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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Dreamed Clipped Beef.

Melt a lump of butter the size Of an
egg. Add one ,cupful Of Clipped beef,
put In the melted butter, let simmer
a few minutes, then add one cupful of
sweet milk and one teaspoonful of
flour. Keep on the fire and stir until
the cream is smooth and thick. Sea-
son with pepper. Have on platter
slices of hot buttered toast, pour
the creamed beef over them and serve
with stuffed mango peppers. ,S
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
How 70 clean White Feathers.

White feathers Of any description
can be- cleaned at home to look like
new, at a small cost. Take gasoline
and plaster of paris, and mix the two
together to the consistency Of whipped
cream. Dip the feathers in this mix
ture, squeezing and pressing them:
then hang In the open air to dry thor
oughjy. and until the gasoline evapo-
rates. Be careful not to handle until
thoroughly dry. Then shake well, and
the result will be beautifully clean
and fluf1y feather. White wings may
also be successfully treated In this man
ner. The gasoline must never be used
in a room where there is a light or
f3r0 -t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Chocolate Sauce.

Melt two squares Of unsweeteped
chocolate in bowl placed over boil
ing water. Cream together one-quar-
ter cup butter, one cup of sugar. Stir
tho mixture thoroughly into the melt
ed chocolate, add one-half cup Of hot
milk and stir until well dissolved and
smooth, then add one-half teaspoon Of
vanilla.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Hash,

Chop cold round steak fine, ada
twice the quantity of cold boiled po-
tatoes also chopped. Put generous
lump of butter In the frying pan and
a little water. When hot add the
hash; season with salt and pepper to
taste, heat thoroughly and serve.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
creamy Rice Pudding Without Eggs.

Creamy NICE Fooou9 f"'Suoot 6S0o'
d One quart of milk. one-half cup Of
rice, eight level tablespoons Of sugar.
two level tablespoons of butter. one
teaspoon of vanilla and little nut
meg or cinnamon. Bake in moder-
ate oven for one and one-half or two
hours. For the first. hour stir every
Is minutes to stir. down the top as
it forms, letting it brown for the last
hour without stirring, when 1t will
be found nice and creamy and is de-
licious either hot or cold. A moderate
oven is essential to success, however.
for II pudding cooks too rapidly and
milk boils away it will dry, but If
perfectly cooked the rice grains win
not be mashed, but win be much
swollen and. milk creamy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
The Walking Cure.

Doctors are of one mind in adyo-
eating walking as one of the best
means of keeping the human machine
in good working order, and one of
New York's foremost medical author
tiles went as far as to say, in lee
ture to young men studying for the
profession, that II every adult could
be persuaded to make conscientious
habit Of walking five miles every day,
there would be such prompt and gen.
eral improvement in health that doc
tors would soon have to be looking
for other ways Of making q living
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

the Oldest actor in Europe, and tho
one who has played longest at one and
the same theater. He appeared in
the evening as Falstaff in Henry
w." one of his most famous roles, and
received tremendous ovation, in re-
turn for which he delivered a short
speech of thanks. The Emperor of
Austria. who Is two years Baumeisters
junior, sent him special message of
congratulation and promised pen
sion for life to his wife, compare
lively young woman, whom the aged
actor married only two years ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
sPRING.RIcE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR

1t is said Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.
the new British ambassador at Wash
ington, like his predecessor. Mr..
Bryce, believes the Panama canal
problem is soluble, and that he is
imbued with pronounced American
sympathies. e
Moreover he was the principal
lieutenant OF his chief. the late Lord
Pauncefote. in the negotiation of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, on the sub
ject of the Panama canal, the in
depreciation of which constitutes the
basis OF the differences which have
lately arisen. Indeed. he Is generally
understood to have drafted the
greater part. If not the whole. OF that
instrument.
His appointment. therefore, is
particularly appropriate, and 1t is
certain that the same diplomat who
helped to negotiate the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty In the place of the objec-
tionable Clayton-Bulwer agreement.
with the object Of promoting friend
ship between Great Britain and the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

rapidly than usual. There seemed to
be no prospect of making uses of
these pieces. but recently a thrifty
German inventor employed by one Of
the electric companies has caused
these pieces to be saved and he
makes use of them by cementinR
them to the ends Of new carbons. In
this way the entire carbon is con-
sumed. The time spent in the re-
construction of the carbon is very
trihtng and the saving well worth
while where there are any great NUN,
Der Of the stubs to BE- saved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Actor Holds Two Records.

Herr Bernhard Baumeister has just
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
his joining the Imperial Court theater
Of Vienna This is believed to be
record for any player, and as Baum.
e,ster is now "a years old, and still
plays regularly on the same stage, be
holds the double distinction of being
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

day or a halliday off. She knows the
combination of the safe and the money
drawer, and has been sworn in as spe-
cial assistant. She'll know what to do
and who to notify" sfi. s s.
1T may interest you to know that
Post Office Inspector Davis will be out
here tonight" l told them. II left
him in New York last night, and hs
promised to join me here"
Suspicion flashed into the faces of
all my auditors.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Steak and olives.

" Take about two pounds< Of rump
steak, brown we'll in frying pan with
little butter, then put In casserole
with a little water and bake slowly
three hours. Then put in enough wa
ter to make sufficient gravy. one pint
of carrots cut in cubes. About half
an hour before serving put in small
bottle of stuffed olives, cut in halves.
Serve in the casserole. The meat will
not need much salt, on account of the
olives being salty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Vegetable Salad.

Take any left over vegetables, such
as peas, beans, carrots, beets, pota-
toes, turnips, ETC., and cover with a
good salad dressing and arrange on
lettuce or cress, and decorate with
either beets cut in fancy shapes or
radishes. This will make very ap-
petizing salad. a-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Corn PUDDING.

One can Of cornlet. yolks OF three
eggs. three tablespoons of sugar, one
teaspoon Of salt, one-half cup of milk,
lump of butter size of walnut, little
pepper; mix we'll; beat whites Of egg
stiff; add whites Of eggs last after
mixing ingredients well. Bake one
half hour in medium oven g..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
PASSING OF UNIQUE UNCLE JOE CANNON

The defeat Of Uncle Joe Cannon
for reelection will remove from Con.
gress one Of the most picturesque.
characters in the last half century OF
American politics. Whatever storms
may have arisen over Mr.. Cannon's
official acts and political opinions.
and they have been many in recent
years, nobody ever attempted to dis
pute the fact that Uncle Joe has
stood alone. unique figure in the
life Of the national capital.
Able, forceful. a born fighter and
one of the homeliest and most low
able of men. the passing OF Uncle
Joe Cannon and his inseparable CT
gar will leave void. at least for
folks who thought they could see In
him the typical rough and ready
American politician Of earlier days.
When the former speaker closes
his public career on March 4, 1913.S
he will have served longer as a MEM
Der Of the house Of representatives.
than any other man. 1t will have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Saxlnu Carhona.

Every time the attendant trims an
arc light it is necessary to remove a
piece of carbon which may be three
or four inches in length and this has
been heretofore thrown away. The
carbon can not be made any smaller
for the reason that the rapidity OF
their consumption varies SO that 1t
is necessary to provide carbon of
sufficient length to insure that 1t
shall last a prescribed period, even
though it should happen to be Of a.
texture that ves1d consume more
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

institute and
band OF helpers
about in all sides and
tables which occupied the whole
ladies
arrival of her hat and
puto On o working gloves. /.
busnesslke
serv1ceabe
setto works and the operations 5x&s&ss#%
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

In that body during that
and elected nineteen times
He the
defeat until political fortune overlook him this ian
another respect de served
presiding
of
He
nation He nomination. .s&A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
QUEEN DoNs APRON; LABoRs FOR POOR

The busiest OF a small gathering.
of workers who were occupied tho
other day at the Imperial institute
in unpacking. sorting and repackings
many thousands of useful winter
garments for the poor was Queen
Mary. It was shortly after noon
when her majesty arrived. and it was
not until nearly o'clock that thel
royal carriage arrived to take her
back to buckingham palace.
Throughout the i whole of this
time, witbs only a short interval for
a little lunch at 1880 o'clock. the
queen, assisted by her ladies In waite
ing, Lady Bertha DawElns and Lady
Katherine Coke, and few privi-'
legged gentlewomen, together with
several old and trusted royal serv-l
ants, was supervising this labor OIL
love for the poor.
In setting this example to the
women of England her majesty was
no mere figurehead. She inspected;
every crate. bale and package Al !thaf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

"A single man is seldom as good as
his sweetheart thinks he is. or mar.
ried man as bad as his wife suspects
40 Is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Developing Great Industry,

The steel entering into the manu-.
facture of automobile wheels during
last year amounted to $4,000 tons In
this country alone
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
BRAKEMAN ELECTED COUNTY TREASURER

From helper in round house to
county treasurer is a part OF the life
story Of Samuel J. Bryan. Democratic
treasurer-elect OF Ell Paso county.
Colorado.
: Crippled in railroad wreck six
years ago and SO seriously injured
that surgeons declared he could not
survive, handicapped by lack Of edu-
cation. Bryan's steady climb UP the
ladder is referred to by his friends
M an example of what pluck and
perseverance will do. Bryan's friends
gave him a plurality Of nearly 1000.
When he was working as a brake
man about six years ago, Bryan was
knocked under the cars in q wreck.
Both legs were cut OF and other in
iuries were such that death was only
a matter of hours. the surgeons de-
.clared.
But Bryan had strong desire to
live. He passed two years on a hos.
pital cot, during which time he un.
derwent eight operations. Then he
decided to quit the dangerous work of
cation would prove<a big handicap. T
to study, and between them they deci,
accounting. Bryan made rapid progre
in cork limbs, and started out after lie
His friends of the road elected hin
of Trainmen. and his work In that ca
that other lodges elected him to sim
be a lodge clerk long, however. Two ,
the office of justice Of the peace. HI
about law, and even Justices. he thor
prudence. t&
Again Bryan and his wife discus
criminal and civil legal practice. AT
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

know
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
And VERY Quickly

'The building o, airships is bouad
always to be SUCCESS in one way"
whats that?"
1T makes the money fly" -.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25
Both Cold and Distant
(TO BE CONTINUED1

Both Cold and Distant.
"Have you any distant relatives?'
II should say so! My Uncle Tobias
wouldn't live in the same town with
me-" .u.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
u 0 OLD MEN

a system Of preserving the memories
Of its members by means OF phone.
graph records of their voices. Now
and again IN evening is given to tho
stories told by departed comrades.
The men sit and listen almost In awe
to voices out Of tho past, recounting
fond memories and singing well
known ballads.
From tins device the Chicago His.
torical society has adopted a plan OF
making lmperIshable the speeches Of
some of the noted persons OF tlat
city, reproducing them with the aid of
the phonograph for the benefit of ru.
turo generations. The same idea Is
bcing used In other cities for perpetu-
alton Of the memory Of great men.
The name of the Borrowed Time
club came from the idea that three
score years and ten Is the allotted
time of life and that men who have
lived beyond this mark are living on
borrowed time.
In our club several are ninety
years old" Mr.. Barclay said.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
Members Gather TO Hear Photograph
Reproductions Of Ballads Departed
Friends Used 10 Sing.

Los Angeles.-Tho founder OF the
Borrowed Time club Of Oak Park, a
suburb Of Chicago. Philander W Bar
clay, is In Los Angeles. His idea in
starting the club, which was to bring
a little more radiance into the life of
men past three.score years and ten,
was an innovation and has been
copied in many places.
Mr.. Barclay Is living with his sister
at the Pierce apartments for a few
weeks, and already he has stirred up
| sufficient interest among men OF Los
Angeles to start one Of the unique
clubs in which none but those more
| than seventy may belong. lie is not,
himself. an aged man, but a young one
who took his tip from the oonyersa-
lions Of men around the stoves Of the
grocery stores, in the little shops and
wherever they congregated, These
men were Interesting because often.
times they threw new light on sub.
tects of history, on the lives Of ia.
nous men or on old celebrities Of a
local character" said Mr.. Barclay.
AS a rule they seemed to have no
place to 60 and were seldom welcome
to the places they went. It gave me
the idea that If I could find them a
place to meet, give them IN oppor-
tunity of getting together among
themselves, they might be made hap
pier"
Among the novelties Of the club is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
BOY SCOUTS FIGHT FLAMES

of sheds to other frame structures and
within 30 yards was the new $1,000
barn, one OF the finest in the county.
The scouts, while on a cycling trip,
had stopped to spend the night with
superintendent Bovine, a relative of
one Of the lads. Taught the science
Of frefghting in their scout work,
both boys got into action at the first
alarm. While many Of the inmates
stood about too dazed TO act, the
scouts aided the superintendent In un.
reeling the fire hose, and Oliver, with
one line, scaled the roof of an adjoin-
ing barn and directed a stream on the
flames from above, while Taylor, with
another stream, fought them from be-
low.
The two streams checked the flames
on the side adjoining the nearest barns
until the arrival OF the local depart
ment from the nearby village. Taylor
then gave up his place to a regular
fireman and calling together a few
volunteers to aid him, worked his way
into the blazing barn, where the bleat.
ing of the imprisoned and suffocating
sheep could be heard above the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
France and Germany Show Greatest
Interest In Probable Flying
In War.

New York.--In war aeronautics
France and Germany are showing the
greatest material appreciation OF the
influence that air navigation may
nrobably have on the conduct Of cam.
%naigns. And yet neither Of these
countries has at the moment a round.
ed or logical feet of airships. The
former has pinned Its faith to aero.
blanes with so much intensity OF d.
rection that by 1915 it expects to own
900 machines and muster 1900 traiq-
ed pilots. Germany, on the other hand,
has developed the airship, the drigi-
bic, the Zeppelin-call you what you
yill-to the exclusion, save In an e1-
detrimental sense, Of all heavier.than-
afr flyers. In an interesting article
contributed by G. F. Campbell Wood
to the capital bulletin Of the Aero
Club Of America, Just issued, 1t Is
held that, broadly considered, the du.
tiAs axpected in aerial war navigation
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
ATE EVERYTHING BUT CAT
ShIpWrecked Crew Tells Story OF
Great Suffering Following
Disaster.

London,-A terrible story Of the
sufferings of a shipwrecked crew was
told at Liverpool recently when the
Booth liner, Denis, landed the captain
and six men of the schooner Hibernia.
which became derellct In mid Allan
tic.
The captain stated that for twenty.
nine days the men drifted in their
water-logged and dismasted vessel,
and for fourteen days they had Meth
er bread nor water. One tin of sal
mon had to serve the seven men.
To quench their thirst they resorted
to chewing tea and their last meal
was a turnlp boiled in sea water. Aft.
err that the only thing left was the
ships cat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10

ing cluD at the Loo, near Apeldoorn, which Mr..
rewcome, assisted by the Duke of Leeds and Mr..
stuart Wortley, had formed in the wear 1879.
was dissolved the very year it had reached its
majority. ~
one detail in Stradanus' drawing deserves spe-
cial notice, t. e, the turned.up heads of the two
herons at which hawks are about IN ston. II
shows that the artist fully believed the legend,
sanctioned even by such late writer's az Walter
Scott, that the heron when hard pressed and
stopped at by the hawk will point his beak I'D
wards and thus receive the descending enemy
upon its point. thereby inficting serious injury,
II not killing him outright. According to modern
experts this pretty story has no foundation In
TACT. 1t seems extraordinary that for centuries
artists went on painting incidents which they
never could have seen, scores, If not hundreds, of
pictures Of what was once a favorite and aristo-
cratic sport depicting this very occurrence.
Stradanus' prediction for portly men and
women, as well as for steeds Of the cart.borse
type, and for unwieldy fat spaniels and hounds
betray his Dutch origin. and perhaps also a bust
nesslike desire to please his principal public in
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10

the lowlands and IN northern Germany. For prap
tically all Of his drawings were engraved and pub.
lished in the former country, as were most 9th
es Of a similar nature, with the exception per.
haps of those of his pupil, Tempesta, who, living
In Rome, and eyincing a like fertility and indus
try, had some Of his drawings engraved by Itai'
ians. As edition after edition of Stradanus' series
were issued by the Gale brothers of Antwerp, and
eagerly bought up, the circle Of his admirers in
northern Europe grew ever wider; but there is no
evidence that his work in the picture-book line
ever became very popular in Italy, the country OF
his adoption. There his celebrated Naples ires'
Goes, for Don Juan of Austria, and his equally
good designs for tapestry for the Medici Grand
Duke, enjoyed far more popularity.
Considering the immense difficulties of trans
~portation which then still handicapped all inter
national and especially all transalpine intercom'
munication, It is rather curious that the formid'
able distance intervening between the city on tho
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
BACK At CAPITAL
Or. WI, Again Minister to United
States, Is WeICsmed.
Three Times Representative OF ceIes.
tlals Arrives at Washington and
Is Gladly Received by Alto
Be Called Ambassador.

Washington. The appointment OF
Dr. WI Ting Fang. as minister
TO the United States from the
Q republic of China Is Il matter
of satisfaction and interest to Wash.
ington. Doctor WI has twice be.
fore this represented hts govern.
ment In the American capital, and is
probably the best-known Chinaman In
this country. While there is no OIL
cial authority for the statement, II is
limited that the post in Washington
will be made an embassy instead Of
a legation in the near future. Doctor
WI will then be promoted from minis
ter to ambassador,
Before the recent change Of govern.
ment in the Flowery Kingdom a new
minister had been appointed to sue
coed Mr.. Chang Yin Tang, the incum-
bent, but owing to the ~exigencies Of
politics, the transfer was delayed IN
I'll 1t was decided that Doctor WI was
the logical man for the place. On his
last visit to Washington he announced
that he would return again, as he In
tended to live far beyond the century
mark.
During one Of his former soiourns
In Washington he became interested
in the work OF Mrs. Henderson, wife
Of former Senator John Il, Henderson
of Missouri, and with her promulgated
the doctrine Of vegetarianIsm and to.
tai abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
He insists that by living on a diet
which he describes for himself any.
n may live to any age he desires.
When Doctor WI was last in Wash
ington he was as curious and active
as at any time, but signs Of age had
appeared In his slightly bent figure
and especially in the gray hair which
formed a good share Of his queue. A
gray-haired Chinaman Is not a com.
mon sight in this country. This may
be because emigration is confined to
the young, or if gray hair does not
flourish in the Orient, It may be that
Doctor WI has made this concession
to the newer civilization. But old or
young Washington stands ready to
welcome the great questioner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
STANLEY'S EXPLOITS

No explorer before or since has approached the
harvest that Henry M. Stanley reaped (says a
writer in the New York SUM, and no man of let
ters. soldiers, or scholar has had such a single
lecture tour as Stanley's greatest. In something
like ten big cities he received $4,000 for his first
appearance. For the first night in another group
Of cities he received $1,000 and In still another
group $500. Travelling in a special car upon
which he lived in most places, and accompanied
by four or five guests. he ended the tour with $64,-
900 clear of all expenses. For that first night In
New York a charity paid Stanley's agent $4,000
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-10
Bravery and Training Of Youths Save
County AImshouse and
Asylum.

New Lisbon, N. J--Fighting the
blaze until the local fire department
arrived, two Boy Scouts saved the
Burlington county almshouse and
barns on the county farm from de-
struction, after lightning had ignited
the big sheep barn during a terrific
electrical shower. The young scouts,
to whose bravery and knowledge Of
firefghting as taught In their organiza.
ton, the highest praise is given today
by Superintendent Charles A. Bovine,
are Robert Taylor, leader, and s. Rog-
err Oliver Of the Fox patrol Of the
First Burlington Troop.
A hundred inmates Of the aims
house, most Of them aged and en-
feebIed, and patients In the asylum adj
Joining were thrown into panic by the
flames that followed the lightning. The
blaze seemed to menace the entire In.
stitution. The burning sheep barn,
filled with hay, was Joined by a row