Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1900, Page 9

TALES TOLD 0N TRAVELERS| Troubles of Railroad Men Aired for the Benefit of the Publio, SOME REAL GIEVANCES POINTED OUT Carelessness with Daggnge, Attempts Deaduend Tricks and at Henet and Rallroad men have a few ‘“kicks” com- ing. They have troubles of their own and many of them. While travelers may be Justified in setting up a roar vccasionally, the railroad manager has some warrant for a continuous performance in that line. A few of the grievances of the managers are detalled In the following paper, written for the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post by P. 8. Eustis, general passenger agent of the Burlington system: The major part of all mistakes In the handiing of baggage In the United States 18 due to the carlessness of the public in- stead of to the fault of the system or of the men who execute it. Let me illustrate one of the most common combinations of cir- cumstances causing the miscarriage of bag- ge. Your trunk is delivered at the depot in Burlington, Ia, and you deliver it to the baggaeman there with the instruction to “check to La Grange.” Your home is fn La Grange, 11, and it does mot occur to you that there is another La Grange on the face of the earth. But the baggageman, not being a mind-reader, naturally infers that you intended to say La Grange, Mo, point comparatively near Burlington and one to which he 1s called upon to check baggake every day in the week, perhaps. You pocket the check, which plainly reads, “La Grange, Mo.,” and take the eastbound train for La Grange, 111, while your trunk is forwarded to the little station of like name in Missourl. Arriving home, you discover that your trunk has miscarried and you state with great emphasis to your local agent that you told the Burlington baggageman to check your the plece to “La Grange, 111" Your home station agent immediately telegraphs the general bag- gage agent as follows: “Short C. B. Q way 16,761 from Burlington, lewa, No. 16, 31st vhich being translated reads, in effect, that he requests a plece of baggage bearing C. B & Q. way check 16,781, which should have come forward from Burlington, Ia., on traln No. 16, December 31 The general baggage agent then wires the agent at Burlington, who consults his records and finds that the trunk In question wa checked to La Grange, Mo. He wires the agent there to forward your trunk to La Grange, 111, on the first train. There Is no through train from this little Missouri ation to La Gra 111, and your trunk must start on its home journey on a local train to Burlington. When It arrives there it 18 tossed Into the baggagecar of the eastbound train and in due time {s un- loaded at your home station. Forever afterward you condemn the American sys- tem of baggage handling on the basis ot what s reatly your own error and not that of the baggageman or of the system. Occasianlly a plece of baggage disappears altogether. No trace whatever can be found of it. This condition has brought about the practice of requiring every bag- geman to make & weekly report to his superior, describing In detail every plece of unclaimed baggage on hand. In cases of this kind we have claims from the owners for the value of the lost trunk and thelr contents and we have learned to read without uncharitable comment the long and formidable lists of valuable articles In lost trunks, bags and telescopes. Without referenco to the tew cases of gross fraud in such claims, it is cause for wonder why people 80 commonly overvaluo the articles contained in the trunks they have lost. Underclothing which has evidently done service for years Is generally valued at the price of new goods and wornout handker- chlefs are ordinarily appralsed at $4 a dozen; but there are hundreds of claims which do not beleng in this class and which will lllustrate the difficulties against which baggagemen are compelled constantly to contend Attempt to Cheat the Road. Not long ago & woman checked two trunks to Grand Island, Neb. In some mys- terious manuer they disappeared. Her claim for damages was about $600 and the list of articles sald to have been locked inside those two trunks was simply ap- palling in its extent, to say nothing of its value. A close description established the fact that she was a woman In moderate circumstances, but an operatic prima donna of the first magnitude would have been proud of the advertising resulting from the publication of that list of lost articles. The claimant went to Idaho to reside, and after a lengthy correspondence we declined to pay her demand, having spent much time and money in a searching Investigation which compelled the conclusion that the clalm was fraudulent. As a result the woman brought suit and, of course, had to file In court a sworn statement enumerat- ing the lost articles and their value, to- gether with a minute description of the trunks in which they were contained. To & committee of ladles selected from her neighbors we submitted two trunks of the slzo and description of the ones lost, and requested these ladles to select from the stock of a local store an Invoice of arti- cles corresponding exactly with the list claimed by the woman. This they did. Then they were requested to select from thelr number two women who were known to be masters in the art of trunk-packing These experts then proceeded to pack the collection of articles Into the two trunks Thelr best efforts were put forth, but they were able to pack less than two-thirds of the articles Inside the trunks. This unique demonstration resulted In an indefinite postponement of the trial of the case. About this time occurred one of those clearance sales of unclaimed baggage which all raliroads hold annually, and among the @rreesreseecceccrersccssee® Unquestioned Supariarity BLATZ *The Star Milkaukee* BEER Each brand, in its respective ial evidence of the superiority o' the “BLATZ” { brews. Blatz Malt - Vivine (Non-Intoxicant.) An lnvaluable Tonlc All Drugglsts. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE. OMAHA BRANCH, 1812 Douglas St. TEL. 1081, Brsrreersseseesesssesences pleces thus sent to the two trunks from Kearr chance they were recoguized as the two trunks by the ldaho claimant. They were opened and postively Identified as hers, and were taken by a special agent to her home A liberal valuation of the contents could not have exceeded $75. The agent was lustructed to deliver them to her and to secure a release in full of all claims for damages, together with cash sufficfent to cover expenses incurred in the investi- gatlon and its consequent sult at law, These conditions were promptly complied with by the woman, who will probably never again attempt to extort money from a rail- road company on a “stuffed”’ baggage claim. The aim of every raliroad is to bring its train service to the highest point of per- fectton consistent with good business prin- ciples and to this end the general passen- ger agent seeks to foster rather than dls- couruge Intelligent suggestions from the general public looking to the betterment of its train schedules. He Is anxious to give the patrons of his road the largest degreo of accommodation and convenlcnce In the matter of its trains. People, however, often fall to take Into account the fact that railroads are run for profit and that & charge In train service which Increases running expenses and promises no increase in business Is not a legitimate demand. One of the hardest probiems with which the general passenger agent has to grapple 18 the just allotment of trains, particularly those engaged in suburban trafe. It Is very difficult to determine just what ar- rangements of suburban trains will best accommodate (bat class of business; but this perplexity arises from vo lack of ad- vice from the public. These suggestions are heartily welcomed, but the labor of thoroughly investigating such complaints and proposals s beyoud the comprehension of any person who has not directly handled this peculiar phase of passenger business. Not long ago a road dolng a large sub- urban business recelved a petition signed by tweuty-four people, requesting that the 6:17 train from their station be changed to 6:27. A thorough Investigation developed the fact that more than half the signers of this petition seldom or never went to the city on the 6:17 train, would seldom use a train leaving at 6:27 and only signed the petition to “‘oblige a friend."” Knew How to Run the Road, Another type of suggestion In this line 1s well Indicated by this incident: A prominent farmer, a man of influence in bis part of the state suggested it would Pay to run two watns a day Instead of one over the branch line on which he lived. He was thanked for his suggestion and as- sured that it would be investigated. This was done and it was found that there was nothing to indicate that a new train would prove to be paying. He was informed of this conclusion, but steadily persisted in pressing his demand. Later, the general paseenger agent, with other officlals, made an ospection tour in a special train over the line on which this man was located. A question was raised by a member of the official party regarding the condition of the corn crop in that locality. The train was stopped and several of the officials alighted d sampled the crop. On returning from the fleld the general passenger agent enm- ccuntered the owner of the farm and apolo- gized to him for raiding his cornfield. The man introduced himself as the person who had petitioned for the extra train and at once proceeded to tell the officlal how the train service of the road should be regulated. In turn the general passenger agent abruptly changed the subject of con- versation and, with a merry twinkle in his eye, gave the farmer a profund lecture upon the art of ralsing hogs, corn and stock. The countryman immediately re- tallated by declaring that he had been farming for thirty years d thought he knew as much about the business as any railroad man could tell him. He was in- vited to enter the car and make the trip to the end of the llne and back to his farm. Just before the train halted to leave the farmer at his home he turned to the gen eral passenger agent and laughingly re- marked: “Say! 1 guess 1've caught onto that hog business. I reckon you don't really claim to know much about ralsing hogs, and I guess I'll quit trying to tell you how to rum a railroad!" Nearly every rallroad in its publications requests from its patrons complaints of unsatisfactory service at the hands of its employes, but the public is very apt to forget that these complaints, to be useful, should be explicit and temperate and should not be brought forward on trivial and un- reasonable provocation. They are investi- gated with searching thoroughness and the slightest complaint causes an amount of labor, trouble and vexation which none but a railroad man can appreciate. Re- cently a gentleman from the west pre- ferred a written complafnt to the effect that he had not been given the sleeper berth he had reserved for his use. After lengthy correspondence he stopped at the office of the general passenger agent and introduced himself as the president of a large western college. The rallroad of- clal t for the correspondence and the reports regarding his complaint and turned the papers over to his caller, simply re- questing the latter to state if, in his opin- fon, all had been done in the matter that could be reasonably expected. When the college president had lanced over the thirty documents in the pile, beginning with bis postal card entering the com- plaint and ending with an official order amending the rules of procedure In the service, so as to avold a recurrence of the trouble, he removed his spectacles and re- marked: “I would like to be Intrusted, for oue month, with this file of documents, in order that 1 may place the papers before my young men as an object lesson in the consclentious detall work involved in a large business where strict care and at- tention are pald to the smallest matters.’ His request was granted. Another patron, not quite so reasonable, brought & violent complaint that the porter did not open or shut the ventilators of the car when requested to do so. The general passenger agent made a porsonal investiga- tion of this case, found that the porter had an excallent record for polite and con- sclentlous attention to his duties in gen- eral and that there was no serious cause for criticlsm in this particular instance The patron of the road, however, was re lentless and demanded the immediate dis charge of the porter. As the complainant | was at the head of a large business, at a point where railroad competition was | strong, he declared that all his future | shipments should be transferred to an- other line unless the porter were at ounce | displaced. Greatly against the cholce of | the general passenger agent it was neces sary to transfer the porter to a remote section of the system, but good care was taken to see that the innocent man did not suffer in point of wages by this transfer Conaclence Not AMected. The last point at which the general pub- lic seems Inclined to apply its consclence {8 In deallng with the rallroad. Persons who would mot take from a store goods not belonging to them, evem If clerks should carelessly forget to colleet the charges, do not hesitate to “beat” a rall. road out of & ride and take pride in the transaction. A still larger class will not attempt deliberately to defraud but will not iosist upon turning Into the rallroad company fare or tickets which conductors have falled to collect. It is a rogrettable fact that women with children are the most numerous offenders in this particular. Generally speaking, parents will not de- liberately misstate the age of the child traveling with them, but will simply hand up their own tickets in & manner which says as plainly as words: “Of course you do not charge for children under 6 years of age''—this in spite of the fact that the tion block were y, Neb. By lost THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 1900 e ———————————————— e e e e child fe plainly § years old ever, do falsely st the children and frequently thereby, as the little ones are inclined to correct any misstatement of their age One general passenger agent, while riding In a through train, heard a woman talking In angry tones to the conductor. The lat- ter finally seated himself with the pas- senger official and explained the incident saying: “That woman handed me one ticket for an adult. I knew the boy should pay half fare and so I asked bhim, ‘Son, how old are you? and before his mother could stop him he answered, ‘I'm almost 10, sir’ The woman wanted to box his ears, but ehe took it out, while fumbling for her change, by calling me ‘a mean old busybody' and several other things Not long ago a gencral passenger agent was discussing this phase of public morals with a woman nelghbor, and she sharply resented his observations as unfalr to wo- mankind. He quletly asked her when she had paid fare, on the suburban trains be- tw her station and Chicago, for either of her chlidren, both of whom were over 5 years of age. Her explanation was not forthcoming. To distinguish between frauds and mis- taken honest people is often a very difi- cult matter. An irate old gentleman re- cently called upon me and demanded a ticket from Chicago to New York, saying he had been robbed of his transportation by our passenger agent at the Chicago de- pot. He could scarcely control his anger sufficiontly to answer my questions, but finally managed to say that he had bought of our New York agent a ticket from that polnt to Denver and return. Because of some absurd rule he was required to ex- change it for another ticket at the Chicago depot before he would be allowed to pro- ceed westward and he sald that the Chicago agent had only glven him a ticket to Denver and return to Chicago, doubtless retaining the balance, valued at about $20, for his own profit. The man was so angry I could get little more information from him. Learning, however, that he was an honored captain in the United States navy, 1 gave him a ticket from Chicago to New York, thus admitting, as he sald I must admit, that this ticket was his right and was not granted as a favor. From what he had told me I knew precisely the form of his orig- inal ticket. It was In three pleces, two separate “golng and returning” tickets for the trip cast of Chicago and a pink order on the Chicago depot for a ticket thence to Denver and return. 1 was quite sure that ho had still in his pocket the remain- ing plece, good from Chicago to New York With some diplomacy 1 managed to con- tinue the conversation and flnally suc- ceeded in getting him to describe the orig- inal transportation. He even showed me where he had put the ticket in his wallet. While he was doing this I saw the corner of the tickot. Quickly Iifting this out of its hiding place, I presented it to him. At this he became still more enraged and completely turned the tables by declaring that I should not have treated him like & spolled child by giving him a new ticket to which I knew he was not entitled. A source of much trouble 1s the matter of sleepiug car berths, thelr reservation and tickets. Pcople generally preter lower berths in the center of the car, and for that reason often reserve them well in ad- vance. Some of the early reservations are not used after all, and the knowing trav- eler will call at the last moment for & lower berth, hoping to get onme of those which have been thus released. When told there are none he usually replies after this manner: “Then give me upper eleven, which 1s reserved for me.” If such a trav- eler gets a berth he considers better than “upper eleven” he says nothing about his former reservation. This Is not so clever it might appear, as the abuse of the reservation privilege in this and In other ways has necessitated making certain rules, such as selling the reserved berth within fitteen minutes before train time if it has not been called for. It would help to avoid errors it all passengers would reserve their berths early, pay for them if reasonably certain to make the trip and then cancel their reservations if the berths are finally not wanted. You can always get back the money paid for the ticket If you advise the agent of your change In plaus within a rea- sonable time. This applies to raflroad tickets as well as to sleeping car coupons. It s not generally known that some per- sons are suffciently crafty to “beat” thelr way in & sleeping car. This {8 & very difi- cult thing to do and can only be accom- plished under pecullar circumstances. Not long since a theatrical company chartered a sleeping car, the manager buying a ticket for twenty people, which, he said, con- stituted the entire “troupe.” The conductor was & shrewd and careful man and checked up very thoroughly to seo that the number of persons represented by the ticket turned in was not exceeded by the number of per- sons in the car. He mistrusted fraud, but a careful search of the car failed to reveal any extra passengers. He was on the point of returning to the regular passenger coach, at the head of the train, when he chanced to think of the “supply cellar” underneath the car. Quickly retracing his steps he threw back the floor covering and lifted the trap door leading into this secret com- partment. There he discovered his extra! ‘The comedy man of the troupe confessed that in the night he had crawled out of his hiding place and stowed himselt away in one of the bunks at the top of the coach, a place not readily visible to the conductor, These statements and incldents may serve to suggest some of the peculiarities with which the passenger official of a rallroad has to deal, but the great burden of routine work with which his department {s prin- cipally engaged s of a less pleturesque character and may therefore be taken for granted instead of described in datail, CONNUBIALITIES, Some, ge of thelr come to grief how- te Miss_Arline Peck, the daughter of Ferdi- nand W. Peck. the United States commis- sloner to the Farls exposition, will be mar- ried to Willlam A, Simms Daytan. O., shortly after her return Europe in December. reen Derrington, a farmer, Mabel Reed of Poplar Bluff, Mo, ried on the 25th vlt trom and Miss were m Misy Reed'ts the fifth wife Mr. Derrington has takcn. Three of his former wives dled and less than a month ago he xecured a divorce from the fourth. In all his marriages Mr. Darring- ton has ehown an apparent dislike to mothers-in-law by marrying orphan girls Miss Reed, like her predecessors, is parent loss. 8he' {8 17_years of age. while Mr. Derrington has passed his 6lst birthday Mrs.s J. B. Hillman of Atlantic City. N. J. is on of the modt contented of women, for she has & husband who adores ler and an ncome of $1.00 a manth, whie #he can use is pleases her best. Enviabl as her present position, It is but a few months since Mrs. Hillman was a nurse at the city hospital of that place. She was a widow, a Mre. Davis, and i3 a petite brunette ‘of winning manners and attrac- tive fuce Her present husband is 43 years old. iwo months ago he suffered from a nervous afiction which threatened his lifo He was forced to give up his business and enter the hospital, where for a time his condltion was considered critfcal by the physiclans. Mra. Davis was assigned 1o care for him and under her care he slowly regained his health. Than he gallantly concluded to take care of his nurse and sha was willing A pretty romance culminated one day last week in the marriage at New York of Dr. Herbert J. Elif of Ithaca and Miss Raynor Cohess, a cultured Jewlsh girl of the metropolts,” The_couple met some two years ago when Dr. Ellls was in New York studying medicine. With & number of compunfons he was in a4 Broadway caf when a flashily dreswed rough enter-d With the man was a beautiful girl. fha was trembling n fright and it was plain that life on Broadway was new to' her. She looked appealingly at Ellls. He was not slew o recognize the ituation. “Why a1 you bring a youns girl like that to this cafe?’ he demanded, stridin the man. ‘The girl took refuge beh Ellla. This angered the man and he spran at the student. A fight followed and the rough was worsted A love affair followed the girl's rescue from the cafe. The youn, man was infatuated and when he propose marriage he wae accepted. D !t TABLE AND KITCHEN, Practical Suggestions About Food and the § preparations of It H cessssssssesssssssssetores TABLE AND KITCHEN. Suggestions on What (o Ext and How to Pr re Food, D Menu, THURSDAY BREAKFAST Baked Apples Cornmeal M ), Cr 3 Bausnge, Baked Potatoes, Gridle Cakes, 8yrup, LUNC Bliced Cold Mutton, Bofled Rice, Scalloped Tomatoes, Frult, Waffles, Tea DINNER. Blsque of Tomato, Brofled Steak Fried Green Peppers, Mashed Fotatoes, Stewed Carrots, Winter 8quash, Apple, Custard Ple, Coffee. FRIDAY BREAKFAST. Bteamed Rice, Stewed Figs, Brolled Smoked Flsh, Stewed Potatoes, Entire Wheat Gems, LUNCH Hot Salmon, Oyster Sauc Potato Calkes, (‘ereal Coffe DIND Cele Escalloped O Btewed Tomatoes, Sardine Ealad, Chocolate Pudding, Coffec SATURDAY. BREAKFAST P Cereal, Lamb's Liver, Hashed Potato Griddle Cakes, & Coffee LUNCIT Btuffed Pepper: Plekled Oysters, Fruit, Cake, Cocon. DINNER. Cream of Corn Soup, Brofled Chops. I'rench Fricd Potatoes, Peas Raked Sweet Potutoes, “loating Island, Cream, Coffee. Soup, Potatoes, Plekled Cabbige, Cream, Hacon, BREAK FAS Rice Botled in Milk, ~Stewed Dat Brofled Chops, French T'ried Potat Mush Waffle Maple Syrup, DINNER r Soup, Roasted Tame Duck, Unfon Dressing, Apple Bauce, Mashed Potatoes, _Cauliflower, Caramel Sweet Potatoes, Celery Salad, Bnow Drift Pudding, Vanilla Custard, Coffee supPEh Fricassee of Lobster and Mushrooms, Brown Bread and Butter, Frult, Cake, Cocon. How to Stew Tomatoes. While the fresh vegetable is in the market thero are so many inviting ways of serv- ing it without resorting to stewing that this mode of preparation is not missed, but when only the canned article is to be tad it fs well to know how to cook and serve these in the most palatable way. In cold weather, when more meat and fower fiesh vegetables are on the diet list, the stewed tomato, nicely cooked, should be a frequent and welcome visitor on the din- ner table. In regard to stewed tomatoes, one must acknowledge that we seldom find them sustalning the reputation for savoriness we distinctly remember when they were less abundant and cheap than now. Certainly the stewed tomatoes our mothers served on thelr tables were much better in flavor, even though the varleties In those early days were much more actd and watery. Doubtless this method of serving bhas grown into disrepute with those who pos- sees fastidious tastes through the unsavory style employed in most restaurants. These are, as a rule, watery and insipld, or so acrid and hot with pepper as to be uneat- atle by most persons. Soma cooks who dislike watery texture, add to them cracker or bread crumbs to absorb the julces or thicken with flour or cornstarch. Neither of these methods can properly be called stewed tomatoes. By adding the crackers or crumbs we have a dish resembling a scallop, and the addition of flour or corn- starch will give the rich, palatableness ac- quired by long and careful cooking. In using canned tomatoes it s bad policy to buy any but the best. The cheap grades are apt to be watery, with green or decayved portions and hard, green cores. They are principally waste, as the green and decayed parts should not be cooked with the rest and the water evaporates in the cooking. The proper way to stew them to get the rich, condensed flavor is to reduce them by evaporation. Place them in porcelain- lived or agate saucepan, leaving them un- covered. This allows rapid evaporation of the wator, and a large surface being ex- pesed so directly to the heat they cook In a more uniform manner and much quicker than when in a deep, marrow vessel. Some tomatoes will reduce to & pulp quickly, while a much longer time 1s required for otbers. When canning your own tomatoes remember this fact, and select one variety at a time: Cook until the water and pulp are reduced until you have a creamy, smooth conslstency. It allowed to cook too long the seeds will be very hard. to remove these by straining the juice be- fore cooking. Do not add the sugar, salt and pepper until nearly done. When tomatoes are very sharp use a little baking soda, as well sugar, for much of the latter will de- stroy the flavor of the tomato. fashioned stewed tomatoes were seasoned as follows: One level teaspoonful of salt, one-elghth of a teaspoonful of pepper, two teaspoonfuls of sugar and three level table- epoonfuls of butter to each quart of to- matoes, By way of varlety in flavor the sugar is omitted and a plece of bay leaf, slice of onlon, sprig of parsley and four whole cloves, with a little vinegar or lemon julce are added & short time before tomatoes are done. These must be taken out before servin. Reciples. Fricassee of Lobster and Mushroom Cut one lurge lobster into pieces over an inch long and half an inch wide. Mince fine a tablespoonful of boiled ham. Add ham to two cupfuls of chicken stock, add a lovel teaspoonful grated onlon and same of minced parsley, salt pepper to taste Cook &bove ten minutes, then strain, thicken stock with three tablospooniuls | mushrooms cut into quarters. Cook half an hour over boiling water. Turn into a heated dish and add half a gill or more of heated sherry. If the wine is not used, add a littlo lemon juice. Apple Cake—To one pint of sifted flour add two teaspoonfuls baking powder and half a teaspoonful salt. Sift together several times. Beat one egkg and add to a cup of sweet milk with two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Stir this iuto the flour and add enough more milk to make a soft dough. Roll out the crust half an inch thick and cover the bottom of a well- greased, long, shallow pan. Now cover this crust with julcy apples, pared, quartered and the sharp side of the apple pressed into the dough. Sprinkle with a little cinna- mon, brown sugar, and dot with bits of butter. Bake In moderately quick oven un- til both crust and apples are & light brown color. Serve with cream. Mutton & La Venlson—Have a leg of mutton larded with salt pork and sea. son with pepper, sweet basil, sweet mar- joram. While roasting baste frequently with plenty of butter. About an hour be- bore serving spiead with currant jelly ana brown. in the oven. Candied Sweet medium-sized draln Potatoes—Pare six potatoes, bell ten minut apd out ia balf lengthwise, It is best| The old- | brown flour, add the lobster and half dozen | place In a buttered pan. Poll half a cup of ugar with four tablespoonfuls of water and | two of butter for five winutes. Brush the potatoes with this and bake in oven halt an hour or until tender and clear looking. | Baste every fow minutes with the sirup. | Rice W B the yolks of threc eggs very light, add cup’ of sour or sweet milk, beating rapldly. Melt two tablespoonfuls butier ani add to three cups of plain, boiled rice and teaspoontul | of salt. Sift three level teaspoonfuls bak- | ing powder with three cups of flour into a mixing bowl. Add the milk and egg grad- vally to the flour, beating to a smooth bat ter. Now add this mixture to the rice and beaten egg, and give the whole a good beat- ing. Bake on well-greased waffle irons and serve at once, Potato Croquettes—Cold mashed potatoes will answer nicely for these. Take two cupfuls of mashed potatoes; add two eggs beaten light; two tablespoonfuls of cream, & tablespoontul of chopped parsley, a tea spoonful of onfon Juice, two tablespoon- fuls of melted butter, a grating of nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste. Mix all thorougily and place In a saucepan over the fire and stir and cook until the mixture | leaves the sides of the pan. Then turn out | to cool. When cold enough to handle, form into cylinder-shaped croquettes about two and a half inches long and an inch thick Dip futo beaten egg and roll in bread erumbs and fry in hot fat same as other croquettes. Pressed one Chicken—Cut up fowls as for fricassee; place In a kettle and just cover with coid water. Cover closely to recover the steam. Cook gently until the meat | leaves the bones. When about halt done 1t will require about three hours to cook dd 8 teaspoonful of salt. When done reniove bones, fat and gristle, chop up the meat Into cubes, keeping white and dark scparate Put the bones, skin and gristle | back into the llquor; add a slice of onion, | little parsley and stalk of celery. Red until there is about one-half, then strain Season with salt and pepper. Put the meat in & square tin mold, in layers; then pour the Jelly over it, cover and lay a welght on top to press it down. Corn Pudding—Take twelve ears of corn, score and scrape out the pulp with a silver fork, leaving the hull on the cob. Separate | three eggs and beat white and yolk sep- | arately. Add (he yolks to the corn. Then add four tablespoonfuls of melted butter, a teaspoonful of salt, a r of a tea- spoonful of pepper and a pint of milk Mix thoroughly. Beat the whites of the ©gEs to a stiff froth and add to the rest. | Butter a pudding dish and pour in the mixture. Bake in a moderate oven for forty-five minutes. It the corn Is not sweet or freshly gathered, add a table- spoonful of sugar to the mixture. t——— An Interesting Discovery. A few years ago a scientist, engaged in the study of fcod substances of all sorts from varlous parts of the world, hit upon a method whereby wheat and other cereals may be directly converted into the most deliclous and toothsome bread without belng ground into flour in the usual way The grains are converted Into little gran- vles turned slightly brown, nutty in flavor, representing the grains with all their mour- tshing salts, and everything needed for bullding up blood, bones, brains and mus- cles. Those who use this food freely wre not likely to suffer from indigestion and intestinal sctivity. Immerse quantitics of Granola are used In New York and. other large eastern cities and other ports. Scld by leading grocers. Squadron Going on n Cruise. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—The battleship Kearsarge, flagship of the North Atlantic #quadron, salled today for Hamptor: Roads where rendezvous i being made of (he torpedo fleet — and several ships of the squadron for a crulse Tho Kearsarge hias taken the place of the cruiser New York as flagehip during the ovorhauling of the latter at the Brooklyn navy vard 1t 13 sald that the Kearsarge (s the first battle- ship to be made a flagship What Shall We Have for Dessert? | This question ari s in the family every day. Let us uswer it to-day, 1ry Jell-0, adelicious and healthful dessert. Pre. {;;med in two minutes. No boiling! no aking ! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. 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