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American Agriculturist, September 6, 1924 
Androcles Jones 
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expected to hear any day that they had 
been married between the afternoon and 
evening performances. 
T HEN Oily came to me looking like 
a lost soul. 
“Mack,” he said (my right name being 
John Roger Weltz), “what would you do 
if you loved the nicest little goil in the 
woild and she handed you one that put 
your hopes on ice?” 
“What’s Pink been handing you 
now?” I asked. 
Oily seemed surprised that I had 
guessed the girl was Pink. 
“How did you know she was the goil?” 
he asked, but without much spirit. 
“Well, no matter! She’s the dame I 
mean. Mack, she’s willing to marry 
me— 
“Oh, that part is fine enough!” Oily 
said. “Sure, the big show is all right, 
Mack. She’s willing to be tied, Pink is: 
but—say, did you know Morris?” 
“Like a book,” I said. 
“Say, is it a fact he stood for being 
married in the ring-case with all them 
cats?” _ 
Then I knew'. Oily didn’t have to tell 
me another word. Pink and Morris had 
been married at the evening performance 
one night when we showed at Dallas. It 
was a great stunt, and advance news of it 
had filled the tent so full we had to walk 
the elephants single file in the grand 
entry to keep them from stepping on the 
Texans who were sitting on the saw'dust 
at the foot of the blues. It was a great 
stunt, and Pinky never tired telling about 
it, and it was such a good stunt that 
every cat-trainer that got married after 
that had the w'edding pulled off in the 
ring-cage. I could see why she had sug¬ 
gested the same thing to Oily. It was 
professional pride. It was her own 
stunt, and if the other cat-trainers were 
stealing her stuff and being married in the 
cage. Pink wasn’t going to pass the chance 
to make good at it again. 
(To be continued) 
Pickling Pointers 
(Continued from last week) 
Green Tomato Pickles 
Slice one peck green tomatoes and six 
large onions and sprinkle over them 
1 cup of salt and let them stand over¬ 
night. In the morning drain and put 
over them 1 quart of vinegar and 2 
quarts of water. Place on stove and 
boil the tomatoes for 15 minutes, then 
remove the liquid and throw aw r ay. 
Then pour over them 6 cups sugar, 2 
tablespoons ground cloves; two of ginger, 
cinnamon and mustard, and ]/2 teaspoon 
ground red pepper. Mix the dry in¬ 
gredients and pour over them 2 quarts 
cider vinegar. Boil for 25 minutes, then 
the pickles are ready to can.— Pauline 
Carmen. 
Mustard Pickle Sauce 
1 Yi quarts vinegar 6 tablespoons yellow 
1 lb. sugar mustard 
Vi cup Sour 2 tablespoons tumeric 
1 teaspoonful salt 
Place'the vinegar, sugar and salt in 
agate or aluminum pan, over the fire. 
Mix together (dry) the flour, mustard and 
tumeric. Then mix smooth with enough 
water to make the right consistency and 
add to the boiling vinegar and stir thor¬ 
oughly until well cooked. 
This is nice to pour over raw r cabbage, 
chopped raw onions, or freshened and 
sliced brined cucumbers, or turnips and 
carrots.—C. A. B. 
Oil Pickles 
Twenty-five medium sized fresh cucum¬ 
bers, slice thin without peeling. Let 
stand six hours with 1 full cup salt 
stirred in and stir frequently during the 
time. 
Then drain well. And add one quart 
cold boiled vinegar, 1 tablespoonful 
each of white mustard seed, yellow 
mustard seed, and celery seed, and % 
cup of pure olive oil. Stir thoroughly, 
when well mixed seal in glass jars. 
V 
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The beauty of this recipe is that the 
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the vines. But be sure to omit the salt 
when using the brined cucumbers.— 
C. A. B. / 
Black Chocolate Cake 
IX together % cup cocoa, 1 cup 
sugar and Yi cup water. Set on 
stove, and remove as soon as mixture 
begins to boil. 
2 tablespoons shortening 3 cups flour 
1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt l 
2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 
1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon baking soda 
Cream shortening and sugar, add well 
beaten eggs; add milk; add sifted flour, 
salt, and baking powder. Stir the cocoa 
mixture in. Dissolve soda in a little 
hot water and add. Bake in moderate 
oven. —Miss Frances Waldron. 
Blanching and Storing Celery 
ELERY for winter use need not be 
blanched in the garden but can be 
placed in a* deep trench and the blanch¬ 
ing will take place and it will be stored at 
the same time. Dig the trench two feet 
deep if the large late celery is to be 
blanched, and see that it is six inches 
deeper than the height of the plants 
when you dig them. Make a six inch 
bed of good soil in the bottom and set 
the celery in this and water well, being 
careful to get none in the foliage. Keep 
rains from falling in with a shelter above, 
but give ample air. Cover with straw 
when weather becomes severe.—L. H. 
Cobb. _ 
Cover the frying pan with a per¬ 
forated lid to prevent grease spattering. 
* * * 
A clam-shell in the tea-kettle will 
gather the lime and leave the vessel 
clean. 
