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The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
BOILED BATTER PUDDING.

Mix two tablespoonfuls Of -four TO
smooth batter with little cold milk.
then add enough milk to make pint
and one ounce of butter which has been
melted. Put in three well-beaten eggs
and when the batter is perfectly smooth
stir in Il pinch of salt. Pour this into
buttered basin. tie it over very lightly
with a cloth dredged with -four and
plunge the basin into saucepan of
boiling water. Move the basin about
two or three minutes TO prevent the flour
settling in any part and boil for one
hour and quarter. When done, turn 1t
out of the basin and serve with sweet
sauce.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
CABBAGE WITH FoRCEMEAT.

Remove the outer leaves from a large
cabbage and cut OFF the stalk. Scald it
i'll hot water for ten minutes, make a
hole in the middle by the side of the
stalk and fill il and between each leave
with minced beef or mutton highly
seasoned, or with sausage forcemeat.
Bind il round with clean string and
stand il in stewpan with some gravy,
u slice of bacon, a sprig of thyme, bay
leaf and two carrots. Let all stew
gently. and when done, place the cab
bage on Il dish unite the string and pour
the strained gravy around it. Garnish
with carrots and turnips and serve it up
very hot. MRS. ii. +. *.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
ESKIMO CHILDREN IN NEW YORK
(From the New York Tribune.)

About two years ago the Tribune pub
lished an account of Meme, one OF the
two surviving memb ers Of band OF
Eskimos brought by Lieut.. Peary from
. point on the northwest coast Of Green
land, GOO miles within the Arctic circle.
or these, four fell victims to tuberculosis,
Mene's parents among them. One re-
turned to his northern home, and Meme
was adopted by Superintendent William
Wallace OF the American museum OF
natural history At the time the for
msr notice Of this interesting young ex-
ample of experimental acolimatization
appeared in the Tribune supplement-,
January, 1899, Meme was only nine years
old, 1t seemed well worth while to In.
quire how the interval of ~ months had
affected his development into an Ameri-
can boy.
"You had better 60 andl talk to him
YOURSELF said Superintendent wallsce.
"The only day in the week when you
are likely TO eitoh him at home Is Sat
urday, unless he happens to be playing
Rugby football; on other days he is AZ
school,
Acting on Information, the Tribune
representative was making his way over
the bridge at One Hundred and Fifty
first street, to take car for High Bridge,
when. he noticed an unoommonly sturdy
looking youngster in kniokerbockers, who
shot by him In the opposite direction
The facs under the soft felt hat tore all
the characteristic traits OF Eskimo origin.
sis your name Menes' the boy was
asked when caught.
Eyes. ] want to catch that car
where are you goings"
$40 the museum of natural history"
1t was explained % him that without
doubt he was the boy the newspaper
man had gone out into the Bronx to see,
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07

nearly 81 many French and German
pupils IS spanish"
The Argsntines have not yet got so far
as co-eduoatfon and the 700 pupils OF the
Rosario normal school are all girls, Mrs
Bischoff finds them intelligent. ambitious
initiative apq obedient. Corporal punish
msnt il unnkoyp IN the schools. ChilS-
rem OF every nationality, except American,
Mrs. Blschof says, are trained to abso-
lutte obedience In their homes. They
have none of the Independence and de-
fanoe Of young America, and are easily
haDdIad
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
MINISTER GOT IN BAD COMPANY.

MINISTER GOT IN BAD COMPANY.
Boston, Dece nber "A woman who
tried to chew up roll OF $50, while
befoIe the police just after midnight, was
brought to court today and later released
Rev. Wilfred j. Mead of Bangor,
Clergyman who Is attending conference
in Boston, 1t was said. met the woman
about midnight on Beacon hill. He was
out for stroll. They became engaged
in conversation. When they separated
the clergyman claimed to have found that
he lost a pocket book containing $50
he followed his acquaintance till he met
a policeman and the womanlwas arrested.
At tie station the prisoner appeared to
be chewing gum, but afterward 1t
proved that she hal roll OF $50 In her
mouth. She claimed that the money
was part of sum which her husband
had given her to purchase Christmas
presents.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
Stewed Giblets.

Thoroughly clean and wash one set of
Riblets. cut them in pieces and stew
them for an hour and half in quart
of gravy, adding bunch of thyme and
parsley, an onion. few sage leaves and
a seasoning of pepper and salt. When
done. put them into water and trim them
ready for serving. Strain the gravy
through a fine hair sieve, add a table,
spoonful OF lemon juice and piece Of
butter the size of walnut rolled -four
Boil the giblets up in the gravy and
serve quickly. ESTHER Nj.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
THE LOOTING OF OTIS.
Property of citizens Seized To Pay
Town Debts.

Ellsworth, December 6.-The poor little
town OF Otis In Hancock county, is In a
peck Of trouble. Under the law person
obtaining Judgment against town
may II the town is unable to pay, ssiz,
the real or personal property Of any In
habitant Of the town.
Otis IL not In u first class financial con-
dition. There ars many bills out AGAIN.
the town, many Of them in town orders
that have not been paid. A Bangor at
tornsy has bills amounting 20 something
like $50 ON which he obtainsd judgment
against the town, and on which 1udg-
ment execution was issued. Deputy
sheriff Crosby Of Amherst was provided
with the necessary papers empowering
him to seize real or personal property OF
inhabitants OF the town which was not
exempt under the statute. IL was not a
pleasant sensation to the people WHOSE
property was seized to have the eff yer
walk in upon their premises and drive OF
their livestock, but that is what they
were compelled to submit to.
First Selectman j. X. Grant had a
pair of oxen seizsd. They were exempt
under the statute, as he had no horses,
but he waived his right in mis- oxen
rather than lose his three COWS. Arden
Young had three COWS taken. James U.
jordan had two COWS taken, ana George
Jordan had two COWS taken. Others lost
cows or other property.
The property seized was taken to AM
herst, where 1t was sold at auction on
Saturday. 1t brought something like
$l5O-not enough to satisfy the judgment,
90 the Inhabitants OF the town are look
ing for another visit by the officer.
But the trouble did not end there.
There are other creditors of the town WI o
are pricking mp their ears at the action
OF the Bangor attorney, and are resorting
to the same process. Sheriff Hooper has
already seized the sixty-acre farm OF
Frank W. Fogg. and advertises to sell 1t
at auction to satisfy Judgment against
the town in favor OF Matthew Laughlin
of Bangor. And there are more creditors
to be heard from.
The Inhabitants OF the town whose
property Is seizsd have redress under the
law They can bring an action against
the town and recover the real value Of
the property seized (regardless OF the
amount for which IL was sold at auction,
which in the case of some Of the cattle
taken was ridiculously low) with interest
at IL per cent. 10 satisfy this judgment
they may, If they please, resort to the
same process OF law employed by the men
who seized their property, and seizs and
sell other property In the town BY this
it will be seen that the thing may resolve
iteelf into an endless chain, with the bill
against the town constantly growing
larger.
The situa ton is certainly an interest
ing one, and not particularly pleasant
for the inhabitants OF the town. The
town is not only in a poor condition
financially, but property itself Is poor,
most OF the timber having been cut or
burned of, and the farms worn out.
There are very few good pieces of proper
ty In the town.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
STUFFED CABBAGE.

To Mrs. J. N.--The best treatment l
have found for old cabbage. unless it Is
to be cooked with boiled dinner. is to
stuff II as follows: Cut out the heart Of
a good sized cabbage; chop some cold
veal finely and mix 1t with herbs and
bread crumbs, season with salt and pep
per and add beaten egg to bind the
stuffing together. Fill the cavity In the
cabbage with the stufting, tie the cab
bage firmly together and boil for two
hours. Pour around good gravy when
serving it.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
sTEWED RED CABBAGE.

Cut one red cabbage into thin slices.
put them into u stewpan with a small
slice of ham cut in dice. one-half ounce
OF butter. half pint OF weak stock or
broth and u gill OF vinegar. Cover the
pan closely and stew for one hour.
When very tender add another half-pint
of stock, pepper and salt to taste and
one tablespoonful of powdered sugar.
mix well together, stir over the fire until
nearly all the liquor has dried away and
serve with fried sausages as garnish.
MILTON.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
PICKLED CABBAGE.

After removing the coarse outer leaves
from red cabbage, quarter it, remove
the stalks and slice not more than one
third of an inch In thickness. Place the
slices in deep bowl and strew over it a
couple OF handfuls of salt, letting It
stand for twenty-four hours, stirring
once or twice. Place In drainer and
when drained as well as possible put in
a jar and fill up with good vinegar
cold, which has previously been boiled
with whole pepper and spices.
MRS. NAWN.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
FRIED nEEF KIDNEY.

Cut a beef kidney into rather thin
slices and let them soak In warm water
for two hours and half changing tho
water twice to thoroughly cleanse the
kidney. Dredge the slices with very
little hour and fry them nice brown In
about three ounces of butter, seasoning
them previously with pepper and salt.
Arrange them in q circle with the slices
slightly overlapping each other and pour
into the centre tablespoonful OF table
sauce stirfed into rather less than half a
pint of good gravy with one lump OF
sugar dissolved in IL. MARY A. 5.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
MERINGUE TART.

This is an open tart of any preserves.
jams or sttwed fruit. Make good puff
paste and shape it to look like nhell.
Fill it with the preserve or jam and
cover with meringue made as follows:
Whisk the whites of two eggs with a
quarter of pound of loaf sugar.
pounded, and havoring of lemon or
vanilla, and when stiff enough to be
moulded with knife spread it over to
the thickness OF an inch and put it in the
oven for few minutes to brown
slightly. Serve either hot or cold.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
Chicken sayory.

Cut up some pieces of chicken very
fine and put into a saucepan with two
ounces of butter and chopped onion;
fry till crisp and brown. Add the
sprinkled with curry powder, season
with salt and fry until cooked. Arrange
the chicken on a platter, pour over the
onion and minced chicken with what
liquid remains in the pan and place
around border of boiled rice.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
Ranann .IellY.

Soak one ounce OF gelatine in three
quarters OF a pint of cold water, then
add one cupful of sugar, the juice of
three lemons and one and half pints
of hot water. Slice three bananas
lengthwise. lay them on the bottom of n
mould which has been wet III cold water
and cover with the lemon mixture. Let
this stand until CONCEALED, then add
three more bananas and the rest of the
lemon, and when hard turn out on
dish and serve with whipped cream;
ELIZA A. p.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
PoTTED OK TONGUE.

Cut about a pound and a half from an
unsmoked boiled tongue, remove the
skin and pound 1t in mortar as fine as
possible with six ounces of butter, a
small spoonful of pounded mace. nut
meg and cloves. Mix thoroughly and
press into small potting pans and pour
clarified butter over the top. A little
roast veal added to the tongue is an i'm
provement. isis is convenient for
sandwiches and for patties.
MRS. ENGLISH.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
New Tnrnins and Bacon.

BY bacon l mean the English or I'M
smoked bacon which you can find in any
of our large markets. Fry some bacon
cut into dice, and then in the fat ex-
tracted fry some small, new white tur-
nips. Sprinkle in a little -four, and sutfi-
cient brown stock TO make very thin
gravy and simmer gently until the tur-
nips are quite done. Serve on a hot dish.
garnishing with chopped parsley.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
CHILLED MUSHROOMS.

Peel and score the under part of six
fine, sound, fresh mushrooms, put them
in an earthen dish and haste them well
with melted butter. Sprinkle with
pepper and salt aud leave them for an
hour and a half. Then broil them ON
both sides over clear fire and serve
quite hot with lump Of butter on each
and a sprinkling of pepper and lemon
Juice over ali. About twelve minutes
are required in the cooking.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
ICING FOR CAKES.

Beat the whites of three eggs to a
stiff froth. then add quarter of pound
of powdered sugar and favor with
vanilla or lemon. Beat until 1t is light
and very white. but not too stiff. and
spread smoothly over the cake with a
thin knife. A palette knife is used fol-
this PURPOSE by professional cooks.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
PARSLEY AND LEMON SAUCE.

Wash handful of parsley, and minee
it up finely with the pulp and rind of a
lemon. Melt pat of butter in sauce
pan, mix with it a tablespoonful Of
-four. add the minced parsley and lemon,
sufficient broth or stock TO make the
sauce. little powdered mace. and few
capers. Stir this over the fire, and when
partly cooked add. off the fire, the
beaten yolks Of two eggs; then return all
to the fire and stir till the sauce thickens,
but it must not boil. This Is nice for
fish
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
Food Changed to Poison.

Purifying food in the intestlnes pro-
duces effects like thoss of srsenic. but
Dr. Kings New Life Pulls expel the poi
sons from clcgged bowels. gently, easily
but surely, curling Constipation. Bilious
ness, Sick Headache. Fevers, all Liver,
Kidpsy and ao B0wsl Sa obs.. S " zoe at
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
Stale Rrend with Jam.

For instance, we use jams and MARINA
ladies' a great deal, and here Is one way
have never noticed over here to dispose
Of stale bread Cut the bread into slices,
spread one half the slices with jam and
cover with the other half; form them
into neat pieces, dip into melted butter
and fry In deep, hot fat.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07

EAGAN RESTORED AND RETIRED.
Washington, December 6.-BrigadieI
General Charles p. Eagan, commissAry
general, was today restored to duty by
the President and at once placed on the
stirred list.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
GoeSS@2ez5,22
soopYRoHr,

am an English woman who has but
few years experience 10 America. but
think can give some of those born here
some suggestions for cooking that they
will; like. They are all English, but
have used them for several years and
can youch for their practical worth.
The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
"Days Of Misery"
Hudson. Mass.

Hudson, Mass.
Dear Mrs. DIR. Drew-I presume that am
over anxious that every young girl or wo-
man who suffer as did from cramps and
pain each month would use your remedies
and Nerve Strength and be cured. Iwould
look forward with fear and trembling and
dread, as 1 knew IL meant three OF four
DAYS Of misery; was always confined to
NV bed sick and obliged TO take hot drinks
and hot applications and hardly ever got
through without calling in the doctor, who
gave me morphine. when went to work TX, l
felt looked as tnougn nfu severe o si ,s a.
September.
Mrs. DR.. Drew took my case and by her
treatment and Nerve Strength relieved me j
treated only six weeks and have never had
one moments pain or suffering. do not
mind the periods and have gained in flesh,
health and strength. 1 know several girls
in our shop who have been cured OF the
same trouble by Mrs. DR.. Drews treatment
HELEN b. TARBERT.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRiCULTURIST
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cut
tivattou of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, yiticulture aud
fiOriculture-
The Achemon Sphinx.

scientifically this is called Philam-
pe!us achemon. The caterpillar Of this
moth frequently deyours all the fol-
'ase of the Virginia creepers, and
strips whole canes OF the grape. In
nurseries the damage Is frequently
very great, as one of the large cater
pillars can kill numerous young vinas
IN short time. Hand-picking is in
all cases the most satisfactory and
simple remedy. The fuil-grown eater
Dillar of this insect is usually found
towards the latter part of August an1
carly in September It is large lava,
measuring about four inches wS4n
erawline. at rest it measures ouch
tess. as the first two smaller se. inents
are partly withdrawn IL the much
larger third segment. The caterpillar
varies in color from pale s.rawco,or
10 reddish brown. the color growing
darker and deep brown towards tho
under side. When this caterpillar is
eady to transform to . pu'a II
changes to beautiful p:rk or Grim
son color. The young l;,sra is green.
With a long and slender horI. risips
from the eleventh segment All curs-
ing over the back. In the older and
fully grown specimens this ;Gns horn
sias disappeared. and in its pla'o is
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-17
Raising Small Grain.

Condensed from Farmers Review STEM
,graphic Report OF Wisconsin Roundup
'nstitutcD
w. c. Bradley spoke on raising
snali grains. In part he sairl
First clean land free from fsll seeds
such as wild oats. mustard, pigeon
;rass or other matter that Is likely to
'ccupy part of the ground that is
Ieeded We can not grow crop of
grain and weeds at the same tine, yet
thousands of acres are sown 20 grain
every year that when harves' ed con-
ain from 10 to 50 per cent o; unsal-
,ble trash. A careful rotation % crops
md good cultivation will keep our
and free from weeds. Our seeh should
,e selected with great care from land
hat has produced a big crop Of clean,
slump, heavy seed. Light Or shrunk-
N seed has not the vitality to grow
.trong plants under adverse conditions
although it might give a good crop
,nder favorable conditions. The third
.eouisite is fertile soil with the ele
nents of fertility in the right proper,
ion. Soils that have been made fer,
lie by barnyard manure often contain
oo much nitrogen which grows ranl
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-17

QUAD highly-polished leI.icul.r tub
arc.e.
Tao iuelCoking moth il brDwnish
gray. variegated with light broWi', and
with deep brown spots. Tho hind
wings are pink with Il dark shade
,cross the middle. still darker spots
Mellow this shade and brosc gray
hand behind. This showy in; ect is
iolmd throughout the United States
md Canada. or wherever the grape is
cultivated. or where the Virginia
,reeper is utilized to decorate our
dwelling places. In the illustration
"a is the moth. "b" the egg, &C" the
young !arva. ID" the mature larva, "e'
he pupa. f. the parasitized larva-
Ill one-half natural length.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-17

straw ;nat Iua. So. ..iaa,ns us much
trouble in harvesting and giving a
shrunken kernel which shows a lack
of silica and phosphoric acid in the
soil.
How to overcome this has been a
study with many farmers. but no sat
isfactory solution has been offered that
will grow good crop in a wet year
Sowing salt at the rate of $50 to 200
pounds per acre is said to help some
sods. Many farmers advocate thick
seeding on such land, as the straw is
not so apt to grow rank as when sown
thin. On welldrained land which con-
tains plenty Of vegetable matter or
humus which acts as sponge to hold
the moisture which the young plant
uses in its growth, the preparation Of
the seed bed is easy, because the IanG
is - good mechanical condition and
it sill plow easy and. when the pull
>e:izers and harrows are put on the
s'.rface, will work up mellow and free
fsom Jumps easily.
II the weather is good cutting should
begin a day or two before W" :hirk
it is just ripe, as there is always no.
danger from shrinking the first day.
and if we use the straw for feed the
early cut is much the best. But in
cas-, of wet weather we must be care
fu! In shocking oats or barley cut
green, as they are slow to dry out ano
,aay mould in the shcck. like to put
up shocks of twelve b'lnd]'=s. a round
shock of ten bundles and two caps.
II properly put up, these shocks Will
stand considerable rain v ithout much
damage, and we can Usually begin
stacking after rain than If uncapped.
Stacking should be done as soon as
possible after the cutting is finished.
Do not wait to help your neighbor
thrash out of the shock. In stacking
oe sure to keep the center of the stack
nigher at all times than the outside,
then the outside bundles will have
portance than to have the stack look
smooth. A great deal of grain is
wasted every year by poor stacking.
Teach the boys how to stack, and do
not depend on a stranger. He may
or may not know how to build a sLaek
that will shed water and it Is then too
late to get some one else. Stacked
grain Is usually better than that
hreshed from the shock on account
II its sweating in the stack.
Q.-How do you stack grain?
Mr.. Bradley can't tell you how l
stack it, except that the stacks are
round and are kept full in the middle.
| make stack that sheds water
Mr.. Bradley use a fork, and stack
on my knees. The worst trouble with
the stacking Of many men is that they
allow the stack to remain quite fiat,
and the center settles the hardest. and
the bundles turn the wrong way.
Mr.. Arnold-Farmers should all
stack with the fork. l stacked all my
grain last year and did it with a fork.
and it is the best job on the farm. 1t
is mistake to run up the stacks too
high.
Mr.. McKerrow. secret of good
stacking is to keep the middle full.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-08-17
Notified Butter.


The Maryland Experiment Station
in it's Investigations as to the cause of
mottles in butter came to the follow
ing conclusions:
l. The uneven distribution of salt is
the cause OF unevenly colored butter
spoken of as mottled butter.
2. Washing the butter with water
below 40 degrees does not cause mot
ties 1t does. however, make a little
more working necessary to thorough
ly distribute the salt.
| 3. The light colored streaks or por-
tions of mottled butter are not caused
by an excess of casein, but notifies are
evidently caused by some physical ac-
ton of salt on the butterfat which
causes it to admit more light
4. Notifies can be prevented by work.
ing the butter sufficiently to thorough
ly distribute the salt.
S. Butter washed with water at 40
degrees and under and worked imme-
diately shows better grain when suf-
ticiently worked to insure its being
evenly coiored than with any other
treatment.
6. Washing butter with water at 40
degrees and under does not injure its
armness when subjected to high tenn
perature.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-06-07
%ggM ~

At a meeting of the Congregational
church held last Sunday the report OF
the building committee was heard. and
as this committee had met wlth good
success in the way OF raising funds, 1t
was voted that the church go ahead
and fix up the editice i'll good shape.
An alcove will be built on the end.
the pulpit placed in the southwest
corner. the present chlmneys taken
down and n new ono built. together
with a new furance and lighting sys'
TEN. the interior Will also DC repaintee
and fixed up and the whole building
inside made more pleasant. This is
much needed Improvement which vii
be appreciated by those who hav'
been in the habit of worshiping at tina
church.
The annual encampment at Spirit
wood Lake will be held from June y
to July &, 1900. The usual daily eS
ercises and amuseinents will TAX
place and on July 4th, the bi
S-inch gun will set the ball rolling a
sunrise. followed during the day b.
ball games, foot races. boat races an
numerous other entertainments
the evening there will be a grand dis
play of fire works on land and water
The management is doing everythin
. possible to make this the most enjoy
able event OF the season. Dancing
the pavilion for those who wish.
, you want a good outing do not fail t
take advantage of this opportunity
Boats. fishing tackle and refrest
.,,, ~ 49,, W. Be sure an