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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-02
In the Silent opera.

"What do you think Of my daugh-
ter's voice? Do you think she would
make a success on the stage" "She
might-in the movies"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-02
Not Unassisted.

"A man." said Uncle Eben, kin
make money all by hisself. But money
can't make q man all by ITSELF"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-02
Cream Wanted

The Manchester COOPERATIVE
Creamery Company will pay cash for
good cream delivered at their cream
cry. viii pay one cent above Elgin
market for butter fat. Dated May LIST.
1917.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-02

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14

machinery must be used under water
because the oil engines consume pre-
cious air and exhaust poisonous gases.
On the next word from the captain
water from outside is allowed to fill
the huge ballast tanks in the central
hull. Other ballast tanks at the ends
of the boat are partially filled to hold
the ship on an even keel This trim
ming of the submarine. of course, can
be delicately controlled by the bnoyan-
cy gauges and controls in the operating
room,
The weight of all this water causes
the submarine to sink, but not COM
pletely. The horizontal rudders at the
stern of the ship are used TO give the
final touches to the dive. The COM
mander directs the man at the wheel
how far down he wishes to go. BY
watching the depth gauges in front OF
him the wheelman can so tip the div
ing rudders that the proper depth can
be found Immediately and held exactly.
1t takes but minute or two to dive.
In torpedoing ship the vessel must
be turned to aim the torpedo tubes,
which lie parallel with the central axis
Of the submarine-in the bow. The
command is given to fire. The gunners
In the forward compartment receive
the order through speaking tubes or
telephones. The torpedo is discharged
from it's tube by compressed air.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
PRINTERS PROSPEROUS.
Gross Earnings Increased Nearly 81,
100000 the Past Year.

Gross Earnings Increased Nearly S4,-
100000 the Past Year.
A prosperous organization with It's
house in order and ready to expand
the work already started ia connection
with the war activities of its members
was pictured by Marsden G. Scott Of
New York. president of the Interna-
tional Typographical union, in the ad-
dress with which he opened at Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, the sixty-third an
nual convention Of the organization
He said that nearly 500 members Of
the union had enlisted with the Cana
dian forces, that more than 400 already
are In the army or navy of the United
States and that thousands OF others
will follow the Stars and Stripes In the
worlds war"
Forty-two Canadian members OF the
organization have been killed in France.
and $l2.225 has been paid to their wild
ows or dependents, Mr. Scott added
He announced that the two represent
adve organizations of employers in the
printing industry-the American News
papers Publishers association and the
United Typothetae and Franklin Clubs
OF America have recommended that
all jourueymen and apprentices be re-
instated In their pos tions when they
return from the war"
President Scott said that through its
executive council the International un-
lon had subscribed for $4,000 Of the
liberty loan bonds and chat subscrip-
ti0ns for an additional $57. $50 had been
reported by subordinate unions. He
emphasized the fact that of sec, ,652, ,431
earned by members Of the union Ia the
fiscal year ended May 81 only $4.6S4
had been expended by the Interna-
tional union because of strikes or lock-
outs. lie said the gross earnings OF
union printers had increased $3.940. .628
In that period. the average earnings a
member being $10SG.43. an increase OF
S45.25 as compared with the preceding
twelve months.
President Scott also announced the
completion Of an arbitration agreement
between the international union and
the CLOSED shop division Of the United
Typothetae and Franklin Clubs of
America, effective Aug. 4, 1917, to Dec.
81, 1926" Arbitration contracts, he
said, have been issued TO l9l newspa-
per publishers under the new interna-
tonai agreement with the American
Newspaper Publishers association, ef-
fecuYe May /, 1917. to May l. 1922.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Whv People Get Fat,

Among curious popular fallacies Is
the idea that an individual may become
obese without eating too much and
may remain obese even when very lit
tie food is taken. If a person each day
eats butter bali weighing only third
of an ounce in excess of the food
actually needed it seems trifling, insig-
niicant, but continued over year 1t
would involve gain in weight of nine
pounds of fatty tissue or in ten years
of ninety pounds An ounce of bread
or half a glass of milk more than the
food requirement for the day viii bring
about the same result Conversely, If
the quantity of food taken be only
slightly below the needs Of the body
some of the bodys own fat is used and
the body weight falls a process which
may be extended over a long period of
time.-Dr Graham Lusk in Worlds
Work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14

and only sanctuary is the sacred tree
inclosure, their only religious symbol
the evergreen oak.
When a baby is born it is warmly
clothed, placed on large wooden plat
ter and taken to the priest, who, In
front of the sacred tree, strips 1t and
salts it. Probably this accounts for the
few Red Heads that now survive, 1t be-
ing said that their numbers have dwin-
died to mere seven or eight thousand
For the service the priest is always
given a shoulder from the sheep which
It Is usual to kill on such occasions and
which forms the principal item In the
birth feast Other duties that the priest
has to carry out are the cutting of
three horizontal cuts with a dagger
Just above the level of the eyebrows on
the forehead of the dead and the set
Ting of all disputes
When couple becomes engaged the
ing dainty and tasty dishes and trot-
ting round with them to her lovers
home, followed by her father with wine
and spirits. Breach of promise is all
most unknown, for the youth who jilts
mas his throat cut An erring husband
is hanged on some remote tree by the
red cord ne wears round his neck, and
the body is left as a warning to others.
An erring wife mysteriOusly disappears,
and no questions are asked. A man
who deserts his wife also is hanged,
while the woman who deserts her hus-
band is compelled TO return to him.
There is secret ceremony Of initia-
ton which every Red Head is compelled
to undergo on attaining his seventeenth
birthday 1T involves seclusion for sew
en- days and going without food and
drink for three days At the termina-
tion of this preliminary test the youth
is taught certain passwords and grips
by which he may recognize his breth-
rem, aud a red circle is tattooed on his
breast. The strange people live on
terms Of friendship with the whole of
their neighbors with the exception of
the Turks. whom they hate and treat
accordingly j c. Bristow-Noble in
London Globe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14

tween two days. AT the same time
he was discovered, the police found
II pairs of rubber boots niled Up
ready to be moved out. Punkin"
was found, with another young
man, hiding behind a barrel. The
joke of the thing is, it Is rumored
that "Punkin" and his pal contem-
plate bringing suit against the city
for false arrest, claiming their pres
ence in the cellar was due to the
grating over the cellar hole giving
way as they passed over it, precipi
tating them into the cellar.
They didn't explain their being
behind the barrels, where the police
found them, but it is thought thai
when the CRATE threw them into
the cellar, the rubber boots kicked
them behind the barrels. 1t is not
known at Jhis time whether or not
they will bring suit against the
shoe firm for having a defective
grating over their cellar hole.
"Punkin" is happy these days,
he's just where he belongs, up to
the time that he explains lis pres
ence In the cellar to the satisfaction
of the court and the jury.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
A STRANGE PEOPLE
Red Heads of Asiatic Turkey
Last of the BaaI Worshiuers.
HAVE SOME QUEER CUSTOMS.

Al! Males Wear Ped Caps and Around
Their Throats Red Knotted cords and
Allow Their Wives to Beat Them-AlI
Babies Are Sailed When Born.
Strange people are the Red Heads of
Asiatic Turkey. They are the last of
the Baal worshipers. The men wear
red caps; hence their name Red Heads.
They also wear red knotted cords
around their necks. The cord is put
On during babyhood and is never re-
moved 1t is inferred with the body
after death. They shave their heads
except for patch on the top, and
here they allow the hair to grow long
and plait it into pigtails, which hang
about their ears. They are tall. wiry
fellows, with enormous appetites for
both food and drink.
The women, who do not veil them
selves and who dress simply in loose
fitting garments, are thin and spare,
but wonderfully strong. In their
homes they wear breeches as well as
skirts. There is no wife beating among
the Red Heads, but plenty of husband
beating. The husbands take their fire.
quent chastisements meezly and pa
tiently, They employ themselves, both
the women and the men, In agriculture
and theft. They produce a couple of
crops, tobacco and durra. The rest of
their time is given up to looting the
Turks crops and cattle.
In the center of every village there
Is a small circle rallied off, and In this
space there is planted the special reli-
gious emblem. an evergreen oak. No
one except the father priest of the vii
lage enters the inclosed ground, which
is decorated with small flags, strings
Of coins and bright colored beads.
Around and about the circle the Red
Heads celebrate the only religious fes-
tivaI known to them, "the gathering of
the new moon which takes place ev-
cry month. Directly a new moon makes
its appearance the people are called
together by a lay priest beating a bar
rel shaped drum stuck end up on the
ground.
1IeS dIG LII lL6 NbhAAi5 u1ShollS
placed thereon and the sheep killed by
the priest who sprinkles a little of
the animals blood on the oak, and the
carcasses hayed and cut up into joints
and the latter cooked over the fires,
before which millet and wheat cakes
are by this time baking on huge flags.
In the meantime tables on trestles are
set up aud LAID with wooden plates,
horn spoons and steel knives and forks,
and soon the feasting begins. The
women wait on the men. who gorge
steadily for about an hour and then,
while their wives ANA daughters are
clearing up the little they have left, In
dulge in dancing, drinking and general
merriment
No religious formaity marks the
feast, no blessing or benediction or
grace. Indeed not at birth or burial
or marriage DE- these survivors Of the
ancient Baal worshpers employ any
formula or observe anything in the ma
ture Of a religious ceremony They
have no Bible 30 prayer book, no lit
urgy. no place OF worshp Their one
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14

are so few men returning, and are
so far apart that there wouldn't be
snythiug to report each week.
AS stated above, two mer re-
turned during the month but the
company lost one man by death
during the month so that they
real y only gaired one man, that is
a Hamilton man, during the month
The last two men to return to
work are; Clarence "Whitrey''
Phillips and Albert "Punkin''
Peters. Peters is the same Punkln
Peters who was caught by the
police in the cellar Of a S. Third
ST., shoe store two weeks ago be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Cleveland Strike Settled.

Patriotic response to the govern
ment's representations that war con
tracts are being hampered seriously
brought an end to the strike Of 1900
Cleveland drop forge workers, and the
men returned to work after having
been on strike for nearlg month.
Demands OF the men for an eight hour
day, with no reduction in pay, will be
held in allegiance. and work will be re-
sumed on the ten hour day basis of
pay. The only demand made by the
men in returning 70 work is that there
be no discrimination against members
of the brotherhood OF Drop Forge
Trades
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Nothing is politically right which is
morally wrong. -O'Connell
OPERATING A SUBMARINE.
The Method When the Ship 10 About
to Make an Attack.


Every submarine has its commander
generally u cap,ain-who acts as the
very brains of the ship. No one else
can give orders. for so interconnected
are all the machines that the conflict
Ing commands from more than one 9TH.
Ger would almost surely result In an
accident; hence every one reports d.
rectly to the captain through the Sec
ond officer in command, who, by the
way, is alsc responsible for the correct
operation of everything from the bal
last tanks to the torpedoes.
In maIing the attack the captain
mans the periscope in the main oper-
ating room, just beneath the coming
tower The lenses and prisms in the
periscope tube transmit the images
from the sighting piece above the wa
ter down to the periscope eyepiece.
When the vessel dives the decks are
first cleared Then the matches are
sealed down and the oil engines are
stopped IN quick succession. Storage
batteries are turned on to drive the
electric nro.clling motors. Electric
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Madrid's Throne Room.

The throne room Of the royal palace
at Madrid is one Of the most magnifi-
cent in the world Decorated in red
and gold. it contains rock crystal
chandeliers. colossal looking glasses of
the finest quality, marble tables and
priceless porphyry The ceiling Is
painted by Tienolo with the Majesty
of Spain" in illustration of the virtue
OF the kings and the manliness of the
people, who are represented in the diff
ferent costumes of the provinces. Here
the sovereigns Of Spain receive on
grand occasions when alive and when
dead are laid out in state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
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UNION RECOGNITION.

+ The demand for recognition is
+ one which a union cannot COM
promise if it is TO be anything
more than society for the ex-
/ change Of individual commiser-
alton Concessions made to In
: dlviduals are easily withdrawn
after strikers return to work and
+ are restored to a pacific mood.
+ Gradually the men hnd them
selves being discharged, always
: for cause but actually as a
. punishment for having struck
: and as means of substituting
+ other men willing to work for
+ wages and under conditions
. which provoked the strike.
/. i X i. i + x = :. !. y y !. i. - j. j.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Two New Recruits
At The Niles
Foundry.

The Niles Tool Works Company
succeeded in inducing two more
Hamilton molders TO return TO
work In their foundry during the
past month. 1t will be noticed that
we are making this as monthly
report, not a weekly report. Our
reason for doing this is that there
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Tale the Grooer Lola

with these high prices" said the
customer to the grocer you must he
making lot Of money"
No replied the grocer. I'm not
making any more money! My custom
- merely owe me more. Detroit
Free P~oee
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-12-14
Gave Him Pause.

"Will YOU marry meY'
IF mother says so. all right"
"IIum! Is mother going to decide
all our questions for us in case this
marriage takes placer Kansas City
Journal
The Monticellonian., 1917-09-28
Black Soldiers Acted Well.

Camels evidently despise bullets
The camel transport corps was in
action recently, somewhere in Meso-
potamia. and resolved its baptism of
fire. No shell or bullet can excite the
stolid. contemplatiye animal: but It
might have been expected that the
camel drivers, unarmed and unframed
for war. would have run for it at the
first sign of attack. Yet. In fact. most
of them responded admirably to the
call of their British officers and stuck
to their animals while bullets whizzed
around. With characteristic simplicity.
or 1t may be obstinaey. when told 10
bring in their camels to shelter they
insisted on taking with them the blank
cts which are issued to every man. lest
they should be stolen in their absence.
Some wanted to mount hill under
fire to get their money from their tents.
The contempt which a Soudanese stall
wart feels for the modern long-range
fighting was expressed by one head
mantle more warlike Soudanese reg
ularly act as head-men over the Egyp-
tan peasants. who remarked as the
shells burst, that in his country they
fought Ii out with knives"
The Monticellonian., 1917-09-28

anu tpPs III toiei
water and let them come to the boil
ing point. Use rubbers that are soft
and elastic dipping them into the
boiling water before adjusting.
The fruit is then put into the jars
and covered with sirup of any desire
density. Two cupfu1s of water to
three cupfuls of sugar is the formula
that is most generally liked. Four
cupfuls of boiling water with six cup
fuls of sugar will fill about four quarts
Jars of raspberries or any closely
packed fruit or three quarts of halved
pears, peaches or cherries, or two quart
jars of large whole fruit like plums.
Heat the strip slowly and boil gently,
skimming any scum that may rise. Do
not stir, but longer boiling will render
the sirup heavier, if one likes richer
fruit This sirup may be used for all
fruits. The amount of sirup will adj
Just itself to the fruit. The sweeter
small fruits. being closely packed. take
little sirup; the larger, loosely packed,
take more strip and need more to
sweeten them.
A large lard pail with a wire dish
cloth for a rack makes fine boiler
Fill the jars with the boiling sirup and
submerge them, after carefully sealing
tight, then screw them back half
inch, so that they are loose. but firm
enough to be handled by lifting the
tops. The jars with clamps are placed
leaving the side clamp unfastened I'M
til they are taken from the boiler
Cover the jars To the depth of an inch
over the top of the highest Jar and
cook. The required time for small
fruits is 10 To 10 n,inutes from the time
they begin To foil. for ii quart can five
minutes less for pint and ten min
utes fore for two quart ran. For
larger fruit, like peaches. bears and
plums. twenty-five to thirty minutes are
required for boiling.
The Monticellonian., 1917-09-28

of lean beef. three tablespoenfHls of
sweet bacon fat. in which an enieHzis
Drowned after ehopping, three eHpfals
of boiling wafer. one teaspoonful of
paprika, twelve potato balls or small
new potatoes. six small onions, six car
rot balls, six turnip balls. one bay leaf.
one Glove, four tahlesnoonfuls of flour.
half pint of cold water. one chopped
chilli pepper. Remove the Drowned
onion from the fat and add the veal
and beef, cut in small pieces; brown
these and remove them 10 a casserole !;
add Paprika and boiling water, cover
the dish and place 1t in the oven Fry
the other vegetable balls in the smok-
ing hot fat and add them To the meat
after ii has simmered for an hour and
half. Add the seasoning and -four
mixed with the cold water: stir until
partly cooked. then add the red pep
per and the boiling water. Cover and
simmer for another hour and half
Serve from the casserole.
Dried Peas and Rice-If one dries
their own peas this year they will have
many good dishes to serve this VIM
ter. Pick them When young and ten
der. scaId two minutes in boiling wa
ter, pour off the water and chill with
cold water, drain and put to dry mt
once. The quicker they are dried the
sweeter they will be when dry.
Wash cupful of dried peas and let
them soak over night, put To cook In
three pints Of water, add u teaspoonful
of salt, one chopped onion and simmer
until the peas are tender. Drain and
mix with Il cupfnl of boiled rice. Add
four tablespeonfuls of butter, one cup
full of strained tomato sauce and salt
and pepper TO taste. Bake ten minutes.
Garnish with hard-cooked eggs and
fried onions.
Barley eroth.-Barley is rich in min
erai matter, but contains less fat than
wheat. Being lighter and less stimu-
lating than wheat or oats, il is espe-
cially good for people of weak diges-
tions. Take the meat from three
quarters of pound of the neck of
mutton. cut in small pieces. cover
bones and meat with three quarts of
water. add IA teaspoonful of salt. one
diced carrot, turnip, onion, stalk Of
celery and quarter of IL pound of bar
ley. Simmer two hours Serve with
minced parsley as a garnish for each
dish
The Monticellonian., 1917-09-28


anee. Add three piuts of water and
boil the strip until clear, removing The
scum but net stirring the sirup. Add
teaspoonfui of soda to six quarts OF
water, and when boiling hot drop in
few plHms ut time until each
cracks open, but do not let any of the
ralp escape. Take ont with wire
dipper and Place on "A platter to avoid
crushing them. then put Them into the
sirap few ut a time and cook until
straw easily penetrates them. Lift
carefully from the strip and plaee IN Il
Stone crock. Repeat until all the plumS
are used, then boil down the juice To
Cover the jar with cloth and paper
and keep on the cellar floor.
Chill Sauce.-Take half Il peck of
ripe tomatoes, quarter Of II peck of
onions and green peppers; peel the to-
matoes and onions. remove the inner
white skin from the peppers. leaving
In the seeds, chop all together very
fine. Add Il eupful of salt. two cup
fuls of sugar and a quart of good vim
egar. Cook slowly three hours, then
put into bottles and seal.
Tomato Jam.-Put into the preserv.
ing kettle seven pounds Of ripe tema-
toes, three pounds of sugar. one pound
of seeded raisins. one pint of vinegar.
one lemon. two teaspoonfuls of einna-
mon and two of ground cloves and a
few dashes of cayenne pepper. Cut
the fruit fine and cook until ii forms
Il thick jun. Seal in glasses With par
ATTN. Served as conserve with meat.
this is delicious.
Peach Butter-pare and cut into
thin slices fully ripe freestene peaches
of good flavor. Add third Of II cup
full Of water To pound Of fruit, cook
and mash all the time. add ten finely
chopped blanehed peach kernels and
threefourths of Il pound of sugar TO
each pound of fruit weighed before
boiling. Cook. stir and test by trying
on a cold plate. Use care as it burns
easily.
The Monticellonian., 1917-09-28

flarins cuffs with oYerlay In white
satin.
Milking joke of dcprlyafions is one
phase OF French feftifade In these
times of trial. The Parisienne makes
light of the scarcity of coal and says
size will rely upon furs aud exercise
In The open mir 10 keep herself warm
this winter. This prediction seems To
have influenced The mode. and furs
are everywhere On suits and froczs
they uppear in bands. sometimes con-
tinuous and more often In sections. on
the bottom of skirts and coats. Collars
and cliffs. Uncovered buttons. and
Hafr0w fur bands and fringes of fur
find piaee on all outer garments.
Deep cuffs, both ciose.fitting and
flnring and narrow collars that widen
into bread revers are among the new
est phases of fur trimmings. But with
the broadest collars and the most gen
ssrous cuffs are coupled very narrow
landings in pockets and about the bot
tom Of coats. Collars are as luxurious
and enFeloping rs those introduced last
winter. those on suits of the convert
ible variety that may be brought up
about the throat AT Will
One Of the new fall suits. trimmed
with gray squirrel. is made of wool
velour. Squirrel looks we'll ON the
wine. blue and green shades of the
present season ind combines beauti-
fully with the soft glove finish of
wool fabrics. The suit pictured is
conservative model with straight
hanging coat, behed In ut the waist