house
doors carries most of it's operating
mechanism on the spindle below one
Of the knobs.
For testing the power of X-ray APP
paratus there have been invented skel-
eton hands. made of paper. which are
about as Opaque to the rays as real
hands.
A solid rubber tire to be placed over
a pneumatic tire that has been pune
tured has been invented to enable an
automobile to continue a trip after
meeting with a mishap.
A newspaper file patented by a
Washington man is equipped with
wire frame to hold a paper open for
convenience in reading as well as to
prevent tearing 1t.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
FROM MAN THAT WON
SOME SHORT AND SIMPLE RULES
FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
Ambition and Hard Work Are Potent
Forces-PreservatIo of Health
OF First Importance.

Select job and stick to it. SHIFT
ers are nearly always failures.
Ambition and hard work pay divt
dends.
Successful young men make sue
cessful old men, so be successful
while you are young.
The employee who takes a personal
interest in his work is entitled to
have his employer take personal In
terest in him.
Employers play an important part
In determining the success or failure
OF the men who work for them. An
occasional word of appreciation will
prevent many from becoming sbifters.
Making a constant study of his
work and trying to do things better
every day, are two fundamental prin.
ciples of the successful man.
Good health is almost as important
as courtesy and honesty 1t is hard to
be courteous If one isn't in good
physical condition.
Success cannot be attained by fol
lowing any one rule. My recipe, in
nutshell. calls for ''the right sort of q
man, working for the right sort of an
employer" Together, they will make
each other SUCCESSFULLY. j. Lehman
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
BAKING Powder Bread.

One quart of -four, one teaspoonful
Of salt, a half teaspoonful Of sugar
two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, half of a medium-sized cold
well-baked potato and water, milk or
equal quantities of each will be need
ed for this recipe. Sift thoroughly to.
gether flour, salt, sugar and baking
powder, rub in the potato, add suf1-
cient liquid to mix rapidly and smooth.
ly into stiff batter or soft dough
This will require about one pint OF
liquid. Turn at once into creased
loaf pan, smooth the top with knife
dipped in melted butter and bake i'm.
mediately in a moderate oven about
one hour
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Brown AppIe PUDDING.

Two cups fresh brown crumbs, four
apples, one cup brown sugar, one
tablespoonful butter, one-quarter tea
spoonful ground cinnamon, one and a
quarter cups hot water. Butter the
bake pan, put in the bottom one-half
the apples, which have been washed,
pared, quartered and cored, then one
half the bread crumbs, then the rest
of the apples and bread crumbs.
Spread the sugar over the top and the
butter in small pieces over that. Last,
dust the cinnamon over the top Of
all. Pour the water in the center of
the dish. Bake 20 minutes covered,
and then 10 minutes uncovered, in hot
oven. This can be served with lemon
sauce.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
German DumpIinos.

Half pound flour, five ounces but
ter, three eggs, little salt, one bit OF
cream, one ounce OF sugar, one ounce
of yeast, rind OF one orange rubbed
on a cube of sugar. When the fer
mentation of the paste has taken place
let it be laid on the pastry board.
Knead into dozen small rolls; place
in deep saucepan about an inch
apart from each other. AS much
warm milk must be placed over them
as will cover their surface, and as soon
as they have risen to nearly twice
their size they will be done.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
FOOD IS SIMPLE AND PLEASURES
TAKEN FRUGALIY.
Low Wages and Long Hours OF Labor
Seem to Be Accepted as
Matter of Course.

In Japan a remarkable feature OF
the industrial and social life is the
great uniformity in the manner of liv-
| ing among different classes. They all
live in very similar dwellings,. The
poorer people have four wooden walls.
and for furniture a few mats and
blankets and a coal pot.
In Manchuria Japanese settlers are
beginning to build stone houses with
steam heating, but they are bare in
side. Nor is this feature confined to
the working classes. 1t is found
through all strata of the population.
The food, save in the very highest
classes, is in the main very uniform;
rice and green tea, with sake as
stimulant. Among those who have not
yet adopted European fashions even
the dress is in substance the same
throughout the middle and the lower
classes.
The question of the balance between
wages and the cost of living is the one
that in the long run makes revolu-
tons; IT has not come into the open
yet in Japan. Wages vary exceeding
ly, and no real standard can be given,
but they are, as rule, very small,
through recent years have witnessed
steady rise. They are given some
times by time, sometimes by piece,
mostly by weird combination of all
possible methods
But the weekly budget of the Jap
anese workingman is very small. His
rent Is mere bagatelle; the same |
may be said Of his food His only ex-
tras are hot bath regularly every |
other day, twice month OF so a fam |
lily trip to the theater, few pence for |
toys for his children and few more
to propitiate the deities or bride the |
priests. Counting the family at two |
adults and three Juveniles, and includ-
ing every necessary and likely outlay.
the weekly bill will come to about SO
4 week.
Hours of labor are, to western no
ions. outrageous. on an average elev-
IN day, but frequently twelve, thir-
cen or even fourteen. Attempts have
been made repeatedly to start trade
lnions, but never successfully. Where
hey have struggled into wretched ex-
stence they are of no account what
yer, because they do not as yet an
wer to need Of the people 1t is
ignificant that many of these at ,
empts were brought to ruinous end /
y the dishonesty and corruption OF {
heir promoters.
Insurance against old age and In
rmity is unnecessary In Japan as long
s the present firmly anchored tradi- 1
on endures which ascrfbes it as a
uty upon each person to contribute r
, the maintenance of an aged. incap- b
BILE or infirm member of his family. o
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

When it is night. want to stay
Awake; my folks, instead
Just frown at me and sternly say
That 1 must go to bed.
And though I say l will not go
And long and loudly weep,
OF course I have to yield, you know
But 1 can't go to sleep.
When it is morning. I would stay
In bed and sweetly doze;
I'd like to lie in bed all day
All covered to my nose.
But my folks tell me to arise
And so I must obey,
Though sleep is hanging on my eyes
In such heavy way.
When ii is dinner then / wish
Ice cream would be the start,
But soup, and meat, or maybe fish
Keeps it set far apart.
I know that dinner would taste good
And nothing would be hurt
II we'd begin-as well we could
With helpings of dessert
At school I have to learn to spell
Before they let me read:
1 know I could do very well
If my advice they'd heed.
There's lots of words learn to spell
That I will never use;
If I could read first, I might tell
Which ones of them I'd choose.
And there are many other things
That do not seem just right
But our get-up bell always rings
When I'd like to Sc night,
And go-to-bed times always here
When IT ought to be day
L truly think the world is queer
To be arranged this wayi
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

LITTLE NUGGETS OF WISDOM
Compiled for the Benefit of the Work
er Who Has Aspirations and
Willingness.

Obstacles, properly handled, becom,
opportunities.
To make pleasure of your bust
ness is to succeed in it.
Purpose plus enthusiasm usually fig
ures out success achieved.
The hard worker is the only feI
low who really appreciates a vacation
In the world of business, as in golf
success depends more on accuracy
than mere power.
The man who saves time st;nds q
lot better chance of becoming rich
than he who saves only money.
Some young men (and oL ones.
tooD to earn money, will york like
horses-and spend it like aesss.
No man can do better ttan fail who
regards his fellows as merely so many
opportunities-to be taken advantage
Of
In the long run it'Q better business
to be deceived by some one, now and
then, rather than TO distrust every
body all the time.
Inc average employe measures him.
self by the standard of his aspirations;
his employer uses the foot-rule of per.
Torrance.
Remember, it's quite possible tc
plan for "Ifear-at-hand-future, with.
out losing yourself in the clouds of
vague millennium.
AS you place responsibilities upon
your subordinates. they'll divide them.
selves into two classes: those that
grow and those that merely SWELL
James Price in The Sunday
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
CORRECTING an Error.

The millennium OF industrialism
has not arrived, but that a better
understanding exists between the
two co-workers-the employer and
the employees evident There is
an improved education on the part
of both, and which is significant
and extremely promising for the fu
ture, the general public has about de-
cided that antagonism between those
who work and those who employ them
is an economic error which must be
corrected If the nation would maintain
its industrial prestige.-Business.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

| have never been able to compre-
bend why circulation should not be
measured the same as any commodity.
The case is like this: Supposing
went to my grocer and ordered FIVE
dollars worth OF -four. Advertising is
bought that way nowadays ask him,
How much -four am / going to get?
Well, I'll send you up a nice large
load But how muchy oh, a nice
large load You leave 1t to me-
How long would such : grocer retain
your patronage? Why is not the case
exactly the same with the advertiser?
IT. T. Pitman, Publisher Newport
Or IL News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
How to Make Raw Eggs a Treat.

The white of one egg, beaten stiff,
slightly sweetened AID piled on crush
ed fresh fruit in sherbet glass. The
tartness of the fruit juice makes the
egg not only more palatable, but more
digestible. A few drops of lemon juice
or any fiavoring extract may be added
to the egg if desired. The yolk of the
egg may be very satisfactorily used for
small cup custard. Very fine for an
invalid.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
All Experience Has Shown There
Is Nothing Worth While in
the patchwork" Idea.
CHEAP JOHNS NEVER SUCCEED
Their Time IL Simply Wasted, With
No Possibility Of Any Return
At Work or In Society tho
Moral Remains tho
Same.

All Of us have probably heard this
xpression-"Don't be a cheap John"
They may have heard 1t applied to
some minister, doctor, or lawyer, who,
disregarding the ethics OF his profess
sion, has resorted to means and meas
ures that cheapened him In the eyes
OF the community. They may have
heard 1t applied to some craftsman
who, failing to take the time neces-
sary to do a job as 1t ought to be
done, hastily did patchwork" which in
time had to be thrown away. They
may have heard 1t said of men whose
business methods smacked of desire
for cheap notoriety. Every reader has
heard the expression used in some
way or other, and knows just what 1t
means
When recently heard by the writer
the expression was used by a master
plumber in instructing a workman
how to repair leaking water pipe
During the intensely cold weather the
pipe had frozen and burst. The jour
neyman had pounded the pipe togeth-
er and was wrapping it with tape
when his boss" arrived on the scene,
and told him to take out the pipe and
put in new one, adding, Don't be a
cheap john" which means "do things
right"
There is nothing worth doing that is
not worth doing well. To do things
well takes time. and time is money. If
time Is misspent, money is misspent
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Turkey a la Newburq.

Press the yolks of four hard-boiled
eggs through sieve, add to them one
quarter of a cup of cream and mix to
paste. Put one tablespoonful of but
ter and two of flour into the chatting
dish. When melted add the egg paste
and three-quarters of cup Of cream.
When smooth and thick, put in one
pint of cold turkey, a grating of nut
meg, one-quarter Of teaspoon of salt,
one-quarter of paprika and when hot
and ready to serve four tablespoons Of
sherry or madeira.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

If brooms are to sweep clean they
must be washed occasionally and freed
from dust and dirt.
To two quarts Of warm water add
four tablespoonfuls of household am
monia.
Stand the brooms in this for half
hour. Rinse in cold water and hang in
the sun to dry. House brushes of any
variety may be washed in this manner.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
A Seaside Story.

See the man.
He is very slender, is he not?
Yes, indeed. He is so very slen-
der that he is almost not.
(Let us read the last remark once
more, and put the accent on the
"not').
Why is the man so angry?
The lady has just said: I'VE see
scarcely anything of you on the
beach?
But perhaps she did not intend to
cast any reflections.
And he could not cast any, being
so slender.
Mercy on us, one grows so gid-dy
at the seaside.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12

Mont Blanc and the Geographers.
Russia's removal Of the Caucasus to
Europe from Asia involved the recol-
oring of both continents on the map
and upset the old school book fact
that Mont Blanc was the highest Eu-
ropean mountain. Henceforth the dig
nifty belonged to Elbruz. and Mont
Blanc did not even come second. Mont
Blanc has always been geographical
difficulty in many ways. 1t never was
in Switzerland, as thousands probably
still believe 1t to be. Napoleon III.
got its most familiar side transferred
from Italy to France, and to this day
France and Italy dispute whether It's
actual summit is wholly French or
half italian.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Dreamed Chipped Beef.

Melt lump of butter the size of an
egg. Add one cupful of Clipped beef,
put in the melted butter, let simmer
l few minutes, then add one cupful
If sweet milk and one tablespoonful
Of -four. Keep on the fire and stir
until the cream is smooth and thick.
Season with pepper. Have on plat
ter slices of hot buttered toast, pour
the creamed beef over them and serve
with stuffed mango pepeprs.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Date Suet PUDDING.

Mix together one cupful of finely
chopped suet, one pint of fine bread
crumbs, one cupful of dates (stoned
and cut fine), one cupful of sugar and
one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nut
meg and baking powder Add four
eggs beaten until very light. Pack in
a bnttered mold and steam for four
hours. Serve with liquid sauce.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Quick elnaer-cake Pudding

Get any sort of small or large gin
ger or molasses cakes from the grocer
and cover them with a custard made
of boiling hot milk into which several
eggs are beaten up. Pour the milk
gradually into the eggs, stirring vigor-
ously all the while; sweeten and pour
over the cakes, allowing them to
stand until they have drunk" up a
good deal of the custard. Serve warm
or cold
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Banana RufHes.

Slice bananas in halves lengthwise.
Pour over them a sauce made of one
cup of brown sugar, two tablespoons
Of cream, butter the size of an egg.
Stir over a fire till dissolved. Boil till
1t hairs, add one teaspoon of vanilla,
remove from stove, beat slightly,
pour while hot over bananas Pile
whipped cream on top and serve.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Charlotte Russo.

One-half of box of gelatine, soak
ed in very little water 20 minutes;
add three-quarters of cup of pulver-
lied sugar, one tablespoon Of vanilla,
pour boiling water to make cupful
and strain. Stir into dish lined with
sponge cake.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Imitation Equnouc.

Thoroughly beat up an egg with a
slack tablespoonful of sugar-doine
this in the glass In which the "nogg'
IS to be served. Then fill the glass
with hot milk and CRATE nutmeg OF
top. This is very nourishiug and al
most always inviting to the children
who at times take a distaste for solid
God
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Reaching the Limit.

Gadsby linped painfully OF the poi.
ished dance floor
Its all right about this rings on
my fingers" he exclaimed, but
hang me IL can stand for the bellies
on my toes!'"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
As to PHILOSOPHY.

Fright always has reason" OBJ
served the platitudinous gentleman.
True enough, but there are always
several reasons offered for wrong"
commented the wise man.
Thus we see that philosophy can
think at mark for a considerable
time, and have no noticeable effect on
the mark
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
A Secondary Victim.

Bobbs-what makes you so ner
vous?
Dobbs-Coffee.
Bobbs--I didn't know you drank it.
Dobbs--I do not. But hobbs has
just stopped drinking it, and he in
sists on detailing his sensations to me
every time l see him.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
capabIIItv the Test.

Charles B. Farwell once told the
read OF department: Employ none
,ut capable men, but the question OF
.apability is not confined to years"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
HOW LOVELY.

1--WE always mix your medicine in
this graduate" said the young phar-
macist to Miss Vassar
That's lovely" she enthuse6.
Yes" said the drug man; I'VE call
this our sweet girl graduate"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Told to the Marines.

''He drank like a fish.
Then he acted like a lobster
And spouted like a whale.
And acted like a shark,
Until he shut up like a clam"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-04-12
Make a Bad Matter Worse.

Mako a BAD mdttcF Worse.
Your wife seems to be very angry ?"
Yes"
whats the trouble?"
q didn't inquire. That only makes
words"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
GOVERNMENT NOT DIS
MAYED.
Finds Some Comfort in Revolu-
tionary Situation.

Mexico City, April 6.-Although admit
ting that they were still without informa'
tion regarding the formal evacuation Of
Parral, government officials were encour-
aged over the revolutionary situation to-
night. They appeared TO regard the re
tirement Of Col. Villa even as related in
Associated Press news dispatches from
rebel territory as far from being severe
reverse inasmuch, as with small force he
had been able to stand off a greatly supe-
rlor force and make good his retreat.
News from other portions Of the repub-
lie received at the department Of the inte-
rior was all favorable to the federal army.
A small engagement was reported to have
occurred at Arteaga, near Satillo, Coahui-
la, In which the federals killed three reb-
els, captured several prisoners and a guam
tity Of dynamite and ammunition with a
loss Of one injured.
Gov. Naranjo, Of Morelos. reported trains
in operation tand everything quiet In the
recent hotbed Of Zapatista. He also re-
ported that twelve Of those who attacked
the Me1ico-Cuernavacs train March 80,
killing number Of persons on board, had
been executed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10

Frederic Thompson's production of
'"Polly OF the Circus" that dramatic epic
Of the sawdust sring, which Is 80 vivid in
the recollection Of thousands Of playgoers,
will be the attraction at the opeaa house
Monday April Is. Tt will represented here
with Miss Ida st. Leon in the titular role,
supported by all Of the important men,
bers of the original Polly Of the Circus"
Company. The wonderful third act rep
reduction Of the big tent show perform
ance, while it hardly could be made more
realistic than 1t has always been, has some
added feature to lend to its attractiveness'
Among other circus acts which appear is
the famous Barlow Troupe Of performing
dogs and and comics which has been the
feature in various Of the more important
canvas shows that have toured the country
in the past few years.