Audubon County journal., April 06, 1916, Image 3

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THE OLD RELIABLE
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
MADE FROM CREAM OF TARTAR
Dutch Kuclieu.
One quiait of milk, one yeast
pake, three egge well beaten, one
and one-half cups of granulated
sugar, two cups of melted butter,
about eleven cu.ps of flour anil "a
little salt. Mix and set in w|arm
|)iaoe and raise orvernigbt. In the
It is first mixed, or the top may be
(covered wiith» eilice'd apples and
then sprinkled wnth cinnamon and
14"-. l\-»
BUgar.
It is said that cloves distributed
among the clothing will keep moths
away as effectually as moth balls,
and leave no disagreeable odor.
•"Spring opening," the paper said.
"Spring Styles,"
^Spring Hats." The people read
'the news with smiles.
•"Ccone scon," and all were ekger
to obey.
iAind eveiy heart was beating liigili
with glee,
IAind every maid and matron wjent
to see.
lAll went but Spiring- herself. Sh©
.fi -., stayed aw^ay.
Sift together three times'., two
Cups flour, one teaspoon salt, twp
pldghtly rounded teaspoons baking
powder and onehalf cup sugar.
lAdd to this one unbeaten egg, 1-4
pup melted lard or butter and one
$up milk or water. Then beat aid
together until perfectly smooth.
Oil the miuffini or gem pans and|
filll about half full. Have the oven
slow, until the miuffiins come to
the top of pan,, then increase the
heat to bake and brown the miuf
fins. This recipe miakee 12 large
To Cleanse
and Heal
Deep Cuts
Money
Go X[€?
Have it on hand
HAN FORD'S
Balsam of Myrrh
A LINIMBNT
For Cuts, Burns,
Bruises, Sprains,
Strains, Stiff Neck,
Chilblains, Lame Back,
Old Sores, Open Wounds,
and all External liquries.
Hade Since 1846.
Price 60c and $1.00
All Dealers c^S. c»
Jill WWUIWI^ SYBAOUBB, N.
$
muffins. Raisins or
be added if desired.
morning knead the dougfli as bread, spoons fat or liard in the frying
iRoil out l.kie biscuit dough and pan and wlhen very hot drop the
trim in SIZES of baking pans. Just corn in by spoonfuls. When brown
before putting it in the oven turn and brown on the other side.
•JBpread tli© top with melted butter Serve om a waim platter.
Jan'd sprinkle with cinnamon and su-,
®ar. Tlhis lecape may be varied by
adding raisins to the dough when
Km
Martha Ha,rt. Sf
It is no smiall task to prepare
three meals a day three hundred
and sixty-tfive days in the year,
and to kieep this up for a life
time. The housewife has to keep
her thinker preUy busy to give
yanety and a balanced ration.
The purpose 'of the Housewife's
Corner is- to asset in this line.
The recipes are those of the most
(amtous cooks and teachers of cook
ery. Some of the-m have been used
in domestic science classes and, so
Bar as it is in cur power to know,
All are good.
These three things we endeavor
to bear in mind in their selection:
palata"bility, healthfullness and e
eonojnjr.
One Egg Muffin.
Fr
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W
SjjS/'*
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3-' fT
currants may
Corn. Oystei (IJeitinn)
One can of corn,, eight level" ta
blespoons flour, one teaspoon salt,
pepper to taste. Mix together, add
.twio bsatem egga Place four table-
The fiollowiing recipe was awrad
I ed seeo: prize in the Capital's
'vegetable contest lust wjeek
Baked Cabbuge.
Out cabbage into quarters,® cook
in
sailit water until tender, drain,
cut or chop in small pieces. Place
in
baking dish, s2ason with salt)
and pepjieir. Make a white sauce
thus: Two tablespoons flour,
twio
tablespcor butter, bleind and add
one cup swieet miilk and one tea
spoon silt. Stir to prevent luimp,
ing. Pour sauce ever cabbage and
over all' sprinkle cracker crumbs,
dot with butter. Bake thirty miin
U-tes. This is economical. as wieli
as very palatable. Evaporated milk
irnay be used.
If cition is heatadi.
It' can, be Sliced quicklly and easily.
It may be out in leaves and stems
£oir cake decorations.
Tomato Itarebi
One half cup canned tomatoes,
onenhialf cup grated cheese, one
tabUspocn butter, salt to taste.
Blriug to a boll, pour over one
ibeaten egg, reheat, and serve on.
toast OT^6ra
Cheese SaiKlwicliesr
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eApril
Editih O. M. iDart.
Oh, met ye April on her way—
Anid w.aa shie girave or wiae she gayi—
Sawi ye a primirc®3 ohlapliet fair
Upoiu her taingilel, wind-tossed ihadr?
Ajnidi haid tslnei on a tmyrtla green,
The sweetest robe was ever seen?
Oh, tmelt
lye
April om your wiay,
Witlli1 eyes 'like dove's breast meek
aind gray
BraOe jfi&o
"Wihy, Hide, I'm surprised, to see
You wear-a muzzle, too.1
What fool'sh people they must be
jWlio are afraid of you.".
Thus cried
dijy
Wlisin lie had chanced to meet
A li.ttle dog that came his way
Along the village reet.
tBut Fido growled at Mr. Bear,
'And glared ii.ito liis eiye,
And fiecer stiilil became his glare
When thus he made reply:
Jiave you
"They muzzle me,'I'd'
know,
To save the like of
JEacln ay, were I not muzzled so,
you.
I eat a bear or two.'" ...
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Notes
a
W|ere
Aa tihioiuiglh .a fiadiy queen did pass
Her hjandis weire cold, yet full of
flloweiia,
Her loose liair wiet with pattering
phowie.rs.
Strung idaiia'jas for a girdle wtluite,
Yea, I 'met Alpu-iil on any way,
si-***
fi
The Culprit
«k»-5
He's piping somewhere near.
April loci, Apiil fool.
Naver he masses a single year. Twenty prizes of $10 each and
iSure as the last or' Mareh^ slips forty prizes of $5 each are offer
past,
Round the cornei^.and- up the
street,
By house, and shop and school,
Now loud, now saucy, now loiwv
(now sweet
He's ying "April fool."
Onci on a time and sober folk., -f
In a csrtain. goodly town ?f.
Met together to question whether
They could not hunt hita down.
"Away with the scamp—or prince
or tramp-,!'
The wtoirried people said.
'He shall march the space of the
market place
With a fool's c.ip on his head."
They granted- policemen a whole
day. off,
And bade them wield their sti'eks
Until far-sought the knave was
caught SpflfSI
Red-handed in his tricks.
And when the job was over and
done,
And street and alley dragged,
The grave folk saw, with droepifog
jam.-
all of the
All of the boys and
girls
Ladies and maids and cooks
Preachers a few, and doctor^, too,
And students with their l|joks
A judge, a lawyer, a baker man,
A merchant with his rule.
All—'tis a fact—caught, in- the act
Of crying "April fool
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Prepare baking powder biscuit
diougli. RoM thin, cut in oblong
Shades wi.th cocoa can, fold over
and bake in a hot oven. Wlhen
baked, break open, spread wiith
gutter and thin slices of cheese.
Serve at once.
Macaroni Croquettes.
Pour tablespoons fat, one cup
puilk, one-third cup flour, one cup
cooked macaroni, one-fourth tea
spoon salt, one half cup grated
cheese. Make a wihite sau.ee, add
to it the macaroni and cheese. Cool,
form into crqouettes, roll in egg
pud crumbs and fry in very hot,
deep fat.
C*v
But the law'd been passed, and the
die'd been cast,
Amdi the strange thing had to be
That they march the space of the
market place,
That all who were left might see.
And paper enough could not be
found,
Though they emptied shops and
schools,
For fool's caps enough to_go a
round
'Mongst all of the April fools.
—By Nancy Ryrd Turner.
We will appreciate a chance to
renew your loa® or make a new
real estate loan for you. Best
terms and lowest rates...
Lauirits Hansen and James Carlsen
-.for. Our
BW'flub
soon-
The (house wren will be ,with us iVera Nelson,
Ho,w
neat'n&
Yas, I met .Ajprjil on my way,
Rait tomorrow and part -yesterday- ^7^ ^ntTr. AiTincr
Anld Blbje iwtent, lauighdng—saie
sad—
Waiyvviairlcli aind1 pei.isjve, grave
glaid.
live near us. They like the
^us inch and a quarter in diameter
as they are very small birds,
ly iabout 4 3-4 i'nehes fromi tip io-|
Tlhle tClluittiaillnig fabric of (lier igowtni ©lad to know who sees the first birds, in our Cilub. We wonder if
Was emieiraldi gricien, imi shady brown, wren. I there are no bluejays yet, wis
Soft (ginay as dove's bieiast
finer leyiea, I wonder how many of our club
AJnld bluest, iblue of sumimer skiiles. knofwi the song sparrow at sight. "Why Fired, why did you let the
Light fell her step upon tihle grass,
iB one
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tll€ earliefit
rde- They
,ln early
March.
the singer of the year, for
ters
c&'d'
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&r
Yeit \vouind about her bosom slight- distinguished by his heavily spot
This week our Bird CJ.ub
eight newt members.
Kenneth Squier,
Noel Squier,
Edwin Hansen,
Wilbert Hansen,
(Dagmar Hansen,
Ethel Chase,.
Nettie Chase,"
many ,cf our lOliub have One hundred thirteen who have j_
places prepared for them-? pledged ourselves to do what we
They are rvery friendly and like to can to protect the birds. With so
en-''"i-'Uiy
trances to thei'r homes only largie!ble
all(1
on-:
win-j
not hush liis song. He is useful! Bearo Anil Honey.
too, for his food consists of weed
ted breast with a larger blotch In
his
®e8t Jn Bhruibbe: -close to houses. flies hi of the bear is very good for
OUT
which seemed always standing o- pull.-d it out and put it to her mioub
ed in ilasi-aoliusgitts for evidence
by which it shall convict persons
of killing insect eating birds, or of
taking eggs from their nests.
Elmer Puget, a boy of -Fort Madi
son, was brought before the mayor
and fined five, dollars and costs
for killing a bluebird. Anybody else
caught killing birds will be fined,
the city authorities haver announced.
A knowledge of the birds that
protect the farmer's crops from
insects which destroy the-m, is as
necessary as a knowledge of the
(harmful p.sts,
Bdrds may differ in appearance,
and habits, but all are similar in
one lespect, they possess a never
flagging appetite for insects and
weed s.eds.
Borrue
One-thiid of the food""of'""""the1 'At the foot of tine tree she shook
chickadee consists tf moths ^nd thiem off, an lifting the larger
caterpillars. It alsj eats beetles, one wuth both. her piiws she put him
ants, wasps, buigs, flies, grassliop- imp against the tree as liigili as stliie
pers and spiders.
Cut out the following coupon,
sign your name and address, and
send to
Mrs. W. J. Lancelot, Journal
Exira, Iowa.
has
Exira.'
Exiira.
2 Exira.
2 Exira 1
in this work we will be a-1'
to
make their stay with us a.
or anilitl1® more safe and pleasant,
We
boy
more birds will come,
would glad'y welcome every
1111
bill to end of tail. We would be "nan who lives where there are
girl and every man and wo-
have not eeen any this spring.
spring, baby flaill?" criled mamma.
»»ua.ly begin to arrive "Well, Uncle Will said he wlas a and brothers had bean cutting down
He is said to be' bouncing baby, and I wanted to see trees all winter, in. order to get
summer's heat does' the spring.
seeds and- insects. He can be. his family to a new country,went1 outdoors with their father, giat-her-
In aearoh of a bear.
The settlers depended' on thteir
gunsLfpt .t&eiSr meat suipply, and the
"I
The bouse wren feeds its young He 900n found signs, and' looking la the evening they wfere to burn
altogether on worms and insects, cautiously around, saw a bear in a huge pites c£ brush, and all looked
We tried- to ass.-st the pair ^*(1.0 laTgie tree busily gtniaw|ng at,a_.ho|le I forward \uth dt'ligfot to the "fire
'built their nest and raised their a)ni the tree. I'works' as they called the display,
young in our clothespin bag which He raised his gjiiri- to £ire'*bu,t Elma's mother thought the baby§S
huing on the .wall under
back wondered wbat the bear was doing1,
the dancing bear on(31 porch last summer, by putting out and thought he would catch her 'had enough excitement for one day
I food for them. But they would and see. and said slie must be put to bed as
liave none of it. Nothing but the After scratching and biting at the soon as the supper dishes were
juic.est worms, ants, and. bugs edge of the hole for some tilme the washed.
were 'dropped in the seven mouths, be.:r sluck her paw in, hie
I low busttit®.
The bluebird's favorite food is The man brought the butt of his
grasshoi peis, beetles and caterpil- gun to the ground and waited to
iars. It eats large numbers ,of oth- see if the bear would return.
er insects a!so. It is a lover .of He had not leng to wailt, for in.
elder boiries., too. a few minutes she came back wjLth
two cubs on heir back.
him bounce." the land ready toi be ploughed in
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pen to receive them. The numbers smacking lier li'ps with apparent the boys.
brought to them iby the parent delight. "Yes, please let lier stay up and
birds weie unbelievable until we Then slue scrambled dowpi to the see the borfires" begged the girls,
wiatched them for ourselves. ground and disappeared insoniej 'The brush piles are all ready to
one ^and held him up against the
tree. He clutched the bark tightly,
but would not move.
After waiting a short tame the
mother lifted her paw and gave the
little fellow) a whacking spank,
then up he wtent and' took a seat
beside luls brother.
The mother followed and when al
were safely up she thrust her paw
into tl.ie hole and drew out a piece
of honey.
She carefully removed the bits of
baik sticking to it and gaive it to
the oldest oub. He quickly seized
It and gan eating it, smacking
hie lijs wiith genuine delight.
T-l.e micther Irought out an.o,the
piece of honey and offered it to the
younger cub. He looked at it a mom
ent, then s'owly stretched out both
,pa.ws to take it and dropped it to
the giound.
Again the ni'ctibsr bear put her
paw into the hole and brought out
a piec of hcn.ey, and held it oiut to
the little one.
-As befoie he lcoked at it a mom
ent, sn:-slGcd cf it, then cautiously
lifted hid pawns to take.it and again
it £e I to tihj ground.
^it this the mother l'Med lier paw
and gave him a whaok over the ear.
He lost his balance and do
win he
wient S'i»rawiling to tho grciund.
The man was so interested in the
scene that he eiped on a t\v'.
which snapped under his feet. The
mother bear hastiJ1}-" scrambled
do win the tree followed by the
older cub, and all three quickly
disappeared amcng the bushes.
Tlie man returnied- home without
•any game. Wilnen asked if hef 0»«ad
found nothing hie said: "We wiill
have to get along without bear meat
I ant not going to shoot any more
bears they are tco much like
human beings."
-Tlie Bluebird's Song. J-
I know the song that the bluebird
is singing,
Out in. the apple tree where he its
swiinging.
Brave little fellow, the skies may
be dreary—
Nothing ca e& he while Ms heart
iis so aheiery.
Hark, liow ths music leaps out
•from his throat.
Haik, was there ever so merry a
mote?!
Listen aw|hille aind you'll hear wlnat
he'® saying,
Up in, the apple tree swinging and
swlaying.
Dear little blossoms down under the
snow,
You must be weaiy of -winter, I
know
Hark wjh, !ie I sing you a message of
cheer,
Bu®lime-r
1B
1 Is here.
2 Expra.
Exira.
One day a mam, wlho lived wiith children in Elma's family worked
coming, and spring timte
Little wthite snowdrop, I pray you
arise
..
llttle
CIOCUS' 00°P«iu
1001 llttle
l°0'1,tl'
ou y0UI
your
vlojiet®t.:.
hid
iro,m
h^
n!'ant!'es
of
gold
lurPl« aiidi
you
Datfrodils, djaffcdiils, say do
hear?
Summer is coming, and sprilng time
is here.
Apiil Fool
of
Elma was the youngest
large family of children.. They
toad lived but a few months in
the wilderness wfhere lvr father
Om the first day of April, the
ing brush into piles to be burned.
Elma wias out following them a
(round almost all day, and heard
N '"i •i'iLJ'1 --71*'''
them playing jokes upon each other
flood. and then calilLtag "April fooL" ?h
IW.ho
was only four years old, had
quickly "O mother, please let her stay
i-up
and see the fiieworks," urged
light," said father, "and Elima wouli
like to see the fires buirn,tog, so
(wliy
couM reaoli. Tlliie luttle bear went up pla.y.
the tree like a oat, and took a seat The diy sniff, of which the brush
on a lilmib close by the hole. piks weie mostly cjmposed, burned
noiL let lie,r stay up a little
later thfs once?
"Viery well1," said mother
"but bring her in before it gets
vei dark.
So Elmja akltped out with the
rest to watch the big fires, and flit
from one to another in an endeavor
to be near the meat brilliai dis-
Then the mother lifted the other I fiercely, and the time passed- quickl
No one knew just how- long it had
been since Etoa ha'd stopped hurry
ing from one bonfire to another
her (.ndeaver to take tlitrn all in.
Suddenly every one missed -her.
Far and near tliey searched, even
to the ed®3 of the forest.
'We shall have to tell mother, so
she can hunt, too." exclaimed the
older sister.
"Not yet, not yet," said the father
"We must not let mother know,
that tlie baby .s iot-t until we hav
searched a little longer. She nnust
have falltn asleap somewhere
the brusli while watching one of the
files.1'
But father and children searched
and searched and- searched without
finding any trace of Eitana theu
they ran to the hoiuse to tell
mohler and rouse the neighbors.
"Elnua lost," cried mother. 'Wihy,
she was in ted and asdeepi long ago.
She camie to the house and begged
to be undressed she was so sleepy."
The mews wias such a relief to
the family that they crowded into
the bediroom to see for themselves
that she was indeed safe, and they
made so much noise they woke
hej.
"Elma, you darling baby," ex
claimed one of the Ibig sisters,
with tears of joy. "We thought yo-ui
were lost."
She looked at them sleepily,
smiled and murmured 'April fool.
Then she cuddled down again to
Slejp until morning.
Tlie Ciigglequlcks Again. I -i5
.Little Mofi'lCe went to maiket
With a basket cn her arm.
"Niow mn albng," said auntie,
"And you cju not ccme to harm.
Out light acrcss the mieadows."
So Mo'lOie huirled cutp®
Ajnd soon,
WLS
in a farmyard,
Wltto a let cf giese about.
Without a wprd cf wa.rning,
As Mo hue hurried by,
Agieat g.i'ay gocsj began to chase,
I've cfterin heard her tell it
What a good effect it. had,
For Moll then wss hopeful,
f.
With loud and angry cry
'Twas tlien she thought of Giggle
quicks
Tlioae freiix's of every ahild.
She winked her teais and cauglht
her breath.
Ainidi.tlxn she leally S-MILED.
Inatsad of soaied and sad.
The G-igglequicks. pulled up her
similie
It leaclied its highest point,
And Moll thought 'twas- FUNNY
Anid was spry in every joint.
She ran like lightning, laughing,
And lcoking b.ck to see
ITlie great g:ay goose was falling
baclk,
As mad
ES
mad could be.
(And so the leached the market,
And this is true indeed
The Griggliequicks cam help you,
Whene\er you're in need
i: Mir.am- Olark Potter.
Little Olive went for a wlalk
with her father one (morning ia
June.
Hearing a bird singing
roadside, she stopped.
"Oh, papa," she exclaimed,
the Iboboblink."
"How do- Ijiou know it's a bobo
blink?" asked her father.
"'Oause I 'stinctly heard it bob
ible," was the reply.
by the
The robin's had a message
From some one far awiay,
To teilil him Spring is coming—
"Expect iher any day."
Ajnd so the robin's singling,
'see
To tell the flowers and trees
It's time to start their blossoms,
Aind welcome birds and bees.
Buvwln.
tA,y.vfy
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