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New Britain herald., 1918-11-22

long. appeared at tl>a rendezvous at the appointed time ans ~~ere led into the Firth of Forth betWaSWo twin col umns of Allied ships which over lapnod the Germans at each end. To- nieht the enemy craft are anchored in tho Firth, under guard as prison erc.
 A. surrender on such gigantic scale has no precedent in naval his tory. Although the wonderful naval spectacle was the same as peace time review and evoked little enthus iasn, the haze plotting out the hori- zon, American and British officers could scarcely credit the evidence of their eyes. 1t was an event Which shattered all na1al traditions and ideals.
 Men animated by the spirit of Law rence's "dont give up the ship and Nelson's England expects every man to do his duty could not conceive or such an inglorious fate as that to which the great enemy sea force was submitting. The Associated Press correspondent, standing on the deck of an American drCadnought, heard an officer exclaim:
 Even the poor old SpanlardS, knowing they hadn't a chance came out of SantiagO.'
New Britain herald., 1918-11-22
MEXICAN REVOLT FTZZLES.

Mexico City, Nov. 22.-The War Department announces that the feoel- lion inaugurated in Sonora by Juan Calbral and Julian Medina recently has fizzled out completely. These leaders are said to have started the1f move ment with some 800 followers. AS a result of the operations of General J. Torres the revolutionists have been reduced to a single band of about 20 men, which has taken refuge in the Azul mountains, while Cabral and Medina are reported to have fled back across the American border.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-22
GERMANY NO LONGER
 HAS PLACE ON SEA
Surrender of Mighty Amanda
 Brings J. s. to Second Rank

Edinburgh Thursday, Nov. 21, (By the Associated Press, 8 D. m.)-Ger- many, as a naval power, ceased to ex- ist today. The heart of her mighty heet-14 ships of the line, seven light cruisers and 50 destroyers-surren dered to an armada of British, Amer ican and French vessels, the greatest fighting force that ever stood out to sea.
 The minutely detailed program ot submission laid down by the com- mander of the British fleet was car ried out strictly according to plans The German warships, strung out Tn a single column almost twenty miles
New Britain herald., 1918-11-22
ACHES AND PAINS
 QUICKLY RELIEVED
Ecu'l find Sloan's Iinirnen4
 softens the severe k,@ rheumatic ache

T.. :%< on freely. Don't rub it in. T2st let 1t Penetrcte naturally. What a cozea of soothing relief soon follows!
 External aches, stiffness, soreness, c-a1zp ped muscles. strained sinews, Lack "cricks ailments can't fight off the relieving qualities of Sloan's Eminent. Clean, convenient, economical. Ask any druggist for it.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-22
When Tongue is Coated Drink
 Celery King

Take It yOurseIf and give it to Inc children for it's a purely vegetable laxative tea that acts promptly on the bowels and never causes the least distress.
 It puts you right over night and when you catch cold and become fev- erish you nusn't fail to drink a cup ful hot before going to bed.
 For sick headache, hilhousness, dizziness, dlsordered stomach and sluggish liver there is nothing that will do the work so well. Every drug gist has it. A generous package costs only a few cents.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
PLAN AHEAD FOR
BETTER POULTRY

One must plan ahead in order to be
successful in any line Of endeavor.
Poultry keeping Is no exception, writes
an authority. If you do not have the
breeding birds you need for the seas
on Of 1918, now is good time to get
them. There is a countrywide scare
ity Of good birds for breeding purposes,
and one must expect to pay somewhat
higher prices than in past years. It
will not pay to get inferior birds in or
der to save a little of the purchase
price.
II you are just starting, or if you
want new blood, you can buy either
stock or eggs for Matching. Men are
more likely to buy stock because they
do not usually handle eggs so care
fully as women and also because usu-
ally they have more money to spend.
To buy stock is the safer plan, of
course, and on the whole is better, but
1t costs more money. For both stock
and eggs prices are high and will con-
tinue so. One cannot expect to buy
eggs for Matching in 1918 in quantities,
at $5 per hundred. Such low prices
are now absurd for eggs from stock Of
any decent quality at all.
Most poultry breeders, except those
who have a large number of birds Of
superior quality, are compelled to re-
plenish their flock with new blood al
most every year. Our flOcks either
go up or go down. Just because prices
are higher than normal we must be
careful to get good quality in what
we buy. This Is a time when poor
stuff will not pay. There never was
time when 1t was so true that "the
best Is none too good" 1t does not
pay to keep inferior fowls now.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Mushroom Growth of Some
German Cities Formerly of
Very Little Importance

The predominance of war industries
In the German empire has given a
mushroom growth to "a large number
of German cities which formerly
boasted of little commercial impor-
tance, according to a London CORE
spondent.
Munich, instead of occupying third
position in population and Importance,
now ranks seventh. One Of the most
remarkable examples of war-boom
towns Is Bochum, situated in the rich
iron ore district Of Westphalia. Be-
fore the war it had a population of
$4,000; now the official census gives
1t 764,774.
The newest list of important Ger
man cities and their population fol-
lows:
Berlin, 3,SS6,624; Hamburg, 1,O14.-
654; Bochum, 784,774; Leipzig, 763,-
$50; Cologne, 81, ,220; Luisburg, 619,-
500; Munich, COS, 1924; Dortmund, $685.
O55; Essen, 562,5O7; Dresden, 531,-
697; Breslau, 519,947; Dusseldorf,
449,643; Recklinghausen, 444,16O |;
Frankfort, 414,57S; Konigshutte, 413,-
1856; Hanover, 4O7,8O0; Kiel, 370,353
Chemnitz, 35s,7s6; Unremburg, 357,-
141; Stuttgart, 34O,354; Slberfeld,
339, 400; Bremen, 299,526.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Government Appeals to
Patriotism of Sportsmen

The United States department Of
agriculture appeals to the patriotism
and true sportsmanship of all persons
to cooperate with it In the enforce
ment Of the federal law for the pro-
lection Of migratory birds, especially
at this time when the problem of con-
serving the food supply is taxing the
ingenuity Of the world. It is crafty
Ing to know that the majority of
sportsmen have observed the federal
regulations and this fact has con-
tributed largely to the successful re-
suits accomplished. A sense Of pa
triotic duty should impel every one to
conserve this natural food asset, thus
perpetuating the species and increasing
the supply for the benefit of all the
people.
The department has planned to in
crease greatly its force of wardens,
who will be actively engaged during
the spring migration In securing evi-
dence upon which to base prosecutions
against those who may violate the law;
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Old Age Cannot Wear Out
. Its Shoes as RecklessIy
As Does the Gay Youth

Preparing for easy old age is one of
the spurs that has transformed a
wholesome ambition into a "vaulting
ambition that o'erleaps ITSELF" Many
a man has shortened his life OverwOrk-
ing to take care of the old age that he
thus snuffed out, observes writer in
the Minneapolis Journal. Any man is
remiss who does not prepare against
old age, but nature has also taken a
hand in this preparation.
Old age cannot wear out its shoes as
recklessly as does youth. The normal
old man finds better entertainment in
meditation than he could in expensive
amusement. Memory is his movie"
Society does not ask old people to burn
expensive midnight oil nor to appear
on dress parade. Thus normal and
gratifying reduction Of outgo is equiva-
lent to an addition to the income.
Feverish preparation for old age i'm
plies the belief not only that the appe-
tite will not decrease with old age, but
that old age will be wholly helpless to
sustain itself. AS matter of fact,
but a small proportion Of the old are
totally disabled for gainful labor. And
few, if any, old people are as happy
when idle as when occupied with such
work as they are fitted to do.
The wise old man has learned what
as a foolish young man he failed to
see, that "enough is as good as
feast" and that after all "man wants
but little here below" Sensible COM
fort in old age does not come very
high, ~
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
No Established WheatIess
Days, but Pound and Half
Should Be the Very Limit

The United States food administra-
ton has made wheatless days and
wheatless meals optional in private
homes. But that does not mean the
lid has been taken off. It only means
that the question Of which day or meal
shall be wheatless is left to the indi-
vidual household.
In other words, the food administra-
tion has made the reduction of wheat
consumption test of good citizen
ship. Each citizen in the land is
asked, as good American, to cut his
individual wheat consumption to a
pound and half week. That means
to cut the ordinary, peace-time con-
sumption In two. 1t doesn't matter on
what day or what meals that is done,
just so it is done. In that regard the
food administration says:
''In making optional the observance
Of wheatless days in private homes
the food administration lifted no re-
strictions upon the consumption. of
wheat products. 1t Is merely asking
the American people to reduce their
per capita consumption to not more
than 11s pounds per week,
'This is an absolute military neces-
sity. The method of saving is being
left entirely to the Individual. If 1t
can be done without foregoing the use
of wheat at any specified meal or on
any day, the food administrations ur-
gent plea for further conservation will
be carried out to the letter."
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
ssssessssssssosssssssS,
THE BEST POLICY

Would you win eternal fame
And immortalize your name?
Do you covet praise and polf and self
esteem?
Then give your utmost best
And do 1t with zest-
To the job that's yours, however small
1t seem,
And when you've set your mark on high.
pursue it;
For it's not the thing you do. but how
you do it.
Would you find the pot Of gold
With it's blessings manifold,
But with it have your conscience fres
from blight?
Then cut your wants In half,
Make thrift your daily staff,
And keep your credit and your honor
And when the tempter offers graft, for
sake it.;
For it's not how much you make. but
how you make 1t.
Would you build your monument
Ere your busy life be spent;
Or would you the applause of men COM
mand? r.
Then purge your soul Of greed.
Hear every call Of need
And scatter blessings with an open
hand.
If money easy comes, do not abuse it,
For it's not how much you save, but how
you use 1t.
William Davenport in Forbes Magazine.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Consumption of Sugar Goes
Up to "a Pounds Per Capita
Since Revolutionary PERIOD

The American who during the
worlds greatest war must get along
with one lump of sugar instead Of two
in his coffee will be interested In the
fact that the Revolutionary patriots
had much less or none at all Of the
sweetening food material.
A century ago, says the United States
department of agriculture, the people
Of this country consumed less than
one-tenth as much sugar as they do
now. In 1791-1795, just after the Revo-
luton, the estimated annual cOnsump-
ton was rs pounds per capita. In
1S21-1825 the average per capita con-
sumption was 8.3 pounds and was prac-
tically the same 20 years earlier. But
in the five years ending with 1915 the
total consumption in the United States
was approximately S,0OO,OOO,OOO
pounds, a yearly average of about "a
pounds for each person, or 37S pounds
for an average family (4.5 persons).
Reasons for the increase can be
found not only in many new and ex-
tended uses for sugar but also in nu.
merous sources Of the product. Do
nestle cane and beet fields supplied %
per cent of the sugar we used in 1911
1915; the planters Of Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines furnished 20
per cent; while Cuba, supplemented by
small amounts from other foreign
countries, furnished 81 per cent. Dur
ing these five years the sugar consump-
ton Of the United States averaged al
most 160,OO0,OO0 pounds per week. The
supply for q weeks came from foreign
countries, our island possessions fur
nished supplies for 13 weeks consump-
tion, while the product of the United
States proper was equivalent to II
weeks average consumption.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Another German Atr0city.

Weird and wonderful are the mix
lures that pass as tobacco in Germany
now that the government has decreed
that anything is tobacco that contains
not less than per cent of that weed.
The rest may be dried leaves of beech.
cherry, chicory, hops, beetroot, sOrrel,
potato, rhubarb or cOltsfoOt. One Ger
man writer says that the result is "a
rank offense, 1t smells to heaven"
Cigars made from this tobacco" go by
the appropriate popular name Of "In-
famia ScandalOsa."
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
EatMoreRice
Nutritious Food That is a
Good Substitute for Wheat
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)

Here in the United States it is diff
cult to realize that there is no other
edible product, except perhaps meat,
upon which more people in the world
are dependent for food than rice, and
that we might advantageOusly con-
sumo much greater quantities of this
nutritious food and grow the increase
in our own rice fields. An increased
production and consumption not only
would expand a profitable industry,
but the eating of more rice in the
place of wheat would release great
er quantity of the bread grain for
shipment to the allies.
The average per capita consumption
of rice for food in this country is
scarcely 6 pounds year, and most
of this is consumed in the Southern
states. The high esteem in which rice
is held in other countries is indicated
by their per capita consumption. Nor
way and Sweden consume over 9
pounds per capita; Russia over. IL
pounds; England, 27 pounds; France,
"a pounds; Italy, over 1O1 pounds, and
Germany more than 93 pounds. But
even these European countries do not
begin to eat as much rice as Japan
and China. There, rice is the most
important article Of diet. Each man,
woman and child in Japan, on the
average, consumes lat pounds of rice
each year, and those in China, 15a
pounds.
The placing of such dependence
upon rice as staple food certainly
proves beyond a doubt that it is high
ly nutritious; analysis Of rice supports
this proof. Pound for pound rice is
about as nutritious as wheat. Every
100 pounds of cleaned rice contains
S7.7 pounds of nutriment, Of which 8
pounds are protein, O.3 pound fat, 70
pounds carbohydrates, and 0.4 pound
ash. The analysis Of wheat flour
shows that it contains ST. pounds of
nutriment in each 100 pounds, of
which 1913 pounds are protein, IL
pounds fat, 74.8 pounds carbohydrates,
and O.4 pound ash. Thus the total
nutriment in rice Is q triie greater
than in wheat. Wheat has the advan-
tage in protein and rice in carbO-
hydrates.
Although rice is the great foodstuff
Of the Orient, it Is not used there In
making a raised bread. In this coun.
try dieticians have made excellent
bread by substituting as high as %
per cent Of rice for wheat -four, and
have obtained a white yeast bread of
excellent flavor.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
How President Kruger Decided
Problem for Two Brothers

That very canny person, President
Kruger, was once called upon. as King
Solomon before him, to pass judgment
in matter Of ownership. The case
was that Of two brothers, who had
been left farm and could not agree
as to the division which had to be
made. They agreed that, rather than
take the matter to the courts, they
would let President Kruger decide.
President Kruger appears to have hes.
itated about as little as King Solomon
did. He instructed the elder brother
to make what he considered fair d.
vision, and then he gave first choice
to the younger brother. A solution.
like Solornon's, both mastery and sim
ple.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Why They Are Called TumbIers

About 1900 years ago the Saxons In
England used drinking vessels that
were made Of horns of cattle or oxen.
They were shaped like cones. AS their
bottoms were pointed they would not
stand erect. When man had his drink
ing horn filed he disposed of it's con-
tents at single draught and did not
lay it down until he had drained It.
These horns were tumblers in the sense
that they would not stand upright. AL
though our modern glasses do not have
this Objectionable quality, the name
that originated in early Saxon times
still persists.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18

Faith, the new concrete ship. has the
appearance of a concrete cellar founda-
tion. This may be the very thing some
unseen and unknown barnacle has been
waiting to cling to. Our bold expert
ment will bring out some surprising
discoveries, no doubt. If 1t shows a
new way to use cement there will be a
boom In cement stocks. We have no
end of raw material for cement max
ing and no conservationist can tell us
when we shall be shy of the stuff that
makes ships If the Faith is a winner
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Nodded Beet Greens.

Wash the green's through many wa
ters to be sure they are well-cleansed,
add boiling water to cover and cook
until tender. It will take about three
hours. Drain and press out all the
water possible, remove a few Of the
beets that are as large as walnuts and
slip off the skins in cold water. Slice
the beets and press against the side
Of an earthen mold. Chop the green's
fine, season with salt and pepper and
butter and fill the prepared mold. Set
a plate with weight above the vege-
tables and let them become chilled.
Serve sliced with mayOnnaise dress
ing.
Any stalks of asparagus left over
from a previous meal may be used for
a most delectable salad using the fol-
lowing dressing:
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Manager George StaIIings
Is in the Game Heart and
Soul on the Ball Diamond

Fred Mitchell. manager Of the Chi
.cago Cubs, delights to tell stories of
his former boss, Miracle Man Stallings
of the Braves. When Mitch was Stall
ing's assistant in Boston he had many
q run-in with the manager, and he ad-
mits now that Stallings thinks more Of
"a man who will answer him back on
occasion.
Stallings is a firebrand In baseball ;
never laughs, rarely smiles, doesn't
Jest, and rOasts the daylight out of a
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
With the Inventors.

A glass bottle blowing ma
chine with a capacity Of 1000
bottles an hour has been invent
ed in Europe.
Electrical apparatus for tap
ping trees, which can be left
without attention for months,
has been invented.
Spring pads to be strapped to
the knees have been invented
for the comfort of persons
obliged to kneel at their work.
To prevent rubber fire hose
cracking while dry an inventor
has patented a reel that keeps
it filed with compressed aif
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
A Victim of Fate,

when l began
business" said
plutocrat wearily.
II made a solemn
VOW that when ]
had made an even
million I would
quit"
"B ut you've
made that many
times over" said
the other man,
"and still you are
accumulating."
"That's the
curse Of it. When.
ever I think I've
nodo on ovon mil.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18

man who makes a slip. He Is also a
nervous person, and becomes enrap-
tured on the bench while he is watch
ing game, and plays the whole con-
test over, solo, as he sits on the play
ers' coop.
Stallings is merciless In calling down
a player and criticizing his work.
"A fellow made bObble once while
Stallings was watching from the
bench" said Mitchell. "Look at that
boob said Stallings. What bone
head! No, he isn't bOnehead; his
head is made of Krupp STEEL"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
England to Grow Sunflowers.

The production Of sunflowers Is
being encouraged in England. The
ministry of food and production de-
partment has issued instructions on
how to grow sunfowers and advises
all persons to grow them, explaining
hat the seed is rich in oil and makes
a excellent chicken food.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Our Army and What it Costs
Most People Figure Expansion Much Less and
Cost Much Greater Than Facts Warrant


All
written
packages
Washington
April 1917 total strength of all
National Guard
\ 212O34-052 officers and 202 $40 1
the American
I branche 1,652725-123SO and 152S924
which worth
serving follows:
April. April. 1918
Men
.5971 121797 1069S 5O3142
.3I33 1888 4315S3
Reserve corps Tin sevice) 1000 9621O 1880
National army ...................... 516S39
202510 123SO1 1,528924
that
good things chargeabe to
$3OO6,7619 9O715.
obligations depart
the already
The detailed official figures Of depart
follows:
for the department:
Civil establishment 162O5143W
Military establishment 7413Sao'4Ga4o
dharbors 34731,15OOO
,75648
Civil establishment oolISloo
Military establishment 2S9l6O6Ss5S5
dharbors 1S6371O26O
$3OO6761,9O715
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Twenty Years Ago.
Bicycles were as common q

Bicycles were as common as
legs.
Automobiles and millionaires
were rare.
Table board was So a week,
or $5 a we6 with the "best
room in the house."
Hotels had a "bill Of fare"
and the "menu" with prices
marked opposite was almost
unknown.
Appendicitis had just been
discovered.
Nobody wore white shoes. and
palm beach suits were in the
ALPACA stage"
Jules Verne had q monopoly
on the Observation-Disclosures
Times.
31S11 I1SS1s1S1S1SS11S4
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Down South Cornbread.

Sift together one cupful Of yellow
cornmeal, half teaspoonful Of salt,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
beat one egg and stir into the dry in
gradients, with one quart Of sweet
milk. Turn the mixture into a well.
buttered baking dish. Add two table
spoonfuls of butter cut into bits.
Bake In a hot oven twenty-five min
utes. Stir often until the bread be-
gins to thicken. Serve with a spoon
and from the baking dish. This may
be served as dessert with grated
maple sugar or with sugar and cream.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Chiffonade Dressing.

Chop fine the white of hard-cooked
egg, add the yolk pressed through a
sieve, tablespoonful each Of chopped
chives, parsley, capers and cooked
beet, half tablespoonful Of scraped
onion, half a teaspoonful each of salt
and paprika, half cupful Of oil and
three tablespoonfuls Of vinegar. Mix
and beat until thoroughly blended.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18

lion find on figuring it up It's either
little more or little less. and I've
got to renew the heart-breaking strug-
gle." And the unfortunate man sighed
heavily.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
A Patriot.

"He's real patriot, anyhow"
"What makes you thing so?"
"He's taken big government con-
tract for the same profit he'd charge.
a private corporation"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
HAVE ALAUGH

His Temptation.

His Temptation.
81 hope my husband won't get In.
veigled into any games with those card
sharks"
"Oh, he'll know when they are try.
ing to cheat him."
"rm not afraid Of that, but you
know, he's a sharpshooter."
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Mental Industry.
,ery spring I raise rents" "

"It's wrong to
say I don't work,
mister" 8 a 1 d
Plodding Pete.
"What work do
you dO?"
"Brain work. I
have to think up
a terrible lot Of
excuses for not
acceptin' jobs"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Foods in Season.

Asparagus, beet green's, spinach
and all the other tender garden
things which are so wholesome are
now found in our markets.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Of Course Not.

OF Course Not.
"Why am rejected?" asked the
applicant for military service.
"Weak heart" replied the exam
ining surgeon.
"Weak hearth" retorted the youth.
"If I had weak heart do you think
I'd want to go into this kind of q
war?"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
An Excusing Spirit.

"Didn't I see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Susan"
"Yes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him
the bad example,"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Sardine Toast.

Remove the crust from carefully
toasted bread and spread with butter
mixed with teaspOonful of lemoh
juice and minced parsley. On each
place three sardines and put the toast
into the oven to heat. Serve at once.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-18
Up-to-Da

"Has your cook anything deleteri-
Gus in your daily diet, Mrs. Comeup"
"Sure, she has. We have everything
now that's the STYLE"