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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To w. J.. Maxwell and j. w. ellison.
your heirs, executors, administrators
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that we have
expended during the year 1912, the sum
# one hundred dollars ($l00) in labor
md improvements upon the following
named lode claim, situate in the Elk
'ity Mining District, Idaho county.
State of Idaho: the Atlantic, of which
he amended location certificate is
ound in book |, page 1872, of the re-
cords of the Elk City Mining District
and also in the Office of the county re-
corder of Idaho county, in order to hold
5 'd'claims under the provisions of sec
ton 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
ne rltcd States. anu the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1880. CON
corning annual labor upon mining
aims, being the amount required to
old said lode claim for the period end
inr on tho 2iSt dav of December. A u
1912. And if, within ninety DAYS from
ne pei s.nai service or This notice or
githin ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion, w. j. Maxwell
4 one-half Q-2) interest and J. w. Gil.
SNr ono twelfth Q-12) interest. Of
such expenditure as a co-owner, your
interest In the cialW viii become The
property of the subscribers your CO.
owners who have made the required
expenditure by the terms of said sec
ton. P. HYDE.
-. R. E. SPICER.,
First publication April 3, 1913.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
Papa's AIIy.

Papa says" announced the sweet
young thing. that when you come to
call OH the hereafter you must not
come in a street car"
"Great guns! Must l walkT'
mo. You are to come In a taxicab
and have it wait for you. Papa says
that this will not only prove how much
you love me, but save his staying up
nights to make noises and wind the
clock."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
Medicine of the Soul.

Medicine and religion. which are too
frequently regarded as mutually an
tagonistic, should be mutually compile
mentary. There are many diseases In
which the medicine of the soul is a
powerful adjuvant In the treatment Of
the body.-British Medical Journal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03

Elk City Mining News a year
for 81.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
His Mistake,

Fogg-I understand Dobson married
a rich widow. Fenf rrson-So' he I'M
derstood. too, but it proves to be a
misunderstanding Boston Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
Details Wanted,

Chenille called me liar, scoun
drel. coward and thief. Lawyer
And which epithet is 1t you object TOT
Boston Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
Times Chance.

Mrs. Benham-You used to say that
you would give your life for me. Ben
ham--That was when | was sick and
expected to die anyway.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
a Bio Difference.

GLOW rejoiced the Knights of old
were when they got their lady's glove"
And how mean they look now
when their girl gives them the nit
tenw-Baltimore American;
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
Never a Near Relative.

"Pa, who Is Mrs. GrundyT'
"She is an old lady who is always
supposed to belong to some other
mans family. "-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
He that plants thorns must rsve
expect to gather roses.-P1lpay.

A Good Excuse.
"Now, them" demanded Luschman's
wife the next morning, whats your
excuse for coming home in that con-
dition last night?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, M dear"
be replied, none of the hotels would
take me n."-Philadelphia Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
An Unbaked Cake.

noticed recently request for fruit
cake which Is not baked. More than a year
ago l cut from some paper a recipe called
Uncooked Cake which / hope may be
what f. F. wants.
Take equal parts by weight of nuts
dates figs. raisins. shredded cocoanut, and
put all through the meat chopper. Butter
ile inside of deep bowl, press the mixture
down into the bowl, and weight Il Let II
stand over night, turn 1t out. and s, ce thin
Any decoration desired may be placed
within the bowl. made holly from the lit
tie red hot candies and cut citron for
leaves and stem.
have found many valuable recipes In
the Corner and some day would like to have
some recipes for using up the whites of eggs
left from salad dressing. Ihave tine marsh
malow pudding and we don't care for fruit
whips. Why does my rice stick? l boil
exactly as you tell me.
=" I have a large stack of women's maga-
zines that will be glad to give any worthy
person who will call for them. f. B. c."
And after this generous offer you don't
give your name or that of your city. Won't
you send II to me soon, that some of the
Cornerites may benefit by your kindness?
Thank you for the recipe for uncooked
cake" printed one a little like 1t a short
time ago--one that had been turned in BY
another correspondent As for the use OF
the whites Of eggs, am sorry you don't like
fruit whips. for they are delicate and usu-
ally easy to digest. Do you count apple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Doing Al The w orb.

DO you know what a good work you are
doing in the way you run your establish
ment? Probably you see the help 1t is and
the present advantage to you and your chill
dren to have household managed as you
do yours, but does it occur to you that you
are preparing for your children the same
sort OF memory OF yourself as the man in
the story had of his mother? In other
words, you are fixing a standard to which
the men and women you are making now
win bring their own homes to conform to
one of th.sse days. The simile of the pebble
flung into the pond and it's continuously
widening circles may have been overworked.
but IL SO, 1t is because there is great force
In the flgurel
Not long ago I heard a man of national
fame refer in an after luncheon speech to
housekeepers as women who conduct that
most wonderful and important business
enterprise, the home" When another man,
no less known, arose and declared boldly
that no commercial or professional under
taking would survive the absolutely unbusi-
ness-like and haphazard method pursued
in running her home by the average house.
keeper, l felt with shame that he had a
measure of right on his side.
am not talking now of the financial side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
By the Sign of the Moon.

g VIII you kindly print recipe for cam
died citron, such as you buy in the stores?
| also would like TO know about planting
influence TO obtain best results. have been
told vegetables that grow under the ground
should be planted in a certain sign of the
moon, those growing above the ground in
another sign and vines and flowers in still
others AS have poor luck with all | want
to find out just the right signs. Some Of
our German housewives may know
MRS. G. 7. -.
The candied citron you buy in the shop
is tropical fruit that does not grow in
northern latitude. 1t is different from the
citron melon that we raise, and which can
be preserved and candied. II recipe for
this will serve your purpose. let me know
and will gladly give 1t.
AS to the theory that certain vegetables
should be planted al one time of the moon
and others at another. this is pretty gem
orally conceded to be a superstition, and
that the moons phases have nothing to do
with the growth of the crops. l believe
that there are still farmers who hold to
the faith, but do not think the modern
scientific farmer takes any stock in the
notion, but plants as best suits his con-
venience. the condition of the ground and
the state of the weather. I'll am mistaken
in this / shall be glad to be corrected BY
better informed agriculturists than myself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
w orking al Random.

How does this plan, SO Tar as we have
considered 1t, compare with your own7
Do you make an outline of work and adhere
to 1t, or are you drawn from It by a series
OF small Interruptions which you do not
exert the strength to resist?
l grant 1t Is hard to pass coldly by the
unmade bed, the undusted piece OF furni-
ture, the unwashed cup and saucer because
you are doins something else and this would
interfere with the line of your system, bur.
believe me. in the end you save time oy It,
More than this you come to the end of
your day less fatigued and with your mind
as well a your home in a more orderly state
than If you had yielded to each passing Inn
pulse and detected the stream of your en-
ergies into every byway that presented
itself.
have spoken of the advantage of system
In that 1t supplies you with time in which
to do other things besides your regular
work. What those other things may be
will be decided by your tastes and prefer
ences.
Perhaps you belong to - club studying
some special brand OF civics, or OF art, or
of literature or something else. Perhaps
you are member of q class or are pursu-
ing by yourself a subject of compelling in
terest Perhaps you are devoted to church
or philanthFepic work and long for leisure
in which to make the most oft
In any or all of these you will do better
and accomplish more II you can bring to It .
sytematic habit of mind fostered and de-
veloped by the manner In which you dothe
work of your home.
The heavens. with their everias sting
faithfulness look down on no sadder con-
tradiction than the sluggard and the slat-
tern in their prayers" says James Marti-
neau. Let us paraphrase this and say that
the system which sways stars and conducts
the life routine of the humblest insect Is
confr onted with no more discouraging spec
tacle than that of the women who make
homes and train children TO manhood and
womanhood endeavoring TO do either or
both at random, according to no hxed plan,
as whim and occasion serve her.
But l am persuaded better things Of the
women to whom l write and from whom
receive help, encouragement inspiration.
II I emphasize system for their benefit 1t is
as I would share with them any other good
and helpful thing laid in my hands, In the
hope that 1t may mean to them what 1t has
meant all my life through to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

WISH totask your kind helpers for
~ CASTOR baby clothes, either for my
first child, now IL months old, or
for the haby that is coming. l
sewed all the first baby's clothes,
as have no machine and my husband only
gets S1o week, and my eyes have been
strained by the hard sewing. AS further
request l would be. grateful for some
magazines or books so that may read ana
interest my thoughts that l may not dwell
too much on the weary months before me-
Mrs. c. w"
You will readily understand why | did
rot print all OF your letter. The part that
In many ways interested me most have
not made public. But L understand your
position and you have my affectionate sym
pathy At the same time let me offer y ou
comfort in the thought of the JOY you Will
have with the two little ones the compan-
ionship they will be to one another, and the
help to you as they grow older.
A wise woman whom knew years ago
said to some one who condoled with her
because her children came so close together.
''I'd rather run through brush fire any
day than walk through I'll! and added,
One baby takes all my time and three
or four couldn't do more than that! Try
to get little consolation out OF her philos-
ophy
1t Is against my rules and practice to ask
for clothing Of any sort Through this col-
umn, but once in a great while l depart
from this. and am doing so now. Some
mother of little ones may, hope. see your
wish and offer you supply for the baby
now in your arms or for the little ex-
pected."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

them to me? l love flowers dearly but
have awfully bad luck with them. Also, if
you send the plants kindly let me5have a
note with them telling me how to treat
them to insure the best results. l love all
kinds, but especially geraniums and house
plants. l have about fifteen pieces of sheet
music any one may have for the asking, and
I'll pay postage. Mrs. j. w. K"
This plea should touch the heart of the
flower lover, and I hope some one of those
who have the " growing touch may send
you what you wish and give you with them
the directions you ask. 1t seems tragic
when plants won't grow for those who love
them. l can promise you speedy response
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

v~-IE following letter comes to me from
one of the constituency:
Your talk on Keeping Clean vs.
Getting Cnean is a joy and a graltifi-
cation to those who believe and
practice your doctrines. Do you think the
others will ever change, or care to?
When l tell you that do all the work
except the washing and ironing In a nine
room fiat for six people you will appreciate
that am. as L have said before, one of
Marion HaI1and's s faithful disciples But il
! undertake to be the pivotal brain,' the
rest of the family must revolve around the
hub NJ my system.
when / work backward from my.orderly
htchen< each child's room has been put
in order and the bed TO air before he comes
10 breakfast. His and her There arefour of
theml daily duties are written and tackled
on the wall to avoid confusion of yours
and mine Even the year old turns to
on cleaning day In old trousers-and armed
with a rug eater. 1t Is one Of ourhapplest
days,
Systematic, order not only saves time but
makes room. My mother pays me the royal
compliment o, always saying she could
pack me off to Europe on half an hour $
notice.. It is the law of my life and all
that makes 1t possible for me to accomplish
nv monumental tasks. They become JOY
because of the way do them
You remember James Lane Allen In one
Of his books makes character say he
knew his mother was lady from the way
she kept her closets 1 quote and use all
sorts of spiritual cudgels; this is one of
them, A. c. b.
Thank you for your letter-as much for
The personal words l do not print as for
those l put on this page for the help of
sother housekeepers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

snow among them? Then there Is white
cake. and an excellent dessert Is white Gus
tard. for which give the recipe
Heat pint Of milk. stir into It the un-
beaten whites of three eggs, add two table,
spoonfuls of sugar. flavor to caste, turn
the mixture into wet custard cups, set them
In a dripping pan of boiling water, cover.
and bake until they are set. These may be
eaten from the cups or may be converted
into a better dish by turning the custards
out on fat dish. after they are perfectly
cold. heapng them with whipped cream
and sprinkling grated maple sugar thickly
over the tops of them. They are very good
Has not some one of our readers other
recipes for desserts in which the whites Of
eggs may be utilized?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Rain Spots on Black Plush.

WIN you kindly tell me how to remove
rain spots from a black plush coat? have
tried steaming, gasoline and brushing all
to no avail EDNA"
Ii you have steamed the coat judcously.
dampening the under side-not through q
lining but against the goods-and laid this
on a hot iron without good effect, am
afraid there is nothing you can do. Some
times 1t brings up the dampened rap ifyou
hang the coat in a bathroom where therei is
plenty of steam. Shauld this also prove of
no good. your best plan is to consult pro-
fesslonal dyer and cleaner and see II ne
cannot suggest a remedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
No Liquid or Baking Ponder.

% In a recipe given for fruit cake there Is
no liquid or baking powder Is this correctf
l would like to try this recipe. but am in
doubt b. j."
No liquid is needed in a fruit cake made
according to the recipes by which I have
prepared 1t for years past 1t Is like a
pound cake, where the eggs supply the
only fluid needed beyond the brandy. My
own recipe for fruit cake has tablespoon
OF rose water with it and no other liquid
The eggs raise it, SO that baking powder
is not demanded.
Will you kindly advise me concerning
raised cake dough? l am fond of home
made coffee cake. but mine does not get
just right. When done It always seems
heavy and the holes are SO small.
Mrs L."
The following recipe for German coffee
cake should produce good results If the
dough Is well worked, allowed to rise the
correct length of time. and baked in the
right sort of oven-that Is an oven heated
to the proper degree. hope you may have
success with 1t:
Cream cup of sugar with half cup of
butter. add to these two cups Of scalded
milk. half yeast cake dissolved In a cup
of warm water, a half teaspoon Of salt, and
two well beaten eggs. Thicken with
enough -four to make batter that can be
stirred with spoon. Beat well, set to rise
for about three hours. and when half its
first bulk put in enough -four to make
dough you can roll out. Make it about an
inch thick and put in long shallow pans,
letting the loaves rise until light. Before
putting the pans in the oven sprinkle the
top Of the cake with bits of butter the size
of a hickory nut and with generous al.
lowance Of sugar to which you have added
little cinnamon. Bake for about thirty
minutes in rather slow oven. keeping the
top Of tho cake covered with brown paper
until almost done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Chance to Shed Ray Of Light.

II am writing you in behalf of a shut-in
tuberculosis invalid who Is in almost the
last stages Of the disease. in poor circum
stances. and with little to bring brightness
and cheer Will you not in your corner ask
friends to shed ray of light by post cards.
magazines. books. etc.? M. j."
Such an appeal as this needs no emphasis
on my part / know how prompt will be
the offers Of reading matter and Of post
cards to this poor sufferer. whose address
can be secured for the asking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

L send you recipe asked for while
ago by q. s.:
BRANDY SNAPS-Heat half cup mo-
lasses to the boiling point, add third OF a
cup of butter. remove from the stove, and
when the butter is melted, add gradually.
stirring constantly, one cup flour, mixed
and sifted with one-third cup sugar and
three-fourths tablespoon of ginger Drop
small portions from the spoon two inches
apart on a well buttered inverted dripping
pan. bake in a slow oven. cool slightly, and
roll over the handle of a wooden spoon
" Mrs. q. V. W."
l am grateful for both these menus. Two
more widely different it would be hard to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Recipes for Speets.

"WilI some one be kind enough to send
me a recipe for chocolate waters and for
peppermint drops? Both of them are about
the size and shape Of. a penny NC.
CREAM PEPPERMINTS-Mak a stiff
paste Of q pound of sugar with four table,
spoons OF water. put over the fire. and
leave It there until it just reaches the boil
ing point. Take it of the moment 1t begins
to bubble. stir until it cools partially add
a few drops of essence OF peppermint
enough to suit the taste-and drop the candy
from teaspoon on wsaxed paper allow
ing enough to each portion to make round
the size of penny. Care and practice
will be required to get the skill to make
the candies of uniform size Set them in a
moderately warm place until firm.
CHOCOLATE WAFERS-Melt the sugar
as directed in the preceding recipe. Heat
in another vessel. set In boiling water four
tablespoons Of grated chocolate; add this
to the sugar when the stage is reached
10 take 1t from the fire. and drop the waters
on the paper, as in the case Of the pep
permintS
If any one knows another recipe for
chocolate waters would be glad to receive
+ ana print u Thoss made BY TIE method
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Colorcd Thread Stains.

Kindly tell me if you can get black or
colored thread stains out OF white material
If they have been boiled with the goods?
Mrs. W. j."
Possibly an application of Javelle water
or OF chlorinated soda may do some good,
or you might try boiling the stun in cream
of tartar water or in sour milk, as you
would to obliterate mildew stains. II the
goo6s Is of cotton or linen you can employ
these expedients without injurlng the fab
ric, but silk or wooden goods would hardly
stand 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
vs. HAPPY GO LUCKY HOUSEKEEPING

Ing interrupt herself In the midst of this
TO run down and scour out the refrigerator
because the ice man may come at any
minute, and hurry from this TO dust the
parlor In case unexpected company should
call.
We can only guess at the way she 1o-
points her other duties. but we are safe In
inferring that they are turned off in like
systematic fashion.
She speaks of her " monumental tasks
and the word does not seem misapplied
when We think of all that Is implied In
keeping in sweet clean order a nine room
fiat occupied by a family of six-four chill
dren-and doing all the work but that of tho
laundry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

has degenerated into hard labor The only
manner in which to restore joy to it is to
alter the fashion in which 1t is done and then
to put before us something else with which
to fill the time that remains to us after nee
essary occupations are accomplished
System possesses a double merit in that
1t renders work interesting because of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

their responsibility for its condition! She
is establishing the habit of system and of
joyous system at that Her remark that
cleaning day is one of their happiest days Is
illuminating. 1t shows that she does not
drive her children to their appointed tasks,
but that she works with them and makes the
duties pleasure, as the youngsters almost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

way In which we lit, as well as provides
the chance for us to get in the other things
we care to do. Try 1t for a while, if you have
not already the habit, and see how it goes.
Look at the ordinary day as though II came
to you for the first time and note how much
OF system you put into it. Take the letter
which began this talk a suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

Evidently from the time that the children
of A. G. B. were old enough to pull off bed
clothes and open windows, they have been
taught to initiate their mothers course of
stripping their beds and admitting the fresh
air before they came to breakfast. The sys-
tenn has become part of their daily routine
and they take 1t for granted as they would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

putting on their g1rmants or coming down
to the morning meEl.
Their course insuzes 2 diminution Of care
to the one who must do the further work
of setting thu bedrooms to rights. and am
willing to ven1ure the opinion that those
same children have been drilled from baby
hood to put their own clothing away instead