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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
THE HOME.

FROM THE BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL.
In cakemaking, said Mrs. Dearbon, the
fire is the first consideration as it is in
deed for all cooking. The cake should
control the. fire and all other dishes be-
come secondary in attention.
| To test the heat of an oven by the
hand is good way learned by expert
ence, as it is almost impossible to tell
another person how to do it for hands
differ so much in ability to bear the
heat.
Anything which is to be very light
should usually be baked on the floor of
the oven.
ANYTHING which is liable to burn is
more successfully baked with CRATE I'M
der the pan; cake containing molasses
burns quickly.
A sponge cake requires moderate
oven while one made with baking powder
will need a quicker oven.
Measure all materials before beginning
to put cake together. Be accurate in
measuring the butter and sugar. Pack
tile butter solidly in the cup but in meas
uring flour fill the cup with a spoon and
never dip it into the pan or shake it
down. Use pastry flour and fine granu-
lated sugar
Baking powder is preferred to soda
and cream tartar because it is inaccurate
proportions and the quality is more sure
to be good. Sift the baking powder with
the flour through fine sieve and mix
well together.
Pans used for cake only and kept in
GOOD condition do not need papering.
10 paper a pan use brown or MANILA
paper and do not paper the corners. Cut
a piece long enough to reach across the
ban and up the sides allowing it to reach
a little above the edges of the pan.
There i, no need of paperlng the ends.
1t is usually as well to butter the pan,
sprinkle with flour and then shake out
all that does not stick to the butter.
To cream butter pour boiling water
into bowl and then turn it out at once
for the bowl must not be so hot as to
melt the butter. Stir the butter with
spoon u til it is crea ~ then add the
sugar gradually, stirring all the time
Do not let cake batter stand in the pan
after being mixed and expect it to be
light when baked.
Do not leave cake batter heaped in the
pan, work it,out from the center es-
pecially for layer cake: The outside
of cake bakes more and hence shrinks
more than the center and if a cake is to
be level after baking it is well to make
the batter higher at the edges.
Do not be afraid to look at a cake IN
the oven or move it if it is not baking
well; but do SO gently SO as not to jar the
cake or cause current of cold air to
come across the hot dough. If it bakes
too fast it will boil up through the center
and make bad shaped loaf.
The time of baking should be divided
into four parts. In the first quarter tho
cake should rise and look bubbly. In
rising and brown very slightly; if it looks
almost done the oven is too hot, cover
the cake with paper, taking car care that that
nnarter Il should rise to full height OF to
twice it's original size. 1t should con-
tinue to brown. In the last allowance
of time the baking is finished and this is
noted in the shrinking from the pan at
tbe e]oes of the cake,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
Here and There.

Nebraska makes fine showing of irri
cation work 1t is estimated that there
are now $50. 900 acres under ditch in this
state and new enterprises are in contem-
plation for retaining a much larger
! area next year.
The department of agriculture reports
that in 1892 we had Ii. 498. 141 horses. as
against ID. O56, $50 in 1891; 2.314 .699 mules
In 1892 as against 9 1896. 532 in 1891
The general government has at last
aken measures to save the remaining
giant trees of California-the majestic
sequoias.
The Massachusetts state board of ag-
riculture last year sold fifty-one aban
loned farms, representing a total of 4,522
acres, for $74. 100, an average of $16.40
per acre.
The plague of field mice in Scotland
continues in spite of heroic efforts to
abate the nuisance.
The New York state forest commits
sion has decided to purchase, at the rate
Of $3.50 per acre, about 5000 acres OF
and in Essex county as an addition to
the state park, and will sell 5000 acres
there which are outside the park bound
aries.
There are 3,500.0 acres of irrigated
and in California.
--H---
Post this notice up conspicuously in
your stables, .'Well wintered is half sum-
mered."
The most profitable beeves are those
fattened and marketed when not over 2
years old.
If the price gets SO low for your wheat
that you become discouraged and feed it
to the stock, give it to sheep raw and I'M
ground. For COWS and horses grind it
coarsely. Feed to horses five to six
pounds a day, besides the oats. Give
four to five pounds mixed with bran Or
shorts to the COWS, adding sufficient oil
meal. Grind or cook the wheat for pigs
and feed skimmilk and shorts, adding
little oilmeal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
MANSON G. LARRABE E..
3 CONTRACTING SAI.EsSF0oN1S.
2A6 Middle Street
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.

NOTES AbOUI WOMENs
Among distinguished women inventors
Mrs. Ella Gaillard is noted for the num-
Der and variety of her original produc-
lions. which include the eyeless needle
now used by surgeons, the musical top,
folding fatiron, a musical fountain, a
superior kind of dress-shield and sweat
band for hats, key which registers
whether the door is locked or not, a
musical paperweight and calendar com
bined, and carriage telephone.
Miss Herreshoff. daughter of the blind
designer Of yachts, is almost as well
posted as her father in everything per-
tanning to marine architecture, and it is
with her eyes that Mr.. Herreshoff ac-
complishes very important portions of
his work.
Princess Theresa, sister of the prince
regent of Bavaria, has been elected to
full membership in the Bavarian Acade-
nv Of Science She is the only woman
whose scientific works have won this dis
tinction.
The Empress of Austria does her own
cooking. or at least superintends it, and
in an emergency could prepare any dish.
She has solved the servant girl problem.
Mrs. Martha D. Strickland is the first
won an lawyer ever sworn in as mem
Der of the Tennessee bar.
The French newspapers tell of very
interesting match that came off in France
Two women in good society challenged
each other to talk fast. Each was to
utter as many words as possible in a
fixed time. Each woman talked three
consecutive hours. One uttered 203, 500
words. The other won the match with
206, $50 words.
HINTS TO HOUsEKEEPERS.
Articles of food that are damp Or juicy
should never be left in papers. Paper is
merely compound of rags. glue, lime
and similar substances, with acids and
chemicals intermixed, and when damp is
unfit to touch things that are to be
eaten.
Emery powder will remove ordinary
stains from ivory knife handles.
Steel knives should never be used for
stirring or cooking anything in hot
grease, as it makes them dull.
Tissue paper put under the buttons on
a plush, velvet or heavy silk garment or
or gown, when it is laid away even for
few DAYS will protect the material from
the pressure of the buttons and keep
looking fresh.
Mantles and draped dresses are better
hung up in wardr hes or small closets,
where they will be kept freer from dust
than they would be if folded and laid
away to become creased.
The following is splendid liniment
for chilblains: One ounce of camphor
gum, four fluid ounces of olive oil. Dis
solve together by a gentle heat and ap-
ply.
A persistent washing and rinsing in
milk will remove an ink stain.
If new shoes pinch in some particular
spot, cloth wet with hot water and laid
across the place will cause immediate
and lasting relief
Unslacked lime cleans small articles of
steel, such as buckles, &c.
Fullers' earth, if applied Immediately
and we'll rubbed in, will absorb the
grease from carpets, boards, marble etc.
1t may then be brushed off dry without
injuring the color or fabric.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
Cheese Making.

Tampering with very mixed mass OF
milk, extremely susceptible to unseen in
fuences, is most hazardous and unsafe
practice, the effects of which is apparent
in the increasing numbers Of faulty and
rejected cheeses, caused in great measure
by makers being caught by the rapidly
evolving change before the cooking is
completed or the whey sufficiently ex-
PEELED, the maker being compelled to
salt the curd prematurely, and faulty
cheese is the result.
Better and safer by far is it to coagu-
late soon as the milk is all delivered
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
Dairy and Creamery.


To get the real test of a dairy cows
value her milk should be both tested
and weighed. The test will tell you how
rich in butter fat her milk is; the weigh
ing will tell you how much milk she
gives. Sometimes a cows milk may be
rich, but SO small in quantity that it
does not pay to keep her.
Shorthorn people will make splurge
at the Columbian exposition to prove
that their cattle are first class dairy
beasts. They wish to establish a reputa-
ton for the Shorthorn as the long sought
general purpose cow. A member OF the
American Shorthorn Breeders associa-
ton thinks there will be no trouble in
finding twenty-five Shorthorn cows that
will average two pounds of butter day
during the ninety days dairy test at the
Worlds fair, and twenty-five more that
will produce the same during the thirty
day test in the fall. The Shorthorn
Breeders association will give generous
additional premiums to cows of their
breed that may be entered for the Co
lumbar exposition's six months dairy
school.
When you start creamery be sure
and locate it in an airy, sunny, sweet
smelling spot, and then have your build
ings and utensils always well aired and
sweet smelling. And if your patrons
do not furnish first class cream or milk
give them an airing too.
.sUse the calf to run the baby sepa-
rator," says The Rural New Yorker.
If the walls of your COW stable are
open and yawning, batten them up with
straw OF hay. A stable where water
will freeze is too cold for milk COWS.
The Californians still insist that the
Shorthorn is the butter COW for their
state
Silver tea sets have been among the
prizes offered at fairs for the best butter
and cheese this year. 1t is a good idea.
A dairyman finds that he can make
just as good butter and cheese in Georgia
as he used to make in Ohio.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
MANSON G.
LARRABEE::.
BIAS I: MI IN T.

100 pieces Best Standard make of
Prints, 3ac yard, worth &c.
40 pieces Inverness Cloth. This is a
printed dress fabric usually sold at 123c;
bargain price, &c.
100 pieces Ginghams, apron checks, 43c
yard, worth Sc.
50 pieces of Warwick and Westbrook
Ginghams TIC.
100 pieces Swiss Zephyrs, an extra fine
quality Printed Dress Fabrics worth .i23c.
90 inches; bargain price, TIC. 4
25 pieces Toile de Rouen Percales, 30
inches wide, indigo blues in plaids, at SC
yard.
What remnants of Century Prints. Ba-
tiste Cloths, Outing Flannels, etc.. we
shall put on the centre counter and close
them at sc yard.
so pieces Scotch Finish Ginghams in
light colors, lace and satin stripes, at the
ridiculous price of &c yard.
A special sale of new Spring Outing
Flannels at manufacturers prices Sc.
One case extra quality Outing Flannel,
Sc ward.
One bot of 12ac quality for 10c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08

and proceed with the process, looking
out for development until cooking is
complete, then patiently awaiting the
evolution of the proper degree of change.
In our avocations as cheese buyers we
have opportunities of examining the
work of the cheese instructors, which
they themselves seldom have-viz., wh2n
their cheeses are cured-and we state In
all candor what we have written.
And as we purchase and resell annu-
ally about one-eighth of all the full
cream cheeses made in the state, we claim
the experience to know whereof we have
spoken, and would be delighted to find
evidences of a satisfactory Improvement.
Robert MacAdam in American Dairy
man.
Hands Of the Butter.
'sKeep your hands off the butter is
not very elegant precept, but its inele-
gance is due to the untidiness it forbids
s'Touch me not-with your hands" is
the constant entreaty of the gilt edge
article from the time the golden granules
are taken out of the churn until the lin
ished product is placed on the table of
the consumer.
We probably have no ex-school teach
ers among us, but strict grammar@an
might object to the word precept in this
connection, since it applies more especial
" to rules of moral conduct, but as
cleanliness is said to be next to goodness
the word is used advisably here. The
same rule should be applied to the ham
ding of the cream. Avoid the use Of the
hand; use whisk broom or a spray
from the nozzle of the hose.-Exchange
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08

What little leisure dairyman enjoys
comes largely to him in the cold months,
and then he cannot make money any
faster than to turn student. This state
ment isn't bosh or theory, but simply a
plain, common sense fact.
Whether you believe it or not your
neighbor does, and he is making third
more money than you are, and out Of a
third less number of cows.
Study the principles of your calling all
you can in the institute and in your sta
BILE, and give your boy even better op-
portunities of learning than you have
had. Your own welfare will be i'm
proved and your boys future success as
sured by the means.-Ge0rge E. Newell
in American Cultivator.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
BASEM EN-
WHITE GOODS.

LINEVOs WILL uUUUOs
10000 yards Fruit of the Loom
Bleached Cotton, to 10 yards in piece.
64c yard.
5000 yards Nameless Bleached Cotton,
So inch, SC yard.
10 pieces good quality Feather Ticking,
121c.
We shall sell s bales of good, fine quail
ity Unbleached Cotton, one yard wide,
for &c yard; the regular retail price Tic.
100 pieces yard wide Unbleached Cot
ton, 4ac.
What there is left of the &c and 100
quality Shaker Flannel will be sold at SC
yard.
One bale of yard wide Sheeting, Shaker
Flannel, extra heavy, TIC.
One lot Nainsook, extra quality stripes
and checks, sc yard.
There are yet some extra bargains left
in Nainsook Remnants from our last
weeks sale.
54-inch Bleached Table Damask, Csc.
56tinch Bleached Table Damask, 33c.
One lot Barnsley Cream Damask, regu-
lar S1.50 quality, extra fine finish, bargain
price CSC.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
RASEME NT.
Blankets, Comforters and Quilts.

100 pairs Silver Gray and White Blan-
kets, 49c pair. Limited number to each
customer.
100 Xxx Crochet Quilts. worth $1.OO,
for Csc each.
Our entire stock of Blankets are marked
at prices that will pay you to buy for
next season. This is the greatest cut
ever made on seasonable merchandise.
We must reduce stock in this department.
10000 yards best quality yard and one
quarter wide Oil Tabling, 123c yard.
80 pieces 27-inch Honeycomb Toweling.
&c yard. Notice the width.
There are few lots of Blankets,
slightly soiled but no injury to the wear,
large size and extra fine quality, ranging
in price from SIS to $40. We shall divide
the price to close them out.
One lot Glass Linen Fringed Doylies,
extra fine quality, 39c dozen.
Unbleached Linen G ash, 16 inches
wide, real value SC, bargain price 80 yard.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
INV III v DRY
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08

Nothing like Kurakotf. for Hoarseness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
DRESS GOODS COUNTER.

What will be sold for 19c yard: 36-inch
Wool Homespuns, in shades of brown
and gray mixtures, SOC Mohairs, few
shades of cashmere.
What will be found on the SOC counter;
All wool Flannel Suitings in Diagonals,
Cheviots, Homespun, Plaids, 52-inch
Brown Checks. India Twills and mix
lures.
For SOC: 52-inch Diagonal Suitings,
54-inch novelties, 40-inch novelties for
merly sold at size, short lengths in novel
ties at 81 and slips, all at soc yard.
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
Bargain 1-45-inch all wool TWILL
double faced, extra fine quality, good
value at 75c, bargain price 300.
Bargain 2-38-inch Crepons in different
styles, all wool, real value $50 yard, bar
gain price 400 yard.
Bargain "a small lot of all Black
Satin Stripe Raye, real value 45c, bargain
price zoe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
lst FLOOR.
HANDKERCHIEF DEPARTMENT.

100 dozen LADIES' White Lawn Hand
kerchiefs, open work border, &c each.
One lot of Ladies' White Initial Hand
kerchiefs, one-half linen, unlaundered,
worth zoe each, for &C..
All our ladies' 25c white embroidered
handkerohiefs, also linen hemstitched
handkerchiefs, 121c.
Our great bargain-Gents' pure linen
white hemstitched handkerchiefs 125c
each.
HAMBURGS.
/, We have never made speciality of
Hamburgs until this season. The large
line we are showing is attracting great
deal of attention among close buyers. A
large variety of choice styles marked at
Bargain Prices.
CORSETS.
In this department is where we find
too much stock.
:Our 500 corsets in white and drab. 19cIpr.
Our SOC and 75c qualities for SOC.
One-half the retail price on some odd
lots, all marked at the one price, SOC.
Torchon laces in hand made, Smyrna
laces, Imitati Torchons, Swiss Edgings
and a large line of Cotton Laces at bar
gain prices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
.a,ssza Great Bargain Sale s! .., IL: ST
Mtb Great Cash sa No Goods Charged Goods Exchanged and Every Sale Positive
z4o
MIDDLE ST..
lst FLOOR.

We have surplus of large spools of
Basic Cotton worth SC; reduction price,
lie each.
One lot spool linen &c spool.
One large lot of satin covered dress
STAYS &c a dozen.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

The Chinook Opinion joins THE IN
DEPENDENT in the call for moro settlers
in Montana. 1t says: "Northern Mon
tana wants no boom or putting, but it
does want and has elbow room for
thousands upon thousands of poor in
dustrious families with q little means to
tide them owe the first season, who will
go into diversified industries and helm
to retain IN the state the millions that
leave it annually-for those necessaries
of life such as grain, potatoes, yegeta-
bles, cheese, eggs, ~etc,-that are O
being imported from st. Paul, Chicago.
st. Louis, Oregon, etc, e%nriching other
states Mt the expense of this. One
Butte merchant informed the writer
that he alone had paid in hard cash dur
ing the past seven years over a million
dollars for articles such as cheese, -four,
pork and bacon, eggs, fruits, etc; which
could just as we'll be produced in Mon
tana as in the states from he had to got
the articles in question. just think of
it-one million dollars leaving Montana
never to return from one Butte firm in
seven years." There are Helena firms
that have paid out even larger sums.
Where has the money gomez Out OF
the state to stay. We sell the products
OF our mines and flocks and herds for
ready money enough to make us the
easiest people, financially speaking, ir
the world, but instead of keeping the
money in circulation at home we send
it away again to build up the agricul,
tural Industries of other states than oul
own.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15
BY ALL MEANS.

THE INDEPENDENT has heretofore
sought to impress upon our citizens the
necessity Of being prepared for the cases
70 be relieved during the coming winter
and rs a yet more practical suggestion
in this same direction we gladly give
place to the following communication
from Rev. j. II. Croker Of this city:
The citizens Of Helena are probably as
charitable and our churches and fraternal
societies as efficient in helpfulness as any
that can be found. But 1t ia evident that
the coming winter will bring IN increase of
suffering from cold and hunger. and on this
account there will be greater need for wis
dom and co-ope alton in the work of relief.
It seems to me that something ought to
DO done at oncs in the line of what. in
nearly o hundred cities of our land (some
no larger than Helena) is called Organ
lied Charity" The object Of this movement
10 not to set aside any existing means of
helpfulness. but to secure greater efficiency
md economy by uniting oil charitable
agencies in a common system. Trains to
stop street begging and promiscuous aims
giving, to prevent what is called over
lapring" and the consequent waste Of
funds, to shield the public from impostors
and at the same time to discover and wisely
relieve the deserving poor WHOSE pride keeps
them from begging and whose self-resrect
must be carefully fostered. This needs to
be a "oitizens' movement and yet inolu.
elusive in a way of all religious and benevo.
lent organizations. The experience of q
century has proved the wisdom and fruit
fulness Of its principles and methods.
which aie doubtless familiar to many in
our midst.
have been waiting for a number of
weeks in the hope that some city official
or prominent citizen would call q public
meeting for the discussion of this subject
and the organization Of forces along this
line. It is not for me to lead in this mat
ter. bnt l should be glad to lend q hand:
and I earnestly hope that this suggestion
will lead to immediate action.
J. H. CRooKER.
Helens, Oct. IL, 1898.
We heartily second the call for a pub
lie meeting for the purpose of effecting
such an organization. The matter
should be acted upon at once before
cold weather sets in. In these times
cooperative charities are the only means
of giving certain and prompt relief to
the worthy poor and, what is of equal
Importance, Of eliminating the frauds
and impostors who almost make The
sweet name of charity odious. The
plan outlined by Mr.. Croker would
utilize the services of all existing benev-
olent organizations of whatever name or
creed. They would act together with
one common purpose and united they
would be able to afford relief to every
needy individual in the community.
Organized charity, by all means! Let
the meeting be called.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

Montana senator? That lie the question
history will ask, and her condemnation
Of the nan who refused to call II session
OF the legislature, and Of the bosses
who controlled his action, will DO stern
and unsparing.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

WrTH a compromise OF the silver
question that will extend Owe three
years; with the tariff carefully revised
in the interest of tho consumer, and
with the federal election law repealed,
what will be tho issue for 1896?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

HAS the Anaconda Standard discov-
cred yet that tho Montana silver girl
with the parenthetic extremeties failed
to Get a premium at the Worlds fairp
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

UNCLE VOORHEES, can now take his
choice between being carried out Il the
senate chamber head first or feet first.
The compromise is coming ia spite OF
his protest,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

The Great Northern railway line will sell
tickets from Helena to Chicago and return
on October 18th to 3lst inclusive at $3.50
for the round trip. and TO St. Lou 4 IA.
$33.25 for the snme trip. Tickets will lie
limited TO continuous Passage III each drrpt.
tion with final return limit November 18th,
Eo. sleeping car reservations and fur,her
information apply TO c. W. PITTS,
City Ticket Agent, No. 6 Main Street.
or Il. Ii. LANGLEY. Ger. Ticket Agent,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15

SENATOR PowER was on deck during the
senatorial storm and he is now riding in the
silver chariot of victory with Dubois. VOL
soft. Stewart. Teller and the other heroes.
Butte Inter Mountain.
But where, oh where, was the other