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j-Sj! FOOD IN THE NORrmVESTl i (Ik
Government experts have discovered a new kind of food. It Is said
to be palatable, wholesome, nutritious, and ought to be reasonably cheap.
The food in question is furnished by the seeds of the great yellow water
lily, which in Southeastern Oregon have been gathered for many centuries
by the Klamath Indians, who depend upon them to a considerable extent
for their winter provender. They are so delicious, and so obviously avail
able for consumption by civilized people, that It is thought there would be
profit in collecting them on a large scale, preparing them for market by
modern methods and putting them up for sale in neat and attractive pack
ages, as a new food luxury.
The aborigines in question dwell among the foothills of the great Cas
cade range, In a region remarkable for multitudinous springs of icy-cold
and crystal-clear water. It is from these springs that two vast water
spaces, known respectively as Klamath marsh and Klamath lake, are sup
plied. The Klamath marsh, writes Rene Bach in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
contains 10,000 acres of the water lilies.
The water lilies are such exceedingly vigorous plants that they prac
tically crowd out all other forms of vegetation over the area they occupy,
even to the cat-tails. Thus the 10,000 acfes represent that much space ex
clusively occupied by the "wokas," as the Indians call them. Their seeds
are inclosed in large green pods, which when fully ripe undergo quite sud
denly a curious sort of decomposition, as one might call it, literally melting
and dropping into the water a mucilaginous fluid in which the seeds are
most eagerly sought, the seeds having obtained a maximum of flavor and
tenderness.
. White people in Southeastern Oregon often buy wokas from the Kla
maths for their own use, paying from 10 to 20 cents a pound for them that
is to say, for the kernels ready prepared and parched. They like them very
much. But the price seems to be rather high, and it is suggested by Dr.
P. V. Covllle, botanist in chief of the Department of Agriculture, that mod
ern methods might be employed to great advantage in placing the crop on
the market. It would hardly be practicable, says, to gather the pods in
any other way than that now adopted, but the processes required for sep
arating, cleaning and otherwise preparing the seeds might be performed
inexpensively and advantageously by already familiar milling machines
so as to place the product on the market at a price low enough to enable It
to compete with other breakfast foods.
actor that had been cast for the part
of the horse was doing his best, pre
sumably to look pathetic.
With drooping head, It stood on
the stage, from time to time switching
Its poor docked tail. One of the two
legged actors was delivering an im
passioned and really touching speech,
when the audience suddenly burst into
a fit of prolonged and uncontrollable
laughter.
The oration came to a sudden stop.
The actor glanced at the horse, then
turned and fled in dismay behind tho
scenes.
"Black Beauty" was yawning.
cnncERJcc:
Calcutta is to spend nearly half a
million dollars for a 9,000, 000-gallon
tank for its filtered water supply. The
tank will be elevated 100 feet above
the ground on steel columns.
To facilitate its telephone service,
the British postofflce department Is
experimenting with a slot machine de
vice into which two pennies are
dropped when a call Is made. If the
line is busy the money Is returned.
The navy's submarine boat, Octopus,
holds the record for depth of opera
tions. With a full crew on board the
little vessel, was operated for half an
hour in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts,
In water -no less than 107 feet deep.
Tho first electric furnace in this
country for annealing, tempering and
hardening metiila has been erected at
Schenectady, N. Y. It consists of a
crucible containing metallic salt. melt
ed by an alternating currant, of low
voltage.
A prize of about $2,406 offered in
Germany in 1804 for the best method
of preventing the pollution of streams
by sulphite liquor from paper mills
still remains unawarded. Score of
methods have been tried, but none has
been notably successful.
P. Stubbs, an English ornithologist,
expresses the opinion that birds habit
ually make use of storms in traveling
from one part of their range to anoth
er. He points out that if a bird can
not find shelter, it must be more com
fortable on the wing than on the
ground during a storm, because in the
fiercest gales the air, as a mass, is at
rest; that is, the bird is in a moving
supporting medium, like a swimmer In
a strongly flowing river.
The advantages of oil fuel for sta
tionary and marine boilers are receiv
ing much attention In England. Al
though the total cost is greater for
oil than coal, oil has the advantage
of greater convenience, simplicity and
cleanliness. It is also more efficient,
since a pound of good oil is found to
have a calorific value about 35 per
cent greater than that of an equal
weight of coal. It also occupies much
less space, and in that respect is very
suitable for ships. Many improvements
have recently been made in the meth
ods of spraying and burnlug the oil.
A curious photograph of a croco
dile's nest filled with eggs, from two of
which young crocodiles were Just issu
ing, is contributed to Nature by G. W.
Grabham. The photograph was made
In the bed of the river Rahad, near the
frontier of Abyssinia. The eggs were
about three inches long, and the newly
hatched crocodiles are ten Inches long.
They are perfectly formed, and utter
a sound resembling the croaking of
frogs. Before being uncovered, the
eggs were burled about three Inches
deep In the sand at the bottom of a
hole a foot deep. The young croco
diles. Mr. Grabham says, were perfect
ly willing to bite, but not strong
enough to do any harm.
polled ta Performance.
The play was all about a horse a
famous horse, the autobiography of
which la even yet among the "best
sellers." and over the sufferings of
which thousands of readers have shed
(cart of sympathy. The four-legged
I THE FINE ART OF MANNERS.
Miss Prlndle was a formal and pre
cise old lady who "conducted" so the
phrase ran a very select sewing class
for young girls. Besides being an ex
cellent school for learning needle
work, Miss Prlndle's Thursday after
noon gatherings were Instructed in the
niceties of old-fashioned manners. Miss
Prlndle was herself a model of pro
priety, and had her pupils tried only
to imitate her, their time would not
have been wasted.
One day, down-town, Miss Prlndle
saw coming toward her a girl whom
she recognized to be Marion Knight,
one of her sewing class. The girl was
walking along rapidly, not seeming to
notice her teacher. As the two met,
Miss Prlndle caught her eye, and
bowed and smiled In her most formal
way. She then passed on, reflecting
that Marlon would doubtless benefit
by the example of her salute, and
Borne time be herself an example to
others.
A few rods farther on, to her sur
prise, Miss Prlndle again encountered
so she thought Marlon Knight. The
girl was coming toward her, as be
fore.
Miss Prlndle stopped.
"Are you " she began, "are you not
Marlon Knight?"
"Certainly, Miss Prlndle," said the
girl.
"And didn't I meet yo& only a mo
ment ago?" she asked.
"No, Miss Prlndle, I think that was
my twin sister, Elsie."
Miss Prlndle looked her confusion.
"And she she Isn't In my sewing
class, Is she, Marlon?"
"No, Miss Prlndle; she has been
away at school for a long time."
"O dear! O dear!" exclaimed the old
lady. "And I don't know her, and I
bowed and smiled to her! Oh Marlon,
dear, will you tell her Just as soon as
you see her that I shouldn't have smil
ed and bowed to her, because I've
never met her, you see? It was very
bad form, you understand."
"But, Miss Prlndle,"' protested the
girl, "I think you met her last year
when we first came to live here. Don't
you remember? It was at the church
fair."
"Oh, so I did!" cried the other, aftei
a moment. "So I did. Well, in that
case. Marlon, you may tell your sister
that I am glad I bowed, but I shouldn't
have smiled. Good-by, dear!"
Neglected Opportunity.
Thougn Swansea. Wales, la In fhe
very heart of the Welsh anthracite
coal fields, stoves suitable tor burning
It are conspicuous by thelv abvenca.
WHERE DANCES ORIGINATED.
Walts First Popular Among German
Peasants.
Of all the wonderful, stately old
dances which 200 yean ago were In
vogue, only the minuet remains, and
that nowadays is very rarely attempt
ed. Of course every one admits that
of all dances the waltz Is queen. It
originated among the German peas
ants In the seventeenth or eighteenth
century. As they danced it It was th(
slow waltz, called the landler.
Later the Vienna musicians took it
up, quickened the pace, and by their
lovely musical settings of this dance
rhythm established the reign of the
waltz throughout the world. It is note
worthy that the composers of the finest
dancing waltzes ever written Schu
bert, Weber, Beethoven, Strauss, Lan
ner, Labitzky and Waldteufel were
all Vienna men. It Is properly a three
tep dance, whether slow or fast. Ihe
two-step waltz is a recent Innovation
and not an improvement.
Besides the waltz we owe to Ger
many the gallop, an impetuous, dash
ing dance dating from about 1800; the
polka, a Justly popular four-step dance
derived from the Bohemian peasantry
about 1830, and the redowa, a quick
movement in triple time, also Bohe
mian in origin.
Prance has given us the minuet, the
quadrille or contradance and the far
andole, all square dances or dances
participated in by several pairs or sets
simultaneously.
Poland has furnished some beautiful
dances, notably the much-admired ma
zurka In modern triple time; the state
ly polonaise, a kind of processional
much used in European courts and at
elaborate social functions; the varso
vienne, a slow three-step, and the cra
covienne, a fast two-step.
Italy's chief contribution is the Jig,
which is danced under different names
In all countries In Italy as the taran
tella and saltarello, In England as the
hornpipe, and In Scotland and Ireland
as the reel.
The only dances native to his coun
try are sundry Jigs, reels, clog dances,
break-downs, etc., mostly originating
among the Southern plantation hands.
While these dances are lively and
amusing, they cannot be called artis
tic, like the national dances of Ger
many, Poland, Spain, Scotland and
Prance.
l A STROKE OF FORTUNE. 5
It was a murky day In August, and
the old sea captains were talking of a
schooner which had been struck by
lightning a few days before, and add
ing their contributions to nautical fic
tion, thinly disguised as fact. "How
about the Emma S., Captain Ell?"
asked the privileged listener at last
"Wasn't she struck once?"
"She was, sir," and Captain Ell
fixed his gaze on a crack in the cell
ing of the old wharf office. "She was,
Indeed, off the Cape; home'ard bound,
she was."
"I'd like to hear the particulars,"
said the young man, and all the cap
tains moved in their seats and fixed
their eyes on the crack which held
the gaze of Captain Ell.
" 'Tlsn't much to tell, only what
might happen to any vessel under sim
ilar succumstances," said Captain Ell.
"A bolt struck the deck amidships,
and bored a hole right down through
the bottom o' the schooner big as a
man's leg.
"The water come rushing In, and o'
course the Emma S. would have
foundered If a second bolt hadn't come
and struck my foreto'galla'mast, cut
It off near the top, turned it end for
end, and drove It right Into the hole,
plugging it up an' making it water
tight. N
" 'Twas a clear case o' what folks
call the ravages an' repairs o' nature,"
said Captain Ell, as he removed his
gaze from the crack and let It rest
thoughtfully on the Ingenuous face of
the only landsman in the company.
Bur French Women.
There are 7,000,000 women In Francs
who earn their own. living. In Parii
women now work as cutters of pie
clous stones, and they have proved so
skillful that they may win supremacy
from Amsterdam as the center of thi
stone-cutting Industry. The women
cutters receive $1.80 a day, against
the 60 cents paid the Paris seam
stress. Women are found in almost
every line of work In France. Foi
example, a woman Is In charge of thi
railroad station In Prolssy, a Parli
suburb, while her husband works un
der her as a porter. The only barbel
hop in Frolssy Is run by "Mile
Jeanne," who work only on Tuesdayi
and Fridays. Mme. Lesobre holds thi
Joint position of telegraph messengei
and postman. She averages twentj
miles a day, seven days a week, and
has not missed a day in fifteen years
A woman pounds the big drum In thi
Frolssy brass band, and a woman
holds the street cleaning contract -
Tho Rlht Sid.
Patience They say a man's beard
Is generally heavier on the right sidi
of his face.
Patrlcs I don't see, then, why
girl always tries to get on the right
ids of a man!
After a woman has been married
six months the tradesmen don't hear
so much about what her husband likes
to sat
Sometimes a man wants a thing so
much that he forgsts the other fel
low dossnt want to glvs It up.
MOTHER. GOOSE UP TO DATE.
Tom the piper's son stole a pig
from Farmer Jenkins and away he ran
to make good his escape. But piggie
objected to being stolen. The moment
he understood his true position, he
started to squeal at the top of his
voice. This aroused the farmer from
his noonday siesta (get Uncle John to
explain this word), who at once start
ed in hot pursuit for his lost prop
erty. Poor Tom! Already his conscience
troubled him but not half so much
as the pig's squealing. Do what he
might, he couldn't stop it, and all the
time his pursuer was Just following
the squeal and getting nearer and
nearer. Tom tried to hide the animal
nder his blouse, but piggie simply
wouldn't let up even for a second. In
desperation, Tom opened his mouth
very, very wide, took ont mouthful
and plggie's squeals were no more.
But with a pig in the inside of his
stomach, Tom couldn't run nor could
you, dear reader. The farmer over
took him, grabbed him by the collar,
gave him a sound trouncing, and sent
him flying down the street as fast as
ever his legs could take him. Tom
never stole another pig, you may be
quite sure of that
Flower In a Soap Bubble.
A pretty experiment is that of plac
ing a flower inside a soap bubble. To
accomplish this feat, which is often
mystifying and always amusing, put
water in which a good deal of soap
has been dissolved Into the bottom of
a tray, or shallow pan, to the depth
of about an eighth of an Inch. In the
center of the tray place the rose, or
water lily, or whatever flower Is
chosen for the experiment. Over It
then clap a tin funnel. Now slowly
lift the funnel, at the same time blow
ing gently through its small end.
When you have blown a large enough
film, you can disengage the bubble
by turning the funnel at right angles.
A great variety of objects, from china
dolls to Easter eggs, may be In this
way filmed over with a gay sphere of
Iridescence.
A Common Error.
An error that is frequently made
and for which there should be no ex
cuse save that of Ignorance, is often
said to be the result of hurried com
position; but you will admit that that
is less than no excuse at all. It Is
the use of the objective case Instead
of the possessive, before a gerund or
verbal noun, ending in lng. As an il
lustration, take this phrase that was
inadvertently published in a news
paper: "To prevent them making a
rush." Of course this error may be
corrected In one of two ways: "To
prevent their making a rush," or "to
prevent them from making a rush"
It you will think only a moment, the
reason will be obvious.
HONARCHS ALWAYS IN PERIL.
Effort to Appear Calm Often Upset
by Apparent Dancer.
One of the principal rules in the
life of a king is that his face must
BSTtr betray his (motions; ha must
never show surprise or dtsappotr
ment or anger. Above all. he must
never show fear. But sometimes, says
an English ' writer, it happens that
the iron self-control of a ruler will
break down.
One can readily understand the ef
fect that the terrible events of her
wedding day must have had on the
nerves of the young queen of Spain
and though at the time her calm
courage was the amazement of all, it
is quite certain that the fright has had
a lasting effect.
After a recent visit to England she
was about to embark on her Journey
back to Spain and had taken leave
of the friends and relatives who had
come to see her off. Suddenly she
turned back and hurried toward her
mother, flinging her armB round her
and embracing her passionately again
and again.
"I fear I shall never see you again,"
she said, with tears in her eyes.
The only time the German emperor
has been seen to look frightened was
when he had just arrived in England
on his way to the deathbed of Queen
Victoria.
He landed at Cowes, where he was
received by the Prince of Wales (the
present king) and they had both taken
their seats in a closed carriage pre
paratory to driving to Osborne. As
the carriage began to move off through
the respectful crowd something dark
ened the window and there was a
sharp click. The emperor turned dead
ly pale and shrank back into his cor
ner. But the click was nothing more
serious than the sound of a snapshot
camera that an overeager photog
rapher had thrust almost into the open
window of the carriage. His majesty
dearly loves to be photographed, but
on this occasion he was furious at hav
ing been betrayed into showing
"funk."
A curious episode showing the state
of the present Czar's nerves occurred
when he and the Czarina paid a visit
to Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 1896.
It had been arranged that when the
imperial train arrived at Ballater sta
tion some rockets would be sent up
to announce to the queen their safe
arrival and also as a sort of welcome
to the Czar himself. Unfortunately,
no one had prepared the Czar and, as
he took his seat in the carriage he
was startled by the sudden roar and
crash as the fireworks raced aloft and
burst forth with a flash.
The Czar sank back in his carriage
half insensible with fear and quiver
ing like a leaf, and it was some min
utes before he recovered sufficiently
to bow to the crowds that lined the
route through the village.
A dramatic little episode once oc
curred on the magnificent staircase of
the royal palace In Madrid.
On the night of October 7, 1841, a
crowd of mutinous officers swarmed up
with the intention of kidnaping the
child queen Isabella. Shots rang out
and there was a murderous hand-to-hand
combat on the staircase.
Poor little Isabella, all her real dig
nity forgotten, wrung her hands in
an agony of fear, screaming, "Oh, don't
let them kill me!"
As day broke over the city the mu
tineers fled and most of them were
afterwards shot.
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
Cob Meal Industry Not Especially
Well Known to the Public.
"Have you ever bought any cob
meal?" inquires a writer in Popular
Mechanics, and adds: "If so, you did
it unintentionally. Cob meal is made
by grinding corn cobs, and the indus
try is one shrouded in great mystery.
Not that there is any secret of par
ticular value in the process of grind
ing, but the ultimate purpose of the
corn cob meal Is not such as to make
publicity desirable. Thousands of dol
lars have been spent in perfecting the
grinding machinery, and the process
is now reduced to a practical science.
"It is apparently reassuring to learn
that 'it is necessary, of course, to have
the cobs clean of husks, stones and
pieces of chain, brick, etc.'; but in
vestigation develops the fact that this
precaution is taken not on account
of the meal, but to safeguard - the
grinding machinery. Even so ignoble
a thing as a corn cob grinder rebels
at being fed on pieces of stone, chaiq
and brick, and the machines are rathei
expensive.
"Where the cob meal goes finds a
ready explanation in the fact that it
can be made at a cost of $6 to $7 per
ton, while ground feed brings $25 to
$28 per ton.
"To such an extent has this class of
deception developed that several States
have already Imposed severe penalties
on the use of cob meal as adulteration.
Inasmuch as the nutrition in cob meal
is on a par with pine sawdust, it would
seem a proper subject for national
pure food legislation. The leading
milling Journals Insist that the millers
of wheat flour seldom are offenders,
and that cob grinding is chiefly done
by manufacturers of mixed and com
pound feeds, especially those composed
largely of molasses.
"It's a mighty mean and contemp
tible man whose automobile Is pui
chased with the stealings from the
rations of a faithful, helpless animal."
Color Blind. .
Servant A pound of tea for the
missus.
Grocer Green or black?
Servant Shure, ayther will fl0.
She's as blind as a bat!" Judge.
It was David who said, "All men
are liars." And he might have added
that married men have opportunities
thrust upon them.
A man has no business with religion
it & doesn't use it ia his business.
Mrs. Briggs Does your husband
take any special exercise? Mrs. Griggs
Yes; he's all the time kicking.
Mr. Summerboard (politely) Shall
I help myself to the beans? Hired
Man You will If you git enny!
Knlcker When he graduated he
thought he would save the State.
Bocker And now he is trying to save
a dollar a week.
"Your wife doesn't seem to care
much for that friend of yours." "No;
he's the man I lay the blame on when
I'm detained downtown."
"Who's that homely girl you spoke
to?" "Sir, that lady has promised to
be my wife." "Cheer up. Lots of
women don't keep- their promises."
Editor What are you writing? Re
porter A race with death. Editor
Say we call that race off and get It
up in some other form this time.
"I've moved to the country now,
and planted a garden." "Anything
coming up?" "Sure. My wife's family
Is coming up to spend the summer."
She Better Join our picnic party.
He What's the use", when I can more
easily enjoy warm lemonade and sand
wiches with ants on 'em In my back
yard?
Customer (looking at electric fans)
No, I don't believe I care for a
second-hand fan. Dealer (waving his
hands) Vy? Aln segond-hand air aa
good as any?
I Hub Reckless and extravagant I?
i When did I ever make a useless pur
chase? Wife Why, there's that fire .
l extinguisher you bought a year ago;
j we've never used It once.
"I don't believe in hiding my light
under a bushel," remarked young Sap-
lelgh. "You would be foolish to do
so," rejoined Miss Slashem, "when a
pint cup would more than hide It"
' Fond Mother Tommy, darling, this
le your birthday! What would you
, like to do? Tommy, Darling (after a
I moment's reflection) I think I should
enjoy seeing the baby spanked. Fi
garo. "It's hard to lose a beautiful
daughter," said the wedding guest
sympathetically. "It's a blamed sight
harder to lose the homely ones," re
plied the old man who had several
yet to go.
"Mean thing!" exclaimed Mrs. New
llwed; "it's just brutal of you to call
it 'this stuff.' You said you'd be glad
if I baked my own bread " "Yes,
dear," replied the brute, "but I didn't
say you should bake mine."
Critic (as the composer plays hla
last piece) Very fine Indeed. But
what is that passage which makes ths
cold chills run down the back? Com
poser That Is where the wanderer
has the hotel bill brought to him.
Fliegende Blaetter.
Mr. Budworthy Rather clever fel
low, that young Dudelong, don't you
think? Miss Pewstules I really could
not tell. He scarcely uttered a word
the whole time he was here.. Mr. Bud
worthy Sly dog! He knows when hi
Is at his best. Puck.
"How did you manage to see every
thing in Rome inside of two days?"
"Well, you see, we got up early, mj
wife went to the shops, my daughter
to the picture galleries, and I took In
the restaurants. In the evening w
compared notes." Fliegende Blatter.
Miss Passay This gold dollar wai
given to me by my grandfather when
I was christened. It vas just coined
shortly after my birth. See, it is dat
ed 1880. Miss Sharpe Yes, how con
siderate of them to have the colnei
date It so far ahead. Philadelphia
Press.
Towne It's all well, enough to TBrk
about forgiving our enemies, but, 1
tell you, it's a hard thing to da
Browne That's what it Is. We should
not be expected to forgive our enemlea
except when they freely admit thai
they don't deserve our forgiveness.
Philadelphia Press.
She (indignantly) Why- did you
fall to keep your appointment with
me yesterday? He I'm awfully sorry,
but I was compelled to wait in a res
taurant until it was too late. She
(Icily) Pardon me, but I thought
you had a position in a bank. I wasn't
aware that you were a waiter. Tit
Bits. Merchant's Wife (suddenly appear
ing In her husband's office) Ha! 1
thought you said your typewriter girl
was an old maid? Merchant (much
confused) Um er, yes, m'dear, ol
course, of course; but she is sick to
day, and she sent her little grand
daughter as a substitute. Philadel
phia Record.
Epicure Walter, this steak la posi
tively bad. It must be three week!
old. Waiter Ah, pardon, monsieur!
I have made ze meestake, and havi
brought you ze venison. Epicurean
Venteon? Oh, yes! Then you maj
leave it (Tastes It) Ah! to be sura
It Is venison; and very nice, too
very nice, Indeed! Town Topics.
. Mrs. de Temper (looking up from
the paper) Well, I declare! Anothel
woman, single-handed, has captured
burglar. I should think she would havs
been killed by the brute; but the pa
pers say the moment she grabbed
poker and made a dash for him, nil
knees trembled and his teeth shook,
and he sank to the floor in affright
Mr. de Temper He Is probably a mar
ried man. New York Weekly,