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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
STALE BREAD.
Several Dainty Dishes Made erc.,
What It II shame, 70
GEI VhEoVvSAwQy %r L.

II do wish I knew what to do with
this stale bread" said Mrs. Newbride.
1T seems q shame to throw it away;
but it dries so fast in summer, and
Harry does not like it steamed, and
one gets tired Of plain toast" -.~....
"Stale bread" cried Aunt Polly, &C.
cording to the Ladies' World, cheer
fully. "Why, can tell you dozen
ways Of using it. Some morning when
you have bacon for breakfast try fried
bread.
dip slices of stale bread into salt
ed water to soften the crust and fry
brown in bacon fat. Add dust Of
pepper and serve hot.
"Another form of fried bread that
can be used as q dessert is dropped
|. egg on toast.
"FiH the spider with boiling water,
salt, and then carefully break in your
eggs, cooking three minutes. Dip the
water over the yolks occasionally, and
take each up on to slice of hot, but
tered toast. Add pepper and moro
salt if required.
another nice plan also uses up
scraps of cold meat. It is bcefsteak on
toast.
"Chop fine the cold meat, putting it
in the spider with salt, pepper, q
dredge of -four and enough water to
make a gravy. Let it boil while you
prepare slices of buttercd toast. Dip
some of the meat and gravy on to each
slice and serve hot.
Asparagus is nice served on toast,
as you know; and nice dish for an
invalid is mad by pouring cupful of
hot, well-salted milk over u slice of
dry toast. This brings us to the reg
ular cream or dip toast.
Put a quart of milk to boil and
thicken with two level tablespoonfuls
of -four stirred smooth in little cold
milk. Salt and set back. Toast your
bread, butter, and dip each slice in the
dip Lay in deep dish until you
have enough bread, then pour over it
the remainder of the dip. Use half
this recipe for small families.
"A lady from Nova Scotia told me
once how to D,ake lumberman's toast.
PUT into the spider a lump of but
ter and some molasses. Dip the slices
of stale bread in water and fry until
brown.
"A nice dish for supper is bread
griddle cakes.
Soak the dry bread several hours
in pan of water. Squeeze dry and
crumble, adding salt. a well-bea:cn
egg, two tablespoonfuls of -four and
half teaspoonful of saleratus dis
solved in milk. Aid milk enough to
make a not too thin batter, fry, and
serve with butter and brown sugar"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
COL. BOB AND GEN. LEE.
An Old Army Mule That Obeys MIL.
tary Orders and Needs No
DFlvin9 Lines.

A military mule and military negro
driver are curiosities of the street
cleaning department, and when the
pair get Bay street assignment they
command lots of attention. A reporter
was near the corner of Bay and Hogan
streets the other day when Col. Bob,
the negro, and Gen. Lee, the mule, &C me
to empty the garbage barrels, says tho
Florida Times-Union and Citizen.
Haiti" rang out in stentorian tones,
and caused everybody 20 look up. Col.
Bob hoisted the barrel and the mule
tried to kick fly from his nose with
his hind hoof. "'Tention!" called Col.
Bob in military accents, and the mule
pricked up his ears and threw his head
high in the air. = -
When the garbage had been collected
Col. Bob wished to cross the street.
and, shouldering his spade, he called
Fright wheel, forward march," and
without glancing at the mule Col. Bob
marched across the street and Gen. Lee
wheeled around and crossed over, until
the cry "Halt!" again greeted his long
ears. When the dump cart had been
filed Col. Bob mounted the seat and
called "'Tention, parade dress, step
lively now" and without requiring Col.
Bob to touch the lines the mule took
the right side of the street and went of
at quiet trot.
Gen. Lee was formerly an army mule
and was purchased by the city when
the soldiers left Jacksonville at q the
close of the Spanish-American war.
Col. Bob was truckman in the COM
missary department and drove Gen.
Lee during the encampment here.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
To Restore Faded silk..

Faded silks can be restored by being
eponged with weak ammonia water and
afterwards rubbed with a soft cloth.
Old black silks are improved by g
sponge bath of spirit and water, and
cloth dresses by being brushed with
blue water. After the gown has been
beaten and busted thoroughly, dip the
bristles of a clothesbrush into blue
water and brush the dress quickly. To
remove grease spots from a skirt of
wooden or other material use benzine.
Unpack the hem or band of the skirt
and lay a piece of flannel or plotting
paper beneath the soil; above it put
a second piece Of blotting paper, and
on this rest hot iron until the stein
is removed.-St. Louis Republic.
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'$S9Akl(j5jI}@fA
AN INDIAN HEIRESS.
Little Kiowa Girl Inherits the For.
tune Of Millionaire whose Life
She Once saved.

Annie Trueheart Dillon, q pretty
Kiowa girl, about IA years old, daugh-
ter of black Wolf, noted chief Of his
tune Of $1,000, 900 and more left by
John Dillon, a rich cattle man, who
about seven years ago was saved from
death at the hands of half-breed as
sassin by this little girl. The girls
education is to be begun at once under
the care of the bishop of Monterey.
Dillon was born and reared in Ire
land, and when he came to America
he went to Texas and. worked on q
ranch in that state as laborer and
cowboy. By careful management he
became rich.
One niL hit he attend 4 an Indian
dance and drank more than was good
for him. He had treat deal of
money with him, and about all he re-
membered afterward was that late in
the night he was seized with q sud-
den desire to lie down in some Sc
cluded spot, where he could enjoy a
nights rest undisturbed. He sup
poses that he went to his buggy and
got blanket and sought place that
pleased him: Late in the night the old
Texan felt something pulling at his
arms, and when he opened his eyes
he found that little Indian girl was
trying to wake him. AS soon as the
child saw that his eyes were open she
whispered:
"Dillion, now you go putty quick.
Hawk heap bad man. Putty soon he
come. Him got big knife-kill white
man-take hoss-take heap money.
Me hear him talk. Him heap drunk.
You 60 now"
The child ran away, and Dillon
slipped from under his blankets and
rolled them together. After placing
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WHAT TO TALK ABOUT.
To BE q Good Talker One Must kecI
Informed ON Topics Of
the Day,

"The subjects If entertaining CONVEX
sation are, of course, multiplied by
increased knowledge of books, OF the
world of men and women. music, art
and travel" writes Mrs. Burton Kings
land, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"One should be familiar with the cur
rent news of the day and the topics
occupying public attention. with the
names and authors of the new books,
and be able to say something worth
hearing about what one has read and
heard. Many get no further in speak
ing of book than that it is dull or
interesting. Others give in few words
what seems to be its central idea, it's
characteristics, the time and scene of
its action, quoting perhaps some senti-
ment that has impressed, or witticism
that has pleased. True culture car
ries with it an atmosphere of breadth
the world and not the village. A
woman, lacking it, was said to betray
by her conversation mind of narrow
compass, bounded on the north by
her servants, on the east by her chill
dren, on the south by her ailments
and on the west by her clothes! The
mind grows shallow when occupied
pepetually with trivial;ties. A course
of solid reading is good tonic. When
ignorant of our ignorance we do not
know when we betray ourselves
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planted one leg of the camera stand
on the chest of dead union drummer
boy. BY some means he had been part
ly buried in q patch of soft soil. Moth
ing was visible but the buttons of his
blouse and one foot. A darkroom
was improvised by hanging heavy army
blankets from the limbs of low tree.
and after taking fournegatives I packed
up my traps and started for Philadel-
phia.
It was slow and dangerous journey,
but I made it safely and began print
ing pictures. They sold like wildfire
at so cents and one dollar each. I was
nearly $4,000 in pocket in less than two
weeks and determined to repeat the
programme after the next big battle.
1t came with Fredericksburg. My an
xiety to get view of the field after
the retreat of the union army led to
trouble. I was captured by three con-
federate stragglers and taken down
the Rappahannock in a rowboat. They
suspected me of being a spy, suppose,
and the photographing apparatus
merely blind. At any rate the valu.
able camera, chemicals, jars and ev-
erything else were dumped into the
river. was taken before Gen. Lee,
personally, and charged with being a
spy. No explanation availed anything.
1t was not believed that was photog-
rapher. One of Gen. Lees staff -
think his name was Murray-proposed
that 1 should be tested. An aid de
camp galloped of and procured the
necessary apparatus and I photo
graphed the general and his entire
staff on day cold enough to freeze the
words in a mans mouth. The officers
were evidently impressed with the idea
of my innocence. A short consultation
followed, and then Gen. Lee himself
said to me: Sir, it appears that you
are simply engaged in earning liveli-
hood, and believe honestly. You are
at liberty Twas blindfolded, put back
in the boat and landed within 20 miles
of where Burnside had his winter quar-
tiers. From that day to this never
knew where was. Here is the picture
of Lee and his staff" and the photog-
rapher exhibited. the faded likeness
which had probably saved his life.
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his hat at one end of the roll and his
boots at the other he crawled away
short distance and laid down under
tree to watch for further develop
ments. He did not wait long before
he saw a man cautiously approach
the pile of blankets. The drunken as
sassin was deceived by the hat and
boots. He thought that his victim
was at his mercy, and he drew a big
knife from his belt and drove it into
the roll of blankets with all his
strength. The next instant Hawk
sprang into the air with wild veil
and fell dead across the blankets, with
bullet in his heart. Dillon had
killed him.
The old Texan never afterward was
the same man. He continued to at
tend to his business and make money,
but it was easy to see that there was
cloud on his mind. He never sus-
pected his friend, Black Wolf, or any
of the Indians of the village of having
aided or abetted the assassin. He be-
came attached devotedly to the Indian
girl who had saved his life, and he
finally got the chiefs consent to let
him educate her and make her his
heir. She was to be given to him
when she became IA yea old, but he
died a short time ago, and now the
girls future and fortune are in the
hands of important persons. John
Rodgers, of Preside, who was in the
millionaire's employ for -early a quar-
ter of century, is the executor of
the will, and he says that the Indian
girl will inherit a fortune of 81 ,oo0, 900
in cash that is with safe deposit
company in New Yor :, and, besides
this, when she is of legal age, or when
she marries, she will come into pos
session Of fine ranch in the Rio
Grande that is well stocked with cat
tie, and one of the prettiest hacien-
dos in old Observation-Disclosures Com
mercial Tribune.
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mon rode up to ascertain the cause of
the cheering. Instead of reprimanding
the boy, he thanked him for his
thoughtfulness and bravery and per-
mitted him to distribute the refresh
ments under fire. With his own hand
Sergt. McKinley-for it was he-passed
around cups of steaming hot coffee and
liberal rations of bread and meat. The
fight was maintained right along. The
battle proved to tho north that Lee
could be defeated.
"Col. Hayes was 30 pleased when he
heard of this exploit that he asked
Gov. Todd, of Ohio, to commission the
boy lieutenant. This was done Sep
TENDER "a, 1862.
"Thus in one brave boys life there
has been triple romance-his enlist
ment by a presidential candidate, his
recommendation by another man who
becamepresidentf for commission, and
finally his own accession to the chief
magistracy of the nation"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
DAINTY SUMMER DISH.
Full Directions for Preparing To
mat0 Salad Parisienne, New
Hot Weather DeIicacy.

scald six round, ripe tomatoes OF
equal size, and remove the skin. Cut
from the stem side round piece two
inches in diamete~, scoop out the
seeds, dust the shells with a pinch OF
salt, fill with cracked ice and leave on
ice for three hours.
For the filling, boil live lobster,
weighing about two pounds, for fit.
teen minutes in a court bouillon made
with four quarts of water, one gill OF
vinegar, enc sliced onion, four sprigs
of parsley, two cloves and one bay.
leaf: This must boil ten minutes be.
fore the lobster is put in. Allow an
extra five minutes if the lobster
weighs over three pounds. When
cooked split the shell, remove the
meat, cutting the latter in pieces a
quarter-inch thick. slim thin enough
sour pickles to make two Tablespoons
fuls. Cut in small pieces the bottom
of two artichokes which have previ-
ously beer cooked for 40 minutes in
plenty of sailed boiling water and
cooled. Have at hand also one quart
cooked string beans. Cut in small
pieces enough for four tablespoonful
reserving the balance with which to
garnish. Put the four articles in q
bowl and season with Tablespoon.
full: salt, two pinches pepper, one
tablespoonful vinegar, two Of olive
oil. Mix gently, put on ice for an
hour, then turn the salad into q
strainer to drain, and put on ice fol
thirty minutes before returning to q
cold bowl. Make with the yolk of an
egg and two gills of olive oil good
stiff mayonnaise. Put aside two table
spoonfuls for the top of tomatoes
and mix the rest with the salad
Empty the tomatoes, drain, fill with
the force meat, add the reserved may.
onnaise and put on each shrimp OF
lobster claw. Serve with the string
beans dressed with French dressing
around them. Cold chicken or ham
may be used instead of the LOBSTER
Harper's Bazaar.
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M'K1NLEY's. WAR RECORD.
Antietam In Which He Was the
Central Figure.

There are some romances OF war
which almost reconcile one to its grim
tragedies, because war alone can weave
the threads and develop the qualities
OF heroes" said q writer in Success.
THE civil was had scarcely broken
out when sturdy lad of II walked into
the recruiting Office of John c. Ere
mont, the great pathfinder, in an Ohio
town.
HE simply asked to be enlisted and
sent to the front. His eagerness was
noticed by the veteran plainsman, who
spoke kindly to him and ordered that
his name be enrolled.
There began life romance which
eliminated in the white house. The
boy was William Mckinley. He was
assigned to the Twenty third Ohio regi-
ment, of which Rutherford B. Hayes
was colonel.
AT Antietam came an incident
which, in my opinion, is one of the most
thrilling of that awful war. Lee had
pushed his victorious legions into
Maryland. Stonewall Jackson was by
his side. Longstreet was in the front
of the ight-all on the southern side.
On the northern side were Mcclellan
and Sheridan, grimly contesting every
foot of the advance. On the first day
OF the battle, September II, 1862, the
troops on both sides fought with such
desperation that no less than $4,000
men were wounded or killed. On the
second day, from early morning, Lees
terrific fire was directed upon the fed
eral line, which had been turned
against his right. On the banks of
the creek, to the left of the bridge, was
the Twenty-third Ohio. Col. Hayes had
been wounded shortly before, at South
Noun tain, 80 he was not in command
of his regiment this day. He was in
the village few miles to the rear,
watching the smoke of battle in agon-
lied unrest. Gen. Scammon was in
command in his stead. Away to the
rear was the commissary sergeant of
the regiment, waiting for orders. AS
the hot and dusty day wore on and
evening fell this sergeant grew impa-
tient to be at the front, not to fight,
but to carry food and drink to his ex-
hausted comrades, who had had neither
breakfastnor dinner. Finally he hooked
up two wagons, called for volunteer
drivers, and started for the front with
out orders. As he approached the front
one team of mules was shot down.
With the other he pushed on, Drawing
the leaden hail and the bursting shells,
and succeeded in reaching the boys of
his command.
"How they cheered him as he drove
up! A few minutes later Gen. Scam
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ical in form, with three-sided projec
ton just back of broad wooden man
tel, which extends around it. The
bricks were first painted an artistic
sage green with common paint, and
afterward finished with the same color
in enamel, while the wooden mantel
was stained the same shade of green
N. Y. Tribune.
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Prescribing d Remedy.

The young aspirant for literary
honors took his first story to his: un
Gle, the old doctor, and asked his opin-
ion of it. STsEE}fSs ..s&|fsT 5Ss1f.ff%%#sst w.
Doesn't it show some originality.
uncle?" he said. -. 49, -
"Y-yes," replied the doctor, reluc-
family. There IL some originality
about it, but don't like its, moral
tone. The sewers Of your. fancy,
young man, need flushing. Chicago
Tribune. .@1E%# stf<f7ev Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07

This simple and Inexpensive but ef.
fective fireplace was built By coun-
try MASON out Of common brick, those
making the arch being knocked out to
q point before placing them in position.
The projections on either side serve
as seats when the fireplace is used BY
placing cushions upon them, or they
hold tall jars Of flowers in the summer.
The upper part of the chimney, which
shows In the room Of the ceiling, is con-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
A wife Equal to I Gold Mine.

My husband was in debt and /, being
anxious to help him, thought would sell
American Self-Heating Flat Irons, and am
doing splendidly. A cents worth of fuel
viii heat the iron for one day, 70 you have :
perfectly even heat: aYou can iron in half
clothes, 40 with the cd iron, and you can
get the most beautiful gloss. l sell at near
~ every house, a. the iron is 80 convenient
and economical everybody wants one. I
have not made less than FIVE dollars any day
worked. My brother is doing well, and +
think any one, can make lots Of money any
where selling these irons. Retail price $3.t5
Zach. The Roberts A. 4 0. Iron Co., St.
and will start any one in the business, "A
they did me, If you will address them.
MRS. ]. G. HARRIS. q
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Medal Awarded walter Baker q Co.
Paris Aug. 20. The Judges o. The
Paris Exposition have just awarded .
gold medal to Walter Baker e Co., Ltd,
Dorch ester, Mass, u. S. A.. for their
preparations Of Cocoa and Chocolate.
This famous company, now the largest
manufacturers of Cocoa and Chocolate
In the World, have received the highest
awards from the great International
and other expositions in Europe and
America; this is the third award from:
q Paris Exposdtion.-New York Trih
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Civilized Indians,

The five civilized tribes of Indian ter
ritory the, Creeks, the Chickasaws,
the Choctaws, the Cherokees and the
Seminoles-are no longer a savage
race. They have an excellent system Of
schools, and are eager for education.
Their costumes are those of the Euro.
pean, and the white man is his model
Indianapolis News. 81
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Worse Than Bullets.

A soldier of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at the expense of q
fellow-soldier: "When we were sent
out on the fring-line, Pete Hogan was
lying behind tree, out of the way
of bullets. All at once he yelled out
like a wild man: Captain, I cannot
stand these damned ants biting me all
the time!' Zip! A bullet passed close
to his body. On second thoughts, cap
tain,' he yelled, Il can stand them!' -
San Francisco Argonaut.
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Didn't Know the Article.

Some people from the city were
camping on the shore Of q little lake
in Vermont. One day two young la
dies of the party went to the nearest
store and asked for deviled ham. OF
course the rural proprietor did not
keep such understanding article:
After the young ladies had gone out
. loafer said to the proprietor:
"What on airth'd them gals want 81
"Land + know" was the reply,
Some hellish stuff or 'nuther.
Judge.
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Fun Infornation wanted.

Jaggsby-shay, officer, how (hic)
3-far ish t (hic) union stash'n?
Officer oh, about ten minutes
walk. Y: " ' s.@i @ 8 &Z
''Whazzer ten (hic) minnish' walk =
flor you or (hic) for Chicago
Evening News.
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How to Keen Tins Brirh<

When tins are hard to wash, where
food has burned on, like baked fish or
oatmeal, put the dish on the stove, filed
with cold water and Tablespoonful
of baking powder, and let it boil, and
your dish will wash readily and the
oder of fish will be gone.
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Wooden Protest.

"Ah," quoth an Edinburgh gentle
man to a manufacturer of artificial
limbs, as he was being shown over the
latter's busy factory the other day,
.these pieces Of timber = pointing
to q lot Of wooden legs'-'are but so
many eloquent protests against the
horrors Of war; g. 4
Exactly, answered the manufac-
turer stump speeches!' London
Answers. re 6 3ssssfgs Il
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How to Eradicate stain..

Grass stains should be rubbed well
with molasses, then washed. Mildew:
Cut common soap fine and cook to paste
with water; spread paste on spots and
sprinkle with fine powdered potash;
spread on grass in sun one day. ss&ff<
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Bengaline and Faille Sillxs

Benga Inc and faille Ailks in white
and delicate colors are much used in
combination with cloth for plated
skirts, where fan insertions are in
troduced TO produce an extra flare
from the knees down, and for the
tailor finish of strappings, vests, ETC.,
on the bodice. Satin antique and
satin foulard are also used for the
same purpose. A handsome gray cloth
gown has an inne4 vest of geranium
pink satin antique, with q narrower
outer one Of cream white, stitched
with white silk and trimmed with two
rows of very narrow gold braid and
tiny gold buttons set on IN clusters
Of three. The pink vest is an extension
Of the finely plated .guimpe. A
Bertha collar outlines the low-cut top
Of the cloth bodice, and the strapped
edge il pired with white silk. ss
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Positive and Comp.rative.

Old Friend-How's your father this
morning? Good? .iEs1 /
Little Boy-No. He's startin' to
swear again, 80 he must be better.
He's en'y good when he feels real
sick."-Phi1adelphia Press. ~
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Part of the Cure.

Mr.. Henpeck-The doctor says absolute.
y must 60 away next week for rest.
Mrs. Henpeck- I can't posi-
bly, manage to get away to 60 with you then
"Um-m! I guess the doctor must have
known that Philadelphia Press.