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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
Nice Way to Serve Oranges,

). Here is nice way, though just a
little troublesome, perhaps, to serve
oranges. Make a rich, thick syrup of
sugar and water in which you have
boiled orange peel till it is. tender
Put the peel aside to- use when dried
for seasoning other things. Select
large, rather tart oranges, peel and
divide them into single sections with
out breaking the skin. Drop dozen
or so of these sections into the boil
ing syrup at time, leave few min
utes, ankthen lay on sieve to drain
over deep dish. Treat all the sec
tons this way, and by the time you
have finished the lot the first batch
will be ready to dip again. It will
take about half dozen dips all around
to do the business. When cold serve
piled up in little glass dishes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Eggs in Salt,

To pack eggs in salt, use s.coarse
fine, cover the bottom of tub frst
with three inches salt. On this place
the eggs, large,end down, far enough
apart SO they will not touch each
other or sides of. tub. Then cover
this layer entirely with salt; follow by
another layer Of eggs, and SO on until
the tub is full. Keep in q cool dry
placer. G. Burlington, in New Eng
land Homestead.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
Kcnovating Feathers.

On washday when the boiler has
.soapy, steaming water in it place q.
stick $ across the top to help support
the bed, pillows or whatever contains
the feathers. Arrange the bed nicely
over the boiler; it can easily be done
by doubling. Turn the bed, that the:
steam may thoroughly permeate all
parts then hang or expose in the sun.
and air. This will not enliven feath-
ers, but surely exterminate moth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
True Rule for Cooking Potatoes.

So simple thing ;as a potato is in
suited by half the cooks in christen-
dom. When potatoes are to be boiled.
pure and simple, only a vandal will
peel them before cooking. Potatoes to
boil should be Of uniform, medium
size, so that one will be all that one
person wants to eat; and not any more
than d healthy appetite will demand.
Cutting them Injuries the flavor for
boiling. They should be smooth and
plump, and should be scrubbed With
q clean sea-grass brush that is used
for no other purpose. They should
soak for half an hour in cold water
before being put in boiling water, and
should not cease a good steady boil in
covered vessel until they are ready
to serve. Pour off the water, and set
on the back part Ct the stove with the
lid off to let them dry thoroughly be-
fore serving, and then you will have a
nice, mealy potato we'll worth the,
trouble you have taken. The same,
rules should be observed for baking.
The oven should be moderately hot,
increasing to q good heat rapidly
When done, which you ascertain by
testing with fork, take in a napkin
and break the skin on one side, to let
the steam escape, drop lump of but
ter in the break, if you like, and re-
turn to the open oven for moment
or two, till ready to serve. Washing
ton Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
Stentor,

In the Grecian army it was usual
to have three men in each battalion
to communicate the commands of the
officers to the men. OF these, one
carried a standard and another a
trumpet. But in the confusion and
din of battle, when neither signal
could be seen nor trumpet heard,
the third man (who for this purpose
was the strongest in the army com.
municated the commands by word OF
mouth. Homer relates Of one of
these men, Stentor by name, that he
shouted as loud as fifty other men.
Hence man with a powerful voice
IS said to possess the voice of Stentor,
or a stentorian voice.
A Dining-Room Motto.
In the dining-room of a quaint old
house seen lately was the inscription
over the fireplace in flowing, illumi-
mated text:
Work the jaws,
A Silent pause,
Frequent haw-haws.
Which was an exceedingly apt re-
hinder OF the value of slow eating
and cheerfulness at table.
The Tower of London.
The oldest building in the United
Kingdom is the. Tower of London,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
The Tower of London.

The Oldest building in the United
Kingdom is the. Tower of London.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
Recipes.

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Gravy Omelet MRS. McKinley's re-
cipe)-Make plain omelet, fry, and
dish it. up upon a hot platter; have
ready one large cupful Of good beet
gravy; heat this very hot; add one
teaspoonful of minced parsley; pour
over the omelet and serve.
Cardamom Cookies Three eggs, one
pint Of sugar, half pint of shorten
ing (half butter, half drippings may
be used) one saltspoonful Of salt, one
fourth Of a pint Of milk, two teaspoon,
fuls Of baking powder sifted in with
the flour, two tablespoonfuls of car
damon seed, -four to roll out thin: cut
into rings, and bake delicate brown.
These proportions will make q weeks.
supply.
Baked Asparagus-Boil until tender
two lunches Of asparagus; when cold
cut into inch pieces; lay in buttered
vegetable or pudding dish; cover with
q sauce made Of two tablespoonful Of
butter, rolled in two of fiour,.-.,ouT
two cupfuls Of boiling rp:'k~over. this,
and season wi4l-une- half teaspoonfnl
ofa-.t, sprinkle three tablespoonful
each of grated cheese and bread crumbs
over the top and bake light brown.
Orange Jelly-To make q clear
orange jelly, soak one-half a package
of gelatine in one-half cup water for
an hour; strain one cup and half of
orange juice into a bowl; add one cup
full of sugar, one cupful Of water, the:
juice Of one lemon and the beaten
white Of an egg; put the mixture into
saucepan, with the soaked gelatine,
and heat until the sugar and gelatine
are dissolved; strain through a coarse
cloth into d mold; nice way to serve
this jelly is in baskets made from the
orange peel
Southern Batter Bread-Three cup
fuls of cornmeal, half-cup of boiled !
rice (cold), one pint Of boiling water,
one teaspoonful Of salt, one table:
spoonful Of lard, three eggs, one cup
full of soar milk, one-half teaspoonful
of soda; sift meal, salt and soda to-
gether, stir in the boiling water and
beat in the lard and rice; now whip in
the beaten eggs, lastly the sour milk;
pour into a well-greased bread pan
and bake about thirty minutes in q
moderate oven.
Ham ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of pound
of macaroni broken into inch bits and
boiled slightly in sailed water till
tender; drain, and place in the dish in
which it is to be served. Make gravy
of one level tablespoonful of butter,
the same Of -four, and three.fourths
of pint Of milk; when smooth add
one well-beaten egg, season with half
q saltspoonful Of red pepper and one
of mustard; lastly, add half pint Of
finely chopped lean ham; mix this
sauce with the macaroni and brown, on
the Top in the oven.
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10
A Dining-ROom Motto.
Work the jaws,
A silent pause,
Frequent haW-haVs

Which was an exceedingly apt re.
minder of the value of slow eating
and cheerfulness at table.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10

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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-10

the men who have been arrested by
the Indian police are brought up for
trial, and are allowed to defend them
selves before the judges pronounce
sentence upon them.
Cases of drunkenness among the In
dams are handled with great severity.
The Indian justice makes it his duty
to discover the person from whom the
Indian received the liquor, and aids
the authorities in his prosecution. He
also inAicts punishment of imprison-
ment on the Indian who was found in
toxicated. Some travellers in the In
dian country have had occasion since
the establishment Of the Indian police
to note its workings to their own dis
comfort. According to the law no
man has q right to travel in Indian
reservations unless he has a permit
from the interior department or one
of it's sub-departments, and if an In
dian policeman should find on reser-
walton traveller who was not proper
ly armed with permit, he would DO
likely to take him to the nearest head
quarters, even if it were fifty or sixty
miles away. As long as the man went
peaceably, he was perfectly safe in
the hands Of his Indian guide, but
neither bride nor threat would induce
the policeman to allow his white pris-
oner to escape. When Sitting Bull
was killed in 1890, the Indian police
showed that they would work as dill
gently against Indian foes, if required
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-20
RICOS Y POBREs

Juan paideci6
Il Desde cuando?-murmuro.
Desde hace dos dias
Ell deagraciado dejo caer la cabeza sobre ell pecho.
III desastre era c!erto. Va no haba esperanza!
-sDe modo que esta?-balbucio de nueyo.
-iCuando 20 os 10 digo.. Pero esperad "
LIS 10 que 20 sostenia, hace dos horas el
Outlet
-sQuien senor Qaillet?-pregut6 maquinalmene
Ell propietario de casa Yo 10 dccia Esa ioven
-,Que joven?
La q1e retraron del aqua ell puente Real.
lCuando?
No tarde que aver. Tn salyamento admirable
POGO.
Viva?
-Perfecamente sos consuea ESQ eh? ?-pregunto la por
terra O sucede 10 que mi La fue as Aver
dfez de la maiana echo al rio joven.
Tn cabaero que legabs coche particular VIC echo
para salyara, 10 que consgu6 ezmene Los perolcos de
esta mahana 10 dicen. 1 No los leeis?
sTenes aguno?
-Tengo
isl fueseis bastane buena para cedermelos:
Jos interesais por criaura?
= Como 81 fuera mi hiia 8 mi hermana
No sos solo.
La sonora Guinard estaba ahora muy compaciene.
La fsonoma de Juan Montar5n la agralaba.
BuscG por la habaci6n vovi6 peri6 lico Ia
mano diciendo:
-Tomad. Llevaroslo Vereis los detalles.
Juan la di6 las gracas efu6n.
aaui donde vivia?-se atrevio preguntar al
tan eomplacente la porera.
-sQuien?
Teresa
ST, desde legada Paris. Voved verme 20
ntare 10 que querais ayergua ago repecto ella,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-11-20


hareis el de decrmelo Els pobe joven guapa
buens Pero esta noche, va comprendereis
-Es demasiado tarde sf Buenas noches, sonora
gracias.
-;Buenas noches!
Juan marcho
La portera Sc volv6 Ia diciendo:
Me agrada mozo! Tiene cara slmpatica AL
guno de pals antique amigo tai vez.
Cusndo Juan lego apresuro ieer el peoaco
que la portera lie habia dado
Baio epgrafe: SUn conmovedor sayamehlo, eslatah
reatados todos los deaes del
NADIA faltaba: nj la escrpc de la loven nj Ia oe su
aalvador, un hombre de unos trelna AMOS huy ese' my
dstnguido de vaor superior todo eieglo
Ell reporter habia cumpdo su mission eoneiencia'
Pero babia punto que G no habla poddo aeaaf' no
les haba suceddo los tesgos de aquela esce qoe o ~
dura 10 mas que algunos mnuto ~:
La rapdez con que coche del marques de Sauve haba
trausporao Ia calle de Anjou los dos actos oe aqei
corto habia permlo nadie segulries III 4"
TT nombres.
No Sc saba nj quienes nj ationde haban 100
No obante, Juan Montar6n, fuerza de Iensar, Lego
esta cony:cidn que ia seiIora Gugnard tenla razon'
No podia traarse que de la desgracada ieresa e
a4uella noc relroducda por toios los per-" eos con P4
has varantes. ,;
La hora en- que la desesperaia habla echado AZ no.
aba acuerdo Ia que haba dirIgdo Ia 'oe' "
I.obo
Po ora parte, ell puene Real esta cereade Ia piazza ue
Saint Germain des-Pres.
For fn las seias de la ioven estaban conforme con las
de Teresa
AL siguiente muy tempano, Juan tFanquiio en- 10 wv
podia estar sin visto hermIna sus roos o
puso telegama al caaior de topos que ie uec u'
s;salvaia,,
Durante ell da hzo pa4ueto con los diierentes att
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20
Indian Languapes.

"Like the buffalo, the Indian Ian
guage will soon be lost forever" ex-
planned a gentleman, who, under the
auspices Of the Smithsonian, has de-
voted a number of years to the study
and preservation of the Indian Ian
guage. "It was thought that the In
dian language could be preserved by
the aid of the photograph and graphic
phone, and parties were sent out to
many Indian tribes to have them talk
into the apparatus and thus secure a
record Of the Indian tongue.
at was found. however, that but
few Indians of the present day, and
they were the older ones, could talk a
pure tongue. More than one-half of
the Indians now on the reservations,
and this is the case with all of the
younger Indians, converse in English.
1t is not good English, but it is the
kind they speak, kind Of nigeon En-
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20
Tho Wife in Russia.
IL 81 '
Club.

"This is O curious custom you Amer.
leans have Of referring to your wives
by their husbands Names" observed
Glanvock Kaplon, an intelligent Rus
sian traveller. 81 suppose the Ameri-
can holds hia wife in as high esteem as
the Russian holds his, but if at home
1 should speak Of my better half as
Mrs. Kaplon my friends would at once
conclude that my domestic relations
were not as pleasant as they should be,
and that was thinking of legal sep
aration. When first heard an Ameri-
can speak of his wife as Mrs. Jones, for
example, l felt almost like presuming
on my acquaintance by intruding into
his private affairs and asking him
what the trouble was at home. Yet
| soon learned that the custom was
universal over here, but still cannot
get used to it. My wife is the plain,
blunt way speak in Russia of the
lady who, I suppose, l would have to
call Mrs. Kaplon in polite society in
America. In some Of the more fash
ionable circles Of st. Petersburg this
American social custom has been
adopted, though was told by promi-
nent government official not long ago
that the Gar disapproved of it."-St.
Louis Republic.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

these, and from them he took the TO-
biography Of Versailles, and then in
PRODUCED the broad transverse ave-
nues, the circles, open squares and tri-
angular reservations which resulted
in producing this city of magnificent
distances"
At the foot of one Of these reserva-
tons the White House stands. There
are twenty acres in what is known as
the Presidents grounds, fronting on
Pennsylvania avenue and directly fac
ing the lovely Lafayette square and
running south to the Potomac river.
The house was designed by the famous
Architect Hoban, and was constructed
under the personal supervision Of
George Washington. He officiated at
the Masonic ceremonies when the cor
ner stone was laid, and he had the sat
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

When a foreigner for any ordinary
reason tramples an American flag IN
der his feet it is not matter Of much
real Importance and is waste OF
physical energy. But it would be just
as well for any foreigner who contem.
plates any such conduct to make sure
that the spectators do not happen to
include some American patriot. An
tonic Alone in New York failed to take
this little precaution, and in con.
sequence Antonio is now in the hands
of hospital physician. Antonio was
wandering about Mount Vernon when
a flag on a porch attracted his atten-
ton and aroused his antipathy. He
very imprudently allowed his angry
passion to carry him to the point of
tearing the flag down and stamping ON
it when the owner was watching him
from the window. The subsequent
proceedings were lively but brief, and
when they were over Antonio was car,
ried away by some good Samaritan
and placed where herWfll have time to
reflect on the general attributes of the
stars and stripes, including the pugilis-
tic attainmentS of the owner Of the
flag he thought he insulted.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

The bloody mindedness of so-caIled
civilization received a rebuke from the
King Of Siam while he was at Vienna.
They proudly showed him large col
lection of stuffed animals which had
been killed by the late Crown Prince
Rudolph. His majesty asked if the
prince had killed them himself. They
answered that such was the fact.
Whereupon the gentle Buddhist re-
piled that he loved animals too dearly
to kill them. He kept them instead
The wanton Staying for so-called sport
Of animals, many of them gentle and
lovely creatures, harmless to man, is
one Of the first Inconsistencies. in the
Christian religion which strike the Bud
dhists and others who come to ex-
anime it.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

1t is strange how long it takes the
authorities to finish prosecuting man
when he has money and influence. This
remark is called out by the delay Of the
authorities in the case of Scruggs, the
st. Louis importer, who was caught
in the act Of smuggling several thou.
sand dollars worth Of valuables
through the New York custom house
without paying the usual duties. The
case against Scruggs was clear. He
was found with the goods in his pos
session. He had not declared them,
and his excuses were Of the most child.
ish sort. He pleaded ignorance of the
regulations governing the importations
of goods, something he has been en-
gagged in for a quarter Of a century.
OF course the newspapers of his city
have said that it was all mistake,
that Scruggs was too honorable a man,
and all that sort of thing. Some rich
men, also importers, have come to his
rescue, and one Of them, a New York
merchant, was found trying to get
upon the jury which was to try the
case. The matter has dragged along
and now it is said that it will not be
presented to the Grand Jury until next
September. If Scruggs had been a
poor man instead of a rich man he
would have been serving out his SEN
tence by this time.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20
THE PATTEE WHEEL.

who puts in his spare time giving play
to his inventive genius. He intends
starting for Paris in few days to lay
before the authorities the scheme of his
wheel, which he has little doubt will
be adopted.
The device consists of a gigantic
wheel 200 feet in height, and with
steel frame composed of a network Of
braces. Its structural detail and the
towers which support it look not unlike
the Ferris wheel. The great difference
Is that, instead Of having cars suspend
ed between the the two outer rims, or
the periphery Of the wheel, this space
is inclosed and laid with stout flooring,
giving the whole disappearance ola gi-
gantic bicycle wheel with a broad, fat
tire. Upon this floor and in the inside
sides rising three feet above the bottom,
and in this trough are laid stout steel
tracks,, Cars rest upon these tracks,
and the object of the invention is to
cause these vehicles, filed with people,
to be carried up a certain distance into
the air by the wheel, then shot down
the incline with a speed of the wind
and up the other side by the force of
the momentum.
The wheel begins to revolve from left
to right and the car is carried up about
seventy feet to a point one-third the
distance from the bottom to the top Of
the wheel. The car is gripped to the
tracks with lateral arms, spreading out
on each side, and clamping themselves
tightly to the tracks and trough by the
turning Of lever in the hands of a
motorman. When the cars have reach
ed the height Of seventy feet the motor
man releases the lateral arms and the
vehicle shoots down the incline at ter
rife rate of speed and up the other side,
the: wheel stopping during the descent.
There is a pond Of water in the inside
troughs, which flows around at the low
est level it can find and is consequently
always at the bottom of the wheel. AS
the boat-like vehicle descends it dashes
through the water, reproducing the SEN
sation experienced in shooting the
chutes" and surrounding the people
WITH shower Of spray, which does not
wet them, because it is hurled away
from the car. At night, when the wheel
Is surrounded by thousands of colored
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

glish. had the work Of securing soma
Cherokee talk, and in doing so talked
with a dozen or more leading Chero.
KEGS.
"They admitted to me that they did
not know one Cherokee who could
speak pure Cherokee. They said it was
with the greatest difficulty that they
could get the boys and girls to speak
in their native tongue at all, OF to learn
even the commonest words or phrases.
l arranged with a half dozen Chero-
KEGS, however, and secured their SER
vices to talk into the machines, and
have thus got some pretty good Chero-
kee, but l know that it is very imper-
feet Indian language.
ga few Of the Sioux Indians talk pref
ty well, but it is mixture. In less
than twenty years do not think there
will be an Indian in this country who
can talk his native tongue pure. AS
far as the Indian children are con-
cerned, they use six English words
where they use one Indian word. The
machines Of the day will record the
language if it is talked into them, but
the difficulty is to get Indians who can
talk with the necessary degree Of az.
racy."-Washingt Star.
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20

er. Chief Wee Sug is one of the VIC
tins, and their untimely taking off
appears to be due to a temporary
drought in alcohol. The Indians had
received their quarterly allowance of
cash and naturally fastened to ex-
change it for the most available fire
water. They seem to have been in no
respect fastidious and were content
with almost anything that was of the
right color and was sufficiently hot in
transit. The hair oil supply was the
first to be used up, and then followed a
heavy run on the painkiller. When the
two connections had been disposed of
the five Indians had reached stage of
inebriety that furnished rapid pass
age to the happy hunting grounds.
There have have been many scandals
regarding the amount Of whisky that
has been allowed the Indians. Must
hair oil, hitherto regarded as so innocu-
Gus, be added to the already over.
weighted Indian question?
Mesa free press., 1897-08-20
HE'S AN ARTISTIC PRINTER.
Louis Ell. Orr Now Printer Laureate
of the United States.

Louis FL. Orr Now Printer Laureate
of the United States.
Louis III. Orr, of New York, who has
been elected printer laureate by the
typographical craft in the United
States, is one of the most artistic print
ers on this side of the Atlantic. The
wearer of the bays was to be chosen by
vote, and Mr.. Orr was the successful
one. He received 5, 7S9 votes, and Henry
o. Shepard, of Chicago, was a close Sec
ond with 1922 votes. B. B. Herbert was
a close third with 5,137 votes. The 9th
er candidates were far behind. Mr. Orr
is a natural printer. He inherited his
love for the types and drew from his
father love Of the artistic. This feel
ing is seen in the very beautiful speci-
mems of printing art which Mr.. Orr has
turned out from his shop in New York.
He began life with thorough educa-
ton in the printing office, and learned
every detail of the trade. He became
a rapid and accurate typesetter, skill
full pressman, and acquired the keenest
appreciation Of the artistic in the get