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The Benson signal., 1916-11-18
AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER.

Mr.. M. A. Page, Osceola, Wis, un-
der date of Feb. 16, 1916, writes:
Some years ago was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

Tacoma Has 15-Cent Loaf.
Tacoma, Wash.-Taioma bakers put
the 15-cent loaf of bread on the mar
ket.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18
Business and Pleasure.

He is a wise man who does not let
his business interfere with his pleasure
at all times!
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

If you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

In the various walks Of life some
people have a walkover and others are
walked on.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

Not Knocking, of Course.
Jinks-What is the limit in this
club?
Binks-The fOOd.-Judge.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

A man can talk on a dozen subjects
easier than a woman can stop talking
on one.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18
The Reason

The Reason.
"How did they get into the scrapw
''Trying to preserve their neutral
ity."
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18
New One.

New One.
II always motor on the qui vive."
81 never heard Of that make.''-Bal-
timOre American.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-18

Would Seem So.
Madalene-WaS Jacks sickness
fatal?
Kathleen-I guess so, he died.
Orange Peel.
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Ecuador imports American dynamite
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-25

John r. Ford, the chief deputy col
lector Of customs. IL q most ehhcient
aid to Collector Mcneil.
~e~
John 8. Cooper, the veteran horse
dealer, is honored at the Stock Yards
and everywhere else for his upright |
career.
Patrick F. Haynes has always
served the public we'll. He deserves
a good office.
Gustave Pollock, the popular gen.
eral manager Of the Stock Yards
Packing Company. Is winning wide
fame as a philanthropist AS helper
Of friendless boys he Is doing great
work in Chicago.
~e>
General Maurice T. Moloney, Of Of
tawa, former attorney general, Is one
Of the most popular Democrats in the
state.
Tanner &c Conley, 72 West Wash.
ington street, have the finest and
latest clothing for fall or winter.
~H
Chicago needs new City Hall. The
new one will probably be built In
Union Park on the West Side.
~S~
Francis w. Walker. the eminent
lawyer. is a Chicago product. He has
lived in this city all Of his life.
The New Roma restaurant at III
North Clark street Is attracting atten.
ton by its fine bill Of fare and its
splendid cooking. Mr.. I. Pellegrini, the
well.known restaurateur, is the man.
ager.
Henry B. Clarke would make a good
Mayor.
~HA
Judge d. r. Sullivan has made an
honest, dignifed and able record on
the bench.
. Ralph Temple has great car In the
eight.cylinder Hollier. II is a grea'
car, high grade and popular with
everybody who has used II.
~eQA
; Judge Joseph z. Uhlir Is making Q
good record on the Municipal bench
i ~
nj The Norman Institute ut IA West
Washington street is Justly celebrated
for the efficiency of its massage ant
Z physical culture system.
Home Brewery beer Is appreciated
: and extolled ny all who have used II
: Humbold 10.-Advertisement
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-25

Sol. Carl E. Schmidt, 500 10th 3d..
Cairo, Ill
500. J. ID. Blair. vila Grove, ~,
523. d. Nancy, Box 311. Flora. Ill.
54S. H. Hill, I.add, Ill.
$40. ]. e. Youngblood. Carbondale.
Ill.
SIT. J. e. Brown, Bingham, III.
600. d. v. Beck, 1881 Coulter Ave-. Du.
buQue, Iowa.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-25
RAILROAD MEN

rhs Railroad Trsinmen Of lllineis
.,- strongly organised for legislative
and other work
They number over 100000 msmbsrs
\ Illinois and are an intellig emit, rslia-
,is and earnest body Of men, whose
sower for good IN the state cannot b
svsrsstimated.
Following are the divisions, NAM.
ssrs aAd names Of their legislative
sommittse and ofhcers:
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
ILLINOIS.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
My GO DOWN
IN WORLDS HISTORY
EyeWitnesses Describe Scenes
Behind the Lines of Teuton
and French Trenches.

sky cleared From NY high vantage
point saw before ne the entire row
of heights. from Fort DoLaumeut Il
the Cote De Froide. the nain fortress
Ire no-eh OF Xerduu.
Here the principal battle ragged our
heavy IRE lay upon il one could see
the giant black clouds Of the big cali
bered guns rise ike enormous trees.
The firing and fall q our heavy shells
could be clearly followed The masses
II smoke that developed showed where
fires had been caused Behind Fort
Douaumont. TOO. pillars OF smoAe seem
ed 70 slsnify the advance Of the battle
beyond this height that was now firmly
II our hands.
'-On RE front ridge OF the heights
west u Douaumonr numerous flashes
caused b lie enemy's shrapnel were
Observable. leading 10 the deduction
that ore q our infantry attacks was
proceeding
-Cur> Il III callhe-s roarea about
TIE h-iu- ais extended toward
uEhveS1. over the forrifeations
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
BATTLE OF VERLQ|N
AS H[0OD|EST
Great German Offensive Re-
suited In Loss of Thousands
of Lives on Both Sides.

"HE German offensive. resulting
in the battle OF verdun. has
been called by competent mill
tary critics the bloodieSt battle
in the history Of al the world Nheth-
er this he an exa--eration OF not. Ger
tainly as many men were employed a
in aux other struggle. The methods
OF slaughter were more highly devel-
oTsesI. and the issue Al stake was all in
portant.
The Germans. after having levelei
the French trenches BY hours OF ar
tillery ire il which the great II cent?
meter siege guns played an important
part. sent regiment after regiment Of
their best troops into the mouths e
the French >eventy-fveS The French
unable go withstand the force OF the
great Teuton drive. executed under the
supervision OF the German crown
prince. cautiously withdrew several
miles and established new positions
nearer the city Of verdun. which ap-
pareutly was the digestive OF this Of
fenSiTe movement.
For DAYS the lighting continued with
unabated fury The kaiser himself
went u the front for several days. The
full story OF this battle win never BE
told After he war perhaps we shall
know tie total number OF men lost
lut bow they died. what their suffer
lis We're. the fate Of their bodies. VIII
never be known. Those heart touching
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11

P1o-o - American Press Association
BUSY BERTHA. Oh GERMAN Y GIN
TIMETEB SIEGE 6JS.
on the opposite side Of the MeuSe II
the direction Of Naeherauville the ar
tILery ire Of the enemy appeared %
occupy itself almost exclusively with
the foremost line anQ seemed power
less against the German artillery firing
from the rear. During M long stay
in the neigbborhood not ! single shell
fell there. l could see Verdun with the
naked ere. \ large church vas the mos
prominent feature. By means Of glass
IS fires could lie diScerned in the town
4 talked with some Of our men who
after several days Of attacking. had
been Withdrawn 70 the rear 10 get rest
They laughingly related how they had
always gone farther than they had
been ordered 10 go. On enc occasion
they had been told 70 tske one hill. but
instead they carried three IL success
sion. They had now had welcome
wash eaten vel and slept wei and
were ready TO get at il again.
The fresh appearance Of the troops
and their splendid spirits astounded
me in the face OF the signs Of such ter
rible lighting. and especially the calm.
clear. almost unmoving sureness with
which this titanic undertaking was
being carried through. almost ike ma
neuvers'
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teA>itF ~ the struggle may be had
from the stories told 5y those who took
part and who have returned TO Ger
many AID France from tie battle front
One Shell Wrecks Fort.
The Berlin Ta-eblatt correspondent
gave the following account Of the re-
d0etion Of Fort DouaUmont:
The giant block OF cement ard steel
armor plate that was Douaumont lies
IN ruins second fort not far OF
blew CD. Just as did Fort Loncin al
Llege. as the result OF a single large
Gathered shell crashing through to the
ammunition magazine.
The organization OF the attack on
the north front OF verdun was a mas
terpieee in itself. Preparations OF vast
extent bad hrst 10 be carried out in
complete concealment from the enemy
II the light against the invincible for
ueSs was 10 succeed
To the great distances over which
heavy artillery had 10 be taken with
out using railways were superadded
the great difficulties resulting from con
unuoaSiy bad weather and the conse
quent condition Of roads. Hundreds
OF men had hrst TO build good roads.
Another OF the difficulties was the
proper laying OF the beds on which the
great guns rest and on whose drmness
depends in the first line the accuracy
Of our heavy gun6re How unbeliey
ably accurate was their ire Is now
known.
prisoners said that the effect OF our
artillery was indescribably frightful
Nobody could hold out long against il. =
Battle In the Lake.
Another correspondent at the Ger.
man headquarters says:
The Meuse valley In many places
had been trans formed into lake by
Goods. The woods on the rolling
Meuse heights. everywhere sown with
barhed wire entanglements. are mown
down by artillery. The battle-ground
is distorted by explosions. The cap
rured French trenches. which had IN
dergoBe a severe commandment. had
been very extensively developed. tut
showed signs Of less secure construc-
lion than ours.
Contrary 10 assertions which have
been made. the heavy snowstorm did
not stop the progress OF the battle In
the slightest degree. Our artillery con
unued TO fire uninterruptedly thro1gS
the veil OF snow. Toward midday the
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
Stories Of French Wounded.

Graphic narratives Of the greatest
and most terrible battle in history
were told In Paris. O6cers who had
been TO the front. most Of them wound
ed, shuddered as they recalled the
sights.
They came in a food. IN an endless
wave. those Teuton hordes," said one
officer
The French guns moved them down
in heaps. bur still they came. pouring
across the slopes in a ceaseless tide OF
humanity.
The German infantry began their
attack Cd Monday. Feb. 81 The frst
symptom Of the battle favorable to the
French was the inability Of the Ger
mans TO silence the French artillery
The offensive opened with strong re-
connoitering parties advancing. where
IN were noted a large proportion Of Off
GERS
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
French Work New Maneuver.

Then came the infantry in great
numbers. During the next two days
the lighting waxed fercer and fercer
AT frst fourteen German corps
were engaged then sixteen and finally
seventeen corps $4,000 mem The
French command at this point carried
out maneuyer which viii be recorded
as masterpiece IN military history
The German movements had been
made under the cover Of woods. in
rayines and patiently prepared com
municating trenches II the French
bad tried 70 keep IN touch with the
enemy they would have been more o.
less in the dark and the operation OF
their own artillery greatly hampered-
III the Germans had been only IF
teen yards away the French could have
been submerged by the attack. provid-
ed the attacking forces were prepared
70 make any sacrifice. but the distance
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11

little details have al been buried By
the continual rain OF millions Of shells
and bullets But some idea OF the IN
teAsity q the struggle may be had
from tie stories told 5y those who took
part and who have returned TO Ger
many aud France from the battle front
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11

Dear Jack: I know what every body Il
say md I don't care. I've always liked
Bz-ty and Ia Ike 10 know Why I can't
marry hin i l want %. 50 were clipping.
I'm just as sick and tired as you are OF
forever bang hurled a. your head I've
written Doiores-she's ny cousin I wish
you all kinds o luck. Happily,
BETTY
Jacks shoulders unconsciously
Strengthened. He turned resoIuteIy TO
the major.
Uncle, Ted, I'd ike TO have .ou
know it frst that Dolores ana / are
engaged, he said. God bless Betty
Copyright. 1915. BY the Mcclure Ne.spa-
Der SyndIcaLe.s
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11

"HE German offensive. resulting
in the battle OF versiun. has
been called by competent mill
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
The Home Circle
By CELIA HoRD KENNY
POTATOES At THEIR BEST
Universally Popular Vegetable Will
Well Repay All the Care That
Can Be Given to It.

There are many varieties of pota-
toes. Tastes differ as to the most de-
sirable kind. In this country the white
potato, when light and dry, is pre-.
ferred. 1t is especially suited for hoil-
ing, steaming and baking, also for
soups and purees. The yellow pota-
/ toes are more suitable for salads, rag
outs, hash and frying, because they
keep their shape when cooked. The
sweet potato makes pleasant and
healthful addition to the table. 1t is
rich in starch and sugar and somewhat
laxative.
The white and yellow varieties con.
tain a large percentage of water, a
fair percentage of starch, very small
percentage of sugar and about one per
cent mineral matter. 1t is to this min.
eral matter that the potato owes its
antiscorbutic properties.
Potatoes cooked in dry heat, as by
baking in the oven, roasting in ashes.
frying in deep fat, or steaming with.
out peeling are more pronounced and
savory than when cooked in water. But
i the vegetables so cooked must be
served just as soon as they are done.
or else they will become soggy. On
the contrary, boiled potatoes may be
kept warm for an hour or more after
cooking without i'll results.
Potatoes should cook in half an hour
II ordinary size. Large potatoes should
be given five minutes more. and small
ones two minutes less These rules
apply to peeled, partly peeled or un-
peeled.
The potatoes should be covered with
boiling water and brought quickly to q
boil. After fifteen minutes add one
| tablespoonful of salt to every twelve
potatoes. At the end of thirty minutes
drain off. To make them very white
and mealy, after draining off the wa
ter, put the cover on, hold it down
firmly and give the pot shake. Next
open the window and hold the uncov-
cred pot outside for few seconds, to
let the steam escape. Place the yes.
sci where it will keep warm for few
minutes, covering with folded cloth,
not the lid.
When boiling potatoes in their skins
narrow band of the skin should be
removed from the center of the vege.
table and small bits from either end.
Steamed potatoes will require forty
minutes to cook, the water boiling
hard all the time.
Baked potatoes Tin their skins) must
be pricked before putting into the
oven to allow the gases to escape. The
oven should be very hot, as a number
of cold potatoes will lower the tenn
perature. One hour should he allowed
Small sweet potatoes will bake in
half an hour, large ones an hour or
more. Those who like them moist and
sweet may bake them two hours.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
SUBSTITUTE FOR MEAT
MANY PREPARATIONS THAT MAY
BE UTILIZED.
Maearoni Served With Kidney Beans
Will Be Found Entirely Accept
abIe-veeetable Roast Also
Well Worth q Trial.

Are you looking for dish that can
be substituted for the expensive meat,
and will yet be good eating and
Strengthening? Try
macaroni With Kidney eeans.-one
cupful macaroni, one pint kidney
beans, one-half pint tomato sauce, one
teaspoonful salt, one quart water. two
tablespoonful -four. two tablespoon.
fuls butter, three-quarters cupful hot
milk, one-quarter cupful tomato
(strained).
Break the macaroni in small pieces
and cook in boiling sailed water until
soft. Drain. pour cupful of cold wa.
ter through 1t. In preparing the to-
mato sauce, heat the milk to the scald.
ing point and stir into it the creamed
butter and flour. Cook five minutes,
add the heated strained tomatoes,
drained macaroni and the cooked
beans. with more salt If needed. Heat
thoroughly, pour into a vegetable dish
and serve. Sufficient for four or five
persons.
Vegetable Roast.-One quart beans
or peas, one quart nut meats, four
slices 2wieback. one cupful sweet
cream.
Put the well-cooked beans or peas
through colander to remove the
skins, then mix with the finely chopped
nut meats. Season to taste. Put one.
half the mixture in buttered baking
dish, spread over 1t dressing made
as follows: Pour boiling water on
four slices of zwieback, cover, let
stand for few minutes, then break
them up with a fork and pour over
one-half cupful of sweet cream. Sea-
son with salt and sage Cover the
dressing with the remainder of the nut
mixture, pour over all the remaining
half cupful of cream and bake for one
and one-half hours. Serve in slices
with cranberry sauce.
Potato Salad With sardlnes.-One
pint potatoes, one onion, half green
pepper (sweet), three sprigs parsley.
three olives or pickles, three teaspoon.
fuls olive oil, one and half table.
spoonfuls vinegar, one can sardines,
one tablespoonful beets or olives, salt
and red pepper to taste.
Boil potatoes in their jackets, then
peel, and when cold cut into cubes
Mix together the potatoes, onion, green
pepper, parsley, olives. salt and dash
Of red pepper. Add the oil and vine
gar. Mix lightly and put in salad
bowl. When ready to serve, open the
sardines, drain and wipe free from oil
and arrange on top of the salad in q
circle. Put the chopped beets or olives
in the center and serve. Brown OF
whole wheat bread goes we'll with this
This will serve three people. A salad
Of this description, with its fish and
its olive oil, meets the requirements
Of an all around hearty and nourishine
dish.
Have you tried not polishing your
cooking stove, but Keeping it well
washed? It saves your own aprons
tea towels, etc, and the children'a
clothes, If they come around the stove
in the kitchen.-Emma Paddock Tel
ford.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19

this town who is constantly in the
spotlight. Shield him as much as you
can. Have consideration for him and
ne is likely to be considerate with you.
come here to you because | have
been sent to you by the same power
that sent Patrick to Ireland, Boniface
to Germany, Augustine to England.
And like them, came here to labor
for you and with you. have been
told by many of the Bishops that l
come to the most difficult and most
thorny position of the Lords vineyard.
But let me assure you that my sin
cere, my honest conviction is that l
am coming to the most fertile portion,
to the part promising the greatest, the
richest, the golden harvest of souls.
And so, l come not here to obtain a
reputation, for reputation is only
a gossamer web, which. sudden gust
blows away. come not here for pop
ular favor, for the popular favor to-
day is and tomorrow has vanished.
l come not here to look for honors,
for the highest honor in the gift of
the Holy See is to be Archbishop of
Chicago. repeat, 1 came to labor
with you; we are both sewers of the
seed, you and I, and all that we hope
for, our whole ambition is wrapped
up and contained in that one Biblical
sentence, "And some fell on good
ground, and having taken root, brought
forth fruit in abundance"
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Economical War Cake.

A fruit cake without eggs was much
used in England during the holidays
and further popularized by being
called a war cake" It is really very
good and undoubtedly economical.
It requires one-half pound of flour.
two ounces of sultana raisins, one
ounce of currants, one ounce of but
ter, one-half pound of brown sugar.
one teaspoonful Of carbonate of soda,
one tablespoonful molasses, one-fourth
teaspoonful cinnamon or mixed spices,
one-fourth teaspoonful of ground gin
ger, one teaspoonful vinegar. Mix the
ingredients after dreaming the sugar
and butter, in half-cup of milk. Put
the vinegar in last and very carefully
a drop at a time lest it curdle the
mixture. Bake in moderate oven for
an hour and do not cut for a week.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Beef E8Rence.

Remove the fat from a slice of steak
from the top of the round, cut three.
quarters inch thick, broil over a clear
fire three or four minutes, turning
often; heat the broiler to prevent the
steak from adhering, as any sugges
ton of grease must be avoided; re-
move to a warm plate, cut into ~
inch squares, cash on both sides. and
with a lemon squeezer extract the
Juices; season with salt. This is nu
tritious and extremely palatable. Often
desirable, given in small quantities
where condensed form of food is de-
sired,
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Useful Cupboard.

Where to keep dishes that are in
constant use is question. Some like
them on open shelves as labor-saver,
but really good suggestion is that
of a cupboard in the wall between din.
ing room and kitchen, with glass doors
on dining room side and solid one
on side near kitchen sink. The work
of opening doors is less than that of
keeping dishes properly wiped. The
lower part Of the cupboard may have
solid doors, behind which to keep
plates, also leftover preserves. crack.
ers and other articles so lacking In
decorative effect that one does not
wish to display them behind glass
doors.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Grapefruit Salad,

The grapefruit is cheap and deli.
cious fruit. It makes an excellent
hors d'oeuvre when cut in half, the
hard center and seeds removed, and
little maraschino or rum poured
over it. 1t is equally successful as a
salad. Select large heavy fruit and
separate the flesh from the bitter
skin in good good-sized pieces Line
the salad bowl with tender lettuce
leaves, chicory or romaine, add the
grapefruit, and sprinkle over it a
tablespoonful Of finely chopped fines
herbs, then pour over this a good
French dressing, and garnish with
white, hard-boifed egg rings with an
olive curled in the center of each,
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19
Cream Mince.

Chop, not too fine, four large cold
potatoes, about three-Quarters that
quantity of cold beets, and one-third
onion. Mix all together and dust with
-four, salt and pepper. Pick ur one
cupful of salt fish. Put water over
the fish to soften. Make a cream with
two tablespoonfuls of butter and one
of -four and one.half cupful of hot wa
ter and same of milk. Drain water OF
the fish and add the cream with the
vegetables. Heat and serve.
The Irish standard., 1916-02-19

Potato Soup With stock.-Pare and
slice six potatoes. In a frying pan
melt two tablespoonfuls of butter and
in it slowly saute the potatoes, one
sliced onion, and half cupful Of
celery. When they begin to look yell
low add two cloves and quart Of
chicken or veal broth. Salt and pep.
per to taste and simmer until soft.
Rub through a sieve and return to the
fire. Add more broth if too thick. Beat
together the yolks of two eggs, add
three tablespoonful of cream, Just as
1t goes to the table. Garnish with
chopped parsley.
English Beef Soup. -. Take two
pounds and half Of lean beef, cut
of and lay aside quarter of a pound
and pass the remainder through the
meat chopper. Pour over it three pints
of cold water, let stand tor half an
hour, then heat to the simmerinx
point; simmer three hours, then strain.
Boil separately until tender two table.
spoonfuls Of fine barley and half .
cupful of diced carrot. Cut the re-
served meat in small pieces, add q
thinly sliced onion and fry in hot fat;
add a cup of finely cut celery and a
cupful of boiling water, simmer for an
hour. Stir in two tablespoonfuls Of
flour, mix with cold water, add gradu-
ally to the meat, stirring until smooth.
Bring to the boiling point, add the
cooked carrot and barley and half
teaspoonful of worcestershire sauce,
one tablespoonful of tomato catchup
and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer
ten minutes, then serve.
The secret of a dainty salad is crisp
fresh vegetables, we'll chilled. and IL
French dressing Is used that should
be mixed with all the ingredients very