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THE HERMISTON HERALD, SHEEP’S CLOTHING i By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE HERMISTON, OREGON. 9 F . CITIES’ ODD NAMES HANDY FUMIGATING BIN FINE AT BREAKFAST F g 4 “I I Few National Capitals Are Called After Noted Citizens. Many Municipalities in United States Commemorate Famous Men of History, But Not Many of Them Are Americana. There used to be a saying that to reach the heights of fame a man must have a street, a town and a cigar named after him. But it is an odd fact that while many men achieve such greatness, there are only one or two who have had the capitals of nations named for them. There is, of course, Washington, named after the first president; Pet rograd, named for its founder, Peter the Great, and Constantinople, named for the great Constantine ; but beyond these the capitals of the various coun tries have received their names by reason of their climate, their geo graphic position or some touch of sen timent, a writer in the Philadelphia North American observes. Changing the name of the capital has been frequently done. Indeed it was only with the beginning of the present war that St. Petersburg be came Petrograd, eliminating the Ger man “burg,” whose choosing has al ways been a mystery to the Russian people. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has also had its name changed, for less than fifty years ago it was known as “Yeddo,” a Japanese word meaning estuary gate. When the mikado took up’ his residence there, however, he changed the name to Tokyo, meaning eastern capital, thus differentiating it from the former capital, which had been called Salkyo, or western capital. Another capital which has been re christened within recent years is Christiania, the capital of Norway, which derives its name from King Christian IV, who built the now-fa mous city after the destruction by fire of the old capital Oslo. It was his desire to make It the most modern and most beautiful of cities, and he took so great a personal interest in it that when it came to a name every one urged that it be called for him, and Christiania was finally adopted as being more artisitic than Christian- ville or burg. There are very few great cities of the United States named for Ameri cans, but there are many which com memorate famous then of history. Of those named for Americans, there are, among others, Jefferson City, Mo. ; Madison, Wls. ; Lincoln, Neb. ; and Houston, Tex., while there are also many cities which tell in their names the stories of gallant priests who started missions among the Indians, and were often the first white men to penetrate into the depths of the wil derness. San Francisco is named. It is true, for St. Francis, but tho monks of that order are really the ones whose deeds the city commemorates; and there are, besides, Hennepin, Minn., and Marquette, Wls., whose names tell mute stories of the priests. The majority of the larger cities are, however, named for Englishmen or Frenchmen, for when the cities re ceived their christening no one dreamed that the time would come when the vast new country would be a nation of itself. Thus New York was named for the duke of York, St. Louis for the king of France, Pitts burgh for Lord Pitt, Baltimore for Lord Baltimore, New Orleans for the duke of Orleans, and so on through a long list of names that have now be come most thoroughly Americanized in the thoughts of the whole world. In Australia the habit of naming cities after statesmen is more preva lent than In any other country, and the majority of its larger towns bring to mind men who have helped to make history. Thus Melbourne recalls Lord Melbourne; Sydney was named after Thomas Townsend, first viscount Syd ney, and at that time secretary of state for the colonies, and Adelaide, another of Australia's capital cities, keeps green the memory of Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. senses in the act of unfastening the as Peter Traft says, what do you door. But of a sudden she paused with know about that?” Real Entertainment. fingers resting nerveless upon half Miss Carteret knew nothing what drawn bolt, eyes wide with apprehen ever about that, and owned her igno In peace times the Atlantic sion, and her face robbed of all that rance with a look of blankness that steamship lines offer smooth gracious color with which sleep had earned an indulgent chuckle. rascals a fruitful field of labor. imbued it For an instant she stood “Confess you have never heard of Some are gamblers, seme are so, in doubt and hesitation, listening; me! But that’s only because you’re smugglers, some are thieves of then, as if reassured, she drew the bolt English.” every known variety, Including clear and opened the door. “Oh, but I'm not!” Miss Carteret backmailers. In “Sheep's This act disclosed two figures wait insisted impulsively. “My mother’s Clothing" Mr. Vance has writ ing beyond the threshold—a luggage parents were English; but I—” ten a story whose action takes laden steward and a lady of abundant Here she choked in undisguised dis place principally during a single person and post-mature years, in a may. But her companion wasn’t look voyage from England to Amer gown not three days out of the Rue de ing—didn’t, indeed, need to look : such ica, and at least three of hie la Paix. is the resource of one ripe in the characters are smart rascals “I’m sorry,”' the girl apologized, knowledge of humanity. posing as honest men—wolves standing aside. “I was quite sound "Go on, my dear. Tell me all—as in sheep's clothing. This story asleep, and couldn’t seem to wake up.” well now as later. You will, anyway, points no moral. Its chap “But It is I who am sorry to have in the end—and if you don’t. I’ll en ters are filled with honest, disturbed you.” With a nod and a gage to find you out for myself. By cheerful, entertaining people; smile of acknowledgment, the speaker the way, your name would help.” the kind we all like to meet and sailed grandly Into the stateroom, a “Lid—” Miss Carteret announced in know—and the ending Is happy. somewhat overpowering Presence. coherently, stopping abruptly as No, this Isn't a problem novel, Submitting perforce to the necessity though half-choked by the monosyl but a very pleaeant—and some- of traveling without privacy, Miss Car lable. timea thrilling—tale, and you’re teret hadn't bargained for the company “How very odd!” commented Mrs. all going to enjoy reading It. of a dowager duchess ; and this Pres Beggarstaff with a straight face. “Miss THE EDITOR. ence bodied forth every redoubtable Lid! Almost as bizarre as Beggar Inch of that high estate. Her sixty staff. But that’s my own fault : I years were quick with the spirit of married it with my hearing unim CHAPTER I. forty. She wore her nose with the paired. But Lid! I never—” —1— high, patrician bridge. A make-up of i “My name isn’t Lid !” the girl in- In her maiden season the Aisatta, most excellent discretion supplemented i terrupted indignantly. “I never said “largest steamship In the world” of charms by no means hopelessly passee. so. Something was tickling my throat. her day and generation, was advertised An impeccable taste In dress achieved to leave Liverpool for New York via a sobriety to suit her age, while escap My name is Lucy Carteret.” “Sorry I misunderstood—and glad. Queenstown, promptly at five o'clock ing gloom and stiffness. There were Lucy Carteret’s much prettier and—ah in the afternoon of every third Satur evidences of a vigorous temper, domi —human. The Maryland Carterets, I day. nated by a lively appreciation of the hope?” At about one o’clock of a Saturday humorous, an Invincible self-confidence, "Oh, no,” said the girl hastily. late In September one forehanded pas- a seasoned acquaintance with the “Too bad; It’s a good family. Let aenger found her way by dint of per- world, and a devastating curiosity—a me see—there are no Carterets worth •latence through the pandemonium in handsome figure, a personality to be mentioning in New York. Virginia the pier-shade to the Alsatia's first- reckoned with. branch, perhaps?” cabin gangway. By accent and mode of speech a “Oh, no.” This was a young woman not far true American, this was no duchess un The iterated denial was less bold beyond her twentieth year, with a tall less through accident of matrimony. than its original ; Miss Carteret was and slender body, a face of uncommon But indubitably she was a dragon. beginning to be sorry she hadn’t wait distinction, and at the time somewhat Miss Carteret was quick to endue pale, and a striking abundance of hair the lady with a mental nickname, "the ed for a later steamer, as well as that the color of raw, red gold. Dressed Dowager Dragon,” a term whose as she had thought It necessary, not to simply in dark traveling costume, with perity she modified by the admission say romantic, to adopt a pseudonym to hat In excellent accord, she carried, in that, if dragonish, she was most prob fit the initials on her luggage. "Then you can’t be anybody!” Mrs. addition to a light wrap and tightly ably a dear. Then she seemed con rolled umbrella, a conspicuously new scious that she had been staring stead Beggarstaff asserted vigorously. “Too Oxford bag lettered in black, “L. C.— fastly, and for a time far too long, at bad. Unless possibly,” she brightened, “you come of the English family? New York.” Behind her a porter stag- the subject of her reverie. There are, I believe, some Carterets in gered beneath her only other piece of “I beg your pardon," she murmured, Hertfordshire—” luggage — a battered black-leather averting her eyes. “No!” the persecuted young woman trunk of great age, which, curiously “I’d rather you didn’t,” said the enough, bore the legend In letters of Dowager Dragon brusquely. “If you said firmly. "I told you I was an white, half obliterated, “L. C.—Lon apologize, I’ll have to—I've been star American—and If the matter is of any importance, I’m perfectly willing to don.” ing every whit as hard as you, my Tipping and dismissing the man, the dear—and I never apologize.” The con- admit I’m nobody.” • “Don't be cross with an Inquisitive girl confidently ascended the gangway old woman, my dear.” The Beggar- to the saloon deck of the Aisatta, and staffian smile was very fetching. Miss asked a steward to conduct her to her Carteret's indignation melted before it. stateroom, displaying at the same time “I'm only trying to find out if we • ticket entitling “Lucy Carteret, Spin- haven’t friends in common. Who are ster," to a berth in Room 75, Deck B. your friends on board? I know every Once alone in her room, she bolted body, and—” the door, lingered before a full-length “I’m traveling alone,” the girl inter mirror to remove her hat, eying her posed meekly, “and to the best of my reflection with a shadowy, puzzling knowledge I don't know a soul on the smile, and turned away to review the ship." cubicle, one-half of which she was en Mrs. Beggarstaff chose shrewdly to titled to call her own for the next six disapprove. “That's not right! You're days. The other half had been engaged too young and good-looking to travel by a woman of whom she knew noth without at least a chaperon. These, ing whatever, not eyen so much as her transatlantic boats are all alive with name. adventurers. Luckily, you now have It was a stateroom unusual in ar me—unless, perhaps, you’re too high- rangement and luxurious In appoint- spirited to utilize an old woman’s in ment. Twin brass bedsteads stood end terest?" to end against the inner wall. The “You're very kind,” Miss Carteret other furniture comprised a capacious murmured—not altogether insincerely. cheat of drawers, a comfortable sofa, She was too intelligent to be blind to and two wicker armchairs. At one the advantage of having so thorough- end narrow doors admitted to a paced a Dowager Dragon to protect cramped but adequate lavatory and a and advise her. And she was any roomy clothes-press. The woodwork thing but anxious to incur ill-will by was enameled a creamy white, and the walla boasted panels of golden bro She Drew the Bolt and Opened the refusing an offer that, however for Door. ward, seemed unquestionably to be cade—a color scheme conveying an ef fect at once of warmth, airiness and celt relished; the lady rolled It over dictated by the kindliest spirit. "Tm glad you think so—or have the scrupulous cleanliness. her tongue and paraphrased. “I may With a grave little nod, the girl ap be rude, I may be wrong; but admit grace to say so, at least. So that’s proved. If expensive—and It was hor it? Never I” Then she laughed hear settled. Now tell me more about your Beware Nap After Dinner. self. Is this your first crossing?” ribly expensive for her slender purse— tily. * Goiffon, a French physician, has dis “It’s my first trip home.” this stateroom was well worth all it Miss Carteret ventured a smile. “I covered that the desire of many people Plainly no help for it : with this per to go quickly to sleep after eating is had cost her. There ran In her blood was thinking—” she offered in conclu sistently friendly body catechizing her, likely to indicate indigestion and dys the Instinct for luxury, though now her sive amendment. purse, upon examination, yielded but “Believe me, I saw that," the other she might as well now as later stand pepsia. He cites a number of cases four golden sovereigns, a half-sover Interrupted, “and more: I read your and deliver some account of herself. tn which people have been seized by "Your first trip home? That means an unconquerable desire to sleep even eign, a half-crown, a shilling, and a thoughts quite plainly.” few ponderous copper pennies, barely “Oh, no!” the girl protested In you've been over a long time?" after a light meal. Thin people are enough for the inevitable tips at the end alarm. much more likely to hunt a sofa after of the voyage. She would land tn New “But yes, my dear. You were think dinner than fat people, since their And In very short order Mrs. York practically penniless. But that ing that In me you’d caught something thinness is likely to indicate Improper Beggarstaff has the confidence would be on a day the seventh distant : of a tartar. Now weren’t you? But digestion, which also makes them of Lucy Carteret, and that sufficient unto It its potential mischief. | a hand-painted bark doesn’t neces- sleepy. young lady Ie telling the story She was very tired : the last few ' sarily imply a venomous bite. And If of her life. Don ’ t miss the next nights had brought her little sleep, | my complexion is candidly artful— House Flies Short-Lived. Installment. thanks to the excitement engendered must a woman look her age or lose The average life of 3,000 caged house by contemplation of a step whose bold- caste? I do wear a wig; but think flies has been found by R. II. Hutchin ness was unprecedented in her history. whnt a fright I should be without one I (TO BE CONTINUED.) son and others to be slightly more than But now, with that step successfully On the other hand, my figure and eyes ten days, the greatest age noted having First Motion Picture. taken, excitement yielded place to fa- and teeth are all my own.” the last been seventy days. Egg laying usually The motion picture is more than fifty tigue. Unlocking and In part unpack were frankly exhibited In an Infectious begins In four or five days after the ing both bag and trunk, she appropri laugh, “and so Is my heart. In short, years old, if we understand by that emergence of the adult fly. but some ated a fair half of the wardrobe ac- at my worst I’m a perfectly respectable term any device for producing the op time in two and one-half days. This cxmmodations, then wrapped herself In old gossip— But—gracious, child I— tical illusion of moving objects. These toys were called by various names, period is greatly influenced by temper a dressing gown and lay down on one how you do run on !” of the beds. Transient, odd visions | With this bewildering reproach, the such as thaumatrope, zoetrope, strobo- ature, but also by humidity and the kind and quality of the food of both painted the ruddy gloom within her' Dowager Drngon rose, and produc- •cope, phenakistoscope, sterescopie larvae and adults. cabinet, kinematoscope, etc. The first closed eyelids—of the life she had dis- Ing an Impressive bunch of keys, began missed ; of the temerarious adventure to unlock her various pieces of hand exhibition of photographic motion pic Conjugal Foresight tures was made by Henry Heyl, in that engaged her; of the life to which luggage. A famous physician, asked at the she looked forward. "Really," she pursued, “you don’t | Philadelphia, in 1870. New York Academy of Medicine why la time a knocking sounded on the give one a chance to ask a single . he wore rubbers on a day when the Vertigo. door. The girt stirred and moved her question. Here you've dragged out of | bead impatiently. The knocking grew me the most private bones in my skele- | As the Washington Poet says, love streets were perfectly dry, replied : "My wife runs down the street after imperative, and the deeps of sleep ton cupboard without so much as tell- ! makes the world go round, only wo were disturbed by other sounds aa well, Ing me your name. No matter: you wish It wouldn’t make It go round so me with them when I don't I wear won't refuse It when you know mine. fast that some of us get dizzy —Bef them to keep her from getting poop : wa“carteret came fully ta her It's Beggarstat— Amelia—widow. Now. | falo Times. monia.” Simple Form of House Is Easy of Construction. Great Care Must Be Used In Arrang ing Doors and Windows—Con crete Is Favored for Erecting Permanent Structure. A simple form of fumigating house may be made of 2 by 4 spruce, over which any cheap boarding may be used, provided it is free from knots and tongued and grooved so that the boards may be tightly fitted together. Shiplap is not desirable. The build ing is rendered air-tight by tarred paper and laths, or better still, by a lining of rubber roofing. Great care is necessary in constructing the door and windows. These should be at least three layers of board thick and should be possible to open the win dow as well as the door from the out side so that the building may be quick ly aired after being used for fumigat ing purposes. A more permanent structure and one adapted to a wider range of uses may be made of concrete. It is best to equip such a cellar with ventilators so that it may be used for the storage of fruits and vegetables. These ven tilators should, of course, be so ar ranged that they may be tightly closed when it is desired to use the cellar for fumigating. The most popular size of the average farm 1» a cellar 10 by 14 feet, Inside measurements, with a self-supporting arched roof 5 feet Concrete Fumigating House. above the floor at the sides and 7 feet 8 inches in the center. All of the side, walls are 8 Inches thick, therefore'dig the hole 11 feet 4 inches by 15 feet 4 Inches and to the depth desired, usually 5 feet, at one end cut out the earth to a width of 4 feet 4 inches and slope it upward for 7 concrete steps with a rise of 8 inches and a tread of 10 inches, and for a thickness of 4 inches of concrete back of the steps proper, arrange for an 18- inch landing at the bottom of the stair. Make the side wall forms of 1-inch siding on 2 by 4 uprights, spaced 2 feet. As the concrete floor will be 4 Inches thick, set up the forms on 4-lnch concrete bricks. Above ground level use outside forms similar to the inside. At the entrance end to provide for a doorway, set between the forms a frame of 2-inch by 8- inch stuff, 3 by 7 feet In the clear. Mix the concrete one part Portland cement to four parts bank-run gravel, or one part cement to two parts sand, to four parts crushed rock. A sack of cement equals one cubic foot Ventilation should be provided. While building the wall make pne or more air shafts (similar to a chimney flue) of 3-inch tile, by imbedding them in the concrete wall, with an open ing inside at floor level and another outside, well above ground line. By this arrangement fresh air is admit ted. Place a'tile chimney in the con crete roof and cover it with a gal vanized iron hood for removing the. foul air. SUGAR BEETS AND MANGELS Tend to Inerente Milk When Fed to Dairy Cows Corn Silage Is Far Moro Economical. Sugar beets and mangels tend to in crease milk production when fed to dairy cows, but experiments conduct ed at the Ohio experiment station show that corn silage is far more economical. Because of this fact these dairy experts do not advise the feed ing of beets except for high records where cost is a minor consideration, or where the number of cows is too small to permit the use of a silo. Cows fed beets had keen appetites and ate more feed because of the stimulating effects of this root crop. After ten years’ work the Ohio station has found that two pounds of dry mat ter can be produced in the form of silage at less cost than one pound !n the form of beets. Convenience In feeding is in favor of silage. FOUR DI8HES, ALL OF UNQUES TIONED MERIT. Require Care in Their Preparation and Baking, but Are Well Worth the Time and Trouble Devoted to Them. There are two tests to put to break- fast breads. Oue is put by the cook, and that has to do with the time and trouble required in their preparation. The other has to do with flavor and texture, and that comes from those who eat them. Always let breakfast breads cool slightly on a cloth or wire rack before sending to the table. They will then be more digestible and more easily han dled than if sent to the table literally piping hot. Heat all muffin tins before putting In the mutiin mixture. The muffins rise more thoroughly and more quickly when put Into hot tins. Remember, too, that most muffins need a quick oven. Popovers need a quick oven, but they also need long and thorough cook ing, and some popover cooks let them stay in the oven 40 minutes. Popovers.—Popovers, robbers' caves or wheat puffs, as they are variously called, are not difficult to make. The ingredients needed are two unbeaten eggs, two cupfuls of milk and two cup fuls of flour, with a quarter of a tea spoonful of salt. Beat all thoroughly together until not a lump remains and then pour the mixture into very hot muffin pans, well greased, filling them about half full. Cook thoroughly, un til one broken open is hollow Inside and shows a firm wall or crust. Emergency Biscuit.—Make a good baking powder biscuit dough and drop it, by spoonfuls. Into well-greased muf fin pans. These biscuits are crusty lit tle things, especially delicious if you have the continental habit of serving honey or jam at breakfast. A good rule for the dough Is this : Mix six even teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one of salt with three cupfuls of flour. Sift all together three times and then chop in, with a silver knife, six table spoonfuls of butter, lard or some other shortening agent. Mix together quick ly with a knife and add a cupful of cold water. Mix lightly and then put in the greased pans from a spoon. Rice Muffins.—Rice muffins are made of one cupful of boiled rice, two eggs, two cupfuls of flour, a tablespoonful of melted butter, three cupfuls of milk and salt to taste. Mix the eggs, butter and milk, sift flour and salt and add it and the rice to the wet ingredients. Bake the muffins quickly. Rye Gems.—Rye is not in as general use as corn and wheat and graham flour. Rye gems and rye bread are nourishing and economical and rye gems made according to the following rule are a good addition to any break- fast: Beat three eggs, three cupfuls of milk, a tablespoonful of sugar and the same amount of butter, with three cupfuls of rye flour. The secret of making these muffins lies in beating them hard and baking them quickly. Chiffonade Salad. Take the white hearts of three heads of chicory, the white hearts of two heads, of romaine and the center of a bead of lettuce; wash and cut all fine with the kitchen scissors. Add a cup ful of finely chopped celery, two finely chopped red peppers and a cupful of diced pineapple. Fold In a cupful of mayonnaise and serve on lettuce leaves garnished with olive curls. Serve hot toasted crackers with melted cheese on top with the salad. * Cocoa Cream Pie. One-half cupful cocoa, one and one- half cupfuls sugar, one-quarter cupful corn starch, two cupfuls milk, three eggs, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls vanilla. Mix cocoa, corn starch, yolks of eggs, salt and milk. Cook until thick. Stir constantly, add flavoring and pour into a baked pie crust. Cover with a meringue made by beating the whites of eggs until stiff and adding two tablespoonfuls of brown sugar. Brown in oven. Crown Salad. Select perfect apples, one for each person to be served. Pare, core and cut Into perfect eighths. Cut off each end so they’ll stand and arrange crown fashion on individual plate. Fill center with some preferred salad mix tures. apples, celery and nuts, pears nnd English walnuts, or celery, nuts and green peppers. Serve with mayon- nalse, to which a little whipped cream has been added. Pure« of Carrots. Boll enough carrots to make a pint SEEK HIGH-PRODUCING HENS after being run through colander. Put one and one-half pints of milk and car Fowls Must Have Strong Constitu rots on stove. when boiling add three tional Vigor—Quality Necessary small tablespoonfuls of flour wet in for Increased Profits. little cold milk. Stir constantly as it bolls, and, last, a little pepper, butter The high-producing hen must have and saltspoonful of salt. strong constitutional vigor, and in se lecting fowls for the breeding pen. Cornmeal Griddle Cakes. if this precaution is taken, one step Mix one- cupful cornmeal, one-half will be made toward breeding for in cupful flour, one-quarter teaspoonful creased production. salt two teaspoonfuls molasses, one rounded teaspoonful baking powder and NOT SATISFACTORY FOR COW enough milk and water (mixed) to make a thin batter. Fry on a hot grid Corn Fodder and Timothy Hay Not dle and serve with maple sirup. Recommended as Roughage—Both Darning Wool Underwear. Are Low in Protein. Never darn fine woolen underwear Cora fodder and timothy hay do not with wooL It will shrink and pull out make a satisfactory roughage ration a bole larger than the original. A for dairy cows. Both are very low in loosely twisted knitting silk is ex- protein and consequently when used, must be supplemented with a grain mixture rich in protein cellent for the purpose. When washed the darn will bare almost the same thickness as the knitted goods. A