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, Tomatoes dipped in bread crumbs and
Drowned in butter are delicious addi-
ton to the dinner.
Two draped curtains of white serinn
with insertion and antique lace, strung
en- rods with rings, are pretty for the
windows of small parlor.
Griddle cakes made of batter and toma-
toes are put forth as something CASTRO
nomicaliy new and the Creation" of
somebody's chef at Newport.
Rice croquettes are delicious if served
hot with brandy sauce. This sauce is
made like common pudding sauce, only
it should be little thinner. tFl
Celery becomes better and better with
authorities now say it should be packed
in crushed ice an hour before it is eaten.
A fillet of veal stuffed with fine herbs
makes an excellent foundation for din
ner, and if nicely Drowned and served
hot, with brown gravy. may we'll take
the place Of chicken or duck.
No two after.dinner coffee cups should
be the same, says an exchange, and this
will enable china collectors to show what
they have got that is old, new, odd,
unique, exclusive and pretty.
Lemon fritters are delicious. To one
cup of milk and one egg allow the juice
of one lemon. These may be served with
sauce; in that case, add the grated peel
Of half the lemon to flavor the sauce.
Roast ham is q noted Pennsylvania
dish. 1t is roasted the same IS beef, only,
being less juicy. it requires longer
time in the oven. 1t is served cut in
thin slices, with Q gravy made OF beef
stock and brown -four. i
Mullins without soda, if baked in hot
oven, will be light and excellent. Take
one cup of sweet milk, one cup Of -four,
one egg we'll beaten, about Q third OF
teaspoonful of salt. Have your gem
pans very hot, fill about half full, and
bake. These are nice with butter alone,
or with maple sugar syrup added.
The statement of Director Burchard as
to the standard silver dollar will perhaps
attract most attention. He says: Since
the passage of the act in 1878 requiring
the monthly purchase of not less than
81. 600 900 worth of silver bullion
and its coinage into silver dollars, 1884,.
SIC, 800 had been coined prior to Octo-
UoE, xCCOs 40oS Wis., WAeAA sAAO VIZ
600 OF fractional currency coin in the
country total Of $685., 200, 900, is in ex-
cess of the requirements of the country
for silver circulation, is apparent from
the large amount Of these coins in the
vaults Of the treasury not represented by
outstanding certificates, and not required
to DO held for their payment in namely,
over 80 900, 900 silver dollars and nearly
$27 600 900 fractional coin, total Of
$6O, 100000. My view in regard to the
policy Of further continuing the coin
age Of silver dollars was expressed
in my report two years ago, and remains
unchanged. While believing that the
equal coinage Of both metals by all ma
tions il desirable, in order to give
greater stability to the value of commod-
tiles and credit, yet, in view Of our ins-
bility to continue the increase Of silver
circulation ct the present rate without
expelling large portion Of the present
stock Of gold, q we'll - the waning hope
for the co operation Of leading CONNER.
cial nations in securing the general use
of silver aud its unlimited coinage -
money, and of the present abundant
paper, and increasing gold circulation in
this country, the question again presents
itself for the consideration Of legislators
whether the law directing the monthly
coinage of not less than So. 600 600
worth of silver bullion into standard
dollars should not be modified or re.