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DELICIOUS CONCOCTIONS THA’’
| ARE EASILY MADE.
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White Salad. Twentieth Century Salad
t and Japanese Rice Salad Are
Among the New Suggea
, tions for tha Cook.
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White Salad One cup ot celery, one
•up o* cabbage, one lb-cent can o:
pimento, one-half cup of almond*
felaoched. Cut the above rather hue
Oae-balf box of gelatine soaked in one
pint ot cold water, when soft add one
pint of bot water, one teaspoon ot
salt, one and one ha>f cups granulated
sugar. When slightly cooled add the
Juice of three lemons. When gelatine
has commenced to congeal add the
I other Ingredients. Mold In pan. cut lr
square*, and serve on lettuce leaf with
a good mayonnaise mixed half shipped
'cream. This Is delicious.
Twentieth Century Salad—Take six
oranges, peel cover aud seed them
and cut the fruit In small pieces with
a sharp scissors. Skin and seed one
half pound of white grapes and mix
the fruit with cne-half pound of |»ecan
nuts and one quart of chopped celery
'Mix all these Ingredients well and
stir In a dressing made the following
way: Best well the yolks of twelve
eggs, put In an earthen bowl over «
pot or bot water and stir them After
the eggs have become warm add one
cupful of melted butter and one-halt
pint of vinegar, which may be weak
ened with a little warm water tf toe
sharp. Stir the dressing until It 1*
pert eel I y smooth, being careful not tc
let It cook Asp long or It will curdla
Give It ttm# tb become perfectly cold
Then add the Alice of two leuions. on*
tablespoenftJl of*sugar, one tesffi>ooo
fni of salt, and a pinch of paprika ot
red pepper. Whip one-half pint of
double cream and stir it In; then mi.
away for several hours.
* With the above quantities ther«
should be enough salad (or twelve per
f sons and Is nice for a company lunch
Lin son^yflkcrale cost.
icc S-iad W.t-h out hn!
Wnc* a'ui cot l; .'i ; •<:-ih :u*
for twenty ininntos Mu in ■
^^^large bowl four tablespoons of ollvt
oil, two tablespoons of vinegar. ou<*
half teaspoon of salt, one-fourth tea
spoon of pepper, and one shake o ,
tabasco sauce. Toss the rice afte
thorough draining with this drefdsf
and add one-half a large onion or one
Small one, ot one tableapanu of cber
rias, cboppori fine.
is FAViHifr' WrrH scots
Mutton Pie if Made According tc
These Directions Is Most Appe
.■*"* ■" " ■- Ttelng Dish.
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Cut one pound of lean lamb Inu
in nil dice and season with pepper
salt and a da ah of cayenne. Add bal
I* cup of coid Water. For the cru»>:
• eij £ <-.r <ia.U one cup oi
prd. Hub tali li.e lard into th<
•our. tbe rest put into a pan with »
pint of water; bring It to a boil am*
pour Into tbe flour. Stir until smooth
Make the paste into pies while warm
Cut off a piece of the dough, roll ft,
Into a round, fit It Inside a muffir
ring, forming a cup. Put in a gen
*. emus tablespoon of tbe mutton am'
tbe same quantity of the liquor. Thei
roll out a round of paste for the cor
er. rut a slit In the renter, lay on toi
the pie and presa down. Trim th<
edge by passing the rolling pin quick
ly over the ring Holding tbe ring
elide a knife blade under the pie am
•a refill I j set It Into a baking pan
•flowing tbe pie to slip from tbe ring
Place tbe pies a little apart in tb< j
pan. Bake in hot oven until browr
and crisp Serve hot.
A New Mixed Cheese.
* Grate coarsely a half pound of plain
dairy cheese; mix Into it with a fork
a small piece of butter until you car
stir It easily. Be sure to mash all j
lumps out of It. Add about two table
apconfula of chili sauce, a tablespoon
ful of flnely chopped green pepper, a
teaspoonful of prepared mustard and
a couple of pickled onions chopped
very One. Silr all together with the!
cheese and If It is still too stiff add
a little cream. Season highly with
pnprica and salt and serve In a hall
f on a lettuce leaf This cheese should
he of the consistency of the cream
^ cheese that conies w’rapped In tinfoil.
Criap Julienne Potatoes.
Julienne potatoes are prepared like
Wench fried potatoes. Instead of tie
In* cut into medium sized strips they
are run through a cutter which turns
them out In very thin striu*s. from
which they derive tbe name of shoe
string potatoes. He careful not to fry
them too brown, as they require only
a few minutes to cook. Fresh pota
toes, not cooked ones, must be used.
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Going Away
Mrs Minton was dusting tier best
cut glass bowl—the Browning club's
wedding gift to ber—when a bird
Alighted on the window sill and sang
its sweet song. At the same moment,
a girl walked past wearing a bunch of
sweet peas in ber belt. Instantly
Mrs. Minton realised that she was
homesick for the garden and the
birds that bad been hers every year
of ber life „ntil this year, and she
decided she would go see the gar
den and the birds and the dear own
people she had not seen since her
wedding day
In the course of the day Mrs. Min
ton wavered several times In her In
tention, thinking of her husband; who
would care for Jack during her ab
sence? She fouud herself wiping a
tear away at the vision she conjured
up of her husband coming into the si
lent apartment to spend interminable,
lonely evenings without her. Still,
she could talk to him on the long dis
tance telephone and she would only
stay away two days at the most.
When Minton came home to dinner,
hia wife broached the subject that had
been uppermost in ber heart all day.
"Go by all means," Minton answered
cheerfully. ‘Tve been surprised that
you've stuck it out as long ns you
hare, Bess. It must be lonesome for
you here. At borne, there was always
one or another dropping in to see
you. When will you go?"
“Hut you will be lonely without me,
dear." Mrs. Minton said tremulously,
looking acrosk the table with sweet,
troubled eyes.
"Not a hit of it," Minton said rea*
surirgly. ‘Til look up some of my old
friends that I haven't seen since 1
Was married."
There was a moment's silence, then
Mrs. Minton said slowly: "I've heard
people joke about bus-bands being anx
lout to have their wives go away so
they might fcr.ve a good lime, but I’m
not in the least jealous of you. Jack.
1 made up my mir.d when we were
married that 1 never, never would
he jealous. While I’m away, I want
you to go around and have a perfect
ly splendid time. You know I’m a
woman of my word, and 1 mean what
1 say worn l toll you I'm not jealous.
You must and see all your old
friends, and the more you enjoy your
self the less regret 1 shall feel at
leaving you alone."
"I'll have a great time," Minton
laughed. "But don't loek so tragic
about It, Bess. Maybe I’U go out and
maybe I’ll stay at home. Whichever
I do, you can be certain I'm thinking
of you and wishing you back; yet,
at the same time, hoping that you'll
stay as long as you feel like it, and
that you are enjoying yourself".
This loverlike speech caused Mrs.
Minton to take heart.
The next day. before ahe left home,
the pinned a tender little note on Iter
husband’s pillow. Inserted a second In
the book he was reading and slipped
a third Into the pocket of his house
coat. Then she buried her face for
a moment in the coat, and with one
last, lingering look, left the bouse.
When seated in the elevated train
her attention was attracted in two
women who took seats near her. The
elder, a woman in tan. observed as
she sank Into the seat nearest the
window;
"Dick called up before I left home.
He’s going to bring Jack Minton to
dinner tonight Mrs Minton has gone
home to see her folks. I never met
her—I was out of town when ahe gave
her at home'—but 1 have my opinion
of a new wife who will forsake hei
Husband to soon after their wedding"
"Poor little thing! It's the most
natural thing in the world for her to
want to run home and see her moth
er." laughed the other. "She must
be lonely here In the city."
"Jack won’t be lonely while she's
away.” the other said. "Phyllla Bart
left is visiting next door, and ahe'e
coming to dine with us tonight. Jack
used to be awfully attentive to Phyllis
and she thinks he's about the—*’
Mrs. Minton felt that she could list
en to no more When the train
stopped she grabbed her valise and
rushed out.
Minton dined with his friends that
evening, escorted his old sweetheart
home, and then went on his way won
dertng why every other vomit
seemed so unattractive compared with
his wife He let himself Into the
apartment with his latchkey, turned
on the electric tight and gasped at
sight «f a crumpled up little figure
asleep on the lounge. In a moment
he was beside his wife.
"Bess, wake up! Wbat'a the mat
ter? Are you sick?"
Mrs. Minton opened two heavy, teat
stained eyes. *Tm glad you've come
Jack.’’ ahe said. "Have you had I
good time?**
“First class. But what—"
“With old friends?"
Jack nodded his head. "Butj
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"Not any W «M|f
for more than you «t^
foolish quest]
most rout
my te\
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GATEWAYS OF TRAFFIC
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FIVE GREAT STATIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Established to Facilitate the Inter
change of Freight Between Differ
ent Line#—Handle housar.de
of Loaded Cars Daily.
Flee great gateways of traffic are
situated Id different, parts of the
United Stales, says
the Railroad Man's
Magazine. Through
these, generally
speaking. freight
moving east or
west that passes
from one line of
railroad to another
must go.
They ere CbP
cago. East St. !
Louis. III.; East
Hannibal, Mo;
Council Bluffs, Mo.,
and Minnesota
Transfer, Mtun.
They are known
ea freight transfer
stations, and have
bee nestsblished to facilitate the la
teichange of traffic between different
Unes.
In a sense, these freight transfer
stations resemble somewhat the
great clearing houses of the aasocl
• ted banks In big cities like New
York and Chicago, but Instead of bills
serf coin, they handle dally thousands
of leaded freight tars.
Instead of bank checks, such as the
Inanrlal clearing bouse sorts out every
morning when they balance their ac
counts. the freight transfer stations
have hundreds of thousands of bigger
and more unwieldly pieces of paper
which are called way bills, which rep
resent the tremendous volume of mtr
! chandlse In the loaded cars.
Also there are bills of lading, which
answer the same purpose, hut in a dtf- {
ferent way. If the value of the costly
freight passing through one of these
great gateways each day could be
computed It would not fall far behind 1
| the day's business of the New York
j clearing house itself.
In addition to these live transfer
| stations that handle only business
■ (hat passes over two or mors different
lines of rails before reaching its des
tination each of the great rallToad sys
| terns has many similar transfer sta
tions for the interchange of freight
traffic between the various roads el
which It. is composed. A big gystet||
like the New fork Cental IIM, "Af
example Is Made ut> of 13 differed!
railroads, each a distinct corpora
tion.
For the purposes of accounting,
each of these lines la treated in tde
boolp a* tbougt} 4 were a lore^a
'ompatir though the rules for the fn
terchange of freight traffic between
tire various roads of a system are
somewhat modified from those which
govern the same work between two
separate systems interchanging busi
ness at any of the four great gate
ways In the west Yet the organisa
tion of domestic freight transfer sta
tions. such as those on the New York
Centra! lines, does not differ material
ly from that of the railroads which
meet at Chicago. East St. Louis, East
Hannibal or Council Bluffs.
Each system has from ten to flfty
j of these freight transfer stations lo
rated at the various Junction points
j of Its allied lines. The New York
Central, for example, has thirty one
j There la no better place for a young
1 man to get a thorough, practical
j knowledge of everything connected
with the artual handling of freight
traffic than a freight transfer stall a a
Our Cotton Money.
Our cotton crop last vear sold tor
' ipt'roximatelv $220,000,000 and
i many of our citizens are nnder the
i impression that tins nionev is avail
I ible for building railroads, factories
opening mines, etc. It is true we
exchange our cotton for gold but
; rliile producing the cotton, we eon
| mine ail our cereals and ship in
$75,000,000 worth of feed stuff from
>ther States. The Texas Grain
Dealer's Association conducted es
i pcciallv for this article, an exhaus
tive investigation into our cereal
j Mnsumption. The production col
j amn is taken from the Federal Agri
! mltural Department reports and the
! figures in the consumed column were
I fumisheil by the Grain Dealers As
j souation:
* Grain. Pm. Bu. Cons. Bu.
j Torn ....181,280,000 2*0,000.000
iVbeat .. 18,780,000 25,000.000
j Jflts .... 21,325,000 25,000,000
j Gay—Tans 711.000 3,000.000
The ave. age price of corn is sixty
hire cents; wheat one dollar; oats
d£c«ix cents and hay twelve dol
n these ex:en*iuiis are
figure# in the eonsump
find our cotton crop
•p< a red.
products are not
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To the Rescue
Mrs. Yarp 1* an extremely light
sleeper. Moreover, the night was hot.
The fact that Yarp was fathoms deep
in a noisy slumber, utterly undisturb
ed by her restless wakefulness, was
an added annoyance.
It was extremely unfeeling and bru
tal of him. to say the least, to be stor
ing up freshness and energy for the
morrow, while she most decidedly
Was doing nothing of the sort. Re
pressing a desire to smite him, Mrs.
Yarp arose and got s drink of water.
Then she wandered to the open front
windows in the hope at finding n
breeze.
Suddenly all the mists In her brain
were dissipated in one illuminating
flash. She had seen a light in the
Bargers’ bouse across the way!
The Bargers bad gone two weeks
before to their summer home In Wis
consin and bad carefully hoarded up
all the downstairs windows and doors,
leaving no caretaker.
It was a flickering light, and Mrs
Yarp could see it move through the
second floor hall Into a bedroom. Then
ft came out and evidently wandered
downstairs. Again it discreetly and
flickerlngly came up.
Mrs Yarp with two bounds reached
the side of her slumbering husband
and shook him violently. “Henry!
Henry!" she cried.
“Lemrae be!” murmured Henry.
There was really nothing else for
her to do, so she pulled his hair vio
lently. Thereupon Yarp sat. up with a
rush. "Have you gone crazy. Eva
linds?" he Inquired
"There are burglars In the Barg
ers' bouse!" Mrs. Yarp hissed at him.
"Burglars!"
"Burglars at the Ba gers'?" Yarp
repeated «lth alliterative' relish. "It
sounds like a vaudeville sketch—”
"Henry." Interrupted his exasper
ated wife. “If you don't get up this
minute and do something, I—I’ll—.
Pretty sort of neighbors wed he.
wouldn’t we. If we let them carry off
all the Bargers' things? Get up!*
Yarp obeyed and scrambled into
some clothes. He regarded with ris
ing excitement the light which was
still flickering about.
"I'd better telephone the police sta
tion," he said. "Maybs we can catch
them!"
“They must have broken In at the
rear somewhere,” said Mrs. Yarp as
she feverishly put on a kimono and
one black and one brown shoe. "Now,
don't you go and get shot. Henry!
Why can't you stand outside and
shout at them?"
Yarp's repiy to thts wt» a combina
tion of snort and howl. Already he
was down the stairs and Mm Yarp
was following.
The patrol wagon soon stopped a
block away and the three policemen
and Yarp conversed la a dark mass
under the big oak free In front. Leav
ing one man to guard the hoarded up
from of the Barger house the others
made a sortie to the rear.
On the Yarps* front porch Mr*.
Yarp clung to a post and strained her
eyes in the semi darkness. flack to
the Bargers’ house Yarp and tie two
officers prowled carefully. They
found that the hoarding on the base
ment. door had been removed Yarp
and one policeman stole inside, leav
ing the other on guard in the rear.
Yarp’s knowledge of the bouse was a
help, though occasionally the police
man flashed his lantern, Up into the
silent kitchen and the stuffy diking
room they prowled Apparently noth
ing had been disturbed.
"They must be beginning upstair*.”
whispered the officer."
Yarp’s heart thumped as they crept
up the stairs, pausing at every step.
Once a board creaked. Yarp could
hear hi* companion's heavy breathing.
They gained the top. There was no
light visible. ,
Yarp did not dare whisper. Ths
sudden awful thought that the Intro
ders had discovered them coming, arid
and were waiting In ambush to pounce
upon them paralysed him. Perspira
tion was streaming from his brow. A
shut up house on a hot night Is *x
tremcly w-srm.
As they walked Into the front bed
room something heavy hurtled at
them, and the policeman and Yarp
went down In a crash, while simut
tanemisly shrieks arose. They could
hear the racket below as the man on
guard In the rear stumbled to thelt
rescue. Mrs. Yarp across the street
added her voice to the excitement
"Henry’s killed! He's killed!” she
walled. The man In front was beat
Ing on the hoarded door, there beini
nothing else for him to do.
When the second policeman reach
ed the scene and turned on the light
of his bull s eye lantern It disclosed
Yarp, policeman No. 1 and Bargei
himself giving an Imitation of the Lin
coin statue tangle. Cowering In V
corner was Mrs. Barger. Barger anc
Yarp blinked at each other dazedly,
llarger came to first. “We ran ii
town today fur some new furnituri
for the cottage," be aaid. “and aftet
the theater we thought It would b«
cooler out here than In a down towt
hotel. The gas was shut off for tb«
I summer, so we used candles. 1 heart
[ you coming up Just aa we went to bed
L and 1 thought you were burglars!"
A Yarp staggered to the open fron
■window. Keep still. Evalinda. fu
Boodt.ess sake!" he called *Wr»
B*t to draw lots to see which of a
Beta arrested.'"
g? To Clean Silver Lace.
B Silver lace that la much used for
■rimming may lie cleaned by brushing
Lvi i on both sides with spirits ef
it out flat and leav^M
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STRAINER ANO DRIP CATCHER
Combination Tea Table Implement
That Will Prevent Getting Spots
on Cloth.
In order to catch the drip from the
•'miner after tea or coffee has been
poured through it a new invention pro
vides a drip bowl which may be
swung under the strainer. The strain
er is pivoted in a pair of arms ex
tending upward from the drip howl.
The handle of the device is attached
to the bow! and not to the strainer,
so that when the handle la turned to
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Strainer With Orip Bowl.
one side the strainer will maintain Ha
normal position, while the drip bowl
is swung out of the way. When the
handle* is turned pant a certain angle
the arm* engage a iip formed on ihe
strainer, so that the strainer will also
be tipped, and may be invert eel to
free it of the dreg* of grounds that
have collected therein.
PORK MUST BE WE* \ COOKED
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Many Sutler From Trichinosis by
Eating Pig Meat That la
Care lately Cooked.
Caere of illness sometimes oecnr
from eating uncooked or Insufficient
ly cooked pork which is infested with
a microscopic parasite commonly
known as tric hina or flesh worm, tha
scientific name Wing TrichlneUa spir
alis An average of 1 or 2 per cent
of the hogs slaughtered in the United
States are infested with this parasite.
When transmitted to human being*
trichina may cause serious Illness
sometimes resulting in death. Out of
about 15.000 cases of trichinosis re
corded In medical literature, most of
which occurred in Europw, 130 re
sulted fatally
A temperature of about 100 de
gree < Fahrenheit kills the paraslde.
therefore pork when properly cooked
may be eaten without any danger of
Infection Fresh pork should be
cooked until It becomes white and l«
no longer red in color In all portions
of the piece, at the center as well as
near the surface.
Dry salt pork, pickled pork, and
smoked pork previously salted or
pickled, providing the curing is thor
ough. are practically safe so far as
trichinosis Is concerned, but as the
thoroughness of the cuping is not al
ways certain, such meat should also
be cooked before it is eaten.
Honey Soap.
Honey soap Is very softening to the
skin. Many of the soaps sold under
this name have little or no honey in
them. It Is quite e««y to make at
heme as follows: Put Into a lined
saucepan one pound of good primrose
soap cut up Into shreds and Just
enough water to keep it from burn
ing; add quarter pound of pure honey
and one ounce of glycerine, a few
drops of perfume with two tablespoon
fuls of fine oatmeal; stir till tbe soap
Is dissolved, let it boll two or three
minutes, then pour Into a deep dish
When quite cold cut Into convenient
sise pieces; store It in a dry place
so that it gets quite hard
To Clean a Purse.
Any woman who owns a silver
worse. either sterling or German, and
who constantly pays the Jeweler for
cleaning It In order to *ave gloves
and light dresses. will be glad to
know that common baking soda will
clean It in a few minutes. That Is
what most Jewelers use. Just take
plenty of soda, and little water and
wash between the hands or with a
brush; rinse and dry—and think of
the money saved.
English Currant Loaf.
Mix together one quart of flour, a
• hair teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, a cupful
of cleaned currants and two tahle
spoonful* of sugar, then mb in two
large tablespoonfnls of btUter. Heat
one egg. add one cupful and a quarter
I of milk and add to the first mixture
to make a soft dough. Mold in one
Urge or two small loaves and bake to
a hot oven at once.
Original Pie Filling.
Roll out crust and cut with the top
of coffee can. Then All with this mix
ture. making little turnovers for the
boy to carry to mticoi: Five large
apples, one-hatf pound seeded raisins,
one lemon pared and seeded. Now
put all through the food cutter. Add
ore cup of sugar and mix, well.
CHANCED CONDITIONS.
Tha JKaw Station Master—!’ia
giari fro find you such a willing work
er. I via warned that I would find
you the most ill-iempered and laxy
man on the f*tatfon.w
Porter (anxious to ingratiate him
wlf)—“An* so 1. was till you coined,
air.’*—Black, and White. 1
lit a A Peo f»l1 • - ^
Illy Ha mi is **Xt»u” ties'e And I any
fie A ie nee i»t A u y 111 y ^uAntlurt and ihlny* for
the home. ,
nt have a you tty friend it y lAr n#m( «/
"dmy" who wunis me io keefi her fia*ted p#*
whiAe io Any ihiny x for her home.
White i am aOoxtl li i mlyht as wett
fixtH i*h my telle r * in your fiufieA hen. i
have no secret*. <0 wiit ieit you loi* of
Ihiny* you ouyA£ io know uAoul fuAnishlny
you r home. See my teller io “lluty* tenth wnk,
ifeiieve me,
«5*« I £/» fully is our s.
JLou,
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