Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1888 — A Man of Ability. [ARTICLE]

A Man of Ability.

‘ c ?ou want a situation as conductor, do you ?” said the president of the road. “Yes, sir,” the applicant replied. “Have you the necessary qualifications for such a responsible position T “I am sure I have, sir." “Well, suppose your train ihould meet with a serious disaster in which a number of passengers would be L led and a large amount of property destroyed, what action would you take in such a case?” “I would telegraph the newspapers that the accident was of little importance and then send word to the president of the road to sell the stock short.” “H’m,” replied the president, “I am afraid those are not the proper qualifications for a good conductor, but you are a man of ability, I see We want a first-class superintendent. You can consider yourself engaged as superintendent of the road at a salary of $lO.000 a year.”- -Philadelphia Call Lady Fingers. —Rub hall a pound ©f butter into a pound of flour; to this add half a pound of sugar, the juice and graded rind of one large lemon, and lastly, three eggs, the whites and yelks beaten separately, and the whites stirred in after all the other ingredients are well mixed together. This dough, if properly made, wilfcbe stiff enough to make rolls about the size of a lady’s finger; it will spread when in the oven so that it will be of the right size and shape. If you wish them to be especially inviting, dip them in chocolate icing after they are baked. Take pains to see that the icing is so hard that it will not run, and set the cakes on a platter in a cool room until the icing is firm.