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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
TELLS OF BURIAL
OF LEES HORSE
Woman Says Generals Son
Supervised Job.

Lexington, Va.-The burial Of ''Trav.
eler," Gen. Robert e. Lees war horse,
was described here by Mira Margaret
Letcher Shovel of Letcher avenue,
who. as a twelve-year-old girl, was
one Of the eight persons who made up.
the funeral cortege.
Mrs. Shovel contradicts the com.
mon belief that Traveller was mere
ly pushed over the cliff" after his.
death, and describes his burial as an,
affair as solemn as that Of his mas
ter.
Traveller stepped on NALL" Mrs.
Shovel explained, 'and died Of lock-
Jaw few days later. For several
days and nights preceding the horses.
death, Gen. Custis Lee, Oldest son Of
Robert p. Lee and who succeeded his
father as president Of Washington col
iege, now Washington and Lee uni
versity. and visitors at the Lee home.
sat beside the wounded animal, Ut.
most care and attention was given him.
"After Travellers death Gen. Custis-
Lee, accompanied by three little girls.
and myself, and assisted by three col
ored men, buried him under a large.
tree In the ravine behind Washington.
and Lee university.
"A dead silence was kept through
out the burial. Not a word was spok-
en- from the time we set out from the.
stable, which still stands behind the,
presidents home here now, until we
left the grave. shall always remem.
Der the tender grimness of Gen. Custis
Lees face as he stood with barred head
beside the grave"
Mrs. Showell explained that a large
hole was dug for Travellers grave. The
floor of this hole was covered with,
boards and horse was dragged onto
this flooring. The carcass was then
covered with lime and the sides and q.
top were fitted to the planking in the
bottom Of the hole, thus enclosing the
horse in sealed wooden casket.
"Gen. GUSTS Lee himself spread,
Travellers blanket over him before the
top was placed on the box" Mrs.
Shovel said. "Custis Lee was as fond
of Traveller as his father had been.
He was very sad as he walked away
from the grave"
In 1907, funds to have the skeleton
of Traveller mounted, were donated by
Joseph Bryan of Richmond. The skele-
ton now stands in a glass case in the
basement of Lee Memorial chapel on
the campus Of Washington and Lee
university.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Centennial Of Turbine
1890: Inventor Ignored

Paris, France.-Next year, 1880. will
be celebrated the centennial Of the
invention of the hydraulic turbine.
Fourneyron, the marvellous French
savant, Is so much ignored In connec.
ton with the turbine that most Of
the best known encyclopedias have
neglected to mention his name. Amer.
lean engineers themselves only recog-
nize that he had the merit to perfect
and generalize the use of the turbine.
This in itself seems worthy Of recog.
milton by the entire world.
1t was another engineer, also
Frenchman, Marcel Desprez. who was
the first to realize the transport Of
electrical energy, invention without
which that Of Fourneyron would be
only of use In regions where water
falls abound. Like most other inven-
tors, Desprez died poor, unhonoreo
and unsung.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Old-Fashioned Cookies
Now Called Sand Tarts

An old-fashioned type of cookie,
sprinkled with mixture Of sugar and
cinnamon-the "sand" which gives it
Its name-is always welcome with
fruit or ice cream for dessert, and may
be kept on hand for tucking into the
school lunches or serving with iced
tea, punch, or hot coffee, when callers
come. These cookies will stay crisp
If kept In tight tin container or close
ly covered stone jar such as our grand
mothers used. The recipe is furnished
BY the bureau Of home economics.
Y cup butter Y tsp. salt
x cup light brown ! tsp. cinnamon
sugar 8 tbs. granulated
! egg sugar
3 cups sifted flour Halved almonds
3 tsps baking pow or pecans
der
Cream the butter, add the sugar
gradually, then the well beaten egg.
Stir in the sifted dry ingredients. On
lightly-foured board make roll OF
the dough about inches In diameter.
Wrap we'll in waxed paper and let
stand overnight in cool place. In
the morning slice wafer thin with a
sharp knife, and sprinkle with mix
ture Of cinnamon and granulated
sugar.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
In good many families the boy
that used to turn the ice cream freezer
for the sake of chance at clicking
the dasher" has grown up and gone
away to college. Or for some other
reason, mother does not seem to find
it convenient to have desserts made
in the ice cream freezer as often as
she used to. Perhaps she does not
know that very satisfactory Ice creams
may be frozen without stirring II they
are made of suitable ingredients and
packed sufficiently long in ice and salt
or placed in the trays Of the me-
chanical refrigerator.
A fairly rich mixture must be used
In these desserts and the ingredients
carefully combined. Properly prepared,
these ice creams have characteristic
fiaky, crystalline texture which is very
much liked. Heavy or whipping cream
Is used both for mOusses and In COM
bination with egg whites In parfaits
If used alone, however, heavy cream is
too rich to be palatable, and in cities
it is expensive. The bureau of home
economics of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture has therefore
developed number of recipes In
which the rich cream Is diluted by the
addition of evaporated milk and thin
cream. or by rich milk thickened with
gelatin, eggs, or flour.
If the tray in the mechanical re.
frigerator is used for making the ice
cream the result will be neat fiat
cake of convenient shape for serving.
A ring mold is attractive, or any de.
sired mold may he used. If the mold
is to be packed in ice and salt, the
opening should be sealed ny having a
strip of cloth dipped in paraffin drawn
tightly over it. Some other fat with
high melting point could also he used
After packing. the ice cream or mousse
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

the breakfast table will help to keep
the system in good working order.
Reduce the morning bacon and eggs
on a day when heavy dinner is to
be served. Is it in Holland where they
have the custom of serving salt fish
the night before feast day? At any
rate 1t Is good custom. for then
with the free drinking of water the
alimentary canal is well flushed and
one may be ready to take care of a
hearty dinner.
Winter saIad.-Take equal measures
Of diced rich cheese. sweet pickles
also diced, and canned green peas.
Serve with good boiled dressing on
lettuce.
Another Good Cold Weather Salad.
Take equal measures of chopped
olives, peas and peanuts with spoon
fui'of minced onion. Serve on lettuce
with any good dressing.
A delicious sauce to serve with
sliced roast Of beef is:
eordelaiss eauee.-Take two toma-
toes, one onion, one green pepper
all chopped. one Glove, two tablespoon
fuls Of butter, the same Of -four, one
salt spoonful Of cayenne pepper and
one-half cupful Of water. Simmer the
vegetables and Glove ten minutes.
Melt the butter, add the -four, and
cook until brown. Now add the
vegetables, water and seasoning, sim.
mer ten minutes and add another
tablespoonful Of butter. Rub through
q sieve before adding the flour and
butter. then cook until smooth Serve
hot with the meat.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
FATHER OF WATERS
IN REf0RMER ROLE
Rowdy Natchez Waterfront
Is Crumbling.

hatcher, Miss.-As surely az the
mighty river made Natchez- Under-the-
Hill the most sordid and disreputable
spot In the New world. Father Mis-
sissippi. apparently In retaliation, Is
eating away the last physical remains
Of the notorious gamblers. murders
and steamboat pirates rendezvous.
After years Of relentless washing.
constant undermining, the Father Of
Waters at last has Natchez- Underline
ELL, literally and fguratively, with
it's back to the wall. Tomorrow may
find the scene Of yesterdays barrooms
and dancing shops nothing but
memory.
River Takes Hand.
The Mississippi's fingers have been
at the old settlements throat for more
than a decade, but its last and most
effective thrust came several weeks
ago. Failing Of the stream after
season on rampage was accompanied
by caving Of a large section Of the
shelf which supported the underworld
dives Of a century ago.
Before 1911 the lowland on which
Natchez- Under-the-Hill was built ex-
tended far out from the bluffs into
what Is now the rivers bed. The lat
est cave-in, more than $50 feet long
and 70 feet wide, has eaten away the
shelf until It is perilously narrow.
Further caving, already predicted by
large cracks In the terrain, may bring
the river bank abruptly to the base
Of the bluffs.
Observers differ as to causes Of the
extensive caving, but the fact remains
that 30-foot-deep chasm has followed
corrosion of the rivers bank or &C
ton of subterranean springs River
men explain that diversion of the riv-
er's current from the Ievees at Vida.
liza has placed an added strain on the
opposite bank; but negro roustabouts
insist that the destruction of Natchez-
Under-the-Hill is. Father Mississippi's
well-planned scheme for cleaning his
slate Of century-old mistakes.
Distinct Communities.
Since earliest days OF Mississippi
history Natchez and Natchez-U Under
the-Hill have been distinct and sepa-
rate communities. In steamboat days
river rats lived "under the HILL" while
their more fortunate brothers occu.
pied palatial mansions on the majestic
bluffs where Natchez was founded.
Natchez- on-the-B Bluff was for the
aristocrats. Natchez- Under-the-H Hill was
for the scum.
Time has removed barriers between
the on-the-bluff and underline hill
folk, but even today the atmosphere
of the historic city is not the environ
ment of the remains of the notorious
settlement.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

grades. The proper grade for use in
any case is determined by the type of
burner in which 1t is to be used. The
vaporizing type of burner requires
light Oil which costs more per unit
of heat than the heavier grades, and
in general these burners are not
equipped with automatic control. The
atomizing types have q motor and
other mechanical devices for atomiz-
ing the oil and mixing it with air be-
fore delivery to the combustion cham.
Der. They are generally equipped with
full automatic control, are less exact
ing as to the type of fuel required.
and are less given to smoking and
sooting because of better combustion
Safety is of paramount Importance
In any device to be used in the home
regardless Of any advantages claimed
no home-owner would be justified in
Installing a burner that is not reason
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Bags of Thin Wood Il
Paris Winter Fashion

For the sports or street costume
fiat bags made of paper-thin, wood
with beautiful grail, are seen about
the Paris boulevards. Bags and
matching gloves of black antelope.
worn with winter ensembles In sap
phire or navy blue. bottle green or
plum red are effective. Gloves In
general match the stockings, how
ever, and that means that they are
usually beige. The smart glove this
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Peiping Prohibits Minors
From Pulling Rickshas

Peiping, China.-One of the saddest
sights In Peiping-that of small boys
pulling rickshas-will disappear in the
near future, If municipal regulation
just imposed is enforced. The regula.
ton forbids boys under eighteen years
old from pulling rickshas. Foreigners
rarely II ever patronize the child rick
sha puilers. But Chinese who do use
them because they are cheaper gener.
ally appear to be the heaviest Of their
kind.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Alcohol From Sugar
Used in Brazil Motors

Rio de Janeiro. 'Azulina" is the
name which has been given to new
motor fuel much used in the state Of
Pernambuco. Its producers are
group Of sugar manufacturers who
have yisualized the economic posi-.
Sbilities offered by an aleaiiolic motor
fuel and who have formed corpor-
tion to exploit "azulina."
This ia basically mixture OF ether
and an alcohol derived from cane
sugar. the residue Of which are usi-
ally thrown away by the sugar mills
In Pernambuco and other states.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Clover Leaf Rolls

Glover leaf rolls are very attractive
and are easily made. The dough is
prepared the same as for bread. After
the first rising, small pieces Of the
dough are shaped into little balls.
Three of these are fitted into creased
muffin pans, allowed to rise till double
in bulk, and baked in a hot oven.
Dough left over from bread making
may be used in this way.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20


cake are still served to celebrate each
event Cake twenty-five years old is
even more delicious than it was the
year 1t was made.
Old English Fruit cake-Take one
pound each Of seeded raisins and cur
rents, one-half pound of sliced can
died citron. one-fourth pound of sliced
candied lemon peel, the same Of or
ange peel. one package Of dates pitted
and chopped. one-half cupful Of can
died cherries or pineapple, two cup
fuls of flour, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls Of cinnamon one teaspoon
full each of nutmeg and allspice three
fourths teaspoonful Of salt, one cup
ful Of butter, one cupful Of sugar, six
eggs, well beaten, the Juice Of one
lemon, one-fourth cupful each Of or
ange juice, grape Juice and shredded
almond meats and two ounces Of
maraschino cherries finely chopped.
Prepare and mix as usual, mixing
the dry ingredients, cover the fruits
with flour and mix we'll. Cream but
ter and sugar. then add beaten eggs,
fruit flour and fruit juices. Beat
well to thoroughly blend. Place the
batter in paper-lined well-greased
pans. This recipe yields six pounds
Of cake, weighed after baking. Bake
In six pans, three. or in one. Steam
three and one-half hours then dry off
n, c1oru nuoy, onn hour
Golden Fruit Cake.-Measure one
cupful OF seeded raisins, add one
fourth pound each of sliced citron,
candied orange, lemon and grapefruit
peel, one package Of coconut, one cup
full Of blanched almonds, two cupfuls
Of -four, one teaspoonful Of baking
powder, one-half cupful of butter,
one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt, one
cupful of sugar, three eggs, one-fourth
cupful Of orange juice, and one tea
spoonful Of orange extract. This
makes three pound cake which may
De baked in smaller ones. Prepare as
above, bake or steam as desired.
Any fruit cake If desired may be
ATOblcu WAIA SOOu AAoSIAA6s tASA
decorated with various fruits and can
died flowers as ones taste dictates.
Usually a cake is not iced until the
day before 1t ia to be served, as it
ioses some of its freshness by stand
ing.
Home Bureau Cake. - Take one
package Of raisins, one package Of
dates, one-fourth pound Of layer figs,
one-fourth pound Of citron, the same
amount of orange and lemon peel. two
and one-half cupfuls Of -four, one tea
spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful Of
cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful Of all
spice, the same of mace or nutmeg,
one-fourth teaspoonful Of cloves, one
half cupful of butter, one cupful Of
brown sugar, three eggs, and one-half
cupful each of molasses and coffee.
Prepare and bake as usual. This reci-
pc makes a four-pound cake.
Seasonable Dishes.
At this time Of the year when
chicken, duck and goose are 80 freely
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Mail EARLY" Man
Forgets Own Rule

Chicago.-John Sikyta is as
sistant postmaster in Chicago.
He thinks up all those fancy
slogans ON the mail wagons
He tells how to address let
ters, mail 'em and all that
Well. Mr.. Sikyta was riding
in the elevator at the Federal
building. He happened to put
his hand in his pocket. His
face bianched, his lip quivered.
his heart pounded. It seemed
the work Of . lifetime was
swept away as DE drew the
hand out again. with a letter
In 1t.
''Gad," said Mr.. Sikyta, my
wife gave me that letter to mail
. three days ago."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
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Alarm Clock for Parker.

Merchants in western town evade
summons for violating so minute park
ing privilege, by the following ruse:
An alarm clock placed In the parked
car, Ii set to give warning when the
time expires, then the merchant PUSHES
cut, removes car to another stall and
resets alarm.-Utility News
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

ably safe. The Underwriters lsbora.
tories have tested and listed many Of
the burners now manufactured as com.
plying with standards Of minimum
hazard. Burners that have been so
tested bear mark indicating the fact.
However. the absence Of such mark
ing does not necessarily mean that
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

winter Is at least six-button length,
and many women are wearing NOUS
quetaire gloves, with buttons to hold
them trinity about the wrists.
Buttons are an extremely popular
trimming for practical clothes this
season, and Chanel uses them for her
most attractive costume jewelry.
Black buttons with rhinestone cen
ters serve in the Chanel necklaces,
these necklaces having four strands
In front and one in back. TRIPPING
and quadrupling of the strands OF the
smart necklace Is seen everywhere.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A vacuum cleaner is excellent for
cleaning automobile upholstery.
The behavior of children should
never be talked about in their hearing.
A child who is worried. irritated.
unhappy, or over-tired at meal time
cannot digest his food properly.
To eat raw vegetables IL one way TO
get the vltamines and the soluble min
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume Of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.

4 half-million OF license plates for
all classes of motor vehicles will be
issued for 1880, exceeding the issue
Of 1929 by $4,000.
The movement of wheat from the
Reardan district has picked up ow.
ing to the rise In price. Nearly 60
per cent of this seasons crop has been
sold.
With a seasons record Of 1926
cars, shipments OF fruit and vegetables
from the Yakima valley are substan-
tial although not on level with last
year.
Among the requests left by the
late Purdy J. Flint, Yakima pioneer.
Is one OF $4,000 to be used in assist
ing poor children to attend Sunday
school.
Employment for several Vancouver
men has been secured through the
free employment bureau maintained
by the Vancouver police, It was an
nounced.
West Klickitat County Pomona
grange held an all-day session in
White Salmon recently, followed by
a social time and program in the
evening.
The First Savings & Trust bank OF
Colfax has called in for payment all
outstanding bonds Of the Colfax I'm
provement & Benevolent society,
amounting to $4,000.
North Central Washington win re.
ceive $35.000.000 for its 1929 apple
crop Of $4,000 cars, according to the
estimate Of the Wenatchee District
Cooperative association.
For the first time in many years
there are no stills operating in Che
Ian county, according to Sheriff
Wheeler, who has in his custody "A
stills and 1000 gallons Of moonshine.
The years sales, of the Whatcom
County Fruit and Vegetable Growers
association totaled about 100000. The
association handled 1,145,385 pounds
OF fruit and sold $4,000 worth Of pota-
toes.
Carl 1zett who will take up his
duties at Vancouver on January as
county agent for Clark county. formal
~ resigned as agent of Wahkiakum
county upon action of the county com
missioners.
A total Of SO miles Of highway con-
struction will be started by Spokane
county as soon as weather conditions
permit next spring. Some of the con-
struction will be done under the farm
to-market program.
+ Reports made recently by fruit
houses showed that there are remain
ing In the Yakima valley Of the 1928
apple crop 1921 cars of apples and
582 cars Of pears. OF the apples 6109
are in cold storage.
The lighting Of the first fuel gas
piped into Sunnyside was the occa-
sion of one of the most interesting
celebrations ever held at Sunnyside.
It was attended by 1000 persons from
all parts of the Yakima valley.
Total receipts from the sale of state
lands and timber held in number of
counties November were $309. 404
out of a total appraised value of $685.
123, indicating that only about half
Of the amount offered was sold,
John Albert, 16, was hurt, perhaps
fatally, in the explosion Of box of
dynamite caps. The lad walked into
the cabin Of miner near Omak and
kicked the box Doctors said he
would lose one eye and probably his
life.
Three trainmen suffered minor in.
juries and Is passengers experienced
severe shaking up when the Spo-
kane, Portland & Seattle eastbound
train No. struck huge boulder on
the track, three miles west Of Grand
noIlou
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

erals which may be lost In the cooking
water.
Sweet potatoes keep best II they are
carefully handled TO prevent bruising
or breaking the skin, and II they are
kept at a medium rather thun cold
temperature.
Drainboards on both sides Of the
sink make dishwashing easier and save
the breakage likely to follow when
there is nowhere but the sink to out
the soiled dishes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

must stand for several hours, depend
Ing on the shape and size Of the mold.
Use about three parts Of crushed Ice
to one Of coarse ice cream salt.
Here is recipe for plain mousse.
favored with vanilla. Plain mousses
may be varied by serving them as
sundaes with fresh fruits or with
sauces favored with chocolate, car
amel, maple, or honey. Less sugar
may then be used in the mousse, and
1t will be easier to freeze. Sugar low
ers the freezing point of an ice cream.
Other variations are also suggested.
Foundation Recipe for Plain Mousse
1 cup double cream 8 tbs. sugar.
cup rich milk or 2 egg whites
thin cream VI tsp. salt
l tbs. gelatin n tsp. vanilla.
Soak the gelatin until soft in a lit
tie of the milk or thin cream, heat the
remainder, and pour over the gelatin.
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Put the mixture aside to chill. Whip
the double cream. When the first mix
ture has thjckened slightly, beat 1t to
incorporate air, add the VANILLA and
fold in the whipped cream and the
well-beaten egg whites. The egg whites
reduce richness, increase volume, and
improve texture. These proportions
will make over four cups before freez-
ing; or, If the egg whites are not used,
about three cups.
Half cup Of strong coffee may be
substituted for " cup OF the thin
cream, to give coffee flavor. Or. use n
pound Of peppermint stick candy In
stead OF sugar, for peppermint Ice
cream. One-fourth pound Of peanut
brittle finely ground and used instead
of sugar makes an excellent varia.
ton, new to many people. Many other
variations in flavor are possible after
one has become familiar with the foun.
daticn recipe.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

A type Of sweet potato grown in the
Virgin islands achieves weight Of $50
pounds, hut we suppose in the seed
catalogues It is represented as good
800. at least.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

On account Of various n1isdemear-
ors around the house during the day.
little Willie was given one OF the new
son-tan effects the other night.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20
Respiration

The quantity Of air taken in by q
human being at each respiration Ia
called the tidal air and lie normally
from 70 to ~ cubic inches " air
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-12-20

After reading some Of the up-to-date
rules Of table etiquette. we prefer to
continue eating in the good old-fash-
toned. II somewhat plebeian, way.