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Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01
Saving Food.

"'Drink to me only with thine eyes
so said the poet"
"Well?"
"What did the poet mean by that?'
IAN early example Of food conser
vation."
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01
The Practical Girl,

He-You are the prettiest girl I ever
saw.
She-That sounds all right, but ]
don't know how much the compliment
Is worth unit, you tell me how many
pretty girls you have seen.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01
Mostly Talk.

"Getting up betimes and enjoying
the early morning is delightful these
days"
ayes; Otter talk about doing It."
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01
MAKING It Worse.

Knicker-We shall have compulsory
military training for schoolboys.
Rocker-And 1t is all l can do to
lick my son as 1t is.-New York Sun.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01

Many nn",.'c "'" .%St> H'l"i" }iHr '
rngainir n,r n"'1 # or A'ht'NF
good in lf.'' go '''"
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-01
SOME GOOD PRUNING POINTS
Go Over Trees Annually, but Never
Prune HeaviIy-Avoid injuring
cambium In Any Way.

Prune annually, but never heavily.
Wounds heal most rapidly In spring.
Heavy pruning conduces to wood
growth.
Never use a hatchet for removing
suckers.
Avoid injuring the cambium in any
way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
MAKING BETTER SAUERKRAUT|

That sauerkraut can be made only from late or fall cabbage is belief general in many parts of the country. In connection with the recent an- nouncement of the fermentation meth cd of preserving vegetables, a food bacteriologist of the United States de- partment of agriculture declares that sauerkraut of excellent quality can be made from cabbage maturing at any season of the year. The essential points under the revised method rec commended by the specialist which, it IS believed, also makes superior product, are the use of only mature, sound cabbage, scrupulous cleanliness throughout the process and proper care of the surface of the brine after fermentation is completed. This is the process:
 Remove the outer green leaves of boiling. If an instrument for chopping is not available, quarter the heads and slice off the part of the corn remain ing on each quarter. Inexpensive shredding machines are now sold upon the market, but if these are not avail able the quarter heads may be cut into thin slices with a large knife Pack the shredded cabbage immediate ly in a clean water tight receptacle such as a cider or wine barrel, keg, or tub. Except in the case of large families four or five gallon earthen- ware crooks are preferable This quan- tity after opening can be used up be- fore spoilage begins.
 As the cabbage is packed. salt at the rate of one pound to 40 pounds of cabbage should be added and dis tributed evenly When the barrel CT crock is nearly full the cabbage should hn q 1c. ,Jxr |. .l. and covered with a clean board It is desirable, but not essential, that a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
POTATO SILAGE KEEPS WELL

Silage made from culled potatoes was found to be equivalent to corn silage as a feed for dairy cows and of value also as a hog feed, in preliminary tests recently conducted by the bureaus of chemistry and animal industry of the United States department of agriculture. As potato silage will keep as well as other silage, such utilization of culls and small potatoes would take care of a considerable annual waste, department specialists say, and would enable farm CTS to carry this feed through until a season of scarcity.
 Any receptacle that will contain the potato juice may be used for putting up the -silage-barrel, vat or an above ground or pit silo. To make the silage the potatoes are first washed, using large vats in which the potatoes are stirred by homemade device, and then ground either by hand or by power. A hand grinder such as is used in making cider has been found to work satis- factorily for making small amounts of silage. while a power apple grater modi- fled by substituting rows of blunt spikes for the greater knives is adapted to larger amounts.
 After grinding, the potatoes are put at once into the water tight receptacles and about per cent of cornmeal sprinkled in evenly throughout the mass. The use of the cornmeal insures an acid fermen- tat tion which converts the ground pota- toes into silage. The mixture then is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
A Few Sugarless Cakes

Fruit cake can be patriotic cake. "But fruit cake is expensive," says the pru- dent housewife. That's just the point To be patriotic a cake need not be ex- pensive, but even an expensive recipe can still be in line with national food needs. These recipes omit sugar, there by releasing an important food of which both America and the allies are in se- rious need.
 each of nuts, dates, figs, raisins, and citron. Put dates, figs and raisins through the food chopper. Crate in the yellow rind of one lemon. Then add the juice of the lemon and blend with a wooden spoon. Chop nuts fine. Gut cit ron into very fine strings. Pack closely into an oiled tin, alternating layers of fruit with nuts and citron. Press down closely, weight and leave at least 24 hours. Keep in close cake box and slice as needed Serve in small slices with a simple gelatin desert This can be varied in many ways. Candied orange peel or grated cocoanut may be used in place of citron. Orange juice, or extract of cinnamon may be used instead of lemon. drop of oil of cinnamon or ground cinnamon may be used with the above recipe. This fruit loaf may be cut in strips, rolled in powdered sugar, and used as candy.
 one cup water, one cup seeded raisins, one-fourth cup, citron, cut fine, one fourth cup shortening. half teaspoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
I'M THE WORLD OF SUFFRAGE

though it be the humber work of knit ting. As chief controller of the women's auxiliary corps, Mrs. Chalmers Watson, M. D., is in command of over 14,000 women working at supplementary duties behind the lines in France. Mrs Wat son was the first woman physician grad uated by Edinborough university She is a sister of Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty She is one of the new leaders of one or another of the manifold phases of the war time activ- ity who has come into special prominence in the recent news of the war.
 It is problem that women will have to decide how to use their newly grant, ed privilege in New York, and to adapt themselves to new conditions. Some are in favor of disbanding all the special political organizations which women have created during the suffrage cam paign and joining the regular political parties as young men do when they reach the age of 21. Some are of the opinion that the existing suffrage organ izations should be kept banded together in order that the voting strength of the sex may be thrown to any party or cause that seems worthy of support Others think that women should enter politics as individuals, but not align themselves with any party; that they should be independent voters
 It is reasonable to suppose that suf- frage societies in New York will, con- tinue their existence at least until the federal amendment is achieved.
 It is a general opinion that the great majority of the enfranchised women will be democrats or republicans before they are feminists; and patriotic Americans first of all. Women will enlist their forces in humanitarian legislation and in what are termed moral issues,' as dis tinguished from the party game of ins and outs.
 A very well known editor advises New York politicians not to angle for a solid sex, but to appeal to the new voters ex- aetly as they would to any other body of educated and level headed American citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

cloth be placed over the cabbage be- fore the cover is put into place. Tine salt soon extRacts 8 considerable amount of the cabbage juice, and a sufficient weight of clean brick CT stone should be added to cause tho brine to rise above the wooden cover. Do not use limestone or sandstone for weights as the action of the acid pro- duced by fermentation on these sub stances destroys the keeping quality of the brine. Tubs and covers made If yellow or pitch pine should not be en- ployed as such woods cause disagree7 able flavors.
 The container then is set aside and fermentation allowed to proceed undis- turbed. If the weather is cool or ! cold cellar is used, three to five weeks may be necessary for the fermentation to be completed; if in warm room, 10 days to two weeks Scum should not be allowed to grow on the sur face of the brine. As soon as gas bub- bles cease to rise the scum should be removed and layer of hot melted paraffin about one-fourth to one-h half inch thick should he poured upon the brine while very hot.
 If the sauerkraut is made during the fall and stored in a cool place there is no absolute necessity for a layer of paraffin. The low temperature will prevent decomposition. The popular idea that sauerkraut made from early cabbage will not keep is based upon the fact that the fermentation occurs in warm weather aud the rapid growth of scum soon destroys both brine and kraut, if the surface is not properly protected. Vinegar at the rate of one quart to 25 pounds of cabbage will prevent decomposition which some- times takes the form of soft and slippery product.-Southern Fruit Grower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

tamped down, covered to a depth of sev- eral~ inches, preferably with fermented corn silage, or straw cornstalks, or leaves, and the receptacle fitted with a board cover weighted with stones. This covering practically excludes air com pletely enough to prevent decomposition on the surface of the fermenting ma terial. The weight of the stones should De sufficient to bring the juice just over the potatoes. The upper surface of the straw and the board covering should be kept dry if possible. With the cover ing thus carefully adjusted, losses of fermented potatoes may be almost,~en- tirely eliminated
 ln feeding tests of potato silage in comparison with corn silage, it was learned that the two kinds are of about equal value as feed for dairy cows. The potato silage seemed to be as pal atable as the best corn silage With hogs, lot fed approximately two-thirds Of a grain ration mixture of five pounds cornmeal, four pounds of middlngs, and one pound of tankage, with potato silage equal in weight to the grain fed gave the best results. The rate of gain. 14 pounds per head daily, was considered good. Only 352 pounds of grain were re- quired for 100 pounds of gain. In this lot one ton of silage saved grain to the value of $25.22, figuring the cornmeal at ; cents pound. Potato silage gives better results when fed to hogs six months old or oyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
By DORA C. FELL

We have the good news from Mrs. R. Y. Johnston, our county chairman, that MT. Johnston is rapidly recovering from ms long continued illness. She speaks IT words or deep appreciation of the many kind remembrances of friends of flowers and other attentions that mean so much to those of us who are shut in eby illness or the illness of ones loved ones in the home.
 one or the first and most welcome tokens was lovely collection of flowers sent from the workers in the local w. V. +: U. pioneers in the state work and old friends of MT. Johnston.
 The Equal Suffrage association also mas not forgotten the work and sympathy mat MT. Johnston has given the women Tn the past and the good wishes of the anove named bodies with all the other good wishes expressed in letters, tele- grams and personal visits are pleasant things to contemplate and talk oyer While he is convalescent.
 In talking to Mrs. N. D. Holcombe of the Union Hill Suffrage unit she said the women were very much interested Tn the work in that vicinity and ex- pressed the opinion that if anything could move the opinions of the congress- men Tn regard to the question of equal sunrage, it would be the ability the en- thusiasm and the eloquence of our local suffrage speakers in Washington, before the federal amendment committee to say nothlng Of the war work which has been so ably done by all women during the past year
 Notwithstanding the registration work among women was begun last summer and should have been finished before thls time, many cards are yet coming in rom the county. Since the women out side of the city have understood the ob- Ject or the system, they have been eager to enlist as war wrkeors and a larger percentage of rural women have regis tered than in the city. It is good to reg ister for something-better to be ready when the government needs us, even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

on the corn husker who must husk for a record. The music of the birds hardly reaches the housewife who must hurry in from the chickens lest the breakfast dishes get in the way of the dinner table. Least of all can the special privi- leses of farming, the natural joy that goes with the most natural and har- monious of occupations, be reaped by one whose days work is done wholly in the thought of the money it means.
 A long way is to go before farming can fit into the poetry of farming Shorter hours for farmer and wife and more stable basis of income than tenant or debtor farmers yet enjoy must precede the better community life and the larger outlook which accompany the farmer whom city people picture at Thanlsgiv- ing time. That is the kind of thing to work for. This dreamed of farm life must furnish the nations physical and spiritual vitality against the day when the city shall have sapped the stamina of it's excitement seeking inhabitants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
FARMING SENTIMENTAL WAY

We have just passed the point in : the year when peoples thoughts turn most strongly toward the farm. Thanks giving is associated in the national mind almost altogether with crops and the food supply The proclamation of the President and of the governors speak of prosperous business as well as of fruitful fields in making up their cata- los of blessings; but it is the fields we most think about Our celebration Is not day of chuckling over trade sta- tistics It centers about a feast upon the good things from the farm. What is our favorite Thanksgiving poem? Heap high the farmers wintry hoard"
 In their cynical moments farmers sometimes resent the sentimentalizing of town people over the things of the farm Or course the town people like for the farmers to have crops. It means cheap food for them. Of course the town people want the farmer to stay on the farm and hustle. But you don't see them racing to get onto farm them selves. The man who gets up at o'clock and makes the office in a clean collar at has time to sing of the joys of being in the dew dripping cornfield at sunrise. The farmer hasn't time to be poet.
 In this there is a measure of truth. The town man sees the bright side of farming as the farmer sees the bright side of the town. The fresh air of the country, the fresh milk, the unob- structed view of the sunrise and sunset, the quiet evenings. But there is more than that to the sentimentalizing which men indulge in about farming The dig ging into the earth for the wherewithal to eat and be clothed contains an appeal to inherent human instinct Because cf advantages which he thinks he gains there, the man in town may stay in the town But not until the town has rem dered him wholly artificial does the longing to get his toes into the soil leave him. We may make one exception. Here and there the town contains man who. in boyhood was a slave to a farm. A man whose youthful memories are of a sleepiness never satisfied, of chores never relieved by an afternoons play. of solitude relieved only by drudgery Such man is apt to hate the farm with a fierce hate Had he been so treated in the city he would hate the city with as fierce hate
 Here is where farming oftenest fails Probably there are few farmers who have not seen the reality of the senti- mental side of farming. The peoples of all lands. in their agricultural state, have surrounded their farming opera tions with religious and poetic fancies There is more than sordid gain in filling the cellar with apples The ring of the scoop shovel as it filings the new husked corn into the crib is music to the well tuned ear. But hurry and sen timent cannot go together. The yellow day in which he works is apt to be lost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Santa Claus Is Coming
By MARTHA ooLEMAN SHERMAN

Old Santa Claus is coming
 The time is very near Before we realize it
 Old Santa will be here. He'll come when we are sleeping,
 Tucked in our beds so white, And all the stars are peeping
 At this, our Christmas night He'll come with smiles and blessings
 Along the milky way, And stop at every dwelling
 Where little children stay He'll garnish trees with presents
 And, while the world is still With gifts the children asked for
 Each stocking he will fill. But better than all presents,
 He'll bring to us again The heartfelt Christmas wishes
 Of good will unto men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

salt, one teaspoon nutmeg, one teaspoon cinnamon, one cup corn four one cup rye flour or white flour, five teaspoons baking powder. Boil molasses, water, fruit, shortening, salt and spices to- gether in saucepan three minutes. When cool, add flour and baking powder which have been sfted together. Mix well; bake in leaf pan in moderate oven about 45 minutes
 Apple Fruit Cake-Two cups apple sauce (unsweetened), two cups Orleans molasses, half cup shortening, two teaspoons soda, three cups flour, one Gun chopped raisins and citron, one teaspoon each allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon. Simmer together the apple sauce and molasses until dark red or brown. Let cool and add shortening. soda, flour. floured fruit and spices. Bake in a slow oven from two to two and a half hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Maybe So

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 T was reading about a strange case. A girl. because her parents wouldn't let her marry certain young man, re- mained 70 years in bed''
 Not very energetic, eh?"
 '.No"
 ''What lesson are we to draw from 'this?"
 T dunno. Maybe the young fellow was lucky not to get girl like that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
UnpardOnabIe

From the Peoples Home Journal
 Jennie-"You saw Charlie in the ar mory and didn't speak to him? What was the matter dear?"
 Geraldine-"You know those lovely wristlets I knitted for him? We'll, he was using one of them to clean his hor- rid old rifle.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-06
Order Of Publication.

In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun.
ty, Missouri, February Term, 1918,
November 26, 1917.
Rufus K. Goodwin, Plaintiff
The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-06
FAT FOLKS LEARN
HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR WEIGHT
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way.

People who are over-burdened with
superfluous fat, know only too we'll
the discomfort and ridicule that over
stout people have to bear.
If you are carrying around s or 10
pounds of unhealthy fat you are un-
gans and are carrying a burden which
destroys the beauty OF your figure.
There is no need OF anyone suffering
from superfluous fat If you want to
reduce your weight In a simple. safe
and reliable way, without starvation,
diet or tiresome exercise, spend aS
much time as you can in the open air,
breathe deeply and get from any good
let after each meal and one before re-
firing at night
Weigh Yourself -nucc weak 80 as to
Know just how fast you are losing
weight and don't leave off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
you are down to normal.
Tassco Is absolutely harmless, IL
pleasant to take, helps digestion and
Is designed to consume the excessive
fatty tissue by increasing the oxygen
carrying power Of the blood. Even
few days treatment should show
noticeable reduction in weight, foot
steps become lighter, your work seem
easier and lighter and more buoyant
feeling takes possession Of your whole
being.
Every person who suffers from
superfluous fat should give this treat
ment trial, there is nothing better.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-06
OH MY STOMACH

II had stomach trouble SO badly that
nothing i ate would digest as 1t
should" said Sadie E. Hamilton, Port
land, Me. as she began q remarkable
story Of the relief she has secured
from Argo-Phosphate, the new recon-
structive. stomach tonic and system
purifier.
"Everything that I ate would lie in
my stomach like a lump" she ex-
planned. Gas would form and l would
suffer distress all the time. l got SO
could hardly keep anything down.
Trying to get relief, l had my stomach
pumped out. but even this did not help
me as | continued just as bad
II kept hearing so much about Argo-
Phosphate that I thought maybe 1t
might help me and l decided to try 1t.
have taken two bottles and to my
surprise l am already feeling fine. l
can eat anything and ! am not troub-
led at all.
- am completely rid OF my old stom-
ach trouble that | had for three years.
have not felt so well for years and I
am certainly glad to endorse Argo-
Phosphate because I want others to be
helped by this wonderful medicine"
"The spirit of wanting to help others
is what makes suffering men and wo-
men give these splendid public en-
dorsements of o-Phosphate," said a
local druggist.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-06
go to Work, Go to War, or Go to
Jail" is Slogan.

Miami. Okla, Nov. 2S-The Otta-
wa county council of defense has dis
cussed and is expected to act upon a
recommendation of the district ex-
emption board that all 'loafers either
go to work, go to war or go to jail" :"
The council promises to issue warn
ing directed to the ne'er-do-wells.
While good shovelers are earning
S. day in the mines, and all labor
is profitably employed while an active
demand exists for more workers.
there appears to be a growing belief
n the district that there is no excuse
20 be made in behalf of the loafers.
Strong young men frequently are
seen begging in the streets of the
mining towns The council Of de-
tense believes that this condition
should be semedied
The Butler weekly times., 1917-12-06
Only % Hunting Fatalities.

Chicago, Nov. 3o.---Hunting fatal
ties for the season OF 1917 were cut
down to twenty-threc known cases
as compared with cighty-six in 1915
and fifty-nine in 1915, according tc
figures compiled by the Chicago Tri-
bune. There we're only eleven Sc
vercly injured this year, as co1nparet
with forty-one in 1916 and sixty-sis
in 1915.
Michigan was the state that suf
fered the most. with eight of the
twenty-three deaths and seven in
juries The other deaths we're: Hi
nois, five; Indiana, two; Iowa, two
Massachusetts, one; New Jersey
two; Ohio, one. and Wisconsin, two.
-Four persons were killed by huns-
ers mistaking them for deer, four
were killed accidentally by compan-
ions and seven were killed by dis
charge of their own guns. One death
was caused by fall from log. a
twig penetrated a hunters back and
he died within few days