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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-23

HA2A. doing business az the West
rrn Trading company. dealer in gem
crat merchandiS" and dry goods at 81
Union square. with a branch at 100
South Tutaw street, baltimore, has made
an assignment to Marcus Hslfand, At
Mr. Helfand's ofncc Frank Drucker said
the assets consisted % stock here $500,
stock ut Baltimore % 900 and accounts
$4,000. CIV marshal Is in pos
session Of she stock In New York. Mr.,
liiza began business In this city In
January last.
UIRSrHHORN. GOLDSTEIN 4 CO-Is-
rael Hlrschhorn, Herman Hirschhorn and
Meyer GoldSt"in. composing the frm Of
Hirsrhhorn. Gnldstein A. Co, manufac-
turciS Of hraids At G West Eighteenth
street. have made an assignment to Max
iaiorhHum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-23

Exports Yesterday were 1888 bales. Tot.
thus far this season, 1883. o69 bales. Tot
las season, Il2i.3t6 bales.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
IN PRAISE OF THE L0AFER
Master Of Inactivity Usually Invites
Confidence and the Friendship OF
His. Fellows.

As a profession, Of course, loafing
is not to be thought OF, for the loaf,
er then becomes an object Of con.
tempt and there Is something wrong
with the man who courts contempt.
But loafing as an avocation Is an
other thing; and the successful loafer
in that sense is a person of parts,
source Of wonder and an example for
beginners. Loafing should not be coli
fused with apathetic inactivity. Your
true loafer is honest with himself and
the world. loafing deliberately and
openly, never apologizing for his aver
sion to labor; and his thoughts never
descend below devising new schemes
for pleasant loafing. The loafer who
merely sits inert is loiterer and will
bear watching, but the loafer who is
alive to what is going on about him
and takes healthy interest In life
and affairs seldom arouses distrust
or suspicion.
On the contrary, he usually invites
confidence and the friendship OF those
less abundantly gifted. The social
qualities are his particular hobby. He
applies himself to the business OF be-
ing useful to those who do not nat
urally claim attention; he cultivates
q pleasant view of life which makes
his smile sincere and his handclasp
cheering.
Above all, he never exceeds the linn
itations Of his natural endowments.
II he is not possessed of an inherent
nimbleness Of wit he contents him.
self with making the most of his
heavy wit. Affectation he dislikes,
but he is never guilty, except by ex'
ample, of condemning 1t In others.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
NOT A FRUIT THIEF
It Is Also Denied That BIuebird
Preys Upon Crop.
IS A HARBINGER OF SPRING
In Selection Of Food Bird 10 Governed
More by Abundance Than by Choice
insects Form Important
Part Of Its Diet.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Although the bluebird freQuents our
orchards and gardens and builds It's
nests in cavities Of trees, there seems
to be no evidence that 1t Is fruit
thief. Neither does the bird seem to
prey upon crops.
The eastern bluebird, one Of the
most familiar and welcome Of our
feathered visitors. is a common inhab'
itant of all the states east OF the
Rocky Mountains from the Gulf OF
Mexico to southern Canada. In the
Mississippi valley 1t winters as far
north as southern Illinois, and in the
East as far as Pennsylvania. 1t is one
of the earliest northern migrants, and
everywhere Is hailed as harbinger OF
spring.
1t is evident that in the selection
Of its food the bluebird is governed
more by abundance than by choice
Predaceous beetles are eaten IN
spring, as they are among the first In
sects to appear; but in early summer
caterpillars form an important part
Of the diet, and these are later replaced
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
CHOLERA IS GERM DISEASE
Domestic Animals, Such as Dogs and
Cats, and Also Birds Are Ere.
quent Carriers Of Infection.

Hog cholera generally is recognized
as a very contagious, infectious, germ
disease. 1t is caused by an organism
described as small enough to pass
through any kind of filter and still re-
tain it's disease producing power.
No one has been able to identify the
germ which is the specific cause of
the disease. 1t is contained in the
blood Of sick animals, and is given off
In the urine; thus communicating the
yards and pens in which such animals
are kept. 1t may be carried by
streams, on the shoes of persons who
ener the yards or pens, or by horses
or cattle from one farm to another.
Dogs, cats, rabbits and birds also
are frequent carriers of the infection.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
CELERY FOR SMALL GARDENS
As Rule It Is Only Moderately Profit
able Crop-One Of Most Dell.
cious of Vegetables.
(By L. NJ. BENNINGTON.)

Celery is a fairly good market crop,
but there are many other crops that
pay better. In the famous Kalamazoo
district in Michigan, where the crop
is grown exclusively on hundreds OF
acres by experts, it is stated that the
average profit after rental of land.
growing and marketing expenses are
paid does not exceed 500 per acre. o.
casionally we hear of phenomenal
crop, but as a rule celery is only mod
erately profitable.
1t is fine crop for every farmer to
grow because it is one Of the most de-
licious vegetables produced. 1t is not
difficult to grow celery. 1t requires ex'
ceedingly rich land, some commercial
fertilizer and great care in cultivation
and bleaching.
In the Kalamazoo district, where
very fine celery is grown, the soil>is a
very black, rich, spongy sort OF loan,
but good celery Is grown on sandy land
and on clay loan.
The ground must, however, be put
into thorough cultivation and very
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30

had to guard each part of the manu-
facture with scrupulous care. The
final process, the carbonizing, was in
the hands of three men, who received
large wages and could be trusted.
But the sense of constant espionage
was the hardest thing that Clay had to
face.
Il don't know what should do with
out you, Miss Marston," he said to the
girl. "You have helped me wonder
fully. And it means a great deal to
me to feel that If were incapaci-
tated I could leave affairs in your
hands"
John Clay was young man. He
was barely thirty, and he knew that
upon this venture hung all the future.
He saw himself a rich man if he
could weather the storms of the COM
ing year. The trouble was that Mac
Intyre was not without influence in
the banking world, and more than
once he suspected the mans hand in
preventing loan just when negotia-
. lions appeared upon the point of sue
cess.
For three or four months longer this
state of affairs continued. Sometimes
way out of the increasing difficult
ties appeared; then the gap closed.
Clay and Miss Marston became more
intimate. She had introduced him to
her mother, with whom she lived, in
a modest apartment uptown. Clay
learned that the girls father had been
a wealthy man, but had died in pow
erty after bankruptcy. He wondered
how she could obtain the means to
support her mother on the limited sal
airy that he could afford to pay.
He began to feel, too, that once the
storm was weathered, he would be JUS
titled in asking her to become his
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30

vention would be utilized in the
worlds greatest war.
On the Indianola Doughty ran the
batteries at Vicksburg, and his vessel
was sunk in the fight near Grand Gulf
and he was captured. After his ex.
change he was assigned to the Usage,
which was blockading the mouth OF
the Red river.
While on this duty he took twenty
men and captured two large Confed-
crate transports, for which he was
complimented by Admiral Porter. He
distinguished himself In the Red Riv.
err expedition, and subsequently at
Mobile. He died In st. Louis in 1896.
Scientific American.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30

Bread Crumb Pancakes.-Mix to-
gether two we'll beaten eggs, one'nalt
tablespoonful of melted butter one.
quarter of a cupful of flour, one pint
of sour milk, one cupful OF bread
crumbs. one-half teaspoonful OF saltr
and the same Of soda.
Kings Pudding.-Take two cup'uls
of bread crumbs, soaked in hall cup
full of water half hour, squeeze dry
and add a half cupful of suet, one'halt
cupful of molasses, one egg, one curtul
Of milk, one teaspoonful of cinnam on
salt and half a teaspoonful of soda,
cupful of raisins and half teaspoon.
ful of cloves. If after mixing 1t seems
too thin add small amount or nour.
Steam three hours and serve with q
hard sauce.
When you have peach or two LETT
from a can and cupful of the juice
use them for a pudding sauce. Ruo
the peaches through sieve, add TO
the Juice with bit Of lemon juice ana
a tablespoonful each of butter and
flour that have been cooked together.
Serve this sauce hot on steamed
sponge cake, cut in squares. These
are leftovers, but the fact nced never
be mentioned and will never occur 10
the one who is enjoying the dish.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
FIRST THOUGHT OF PERIsC0PE
Thomas Doughty OF United states
Navy Made Use Of 1t on Red
River Expedition.

It Is stated by some writer's that
the periscope, the eye Of the subma'
rine was invented by the French. The
first device Of this kind to be used In
naval warfare was invented by Thorn
O. Doughty. in 1864. He was at that
time acting chief engineer In the
United States navy. /:>sF
During Banks Red River expedition
Doughty was on the turreted monitor
Usage. The gunboats were annoyed
BY bushwhackers and Confederate cav.
airy picking of their men. H. .
Doughty rugged up sheet iron tube
extending from a few feet above the
deck to the engine room below. with
openings near the top and bottom.
and by arrangement OF mirrors he
could see on shore. s9s Is s8s
When attacked, he would signal the
gunners to turn loose. and the enemy
soon learned TO give the osage = wide
shsrth. He little realixed that biz IN
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
He Got the Apples.

"Once upon a time,' began the
teacher, two little brothers started to
Sunday school on Sunday morning.
Their way led past fine orchard,
where the trees we're bending down
with ripe, luscious apples. One Of the
brothers proposed going into the or
chard and getting some fruit, but the
other refused and sped away, leaving
his companion greedily devouring the
apples.
"Now, it happened that the owner Of
the orchard saw them, and the next
day rewarded the good boy who re-
fused to steal his apples by giving
him a shilling. He got prize for
his honesty, and what do you suppose
the other boy got for his dishonesty"
HE got the apples!" yelled every
member Of the class.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30

water to cover Zone pint), simmer Is
minutes, rub through sieve, heat,
add two tablespoonful each of butter
and flour rubbed together, add two cup
fuls of milk and half cupful Of
cream, whipped, and seasoning to
taste. A yolk of egg beaten and added
to the cream adds both to the taste
and nutrition Of the soup.
Partisan Potatoes.-Wash, pare and
soak in cold water half hour eight
potatoes. Boil in sailed water Is min
utes. Drain and place in deep pan,
basting three times with third Of
cupful of melted butter. Serve with
broiled steak.
Soak bread crumbs in the milk half
an hour, add soda, salt, and melted
butter, -four and beaten eggs. Fry on
a hot creased griddle. Serve imme-
diately with hot maple strip, or butter
and sugar.
Braised Liver With String Beans
Wash Calls liver and lard with fat
bacon. Roll in -four, season with salt,
pepper and celery salt. Cook liver in,
a hot pan with little hot fat, tried out
of bacon Turn until the surface is
we'll scared, then add five slices OF
carrot, one-half an onion two sprigs OF
parsley, bit of bay leaf, one Glove
twelve pepper corns and two cupfuls
of brown stock or water. Cover close
ly and bake in a moderate oven two
and a half hours, basting five times
during the cooking. Remove the liver,
strain the stock and reduce by slow
cooking. Add two tablespoonful OF
orange juice, pour over liver. Serve
surrounded with seasoned, hot string
beans.
Celery and Cheese salad.-Mix half
cupful Of very finely chopped celery
with one of cream cheese. moisten
with thick cream, season with salt and
paprika and form into balls. Arrange
on lettuce leaves and garnish with rad
ishes cut in tulips.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30


cept putting together. A dessert is
often better to serve if made the day
before, especially gelatin desserts.
Veal With Sour cream.-Take a
loin OF veal for roasting and lard with
strips Of fat salt pork, lay some in the
pan before putting in the meat. Brown
in hot oven or scar over In a hot
pan on top of the stove, dredge with
flour and season and haste freely with
sour cream the first half hour, then
cook slowly. The -four will thicken
the gravy sufficiently and it may be
served either poured around the roast
or in saucebQat.
Cherry and Grapefruit saIad.-Cut
the chilled fruit in halves. Take out
the pulp with a spoon and dress with
French dressing. The juice of the
grapefruit may be used in the place
of French dressing. Serve on lettuce
leaves or return to the skin from
which the pulp was removed. Take
half cupful of canned cherries or
maraschino cherries and add to the
grapefruit.
Italian Potatoes.-Cut potatoes in
cubes and cook in boiling, sailed wa
ter. Drain and arrange in layers with
a rich white sauce and a generous
sprinkling of cheese. Bake until the
buttered crumbs over the top are
brown.
Grape.Nuts Puddlng.-One cupful
of grape-nuts, one quart of milk, two
eggs beaten until light, half cupful
OF sugar and half cupful of raisins.
Bake slowly in moderate oven. Serve
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30


these-a meal with bread and butter.
A PURGE Of beans or peas is another
satisfying soup.
Asparagus soup.-Take bundle Of
asparagus, cut off the heads and put
them aside for a more delicate dish
or to be used as garnish for the
soup. Cover the shoots, after cutting
in small pieces, with quart of water;
boil up and drain off the water, throw
ing this away. Cover with boiling
sailed water and cook until the as
paragus Is tender. Rub through a col
ander, add this to the liquor in which
1t was cooked and with pint Of milk
put on to heat. Cook together two
Tablespoonful of flour and butter, add
to the heated soup and cook for five
minutes. Serve very hot with crou-
TONS
When you have boiled cabbage for
dinner, save the water in which 1t
was cooked for
Celery soup.-Put two tablespoon
fuls of butter in a saucepan, and when
bubbling hot add a slice of onion;
cook until brown, then add the cab
bage water IA pint) and four good
sized carrots, put through the meat
grinder (fine). Stew gently for an
hour in a tightly covered kettle, then
add two tablespoonfuls Of butter; put
the PURGE through a sieve, reheat,
season with a dash Of lemon Juice
and salt, and serve piping hot.
Cream Of Celery soup.-This, per-
haps is the soup which is the best
liked of all the cream soups. Take
three punches Of celery, wash and
cut into small pieces and cook slowly
for half an hour; press through a COL
ander, using as much of the celery as
can be pushed through. Put this into
a double boiler with quart of milk.
Cook together three tablespoonfuls
each of butter and flour and add to
the PURGE. Cook until smooth; add
seasoning of salt and dash of paplika.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30

heavily MANFRED; in fact, it ought to
be we'll fortified for at least two years
abefore being planted to celery.
To prepare the ground for celery,
rows should be made about four feet
apart, and a light application of we'll
rotted stable manure and nitrate of
potash placed in the burrows.
The plants taken from the seed bed
should be set about eight inches apart
in the row and great care should be OBJ
served in placing the roots in their
natural position without crushing and
doubling them up The soil then must
be drawn firmly about the plants and
all weeds must be kept down.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
OZONE JAG IS THE LATEST
BracIng Air Of the Mountains Is Now
Carried Into Stuffy OFFICES
and Factories.

An ozone jag! One of the newest
things. assure you, and right on the
heels Of the departing jag that came
by way of morning bracer o. an eve
ming cocktail.
The ozone jag Is meant to carry the
air of a mountain top to your stuHy
office or your still stuffier factory and
workroom. Instead of having to sneak
out when nobody is watching, to get
your accustomed eye-opener over the
bar. this ozone stimulant is handed
around gratis by the boss himself
Wherever introduced, everybody,
from the Office boy and typewriter to
the head of the establishment, IN
dulges in this new air beverage, which
is warranted to make the palest cheek
glow like Gloucester flsherman's and
create an appetite that will carry dis
tress to the heart of the stoutest
clearinghouse mistress.
The ozone Is turned loose where all
NAV breathe it. What Is the actual
effect?" I inquired of a Philadelphia
manufacturer who has really wit
messed the results of wholesale ozone
jags. Makes all hands work faster
and yet grow fat" was the reply.
The latter result will make 1t un.
popular in spots, but ought to encour-
age it's sale to persons of the Connie
Mack type. Factories in this town are
really trying this plan to introduce
more ozone by artificial means. Ply
sicians tell me that even In large
quantities it will do no harm, but will
make the blood tingle as If mild al
coholic stimulant had been admins
tered.-Philadelph Ledger.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
|EEP|NG A SECRET
BY FRANK FILSON.
copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)


Copyright 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
III we can hold out another twelve
Month, We win, Miss Marston," said
John Clay, turning to his stenogra
bher. "You see. reports from all our
travelling men tell US that the su.
periority of the Clay filament has been
thoroughly demonstrated. The ques.
zion is, can we manipulate our cap.
ltal to keep on manufacturing, with
Rea & Co. threatening to sue for
their bill, and the other creditors
pressing us?"
Miss Marston was silent. There was
70 flush on her face as she bent over
Eher notebook.
She had come to John Clay ten
months before. with the highest rec
concentrations. Tactfut quick, we'll
educated, and with a personality that
commanded recognition, she had made
herself indispensable to her en-
ployer.
The Clay company and Philip Mac
klntyre & Co. were rivals in the manu-
facture Of the new filament, an i'm
provement upon a patent recently
taken out by a bankrupt concern. Ow-
ing to technicalities the improvement
could not be patented. Clay and Mac
lntyre had each put a product upon
the market. and it was fight to the
death between them.
John Clay knew that his invention
was superior to his rivals. But they
had money, and he was at his wits
ends for it. If he could hold out he
would win. But his creditors were
pushing him hard.
At the worst he would have to sell
out to MacIntyre, accept the few thou
sands that they would offer him, and
90 into retirement, The thought of
defeat WIS bitter to him. He was
straining' every nerve. And, what
harassed him in addition to his bust
ness troubles was the knowledge that
Mac1ntyre was logging him with
spies. Only the week before he had
to dismiss his trusted foreman just
when the man was upon the point of
discovering the secret process. Clay
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
Deep Snow In Scotland,

Snow fell last winter to depth Of
over three feet in the upland districts
of Athol and Strathtay, and on several
safeguarding holdings it was impos-
sible to gather the sheep herds. In
one case shepherds dog successfully
located a sheep which got enveloped
in a large wreath. The dog scraped
away the snow, disclosing the pres
ence of the sheep, which was none the
worse for it's confinement. For some
time hand feeding of hill herds and
high-lying grazing stocks had to be re-
sorted to. While hay is fairly plenti-
full this season the stock of roots
available Is somewhat small.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
Insect Pests and Diseases,

To know the habits of the common
insect pests and diseases and some
useful remedies or preventives is nee.
essary for the gardener if he would
have maximum crops. Radishes, tur-
nips and onions are damaged good
deal with small white maggots that
are difficult for the commercial man
to hit, but are easier for the small
gardener. Powdered tobacco at the
time when the seedlings are beginning
to show through the ground Is recon-
mended, also kerosene one pint and
sand three gallons, applying a small
handful along the rows early in the
season.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30
DraftIess Huts.

A new type of hut for soldiers
which, it is claimed, will allow of
saving of at least Is per cent on
present expenditure, was exhibited re-
Gently at the College of Ambulance.
London.
The hut Is pyramidical in shape and
designed to secure maximum of
fresh air with an absence of drafts
no matter what the direction of the
wind.
Seventeen huts of this type, known
as the Pritchard principle, will &C.
commodate, its inventors claim. a bat
TALON In greater comfort than they
are now securing in "a huts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-04-30


by grasshoppers. Beetles are eaten at
all times, except when grasshoppers
are more easily obtained.
So far as it's vegetable food is con-
cerned, the bluebird is positively harm
less. The only trace Of any useful
product in the stomachs consisted OF
few blackberry seeds, and even these
probably belonged to wild rather than
cultivated varieties. Following Is
list of the various seeds which were
found: Blackberry, choke berry, juni-
per berry. partridge berry. greenbrier.
Virginia creeper, bittersweet, holly,
strawberry bush, false spikenard, wild
sarsabarilla, sumac (several species)
rose haws, sorrel, ragweed, grass and
/ asparagus This list shows how little
the bird depends upon the farm or gar
den to supply it's needs and how cas-
lily, by encouraging the growth of
some of these plants, many of which
are highly ornamental, the bird may
be induced to make his home on the
premises.
Two species of bluebirds inhabit the
western states-the mountain bluebird
and the western bluebird. In their food
habits they are even more to be COM
mended than their eastern relatives.
Their insect food is obtainable at all
times of the year, and the general diet
varies only in the fall, when some
fruit, principally elderberries, is eat
en-, though an occasional blackberry
or grape is also relished. Grasshop-
pers, when they can be obtained, are
eaten freely during the whole season.
Beetles are eaten and comprise most
ly harmful species.
The new Farmers Bulletin mo. 630)
Of the United States department of
agriculture describes this and other
American birds useful to the farmer.
it may be had by dropping post card
to the Editor Division of Publications,
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C.