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GASTKONOMIC FKEAK
't
He
is Possessed of a Most Re
markable Appetite.
Ills Favorite Dlsbea Queer and Unheard
of Mixtures Which Would sicken
and Nauseate an Ordi
nary Person.
A very remarkable c.wse of a pervert
ed and artificial taste is found in the
person of Charles J. Ctinimincs, a thriv
ing grocer of West Philadelphia. The
queerest combinations of food imarrina
ble mixtures which would nauseate an
ordinary person are his favorite dish
es. It is not that he likes food prepared
different from the usual style, but it is
the manner in which lie mixes ordinary
dishes which exeih's so much wonder
and has given rise to so many conjec
tures aud attempted explanations. For
instance, says the Philadelphia Times,
Mr. Cumiuiiigs butters raw tomatoes,
puts Bait in his eolre.', vinegar in his
milk, gravy in his Uw-eream. cream on
his melon, and makes many other com
binations to tickle his palate which are
nothing if not unique. One of his favor
ite dishes is rare steak breaded with
fruit cake, with a dressing of currant
jelly. In winter a -regular morning
meal of this gentleman is lettuce
jhopped fine, with a dressing of mo
lasses and red pepper. There are. many
other unheard-of dishes which delight
his peculiar palate, but enough have
been mentioned.
This freak of appetite has excited the
curiosity of Mr. Cummings' friends for
many years, and even the neighbors
have indulged in comments as to the
cause of such a striking phenomenon.
Hearing about the ease, a reporter vis-
ted Mr. Cummn.gs at Ins home.
I'he gastronomic freak is a pleas
ant man of forty, of ordinary appear-
unee. He was found in his comfortable
lome, surrounded by an interesting
family, lie told the following story of
the way he acquired his remarkable ap
petite. "I don't know that I am move stub
born than other men." he said with a
smile, as he lit a fresh eigar, "but they
11 me that I wasatywevie as Old Kick
when a child.' Sa utwtor 'vlmt other
people did, I want -d to do just the
Dpposite, out of 'pure en selness. And
so, among other tliurrii, 1 t.vk to mix-
ng my food into nnhe:ird-of dis.ies. I
.an even remember that when I '..egui
this thing I did not find it piee.'.a;)!. bill
the devil in me would not let. ;:i I. :'.-.
down, and so I really had a relish f tr
what I ate. Indeed, it was m.t long be
fore I became indifferent to dishes pre
pared in the usual t-tyle, and to-daj
they are really distasteful to me."
Mr. Cummines continued as if there
was no possibility of anyone doubting
his veracity.
The most curious thing about tin
matter is that one of my children ha
Inherited my acquired taste, and
stranger still that this child should be
my youngest."
Then Mr. Cummings went out and
brought in a pretty child of four years.
This child, sir," said the father, af
he put her on his knee, "has been a
puzzle, to a lot of physicians and
physiologists. They all say tliat t.liey
never heard of such a remarkable case
of heredity. You see that she does not
look like me, but is the image of her
mother, and yet she has inherited from
me a taste which even with me is ac
quired. 1 have not met a man yet who
can explain the thing even to his own
satisfaction."
The little girl soon became tired of
the conversation and demanded her
supper.
"And what do you think her sup
per will be? Sliced peaches and cold
bean soup!"
As his auditor looked incrednloin,
Mr. Cummings took him into Uie. u v
cry, and sure enough there was liM'e
Lily discussing her peaches and el
soup with the utmost relish.
All the other children hare iv.rni il
tastes, and though they have ii-e! 1
some experiments in imitation of t.lie-r
father just for the fun of the thing,
they have not been tempted t . invent
any new menus.
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The paper this month contains many
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.l.auues in the administration of punsi-.i
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ro secure the benefit of H.e early filii.i;
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THE WORM TURNED.
An Incident Wl.u-li Il..pi.ned In th
l'aln.y Days of Cheyenne.
Any one who knew Clioyenno when it
was the. terminus of tho" Union I'acifli
railroad will n.laiit that it was a hard
town, says tho Now York Sun. There,
was morecutting and shooting there in
a given time than any other Western
town couid ever boast of, and no doubt
most of the blood-letting was a good
thing for tho community.
In tho palmy days of the town I had a
business there, and next to me was a
Jew clothier. Ho came on fresh from
New York, knowir? nothing of Western
ways, and ho hadn't got his uoods in bo
fore bo was haif scared to death. But
for the fact that tno boys would have
burstod in his shanty, he would have
kept tho door locked half tho time.
Tho toughs soon caught on to tho fact
that ho was a coward, and one after an
other went in and bulldozed him and
had great fun at his expense. I pri
vately advised him to get a gun and
wing some of them, but he raised his
hands in holy horror and exclaimed:
"Great heafnns! Hut I nefer handle
nothings but clothing! I kif ten tousand
dollar to bo oudt of disl"
His cowardice was pitiful to behold,
but a climax was coining! Ono after
noon a tough called Apacho .loo en
tered the store, having three more
toughs with him, and began the usual
routine. Tho Jew begged and entreat
ed, and actually cried, and in his dis
giistatsuc.li conduct Apachn Joe kicked
him. That kick acted like magic. The
Jew sprang forward, grabbed tho re
volver which .loo had temporarily de
posited on the countei, and I heard six
show tlrod ns f.ist as I could count. Run
ning tr., I found Apachn Joe and ono ol
his ot.mns kicking tneir last, while the
other two were badly wound, d. It took
three pi' us to hold 1 he. low from furthel
viol. nee. 'i l,e v.o, 11. h;;'! le-n.-.l and be
come a tiger. After he v an i.-'quittcdby
the coroner's jury. oT v !.ii li I was one,
he bought ix braee ol revolvers, began to
practice shot.' ing, and in t ovo weeks wa(
known for fifty mil. -s around as "The
Ilangertiiis .lew.1' Tre iposr, exaggerated
stories of 111s prowess w.-i o afloat, and
insido of a month ho had to build on,
hiro two clerks and get a m w stock. Il
was tho making of him socially, finan
cially and all other ways, and I know
that his action assisted very materially
to help tho law abiders get tho uppei
hand and drive the lawless gangs
further on.
Water ('.ire for Itodents.
' A country gentleman correspondent
wonders why people sulferthomselvestc
bo over-run by tho gnawing rodents
when an elfectivo trap with which he
"captured a bushel in ono night ' is sc
easily available: "Pill a barrel one-third
full of bran and water, mixed stif!
enough to hold a rat on it; let them
feed a couple of nights, then mako them
another mess in tho same barrel (af tei
emptying first lot) in same place, but
mako this most all water. When one
jumps in, down goes Mr. Hat, and the
next, not knowing his brother's bad
luck, follows suit. In tho morning the
barrel will be full, if the rat supply
Lolds out"
Metamorphosing a Skeleton.
The Lowell (Mass.) Courier tells an
amusing story to the effect that a num
ber of Huston men, learning of an adult
man skeleton in Australia who weighed
but 84 pounds, combined In a speculation
to bring him to this country for exhibi
tion. They gave hi a. g.Vit) bonus and a
third interest in tho receipts, and put
him on shipboard for Fmgland. Heaalr,
change of food, etc., began to fatten
him, and when he arrived ill London lie
weighed 134 counds
Ripans Tahules cure headache.
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-five Hundred
Dollars for Nothing.
The Winner has a clear Cift of a Small
Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents
that may Bring them in Still More.
Would you liae to make twenty-five hundred
dollars? If you would, read carefully what
follows and you may see a way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. It has handled thousands
of applications for Invention-., but It would
like to handle thousands more. There is plenty
of inventive lallcut at large In this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical remits. Thai encouragement the Press
Claimi Company propose to give.
SUIT SO II A K IS A IT Kt'E.Tl.
A patent strikes moil people ss an appalling
ly formidable thing. The Idea Is that an in
ventor mull be a natural genius, like Ediion or
Bell: that he must devote years to delving iu
complicated mechanical problems and that he
must spend a fortune on delicate experiments
before he can get a new device to a patentable
degree of perfection. Ttdi delusion the com
pany desires to dispel. It desirei 10 get into
the head of the public a clear comprehension
of the fact that it II not the great, complex, and
expensive Inventions that brl a? the best ret urns
to their authors, but the little, simple, and
cheap onci the things that seem so ahsur.lly
trivi.it that the average citizen would feel
somewhat ashamed of bringing lln-m lo the
attention of the Patent Office.
Edison.fcays that the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvelous inven
tioui have not been sufficient 10 pay the cost
.fhis experiments. But the man who con
ceived the idea of fastening a hit of rubber
cord to a child's ball, so that it would ron.o
back to the hand when thrown, made a fortune
out of his scheme. The modern sewing-machine
is a miracle of Ingenuity the product
of the toil of hundreds of busy brains ihrouirh
1 hundred and tifty yean, but the wholo bril
liant result rests upon the simple device of
putting the eye of the needle st the point in
stead of at the other end.
the 1 run. 1. tiiinun Tin-: hum
v ai.i aiii.i:.
Comparatively few peopla regard themselves
as Inventors, but almost every body has been
struck, atone time or auothor, with idcas-.thiit
seem calculated to reduce some of tho little
.rictiona of life. I'sually such i.l? arc dis
missed without further thought.
"Why don't the railroad company make Its car
windows so lh.it they can be tdid up and down
willnui breaking the passengers' buck?" ex
claims the traveler. "If I wero running the
road 1 would make them in such a way."
"What was the man who made the saucepan
thinking of?" grumbles the cook. "He never
had to work over a stove, or he would have
Known how it ought to have been llxe.t."
"Hang such a collar button !" growls amnn
who is latu for breakfasr. "If 1 were In the
justness I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip
nit, or break off, or gouge out. the buck of my
neck."
And the rarlnus Buttcrers forgot about theli
grievances and began to think of something
.;l'.e. If they would set down the iicki con
veulont opportunity, put their Idetis about ear
windows, saucepans and collar billions into
practical shape, and (hen apply for pntcnts,
ll.ey might find themselves as iadi-pc utlcntly
wealthy us the man who Invented the iron
umbrella ring, or the one who indented
the fifteen puzzle.
A 1 i- vir i i(i oin.n.
To Induce the people lo kceD track of their
bright ideas aud see whal there Is iu them, the
Press Claims Company has resolved 10 oll'er a
prize.
To Ihfi person who atihiiiila lo II
I he ailllDleet and most nroilliNislu;
invention, from it eoiniliereiiil
point of view, I lie company will
give twesity-f ivo linnilretl dollar
in cash, in iKliEiiion 10 refi.iidinir
I lie ire for erurlnir a patent.
It will HlhO adverllae llle Invent,
lion free of eliarKe.
This offer is subject lo the following col.ill
llous: Every competitor must obtain a patent for
his invention through tl.e company. II
must
first apply for a preliminary search, the cost of writes a I.awronooburg (lnd.) corre
which will he five dollars, should this 1 spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
seaeh show his Invention to be unpituiitnble.
he can withdraw without further expense
Otherwise he will he expected l. u.plcte his
application and lake out a patent In the regu
lar way. The total expense, including the
Government and llureau fees, will he seventy
dollars. For this, whether he secures a prize
or not, the Inventor will have a patent thi.t
ought to be a valuable property to hint. The
prize will be awarded by a jury consisting of
three rep. itablc'pntent attorneys of Wash.bg.
ton. Intended competitors should fill out in.
following blank, and forward It will, their
application:
" . , ts'Jii.
"I submit the within described Invention In
competition for the Tventy-flve hundred Hollar
Prise offered by tl.e Press claims Company."
s.Olll.MiS iS Till ( O'll'lil IO.
1 his Is a competition of riitln-r an niiiis.il ua-
lure. It Is common to olfer prizes for the bcsl
story, or picture, or arc). Iteetur.tl plan, ..11 tl.
competitors risking lite loss of their labor and
the successful ono merely selling his for the
amount of tho prize. Hut the Pros Claim.
Company's offer is something entirely ilillVr
sul. Kseh person Is asked merely to help him
self, and the one who helps hi... self to the j
best s.lvsi.tsge is to be rewarded by doing It.
il.e itrlze Is onlv a stimulus to do sou. .'II. I lis
ihatwouiii tie wen worm cuing wiinoui 11.
The architect whose competitive plan for a
clubhouse on a certain somer Is not ..ee.-pt-
ed has spent his labor on something of very
tttteusn to l.l.l.. Hut the person who pi.t.-uls a
simple and useful device In the Press rlnlnis
."ompany's compellllon, need net worry if he
fall to secure a prize. He hss a subHUoitisi
result to show for his work one th.it w ill
ommand Its value In the market ttl sny
that.
OnSsTfLBal
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Aminouia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard.
The man who uses any article in his daily
work ought to know better how to improve it
thau the mechanical expert who studies it
ouly from the theoretical point of view. Get
rid of the Idea that ao improvement euu be too
simple 10 be worth patenting. The simplertbe
better. The person who best succeeds in
combining simplicity and popularity, w ill get
the Press Claims Company's twenty-five hun
dred dollars.
The responsibility of this company may be
judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about th rcc huud reii of t he lending dcw s papen
of the United State.
Ad dri'in the Pres? Claim Company. Jt-.hu
Woiiderbnrn, manatfing ftittinipy, Ms F ?urett
l. W., Washington, D. C.
QUEER END OF A LAWSUIT.
J. Jndge Who Whs 1 ipial to All Kn.er-
1 gene:. 5.
There is an impression that judg
ments akin to tho;- of S, ,1 :;i-.-ti are
only given in the east, I. 1 it i -evident
that a judicial e!ever-ie..s li!:e that of
the king of Israel is al-.o to be found
down east. The Lewi.-ton Jourua)
tells of two Maine farmers who bought
an old-fashioned pair of steelyards.
Each paid a part of the cost, and used
them whenever he wished to weigh his
produce for market.
After a time a dispute arose, and each
claimed the ownership of the steel
yards. Tho matter was carried into
court, and the jury dis:t rt'eed. Then the
case, on some I. -chili "a lily, won sent tc
the law court, an. I was main sent back
for trial. The costs. .111 to this point,
had reached about live hundred dollars,
about a hundred times the price of the
steelyards themselves.
When the ca.se came up again. Chief
Justice Peters was the presiding justice.
He told the counsel that if the case
were carried lY.i ther, tin- costs would
be increased lo suc'i an extent that one
or the other of the parties would lose
his farm in order to pay. He advised
them to enter it "neither part",' and
divide the costs. After a consultation
tho parties owned themselves willing
to do that, and il looked as though the
ease would be settled. Suddenly, how
ever, one of the contestant., rose, went
over to his counsel in the courtroom,
and asked:
"But who is going to get the steel
yards? lie shan't have them."
The other contestant made the same
declaration.
. Then the counsel rose, and said that
the case was just, where it stood before
any talk of settlet:v-nt had been made.
They were willing to slop litigation nnd
divide the cost but what could be done
with tlie steelyards'.1
"I'll fix Hint." said Judge Peters.
"Let the shcrt.if of the county take the
steelyards nt night :pid go tlown and
throtv them in the middle, of the river,
letting nobody know the exact spot, so
that they can never be recovered."
The contestants agreed to this propo
sition, each 'paid his proportionate
share of the costs, and tho case was
dmnrjed.
flower See.lM Kent Free to Kveryboilv.
The attention of our readers ia culled
to the Httn.otive advertisement of S. Fl.
Moore A Co, .nhlinherH of The l.ndiiV
World, New York, tu this ismu. of our
paper. They offer to send their oliurm
ing Ijiidies' Magazine on trial 3 months
for only 1 cents, and to each subscriber
is sentrce, as a premium, 201) varieties
or choice flower peeda, nlso a pucltet of
the celebrated Mckford Sweet Pens, Hie
most popular flower now grown. The
concern in thoroughly reliable, their offer
most liberal, and our renders should tugs
advantage of it.
HEIRS TO MILLIONS.
The
(lood I. uck of at. lit. neat,
llur.l-
Working Iloosl'-r r.imily.
It is not often that one who has
worked all his life on a farm comes into
possession of !M,0:i(),0()n in a day, and yet
such an event is soon to happen to a
family living at Siitiman, in this State,
Uazotto. In 17711 Mary I'.entley, of New
York City, leased a tract of land there
to tho (iovcrninent for ninety-nine
years. Tho land was on the outskirts
of the city, but as years rolled by and
the city began its marvelous growth the
tract was surrounded by colossal palaces
of trade and mansions.
The Government, seeing a chance to
profit, subleased tho ground to many
different persons, and it has been built
on and Improved, and lying ill tho heart,
I of tho city its immense valuo can easily
bo understood, in 1875 tho lease ex-
1 pired, and no ono appearing to claim
t)l0 pr()p(,rty a i,,ffll 11(?ht of i,nm(,ns
I .,,.. . i.,r,, 1,,,, ,,, n,, i,i..
lessees and tho (Jovernmcnt, prominent
among tho former being the heirs of the
older Cornelius Vandot'bllt. Tho Gov
ernment wiss successful and trained nos-
()f pr(),(ry) ar(j tl(,
time tho heirs of the original lessor l.e
Kn to assort their rights, and after an
other legal battle they wero sustained
and the property held for them. After
years of hunting for the unit. town heirs
they have all been found, and tho prop
erty ordered sold and the money dis
tributed. 1 ho lt. drey fan.ilv, of Sun-
! man, 01 wnoui Micro aro live, are ituiontr
these heirs, Mary Henfley being their
great-grandmother, ami they have been
notiliud by theU-at torney ill Xew York
fit,. . 1 , ., .1 Pii,,.. ,, ,..n, w., ..
made, and thai their share will lie Sl,
OOU.uiio apiece. As they are all good,
honest, hard-woi'Uinjf citizens, their
good luck will be appi-emiLed by all who
I thorn.
I
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