Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1901 — Page 3

ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

Read This, and You Will Know How to Make a Perfect Omelet. To the average cook an omelet is simply eggs, salt, pepper and butter in combination with a hot skillet. To those who eat the omelet it is well known that it is of all dishes the most uncertain. One may draw a prize in the shape of a tender, delicate, creamy omelet flavored to a turn and tempting to the last degree, or the dish may be tough and leathery, solid and tasteless—a most unappetizing blank. The omelet is usually made with the eggs broken together in a bowl and beaten just enough to mix thoroughly. The skillet should be kept for the purpose and should be perfectly clean. Holding a bit of butter the size of a walnut it is put over a clear, Hot fire. Pour in the egg and fold over as it “sets,” taking care tb add the salt and pepper just before it is taken from the fire. An expert chef puts a few drops of vinegar in the edge of the pan, letting it run around the omelet, which gives an additional touch of delicious tenderness. The omelet puff has the whites and yolks beaten separately and thoroughly, the whites folded in carefully as the egg is poured into the saucepan.— Harpers Bazar.

Crisp and Appetizing Celery. To prepare celery so it is crisp find appetizing cut off all the outside stalks, leaving only the tender white part. This is not wasteful, as all the coarse stalks and the root ends may be used for soups or for stewing. After stripping off the outside stalks split the edible part in halves lengthwise or in quarters if the stalk is very thick. Whittle the root end down to a point. Wash each portion perfectly clean in very cold water, then put a layer of chipped ice in the bottom of a long deep dish and place a layer of celery on the ice, dust the celery with granulated sugar, then put on a layer of chipped ice, then one of celery and so on till all the celery is closely packed in ice, not forgetting to dust each layer lightly with the sugar. When all is packed, 6tand the dish in the icebox until ready to serve, then take the celery out of its packing and lay it in a celery dish with freshly chipped ice over it. For the Housewife. In cleaning pap’ier mache articles use a sponge moistened with cold water. They may be polished with flour and a flannel cloth. On a large scale, but equally simple in design, are the desks that open at both sides and thus may be used by two persons at the same time without any inconvenience. They are supplied with a double set of pigeonholes and do not take up much room. For the country cottage game of euchre or bridge whist an ingenious manufacturer has devised a round table of convenient size, with low backed, comfortable chairs that slip in under the table when not in use.

To Remove Dirt From Carpets. For housewives who pride themselves upon spotless floor coverings The Druggists’ Circular gives the following recipe for removing spots of dirt from carpets: “Make a suds with a good white soap and hot water and add fuller’s earth to this until the consistency of thin cream. Have plenty of clean drying cloths, a small scrubbing brush, a large sponge and a pail of fresh water. Put some of the cleansing mixture in a bowl and dip the brush in it; brush a small piece of the carpet with this; then wash with the sponge and cold water. Dry as much as possible with the sponge and finally rub with dry cloths. Continue this till you ere sure that all the carpet is clean; then let it dry.” Imitation Antiques. There not being enough antique furniture to go around, and antique being “the” thing nowadays, the firms which make a specialty of that sort of goods are overwhelmed with orders for imitation antiques. Imitation Chippendale does not, of course, cost as much as the real article, but it is possible to spend a good deal of money upon “new antique” furniture. It is a fad that a poor man cannot indulge in with impunity. At the Paris exhibition replicas were shown of famous pieces of antique furniture which were valued at $50,000.

To Wash Bcarlet Flannel. To wash scarlet flannel mil a handful of flour in a quart of cold water and boil ten minutes. To Uiis add some wanh suds made with Castile soap and then wash the flannel gently, rinsing rather than rubbing it. Now rinse in two or three praters of the same temperature—jurt comfortably warm to the hands, not hotter—and hang out to dry in the shade. By this method the color should remain unchanged in the flannel after many washings.

THEATER PROGRAMMES.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia Record calls for a reform of theater programmes. “Have you ever,” he asked, “experienced the annoyance of being unable to quickly follow the action of a play because you can’t determine which of the minor characters is on the stage? Take a show with a dozen small roles, for example. At the outstart the minor parts generally carry the- action, and unless the playwright has been thoughtful enough to bring names into the dialogue it will puzzle anybody to find out who’s who. Of course after the appearance of the stars the relation of the parts is usually speedily adjusted, but in some shows I’ve had to worry through a couple of acts without getting a line on the minor roles. “Now, my idea is to have the cast set up and printed in the order in which the players make their first entry. Then the audience could at once determine the character and get into immediate sympathy with the lines. This idea of tickling she vanity of the high priced players by heading the cast with the stars and ranking the members of the company on the programme according to the importance of their roles should have been abandoned long ago.”

His Wonderful Vest.

The most conspicuous man in the audience at one of the east side political meetings recently was a local dandy who had scored a great success over his rival with a waistcoat of his own devising, and it was such as Berry Wall and J. Waldere Kirk never attempted. He caused a stir the moment he entered the room -Most of the front of his waistcoat was on exhibition, his coat being held back on either side by two large hands on which were a variety of rings. The waistcoat was white, with a large brown spot on either side, and a close inspection showed that it was covered with long hair. The owner proudly explained that it had b£en made from the hide of a white cow and that the brown spots had not been painted in, but had existed on the cow. He said that it was not only warm, hut “very natty,” and to be properly effective it should be worn with a red necktie, an article which he had neglected to purchase for the occasion. —New York Sun.

Art and Sanitation.

An interesting little story is told of the venerable Thomas Sidney Cooper, the oldest member of the Royal academy, who lately celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday. Mr. Cooper on one occasion painted a picture of Queen Victoria’s favorite cow Buflio, with the calves beside her. The prince consort criticised the picture, pointing out that the dock leaves in the foreground were evidence of had farming. The queen, also a critic of no mean order, asked her husband what he thought of the cow’s hind legs being in a small pool of water. “I like it much,” he said. “So do 1,” replied the queen, “but it’s evidence of bad draining.”

Pain Made Her Talk.

Mrs. George Ferris of Harrisburg Hollow, near Bath, N. Y., strained her vocal cords about a year ago while calling her farmhands to dinner and entirely lost her voice. From that time she became mute and so continued until a short time ago, when the dentist extracted two of her teeth. The pain was so intense that, as the second tooth came out, she yelled, “Oh, you mean man!” Then she wept with joy when she realized that her voice had been so strangely restored.

A Plague of Butterflies.

A remarkable phenomenon was recently witnessed at Padona, Italy. Clouds of white butterflies have hung over the town and the surrounding country. So great was their number that they gave the appearance of a snowstorm, and the houses, streets and trees rapidly became white. The butterflies even penetrated to the interior of houses and all windows had to be closed.

A Nautical Suggestion.

“Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “did you say there was something wrong with the Shamrock’s starboard tack?” “1 believe so,” was the absentminded answer. “Dear me. And a little thing like a tack is often so important! Couldn’t they have used a hairpin or something?”—Washington Star.

The Two Marks.

Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio and Marcus A. Hanna of South Portland met at the Bath launching. Each had.heard of the other, and they had a most enjoyable chat. The Maine namesake of the famous Ohio senator is on the staff of the Portland Advertiser and a member of the South Portland city government.—Kennebec (Med Journal.

FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

The Pretty Playthings That Mary Made Out of “Stickers. 1 * Little Mary is the happiest of children usually, but qne day her Auntie Joy found her looking almost doleful. “I’m tired of everything I’ve got to play with,” said Mary. “I wish I had some new playthings—some playthings that nobody had ever thought of before.” “I don’t believe there are any playthings like that,” said Auntie Joy smiling, “but come with me and I’ll show you how to play with some playthings that used to make me very happy when I was a little girl, but that I never see any little children playing with now.” Bv the time Mary had found her hat Auntie Joy was ready with two paper bags from the kitchen. They went out to the empty lot near the house and Auntie Joy told Mary to be careful. “We shall like the playthings we are after much better in our hags than clinging to our skirts,” she said, laughing. So they filled the two bags with the “stickers” which Mary had always hated before and went back to the veranda. And here Auntie Joy poured the “stickers” out on a big paper and showed Mary how to make them into doll’s furniture. Mary enjoyed the play so much that it was supper time long before she expected it. “I haven’t had such a good time this summer,” she told Auntie Joy as they went into the house together. And if any of Jane Jerome’s little girls want to make doll’s furniture out of “stickers” all they have to do is to stick the “stickers” together in any shape they want them. And the bovs, who don’t care about •doll’- furniture, may make pretty baskets in the same wav.

Pet Eagles. There are a few cases in which eagles have been made pets, so that we may suppose that if the birds were commoner they could be tamed at least as easily as bears. An imperial eagle taken from the nest accepted caresses, answered to a call and did not fly away when at liberty. At Alva there used to be an eagle kept on a chain, which shows, perhaps, that it could not be trusted to roam about the Oehils. A golden eagle, caught when fully grown, was successfully domesticated, hut its wings were cut when it was first taken and so it had time to get accustomed to its new home and new life. Sometimes it went off for two or three weeks, but always came back. It was fed on crows, shot for it. Whenever it attempted to seize a crow on its own account it always failed. Jim being much too artful a dodger.

Rhyme of the Presidents. First stands the lofty Washington, That noble, gnat, immortal one. The eld« r Ada ins next we see, And Jefferson makes the number three. Then Madison is fourth, you know. The fifth one on the list, Monroe. The sixth, and Adams comes again, With Jackson seventh in the train. Van Buren, eighth, falls into line, And Harrison makes number nine. The tenth is Tyler in his turn, And Polk, eleventh, as we learn. The twelfth is Taylor in rotation, Fillmore, thirteenth, in succession. Fourteenth, Pierce has l>een selected; Buchanan, fifteenth, is elected. p As sixteenth Lincoln rules the nation. And Johnson, seventeenth, fills his station. The eighteenth, then, is Grant, you know. And, nineteenth, Hayes from Ohio. Then comes another Buckeye son, Garfield, the loved and martyred one. Whose term was filled by Arthur through, % hen Cleveland comes as twenty-two. Then Harrison as twenty-third. When Cleveland once again is heard. As twenty-fifth, McKinley great. Who, too, has shared the martyr's fate, And, though the deepest grief is felt. We hail the gallant Roosevelt.

Mamie and the Verse. “Mamie,” said the father, “run out and play; there is something I wish to tell your mother.” “Well, papa,” answered Miss Mamie, “my verse at school today said, ‘He that hath ears, let him hear!’ so I think I ought to stay and hear what you are going to say.” Playing Barber Shop.

Tom liia tli* wisaora, and TkT« hi • chair; Tommy ia playin* cut Ted’a curly hair. "What atyK nirY" aaya Tommy, preparing to lop; “Like papa’t,” saya Teddy—"a hqie at the top.” —llarrtot Brewer Btcrlinf In St. Nicholas

A MORGAN INTERVIEW.

J. Pierpont Morgan makes his boast that he never has been interviewed, and declares that in the last seven years but one interviewer ever has been able to approach him. Thi3 was on a recent trip to Europe when a representative of the London Times would B not take “No” for his answer. “Tell The Times man my time is worth £lO a minute,” at last said Morgan. “The Times man says he’ll take two minutes at that,” came back the reply. The interviewer handed Mr. Morfan £2O, talked just two minutes by _ oth their watches, did all the talking himself and rose to go on the instant. “Why did you want to see me?” "Morgan asked Tn curiosity” “Oh, I wagered £IOO that I would interview you personally; that’s all,” was his reply. Morgan congratulated him on his enterprise, and dismissed him within the third minute of his call. When asked the other day if he kept the £2O, Morgan said, “Yes, and I haven’t earned money in a long time that gave me the satisfaction that £2O did.”

Undaunted by Majesty.

The “gillies” that were a feature of Queen Victoria’s household have been retained by the king. These servants have always been noted for their faithfulness of service and frankness of speech. Recently the king, exhausted by a long day’s work, ordered some light refreshment, which was brought by a “gillie”—one Macdonald. “I think I’d like to change places with you, Macdonald,” said the king, with a smile. “Awm daurin’ tae theenk, your mawjusty,” replied the honest Scot, ! “that it takes an unco guid mon tae be aye a gullie.” l “Do you mean that I’m not ‘guid’ enough?” “Aw’ll no say that,” answered the : undaunted Mae, “but awm makin’ j bold tae tell your mawjusty that you’d hauv a bitter lot tae learn.” “You’re right, Macdonald,” was the smiling response. “Some kings are made,, but clever gillies are born, not made.”—London Mail.

The President’s Name.

The name of the president is i “Rosyvelt,” not “Roosefelt.” The indiscriminate pronunciation of the president’s name by the hundreds .of callers who throng the White House these days has resulted in an official and authorized statement of the correct way in which the name of the chief executive should be pronounced. This statement announces: “The accent is on the first of three syllables, and this first syllable is pronounced with the long sound of the letter ‘o,’ as in the word ’rose,’ and not as in the word ‘goose.’ The first letter ‘e’ is also sounded, and the entire name ,is j spoken as though it were written ‘Rosyvelt.’ ” The statement concludes that all other ways of pro- . nouncing the president’s name, of which there is a great variety, are incorrect.

The Czar’s Tartar Servants.

The Tartar servants of the czar commanded the respect of the maitres d’hotel at Compiegne. They only drank milk, water or tea, were sober in eating and quite as faithful to the czar as the dog that was always with him. They are sons of the prophet. The Orthodox servants were too fond of the juice of the vine and of more potent beverages. There are, a Russian tells me, 900,000 Tartars in Russia. No Russian can obtain a situation as servant for which a Tartar competes. They are extremely quick and handy. Their nimble pace would alone enable one to distinguish them from Russians, who have a htavv, waddling gait. London Truth.

Molten Wood.

Molten wood is reported as a new invention discovered by M. de Gall, inspector of forests at Lemur, France. By means of dry distillation and high pressure the escape of developing gases is prevented, thereby reducing the wood to a molten condition. After cooling oIT the mass assumes the character of coal, yet without showing a trace of the organic structure of that mineral. This new body is hard, but can be shaped and polished at will; is impervious to water and acids and is a perfect electrical nonconductor.— Loudon House.

Cormic Dirst.

It has often been claimed that the presence of nickel in dust is a sufficient criterion to distinguish it no of cosmic rather than of terrestrial origin. It has lately been shown that nickel is found in soot and hence that nickoliforoua dust may be terrestrial. Gallium also is found in all aluminous minerals, in many flue dusts, in many iron ores, in Boot and in atmospheric dust.

A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Social Amenities In a City Made Famous by Its Beverages. The teacher of an intermediate grade in the Third Ward school was “showing off” pupils before a number of visitors. The spelling class was on the floor and one small, redheaded boy was given the word “introduction.” He paused, twisted his lips, stared, and then in a faltering way spelled it correctly, and seemed rather surprised that he had done it. “Do you know what the word means ?” asked the teacher. “No’m.” “What? You don’t know what introduction means? “No’m.” “Well, now, I’ll explain it to you. Does your mother ever have callers?” - “Yes’m!” “Well, now, suppose that two ladies came to call on your mother. Your mother knows one of the ladies, but doesn’t know the other. She has never seen the lady and doesn’t even know her name. Now, how would she become acquainted with this lady and find out her name ?” “She’d send me out for a can of beer.” As that was the correct answer Hie teacher had nothing further to say.—Milwaukee Sentinel. Both In Hard Luck.

Stout Gent—l haven’t an appetite for anything. Lean Gent—An’ I ain’t got anything for a bloomin’ appetite. After the Reception. Baxter—What’s the matter between you and Mrs. Brownstuff, my dear? You were introduced to her, were you not ? Mrs. B.—Yes, but I had scarcely said a word when she went off vexed about something. Mr. B.—What did you say to her? Mrs. B.—l simply asked her if she tanned very much. Mr. B. —Oh, my dear! You did put your foot in it, sure enough. Her husband runs a tannery. His Mission. “It is your aim, of course,” said his intimate friend, “to make people think?” “No,” replied the popular lecturer in a burst of contidence, “my business is to make people think they think, or, rather, to make them think I think they think.”—Chicago Tribune. One Great Adventure. “What is the advantage of knowing a foreign language, anyway?” demanded the aggressively American woman. “Why, it enables you to say unkind things about a great many people right in their presence,” answered the wise guy.—Chicago Post. Her Share. “Oh, Lucy, where did you get that lovely new hat?” asked Mrs. Fosdick of Mrs. Keedick. “Frank gave me the money to buy it. It’s my share out of a fortunate investment he made with a Mr. John Pott.”—Detroit Free Press.

But It Availed Him Not. Nurvv—Say, old man, lend me a hundred, will you? Turvy—What! Why, you must have lost your senses. Nurvy—Not all of them. I’ve still got the sense of touch, you see. —Philadelphia Press. How He Knew. Hinks—He’s a poet! See his bumps ? Jinks—Are you a phrenologist? Hinks—No; I mean the bumps he’s got troing down editorial staircases on his head.—Chicago News. Not Afraid of Competition. “She must be a very pretty woman.” “What makes you think so?” “Because she consents to have a pretty housemaid.”—Chicago Post. One on Hie Holt. The Host—l broiled this lobster myself. His Chum You fratricide I—Brooklyn Eagle. %

"'ONLY TWELVE KNEW IT.

Only twelve out of the 400 enlisted force on the receiving ship Richmond at the League island navy yard ordered to learn the words of “The Star Spangled Banner” gave evidence recently that they knew the song. Captain Leary of the Richmond 6ent forth the order a few weeks ago that no leaves of absence ashore would be granted unless the men showed that they knew the words of the national anthem. To ascertain how many of the sailors and landsmen really had memorized the song Captain Leary decided to hold a test examination. In the morning after the men had been lined up at roll eall Chaplain Morrison requested all those who knew the words to step forward. To the surprise and dismay of the officers only twelve stepped out from the ranks. To relieve the nervous tension and merriment the lieutenant in charge immediately gave the order to “air beds.” Some of the sailors say that while the captain has authority to compel them to learn rules of ordnance he has no right to order them to learn “The Star Spangled Banner.” As a large majority of the men who crave leave of absence declare they will not learn the situation promises interesting developments.

Introducing the Date Palm.

The date palm may solve the problem of what to do with the arid ’and alkali lands of Arizona and other western states. Experiments have been made in the past, but renewed interest is being taken by the section of plant introduction of the department of agriculture. According to the New York Sun Professor D. G. Fairchild, agricultural explorer for the department, now traveling in Africa, has procured a number of suckers, or offshoots, from the delta of the Nile, which will be distributed in the southwestern portion of this country. In the United States the date is an article of luxury, but in its native country it is a most important food, many regions in Arabia and the Sahara being uninhabitable but for the date palm.

After “Old Obadiah.”

“‘Old Obadiah,’ the boss hull moose of middle Maine,” says th* Kennebec Journal, “has been seen several times this season by sportsmen and guides, and several bloodthirsty hunters are up around Moscow hoping to see him first next time. lie is described as a rival for the famous moose of eastern Maine —the one with antlers twelve foot spread—and is a genuine black tack. He trots over five rail fences and small outhouses without discovering their presence, and they do tell bigger tales of his size and fierce | mug. He certainly is a prize for | some bold hunter unless said hunter should become the prize of Obadiah.”

The Largest Warehouse.

Liverpool has the biggest warehouse in the world. It is built beside the docks, and is intended to house the imports of tobacco which form so important a part of Liverpool’s trade. The warehouse is 725% feet in length, 165 feet wide and 124 feet 10 inches high. The ground area is 13,300 square yards and the area of the several floors 174,098 square yards. There are at present in bond in Liverpool some 93,000 hogsheads of tobacco, weighing 50,000 tons, which is equal, roughlv estimated, to a custom duty of £l3^ooo, ■COO.

A Big Price.

Charles M. Hays, who recently gave up his place as president of the Southern Pacific railroad, is said to have received a check for $155,000 as payment in full for his services. His yearly salary was to be $55,000. He served ten months, and upon hia acquiescence in the wishes of the Ilarriman syndicate that he retire a full year’s salary and a bonus of SIOO,OOO were paid him, according to current report. This is the largest sum ever paid to a railroad man for a like term of service.

Sauerkraut.

There is an international interest to the reported increase in the American demand for sauerkraut. A Lebanon (Pa.) maker has just filled a contract for a fifteen ton supply of the great German delicacy. Germans have long maintained that lack of appreciation of such food varieties as theirs was responsible for American dyspepsia. Is the sauerkraut market to furnish the open door to our better education?—New York Tribune.

Not to Be Made Fun Of.

Much fun is poked at New Jersey ns the headquarters of mosquitoci and malaria, but according to Fredrr»:k L. Hoffman, an expert on the comparative mortality of different countries, New Jersey has the lowest death rate of any civilized country, excepting Norway only.—New York World.