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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1907)
Fabulous Sums I'uli! fur Tun, 801110 rnre old porcolulng and furnl turn were recently wild nt a London auction, bringing priced which attMt to the demand among thu wealthy lor tint lino art works of ancient days, 'J no moat eoiiHiilcuouH were old Clilnno Vbhch and beaker and Mandarin Jars. A pair of vaw'8, of what Ih known In China at the Hang-tut! ix-rlod, brought a fraction under SUO.OOO. The Clilni'No beakers Hold for $15,000. A pair of Mandarin Jiirn brought $8,250, and a pair of Ky-Un Jars $2,050. Four Chip pendalo chairs, however, made a good showing ngulnut the carious art of tile Kant, and Hold for $18,575, while u Louis XV clock-case brought $1,800. Hum ii-1 Wai All In. The mlnlHter of a negro church In Richmond gave out a funeral notice one Sunday as follows : "1 have to announce to you, bred ren and sisters, tint do funeral of do only Hurvlvln' son of de late Thoniac Tinkers an' his widow, Martha J.tnc Tinkers, both deceased, will take phice an' come to occurrence on Tuesday next at 12 in., noon precisely. "An' I have to Bay, bredren and Bisters, dat contributions for carryln' out dat funeral will be In order an' acceptations, or else de funeral can't take place, exceptln' and save only as a plain burial; fo' Samuel Tinkers has got Jos' money enough to bury himself without any obsequious cere monies, such as he deserves." liar Der's Wecklv. Mnrrlnire Utcr-nlly a Lottery. That marriage Is a lottery Is not merely a figure of speech In the prov ince of Smolensk, Russia ; It Is an actual fact There four times every year a lottery Is held, the capital prize being a young country girl, with some times a good dowry In sheep. The price of a ticket Is about 85 cents. At a single drawing 5,000 tickets are sold. He who Is fortunate enough to draw the lucky ticket has his alternative he may marry the girl if she pleases him, also gaining thereby $4,250, In ad dition to whatever the girl brings with her as dowry, or, If the "prize" in ques tion does not please him, he can turn the ticket over to a friend. Fnllh with Work. Everywhere over the dwellings of the natives of the great central plateau of Bolivia Is the grass cross. Charles M. Topper, the author of "Tanama to Tatagonln," states that he rarely found a hut without this symbolism. The cross, ho was told, was blessed by the priest, and then It kept out the rain, which at times Is very heavy. One old man, whose undoubted ortho doxy was, at least, without a crust of superstition, was asked If tha crosses really did keep out the rain. "Yes, If the roof Is a good one," he gravely replied. Female house servants command from $5 to $20 a month in South Africa. DOES YOUR BACK AC Ht? Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will Never Return. Only one sure way to cure an aching back. Cure the cause, the kidneys. Thousands tell of cures made by Doan's Kid ney Pills. John C. Coleman, a prominent merchant of Swains boro, Ga., says: "For several years my kid neys were affected, and my back ached day ind night. I was lan guid, nervous and lame in the morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right away, and the great relief that followed has been permanent." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. EXCURSION To Sunny Alberta CANADA March 25 and every two weeks thereafter; $42 for round trip, which includes berth and meals. Trip costs you nothing if you buy land. Write and learn about our Spe cial Pullman Car Ex- cursion. H. E. Barnum Land Go. Portland, Oregon 214-215 Chsmber of Commerce Monk Turtle Soup. Boll a calf's head until the meat slips easily from the bones, then tako from the fire and leave untouched until the next day. Now remove the bones, take off the fat and return the stock to the Are. Tut Into the stock the chopped oars, a grated carrot, a grated onion and a small bunch of soup greens, with spices, salt and pepper to taste. Return the bones to the stock and boil all gently for an hour. Strain, thicken with a brown roux, Reason with kitchen bouquet and, when thick, stir In dice of uniform size cut from the tongue and cheeks of the calf's head. Add a wlneglassful of sherry and the Juice of a half-lemon. Put In forcemeat balls If these are liked. Serve very hot with a slice of lemon In each plate. White Dread. Heat two cups of milk In a double boiler, put In a rounding teaspoon of butter, and when molted and the milk' Is lukewarm, stir In one-half yeast cake dissolved In one cup of lukewarm water.. Turn all Into two quarts of flour, to which add a rounding tea sj)oon each of sugar and salt. Mix and turn on to a molding board and knead fifteen cnlnutes. Cover and let rise over night. Knead well In the morning, making Into four loaves, knead each loaf five minutes, put In pans and let rlRe, which will take nearly an hour. Have the oven hot enough to check ris ing at first, then reduce It and bake the bread slowly. Cream Roll Potatoe. Cut pared potatoes Into tiny dice and drop Into ice water to crisp. Trepare a cream sauce flavored with onion Juice, celery salt or minced parsley, as preferred, allowing one pint of sauce for each scant pint of potatoes. Add the potatoes to the sauce, turn Into a buttered saucepan and bake In a steady oven until the potatoes are perfectly tender and the sauce absorbed. Fold over like an omelet and turn out on a hot dish. Garnish with parsley. Frnlt Padding. ..Mix lightly through some flour two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a teaspoonful of salt, work In a large tablespoonful of lard and two cups of water. Stir the dough, adding flour until It Is as stiff as It can be stirred, then put Into a greased two-quart pud ding mold a layer of dough, then one of dried apricots or other fruit, then an other of dough, until the tin Is two thirds full, having the top layer of the dough. Steam for two hours and serve with liquid sauce. Steamed Golden Podding, Required : Four ounces of flour, two ounces of sugar, four ounces of finely shredded suet, two eggs, half a lemon, two ounces of breadcrumbs, two table spoonfuls of golden syrup. Mix the dry Ingredients together, then beat up the eggs and stir In the syrup, also the grated rind and Juice of half a lemon. Pour Into a buttered mold, tie down with paper, and steam one hour and a half. Serve with a little hot golden syrup poured round. Sour Sance. One cup of granulated sugar, one third cup of butter, one heaping table spoonful of flour, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one-half a nutmeg, grated. Cream the sugar, butter and flour to gether, add the vinegar and nutmeg and then pour In about a pint of boil ing water, stirring the sauce while pouring In the water. Cook for a few minutes to thicken. Egg Blnno Mange. Make blanc- mange with sea moss farlne, pour into egg shells from which the eggs have been blown, and set to cool. When cool break the egg shells and place the eggs In a glass dish ; cut strips of lemon peel, let them boil In a syrup of sugar and water till they are tender, and sprinkle them over the egg shapes. Serve with sugar and cream. To Pickle Green Tomatoes. Slice thin a peck of full grown green tomatoes. Pour over them enough vin egar to cover, and add to each quart of vinegar an ounce each of whole cloves, allspice, pepper, two ounces of yellow mustard seed and two white onions, chpped fine. Boll all together for a minute, then set aside to cool, and In a week they will be ready for use. Frnlt Balad. 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