Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i ■W' M ‘, sn g sflJi^ CiftK It in nstouiHhing bow eager the na- tiona of coniiueutui Europe arc to prove their affection for dear America. The auddeuneatt of their conversion is almost suspicious. It costs one student’s parents near ly $3000 a year to give him an educa tion at Yale. Another managed to take the same course on $01.25 a year. It is not hard to guess the fin ish of their life’s race. When Rear Admiral Dewey has re ceived all the presentation swords which admiring Americans are talk ing about giving him ho will likely have enough to furnish plowshares for half the farmers in Vermont needing them. The umpire in thebohndary dispute between Great firituin and Venezuela has received twenty-two large printed volumes. They ore the first instalment of testimony on the British side. There will be much more on that side, and no one dares guess how much on the other. Assuredly, international arbitration is no sinecure. It is said, for the first time in the experience of an army in actual ser vice, the commanding officers of the United States troops will have com plete outfits for maintaining tele graphic communications with the va rious brigades and regiments that go to make tho divisions and corps of the army. General Greely also has equipped and has ready for service his field telegraph outfit. It is the custom in Denmark not only to send city children into the country, but country children to the city. Commenting on this, a writer in the Boston Transcript says: The country children have their taste of pleasure and* benefit derived from visits to the city, where new and strange interests appeal strongly to the wonder-loving mind of the child to whom city sights and sounds and scenes are unfamiliar. The child of the rural districts is as susceptible to the healthy inflnence of change as is his city cousin, and well might Den mark's custom of sending country children to the city be adopted in the land where her ‘country week’ sug gestions have grown and flourished with each succeeding summer. A ‘city week’ might with profit be es tablished, which in days to come would rival even her sister charity in poj'n- larity and saccess. %mmWm tnife^observes the New York Commer cial Advertiser. Admiral Dewey is sixty-one, General Merritt is sixty, and is chosen as the smartest general in the service for the most arduous and remote command. F&vragut com manded a fleet for the first time at sixty-one. The fact is that age is only weak when vigor declines, and that an old man who has preserved his vigor unimpaired is the strongest man of all. Wheu a man reaches sixty or seventy and still retains his vitali ty, energy and fire nudiminished, young men need to look out for him. Wheu he is their equal iu activity and vim, and has in addition the craft and canning of sixty years’ experience he is formidable, and likely to be as dar ing and bold as if he were thirty. A man who has these qualifications when he ia on the stage iu any walk of life is pretty sure to bo its foremost figure. A country is safe wheu such men command its fleets and armies. The conclusion arrived at by Dr. See of the Lowell Observatory, iu discussing the question as to whether there are other habitable worlds than our own, differs from that of Garrett P. Serviss.says the New York Sun. In his account of his most re cent observations, the fact is stated that there were disclosed stars more difficult than any which astronomers had seen before—among these obscure objects being abont half a dozen of a truly wonderful character, iu that they seem to be dark, almost black,in color, and apparently shining by a dull, / reflected light, and, as it is unlikely they ore self luminous, it may be said that, if they should turn out di^k bodies in fact, shining only by the reflected light of thestars around which they revolve, they would be the first case of planets,or dark bodies, noticed among the fixed stars. Mr. Serviss is not of the opinion, though Profes- ebr See appears to hold it, that there are no planetary bodies in the uni verse, revolving around other suns than ours; and he argues that these obscure objects, named by Professor See, are visible proves that they are enormously larger than Jupiter, and, aough it is by no means certain that ie latter is a habitable planet, it is certain, unless terrestrial aualo- are abandoned altogether, that enormously larger bodies enn- be habitable. HYMN BEFORE ACTION. The earth is full ot anger. The seas are dark with w rath; The uattotiR In their harness Go up against our path! Ere yet w« loose the legions— Ere yet w» draw this blade, Jehovah of the Thunders. Lord God ot Battles aid! from panic, pride and terror, Bevenge that knows no rein— Light baste and lawlesa error, Protect us yet again, Cloak thou our undeserving, Make firm the shuddering breath, In silence and deserving To taste thy ietser death! E’en now their vanguard gathers, E’en now we face the fray. As thou didst help our fathers, Help thou our host today! Fulfilled of Signs and wonders, In Jbe, in death made clear— Jehovah of the Thunders. Lord God ot Battles hear! —Kudyard Kipling. | Itzlg: "A Repfirter's Boy.” j Some of the best reporters cannot write a sentence correctly. They are not expected to do so. It is their bnsiuesH to collect facts, which they relate to otfiors who put them in form as a“news story.” Something is lost, of coarse, by this method of second-hand telling,for the writer cannot reprodnee a scene from imagination so well as he could if he had seen it, but the assistants, or “re porter’* boys,” as they are called, are not sent oat alone on any incident that promises mnch importance. Their work is the small news of the day, which is intended only for short para graphs. That their results are often interesting enough for long accounts is due, in part, to accident; in part, however, to the industry and the un derstanding developed by long train ing of native intelligence. Isaac Hofsteiu, or Itzig, as he was called for short, was such an assistant. He was % child of the East Side tene ments, and his work, at police head quarters, was chiefly among the Jews of the New York Ghetto. Shrewd and accurate, he was always to be trusted to fetch all the facts and to state them correctly. None of the other boys could “boat” him,and none was so accurate as Itzig, who never failed to get names and addresses, and never get them wrong. This devotion to completeness and accuracy made his accounts sometimes a bore, for he brought in details that were of no use, but it was au invalu able trait, of course, and very rare, except among first-rate men of all sorts. His work was libel-proof, and no other paper could go over his inves tigation and add new particulars to his story, Wheu he came back he was done; aad he would sit down with his notes and tell all about the lire, acci dent or crime, with swift ease and un hesitating assurance. One day, however, there was an ex ception. He had been to. child’s play for him,and something he liked, because he rejoiced in descrip tion aud the heroic. It was a never- failing pleasure to him to discover and celebrate a bold rescue by a police man, a fireman or a neighbor. “Say, it was great!” be used to say, when ho came to tell abont snch a deed. “William J. McGlory, number four truck, twenty-eight years old, No. 17 Cannon street, he—” then,lay ing down his notes, Itzig would repro duce with gestures, grimaces aud lan guage, often slangy, a vivid picture. The picturesque details were always as complete as the names, initials, addresses, etc. But oa this day,while several repor ters were waiting for his tire story, he was sbuDing and hesitating over a fire. His sense of “the great” was evidently struggling wi£h some other feeling or observation, and it was im possible to make out what was the matter. “It wasn’t much, only a two-alarm fire, and it didn’t do no damage to speak of,” he said. “’Twasn’t in a good neighborhood, either—just a tenement house, No. 16 Essex street, five-story, red brick, full of families with kids, kids by the hundreds, eighty-seven. But you see there was a panic and a—somebody had to— you know how it is when ‘the geese’— the East Side Jews—gets scare trun iuto ’em! Just describe top-floor families out by way of the roof to the next house, third and fourth cooped np in halls, some of ’em rushing to the fire-escapes,others too askeered to move,just shriekin’ and ‘rending their garments,' as the Bible says. “Across the street,” he harried on. “the other ‘Motzes’ ” another slang word for East Side Jews—“out on nre-escapes, with their hands and faces raised to the sky, crying, ‘Ei wei, ei wei!’ You know how it is. You cau describe it an’ I’ll give yon the names. But the firemen were late, on account of no one knowing bow to ring in an alarm. Samuel Bernstein, forty-two years old, No. 16 Essex, next door to the fire, tried it first, then-r- “Oh, come to the point!” I inter rupted. “What about it?” “Well, there was a fire resene. It wasn’t very hard, either. You see—” “Give us the name of the rescurer, while you’re about it. “Ob, it was just a fellow passing by ran in and saved some people, mostly children.” “Didn’t yon get his name?” “I got the names of them he saved, which was the most important.” “Well, go on.” “The fire,” resumed Itzig, “started in the basement, shoemaker shop, Abram Koswinky,thirty-six years old, married, three kids, oldest four—do you want names and ages?” “If they did or suffered anything.” “No, they got out easy by the rear | window, through the area to No. 22 ing up the stairways. El the front door was cat off wheit I g< there. I—I happened to be or er tfc way on a suicide and heard thapraif you know. Homebody had to be! or we’d had a big story with a doze: roasted to death. Put in, ‘Sawedf white faced looked out of the window# each second, then disappearing back in the smoke. ’ It was tough, I tell you. Tliere was n way to get to th« third story by the next house. Yot# could climb from one fire-escape to the other and get in the window. Inside, the flames was cutting the floor in half. A man and woman and two children in the front room were passed ont by the way the man came. Their names were—” “Keep them till afterwards.” , “The thing to do was get to the rear rooms, where there was znorf of ’em. The man—the fellow that had come up to save tho whole crew-had to get down and crawl along the floor under the flames, and they licked his back hair off and set bis coat on Are. But be got there. And he found two men, three women and five kids huddled in one corner,one woman and two babies unconscious from smoke. The others were getting air by breath ing low down on the floor. “The men had to be made to go down the rear fire-escape with the women and jump. This took tim^ and the flames burst out of the rear, cutting off that way ont. So there was the five kids. I—I think the man said that he grabbed two and was going to throw them out to the old people, but they had run away. Sp>‘ he had to go front. “He started to run for it; but he was set fire to and bad to lie and roll the flames ont and crawl agaiu. The firemen had come, and they caught the kids all right. The firemen who caught ’em was Jerry Sullivan, Truck Eleven,the first there, and—” “Give us that later. ” “The fellow inside sneaked back the same way and got two more. The firemen had a ladder np to take the children. One was left. As he went back for that he seen the game was np. He had to shake his coat, which was burned, so he whacked it against a wall till it was ont, and wrapped the last kid in it. “Then came the fun. The flames covered the back of the house and coming in the window. House full of smoke, floors hot, hallways ablaze, solid, you know, 'hemmed in by fire, babe in arms’—that’s the feature of the story! The stairways fell, the hall floor curved, the whole building) shook. The fellow thought of a lot of things, bat they didn’t have anything to do with getting ont of that hole. There was an awfnl crash, and he just sank in a heap.” Itizg wiped his face. The perspira tion that had started to it dampened his handkerchief. “The next thing that man knew, he was in a drug-store. No. 28 Essex, and CHILDREN’S COLUMN. How It Ended. On ono side the hedge was a frown and a pout, On the other a pout and a frown, 0c one side a cap aud a blue run-a-boat; On the other a plnlt flowered gown. The pout and the frown and the pink flowered gown Shyly peeped through the tangles of green. Then the frown and the pout and the blue ruii-a-bout gent a kiss flying right through the soreen. The pout and the frown and the frown and the pout Just flew like bad fairies away, Iried the pink flowered gown to the blue run-a-bout, “Now hurry. Come over and play.” —Gladys Hyatt. Perry’s Great Victory. On Sept 10, 1813, Commodore Perry wiped ont tho British fleet on Lake Erie. The fleet had the best of the Americans in guns, so Perry balanced the odds by running in close to the British vessels. And then he wis fall of battle fervor that day. Aftef a speech to the crew of his flag- «np, the Lawrence, named after the hero of the Chesapeake fight, be nn- foiled before them a blue flag bearing tbs dying words of Lawrence, “Don’t give up the ship!” ‘‘Shall I hoist this?" said Perry. After the response, “Aye, aye, air!” bsd chute from all decks the bunting shot aloft to be seen by the seamen of the whole fleet dowtt f—’-The sailing master was*ordered to lesd the American fleet to the lee side. “Then you’ll have to eugage the enemy to leeward, sir,” said that officer. “I don’t care, to windward or leeward!” Perry exclaimed vehe mently. “They shall fight today.” Perry’s flagship plunged into the thickest of the enemy’s line .and re ceived more than its share of blows. It soon became a wreck. With his ship out of the fight for good Perry started out iu a rowboat to reach the stanchest of her consorts, the Niagara. A well aimed British shot pierced the rowboat. With his coat Perry plugged the leak and soon reached the Niagara, where he hoisted the Lawrence motto, which he had carried along. Signal ing again for close action, the gallant sailor ran the Niagara across, the bow and stern of two Britishers, raking them fore and aft with broadsides. Two other vessels were served the earns way by the Niagara, the other American ships imitating the flagship. All the British flags came down. Then Perry scribbled upon the back of an old letter the famous dispatch, “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.” This was carried by hands at couriers to the army commander at Detroit the prairie-dog’s family in a curious fellowship. But the nsual home of owls is in some old mined bnilding, or in the hollow trunks qf trees. There they sleep all day, and at night start oat on a forage in search of something to eat The owl does not seem very particular about bis food. Any small animal he can catch makes a meal for him. Rab bits, rats aud mice, even frogs, toads and snch small fry, he will eat or carry home to his nursery full of hungry little owlets. bst owls are of dark, grave colors, gray or black. Bnt the owl of Green land, the cold region, is snowy white. Naturalists tell ns that that is so that he can travel abont the country unseen to search for his food. Owls live over almost the whole world. The com monest kind is that which all country boys know well enough, the barn owl or screech-owl. This creature makes a very unpleasant noise, and certainly merits his name. Farmers dislike him and take every occasion to kill him. Bnt iu spite of his unpleasant bootings be does them good service iu clearing the house where he lives of rats aud mice. It takes a great many rats and mice to supply himself aud all his family, and Mr. Barn Owl is an in dustrious hunter. The mouse, is pretty smart who can outwit him.— Sacred Heart Review. It A Brave Cat Who tfaved Her Kitten*, Chief Schatzman of the Allegheny (Penn.) fire department has the picture of, in his own words, “the bravest creature I have ever seen during all my years of experience iu fire fighting.” The picture is a photograph of a cat, with two tiny kittens lying asleep at her feet. Apparently there is not an inch of the cat’s body that has not been scorched. Her ekrs are partly gone, the end of her tail is hairless, and it would be hard to imagine a more wretched-looking animal. The kittens, too, are fire scorehed. ‘Many times,” says the chief. HELPS FOR .HOUSEWIVES. Here’* » New Bnoillon. A gentleman recently astonished his hostess at an afternoon ter by re fusing sugar and cream aud asking for pepper and salt. She tried it and fonnd it delightful, tasting like a‘most delicate bouillon. ;>* Inexpensive Divan*. Turkish divans are very expensive. A broad cot, with mattress, looks just as well under a long cover reaching to the floor. No one could detect the difference unless the cover is removed. One very enterprising woman used a piano box instead of the cot. The springs and the mattress were all that were needed. For Washing Black Calico. Dissolve one tablespoonful of sugar of lead in water enough to cover goods; have water just warm, soak twenty minutes and wring out. Wash in usual way. Starch on wrong side; put one tablespoon salt in starch. Make quite blue. Light caleoes add gingham soaked in sugar of lead will keep from fading. A Wood Floor. The wood floor should be swept each morning with a flannel-covered broom, and twice a week it should be carefully oiled. If the floor is of hard wood use linseed oil; while if it is stained or painted the inexpensive crude oil will answer just as well. It should be rubbed upon the floor with cheesecloth rather than flannel, to avoid the lint from scattering over the floor. To deep-stained or varnished floors light-wipe frequently with solu tion of milk aud water. Drying Clothe*. See that the clotheshorse loaded with clean linen is not permitted to stand in the neighborhood of kitchen or furnace fires when you are going to bed, and see that no wandering dish cloth or strip of inflammable ma- “wh7n“l have hesitateYto ^through ' eTi *} “ all ° wed remain near. The ‘“But aid he escXp rpe?” asked’ one of the reporters. “Didn’t he go down with the walls when the crash came?” No, that part of the house didn’t fall, and you see, the firemen knew him.* When he didn’t show up they crossed the air-well from next door, got through a window and battered down the door to the room where he ;fot* she wc ions together, aud. Don’t Know. umw just the- oy to do, aii'd get her grand- ering over the was. “They found him asleep and—a feature of the story is they couldn't get the kid ont of his arms to save the two separately. They hid to carry them out together.” The reporters laughed at Itzig. “What’s the hero’s uame?” asked one. “Oh,he wasn’t a hero. He wouldn’t have done it if he hadn’t started to, being there fust. Besides, he didn’t save the last child, yon see, but had to be rescued himself.” “Did you interview him?" queried Chapman, who was writing the story. “No, not much; he wasn’t able to talk.” “Not even to tell his name?” “He didn’t want to,” said Itzig. "But the firemen, you said, knew him.” “Yes—not very well—only his first name.” “What was that?” “I—well, I didn’t think to ask.” “Didn't think to ask! Didn't think to get the most important point in the whole story! Are yon losing your mind?” cried Chapmuu.iu amaze ment. But one of the other men was of quicker perception. “Was his name Isaac?” he asked. Itzig flushed. “Itzig,” said a reporter who had gone behind him, “your hair is all burned off and your neck is blistered. “Yes, and you’ve got on your Sun day coat,” cried another. “Oh, get out!” said Itzig. “It's so disgusting when yon reporters go sticking yonr noses into other people’s affairs!” tops of her glasses severely, would say to them: “Boys, if you want to be known as littlo. gentlemen remember that the following things should be done: “Hat lifted in saying ‘Good-by’ or ‘How do you do.' “Hat lifted •when offering a seat in a cat,or in acknowledging a favor. “Keep step with any one you walk with. “Always precede a lady upstairs and ask her if you may precede her in passing through a crowd or public place. “Hat off the moment you enter a street door aud when you step iuto a private hall or office. ^ “Let a lady pass first always,unless she asks you to precede her. j |. “In the parlor stand till every lady /i the room is seated, also older people. “Rise if a lady comes in after yon are seated and stand until she takes a seat. * “Look people straight in the face fire and smoke the thought of that old cat has urged me on. It was about four years ago when the alarm sounded one afternoon about 4 o’clock for a fire away out Perrysville avenue. Just within the city line an immense barn belonging to an old man whose name was Marshall was on fire. By the time of our arrival it was buruing rapidly. The nearest fire-plug was some distance away, and the pressure was poor at that, so we were unable to save either the barn or carriage- house. Our next thought was for the surrounding buildings, aud we turned onr attention to them. There was something that happened during the progress of the fire that startled every one of ns. Across the street, and through the large barnyard a cat came running. She dashed in among the men and horses and in another minute had darted through a hole iu the side of the burning kirn. ✓V'Lobk ffc tUAt 'ffiaff or three, as she dashed into the!burn ing barn,and we bad no other thought but that she was actually crazy and running into the fire as do horses sometimes. Bat in this respect we were mistaken. In % few minutes out came the cat. Almost every hair on ber body had been scorched ofi^ but her head was erect, aud she carried in her mouth a tiny kitten. After the cat had deposited her charge in a safe place to the astonishment of all who saw her she again rau into the burning building and brought out an other kitten nearly burned to death. All who saw her acf cheered the heroic mother. She and her kittens were taken to the engine house and their burns doctored. ” wbe first," aking or being spoken to. ladies pass through a door uding aside for them, ie diuing room take your seat ies and elders. play with knife, fork or Sensation of Hanging. A captain who was rescued from the gibbet at the intercession of Vis- count Turenne, after being partially hanged, related that, having lost all pain in an instant, by being rescued he had been snatched from a glorious light, the charms of which defied alt description. All vi tims of partial hanging agree that the uneasiness is quite momenta) y; that a pleasant feeling succeeds, and that various colors start before the sight. The mind, averted from reality, is engaged in scenes most remote from that which fills the eye of the spectator —the hideous gallows aud the struggling form. back. Bnt the flames were just climb- Slieep anil Vole*. It ie a noteworthy fact that sheep thrive uest in a pasture infested with moles. This is because of the bettei drainage of the land. afterl “Never spoolt “Do not take yonr napkin in a bunch in your hand. “Eat as fast or as slow as others end finish the course when they do. “Rise when ladies leave the room and stand till they are out. If all go oat together gentlemen stand by the door till ladies pass. “.Special rules for the mouth are that all noise in eating and smacking of thf-lipa should be avoided. “Cover the mouth with hand or napkin when obliged to remove any thing from.it. “Uae your haudkerebief unob trusively ahvaya. knock at any private room o Times-Herald. The Bird of Wisdom. The owl has always been called the bird of heroism and the emblem of wisdofii. Perhaps it is becaose he flies about at night and makes a carious, melancholy noise, that sounds like a perpetual “Who! who! who!” There are many different kinds of owls, from the great horned owl, two i, to the little bits of fellows, burrowing owl, which is rge as a pigeon, and whioh home nuderground. owl is not very honest in wkt he acquires his home. In- taking the trouble to dig out a house for himself, he goes to the residence, already made, et little prairie-dog, who ini and timid in disposi- , ate the metier. There he eomei 1 for himself with cosy of fci is loo. tion Twrnty-foar Well Invested Dollars. The sum of sixty guilders (about $24) was not a big one to payS^or so big an island as Manhattan, thuS^n miles in length from north to sontb^ and for tbo greater part two miles broad. But it satisfied “the lord Sachems of the Manhathes,” and Peter Minuit did not hand it over in useless cash. He gave its “equiva lent” when, in 1626, he arrived as the first formally accredited director or governor of New Netherland, commis sioned by the Dutch West India com pany, which Owned and ruled, and was trying to people the province; and the nature of his moneys may be guessed from a list of the articles paid, seveu years later, for a large piece of land on the Connecticut valley: “One piece of duffels, 27 ells long; six axes, six kettles, eighteen knives, one sword-blade, one shears, and some toys.” Moreover, land was the Indians’ only plentifnl possession; and, again, we need not think of the Manhathes as immediately deprived of their island, but merely as pledged, like tenants at will, to -give np tract after tract as it might be wanted.— Century Magazine. Mushroom Neck. “Mushroom neck” is what they are calling the latest disease attributed to mnshrooms. When a person is seen walking the streets with his face pain fully turned to the right or the left, his eyes glued to the gronnd and mov ing in fitfnl glances from one stamp to the next and with a general look of expectancy on his face, as though su preme happiness we;e distant about eight feet and had consistently re mained so, it may*be inferred that he is a victim of “mycologitis. ” His friends pass him, and he sees them not; if he keeps out from nnder the bicycles and trolley cars it is by some such miracle as preserves somnambu lists. For all the time he ia wondering whether the little brown specks in the grass are the veritable marismins oreades, in which case he is in for a toothsome dainty for dinuer or only ita hateful, poisonous counterpart,the false champignon.—Springfield Re publican. fire is usually made np with a view to heating the morning’s irons. Let out from the spigot the pent-np streams of boiling water and gushes of steam. Then yon can go to sleep with a clear conscience, untroubled by dreams of exploding boilers, and unhaunted by the fear of “smelling smoke” in the small hours of the morning. For Stains and Bleaches. Ripe tomatoes will positively re move ink stains; boiling water many frnit stains—indeed, most frnit stains; bnt when it comes to tea stains, re sults are dubious. This is probably due to tea adulterations. Clear boil ing water will certainly remove some tea stains, bnt that is all that can be said. There are other “sure meth ods” which give varying results. The clearest points abont these ugly stair is that a plate should invariably .seed nnder the teapot by wqf “patent” varieties nave more less lye in them, and need to be very cautiously used. A tablespoonfni of turpentine boiled with clothes will help to whiten them.—Ladies’ Home Journal. Becipcs. Hickory Nut Macaroons—Beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, and slowly one cnpfnl of powdered sugar, and one cupful ot nnts chopped flue. Mix thoroughly and drop on buttered tins. Bake slowly. * Hominy Padding —Two cupfuls cold boiled hominy, two tablespoonfuls melted butter, tbrea well beaten eggs and a cap of sweet milk; mix togeth er thoroughly, season to taste, and bake in a battered dish for half an hour. Stuffed Green Peppers — Prepare the ordinary bread stuffing, as if for a roast turkey, only in place of the sage put the middle of the peppers; add a little raw tomato and a dash of red pepper. Put the whole in the akin of the green pepper and bake. Lemon Pie—Two lemons, two ap ples, three cups sugar, four eggs; grate rind and palp of lemon all up, being careful to take out allseeds; peel apples and grate, add angar and well beaten eggs. This will make three medium sized pies. Bake with npper and under crust. If once’ tried will always be a family favorite. Crust for Baised Pies—This ernst may be need for all pies with jelly: Boil lard, good and fine,in water; add as mnch excellent dripping as there is lard; there mast not be mnch of either. When still hot, mix it with as mnch flonr as yon have calculated will do for your purpose. Make paste stiff and smooth by kneading, and also by beating it with a rolling pin. When perfectly smooth, pat a ball of it in a cloth, then use. * Pressed Beef—Buy a rib stew or any of the less expensive cots of beef. Prepare for boiling and season with salt to taste, three whole cloves and large tablespoonfni of vinegar to each four pounds of meat. 'Boil until thor oughly done. Remove all bones and skin and chop fine, adding pepper to taste. Place in a stone vessel, and press with a heavy weight. When quite cold and firm the beef will slice easily. Serve cold, or dip thin slices, in beaten egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in hot lard. Panned Tomatoes—To pan tomatoes cut them into halves, place them in a baking pan, skin side down, sprinkle lightly with salt aud pepper, and put in the centre of each a tiny bit of but ter. Bake slowly until soft. Dish, and add to the liqnor in the pan one pint of milk. Moisten two level ta- blesnoonfnls of flour with a little cold milk; add it to the pan and etir con stantly until boiling. Add a teaspoon ful of salt, a dash of pepper, and pour it over the tomatoes. Garnish with squares of toast and sarve jf ■ ■ . miyy