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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
SANDWICHES IN SOCIETY.

Now that the afternoon tea is such
cosy event of affair even among the
simple livers," it will not be amiss
to dig up a few sandwiches appropri-
ate to such and other occasions. y
dainty sandwich is indeed a tasty It'd
bit, and it needs care to prepare and
combine mixtures.
If the bread is buttered on the loaf
before cutting it may be cut thinner.
ss the spreading of even softened and
creamed butter often brushes them.
Sandwiches will keep moist and
fresh for hours if wrapped in a damp
ened napkin with a dry one over it.
Ripe olive Sandwiches.-Stone half
a cupful of ripe olives; add one sweet
lreon pepper, remove the seeds and
chop all together until very fine. Com
bine with cream cheese and have fill
Ing which is especially delicious. Sea
son the cream cheese with French
dressing before mixing with the olives.
Pipe olives are especially nice alone,
chopped and mixed with French dress
Ing.
Fig sandwiches.-Chop fine one
cup of figs. Cook to paste with a
half cupful of boiling water Add a
teaspoonful of lemon juice and set
AWAY until cold. Spread on buttered
bread and sprinkle with chopped nuts
Sweet Nut Sandwiches.-Chop to-
Eether one-half cup Of seeded raisins
and cupful Of walnut meats add a
quarter of a grated cocoanut and a
tablespoonful of grated chocolate. Mix
well together and moisten with cream.
Date Sandwiches.-Use whole wheat
bread for these. Chop a cupful Of
dates that have been stoned add a
tablespoonful OF orange juice and
sprinkle with cinnamon.
Chives chopped or cut fine with the
scissors and added to cream cheese
well seasoned with salt and paprika
makes a most appetizing filling for
sandwiches.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
MUCH LOSS FROM
USING POOR SEED
One Must Continually Select Good
and PerSiStentIy Destroy
Bad to Succeed.
lRv A. =. WOODSN

The Importance of natural variation
and differences in climate in relation
to agricultural production, has never
been fully realized. Under natural
conditions only those survive which
can modify their habits of growth SO
as to make successful resistance to
destructive influences and propagate
their kind
When man enters in as a factor ne
may, and usually does in considera-
bic measure. interfere with these nat
ural adjustments. He selec-s individ-
uals and cultiyates them for some
natural popularity, and as result
lEtensifes these features; but unless
he follows natures methods and de-
stroys the plants that are not best
adapted to his conditions and require
ments he soon gets a mixture of indi-
viduals, good, bad and Indifferent, and
cultivates them all together.
On the other hand, if he selects the
individuals that give the best results
under his peculiar conditions and pre-
vents their crossing with the less de-
sirable sorts, he soon develops a strain
OF high efficiency and productiveness
for those particular conditions; but,
like nature, he must continually select
the good and persistently destroy the
bad, or eventually lose all and see the
variety run out"
The great Importance Of selecting
and growing seed under the conditions
under which the future crop must be
grown is now apparent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Oil AGAINST Steam.

Two new fuel ships, the Kanawha
and the Maumee, are now under con-
struction for the United States navy.
The former will have two three-cylin-
der triple-expansion engines of $500
horsepower each, and is being con-
structed at private yard. The lat
ter. however, will be propelled by two
Nurnberg Diesel engines of approx
mately the same power as the steam
engines in the sister ship. Although
the hull of the Maumee will be con-
structed at the Mare Island navy yard,
the engines will be built at the Brook
Ign navy yard from plans purchased
abroad, and will be shipped to the
Pacific coast.
The two ships will afford an excel
lent opportunity for determining the
relative merits of oil and steam en-.
gines under like conditions.-Power.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
HOW TO UTILIZE LEFT-oVERs.

There are many people who balk at
the thought Of eating leftover food.
Their idea of hash is the limit of their
culinary knowledge on the subject.
Now hash is a homely old dish of our
grandmothers', and is not to be de-
spised. There is hash and hash 'out
of all whooping," as Shakespeare says,
but we'll made hash is both palatable
and attractive.
The careless, improvident person is
wasteful of small bits of food and veg
etables, which, if carefully combined,
make attractive dishes.
Even a dish for one is better saved
than wasted In one family where
nothing is wasted and there are small
dishes OF food left, they are combined
in tasty small dishes and placed on a
tray where each member of the fam
lily may choose which he likes best, or
they may take turns in having the
first choice. Even a stalk of celery
with an apple and few pieces of nuts
and a tablespoonful of salad dressing
will make a nice dish Of salad for one.
A tablespoonful of chicken in a
dish of rice will flavor the whole dish
and make a pleasant change.
The coarser stalks of celery, which
are not nice enough to use on the ia
BILE, may be cooked until tender and
served in a white sauce on toast or
used as a flavor. for soup stock.
Knowing how to utilize left-overs is
a science in itself, and will help out
many a housewife when unexpected
company arrives. Leftover mashed
potato may be made into potato puffs
or croquettes, or simply saute in a lit
tie butter after making them into fiat
cakes. A delicious cream OF potato
soup may be prepared with a cup
full of mashed potato. Boiled potatoes
may be hashed brown or creamed.
Every bone left from the steaks or
other cuts of meat may be utilized in
soup stock. Sauces and many dishes
are so much better favored if made
form stock, rather than water.
A most appetizing dish may be made
Of a little leftover steak. Cut it in
bits to serve, and place it with a lay
er of potatoes sprinkled with onion
and little stock in casserole. Gov
er with tomatoes and bake until the
potatoes are tender. Season every
layer before adding the tomatoes.
Chicken or any kind of meat may be
served this way, and the addition Of
few peas sprinkled over the top
makes a most tasty and also pretty
dish
A bit of chicken combined with cold
boiled potato, an apple or two, a little
celery and salad dressing makes a
most appetizing salad.
Friendship is love boiled down and
favored with kind thoughts. kind words
and helpful deeds.
Failure is often that early morning hour
OF darkness which precedes the day Of
success. L. NJ Hodges
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
MAKE POLES OUT OF GLASS
German Manufacturing Concern Puts
Wire In Them to Secure Proper
SolIdIty and Strength.

Near Frankfort, in Germany, there
is manufacturing plant which turns
out glass poles for telephone and tele-
graph wires, says an exchange In
order to give them solidity and
strength there is thick framework of
woven wire in the glass. These poles
are taking the place of the wooden
ones in many sections of Germany.
1t may be that IN time all such
telegraph and telephone poles through
out the world will be made OF glass
because there are so many advantages
in them. In the first place, they will
last practically for all time, except
in cases of unusual accident, where
they may be broken, as in railroad
wrecks. They will last even longer
than iron or steel, as weather has
practically no effect upon them, nor
can insects get into them and destroy
them
And in these days when wood is
becoming more and more valuable it
will be quite a saving Of the precious
wood to make such things of glass.
Experiments are also under way for
the manufacture of railroad ties of
glass in which wire netting is i'm
bedded in the glass.
Paving blocks are made OF glass
and have proved to be a most valua-
Bile material for street surfaces, be
ing fitted together in such a manner
as to be water tight, no water run
ming down between the blocks. There
are, in Lyons, France, a number of
streets paved with. glass, and they
have a better resistance than stone,
and also are not such great conduc.
tors of heat as stone. These glass
paving blocks are now said to be
actually cheaper than the granite
blocks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
MACHINE FOR MIXING PAINT
Excellent Device Constructed OF
Medium Sized Oil Barrel and Rear
Wheel of Brake Bicycle.

AS a considerable amount OF paint
ing had to be done on our farm, / de-
vised the following paint mixing ma.
chine. which greatly reduced the work
OF mixing and also mixed the paint
far better than it would have been
possible to do by hand. writes Wilson
S. Sutfln in the Popular Electricity.
A medium sized oil barrel was pro.
cured and also the rear wheel of an
old coaster brake bicycle. The head
of the barrel should be removed and
the entire coaster brake taken off the
bicycle wheel A board about six
inches wide and long enough to pro
ject over the end of the barrel so as
to hold a small motor, was then OBJ
tanned. In the center of this board
hole was bored large enough for the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

shaft. upon which the paddles are To-
Gated. to revoIve freely This bearing
must be kept oiled The shaft was
then fastened on the hub of the BIZ
cycle wheel.
Any small motor of one-fifth horse
power or over will furnish sufficient
power. In our case we used the wash
ing machine motor. The pulley, il
possible, should be removed and re
versed on the shaft. The small pro,
jecting end must then be tightly
wound with adhesive tape. II the
pulley has no projecting end, the pull
ley itself may be wound with tape
The rest of the drawing is self-ex-
planatory.
When the lead and oil are first
placed in the barrel. they must be
stirred for about ten minutes. Then
the stirring outfit can be lowered
into the barrel, the rim of the wheel
resting on the pulley OF the motor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

Perhaps the most important OF waste
fuels in the United States has been
spent tanbark. A rough estimate
would indicate that this material gen
Grated few years ago an amount of
steam that would have otherwise re-
quired the yearly consumption of
about 100000 tons of high grade coal.
Yet this valuable fuel was at one time
considered a mere detriment and an
expense to the leather industry. 1t
was disposed of by dumping it into
rivers, filling in waste ground and by
making roads with it, often necessitat-
ing the paying out of large sums for
its disposition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

The discovery or invention OF the
cheapest and most easily prepared Of
all the insecticides and fungicides
and the one which can be used to
greatest advantage during the period
of vegetative dormancy, the lime
sulphur spray. was one of the hap
piest of recent years.
1t has proved by far the most de-
pendable agent in keeping under con-
troll that most destructive and exces-
sively multiplying of all orchard
pests, the San Jose scale and like
wise all the other fruit tree scales
and was soon ascertained to be equal
to and in some instances superior to
the famous Bordeaux mixture for the
extirpation or rendering inert the
over wintering germs of blights, rusts.
fruit-rots and other fungous diseases,
says a Missouri writer in the Farm
Progress.
Bacterial blights, crown gals on
various trees and berry bushes and a
few other rather rare tree diseases do
not however yield to this or any other
chemical application, and can only
be kept in check by frequent use of
the knife. pruning shears and by dig
ging cut and burning. But for the
insects and diseases above enumerGt-
ed when made according to the
stanard formula and applied at the
proper time and in the proper way,
it has no superior as an insecticide
and fungicide. 1t may be adapted to
other purposes also, as, for example,
to the spraying OF poultry houses,
pigeon lofts and Enclosures for the
larger animals.
One very successful poultry grower
uses it in the place of the common
lime wash in his poultry houses and
claims that 1t is an absolute remedy
for and preventive of mites and other
parasites when applied to the walls
as a spray and of scaly leg and other
skin diseases when well diluted on
the legs and other parts of the fowls
affected and, in fuller strength. to
the perches and nest boxes.
When a large number of trees and
shrubs are to be treated the spraying
solution can be more economically
made at home than purchased in
concentrated form The directions
for making the winter spray are as
follows; Stake 80 pounds of best
lime in iron kettle in just enough
water to do 1t thoroughly. and while
it is shaking add 80 pounds OF
-four or commercial sulphur by dust
ing it on the bubbling lime, and stir
It vigorously to thoroughly mix the
two ingredients, adding enough hot
water to make the stirring easy.
Let it boil for one hour and when
partially cooled strain through sack
ing into a large barrel. When ready
to use. add enough hot water to make
100 gallons and apply while still
quite hot.
For the small family orchard it
saves much trouble TO buy the con-
centrated lime sulphur solution-pre-
pared with chemical accuracy at a
number of manufactories-by the
barrel and dilute each gallon with
II gallons of hot water. A bar
rel of the concentrate sold last year
for eight dollars, with one dollar re-
bate if the barrel was returned This
is by no means an expensive prepare.
ton, as a single gallon of the con
centrate, reduced according to direc-
tions, will spray quite large tree.
The spraying should be done as
early in the winter as possible, choos-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Custom of "Suttee" Survives.

An Indian "suttee" victim case, ex-
employing the slowness of Indian Gus
toms in dying has been decided in the
Allahabad high court The widow of
a Brahmin committed "suttee" on her
husbands death, l. e., was burnt alive
on the funeral pyre in the presence of
the whole village. Five of the Tela-
tives were arrested for abetting her
suicide, and were sentenced TO i'm
prisonment. They appealed TO the
high court, the defense being that the
fire was lighted by supernatural
means, the flames descending from
heaven. The high court has now re-
iected the appeal. and has increased
the sentences in two of the cases. The
present case Is only the fourth record
ed in the United Provinces and Ben
gal since 1929 when "suttee" was pro-
hibited
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Bribinu the Idols.

esting account OF the missionary hos
pltal work at Ch'angli, In the province
OF Chilli, North China, in its ninth
year. One case mentioned is that of a
young magistrate who was recently
brought in a chair to the hospital with
a badly swollen face. The left half of
the lower jawbone had been destroyed
by an abscess and his whole system
poisoned His arms and legs were
dropsical, and for three months his
only relief from pain had been afford
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
HELPFUL HINTS.

: 4 small rubber mat in the kitchen
where one stands is a great rest to the
feet. A few folds of carpet will an
swer as we'll if the rubber mat is not
a possession.
To make sauces, filings or any
dressings which require flour or corn
starch, mix the dry ingredients to-
gether well before adding the liquid,
and a smooth sauce will always result.
Flour or cornstarch will be smooth If
added to melted fat and well mixed
before adding the liquid.
To clean and tougher a broom. dip
It in hot salt water few times, shake
out and hang up. Letting a broom
stand on the straws will ruin its
shape.
= To keep sparrows from rOosting or
nesting, stuff the places with rags
dipped in kerosene. In a day or two
they win give up the places.
! 4 small bottle of chloroform in a
fur chest is a fine germ killer. An
ordinary cork will allow evaporation
or few punctures may be made in it.
Put pad of oil cloth or any cloth
over the corners of the table before
placing a new cloth on, and the cor
ners viii not wear off. The best COW
ering for a kitchen table is zinc, and
when one has once had it done it will
last for years. Just simply wiping it
after every days use will keep it
clean.
When making a present to a friend
ST the box is an attractive one which
holds it, the gift is more keenly ap-
preciated. Cover soiled boxes with
pretty wall paper and use the one
which harmonizes with the gift to be
inclosed
How many housekeepers know the
may be bought for two cents? 1t may
be used to scrub the potatoes, clean
the CRATER, in fact it is indispensable
for this, for cleaning greasy pans, and
the drip pan Of the gas stove. In fact,
there is no limit to its usefulness.
If the closet has a cassOmine which
rubs of, tack cheese cloth all around.
1t will save the clothing and may be
kept fresh and clean
Lace curtains may be mended very
neatly by putting a piece of net dipped
In starch and applying them to the
torn or worn places. After it is dry,
trim the edges carefully.
A piece of gum camphor in the sill
yer chest will keep it from furnishing.
We must be as courteous to man as
to Il picture. which We are willing to give
the advantage of a good light
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
INDUSTRY
- d3lA~>T
MECHANICS
DUST BLOWER FOR HANDSAW
Enables Carpenter to Keep Line He
is Following Clear Of Sawdust-
Worked by Thumb.

Carpenters will welcome the hand
saw blower and hanger designed by a
California man. With it they will be
able, to keep the line they are follow
ing always clear of sawdust so that
they can cut along it accurately. The
blower is removably attached to the
it can be operated by the workman by
the pressure of his thumb. 1t consists
of rubber bulb with a metal tube
depending from it and bent inwardly
below the handle of the saw so that 1t
lies close along the saw blade and
the exhaust from it is directly in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

In general feeding we too often for
get that the animal body is about
three-fourths water and that any ami
NAL requires a large proportion of wa
ter in the feed ration.
Green feeds OF some kinds should
be given at all times of the year for
animals to do their best. If one has a
silo. then silage will fill the bill.
Pumpkins can be fed from early fall
till the middle of winter, and roots
carrots, turnips or sugar beets-should
be grown and stored to carry the
stock till grass comes.
AS evidence of the value of water
In feeds and green feeds, we refer to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

ed by opium, After consulting native
doctors in vain, he had burned incense
and made offerings at various temples
and shrines. To one idol he vainly Of
fered as inducement to cure him the
erection of tablet extolling his heal.
ing powers. At another temple he
hired theatrical company to perform
religious acts. At last he went to
Thoroughly convinced of the useless
ness of idols and priests, he turned
away from paganism and joined the
church Christian Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
NOTES OF
INDUS, Try
pAAlNDI >A
KEECfYlAxN ICS
ance has a total of 4. 693412 wom

France has a total of 4.693,41 WON,
en- employed in its industries.
In Russia no photographer may
practice his art without a license.
There are "a trades unionists per
thousand inhabitants in Denmark.
The silk industry in Italy employs
100000 operatives and 10000 looms.
In Germany the photographic trades
unions have a membership of almost
100000.
Bricklayers, masons and pIasterers'
international has a membership of al
most 100000
Derbyshire, Devonshire and West
moreland provide the finest marble
found in England.
Venezuela has prohibited the impor.
tation and sale of dynamite except by
the national government.
A locomotive using napthaline for
fuel and rated at 70horsepower re-
Gently was built in France.
Gold is being mined at a depth Of
more than 5000 feet in South Africa,
and it is believed that the shafts can
be sunk 5000 fer more.
Lever-operated clamps for the hands
and feet have been invented in Eng
land to take the place of ankle spikes
for pole climbers, with the added ad-
vantage that they can be used on met
al poles
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Handsaw Blower.

path Of the tool Anyone who has
used a saw to any extent knows how
the wood dust collects in front of it.,
often so obstructing the mark to be
followed that it cannot be seen. In
stead of the carpenter having to stop
and blow the sawdust away. as here.
tofore, he can now keep the track
clear by an occasional pressure of his
thumb on the blower bulb. the out
rushing air sweeping the powdered
wood out of the way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

son, Lord Lytton, who has just deliv-
cred lecture in London. Lord Lyt-
ton said: AT the age of nine this pre-
cocious reader Of books startled his
mother by saying: Pray, mamma, are
you not sometimes overcome with the
sense of your own IDENTIFY His
mother replied; 1t is high time you
went to school, Teddy"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Not Much Doinq.

Il would like to lead a tranquil eX-
istence," said the troubled man of al
fairs.
About how tranquil asked his
hard-worked secretary.
The other thought moment oh, 80
he answered about as tranquil a life
as a germ leads on a thousand-dollar
bill"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Russian Pin Iron.

Pig iron production in Russia in
1912 was the largest on record. being
4,11S.000emetric tons, or 1000 tons
greater than in 1911. The steel ingot
output for 1912 exceeded that for 1911
by 4oo, 900 tons, being 4,41S.OOO tons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Thrift at AnY Cost.

Holy mackerel!" roared BRADSHAW
up the dumbwaiter shaft. Why do
ycu play that one record over and
over again without a chauge?'
Because" Pennypincher angrily
shouted down. Il hate the darn thing,
aud want to wear it out so / can
throw 1t away"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
NeEAG- Ezazzt~EN~.

trolman Jerry O'Brien Of Allston
street, Charlestown, a retired patrol
man. Each night Mr. O'Brien leaves
a penny outside the window sill, and
when a newsboy passes in the morn
ing Polly shrieks. Say, boy, bring in
a paper" The boy brings in the pa.
per and takes the penny Boston
Traveller
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Using Hand Scroll Saw.

from breaking. A notch was cut In
each end of strip of wood, just long
enough TO fit tightly in the saw frame.
writes l. L. Llewellyn OF Hayward,
Cal, in the Popular Mechanics. The
tension of the saw blade can be varied
by changing the location of the strip
of wood
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

the rapid growth and good health OF
animals on good pasture.
Animals of all kinds will gain flesh
and fatten on good grass pasture, and
green grass is from IS per cent to 80
per cent water.
Now if we will remember this In
feeding, and supply some green feeds
at all seasons, our farm animals will
make greater proportionate gains and
turn all the feed to greater account
Every barn should have a frost-prooi
cellar, or other room, where roots
and other perishable green feeds could
be kept through the winter.
EVR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

The fertility which live stock makes
on the farm is one Of the advantages
to be derived from this class of farm
ing and in all livestock farming dairy
ing is supreme.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
SAVING COPPER AND BRASS
Saw Frame Is Made More Rigid So as
to Keep Blade From Breaking
Tension Can Be Varied.

Desiring to do some saving on cop
per and brass with hand scroll saw.
l stiffened the frame in the manner
shown so that it would keep the saws
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01
Cement Output.

The Portland cement output in this
country between 1870 and 1879 was
only $4,000 barrels In 1912 the out
put was s0,O00,O00 barrels.