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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10

A COUNTRY correspondent, who
IN lives six miles from a railway
4 l. and three from the nearest gro
eery. has a lamentable tale TO tell:
I'VE are not, strictly speaking, vege-
tsrians. but we agree with you that It
IS not wholesome TO eat too much meat.
Moreover, unless We are content to have
salt pork for dinner three times week,
we must go meatless many times in the
winter. Heavy storms block the road
snd hinder the butcher from making his
rounds twice weekly. Then, again, we
IKE vegetables. Our potato bin is well
dned and lasts US until late in the
spring. We have turnips and beets and
cabbage. But we get tired OF all threei
We used to vary them by canned
goods and very much TO our satisfac-
ton. For the last two years We have
heard so many dreadful things about
these same canned things that we have.
as my old Scotch grandmother used to
say, 'Ta'en a scunner against them.
We feel the lack Of them more than
can tell We miss the nice corn pud-
dings and the string beans and toma-
toes ana aspara gus we used 10 buy by
the dozen cans and set in goodly order
upon our storeroom shelves in the fall
TO draw upon during the long winter.
can you help US 10 a substitute for the
banished provisions, or tell US if all these
things ought really and truly to be
classed as 'embalmed foods'?"
~ z. S. (Pinehurst, Ulster county,
n. ".
II is not surprising that you should
have been set against preserved foods
BY the revelations Of the last few years.
I confess TO the same dread in my own
case The able chemical experts who are
kind enough 10 aid and abet me in the
Investigations I have made along the
line Of adulteratiOn and chemical treat
ment OF meats. vegetables and fruits
have supplied me, in days now, I would
fain hope. gone by, with startling analy-
ses of divers natural products designed
for the consumption, and presuma bly,
the nourishment, Of human beings-so
startling in some Instances that I have
struck canned meats and a majority Of
canned fruits and vegetables from my
list of household commodities. Hence
the return to the practice of twenty-odd
years ago. OF putting up our own pre-
serves and pickles and canning all man
ner OF eatables for winter use.
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To &c. H." /" of Bolton, Ga.
Another White Fruit Cake

Cream together half q pound OF butter and
a pound of powdered sugar until very light
Add a cup Of cold water and three cups
of -four which has been sifted twice with
two rounded teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Beat we'll. Have ready q pound Of seeded
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PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Now, or so 1 am credibly informed by
those who claim TO be qualified to speak
with authority upon the subject. the
pure-food law has 50 far reformed the
abuses OF which we have spoken that
II is quite safe to partake of canned
goods" that have been put up since the
passage Of that law. If artificial means
the use Of chemicals intended to pre-
vent fermentation-are resorted TO in
the preparation Of such foods for the
market, the manufacturer incurs the
danger of a heavy fine If he neglect 10
state the fact in the label upon the can
or jar containing the vegetable or ami
NAL substance. This protective measure
IS an unspeakable boon to the house
mother who does not live near enough
20 city or town market 10 obtain the
fresh vegetables and fruits that are
brought from the South and defy the
interdict OF winter
Before we talk OF the proper use Of
canned foods. let me remark. with en-
phasis and gratitude, that I have ex-
cepted tomatoes from the ban placed
upon other artifcially preserved vege-
tables. Perhaps because the simple
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you viii have corn somewhat resem-
bling in sweetness the original article.
A corn pudding eaten as a vegetable
is a wholesome variety in a winter
menu. After preparing it as for stew
ing, take from the fire, stir in two
beaten eggs and a teaspoonful of -four
rolled in co-nstarch. Bake. covered. for
twenty minutes. then brown.
Succotash made of corn and lima beans
that were canned separately is far su-
perior TO the canned succotash sold by
the grocer. Treat the corn as X It were
to be cooked alone: air the beans and
soak in cold water for two hours. Put
them over the fire in hot salted water,
bring to a boil. drain and add to the
corn. which Is simInering in another YES
sci. seasoned as for stewi1g. Heat the
two together not more than five minutes
WHEN TROUBLE PAYS
More troublesome than when the can
marked "succotash" is opened twenty
minutes before dinnertime, dumped"
just as it is into a common single sauce
pan. seasoned with lump OF butter,
dasn of salt and shake Of pepper. do
not deny IL! Yet if you will examine the
provisions of the recipe you will see that
compliance with them is matter or
brain expenditure and neither OF time
nor labor. The distinction makes all the
difference between intelligent ard un-
skilled. slovenly culinary operations.
One of my masculine critics-of which,
/ am proud to say, we register so few
that they hardly count in the number OF
approving friends of the same gender
warns me against "frills' in writing for
housewives who do not keep a girl" II
these commonsense directions for Sc
curing the best results from cheap mate
rials without increase of cost be ''frills,
then-as Patrick Henry said OF the i'm
putation of ''treason''-let my censor
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exhausting it. and yet. perhaps, without
convincing him that cheap foods are
not of necessity coarse.
If l do not see that keeping a girl''
implies ''affluence,' or that that or any
other degree of affiuence implies brain
enough to keep family expenses down
when prices are inflated, il is probably
because what brain is left to me after
hammering upon the economy" anvil
for three months is not of a quality to
appreciate my critics ideas of cause
and effect
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10
To rs. J. H." of Virginia
Is this what '.s. ]. w." of Virginia,

Is tuio what % a. W., VI FAoA--S
wants?
MarshmalIow Cream
One-half pound of fresh marshmallows;
cupful of whipped cream (stif): two tea
spoonfuls of powdered sugar; one teaspoon
full of vanilla. Cut the marshmalows into
small bits: stir these with the sugar and
vanilla into tho whipped cream and sprinkle
the chopped nuts on Top. Set In The Ice
this instead OF ice cream at small gather
ings. T.. F.. F.. milwaukee, Wis.).
An acceptable substitute for the in
variable ice cream without which good
Americans fancy they cannot ENTER
tain And how tired some Of us get
of it!
To &c. H." of Bolton, Ga.
Dear c. II. (Bolton, Ga-).
In answer to your request for recipe
neosed ne d.'e ilnl have ed tred | f and ' we like I i
very much.
White Fruit Cake.
Whites of three eggs; one large cupful OF
pulverized sugar; one-half cupful Of butter;
one-half cupful of sweet milk one and a
half cups of -four: two level teaspo3nfuls
of baking powder; one large cupfui Of
chopped raisins: chopped citron-as much or
Beat the whites OF the eggs very stin and
fold in. last of all. Bake in a moderate
oven. in mould or in large shallow
pan. F. NJ K. (Pittsfeid. Mass.)
For the. excellent, and brief, formula
we are your grateful debtors, albeit 1t
was meant for single reader l laid
hold upon it for the general good.
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MNssnA HaeLo,sz
FAMILY MEALS
FOR A WEEK
SUNDAY

SUNDAY
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit. cereal and cream. cre@nsed
ham "a left-overl: waf1ss. marmalads.
toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
LIverwurst. sliced and sa<ntshed With
lemon and parsley. sally ionn. oaked Po-
tatOss. gingerbread and cream cheese.
DINNER
vegstabIs soup; roast 5Ssk: apple pss1Sf: sauce
soufis cake. black coffee
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
Oranges cracked wheat bacon and green
peppers, French rolls. toast. tea and cones.
LUNCHEON.
Dreaded sardines.. rsmains Of corn pud-
ding, lettuce sandwiches crackers and
cheese. rice pudding, tea
DINNER
Caulinower soup Ca left-overl. pork pies
"a Ieft-overl apple sauce. scalioped tomA-
toes. fried oyster plant, cracker plum pud-
TUESDAY
BREAKFAST.
stewed prunes, cereal and cream. bacon,
boiled eggs, graham biscuits. toast tea and
LUNCHEON
Baked Welsh rarebit. stewsd potatoes.
apple and nut salad. with French dressing;
DINNER.
Tomato soup. rolled beefsteek. Bermuda
onions. creamed carrots. snow pudding
with ladynngsrss black eoffee.
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST.
Oranges. cereal and cream. bacon ana
fried ho1niny. rice mufnns. toast. tea and
LUNCHEON
Stew OF beefgseak. onions and carrots %
oTs stasd dPs posaoe mSn poor paddns @
DINNER
Celery cream SOUP yss sutIsts ,.,s sDi5aisss: 5isSs
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST.
Sliced pineapple. cereal and cream. clars
frittsrs. shorteake. toast. tea and cOree.
LUNCHEON
Baked pork and beans. with tomato
sauce; fried French potatoes. shortcaket
reheated "a ieft-ovsr)' ginger cookies and
DINNER.
Beef gravy soup with noodles; stuffed
beef's heart. stewed celery, mashed ana
Drowned potato. lemon pie. black coffee
FRIDAY
BREAKFASr
Oranges. cereal and cream. hshcakess
cornbread. toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Lettuce with French dressing. omelet,
potato cakes Ga left-over). 1unket and
e0oAies' Tea DINNER.
Oyster bisQue. baked biuensh. potato
creduettes. stswed tomatoes. French pan
cakes. black coffee.
SATURDAY
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples cereal and cream. cream:
ed fish "a Ieft-over). griddle cakes aud
syrup toast. tea and cofree-
LUNCHEON
Pork and beans Ca Ieft-oyer). tomato
toast "a left-Over) baked potatoes, bread
and raisin pudding. tea
DINNER
scrap SOUP in which Odds and ends
play part: corned beef. mashed turnfps.
celery knobs. wine Jelly and cake. black
coffee.
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and chopped raisins. quarter pound OF
shredded citron, a half pound each OF
chopped figs. chopped dates and chopped
blanched almonds. Dredge these thoroughly
with -four. Now stir into the batter the
whites of I'VE eggs whipped very stiff. Do
this with light swift strokes beating the
batter up from the bottom with each
stroke. Lastly beat in the fruit
Bake for three hours In deep pans lined
with paper. Ice with tutti-frufti frostirg
EMILE (Bro0klyn. N. "
l am thinking. in transcribing the
recipe, what fine wedding-c cake your
white loaf would make. We hope to
hear from you again, and thank you
for your compliance with our request
for the recipe.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10
Calls Liver

OUtT , LFUST
May pass along my way Of COOKING
calf's liver? I have read with much inter-
est what you say OF the possibilities OF il
known. -
The Recipe.
Have 1t SLICED by the butcher Roll the
slices IN -four; fry In deep lard or dTtpping
until they are done and nicely Drowned.
Iake II uo and keep hot upon a platter
WnlIe You mix tablespoonful OF Drowned
hour into thin paste with vinegar put
q little water IN the frying pan: bring To a
Dol: stir in the -four paste. and season 20
taste When done, pvur over the liver
1eu VIII soon learn what are the right
proportions ot vinegar, water etc
NY John likes liver cooked T., this x-av
and in no other @'
Many dishes require much work 10 get
tnein Just right, hut this is Verv sirnuie
Z. r f. (Muscatine Iowa..
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'The average cook merely dumps the
contents into a saucepan"

''The average cook merely dumps the
contents into a saucepan.
eat canned peas. If the contents OF
the can be poured into colander, the
liquor in which the peas have been
kept thrown away and the peas put
into an open bowl of iced water and
left there for two or three hours,
then cooked in the usual way, there
will be no taste or smell of the
smoke" Keep the water cold, chang
ing once for fresh. The average cook
will hardly take the trouble to obey
directions so simple. and which in
volve little loss of time or toll. The
independent householder who docs her
own work will be thankful for the
hint.
Treat lima beans and asparagus to
the bath of cold water. The liquor in
which they have lain for weeks and
months was devitalized by boiling, and
it holds the undesirable raw essence of
the esculent Never cook vegetable
in the water in which 1t was canned.
Tomatoes and spinach are preserved in
their native juices They are, there
fore, exceptions 70 the rule. While it is
not practicable to drain from corn the
milk that exudes in canning, it is well
to pour away the thinner liquid. Give
the contents Of the can a slight shake
in the coiandcr to rid them of the
watery part Of the liquor; let them air
for several hours in cool place (not
the icebox) put over the fire in the
inner vessel Of a double boiler and
when they have cooked ten minutes add
half a cupful of hot milk into which
you have stirred a tablespoonful of
butter. with salt and white pepper TO
taste Simmer ten minutes longer, and
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-10
SATURDAY

Baked apples. cereal and cream. cream
ed fish "a Ieft-over). griddle cakes and
syrup toast. tea and coffee-
LUNCHEON.
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THURSDAY

Oranges. cereal and cream. hShcakeSs
cornbread toast. tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Lettuce with French dressing. omelet,
potato cakes Ga left-over). 1unket and
DINNER
Oyster bisQue baked biuehsh. potato
crcduettes. stewed tomatoes. French pan
cakes black coffee.
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scrap SOUP in which odds-and- ends
play a part: corned beef mashed turnips,
celery knobs. wine Jelly and cake. black
coffee
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06

The Russian marshal Su'varoff was
famous as jester and was fond OF
confusing the men under his COM
mand by asking them unexpected and
absurd questions. But occasionally
he met his match. Thus one bitter
January night, such as Russia only
can produce, he rode up to a sentry
and demanded:
"How many stars are there in the
skyw
The soldier, not a whit disturbed,
answered coolly:
wait a little, and I'll tell you"
And he deliberately commenced count
ing, Zone two, three" etc.
When he had reached 100 Suvaroff,
who was half frozen. thought it high
time to ride off. not, however. with
out inquiring the name of the ready
reckoner.. Next day the latter found
himself promoted.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
County Officers Getting Settled

During the past two weeks each and
every county official has had moving
day and taken his turn at house clean
ing. The school superintendent is now
on the second floor in two large rooms.
The treasurer now occupies the north
half of the new annex, double the size
of the old quarters, with large vault in
connection. The auditors office is To-
Gated in the south half of the new annex
is large and airy, has special vault and
a separate compartment for stenog-
raphers and abstractors. All other
offices are much larger and more con-
veniently arranged. The court room has
been much improved and will be ready
for occupancy in a few days-Exam-
iner
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Gypsies and Death.

The custom Of placing the property
of the dead in their graves has always
been. followed by the true Romany
gypsies. 1t is due to some old tradi-
ton Of Ill luck attending the possession
OF an article whose former owner is
gone. and much valuable property is
buried in this belief There is also a
sentiment among gypsies against the
possession of anything that has be-
longed to dead person. because it
serves to remind the living Of the de-
parted and inspire in them dread Of
death. The custom of burying their
property with gypsy dead dates from
the earliest history of the Romany
tribes.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
What Dry Farming Means

What is dry farming? What are Its
aims? What has it actually achieved?
Dry farming, in the largest sense, IS
conservation of fertility. It aims to
make every drop of rain and moisture
and every particle of soil do their duty
in helping crops to grow. In has al
ready demonstrated that wherever rain
falls there can be no such thing as
barren desert incapable of use and pro-
ductivity.
This farming of dry lands. to define 1T
more closely, is the conservation of the
water that is as necessary to the farmer
as is the SOIL 1t consists in handling
the soil in such a way as to make it
store all the water it receives and yield
it all to:thirsting seed and growing plant.
1t takes the hard, dry clod that is as
impervious to water as a stone, and
brushes it into loose masses that hold
the moisture as sponge holds water.
The aim of such farming is to wipe
the desert off the map of agriculture !;
to multiply agricultural areas and re-
sources thousandfold; and to provide
immensely augmented supplies of food
for the teeming millions yet unborn that
rainy countries and irrigated countries
could not feed.
All over the world dry farming has
demonstrated the incalculable value OF
working the soil deeply. the feasibleness
of carrying moisture in the soil from
season to season, the practicability of
charging the agricultural regions by in
PRODUCING cereals that resist drouth and
the certainty that, though long drouths
may occur, great crops can be raised in
arid or half-arid lands. 1t proves that
earth's last lands are its best lands
| Spokesman Review.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Fall From Trestle Fatal

Eugene 5. Huphes, foreman of a crew
OF bridge carpenters working on the
Metaline Falls extension of the Idaho &
Washington Northern, fell from rs
foot high trestle Tuesday, sustaining a
fractured skull and other injuries that
caused his death few hours later.
Hughes was about 80 years old and a
finely built specimen of manhood. His
body was shipped through here this
morning to Lucas, Town, the home OF
his parents. Undertaken J. G. Harding
went to lone Wednesday morning to
embalm and prepare the body for ship
ment.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Erroneous Impression Corrected.

To the Spokesman Review and
Inland Herald Of date Sept. "a,
1910, in the issue of the Colville
Examiner of Sept. 25th and Oct. l.,
and in the Springdale Reformer of
date Sept. 80, various articles have
appeared charging irregularity in
the printing of the primary ballots
used in the recent primary election,
in that the existing primary law
was not complied with in the print
ing of the ballot, and that partial
ity and favoritism was shown to
various candidates by those who
were charged with the duty of
printing and distributing the bal
lots. Each and all of these arti-
cles emanated from Democratic
sources, with the evident intent of
advancing the interests of the pres
ent Democratic nominee for county
auditor, by causing the defeated
candidates for Office on. the Repub-
lican ticket and their friends to
take up arms against the Repub-
lican ticket. Were these articles
true and based upon facts as they
actually occurred, this statement
would not be written, and no COM
plant whatever could be made.
But in so far as these articles sought
to cast all responsibility for the
alleged irregularity and favoritism
upon the county auditor or the edi-
tor of the Statesman-Index, they
are false and were known to be so
by their author or authors, other
wise that person or persons wrote
upon a subject of the truth of which
they were ignorant, in which event
he or they are equally guilty of an
attempt to deceive the people of
this county.
The truth of the matter is as fol-
lows:
Some time about the Goth of
August, the exact date being un-
known to me at this time, Mr..
Veatch, editor of the Statesman
Index, came to my Office in the city
of Colville in the absence of Mr..
Grinstead, my partner in the prac-
tice of law, and requested me for
an opinion as to theproper method
of printing the primary ballots so
as to comply with section 5 of the
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
xisting primary election la

existing primary election law,
which is the act that it is claimed
was intentionally not complied
with in the interest of certain fav-
ored candidates. The evident In
tent of this statute is that the name
of each candidate for any office
shall appear at the head of the list
of candidates for that office, an
equal number of times. Consider
able time was consumed in discuss
ing this section of the law. Every
conceivable phase of the statute
was considered. Authorities upon
statutory construction s.were con-
suited with view of obtaining as
sistance in arriving at a correct in
depreciation of this section of the
law. After this consideration I
advised Mr.. Veatch that the only
way to comply with this section of
the statute was a. follows: If there
were two candidates for any given
Office the name of each should ap-
pear at the head of the list of can
dates for that office one.half as
many times as there were ballots
to be printedor distributed; if there
were three candidates for any par
ticular Office, the name of each
should appear at the head of the
list of candidates for that office
one-third as many times as there
were ballots to be printed or dis
tributed, and so on throughout the
entire list of candidates, whose
names appeared upon the primary
election ballot. To my personal
knowledge this advice was followed
implicitly. Each candidates name
may not have appeared,at the head
of the list of candidates as many
times as the name of some other
candidate in particular precinct,
and the law under consideration
does not saw that such shall not he
but throughout the entire county
OF Stevens the name of each candi-
date for any Office appears at the
head of the list as many times as
the name of any other candidate
for that Office, which is the condi-
ton provided for by the law.
L. c. JOSEPH,
OF Joseph & Grinstead. Lawyers.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
|. & ". N. Conductor Injured

Joseph Neill, conductor on the local
freight on the [. & w. N, running be-
tween Spirit Lake and lone. was run
over by locomotive in the Spirit Lake
yards early Tuesday morning He was
assisting in making up his train for the
days run. Two trains were being made
up in the yards at the time. He was
standing on the track signaling one Of
the engineers when the other locomotive
backed down on him, cutting off both
legs below the knees and breaking his
left arm. He was Immediately taken to
the Spirit Lake hospital, where his in
juries were attended by the company
physician. At latest report he stands a
good chance to survive.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06

A modern 10-room house with 81 acres
in Spokane valley. near electric line.
we'll improved; independent irrigation
system water in kitchen and bath room :.
about five acres growing orchard. For
full description and terms and see pic
ture of house call at this office. 1874
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Odd Superstitions.

In England there is superstition
that If bride and groom eat peri
Wrinkle leaves together they will love
riage prove recalcitrant here is a way
to win him back: Take a piece Of the
root Of wallflower and a partridge's
heart, roll them into a ball and make
the man eat it. If you want to know
whether your lover loves you. crush
some bleeding heart. If the juice is
red, he does; if it is white, he does not.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Escapes From lone Jail

Alverdo Albert, residing at Lost Lake,
between lone and Metaline. who recent
ly lost his cabin and all his belongings
by fire, secured warrant from Judge
Logue, of lone, for the arrest of Mr..
Vandergrift for alleged setting fire dur
ing the closed season. Vandergrift was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Thackston,
and in trial before Judge Logue plead
guilty and was ordered to be taken to
Colville. Early Sunday morning he
escaped from the lone jail.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
His Mistake.

They were in the thick Of their first
quarrel.
Il thought your tastes were simple"
said the husband. II didn't expect to
find you such high f1ier."
Yes, you did," she answered. You
knew all about my being a high fier,
as you call it, but you thought I'd be
dirigible."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-10-06
Golf Stick and Scythe.

Your boy Josh is something of an
expert at golf"
1 reckon" replied Farmer Corntos-
sci discontentedly. But he can't make
two ticks with the scythe without foo
zlin."-Washington Star.