The Konawa Chief-Leader. (Konawa, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1909 Page: 6 of 8
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Konawa Chief - Leader
W. H. NATION, Pub.
KONAWA,
OKLA.
The Modern Preacher.
He cannot if he would, he would not
If he could, ignore the great moral
issues which are fircely debated by his
generation, and which from time to
time cause social upheaval and re-
arrangement of social strata, declares
President Faunce of Brown university,
in his "The Educational Ideal in the
Ministry." The minister must proceed
with sanity and caution, and only after
adequate study. He is not ordinarily
to deal with individual men or meas-
ures, as is the candidate for public
office. But he is to feed and nourish
the moral sense of the community out
of the great storehouses of the past.
He is to challenge sharply all theories
and policies which antagonize the laws
of human justice and love. He is to
interpret the Gallilean teaching into
terms of present life. He is to explain
what in the gospel narrative is tran-
sient custom or local rule, and what
is eternal law. He is to point out im-
partially and fearlessly the ethical
dangers which inhere in all groupings
of labor or capital, and in all new
movements, social or civic, fraternal
or religious.
A model flat building is to be tossed
skyward on the South side in Chicago,
according to plans and specifications
furnished by a great architect, says
the Dally News of that city. Maybe
it will be a model, but we are not sure
about it. Great architects may know
how to build model livery stables or
even model theaters, but when a model
flat building is projected the prospec-
tive tenants should be consulted, since
they alone are competent to say when
a model tenement is a dream. As stone
walls do not a prison make, so brick
and mortar and oak finish do not make
a model flat. Would the great archi-
tect ever think of providing neighbors
who were cheerful lenders of sugar
and coffee, and who were never out of
those articles at a critical moment?
Would the architect so construct a flat
that it would be impossible to find a
resting place for a phonograph? These
are things to think about. Plans look
all right on paper, but if they fail to
supply a janitor who is both a Chester-
field and a Sandow, as well as a will-
ing shoveler of coal, they fall short of
the mark.
Even the British suffragettes cannot
escape the eternal dress qusstion.
The have lately devised a "martyr
robe," to be worn when welcoming
from prison the women discharged
after serving sentence for disturbing
the peace. It is white, trimmed with
ribbons. As they like variety, they
dressed in Scotch plaids the other day,
when welcoming a detachment of dis-
charged Scotchwomen who had let
their enthusiasm bring them into con-
flict with the police. No official expla-
nation of the new custom has been
made; but may it not be the purpose
of the reformers to suggest in a subtle
way that whatever may be their politi-
cal desires, they are still women?
LIGHT ROLLS FOR BREAKFAST. 1
May Be Served in a Great Variety of
Attractive Shapes..
Stir one teaspoonful butter, the
same of sugar, and one-half teaspoon-
ful salt into one cupful hot milk;
when cool, add one gill lively yeast,
one-fourth cupful warm water, and
enough flour to make a stiff batter.
Cover closely and stand in a warm
place. When well risen, add enough
flour to make a dough that can be
shaped with the hands. Let rise again,
keeping well covered, and when light
cut it down.
When it again puffs up, turn out on
a well-floured dough board, knead
lightly, pat out a little with a rolling-
pin, spread the surface with butter;
then knead until no trace of the but-
ter can be seen. Roll into a sheet
about one-third inch in thickness, cut
out with a large round cutter, then
roll the two opposite edges over and
over, stretching a little as rolled, un-
til they meet. Wash over with melted
butter, let rise, and bake.
The shape of these rolls may be
greatly varied. One attractive form
is made by pinching off the dough,
rolling into a ball with the hands, and
cutting through the top horizontally
and perpendicularly with a knife
dipped in melted butter, which pre-
vents the cuts closing. Or the dough
may be rolled into small oval shapes,
about a finger long and tapering at
each end, then joined in pairs, the
ends firmly pressed together.
Another pleasing shape by way of
a change, is made by first cutting the
dough into long stips, then plaiting
three of them together to form a
braid; or the strips may be formed
info rings and linked in pairs.
USE SODA TO CLEAN SILVER.
oso®o®o®oso®o®o®o®o®o®c®os ,hre<3 10 four feet in ,;iam!ter
<s) ^ ?. five to six feet high, .capping the shock
S FARMING IN ® , , - "
ijj stand until the peas
thoroughly cured.
Yield—A good crop in any portion of
Lc.uisiana should yield from sixty-five
to 100 bushels per acre. The Experi-
O with grass. The shock is allowed to
„ __ A Rtand until the peas and vines aie
| THE SOUTH |
og ®O®O®O®O<s^
PEANUT CULTURE.
Task Then May Be Accomplished in a
Short Time.
Cleaning the entire stock of family
silver has lost its terror since it has
been discovered that it may be accom-
plished in a comparatively short time
by the use of soda. Place over the
fire a clean tin dishpan half full of
water; when it has reached the boil-
ing point throw in a handful of or-
dinary washing soda; put in all of the
silver, boil ten minutes to loosen the
tarnish, remove it and wash in hot,
soapy water. Some of it may require
a hasty scrub with moistened silver
polish, and all of it will need the dry
polish rubbed on with a flannel cloth.
While this method may be safely
employed for silver, it is a dubious
process for plated and oxidized ware,
since the very purpose of it is the
loosening of the surface coating, be it
dirt or plate. Sterling silver is not
injured by it.
To give silver the antique or
satiny surface which is again in
vogue, rub it with old-fashioned bar
sand. Ground corundum Is not bar
sand, although it often passes as such,
and is to be avoided, having a sharp-
ness that may be detected under a
microscope, and which is much too
rough for silver.
The retirement of President Eliot of
Harvard has given the trustees of the
Carnegie foundation for aged college
workers an opportunity to emphasize
that its pensioners are not the recipi-
ents of charity. Dr. Eliot has been
promptly voted the highest annuity
possible under the rules, and in this
action Dr. Eliot promptly acquiesced,
although the compensation he has re-
ceived during his long service has
lifted him above the risk of indigence
in his old age. It is probable that one
of the motives influencing Dr. Eliot in
becoming a pensioner was a desire to
set an example that might release
other pensioners of all thought of
shame.
Anise-Zwiebach.
Beat whites of five eggs, add yolks,
one-half pound of sugar; stir 20 min-
utes (same direction always) to a
cream. Add one heaping tablespoon
| of anise seed and half a pound of
I flour. Stir together a while. Bake in
J long, narrow tin, rounded bottom if
! possible, in moderate heat for about
j twenty minutes. When partly cooled
I cut in slices of three-quarters of an
inch each and brown in oven.
Varieties—Soil—Time of Planting-
Cultivation—Harvesting—Yield—
Preparation for Market.
The Louisiana State Board of Agri-
culture and Immigration and the Ex-
periment Station has issued the fol-
lowing on peanut culture, prepared by
W. R. Dodson, Director, Agricultural
Experiment Stations:
In view of the frequent inquiries re-
garding the cultivation of peanuts, the
following condensed statement has
been prepared giving the most perti-
nent facts secured from the Louisiana
Experiment Stations and other experi-
ment stations in the South:
Varieties—The large peanuts usual-
ly seen at the confectioneries are the
"Virginia" or "Tennessee" "red" or
"white" varieties. The Virginia or
Tennessee red is more popular on the
market and these seem to be better
suited to Louisiana conditions than the
two white varieties. The "Spanish"
peanut has a smaller pea and has a
more erect habit of growth, and the
peas adhere to the vines with greater
tenacity in the harvest than is char-
acteristic with the other varieties. The
Spanish peanut is, therefore, easier to
harvest for forage or market than the
other varieties. The Spanish variety
is not quite as rich in oil as some of
the large varieties. The so-called
"Mammoth" varieties are not desira-
ble so far as the indications of the ex-
periments at the Ixjuisiana Stations
go. The yields are small and many
of the pods are not well filled. The
Spanish is generally preferred for for-
age and possibly for other {.-urposes,
on account of les labor involved in
harvesting.
Soil—Almost any well drained soil
in Louisiana will produce a fair crop
of peanuts. The sandy soil with a
moderate amount of humus is prefer-
red. Stiff soils frequently produce good
crops, but it is difficult to harvest the
pea satisfactorily and free it from dirt.
Red soils, containing a large quantity
of iron, color the pods and injure the
market qualities. Soils containing a
large amount of stable manure or de-
composing vegetable matter are liable
to produce excessive vines and a
small yield of peanuts.
Time of Planting—Peanuts should
not be planted until all danger of
frost has passed. They may be plant-
ed as late as the middle of June and a
good crop made.
Preparation of the Soil—Prepare the
soil as for ordinary staple crops. As
clean culture is desirable, land that is
comparatively free of weed and grass
seeds is to be preferred.
Planting—Very slight ridges shoufd
be prepared in ordinary soils, in the
more sandy soils, the flat row should
be used. The rows may be arranged
from two and a half to three feet
apart. The closer rows have I —1
found to give the largest yields, ^'he
hills in the row should be from six
inches to a foot and a half apart. Us-
ually the short distance is used with
ment Stations have produced a little
over 100 bushels per acre on a good
crop. The Arkansas Station reports
yields of from ninety-five to 172 bush
els Der acre. Reports from small .
pel ««-<" * indicate to use reasonable force to prevent
farmers in north Louisiana indicate
Important English Railroad Decision
A passenger tn a full railway car-
riage in England has a perfect legal
right to push away anyone else who
tries to get into it. This decision was
given at Marylebone police court
when a man complained that he was
pushed out of a carriage at Bishop'3
Road station by another passenger,
who said the car was full. "It Is the
duty of conductors," said the court,
"to see that the trains are not over-
crowded. They are perfectly entitled
yields in that section of from eight >
to 100 bushels per acre.
Preparation for Market—To be pre-
pared for the market the peas must
be separated from the vines and thor-
oughly ridden of the adhering dirt. Va-
rious mechanical devices are help-
ful in this work. Peanut threshers
are on the market and are said to do
satisfactory work.
Price—The price per bushel of twen-
ty-two pounds varies from 50 to 85
cents. The average price for ten
years at Norfolk, Va., is said to be 65
cents per bushel.
Peanuts for Oil Production—Pea-
nuts contain from 35 to 50 per cent
oil. Prime oil is said to be worth 65
cents per gallon. The lower grades
used for soap stock would bring a
much lower price, as they would come
into competition with the soap stock in
the form of cotton seed oil. The residue
after the oil is extracted is a valua-
ble stock feed and should bring from
$20 to $25 per ton when the meats
and hulls are mixed, or from $25 to
$30 per ton when the hulls are sepa-
rated before the oil is extracted.
Peanut Hay—Peanut hay, when well
cured is a most excellent forage. The
Louisiana Stations have shown that
peanuts are most excellent for fatten-
ing hogs. The Arkansas Station found
that one-fourth acre in peanuts pro-
duced 313 pounds of pork, while the
same amount of land in corn produced
only 109 pounds of pork. The Ala-
bama Station found that hogs pas-
turing on a peanut field made much
cheaper gains than on cowpeas, sweet
potatoes or sorghum.
How Prize Lambs Were Fed.
F. E. Bryant of the Pecos valley,
New Mexico, exhibited a load of lambs
at the recent international stock show
and took first prize on them, demon-
strating to his countrymen that he
knows how to grow good ones. The
lambs were dropped early in March,
the mothers being cull ewes past their
usefulness on the range. They had
teen put on alfalfa pasture in the fall
before. Through the summer the
lambs were on pasture with the ewes
until they were weaned August 15.
From that time on they were fed green
cow peas and other green feeds and
alfalfa hay in the feed lot. They were
finished on corn, alfalfa, hay, beets
and other root crops. Mr. Bryant gave
the feeding his personal attention and
the result shows that he knew his bus-
iness. The lambs were eight days on
the trip to Chicago and won first out
of sixteen entires. They averaged 116
pounds.
Slaughter of Birds.
By killing insect-eat|ng birds Amer-
icans are robbing posterity and per-
mitting an annual crop loss of $800,-
the small varieties and the poor land 000,000 according to William Dutcher,
and the maximum distance with the president of the National Association
Rice Pudding, with Currants.
Half a pound of rice and one-half
pound of currants. Wash the rice, tie
it in a cloth, allowing room for it to
swell, and put into a saucepan of cold
water; let it boil for an hour, then
take it up, untie the cloth, stir in the
currants and tie it up again tolerably
tight, and put it into the water for
the remainder of the time. Boil for
another hour, or rather longer, and
serve with sweet sauce.
large varieties and the richer land.
Generally two peas are planted to the
hill. In early planting cover some-
what deeper. It is the general prac-
tice to shell the peas be'ore plant-
ing. Good results are secured by sim-
ply breaking the pods, but they do not
come up as quickly When planted this
of Audobon Societies. If we permit
the heritage of wild birds that still ex-
ist to be further wasted'and destroyed,
we are robbing our children, declared
Mr. Dutcher. The people, as trustees,
are in honor bound to preserve these
wild birds for those that follow us. We
do not wish our children to feel about
Halls of fame and pantheons of the
great dead are distinguished almost as
much for conspicuous omissions as for
the monuments they contain. Bun-
yan's "Pilgrim's Progress" used to be
second only to the English Bible in the
affections of the people, and is still
widely read, and yet Bunyan is not
commemorated in Westminster abbey.
It is said that the Baptists of Great
Britain have started a movement to '
place in the abbey some shrine to the
master of English religious prose.
French Omelet.
Mix well together in a basin four
whole eggs, two good tablespoonfuls
of new milk, cream, or stock, one and
a half ounces of butter, a little salt
and paprika, melt one and a half
ounces of butter in an omelet pan,
then pour in the mixture and fry for
two or three minutes, stirring the
mixture so that all of it may be equal-
ly cooked, then toward the end of the
frying form it into a half-moon shape,
turn It out on to a hot-dish, and serve
quite hot as a breakfast, luncheon, or
second course dish.
Mr. Rockefeller suggests that the
way for a young man to get rich is to
borrow $4,000 and sail in. If the dis-
tinguished oil merchant will kindly put
Ills telephone number In the book he
may hear from a few thousand deserv-
ing young men who are willing to start
by borrowing the $4,000 and give his
plan a trial.
Potatoes Baked with Onions.
Wash, peel and wipe a dozen pota-
toes. Put them in a roasting tin or
earthenware pan in which four ounces
of butter has been previously melted.
Cut four large peeled onions into thin
slices and put them over the potatoes,
season with pepper and salt.
Place them in a moderately hot
oven, basting them frequently with
the hot fat, turning them occasionally
so that they become uniformly
browned. Then drain them, diBh up
aii4 serve.
from one to two bushels of peas in
the hull to plant an acre.
Cultivation—Frequent shallow cul-
tivation up to the time that the vines
begin to bloom gives the most satisfac-
tory results. No special precautions
are necessary in the cultivation of the
crop. After the blooms begin to ap-
pear the vines should be disturbed as
little as possible, though the middles
may still be cultivated lightly with
any implement most convenient.
Harvesting—Harvesting should be
gin as soon as a large per cent of
the peas have matured. If the work is
delayed and unfavorable weather pre-
vails (here will be greater loss from
the germination of the peas as they
mature than will be compensated for
by the maturity of the later formed
peas. Tho common method of har-
vesting is to off-bar the row with a
turnplow. Then lift out each hill sep-
arately with a ground fork, shaking
I the bunch to release the adhering
dirt. Two or three rows are bunched
; together and curing is very much af-
5 ter the order commonly followed In
; wlndrowlng hay. When a considera-
ble crop is produced they are shock-
| ed in small shocks around a stick driv-
i en in the ground, making the shocks
anyone from boarding cars when they
are full. If they fail to avail them-
selves of this right the passengers are
entitled to act for themselves."
Properties of L^ad
Lead, when reduced to a very low
temperature in liquid air, is said to
act much as steel at ordinary tem-
peratures. It will serve as a helical
spring, for example. Just as iron is
soft and inelastic, at a high red col-
or, so lead is dull and soft at ordi-
nary temperatures, for it is then al-
ready well on its way to be melted.
Montana Sapphires
Montana during 1907 produced sap-
phires worth $229,800.
The "Eternal Feminine"
Among some African tribes, when
a man professes his love for a woman
and asks her in marriage, she invari-
ably refuses him at first lest it should
appear that she had been thinking of
him and was eager to become his
wife! By so doing she maintains the
modesty of her sex, as well as tests
the love and abases the pride of her
lover.—London Wide World Magazine.
The Shirt Sleeve Foundation
We are all familiar with the saying:
"It takes only three generations from
shirtsleeve to shirtsleeve." If, then,
the average American family has to
go back to the shirtsleeve for a new
start every few generations, let us ac-
knowledge that he best energies of
the people have come from the shirt-
sleeve fo-ndation, ancj frankly say
that it is the best, if not the only,
plaCe to start in life. Then, through
the medium of the schools, let us give
all the youth of the land the advan-
tage and value of a thorough and
practical training in working withi
their hands, in connection with the
academic school work that is now
given them.—The Craftsman.
Foghorn Cost Vast Sum
There has just been erected on the
Bass Rock, the precipitous island of
the Firth of Forth, off the Hadding-
tonshire coast, a new foghorn which
has cost $200,000. It will be interest-
ing to note the effect of the hooter
on the nerves of the sea birds, of
which thousands of one kind and an
other are to be found on this desolate
spot. At dusk the captains of the pas'-
senger steamers in passing generally
sound their whistle or siren for the
amusement of their passengers, and
it is a sight not easily forgoten to
watch myriads of sleepy birds fly a
short distance and then return, after
uttering their protest after the man-
lier of the owl in Gray's "Elegy." The
new foghorn will give three blasts
every two minutes.
way. as when shelled before planting, us as we do about our fathers, who
Planting the whole pods delays germ:-; permitted the wanton and useless ex-
nation and generally prevents securing | tinction of the bison and the wild pig-
a first-class stand. It will require eon. In the matter of bird legislation
the •(? is no resting place; the only
price of satisfactory bird protection is
eternal watching of legislatures, for in
an unguarded moment an amendment
may be passed that will undo the work
of years.
A Valuable Tree.
There is a tree in C'heapside, Lon-
don, that may be described literally as
the most expensive of its kind on
earth. If $5 gold pieces filled the en-
tire trunk and $5 bills fluttered in
place of every one of the leaves,.it
would not buy the terra flrma it oc-
cupies. For the land on which it
stands, the northwest corner of Wood
street and Cheapside, is worth 4 1-2
million dollars an acre. The tree has
stood on this spot for over 200 years,
while its site has augmented in value
to almost fabulous proportions.
A Lace Museum
Mrs. James W. Pinchot of Wash-
ington has a beautiful collection of
laces which is to make the nucleus
of a collection at the National mu-
seum, in which several women are in-
teresting themselves, among them
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. James S.
Harlan. Mrs. Roosevelt has loaned a
rare piece of lace. Mrs. Harlan has
sent some beautiful embroideries.
Mrs. Pinchot's fans are of the Louis
XVI. and first empire and George II.
time, while others have a dainty
Spanish sticks, and a carved fan is
probably of Chinese make. The mu-
seum officials say that this loan col-
lection shows a wide-spread civic
pride in the c'ty of Washington, o
a sort that has given to New York
its Metropolitan Museum of Art and
its galleries.
Oklahoma Directory
DEERE IMPLEMENTS
and VELIE VEHICLES ..kyourd«i«r
or JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., OKLAHOMA CITY
A Variety of Crops.
It is profitable to grow a variety of
crops rather than one, as this gives
crops to be marketed at different
times of year. This Increases the
regularity of the farmer's income and
distributes it over a greater period.
This In turn enables him to do busi-
ness on a smaller capital.
WANTED
For the U. S. Navy, active, intelligent, American
citizens of good character and temperate habits;
must be between the ages of 17 and 35, and able to
read and write. Communicate with the
NAVY RECRUITING OFFICE,
220 W. Grand At., Oklahoma City, Okla., lor circulars
LEARN PLUMBING
BIG
PAY
SHORT
HOURS
One of the beat paid of all trades.
Plumbers are in demand everywhere
at good wages. They have short hours.
B) our method of instruction we make
you a skilled, practicii plum' er in a few
months, so that you will be able to fill a
good position or conduct * business of
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