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Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02

cut them up without peeling or coring
them, place them in a granite kettle,
add enough water almost to cover
them and boil them slowly until they
fall to pieces. Then press the crabs
through a granite colander. Add the
pulp to the water in which the crabs
were cooked and allow it to simmer
until it is thick. Add enough sugar to
sweeten the butter. and, il desired, a
little spice, Continue the boiling with
constant stirring until the butter is
perfectly smooth and OF the right
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02
Cider Apple Butter.

Use sweet cider of good quality and
apples that cook easily. Boil the cider
down one-half. Wash, peel, quarter
and core the apples, carefully cutting
out all decayed spots. Boil together
equal quantities OF apples and boiled
down cider. Boil the apples rapidly
until they become so tender as to be
mushy; otherwise they will sink to
the bottom and scorch. Continue the
cooking more slowly. If the quantity
is small, run the apples through the
colander, place the pulp in stone
crock and cook it in slow oven, stir
stirring it at intervals of fifteen min
utes; otherwise stir it constantly from
his time to prevent it scorching and
10 make it smooth. If the butter is
not smooth when it has the right con-
sistency, add little cider and con.
,inue the boiling and stirring. Add
sugar at any time if butter is not
sweet enough to suit the taste.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02
Pear Butter.

rear butter.
Wash the pears and, without peeling
them. boil them until they fall to
pieces; then run them through a
colander to remove the seed and cores.
Place the pulp in a stone crock, add
half as much sugar as there is pulp,
and if desired add spices sparingly,
Cook the mixture sparingly until it
becomes mooth and thick, stirring
carefully to prevent burning or cook
it in slow oven.
Peach Butter.
Wash the peaches and remove the
fuzz by wiping each with damp
cloth; but do not peel the peaches.
Place them in a granite kettle, add a
little water and stew until they are
very tender Remove the peaches and
run them through fruit press or
colander to remove the pits and skins.
Put the pulp into a clean preserving
kettle and sweeten it to suit the taste
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02

into bowl. sitting the baking powder
with the flour. Mix well. Beat the
eggs until light and add the milk,
which has been slightly warmed. Then
add the melted lard to the milk. Add
the wet ingredients to the dry, stir
ring constantly Toss onto Toured
board and roll to one-quarter inch
thickness. Cut and fry in deep fat.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02
Old Fashion Fruit Buffers

boil it until it is very thick and OF a
rich color, Constant stirring is neces-
sary to prevent scorching, 1t is not
necessary to add spices OF any kind,
Muskmelon Butter.
Select well ripened muskmelons,
slice them, and remove the rinds,
seeds, and soft parts, Place the melon
in a preserving kettle with little
water and boil it until it is tender,
Press il through colander and meas
ure the pulp. For each quart OF pulp
add half cup Of sugar, the juice OF
half lemon, and very little CHINA
mon. Continue to boil the butter I'M
til it has the consistency Of apple
butter.
Crab Apple Butter.
Grab apple butter is slightly inferior
to cider apple butter, but as crab ap.
Piles are nearly always abundant and
cheap, it makes a welcome substitute
in some years. Wash the crabs well,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02
Judge Cooley Arrived in
Omaha Half Century AGO

Fifty years ago the family OF Judge
]. S. Cooley arrived in Omaha and
proceeded to Plattsmouth, Neb.,
where they settled. Judge Cooley
was invited to speak at the home com
ing celebration being held in that city.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-02
ood Things for the TableOferigs of the Morkomsehod HINTS

consistency; OF ii preferred the cook
ing may be done in stone crock in
slow oven.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
KRUPP PROFITS IN DOUBT
Increased Revenues Devoted to Build
ing New Shops to Fill War
Orders.

While the annual report of the
Krupp company shows apparently
smaller profits than for last year, says
q Berlin dispatch, it is believed the
company earned considerably more
than in the preceding year, but that
the increased revenues were devoted
largely to building new workshops re-
quired to fill war orders.
The report states that the gross prof
its for the year were 113 100000 marks
(about $47, ,000,000), which is 100000
marks below last year, but the writing
off of 100000 marks occurred before
the drawing Of the balance sheet. This
amount and other deductions make a
total reduction of S5,000,0O0 marks, as
against 38,000,000 marks for the same
purposes last year. AS the reductions
Increased 47,000,000 marks, it is be-
lieved the profits must have increased
at least 100000 marks.
The net profit reported is 59,000,00O
marks, compared with 95,000,000 marks
last year, after the payment of taxes,
including special war tax of 2S,000,00O
marks and the giving of 25000,000
marks for workmen's insurance and be-
nevolent funds.
The heavy demand for building pur-
poses caused the Krupp family to lend
half of its dividends to the company
making the family income only 15,0O0,.
/ 900 marks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
NOTES

If old pots are used for potting
bulbs they should be thoroughly
scrubbed and washed inside and out
Do not use too large pots for bulbs
Four-inch pots win hold one hyacinth
bulb and a six-inch pot will hold five
tulips or five Roman hyacinths three
hyacinths or three narcissi.
When pots of bulbs are placed in
dark, cool cellars or closets, give them
only sufficient water to keep the soil
moist Examine them frequently md
see that the soil does not become dry.
Six weeks is the usual time that
bulbs require to rake good root
growth, but some may require more
and some less, time. When top growth
is an inch high, the roots afe possibly
sufficiently developed so the plant can
be started in growth. Stand the plants
on table or the floor and cover with
a newspaper for few days before ex-
posing to the strong light. Allow this
to remain for few days and then
gradually reduce and admit light. As
soon as the plant assumes q deep greer
color 1t may have unobstructed light.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
Venice Has Electrical Ears.

According to a newspaper CORE
spondent who recently visited Venice,
the Austrian airmen have made more
than thirty raiiis on that famous city.
The observation station there is pro-
vided with sensitive electrical micro
phones, which are said to detect the
noise of the motors on the Austrian
pianes the moment they leave Triest,
so5ae sixty miles away. Electric si-
reDs arc Immediately sounded to warn
everyone CT the approach of hostile air.
craft, which cover the distance be-
tween the cities in something like forty
minutes. Thus ample time is afforded
for completing the antiaircraft ar
:!:;":y preparations before the first Aus
t:5an #.-;nan beaves in sigit.-Scien-
t. tiIericnn.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

has important shipyards and repair
shops for the Danube Steamship Navi-
cation company, and is a center for
trade in petroleum, cereals and pre-
served meats. 1t is supposed to derive
it's name from the ruins of an old
tower in the vicinity which is said to
have been built in commemOration of
one of the victories of the Roman en-
peror, Severus.
1t was at Turnu SEVERN that King
Charles I, who died only a few weeks
after the outbreak of the European
war in 1914, first landed on Roumanial
soil in May 1866, and was hailed by the
populace as the successor to their first
prince, Colonel Cuza, who, as Alexan-
dru John I, had been forced to abdicate
short time previously. Charles was
the second son of Prince Charles An
tony of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen, and
at the time his name was submitted to
| the people of ROumania Che was chosen
| by a vote of 6S5,969 to 224) was an
officer in the Prussian army. AS the
king of Prussia was pledged to support
cipality, Charles could not be espOused
openly, but upon the advice of Bis
marck he resigned his commission in
the Prussian army and, under an as
sumed name and with a forged pass
port, made his way down the Danube
into the country over which he was to
rule most successfully, first as prince
I lot lii hol
century.
A short distance below Turnu
SEVERN is the little village of Kladova,
which in Roman times was known as
Egota, the station from which Trajan's
I, two roads Of conquest diverged, one up
the banks of the Danube and the other
striking north into Dacia. It was the
latter road which necessitated the con-
struction of the famous Trajan bridge
across the Danube at this point, the
largest in the Roman empire. How
well the great Damascus architect,
Apollodorus, designed this structure is
indicated by the fact that after more
than 1900 years portions of some of
its 20 stone piles described by the his
torian Gibbon are still to be seen, and
perhaps it would have done service
for centuries had it not been destroyed
to prevent the invasion of the terri
tory south of the river by the Goths.
The remains of this famous work were
not discovered until 1884, the honor of
the find being credited to Michael 10.
Seph Quin, who made a systematic
search for, the piers while accompany
ling the Hungarian road-builder, Count
Szechenyi, on one of his journeys down
the Danube. The stones which are
now disclosed at low water are the
ruins of piers 145 feet high, SO feet
broad and 1853 feet apart. When the
Roman sappers overthrew them to
check the march of the barbarian en-
emy the masonry damned the waters
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
KINGS Who Reianed Briefly.

Sixty-eight years is long time to
wear a crown. Many other monarchs
have hardly had time to get comfort
ably settled upon their thrones, be-
fore death or abdication overlook
them.
John 1 of France has to his
credit q reign of only five days.
For brevity that is hard to match.
Napoleon was emperor the second
time for 100 days, and then started for
st. Helena. Louis XVIII, whom he so
rudely depesed in March, 1915, had oc-
curied his throne less than one year.
Francis II ruled but a year, Louis
X two years and Louis VIII three
years.
Russia has also witnessed some
lightning changes in the house of Ro-
manof. Katharine I was czarina but
two years and Ivan VI for year. Pc
ter II was car of all Russias for only
three years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

takes 10000 roses to produce an ounce
of altar. War and weather cut the
output this year to 10000 ounces, al
though normally the country does
twice that volume of business.
When the roses rach the distiller he
takes 20 pounds of roses and Is gal
Ions Of water and makes his first mix
ture. From this he gets 80 pounds Of
rose water. This is again distilled to
make the concentrated extract. The
altar is the cream mat rests on top
of the redistillation. 1t is skinned off
much like the farmer skins his milk.
There is serious opportunity for the
western culturist in America in this in
dustry. understand that experts are
studying the Bulgarian reports to see
what real prospect may be found for
us. New York, London and Paris are
the chief markets for the output.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
Fish Mortality on Florida Coast.

Reports received by the United
States bureau of fisheries show that
there were two recent periods of heavy
mortality among the fishes on the west
coast Of Florida, between Napues and
Sarasota, for Is or 20 miles off shore.
Outbreaks of this phenomenon, which
appears to be due to natural causes,
occurred on October and October 18,
1916 The beaches were lined with
windrows of dead fish. Persons living
in the vicinity were affected with in
flammation Of the mucous membrane
induced by some gas, presumably sui
phur dioxide, given off from the wa
ters. There is ground for the belief
that the conditions are attributable to
subterranean disturbances and the poi
sonous gases which rise and pollute
the waters.-Commerce Report.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
Troubles Never Come sinaIx

A resident of Boothbay, Me-, was
told by a neighbor that his sons COW
was out in another pasture, and start
ed to bring Ter in. He found a COW
loose and set out in chase.
For an hour or two he chased one
of the most obstinate and disgusting
animals ever born into the COW breed.
And at last he caught her and brought
Ter out to the road and was leading her
triumphantly home, when he met a
ncighbor who asked him what he was
doing with another neighbor's cow.
And SO it proved. For the original
stray COW was still in the wrong pas
ture, but tied securely to tree. The
other COW had had perfect right to
it grazing ground.
The exasperated gentleman then set
out again and this time found the right
strayed COW and took her home.
When he arrived at his sons place
with his sons COW he found one of his
own COWS in his sons field and eating
up the sons cabbages.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
WHERE FLOOD BEAT A KING
Termonde, Belgium, Routed Army of
the Grand Monarque by Cutting
the Dykes.

Termonde, a prosperous town of
10000 inhabitants at the beginning of
the war, spreads over both banks of
the Bender river and the right bank
of the Scheldt, the Bender forming a
juncture with the larger waterway at
this point, says a war geography bull
letin Of the National Geographic So
ciety on one of the cities of Belgium.
Situated only 16 miles east of Ghent
the great heart of Flemish history,
Termonde itself has a past Of which
It's citizens may well feel proud. 1t
was here that Louis XIV suffered an
ignominious defeat at the very be-
ginning of his War of Devolution, or
Queens War, in which he set about
to upset political customs and substi-
tute civil usage in the matter of royal
inheritance. Louis defeat was due
not to the prowess of the city's garri-
son but to the self-sacrif1ce of her peO-
pie, who employed the irresistible wa
tiers of the North sea to fight their
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
ANIMALS AT WORK
WARS EFFECT UPON LABOR CON.
DITIoNS IN ENGLAND.
Novel Experiments Have Proved Sat-
isfactory, as in the Case of Store
keeper With His Parrot-EIe-
phant Replaces Horse.

Many strange and unexpected cases
are on record in which animals and
birds have proved themselves useful to
mankind, very often serving their mas
terS more reliably than many human
beings would do under similar circum-
stances.
At times of stress like the present,
such dumb servants have proved them
selves particularly useful, good in
stance in point being provided by the
case of a gentleman in the west of
England who recently lost his garden
er through the man enlisting. His mas
ter was confronted by the problem Of
his lawn, about which he had always
been very particular, for the grass
| quickly threatened to make his once
trim grounds look very much like a
wilderness.
Then he hit upon a brilliant idea.
Wiring off the ground, he turned
in a dozen guinea pigs, who promptly
proceeded to nibble away at the grass
as evenly and neatly as any moving
machine could have done, much to the
masters delight.
Similarly, an East End tradesman
lately found himself short-handed ow-
! ing to the war, and after some thought,
this man hit upon a solution of the
problem.
He happened to possess a pet par
rot, and this bird he placed in the out
er part of his shop and trained it to
call "Shopr' whenever anyone en-
tered by way of the street door.
The parrot very quickly learned it's
lesson, with the result that it's master
was no longer obliged to spend all
his time on the lookout for customers,
but could attend to other matters,
knowing he could count upon his new
assistant to warn him of anybody's ap-
proach.
The intelligence of dogs is known
to everyone, but dog as a golf cad
die is somewhat of a novelty, you will
admit. Nevertheless, the animal is
no imaginary character, but real cad
die, who works on the links of a GER
tain widely known course. Besides
carrying clubs, this dog proves him
self very useful in the matter of dis
covering lost golf balls, nosiEg about
until he is successful.
But the war has made one strange
spectacle possible in England. In
Sheffield an elephant may be seer
drawing heavy loads along the streets
1t is claimed for this particular ami
11a7 hn% l,o
wagon of coal in two journeys. Camels
have also been employed by the same
firm, but as draft animals cannot be
compared with the elephants.-Londor
Answers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
SWAMP ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered, re-
member it is needless to sufer-go to your
nearest drug store and get bottle of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Ro 1t is physician's
prescription for diseases of the kidneys
and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by Dr.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was SO
very effective that it has been placed on
sale everywhere. Get bottle, Soc and
$l00, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
DECORATING THE TABLE
BY |. NJ. BENNINGTON.

It Is not necessary to have any un-
limited bank account or big credit with
a florist In order to see that the table
is supplied with tasteful decorative
effect. Plants grown In the window
can be made to do the double duty of
Frightening the house and giving q
finishing touch to the table.
There is nothing better in the whole
list for making the table CHEEKY than
the Asparagus Plumosus, The dainty
foliage Of this fine plant is like lace
The plant can be made to take the low
broad aspect that is so essential to ta-
BILE decoration. All that is required is
to pinch the young fronds as soon as
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
ROSES GREATEST PRODUCT
BY ELIzAaETH VAN HENTHuYsEN.

1t Is not often in this war-ridden pc
riod that any gentle bit of information
comes from the zone of cannon and
shell, but here is a most vitality inter-
esting bit Of knowledge which has been
turned up, as 1t were, by the point of
the bayonet and sent to us officially
from Sophia.
1t puts u new light upon altar Of
roses and offers not only an intensely
interesting insight into the most valu-
able character of rose culture, but, per-
haps, a valuable light for the guidance
of the American culturists, notably
along the Pacific coast, where roses are
raised In many places so profusely that
hedges and lamp post and telephone
pole-ornaments are fashioned from the
vlrile growths.
Once we had the idea that a weird
procession of camels, winding slowly
along the Persian heights, brought sea-
ward the altar Of roses and that the
shah's domain had monopoly in this
line. Later the Turk came to be re-
garded as a competitor for the honors
Of getting the most concentrated es-
sence known from the blossoms.
Now comes the Official information
that Rose Valley, In Bulgaria, is the
worlds greatest source of the costly
perfume and that the Bulgarian pro-
fusion of rose culture has cut the price
OF altar of roses from the old $50 an
ounce down to $12.
We learn these things, and the ac-
companying absorbing detail, all be-
cause the Bulgarians are disturbed in
this gentle occupation by the more
pressing business of meeting the
allied arms on the south and the
Roumanians and the Russians to the
north. We have little interest in their
clash Of arms on this page, other than
rs It interferes with the worlds great
est rose garden.
The Bulgarian rose district lies on
the south side Of the Balkan mountains
In territory that once belonged to Tur-
key. 1t is 1900 feet above the sea
level and constitutes district about
as long as Long island and twice as
wide. There are in Rose Valley alone
10000 acres Of roses and the atmos-
phere is so pregnant with the odor
Of the blossoms that it is like standing
In the doorway Of flower shop to
enter the fairy realm.
The roses are both red and white
although the red. being the stronger
is preferred for making altar of roses
the young ivse bush Is planted Is
inches deep in mixture of earth and
manure. and when 1t is once tucked
away, after May of the third year IL
becomes a paying property for the next
20 years.
The dlstilIers take from the Bulga
rian realm every year about 100000
roses. 1t is estimated that It takes 20C
roses to make pound and that the an
nual crop is about twenty tons. Il
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

they have reached growth of from II
to Is inches. Then the lower branches
spread and the plant takes the lati-
tude that it would never get if it were
allowed to follow its own bent.
A few long-stemmed flowers, placed
between the fronds will give the plant
oil of the color and relief that one de-
sires. Roses, carnations, narcissus,
and half a dozen other flowers can be
made to do duty in this respect, the
choice depending upon the region, the
taste Of the owner and the circum-
stances of the case.
For the best results, give the plant
a soil of rich garden loan, lightened
with sand. Water should be used very
moderately, indeed, and the plant does
not need sunshine. 1t should be show
cred several times each week.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

battle for them, as has been the case
so many times in the history of the
Low Countries. The dykes were cut
and the investing army of the Grand
Monarque fed before the flood.
During the War OF the Spanish Sue
cession Termonde bravely resisted the
great English general, Marlborough,
but after a ten days bombardment
was forced to yield.
On many maps Termonde goes by
its Flemish name of Dendermonde. At
the outbreak of the war it was one
of the five fortified towns of Belgium,
but its defenses were not of modern
design. The city is 25 miles by rail
southwest of Antwerp. The most in
teresting buildings in Termonde are
the Hotel de Vile (formerly the Cloth
halD, fourteenth century structure,
and the Gothic church of Notre Dame,
which contains two valuable pictures
by Van Dyck.
Termonde is only 20 feet above sea-
level, fact which accounts for the
ease with which the surrounding coun-
try was flooded when besieged in 1867.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
fhe high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more Skinner's Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious of all foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare it in a hundred different
ways.> It's free to every woman.-Adv
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

the mine it contains 20 different grades
and qualities of the mineral. All of
the work of sorting and cleaning is
done by coolie hand labor. Unlike
many forms of mining no great depth
has been reached, and often the most
primitive methods of operating are OBJ
served
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29
A FEW LITTLE THINGS

Cut down the dead stems of peren-
malls to within five or six inches of the
ground.
Hardy flower beds are benefited by
forking over and being given a good
dressing of well-decayed manure.
Clean your lawnmower with kero-
sene. then coat with a heavy oil before
storing it.