The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, September 14, 1888, Image 6
"--"rV"' " -Ci-lk -seer: 1 tf t f T t r 1 s F s a t; a ti o b ii b I A Si jr f 1 fc fd or 9 If r c 5 t 1 J? jj 152 L,V AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. An lngenlou Proeete Rer-eatljr fmtentcd l3" aChlcajpo ArlUU During the war of the Rebellion, while the contending armies lay ho long between Kichmond and the Poto mac, various efforts were m:ule by Northern engineers to obtain photo graphs from aerial elevations of the pjsitions of the Southern troops. The attempts were made from balloons, but they were far from being successful. The art of instantaneous photography had not leen pefected, if indeed it had been more than thought of, and the danger of exposure to the almost un erring rifle of the sharpshooter was so great that few were willing to essay the operation exocpt upon the most favorable conditions of wind, weather and situation. During the Franco Prussian war, a few years later par ticularly in the neighborhood of Paris both French and German scientists undertook the enterprise of securing photographs of the opposing hostilo camps and movements, but only with partial success. Since then photo graphic departments have been at tached to nearly all the European armies, and numerous discoveries have lecn made in the management of bal loons at elevations of from 5,000 to 10.000 feet. M. J. Steffens, photographer of this city, has recently secured letters patent for a new system of aerial photography, which promises to lc of value both for military und commer cial puriioses. It is a combination of instantaneous photography controlled by electricity, and a hydrogen-filled balloon capable of supporting a weight of not more than thirty or forty pounds at an elevation of 8.000 or 10.000 feet, 'flie bnlloon is composed of a film of pure rubber, something like that used j sigh the candidate produced the money, in tho manufacture of tho little toy j and ordered that the dogs be put down articles which street fakirs sell at a cellar and made as comfortable as pos nickel apiece, and is filled with hydro- I sible. jren gas made from the decomposition I "I do not mind dogs so much," he of zinc by sulphuric acid and passed ' remarked, "but snakes and prairie through a bath of sillicate of soda, so as j wolves seem to me in bad taste, and I to remove all traces of oxygen. To the earnestly deprecate " balloon is attached the camera, the me- There's a man down-stairs." inter chauism of suspension being arranged i rupted the girl, re-entering the room, so a- to allow of angular or rectangular j and falling over the twenty-pound Held of vision. Between the balloon I brindle cat. which a lady in Michigan and the camera is a wind-fan to re- had seat with her regards and an ex duco oscillation to a minimum, and to j press bill for twelve dollars, "and he keep the camera in the desired position an ingenious arrangement has been de vised wherebv it will remain constant ! . .. 1 in the arbitrary relation in winch it was placed to a large compass which was delicately adjusted to it. The camt ra is constructed somewhat upon the general plan of those used in taL ing photographs of horses running at full speed, and the delicate machinery for making tho exposure and moving on the rollers the sensitized paper is manipulated from the ground by the operator through the means of an or dinary telegraph key. The cord by which the balloon is allowed to ascend has within it two fine threads of cop per, which are not allowed to touch each other. On tho ground, connec tion is made with a battery of three or four cells, or as many as may be heeded. All that tho ie operator has to of sensitized paper lo is to insert a roll in the camera, adjust the angle ol .; -.n.i ti, wint;r... rth ,.,.mf...-. to the compass, attach it to tho balloon. and then let it go aloft to the height required. A click on the key anises An instantaneous exposure; the ma chinery in the interior of the camera .at tho same moment begins to operate. and when the exposure is completed ; uo uneJ m "u ,omi "" n l weight inches of the sensitized paper, even get a chance to write my maugu on which the picture has been taken. 1 ral address; and the first thing you is transferred to a second and smaller ,cnow il 'll the fourth of Mareh. and roller in the opposite side of thc camera. I rn ,mve lo 8tand UP there before a per- The instrument is then readv for a second view, and so on until the sensi tized paper a roll of forty or fifty feet ha been used, if so much be re quired. The apparatus is then hauled down, the gas expelled from tho bal loon, and every thing used iu connec tion with the experiments packed jiway in a box not much larger than an ordinary valise. The lens used is of the globular variety a recent inven tion and will take a picture without smy dihturbance at any distance be yond a focus of seventy feet. At an elevation of about 5,.00 feet, the lens having a visual angle of 60 degrees, the field of observation would lie a circle having a diameter of one mile. If a greater field of observation were required at the same height it would become necessary to use a lens having a. grc'iter visual angle than CO degrees. Chicago Tribune. How to Measure One's Growth. One'may measure his own growth by looking b:u:k upon his own record of bis likes and dislikes, his thoughts and convictions, his moods and humors. Have you an old scrap-book of your own making? Havo you a once favor ite volume which, five, ten, twenty, forty years ago you pencil-marked? How many passages that pleased you then please you now? How many statements that you disagreed with then do you agree with now? How many that you agreed to then do you a,rree to uojr? Howjnany of those scraps that you thought worth pastiug in a book seemtpuerilo and as so much rubbish now? Few of. us there are who have not sbme jiuoji oooof of our past selves; and Uiore'aro few. of us who are not half ashamed of our own measure as thus disclosed. In tho light of such revelations of one's past belf to bis w,iit lelf. it ,woldiseem that seem that ono ; ' r '. . ' -. wMve nrf rbom for over self-confi- fesJS'Si.'arJSSf SL:i oresent shall have become the past & . Times. .'i . j A Spanish astronomer has. ascer tained that there are rain and snow on the moon, tho same as on the earth. THE CANDIDATE AT HOME. A Realistic Plctare oFthe Trial mad Trlh I uUtion or Our Great Men. "Yes, my dear," remarked the can didate to his wife, as with a weary sigh he removed tho wrappers from a large yellow silk pin-cushion with his initials on it, and sent the girl down stairs with $4.82 for tho expressman; "yes, I fully appreciate the honor that some of the people of this great and effervescing Republic have done me in nominating me for so high an office; but I could wish that they would be somewhat less impetuous, as it were, in their method of expressing their esteem and admir ation." He here stopped to replace tho cover on the box containing the twenty-year-old rattlesnake that had been sent him by a constituent in Wyoming, an act which he performed just in time to prevent the playful reptile from me andering out and making a light lunch J of the baby. This dono, he resumed. sadly: 'It must, of course, be highly grati fying to any properly constructed can didate to have an enthusiastic people pouring a perfect avalanche, if I may be permitted the expression, of canes, clgar-c;ises, underwear, beasts of as sorted sizes and colors, and other use ful articles upon him; he can not but feel proud to think that his house is the objective point of every express wagon in town, and that people all over this great and glorious land are sitting up nights and neglecting their business to make rare and curious articles ot vertu for him. But in time even this becomes monotonous, and Here the girl came in to say that an other consignment of yellow dogs had arrived, and that the expressman wanted eight dollars more. With a says that he has just named his two hours' old baby after you. and thought YlA ll'Sftlllfl Jt1irk 'iWltttlll fftllfl 1kt. Trt1 , ... 1 1 , 1 know, so that you would not feel you anxious about it." "This is getting played out," howled the candidate: "I've got no more money to invest in that way. and that settles it. Give him a spoon out of the holder, with mv regards, and tell him I'll call 'round and kis the baby as soon as I get time." "Say!" remarked his wife with ani matiou: "this paper says that a man named Wellington Hanks, i-i Keokuk, is making a hair-brush for you to be composed of 11,967 distinct pieces of wood." "Great guns!" exclaimed the candi date: "Who said I wanted a hair-brush? j lue """ senumg a nuir-urusu 10 a nw m 1 i . 1 !.. j " without a hair on won mve l " his head! I Jutt thcn thc Sirl entered, and said I that a mule of rare beauty had arrived I from Arizona, and was waiting his or- ders and sixteen dollars. "Slaughter the beast!" cried the can didate wildly, "and tell the express man to go to! Am I to have no time to think about the tariff and things, and spiring muiuiuuo aim speaK a piece out of the Amateur Orator. I won't " He was interrupted by the entrance of a boy with an express pacsage, upon which were inscribed the words "All chargesjiropaid." As his eyes fell upon the inscription, he uttered a wild shriek and fell to the floor unconscious. For a few moments his woes were forgot ten. . A. Stearns, in Pui'k. THE HEATHEN CHINEE. How Ilinripllne Wus Administered to Suspected Celestial Farmer. Yestcrdai news reached the officials hereof a summary execution which took place at Ngan-tong-hien, one of tho towns belonging to this Fti. A farmer in that district named Pa'11 (nicknamed T'oh Chao. because he had only a thumb on his left hand) was said to be the head of a secret society numbering several tens of thousands, in this province and Shantung. As he was constantly going to and fro, and was supposed to be plotting against the Government, two military officers, acting under instructions from their superiors, resolved to arrest him the next time he returned home. With this'purposo in view, they sur rounded his house with a band of sol diers, but on approaching nearer one of the officers was shot dead, and the man broke from the house and fled. He was soon overtaken and disabled by a blow from the other officer's sword, when he was slowly tortured to death by the soldiers gashing his liody to pieces with their knives. They then tore out his heart and hunsr it up on a pole in front of his house to intimidate his followers. Before attempting to escape from the house, the unfortunate victim is said to have killed his daugh ter, a girl of sixteen years of age, fear ing lest she should be assaulted by the brutal soldiers. The surviving officer came yesterdajvto report the case. to the Chun-tai, the Brigadier lieneral. -r-, A Kansas ranchman predicts that 1 cheap beof "and mutton of the future will come from the immense grassy plains of Brazil and the Argentine Ee-public. ELECTRIC VIVISECTION. Cruel Experiment That Hare Recently Takea Place la New York. The old question of the desirability for any scientific purpose of vivisection will not be settled by tho vory inter esting and yet cruol experiment that took place tho other day before the Board of Electrical Control in New York. It was for the purpose of de termining whether, jus has been alleged, the alternating electrical currents used in incandescent lighting are more dan gerous and deadly than continuous currents of even greater power. A large dog was placed on the dem onstrator's table, so that a current of electricity could be sent th rough the an imal at a graduated pressure. The exhi bition "egan with a current of 300 volts, cut off instantaneously, but the shock caused the dog to leap into the air with a loud yelp. The tension was then in creased to 400 volts, and for ten seconds the dog howled and struggled convul sively. The next raise was to 500 volts. and the agony of the animal was in- I tenso. In his frantic effort to escape he would have broken the twisted wires of the cage had ho not been held by the stout ropo about his neck. Then for ten seconds a current of 700 volts was sent through him. So furious were his bounds and strains that the united rope and wire seemed too weak to hold him. and another wire was therefore wound about his neck and ho was strapped fast by leather bands to the cage. Then all was made ready for another test, it being noted that "his natural power of resistance had fallen to o.500 ohms." At a further signal a current of 1.000 volts tension was applied, and the brute gave ayell of agony that sounded almost like a human shriek. Having mus uemonsiraieu mat i.vuj voiis were insufficient to destroy life except j non ,rpm January " weeemuer. P by torture, the lecturer announced that t:u" Shaw alouo knows. It is only he had worked un to 1 -'40 volts with- 1 necessary to mention their too familiar out attaining a fatal result from a con- tin nous current, but would not carry the experiment so far in the present instance unless his audience desired. No one ' desiring further evidence, he changed j the current to the Siemens machine. giving :83 alternations per second, which is about that used in producing the incandescent light by an alternating current in ordinary service. This current a .'MO volts teasior. killed the weakened animal in Wve seconds, but the scientific objection was I ....... .. ,. , raised that tho animal s power 01 re sistauce had been grievously impaired by the continuous current. So the demonstrator was proceeding to cage a fresh dog when Superintendent Hank inson. of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, put an abrupt stop to the exhibition by notifying the lecturer than if any more such tests were made he would arrest every man concerned iu making them. Thus it has been demonstrated by a terribly cruel experiment that a strong continuous current of electricity will torture a strong dog, asd that a com paratively weak alternating current will kill a weak dog. Has enough knowledge been gained to atono for the horrible cruelty? Pliiladdphia In quirer. RAILROADS IN GERMANY. The Cozjr Statlon-llonne Found la All Portion of the Km pi re. The railroad stations all over Ger many are models of convenience and pretension. The smallest local train on a Germany railway receives a degree of consideration and honor that would stagger the engineers of the Chicago limited. The railroads are run entirelv by tho Government, and every thing connected with them shows the impress of military rule. The stations are surrounded by small parks, in which there are foun tains, flowers, and artistically-arranged hedges. The station building is often the most pretentious one in the town, and there is usually attached to it a large restaurant with several waiters in tho conventional claw-hammer coats. Broad walks made of granite and mar ble and relieved from monotony by de signs in mosaic stretch along on either side, and there is an air of spick and span brightness about every tiling in sight. As tho train draws into the station the waiters stand in an orderly row at the entrance to the dining room. They have all been sol diers every man in Germany has served a number of years in the army, and they stand in a military attitude with their hands at their sides and their chins up. Directly iu front of the main entrance stands the cap tain of the station. His rank is indi cated by a red cap. His uniform is exceedingly showy, and often becom ing for the men as a rule, are stalwart and well formed. He wears high heeled boots, dark-blue trousers, re lieved byjired stripe, a double-breasted military frock coat, with a gold belt and rows of brass buttons. Ranged be hind are the guards, who are also in uniform, but whoso caps are dark blue. After the train comes to a halt, tho chief guard jumps to the ground and salutes the station master. Then tho men step forward, and tho work of loading and unloading thc train goes on with conventional Teutonic stolid ity. It is the duty of ono of the guards i to walk along the train and rub all the dust from the door handles and other brass work, so that in the course of the iourney the metal becomes ' rilliantly polished. When tho train is ready for departure the guards salute the station master again, and ho takes a whistle from his belt and blows it twice, Uooa this another guard, iho is stationed at the further end of the pisiform, rings a huge bell three times. mid then, with another salute by way of courtesy, the train moves on its ay This is only an indication of the 1 ill- tary spirit which pervres German. ij'.. . . . ., ,!,-. .i ft . ax , .;.. - v v the prairie is still shown as prool f every j V . w 1H WVV" -m vw we w - - m m m Sun. RESPONSIBILITY OF CATS. They Haw Been harced With Nearly All Crime Kaown to the Calender. A merciful Providence is metaphor ically said to have made tho back of the domestic cat exceedingly broad, iu exquisite adaptation to the moral load which that anatomical structure has to carry. We all know that most fires are due to cats. Cats are culpably careless in the use of matches. Even Messrs. Bryant and May have scarcely been able by their ingenious invention to correct the influences of feline rash ness. It is far too common a thing for a cat, after lighting a cigar, to throw a wax vesta or a deadly fusee upon tho carpet or the bare boards. These ani mals will leave candles in immediate proximity to curtains, and forget all about them in an exciting chase after mice that have as much right to live as themselves. A cat has been known to turn on the ! gas. and then, hearing a scratching be hind the wainscot, to become absorbed for half an hour before applying the j flame, with consequences which can be imagined, and. therefore, if Henry James will pardon us for saying so. need not be described. Cats, too, are addicted to the pernicious practice of smoking in bed. especially Persian cats, who can not otherwise perform their allotted task of reading through tho "Arabian Nights" twice a year. Now, as it is notorious that no cat will en dure a cover to his pipe, we need not point out the great dangers we are in by this unhappy levity. But there is really no end to the responsibility of cats, who are without any sense of shame, and appear to be most imper fectly acquainted with the laws which govern the ignition of inflammable bodies. How many fires thev cause 111 Lon- "ubit of saving themselves trouble by carrving hot coals in a shovel from one room to another, for on this occa sion we may avoid the painful topie of the frauds which they too often per petrate at the expense of tho in- surance companies. When all these . things are taken into consideration we j need net wonder, however deeply we j may be grieved, at the number of fires I whose origin is assigned in official re- ports to the agency of those noxious and ubiquitous quadrupeds. Cats are a powerful interest, and in the prevail ing flabbiness of public opinion, few have the moral courage to speak the truth about them. Excellent is the spirit of Dr. Low. an officer of the Local Government Hoard, who merits the respect and gratitude of the whole community for having brought out the facts about cats without flinching. Xo cat, after the publication of D Low's memor andum, car: shelter himself behind the miserable plea of ignorance from the duty of at once answering the charge that whatever may be his recreations and amusements, his serious business iu life is the spread cf diphtheria. It is the more courageous in Dr. Low to state this because certain Irish-American cats are more than suspected of having attempted to blow up the premises of the Local Government Board with dynamite about five years ago. Undeterred by these lucid memories. Dr. Low charges into the ranks of our feline tyrants with desperate determination. He accuses them, not by insinuation or inuendo, but in plain and unmistake a'ole terras, of having caused an epi demic of diphtheria at Ealing. Tho method in which this detestable plot was carried out is truly diabolical. A number of associated cats, whom Dr. Low, for obvious reasons, abstains from naming, conspired to eat the remnants of the food, and drink the re mainder of the milk, which had been served to diphtheritic patients. Thus primed for their horrible work they selected a mindier of healthy children, with whom they began to play. The children were particularly attentive to the cats, because the cats appeared to be unwell. Such is the lot of children, who never tease animals, though ani mals are constantly teasing them. We draw a veil over tho sequel, merely re marking that Dr. Low, as becomes his high position, has no doubt that the children were infected in this precise way. Tho germs of infection are, it is to lie feared, everywhere, and life would become impossible if we were always speculating on tho chances of coming within the grasp of disease. Mean while it is desirable that criminal cats should be brought to justice, and that contaminated articles edible, potable or otlierwise should be destroyed.- Saturday llevicw. m M,usical Instruments. For the fisherman Castanet. For the lawyer Lyre For the politician Organ. For the whist-player Trumpet. For the horse-jockey Hautboy. For the toper Horn. For the laundress Flute. For the pawnbroker Jewsharp Life. In Montana a snake was discovered which could imitate the whistle of the "Bob White" with ease. While it was under surveillance it crouched in thj long prairie grass and emitted the call as plainly as aay partridge could. Con tinuing the effort, it soon heard an answer, and a moment later a young partridge flighted almost at its mouth Quick as a flash it sprang upon its victim; there was a momentary fluttei of wings, a stray,feather or two, and then the snake remained master of the ?nll lVh 4ltfvsA inhn d4miY Vie afwu . m . A the Yeraoity ot the urratora. MISCELLAttEOUS. Good authorities say the Mexican horse is a serviceable animal, good for long journeys, easy in a canter, intelli gent, full of fun at times, but rarelv vicious, and could he be domesticated in the United States would be very popular. A roaring gas well back of Canons burg. Pa., is said to have the greatest registered pressure of any in the world. The gas looks like a solid piece of blue steel for some distance after it comes out of the pipe. Solid masonry twelve feet thick surrounds the well to hold the cap on. When in drilling the g:is was struck, tools and ropes weighing 5.0U0 pounds were thrown out as hough thev were feathers. The following story comes from North Vassalboro, Me.: On Tuesday, the 2lth ult., a man died and left a sor rowing widow to mourn his loss. On Wednesday, the 25th. she had filed her intentions of marriage in the town clerk's office. Thursday she followed the remains of her deceased husband to the grave. On the succeeding Monday she was living happily with husband No. 'J, and on Wednesday, the lstinst.. the loving couple started oa their wed ding pilgrimage. -111 a village uiientrai .New iorlc lantj OQ tho space that should mlv there was a great deal of aristocracy j ,)C occupied by one. An extra unde and wealth and eligible matches were , -i,,,, n,.,nt h....m.w :l :..,! .i searce, or at least the supply of desira ble men was not equal to the number of women, and there was much wire pulling to bring about results. A little girl, whose father was a widower, used to have her compositions praised by the teacher, who was a well preserved maiden lady. A little schoolmate said to her ono day, after hearing it: "If my father was a widower, ray compo sitions would be just as good as yours!' Exi'hange. i Not improved workmanship but rapidity is the distinguished feature of the mechanical arts and trades nowa days. An instance of this w:is notice able in the experience of a lady who went into an umbrella maker's store one day and asked for an umbrella of peculiar size and nriku which she wanted to take with her at once to Liverpool. The dealer did not have one in stock but said that he could make one in short order if she would wait. She sat down iu anticipation of a dreary afternoon of waiting, but in precisely twenty-live minutes departed with the finished article. It had been made up entire from the raw materials. The Boston Journal of Jlealth says: "It is recommended that the milk sup ply of cities, at least in hot weather, be scalded as soon as received by the con sumers to prevent it souring. To scald milk properly the following method is advised: Take .1 thin glass bottle with a rubber cork, fill it with milk nearly up to the neck, and place it uncorked in a kettle of water, which should then be gradually brought to a boil. When steam has commenced to escapo from the bottle, cork it lightly and continue the boiling for thirty-five to forty min utes, and the process will be complete. A bottle of milk thus preserved, it is said, will remain sweet a month if kept in a cool place and tightlj- corked." REFUSED"rllS SALARY. A Governor ot Idaho Who Wouldn't Take Money He llada't Earned. Another distinguished son of Keokuk is Mr. Irwin, who was guilty of an act not many years ago which, if ho had been tried for it by a jury of office holders, would have consigned him to a lunatic asylum for tho rest of his life. lie awakened an unspeakable horror throughout the entire land. It occurred in this way: President Arthur ap pointed him Governor of Idaho. He went out there and took the oath of office and remained awhile. Then busi ness matters called him home and de tained him there for several months. He found it inconvenient to go back to Idaho, and finally resigned his office. But that was not the worst of it. The horrible part of the storv remains to 1m f1? VTiin tVio o?m.lr.i ?irw thrt an.Y arv were sent him by United States ' Treasurer Wvman he returned them to Washington with a note explain- . ing that he had been absent from his post and had not performed the duties of his oflice, and ho cwdd not con scientiously accept any pay. Tho officers of the Treasury stood aghast at such audacity. There was no pre cedent for the act and they did not know what to do. They returned the checks to Mr. Irwin, saying that in the opinionof the accounting officers he was entitle to the salary of his posi tion until his resignation was accepted. But he was inexorable. He declined to accept the money which amounted to 2,000 or- more and asked that it be turned into the Treasury or used to- mitoI tTn twrmpnt. tT tho nnhli flTit. Treasurer Wvman did not kn aw what I to do with it, so he put it in the con science fund. This called out a pro test from Governor Irwin, who declined to he classed with repsntaat thieves and conscience-stricken swindlers, and he suggested that a new fund be started to meet such cases as his own of con tributions from officials who felt that they were not entitled to their salaries. But thc Treasury officials smiled at the credulousness of the Governor of Idaho, who seemed to think that his example might be imitated and they were right It never has been. I asked Mr. Irwin ibout this little affair to-day, and he laid the entire blame upon his mother. He said she was with him when he received the checks for his salary, and she said: "John, it is not honest for you to keep that money, for you have done nothing to earn it." And he saw that she was right. It was the old story. A woman tempted him and he fell. The checks were sent back by the next ruaU. W. E. Curtis, in Chicago News. FARM AND FIRESIDE. Many farmers who have planted orchards o;r hill-sides have spent much time resetting" and doctoring. Abie writers sav that a hillside where tho water runs oft quickly is the- very place foi the worms to hatch their young. A garden trowel, or a round stick about one aad a half inches in diame ter, and about one foot long, and a cross-piece fastened on top and the other end well sharpened, is a very convenient implement for makisg the holes in which to set the plants. To secure good seed corn for next year the fanner should begin while the corn is growing to make observations. He should note and mark all promi nent stalks, sis tho early maturity, vigor and prolificacy are as important as the germination of the seed. It is a Southern fashion, to cook green corn in the husk, and I havo never eaten any more delicious. Re move only the course outer husks, leaving on the inner ones. Strip these down so as to to remove the silk, then tie them in place again and boil. Serve with a bowl of melted butter and sesison well with salt and pepper. Do not bo temptod to grow two -- - J- .... -.ww w --UV.1. . when the two are of the same kind they injure each other more than if of diiferent spaeies, as they demand the same food from the soil and must Strug gle with each other. Vaseline makes a vory clean, odor less application for light harness, rill ing bridles, saddles, etc. After giving it a chance to dry in. go all over the surface with a rag dipped in the white of an egg. This gives it a waterproof coating that will last for sometime and prevents the oil from staining tho hands or clothing. Have tho leather perfectly clean before oiling. The digestive organs soon get out of order when grain is fed to the ex clusion of grass or bulky food. This is true of all classes of stock and also of poultry. It is better to feed hay alone than allow a surfeit of grain, especially in summer. A variety of food promotes digestion and prevents disease. It is also more economical to give a variety. as less food is then required. -Caramels: One and a half iounds stigar, one cup cream, one tablespoon butter and half a cake of sweet Ger man chocolate. Mix all together in a stewpan and cook, stirring frequently until done. Just before pouring it twit of the an, flavor with vanilla or lemon. Pour into a buttered dish, and before it gets perfectly cold, cut into squares by running a knife- up and down the (lush. It will break nicely when cold. Parched rice, is very giod in the case of bowel troubles. Roast it U a nice brown, as you would coffee, throw into salted boiling water and cook rapidly until done. Rice- water for a drink is made by stirring a table spoonful of rice flour, wot with cold water, into a quart of boiling water. Season with salt, let it get very cold and flavor with lemon juice or nutmeg, sweetening to taste. ADULTERATED SPICES. AaKxpert I)e-tcrihe the Method or Cheap ening Expenttive Article. "Kice flour and white meal cuu by mingled with white pepper ia- reasona ole quantities and experts in spices can not detect it.' said a leading-grocer to a reporter. "In fact, there is no trade in which adulteration for pecuniary profit can be carried on morcprofitably and with less chance of detection than in-spices. Terra alba, a Khe marble dust, is exported from Italy to this country in considerable quantities to mingle with wliito pepper: Mustard mixes with sago, flour, rice flour, und a bit of aniline coloring without detri ment to the-appearance of the mustard. Treat the mixture with iodine and you expose theadulteration; buttheaveragu onsm' f tard is net apt Pl.v that test. The (.ennaa and to ap French mustards are an interestinir mixture. They are compounded of cracker dust, mustard, cayenne pepper, white vin egar. mL and sugar fiavoring. Old crackers are sometimes baked brown, then ground into dust and mixed with ground cinnamon, and i.-utuiug. and the whole is sold for nutniDg at a price that drives pure nuttaegs out of the market. "Ground pepper u frequently sold for less money than the unground ar ticle, which makes the naturally sus picious suspect at osethat the ground goods are loaded with pepper dust., which is made frum cocoanut shells or buckwheat hulls, charcoal, white mcul and mustard, bran. Lack of taste k ? desirable, ia an adulteration of spices as adaptability of color. For that reason the cocoanut bhell. ground up very fine. is. desirable. Venetian red. salt and white meal can be ground together and made into a valuable ad dition to cayenne peppor. A dull. red. pepper, exported from Africa, is often heavily adulterated with tliat mixture. It is worth only about 10 cents a pound when pure, but when well adulterated it can be sold to a green dealer and a green trade for genuine Natal pepper.' worth from 25 to 35 cents a pound. You can buy ground ginger at almost any store for 7 cents a pound, when the unground article- commands 1C cents for the same quantity. That means that the goods offered for 1 cents a pound is -a-mixture of white meal, starch, cayenne pepper and ma nilla ropo flavored with ginger. The grocery trade, especially the country people, want to see the ginger fibres, and the ingenuity of tho dealer sup plies them in the form of threads ol maniUa rope' X Y. MaU and Ex frcst TV k-yg-' :r? pv"'-t i.(i i.i. 1 r . .. a.-i -.