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-Abundant Food Prepared In a Novel
Manner for One Thousand Gneata.
The following extract from a private
letter written from. Honolulu by Dr.
George P. Andrews outlines a novel
feast:
Weiiave been having a festival week,
the semi centennial of Dahu college. A
number of alumni came home from the
.states, among others General S. C. Arm
strong, of Hampton, Va., and he gave
us some grand talks on his work in the
great school there. ' Be v.' William Gu
lick and wife also are here from their
twenty years' work in Spain. The great
feast was a novel sight. An awning of
Bails covered in a space about 60 by 100
feet, under which were laid tables, and
the viands, cooked a la Hawaii, were
laid on them. As provision was made
for a thousand people an account of the
cooking may be of interest.
There were provided forty-five half
grown pigs, two beeves, 125 chickens,
several hundred fish, bushels of sweet
potatoes, etc. The larger pigs were cut
into fragments and tied-in bundles of
banana and drachma leaves of a pound
or two weight each. The beef was
served in the same way, also the chick
ens. The smaller pigs were wrapped
whole in the leaves. Preparations for
the cooking were made the day before.
Four holes were dug, one 10 by 4 feet,
one 6 by 4 fet and the others about
three feet wide and two feet deep. A
quantity of wood was placed in the
grotto and upon this were placed large
stones a foot deep.
One fire was lighted early in the morn
ing of the day before and the -second
about 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock the wood
was burned out and the bottom was a
mass of red hot stones. Upon these were
spread a layer of crushed fresh banana
stems six inches thick, and upon these
were piled the small bundles of meat two
or three feet high and the size' of the
hole. - Over them was placed a mass of
fresh banana leaves several inches thick,
over this matting, and then dirt a foot
thick and the imu was finished and left
to steam until ihe next morning.
. At 5 in the evening the big one was
similarly filled with the remainder of the
meat and the trussed pigs, and also cov
ered. One can- imagine what a delight
ful heat would be brought to bear upon
the contents of the imu, and how deli
cately the contents would be cooked dur
ing the long hours of the night.
Early in the morning of the feast day
the two small imus were filled with the
fish tied up in leaves and sweet potatoes
and covered. The large ovens covered
the day before were opened during the
morning and the contents taken out and
covered to keep hot.
The tables seated between 200 and 800
at a .time. Poi, the native food a paste
made from the Calocosen esculentum
and soured was put in small, water
tight baskets along the center of each
table so that four persons could reach
each one with the fingers (knives and
forks are eschewed at a luan). Each
table was also gay with crimson fleshed
watermelons cut in fancy shapes, various
relishes of raw sea urchins, meat, sea
weed, raw shrimps and pounded kukui
nuts and salt. Conveniently at hand
were fern leaves, and the viands upon
leaves, gourds and wooden bowls and
platters.
The guests recline at their ease on the
left side arid eat with the right hand.
Each one has a bowl of fair water to
cleanse the fingers. The method of eat
ing is not disgusting. The natives use
their fingers dexterously and daintily
said not piggishly, though they are
' rather gormandizing in their native
state. Detroit Free Press.
Blaternal Ixivo of tbe Whale.
No other member of the animal king
dom displays more maternal affection
than the whale, especially if its calf is
harpooned. The harpooner never throws
his harpoon into the little one with the
intention of killing it, for if this is done
the mother will instantly forsake it. If
alive and struggling, however, the dam
can be easily enticed toward the boat to
meet its fate. Knowing this, the whale
fishermen always strike a calf if possi
ble, and thus often make captures that
could not be effected under other cir
cumstances. :
As soon as the dam becomes aware of
the snaring of her young she rushes to
ward it, encourages it' to stvim away,
and even assists by taking it under her
fin. She seems to lose all regard for her
own safety, and boldly attacks ttfe boat
containing the whalemen, , or circles
about it totally regardless of the har
poons that are hurled ' at her and enter
her flesh. Detroit Free Press.
A Peculiar Prayer.
In a Maine town near, the seacoast
was one of many communities where the
men were, so to speak, a cross between
farmers and sailors, and where, as a
natural Consequence, the cultivation of
the Boil' was somewhat neglected.
The minister of a neighboring town
exchanged with the minister of this
community, and as a drought was upon
them the people sent him a request that
he would pray for rain. This he did.
.as follows:-'
"O Lord, thy servant is asked by this
people to pray for rain, and he does so.
But thou knowest, O Lordthat what
this soils needs is dressin." Atlantic
Monthly. .
How the Natives Treat Gorilla.
' Natives in the countries inhabited by
great apes regard them always as human
beings of inferior types, and it is for
this reason that for a long time it -was
found impossible to get hold of an entire
gorilla skin, because the savages con
sidered it religiously necessary to cut off
the hands and feet of - the animals when
they killed them, just as they do with
their enemies, possibly for the purpose of
rendering them harmless in case they
should by any chance come to life again.
Interview in Washington Star.
A Protest.
Bunting Good morning, Dr. Paresis.
Paresis Good morning, Mr. Bunting.
How is your health? '
Mr. Bunting Now, doctor don't tali
shop. New York Truth. . .
FEASTING IN HAWAII.
HOW AN AUNT WAS FOUND.
A TjOst Child Whose ; Knowledge of
' Botany Came Into Good Play.
Colonel W. D. Moore tells a story which
would; could it be given in print as Mr.
Moore tells it, produce a great effect.
Ex-Sheriff Cluley was accosted a day or
two since at the corner of Sixth street
and Liberty avenue by a little tot, a girl,
too young to. talk plainly, who pulled at
his coat and asked "Do 'od know Aunt
Tatie?"
Somewhat, surprised, Mr. Cluley re
plied 'that he could not say unless he
knew "Aunt Tatie's" last name. The
child opined that the wanted party
didn't have any last name: she was "dist
Aunt Tatie." The little one then ex
plained that she was lost. and she was in
great distress, her lips quivering so that
at times she could scarcely speak.
Mr. Cluley thought with all his might
for a few moments, when an idea struck
him and he asked the child for a descrip
tion of his aunt. The little maiden re
plied that "Aunt Tatie" was rather tall
and wore nasturtium flowers in her bon
net. Now, Mr. Cluley would hardly stand
a creditable examination in botany. He
knows cabbages from potato vines, and
knows the nasturtium when he sees it
on the table in the shape of a pickle, but
'to save his soul he -could not tell what
its flower was like. Again he rubbed
his dome of thought until he rubbed
into it a fresh suggestion and acted upon
it at once. Accosting a lady who was
passing,, he asked her if she knew a nas
turtium flower when she saw it. She
was at first disposed to resent the ques
tion as an impertinence, when Mr. Clu
ley hastened to explain, and begged her
to take an observation and ascertain
whether there were any ladies in the
neighborhood with that familiar flower
in their bonnets.
The lady glanced into several milli
nery and dry goods stores, and finally
called out that she had discovered a
lady with a bonnet bearing the flower
wanted. She pointed her out, and im
mediately the little one cried out joy
fully, "That's Aunt Tatie."
"Aunt Tatie" was disposed to be cross
with her charge for wandering away
from the spot she had designated to wait
until her aunt did some shopping, but
Mr. Qluley's feelings were aroused, and
he wouldn't hear the little one scolded.
Instead he proceeded to reprimand the
woman for her thoughtlessness in leav
ing her charge exposed to the danger of
being kidnaped.
"Aunt Tatie" had become so interested
in her shopping that she had forgotten
to note the flight of time. Had the little
one not been bright enough to recollect
the name of the flower in the bonnet she
would probably have . been crying her
eyes out, a guest at the central station,
and her aunt would have been frantic.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Childish Faith.
An example of childish faith, of a kind
a dull age wears away, was seen the
other day. A little boy was sitting in
the yard of an old country homestead:
on either side of him sat a huge dog, pa
tient and loving. The sun shone down
scorchingly on the trio, and its rays were
uncomfortable. Shading his eyes with
his curved hand the child looked sky
ward and said, ''Put in that sun, please."
The sun shone brightly, and the little
fellow -repeated softly, "Please put in
that sun. man up in the sky; it hurts my
neaa.
Just then over the face of the blazing
orb there sailed a white summer cloud,
then another, and. the yellow blaze
turned suddenly to a hazy, restful gray.
Turning to the dogs, the little boy, put
ting an arm around the neck of each,
said: "Did yon see the sun pulled in.
Borneo and Chieftain? When yon wants
anything, if you is good, and you asks God
for it, he gives it to you. The 'sun hurt
my head, and I asked him to put it in,
and don't you see how he did reach out
and put it in for me?" The dogs looked
wise, leaned their heads lovingly toward
the diminutive little theologian, and
whatever might have been their belief,
kept an inscrutable silence. Providence
Journal.
Why Eyes Are JAgbt and Dark.,
An interesting point is the cause of
the different shades of color we see in
the eyes. On a certain membrane in the
interior are numerous cells, called "pig
ment" cells. When these are present in
very great numbers they produce that
deep black color of some eyes, and in
proportion to. their numbers decrease
also the depth of color, till finally a light
blue is reached. In certain eyes these
pigment cells do not exist at all, being
wanting, indeed, all through" the system,
hair and skin. . A person of this descrip
tion is" called an albino, and among ani
mals, we find a parallel in the case of
the white rabbit. Chambers' Journal.
Inventors Are Horn.
Generally speaking' inventors, like
poets, are born, not made. Nearly every
boy .can become a good mechanic or
tradesman' by diligent study and perse
verance, but not every one can become
a good -inventor. If he has a "knack"
fpr invention, study and hard work will
greatly help him, and. he stands a fair
chance some day of succeeding as well
in his chosen line as his brother play
mates do. in business or professional life.
Invention is no longer.a spasmodic work,'
but a legitimate branch of industry,
which has" its rewards and remunera
tions for those who follow it faithfully.
George E. Walsh in New York Epoch.
There Are No Blind Fish.
'There are many animals in the world
which pass all their lives in darkness,
never seeing a ray of light. Every one
has heard of the blind fishes of the Mam
moth cave. - The latter is the biggest of
600 great caverns in the United States.
All of them are inhabited by numerous
other sorts, of creatures that have no
eyes for vision. . Literally speaking there
is no such thing as a blind fish, since the
most sightless of the finny tribe possesses,
visual organs in a rudimentary condi
tion, but through want of use the optic
ganglia and nerves have broken down
and been absorbed. Washington Star.
The Warrant Was Not Served.
".The worst scare I ever had," remarked
Superintendent of Police Colbert, "was
one night when Quigley, John &owe and
myself sneaked into a boarding house
without the inmates knowing of our
presence. We went up stairs into the
room of .a boarder for whom we had a
warrant to wait for his coming. He was
likely to be in some time between 12 and
8, and was said to be a very slippery
citizen. We kept very quiet, as we
didn't want any one to know we . were
there. A large coal oil lamp was burn
ing in the room, and instead of putting
it out, John Lowe, who had a skin coat,
undertook to shut off the light by hold
ing the coat around it. Pretty soon
Lowe fell asleep. W.e woke him up and
he promised not to do so any more. But
the promise was hardly cold when we
heard him snoring. -.''
"This was worse than ever and enongh
to wake up every one in the house. We
punched him, and as he awoke, with a
start, he pitched over and the lamp
came to the floor with a crash that, in
the dead silence of the night, could have
been heard half a mile away. There
was nothing for it but to rush out of the
room and down stairs into the street.
As I went down stairs I felt awfully
queer. My hair was .standing straight
up, and I was expecting at every step
that some one would take a craek at us,
thinking we were burglars.
"The next day the papers all had a
sensational account of an attempted
burglary, and one or two of them spoke
of the inefficiency of the police. As for
us we said nothing." Indianapolis Jour
nal. '
London Life in Elizabeth's Time.
In Elizabeth's time the ordering of the
household was strict. Servants and
'prentices were up at 6 in the summer
and at 7 in the winter. No one one on
any pretence, except that of illness, was
to absent himself from morning and
evening prayers; there was tb be no
striking, no profane language. Sunday
was clean shirt day.. Dinner was at 11,
supper at 6. There was no public or
private office which" was not provided
with a Bible. In the better classes there
was a general enthusiasm for learning of
all kinds. The ladies, imitating the ex
ample of the queen, practiced embroid
ery, wrote beautifully, played curious
instruments, knew how to sing in parts,
dressed with, as much magnificence as
they could afford, danced the coranto
and the lavolta as well as the simple hey,
and studied languages Latin, Greek
and Italian.
The last was the favorite language.
Many collected books. Dr. John Dee
had as many as 4,000, of which 1,000 were
manuscripts. They were arranged on
the shelves with the leaves turned out
ward, not the backs. This was to show
the gilding, the gold clasps and the
silken strings. The books were bound
with great care and cost; everybody
knows the beauty of the type used in
the printing. Walter Besant in Har
per's. .
Making sv Puss.
Many years ago a prominent clergy
man was consulted by the ladies of his
congregation about certain clerical work
in which they were interested. Smiling
at their earnestness, he said: "That's
right, ladies; make a fuss make a fnssl
That's the only way to get work done in
this world! Set about it yourself and
make a fuss while yon do I" And so it
is. Thinking about wrongs and sighing
over them never mended one. But 'the
people who exert themselves to right the
wrong, making a good stir about it
while they do, and worrying at other
people to exert themselves, too, will often
force the other people into activity in
sheer self defense.
The other people would like to sit
quiet and take, it out in sighing, bat
these energetic f ussers will not let them.
At last, to get rid of the agitators, they
rouse up, go to work with a will, and
accomplish what is asked of them for
the sake of the peace they obtain there
by. But whatever their motive, all
mankind has the benefit. It is not only
well t6 get wrongs righted, it is also
well to get sluggish people stirred np
occasionally. Harper's Bazar.
lSlff Chance for ImproTement.
First Arctic Explorer I say!
' Second Arctic Explorer Say on.
"I say! We're in a box."
"Jesso."
"We'll have to wait for a rescuing
party." . .
"That's it."
"One will come I suppose."
"Yes, they always come but not al
ways on time."
"I say!" . .
"Well?" " .:V .' '
"Don't you think the present style of
arctic exploration-might be improved?"
"Perhaps so. What would you sug
gest?" .'. - -
"I think the rescuing party ought to
go ahead." New York Weekly. ,
. Dlckeus' Sons.
Three sons of the great author of "Pick
wick" are still living. , Charles Dickens,
his father's namesake, is editor of All
the Year Round, and is known to Amer
ican audiences for his readings from his
father's works. Alfred Tennyson Dick
ens is a merchant in Melbourne, and the
youngest member of the family, Edward
Bulwer Lytton -Dickens, is' a sheep farm
er and a new member of the New South
Wales parliament. Exchange. .
' All Bad.'
It is never safe to study the opinion of
the multitude. -"What do folks say
about me? asked an old lady who had
been largely unfolding a. budget of
scandal. "I s'pose there's some bad
mixed in with the good!" "Well, there,"
said her frank neighboV, "I do' know's
there's any good spoke of to mix it with."
Youth's Companion.
The Queen's Oysters.
The queen is remarkably fofld of oys
ters. All the shells which make their
appearance on the royal table ere sand
papered and polished so brilliantly as to
glisten almost like mother of pearl.
London Tit-Bits.
imples,
' The old idea, of 40 years ago was that facial
eruptions were doe to a "blood humor," for
which they gave potash. Thas all the old Sarsa
parillas contain potash, a most objectionable and
drastic mineral, that instead of decreasing,
actually creates moro craptions. Tou have no
ticed this when talcing other Sarsaparillaa than
Joy's. - It is however now known that tho stom
ach, the blood creating power, is the seat of all
vitiating or cleansing operations. A stomach
clogged by Indigestion or constipation, vitiates
the blood, result pimples.. A clean stomach and
healthful digestion purifies it and they disappear.
Thus Joy's Vegetablo Sarsonnrilla is compounded
after the modern idea to regulate the bowels and
stimulate tho digestion. The effect is immediate
and most satisfactory. A short testimonial to
contrast the action of the potash SarsaparUlas
and Joy's modern vegetablo preparation. Mrs.
C. T. Stuart, cf 4C0 Hayes St, S. F., writes: "I
have lor years had indigestion, I tried a popular
Sarsaparilia but it actually caused more pimples
to break out on my face. - Hearing that Joy's was
a later preparation and acted differently, I tried
it and the pimples Immediately disappeared." .
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Few people know that the
i ' bright ' bluish-green color of
i' the ordinary teas exposed in
the windows Is not the nat
ural color. Unpleasant as the
fact.may be. it is nevertheless
artificial: mineral coloring
matter being used for this
purpose. Tbe effect is two
fold. It not only makes the
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
use of off-color " and worthless teas, which,
once under, the green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good quality of tea.
. An eminent authority writes on this sub
ject: "The manipulation of poor teas, to give
' them a" finer appearance, is carried on exten
sively. Green teas, being in this country
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
glazing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric, .
gypsnm, and indigo. ThU method it to gen
eral that very Utile genuine uncolored green tea
' it offered for tale."
It was the knowledge of this' condition of
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
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time. It will be found In color to be Just be
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been accustomed to and tbe black teas.
It draws a delightful canary color, and Is so
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