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o BANDON RECORDER. CHOICE MISCELLANY I In Deteuae ot »he Coyote. A g‘>'»l word for the detplsed and hated < oyote Is to be found in a recent bulletin of the department of agricul ture. embodying the results of an lu qu into the relation of pnwe prairie Wolves to stock raising lu the west. This plain ami straightforward scieu title statement of the case for and against Hie coyote should emphasize anew the lm|H*rtuuce of a thorough study of every such problem before the hasty adoption uf plfiiM for the remedy of the evil, The one remedy which would satisfy the Mheep herder« is tiie complete and immediate exter- uilmitlon of the coyote, which makes great ravages on their flocks. This radical measure Is more easy to talk about than to carry into effect, but were It possible it would be well to reniemls-r that it 1« an exceedingly dangerous thing to upset the checks a la I balances provided by nature. Tlie cuttie or sheep owner whose stock has been decimated Is not apt to stop and think that In addition to tils mischief tin* co.vot«1 performs a great nnd im portant wo k In keeping in check th«1 railbits and other "small «leer” which prey upon the farmers’ pristucts.—Phil adelphia Ledger. An Arabian llruhl In Parle. Strange mystic« are discovered in Purls every now and again. The latest Is described as 1111 Arabian Druid who Inhabit«-«! the Rue dr la Mlelnsiiere, a street In the eeuter of the city. Ills neighbors were startled nt midnight to hear weird and discordant sounds Issuing from the dwelling of All Bo nnin, followed by ritualistic Incantn- tlons and liturgical «'bantings, alterna tively plaintive and fierce. When the door was burst open by the poll«'«1 a man of huge stature was seen, clothed In a long white sheet, tils eyes rolling wildly mid in Ills hand a blood stained knife. Around him a number of wax candles shed a mystic light, and on a piano, which had served as mi altar, lay a disemboweled lamb. As a meas tire of precaution All Bonem, the high priest, lias been taken into custody.— lamdon Globe. Own« llstiile on Vlliteh lie Win Slave “I suppose it is not generally known that Booker T. Washington now owns tlie plantation on which he and bis people were slaves," said It. N. Hyde. “1 have seen it. When I went east hist year I had tlie pleasure of In .¡«ect Ing It. It Is Just above Charleston, und Mr. Washington's sister resides In the house, while he spends his summers there. “And beneath the tree sleep« the family of the white man who owned the Washingtons when they were slaves. In accordance with the old southern custom they were interred on tlie Inane plantation when they passed away. Later it came Into the hands of Mr. Washington, nnd with respect to the former master the graves were not disturbed, but are cared for ten ■ <ler)y." Des Moines Register ant! Leader. The Limit, Miss Bose Poe tor, who recently be came the wife of J. G. Stokes, the mil lionaire broker of New York ami Pres ident of the Nevada Central Railway, is not only a charming, but a very pro gressive young lady. She is of Jewish imrentage and was brought up in the Ghetto, where she worked for years in a cigar factory. With a heart full of mercy, kindness and syiiqiathy for the distressed and the needy, she early in life took an active interest in the reseue work in the slums. Many an erring soul she guider! into the right |>ath. She s|s*ke words of comfort to the des olate and the afflicted; she soothed dying ami whis|>ered words of hope and sympathy to the liereaved. Her education she received by attending night schools. She was gif ted and in her spare momenta she wrote poetry, and by her beauty and her zeal at tracted the attention of the man who learned to love her and lias now chosen her for a life companion. In a recent interview with u reporter of one of the New York papers she gave the follow ing advice to girls, which is so good that every young lady should not only have a copy of it, but heed the friendly advice as well: “Don’t let a day pass without add ing at least one stone to the building of your character. Don’t fail to see the happiness in the lives of toilers with whom you come in contact. Don’t fail to make new resolutions when old ones form themselves into bad habits. Don’t forget that wealth ot charact er is far above all riches. Don’t de|>end U|s>n others to make you happy, but try to make others happy. Don't be vulgar witli any one, but familiar with all. Don’t drink intoxicants. Don't speak untruthfully. Don’t get angry. Don’t frown. Don’t withold the kind word. Don’t fear." Excellent advice and it is tlie key note to happiness and a contented mind. The young lady who lives up to tlie alsive will never lie gruiqbling at her environment and wondering what site is put here for. Hlie will make the most of her opportunities and pusli bravely forward in spite of all olistucles that rise up before her and would be discouraging but for tlie determination to rise alsive her envir onments. Because she does not have tlie advantages of some of her more fortunate companions is no reason that slie should not succeed. Mrs. Stokes worked in a cigar factory in dier girl hood days, but that did not prevent tier from getting the education that she craved, and after tlie day’s work was done, site spent tlie evening that many other young girls under similar conditions would have idled away, in isiring over her books. She proved the old adage that “where there’s a will there’s a way,” and step by step she arose, and every day added, to use her own phrase, a stone to her char acter building. That she builded well you can judge from the character of tier advice to young girls, and from the fact that one of the wealthiest men in the country realized that he had found the pearl of great price when he met Miss Rose Poster ami wooed and won her for his wife. o up, as she couldii t now give up the things that had ruined her life and made her a slave. She w ished she had never seen «Jp day that -Le had tasted them just for the sjsirt of the thing and to keep from kt-ing considered an odd number by the friends who had invited her to what they called asocial evening, where every one- must be ‘hale fellow well met’ and ‘drink and be merry.’ It was the beginning of her downfall, ffte bad managed to keep it from her ]>arenta for so long a time that when they did find out the sail state of affairs, it was too late to save their daughter. They had trav eled with her and tried different kinds of advertised cures for the drinking habit, but nothing could break the fetters that Ixiund the once beautiful, light-hearted and attractive girl. With her the suffering is less keen than with the young man who has had to give her up, for her brain is benumbed and she drowns all sorrow in intoxicants and the constant use of cigarettes. There are moments when poison is out of her system, and then the anguish is pitiful to behold. That first glass and that first cigarette is responsible for a whole lot of the misery in this world. There is another evil that seems sim ple enough in its way, but it retpiir«1« a strong will to break the fetters when it once gets a strong hold of you, and that is tea-drinking as well as tea-smok ing. You would lie surprist'd to know to what an extent this is carried on. I know a lady who kee|«s a |s«t of tea on the stove the live-long «lay, and cold or hot she drinks a glass every few hours in the day. Not only this but she rolls the leaves into a cigarette which she smokes several times a day, and «H-casioiially you can And her chewing the leaves. She is a nervous wreck, but she is horrified if you suggest her giving up her tea. BRIEF REVIEW The Smell of Cities Some sensitive essayist should take the smell of place as a subject, Paris for example, is highly pervaded witli the odor of burning.charcoal, and, in coming from Paris to London, one is newly assailed by the appeal of soot. Cologne has a reputation, long unde served, for smells other than that of its famous “water,” and it has been said that in years of old a blind man could tlnd his way alsiut Cologne by follow ing his nose. Moscow has an old ;>er- fume of its own. Garlic, of course, is the basic smell that greets the stranger who lands at Calais. But the most cu rious of the smells of place is that of St. Petersburg. The present writer had often wondered what it was, having detected it even lietween tlie sheets of his bed at the most exorbitant hotel. On his third visit he was driven in a drosky from the station with a fresh young English girl, who had never been away from Kent before. " Now, do you smell anything ?” he asked. “Yes,” said the girl. “Old boots.” That is the smell of St. Petersburg, centenarian shoe leather. A Scotch minister Instructed hi« clerk, who sat among the congregation Naw Cure For Consumption during service, to give a low whistle The comparatively new sea water If anything in his sermon appeared to treatment of consumption is now claim be exaggerated. On hearing the min ing tlie attention of hundreds of Pari ister say, "In those days tht're were snakes fifty feet long,” the clerk gave sian scientists. Ever since Dr. Tru n subdmid whistle. ster, on behalf of Dr. Fournel, read a "I should have said thirty feet," add short pajier on the subject before tlie ed tli«1 minister. Academy of Medicine, doctors in hos Another whistle from the clerk. pitals, phthisis sjiecialists, and general , “On consulting Tliompson'a Con practitioners have been making exiieri- cordance,” said the minister In con ments with the “marine serum,” witli fusion, "I see the length Is twenty the object of seeing if the results were feet." 8(111 another whistle, whereupon the as favorable as those which have been preacher leaned over nnd said In a obtained by Dr. Fournel at the Lari- stag«1 whisper, “Ye can whistle as boisiere hospital. From conversations much ns ye like, Macriiersoti, but 1’11 “There is too much cigarette smok witli some of these investigators one no take nnlther foot off for anybody!” —Harper’s Weekly. ing and too much drinking among may gatiier that tlie time lias not yet some of our young ladies of to-day, come to make any positive statement Art and Arithmetic. as to the efficacy of tlie new treatment, A disgruntled painter whose canvas Polly,” said a little white-haired lady but that this much can lie said for it— the other day. “ You wouldn ’ t be was rejected by tlie London nendemy the results are far more striking than figures out that he spent an entire year lieve that it did or could exist as it those obtained by other so-called cures; on his painting. Ills cost of living does to-day among some of our most was only $759, while he paid for rent relined ami lieautiful girls who belong so striking, indeed, that it looks as $310 and for materials and models to the first families of the land, if you though scientists were really on the $210. The picture cost him nil told didn’t actually see it on all sides, in track of a great discovery. $ 1,285 and since It has been rejected Isith our cities and towns. A cigar Italians Named “Celleri. ” by the academy ft will not bring one- dealer told me the other day that some twentieth of that sum. Celery is the cultivated variety of the of his i>est customers were ladies — Tlie Income of a prominent painter Is English weed smallage. It was intro enormous, but It lias been estimated young ladies, too, many of them just dueed into the kitchen gardens in Eng in their teens. He said he kept cer that half a million dollars Is yearly wasted In the vain struggle for the rec tain brands of the cigarettes, and they land alsiut the time of tlie Reforma ognition of the academy and that of well knew what they wanted. He tion. by some Italians, who gave it the this sum not one-twentieth Is recovered «aid that frequently he would sell a Italian name “celleri.” at private sale. dollar's worth of tlie packages of cig Tax on Dresses. arettes at the same time. If you no Flour Iti China. To raise money for tlie French treas The trade in foreign flour from tice a young girl’s fingers you can Amoy Into the Interior of Chinn and readily tell whether she is a cigarette ury tlie Municipal Council of La Cour- In Amoy will disappear for some time tiend or not. Some of them are yel tine gravely proposes that a tax should to come If the evil effects of a most low with nicotine and they seem to lie tie levied on every dress a woman po- unfortunnte occurrence cnntiot be over proud of the fact, as they Isiast of how setses over and above one for everyday come nt once. Somewhere between many packages they consume r. day. wear and one for Sunday and fetedays thirty mid forty people have dk-d i.s the result of eating products of flour Some of them go a step farther and Czar'« Enormous Salary. sent to Amoy In n certain shipment they indulge in intoxicants until they According to a French international from Hongkong, and the natives in the become dazed, and it is not any longer Interior as well as In Amoy have al a rare occurrence to hear that Miss almanac, which has lieeii suppressed, most altogether ceased to use the prod B----- was slightly under the inlluenee it spi-car« that as long as lie remamsln uct. All sorts of rumors have been and had to lie taken home by some of Russia the Czar draws annually from spread broadcast, and atitlforeign agt her convivial spirits in a closed car the Russian exchequer no less a sum tntlon has received a great Impetus.— riage. It Is horrible when you think than $4",000, (kN). From United States Consul Anderson, of it. What kind of men and women Amor. China. Drink Causes Pauperism. do you think the next generation and All For n Ont. It is stated that in Great Britain 75 the next will tie, if this state of affairs Japan Is to some extent nt least still continues? A young man broke off' per cent of all classes of paiqierisni are an enstern country Influenced by west his engagement with a young lady the due to drink, and in Germany 90 per ern thought. Tills statement Is corrob other day. She had lieen his sweet cent. In Germany drink leads to 1000 orated by Its theaters, many of which eases of suicide every year and supplies are still conducted on strictly arienta! heart from their very cbildlusid days, the lunatic asylums with something and liait been engaged since she was lines—that 1s to say, they are open from 9 In the morning till 7 or 8 In sweet sixteen and he eighteen years of like 3000 victims. the evening, and the play Is In prog age. He went East to college and wax While Germany lias 6,500,000 women ress all the time. The price of admis gone three or four years. When h« sion Is ns low as a cent, and for tills returned he was just as much in love who earn their own living, Paly, with one Ims the option of staying all day. a« he had lieen in his boyhood days, only one-half the population, has 5,- 250,000. and he was. not only allocked and dis Speed Hate*. , Few mon could tell, If they were appointed, but broken-hearted when Who ever saw tlie road to success on naked, how many feet per second they he found the girl of his choice was not walk, The average man walks four only addicted to cigarette smoking, level ground ordown hill. It is always feet a second. A dog. on Its ordinary but to drinking as well. She was an uphill pull ami generally over very rough grounds. jog. goes eight feet n second, A horse given her choice of giving up the twin trots twelve feet a second. ’A reindeer Ask yourself how you can make your over the Ice makes twenty-six feet, A evtls or her intended, and while she race horse makes forty-three feet. A confessed to loving him as much as self a little wiser. Newton kept asking sailing ship makes fourteen feet.— •lie ever did, she said there could lie himself this question. Ignorance is Philadelphia Bulletin. but one decision—she must give him satisfied with itself and stays ignorant AN EFFECTIVE BAIT. tle.rr t — — • ^«ecll«« <u «««>< MVaaln^ na-btor. AH«r A registered letter is mighty efl'vtije bait. The Seventy eighth »trvet wo man uibbl«<d at Unt first throw. "Of course it U for me,” she said. ;1'bat la my name and that was address before I moved here." "Yes, that part of tt'« all right." postman admitted, "but it say« quire.* You’re uot «-squire.” "No,” sight'd th« woman, "but I’m ■UB»”- “Of course you are sure,” he put in, “but I can't have tlie letter. This is a registered letter, and we have to be very careful of registered mall. The best I can do is to give you the name and address of the writer. Then you can make inquiry and ask to have the letter aildressed properly." The woman eyed the pr«»perous look lug missive yearningly, but siuce the compromise offered was the best Imr galu obtainable she accepted it. Ths situation was puzzling. The name of ber benefactor was totally unknown. Fortunately he was situate«! lu a down town office building, so Immediately after luncheon «he attempted to eluci date the mystery of the registered let ter. Once Inside the office «he recog nized her correspondent a» the man ager of a concern to which «he had owed $2 for typewriting supplies for th«1 last six months. 8he mentioned the letter; the man produced a bill. "It was a copy of this,” he said. "You had moved—we could not And you—mere oversight on your part of course—«till, in order to keep our ac count« square—you understand"— Tlie woman was so mad she wasn't sure whether she understox! or not, but she paid the bill. When she had gone the manager treated himself to a fresh cigar. "Registered letter«,” he «aid, are the best detectives going when the person yo« are after moves frequently and Is guilty of no greater crime than shirking a little bill. An ordinary let ter, even though forwarded to the proper address, may elicit no reply, but very few people can withstand tlie appenl of a registered letter. To bring rtsmlts It must, of course, be Improperly directed, so that the ad dressee «-annot receive It. In that case it either arouses sufficient curiosity to bring the delinquent down here to Investigate or is returned with the [«roper address marked on the envel ope. In either event we get on the track of the debtor and are pretty sure to collect the money.”—New York Press. THE ESKIMO CANOE. it 1« «« Curio«« Little Craft Thnt i» Crnuky, let Safe. It is In Greenland that tlie bunting ability of tne Eskimo reaches its high est development. He has a One me chanical skill. Bones, Ivory, «tones, a llltl«1 driftwood, skins nml tlie sinew of the reindeer ire tlie materials from which h«1 must make ids boat and weapons. There Is nothing else. Says a Greenland traveler: “Of these the Eskimo builds a canoe. Its frame of bon«1« and drlftwtod. Its covering of translucent sealskin «ewed together with sinew. Tills kayak Is deck««l over, except for a holt* In the middle fraimsl with a wooden ring The Eskimo wriggles into tills hole, his legs extend ed Into the fore port of tlie boat. "Round his waist there is a cylinder of sealskin, the lower edge of which draws over the wooden ring and Is pulled tight with a thong, making all water tight to the armpits. For heavy weather tlie cylinder Is part of a skin shirt with a lioisl. Strings tighten this I khm I to th«1 face and cuffs to the wrists, while a pair of long sleeve«! mitts protect tlie hands ami arms. "So riggtsl a good man can turn his canoe bottom upward anil right him self again with sliding strokes of his paddle, for he is as waterproof as a «luck. Moreover, his vessel Is so flexi ble that it Is almost safe from being crushed in the Ice drift and, being lim ber. is extremely swift when propelhsl by the double ended paddle. “On the other band, the vessel Is so cranky that only about two-third« of tlie native men have n« rve and bal ance enough to hunt. Only three or four Danes In all Greenland have dared use a kayak.”. The Shamrock. In Ireland only one shamrock Is known. It is un Indigenous species of clover which trails along the ground among the grass in meadows. The tre- fold leaves are not more than one- fourth the size of the smallest clover usually ««'en In America and are pure green In color, without any of the brown shading of white and pink clo vers. The cr«>eplng stem Is hard and fibrous and diincult to dislodge from the earth. On St. Patrick's day the true shamrock has to be searched out among the grass, for, though comparn tively plentiful at that season. It grows close to the ground. Later ft bears a tiny "white crown” blossom. The Information that sbanirakh is tlie Arabic word for trefold may be of service to those Interested In the origin of the Irish race. Mr. Xoble*« Promise Given. In tlie early smg<s of hl« mlnlstr« the Rev. Mr. Noble preached for some time in n village In Maine. One day u committee called upon him to settle with him for Ills services, and, after stammering awhile, signified to him that his further services were not de sired. "What does this mean, gentlemen?" asked the parson. "Wliy," replied the spokesman, with some hesitation, “the people have got tlie Impression that you are inclining to universal salvation." "Gentlemen," answered Mr. Noble. “I never have preached that doctrine, but if I ever should I promise to make the people of this town an exception." —Boston Herald. Smolleat mrd. The gtftlen crested wren Is the small est not only of British, but of all Euro pean, birds. It» average weight is only about eighty grains troy, so thnt it would take seventy-two of the birds to weigh a pound. The length of the feathers Is about three and a half Inches nn«l tlie stretch of the wings about Ave inches-but when the fentb ers are taken off the length of the body docs not exec«1«! one inch. WELL MADE FIE A MEDIAEVAL NAVY. OLD INDIAN PIPES. Th«1 queer la«pleiuentu uf Attack aud Ueíei»»v Ti>at W rre I «rd. Each FMthrr In ■ »Iru* Hepre«esw4 aa Earn) Slala. Very strauge to modern eyes would t«e tl.«1 armament of Greu.i Britain's mediaeval navy. The very name« of maty of the Implements of attack nml defense sound queer. According to th«1 tsxiks, in the year 1337 the vessels of the navy were furnished with -*'es prlngnld«,” nnclimt spring guns; “tutu- bergeons,” couts of mail; ••bacinet«," • mall helmets; bv«s, arrwirs. doublets, targets; “pavlae«," large shields placed at th«1 sides and serving the double purpose of prot«*etlon against the st*a und against the enemy; lances and “tiring barrels." As early as 1338 cunuon formed part of the armanmut of ships, ami about 1372 guns ami gun powder were commonly us«sl. Among th«1 stores Isdonglng to on«1 vessel o, that time were three Iron cannon with Ave chambers, a hand gun and three old stone bags, probably for shot. Au other ship bad an Iron cannon with two chambers und out* brass cannon with one eliamlier. Au.mg other Implements of war used at that time were "cannon puvlors" or stone shot throwers and “uiurtherer«.” which were smaller and threw any klml of shot. There were also "basilisks,” "port piec«"«," “stock fowlers." "sakers” ami "bombards.” The bombard« were of hammereil iron, mini«1 of burs welded ami bound to gether with Iron bands. They threw stine shot weighing between 14(> P minis and 195 pounds. A battery of these erected on a slip of land ut the naval battle of Chloggla (1380) betwei'n the Venetians and the Gems1««1 «11«! great damage. They were loaded over night ami were flre«l in the morning. Froissart tells of a bombard usisi at on«1 of tlies«1 ancient sl«ig«'s that “might be heard Ave leagues off in tin1 «lay time ami ten at night. The report of It was so loml that it seemed as if all the devils In hell had broken loose." Brass ordnance was flrst east In Eng land In the year 1535. Th«' pieces had various names. Many of different calllier wer«' mounted on th«' same «leek, which must have caused great confusion in action In flnding for each its proper shot. tt ueed sea reel) lie told that !• the pi|«es of long ago each feather append- e«l to tlie stem re|>rexeut«sl an enemy •ism. It oiw doubted the r«*«'or* of is a Tempting Desert and a th«1 war eagle feuthers, th«1 warrior Wholesome Food When It then showed the scalps of th«1 euemy, which were kept us a sort of a «ac.-eJ is Properly Prepared. proof of his word. Such pi.< were us«sl only on «K-easloi.s of |>euce am! The Crust Should be Crisp and Flaky war. Speaking roughly, the best pipes of eastern trll»1» were iu molded clay, —Five Rules to be Observed in the the best of the western tribe» lu slate Making of a Perfect Pie. pipe stone taken from the fuuious qu ir- ry west of the Mississippi. Befo.e t e great buffalo and antelope hunts, wl.ea Although food theorists and food herd- of game were tlrlveu lutoa |«ouml cranks have varying opinions as to the or un iuclosed area of snares, it was wholesoiueuess of certain foods, they customary for th«1 ludlana to wlilff th«» one and all agree in denouncing pie. incense of propitiation to th«' s; Iri < of it U» tlie one dish most ardently con the animals aliout to be slain, explain demned, and yet the oue dish most Ing that only th«1 dj-slre for f<ssl eoiu- universally liked—at least by Amer pelle«! the Indian to kill and that the icans. Still, notwithstanding tlie bad huut was the will of the Master of Life, reputation pie enjoys, it is a whole or “Master of th«1 Roaring Winds." who some dish if properly made. would compensate the animals in th«1 In making it the average housewife next world. Th«1 pipes used for this rolls out a heavy, sodden crust, and ceremony usually show the Agure of a then spreads it in a thick layer over mun lu conference witli the figure of the bottom ami sides of a pie plate. an animal. Others «how the tlgures of She forgets to rub this crust with (he Indians with locked hands. This typl- white of egg and immediately puts In ties a vow of friendship to be termi tlie tilling of custard, fruit or mince nated only by death. It was usually meat, whose Juices will later soak Into betweeu men, but sometimes between tlie crust, making it still more so idea a mun and a woman. In which «'«ise th«1 Site then covers the pie, perhaps, with platonic bond not only precluded, but another layer of this thick pastry uud forbade, the very possibility of mar puts It lu an oven that is not hot riage. After that wlio shall sa.v that enough. The oven should be so hot the stolid Indian lias no vein of senti that the pastry will brown lief ore the ment In his nature? butter In It has barely a chance to On«1 of th«1 most curious pl[«es I have melt. The crust will then lie crisp. seen I bought from a Cree on a reser Another reason why pies are so uni vation east of the refuge«1 Sioux. It Is versally disapproved is that they are In the shape of a war hatchet, of a nearly always made with lard, or half metal which I do not know, though I lard and half butter. Lard should susiMH-t It is galena mixed with clay, never be used in a pie or. In fact. In the edge l«elng sharp enough, but th«1 any dish, An eminent physiologist in back of the ax being a bowl and tli«1 a leading university says that "lard Is liandl«1 a plja1 stem. Tin1 « h 1«1 lines In the bane of American cookery and is fit Indian carvings nnd woven work are for no stomach except a pig's.” A tiny not without meaning. Fighting Mistnli lilt of lard in a batch of bread may be could read a legend wlier«1 we saw excusable, but even then butter Is bet nothing but bizarre markings. There ter. were the circular lines, hollow down, All pie crust, of course, should he of meaning clouds; the cross, meaning th«1 wafer like thinness. Not only are prop coming of the priest; the tree, a type erly made crusts harmless, but some of peace witli its branch®« overslin«) popular Allings ure exceedingly whole CHINESE MONEY owing the nations; the wavy line, sig some. What, for Instance, could tie liettcr than a custard or a pumpkin Rome 1« Good and Some Is Counter nlfying water; tlie arrow, war. The ordinary Indian can read a tribal song tilling? Tlie latter Is, as a rule, only feit, but It All Goea. a custard rich In eggs, with an addl Emile Bard, a Frenchman, has au or chronicle from obscure drawings on tfon of pumpkin and a few spices, interesting chapter ou the money of tlie face of a rock or crazy colored which are aids to digestion. China iu his book, “Chinese Life Iu work on a scra|>ed buffalo «kin.—Out Without doubt all pies should be Town and Country.” He explains that ing. eaten in moderate portions, especially the unit of Chinese money Is the tael, PETER THE GREAT. by delicate persons, but this rule ap which is not a coin, but a weight of plies to any dish. Even cream Is not silver—the ounce, of which there are History Sh«»w« That the Old Hole» good for persons under certain condi sixteen to the catty and J,000 to the of Uukulii W iim a Monster. tion«, yet no one but a crank would picul. The commercial tael Is that of Years ago, when a low standard ot deny It to a person In good health. Canton, which should weigh 37.783 morals prevailed, th«1 epithet “Great" Many food faddists expect healthy grains, but usually weighs 37.58. Then was bestowed upon any monarch who people to live dully on an Invalid’s diet. there is the tael of Shanghai, which won battle« and enlarged the territory There are five rules to observe In the weighs 30.0, and the revenue tael, used ami resources of his kingdom. It matter making of a perfect pie. First, rub lu valuing imports und exports, and ed little then to the historlun what might the undercrust witli the white of an each large city has Its own, (hat of be a king's private character, providtid egg before putting in the tilling to pre Tientsin worth from 4 to 0 pr ceui be made his nation formidable by Its vent it from soaking Into the pastry; more than that of Shanghai. Bu Ines« brute strength and full treasury. Even second, bake It in tlie hottest of ovens; estimated in taels is carried on by (he if he was u laid man they eulogl.:«11 third, place It in the lower half of the use of Spanish dollars or silver In tots. him as a good ruler, l’eter 1. of Rus oven at first against the bottom, later 'Ihe former are weight'd util stamped sia is called l’eter the Great lie removing It to the upper shelf; fourth, by every south China merchant and cause lie transformed a barbarous into always place crust in the refrigerator have to be remitted continually, The a aemibiirbaroUH nation. But no ono to become thoroughly chilled and hard ingots of sliver are cut from lines Into can n >w read the following suuimury before Alling and baking it; flfth, pieces that the operator «‘stimates will of ills character without a feeling of pound the pastry well until ft Is Ailed weigh 50 taels. Naturally each one disgust. Voltaire, iu bis "Philosopb with air spaces. who handles them weighs them. leal Dictionary," says that "Peter was Volumes could be written on the cor ‘ B iliks store their money in cellars, half hero nml half tiger.” Macaulay rect treatment of pastry. Any of the in boxes carried back und forth by declares that “to the end of his life he recipes in standard cookbooks will do, coolies," says M. Bard. “This explains lived In his palace like a bog In u sty, however, if a few details are carried the item of transportation which Is de nnd when in1 was entertained by other out. ducted from the face of a Chinese sovereigns never failed to leave un A marble board is an hleal arrange check when It is cashed at a bank «‘quivoeal proof that a aavag«1 had been ment for rolling pastry. A current One can Judge of tin' complications there." household magazine suggests that the consequent upon tills system of eon Pete: when the tit was on him, lit hideous marblo tops of old fashioned ver Ion of taels of different values Into erally caned everybody—from his cook tables might be Atted up for tills pur ing >t« of dinerent weight and purity, to his counselor, from the meanest pose. especially ns assa.vers of different lo peasant to the highest noble -sparing Smooth, even pie crust Is an abomina calities refuse to honor tlie stamps of neither age nor sex. He would get up tion, and yet many housekeepers think other cities.” In place; where t' ■ do' from (he table and Ilog the host who that Is the proper way to have it, and Inr is not used small payments ore was entertaining him. He would stand sometimes they will even be heard to made by cutting up an iug it. “Tile at the door of the senate house and complain when by accident their pie scale used in weighing tlms«1 fragments Ilog each senator that went In. Lefort crust Is rough and almost breaking lias two sets of markings; one for re win an Intimate and (rustl'd friend, Into wafer-llke flakes. This flakiness celpts and one for payments.” yet on slight provocation lie was is, however, the proper condition of Chinn's national coin is th«1 en-h. n knocked down and brutally kicked by pastry. round copper coin with a square hoi«1 his imperial master. But all this flog I’les as a rule are better adapted to through it. Th«1 cash or sapak «lutes glng was in the way of recreation. a winter than a summer diet, because from at least 23(H) B. C. Eight pounds' When Peter "meant business,” It was of the butter, which tqakes them too weight of cash makes a dollar. Years a more serious mutter. Incredible as rich for warm weather fare. Fruit iigo an emperor decided to double1 bls It may seem. It Is nevertheless well pies, however, are good at all seasons, funds by giving cop[«er cash double its authenticated that one of his own sis and there are few things more attrac value. In certain parts of tlie country ters—It Is said more than one—receive 1 tive than huckleberry and other fruit this performance is still hi effect. In 100 strokes of the whip on her back in pies even in the hottest dog days. There other p .rts 77 or 85 eash are <• •unte«l the presence of the whole court. are also many good cold meat pies ns 100. In 1713 Alexis, Ills only son who out which are welcome at picnics. When In Honan the Chinese go to r.i : ket lived Infancy, was for some offense of preparing a chicken or meat pie It la with two kinds of money, one real, the no great seriousness several times tor always better to add a little baking other counterfeit. Some nrtlcii'S are tured In tlie presence of the diabolical powder to the regular rule for ordinary Ixiught with on«1, some with the other. father and In tlie end died either from pie crust Certain articles have two prices, one the effect of the torture or by assassi Add one cup of butter to every two In go«sl money, one In bad. nation. For sympathizing with Alexis cups of flour (pastry flour). Then chop the Princess Golitsyn, tlie bosom com Larkina llnnKfT. together in a wooden bowl, with an panion of the Empress Catherine, was A farmer who was much troubled by publicly whipped by noldlers. For the ordinary old fashioned chopping knife, until the mixture Is broken into small trespassers during th«1 nutting seasou same reason the brother of Ills first bits the size of peas. Add half a cup consulted with a botanical friend. The wife, Etiiloxia—whom he had thrown of ice water. Mix with a knife, then botanist furnished him witli tlie tech Into prison—was tortured and then beat and turn and beat and turn until nlcal name of tlie hazel, an 1 tli1 far.nei torn In pieces on the wheel. Nothing the whole Is smooth, but full of light placed toe foil «wing notice at consplcti over told of Nero Is more horribly gro ness. This pounding and turning is ous points about Ills premises: tesque than this, yet this man, or mon better if done upon a marble board in "Tres|-nsscrs take warning! A'! f er ster rather. Is ¡«traded I efore the world a cool storeroom or cellar. Never touch sons entering this wo si do o nt t'«c t as Peter the Great. the pastry with a spoon or the hahd, own risk, for. nlth «ugh comtiio snake- but with a knife; then put it where It arv not-often found, th«1 i'.».-yit,« a-.,-| V<-<-< m *<1I iik to Scrlntore. will become Ice cold and hard before Inna abounds everywhere about h ■'«■ A certain tailor of very strict prin rolling it out and never gives warning of Its pres ciples was In the lml.it of excusing the There are several variations to this ence." faults of his assistants only In they rule which can do no harm. If baking The place was unmolested that year, «••»dd.Jusflfy themselves by Scripture. powder Is wanted, add a teaspooutul and the farmer gathered Ills crop In One day a woman entered Ids shop to this amount of flour and butter.- peace. ________ and asked to see some material, but refused to buy It because It was too llldlnK Their Spears. The Cat. cheap. After showing ber some other Au explorer In the • backwoods of A little English girl wrote the fol go<sls, the assistant brought back the lowing essay on a cat: “The cat Is a Australia tells how some flmlier cut same material, this time asking a high square quadruped, and, as Is custoni- ters took big risks. “I had given In er price, whereupon the customer ary with square quadrupeds, has Its structions to tlie men In the bush that bought It. Afterward, the proprietor, legs at the four corners. If you want oil no account were they to lay aside who had Witnessed the transaction, re to please this animal you must stroke their firearms.” he says. “After hav proved Ills assistant severely. The lat ft on the back. If it is very much ing lieen absent for n short time I re ter, rememlierliig the rules of the es pleased it sets up its tall quite stiff, turned and found flint they had slung tabliahment, replied: “Oh. It's accord like a ruler, so that your hand cannot their revolvers and carbines on a small ing to Scripture all rigid. She was n get any farther. The cat is said to tree and were working at about flfiy stranger and I took her In.”—Hnrjs r t have nine lives, but In this country It yards from them. I can tell you they Weekly. seldom needs them all because of liccrd of It. Tlie natives have o play ful habit of drngglng their «pears Christianity.” Woman*« l-onlr. through the gruss with their toes nnd “Yes, my father made me give him The Truth of 1«. all the while looking ns Innocent ns It "Yes,” said old Skinner proudly, Is possible for them to look, If the up. He ian’t any good at all.” “Is that eo, denrt" “luck and pluck made me. but mostly natives had only thought of It they "Yes. Indeed. Why, even the neigh pluck"— might have given the cutters a warm bor« said be was worthless He dissi "Yes,” Interrupted the man who time” pate« and is horrid.” knew him, “luck In finding people to “You don't «ay?” A Divine Jor. pluck.”—Exchange. Suffering is doubtless as divinely ap “In fact, I hate him.” “iJMclous! But have you heard that «he Knew, pointed as joy, while It Is much more Edith—You don’t know how glad I lnftiential as a discipline of character. be la to be married to Belle?" "What? That Belle? Why, what on am to see you. Clara, dear. Clan Dear It chastens Mid sweeten« the nature, —Oh, yes. I do. Johnny told me he teaches patience and resignation and earth does a nice young man like him heard you say you would rafter die promotes the deej»e«t as well «8 the want with such a girl as Belle? I am than see me again.—Boston TranscriDt. most exalted Ahongtit ^Samuel Smiles surprised.”—Columbus Dispatch. •• • • «
