10 351 HOUSEHOLD .»% TALKS \ k~. ; w Henrietta D. Grauel ! fc. ii il^Lo Bay-Leaves and Ginger Some me has asked if the leaf from the swamp hay tree is identical with that used for seasoning and she sends me a black velvety leaf for a sample. It does not seem to even belong to the same family and has none of the spicy taste or odor that gives charactoi to the bay leaf of the kitchen spice box. •This leaf is from a tree that grows in the East Indies; it is used not only for seasoning, but for perfumes, and it is this same leaf that is distilled and used for making bay rum. If you do not like the flavor of bay in tomatoes and in spice mixtures, it is doubtless be cause you add it with too heavy a hand. I'se but a little. One leaf broken ill half is enough to put into a quart of food to be flavored and it should be taken out jfter a few minutes as it is so strong that it will cover all the other flavors if left in. Ginger is another spice that is either much liked or ignored by every day rooks. It is a valuable root crop though its value differs from that of roots that are used only for food. Its aromatic quality and spicy fla vor stimulates the flow of gastric juices and pleases the palate. The plaut it is taken from is very likely a palm and grows freely in moist places throughout the tropics. The root is gathered when the stalk withers and is scalded at once or washed and scraped to prevent its sprouting. The Chinese Ike to eat the most tender ginger sprouts and they also use them for many of their soups. The old roots are strong in flavor and produce dark or black ginger, the white or light ginger is from the young Yowe of) ttje 1 / When You insert a "Wanted | > / to Buy" adv. or "Wanted ¥ ! io Rent" adv. in the REAL ESTATE j FOR SALE 0, -OR /p, R£AL estate I I FOR RENT My i\ i Columns of the Star-Indepen i HW\ —Harrisburg's Great- Home \ 3280, Independent 'Phone "245, * MUW ASK FOR WW \ READING IMPOUNDS WATER Manaynnk Mills May Be Affected by Action of Coal Company Pottsville. Pa., Oct. 12.—1n order that, the drought, which get? more se vere in the coai regions e\erv nay, notwithstanding slight rains, shall not ■ aiise the . losing down of its collieries, the Reading i oal and Iron Company iia,s impounded the headwaters of the Schuylkill canal. Klectric and steam pumps are conveying the water to the collieries. move will afie**t the Msnavunk mills, as there will be no water in the dams to flush the canal if the mills, jiiSSSai & Mum \ our ••»nli»rMi*ii»«*nt o! »ii* ureal vducutlonnl opportunity S l»> « iitlfni& out thf nbove Orliffratr of %ppreclntlni). and prpftcnflns »< tllia nttice. with fhe piprnnf bonnft amount herein net oiipo- f site Dictionary nrhieli cover* the item* of the coat of pacUlnir. $ f cipre.a from (lie In.tory, etc.l, nnd jtou will he preaented with thin f V f"nl lltctionary. w f I he 54.00 (Like illustrations printed in the display announcements.) I T Unborn Cnirlieh I{ IS THC ONLY entirely NEW compilation by the world's |> s - „«,'? rea,cst authorities from leading universities; is bound in T 1 DICTION AKYfuII Limp Leather, flexible, stamped in gold on back and X x illustrated sides, printed on Bible paper, with red edges and corners % ♦ rounded; beautiful, strong, durable. Besides the general contents, there T f are maps and over 600 subjects beautifully illustrated by three- i 1 X c"'->r plate*. numerous subjects by monotones, 16 pages of I & |> educational charts and the latest L T nited States Census. Present I ° % lat this office ONE CerMfic-re of Aporc iatlon and thn «JoC f- X MAIT. ORnrns—vnv bonk hy parcel prat, Include EXTRA T centa within A !r.« mile?: 1A c*nts J. r »o to miles; for greater distances ask your postmaster J amount to include for 3 pounds. & roots or from the dark roots bleached light. The popular heating stimulant, -'a maica giuger. is a fermented extract of this root, as is ginger beer and ginger tea. The most delicate rootlets are cut in i slices and preserved in sugar syrup and ! are railed Canton ginger in honor of i the tirst Chinese makers. A taste of the sweet takes one's memory ba>-k to early trading davs when the sea cap tains brought little blue and white jars of the preserve with tlieni on their re turn from the "Chinese" sea. In "Mrs. and Mrs. Aleshine," the ginger iar has the place of honor j on the parlor mantel and the writer I of this quaint little novel. Fran'.; K. I Stockton, makes it the receptacle of the I cast a-ways' board money. These little jars are still sold by iin- I porters and treasured bv housekeepers! after the candied gijiger they held is: used, for they are odd in shape and I foreign in appearance. As tor candied ginger itself, i f is most wholesome; a small piece eaten after a heavy meal assists digestion so greatly that it is often recommended as an after dinner sweet by physicians. When making fruit cake a little should be added just as citron is and it gives a splendid flavor to fruit fill ings in layer cakes. The candy maker finds it blends with all flavors and makes a pleasant change from nuts, cherries and citron in decorating. While it is quite possible to buv the green ginger root and preserve it in your own home, you will find it is not any cheaper, with sugar at its pres ent price, nor is it so smooth and rich ns the Chinese article. need waiter. Under the charter, the ompanv is required to release water from the datns when the mills require it. but the Reading officials sav they hope th s will not be required of them, as the water is urgently needed in this section. Artistic Printing at Star Independent. Farmers Are Hauling Water Sun bury, Oct. 12. —Northumber- land, Union and SnyJer county farm ers a-e suffering severely from the drought. Their wells are drying up, and many are forced to drive from three to five miles a day to get water for their families and live stock. HARRTSRVRG RT A TMNDE PENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 12. 1914. ThisT^^ Novelized From the Great Play of the Same Name by George C. Jenks and Carlyle Moore Copyright 1913. by Th« H. K. Fly Company ContuiueJ Down He went ou one knee behind the sofn, aud. pointing the automatic revolver at every one in the room with a sweeping motion that made tile weapon seem equal in potency to a dozen revolvers, he thundered: "Hands up!" The hands of everybody in the room went up in the air. those or the ser geant going higher than any of the others Even the delicate white hands of Mrs Cnrr and her three daughters were elevated. "Sow." went on Ooogan in stead; tones that conveyed n deadly purpose. "Hands up!" thundered Doogan. "I'll put a bullet through tbe firsi man wb» makes .1 move." He looked about him to make sure that none of the policemen had failed to obey his order and called out: "Nell, come here!" "But. .lack"— she began as she went over to the sofa behind which he was Intrenched. "Never mind about talking. Take it »n the run!" lie interrupted. "But. .lack," she expostulated, "vre en n't both make it. and I won't leave yon here!" "Go on Nell!" be cried impatiently. "1 know what I'm doing. Beat it, I tell you!" He watched her as she glided away through the rear doorway, and he knew she had reached the kitchen stall's. I'lieii he fastened his gaze on tbe sergeant while his pistol waved slowly from side to side, although he addressed everybody in general as he said distinctly: "You people will find everything that's missing in that trunk and the suit case. As for you cops, let me tell you something. All 1 want is live min utes' start, and you'll new.;' sc.- us in New York again. We're ready to blow the town, aud God help tbe guy who tries to stop us, for I am a good shot, and I'm desperate! Understand?" As he uttered the lust word In a de fiant shout he dashed to the door by which Nell had gone out. darted through and slammed the door alter him. For a few moments e*erylxxJj In the library remained as .lack Doogan had left them, with thetr hands In the air. Then as they realized that he really had gone the sergeant swore a great nath aud dropped his bands. • "Hurry up. men! Whip them out!" roared the sergeant as he shoved the sofa out of the way. "Are yon all ready?" The policemen all rushed the door together, and down It went with a crash. The officers tumbled through the opening in a heap and scuttled down the stairs. It was rather dark there, after coming out of the well lighted library, and they lauded at the bottom in a profane heap, with the sergeant underneath. As he extricated himself, in a frenzy of wrath, he bellowed, "Blow your whistles, you fellows!" And away they dashed through the kitchen to the outer basement door, which was also locked and which they demolished, as they had the other door above. Meanwhile .lames Cluney. who seem ed to have forgotten his supposed klep tomaniacal ailment in the excitement of the last few moments and somewhat reassured by the confession of .lack Doogan, went over to Madge and put his arm around her protectlngly. They all went out. Dr. Willoughby closing the door behind them, although be was firmly resolved to get back and see the rest of the fun so soon as be should have the ladies settled down tn the drawing room, where they could nor hear whatever row there might be iu tbe library. For about half a minute the library was empty. The noise of the police men tumbling down the stairs and rarn -1 paging through the kitchen regions bad ' ceased, and there was a stillness like ' that which often precedes a Berce out break of the elements in the country. 1 Suddenly Jack Doogan tiptoed Into the room from the front hallway. His pistol was still in his hnud. and as he 1 glared about him there could be no doubt that he was prepared to shoot : j his way to liberty through any opposi -1 tion he migbt encounter. He beckoned to some one outside as soon a 9 be had assured himself that the room was empty, and Nell came in j and stood by his side. "All right. Nell!" he whispered hoarse ly. "1 think we've slipped them. We were inside ihe front door before they came up from the,basement, and the last I saw of them they were tearing down Seventy-second street to River side drive." "Yes. that's the way they went. Jack. I saw them too." She giggled half bys ! terically. "My. how they were run | ning: And the wrong way tool It was ! funny, .tack!" "I only hope they won't be able to stop till they dive into tbe Hudsou | river," he responded grimly. "Take another peep from behind tbe door. | .Nell. As soon as they are out of sight we'll beat it ourselves." "And everybody is running after them, crying "Stop thief!' " "Straight down the street, while we are comfortably indoors It isn't bard to fool a bunch of cops." "Jack!" | "Well?" ".Tack." she murmured, "they're i shouting Stop thief!' " "Of course they are That's their battlecry. You told me that before, although it wasn't necessary. i j knen- " | "I know. dear. And the worst of it Is that they mean us." "You bet they do. [.ook out there and see if they are gone." "In a moment, dear. 1 lust wanted j to ask you something " ; "Go ahead " "You haven't forgotten that you promised ine no one else would have Rii excuse to cry 'Stop .thief!' after jus when we have finished this job?" I "Why. haven't I told you"— "1 know: I know, .lack: Rut it has turned out differently from what we His Pistol Was Still In His Hand. expected. You have not made any thing ou this trick"— "Not a red cent!" interjected Doo gan regretfully. "Then I thought—l feared—that you migbt want to try it again. You said you needed a stake to get married on, and. as we'd missed it this time, 1 didn't know what you migbt do." "Nell." he said, "wbeu 1 told you this .was onr last I meant every word of it. I didn't copper my bet. It was to be tbe last, win or lose, and that's what it is. We'll get out of this, and | I'll show you that I can be as square as any guy that never pur himself iu wrong with tlh police. Get that?" She held up ber lace to hint, and he kissed her as she murmured with a ' happy smile: "Yes. I got that. .lack, and I know : it's straight" A man iu some sort of uniform ' which Jack Doogan thought at first was that of n policeman came in from the front ball and advanced on him. .lack Doognn's automatic revolver was pointed at the newcomer's stom ach in a flash, accompanied by the tierce order: | "Stire up your hands!" The man obeyed, with wonderment as well as terror expressed in bis white face. "He's all right, .lack!" interrupted ! Nell hurriedly. "Re's the chauffeur ' with my taxi. The cab is round the corner." Doogan dropped the muzzle of his pistol as he remarked, with a warning I shake of the head: "It's a pity you taxi I NOTICE!] « - $ $ ——_ i «— — ® 1 The Aughinbaugh Press | 1 and J. A. Thompson Co. I ® •* * @ > Whose Plant Was Destroyed By Fire April Bth, 1914 Have Opened f 1 Temporary Offices and Plant I 5 AX THE | | STAR-INDEPENDENT f ! 18-20-22 South Third St. I | J. L. L. KUHN, Secretary and Treasurer % 6 men look so much like cops. That cap or yours fooled me. Now. get that trunk on your bnct and drive ns to the Grand Central station as quick as the Lord will let you." "All right, hoss." answered the chauf feur. "I'm on." As the man picked np the trunk and stepped into the hall ou his way to the front door .lack Doogan grinned and said to Xeil in a low tone: "Pee. Nell! It isn't as bad as you thought. We ain't going to lose on this trick after all. Rriug the suit case. I'll watch this fellow. I reckon he's all right, but I'm not taking chances." Doogan was following the chauffeur, and Nell had stopped to pick up the suit case from the floor when William CE.T and the minister came in from the rear stairs as Mrs. Carr. Madge and Caroline entered from the door leading from the drawing room. Nell put down the suit case and look ed about her with the hunted gaze of a cornered animal. She would have run out to the front door after .lack Doo gnn. but Dr. Willoughby and Cluney had come in behind Madge. Caroline and their mother and were in front of the only available exit. "Why. there ..he is!" exclaimed Mr. Spelain. "There's the maid! How did she get here?" Dr. Willoughby walked In front of the girl and eyed her sternly: then as he took the suit case from her, he de manded: ' "Where's your pal?" Nell closed her pretty mouth tifcbtly. and her gray eyes Hashed unmistakable defiance. "Why don't you speak?" put in Wll- ; liani Carr in nn injured tone. "Couie on. now." admonished Cluney. j "Which way did he go';" Nell remained obstinately silent, and j once more Mr. Carr wanted to know , why she didn't answer, out got no re ply. Mrs Carr sailed over to Nell in her grandest niauner and. adjusting her ear trumpet with a flourish, took her , In hand with a majestic: "Now. my girl, you might as well tell the truth." To Be Continued The British Museum In the early days of the British mil-1 seuni, a century or more ago, the place i was open for only six hours daily 011 ' five days a week during the summer and four hours daily during the rest of the year. Nobody could remain in the building for ico'e than two consecu tive hours and the number' admissible at one time was strictly limited to tif- : teen. Each batch of visitors was shej>- ; herded by an attendant. 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S Remember the snappy flavor of our 5 STOCK ALE S DOEHNE B j Bell 82fl L Order It To-day Indepondant 31* | STATK CI.UK WOMAN TO MEET Many Talks and Some Feasting Await Pittsburgh Gathering Pittsburgh, Oct. 12. —Club wotnon of Pennsylvania will gather here this j week to attend the nineteenth annual incoting of the State Federation of j Pennsylvania Women. Mrs. Samuel | ■Setnple, of Titusvill,-, State president, j •has arrived ;o welcome the incoming i delegates to-day. The meetings will ! open formally to morrow morning and : will continue until Friday noon. To-day a special conference on civics was held. Tlio Kauai Franchise Fed oration, of Pittsburgh, will entertain the officer* and delegates this evening with a banquet in Soldiers' Memorial Hall. The speakers will be Mrs. iSem ple, Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, of IJOX ington. Ky., vice president of the .Na tional Federation; Miss Mary Macalnr ney, of Hairis'burg. and Dr. Marv Wolfe, of Hointesbi.rg, Pa Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker. presi dent of the Nationa: Federation of Women's Clubs, will address the con- j vent ion to-morrow. Carvers' Tonic Tablets For nerves, weakness and nervous prostration, 50 cents at druggists. Adv. PENNILESS IN GERMANY Polrtstown Woman and Niece Fail to J Get Money Sent Pototstown, Pa., Oct. 12. —President Wilson has been appealed to to make ' an investigation into the case of Mrs. Sophia Bressler and her 10-year-old niece, Madeline Thomas, who, in a let tor received from Mrs. Bressler, say they are without a penny and are half starved in a little German town quite a distance from Berlin. Sums aggregating $260 have been forwarded by her folks here through various agencies. in her last letter she says she has failed to receive a cent. Shejias return tickets on Hie Ham burg-American Line but its boats arej not running, and she has no money | even to reach a port from which she j could sail, much less to pay her pass age. Critically Stabbed In Quarrel Altoona, Oct. 12. —George Boyles is in the hospital with three stab wounds that may prove fatal and Vincent Per ula is in prison awaiting the outcome. Perikla and Boyles are said to have had j an altercation about midnight, during which Boyles called Perula a hard name. Perula, it is alleged, drew a knife an 1 as fast as he could wielded the weapon. He almost cut. Bovles'| right hand off, slashed hjm across the I abdomen and plunged the blade into , his left shoulder. Then he fled. When ! the police arrested him later they j could not find the knife. NURSE KOUTS A BURGLAR Compels Him to Replace Articles He Had Taken From Her Bureau Sum bury, Oct. 12.—<'omiing unex-' pectedlv upon a burglar rifling her! bureau at a hospital here. Miss Mamie j Harter, a trained nurse, demanded that j he put everything just where lie had j found it and leave, under pain of be ing shot. The fellow was inclined to laugh. I she said, but when' she made a step forward he beat a hasty retreat. The young woman did not have a revolver.' The room is on the first floor. Toss Under Auto Fatal Reading, Oct. 12.—While riding a 1 bicycle on Centre avenue a block from j his home. William D. Lance, aged 11. | only child of Blwood H. Lance, was ! struck and almost instautlv killed by an automobile owned by H. C. Meek. The boy was thrown under the wheels, carried home bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears, ami died a half hour later. LONG DROUGHT BROKEN Mountain Forest Fires Extinguished and Streets Get Washing Altoona, Oct. 12.—An all-night rain | broke the protractod drought in this ! section. All told, 1.31 inches of water i fell Saturday night. It materially ! augmented the dwindling water supply of Altoona and other municipalities in j the vicinity but has not. entirely eli- I minated the danger of famine. Forest fires which had been burning at several points on the mountains wore extinguished. Altoona's streets, which had not been swept for several weeks on account of the water ahort i age, were thoroughly washed. Poles Lay Church Cornerstone Shenandoah, Oct. 12.—The corncr ' stone of the neiw $150,000 St. Casbi mcr Polish Catholic church was laid yesterday afternoon. The Rev. .lohn A. (lodricz, of tlie Polish college, Phila i delphia, preached an eloquent sermon, ! after which the cornerstone was laid | by Monsignor Masson, of Alientown. , acting for Bishop McCort, of Philado ! phia, who also spoke and gave the blessing to thousands of worshipers. , IF VISITING NEW YORK CITY you to locate ll» I VERY CENTRE nearpßt retail ah opt and moot arcwwlbte •o theutres, depots, ateam#blp plera, you win b<* plaasfsJ at rtir HOTEL Albemarle-Hoffman sth A v., Broadway, 24th St. OVERLOOKING MADISON 8Q PARK. A five million dollar example of modern orcl»lt«*ctura: perfection; aococnmodaUoa, 1,000 guests. A Good Room, $1.50 Per Day. With Bath, $2 to $5. 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