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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
MAIDS OF HONOR.
Points for Those Unfamiliar with the
Functions of the Rank.

Functions of the Rank.
There arc some del ightful little cakes,
fit for the gods, or at any rate for after
noon tea, which so by the quaint name
of "maids of honor"
At one Fifth avenue mansion they are
considered u great delicacy. The rec
ipe, bv the way, has been in this family
for generations; it descended possibly
from the time Of Queen Elizabeth; the
making of these cakes was one of the
occupations of the Virgin Queens ladies
in waiting.
The night previous to making these
cakes, cut piece OF rennet about four
inches square, wash off the salt care
fully, wipe the rennet dry, and put it
in cup of warm water to soak.
Early in the morning stir the rennet
water into quart of milk, and set 1t in
a warm place until the milk becomes
firm, and put on ice; when quite cold,
put the curd into sieve and drain it
dry, crumbling it fine in your hands.
Have ready two ounces of sweet
almonds, two ounces Of bitter almonds,
blanched and pounded in mortar to a
smooth paste and mixed as you pro-
coed, with rose water to prevent their
oiling.
Crate upon Jumps of loaf sugar the
yellow rind of three lemons, then
squeeze the juice of the lemons over
the sugar and let it dissolve. Mix in q
deep pan the crumbled curd, with three,
| quarters of pound of butter cut up
and three.quarters of pound Of
powdered sugar.
Stir the curd, the butter and sugar to-
gether until very light, adding wine
glass of brandy, the almonds and the
lemon, also CRATE ia small nutmeg
Beat well together the yolks of eigh
eggs, then add gradually to the othe
ingredients, finishing with teaspoonfu
OF farina and beat the whole thoroughly
Have ready some puff paste, with which
you line small patty pans, then fill witt
the mixture, and sift powdered suga
over each cake. Put in hot oven ant
bake thoroughly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
REMEMBER AT DINNER THAT


Good housekeeping.
Rapid eating is slow suicide.
Plenty of time should be taken.
Fish and oysters are easily digested.
An hour orstwo of rest should be
taken after the meal.
Mere qualification Of the appetite is
very likely to shorten life.
Dinner should be of lighter nature
in summer than in winter.
1t is not good to dine when in state
of mental or physical WEAKNESS.
There is happy mean between eating
everything and being squeamish.
A quart of wheat contains more nutri.
ment than bushel of cucumbers.
Light soups, light desserts and light
meats should have the preference in
warm weather.
Abuse of the stomach at dinner will
be repaid sooner or later by that punish
ment which comes to the glutton.
Vegetables and fruits are to be used
most generously at that season of the
year in which they naturally mature.
Beginning the dinner with soup is
the very best way to get the whole sys.
TEN in condition for assimilating a
hearty meal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

The girl who labors in the kitchen in
order TO support her and stay the hand
of infamy acts the part of heroine.
The wife who, with an invalid husband
OF trifling husband, sustains herself
and family acts the part Of heroine.
The widow who relies on her industry
for her livelihood acts the part OF a
heroine. The young lady who braves
the fashions of life and attends school
until she adorns her mind with useful
knowledge has in her the elements of
heroism. The young lady who qualities
herself for business and prefers 10 make
in that business some money that she
can call her own, rather than to depend
upon her father for all she receives, is
worthy Of being called a heroine. Hun
drcds of such heroines are found in
shops, in factories, in stores, in kitchens
and in schools--women who went forth
to labor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
WOMEN AND THEIR DOINGS.

It is questionable if Shakespeare ever
wrote truer line than that which de- |
clares that Uneasy lies the head that
wears the crown" of the 81 queens
of France only 10 have died without
leaving their historic records of misery. |
Eleven were divorced, two executed,
nine died young, seven were early
widowed, three cruelty treated, three
exiled, the poisoned and broken hearted
make up the rest.
4 story is told of the second Mrs.
Asquith, that when she was II years of
age she was greatly concerned because
she had had only II offers Of marriage,
while her elder sister, now Lady Rib.
blesdale, at the same age, had had ID.
Later she told Mr.. Gladstone that she
thought she ought to marry poor man;
and, on being asked what her qualiti-
cations were, replied: swell, | can
make rice pudding and three kinds of
coffee y
All who ever knew Charlotte Cush-
man will join in regret at the recent
| death Of her old attendant and friend,
Salie Mercer. The actress biography
reveals in what estimation she held this
faithful mulatto woman, who entered
her service at the age Of 10, and who was
her right-hand and trusted friend till her
death. She remained in the family of
| her late mistress nephew, w. Il. Cush-
man, more as friend and guardian Of
the household than as servant. Sallie
Mercer was 66 years old, aud had been
with the Cushman family more than so
years. Her death took place recently at
Onteora, n. y, where she was spending
| ,t-it NI,Er
Sarah Bernhard has done almost
everything in her life and experienced
most sensations, and now we hear that
the great tragedienne is showing a
tendency to try the only novelty left for
her, to become acquainted with a
religious life. Sarah has herself for
years said that she fully expected to end
her days in a convent, and now il
would seem that there are some indca-
tons Of the divine one turning her at
tention to things divine spiritual. In
Paris during the last few months a very
eloquent and earnest able has been in
constant attendance secretly on sarah
and since the arrival Of the great actress
in England an equally persuasive priest
has bcoa frequently in her society.
Mrs. Virginia l.. Minor of 81. Louis
Vino leaves 5 ,Uuu III ner Will to susan
b, Anthony, was plaintiff in the ccle,
brated case Of Minor vs.. Happcrstett, in
which She claimed the right of suffrage
under the Fourteenth Amendment. She
was descendant in two lines from the
grandfather OF General Washington
and showed the Washington blood il
her face, though She was handsome
than tho Washlngtons generally arc. Ii
her youth she was beauty, and sven a
1 70 her face retained dclicaGy and rc
: iinement which years could not ohlit
/, crate. Three Of her ancestors wur
5 members Of the commission which sen
]. fenced the rebels in Bacon's rebellion
5 and it may interest anti1Uarans t
know that they were also ancestors d
!, the rebel Washington who just 10
years later completed the work Baco
had begun.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13


Very many parents object to children
saying YES, ma'am !" or mo, ma ami
and ii is not unusual to hear these same
youngsters scream out: "WhatW in
answer to call. This is extremely OBJ
jectionable and stamps children as ill
bred whether they are SO or not, Then
the question arises: What are children
to say ? One woman solves this problem
by requiring the little ones to say
"Yesm with the rising infection, when.
ever spoken to, or YES, mamma p as
the case might be. This simple word
Eyes" with a rising infection fills all
requirements for the occasion, and Is
courteous and as respectful as the peCu-
liar customs of present day society de-
mand children to be. 1t may be ques-
toned whether the extreme conrade-
ship between children and their superiors
is quite the thing, but the trend of Gus
toms seems to have made it all right,
and once an idea is established, it APP
| pears to be useless to try to combat it,.
There Is common sense in some oil the
theories about the employment Of
sma'am" and "slr," and perhaps sup
stitute, even though it may allow more
| latitude than ultra conservatives alb
prove, is an advantage to the indie
pendent, self-rellant American. Certain
it is that these terms are falling into
disrepute in almost all circles, and the
abrupt and not very soft sounding
"What?" or "What do you wants" are
taking its place. The spirit is the all
important thing to many people, the
letter and form of the matter being
much less thought of, at least in many
cases, than il should be-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
MADE FROM COLD POTATOES.

Drowned flashed Potatoes-Prepare
sauce as for hashed potato. Mix the
potatoes carefully with it. Put the
mixture in well-buttered skillet or
pan, and cook slowly until nicely
Drowned. Serve hot.
Dreamed Potatoes -Cook together in
a saucepan one tablespoonful of butter
and one teaspoonful Of flour. Add three.
quarters of cup of sweet milk or cream,
stir until it boils, season with salt and
pepper, add two cups of thinly sliced
cold boiled potatoes and let simmer
until the potatoes are thoroughly heated,
then serve.
flashed Potatoes-Cook together one
tablespoonful of butter and one tea
spoonful of -four. Add half a cup of
cream or sweet milk. season with salt
and pepper. Stir until the mixture
boi.s and is smooth. Add two cups of
cold boiled or baked potatoes--cut in
dice or hashed-coyer, and let simmer
ten or fifteen minutes. Serve in a
heated dish.
Scalloped Potatoes-Butter shallow
baking dish. Fill it three.quarters full
of thinly sliced cold boiled potatoes
Season to taste with salt and pepper
Pour over them some soup stock, thir
| gravy, cream or sweet milk. Sprinkle
bread crumbs moistcned lightly witt
butter over the top Of the potatoes and
cook in a moderate oven until thor
oughly heated and brown on the sur
face. The proportion of liquid to use il
moistening scalloped potatoes is abou
three-fourths of a cup of liquid to twt
| ,f -.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

Miss Mary McCaulley, daughter of John
McCaullcy. died Friday at the residence
OF her father No. oil East Sixth street.
The Rev. I. Gardner Littell and family
arrived in New York on Saturday from
their trip abroad. They had been away
about Ii months.
The 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, of which several Wilmingtonians
are members, will hold its annual reunion
at West Chester October 9th.
An entry on the plotter at police head
quarters reads: "A dead COW dropped
dead at Delaware avenue and Madison
streets to-day And it wasn't a policeman
who made the entry either.
William Spring 25 years Of age, who
had been employed III the p, W. ~ u. K.
r, shops. died last Friday at his home
No 1906 Pine street of typhoid fever after
an illness OF three weeks. He was un-
married.
Letters testamentary upon the estate of
William McMenamin have been granted
to the Security Trust and Safe Deposit Co.,
and letters of administration upon the
estate of Walter Pierce of Brandywine
hundred to Charity Il. Pierce.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

The Little King of Sepaul and His Bride
of Five Years.

The Little King OF Nepnul ana his brido
of Five Years.
St. Nicholas for September
Everywhere in the East, and especi-
ally in Ilindustan and Nepaul, mar
riagcs are made A. very early age.
Parents contract for the wedding of
their children while they are yet but
little boys and girls, and neither the
boy nor the girl has any voice in the
matter. They arc simply coupled with
all the ceremony and extravGgant dis
play that the parents on both sides can
afford, and then the poor little things go
back to their homes, TO be nursed and
petted and trained until they are old
enough 10 have home of their own.
Thus this little King OF Nepaul, the
eighth royal Ghoorka who had come to
the throne, was married when ne was 10
years old to baby princess half his age,
chosen for him from one of the royal
families of Northern India. Nor did it
ever occur to the prime minister, or the
priests, or the astrnlogers, or the match
makers, that either the bridegroom or
the byde had anything whatever 10 do
with the business.
But the wedding was perfectly SPLEEN
did," A picturesque concourse of
Asiatic guests, with a sprinkling of
European strangers, was gathered in
the pavilions and rotundas of the palace;
and there was profuse distribution of
pretty souvenirs and gifts among them.
| Every one received something's nose
gay of rare eastern flowers emblematic
of happiness and joy, II miniature phial
of altar Of roses, n little silver flask of
delicate perfume, a dainty scarf or
handkerchief sprinkled with rose water,
curious fan, a fantastic toy of ivory, a
| lacquer box. And then came the little
king-alone, of course, for an oriental
bride must not be exposed to the public
| gaze-borne on silver litter curtained
in orange and purple satin, embroidered
with gold, and hung with massive bull
lion fringe. Seated on great cushion
of cloth of gold piled with shawls OF
Cashmere and Canton, he was borne
around the rotunda, a luminous vision
of flashing Jewels and musical muir
muir of tiny bells from his plumed he'll
met to his slippers.
And when he had made his royal
salaam, or salutation, TO the guests and
departed, the tamasha began--that is
the grand show and the glorious fun; tn,
naulch maidens, or dancing-girls, the
musicians and jugglers, the glass-eaters
and sword .swalloWers, the Mutt gypsies
who are wonderful gymnasts and aero
bats, and the Bhootiyan wrestlers from
the mountains.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
NOW BEING ISSUED BY THE GAZETTE"
WHAT DOES 1T MaTTERq

It matters little where | was born,
Or If my parents were rich or poor;
Whether they shrank at the cold worlds
scorn,
Or walked in the pride Of wealth secure;
But whether live an honest man,
And hold my integrity firm in my
clutch,
tell you, brother, plain as / am,
1t matters much
1t matters little how long stay
In u world of sorrow, sin and care;
Whether IN youth am called away,
Or live till my bones and pate are bare;
But whether do the best can
To soften the weight of adyersity's
touch
On the faded cheek OF my felow-man,
II matters much
1t matters little where be my grave,
On the land or on the sea,
by pnrlng brook or meath stormy wave,
1t matters little or naught to me;
But whether the angel Death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving
touch
AS one that shall wear the victors crown,
II matters much
From the SgGdiSh.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
TINE eIRL or M.1XY G4RBs.


Diamonds, emeralds, pearls.
Silk things, satin and lace
Joye; how my Uranium whirls!
1t is queer Pm forgetting her face
This morning met her in pink,
This evening her ball dress was green,
In the afternoon, pray let me think,
o, her dress had slyery sheen.
And it's also the same with her gloves,
And her hat, and her shoes, and Lord
knows
Ones Il ditldent chap when he loves,
1t may be the same with her hose.
So no wonder my Uranium whirls.
And groan at my singular plight.
| have to make love to ten girls
Ali in one,from each morning till night.
Lie.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
BEDROOM BREvlTlES.
Restful sleep renews the life.

Restful sleep renews the life.
Turpentine is sure exterminator of
bedbugs.
Never have children habitually sleep
with older persons.
Never sleep with the face turned
toward a near wall.
Pure air is fully as important in sleep
ing as in waking hours.
zone bed for one person." is the best
rule for health and comfort.
Study common sense and comfort
rather than custom and fashion.
Sleep in natures season of repair; the
more quiet and unbroken the sleep, the
more perfect its work.
Feather beds are not only unwhole-
some and uncomfortable, but they har-
Dor and transmit disease.
Allow no harborage to insect pests
anywhere about che bed, or the apart
ment in which it stands-or IN the en-.
tire house, for that NATTER Good
| housekeeping.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
Ran a Needle Through His Cheek.

Wesi Chester Republican yesterday.
George w. Earle of Wilmington,
Del, young man, surprised number
of gentlemen at the West Chester en-
CINE house last evening by running a
needle through his cheek, and giving no
evidence that the feat caused any pain.
He stopped at the engine house with a
friend, and the gentlemen assembled
got to doing tricks. Earle sent youth
out for a needle, and when it was
brought proceeded to surprise his audi
ence. He put the point of the needle
against his cheek and with a silver
quarter pushed it through. He opened
his mouth and showed the needle point
on the inside. Then he pushed and
pulled until he had taken the needle all
the way through. The mark 2erwhere
the needle had passed through was
easily discerned, but no blood flowed
No one else in the room cared to dupli-
cate the feat
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
NAMING THE BABY.

They talked of Medora. Aurora and Flora,
May;
Debated The question of Helen, Houora,
Clarissa, Camilla and Phyllis and Fay.
They thought of Marcella. Estella and
Bella;
Considered Cecilia, Jeanette and Pau
line,
Alicia, Adelia, Annette, Arabela,
And Ethel and Eunice, Hortense and
Irene.
One liked Theodore, another Leonora;
Some argued for Edith, and some for
Elaine,
For Madeline, Adeline, Lilly and Lora
And then, after all, they decided on
Jane.
Judge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
MOLLY.

If Molly's eyes would shine fer me
I'd give the sun fair warnin
He needn't use to light my skies,
For jes' the beam er Molly's eyes
Would make my mornin.
If Molly's lips was red fer me
In weather sad or sunny,
I'd say to every buzzin bee,
You needn't rob the rose fer me
Her lips is honey !"
If Molly's heart would beat fer me
So low jes' could hear it,
I'd give the world-leastway nv mart
Fer jes' the beat er Molly's heart,
An my heart near it
--SoutheTn 4ud1dzine.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
EpENING ECHOES.

"My wife is putting up some branded
peaches" remarked Mr.. Quit Man. II
don't care much for the peaches, but
like the spirit in which she works.
Quitman Free Press.
"Wc don't want bear stories, said the
editor. "Our readers demand something
spicy" "Well," said the man with the
manuscript. this story is about CHINA.
mon bear. "-PearSon's.
Mother Why, Aennchen, whatever
arc you doing with papa's big diction-
airy? Aennchen % years oldl--I am
only looking for my dolly's lost slipper;
papa said yesterday that you could find
everything in the dictionary LeSehal!e.
Four-year-old Charlotte had been
having some trouble with her English,
but she has entirely passed her difficult
ties on one point. 81 see how it is now,
mamma" she said the other day. "Ilens
set and lay" ayes" "And people sit
and lie, don't they, mammal"
The big fog whistle or siren was blow
ing Mt Sandy Hook one day last week
when deaf old gentleman at Atlantic
Highlands, N. j., put his hand back of
his ear and said, while his face beamed
! Win pleasure nat tne nISL COrnet
playing I've heard in 80 years, "--E1-
chdHgG.
"The c,sSfee has very unusual taste
this morn.tg," said the boarder who
likes to be disagreeable. 81 have no
hesitation in saying that it is very good
coffee" said Mrs. lIashem, bristling.
"Yes," replied the disagreeablc boarder,
cit is exceedingly good coffee. =" VAST
iH9ton Star.
Irate customer Look here, Mr.. Cohen,
bought this blue suit Of you yesterday
and paid twelve-iiGty for it; and as soon
as ! came out in the sunshine it turned
red. Mr.. Cohen-Mine trent, you hal
got der wrong suit; you hat got Won OF
dose fashionable tifteen-dolar chame,
leon suits. You must pay me two toll,
lars undt q hallrf extra.--Puck
The deadly grip of pneumonia may BIZ
warded off with Hale's Honey Of Hore
hound and Tar.
| I;t..s, nra,,y c,,..
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
THE DEAR CHE READ


Have you read, said She, "a Modern
Curse ~
Not yet, says l. "Is it prose or verse?
Does 1t mean curse in general way,
An all-round curse that's come to stay
"or a special kind of personal ban
Intended to blight some particular man ~
" don't understand you quite" she said
Her innocent face vivid red.
Then held out the book that might see.
Tread on the cover Modern Gree"
Life.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
LOVE.
Susie M. Best.

To kiss the hands that smite,
To pray for them that prosecute,
To hear the voice of blame
Heap undeserved shame "...
And still be mute
Is this not love?
To give for evil good,
10 learn what sacrifice can teach,
To be the scotfer's sport,
Nor strive to make retort
To angry speech
Is this not love?
To face the harsh worlds harms,
70 brave its bitterness for years,
To be an unthanked slave
And gain at last a grave
Unwet by tears
Is this not love?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
Killed Ills Four children ana himself.

DRESDEN, Sept "a quadruple
tragedy shocked the city Yesterday.
Master Tailor Roth threw his three
children from fourth-story window
and then jumped after them. All four
were killed on the spot OF died soon
afterWard.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

The deadly grip Of pneumonia may be
warded off with Hale's Honey Of Hore-
hound and Tar.
minute,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

Special correspondenceot Gazette and Journal
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. I've are
about talked out. We all knew what
the other could do in the way of fancy
work; we all knew how amiably the
older mothers could give advice, and
how gracefully the younger ones could
accept it, we all knew-well, the truth
was, we all knew all about each other.
Consequently, there was absolutely
nothing to gossip about. But one morn
ing some one said: "rhere's one sub.
1ect that is always new-woman. Now,
what do you think constitutes popU-
lar woman?" The answer came from
the corner.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13

"The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that IL seems work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are tho
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
Carlos MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-04-06
Harmon.

Is there any person with soul so
dead he cannot appreciate this lovely
Sunday after the terrible dust storm
of the past week? That dear garden
truck has, with the exception Of the
peas, gone where "the woodbine twin
eth" But as misery loves company"
We are happy to announce we have
plenty Of company. Oats which were
up before the blizzard were very bad
ly injured. We have examined some
which were not up and the grain
seems uninJured. The loose dirt is
badly drifted into the hedges and
roads and the corresponding fields
look very bare and stOrm-swept.
Grass has not grown any during the
breezy period and the wheat fields
look much thinner than two weeks
ago. Some pieces look entirely
whipped out. The road scraper will
not have much to do this year as the
old ruts in the east and west roads
are filed with fresh soil. Monday
finds a repetition Of the dust and
high southwest wind. Let US all
promise to vote for woman suffrage
and see if that willIstOp it. Nobody
dead, married, runaway nor done
anything interesting but grumbling.
GRISFIDA