'I VX ME NOT WITH BROODING ON THE YEARS.'
Reprinted from The Century for May, 1890.
I vex me not with brooding on the yean
That were ere I drew breath; why should I then
Distrust the darkness that may fall again
When life is done? Perchance in oilier spheres
Dead planets I once tasted mortal tears,
And walked as now amid a throng of men.
Pondering things that lay beyond my ken,
' Questioning death, and solacing my fears.
Ofttimes indeed strange sense have I of this,
Vague memories thnt hold me with a spell,
Touches of unseen lips upon my brow,
Breathing some incommunicable bliss!
In years foregone, O Soul, was all not well
Still lovelier life awaits thee. Fear not tlimi!
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Dr. Singleton's $
Coast...... v5
...By Ira Rich Kent...
It was a moonlit February night,;
and the finest coasting of the winter.
Prom Dr. Singleton's house, at the
top of Keeler's Hill, down the steep,
hard-packed road, through the Cor
ners, and straight out to the sawmill
flew the big and little sleds.
Zip went the "Jumpers," fast but
uncertain, balanced by waving legs.
Chur-ur-ur-ur came the single sleds,
with their riders going "bell-bunt."
Pur-r-r-r-r that was Jim Blair's lit
tle "traverse," home-made, hard to
steer, and fleeter than the wind,
t Then, as a magnificent climax,
eame the roaring rush of Billy
Moore's wonderful new double-runner,
the Meteor, that held ten, and
tiad pulleys for Us guide-ropes, be
sides being painted scarlet and ffold.
The "coast" from the doctor's
straight down to the sawmill was
about a third of a mile. Turning
sharply to the right at the Corners,
however, set one on the long, steep,
winding road that led from the hill
Tillage, a mile and a half down to the
liver valley. Once in a while tunne
venturesome spirit essayed this as an
especial adventure, but the hill was
too steep and crooked and the walk
Back too long fo be popular.
Eleven o'clock! That is late In. the
Corners neighborhood! All the trlB
and the small boys, and many of the
bigger ones, had gone to bed surfeited
With sport. Only the glutton re
mained. Billy Moore and three of his
Cronies swung the scarlet Moteor
about at the top of the hill and pre
pared to go down once more.
The door of Dr. Singleton's house
ras opened, letting out a broad beam
of lamplight. In the centre of It was
the doctor in overcoat and tippet, bag
In hand.
"O Billy, Billy Moore, are you out
there?" The little doctor's pleasant
voice had a hint of anxiety In it.
"Tea, sir." Billy stopped winding
. tha steering-ropes round his hands.
"Wait a moment, Billy." The doc
tor closed'the door behind him and
came trotting down to the road.
"Don't you want me for a passen
ger?" "Yes, of course!" "Come on, Dr.
Singleton!" "Hooray!"
The little doctor was populur; a
Jolly, boyish look in his wrinkled face
and twinkling eyeB told why plainly
enongh.
"No, this Is serious, boys. William
Gove has Just telephoned up that his
baby is sick. It may be only a little
croupy; but he doesn't know, and his
wife Is young and frightened to death.
Old Nancy's In the barn, dead lame,
and I've driven the new horse forty
tulles to-day. Don't you boyn want
to take me clear down tne hill on the
Meteor? And then when I've straight
ened out young Mr. Gove, we'll all
uU the sled back together, and have
some supper at my house."
"Of course! " "Come on! " "Hooray!
.We'll get you there in no time!"
This from Maurice and Harvey Hel
ton and Mahlon Goodnough. The
Meteor did not belong to them.
The owner and captain was less
enthusiastic; William Gove lived at
the foot of the "big hill.' But hhi
pride ' spurred him. The Meteor's
reputation and his own were at stake.
"I'll take you down all right, doc
tor. Get on here next to me. Maurice,
yon and Mahlon sit next. All ready?
Posh her off, Harve!"
The passengers took their places as
be Indicated; Harvey "pushed off,"
and sprang aboard at the last moment
In the approved side position, resting
on one hip; and the Meteor leaped
downward to the rescue of William
Gove's baby! s
Keeler's Hill was Icy and smooth;
the double-runner reached the Cor
ners under terrific headway. At the
psychological moment steersman
Billy pulled sharply to the right. The
rear bob "slued."
"Everybody lean!" cried the doc
tor. The Meteor straightened herself
out and took the big hill without
the rear-guard. The sudden snap on
the turn had been too much for Har
vey's graceful balance.
"Harve fell off!" announced Mah
lon, gaspingly. It was not easy to
breathe In the wind of their flight.
The others heard and grinned to
themselves; they were too busy bang
ing on for audible comment
' After the first straightaway plunge
of the big hill, about a quarter of a
mile, there Is an easy curve at a little
rise. Whether Harvey's sudden re
moval had shaken Mahlon's nerve re
mains to this day a debated question;
but certain It is that as the Meteor
swept up the Incline and. Blackening
speed, gathered herself for the next
plunge, Mahlon gathered himself, and
rolled as unobtrusively, as possible off
the sled.
This defection at once became
known to tbe man in front.
"Mahlon's gone!" stated Maurice.
"What?" gasped the doctor.
"He rolled off." Maurice was evi
dently a little alarmed himself.
"My goodness!" cried the. doctor.
"What did he do that for?"
But If Maurice attempted any re
ply. It was lost in the rushing wind
of their new speed.
On dashed the Meteor with Its di
minished crew. Billy, the- pilot,
strained at the tiller-ropes and
searched the moonlit path ahead with
blurred and watery eyes. Behind
him the little doctor hung on and en
Joyed It. In the rear Maurice
clutched the doctor with all his
might, and hoped for a fortunate out
come, although he had ceased to ex
pect it. At this hour there were no
travelers abroad, and they had the
road to themselves.
For something like a quarter-mile
at this point the descent Is less ab
rupt; but the road is full of sharp
turns. On these the unweighted back
part of the double-runner skidded
and bobbed about. All Billy's skill
wsb called on to keep his craft In the
track.
"Shove back there, Maurice," and
hold her down!" he called, as they
approached the second corner.
Morris was loath to leave his place
of security at the doctor's back, and
hesitated. The hesitation was fatal.
The rear bob slued against . the
banked snow on the curve. The next
moment it was out of the road. Like
lightning the Meteor swung half-way
round and "turned turtle."
Billy's face plowed into the snow,
but he clung to the tiller-ropes;
Maurice, pursued by the doctor, shot
f 1 t E has achieved success who has lived well, laughed
1 often and loved much; who has gained the respect
of Intelligent men and the love of little children;
who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has
left the world better than he found It, whether by an Im
proved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has
never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to ex
press it; who has always looked for the best In others and
given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose
memory a benediction."
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out over the crust, and both came to
an anchorage In the roadside alders.
"Whoof!" from the - doctor, as
Maurice's head drove the breath from
him.
"Ouch!" from Maurice, as the doc
tor's elbow Jabbed his nose.
All three scrambled up and took
account of the situation. No one had
received any serious Injuries, except
the faithful Meteor. The king-bolt,
which attached the front bob, was bo
twisted and belt that only the black
smith's forge could set It straight.
The doctor straightened up from
his Investigation and brushed the
snow from his knees. His spirit was
roused now. "Come on, Billy!" he
cried. "We'll see this through. Take
off the front sled, and we'll go on
with that."
And Billy, when he found that the
Meteor's injury was not fatal, also
rose to the occasion. The twisted bolt
was removed, and the rear bob, to
which the long seat was permanetly
fastened, set to one side.
"But there isn't room for three
now," declared Maurice, in a very odd
tone that might mean either dismay
or relief.
"So there Isn't. Billy must go to
steer, of course. We'll have to leave
you, Maurice. Tou can wait here
or you'd better walk back to my
house. We'll get the sled In the
morning. Come on, Billy. Remem
ber William Gove's baby."
The two were off, the doctor curled
up on the front of the single sled,
and Billy perched behind to steer.
Maurice watched them out of sight,
then turned and plodded back up the
hill.
The single sled, of course, did not
equal tbe speed of the double-runner;
but they came now to a steeper part
hnf thaw AAma rm s ernnnnn v-ni-r I
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of the hill, and flew downward at a
gOOd. pace. -
The road here comes out on the
side of the hill which borders the
valley. Below and ahead of them
the doctor could look across the
gleaming snow-fields and see the light
in. William Gove's window; but to
reach .this, a short quarter-mile away
down the slope," they must follow a
long U of a half-mile, down the hill
Bide, across the frozen river, and
along the gentle decline of the river
road.
There were but few farmhouses
along the hill road. In a few mo
ments they were approaching one that
stood on the valley side. ,
"Ghur-ur-ur-ur! " growled the front
bob of the Meteor.
"Isn't she going fine!" shouted
Billy.
"Whoop-ee!" erled the dortor.
Old Bose, faithful guardian of tha
Rider farmyard, heard the noise of
the three, and came lumbering out
to make Investigation, barking 1
hoarsely as he ran. The sled was
upon him before his stiff old legs
could get htm out of the way. Billy
put his rudder toe down hard to
avoid collision. The bob hopped out
of the road as if It, too, were fright
ened. It spilled Its two passengers
uuder the old dog's startled nose,
righted Itself, then slid over the fence
and fled away down the slope.
Once more the doctor and Billy
Moore picked themselves up. They
stared a moment at the rapidly dis
appearing sled; they looked at Bose,
now wagging a friendly tall at these
two suddenly discovered old friends;
then they turned to each other In dis
may that, in spite of William Gove's
baby, presently turned to helpless
laughter.
"Well, Billy, the luck's a little
against us to-ntght. Isn't it?" cried
the doctor. "Do you think we can
slide the rest of the way on Bose?"
Then his face grew serious. "But I
must get to that baby, somehow.
Here, you go get the sled; I'll run
down across lots on the crust."
- "All right, sir. I'll wait for you
here." And the two voyagers parted,
Billy trotting down the hill after the1
recreant bob, while the doctor, his
precious bag in hand, set off nimbly
along the road.
He reached the Rider yard and
turned In there, Intending to go be
tween. .the shed and the barn to the
open field, and then straight down
the hillside and across the frozen
river to William Gove's. The crust
would bear his light weight easily.
But as he passed the wood-shed he
caught sight of a row of round milk
pans, put out to air, and now gleam
ing dimly In the moonlight.
A boyish recollection flashed into
the doctor's mind. He stopped and
chuckled to himself.
"Elizabeth Rider won't mind; and
since I&rted out to coast, I'm going
to coast."'
He snatched one of the pans from
its place and scurried on round the
corner of the shed. When he reached
the open hillside, he set the pan on
the smooth crust and himself In It.
Holding his bag in front of him with
one hand, he pushed oft vigorously
with the other.
The first swoop of the new craft
was disconcerting. In a moment the
doctor found himself traveling swiftly
backward, and at a great variety of
angles. He had gone some distance
before he straightened himself out,
and something of the boyhood knack
of sldewise balancing came back to
him.
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A pan makes- a surprisingly good
toboggan on an Icy crust like this.
That it had been forty years since
the doctor had used one for that
purpose troubled him not at all. He
had kept the spirit of youth unwith
ered through all the long, toilsome
years. It was characteristic of him
that although the fun of the situation
appealed strongly to him, he did not
for a moment relax the rigor of his
haste. He confidently believed that
William Gove's baby was In no dan
ger; but he took no chances on that
score.
So now he chose the Bteepest de
scents and made all possible speed.
Once he picked up his pan and ran a
little way across a "bench." But for
most of the distance to the river It
was smooth coasting. Leaning back
a little to tilt up the front of the
"sled," he curled himself up like a
kitten and dropped swiftly down the
hillside.
So quickly did he go that he shot
off very unexpectedly on to the frozen
river. He scrambled up, still clutch
ing his bag In one hand and Mrs,
Rider's pan In the other, and ran
across the ice to the farther bank.
Climbing this, he soon found himself
at the top of a knoll which sloped
down to William Gove's back door,
not thirty feet away. 1
With the goal In sight, the doctor
ran hastily forward too hastily, for
the treacherous footing played him
false. His feet shot suddenly Into
the air, and he finished his adventur
ous Journey on his back but coast
ing still!
The snow was drifted to the level
of William Gove's broad back porch.
The broad back' porch itself was Icy.
Dr. Singleton went across it very rap.
idlv. He came un nenlnst tha hnrlr
door wltn resounding bang!
W11lam Goye gpra8ng uep ftt
union anil thronr nncr , A nr..
the
"Good evening, William! said the
doctor. "How's the baby now?"
"Why why he seems to be all
right now!" stammered the startled
father. "Gone to sleep as nice-as can
be. I telephoned up that you needn't
come, but you'd started. How jdid
you get here so quick?"
"Oh, I coasted down," said Dr. Sin
gleton. Youth's Companion.
A delicious sweetmeat Is made In
Santo Domingo from ripe bananas,
cut into slices about a quarter of an
Inch thick. These are sprinkled with
sugar and placed In the sun several
days, being turned occasionally, and
each time dusted again with sugar.
The total population of the British
empire is over 400,000,000.
THE GIRLS I ALMOST KISSED,
From tha fish I have almost caught
Lobster or sucker or skate
To the witty things I've thought
Just half a wink too late:
From the riches I've almost had
To the trains I have barely missed,
There is never a memory so sad
As the girls that I almost kissed,
There was Alice who said me nay
And Anna who tpurned me cold,
And the merry, the madcap Mae.
Who cried 1 was bad and bold.
Their bright eyes haunt my dreams
In a dim delicious mist,
And a glint of pearl and ivory gleams
Thro' the lips that I almost kissed.
There was Rose of the soulful sigh
And June of the wistful face,
Allegra of luring eye,
And the courtly poise of Grace;
Lo! Out of my giddy past,
Tho' I squirm and struggle and twist,
The sweet ghosts find me out at last
The girls that I almost kissed.
Tho' I'm fat, smooth-domed and old,
And cone would kiss me now.
My loves come back to fold
New wrinkles in my brow; ft
And each has a suit to lay
On my breach-of-promise list,
For the girls that I almost kissed one day,
Next day I nlways kissed!
Chester Firkins, in Fuck.
"Pa!" "Well, what is It now?"
"What's atavism?" "Atavism is why
a descendant of an old family robs a
bank." Cleveland Leader.
"Not a cent. Get along with you
or I'll call the police." "Gee!" ejac
ulated the mendicant, "dat must be
one o' dem vicious rich. I've read
about 'em." Philadelphia Ledger.
Maud Muller on a summer day.
Raked the meadow sweet with bay.
Then chugged the judge upon the scene
"-And scented things with gasoline.
Puck.
"The women's hats are as big as
houses now." "Well, maybe they
won't have to have an entire new
structure every year. Maybe they'll
be satisfied Just to add a wing."
Louisville Courier-Journal. '
Customer "Why, -I thought you
called him 'the colt?'" Ostler
"Sure, yer honor, and that's the name
he's had for the last twenty years,
and he sticks to It like a respectable
baBte, the same as yourself." Punch.
"You wrong me," said Plodding
Pete, "when you say I ain't wlllin' to
work. I'm Jes' dyln' to work." "Then
what's the trouble?" "I'm too consci
entious. Whenever I git a Job I'm so
anxious to fill It well dat I gits stage
fright." Washington Star.
"What's that crank in 38 kicking
about?" asked the hotel clerk. "He's
complaining that everything's too old
and Bhabby," replied the bellboy. "He
wants everything new." "All right
Begin by giving him those new stiff
towels." Philadelphia Press.
"Ah," complained the visiting no
bleman, "but you have no privileged
classes In this country." "We haven't,
eh?" replied the prominent citizen.
"You ought to be out some night
when a gang of college boys are on a
tear." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Another new dress! Where do
you think I get the money from? Do
you suppose I can pick It up In the
streets?" asked an angry husband.
"Excuse me," responded the wife, "It
Is not within my province to give you
financial advice!" Philadelphia In
qulrer.
When your cup of happiness is full,
I tell you what to do:
Leave a little in the bottom for
The one that follow, you.
-Life.
"I want two battleships," declared
the first Senator. "Well?" said the
second Senator. "How can I work up
a following among the people and get
some sentiment behind the scheme?"
"Admit two States to name those
ships after." Louisville Courier-
Journal.
"You don't object to these Invest!
gatlons of the affairs of your great
monopoly?" "No," answered Mr,
Dustln Stax. "They're a good deal of
help In enabling me to catch up with
details of my business that might
have escaped my attention." Wash
ington Star.
We Pay For All We Get.
In this world you generally get
what you pay for. At least. In the
long run.
Thousands are not willing to pay
the price of success with the sterling
coin of hard work and patient wait
lng. They are looking for some
lucky chance to mend their fortune,
Why should men expect to make
$100 out of $10 by betting on a cer
tain horse?
Why should they expect to sit
down at a poker game and get up
with a month's salary earned In an
hour or two?
Why should they expect a big per
centage on money Invested In get-
rich-quick concerns?
Why do they continually get "let
In" by purchasing goods said o be
up to the mark at a ridiculously low
figure?
The answer Is that they are all
looking for something for nothing.
And tbe outcome In most cases is
that they get nothing for something.
The man who has not a great stock
of ability to sell should not ask too
much tor it.
The employe who Is continually
seeking more than he, or she, Is
worth will never get It for long. On
the other hand, the employer who is
continually hunting for help at less
than it is worth gets the poorest class
of labor the most unskilled and un
reliable. Milwaukee Journal.
-The United States consumes more
than half of the world's production
of sugar. This means 6,000,000,000
pounds a year.
I A man must have a certain amount
of pull to take time by tbe forelock.
ME SNAKES OF
THE INDIAN EMPIRE.
Major Wall's Valuable Work
in Identifying Venomous B.p
tll.Sl "' - '
If you hear the word "snake" In
India, "cobra" Instantly and natur
ally comes to your mind, as the cobra
is generally supposed to be .the most
deadly of all snakes In India. Yet
there are other snakes which are even
more dangerous, and It seems that the
cobra must descend from the high
pedestal on which he has been placed
and do his basking on a back seat.
India offers a limitless field for the
Btudy of snakes both real and imag
inary the latter are innumerable'
yet there are few Anglo-Indians who
have made especial study of these In
teresting and Important reptiles, or
contributed any original matter on
the subject. Most of the Indian resi
dent's Information about poisonous
reptiles of the country Is derived
from books written by Europeans at
home, whose observations have been
confined to glass-Jar or museum speci
mens. Recent research and Investigations
have given the medical profession
much moreknowledgeof snake venom
than it possessed formerly, and the
unfortunate sufferer from snake-bite
has a fair chance of recovery nowa
days it he has Instant and Intelligent
treatment, and the medical attendant
knows the species of snake which did
the biting. The poison of the com
mon kralt is twice as virulent as that
of the cobra, while that of the most
common of sea snakes Is eight times
more deadly. With Increased knowl
edge of snake venom a more rational
treatment through antlvenene has
been Introduced into practice, but It
Is essential that the attending physi
cian should correctly Identify the
snake which caused the trouble, so
that the strength of his poison may
be known and treated accordingly.
The Indian Medical Service has
produced a specialist in ophlology in
Major F. Wall, the only Anglo-Indian
of note who has made sufficient study
of the subject to be considered a first
hand authority. For several years
Major Wall has contributed to the
pages of the Journal of the Bombay
Natural History Society and else
where a serleB of well written and
admirably Illustrated articles on In
dlan snakes, which should tend to in
crease common knowledge of these
enemies of man.
Major Wall has recently collected
these articles, and, with an introduc
tory chapter, has published them in a
brochure. He gives clear descrip
tions of the thirty-four species of poi
sonous land snakes of India, Burmah
and Ceylon, In nearly every case sup
plemented by illustrations which give
the chief distinguishing characteris
tics of each.
Illustrations and text are so com
prehensive that identification of any
particular species becomes easy, how
ever mutilated the snake may have
been by Us captors. The little vol
ume will doubtless become a text
book among Indian practitioners and
others, who, after mastering Major
Wall's simple system of Identification,
may place any poisonous snake In its
proper place, and in a case of snake
bite prescribe the required treatment
tor that particular species. Major
Wall has done a great deal to famil
iarize the people of India with their
snakes, and it would be well were his
example followed in other countries
inhabited by poisonous snakes. S. S.
M., in tbe New York Post.
The Canny Scot.
. Scotsmen are noted for their can-
niness, and a story told by a Lanca
shire commercial traveler, who was
up in Aberdeen a few days ago, shows
that the men beyond the Tweed are
still worthily upholding their reputa
tion. The traveler in question was
asked by a prospective buyer to sub
scribe to the prize fund for the local
golf tournament.
He parted with five shillings, and
as he was interested in golf he re
marked that be would like to be kept
informed of the progress of the tour
nament so that he could look out for
the result. '
"Oh," said the customer, as he
picked up the five shillings and placed
it securely in his pocket, "ye needna
dae that. The tournament was held
last Saturday."
This was rather a staggerer tor the
latest contributor to the prize fund,
but he retained curiosity enough to
inquire who had proved the happy
winner.
The guileless solicitor for sub
scriptions was quite undaunted, how
ever. "The winner?" he said coyly,
"Ofi", Just masel'." Tit-Bits.
Avoid the Evil Eye.
- Very curious td the Occidental
mind are some of the ways of Arabia
and other Mohammedan countries.
A traveler says: "One of the objects
of the most anxious solicitude for
Mohammedan parents is the shield
ing of their children from the evil
eye; any person expressing admira
tion for a child except by pious ejacu.
lation or the invocation of blessings
upon the prophet fills the heart of
the parent with apprehension. When
children are to be taken into the
street their faces are often even
smeared with mud or ' greasy sub
stances lest their comeliness should
attract attention, and in order that
the person of the child itself should
escape attention gaudy and glittering
ornaments are hung about it, and
written charms sewn into leather me
dallions suspended from its neck."
There are 60,000 motor cars and
autocycles in Great Britain, at the
present time,
IMJousehoId
H 11 ....Matters
Napkin Monograms.
One of the latest fancies is to hava
the initial or monogram directly in
the centre of the napkin.
An Odd Milk Test.
One clever housekeeper has learned
to outwit a milkman, whom she sus
pected of diluting his stock of milk.
She kept in her kitchen a fine steel
knitting needle, which was always in
a high state of polish.
As soon as the milk came into the
house she stuck the needle lightly.
into the can and drew it out In an
upright position. If no drop adhered
to the needle that milkman heard a
line of talk on watered milk that
caused him to be careful how he dal
lied with the pump on his next visit.
It Is said if there be even a little
water In milk not a drop of it will ad.
here to a needle so used. New York
Times.
Rag Carpet Rugs.
There 1b quite a revival these days
of old-fashioned rag rugs. The car
pet made of strips of cloth has been
In use for some time, even In smart
houses built in the country. This
kind of carpet Is not especially fit for
city houses.
So wide was the demand that hand
rail1 looms were put up all over the
country, and farmer's wives made
many an extra penny by turning out
satisfactory work.
Now the rag rug has come into its
own again. The favorite ones are lit
tle mat rugs that are so widely used
as dots all over a room. These are
put before the bureau, In front of the
cbeval glass, at the side of a bed, in
front of the bath tub and under
chairs.
They are made in artistic designs
and colorings and are quite within
mo ijuiou ui iuh wuiiiHu ui small
means. New York Times.
Vegetables as Medicines.
Carrots are excellent for gout.
Cranberries correct the liver. Aspa
ragus stimulates the kidneys. Wat
ercress is an excellent blood purifier.
Honey is a good substitute for cod
liver oil. Parsnips possess the same
virtues as sarsaparllla. Celery con
tains sulphur and helps to ward off
rheumatism. Bananas are beneficial
to sufferers from chest complaints.
Celery is a nerve tonic; onions also
are a tonic for the nerves. Beet root
Is fattening and good for people who
want to put on flesh. Tomatoes are
good for torpid liver, but should be
avoided by gouty people. Lettuce
has a soothing effect on the nerves
and Is excellent for sufferers from In
somnia. Spinach has great aperient
qualities and Is far better than medi
cine for Bufferers from constipation.
The Juice of a lemon is excellent for
sore throat, but should not be swal
lowed, but used as a gargle. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Velvet Lunch Cake. One cup su
gar, one-half cup butter, one cup sour
milk, one egg, two cups flour, one
teaspoon soda, one teaspoon molasses,
one-half teaspoon each of all kinds of
spice.
A Relish Snnce. Peel six shallots,
cut them through and put them In a
bottle with one-half ounce of cayenne
pepper, one teacupful of Indian soy,
two teacups mushroom ketchup and
one quart best vinegar; shake well.
In one month it will be excellent.
Whipped Cream Sauce. One table
spoonful butter, three-fourths cup su
gar, two teaspoons cornstarch, one
half cup boiling water; cook until it
thickens, remove from the stove, add
one teaspoonful of vanilla and three
fourths cup of whipped cream; beat
well together.
Plain Cake. Cream together one
cup sugar and one-half cup butter
(scant), one teaspoonful soda, one
teaspoonful cream tartar and two cups
flour sifted together, one egg thor
oughly beaten with the butter and
sugar, one cup sour milk, a little salt.
Flavor as desired.
Celery Soup. Cook in two quarts
of white stock two large bunches of
celery, leaves and stalks, till the cel
ery la tender. Press then through a
sieve, set the soup back to reheat,
season with pepper and salt, add a
pint of thin cream, thicken with flour
blended with a little milk and serve
with croutons.
Chocolate Cake. Two cups sugar,
one cup butter, one cup milk, three
and a half cups flour, five eggs, two
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spoonful extract vanilla. Cream but
ter and sugar, add the yolks of five
eggs and the whites of two, milk and
sifted flour and baking powder. Bake
in Jelly cake tins.
Scones For S O'clock Tea. Six
ounces flour, two ounces butter, one
fourth pint milk, level teaspoonful of
baking powder, pinch of salt; mix
baking powder with flour and salt,
and rub with it the butter; add milk;;
roll out, cut into little rounds; bake
in hot oven a light brown; split and
butter and serve at once.