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The Washington bee., 1908-03-21

the defensive positions picked out by
their dwellings.
In nearly every one of the ancient
communal buildings can be found
towers and lOokouts. with small win
dows or loophOles commanding all ap-
proaches. Usually the towers are a
part of the main building, but occa-
sionally they are detached and stand
of at some distance, and are built
sufficiently high to AFFORD a view Of
the country on all sides.
One OF these remarkable structures
has been found in Navajo canyon,
which is included within the Mesa
Verde National park, in southwestern
Colorado. The tower still stands on
top of a sandstone cone about 80 feet
high and is perfectly cylindrical. By
the aid of steps worn in the stone 1t Is
possible to climb to the tower and
even to walk around it, The walls
are "a inches thick and, although
their original height is not known,
those now in place are over nine feet
high. This tower arising from the
bottom of the canyon to an elevation
about the surrounding rim, com
manded a view of the adjacent mesa
and was undoubtedly the viewpoint
from which warnings of an approach
ing enemy could be sent out to the
cliff dwellers in the canyon below.
Another remarkable lookout is Glib,
raltar House." in Ruin canyon, just
across the Colorado-Utah line from
the Mesa Verde National park. Like
the round tower of Navajo canyon
this structure overlooked great dis
tances, preventing a surprise from an
approaching enemy.
Considering the fact that about the
only known weapons these prehistoric
people used were the bow and arrow
and a spear-like implement. the ne
cessity for the great fOrtTesses and
thick walls is quite uneXplainable.
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CARAMEL APPLES ARE GOOD.
Properly Prepared They Make De
lightful Variation.

Caramel apples are a dainty dish
served at a Boston restaurant which
caters TO the feminine taste. To pre-
pare them:
Take six tart apples, one cup each Of
white and brown sugar. One-fourth
cup OF cream, one large tablespoonful
butter, one cup chopped nuts. one cup
each Of whipped cream and water,
and tablespoonful granulated geIatine.
Make a syrup Of the granulated SUI
gar and water Peel and core the ap-
pies and cook them slowly until ten
der, in the syrup. Turn them often
and take care to keep them whole.
When done remove the syrup and add
the gelatin to the syrup. Place the
brown sugar, cream and butter in a;
saucepan and cook to the firm ball
stage. Then add the nuts Place the
prepared apples in a dish and fill the
centers and cover the top with the
caramel nut mixture. Then pour the
syrup around them and set on ice to
chill. When ready to serve. covered
with whipped cream. they are a de-
lightful variation OF the common
baked aple.
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Darn with Machine.

Let the sewing machine darn that
hole in the bedspread 1t will darn it
ever so much better than your hands
can. Cut piece OF cotton cloth half
an inch larger all around than the
hole, turn the edges in and stitch
down on the machine Baste the
patch to the inside OF the worn por-
ton. Now lengthen the stitch as you
would for very heavy material and
stitch vertically over the hole, keep
ing the rows Of stitching as near to-
gether as possible. Do not lift the
needle during the process, but lift the
foot OF the machine and swing the
article around the end OF each row OF
stitching.
When the hole has been quite COW
cred with the vertical rows of stitch.
ing stitch across horizontally, as in
regular darning, until the hole is COM
pletely filled up. The finest table linen
can also be repaired in this way,
only the patch must be Of linen in
stead OF cotton cloth. A darn made
this way viii far outlast the article.
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Economic on Table Linen.

The wise housekeeper of to-day
uses dOilies instead of tablecloths,
says the DelineatOr. Instead OF US
ing large tablecloth three times q
day 1t is better TO have a square for
breakfast and luncheon put on dag
onally, or else set of plain doilies,
for either Of these insure an attractive
table and also save laundering at
least two large cloths a week. A
few doilies or a square can be washed
out and irOned with very little trouble
whenever they need it.
With this partly-covered table
there should certainly be a growing
plant or fern for the center, no mat.
ter how simple it may be. After
these things the china really does not
matter SO much, though for break
fast nothing is so charming as a set
OF blue and white, which may be
picked up almost anywhere for g
small sum Graceful shapes can be
easily found
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Cracked Furniture

Ugly marks caused by Sits or
cracked places on furniture are easily
filled in with beeswax and the mark
is never detected. In fact, this is how
furniture dealers cover such blemishes.
First slightly soften the beeswax until
it is like putty. then press firmly into
the cracks, and smooth evenly with a
thin steel knife. or course a putty
knife is best for the purpose, but dull
case knife Will do. Sandpaper over
the surrounding wood and work the
dust into the beeswaK. This gives a
wood finish, or color. and when the fur
niture is vanished you will look in
vain for the blemishes. Often this de-
feet occurs in the panels OF furniture.
headbOards or beds and tables, so try
this method of mending and you VIII
be delighted with the result. 1t is bet.
ter than putty, since putty soon dries,
crumbles and falls out. while beesWaX
remains forever just where it iG
placed
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"A FAMOUS HIGHWAY
SHORT LONDON THOROUGFARE
TO BE CLOSED TO PUBLIC.
Downing Street, Krown as Hub of Brit
ish Empire, and Has Long Fig
ured in Estory-Founded
by an American.

LOndOn.-"The most famous street
in the world, as it is called in Lon
don, is about TO be closed to the pub
lie. This is Downing street, which
former AmbGs ssa Tor joseph H. Choate
once described as the connecting
link" between England and America,
and which certainly is one of the
most interesting streets in the world,
if il be not the most famous.
Downing street is the hub of the
great British em- iie, yet as a street
il is insignificalt, in fact, it is worse
it is the dreariest. Gin2iest Guide sac
imaginable, aad is digniiied by being
called a street ii all. Excepting the
big government b-lL:lgs which cor
ner il, there are but two houses. Nos.
10 and Il. One is the official resi-
denCe of the prime minister of Eng
land. the other of the chancellor of
the eXchequer. The first of these,
No. 10" is indisputably one of the
most historic buildings in existence.
1t is In Downing street that the Brit
ish cabinet meets. 1t IS here that the
most important matters affecting the
empire are discussed. ministries are
made and broken and peace and war
declared.
There is, of course. a sufficient rea-
son for such a surprising step as the
closing of Downing street to the public
There have been whispers that the
suffragettes intended besieging the Of
fetal residences of the prime minister
and the chancellor of the exchequer.
Vt any rate the street is to be closed,
and if the suffragettes desire to do any
riOting they must do it elsewhere.
Downing street was started by an
American. His name was George
Downing, but he was not an American
on whom the United States can pride
itself A historian of his own nation
ality, in fact, declares that 1T became
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Downing Street, London.

a proverbial expression with New Eng
landers to say of a false man who be-
trayed his trust that he was an arrant
George Downing"
This Downing was the son of Eman-
uel Downing Of Salem, Mass. His
mother was Lucy, sister of Gov. John
Winthrop. He was educated at Harv-
ard and was the second graduate Of
the university. For a time he was a
professor there, teaching the younger
students Then he went off to the
West Indies, was chaplain of the ship
and did a deal of preaching. He
eventually reached England. The
time were troublOus, the civil war was
raging and Downing sided with Crom-
we'll
When the king once more came into
his own, DOwnings peace was made
with Charles II. by Thomas Howard,
brother of the earl of Suffolk and an.
cestOT of the man who has made Daisy
Letter of Chicago and Washington an
English countess.
Soon after Downing was restored to
favor the king made him the chief
treasurer Downing gave the profit
gate king all the money he waHted and
in several pamphlets defended his
royal master. He also saw that the
kings three chief favOrites, the duch-
ess of Portsmouth, Lady Castlemaine
and Nell Gwynn, had their share OF
dips into the English treasury. He
was such a great sycOpant that he OBJ
tanned a grant of 100000 from the
king. He served in all the parliaments
and was known as the house bell to
call all the cOurtjers TO vote"
The founder Of Downing street built
some houses on it which he sold as
well as leased. Nos. 9, 10 and II were
sold to Lee Lord Litchfield. master Of
the horse to King James IL. When the
king fed from England Lord Litchfield
had to do the same, and his property
was forfeited to the Gro En. In this
way these three houses came into the
possession OF the government
King George /. knocked Nos. and
10 into one residence and presented it
to Baron Bothmar, the HanOVeTian
minister, for life On BothmaT's death
George II. offered the house as a gift
TO Sir Robert Walpolt, then prime
minister. WalpcIe refused it fer him
self, but accepted it as the Office of the
first lord of the treasury and perpetual
Official residence Of the prime minis
ter
And thus it came about that Down
ing street is the most famous street
in the world" Although all the
proclamations and official papers of
ENGLAND are dated from Our Palace
of st. James" they really emanate
from Downing street. For two cen
turies the British empire has been run
from the dingy house in this narrow,
dull cul-de-sac, and probably will con.
tinue for centuries of the future.
= r. FsiNI al sEt@
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HospitaI Boiled Euu.

An excellent way to boil an egg so
as to have it soft and fluffy, suitable
for cOnvalescents, is to cook it eight
minutes. The water in the kettle
must be boiling. Turn out the gas on
range and carefully place egg-whlch
previously has been dipped in warm
water to remove chill, as sudden
change in temperature would crack it
in the boiling water, and cover.
leaving upon the unlighted burner to
get the heat. At the end OF eight
minutes take egg from shell, salt and
butter to taste, and you will have a
soft, palatable. easily digested egg.
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Irisn Stew

Irish stew is a capital dish, and
when properly made is as appetizing
as 1t is nutritious. But its appearance
Offends the superfine taste OF a
writer in one of the minor society pa
pers, who condemns it in quite pictur-
esque language. He writes: "Our
aesthetic tastes are too little appealed
to by what is set before US at luncheon
and dinner How apparent this be-
comes to all of us who have ever sat
and bOggled at the monstrous ugli-
ness of that mound of bones in a
grave of moist vegetation, known by
the barbaric name Of the Irish
stew"
The Washington bee., 1908-03-21
GOOD CREAM SOUPS
SOME LATE AND CAREFULLY
TESTED RECIPES.
Materials for Simple But Delicious
Soup-Cream of Celery One Of
the Best Known of
Preparations.

The following recipes for cream
soups have been carefully tested: A
simple but delicious clam soup calls
for a quart of soft shelled clans, or
90; quart and a half OF milk,
third of cupful OF butter, three table
spOonfuls of flour. slice of onion, a
little nutmeg, salt and pepper. Drain
the liquor from the CLAIMS, strain it
and set it aside, Wash the clans
by emptying them into cOlandeT and
placing it under the faucet for mo-
ment. Put the milk and the slice OF
onion in a double boiler and set 1t on
the stove. Cream the butter and rub
the -four into it with spoon. As
soon as the milk bOils remove the
onion. Add a little of the milk grad
Ually to the creamed butter and -four.
stirring il to form a smooth paste.
Beat this mixture into the boiling
milk. Season with salt pepper and a
grating of nutmeg. Cook for fve
minutes. Then add the clam liquor
and clans. Cook for five minutes
longer.
cream Of clam soup, though more
expensive, is even more delicious The
same ingredients are used with the ad
dition Of pint Of cream. The clans
are washed and placed in a saucepan
to simmer for a few minutes. The
liquor is then drained off and the
CLANS are pounded in a mortar and
rubbed through a coarse puree sieve.
Proceed as directed in the foregoing
recipe adding the cream when the
pounded clans and their liquor are
added. Serve very hot with crOutons
To pref are cream of celery soup
that most appetizing of cream soups
wash a good sized head OF celery
and break the stalks into inch length
pieces. Boil in as little water as pos
Bible until pulpy. In the meantime put
over the stove in a double boiler a
pint OF milk, large slice OF onion and
q piece Of mace. Mash the celery in
the water in which IT was cooked, and
when the milk bOils add to it the
mashed celery. Cream together q
tablespoonful Of butter and one Of
fOur, then add to the soup. Season
with salt and pepper and cook for
i've minutes. Strain and serve. A
cupful of cream added the last mo-
ment will make 1t richer
A cream of mixed vegetables calls
for two heaping teaspoOnfuls Of diced
onion, the same amount each Of diced
carrot and celery and half that amount
OF turnip. Put three tablespoonful
OF butter In saucepan and when melt
ed add the diced vegetables. Let
them cook for Is minutes. taking care
that they do not brown. In the mean
time put a quart and a pint of milk
over the stove in a double boiler, with
bay leaf, small blade OF
mace and spray of parsley
When the vegetables are tender add
three tablespOOnfuls of -four and stir
the mixture gradually into the boiling
milk. Season with salt and pepper;
then cook for half an hour. Beat up
the yOlks of two eggs and add to them
q cupful of cream. Stir the mixture
into the soup and let il cook for a
minute, beating constantly to prevent
curdling. This soup may be strained
or not, as preferred. It is delicious
with the diced vegetables left in
Serve with crOutons
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Ideal Wall Covering.

From a sanitary and even from an
artistic standpoint nothing makes a
better wall covering than a water col
or tint
This must be the right kind, though,
that will not fade or streak or rub of.
If you insist on having the best, then
will you know the comfort of being
able to wipe down your walls once or
twice a week with dry soft cloth put
over a broom or lOng-handled brush.
Some of these wall tints are anti
septic and germicides, and can be
painted over when it is desired to
change the decoration of the room
without washing off the under tint
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IONIC for TIred Housekeepsrs.

Place six fresh eggs in an earthen
bowl without breaking the shells and
pour over them the juice of six large
or seven small lemons. Let it stand
48 hours. At the end of the first "a
hours turn the eggs over and at the
end of As hours the shells should be
entirely gone, dissolved in the lemon
juice. Remove any skin that remains.
Into the egg mixture stir one-haIf
pound best California honey, one gill
Of cream, one gill of rum, adding the
cream to the honey before stirring ii
into the eggs. Beat all together 20
minutes with an egg beater. then bot.
tie. Dose. wineglassful every morn,
ing before breakfast and at night II
necessary. This IS particularly good
for tired woTn-out women.
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GoIdenrod Eods-

Three hard boiled eggs, one-haIf
teaspoon salt, one tablespoon butter
one-eighth teaspoon pepper, one table
spoon -four, five slices toast, one cup
milk parsley. Make a thin white sauce
with the butter, flour, milk and sea
sOning. Separate yOlks from whites
of eggs. Chop whites fine and add
them TO the sauce. Cut four slices OF
toast in half iengthwise. Arrange on
platter and pour the sauce over it
Force the yolks through a potato riceE
or strainer and sprinkle over the top
Garnish the dish with parsley and the
remaining toast cut in points.
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A Splendid Cake Recipe.

Cream three-fOurths Of a cup of but
ter, add one cup sugar and three eggs,
beating one in at a time. Add four
tablespoOnfuls of sour cream. Sift to
gether one and a half cups -four, one
teaspOOnful each of soda. cinnamon
and nutmeg. Add last a cup of black
berry jam, put together with a boiled
frosting. The secret of making
boiled frosting is in the beating Dc
not stop for a second until it is thor
oughly cold Also add a half-teaspoon
ful of vinegar to the sirup when
cooking,
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Postmaster General Frank H. Hitch
eek. has succeeded 10 The vacancy
.reated by me alters resignation.
Mr.. Fi,cheocr recp7jIg decided to
sccc0t the irri'a::sn IF the friends of
Secretary Tart 10 ass+st in the man
asemeHt Of lis a aupa sn .orthe presi-
Dental Gc:n- -aa.iCL e the Republican
party.
DR. Grand ell va A-~a at Troy.
Lincoln county. Missouri. iu 1851. and
keeps his yCtius I,siGen0e there. He
was appointed % The pest o4.ce de
partment IS c.erk ut 81. 600 in August,
1885, and has risen through every
grade TO his present position. While
in the department he took a course in
medicine al Howard university, get
ting his degree Of VI. d. in 1889.
Dr. Grandfeld resides, with his wife
and two daughters, at 949 S street
The Washington bee., 1908-03-21
ANCIENT TOWERS IN SOUTHWEST
Prehistoric Structures Doubtless Used
for Defensive Purposes.

Denver, Col - in pre- Columbian
days, probably even before the period
of the Aztec and Toltec peoples, and
at time when = considerable portion
of the southwestern part of this
country, now embraced within Col
OradO, Utah and New Mexico, was
densely populated by a race we'll ad-
vanced in many of the crude arts and
industries, constant warfare was car
Tied on between factions. rival tribes
or different races. as is evidenced by
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Salmon Cronuettrs.

Put one cUpful of sweet milk on
The stove. When near the boiling
point stir to a smooth paste two
tablespOOnfuls Of flour. put in the
milk and stir till thick Then set
aside to cool Add one can Of salmon
freed from bones; mash fine with fork.
two we'll beaten eggs, one teaspoon
full of salt, pinch of pepper. Add
thickened milk and one pint of bread
crumbs. Mix we'll together. Form in
small cakes and fry in spider in hot
grease till a rich brown.
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SuItana Roll.

Line a cylindrical mold with a pis-
tachiO cream ice, sprinkle the inside
with sultana raisins cooked tender in
sugar sirup at about 80 degrees by
the sirup gauge. (The raisins may be
soaked in cIaret frst.) Fill center with
charlotte russo filling, cover with pis-
tachio cream ice. Let stand an hour
in equal measure Of ice and salt.
Serve in slices with claret sauce.
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Dainty Potatoes.

Boil potatoes until thoroughly
cooked; mash and stir in egg and one
cup of milk. a teaspOonful of salt and
a pinch CT pepper. Roll potatoes into
balls the size of d tennis ball Make
a cup out of a lettuce leaf twisted and
put in one ball Arrange leaves and
balls in A fat dish with slices Of hard
boiled eggs around edge and a spriG
OF parsley. Serve with roast beef.
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ORANGE Honey.

Crate the yellow rind from two fine
oranges aud add to il two pounds
OF strained honey. Remove the juice
and Iulp frcm one dozen oranges.
This should measure q least a quart.
Add this 10 the honey. Turn the
whole in a preserving kettle and boil
.a-cfuIiy Ior nai al hour. then put
into PCT, al ; cid coTer with
.a-aR.n oi. as-.1 q or
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Hot Water for Dishes

Hot water for washing dishes may
be easily and cheaply procured by
placing two pans of cold water In the
broiler when the oven is being used.
The water will become as hot as is
needed and for no extra gas. When
using the broiler put the pans into the
oven to heat.
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pillow Ticks.

The brown spotted condition Of pill
low ticks is really grease and dirt
that work through the ticks. IN
bIeached muslin slips put over the
ticks save the pillows a great deal.
They may be removed and washed.
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Cake from Bread sponne.

Use two cups brown sugar. butter
size of an egg, two eggs. one teaspoon
each Of cloves, cinnamon. nutmeg,
singer and soda; over this pour one
cup boiling water; when cool add one
cup bread sponge, one cup or more OF
raisins, and -four enough to make a
soft cake dough Bake Immediately
as you would any cake.
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PreEs.>L -'-r {. lvcrI.

To Gle = .cI ..-e-er.e The cClOr OF
worry crnamert- IIace the articles in d
bowl Of cold MAJ and allow them to
remaia 81 hons. Teke them out and
lay on d so1 tyN,l. % NOT dsy them
rLey must d.- - nc On air. II any
water reuzils - he ca:tjlgs If the
IVORY blow Il or. II It wara ailo TeI to
settle On the i.o.y lie color would be
Destroyed.
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Economical Soup.

Get a ten-cent soup bone. Put on
with three quarts OF water Add
vegetables OF all kinds. salt and pep
per to taste. Cook for three hours
This will make enough soup for two
dinners. Reheat second day. Third
day, make soup from bone, same
quantity as first Soup made the sec
Ond time is much better than first.
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Smooth GRAVY.

As soon as your meat has been re-
moved from pan sprinkle your -four in.
stir up smoothly, then add cold water.
stir and bring TO boiling point. If the
meat is pork or mutton or any fat
meat remove the surplus grease be-
fore putting in flour
The Washington bee., 1908-03-21
Old Cartains.

Old Swiss sash Curtains when clean
and mended make excellent sewing
aprons. All they need is q tape run
through the hem. and they are easily
tied on when one is ready to sew.
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Put Hatpin in Cake.

To keep layers Of cake from slip
ping while icing the top and siGes take
a new hatpin, kept for this purpose.
stick it down through the three layers
and allow It to remain till filling has
hardened.
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SUCCESSOR TO HITCHCOCK.
Or. GrandfieId Made First Assistant
Postmaster General.

Washington. Charles P Grand.
field of Missouri. the ranking officer
of the bureau, who has acted as first
assistant in the absence of Assistant
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ct,r.t Sauce for Sultan. eou

Boil one cupful of sugar and one
half cupful Of water seven or eight
minutes. Let it cool and add q third
OF s cupful OF claret.
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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
PLANS FOR LODCE:
HALL DEDICATION
Social Feature Will Be Prominent In
Housewarming Exercises Next
Friday Night.

The lodge hall and rooms in the Fra.
ternal building will receive their formal
housewarming Friday night of next
week. Invitations 10 all Wallowa coun-
ty members of the Odd Fellows and
Knightsof Pythias and their families
have been sent ont, over 500 in number,
and there will be no doubt an attend
ance that will tax the capacity of the
spacious and beautiful rooms. In aa-
dition number of distinguished guests
from distance have been invited and
are expected to come, including the
grand officers of the tw ORDERS
The exercises will start at 7 80 o'clock
with an informal reception that will
last until about 8 o'clock. Then will
come fine musical program. A male
chorus of 20 voices will be one of the
features, and in addition there will be
vocal and instrumental solos and duets.
Following the program an elaborate
supper will be served in the superb BAN
quet hall. The evenings enjoyment
will conclude with social pleasures in
cluding dancing for those so inclined.
The entire affair will be one of the
most elaborate of the kind ever given in
the county, as is only fitting in dedica-
tion of this building. The lodge hall
and rooms are the finest in Eastern
Oregon and are credit to the progress.
sive orders that own them, and to the
county as well.