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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1916)
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DISH The A Story 8YNOP8I3. 2 Whpn, Sylvia Omnty, a beautiful En ln Klrl, rolurni from a search In AUlnre for her mlNKlnf brother, her lover, Itk'h rJ i'arqulmr, finds ihe ha fallen In love with tupluln Arnaud of the Foreign Leiclon. Do you belong to that class of persona who believe that gam bling debt! ihould be paid be fore all others? Doe your creed of honor prescribe the payment of a bar debt even if the grocer nd the dry goods merchant must go unpaid and your fam ily go without some necessities? There are such creeds of per sonal honor. CHAPTER II. The Fourth Floor Back. Capt. Robert Sower had never been failed a drawing-room soldier, and this In spite of the fact that he bad many detractors. When he was In town lie kept open house, and It became gradu ally a custom to such of bis comrades as were In the vicinity to congregate In the luxuriously appointed Binoklng room, smoke his cigars and drink his wine. On the evening when Capt. Desire Arnuud entered the softly lighted apartment four men were seated round the card-table smoking and chatting, apparently taking their game none too seriously. Sower himself stood by the log fire warming his hands and ex changing desultory remarks with a man whom the Indefinable something stamped as a civilian. As Aruaud's name was announced Sower turned round and advanced with hospitably extended hand. "My good fellow, delighted to see you. I was half afraid the fog had swallowed you up. Let me get the in troductions over. Preston, Hardy, St Clair, Benson all of my regiment Captain Arnaud of the French army." By what appeared to be a slip he passed over the elderly man by the fireside, and the latter made no move to repair the omission. Arnaud glanced at him curiously, and then came over to the fire. Sower laughed and shrugged his shoulders; and then, as though dis missing the subject, "You're late. Where have you come from?" "From the Omneys. Miss Omney is very charming " he said. "And wealthy. Am I to congratu late?" Arnaud put bis band to his little fair mustache, but he did not answer di rectly, though his smile might have counted as an answer. "I have Just met a comrade of yours," he remarked Instead, "a some what unusual character for an Eng lishman hot-headed, with admirable nerve Richard Farquhar, if you know him." The man by the fireside shifted his position and glanced up. By mere chance Sower was looking In bis di rection, and their eyes met for an in stant. "Lieutenant In my regiment," Sower answered quietly. "Quite promising; served out in South Africa." "Ah!" Arnaud's restless eyes had wandered from the fire to the distant card-table, where the four younger men were now playing with a listless Interest. "Well, I do not suppose we "I Say, This Is a Damned Gambling Hell." shall often meet. He and Miss Om ney are great friends, is it not so?" Sower pushed the cigar box along the mantelpiece. "Help yourself. No, I should not call them great friends. Miss Omney's brother was a kind of David to Far quhar's Jonathan " "And it was David who mistook the broad path for the narrow?" "Exactly. There was a scandal, of course, a dishonored check and a bolt Gambling, I believe. Old Charles Om ney has the reputation of a hard man. Like most bard articles he has broken op under the first blow." Arnaud was silent a moment, bis delicate, nervous face overclouded with some unpleasant reflection. He was ttlll watching the players, and his cl . gar had been allowed to go out. Red Mirage of the French Legion in Algiers By I. A. R. WYLIE (All rlghti reierved. Thi Bobbl-Merrill Co.) The roan la th armchair lifted bis head. "Gambling always seems to me the last resort of during mlmls from the deadly security of modern life," be ob served seutentlously, Ho spoke for tho first time, and Ar naud glanced at Mm quickly and al most with appreciation. "You may be right. One has the feeling sometimes of stifling." He laughed cynically, and the older man rose. It was uotlceable for the first time that he limped. "All Frenchmen gamble," he said, "either with their lives, other people's lives, their honor, or somebody else's honor. Will you not take a hand?" Arnaud hesitated with something of his first frigidity of manner, but there were nervous, feverish patches of color In bis pale face. "I beg your pardon I did not catch your name?" ho said coldly. "Lowe Stephen Lowe, at your serv ice." Arnaud returned the formal little bow. "I shall be delighted." They turned toward the table. Sower laughed significantly. "Be careful, Arnaud; remember the adage 'Lucky In love ' " It was at that moment that the door opened and Farquhar entered. For no obvious reason his appearance caused a moment's awkward silence. He had, in fact, the look of a man who hns been drinking bard, but has somehow managed to retain a dangerous self possession. There was no trace of hesitancy la his manner as be an swered Sower's belated welcome, but Instead a not easily defined shade of insolence. Sower appeared to notice nothing. "Help yourself," he said hospitably, "and sit down. You look queer. Any thing wrong?" Farquhar made no answer. He sank down into the proffered chair, and, having poured out half a tumbler of brandy from the decanter at his elbow, stared moodily Into the firelight. Sower watched him cautiously. "You look 111, Farquhar," he repeat ed after a moment. "Can I do any thing for you?" Farquhar looked up. "Ever been drunk?" he asked ab ruptly. "No. I've never been tempted that way. Have you?" "Not yet. I'm thinking of trying It." Desert mirages and heart mi rages. This is one you must not miss. He threw back his head with a laugh. Sower tossed his cigar end into the fender. "I shouldn't if I were you," he said coolly. "We have Inspection tomrfr row afternoon." Farquhar returned to his fixed con templation of the firelight. During the hour that passed he did not move, ex cept to replenish the glass beside him. Then Preston suddenly left the card-table, went over to the fire side and stood there with his back turned, his head bent. He did not no tice Farquhar, who looked up as though raised from his deliberate leth argy by some painful sound. The boy's round, unformed face was wet. "Hullo Preston!" He started violently. "Oh, you, Farquhar I didn't know you were there. For God's sake don't look at me I'm a fool but fin eleaned out. Two hundred pounds at a sit ting all my allowance " He broke off. Farquhar shifted his position so that he faced the card-table. His eyes were dangerous. "I say, this Is a damned gambling hell," he said clearly. "Did you speak, Farquhar?" Sower asked quietly. Farquhar did not move. "Yes, I said this was a damned gambling hell. 1 may add that you are a damned scoundrel. Ask your friend there to return his I. O. U.'s on the spot, or I promise you we two shall be explaining matters at headquarters to morrow morning. You know what that means, I fancy." There was no answer for a minute. All five men looked instinctively at Sower, waiting for his next move. The cloud of the gaming passion had lift ed, leaving a rank, bltter-tastlng real ity. Sower recovered his calm good nature with unaffected ease. "Farquhar, you are undoubtedly the worse for my brandy," he observed. "Lowe, I should he glad if you would return Mr. Preston's note of band. I shall settle with you myself for your loss. I trust that Farquhar will see fit to apologize If not now, at least when he Is sufficiently recovered." Richard Farquhar rose leisurely to his feet There was no trace of un steadiness In bis steps as be crossed the room, but It was obvious that Sower bad not overstated bis condi tion. "I do not suppose that even when I have recovered I shall see things dif ferently," be said, turning his white, Ironically smiling face for a moment to the motionless group. "Come along, Preston." Farquhar had not far to go, a by street bringing him to a quiet, unpre tentious bouse which his Instinct rec ognized. Inside all was Inky obscur ity. He stumbled against the first slop of the stairs, touched some thing that was warm and living, nnd In the recoil struck his head against a treacherous overhanging shelf. "I beg somebody's pardon," a quiet voice said through the subsequent si lence. "I'm ufrald I've killed some body." Then the light was switched on. Farquhar saw before hlra a small person, dowdlly dressed, with a small, thin free under a small hat. He took "I Am a Cur," He Said Under His Breath. his band from his head and consid ered: It. "No very serious damages, I fear. Give me an arm up to my room, will you?" She obeyed Instantly and with some adroitness. "It's that ridiculous hatrack," she said., "It blocks up the whole hall. I have often spoken to Mrs. Ferrler about It" "You" He stopped short, with drawing his arm and leaning against the banisters. "I thought really I must be far gone I thought you were Mrs. Ferrler." "Oh, no; I rather wish I was. I'm the fourth floor back." "Well, I don't know who the fourth floor back Is exactly, but I know I have taken an unwarrantable lib erty" "Don't. -You are not In a condition to offer resistance. This your room, Isn't It?" She pushed open a door on the first floor and turned on the light. He looked at her In weary, half-amused perplexity. "1 can't allow this sort of thing. It's not right that a young lady " "I'm not a lady at least, not by cir cumstance. Anyhow, I don't care. You are ill. Sit down." He obeyed, tossing his coat and hnt onto the nearest chair, and sat list lessly with bis head In his hands. From a long way off he heard her soft, rapid movements. They were curi ously soothing, and presently he looked up again, urged by an idle wonder. But apparently she had forgotten his existence. Hntless, with sleeves rolled up to her elbows, she knelt before the fire, engaged In a quiet but determined struggle with a rusty and refractory kettle. Presently she got up from her knees. "In two minutes you will have your tea," she announced In the ruthless tones of a professional nurse. "How Is your head now?" "Better" For the first time she turned and looked him full in the face, and he broke off blankly. Either she was young, or she had conserved in those two clenr, steady eyes all that is youthful and ail that Is splendid In youth. She was smiling, and Inexpli cably her frank pleasure seemed to goad him out of his heavy indifference. "I am a cur," be said under his breath. "Oh, no, you're not a cur. You are drunk. It's not a nice word, but I'm afraid I'm too busy to think out pretty ways of expressing myself. There's your tea." She placed the cup fearlessly at his elbow. "Please drink It at once." He obeyed. Don't you Just love a game lit tle girl that. isn't afraid of ap pearances and rules of conduct when she knows she's helping a fellow creature In trouble? Wouldn't It be a fine piece of business if Farquhar had the gumption to cast aside family pride and marry a really sensi ble girl? (TO BE CONTINUED.) Discouraged. Tommy, are you going to bed with out saying your prayers?" "Yessum." "You are a wicked boy." "Aw, what's the use? I've been prayln' ever since I can remember, an I thought the Lord was on my side but today be let Sam Towsel give mi a black eye." in a s Yltw FROfl The Mouth THE! island of Porto Rico un doubtedly surpasses all other regions of equal Bize certain ly of the now world In the variety and number of Its features that arouse vivid interest. The extent of the island la not great, for Its ir regular oblong mass Is only 100 miles in length and about thirty-five miles In breadth, or approximately three times as large as Long Island; yet its Inhab itants number more than 1,200,000, thus making It more thickly populated than any other equivalent area In the western hemisphere excepting certain portions of New England. Its place In history Is a large one, for since Its discovery by Columbus In 1493, it has served as the battle ground of Spanish, Dutch and English, and as a haven for the buccaneers who operated throughout the Spanish main. Even in purely sclentiflo respects It commands the Interest of many a de partment of investigation, writes Henry E. Crampton in the American Museum Journal, because its different portions .display unusually varied geo logical and topographical characters. As the approaching steamer nears the northern shore of Porto Rico, where the capital city of San Juan is situated, the huge bulk of the island emerges from the haze of the horizon, and displays the Jagged profile of the massive mountain range that forms the interior highland more than three thousand feet in altitude. From this great backbone the buttressed spurs drop somewhat suddenly and irregu larly for the most part, to the coastal plain of greater or less Inland extent; the deep clefts of the upland valleys disappear, and one may Judge how rapidly the swift mountain rivers must change to slow, winding streams upon the tlat land of the island's mar gin. Coming nearer, San Juan and Its buildings become visible and soon a point of its eastern end detaches it self from the rest to stand out as the cape surmounted by El Morro ("The Castle"), which guards the entrance to the harbor. Many Good-Sized Towns. At first view the city is Impressive by Its extent, the close construction of Its ancient and modern buildings, and by the delicate pastel shades of Its tinted whitewashed walls. More than fifty thousand people are crowd ed In dense areas on the narrow rock mass that extends eastward from El Morro for two and a half miles to its connection with the mainland; there are plazas and open spaces, but these seem only to accentuate the concen tration of living quarters. As one travels about, the same feature be comes more prominent, for on the open plain, in a valley near the coast, or in remote and unlikely hollows of the hills, one encounters town after town of more than ten thousand or fif teen thousand inhabitants. Naturally the problems of public health are of the highest Importance, and of neces sity they received the Immediate at tention of the Americans when they came Into control of Porto Rico In 18U8. Old methods of wator distribu tion by caski have been extensively replaced by a syBtem which brings water through lines of pipes from the upland streams; and everywhere meas ures have been taken to reduce the severity of epidemics or to stamp them out.j On the whole, Porto Rico today is a healthful Island, with a warm climate well tempered by the trade winds, and well cultivated almost everywhere. With Its splendid roads and natural beauties. It Is and will always be at tractive to the casual traveler, as well Tune-Deafness. Are you tune-deaf? Many people are and It Is not easy, perhaps, for the average person to understand tune deafness. Hut Just as some people are color-blind, so there are others who are melody-deaf. Empress Cath erine of Russia used to say that she would have given the world to be able to appreciate and love music, declar ing that for her "music was noise, and nothing but noise." President Grant is said to have been able to dis tinguish only two tunes "Yankee Doodle," and "Hall to the Chief,'' which were recognizable, probably, because he heard them so often. Doctors seem to have some difficul ty In explaining the cause from which, tune-deafness arises, although It Is generally agreed that nerves have much to do with it. Musical appre ciation depends to a great extent up on the exercise of mental and physi cal faculties, and the delight In music calls for an alert sympathy between the nerves and the cerebral faculties, without which connection there Is a definite musical lack, although the nerves perform tbelr ordinary fumy us Si 7" ofthl Corozal Ovt as lo the investigator of Its scientific character and resources. In the Interior valleys, plantations of tobacco are laid out. The plants are protected by Bheets of cheese cloth which, with their sharply-defined borders, seem like Incongruous fields of snow upon the deep green of the hills. Even the steep slopes of Ihe hills bear here and there their little patches of tobacco or of other crops, centering about a native but perched precariously near the top, and set off by the graceful royal palms. Higher up, the character of the ground or of the region' is unsuitable for tobacco, yet even here coffee and cocoa are grown under the shade of specially planted trees. Little remains of the larger for est, for wood becomes scarce when so many domand It dally for tires. Only on the higher, peaks of the great cen tral mountains are there any relics of the primeval growth that once ex tended so widely. On the flanks of the main east-and-west backbone of the Island, composed of Igneous rocks, there are broken lev els and hills of limestone, full of marine fossils and other indications of their origin at the border of the ocean. Since their formation the land has risen so as to lift them many hun dreds of feet above their former level. Where the rivers have worn against them, they display stratified faces of especial Interest to the geologist and paleontologist. Passing the great divide from north to eouth, the mountains drop more rapidly to the foothills and to the coastal plains. In the southeast the ground Is still suitable for sugar and cocoanut groves; but coming west, the effect of the heights In cutting off the moisture of the trades becomes more marked, and a semlarld region with Its characteristic cactus Is encoun tered. Here the cane can be grown only by extensive irrigation, wblch the iiiBular government has undertaken with great success and profit'. Toward the southwest, the land becomes a typical desert, and about Lake Guanl ca It supports little besides the associ atlon of cactus plants. The Corozal Cavern. In the limestone regions, hundreds of large and nmall caverns have been excavated by underground streams. One of these, near Corozal, Is well worthy of description. The valley Is a beautiful wide basin, surrounded by peculiar triangular white hills of lime stone, and the cave mouth, about forty feet In height, is reached by means of creepers and ledges on he very face of the cliff. Once it is gained, the down ward view is a striking and character istic panorama of hill and field and stream. On the sides of the entrance there are hundreds of spider webs, each with the dried remains of its casual collection of prey. Trending Inward and upward, the way narrows until after four hundred yards or more of walking and scrambling and creep ing, one emerges into daylight through a small hole on the other Bide of the hill. On account of the dominant Span ish influence for so many centuries, the population naturally exhibits a preponderance of the characteristics of that race. . Only a small section, how ever, has retained its purity, of which it Is Justly proud; for the most part the people are mixtures of Spanish, negro and Indian characters. It is strange that so few are found with unmixed African features, although in certain settlements, they too, have preserved many of tho customs as well as the physique of their ancestors. tion of communicating sounds to the mind. To Work Austrian Tin Mines. Austria is to resume exploitation of tin mines on her territory, work ing of which was discontinued before the war owing to small profits. It Is estimated that the three principal mines In Bohemia alone, if actively worked, can furnish three-fourths of the country's requirements. Little tin has been mined in Austria hereto fore, only about 1 per cent of the country's needs having been obtained from Austrian mines. When Justice Cost Less. Records of a Justice of the peace in tutler county, Ohio, from more than a century ago, show that the magis trate's fee was then cents In all cases, and that civil actions often were brought over sums of less than $1. The possessor of these records also bas a wall clock known to have been In use 1?0 years, with the aid of no repairs but a pair of new weight ropes. Cclorado Authority Tells of Trepan tlon Long In Use Among the "Pennsylvania Dutch.", Since the season for farm butcher ing Is at hand I am reminded of an old-fashioned recipe for "Pon Hause" which has long bei.n used among the "Pennsylvania Dutch," It Is as fol lows: "All meat not uned for sausage, hams, shoulders and side meat shouM bf reserved to be used for "puddlnj nmt." This Includes th- bead, wltli tongue, heart, llvor, and all clean sk'ns after the lard has bcon stripped ftom thoia. To ail this -idd water an rook slowly nn'll very well done, so bones will easily separate from the meat. Chop the largest pieces of meat, add WHter nnd thicken with cornmeal and buckwheat flour, about half as much buckwheat as cornmeal. Cook slowly, being careful that the mixture does not :. lck. When about dne add salt, popper and sage to taite, pour Into drlpp'ng bans; when cold slice It ns cold meat or fry It like mush. Mlrlnm M. Ilaynra, Colo rado Agricultural College, Port Col lins. Colo POTATOES IN NEW FASHION Special Way of 8ervlng Them Has Caught the Fanry of the Peo ple of San Fr .nciaco. At one of the most populnr rettau rants in San Francisco, delicious pota toes are rooked In the manner de scribed belcw. Though prepared there In a chad: g dish, thny may be cooked equally well at home In an ordinary skillet, flake as many po tatoes as are required for a meal, and as soon as they are mealy scoop out the Inside. Do not mash, but put In a pan In which le melted butter, at least a tahlespoonful for each potato, and as much more as your conscience will allow. Stir the potatoes until thoroughly mixed with the butter, and add enough paprika to make the mix ture pink, or the color of utabagns, and also add a tahlespoonful of very fine chopped chives and one of minced parsley. If chives are not to be had, use onions. These are espe cially good with beeksteak or chops. Oood housekeeping. Chicken and Rice. Onion with chicken and rice is an unusual combination, and unusually good as well. This Is a recipe from an Italian friend, but It should be Imme diately Americanized by adoption: "To serve six people have two moderate-sized onions to a person. Use one cupful of rice washed thoroughly, one cupful of chicken meat, diced fine, three cupfuls of chicken stock and two cupfuls of water. Use for this an earthen bnklng dish, somewhat fiat. Put the onions In flrBt, then the rice and chopped chicken, pouring the stock water over last. Salt and pc, per and dot liberally with butter. Pin In a moderate oven and cover. C' i for at least an hour, then uncr ' ihe baking dlBh, and add a cup . of rich cream. Increase the heat r the oven and cook about twenty m1' tites longer. This combination she ,id also be served in the dif h ' . which It la cooked." Spice Cakes. Two tablespoonfuls beef drippings or chicken fat, one-haft cupful sugar, one egg, one cupful sour milk, two ta blespoonfuU molasses, one level tea spoonful soda, salt, two cupfuls bread flour, one-half teaspoonful each nut meg, allspice, cinnamon, clove, one-half cupful raises, cut in two. Make In a loaf or small cakes. Fpst with white frosting. Chlck-sn Rolls. Melt throe tablespoonfuls of butteT, blend In three tablespoonfuls of flour, add gradually one and one-half cupfuls of chicken stock; season to taste with pepper, salt and celery salt; stir until smooth and thick, and add one and one-half cupfuls of chopped chicken. Remove tho soft crumbs from crisp rolls, fill with the prepared chicken, place In the oven until hot and serve. In the Kitchen. Even auch Juicy pies as rhubarb will not run over If the lower crust is picked lightly with a fork In several places before putting in filling and top crust. The wrapping papers from baker's bread are excellent to wrap school lunches, also cake and other food you wlBh to keep from drying out. To Wash and Clean Tin. Wash the tins well In hot, soapy water and also udd some soda and dry well while quite hot. Clean the Inside of the tin pan or saucepan with lemon Juice, If necessary. Clean the outside whlth whiting mixed to a paste with a little water. Let the pasto dry thoroughly, then polish first with s soft duster and then with a leather. Dried Lima Bean Soup. Into a quart of stock put a cupful of lima beans which have been cooked un til soft In water with a bit of ham. Slmmor for ten minutes. Press through a fruit press, return to the fire and let it boil up once. Remove from the fire and beat into It the yolk of one egg- Protection for the Toaster. When toasting bread or marshmal lows before an open fire make a shield for the band of a piece of pasteboard about Bix Inches in diameter with a slit In the middle for the fork. It Is much more effective than a cloth tied around the hand. Good Housekeep ing. Mutton Sandwiches With Peas. Butter slices of white bread and put over one-half a lettuce leaf, then thin slices of cold boiled mutton. Mix to gether one-half pint of peas that have been seasoned with salt, pepper and a little butter; then a spoonful of salad dressing, another leaf of lettuce, then another slice of buttered bread. Thick White Sauce. Two tablespoonfuls butter, three tablespoonfuls flour, one cupful milk, one-fourth teaspoonful salt, few grains of pepper. 10E1UGB0X Human Skull May Be Made to Do Service. Most Interesting Experiment, Which May Easily Be Tried by Any one Of Considerable Value to the Deaf. An Interesting experiment that proves what a good sounding box the human skull Is can be performed by anyone who has a disk phonograph. It Is described by II. Gernshack In the Electrical Experimenter as follows: "Stop up both of your ears with cot ton as tightly as possible, so that no sound will be heard from the outside. Now place an ordinary darning needle betwoen your teeth by biting on It hard, taking care that the Hps or tongue do not touch the needle. The Intter Is Important, because If either Up or tongue touch the needle the sound will be decreased considerably. "For the bost results the needle It self should project not more than one or Inches from the mouth. For Holding a Needle In the Teeth, a Pho nograph Record Can Be Heard. N. B. The Lips and Tongue Must Not Touch the Needle. that reason the darning needle should be broken off about H4 Inches from Its sharp point. It goes without saying that the sharp point should project out of the mouth, whllo the broken-off end should be Inside the mouth. "Now start an ordinary disk phono graph and carefully press down upon the record with the needle's point held at the same angle as the reproducer's needle Is held ordinarily. With a little practice one will become proficient In moving the head at the same ratio of speed as the ordinary reproducer arm is moved from the outside of the record toward the Inside. As soon as the needle touches the record with suf ficient pressure the Inside of the bead will be filled Immediately with music exceedingly loud and clear. "A curious result of the experiment Is that a person standing near by can hear the music, the head acting as a reproducer In this case." Mr. Gernshack asks deaf or partially deaf persons to try this and to write to blm about the result. Few States Without Primaries. . All of the states in the Union have some form of primary except Rhode Island, Connecticut. Delaware. New Mexico and Utah. North Carolina baa no direct primary, but has a presiden tial preference primary. In South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Arkansas and Texus the Democrats nominate by direct primary, but the statutes make no provision for other parties. A full primary law. passed In Vermont re cently, was approved by a majority of 3.700, and will be In effect for the se lection of delegates to the national convention. In addition to Vermont end North Carolina, the following Btates have a presidential preferetiOu primary: New Hampshire, Massachu setts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Da kota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Mary land, Montana, Oregon and California. American Dairy Products Active. Cheese, butter and other butterfatj are tgaln becoming Important factors In our export trade after a long period of comparative Inactivity. England has become our largest foreign mar ket for butter, cheese and condensed milk, having last year ti-ken 3,333,000 pounds of buttbi, out of a total ex port of 10,000,000 pounds; 48,500,000 pounds of cheese, out of a total ex port of B'.OOO.OuC pounds; and 4,000, 000 pounds of condensed milk, out of a total of 37,000,000 pounds. Canada, Cuba, Panama, Australia and Venezu ela also take considerable ,uantlties of American butter; Panama and the West Indies are Important markets for our cheese; whl.e Cuba, the Nether lands, China, Japan, Hongkong, Chosen, Panama and Brazil take large amounts of American condensed milk. Modern Knight of tho Road. It la reported that a "hobj" Is trav eling along tho Northern Electric rail way line In northern California, car rying with htm a folding frame of iron li terlaced with copper, which he con nects with the third rail so as to cook his meals by electricity. Furthermore, It is reported t.'ut he also carries a long wire which can be hooked ovor a tnlley line to supply irrent to the same appliance. The story Is inter esting and humorous; technically, It la somewhat dubious. Sclentiflo Ameri can. Whittler's Inspiration Dead. Miss Prlscllla H. Marsh, who as an East Haverhill schoolteacher fur nished the Inspiration for Whittler's poem, "In School Days," Is dead. Miss Marsh was born In Peacham, Vt, seventy-six years ago and started as a schoolteacher In rural schools. It was while she was teaching In East Haverhill that she came to know Whlttier Intimately, and It was her work among the pupils of that school that led him to write the poem. -Boston Dispatch to New York World,' , , Antimony Brings High Price. The prices of antimony In 1915 were probably the highest known since the metal became a regular article of commerce. The high prices were nat urally reflected in far the largest pro ductlon ever made In the United States, according to the United State geological survey's preliminary Oa urea.