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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1917)
CUPS AND SAUCERS TABLE APPURTENANCES THAT ARE COMPARATIVELY MODERN. Originally Cups Were Dig, Flaring Af fairs, While Saucen Were Small, Just the Reverse of Those of Today. ' The cup ami saucer Is a modern In vention unknown In the days of the sixteenth century. Bowls of various sires graced the banquet boards of King Hal and Queen Hess, hut cups came In only with the Introduction of such drinks as tea and coffee. The beverages of the sixteenth con tury were water, mead, sack and ale. In the middle of the next century came tea, and with It the Chinese or "china" teacup. Strangely enough, the men who Imported It from the Orient did not themselves understand the method of Its use. as possibly the conservative Britisher preferred to Invent a style of his own. The Chinese put a pinch of tea Into a cup tilled with boiling water, and then Inverted a saucer over the re ceptacle, within whose rim It closely Iltted. The object was partly to retain the heat, but chlelly to prevent the escape of the fragrance of the herb, which Chinese olfactories found most delicious. The infusion was permitted to stand for Ave minutes, when It was decanted into a second cup without a saucer and daintily sipped therefrom, John Hull, however, emphatically declined to take his tea In Chinese fashion. He liked the appearance of the ornnmentnl ware uon his table, but he Insisted on placing the cup In the saucer, like a miniature (lower pot, nnd used exclusively to drink from, preparing the beverage In a common Instead of an Individual re ceptacle. In course of time England begun the manufacture of cups and saucers, and pictures which have been preserved from the days of the Stuarts show big, tlarlng cups, four Inches across the top, with saucers less than three inches in diameter. By degrees one dwindled and tbe other expanded, un til In the middle of the nineteenth con tury the opposite extreme was reached nnd fashionable tea services find cups only an Inch and a half In diameter. accompanied by five-Inch saucers. The handle of the teacup came from Mediterranean lands. Originally It was made of thick und strong earth enware nnd applied to heavy jars and lamps. Its decorative possibilities popularized it with Greek and Itomun potters, who extended Its use to small amphors and flagons; but, as the word "amphor" Indicates, the handle wns double, like that of the bouillon cup today. Single handles crept Into use by slow degrees and were probably ap plied to drinking cups about the time that coffee came Into vogue In south em Europe, the beverage being taken almost at the boiling point, so that some device for lifting the cup with out burning the fingers was found de sirable. Traveling slowly northward, the onc handled coffee cup finally reached Great Britain, where its merits were immediately recognized. It wus not long before handles were applied to drinking utensils of every description Sugar Cane In Arizona. Sugar cane Is being raised In Ari zona for this first time to any client. Some 1.200 acres of the Suit Klver valley are under cultivation, and next season this acreage will bo Increased to 5,000. This Innovation Is predicted to be the beginning of an extensive In dustry, as the valley lands of both Ari zona and New Mexico are considered well suited for the growth of cane, nnd the higher lands can also be cultivated where Irrigation may be had. Up-to-Date Taxidermy. A Philadelphia taxidermist, who Is a naturalist and hunter as well, bus not ed the fact that hitherto little atten tion has been given to the expression of the eyes In the stuffed animals pre pared at great expense for the largo museums. He says that the sume eye Is as likely to be used for a cumot us for a lion. He Is now employing n skilled portrait painter to go to the Philadelphia zoo and make studies of the eyes of the vnrlous kinds of ani mals. These eyes are curefully mount ed, and glass eyes will bo copied from them, with the certainty of securing for each animal the eye having the distinct characteristics of Its species. It Is claimed that the oyas of animals differ as much In expression na those of human beings. Period of Adjustment "Why do they say that tho first year of married life Is almost tho most dif ficult?" "Because that's tho time sho has to get used to the fact that ho Isn't making all tho money in tho world, 4ind ho bus to ndjust himself to the discovery tiiat his little angel baa a temper und uses it at times." -Own National Dtanic Ga OOMt CT THC F OB several years congress has been urged to give a now lease of Ufa to ono of tho most In teresting Institutions in Wash ington tho Nntlounl Botanic Garden by removing It to a 400-acro tract In Rock Creek park. Ono need only walk through the garden to appreci ate tho need for such a change Tho giant palms In tho conserva tories aro crowding tho panes of glass out of tho roofs of tho buildings in which thoy are housed. Bare trons and plants encroach upon ono anothor, pushing and struggling In their fights for life and beauty. Exotics that have been coaxed to fruit and flower In their perfection In past years aro bolng persuaded to do so now, under present conditions of congestion, only by tho hardest kind of labor on tho part of the gardeners. In this beautiful garden, Btaitcd by Gcorgo Washington, ono moots people from all ovor tho United Statos, says tho Washington Star. A mccca for school children, teachers, bridal cou ples and other tourists, as well as men and women of purely scientific turn of mind, each season that passes gives it some new attraction, each year adds to its collections. Becontly tho garden has boon par ticularly enriched by tho successful growth and fruiting of tho Carica pa paya, under tho loving caro of tho superintendent, George W. Hess. This papaya is something llko tho papaw of tho middle West, and Is also known as tho melon papaw. It Is, however, a tropical fruit, known In tropical coun tries as the melon znpote. It comes from Mexico and Central America, and tho two young trees in tho bo tanic garden bear witness to tho fact that the present occasion Is tho first time tho fruit has been produced In Washington. Superintendent Hess explained how ho happened to be ablo to produco tho fruit hero. "These zapote trees," ho said, "wero mated by me. They have been In tho botanic garden, I suppose, about four teen or fifteen years, In aoparato places, but I found out that they wpre male and femalo of the species, and put them together, and they pol linated, with the result that they fruit ed for tho first time." Too Crowded to Be Seen. Hero Is a garden, an exhibition of great scientific, educational and ro mantic interest to say nothing of the bits of hlatory entwined about many of Its trees and plants which Is so filled with raro specimens that tho average visitor cannot seo thorn be cause of the way ono Is hidden by tho other. Among tho most beautiful cre ations of nature, tho poor stunted trees and plants reach out toward tho skies for their "placo in tho sun," their share of tho nir, that thoy may thrivo and silently teach tho lesson of tho beautiful. Hero is to bo found, really living and growing, a cedar of Lebanon, such as is spoken of In tho Bible, growing and thriving only on ono sldo becauso It Is crowded too much on tho other. Horo also Is to bo found tho euphorbia splendons, tho "crown of thorns," also mentioned in tho Bible. From tho 'sawdust" of tho former Is made the Jnconso used in Greek and Boman Catholic churches, highly pleasing to tho olfactory nerves. From tho latter comes a milky sap said to be poison ous. It obtains ltn narao from Its principal characteristics, which aro thorns and growth In circles. Tho botanic garden Is rich In raro foreign plants. Thousands of natural ized foreigners, as well as school teachers, thoir pupils and scientists Interested In arborculturo, botany and the other branches of plant and troo life, constantly visit tho gardon to soo theso spoclmona, , Tho myrtus communis of southern Europe has recently been tbe causo of many trips to tho garden by Jewish MOT HOUSCS rnbbla of Washington, ThlB plnnt I used by thorn In tho synagogues dur Ing tho Succoth. If a plant can bo found with three leaves, something llko tho throo-lcaf clover, they cheer fully pay us much ns five dollars for It. It Is said at tho garden that grower In tho West baa found u way to produco tho threoleaf variety nnd thnt he Is advertising It for Bale and doing a good business. Soma Rare Foreign Plants. A walk through tho conservatories shows this and many other foreign plants. One sees the grentor palms pushing thoir way through tho glass window roofs, at tlmos, and tho low height of those roofs Is tho causo of great trouble to tho caretakers and attendants. Hero la a Wnshlngton lllaforn, a gl gantlc California palm, the largest In tho conservatory. Hero Is a wampco tree, from China, which attracts tho Chineso of tho Pennsylvania avenue colony, and which produces an edl bio fruit, used for preserving and also for a medicine. Hero Is a marlmosn alba, tho sensitive plant, so-called. from South America. One variety closes and shrivels. It touched, an other closes at night, as a bird closes Its wings and settles down, as if to sloop. Elsowhoro Is tho gamboge. which produces tho best sort of oil for artists, which is also edible and which also produces a modlclno. In another placo Is tho Arabian coffoo plant, in stilt nnothor tho Indian breadfruit, which looka something llko a grapefruit. Nearby, Is a "travolors' tree" from Madagascar, which tho na tives tap and from which thoy obtain water In tho dcaort. Thoro aro In censo trees from India, Japanoso plums, gorgeous, scarlet hyblscus, al llgator pears, and thoro aro, also. bananas, the fruit of tbo latter grow Ing In Washington, If you plcaso. Tho conservatory Is rich In tho Ilg family, many specimens bolng gath cred hero, some of which produco rub ber and some fruit. Tho fig of com' morco bolongs to the rubber family, Then thoro is tho Inga (not Inca, of course) of Peru, tho most beautiful oak holly from southorn Europe, wild dato palins which fruit In winter, rat' tan palms, malacca palms, sago and tapioca. Nearby aro also to bo found tho nophollum longnnum, so familiarly known to our childhood ns tho lychoo or lechco nut tho Chineso Christmas nut. Ono finds hero, too, tho choco late plant, which has a fruit llko tho limp bean. There aro also bctols, nuts which the East Indian troops now In Franco fighting for England, nro roportcd to havo been furnished by tho British government that thoy may chow them, too largo a doso of which Is said to produco a stupor. Thoro la hemp, from which ropo Is mado, and thero Is tho Cllvla, a beautiful lily from tho Capo of Good Hope, namod for Lord Cllvo, famous as ono of tho earlier viceroys of India. Outside the Conservatory. Outsldo of tho conservatory thoro aro hundreds of Interesting plants and trees. Ono of theso Is nn acacia plant ed by Ocncral Grant. Anothor Is tho Hottentot poison troo. It has a for midable name no less than toxlco phlaca spcctnblllB, or acocanthora. This is tho so-called "ordeal" treo of Madagascar of which suspoctod ns well as guilty persons in times gono by havo been compelled to oat. Tho "ordeal," to tost whothor suspicion was Justly founded, always so proved, according to tho bollof of tho Hotten tots, for tho suspoctod person who was obliged to eat of it always died. At tbo botanlo gardens It la said to bo tho most poisonous of plants. It Is said that a seed no longor than an almond suffices to kill twenty persons. To make good uso of lolauro is difficult INSURING LIVES OF OTHERS Practice That li Largely Prevalent Though It la Illegal How It Is Done In tho Tranches. A rooont enso boforo tho court throw conaldornblo light upon tho penchant soma people havo for apocu lotlng In other people's lives. Ono womnn hold llfo Insurances on her parents, her children, lior motlior-ln law, hor brothers and several friends Of course thnt sort of thing Is Illegal, but It sootna to bo n nourishing busl noss nevertheless. But iiopu dolnyod makoth tho heart sick and after tho Insurora hnvn kepi tho premiums paid up to pretty well tho amount they would gain from th Insurance company, thoy bud thoir profit molting nwny and .call tho law to froo them from their Investment claiming thoir promlums hack on nil sorts of Ingenious defenses. Bather n rotten business, but wn nro assured thnt It la much more prova lent than wo hnvo nn Idon of. There must bo n tremendous temptation to assist fntn at tlmos, and In nny case when rolnttves form tho chief Invest mont on these linos, It must ho rather exasperating to havo thorn politely In form us thnt they nro "oulto well thank you." Ono recalls thnt scandalous "comlo aong thnt had such n vogue n whllo back whorolu nn Irritated hubby snng that ho was stony broke with n wad of dough staring htm In tho facol Some of tho stories of tho "sweep stakes" In tha trenches nro oqunlly disturbing. Tho nnmo of ench man In tho regiment going Into action Is put Into n bat and every man puts up a franc. Tho monoy Is divided between all those who drow tho nnmo of man who Is still nllvo or uuwoundod at tho ond of tho dnyt A soldier can splto n chap holding his namo by de liberately courting tha attentions of a bullet. On tho othor hand, It tends to mako thorn tondorly considerate of ench others' lives and urgont adraonl tions to "take carol" aro not necoa sarily disinterested. For Another Euripides. If somo poet or dramatist as groat aa Eurlpldoa wero to rise from tho wreck of this war and wrtto of what ho had soon ho could not bettor tho denunciation In "Tho Trojan Womon which runs, in part, "How are yo blind, yo troadors down of cities, . yoursolvqs so soon to dlo." Those linos woro spokon when this play was presented In tho new stadium of the City college Thoy brought homo to all who hoard thorn tho slckonlng real Izatlon that Europe has sloughod off Ita vonoor of civilization nnd Is back whero It was six conturlos boforo tho birth of Christ whon ancient Grooco, too, bollovcd that alio had omorgad from barbarism and did not soo tho ruin thon Impondlng. In Franco, In Botglum, In northern Italy nnd on tho windy plains of ancient Troy Itself tho shado of Eurlpldoa might again de nounce those "that cast tomplos to doaolatlon nnd lay waste tombs, tbo untrodden sanctuaries whoro llo tho anclont dead." In morals nnd lust tor blood Europe has rovortod to tbo daya of tho cavo man. Devil's Bible. Tho BO-cnllod Devil's Blblo Is In tho Boyal Polaco library of Stockholm, Sweden. It la n hugo copy of tho Scriptures, written upon 300 prepared asses' skins. Ono tradition doclarea that it took flvo hundred years, or from tho olghth to tho thirteenth con tury, to mako tho copy, which Is bo largo that It has a table to ttsolt. An othor tradition affirms that tho work wub dono In n slnglo night by a monk, with tho asslstanco of hlu sntantc ran Josty, who, when tho work was com pletod, gnvo tho monk n plcturo of hlniBelf for tho frontlaploco, whoro, amid illuminated incantations, it Is till to bo soon; hence tho nnmo. This mnrvolous manuscript was carried off by tho Swedes during tho Thirty Years' war from a convent In Prnguo, Honey Shortage In Britain. Eron tho boo feels tho war, Gor- many has always boon tho largest buy or of American honoy, but this yoar has takon only 10,000 worth. Thoro Is a honoy shortngo In England, how over, nnd our boos may bo happy yot Takon altogether, according to official roporta coming to tho dopartmont of commorco, Atnarican boos havo bo havod handsomoly this year. Thoy havo mado an unusually largo crop, tho avorago yield being 30,2 pounds for ovory colony, ns comparod with 32.2 pounds last year. Our ordinary crop la 00,000,000 pounds, and It will bo groator than that this yonr. PrlcoB aro down, how ovor, becauso of tho shifting market and honvy yield, and also bocauso of vory much hoavior crop In tho West Indies, which la handlod hero. This country has novor sont much honoy to England. Only $4,000 worth wont thoro last year. Conscience Fund Grows. The United Statos treasury run. science fund is growing. It now ox- cooas i&uu.uuu, received from smug glers, tax dodgors and others Most Eminent Medical Authorities Endorse It. Dr. Kberlo ami Dr. Brallliiralto ni well ns Dr. Hlinon all dlstlnaulshrtl authora-nsreo that whatever inav ba tho disease, Uin tirlno ipldom fall In (urnlshlnR us with n duo to tho princi ples upon which It is to bo treated, ami accurate knowledge concerning tha nature of disease can thus bn obtained. If bncknoho, scaldluc urino or frniioul urination bother or UUlrein yon, or II urlo acid In tho blood lias cauamt rheu matism, gout or sciatica or you suspect kidney or bladder trouble lust write Dr Pierce nt thocUirglcal Institute Buffalo, N.Y.; send n sample of tirlno and do ocrlbo symptoms. You will recelvo freu medical advice after DnPlerco'schpinlit has exnmlnrd tbo urlnu this will bo carefully done without charge, and yoti will k uudrr no obllRntlon. Dr. Plercu during many years of experimentation has discovered n new remedy which tin llnda Is thlrty-neveti limes morn power ful than lithln In removing urlo ackl from tho system. If you aro sulferlmt from backache or the pains of rlirnum limn, go to your beat druggM and ak for n 60-cent box of "Anuria" put tip by Dr. Pierce. Dr. Pierce's Favorite) Prescription for weak women and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dlncovery for the blood havo been favorably know ti for tbo past forty years und more". They aro standnrd remedies to-day ni well r.i Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellet (ot tbo liver nnd bowels. You can got a ample of any ono of theso rcmcdlc by wilting Dr. Plerco. Doctor riorco'a Pellets nro tincqunled mi n Liver Pill. One tiny, 6'uwr-coifrd Witt a Dose. Cure Kick Headache, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constlptv tiou, Indlgovtlon, Bilious Attacks, am all derangements of thu Liver, Btomaci jid Bowels. BUTTERFAT GONE UP If you r looLUf for I'rompt ft turn, Go4 Prl Aiul 5our ()!, molio your nt lilpmnl of Ctm le HAZELWOOD CO., PORTLAND. The Hone of the SalufieJ Skipper" Learned Something. "What's the matter with I'ltibdubT He used to claim that our politicians worn the most unscrupulous in tho world." "Ho has been traveling abroad, I think It wns a great blow to his civic prjdo when ho found they woro not" I-ouUvlllo Courier-Journal. Thread of Interest. "This cookbook ought to bo popu- ar." , "Why so?" "There's a love story mixed In with tho recipes." 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