1895 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



303 



A BUNCH Ol- RliClF'ES. 



Some Ail New and Some Introducing Nov- 

 elties 111 Old Froi:c.;;.as. 

 Tea, Sanchvi'iics. — A dciicion.s and fi'ib- 

 stantinl sjiiidwich which may l)o ui'iurcd r.t 

 luncheon or tea is made by cutiina sn'.rJl 

 diamonds of bread from wliich t!ie crust 

 has been removed. These are then but- 

 tered, and on the top of each Is placed a 

 slice of cucumber, cut very thin, which is 

 in turn spread with a layer of potted 

 meat or game, llcnu or tongue is good 

 for the purpose;, or aiiy potted meat may 

 be used. Be carciul that it is quite 

 emooth, and place little stars cut out of 

 hard boiled eggs roimd the edge and a lit- 

 tle mound of grated yolk of egg in the 

 middle. Serve on a napkin garnished 



Charlotte Kusse. — Line a china mold 

 with lady fingers, fitting them close to- 

 gether and cutting off the tops if they 

 leach above the edge of the mold. Soak an 

 ounce of gelatin in half a gill of very 

 strong coffee, put this into a saucepan 

 with three-quarters of a pint of milk and 

 2 ounces of powdered sugar. When the 

 gelatin has melted, put aside to cool. 

 Whip a quarter of a pint of cream, flavor 

 it with a little vanilla, strain the milk and 

 gelatin into the cream, whisk together 

 for a few minutes, then pour it very care- 

 fully into the lined molds so as not to dis- 

 arrange the lady fingers and set away till 

 the following day. 



Savory Oysters.' — Stamp out with a 

 round ctitter — a §herry glass will answer 

 the ptirpose — some thin pastry, and put in 

 the middle of each rotind an oyster, which 

 after being scalded has been masked with 

 a little white sauce, and then scattered 

 with grated Parmesan. Sprinkle with a 

 dust of cayenne pepper and bake in a 

 quick oven. 



Adirondack Corn Bread. — Mrs. Rorer 

 gives the recipe for this as follows: Sep- 

 arate 5 eggs. Beat the yolks and add a pint 

 of milk. Mix one-half pint of cornmeal 

 with a half pint of flour. Add to it grad- 

 ually the eggs and the milk. Soften 3 

 ounces of butter and stir into the mixture. 

 Let this stand for ten minutes, then stir 

 in the whites, well beaten, add a table- 

 spoonful each of salt and of sugar and 3 

 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, mix care- 

 fully but quickly, turn into long baking 

 pans, and bake iiO minutes. This bread, 

 to be exactly right, shotild be in layers — 

 the under part the meal, the next a layer 

 of custard and on top a glossy brown 

 crust. 



Calf's Liver. — A chafing dish recipe to 

 prepare this has a novel ingredient — that 

 of coffee. The recipe reads: Cut the liver 

 in neat, smooth slices and lay in salt and 



waier lo extract ine tuooa. JViix togecncr 

 one-half cupi\il of flour, one-half cupful 

 of cornmeal and a teaspoonful of salt. 

 Boll the slices of liver in this mixture and 

 fry in the chafing di.sh in hot btitter until 

 brown. Just belure serving pour in a lit 

 tie coffee, cover tightly aijd let it stand a 

 moment and serve with slices of crisply 

 fried English breakfast bacon. 



MELTING LIKE WAX. 



ALL M0UNTA^^3Vv'iLL VANISH IN THE 

 COURSE OF TIME. 



Notable Elevations That Are Slowly Crum- 

 blicg and Becoming Smaller — Awful Ca- 

 ta.stroplic That Befell the Village of Elin. 

 Process of Change. 



A Freiich pi'ofersor told the recaut 

 scieutiilo ccu^rcss in Eon^o that "all 

 mountains will vanish off tiie face of the 

 earth ill coiirGe of time." We do rot 

 doubt it, for it is divinely foretold thiit 

 Kie earth itseJf \\M\ disappear at the uiui 

 of time. Howevci'j the Frenchman's 

 prophecy is already in course of rcalizii- 

 tion. The Ai'deiiiie.s, the Pyrenees and 

 the mountaii!S of Provence are going to 

 peices by degrees in our own age. The 

 mighty riimaii'.yas, as if weary of "rear- 

 ing their forms sublime" through so 

 many generations, nodded their heads 

 in oi:c place two years ago and hurled 

 into the valleys below a Jiiass of debris 

 which was estimated at 800,000,000 

 toiis. The largest locomotive on tije fast 

 trains of the Hudson River railway 

 weighs Oiily Qi'Z toi:s. That Asi::tio 

 mou;:i 1 hlide, therefore, caused an ava- 

 lanche i.i.jUivalcut to the tumble of aI>out 

 13, 000. (00 such locomotives off a bridge 

 10,000 ieet high. Little vi'ouder uat 

 "tire i:oi. e was ttrriOc" and that "iLo 

 natives were f lightened. " Masses of 

 rock w-cre hu.ied a mile away, and 

 "many blocl^s of dolomltio lime; .. : , 

 weigLdiig iit.ni 30 to 50 lous, wtro -.'..h 

 like caijijon l.^dls throujih the air. " 



In 1881, in the Alps, there \\a.s an 

 immense hill fall, cau.sed by its human 

 undermining in order to obtain fch.'.e lor 

 school use. Tlie mining began in 18G8. 

 In 1870 the Piatienberkoph split across 

 its crown, and after progressive euiarge- 

 ments for years, which caused commcut 

 and forebodings, it feii in tlio y^ar 



