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Croquettes

The secret Of having croquettes firm,
lies In their being mixed for a long
time The meat should be chopped very
fine after being freed from all fat and
gristle, and about q half pint Of milk
allowed to each pint Of meat. The milk
should be put over the fire while a ia
b~lespoohful of butter and 3 tablespoon
fuls Of loyr ore rubbed together. The
hot milk(is then added, and the whole
cooked TO a thick, smooth paste. Mean
time, TO a pint of chopped meat Is added
~H1espoonful of chopped parsley, salt
pepper to taste, the grated rind of
Vlemon, and a t~easpoonful of onion
Ihioe, If that Is liked, or some cooks
vsimply rub a halved onion over the
mixing bowl. The seasoned meat Is then
stirred into the paste and the whole
turned out to cool. The meat should be
allowed to stand for at least 3 hours be-
fore it is nodded into c%roquettes. Dip
first in eggs, then In bread crumbs, and
fry In smoking hot fat. Powdered shred
ded biscuits will be found q pleasant
variety to the broad crumbs. 1t is a
caution. by the way, in the use of these
biscuits, where bread crumbs are re-
quired, that they are very unsuccessful
IN escalloped tomatoes. They are too
starohy, evidently, to be of use there,
and they form a gummy mass that is
not appetizing New York Post.
, 1898-07-29
Simple Hubby Lamp.

Secure an ordinary quart size red
Rhine wine bottle and by gently tap
ping on the bottom thereof break out
enough glass to allow the insertion of a
candle. a hammer can be used for this
purpose, if a little care be taken. Then
wrap a piece of ruby paper all around
the bottle, securing same by paste or
mucilage. The lamp is now ready for
use, and by standing the bottle on a
triangle of burned matches and lighting
the candle, will burn without any trim
ming of wick and other oil lamp incon-
v%eniences. The little white light ema-
mating from the top will do absolutely
no harm. New York Mail and Express.
, 1898-07-29
TALlSMAN.

What uses had he for all these ]
This ring locked, rusty bunch Of keysf :.
Ah,St this one closed bis vault Of wine,
Andth his n opened up the mine
From whence he took the store Of Thought
That here are In his writings wrought.
But thisf Why, here be held his lifei
This was his latchkey, and bis wie
Has thanked dear God to hear it turn.
Its place IS 'mogg the ashes In his urn.
-Villiam Lightfoot Visscher in Woman's Home
Companion.
, 1898-07-29
DELIGHTFUL SUMMER TOURS.
Two Tours to the North via PenrNlyl.
yania Railroad.


For the convenience of those who
seek the most attractive way of spald-
ing a Summer vacation, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company has arranged
two delightful tours to the North, unHer
the personally-conducted tourist ays-
TEN, July Is and August 16. The
points included in the itinerary and%he
country traversed abound in natufe's
beauties; Watkins Glen, Niagara Fails,
Thousand Islands, Quebec, Montreal,
Au Sable Chasn, Lakes Champlain
and George, Saratoga, and the High
lands of the Hudson are all rich min
terest and replete with natural -attjac-
tons.
Each tour will be in charge of OF
the company's tourist agents, az ted
by an experienced lady Is chapeBn,
whose especial charge will be unestor-
ted ladies.
The rate of 500 from New York,
Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, Phila9el-
phia, Harrisburg. Baltimore, and Wash-
ington covers railway and boat farelfor
the entire round trip, lrarlor u "A It's,
meals en- route, hotel entertaining INIT,
transfer charges, carriage hire in ct,
every item of necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets ny
additional information, addressHS1Sis
Agent, Pennsylvania Isailroad Cdm-
pany, 1896 Broadway, New York; B6G
Fulton Street, Brooklyn; 80 Brad6
Street, Newark, n. j.; or Geo. Nv.
Boyd, Assistant General Pa~ss9Ee
Agent, Broad Street Station, Ia
delphia.
, 1898-07-29
L.
HOTEL

Observation-Disclosures Iiengen and family,
John .ArteIt, Dr. Ii. Artelt, Chas. A. Scniiuher
Chas. TUT, Joseph Fritz, Jacob ltidgway,
Chas. Collnler, John Simmer.
Iiermantown-tco. Il. Peberdy, Frank Key
ser, W. Z. Wetherstine, n. [. Carr, Vim. MY
ers, J. West, Edward Wright, Chas. Wright
Chester, Pi-JOhn Genther.
, 1898-07-29
Curious Typographlcal ERRORS.

DE-. Daniel of the Texas Medical
Journal. referring to q recent editorial
in The Statesman on typographical err
TORS. gives an amusing experience in
that line. He says he wrote, "Dr. Jno.
Bailyhache act "a years. born July 80,
1922, and died. Imagine his disgust
when it appeared in The journal. CDR.
Bellyache ate II years of corn July 20,
1922, and died. Austin Statesman.
, 1898-07-29
AT n AQUARIUM.

A Feeding Time INCIDENT of Life In the
Balanced Tsnits.
When the decorator crab gets too big
for its she'll, Ii does what many other
ahellfsh dot sheds 1t, emerging with
its new shell already formed, but at
that stage Of its growth pliable and not
much thicker than paper. In its soft
she'll state 1t is comparatively defense
less, and 1t keeps out of the way of other
shellfsh If 1t can but It's new she'll
soon hardens, and then 1t goes about in
its accustomed n
The decorator increases greatly, per-
haps q third In size, almost immediate
~ after leaving Its old shell, which 1t
scarcely seems possible 1t could ever
have inhabited, but it gets out Of the
old shell nevertheless without damag-
ing it and leaving 1t often disposed in a
most lifelike form.
The decorators at the aquarium are
fed separately, SO that each will be sure
to get its portion. The food is put down
to them on the tip Of a little stick,
which Is shaken gently over them. and
the food. thus detached. falls within the
crabs grasp. There Is nc current In the
balanced tanks in which the smaller
decorators are, and anything dropped In
the water drops straight down. The
other day there were found In one of
these tanks, clinging to the ulya. two
decorators, which were supplied, as
usual, by placing their food in the wa
49, s-ka.1 Akn~y t,As,1d ho or,ra 70 nnt if
Being somewhat pressed for time that
day, however, The man who fed them
did not wait TO see the crabs actually
eat. He placed their food within reach
and trusted them to do the rest.
But glancing In at this tank on his
return from feeding the small fishes and
things In the other balanced tanks he
saw the two decorators that he had
found on the ulva still there and In pre-
cisely the same attitudes as before, and
then he realized that they were not live
crabs, but SEEDLINGS. He had been feed
ing empty shells. On taking them out
of the tank he found inside of one Of
them the fragment of food which he
had dropped for it, which had fallen
into it through the opening between
the upper and the lower part Of the
shell which the crab had made In get
ting out.
It may be that the two decorators for
mezly residing In these shells, but now
r. some distant part Of the tank
backs, 5i1l16u as 5hey vn0u3snt ~ INC
feeding Of their empty shells. IT Is GER
tain that the man who fed them smiled
, 1898-07-29

~aayered by new houses In
every year is l, 1853
, 1898-07-29

1t is claimed that the X rays ara rem
dered harmless to the human flesh by a
process discovered by Elliott Woods,
superintendent of the capitol at Wash
ington, which involves passing the rays
kQugh gold foil specially prepared for
hgpose.
, 1898-07-29

Laundry work done ut Macedonia
cottage. Mrs. Harriet Watkins. \
, 1898-07-29

Both are expert
after a Ahard tussNV
scores: Fox, 21-20,
21-6. Stark, 21-2, 21-S
Fox 5 games, Stark 4.
II. Stanley Stark, who is 81
the Oaklyn, has decided to req
til the middle of September
then leave for a trip 1t west.
James b. Stark and Charles
feated Frank Fox and H.. Stanley
the best out of five games of
board for the championship
Oaklyn.
James b. Stark, a retired req
broker of Philadelphia, was
here for a few days.
The boys of Wildwood-haye
ganized their baseball team for thu
SON.. They play at Cape May
House on Saturday against the q
House team. Good luck to them. !
Why is Wildwood without a life |
ing line? So many bathers in the
every morning and no life saving
One could be bought very cheap
could he placed on the beach in east
accident. Let the people think it {
and see the important part 1t mi
play in case Of drowning.
OAK LYNN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
PATRIOTISM
 IS NOW ON
 THE RAMPAGE
Navy and War Departments Deuged WI1n Offers of Aid While Cranks Voun-
 teer Wonderful Inventions.

6 washington special to the Herald says says; That there deal of hot blood in the United states p developments shall compel us to adopt nosthe ,o ba and Navy depart offering services and suggestions These letters H % % % of he . conditions of and children m all parts " country. of standing and influence whose ser Among organizations who entire regiments to enlist as services and navy 0 surgeons Men nurses hos Q pitfalls need ed and boys from 10 to b years old are oaorns " per applications for authority recruit voun- soldiers who offer their especially As might be expected under the totally military methods and crans form @ n @ fhe i Pbiade1ph,a This man saws he is able to would be content with captains Alexandria he prepared to fought the late 6 asks a colonels commission - body Washington elaborate mpraccaoe TOT with fortified Another boon He the enovent of large quantities nitro carried balloons and dropped decks of the enemy's ships The signal office War Department delugd with of balloons all of which have fatal defect large number of Of The department notified
 
 
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
HALE AND NoRCRoSS CASE. A Branch of This Suit Heard in the
 Supreme Court.

A branch of the famed Hale and Nor cross suit was up before the Justices of the Supreme Court yesterday. It was in the shape of an argument on the petition of M. NJ. Fox, the president of the min ing company, for writ of supersedeas-
 Some time ago G. w. Grayson, one of the stockholders of the company, brought a suit against the officers of the com pany to have set aside their action by which they sold 20,000 share of his stock for delinquent assessment Superior Judge Daingerfield gave .. ment for Grayson and ordered the ofh of the company to transfer the stock iack to the plaintiff. The president refused to obey the order of the court and he was cited for contempt of court. From this order Fox appealed to the Supreme Court. but before the day set for hearing this matter he petitioned for writ of super sedeaS and citation was issued.
 It was this branch that was argued be- fore the court yesterday and Fox con- tended that unless a restraining order was made he would be punished for con- broperly taken, in other words that the order of re-transfer was an appealable matter. GraysonS contention was. that the order was not appealable, and that the appeal of the president was only for delay. The annual meeting Of officers, he said will be held soon and unless some action is taken by the court at once to make Fox re-transfer the stock he Gray son) cannot vote his stock nor can he sell or transfer it. The matter was taken under adViSement.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
STOLE FROM LIvERYMEN.
Sam Price, Teamster, Will Have Several Charges of Burglary to
 Answer for

Several complaints having recently been received at police headquarters from ltv- ery-stable men about a thief who had been stealing harness and feed from their barns Detective Cody was detailed to make an investigation.
 Yesterday afternoon he arrested Sam Price. a teamster, and booked him at the City Prison on a charge of burglary. The complaining witness is Oscar Herzog, who had set of harness belonging to him stolen from the Woodlawn stables, 623 Grove street. last Thursday night. Cody aScertafned that the harness had been sold at Meyers second hand store on Mis- sion street, near Fourteenth, by Price and the warrant was sworn out for his ar rest.
 P J. Corbett, the livery-stable man on Hayes street, will also swear out a war rant against Price for stealing a large quantity of feed from his barn. Price used to hide himself among the hay till the barn was closed up for the night and would then slide the feed down the manure chute and slide down. after 1t. It is said that other complaints will be made against Price.
 The police say that Price has about S10 900 deposited in the Hibernia Bank and a good deal of it has been made by steal ing from other people. He is a com paratively young man.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
SENATOR HANNA BELIEVES
 THE DISASTER AN ACCIDENT.
Denies That He Went to New York to Sound Wall Street on
 War Bond Issue.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Senator Hanna denied to me very emphatically tonight that his recent visit to New York had any particular significance
 He pronounced as entirely groundless the report that he went to sound the temper of Wall street on the subject of a bond issue for war purposes. Sena- tor Hanna said to me: You may state positively that the administration is not contemplating an issue of bonds on any account at this time. It fails to see occasion for such action My business in New York was of private nature. I met great many solid and sensible people in New York and was highly gratified to find most of them
 disposed to be reasonable and patie,.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
EXTENDING FOLSOM STREET.
United Action of Improvement Clubs
 Organized for the Purpose.

Precita Valley and Cortland-avenue Improvement clubs have unite9 their forces on the one common object that of securing the extension of Folsom street through Bernal Heights from Pre- cita avenue to Cortland avenue, dis tance of three blocks. The opening of these blocks and the continuation or the Folsom-street electric cars through to Cortland avenue would be considered or great advantage to the residents of that section.
 As it now is, the people there are com pelled to walk mile or more to get to the Mission-street line. This they con- slider a great hardship, and, inasmuch as the majority of them are hard-Work1ng men, who have to be at their work early in the morning and late at night. walk is not considered a luxury by any means.
 In addition to this they are anxious to have chemical engine stationed some where in the vicinity of their homes west of Precita Valley.
 The lack of sufficient water for domes- tic purposes is felt both in Precita Val ley and in the Cortland-avenue district. The question has been repeatedly asked of the Spring Valley Water Company, why, with a reservoir within few hun dred yards of the settlement sufficient supply Is not provided for domestic use? But to this inquiry no answer has been given. The two clubs are united in the endeavor to solicit the aid of the Super visors in. getting a sufficient supply of water from the obstinate company, and appointed for this purpose from both clubs
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01

with regard to the foreign situation. The atmosphere of New York was as calm and rational among all classes oi neople on Saturday. and I find a simi- far state of things Tn Washington
 Ever since the destruction of the Maine I have been unable to reconciie myself to any theory except that the disaster was the result of an accident, and I am confident that the Naval Court of Inquiry will so report. am not speculating on the future attitude of the administration in the matter 1t will depend on whether the responsl- bility for the accident to the battle ship can be traced in any way to span ish officials. If 1t is shown that the disaster was the result of Spanish negligence or an act of an Irresponsible fanatic the administration will con slider the matter of demanding an in- demnity of the Spanish Government. The whole matter Is In suspense, and beyond reiterating my belief that the wreck was an accident ] can say noth- ing" -
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
SHE WAS CERTAINLY PREPARED.

4 minister's wife, who is not SO seriously minded at all times as her husband is tells some laughable stories relating to marriage ceremonies which he performed while they were living in small village in the Mid lands. The minister always felt it his duty to give each young couple a little serious advice before he performed the marriage ceremony, and for this pur- pose he usually took them aside one at a time and talked very soberly to each of them regarding the importance of the step they were to take and the new responsibilities they were to as- sunle.
 One day he talked in his most ear- nest manner for several minutes to 2 young woman who had come to be married. And now he said, in clos ing. T hope you fully realize the ex- treme importance of the step you are taking and that you are prepared for it?'
 Prepared, she said, innocentIy: well. if I ain't prepared I don't know who is. I've got four common. quilts and two nice ones, and four brand new feather beds, ten sheets and twelve pairs of pillow-slips, four linen tablecloths. dozen spoons and a good six-Quart kettle. If I ain't prepared nc girl in the country ever was."-Euro- pean Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
SPAIN PLEADING
 FOR FURTHER TIME.
Wants Until the 1st of May to End the Cruel Warfare in
 Stricken Cuba.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-A dispatch to a morning paper from Washington says: The American Government made an ultimatum to Spain some time ago to the effect that un- less autonomy was successfully estab lshed in Cuba by March 1, the United States Government would be compelled to act It is known to a chosen few here and to all the diplomats in Europe that Spain Is making every effort to have an additional respite of two months granted. She wants to put off the day o; accounting until the 1st of May, and negotiations to that end are going on in Washington now.
 Spain Is doing her utmost to secure this extension of time. Ii is plain that autonomy has been the worst kind of a failure and March l is the day on which our ultimatum expires. The de- struction of the Maine has added to the complications, President Mckinley be- ing desirous of establishing the respon- sibil' for the explosion before taking final action on the subject of autonomy. Nevertheless Spain has not ceased her efforts to obtain the respite until May 1. and negotiations to that end are now actively going on.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01

the Bache to the Dry Tortugas and Key West. On the next trip north the Bache will carry to Key West the first company of wounded taken to Dry Tor tugaS.
 The Spanish divers did not make their examination to-day Captain Sigs- bee expected them and probably will be advised to-day as to when they will be- gin their investigation.
 Lieutenant Commander Wainwright. the executive officer of the Maine, who was almost worn out with constant work on the wreck, had a good rest yesterday and says he feels now like a new man. Captain Sigsbee reported that the work of the divers to-day was slow and must necessarily continue slow, owing to the difficulty of mak- ing an impression on the mass of>heavy debris But they are doing the best they can.
 Late to-day Captain McGee of the tug Right Arm received orders from the contractors to hire such lighters as are necessary to. remove the debris from the wreck. This will facilitate the work of removing the dead and gen. orally hasten operations
 Senator Proctor, who passed most of the day indoors, writing private letters and reading, says his visit will be too brief to make his observations of any interest to the public and therefore he has nothing to offer for publication.
 La Lucha publishes, late this even ing, an official dispatch giving an ac- count of battle in the province of Puerto Principe, in which the insur- gents are said to have lost I8I killed and wounded.
 According to the dispatch, the bat tie took place February IS and 10 in and near the Santa Inez and Hinoioa hills. The Spanish force, which was under the command of Gene, al Jiminez Castellanos, numbered 24oo infantry and 400 cavalry. The insurgents numbered 5000. The insurgents left S7 dead on the field Among the killed were Colo nel Alvaro Rodriguez, Commandant Angol Roccio and other officers Ac- cording to the dispatch, the Spaniards lost one officer, Lieutenant Porajo, and seven soldiers killed and three officers and seventy-three soldiers wounded.
 The Spanish troops are said to have captured many weapons, large quan- tity of ammunition and thirty-four horses.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01
A Prospective Convention.

Judging from a letter to the Chamber of Commerce the Young Mems Western Business League, headquarters at Noun tain Grove, Mo-, contemplates holding a convention or something of the kind and that San Francisco may be the place selected for the gathering. The letter was from Michael Glenn, the general manager, who desired explicit information as to what are the largest halls this city af- lords and the rental of the same and similar knowledge. The information will be given by Secretary Scott. The league seems to be an extensive organization, for it has branches in Illinois, Ohio. In- diana Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colo rado, Arkansas. New Mexico, Oklahoma and this State
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-01

day recovered Captain Sigsbee's Order Df the Red Eagle, given him by Elm oeror William 1 of Germany, on ac- count of deep sea inventions, and the gold medal given him by the Fisheries Commission at London in I88o Cap .ain Sigsbee was most anxious about these They are i'll good condition.
 The Chapman wrecking experts will tomorrow make an examination ot the wreck to decide whether the vessel can De raised by means of driving piles and making cofferdam. It is now thought that such work is impossible and could only be done at an enormous cost. It is not believed this will be necessary for the purpose Of the Board of ln- quiry
 The work to-day was done by the divers from the tug Right Arm. Cap tain McGee, who is in charge, seems 10 lack authority from the wrecklng people or others, and is indisposed TO work on his own judgment, except in smaller details.
 Captain Sigsbee was on board the United States lighthouse tender Fern until o'clock this afternoon. He wait cd for the Spanish divers, but they d;d not appear Captain Sigsbee thinks Spain has a moral and international right to make an independent examina- tion and he will give the Spanish divers such facilities as are possible.
 Captain Sigsbee hopes the survey steamer Bache will return to the Tor tugas tomorrow or the next day, with all the Maine's wounded left here, and he also hopes to send on the BacIie hereafter all the remains of the deal re- covered in a condition making it possi ble to place them in cotfins.
 The difficulty experienced in recov- ering the bodies is not understood by any but the divers The latter yester- day worked for three hours trying to bring out one body intact, and one of the divers had a bad fall and several got their air tubes tangled. Even then they could not extricate the remains. The principal efforts of the divers now are directed toward clearing the upper wreckage, smokestacks decks. guns, matches, bridges, cranes and gratings. Then, if not before, al the dead can be removed
 Captain Sigsbee continues to receive letters in great numbers. All the queries about the men ~nO loSt tnelr lives when the Maine was blown up are answered as soon as possible if there is anything to be told. One of the sad dest letters received by Captain Sigs- bee was from the brother of dead man, who wrote that when death was claiming the victim his friends at home were celebrating his birthday and wish ing him many happy returns of the day
 Chaplain Chadwick has been com mended by Captain Sigsbee as a man q priest and an officer. He is always cheerful and is doing the most effective work possible
 Senator Proctor had expected to pay his personal respects to Captain Gen eral Blanco to-day, in company with his travelling companion, Colonel Par ker, and Consul General Lee, but the Captain General has been unusually busy in getting ready for the outgoing mails. and has fixed o'clock to-nor- row for Senator Proctor's call.
 Only ore body has been recovered to-day, and 1t has not yet been identi- fled With any others recovered IT time. it will go with the wounded or