The Elbert County tribune. [volume], August 22, 1919, Image 6

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AUTO-RAILROAD CAR USED IN EGYPT
The illustration shows a gasoline engine-driven rallroud cur used on the
light railway from the main Egyptian railway to the Khargo oasis in the desert.
It was originally built to carry troops to stop the inroads die Senusi made
during the early stages of the world’s war.
HOISTING DRUM
ON AUTO WHEEL
Addition of Small Device Makes
It Possible to Use Car for
Hoisting Purposes.
PUT ON DIRECTLY OVER HUB
8olid Piece of Oak May Be Quickly
Attached op Taken Off—Heavy
Loads Can Be Handled—Illus
tration 8elf-Explanatory.
In cases of emergency, the rear, or
driving wheel of an automobile may be
nsed as a drum around which the line
from a hoisting tackle Is wound. The
power from the wheel, when turning
free from the ground, is sufficient to
exert great force In winding up the
tackle rope. For that purpose, the
drum described was designed to be at
tached directly over the hub, and to
the spokes of the wheel. It may be
quickly put on or taken off, and is
■ - —i —— linn — hr-mm
The Addition of a Small Drum to a
Rear-Wheel Hub Makes Possible the
Use of a Car for Hoisting.
small enough to prevent the wheel,
when turning under normal speed,
from being unduly strained by heavy
loads.
Dimensions of Drum.
A solid piece of oak, about eight
Inches in diameter should be turned
out in the shape of a cylinder five
Inches long. For large cars this may
be increased in size. Surmount the
drum with a disk, somewhat larger, to
act as a rim, and bore a hole in the
opposite end of the drum just large
enough to fit snugly over the hub of
the wheel. Then make three arms of
strap iron, large enough to reach a
good way up the spokes of the wheel.
Bolt these at equal distances around
the circumference of the drum, setting
them in flush.
How Hoisting Is Done.
To operate, back the car up until It
is near the tackle, and jack up the
wheel upon which the drum has been
placed. The other wheel must be
blocked so that it will not turn. Give
the hauling rope a few turns about
the drum, then apply the power to the
wheel and at the same time pull easily
upon the rope, keeping it taut on the
drum. In this way heavy loads con be
raised that would otherwise be beyond
the ability of one man to handle. —L B.
Robbins, Harwich, Mass., In Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
USE SPONGE ON WET TIRES
Wiping Them Off and Then Carefully
Drying Them Will Prevent Annoy
ing Rim Rust.
After driving In wet weather if the
car owner is careful to sponge off the
tires when be returns to the garage
and then wipes them dry, especially
along the bends, he will do much to
prevent the formation of rust. This
advice is particularly applicable dur
ing the spring months of frequent and
copious rains.
Always Carry a Rope.
One of the most useful things to
carry In the cor on tours is 25 feet
of half-inch manlla rope, which has
Almost endless uses.
Necessary Adjustment.
Why Is an adjustment necessary?
Do not make it unless It la.
AMERICA’S LOW PERCENTAGE
Only 12 Per Cent of Present Mileage
Is Improved—Little Built for
Heavy Traffic.
The American public, though fast
becoming uwakened to advantages to
be enjoyed by Improved roads, may
not realize the Immense effort which
must be exerted to catch up with Eu
ropean nations’ highway systems.
When Germany entered the war in
1914, Prussia alone bad 75,000 miles
of hard-surfaced highways. In pro
portion to the size of the two coun
tries, the United States would need
to have 1,611,914 miles. The present
road mileage in the states is 2,500.000.
of which 12 per cent Is Improved nnd
only one-quarter of 1 per cent con
structed for heavy traffic.
GETTING RID OF ROAD TAR
Must Be Attended To Promptly or
Unsightly Streaks and Bpots Will
Be the Result.
Unless washed off promptly with
soap and water, road tar will quickly
hurden on a car, leaving unsightly
streaks and spots. There are several
good ways of removing it, however.
One consists In the application of but
ter or oleomargarine which will soften
the tar without Injuring the varnish.
Another good solvent Is cocoa butter,
which is used In the theatrical profes
sion for removing grense paint. This
can at drug stores, and
Is a harmless solvent of nil kinds of
oil and grease, as well as tnr.
CURE FOR SLIPPING CLUTCH
When Fuller's Earth Is Not Available
Borax May Be Used With Sat
isfactory Results.
When slipping develops in the
clutch of the cone type It Is usually
caused by oil on the leather facing.
The usual method of curing this trou
ble is to sprinkle fuller’s earth on the
leather, but If this powder happens
not to be available borax may be used
with satisfactory results, and in the
absence of either the carbide dust or
lime residue from an acetylene gen
erator will prove a good enough sub
stitute.
Automobile
News
and
goosip
Every tire bus embossed on the side
a serial number. It is Important that
the car owner should have a record of
this number in each case and such rec
ord should be made when the tire is
bought.
• * •
A lap robe, a gunny sack, or even
some old newspapers will frequently
be enough to get a car out of deep
sand or a mudhole if placed in front of
the rear wheels to provide traction.
• • *
In Inspecting the springs attention
should be given to the spring hangers
and other subsidiary parts. Lost mo
tion, usually side play, often develops
in the spring hangers and shackles.
• * •
Motorists frequently overload their
storage batteries by the use of elec
trical accessories not Included la the
car’s regular equipment and then won
der what’s wrong.
* • •
Many drivers do not know how to
take the bumps easily. A good way
Is to throw out the clutch and apply
the footbrake gradually.
• * *
Watch the wires where they fasten
to the lamps, as the motion of the cat
makes them sway nnd may cause a
break or short circuit.
• • •
Lack of attention to the way the
rear wheels are running Is u source of
subsequent financial loss to uutomo
bllists.
* • •
The total number of cars registered
in all of the stutes during 1919 will
probably be close to {y>o0 t OOO.
• * *
It Is lmposAble to keep the hnmb
1 clean when making repairs on the nia
china.
XLBKRT OOOKTV TKXBOTK.
THE
KITCHEN
CABINET
To taJte a cheerful, hopeful, optl
. vnlstlc, never down-ln-the-mouth, but
courage-always-up attitude of mind. I*
to set In. and keep In continual opera
don, subtle, silent forces that are
working along the lines we are go
ing and that open ths way for us to
arrive.—Trine.
A SYMPOSIUM OF SALADS.
A salad will often use up leftovers
In wonUbrfulty attractive ways, but
tike ingredl ents
should be put to
g e t h e r carefully.
Dressed lettuce is
one of the simplest
of salads and now
Is the time when
we should be sup
plying our tables
with salad greens
from our own gardens. By sowing let
tuce seed several times during the
summer one may have tender, crisp
lettuce until fall.
Lettuce, spinach, chard, peppergrnss
and beet greens supply mineral salts
needed to keep up the bodily health as
well as supplying *he valuable fat
solubles that are so essential to Ihe
growing child.
The first Important consideration In
salad making is a good foundation.
Whatever Is used let It be crisp and
fresh and neatly arranged and the
next Important step Is the dressing.
The most delightful combinations may
be ruined by n poor, badly seasoned
dressing. Salads containing fish, meat,
nuts, eggs or cheese will innke a dish
sufficiently sustaining for a main dish.
The simplest of nil dressings Is the
French dressing and one which Is
most commonly used. With a good
brand of olive oil, using three parts of
oil to one of vinegar, a little salt and
sugar with a dash of paprika and
cayenne, all beaten with n Dover egg
beater until thick, and all the Ingredi
ents cold, this dressing is ready to
serve.
'Mid the rich store of nature’s gifts to
man
Bach has his loves, close wedded to his
soul
By fine association’s golden links.
—Elliot
ODD MEATS APPETIZINGLY
PREPARED.
Perishable meats like sweetbreads,
brains, liver and kidneys are so
wholesome, deli
cate appetiz
ing when careful
ly cooked and
served thgt the
demand for cuts
of meat would
decrease if more
of our people
or our people
used these sundries; then there would
be plenty of all kinds for all. at all
times. Sweetbreads are considered a
great delicacy, but brains are spurned
by tbe majority, for no reason than
that they are not In the habit of cook
ing them. The same is true of fiver
and kidneys, the latter if carefully
cleaned, parboiled and cooked make o
most tasty dish.
Liver from whatever animal Is ten
der and requires little cooking to make
It pnlatnfrle, while kidney should hnve
either a long, slow cooking or a very
short stage; there Is no middle ground.
A heart Is better If cooked slowly a
long time, or It may be sliced and
cooked In a hot frying pnn. If a ten
der young heart, this makes most de
licious eating cooked ns one does
steak,, either broiled or pan broiled.
Tripe being what It Is, the stomach
lining, is very easy of digestion and
needs but little cooking. It Is usually
served with n highly seasoned sauce
of some kind, tomato being the fa
vorite.
A piece of sparerlb, though covered
with little meat, which, by the way,
grows less and less, makes n good sea
soning for a dish of cabbage, even If
there Is no meat to serve; the flavor
Is there which makes a tnsty dish.
Greens, beets, spinach, dandelions may
be cooked with spnreribs.
Sweetbreads are too expensive In
the city for the average family, but In
the country where there Is less de
mand they nre sold at a reasonable
price. To cook, simmer In water to
cover, to which hns been ndded a half
tablespoonful of vinegar. Remove
after twenty minutes of simmering
and plunge Into cold water to make
them firm. After removing nil the un
edlble portions they are rendy to be
creamed, baked or fried.
A SUMMER DINNER.
A pleasing beginning for a dinner Is
some sort of fruit cocktail, served
well chilled in dainty
stemmed glasses, gar
nished with a sprig of
mint or a maraschino
cherry on the edge of the
glass. There Is such
wide range In fruits that
one may hnve at any
senson something worth
while.
T " A very pretty nnd de
licious fruit cocktail is* made of the
heart of a ripe watermelon. Cut balls
with a good-sized French potnto cutter,
marinate with a sugar sirup flavored
delicately with orange rind. The Julco
of the orange may be added to the
strap, cutting down some of the wt
ter. if preferred. Garnish with a sprig
of mint and serve Ice cold. Peaches,
pears, grapes of various kinds as well
as berries make splendid possibilities
for cocktails.
Mutton With Peas.—Take a piece of
lamb or mutton for stewing, simmer In
boiling water with one small onion
and three cloves, n pepper corn and an
eighth of n bay leaf, for flavor*, when
tender and ready to serve remove the
meat to n hot platter, prepare the
gravy by thickening with flour and but
ter worked to a paste and stirred into
tbe liquor from tbe meat. Cook until
smooth, strain and add two to three
cupfuls of fresh green pens, cooked
nod poured around the meat. The sea
soning of salt and pepper must be ndd
ed before the meat or gravy Is well
cooked. In order to be well seasoned.
Salad Chiffonade.—Arrange lettuce,
pepper grass, tender green mustard
and strips of pimento In a salad bowl;
cover with French dressing and serve
well chilled.
Radish Sandwiches.—Wash n dozen
crisp, fresh radishes nnd chop finely;
add four nut meats minced and four
tnblespoonfuls of mayonnaise dress
ing. Spreud on slices of buttered oat
bread.
Quick Oat Bread.—Take two nnd
one-quarter cupfuls of rolled oats; put
through the meat grimier; add four
tenspoonfuls of baking powder, half a
teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of milk,
one egg well-beaten and two table
spoonfuls of corn sirup. Rake In a
greased brendpnn 40 minutes.
Pimento, Egg and Tuna Salad.—
Mash the yolks of four hard-cooked
eggs with three-fourths cupful of tuna
fish, well flaked, nnd a tenspoonful of
lemon juice nnd half a tenspoonful of
salt. To one-third cupful of mayon
naise dressing add an eighth of a ten
spoonful of mustard, a few grains of
cayenne nnd n tablespoonful of
chopped pickles. Add n tenspoonful of
dissolved gelatin to the mayonnaise
nnd use to stufT the plmentoes which
hnve been drained and carefully wiped.
Set enoh In a gem pan until filled and
set; then chill before serving. Slice
nnd serve on lettuce.
“HAVE A HEART"
The hearts of young animals are all
easily cooked and make a delicious
| meal. Cut In slices nnd
| saute in n little butter,
I cooking not too long.
I then serve piping hot.
. Boiled Heart With
I Rice and Raisins.—
I Wash the heart, remove
| the tubes and gristle,
cover with boll Inc wa-
cover witn Dotting wa
ter and cook ten minutes, then sim
mer very slowly on the back of the
stove or In a fireless cooker until ten
der. Add washed rice, salt nnd pep
per, using three-fourths of a cupful of
rice, a teaspoonful of salt, nnd one
fourth of a teaspoonful of pepper; cook
until the rice is tender. Drain the
liquor from the rice, add three-fourths
of a cupful of raisins, half a cupful of
walnuts cut In bits, one nnd one-hnlf
tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, stilt and
pepper to taste nnd bring to tbe boil
ing point. Place the heart In the cen
ter of a platter, surround with cooked
rice, pour nuts and raisins over the
heart and garnish with parsley.
Kidney a la Pon.—Wash one kidney,
remove the tough portions nnd tubes,
parboil changing the water two or
three times. £>rnln, roll In seasoned
flour and cook In three tablespoonfuls
of drippings. Remove to a hot platter
nnd keep warm. Slice four large on
ions, nnd cook In this fat, remove
them when yellow to the serving dish.
Add two cupfuls of boiling water to
the fat In the pnn nnd add six cooked
potatoes cut In thick slices. Bring to
the boiling point, ndd four tnblespoon
fuls of flour mixed with a third of a
cupful of cold water. Stir and cook,
ndd a teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet,
with salt nnd pepper to taste. When
the potatoes are thoroughly heated, re
move them to the platter, reheat the
kidney sauce nnd pour over the pota
toes. Surround with the onions and
serve at once.
Puree of Peas. —Cook a pint of ten
der green peas nnd put through a
sieve; ndd a tablespoonful of butter
mixed with two of flour, salt and pep
per to taste. Cook until the flour is
well cooked, ndd a cup of milk, heat
nnd whip with a dover egg beater,
then serve at once. If there nre more
to serve, the amount of milk may be
increased without Injuring the flavor.
Ox Tall Soup.—Cut one ox tail In
pieces, wash nnd sprinkle with half
a cupful of rolled oats, two nnd n half
tnblespoonfuls of fat until brown. Cover
tnblesponfuls of fat, until brown. Cover
with four cupfuls of water nnd two
cupfuls of canned tomato, n bit of bay
leaf, half a green pepper minced, nnd
one onion cut In thin slices. Boll 15
minutes nnd cook over night In a tire
less cooker. Remove the meat from
the bones nnd rub the soup nnd vege
tables through n sieve. Cook togethe*
In water to cover half a green pepper,
half a cupful of diced carrot, a fourth
of a cupful each of turnip and onion;
when soft ndd to the soup with meat,
season with celery sauce, Worcester
shire sauce and a tenspoonful of beef
extract. Reheat and serve.
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NEEDED A COURSE HIMSELF
Why Shabby Visitor Failed to Im
press Merchant With His Offer
to Improve the Memory.
Tlie shabby visitor laid his bat upon
n chair, nnd, drawing a booklet from 1
his pocket, approached tbe merchant i
prince.
“I can tell you," he snid. "bow to
become a great success; how to win :
Independence for life.”
“Three seconds gone from the min- :
uttf I’m giving you,” said the mer
chhnt.
"I hnve here,” went on the thinker, ;
“an infallible memory system. Mns
lei it. nnd you will master the world.
You will not forget to post tbe letter
your wife gave you this morning, nnd
you can do without that worsted on
your finger.”
“My trouble," sold tbe merchant, "Is
that I can’t find a reliable system for
forget ting things I want to. Your min- :
life’s up.”
Sadly the visitor departed, hut two
minutes Inter he returned to the office
brenthlessly and excited.
“I forgot my hat!” he snid.
Sailor’s Fine Record.
Admiral William B. Caperton, late
commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, <
who retired from active duty June
•10th. bad an unusual career. In the i
world war Admiral Caperton bad the
difficult task, requiring the greatest I
naval skill nnd diplomatic tact, of pa
trolling the Pacific waters and of hav
ing close relations with the govern- i
mrnts <>f South nnd Central America.
S’nce his graduation from the United i
States naval academy, in 1875, he has «
seen active service in nil waters, was I
In Cuban waters during the Spnnlsh- i
American war. and bad much service
In Latin America In the subsequent
revolutions, including the Mexican dis
turbance.
A Joiner.
a joiner.
■■niiln’t yon say you were something
of a bolslievlst?”
“Yes. But I’m cured. You see, I
used to be one of these people who
wanted to join every new society that
came along.”
Any man can work when he feels
like it. The successful man works
whether he feels like It or not.
IT’S NOT YOUR HEART;
IT’S YOUR KIDNEYS
Kidney disease is no respecter of per- i
sons A majority of the ills afflicting
Eople today can be traced back to the I
dney trouble. ,
The kidneys are the most important I
organs of the body. They are the fil- i
terere of your blood. If the poisons «
which are swept irom the tissues by the 1
blood are not eliminated through the <
kidneys disease of one form or another i
will claim you as a victim.
Kidney disease ia usually indicated by <
weariness, sleeplessness, nervousness, i
despondency, backache, stomach trou- <
ble. pam in loins and lower abdomen. <
gall atones, gravel, rheumatism, sciatica
and lumbago.
All thee derangement, are aatura’a i
COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
Hostess Saw Reason for Thankfulness
in View Set Forth by Her
Young Visitor. *
Out on the east side the other aft
ernoon a group of women were having *
a porch party. Now, all except one
were married, nnd the married ones ,
constantly talked to the one young
spinster on tbe subject of getting mar
ried. They even went so far as to ,*
suggest some candidates for her hand.
And of one the young woman said. “Oh,
he wouldn’t do. He’s been married, «
end I’ve not yet reached that stag®
where I have to take a widower.”
Absolute silence followed that re- t
mark. With a wild start the girl real
ized that three of the women present,
including tbe hostess, were second *
wives. She was just beginning to reach
the most painful stage of embarrass
ment. when the hostess laughed easily, f
nnd tried to utter a remark that would
put everybody at ease. "Thank good
ness you haven’t,” she said. “Other- *
wise you might be in my shoes and I
**>■ yours.”—lndianapolis News.
_ ' i
Ulterior Motive.
He had just bought a 25-cent clgnr f
and had gone out of the shop and
down tbe street puffing like the Twen
tieth Century Limited when the cigar #
girl remarked to the customer:
“That man has a very polite way of i
begging for a living.” f 1
"Why do you call a man a beggar
"'hen he buys 25-cent cigars?” asked »
the customer, puzzled by her remark. f
“That’s easy,” she replied. “A blind
man will give a lend pencil when you
drop a dime in his hat, but that gink’s 9
been wantin’ to sell me some oil
stock.”
Hope Deferred.
"Speaking of optimists, there’s Job
bles.” • f
"He’s expecting a raise In salary.”
'Tmp! Most men are cheerful in a
situation like that.” 1 ,
"But he’s been expecting it nine
years.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Would Have Given Him Pause.
BIx —Were you nervous when you
proposed to your wife? •
Uix —No, but I would have been if 1
I’d foreseen the present cost of Ilv- ✓
ing. Boston Evening Transcript. y
signals that the kidneys need help. *
l°u should use GOLD MEDAL Haar
*em Oil Capsules immediately. The
soothing, healing oil stimulates the
kidneys, relieves inflammation and de- <
stroya the germs which have caused it.
Go toyour druggist today and get •
box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Lapsules. In twenty-four hours you ' l
should feel health and vigor returning.
Alter you feel somewhat improved
continue to take one or two capsules ,
BO »■ k ««P th « first-class
condition and ward off the danger of
other attacks.
‘“Ported GOLD ,
MnH.^V. b . r if Dd '«i»es. Money w
funded if they do not help you.