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The Glenwood post., 1917-12-29
cheerfuIness 0verdone.


They lived In the same road and had
met on q homeward-bound car. The
conyersation, turned to their nsighbors.
sHe.es." Mr.. Robinson said,sin geply
eeHhe remark Of his friend that Mrs.
Ixdoof was "a wonderfully sweet
tpered woman" $50 cheerful and
1n9y. aaways looking on the. bright
e"s vent on the friegd enthustastic.
alEx Ye-es," said Robinso1.i :.But
SlNthsr .overdoes thSt bright side
e1ees. The other nightI was there,
~ 1esxdocr-you knoM how ahsent-
Minded he 1s-put the lighted end Of
No. cigar in his mouth He1 aprana
TITO the air like q mustang. and checked
1ui his is-tndeayosdto swallow his own
0eats. riRight IN the midst Of, IL all
NrA Nexdoof remarked blandly: How
fortunate you were. dearest. to dis
cover II at once"
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i'd four bottles of ginger ale, stir well
ind serve.
chlffonade Tea Punch.-Make four
mpfuls of strong tea, let 1T cool, then
i'd to 1t the juice Of six lemons and
me pineapple cut in fine pieces, one
,ound Of cherries, cooked, one cupful
# granulated sugar. Stir until the
ugar is dissolved. Add quart Of car
donated water. Pour into a glass pitch
n, put sprig Of fresh mint on the top
ind pour into glasses half filled with
.hipped ice. Serve with soft cookies.
Iced Turkish coffee.-Prepare
quart Of clear black coffee and while
IT'LL hot stir in three yolks of eggs
veil beaten into two cupfuls Of boiling
rot milk. Cook over hot water until
hick, using care not to curdle the egg
,weeten to taste and when cold add
he stiffly beaten whites and one cup
'ul of firmly whipped cream. Serve
With straws in chilled glasses, adding
/ teaspoonful of cracked ice to each,
yarnish with small pyramid Of
whipped cream with cherry on top Of
he cream.
Chocolate Sirup.-Put six heaping
:ablespOOnfuls of grated chocolate into
| saucepan over the fire, add two cup
.uls of boiling water; simmer slowly
md stir occasionally until the choco-
ate Is dissolved, then add four cup
,uls of granulated sugar and stir until
he sugar is dissolved, then simmer for
I've minutes. Strain and add two tea
,poonfuls of vanilla and pour into bot
les and seal. When ready to serve al
ow three-quarters Of cupful Of cold
milk and two tablespoonfuls Of the
,irup for each glass required. Put
he ingredients into large mason jar,
we'll covered, and shake well for three
minutes, pour into chilled tumblers and
yarnfsh with whipped cream.
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"THE WORLD DO MOVE"

Something like gigantic ice cream
freezer has been built at the Utah Ag-
iricultural college, large enough to sur
round fruit trees, to experiment
with frost effects under actual or
chard conditions.
Because insects collect Mt the upper
end of screen doors an inventor has
brought out one in two sections per-
mitting children to enter through the
lower section without admitting in
sects to house.
So that automobile tourists can
carry additional baggage an English
man has invented trailer to be at
tached to the rear corners of car
and be supported by single wheel. Z;
Violet light is being used by French
scientists to test precious stones, e.
pecially rubies, as It distinguishes the
more valuable Burmese gems from
Siamese ones of less worth. r
For sending messages from air
planes or balloons to the ground q
rFrenchman: has invented missile to
contain paper, which, on striking the
ground, ignites a colored fire to sig.
nal Its whereabouts. '9'
A simple but accurate method fol
measuring the surface Of q human
ibeink has been invented By a French
s10ntlG.9hau G soT, s-Ir F.r ~ =.
-r4ysuccess greets q memorial cam;
paiEn now being waged, a. $3.50, 900 me
mortal to. the late. John P. st. Johr
governor Of Kansas and prohibit n
leader, will be erected at Oluthe, Kan
The Glenwood post., 1917-12-29
Raindrops Make Lightning.

?" An English scientist declares that
the splitting Of raindrops In falling
through the ascending air currents,
iwhich are characteristic of thunder
stoEms. ~ the source, Of lightning. The
small drops with negative charges 60
MP with the wind while large ones with
positive charges stay below. Thus dur
ing thunderstorm there is usually a
region Of positive Observation-Disclosures
the positive earth nnd the negative up
PSF portioa.s When the. charge has
become sufficient, a series of direct cur
rent discharges usually takes place
along approximately the same line and
these reduce what we see as light.
uing fash.
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manding officer. She carries an auto
matte at her hip and she knows the
Austrian position. She is Il native Of
the parts and has won the confidence
of Austrian officers.
The engine of blue steel flashes
DULY from her hip to her hand and
noints upward and onward. She
cheers-a wild Italian mountain cry
and the troops respond. The officer
had not the chance for orders-if he
would have given them. Before he
realized the situation the Bersaglieri
were in motion; following the young
woman, who marched rapidly and
firmly with her automatic in the fore,
greedy for a target.
They soon encounter their own ad-
vanced patrols and, Joining, they make
a precarious way over piles of age
worn rock.
Direct to the task she leads them
She fights with them; her pistol spit.
ting its doses of death into enemy
breasts; her cheers ringing shrilly
above the maelstrom Of swirling foes
and steel firing steel on its errand
into enemy vitals.
The encounter was violent and de-
cisive. The Austrians were routed
to be technically correct-were ami
hilated. The Italians occupied the
position and signalled headquarters
the location Of adjacent enemy out.
posts. The result was the eventual
occupation by the Italian armies of the
entire Austrian system on that sector
In Rome, few days later, medal
to military valor" was struck and pre-
sented to coy young girl who in.
sisted chat she had done nothing re,
markable in thus serving her country
Italian poets and novelists are per-
petuating her name and exploit. She
is the idol Of King Victofs soldiers.
Her real name is Maria Abriani, but
the men in the Bersaglieri know her
as Jeanne dare d'Italia-
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Modem Joan cf Arc of Italy
By C. Kay Spencer

It was dusk in the Carnic Alps.
The deep green hues Of the mountain
forests were blending in the cleaning,
and restful gloom was settling down
In the mountains. Insects hummed
and droned among the blue grass of
the pastures. Devious pathways cut
an uncertain course through the volup-
tuous color of the ,egetati n.
Along one of these overgrown guild
ing ways regiment of the Italian
Bersaglieri was making a tortuous
ascent. The crests Of the plume ia
their helmets were rustled W mel
low breaths from the Adriatic, and the
gravel was crunching under rough
shod soldier feet. Otherwise no sound
came from this redoubtable column.
For these men were moving forward
to attack an enemy position which
their air forces had failed to locate
all through humid day of death.
The Austrian battery had swept
with withering waves Of steel the
backs of these hoary Italian mountain
crests. Thirteen thousand of Italia's
first line troops had vainly endeavored
to pass the enemy emplacements. The
blood of Italy's sons dried on every
leaf and gravel path, and her wounded
lay where the Red Cross could never
reach-at the feet of these eternal
piles, mangled masses of human flesh.
The Bersaglieri, Italy's strange,
swift-loping infantry, was going into
the action; expert, accurate marks
men, every man.
The advanced patrols and several
on the flanks had engaged enemy pa
trolls several times and had only sue
ceeded in adding to the perplexities
of the situation.
Suddenly there was challenge, an
oath in Italian, and presently cor
poral was seen making his way to the
main body. With him was woman
young girl, self possessed and smil-
ing. She inquiries her way to the com
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"FFiftty-Fifty"
Biscuits

Have you tried "fifty-fifty biscuits
Uncle Sans latest idea for saving
wheat flour in hot bread? You use two
cupfuls of cornmeal, soy beans which
can be home ground, finely crushed
peanuts, or rice flour to two cupfuls Of
white flour. Or you can use one cup
fll Of cornmeal and one cupful of
ground soy beans or crushed peanuts
with the wheat product.
You can make "fifty-fifty" mullins
with one and one-half cupfuis of cook
or cooked cereal, or ground soy beans,
to an equal amount Of flour. Then
there are "fifty-fifty" recipes for waf-
ers and for cornmeal cookies.
How to make all these "fifty-fifties"
rs well as home methods for entire
cornmeal gems and yeast breads and
rolls made in part of finely crushed
peanuts, sweet or Irish potato, soy
bean meal which can be made at home
rice. cornmeal, or cooked cereals, are
described in detail in United States de-
partment of agriculture circular No. A
81, partial Substitutes for Wheat in
Bread Making" Here is q sample re-
cpe-the one for "fifty-nfty" biscuits
rs worked out by Hannah L. Wess-
ling, specialist in home demonstration
work:
Two cupfuls corn meal, ground soy
beans or finely ground peanuts, rice
dour, or other substitute.
Two cupfuls white flour.
Four teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Two teaspoonfuls salt.
Four tablespoonfuls shortening.
Liquid sufficient to mix to proper
consistency Il to 11s cupuls).
~Sift together the flour, meal, salt,
and baking powder twice. Have the
shortening as cold as possible and cut
1t into the mixture with q knife, finally
rubbing it in with the hands. Mix
quickly with the cold liquid (milk,
skim milk, or water), forming a fairly
soft dough which can be rolled on the
board. Turn onto Toured board roll
into sheet not over one-half inch
thick; cut into rounds; place these in
lightly Toured biscuit tins Cor shallow
pans). and make 10 to 12 minutes in a
rather hot oven. If peanuts are used,
the roasted and shelled nuts should be
finely crushed with rolling pin.
In making the flour and peanut bis
cults the flour and other dry ineredi-
ents should be sifted together twice
and then mixed thoroughly with the
crushed peanuts.
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This Is an Age Of Young Men
But They Are Still Young
If on Sunny Side of Seventy

A generation ago 1t was customary
to talk of those who had reached forty
as Of mature age. A man Of those
years is now considered young, and
at sixty or seventy can have "a bril-
liant future still ahead.
That our forefathers had no such
conception of-relative youthfulness can
easily be shown, says Thomas F.. Ia
gon In Leslie's Weekly. The Constitu-
ton provided that no one should be
eligible for election to the senate at
an earlier age than thirty-nve, the
reasons advanced being that such a
restriction was necessary in order to
keep the senate made up Of grave and
reverend seigniors-elder statesmen,
who would not be blown about with
every veering wind Of political doc
trine. Today there is not senator
who is just barely beyond the age
limit, and the great majority do not
come into senatorial honors short Of
fifty and fifty-flve.
Alexander Hamilton was sedate
secretary Of the treasury at thirty-two.
The younger Pitt became prime minis
ter, first lord of the treasury, and
chancellor of the eXchequer of Eng
land at twenty-four. Washington
spoke of retirement from active life
to well-earned rest and leisure for
his remaining years when still but
forty-six.
In recent times we have had no
presidents young in years by the for
mer standards, unless Roosevelt be
classed as an exception In connection
with his first term Of service. Even
the popular novelists have sensed the
change, now making their successful
business men of forty or thereabouts
attractive to the heart Of the female
reader. This is admittedly an age of
young men. as has been claimed. but
they are still young anywhere on the
sunny side of seventy. and many of the
most efficient have passed the three
score mark.
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Home Produced Platinum.

The United States produces refined
platinum from crude placer platinum
imported mostly from the Colombian
republic. There is small home pro-
duction-in California as by-product
in gold dredging, in Oregon from
beach workings and hydraulic work
ings, in Nevada from the platinum
bearing gold ore Of the Boss mine and
also from the Rambler mine in .Wyo-
ming. There Is a considerable produc-
ton Of platinum in the United States
by refiners Of copper matte and gold
bullion, both imported and Of home
production.
The Glenwood post., 1917-12-29
POULTRY POINTERS

Crate fattening Is practiced with
good results by some farmers and
when 4 large number Of old hens are
to be fattened the crate will be more
satisfactory than the brood coop meth
cd.
II there Is no other shade near the
coOps occupied by growing chicks, set
the coops up from the ground on blocks
SO that the chicks can get under them
and find protection from the sun.
Never give spoiled food to young or
old poultry, for it is likely to poison
them or at least to. cause digestive
troubles.
Be sure to clean the dishes in which
you give milk to fowls or chicks at
least once day and disinfect them by
scaldlng. Otherwise, disease germs
find in these dishes very good place
to multiply.
1t is very essential to have the quar-
ters in which you keep the chickens
sanitary, and also to feed sweet, clean
food.
An ounce of creolin in one quart of
kerosene makes an effective remedy
for mites and tleas. Applied to roOsts,
dropping boards and nests, 1t will de-
stroy and keep away vermin.
In making change in rations for
little chicks it is better to be on the
safe side and feed small grain instead
of grains that are too large.
Fumigation for mites is not very sat
isfactory, inasmuch as the poultry
houses are not built sufficiently tight
for this method of eradication.
There is nothing better for the grow
Ing chick than plenty Of green feed.
The large body lice on fowls are
best destroyed by the use of lice olnt-
ment which is applied to certain
part of the hen, or by filling the plum
age full of lice-ki!ling powder which
can be obtained from poultry supply
dealers.
The little mites which stay in the
woodwork of the house and attack the
fowls at night can be destroyed by
painting the roosts and nearby wood
work frequently with lice-killing liquid
or even with kerosene.
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Keep Moving.

Keep moving! That is life's secret
all the way. When progress ceases,
you begin to lose ground. When growth
is at an end, decay begins. Do not let
yourself think you know enough, even
though your diploma is hanging
framed upon the wall. Do not imag-
Inc you are good enough even though
your acquaintances unite in speak
ing well Of you. Keep moving! The
day that shows no gain to your credit
means loss.-Exchange.
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FOOD COMBINATIONS

How to put foods together to make
meals that digest easily is the subject
of the leading article in the December
number Of The Hygienist Magazine,
written by DR.. r. h. Daniels. Pro, ure
copy of the magazine at your news
dealers or send ten cents to the Hy-
gienist Publishing Co. Majestic Bldg.
Denver, Colo.
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N0s o. CO Q 60{1Io.

Aslmple method of accurately cut
ting bottle 10 to place 1t upon some
level foundation and fill 1t with lin-
seed oil to the point at which you de-
sire the line of separation to occur.
Then take an iron rod of as great a
diameter as will pass into the bottle,
make it almost white hot, and dip it
into the oil. After the lapse Of few
moments sharp crack Is heard, and
the bottle is found to be neatly cut
as If with a diamond. If the bottle
be very thick and the cracking sound
not heard in a few moments, little
cold water thrown on the outside will
accomplish 1t.
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MAKING ENSII.AQE
9. FROM POTATOES

For generations Denmark, the home
of efficient bacon production, has made
large use of potatoes, and shown us the
way to use this feed to our great ad
vantage. A way to keep potatoes over
the year has stood in the way of dev,
clipping this valuable feed In very
recent time DR.. Round, of the U. S. de
partinent of agriculture, has worked out
method of preserving potatoes in tht
form of silage. This discovery is 0i
tremendous Importance, for it will stcci;
up northern and western farms anl
steady the marketing of the potato
crop.
Under normal conditions ten to
twelve million bushels of potatoes are
lost by rotting, and in exceptional
years this amount easily may reach 90,
100000 bushels. This year large quan.
titles of potatoes were frozen in the
ground. Facilities for making potato
ensilage would prevent large losses of
this kind.
The successful making of potato en-.
silage hinges on the use of an organism
of microscopic size known as the Tactic
acid organism. Clean ground potatoes
inoculated with this organism, furnish
a sure means of saving the potato and
producing palatable, nutritive ensil
age which may be fed to the hogs ard
cattle to advantage.
In the following will be found DR.
Round S description of the preparation
of the Tactic acid organism and thn
making of potato ensilage.
The Tactic organism is prepared by
fermenting corn meal.
IF equal parts by weight of corn meal
and water at 100 degrees F. are thor.
oughly mixed and then packed ana
tamped into perfectly clean, water.
tight receptacle. such as glass jar,
crock or barrel and set in a warm
place, in forty eight hours the corn meal
will have undergone Tactic acid fer
mentation and will contain enormous
numbers of Tactic acid organisms IN
practically pure culture. q The surface
Of this meal, after it is tamped into the
water-tight receptacle, should be cover.
ed as tightly as possible with boards
and wet cloth-both absolutely clean
in order to keep away as much Of the
air as possible. This type of starter
should be used as soon as it becomes
sour to the taste. II kept at a temper.
sture between so degrees and 90 de.
grees Fit is ready for use in about
two or three days.
\, In our work the potatoes after grind.
ing are pt Immediately into water-tight
receptacles, such as barrels, tanks, OF
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large vats, along with about Q per cent
of corn meal sprinkled in among the
ground potatoes. The mixture is then
tamped down, covered to depth of
several inches with straw, corn stalks
or leaves, and then fitted with board
cover, which is weighted down with
stones.
An air-tight covering is necessary in
order to prevent decomposition on the
surface of the fermenting material. The
weight of the stones should be sufficient
to bring the juice just over the pota-
toes, but it is desirable to keep the
upper surface of the straw and the
board covering dry, if possible. This
can be accomplished by the proper ad-
ustment of the stones.
In our work in which the covering is
adjusted in this manner there is no
loss whatever of the fermented potatoes
Fermentation begins at once and if the
weather is warm, gas bubbles appear
within "a hours and for some days con-
siderable pressure is developed, which
necessitates the addition of heavy
Weights to hold the potatoes down.
After few days the gas formation
slows down and the mass settles some
what, but the fermentation is not CON-
p!ete until the end of the third week
or longer, depending on the temperature
In warm weather the fermentation is
complete in ten days.
Summary
l. The use of 2 per cent to 5 per
cent of corn meal mixed with crushed
potatoes insures an acid fermentation
which converts the potatoes into silags.
2. This work may be done upon any
scale. If reasonable care is used, losses
should be negligible.
3. The potatoes should frst be wash
ed and then crushed by passing them
through an apple crater which has been
modified by substituting rows of blunt
spikes for the crater knives.
4. The Fermentation requires tight
receptacle which may be a barrel, vat
a pit, or a siIo, but must retain the
potato juice.
>. The upper surface of the crushed
potato should first be covered to a depth
of several inches with an absorbent
fibrous substance such as straw, corn
stalks, or leaves, then closely fitted with
a wooden cover weighted down by
stones until the surface of the potatoes
is barely covered by juice. The top Of
the straw and of the board cover
should be kept dry. r
6. Fermentation begins at once.
With the evolution of gas, considerable
pressure develops which should be con-
trolled by extra weights. After few
days this pressure disappears. Ac:i
fermentation continues, however, FOR
two or three weeks AS in other fer
mentations the length of time neces-
sary is directly dependent on the tenn
perature. 'f 'sf- 7'' "n'l"','
"r7. The resulting potato silage is re-
freshingly acid in flavor, free from any
putrid odors, and of about the consis-
teney and appearance of the original
crushed potato. t
8. Potato silage is eaten freely by
cattle and somewhat less readily at first
by hogs. although they soon learn to
eat it.
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Knots Not Interesting.

In one educational museum Of ia
pan is great frame of the most beau
tiful knots, tied in silken and golden
thread. This had formed part of
Japan's exhibit at a certain worlds
fair. For six months this wonderful
collection had hung upon the wall. and
only two visitors had noticed and in
quired about it.
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Stevenson's Memoirs Valuable,

One of the 45 copies printed for pri-
vate distribution of Robert Louis Ste
venson's memoirs of himself, was sold
recently in London for f12. 1t Is a
quarto printed from the original manu-
script. A first edition of the "New
Arabian Nights" also changed hands
for four times that sum.
The Glenwood post., 1917-12-29
Ancient Marine Homes.

The most interesting Of the earlier
habitations of man are the curious
lake dwellings Of the age of bronze.
These were usually built on piles sunk
into the bottom of lakes, some distance
from the shore. Large trees were
felled, the trunks of which were sharp
ened on one end and driven into the
mud by mallets used in the hands Of
the builders, who worked from a raft.
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Unframed Pictures.

To fasten unframed pictures on the
wall so that the. wind cannot tear
them loose, take a narrow ribbon and
brass tacks and, beginning at one cor
ner, fasten the picture, then stretch
the ribbon to the next corner Of the
picture, then another tack, and so on
clear around the picture. Use ribbon
to harmonize with the color in your
picture and the effect will be pretty.
The Glenwood post., 1917-12-29
Water Covers so,ooo,o 900 Acres.

According to the scientists of the
geological survey, there are in the
neighborhood of S0,OOO,00O acres of
good land in the United States which
is more or less covered with water.
This, at the lowest calculation, repre-
sents country bigger than Great
Britain and Ireland.
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AVOIDING Trouble,

How much trouble he avoids who
does not look to see what his neigh
to what he does himself, that 1t may,
be just and pure.-Marcus Aurelius.
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Great Little Men.

> Size is no criterion Of valor and abil-
ity. ss Napoleon was no giant The
duke of Luxemburg, the most famous
captain of his time, was dwarf. Ma
hone, the leader whom. during the
closing scenes of the Confederacy, Lee
most relied upon, except Gordon, was
described as a Spry midget, full Of
Irish fire."-Buffalo Times.
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Out of Date.

Mrs. Longwed-I always congratu-
late myself on having model husband.
Mrs. Justwed-But you've had him
a good many years. My husbands a
this years model.
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Laureate Mint Punch.
Put into a punch bowl
two cupfuls Of sugar, the
Juice of a dozen lemons,
and thinly sliced por-
tions of six lemons. Set
aside to chill. When
ready to serve add four
cupfuls of clipped ice
and a cupful Of mint
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Tho True American. rf. -,
OF the whole sum of human life NO
small part L. that which. consists Of a
mans relations to his country, and his
feelings concerning it.-Gladstone.
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r iaei The Sensitive Nsares '.;Y .,
y The heart THAT IT, soonest awake 10
the flowers IL always first 10 bs
touched BY the thorns.-Noora
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Unethical.

"Why did they manage to get Bull.
lit out Of that automobile club?"
Because every time he was arrest
ed for speeding he admitted he was
going just as fast as the cop charged"