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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
MARY ]. LINCOLN.
PEGGY's PRACTICAL FKATTLE.
Choice Recipes From Many Sources and
OF Acknowledged Worth.
Jelly OF SNOW.

JELLY OF SNOW.
Wash thoroughly four tablespoonfuls
of rice and put in a double boiler with
two quarts of boiling water; cook slow
ly. without stirring until the rice is
tender; drain off what water remains.
and each grain should be found separate
and whole: set one side to cool. Soak
-quarter Of a box Of gelatine in water
enough TO cover ii, for one hour, then
pour over il a half pint Of sugar Stand
the dish containing the gelatine mixture
in pan OF boiling water and stir until
the gelatine and sugar are entirely dis
solved. Then turn the mixture into the
cooked rice and thoroughly mix. Whip
one pint OF cream as lightly as possible
with the cold rice and gelatine. Flavor.
and pour into a mould that has been wet
in cold water. Set on the ice until IL be
comes thoroughly cold and set. When
ready TO serve. turn out on a fiat dish and
pour preserved strawberries or cherries
around it
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

One cup Of solf boiled rice. put through
a sieve. add a pint Of milk and three
eggs; stir in -four sufficient for batter;
fry on a well heated gridde. like griddle
cakes; butter each one while hot. and
sprinkle over with sugar and crate on
a little nutmeg. Serve hot
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
RARRECIrEn HAM

Slice cold boiled ham and fry in its
own fat. Remove the slices into an
other dish and keep hot while there is
added to the fat teaspoonful Of white
sugar. a little pepper and teaspoonful
OF made mustard and three tablespoon
fuls of vinegar. Let this boil up once.
and pour over the ham. Serve hot.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
EnIiEhtenIng Him,

II wonder what that young woman
meant by abiding to me as property
poor" said Willie Washington.
Perhaps" replied Miss Cayenne, "shs
overheard me when told friend that
you were self-possessed." -Washingtop
Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
Bamed NJ Home.

She-They tell me, professor. that
you have mastered an the modern
tongues.
He All but two-my wife's and her
mothers Judy.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

Husband-That little Jones boy seems
10 be remarkably fond Of cake.
Wife-Extremely! Why, be even eats
his mothers homemade eakei-Puek.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

Did YOU read about the clergyman
~ho is going TO preach without pay?"
That's nothing; my wife has been
doing It for ars."-Chicago Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
Top ana bottom.

lie is a man OF extremes"
Yes lie is always talking at the
top Of his voice aud offering to bet his
bottom dollar" Washington Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

Thou art fair. but thou art false
she sadly said. Then she laid her blond
hair or the dressing-table.-Tit-Bits.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
Don't He Queer.

From ways of queerness let us shrink
We see from year to year
Those are the queerest folk who think
That other folks are queer.
Chicago Record.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

Frank-What would you do If | were
TO give you a kiss?
NelIie-0h. you make me tired! No
girl wants a kiss from a man who asks
for II instead Of taking it.-N. Y. World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
DI.co,ered Aflcr Mnrringe.

lie used to call his girl his flame"
And though he knew il not,
II was very proper name
Her temper Is rsd-hot
Up-to- Date.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
CATARRH
Ely'S Cream Balm

= acknowledged 70 be the most thorough cure for
Nasal Catarrh. Cod IN Head and Hay Fever OF All
wnedles IL opens ard eieanscs the nasal passages,
aays pain and Inflammation, heals the sores, pro-
teets the membrane from colds, restores the senses
u taste and smell Price Soc a. Druggists or nv mail
XIII hhuthEkS. 90 Warren Street. New YORK
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09
SMITHS
Green Mountain
RENOvATOR. (AOI4As
of consequences of impure blood b.
is diseased kidneys. \~ao/
the blood its impurities to such important
them it sign that serious trouble
RENOVATOR.
serious consequences of impure blood

II have suffered Win Kidney trouble Tor lhree years
but after trying many medicines and employing many
physicians without avail had about despared Of recoy
cry when your Green Mountain Renovator was recon.
mended. -Four weeks of this wonderful remedy en-
tirey cured me- ! riding twenty-five OF thirty
miles day in team when before, owing 20 pains in nv
Kidneys and back scarcely able TO ride al all Your
Renovation has cured me OF what supposed hope
less case. l.. T. BEEALAc, Hartford Conn
IL would be wise for other sufferer - learn themselves
low really efficient this remedy is Rem, Eber that every
hin hiatt |.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-02-09

bottle of Smiths that
purchasers will
that is claimed for il is got actually aeeompished.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04

In landing a force On a hostile shore
a great deal more has to be provided
than the vessels to carry it There are
people who discuss an invasion. and
who seem to have an idea that the mat
ter is limited to crowding a number of
soldiers on a ship and directing them
to be landed at a certain place There
is no consideration of how they are to
get on shore with their arms, guns and
ammunition that merchant ships have
only a few boats. and that artillery
cannot be transferred from ship to
beach without any previous prepare
ton. When we consider that. notwith-
standing the support and resources of a
large combined feet and the presence
of transports, more than a month Of
hard work was required before an ar
my of so. 900 men could be landed in
the Crimea. we are justified in doubt
ing those who assert that the invasion
Of our shores with $50. 900 OF 300, 900
men is not only within the bounds of
possibility, but by no means SO difficult
an undertaking as is often stated. =
"Wilmot's Life of Vice Admiral Lord
LYONS
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
NoveIists and Babies.

The Medical Press and Circular brings
a serious charge against modern novel
lists of being absurdly untrue to nature
in n most important particular. 1t
appears that the novelist of today abso-
lutely ignores vital statistics. He or she
is lavish enough with marriages and
revels in deaths, but seldom ~condescends
to a birth.
Now, if nature acted in this way The
Medical Press and Circular is right in
saying that before long there would be
neither novelists nor readers left upon
the face of the globe. For instance, sup
pose things really went ON in the style
of MI. Anthony Hopes Prisoner of
Zenda." In this stirring tale there are
on IN average five deaths to every chap
ter, with not a'single birth in the whole
book. At this rate, as The Medical
Press points out, the world would
speedily become depopulated.
In Dickens day it was far different,
and in David Copperfield' and other
books he brought plenty of young hope
fuls into the world, in proper keeping
with the birth rate of the country. Did
he not give prominence TO Mrs. Camp
and Betsy Prig, whose sole concern was
to usher in the coming generation2
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04

AS they neared the bottom Kate be-
came conscious that a big black object
was looming down the opposite hill,
but she did not heed it. Anything may
happen" was the only thought she was
conscious of as she swerved close to the
hedge to allow the big thing to pass.
Next moment there came a slip, a crash
behind her, a shout and a groan. She
lost her nerve and swerved over into the
hedge-and the race was overl
The shock half stunned her for some
seconds. Then she scrambled up and
looked back. A wagner was kneeling
beside a man, who was lying very still
the man was John Castle.
John Castle lay motionless at the bot
tom of the wagon on that slow journey
back, and Kate held his hand in an
agony Of love and fear and remorse, not
daring to cry out, yet finding it almost
unbearable to keep silence.
Her heart was soft and humble
enough when she reached the home and
saw the mothers misery, and she told
her tale as gently as she could. Only
when she turned to Leila did her bitter
ness rise again.
Last night your brother asked me to
be his wife," she said. '"That, point
ing to his still body, sis the result of
my refusal. If you wish to learn the
result of my acceptance, you shall come
and ask me for it"
And Leila did.
Acceptances Of love are not in the
recognized list of cures and antidotes,
but n acted most successfully in the
case of John Castle-so% successfully in
deed that once or twice Kate was tempt
ed to think his conclusion a fraud.
However, if it were, so the end seemed
really to justify the means.-Lloyd's
News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
Magyar Aristncratn.

The Hungarian ~aristocracy has the
largest estates of any nobility in Eu-
rope. The n of living of these
grands% seigneurs is strongly patriarchaL
Their country chateaux are comforta-
BILE. but unpretentious, and are lordly
in nothing but the hospitality of their
owners. The stranger and the native
are alike made welcome within the
doors of these old manor houses and in
vited to sit down at table like friends
of the family.
If a stranger drives up to the en-
trance door of a Hungarian chateau,
Immediately and before any questions
are asked concerning the visitors bust
ness, even before the master of the
house has made his appearance, a legion
Of servants rush forward and carry the
visitors baggage to one of the half doz-
en- Dol always ready to receive guests,
invited or otherwise. When the Hun
garians wish particularly to honor a
guest, 10 or 90 courses are served at
dinner, but as the Magyars have in ev-
erything the utmost respect for indi-
vidual liberty no guest is ever pressed
to eat or drink.
"You ire at home. Do as you would
at home, " says the master Of the house
as he greets you on your arrival Liv-
ing as they do, away from court and
court life, these proud Magyar aristo-
Gratis ask nothing and expect nothing
from the sovereign, and maintain in
consequence their pride, dignity and
independence of character. -Argonaut
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
TELLING BIG TREES.
The Methods by Which the Woods
man Brings Them Down.

The Methods by Which the foods
man Brings Them Down.
The chopper approaches the tree with
a plumb line. If the top does not lean
more than two feet in the case Of a
large tree or more than four in the
case of a small one, he considers that
he can fell it in any direction he may
desire. He then views the ground and
selects the most promising clay out, J"
and the undercut is made exactly fac
ing it. The ''undercut" usually extends
about one-third through, and then the
tree is sawed in from the back to meet it.
When the two cuts are within six
inches of meeting, the saw is removed,
and the tree is wedged up until the top
passes the center of gravity, when it
falls by its own weight, easily breaking
the strip of wood remaining.
Where the surface of the ground is
such hat it is necessary for the butt
and the top to strike the ground stimuli
taneously, the stump is snubbed off at
the undercut, which provides a slant
ing surface, so that the butt has no
place to rest and perforce slides to the
ground.
If the tree needs to be rolled off to
one side, half the undercut is slanted,
and a pile of chips is placed ON the fat
surface of the other half. The result
never fails to manifest the efficacy Of
this device. Again, by leaving one side
of the uncut wood between the under
cut and the saw cut thicker than the
other, the tree may be drawn consider
ably away from its natural course.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
From Bad to Worse.

Several ladies and gentlemen were
riding down town in a cable car They
were mostly strangers to one another.
but the conversation became general.
One of the ladies had been at the
opera the night before and was loud in
her expressions of disapprovaL
Worse than all. she went on,
that Nine Schroeder is much too old
for her part. Her singing is becoming
unbearable. Don't you think SO, too2'
she asked. turning to the gentleman
next to her
Wouldn't you rather tell this to
Nine. Schroeder herself2 She is sitting
beside you, he replied coldly
After the general silence which fol-
lowed the remark, the critical lady
turned to the singer with many con
fused apologies.
1T is that horrid critic SCHNEIDER
who has influenced my judgment on
corning your singing | believe it is he
who is always writing against you
He must be a most ~disagreeable and
pedantic person.
Had you not better tell all this to
Mr. SCHNEIDER himselfP' calmly in
quired Nine. Schroeder He is sitting
next to me. New York World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
MExIco's SIGN LANGUAGE.
Gestures With a Meaning Under
stood by Every Tribe.

Gestures With a Meaning Under
stood by Every Tribe.
Mexico is a land of many tongues,
but above the Indian dialects and Span
ish there is one universal language
the language of signs. It is the most
expressive of all-the Mexican eye and
hand are eloquent members. 1t is capa-
BILE of infinite variation. Its standings
and suggestions are beyond all transla-
ton. But there are certain gestures
that have a fixed meaning, a significa-
ton well understood by every nation
and every tribe from Guatemala to
Texas.
A general upward movement of the
body, shoulders shrugged, eyebrows
raised, lips pouted and palms outspread,
varies in meaning from 81 don't know
and l don't care to a most respectful,
"Really, sir, l do not understand you"
The index finger moved rapidly from
right to left generally before the face
means "No more or simply "No." To
0 the right hand palm outward
from the body toward another person
HiodHe OuSt WALL L IL NC even Will you
yet"
The index finger on the temple moved
with a boring twist means "He's
drunk"
The right hand held to the lips, three
fingers doubled, thumb and little finger
erect, varies from "He drinks" to
"Have one with me-"
To move the open hand over the
cheek in imitation of a razor has refer
ence to the idiom playing the bar
Der" and means ''to fiatter.
All four fingers and the thumb held
points together and moved toward the
mouth means "to eat"
The right hand held before the face,
the two middle fingers moving rapidly,
is a familiar salutation .-''Modern
Mexico"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04

Practically all the packages that go
through the New York postoffice are
examined. Many persons seem utterly
unable to resist the temptation to scrib-
BILE a message upon the back of a photo
graph or the lid of a box. A written
dedication in a book or a written greet
ing, such as the conventional Merry
Christmas. !" is allowable. but, with
these exceptions, any written word
makes a package liable to letter postage.
The whole fly leaf of a book may be filed
with a ~dedicatory note. but any other
words, as, for instance, "See Page f.
would cause the package to be classed
as written matter.
Another common error is to put seal
ing wax on the knot of the string around
the package. Such a package is classed
as "sealed against inspection" and
must pay letter rates. The same rule
applies to boxes that have their lids
nailed or tackled on. The amount of
money collected for insufficient postage
is surprising. The average receipts in
this department of the p~ostoffice are
5000 a day. -Leslie's Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04

Legge, bishop of Oxford, who had
not youth as his excuse for his vanity.
asked his friend Canning to come and
bear bis first episcopal m They
dined together a%fterward. and from the
politicians silence the other ought to
have known better than to push him,
but being rather nettled be exclaimed,
Canning, you have said nothing to me
about my sermon" "Well, it was
short" "Oh." said the bishop, sit is
better to be short than tedious. !"
But" replied Canning, "you were
that too"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
AthIetic Missionnriea.

Two English home missionary work
ers were recently introduced by the
Rev. A. j. Robinson to a Birmingham
audience in these words:
lyon Birmingham chaps have a lot
of athletics, and quite right too. The
two missionaries are both old athletes,
you will be interested to learn. One,
an old ohum of mine, was in the Cam
bridge eight, and the other was famous
among his fellows as a jumper. He
could jump as high as his head. Lily
erpool Mercury
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
A LESSON IN COOKING.
How a Hobo Served Up a Dish of
Roast Chicken.

NO19N
1.-THE first time | ran away from
home l learned a trick or two that was
worth the while, said a well known
business man 81 started out on several
unauthorized tours of adventure before
l reached years of discretion. but the
first is most wildly impressed upon my
memory Three of US kids caught a
freight train and got some so or 20
miles away from home before the first
nightfall. Then we didn't know where
to spend the night. Several attempts to
quarter ourselves in empty box cars on
the side track of a little village only
resulted in our being chased away and
threatened with arrest, so we went to
the outskirts of the place and built a
fire on the bank of a little creek. Here
we made ourselves as comfortable as
possible and one or two of us had actu-
ally dozed off for short maps when a
regular hobo, a good specimen of the
real article, happened along and wanted
to know if we had anything to eat OF
course we hadn't
We'll, he said. if you fellers'n
ketch a chicken I'll show you a trick
that'n be useful to you.
at didn't take us long to catch the
chicken and bring it back The veteran
member of the nomadic fraternity
wrung its neck, jerked off its head.
cleaned it and going down to the creek
wadded it up, feathers, feet and all, in
a big ball of yellow clay. This he rolled
into the fire and scraped the burning
embers up around it. The clay soon
hardened. and we could see it among
the wood Goals gradually becoming q
bright cherry red. When it did so. the
cook rolled it out again. let it cool a
little and then broke it open with a
stone. The feathers had stuck to the
baked clay and a clean, inviting chick
en- was ready to be served. All the
moisture hat in ordinary baking is lost
had been kept in by the bricklike in
closure, and the morsel that fell to my
lot was the j~uiciest and sweetest have
ever eaten. Cincinnati Enquirer
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04

of rice and sausage. Soon after, All Lon
went into the small room adjoining
and crept into her bunk, knowing that
she should not sleep that night.
Twice she peered through a crack in
the door and saw her mother sitting
there, her hands pressed hard against
her knees, her head strained forward,
her eyes wild. A town clock was boom
ing . when We Ling, without moving
her head, called in a loud whisper:
"Ah Lon"
Her daughter ran to her.
"Hei is coming" said We Ling. go
down stairs and bring him safely here"
All Lon marveled at what she could
not understand in her mothers voice,
and forgot her fear Of rats. She slipped
hastily down through the black well of
the stair, stopping several times to listen
i%ntently. At last she heard some one
painting as if in terror, and a moment
later stumbled over IN i'll smelling heap.
Ling Tang2" she asked rapidly. 81
am All Lon, your daughter. We Ling
waits you, and will give you food. We
have sausages and rice"
She turned and ran up stairs. The
heap gathered itself together and fol-
lowed slowly.
"He comes, she said to her mother.
And she waited, trembling with curiosi-
ty. Wo Ling raised herself to her full
height, which was above that of most
Chinese women.
The mar entered. He had nothing in
common with his moon faced compa-
triots of the streets, who looked COM
~paratively clean and well fed, and All
Lon could not know that underground
there were many like him. He was in
rags, and what they covered might
have ratified, he was SO feshless. His
face was wrinkled hide and bony struc-
ture, and sparse gray hair fell about it
and from his cheeks and chin. He look
ed 100, and he may have been 80. All
Lon gave a cry and fed to the bedroom,
slamming the door behind her. But Wo
Ling took the wreck in her arms
Gertrude Anterior in Lady's Realm.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
why Maud BIushed.

Bobby lat the breakfast table,
Maud, did Mr.. Jules take any Of the
umbrellas or hats from the hall last
night?
Maud-Why. of course notl Why
should he?
Bobby-That's just what I'd like to
know | thought he did because l heard
him say when he was going out, 1 am
going to steal just one, and Why
what the matter, Maud?-London Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
The Magiclan and the King.

There is a good story told of a ma
gician who has passed the great divide.
He was a world travelled player, and
his wanderings set him upon one occa-
sion in faraway New Zealand. 1t was
arranged that he should give an exhibit
ton of mind reading before the king of
the Maoris. After some ~parleying it
was decided that the king himself should
conceal the article which the magician
was to discover.
The mind reader left the room and,
after a time, was brought back blind
folded, as is the custom in such per-
formances. After some time the ma
gician declared that the hidden article
was in the kings mouth. His majesty
shook his head savagely in the mega
tive. The magician insisted upon his
point and demanded that the kings
mouth be opened wide. The king re-
fused.
The magician insisted, and the ex-
element became very great until at
last the dusky king reluctantly opened
his jaws. The article was not therel
The next instant, however, the king
was taken with a violent fit of cough
ing. He had tried to swallow the lost
article, a button, but could not, and
was compelled to cough it up.
The Maoris were uproarious with
mirth. They did not know which to
admire the more-the wisdom of the
magician or the heroism of the king
London Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-04
Il FLAG OF STARS.
Oh, not alone the eager south
Alone the steadfast north

Oh, not alone the eager south
Alone the steadfast north
Saw with wet eyes beneath spring skies
Our flag of stars go forthl
oh, not alone the elder east,
Nor the young hearted west,
Smiled high with pride where side by side
The nations children pressed
But north and south and east and west
The and the plain.
The prairie and the desert,
Yielded their flower again.
East and west and south and north
IT flower of the land,
Hearing the mothers call, went forth
To stand at her right land
We be many hands in labor,
But one arm for the right;
One blood to shed, one heart till dead.
One good sword for the fight;
We be many tongued and minded.
But one mind and one tongue
When once wide sent through a continent
The nations word has rungl
Then northern tongues sing "Dixie'
Beneath the ancient flag,
And the southerner dies to rebaptize
His own the yankee ragI"
Brothers-to keep for freedoms sake
The flag of stars unfurled
Beneath the stars of heaven-to make
The starlight of the world
Grace Ellerly Charming in Youths Com
Danion.