THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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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
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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
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" 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
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"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.
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PfHEY'Re OUST ALIKE 1
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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.
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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."
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that
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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
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Remarkable Record.
Throe generations of a family
named Wolland havo contributed 17S
years service at a farm near Godal
ming, Surroy, England. William Wei
land, nged sixty-nine, has worked for
59 years. Ills father did GO yehra'
sorvico, and his two sons have done
30 and 24 years.
Great Little Entertainer.
Ho Does Tippler's wife entertain
a great deal?
She Sho entertains a great deal of
suspicion of her husbnnd.
Don't Persecute
Your Bowels
Cut out cathartics and purRatives. They a
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