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KEITH OF THE BORDER
Jack Keith , a typical border plainsman , while riding
along the Santa Fe trail , notices a team hitched to a
w.agon going at full gallop , pursued by men on ponies.
"When Keith reaches the wagon the raiders have mas
sacred two men , shot the horses and departed. Kieth
reaches Corson City and is arrested and charged with
murdering the two travelers. His accuser is given as
Black Bart , a notorious ruffian. Keith and a negro
prisoner escape from jail , wander across the sand des
ert , and discover a young lady in a lonely cabin.
From this on , Keith , Black Bart , Hope Waite and
Christie Maclaire are intimately connected with the
entire story , and many thrilling scenes are gone
thiough. Dr. Fairbain , a frontier doctor , also plays
a prominent part in the story and his gruff manner of
speach and frontier mannerisms cover a heart of gold.
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FOR CAKES AND PIES
RECIPES FOR FILLINGS THAT ARE
MOST DELICIOUS.
Cream , Apricot , Cocoanut , Melba and
Other Varieties That Are Well
Worth Trying.
Cream Filling for Layer Cake. One
2up powdered sugar , one-fourth cup
hot water. Let them simmer , beat
white of an egg and mix with the
above. When cold add one-half cup
chopped raisins , one-half cup chopped
walnuts , one tablespoon grated cocoa-
nut.
nut.Cream
Cream Filling. Seven-eighths cup
sugar , one-half cup flour , one-eighth
teaspoon salt , two eggs , two cups
scalded milk , one teaspoon vanilla or
one-half teaspoon lemon extract Mix
dry ingredients , add eggs slightly
beaten and pour on gradually scalded
milk. Cook 15 minutes in double boil
er , stir constantly until thickened , aft
erward occasionally. Cool and flavor.
Filling for Cake. Two cups sugar ,
one cup sour cream. Boil until it
threads. Add teaspoonfnl flour sift
ed twice , two-thirds cup chopped
raisins. This is good for filling for
cakes or frosting.
Apricot Filling. Pick over and
wash two-thirds , cup dried apricots.
Put in a saucepan , cover with cold wa
ter and let soak over night , or for sev
eral hours. Cook slowly in water in
which they have been soaking until
soft , adding more water , if necessary ,
to prevent burning. Sweeten to taste ,
and add a few grains salt Force
through a strainer , using a wooden potato
tate masher. Cool , and add orange
juice to taste. Bake chocolate cake
mixture in Individual tins. Scoop out
a portion from the center of each cake
and fill cavities thus made with apri
cot filling. Then frost cakes with any
white frosting.
Stewed dried apricots are frequent
ly served as an accompaniment to
bread and buter for the family supper.
If they are forced through a strainer
and then flavored with orange juice ,
they are much more delicious. One
hardly recognizes them in their new
dress.
Cocoanut Cream Filling. Mix one-
half cup sugar , 2 % tablespoons flour
and a few grains salt ; then add one
egg , beaten slightly. Scald one cup
milk and pour , gradually , on the mix
ture , stirring constantly. Cook 15
minutes in double boiler , stirring con
stantly until the mixture thickens , aft
erward occasionally. Cool slightly ,
add one-fourth cup shredded cocoanut
and one-half teaspoonful vanilla. Use
as a filling for a cake cream pie.
Sprinkle the upper layer of the pie
with shredded cocoanut and powdered
sugar before baking.
If the mixture is stirred until it be
gins to thicken , there is no danger of
having a lumpy filling.
Melba Filling. Scald an earthen
bowl by pouring hot water into it ,
then chill by pouring cold water into
it Put one-half cup butter in bowl
and work , using a wooden spoon , un
til butter is soft and waxy , allowing
water to run from cold water into
bowl during the entire working. To
butter thus prepared , add , gradually ,
while beating constantly , one cup pow
dered sugar. Add cream filling , which
has been cooled , made as for cocoanut -
nut cream filling , omitting the cocoanut -
nut Add IV2 squares melted , un
sweetened chocolate. Spread between
layers of sponge cake and on , top ;
then ornament top with the remaining
mixture , forced through a pastry bag
and tube.
Nut and Raisin Filling. Put one-
half cup sugar and three tablespoons
boiling water in a smooth granite
saucepan , place on front of range and
stir , to prevent sugar from adhering
to pan , until melted. Let boil , with
out stirring , until the syrup will
thread when dropped from tip of
spoon. Beat the white of one egg and
pour on syrup , very gradually , beat
ing constantly until the right consis
tency to spread ; then add one-fourth
cup raisins , seeded and cut in small
pieces and one-fourth cup English wal
nut meats broken in small pieces.
Banana Filling. Make filling same
as for nut and raisin filling , omitting
nuts and raisins and doubling the
recipe. Put between layers of cake
and cover with thin slices of banana.
Frost the top with remaining mix
ture.
The Houseworker's Hands.
If you are obliged to have your
aands in water for a long time , so
that the fingers become shrunken , dip
them in vinegar or pour it over the
hands and they will be restored to nor
mal condition. To properly protect
the ends of the fingers the nails
should extend a little beyond the tips.
When the nails are too short the skin
is apt to become rough directly un
der the nails , which makes it almost
impossible to keep them clean. The
white crescents at the base of the
nail can be brought into view by gent
ly pressing back the cuticle every day.
File the nail to correspond with the
shape of the crescent
Bouquet Salad.
Use a good head of cabbage lettuce ,
arrange the white leaves in a bunch
resembling the matured head in the
'center of a flat dish , garnish with
slices of tomato and hard-boiled eggs.
Just before serving cover the whole
with plain French dressing. Use a
spoon and pour the dressing on care
fully so that all part will be moist
ened without being disarranged. May
onnaise may be used on the eggs and
tomato if preferred , in which case the
dressing should be put on the eggs in
the cup under the yolks.
TWO GOOD DINNER DISHES
Recipes for Lamb Chops With Stuffed
Tomatoes and Stuffed Compote
of Apples.
Lamb Chops With Stuffed Tomatoes.
Select nice loin chops about one
inch thick ; remove all extra fat ; sea
son with salt and pepper ; cover with
fine , sifted bread crumbs ; lay on a
rack in a baking pan. For each chop
take a firm but ripe tomato ; cut a cir
cle around the stem and remove ;
scoop out a little of the inside ; fill
the cavity with fine bread crumbs sea
soned with salt , pepper and a little
melted butter , a few drops of lemon
juice and a little minced parsley. If
desired a little sugar may be dropped
into the tomato before stuffing it
Cover with the circle cut off. Place
a tomato on each chop and bake in a
hot oven from 20 to 30 minutes. This
is delicious served with creamed pota
toes.
Stuffed Compote of Apples Select
large juicy apples of equal size ( pip
pins are best ) , pare and core them ,
leaving the apple whole ; lay them in
a mixture of lemon juice and brandy
until they have acquired the taste ;
then cook them three parts done in a
syrup of sugar and water ; drain care
fully and bake a few minutes in a
quick oven ; when done but still hot ,
fiU the centers with pineapple jam ,
with a few chopped almonds added ;
cover each apple with a jelly pro
duced by boiling down the syrup in
which the apples were first cooked ,
with a very little more brandy. This
syrup will give the apples a beautiful
glazed appearance. Arrange the ap
ples on a dessert dish and serve with
whipped cream poured around them ,
or form apples in shape of a dome
and cover with a meringue of beaten
whites of eggs , powdered sugar and
vanilla , sticking over the top sweet
almonds cut In lengths. Place in oven
until meringue is a delicate brown.
MAN INVENTS STEAM COOKER
Ingenious Little Stove That Is De
signed to Be Attached to
Steam Pipes.
With coal and gas and even elec
tricity used for cooking , a Missouri
man saw no reason why steam should
not be turned to the same purpose.
Accordingly he invented the steam
cooker shown in the illustration. This
little stove can be attached to a
steam pipe in the house by connecting
up pipes- which run through the bottom
tom or body member. The top of the
lower section will thus be heated so
that it can be used to fry on while
the inside can be used as an oven. In
addition to this there is a box-like
compartment which rests on top of
Connects With Steam Pipe.
the lower chamber and which has a
hinged cover which fits so closely as
to make it steam-tight This cover
provides for the retention of heat in
the compartment , the same as in an
oven , and makes it especially useful
for certain purposes , such as preserv
ing and the like. Of course , the steam
cooker is designed primarily for use
in houses which are equipped with
steam heat
Molded Rice.
Cook the rice until soft in plenty ol
salted water. If the water is all ab
sorbed and each grain is separate and
dry the dish will be more delicate.
Let the rice partly cool ; to one pint
add half a cup of sugar , a saltspoon
of cinnamon , the beaten whites of
two eggs and a teaspoon of gelatine
dissolved in one-third cup of hot wa
ter. Mix , pour in a wet mould and
chill. Beat the white of one egg very
light , stir into it gradually half a cup
of powdered sugar , the juice of a
quartered lemon and one cup of
chopped raspberries. A more delicate
sauce is made by straining the ber
ries through a sieve.
Lyonnaise Eggs.
Peel and chop fine 2 medium-sized
white onions , and cook them gently
in one-quarter of a cup of butter until
they begin to color. Stir in one table
spoon of flour , then add gradually one
cup of hot milk , chicken or veal stock ,
and stir until smooth and thick. Sea
son with pepper , salt and a speck of
powdered mace ; add six hard boiled
eggs cut lengthwise into quarters , heat
thoroughly , turn out carefully on
squares of buttered toast , sprinkle
chopped parsley and serve at
once.
Floor Cleaner.
Buy a common blackboard eraser
and fasten it firmly to an old broom
handle. If the eraser is dipped into ,
a little coal tar it will take up all
lint and dust and polish the floor at
the same time
Uncounted Miles of Bountiful
Crops Make Glad the Farmers
of Western Canada.
YIELD WILL BE RECORD ONE
Practically Beyond Reach of Accident ,
the Fruit of the Fertile Fields
Is Being Gathered Elevators
and Railroads Will Be Taxed
to Their Capacity.
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon ,
four weeks ago , the writer started for
a twenty-mile drive into the country ,
from one of the hundred or more new
towns that have been well started dur
ing the past spring , in the Province of
Saskatchewan , in Western Canada.
Mile after mile , and mile after mile ,
was traversed through what was one
continuous wheat field , the only relief
to the scene being the roadways that
led back into other settlements ,
where would have been repeated the
same great vista of wheat.
What a wealth ! Here were hun
dreds and thousands , and millions of
bushels of what was declared to be a
quality of grain equal to any that has
ever been grown in the province. As
we drove on and on I thought of those
fellows down on the Board of Trade
at Chicago , St. Louis , Minneapolis
and Duluth. While they were exploit
ing each others' energies the farmer
of Saskatchewan , Aioerta and Mani
toba was contemplating how much he
would realize out of his crop , now
past any danger of accident , over
what his anticipations were two
months ago. One man said to me :
"The profits of that field of wheat will
give me sufficient money to purchase
320 acres of land , for which the rail
way company is asking $6,400 , and
pay it in cash. " Anotner , with a field
of flax it was only 320 acres said
splendid country , all one beautiful pic
ture , and such an opportunity to use
one's imagination In figuring up the
amount of the wealth of the crops
through which the trip into town took
us , was not to be enjoyed every dfly
And away we started.
It was delightful. Wo drove and
drove through avenues of wheat ,
which today , having yellowed with
the beneficent sun , is being laid low
by the reaper , stacked and threshed
by the thousands of hands required to
do it , and in great wagons is being
taken , to the elevator.
A night's ride by train took UB
through 225 miles of this great province - ,
ince of Saskatchewan Into the south
western part and from appearances
it might have been as though a trans
fer had been made across a township.
There were wheatfields ! , oat fields ,
barley fields and flax fields , and many
more that could not be seen. Yet
there they were , and during the night
we had passed through a country sim
ilarly cultivated.
It will all secure a market and get
Its way to ocean or local mill by
means of the great railways whose
well-arranged systems are penetrating
everywhere into the agricultural parts.
Prosperous Alberta.
We afterward went over into Al
berta , and here again it was grain and ' a
cattle , cattle and grain , comfortable 'a
farm homes , splendidly built cities
and towns , the best of churches and
the most thoroughly equipped schools.
While talking with a Southern Sas
katchewan farmer he said that the
land he was working , and for which
he had been offered $60 an acre , had
been purchased five years ago for $12
an acre , but he won't sell. ' He is
making a good profit on his land at
$60 an acre , and why should he who'a
Farther north , land was selling at
from $15 to $18 and $20 an acre. It II
was learned afterward that the soil
was similar to that in the south , the
price of which today is $60 an acre.
The climate was similar and the mar
kets as good. In fact the only differ
ence was that today these northern
lands occupy the same position that
the more southerly ones did five years
ago'and there are found many who
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Steam Plowing in Western Canada.
he could do the same and still have a
balance in the bank. Flax produces
wonderfully well , and the current
price is about $2.50 per bushel. We
then drove over into another town
ship , getting further back from the
railway , and the main traveled road.
Here we found ourselves in the center
of a Swedish settlement. Those form
ing the settlement were originally
from Nebraska , Invited to put up our
horses and stay over for dinner , and
a dinner that was enjoyed not only on
account of the generous appetite cre
ated by the exhilarating drive , but
also because of the clean linen , the
well-prepared dishes of roast fowl , po
tatoes , cabbage , and a delightful des
sert , some of the history of the settle
ment was learned. The host and
hostess were modest in describing
their own achievements , and equally
modest as to those of their friends ,
but enough was learned to satisfy us
that they had come there about three
years ago , in moderate , almost poor ,
circumstances. Most of them had re
ceived their homesteads as a gift from
the government , and by careful dili
gence had purchased and paid for ad
joining land. They had plenty of cat
tle and horses , some sheep and hogs ,
and large well-kept gardens , showing
an abundance of potatoes and cabbage
and other vegetables. Their buildings
were good. Schools were in the neigh
borhood and there was evidence of
comfort everywhere.
On to the Park Country.
Reluctant to leave these interesting
people , the horses thoroughly rested ,
were "hooked up" and driven on , un
der a sun still high in the heavens ,
with the horses pulling on the bit and
traveling at a 12-mile an hour gait
over a road that would put to shame
many of the macadamized streets , we
were whirled along a sinuous drive
through the woods and then out in the
park country.
Here was another scene of beauty ,
groves of poplar , herds of cattle ,
fenced fields of wheat and oats and
barley and flax. Here was wealth ,
and happiness and surely content
ment. The crops were magnificent.
The settlers , most of them , by the
way , from Iowa , had selected this lo
cation because of Its beauty. Its en
tire charm was wholesome. Fuel was
in abundance , the soil was the best ,
the shelter for the cattle afforded by
the groves gave a splendid supply of
food , while hay was easy to get They
liked it. Here was a sturdy farmer ,
with his three boys. He had formerly
been a merchant in an Iowa town , his
children had been given a college edu
cation and one of the boys was about
to marry the accomplished daughter
of a neighboring farmer.
Through Land of Wealth.
The invitation to remain to supper
was accepted , but tnat given to re
main over night was tabled. It was
only a 25-mile drive into town over
the best of roads , through Rich a.
say they will come into a price nearer
their legitimate value of $50 or $60 an
acre quite as quickly as the southerly
lands. And I believe it
Throughout all this great country ,
practically 500 by 800 miles square ,
there are still a great many home
steads which are given free to actual
settlers. Many who. have secured pat
ents for their homesteads consider
their land worth from $18 to $25 pel
acre.
Immense Crops Assured.
Throughout the southern portion of
Alberta , a district that suffered more
or less last year from drouth , there
will be harvested this year one of the
best crops of fall wheat , winter wheat
oats , flax and alfalfa that has ever
been taken off these highly productive
lands.
In Central Alberta , which comprises
the district north of Calgary and east
two hundred miles , through Camrose.
Sedgewick , Castor , Red Deer , Wetas- ,
kiwin , Edmonton , Lacombe , Vegre-
ville , Tofleld , Vermillion and a score
of other localities , where are settled
large numbers of Americans , the
wheat , .oats and flax , three weeks ago ,
was standing strong and erect , large
heads and promising from 30 to 35
bushels of wheat and as high as 100
bushels of oats on carefully tilled
fields , while flax would probably
yield from 15 to IS bushels per acre.
In these parts the harvesters are
busy today garnering this great crop
and It will shortly be known whether
the great anticipations are to be real
ized.
Throughout all parts of Saskatche
wan , whether north , south , east or
west , the same story was heard , and
the evidence was seen of the splendid
and bountiful crop.
Rich Yield in Manitoba.
In Manitoba it was the same. The
fields of grain that 'were passed
through In this province promised to
give to the growers a bumper yield ,
and as high as 35 bushels of wheat
and 60 bushels of oats was freely dis
cussed.
It would appear as if the expecta
tion of an average of 25 bushels of
wheat throughout the three provinces
would be met.
In a few days the 40,000,000-bushel
elevator capacity throughout the coun
try will be taxed , the 25,000,000 bush
els capacity at Fort William and Port
Arthur will be taken up , and the rail
ways and their equipment will be
called upon for their best Today the
great , broad , yellow fields are indus
trial haunts , the self-binder Is at work
in its giant task of reducing into
sheaves the standing grain , the har
vesters are busy stocking and stackIng -
Ing , the threshing machines are being
fed the sheaves , the large box wagons
are taking it to the elevators , and no
matter where you go it Is the same
story and a picture uch as can only
be seen in the great grain fields of
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.
