10 WM HOUSEHOLD Hpl TALKS ElSil j ■—» pf** W Henrietta D. Grauel Various Table Vinegar "Here's a challenge: read it; I war rant there's vinegar and pepper in it." j< —Twelfth Niglit Xo person can say how many vine pars there are for this condiment, pre servative and flavor may he niade from many substances as malt, treacle and water, fruit juices and yeast, and from what is called "mother of vinegar." It may also be favored with almost any fruit and with all herbs. As vinegar plays a most important part in giving pleasant seasoning to manv foods it should be of high quality and absolute purity. Inferior vinegar spoils the efforts of the most careful cook and often does not fulfil its mis sion of preserving articles of food as it should. Vinegar must not be too acid to the taste nor may it be so weak as to be insipid. As exposure to the air. to strong light afl I to intense heat is ; harmful to its flavor it should be kept in unglased jugs well corked, or in casks. The Government standard for vine gar is that its strength shall be such that one ounce of it shall be neutralised bv thirty-five grains of cooking soda. After vinegar has stood for some time exposed to the action of the air a film-like mould will form and thicken with age and this is called "mother." If sugar and water be added to this after some weeks a fairly good vinegar results. Yet good old-fashioned cider vinegar is always acceptable for general use and few housekeeper* prefer any thing else. Yet to salads herb vinegars add zest and these are expensive if purchased in stores. The favorite salad vinegar is CLASSIC WAR POEMS Selected by J. Howard Wert No. *7. THE GREEK PARTISAN BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT As already stated in this series few contests for freedom have produced so great an amount of impassioned poesy and era ton- as the gallant struggleof the (Weeks against tlie Turks nearly a century ago. Number 22 of the collection cave Halleek's, glowing eulogium on the brave hero Bortaris. whilst number oo cave one of the manv poems of Lord Byrn written in behalf of Greece- Here is one of several fervid poems written by Bryant on the same subject. Our free flag is dancing In the free mountain air, And burnish\i arms are glancing. And warriors gathering there; And fearless is the little train Whose gallant bosoms shield it, That blood that warms their hearts shall stain That banner, ere they yield it. Eaeh dark eye is fix'd on earth. And brief each solemn greeting: There is no look nor sound of mirth. Where those stern men are meeting. They go to the slaughter. To strike the sudden blow. And pour on earth, like water. The best blood of the foe; To rush on them from rook and height. ALL SHE HAS FOB CHABITY 1 ; Woman Remembers Various Churches and Institutions Lancaster. Pa., April 17.—Mrs. , Mary A. Brubaker bequeathed her en tire estate to churches and other insti tutions. After bequests to local churches, she gives the residue, a hand some sum. to Germantown Lutheran • | College. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Col- ' lege. Allentown. and Christ Lutheran j church. Eliza bethtown. Muhlenberg College and the Luther an College at Germantown get specific \ bequests of SI,OOO each. ' • Will Invite State Convention Shauiokin. Pa., April 1". —The Sha- l mokin Motor Club will go to Reading . to-day with 30 cars and invite the : DOEHNE BEER Unrivaled for Purity and Flavor A builder of l A Tonic strength for businessmen and and flesh overworked persons Produced by the Master Brewer DOEHNE BREWERY Bell 83ti L Order It Independent 018 EVERY HOME Has Its Real Value The wants of many business people aucl home de mands are realized by its use. Let us act for and with you—now. Call at our office or Bell Phone 3280 Independent 245 or 246 terragon-tinegar and this sells at sev enty-five cents a bottle. This or any other herb vinegar may be made by putting a few of the fresh or dried leaves of the plant whose flavor you want in a quart bottle and covering them with white wine, or any good vinegar. Heat this in warm water, with the bottle uncorked, then set aside, corked, over night and the next day you will have an excellent salad vine gar. The word vin aigre means sour wine and the fruit vinegars made from pure fruit juices give pleasaut cooling drinks and are delightful on fruit salads. One thing should always be remem bered in making herb, fruit and spiced vinegars for the table or for preserving, pickling and so on. If vinegar is per mitted to boil it is at once spoiled. It must be heated only until it reaches what cooks call the scalding point. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A good many readers of this depart ment ask advice in regard to utensils that are not altogether satisfactory and we are pleased to give any possible as sistance that we can. But most pat ented kitchen helps are practical, and as good as represented, so we would like to suggest that before you con demn the cake and bread mixer; the tireless cooker' and the food chopper, that you ask your dealer, or .write to the manufacturer of the defective article, for advice. You will receive helpful suggestions in concrete form, usually by return of mail. Then if all does not come right, let us hear from vou. Persons desiring an immediate re ply will please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope. And clear the narrow valley. Or fire their camp at dead of night. And fly before they rally. —Chains are round our country press'd. And cowards have betray 'd her, And we must make her bleeding breast The grave of the invader. Not till from her fetters We raise up Greece again. And write in bloody letters, That tyranny is slain. — O, not till then the smile shall steal Across those darken'd faces. Nor one of all those warriors feel His children's dear embraces. —Reap we not the ripen'd wheat. Till yonder hosts arc flying. And all their bravest, at our feet. Like autumn sheaves are lying. i State Federation to select this place for the 1916 convention. DIVES TO CREEK IN UPSET AUTO Philadelphia Salesman Barely Misses Drowning After Mishap Mahanov City, Pa.. April IT.—Rus sell S. Sanders, a paint and varnish salesman, of Philadelphia, is in the State hospital at Fountain Springs in a serious condition from an automobile aceident in which liis machine plunged into Mahanoy creek, turned over and pinned him underneath. He was nearly drowned by the sulphur water. The steering gear of Saunders' ma chine broke as he was driving along Oakland 'road. James Callihan and James Wentzei saw the machine plunge and rescued Sanders from drowning. HARRJSI>ITEG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVKNTNU. APRIL 17, 1915. jflispr MY ILLUSTRATIQN^^RAY^ALTERS | carrwejtrer praoass-fumtiuca tfw CONTINUED Tbe little dog bad also an Imper-' ceptible limp occasioned by a bicyclel ' running over him when he was • \ puppy. The two companions seemed im mensely to enjoy the spring day. Sab [ ron every now and then stood for a , few moments looking at the gay passers-by. pedestrians and eques ' trians. enjoying to the full the repose | of civilisation, the beauty of his own land. Pitchoune looked with indifference , upon the many dogs. He did not stir from his master's side. When Sabron was quiet, the little animal stood at ' attention; he was a soldier's dog. He • could hare told dog stories to those j Insignificant worldly dogs could : n have told of really thrilling adven- , tures. His brown eyes were pathetic j with their appeal of affection as they looked up at his beloved master. He had a fund of experience such as the ' poodles and the terriers led by their owners could not understand. There fore Pitchoune was indifferent to them. \ 1 Not one of those petted, ridiculous' 1 house dogs could have run for miles j In the dark across an African desert, could have found Beni Medinet and ; fetched relief to his master. Pitchoune 1 was proud of it. He was very well ( satisfied with his career. He was , still young; other deeds of valor per- I haps lay before him—who can tell? i At any rate he had been shown about at the ministry of war. been very much admired, and he was a proud j animal. When Sabron spoke to him he leaped upon him and wagged his tail. After ! a few moments, as the two stood near ' the exit of an allee leading to one of the grand avenues. Pitchoune slowly went in front of his master and toward two ladles sitting on a bench in the gentle warmth of the May sun- ! light. Pitchoune. moved from his usual indifference, gave a short bark, walked up to the ladies, and began J to snuff about their feet The younger | lady exclaimed, and then Sabron. lift ing his hat. came forward, the crimson , color beating in his dark tanned cheeks. The Marquise d'Esclignac held out both hands to the officer: I "It's nearly noon." she said, "and you don't forget that you have prom ised to lunch with us, do you. Mon sieur le Capitaine?" Sabron, bending over her hand, as sured her that he had not forgotten. Then his eyes traveled to her com panion. Miss Redmond wore a very simple dress, as was her feshion, but the young officer from Africa, who had not seen her near by until now and who had only caught a glimpse of her across the opera house, thought that he had never seen such a beautiful i dress in all his life. It was made of | soft gray cloth and fitted lier closely, and in the lapel of her mannish little j buttonhole she wore a few Parma vio • ! lets. He recognized them. They had come from a bunch that he had sent her the night before. He kissed her hand, and they stood talking together, "My Manhood and My Love Are My Fortune." the three of them, for a few moments ' Pitchoune stationing himself as a sen tinel by Miss Redmond's side. The Marquise d'Esclignac rose. The young girl rose as well, and they walked on together. "Mes enfants," said the Marquise d'Esclignac, "don't go with your usual rush, Julia. Remember that Monsieur de Sabron is not as strong as Her-' cules yet. I will follow you with Pitchoune." But she spoke without knowledge of the dog. Now feeling that some un j wonted happiness had suddenly burst upon the horizon that he knew. Pit- ; choune seemed suddenly seized with a 1 rollicking spirit such as had been his, characteristic some years ago. He' tore like mad down the path In front! of Sabron and Miss Redmond. He\ whirled around like a dervish, he, dashed across the road in front of; automobiles, dashed back again, [ springing upon his master and whin- j ing at the girl's feet. "See," said Sabron, "how happy be !■*- 1 "1 should think he would be happy. H« must har« a knowledge of what 'an important animal he is. Just ! think! .If he were a man they would give him a decoration." And the two walked tranquilly side by side. Pitchoune ran to the side of the road, disappeared Into a little forest ! all shot through with light. He came back, bringing the remains of an old rubber ball lost there by some other dog, and laid It triumphantly In front of Miss Redmond. "See." said Sabron, "he brings you I his trophies." CHAPTER XXVIII. Happiness. Le Comte de Sabron finished his dressing. Brunet surveyed his master from the tip of his shining boots to his sleek, fair head. His expressive eyes said: "Monsieur leCapltaiue is looking I well tonight." Brunet had never before given his i master a direct compliment. His eyes only had the habit of expressing ad miration, and the manner in which he performed his duties, his devotion, were his forms of compliment. But 1 Sabron's long illness aud absence, the fact that he had been snatched from death and gtvfrn back to the army •gain, leveled between servant aud master the impassable wtftl of eti quette. "There will be a grand dinner to j night, will there not. Monsieur le , Capitaine? Doubtless Monsieur le j Colonel and all the gentlemen will be there." Brunet made a comprehen sive gesture as though he comprised , the entire etat major. Sabron, indeed, looked well. He was thin, deeply bronzed by the ex posure on the yacht, for he and Tre mont before returning to France had made a long cruise. Sabron wore the look of a man who has come back from a far country and is content. "And never shall I forget to the end i of my days how Monsieur le Capitaine j looked when I met the yacht at Mar seilles!" Brunet spoke reverently, as though he were chronicling sacred souvenirs. "I said to myself, you are about to welcome back a hero. Brunet! Mon- | sieur le Capitaine will be as weak as a child. But I was determined that Monsieur le Capitaine should not read my feelings, however great my emo- I tion." Sabron smiled. At no time in his : simple life did Brunet ever conceal the most trifling emotion —his simple face revealed all his simple thoughts. Sabron said heartily: "Your control ' was very fine, indeed." "Instead of seeing a sick man, Mon sieur le Capitaine, a splendid-lookiug figure, with red cheeks and bright eyes, came off the boat to the shore. I said to myself: 'Brunet, he has the j air of one who conies back from a vie- I tory.' No one would have ever be- j lieved that Monsieur le Capitaine had ; been rescued from captivity." Brunet's curiosity was very strong and as far as his master was con cerned he had been obliged to crush it down. To himself he was saying: "Monsieur le Capitaine is on the eve of some great event. When will he announce it to me? am sure my \ master is going to be married." ' Pitchpune. from a chair near by, | assisted at his master's toilet, one j moment holding the ra»or-strop be- ■ tween his teeth, then taking the clothes brush in his little grip. He i was saying to himself: "I hope in ' the name of rats and cats my master is not going out without me!" Brunet was engaged to be married to the kitchen maid of the Marquise d'Esclignac. Ordonnances and scul lions are not able to arrange their matrimonial affairs so easily as are the upper classes. "Monsieur le Capitaine," said the servant, his simple face raised to his master s, "I am going to be mar- j ried." Sabron wheeled around: "Mon brave Brunet, when?" Brunet grinned sheepishly. 'ln flre years, Monsieur le Capi taine," at which the superior officer laughed heartily. "Is she an infant, are you educat ing her?" "When one is the eldest of a wid ow." said Brunet with a sigh, "and the eldest of ten children—" The clock struck the quarter. Sab ron knew the story of the widow and i ten children by heart. "Is the taxi at the door?" "Yes, Monsieur le Capitaine." Pitchoune gave a sharp bark. "You are not invited," said bis mas ter cruelly, and went gayly out, his sword hitting against the stairs. *••»••• The Marquise d'Esclignac gave a 1 brilliant little dinner to the colonel of Sabron's squadron. There were present a general or two, several men of distinction, and among the guests were the Due de Tremont and Madame de la Maine. Sabron, when he found himself at table, looked at everything as though in a dream. Julia Redmond aat opposite him. He had sent her flowers and she wore them in her bodice. Madame de la Maine bent upon the young officer benignant eyes, the Due de Tremont glanced at him • affectionately, but Sabron was only conscious that Julia's eyes did not meet his at all. They talked of Sabron's captivity, of the engagement In Africa, of what JAPANESE CRUISERS OPERATING IN TURTLE BA Y HUfi j ..... . .— — | ' •'»- ',? V • ' " Tn ~ ' " _ >H " r>- \ . vv .o v j'* , v x >* ' *s•>"•':£♦ "►•v* .■ r ~ " „. .1 I••• : •. j. I I THE ASAMA Jflpanpsi l marines and sailors, 4,000 strong, bucked l)y five Japanese war ships. Including the As,una and the Idr.umo. and six colliers and supply ships, are reported occupying Turtle Bay, Lower California. Mexico, just 4<>'J miles fr»m San Diego With the barlmr. the best north «.f Magdaleua Bay. mined, a camp and wireless plant on shore and patrol boats for miles out at sea. the report says the Japanese were busy marking out moorings for ships, sending cutters filled with armed men ashore and landing ammunition A base in which half the Japanese navy could anchor. Turtle Bay to-day would be a hard place for any war ships to enter if th t < Japanese wished to keen ihem out The only excuse advanced by the Japanese for their occupation of the bay So far is that the Asama on» «r their first class cruisers, is abound near the entrance to the harbor. the army was doing, would not do. or might do, and the fact that the Due de Tremont was to receive the deco ration of the Legion or Honor in July. Tremont toasted Sabron and the young officer rose to respond with flushing face. He looked affection ately at his friend who had brought him from death into life. The mo ment was intense, and the Marquise d'Esclignac lifted her glass: 'Now. gentlemen, you must drink to the health of Pitchoune." There was a murmur of laughter, Madame de la Maine turned to Sab ron: "I have had a collar made for Pit choune: it is of African leather set w-ith real turquoise." Sabron bowed: "Pitchoune will be perfectly enchanted, Madame; he will wear it at your wedding." ••••••• Later, when the others had left them to themselves in 'the music room, Sabron sat in a big chair by the open window and Julia Redmond played to him. The day was warm. There was a smell of spring flowers in the air and the vases were filled with girofles and sweet peas. But Sabron smelled only the violets in Julia's girdle. Her hands gently wan dered over the keys, finding the tune that Sabron longed to hear. She played the air through, and It seemed as though she were about to sing the first verse. She could not do so, nor could she speak. Sabron rose and came over to where she sat. There was a low chair near the piano and he took it, leaning forward, his hands clasped about his knees. It had been the life-long dream of this simple-hearted officer that one day he would speak out his soul to the wom an he loved. The time had come. She sat before him in her unpreten tious dress. He was not worldly enough to know it cost a great price, nor to appreciate that she wore no jewels—nothing except the flowers he had sent. Her dark hair was clus tered about her ears and her beauti ful eyes lost their fire in tenderness. "When a man has been very close AFTER A SKIRMISH OF MEXICAN RIVALS AT TAMPICO for the picture. The Carranilsta soldiers are teen loading wounded Villa men on trolley cars to be conveyed back to the city hospital. The central figure has lost a leg In couibat, and tlie stump is sticking up. The lted Cross '(« conspicuously absent. to death. Mademoiselle, he looks about for the reason of his resurrection. When he returns to the wtorld, he looks to see what there is in this life to make it worth living. I am young —at the beginning of my career. I may have before me a long life in which, with health and friends, I may find much happiness. These things certainly have their worth to a nor mal man—but 1 cannot make them real before my eyes just yet. As I look upon the world to which I have returned. I see nothing but a woman and her love. If I cannot win her for my wife, if I cannot have her love—" He made an expressive gesture which more impressively than words implied how completely he laid down every thing else to her love and his. To Be Continued Edward McCandless Noel Dies Washington, April 17. —Edward Mc- Candless Noel, a clerk in the Surgeon General's office for the last "0 years, died yesterday. .He was a native of Chambersburg, Pa„ where he was born 62 years ago r ■ — M - ■ Directory of Leading Hotels of Harrisburg HOTEL VICTOR No. 23 South Fourth Stre«t 111 recti)- oppoalte In lon Motion, f quipped wltk ill Modern Improves uruu; ruuniuc r in ever» ruoaw Hue bat li i perfectly aunltaryi nicely tuvulfthcd throughout. Rates moderate. European Plan. JOSEPH GIUSTi. Proprietor. THEPLAZA Market St.. Harilsburg, Fa. At the Entrance to the P. R R. Station EUROPEAN PLAN r. B. ALDINGEB, Proprietor Father of Eight a Suicide Ailentowu, Pa., April 17.—Mystery | surrounds the suicide of Charles Hoi | t'rich, 40, foreman at the Ormrod ee i ment mills, whose body was found in a field early last evening. 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