HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-11-30, Page 2MISS CAPRICE.
By St, George Rathborrie.
"Lady Reth, do 1! beer aright? Do,
Sou tally realize what it is you say
"h am conscious of the gravity of the
charge, but that does not prevent me
trent sasertiug it. 1 repeat what I said
befeete that you are agaun the victim
et a piot. As to this Sister here, can
it be l'o el:Re you do not know her:?'
lie shakes his head,
".have you seen her flee'."
"It t is old and shrivelled—that a a
atr:tugt "
At this the Sister throws back her
Veil, uuri they see the features Jolty
deeenbes.
aAfter ail, I arm right," gays Jolty,
'with the air of a man who attempts to
ju-tile himself.
At that the English girl bangles
scorufulfy-
"Itestlly. I disc trot think, *then could
be so easily deceived, and one whom I
ce: n,edes~ted as shrewd ..s you, Do for
ebtioage- M ce what a miserable 4ecep-
t;cm a frard transferred from ease
bo'ar,?s of as New Yore,, theatre to Al-
getea I'.eseee: the uraele wand touehea
age with ;a gee touch, a,ud what fol-
lows .t"
Ley Ruth is stau,ding between the
two autl within arm's length of either",
TheSiete:- has nee proved, but, as if
c'onr,ia r.t of inri'emicing J>slan, hvids her
own. She aeosats dangers with her
eyes at the English girl, hat looks can-
not hart.
As lady Ruth uttere her last words,
sire melee a, molten move,
With as dexterous thing of au arm; site
eneeeeds; hI1 tearieg from the Sister's
fats the cleverly made thin stage mask
that has tverrived to conceal the fes,
tures of erne that did a double act,
The professor laughs.
l'eona the crowd that is Millgather-
ing vaar"ot s sounds arise: for eo one
rata evc.i give a glees an be, the nature
ee the gsete l ar teeewisiele LS thus be-
ing entseted.
see for Johe Craig, he holds his.
breath ext the ss:t.peadouss aatture of the
a»,, :»,.sed, ter iett.e es be has dreamed
of flee fast, he sees before him the well-
Laawn features of Pauline Potter,
This eneen of the stage lyes made
even another all,teuapt to get John, and
might have sue eeeed d only for the ap-
pe terse a.'trra,iai„ of yoga friends.
bzwks away from her-
"•S.a, St is you again, wretched girl'!"
l e exclaims in something of righteous
wrath -
She has lost once more, but this is
frolic to one of her ;nature, and she
laughs in his f tee,
'Oh, it's a lung road that has no tura-
Ing. and my chanee will yet come!
Bah! I snap my fingers at such weak
ftieud.hip. hood -night. all of you, but
not good-bye."
' Then she disappears.
Craig feels abashed.
Ile has almost come to blows with.
his beet friend about this female, and
after ail, she turns oat to be the plot-
ting Pauline.
"I think I need cc guardian," he mur-
murs, as if rather disgusted with him-
self
"From the ugly Looks some of these
chap, are bending on you, I think dit-
to," deleares Philander, nor are his
words without meaning, for the natives
Eeowl dreadfully.
"Lady Muth, I owe you thanks; but,
v,•hile we walk to the hotel, tell me
bow you c aline to know she was mas-
qi reding - n that style."
"It is easily told, sir. A. mere acci-
dent put fere in possession of the facts,
end, thank 'leaven, I am able to build
tics arid two together- You are frank
enough, Doctor Craig, to give me cer-
tain partieularrs coneerning that crea-
ture's plotting, and that confidence has
now borne fruit.
"7 int+ u, then. I was 4n the hotel, in
my room. Some freak of fortune plac-
ed her in the apartment ennt op, osite_ Know-
ing what presumably brought her to Al-
giers, the desire to have revenge u;eau
you, I entertained a feeling of almost
contempt for a -woman who could so far
forget her sex and seek a man who
loved her not. If it were I whom you
jilted, Doctor Chicago, I would freeze
you with scorn."
"Jove! I don't doubt it, Lady Ruth,
but please Heaven you will never have
the chance," he says, in a half -serious,
half -joking way.
"To return to my story, then," she
continues, blushing under the ardent
look that has accompanied his words,
"the queer part of it lies in the fact
that a transom over my door was part-
ly open. There was a black paper back
of the glass, which gave it the proper-
ties of a mirror.
"Over her door was a similar oontri-
uinne, and as I sat there in the dark-
ness of my room, pondering ovcx what
has happened, my attention was •attract-
ed by a flash of light, and, looking up,
d saw the interior of her room as plain-
ly es though looking through the door
—saw her assume the garb of a Sister
—saw her try on that horrible face-
mask before a mirror, and realized that
the clever actress, Pauldne Potter, was
about to again undertake some quix-
otic crusade in the furtherance of her
plans.
"Later on, Aunt Gwen came and
said we had better go outside to hear
;the music and see the crowd, so I came
tout, but all the white I had been pus-
lsling my brain wondering what she hop-
ed to accomplish with that clever die-
;guess, nor did the truth break in upon
any mind until we discovered her talk
;1mg to Doctor Chicago. Thema I com-
Vrehended.
"And I am again indebted to your.
clever wdfnan's wit," he says warmly.
"Who can, tell fromwhat dreadful -
fate I saved you," she laughs; "for this.
same Pauline seems determined that
you shall not remain a merry bache-
lor
achelor. all your days."
"So far as that is concerned, I quite
agree with Pauline. Where we differ
is ,upon the ,subject that shall be tike
eto use of my becoming a b,enediet. She
' ebooses one person, and I chane to pre-
fer another. That is all, but it Is quite
oenoats;h, as you have seen, Lady Ruth,
,to create a tempest in a tea-pot."
, ,i
ie.xre. we the l
� w e t hots she Imete
enc to say, as if fearing lest be Pliant
the subject thenand thieve to a more:
legitimate conclusion, for she has learn-
ed that these young Chicago men gener-
ally get there whenthey start; "and
I am not sorry for one. Look around
you, doctor!"
This he de:s for the first time, and
is startled to discover that they have
teen accempenied across the square by
at least half a dozen natives, who gaze
aeon John much as might wolves that
were kept from attacking the sheep by
the presence of faithful guards.
"They don't seem to bear lee any
good -will, I declare; but I an bouud to
pr'txxscute my search, in spite of every
Arab. is Algiers," is the only remark he
makes, meeting glance for glance..
They have nett yet succeeded in cow-
iug the spirit in John Graig, though
the man has a poor ehauce who incurs
t'he vindictive race hatred of \iohart-
metria devotees in their own country.
The others enter also..
Sir Leonel, not a bit abashed by the
failure of bis grand plan for saving the
life of Lady Ruth in the hal"bor of
Malta, still haunts her shadow, fie
knowe John Oraig has aa, strong sus-
picion of the truth, but having read
that young roan's character before
now, feels quite certain that he will not
speak of the subject without positive
Proof, which he cannot secure.
Besides, the Briton came out of the
affair wath such, bard luck, that there
is ulna sympathy for Ulm , 1 lives
in the hope of retrievvug his fallen. for -
tutees.
Thus the little party breaks up, to
meet again an the morrow.
John Cr•,tg's only hope now of suc-
cess in bis quest lies in the Moos', Ben
Taleb. If the spirit so moves him, he
can bring him and his mother face to
afac'e, but whether this will ever come
to pass remuine to be seen,
John, ere retiring, eaches eight of the
faithful alustspha Cad], who lounger
near by, and wibo makes a signal, as he
catchers his employer's eye, that braise-
Craig
ringsCraig to his side.
"Where does the master sleep?" be
asks.
John explains the position of his
room, having some Curiosity to know
why the courier asks.
`'Monsieur should be careful about:
leaving his wiudews open; Arabs climb
well; vines very handy; yataghan make
no shout. There is no disgrace in be'
fu; prepared.,'
This is toe broad to admit of any mis-
interpretation, awl John again makes
up his mind to eontinual watehfulness-
He retires to seek rest, to dream of a
strange eonghol uueretion of gray eyes,
and black and brown-etbat he is com-
pelled to elwuie between the English
girl, the Chierteo eetr tes and the Moor-
ish
oorish beauty, while death waits to claim
him, no matter which one he selects.
OU.IAPTEB. XV.
John Craig takes all the precautions
that the courier mentions, for he does
not care to awaken in the night and
gird a dark -faced fanatic of a. Moham-
medan in hie ream, sworn to accom-
plish his dearth.
Perhaps leis safety is in part due to
this; at any rate morning comes and
finds him undisturbed.
When he descends from his room he
has a vague bope that some word may
have come from Ben Taleb.
In this respect he is doomed to dis-
appointment for there is no letter. So
another day of waiting begins. The
doctor is determined by nature, and
has mage up his mind that he will.
not give up his mission, until he has
accomplished that which. he set out to
perform, no matter if he spends weeks
in the African city at the foot of the
sills known as Sahel.
The others join him by degrees.
Such charming weather; a dozen trips
for the day are proposed and rejected.
All conclude to waist until after break-
fast, when they will be in a condition
to discuss the matter and decide just
what is best to be done.
John is ready to join them and see
the sights, for there is a chance that he
may in this way run across the one he
seeks, if she be moving about the city
on errands of mercy, es becomes her
order.
Besides, he places considerable de-
pendence upon the promise of the old
Mor.
So he enters into the discussion with
Assumed vigor, being magnetized now
by the blue eyes of Lady Ruth.
They ask the advice of 11lnstapha
Cadi, and he promises to show them
many queer sights before the sun sinks
behind the hills and the booms of the
gun in the fortress announces the close
of another day.
Thus, all of them prepare for a day's
outing, and. Lady Ruth looks quite
charming in hes. jaunty costume, especi-
ally suited for such business.
John no longer remembers the daze
zling beauty of the Moorish girl who sat
at the feet of old Ben Taleb on the pre-
ceding night; it could not compare with
the vivacious intelligence of an educate
ed girl coming from the countries be-
yond the seas.
First of all, they mount the terraces
of Ialustapha Superieur and enjoy the
magnificent -view of the city and har-
bor. Many modern yachts lice upon
the blue waters, side by side with
strange vessels peculiar to the Medi-
terranean, while the incoming steamer
from Oran is just entering the ,harbor.
Upon this ridge above the city lie
numerous palatial residences, now occu-
pied by French and English fanrilees,
but which wereonce owned. by the pi-
rate kings of A]gsiers, w'hose names
may often be found upon the gate -post,
cut in letters of gold.
From this eyrie they scanned the sea
with their glasses, and the appearance
of a sail in the dim distancie would be
tbe signal for a mad chase to see which 1
pieatliical felucca eoanld first overhaul
the stranger.
Uncle Sam had something to do with
breaking up this tremendous pirates'
den, and then France has since 're-
deemed it.
Thus a coasiderable portion at the
morning is consumed in this pleasaut
engagement. They take an omnibus now
for the Arab village of Birkadeen, in
among the bilis, where new and 'novel
nights will be looked upon.
Every female tlaey meet ` arouses
John's interest, and bee looks sharply at
the half -hidden face. The hope he
cerishee is always before thine, and
vehen plenty 4uth notices, ltd easter ec-
eseen stale
tions, she understands Vaal =What it
means, and is es anxious in tree way as
himself.
One thing annoys the American; this
is the persistence with which SirLion-
el keeps up as a member of the little
company. He makes himself agreeable
ski around, and as. John has hand no
proof of the Briton's miserable work
he the harbor of Malta, he s wife
enough to restrain his feelings and hold
his tongue, trusting to some future
event to tear off the *task and reveal
him in his true colors.
At noon they are in the village, aetd
stop to eat their lunch at an, Arab tav-
ern, where they fare pretty well,though
John is ready to make a vow never to
egoist touch the native dash of I%usr
kusu which is set before them.
They see strange things at Birkadeen,
end from 'there combine their journey
to other villages, Bermandries and El-
Biar, at each of wbi h lt'iustapba has
something odd to show therm that will
ever remain a pleasant memory in the
future.
It is a day Sohn Craig will never for-
get for more reasons than one; a day
marked with a white stone because of
the ples.aure be enjoys to the society of
this bright English girt, whom he has
erre now learned to love, and a day that
must always remain prominent In his
mini because it precedes o. `night ethat
is the most memorable in all his his.
ter"y,
In more ways than one does Lardy
Roth, while always setting as a lady,
show that she prefers his society to that
of Sir Leonel, and though the British
Readier appears unruffled ors the surface,
he is undoubtedly deeply piqued.
So the hours wear on.
The sun is low in the west, and the
ever watchful Mustapha declares it is
time they started for the city, They
have enjoyed a ride ou the ship of the
desert, as the tamer is called, admired
the Arabian stceds,whioh all the money
of an unbeliever or Christian dog could
net purchase, and looked upon many
;strange scene.s
Several times during the afternoon
they have been temporarily separated.
The baronet appears to have a deep in-
terest in the queer 'things to be seen in
tbe Arab village, ;Cor more than onoe he
lingers behind to ask questions es he
explains, in the hope or purebasing some
artieie that has particularly oaught his
fancy.
John never once suspects that Sir
Lionel may have another motive in his
actions.
When Mustapha announces that it is
time they return, they look around for
the vehicle which was to take them
back, but strangely enough it docs not
appear,
As the minutes pass Mustapha grows
exceedingly impatient. He has arrang-
ed matters 'to suit their convenience,
and this delay is annoying. It does not
suit him to return at night.
Just as patience ceases to be a virtue,
and the guide has announced his inten-
tion of finding some other means of
t*ansportation, .they discover the omni-
bus coming into view from beyond the
thicket of cactus and aloe.
It has been carrying a. load of vil-
lagers from their homes to the hills of
Bouzaveab, to the native cemetery
which crowns the summit.
Then they suddenly remember that it
is Friday, or the Mahammedeu Sunday,
on which day great throngs repair to
the grave -yards and visit the tombs of
the marabouts or saints, gazing upon
some ancient relic which the departed.
n ore in his life -time, and which, on ac-
count of its disreputable condition, no
respectable European would touch.
They have the omnibus to themselves,
which, of course, pleases them.
John shakes his head dubiously es he
carters the vehicle. He has glanced at
its condition, and declares that they will
be lucky indeed to reach Algiers with-
out a breakdown.
The driver has been scored by Mus-
tapha for his tardiness, and appears to
feel the sting of the reproach, for no
sooner are they seated in the old vehicle
than he uses his whip with some vim,
the horses start away, and they head
for the city.
When the road is smooth it is all
very good, but after leaving Birkadeen
they will strike a rough section that
will try the staying powers of the
wretched vehicle.
As they whirl through Birkadeen is
a cloud of dust, with several mangy
curs howling at the heels ort the steam-
ing horses, it is just sunset. There is
no mosque here with its minaret, from
which the muezzin clients his call to
le,nyer, but tate faithful do not need
such a summons, and can be seen here
and there prostrating themselves on the
ground with faces toward the holy city.
One grows accustomed to sueh spec-
tacles when travelling in Oriental coun-
tries, where Mohammed is looked upon
as the great prophet of Allah, and the
novelty inspired by the first sight dies
away.
After leaving the Arab village, they
strike the rough section of the road.
It would be natural to suppose that
the driver has by this time gotten over
bis anger at being chided by Mustapha,.
and might moderate his pace, out of re-
spect to his antiquated vehtiele, if not
the safety of those who occupy it.
Not so.
If anything, as darkness steals over
the some, he uses his whip with great-
er energy, and his voice urges on the
sweating horses.
Now they have it surely.
The ruts in the road cause the vehi-
cle to bounce from slide to side, and
those inside are tossed about much like
rubber balls. •
At first they are disposed to treat It
as a joke, and laugh over the ludicrous
situation,' but as it increases; their suf-
ferings begin.
The dust is disagreeable, the leading
actually dangerous, as they are shot
atom one slide of the vehicle to the other
with tremendous force.
Besides, John is in momentary expece
ta"tion of the rickety affair breaking
down .and spilling them all out on the
rcat,dwray.
Indeed, heis surprised that this acci-
dent has been se Iong delayed.
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The Trouble.
"Some doctors says that incurable
patients should be helped to die." •
"Well, that would be ail right if the
doctors drew the tine at the incurable
Ones only."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
STORAGE FOR ROOTS.
Flans k'or Houses, Large or Smola.
Hillside and Field celiare.
The leading features of a good root
house or cellar are cheapness of con-
struction, nearness to the place where
the roots are consumed, dryness, venti-
lation, and, above all, it must be frost -
proof.. These important points must be
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ROOTHOusn AND HILLSIDE CELLAR.
or cellar, says a writer in the Ohio
Farmer in introduction to descriptions
and diagrams as follow of a number
of these places;
Fig. 1 Is an end view of a roothouse
made of brick. As brick is a pretty
good conductor of,lbeat and cold, it is
necessary in building the walls to leave
air spaces. ,a, roothouse should be roof
boarded with matched lumber and
shingled, underlaid with two thickness-
es of good building paper and celled
overhead with matched ceiling and
should have double doors, one pair to
swing out and one pair to swing in.
Fig. 2 shows the stone facing of a
hillside root cellar. This is a large cel-
lar with bins on each side, with an al-
ley.' between, and is provided with a
wide door. Two tight fences of stakes
and planks two feet apart, with earth
filled in between, or of logs or stout
rails used in the same manner make a
cheaper front and give better protec-
tion against cold than stone.
A field root cellar, Fig. 3, may be
built by digging in dry ground a trench
6 feet deep and 8 wide. Along each
side 1% feet below the surface notch
and bevel the earth up to the surface
so as to form an oblique support for a
joist 2 by 8.
Procure for rafters 2 by 8 joists, saw
them into lengths of 5 feet and set up
a pair, spiked together at the top, ev-
ery two feet of the length of tbe build-
ing. Nall cheap oak boards on the top
of these rafters so as to cover it com-
pletely. Cover this roof 12 to 18 inches
deep with earth and sod it neatly,
drawing the sod on each side to a gut-
ter which will lead away the water of
the rains. ,
The ends may be closed with double
boarding and filled in between with
sawdust. In the gable ends over the
top of the doors it should be supplied
with movable shutters for ventilation.
In light soils it will be necessary to
place a stone or brick' or post and
board 'wall against the side of the cel-
Iar. Such a cellar will last many years
and is thoroughly frostproof. If made
30 feet long, it will hold, being filled
only to the eaves, about 700 bushels.
It may of course be made wider and
higher and have root bins on each side,
with a passageway between them.
Fig. 4 is a cheap roothouse made of
slabs. Fig. 6 is half of a cross section.
To make it frostproof take sortie rough
Plfr, b.
FIG•5
ROOT CELLAR AND CHEAP BOOTHOUSE.
boards, cut them to the desired length
and nail on three 2 by 4 pieces, as
shown in cut. Fill in spaces c c with
sawdust. The ends must be made dou-
ble and filled in. with sawdust, then put
ort the roof of rough slabs. It will be
tasteful and picturesque in appearance
and will answer the requirements of
many.
A New Notion About Black Knot.
Two years ago I. found some black
knot on a plum tree. To remove it by
cutting off the limbs would ,greatly dis-
figure the trees. The idea occurred` to
me to cover it with a plastic salve that
would prevent the spores being cast
off and thus prevent any further in-
crease. I mixed equal parts of kero-
sene, lard and resin, melted them to-
gether, then applied with a swab, 'cov-
ering completely the enlargement, and
in the fall gave another thorough ap-
plication. In the spring the knots
were scraped off easily.. Now the bark
is growing over the bare spots and Will
soon cover them. There is, no guess-
work -about this. It does ,the work,
says a Rural New Yorker correspond -
BIG MILK FARMS.
now Dairying Is Coaduoted
Large Scale.
In the village of Arden, -Orange coun-
ty, N. Y,, 44 miles from New York city,
is the Arden Farms Dairy company,
which owns 15,000 acres of land, 5,000
acres of which are tillage, says Up to
Date Farm and Garden. The central
portion of the main barn is three sto-
ries high, with two wings in which the
cows are kept. Nothing 1s stored ever
the animals. The floor -where the ani.
mals are kept is concrete, hot and cold
water is supplied by a system of pipes,
and troughs and floors can be flushed
with water and kept scrupulously
clean. In this barn are kept at all
times upward of 100 milkers, although
375 cows are owned by the company.
The rest of the milkers are distributed
in the ether barns, When a cow is
dry, else is sent to one of the outlying
farms. The berd is a mixed one,
Guernsey and Ayrshire blood predomi-
nating. The company sells two grades
of milk, one of 4 per cent and one of 5
per cent Everything is kept scrupu-
lously clean, The cattle are curried
and brushed twice a day. The milkers,
after thoroughly washing, don a milk-
ing suit of white duck and wash their
hands after each cow. The milk is
strained four times before reaching the
consumer. The milking pails have
closely fitted covers, with a sir inch
disk strainer, through which the milk
enters the pail. There is a large cool-
ing room and aerator, with cold stor-
age rooms of the most modern pattern.
Milk is put up in bottles, Th'e lowest
Price at which any milk is sold is that
which is disposed of lo bulk, which is
10 cents per quart. Aiilk in bottles is
sold at 12 cents per quart.
This Is only one of many similar en-
terprises that bave sprung up near the
large cities and seems to show a tend-
ency for the business to drift into the
hands of corporations or individuals
with sufliclent capital to carry it on a
high grade plan.
On a
Bottling I1I1114,
The scheme of delivering milk in
bottles is now almost a. universal cute
tom, and the only drawback is the
inconvenience of carrying and han-
dling these bottles. Henry E. Wright
241[ 21 BOTTLE 'HANDLE.
of Massachusetts has invented a me -
Wile handle to meet this case. There
is a neckband which is firmly clamped
around the neck of tbe bottle, and an-
other one around the body of the bot-
tle,
ottle, and a regular pitcher handle ex-
tending from one of these to the other.
Checking Oleornargarine.
The Chicago papers report tbat the
Illinois Dairy union is considering the
plan of having retailers put a descrip-
tive and duly copyrighted label on all
packages of genuine butter sold by
them. No particular brand orgrade of
butter is to be advertised, says Hoard's
Dairyman, the only requirement being
that it shall be genuine butter. Poor
butter advertises itself, and the label
will simply guarantee purity. Of course
no dealer will dare to put such a label
on oleomargarine or any other kind of
counterfeit butter, and the absence of
the label will therefore be presumptive
evidence that the article is spurious.
It is proposed to have wholesalers
and commission men furnish these
labels to their customers. The expense
will be trifling, probably not more than
20 cents per thousand. It is also pro-
posed to have the labels and their
uses freely advertised.
Such a scheme would seem to be not
unworthy of trial, but we predict that
the oleomargarine promoters would very
soon put out something which would
be so nearly like these butter labels
that only a close examination would
detect the difference. The sale of oleo-
margarine in any considerable amount is
possible only by resorting to deception
and fraud, and when any set of men
commence to cheat and lie they are
very apt to keep at it until they find
themselves face to face with prison
doors.
Co-operative Dairying In BolIand.
According . to the German paper,
Milch Zeitung, an extraordinary devel-
opment has' of late years taken place
In co-operative dairying in Holland..
For several years, says that paper,
much attention has been paid to the
manufacture and marketing of butter,
now nearly all carried out on co-oper-
ative principles, peasant proprietor-
ship
roprietorship in that country being almost uni-
versal. Large butter factories, too, are
the rule, where the most advanced
methods are adopted: For instance,'
with a view to making first rate but-
ter, the cream is often pasteurized and
separated by the Schwartz process in-
stead of by the centrifugal system.
Artificial vultures are often used, and,
the result is most satisfactory. So are
the simple but very businesslike meth-
ods of marketing.At Maestricht *
combined association disposes of the
great bulk, of the butter and cheese
made by the members. It not only
sells the produce for its members upon
co-operative principles, but endeavors,
to put the individual dairies into direct
business relation with foreign firms,
particularly in England, with the aid
1st the Dutch consular agents, •
"'HOUSEKEEPER
WELL TRIED RECIPES.
Paste these recipes in: a scrap book gaoat.
week, under proper beadings and in a few
months yon will have a moat complete Cook.
Hook..
Oyhter netters.
Line patty -pans with thin pastry,
pressing it well to the. tin. Put a
piece of bread or a ball of paper in
each. Cover them with paste and
'brush them over with the white of an
egg. Cut an inch square of thin pas-
try, place on the center of each,
glaze this also with egg, and bake in
a quick oven fifteen or twenty min -
Rtes. Remove the bread or paper
when half cold.
Scald as many oysters as you re-
quire (allowing two for each patty,
three if small) in their own .liquor.
Cut each in four and strain the liq-
uor. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter
and two of flour into a. thick sauce-
pan, stir them together over the fire
till the Sour smells cooked and then
pour half a pint of oyster liquor and
half a pint of milk into tho floor and
butter., (If you have cream, use it in-
stead of milk.) Stir till it is a thick
smooth sauce. Put the oysters into
it and let them boil once, Beat the
yokes of two eggs. Remove the oys-
tors for one minute from the fire,
then stir the eggs into them till the
sauce looks like thick custard,
Fill the patties with this oyster
fricassee, toning caro to make it hot
by standing in boiling water before
dinner on the day required, and to
make the patty eases hot before you
fill them.
To gory I;rrad fresh.
In French and Swiss farmhouses
bread baking is done only once every
three weeks and such athing as stale
bread is unknown. The bread is put
away in a peculiar manner, which,
tends to preserve its freshness.
Sprinkle flour freely into an empty
flour sack, and into this pack the
loaves, taking„ care to have the top
crusts of two loaves touching, When
they have to Tie bottom to bottom,
sprinkle flour between them. Tie up
the sack and Jiang it up in a dry, airy
place, where it ean swing. The day
before the loaf is wanted take it out
and brush off the flour and stand it
in the cellar over night. Treated in
this manner bread remains good for
several weeks.
:FrIrzlncl seer.
Shave off very thin slices of smoked
or dried beef, put them in a frying
pan, cover with cold water, set it on!
the back of the stove, and let it come
to a very slow heat, allowing it time yi.
to swell out to its natural size. Stir 1�
it np, then draw off the water. Melt
one ounce of sweet butter in the fry-
iug pan and add the wafers of beef.
When they begin to frizzle or turn up,
break over them three eggs; stir until
the eggs are cooked; add a little
white pepper, and serve on slices of
buttered toast.
)'r'. t1'Beer.
First have y-o°ir beef nicely pickled;
let it stay in pi ado a week; then take
the thin fiauky pieces, such as will
not make a hard+nine dish of them-
selves, put ou a largo potful, and lot
them boil until perfectly done; then
pull to pieces, cid season just as you
do souse, with pepper, salt and all-
spice; then put it iu a course cloth
and press down upon it some very
heavy weight. The advantage of this
roceipe is that it makes a most accep-
table, presentable dish out of a part
of the beef that otherwise might be
wasted.
I+'or Cieanin; Jewelry.
For cleaning jewelry there is noth-
ing better than ammonia and water.
If very dull or dirty rib a little soap
on a soft brush and brush them in
this wash, rinse in cold water, dry
first in an old handkerchief and then
rib with buck or chamois skin. Their
freshness and brilliancy when tit.
cleaned cannot be surpassed by
compound used by jewelers.
Fictled Chicks'.
Boil four chickens until tender
enough for meat to fall from bones; put
meat in a stone jar and pour over 16
three pints of cold, good cider vinegar
and a pint and a half of the water In
which the chickens were boiled; add
spices if preferred, and it will be
ready for use in two days. This is a
popular Sunday evening dish; .and.
is good for luncheon at any time.
Mutton Cutlets (Baked).
Prepare them the same as for fry-
ing, lay them in a dripping -pan with
a very little water at the bottom.
Bake quickly, and baste often with
butter and water. Make a little 'brown
gravy and turn over them when they,
are served.
To Prergo t Iito1d on Jelly.
Lay a lump' of par-affine on -the top
of the hot jelly, letting it melt and
spread over it. No brandy paper and
no other covering is. neoessary. If
preferred the parafrine can be melted
and poured over after the jelly 1*
gold.
Dad ed Goods.
Plush and all articles dyed With.
aniline colors, which have -faded from
exposure to thlight, will look as
bright as n after sponging with
chloroform.
To Xtentor,,e Ink or Fruit St41ap:
Saturate well in tomato juice i it M
also an excellent thing tie mamma
stains from the hands. . '
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