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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
REASONABLE DISHES.

The good old Virginia corn bread
and griddle cakes are a treat when
made as they were originally.
Virginia Corn Cakes.-Scald a pint
OF cornmeal with three-fourths of a
pint of boiling water, cover and let
stand while you separate and beat
two eggs. Add cup of sour milk,
teaspoonful of soda to the yolks and
teaspOonful of salt and a tablespoon
full of sugar to the meal. Beat the in
gradients all together and fold in the
whites of the eggs the very last. Have
the griddle well heated, and bake a
rich brown before turning
Mock Venison.-Lay leg of mutton
in a dish with diluted vinegar, fifth
vinegar and four-ffths water: add two
small sliced onions, six pepper corns,
six cloves, dozen allspice, four bay
leaves and one tablespoonful of
crushed juniper berries Roast the
mutton after it has laid in this vine
gar solution four days. Use the vine
gar to haste with when roasting.
kominy Pudding.-Scald two cups
of milk in a double boiler add a ia
hlespoonful of cornstarch diluted with
little cold milk; cook for ten min
utes. Reheat two cups of cooked
hominy, add the thickened milk, one
cupful of sugar, fourth of a tea
spoon of salt, one square of chocolate
melted, two eggs we'll beaten and
teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into
buttered baking dish and bake until
firm in the center. A few raisins may
be added, if desired.
Raised Doughnuts.-Take a cup of
butter, cup of sugar, a teaspoon of
cinnamon or nutmeg, and two eggs
well beaten. Work this mixture into
tow cupfuls of bread dough ready for
its second rising, and let it rise an
hour or so. When light, add few
chopped raisins, citron and currants
Roll thin, cut out and fry in deep fat
Roll in powdered sugar before serv-
ing.
Prune Souffle.-Remove the stones
from half a pound of stewed prunes,
press through sieve add the yolks
of three eggs slightly beaten and four
tablespoonful of powdered sugar
Fold in the whites OF four eggs, turn
into a buttered baking dish and bake
until firm. Serve at once with
whipped cream and sugar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Substitutes for Celluloid.

The increasing use Of celluloid for
the manufacture of imitation ivory
horn. shell, linen. wood. glass, proce-
lain, etc.. is due to the cheapness of
this mixture Of pyroxlin and cam
phor 1t has, however, the serious
draw back of being highly innammable.
and even explodes at high tempera-
lures.
Hence substitutes lacking this dan
gerous property have long been
sought Such a one is acetyl-cellulose,
made By the action OF acetic acid on
pure cenulose, This. however, is
more costly, and therefore has not
made its way except where price is
a secondary consideration
Very recently, however substitutes
have been invented which are not
only effective, but cheap. There are
viscosc and formyl-cellulose, already
known because OF their employment
In maPing artificial silk
While they are not as yet utilizable
cor objects which must have great
solidity like those of horn and ivory,
it is safe to predict a great future for
them, since already blocks of viscoid
have been produced which can be
readily colored, polished and worked.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
KEEP WARM BY ELECTRICITY
Open Air in Winter, Heated by
an Electrical Current

1t is proposed to use electrically
heated garments at the observatories.
Practically all astronomical obsery-
ing work must be done in rooms or
obseryatories at the temperature of
the outside air to avoid optical and
instrumental difficulties
The discomforts OF a long winter
nights vigil at the eye piece of a
large telescope are readily appreci-
able, and many special constructions
of instrument mountings have been
devised to allow the observer to re-
main in heated compartment.
The garments will be made similar
to the electric heating bag, that is, the
cloth with electric heating wires run.
ming through it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Activities of Women.

London women are now buying
frocks to match their furniture.
Mrs Clarke W Kelley of DEVILS
Lake, y. D., runs a 1000 acre farm.
More than $4,000 births we're re
corded in Philadelphia during 1913
The international Olympic games
will hereafter be open to women.
During the past year 1G,l22 mar
riage licenses were issued in Phila-
delphia
Mothers generally are agreed that
it is necessary to begin spanking boy
babies at the age of one year and girl
babies at the age of sixteen months.
Miss Margaret B. Cornell, deputy
clerk of the United States court is
slated for the position of receiver of
the United States land office for Utah.
Miss Ida o. Tillman, postmistress
at Geneva, Ala, has refused to sur
render her office to the government.
and says she will not be forced out
without making fight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Mona Lisa.

For centuries Mona Lisa's" beau
ty ard peryersity' have fascinated
bcholdcrs. 30 one. apparently, ever
had so rapt and yet uncommunicative
SO fascinating and yet battling smile
DIS Lisa, wife of Francesca del Clio
condo. Leonardo's Mona Lisa
When Leonardo painted her, she
Was about thirty years old. Her gown
is simple and Grapes the figure in easy
folds Her dark hair hangs loosely
cver hor forehead, and frames an oval
face. Her eyes are impressive and
about her mouth is seen the smile
which has been the chief character
istic in making the painting famous.
The story goes that in order to obtain
this effect the painter had musicians,
singers and testers always near his
subject so as to amuse her as he
painted
Iut her smile is infinitely more than
one CT mere pleasure. 1t is an eternal
smile. As Waite Pater says of il, 1T
is q beauty wrought out from within
... Of strange thoughts and fantastic
rovories and exquisite passions"
Patar proceeds:
Set it for a moment beside one Of
those white Greek Foddesses or beau
tiful women OF antiquity, and you
vCuiI then be troubled by its beauty,
into which the soul with all its mala-
dies has passed All the thoughts
and experiences of the world have
etched and nodded therein that which
they have of power to refine and make
expressive the outward orm."-New
York Outlook
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Corner Repartee.

The man with the Il Am Blind" sign
on his breast smelled of gin, but he
looked pathetic. l stopped in front
of him. He held out his tin cup.
had my suspicious.
Eyeing him carefully l drew from
my pocket a large roll of bank bills
saw him shudder.
1T is the chilly breeze" he hastily
explained
| wasn't satisfied
Come, | said, if you leave this
corner and go somewhere else / will
give you a bank bill
Sure, l will, he eagerly replied.
Taking a 81 from the roll. | put it
in his hands
Thanks for the dollar" he said as
he picked up his stool.
My suspicious rushed back
How do you know it is dollar?" l
demanded.
4 was sure you would give me the
smallest bill you had about you" he
said, and shambed along.
think he had me there.-Clevelan
Plain Dealer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.

Sour cream added to boiled dress.
ing will add richness and is Sust as
good as sweet cream, and it will whip
as well.
y A delicious jelly may be made OF
any chopped leftover meat mixed with
gelatine. Serve on lettuce with sal
ad dressing.
Salads may be made of any chopped
leftover meats, such as veal, lamb or
fowl, and adding to any cold cooked
vegetable left from a previous meal.
A few tablespoonfuls of canned corn
and tomato may be mixed together
with cupful of bread crumbs; makes
nice dish and you will have the sat
isfaction of having saved something
When a few lima beans are left
mash them thicken a little milk with
-four and butter, add the bean PURGE
a bit of onion juice, and serve nice
cream soup.
Dry cake crumbs make excellent
buildings when baked with a custard
poured over them.
To clean a piano case: Take a per
fectly clean piece of canton flannel
wiring it out in hot water as dry as
possible and drop on it few drops Of
olive oil. Rub a small section of the
case with the damp flannel. and i'm
mediately rub dry with a dry flannel
Then polish with a piece of chamois
skin. Rub with the grain of the wood
and do not stop at a dozen rubs. II
the oil is not all rubbed off. breathe
on the wood and rub again until it
shines.
To clean piano keys, dampen a piece
of flannel with alcohol and wipe them
carefully. drying well, Do not touch
the wood with the alcohol.
When there are two or three kinds
of canned sauce left, and not enough
to serve, mix them; put them through
a sieve, add water thickening. but
ter, and serve with a cottage pudding
Silk stockings, if carefully run at
the heel and toe before wearing and
then washed cut in cold water each
time, will wear very much longer than
if not so treated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
| Suffered With Rheumatism

for years and could not tend L
farm" writes VIM. 4 'a''-"~ Hor
town, n. J. 81 took all of treat
ment without any res, ,Intii la
March I got the 6-bottle yeatment
Jones Breakup. Now can follow the
plough all day, do any kind of work
and feel like a 16-year-old boy" We
guarantee that 6 bottles will cure any
case Of rheumatism or seiatica or re-
fund your money. Ordinary cases can
be cured with one or two bottles. II
not at your dealers, bottle will be
sent direct on receipt OF 81 by Jones
Breakup. Inc, New Egypt, N. Y
Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
VALUE OF VEGETABLES IN OUR
DIET.

The green, succulent vegetab les
are valuable chiefly for the mineral
salts they contain and the flavor and
variety they give to the menu. They
contain but little starch and less pro
tein. However, they add bulk to the
food and are of great value in keeping
up the peristaltic action of the intes'
tines. For this reason alone, if for nc
other, they should be served once
day on our tables the year round.
The object in cooking vegetables is
to soften the fiber and make it mere
easily digested.
The cooking of vegetables. the sery'
ing and seasoning, is an art and a
science which is yet but touched upon
by the average cook.
We must realize the importance OF
vegetable food before We are willing
to put study upon the manner of cook
ing and serving
1t is we'll to remember that all OF
the Odoriferous vegetables are much
more wholesome if cooked in boiling
sailed water in an uncovered dish.
When cooked in tight kettle it not
only spoils the food but makes the
house uninhabitable.
All green vegetables should be
cooked in ar uncovered dish, which
insures the keeping of the green
color
Spinach should be cooked without
the addition of any water After it is
we'll washed there is enough moisture
left on the leaves to cook so succulent
a vegetable. AS soon as a green veg
etable loses its color in cooking, 1t
loses also its food value
Thow spinach into a hot kettle toss
ing it up Frequently 10 keep it from
catching on the kettle; after Is min
utes' cooking. remove it from the fire
and chop fine, season well, return to
the saucepan and let stand until ready
to serve. Garnish with hard cooked
eggs, cut in slices
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
TESTER FOR ELECTRIC LAMP
Device illustrated Eliminates Disad.
Vantaees of Threaded Socket and
Saves Much Time.

Where a large number of incandes-
cent lamps are used a great deal of
time is consumed in turning the lamps
into and out of an ordinary socket for
testing the filaments to see that they
are not broken, says the Popular Me
chanics. The following device elimi-
mates the disadvantages of the
threaded socket and effects a great
saving in time
The device consists simply of an or
binary porcelain lamp socket that has
had the inner screw shell removed and
the threads hammered out on a piece
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
No Cheeseparer.

The late George A. Hearn, the New
York millionaire art collector, was
noted for his generosity to his en-
ployes.
To a reporter who once congratu-
lated Mr.. Hearn on the high wages
and unusual comforts that his en-
ployes received Mr.. Hearn said:
Il don't believe in cheeseparing
economy in the treatment OF those
whose hard work makes a mans sue
cess. Cheeseparing economy, applied
in that way, seems to me as mean
and paltry as the Yonkers man.
"A YOnkers man was summoned
from his evening paper, by his wife's
frightened cry:
George, come quick. The cook
has tried to kill herself inhaling gas!'
Good gracious growled George,
as he rushed to the kitchen, leaped
over the cooks PROSTATE form, and
turned off the cock-'good gracious,
think what the gas bill will be this
month st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
U. S. GOLD HELPS PALESTINE
Enligrants From That Country to
America Send Home Much of
the Wealth Gained.

The Americanization of certain
parts of Palentine was described
at London, England. by DIR. A.
NJ. Gyle, the explorer and lee
turer. He found even the Mohamme-
dams eager to learn English and TO
educate themselves according to west
ern ideas. In Nazareth he discovered
a great dearth of young men, for the
active fellows had all migrated west
ward in search of fortune.
Many of them" he said. are going
to America. where they obtain situa-
tons as clerks in houses dealing with
produce from their native land. Some
Of them have done well, and at Beth
lehem | observed quite a number OF
excellent new houses which | learned
had been erected by successful emf
grants for their parents
On the borders of the Sea of Cali.
lee DR. Gyle was surprised to see a
derrick. and still further surprised to
discover a Californian in charge, who
explained, We are after oil; we have
already gone down 500 feet, and there
IS no question that we are going to
get oil
The merriest men in the world
seem to be the pigmies, who live and
laugh in the Forest of Eternal Twi-
light said Dr. Gyle. whose discovery
Of these people made him famous lie
added: They laugh louder and more
often than any other person | have so
far met 1t was very pleasant eX-
perience il this striving age to be
with people who laughed more than
they froWned.
Next to the pigmies, the jolliest
race. ! believe, is that OF the Shans.
Some Of these little people are to be
found in the northern part OF siam,
and l am preparing an expedition to
go and study them. They have sue
ceeded in resisting the influence of
the Chinese. Siamese and Burmese,
by whom their territory is surrounded,
and they have preserved their own
language and great many of the Gus
toms peculiar to their race
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
VExING LEFTOVER PROBLEM.

One of the chief recommendation
for the casserole is that it is a fine
help in using up leftover meats. Take
two cupfuls of boiled rice, two cup
fuls of chopped or sliced meat that
has been left from dinner, a cup of
brown or cream sauce, one tablespoon
full Of chopped onion, one of parsley,
a teaspoonful Of salt and few dashes
of red pepper. Line the casserole
half inch deep with the boiled rice.
In another dish melt a tablespoonful
OF butter, add tablespoonful of flour
and stir until smooth, then add the
seasonings, the brown or white sauce,
the meat, and finish the top with an
other layer of rice. Steam in a pan
Of hot water for 40 minutes, then
serve with tomato sauce. This may
be made in a granite dish unmolded
on platter, and the tomato sauce
poured around it.
Beef Steak Pie.-This is a dish that
may be most palatable if nicely made.
Line a baking dish with a good plain
paste. Parboil four potatoes for ten
minutes, and drain. Take four cups
OF cold cooked steak, cut in dice, fill
the dish by adding a layer of meat
and layer of sliced potatoes, few
mushrooms. Season each layer until
all the meat and vegetables are used.
Roll out some paste, and cover, leav.
ing hole In the top In which a fun
mel is inserted. After it Is well baked
pour into the funnel two cupfuls of
brown sauce. Bake about As minutes.
Stuffed Peppers.-This is a dish
which is growing in popularity. Take
two cupfuls of chopped cooked meat,
and mix with cup of sausage; add
half cup of boiled rice, a seasoning
of paprika, one egg, and mix well.
Fill the peppers, after parboiling them
five minutes, and bake until tender.
Or the peppers may be cooked in to-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Quite Natural.

A traveller was riding on muleback
through very wild and turbulent re
gion where human life was among
the cheapest of commodities Motto
ing a cross surmounting a heap OF
stones by the roadside, he asked his
guide what it meant
THAT is a grave" said the guide
1T means that the man died on that
spot and was buried there"
Indeed" remarked the traveller,
and how did he die?"
He died natural death, sir
What do you mean?"
He was shot"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

TO the inventor, an Ohio man, you can
heat Is gallons of water in is minutes.
The heater is a small nickel-plated de.
vice with six tubes radiating hori.
zontally from it. In each tube is a
unit and there are IS perforations in
the casing. The water circulates
through the heater and comes out
boiling, and it does not take long for
the boiling liquid to heat the rest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Poor, Innocent Husband.

When wives have abusive husbands
arrested they always repent little
later. You have had your husband ar
rested for ill-treating you and now you
are trying to have him discharged"
said the court, patiently. Did he
not attack your" mo, your honor"
But you say he bit your nose off. And
you have the bandage on. Didn't
your husband bite your nose?" "N-n-o,
your honor I'll did it myself
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Caustic.

There is certain party who is very
voluble. Long after a dialogue in
which he is concerned has reached
it's logical finish he persists in drap
ging it forward, in stringing out
sentences to the utmost notch
friend who was impatiently wait
the other day for the verbose one
wind up one Of his harangues ties
summed up his method in tn
words:
There's Bill again at his favor
game of turning periods into &C
mas"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Educatinn Porto Ricans.

When the United States took over
the island of Porto Rico fifteen years
ago there was there only one build
ing specially erected for school pur-
poses, the total school enrolment was
put at only $4,000 children and their
attendance was irregular More than
so per cent of the entire population
could neither read nor write. Today
there are nearly 400 public school
buildings in Porto Rico and the school
enr llment is 10000. The percentage
of illteracy has been reduced more
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
HEATS WATER FOR THE BATH
trical Apparatus Is Inserted
No Fires Are Needed.

Now comes a new way to heat water
for the bath 1t will be especially
handy in hot weather, when there is
not the usual supply of hot water OIL
tap. To use this apparatus, which is
electrical, first draw your bath, nc
matter what may be the temperature
of the water in the pipes. Then stand
the heater in the tub. and. according
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
"Simon Pure"

Simon Pure was the name of char,
acter in a comedy entitled "A Bold
Stroke for Wife" by Mrs Centlivre,
an English actress and dramatist
1667-1723). The plot of the play
turned on the identity of Simon Pure
as against a person who assumed his
name in counting a girl, thus empha
sizing the real Simon Pure, which be
came a slang phrase.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Ancient and Modern Bread.

There is no city in the world where
so much bread is consumed as in
Paris. 1t is estimated that every in
habitant eats one pound day on the
average. Even in past centuries the
French, especially Parisians, had a
horror of stale bread. And as in those
days people manufactured their own
bread they had curious way of MAX
ing 1t palatable. Strange as it may
seem, the bread prepared, huge round
or square slabs. was used as a dish
on which the meat was carved and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Striklnu Clock.

A striking clock can be made to
sound the hours on an electric bell in
a distant room by fastening wires and
a battery to the striking hammer and
clock gong, the connection being made
when the hammer hits the gong.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Protective Systems.

1t is estimated that there are in use
in the United States about 100000
elaborate electric protective systems
against crime, about 100000 smaller
systems and some 1000. 900 minor de-
vices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
HANDY WARMER FOR DENTIST
Neat Case Incloses Electric Lamps
Which Furnish Heat for Bottles
Room for Water Glass.

An example of one of the services
that electricity performs for the den
fist is illustrated in the accompanying
picture of the Shoenberg spray bottle
warmer, says the Popular Electricity
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Ridlno the Goat.

Church. see some Italian Masonic
lodges are admitting women to mem
bership
Gotham-Seems as though Goats
for Women might become a new
slogan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

A portable electric pump invented
in Germany for many uses is
mounted on a push cart, takes cur
rent from any convenient source and
throws water lifted from wells or
streams to considerable height.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Standard Electric Vehicles.

AS move toward standardizing the
United States government will require
all electric vehicles purchased for its
departments in the fiscal year begin
ming with July to conform to certain
specifications.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Ie<k1- Iz~,<tsreN-.

bore the name of "tranchoirs, or
"tailloirs." The juice of the meat
having penetrated into the bread i'm
parted a pleasant taste and prevented
it from becoming dry.-Bakers' Week.
"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Just So.

Dental parlor, Ell? Why call
parlor?"
1T is certainly drawing room -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

There is no age limit Many peo-
pie do not learn how to live until they
Lave passed fifty. Gladstone at eght-six
was brilliant. Goethe at eight-fOur.
found life full of interest You are never
old until you think you are"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
How to Move Them,

First Rector am going to preach
to the Four Hundred. How can
move them?
Second Rector-You1l have to move
them in imOusines.-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
SaHeKTNITN1
lABNES'

mato and the meat in balls cooked un-
til tender and served with the sauce
poured around the peppers and balls.
Cold cooked fish makes most appe
thing salads.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
Wsl1lE
Electric Lamp Tester.

Of five-eighth inch pipe and then re
placed. The inside diameter of the
shell after it is hammered out should
be large enough to permit the thread
ed base of the lamp to slip into it.
Lamps may be rapidly tested by slid
ing them into this socket and there is
produced on the line than there was
before the socket was changed. A
partial cross section of such a socket
is shown in the accompanying sketch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

Drive that cough from your system
Deans Mentholated Cough Drops viii
surely help you-5c at all Drug Stores.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

The girl who marries the first chap
who proposes misses lot of more or
less valuable experience
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26

Some men try to console themselI
with the thought that they could
better If they tried.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-26
ONLY One "BROMO OIIININEn

To get the genuine, call for full name, Lax
{. W GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day, 2