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Things That Are New

From mixture of sugar cane re
fuse and bamboo fibers Trinidad
planter has succeeded In making pa.
per equal In quality to the best wood
pulp product.
A reel to be attached to an automo.
bile wheel has been invented to enable
lineman to pick up or pay out wire
much more rapidly than can be done
by hand.
Surgical instruments that are not af
fected by the presence Of electromag
nets are being made of n secret steel
alloy by a French professor Of medi
cal electricity.
The inventor Of new auger bit has
made 1t thick at the edges and thin al
the center and claims 1t will force the
chips toward the center and thus avoid
clogging.
To prevent the absorption Of damp.
ness from the ground by stone build.
ings a new Europeon practice Is to cut
slots In the walls and insert asphalt.
coated lead plates.
A Wisconsin boy is the inventor OF
portable equipment to enable a person
to connect with any telephone, or tele.
graph line and either talk over II OF
use telegraph instruments.
silk manufacturers In Japan are
now receiving, for the first time, or.
ders from the United States for silk
neckwear.
Soft-iron castings and forgings can
be changed into hard steel by new
electrical process.
Italians are succeeding with expert.
ments in the production Of cotton on
the oases of Tripoli.
A revolving steel barrel to test the
relative durability Of paving blocks has
been Invented.
A rubber bulb to Increase the suction
features a new siphon for removing
cream from bottles OF milk.
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Really Easy,

Jones-I say, Smith, you are a good
hand at arithmetic?
Smlth-Yes; l am considered very
good. Why?
Jones-Well, here Is a little problem
for you: There was q man named
Little living in Dublin, who had q
daughter. Now. she was in love with
a chap she knew her pater did not
approve of, so one day she eloped with
him. When the old man found out, he
was very angry, and at once followed
them. Now, then, what time was It?
Smith (angrily)-What time was 1t?
How on earth do you suppose l can
tell you? | give 1t up.
Jones (triumphantly)-Why, q Little
after two, Of course.
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Origin Of "Humbuq"

The word "humbug' had its origin
as follows: Among the many issues
OF base coin, made from time to tima
In Ireland, there was none SO worth
less as that made by james II at the
Dublin mint. II was made of what
ever metal was the easiest to get
lead, copper. pewter or brass-and no
low was its Intrinsic value that 20
shillings Of It were worth only 2
pence sterling. The soft mixed metals
OF which the worthless coin was COM
posed were known to the Irish as
"ulmbog,' pronounced "oombog." mean
Ing soft copper or worthless money.
Thus the phrase "humbug" originated
by person saying: "That Is n piece
of uimbog." Don't try to pass of
your uimbog on me-"
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Had Suffered Enough

An old American revolutionary SOL
der was a candidate for congress, and
ms opponent was a young man who
had never been to the wars" II was
the custom of the old soldier to tell of
the hardships he had endured. Said
he:
Fellow citizens, have fought and
bled for my country. have helped to
whip the British and the Indians. 1
have slept on the field of battle with
no other covering than the canopy of
heaven. have walked over the frozen
ground till every footstep was marked
with blood"
Just about this time one Of the yot-
ers, who had become greatly Interested
In his tale of suffering walked up in
front OF the speaker, wiped the tears
from his eyes with the extremity of his
coat-tail, and interrupted him with:
Did you say you had fought the Brit
ish and Ingins?'
'Yes, SIR"
Did you say you had slept on the
ground while serving your country
without any kiverr
II did"
did you say your feet covered the
ground you walked over with bloodY
Yes replied the speaker, exult-
ingly.
well, then" said the fearful citizen,
as he gave a sigh Of pent-up emotion,
Il guess I'll vote for tother fellow, for
Ill be hanged II you ha'n't done enough
for your country."-Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
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NA.. hAf~ elQ
The Speed Of Animals

According to the naturalists, no ami
NAL Is known to have exceeded the
speed attained by the famous race
horse Sysbonby. Instantaneous photo
graphs show the full length of one COM
plete stride as about 26 feet. In the
stride Of the fastest racers the hind
quarters and limbs are raised consid.
erably higher than the shoulders, and
from this relatively great height
brought downward and forward, widely
separated from each other, as a sports
man says, ito avoid striking the fore
legs"
The hare, which Is hunted with fast
hounds has not In reality fhe speed Of
he dog. The dog. on the other hand,
dose not attain the speed OF the horse.
The giraffe Is said to run at the rate
of 10 meters per second under the most
favorable conditions. The elephant,
going at the rate Of two yards sec
ond, carries weight approximating
that carried by six horses.
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Making Glad Waste Places Of Earth.
BY A. w. DOUGLAS.

Throughout all time the inhabitants desert have been men Of
force and originality both thought and endeavor Their civilizations
have been marked alike by material accomplishments
coincidence that this the Arabs who ovean
Spain of the Babnns who bazed the civilization their
freedom of thought and initiative action the vast
and solitude of their environment
So in times building arid regions empire m
cation that embodes the spirit of progressive democracy 1t
accident that irrigated regions have pace manner of nte-
gent agricultural production and distribution Nor by blind
that the main the states irrigation among litter
a and the and mans today most of the reforms in our
social economic and political life For that wonderful thing
the creation of life from DEATH and making glad the waste places of the
earth.
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Fruit Sauce.

Take cupful Of sugar, a tablespoon
eul of cornstarch or two of -four, mix
well with the sugar and add n half cup
full Of boiling water, cook until smooth
and the starch or flour is thoroughly
cooked, then add cupful Of any kind
of canned-frut juice, or If that Is not
at hand add two or three tablespoon
fuls of mild vinegar, more hot water
and tablespoonful of butter with a
grating Of nutmeg and pinch of salt.
This sauce is especially nice with cot.
tage pudding, pudding made like a
plain cake.
To make most delicious sauce
which Is neither hard or soft one use
two tablespoonfuls Of softened butter
and II cupful of powdered sugar and
when well creamed fold In half cup
full Vi whipped cream. Flavor to taste.
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Settling II.

sPahson,' said Brother Buckaloo,
me and Brudder Sankey Smith has
Jess been havin' an intellectual spute
bout de pen and de swo'd. Which
does you say, sab, am de mlghtIer?"
"Ugh-well. sah," replied sage old
Parson Dagster, "dey bofe has DER
p'ints O Superiority. F'rinstance, de
swo'd am de best to stick into a man
and de pen am de best to stick a
man into. Hur,umph l"-Kansas City
Star.
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They lust Want to Know

The inquisitiveness OF children
which. as Oliver Wendell Holmes says,
makes them the terror and despair Of
their parents, has no object save the
craving to know about things, so DR.. j.
Mitchell Bruce, consulting physician to
charing Cross hospital. London, told
his students at the opening of the win
ter session. TIE small boy is hungry
for knowledge for Its own sake. lust
as he eats because he is hungry. with
out any notion Of the physiological use
Of food.
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subway this morning said
Louis Blrsky, the real estater,
to Barnett Zapp. the waist manufac-
turer, as they met for luncheon at the
corner table In Wasserbauer's. He
tells me he Is going to make from his
boy a painter"
Some people don't give q swear
what becomes Of their children" Zapp
commented.
rs 1t such bad job to be a paint
erw Birsky asked.
Seemingly Max Maikafer don't
think So" Zapp replied. Maybe he
would enjoy 1t to see his son break his
neck from ladder. Birsky."
What are you talking nonsense
break his neck from LADDER" Birsky
exclaimed.
"A scaffold Is Just as dangerous"
Zapp went on. Yesterday am seeing
a couple fellers painting from the side
OF building ten stories high. and
even though one Of them was an Ital-
iener, got SO dizzy watching 'em that
before ! could eat my lunch at all 1t
cost me 10 cents for some mathematic
spirits Of ammonia. II l would got to
earn my living Us painter, would
a whole lot sooner be an aviator, be-
cause while the funeral expenses is
the same as for painter. an aviator
don't llnger long enough to run up a
doctors bill on his widow"
You got the wrong Idea, Zapp."
Birsky said. "Maikafer's boy would
be not house painter but a picture
painter"
"A picture painter!" Zapp cried.
"And | thought Max Maikafer was
business man. Why don't he learn the
boy Gstrade where he could make real
big money. like a buttonhole maker or
a poct?"
THAT only goes to show what you
know from poets" Birsky retorted.
Jake Margonin, from the Fashion
Store, Indianapolis, told me that right
now there Is a Teller which from only
being poet is now owning most OF
the gilt-edged real estate In the city
Of indianapolis" r,..
"Sure. / KNOW" Zapp declared, "but
this here Teller was I'm old established
poet when Hart, Shaifner 4 Marx and
kuh, Nathan & Fisher was new be-
ginners already. Then again. there is
a bigger opening for poet than there
is for a picture painter. Take the
canned soup business, the breakfast
food business and even some railroad
companies-all them concerns has got
working for them poets which they
already pay them good yearly sal
airy, whereas picture painter must
| got to work piecework, and what for
a wages could pieceworker on pic
lures make when with my own eyes |
see 1t bill from a wholesaler In Welt
! fisch's art store, which Welfisch buys,
1912 doz. assorted oil paintings In
small sizes for $3s.75 dozen, includ-
ing shadow boxes and frames, terms
ten of sixty days, ninety days net.
Tell me about picture painters!"
Say. there is a popular price line
lof pictures, and then again there is a
thigh grade pictures" Birsky said.
] Even So" Zapp rejoined. you
ymust got to admit that concern like
B. Altman 4 Go. carries high grade
inc of goods, and when B, Altman
lied thes stock was good. up-to-the-
ninute stun In every department ex-
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the picture department, and when
eome to the pictures they closed 'em
to the Metropolitan Museum Of
for practically nothing"
Pirsky shrugged his Shoulders.
Say. what Is the use arguing with
ignerammus like you. Zapp," he
4. Don't you know that them pic
es which B. Altman left to the Met
<olitan Museum wasn't taken out Of
X at all! They were private pic
b which he collected?'
30 he collected them?" Zapp com.
pted. well, that's the way 1t Is
} them rich fellers. A big concern
B. Altman gets the credit for CIV
them pictures Is the Metropolitan
eum. understand, whereas the
pie he collected them from, mo-
never hears about at all. It's
same way with them charitable
pie whkh Is running all them or
N asylu1ns and homes. They both
tlie life out Of you you should give
for ten or fifteen dollars to their
tsms, and when You come to look
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January l, 1917. Such things you
could only do with a railroad, and be-
lieye me. Birsky, IL you got indict-
ments hanging over your head for the
rest of your lifetime, there's more
money In collecting railroads than In
collecting oil painted pictures and
don't you forget it."
Copyright, New York Tribune)
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Fluffy Sauce.

Scald cupful of milk In double
boiler. Stir In level tablespoonful of
cornstarch. wet with little milk. Cook
ten minutes, stirring often. Cream two
tablespoonfuls of butter, add one cup
full of powdered sugar until very light.
Add teaspoonful of vanilla and a
pinch Of salt, then beat this into the
thickened milk which has been cooled.
Beat the white of an egg dry and whip
II into the sauce until light and fluffy.
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m g sure. Any
number above that
Is equally to be
avold ed. Over
weight Is danger
Gus and Is indica-
We of several
things. Either the
appetite is not
controlled, INSULT
cient exercise Is
taken or the diet
Is made up of i'm
properly selected
f0Odstutfs.
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From Bad to Morse.

swell. jane said Mrs. DeStyle,
impatiently, haven't you found the
ornament for my hair yety
"Yes. ma'am," answered the faithful
Jane. but now | can't find your hair,
me am"
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Some Simple Pudding Sauces.

The best of buildings may be ruined
by an insipid ill-chosen sauce. Hard
sauces are to be served on hot pud-
dings. The following are few which
may be varied by different havors.
Warm but do not melt a half cupful Of
butter and add gradually cupful Of
pulverized sugar, then fold In the
whites of two eggs beaten stiff. Flavor
with the juice of a lemon and two tea
spoonfuls Of vanilla. Pack In mold
and keep cool until ready to serve with
the pudding. A good hard sauce Is
made by using the same amount Of
sugar with the white Of one egg and
half the butter.
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~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
( Mothers Cook Book !
ls3Ness~1Ness.a0Ness-s|lNesEj

1t must be somewhere written that the
virtue OF the mothers shall occasionally
be visited on the children as well as the
sins Of their iathers.-Bleak House.
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Mash pound of maple sugar. add a
half cupful of water and boil until 1t
threads. Pour this In thin stream on
the well-beaten whites of two eggs.
stirring and beating the mixture brisk
ly all the time. Add n half cupful Of
whipped cream just at the last.
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Movie actress who has big personal
following among patrons Of the silent
drama.
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Fat and Forty.
BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON
Commissioner Of Health Of Pennsvi.
vania.

Forty Is an unlucky number for men
five feet eight or under II II is the waist
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prefer, and call by the name Of pax
choi.' and the heading kind, which we
prefer, named 'pai-tsai,' which means.
white vegetable
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revolution smouldered and in 1865
the educated and wealthy Cubans
formed a national party. They asked
certain concessions from the Spanish
Government which were by no means
unreasonable. These concessions were
Indignantly refused. Taxes were
doubled. This was followed by what
is known as the ten years war. during.
which hundreds of people lost their
lives and thousands of dollars worth
of property was destroyed.
Cuban Boys Martyrs.
In 1871 a number of young Cubans
who were members of q medical class
at the University were accused of des-
ecrating the grave of a Spanish Jour-
nalist who had been killed in a polit-
ical quarrel with Cuban. The class
was arrested and in the meantime
the son of the dead man came from
Spain and had the niche containing
his fathers body opened and no desc
Grafton was found. At that time the
Spanish volunteers who were quar-
tered in Havana took up the matter
and demanded the death of the stu
dents. and to appease the mob eight
boys were sentenced to death. The
youngest of these martyrs was sixteen
years Of age. while the eldest was
twenty. They were stood up against
the wall Of the old city prison and
shot OF November 81. 1871, after
which the bodies were carried away
and buried in unconsecrated ground
criss-cross In one ditch as traitors.
Later the bodies were removed to the
Colon Cemetery. where handsome
monument was set up to their mem
ory. Later by way of pardons the
Spanish Government did all that 1t
could in reparation for the fearful
damage the mob had inflicted in a
moment when its madness worked
upon the mind of weak official. The
act was irreparable In the eyes of tho
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for independence. Secret societies
were organized and general upris-
ing was planned for certain day
The headquarters were at Matanzas.
where a number of implements of war
were stored. The Spanish learned of
their plans and before the revolution
lists had time to scatter the leaders
were arrested. Some were imprisoned
while others were sentenced to death.
Many fed the country or were exiled
among the latter being the Cuban
poet Jose Maria Heredia, who had
stirred the maicontents by his pa
triotic poems. This was In 1923. and
although the leaders at that time had
been silenced. revolution in Cuba has
always been hydra-headed monster.
and new heads soon sprung up and
incipient rioting gave the Spanish off,
Gals no little trouble. Finally. in
1925. Spain gave the Spanish Governor
OF Cuba absolute power over the Is
land and told him to deal with re-
bellious subjects as he saw fit. This
act greatly .incensed the people and
manifestations" (public meetings)
were held In various places to protest.
In 1926 the residents of Puerto Prin-
cipe rose against the Spanish garrison
of that section and. as usual. met de-
feat death and e-ila
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have been tested with a view to the
introduction of the best. In size and
character Of fruit the mango is vari
able, in size ranging from that of a
plum to several pounds in weight; in
form, round to long and slender. and
in color, yellow or greenish yellow.
The delicious flavor, of we'll grown
mango is difficult of description. but
the extensive traveller, Lady Brassey,
likened it to a combination Of apricot
and pineapple.
The Avocado From The Tropics,
The avocado is another tropical in
PRODUCTION which may be cultivated
with advantage in the Southern parts
of the United States and is being prop
agated to this end by the scientists
in the division of Foreign Seed and
Plant Introduction Of the Department
of Agriculture. The latter is DESTROYS
that the familiar and misleading name
of alligator pear" may be dropped,
as 1t initiates against its popular use.
The avocado is Indigenous to Mexico
and Central and South America and
the experiments Of the Department of
Agriculture have proven that 1t may
be grown in a large section Of the
South and West.
The avocado is a green, pear-shaped
fruit Of roughish skin, the best spec
linens for table use weighing about a
pound. 1t contains a single conicai
seed, and consists Of a mass Of yell
lowish pulp, which Is rich and nutty
and fine of flavor so that it's use is
most general as salad eaten raw
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and gives many palatable and nutri-
tious uses for the bean. 1t may be
used, he explains. exactly as Is the
more expensive navy bean; and. baked
Boston fashion, with pork or without.
1t Is being put up by a number or
canning houses in this manner.
The beans may be soaked. boiled
and the water in which they were
boiled will form rich jelly, which
makes an admirable substitute for the
meat stock of a good soup with the
addition Of vegetables. Picked green
the soy bean may be used as fresh
vegetable like the green pea or the
baby lima. and it is being canned IN
this form.
Makes Good Cheese And Coffee.
The soy bean makes a vegetable
cheese, which Is much used in China
and Japan, and while it is mainly
used fresh, there they are also cured
and dried. Mr.. Morse has expert
mented to good purpose in this con-
nection and with the aid of the rice
straw bacteria from China he finds
that he Is able to make cured soy
bean cheese which is almost as good
as the celebrated Camembert.
Should any crisis in this country
necesstate the stringent conservation
of food supplies, the soy bean. parched
and ground makes as good a substi-
tute for coffee as any of the vegetable
substitutes. Mr.. Morse also pointed
out the fact that soy bean -four being
without starch is of great value for
diabetes and Is put up especially for
their use.
Soy bean -four has already been
tried out in the extensive experiments
which are being conducted in the
Bureau Of Plant Chemistry. Depart
ment Of Agriculture, in connection
with other substitutes for wheat in the
making of bread. In the case Of nee
essity for food conservation, the
scientist chiefly concerned with wheat,
DIR. ]. A. LeClerc, states that a saving
of over a hundred million bushels Of
wheat year could be effected by
making bread with a % per cent. sub
stitute used in connection with Is per
cent. of wheat flour.
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Castle and the single star of the Cuban
banner rose in place Of its numerous
consultations and after four centuries
OF protest and struggle Cuba TONED
the sisterhood Of independent nations.
With independence the Cuban was like
a child with new toy. and for time
all went well. But they had little
training in the arts Of government and
a vigorous fight for "fat- Jobs soon
began. President Palma while per-
and he soon found himself whirling
about In the vortex of politics. As
the presidential election approached
inscriptions politicians gathered
about him determined that he should
win In order that they might carry
out their nefarious schemes The bal
lot box was stuffed and the election
returns padded SO openly that It.
would put to shame the old methods
Of Tammany Hail. sas ,.. ..s. M.
Second intervention. .., -5c'
Then like the proverbial Mr.. Fin
negan Cuba vent "off" again and a
revolution began. "Pino" Guerra
first raised the standard of revolt in
Pinar del Rio when he rode through
the streets carrying q Cuban flag
draped in crepe. Men were idle and
"Pino" was popular so they fiocked
to his standard and were promised
"jobs" II the revolution succeeded.
Cane fields were burned and much
property destroyed. When the United
States took charge of Cuban affairs
after the 6panlsh-Amertcan war tho
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tanning it's form when cooked, as you
see by these Jars, and 1t has but one
large seed. AS you can see, too, 1t Is
a more delicate-looking vegetable
than the squash and it's taste bears
out its look" he said producing the
pretty, yellow, corrugated, pear
shaped vegetable. ut has fruited in
our experimental grounds in Wash
ington, but 1t bears profusely only
from South Carolina southwark. It
has been sent all over the South, as
we are trying to introduce it on a
commercial basis believing that 1t will
prove an important addition to the
American food supply. While there
are many ways of serving chayotes.
they are usually preferred creamed,
used raw in salads. or baked with
other vegetables or meats.
A Delicious Salad.
1.-The half-grown chayote has
proved superior to the cucumber for
the same sort of use, being finer, mild
er, more crisp in texture and more
digestible. I consider it delicious with
a mayonnaise or French dressing"
Mr.. henderson is also experiment.
ing with the mango with a view to its
more general introduction as an ad-
dition to the list of American fruits.
To millions living in the tropics the
mango is Of greater Importance than
is the apple to those Of temperate
North America.
The experiments in mango growing
in the United States have been made
chiefly in Southern Florida, where
varieties from all parts of the world