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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1905)
l'it4BAJl'0Wtttf i& ' haa iTjWt'MY'wv "" GIANT TASK IN RAILROAD BUILDING Two Carloads of Powder in a Single Blast $250,- 000 Paid for Ono Milo of Track 2,629 Men Employed on a Piece of Track Being Built for tho Wabash System. V Cumberland, Md., May 2. '-Look out! Look out! It's go ng oft!" was the wild cry hoard a fow days ago in Paw Paw, a small mountain encircled West Virginia town, on tho now line of tho Wabash, twonty miles cast of Cumborland, when tho ringing of bolls nnd blowing of whistles gave Iho wnrnlng that In a fow minutes Uio button would bo pressed that would explode 8,000 pounds of giant powder In tho rocky mountain Bldo directly opposlto nnd closo to tho town. For throo dnyo tho people of Pnw I'aW had wntehod mon cnrrylng can after can of powder Into tho tunnels Mug tnlo tho fnco oC rocks. As tho uumbor of cans disappearing In tho mountain sldo Increased tho alarm of the pooplo grow, and somo In terror left tho town, whllo thoso remaining filled their ears with cotton nnd wnlt-c-d for thoy know not whnt. At last, when 325 cans of powder, S.125 pounds, had boon emptied In tho arms oxtonding right and loft from tho Innor ends of tho two 45-foot tunnels, wires laid nnd tho tunnol closed, tho electric button wns press ed, Thoro wns a deep, rumbling re port, tho wholo earth seemed to rock Tib though shaken by an earthquake nnd tonB of rock plunged forwnrd nnd toppled over Into tho canal and river. Carloads of Powder In One Blast. Not n stono had been thrown a hun dred foot toward tho frenzied town, lut 20,000 yards of rock had been torn from tho mountain sldo and many precious days saved tho contractors who ard building tho "link" connect ing tho Western Mnryland railroad at Cherry nun with tho WcBt Virginia Central railroad at Cumberland, and thUB bringing nearer realization George Gould's droara of mnklng tho Wabash railroad an ocean to ocean lino. It was only tho proximity of this blast to n town that mado it partial larly prominent on this railroad con struction that is roqulrlng a blast for nlmost every foot of tho roadbed, In fact It was a small ono In compari son to somo that have, boon flrod. In ono blast, In Sidling Hill mountain, tho chargo consisted of 1,400 cans of powdor, Just two carloads, nnd whon it wns put oft rocks weighing half a ton wero hurled through tho nlr hundreds of yards, ncroRs tho Pc tomac river nnd strlKlng telegraph polos nlong tho Baltlmoro & Ohio rati road broko them off closo to tho ground. It is this necessity for nlmost con tinuous blasting that has done much toward making this sixty-five milo strip of railroad construction tho most oxponslvo of any built in recent years, with tho single exception of tho lino over which tho Wnbnsh en tors Pittsburg. The cost of building tho first flvo mlloa from Cumberland averagod $250,000 n mile and tho avorngo cost for tho sixty-nvo miles fs $100,000 a mile. In building this connecting link, tho Wabash has had to contend with an unusually large number of obstacles of a surprising variety, somo placed in tho way by caturo, others by man, Tunneling Through Solid Rock. Until tho advent of tho Wabash It was supposed thero was no feasible route through tho narrow gaps in tho mountains between Cumberland and Hancock, forty miles, savo thoso fol lowed by tho Chesapeako and Ohio canal nnd tho Baltlmoro & Ohio rail road. It was this boltcf that has kept llfo In tho old wnterway, life sus tained by tho Baltlmoro & Ohio nail road company to bar out any possible rival. Somo years ago tho Hon. Henry O. Davis, thon owner of tho West Virginia Central railroad, had a routo aurveyod through tho country follow ed by tho Wabash, but it was given up as Impracticable. As a result, it is ,not surprising that tho construction iot this road is proving ono of tho ,-croatost undertakings of years, re quiring application of nlmost every raqthod known in railroad building nnd tho Ingenuity of contractors, who Tiave built railroads in almost every state In tho union, has boon taxed to tho utmost. t. Upon forty miles of this lino thero nro engaged to-day 2,629 men, 300 animals, nlno locomotives and nine steam 6hovcls. For eighteen months thero has been no cessation of labor and It Is hoped that in eight more the work will bo completed. " Obstacles to Be Met. An idea of the difficulties encoun tered can bo formed from tho fact that this line in forty miles crosses tho Potomac river nlno times, tho Chesapeako & Ohio canal seven times, tho Baltlmoro & Ohio railroad three times, passes through moun tain ranges and spurs by flvo tunnels, varying in length from 700 feet to 4,400 feet, through ridges and hills by innumerable cuts, many of them over fifty feet deep through solid rock and somo almost a milo In length, and that a great portion of the road is being cut out of the rocky sides of mountain ranges, directly nbove tho canal. Ono of the most unusual dif ficulties in railroad construction, and yet tho most troublesome on this line has boon a disposition of tho earth and rock romoved in making tho road bed, a difficulty arising from tho fact that the Wabash follows closely the canal route. While waiting for legal right to bridge the old waterway it was necessary to push tho construc I tion work nnd to do this tho contrac tors employed somo striking methods. At Welton tunnel, n milo south of Cumberland, a largo wheel was placed on top of tho mountain nbovo tho tunnol ontranco, cables wero run from this across tho river nnd canal to tho low land, whoro filling wns neces sary, and tho rock from tho tunnel was carried over in a largo Iron buck et suspended from tho cnbtcs. Tho laborers' camp was located on top of tho mountain nnd tho men construct ed a 160-foot Inddor leading up tho precIpitoii8 face of rocks from the mouth of tho tunnol, and this ladder thoy ascended nnd descended many times a dny. In tho construction of tho Indigo tunnel, a method never boforo omploy od In tho East, nnd rarely olsowhero, Is being omploycd. This is tho great est tunnel on tho lino, being 4,400 foot in length. It passes through a Sidling Hill mountain rango and makes tho Wnbash a straighter lino and nlmost a rnllo in threo shorter than tho Bnltimoro & Ohio. It Is being mado by drilling tho heading (tho full width of tho tunnol, twenty-four feet, nnd nlno foot high) through from tho bottom or at n grndo lovel, and tho rock will bo blown down until tho roqulred holght is reached. Old con tractors, accustomed to driving tho beading through from tho top, shako thoir heads nnd pronounco this meth od a "costly experiment," but Mc Arthur Bros, say tho stratn, Indigo shnlo, is Just right nt this tunnel for this mothod and are confident it will bo a success. Tho heading 'Ib being driven from both ends nt tho samo timo and tho men nro within 100 feet of each other, nlno foot a day being tho' progress mndo from each end,' Tho men working from tho eastern end have penetrated only ejoven Inches further thau thoso coming from tho western sldo. The "Stick Pile" Tunnel. In order to cut n roadbed through tho masses of rock that rlso straight up from tho bod of tho canal it was necessary to wait until navigation closed for tho year. In tho meantimo tho holos for tho blasts wero all pro parod nnd whon tho water was with drawn, about a month lator than over bofore, thousands of pounds of pow der nnd dynnmito wero oxplodcd In theao holes and tho canal bed was filled with earth nnd rock for many miles which must bo removed within tho next two months. The only placo whoro tho Wabash lenvrs tho canal and river for any considerable distance Is at Bayard, thlrty-flvo miles cast of Cumberland. After crossing tho Baltlmoro & Ohio rnllroad, tho river nnd canal, at a diz zy holght on a 1,370-foot brjdge, flvo 160-foot channel spans with viaduct approach, it strikes boldly Into tho mountains. After running through tremendous cuts, ovor deep ravines and through tho Stick Pile tunnel 1,600 feet In length, It emerges from Its five-mllo run, through tho heart of tho mountain at Orleans, W. Va. This Is considered ono of tho heaviest pieces of work on tho lino, but hero as at many other places, a compara tively straight lino is secured with raodornto grados and with a saving of nlmost a milo over tho Baltlmoro & Ohio routo. Tho flrst work was dono on this connecting link on July 21, 1903, nnd tho contract called for Its completion In eighteen months. Tho delay and extra work occasioned by trouble with tho canal rendered Its comple tion within contract timo an Impossi bility. Now, October 1, Is the dato 60t for tho opening of tho road, but It is claimed January 1, 1906, would bo a nenror dato. From Cherry nun to Hancock, ten miles, tho road Is completed and trains are running on It. For ten miles east of Cumberland tho roadbed Is ready for tho rails and tho threo bridges aro in course of erection. At numer ous other places thero are four and flvo milo stretches completed, but there remains a great amount of difllcult work to bo done. It Is only the fact that work Is being rushed dny nnd night, regardless of weather conditions and without regard to ox ponse, that makes safe tho prediction that not Inter than January 1, 1906, tho Wnbash will hnvo this lino open for traffic. Endurance of the Jap. In tho orient thero is a new art of war depending upon a new style of physlquo gf a race which has never before been put to this work. Tho Jap is short, stocky and blessed with muscles big enough for a much taller man. Ho Is consequently able to do moro work than a European of equal weight. A rural letter-carrier thinks nothing of distances for which wo de mand horsos and In exceptional cases tho rlcknshaw man has been known to trot forty miles in n day dragging tho passenger. Tho daily drills of tho soldlors Include athletic exercises too povero for tho average European sol dlor, such as running up and dowu long flights of 6ialrs. It is not sur prising, then, that their troops should covor long dlstancos. nnd the reports of four succosslve days of thirty-five, twenty-five, thirty nnd fifteen miles of mnrching are perfectly credible. They are reported to have marched forty olglit hours without food and with tittle roet, and Uion to havo fought well, though capturod mon havo dropped asleep Instantly. American Medicine. THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA ELECTION LAW CASE FILED. Matter to Be Brought Before the Court for Decision. LINCOLN Chief Justice Holcomb grnntod Orpheus B. Polk, a Lincoln nttornoy. an nlternntlvo writ of mnn. damus compelling Secretary of Stnto Galuaha to nppenr and show cause why ho should not placed on fllo a certificate of nomination, offered by tho relntor. By agreement of nttorneys tho case, which Is a formal ono, mado up for tho purpose of testing house roll 235, tho biennial election law, will bo for hearing nt tho first sitting In Juno. This wns dono to give tho nu merous friends of tho court who do slro to bo heard nn opportunity to file briefs. Attorney General Brown filed a formal demurrer denying tho suffi ciency of tho petition, and sotting up tho fact that under tho law thoro will bo no, election Jn tho year 1905. Al though Brown Is formally tho nttor noy who will defend tho law, tho ma jor portion of, that work will neces sarily fall on tho friends of tho court. Tho rolntor nlloges that ho has pre sented a formal cortlflcato of nomina tion for regent of tho university nnd thnt Its ncccptniico waB refused. Ho nPflort3 that ho la an independent re publican candidate for tho place. Polk had Intended to Inltlnto tho proceed ings by offering a certificate of nom ination for tho county Judgeship with County Clerk Dawson, but thnt official intlmntcd thnt ho would probably ac copt It for filing. . i r CAUGHT A RUNAWAY TEAM And Has Now Married Girl Who Was In the Vehicle. NEBnASKA CITY A fow days ago at tho homo of tho bride's parents, occurred one of tho prettiest weddings of tho season. It was tho marrlago of Miss Nora Miller to Mr. Joseph Led better of Juneau, Alaska. Tho wedding was a very elaborate affair and a largo number of guests wero present. Tho brldo is the daughter of Councilmnn Frank Miller nnd wife, nnd ono of tho handsomest young ladles in tho city. Tho groom is a wealthy merchant of Junenu. After tho ceremony tho couple left for tho south nnd will travel until tho latter part of next month, when they will go to their northern homo. This wedding is the outgrowth of a romnnce. Tho young lndy wa3 up In Alaska two yonrs ago, with hor cousin, visiting her undo, a wealthy banker of that country, and while out riding ono day tho team took fright and ran away. Thoy wero bended for a high bluff whon caught by Mr. Ledbottor, who chanced to bo out riding. on horse back. The young man was Invited to tho banker's homo whoro ho mot tho young lady twlco before she returned home. Mr. Ledbettor foil In love with hor, "nnd tho following year made a visit here. Tho groom has become wealthy since ho went to thnt north ern country. Ho was a comparatively poor boy when ho left his homo some seven years ago to go to tho frigid north to carvo out his fortune. OLD VALUATION STANDS. Pullman Car Company Assessment Remains Unchanged. LINCOLN Pullman car magnates may rest in peaco. Tho valuation will not bo Increased ovor tho former as sessment by tho state board of equali zation. This wns apparent when tho members listenod to desultory argu ments this morning nnd then laid tho wholo matter over until another meet ing. State Treasurer Mortonsen favorod a valuation of 100 per cent. However, it was moved by Secretary of Stnto Galusha that tho valuation bo tho samo ns last year and Land Commis sioner Eaton thought that ho approved Buch a course. However, It was de cided to look into tho franchise value a little bit. But it was stated that tho valuation would not be raised and tho representatives of tho Pullman inter ests did not seem worried. As to Common Law Marriage. Tho supremb court denies a motion for a rehearing in tho case of Soren sen against Soressen, from Valley county, Involving tho right of tho child of nn alleged common law mar riage to the largo estnto loft by a wealthy farmer. Tho court holds that thero is a presumption of tho exist ence of marrlago which arlsos from cc-habltatlon and holding each other out to tho world as husband and wlfo, and public policy will not prevent a child born of such relations from avail ing himself of such presumption In a contest as to legitimacy. Cleveland Helps a College. LINCOLN P. L. Jackson, financial secretary of Hastings college, at Hast ings, Neb., went to Princeton, N. J., for tho purpose of asking ox-President Cloveland to contribute toward tho en dowment fund of tho school. A dis patch received from him says that Mr. Clevoland has mado a liberal contri bution. Mus-t Show Ability to Maintain Wife. LINCOLN Tho supreme court holds that Fred Goddard, sontenced by tho Chaso county district court to nlno months In tho penltontlnry for wifo dosortion, is entitled to a new trial because of doflcient evldenre, and be causo tho Information fills to etnte that ho wilfully and without good cause neglected and rofusod to main tain his wlfo. The deficiency In tho evidence, tho court etnts. lay in tho failure of tho proiefutlnn to provo 8TATE NOTES. A fire nt Auburn destroyed property to tho valuo of $5,000. Tho new Christian church nt Peru was dedicated last Sunday. Grand Island will probably Instituto a rock pilo for transgressors. A new flouring mill, of 100 barrols capacity, is to bo built at Bralnard. Charles Jones will open a pane at Beatrico with boating on tho Bluo as a feature. Tho Mothodist church at Nebraska City has Just celebrated Its golden annivorsary. Kcarnoy is perfecting nrrangements for putting a flrst class base ball team' In tho Hold. Final plans for tho remodeling of tho Burlington station at Lincoln havo been completed. ; Nobrnska City saloons aro now ro qulred to closo at midnight and to re main closed all day Sundays..' Charged with statutory assault on his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Anton Nelson of Kcnnard was arrested In Fremont Campbell Bros.' shows, which win tered at Fairbury, gave two perform ances in that city nnd then left for tho season's tour. Timothy Sedgwick of York was low man on tho major fraction of the state printing. Several minor contracts wero secured by Lincoln Arms. Food Commissioner Thompson of Hall county hns been reappointed by Governor Mickey. Ho received his first nppolntmcnt two years ago from Governor Mickey. Tho work of tearlnpt down tho old court house at Wahoo Is now In prog ress, tho material to be used In tho construction of a dormitory annex by tho Luther academy. Fremont Is to havo a Chautauqua assembly tho coming summer, given under tho direction of 'local people. Bov. Frank Emerson James haB taken tho lnltiatlvo and Is already engaged securing attractions. State Treasurer Mortonsen flos bought $60,000 of Boyd county bonds at face value, tho bonds to 'begin drawing Interest July 1. Tho bonds aro dated April 2, 1905, draw 4 per cent interest, duo in twonty years. H. E. HaBslngcr, for years tho pro prietor of tho New York Backet storo in Seward, has sold out his business and accepted a position in the civil service, for which he Intends to leavo before the middlo of tho month. Cnarles Mcintosh of Tecumseh, tho man wanted on a statutory chargo, is still at largo despite the efforts of Sheriff Cummings to locato him. A child wns born to nis alleged victim, Miss Gates. While he was engaged in unloading refuse in a subblo field on his farm In Hall county, Dietrich Stoibeck's horses bocamo frightened, ho fell In front of tho wheels, and tho wagon passed over him, crushing his ribs and fatally injuring him. As yet Charles M. Chamberlain of Tecumseh has failed to securo a suffi cient numbor of signers to his $25,500 bond for trial on tho chargo of embez zlement Ho is going out among his friends, under the care of tho sheriff, soliciting signers. At Long Pine, whllo nev. A. L. Tnlnter, pastor of the Methodist church, was holding services, his house was entered and $23 in small change, tho Easter missionary offer ing, and his overcoat wero taken. Tho thief was arrested. Notices were posted about Schuyler of tho loss by somo ono of $700, $600 In $100 bills, the remainder in bills of smaller denomination. Tho loser was Murt McKenzIe, who wnlked from his homo to the postoffice and back Sun dny and whllo on the trip suffered tho loss ns recited. Tho money has not been found. Georgo Hefferman of Jackson, Neb., was found dead In his room in the Hotel Locke at Sioux City. Ho had been in tho city on a drunken debauch and Is supposed to havo accidentally turned tho gas on during tho night Harvo Becknor, who was arrested at New nichmond, Wis., on tho chargo of deserting his wife nnd eight chil dren, was brought back to Nebraska City by Shoriff Shrader, and will hnvo his hearing before Justice Tlmblln. Ho stntes ho and his wlfo agreed to separate and ho mado all provisions for the caro of his family before leav ing there. Members of the state board or equal ization are anticipating trouble in con nection with tho nmondments to tho revenue law permitting county as sessors to correct real estate assess ments. Beports from Sherman coun ty indlcato that an effort has been mado to reopen the real estate assess ments mado last year under the pro vision for quadrennial valuations of such property. As M. L. Neoly, a young farmer of Otoe county, was going homo early Sunday morning, a Missouri Pacific engine and threo cars caught him at a crossing and run him down. His bug gy wn3 crushed, his horso killed and ho was badly Injured, bet will prob ably recover. Exeter has n new Industry and manufactory by the namo of tho Bril llnntlno Polish company, an entirely new process nnd compound in liquid form for all kinds of cleaning and polishing work uas been discovered, which is claiming considerable atten tion locally nt preeont. fjfrlft9flj'$Jt FOOD VALUE OF FRUIT Prejudice Against Its Liberal Use Is Result of Erroneous Notions. jtHMWfrfWaiWwtyWwWwtfWwtfty Thoro nro many popular but un founded prejudices against the dietlc use or iruus. it is generally sup posed, for example, that fruits aro conducive to bowel disorders, and that they are especially prono to pro duce Indigestion If taken at tho last meal. Tho truth Is tho very opposlto of these notions. An exclusive diet of fruit is ono of the best-known rem edies for chronic bowel disorders. During the Into war, largo numbers of tho soldiers suffering from chronic dysentery were in several Instances rapidly cured when abundantly sup plied with ripe peaches. Fruit Juico may be advantageously UBed in both acute and chronic bowel disorders. Care must bo taken, however, to avoid fruit Juices which contain a large amount of cane sugar. Juices ot sweet fruits should bo employed, or a mixture of sour and sweet fruit Juices, or acid fruit Juico may be sweetened with malt honey or mel tose, a natural sweet produced from cereals, naislns, figs, prunes, sweet apples and penra may bo mixed with sour fruits. Indigestion sometimes results from the use of fruits in combination with a variety of other food substances; but fruits taken alone constitute tho best possible menu for tho last meal of the day. The combination of fruit, sugar, cream, bread, butter, cake and pio may well produce bad dreams and a bad tasto in the mouth In the morn ing. The. use of fresh or stowed fruit alone without any addition whatever will produce no disturbance, nnd will leavo no unpleasant effects behind to bo regretted in tho morning. Very acid fruits sometimes disagree with persons who havo an excess of acid and thoso who aro Buffering from chronic Inflammation of the stomach; but with theso exceptions, there is al most no case in which fruit may not be advantageously used. The notion that acid fruits must bo avoided by rheumatics is another er ror which is based on inaccurate ob servations. Tho fact is, rheumatics are greatly benefited by tho uso of fruit. At tho samo timo they should abstain from tho uso of flesh foods of nil sorts, boef tea and anlmnl broths, and all meat preparations, also tea and coffee, as well as alcohol and to bacco. It is, of course, possible for ono to take an excess of acids, ns ono may take an excess of starch or any other food substances. Vegetable acids differ from mineral acids in the fact that they do not accumulate In tho body, but are assimilated or util ized In tho Bamo way as sugar and al lied substances. Diseased Cattle for Slaughter. A deliberate attempt to send a car load of diseased cattlo for slaughter In New York was recently foiled by tho Stato Agricultural Department. Word was received of tho shipping of tho stock and tho car was intercepted in the railroad yards in Now York by tho department's ngents. Of twenty cows foun1 in tho car, threo were in a dying condition, and soon expired. Eight others wero suffering from advanced tuberculosis, and at least three from pneumonia. It was also learned that several others of tho herd had died at Utica before they could be transferred to tho car on the Now York train. It Is intend ed to prosecute the shipper of tho cat tle. A Substitute for Leather. An English inventor has devised a perfect substitute for leather which can be used for boots, shoes and for every other purpose for which leather Is employed. The new tissue is called wolft. It Is being extensively used In England, having been adopted by the London vShoo Company especially for walking shoes on account of its coolness and its lightness. Wolft is more durablo than leather and is much moro waterproof, while at tho same timo more porous, which makes it a nonconductor, and to a large de gree obviates the necessity for wear ing rubbers which aro needed by one whose feet are clad with leather only when the slush and mud is so deep that the feet aro half burled at every step. Frances Wlllard and Fashionable Dress. Said Frances Wlllard In ono of her last audresses, speaking of tho ad vancement and present status of women: "But be it remembered that until woman comes to her kingdom physi cally she will never really como nt all. Created to be well and strong and beautiful, she long ago 'sacrificed her constitution, and has ever since been living on her by-laws.' She has made of herself an hourglass, whoso sands of life passed quickly by. She has walked when she should have run, sat when she should have walked, re clined when, she should havo sat. She has allowed herself to become a mere lay figure upon which could bo fastened any hump or hoop or far thingale that fashion-mongers show; and otttimes her head Is a mere ro tary ball upon which milliners may perch whatever they please bo It a bird of paradise, or beast or creeping thing. She has bedraggled her sense less long skirts in whatever combina tion of filth tho street prosented, sub mitting to a motion tho most awk ward and degrading known to the en tire animal kingdom, for Nature has endowed nil others that carry trains and trails with the power of Hftlnc thorn without turning In their tracks, but a fashlonnble woman pays lowli est obeisance to what follows in her own wake; and, ns she does so, cuts tho most grotcsquo flguro outsldo a Jumping Jack. Sho Is a creature born to tho beauty and freedom of Diana, but sho is swathed by her skirts, splintered by her stays, bandaged by her tight waist, and pinioned by her sleeves until alas, that I should livo to say It! a trussed turkey or a spit ted goose aro her most appropriate emblems." Food Value of Eggs. Eggs aro a very nourishing food nnd represent two Important ele ments, fats and protelds, In an easily assimilated form. A single egg weighs about ono nnd one-half ounces, of which ono ounco is white, or puro albumin, and one-half ounco yolk. The nutritive value of tho yolk is greater than that of tho white, though Its bulk and weight aro small er. Its solid constituents aro about one half of its fat. Fresh eggs, prop erly prepared, are readily digestible. Tho best mode of preparation Is whipped raw, or cooked for twenty or thirty minutes at a temperature of about 160 (curdled). Tho yolks aro more easily digested when boiled hard, and the whites nro also easily digested when hard boiled, providing care is used to reduce tho coagulated white to minute particles which may readily bo dissolved by tho gastric Juice. A single egg is equal in value to a dozen oysters. Very Dissipated. Thero aro a good many persona who might bo said to bo dissipated and "all broko up" according to tho Japanese use of tho word, Illustrated in the following anecdote: "They aro telling In Boston of two or three Japanese students of rank who havo been In tho habit of dining each Sunday at tho residence of one of tho prominent citizens of tho Hub. On a recent Sunday ono was absent, and when tho host asked why, ono of tho guests said solemnly: 'Oh, ho cannot come. Ho very, very dissi pated!' Tho host thought it best not to make any further Inquiry at tho time, but after the meal ho ventured to ask tho 'same young man in pri vate, 'You say Mr. Nim Shi Is not well?' " 'No, ho not very well ho very dis sipated.' '"He hasn't been drinking?' " 'Oh, no, no! he no drunk.' '"Not gambling?' " 'No, no gamble.' "'May I ask what ho has been do ing, then?' "'Oh, ho very dissipated. Ho eat sponge cake allco time ho all broko up now.' " RECIPES. Mashed Peas With Nuts. Soak a pint of Scotch peas overnight In cold water. In tho morning drain and put them to cook in warm water. Cook slowly until perfectly tender, allowing them to simmer very gently toward tho last until they becomo as dry as possiblo. Put through a colander to removo the skins. Cook tho peanuts soparately, drain from tho Juice, rub through a colnnder, and add to tho peas. Beat well together, season with salt, turn Into nn earthen or granlte waro pudding dish, smooth tho top, and bako in a modcrato oven until dry and mealy. If preferred, one third toasted bread crumbs may be used with tho peas and a less propor tion of nuts. Servo hot Hko mashed potato. Graham Gems. Placo ono pint of cold water in a crock, add one egg; beat water, egg and a pinch of salt together. Then add 1 cups of white flour and cup of graham flour, beat thoroughly, and bako In a quick oven. Irish Corn Soup. Take ono pint of sllco potato cooked until tender, add one pint of corn pulp obtained by rubbing cooked dried corn through a colander. Season with salt, add wa ter to make a proper consistency, re heat, and serve. Split-Pea Soup. For each quart of soup desired, simmer ono cup of split peas very slowly in threo pints of boiling water for six hours or until thoroughly dissolved. When done, rub through a colander, add salt and a slice of onion to flavor. Beheat and season with one-half cup of thin cream or a spoonful of nut meal pro pared as directed below, nemove tho slice of onion with a fork. Servo hot with croutons. Croutons. Cut stale bread Into small squares or cubes, and brown thoroughly in a moderato oven. Put a spoonful or two of the croutons in each plate, and turn the hot soup over them. Baked Parsnips. Wash, scrape and divide; drop into boiling water, a lit tle moro than sufficient to cook them, and boll gontly till thoroughly tender. There should remain about one-half pint of the ltquor when tho parsnips are dono. Arrange on an earthen plate or shallow puddlng-dlsh, not moro than one layer deep; cover with tho Juico and bake, basting frequent ly until tho Juice is all absorbed and tho parsnips delicately browned. Servo at once. Orange Nectar Extract the Juice of six oranges and two lemons, being careful not to get tho flavor of rind. Add enough water to make six glasses of nectar. Sweeten.
