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Caatillan CulMlite.
Oil and pepper are the two things
: - that especially characterize the Castiiiau
cuisine. Quo of the favorite dishes in
Onbn is "taBajo , " which is simply dried
meut , cooked with tomatoes , red pop
pers and onions. "Tripa a la Audaluza"
is another preparation frequently seen.
As the name indicates , the basis is
boiled tripe , which is cooked with beans
and potatoes , and always served with
the small red Spanish sausage known
as "Bntufarra Catalina. " A similar
sausage , only black , is known as"Buta-
farra Astoriaua. "
"Chile con curue , " which everybody
eats , is nothing more than a thick stew
of beef ( came ) and beans seasoned with
chiles. Spanish "tortillas" are corn
cakes flavored with red peppers , and
differ from the Mexican tortilla in thut
the latter , when properly made , are
rolled in chopped vegetables. A salad
n la Espauola is prepared of lettuce
tud celerv , with n few sliced tomatoes
fcnd peppers. Served with French dress
ing it is very good.
The Spanish soups are as a rule a lit
tle too heavy for the American taste ,
which runs more toward the consomme.
They are thick decoctions , full of vege
tables , and look frightfully greasy.
Soup , however , does not have the im
portant role among the Spaniards that
it playe in French domestic economy ,
and is an article of secondary impor
tance. The dishes named are pretty apt'
to appear ere long on homo menus , and
it is interesting to know in advance
what they are composed of. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
IIooU.s Rather Than Food.
Success gives an interesting anecdote
told by Agassiz of his visit when a
young man to the great German nat
uralist , Professor Loreuz Oken.
The professor received his guest with
warm enthusiasm , but apparent embar
rassment. Ho showed his visitor the
laboratory and the students at work ,
also his cabinet , and lastly his splendid
library of books pertaining to zoological
science , a collection worth some § 7,000 ,
and well deserving the glow of pride
which the owner manifested as he ex
piated on its excellence. The dinner
hour came , and then the embarrassment
of the great German reached its maxi
mum point. "M. Agassiz , " he said ,
with perturbation , "to gather and keep
up this library exacts the utmost hus
bandry of my pecuniary means. To ac
complish this I allow myself no luxury
whatever. Hence my table is restricted
to the plainest fare. Thrice a week our
table boasts of meat , the other days wo
have only potatoes and salt. I very
much regret that your visit has occurred
upon a potato day.1' And so the splen
did SwiVzer and the great German , with
his students , dined together on potatoes
and salt. And what must those students
have enjoyed in the conversation
those remarkable men 1
Tcllliie Him the Truth.
"I think "Willie is learning to smoke , "
said his mother. "I wish you to speak
to him about it. "
" What shall I say to him ? " asked his
father.
"Why , tell him the truth , of course. "
And so "Willie was duly called up ,
and his father put on a severe look and
said :
"Willie , I understand you are learn
ing to smoke. Now , before it goes any
further , I want to tell you -what the re
sult may be. You may die in a year ,
and then again you may live to be 100
years old. "
" Why , John , " expostulated the boy's
mother.
"Yon told me to tell him the truth , "
returned the father , "and there's hard
ly a week goes by that I don't hear of
some one close to the century mark who
has smoked ever since ho was 14 years
old , while people who never smoked at
all die in infancy with greatfrequency. "
It is sometimes difficult to get a man
who smokes to look at the subject from
the right point of view. Chicago Post.
Coins ; Without Sleep.
It is an interesting question to studi
ous people how long a man can go
without sleep. A physician asserts that
no healthy man can overwork because
eventually nature will compel him to
fall asleep at his task. A journalist re
cently claimed to have worked 72 hours
without sleeping. Humboldt said that
when a young man he required only
two hours sleep each night , but that in
his old age he found he really needed
as many as three or four. Victims sub
jected to the Chinese torture of being
kept continually awake die on or before
the fifth daj . By far the most inspiring
example , however , is that of one of the
saints , who is related to have lived 19
years without sleep and to have remain
ed standing a largo portion of that time.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Irascible Carlyle.
A lady who lived near Thomas Car
lyle kept Cochin China fowls , and their
crowing was such a nuisance that the
philosopher sent a complaint to her.
The owner was indignant upon hearing
the appeal.
"Why , " said she , "they crow only
four times a day , and how can Mr.
Carlyle bo seriously annoyed at that ? "
Upon hearing of her attitude upon
the subject. Carlyle replied , "The lady
forgets the pain I suffer in waiting for
those four crows. ' '
Rather Mean.
"Did the old skinflint give you a re
ward for returning his pocketbook ? "
asked the policeman of the little news
boy who helps support his mother.
"Naw , he tried ter make mo pay fur
do advertisiu 'cause I didu' return do
stuff 'fore I knowed who it b'longed
ter. " Detroit Free Press.
Encouragement.
Frances Harry says he just wants to
fall down and worship me all the time.
Her Mamma Oh. well , don't mind
that , dear. After you're married ho
won't let it interfere with his business.
Chicago News.
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Physical Endurance.
It should bo impressed upon all young
persons that during life each member
of the body , in the very act of living ,
produces poison to itself , notes a writer
in Popular Science Monthly. When this
poison accumulates faster than it can be
eliminated , which always occurs unless
the muscle has an interval of rest , then
will come fatigue , which is only anoth
er expression for toxic infection. If the
muscle is given an interval of rest , bo
that the cell can give off its waste prod
uct to keep pace with the new produc-
J tions , the muscle will then liberate energy -
| ergy for a long time. This latter coudi-
; tion is what wo call endurance.
The power and endurance of the hn
man machine is limited according tj
j our understanding * the above fact
and also our recognition of its slow-net1-
in getting started. Like any other pen
j derous and intricate machine , the bol. ,
i requires time to get in harmonious
i working order. The bruin , nerves , hum t
.and skeletal muscles must bo ghtti
i some warning of the work they lire i\-
! pected collectively to perform Ijcn > -
j ranee of this fact has broken down many
a young man who aspired to honor : ; CM
the cinder path.
j The necessity of getting all the purt-
of the body blowly in working order is
! well understood by trainers and jockeys
' on the race track , as is evidenced by the
preliminary "warming up" they give
their horses , although it is doubtful if
\ the trainers could give any physiologic
, reason for this custom.
Hiii Wonderful Curios.
The author of "Idyls of Spain" speaks
of a notary whom ho met , whose naive
simplicity surely could not be exceeded.
"He asked for our autographs , and I
inquired whether ho was a collector of
such trifles.
" 'Yes , sir , ' he replied , 'I am , nu-8
among others I have a most precionr-
collection of anonymous ones. '
"Beaming with delight , he produced
a rare manuscript of the time of Fer
dinand and Isabella , exquisitely wi it-
ten , and vrith the initial letters beauti
fully painted.
" 'Senores. ' ho cried with enthusi
asm , 'look at this. Isn't it a beauty ?
I'm always collecting such things.
Then I have just purchased by letter the
manuscript of the "Iliad , " written by
Homer himself , his own handwriting.
The pity of it is that the work is not
written in Greek. '
"At this Miguel came to the rescue ,
for Luis and I were almost hysterical
with amusement.
" 'I say , ' inquired Miguel , 'what doc
ument would your worship like most ,
to have in your possession ? '
" 'Why , ' answered the notary , 'the
telegram from Christopher Columbu- ;
announcing the discovery of the new
world. ' "
Bananas lit Typhoid Fever.
After a long experience with typhoid
patients , Dr. Dssery of St. Louis main
tains that the best food for them is the
banana. He explains by stating that in
this disease the lining membrane of the
small intestines becomes intensely in
flamed and engorged , eventually begin
ning to slough away in spots , leaving
well defined ulcers , at which places the
intestinal walls become dangerously
thin.
thin.Now
Now , a solid food , if taken into the
stomach , is likely to produce perforation
of the intestines , dire results naturally
following , and , this being the case ,
solid foods or those containing a large
amount of innutritious substances are
to be aoided as dangerous.
But the banana , though it may be
classed as a solid food , containing as it
does some Q5 per cent nutrition , does
not possess sufficient waste to irritate
the sore spots. Nearly the whole amount
taken into the stomach is absorbed , giv
ing the patient more strength than can
be obtained from other food. Ameri
can Druggist.
A Mountain of Sulphur.
The "Soufriere , " or sulphurous
mountain , is considered to be the great
est natural curiosity of St. Lucia , and ,
in fact , of the West Indies. It is situ
ated about half an hour's ride from the
town of Soufriere , to which it has given
its name , and nearly two miles to the
east of the Pitou& , and is at the foot of
two small hills , both of which are
quite bare of vegetation on the sides
facing the crater.
It covers a space of about three acres
and is crubted over with sulphur and
alum. There are several caldrons in a
perpetual state of ebullition. The water
is quite black in the larger ones and
boils up to the height of two or three
feet , but in the smaller ones it is quite
clear.
Visitors never fail to boil some ejzgs
in one of the smaller caldrons , obtiiin-
iiig them from one of the Creole guides ,
who keep n supply on hand on purpose.
Personal Reflection.
"Are you : s resident of this ward ? "
asked the challenger.
"I reckon I am , sir , " replied Tuffold
Kuutt.
"Where do you have your washing
done ? " pursued the challenger , still un
convinced.
"Sir , " rejoined Tuffold Kuutt with-
eriugly , "I've been votiii off an on fur
29 year , an nobody ever axed me that
question before. " Chicago Tribune.
Xot Very Amiahle.
"Excuse me ! " exclaimed the timor
ous man , "but may I disturb you for a
few minutes on a matter of considerable
importance to myself and possibly of
some concern to you ? "
"No , sir ! " replied the disagreeable
citizen. "Not unless you promise not
to waste as much time talking business
as you do apologizing. " Washington
Star.
Had Lived a Slow Life.
A negro called at a residence in Bev
erly , Mass. , and asked for assistance
and food ; and told the lady who assisted
him the remarkable fact that he was 75
years of age and was born 80 years ago
in Boston. Exchange.
A JTlenBant Letter.
It takes a clever man to find n good
word to say on every occasion. It is Baid
of Thomas Bailey Aldrich that ho once
received a letter from his friend , Professor -
fessor Edward S. Morse , and found the
handwriting wholly illegible. Mr. Al
drich was not at n lois for an answer.
In duo time there came to Mr. Morse
the following reply :
My dear Morse , it was very pleasant
to receive a letter from you the other
day. Perhaps I should have found it
pleasanter if I had beejp able to decipher
it. I don't think I mastered anything
beyond the date , which I knew , and the
signature , at which I guessed.
There is a singular and perpetual
charm in a letter of yours it never
grows old , and it never loses its novelty.
One can say every morning as one looks
at it : "Hero's a letter of Morse's I
haven't read yet. I think I shall take
another shy at it today , and maybe I
shall bo able in the course of a few
years to make out what ho means by
those t's that look like w's and those i'a
that haven't any eyebrows. "
Other letters are read and thrown
away and forgotten , but yours are kept
forever unread. One of them will last
a reasonable man a lifetime. Youth's
Companion.
A Very Prudent Younp Man.
Of William and John Scott , after
ward Lord Stowell and Lord Elton ,
Lord John Russell used to tell this
story : When they were young men at
the bar , having had a stroke of profes
sional luck , they determined to cele
brate the occasion by having a dinner
at the tavern and going to the play
When it was time to call for the reck
oning William Scott dropped a guinea.
He and his brother searched for it in
vain and came to the conclusion that it
had fallen between the boards of the
uucnrpeted floor.
"This is a bad job , " said William ,
"we must give up the play. "
"Stop a bit , " said John. "I know a
trick worth two of that , " and ho called
a waitress.
I "Betty , " said he , "we've dropped 2
guineas. See if you can find them. "
(
| Betty went down on her hands and
knees and found the guinea , which had
rolled under the fender.
"That's a very good girl , Betty , "
said John Scott , pocketing the coin ,
"and when you find the other you can
keep it for your trouble. " And the pru
dent brothers went with light hearts to
the play and so eventually to the bench
and the woolsack.
Fish In Icebound " \Vntcrn.
Fish do not breathe air , but the life
supporting constituent of air oxygen
gas which is soluble in water to the
extent of three volumes in 100 at ordi
nary temperatures and four in 100 at
freezing point.
The water containing the dissolved
oxygen is made to paps over the gills ,
where it is separated from the blood
only by a very thin membrane , through
which the gas is able to pass.
Fish in icebound rivers have to de
pend entirely upon this store of oxygen
for their respiration , and if it becomes
exhausted they are suffocated , just as
wo should be if deprived of oxygen.
It rarely happens , however , that any
considerable area of water is entirely
covered with ice , especially in the case
of rivers. Holes and cracks are almost
sure to occur hero aid there , by which
the oxygen of the air can reach the wa
ter and become dissolved in it. During
a long frost fish may always be found
congregated beneath air holes in large
numbers. They are there to breathe.
Exchange.
Early TJi e of Toliacco.
I have heard my grandfather say that
one pipe was handed from man to man
round about the table. They had first
silver pipes ; the ordinary sort madft use
of a walnut shell and a straw. Tobacco
was sold then for its weight in silver.
I have heard some of our old yeomen
neighbors say that when they went to
Malmesbury or Chippenham market
they culled out their biggest shillings
to lay in the scales against the tobacco.
Sir W. JR. , standing in a stand at Sir
Robert Poyntz's park at Acton , took a
pipe of tobacco , which made the ladies
qtrit it until he had done. "Brief Lines
Set Down by John Aubrey , " 1GG9-9G
The Philosophical Tailor.
Hov often have I taken away a gar
ment for u fault which did not exist
and which I of course never intended to
rectify. How often have I taken back
the same garment without it ever hav
ing been unfolded and been commended
for the alteration which had .not Leeu
made , and then been reprehended for
not having done what was , right at first.
A man to be a good tailor should be
either a philosopher or a raeau , cring
ing slave , whose feelings had never
been excited to the pitch cf manhood
"Life of Francis Place. "
Literary Pursuit. I
Fyushly What is Wally doing now ? j
Harrison Well , when I last saw him
ho was engaged in a literary pursuit.
Fynshly Indeed ! I didn't think he
had enough brain to write.
Harrison He wasn't writing. He
was chasing a newspaper that the wind
had blown away. London Fun.
Prayer From a Grateful Heart.
Prayer as the expression of a sincere
and grateful heart may have its use ? ,
and doubtless has. But in the mouth of
a man who loans money at 200 per cent
interest on chattel mortgage ifi may as |
well be omitted. Columbus Press-Po = t.
"There is an old woman , " says a
London paper , "who has a milk stand
in St. James park , who has stood at it |
for G3 years. Her mother kept it before
her and her grandmother before that ,
the latter having been in possession for
72 years. "
The officers of a leading London hos
pital believe that the general increase
of cancer is due to excess in meat eat
ing.
Tno Round Robin.
The "round robin" had ita origin
several centuries ago in Franco.
It was Uocd there by officers of the
army as a method of expressing their
dissatibf action with the course of the
king or his ministers. By signing in n
circular form the leaders of the move-
nieufc could not bo ascertained and singled -
gled out for punishment.
The first instance on record of the use
of this form of protest in the navy oc-
cnrrcd in 1G25. At the instigation of
the Duke of Buckingham , the king's
favorite , an English fleet , under Ad-
t miral Beuniugtou , was dispatched to
! Rochelle to obsiht in the coercion of the
' Protestant subjects of Louis XIII of
France. But the English tars , in com
mon with their fellow countrymen ,
looked with favor upon the resibtaucs
of their coreligionists against the pros
elyting zeal of the French king , ami
j they signed a "round robin , " express-
i ing their determination not to fire : i
shot against them , and without waiting
j for a reply they weighed anchor ami
; brought their ships back to England. ]
, The admiral , however , received a per
emptory order to return to Dieppe.
1 whereupon the whole of the crows quit
ted the ships without further parley.
Providence Journal.
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' A Dlmujycarlnx ISullxeye.
The Chinese peasant wears a turban ,
loose coat . and short and very batrgy
trousers , all of blue. The Chinese tol-
dier wears the same , with an overall
sleeveless bmock , or long waistcoat buttoning -
toning on the right shoulder , edged
round the neck , arms and skirt and
down the front with broad "facings. "
The breast and back are decorated with
a one foot bullseyo with characters on
it. This is all the character the Chinese
soldier possesses.
The bullheyo would bo a very conven
ient mark for an enemy if the Chiiieto
soldier would give tbo latter a chmeo
of shooting him , but the bullseyeisouly
worn to raise false hopes , for no sooner
does ho arrive dangerously near the enemy -
my than he doffs the garb of war to
appear as an innocent civilian. Ho is
usually armed with a muzzle loader or
standard , both equally harmless weap-
ons.
ons.In
In the cace of General Liu's escort
the uniform smocks had evidently not
been used as nightshirts for more than
a few weeks , the men were armed with
I Winchesters and a few Martinis , rusty ,
I dirty and out of order , and wore about
I their middles a belt of eorno GO rounds
j of solid drawn brass cartridges. Lon
don News.
The Atmospheric Clock.
The atmospheric clock a serb of de
vice that goes of itself is not inaptly
termed a perpetual hourglass. In ap-
pearauco it is like a long thermometer
with the bulb of mercury at the bet
tom. The glass tube is about three-
eighths of an inch in diameter and se
cured to thofranio by two bands through
which it passes easily. The divisions of
time are marked on each side of the
tube. Inside the glass tube is a smaller
tube shaped very much as an hourglass.
Some mercury and a scrap of blotting
paper for the purpose of taking up any
moisture that might gather in the tube
are placed at each end.
The mercury in the top end of the
tube is placed opposite the mark of the
proper time and falls to the bottom of
the tube exactly as the time passes.
When it has run out from the top , the
frame can be turned and the mercury
set to time on the other side. Thus it
registers the seconds and hours quite as
accurately as any other timepiece the
drawback to such an arrangement being ,
of course , the turning of the frame , a
task as irksome as that of winding a
clock. Exchange.
Siamese Superstitions.
The first thing an orthodox Siamese
does in the morning is to scare away
the family ghosts who may have gath
ered about the old place in the night.
Letting off crackers is an effectual
means. At the new year all the ghosts
come trooping to their former dwell-
ings. For three days they have their
fun. At the end of the time the priests
and their flocks fire guns and use other
devices for getting rid of them. A Si
amese is coffined face downward , so
that the ghost may not sneak back
through the dead man's mouth. The
coffin is taken out through a hole in the
wall and carried several times round
the house in order that the ghost maybe
bo put off the scent and not return to
vex his family. Exchange.
Horse Racing and Socialism.
In the Militar Wochenblatt , a leading
German military organ , Herr Von Ploetz
recommends horse racing as a panacea
for socialism. He says that the reason
why there is no socialism in England is
that they encourage horse racing there
and that "the love of the sport is the
connecting link between all classes of
men , enabling the poor to comprehend
the necessity for a difference of fortune. "
Following out Heir Ploetz's idea , it
is said that gambling on horse racing is
increasing in Germany at a tremendous
rate , though so far no diminution of
socialism has been noticed.
Just the Other AVay.
"I am delighted , " said the old friend
who had called , "to find that yon agree
with your husband in everything , Mrs.
Hen peck. "
"Indeed ! " answered that estimable
lady. "If you will take the pains to iu-
restigate our domestic relations. Mr ,
you will find that it is Mr. Henpeck
who agrees with mo in everything. "
London Fun.
The Frigate Illrd.
Many sailors believe that the frigate
bird can start at daybreak with the
trade winds from the coast of Africa
md roost the same night upon the
American shoie. Whether this is a fact
ar not has yet to be determined , but it is
sertain that the bird is the swiftest of
winged creatures and is able to fly , ua-
3er favorable conditions , 200 miles au
tiour.
