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The Washington herald., 1914-12-21

ters principally. Many Of them were
sent to Vera Cruz at the time of the
recent trouble between the United
States and Mexico and took an active
part in the events which occurred
there.
During the year Just ending, the Dis
trict Naval Battalion made the great
| est progress since its organization. Be-
| ginning the year with an enrolment OF
12S, ninety men were discharged from
time to time. OF these ninety a ma
jority went to the regular service in the
United States navy, a part left the city,
and others quit because their duties would
not permit their attendance to drills
and work. The close of the year sees
the battalion with a membership OF "a,
the highest it has seen.
Thursday night the last drill OF the
year was held, and regular drills will
not be resumed until January Z. Fol-
lowing the drill Thursday night Com
mander Joseph Dempf reviewed the work
OF the year, and praised the officers and
men for their splendid efforts to build
up the battalion.
Coumander Dempf said he could not
bestow praise enough on the men and
officers, and urged them on to greater ef-
forts in 1915.
The battalion will have holiday from
now until the night of January {, when
regular drills will be resumed. Some OF
the boys are planning to leave the city
to spend their holidays with relatives and
friends. Ensign William Hoefer will go
to Knoxville to be with his parents, while
Commander Kempf will spend the time
in New York with relatives and friends.
The officers Of the battalion will hold
watch service and dance on the night
| OF New Year Eve. The dance will be-
gin at o'clock and continue until the
New Year comes In. It will wind up with
buffet luncheon. There are thirteen
officers in the battalion, but with the
invited guests there will be at least
fifty couples on the floor. Final arrange
ments now are being made. Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Franklin d. Roose-
welt, and other oficials Of the Navy De-
partnant probably win be invited. The
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
FOUR CHEAP CAKE RECIPES
Any One Of Them Sure to Be APpre-
eIatsd Either for the Family Table
or Guests Luncheon.

Banana Cake-Beat two eggs, put
them in a cup and fill It with cold wa
ter and melted butter, using equal
quantities of each, one cup Of sugar.
IN cups OF flour and three teaspoons
of baking powder. Bake in layers.
Spread each layer with frosting and
slice the bananas very thin over the
frosting. Frost the top.
Feather Cake-One cup sugar, l
tablespoon melted butter, one-half cup
milk, one cup -four, one egg, one tea
spoon baking powder, pinch Of salt
Flavor to suit taste.
Lemon Jelly Cake-One cup sugar,
two tablespoons of butter, two eggs,
three-fourths cup water two cups flour,
three teaspoons baking powder. Bake
in three layers and put together with
the following: Three-fourths cup Of
sugar, one egg and the Juice and graf
ed rind Of one lemon. Cook in double
boiler. To make orange jelly cake use
an orange in place of a lemon.
Orange Cake-One-half cup butter,
two cups sugar, creamed; add one cup
milk, two eggs we'll beaten, three cups
-four with two tablespoons of baking
powder sifted In. Flavor with orange
juice or extract. Bake in layers and
put together with icing and very thin
slices Of oranges, also cover the top
with icing.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
LIGHT MARES PRODUCE THE BEST MULES

do not fight, but they do not fatten in
large lot because they are too rest
less
A careless or ignorant man can be
successful in breeding mules but he
would fail with horses, But a careful
man will be more successful with
horses than with mules. A Kansas
farmer cannot afford to work good
draft geldings, but should work draft
mares, mules, or geldings that are
still increasing in value.
The average value of mules in all
states except one is from one to eight
dollars more than the average value
of horses in the same states, The ex-
ception is Rhode Island There is al.
ways a good market for mules They
are freer from blemishes and UNI
soundnesses and less susceptible to
disease. They live longer than horses
at heavy labor and can be driven by
ignorant help with less danger of loss.
They can be sold at any age, and can
take better care of themselves than
horses.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02

area of the state. Yet, even II only
about per cent OF the total area OF
Kansas, II represents total area as
great as Colorado or California irri
gated in 1909 and a much greater
area than was irrigated the same year
in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana. Oregon,
Nevada, or any other OF the seventeen
irrigated states in the West.
| do not wish to minimizez the ad-
vantages of irrigation on a small scale
in the upland regions, but desire to
emphasize the advantages Of our shall
low water areas which, if developed
will make the state of Kansas one OF
the foremost irrigation states in the
Union.
We may wonder why 1t is that Kan
sas has so many acres of irrigable
land that still remains practically I'M
developed. Perhaps the foremost rea-
son is because these shallow water
valleys traverse great agricultural
plains. | fully believe that II these
high plains between the shallow water
valleys were covered with low noun.
tains aud rugged, that irrigation in
Kansas would have developed long be.
fore this. Moreover, these shallow
water lands seem too insignificant to
the average Kansas man when he sees
all about him vast areas of land prac-
tically all Of which can be cultivated
and farmed by dry farming methods.
Another important factor is the eco
monte condition. Naturally, develop
ment by irrigation, like all other lines
of agricultural development, follows
the line of least resistance. In times
past it has been easy to divert the
flow of streams into the valleys Of
Colorado, California. and other West
ern states where the topography is
generally rough and mountainous, but
these cheaply watered areas are no
longer available and each year more
and more money is being required to
secure dependable water rights.
The fact that water is becoming
more valuable every year is the very
reason that Kansas will find 1t profit
able to develop more extensively these
shallow water areas. At present,
Kansas can furnish by pumping at a
cost that will compare favorablyy
with the newer irrigation projects of
the West.
In 1909 there was approximately
S305,O0O,O0O invested in head works
and main canaIs for the 1879, 499
acres of irrigated land, or an average
cost of $22 per acre. DR.. Fortier, head
of the Department of Irrigation lnves-
legations, states that about $40 per
acre should be added to this cost for
lateral bitches, leveling, etc, or max.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02

Del Monte Salad-Use only firm
white lettuce, wash carefully and put
on ice to crisp. Cut head in quarters,
using one quarter for each portion.
Tomatoes peeled and cut in quarters.
Asparagus tips served in ring of green
peppers. Mayonnaise dressing.
Waldorf Salad-Take equal quanti-
ties OF celery and chopped sour apples.
Serve with mayonnaise dressing which
has chopped walnut meats in it.
Endive Salad-Wash carefully and
dressing and cheese crackers.
White Grape Salad-Remove the
seeds from the grapes; serve on crisp
white lettuce leaves with French
dressing
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02

1t is foolhardy to use the best mares
for raising mules. There are too few
of them to keep up the horse supply.
There are plenty of poor or unsound
mares that will rear good mules, said
w. A. Cochel, head of the department
of animal husbandry at the Kansas
Agricultural College, to a class in
horse production recently.
The best mule is produced from a
light horse. Professor Cochel said.
A good muleproducing mare has big
head; is rugged, roomy, comparatively
heavy bone. good big foot, and is up
standing. The jack should be as high
as possible, have Roman nose.
Ncoarse bone, big foot, and long ears.
IA mule eats in an irregular manner,
nit is almost impossible to founder
They do better If fed in lot
I'm a stall On farms where it is
Try to have hired men it is best
Dem work mules. because OF
II danger of injury or loss
driving or feeding. Mules
tened in a small lot, and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR WESTERN KANSAS
BY PROPER USE OF THE WATER SUPPLY.
The Agricultural Authorities Believe that from Two to Three Million Acres
Of Land There Can be PrOftaby irrigated by Pumping
from The Underfow or by Using
the Storm Waters.

[By Walker Irrigation Engineer at the Kansas Agcua
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
REAL DIsHWAsHING AN ART
With Proper Preparations and Mate
rial, Much Of the Drudgery May
Be Done Away With.

The art of dishwashing has become
almost extinct in this quick-going age,
when the only way to do thing is to
do 1t at once and have 1t soon over.
Yet real dishwashing Is an art.
Dishwashing requires two dishpans.
one in which to wash and the other to
rinse the dishes; an abundance of
heavy linen towels, some lighter ones
for glasses, a good dish mop and dish
cloths. The dishcloth should be Of
strong linen. Stair crash is excellent
for this purpose. as 1t will become
soft enough to be flexible and Is very
durable. Make these cloths about ten
inches long, Of narrow crash and hem
them to prevent the edges from fray
ing when they are put through the
laundry.
First OF ALL the dishes should be
gathered up and properly scraped,
then held for a moment under the
hot water faucet to take OF the first
coating of grease. Any dishes or
knives and forks used for fish should
De carefully wiped with paper as
dishcloths are infected by fish Inn
mediately.
Put the dishes in hot suds. Use the
dish mop freely and transfer them to
the other pan to be rinsed. Let this
second pan be very large and have a
wooden drainer fitted in two inches
from the bottom. so that the boiling
water poured over the dishes will
drain of them. This Is the best and
safest way Of draining,
In washing the silver use a silver
soap and thus avoid the weekly silver
cleaning day, with the added induce
ment that the silver Is constantly
bright.
Wash spiders, pots and kettles sepa'
rately and with an iron dishcloth. Pots
and kettles should be washed inside
and outside and thoroughly wiped be-
fore being set away. The coffee pot
and teakettle should be boiled out at
least once a week with soda and water
to keep them tastelessly clean.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
Dust the Window.

The glass of windows would need
cleaning far less often If 1t were
busted regularly, inside and out, II
easily reached A folded pad of news
paper is the best thing to use, and II
this is sprinkled. with a few drops Of
ammonia or paraffin 1t will serve for
window cleaning also, When the win
dows are to be washed they should
be busted first with the newspaper
pad If very dusty, and the cleaning
and polishing will be more easily
done.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
Whole Wheat Bread.

One and one-half pints of whole
wheat -four. one teaspoonful of Soda
two teaspoonfuls of salt, three-quarters
pint OF cold water. Sift the dry in
gradients together (having the tea
spoonful of soda rounding and the
salt and cream of tartar leveD, then
add the water; stir thoroughly; place
in well-greased round tin, cover with
a buttered paper and steam for one
hour over constantly boiling water.
Remove from the steamer and bake
for three-quarters Of an hour in a
slow oven.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02
EonnnmIoal curtaIna.

When making curtains of any kind,
make the hem. the same width each
end so the rod may be run through
either. The stitching does not show
and once month, or oftener, the cur
taiAs may be reversed. and they wear
more evenly.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-02

" HE WESTERN half of Kan
sas contains 21S to million
sores of land where water may
be encountered at a depth of sixty
feet or less. Practically all this land
can be profitably irrigated by pump.
ing from the undreflow or by the stor-
age of storm waters.
Naturally, this area seems quite
small when compared with the total
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS
Life Than Those We Consider
Of Importance.

We love little things, we hate little
things, we fear little things; our lives
are knit up with little things from the
time we are born to the day we die.
Big things draw US up to Heaven or
crush us down to hell Little things
live beside us on the earth, eat and
sleep with us, laugh and grumble with
US, catch the early train with us, or
make us miss it, irritate and appease
us-never leave US alone for min
ute.
That is why they are so much more
important than the big things-the
things that only come once in a way,
az long intervals, and even then are
nearly always the result of a hundred
and one little things combined.
To be crushed by a large misadven-
ture is natural, but to fall a victim to
a series of petty misfortunes is hui
initiating. There are many who would
prefer to break their necks once and
for all by falling off a mountain, than
to bruise their whole bodies and dis
locate their tempers by the daily
stumbling over a mole-hill It is the
little things that count-the satisfac-
tion OF climbing Mount Olympus is a
poor sort OF attainment If the scores
and scores of pleasant details which
wait upon success be absent.-Fron
the Atlantic.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
PASSING OF OLD SYNAGOGUE
Ancient Jewish House Of Worship In
West End Of London Is TO Be
Denooiished.

The forthcoming demolition OF Lon
don's oldest West End synagogue. sit.
uated behind His Matesty's theater in
St Adams place. Haymarket. marks
an interesting stage ia London Jewry.
There are today In round figures a
quarter Of a million Jews in Great
Britain. and OF these 10000 are resi-
dent In London The metropolitan
synagogues included in the United
Synagogue number sixteen. but OF
these few have q more curious record
than that OF the Western Synagogue
The synagogue owed its origin TO
Wolf Liepman Of St Petersburg and
Baron de Symons. who lived in Bed
ford row. and co-operated about the
year 1868 in the establishment OF a
minyan, which met in the private
house Of Mr. Liepman for nearly thirty
years
In 1898 a regular congregation was
established-the first synagogue In the
West End of London-and a house
was hired for the purpose in Den
marks court II was known as the
Denmark Court Of Westminster Syna-
gogue, and stood on the site of the old
Exeter hall. now covered by the
Strand Palace hotel
II was in 1896 that the congregation
acquired the premises in st Adams
place, and the present synagogue was
built. The western synagogue was the
only congregation under the iurisdic-
tion of the ecclesiastical authorities
which in the year 1si1 refused TO read
the chief rabbits proclamation against
the then newly.founded Burton street
synagogue.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
Not coksr.Nuta.

A Mr. Donaldson, who owned a
sugar refinery in Queensland, went
to England one year and bought some
machinery for his business lie took
the machine TO pieces, and took il
home in parts. carefully packed, i'm.
tending to put them together on the
spot
An Australian custom house official
gave him a lot of trouble on his ar
rival examining every part, and argu-
ing about the amount to be paid Az
last they came to an agreement about
all but one box, which contained the
metal nuts used in boiling the parts Of
the machinery together. About what
was to be charged for these the Off
eial had no doubt at all.
Now as to these" he said, "the
duty will be twopence a pound" Mr.
Donaldson protested that this was too
high. mot bit OF It, was the con
fident reply; "the schedule says dis
tinctly that all nuts except coker-
nuts are to pay twopence a pound.
These aren't coker.nuts, so twopence
a pound you1l have to pay!"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
SIOO REWARD. SlOO

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
me dreaded disease that science has
oeen able to cure in all its stages, and
chat is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires q con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work The proprietOrs have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure Send for list
of testimonials
Address K. j CHENEY 4 Co. Toledo
Ohio.
Solo by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22

John a. Dwight Of New York, who
nsed to be the Republican whip Of the
house. is descended from the noted
Dwight family who owned the biggest
farm in the west some thirty years
ago." remarked T. A. Henry Of New
York, at the Raleigh. The Dwight
farm took up a whole county. Stanley
Huntley once told me that on one Of
his trips through the west he got of
az a station and observed a large
crowd of persons weeping and bidding
fearful good-by to a distinguished look
ing man who was about to board his
train. When the man got aboard and
the train started, Huntley, with ma
tural curiosity, | suppose, approached
the stranger and casually observed:
L presume you are going on long
voyage. perhaps across the ocean.
No. replied the man; 1 am just
going to the other side of my farm.
That was the Dwight farm. -
Washington Post
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
Time for Reflection.

An old negro parson in a southern
church was denouncing theft to his
congregation. when he said:
IF there is any member of this
congregation who is guilty of theft
he had better repent at once and be
saved"
On his way home he was stopped
nv Old Rastus, who had listened to
he sermon intently
Don't you think. parson, that next
Sunday will do just as well as tonight
70 repent?' asked Rastus.
"But. Rastus. why not repent to
night and be saved. man."
Well parson. it's this way" ex-
planned Rastus. Il want just one mo-
chicken 70 tomorrow dinner, and
know wha' I can get dat chicken wild
out bein' caught tonight"
Well" said the parson, hesitating,
Il don't know what to say, so ] think
viii take dinner with you tomorrow
end then talk the matter over with
ou"-National Monthly.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
JANUARY p ga
SNAPSHOTS.

He'll gets hotter every time the devil
unearths new hypocrite.
No man has ever reached perfection
following the advice ne gives others.
It's easy enough to forgive our enc
mics to get even with them
Conscience is a still. small vol, and
sometimes it also seems TO have an i'm
pediment in its speech.
Those who attain the height Of folly
are the ones most apt e. look down on
the rest of Us.
Some people are conversational spend
thrift. The less they have to say the
more they say il.
Mans hesitancy in sharing his good
luck IN only equaled by his willingness
TO whack up his misfortune
II is possible 70 get too much of
good thing Even the truth is some
times superiuous.
girl seldom marries her ideal Some
other fellow comes along with a lot of
money.
All things come to those who wait
especially poverty.
Modest, indeed, is the woman who
bushes for her own cheek.
Getting along in the world is merely
a matter Of getting down to work.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
Hour TO Make the Best
Cough Remedy at Home
A Family supply af Small Cost.
and Fully Guaranteed.

Make n plain syrup by mixing one
r,;nt III syranulated sugar and y pint of
ls.er,, water and stir for minutes.
p11t 215 ounces Of pure Pinex fifty
cpnts' worthl In pint bottle, and MI It
mn with the Sugar syrup. inns gives
r-a,, 4 family snnnlv Of the best cough
srr,.n al 4 saving of 81. IL never spoils.
ia6e teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.
The effectiveness Of tins Simple relneuY
IS surprising. liz seems = take hold al
most Instantly. and VIII UsuailA .l. Soi.-
uuer an ordinary. cough III - s 10y :
IL tones up the faded appetite, ana Is
lust laxative enough 70 oe helP Piul 49, ~
4 couph. and has pleasing taste-
Also excellent for oronenlaA tLV'lOle;
bronchial asthma, whooping cough anu
spasmodie Group.
This method of making cough remeaN
with Pinex and Sugar syrup tor
strained honevl is now used IN more
homes than any other cough syrup.
This sxplains why il is often imltated'
fhough never successfully. II YOU tfs
;f use only genuine Pinex, which Is :
most, valuable concentrated eonl1'os'n1 y
al NORWAY white pine extract, ana =
rich IN guaiacol and other naturai
healing pine elements. Other prepara-
lions viii not work in this combination.
a guaranty az absolute satisfactory q,
~ money promptly refnnded, goes VITA
ass preparation. Your druggist mas
pinsx. or win Get i ier Nou. = ~ Ia
send to The Pinex Co., T. wayne Inv
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
WHITE SERVANTS GOOD WORK
Dio Much Toward Building Up the
South in the Days Before the
Revolution.

Socially the white servant was an
important factor in helping to build up
a landed aristocracy in the south. be
cause he made possible the cultivation
OF extensive areas of land, declares a
writer in Harper's Magazine. But in
the course Of a few years he became
a free citizen and owner of a small
estate Thus was developed a yeoman
class, a much needed democratic ele-
ment in the southern colonies. while
at the same time settlers were secured
for the black lands, where they we're
needed TO protect the frontier Never
theless, they did not form a distinct
class after becoming freedmen. Some
were doubtless the progenitors of the
poor white trash" OF the south, but it
is likely that environment rather than
birth was the main factor in producing
this class While comparatively few
rose 10 prominence, yet there are some
notable examples to the contrary. Two
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. George Taylor and Mathew
Thornton; Charles Thompson. the sec
retary OF the continental congress. and
General Sullivan of revolutionary war
fame, had all been white servants. 1t
is certain also that many became sue
cessful planters, and perhaps the ma
jority respectable and desirable citi-
Zens
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
OH Against Steam.

Two new fuel ships. the Kanawha
and the Maumee, are now under con
struction for the United States navy.
The former win have two three-cylin-
der triple-expansion engines OF $500
horsepower each, and is being con
structed at a private yard. The lat
ter, however, viii 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 win be con
structed at the Mare Island navy yard,
the engines will be built at the Brook.
lyn navy yard from plans purchased
abroad. and win be shipped TO the
Pacific coast
The two ships viii afford an excel
lent opportunity for determining the
relative merits OF oil and steam en-.
glnes under like conditions Power
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-01-22
Saylnu Came True

The discovery that Scottish bank
notes have actually been forged with
in the walls of Peterhead convict
prison recalls an amusing incident.
Unlike the notes of the Bank of
England (Which are destroyed as soon
as they find their way back to the
bank), notes on Scottish banks are put
ia circulation again and again. The
result is that some Of these notes get
very dirty, the one-pound notes get
ting particularly grubby and worn
in the course of their travels.
An English barrister who was once
given a sheaf of these notes in pay
ment Of a large amount, regarded
them with horror for a few seconds,
holding them delicately between his
thumb and finger
Now he said, holding them at
arms length, now / understand the
meaning Of that saying about "filthy
lucer.'