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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
An Economy Cake

Into a mixing bowl sift one heapins
 cup of flour. E teaspoons bakinsl powder, tablespoons sugar, F grated nutmeg. pinch of salt. Add table -I spoons melted Crisco or butter substj \ ute, cup condensed milk. Stir quickly and place in two pie tins, MalSel a dressing of cinnamon crumbs as fol-
 lows: Mix 1 teaspoon flour, 1 tea
 spoon sugar, teaspoon cinnamon.
 add enough melted Crisco to make the| mixture mealy. then sprinkle lightly| over the top of pie tins. Bake in a, moderately hot oven about 30 minutess As this cake aires out quickly it i S better to use at once.-Mrs. Mary Gx Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
Need of. Animal Food

It mas been found that such animal food as milk. eggs. and meat con tains growth producing substances in quantities sufficient for the rapid growth and development of the body, While these substances are found in certain vegetables and grain, they n , in quantities so small thai often in the ordinary diet sufficient quantities are not consumed to meet the needs of the growing body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
Volunteers Save Wheat

The 1918 Kansas wheat crop was har- vested largely through the efforts of the farm bureaus and county agents of the state in definitely enlisting a0,O0O har- vest hands and distributing 90.000 more through the wheat belt The farm bu- ~eaus and agents have co-operated in this work with the United States depart- ment of labor. the council of national defense and other asencies. Twilight Harvest Crews was the name given to many groups of business men who agreed to go out for three hours work in the fields in the evenings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
Peppers in Brine

] Green peppers and celery can be pre- served for future use by brining. If prop erly done. peppers so prepared can be used as substitute for fresh peppers in pickles or salads, or after freshening in water can be used for stuffed pepper. Properly prepared, they can hardly be told from fresh peppers. The method ot brining is as follows:
 Remove the stems and seed and pack nose down into water tight nonmetallic receptacle, such a keg, barrel, crock or glass fruit jar Cover with a brine made by adding two pounds of salt to each gallon of water. If keg, barrel or crock is used. suspend wooden cover in the brine so that it will keep the peppers we'll below the surface If the cover is placed on the pepper and weight ed without suspension, it will crush the peppers and make them lose their shape. Add more salt to the cover until no more will dissolve. tIf put into fruit jars or other containers that can be sealed, no more salt need be added. In this case, allow to stand for three or four days to allow gas to escape, then fill perfectly full with brine and seal tight. Kegs or barrels that have good head can be filled full with peppers and brine and headed up. Fresh peppers can pc added from time to time as they mature. Before use. freshen in water to remove salt and then use like fresh peppers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
United States Corn Crop

t Heavy loss in the prospective corn crop. but considerable increase in the forecast of spring wheat prediction fea- tured the September crop report issued today by the department of agriculture. Lack of rain during August in the prin- cipai producing sections of the corn belt caused a reduction of S17,000,000 bushels in the crop forecast bringing the loss in prospective productions 'resenting more than $500 .o00, 900.
 A corn crop of 1,s72,000,00 bushels this year was forecast today from Sep teinber 1 conditions. That would be almost 50000,0 000 less than last years crop and slightly smaller than the aver ~fe crop Of ths five years from 1912 to 'i9l6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
Women Market Vegetables

Home labor savers have been made in large quantities by Tennessee wom- en working under home demonstration agents during the past year. Time- saving and labor-saying equipment is doing much to help the farm woman meet her war problems. Agents in the state report the making under their supervision of the following: Priceless cookers 26s: iceless refrigerators. 92; flytraps, 1858: kitchen cabinets, 1T: floor mops, 10; wheel trays. 25. and ironing boards. 26. Water systems were put in 60 homes and shower baths in seven more. During fly campaign 1888 houses were screened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

Graham crackers put together sand wich style with mocha filling make an excellent addition to the school lunch box. Mocha filling Is made as follows; One cup of confectioners' sugar, two teaspoons of cocoa. butter size of ! walnut, moisten with hot coffee, beat thoroughly and add a little vanilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
Classified Want Ads
ANNOUNCEMENTS

AININOONNEN NIIIN I0 APPEAL TO HOUSEWIVES: Substitute for coffee, guaranteed absolutely pure; similar to Postum and costs only Sc per pound to prepare Forplula with full directions 25c, DavidtJ Beam. 0untersville, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
ADD SOME STRONG VINEGAR

After the active alcoholic fermenta- tion tbubbling) stops, it will be found advantageous to add some good strong, fresh vinegar in the proportion of one gallon of vinegar to three gallons of fermented juice.
 Instead of the vinegar one can add "a good quantity of the -called moth err If mother" is used, however, one should use only that growing on the surface of the vinegar. and not that which has gone to the bottom. Vine gar mother which has fallen to the bottom is no longer producing acetic acid.
 After adding the vinegar cover with la cloth and keep in dark place be- tween 70 and 90 degrees F., prefer ably at 80 to S5 degrees F. Do not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
DROPSY

All distressing symptoms rapidly dis General Improvement is realized. I send by mail . trial treatment absolutely FRNE. Try 1t. Never heard of anything
 Wrife to DR. THoMAs D. GREEN
 DaHk nldg~ nex 2A ChefsWefth. Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

A burned saucepan should he filled with cold water, to which a liberal al lowance of soda has been added. Let Lit stand for an hour or so. after which heat the water slowly for few mil,
 utes and the burned particles will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

Shave one cake of white soap ana dissolve it in two quarts of water. When cold add some borax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
GOOD SHUCKs

The so-called good shucSs in these in vestigatons were not ideal. according to the bulletin, but only better than the average. Corn on which the shucks fail- ed to extend beyond the tips of the ear. or. if extending beyond the tip. did not close tightly, thus offering an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26
BEST SEED CORN PROTECTION

Weevils. which cause losses of thous- ands of bushels of corn every year n the south, will starve rather than force their way through good shuck cover ing. This was determined in abora- tory investigations conducted by spec ialists of the United States department of agriculture who made a number of tests to determine the merits of shucks as means of prevnting damage to ear corn this fall, attention be given to the choice of ears having well-form- ed, extended shucks. A report of the
 Investigations is contained in a recent department publication. bulletin 70S.
 Field investigations showed 49 per cent more weevil infestation in cora with good shucks than in that with good shucks without worm holes. It was found that there are other advantages in hav- ing ears well protected by shuclls The tests showed three per cent more rotten 16 per cent more diseolored, and IS per cent more worm -moldy ears in poor shuckS than in good ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

Since war industries are using great quantities of acetic acid, the acid present in vinegar, in the manufacture Of air. plane wings, and in many other ways m munitions of war, the demand on the commercial vinegar plants renders the making of vinegar in the home more lm- portant than ever before.
 The directions given below are for maK- ing vinegar on small scale for house. hold use. While the principle Is the same in manufacturing on q commercial scale' different methods are employed in hand ling large quantities.
 The fruit used for making vinegar should be sound and fully ripe. Partially decayed fruit is no better for vinegar making than for eating, and should not be used. Fruits, when ripe, contain more sugar than when green or underripe and consequently produce stronger vinegar CIDER MILL OR FOOD CHOPPER
 For these reasons select sound, ripe fruit. Wash thoroughly and remove all decayed portions. Crush either in ma chine made for this purpose. such as a cider mill, or, for small quantities, run through food chopper. Squeeze out the juice in a press and put into q clean bar rel. keg or crock for fermentation. If press is not available, allow the mass to ferment for two or three days and then squeeze by rhand through cheesecloth. More juice is obtained in this way. Great care should be taken to have all the uten- sils thoroughly clean and to handle the fruit in cleanly manner. If old kegs Or barrels, especially old vinegar barrels, are used, they should be cleansed thor oughly and all traces of the old vinegar removed. If this is not done, the old vinegar will interfere with the alcoholic fermentation and possibly spoil the prod uct. After the juice has been squeezed out. add fresh compressed yeast cake to every five gallons of the juice.
 Work the yeast up thoroughly in about one-half cup of the juice, and add to the expressed juice, stirring it thoroughly. Cover with cloth to keep insects away and allow to ferment. The best tempera- ture for fermentation is between 80 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not put it in cold cellar, as is the custom in many localities, or the fermentation will be too slow. At 80 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit aleo- holic fermentation will usually be com plete in from three to four days to week. In other words, it will stop work ing as indicated by the cessation of bubbling. It is now ready for the acetic acid fermentation, during which the alco- hol is changed into acetic acid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

T n F \ n WENT. IL
 gives quick relief. Swelling and short breath soon gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26

The Department of Agriculture an
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26

who has been called back from the
retired llst and who has made reputa-
ton IN transportation problems that
places him in the front rank of men OF
that profession
Such men as these head the differ
ent divisions into which the ordnance
bureau has been divided in this new
scheme of efficiency and system. aad
this scheme has been worked out SO
carefully in the past month that no
manufacturing concern with reputa-
ton for efficiency could have its ideas
and plans more carefully charted than
have these men charted the work in =
plan of the ordnance bureau.
General Wheeler heads the list -
acting chief of the bureau, and under
the new scheme his office Is divided into
three bureaus-the general administra-
ton bureau, under Colonel Pierce, the
engineering bureau, under Colonel Rice.
and the control bureau. under Colonel
Dixon. These bureaus are really exec
utlve, and care for the countless DELAYS
that must be handled. hut pendant from
General Wheeler are the operating di.
VISIONS, and it is III these that the radi-
cal changes have been made, and mon
IN civil life have been placed in charge
for the purpose of getting action.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
MAY SELL BABY FOOD.
Ruling Made for Benefit of Inquiring
Drug Store Proprietors.

ST. ALBANS, Jan. 26-A sufficient
number of inquiries from druggists in
Vermont on whether baby foods can be
sold Mondays inasmuch as the fuel ad-
ministrator S order limits the sales of
such stores to drugs and medical sup
plies, have been received By the state
food administration to prompt Actinq
Administrator John T. Cushing to issue
the following statement:
THE order Of the fuel administration
should not be interpreted in such a
way as to prevent the sale OF baby foods
on the prescribed Mondays. 1t has been.
and will continue to be, the policy of
the national food administration not to
limit III any way the food OF children
and the mere circumstance that baby
foods are customarilv sold in drug stores
should i'll no degree make impossible the
purchase of such commodities Drug
stores may sell baby foods Mondays. :
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
PRIME MINISTER'S DAY OFF
Lloyd George Has Been known TO DIG
Out a Badger as a Pastime.

The picturesque account which has
been given of the prime minister s ag-
rlcultural activities on the Sussex farm
on the occasion of his recent vacation
IS probably suggestive only of the YER
satillty displayed by him in the mat
ter OF holiday making.
Mr. Lloyd George has been even
known to dig out badger. saws Lon
don Tit Bits. In the vestibule of his
official residence may be seen a magnif-
leent stuffed specimen which he helped
TO bring to the surface some years ar2
on Lord Cowdray 5 estates i'll the same
county.
1t is doubtful, indeed, whether. ex-
.eept III the matter Of agricultural pur-
suits. the present prime minister has de-
rlved a precedent from any Of his pred
eeeSors. The nearest approach, per
haps, IS Mr.. Balfour. who goes in for
farming al his Scottish home al Whit
tlngehame, where some splendid cattle
have been turned out
The late Lord Salisbury found hill.
principal source Of recreation away
from the cares of. office in his laborl
tory at Hatfield House. where he fol
lowed the peculiar bent Of his family
III scientific and electrical pursuits.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. who
was an omnivorous reader, was never
50 happy as when staving at hi1 Be-
loved Dover; Mr. hsquith is credited
with passion for novel reading: Lord
Rosehery, whose literary tastes are vel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26

after being struck, blazing like a
torch, as one of the survivors put il.
for she carried more than 10000 eases
of gasoline. The crew took to the boats
and out of 81 men on board all were
saved except a Norwegian seaman
named Albert Jacobsen and Spanish
messman of the name of Garcia, who
are believed to have gone down with
the ship.
We were within easy reach of the
shore, one of the survivors said, land
the light that served as an agency in
our destruction by giving the subma
rlne range guided US to a landing.
where we were warmly received and
cared for by the people of n Spanish
village. The crew of the Norwegian
ship landed shortly after we did, but we
never did hear what became of the
crew of the Britisher 1t is possible
they We're picked up By the fourth mem
Der of the convoy
The submarine evidently continued
to Turk in the vicinity, as on the fol
lowing morning the crew of the Owasco
witnessed from the shore a fight be
tween a destroyer and a merchantmen
or one side and J-boat on the other.
The fight took place less than five miles
from the coast, the men asserted, and
lasted about two hours, without appar-
ent damage to any of the combatants.
The Owaseo was steamship of 4,630
tons gross register, built at Belfast in
1898, and was formerly owned by the
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Line. She left here
49, With sarge fors,an Italian
port, under command of Captain 4. &.
Dawson, and carried a crew of about
20 men, IN addition to a detail Of navy
gunners.
The loss of the Owasco makes three
former German ships that have been
victims of German torpedoes. The 9th.
ers were the Aetaeon, formerly the
AdamSturm, sunk Now. q. and the Ar
menia. The latter ship was beachcd
and, It IS understood, will soon be ready
! again for service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL,

ne Brattleboro free library will not
close on the Monday holidays
United States Marshal Arthur p. Car
penter returned Thursday night from At
lanta Ga, where he went with prisoner.
The y. f. o. T. business meeting which
was to be held next Monday evening has
been postponed to Tuesday evening at s
O'Clock
The postponed Red Cross dance will
be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 30, in
the Vermont Wheel club rooms. This
is the second in the series TO raise funds
for Red Cross work.
Robert Straw observed his third birth,
day anniversary Thursday BY entertain
ing several little friends in his home at
II Clark street. Games were enioved
during the afternoon and luncheon was
served to the little ones.
Frederick L. Houghton, secretary of
The Holstein Friesian Association of
America, and +. {. Chapman OF the ad
vertislng department of the Holstein-
frleslan Register, are attending the exec
utlve meeting of the association in Svra-
cuse today.
The final batch of questionnaireS to he
9'Hb ~ iiitH VI uidIl age III w lnQndm
county is being prepared in the office OF
the local board, and it is expected that
they will be sent out Monday 4 few
more names of registrants have been re-
ceived, which will bring the total up to
approximately 1850.
| The regular meeting of the Brattleboro
| Nomans club which comes on Feb Il
has been changed to Wednesday evening
| Feb. l3, and will be held in the audito.
rum. Congressman Frank l.. Greene OF
! the first district of Vermont. will be the
speaker and will talk about Washington
and the rest of the country in war time
The meeting will be open to the public
without charge.
Frank G. Briggs, for Is years mis-
sionary in Japan and brother n-law OF
Mrs Fred S. Knight of this town, diec
Jan. - in San Francisco on his way home
on furlough. The funeral will be held
in Cambridge, Mass, Tuesday. Mr.
Briggs had had charge Of the Inland Sea
4 work since May, when Captain LUX,
Brickle, with whom he had been asso
eiated, died. He and Mrs Briggs came tc
this country on account of Mr.. Briggs ;,
i'll health and stopped in San Francisco tc
consult specialists. MIR Briggs spoke il
Brattleboro when on a furlough sever
years ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
SINKING OF OWASCO
TOLD BY THE CREW
American Schooner One of Three to be
Torpedoed When Outlined by
Lighthouse Beam.

NEW YORK, Ian %. The American
steamship. Owasco, formerly the Ger
man steamer Allemannia, which was
seized here when the United States en-
tered the war, was sunk by subma-
rine in the carly part of December while
in Mediterranean waters near the Span
ish coast, according to survivors of the
ship who arrived at an Atlantic port
Yesterday on a Spanish liner. 1t was
said that two members of the crew lost
their lives.
The Owasco is the American ship re
Gently reported as having been one OF
three vessels SINK while passing light
house, with the submarine lying of
shore and picking the vessels off as
they passed through the beam of light
The two other ships sunk were a Nor
wcgian and British ship. Another
vessel in the CONVOY escaped
The 0wIsro WRIT down f5.amin,rte,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
All Khaki Now.

What has become of the blue and the
gray?
They have blended into brown.
The blue once marched against the
gray,
But now together they march today;
FOR there are no Yanks
And there is no gray
Under one flag they are bound.
What has become of the Yankee lads7
And where are the Rebels. too,
IheT We all gone together across the
To fight that their country NAV still
be free;
For there are no Yanks,
And there are no Rebs-
Americans only are the gray and
blue
And where is the feeling that once they
bore
II the 80 years that have passed?
Every heart that beats. though many
are sad,
Goes out with pride to every lad;
For there is no North,
And there Is no South
One land under God at last,-The
Confederate Veteran.
Many a broadcloth man owes il to
marriage with calico woman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
HELP GET THE APES.

This country has long been honey.
comoed with German spies. Every
day or two some person who passed
as business or professional man.
and who has been well regarded, is
caught with the goodso and ar
rested. Every state, every city, and
every town harbors these agents or
allies of the enemy who are mas
querading as peaceable citizens. Our
easy-going, think -no-evil way makes
smooth sailing for pirate craft, right
into the councils of state and city,
and even our own homes. No coun
try had ever 80 well organized and
numerous spy system as Germany
has maintained right here in the
United States under our very ewes.
The constantly recurring incendiary
fires, the ingenious lies of endless
variety, are both part Of the same
underground system. The Chicago
Herald has printed, run down, and
exploded more than one hundred of
these adroit falsehoods which would
pass muster with most auditors.
Here is whore we can all be alert
to spot and stop this propaganda.
The next one you hear. run it down
to its source. You will not get far
before you reach someone who can I
remember who told it. Anybod7
who is full of information favorable
to Germany and unfavorable to our
Cause, and who car t remember
where and from whom he acquired
this news, will bear watching. Here
is an opportunity for boys and girls.
as well as grownups. to run down,
locate. and explode this work of the
propa Gandists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
CHURCH NOTICES.

st. Michacl's Episcopal church, Rev.
J. Fredril1 Virgin rector. Septuagesjma
Sunday. Holy communion, 5 a. m:
church school $50; morning PRAYER and
sermon, 1915; evening PRAYER, ) clock
First Church Of Christ Scientist,
Emerson building. Elliot street, Sunday
service at l0.45 a N. Subject. Truth.
Wednesday evening testimonial meet
ing at 1.45. Reading room open daily.
except Sundays and legal holidays, from
3 to ) clock. al are welcome
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
Hooventis.
NtdTS dgl
-

Each paper, book and magazine
Sprouts upward like geyser
Recipes for saving things;
We re growing thin and wiser.
We salt down beans, dehydrate green's
Store up foods like miser;
We re going to preserve the world,
And also can the Kaiser.
Edith Gooding, in B. r. & P. Rail.
-~wav EMPLOYEES agazine.-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
A Birthday Wish.

The Kaiser says there II be this year
No feast, parade, or song, or cheer
To celebrate his natal day
But Just word we d like to say
To Bill: The growing ire
That You inspire,
We dare to tell to you, sir.
Your rightful due
We re wishing you
An endless helltoyou, sir.
The worst of all their bitter pills,
The Germans have too many bills.
Their biggest Bill we II help them set
tie
With allied arms, and brain, ant
mettlc,
Now, Bill: Our land SO free,
Our rights at sea-
We shall not sell to you, sir.
May it soon come true,
Our wish for YOU
An endless helltoyou, sir.
"A. J. D.
Brattleboro, Jan. IS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
WEST BRATTLEBORO
3. s. Miller is i'll with grin

B. s. Miller is i'll with grip
Mrs. Edward Martin has been serious
~ i'll since Thursday noon with blood
poisoning in her right hand. The cause
is not definitely known although it is
thought that it was caused by silver
in her thumb
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26

known, spends most of his time be-
tween Mentmore and his Scottish seat;
while Mr.. Gladstone, when not at Dol
rs hill, enjoyed a sea trip or a sojourn
at some east coast resort.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
WORKING DAYS AT THE
RED CROSS ROOMS
(This supersedes any previous
Schedule.)

Surgical dressings will be made on
Monday afternoons, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings and Thursday
afternoons.
Sewing on Tuesday and Friday
afternoons.
Anyone having spare hour is
asked to come in either morning or
afternoon and assist in cutting
gauze for surgical dressings.
Every patriotic woman is expected
to take some part in the Red Cross
work, for which there is such an ur-
gent call.