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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-07-06
RECENT DEATHS.

Ex-Mayor Roscoe Holmes died June
28th at his home in Ellsworth, following
an illness of several months, aged 70
years. He was born in Belfast, the son
of John Holmes, lumberman. His
early life was spent in business under
the firm name of James & Roscoe
Holmes. He went to Ellsworth from
Belfast and took up the lumber business
there, retiring few years ago. Ellis
worth Democrats elected him mayor of
the city in 1881 and again in 1882. He
also served as street commissioner for
several years, and in 1901 was collector
of taxes. Mr.. Holmes is the last of a
large family of brothers. John Holmes
was we'll known as circus man at one
time, prominent in the management of
the Barnum and Bailey shows, and later
owner of a theater in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank and Alonzo Holmes were also
we'll known as lumbermen. He is sur
vived by a son and daughter, Herbert
and Hannah Holmes, both of Ellsworth.
Lydia, wife of George F. Mayhem,
died at her home in North Belfast Sun
day, June 25th, of Bright's disease, aged
81 years. She was born in Waldo, the
daughter of Nehemiah and Hannah j ohm
son. About thirty-eight years ago she
and Mr.. MAYHEM were united in mar
riage, at which time she came to her
husbands home in North Belfast and
they have lived in that community ever
since. Three children blessed this union
"a daughter, Lulu, who died IL years
ago, and two sons, Guy and Herbert,
whose homes have been in Worcester,
Mass. for the past few years. These
sons, together with the husband and two
brothers, Ephraim Johnson and Warren
johnson of Waldo, and one sister, Sarah
Johnson of Belfast, survive her. Mrs.
Mayhem was of a retiring disposition,
yet her many good qualities endeared
her to large circle of friends. She was
devoted wife and mother, and her pass
ing on is a severe loss to her family.
The funeral was held at her late home
Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock. The
interment was in the Head-ofTide Gem
etery.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-07-06

The well that drains the cesspool is the
cup of death?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
s O C | N T Y
By EMMA REID RYALL

Hon. and Mrs. John Ewing announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Henshaw. to Mir. Maximilian Anton von Liebe, on Tuesday, July 25, 1916 Mobile, Ala
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Futile. Miss Scales of Mobile, Miss Vera Lasseter of Mont gomery Miss Maggie Chamber of Bir- mingham, and Messrs J. R. McDanlel' John K. Randolph, Hugh Wilson and w. A. Garves of this city will leave August ' for Persimmon creek, near Garland' where they will spend two weeks fishing, says the Montgomery Times.
 Mir Futile is taking along seven water proof storm-proof and mosquito-proof tents. They will spend two weeks pleas antly, regardless of the elements or mos quitoes.
 Most all kinds of fish are to be found in Pigeon creek-except sharks. This creek is also free of submarines-Moplle Register.
 Miss Lois Brown was hostess to the Alpha Omega club Wednesday afternoon' entertaining at her home in Nor"ooo' Auction was played and the prizes were handkerchiefs and correspondence cards. Miss Browns guests were: Miss Julla Carney, Miss Virginia White, Miss Eliza beth White, Mrs. Jack Walton, MISS Mary Etta O'Brien, Mrs. Martha Ponce Tor, Miss Dorothy Allen, Miss Gertrude Mccormick. Mrs. Claud White, MISS Cundell Baldwin, Miss Estelle Strickland and Mrs. Lawson Gambill.
 Miss Doris Emery will entertain the members of the Wednesday Afternoon Card club at her home on Montgomery street Wednesday.
 Miss Erma Graham of Pensacola, guest of Miss Ethel and Grayce Crowson, was entertained at a dinner party Saturday evening at the Tutwiler. The table was centered with huge bowl of roses. Among the guests were: Miss Mercedes Hatton, Miss Erma Graham, Miss Grayce Crowson, Miss Ethel Crowson MT. Jack Cartrte, MT. Owen Wagner, MT. J. D. Earle and Mrs. Varnie DeKampe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

"HE following taken from the Musi-
 cal Courier of last week will be
 A read with interest by friends and relatives here of Madame Blanca Randall and of Col. Clarence Murphey the com poser who frequently visits his sister. Mrs. T. S. Kyle, in Gadsden: "On Sun day evening, July IS, the frst-of series of interesting concerts was given by Bi- anca Randall, soprano, and George Rogers, tenor, at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. Madame Randalrs numbers included the aria from Gluck's "Sphigene en Tauride, Massenet's elegy Today, co. w. Mur- phey); "Undoux len'' DebruclO Ariette and the aria from Madame Butterfly" The only English song included on her programme. Murpheys Today scored a distinct success and was enthusiastically received by the audience. That she scored a personal triumph might be gleamed from one of her auditors You cannot put it too strong when you say good things of Blanca Randall. She sings as if inspired. She glories in it and her audience glories with her."
 
 Mir. and Mrs Walter Glenn entertained at dinner Wednesday evening at their home on Pine avenue, complimenting their guests, MT. and Mrs. Lilburn Chan dler of Wilmington, Del. and Miss Flor ence Casey of Auburn.
 The table was centered with garden flowers and ferns. The guests included a few close friends and members of their family
 Among the guests were MT. and Mrs. R. c. Hemphil Judge and Mrs. Zell Gas ton, MT. and Mrs. c. c. Glenn, Mir. and Mrs. Candler and Miss Florence Casey.
 Miss Sa nah Simpson will entertain at dancing party this evening complimenting her guests, Miss Katherine Mckinley of Columbus, Miss, and Miss Lucy Sharpe of Marbury.
 Miss Margaret Barker will entertain at cards this afternon in honor of her guest, Miss Mary Wright Clark of Montgomery. Mrs Edward Warren will entertain the members of the Friday Bridge club this morning at Il o'clock at her home on Cliff road.
 Mrs. T. M Mcclellan entertained Wednesday afternoon at an informal bridge party at her home on Mountain avenue. There were two tables of play CTS.
 The following announcement has been received by friends throughout the south:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. J. F. Day and little son are the guests of relatives in Trenton, s. c.
 The friends of MT. and Mrs. R. T. An derson will be glad to learn that their three sons who have recently been i'll with typhoid fever are improving.
 MT. Emmett McClintic of Richmond, Va, Is visiting in the city, having been called on account of the Illness of his brother, MT. c. P. McClintic, who has ty- phoid fever, and is at St. Vincents hos pital His many friends will be pleased to hear that he is improving.
 MT. and Mrs. Lilburn Chandler of Will mington, Del, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Walter R. Glenn on Pine avenue. Mrs. Chandler is a sister of Mrs. Glenn. Miss Florence Casey of Auburn is the guest of MT. and Mrs. W. R. Glenn.
 
 Mir. and Mrs Thomas Wingfield will leave tomorrow for Washington. where they will be the guests of relatives. for North Carolina
 The many friends of Mrs. John War ren, who has spent the past year west, will be glad to learn that she will return to Birmingham early. in the fall and will spend the winter.
 Capt. Mortimer Jordan will arrive to- morrow from Montgomery for the week end.
 xrs waIker who has recently been i'll at St. Vincent's hospital. is very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, August 3.-(Special)-In an- nouncing the completion of their work for this year. the Madison county board of equalization. which has been at work several months assessing the value of the taxable property of Madison county, announced that 1t had reduced the assess ments on all Madison county farm lands 10 per cent from the values agreed on by the board and the owners The board has ascertained that farm lands in this county are assessed great deal higher than in any other county of the state. The average valuation per acre Is $97O, as compared with $520, which is the average for the state. Morgan county values are next highest. being ss.2o per acre. The equalizing board states that it is aware of the fact that Madison county farm lands are worth more than the lands of ether coutnies in the state, but their value is not 30 per cent higher than the next nearest nor nearly 100 per cent higher than the average for the state. Farm land values had been raised for three years past
 The total of taxable values for Madison county has not yet been made up. All dis putes have been settled and 1t is an nounced that not a single contest will be taken into court.
 Acting on commission from summer residents of Monte Sano, engineers have completed a preliminary survey for a new low grade road from the city to the top of the mountain. The road was sur veyed from a point on the new Big Cove mountain road, which will probably be link in the Jackson highway and it will reach the top of the mountain with grade not exceeding per cent. Eff forts are being made to have the road built by Madison county, and If it is done it will relieve the mountain people from the necessity of using the Monte Sano
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
It Is Hard for Americans 10 Realize War Situation
 Tn Europe Without Some Personal Contact

"It was odd" she went on to say, ''but just at that time I had been re-reading Puck of Pook's Hill,' that most inter- esting of English histories and with Una and Dan, whom I have always imagined to be Kipling's own children-those over whom Puck cast the spell of '"Oak, Ash and Thorn I seemed to see again the people who first helped to make England famous"
 "Yes," she continued, T feel that Kip ling couldn't have chosen better types around whom to weave such delightful tales than his own children. Puck, in speaking of these children, declared that they knew neither doubt nor fear and this makes them especially representa- tive of the English youth of today, who since the great war began. has never shown the white feather for one mo- ment. English boys who have been reared in such poems as The English Flag The Recessional,' and The Chill dren's Song would scarcely be other than brave. Recalling The Childrens Song,' some of the verses take on a new mean ing in these strenuous days of war, not alone in England, but here in our own gloriously patriotic country: Land of our birth, we pledge to thee, Our love and toil in the years to be, When we are grown and take our place As men and women with our race. Land of our birth our faith and pride, For whose dear sake our fathers died, o motherland! we pledge to thee, Head heart and hand through the years
 to be-"
 Again she said, i've quote words these of 'Horatius at the Bridge which still ring clearly in our ears and make our hearts beat more quickly when we think of them in these war times:
 And how can man die better
 Than facing fearful odds
 For the ashes of his fathers,
 And the temples of his gods?'
 The woman was right; few of us realize until we come closely into contact with those about to participate in wars ter rible ravages what the situation in Flu rope is today; dimly we see through a glass in our own midst and the vision is heart breaking, distressing, pitiful!
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coden. where they will spend two

Golden. where they will spend two weeks.
 Mrs. Rittenhouse Moore of Mobile and her daughter, Mrs. Mark Bristol, have returned from Mobile to their cottage at Tallulah Falls. Mrs. Henry Gold thwaite will soon join them. Later, says the Atlanta Constitution, Mrs. Bristol will join her husband, Capt. Mark Bristol, U. S. N, who is at present in charge of the battleship North Caro- lima. Captain Bristol is at Old Point at present. but later goes to Newport, where Mrs. Bristol will join him for a short visit.
 Miss Emily Irvine, who has spent sometime in this city with relatives. has returned to her home in Athens. Miss Florence Peebles of Athens and her guest, Miss Clara Angermeier of Louisville, Ky, are the guests of friends in the city.
 Mrs. T. E. Barry of Florence is the
 guest of relatives in the city. Mrs. Frank Loughran is the guest of
 her parents. Judge and Mrs. Henry
 Chamberlin. in Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
Spinach SouffIe

Will you give me recipe for spinach souffle? ate it at the home of a friend and thought 1t worth asking for in the Corner, if someone can give 1t to me-
 "CORNERITE" Boil the spinach and chop fine. Add the beaten yolks of two eggs, a tablespoon of melted butter, salt and pepper to taste. Set this mixture away to cool. When cold, beat into 1t a half gill of cream and the frothed whites of three eggs. Turn into a buttered pudding dish and bake quickly in hot oven to a light brown Serve as soon as 1t is removed from the oven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
Cheap Fruit Cake

T reply to your request for recipes based upon sour milk or buttermilk of- fer one I know to be good: Cheap fruit cake: One cup of sour milk, one cup of sugar, two tablespoons of melted butter, one teaspoon of soda, one cup of raisins and candied orange peel, chopped fine, about two cups of sifted flour. Bake one hour. J. M e.
 Oblging members have generously re- sponded to my appeal and with gratify- ing results as to quality, as we'll as ouan- tity of material. The Corner Is their debtOri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
BurgoO

Seeing request for recipe called burgoo, will send one I find in my cookbook one called Kentucky burgoo. Use duck. squirrel or chicken. Put into stewpot, cover well with water, salt and pepper to taste. place over hot fire with cover on the kettle, and boil until the flesh leaves the bones. Then remove bones, and stir until the flesh is well shredded. Thicken with cornmeal and cook for 30 minutes lonf :. Serve warm or cold If cold, slice. uave never tried this but suppose it Is what is called for. This is my first letter to the Corner
 "B. R." The inquiry concerning the compost ton of the dish with the ungainly name has brought to our desk so many formu- las, no two of which are alike, that we are both pleased and diverted. You con- tribute still another that varies from all it's predecessors. Now arises the ques- tion, which of the seven is the Simon pure burgoo?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
Mistake in Recina

T hasten to correct mistake in print in the recipe l sent, which is in today's Corner: Two eggs beaten until lemon colored, add one cup of sugar. Mix thor oughly, then add one cup of flour, sifted with one and one-half level teaspoons of baking powder and one salt spoon of salt Stir. Then add half cup of hot milk Gn- stead of one) and one tablespoon of melted shortening. Flavor to taste I am truly sorry for the mistake, if 1t was on my part.
 If all housemothers and cooks were as conscientious regarding their contribu- tions to the domestic branch of the Cor ner, the cares and responsibilities of the editor would be measurably lessened. Thank you!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
HOW TO BE SLIM

If you are too fat and want to reduce your weight 15 or 20 pounds, don't starve and weaken your system, or think you must always be laughed at on account of your fat, but go to Eugene Jacobs Drug. Store, or any good druggist. and get a box of Oil of Korein capsules. take nne after each meal and one before retiring at night.
 Weigh yourself once a week and note what pleasant and reliable method this is for removing su- perfluous fat from any part of the body.
 It costs little, is absolutely harmless and a weeks trial should convince anyone that it Is unnecessary to be burdened with even single pound of unsightly fat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

OEs 1t seem to you, I wonder, as it seems to me, that compara- A lively few Americans are really able to grasp the war situation in Flu rope?
 Try as they may, it is hard for thens to make the war appear altogether real. there is such vastness and vagueness about it as to be almost bewildering un- less the conflict is brought home to them in some particular or individual way
 Some friends of mine who spent last summer close to the Canadian line were telling me recently about an experience they had. Before they came home, they decided to cross the Canadian border, and so went into lovely little village not far from where they had summered.
 It developed that the place had been chosen as a camp for Canadian troops ready to be sent to the front, and the hotels which had formerly been crowded with pleasure seekers were then filled with relatives and friends of the young soldiers who wished to be near them be- fore they left, perhaps never. never to return.
 Tt seemed perfectly dreadful for an American tourist and pleasure seeker to be in such a place" the woman who was telling me the story said. "Of course, everybody we met was kind to us, but we could see their hearts were not in anything we said or did; they thought only of their dear ones going to face the cruel war, which was perfectly natural, for we here in the south, have been like that this summer when we've seen our soldier boys leave for mobilization camps ready to go to the border. From our own boys here and those brave, young fellows on the Canadian shores. I had a slight glimpse of what war really means"
 This woman also told me that she was among the Canadian soldiers just at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
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Li'l Honey, you ax me whut wuz Ole Marse's las Words whin he died an Pm heah ter tell you he didn't have nun, kaze Ole Miss wuz wid him to de End. Yas- sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

the fire, beat in a teaspoon of vanilla, stir for a minute, and turn into a but tered pan.
 Chocolate fudge No. 2: Three pounds of light brown sugar, one-half pound of chocolate. one-half cup of cream, one- quarter pound of butter, three teaspoons of vanilla extract Put all into a porce- lain kettle or smooth iron pot, except the vanilla extract. Set on the back of the stove to melt slowly. Two hours is none too long. if you value smooth, rich fudge. Then pull forward to boil for 10 minutes Try at the end of seven or eight minutes in ice water, and if it balls" in the fingers take off and beat, adding the vanilla Turn out into but tered tins, and score when cool enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

time the wires flashed the report of the probable death of Kiplings son.
 Missed and probably killed" the head line read. she said and I believe the report caused more anxiety and sym pathy than anything that happened dur ing the summer, for while many Amer jeans have never heard of hundreds of names of people who have been wounded and killed in the great European war, nearly everybody is familiar with the name of Kipling."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04

pike on which the last toll gate in Ala bama is in use.
 Frank Baity, a negro wanted in Null berry, Tenn, on charge of burning one of Congers barns, was arrested here last night and is in jail.
 Samuel Davis, 62 years old. died today at his home on Douglass Hill after a long illness. His wife, one daughter and one son survive him. He came to this county from Jackson county year or so ago.
 The Chamber of Commerce has set out to raise the $2500 apportioned as Hunts ville's part in the fund to be raised to carry on the campaign for the govern ment nitrate plant to be located at Muscle Shoals.
 A resolution was adopted indorsing Bir- mingham's claim for one of the federal rural credits bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
g MARION w THARLANDS <
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Bust Form fo Donate
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BuSt Form to Donate
 T received the letter you sent me of the offer of bust model from Mrs. $. J. K. l have already received one. I am writing to let you know this so that you may give this one to some other woman who needs it. M S." Upright and merciful soul that you are, you cannot rest without giving somebody else the opportunity of tasting the con- tentment you derive from the gratifica- ton of your expressed desire! We offer the second bust form with will, stimu- lated by your example. Who wants 1t?
 Reading Matter Wanted
 Regarding Mrs. L. Fs offer of maga- zines, I am not exactly a shut-in, but my limbs and hands are partially para lyzed and cannot do any work. l would be pleased to receive the Catholic read ing matter she so kindly speaks of
 TT. J. M Will Mrs. L. F. let us know if she has still the magazine she put at our disposal while ago? If it is, still hers, we will pass over the address of T. J. M to her The impression is strong in our minds that she has given it to an applicant whose address we sent to her. This is our reason for inserting the paralytic'S letter. There are thousands of his conn munion who read and contribute to tha Corner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
Chocolate Fudge

May I ask for a recipe that has been found successful for chocolate fudge that is smooth and will note rumble? LEFTY"
 In reply we offer two Either Is ex- cellent in its way. Perhaps the second may be just what you want. I fancy the crumbling you would avoid is caused by stirring the candy while 1t is cook ing. Sweet chocolate has so much sugar in it that 1t is likely to granulate if stirred much
 Chocolate fudge No. 1: Boil together a cup of sugar. one cup of grated chocolate, one-half cup of milk, one-quarter cup of molasses. Boil. stirring often, until a lit- tie hardens in cold water. Remove from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-04
Salad Dressing been looking partic'

T have been looking particularly for frugal recipes lately. In these days of high cost of living in America and such terrible suffering in Europe, it behooves us to live as economically as possible, so that we may save something to send across the sea. I am sending something that may help: Salad Dressing: Use a double boiler and do not cook too long or it will curdle. Mix together four heaping tea aspoonfuls of granulated sugar, one of strong mustard, and one level teaspoon of salt Add gradually four tablespoons of strong vinegar and one cup of boiling water. Set it over the fire. Then mix one heaping teaspoon of cornstarch in half a cup of milk; add one well beaten egg to this and pour into the hot mixture. Stir until it thickens, add a heaping teaspoon of butter, and, if too thick, thin with milk. I saw directions in the Corner for making butter for cooking. Why not use margarine? In winter I use a coal range and in summer a gas plate and find a good way to brown the meringue on pie without using the oven. Have 8 square piece of sheet iron to it over one plate. This throws the heat down, place tho pie on a toaster and slip under the gas. Will any one please tell me how to pre-. pare horse 'radish for. the table? ~~
 a 7~- ''E. R. B."
 It would indeed be unsracious in us tc withhold the formula you ask after the array of good things you Il or der before us Your salad dressing is unique, and your practical talk with your conferees Is excellent. The easiest way of preparing horseradish for table use is to wash the roots and scrape clean of skins; then grate fine and cover with the best quality of white vinegar. Pack into wide mouthed jars, cover. and set away for two or thre days to mellow slightly. It will keep well. Cider vinegar will do as well, but the color is not so pleasing as the white To make creamed horseradish: Wash, scrape and grate the roots; wet with a tablespoon of lemon juice to a half cup of the grated roots, and beat into a good drawn butter, all lowing cup of this to a heaping table, spoon of the grated roots. This must be used the same day it Is made. but the roots. wet with lemon juice, may be re- served for another time.