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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Curry of Rice.

The eating Of East Iadian dishes is a
growing fancy, and hot curries, espe-
cially those used with rice, are largely
INDUCED in. Rice properly prepared to
accompany u curry should have every
grain separate, sufficiently cooked, but
not soft, and white as snow. Take six
ounces of best Carolina rice, wash and
pick out foreign seeds. Throw into Il
saucepan containing two quarts of
boiling water, with a small t%easpoonful
of salt and the juice of half IL lemon,
which makes it white. Stir gently with
a wooden spoon, and in about Is min
utes the rice should be sufficiently
cooked. This may be ascertained by
pressing Il few grains, which Should be
firm, but softened throughout, with no
hard portion in the center When in
this condition., add a pint of cold water
to check the boiling at once, drain care
fully and set on the back of the range
covered by a napkin, so that the rice
may dry. Give it an occasional shake
or stir, that every grain may be sep
arate. Serve in a hot dish.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Raising Potatoes.

A good crop of potatoes should Yield
all the way from 200 bushels to 600
bushels, according to the season, says.
The American C%ultivator. 1t is less
labor to take such a crop from one
acre than from three to five acres, as
is often done where potatoes are cult
waited in the usual way. Most of the
large potato growers are exceedingly
particular about the seed they plant.
1t must be from a crop free from
blight the previous year, and the pototo
must be free from scab. That insures
strong growing plants, and if the soil
is a MANFRED clover ley all the condi-
ions that the farmer can make are
favorable for a large crop if the season
is a good one. But the crop is one that
is more largely dependent on the sea-
SON than most others that a farmer
grows. Yet if potato growing is steadi-
ly followed it Win give returns in a
series of years proportionate to the
cost of producing it if the methods we
have advised have been followed.
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Winter Grain After Oats.

The oat crop is a very di1Iicult one
to get a good seeding with. The roots
of oats spread much more widely than
those of barley, and, as the oat leaves
are narrow, the plant takes much
more Of the grain from the soil. Oats
are h latest of the small grains to
ripen. and this extra time while their
roots are drawing moisture from the
soil is very hard on the seeding. If
the Land is plowed as soon as the oat
crop is off and is worked well on the
surface, a good seeding may be got il
wheat or rye is own this fall. Timothy
seed should be sown after the grain
seeding. as the washing of loose sol!
over the seed will be all the covering
IT will require. Next spring six quarts
OF clover seed per acre will make a
seeding that is much better than can
be got on any land that is plowed for
a spring crop.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Feeding Grain With Rape.

The American Sheep Breeder, in an
swer to the question, would it be adj
visable to give grain to Il flock while
feeding on rape!' says: 1t depends on
circumstances. of which there are
many incident to this feeding. The
rape is laxative, cottonseed meal is
quite otherwise, and thus Il moderate
quantity of it will balance the food
and prevent possible trouble OF annoy
ance. If the lambs are finishing, the
cottonseed meal will be desirable as
helping to put the flock in better con-
dition. Otherwise nothing is needed to
help the rape, which is Il flesh forming
food essentially, having Il ration of one
OF flesh formers to four or more fat
n heat formers, and is thus produc-
tive OF flesh rather than fat. The oil
meal will thus balance other feed. For
growth of carcass and as a prepar-
atory feeding for finishing on grain
there is nothing like rape. The rape is
noted for the quality of the flesh it
makes. giving to the meat a specially
fine flavor and great tenderness and
tuicinesS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
New Lnid Eggs For Setting.

Everybody knows that in hot wealth
er the exposure of eggs for two or
three days to summer temperature af-
fects their quality for eating. But it
is commonly supposed that for setting
IN an Incubator or under Il hen any egg
that is from a week to ten days old is
as good as one that is freshly laid. This
is a great mistake. Unless brooded so
constantly that the egg will never be
chilled the germ of life started into
growth by heat during the day is pref
ty sure to be chilled at night. When
the young life is started, it should
never be allowed to get cold. But even
II cared for in the best way the egg
a few days old is inferior. Its shell is
porous, and, as the moisture from the
inside eXhales through it, the air space
becomes larger inside, and the shell ls
harder for the young chick to peck
through. The best results are found
from setting eggs the day when they
are laid and. if possible, while still
warm from the hen which laid them.
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FOR THE FARMER

Skimmilk contains nearly all of the
food value of the original milk, with
the exception of the fat, and wen this
may be present to the extent of from
ITO to / per cent. 1t contains from 3-5
to 4 per cent OF protein, about 5 per
cent Of milk sugar and 8 per cent of
ash or mineral matter. Its chief value
is as a muscle making food, and hence
it is of great value to growing children
or laboring people. Its economy as an
article of diet can best be shown by
comparing it with other foods. Twen-
ty-five cents will purchase 61a times as
much total nutrients and five times as
much protein in skimmilk at 2 cents Il
quart as in sirloin steak at % cents, or
four times as much nutrients and 3E
times as much protein as mutton
shoulder at ID cents a round. Or three
quarts of skimmilk. worth from 6 to 8
cents at retail, will hold more total
nutrients and more protein than a
pound of round steak. At the present
prices the only common food materials
that will furnish more protein for a
given sur of money than skimmilk
are beans, wheat, flour, oatmeal, corn
meal and salt codtish.-Professor C. s.
Phelps in Homestead.
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nades rose stately and beautiful, with

nades rose stately and beautiful, with
their festoons of creeping vines. In
the doorway Of the Government build
ing a handsome young guard firted
openly with a summer girl in white
gown and a Cuban flag in her jacket.
People streamed in and people stream
ed out, and Helen said to herself, lit
is the White City Of Chicago come to
life again" She could see it all again,
and it seemed only yesterday since
that happy time at me great fair.
Four happy weeks of the exposition
and Of Dick Egerton. and life had been
fiat, stale and Improbable ever since.
Sweet, dreamy Princess Helen had
been fast asleep until Dick had ap-
peared to waken her heart in nine
teenth century fashion. In the crowd
ed city he saved her life once a day.
He knocked down an impudent admir-
err and rescued her purse from a pick
pocket BE leased her, waited on her,
made love to her. And then a ruth
less parent, devoted to business, had
torn her away from the Windy City,
with no chance for a farewell word to
her faithful knight.
Helen remembered the ecstasy with
which she received that first love let
ter in which Dick, in some very .slangy,
heartfelt language. had asked her to be
his wife. She struggled for "a hours
to find suitable words to accept that
proposal. Then, finding the English
language inadequate to express the
seraphic state of her feelings, she sent
to her lover a miniature of herself,
painted in Chicago and much admired
by Dick. With this was one word.
s1es." And then-Helen felt the
blood surging to her face even now-no
word had ever come from Dick again.
Helen frowned angrily as she found
her eyes full Of tears and her lips trem-
bling after five years had softened the
cruelty of that blow. She rose from
her lowly seat and entered the Gov
eminent building.
Uncle Sans exhibit is the finest on
the grounds. but Helen walked straight
through 1t to the north end before she
saw a thing. She found herself in the
navy exhibit. surrounded by a formula
Die feet of miniature warships and a
terrible array of Calling guns, torpe-
does n shells. Small boys were gaz-
ing with delight at the Illinois in dry
DOCK, n Helen swelled with pride in
Uncle Sam as a warrior bold. A few
steps farther and she came to the
spot where the most thoughtless sight
seer pauses. Heavily draped in black.
underneath that stirring warcry, RE
member the Maine" is the exquisite
model of our lost warship. Before it
was a young man in captains uniform.
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Is Cycling on the wnne.

Cycling in London as Il fashionable
pastime is decidedly dying out, says q
correspondent OF the New York Mail
and Express. Very few and far be-
tween are the really smartly got up
men and girls who indulge in this form
of amusement in the streets or parks.
Ruskin, it would seem, several years.
ago, when the whirl of the wheel was
at its height, expressed very distinctly
his views on the subject to a friend to
whom he had occasion to write. II
am prepared to spend" he wrote, ''all
my best bad language in reprobation
OF Observation-Disclosures cy-
Giles and every other continuance and
invention for superseding human feet
on Gods ground. To walk, to run, to
leap and to dance are the virtues of
the human body, and neither to stride
on stills, wriggle on wheels nor dangle
on ropes, nothing in the training of the
human mind with the body will ever
supersede the appointed Gods way Of
walking" Ruskin now, at the close Of
his eightieth year, probably regards
the decline of cycling with all the
pleasures of prophetic fultillment.
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The Old Lesson Books.

When a child-our ancestral child, Of
~course-had done with his hornbook,
he was presently harassed by some
dreadful little spelling book or anoth-
er. One of the pioneers in this line
was called "a petee schole of spellinge
and writinge Englishe," dated 1880.
AS a later effort came ''The Compleat
Schoolmaster," which was obligingly
composed for the general good-see
p~reface-by John Brooksbank, minis
ter, residing in Jerusalem court, Fleet
street.
This "Compleat Schoolmaster' is a
nightmare in two parts, either of them
calculated to drive the learner crazy.
In the first, he was forced to struggle
in mortal combat with such words as
spleyngth, sprawygld and squewagls,
which are not Welsh, however much
they may look like it. In the second
he proceeded from comparatively sim
pie sentences, as BEG the big buffle
bag and let it ly on the bog" to such
complicated efforts as "He was dribld
and drabl'd cause he grubl'd where
they bradl'd," or, "Now he wabls
cause he was hackl'd with kibls and
cobls."
There are four and twenty pages of
this stuff, which is all the more ag-
gravating because one feels an intense
and %unreasoning desire to get to the
meaning of it. Why did he, whoever
he was, go and grubl where they had
a fancy to brazil, and what came Of it
at last? Also, are those mysterious
kibls and cobls chilblains, or are they
pebbles ?@GOOd Words.
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h Bicycle Foot.

The bicycle foot is a new disease
that has been developed by IN
riders this summer, says the New York
Sun. Its surgical name is traumatic-
fiat foot, and it is caused by wearing
the thin soled, French heeled boots
which are fashionable for wheeling
this season and also from careless or
Incorrect ~dismounting. AS a rule, wo-
men do not know how to jump. They
have not learned and seem to be with
out the instinct which men possess to-
land on their feet with a spring, bend
ing the knees and escaping the jolt
id. AS a consequence most get q
headache from jumping, and the bicy-
cling women, who give slight attention
to the way they get off their wheels,
get the bicycle foot. They alight on
the hard pavemcntS with unnecessary
energy. The force of the blow strains
the tendons to such Il degree that the
proper arch of the foot is lost. 1t is
not done at once, but the foot is some
times months in getting out of shape.
The ligaments are gradually stretched
until they cease to hold up the arch.
Thin sOuled boots increase the trouble.
They afford too little support for the.
curved instep and do not protect the,
ball from the conclusion when the rid
er jumps to the ground. Physicians.
recommend only calfskin boots with
low heels and heavy soles for wheel
! ing. The high heels irritate the nerves
of the feet and cause additional shock,
as the heel reaches the ground at the
same moment as the ball, which is not
the case when the foot is in normal
position.
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A Romance of the Omaha EXPOSITION.
Copyright, 1899. by L. P. Wilson.

BY Ida P. WILSON.

Helen, footsore and weary from
sightseeing, sank down gratefully on
the steps of the Government building.
She had listened to the strains of La
Paloma," played by the band, and
watched the last red tasseled hat of
the musicians disappear in the colon
nades. She had seen the drill of the
life saving crew and their gallant res
cue of the victim daily drowned in the
lagoon. She had paid her respects to
King Corn and had viewed Hawaiian
products from a standpoint of owner
ship. Now she refused to 60 a step
farther and allowed her friends to go
without her to criticise the impress
sionistic wonders of the Art building.
She made a pretty picture, with her
dark hair and eyes and somber gown,
as she leaned wearily against a white
column Of the building. The gondolas
glided softly down the lagoon in the
midst Of the splashing fountain. The
buildings We're dazzingly white in the
rays of the afternoon sun. The colon
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old tricks of manne were the same
n so very dear to her still that she
could scarcely keep her lips from trem-
bling as she said quietly: ut is q great
thing to have done. l I'M glad to see
you are among the safe and WE'LL"
Dick murmured his thanks, but look
ed at her SO steadily that she turned
to go, when suddenly she saw that her
purse was no longer in her hand.
"Oh," she exclaimed in dismay, my
pocketbook is gone! Isn't that like
my stupidity?" Then she could have
cried with veXation to think she had
not kept the loss to herself. This was
no way to treat a truant lover. cit is
Of no consequence" she added coolly.
Dick smiled. Excuse me, Miss
Kingsley" he said. "If you are going
on the Midway at all. it is very impor-
tant to have your pocketbook. Do you
think you lost it in this building?
Well. wait here for q moment and 1
will ask a guard where lost articles are
taken" Raising his cap, Dick march
ed away in the crowd.
Helen sat on n bench and ragged with
in herself. 1t was humiliatipg to
think how she had thrust herself ON.
Dick. He was doubtless bewailing his
fate. She felt the tears in her eyes
and dashed them away in disgust.
When Helen cried, it was never a gen.
tie shower, but was nothing short of a
freshet. so she struggled hard to gain
her self control. Near by was the mot
ley collection of articles sent through
the mails and received at the dead let
ter office. Helen z~Aalously began to
examine the curious array; skulls,
scalps, false teeth, hats, bustles, toys,
snakes, an alligator, whisky, an ex-
quisite feather fan with tortoise shell
sticks. gold thimbles, watches and
wedding cake-these but samples of
the strange things mail bags contain.
On n shelf, with some jewclry, coins
II n diamond ring. We're several min
iatures. Helen glanced at them care
lessly, then, with n stapt, went closer
and looked again. There in Il little vel
vet case was the tinted picture of a
lovely young girl. 1t was the portrait
Of herself, painted in Chicago and sent
to Dick Egerton five years before.
Helen caught her breath in astonish-
ment, scarcely believing her eyes.
Then wonder, enlightenment, sorrow
and regret surged through her mind,
and she leaned against the case, feel
ing weak and faint. In n moment a
voice Mt her side said: Miss Kingsley,
you are i'll? Shall 1 get you some wa
teri" And Dick stood thara lonLinn
surprised and concerned.
II I'M not i'll. thank you." Helen
said. Then, too excited to think of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Wonderful Caves.

The Bellamy caves in Cuba, situated
three miles from MatanZas, rival the
Mammoth cave of Kentucky, for. though
they are smaller, they far exceed it
in beauty of formations. The Gothic
temple" is about $50 feet long and It's
feet wide, filled with wonderful stalac-
titles and stalagmites. A second series
Of caverns is reached through long,
descending corridors and up ladders.
placed almost perpendicularly.
The stalagmites in these farther
cayerns are colossal, all covered with
crystal moss and lichens in tracery so
fine that 1t reminds n of frost work
on window panes. BY holding a torch
back of some of these formations and
looking through them, their full beauty
is brought out. Samples of these beau
tiful formations in the open light show
that they are purest crystal, without a
spot or flaw. Between 10 and 10 miles
of this wonderful chain Of caves have
been explored, yet probably only the
smallest part of them has been seer by
human eyes.
1t is we'll known that robbers and
pirates used these caves as Il rendeZ.
vous years ago, and some enterprising
explorer may some day be well repaid
for his exertions in searching for treas
ure.-San Francisco Argonaut.
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South Paw Pitchers.

1t is a matter that is prolific of specu-
lation and barron explanation why
a left handed pitcher should not have
just as good control of the ball as q
right handler. There is no way of ex.
planning it. The hard fact remains,
however, that left handlers, as a rule,
are short in the matter of control.
Breitenstein is a grand pitcher, but he
sometimes experiences trouble in get
ting them over" Still, Bill Hills only
fault with the Reds was his %penchant
for presenting the opposition with gifts
of first base. Nearly all the noted left
handlers have Jared badly in this re-
spect. Hahn is the one notable ex-
ception. Not only is Noodles the pitch
ing find of 1899, but he is setting q
pace in the way Of command that to-
tally eclipses the efforts Of all the noted
south paw twirlers.
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standing uncovered, with folded arms.
AS he c~Ourteously moved aside to
make for her Helen glanced up
curiously at his face with the eager
ness we all feel to see a returned SOL
der. The next instant, with an ex-
clamation of surprise, she was holding
out her hand to Dick Egerton. Bronx
ed, worn and thin he was, but still I'M
mistalkably her faithless lover. 1t was
not at all what she had planned to do
If she ever again met Dick. But he
was looking unfeignedly glad to see
her, and Helen said cordially, $50 you,
too, have been lighting for Cuba IL
bre?"
NO." he said decidedly, shaking his
head, not for worthless Cubans; for
Uncle Sam" Then, frowning a little
as he noticed the attention his uniform
attracted, Il am on my way home now,
or l would not be wearing these toys"
He showed an evident distaste for
the topic of war. and Helen noticed
that he was greatly changed. But the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
A Compact Apparatus.

A small and compact apparatus for
roasting and broiling by gas has been
patented and will doubtless prove u
boon to bachelor maids devoted to
light housekeeping. Two metal heat
retaining walls are mounted on a ped
estal, and through these at the bottom
many tiny jets of gas issue, the open
ing being covered by a screen. A holder
for the contents OF the broiler fits be-
tween these walls and consists of a
basket Of wirework, having a handle
for the convenience of the cook. This
device is adapted either for the broil-
ing of meat or toasting of bread.
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consequences, she pointed to the min
failure. "Look!' she said earnestly.
lit is my picture which l Sent to you!
HOY did it come here?"
Dick, somewhat amazed, obeyed her.
YES, it is certainly your picture. But
l don't understand. You sent it to me,
did YOU say"
Helen looked appalled,. She had for
gotten what an explanation would i'll
volve. After all. what did it matter?
h would not rake up the ashes of q
dead romance. "Never mind" she said
quietly. ut is SO long ago that you
nave forgotten, and it was nothing
but-a trifle. Did you find my purse,
Mr.. Egerton?" she continued, prepar-
Ing to take flight as soon as possible.
Dick paid no attention to the last
part of her speech. "But l should like
to understand, Miss Kingsley" he per-
sisted gently. Then, as he watched the
changing color in her expressive face,
he suddenly became cheerful and mas
terful. His eyes explored the facili-
ties of the building for a moment.
Then he said: "There Is a quiet corner
over there where we can talk, Miss
Helen. l would like to tell you some
thing. Come with me, please" he urg-
ed persuasively.
Helen followed, desperately resolved
to tell the truth if she might, and lie
if she must.
Seated on a bench in the shadow Of
some mail bags and pouches, Dick took
out his watch and opened it. Miss
Helen, l have learned one thing ut
least from the war. That is, that
pride is a poor substitute for constancy
II faith. In that watch you will see
the picture of the only girl l ever cared
for, the only oma l shall ever love.
Once l would have been too proud to
tell her this a second time. l opened
my heart to her years ago. Can you
tell me why she never answered my
letter?"
Helen glanced at the picture. 1t was
n hideous picture of herself taken by
Dicks kodak at the Chicago fair. 1t
was constancy, indeed, to treasure that
likeness. She looked up, her fear all
gone. II did answer it, Dick" she
said. II can remember every word 1
said. 1t was Yes and With it l sent
that miniature"
That bench in the Government build
ing is not the best place for satisfac-
tory ~lovemaking, but Dick gazed at
his official catalogue and said such
things to it that Helen's cheeks grew
as pink as its cover. When the big
bell finally sounded the hour for clos
ing the building, Helen had completely
forgotten her friends in the Art build
ing.
They paused at the end of the Ia
COON, feeling deeply the beauty of the
scene. With the first appearance of
evening each white figure, each angel,
each exquisite group was outlined dis
tinctly against the sky. Across the
water came snatches of the gondolier's
love song.
"Look up, Helen" said Dick. "Take
your last look at it all. 1t is a beau
tiful dream we shall never have
again." AS Helen raised her eyes to
the gilded dome a light kiss fell on her
u%pturned face.
did you ever know before that I'm
Gle Sam is a matchmaker" said Dick,
laughing.
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FRAU wAlBuReA Won 1sAsEscu.

legs should move as straight back as it
is possible to follow through the water
in the displacement made by the Shout
ders and arms, thus lessening the re-
sistance to be overcome, which will
not be done if the legs are allowed to
drop too far diagonally. The leg stroke
should be slow and forcible, for that
is where a swimmer gets his staying
powers. Women are at great fault in
their breathing. 1t is hard for them to
learn to breathe deeply and slowly
while in the water.
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The practice of bringing COWS up at
night is not a good one. 1t is far bet
ter to leave them in the pasture and
milk them there, eve though it makes
labor. In hot weather the COWS,
if allowed their freedom, will Craze
during the evening and early morning
while dew is on the grass and will then
lie down to digest what they have eat
en-. If yarding cows is done at any
time in summer, it should be done in
the middle Of the day.