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(zents’ Fuinishings 111 all Varieties: 11w figures. Horace 1‘... Dan 1, EXUELSIOL LE7— erv 11111811613 Stahlr Opoosite ‘Danburvi 31nd .Norwalk Railroad ueDOt Norwslk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team ,6 with or without drivers safe horses for women tndchildren. . sADDLE HORSES A SPECIALT v - .1'obody knows 110w deep they axe. MINERAL RUBBER. The New State of ‘Utah Has a. Strange Freak of Nature. Material from Which Gum Shoes for the Multitude May Be Made—It Grows in the Ground Like Potatoes. Utah, the newest of the states, seems to be a mineralogical freak. Mr. George Eldridge, of the geological survey, says a Washington (D. C.) correspondent, 1v as sent out there "a few weeks ago for the purpose of looking up certain natural resources, and he has returned with a mostinteresting report. Among other things, he found great deposits of mineral rubber—enougl 1 ‘ to make gum shoes fora 'Llarge part of the popu- lation of the United States. It' is black, ' and it locked and felt exactly like or- dinary rubber. “Y on see, it is quite elastic,” said Mr. Eldridge, bending a piece with. his fingers. “There is no telling how many valuable uses it may be put to in the future, but I imagine it will be em- ployed largely mixed with the vegetable rubber of commerce. For a roofing material it has already been proved excellent. In the mining towns of Utah mineral rubber is utilized comm-only for roofing, being prepared in sheets consisting ofa layer of burlap, with the rubber on both sides. Nothing could be more thoroughly waterproof. Because it is so new not much is known about this peculiar stuff and its possi- bilities. Only a. few tons of it. has been mined near the Uintah reservation, where it is chiefly found. It occurs in veins, but the number and size of the latter are not reliably known as yet.” Mr. Eldridge took up from his desk 11 queer- -looking, blackish chunk of something not easily identified, felt soft to the touch. “That is another unexplored min-- eral,” said he. “It is called mineral wax, and is found in veins like the min- ; oral rubber. It has not been mined at all, but many uses for it are likely to be discovered in the future. To electri— cians it will be valuable, doubtless. i11- asmuch as it is one of the best i usulat- ing materials for employment. in their business. But here is another interes1- ing mineral substance. also from Utah.” The specimen of this latter looked exactly like a piece of obsidian, or black volcanic glass. It was .hard as any rock. expert. to examine the deposits of this ma- terial. It is a wonderful substance and represents a great mineral resource that has hardly been touched as yet. It is nothing more nor less than an cx-. c-eedingly pure kind of asphalt, and its important, usefulness is in the manu~_ facture of varnishes. “The substance is found under 0011- , ditions so extraordinary that nobody . has been able to account for them very _ satisfactorily. The deposits are chiefly wit-bin and in the neighborhood of the Uncompahgre reservation. You are walking across the country and come upon a queer-looking streak that runs straight as an arrow flies. You brush away the sand and beneath it you find , that the streak is perfectly black. It is a vein of gum asphalt. f‘There are many such veins near the eastern edge of Utah, and some of them run over into Colorado. They have a tendency to run parallel to each‘other. , with a trend from northwest to south- east. 110m half a mile to six miles in length. The greatest dept-h reached' is 125 feet. T has far mining for the stuff has hardly got ' beyond the prospecting stage. The veins are perfectly vertical. “These veins of asphalt represent‘ cracks in the crust of the earth, made in a distant geological epoch and sub stantially filled in with the gum asphalt. The stuff has much of the appearance and hardness of jet. Of course it is only useful for making black varnishes. No, it will never be used for 11:11 ing streets unless, perhaps, as an admixture with ordinary asphalt to improve the quality of the latter; it is too valuable, you see. I cannot tell you from what source the substance was originally derived. It is believed that all asphalts are of vegetable origin. cumulationas of vegetable material were laid down in beds and became trans- formed in various ways, subsequently by chemical processes. According to conditions governing, they were meta- morphosed into deposits of coal, peg troleum or bitumen—the last being 1v hat we call asphalt..”—St Louis 11e- public. .. To Roast 8 Fore-Quarter of Lamb. Take a nicely cut fore-quarter of lamb, place it before a. quick fire, and haste it well all the time it is cooking: about a. quarter of an hour before it-is ready to take from the fire, dredge a little flour over to froth and brown it. Vlien laid on a hot dish, slip the knife between the shoulder and ribs to partially separate them, and place in the aperture a slice offresh butter, a squeeze of lemon and a small pinch of cayenne; serve the lamb with a paper 1ufile iound the shank-bone and a little good g1a1y under the joint (mint sauce ‘ generally accompanies this dish). Allow a quarter of an hour to twenty minutes for every pound of meat. to be roasted, and remember that lamb, like all young meat, should be thoroughly and well cooked—Good Housekeeping. Cream Cake. _ Beat. one tablespoonful of butter, the yolks of two eggs and three-fourths of a cup of sugar together, until light; then add one cup of water; add one table— spoonful of baking powder to one and one-fourth cups of flour, and sift care- fully. Stir this into the other mixture and beat thoroughly; then stir in the well-beaten whites of the eggs, and bake in two or three layers. This may be put together with soft icing or with a mix- ture of fruit and icing—Boston Globe. that ; “That is gum asphalt,” said the. , - u o c | “My chief busrness in Utah was They vary in width from a quar- . tor of an inch to 18 feet, and they are 1 ROLLED CAKES. Easily Prepared It You Only Know How to Proceed. There are several species of rolled cakes which recfliire special treatment The best known of these are the rolled sponge cakes, which are usually spread w it-h jelly, custard, soft chocolate. or some fillings rolled up while warm, and when cooled cut off in slices from 'the end. These cakes are easily pre— pared, although the amateur is often un- successful because of her failure to ob- serve two or three simple things neces- sary to success. Beat the yolks of four eggs with two- thirds of a cup of powdered sugar. This portion of the work can be done effec- that is necessary is a. vigorous stirring. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth with an egg whip, add a table- spoonful of lemon juice to the yolks and sugar. Stir it in. Fold in the beaten whites of the eggs, being careful not “‘to ‘stir or you would break down the whites. Sift two-thirds of a cup of pastry flour with half a teaspOonful 01”: baking powder twice, then sift it into the other ingredients. Mix it in care fully with an egg whip. Spread the cake batter evenly on a flat biscuit tin and bake it 15 minutes. Take it out of the oven and spread it while 1v 211 111 with jelly. The edges of the cake are apt to be dry and hard; trim these o1‘r‘ evenly. Begin rolling a little firmly at first and continue until the roll is formed. Pin it. in compact form in a napkin or a strip of clean cotton, when it will stay in place. Cut on slices half an inch thick fromthe ends. Currant or crab-apple makes excellent jelly. When the cake is flavored with vanilla use a soft chocolate to spread on it. Soak a tablespoonful of gelatine in three tablespoonfuls of cold water for two hours. Add a quarter of a cup of boiling water and one and two-third 1 cups of powdered sugar. Scrape finc two ounces of chocolate arid melt it over the fire with two tablespoonfuls 1 of water, and stir it with the other i11- 3" gredients until a smooth paste is formed. Spread it on the cake and roll it up rapidly. This cake is very nice. spread with a boiled icing in. which a cup of grated cocoanut has been stirred. Flavor this cocoanut cake with orange extract—N. Y. Tribune. "5 SPRING WRAPS. Capes and Jackets \Vill Both Be Worn. with the Latter iu the Lead. It is too early for genuine novelties in spring wraps which can be accepted as the reigning style. of.-the season, but a few models which are at least new may ' serve as suggestions of things to come. Capos and jackets will both be worn. and the latter, 'cut with loose fronts and sack back, seem destined to lead the 1 styles in coats. They are made in smooth-faced cloths and in velvet. as 1 well, when the yoke is usually trimmed . with jet. The plaited back is much , more graceful than the straight cut, i and the yoke of the 1el1et coat is cov- ' cred with colored silk passementeiic, 111hile accordion- -pl.'1ited chiffon forms the epaulets and full neck ruche. Another coat of black cloth 1s slightly curved at the side seam to fit. in to the. figure, and the fullness is arranged in itwo decided box plaits. The epaulcts are of white satin,.closely beaded with ‘ black. Capes are cut reasonably full and more sloping on the shoulder to hang gracefully over the drooping sleeves, and finished at the neck with a ruche of ribbon and chiffon, unless made of cloth, when they have a high standing collar. One model is carried out in black duchess satin, decorated with applique figures of colored passe- menterie, and has a V of black velvet down the back and front, edged with a frill of black kilted chiffon. The second cape is decidedly a sum— mer garment, and is made of gauzy 1 black grenadine ovcr a black glace silk lining. Chine silk flowers are applied at intervals with opal colored beads and black paillcttes, and the rufllc on the edge and ruche around the neck are double, of black chiffon 01 e1 1111itl‘ l Tailor-m ade capes are in all the shades of fawn cloth, stitched around with white silk, and a stylish high collar' IS cut out in squares around the edge, 1 where it is faced with velvet. —\. 1. Sun. We know that. dur- . ing the coal-forming period vast ac-f Glazed Chops. ' Procure a dozen French chops; have the end bone entirely laken off. Fasten all the chops together with a skewer and tie them tightly in a good shape. Put them in boiling water, add a sliced onion, bit of celery and bay leaf. Boil hard for five minutes, and then simmer for one hour. Take out and cool. “'hcn cold separate. chops and trim neatly. Make a half pint of cream sauce; add to~it1 while hot a quarter of a box of gelatine that has' been soaked a quarter of an hour. Stir the sauce until it. begins to thicken. Dip each chop in this and lay on a flat ' dish and put in the refrigerator until wanted. These will stand for one or » two days. When ready to serve ar- range thcm around a mound of mayon- naise of celery. ' with a_ bit of tomato aspic and serve.— St. Louis Republic. ‘ A Brain Association.- I’rof. Wilder, of Cornell university, is the founder of the inost unique asso- ' ciation in the world. It is known as “The Cornell Brain Association,” and it seeks to induce educated and eminent ' persons to bequeath at death their brains for scientific examination for the benefit of mankind. Up to date eight brains have been secured and 53.) persons of note have. promised the so- ciety their brains when the owners have no further use for them. Among these 25 are Mrs. McGee, daughter of Simon Newcomb, the astronomer, and Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira. Blank forms of bequest are constantly sent out, with circulars explaining the ob- jects, to the men and women who are , acknowledged leaders in' the literary. 1 artistic and scientific world—Chicago i Inter Ocean. 1 tually with a patent beater, because all ‘ Garnish each chop ' [THE 1111: 11.1mm INSURANCE CO. or NewvosK. RICHARD A. MCCURDY President .umnmehmmhwmhmh Assets, Liabilities Surplus Total Income Total Paid Policy-helders in 1895, Insurance and Annuities in force, Net gain in 1895 NOTE—Insurance merely 1m Mien, ls discarded from this Statement as wholl actually issued and paid for in cash is Included. V misleading, and only insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 . $23,126,728 45 ‘,$899 074,453 78 $6], 647, 645 36 From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report 0f the Examining Committee. lltfice of the Mulual Life insurance Company at New Yorx, February 11, 1896. At a meeting ofthe Board of‘Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with'the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of ‘ the investments if the Company and express their-1 approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. H. C. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, Robert Wm. P. Dixon, J. H. Herrick. Clyphant, Committee ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-~President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Secy. ISAAC r. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, . FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JAMES TIMPS ON, IOHN A. FON DA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS. Cashier ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. 2d Asst. Trees EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier. EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, 113., Asst. Actuary. (‘i iARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, GUSlAVUS ‘9‘. \VIXJ‘CON, WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller. HENRY s. BROWN, Asst. Compw JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, ' EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. , MEDICAL DIREcroRs 11. l). ' ELIAS J. MARSH, 111. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D. JCHN W. NIGEQLQQ ‘New Haven, General 'Agt. for State of Connecticut.:. __.. clams, Local Agolil.
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