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    RECIPE FOR SAUSAGE ROLLS
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i Various Kinds of Meats Can Be Used ;
' I Chop Fine , Bake Fifteen
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J . Chop up any kind of cooked meat
I Tery finely. Mix with it one table-
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spoonful of flour , one teaspoonful of
salt , and a little pepper. Put half a
cupful of water into a saucepan , and
I a tablespoonful of gravy , add the meat
and flour , and stir over the fire till
'I ' I it comes to boiling heat ; when the
; flour is cooked turn it out on a plate
! to get cold. This mixture should be
: made very tasty and nice , and quite a
I thick paste. Sift into a basin one
, pound of flour , a pinch of salt and a
I teaspoonful of baking powder ; rub
into them quarter pound of butter ,
; make it into a stiff paste with cold
j water ; roll it out lengthways and
, ' quite thin. Cut the sheet of paste into
I' , ! pieces five inches square ; wet the
: , edge of each square and place on each
I n spoonful of the meat ; turn one side
of the paste over on the meat , and
I overlap it with the other side ; press
down with the back of a knife , and
place the sausage rolls on a greased
J baking tin. Brush them over witl
beaten egg , and bake fifteen minute : !
in a hot oven.
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I SERVING ' TABLE A GREAT HELP
I Most of Them Contain Tray That Can
! Be Lifted Out and Save One
, Many Steps.
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The woman who does her own work ,
yet wishes her table daintily served , ,
must either detail one of the family
t as waitress or must depend upon a
; serving table close at hand.
Any , , table can be used for this pur-
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: pose , but very convenient is one on
wheels , that can easily be moved from
kitchen to dining room , heaped with
: everything needed for serving.
These tables can be bought in con-
venient form , some with single tray , ,
. others with a shelf beneath , on which
can quietly be placed soiled dishes
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at the end of a course. They are light , ,
easily handled , with a neat japanned
finish , and can be either square or
. triangular in shape.
Most of them are finished with a re
movable tfay that can be lifted to the
sink and save many steps. Plain linen
dollies can be made to fit the top of
each tray to make it more attractive
when used during a meal.
Apple Roll With Lemon Sauce.
' Two cups of flour , one-half teaspoon
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1 -of salt , four level teaspoons baking
powder , two tablespoons of butter , two-
thirds cup of milk , one cup chopped
apple , three tablespoons sugar , one-
half tablespoon cinnamon. Sift flour ,
salt and baking powder together and
thoroughly mix in butter with tips of
fingers. Add the milk , stirring it in
with a knife. Roll .the dough out to
one-fourth inch thick and spread with
chopped apple , sugar and cinnamon.
Roll like jelly roll , cut in three-fourth
inch slices and place in buttered pan ,
flat side down. Bake 15'minutes in
hot oven and serve hot with lemon
sauce. Boil three-fourths cup of su-
gar and one-half cup water five min
utes. Add two teaspoons butter and
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one teaspoon lemon juice , dash of nut
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Peaches a Angele.
Freeze soft one quart of vanilla
cream , then beat in one pint of fresh
peach pulp and the juice of tvo or-
anges ; let stand two hours. Line
parfait glasses with thin slices of
i peaches and fill with the cream , then
I pour over all a thick , smooth , cooked
strawberry sauce.
Another charming way of serving
plain ice cream Is to fill a mold with
the frozen cream and bury it in ice
and salt for three hours. Make a
cold chocolate icing , rather thin , and
as soon as the cream is removed from
I the mold coat it thickly over the top
and sides with the icing , and orna-
ment with chocolate-coated almonds.
Harper's Bazar.
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Smothered Cucumbers.
Pare three cucumbers and cut into
quarters and lengthwise. Trim off the
portion containing the seeds , and cut
the firm flesh into half-inch pieces. In
a thick-bottomed saucepan put one
tablespoonful of butter , one scant half
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of a teaspoonful of salt , one quarter
of a teaspoonful of paprika and the
cut cucumber. Cover closely , and set
over the hot fire for live minutes . , then .
draw back where they will cook siow-
; ly. They should be very tender in
from 12 to 1C minutes.
Chocolate cr Cocoa Pudding.
One cup of milk , a scant cup of
bread crumbs a tablespoonful of dry
cocoa or chocolate , a tablespoonful of
\ sugar mixed well with the cocoa , the
, yolk of one egg. Beat all together and
bake in a greased pudding dish in a
moderate oven until firm. Make : a me-
ringue of the white of an egg and a
tablespconful of powdered sugar and
spread ; this ever the top of the pud-
ding. Set in the oven long enough to
brown lightly. Serve either hot "or
cold , with cream.
Dusting Apron.
One of the greatest household con-
veniences is a dusting apron , or rath-
er an apron to . .wear on the days when
you are dusting and cleaning. It can
be made of denim of a dark color ,
\vith a long pocket for the feather
duster another for the dusting cloth ,
and still another for a small whisk
broom. With 'these articles at hand
you are saved many a step to find
the duster needed for different art-
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cles.
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UCSON has a cli-
mate of a thor-
oughly desert char-
acter , and a flora ,
including moun-
tains and plain ,
. rich in species and
genera. In addi-
tion to its situa-
tion in the heart
of the desert of Arizona , . it is cen-
trally located , both as to position
and transportation , with reference
to the deserts of Texas , Chihua-
hua , New Mexico , California and
Sonora.
The University of Arizona , with
its School of Mines , and the Ari-
zona agricultural experiment sta
tion are located at
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Tucson.
Not the least of
the advantages of
Tucson as a center
for the activities of
the government
desert laboratory is
the broad-minded
comprehension of
the importance of
the ' purposes of the
institution evinced
by the citizens , ac
companied by an
earnest desire to co
operate in its estab-
lishment. This ap-
preciation was ex
pressed in the prac-
tical form of subsi-
dies of land for the
site of the building
and to serve as a
preserve for desert vegetation , the installation
and construction of telephone , light and power
connections , and of a road to the site of the lab-
oratory , about two miles from Tucson. This
spirit of hearty co-operation has animated every
organization in the city , and has enabled the lab-
oratory to gain control of a domain of 860 acres ,
of the greatest usefulness for general experimen-
tal work.
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Extending northward for nearly 100 miles
from El Paso is the noted Jornada del Muerta
( Journey Of Death ) , which has a width of 30
to 40 miles. It formed a portion of the route
connecting the earliest settlements along the Rio
Grande , and here the traveler was compelled to
leave the stream far to the westward , in its
deeply cut , Inaccessible canyon , and toil for two
or three days in the burning heat without water ,
except such as might be carried. It was for three
centuries one of the most menacing and hazard
ous overland journeys to be encountered in the
American desert. Recent investigations , however ,
have shown that the region traversed is In real-
ity a basin , and that water is to be found , as in
many other deserts , within a reasonable distance
of the surface.
Beyond lies an equally remarkable desert , the
Otero basin , which Is the bed of an ancient lake ,
and is noted for a great salt and soda flat , a salt
lake , and most striking of all , the "White Sands , "
an area of about 300 square miles covered with
dunes of gypsum sand rising to a maximum
height of 60 feet.
The surface of the dunes is sparkling white ,
due to the dry condition of the gypsum powder ,
but a few inches beneath it Is of a yellowish or
buff : color and is distinctly moist and cool to the
touch , even when tho air Is extremely hot.
The most characteristic plant of the dunes is
the three-leaf sumac ( Rhus trllobata ) , which oc-
cure in the form of single hemispherical bushes
four to eight feet high , the lower branches hug-
ging the sand. The plant grows vigorously , the
trunk at or beneath the surface often reaching
a diameter of three Inches. The binding and pro-
tecting effect of this t bush Is often shown in a
striking manner when in tho cutting down of an
older dune by the wind a column of sand may
be left protected above from the sun by the close
covering of the branches nntl leaves , nail the sand
in the column Itself bound together by the long ,
penetrating roots. One of these courans was
about 15 feet high from its base to te summit
of the protecting bsh and about S fast in ! diam
eter at the base.
A marked ! peculiarity of the Wbita ! ! Ssnds : is
that a cottonwood is occasionally found in the
lower dunes , reaching a feet In diameter , but sel
dom more than 15 feet in height ; yet ai tie t same
time not a mescuite w.is ee : l. The raesqulte : is
a tree requiring : less moisture than tie collon-
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wood. Apparently the presence of an excess of
gypsum is prejudicial to the growth of the mes-
quite.
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The bottoms among the dunes have a dense
vegetation as compared with that of the dunes
themselves. It is characterized especially by the
presence of a grama grass ( Bouteloua ) , forming
almost a turf , and by frequent clumps of Ephedra
of a grayish purple color at this season and with
three-scaled nodes. These bottoms usually show
no sign of moisture , but In two places we found
water holes , the water so alkaline that the horses
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Ico , is the guar qui ( Ibervillea sono-
rae ) , a tendril-bearing plant whose
Inordinately thickened root and stem
base lies gray and half exposed upon
the ground beneath some trellising
Echinocactus was represented by a half-dozen
species , of which one , E. grande , is undoubtedly
the most massive of all the genus , being as much
as 8 or 9 feet in height and 30 or even 36 inches
in thickness , which , with the many convolutions
of its surface , makes it a very grotesque feature
of the scenery.
E. flavescens forms small heads In clusters ,
while in E. robusta colonies 10 or 15 feet across ,
making mounds 2 or 3 feet high , include hundreds
of heads. ,
No systematic account of any desert Is to be
found in which the storage function appears so
highly developed and by so many species. Of
course all of the cacti exhibit this feature In a
very marked degree , and a single plant of Pllo-
cereus fulviceps may retain several hundred gal-
lons of water. The large stems of Yucca , which
is a prominent member of the flora of the slopes ,
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shrub. These tuberous formations may be seen
during the dry season lying about wholly unan-
chored , as the slender roots dry up with the close
of the vegetative season , which lasts but a lew
weeks.
In February , 1902 , some of these tubers were
taken to the New York Botanical garden , and a
large specimen not treated in any way was
placed in a museum case , where it has since re-
mained. Annually , at a time fairly coincident
with the natural vegetative season in its native
habitat , the major vegetative points awaken and
send up a few thin shoots , which reach a length
of about two feet only , since they do not obtain
sunlight. After a period of a few weeks they lie
down again and the material in them retreats to
the tuber to await another season. Seven periods
of activity have thus been displayed by this speci-
men with no apparent change in its structure or
size. It does not seem unreasonable to suppose ,
therefore , that the guarequi is a storage structure
of such great efficiency that water and other ma-
terial sufficient to meet the needs of the plant
for a quarter of a century are held In reserve
in its reservoirs.
The morning-glory ( Iphomoea arborescens ) is
here a tree 20 to 30 feet high , with smooth ,
chalky gray trunk and branches. During Febru
ary it is leafless throughout , while its large white
flowers open one by one on the ends of the naked
branches. From its white bark the tree is some-
times known as palo bianco , and from the gum
or resin , which exudes from incisions made In it
for the purpose and which Is used as incense in
religious ceremonies , it Is also called palo santo.
One of the striking features of the Tehuacan
desert of southern Mexico is the extreme locali-
zation 6r strictness of colonization exhibited by
many species which ! are found to cover an area
of a few square yards , the face of a slope , the
crest of a cliff or the floor of a barranca , with no
outliers and with the nearest colony perhaps
many miles away.
The Cactaceae are more abundant here than
in any other part of the world yet visited , sev-
eral of the species being massive forms.
Cephalocereus . macrocephalus is . a tall species
of the massiveness of the saguaro , and like it
having a central shaft bearing numbers of
branches which are ' more closely appressed. It
was seen only along the cliff near the Rancho
Gan Diego ! , along the eastern edge of the yalley.
Pilocereus fulviceps , of more general distribu-
tion on slopes has a series of branches , in many
instances 40 or 50 iu number , densely clustered
and arising from a short trunk , which barely rises
from the ground before It branches.
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function to this pur
pose to some extent ,
while the flesh
leaves of Agave
marmorata and oth
er species and oi
Hectia , are essen
tially storage or-
gans for reserve .
food and surplus
water. Here is also
a Euphorbia and a
Pedilanthus , with
thick upright cylin-
drical stems , in
which the storage
function is made
more effective by
the possession of a
thick milk juice.
As one proceeds
to the ancient ruins
of Mitla , : 36 miles
to the southeast-
ward of Oaxaca , the
aridity increases until in the vicinity of the ha
cienda of that name extreme desert conditions
are found. The ancient structures here are in-
dicative of a type of civilization characteristic of
the desert , in which co-operation or communism
was carried to as great lengths as it must have
been In the pueblos of the northern deserts in
America.
One of the most difficult problems to solve is
that of transportation in the desert , and there are
extensive areas in American deserts that have
not yet been systematically explored by reason
of this condition.
A comprehension of the part that water plays
in existence and travel in the desert is to be
gained only by experience. Some of the native
animals , such as mice and other small rodents ,
have been known to live on hard seeds without
green food for periods of several months , or even
as long as two or three years , and nothing In
their behavior indicated that they ever took liquid
in any form.
Deer and peccary are abundant In deserts in
Sonora in which the only available supply of open
water is to be found in the cacti.
Man and his most constant companion on the
desert of America , the horse , are comparatively
poo-'v equipped against the rigors of the desert.
A' /seman may go/ from the morning of one day
until some hour of the next in midsummer and
neither he nor his horse will incur serious dan- !
ger ; experiences of this kind are numerous. If
the traveler is afoot , abstinence from water from
sunrise to sunset Is a serious inconvenience to
him , and if he continues his journey , the follow
ing morning his sufferings may so disturb his
mental balance that he may be unable to follow
a trail , and by the evening of that day , if he has
not come to something drinkable he may not rec-
ognize the friendly stream in his way. Instances
are not unknown in which sufferers from thirst
have forded streams waist deep to wander out on
the dry plain to grisly death.
Scouting Indians have long used the bisnaga.
and a drink may be obtained in this manner by a
skilled operator in five to ten minltes. Some trav-
elers are inclined to look with much disfavor on
the liquid so obtained , but it has been used with-
out discomfort by members of expeditions from
the desert laboratory. That it is often preferred
by Indians to , fair water is evidenced by the fact
that the Whipple expedition found the Mohaves
near the mouth of the Bill Williams river , in
1853 , cooking ducks and other birds In the juice
of these plants by means of heated stones
dropped into the cavity containing the pulp.
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Court Martial to Sit November 15.
General order No. ° _ O. covering the
national guard court martial which
will sit November 1 : > , has been Issued
from the office of the adjutant enerai.
All privates and officers who ) eCt ] Ft.
Riley during camp or who left the
train en route or who were absent
from the guard without leave will be
cited to appear. The order follows :
1. A general court' martial is ap
pointed to meet at Lincoln , Nebraska
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at 10 o'clock a. m. . on the 15th day of
November 1910 ! , or as soon thereafter
as practicable , for the trial of such
persons as may properly be brought
before it.
The court martial will consist of :
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Storch.
Colonel F. J. Mack , Second regi-
ment.
Colonel G. A. Eberly , First regiment.
Lt. Col. J. M. Birkner , Medical : de-
I partment.
Major H. J. Paul Second regiment.
Major G. H. Holdeman , First regi-
ment. '
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Captain L. H. Gage , signal corps.
Captain C. L. Brewster , First regi-
ment , judge advocate.
II. The court will set without re
gard to hours.
By order of the governor.
JOHN C. HARTIGAN ,
Adjutant General.
Will Go to Washington.
Attorney General W. T. Thompson
will leave Washington about Oc
tober 1 and later return to Lincoln.
He will go Washington to accept
the appointment of solicitor of the
United States treasury. While in
Washington he will represent the state
in the United States supreme court
in an effort to get the Nebraska bank
guaranty suit consolidated with the
Oklahoma suit of the same nature and
submitted to the court. He will also
filo a brief in the Missouri : rate case
now in the supreme court. He will
endeavor to combat the railroad com-
pany's theory of division of revenues
between state and interstate traffic ,
this question being an issue in Ne
braska rate cases.
Wants Universal License.
Dan Geilus , game warden , believes
that the game laws of Nebraska can
be much better enforced if a slight
change is made in the present system
of handling them. He proposes a uni-
versal hunting license-a license that
every hunter must purchase unless he
hunts on his own land. The present
annual revenue from hunting licenses
is about $9,000 a year. : Mr. Geilus be-
lieves that the revenue would be
trebled or doubled. Having provided
for funds he would then have deputy :
game wardens appointed in every
county at a salary of $ : :00 : a year. This
salary , which would actually cover
about six months of work , would bo
sufficient to bring in many applicants
from whom probably . good men might
be selected.
Scottish Rite Reunion.
An extra session of Scottish Rite
Mas.ons : for initiation of candidates
will be held in Lincoln on four days
this fall , November 15 to 18. It has
been the custom to hold a session of
this organization every spring , but as
there are sufficient applications in
sight new the decision was made to
convene specially for a second initia-
tion during the present year. The
Shriners are also to conduct another
ceremonial here , during the first week
in December.
Court Reports Up to May.
The Nebraska supreme court re
ports ar < ? now said to be nearer up to
date than the reports of any state
court in the country. Volume 86 of the
court reports has been printed and
delivered to Clerk Harry C. Lindsay
for distribution. It contains decisions
of the ccurt up to and including the
sitting ! of May 20 of this year. The
Nebraska ; : court reports are edited and
compiled by Henry P. Stoddard , dep-
uty : court reporter.
The latest innovation relative to the
religious and social life of the uni-
versity is the plan to be inaugurated
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this year by the First Congregational ;
church in the establishment of a guild I
hall. The pastor is sponsor for this
movement. He has notified : the pas-
iors : c f his churches throughout the ' .
: e.tate : of ihc i nature and aim of this :
newest feature in student life as ;
directed by the church.
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Adjutant General Hartigan has de j
cided : net to send any of the Nebras- \
k v national guard organization to par- i 1 1
tifi-pate in festivities at Omaha. The
Omala people have no money to pay
the eXC:1 : es of the guard and neither
lias die state.
Ely Declines : : Nomination.
William : ! M. Ely , the republican (
nominee for representative in the i
Fif ty-frst district : , has informed the
secretary of state that he declines the
nOI1Lll < : ticn. Mr. Ely's nomination pa-
[ ) ? rs : \vcre reused at the office of the I
c-creary cf state en account of being
"led too late. His rrame was written
in on the ballot and he obtained a
rrjority ! of the republican votes in
I
hat way. He now , declines to accept I
:1:0 ! nomination and asks ; : that the
poper cr remittee : be informed so that
it may T. ' : the vacancy
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