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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
SEASONABLE DISHES.

Braised Sweet Breads-Take a pair
of sweet breads, lay in salt and water
for an hour, then blanch. Press
slightly between two dishes; when
cold remove all skin, fat and gristle;
cut small carrot, turnip and an on.
ion put them in saucepan with the
sweet breads; pour over pint OF
stock; cover and braise for half an
hour. Take up the sweet breads, Law
in small meat pan; boil the liquor
pour over the sweet breads and set in
the oven TO brown. Servo on slices
of fried bread
Mushroom Pates-Cut up one quart
OF mushrooms, with one teaspoonful
of salt, pepper and mace, and the
juice of one lemon. Put in sauce.
pan and let simmer twenty minutes.
Parboil six sweet breads, cut in small
pieces and dredge with cracker meal
put in saucepan add glass of cur
rant jelly and bunch of parsley; let
boil five minutes. Have baked in
small pastry pans nice puff paste, in
which drop spoonful of the mixture,
Serve hot.
Chicken Turtle Forluni-Takea ten
der, well-grown pullet and bone;
stuff with dressing made of tea
cup of minced veal, two chopped hard
boiled eggs, tablespoon of chopped
ham and two tablespoonsful of chopped
mushroom heat all together in fry
ing pan with little butter; stir five
minutes and moisten with soup stock
add two beaten eggs and teaspoonful
of lemon juice season with a salt spoon
of salt and pinch of pepper; after
filling the fowl lay in saucepan and
cover with a sauce made of half a pint
of stock, tablespoon of chopped
boiled ham, one onion, sliced carrot
and tablespoonful of butter, and
stew gently two hours; when done,
take mp and serve with vsloitte sauce.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
A BREADMAKfNG LESSON.

At brcadmnking lesson given the
other day, the bread was mixed in the
following way: Half pint of sweet
milk was put with half pint of water,
both of them luke-warm, and to them
was added II cake of compressed yeast
dissolved in two tablcspoonfuls of
water. When sweet milk il not to be
had, one-fourth pint of condensed
milk diluted with water to half II pint
may be used. The mixture was next
put in bowl of earth-enamelled ware
blue with white lining, and into it
was dropped sifted -four from a little
scoop. When the wooden spoon used
had stirred in enough flour to make
dough that could be handled without
running, every particle was turned mp
on the hread-board. Then il WIS
kneaded ever so lightly with the back
of the hand until it could be
easily handled without using flour or
sticking to anything. During the
kneading it was explained that too Wig
orous kneading was not good for the
bread, nor for the woman who did 1t;
that stretching and pulling were what
the dough needed The bread after
the kneading was put into greased
bowl, covered with n linen cloth, and
left to rise to twice the size it was
when put into the bowl. The time for
the rising, it was estimated, would be
about three hours The dough was
taken from the bowl and cut into
loaves of various sizes, and put into
the tins, in which it was baked for an
hour The loaves baked from twenty
to fifty minutes, according to size.
After baking the bread was not cut,
but was laid across pan and placed
in draught between a window and
door-[N New York Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
A Girl In a Bears Den.

A highly respectable Indian gentle
man, member of the Bombay An
thropological Society-Mr. Sarat
Chandra Mitra-has come forward with
m apparently well authenticated story
of a girl who has been discovered in
Jalpaiguri in the den of bear. The
young persons habits were decidedly
bearish,. for she tried to bite and
scratch those who came near her, went
down con all fours," and"growled at
meals" The orphanage of the New
Dispensation Church, in Calcutta,
could make nothing of the ferocious
foundliug, who has consequently been
removed to Bas Aram, n refuge found
ed and supported by Brahmo gentle
men in that city.
Nor is this all. A Bhagal Zemidar
has captured in the jungle wild boy,
whose only approach to speech is the ut
terance of chattering sounds like those
OF monkey Colonel Sleeman and
the Rev. Mr.. Lewis, of the Secundra
Church Mission, have vouched for sim
liar stories. Mr.. Mitra is of the opin-
ion that when, as sometimes happens,
an infant Is abandoned in the bush,
there is nothing absurd in the idea
that it might be adopted by a female
wild animal that had lost her young
New York News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
NV Little LO,o

Ny little love came to me down the stair,
/ heard a sweet voice calling,
"Are you thore2"
caught the sun CLEAN Of her golden hair,
watched her wee feet faltcr. pink and bare,
Toward me.
] felt the clinging of her lips sweet kl7s,
The soft carcsses that so many mssj
Why should rapture have like this,
Such tasting of her springtimo bliss,
Reward me.
My little love is fair as lily,
Her eycs are azure depths, all dusk and
stilly.
Her smile as bright as Springs dear dairo-
dllly;
And rose or asphodcl could rival lily
Her heart OF gold.
Oh, Time, be gentle with the littlo feet
Lead them by paths whore yiolets blossom
sweet;
Grant where she goes, tho angels then may
My llyc-year-od.
Dorothy Dean.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11

An American medical man states
that in Philadelphia fully three per
cent. of the adult fair sex are similarly
adorned, and probably the proportion
would he still larger but that many
women take the trouble to eradicate
the unwelcomcd growth by the appli-
cntion of dcpilatory preparations. Is
this increase in the number of women
with hair on their facesto be regarded ns
nsign that the human race isimproving?
Very few men, Mt all events, will be
disposed to consider that mtistache
adds to the charms of the opposite sex.
Englishmcn, indeed, only genera
tion ago, had such detcstation of
mustnchios and boards that the prac-
tice of shaving all the hair off the face,
down 10 their mutton chop whiskcrs,
was all but universal. From one ex-
trcmc our clean fathers plunged into
the other, and boards and mustachios
rapidly became the fashion.
The fashion has of late years been
modified. Boards are less common
but The mustache is cultivated in Eng
land ns widely rs on the Continent.
But why should the fair sex be visited
by this ailliction? Some writer's on eth
nology hold that the higher races of
mankind are always more hairy, and
DIR. Mott thinks that in few centu-
rics men and women will be clothed in
hair. - London Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
FOR FAaM AND GARDEN.
VALUE OF WOOD ASHES.

There is little difference in the fer
tilizing value Of hard wood or soft
wood ashes. One has about as much
potash as the other, but the phosphor-
ic acid is deficient in the soft wood
nshcs. The quantity of ash from the
soft wood is only about one-third or
onc-fourth as much as that from the
hard wood, and it is this fact probably
that accounts for the common prejudice
against the soft wood ashes. i New
York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
RENEWING PORK BRINE.

Not unfrequently from insufficient
sailing and unclcnn barrels, or other
cause, pork placed in brine begins
to spoil, the brine smells bad, and
the contents, if not soon given
proper attention will be unfit for food.
As soon rs this trouble is discovered,
lose no time in removing the contents
from the barrel, washing each piece of
meat separately in clean water. Boil
the brine for half an hour, continually
skimming off the scum and impurities
that will rise to the surface Cleanse
the barrel thoroughly by washing with
hot water and hard wood ashes. Place
the meat back after sprinkling it with
little fresh salt, putting the purified
brine bnck when cool, and no further
trouble will be experienced, and if the
work he well done, the meat will he
sweet and firm. Those who pack meat
Tor home use do not always remove
the blood with salt. After meat is cut
up 1t is better to lie in salt for n dnv
and drain before being placed in the
brine barrel. - American Agricultur-
ist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
EMULSION.

The Baltimore Sun says: "Without
any question the Kerosene emulsion
barrel should find n place in every
stockman's barn. The soft-soap emul-
sion is best for this. The more liquid
nature makes il easy of manipulation
in cold weather, and the large guam
tity of soap is very cleansing and
wholesome. TO apply we use com
mon brush in cases of cattle, horses
or hogs, and in the case of sheep dip
the animal right into the warm
diluted emulsion. The cost of
material for an average COW
is about three cents. and the time re-
quired for treatment less than five
minutes. Soft-soap and kerosene en-
ulsion-formula Dissolve one quart
of soft-soap in two and one-half quarts
OF boiling water. Remove from the
stove and while still boiling hot add
one pint OF Kerosene oil agitate vio-
lently by at once pumping the liquid
back into itself through a small noz-
zle, or by other means, until creamy
mass is formed, which is the emulsion.
This should not require more than
from three to five minutes agitation.
Before using add to this nn equal
amount OF water and mix thoroughly. A"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
best growth Mt the lowest cost.-[Ncv
York World.
surTER-coLons AND pnrsrnyArrvrs.


pUrTER-coLoRs AND REPRESENTATIVES..
Butter is not necessarily colorless.
A distinct yellow tint is often exhibited
by perfectly pure article, but the use
ofbutter-colors is very common. Prep
nrntions of anatto or turmeric are the
most usual forms. These are sold in liq-
uid form, oil or sodium carbonate being
employed ns solvents. Such colors are
also used for milk. Dairymcn and milk
handlers now use, to large extent, boz
rax and boric acid, and sometimes salicy-
lie acid os prescrvatives for milk, thus
economizing materially in the outlay for
Ice, and these preservatives mny find
their way into the butter, cheese, etc,
made from the milk. tits fortunate that
most of the substances are not decid-
edly poisonous, but we are still not in
possession of sufficient factsto say what
are the effects of continued use of
them, even in small amounts. Some
OF the cheaper coal-tar colors are poi
sonons, and commercial snlicylic acid
is not without injurious effects. Bornx
and boric ncid are, however, apparent
ly without serious effects, but it seems
no more than right that the use even
of these should in some way be subject
to restriction.
There ia no convenient method by
which the housekeeper may recognize
either the presence of artificial colors
or preservatives in butter. i House
hold News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
New Meaning In an Old Line.

"Do You mean to say that you are
going to charge me all that just for
doing little surveying?"
''Yes, SIR"
"wouldn'tyou take the land instead
Of the money!"
Possibly"
"Well, / guess yen have to. This
is the first time ever really appreci-
ated that poetry about Il am monarch
Of all I survey. ~ Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
TO KEEP FRESH MEAT.

Fresh meat may be kept some time
by corning it slightly. wipo care
fully and remove any parts that are
not sweet and fresh, then rub all over
thickly with salt. Or make brine
with rock salt and cold water; use salt
enough to float the meat, then cover
and put heavy weight on the cover
to keep the meat under the brine.
Three days time is sufficient for corn
ed meat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

When tree rs healthy the top rs
luxurinnt.
Late cultivation in the orchard IL
rarely desirable.
When nm apple or pear is matured it
readily parts from the tree.
Do not waste time and labor work.
ing with poor trees and plants.
Grapes begin to change color two or
three weeks before they are fully ripe.
Chestnut trees will come into bear
ing when eight years old they do best
planted in groups.
Regular pruning obviates the neces-
sity for cutting away large limbs and
insures better fruit.
The secret of profitable apple cul-
ture is to cultivate thoroughly and
feed the trees liberally.
1t is not n good plan to let the rasp-
berries and blackberries grow too
high; keep them pinched back.
An application of wood ashes is con-
sidered one of the very best remedies
for pear trees that bear cracked pears.
The presence of borcrs may be read
lily detected by their chips near the
roots of the trees. See that they are
destroyed.
No matter at what season the trees
are set out, it is important that good
care be taken to pack the earth firmly
about the roots before leaving the tree.
Vegetables and fruits of all kinds
thrive and yield better if the soil be-
fore planting is worked reasonably
deep and then the surface is kept in a
good tilth.
Keeping all young trees carefully
staked leads to the formation of clean,
straight stems and these in their turn
are conducive to the growth of large
fruitful trees.
Pears ripen best in the dark. They
should be picked when matured and
carefully ripened by placing them in
shallow boxes or drawers and storing
in dark place, well ventilated.
Thin out the old canes of currant
bushes. A half dozen well developed
stems will produce as much fruit, and
that of better qualify, than of twic
the number of weak crowded ones.
While for some reason it may he a
good plan to bury fowls that die with
contagious disease, the safest plan ia
to burn as soon ms possible. This de.
stroys all chance of spreading dis
ease by contagion.
AS soon as the weather begins to
get cool safe rule in feeding, espec.
ially with the laying hens, is to give a
warm feed in the morning and whole
corn at night, giving the latter just be-
fore the fowls fly up on the roosts.
In transplanting trees all the roots
that may have become broken or
bruised in the process of lifting should
be cut clean away behind the broken
part. Make the cut a clear, sloping
one in an upward and outward direct
ion.
The peach and plum are SO nearly
related to each other rs to be budded
or grated on each other. The plum
endures the cold better than the peach,
and the latter fruit, grown on plum
stocks, can be much more easily pro-
tected than when grown on its own.
The orange colored rust on the rasp.
berry and blackberry bushes is fun
gus which spreads rapidly, and will
soon ruin an entire field or plantation
unless prompt measures are resorted
to. Digging up and burning Of sll in
fected plants is the only known safe
remedy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11

The best money maker on the farm
is the hen, says the Tennessee Farmer.
She turns grass into grecnbacks, grains
into gold, and from sand and gravel
she coins silver. There is nothing else
on the place that compares with her.
The crops are slow and uncertain.
The cattle md horses are heavy con
sumers, and to get their value we must
pnrt with them; but not 30 with the
hen. In her small way she is II gold
mine on the face of the earth; II mill
that grinds that which others overlook
or refuse.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
soap.ton. from chin..

The odd little paper weights. cups,
seals, trays, bowls, boxes, teapots,
animal figures, idols and knickknacks
In soapstone OF various colors which
travellers bring from China are made,
for the most part, from the output Of
mines near Wenchow. When the
steatite is taken out it is very soft,
but hardens quickly in the air. As to
colors there found the British consul
at Wenchow enumerates purple. red,
notified red, black. dark blue, light
blue, gray. white. egg-shell white,
jade color beeswax and "frozen"
color. The white, jade color and
frozen" are considered the finest
and bring high prices. There are
1000 miners and carvers at these
mines.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
oNE-wHEELgp suLkY
The Invention of = Californian who
Looks for Zig success With It.

The Invention of = Californian who
Looks for Zig success with II.
Captain Alphons b. Smith, pio-
neer OF San Deigo. Cal, is the in-
ventor of a one-wheeled sulky which
apparently is a success. Some years
ago he conceived the idea that the
time OF a horse on race course
would be materially reduced il in
stead of the two-wheel sulky a
one-wheel cart could be used. and
he forthwith set to devise a vehicle
which would suit the purpose. He
feels confident that at last he has
succeeded in lnventing something
which fully realizes his brightest
hopes, and something, too, which is
destined to come into very general
use throughout the world. The axle
of the cart is made in two pieces.
and is so arranged that the wheel
turns very readily in any direction
the horse can possibly pursue. At
tached to the shafts, near where they
meet the axle. are stirrups designed
to steady the rider in his position on
the cart. Made for ordinary road
use one of these vehicles weighs
eighty-seven pounds, but when de-
signed for use on the race course
the unicyle. as some have called it.
may be constructed so as to weigh
only thirty-two pounds One was
recently manufactured at San Diego
entirely OF aluminium, the weight be-
ing trile less than thirty-two pounds
and the vehicle being strong and
handsome. Arthur NJ. Plate is Cap
tain Smiths partner in business. Mr..
Plate said to a san Francisco Examin-
err man: Captain Smith perfected
the several patents last June, and
he and ! are preparing to introduce
1t to the public No, it isn't true
that balance wheel goes with each
cart, The driver isn't in a bit of
danger of being tipped over. The
cart can't be overturned unless the
horse falls, and the motion isn't
jerky. We will drive the two-wheel
pneumatic from the track. WhyP
Well. because it minimizes friction.
and therefore admits of greater speed.
The experiments thus far made on
race courses leave no room for doubt
that the one-wheel cart is certain of
popularity among turfmen. The in
ventor is sanguine that before
another year has rolled away hun
dreds of his unicycles will be used
in san Francisco and hundreds more
throughout the interior of California,
especially in the mountainous dis
tricts
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
Money Equivalents.

Our double eagle of 500 is equal to
20 patakas Of Abyssinia, 30 kwans
Of Anam, "a piasters of Arabia. 20
pesos Of Argentine, about "A Aorins
OF Austria. about 103 francs of
Frame. 36 milries OF Brazil, 2condors
OF Chile. 80 regisdalers OF Denmark,
200 piatere OF Egypt, "a OF Great
Britain. 103 drachmas Of Greece, "a
marks OF Germany, 40 rupees OF In
dia, 1o3 lire of Italy, 20 yens of jap
an. so scudi Of Malta, 1903 lei OF Rou-
mania. 80 guilders Of the Neither
lands, 81 rubles OF Russia, 8 tomuns
OF Persia. 251 piasters Of Servia, 32
ticols of Siam, 103 pesctas OF Spain,
800 gwush Of Tripoli, tillas Of
Turkestan. 81 patacons OF Urugay,
and 25 pesos Of Venzuela.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
Ru.sIan sirn. on shon..

The common people Of Russia az a
rule speak only their own tongue. A
large proportion Of them cannot read
the bewildering characters-Romau.
Greek and composite-which form
their alphabet. and to help their ig-
norsnce the shop walls are covered
over with rudely painted pictures Of
srtfcles for sale within. The butch
sr's shop has picture Of meats Of
al sorts and shapes; the tailor's
walls are covered with paintinas Of
costs and trousers. The pills q the
Apothecsry and the Vegetables u TIE
grssn grocer arc advertised BY plc-
lyres npon ths deees - wlsaows 4
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
valuable Cat,

A cat known as "Bill' was the
means OF saving whole family at
Burlington, N. j. Early in the morn
ing fire broke out in the residence
OF his master. NJ. A. Garrison, while
everyone save "Bill'' was asleep.
BILL" seeing the flames and think
ing something wrong. went to the
door OF his masters room and began
singing. This OF course awoke MIR.
Garrison, who, seeing that flames had
enveloped the house, quickly alarmed
his family and they all escaped in
safety. In consideration OF "Bill's"
heroism the neighbors have chained
up all their bootjacks and hereafter
"Bill" can "meaow" in perfect peace.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
TRUNKS andVALISES
NOVEL ELK HUNTING.

How MeIican. Catch Them with Lar
iats In California.
In the latter part OF July and dur
ing August the Mexican, or Cali
fornian." as he is locally styled. has
his greatest field sport-hunting the
elk. AT that season tho elk are the
fattest They come down from the
mountains, foothills and crags at
tracted by the luxuriant pasturage
of the valley lands coursed by
streams or fronting upon the sea In
these favored localities the heavy
dews add luxuriance to the wild
grasses, oats and other grains. At
this season. because OF their extra
bulk, elk cannot run so fast. Ordin-
arily they give the heetest horse a
close race.
The Mexican elk-hunter is'.armedn
only with lariat and luna-a cres-
cent-shaped knife which is tied at the
end OF slender pole about ten feet
in length. The luna somewhat re-
sembles the moon, hence its name.
The luna is used to hamstring the
elk after the lariat has been thrown
over his horns,
A party OF ten or fifteen Mexicans,
thus equipped and mounted on the
feetest horses. will charge band OF
100 or more. each man selecting his
victim. On being lassoed the elk
will plunge violently, almost pulling
the horse forward. for the RATA is
fastened to the pommel CT the sad
die. But the trained horse throws
his weight backward and stands
still. with nerves strained to hold the
powerful elk in check.
The Mexican sits calmly on the
horse, talking sarcastically to the
struggling elk, bestowing praise
upon himself and smoking his cigar
cite. After the animal exhausts
himself the Mexican throws the luna
and hamstrings the elk. He then
cuts its throat with the luna. or
hunting knife, If he cares to take the
trouble to dismount
Immediately he is off after another,
for the stampeded herd will soon es.
cape to the foot hills unless they
have been run into glen or on the
isthmus, when the slaughter is ter
rible and cruel 1t usually requires
two men to dispatch an elk unless
the hunters are very expert--one to
throw the lariat, the other the luna,
To cut the throat OF wounded elk
as he turns his large, full eyes, ok
pressive OF fright, sorrow and re-
proach, upon his inerclless captor re-
quircs hardened heart and robs the
sport Of its pleasures. seemingly.
But the Mexican regards the coup de
grace as the acme OF the chase. An
elk will yield twenty-five to seventy
five pounds Of tallow. 1t is largely
used by the rancheros for cooking
purposes, because Of its superior
whiteness, hardness and delicate
taste. 1t commands good price in
the Market as does the hide.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-25
The Glor,.. Of Donpybroo..

Donny ybrook is on the outskirts of
the city of Dublin, but Donny brook
fair ground is no longer the friendly
fighting ground of former days.
One of the tents made of wattles,
with patchwork quilts or blankets or
old petticoats spread over them, held
rows OF tables made OF doors placed
on mounds OF clay, The benches,
too, rested on the same uncertain
foundation and when the young
Irishmen grew unsteady the bench
sent them all down to tho floor. Ont
on the green there was lighting and
sports and at night the fiddles played
jigs for the jolly young people. 1t
appears from the accounts given by
the strangers who visited Donny-
brook almost a hundred years ago that
there was good reason for the world
wide meaning given to the mere ex-
preston "Donnybrook Fair" But
Its glories have departed and it is
many long day since the cheerful
shillaly was welded around Donny
brook castle.