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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Visitors to New York Library.

The announcement that the average number of readers in New York's public library is almost double the number of those who use the British library in London or the Bibliotheque Rationale in Paris should not be taken as an indication that the Eng lishmen and the Frenchmen neglect their reading. For one thing, the New York library is open for longer hours daily than either of the others. A visitor here from Paris recently was surprised to find artificial lights in the big building at Fifth avenue and For ty-second street. The Biblotheque Rationale Is not lighted" he said, and frequently in winter it is impos- sible to read there after four o'clock in the afternoon"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
FOR THE FIRELESS COOKER
Important Points to Be Remembered if the Best Results Are to Be
 Attained.

l. The cooker must be we'll packed with non-conducting material.
 2. The pails, or cooking buckets must fit in the nests" and have tight covers
 3. The pails and lids should be en amel, aluminium, or of non-rusting ma terial
 4. Be sure the lid is tight. Points to Keep in Mind When Using
 the Priceless Cooker.
 l. All food must be cooked a short time on the stove first, in the pail which fits into the "hay box O, cooker.
 ?. The food must be taken directly from the stove and put into the cooker 3. If the box is opened during cook ing process pail must be relocated. 4. Never let food cool in tha cooker
 D. Keep the cooker open when no, in use. Have the pails well scalded dried and aired to prevent the boz from getting musty odor.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
MANY USES FOR SOURED MILK
Beverage That Has Become Stale May Be Made Good in a Va
 ricty of Ways.

IT the housewife will paste these recipes in her cookbook, it will not be catastrophe when she finds the milk. or cream has soured. She may even md that the family likes the new things better than what she had planned.
 Cake.-Cream one cupful of sugar and one cupful of shortening together. Sift together one and one-haIf cup- fuls of flour and a teaspoonful of soda. cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg and add It to the sugar, alternately with a. cupful Of sour milk. Chop a couple Of raisins, sprinkle them with half a cupful of flour and add to mixture. Frost with a soft chocolate icing.
 Cherry Puddine.-Beat one egg with a third of 8 cupful of sugar. Add a cupful of sour milk in which a fourth of teaspoonful of soda has been dis solved, and teaspoonful of melted butter. Then add cupful of stoned cherries. Bake in a hot oven and serve with vanilla sauce.
 Sour Cream Pie.-Beat two eggs till light, then add cupful of sugar. a cupful of thick sour cream, half a. cupful of raisns and half teaspoon full each of cinnamon and nut meg. Bake between two crusts.
 Dressing for Cold Slaw.-Whip a cupful of sour cream till stiff, then add half a cupful of vinegar, slowly, half a cupful of sugar, and salt to taste.
 Ginger RoIIs.-Cream half a cupfuI of sugar with half cupful of short ening. Add one egg, we'll beaten. a cupful of molasses and cupful of sour milk in which teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Sift half tea. spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon, gin. ger and nutmeg with a cupful of flour and add. Then add enough more flour to make rather stiff batter. Bake in gem pans.
 Hermits.-Beat one egg and add a half cupful of butter. Then add half a cupful of sour cream, a teaspoonful of soda, two tablespoonfuls of mo. lasses, spice to taste, and half cup. full each of chopped walnuts and raisins. Mix soft and drop from a spoon. These will keep a long time.
 Sour Cream Filling for Cakes.- Whip half cupful of sour cream and add half cupful of powdered sugar and half cupful of blanched almonds, chopped fine. Flavor with vanilla.
 Pancakes.-Dissolve half teaspoon. full of soda in two cupfuls of sour milk and add one and one-half cupfuls ot bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of melted butter and two or three eggs. Enough flour must be added to make the right consistency.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
By WILLIAM 4. RADFORD.

On the larger farms it is very nec- essary to have room for the horses that are needed in the work during certain seasons of the year, such as during seeding time in the spring and also during the fall blowing. Farmers that use during these seasons as many as 12 horses say that good barn for them is the best kind of economy. It keeps the horses in fine condition and makes it easy to regulate their feed and take care of them so that they can work ten hours a day if necessary.
 By building a special barn it is pos sible to provide the various convent ences, such as feeding devices, manure
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15

A litter and feed carrier track runs through the center of the barn and makes it an easy matter to keep every thing clean. so that there is no excuse for allowing manure to accumulate. The track which handles the carriers Surs out through the sliding door in the back of the barn to a manure pit or directly to the manure spreader, from where the manure is taken to the fields.
 The frame of the barn is supported on a good concrete foundation that is carried down to spread footings below the frost line. The walls are also car ried "A inches above grade and the studs are placed on top of this wall To protect the ends of the studding and prevent them from rotting they are placed in studding sockets made of cast iron. These sockets are im- bedded in the concrete and present one of the best ways of constructing frame barn structures. Holes are pro- vided in the sides of the sockets so that they can be nailed to the upright N-AAiDCAH' CSt oobhClo dlC dlSo IIO- vided for the double row of posts that run through the center of the barn.
 The construction of the feed room shows very careful attention to details The sliding door that shuts this room off from the rest of the stable is placed on an inclined track so that it IS self-closing. This prevents the horses from getting into the grain and eliminates the possibility of someone forgetting to close the door.
 Above the stable is now that can be used for the storing of hay and straw. The roof is of the self-support. ing gambrel type so that large unob- structed space is left in this upper part of the barn. A dressed and matched flooring is placed under this so that no dust or chaff will fall down into the | stable.
 A vertical sliding hay door is pro- vided which does not take up any valu- able room and cannot be torn off it's | hinges by the wind Sliding doors are a great convenience for this pur-
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Ground Floor Plan of Horse Barn.

carriers, etc, that help in making the handling and conditioning of the ami. mals very easy work.
 The stable should be large enough to hold the horses that are needed dur, ing the busy season. The one shown here has stalls enough for 12 horses and also has four stalls that can be used for valuable animals or for any reason desired. Outside Dutch doors are provided in the box stalls in addi. tion to an inside door and windows Dutch doors are great convenience during nice weather. They enable horses or cows to get plenty of fresh air without leaving the barn. If ami mals are allowed to look around, as they can with such methods of con- struction, they are not as likely to be- come restless
 Concrete is not satisfactory mate. rial as a general rule for the stalls of horse stables, as shod horses are apt to slip and perhaps injure them selves. It is very desirable to provide a material that can be washed down in the same way as concrete and yet pro- vides a surface that is resilient and that will not become slippery
 There are two materials that have been used for this purpose with con siderable success. One IS the cork brick that is specified in the accom- panying floor plans ard tho other is the treated wood block. The wood block is in various forms and is treat ed with many different substances, of which the most common is creosote.
 Cork brick is made of granulated cork which Is mixed with refined as phalt and then pressed under heavy pressure into a brick. The brick is very resilient and never becomes slip pery and can be washed down with a hose, as it is waterproof.
 The brick are laid up in a half-inch Portland cement cushion and the joints between the brick are grouted.
 In some horse barns a floor of this type is laid over the complete barn, but in most cases a concrete floor is placed in the barn outside of the stalls.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Savina the Babies.

The 1915 death rate among babies one year old in St. Louis was the lowest of any year on record and is among the lowest of all the cities in the country, according to report just made public by the St. Louis pure milk commission. The death rate was so in 1000. reduction from a rate of 103 in the previous year. The great falling off in deaths is held to be due to. first, the persistent campaigns of the health department. the pure milk commission and other social agencies for the last fifteen years, together with the enforcement of the new pure milk law during the past year, and, second. to the unusually cool summer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Mushrooms au Cratin.

For this appetizing dish select g dozen big mushrooms, trim and pee, them and separate the tops and stalks Chop the stalks fine, with two table spoonfuls of parsley and two table spoonfuls of fat bacon Add salt and pepper to taste and two eggs, beaten well. Put the dozen tops of the mush rooms in a buttered baking dish and then add the chopped mixture. Sprin. kle the top with fine bread crumbs and melted butter and bake unti, brown.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15

pose and are rapidly taking the place of both the inside and outside hinged door.
 A circular concrete water tank shown in front of the barn in the it. lustration is a great convenience. The inside is made with a slight taper toward the top so that there will be no danger of ice bursting the tank The circular tank also leaves no projec- tions on which the animals can hurt themselves.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15

ha& straw has sprung up. Once 1t was clear waste. Now it is-gold.
 Time was when yellow brass turn ings were entirely unstable. Now they average 12 cents a pound. Old tinfoil brings 30 cents and siphon tops are worth quarter a pound. When Tony gets through with his shoe rags he can sell them for cents a pound and you may see them next n some fine bond" writing paper. Bones fetch $25 ton after everybody's picked 'em.
 Now hear Arthur D. Little of the United States Chamber of Commerce:
 We waste 150 100000 tons of wood year. 1.000000,000 feet of natural gas day; 100000 tons of flax straw a year. Our coke ovens flame for miles in Pennsylvania. wasting precious am. monia and exciting no comment, while the burning of a $1 900 house would draw a mob"
 Some experts have got the waste down finer than even Mir. Little. We waste 13,000,000 feet of lumber every year in old lead pencils by throwing away the stubs. Two girls earn for the government 100 times their sal aries just by going through the waste paper baskets in the treasury depart ment at Washington. Their prize find was $10,000 United States gold bond. Old corn cobs are now made into fuel briquettes and railway ties. Pot ash, mighty useful for war, is made from the moldering heaps of seaweeds tossed upon our Pacific coast. Oil is now pressed from used cotton waste, renovated and used over again.
 It has been figured out by junkman expert that this country loses $36 6,000,. 900 year in cotton wastage alone, after the last shred of the fiber has been saved that can be. And this is how
 Wrapped in jute bagging and strapped with hoop iron. last years bales aver aged 509 pounds apiece. Just 5,649, ,000 of these bales went to American mills. Actually there was spun into cloth and yarn the equivalent of 4,S01 $50 bales, because of 15 per cent loss. This Is di. vided into two classes, raw material waste and manufacturing waste. The first counts the bagging and iron straps, included in the weight, the shrinkage and three pounds torn of in transit for samples. The second in. cludes flying cotton lint, cotton dam aged in processing and the quantity that remains that is not spinnable The latter Is one of the new savings now. Suppose a two-inch length is required; some is not that long. This goes for a coarser yarn to another mill, and the residue there goes to still another for even coarser products. and in the step-down from mill to mill the final residuum lands in a factory making wicking, mop yarns, etc Actually. though there is 15 per cent theoretical waste in bale of cot ton, the total loss is reduced to mini mum and only per cent goes to the junk dealer to sort out and sell In all the processes through which a bale goes but ? per cent is irrecoverably lost in flying lint. Added to the per cent which is the junkman's share there is per cent lost in manufactur ing and 10 per cent in raw material In other words. the manufacturer loses just $9.16 to the bale.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Baked Macaroni ome,et.

One cupful of boiled and blanched macaroni. three eggs, three table spoonfuls If butter, one tablespoonful Of flour, one cupful of thin cream O, rich milk. salt and pepper, two table spoonfuls of grated cheese.
 Beat the eggs and stir the flour in to them. then add the milk, salt and pepper; cut the macaroni into small pieces and stir into the eggs. Melt the butter in baking dish and, when smoking hot, pour in the eggs and macaroni. Sprinkle the cheese ove, the top anu bake until eggs are set Serve immediately.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
WORTH KNOWING

In an Illinois inventors double.act- ing churn turning the handle revolyes the paddles in one direction and tbe barrel in the other.
 By new French process aluminium can be so substantially nickel-plated that the metal can be hammered and bent without cracking.
 Production of copper in the United States Is more than 20 times what if was ip 1880.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15

at cents pound, is 13 cents at this writing Save it!
 Here are the figures in tons of Ire covered metal from Uncle Sans junk pile for just a year: Brass, 5000; copper, 5S,000; spelter, 43,000; lead. 60,o0o; zinc. 3,914; tin, 12,000; anti mony, $500; aluminium, 5,400. The
 recovered metals totaled S57 ,039, roc True, indeed, the statement of busi- ness genius that our next great for tunes will be taken from the junk heap,"
 With crude rubber at $1 a pound n0w, and all the warning nations gob- bling every ounce they can beg or seize or buy, no wonder there is a steady demand for old garden hose, rubbers, tires, arctics, tubes, auto peel lngs. Wringers, car springs, horse shoe pads. mating and packing, air brake hose, fire hose and tubes. Prices in these discards of life tluctuate daily, Just as stocks and bonds do. All go to the melting pot at from l cent to 10 cents pound and come back brand new.
 You haven't pound of old antimony | lying around the shop. perhaps? The foxy Chinese have cornered it because of its great demand for munitions of war-to say nothing of type Once it was worth $125 ton; now you pay $500 gold ton for the same. Why? Because it is mixed with steel for shells, making it more brittle. Thus it breaks into smaller pieces when it explodes. Nice thought for the men in the trenches; what?
 So they are working over old, worn out type, here and abroad. and expod- cd shell fragments, to get back this near-preclous metal.
 Tungsten is used in making tool steel, for which there is an enormous demand. Before the war it brought 50 cents a pound. Today it is s5 8 pound, and ton of ore brings $3,0OO So precious is this metal that even the assay offices are being secured for spe. clmens, and every ounce of 1t is being reclaimed that can be found Brokers do not sheer at trade in one-pound lots and to quote the Waste Trade Journal, the purchasing agent of the Crucible Steel company is very grate full if somebody can give him one hun. dred pounds
 And. says the editor, there's an overnight fortune for the man who can reclaim it from old tools and such" A lot of clever men are trying, but noth- ing doing yet
 Rags are the Bethlehem Steel of the junkman's trade. Two million dollars worth have just gone to England to make shoddy. Rags that brought four cents pound now bring IA; tailors clippings. once quoted at cents. are now Fl cents. Black worsteds, aristo- crats of the species, fetch 32 cents A pound. England alone can use up 210- 100000 pounds of rags a year, This country imports $2,000,O0O worth of waste rags every year just to make writing paper.
 About 100000 tons of flax straw have been burned or allowed to go to waste in this country every year Not for much longer Specialists in the employ of the department of agricul. ture have shown that it can be used for making paper and fiber board. AL ready demand for l,600 900 worth of
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15

There are 4,000 islands in the ter ritories comprised by the empire of Japan.
 An inventor has patented a guard to be fastened to the back of a mans head to enable him to shave his neck accurately and safely.
 In a Paris aerodynamic laboratory for testing model aeroplanes wind speeds @p to seventy-one miles an hour are produced by ingenious machinery.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Horses That Are Properly Housed and Cared For Make Money
 for Their Owners.
SPACE IS IMPORTANT POINT
Building Described Below Has That Requisite and Practically All Con- veriences Necessary - Special Attention Given to the
 Feed Room.

MT. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for bis wide a1norienn 1s Edtor i t aIfou. oi Manufacturer. he Is, without doubt the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Rad ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago, H., and only inclose two-cent stamp for .epiy.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Practical Suggestion.

Immediately after using your egg. beater, wash it in cold water, which will easily dislodge the particles of egg, whereas hot water cooks them and fastens them obstinately to the beater.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Honey Pots.

There have been many honey pots made Of china to simulate hives, but the latest has a number of realistic china bees, with wings raised for flight, scattered over it.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
Center of Area.

The center of area of the United States, including Alaska. Hawaii and other accessions, is in northern Kan. sas, ten miles north of a place called Smith Center, in Smith county. in lati. tude 39.55 and longitude 9S.50 The center of population is 657 miles east of the center of area-that Is to say, around Bloomington, Ind.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-15
But She Didn't Know It

Sne-Sefore we were married yor told me you were well off
 It-Well. was.4e-Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-20
8 NEW PATROLMEN
ARE NOW ON DUTY
Were Sworn in Last Night
Slight Proposed Changes in
Department to be Consid-
cred at Next Session.

Three of the four new patrolmen
appointed by Mayor Ferd Garretson
and confirmed by the Board of Alder
men Monday night began active duty
last night. They accompanied other Of
heers to observe regular duty on post
Slight proposed changes in the police
department now under consideration
by the aldermen may be carried out
when the board meets again on Dec.
2s, Two members Of the force OBJ
served anniversaries yesterday.
Patrolmen William Petersen, NThom-
as Toolan and James ]. Egan were
sworn in as officers before City Clerk
Wilbur La Roe yesterday. They pres
ented themselves for duty when the J
O'Clock squads of patrolmen were
turned out last night. They appear
ed in civilian clothes and were given
padges,s nightsticks, rexolrers,r fash.
lights Keys and the like.
Before commencing their duties al
patrolmen the new officers were Civ
en- explicit instructions by Chief
Burke. Each was assigned with one
of the patrolmen in uniforms.
Edward F'ranZblau, the fourth mem.
Der of the new list is expected to ap-
pear for duty within the next few
days. He Is at present engaged with
other duties.
Chief Burke has completed twenty
nine years of service as q policeman
in this city, and today he began his
thirtieth year of active service.
Detective Sergeant John A. Hun
celebrated the forty-eighth anniver.
sary of his birthday yesterday. The
celebration was a quiet one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-20
WATER PRESSURE
RELIEF TOMORROW
New Gasoline Pump is Being
Connected Up at Pumping
Station and 800 Feet of Pipe
is Being Laid.

Relief in the water situation is ex-
pected by tomorrow morning by the
water department although they are
able to make no promises to that ef-
feet. A new gasoline pump Is being
connected up at the pumping station
at Runyon, and 900 feet of pipe line
are being laid over marsh land, in
an effort to bring about better sup
ply, and the superintendent of the de-
partment, Thomas Grieve said that he
expected the new work to bring about
relief of the system.
The water pressure indicated at
City Hall at IL o'clock this morning
wavered between nine and ten
pounds. The chart showed that the
pressure had varied in that way all
day, at no time being stronger than
ten pounds, nor weaker than eight
pounds.
Superintendent Grieve denied the
report from two other employees of
the company that machinery was
broken down. He said that he did
not know There the rumor originated.
An engineer and one other empIoye
of the department have made that
statement two days In succession to
representatives of the EVENING
dent was at the Runyon plant work.
ing on the disabled air pressure pump.
Mr.. Grieve said that the trouble was
the same as during the similar situa-
tion a few weeks ago, a lack of water.
He said that a new gasoline pump
was being installed at the works and
that he expected to have the work
on 1t completed by tonight, SO that
the relief would come tomorrow
morning. He said that the work en-
tailed considerable difficulty, as sev-
eral hundred feet of pipe must be
laid over marsh to connect with the
new pump. All of the employees of
the department from this side of the
river and at the plant are engaged in
the work of laying the piping and
working on the erection of the pump.
The superintendent said that he
could not promise or prophesy what
the result of the new operation would
be, as the disappointment at previ-
GUS attempts to allay the condition
have made impossible any definite
prophecy as to relief but he said that
he believed and sincerely hoped that
the new work will result in the elm
ination of the difficulty. and the pro-
per solution OF the problem.
Mr.. Grieve said that there was
more and better pressure indicated
at the pumping station this morning,
but for some unknown reason, prob
ably Increased consumption in this
city, that the indication and pressure
here remained the same as in the
past few DAYS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-12-20
COUNTY DETECTIVES PROBE
EXPLOSION OF POWDER

Investigation into the fatal explo-
sion in a new powde er plant Rt NforEan
Station last Friday night was -contfn-
ued today by Prosecutor Stricken and
Coroner Mullen. The county detec-
tives were placed at work upon the
case preparatory to properly laying
the facts surrounding the death of
one person and injuring of four
others before the grand jury.
The testimony taken thus far from
witnesses about the scene Of explo-
sion has revealed little If any more
than Coroner Mullen learned upon
making a detailed investigation Sat-
ufday morning. Names and address,
esg.of witnesses have been taken by
the prosecutors staff SO that they
may be summoned when wanted to
give testimony.
The county detectives began work
upon the case today. They will prob
ably visit the scene of disaster and
question the witnesses living there
abouts. Their findings together with
the evidence of witnesses will be laid
before the grand jury in the near
future preparatory to having that
body fix the blame, II any.