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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
CoSTLF PLATE.
Some London Companies Have Old and In
.. .. terestIng Services.

Some London Companies Have Old and In
terestIng Services.
rev people, at least in this country,
possess plate worth such a fabulous
sum as that owned by London's lord
mayor during his term of office. Its
face value has been computed to be
slightly over 100000. though three
times that amount would not buy it
owing to the historical interest attach
ed TO many Of the articles.
The two solid silver soup tureens
which are employed at the banquet to
distribute 100 gallons of clear turtle to
the guests are valued at EGO apiece
and are said to have been in possession
Of the corporation for over a century.
Moreover. there are gross of silver
dinner plates worth E1,500 eco ice
pals valued at nearly f1,000, 200 en-
tree dishes, the cost of which $4,000
would not cover; so solid silver meat
dishes worth another f2,OO0, and hun
dreds of other articles. such as grape
scissors, salt cellars. wine cups, wait
ers' trays, decanter labels, ETC., all Of
solid gold or silver and valued at over
$4,000.
This collection of plate is constantly
being increased, for every lord mayor
at the expiration of his term of Office
is expected to add an item, the cost of
which must not be lower than 100
guineas.
In addition the lord mayors official
regalia Is costly in the extreme. The
diamond pendent that hangs about his
neck could not be bought for f1,O0o.
and his collar cost a quarter of that
sum, while his pearl sword necessitat-
ed the corporation spending 1000 when
it was new.
But the other companies in the city
possess plate of even greater value
The Goldsmiths, for instance, own the
most priceless collection, the worth of
which 1t is impossible to estimate 1t
includes Queen Elizabeth's coronation
cup, for which an offer of $4,000 was
refused some time ago. The Fishmon-
gers company boasts of, among other
things, a silver chandelier, and esti-
mates Of its value have never fallen
below f3,25o.--London Tit-Bits.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
ARIzoyA,s VIEW COFFEE.
Utilization OF The Mesquite Bean as a Food
Product.

Utilization of the Mesquite Bean as a Food
Product.
Kansas City Star.
The utilization of the mesquite bean
as a substitute for coffee and as food
product il the plan Of company which
Is organizing in Arizona. The head oil
the project claims that after exhaustive
tests, covering period of two years,
he has d scovered method OF treating
the mesquite bean which gives it
flavor closely resembling that OF coffee,
and that another process makes the
bean an excellent substitute for corn.
meal. As beverage 1t has lie de.
clares, the stimulating effect o. coffee.
while il lacks some OF the deletsrious
effects.
Ii claims can be proved, many mil
lions of acres OF arid land will be pro-
ductve of revenus. The mesquite Ia
essentially desert growth and ilourishea
where all else, save the cactus, perishes
from want OF wator. 1t is to lie found
in nearly ali the unirrigated lands OF
New Mexico, Southern California and
Old Mexico but is particularly com
mon 10 Arizona. AZ a rule the MES nj 70
shrub attains u growth Vi 10 to IL feet,
but sometimes deVe!opes INTO tr, OF
large size, in shape much like full
grown apple Tree. Its leaves are fern
like and its limbs are covered with
thornH, With wood that is worth esa
for all else but fuel, in which latter
capacity it is the principal SOURCE in
this country. Its beans grow in long
pods, and While il has long been known
that catvla and horses would browse on
them when other food was scarce, and
some Of the indian tribes used them
as food, 1t hes n-ver, until recently,
been believed that they would ever
become OF marketable value
The Pima, Marioopa and Pspago
indians dry the beans and grind them
into flour, and indeed the mesquite
bean has been all that has stood be.
tween the Indians and condition Of
absolute starvation when tue drouth
destroyed the crors Of the red men.
1t was two years ago when the in.
vestigator first visited the Pima
reservation 10 the Gila Valley, that he
conceived the idea OF using the
mesquite bean. The white settlers
abovs tho reservation had diverted the
rivers flow on their own lands and
left none for the Indians AS con-
sequence this Indians suffered greatly.
Their grain fields were totally destroyed
through lack Of irrigation, and their
cattle died 10y thousands. OF hunger and
thirst The Indians themselves sui.
sisted for many months ppon an almost
exclusive diet of mesquite flour, and
thrived upon it, apparently, as we'll as
upon grain food.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
rs TO FLOOR corERINGs.
The Disappearance of Carpet and some
nf Its substitutes.

nf Its Substitutes.
Baltimore New,
That tho carpet is actual passing ia
difficult to be ieve. 1t Tag been so
extensively used ard with such satls'
faction and comfort that it seems
almost impossible that its pace will Ee
taken by any other floor cove ing. Yet
domestic custom has decreed that the
regulation tackled down carpet 9 no
longer Indispensable In the up-to date
home. OF course, oarpeis ara still ussd
and will continue to be used in hun.
creds OF places, but they are not now
considered the cover ms for floors.
What Is taking the carpets place?
The rug thai rare representation Of
Oriental luxury. Rugs are conspicuous
features Of the home of 1902, and when
carefully selected aud placed n accord
ance with good taste, thoy give broad,
solid appearance, suggestive OF refine.
ment and comfort 10 living. The resi-
deuSe may be ever 10 palafial, md its
carpets ever 80 rich and expensive but
there will be suggestion Of weakness
quite in contrast t. that hardy, healthy
air lent by collection OF substantial
rugs.
As floor coverings rugs have many
things in their favor. First o! all, they
may be arranged TO suit without having
a mln come and take mathematical
measurements of the rooms. They may
be taken up AT any time, without diiti-
Guilty and removed to Inc yard for
sweeping or airing, and in tn 8 IesUert
their hygienic advantages are sufficient
to PLACE them in m versal favor.
\ few years agu rugs were ar 6 Giles of
great cost, especially when OF genuine
weave, and were assigned Only Tor tho
homes of the wealthy; but their coming
into general use has tended to reduce
their price, unit the family that can
afford the better grades OF carpet can
afford u still better grado Of rugs.
There are many qualities from which
to choose and such variety Of designs.
There ara ruga for the drawingroum, the
dlnin2roorn the dGn bedroom and ha !.
emo may have the TurEoman, the Per.
sian, he Smyrna, the Caucasian the lur-
kish, the Japanese or the Chinese, just
as fancy and the limits of the purse
dictate. While these names arc usually
great effects 10 themselves, they need
not deter one from ascertaininR that
some very good weavts may he had
from home looms.
Our own American Indian proved
that he understood the making Of a
good article when he made rugs. and
that good thing could he turned out
in the Occident as vel as inthe Orient,
No doubt, Baltinoreans have noticed
the large increase in the display Of
rugs here. Some of the handsomest and
mcst expensive rugs to be had on this
side of tho water may be found in tho
Baltimore stores that deal ip floor
coverings. On the other hand, for those
whose expenditure must be limited
there are rugs to be had at prices most
reasonable.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Smyrna, Jan. %. Mrs. Mary A.
Mccoy, widow of John Mccoy and
mother-in-law of former State Senator
George Fisher Pierce of Milford, died
here Tuesday night.
Properties have been sold as. follows /:
Herman Hirnheimer's dwelling, on
Commerce street, to Mrs. Francis A.
Bradbury, for $685. 4. Fl. Beck S
dwelling, on MI Vernon street, TO
Walter Shelton, for $500, and d. R.
Rees' -four and feed store, to Luther
Broadway.
D. B. Arthurs of Aberdeen. Nd,
will operate the cannery which the
Smyrna Transportation and Manufac-
turing Co. is erecting at Fleming's
Landing. ..'-
Fifty persons have professed CONVEX
sion at the revival services in Asbury
Church.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
Hunting aud Fi.iling in Maine.

According to the Maine lnllH
Fisheries and Game Commissio'i
report for last year, it appears ~
thus has been great season for spotl
men in Mnine According to its fgr-
10, $40 deer and 317 moose were lega.I
killed and 96 moose were killed Illegal
most of them being COWS and calnj
Eighteen hundred guides worked SIl
Gays, and were employed by lN'i
nonresident sportsmen and ABS NJ
dents. Ninety-seven bears we're killtI
Dealers in deerskins to the numbeF
y Paid 40 % cents per skin. Ibi'j
SIX hunters and trappers out Of the5
licensed report having killed or caugl
"a bears, 1876 foxes, 225 mink, 80 saO3
y otter, 3 lynx, % black cats, /
marten, 30 pine marten, 16 fisher \
muskrats, &c. The ~ licensed ta1
deTmists mounted moose, 322 moe
heads, III bears, &c. Some of the u
distributed in various waters We
planted earlier in the season, but I
following we're planted in the fa
Land locked salmon, 800, 600; bro
trout, 100, $40; brown and steel-he
trout, 1G, 1877.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Take half dozen veal chops, remove
all fat and bone and trim neatly. Lard
them with strips of fat bacon dipped
into allspice. Place the homes and trim
mings in a stewpan with about pint
of brown stock sliced onion and a
bouquet of herbs. Cut carrot and a
turnip into fancy shapes. add them TO
the stock and on top of all lay the meat
in single layer. Season with whole
black pepper, salt and a small piece of
lemon rind. Butter a sheet of thick
paper, place it over the meat, simmer
for three-guarters of an hour, remove
the paper and place the stewpan in the
oven while the meat browns. When
dishing, place the meat in circle with
the fancy cut vegetables in the centre,
strain and thicken some of the gravy,
pour over 1t and garnish with rolled
slices of fried bacon. ..
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
PENINSULA p.4R4GR1pys.


:, ! home Tor the aged will be estab-
Big Elk Creek overaowed Tuesd, -
night week, doing considerable damogc
Charles II. Pearce has boupbt tba
Haddock farm, in Cecil county. for
The Brown farm, in Cecil comfy
has been sold to Sarah u, Bears ~,
$1,000. Neois lor
Mrs. Calvin d. Merritt of Ell,ton
was severely burned recently, while
starting fire with coal oil. 'l
=, h9lgewell NJ. f. Church has invited
the Rev. R. w. Todd, d. ID 10 v ra
'u III, as pastor next conference year,
=. The question of ESTABLISHING froo
library at Smyrna will be subm;tteS
February 18th. y " ueia
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Take quart OF milk use a little Of It
with three tablcspOonfuls of cornstarch
ana the same quantity of grated choco-
late. Blend to smooth paste and stir
1t briskly into the remainder of the milk
while it is boiling rapidly. Cook Tor
three minutes, remove and add tea
spoonful OF vanilla and the beaten yolks
OF three eggs Pour the mixture into a
buttercd pudding dish and bake from
twenty TO thirty minutes. Whisk the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth, stir
into them a tablespoonful of powdered
sugar and pile it carelessly on the pud-
ding, placing it in warm, not hot oven,
Tor live minutes to set. Serye hot.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
SOME DINNER HINTS.
BY Mrs. Barbara sadler.



Peel the large onions. cut off piece
around the top, scoop out part Of the
centre and place the shells in a little
pan of water to parboil. After FIVE
minutes take them out, drain and turn
upside down on sieve to get rid of all
moisture. Thoroughly cook few lambs
kidneys, mince them finely, add an
equal amount of fresh bread crumbs
and the chopped onion removed from
the shells. This mixture should be
highly seasoned with salt and pepper
and moistened with little melted but
ter Pack this into the shells, sprinkle
the top with grated bread crumbs and
place in pan with about an inch of
water to which tablespoonful of beef
extract has been added. Cover and
cook slowly in the oven for about an
hour. DUST before taking out the onions
the cover should be removed to allow
the tops to brown.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Special CORRESPONDENCE OF Gazette and Journal
Laurel, Jan. %. Excitement was
created here last night by Frank H.
Hastings, minstrel, attempting to
brain his father-in- law, the Rev. John
H. Mitchell. Hastings was out drink
ing, and Mr.. Mitchell went in search
of him. The former returned home
first; and when the men met, there
were hot words, followed by blows.
Hastings grabbed an axe, and Mr..
Mitchell was severely cut on the hand
while shielding his head. DIR. Farlow
dressed the wound.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Peel, core and stew the required num-
Der of apples with n third of their
weight in sugar, the rind and strained
juice of a lemon and a.little grated nut
meg. When sufficiently cooked, mash
them with fork and add two ounces
of butter. Cut some slices of stale
bread, divide into fingers, dip them in
clarified butter and use them for lin
ing to the pudding dish. Press in the
apple pulp, cover with round of bread.
also dipped in the butter, place plnte
on top and bake for three-quarters of
an hour. Turn out and serve with
custard.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
Good Cookery
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Wipe a good sized knuckle of veal,
put it in the soup kettle with three
quarts OF water and place where it will
heat slowly. When at the simnerinI
point, skim carefully and simmer slowly
for three hours, Add six small onions,
thinly sliced, and onc-half loaf of stale
bakers bread and simmer for one hour
longer. Remove the meat and rub the
soup through PURGE sieve, put into a
double boiler and stir into it one table,
spoonful Of butter and two of flour,
rubbed to smooth paste. Season with
salt and pepper and bit of nutmeg,
add one pint of milk and one pint of
cream previously scalded, and serve at
once.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Cream one-third cupful of butter and
add gradually three fourths cupful Of
sugar Mix and sft two cupfuls of
Hour with two teaspOontuls of baking
powder and add to the first mixture al
ternately with one-half cupful OF milk.
Beat the whites of four eggs until stiff
and dry and add to the cake, together
with one-half teaspoonful OF almond ex-
tract, Bake in layer cake pans and put
together with two cupfuls of cream,
whipped and sweetencd with one fourth
cupful of powdered sugar and favored
with one-half teaspoontu of vanilla.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
CABBAGE WITH FoRcEMEAr.

Remove the outer leaves from large
cabbage scald in hot water for ten
minutes, make hole in the middle by
the side of the stalk and fill it, and be-
tween the leaves, with minced beef or
mutton, highly seasoned, or with
sausage meat. Bind it up aud stand it
in stcwpan with some gravy, Il Slice
of bacon, a sprig of thyme, a bay leaf
and two carrots. Stew gently, and when
done. place the cabbage on dish, I'M
tie the string and pour the strained
gravy ROUND it. Garnish with carrots
and turnips and serve very hot,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30
QUARRlES TO Be CLOSED.


Brandywinc Granite Co. Decides to Quit
Operations by Reason of the Law as
Recently Laid Down by the Court.
At meeting of the directors of the
Brardywine Granite Co., yesterday
week, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That In view of the law in this
State,as laid down by the court in its charge
to the jury In the GiordHno case. it is not
considered expedient to continue the work
ing Of the quarries of the Brandywine Gran
lite Go.
The case alluded to was recently tried
in the Superior Court for New Castle
county, as a result Of which the
plaintiff secured verdict against the
company for over 1900, in q suit for
damages on account of injuries received
while working in the company's
quarries,
The Brandywine Granite Co. has
been operating three quarries along the
Brandywine, owning two and leasing
the other. Its working force numbered
from 100 to 200 men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Chop two large onions to fine pieces
md soak onc-half cupfu Of bread
crumbs in One-half OF cupful of milk,
Mix the two and beat well. then stir In
the yolk Of an egg, beaten very light,
and the whites of two eggs, beaten to d
stiff froth. Put this mixture into deep
dish, CRATE cheese over the top and bake
for twenty minutes.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

special correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Laurel, Jan. %. -George w. Bryan,
a Sycamore merchant. drove TO the
railroad station yesterday afternoon tn
get some freight; and while he was in
the Office, the two horses attached to
his wagon ran away The animals
dashed to the river front, and went
aboard the steamer H. X. Fooks,
which was moored at Bucon's wharf.
If the boat had not been Il ere. the
team would probably have gone over
board. One of the horses was severely
injured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Boil cupful and half of rice in one
pint of milk until tender, then add a
large spoonful of sugar and little Gin
namon and nutmeg. When nearly cold
mix with the rice three well beaten
eggs, place in a buttered mould, tie
down tightly in Toured cloth and boil
for an hour. Turn it out, surround it
with baked or preserved pears and gar
nish the top with slices of lemon stuck
into the rice.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Take one pound and quarter Of
dried and sifted flour and stir into it
four ounces Of sugar, half an ounce OF
caraway seeds. pinch of salt and n
very small teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Beat four ounces of butter TO A
cream, add three beaten eggs. one at a
time, and then gradually all the dry in
gradients, and treat like other baking
powder biscuits,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Peel the potatoes and crate them into
q basin of water. Let this pulp remain
a couple Of hours, then drain and mix
with half its weight In -four Season
with pepper, salt. chopped onion, sweet
herbs and a little water, if necessary.
Roll into dumplings the size of large
apple, sprinkle well with -four and
throw them into boiling water When
they rise to the top of the pan they will
have been thoroughly cooked.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Beard half a pint Of oysters and
mince them very fine With them mix
the peel of half a lemon, chopped fins,
q sprig of parsley, salt and nutmeg TO
taste, very little cayenne and an
ounce of butter cut into small pieces
Add FIVE ounces of bread crumbs. and
when thoroughly mixed, bind with the
yolk of an egg and some of the oyster
liquor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

Berlin. Prussia. Jan. %. Admir-
Prince Henry Of Prussia selected
the court jewelers. this morning abgHl
80 presents for Americans with whom
he will come specially in contact during
his visit TO the United States.
The presents include several gold and
silver boxes. set with diamonds ard
having the Empercr's monogram, en-.
circlcd with diamonds, enamellod on
the lids; beautiful silver Guns, with
"llohenzollcrn' enamellcd on them !;
gold and silver cigarette cases, on
which His Majesty's autograph il
traced in small diamonds, and small
compasscs, enclosed in gold and silver
boxes, with Hohenzollern" enamellpd
on them, besides larger and more
valuable gifts. x number of cuff links,
brooches and scarf pins, with The
initial III" in diamonds. are also in
rluded among the presents. The latte,
are intended for less important persons
Official secrecy is maintained as t.
what the Emperor and Prince Henry
will present to the President, Rear.
Admiral Robley ID. Evans and Mis-,
Alice Roosevelt, though it is we'll
known that His Majesty will send Mis-;
Roosevelt a jeweled bracelet, and Prince
Henry will probably offer tho Presi.
dent u fine hunting gun, with inter.
changeahle shot and rife barrels. and
It's accompanying equipment.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

AT l.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
fire was discovered in John Bunting's
stable at New Castle avenue and w. &
n. railroad, Just south Of Eden Park.
Assistance was sent from the Liberty
Fire Co.. but the apparatus did not 20
out, as there is no water nearby. The
property is outside of the city limits.
4 one time the dwelling and that Of
George Pyle, adjoining, and other
buildings were threatened. The stable
and barn and several wagons we're
burned. The stock was saved. Employees
of the Crescent foundry, nearby, did
effective work, saving the dwellings.
The property is owned by Joseph L.
Carpenter, Jr. The loss is estimated
at $1,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-30

The Enormous Number Used by the World
Every pay.

The Enormous Number Used by the World
Every pay.
New orleans Ficayunc.
How many matches are struck 10
single day asked an en- thusiastc
young RtatIstician, and how mspv
cords of wood, and how many tons Of
sulphur, and how may units OF heat
are represented in the worlds daiy 4
consumption Of matches: Here isau
interesting problem. Matches, o. euurss, =
are not used In all the countries OF Ii f$S
world. There are many primitive ppog
who are still kindling fires by strikir
sparks from flinty substances, Just
our ancestors did in the ong ago, whg h a
they made pots and kettles out of cg1
and stones and knives out of bones Il 9
tho harder formations IN the cr6i,s z
the earth. Some countries are SO ilsui I
that matches cannot be used with ca
Tenlence. In many of the troria N7
countries which may be olassed ~
ciriliIeu matches cannot be struck Y
account OF the damInels EXCEPT on y
rough, sandy edge of the box. ButEHHe
the 4 eat and more advanced counts
OF the world matches are almost COZ {
pletesy isolated. like some portions
agricultural Germany, or remote Ia
OF ths United States, for that mats
but these exceptions are very ran !
Getting back to the daily oonaumptid 7
of matches, 1T is lselly an enormct
thing.
. Ine consumption 10 the IND
States daily is something enormCu
Rounoly, there are 1850, 600 persa =
IN the upitcd States. On the accept 4
allowance of five for each family, ID
means $4,000, COO families, SO rightG !
ihe jump we would have 100000 =
stoves, which would consume at Z I
very lowest an average OF three mates !
sach day, or a to al of 100000
the evening the lamps must be light Z
in each of ths5e homfs. There ara d :,
hotels, restaurants, the saloons aud Il Z
business Faces generally which ke1 i
oEsn at night, with their millions :,
gas tets and lamps, and it il reasonati
to assume that the consumption
matches in those places would equsI y
1t did not surp6ss, the consumption =
the nomas Of the country. NJ nd ya 4
have said nothing about the factots 4
and institutions OF that sort, and moi Z
lug about the vast quantity of mates 4
consumed daily by the smokers OF Z
country, tho cigarette fiends and y 4
fellows whose pipss are always gOis e
out. Why, fortune goes up daily h
matches smoke and tha sulphur a. n
wood and units OF heat wasted in lhi d
way is something sta thing. Electric p
mas TO some extent cut down the q a
sumption If matches, but The consuFi
ton ~ args enough and tho felOl
who are to come after US may ha n
reason to derIcrn our extravse anc9
TINS respect, ior wood s getting scsr.i /
all tao ms, - II