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PERFECT CLEANLINESS IS, 01
COURSE, FIRST REQUISITE.
All Receptacles Should Be Thorough!)
Aired at Frequent Intervals Prop
er Procedure When Scraps
Are Put Away for Fu
ture Use.
Perfect cleanliness Is essential foi
the best preservation of food. Th
cellars, pantries, storerooms, iefrig
erators. and all the receptacles it
which food is kept should frequently
be inspected and thoroughly cleaned
Heat and moisture tend to cause de
cay. Therefore, it is important tha'
all foods should be surrounded witl
pure, cool, dry air. When it is pos
sible, expose every closet and foo(
receptable to the sun and air severa
times a week.
All kinds of cooked food, partlcu
larly the animal foods, spoil quicklj
when covered closely while still warm
All soups, meat, fish, bread, etc., thai
are to be kept for many days or houn
should be cooled thoroughly anc
quickly in a current of cold air.
In hot weather it is a good plan
when cooling soups, milk or any li
quid mass, to place the vessel contain
ing the food in another of cold wa
ter with ice, if convenient, and eel
in a cool draught. All meat, wher
not hung up, should be placed on i
dish and set in a cool place. If poul
try be drawn and a few pieces of ;har
coal be placed in the body it wil
keep longer than if hung undrawn
It must not be washed until it is t
be cooked. The dryer the meat li
kept the better.
A dish of charcoal placed In the re
frigerator or pantry helps to keep th
atmosphere dry and sweet. Th
bread box should be washed, scaldec
and thoroughly aired in the sun twic
a week. v
The crusts and stale' pieces of whlt.
raised bread for which there Is no oth
er use should be put in a pan, dried
slowly in a warm over and ther
pounded, sifted and put In a glasi
jar for future use in frying croquettes
chops, oysters, etc. All the trim
mings of fat should be rendered whih
they are sweet, then strained into jan
or pails kept for that purpose. Pw
beef, pork and chicken fat together;
this will answer for deep frying. Ham
bacon and sausage fat answers foi
frying potatoes, hominy, mush, etc
All the strong flavored fats, such as
mutton, duck, turkey and the trim
mings from broiled ham are to be kept
by themselves.
Pure fat will keep sweet many
months, but if water or any foreign
substance be left in it, it will spoil
quickly. When rendering or clarify
ing fat cool it slowly until there are
no bubbles. As long as bubbles form
you may be sure that there is water
in the fat. If put away in that condi
tion it will become rancid.
Vaseline as a Hair Grower.
Plain vaseline, the yellow product
rubbed into the scalp nightly or sev-
eral times a week will prevent your
hair from coming out and also induce
a new growth. It is not a new rem
edy, but the petroleum has a wonder
ful effect on the growth of the hair.
Many of the Irish girls who come to
this country with such fine heads of
hair owe the growth to kerosene, which
Is a favorite remedy for strengthening
the hair follicles in Ireland. But as
that is unpleasant to use, the vaseline
comes next in order, possessing much
the same properties.
Coffee Spice Cake.
Put into a pan one cup of sugar,
one cup Porto Rico molasses and two
thirds of a cup of butter. Add one
cup hot coffee that has been turned
over a teaspoonful soda and stirred
until it stopped "purring." Mix well,
then add-one half pound seeded rais
ins, a teaspoonful each aloes, cinna
mon and nutmeg and flour, about
three cups or enough to make as stiff
aa fruit
Chicken Served on Shortcake.
This summer I spent the day at a
farmhouse with old friends, says an
sastern writer. The "biddy" was
rather small for a large family and
was served in this way, and how
jood it tasted. The fowl was frlc
isseed and served on squares of short
;ake with the gravy. Also a large
Jish of the short cake and gravy was
3n the table so that every one could
Have more shortcake If they couldn't
have more chicken. I thought it ciuite
in Idea for large families and decided
o pass it along.
DRAINAGE CONFERENCE.
Suggests National Drainage and De
clares for Good Roads.
Oklahoma City. Temporary organ
ization of the National Drainage con
ference was made Wednesday after
noon oy the election of George E. Bar-
stow of Bar stow, Texas, as temporary
president and J. B. Thoburn of Okla
homa City, temporary secretary.
Mr. Barstow was the principal
speaker at the night session. His sub
ject was: "National Irrigation
Fixed Quantity Why Not National
Drainage?" He spoke first on the
economy of irrigation, stating that he
was much given to pouring ten buck
etfuls of water on the garden where
one would suffice. He spoke of the
fear that existed some years ago, when
the government started in to reclaim
50,000,000 acres of arid lands, that it
wouid cheapen the lands in the more
humid regions.
"But," said Mr. Barstow, "notwlth
standinq the fact that about 10,000,000
acres of the arid lands are now in use
having been brought up to their effl
dent position either by the govern
ment or private enterprise, this land
surfeit has not been apparent. No
more lands are being created, but ba
bles are being born every hour, and
1,200,008 persons come here from for
eign shores every year. '
Mr. Barstow said that the natloal
Congress should make reclamation by
drainage a part of the reclamation act,
Instead of reclamation by irrigation
alone. It was in these problems alone,
he said, that public safety lies the
creation of a great problem for the oc
cupation of the minds of the people
bent on a great growth.
Kirk M. Treat of the Chicago Com
mercial Association stated that good
roads would save a billion dollars a
year for the United States.
Other speakers concurred with Mr,
Treat and impressed upon delegates
the necessity of establishing a system
of roads in Oklahoma at once.
Col. W. H. Moore, the president, de
nounced the custom of utilizing the
labor of criminals In manufacture of
articles which enter the market in
competition with free labor. He fa
vored convict labor on roads and pub
11c work.
Miss Alice Robertson, postmaster of
Muskogee, attributed the large amount
of insanity among women of rural dis
tricts to loneliness and isolation caused
by lack of communication from impas
sable roads.
MECHANICAL BIRD.
Exhibition of Successful Flying Ma
chine Model.
New York. On the roof 0Í the
Grand Central Palace a successful dem
onstration of a flapping wing machine
was made Wednesday.
Henry Rodenbach has on display in
the aeronautical annex of the Automo
bile club show a model of a contrivance
on which his father spent many hours
of careful thought and study during the
last years of his life. To show a small
gathering of interested aeronauta what
the machine is capable of, he mounted
a tower at one corner of the roof and
liberated his giant inanimate bird.
With slow, graceful sweeps the ma
chine slowly descended to the rool
twenty feet below, showing sustaining
power against the high wind and main
taining a poise that made it evident the
elder Rodenbach had solved one of the
problems of aerial flight.
The Rodenbach exhibit may be
termed a great mechanical bird, fash
ioned as it Is on the principles of na
ture as found In the wings of an eagle.
A beak-shaped arrangement cleavea
the ai;, while a tall-like rudder is sup
plied to control the direction of the
flight. Under the gigantic wings are
numerous cloth pockets of varying
sizes which open In the flight and in
crease the Illusion that the machine la
animate.
Mr. Rodenbach declares that a more
substantial model, fitted with a light,
powerful motor to work the wings, may
be built on this principle and will
carry a man of average weight through
the air in any direction and at any
speed he may desire.
Among those who viewed the exper
iment were Octave Chanute, Professor
Pickering, J. C. Lake, Israel Ludlow,
Augustus Post, Alan R. Hawley and
Dr. Julian P. Thomas. They pro
nounced the experiment a success.
An aeroplane thfat will not capsize in
the air is what Maj. C. J. S. Miller
claims to have invented. He has made
application for patents and expects to
have everything in readiness for a se
ries of trials here in the spring. A
number of the leading aeronauts of the
country will be invited to be present.
Miller s aeroplane is similar to that
of Wright brothers, though the diffi
culty which they had in their machine
capsizing. Major Miller claims to have
overcome. His device in this respect
serves as a parachute, thus preventing
any sudden descent.
Where Women Will rtule.
Fortf Worth, Texas. An Adamless
Eden In Texas is the dream of Mary
F. Hay den, the Chicago novelist, who
is arranging to establish a colony of
1,000 women in Refugio county, Texas.
She has acquired title to 5,000 acres
and Is at work on the plans for her
colony. Woman colonists may have
husbands if that condition cannot be
avoided, but the males must be a mere
notch on a stick so far as the affairs
of the colony are concerned. The
founder will endeavor to procure from
the Texas Legislature permission for
women to exercise the right of suf
frage in her colony, and all homes
must be In the name of the wife.
Miss Hayden was an intimate friend
of the Jate Frances B. Willard.
NEW MEXICO
The Territorial Board of Health la
session at Santa Fe adjourned after
granting licenses to practice medicine
to forty applicants.
The schools here have been closed,
says a Gallup dispatch, and the city
council has ordered all children to re
main off the streets and away from
public gatherings, as the result of scar
let fever which, however, Is being rap
idly stamped out. None of those ill
with the disease are in a serious con
dition. There are several cases of
diphtheria at Fort Defiance.
Twenty-nine original homestead en
tries, seven final homestead entries,
and four desert land entries, were
made at. the Santa Fe federal land of
fice during the last ten days of Novem
ber. The record for the month was
150 original homestead entries, 36 final
homestead entries, and 22 desert land
entries. Ninety-five of the original
homestead filings were in the Estancia
valley.
Preparations are well under way at
Roswell for the erection of a combina
tion theater and fraternity building by
Ro3well Lodge No. 969, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. A structure
of this kind has been under contempla
tion ever since the local lodge was or
ganized, and It is expected that the ac
tual work of construction will begin
shortly. The estimated cost of the
building proposed is $50,000.
Judge E. A. Mann at a special ses
slon of the District Court at Alama
gordo imposed the following five sen
tences and the prisoners will be lodged
in the territorial penitentiary: S. Mo
reno, murder in the second degree, ten
years; M Arvlen, burglary, two years;
Nicanor Gordoro, assault with deadly
weapons, one year and six months;
Pedro Ramo, assaulting his wife, one
year; James Nevlns, larceny, one year.
Incorporation papers were filed at
Santa Fe on the 6th inst., by the For
est Queen Copper Company of Silver
City, capital 1,000,000; incorporators
and directors, H. E. Ketler and u. T
White of El Paso. Texas: A. W. Sloss
of Silver City and M. D. Gaylord of No-
gal. Also by the Continental Lumber
Company of Silver City, capital, ?25,-
000: incorporators and directors,
Thomas A. Miller, G. J. Salle and C. A.
Salle of Silver City.
Santa Fe says a late dispatch nas ex
hausted its coal supply and on account
of thf! car shortage the city faces a
coal famine. The Santa Fe Central
railway has exhausted its supply and
is running only passengers and per
ishable freight and has postponed
sheep shipments until it can secure a
supply of coal. At the same time the
price of fire wood hns advanced 100
per cent, and there will be an advance
in the price of coal.
The body of Roy L. Putnam, thirty-
five years old, who perished while car
ing for his sheep near Portales, during
the recent blizzard was buried in the
cemetery at that place. Putnam had
bet-n reared in the Southwest and had
oniy recently bought a number of
sheep In partnership with another
Roosevelt county man. He was evi
dently deceived by the appArance of
the storm and remained out until it
grew so cold and the snow so blinding
that he lost his way.
Within the past few weeks, says an
Albuquerque dispatch, this city has
been flooded by-spurious checks and In
most, cases the offenders have been
caught but. escaped with light punish
ment. It is probable that the mer
chants will prosecute to the full extent
of the law the next offender. Librado
C. De Baca was arrested yesterday
charged with 'forging a check. E. H.
Green, who was. given a jail sentence
for a similar offense, secured funds to
pay the face of the checks and has
been released.
The remains of Charles A. Caldwell,
held at Albuquerque the past month
for Identification, have been buried at
the county's expense. This is the man
who was mysteriously killed at Algo
dones where he was supposed to have
been struck by a southbound passen
gertrain. He wore badge of the gov
ernment secret set vice and letters
were found among his effects from al
leged officers of the government. He
was a son of John Caldwell of Sweet
Springs, West Virginia, who is too poor
to send for the body
An Albuquerque dispatch of the 5th
inst. says: Paul Yrisarri'-of this city,
one of the large sheep raisers of the
territory, returned to-day and -confirms
the awful stories of the recent snow
storm and blizzard In eastern New
Mexico. His flocks are favorably lc1
cated on the south side of the Gallinas
mountains and he escaped with only a
few losses, compared with others who
had thousands frozen to death and
many that survived were Kiuea oy
wolves and coyotes driven out of the
woods by hunger. It Is the opinion of
Mr. Yrisarrl that at least ten herders
lost their lives In trying to protect the
sheep. It was the worst storm and the
deepest snow known to have, ever oc
curred in eastern New Mexico.
An Albuquerque dispatch of Decem
ber 6th says: To-day Virgil Harris
was turned over to a deputy sheriff
here by Sheriff Baca of Valencia
county and lodged In jail, charged with
firing the shot that struck Jose Pa
dilla in the leg when an attempt was
made to assassinate Padilla in the tim
bers of the American Lumber Com
pany about a month ago. Sheriff Baca
has gone back to the woods with war
rants for otliers, as it is stated that
four or five men were stationed at va
rious places to get Padilla with bul
lets when on his way to his saloon,
which had been dynamited. John Bel
knap, the ex-superintendent of the
woods of the American Lumber Com
pany, is charged as an accessory to the
attenoDted assassination.
NEWS SUMMARY
Socorro Murder Trial.
One of the foulest murders ever, com
mitted in this territory under any cir
cumstances was that in which two
Mexican boys shot and killed two Col
orado miners named John Billingslea
and William McLaughlin. The mur
derers, Carlos Sals and Ellzeo Telles,
on the 5th inst., at Socorro, entered
pleas of guilty to murder in the first
degree, but Judge Parker refused to
accept the pleas and the criminals will
have to stand trial.
The double tragedy was committed
September 29th last, in the Manzano
mountains, and the murders bhot the
miners in the back with the latter's
own guns.
After being taken in and given food
and a bed to sleep on and treated in
the most kindly manner by Billingslea
and McLaughlin, who were total stran
gers to them, Sals and Telles by
treachery lured their victims to a
lonely place in the mountains, under
the pretense of showing the way to
water, secured their guns by asking to
see them, and then shot them in the
back, killing McLaughlin at the first
shot, and Billingslea after shooting
him twice. All they got for the double
crime was a couple of guns, probably
worth $30.
The story of how Mrs. Billingslea,
wife of one of the murdered men,
stayed in a lonely camp in the moun
tains for two nights and a day by her
self, was one to excite the greatest
sympathy and admiration, when it be
came known that the murderers, not
content with the killing of the men,
sought to do her injury, and that she
protected herself from them with a
small pistol, which was not loaded.
The bodies of the murdered miners
were not discovered until six days after
death, when they were so badly de
composed that it was considered im
practicable to move them and they
were covered with piles of stone where
they fell. The murderers were easily
traced and captured and tried to lay
the killing on each other.
Billingslea was a newly married man
and with his wife was going through
the country with McLaughlin, a tele
graph operator, prospecting and on
pleasure. They had camped in the
Manzanoa mountains when Sals and
Telles, renegades and sheep herders,
went to their camp.
While both have confessed, Telles
now says Sals proposed the killing so
as to hold tie young woman a captive
in the mountains to be the prey of
Doth.
Frozen Sheepherders.
A Roswell dispatch of December 1st
says: Allie Dorriss, aged 38, who had
charge of the sheep flocks of Munroe
Hall, sixty-five miles north, was found
to-day frozen to death. The boy had
been dead two weeks and coyotes had
eaten off his face and part of his body.
W. H. Long, a wealthy sheep man,
came in to-night from his ranch on
the Elyeso, seventy miles north, and
reports that one of his herders, Sera
pio Grachlta, had been missing with
1,275 bheep since the first day of the
storm. It is supposed that sheep and
herder are dead and five searching
partle-3 are out. The value of the
sheep is $5,000. So far nine herders
that were frozen to death have been
located.
Ramon Paralta, a Mexican herder,
who was arrested on the charge of de
serting other sheep herders and being
responsible for the death by freezing
of Jose Leon de Baca, last week, was
acquitted to-day in Judge Bailey's
court.
The Chaves County Sheepherders
and Woolgrowers' Association is pro
viding for the widows of herders who
freeze to death while performing their
duty in staying with the flocks.
Three Killed by Cars.
An Albuquerque dispatch of Decem
ber 2d says: During the last week
three natives in the employ of the
Santa Fe railroad have met horrible
deaths in about the same manner, two
here in the yards and one at Socorro.
The first was Victorian Tastado, who
lasi Monday noon crawled under a car
to get, his dinner pail and in attempt
ing to get out of danger when the car
moved, had both legs crushed. He
died in an hour.
Tuesday at Socorro Jesus Gomez at
tempted to board a freight train and
slipped, falling in such a position that
the wheels of the train passed over
both legs below the knees. He laid all
night in a pool of his own blood, the
next morning being discovered by sec
tion men, and dying a few hours later.
This morning in this city Jose
Chaves, a car repairer, was unuder a
car doing some work when the car was
moved by a switch engine bumping it.
The man's legs were caught under
neath the wheels and ground off, one
above the knee and the other just be
low the knee. Chaves died within an
hour.
Brakeman Loses An Arm.
James Friday, brakeman on the
Santa Fe Central railway, while apply
ing the brake on a passenger car near
Santa Fe. was -thrown from the train
the wheels passing ovr his right arm
and cutting it'toff. ' His brother,, E.,E.
Friday, conductor, of , trie) train, did not
notice hid brother's absfence for a time
but discovering it ran ) the train back
to the place of the accident, six miles
and found that bis brother had mad
a tourniquet with a handkerchief tc
stop the flow of blood and had started
to walk to Santa Fe. His condition
was regarded as very precarious.
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Unearthing the Briber.
During a recent campaign. In Eng
land a certain .woman called on a la
borer's wife and asked if her husband
would vote for Lord Blank. "No, he
won't," was the reply. "But, remem
ber the blankets and coals you got
from the clergyman." "Never mind
them. He's been promised a new pair
of trousers if he votes for Mr. Dash."
Suspecting that this was a case of
bribery that must be outdone, the
woman canvasser offered a sovereign
if the woman would tell her who had
promised the trousers. The money
paid over, the woman smiled. "I
promised them," she said, "and I'll
buy them out of your sovereign."
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric ia
hidden behind a paste of .varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This troub'e
can be entirely overcome by using De
fiance Starch, as It can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength thar other makes.
Scheme Worked Out Badly.
Congressman Sulzer represents a
densely populated district on the East
side of New York ;ity. It occurred to
him some months ago that though
there are no gardens in his district
some of his constituents might grow
plants in boxes placed on window
sills or fire escapes, so he sent an as
sortment of seed to the Inmate of a
model tenement house owned by one
of his friends. - The latter met him
a few days ago and said: "See here,
Sulzer, I want you to cut out that seed
business. It's the limit!" "Why,
what's the matter?' asked the aston
ished Sulzer, and he explained why he
had sent the seeds. "Oh, you meant
well, all right," . returned the friend,
scornfully, "but when I visited the
place the other day I found that about
ten families were raising cabbage, cu
cumbers and tomatoes in the bath
tubs."
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