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J Bavaria Is using American loeomo tlves. No part of the earth Is now un- Invaded by American enterprise. And It Is still marching on. A Missouri naturalist has discovered that every toad is worth sl9 to the farmer on whose place it operates. He might get the women to believe It if he would go on now and discover that the price was marked down from S2O. f The paper and pulp Industries of Russia appear to he expanding very rapidly. At present imprinted paper Is exported to Great Britain to the amount of $370,000 annually, while pulp is also shipped in heavy quanti ties. • Before fifty the most healthful occu pation is that of the clergyman. The doctors and the lawyers are close to gether. After fifty years, according to the figures. It is more healthful to practice mediciue or the law than it is to preach. The great value of the cattle indus try is aptly Illustrated iu tho Argen tine Republic, where, It is estimated, the herds number 10,000,000 animals, all descended from eight cows anil one hull brought to Brazil in tho middle of the sixteenth century. A peculiar favorable industrial smyp tom of the tines Is tie buying up and tojurca*tir.E tf til end chltLltetS fjgitsfj' flian'ca. Tala ggnursllj lows periods of nmisual activity, and ! is the result of the iuerensed demands for space for manufacturing purposes. In Great Britain and Germany there are societies organized to promote the emigration of women, and in both countries the business is said to be brisk. They have, therefore, one ex port trade in which the United States i is not likely to compete with them fo, j a long time. The longevity of women—and of pen sioners—finds conclusive illustration in the fact that four widows of Revolu- i tionftry soldiers are still on the rolls, their ages ranging from eighty-five to eighty-nine. Needless to say, they Were young girls when they married the Revolutionary veterans, one of j these interesting weddings having oc- | curred as late as 1811. The general impression conveyed ny j the report of the British Inspector- j General of Recruiting is thnt so long as the conditions of the service remain what they are Great Britain will not I have a strong and efficient army. The , infantry regiments received fewer re cruits last year than in 1899, and it is j clear that if the country cannot obtain | the requisite number of recruits with ! the war still in progress, recruiting in ' time of peace will be far from satis factory. Recent census bureau reports show n marked increase in the tenant sys- j tem, a change which has been going I on for the past twenty years, with a 1 decided rise of percentage since IS9O. j The report proves that such farms j have increased twice as fast ns the 1 number of farms worked by owners ! and four times as fast as tlie agricul tural population. This percentage of advance depends largely upon South ern and Eastern conditions, though the i middle West contributes to it in lesser degree; the extreme West but very lit tle. More gallons of toffee are consum ed in this country than other drink or stimulant, amounting in 1009 to 1,237.983,290 gallons, compared with 1,221.500,100 gallons of beer, the next most popular beverage. In 1900 we also consumed $37,312,008 worth of tea and $0,000,000 of cocoa, bringing ■the total for alcoholic and non-alcohol ic drinks to $1,228,074,923, au increase over 1899 of $81,777,103. $ A SINNER UNREPENT. j | 0 BY sophij: UATES kebr. ti '.: k -Q, "My, but your mornin'glories do look nice, Miss Phemey! Wish you'd save me some seed often that white one." It was Mrs. ltidley coming up the walk. "I will. Mis' Ridley. Come In and set down. There's a pa'm leaf on the lounge, an' mebbe you'll take a glass of cool water. It's a scorchin' morn ing." said Miss Phemey. "I would like a drink, thank you," responded Mrs. Ridley. "Seems like when anybody's fat as 1 am, they just get he't' up like & coal stove. My, that tastes good. You got a grand well. Miss Phemey." The hostess smiled a flattered smile, but before she could speak Mrs. Ridley went on: "I brought over three of Mr. Ridley's vests, Miss Phemey, to get you to mend 'em. He's bu'sted 'em ever' one right down the back, f'r all the world like a seven-year locust, 1 tell 'im, an't seems like I got no time to fix 'em, with Emma May gittin' married next week. We're just livin' in a regular whirlwind, an' sorry as I'll be to see Emma May go—not that 1 don't like Charlie Foote, but you know what I mean —I cert'ney shall be glad when all this fuss is over." "1 expect it is trying," sympathized Miss Phemey. "But Emma May's al ways been a good daughter, au' she deserves a fine weddin'." " 'Taln't that I don't want her to have it," said Mrs. Ridley, hastily. "But I'm just dog-tired this mornin' — for the land sakes, it's half-past ten o'clock a'ready; I got to go. You bring them vests over when they're done, Miss Phemey, an' I'll pay you f'r 'em. I'd send one o' the boys over, but Emma May wants you to come pertlcular an' see her presents, so 't'll be killin' two birds with one stone." She chuckled comfortably as she stepped outside the door. Miss Phemey looked after her de parting form with resentful stare. "Yes," she muttered, "she can get Miss Maxwell to make Emma May's weddin' clothes, but I'm good enough to mend up Jim Ridley's old vests. I'll charge her 13 cents apiece, see 'f 1 don't: that'll be 45 cents. Does seem a good bit to charge f'r mendin' three vests." Miss Phemey went in and shut out the glare of the summer day. As she picked up the package of vests her thin little hands trembled. Tears sprang to her eyes and she burst out fiercely: " 'Tain't right! I made Emma May Ridley's dresss to be christened in, little teenty baby as she was, an' I made her a dress to be confirmed in, an' I made her a dress when she gragwated at the high school, an' she'd always said I should make her wed diu dues, Thit flaunUa' city tiling's get il! my fjasVi! I've aeffßl hero all blj lilt m.t iSJIt Votest by sU, is It's not fair." The tears rolled down her withered cheeks and fell unheeded upon Mr. Ridley's second best pepper and-salt vest. Presently her wrath flamed anew. "Emma May wants you to come per t-ckler to see her presents! 'Tain't no hint; oh, no? Sally Ridley needn't 'a' troubled herself to say that. I got a 1 resent for Emma May, au' I'm going ti give it to her. I'd like to get even with them, the whole kit of 'em. Jest as if I couldn't 'a' made Emma May's weddin' clo's. They tell me Miss Max well uses a chain-stitch machine. 1 always did say chainstitch machines was made for the careless, an' I don't see no reason to change my mind. Well, 'pon my word, this vest ain't on'y bu'sted, hut frayed int' the bar gain." Miss Phemey fell briskly to sewing. The next day, despite the threaten ing rumble of a distant storm, Miss Phemey dressed in her best and started toward the Ridleys, carrying two pack ages. She was graciously received by Emma May, a fat, fair girl of pleas ant mien and placid disposition. "I brought home them vests," ex plained Miss Phemey; "and here, Em ma May, is a little present I brought for you. It'll be nice f'r your dining room table, I thought." She held out a small white pasteboard box, with an expression of the heaping-coals-of-ilre kind. "Ma," called Emma May, "come here; Miss Phemcy's brought me a butter knife; Wisht you'd look. That cert'ney is beautiful." "It's solid silver," said the donor, proudly. "My neico down to New York got it for mo." She received the thanks, delivered a trifle embarrass edly, of mother and daughter, with polite coolness. When the bride-elect Invited her to an Inspection of the presents, Mlbs Phemey looked them over and made few comments. She turned the set of silver spoons, "presented by the groom's parents," so that the plate mark was visible, and she tapped the globe of a gaudy china lamp with the remark that tlicy were just $2.35 cents down to Baedham's When she had looked at all, she said, cheerfully: "Now I want to see your clothes, Emma May." Mrs. and Miss Ridley exchanged glances of annoyance, but the latter led the way to the spare room, where, on the bed and chair, lay the creations of Miss Maxwell, "City Modiste." There was the white silk wedding dress, the tan traveling dress, some odd waists, a black Eatin. stiff with jet, and a "tea gown." No girl In a country town marries without these last indlspensible garments: they are the real backbone of the trousseau, t Miss Phemey looked at the display, ! felt the quality of the material, and ; examined the despised chain-stltc.'ling, i without a word. At last she said, pleasantly conscious of paying old scores: "if I might persoom to criticise, I really do think it's a pity you got your wedding dress made with a p'inted overskirt. All the latest fashion books say they're not worn at all this sea son; and box-pleats, too, is kind of droppin' out. 1 was readin' only yes terday that 'twas just the cheapest goods was made up so any more. That black satin's real pretty, though. Did you see Lena Sullivan's black satin? Hers was a beauty—finest piece of satin I ever cut into, an' all made up with these here pleated ruffles. Why, Emma May, seems ii you'd be more afraid to leave all these fine things in here with the winder open, this room on the ground floor like it is. It's been a real treat to see such elegant clothes, an' I hope your married life'll be hap py. The Footes have all got terrible onrcasouable tempers, they say; but I hope you'll be able to manage Char lie. Good-bye, all." Miss Phemey walked home slowly. Even the thought of the darts she had planted in Mrs. Ridley's capacious breast brought her no real comfort, when the vision of the snowy wedding dress rose before her. "Things ain't edge even yet," she mummured. A low growl of thunder startled her and she hastened into the house to shut out the cutting flare of the lightning. When the kettle boiled she set her lonely table and made tea. The quick thump of heavy rain-drops on the roof made her start nervously. Night had come with the storm, and after her supper was over, Miss Phem ey sat in the dark and meditated. About 10 o'clock the rain ceased, and she flung the shutters open. The stars were shining now." The air outside was cool and damp and fragrant. She looked over toward the Ridley house, and as she did so their last light went out. Miss Phemey strained her eyes to no avail. All was darkness there. "I'm a-going to do it," she said aloud, determinedly. Rummaging over the table, she found a pair of scissors. She took a match from the box beside the window and unlocked the door. The moon was creeping up, a flat disk of pale yellow. Miss Phemey looked down at herself and saw that she still wore her best dress. "It'll be all drabbled," she thought; then recklessly, "I don't care, nohow." She brushed against the dripping flowers beside the garden path, and held her breath as the gate gave a whining cr-e-ak. Ou.. on the road, walking noiselessly, she went. Once she heard a team coming and crouched in a corner of the worn fence, behind a lillli snoit-Bia snout, till it was iui. She leccg.titJii the dactar'a rig and lwt> trait qssna up to htr throat and beat there, with great frightened leaps; but he passed by safely and she crept on. At last, after a seemingly unending journey, she reached the Ridleys' gate. The maples threw deep shadows, and, so sheltered, she reached the house. Itound to the left wing—slowly—slow- ly—and the window was still open! She stopped and looked in. The moon light lay in patches on the floor, the dresses spread upon the bed, and there, within reach, it fell upon the wonder ful pearl heading of the wedding dress and made scintillating lights. Miss Phemey saw all this and slowly—slowly —her hand went out toward the glis tening beads. A quick jerk, and the waist of Emma May Ridley's wedding dress lay across her knees. She sought the seam in tho middle of the hack. She could feel the dispised chain stitching and she slipped her Angers deftly along toward the collar. What was this? A 1030 end of thread—a little pull—r-i-i-i-lp it was done! In a spasm of fear Miss Phemey hustled the waist through the window, back into place, and ran into the concealing shadow. Out to the gate, down the road again—she was almost home. Suddenly she stopped and gave a little chuckle. "Them bastin's 'll hold it together so nobody 'II s'spect—lucky she left 'em in. But when Emma May puts it on, big an' fat as she is, It'll bu'st square up the hack like a frog." She couldn't help laughing at the idea; it tickled her fancy so. She forgot her wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts, and went to bed with a smile still pulling at the corners of her mouth. The next morning the exposure had done its work. She was hoarse and feverish, and there was a sharp pain that stabbed her at every breath. "Threatened with pneumonia," the doctor said, and commanded her not to stir from her bed, though she could not have done so had she so wished. The neighbors were very kind and at tended her faithfully, and the tenth day found her sitting up, very weak and frail, hut with life in her eyes and voice. Mrs. Emerson, the town gossip, came in and brought a bundle. "Jest us soon as you git able, Miss Pfcamey, I want you to make me a dress. It's one Mr. Emerson got me over to Bristol, an' ho showed real good taste for a man, I must say. Look-a-here, ain't that fern leaf real pretty?" "It's just beautiful," assented Miss Phemey, "Seems if you'd have Miss Maxwell make it up, bein' she's from -he city and all." She'll never cut into a piece of goods f'r me, I c'n toll you," said Mrs. Emerson, with emphasis. "Ain't no body told you how she made Emma May Ridley's weddin' dress and never ce;v p d up the back, an' Emma May, not suspicionin', put it on an' bu'sted it clean wide open? O' course, you was sick an' didn't git to the wedrlin'; but I was there, an* the weddin' party | was nigh an hour late jest on that ac- I count. Notbin' but a bastin' thread to hold it together; such shif'lessness! Course, bein' bad luck, Emma May never tried on the dress after it come home, like she did the others, an' I c'n tell you she was hoppin*. People at the church didn't know what on earth was the matter. No 'ndeed, Miss Maxwell makes no clo's fr me." After her visitor was gone, Miss Phemey lay back on her pillows and looked,out of the window a long time. " 'Twas an awful mean trick, I know," she said at last. " 'Twas right; but I got this spell o' sickness to pay up fer it, an' that butter-knife was solid silver and real expensive. I'm evened up all 'round—an' somehow— I jest can't care." —Ladies* World. HOW CROKER FICHTS A FIRE. In tli* Face of Flames lie Can't Stand lSetng r.othered. Croker's method af directing the fight on a fire la typical, says Lindsay Denison in Everybody's Magazine. Bonner taught the fire-chiefs of the world to take up a position command ing the best possible view of the fire, and to hold it; issuing orders to the deputy commanders and receiving re ports from them without moving from the spot. Croker's first step on reach ing a fire is to look over the building thoroughly; then he selects his posi tion commanding a view, hut he does not stay in it; ho leaves Oswald there and starts out on a dare-devil chase through the fire. He goes to every spot where there are men at work and to many where there are not. Every where he drives the men, encourages them, warns them, and directs them. From time to time he sends a messen ger back to Oswald with an order for a change in the disposition of the at tacking force, or for a call for re-en forcements. He may be traced around the outskirts of the fire by the fever ish ferocity with which the firemen work where he has been. His very presence seems to transform them into jumping crews of devils, and the spell does not pass from them until they have seen him toss aside his hel met, pull the crumpled brown hat over his eyes, and stick a black cigar slantwise in the corner of his mouth. When the chief does these things, the fire is out. It may smoke and sput ter for hours, but it is beaten, there is no more fight left in it; all that re mains is the "wetting down." Once a man stood in front of Croker and obstructed his view of a building which was burning. Croker did not rto stcn c=idc. neither did he push him out of the way; he knocked j him down. Afterwards he denied vio lently that he had struck anybody; he could not remember any incident of the sort. But he could remember with absolute accuracy every order that he lis! jivou :) til Eieu, bo luvmi from whit -ngiac crerr one of tfc® 2v linos of hose had received; water. Another time he struck a police captain in the face for asking the question, "Fire al most out, chief?" There was murder in his eyes when he struck the blow, hut in tho same second he was giving orders to his aides in as calm and coid tones as though he were asking them the time of day. His own expres sion for the feeling that comes over him at such times as these is that he "can't stand being bothered at fires." QUAINT AND CURIOUS. By applying a prolonged pressure of IS.UUO pounds to the square inch a Montreal professor makes marbles flow like molasses. The censorship is a very real thing in China. There, anyone who writes an objectionable book is punished with 100 blows of the heavy bamboo and banished for life. The Danube flows through countries in which 52 languages and dialects are spoken, it is 2000 miles in length, and j bears on its currents four-fifths of the commerce of Europe. An eel nearly nine feet long, two feet and four inches in girth and weighing 1-18 pounds was recently caught on the beach at Snettisham, near Huntstanton, England. Red snow is frequently seen in the | Arctic and Alpino regions. Chemical j experiments have led to the conclu- | sion that the red color is due to the presence of vegetable substance. An immense trade is done in China in old English horseshoes, which are considered the best iron in the world for making small household articles, such as bracelets, hooks and bolts. The town of Nylstrorn, South Africa, received its name 30 years ago. Dur ing a trekking expedition the Boers, it appears, came upon a river and at once wrote to their friends saying that they had just reached the Nie. Some remarkable relics of the early civilization in Egypt have recently been unearthed and deposited in the British Museum. Among them is a beautiful impression of a royal seal which represents tho king wrestling with a hippopotamus and spearing a crocodile. That must have been tho kings busy day. Surprised nt tbe Clock. "What time is it?" asked his wife, suspiciously, 33 he enme in. "About one." Just then the clock struck three. "Gracious! When did the clock commence to stutter?" he said, with a feeble attempt at justification and a joke.—Philadelphia Times. POWDER, What Ilappened to tho Man Who Found It Out. "it occurred to an alchemist one day that it would be a fine thing to take sulphur, saltpeter and dried toads, pound them all to a powder and 'sub lime' them together in an alembic, which he carefully luted and set on the furnace to heat. He poked up the fire and waited around, thinking what he would do with his money if this should turn out to be the powder of reduction that would turn base metals into gold, when, bang! went the alembic and the windows blew out, and the door ripped off its hinges and fell down, blam! The alchemist scuffled out from under the ruins of the furnace, shook a red hot coal or two out of his shoe and the ashes off himself and wondered what had struck him. He tried it again and again, and each time with the same re sult; and then it dawned upon him that he had discovered a fair article of blasting powder. Since then about all that has been done to his recipe has been to put In a little better article of charcoal, say that of willow twigs, in stead of toasted toads. "Little did the old alchemist dream what potency was in that 'powder of reduction.' For such it is. Although It never yet has turned lead into gold by its mere touch, yet when a small, round piece of lead is put with tho powder into an iron tube of curious workmanship, and fire laid thereto, it Is possible to convert another man's gold into the possession of him that has the iron tube of curious workman ship, and not gold only, but all manner of goods and chattels, houses and lands, messuages, easements and he reditaments, even men's souls and bod ies. Lay down the book for a moment and bethink you what his powder par excellence, this powder of powders, has brought about since first the dried toads charred in that alembic. How has it put down the mighty from their seat, and exalted them that are of low degree! How has it been the helper of men that struggle for their country's freedom, believing that they had the right, God-given and inborn, to gov ern their own affairs and not to be ruled from beyond the sea, a glorious doctrine when the time is 1776, and the sea the Atlantic, contemptible and re bellious when the time is 1901, and the sea the Pacific! This powder asks no questions as to right or wrong, it pro pels with equal violence the bullet against the breast of him that fights the foreign tyrant and him that resists the benevolent assimilator." —Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's. Huxley'* Vast Hemline. Huxley, says John Flske in the At lantic, seemed to read everything worth reading, history, politics, meta physics, poetry, novels, even books of science; for perhaps it may not be superfluous to point out to the general world of readers that no great man of science owes his scientific knowledge to books. Huxley's colossal knowledge of tho animal knigdom was not based upon tho study of Cuvier. Baer, and rfther predecessors, but upon direct personal examination of thousands of organisms living and extinct. He cherished a wholesome contempt for mere bookishness in matters of science, and carried on war to the knife against the stupid methods of education in vogue 40 years ago, when students wore expected to learn some thing of chemistry or palaeontology by reading about black oxide of man ganese or the dentition of anoplother uiin. A rash clergyman once, with out further equipment in natural his tory than some desultory reading, at tacked tho Darwinian theory in some sundry magazine articles in which he made himself uncommonly merry at Huxley's expense. This was intended to draw the great man's fire, and as the batteries remained silent the au thor proceeded to write to Huxley call ing his attention to the articles and at the same time with mock modesty asking advice as to the further study of these deep questions. Huxley's ant swer was brief and to the point: "Take a cockroach and dissect it!" Tho Rise or Auloa. "The success of gasoline automobiles in France brought about the revival of steam automobiles in England and America, and was immediately emu lated in the United States by the con struction of electric automobiles. "It has been reserved for the 20th century to witness the simultaneous development of automobile construction along all three lines at so rapid a rate that it is impossible as yet to tell which is in the ascendant. Whatever the outcome, it is plain already that the contest is to be decided in Ameri ca, for in this country alone all the different principles of construction have found ready acceptance and are pushed forward to their logical conclu sion with youthful vigor. With accus tomed conservatism, English automo bile constructors cling to steam pro pulsion; in France and Germany pro gress is made chlefiy in the develop ment of gasoline machines. To Amer ica, naturally, fell the leadership in the construction of electric automo biles; but that leadership bids fair tc be rivaled by American builders of gasoline and steam automobiles as well. Some firms in the United States turn out all three classes in almost equal perfection."—Edward Emerson, Jr., in Ainslee's. Incentive to Industry. "That young man is one of the most industrious people in the establish ment," remarked the proprietor, "i gevcr see him when ue is not working lard." "Yes," answered the manager. "He to always in a hurry to get through so that he can play golf."—Washington Star. A sofa Mirror. A new fashion is to hang a long mir ror, as long as tho sofa itself, directly over a sofa. A Handy Tking to Have. Keep a little package of absorbent cotton in one of the sideboard drawers. If oil, milk or cream is spilled on a woolen dress or coat, a bit of the cot ton instantly applied will remove all traces of the strains. Kitchen Pepper. A great, many housekepers do not seem to know there are two kinds of kitchen pepper besides cayenne. Black pepper, which is generally used in flavoring, is quite an inferior article to white pepper. Black pepper is ground from the entire pepper corn, including the husk, while white pepper Is ground from the inner portions of the berry after the husk has been rejected. To Keep Food Hot. Wfcen it is necessary to keep food hot for an hour or so, a far better plan than placing it in the oven with the door open is to set it in a deep covered dish on a saucepan of boiling water and place the saucepan on the back of the range. To prevent the food from becoming dry, plenty of gravy should be added to it, or in lieu of gravy a lump of butter will serve. ClMiiini; Woolen Fabric*. To clean dust or grime from light cloths first brush thoroughly, then rub with cornmeal, using a piece of light sloth for the rubbing. By this simple process I have known cream-tan broadcloth coats and skirts, so much worn now, entirely freshened and cleaned. Grease-spots must he removed by solvents or absorbents. If the spot be fresh, and the color of the fabric will not be changed by the heat, the easiest method of removal is to place white blotting paper above and under the spot, and then stand an iron on it —not hot enough to color the paper. An other effective measure is to cover the spot with pulverized French chalk dry, or with the same chalk or fuller's earth moistened in benzine, to remain 24 hours, and then be renewed if neces sary, always brushing It off, however, with a soft brush.—Woman's Home Companion. A Wrznlng Closet for Hummer Stove,. In the use of oil, gas or gasolene stoves there often arises a necessity for keeping something that has been cooked warm. On these quick-heat stoves it will dry up or burn If left on, even with the burner turned low. When one has so small a stove that the different dishes must be cooked in luccession the problem ofkeepingl'ood warm is sometimes perplexing. An effective but rather uncommon way to meet the difficulty is by making a warming closet which will retain tho heat for a long time in the food that Is already hot Get a wooden box with tight cover and several shoets of asbestos. The asbestos wool, if it can be procured, would be excellent. Line the box with asbestos in some form and tack the sheet asbestos over the outside. Slake a heavy woolen bag—a sort of cozy on a large scale —to cover the box. If the kettle of food is set in this lined box and tho cozy slipped over it, the loss of heat by radiation will he so nearly prevented that the food will remain almost at the same tempera ture for a long time. Such an arrange ment standing in a convenient corner near the stove will save much worry to a doctor's wife or any other unfor tunate woman who "never can tell when her husband will be borne for his dinner." It is not meant to encourage til b bad practice of irregular meals, but to prove a peace-maker when they are unavoidable. —The Ladies' World. Creese Toast —Slices of stale bread are delicious spread with butter, put in a pan and browned In a quick oven; when brown remove and put a thin slice of cheese on each slice, return to oven long enough to melt cheese; serve at once. French Egg3—Boil hrrd, drop Into cold water, remove the shells, roil in bread or cracker crumbs and fry in tweet lard, rolling them until well browned. Take up and pour over a gravy made by putting into the frying pan a little butter and sweet cream. Coeoanut Cakrs—Pr' psreac3kemix ture with a cupful of butter, two cup fuls of sugar, a cupful of milk, throe cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one level teaspoonful of soda. Bake the cakes, cool and dip in melted fuudant, flavored and tinted. Decorate with blanched almonds and candled fruit. Serve in paper cases. Onion Soup—Peel and slice four large onions, scald and drain. Cover with cold water and simmer till very soft. Mash through a vegetable strainer, add one cup of milk and heat again. Cook one tablespoon of flour In one tablespoon of butter, and gradually add the liquid from the onion till smooth and thin enough to pour into the Boup. Season with one teaspoon of salt and one saltspoon of black pepper. Beat one egg, add one cup of cream, and stir In quickly as It Is taken from the fire.
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