Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, February 10, 1897, Image 2
THOS. J; A?UM& PROPRIETOR.
RDGRFTF.I".
DAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1897.
VOL. LXII. NO. 3
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SOTES IUD COIMESTa
Tho secret marks on Bank of En
?and notes by which forgeries are i
rapidly detected are constantly beii
shanged. The microscope will rev?
aaany such peculiarities to nn obser
int eye.
Au itvftf-l?ga?on of the work of "tl
-arupike r.iidtrs in Kentucky shov,
that 1500 miles owned by corporator
hare practically been confiscated an
are being traveled free of toil. It i
estimated that tho destruction c
tollgates in the Blue Grass region ha
affected ?4,000,000 worth of property
Elihae Burritt's name has been r<
rived in Oonnecticut by a paper rea
before tho State Historical Sosiety
Burritt*bas been dead seventeen year
?nd is practically forgotten. A quarte
of a century ago there waa hardly ai
iaaue of a periodical that did not con
tain some reference to "the learne<
' lacksmith." "When Burritt was thirtj
?rs old it was said that he could
?ad fifty languages.
Congress has done well in placing,
without extra charge to the sender, an
insurance of not more than $10 upon
every registered letter, believes the
Ne ar York Tribune, That will oblige
the Government to pay an indemnity
for every registered letter lost or
stolen. But the increased business
thus attracted will doubtless make the
nen* system a source of increased prof
. ita lo the Postal Department.
"Shade of Sir Walter Scott !" ex
claims the London Chronicle, "Cluny
Macpherson, of Cluny, as chief of the
Clan Chatlan, presided at the inau
gnrf ' gathering of the clan in Glasgow
recently, but apologized for not ap
pearing in the kilt, as he was afraid
r of ??.tching cold ! He conoludod his
address by stating that whenever they
wanted him to lead them he should bo
moat happy, so long, wo assume, as the
weather is fine and warm."
Emigration to Amerioa has created
such a scarcity of farm hands in Ger
many that land owners are now im
porting Chinese coolies in hordes for
field work in Silesia, East Prussia,
Posen and Pomerania, says the Chi
cago Newe. The coolies work for
.twenty cents a day, and tho land own
ers arc enthusiastic, with the result
that many Germans who have hitherto
the Chinese coolie ha3 'exten?e?^.s''
jraso a little the Chinese problem of
Germany will be the samo as ours.
Iron made in Alabama is steadily
pushing its way into the markets of
the old world, the latest order being
1000 tons for shipment to india, notes
the flew York Mail and Expresa.
Liverpool, Rotterdam and Genoa have
thready made liberal purchases of the
furnace product of the South, and
there is likely to be a still further de
mand for it in those and other Euro
pean cities. The unexampled cheap
ness of production in Alabama and
Tennessee is gradually bat surely rev
olutionizing the manufacture of the
cheaper grades of pig iron in this coun
try, and the movement in that direc
tion is bound to be greatly accelerated
by the rapid development of tho for
eign demand for our furnace output.
Physicians and scientists agree that
hot or" fresh bread is much more indi
gestible than old bread, declares the
American Farmer. *In Germany, there
is a law that no bread must be sold be
fore it is a day old. The Americans
are credited with making the worst
bread in all the world, anyway, and,
besides, they consume an inordinate
quantity of hot bread, and on the
bread question generally, Bee m to be
below the average in civilization. The
American bread is soggy and heavy,
and has too little crust to be truly
hygienic, and, furthermore, the fine
white flour has lost much of its nutri
tive value. All that goes to make
teeth und bone and to build up a fine
nervous system is bolted from the
wheat .
Massachusetts has, aocording to de
tails of tho consus of 1895, just made
public, 547,385 families, of 2,500,183
persons, an average of 5.47 to th<
family. This large average is largely
due to the fact that all occupants of a
hotel, a charitable institution, a pena
institution, or other buildings of tha
sort, are considered as of one family
with the proprietor or superintendent
as the case may be, counted as th
bead of the family. The normal siz
of a family, in its commonly acoeptei
tense, is a fraction over 3}. Th
largest average size of the families i
in Suffolk County, where it reaohe
4.97, and the lowest in Nantuoket
where it falls to 3.07. Intheoitiesc
the State the average number of roon;
to the family is 6.02, and in the ?owe
7.06. The total number of building
in the State intended for human oca
panoy ia 423,494, containing 3,693,95
rooms. Each person in the Std
would have an average of 89,6?
equare feet of the superficial area (
the State to move about in if tl
property were Cut up and distribute
pro rata._
THE man in uniform is not always
man of uniform character.
WET is m certain fruit like m?Se
Because it if the currant.
4N OSTRICH CAMI'
g~ j ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S Ll
TLE-KNOWN INDUSTRIES.
I?
aj j Bearing the Ungainly Birds F
~ Their Beautiful Feathers-1 ney
Are Quite Savage at Times
--ClipplijS un Ostrich.
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?
K I J BE rearing of ostriches f
" the sake of their beautif
18 JL. fea*ters is an industry
d <? which little is known. I
is a*t?npt has lately been made to ii
>f port the birds into the United Stat
for breeding purposes, but it has n
yet seriously interfered with the i
dnstry in South Africa, where the o
trich is at home.
5. j Let me givo you some sort of i
, j idea of the country m which tl
ostrich lives. It is a country unlil
Iany other on the globe. The genen
character is flat and sandy, relieve
only by long, low, rocky sierra
These mountain ranges are the salv?
tion of the landscape. Their cragg
outlines aro carved into a thonsan
31 abrupt and striking foxms, their beac
are constantly haunted by low lyin
clouds of vapor, which the contenc
mg tun and wind draw together an
disperse. Their eides are holloWei
into ravines, or "kloofs," and paint*
by the clear distance into a perfec
argosy of chauging hues. The np
parently parched and sandv flats ar
covered by different varieties o
dwarf bush, which aro nibbled at fr
the sheep.
A dry and arid^prospect, and it i
hard to conceive every innh of it ii
loaded below with vegetable life readj
to she. after the rains of Bpring inte
a wealth of verdant grasses. Here anc
lhere dotted about on these flats can
be seen the white farm-buildings nest
ling among the trees- an oasis in the
desert, in faot. These green spots can
bo seen for miles away, with the white
washed buildings glittering in the SUD.
Foliage is only to be seen around the
homesteads and occasionally *t an iso
lated fountain. The veldt all round is
cheerless and naked, without so much
os a rag of vegetntion to cover it, and
tho eye hungers for a tree ; the bones
or stones stick painfully ont, a sight
for the geologist, not the artist.
Yon arrive at the homestead, a
square, red-brick building, with a
sigh of relief, and glad, to be out of
the blinding glare and sandy plain.
On every homestead the same familiar
sights meet the eye. On the one side
of the house stand the kraals; on the
other, the shed and wagon-house. In 1
front stands the dam, adjoining the I
vegetable garden and lands, with far
ther away the camp. Behind the
house are the chaff-house, tramp-floor,
and butcher's thop, where the natives
aro rationed. In tho camp run the
large Btock, cattle, ostriches, and
horses; and on the flats and moun
tains the sheep and goats.
? well fenced and secure inclosureis a
m^#iB^^nrrnii.i.lTf nui? it.j
them in repair, and to place them in
stock'of the moro expensive kinds.
Every ostrich farmer has his camp,
which varies in size considerably,
from 3000 to-8000 acres, and in it be
keeps his 300 or 500 bird?, as well as
a few cattle and horses. A* camp is
OSTRICH ON NEST.
always selected as being the best piece
of grazing ground on tho farm, and
capable of holding more stock io pro
portion than any other part of the
iarm. Here the bird remain year in
and year out, and are on'y collected
and brought together, on the average,
once every four months.
These occasions are, let ns say, in
June, to pluck prime feathers. By
these we mean the long whites, num
bering from eighteen to twenty in each
wing, eight or nine fancy feathers,
and a few long blacks, all taken at the
same time. Four months later the
stumps of these feathers are drawn
out, and two months later again-that
is, six months after tho primes-the
short blacks and tail feathers are
taken. Of these it is impossible tc
give any accurate number. Aa a mle,
you pluck as many as possible with
out inflicting pain on the bird, and al
the same time leaving enough to keej
ont the cold.
AN 03TKECH F AI
An ostrich, like most other animait
in its wild state is terribly afraid c
man or of any unfamiliar sight, an
uees at the appearance of anythin
new to its ken. When domesticate
it becomes docile, and after a tim
assumes a position of authority an
becomes master of the situatioi
From June np to September, or, i
fact, till Christmas, thousands <
chicks are reared every year, ai
thousands meet with death every yei
from some form of accident. Chic!
np to twelve months old die fro
various maladie.", but seldom alt
they aro full grown are they the vi
tms-of any sickness, death usual
resulting from a broken leg, killi
fighting, or from scarcity of food
times of drought.
The nest of tho ostrioh is a ve
crnde affair, consisting simply of
rouud hollow carved ont in the 6an
ground. Sometimes the lemale bi
may be eoeu scratching in the grou
preparatory to laying her first eg
but this is not often the case, the h
low generally being made by the cc
tinuous sitting of the birds on the o
spot. One poir of birds will lay fri
feen to twenty eggs ; but, as is oft
the ease, three or four birds will 1
in the one nest, taus making the nu
ber p! egg* np to seventy or eigh
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These, of coarse, have to be reed
oat,as n bird cannot comfortably coy
more than sixteen eKg8> the romaine"
being thrown on one side and left
cecay.
Forty-four days is the recogniz
time to allow for hatching. Winn
Best is hatched on, the family a
taken oat of the camp, and brought
tfce homestead to be tamed, where th
I
A TROOP OP OSTRI
come in continual contact with th
out of the reach of wild animal.. Dur
ag the winter they will do well, ba
to winter, when food become?
?career, must be fed morning "nd
evening on barley or rape.
It is during the breeding season that
?nLmr? ?becomes ?? savage, and hie
Dutch call ifc-is heard night and day.
The bird inflates his neck in a cobra
ike fashion and gives utterance to
three deep roar.. Tho first two are
short ba the third very prolonged
Lion-hunters all agree in asserting
the most foolish of birds resemble one
CJ.tmxa WITH BAG ON HEAD X)p OSTRICH.
some think, of "danger
be overtaken oil on a sadden without
time for preparation by a cheeky bird
is one of the greatest ills flesh is heir
to, and might result disastrously to
the uninitiated ; but old hands are al
ways all there on an emergency.
Undoubtedly the be?t weapon-bar
ring a wire fence-is a good stout
stick or blunt pitchfork. As a
rule, if a bird means to have your life
or die in the attempt, be charges irom
about thirty yards, when you receive
him at the bayonet's point. He rushes
at you with flashing eye, looking the
very embodiment of fury. Drawing
himself up to a height, of ten leet or
more, with wings outstretched and
hissing like, a cobra, ho makes four or
five strikes. You retreat a pace or
two, so as to avoid tho fork piercing
through bis neck, and hold him off at
arm's length till ho learns that his
efforts are useless. Drawing the fork
sharply away, you strike him a blow
on the neck, rendering him insensible
and taking away his breath. -This
quiets him for a while, tiil he recovers
from his bewilderment and makes a
fresh charge, when tho fork is again
presented.
I have seen a bird so savage as to
charge seven times in fifteen minutes,
twice receiving tho prongs of the fork
through his neck. On horseback one
is even more obnoxious to an ostrich
than on foot, but, so long as the horse
is not afraid and will stand np to the
bird, there is no fear of an accident.
As he oharges take care to have vour
horse well in hand, and as the bird
makes his first strike, catch him by
the neck and hold on for all you're
worth, till the bird becomes exhausted
from want of breath and falls.
The female bird is seldom vicions,
When she has a nest or brood OJ
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til IN CAPE COLONY.
young chicks one mast be preparer!
bat her manner of charging and whol
demeanor is a very mild affair con:
pared to the male's
Collecting birds for plucking is a
ways a great day on the farm. Or dei
are given overnight to the Kaffirs an
Hottentots to catch every availabl
riding horse an 1 have them saddled n
and ready next morning at sunris
This is done, ard every "boy" on tl
farm who can fiud a horse is mr.untei
and a regular oavaloade enters tt
camp, nuder the superintendence (
"De Boss van de Piaats"-the mast<
of the farm. They split up into pa
ties of two each, and start off in di
ferent directions to drive np the bir<
from the remota spots to which th<
have wandered. Warfare, of cours
is freely indulged in. It is imraatei
al to au ostrich if there be one or fit
against bim, he fights justas merril
There exists t. traveler's tale at hoi
that, as soon HS an ostrich catch
sight of a human being, he turns t?
and bolts in au opposite direction
hide his head in tho sand. Anotb
fallacy, equally devoid of fonndatic
is the belief thi t the female leaves h
eggs in the eau 1 to be hatched out
the sac. This is not so. The mi
and femalo sit alternately for for
four days; tho wale at night, 1
female- daring th ?
article of food na <
taste, the most car
far moro suitabtoTi!
ia Chinese and po'
to grace a breakfaf.
From all enc hac
becoming oneself ai
the actual plucking
uninteresting and c
CHES IN* TUE ';CAMP.
birds are all hud?
kraal-when every
meek us a lamb-a [
by one ; a bag or
over tue head and i
perienced natives ?
During winter the M
tended to and cari -Y a
sometimes the we.^. it?
clement for weeks togerher-s?t!fb a jcri
mometer often registering ten dereel
of frost-and birds are apt tn fal' oil
in condition. If a bird once bigina,
to sink in condition, the greatest aifjfl
ficulty is experienced in getting :
right again, and often no amcui
extra feeding will pull him throng -., -
Strand Magazine.
Projects of a Queer (Jcniiis.
Colonel D. W. Hughes 1*3 a que?: ; !
genius who lives in Audrain County, !
Missouri. He has invented many con
trivances of one sort or another wi |h<j
course of his wandering career, th...
most important of which is a corni
planting machine. Out of this lu
ra a do considerable money, but hil
hopes of afortune are now founded OJ
an instrument which, by means of
rays, perhapp, will not only reveal tl
culinary value of egg, but also th|
gender of their embryonic occupaut
Both these things, the colonel BU.ju
his invention will do with speed ani
certainty, and bc expects to sell on]
of the new machines to every raiser
poultry and every dealer iu eggs J,
the country.
A Freak That Fights With ItseK
A two-headed snake, hog-nosed
Heterodon Simas-has , como ir?i
Centrar America into the possession <
lt is four monti s t
E. C. Fischer.
TWO-HEADED SI
Each head has apparc.
will. The heads figb
They must be fed with
and blood at one time,
Often the two heads ai
plav with each othe.
monstrosity has muon
age and size. It3 owr
p>ss case. It likes tl -
eun, but holds the li,
New York World.
The gross debts of I
of November, 1893, ic
519,074.61.
The Wealthiest Am
BOOST ON ITS IUCF.
- tlc Sun?Bh of the Pacific
^.^TOcean.
.iv rv* r*
the.' southern island* of the
jara grcup, where tho tides
nd down in fitful measure,
ns feeding ground for the
tho Pacific, Mola niola. This
nary member of the family,
tanding high in the list of
?erv unfi?hl i Ice in appearance,
igsomo Japanese monstrosity. J
s moro or less oval, covered,
r rd skin that is enveloped with
incus. The dorsal finis large
, and directly below it extends
I fin, whioh resembles it in
I shape. Tail tb? mola has
'ho body apparently beiug
off, a mero ridge, controlled
rfnl muscles, taking its place
ig entirely useless in the sense
equipped Ihe snufish wouP.
' y bo a slow swimmer, and so
s ia it that the writer has often
ted it in a boat. On ono
a boat hook was hooked into
??I a large sunfish, which was
ith little or no resistance.
the largest specimens ob
v the writer grounded on tho
e St. John's River and at
to much attention that it
if. and oarried ashore where
'vided with red eyes and ex
a "sea monster." The fita
a feet high, or that measnro*
between the tips of the npper
* "lover ins. A muoh larger speci
Ci"D, eleven feet high, was^hs^rs?d in
California waters.
SUNFISH OF THE PACIFIC.
Off t '-lands of the Santa Barbnra
Channel w:se fishes are very common
in urdsummer, lying at the surface in
the choppy Bea and apparently expos
ing their sides to the bot eemitropio
jSS???r. lying in this position, the
over them, they resemble
reckage, and are, without
:>usidered by numbers of
lially the shags, which,
from long flight and pre*
the
i
?^-AnTaTOMMW nanete
i the fish, being infested
ites, tako this position
" ow the sun to destroy them
that the birds will devour
all probability the
irasites does not enter into
as an explanation. The
jating at the surface where
warm and the birds alight
:>ly as a rost, just as they
any floating object.
) lld be caught in numbers
os mentioned, but no uso
in discovered for them,
ao market value. Their
so hard and elastic that
ito small pieces and thrown
.round they rebound. In
seaport the writer found
.stio tissue was used by the
boys in the manufacture of
ng of sunfish is a singular
' tie creature, hatching from
rited on the high seas, float
~ sui face. They were sup
many yearB to be a difler
js, so unlike were they in
ppeorauco to tho adult sun
IXG.
Become a Magnate In the
BASQUE AND WAIST.
S?31E NRW DKSK?NS TH AT AK li
DAINTY AND DEKSSV.
Stylisa Kxamplo of thc Regulation
Military Basque - Attractive
Bebe Waist With Mush
room Sleeves.
STYLISH example of the reg
ulation military basque is
given by May Manton in the
first large picture. It is cai -
ried out in broadcloth of Hussar-bin 3
and tho decoration is of black braid
REGULATION MI
with fanciful ornaments crossing the
front where the closing is made invis
ibly on the left side. At the back the
seams of the basque fit the figure
closely, with the additional material
below the waist line of back and side
body laid in box-plaitp. The curving
seams are outlined with braided deco
rations. A standing band closing in
yUbly on the left side finishes the
T-h" ?noBAfliriffd picot'sleeves,
"low.
The smart hat accompanying the
costume is of felt, adorned with velvet
and ostrich plumes.
Cloth, cheviot and tweed nre favored
for making, while colors m jst selected
are blue in postman, military or hus
sar. Gray, green or garnet are also
choseu.
Io make this basque for a lady in
the medium size will require two and
one-half yards of forty-four-inch wide
material.
DAINTY BEBE WAIST.
A dainty model sufficiently dressy
to be worn as an evening bodice when
developed in suitable fabrica, is repre
sented in the second big illustration.
As represented, writes May Manton,
the material chosen was colored
brocade oombined with old-blue vel
vet. It is mounted upon a glove
fitted lining having the usual number
of scams aud double burst darts and
closing in centre-front. Under-arm
gores are inserted between the full
fronts and back, which are shaped in
ronuded outline and gathered at the
top with the iulluess at the waist col
lected in gather.-) that are drawn well
to the centre front and back. The
upper portion of the bodice consists
of a shallow yoke of the contrasting
material and the closing is effected at
the left'side at shoulder, arm's eye and
under-arm seams. At the neck is a
close-standing band concealed by a
Btock of ribbon stylishly bowod at the
centre-back. Thc waist is encircled
by a girdle of old-blue velvet oarried
to the front where it is caught up with
BEDE WAIST WITH MU
oops of velvet. Tho sleeves, present- I c
ag the ne ?vost feature of tho soison's j p
iode, are called the jg^hioom sleeve
nd are close-fitting from the wrists to ? n
bovo the elbow where they are met o
y a short full puff. The liniug may I u
e cut away from the full portion
rhen a low neck is desired, or material
pplied to simulate a yoko and finished
t the neck with a standing band, if lt
igh neck is preferred. The lower t
ortiou of the sleeves may be dis- j \j
carded and only the abort foll puffs
used when the bodice is destined for
evening wear. The mode is adapted
yin nil seasonable fabrics that are sni
j fJoiently pliable as to permit of shir*
>r:...r.
Tu make this waist for a lady in the
i's) od in m size will require three yards
of forty-four-inch wide material.
MISSES' WAIST WITH BOLKBO FB02?X3L
This waist, intended for girls from
ten to sixteen years, is made of three
materials, combining periwinkle-blue
serge, changeable silk and velvet,
jetted sequins enhancing the decora*
tion. Tho foundation consists of a
glove-fitted lining provided with sin
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?wm
LITA. RY BISQUE.
gie bust darts and closes in the centre
back. Over this lining the waist is
mounted, the fulness at the neck ar
ranged iu gathers and at the waist line
of the back drawn well to^f^JhT
^'^t^o^aloldedbelt,
which
may be of velvet, silk or any one of
(-k-^^fraslfaig material applied to the
reversed portion of the trouts rolls
away in stylishly pointed revers that
taper gradually to the waist line. The
btylish sleeves present a novelty in
tho short full pull's that are gathered
MISSES AVAIST WITH UOEEJtO.
through thc oentre and tacked to po
sition on tho sleeve beneath, produc
ing a desidedly bouffint or butterfly
effect. The neck is completed with a
close standing baud. The free edges
of the bolero, collar and sleeves aro
decorated with jetted sequins.
This model is particularly adapted
to yonthful and undeveloped figures,
and may be fashioned in costly fabrics
for dressy occasions or made in ser
viceable materials, such as tweed,
cheviot, mohair, cashmere, etc., for
general wear. Contrasting materials
of plaid and plain, or plain goods
-HROOM SLEEVEi.
ombined with novelty make np very
rettily.
To make this -vaist for a miss in the
ledium size viii require two and
no-half yards of forty-four-inch wide
aaterial.
ru? Mon AH; GOWN,
A mohair gown will wear forever if
he owner desires it, but if ehe grows
ired of it she can still make it do ser
.ice as a petticoat.
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MOTHERS READ THIS.
The Best
Remedy.
For Flatulent Colic. Diarrhea, Dysen
liexw, Nausea, Cougus, Cholera In
jin tum, Teething Children, Cholera
Morbus, Unnatural Drains from
the Bovell, Faina. Griping, Loss of
Appetite, Indigestion and ail Dis
eases of the Stomach and Bowels.
PITTS CARMINATIVE e
Is the standard. It carries children over
the critical period of teething, and
1B recommended hy physicians as
tho friend of Mothers, Adulta and
Children. It ls pleasant to the taste,
and never falls to give satisfaction.
A few doses vIU demonstrate its su
perlative virtues. Price, 25 eta. per
\ bottle. For sale by druggists.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BIST TEMPEBATTJBE TOR HOUSE PLANTS,
It is a ourious fact that plants in
growing seem to require a steady in
crease in heat. May is warmer than
April, June is warmer than May and
July is usually warmer still. In
August it seems to be still warmer,
and jot we notice that all our native
plants really grow less in August than
in July. This is accounted for by. the
fact that the nights (the cool time) are
growing longer. Hardy plants begin
in August to ripen their wood 'and
perfect their leaf and fruit buds for
the next year. Growth is really less,
and keeps growing less through August
and September because the average
temperature is growing less. These
points are worth remembering now
when we are preparing to plant seeds
in the house for window plants. Be
gin to plant as soon as the season
turns (Christmas week) and then
slowly raise the temperature as the
plants grow, through January, Febru
ary and March, so that the plants will
find m the house the same gradual in
crease in heat that they would find out
if doors in spring and early summer.
-NewEngland Homestead.
TO CLEAN CARPETS.
To olean a worn and dingy wool car
pet proseed as follows : After giving
the carpet a thorough beating to re
move all loose dust, let it hang on the
line a few hours to sun and air. Then
spread it on the floor of a room where
a good circulation of air can be se
cured. Make a suds of soft water and
soap with a spoonful of household am
monia to a pailful of suds. Have an
other pail of clear water and^j^Jaxca.
w92Jr,DBdrVr6K drusi!- witu~~ the suds,
?o?ubbing a small square of the carpet
thoroughly, then rub with tho cloth
dipped in the clearwater, and wipe as
ajg?-;Ma, In this way the entire
The soap will remove the dirt without
injuring the coiois, while the ammonia
will brighten them. Wool rugs may
be treated in the samo way. Small
rugs, if preferred, may be dipped in
the suds and bhasen about or scrubbed
on a board until the dirt is removed,
then rinsed, run through the ringer
and dried on the line. Straw matting
may be deaned by scrubbing with salt
and water, then rinsing with clear
water and wiping as dry as possible
with cotton cloths.-Portland Trans
cript.
"SOME TOMPKINS."
Baked Pumpkins-This is much
sweeter than as ordinarily prepared.
Cut, remove the seeds and soft parts,
and divide into small pieces, about
four inches square. Place in a large
dripping pan, with the rind down
wards, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and set in a moderately heated oven,
baking from thirty to forty minutes.
When it begins to get soft rub with a
little butter.
Spanish Muffins-Put one teacup
white corn meal in a bowl with a
piece of lard the size of an egg; upon
this pour ono teacup boiling water,
stirring well, until the mixture is
smooth. Set aside to cool. When
luke-warm, add a tablespoon flour, a
pinch of salt, and one cup stewed
pumpkin or squash. Lastly, add a
beaten egg ; pour into hot mulhn rings
and bake in a very hot oven for twen
ty minutes.
Pumpkin Custard-These aro nice
for school children's lunches. Sweeten
one-half pint of milk with light brown
sugar, boil it with a stiok of cinna
mon, a blade of mace, and a little
dried lemon ; peel and stir in half a
pint of cooked and strained pumpkin.
Take it off the fire, add threo eggs
that have been well beaten, pour into
greased oops, place the cups in a pan
of hot water, put the pan into the
oven, and bake for twenty minutes.
Serve cold.
Pumpkin Pudding (boiled)-Chop
eery fine one-eighth pound suet, mix
with one-quarter pound bread crumbs
ind oae-qnarter pound pumpkin,
stewed and strained. Add two largo
tablespoons syrup, and one-half tea
spoon ground ginger. Stone and
slean one-fourth pound raisins and
Dne-fourth pound currants. Roll these
in flour and add. Dip a pudding
sloth in hot water, wring dry, sprin
kle the inside with flour, pour in tho
pudding, plunge into a pot of boiling
trater and boil steadily for three hours.
Servo hot with ginger sauce. Put
into a saucepan three tablespoons
ingar, one of butter, and one
>f flour. Place on the fire.
When it begins to bubble, add a tea
mp of boiling water; let it boil quick
y for a few moments, add a teaspoon
)f lemon extract and one teaspoon
ground ginger. Serve at once. If
.he pudding is flavored with cinna
non, this spioe may substitute for
ringer in the same sauce.
Pumpkin Souffle-Strain a pint of
:ooked pumpkin, add one-half cup
?ream, rich aud sweet, and a little
alt. Now beat tho yolks of threo
?gge until thick, stir in a tablespoon
)f flour, and mix in the pumpkin and
?ream. Lastly, add the whites of
iggs, beaten to a stiff snow. Pour in
. buttered dish and bake in a very hot
>ven for twenty minutes. It should
mil up twice its size, when plaoed in
he oven.-American Agriculturist.
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