FEEDING OUR BOYS.| UNCLE SAM PROVIDES A VERY GOOD TABLE FOR THEM. ■erlous Work of Feeding: an Army The Problem of Fresh Breed—How the Sol diers Health !• Guarded-Tbe Company Cook. Uncle Sam's soldiers are the best fed and cared for troops in the world. The facilities for securing pro-J visions, even on forced marches, are such that the commissary department has little trouble in supplying the troops wiih a varied and palatable bill of fare. I The greatest tests in the matter of food .supplies during the past two de cades have been to secure and trans-, port provisions to the little bands olj cavalry and infantry engaged in keep-j ing down Indian depredations in the west. It was during these expeditions that the equipment of the commissary) department has been perfected, until to-day each company carries in a small space all the necessaries of a kitchen and culinary department. This outfit is one which never fails to interest women visitors to encampments of United States troops, and to win from the housewife great praise for its sim plicity and effectiveness. Each company has its cook, usually a fat and jolly member of the service, whose headquarters are frequented during all parts of the day by convivial members of the company. The usual habit of cooks to grow fat and good Matured seems to be a rule of those who serve in the army, as well as those who are in civil life. The cook is a regularly enlisted member of the army, told off for his duties because of his fitness for the part. He is allowed two assistants, these being appointed by the commander of the company for a week's service in the cook's depart ment, and being under his charge. While they assist in preparing and serving the food, the cook does tho ma jor part of the work, and it is his taste and skill which goes to make the victuals served a factor in the health and contentment of the corps. The cook lias one small tent in which are stored the extra provisions and utensils needed. A large fly, with poles and guy ropes, serves to shelter the cooking apparatus and to form the company's kitchen. Under it the stove is placed. The latter is an oblong metal affair, made on purpose for the army, and having griddle holes for the pots and pans. A ditch is scraped in the earth, and on it the stove is placed, leaving room underneath for the firo of glowing weed embers. The cook is an artist at making a fire in this trench and in keeping It at an even heat. Var ious folding chairs, tables improvised of camp cliests and other things, serve to make the necessary apparatus for use in the kitchen. A dozen big ket tles, boilers and pans are the utensils needed. Dinner, at noon, is the principal meal of the day In camp life, and for an hour before the kitchen presents a busy scene. One assistant, with sleeves roll ed up above the elbows, sits on a chest peeling potatoes, a bushel or more be ing necessary for the meal. Near him the other assistant bends over a great quarter of beef, carving out a supply for the meal. The cook watches his men while he attends the stove and be gins preparations for the coming re past. A huge boiler on one side of the stove holds four gallons of fragrant coffee, another boiler is filled with wa ter to receive the potatoes, while in a bright kettle on another part of the stove the cook drops vegetables, rice and other wholesome parts of soup and waits for the assistant to finish carving the meat that it may be added. Soon the dinner is well under way, and the cook and his assistants are busy men. In addition to the hot parts of the meal, there are to be taken from the chests and served great loaves of bread or hard tack. The bread problem is a serious one on a march,or in camp, and away from the cities, and while the cook often has to prepare the corn bread or other cereal himself, it is brought into camp already prepared whenever possible. A company of a hundred men or more will eat a great' quantity of the staff of life in a week,' and hundreds of loaves are necessary. 1 There are other parts of the soldier's meal to be fixed, if the company is near civilization and provisions are plentiful. Baked beans often appear on 1 the bill of fare, dried fruit, rice, hom iny and other easily carried eatables, and to prepare all these on the one small stove and with only two assist-' ants is an art that only an army cook understands. When the meal is ready and the bugles blow to mess, the soldiers ar range themselves in an orderly man ner, and the cook and his assistants start out. First the soup is ladeled out,! then the more solid components of the meal, then the coffee and then the sweets, until all are supplied. To such an extent does cleanliness 1 enter into the preparation of the eoiy diers meal that the greatest precau-' tlons are taken to exclude dirt. Care-; fully the pots and pans are scrubbed! brightly, the big knives and utensils 1 are polished and the refuse of the cook,' tents is carried far off and dumped to! prevent the contagion that might arise' from decaying slops. The officers are. vigilant in keeping watch on the cook ind his assistants, as the health of the :amp may depend on their careful: cleanliness. , Each company has Its cook and mess,, except where great armies are encamp-' sd; then a number of cook departments! ire thrown together to work in unison, i Uncle Sam has all his cooking utensils 1 made to order, andrcheats are used to' pack everything In when on the mand>. SMOKELESS POWDER. A. Remarkable Compound Soon to be tied in Oar \nv>. It bas been remarked that gunpow der is'to the gun what the soul is to the body. It gives it life and makes it of some account. It is the means lo an end. Gunpowder drives the shot that the man befliind the gun aims at ihe enemy, and enables him, if he be as skilful as most of the marksmen in the United States Navy are, to demol ish his target, whether it be a bird or a man or a ship or a fort. Ordinary gunpowder, the kind one buys in a store, is a mechanical mix ture of 75 parts of saltpetre, 15 parts of charcoal and 10 parts of sulphur. The properties such a mixture posses ses may be altered to any desired ex tent by changing these proportions; the method of treatment also modifies the character of the resulting powder, and the size and shape of the grain likewise influence the action of gun powder. To manufacture gunpowder quanti ties of each ingredient are thoroughly mixed in the proper proportions, in a machine called a mixer; the composi tion resulting from this is known aa gree"n powder. Green powder must be subjected to the incorporation process, an extremely dangerous one, for it is in the incorporating room that nearly all powder mill explosions occur. The green powder is put into a tub, where heavy runners of three or four tons weight grind it into a homogene ous mixture. After incorporation the "'mill cake," as it is called, is crushed between gun metal rollers, then it is subjected to differont treatment, ac cording to the kind of powder to be produced, whether grain, pebble or prismatic. Granulated powder is the ordinary grain gunpowder of com merce. Pebble powder, or giant pow der, or blasting powder—for all three are practically the same—is quite like grain powder, except that each grain Is of the average size of a pebble. Pris matic powder is the kind used in our service to drive shot home, therefore a short description of it may not be un interesting. The powder charges for guns of the United States Navy are made up of hexagonal prisms of brown gunpow der. Brown gunpowder contains usual ly about 82 parts of nitre, three parts of sulphur and fifteen parts of under burned charcoal, which accounts for the chocolate color of the powder. Prismatic powder passes through the same process as other powders, only the grains are pressed into prisms by hydraulic machinery instead of being separated and glazed. The prisms thus formed are one inch high and three quarters of an\lnch on the sides; there- Is a round hol£, half an inch in diame ter, through the middle of each hexa gon. Smokeless powder is so called be cause when exploded it produces no smoke. As a matter of fact, however, a light, thin, transparent, vapor is usu ally seen, but it quickly disappears. Smokeless powders, from the nature of the ingredients employed in making them, leave no residue when exploded, the products of the combustion being gaseous, whereas in ordinary gun pow ders, whether black or brown, the products are partly gaseous and partly solid, the eolid parts being visible in the deposit left in the bore of the gun. In the bits of fire blown out of the muz- Ele at the time of discharge and in tho thick, heavy smoke that hangs about, obscuring the view. Japanese HIIIIIOM. When a lioy baby comes to a Japan ese family it is the invariable custom to put a huge paper fish, resembling a carp, on a bamboo pole outside the door. This is dontf in the first month of May after the boy's birth. The carp is tho chosen emblem, because it Is strong and hardy and is typical of good luck. When the baby is a month old it is presented at the temple and a first name given it, the choosing of which is novel. The father writes on three Blips of paper different names. The priest prays, tosseß the slips in the air and the one first striking the floor Is supposed to be especially favored by the god of the temple, and is chosen. When the Japanese baby is 3 years old he begins to wear the obi or girdle, which, confines the loose robe worn by all Japanese and commonly called a kimono. When the boy is 15 he is con sidered of age, and a feast is held by his relatives, another name is given him and his head no longer shaved on top. He is now a man and his rela tives, even the nearest, in addressing him, must now affix "San" to his name. San corresponds to our "Mr." If his name is Qmi he will hereafter be ad dressed as Omd-san. Even the tiniest, villages have their toy shops, for Japanese children are all liberally supplied with playthings. The business of amusing children is a rec ognized industry, and the street jug glers, acrobats, singers and story-tell ers make comfortable livings. In the family the children are amused by the father, who tells them stories of Japanese 'heroes and warriors, or they play cards. Sometimes they play a game like checkers, in moves, but re quiring 360 .pieces instead of twenty four. Backcammon, theatricals and kite-flying are also popular among children. .When there is snow the youngsters play just as our own chil dren do. Ftootball, stilt-walking and contests with'tops are in vogue. New AolderlnK' I.i* ° • » * - . %} Perhaps you have made " M up your mind to take s'j; ! Scott's 1 I Emulsion I C • 112) this summer. >♦> I? Then look for feffrfo i ? |? this picture on (| 17 the wrapper, a c man with a big \\ 11 >| <• 5 fish on his back. s| | < Do not let anyone talk to \|J <•7 you of something " just ( $> as good." <$ When you want cod liver oil and the hypo- /<•> 112 S phosphites you want the )<§ !>/ very best. You will find \® if? them in only one place, v|; Scott's Emulsion. c| There is no other emul- r| ®? sion like it; none other iv does the same work ; and Sf |.C no other has the same ? j record of cures. Q® Jp All Druggists, 50c. and sl. (g)J SCOTT & lioU NK, Chemists. N'.V. £ CATHARTIC fco&ca)Ui& CURE CONSTIPATION 25c 50c DRUGGISTS HAVE NO AGENTS 11 ] | H .. 11. Surwf Bmm Prico,lM.oo. Wng'oD. P Sendfor Urg. frn Ho.lMßtmj. Fiio«.wlth«iMlu.luipa,na. A. good m Mill for |i& <-»t»logu« of *ll our «tyle« d«. «proo »uj tuJui. SU. A>(MdMMlUkr|W. ELKHART OAHHUM ANU UAH.VE»» lire. Co. w. B. PHATT, IMI, KLKHAJBT, US. When Ague smites vou you can. sl::;l;a tk< Ajjua by AY!\.':; ,vr:! crUH. lC is the or;*' c.-> t :;ii and hifaliib'.e cure for t!iat depleting I>. hu* been tri. I i:i v ri.M ami under vario:: • v i never bee •. ! uown to An old veteran write.;: "You may be interested to know my ex perience many years ago v, illi Ayer's Agua Cure. The year before the war 1 was in Kansas. Some twenty of us were engaged in farming, and suddenly all were taken with fever and ague. We tried almost everything w tliout getting any help, till at last I seut to the city and procured a bottle of Ayer's Ague Cure. I recovered at once. The others fol lowed my example, and they, too, recovered. Every one in camp took the remedy and wan cured by it.l went all through the war, have lived'in thirteen different states of the Union, and have never had the ague since." O. 1). SMITH, St. Augustine, Kla. There's otiiy one thing to get for ague: «i AVER'S Ague cure. resting place for the mast and sail when not In use. The cockpit, in the lowest part of the vessel below the water used during an action for the treatment of the wound ed, is derived from the old days of the English sport of cock fighting; but this has been modernized and is now known as the "flats"—Why, no one can ex plain. Lubber is from the Dutch, meaning a lazy, cowardly fellow. Anchor came from the Latin "an cliora," or "ancora," which up lo tiUO B. O. consisted simply of a large stone with a hole through it. The peculiarity of so many portions of a ship's rigging bearing names de rived from the trappings of a horse can only be accounted for front the fact that the early warships were man ned by soldiers as well as sailors, the natural consequence being that they, the sailors, adapted some of their terms to meet their fancy, among these being'bridles, whips, bits, stirrups, and the like. I'IIIIII Tree* of Clibat. The little island of Cuba nearly thirty different varieties of pa'm trees. Chief among them is the royal palm, a majestic tree with a straight trunk and a bunch of plumelike leaves growing out of the top, the lower one.; drooping toward the ground. It is ;'ne most common as well ais the most beautiful trie in Cuba. It has been called the blessed tree for its every part is use ful. Its roots are made into medicines; its trunk is easily split Into boards for building. The trunk has no bark and the inside is porou . the outer portion being hard and nearly as brittle as glass. The center bud at the top of the royal palm tree, from which all the leaves grow, is a tender substance and is a very pleasant food, whether eaten raw, cooked as a vegetable or preserved with sugar. The stems on the long leaves are odd. They are semicircular and embrace the trunk of the tree. The stem is called the yagua and looks i!ke a thin board, is often five or six feet long and the natives make It serve various purposes. Sections cut oil serve as plates, or if soaked in warm water it becomes pliable and may be bent In any shape, afterward harden lng. Sometimes when thus softened it is folded at the ends like a baker's paper hat, fastened with wooden pins and ■ervestheCuban farmer as a water buck et, basinor pan. Sometimestheinsurg ents use one of these improvised dishes as a kettle in which to cook their beef and yams. The water In the dish keeps the wood front burning. In times of peace the yagua or stem of t'he palm leaf is used to cover bales of tobacco. Set. on a frame It may form a very good bed; again, tho yagua ii usM as a tarpaulin or mackintosh. The CuSan soldiers with a few leaves can build tents for themselves. ■< Keep Cool! - SCREEN DOORS, Window Screens, Poultry Netting Hammocks, Porch Chairs $1.50 and up, Coal Oil stoves of Nickless make, Gasoline Stoves. HARVESTING TOOLS in abundance. Brick for chimneys, always on hand. Nails, steel cut, #1.45 per keg. Western Washer, best made; Building paper, 35c per roll, 500 sq. feet; Poultry Netting, 1 ft. to 6 ft. wide, 1-2 ct. sq. foot. I Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. Onr Declaration of War Has been in effect for a number of years and our Bombardment of High Prices Has created havoc of late in the sale of MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS, PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES, and ROAD WAGONS all at the lowest cash price. PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will be sold at a low figure. W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa. Reasonable Bargains FOR THIS MONTH. We always carry out our promise* lo the very letter. Our promises to the public is (o sell liigli grade merchandise at lower prices than any other store in the country. Our constantly increasing business is proof. Positive that our promises have always been kept we have determined that more than ever we shall keep on increasing and increasing our reputation lor being the greatest popular priced store in this section. We give you special bargains in Clothing, SHOES and Ladies' Coats and We have a very large stock on hand and will sell this month at cut prices. It will pay you to make your purchase now. We have a full line of Ladies' Slippers at bottom prices. Also Ladies' .Skirts, Wrappers, Shirt Waists and Corsets. Prices chea|>er than you can buy the material. Ladies' Capes at half price. Come and see them while they last; it will l>ay you. Come and see: it will be lo your benefit. The prices we are ottering now when you see them yon cannot help buying. I _ -.l* H/\« The Reliable Dealer in Clothing jaCOP IWI Boots and Shoes. HUGHESVILLE, PA.