The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-06

hour six quarts Of boiling water g add.
ed. this treatment being repeated At
half hourly intervals three times more.
Stir the -four ana the water wen to-
gether. let Il get cool; cover and stand
in 4 rather warm place. The following
day you thin the kvass with cold water,
put In cool place and let It thorough
y sour; then bottle"
'sYou don't mean that we have TO do
all that with that horrId mesI?" asked
Mrs Dobley. II never heard anything
in my life that sounded quite 50 dis
agreeable. Oh. DO please have some-
thing simpler an less mysterious"
THAT Is only one Of the parts which
we obtain direct from Russia, Mrs.
nobley;" explained her husband. ''Be-
aIdes that We have champagne. lemons
oranges. sugar, arFack, Jamaica rum,
tea, curacao. Rhine wine, brandy sell
ger and Hippocras."
''Hippo-what7" said Mrs. pobIey. II
never heard of anything 50 queer in my
life. II win surely make US all M"
rs It possible. my dear, that you do
not know what 5ippocras Is? Hippo
cras is a spiced line OF the medlaeval
age-that is, IN original Hlppocras
was. The recipe of TalIeyraut, the
.head cook of Charles WI, king Of
France, reads in this way:
"A quart OF wine; a third of an ounce
of cinnamon, ne-thirtieth OF an ounce
Of ginger; twice as much Of cloves; as
much Of nutmeg six ounces of sugar
and honey; grind the spices; put them
In muslin bag, hang this In the wine
for ten or twelve hours and alter Saw
eral times"
II hardly. think, Mr.. Dobley, that 1t Is
necessary that we should 80 back to the
middle ages for such simple matter
as a bowl of punch?"
THAT is the original HIppocras; now
adays it is made up Of apples, sugar,
peppers, lemon rind, cinnamon, peeled
almonds and Rhine wine. It Is an ad-
mlrabls substitute for the ancient kind.
You buy 1t bottled"
ut sounds to me as though everything
would taste simply impossible. Couldn't
you try . little frst and see how II
turns out? Then we might feel quite
safe about going ahead"
III the recipe Is followed carefully II
has 10 turn out all right. Mrs. Dobley
II simply can't turn out to be anything
but q magnificent Russian punch, thp
methods OF preparing which have been
a guarded secret for many years. shall
send home the necessary things to-day,
and you may rest assured that the mix
turs will be success. flatter myself
that understand the subject Of mix
lug drinks"
That afternoon q grocery wagon de-
posted small cargo Of bottles at the
DobIey home. Some Of them we're weird
" shaped, and covered with foreign ln-
scriptions Then there were odd-look-
ing packages Of sweets from other
countries, and spices and fruits in plen-
ty., The display was imposing, almost
appalling in its quantity, and Mrs. Dob
ley once more allowed herself some
pangs OF doubt as to the outcome OF such
q Esneral mixture Of unknown liquids.
With the coming Of New Years eve
ming the Dobley dinner room had every
appearance OF an up-to-date bar. Bowls
a ice and spices and fruit bottles with
corks drawn and undrawn, shakers,
straIners and mixers OF all varieties
were .strewn about, and Mr.. Dobley,
smiling with a courage born Of conf
dence In his friends recommendation Of
the famous punch, set to work to con-
coct the bowl with the grace of a pro-
fessional bartender, while his guests
observed him in vain endeavor to con-
ceal their doubts as to the outcome Of
the venture.
Better leave the champagne and the
things we know something about out
until the last, and il the thing doesn't
Elk UP well NE can still make punch
with the others" was Freshlngton's
suggestion, but 1t was met with scorn
by Mr.. Dobley.
I'VE Americans" he said, as he hlpped
some eggs and Ice together in the bot
tom OF the bowl, will never learn to he
connolsseurs In the matter Of cookery;
or even such simple matter as the
mixing Of a bowl Of punch We are
still In the primer stage so far as our
palates are concerned. and we show no
signs Of advancing
"How perfectly hldeous 1t seems"
said Mrs Van Ripper 10 her husband
In a stage whisper, ITO mix lemons with
Mr.Dobley affected not to hear the re-
mark, but stirred the mixture furious
~. would you mind" he said to his
wife. with studied politeness, handing
me the bowl containing the orange pulp
and the bi-carbonate Of soda?"
A slightly suppressed groan and a
SILVER went through the guests Mrs
Dobley hesltAted, looking In a Wild
eyed way at the Ereenlsh mixture dis
figuring the bottom Of the silver bowl.
1.-THE bowl" went on Mr.. Dobley, with
awful firmness of tone, Containing the
Grange pulp and the bl.carbonate Of
soda"
They say" suggested van Ripper,
that a dash of cream of tartar in a
punch Is one Of the greatest kind Of Inn
provements"-
with half tenspoonful Of powdered
borax It Is simply immense" said Mr..
lNreshIngton. Then, too like a touch
Of cowless milk Just as It comes to a
boil"
Mr. Dobley carefully measured q gill
Of curacao into the ingredients in the
bowl, and they took on a pale greenlsh
hue.
when you taste this punch" he said.
"you will a?ologize TO me for your taste.
less remarks. That will be my tri.
umph."
He took up cup Of powdered sugar
and dumped It magnlficently into The
bowl Now" he said, the Kvass!"
He tilted one Of the queer-shaped hot
ties into the bowl and the mixture turn
cd to n heavy brownlsh mass through
which The spoon moved with difficulty.
Just little carbonlc." he said to Mrs.
Dobey.
She noticed that certain pailor had
como over his face. He had lost his
jaunty air Of confidence.
"carbolIc" said Mrs. Van Ripper,
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