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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
CHRISTMAS COOKERY.
Southern Country Sausage.

Quoted from the Pictorial Review
December 1914.
Ten pounds Of ground meat, table.
spoonfuls salt, 2 teaspoonfuls finely
ground red pepper, " teaspoonful salt
peter, 2 teaspoonfuls black pepper
III teaspoonfuls sage.
Use both the lean and the fat meat
just as it comes. Before adding the
seasoning the sage should be crisped
in the stove and rubbed through a
sieve. After the ingredients are thor
oughly mixed, form into little cakes
with the hands, fry in hot skillet and
lay around turkey.
Delicious Mincemeat.
Two pounds lean beef, 2 pounds
raisins 1 pound citron, pounds ap-
ples,, 1 quart brandy Cor Sherry, l
nutmeg, Y ounce cinnamon, l cupful
blackberry jam, 2 pounds beef suet-
pounds currants, " pound candied
lemon peel, pounds sugar, " pint
whiskey, " ounce cloves, juice and
rind Of two oranges, juice and rind of
two lemmons.
Cover the meat with boiling water
and let it simmer until tender, then
set aside to cool, while preparing
fruit. Shred suet and chop fine. Pare
core and chop apples. When the meat
is cold, chop and add to other dry In
gradients Add orange and lemon
last. Mix well and pack in stone
jar pouring the whiske'y and brandy
over it Just before the mixture is put
away.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
RETURNS HOME
Serious Accident to Child Puts
End to visit

End to visit
Mrs. o. B. Chatfefd returned home
Thursday from a fve-weeks visit with
relatives in North Platte, Nebraska.
Her parents came up from Oklahoma
at the same time. The weather was
open and dry and she reports q very
fine visit An accident to the little girl
hurried their return no me. The little
one was riding in an express wagon
along a woven wire fence. AS they
were turning corner, she put out her
hand and caught one finger in the fence.
1t broke the finger off at the first joint
and tore the muscles loo So back toward
the hand. The doctor Strengthened
back the flesh and joined the finger end
on and it seems to be doing all right.
But as the little girl could only use one
hand, she became quite care away
from home, SO the mother thought best
to return.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
AMERICAN HELP
Give Sympathy and
Help to Belgians

hCAP W ASCAe idiko
The government and the people OF
the United States have studiously tried
pean war. They have received such in
fusions of the best blood of all these
warning nations, that there could be no
general uprising for or against any of
the nations. Least of all is this coun-
try bound to Belgium; there are many
times as many Germans, French, Eng
lish, Austrians in America as there are
Belgians---so it isn't a blood tie that
binds this country to Belgium
But whatever land may be the ''Fath-
erland" for the transplanted American,
and however much all may respect the
sterling Teutonic virtues, almost every
one in free America condemns unmeas-
uredly the German course in Belgium.
A little, inoffensive nation, with no
standing army, that never fought any,
body, that lived in peace and trusted to
the moral worth of national treaty, is
set upon, robbed, beaten almost to
death and the people exiled or enslaved
because they would not break national
honor or bow the knee like poltroons.
They have been overrun by almost as
many German soldiers as their own to-
tai population. Cities burned, citizens
slain by the hundreds because some one
offended the invaders, the victims of
the most heartless barbarism ever seen
from other than professedly savage
nation, Belgium has the sympathy and
the prayers of the whole world that
still has heart
And this sympathy can not be with
out value. If the allies ever break in
to Germany --and they are growing
stronger every day--they will take fear
full toll for desecrated, desolated Bel
gium. When President Lincoln said
that every drop of blood drawn by
the lash must be atoned with one drawn
by the sword" he foretold what would
come to Germany for the Belgian out
rage. And as far as nation can pay
for the murder of nation, Germany
will have to pay. The God to whom
the Kaiser prays while he praises this
heartless destruction of an innocent by
stander, never did favor such an appeal
to call injustice, justl If the kind of
Germans who have helped to make our
own land great, still live in ther ances-
trail Fatherand. woe Is to befall them
without fail, together with their blood
thirsty militarists; they Must pay this
awful debt they owe to outraged hu-
nanity.
The American people, whose charity
alone is supporting the starving Belgian
victims of the Deutschland
Jeber Allies" blood lust for world con-
,uest, are coming to hope that the day
If payment may be not far off!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
A Remarkable spud.

One of the most unusual freaks in
the potato line ever seen was being
shown on the streets Of the city early
this week by R. W. Anderson, farm
er residing two miles west of town.
The potato is of the Melted Gem
variety and weighs in the neighbor-
hood of five pounds. 1t consisted OF
and in splendid shape.-Twin Falls
News.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03

Knitting is a Scotch invention Of the
fifteenth century, and Scotch knitted
stockings soon found their way to
France. A guild of stocking knitters,
too, was soon formed, with St. Fiacre
as their patron saint. Hand knitting
was not long left without machinery
as rival. for It was as long ago as
1859 that William Lee invented the
knitting frame.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
Hail Kills seaquIIs.

In thunderstorm at Teesmouth
England, it is recorded, SO much hail
of such large size fell that the beach
was strewn with the dead bodies OF
gulls and other sea birds. On three
quarters of mile of shore, 300 dead
gulls were counted, all killed by the
hail.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03

Machines to dig graves for European
war victims have been perfected by a
Chicago concern. Work has been
started on 13 Of the mechanical bur
iers which have been ordered by two
Of the allied nations. On days when
there has been mo contact the new
machine, it was said may be used for
digging trenches.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
Artificial Wind for Bands.

A German musician has invented a
device to supplement the human lungs
Of bands and orchestras. 1t is called
the "aerophor," and enables player
to sustain Indefinitely the tone Of any
wind instrument
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
CAR OF EXHIBITS
Idaho Ships Car of Exhibits to
Frisco Exposition

On Monday there went from Boise
car, in charge of r. w. Limbert
of mounted Idaho game and wild an
imal exhibits that will cover the en-
tire lower floor of the Idaho building
at San Francisco. The state has COM
missioned Mr.. Limbert to obtain one
of every species of bird and beast that
roams the Gem state. The taxidermist
has been at work on this exhibit for
some time, as it means a great deal
of work.
One bird group will be especially
artistic. There will be "a quail pos
ed about stump in which an ak is
carelessly stuck. About the base of
the stump will be chips and wheat
and corn scattered about One bird
will be posed on the handle of the
AK, another on the edge of the stump
and the others placed in natural
positions.
Show Beavers at Work.
The beaver exhibit which will be
the only live animal display, will
have a real dam full of water. a bea-
yer house and stumps for them to
work upon and show just how they
ply their industry.
A mountain scene, built on the
same plan as that of the Yellowstone
model which was on display in a
local hardware window some weeks
ago. only more elaborate. will be
constructed on the first floor of the
Idaho building. 1t will be 70 feet
long by 20 feet wide. Natural trees,
brush and bushes from Idaho will be
placed on the artificial mountain and
stuffed animals placed all through
the scenery in positions as natural as
though the animals were alive.
The animals are beautifully mount
ed and finished 1.-THE work has been
hard" said Mr.. Limbert "and if we
had had an auto we could have got
ten over the ground quicker and
made much better headway The
slsinning. stuffing. mounting. ETC.. has
taken an enormous amount or work,
but it is a fine exhibit"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03

Iae~r.c-ed PenGra.
There are still large areas in Pana-
ma that are unexplored and unknown.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03
The Complete Election Returns
Latest Returns of the Election from the Secretary of
of State and the Plurality of the Winners.

The total vote for candidates for
United States senator, congressman.
Justice of the supreme court, all state
secretary of state together with the
pluralities as figured from them, are
as follows:
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-12-03

Representatives in Congress.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
Germany Takes to RaotIne,

Notwithstanding the prevalence of folk songs among the peasantry the deeply-rooted love for classical music that pervades all Italy retards the in- troduction of American "ragtime" mu- sic which is making it's way but slow ly in that kingdom. In Germany, on the other hand, American music, espe- eially ragtime, is very popular and has a good and ready sale, says a United States consular report.
 4 German music publishing firm in Berlin Is said to copy the popular and catchy instrumental music and sell 1t in all parts of Germany; songs are also translated and published by this firm, and some of these American songs are quite popular Music deal CTS In Strasburg say the German firm referred to can sell the copied music more cheaply than the original can be imported from America.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
Novelists May Exaggerate Facts, But 1t Is Truth That There Is AL
 ways Something Doing.

ITO the young man seeking legiti- advice than to get a moderate sized hat, pair of overalls and a horse, and to strike out into the COW country" says Dane Coolidge, whose novel of cowboy life, Bat Wing Bowles,' has been announced. If he has the nerve with which l have endowed Bowles he will win out. if he hasn't he will get the adventures anyway. But he won't find the Arizona he has learned to ex- pect from fiction. The good old days that Alfred Henry Lewis writes about in his Wolfville tales, while represent ing to degree the spirit of the early Texas settlers, are of course not to be taken seriously at this late date, and even the stories of Stewart Ed ward White, and they come pretty straight from the cattle country have little rainbow across the western corner, which catches the local color and throws it rp big. AS for the un- known and struggling authors who put up the bulk of Arizona stories many of them have never enjoyed the privi- lege of visit to the enchanted mesa of their imagination. and they lie moro often in ignorance than with intent to deceive, but even by the test of their stories there seem to be more fair wo- men and brave men in the territory than one would expect to find in a sparsely settled community. and no matter how many gun plays are pulled off, the shooting is invariably excel lent. However, no matter how diver gent from truth the different Arizona stories may be. they all give you the idea that there Is something doing in the great Southwest, which Is cor. rect"
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
BEYOND DOUBT A PATRIOT
Sympathy of Italian Very Plainly With America In Controversy
 With Mexico.

He entered the trolley with a hoe. which the conductor ordered him to leave outside. Very broad. very dark, with Italy written all over him. A drummer sat in the corner with a newspaper. The Italian sat by him. He was excited and had difficulty in composing himself He tilted his head toward the newspaper held by the drummer
 Finally he whispered eagerly. How many" The drummer was surprised. but he answered rather shortly, If you mean Americans, four were killed" The Italian still looked anxious, But Mexicans? he said The drummer looked interested. Two hundred" he said. Two hundred, good, good" the Italian exulted, and his mouth curved into broad smile of complete satis. faction and his eyes beamed. There after he contentedly watched the pic lures of United States battleships, and the drummer good naturedly slanted the paper toward him.
 He fairly radiated American citizen ship-Newark News.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
CONFIDENT OF HIS FUTURE
Prospective Father-in-law We'll As- cured That Youth Was Destined
 to Success In Life.

Now tell me" he said, what are your prospects,"
 My prospects" replied, "are ex- cellent."
 That may be; but If you wish me to sanction your engagement to my daughter, l must ask you to be little more specific At present, all I know is that you are at the bar. What ex- actly are your prospects there?"
 Prospects" and leaned back in his armchair, are. in essence. nothing more than state of mind. The word is derived from the Latin 'Prospieio'; l look forward and what I see when 1 Now that, of course, varies from day to day When I am blessed with a good digestion. bounding pulse and high spirits, 1 see a great and glorious future before me. When my liver is out of order I know 1 shall never suc- ceed At the present moment your excellent wine and cigars have in- dueed the most hopeful condition of mind in me. My prospects, just now, are excellent"
 He rose and extended his hand Young man" he said. take her, and blessings on you both. l believe you have a great career before you. A man who can confuse ideas so dexter ously, a man who can avoid a plain and simple question with such agility. a man who has the tremendous imper- thence to talk to his betters as you have had the assurance to address me, Is destined to acquire lasting fame as a lawyer. Your prospects-I be- lieve you-are excellent"
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
NAPOLEON AS PRESS CENSOR
Great Emperor Exercised Strict Con- trol Over the Newspapers of
 France.

1t Is not generally known that Ma poieon Bonaparte acted as press cen sor in 1895.
 With the beginning of popular gov ernment in France In 1789. the De bats" was one of the cluster of news papers which sprang into being. This is the oldest newspaper in Paris and 1t recently celebrated it's centenary.
 It was founded by printer, named Baudoin, and purported to be, as it's name shows, a mere chronicle of polit ical events. Owing to it's pungent criticisms of men and affairs 1t soon became one of the most influential of the Paris journals.
 In 1S05 the paper was compelled by Napoleon to change It's name, and became the Journal de rEmpire." It was In the course of the correspon dence which took place between Ma poleon and the editor, Fievee, on the subject of the threatened censorship, that the emperor gave the order which has become famous. about the policy of the newspaper, that 1t should pub fish no news unfavorable to the gov ernment until the truth was so we'll known that publication was needless.
 After Napoleon's retirement to Elba the paper resumed it's old title, and 1t Is that event which has just been celebrated
 It is still edited and printed in the house where it was first started, be- side the Church of St. Germain de rAuxerrois, from the tower of which the signal was given for the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve. Of all the great Paris newspapers, 1t has been the least affected by the modern de- velopment of journalism, and it's digni- fled columns are an encouragement to thoughtful reflection and a serious study of affairs
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
MAGIC AND MEDICINE TWINS
Influence of the Former Plainly to Be Seen in the Practises That Pro-
 vail Today.

Magic was the origin of many of the practises still used In the treatment of disease. according to Dr. c. K. Dickinson of Jersey City. In an ad- dress before the Medico-Surgical soci- ety, entitled The Trail of the Ser pent," which he holds Is still dis cernible in medicine, Dr Dickinson used the following language, as re- ported in the New York Medical Rec ord:
 The cure by magic was the earli- est known. Amulets were worn in order to pacify the evil one. Parts of other animals, teeth, claws and paws were carried In order to turn away the evil one and protect one from illness. Superstitions were so great that potent influence was SUD- posed to be obtained through them The same as today, We see the horse shoe over the door, the scapular, the amber beads around the neck, the rab- bits foot and the potato kept in the pocket to ward of rheumatism.
 Tn the religious method of treat ment we have sacrifices and fumiga- tion to appeal to the ritualistic sense, and through these hundreds of years we find that mans nature is not satis- fled except he unbend to this great tendency to ritualism, fumigating. burning and destroying. Fasting and prosecuting the body cleared the ali mentary tract and satisfied religious thought, hence the present-day Lent. Blood-letting to allow the demon to come out; cupping to draw it from some particular region; massaging to drive 1t away-these are all religious ceremonies and were conventional in the early days and explained by the theologian.,?
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGES
Records Show They Had Many Privl Ieges and Liberties Not Enjoyed
 Since Then.

Women in England have always shared In the industrial life of the na- tion Curiously enough statute of 1863 that ordered men to keep to one trade left women free to practise as many as they chose
 h few instances, at least, women in the later middle ages discharged duties and held offices that do not fall to their lot nowadays. There are al- lusions to women burgesses in the rec ords of London and other towns, and if women married aliens they could nat uralize hem.
 Wonen did not shrink from engag- ing in foreign commerce. They ex- ported goods to France, Spain and oth- CT countries. A widow, Margery Rus sell of Coventry, Is mentioned in no less than three different existing docu- ments. Her business must have been on fairly large scale, for she was robbed of merchandise worth $4,000 by some men of Santander, in Spain. In order to recoup herself for her losses she obtained letters of marque that empowered her to seize the goods belonging to countrymen of the offend CTS
 Margery apparently took more than was due her, for two Spanish mer- chants lodged complaints against her. She was ordered to restore both ships, but one of the Spaniards declared that she had refused to do so, although he had commission directed to the ex- chequer. If Dame Margery Russell was a type. women traders of the mid dle ages were we'll able to look after themselves.-Mr A. Abram, in Eng fish Life and Manners in the Later Middle Ages.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
Playwriuht and Producer.

A good theatrical story was told by Mir. Jerome K. Jerome last night at the o. P. club dinner to dramatic au- thors.
 T spoke to an eminent producer not long ago" he said. about a play a young friend of mine had sent to him. He remembered it.
 An. yes" he said Not at all bad. There's an idea in it"
 Later on 1t was produced and after the show l went behind
 Well" said the eminent producer. What did you think of it?"
 "Oh, all right" I said. Tt seems all correct. But what about that idea ?"
 He didn't seem to understand
 "The idea." I reminded him; "you said there was an idea in it'
 He remembered then. "Ah, yes," he said Yes We had to cut that out. !. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
Puzzled.

Lena, aged seven, is always anxious to acquire fresh knowledge Dur ing prolonged cold spell she heard frequent mention of the thermometer, and was curious to know what zero" meant. Mamma, busy, answered her questions a little absent-mindedly
 "Oh, it's down there at the bottom" :" she said. when asked where zero" was
 Then" after a thoughtful silence. it can't get below zero, can it?'
 Certainly. dear. It's been below many tines
 But, how can 1t, mamma2 You said zero was down at the bottom, and how can 1t get below the bot tom, that's what I want to know?''- Chicago Record-Herald.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
CANE HILL,

Messrs. J. c. and J. H. Kirby of Westyille, Okla, transacted business here the last of the week and Uncle Kris stayed over till Monday.
 Harold Knox hied away to West vile Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs. Mag Mcclellan Carroll, who spent het summer here with her par ents returned home the last of the week. Her sister. Mrs. Myrtle Moore accompanied her as far as Fayette- vile.
 Miss Ruth Blackburn left last week for Tahlequah, Okla, where she will attend school the coming year.
 young man from Oklahoma and a young lady by the name of Annie Smith of Summers, were married here Sunday by the Rev. A. E. Carn- ahan.
 Lon Holcroft of Skylight moved his family here last week for the bene- fit of school purposes.
 AuueTSOH fTetuldn d0u ldluily Iclt for their home in Texas Saturday Anderson came on a visit sometime ago to his relatives south of town some or 4 miles and had hardly gotten here when he was confined to his room with typhoid fever. His family soon came and stayed till he was we'll.
 Mace Gray and Mrs. Mary Tennant passed through today enroute to Mor- TOW bet with their sister who is very poorly MT. Gray stayed with Mrs. Simpson some two weeks or more and started for home and got as far as Pennington and returned.
 Joe Davis came up from Dutch Mills Monday and was transacting business with our merchants.
 Mrs. Lie Sheppard left yesterday for Bzatesyille where she has a DO sition with the Masonic school. MT. and Mrs. Lewis accompanied her to Lincoln.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
HOW OUR FRIENDS ARE LOST
Lecturer Discovers He Hates Man Whom He Had Hitherto Regarded
 With kindliest Feeling

When the professor met one of his oldest and most intimate friends the day after the lecture he naturally ex- pected some comments on the previ- ous evenings remarks. Many other topics were freely discussed. Finally the lecturer grew uneasy and re- marked:
 II was pleased to see you at the hall last night"
 Yes, was there"
 Fine audience"
 Yes, very nice crowd"
 T always like to see my near friends about me when 1 lecture" the professor resumed timidly. Persons who l know can appre-l mean, who will sympa-or rather, who-eh? What did you eay?"
 T didn't say anything"
 "Oh, beg your pardonl l thought you did"
 No. Fine day"
 Turning colder, I fancy. Well, must be moving. Good day"
 And the lecturer, as he thoughtfully pursued his way discovered, to his surprise, that he hated. with a large, tormenting hatred, the man from whom he had just parted, and for whom he had hitherto entertained the warmest esteem and affection.-New York Times.
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
The Men Women Wish to Be.

An interesting parallel to the recent inquiry: Do women want votes ?" has been afforded by the replies received by the women's newspaper, Femina (Paris). to the query addressed to it's readers:
 If not a woman. what man would you have wished to be?'
 Napoleon won easily-suffragis claiming this as evidence of feminine energy. Next were Pasteur. Huge, Poineare, Bleriot and Wagner Edi- son was the only American on the list
 Such diversity of thought pro duced a sarcastic comment in Le Fi garo:
 "Varium ct mutabile semper fem ina"
The Springdale news., 1914-09-25
Christmas Feeling.

"Oh, Mr Ffpperley," she exclaimed. soulfully. have you ever felt a dim, uneasy sense of oppression as if the mere weight of life were a burden too heavy to be borne by the chained spirit panting with psychic longing to be free?"
 T invariably have such feeling at Christmas time," was the callous re- sponse, "but hitherto l have attrib- uted 1t to pudding!"