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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
How to Cook Vegetables.

There is wrong way and a right way
to cook vegetables, fact apparently not
universally recognized by cooks.
The wrong way is to put them over
the fire in lukewarm water, throw some
salt in and allow them to boil in this
until overdone, they are ready to be
taken out, drained and eaten.
Now, after this process, the best part
of that vegetable has gone with the
water drained from it, and even the
high seasoning added can not make it
other than tasteless, indigestible mess
of pottage.
The right way to cook any vegetable
is to put it directly into freshly boiling
water, and keep the water boiling dur
ing the cooking process. Remember, the
vegetables are to be put into the water,
not the water poured over the vegeta-
bles. Add salt in proportions of tea
spoonful to one-half gallon of water for
green vegetables.
Green vegetables and potatoes contain
a great deal of potash salt, which has
a tendency to thicken the blood if indul-
ged in freely. For this reason persons
subject to rheumatism should avoid such
vegetables.
Underground vegetables, roots and
tubers, and also the vegetables whose
stalk is eatable, should be cooked in
unsalted water, as salt tends to tougher
their woody fibre. Soft water, even, is
to be preferred to hard for cooking veg
etables of that nature.
Demonstrate this fact to your own
satisfaction by cooking white turnips
both ways. In the one case they will
come out mealy and delectable; in the
other, that is, cooked in sailed water,
they become hard, coarse and highly in
digestible. Southern Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Cup Cake.

You ask for your readers best recipes,
so [ will send mine. I make my own
mothers and mother in-law's cakes by
this recipe and we all prefer it to most
cakes:
Cup Cake.-One cup of butter, one cup
sweet-milk, two cups sugar, three cups
flour, four eggs, one teaspoonful baking
powder. Cream butter and sugar well
together, then add eggs we'll beaten,
yelks and white separate, then flour and
one-half of milk, and beat we'll, then
add remainder of milk, and one teaspoon
full lemon, and beat thoroughly. Then
bake in four layers in tins which have
been creased with lard or unsalted but
ter, with piece of thin, white paper
also creased slightly placed in tin. This
keeps cake from scorching and causes
it to come out of tin perfectly. Use
the following filling: One pint of sweet
milk and one tablespoon butter, bring
to boil point; beat two eggs light, to
which add one cup sugar and one-half
cup flour, sifted together. Stir all into
milk, cook until done, then add flavor
ing, one teaspoon lemon.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Lemon Sherbet.
Fernandina, Fla.

Four large juicy lemons, one quart of
water, one and one-fourth pounds gran
ulated sugar, white of one egg, and one
tablespoon of sugar. Pare rinds from
three of the lemons, add it to the sugar
and water, and boil five minutes, stand
away to cool; when cool, add the juice
of the lemons and strain through fine
sieve. Freeze, when finished remove the
dasher and add the meringue made from
the white of the egg and pulverized
sugar. Mix we'll and pack in ice two
hours.
Note-In freezing cream or sherbet
turn slowly until nearly done, then
briskly for five minutes. In packing
chop ice fine. Allow three inches of ice
to one of salt.
Talbotton, Ga.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Brine for Butter.

AS this is the time of the year that
every one is well supplied with butter
and does not sell for very much now
either, so I will send a recipe for keep
ing it.
Three pounds of salt, six quarts of
water, one pound of saltpeter, one and
one-half pound of loaf sugar.
Mix all the ingredients and pour the
water on them while boiling; let it set
tie and cool. Then strain through q
coarse, thick cloth, to remove impurities.
Wrap each roll of butter in a separate
cloth, put into jar and pour over it
this brine when entirely cold. Good.
Hopkinsville, KY.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Light Bread.

Take one large handful of hops; pour
one pint of boiling water over them.
Let stand five minutes, strain through
a CLOTH Stir into this enough cornmeal
and -four equal parts) to make a stiff
batter. Let rise till light and foamy.
Mix this into meal, roll thin, cut in small
cakes, and put in aOwarm, dry place.
After they are dried take two, break
in small pieces, and pour one quart of
lukewarm water over them. When thor
oughly soaked stir into this enough flour
for stiff batter. Let stand over night.
Mix this into flour to which have been
added two spoonfuls of lard, two of SUI
gar and one of salt. Knead till very
stiff. Let rise till light Make into large
biscuits. Put into baking pan and
let rise again. Bake in a moderate oven
one and one-half hours.
Hampton, S. G.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04

I really think these directions will en-
able the most inexperienced cook to make
a success.
I recently saw in the poultry depart
ment where subscriber asked if it were
safe to give nux vomica to chicks. Yes,
you may give it to them, it will not
hurt them. We give it to ours every
spring. To do the most damage to
hawks feed it to the little chicks, as the
hawk does not eat the craw of the large
chicks, and, therefore, may miss it.
Wimauma Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04

cool before adding the other ingredients.
Cut up fine two cups of pineapple and
let it stand an hour with half cup
of sugar stirred into it. Put it into
the tapioca. Beat yolks of two eggs
with half a cup of sugar and add to
the pudding. Bake fifteen minutes, or
a little longer, in buttered pudding dish.
Beat two whites of eggs till very stiff,
then beat in tablespoon of pineapple
syrup, reserved for that purpose, and
two tablespoons of sugar. Put over the
pudding and brown moment in oven.
This is best served cold.
Orange City, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Red Rice or Rice Pilau.

Fry about three or four slices of ba-
con cut up in small pieces until light
brown, then put in two or three small
onions chopped, and when partly cooked
put in about three quarters of cup
of tomatoes and enough hot water to
cook cup of rice. Wash the rice thor
oughly and put in with other ingredients
and cook until a soft mass. Watch it
carefully, so it will not burn as it is
good.
Fernandina, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04

The best remedy for the sting of in
sects is that which will instantly neu-
tralize this acidulous poison deposited
in the skin. This is either ammonia
or borax. The solution of borax for
insect bites is made thus: Dissolve one
ounce of borax in one pint of water
that has been boiled and allowed to cool.
The bites are to be dabbed with the
solution so long as there is any irrita-
ton. For bees or wasps' stings, the
borax solution may be made of twice
the above strength. This solution should
be kept as household remedy in every
farm house. In case neither borax nor
ammonia is at hand, a little soft soap
or ashes should be moistened and applied
at once to the bite or sting-F a m
Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
THE HOUSEHOLD.
item Of general interest

Pin This Over the Kitchen Table.
Four even teaspoonfuls of liquid equal
one even tablespoonful.
Three even teaspoonfuls dry material
equal one even tablespoonful.
Sixteen tablespoonful liquid equal one
cupful.
Twelve tablespoonful dry material
equal one cupful.
Two cupfuls equal one pint.
Two cupfuls graduated sugar equal
one pound.
Two and one-half cupfuls powdered
sugar equal one pound.
One tablespoonful soda to one cup OF
molasses.
One teaspoonful soda to one pint of
sour milk.
Three teaspoonfuls baking powder to
one quart of flour.
One teaspoonful salt to two quarts of
flour.
One quart of water to each pound Of
meat and bone for soup stock.-~Southern
Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
SOUTHERN RECIPES.

In the Woman's Work department of
the last Home and Farm we found a
number of recipes from southern cooks,
which seem likely to be useful to our
readers. We give in each case, not the
name, but the postoffice and state from
which they came.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Pineapple Tapioca Pudding.

One cup of tapioca, washed or soaked
Cook till clear in water, to which has
been added a teaspoonful of salt. Partly
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
pERELIcTs OF THE OCEAN.
Abandoned Vessels Are a Constant
Menace to Shipping.

Even II our merchant marine IL IAN
gushing we still seem able To lend
the world In derelicts The great pro
portion OF them are American vessels
abandoned in American waters. Few
are reported west Of the siXticih lie
gree OF longitude or south ~ the
Bahamas, the Caribbean sea being
very free from them. The reports TO
the photographic Office last month
allowed no fewer than seven OF these
menaces afioat of the coast. There
was one of the New England coast,
two of the coast Of the Carolinas,
one each on the Virginia and Florida
coasts and one still farther out Mt
sea
Lumber laden derelicts are the most
troublesome. II takes them long
time to sink. One such reported In
the early SOS drifted over 1000 miles
In $50 days. She was sighted IS times
during that period. showing that she
was frequently putting herself In the
way Of charted ocean travel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
Turns Against Woman Suffrage.

II. G. Turner, the literary banker"
OF Melbourne, Australia. has publicly
proclaimed his apOstasy from the
cause of female suffrage. He advo-
Gated II for many years on the ground
of equal rights for adults OF both
sexes; but now that II has become an
accomplished fact in Australia he Is
grievously disappointed. What he
saw and heard during the recent COM
monwealth general election revolu'
tionized his views on the subject. He
draws a terrible picture Of the effect
OF female suffrage In the constituency
in which he lives. According to Mr..
Turner, I'm this electorate evil has
been wrought that It will take years
to eradicate. Dissension and disin-
tegration have fallen upon the domes'
tic circle. Lifelong friendships have
been withered and an attitude of de-
fiance has replaced that affectionate
trustfulness which Is woman's chiefest
charm"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
Horrors of the Staircase.

A Dublin landlord said: 1T often
happens that when peasant girls come
into our service. directly from the
wretched novels In which they have
been reared, in a wild part Of the
country, they are surprised and per.
picked by all they see. The common
est things to us are new and astonish-
ing to their simple gaze. AS the dwell
ings of the Irish poor are never more
than one story high, what excltes
their perplexity, and often their fears
more than anything else Is. Of course,
a staircase. have actually seen
these girls creeping up and down
stairs on all fours in the utmost terror.
One remained in the attic all day be-
fore she could summon courage to
encounter the apparent horrors OF
coming down. and she at last came
down backward, as II descending u
ladder. They get accustomed to an
elevator before they do to the stairs. "
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
DEPARTURES OF TRAINS.

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SOUTH BOUND.
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I47 Oklahoma Accommodation. e:4o am
NJ Joplin andOkla express. -. gao am
EAST BOUND.
JIs nc special via Joplin. zee. 7:Io pm
sos St. Louis and Memphis 1t. 7:4o pm
gao Kansas City Passenger. ... s:45 pm
$40 Kansas City Passenger .... Gas am
Jo2 ST. Louis Mail. ..........a :A5 am
WEST BOUND.
SOL Kansas Mail am
Io7 Kansas Limited. .......... $40 am
The above schedule. which went into
effect Dec. 70, gives you first class ser.
vice and unequaled opportunities to reach
all points north, south. east and west. via
the Frisco System.
For further information as to routes,
rates and connections. call on or address
NJ. WILSON. Agent.
Mail and passenger trims run daily,
freight trains daily except Sunday. Mail
CLOSES at postofflce 70 minutes before train
e10s.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

New Jersey Rabbits Dseoysd BY Hear
Ing Unusual sound


p. ]. Farrell and Jerome Sisier.
whom everybody In Montclair. N. j..
knows. have learned much recently
about shooting rabbits. says IN en-
change. They went TO Morris county
TO hunt rabbits and trampe'i around
Pine brook for two hours without ever
seeing q cottontail. Hungry. cold and
tired. they sought John Johnson's
farmhouse for lunch. When they bc-
walled their bad luck johnson ndi.
culed them. saying:
Why I can get dozen rabbits out
OF that ten.acre meadow over there"
Bet you a gallon OF applejack You
can't" exclaimed Farrell and Slgler
together.
Go you" said Johnson. lie got .
long rope. tied cowbell In the mid
die Of II. and called his hired man.
Jim Belden. johnson took one end or
the rope. Belden the other, and while
the cowbell tangled loudly they walked
slowly across the meadow.
Keep close behind the bell" John
son told Farrell and Sigler.
As II unable to resist Its sound. rab-
bits appeared out OF the brush faster
than ever magician drew them from
a hat. The Dummies sat up and list
ened; never did snake fascinate them
more. One would not move out IL
Belden's way; he kicked II aside.
Farrell and Sigler were so aston
ished they forgot to shoot ut the iir't.
Then they blazed away and got ~
out OF the 16 rabbits that answered
the call of the bell in those ten acres,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
night. and thank YOU" she said. and
added. bring the play tomorrow"

night. and thank YOU" she said, and
added. bring the play Tomorrow"
Mr.. Tom Wesgate. the actor. was at
breakfast IA dressing gown and slip.
pers when his cousin Sophie Deland
was announced.
well. Sophie. how goes the expert
ment! Hope you fumigated yourself
before coming"
Don't talk rubbish. Tom! ! have
got a 'ilnd.'"
"A genius among the walfs'" he In
qnlred banterlngly.
NO. but genius all the same;
qnlte young fell0w--a college man.
He lost all his money nj stroke, ex'
cept a hundred dollars. which he pro
ceeded 10 dissipate at the Grand"
oh, dissipated. Is he? true hall
mark of genius"
Nothing OF the sort. Tom, lie was
brought mp rich, and suppose II new
er occurred to him that he shouldn't
20 to an expensive hotel, Now he has
drifted into the Square; his room Ia
next to mine. lie gave me his play to
type"
Then I suppose you want me to
look ut it?"
Tom Wesgate smiled indulgently.
Well, tell him To send II along; III
look at Il. for the sake OF my pretty,
eccentric little cousin. What q brute
| am! Do have some coffee. No?
Well. don't carry your experiment TO
starvation point"
II shan't do that. Tom. but my ex'
perlences In that awful place have
taught me what | wanted 10 know. DO
YOU know. Marcus. Gllroy was In a
pawnshop few nights ago, was
there. rs part of my experiment, yet,
thinking me poor, he gave me the play
to type and would pay In advance.
Think Of that"
Marcus Gilroy was in his room. He
was medltating whether he should call
on the typewriter girl with the ex-
cuse of seeing II his play We're ready
but really out OF an overpowering de-
sire to be- In her sweet presence
when there came a knock nj his door.
lie rose and glanced despairingly
round his untidy apartment and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

been RELOCATED to that place
known in a printing Office as the
hell box" and have been re-
placed with the latest faces known
to the printers art. Our presses
are doing fine work, and we can
surely please you both in quality
and price. Your orders will be
very promptly filed. Ifyou want
a letter head, note head, bill
head, statement, business card,
envelope, poster, shipping tag,
receipt book or in fact any kind
of a printed job just give the
News printery a chance to get It
out for yon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
NEW PATTERNS sos 9s-

in waIIpaper-5W styies-at Pol.
ater's Corner Drug Store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

Dr.. English. Phone i0s,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
EcIlpsed.

The only daughter OF the multimil.
iionaire was green with envy when
she gazed upon the startling millinery
of her rival.
THE ideal" she exclaimed. wrath.
fully. Just to be bizarre she has had
her hat trimmed with silver pleas.
ants"
Then after a pause:
But ! shall eclipse her yet. Just
wait"
And going to the telephone. she or.
dered her milIiner to decorate the
most exquisite Paris creation with
gold eagles.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
ouuht TO h,ava Money

Browu-DO you ever play the racesY
Green-No.
Brown-But you play cards or bill.
liardsf
Green-Nelther.
Brown-You take drink occasional
b, supposed
/ Green-No. l neither drink nor
smoke.
{ Brown-say. old man. y0a are Just
the chap I've been looking Car. Lsnd
ne sac. Wtll youf
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21
Invention worth Aonsy.

Have you invented anything ~
centlyf'
Yea" answered the sensational
scientist. Il have invented new way
to get to the north pole"
rs Il good for anythingf"
Certainly. 1t is good ter To pags1
n q magzzina.@
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

We now have on hand the big
gest stock of printers stationery
ever carried in Baxter Springs.
The line embraces everything
needed in Office. stationery and
poster work, and we are particu-
larly wellequipped for turning
out anything that can be printed.
Allcf our old type faces have
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

opened the door. II was the type
writer girl.
Il have brought your play, Mr.. Gil
roy: and may come In a moment
I have something | want to say tc
you"
Marcus placed chair for her and
closed the door, How homelike the
miserable room had become in mo
men! The lamp-light made a glory
OF the frizzy red hair that surrounded
the pale, Madonna-like face.
81 hope you won't think 1t a liberty,
began Sophie. with pretty hesitation
but know Tom Wesgate-the IA
nous actor, you know. type for him
and think your play would suit him
Here Is his address"
Gilroy's face lit up-not so much
from the fact that there was sugges
ton Of possible opening for his play
as because this girl had taken a kind
" interest in him.
1T Is very good OF you. Miss
"Deland," she put in, seeing him
hesitating for the name.
Miss Deland," he went on. ut Is q
new sensation to be so kindly consid
cred"
The second act of Captain Cane.
was Just over, and Marcus Gllroy went
to the bar for q drink He was faint
with an unreasonable joy. Some crit
les we're imbiblng near him and com
menting on his play.
Best thing for years" said one-
such dialogue-such sltuations--such
realism! Marcus Gilroy has strucA
OIL"
How he has managed to employ
successful melodrama without sacri'
ficing the true"
Gllroy fled and paced the cool corri'
dor to calm himself. "She told me she
would be here tonight" he said to
himself. Then he made his way to
Tom Wesgate's dressing.room.
IT'S all right, old mantle play
will do" cried Wesgate. clapplng him
ON the shoulders.
"Come along, want to introduce
you to my cOusin-there Is just time. I"
Mechanically. as in a dream, Gilroy
followed him. Presently he found
himself in a box. and before him was
the typewriter girl.
She stretched out her hand. Her
clear grey eyes had q glad look In
them.
In his own were tears.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1907-02-21

q acres near city; small house,
fruit, good land, near school;
only 1000. A beautiful place
for a suburban home. Daniels &
Plumb.
The Springdale news., 1907-05-10

for thl.--s q. restricted to the use orH - shells. Fayetteville Democr.
 A little girl bout nine year> < age, daughter of Kinney EdmI,
The Springdale news., 1907-05-10
The Farmers Union.

The membership of the Farm CTS Union, or those eligible to be- come members, are the producers of all raw material. Also they are largely the consumers of the same after 1t IS transformed into manufactured articles. Also they are the ones who perform the labof of manufacturing the same. In fact they aEe the whole thing except few ppefcs- sional men and the speculators.. Yes, they are the great masses of the people who are engaged in agriculture, and are carrying the burdens of the government, who are getting too little for what they sell and are paying loe much for what they buy.
 Hon. Carroll D. Wright, Com.
The Springdale news., 1907-05-10

ton of Morrow, was So severely burned Tuesday of last week
 that death resulted from tfe effects of the burns. The little girl was starting q fire under a kettle i'll the yard, when before i help reached her she was SO severely burned that death r. suited few hours later. The remains were buried in the Ed miSton graveyard Thursday.
 Prairie Grove Herald,
 J II. Franklin was out and spent Sunday with his family. He k i'll the employ of the North west Arkansas Lumber Co. and was formerly in charge of their business al West Fork. but was recently transferred to Fayette- vile. Mrs. Frantiin and chil- dren have been making their home Ill Sprlugdale for lew months past, but expect to go to Fayetteville IS soon as suit able hebbts.e can be secured.
 N ssaf.d fell yesterday and la>t night than for many years III the same length of time As I result the waters are very high The Middle Fork k reported higher than ever known before and while the other two prongs did not break the record, they almost equaled t. All low bot- toms are inundated and the corn will have to be rcplanted. Fhe damage will be many thousands of dollars i'll this county. Fay etteeiIle Daily, Monday.
 Uncle Newt. Baggett sends The News a dollar from Glencoe, Oklahoma, to apply on his sub scription. He says they are hay ing cold rainy weather out there. On the first of the month Char lcy Baggctt, son of Uncle Newt, had tile misfortune to lose his grain elevator bY fife. but the elevator and contents were ln- sured so the loss will not be so heavy after all. The fire started in tie top of the building, and no ole knows what caused 1t.
 \. B. Long has sold his inter est in the mercantile business Of Long Bros. X Snider at this place to his brother. NJ. r. Long, of Lowell. and to 5. F. Snider, who will conduct tie business under the hrm name of Long X Snider. MessrS. Long X Snider have leased the building lately vacated by w. L. Stokes grocery store and same k being fitted up for their use and they will move in soon. The building is one door east of their present ioea- ton.
The Springdale news., 1907-05-10

missioner of Labor, in his thir- teenth report, otn page %, states on scientific exasnlnation he found that where thefe had been loo pairs of mems grain begged bro- gan shoes, tap soies, that 1t cost to make tue 100 pair. The consumers of those Shoes will have to pay S15o for the 100 pairs. Again, in same report, eu page 43, l dozen Alb. woodman's axes, cast steel, yankee pattern, cost s1.47. Those axes will cost the consumer S6.0 This means 'fhe labor cost of manufacture. Again, on page 5, one dozen pairs oi cotton seamless half hose, legs l+sin. s-S pounds per dozen pairs, Cost g cents per dog en pairs. Now, we find that af- ter the labQfer furnishes the ma terial. pcrfosns the labor of man. ufacturing the goods he has to pay about 4Q0 per cent too much for the same 9oods before he can consume them.
 Brethren, don't make the mis-
 take pl blaming our home mer-
 chants. They are, as rule, not getting rich. They have 10 eon- tend with the same trouble. They
 have to pay too much tor what