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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Four Hundred Tons of Egg
Shells to Make Kid Gloves

Many people imagine when IN arti-
Gle is cast into the dustbin its days are
ended. This. however, is not 80, for
oil the contents of dust carts are care
fully sorted as they are emptied, any
thing of value being put aside. Disre-
garding things such as scissors, knives,
ETC., many corporations are making a
big profit out of their dust" You
wouldn't think that there would be any
value in eggshells, yet every year as
many as 400 tons are required In the
manufacture of so-called kid gloves,
and also in printed calico. observes the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
COrks, too, are valuable item, for
they sell to manufacturers at the rate
Of 8 cents q pound and in year no
fewer than 100000 worth are thrown
away.
Cycles suffer number Of hardships
before they reach an absolute end. Old
tires are bought Mt quite good price
by manufacturers for the rubber on
tham-inner tubes are especially valu-
able and go to make rubber mats and
cheap rubber toys. The frame supplies
short lengths of tube and the rest of
the machine Is melted down to make
a fresh iron article. ..
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Sunday Night Supper

The Sunday night supper should be
the happy meal of the week, for young
and old, a time when few friends
may gather for a quiet hour and enjoy
each others society. The meal should
lot be burden to the house mother,
for In many homes II Is entirely given
over to the young people or the men Of
the family to prepare and serve. They
usually delight In preparing some sirr-
pie dish, at the CRATE, chatting dish or
electric grill. Sandwiches may be pre-
pared beforehand and the meal may
be served from n small table In The
living room, everybody sitting cozily
about the fire, unless there are some
who prefer n table. to holding the
plate and cup in the lap. For the
drink cocoon is the most often used, as
Il is one that may be given TO even
the small people. Matted milk. ten or
coffee are all acceptable drinks and
rarely refused. ... 20
70 A sin,p,e salad of some kind. depend
ing upon The family taste or The heart
mess OF the dinner which has been
eaten ut Onc or two o'clock. should be
served.
A hof dish, some jelly preserves or
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Skim Milk Most Valuable
When Used as Food.

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
While skim milk Is useful for animal
feeding 1t will serve its best use as
food for humans. BY substituting graiK
green feed, buttermilk and whey in ami
NAL feeding, much skim milk may be
left for human use as beverage, In
cooking, condensing or for making cot
tage cheese. Only the surplus of this
valuable human food should b. fed to
stock.
While skim milk Is good for stock.
the fact remains tina Its highest effi-
cheney cannot be had through turning
Il into meat. Skim milk Is used most
economically In animal production
when fed to hogs, yet 1t takes 20
pounds when fed alone to produce one
pound Of pork. The same quantity
will make three pounds of cottage
cheese. In addition. cottage cheese
contains IN times as much protein
and one-third as much energy as pork.
50 that the skim milk In the cheese
form gives quite as much energy and
AZ times as much protein rs 1t would
II converted into ham or bacon.
Even Mt the highest prices recently
paid for hogs. skim milk fed to them
Is worth not more than one cent a
pound. Yet one cent a pound or ap-
proximately one cent pint, is very
cheap for any human food, and par
ticularly for food so high In nutri-
tive value as skim milk.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Big Cigarettes in Burmah.'

AS smokers, 1t would be hard to out.
do the natives of Burmah. Here as
travellers tell us, the women smoke
cigarettes measuring one foot In length
and one inch in diameter. These
cigarettes contain little tobacco, but
are made principally Of corn husk, or
the leaves of some harmless plant.
One will last day, and it frequently
satisfies the entire family for full
"a hours. The wife, who enacts the
role Of husband, as we construe things,
offers her cigarette to the child who
never refuses a puff or two.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Regiment of French Dragons
in Fighting Game Since 1896

The Twenty-sccond Regiment Of Ora.
goons Of the French army is one OF the
oldest regiments Of the republic. II
was organized In 1895 under the name
Of the Orleans regiment. and took part
from 1899 to 175G ia all the great wars
In which the French were engaged he
fore the Revolution. From 1913 to 1911
II was continually ut work. first under
the republic and afterwards In Napo,
Icons time. IT tool, part In the great
battles ut Anstcrlitz. 1907: Jena. 1e'si:
EyIau, 1907. and Oporto In 1909. May
remnants It's from It's standard In h ~
II rs bravery In battles.
Al The end If .hihy. !. ~ .'*
~ .n ','tionci II E'irr =
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

can be thoroughly cleaned whenever
the litter Is removed.
The dirt floor Is the least desirable
Of all floors in poultry house as when
the house is cleaned a portion Of the
dirt will be removed and In the winter
1t Is difficult to obtain supply Of
clean dry dirt. Rats easily dig into the
poultry house when the dirt floor is
used and as the rats burrow up
through the litter it Is sometimes diff
cult to find out where they enter with
out cleaning out quite a portion of
the litter or hunting long time for
their place Of entrance, Board floors
are of course necessary in colony
houses which are to be moved fire.
quently, but the concrete floor is now
considered by practical poultrymen to
be the only safe and substantial man
ner Of building the floor in modern
poultry house.
The concrete foundation for q poul-
try house can be made at least eight
or ten inches above the ground and 1t
should then be filed with at least
three inches of tightly packed cinders
or coarse gravel. Over this place the
concrete mixture In the proportions Of
one part Of cement to six parts Of
gravel and spread 1t out with plas-
terer's trowel to depth Of two inches.
The mixture will spread better II
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

had been for many years in peaceful
occupation.
War clouds burst suddenly. Soon
the city of Reims was awake, the
streets filled with people, all vending
their way towards the cavalry bar.
racks to have last glimpse of the de-
parting dragons.
Three hours after the bugle call the
regiment stood ready awaiting the
command of the colonel to mount. In
a long address the colonel reminded
the soldiers of the achievements Of
their forefathers, hoping that they
would be brave to add another pen
nant to those already attached to their
standard, and with the shout of "Long
live France! Long live the Repub.
lie" they swung into the saddle and
left the barrack yard for an unknown
destination.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

causes the electro-dynamic waves Of
the sun to undergo circular refracti0u,
dispersion and absorption. This, says
Professor See. weakens the action Of
the sun on the moon when that satel-
lite Is near the shadow of the earth. as
at the time of lunar eclipses. This
weakening Of the gravitational force
of the sun on the moon causes the
fluctuations in the moons revolution
In its orbits.
In 1873 Simon Newcomb finished an
elaborate investigation showing that
the moons motion is irregular, and
from that day to this the irregularities
Of the moon have defied all astrOno-
mers and mathematicians. Professor
See states that the Irregularities in
the moons motion may be calculated.
and that thereby the accuracy of the
predicted places in its orbit may be in
creased twelvefOld.
mo irregularity," he asserted, now
remains In the moons motion large
enough to be seen in the transit c.rcies
used by astronomers. Thus with the
previous mathematical development
carried out by Newton, Laplace, HILL,
Newcomb, Brown and others, the lunar
theory will be entirely perfected.
Professor See regards his discovery
as TO the cause of the lunar fluctua-
tons, and his successful working out
Of tables that indicate the place Of the
moon ip its orbit more accurately than
has been done heretofore, as corrobo-
rative of his theory of the cause Of
gravitation. He has sent a report on
his discovery to the Royal Astronomi-
cal society, London, and to scientific
societies In Paris, Stockholm and Edin-
burgh.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Beautiful lugano Smallest
of italian Lakes and One
OF the Most Picturesque

Lugano is the smallest though not
the least beautiful Of the Italian lakes
.--as a matter of fact 1t Is not entirely
in italy, as the Swiss frontier Is
crossed at Chiasso, yet, perhaps on ac-
count of its italian sounding name, 1t
Is usually classed with Como and Mag
giore, says the Christian Science Moni-
tor. The lake Is surrounded by wood
ed hills, which rise directly out Of the
clear water, and at all times of the
year 1t is beautiful.
In early spring these tree-covered
slopes take on soft purplish bloom;
all the outlines become blurred and
velvety as the sap rises in every
branch and twig. and there is a Won
derfully peaceful impression given by
these soft outlines against serene
blue sky. All along the lake sides
are tiny villages, built on the steepest
possible slopes, the houses seeming to
stick to the hillside wherever niche
can be followed out. There Is no road
directly around the lake, so the inhab-
itants prefer to 60 everywhere by wa,
ter. Little steamers ply from the
town of Lugano to Porlezza, taking q
zigzag course in order to call at the
various villages on either side Of the
lake.
OF all the villages, perhaps the most
beautiful is Morcote, which lies east Of
Lugano, with Its dark cypress trees
standing out on the hillside against the
pure sky, but for sheer picturesque ef-
feet the village of Cambria must come
first.
The houses appear to rise straight
out Of the water, piled, as it were, one
on top Of the other, quite haphazard.
Many of them shine white in the bright
sunlight with hard blue-black shadows
where the projecting caves cover
them. The walls ut the waters edge
are festooned with flowers and creep
ers, clinging wherever they can find a
foothold, while the water laps softly
against dim shadows Of boats tied up
under dark archways.
Each little village forms a separate
picture, having its own characteristics.
while over all the mountain Of San
Salvatore stands like O sentry on
guard.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
CarlyIe's Long Clay Pipe.

Thomas Carlyle. whose memory win
remain as man who has given much
to history, enjoyed his long clay pipes.
They were made In Glasgow. These
pipes were made with long green
glazed tips for the mouthpiece, and
those who visited at his home say
that he smoked new pipe every day
or perhaps Oftener from the stock that
he kept In box. Usually the pipes
were In corner Of the fireplace, with
in the fender. and ready for Carlyle's
further service. Here he stored also
half pound tin canister of his to-
bacco, which was often replenished
from his larger supply. The box stood
usually on the table, though Mt times.
It occupied place Of honor on the
mantlepiece.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

plenty Of water is added during the
mixing and 1t is quite sloppy. Before
the first cement mixture has set cover
the surface with half-inch layer Of
a mixture containing one part cement
to three parts Of coarse sand instead
of gravel. A foundation Of this height
allows the sill to be above the floor
and this prevents rotting. 1t u also
best to tile the ground under the
poultry house unless It is very well
drained and when on well drained
site thing will take away the moisture
that lies just under the surface of the
soil as well as the surface water and
In that way the house is given an ideal
situation as far as drainage and per-
manent foundation are concerned.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

Castlereagh became marchioness Of
Londonderry. Society flocked to her
colors, only to find that commissions
could not be bought-and then, curl
ously enough, they set out to work for
them. There Is many prominent So
ciety woman serving In the ranks with
servants Of her own establishment.
The marchioness received the off,
cial attention of Lord Kitchener, when
he recommended her as the colonel in
chief for the very good and sufficient
reason that he desired the command
to 60 to leader willing to accept the
guidance Of the government. Mrs.
Pankhurst is said to have been more
or less disappointed at this turn, but
she lost no time in grieving-instead,
she loyalty supported the legion of Am
aZons.
The age limit for the organization
was fixed at eighteen to forty. The
big drill hall of Knightsbridge was
loaned and drilling in the military arts
has continued ever since.
It might be mentioned that all the
officers of the w. v. r. have passed
successfully the royal army examina-
tons for Stheirsrank.
The purpose in applying an official
status to the w. v. r. would be for
the effect in case Of an actual in
vasion any time in this or future
wars-for 1t is to be permanent or
ganization. If they were no official
body an enemy would be justified in
dealing with them as franc-tireurs or
snipers. An official standing merely
allows to them treatment under the
war colors for official armed enemy
forces.
While there seems to be not the
remotest fear Of invasion, either now
or in the years to come, It Is, felt that
in case Of any internal disruption oc-
curing through malignant Internal
forces or enemy air raids, a body Of
healthy, straight-thinking, well-offi-
cered and trained women would be of
inestimable aid. ...
The colonel in chief of the w. v. r.
never identified herself with the mill
tant suffragettes, but her chief aid,
Mrs. Haverfeld, was leader among
them, driving her dog-cart through
the London streets bearing flaming
placards, "Votes for women rand hav-
hg-with evident enjoyment--numer-
Gus fights with the police and the rab-
BILE.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Popular Science.

An average tar yields 70 per
cent Of pitch and only 6 per cent
Of materials useful In making
dyes.
II grain Of granulated sugar
were q hollow capsule II would
hold 400, 000, 900 typhoid bacilli.
A 80-passenger auto bus with
n four-wheel truck In front, runs
on a standard railway track In
the Hood river region Of Ore
gon.
The most powerful telescope
in the southern hemisphere,
ranking as the third most pow
erful In the world, will soon be
completed ut the national astro-
nomic observatory. Cordoba, Ar
gentina.
The public Of Cleveland, O.,
Is made familiar with the opera
ton of the fire alarm devices Of
the city by means Of frequent
demonstrations by competent
persons connected with the fire
department.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
England's Third Line of Defense
The singular metamorphosis that
ouiet. meek little Lon
BY G. KAY SPENCER.

The singular metamorphosis that
transmutes a quiet, meek little Lon
don tailor or clerk to brawny, ele-
ent-hardened husky, who meets the
steel of Spartan-trained armies in the
supreme test-and conquers-is one
of the inexplicable developments OF
this war.
While Flanders sucks the life blood
of the noblest armies of them all.
London listens-and hears the thun-
der of British guns "out there"
Those deep-throated mammoths are
the Goods of Attritiop" and the first
line of England's defense.
The second line Of defense rides
the waters Of the world. No ensign
flies SC high nor so far as the ''Union
Jack"
There is another line.
The women of the United Kingdom
man the FORCES and foundries of Brit
ain from Kirkwalls to Dover. They
insure the delivery of the slnews of
war to the heroic descendants of that
@'thin red line," who fought as Eng
1ishmen have always fought-with
honor and glory-on the sands of the
Sahara, the crests of the Alps or the
Tibetian plateaus.
The women have also entered the
military.
The Woman's Military Reserve, Or
ganized by Viscountess Castlereagh
i(nOw marchiOneSs of I,ondOnderrvl
whose object is to defend the shores
of the nation against the possible
invasion Of the Germans, Is about to
acquire the honor of becoming an in
tegral part of the British army sys-
tenn.
To the marvellous organizing ability
of the marchioness Of Londonderry is
due this unique woman's organiza-
ton. With her second in command,
Hon. Evelina Havefeld, the marchion-
,ess has developed the w. v. r. until
they are much more efficient than the
so-called 'Territorials'' were when the
great war struck, They are proficient
in the regular army drill manual. All
the officers have attained their posi-
tons solely on merit.
They have had the aid Of regular
army officers, but these gradually
withdrew as the women developed Of
;fcers of their own.
A tremendous impetus was given the
youthful organization when, through
the death Of her father-in-law, Lady
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Scientist Discovers the
Cause of FIuctuation in
the Motion of the Moon

The cause Of the fluctuation in the
motion Of the moon which long has
been a puzzle to astronomers-has been
discovered by Prof. T. J. J. See. direc-
tor of the naval observatory at Mare
Island, California.
Professor See states that the cleo
trodynamic waves of the sun are the
force Of gravitation In the solar sys-
ten and are modified as to the moon, be-
cause the force Is exerted through the
mass Of the earth. This interposition
Of the earth between the sun, and moon
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Good Floor for Poultry
House Is of Importance;
Concrete Best Material

The floor In the poultry house Is
worthy OF more consideration than 1t
usually. receives, as a, substantial floor
Is necessary to keep the flock warm
and ely as well as to excludesrats and
moisture. The wooden floor costs
more than concrete II y6n place the
concrete without hiring skilled labor
and the concrete * perfectly warm
when covered with 81 deep liter niil u
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

-
those that come after and therefore
acids must be scrupulously avoided,
particularly In mouth washes, as they
Will destroy these important teeth
which should be kept in the mouth
as long as they are in good condition.
Your doctor or druggist should be
able to tell you hbout the acidity Of
the tooth preparations that are on the
market.
1t is always pleasure to learn how
to do things for ones self; it makes
you self reliant and ut the same time
stimulates you to seek further knowl-
edge.
If you suspect your tooth prepara-
ton Of being acid you can buy few
cents worth Of litmus paper from your
druggist. and by dipping very small
piece of this into your mixture red
dish tinge will appear on the paper II
there Is any acid present. If acid, for
bid the use of the preparation. II a
tooth powder is used it should be we'll
shaken up with water before making
the acid test.
Plain chalk with soft brush or rag
will do very well to clanse the teeth Of
children both night and morning. The
mouth should be well rinsed with wa
ter after each meal, and just before
retiring 1t Is we'll for both adult and
child to rinse the mouth with strong
solution Of baking soda. This destroys
the acidity that might have been gen.
Grated In the mouth from foodstuffs.
The teeth and gums should not be
abused. Sound and healthy gums are
necessary to maintain the health Of
the teeth.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

fruit with bit Of cake makes a good
supper. For a cool night the oyster
stew Is a great favorite, being served
with salad of shredded cabbage
dressed with vinegar and seasonings.
Tea should follow this main dish.
Frankforts cut In thin slices ana
sauted In little butter make an ap-
petizing dish which is q general favor
lite. Served with buttered toast and q
hot drink this makes good light sup
per. rs
Chicken Livers With Olive Sauce.
Brown two tablespoonfuls of butter.
and three tablespoonfuls of -four, and
when this Is well mixed pour on grad
ually one cupful of highly seasoned
brown stock. Senson with salt and
pepper, add twelve olives finely
minced and cook three minutes. The
ripe olives are the most appetizing.
but the green are also good. Clean
and separate the livers, dredge with
flour well-seasoned and saute In but
ter, pour over the sauce and serve
piping hot. .-l - H.s1 I;
Curried livers are prepared as above.
using the following sauce: Cook two
tablespoonfuls Of butter with half n
tablespoonful Of chopped onion FIVE
minutes, add three tablespoonfuis of,
-four. mixed with half tablespoonful
Of curry powder, salt and paprika to
taste. Strnln the sauce over the livers.
Pigs in blankets make another good
Sunday night luncheon dish. Roll
plump oysters in thin slices Of bacon
and hroil until well cooted on the Srill
or in the chatting dish. M. +sSis
Ne,A. Mee~ eaQ
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
All Mothers Must Make
Sacrifices Philosophy
of One of Right Spirit

Mothers are mothers all the world
over; but think some of our mothers
Of men in the big draft have shown as
fine spirit as the best, writes Mar
garet PRESCOTT Montague in the Attain
tic. happened to drop in at the log
cabin of one Of these mothers just as
rickety old automobile lurched down
the rough road and left an official sum-
mons for one Of the sons who had vol
unteered. The mothers face was lean
and brown, with magnificent black
eyes, high cheekbones, a fierce, clean
cut chin and not an extra pound Of
flesh anywhere upon her. Two of her
sons have volunteered. She has five
boys; three are sf the fighting age,
and the other two will soon be If the
war keeps on. I offered, some uncer-
tain murmurs Of sympathy, but was
met by the proud retort, Mothers
have got to make sacrifices. figure
it out that's the way it's always been.
an so it'll always have to be, an II
you hold yer sons back, yer don't GIT
nowhere"
Viewing her words In retrospect, it
seems to me now that she was really
talking more to herself than to me,
arguing it out passlonately, seeking
earnestly the right road to travel. And
I think in sense she had come to her
journeys end, and had found what she
was seeking, when she added: There's
a-plenty lays right down an carries on
an thinks they can't stand 1t, but
and here her face set itself In high
observation-disclosures kin eff you will"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03

human face than
a mouthful of fine
teeth? a
The first teeth
need great care.
First, the mother
should see that
the mouth Is not
o'v err c rowded SO
that it's form may
be maintained for
the second teeth
when they come.
The baby teeth
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Told in Figures.

Madrid, Spain, has 615.075
people.
Madrid has 81 miles Of street
railway.
Russia last year mined 49,
90, 900 tons of coal.
Kansas has a salt deposit 600
feet in thickness.
Spain has one telephone for
each 81 persons. s.. >,
United States in 1916 pro-
duced 47,OO0 tons of chromite.
NJ Salamanca province, Spain,
contains 22,985 horses and $780,
8S4 mules. ..
New England fisheries In July
landed 1857, 1888 pounds of fish.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Grateful.

May II don't
think much of a
man who proposes
to a girl by let
letter.
arrie - m y
dear, you should
feel grateful to a
man who proposes
to you In any way.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Obliginu.

Purchaser (angrily)-That cheap
suit you sold me only few weeks ago
has gone oil to pieces!
Dealer (benevoiently)-My friend,
take the advice Of an old friend and
buy q better suit next time. Let me
show you some higll-priced goods
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-03
Too Old to Change.

Mnloney Jr.-Thc teacher told us
about breathing oxygen into our lungs
AMI hrenfhing carl'ontc reid gas out.
Mrs. .I,loGcy-sarc. lis all roiynt