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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31
SALADS THAT TEMPT
White Salad. Twentieth Century Salad
and Japanese Rice Salad Are
Among the New suGges-
tions fer the Cook.

White saiad-One cup OF celery. one
sup o. cabbage. one l0.cent can Of
piuento, one-half cup OF almonds
bianched. Cit the above rather fine
One-half box OF gelatine soaked In one
pint OF cold water. when soft add one
pint OF hot water. one teaspoon Of
salt. one and one-half cups graduated
sugar When slightly cooled add the
juice OF three lemons. When gelatine
mas commenced 20 CONCEAL add the
other ingredients. Mold IN pan. cut IN
squares. and serve on lettuce leaf with
a good mayonnaise mixed half whipped
cream. This in delicious.
Twentieth Century saIad-Take SIX
oranges. peel cover and seed them
and cut the fruit I'm small pieces with
a sharp scissors. Skin and seed M
s@if pound OF white grapes and mix
the fruit with cne-half pound OF pecan
nuts and one quart Of chopped celery
Mix all these ingredients well and
stir In a dressing made the following
way: Beat we'll the yolks Of twelve
Eggs. put In an earthen bowl over .
pot OF hot water and stir them. After
the egg have become warm add one
cupful OF melted butter and one-half
pint OF vinegar. which may be weak.
aned with a little warm water II too
sharp. Stir the dressing until Il Is
perfectly smooth. being careful not e.
let A cook Toe long OF II will curdle
Give IL time nj become perfectly cold
Then add the Juice Of two lemons. one
tablespoonful az sugar. one teaspoon
full Of salt. and a pinch Of paprika OF
red pepper. Whip one-half pint q
double cream and stir Il in. then rus
away for several hours.
4 With the above quantities there
should be enough salad for twelve Per
sons and Is nice for a company lunch
con 49, pderate cost.
Rice Salad-Wash one-hal
Vice and cook III rapidly boilinE
$3.50 for twenty minutes. Mix IN :
large bowl four tablespoons o. olive
oil. two tablespoons OF vinegar. one
hair teaspoon Of salt. one-fourth tea
spoon OF pepper, and y shake q
tahasco sauce. Toss the rice aftei.
thorough draining with this dressing
and add onehalf a large onion or one
small or. one tablespoon OF cher
ries. chopped fine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

ANY woman who owns n silver
purse. either sterling or German. and
who constantly pays the ieweler Tor
cleaning II III order 10 save gloves
and light dresses. Will he glad tn
know that common baking soda VIII
clean II N a few minutes. That IN
what most jewellers use. Just take
plenty of soda and little water and
wash between the hands VT with 4
brush: rinse and drE--and think III
the money saved.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Mix together r quart of -four. w
half teaspoonfnl of salt. two ten.
spoonfuls or baking powder. a cnpFrl
az cleaned currants and two table
Ep0onfuls RI sugar. then rub I'm two
large tablespoonfuis Of bitter. Peat
one egg. add w cupful and N quarter
on milk and add 10 the FIRST mixture
20 make a soft dough. Mold IN one
large 0r two small l0aves and bake I'm
a hot oven nc once.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Crate coaTsely a half pound Of plain
dairy cheese: mix into II with a fork
a small piece OF butter until you can
stir II easily. BE IRE TO mash all
Jumps out OF II. Add about two table
spconfuls OF chill sauce. a tablespoon
ful OF finely chopped green pepper. q
teaspoonful Of prepared mustard and
q couple OF picked onions chopped
very hne. stir all together with the
cheese and N Il II still too stin add
o little cream Season highly With
paprica and salt and serve IN a ball
on a lettuce leaf. This cheese should
be OF the consistency OF the cream
cheese that comes wrapped In tinfuil.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Jullenne potatoes are prepared like
French fried potatoes. Instead or be
ing cut into medium-sixed strips they
are run through 4 cutter which turns
them out In very thin strings. from
which they derive the name OF shoe
string potatoes. BE careful not to fry
them too brown. as they require only
q few minutes TO cook. Fresh pota
toes. not cooked ones. must be used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31
STRkINER AND DRIP CATCHER


I'm order 10 catch the drip from tho
strainer after tea or coffee has been
poured through n a new invention pro-
ridcs "a drip bowl which may bo
swung under the strainer. Tho strain
err Is pivotcd in "A pair of arms cx-
tending upward from the drip bowl.
Tho handle Of the device is attached
10 the howl and not 10 the straincr.
90 that when the handle IN turned to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

United States. says
the Railroad Mans
Magazine. Through
these. generally
speaking. freight
moving east or
west that passes
from one line Of
railroad To another
must 90.
They are Chi
cag0. East 81.
Louis. M; East
III annfbal |. Mo-
Council Bluffs. Mo.
and dime a
Transfer, MINI.
They are known
as freight ransfer
stations. and have
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Roll out crust ard cut with the top
nf coffee can. Then NH with this mix.
ture. making little %turnosers for the
hoy 70 carry " setcol: Five large
apples. une-half pound seeded raislna
enc lemon pared and seeded. Now
put an through the food cutter. Add
enc cup or sugar and mix well.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

one side the strainer win maintain its
normal position. while the drip bowl
IA swung out or the way. When the
handle A. turned past "a certain angle
the arms engage a lip formed On me
strainer. 20 that the straincr viii also
b. tipped. and may be- inverted to
free IL Of the dregs Of grounds that
have collected therein.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

The New Station Mnsier--T'n
glad To find you such a willing work
er. / was warned that 4 would find
You the most ill-sempered and lazy
man an tie station"
Porter lanxi0us w ingraliaie him.
self An NJ I.Tas tii YOU coined
cir. BLACK and White
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Mrs. Minton was busting her best
cut glass bowl-the Browning clubs
wedding gift to her-when q bird
alighted on the window sin and sans
It's sweet song. AT the same moment,
q girl walked past wearing . bunch OF
sweet peas In her belt Instantly
Mrs. Minton realized that she was
homesick for the garden and the
birds that bad been hers every year
OF her life -ntil this year. and she
decided she would 30 see the gar
den and the birds and the dear own
people she had not seen since her
wedding day.
In the course OF the day Mrs. Min
ton wavercd several times In her In
tention. thinking Of her husband; who
would care for Jack during her ab-
sence? She found herself wiping q
tear away az the vision she conjured
up OF her husband coming into the 81
lent apartment 10 spend interminable.
lonely evenings without her. Still,
she could talk TO him on the long dis
lance telephone and she would only
stay away two days at the most
When Minton came home to dinner.
his wife preached the subject that had
been uppermost In her heart all day.
Go by all means" Minton answered
cheerfully. I've been surprised that
you've stuck Il out as long az you
have. Bcss. Il must be lonesome for
you here. AZ home. there was always
one or another dropping In 10 see
you. When viii you go?"
But YOU will be lonely without me.
dear" Mrs. Mlnton said TREMENDOUSLY.
looking across the table with sweet
troubled eyes.
"Not q bit or A." Minton said reas-
surIngly. FIJI look up some Of my old
friends that ] haven't seen since !
was married"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31
To the Rescue

Mrs. Yarp II nm extremcly light
sleeper. Moreover. the night was hot
The fast that Yarp was lathoms deep
In q noisy slnmher. utterly undisturb-
ed by her restless wakofulness. was
an added annoyance.
II was extremely unfeelinE and bru.
tal Of him. 20 say the least. 20 be sfor-
lng up freshness and energy for the
morrow. while she most decidedly
was doing nothing OF the sort. Re
pressing a desire TO smite him, Mrs.
Yarp arose and got a drink of water.
Then she wandered 10 the open front
windows In the hope o. finding .
breeze.
Suddenly al the mists IN her brain
were dissipated In one Illuminating
fash She had seen a light In the
Bargers' house across the wayl
The Bargers had gone two weeks
before 20 their summer home In Wis
consin and had carefully boarded up
all the downstairs windows and doors,
leaving no caretaker.
It was q pickering light. and Mrs
Yarp could see X move through the
second floor hall into a bedroom. Then
Il came ont and evidently wandered
downstairs Again Il ~discreetly and
nickeringly came IT'D.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31
Our Cotton Money.

Our cotton crop last year sold Tor
approximately S22O,O00,000 and
many az our citizens are under the
impression that this MONEY i avail
lble for bnilding railroads, factories.
opening mines. etc. II j. true we
exchange our cotton for gold but
rhile producing the cotton, we con-
sumo all our cereals and ship in
s75,000,0 900 worth q feed stuff from
,ther States. The Texas Grain
Dealers Association conducted e.
pecially for this article, an exhaus-
tive Investigation into our cereal
consumption. The production col
ann IL taken from the Federal Agri-
cultural Department reports and ahe
figures in the consumed column were
furnished BIZ the Grain Dealers As
ISOLATION:
Grain. Pro. Blu. Cons. Blu.
Corn .1s1,2 100000 100000 900
Wheat u. 1S,sS0,000 ,000.0 900
Oats . 24,325.000 $4,000 900
Hay--Tons s11.000 900
The ave are price Of corn il sixty
Eve cents; wheat one dollar; oats
anm-,six cents and hay twelve dol
aincn these extensions are
figures in the consump-
m find our cotton crop
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

There was a moments silence. hen
Mrs. Minton said slowly: "fve heard
people joke about husbands being n
lous 70 have their wives go away 50
they might have a good time. but I'm
not In the least jealous ~ you. Jack.
| made up my mind when we were
married that ] never. never would
be jealous. While I'm away. ! want
you to 60 around and have a perfect
ly splendid time. You know I'm o
woman or my word. and I mean what
l say wnen /. ell You I'm not jealous.
You must 50 and q all your Old
friends. and the more you enjoy your
self the less regret l shall feel nj
leaving you alone"
"I1l have a great time" Minton
laughed. But don't look 40 tragic
about Il. Bess. Maybe I'M 90 out and
maybe III stay At home. Whichever
I do, you can be certain I'm thinking
OF you and wishing You back; yet,
at the same time. hoping that you'll
stay as long as you feel like Il, and
that you are enjoying yourself"
This loverlike sFeech caused Mira
Minton 10 take heart
The next day. before she left home.
she pinned n tender little note on her
husbands pillow. inserted a second In
the book he was reading and slipped
a third into the pocket Of his house
coat. Then she buried her face for
q IN the coat. and with one
last, lingering look. left the house.
When seated in the elevated train
her attention was attracted In TIVE
women who took seats near her. The
elder. a woman In tan. observed O.
she sank into the seat nearest the
window:
Dick called mp before I left home.
He's going TO bring Jack Mlnton %
dinner tonight. Mrs. Minton has gone
home 70 see her folks. never met
her-I was out OF town when she rave
her al home'-but I have my opini5n
" a new wife who will forsake hel
husband 90 soon after their wedding"
poor little thing It's the most
natural thing in the world for her to
want 10 run home and see her moth.
er." laughed the other. she must
Be lonely here IN the city
Jack WON'T be- lonely while she's
away" the other said. Phyllis Bart
lett II visiting next door. and she's
coming 10 dine with rs tonight Jack
used 10 be awfully attentive 70 Phyllis
and she thinks he's about the"
Mrs. Minton felt that she could list
en- 10 no more. When the train
stopped she grabbed her valise and
rushed out
Mlnton diued with his friends that
evening. escorted hts old sweetheart
home. and then went on his way won
dering why every other woman
seemed 50 unattractive compared with
MS wife. He let himself into the
apartment with his latchkey. turned
on the electric light and gasped af
sight Of a crumpled up little figure
asleep on the lounge. In a moment
he was beside his wife.
"Bess. wake up. What's the nat
ter? Are you sicke"
Mrs. Minton opened two heavy. tear
stained eyes. I'm glad you've come
Jack she said. Have you had 9
good time?"
First class. But what"
with old friends2~
Jack nodded his head. but
-
-Not anv one o COULD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-01-31

Silver lace thai l. much used for
trimming may " cleaned w brushing
kyer ON both sides with spirits af
ine; I'LL Il ont iat and leaveAon
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12
z4F LNgzS7Q Mz 0S64Y NQQ0z

and house and court has its fountain and every
where you go amid groves or gardens or pubic
resorts or retired hooks, you may see and hear
the murmur of the swiftly flowing and sparkling
streams and this abundance OF clear, cold water
is one of the charms of the city. This is the
river of which Naaman spoke with such PRIDE
when he said: Are not the ALBANIA and Pharpar
rivers of Damascus better than all the waters OF
Israeli" and he was right SO far as beauty and
usefulness are concerned.
Damascus is mentioned many times in the
Bible, both in the Old and the New Testament.
In the latter 1t comes before us in connection
with the conversion of St Paul. Tradition has
localized every event connected with the apostle
Outside on the Damascus road. five miles from
the city, Is pointed out the place where st. Paul
had the vision which changed the course of his
lfe There Is the gate still standing where he
entered the Roman road into the city This
street is today the most principal, being about
mile long beginning at one end of the city and
running right across it from east to west. Damas-
Gus is city of mosques, baths and fountains
Climb on to the roof of any dwelling and you are
in a sea of tall minarets, while all around you
are rows of what looks like saucers turned up
side down. These are the Arab baths There are
250 mosques in the city, the most important be-
ing the great Mosque great in size and great
reputation The ground upon which II, stands mas
a great history. On this spot stood the church
which was erected by Constantine. dedicated to
JOuu tue DdpJlSt. 1Aeu wren enO OatJ AoaA AAieS
the hands of the Turks, they converted it into a
mosque, obliterating everything that had trace
s of Christianity. They closed the door by which
the Christians entered and closed up other build
ings in front of it.
Some few years ago, however. the Great
Mosque, to the whole regret of the civilized world
was burned down in a single day. Strange TO
say the old door escaped the fire and no one was
more surprised than the moslems to read over
its portal these words from the Psalms Thy
kingdom o Christ is kingdom OF all ages and
thy dominion endureth throughout all genera
TONS"
The mosque rebuilt, but the moslems. be-
ing superstitious, feared to tamper with the old
door and its sacred inscription and so left 1t and
it can be seen to this day. reminder that Mo-
hammedan rule has not always been supreme in
the Mother City of the World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12

lent one. He is above the seamen
and the petty officers forward, and be-
low the commissioned officers in the
wardroom aft-hence ''midship-man."
There was formerly a higher grade
called passed midshipman, but this
was abolished before the Civil war.
Then. about forty years ago, the grade
was restored, but called midshipman,
the former midshipman being desig-
mated as cadet-midshipman. In 1882
the title of the latter was changed
to naval cadet, which it still remains,
and the midshipmen were merged
with the ensigns. Accordingly, the
time-honored title of midshipman no
longer exists officially in the United
States navy.
While officially naval cadet, that
young officer Is still regarded, and
often referred to verbally, as a mid
shipman, for he is the same creature
as of old, as far as his duties go. But
by the side of his earlier prototype
the twentieth century MILDLY" Is a
savant. Trigonometry was about as
high up in mathematics as the old
timer ever went The twentieth CEN
fury lad goes far beyond. He goes
through analytical geometry OF three
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12
our Lies Story.

Very often the success which at.
tended our early efforts turns its back
upon US in later years, and while for a
time we may try to continue in detail
the story of our alternate hopes and
fears, our victories and our defeats,
we soon realize that the record is a
sorry one, and we feel ashamed to cen
tinue its recountal. We forget the
early promises we made to be sincere
in the matter of making up our record,
and because the story is not one Of
unalloyed success and prosperity we
grow disloyal to our better selves and
believe that by making no further
entries in our diaries we bring them
to close. Just as we recall to mem
DRY in later years, however, the
small volumes of our early youth, with
their interrupted stories, we are prone
also to look deeply into the record we
have written in the real diary of life.
1t was Barrie who said that "the life
Of every man is a diary in which he
means to write one story and writes
another, and his humblest hour is
when he compares the volume as it Is
with what he vowed to make it."
We cannot release ourselves from
the obligation of writing the diary Of
our lives. We make the records
whether we are willing or not, and for
each hour and day of the year of life
given to us here on earth there is q
faithful entry made. - Charleston
News and Courier.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12

time for its origin is lost in mists Of antiquity.
'Babylon is a heap In the desert and Tyre ruin
on the Shore" but Damascus still remains Rome
has been called the Eternal City, but Damascus
is twice as old Rome. It's history back
to the beginning of the world and bids fair to go
to its end.
1t has lived through all these long centuries
and no historian has yet had the opportunity to
write Its decline and fall. This is remarkable
when 1t is remembered that not less than twelve
times 1t has been pillaged and burned, yet it has
always arisen with new beauty from its ashes.
It has been ruled by Syrians, Persians Greeks.
Romans and Turks and it has lived and flourished
under them all
Damascus is and has always been rich
and prosperous city. 1t was in Bible times.
Isaiah writes of the riches of Damascus" and
the traveller today may see long trains OF camels
laden with all kinds of merchandise leaving
Damascus going down to Egypt or out to Beirout.
where they are shipped to other shores. Its
bazars are the most famous in the world. These
bazars are a series of shops for the sale OF ar
ticles and in some cases for the manufacture OF
them. Each bazar is devoted to a particular class
of goods They are famous for their treasures or
silk carpets, saddles silver and gold ornaments.
slippers, sword blades rare woods and almost
everything required in the general life of the
east People of many races, men and women In
all picturesque costumes, strings OF cameis,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12

dimensions, differential AMI integral
calculus, applied mechanics.
Gunnery a hundred years ago was
little more than loading, aiming and
firing at short ranges. 1t now in
wolves metallurgy, theory of the COM
bustion OF powder gases, stress and
strain, mechanical engineering, manu-
facture and preservation of complex
explosives. and other abstruse sub
jeets, in all of which the midshipman
of the present day must be proficient
Mfdshipmen were conspicuous in all
our early wars, notably those with
the Barbary States, with the West
Indian pirates and with the British
In 1912. They were equally conspic-
uous during our conflicts with the
Spanish and Filipinos- Midshipmen,
naval cadets, had charge of the ex-
tremely hazardous picket duty in the
Santiago blockade, close under the
Spanish batteries, and often under
musketry fire from shore. Cadet
Powell ran his open launch right into
the harbor of Santiago. after the
Merrimac. remained all night under
the menacing guns of the inner bat
teries, and steamed out again under
their fire in the morning
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12

Something more than a hundred
years ago the midshipman was. in
deed, the "midshipmiteY that he was
popularity called, for he was but 3
mite OF q lad, usually receiving his
appointment before he reached his
teens. Admirals Farragut and Por-
ter were midshipmen, afiOat and in
pitched battles, at twelve years OF
age. and Goldborough was appointed
when only seven years old. Nova
days, however, the midshipman Is
quite q different person. He cannot
enter the naval academy under fif-
teen. and is therefore. when on a
regular cruising ship. after complet-
ing his four years academic course.
usually welldeyeloped man. phys
fcaIly mature and athletic. and with a
trained mind. He is far better equip
ped mentally than the lieutenants
and many of the captains of even
seventy years ago.
The old-fime middies were mere
school boys. All the warships OF any
size carried in their regular compile
ments a schoolmaster, whose duty it
was to give the lads as liberal an
education as possible in the odd PEE
rlods between strictly professional
duties. This rating Of schooImaster
was abolished, In fact, only about
twenty years ago: but after the es-
adjustment OF the naval academy, In
1871. these officials devoted their en-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-12
BLUE LIGHT AN ANEsTHETlC
Eastern Scientist Has DEMONSTRATED
the Fact In Thorough Series
of Experiments

Zone of the most remarkable actions
of light has recently come to our at
tention," says the editor of the Jour-
nal of Surgery. In an address before
the Boston Physio-T herapeutic soci-
ETY. DR.. E. G. Titus has demonstrated
that blue light possessed remarkable
anesthetic power.
In his experiments he used series
Of slender glass rods about one-eighth
Of an inch in thickness, placed side
by side and tied together so as to
form kind Of flexible mat which
Will adapt itself to various parts OF
the body. The glass must be of CO.
bait blue and transmit no red rays.
this being very important point.
The rods are to be placed upon the
area to be anesthetized, and some
form of white light, preferably a tung-
stem lamp, brought as closely as pos
sible without causing discomfort
Strange to relate, in twenty min
utes the part becomes insensitive, so
that superficial and even deep Incl
sions or punctures are no longer felt.
This anesthesia lasts for one-half hour
or more, and has occurred so constant
ly that there is no reason to believe
that it is the result of suggestion or
accident. Minor surgical operations
have been performed under this meth
Cd and without the least pain or dis
comfort, and there seems to be
enough in it to merit attention.
More than thirty years ago there
prevailed what was afterwards termed
the blue glass craze. All sorts of all
ments were thought to be amenable
to the action of blue light. and the
newspapers were filed with glowing
accounts of cures. Enthusiasm ran
riot for time and then the matter
dropped out of sight.
Some time later there was a re-
vival Of interest in phototherapy when
Finsen demonstrated the curative
properties of the ultraviolet ray in
various affections, especially lupus.
Since then the physiological action of
light has been carefully Investigated
and although much remains to be
learned. there can be no doubt that We
are nearer to an appreciation Of its
possibilities in the treatment of dis
ease"