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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-08
BeneDo1ent Assimilation of Public Wealth
BY the Railways

favored shippers The wealth the produced
poured continuous towards the which all
and purposes held mortgage the New mountains Of
wealth and the railways carted back to the and today
the process continues without interruption.
syndicate bought the bankuped Union Pacific for few
pay millions less than years Its earnings have since
ceeded the dreams of the avarcos Midas among the frczed
fnancers E. H. Hartmann the financial strategst of the Union
Pacific seeing that the future holds prospects Of
pune proposes issue of stocks bonds every little while
The latest proposal for issue of S0OOO0OOO Of preferred
stock amount almost double the price paid for the road
The railways have built up the and robbed it. There has
been eup in exoon Whether the purpose of the
be to bankrupt develop the railway properties the effect the
shippers the They pay high freight the hold
of watered stocks.
In his congress President Roosevelt said he had
heard few complaints OF rather it discrimination
the shippers complained Of The complaint against rober freight
tariffs has been Of nked dscord long OUT For thirty
the people have been shouting but sounds
loud that the human detect Them and loud and
sbant has been the complaint against excessive freight that
the president regarded than he would regard the
ing din of great city
1t is time the people resented the poeness of the highwyman
10 be held and robbed and then be told that the has
worked for their enrichment insult that the people should
longer endure Let the hghwayman keep his loot 1t has be-
sacred property right and vested interest 1t be
taken from him. but let afheared supporter Of the pres
dent repeat for popular beuemen the scrcded claim that the
railways were built as a charity to the west
The Washington times., 1906-05-27

OF two eggs beaten light and stirred
INTO the boiling milk: one tablespoonful
OF white sugar, one-half teaspOOnful OF
cornstarch wet in cold milk.
Boil these ingredients three minutes:
let them get perfectly cold before you
put them into the tart Replace the top
Sprinkle sugar over the top before SER
You can make strawberry cream
tart in the same manner"
we are fond of acid fruits in sum
mer," Observed Mrs. Greene. catching
the spirit Of communication generally
enkindled during our informal talks over
the teacups. This is one have never
eaten except IN my own house:
I allow two cups OF raspberrteS to
the the, same OF ripe eurTants, mixing al
possible Sweeten plentifully, put on an
upper crust and bake. II IS eaten coids
Of course. with white sugar sifted thick
" over the top. The blended favor of the
berries is delicious"
I'VE are leaving out OF sight the basic
fact that none Of the combinations
which sound so rav1Shing ara so much
as tolerable unless thev are framed
incased, II you prefer the woTd-lR puff
pastry. instead OF leatbery paste, sUg-
gested Mrs. White move. second.
presiding officer be requested 10 tell US
exactly how she makes her pastry
known to be the best OF its kind
When the murmur or appreciation sun
sided. this IS what we transferred to
our impromptu books:
"A simple, yet a very good, way Is
this:
Into a half pound OF flour chop six
ounces OF firm, cold butter, and when
like a coarse powder wet with small
cupful Of iced water. STR 70 a paste
and turn upon a chilled board Roll out
Quickly and lightly, handling as little
as possible. Fold and roll out three
times very thin. sticking bits Of butter
thicxly over each layer and busting
lightly with -four. roll UP as you would
a sheet of music after each of these
Treatments finally folding tightly, and
leaving on the ice for several hours be-
fore making the pies. Always bake
pastry in a hot oven-
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table is done in nothing else save its
own foliage.
Gorgeous, indeed, are the peonies,
either the all pink ones or mixed with
white. They are almost too heavy
though, unless the breakfast is a very
large one and a big table IS used.
frequently decorations may express
some phase of the brides life. One
young woman, who was to go with her
husband to live IN Japan, arranged a
table IN Japanese effect The dOilieS
and centerpiece We're in the popular
dragon embroidery, with its rich, dull
coloringS, the china WAS entirely Jap
anese, while gorgeous japanese iris, in
its yellow, white, indigo blue. and Grim
son tones. was used for the flowers.
Formerly ribbons We're much used in
table decorations, but their place Is now
taken by trailing vines or woven gar
lands of flowers. such as daisy chains,
small roses strung on fine wire, or even
tulle garlanded about the flowers IN a
way that is symbolic OF the brides veil
and her bouquet
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exquisit, care. so that the darn may be
as little OF a blemisb as possible.
Praying hens may be cut OF and new
ones laid.
When tablecloth or sheet wears out
so badly that furthe-, mending Is use
less. even impossible, TIE hest parts may
be cut away and made into small cloths
and the worst parts turned over to be-
come what most housekeepers recognize
as among the important tools for daily
workings.
Towels frequently come up from the
weekly wash with the hens torn halt
or all the way off. If the rest OF the
towel is still good. again testing before
tne strong light, new hem may be set
by hand. perhaps even the trouble %
hemsttching may be worth while taxi
ing II the torn hem IS clearly the re-
suit OF an accident, such as Bridget
Thelxla'' is only too prone to-
II the towel Is so worn that your only
thought is to make It last over a few
washings," a hem may be quickly
stitched up by machine, leaving the
towel neat to the end.
II the same rules be followed with
regard to underclothes and outerclothes
the. actual mepding will be found 10 be-
come a minor part Of the weekly work
instead of looming up in vast propor-
tions at the end Of the week-you'lI -"do
II along as II comes TO light. too. prob
ably.
There's many another household task
that might easily come under the head
of that ounce OF preventionI
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The Ounce Of Prevention
AS Applied to Mending

F THE woman upon whom the family
mending devolves would watch dill
igently for the first signs of broken
threads or Of worn places. many
stitch would be taken in time that
would save nine-aad even ninety-nine-
and the bugbear - an always full
mending basket made 20 abandon his
threatening attitude. With some house
mothers certain pieces Of mending must
fairly cry out for attention before the
first stitch is taken IN them.
Take the linen closet. for instance.
How many women go over each piece as
II is done up laying aside those which
show places worn thin or edges begin
ming 20 fray? Few. compared TO the
many who find linen-mending the worst
nuisance OF all. yet who are not so we'll
OF in this worlds goods but that they
must use their linen q long while. even
when it gets 70 the patched Cor needing
patchesD state
A few moments spent each week In
looking over the contents of the linen
closet. holding any suspicious-lookins
place between you and a strong light.
will result in that linen lasting longer,
without so much work being expended
upon IL as the careful setting Of patches
OF prolonging its life until, Ike the
famous "one-hoss shay" II conslderate-
~ falls 10 pieces all at once.
When a worn place is found. II should
be darned at once. using fairly fine
thread and setting the stitches with
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does not prove too obstructive. II is
specially effective when wreathed with
blossoms or with the flowers scattered
over the cloth.
Wild roses are particularly happy
choice for June table, especially
when sprayed over the tablecloth in
trailing briers.
AS for the rambler family-the vivid
red or soft pink types-their decorative
value IS too little known They can be
secured in such prOfusiOn as to make
q really brilliant display. a shallow
centerpiece In the shape OF linked hearts
can easily be made by a timer. Cover
the edges with vines. fill with damp
sand and mass with the short-stemmed
roses. Four slender vases at each cor
ner of the table should be nned with
them, while they are charming made
into a wreath around each guest 3
plate.
That delightful tiny white rose, the
Seven Sisters with its blushing
heart, is daintiness itself when bridal
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longed TO her great-grandmother, and
she set no end OF store by it The man
advised her 70 serve a hammer and a
chisel with each help OF pie IN future
The Wrong Way.
cit is unaccountable," resumed MIS-.
Sterling, that people viii 20 on all
their lives doing that which they must
know they have never done right For
example. why cooks persist in calling
that pastry when 1t is paste-thar might
almost as we'll be pastebOard-U n
which they cover their pies. Mrs. White
says the outside OF that Iucllless cur
rant tart was leathery. Honesv. kid
and morocco would be as digestible I
know the brand Of paste! Too much
-four. too little shortening, and Hr.eaded
as one would work bread for the first
T1singi Mrs Poyser. the shreWd house
vain little niCce's one redeeming talent
that she hnd a cool hand for butter
A cool hard. and very little OF II, Is
the first qualification for a good past y
Your pun pastry Is a miracle of
fiaky tenderness" Mrs. Gray said, with
sigh that was wistfur 10 the verge
OF envy. II wish my cook could catch
IN quality that never know what to
expect. When the warm W7eather sets
IN, Emma declares there is no use IN
trying to make decent pies"
she has right on her side thereI'r
observed Mrs. Brown, putting on what
saucy Mrs. Martin has taught us TO
think, OF as her ''Dietetio Department"
Prof Sidestep was saying last week
that pastry between April and Novem-
Der is a culinary and gastroQomio
"ohi'' cried Mrs. Martin, aehast
''Ihinlc-of missing the delights OF goose
berry tartsr'
And strawberry shor1cake, like
mother used to makei. said Mrs. Gray.
lowed up the protest.
Cherry pie IS very good, and SO is
currant wtnei~ quoted Mrs Sterling
merrily. "All the same. pastry IS not
wholesome fare IN summer time And
Il is perhaps as well for the health of
the rising generation-to say nothing OF
their elders-thas It is SO much harder
TO make IL properly IN hot weather than
in cold that we do not have 10 so often
1t is quite possible. however. 10 have
fruit tarts of excellent quality when
the mercury Ia In the nineties."
My John doteS upon cherry pie and
red raspberry tart, with a cream filling
insinuated between the cr7lsts while
they are warm" Joined IN Mrs Mar
tin. with unction thai proved Johns
helpmcet to be OF his way OF thinking.
in this one respect at least =" Can
tell you how II IS made did you say,
Mrs. Bistre2 Indeed I can. and I will
When you once taste Il you win turn
a deaf ear 70 talk OF criminal pastriesi
Line a dish. with paste and fill with
raspberrtes, made very sweet with pow
not pinch it down at the edges When
done, lift the top crust, which should
be thicker than usual and pour upon
the fruit the following mixture:
zone small cup OF uilk-half cream. II
you can get it-heated TO boiling; whites
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The HousemOthers' Exchange

in Minneapolis We do not go hungry.
We get three square meals day. For
breakfast we have toast, eggs. and
some kind OF breakfast food and cof-
fee. I buy sugar by the 1OO-pound
sacks 1.put up seventy-five quarts OF
fruit last summer. 1 get eggs ten doz-
en- at time
I always have plenty 70 eat I keep
enough of homemade bread and cookies
In the house. and IL I have a caller
treat her to cake and q nice cup of
chocolate. 1 make my own mincemeat
We have pie twice a week, as my hus-
band does not care for II very much I
do my ironing, but not my washing.
am my own dressmaker and do all my
other housework- We have been mar
ried four years. and we have $400 In
the bank. We are saving for a cottage
of our own. and hope 20 get II soon. Or
course. ] have TO count my dimes and
nickeis before 1 spend them. We tene-
ment people are just as happy and we
are sometimes healthier than people who
live on rich food. At least. oIr nerves
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
Mrs. Sterling'S Ways
No. XIV.

IGT SEE that an ingenious statis-
tician has amused himself and
L amazed the public by computing
the number Of pies made-and
presumably eaten-by human creatures
In these United States In the course OF
a year observed our hostess. thought
fully. I forget whether Maine or Nil
waukee enjoys the best eminence OF
turn ng out and disposing Of the larger
qual-uty or the national dish. Il goes
without, saying that no other country
approaches us in pie production"
Mrs White groaned
There is no doubt In my mind that
New England takes the lead in the evil
contest. Why. they actually have pies
Tor breakfast IN Yankee farmhouses and
country hotelsi Pumpkin, custard, dried
apple, berry, and mince pies Yes. and
eat them with relish and apparent i'm
punity.
And with teaspoons" interrupted
mrs. Greene, gravely "A man opposite
10 me IN Vermont boarding house
broke the handle of a Slender silver
spoon last summer cutting. a Slice OF
leathery currant pie. The iandlaiy was
furious! She said the spoon had be-
The Washington times., 1906-05-27

VIII you permit an old reader n,
your column TO tell Of a few usefIIi
things which she knows to he GOOD
/ When q bottle OF INK was IInsa,
on felt table cover, and at anofher
time on carpet, removed every fraca
OF ink by applying as quickly as possi
Die a sort cloth wrung out in wafer
Inc cloth absorbed the ink at once.
z. Reaches or water bugs will dis.
appear IL boraX IS thickly strewn in
their haunts and left there at least
three or four weeks; though IL their
nest could be found and DESTROYED n
would be better.
g. Some ask how 70 prevent starch
from sticking. There is no use in ha~-
ing starch stick. 1t should be znade
smooth and not too thick, ALWAYS az
luted with warm water, and articles
starched on the wrong side; the starch
well worked in by pressing and wrinR-
Ing the fabric, and moderately hot irons
used. This done. the starch will never
be on the right side to stick to the
iron.
4. wash my white alhatross waist
just as 1 do f1annels, and IL looks 1ust
as good as new when ironeo.
5. A small piece OF fresh beef soaked
in vinegar during the cav and tied on
a wart for three consecutive nights is
a never-failing cure
If any of the above remedies can be
of use to your readers I shall be glad.
If not, there Is no harm done.
A A. G. Lancaster. Pa-)
There should be good done by laying
all Of them before our readers.
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IT. HE pressure of correspondence
bearing upon the practicabihty Of
i bringing the living expenses Of
a small family within the limit
OF $50 per month forces me to recur TO
the subject / make way, therefore, for
an energetic letter from a woman who
claims TO speak with authority born Of
experience VIII other working house
wives read carefully and comment brief
ly upon her statements?
You say that a couple cannot live on
$50 per month. and II they do get mar
ried on that they VIII have to live In
one room and eat meat once a week
You are mistaken. My husband earns
$50 year, and we do not live in one
room, nor do we eat meat but once a.
week 1 buy two pounds Of meat every
day except on Friday, or sometimes I
have meat left over. so make meat balls
out Of Il. We have a seven-room cot
tage. The rents hero are the same as
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can stand more bumps and shocks. and
we have no stomach troubles 1 go to
Church Aid once week. and entertain
IN the Atd once year, and I 20 TO
card parties as much as I care to- and
about once month I take in a good
play. know many people that earn S50
a month and are paying for their homes
and have them paid for sooner than
men with large incomes
So do not discourage the young people
with $50 or SEQ per month TO live on
Iney can get along very well In winter
I always buy whole pig. at 6 cents per
pound 1t IS never over that, and I try
out the lard. had ten gallons. It will
last me until / get another pig. In that
way I get 1t cheap. / cut the pork into
small pieces, enough for a roast. anL. let
each piece freeze separately, so thev do
not stick together. / have no trouble to
ge- it. do the same with beef. l get
a quarter at time l keep IL in my
summer kitchen in the ice box There
are men that earn big money, but they
do not know how to save It. and wien
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
EUeryddY Conundrunrs.

What is that which we never borrow,
yet often return7 Thanks
Why are grasshOppers like watchesT
Because they move by springs
When is an umbrella like a perSoa
couvaIescent? When IL Is recovered.
What coat is finished without buttons
and put on wet7 A coat of paint
A glove
Why is a historical event like a par
eel united and tied again2 Because it
is recorded
Why does an aching tooth impose ST.
lenee on the sufferer7 Because IL makes
him hold his jaw.
What is il that no one wishes to have
and yet when he has il does not wish TO
lose !t2 A bald head.
Where was Adam going when he was.
in his thirty-ninth year? Into his for
tieth-
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
HOMEMADE FURNITURE COVERS

II you plan to stay home this summer,
try 10 have all the hot-looklng furniture
covering hidden away under cool linens
These covers can be made easily at
home, and II linen proves too expensive.
there are cotton stuffs which come ,n
the same patterns and colorInes. and
which wear well. though, of course
they've not the long life of linen.
For a girls room, unless the .uva,,-
paper Is fiowered or very much figured
the lowered cretonnes and fiovyere1 te1
fetas are a quaint departure from the
beaten paths.
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Will "B. B. W." Answer

In your interesting and helpful corner
read -. q. VS. recipe for packing
Sory. our experience with the same
formula has been unsuccessful The salt
tnaroens upon the eggs. causing them TO
DIeAk Wnen We remove them from the
receptacle, VIII ''B. B. W. from Wis
eoasln; tel US how to overcome that
A. G. H. Nriddletovvn D.,
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they get old and gray they do not evan
own the roof over their heads
N. A K (AIinnesota).
Without forestaIlIng the .housew4re,v
criticisms l have invited, may /. an
impartial looker-on, ask how the money
expended Tor a whole pig and cuarter
OF peer, IoE hundredweight OF sugar
and ten dozen eggs. seventy-five otsarts
or berr1es-each outlay having its re-
spective weeks made up by our mar
EelouS manager? Each of the pur-
chases viii make a big hole in $50 Ok nav.
month - N--O PO-
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There should be good done by laying
all of them before our readers.
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longed TO her great-grandmother, and
she set no end OF store by it The man
advised her TO serve a hammer and a
chisel with each help Of pie IN future"
The Washington times., 1906-05-27
Practical Remedies

a. 9. 81. OIIddletown. "a
Gilpin observer., 1906-07-05
FACTS GUARANTEED
Neuralgia and Ansemia arc Cured by
Or. Williams Pink Pills.

For nearly generation the people Of
this country have known DR.. William >
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thousands of cures by this remedy has
been published and confirmed and not
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est degree by their use. The pills con-
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Gilpin observer., 1906-07-05
strange Cargo From tn. Amazon.

One Of the strangest cargoes a ves-
sel could possibly have was unloaded at
the London docks toward the close of
March, says the Scientific American. 1t
consisted Of several sacks filed with
i, dried flies, consigned 10 large firm Of
grain merchant.
These flies, originating in Brazil, have
been purchased for use in the manufac-
ture OF food for chickens, cage birds
and the like. They were caught on the
river Amazon by Brazilians, who travel
up the river in flat-bottomed boats and
who are provided with gauze nets, with
which they capture these insects in
millions, as flies hover in dense clouds
over many of the swampy reaches of
the Amazon.
The flies thus caught are killed,
dried in the sun, and then placed in
sacks. Upon arrival in London they
are mixed with millet and other grain
and are sold as chicken food, etc. Some
time ago the Brazilian government,
fearing that the fish in the Amazon
river would be starved, forbade the ex-
portation of flies; hence the price Of
this strange commodity, which used to
be Cd per pound, has now risen to Is
Cd per pound, and often a little more
Gilpin observer., 1906-07-05
I'M THE PUBLIC EYE.

George Westinghouse. the invento,
OF the air brake, has been described as
a hundred horsepower man"
Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco
when first elected three years ago was
leader Of an orchestra in theater.
Mayor Ekers, of Montreal. is ad
dressed personally as your worship
and in the third person as "his wor'
ship"
Twenty-Five years ago Secretary Taft
was law reporter for the Cincinnati
Times and later for the Cincinnati
Commercial
President Diaz returned from hunt
Ing trip the other day with three
mountain cats and II deer. Mexicos
president is only rs.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid sent a
check from London recently for the
Miami university library fund, In
honor of the fiftieth anniversary OF
his graduation in June.
Former United States Senator PET
fer, of Kansas, has not disappeared.
He is only in retirement compiling a
summary Of the Congressional Rec
oIu lIom llS DeSluuluB, CldSSiueu W
topics.
Bob Taylor, the ex-governor of Ten
nessee, who has just won a United
States senatorship at his party's pri-
maries, was the author of the remark
about Mason and Dixon's line that it
was "the line of demarcation between
hot biscuit and cold bread"
Former Congressman Jefferson M.
Levy, of New York, has received a re-
production Of Paul du Bois statue,
Military Fortitude," presented by
France last September. 1t is in return
for the statue of Thomas Jefferson.
presented by him to the French nation
al museum at Algiers.
Judge ]. T. Fleming, of Oklahoma,
is unique. He served in the confeder-
ate army, voted the first time in his
life for Grant, and the last time for
Harrison. He believes that every union
soldier should be paid pension of $50
q month, inasmuch as they saved the
greatest union of states on earth.