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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH The Kitchen Cabinet . 1929. Western Newspaper Hulun-- Not what we have, but what we use. Not what we see, but what we choose These are the things that mar or. bless The sum of human happiness. Not as we take, Not as we pray, These are the for peace Both now and cease. but as we give, but as we live things that make after time shall THIS AND THAT In the South guava Jelly Is much used as a garnish for various dishes, as a breakfast jelly and for many dainty dishes. The crab e apple jelly-mad- from the fall crab apples is just as delightful hmPlo many a more agreeable flavor than the guava. Serve it as the southern people do, and enjoy the same dishes. One in particular is cheese (the cream or cottage) formed into a hall and served on a crisp lettuce leaf with a spoonful of jelly as a garnish. This makes a dainty sulad and one quickly prepared. Balls of cottage cheese, pressed In at the top to form a cavity and filled with the crab apple jelly is a nice finish for dinner with a cracker and demi tasse of coffee. SCJSMTSf THFSOLD ROOM Off BLACH RRDAY BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON EPTEMBER ' 24 is the sixtieth anniversary of an event, now almost forgotten, which at the time almost shook the nation to its foundations. For September 24, 1869, has gone down in history as Black Friday, the day that the gold market in Wail street was cornered, bringing a financial crisis which was felt throughout the country and shaking the confidence of the American people in some of the highest public officials in the land, a day , of ruin, insanity and despair. .. The two outstanding figures In this story are Jay, Gould and Col. James Fisk, Jr. Gould was a strong character, even though not an admirable one, a lone wolf who is described as gifted for silent intrigue and never to be satisfied except when deceiving every one as to his intentions. Although Fish was no less ruthless' and daring than Gould, he was at least a more likable character. A recent biography of him under the appropriate title' of Jubilee Jim. written by Robert H. Fuller and published by. the MacMillan company, shows him as a picturesque character, a moral jackdaw with a continual hunger for the peacock feather of As a peddler, public consideration. showman, Civil war profiteer, speculator, manipulator of railway stocks, corrupter of judges, an, elusive, witness at public investigations where his posturings and antics tickled the public fancy mightily, Fisks life was a flamboyant melodrama of industrial anarchy, personal ostentation and private luxury." Fisk had been a partner as nearly a partner as any two men could be when one was Jay Gould with Gould In the famous Erie railroad manipulations for the undoing of Cornelius Vanderbilt and in some of schemes of the political-financiBoss Tweed. So Gould took him into his scheme to corner all the gold in the country. Two problems faced the conspirators. One was to buy all the gold in sight, a comparatively simple matter, for there was only about $20,000,000 of It in circulation. The other, and the more risky, was to keep the United States treasury, which had $100,000,000, from selling gold while the operation was oil and breaking the corner. Goulds first step was to seek the aid of A. R. Corbin, a Wall street speculator who had married a sister of President Grant When Grant stopped in New York In June, 1869, while on the way to the Peace Jubilee In Boston, he visited at the home of where Gould called his brother-in-laupon the President - When Grant continued on his way to Boston it was on one of Fisks Fall river steamers al w as the guest of Gould and Fisk. During the trip Gould led the conversation to the subjects of gold and crops and sought to convince the President that the government should favor a higher price for gold since it would give the farmers a better price for their crops, thus making better business for the railroads and the country as a whole. Believing that he had, won Grant over to his views, Gould embarked upon his campaign and on September 2 began to buy gold in Wall street On that day he bought a million and a half dollars worth for Corbin and another million and a half for General Butterfield and Gen. Horace Porter (both of whom later repudiated the purchase as having been made without their knowledge). Within two days gold went, up two points and with each point rise Corbin made $15,000. Soon afterwards Gould invited Fisk into the scheme, assuring him that Butterfield (in charge of the subtreasury in New York) and the PresiSo Fisk dent were fixed all right. began to buy heavily. Immediately gold began to climb and by Wednesday, September 22, it stood at 140J,. At this point Grant, becoming disturbed by Corbins part in the manipulations on the exchange, sent word through his sister to close out his speculations as quickly as possible. Gould tried to bribe Corbin into disregarding the President's instructions but Corbin refused. Then Gould, seeing his scheme about to collapse, dehis own assotermined to double-cros- s ciates. He gave secret orders to his brokers to begin to sell gold. Fisk kept faith with Gould and continued to buy. When the market closed on Thursday, September 23, gold had reached the high mark of 145. But Worse was to come the next day Friday, destined to be known as The next morning Black Friday. Fisk entered the gold room and loudly gave orders to Albert Speyers, his broker, to buy all the gold available up to 145. Next he sent orders to put it up to 150. By noon it was up to 160 and Speyers, who had bought 60 millions, now had in his name for Fisks account half of all the gold in the copntry. Of what followed Fuller writes : It seems absurd that the orders given by Jim in' Heaths back room and Speyexecuted by that jumping-jack, ers, should have paralyzed business, as they did, from Boston to San Francisco. Wall Streets bedlam was only a sample. Thousands of men in every city were reading the astounding figures that came out of the ticker tape figures that told that they were ruined. The fluctuations in the price of gold were so rapid that it was impossible to keep up with them. No speculator outside the gold room had a chance to protect himself. He gave his order to buy or sell, and after that he was in the hands of blind fortune. He might as well have gone fishing as to have tried to follow, what was going on in that densely packed, suffo cating -- oom, where men were thrusting their heads into the basin of the little fountain to cool them of the fever that prevented reasoning. Men who owned stocks and bonds had to throw them overboard for what they could get in order to pay their gold losses. Demoralization was general. Every fluctuation of a point in the price of gold meant gains and losses of millions, and that day, under the pressure of the tremendous forces that were represented by the bulls and bears, the price wavered like a weather vane in an easterly gale. Who could tell where these feverish pulsations in the price would lead! Fisk was declaring that gold would reach two hundred; maybe he was right. Perhaps the whisperings about a gigantic conspiracy among public officials, with President Grant at their head, to make fortunes by speculating in gold on the bull side, were true after all. Only the United States Treasury could smash the clique that was boosting gold and the doors of the Treasury seemed to be fast locked. In the meantime telegrams had been pouring in from all parts of the country to President Grant and tin secretary of the treasury, begging them to order a sale of treasury gold to prevent a crash in the business of the country. Grant decided to sell five millions and authorized the treasury to announce the sale. But the break had already come. James Brown, a Scotch banker, acting for a group of merchants and bankers, entered the gold room soon after Fisks brokers had bid the price up to 162 and amid the din and confusion shouted that they would take any part of the at that quotation. Sold, 1,000,000 at 162," said Brown quietly. A moment later he sold a second million at 161, then 5,000,000 at 160. Then the market broke. Ten minutes later word came from the of the orders to sell four millions of treasury gold. It is believed that Brown already knew of President Grants order when he made his first offer but the main fact Is that his action started the break and the announcement from Washington comWithin pleted the demorialization. fifteen minutes the price of gold had fallen 29 points. The corner in gold was ended. A mob, led by brokers demanding a settlement, gathered in front of the brokerage house of Gould, Smith and Martin, howling for Gould. A similar mob assembled in front of the office of Fisk and Beldan shouting for Fisk. But the two conspirators, who had expected some such result as this, had fled from Wall street when the market broke and sought refuge in the Erie offices in Fisks Grand Opera house, where they were guarded by their band of hired thugs. ' Gould is said to have made eleven millions out of his coup. Despite the fact that he had betrayed Fisk, the latter forgave him and they continued friends. As a matter of fact, Fisk lost nothing, for with the aid of Boss. Tweeds corrupt judiciary he was successful in repudiating his millions in debts. When the whole affair was investigated later before the Garfield committee it was found that half of the business houses on Wall street had been ruined. And it was not until the report of their committee became public that public suspicion of Grants part in the conspiracy was allayed. For neither the President nor any of his kin except his brother-in-lahad profited one cent from the shame of Black Friday. sub-treasu- w Few of our housewives appreciate the food value of dates. Stuffed with nuts or cream cheese they serve as a delicious dessert and one that will not strain the family purse or the en ergy of the cook. Sometime when pressed for ideas try this: Slice stoned dates into small glass serving dishes, sprinkle with a few pecans and top with lightly flavored whipped cream. The dates are sweet enough to not need sugar. Mel villa Cookies. Cream one cupful cupof butter, add one and fuls of sugar gradually and three eggs teawell beaten. Dissolve a in of soda tablespoonful of spoonful bot water and add to the mixture. Sift f three and cupfuls of flour with four feaspoonfuls of baking pows teaspoonful of salt der, one and teaspoonful of cinnamon. To of part of the flour add a cupful of raisins and the grated rind of an orange. Add the orange juice and one cupful of nuts to the mixture, then mix all together. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheets and bake in a hot oven. one-ha- one-fourt- lf h one-hal- three-fourth- three-fourt- Coffee Recipes. As coffee is such a universally liked drink, the flavor, loo, is enjoyed in other combinations. Coffee Custard. Scald two cupfuls of milk with two tablespoonfuls of coffee, and groundBeat four strain. eggs lightly and ofadd sugar, cupful one eighth teaspoonful of sail, and the milk. Strain into eups.set in hot water and bake until firm. Coffee Cream. Soften , one tablespoonful of gelatin in two tublespoon-fulof cold water and add cupful of boiling water. Add onequarter cupful of sugar and one cupful of strong coffee infusion. Fill of tills eight individual molds half-fujelly. Meanwhile soften two teaspoonfuls of gelatin in a tablespoonful of cold water. Beat one egg slightly, add two tabIesMMnfuls of sugar und cupful of coffee Infusion. Cook over hot water until thickened, then add the gelatin and stir until When thickened fold well dissolved. s of a cupful of whipped in cream which has been flavored with a few drops of vanilla. Fill the molds with this mixture. Set on Ice to chill. Unmold to serve. Malted Coffee. Take two cupfuls of strong coffee infusion, six tablespoonfuls of malted milk, one and cupfuls of milk, cupful of cream. Add the coffee to the malted milk, stirring until well blended, or beat with an egg, benter. 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