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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
VARIETY OF RECIPES
ALL WORTH REMEMBERING By
CONSCIENTIOUS COOK.
Vegetable Soup as It Should Be Made
for the Best ResuIts-Potato That
viii Be Attractive to tho
Invalid.

Vegetable soup.-Take one large po-
tato or two small ones, one carrot and
one turnip of medium size, and one
small onion wash, pare and slice
them, and let them boil for one hour in
one quart of water, adding parsley or
any herb preferred for fiavoring, and
more water as it boils away, SO that
there will be quart when done.
Thicker with spoonful of flour or
cornstarch, dissolved in a little cold
water; or spoonful of rice or any
coarse cereal may be added when the
vegetables are half cooked. Strain Off
the liquid season to taste, and add q
few spoonfuls of sweet cream II a
dish a little more substantial is de-
sired, the vegetables may be rubbed
through the strainer also and mixed
with the liquid.
Bread Pana6a.-Toast slowly several
slices of stale light bread, until they
are a golden brown all through. Pile
them In a bowl sprinkling each one
with little sugar and pinch Of salt;
then cover with boiling water, close
tightly, set the bowl in pan OF boil
ing water and let simmer gently until
the bread is like jelly. Serve warm,
with sugar and cream and grating of
nutmeg.
Potato for an lnvaIid.-Where potato
Is allowed, select such as will boil up
dry and mealy. Peel them and boil un-
til we'll done, then mash very thor
oughly with a wire masher until per-
fectly free from Jumps. Add rather
more salt than usual and several
spoonfuls of thick. sweet cream; then
beat until perfectly smooth and light.
and serve at once Potato served in
this way is delicious and much more
easily digested by weak stomach
then when eaten with butter.
Fruit Toast-Fruit toasts are de-
'icious and appetizing and may be
made either with fresh or canned
fruit. Dip the slices of toast in the hot
Juice. removing them quickly to hot
dish, then thicken the juice slightly
with cornstarch, adding the pulp.
rubbed through a sieve or finely
chopped, and pour all over the toast.
Fruit Whip.-A nourishing way Of
serving fruit, either fresh or canned,
is to press 1t through sieve or wire
gravy strainer and then stir 1t into
whipped cream, regulating the amount
Of fruit as desired and sweetening to
taste.
Egg Souffie Toast.-Place a slice of
toast on a white enameled plate,
spread with fresh butter or very thick
sweet cream, heap on top the stiffly
whipped white of an egg, following
out the top to form nest. In this
place the yolk. Set in the oven to
cook the egg lightly
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
FINE ROADS ATTRACT TRADE
Pedestrians Go Around Bad Streets to
Reach Shops on Good Highways
Add to Realty Value.
CBy l.. X. COOPER.)

(By L. X. COOPER)
It would seem that in this late day
and age advocating good roads as good
for mankind generally and business
particularly would be unnecessary
Good roads mean good business.
Have you ever noticed that in towns
Immediately after a street has been
paved or resurfaced. pedestrians and
vehicles begin to multiply on those
roads?
It does not take long before every.
body, it seems, knows of the newly
paved streets and many go out OF the
way to travel them. Last summer the
pavement on a street near my home
was torn up for repatching. The con.
tractors were SO long in even attempt.
ing to get started on the work that
merchants along the street started
suit against the city for business they
knew they had lost because the street
was impossible.
II good streets-and street IS only
another name for road-mean so much
to the city business man, it is to be
supposed they are just as valuable an
asset to the business man or the farm
er located on the highways of the
country. Good roads, in the first
place are benefit to every individual
in this big land Of ours. If all roads
are good, the people residing IN their
immediate locality find it easier to get
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
BUILDINGS FOR LIVE STOCK
Proper Ventilation Is often Neglected
and Animals Suffer in Consequences
Let in Sunlight.

Stock barns should be thoroughly
ventilated, whether for hogs, cattle,
horses or sheep 1t is just as detri.
mental to an animal to breathe i'm.
pure air as it is for human being.
A system of ventilation is ineXpen-
sive and its results are remarkable.
The buildings should be kept clean
and disinfected often enough to insure
destruction Of poisonous germs.
Floors in hog pens. cattle barns, etc,
should not be made of boards, for
such floors are full of cracks and
knot holes, which, with the space un.
derneath them, afford favorable
place for the accumulation of fetid
matter.
If hogs have cholera in a board
floor pen, and the floor and the &C.
emulation is not taken out and the
building thoroughly disinfected, hogs
placed in the same pen years after
ward are liable to contract the dis.
ease from latent germs in the filth.
Sunshine being the best disinfectant,
movable hog houses and pens are al
ways best.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Economical Cake.

The most surprising of cakes can
be produced without eggs or butter.
To a teaspoonful of bicarbonate Of
soda dissolved in a teaspoonful Of
warm water add cupful of sour milk,
three-quarters of cupful of brown
sugar and a half a cupful of treacle.
See that the sugar is we'll dissolved,
and then add two cupfuls of brown
-four, a good pinch of ginger and a
teaspoonful of cinnamon. Beat to
smoothness, and pour in while stir
ring a quarter of a pound of Toured
raisins-less can be used. Bake in a
slow oven for a good hour. This cake
is economical, and will keep a long
time, but it is better not to cut it
for a day or two.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
TREATMENT FOR FIRE-BLIGHT
Only Process Recommended by Plant
Psychologists Is to Cut 1t Out
Paint Surface Of Mound.

There is nothing that can be done to
cure or remedy the pear or fire-bight
after it has once started. The only
process recommended by plant pathol-
ogists is to cut it out, and thus stop
it's ravages. The cut should be made
at least foot below the blighted area,
in order to be sure to cut below all dis.
eased tissue.
Paint the surface of the wound with
lime-sulphur or formalin solution One.
quarter of pint of formalin solution
to five gallons of water makes good
sterilizing solution to be used at any
place where disease germs Of plants,
trees or bushes are to be killed.
Where the blight has reached the
bark of the larger branches or trunk,
it should be neatly trimmed away
with a knife, then sterilized and paint.
ed with ordinary paint. Dip knives
and pruning implements into a steri-
izing solution occasionally.
Burn the twigs and cuttings from
blighted trees as soon as they are
removed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
ORCHARD SITES NEAR WATER
Tendency Is for BIossomine of Peach
Trees to Be Delayed Until Dan.
ger of Frost Is Past.

When an orchard occupies site
chat is adjacent to a large body OF
water, the Importance of a relatively
high elevation largely disappears To
be factor in the matter, however
body of water must be of sufficient
size and depth to have an appreciable
influence on the local climate Be-
cause the water warns up in the
spring more slowly than the atmos-
phere it acts in effect as refrigera-
tor, making the temperature in its
immediate vicinity colder than it is at
points somewhat distant from it. For
this reason vegetation within the zone
of this influence advances more slow
ly in the spring than it does outside of
that zone. The tendency is for the
blossoming of peach trees situated
within the zone to be delayed until
after the season of spring frosts is
past.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09

IS to 40 pounds and shear 5 to
pounds of wool. About 1870 or $40 or
them can be put in all ordinary stock
car.
The beginner should buy ewes with
solid" mouths and good udders. Ex-
perienced sheepmen frequently sue
coed with ewes with loose and broken
teeth, but for the novice 1t is not ad
visable to try the extremely old swes,
Western ewes will raise good spring
lambs when mated with rams Of good
mutton type. A vigorous, strong year.
ling ram should serve 35 to 40 ewes.
A list of Missouri breeders who have
rams for sale can be secured from the
department of animal husbandry, Uni
yersity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Manhattan PUDDING.

Mix together the juice Of three or
anges, a lemon and half cupful of
sugar; let stand several hours. Whip
a cupful Of heavy cream, add a half
cupful OF powdered sugar and a cup
full of chopped nuts or candied fruit.
Rub a mold sparingly with olive oil,
pour in the fruit juices, spread with
the whipped cream mixture and cover
with paraffin paper, put on the lid and
bury in ice and salt for three hours.
Serve garnished with sections of or
ange which have stood over night In
a thick strip of sugar and water.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Fun In the Class.

The late Professor Key, when head.
master of a large London school, was
one of the most genial gentlemen that
ever filled that position. He was fond
of encouraging fun in his boys, and
was not averse to recounting occa-
sionally during class time, when any
thing prompted it, the manners and
customs of countries he had visited.
On one occasion he was telling his
class about Spain, and said:
"Do you know boys, that when a
man attains to eminence there he Is
not called SIR but is given the title
of DOM
One of the boys here called out:
"Then, I suppose, sir, they would
call you Donkey"
The gravity of the class was COM
pletely upset for the remainder of the
afternoon.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
PRUME IN DORMANT SEASON
Removal Of Dead Branches Cannot A.
feet Vitality Of Tree, No Matter
When Work Is Done,

(By W. ], GREEN, Ohio Experiment
Station)
In practice summer pruning on a
considerable scale is not advisable. 1t
Is difficult to see, when the leaves are
on, just which branches should be re-
moved, except in the case of dead
branches. One must be on his guard,
also, to avoid peeling Of the bark when
it peels readily. Pruning is less expe-
ditiously done in summer than when
the trees are dormant,
There are occasions, however, when
one desires to complete work of prun.
ing begun early in the season. There
need be no fear Of injuring the trees
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Burn All Rubbish.

All dead growth or portions of trees
or bushes cut away in pruning should
be piled up and burned. 1t is a very
poor policy for any orchardist to sane
ton and maintain brush pile. 1t in.
vites and harbors countless insect
pests during the winter and is of de
cided injury to the orchardist. 1t may
also be a shelter for mice, rabbits and
other enemies of tender young trees
and growth
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
OBSERVED THE USUAL OMENS
French Astronomer Claims the Stars,
as Always, ForetoId Coming
of War in Europe.

In a recent number of L'Astronomie
Camille Flammarion publishes an in
genious memoir, illustrated with
quaint woodcuts from sixteenth GEN.
tury work on prodigies, in which he
shows that all the celestial and terres-
trial omens of war in which our fore
fathers so firmly believed duly ush-
cred in the great conflict now raging
in Europe. These include % the
total solar eclipse of August Fl, 1914,
visible in Europe and Asia; GU Della
vans naked-eye comet, known as the
war comet" discovered at the close
of 1918 and destined to remain visible
for the next five years (from which
the superstitious might augur seven
years Of war;; 90 the transit of MSr-
curry on November 7, 1914; (4) the fall
of a 35-pound meteorite in England
last October; 60 the great Italian
earthquake of January 10, 1915; 60 a
"tricolored" star, of which M. Flam-
marion promises to furnish particu-
lars later, only remarking for the
present that 1t was an optical effect
much exaggerated by the popular
Imagination; and lastly all sorts OF
remarkable weather, including win
try day in June of last year, with a
minimum temperature of Al degrees
in Paris. 1t would be too bad, adds
the Scientific American, to refute this
accumulated evidence of the futility
of modern science by seeking for pre-.
vious periods Of year or so in which
similar omens were manifested and
no war followed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
OYSTER Pate.

One pint oysters, one tablespoonful
each butter and -four, one cupful
cream, cayenne, grated nutmeg yolk
Of one egg. chopped parsley. Line a
shallow baking dish with rich crust.
Make sauce of butter, flour, cream,
sauce, and when heated through whip
In the well-beaten egg yolk. At once
pour into the pastry crust previously
baked) and heat in oven about eight
minutes. The crust can be nodded
over inverted muffin cups or made in
the regular baking dish lined with
paste, and even covered with second
crust is most attractive.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Apple Pudding.

Pare and core one-half dozen not
very tart apples Butter granite
saucepan and set in apples with very
little water. Add one cupful of sugar,
:wo tablespoonfuls of brandy and a
lash of nutmeg Put over slow fire,
cover and let simmer without cooking
hard till apples are tender Take up
when done, being careful not to break
them, and set away to cool, pouring
over them the strip in which they
we're cooked. When quite cold and
ready to serve put in glass dish,
sprinkle them over with fine macaroon
crumbs and send to table.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
important Duty to People.

Tie making of good roads is one
of the most important duties Of the
people and their prompt repair and
careful maintenance Is essential
There is probably no subject in which
the progressive farmer is more deep
ly interested than that OF having
roads connecting him with his mar
kets over which he must be able to
haul the greatest possible load. Good
roads, like all other good things, are
too expensive to build and OF too
much value to be neglected.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
PROFITS IN BREEDING EWES
Beginner Should Select Animals win
"Solid" Mouths and Good I'd
ders-Avoid the Old Ones.

DIV PROF. HOWARD HACkEDORN,
Missouri College of Agricultural
More profits have been made from
breeding ewes than from most other
classes of live stock, in the last rev
years. The present scarcity and high
price of cattle and feeder lambs make
them more doubtful sources OF proht
at this time.
Practically all breeding ewes on the
market now are western ewes. Among
this class. ewes of Merino blood pre-
dominate. These ewes will weigh from
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09

Vetch and red clover are legumes
and take large part of their nitro.
gen from the air, and when they decay
give 1t to the soil Rye has the power
Of breaking up and absorbing a large
quantity of potash. They are all lack
ing in phosphorus, which is easily and
cheaply supplied by 200 pounds of acid
phosphate or fine bone meal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
A Maeatam Road on the Prairie.

from place to place The person max
ing a loLg cross-country tour finds
the journey the joy he counted on and
not a trial, as it certainly is where
travelling is bad. In the second place,
good roa Is increase the value of prop
erty-so real estate is benefited.
And 81 could go on down the list
the hotel man, the butcher, the
baker, sll are benefited, either directly
or indirectly. by good roads; and by
good roads | mean roads that permit
of foot or vehicular traffic during all
seasons of the year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
HANDY FRUIT-PICKING BAGS
Designed for Handling Lemons, Or.
anges, Apples, ETC., With Mini
mum Amount of Bruising.

Many Florida fruit growers are U.s.
Ing a new patent fruitpicking bag de-
signed for handling oranges, lemons,
apples, etc, with a minimum of bruis.
ing. The bag is made of tough canvas
on an iron frame and holds enough
fruit to fill one-half of regulation
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09

Break tho LIMBS.
by taking off a moderate number OF
branches when the leaves are on, in
spite of the fact that the removal Of
leaves debilitates tree. II done early
in the summer the injury is less than
after the summer growth Is nearly
completed.
The removal of dead branches can
not affect the vitality Of the tree, no
matter when done. Nor can there be
any serious effect if here and there
branches, which are too close, or
which cross, are removed. The thin.
ming out of small, twiggy branches for
the purpose of thinning the fruit Is
not harmful process in early sum
mer. The drain on the tree Is less
than it would be to bear an abnormal
ly heavy crop of fruit. There are
great many trees which might be re-
lieved of surplus Of fruit during May
and early June to good advantage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Fruit-Picking Bag Bags Contents
Just Fill Regulation Fruit Box.

orange field picking box. A carrier
strap about the picker's shoulders
holds the bag at his side with the open
top conveniently near his hands. The
open bottom Of the bag is wedge
shaped and is closed by rope and
snap which catches it up against the
outside of the bag.-Popular Mechan'
Loo
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Scrambled Eaos With Asparagus Tops.

oCrdnVUTeu Eggs WIFI NsPdTd8uS 'oPS'
Melt three ounces of butter In
saucepan. break into it six fresh eggs;
season with a pinch of salt, halt a
pinch OF pepper and third of pinch
OF grated nutmeg. Mix thoroughly
without stopping for three minutes,
using a spatula and having the pan
on a very hot stove. Add quarter
OF bunch OF freshly boiled asparagus
tons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Apple Float.

When making apple float, try bak.
ing the apples instead OF stewing them.
he pulp is removed from the skins
and mixed with the whites OF the egg,
which makes the float much lighter
than the old way.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
BEST ORCHARD COVER CROPS
Largely Of Same Composition as Farm.
yard Manure-lnteresting Com.
parison Is Given.

Cultivation Is the cheapest and most
valuable fertilizer at the disposal OF
the grower. The best cover crops are
largely Of the same composition as
farmyard manure, and with the excep.
ton OF being unable to seed the soil
with germs of decay, may take their
place in every particular. A compare
son OF the three most popular cover
crops with manure is shown herewith:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Prune Infested Trees.

Blight has been very bad in some
sections this summer. Better cut out
badly infested trees and trim out in
fected parts of others. Disinfect all
pruning tools frequently with corrosive
sublimate and water in the proportion
of l to 1000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Value of Younn Brood Mare.

One good, sound young mare, bought
from some reliable farmer or breeder,
is worth more for breeding purposes
than half a dozen so-called bargains"
pick cd up in the city.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Hons Bred for Pork,

Where hogs are bred for pork, it ia
wise to breed two litters year. In
breeding sows for their progeny to
keep up and increase the herd, breed
once year,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-12-09
Fertilizer Value of Milk

The fertilizer va ne of milk comes
back in the skimm ed milk and II this
is fed to hogs it stays right on the
farm.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-05
HEALTH TALKS
HEALTHoGRAMs.
(I,y DR.. r.. R. Danlrls.)

Health Is economy. sickness is ex
tTavagance.
Civilized man Is the only animal
that dses'nt quilt eating when sick.
That morning dark brown taste
should mean no breakfast. 1t is one
way the stomach has of asking for a
rest, and you should pay for your
previous ind!scretlon by giving 1t
what 1t asks.
1t is as difficult for man who has
a bad digestion to be an optimist as
IL Is for man who has good diges-
ton TO be pesslmist.
Recipe for taking cold: Put ON
heavy wooden underwear, eat three
hearty meals day, avoid fresh air
and dfaugh,s. sleep Ia closed room
at night, and let the skin take care
OF itself
Thorough mastication is one of the
greatest aids to regularity. Chewing
causes large amount Of all OF the
digestive fluids, which are laxative, to
be poured out into the food canal
Furthermore the saliva contains a
chemical that IL laxative.
Lemons, when used carefully, are
decidedly beneficial. Incidentally,
they are better for fat people than for
those who are thin. People who are
extremely nervous should take little
or no acids into the system. There
is no better treatment to ''stir up the
liver" than the juice Of whole
lemon in a glass OF hot water ON rls
ing, for about three mornings.
Physical health and moral health
are closely related. Those things that
undermine physical health frequently
destroy moral health as WELL On the
other hand, the measures that Danish
disease and build up the body will
also strengthen the Will and develop
strong moral resistance. Physical
training Is the fundamental part OF
moral training. Those who give their
appetites full sway at the table are
quite likely to be governed in all
things by their passions aud desires;
overeating weakeus the will power
and reduces the moral stamina.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-05

When cold hangs on as often
happens, or when you have hardly
gotten over one cold before you con-
tract another, lookout for you are
liable TO contract some very serious
disease. This succession OF colds
weakens the system aud lowers the
vitality 50 that You are much more
liable 70 contract chronic catarrh,
pneumonia or consumption. Cure
your cold while you can. Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy has a great
reputation. IL is relied upon by
thousands OF people aud never dIsap-
points them. Try 1t. 1t only costs a
quarter. Obtainable everywhere.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-05

''My son Edwin is subject to Group,
writes Mrs. E. o Irwin, New Ken
sington, Pa. II put in many sleep
less hours at night before 1 learned of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mothers need no, fear this disease II
they keep a bottle OF Chamberlaln's
Cough Remedy in the house and use
IL as directed. 1t always gave my boy
relief" Obtainable everywhere.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-05
"NEyER MIND,

Southern Aerlculturlst: Never
mind" is good word to keep In your
thoughts. Never mind trouble, OF
loss, or sorrow; never mind sights. or
slurs, or ISLANDERS; never mind the
things that hurt. even though the
hurt seems unto death. And never
mind about rewards, either, or
praises, or honors; never mind the
glamour OF glory or the gold OF gain.
Just 90 on with your work faithfully,
unmoved by all these things, and the
first you know you will begin to catch
glmpses Of those wider possibilities
that make high heaven of the lowly
earth.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-05
EAT TO BE WELL.

Read The Hygienist Magazine and
learn how many OF our common dis
eases are caused by our food, and how
to eat To cure these diseases. The
Hygienist Magazine is edited by DR..
r. r. Daniels, contributor to this
paper. Get copy of the magazine
at your news dealers or send ten
cents to The Hygienist Publishing
CO., Majestic bldg, Denver, Colo.