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THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. JODSSP OLD RELIC 10 GO JVLWSajN He Was All Spraddled Out, Mad and Fighting WA8HINOTON. "Silver" Alec Falconer that's what they call hlra out In ho Btnto of Washington, though his honcst-to-goodness natno, as given In tho Congressional Directory, Is J. A, Falconer landed Into a debate In the I H WOULO LOOK UKC A iMAKGY KlTTEM IN A TICC (FCHT Mil vPrz - - v" " " when directed at tho golden-tonguod Ilellln. "Tho nvorago woman In tho Btato of Washington," went on Mr. Falconer, ''knows moro about social economics and political economy In ono mluuto than tho gentleman from Alabama has demonstrated to the mombcrs of tho house that ho knows in flvp minutes." And Mr. Ileflln didn't have a word to say In reply. From all of which ono might gather that Mr. Falconer Is inclined to bo peevish. Far bo it from him to bo anything of tho sort. Ho has a sunny tern jor, a nweot and gentle disposition. Until somo ono treadB on the tails of his coat and ho wears, his coat tails long ho is as Inoffensive iib a man can well be, but when ho gets into a scrap ho Is a boarcat. Although only forty-threo years old, Mr. Falconor has snow white hair, maybo duo to early piety, for, though born in Ontario, ho was reared in the lumber camps of Michigan, which aro noted for their lntonso religious fervor. Out In Washington Mr. Falconer hao been going to tho legislature for tho past nlno years. For two years ho was apeaker of tho house. No man was over moro popular. That Is testified by tho fact that tho regular Republicans out Micro insist that ho is moro of a real regular Republican than some who carry tho banner, while tho Progressives assort that ho is moro progressive than T. It. himself. A mnn who can got by with that reputation 1b going some. Hence- tho namo of "Sliver" Alec. Tho name goos two ways, as thoy say in tho west It rofcrs to his hair and his tongo as well. He Broke Into Print With a Resounding Crash CONTRARY. to tho Impressions which tho layman may have, tho house of representatives Is a body prono to occasional levity that reaches on occa sions tho level of practical joking and causes mild disturbances. Roprcsonta; tlvo Roborts of Novada, among thoso blessed with the dlvlno senso of humor, told thlB ono not long ago to show how mirth can survlvo ovon tho Con gressional Rocord. "There wun a member in congress who had a great weakness for introducing Btartllng resolu tions. Ho gloried In tho fact that overy tlmo ho broko Into print he broke in with a resounding crash. "One day he introduced a violent resolution doing away with something or other. After It had gono to tho table ono of tho veterans of his party slid over to his chair. '"I wouldn't introduce that and fight for Its passago,' ho confided. "'Why not?' domandod tho lrato membor, bris tling instantly. " 'Dccauso,' replied tho votoran, 'I understand that a resolution will bo brought In to expel you from the houso If you push that.' "That was enough for tho flory membor. Ho Jumped to his feet and In a loud vqIco demanded tho Immediate consideration of his resolution. Thon -whllo tho houso, oxcopt thoso mombors awaro of tho Joke porpotratod by tho votoran, starod in astonishment, tho llory mombor thundored: "'I know what you want to do. I daro you. Expel mo! Expel mo!' "And it wasn't until the story camo out that the members understood tho fiery congressman's apparently lnsuno request" This Was, Indeed, an Embarrassing Situation AFTER a tariff dobnto In tho sonatc recently tho conversation drifted to tho way in which tho party In control, by exercising Its powor, frequently will ombarraBs Itself. Senator Norrls ci Nebraska was In tho party. THIS DOCUMENT, TO WHICH THEY OBJECT, I TROM THP Pfl OF rtUKKHftM NCOLN VJ-llNCgLN "7 " Very well, Mr. President,' said tho sonator. 'Thoro Is abjection from tho Republican sldo and I will withdraw my roqucst thnt tho romalndor of this document bo Inserted. But I would llko to remind tho senators that this doc ument, to which thoy so sorlously object, Is from tho pou of that Immortal Republican Abraham Lincoln I" This Writer Worked for Pay and Not for Glory IN tho houso cloak room tho other day somo ono heard Speaker Clark tolling u good story about two mombors. It seems that thero flourished horo In town a few years ago a lltorary bureau which furnished wrltora and speakers with facts or oven whole sermons and Bpooohos. Tho lino of "dopo" was guaranteed to fit anything from n Chlncso woddlng to a Masonic funeral. Somo of tho congressmen availed themsolvos of this chance to drink of the waters of learning without tho troublo of ovon getting a dipper, and the bureau flourishing, turning out productions of all kinds and sorts at will. Tho samo bureau omployo would write a vio lent attack on the tariff bill, and then, In a fow hours, ho would train his guns on his late friends, t.lko tho Hessians, tho writer worked for pay, not glory. But ono day ho mot his Waterloo. It Boomed (hat two members of congress hnd ordered nnnoohnn nn nvnrtlv tlin nnrnn militant, unknmvn. at pnnrnn. to nnnli ntlinr. Thnsn Mtinnnhnn wiirn -j -tt - not delivered In tho houso, but worn given In full In tho Congressional Record under tho privilego of leave to print. Each was n fine, convincing array of facts. "But," added tho speaker, "tlio only troublo was that tu& bureau had sent tho samo, speech to both inca houflo the other day all spraddled out, mad and fighting, even though, this Is hla first term. Mr Ileflln of Alabama, tho wit and story toller of tho houso, had said some unkind things about the RUffraglsto, as Is his wont. Ho had suggested that all males who bellovcd In woman suffrage ought to bo attired In skirts. Now, Mr. Falconer, Progressive with a largo P, Is a representative at largo from a stato which contains many woman voters. "I want to obsorvo," said he, severely, In reply to Mr. Hoflln, "that tho mental operation of tho avcrago woman In the stato of Washington, as comparod to tho ossified brain v operation of tho gentlotnan from Alabama,' would mako him look llko a mangy kitten In a tiger fight," which, for a new mombor, 1b somo flight of oratory, especially CSV- i,' ' WVVWWWVW 'WO hm' "I recall," said ho, "tho story of a certain woBt orn senntor serving some tlmo back. Ho wub de nounced as aivlolont radical, and his speeches finally becamo so vitriolic that tho Republican lenders took stops to head him off. Consequently, whenover ho aroso and asked that a speech bo Inserted In tho Rocord thero was objection. "Ono day the senator aroBo impresalvoly and began to real somo documents which nppoalcd to tho Republicans iib bolng entirely too radical. Of course, thoy couldn't atop him whllo ho was roud Ing. But at tho eud of 1G mlnutos ho paused and asked leave to insert tho remainder of tho docu ment in tho Congressional Rocord. "Instantly about tho whole Republican sldo, which had been Itching In Ub scats, aroBo as ono innn and objected. ninS-nnSt PfHEY'Re OUST ALIKE 1 II09IM) J Tfc r"W-- C- Only Farmhouse on Manhattan Island Given to City. A Quaint Homestead, Last of Its Kind In Gotham, Will Bo Transferred to I stem Park and Turned Into a Museum. i New York. The last remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island will bo formally presented to tho city within a fevr days. Commissioner Stover, who will accept tho gift ou behalf of the park department, has promised to provide a permanent bIIo for tho ancient houso in Isham park, overlooking the Hudson river, in tho upper part of Manhattan Island. Tho houso Is tho old Dyckman res idence, ijvhlch has stood for ovor a century on a portion of tho oxtonslvo Dyckmnn farm, now cut up Into building lots and already showing tho effect of tho northward trend of pop ulation by tho rows of apartment houses which aro rapidly wiping out all trace of tho broad Dyckman mead owe. Tho curious old farmhouse pre sents nn odd contrast today to these evidences of modern development as ono catches a gllmpso of It at the corner of Two Hundred and Seventh street from the trolley cars running up Broadway. Had Broadway gono a few feet moro to tho west or Two Hundred and Seventh street a bit further to tho north tho career of this Interesting landmark which links New York with ono of its carllost Dutch families would have been out off sud denly, and thero would havo been no talo to tell of Its presentation to tho city and tho preparations being made by the Daughtors of tho Revolution to turn the old placo Into a museum. Tho houBo was built In 1784, and its appearance has undergone practically no change. It was tho third Dyck man homestead, or rather farmhouse, for tho old Dyckman family prided themselves on tholr skill as practical farmers and never assumed manorial magnificence, even In name, although The Old Dyckman House, 207th Street and Broadway. thoy owned more acres than scores of old city families which havo boon credited with great land posses sions. Jan Dyckman was tho ancestor ol tho Manhattan island family of that namo. History states that( ho Joined his Dutch neighbors In tho' llttlo set tlement around tho fort in 16GC, when tho town had Just come under Eng lish rulo. Perhaps that is ono reason which Induced .Tan to got as far nway as ho could from tho English rulers and yet remain on tho Island, for less than ton years later iho was tho owner of several hundred acres at tho north ern extremity, bordering Spuyton Duyvll. There, for ovor two hundred years tho DyckmanB lived, exemplifying to tho minutest detail tho traditional characteristics of the Dutch In frugal ity, Industry, slmplo yet gonorous Iiob pltality, and tho art pf minding their own business. "When necosslty de manded thoy sQrvod tho city as alder men or constables, and thoy wero al ways actlvo in furthering tho best in terests of tho early Harlem village Later momberB of tho family added to tho broad ncros ucqulred by tho original arrival, and at ono tlmo near ly tho entire tract of ferttlo meadow land north of Fort George hill, as far as Spuyton Duyvll, wnu owned by tho DyckmanB. Tho first Dyckman farmhouso stood in tho upper part of tho tract near Spuyton Duyvll creek. It was a small houso, later replaced by a largo build ing bordering on tho Harlem n llttlo to tho east of tho presont Dyckman houso at Broadwuy and Two Hundred and Sovcnth Btreot. It was burned during tho Revolution by tho British. Tho family lost no tlmo in restoring tholr damngod property. Ono year aftor tho evacuation of tho city by tho British tho present homo was llntshed. It wns built by Jncobus Dyckman, the oldest of tho nlno children of "William Dyckman. Tho latter died In tho houso In 1787. Tho present Dyckman houso 1b now Judgo, Thoy bought It sovoral years ago from tho purchaser of tho old placo nt ono of tho Dyckman auctions. It fell Into good hands, for Mr. Judge has guarded tho old placo from dam age as Jealously as If It wero the homo of his ancestors. 1 ??" TTr" .U II AB treasure nor pleasures Could tnnke Us haDDV lane: The heart aye' the part nye That mukes us light or wrnnff. Robert Burns. THE FAVORITE CHOCOLATE. A quick dessert Is Dresden crumbs. Mix a cupful of bread crumbs with half a cupful of grated chocolate, two tablespoonfulB of sugar and a pinch of salt. Put In a moderate oven nnd bnko until tho crumbs aro hot and tho chocolato molted. Serve with sweetened whipped cream. Chocolate Cream Filling. Mix in a bowl one cup of thick cream, half a teaspoonful of vanilla and two table Bpoonfuls of grated chocolate and four tablespoonfulB of sugar. Chocolate Pancakes. Beat two eggs, add four tablespoonfulB of choco late grated, half a cup of milk, half a cup of flour and two tablespoonfulB of sugar. If sweet chocolate Is used tho sugar may be omitted. Beat well and fry. Roll up and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Servo at once. Chocolate Broad Pudding Soak a cup of bread crumbs In n quart of milk, add a cup of sugar, two squares of grated chocolate and tho well beat en yolks of three eggs. Pour Into a buttered pudding dish nnd put Into tho oven to bake, stirring often to keep the chocolato from rising to the top. When baked, spread with a mcrlngeu mado of the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and three table spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Chocolate Pie. Melt in a saucepan four ounces of gratod chocolate. When It begins to soften, add a half cupful of hot milk, tho yolks of three well beaten eggs and a halt cup of sugar, ono teaspoonful of butter and ono ta blcspoonful of cornstarch dissolved In avllttlo cold milk. Bring to tho boil ing point, stirring constantly, then let it cool. Stir In tho stiffly beaten wliite of ono egg and pqur into baked JbrustB. Whip tho other two whites, ?&dd two tablespoonfulB of powdered sugar, pile on top and brown slightly. Chocolate .Cake. This Is fine enough for any company. Cream ono and a fourth cupfuls of butter, add a pound of brown BUgar, ono cupful of white sugar, the well beaten yolks of six eggs, ono cupful of sweot milk, two cupfuls of flour sifted with three tcaspoonfuls of baking powdor, a third of a cako of chocolato grated, ono whole lemon grated, ono teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice and cinna mon. One pound of chopped raisins, a fourth of a pound of blanched and sliced almonds nnd tho stiffly beaten whites added last. Tho art of scelns things Is not some thing that may bo conveyed In rules and precepts; It Is a matter vltul In tho eyo and ear, yea, In tho mind and soul of which these nro tho organs. I havo as little hope of bolng ablo to tell the-reader how to seo things as I would havo In trying to toll him how to fali In lovo or to enjoy his dinner. Clthor ho docs or ho docs not, and that la all there Is about It. John Burroughs. SOME "BEST" RECIPES. Theso dishes aro all successful ones and will bo highly .satisfactory If mado according to directions. Lemon Milk Sherbet. Tho Juice of threo lemons, a pint of sugar and a quart of rich milk frozen, will make a smooth and delicious frozen dessert. A little of the grated rind of n lemon may bo added If the flavor 1b liked. Rice Pudding. Put n quarter of a cup of rlco with a half cup of raisins and a quarter of a cup of sugar into a quart of milk In a baking pan. Put Into tho oven and bako for threo hours. A llttlo cinnamon or nutmeg may bo addec', it liked, but this is a pudding that Is hard to spoil. Stir for tho first hour of cooking, so that tho rice is well mixed In tho milk. Boiled Loaf Pudding. Cut tho crust from a pound loaf of bread and press as many raisins Into tho loaf with the flngors- aB It will hold without break ing. Mnko n custard of a pint of milk, a quarter of a cup of sugar and two eggs, and lay tho bread In this un cooked custard. When It is all ab sorbed, put tho loaf into a floured pud ding cloth and drop It carofully Into boiling wator, for twenty minutes' cooking. Serve with a sauce made of two tablcBpoonfuls of butter, a cup of powered sugar, a llttlo vanilla and ft fow tablospoonfuls of milk, or, bet ter, croam. Melt tho sauce over hot water, stirring constantly. Chicken Jelly. Chop a fowl, bones and all, until fine, cover with two quarts" of water, and let simmer for six hours, then strain, skim off all the fat, when cold, and tho Jelly may Episcopal History Repeated. It's almost forgotten now, but tho election of Phillips Brooks to tho epls copato stirred up a sudden commo tion In ecclesiastical high places that wns llvoly whllo It lasted. One schol arly prolato, of pronounced views, tiled a formal and solemn protest against tho great preacher's conse cration, alleging that ho was unsound In doctrlno and a "fautor" (favorer) of Unitarians. When sermon tlmo camo In tho cathedral on Mornlngsldo Heights Brooks' Ukemlndcd successor then bo seasoned nnd served In a number of ways. Maco or parsley, with salt and popper, may be added whllo cooking, to tho fov1, If so desired. The honor of our life Derive from thin: to have a certain aim Before us always, which our will must seek Amid tho peril of uncertain ways. Then, though we miss thu goal, our search Is crowned With courage, and along the path w find A rich reward of unexpected things. Henry Van Pyke. GOOD THINGS, OLD AND NEW. Tho following Is an old reclpo: Honey Cakes. Take ono quart ol strained honey, add one-half pint of sugar, tho samo amount of melted butter, one teaspoonful of soda dis solved In one-half cupful of hot.water, half n grated nutmeg and one ten spoonful of ginger. Mix all together and add enough flour to roll out. Cut with a cooky cutter and bako In a moderate oven. Tomatoes and Chipped Beef. Brown a tablespoonful of butter In a frying pan. Peel and slice two ripe tomatoes, fold In Hour, season with salt and a sprinkling of cayenne, and fry five mlnutos in butter, turning to cook both sides. A little sliced onion can be added If desired. Over this spread evenly ono cupful of chipped beef; cover closely and cook twenty minutes without Btlrrlng. Cottage Soup Put Into a saucepan a tablespoonful of sweet drippings; when quite hot add a half pound from the neck of mutton, cut In small pieces. Put them and the bones Into tho fat and fry, turning until well browned. Cut up ono carrot and ono turnip Into small pleceB, two largo onions cut fine, added to the meat. Keep turning until all are well mixed, then add a cupful of rlco and a tea spoonful each of sugar and salt. Cook for five minutes, then add two and a half quarts of water. Put on tho lid and boll for an hour. Add popper and salt when ready to serve. A Pretty Salad. Lay a half of a J pear on a crisp leaf of lettuce, put eight maraschino cherries and four small cream cheese balls around tho pear, and cover with French dress ing. English Dessert. Cut bananas lengthwise Into, halves, spread with Jam, put togother again and lay on a plate; cover with whipped cream and serve. The Jam roll takes the place of tho Jelly roll and Is equally as good. Pork chops baked with potatoes makes a most taBty dish. Put suffi cient sliced potatoes, well salted, In a baking dish, pour on water and lay on the chops. Turn chops once whllo baking. The drippings season tho po tatoes. Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, de clare Tho truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim It every where; They only llye who dare. I.owin Morris. ECONOMICAL RECIPES. Buy beef ribs, cover them with a quart of water, a half can of tomatoes, a sliced onion, a red pepper minced and five whole cloves. Season with salt and cover closely. Simmer for threo hours. Gingerbread. Mix together a halt cup of lard and a cup of brown sugar; add a half teaspoonful of cinnamon and ono teaspoonful of ginger. In a cupful of boiling water dissolve a tea spoonful of soda. Sift threo cupfuls of flour with a teaspoonful of baking powder. Add the boiling water and soda the last thing. Baked Cheese Puff. Grease a pud ding dish and put Into it a layer of sliced bread with a sllco of cheese op eoch bIIco. Beat ono egg light, stir into It a pint of milk, salt slightly and pour tho milk over tho bread and cheese. Set In the oven and bake un til lightly browned, then servo at once. ThlB Is a simple, wholesome dish nnd makes a nutritious one to take tho placo of meat. Coffee Tapioca Pudding. Soak a cupful of tapioca In water and put ovor tho fire In a double boiler with a pint of coffee left from tho last meal. Cook until clear, then stir In sugar to taste. Servo hot with sugar and cream. Codfish Rolls. Mix togother mashed potato and shredded codftoh, season with butter, pepper and Bait, if need ed. Form tho mixture Into rolls tho size of tho second finger and threo inches long. Roll In flour nnd fry In hot fat. Servo with a whlto sauce garnished with parsloy. In tho seo of Massachusetts who was conducted to tho pulpit, and a few hours Inter tho houso of deputies elected to Its chair tho prosont rector of tho Boston church that Is Phillips Brooks' memorial. ' The Difference. "Malzlo's now . doctor says 3ho la sufforlng from n mild form of cutane ous affection." "And that other doctor declared sho had nothing tho matter with her but a llttlo skin troublo." O Fovif inn KB Ol"f solved once for all by Calumet. ly u that proved that Calumet is highest not only In quality but in leavening power as well un failing in results pure to the extreme and wonderfully economical In use. Ask your grocer. And try Calumet next bako day Received Highest Awards WorM't Per Fowl Exposition. Clioio, III. Fruct, Mirci, 1J12. WVVVN..'SXVNVCSt 1913 magnmcenit L.rUUSmnHl M -.- - ' . - -w maw v Western Camtta i.i'A.k" '.? "ovmcM m ' "'""'' aiwuaiciiBwan and I tt,JS,.0,ii:U?AuBlLni "4 'fJJfS-J J!" Si5lAlJ'r.n ..uu . V W 0 DUaiaOI nf.l JV--V-",VBJ";M-,V? "". WOU. 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UnniVf;irv Trvdi-v CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Purtfiv viyArarli. gently on the liver. eliminate one, and sooinctnc delicate membrane of bowel. Cur lonilipitioo, Billouinesi, SlrV II. .H. che and Indueitiou, a mlllioui know. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature '?&-. 3ECT5g?wnsraga Beil Conjh Syrup. Tutei flood. U in Una. Boll by Dmrrlit. yGvllSl fiJlwfRpi I To Jea't tin Boner when yon tar deii or tlf I btkisx powder. Doa't t milled. BoyCalamet. ItB moro economical nor wholeeoae jrf ee beet rctnlti. m I Caleoet b (r inporior to eonr milk and soda. M -rs. ABmWAZ. , :tJCl Carter's JV.V AV HJiBITTI C ?JEJJLV BJIVLK 'iW 'HI H PILLS. 2r isL 22: jzssmMmMz.