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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
The Kitchen.

Spanish Cake--A little cake peculiar
to the Spanish is delicious with ices and
jelly. Take butter, eggs, sugar and
flour of equal weight. When the butter
is beaten to n cream add the eggs,
sugar and flour in the order named,
Stir this for half an hour and drop 1t in
small mounds upon a sheet-iron pan
busted with flour Place a preserved
cherry in the center Of each little cake
and bake, or, If fresh fruit is preferred,
add a strawberry or raspberry after
baking.
Cranberry Turnovers.-Wash a quart
of cranberries, put them over the fire
with just enough water to convey them,
and allow ut least half a pound of sugar
TO a quart Of cranberries; they will be
nicer If a pound of sugar is allowed 10
each quart of berries; stew them slowly
until they begin to jelly, that is, until
they have absorbed the sugar and have
slightly jelled appearance; when the
crlnberries are cooked TO this degree
make a pastry puff; cut 1t in circular
shapes rs large as saucer; wet the
pastry Just inside and put spoonful of
the iellcd cranberry on each, fold half
of the pastry SO MS to form the turnover,
preSsiSnsg near the edges with the fore
finger, and making the little cuts around
the edge with a sharp knife. Fry the
turnoyers on n griddle with a little but
ter to prevent burning turning them TO
brown both sides Serve them with
broiled chicken
Chicken Soup,-While the chicken is
being boiled, prepare the "croutons' by
cutting stale bread in dice about quar-
ter Of an inch, without any crust; fry
the dice in plenty of hot fat, just MS
doughnuts are fried; when they are
light brown, take them out with skim
mer, and lay them on brown paper for
n moment to free them from greese.
When the chicken is done use the sauce
I'm which ii has been boiled, less that
which WAS taken out for celery sauce
10 prepare the soup; II this sauce Is
thicker than cream, reduce It 10 mat
consistency with hot milk, and see that
It is paipatably seasoned, then add the
croutens lust before serving the soup,
liz the quantity Of sauce remaining after
the chicken is boiled is not sufficient To
use for soup. make a cream soup as fol
lows. For each quart desired, put over
the fire a tablespoonful each Of butter
and -four. stirring them together until
/ they bubble. and then gradually adding
mink and water equally, half a cupful al
o,ca stirring that smoothly in bcfop
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
Iurn About is Fair Play.

A farmer hired Il man to help work
the farm. one summer day when Ia
borers We're scarce, the two were NOW
ing in the field when several larks flew
up.
Look ut those big cranes said the
hired man
Those are not cranes, they are only
ldrks," replied the farmer somewhat
surprised
III you don't say they are cranes III
knock off work right now" sale the
hired man.
As the farmer could get nobody 10
take the hired mans place he was oh
iged to yield to the whim of the mt
NAL
Yes" said the farmer, 81 see that
they are cranes, but they are not big
cranes they are only half grown
cranes"
The hired man was satisfied with this
concession. Some months afterwards
the hired man being stin in the employ
of the farmer. the latter said mt dinner
one day, rs he poured out a glass Of
water.
Here is some very fine beer"
THAT'S not beer, that's only water
said the hired man.
"It YOU don't say it is beer you can
tender your resignation. for I don't
want any offensive partisanship about
the place. Just taste that at once. and
If you say 1t is not beer YOU can quit
at once ="
The hired man knew very well that
he could not get another situation at
that time Of the year. 50 he tasted the
water and cheerfully endorsed the adj
ministIGtion saying:
"Of course it Is beer. but has not
got much body to It."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
THE FARM AND HOME
MY PHILOS OPHY.

/ amt ner don't p'tend to be
Much posted on philosophy;
But there is times when all alone,
/ work out ideas of my own.
And of these same thare is few
I'd like to jest refer to you,
Pervidin' that you don't object
To listen clos't and rickollect.
! allus argy that man
Who does about the best he can,
Is plenty good enough to suit
This lower mundane institute;
No matter eff his daily walk
Is subject for his neighbours talk,
And critic minds of ey'ry whim
Jest all get up and 90 fer him.
/ knowed a Teller onc't that had
The yaller janders mighty bad,
And each and ey'ry friend he'd meet
Would stop and give him some reject
For cuIin' o. 'em But he'd say
Ha kind o thought they'd go away
Without no medicine, and boast
That'd get well without one doste.
He kept yallerin' on, and they
Perdctin' tat he'd die some day
Before he knowed IT.! Tuck his bed
The Teller did, and lost his head,
And wandered in his mind a spell,
Then rallied, and at last sol well;
But ey'ry friend that said he'd die
Went back on him etelnally.
It's nachural enough, I guess
When some its more and some less,
For them 'uns on the slimmest side
To claim It amt a fair divide;
And I've lnowed some to lay and wait
And get up soon and set up late,
To ketch some fellow they could hate
Fer goin' at a faster gait.
The signs is bad when folks commence
A fndin' fault with Providence,
An balkin' cause the world don't shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he can be
EFF stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My docterin IS to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied;
Jest do your best, and praise er blame
That follers that counts just the same
Eve allus noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles, more or less
AND It's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest
james Whitcomb Riley in Grange
Visitor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

Mr.. Sturgeon often related that he
had come to his last pound and knew
not whence to find the money that was
absolutely necessary for the continuance
Of the work He mentioned his need
TO a friend, who reminded him that he
had a good banker Yes, and | should
like to draw upon him now, for have
nothing" replied Mr.. Sturgeon. We'll,
how dc YOU know? Have you prayed
about it?' Yes, l have" We'll, then,
leave it to him. Have you opened your
letters?" NO | don't open my letters
on Sunday We'll, open them for
once" He did 81; and in the first he
opened there was a bankers letter TO
this effect: Dear Strive beg to in
form you that lady to tally unknown
to us has left with MS two hundred
pounds for you 20 use in the education
Of young men"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

A teaspoOnful of borax added to cold
starch viii make clothes very stiff.
In packing gowns they will be found
to crease very little if paper is placed
between the folds.
Put fresh fish in salted water for
half an hour before cooking It. 1t Lar.
dens the fish and improves the flavor.
Coffee grounds can he used to fill
pin cushions. hT'cy should be put in
bag and hung up back of the stove
until they are perfectly dry
Excellent and economical jelly can be
made OF the rinds and cores of any
good, juicy apples which have been
pared for pies or buildings. Every par
ticle Of the fruit is thus USED.
Little violet velvet toques are to he
worn this winter, with perhaps a tiny
edging of sable and group Of these
shaded velvet roses at one side.
How to Thread a Needle. when
threading a needle, always put through
the eye of the needle first the end
which came off the spool first You
viii wonder why the thread doesn't
knot
TO clean carpets. 90 over them once
week with o broom dipped in hot
water, to which a little turpentine has
been added. Wiring a cloth in the hot
water and wipe under pieces of furnit-
IRE too heavy to be moved.
Williams gloves are always quite up
to date, but we noted some especially
pretty ones in light tints, with buttons
TO match, that are entire novelties and
Just the thing for Christmas gifts.
Hot alum water is the best insect
destroyer known. Put alum into hot
water and boil until dissolved, then ap-
ply the water with a brush to all
cracks, closets, bedsteads and other
places where insects may be found
Ants, cockroaches, fleas and other
creeping things are killed.
There is nothing that proves such an
economizer of strength and time In
the cleaning of windows as the use OF
alcohol instead of water It cleanseS
with magic rapidity and is not an ex-
travagant substitute. as a prudent per-
son is able TO wash a great many WIN
dowS with a small bottle Of alcohol
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
ANU CUSTOMS
The Queer Manners of People Ii,in.
Ainu Moshiri.

me queer Manners of People It,ir
Ainu Moshiri.
When the Ainu meet, they ruh ~
hands together in a peculiar NEE LII
invoking blessings upon each ctho. ', -
while, and may continue this nroo.1,,. .lie
Tor considerable time, saws tho So
day Review. They then stroko ~.
boards making q curious rrmhlina
SOUND IN the throat, and again rub tba,s
myers and palms together, after W.T.,
the beard is once more stroI,ad o,a :,
business of the interview begins IN ,s'o
women behave in a still moro c,,ui-@0
manner They do not salute their own
sex at all, but are extremely resnoot
full to the men, covering their evas On,
looking down on the ground when IT,
pass male acquaintance or ayor
male stranger.
On entering Il hut where n mo,
a woman first of all removes her ba,d
dress and hangs it on her left arm Sh,
then brushes back her front hair osS
covers her mouth with her rigbt boaS
All this is preliminary When she soa'
that the man deigns to look at her ~
draws the right index finger across ~
left palm, up to the left arm Of Ho
shoulder, thence across the face hanoor,
the nose and so on round backward T.
hind the ears.
When Ainu, especially Ainu woman
meet after a separation that has last,S
some time they have a pretty WY ~
telling each other experiences IN a so,t
of chant and in the pleasant sound ~
their singularly sweet voices ono 70,
gets their wild and unkempt looks Tho
Japanese women are equally remar..
able for the sweetness of their voices
but have the. advantages over their
Ainu sisters, of delicate and dain.v
ways, the charm of which the mos+
stolid globe-trotter is constrained to own
If the women of Ainu-Moshili. as tho
Ainu call their land, are the drudgas %
the men in their youth and middle aga
their opportunity for revenge comes
with the lapse of years. The curses NJ
IN angry old woman excite the utmost
terror in the bravest bear-hunter Ho
flies panic-stricken from such names
as shunuma-ash mangy deer. tonton.
eppo (bald-pated boar or, worst of an
rai-guru (cOrpse), or inaosakgura god.
less fellow. After death her ghost il
regarded with deeper dread.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

man nature which, carried on by a
number of minor characters, fills the
background of his larger pieces. There
is no need to give examples of this cor
uscating by-play. Their name is legion,
but the putting Of them in, the incessant
parentheses in which they are inserted,
the side-steps he runs out of his main
subject to make, the incursions off the
road into the wild country, account for
a great deal of the obscurity with which
slothful persons have charged him, and
if they are not quite good art, are at
least of extraordinary interest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

Restlessness may be sign Of tickle
ness, or it may be Il sign of constancy.
one may be restless FROM a lack of pur-
pose and aim. turning hither and thither
without any hNedness Of thought Of
desire, now enjoying one thing and now
another, but never satisfied with any
lot or contented in any sphere, But
one may also he restless from an I'M
swerving and never varying aim and
purpose. turning hither or thither. rs
the skilled navigator tacks and veers
according to the hindrances of the wind
or tide. or TO the tortuous windings of
shifting channel in order to reach
surely the one destination which IS IN
his mind from first to last. There Is
the restlessness of the dead leaf stirred
and tossed by every passing breeze
without even an instinct of ai1nor pur-
pose; and there is the resuessneSs OF
he magnetic needle that quivers cease
Sesslx on its pivot, in its determination
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

St Louis Republican.-The coolest
known spot on the earth's surface =
on the Eastern Slope, shelving noun
tain that runs down to near the water
edge, on the eastern bank Of the Lena
River, in Northern Siberia The spot u
question 10 nine and n fourth miles rom
Serkerchoof about latitude 90 norul'
and longitude 1874 east DR.. Noikoll,
director of the Russian Meteorolosic'l
Service. gives the minimum temperature
of the place as being SO degrees oeloW
zero 1t is a place Of almost perpetuai
calm In the mountains near by, Where
windy weather is the rule, it is not near
ly 50 cold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
BRoWNING's LOVE OF SOCIETY

An interesting Talk Upon HIS E,,cly
life
one of the first times | met Brown
ing.says SpOfard A Brooks in the Chris
tiun Century, was in the company of a
young man of no name and position
whatever, and l never remember him
more brilliant He seemed enchanted
to talk to us, and told Of his youthful
life when he was writing "Paracelsus. -
of all the men he then met and of what
kind they Were. and of all his doings
with the actors and the stage when he
was bringing out "Suafford" As l lis
tened, l seemed to look within and to
see arranged in his wonderful memory
multitude of subjects and compost
tons. as it We're. of the scenery of HUI
man nature; nor was l less struck with
his capacity for bringing forth out of
his treasures things new and old when
on a day Of his later life. leaning over
the balcony of the Hotel Universe mt
Venice, he WIS moved TO speak to me OF
his life in Italy. All that he met he re-
membered, ard what he remembered he
naturally composed, like an artist, into
drama. or lyric. or narrative in his heart.
He had hundreds Of unwritten poems
Wi hin, and could use them when and
how he pleased; and If such multitude
nous would have been troublesome, for
example, to Tennyson as an artist, it
was not a trouble but a stimulent 10
Rrpy-uiuv To u-1S rnaSrar ~ +ba many
STUDIES" he possessed. He gained them
in his social existence, and if he had not
lived in this continual to-and-fro of
human life we should have lost not
only q large number Of those poems
which touch and fix lyric moments Of
passion OF conscience or spiritual feeling
but also that incessant by-play Of hui
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17


A late issue of the Rural New Yorker
contains the report of visit made by
the editor to the dairy farm of Vice
President Morton, where Il large herd
of Guernseys are kept and fancy sweet
cream butter is made for private GUS
toners in cities. The superintendent
stated that the milk of every COW is
weighed at milking time, and on the
first and fifteenth Of every month the
milk of every cow is tested to deter
mine the per cent. of butter fat. In
stead of making a test of only a single
milking however, a complete sample
is taken. This is done by using a pipette
holding only one-eighth as much as the
one used in taking the sample for the
Babcock test, and taking a sample of
eight consecutive milllings, pouring
them into a pipette of the usual size,
and when this is full the test is made.
This is a good plan, but unusual care
would have to be used in taking the
samples, as with such a small pipette
there would be considerable danger of
error. We think Professor Patrick s
plan for composite test is better This
simply consists in placing a small
amount Of milk from each milking into
a Mason fruit jar, using a pinch Of cor
rosive sublimate to keep it sweet until
it is ready to be tested.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17
pisa agreeable Habits A..

Nearly all the disagreeable habits
which people take up come ut first from
mere accident or want of thought They
might easily be dropped, but they are
persisted in until they become a second
nature. Stop and think before you allow
yourself to form them.
These are disagreeaDle habits of body,
like scowling, winllng, twisting the
mouth, biting the nails, continually
picking at something, twirling n key or
fIlmbling at a chain, drumming with
the fingers, screwing and twisting a
chair, or whatever you lay your hands
on Don't do any Of these things
Learn to sit quietly-like a gentleman
] was going to say; but / am afrid even
girls fall into such tricks sometimes
There are much worse things than
these, to be sure but we are speaking
only of these little things that are an
noying when they are persisted in.
There are habits of speech with you
see" or you know nova" "and-a,"
"see here" let me tell you" indistinct
utterance sharp nasal tones; avoid
them all Stop and think what you
are going to say, and then let every
word drop from your lips just as perfect
as a new silver coin. Have a care about
your way of sitting and standing and
walking, Before you know it, you will
find that your habits win have hard
ened into a coat Of mail, that you can
not get rid Of without a terrific effort.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

Providence Journal: No phase of
American social life at the present time
is less attractive than the sordid long
ing for the rapid accretion of money,
It's accumulation into great fortunes
and its hordmg for its own sake. BY
and 10y II we learn wisdom we shall
understand that wealth is not the chief
desideratum OF existence and that the
absorbed love of money is the root of
iar-reaChing evil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

toward the pole in spite of all counter
attractions and deflections. Before we
pass judgment on the restlessness of an
others life, let us be sure that that
restlessness is not in itself a sign Of
cOnstancY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17


The feed trough in the poultry yard
should only be used when giving soft
food that would be wasted is scattered
upon the ground. If grain is fed in the
trough the fowls will simply stand up
and gorge themselves. Scatter it well
and compel them to take some exercise
with their meals.
BEFORE marketing the turkeys, pen
them up for ten days and give fattening
food. They win increase rapidly in
weight and be improved in quality.
The best profit viii be found in the
improved breeds, in the bronze especi-
ally. Yearlng bronze turkeys, well fed,
can be easily made to weigh % pounds.
Sour or fermented grain, or food that
is spoiled or impure, should never be
given to the fowls. In hot weather In
particular, 1t is a prime cause of disease,
in this respect being almost equal to un-
clean quarters and stagnant drinking
water Good eggs, too, are not pro
duCed from bad food
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

adding any more. This point of stirring
constantly until the sauce is smooth
before making each addition of water,
is essential to its sinoothness. About
quart of milk and water win be re-
qulred for sauce.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

The garden upon a country place, or
even upon a small village lot, should be
planned with a view to being ornament
as well as useful. The walks should be
laid out with regularity, and the borders
should have Towering plants or small
fruits, such as currants. 1t is not much
trouble to keep the garden in nice shape
If 1t is laid out properly at the start,
and it may be made as inviting as any
part Of the grounds. Do not get in the
habit of looking upon it merely as a
place for growing cabbages and pota-
toes
TO 90 into a garden and see it clean
and free from weeds is pretty satisfac-
tory testimony of a good garden. In
most gardens cultivation ceases about
the LIST of July, and after that the veg
etables that remain have to struggle
with the weeds for possession; but there
is neither profit nor comfort in such.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

American.-The receipts Of the els''''
ed railway in New York for me 'lilee
days of the Columbian celebration We
about $4,000. That is more thAn uie
capital of the first corporation esta
ed for street-car traffic, and IS the Ia
est sum ever received by rallrosi'' o'l
poration in an equal length Of time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

There are now current about four huhG
red titles Of electrical books. A Ie"
years ago m electrical library Oh zen
volumes embraced all the available H'ei-
azure on the subject.-World
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

one Of the oldest papers Of the nit -
states is the Salem Gazeete' q tl''ns
evening newspaper. which began - Il
istence as a weekly journal IN l'oo-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

The first daily morning newspaper
was the daily Courant published in
London.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

Baron Hirsch is supposed to be not only
the richest man Of our time, but q al
time. his estimated capital being $1,000,
900. 600
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

The South Sea islanders make an in
toxicatiug drink from. corn and decayed
ush.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-17

Rum Is made from the refuse Of sugar
and the best comes from the West In
dies. f =
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-10-06
DAwoLING.
Find Something to DO and Thus Escape
had Fault.

Find Something TO DO and Thus Escape
bad Fault.
If there is ever any excuse for david
ling, it is when the thermometer is up
among the nineties.
Nevertheless, girls, don't dawdle
Believe me, the busy girls are the
happy girls,-and this rule holds good
in summer as well as winter.
The dawdling girls are heavy cross,
both to themselves and other people.
Who wants to carry weight in the
dog-days?
"Oh, dearl Such hot weather."
complains Miss Dawdler, when she
comes to breakfast, and from morning
until evening this is the burden of her
talk as she lounges through the house,
trying now one room and then another
in search of "a cool spot"
Her health is good and her appetite
excellent Yet-"Other folks don't feel
this heat as dor she says.
If she were an invalid we might be-
lieve it.
so much more uncomforta BILE than the
rest of her family during the sultry
weather?
Let us follow this young woman in
one of her listless pilgrimages and
find, If we can, an answer to the ques-
ton.
First, the shaded dining-room. There
her mother is making a cold custard
for dessert
why not settle down to something's"
asks that lady. as she carefully meas
ures out the liquid rennet and stirs it
into the milk.
In the vine-bowered doorway of the
shed kitchen sits Bridget Smelling the
peas for dinner, the while she croons an
Irish melody.
Hot. Miss? Sure. that it is-for
thin that has the tonne to think about
it."
Out upon the sitting-room veranda is
Brother Jack. getting his fishing tackle
''in prime order" for to-morrow's sport
For goodness sake, sis, ind some
thing 70 do. This is the third time in an
hour you've been botnering me about
the heat Keep busy and you woa /
think of the thermometer
Need we continue any longer in Miss
Dawdler's company? Have we not
found the answer to our question. -
Good Housekeeping.