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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1914)
IT was on May 8, 1867, that I start ed from St. Gall on a two months' tramp through Switzerland, with a light heart, a light purse and light baggage, the latter consist ing of a small knapsack, while tn my pocket I carried a sketch-book. This Is much too early In the year to reach the hlgber parts of the country, which are then covered with deep snow. In deed, some of the highest resorts are accessible for only two montlm In the year July and August, writes Harry E. Brook in the Los Angeles Times. Tramping is not only the most Inde pendent, but'ls the best way to see a rough country like Switzerland, where one often has to take trails and bridle paths that are only accessible to men mid mountain goats; that is to say, If one withes to get among the people and see how they live. Travelers who move from one big hotel to another come back with very littlo Impression of a country beyond the menus and hotel bills. The Germans tell a story about an Englishman traveling up the Ithine who sent his son on deck while he sat below in the cabin with a bottle of Rhine wine and Murray's guide-book, and checked off the places of Interest as his son called out the namce. That is one way to "see" a country, but it Is not the best. A Cheap Trip. On my trip 1 averaged about thirty mllrs a day. Sometimes I would take n train or Ptiige or steamboat for a short distance, but nine-tenths of the trip was made on foot. It was a cheap trip, as I gave myself out as a Swiss student. 1 put up at second clutu lio- Mil i!.;p Ctreeit Scene in Bcrnc tela, which are much more comfort able than the big caruvansnrles, where, unli s you have a lot of lugKUgo, they are likely to shovo you up Into au ttlc. My total expenses on this trip did not average over live francs, or $1. a day. I'robably they would be somewhat more today, for tho coun try has to a great extent been spoiled by the sciimlcw extravagance of Americans. One never hns any trouble about finding accommodations In Switzer land. Almost every peasant house Is to seme extent an Inn, keeping on hand a little plain liquid and solid re freshments, and a few beds, for there are no licenses to pay. One evening I wne crossing tho mountains that border the I-ake of Geneva on the torth on my way down to Vevny, as It was growing late, I put up for the night at a peasant's cottage near the ii in in It of the purs. All they could offer mo In the way of refreshments wiis a largo Swiss cheese, some home made bread and a flask of country wine, with a clean bed In an attic room. In the morning, when I asked the daughter of tho houso how much 1 owed, she told mo It was one franc 20 renin. Another time, In the upper Ithine valley, I was charged only ten rents for a room. However, condi tions have i hanged of lute years, al though one may still travel quite In expensively f one knows something of the bticuage. Is content with mod nl lure, and dues nut muke great pre tentions. One charm about traveling In Switz erland Is the excellence nf the mads; another Is the i-bsulute cliunlineas ev erywhere. I have slept In severul hun dred different places In Switzerland, and never found a dirty room. When one irotses over the burd-r Into Italy the contrsst Is striking. There one tomes scrci.s dirt and other draw tacks that mske liavtlltig unpl.-amnt. I) ii my Journey I would often en counter a couple of "hnndwrrkt tuisthe" (Apprentices to a iiieehau ii si trade who, undnr the law pre vailing In Germany and some other ounlrUs, litis to Uavcl around fur a certain time before they are per mitted to work as craftsmen. ' They are a jolly, care-free crowd, their bag gage usually consisting of an under shirt and a pair of shoes. In Napoleon's Footsteps. On my Journey I covered the great er part of Switzerland, which Is not a difficult task, as It is only about three-fourths as large as San Bernar dino county. Among the greatest charms of Switzerland are its beauti ful lakes, some of them encircled by enowclad peaks. I went all around the lakes of Wallenstedt, Zurich, Zug, Lucerne, Geneva, Lugano, Como and Maggiore, and then by Bteamer across them. At tho conclusion of my tramp I fol lowed in the footsteps of Napoleon, crossing the Alps over the Simplon pass, which he constructed to carry his guns into Lombardy, a wonderful road, smooth as a billiard table', wind ing by easy gradients. At short inter vals on one side are stone pillars, for the protection of vehicles. From Brleg, in the Rhone valley, to Domo d'Os sola, In Italy, Is over forty miles. I made, the trip In one day. Dy means of the Simplon tunnel, the longest In the world, the traveler now Is car ried between these two points In about half an hour. After a few weeks spent among the Italian lakes, I took the train for Mi lan, for sensible- people do not walk In Italy. Resides the climate, there are too many other Inconveniences. The cathedral of Milan to the top of which I climbed with Its 6,000 stat ues, I regard as one of the artistic t .1. . marvels of the world. The Taj Mahal, In India, Is more artistic, but it Is beauty of another order. When one comes suddenly Into the square in which stands the cathedral of Milan, against a background of blue, one Is forced to gasp. It looks for all the world like a magnificent piece of white lace hung up In the sky. After a few days at Milan I took the train to Genoa, tho Liverpool of Italy, where I spent a month. It Is a most Interesting city of narrow, wind ing streets and tall, dilapidated marble palaces, that have been trans formed Into lodging houses and offices. On the sixth floor of one of tbeso I hnd my modest room. In an apart ment kept by a broken down Russian countess and her daughter. Elevators wcro, of courso, unhard of, and there were no lights In the stairways and halls, but one could purrhaso tiny wax tapers, called "scallcttl," that would burn Just long enough to enablo one to reach the top floor without barking one's shins. Value ef Dead Flits. Dead files are worth ten cents a hundred In Chatham, N. J., and that amount will bo paid for them at Nor ough hall by a number of prominent citizens who have organlred the Clean up club. It -was for tho purpose of making i natham more sanitary that tho fly swatting campaign was decided upon. As a part of the anti-fly cam I pslgn thousands of swatters will be ! purchased and presented to all school pupils and householders, storekeepers and men working about business ! houres. Tho c lub has decided also to do away with all poison Ivy within the limits of the municipality. Inersastd Responsibilities. "Ho you think a member of congress ouriit to have more sslury?" "Yea, sir," replied the plain person. "Time was when sit he had to do was lo shake hands, send around garden seeds and tell funny stories. Now he's got to sit down and study and try U understand thlncs." ATTENTION TO CHICKS WARM BROODER AND PROPER RA TION ARE ESSENTIAL. Eggs Should Be From Carefully Se- lected Stock, Well Fed and Housed to Produce Sturdy Stock What to Feed. (By DR. SANBORN, Holden, Mass. Copy right, mt.) There Is less fuss In rearing of chicks than a few years ago. A warm brooder, some fine litter, cracked grain and grit, with perhaps a mash con taining ground grain and animal food, and you should raise 90 per cent of the chicks. Every chick deserves to be well hatched, of sturdy ancestry and prop erly reared. The eggs should be from carefully selected stock, well housed and fed, to produce chicks that stand adverse conditions. The hen or Incu bator should do Its part well, as many a slip Is made between the laying of the egg and the hatching of the chick. I prefer the lamp heated brooder to either the hen or the heatlesa brooder, for while Borne hens do good brooding and in some seasons you can raise good chicks with the tireless brooder, yet for easy, successful brooding ol 60 chicks my preference Is for the heated brooder. The chicks, when dry, are taken from the hen or machine and trans ferred to the well warmed brooder. I prefer It should be fully as warm un der the hover as was the Incubator, then, If too hot, the chicks can be spread out Into the less warm part ol the brooder floor, or If at any hour the temperature drops the chicks can retire to a warmer place under the hover. What to Feed Them.. At the start the chicks get cool wa ter to drink and only the food that Is In the barn waste Is used to cover the brooder floor. Really they need . nc food, and what they find In the waste Is plenty. When a few days old they need light feeding of cracked wheat good fish or beef scrap (personally 1 have found nothing better than a good grade of fish scrap) added at elghl days of ago and finely cracked, dry corn at ton to twelve days. It Is Im portant that all chick feed be sound, sweet and clean. Avoid musty corn, scrap that Is fit only for fertilizer, and stale drinking water. Unless there Is Borne grit in the barn waBte that Is used for brooder floor it should be supplied. Chicks need a warn place to retire to when cold, an open room to get out into and- exercise, at well as a grass run to range over when two weeks old. Close confine ment to hot brcodcrs tends to Klvo '.leg weakness. As the chicks grow In age tho heat of the brooder can bt reduced to about 80 degrees. Toe 'many chicks aro hatched that arc doomed to die because from weak stock or Incubated wrongly, but the blame is usually laid on the brooder Yearling hens make the best of breed era. OVERFLOW FOR BARREL-TANK Pipe Can Be Removed If Desired ant vvaier Level bnanged by Taking Out One of Corks. Deeming It unnecessary to add an overflow to a barrel section which 1 'had fitted up for a tank and not car Ing to remove any of tho attached pipes, I slipped a piece of rubbei tubing over the end of a pleco of pipe so as to make a water-tight fit. and In scrted it in the outlet In the mannei Detachable Overflow. shown, writes James M. Kane ol Doyleetown, ra., in I'opulur Mechanics Holes were drilled In tho pipe at In tervals and plugged with corks. Tin Water can bo mndo to overflow at any height by removing a cork In thn nine It that level. The rubber tubing can De discarded and the pipe threaded lo fit into the waste nut at the bottom. Red Raspberries. Red raspberries should not be nipped, but should bo pruned back from two and ono half to three and rne-half feet before growth starts In Ilia spring. Of course, thn olil itaad canes must be removed and all the young ones that aro weak. With pcnancr ana Columbia, the now growth should bo nlmieil whnn It at. tains a grow th of 18 Inches, in order nal a Dusny growth may darelop. Feed for Gi owing Ploy. Growing pigs may bo fed a mixture )f corn or cornmeal seven or eight arts, and tankage two or three Darts. As the pigs mature tho tankage may oe diminished until It occupies about jne tenth of the rntlon. KohlRsbl Plants. Cow seed of kohl rsbl as toon possible In fine, el! prepared soil ;ow in rows unci thin I ho plauU itAud ctlgbt Inches ayart. to FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TRIPE Prepared In This Way, Called a la Constance, It Is Sure to Be Appreciated. Wash a pound of thin tripe In cold wnter, and then blanch It by putting It In cold water over the Are, and al lowing It to come to a boll. Remove from the stewpan, throw away the water, drain the tripe on a cloth and cut It In strips two Inches wide and four inches long. Cut half a pound of fine bacon in thin slices and Into strips size of tripe. Chop fine a little parsley and lay the strips of bacon on the tripe; sprinkle a little parsley on each, roll up together and tie with a string. Cut up a small onion and small carrot and place, with a bouquet garni, In a saucepan with the tripe rolls and a pint of stock. Let simmer two hours and then take out the rolls. Mix two ounces of butter and .one ounce of flour together In a saucepan', strain in the stock and stir until the mixture thickens. Add the juice of half a lemon, a tablespoonful of hot table sauce .or catsup, the rolls of tripe, and let remain over the Are long enough to get thoroughly heated through. Arrange the tripe rolls around a mound of -mashed potatoes or rice and pour the sauce around It or serve In a separate sauce bowl. GurniBh with parsley. SHOULD EAT MORE SALAD People Would Enjoy Better Health If Delicacy Were Part .of the Everyday Menu, Probably no detail of the French menu Is so Important to us as the salad. Very few American families know what an Invaluable delicacy a genuine French salad, with a dressing of good olive oil and pure, fragrant vinegar. Is Invaluable, because of Its effect on digestion and health. There Is very little nourishment in salad leaves until the oil has been added, and the oil is what many of us need, according to doctors who de plore the Insufficiency of fat In the average American's diet. It Is excluded therefrom for the very good reason that the average American finds It difficult to digest Hut It is right there that the salad comes to the rescue. The vinegar In It, If genuine, excites by its fragrance and acidity the di gestive glands not only In the mouth and stomach, but In the pancreas, which acts on alt the constituents of food, particularly the fats. There would ba vastly less Intestinal Indigestion In this country If every family followed the French custom ot eating salad at least once a day. Boiled Fruit Cake. Two cupfuls of flour, one cupful ot raisins, one cupful of currants, one cupful of water, half cupful of lard, one cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful ot cloves, one teaspoonful of soda, one fourth teaspoonful of salt Flavor with lemon extract. This cake Is called boiled fruit cake, because you boil together all the Ingredients ex cept the flour, soda and extract Put everything together In an agateware saucepan and bring to a bolt. Let It boll a few minutes, take off, and when lukewarm sift In flour and soda, mix well and add flavoring. Bake about one hour in a moderate oven. This makes a two and one-half-pound loaf and Is really very good. The recipe calls for no eggs and no butter and the cake la therefore quite Inexpen sive. Rich 8trawberry Ice Cream. In a double boiler over the Are put half a pound of sugar and one pint of cream; when the sugar Is dissolved stand It aside till very cold. Stem and mash one quart ot strawberries, add half a pound of sugar and stand aside tor one hour. Then press through a colander. Add ono pint of cream to the cooked cream that Is now cold; turn Into the freezer and freeze mod erately stiff. Then add the strained berries, turn the crank evenly and moderately till the mixture Is again frozen rather hard. Remove the dash er, smooth down the cream, repack and stand asldo for an hour and a halt to ripen. Pineapple Pis. One can pineapple chopped One (or gut the shredded from your grocer). Add Juice, one and one-halt cupfuls sugar, one tablespoonful corn starch, yolks of three eggs, grated rind and juice of one lemon, one tablespoonful butter, pinch of salt. Cook until thick. When cold bake In one crust. Beat the whites of eggs stiff, add three ta blespoonfuls sugar, frost pie and set In oven to brown. Queen of Puddings. One pint of bread crumbs, one quart ot milk, yolks of four eggs, sugar and sslt to tasto. Flavor with lemon. Hake 20 minutes. When cold add thin Inker of Jelly, and frost the top with the four whites and one cupful ot sugar. Drown la oven. ' Vegetable Hint When vegetables have been strained and are ready to be put in the dish, It a piece of dry toast is laid on the bottom of the dish first the remaining water will be absorbed by the time they are served. Use Olive Oil. When next making white sauce use olive oil or peanut oil In place of but ter. The consistency of the sauce will be quite the same as though but ter were used and the Savor in do af Impaired, O-fOOO-fO-fOOOVO-fO-fOOOOO-fO-fOOO-fOOO-fOOOOO New Indian Animal Stories Why the Deer's Teeth are Blunt By JOHN 00040OtO0-fO-fO000OiO0OtOOiOO-fO00005 Color the Animal (Copyright, by McClura Newspaper Syndi cate.) Long time ago, the deer had no horns. He was a great runner, and so was the rabbit. All the animals wanted to know which could run faster, and they arranged a race. But the rabbit was caught trying to cheat, and so the beautiful boms which they hal made as a prize for the winner were given to the honest deer. Tho rabbit said to himself, "I must get even with the deer for taking the horns," and so he fixed up a plan. First the rabbit stretched a big grapevine as thick as your arm across a trail and gnawed it with his sharp teeth until it was almost cut In two. Then be went back on tho trail a little distance and made a running Jump at the vine. He did thlB again and again, and finally the deer came along and asked him why be was doing It "Can't you see!" said the rabbit. "I am so strong, and my teeth are so sharp, that I can bite through that grapevine at one jump." "Well, I'd like to see you do it," said the deer, who didn't believe what the rabbit had told him. "Watch, then!" said the rabbit, and made a great jump and bit the grape vine through Just where he bad gnawed It before. "If you can do that I can, too," said the deer. So the rabbit stretched an other grapevine as big as the first across the path, but this time be did MAKING A COASTING WAGON Boys Can Usually Find Sufficient Ma terial Lying Around to Build Dandy Little Coaster. Tho diagram given herewith shows a coasting wagon or automobile. After securing four wheels, get a board 18 inchea wide and six feet long. Tho front wheels should be attached to the steering gear, which Is made by running a small piece ot pipe through Coasting Automobile. a larger piece, with the steering han dle attached, as shown In diagram. Chains or ropes are attached to the crosspfece ot the lower part of tho steering gear, and to each side of the axlo of tho front wheels. Boys can usually find the wheels, pipe, and oth er material lying around the houso and barn to mako ono of these. 8oms Rowing Hints. Here are a few hints which you should remember when you go row ing: Do not, when learning to row, al ways watch your oars; you will never learn to scull or row If you do. Take great care when getting In or out of a boat not to upset It. Don't change seats In mldtrram, but always wait until you are close to tho bank. If you hire a boat, make suro that everything Is In good condition. You should not go rowing without knowing the "rule of the water." A row-boat going against stream or tide keeps to tho shore or either bank, ind keeps Insldo all boats meeting It. A row-boat going with stream or :lde keeps In the middle, and outside ill boats meeting It. Plausible Prosy Man. Why Is plausible but prosy man ike an unrlllcd gun. Because he's smooth bore. M. OSKISON to Suit Yourself not gnaw it at all. Then the deer went back on the path, made a long run and a Jump, as ho had seen the rabbit do, but when he struck the gravepine It only threw him backward on his head. He tried It again and again, bat could not bite through. "Let me see your teeth," said the rabbit at last. So tho deer opened hta mouth and showed the rabbit his teeth. They wcro long, liko a wolf'a teeth, but not very sharp. "No wonder you can't do the trick!" said the rabbit. "Your teeth are too blunt to bite through anything. Let me sharpen them for you and mako them like mine. Mine cut through things Just like a knife!" The deer thought that was the right thing, and so the rabbit got a rough plpce of stone and began to filo away at the deer's teeth. Ho filed them until they were down to the gums. "That hurts!" said the deer, but the rabbit told him It always hurt a littlo Just as tho teeth were beginning to get real sharp. So. the deer kept still. "Now try It again," said the rabbit at last. And the deer made a run and Jump at the grapevine, but this tlmo ho round that he could not bite Into It at all. "Now," said the rabbit, "you've paid for your horns!" and he ran away through the bushes. Ever since then the deer's teeth have neen so short and bluat that ho cannot chew anything but grass and leaves. SOME rOINTS ABOUT DIVING Few Boys Who Swim Know How to Travel Under Wster Properly Practice Makes Perfect Almost every an.a!I boy who has ever been In swimming knows how to dive after a fashion, but few of them can dive properly or In such a way as to run no danger of being hurt while enjoying the lport if you know how to do It you can dive about aa well in two feet of water as In twen ty and Willi equal safety. In varioua parts ot the country there are now professional divers who are nightly making crowds of spectators hold their breath with apprehension while the diver drops from a height of 50 feet or more Into a small tank of shallow water. When you dive draw the head down slightly toward the chest and stretch the arms forward on a level with the breast, not raising them above tho head. Bend the knees a trllle and make an oblique plunge, taking care, not to keep the body too stiff. Don't push too hard with the feet or you will come down on your back or side. After entering the water Instantly throw the head back and turn your faco toward the surfaco. This will make your body assume a crescent shape, bending upward, and you will slip to the surface Ilko a greased eel If you have made a deep dive, a swift stroke or two downward with the hands will mako you rise very quick ly. When Jumping from a great height the legs, arms and head should bo kept porfcclly rigid. A feeling oi fright and an odd sensation In tho bowels give ono a deslro to spod tho legs and arms or to bend thn body Doing this will be sure to result In dis aster. Don't try to make any high dives unless you have had long nrac tlco in diving. v Materialists. Why may fishmongers be called materialists T Because tholr soles are always be ocala their notice. Celling Whacks. If a man bumped his head against the top of a room what article of sta tionery would he be supplied with? Celling whacks (scaling wtt).
