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Rural Recipes. American Opals 
Othello Cake or Devil’s Food.—In re- in a recent issue of the Saturday 
sponse to a request for this, Mrs. Jo- Hlvening Post, it is said that some of the 
sephine Yates send us the following re- finest opals in the world are now being 
cipe: Part first—One cupful of dark mined in Washington, Oregon and 
brown sugar; one-half cupful of butter; 
one egg and yolks of two; one-half cup¬ 
ful sweet milk; one teaspoonful soda, 
two cupfuls flour, measured before sift¬ 
ing; two teaspoonfuls vanilla extract. 
Part second—One cupful dark brown 
sugar, one cupful grated chocolate, one- 
half cupful sweet milk. Grate the choco¬ 
late, add milk and sugar, put in a double 
boiler, and place on the back of stove 
until dissolved; but do not boil. Pre¬ 
pare this first and have dissolving while 
preparing part first. To mix part first, 
cream the butter, sugar and eggs to¬ 
gether, dissolve the soda in milk, and 
add to butter and sugar. Add the flour 
tablespoonful at a time until all is in, 
beating lightly. Beat part second into 
part first and bake in two layers. 
Corn Chowder.—One can of corn, one 
cupful of diced potatoes, 1^^ inch cube 
of fat salt pork, one tablespoonful of 
onion juice, four cupfuls of scalded milk, 
two tablespoonfuls of butter, a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. 
Cut pork into small bits and fry until 
nicely browned, add onion juice and milk 
and potatoes, which have been boiled in 
salted water until tender; corn, salt and 
pepper. Let all just come to the boiling 
point. Put a few oyster crackers in each 
plate and pour chowder over them. To¬ 
matoes may be added if liked. Hot wa¬ 
ter may be added if too thick. 
Poached Eggs in Glasses.—Add a few 
grains of salt to the white of an egg (a 
level saltspoonful to five eggs) and beat 
until dry; turn into a buttered glass and 
form a nest on the top for the yolk, 
which must be kept whole. Put the 
glass on a trivet, or an inverted tin 
cover, in a covered dish of lukewarm 
water, letting the water come to wfthin 
half an inch of the top of glasses, and 
let cook until the egg is set and rises 
in the glass. Do not allow the water 
which is around the glass to boil. Serve 
at once. Prepare as many eggs in glasses 
as there are persons to be served. Dainty 
and wholesome for invalids. 
Baked Beans with Cream.—Soak and 
parboil a pint of navy beans until half 
cooked; drain, dash over a quart of cold 
water, drain again and add the last wa¬ 
ter (boiling) with two heaping teaspoon¬ 
fuls of salt, one-eighth teaspoonful pep¬ 
per, one large sprig of thyme (minced), 
two tablespoonfuls of beef drippings or 
the clean, browned trimmings of fat 
from roast beef, and fried steak may be 
used instead of the drippings; when 
beans are cooked tender turn all into a 
covered bean pot and bake in a very 
moderate over five hours. Then pour 
over the beans a cupful of sweet cream 
and bake an hour longer. 
Raisin Pie.—One cupful of nice rais¬ 
ins; wash quickly, cover with boiling 
water, cook until tender; remove seeds; 
moisten a cupful of bread crumbs with 
the water, add one-fourth cupful of su¬ 
gar, one egg (beaten), one tablespoonful 
lemon juice and the raisins, cut in two 
or three pieces each; an upper and low¬ 
er crust of tender pastry and a satisfac¬ 
tory bake make a most delicious pie. 
Kenilworth Pudding.—Two cupfuls of 
light chopped bread, one-half cupful 
chopped suet, taking care to free it from 
all strings, one-half cupful of molasses, 
one egg, one cupful raisins, seeded or the 
seedless, one cupful sweet milk, with 
one-balf teaspoonful soda dissolved in 
it, one-half teaspoonful powdered cloves, 
one teaspoonful cinnamon and a pinch 
of mace and salt. Mix thoroughly and 
boil two hours in a tin pudding dish. 
Bat with foamy sauce. 
He who, having lost one ideal, refuses 
to give his heart and soul to another, 
is like a man who declines to build a 
house on the rock because the wind and 
lain have ruined his house on the sand. 
- Constance Naden. 
Idaho. In the last-named State some re¬ 
markably beautiful specimens have been 
obtained from a bed of volcanic ashes, 
near Moscow, and thousands of dollars’ 
worth of the gems have already been 
taken out. The precious material is sup¬ 
posed to have been deposited by water 
when the rocks were still hot, and 
masses of cinder when broken open re¬ 
veal the stones, many of which are of 
the quality known as “noble” opal. This 
kind of opal is whitish, translucent, and 
shot through with small and brilliant 
gleams of all the colors of the rainbow. 
Gem experts say that the colors de¬ 
scribed are due to myriads of minute 
cracks in the body of the stone, the 
edges of which reflect the light at dif¬ 
ferent angles. Similar tints may be ob¬ 
tained by partially fracturing a chunk 
of glass with a hammer. Recently a 
German chemist, by evaporating ether 
from silica, has obtained beautiful spe¬ 
cimens resembling opals and showing 
all of the exquisite hues. 
That opals hardly deserve their un¬ 
lucky reputation is indicated by the es¬ 
cape of a big jewelry establishment in 
New York a few years ago from a fire 
which, while destroying all the rest of 
the building in which the jewelry estab¬ 
lishment was housed, left its quarters 
and stock untouched—not withstanding 
the fact that the firm had on exhibition 
at the time one of the greatest collec¬ 
tions of opals in the world. One of the 
stones in the collection was the great 
Hope opal, which is said to have been 
an ornament of a Persian shrine in the 
seventeenth century. It is oval in shape, 
an inch long, and represents the sun. 
with a full face carved on its surface, 
the rays being supplied by an antique 
gold setting. It is said that the opal was 
not considered unlucky in England until 
the notion was started there by the pub¬ 
lication of Anne of Geierstein. On the 
contrary, it was believed by the ancients 
to render its possessor lovable and to 
bestow the gift of Invisibility. To jew¬ 
elers, however. It is liable to prove un¬ 
fortunate, for the reason that a fine 
stone will sometimes split in two while 
being ground. Owing to their peculiar 
structure, opals easily crack, and it is 
not advisable to sit in front of an open 
fire with a ring containing one of these 
gems. 
Mosquito Bars. 
If one’s men folks are handy with 
tools, it is an easy matter to have home¬ 
made screens which are fully as satis¬ 
factory as the boughten ones. Get 
“clear” spruce an inch square at the 
lumber yard. The screen frames should 
be made to fit the windows and always 
put in the same ones, being plainly 
marked. Little triangular pieces in the 
corners make the frame firm. Most of 
our windows are old-fashioned ones with 
immovable upper sash, and without 
weights. The screens are fastened in 
when the proper time in the Spring 
comes and then there is no more bother 
with them till Fall, when they are taken 
out and packed away for the Winter. 
The first cost of the wire screen Is more 
than cotton, but it is cheaper in the end, 
as with care and an occasional coat of 
screen black they will last many years. 
It is better to turn in the screen about 
half an inch when tacking it on the 
frames, as it is less likely to break off. 
Tacks a little smaller than carpet tacks 
are suitable. We have one weighted 
window, and for this one we have a 
screen frame which covers the entire 
window. It fits the outside of the win¬ 
dow frame and is held in place by six 
screws. We can have this window open 
at either top or bottom without any 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.—Adu. 
bother with the screen. This plan would 
not be practicable, however, if there 
were blinds on the house. 
SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS. 
A ‘‘Swap” Party. 
Why not the word “exchange” instead 
nobody knows, but at all events it has 
become very popular alike with old and 
young, says Table Talk. Every guest 
brings four or five little neatly wrapped 
and tied bundles. The more misleading 
in shape as to contents the better. The 
packages may contain anything from 
candy to soap, starch, tea, book, hand¬ 
kerchief, sun-bonnet, etc., the more ab¬ 
surd the funnier. Each person recom¬ 
mends his own bundles describing the 
contents as wittily and in a way to de¬ 
ceive as much as possible. The bargain¬ 
ing becomes very shrewd and merry un¬ 
til all the parcels have been swapped, 
oftentimes more than once. Then they 
are opened, the best bargain winning 
first prize, the poorest compelling the 
holder to tell a story, suggest a game, 
sing or recite for the entertainment of 
the company. The universal verdict— 
“no trouble and lots of fun!” 
A game, suggested by the same au¬ 
thority, is that of numbers. Each guest 
draws from a basket on the table a slip 
of paper bearing a number and a half 
minute is allowed to give some old pro¬ 
verb, adage, fact or rhyme containing 
the number. If the player fails to re¬ 
spond within the time, a forfeit is re¬ 
quired and afterward redeemed in some 
manner to entertain the company. To 
make the game more clear the number 
drawn is ten, quickly follows “ten cents 
make one dime.” If number nine—“Of 
the muses of old, there were nine we are 
told.” If number two— Two is com¬ 
pany, three is none.” If number one— 
One, two, buckle my shoe.” It seems 
easy, but one must think quickly to give 
the required proverb, fact or whatever 
it may he in the time allowed. 
CON.SUMPTION 
is almost as deadly as ever, al¬ 
though })hysicians know they 
can cure itgenerall)/, beginning 
when most of the lungs are 
still sound, and even some¬ 
times when a great deal of 
damage is done. 
The people don’t know it 
yet. They have been told; 
but they don’t believe it; they 
don’t act on it. 
Scott’s emulsion of cod-liver 
oil is one of the principal 
means of cure. 
There are other helps: dry 
air, sunshine, country, sleep, 
regular habits, right clothing. 
When you write advertlBers mention Thb 
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PURE 
Midi o[ l|fe 
Is highly valuable for agricul- j 
tural purposes. 
It makes excellent hard and soft 1 
soap. I 
It is a most powerful disiufec-! 
taut. 
It is a decided work-saver and 
time-.saver in the household. i 
MadebyB.T. Babbitt, New M. 
Sold by grocers and druggists everywhere. 
IBIS REFRIGERATOR, $8.95. 
$ 8.95 buys this solid oak Re¬ 
frigerator, measures 50 in. higli, 
24 in. long, 18 in. deep ; retails for 
j!i6.oo. $7.05 saved in buying of 
the maker. We pay freight to the 
Mississippi River—points west 
on an equal basis. 
Our General Catalogue No. 99 
contains thousands of bargains 
like the above, tells about every¬ 
thing to cat, use and wear, and 
contains 480 pages, size jo^xi^ 
in. Each hook costs ns St,25 per 
copy to print and mail. Send 10c. 
for a copy and you deduct these 
10c. from your first order of 
$ 8 . 95 , Freight Paid. $ 1 . 00 . Address this way : 
Julius Hines & Son, Balto., Md. Dept. 320 
DAHLIAS, 20 kinds, |1. H. F. BORT, Taunton, Mas*. 
American Gardening. 
Ten Sample Copies, separate issnes, 10 cents. 
Published at 136 Liberty Street, New York. 
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