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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-26
MONARCHY AT STAKE
Violent Political Struggle in Por-
tugal Near at Hand.
REPUBLIC MAY BE RESULT
reaucracy and Court Are Main
In Days of Portuguese Prosperity.

Lisbon, Feb. 26.-Whether or not a
republic is soon to supplant the mon
archy in Portugal it is practically the
unanimous opinion here that the near
future will witness violent political
struggle in which the life of the mon
archy may be the stake. The COM
paratiye tranquility since the assas-
sinations is simply a breathing spell
in which the forces of the monarchy
on the one hand and popular govern
ment on the other are being mar
shaled for the coming fray, the battle
field of which will be Lisbon. The
masses of the people In the country
are ignorant and have hitherto been
entirely Indifferent to the political
battles which have convulsed the cap
ital Lisbon, for political purposes,
is Portugal and the Republicans are
confident that the influence of the
capital. which they assert Is almost
unanimously Republican, will sound
the knell Of the monarchy.
Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz the Re-
publicans have been joined by the Dis
sident Progressists and they intend to
make their campaign for change of
regime openly In the coming elec-
toral contest. Ex-Deputy Almeida,
who Is at the head of the Republican
organization, declares that their cam
paign has virtually been made for
them by the revelation of the scan
dalous abuses of the old parties. The
exposure of the political corruption,
the manner in which an army of cli-
ents was maintained at the
Expense Of the Public Treasury
and, above all, the secret advances
made to the royal family, he claims,
shocked the people from one end Of
the country to the other and destroyed
forever the prestige of the monarchy.
They anticipate an easy and complete
victory. Disinterested opinion, how
ever, does not consider Portugal ripe
for republic; 1t believes. in fact,
that the country under a popular re-
gime in the present backward state of
the masses would become a prey of
the ambitions OF politicians and, like
the Central American republics. would
be without stability. Nevertheless.
the fear exists in these quarters that
the monarchy Is doomed.
The real weakness of the monarchy
In Portugal seems to be that 1t Is top
heavy. With its territory shrunken,
its wealth withered, the people
crushed down by taxes, the national
credit bankrupt fifteen years ago the
bureaucracy and tho court are main
tanned on scale almost as extensive
as In the days OF Portuguese world
dominion and splendor. Seven mag
nificent royal palaces are kept up,
with all the expense involved In the
constant transfers of the large court
from one place to another. The court
itself has hierarchy and . cere-
monial etiquette second only to that
of Russia and Austria and the person
RAl ia considerably larger than that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-26
confesses to Train Wreckina.

Sedalia, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Walter w.
Cox, woodchopper whose home is at
franklin Junction, Mo-. confessed to
Missouri Pacific railway officials here
that he removed the rail from the
track on the top of Otterville hill,
fifteen miles east of here, on Friday
night last that resulted in the derail-
Ing of freight train from st. Louis.
Cox said he had intended to wreck
md rob the fast Missouri Pacific Kan
sas City-St Louis passenger train.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-26
THREE PERSONS PERISH.
Flames Destroy Store Building a
Hines, Mimi.

Brainerd, Mimi, Feb. 26.-Dis-
patches to the Minnesota and Inter
national railroad office bring news
that three persons, servant girl, the
infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. M. ".
Owens and a brother of Mrs. Owens
perished in fire in store building
in which the family lived at Hines, a
town nearby. Mr.. and Mrs. Owens
were badly burned.
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Strike at Des Moines Probable.

Des Moines, Feb. 26.-The wage
controversy between the street rail.
way employees of Des Moines and their
employers is approaching crisis and
1t is believed that unless an agree
ment is soon reached there will be a
strike. The representatives OF both
sides have failed to agree on the de
mand for an increase OF 40 per cent
presented by the men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-26
Morse pemurs to Indictment.

New York, Feb. 26.-Charles W.
Morse, In the supreme court, with.
drew his plea of not guilty to the in
hictment charging perjury, which was
recently returned against him, and in
dictment Arguments on the demurrer
will be heard on March q
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-26
of Germany.

of Germany
1t Is here that the pruning hook
must be applied in the reorganization
of a country where half the taxes col
lected go to pay the interest on the
state debt.
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Be careful about that little cough. Get
something for it right away; some good
reliable remedy that will move the bow.
els Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts gently yet promptly on the bowels
and allays inflammation at the same time
1t is pleasant to take and tits especially
recommended for children as II tastes
nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold BY
Holiday & Porter.
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A Hard Debt to Pay.

Mr. VIM HI Anderson, M ID, OF Soda
Springs, Ida, says thst Bees Laxative
Cough syrup has relieved coughs and
colds where all other remedies failed
Its gentle laxative effects especially reco-
mend it for children, 1t is pleasant to
take For coughs, colds, hoarseness, and
whooping cough Money refunded IL not
Satisfied Sold by Schultz & Ketcham
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Foley's Orino Laxative is sold under q
positive guarantee to cure constipation
siok headache, stomach trouble. or any
form OF indigestion. II it fails the man
ufacturers refund your mony. What
more can anyone do. Holiday & Porter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
d !: THE FIOUSEMOTHERS1 EXCHANGE :: :: b

want them to be ashamed of their
mother and home ways.
I. Our family want 20 have their coffee
poured after they sit down can I
make the book teachings mix with our
old ways The table gets so crowded
when everything is put on, yet we have
no waitress.
? Our hall is narrow. How sail 1
act when I get TO the door? In summer
go ahead into the parlor with the
caller. How about winter, or in cool
weather. when the door must be shut
after the caller comes imp
g. The new friends whOrl we have had
sit down 20 table with US ate so little.
Relatives and family eat heartily, as If
the cooking were o. X Should we insist
upon visitors taking that which they re-
fused2
!. In receiving an introduction what re-
ply should I make when the other per
son says: PLEASED 10 meet you?" My
siXteen-year-old girl says she never
catches the names in her fear lest the
other may say: II am pleased 10 meet
you before she has a chance to get It
out
Please instruct me as you would lit
tie child
Ny boys could entertain their new ac-
QUaintances at a hotel but my girls,
when they get older, could not.
/ am afraid have not expressed my
self plainly. Ny education was limited,
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Ell whose staircase ran down so near
20 the front door that she had 10 step
upon the bottom stair to let her callers
pass into the house after She opened the
door She made jest of the situation,
even Declaring to me that she rather
liked II. II offered a peg upon which 10
hang conversation
}. The few friends hOnOred by the in
vitauon TO sit at your hospitable board
would have showed better breeding il
they had pretended hunger when they
did not feel il. I feel strongly upon
this subject, so strongly as to assert
here and elsewhere thar "finicar' caters
should stay at home at meal times, or
go t. hotels Wien n woman asks me
to take a meal IN her house. il is my
duty TO eat that which is set before me.
whether 1 Ike II or not. ] owe il TO
the genius Of hospitality to sacrifice
my personal caprice 70 the comfort Of
my nosts. You prove yourself the
truer -gentlewOman-in not press
ing upon them food they rejected. They
were rot obliged to partake of each
dish. It was downright rudcneSs to re-
fuse majority of them.
T. When the other party to the intro
duction forestails you in the cOnven-
tional Il am happy to mee- yout' reply
simply, Thank you. and / am glad to
meet YOU" emphasizing the last word
slightly. or a gracious intonation Of
the simple Thank youi" is usually suf-
hciept. Avoid stiffness on the one side
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You see. and have not much choice
PERPLEXED HOUSEMOTHER Buffa-
10, N W.
Let me set your mind at rest on one
point; you have told your tale of Toe
Wen. with no waste Of words. and sI-er
BIdpElCally. l comprehend your posi-
ioh All the better because have heard
Inc same story Fl ON other ho1Isemcfb-
e-S, and seen il Illustrated in homes
from Which no complaint has come on.
country IS fun of households i'm which
the children have risen above their mar
ents. so far as schooling and external
refinement stand for superiority. When
AS happens in 50 per cert 81 s1Icb
cases-the parents have forgotten how
70 learn new ways, and lost the power
OF adaptation TO changed conditions
hearTaches are inevitable and hurnilia-
tons many
There need be none Of these with yo,,.
You wish to learn, and are not set in
your ways
Take your queries in detail:
l. Have the coffee Cd Iipace on the
table. Arrange the cups. etc. upon a
tray at the head II the table, and sci
the coffee pot with them, covering it
With wadded 'cozy'' TO keep il hot.
= step 70 the rear Of the visitor, with
a pleasant word OF explanation. close
the Goor and, still chatTing. precede her
TO the parlor. knesF one cottage dwell
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fspend a penny that can be saved
against a rainy day. I used to be a
steacher IN the public schools, but when
i was married, three years ago, knew
! rather more about cooking than your
poor distracted Martha did I like
Housekeeping I am fond Of cooking
fJohn sayc 1 am a first-class cook am
: painfully conscious that I have lots to
( learn: One thing is-and that is what
= I began TO write about-what upon the
earth is n woman 10 do with little dabs
! Of cold vegetables? I mean the left
Povers of several days once, I should
have SHE'D them into the. garbage pail
I without q mlsgiving- Now, thanks TO
the aforementioned admonit.ons, I put
/ them away in the refrigerator. and
take them out next day and the next,
: and wonder what I can make of a
, Tablespoonful Of cabbage and two
hspoonfuls of baked beans, and the same
quantity of stewed tomatoes, and two
+ baked potatoes, and a spoonful and a
EhaIf Of mashed potatoes, and a dab Of
tzice
T, LAS you may guess. that is an inven-
Etory OF what is staring me out Of cOun-
ttenance and driving me to say words
Kat this blessed minute.
They are not dignined enough TO be
lcalled 'left-Overs.' They are nothing but
idabs. You can't make them into souf-
sfes or warmed-Uppers of any kind that
I know Of I didn't count in a solitary
stalk of celery that I overlooked yester-
day when 1 was preparing celery for
idinner. Nor did I mention the forlOrn-
rest dab Of ALA couple Of spoonfuls Of
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a smooth sheet Put it into Il bowl
OF warmed nlilk-lot scaldedl-add i
teaspOOnful OF melted butter, a little
salt and -four for - soft dough. Trans
fer to the board, 70, out quickly with
as few cut strokes - possible into a
sheet less than half "a inch thick. and
cut into round cakes. AS soon as they
are done, butter and pile one upon
another. Eat hot.
John viii not ask for any other bread
If you have potato biscuits fresh from
the oven for his luncheon.
Skin the two baked potatoes, and cut
into dice Heat a little butter in the
frying-pan, and make for another dish.
POTATOES a LA LYONNAISE.
Slice a small onion and fry in butter
pan. When hot. stir in the potatoes
with a fork. and as they cook, turn
them with The same. This keeps them
from getting "mushy-" Mix in a tea
spoonful Of minced parsley as soon as
the potatoes are hot Cook for two
minutes longer. and dish
y. B.-Never put potatoes into the
stock pot
Come VIC now to the most popular
form into which we can netamorphose
vegetable Ieft-overs.
VEGETABLE SALAD
Cut the celery into inch lengths. after
scraping il we'll Mix il with the car
rots which John loves and Julia I 0es
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-29
The Use of DiSlnfectantS

Every household needs 6isinfccting.
and the proper use Of the ordinary
deodorizCrs is knowledge hat every
E rod house keeper should have Not only
do these useful things make a house
pIeasanter 10 live in. but they also make
It heaIthful. 50 many good disinfect-
ants are or the market az the present
time that here IS a wide choice for
the careful woman They are classed
under three headings
Disinfee ems which purify the water.
air, clot es, SIC. antiseptics thar ar
r. Z pUtr faction. and deOdorizers that
destroy q ssLgreeable smells.
Heat, o. course, IS a powerful dis
infectant. and boiling water NAV be
used WheI- IL is practicable and posi-
bic to reach the spot 20 be diSinfected-
When celebrating traces Of disease
measles. scarlet fever, typhoid. diph-
theria-burn sulphur in the room after
stopping all cracks and crevices with
newspapers, so that il viii be air
tight During the Illness a sheet satu-
rated with a solution Of carbolic acid
should be hung over the doorways. even
when the doors are shut. 10 protect the
ether members Of ms family from pes
sioie coEtagion-
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and familiarity on the other. Above all
do not try so nard TO seem at ease with
the stranger as to become patronizing.
That is the rock upon which many nov
ices in social usageS split Patronage OF
anybOdy-be it President or bootblack-
is underbred-
Finally, keep your eyes and ears open
and put into practice what you learn.
II is plain TO read between the lines Of
your letter that YOU are al heart a gen.
tlewoman Rest serenely upon this per-
suasiOn. and Ingraft upon the customs
of your modest home suCb new ways
as are compatible with -vpn-tempered
living Don't ape the fashions of people
whO-albei1 no better born CT bred than
yOurseif-have more moIey 20 spend
upon the appointments and habits Of
house and table.
I have devoted much space to consid-
Grafton of your communication because
you have enlisted my sYmpathies in
your brave battle with circumstances:
and then, too, as I said just now, rec
OTgniZe in you the representative OF a
large and interesting class.
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length. 1t is so Jolly that I can not
leave out n line. Furthermore. by one
Of the condolences that fall too often
into our lives 70 be called remarkable.
it comes to my hand just as 1 am on the
point of attacking the subject next in
order on the schedule for the House
cold vegetables"
OF course. what I have to say is too
late to help Julia in the present strait.
1t may be Of use to her next week.
and, as she says, it may not be thrown
away upon other "AIarthas'' when con'
fronted by an array Of "dabs." The
word is ineleEant, but too expressive
to be dispensed with at this time.
Begin We with the tomatoes and rice
Mixed together, seasoned, not forget
ting a touch of onion juice, and turned
into a tiny bakedish, or into two
naples" they should be bestrewed
with cheese and set in the oven until
lightly Drowned. Thus treated they
Will exc out the luncheon for two Julia
has in her minds eye.
Cabbage and beans, minced, would
be a valuable addition TO the soup
stock pot or to tOday's vegetable soup
a learned writer upon food values
went out of his way lately to animal
vert upon the "'unclean contents OF
the stock pot" I am at a loss TO In
terpret the phrase when applied to
what is so often and so thoroughly
cooked as TO purify all the ingredients
committed to it and to put to flight
all fears of malevOlent germs. 1t is
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creamed carrots. John likes them. I
don't So we have them once a week
and there are always some left.
Take pity upon me (and if others
would be as frank you would have the
same story from them and tell us how
to dispose Of the dabs.
in reading over my list it occurs to
me that you may wonder how happen
to have so much on hand. I can hear
you suspect that we must be lavish
livers to have so many vegetables at a
meal.
Dear ladyI the list has been growing
for a week. keep every one Of the
dabs on ice, or in a covered box on the
outer window-silI.
''All are fresh If theY were spoiled,
there would be no sin in dumping them
into the sinful garbage pail
JULIA x. M CamEar., N -.
/ ought. perhaps. to blue-Dencil that
letter, for it IS far beyond our regulation
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Taste and Ingenuity.

The cook who has made the comnosi-
ton Of n0urishing and palatable souDs
q STUDY VIII resent with me the asper-
SION OF uhcleanhness and unwhOlesOme.
ness cast upon upon one of the best
trleiloS OF the household Taste com
DlIleS win ingenuity to MAKE he first
course or the family dinner one Of the
most enjoyable and important.
recurring TO our ''dabc" we note the
i nlaShed potato. Julia has enough laid
ready to make half a dozen.
Porto BISCUITS
Lay upon q pastry board and run the
roiling-pin over the dab" until it is
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not Toss the two together with a fork.
Ihls VIII loosen and not break them
Cut tart, well-havored apple into
small pieces when YOU have pared and
corCd II. ard toss up with carrots and
celer1-. I wish you had a few nut-rneats
70 aoC. or dab" Of green peas or OF
string beans. None Of these come auiss
In the composition Of a ''Macedcine
salad Arrange a bed OF crisp lettuce
leaves In chilled glass bowl, turn in
the vegetables and pour over them a
mayOnuaise dressing
A French dressing viii do Il you nave
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not time for the mayonnaise- Try this
for q change:
QUICK SALAD DRESSING.
Stir togetI- er a teaspoonfuI Of French
mustard, a saltspoonfuI Of salt and the
same Of pepper. a teaspOolful Of white
sugar. two taoIespoOufuls OF vinegar
and five OF salad oil Continue 10 stir
with a si-Ter spoon or a silver FORK
until you nave a smooth emulsion. Add
at the last. u teaspOonfUl OF minced
chives.
MARION HARLANCD.
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possible that the censor may have
confused the ideas Of the stock pot and
the garbage pail In my kitchen the
stock pot goes upon the range daily.
Fresh stock is made twice a week in
summer, once a week in winter. OF
fresh bones, well cracked. and lean
meat chopped. Fresh vegetables are
added. and the soup kettle is thor
oughly cleansed. a certain quantity
OF the new stock is strained and set
ASIDE Tor clear soups. The rest is the
foundation of savOry brOths. etc. Left
overs OF such vegetables as turnips.
onions, and cabbage. Of which but .
CAB remains, go into the stock Dot.
Ditto with remnants Of cooked celery
baked beans, carrots and tomatoes.
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W u ! +: r.. =.'s s ;. 4 :. .. s..
ing under my window
snd take up the refrain Mine may
seem an ignoble woe TO those who are
in real afhicuon-, 1t is no slight matter
! to me. Dare I-hope that you will lend
I q sympathetic ear?
b I was brought up in the country. and
Kept very closely at home. Ny children
have been educated far beyond what I
ever dreamed Of being. My sons. now
that they are grown. associate with
lawyers, doctors, etc, and wish 20 bring
them here sometimes Outside of what
7 read in your paper and in books upon
social usuages and the like, know no
more how to behave in company than
my four-year-old girl does Are you TOO
sbusy to tell me how to act in certain
circumstances. as you would a little
child?
To begin with, my eldest daughter and
do all the homework. You may not
know how hard 1t is 10 entertain COM
pany in such circumstances. But don't
want my boys to be driven to seek
Nome comfort elsewhere. And I don't
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK
Sunday.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST
Malaga grapes. cereal and cram.
iried smelts, pOpOvers, toast, tea and
coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Barbecued ham, potato cakes. graham
bread, fruit salad crackers and
cheese, lemon pie, tea
DINNER
Cream Of spinach soup, crown roast Of
lamb. green peas. asparagus prrnp-aud-
date Jelly, spongecake. black coffee.
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toes. graham biscuits. toast. tea and
coffee
LUNCHEON
Stew Of pork renderlosl and potatoes
. C. leftover, stuffed potatoes creamed
onions, lettuce salad crackers and
cheese, canned peach rartIets. tea
DINNER
Drowned potato soup without meat,
haEbur steaks. mashed potatoes,
stewed celery. suet pudding with liquid
sauce, black coffee
Saturday.
BREAkFa
Fruit cereal and cream. bacon and
fried apples sally lunn, toast, tea and
coffee
LUNCHEON
Cheese -Ondu. graham bread and but
ter, cut thin potato sOUffle "a left
over. cake and Euar-UaLaGe, chocolate
DINNER
Fish bisque "a leftover. cOrned beef
with egg sauce. mashed rurnips, spin
ach. bananas and cream with layer
cake, black coffee.
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Making 'cPone."

I am truly sorry for Ihe Allentown
member L she should attempt 10 make
cornbread for her "DsSse" husband
from Kindred corn meal.
Your recipe for old-time underground
meal is all right, but IL the bread were
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those who have eaten cornbread at the
South in Its various f0r--s- inferior In
hSAtness and favor. The underground
Product IS always white
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Brighteuing willow Chairs.

Kindly aid . perplexed housewife by
inserting IN The Exchange directions
for washing OF Frightening willow
chairs Mine Is perfectly good, but soil
ed by being stored for a long time.
should prefer 70 wash II. but If this
may not be done satisfactorily how
SHAH I color it2 or IS there a varnish
that is not sticky2 I shall watch the
Exchange for a reply I am anxious
TO DO f. a. once.
MRS. c. Selma, GaO
Dust the chair carefully with a soft
cloth Then, with another wrune- out
n kerosene. go all over Il not skip
ping a single cane or curve II this
does not clean il. have IL painted. then
vanished by a man VINO knows his
business I have a pair Of loUnging
chairs OF WillOWware which were
painted and vanished twenty years
ago, and have not needed retOuching
since although in active use for SIX
months cut OF the twelve
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Monday.
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST.
Fine hominy with dates cooked in
eaten with cream: bacon and fried
mush, rolls, toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cold lamb "a leftover, uacedoinz
salad Ca leftover, IN which cold peas
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! ed: stewed tomatoes. satisfy fritters.
cOldslaW. cream cheese and crackers
with salad. blanc mango and cream,
black coffee.
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and asparagus are served upon lettUce),
tomato toast. baked potatoes, ginger
bread and cheese cocoa
DINNER
Clam broth with whipped cream on
top larded calls liver. mashed pota-
toes, baked beans, cup CUstards and
cake, black coffee