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THE MIXICOLOGIST.
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THE COOK IS KING.
We may live without poetry, music,and art;
We may live without conscience,we may live without heart;
We may(dive without friends, we may live without books,
But civilized man can not live without cooks.
We may live without books;whatis knowledge but grieving?
We may live without hope; what is hope but deceiving?
We may live without love; what is passion but pining?
But where is the man that can live without dining?
Lucille-Owen Meredith
COFFEE THAT IS GOOD.
To make good coffee is apparently not so simple
as it may seem, if general results count for any
thing. The coffee served at some of the best
restaurants testifies to this, and even the home
made morning cup of coffee is seldom perfectly
satisfactory. A writer in the London Lancet de
plores the fact that a good cup of coffee is so sel
dom found, and declares that there should be no
difficulty in making it, and recommends that the
simplest way is the best. There is no better
stimulant in the morning than a delicious cup of
coffee, and there is no better way of preparing it
than according to the following recipe: Do not
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