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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
—
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^«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.
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