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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Bradstreet's in Saturdays issue says:
"A conspicuous exception to the
general auietness is found in the iron
and steel situation, which gains rather
than loses activity. Here, however, tho
car shortage questions cut o disturbing
figure, and one which, in view OF tbs
advanced stage of the season, bids fair
to continue to unsettle both production
and consumption considerably. Sun
niles of coke at the ovens are piling
up, but the blast furnaces are shutting
down because OF the necessary link be-
tween the TWO. an abundance OF cars
not being forthcoming. Southern pig
iron has advanced 90 cents per ton,
and the Western trade 10 getting its
chief supplies from this source. At the
East pig iron is also frmer. Prices
show few changes on the week
The cereals are, IN the whole, higher,
due mainly TO the strength of whsnt,
which still supports tho conrser grains.
Small d. Iiveries and drm cables, with
some better export buying early.
checked later by the advance, coupled
with good buying by the country, are
the strengthening features. Winter
wheat crop reports are, In the main,
favorable Provisions are steady, ex-
cent lard, which has weakened slightly.
Cotton has been shaded little because
of large receipts, which are, howaver,
claimed to really represent good buying
for export. Cotton goods are quist, rs
usual at this date, but closed the year
1901 much better than they began it.
Wheat, including -four, exports for
The week aggregate 4,S1S. All bushels,
as against 4,29l, 5l3 last week and
3, 9l4, 3ol in this week last year. Wheat
exports, July LIST to date, i27 weeksl,
aggregate l49, TAG, 56l bushels, as against
9B, 500, 54l last season. Corn exports
aggregate 270, 236 bushels, as against
All, 1856 last week and 4,470,5 2l last
year. July LIST to date corn exports are
20, $40, ISL bushels, as against 81, 64S, 1855
last season.
''Business failures in the United
! States for the week number 40 as
against 219 last week, 26S in this week
last year, 229 In 1900, 231 In 1899, 1888
| in 1898 and 4SS in 1897. For the week
Canadian failures number 25.. az against
l6 last week, "a in this week year ago,
26 in 1900, 4s in 1893 and 65 10 1898. "
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

The following transfers Of rial estate
were recorded at the City Reg .stry
Bureau Saturday:
The property No AIT King street, by
Robert G. Hartman TO Rosa Topkis, for
$1,000
No. S33 Pine street, by Thomas III.
Me YIN and wife 10 Ann j. Dorse3, for
S3 200.
A tract near Greeley street and the
brandy wine. by George W. Forrest to
tie Wilmington Malleable Iron Co. fer
$50.
No,th side OF Maple street, east OF
S,arison, by Maria Z. Hartman to Her
tert N. Fell.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

During the year Just closed %, 800, 079
gallons of crude petroleum valued at
81, 542,0 OH were shipped from the port
of Wilmington. 1t was rec ord break
inc year IN the history of The local Gus
toms Office During ths same period the
following ship entries were recorded :
American schooners,6 British steamers,
50; French steamers, 6 French barks,
-: Spanish steamers, A. barl;s, 6. Tho
clearancs we're; Amsr can schooners, 2
British steamers, Al; French steamers
B; barks, 70: Spanish steamers, .;
banks, G. British ships carried more
than three quarters OF the oil sent 10
foreign iorts.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
GINGER RISCITITS.

Rub quarter of a pound of butter
into one pound of flour, then add four
ounces of brown sugar, the grated rind
of half lemon, two tablespoonfuls Of
ground ginger and teaspoonful of
baking powder. Stir half a pound Of
molhsses into the dry ingredients and
pour in sufficient cold milk TO form a
fairly stiff dough. Turn this on to a
Toured board, roll it out rather thinly
and cut into rounds with cutter which
has been Toured. Dust baking sheet
lightly with flour and place the biscuits
on it to bake in a quick oven until they
are pale brown.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

of -four, half a pint of cornmeal, two
tablespoohfuls of baking powder, one
tablespoonful of sugar and one tea
spoonful OF salt. Work in one table
spoonful of butter. heat and add three
eggs and one pint of milk and quickly
beat the whole into firm batter. Have
the griddle hot and well CREASED to re-
ceive the muffin rings and cook to a
nice brown. The rings should only be
filed to half their capacity as the batter
rises rapidly and the muffin should be
turned when the top is reached.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Put teacupful of rice into half
mint of milk and place it at the side Of
ihe FIRE to simmer until quite soft. Then
sald the yolks of three beaten eggs and
stir the whole with teaspoonful of fine,
moist sugar. Turn it into the tin in
(which it is to be baked. piling it up
high in the centre and spread thick
layer of jam over it. Whisk the whites
Iof the eggs TO a firm froth with tea
spoonful of powdered sugar on the top
of 1t and drop little of it about the
top of the rice in different shapes. Put
Lii in the oven for about twenty minutes,
lleaving the door open to prevent burn
ling.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
CREAM OF CORN SOUP.

Chop one can of corn very fine and
cook slowly for half an hour in one
quart of chicken or veal stock. Rub
through sieve and return to the FIRE,
adding one pint of cream and small
slice of onion. Melt a tablespoonful OF.
butter and in 1t cook n heaping tea
spoonful of flour Pour little OF the
hot soup in it. rub free from Jumps.
then add all to the soup. Season with
salt and pepper. remove the onion, and
just before serving add the yolks of two
eggs, well-beaten. u.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
OYSTER SALAD.

Scald a pint Of oysters until the
edges begin to curl, then drain and cool
them. When ready to serve mix them
with mayonnaise dressing and arrange
them in hollow in small cake of ice,
melted out by cup filed with hot
water. or a fiatiron. and lined with let
tuce leaves On top of the oysters place
about pint of sliced cabbage which
has been chilled. drained and dressed
with mayonnaise and decorate with
parsley and sliced olives.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Put four pounds of meat into stock
pot full of water, set it over slow fire
and let it gently boil. carefully removing
,the scum as it rises. Wash and cut in
|flices three small carrots and select
,three medium sized onions. one stuck
full of cloves, head of celery and two
.turnips. each cut in four pieces. When
the scum has ceased to rise to the top
of the pot put in these vegetables and
let them boil gently for two hours. Add
more water if needed and few bones
il you have them.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
APPLE MARMALADE.

Peel. quarter and core the apples and
cook them with enough water to keep
from burning. When tender pass them
through sieve and to each pound of
pulp and juice add three-fourths pound
Of white sugar and the juice of a lemon.
Cook and stir until the mixture coats
the spoon and drops from it in beads.
then pour into fruit jars or stone pots,
nreyinilslY heated.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
G00d Cookery,
Copyrighted
sss
pnrATo MIrH PEAS.
Copyrighted.

Pass three cupfuls of hot mashed
potato through ricer, add a table,
spoonful of butter, scant teaspoonful
Of salt and sufficient hot milk to make
II mould easily. Beat thoroughly and
press into buttered tin which will
make it the thickness of about half an
inch. Cut into diamond shaped pieces
and score diagonally with a skewer
dipped in melted butter, brush over with
the yolk of an egg beaten with a table,
spoonful of milk and brown in a hot
oven. Serve with a teaspoonful of peas
in d thick sauce placed in the centre of
each niecc.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
MINrER ICE CREAM.

4 This cream can be made at moments
notlce. To one can of condensed milk
had three cupfuls Of fresh, sweet milk
Aid six good sized bananas rubbed
fhrnlgh Nlsieve. Use no sweetening and
fieqse in the ordinary manner. For
peueh flavor use one quart of peaches,
fhe canned variety, after they have
htSn rubbed through sieve, and add
A6lf cupful of sugar. For chocolate
t44yor dissolve the chocolate over hot
Wnfer and add sugar to taste. remeIn-
herjhg that cream to he frozen requires
III be ovefsweet to be palatable after
(rnezinp
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
PISTACHIo SAUCE.

Throw two, ounces of pistachio nuts
Into boiling water and let them cook for
a minute, then shell them and pound
them in mortar till smooth. Mix half
an ounce of cornstarch with three
quarters of gill of cold water. then
pnt it into a saucepan with the pounded
nuts and let the mixture boil, stirring
well. Add one ounce of fine sugar. one
tablespoonful of cream, little lemon
juice, wineglassful of water and
vanilla to flavor. Strain before using.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
CHoCoLATE CUsTARD.

Dissolve one and one-half ounces of
grated chocolate over the fire in little
milk, add enough to make a pint in all
and lei ii boil up. Remove the pan 10
the side of the fire. cover aud let the
contents steep for ten minutes. Beat
together two eggs. pour slowly into the
chocolate, sweeten to taste, stir while
the mixture SINNERS, add few drops
of vanilla favoring, pour into glasses
and leave until cold. Just before serv-
Ing nile little whipped cream on each.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Soak "a calf's sweetbread for two
hours in salted water to bleach it, then
lay it in pan with sufficient water to
cover it and bring gently TO boil. Lay
the sweetbread in small pan, then
cover with milk and water, a bay leaf,
two peppercorns and little salt Sim
mer slowly for about an hour, then
serve on a slice of toast, Thicken the
liquid with little -four and pour over
tha whole
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
CHILD FATALLY BURNED.

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Dover, Jan, A lamp exploded last
night at The home of Joseph Branch,
colored, and his 3-years cd son was 80
badly burned about the breast aud legs
that thu flesh peslad of.
The child is not expected to recover
from his injuries.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Beat up three eggs in small bowl.
add gill of milk. two tablespoonfuls Of
crpam one Of grated Parmesan cheese
and seasoning to taste. Pour the mix
ture into buttered moulds, steam gently
till set, cool, hollow out the centre of
each and slip in a stuffed olive. Cover
with the custard taken out, arrange the
moulds in a circle. garnsh with salad
and serve
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Fill the required number of custard
cups lightly with bread crumbs and
finely chopped cooked chicken. Beat
one egg and add half a cupful of milk
and few grains of salt and pepper, il
desired. and pour the mixture into the
cups. Set them in pan of hot water
to remain in the oven until set.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
coEEEE MOULD.

Beat six eggs with one teacupful of
etrong coffee and heat to the boiling
point a good half pint each OF milk and
cream, sweetened to taste. Remove
from the fire and stir in the eggs and
coffee, adding half an ounce of gelatine,
previously dissolved in cold water. Re-
turn to the fire and stir until it thick
ems, pour into mould and serve when
not
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
Death Of the Rev. John wins.

Special CORRESPONDENCE OF Galette and JournaI.
Port Penn, Jan. 4. The Rev. John
Wills. pastor OF the iI'resbyterian
Church, died suddenly of heart dise7se
Thursday night. He had apparently
been in perfect health and was alone in
his study when he was stricken.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

I.Eream one-haif cupful Of butter
With one and one-half cupfuls Of sugar.
dissolve scant teaspoonful of soda in
10 tcaspoonfuls of boiling water. and
I'D to it half a cupful of thick sweet
cream. Whip the cream to froth, and
Nix it lightly with the butter and sugar.
Then add two teaspoonfuls of cream
|Artar, sifted through two and one-half
tnpfuls of -four; add finally the whites
0f five eggs, beaten to stiff froth.
Flavor with vanilla and color n light
f,ink with cochineal. A drop or two
Eill be sufficient to color a whole cake.
For the filling beat the whites of two
sggs to a stiff froth; add one cupful of
Powdered sugar and two-thirds of a
xmall-sized grated cocoanut. Put this
Between the layers and cover the top
bortion with some of the same mixture,
over which sprinkle the balance of the
cocoanut, mixed with little powdered
&iigar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Mix together three cupfuls Of -four.
be whites of Eve eggs. one and one
half cnpfuls of sugar, half cupful Of
hitter, one cupful of milk and one and
ane half teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Spparate this mixture and color half of
Ii with strawberry coloring. Flavor
Ihis half with strawberry and the white
hh3f with lemon. Put into the baking
ljah portion Of the white. then some
* The pink, and 20 on until all has been
l1isposed of. Bake slowly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
from the Levy Court, and tho second
the notification 10 the governor:

from tine Levy CourG' ana INC 5econu
the notification 10 the governor:
January 3, 1so2.-To the Levy Court of
New Castls County, Court House, Whining
ton, Del. -Gentemen: | hereby resign my
Office of Levy Court Commissioner of New
Castle county, TO take effect immediately.
Respectfully, John Lynn.
January 3, 1GO2-To His EScellency, the
Governor. State House. Dover. Del.-Sir:
| hereby. resign my office of Levy Court
Commissioner of New Caste county to take
effect Immediately. l have forwarded u
resignation OF said office 10 the Levy Court
of New Caste county. Respectfully.
John Lynn.
Upon receiving the papers from Mr..
Lynn, Mr., Hayes teephoned to Gov.
HUM at Dover, informing him Of
Lynn g action, and saving that he would
mail the letter to the governor shortly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

George p. Prentiss, the Wilmington
pitcher. will, it q understood, play
with the Boston American League Club
uext year although Waterbury, Conn /,
and Albany n. Y, are said to have
made him offers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
CAKE MAKING.
BY Mrs. Barbara Sadler.

NC making is the delight of most Of
sisters who profess to do cooking.
" as they say, naSlral to them. But
z1tloes not desire TO be continually
1Rg out plain cake, no matter how
IND may be. We are always, If wise,
&{Hg for a change, for something just
1e different from what we prepared
l5ast time we tried cake making. |
lESst the trial of some of the follow
E8ns likely to be what you are looking
'sif you desire variety at reasons
III expense,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

David Clough, aged l6 years, met
with an accident Saturday and AS
result had three finger of the EFT
hand amrutated at the Delaware Hos
pitsl.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

rake the whites of six eggs, two cup-
N of white sugar, two cupfuls Of
lar, one cupful of corn starch. one
pful of milk, one and third cup
II Of butter. one and one-half tea
opbfuls Of baking powder; mix well
ysfher and flavor to taste; bake in
MI layers. For the dark part take the
lkk Of six eggs. one cupful of brown
Szf half teaspoonful of soda dis
|YRd in half cupful of water, half a
pfpl of butter, half nutmeg. one
aApoonful of cinnamon, nearly two
pfpls Of -four, one and one-half cup
iii Of chopped rGisins, one-half a
md of figs, chopped fine; mix the
ssnnd raisins with the flour. Bake in
ND layers. Put the dark and light
f4rs together with icing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

According to the records Of Secretary
Cahill OF the Board of Health, there
we're 2G deaths, ;}3 births, q marriages
reported for the week endtd at noon
Saturday, as against 80 deaths, - births,
. marriages Tor the same period last
wear
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Tnke the whites of seven eggs. two
ips of sugar, one cup of milk, one cup
1 @butter, two and one-half cupfuls OF
otlf, one and one-half cupfuls Of graf
d Chocolate. two teaspoonfuls of bnk-
ne powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla;
axe in jelly pans and put together with
Isfhocolate paste made as follows: Two
Aps of grated chocolate, one cup Of
q4ter. eight tablespoonfuls Of sugar,
III tablespoonful of butter, boil to a
HIck paste
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09
A SERIOUS LOSS.


Wind Flows Grocer Benefits Money
Away.
N. A. Bennett, the grocer at Lancaster
avenue and Searles street, met with a
Serious loss Friday as a result OF the
prso us,J hhigh wind. lie dropped
wallet from his 20 olSet at Second an d
Rodney streets and the contents thereof,
s54 and number OF valuable papers,
became scattered, and before he could
regain them they were carried off,
He slcceedel in recovering but S1S
OF the money and few OF the papers.
Some OF the notes and Eapers we're
carried over fences and lost. One man
recovered a $40 bill at Second aud
Broome streets.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Net earnings of the American Car and
Foundry Co for the three months ended
November 10th were 1898, GIL, aga ns5
S544, SIS last year.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-09

Three men wers killed and four in.
iured tr da in wreck near Johns
town, Pa, in when four trains were
mixed up. - -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

bread pan. In olden times in England
mince pies were baked in the shape of
the cradle where Christ did lie"
The leaves Of the Victoria Regina in
India are so strong and spread out to-
such size that little Hindu babies are
often laid upon them and gently lulled
to rest; they will bear the weight Of a
child two years old or more
Among the Seminole Indians and IN
most of the South American states tiny
hammocks are used for cradles. In New
Guinea the nude little one is Graded in a
netted bag, which hangs from the moth,
er's forehead just below her waist
The cradle boards for Indian papooses
are most curious and interesting with
the bed of soft moss and handsome bead
ornaments Sometimes the cradle is sus-
pended from the plant branch Of a tree,
where it sways gently in the breezes, or
it is set up against the side of the wig
wan or tent.
The Alaskan mother fastens a rope to
her child's cradle, runs it up over her
head, through a pulley. and then at
taches it to her great toe, so that wher-
ever she happens to be she can gently
jog the cradle.
The Siberian cradle Ioooks like a
great flour sieve, except that the bottom
is cloth instead Of wire. This is suspended
by cords within easy reaching distance
Of the mother.
The Polish cradle has solid wooden
rockers with braces upon which the era
die rests. In some parts of Sweden the
cradles have lengthwise rockers instead
of across each end, as Is usually the
case.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

admirably conducted. But a scandal
suddenly arose when 1t was learned that
a patient lying at deaths door had been
fatally injured by an attendant. Just be-
fore his death the patients reason was
restored and, raising himself in bed, he
cursed the attendant and vowed he
would haunt him.
The nurse was relieved from duty and
the matter quickly hushed up. On Sc
curing position in New York he was
placed in charge Of ward containing
six patients, presumably mild and harm
less.
Just on the stroke Of - one night some
unseen influence seemed to stir the
maniacs and they became unmanageable.
In the struggle that followed the attend
ant was struck over the head with a
chair and. the blow, which eventually
proved fatal. landed in the exact spot
where but a few months before the
patient in the sanitarium had been
struck. The dying man insisted that
seven men instead of six had set upon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
ANo NkKN1K
o. .NtfoN
or Haunt Wards of Hospitals

Straight up in bed she sat, cursing the
nurse and her black bottle until the cords
of her hands and neck stood out like sim
ews Of an athlete. Back from her grave
she promised to some to haunt her.
Before the nurse could quell the dis
order which prevailed in the ward and
soothe the enraged Biddy, the unusual
exertion did its work. A hemmorhage
set in and Biddy died, the victim Of her
own fury. But nothing could convince
the other patients that tine cause of her
death was natural. To this day new
corners In the ward hear the tale and
watch for the coming of Biddy at mid
night. And nine out Of ten will insist they
have seen her logging the steps of
nurses and warning them to beware Of
the black bottle.
At a local sanitarium for the insane
was started a CHASTITY tale which saw
its end at a similar institution in New
York. At the first named the rates are
sufficiently high to assure the friends Of
private patients that the institution is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03
Ghosts that Parade Corridors

of actual heart failure resultant on the
operations and how many had been vic
tins of his cunning. What methods he
employed remained a mystery also.
though 1t was generally thought that
the patients. weakened by the operations
and stupefled by anaesthetics, were
smothered by the mad Italian.
In spite Of the fact that the angel Of
death showed no further inclination to
visit the room and that municipal
charges were more carefully examined
before being detailed for duty, the hor-
ror of the ward remained. In the inter-
ests Of good order among the attaches
the superintendent soon transformed 1t
into shelf lined supply-room. Yet there
are still timid ''probs'' who in the mid
night watches imagine they see Tony
creeping back from spiritland In search
of fresh victims. And the house sur
geon, now a gray-haired practitioner,
still owns the stiletta.
1t was an Irishwcmap who gained the
soubriquet of BLACK Biddy" by reason
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

ana mother. but after that she has a
passion for caricaturing and the collecting
OF caricatures. There IS danger in such a
RAD as this for an imperial person, and as
result few are allowed to see her port
toho Perhaps the only person who has
seen all her drawings is the car.
saxony's queen has tnade-a fad of the
children of all classes Of society She has
founded or has assisted In The foundation
or a number Of schools, orphanages.
homes and sanitariums. apd the rising
generation of saxony Is tremendously
benefited by her exertions.c
Another camera fiend Is the empress of
germany. She has taken photographs of
everything that has interested her, and
her collection of pictures is unique When
she returned from the Holy Land a series
OF the pictures she took were exhibited
as magic lantern slides and were pro-
nounced very valuable and interesting