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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-23
RUNOR Of HGHT
BELOW MUKD[N
An Uncontirmed Report That
the Great Battle Is Already
In Progress
JAPs ARE SHOWING ACTIVITY
JAPs ARE SHOWING ACTIVITY
Railroad Has Again Been Damaged and
Belief is Shared at St. Petersburg
That a Tremendous Engagement is
Imminent, If Not Already In Progress
Tho War Situation.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 23.-Although
the city continues full of rumors that
a big battle is proceeding below Muk-
den, the war offices do not offer amy
confirmation of the reports. The spec
ial dispatches, as we-~as can be judged
by the mutiated mann T in which they
are allowed to pass Y censor. por-
tend the imminence of extensive oper-
ations. The Japs are showing activity
on both fanks and the railroad has
again been damaged by the raid of Jap
and Chinese bandits.
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Favorable Report is Authorized.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The senate
committee on Philippines today au-
thorized a favorable report on the
house bill revising and amending the
tariff laws of the Philippine islands.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-23
T-.R. BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY
Weather.

Weather.
Sun rises Feb. "a, 6:42; sets, 5:45.
Iowa-A1issouri-Pa cloudy to-
night and Friday; warmer in the east
tonight.
Illinois-Partly cloudy tonight ana
Friday; probably showers in the eX-
treme north Friday; warmer in the
south.
South Dakota-Fair tonight and FRI
day; moderate temperature.
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Tsinkhachen, Feb. 23.-The Japs
continue to press the Russian ad-
vanced divisions on the left flank. On
Tuesday with strength of not less than
eight battalions they attacked the out
posts. The Russians made vigorous
counter attack and occupied the VIII
lage of Dapindu, forcing the Japanese
temporarily to abandon their advance.
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is to be served with a porterhouse steak
done TO turn. Game pates are to be had In
small, cans from 70 cents upward. These
pates may be used separately with jelly or
may be made into sandwiches. Quail,
grouse and chicken may be bought in the
same way.
The epicure's soul delights, too, In dwarf
artichokes. They come in bottles and are
served either halyed and broiled or iced
with hollandaise sauce. Then as we all
know, there is caviare-and fresh cayiare
is considered a great delcacy. It has been
said of this famous Russian dish than there
is more simplicity IT. the man who eats
eaviare on impulse than the man who eats
health food on principle The simplicity
is trife above that OF a breakfast food
1t is hardly necessary to add that caviare
is served in iced dishes. delightful bis
cult having slight salt flavor quite The
thing now to hand with salad is the syea
wafer. These biscuits are at their best when
covered lightly with Parmesan cheese They
are simply heated in the oven fol a few
minutes or may first be buttered and then
heated.
If some of these ready to use'' dellcacies
are always at hand the housewife Is forth
fed against the unexpected guest and can
also give pleasant variety TO the family
menu.
When time is not at premium most
housekeepers take a pride In making the
sweet course. The following dainty desserts
require very little preparation and in this
on the more tedious part of the dinner
Now that oranges are beginning to be at
thar Best; orange punch la russo is q
mighty nice dessert to make. Get small
round, smooth-skinned oranges Cut a
round hole in the top of each and through
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this scoop out the pulp leaving the skin
clean and dry Now make some orange
punch as follows: Mix together pint OF
strained orange juice and half gill of
kirsch the yellow peel of two oranges and
the juice of four lemons. Strain through
fine muslin and freeze Chill the orange
skins and at the time Of serving I'LL them
hand the punch may be poured at once
into the orange skins, which are then
placed on ice to harden. The lid cut from
the top of the orange is replaced and
around 1t is wound a white ribbon tied in
a pretty bow, through which are stuck two
straws.
An attractive way of serving grape fruit
for dinner or luncheon is to cut 1t in halves,
remove the white pith from the center,
loosen the pulp from the skin and divide
the sections. This must be done carefully
SO that the fruit will have the appearance
of not having been disturbed. Just be-
fore serving sprinkle with a little sugar
and in the cavity left in the center ar
range two or three maraschino cherries.
Cherry barQuettes are nice sweets IN
| themselves, and besides, offer splen-
served cherries to advantage. Bake some
boat-shaped cases from good rich fiaky
ruff paste. Place few spoonfuls of the
cherries in each case, fayoring, II liked,
with a little brandy. Cover them with
whipped and sweetened cream favored
with a little cherry juice and pipe star on
top of each tart. Other fruits may be
used instead of cherries.
Ratafia baskets make wonderfully effec-
| tive dessert The baskets are made as fol-
| lows: Boil some sugar and water together
until the syrup has reacheu the Cracked
stage and will form brittle thread when a
| little Is lifted on the end of skewer.
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Flavor the mixture with ratafia, which is
a spurious liqaor,, having the taste of kerr
nelS of cherries or other small pulped
fruit spiced and sweetened with sugar.
Keep this over gentle heat. The amount
Of sugar to be used will depend upon the
number of baskets you require Put a small
ring made of this mixture at the bottom
of each basin or cup fiat side down. Dip
the edge of another ring and stick it to the
edge of the first one, but with the round
side out Continue in this way until a
circle Is formed, sticking each one to the
edges of the surrounding one. The bas-
kets are left In the basins until needed
When ready to serve whip some cream to
a stiff froth. sweeten and flavor with va
nilla. Gently slip the baskets from the
basins and pipe the whipped cream into
them.
Small Charlotte Russes.-The cream may
be favored with coffee. chocolate or any
favor one prefers, or Ice cream may be
used instead Of the cream. The base for the
charlotte may be cut from a thin slice of
sponge cake baked especially for the pur-
pose. The sides are formed of lady fingers
split and cut In two and then placed in a
circle on the round Of cake, fixing each
in place with white of egg. Just before
serving put in the filling.
Tangerine Creams.-Cut small hole in the
top of each of six or twelve tangerines and
with very small spoon scoop out the
pulp, leaving the skins whole and clean
Reserve these. For the cream squeeze out
the juice of all the tangerines, scrape the
white pith from the peel of three and boil
this peel in q very little water until 1t can
be crushed to smooth pulp. Dissolve some
gelatin In little cold water and with it
mix the pulp and Juice OF the tangerlnes,
also four ounces of sugar. STRAIN and when
cold add one pint of cream. Pour this
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gold rnohurs and silver rupees. The door
of this and other treasure-houses had Been
br.cked up for nobody knows how long.
These vaIuables. according to an ancient
custom, were In the custody of the maha-
rajah's wife, the vaults being attached 70
her apartments but none of them was al
lowed TO be opened save in the presence OF
the master. One vault was filled with or
naments belonging to different gods of the
family. The natives of India commonly
bury their hcards, and among the poorer
classes favorite hiding place is e hole dug
beneath the bed. Disused wells are some
times employed for the same purpose.
1t Is undoubtedly a fact that very many
boards thus deposited are lost forever Gold
is also valued on religious grounds. The
gods take up great quantities of gold, sill
yer and precious stones. The TEN. les con-
tain vast amounts Of the yellow and white
metals. The habit of boarding seems to
have been induced by ages of nissovern-
ment, during which oppression and violence
were rife No feeling of safety existing, IL
was natural that the natives should adopt
the practice of reducing their wealth 10 q
concentrated shape and hiding 1t.
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CANNED DELEGATES AND
EASILY MADE DESSERTS

or IN fine grocery establishments, and as
a rule the price is not prohibitive. In the
wafer family the newcomers are fig and
apricot waters of sugar prepared with the
fruit. They come in tins. A chocolate sau-
sage roll resembling fudge filled with al
monds comes wrapped in silver foil. This
novelty makes q dainty little dessert for
luncheon
To supply the bonbon dishes on the table,
chocolates filled with cognac that sell for
so cents pound are fad just now. and
almonds in maraschino is a new way of
serving this delicious nut. And, by the
way. the latest receptacle used for holding
bonbons is compete that looks like tall
champagne glass. The handsomest of these
co,npotes are of cut or Bohemian glass.
Then there are few new cordials that
one always finds convenient TO have IN the
house to use as an after dinner liqueur or
for an additional dainty on the 5 o'clock
tea table. Among the new liQueurs Is a
creme de pekoe favoring suggestive of tea
and coffee cordial called creme de mocha.
To fill an impromptu luncheon demand
nothing in the way of an entree is more
appetizing than a delicacy which the cpl
cure styles Bummalo. but Is called by less
fastidious persons Bombey duck. This
comes from Glasgow and is toasted and
served cold.
Russia supplies us with a relish known
by the queer name OF Maslowa. 1t Is a
kind OF mushroom prepared In sauce and
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HIDDEN WEALTH OF INDIA.
Some of These Treasures Are Lost For
ever.

From Spare Moments.
It would be an immense benefit to all
mankind If the stores of gold now held by
individuals In India could be made avail
able for general use. Ever since the dawn
of history that country has been gathering
gold and hiding it away. Treasures of al
most incalculable value are possessed by
many Indian princes.
When the Maharajah of Burdwan died
the stock of gold and silver left by him was
so large that no member of the family
could make an accurate estimate Of 1t. A
report made to the British government by
a secret agent stated that on the estate of
the defunot potentate were a number OF
treasured houses, one of them containing
three rooms. The largest of these three
rooms was forty-eight feet long and was
filed with ornaments Of gold and silver,
plates and cups, washing bowls. jugs and
SO forth-all of precious metals. The other
two rooms were full Of bags and boxes of
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VERY housekseper at some time
Is has experienced the uncomfortable
r sensation of falling short dessert
IL at critical moment. When Jack
brought home a friend to dinner,
perhaps, or ones mother-in-law with not
too exalted opinion of her new daughters
powers as manager appeared on the scene
unexpectedly-these and many like catas-
trophies have often been the result of
sweet" out of reach.
OF course these annoyances are to be
counted among the minor evils, but all
through life it's the little things that prick
and rankle. When rush dessert is In
order an ice from the nearest confeetioner
is the usual expedient. There is nothing
oriejuai certainly about this "any-port-in-
a-storm' addition to the feast, but If box
OF the new and delicious roll waters made
especially for service With ice cream or
jelly desserts be in the pantry all is well
and a novel and attractive feature is at
tanned at short notice.
There are a number of imported sweets
that have just been put on the market
which give variety to the daily menu and
may be depended upon IN an emergency.
Most OF them are imported, but may be
obtained at nearly every department store
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clothed dozens of the children of the poor
this Yuletide, and among the wealthy
residents there are many whose bounty at
this season will keep frajl and hunger snit-
ten bodies warm through all the cold WIN
ter days to come.
X
The coming of Christmas IS hailed with
delight by the employees of nearly all the
departments Of the government-au but
one, in fact. over in the Post Office De-
partment there are seven floors, full of
clerks and officials, who are anticipating
Jolly good time on the eVentful 25th of De-
cember 1905. But on the first floor of the
big granite building there are clerks TO
whom Christmas and the ten days that pre-
oede 1t are days of oyerWOrk and increased
responsibility, On the first floor are the en-
ployes of the city post office, the army of
letter carriers, who are all the Santa
Claus many boys and girls know. And
there IS an auxiliary army, that, of the mail
sorters, the receiving clerks, the canceling
clerks and a host of others, that are work
ing long and weary hours. and who poke
their fists into imaginary pigeonholes in the
post office at dreamland.
a representative of The Star found Post
master Merritt seated comfortably in his
big arm chair yesterday afternoon.
'Oh. we have had to hustle bit" said
he, but we did not get into the swamped
class. Far from it. We put on three-score
extra clerks, and converted messengers and
doorkeepers and guards into assistants in
the mailing division. We put a couple of
tables out in the main hallway down stairs,
and gave assistance to many persons who
were sending away packages. In the big re-
ceiving room we worked three shifts at
eight hours each, a scheme which gave us
a continuous service twenty-four hours a
day. With this arrangement the work was
equalized. and while, as l say everybody
had to hustle think the work was we'll
done, and that the complaints will be few
Conditions in the Washington office how
ever, are said to be exceptional From New
York comes the complaint that because of
an insufficient appropriation the clerks who
get only $500 and $500 per annum have had
to work fifteen hours a day, with no extra
pay for extra time. Postmaster General
Cortelyou acknowledged that things in the
New York office were not as they should be-
but he blamed 1T on the lack of money ap-
propriated by Congress. Mr.. Merritt OF the
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lance Of Washington to hold down the Cap
itol until adjournment.
Speaker Cannon was one Of the stay
overs, having all sorts of business to at
tend TO, and left only last night for his
hCme in DanVile, Ill, where he will spend
just one day. The Speaker really shouldn't
have gone according to his own views on
the subject, and the amount of work III
hand but he couldn't resist the temptation:
turkey doesn't taste the same outsice OF
his old town, he says, and as for mince pies
why they simply don't exist except in
a very circumscribed Illinois area.
Those representatives. who by reason of
the distance from Washington Of their
home ovens. have decided TO stick it out in
Washington, have been mighty busy-n
they haven't set up a city estabishmeht-
skirmishing around Tor Christmas dinner
invitations. Most of them have been sue
cessful and the others are optimistic. There
is one member of the House who Is not go
ing back home for the holdays-t wouldn't
be fair to mention his name-Who has al
ready received seventeen dinner invitations
for Christmas day Some of them are de-
sirable and Others are even more so. ana
the poor fellow Is having fearful time
making I'D his mind. This surplusage OF
Christmas, requests TO one man indicates
that the less acquainted and constitutional
" unfortunate members OF the lower
House should manage to secure at least
one behest to break bread tomorrow.
In anticipation of the extra half holiday
on Saturday which means nearly three
full DAYS off duty for a large force OF head5
OF departments and clerks, the District
building took on a perceptible ante-Christ-
mas air early in the past week. Great par
GELS of gifts carried into the building and
bundles of greens stored behind many a
desk awaiting the closing hour to be borne
homeward, have added to the festive spirit
The week ended yesterday at noon, when
the eco and more employees in the big brick
building on Louisiana avenue scattered to
their homes wishing each other as they
parted the very best compliments OF the
season.
AS nearly all of the Districts employees
live In or near the city the general pro-
gram for the day of days, announced by
most Of them is to carve the festive bird
IN the midst of their own families, and
to enjoy the holiday quietly. Commission
ers Macfarland, West and Bidd!e intirnated
that their intention for the day were along
this same general line, but beside cele-
frating his own Christmas at home Com
missioner Macfarland stated he Will attend
the annual Christmas reception of Chief
Justice Shepard of the Court of Appeals.
Commissioner West expressed the hope
that Christmas day be fair so that he may
spend most of the daylight hours at his
favorite sport-golf Commissioner B!ddie
also has an out-of-door plan for the day
skating, If the Frost King should bring
| ice, and horseback riding if not.
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kzurzs OpAY is Christmas eve. and all
the Christian world, gleeful and
eXpectant. waits the coming of
the morrow. North and south,
east and west the Christmas
spirit is in the air vibrant, COM
municable an intangible something that
quickens the pulse and hastens the steps
and gladdens the heart. In every land and
on every hand are the signs that mark the
season.
The winter air is redoIent of the cedar
and the pine, of the spice of Christmas
cookery, of the fragrance of a myriad
laden ovens. Red, and green and coIorfuI
the holly OF a countless hundred hillsides
lives again to serve both sentiment and
sight. Mistletoe, gray plant of the ancient
Druids, clinging child of the English oak
high-hung with artful innocence, is the
lodestone of the demure unkissed.
But there is not all jolity, all thought
less happiness. all careless trihfng with the
spirit of mirth, this Christian Christmas
time. The star of Bethlehem shines again
in the memory of the faithful, as bright,
as full of promise when the three wise
men. eager and gift-laden, followed its
course to the manager in the stable, the
birthplace Of the infant Christ. And the
gifts themselves have multiplied a thou
sand aye, milEonfold, In acts of sweet
unselfishncss, in deeds of gracious charity
Tomorrow when the gray dawn breaks
th9re wiH be remembrance of the day and
tise occasion. VIDE swing the church doors
on this Christmas dawn, bright the affairs
in their caniled ratiance devout the Wor-
shippers who gather to give homage.
Today dual Sabbath and a Christmas
eve finds the world stage all but set the
rest all breathIess preparation. The bells
hang silent hl.4zpD topp1tec a-uuFxrar
for the Christmas peal. There will be
work Tor willing hands tonight, work Of
love and mystery, work for all the elders.
And while deft hands are decking stately
''TannenDaUm," while bough and branch
and tOpnfOst crest are swift adorned, the
dreams of childhoods Christmas hover
smiling over many O. cot and crib. And in
that sweetly troubled sleep of Christmas
eve, the sleep that lies between the lands
OF Nod and Dreams. the distant changing
OF street-car gong becomes the merry
Jingle of the reindeer bells, the rattle of
passing cab becomes the prancing Of
prong horned steed, the rustic of wind
swayed curtain surely but the Santa Claus
descend ng the all too narrow chimney.
1t seems as II each Christmas day that
comes 20 grace this modern age gives longer
pause to the swift unthinking whirl of the
selfish life There Is a reversion to the sim
PIE thousnts Of an earlier time, to the
ideals of another age. The hopes and
aspirations of departed youth flash tran
silently before the f1lmy eye of age. The
hopes and aspirations of existing youth peer
eager-eyed into the futures realm. The
mind swings out of the ever-deepenng
channels of self-iHterest, the heart warns
toward the heart OF all the world the hands
do willing work without the thought of
wage.
II Il be true, as some Fave said, that as
the days roll on the rich increase their
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local post Office seems to have been in on
the ground floor, for when the rush came he
procured authority to put on more than
sixty extra clerks, and in consec uence
avoided the charge of East Side sweat
shop brutality that was made against the
New York Office.
Secretary and Mrs. Root will have their
two sons, Edward W. Root and Euhu Root,
jr., with them at their residence 1888 10Th
street. during the Christmas holidays. The
two young men are taking a course of in
Cambridge, Mass. They are both graduates
Of Hamilton College New York.
* X
Secretary and Mrs. Taft will have fam
lily reunion at their home, 1903 X street,
Christmas day, in which their three children
will participate-Robert Taft, a student at
the Horace Taft Yale Preparatory School,
WATERFOWL, Conn; Miss Helen Taft, stu
dent at the Cathedral School, and Charles
Taft, who attends the Force public school,
on Massachusetts avenue.
Secretary Bonaparte and Mrs Bonaparte
will spend the day quietly in their winter
home on Park avenue, Baltimore They
may have one two intimate friends as
guests at dinner.
The home of the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Cortelyou will be the scene of real
old-tirne Yuletide celebration on Christmas
day. The four children of the Postmaster
General will be with their parents, the old
est boy returning from school for the holt
days The dinner will be for the family
only. and 1t is probable that stockings will
be hung by the fireplace Christmas eve-and
opened hurriedly on Christmas morning.
Mrs. Cortelyou has made no plan for receiv-
ing guests in the afternoon, and If there
are callers they will be received Informal
ly.
X
II expect to spend Christmas quietly at
home" said Secretary Metcalf of the De-
partnent of Commerce and Labor yester-
day in response to query by representa-
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tive of The Star. Mrs. Metcalf and I will
have dinner guests the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs Shaw" The two sons of
Secretary Metcalf have passed. their ma
jority and are in business in California, SO
there will be no Santa Claus climbing down
the chimney at the Metcalf homestead this
year.
Attorney General Moody, the bachelor of
the cabinet, has gone to his Massachusetts,
home to spend Christmas.
49,. y, X
The Secretary of the Interior, Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, has been confined to his
room for the greater part of the week. 1t is
believed, however, that he will be able to
leave his room on Christmas day. at which
time it is planned by the family to have a
few friends in for dinner.
Commissioner Warner of the pension Of
flee had planned to have a few friends join
him for family dinner Christmas evening,
but the sudden death of his father on We'd
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Namin' No Names.

From the Chicago Tribune.
They Were looking at two newspaper por-
traits of an eminent statesman.
'It seems scarcely possible" observed the
tall man. that he can have grown so much
older and saddes In a few short years"
Those are his Alternating
portraits" said the short man.
Before and after taking whst?"
..That salary from the life insurance cor1-
pany.''