The record-union., 1892-05-31
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For responses TO questions of practical
value Mere puzzles. and the curious ana
common, answers to which ought to be found
in the ordinary home library, will receive
no attention. Queries published without re-
spOnseS are invitations 10 furnish answers,
to make this department an information
exchange also. Communications must be
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EDS. RECORD UNION: Is it proper to
| rank housekeeping as fine art? SID.
lin strict sense, no; in justice, yes.
Upon it depends so much of human hap
piness that high skill in it may well be
styled a fine art.
EDS. RECoRD-U UNION: I want a good
receipt for good vegetable soup. My
cookbook fails me. e. \.
las a rule we do not in this department
print receipts for the kitchen-but try
this: One small bunch of celery, one
pint of stewed tomatoes, one onion, three
! carrots, 1our turnips, little salt. Chop
all the vegetables except the tomatoes
very fine, and place them in the pot over
the fire, with about three quarts and one
pint of hot water. Let them cook slowly
an hour, then stir in the tomatoes, and
boil about half an hour longer; remove
from the fire, and rub the mixture
through colander; then return the soup
to the fire, Now stir in tablespoonful
of butter and half a cup Of milk, with a
little cornstarch or flour mixed with it,
Let the soup boil up once, and it will be
ready for the table.
AMos-All we know about it is that the
Chicago Fire Underwriters have arranged
for building at the Worlds Fair for the
special use of insurance men. and in
which are to be exhibited construction
and fire protection methods. If your in
vention is worthy, undoubtedly it will be
given a place in their building, but you
would do better to place it in its class in
the general exhibition.
KNOX. William Astor was aged 50.
As we remember the age was stated in
the dispatches. 2. The Presidents sal
ary is $40 900 q year. X portion of the eX-
penses of the White House are paid by
Congress. 3. The United States Minister
to Japan receives ST., 900 year and has a
residence furnished 10 him, but 10 eX-
panses Of it are paid by our Government.
4. The water rate in Chicago is eight
cents per 100 gallons. The rate in Sac
ramentO is cheaper.
STUDENT-Six Secretaries of State have
become President.
EsCHoL-Aristotle' was the first pri-
vate library of which we have any ac-
count worthy the name. There was a
public library at Athens earlier by few
years.
\. N.-TickIenburg IS the name of an
old-fashiOned fabric of coarse linen, saws
Noes Gltd Queries. BY the way. is it not
true that you saw the article IN that mag
azine and sent the query as test.
AMY. y nautical mile is 6,0S2.G feet.
.. league is three miles. 3. "The
PALM Rs measure IS little used. It is
supposed to represent three and one-half
inches ofIneasure. /. a bell, on ship
board means taps on the ships bell TO IN
dicate the passage OF time. Thus one bell
is half-past l. in the morning, half an
hour after midnight; two bells is ! A. H.,
three bells l:30 and so on every half-hOur
to 4. NJ. inclusive, when eight bells are
struck. Then one bell begins again with
$50 and so on each halt-hour to eight
bells again at a. Il. At $50 Que bell be-
gins again ana bells end at 12 noon with
eight bells. Thus there are three divis-
ions Of the twenty-tour hours Of eight
hours each and every half-h0ur in each
bells are struck. These divisions are
known as watches.