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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Strawberry Ice Cream.

Put pint of cream in saucepan
with half pound of sugar, and set
over the fire to heat. When the sugar
Is dissolved stand aside to cool; add a
pint Of cream. Mash quart and a
half of ripe strawberries with three
quarters of a. pound of sugar and let
stand one hour, then strain the juice
off, pour into the cream, mix well, turn
into a freezer and freeze.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Testing Soils.

All soils are formed from disinte-
grated rocks and organic matter. OF
the latter, soils contain from 1 to more
than 70 per cent; 1t is, however, only
in bogs or beds Of peat that the amount
last named is ever present. The best
wheat lands contain only from to G
per cent of organic matter; oats and
rye will grow in soils containing only
1 or 2. The intelligent farmer should
endeavor to ascertain what is wanting
in the soil and supply 1t, remembering
that he can make no possible mistake
with barnyard manure.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

He therefore evolv-
ed the apparatus
shown here-a pair
of force ps so
shaped as to firmly
and positively grip
the clothes so that
they can be handled
without tearing. 1t
re S EN- bles very
much a pair of
scissors, having two
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

FOR HOT CLOTHES. lev erS lntermedI-
ately pivoted. One end Of the levers
is shaped to form a handle and the
other into spoons. These spoons are
followed out to form a recess, the back
being slotted, which reduces the weight
and also affords a firm grip. Between
the handles is spring. 1t is the in
tention of the inventor to manufacture
these forceps Of aluminium.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
An Advantage of the system.

Julia" said the mormon husband
to his better half, 81 proposed to the
cook the other day."
"Oh, John, how sweet and thought
full of you'll" she exclaimed, delightful
ly. "Now, we can keep her in the fam
lily without raising her wages. BAL
timore American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

a handful of men
over forty years
ago. Its ranks
have grown stead
lily, never thinning
in times Of pro-
found peace. Now
these men In gray
are quite a third
as many as the
governments regu-
lar military estab-
Iichn.ant IN land
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Almond Cakes.

Rub two ounces Of butter into five
ounces -four, five ounces powdered lump
sugar, beat an egg with half the sugar,
then put it to the other ingredients.
Add one ounce blanched almonds and
a little almond flavor, roll them in
your hand to the size of a nutmeg, and
sprinkle with fine lump sugar. They
should be lightly baked.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Why Not Try Itf

Place an apple in the bread and cake
boes to keep bread and cake moist.
Add one or two tablespoons of sugar
to strong turnlps when cooking.
Try rubbing tough meat with a cut
lemon to make 1t tender.
Sprinkle clothes with whlsk broom
and hot water.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
To Choose Apples.

In choosing apples be guided by the
weight; the heaviest are the best, and
those should always be selected which,
on being pressed by the thumb, yield
to it with slight cracking noise. With
large apples waste is saved in peeling
and coring them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
OUR ARMY IN GRAY.
UNCLE SANS LETTER CARRIERS
NUMBER $4,000.

They Work I'm 1900 Cities and
TOwns-Present System Due to
Sunset Cox's ERorts-Carryfng
the Mail in Skyscrapers.
The most rapidly increasing army the
United States government has Is an
army IN sray. 1t started with hardly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Bean Poles.

As soon as the lima beans start up
the pole, be sure to tie them up with
raffia. If you are trying to use last
years white birch poles, you are going
to have them rot off and fall down and
cause no end Of trouble. There is moth
Ing better than cedar bean poles.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

there should be no sparing of spike
nails, as these are an essential feature
to secure solidity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

Miss Braggltt-I get so much atten-
ton that positively sometimes | feel
that social duty Is perfect elephant
on my hands.
Miss Sharp-At least, dear, it's a
comfort to know the poor beast has
plenty of room.-Baltimore American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
PIank-Frame Barn.

The evolution of the plank-frame
barn Is the natural result of the scar
city Of timber for building. A con-
siderable saving in lumber and ease Of
building is effected In the plank
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

Some people are so unfortunate thai
their troubles make people laugh In
stead Of Cry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

Handling boiling clothes with an or.
binary pole was not considered ad up
to-date method by an Iowa inventor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17

In a current California report it is
asserted that a new process for pre-.
serving perishable fruit and food prod.
ucts has been discovered and tested
with success in California. 1t Is sale
that by the use Of a vacuum fresh fruit
may be kept from spelling, and the
promoters of the new process say that
by this means fresh fruit can be KEEP,
perfectly fresh for three months. De.
cay is said to be warded off in the mos,
remarkable manner. 1t Is claimed that
this new vacuum process will revolu
tionize the transportation of fruits and
vegetables from California.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-17
Collar and Saddle GnIls.

Calls on horses are due to several
causes, but frequently to saddles and
harness that press unevenly on the
body. The collar should fit the horse
perfectly, and it cannot be too good. A
loose girth to a saddle may allow it to
shift. When a gall is noticed there is
something wrong with the saddle or
harness, and no remedy will be avail
able until the cause Of the gall is re.
moved. An examination of the harness
should be made whenever the horse is
brought up from work at night, and ii
should be kept in good condition or the
horse will suffer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS.
Most Of Them Obtained by Primitive
Mining Methods.

Mr.. H. w. Furniss, who was at one
time United States Consul at Bahia,
Brazil, recently told in "The Popular
Science Monthly" something about
one of the products of that country
which gives it almost the celebrity
of its rubber and coffee. He admits
that the diamonds which are found
there are usually small compared with
those procured in other parts of the
world, but he insists that they are IN
tivalled in color and fire, the quail
tiles which most please the jeweller.
The largest authentic Brazilian dia-
mond ever found is the famous "Es-
trella do SUP (Star of the South.
1t weighed 254.5 carats in the rough,
and cut and polished weighs 1241a
carats, with value of $450,000. The
greatest number of diamonds found
are less than one carat; the average
weight is about two carats, while
stone Of ten carats is a great excep-
ton.
Diamonds are found in several
parts of Brazil. and their beauty var
les with locality Indeed, even the
stones obtained from the same mine
vary more or less. The wonderful
white stones and. almost priceless blue
whites predominant about Solobro, in
the State of Bahia, whereas many of
the diamonds from other regions con-
tain black specks, which impair their
value. According to Mr.. Furniss, the
greater part of the Bahia diamonds
differ from those found elsewhere in
1le void in that they frequently
lave thin coat Of surface color,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16

which gives the whole stone bad
appearance. This color will! not yield
to acids. To one particularly skilled
the underlying true color can be de-
termined. but to make the stones
marketable abroad where this
is unknown recourse is had to
heating them red hot and pouring on
chemical, when the crust is con-
sumed and the real color appears. Mr..
Furniss has seen apparently dirty
red, green, brown, blackish and yellow
stones after burning turn out to be
pure whites and blue whites. Stones
so treated lose in weight about
per cent, and those with cracks or
defects frequently break in pieces.
The diamonds of Brazil are appar
emily not found at the spot where ma
ture manufactured them. They occur
in mixture of gravel and sand that
was once a river bed and have been
transported from distance-no one
can say how far The operation of
recovering them closely resembles
placer mining" for gold. The ma
terial with which the stones are as
ISOLATED has not been packed very
hard and needs to be loosened with
a hoe or crowbar Then it is wash
ed in basins in neighboring stream.
Most of the miners are natives, and
Mr.. Furniss says that their methods
are exceedingly antiquated. A lit
tie machinery has been introduced for
pumping and washing and separating,
but for some reason it does not work
well, and the chief reliance in Bahia
is hand labor. The lands which give
promise of yielding diamonds are own
ed either by the state or national
government and are leased to the IN
dividuals or companies which want to
work the deposits.
Associated with the diamonds are
found objects of practically identical
composition, but inferior in beauty.
Those are the "carbons" used in the
so-called diamond drill Such drills
are cylindrical in form and carry
on their lower edges half dozen or
dozen carbon points, set SO
as to project alternately out
side and inside the drill.
So useful has the diamond drill be-
come in cutting tunnels and perform
ing similar work that the price of
carbon has risen in fifteen years from
SIT to nearly $50 carat. The larg-
est single carbon yet found in Brazil
was discovered near Lencoes in 1895
and weighed 3,165 carats. 1t was pur-
chased in London for $4,000, broken
into pieces for drills and then sold
for about $4,000. At present prices
it would bring not far from 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
SETTING THE TABLE.

In the well-regulated household the
setting of the table is an important
and carefully executed duty, for by
the manner in which the table is laid
can be judged the degree of refine
ment and taste of the housewife
A few definite and simple rules are
here given:
Lay the cloth even and straight
Place the knives and spoons at the
right of the plates with the handles
just reaching the edge of the table;
the knives nearest the plates with
the sharp edges toward them; the
bowls of the spoons up.
Place the forks at the left with the
tines up. On the right and at the
point of the knife place the tumbler
The napkin should be folded fiat and
laid at one side.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
RECIPES.

Jellied Chicken-Select for this
fowl rather than a chicken, as the
long cooking will make it tender.
SINCE, clean and cut it up as for
fricassee, put in a kettle with one-half
of a small onion stuck with Glove,
and oSS stalk of celery, cover with
boiling water and simmer until the
meat falls from the bones, adding one
teaspoonful of salt when half done.
Take ol< the chicken and cook down
the liquor to three-quarters of cup
full. then strain it and skim off the
fat Lightly butter mould and dec
crate the bottom and sides with slices
of hard-boiled eggs and stoned olives.
Free the meat from the skin, bone
and fat and pack it in the mould.
sprinkling with salt, add the liquor and
sat aside to COOL
Meringue Suisse-Beat the whites
of four Eggs with four tablespoonful
of powdered sugar; beat until quite
stiff; then pour into a pastry bag,
press on paper rings the size of
walnut and close enough to make
ring. Brown in a slow oven. Cut the
paper rings in four different sizes
and when done put one on top of the
other, the smallest being on top. Fill
the centre with whipped cream, col
ored either brown with chocolate, or
a bright pink with few drops of
ccchineal.
Corn Puree-When corn on the cob
is left from meal it can be served
a second time by cutting from the
cob with a sharp knife and relocating
in a thin cream sauce. Soup is best
made from the raw corn. Score the
ears with sharp knife and press out
the pulp with the back of the blade,
leaving the hulls on the cob. To each
pint of pulp add one pint of milk, cook
for twenty minutes in doublc boiler
thicken with one and one-half table
spoonfula OF flour rubbed to a paste
with one tablespoonful of butter, sea,
son with salt and pepper, simmer for
five minutes and rub through sieve
Pineapple RIche-One cup tapioca,
three-quarters cup sugar, butter the
size of walnut, enc cup of pineap-
pie, Two cups of water; soak the tapi-
oca in the water over night, let it
warm slowly until it clears, then add
sugar, butter. pineapple and let it
soma to a boil. Serve with whipped
ogeagl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
rae BAcHELoR's cHILp.

He losses her above his head,
He romps until his face is red,
He holds her arm's-length just to see
The wonder of her witchery;
He talks in language soft and slow
That only babies know,
He pauses now and then to gaze
Far off, as if 'twere in maze,
And then with sudden sigh and eGs9$
He presses her unto his heart.
He sits her highnes on his knecs
And huns her nursery melodies.
He shakes her rattle, jingles bells.
And, oh, such wondrous stories tells;
He lifts her little face to lay
It's softness on his own, and play
Her dimples were the deep wherein
A thousand drops of dew had been
And with his lips upon the brink
He'd lean to them to kiss and drink.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
HOW TO BUY GOOD LAMB.

Stale lamb is always fiabby and
moist to the touch. 1t loses its firm
ness strangely, owing to organic
changes having rapid courses in its
fibres. 1t is full of nitrogen, the gas
that causes all decomposition and
meat changes, and even one day alters
the structure of both lean and fat
curiously
Good fresh lamb should feel very
firm and should be plump in aspect.
It's lean is a pinkish red and its fat
white and hard If a leg is bought
it is a good plan to note the fore-quat-
ter of the animal, also to see If the
vein in the neck is of the right blue
tint Quite bright bl1e vein is
shown at the neck of fresh lamb,
but if the meat is not newly killed
this vein will be one of the first in
dications of coming decomposition, for
it's blue will change to sickly green
color.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16

He lets her sink upon his breast,
He sings her little lays of rest,
And when her little eyes are closed
And all her baby grace reposed,
He sits beside her little cot
Thinking of things so long forgot,
So far adown the long ago
VVherefrom the tender echoes Cow
Of songs he heard, Of gay love-rhymas
On lips whose roses fade betinlc.
Be still-the shadow fill his room,
A wrinkled, lonely bachelors doom
To yearn for things that passed him by,
To hold the memory of sigh,
To glimpse the shadow of face
Once sunbright with its girlish grace,
To toss in play and sing to sleep,
When all the lonely shadows creep
And DER his heart figure CLEANS
The little baby OF his dreams!
Baltimore Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
THE WET UMBRELLA.

The best way to dry an umbrella.
and to preserve it, is to leave it spread
on the floor or in the hall. When there
is not enough room to allow that, re-
verse the usual method and stand the
umbrella in the corner with the han
die down. The rain drips quicked of
the points. The ordinary way col
lects all the water at one place, where
the cloth dries slowly, and therefore
rots the quicker. Never put several
wet umbrellas together in an umbrella
stand.-New York Mail
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
MARKING BRUSHES.

Many housewives are fussy, and
justly SO, about their brushes. A
brand new dust brush will be col
fiscated by the maid for use around
the range, where it was intended for
service on the stairway. In order that
no brush may be applied to any 9TH
er use than that for which it was
intended it is a good expedient to
mark them all.
This is best done by sticking the
end of pocker in the hot Goals and
burning the backs of the brushes with
large initials-S, for sink; H, for
hearth and so on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
"LovELY ALONG GIRLS" FATHER
DEAD.
Honolulu Merchant, With 10 8eauti-
efuI Daughters, Expires in China.


Arng All Fong, the Chinese capital
list, formerly of Hawaii, died in China
recently. Afong-so his name was
icapized-returned to his native
land with one of his two sons in 1892.
He was reported to be worth $lO,0OO,-
OO0 He passed months in arranging
his enormous business and then sail
ed away. The reason for his depart
ure has always remained mystery.
After he went Mrs. Along and her
beautiful daughters remained long
time secluded in their fine home IN
the western suburbs of Honolulu.
1t is as the father of the thirteen
beautiful Along girls" that this vel
low Croesus will be remembered long
est. Three of his daughters married
into the American navy, so to speak,
one into the American army. she
who was Miss Harriet Afeng is the
wife of Rear Admiral Whiting. With
in a few months Albert A. Afeng,
brother of the thirteen, married MISS
Anna Elizabeth Whiting, the Rear
Admirars niece. Like all the other
courtships in the family, theirs be-
gan in this love-meeting atmosphere.
For twenty years naval officers OF
every station have enjoyed the hos
pitality of the Afengs and respect
fully admired the daughters who were
as dignified and we'll educated as
beautiful.
Wing All Teng came here about
1858 and soon married Conception
a Kanakee girl, with strain OF Eng
ish blood in her, daughter OF poor
Portuguese sailor who had drifted IN
to Hawaii. All longs business ven
lures, his investments in sugar-cane
plantations, prospered immensely; IN
ten years he was worth $35O,OOo; ne
added constantly to his fortune. He
was a devoted father, his accomplish
ed daughters were never ashamed OF
their origin. He gave each OF them
a marriage fortune of $15O,OOO.
Nearly every one has her mothers
olive complexion and has soft, SWEEP
voice. Three have almond eyes; one
Mrs. Arthur tombstone, wife or
prominent Honolulu merchant, Is a
devine blonde.
It was in 1894 that Rear-Admiral
Whiting, then Captain of the Monad
mock. at Manila, married Miss Harriet
Along. Mrs Writings lot was $751;
600 in cash and negotiable securities
$4,000 in real estate and $4,000 IN
stock of the Along Sugar industries.
Miss Molanie was the last of the
heiresses to be married after quick
and ardent courtship. James w. Brew
ster, of Elizabeth, N. j., after serv-
ing throughout the war with Spain as
clerk to the commander of the Har'
ward, came here. He went to dance
in a tropical roof-garden, was pre-
scented to Miss Molanie, and by 10
O'Clock had proposed to her and been
accepted. One daughter of Lieut..
Riggs, U. S. N, Miss Martha, mar
ried Lieut.. Andrew j. Dougherty, U.
S. A.. in Manila in 1901. He was on
his way there as an officer in the Nip
nesota, volunteers. Here he promptly
fell in love with Miss Martha. Low
ing him, she followed him to Manila,
where they were married in the home
of Capt. w. T. Bates.-Honolula cor
respondence of the New York World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
aSss 1yRaaly>&N
ivy s9y dH
CRoTCHED RUGS USED.

A crotched rug which may be wash
ed is one of the fancies of the mo-
ment and is used for bedrooms or the
bathroom. 1t may be made to match
the other decorations of the rooms
and the work of making it will serve
to while away an idle summer hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16
The Dread of Riches.

The man of $40 week income
had just been rejected. Vainly he
pleaded to have the case reopened.
mo, George" said the girl firmly,
81 have read that all millionaires be-
gin on $40 week or less, and
deem myself unworthy to be the wife
of a millionaire. Some poor fellow
with about 100000 a year might
catch me, though" she added
Observation-Disclosures Advertiser.
Tho world rsos a. loost IN mn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-16

The world uses at least 10000
900, 900 matches yearly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
URGES BUILDING
OF new ASYLUM

Des Moines, Jan. 26.-The legisla
tive committee which visited the in
stitution for Predetermined children at
Glenwood recommends to the gener
al assembly that new institution
of like character be established in
the north or northeastern part of
the state.
The committee does not make a
suggestion as to whether this new
institution should be along the iden.
teal lines of the Glenwood establish.
ment or should be an epileptic colony.
1t is not committed on this PROPOSE
ton. 1t merely recognizes the need OF
additional facilities for adequately
caring for this class of detectives.
Both the board of control and the
Glenwood management have urged
the establishment of colony for cpl
leptics. They figure that it will re.
lieve the congestion at Glenwood and
at the insane hospitals. The new
establishment of such a colony would
not cost more than the additions
necessary to the other five institu
tions if the colony is not established.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
MEAT PRODUCERS
AFTER TWO THINGS

Des Moines, Jan. 27.--The Corn Belt
Meat Producers association, which
meets in annual convention in Des
Moines February 6, will bend all its
energies towards accomplishing two
things-the enactment of a fifteen
mile limit law and the reduction in
commission charges at Omaha, Sioux
City, st. Joseph and Kansas City.
The association has been advised
by its attorneys that a law requiring
railroads carrying stock from Iowa
points to Chicago to travel an aver
age Of Is miles an hour will mold.
Resolutions asking the legislature TO
enact such law will be adopted.
At present the commission charges
for handling stock in Chicago are back
at the old figures, about SO per car.
In the other markets the recent raise
to about $12 still holds. The meat
producers want the other points to
come down and will consider at the
annual meeting proposition to boy
colt Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City
and st. Joseph until the cut is gran
ted.
Resolutions in favor of federal regu-
lation of railroads and the rate max
ing power for the interstate commerce
commission will also be adopted
1t Is expected 500 members will
attend the convention.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
GEO. D. PERKINS
OUT FOR GOVERNOR

Sioux City, Jan. 23.--At a mass.
meeting at the court house last even
ing, the people of Sioux City in
speeches and resolutions called on
George d. Perkins. editor of the Sioux
City Journal, to stand as a candidate
for the republican nomination for
governor. The meeting was marked
by much enthusiasm.
Among the spea ers were H. A..
Sawyer, A. B. Thatcher, j. N. Weav-
err, j. U. Sammis, Judge William
Hutchinson, c. w. Britton, j. w. Hal
lam, and Rev. DR.. w. S. Lewis.
Craig l.. Wright presented the
resolution which called for the ap-
pointment of a committee to COM
municate the action of the meeting
to Mr.. Perkins. Mr.. Perkins agreed
to be candidate.
This is his first formal announce
ment.
w. l.. Ehlers of Correctionville
was the chairman of the meeting and
w. e. Cody was secretary.
On the editorial page of the Journal
this morning Mr.. Perkins prints over
his signature an announcement of his
candidacy and an acknowledgement
OF the enthusiastic support of his
friends. He declares himself for
harmony in state affairs and sub
scribes to Roosevelts aphorism: "a
square deal" George ID. Perkins is
65 years of age.