Lincoln County leader., August 11, 1911, Image 2

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Valley Forge Is Rich in Historic
Associations.
Whizzing Automobile Now Bring
Groupi of Patriotic Sightseers to
This Scene of the Revolution's
Darkest Days.
Philadelphia, Pa. Through the love
ly wooded hills and up and down the
valleys which give the name of that
historic spot. Valley Forge, the scene
of the darkest days of the Revolution,
go rushing and whizzing nowadays the
hourly automobiles bringing groups of
patriotic tourists from all the coun
try What a change in the spot and in
the people since that time when Wash
ington and his suffering heroes
camped among these picturesque
hills. What a g?p between those foot
sore, discouraged men and the pleasure-seekers
whirled in luxury through
this great national park.
For some eight miles the motor
route circles ahout over the fine park
wasmngton's Headquarters,
roads, and on every side the natural
charms of the beautiful scenery are
enhanced by the bostorio associations.
Many memorial tablets have been
erected, marking where different divi
sions of the army or various com
manders were stationed. Here and
there are log cabins, reproductions of
the olden huts, and standing on the
old sites. There are lines of the old
entrenchments to trace, and much else
of interest to a student of military
ttuairs, dui me auiomoDue is toe i
Bwui ior siuay or tnis sort, 'ine
Memorial chapel, unfortunately, does
not lie on the route taken; it requires,
and well deserves, a separate trip.
One does, however, pass the old
school bouse, built by Letltia Penn In
1703, which was occupied by the Con
tinental army as a hospital during the
winter of 1777-1778. The flag floats
over it, and a group of budding citi
zens, who ought to develop remark
able loyalty educated in such a shrine
of liberty, flock out for recess as the
motor car passes.
But the central point of the trip Is,
of course, Washington's headquarters.
This plain old stone structure Is a fine
example of the sturdy buildings of
Colonial times. In its simplicity and
strength It shames the flimsy work
of modern Contractors. The Interior
Is very interesting. The two main
rooms on the ground flour open from
the wide paneled hall with ample
small-paned windows. In both recep
tion room and office the walls are
adorned with portraits, and valuable
relics in cases and in the old-fashioned
chimney cupboard attract the
eye. "Grandfather's clock ticks In the
corner, and an old gun fills the open
fireplace.
Across an open passage through
which sun and wind have full play,
is a wing containing the quaint old
kitchen. While this separation of
the kitchen from the main body of
the house has . ome advantages, the
modern housewife would v certainly
object to the unnecessary steps it
occasions. And she would doubtless
be at a loss to get a meal over the
fireplace with its hanging hooks and
pots.
From the pump room adjoining the
THROWS $1,500 FROM TRAIN
Woman, by Good Luck, Gets the
Money Back by Wire and
Hose by Mall.
Los Angeles, Cal. While traveling
to this city Mrs. Frances Held of Dan
bury, Conn., Inadvertently threw a
pair of stockings out of the window
of a fast Santa Fe train a few miles
west of Albuquerque.
Soon afterwards she discovered that
she had left a roll of $1,500 In bills In
the toe of one of her stockings, and
the appealed to Conductor Mllo
Thompson for help to recover It.
At the next station Thompson wired
back to the agent at Albuquerque to
make a search, which was done, and
the stockings and money were found.
This Information was wired to Win
slow, Ariz., and when Mrs. Held's
train arrived Ihere the company rep
resentative banded her the cash.
The stockings, It is stated, are now
on the way by mail, because they
could not be forwarded by wire.
OUSTS
kitchen a steep flight of steps de
scends to an underground passage,
only lighted from an opening In the
lawn above. The other end of the
passage once communicated with the
rrver and thus afforded a means of
refuge and escape in case of surprise
by the enemy. That end has been
closed up, but the curious investigator
can descend pnd walk along the
damp, dark passage, with thoughts of
tue dangerous days when such a se
cret way was deemed necessary.
The bedrooms on the floor above
are very attractive in their quaintness.
They have been furnished by different
chapters of the Daughters of the Revo
lution with suitable antique furniture
so they must look very much as they
did in the hours when Washington re
posed in the big "four-poster," or in
the straight-backed chair by the fire
place brooded over the perils of the
country. On the third floor, to which
one must climb with bended head If
a bump is to be avoided, the bedroom
is as cozily old-fashioned as anything
in the house.
Much time might be profitably spent
In looking over the maps, plans, etc.,
which hang about the walls of the
hall and the main rooms, but the in
terest of the average tourist In such
matters is soon glutted and he prefers
to walk about the lawn and view the
house from every side, or stroll down
to the Schuylkill river in front of the
headquarters and people the scene
with the figures of Washington and
his veterans.
ANOTHER SACRED CALF BORN
This Makes the Fourteenth Which
Has Come Into the Chicago
Zoo Zebu Family.
Chicago. Another sacred calf, the
fourteenth born to Romeo and Juliet,
in the 14 years of their residence at
the Lincoln Park zoo, has made its
appearance. Hundreds of persons
thronged to the zebu's pen to look
at the new arrival.
"The Lincoln park zoo Is getting a
reputation as a breeding ground for
animals, and we are supplying al-
Zebu "Juliet" and Calf.
most every zoo in the country with
our rare specimens," said Superin
tendent Cy De Vry. "Only the other
day we shipped a two-year-old zebu
to the Washington Park Zoological so
ciety at Milwaukee.
"Although the zebus have the rec
ord, the lioness and Hon are slowly
gaining upon them in raising a family.
The lioness, as a rule, gives birth to
three at a time, while the sacred cow
has only one offspring."
The zebu is a native of India, where
it Is revered by the inhabitants. It
is pampered and caressed, and to feed
it is deemed a meritorious act. The
animal Is used as a beast of burden
and can travel from 30 to 40 miles a
day.
Horseshoe In Pine Tree.
Milton, Ind. In the heart of a pine
tree 18 Inches in diameter a horseshoe
was found by M. E. Hubbell when he
cut the tree down. The position of the
horseshoe Indicates that it was placed
around the tree many years ago when
it was a sapling and in time had been
covered by the growth of the wood.
Canada Ahead of Uncle Sam.
Washington. Canada seems to
handle some things better than Uncle
Sam. Investigation Into the railway
express companies there shows that
the Dominion Express company has a
paid up capital of $2,000,000, issued at
a cash cost of $600,000, and that the
Canadian Express company has a cap
ital of $3,000,000, issued at a cost of
only $313,000. The board of railway
commissioners says that in order to
keep down the scale of their dividends
these express companies, even on this
large capitalization, paid over' to the
railway hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. The commissioners find the
rates are excessive and must be re
duced, and declare the railways could
do all the express business without
any express companies.
On returning from his trip around
the World, General Grant was asked
as to the greatest sight he had seen,
and said: "A Jew trying to beat a
Chinaman without being able to do
If The Jew has gained less foot
bold In China ..than any other
country.
10 BE 11 STATE PARK
Illinois to Preserve Grounds of
Old Fort Chartres.
Thls Stronghold of the French Was
200 Years Ago the Strongest
and Most Costly Fort
In America.
Chester, 111. Among the appropria
tions made by the late Illinois legis
lature is $5,000 for a state park on
the site of old Fort Chartres, near
Prairie du Rocher, 111., 50 miles south
of St Louis and between the Missis
sippi and the Kaskaskia rivers.
In seven years this 'old fort will be
200 years old and at one time it was
the strongest and costliest fort in
America. Now there is little left ex
ept the outlines of the stone walls,
the powder magazine and the two
larg: wells Inside the garrison de
signed to furnish a water supply In
case of a siege.
This fort was first built in 1718.
when it was hastily constructed of
wood by the French under Command
ant Boisbrlant At that time it was
designed for protection of the French
In case the Spaniards came up from
Santa Fe.
A new menace appeared in 1750
when the English became aggressive
during the few years preceding 'the
French and Indian war. The English
troops were expected to march west
and the old fort was torn down to
make way for one built of stone.
This new structure cost about $1,500,
000, far more than any other fort In
America cost until long after that
date.
The powder magazine was builf of
dressed stone and is still in good con
dition. So are the wells, which were
lined with stone.- Th9 material was
obtained frorf a quarry four miles
away and carried from the quarry to
the fort site by boat on a lake that
has since disappeared. The dressed
stones were all numbered at the quar
ry, according to the same system used
at this time.
In 1723, five years after the orig
inal fort was built, Philip Renault
;ame from Bermuda with his slaves
Powder Magazine at Fort Chartres.
and settled near St Philip, using the
fort for a storehouse and a refuge
when the Indians seemed hostile.
Fort Chartres was the capital of
New France until ceded to England
In 1763. In 1778 the fort was captured
from the English by Gen. George
Rogers Clark, commanding troops
under a commission from the gover
nor of Virginia. Fort Chartres then
became the capital of the great north
west territory, and the seat of .gov
ernment remained there until states
were formed from the territory. High
water, which occasionally flooded the
fort caused Fort Gage to vbe built
near by. This was followed by the
final abandonment of Charfres.
When the French ceded New France
MAN WHO REPLACES HIS HENS
When They Were Stolen He Went
to Bed and Brought 42 Chicks
Out of 55 Eggs.
Lockwood, Ohio. Jacob B. Seltz, a
resident of this place, has hatched out
42 chicks. He did it all by him
self, spent all his time on the nest
and says that being i human incu
bator isn't so hard a job as many per
sons might think. He admits that
only for the care and attention of his
wife who brought him his food daily,
and kept him supplied with tobacco
hi n-nniri hnvA hppn unable to keep his
nest so well and the hatch might have
been lost.
For eighteen days Mr. Seitz had
watched over his three liens with all
the care of a mother and kept telling
his neighbors that he was going to
have at least 55 chicks when the
hens came off their v nests. But a
few days ago he went to his hen
house and found his poultry gone.
He grabbed up a basket wrapped the
warm eggs Into it and ran home. Then
be and his wife discussed what thav
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to the English and the flag of France
was hauled down, many residents of
that district refused to live under the
English flag and went to St Louis.
Among the families who troved away
rather than live under the English
flag are several whose descendents
became very prominent in the com
mercial and social life of St Louis.
Of the tsveral old forts built In
the Illinois Bottoms more than a cen
tury ago, the only one that has any
thing left of the original buildings
is Fort Chartres. Utder the care of
a custodian appointed by the state,
the place will be madr into a park
and preserved from further ruin.
SHE WORKS FOR THE QUEEN
Little Old Woman Who Is a Skilled
Lacemaker in the North of
England.
London. In a little cottage ln.rhe
ffcstoral village of Shelton, near Rush
den, in Northamptonshire Mrs. Jane
Morris, a little old woman, put forth
every energy to complete an assign-
Mrs. Jane Morris.
tnent given her by Queen Mary. Mrs.
Morris was to have a certain number
of yards of wonderful lace ready for
uer majesty's use on the occasion of
the coronation, and it was done on
time.
The lace is known as Bedfordshire
pillow lace, and with it Queen Mary
had some of her coronation garments
embroidered. The lace is of exquisite
beauty and It takes the little old wom
an a full day to make three-quarters
of an inch of it It is five inches wide
and it requires 184 bobbins to work
out the design. '
Just what Mrs. Morris was paid Is
not known, but it stands to reason
that after having such an assignment
from the queen she will have no cause
to fear the workhouse or to ask the
government for an old-age pension.
HERE IS A "BORN T DER"
Indiana Man Starts Out With $00.00;
Has $50 and "Junk" at
Night.
Hammond, Ind. President Frank
Nelson of the Lowell bank gave Frank
Coorse an old silver watch in the
morning. The watch ran when Coorse
ran. Coorse gave 15 cents to a jeweler
to make the watch tick and sold It
for $2. With the $2 he bought a sick
horse from a farmer.
This he traded for an old buggy and
two extra wheels. He then traded the
two extra wheels for the body of a
road cart and put his buggy wheels
on the cart, trading the body of the
buggy for a set of harness. For this
outfit a farmer traded him a blind
broncho. Coorse did not know the
broncho was blind- until it ran away
with him.
Another farmer, thinking the bron
cho a spirited animal and not knowing
it was blind, gave him $50 for it after
Coorse had wept and told blm he had
raised the animal from a colt. Nelson
is now ready to match Coorse against
any other trader.
should do to save them.
The result was that Mr. Seltz made
a bed in the callar, Into which his
wife tucked him with a blanket All
the eggs were carefully placed ahout
him. In this 'bed nest he remained
for three days and brought out 42
chicks.
Growth of Y. M. C. A.
London. According to returns made
to the world's committee of the Y. M.
C. A. there are now 8,340 associa
tions with a membership of 897,000.
There was an Increase of 300 asso
ciations during the last year. Of the
property owned by the association the
American branches have $60,000,000
out of a total of $77,000,000; of the
salaried officers, 2,900 out of 35,000.
Germany has the largest number of
associations, 2,300; America ranks sec
ond, with 2,000. The German mem
bership, however, is only 128,000,
while the America" rolls show 496,500
names. Great Britain Is in second
place with a membership of 147,000.
America leads in its extension work
In foreign lands, for which it spends
$200,000 and maintains 100 secretaries.
MANY GOOD RECIPES
SOME CULINARY FRILLS OUT OF
THE ORDINARY.
things That the Hostess Especially
Should Bear In Mind Some De
licious Salads To Secure
Good Cranberries.
All fruit salads are imnrnvpd hv
marinating in French dressing, though
later served with mayonnaise.
Instead of the individual Date, it Is
more popular now to pass one or two
large pates, each guest serving her
self. Fill with mushrooms, oysters or
:reamed sweetbreads.
Biscuits or French mils for formal
use are more diminutive than ever.
The former should he tha size nf
fifty-cent piece and a ' quarter of an
men thick.
A delicious salad Ismaria frnm rtlf.
ferent nuts, white grapes, a little
shredded grape fruit, pineapple cut
into cubes, and shredded celery. Mask
in mayonnaise or serve with a cream
iressing.
When a boiled eer is thn usual
breakfast dish vary it by breaking It
raw into the egg cup and cooking in
hot water to th HpoIpoH
The flavor Is quite different than wnen
:oonea in the shell.
Fingers of bread about four Inches
long, quarter of an inch wide, and the
same thickness, buttered thickly and
browned in a quick oven, are delicious
to serve with boiled eggs.
Salad is now usually nasseri in a
salad dish, but when served directly
on the individual plates an appetizing
and artistic effect can be had by ma
king nests of shredded lettuce or en
dive, in which are eggs made of cream
cheese colored with sninarh 1ntna nnrl
sprinkled thickly with paprika or
DiacK pepper. Cover with mayonnaise.
in baking cake stint the flour in thn
batter and you will have a much more
tender cake.
Good cranberries cannot be mad if
the sugar is allowed to boll in with
tne Derries. After the cranberries are
soft and strained through a colander
add a scant pound of sugar to a quart
oi Derries, bring to a boil, and cook
four minutes. Put three-quarters of a
pint of boiling water on the berries
wnen nrst cooked.
Kidney Toast.
One tin of sheeD's kid
rounds of bread, one onion, two ounces
of butter, curry powder and one tea.
spoonful of any good, thick sauce;
cut the bread thick, toast it and well
butter it; keep it hot; take two kid
neys from a tin, put them on a board
and mince finely; blend one teaspoon
ful of curry powder and one-half a
teacup of cold water and a pinch ol
salt; chop one small onion very fine
ly; put It In a frvine Dan with one
ounce of butter and fry lightly for ten
minutes; add the kidneys and the
thickening and toss it about with a
spoon until hot through and the sauce
is tnicK; place on the toast and serve
very hot. This makes a eood break.
fast djsh, as most of It can be pre-
parea me night before. A dish for
two persons.
Novel Combination.
It often happens when the house
wife Is busiest with her baking or
cooking that she must waste minutes
hunting for her salt and pepper box.
A new device Is the combining of
these and adding a flour box also.
This is a three-story, arrangement of
boxes of graduated sizes.
The bottom one holds two quarts
of flour, the next holds a small sack
of salt, while the topmost box holds
the pepper.
The whole arrangement Is not more
than a foot and a half high, and may
be slipped into a corner of the pantry
or hung In the kitchen on a nail. The
little boxes are made of crockery and
may be had In pink, blue and brown.
. Fried Salt Pork.
Cut In rather thin slices and fresh
en by letting He an hour or two In
cold water or milk and water. If in
a hurry pour boiling water oa the
slices, let stand a few moments, dry,
roll In flour and fry until crisp; drain
off most of the grease from the fry
ing pan, stir In while hot one or two
tablespoonfuls of flour, about half a
pint of new milk, a little pepper, salt
If not salt enough already from the
meat; let boil and pour Into gravy
dish. This makes a nice white gravy
if properly prepared.
Currant and Oatmeal Biscuits.
Half a pound of flour, a quarter ol
a pound of fine oatmeal, two heaping
tablespoonfuls of brown sugar, on
gill of milk, two ounces of cleaned
currants, two tablespoonfuls of butter,
Mix the flour, oatmeal and sugar,
warm the butter In the milk, add th
currants and then work the whol
Into a paste; roll out thinly, stamr,
out Into rounds or other shape, pi act
them on a greased baking tin and bakt
In a moderate oven for twenty minute