The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 17, 1905, Image 2
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THE SONGS OF 7
The Sou
Gently stirring fe:
Softly, slo
Stealing sweets
Whisp'rin;
Through a world <
. *t To the old North
With the breath '
Do I blow
The Ea<
Damp and raw from
Through eanvas and
AVith the stringing t
1 lash the crews <
And fishwives weep
Tangle of froth a
Bodies uptossed c
The XV(
The dust of the desert, the s
n-i 1. _r ?:i.l l
i lie rusu oi vvuu nurses, i
I weave into rhythmic accor
Of pir.e of the mountain
The song that I sing is the
The crashing of comets t!
Tlie earth's deep heart thro
All sorrows and joys in i:
The Nor
From the frosted har[
I strike chill chords i
Of blistering cold and
Of frozen specters, of
Of dim_ caverns and
Of dazzling stretches <
Of miles upon miles <
And, over it all
The crimson and gold
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BY EMMA SE1
will wtTERkear Lije Patton'sbully
fiddle p'ayed?" asked Mc*
- I Peak, the singing school
JUJ I master.
^ <^|] 4,^avr," said Tobias
Strong. taking careful aim
W, _
at a box of ashes already well saturated
with a fertilizing solution of nicotine,
"what's a bull-fiddle?"
- "It's a contraption calculated to
make you wish you were in the hereafter
or hadn't left the heretofore,"
. said McPeak.
"What's it fur?" asked Tobias.
"Fox-drivers, bellings and things
generally where a noisfc is wanted,"
said McPeak.
* "Where'd Lije git it?" asked Tobias,
Is squinting his eye at the box of ashes;
for a more sure aim.
|. . "Made it," said McPeak.
4;' - "Made it?" queried Lije.
"Yes," said McPeak, "Lije can do
: anything from knitting a garter to
sawing logs. Never saw but one thing
in my life that Lije couldn't do if he
set out to."
"What's that?" asked Tobias, with
interest.
"Get away from the Widow Barker.
V , He tried it, but couldn't make it,"
said McPeak, with a mournful shake
of the head, " 'twas a great loss to the
country when Lije got married."
"Where'd he go to?" asked Tobias.
"O, he's living. over on Pleasant
Ridge, but don't amount to nawthing,"
responded McPeak.
"Sho, McPeak," remonstrated Deacon
Plunkett, "Lije's all right. Bein's
you've never married you've no right
to jedge in such matters. Lije's settled
- down like a man orto when he's married."
"O yes, he's settled down," admitted
McPeak, sarcastically, "he's settled
so hard that he never cracks a smile
unless the baby cuts a tooth or some
fool thing like that. Lije used to be a
great one," he added regretfuliy, "before
the Widow Barker got hold of
him."
5 "Ah, "weil, McPeak, everybody hes
to be a fool sometime," drawled Tobias,
still eyeing the a>h-box. "Where's th'
bull-fiddle?"
"Yes, where is it?" echoed McPeak.
"That's what I'd like to know. Nobody
knows excepting the Widow
Barker, and I cuess she'd die before
she'd tell."
"What's she got agin it?" asked
Tobias.
"0. what's any woman got against
anything?" responded McPeak. "especially
widow women?"
"Now, McFeak," again interposed
Deacon Plunkett. "you know that the
Widow Barker nor no other woman
ever liked to hear that bull-fiddle
played. They hain't one of 'em thet
ever heard it but would a busted it if
she could."
"Must be a queer souudin' thing," j
commented Tobias, "what's it madei
uv?' j
"It's jest a old powder keg with one
end open and a drum-head stretched
over the other end, and a leather shoestring
drawed through the middle of it
into the keg," explained Deacon
Plunkett.
"Don't sound so all-fired bad," said
Tobias.
"I guess you'd think it sounded pretty
all-fired something if you took a handful
of rosin and pulled along that
shoestring,' said McPeak. "It made
an end of Lije anyhow. The Widow
Po rbnr nnrarM rrAt b!m *f if
x/uinvi iiC ? VI HV/IVA Ui Hi III ii 11
hadn't been for that bull-fiddle and
the Pleasant Ridge fox-drive.''
"Tell us about it, MePeak,*' came
from the crowd of men that always
was gathered in Uncle Jake's grocery
at Cedar Narrows.
"Well." said MePeak." 'twas one sunshiny
morning in spring when the
ground bounces to your feet and the
air feels like Georgy and you can't keep
from whistling any more than the
lambs ca.n keep from kicking tip their
heels on the hillside. It's too early to
plow and the wood-pile hain't all
cleaned out yet; and the women folks
don't want yon around because the
house is all littered up with old pants
and petticoats that lies to be cut up
into quilt pieces and got out of the
HE FOUR WINDS.
' ?v
ith Wind.
n and palm-tree,
*.v;
from rose and ccrcus,
l low;
of fraprant wildness,
bringinp mildness,
of spice and orchid
^ Wind.
the world of waves. J
ripping I madly beat;
tang of the ocean's salt
the flying fleet;
when they hear my song:
ml sullen roar;
>n frozen shore.
>st Wind.
trass of the prairie
he rustle of grain,
d with the odors
and sage cf the plain,
song of the open?
trough infinite space,
bbings, the murmur of rivers?
ts measure find place.*
th Wind.
) of the God of Ice
is I sing to men
blinding snow,
living woe,
splintered air,
)f glacial glare.
>f fieckless white;
of the Northern Light!
?Bobklovers' Magazine.
at
Pleasant Ridge
?
EVERS JONES.
ftvay for spring cleaning. Yon're tired
of the grocery and feel like you'd hev
to whoop and yell or something woum
bust, so you get up a fox-drive.
"Lije and another fellow started out
by daylight with his bull-fiddle. They
knew where there was a fox den over
on the hill, back of where, old Ab
Loomis lives. They calourlated to run
the fox hid there out Into the drive
which didn't reach that far.
"On their way over there Lije and
the other fellow took turns in scraping
that bull-fiddle. Lije hed a pocket full
of rosum and they tried to see which
could get the worst noises out of that
old powder keg. When they passed Ab
Loomis' barnyard old Mrs. Loomis was
out doing the morning's milking. When
the old red cow heard the noise made
by Lije and the other fellow she give
one jump with her tail in the air and
upset old Mrs. Loomis with the milking
stool and three buckets of milk. |
The rest of the cattle stood around
and snorted, while old Mrs. Loomis
got up and began to yell bloody murder.
"Old Abe and his five sons sprung up
from the breakfast table and Lije and
the other fellow saw them making
towards the barn and they thought it
was time for them to skeedaddle.
"They didn't play another tune until
they got into the woods near where
the fox den was. The old fox hedu't
been back long from a visit to Ab
Loomis' hen roost and was settled
down with his nose between his paws
for a good long snooze.
"But Lije's bull-fiddle spoiled his nap.
At first Mr. Fox didn't think much
about it and 'went on with his dreams,
but as the noise, the like of which ho
bed never heard before, swum all
around him he hopped to his feet and
shot out of the bushes like the cork out
of a bottle of elderberry wine.
"Lije saw the red whisk of his tail
through the trees and shouted, 'There
he goes!' and him aud the other fellow
started after, yelling and scraping
[ on that bull-fiddle.
"They chased around in the woods
awhile and then come out into the
road leading towards Ab Loomis'.
" 'Jiminy whiz!' said the fellow with
Lije, 'here comes old Ab Loomis with
three of his boys a horseback a carrying
guns.' and grabbing the bull-fiddle
he darted behind a tree, leaving Lije
to face the music alone. They expected
a fuss was brewing on account of old
Mrs. Loomis and the milking.
" 'Hear enny strange noise around
here lately V'asked old Ab of Lije.
" 'Well, no.' said Lije. takiug off his
hat and scratching his head, 'can't say
that I hev.'
" 'Funny,' said one of the boys, 'we
tracked th' noise up this way.'
" 'What was it like?' asked Lije as
innocent as a cat that feeds on cream.
" 'Can't tell ye what it was like,'
said old Ab, 'never heard nawthin' of
th' kind before.'
"Lije was beginning to enjoy himself
and said as be climbed to the top
roil of the fence:
" 'What'd ye think it might be?'
"'A tiger,' said one of the boys.
" 'Tiger:' said Lije, surprised.
" 'Ye see,' said old Ab, 'Mariar's
brother come on a visit last week an'
he said that Dan Rice's show passed
down through Olive Green on the way
to Tennessee and one of the wagons
upset aud let th' animuls out. They
ketc-hed 'em all but one an' it took to
th' woods. Mariar's brotln r warn't
sure whether it was a lion or a tiger.'
"It went past the barn this mornin'
when Maw was milkin',' said one of
the boys, 'an' it jest erbout scared her
an' th* critters to death.'
" '(ie-ruudygutl' said Lije. 'ye don't
think it's around here, do ye?'
" 'Shouldn't wonder but what it was,"
said old Ab. 'tkey's a reward o' fifty
dollars offtred for it an' we thought
we'd see if we could track it down.'
" Tritty resky business I sh'd think,"
said Lije.
" 'Yes, but fifty dollars is a pile of
money an' we thought we'd try fer it,'
said old Ab as him and the boys rode
on.
"Lije and the other fellow rolled on
the ground a while laughing fit to kill
themselves and then give another
J scrap? to that bull-fiddle. Old Ab and
his sons turned back, but just then
Lije sighted the fox and he and the
other fellow took down over old Ab's
pasture field and forgot all about the j
tiger, being anxious to get the fox out
into the drive.
"There ware about forty men and
boys with drums and fifes, old tin
pans and conch horns, pawpaw whis- J
ties and firecrackers, stretched out into
a five mile circle ready to close in on
any fox that happened around."
"Warn't there enny guns an' dawgs?"
asked Tobias, who, finding the excite- |
me lit too much for his aim was now
standing directly over the ash-box.
"No." said McPeak, "no dogs nor |
guns allowed 011 a fox-drive. Some of I
the men ware horseback, but most of j
them ware a-fo#t. The ones that didn't ;
hev anything to play on were whoop- j
ing and yelling like all get out.
"Along in the afternoon they began
to close in 011 two foxes, one of them j
being the one Lije and the other fellow j
hed chased out and the other one was j
the one that hed give them the slip the !
year before.
"The meet happened to strike in i
Widow Barker's apple orchard and the .
foxes chased from one place to an-1
other trying to get away.
"Lije kept the bull-fiddle going and j
the circle kept getting smaller and;
smaller till there waren't ten yards
between the men and the two foxes. !
The poor little brutes kept running '
from one side to the other and the !
men kept sawing away at the noise ,
till finally when they got up close to- i
gether and Lije give an unusual outlandish
scrape to that bull-fiddle the ;
fox that he and the other fellow hed j
chased out of the woods laid down and >
panted a little and then toppled over '
dead."
"What, ailed it?" asked Tobias.
"It was just naturally scared to j
death," said McPeak, "it hed run all j
the forenoon from the sound of that
bull-fiddle and when the tarnal noise
come right on top of it that fox fell
over as dead as a door nail."
"An' th' other fox?" asked Tobias.
"The other fox." said McPeak, "got
away like it had the year before. Si j
Slocum got so excited over the dead i
fox that he let the live one out be- !
tween his legs. The men and boys j
went, some mad and hungry, all but J
Lije. and if he'd known what was j
good for him he'd hev went with the '
rest."
"What'd he do?" asked Tobias.
"0. he just throwed his bull?fiddle
down under an apple tree and took
after that fox. him and the other fel- |
low. They ware pretty near onto it j
once, but it got away at last. Lije I
was so excited he'd done with the bull- j
fiddle. One of the Barker children
found it and nearly drove his mother
crazy with it until she laid hands on it j
and nobody hes even seen it from that \
time to this."
"Didn't Lije git it agin?" asked To- '
bias disappointedly.
"No." said McPeak. "he didn't. He !
went over one day about dinner time j
to get it, but the Widow Barker asked
him to set down and cat. Lije being
hungry didn't know any better than
to do it. She hed spare-ribs and hot
biscuit and maple molasses and she
finished Lije up then and there.
"When I saw how things ware going
I tried to reason with Lije.
" 'Lije Patton.' I says, pointing to
the Pleasant Ridge burying ground,
'what do you see over there?'
"'Xawthin' but tomb-stones,' said
Lije. as careless as you please.
" 'Well,' I says, 'do you see that tall
square one with the picture of a pigeon
on top of it?'
" 'I reckon.' said Lije, beginning to
stand on one foot.
"'How many names air on it?' I
asked.
" 'About two, I guess,' said Lije,
shifting to the other foot.
" 'WhQse was put on it last?' I asked.
? < T T> T ?? roi/1
JUllitlllilu ?>anvci x icvavu, ouiu
Lije, looking Lot and uneasy.
" 'Whose do you suppose will be the
next one?' I asked, solemnly.
" 'By gum! MePeak,' said Lije, 'it
won't be mine if I can help it.'
"And he never went near the Widow
Barker's for three weeks. Not till the
Widow Barker sent for him to come
up and she'd give him his bull-fiddle.
He went up about supper time and
they were married in less than a
month.
"I tell you," concluded McPeak, "if
ever a widow woman gets after me
I'll pack up my duds and leave."?
Farm and Ranch.
Sugar as ? SDetainer and a Stimulant.
The Minneapolis Tribune gives a
reportorial interview with George
Hackenschmidt, the "Russian Lion,"
who is reputed to be the strongest man
in the world. Mr. Hackensc-hmidt's injunction
to his iutcrviewer was that,
if you would be strong, eat all the
sweets you can, and if you cannot get
the puddings and pastry you like, buy
a lot oT chocolate candy. He remarked,
however, that one should always get
the best practicable and 1knt cheap
sweets were bad for the digestion.
While Mr. Hackenschmidt's extraordinary
muscular devolopment and his
undoubted good health are the foundations
for his wonderful strength, at the
same time, his comments accentuate
the wonderful nutritive and stimulative
value of sugar, which has been to much
discussed of lab-, and to the many
adaptations of sugar for human as well
ns nnimnl food.
Mixed History.
Around the great striking figures of
history the small boy weaves curious
answers. "Moses' mother pitched his
little cradle within and without with
pitch and left him there in the pool of
Siloam. But when the daughter of
Solomon got the green leaf from the
dove she hastened and brought food
convenient for him, and the babe
crowed thrice and grew up iA he;
court."?Century.
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l SOUTH CAROLINA 2
| ? STATE NEWS ITEMS, jj
! irjrsiiMfM rs>?Nic\Jcsi?
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Accepts Challenge of Tillman.
; C. P. Sims, a lawyer of Sparwin;
burg and a stanch prohibitionist, is
j willing to accept the challenge -made
a few days ago to meet Senator Tillm-an
in Snint Hoh^ta nn tho *i-histpv
' question, and has sent him a letter to
| ihat effect.
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Charleston Greatly Interested.
The revelations of the dispensary in|
vestigation were especially interesting
[ to Charleston. Charleston county has
j the largest number of dispensaries, hoI
tel privileges, retail beer establish'
ments, two beer bottling works and a
brewery and the opportunities of gratt
are consequently greater.
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His Citizenship in Doubt.
John Leonard, the insane man of
Anderson county, who has figured in
the newspapers owing to the fact that
the asylums of the states of North
Carolina and South Carolina have refused
admittance to him because of
an uncertainty of his citizenship, is
confined to the jail in Spartanburg,
having been transferred from Anderson.
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Excursions 'Under the Ban.
The board of health of Charleston
has put the week-end excursions fror-i
Augusta, Columbia and other places
over the Southern railway under the
ban, calling off all special excursions,
Af f V? /-v l?v rooro rH nrhinh
UH CLK^WUlli VJL 111^ iaA IV^UIU naivu
has characterized the issue of healtn
certificates at the interior cities and
towns. The board thought that the
chances were too great.
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To Discuss Trolley Line.
There was a meeting in Piercetown
last Tuesday in the interest of the
proposed trolley line between Easley
and Anderson. The speakers for the
occasion were R. S. Ligon, M. L. Bonham,
J. A. Brock, Fred G. Brown, Dr.
S. M. Orr, and Dr. George Coughlin,
of Anderson; Dr. Frank Smith and
Wu M. Hagcod of Easley, Hon. J. ?.
Boggs and J. P. Carey of Pickens.
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This Dispensary 0. K.
The Newberry dispensary, J. H
Chappell, dispenser, was checked up
by Inspector pean a few days ago. Everything
was found 0. K. by the inspector.
During the checking, the dispensary
was closed for several hours,
which caused the gathering of a large,
curious crowd.
The result of the investigation is
very gratifying, especially in view of
the fact that a great deal of rottenness
is being unearthed in other local dispensaries.
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Held on Forgery Charge,
E. H. Durham, a young man of Gaffney,
has been arrested and lodged in
jail on a charge of forgery. He is'alleged
to have signed Magistrate Brid
ges* name to the probate of a chattel
mortgage.
Durham claims that he signed the
probate with the permission of the
magistrate.
After preliminary examination by
Magistrate Speai, he was committed
to jail in default of bond for $300. He
gave bond later and is now at liberty.
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Delay in Calling Election.
County Supervisor Miles has not
yet passed on the petition calling for
an election on the question of dispensary
or no dispensary for Spartanburg.
He said that he was ready to begin
the work of verifying the signatures
with the names of those on the registration
books, but it seems that those
advocating tbe voting out of the dispensaries
want him to use their lists
in his work.
Mr. Miles agreed to comply with
their their requests if the accuracy
of the names could be certified to iu
proper manner. This was refused, so
unless a list is furnished within the
next few days the registration books j
will be used.
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Probing the Rice Blast.
Dr. Havin Metcalf. state botanist
and special agent of the United States j
agricultural department, is prosecutins j
an investigation of the rice blast which j
has made its appearance on several j
plantations in the vicinity of Charles- |
ton. The plantersjind dealers are look- j
ing forward to a very successful year, |
since a good yield is promised, if the j
blight does not spread and cause se- j
rious damage.
The existence of yellow fever in
Louisiana will cause a scarcity of la- j
hor on the plantations in the south- !
west and will otherwise militate i
against the sale of the western rice, |
thus benefiting the Atlantic coast i
planters.
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Alleged Postoffice Robber Jailed.
Thomas H. Lacey, who is under in- .
dicrment in the federal court on three ;
charges of conspiracy to rob, breaking
into 2-nd robbing a postoffice at Mr- ;
Gall, this state, has been brought from i
i
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Raleigh. X. C., and placed in the ja
at Spartanburg, to be more access
ble when the time of his trial come
District Attorney John G. Cape
hopes to send Lacey to the feder
penitentiary at Atlanta, where thei
are now fourteen yeggmea doing tirr
for breaking into and robbing Sow
Carolina postofflces during the pa
three or four years.
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Opening of Line Considered Safe.
The action of the Charleston boa;
of health in granting permission
me United Fruit company to re-esta
jisb its Jamaica line to Charleston c
September J, has excited some citizer
who believe in drawing the lines
Quarantine about all commerce wli
the south during the present yello
lever scare.* .
The board of health has issued
statement, however, showing that J
ntaiea is nor only free of yellow fev<
or of any other contagious or infe
tious disease, "but that it is one of it
health ?esorts of the world, and tht
the terminus, Port Antoinoi of t!
Charleston line, is a British garrisc
port, where the most improved sar
tary regulations are observed undi
military discipline, insuring the coi
plete safety of commerce with tl
island.
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Smith Created Sensation.
C. 0. Smith, who figured proni'inen
iy in the dispensary investigation '<
-v partanburg in the testimony of oth<
witnesses, was put on the stand. Thei
were two sensational incidents in h:
testimony. He testified that he foun
J. H. Morris, who had testified again;
Smith, in a house of ill-fame drunk.
"You are a liar," said Morris, wh
was in the room, and arose from hi
seat* promptly.
"You're another," retorted Smiti
and the chairman rapped for order an
finally objected to it.
The other sensational incident wa
the admission of Smith that he ha
offered $500 to Wall, another membe
of the boa^d, to support Thackston
for election as beer dispenser. Wa
was not in the court room, but an afl
davit read by Mr. Lyon said pract
eally the same thing, although it di
not mention Smith's name.
Smith also, under the examinatic
o? Mr. Lyon, said that while he ha
made mistakes he had tried to enforc
the law, and denied that he had r
ceived any money from Toland. H
admitted accepting a watch from T<
land, however, after an election. T
land was a former beer dispenser.
SURGEON BERRY FEVER VICTIh
Is Member of Marine Hospital Sen
ice?Friday's Official Report.
Friday's fever record in New O
leans was something of an improvi
ment over that of the day befor?
both as to the new cases and ne'
points of "infection, and is taken a
an encouraging sign.
The fact that Assistant Surgeon C
M. Berry of the marine hospital ser
ice now down with the fever has n<
dampened the ardor of his colleague
Following is the official fever recor
up to 6 p. m., Friday: New cases, 61
total cases to date, 805; deaths Fr
day, 9; total deaths to date, 133; cast
remaining under treatment, 306..
FINE EXPORT RECORD.
American Manufactures Are Beir
Taken by All the World.
Statistics compiled by the bureau <
statistics of the department of cor
merce and labor show that the e
ports of manufacturers in the fisc
year just ended amounted to $543,62(
297, as against $452,415,921 in tl
preceding year, $433,851,756 in
and $183,595,743 in 1895. Of manuta
tnree the exports for the past fisc
year were the largest on record.
WILLIAMS DOUBLY INDICTED.
Pensacola Man to Answer for Murde
of Employer and Fellow Clerk.
At Pensacola, Fla., Thursday nigh
William F. Williams, charged with th
murder of John White and Edward C
Lansby, was indicted by tne gran
jury of the special term of the circui
court. Both charge murder in the firs
degree, and hold him responsible fc
the death of both of the prominei
business men.
RAVISHER BURNED AT STAKE
Horrible Fate cf Negro Who Attemp
ed Assault on Little Girl.
A negro, charged with criminal:
assaulting the daughter of a widov
was caught and burned at the stake i
the court house square at Sulphi
Springs, Texas, Friday, before an ir
mense crowd of excited citizens.
The name of the negro was To:
Williams. He attempted to assault
14-year-old girl. Little resistance w<
made to the mob by the oificers.
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES MINERS
Speaks Before Convention Being Hel
in Wilkesbarr*, Pa.
President Roosevelt Thursday a:
ternoon delivered an address to th
anthracite coal miners at their cor
vention in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The president was accompanied b;
his son, Kermit, his nephews, Hall an*
Philip Roosevelt. Acting Secretar:
Barnes, Jacob Riis and Dr. Charles I
Stokes, U. S. N.
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-1 Household ...
J % patters
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;fl i Ejg and Cheeae Scramble.
si | Break five eggs into a saucepan, and
I quickly add a cupful of grated cheese.
I Mix this lightly with a fork, and when f
done serve with a garnish of toast cut
triangularly.
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( Sweet Potato Scones.
Mash sweet potatoes (boiled) until
there are four cunfuls. and mix Into
ril I '
| quart of flour in which has teen sifted
? two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and
y. one-half teaspoonful or salt. Mix this
with milk enough to make a dough, v ;
w : turn out on to the board, roil and cut in
eight pieces. Bake in a quick oven for
a ten minutes. .
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;r Plum Pnddlnar Glan.
c- Plum pudding glace is the recipe of a
ie i famous chef. It is an ice cream which
at has all the appearance of a royal pi-am
ie pudding. To make it a dark chocolate
m cream is filled with raisins, pieces of
citron, candied cherries, apricots, etc.
The ice cream is then packed in a pudding
mould surrounded by ice, and
D" i when formed it is served with a rich V
I sauce prepared with whipped cream.
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Fruit Knfllni,
Mix two and one-half cupfnlsof flour,' '' -M
sifted three times, with four table- Jspoonfuls
of sugar, and rub in three
it dessertspoonfuls of butter; add one 7~J
=r | cupful of milk, one-hai.' teaspoonful of
re '< salt and one cupful of fniit?berries, ?|||
ls | chopped pineapple, raisins or any kind
j ; desired. Pour the mixture into but- '
c, j tered baking pans and bake half an
| hour.
0 Green Peppers and Chicken.
's Peppers cut in rings with dull sclssors
and combined with lettuce and ; V
' French dressing are as good a simple - ^
d j salad as one could wish for.^ A de- ; ;<
! licious made-over dish of chicken is /<;?
;s ; constructed with the aid of green pepd
! pers. Cut off the tops of vbe peppers V,j?
?r I and scoop out the membrane. Par- '.:<J
b j boil for about five minutes. Cut.uptbe
jj j chicken, mix with boiled rice, and fill
j. I the peppers with the mixture. Place in ?
, a baking pan and pour in enough stock ?
. i or water, immerse the peppers half
way and bake for half an hour.
in Banana Pie.
^ The Woman's %Home Companion fur- :e
j nishes the following: Free enongb ,.^ vi;
e- j bananas from skin and coarse threads
e to fill a cup when the pulp is pressed *
t> through a sieve or ricer. To the pulp
o add a beaten egg, one-half cupful of
sugar, one cracker powdered.fine, onehalf
teaspoonful of salt, one-third of a
1. | teaspoonful of cinnamon, two table- ||ja
| spoonfuls of molasses, one-third of a
!/. ; cupful of cream and one-half cupful of
! milk, mix thoroughly, and bake until
i Amm t?? .# ? a ltnA/1 TtTifli rvncfwr AS ' <' ~J
p. i III IU ill u (.tit* (J>iu Hutu tiiui |jaou j an ' ~x/~*
g_ J for squash pie.
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J I7IINTS FOR. THE.I) -|
' j mOUSEKEEPER,|f;Jl
>i j *|
d j Gas globes break very readily when f/||
the screws holding them are screwed
'i- too tight. 1
is Stove polish mixed with turpentine ;-*i!
makes a brighter polish and one apt ,
to last longer.
Before boiling milk rinse out the
saucepan with a litle hot water; it will
,g prevent the milk sticking to the hot- -'"j
j torn of the pan.
^ I To keep tins bright wash them well : >
3* with strong hot soda and water, and
n' when dry polish with a cloth and s
x* little powdered whitening.
al | Lace that promises not to bear a
*? I necessary washing can be basted onto
ie j some thin material and then cleaned ^
>0 | with better chances of success.
f* ! Apples frcsli from the trees should
ai ! r.evcr he eaten without beingr
j washed, as they are in a good position . ?:j
j to collect the dust and germs of the air. -- HI
To soften a beefsteak smear it with, :
1 a couple of teaspooufuls of salad oil, v:'f;
ir ; place between two plates and leave
1 for a few hours. This works wonders V >
t. | in softening the fibre.
e j Potato peelings, if dried :r. the oven, ^ -1.
j are very useful for fire lighting. If suf- j
d ! ficiently abundant they may entirely - a
it | take the place of wood, but in any case Jl
;t they will economize it. t.
ir When making jam, if a ciean half |
it dollar is placed in the bottom of the - I
preserving pan the fruit wiil not re- V f
quire stirring, and it will keep bean- ?
I tiiuny wnoie. me coin Keeps u sunruu gby
continually moving while the water ' :
i is boiling.
j A porcelain saucepan that has bej
come stained should be half filled with
!y ; water into which a tablespoonful of
v i powdered borax has been put. Let the
' i water boil brisklv for awhile. Should
Q i
r all the stain not come off wet a cloth
1 ! and dip in borax and scour off the
n-1 %
spots.
When the oven smells badly take a
111 1 vessel of hot water and a handful ot
a washing soda. Take the shelves out * J/)IS
j and wash well in hot water, then finish 'k,
them in coid. Next wash the oven ^3
well out with the soda water and brush
j. it over with whitening. It will then ' /]
be clean and sweet and bake beautb >3vr
d fully. " " ?'
f. j Afrikander loyalty.
el We unhesitatingly dissociate ouri.
{ selves from those who are only too
! pleased to fly in the face of the Gov- * p
v eminent, and who, at al! times, do . V
^ their utmost to nullify the Governv
ment's honest endeavors to do the best i t
, for the country.?Lydenberg (South .
Africa) News. ^