THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , APRIL , 1002.
MAKING BONELESS HAMS ,
IforiRckcriicrN Maj Do It UN Well it * it
Little though one may think , the
process ot nwklng a bom-loss limn Is
quite 11 tine nit and one that requires
no snwll ilpjneo of skill In the under
taking. In fact , It IB not every one
who ean "bone" u hnni successfully.
In the event a housekeeper unfamiliar
with the ait of tcmovlng the bone
from hams were to undertake the Job
ehe would he almost certain to begin
opeiatlons by niHt of all splitting the
limn open and endeau > rlng to carve out
the bone by cutting mound It. The re-
milt would be failure and \e.\atlon of
the worst soit , to nay nothing of a ruin-
wl ham. The proper way to remove
the bone would ne\er suggest Itself to
the a\eiage housekeeper.
The operator stands the ham on end
ngalnst a Mipportlng block and pro-
tccds to cane mound the bone from
one end as deep aa It IB possible for
him to run his hand and knife down
Into the llcsli and around the bone.
Having reached the extreme limit ( as
far , In fact , as It Is possible to extend
the knife ) , he 10versos the ham and
begins cutting around the bone from
the other end , cutting downward until
he reaches the point that he attained
in cutting from the end on \ \ bleb he
began , the entire operation being sci
entifically conect and on the principle
of skinning an animal. The bone then
slips out clear and smooth , free from
nny adhering tlcsh.
As soon as this Is done stout twine Is
wrapped around the ham and drawn
taut , completely closing the aperture
left by the removal of the bone. The
twine Is thus made fast nnd the ham
laid away for a day or two , at the end
of which time the hole has closed so
neatly that , In slicing the ham , It Is
dlflleult to determine the exact spot
fiom which the bone was removed.
This Is the piopcr mode of making
boneless ham , and with a little pi.ic-
tlce any housekeeper can learn to do
the work as well as a piofesslonal
butcher. They will observe that llrst
of all the bone Is surrounded by a tis
sue , and by starting the operation from
the ends they will be surprised with
what facility this tissue , dividing the
bone fiom the llesh , peels loose from
the former.
A CURE AND A FEE.
Pecnllnr ttxiicrliMioc of H Doctor
With n lliinliiOHH Mini.
In conversation one day about the
peculiar Ucws that commercial men
sometimes cnteitain about piofesslonal
services Dr. S. Weir Mitchell told uic
following btory :
"A very wealthy man from the west
came to consult me about an attack of
vertigo , lie said that he had just te
turned fiom a trip to Kuiope , where
ho had consulted eminent specialists ,
but that they had failed to atfoul him
nny permanent relief. 'A physician in
London , ' ho said , 'asked me why I did
not make an attempt to be ctued near
er home. I thought on my way out
, wcst I would stop oor to see you. '
" 'Has any pliyslcian you have visit
ed looked Into jour curs ? ' I asked.
" 'No , ' was his reply.
"I made an examination of his ears ,
removed some wax and u substance
that appeared to be hardened remnants
of cotton wool. I sent him away then
nnd told him to come ngain In a day
or two. He did bo.
" 'Well , ' he exclaimed , 'I am cured.
3
Uow much do I owe you ? '
" 'About $ .10 , ' I icplied.
"As he drew a check ho asked , 'Did
you know when you first examined my
ears that you could cure me ? '
"When I told him that 1 had n very
fair comiction that I could , he said :
'Well , you aio u blanked fool. You
bhouhl have said to me : "I think 1 can
cure you. and I will do so for $10,000.
No cure , no pay. " You would have
got your money without a murmur. '
" 'Oh , ' I said , 'if jon feel that way
about It there are several little cbnii-
tics in which I am interested , and'
" 'No , no. ' lie interrupted , 'that is not
business. T have my cure , and you
have the price you asked. The frans
jietion is closed. ' "
Ill-aim In niiKlaiul In Clnuicer'n Time.
A metal resembling brass , but said
to have been superior in quality , was
known in England as "muslin" as early
ns the time of Chaucer , nnd In the
reign of Henry VIII. an net of parlia
ment was passed prohibiting the ex
port of brass out of England. Whether
the earlier monumental brasses still to
bo found in our churches were made
originally In England Is not absolutely
certain , the probability , according to
some antiquaries , being that they were
of French or Belgian workmanship.
Chambers' Journal.
An Urgent Cnit.
When the doctor's telephone rang
late one night , he went to the Instru
ment himself nnd received an , urgent
appeal from two fellow practitioners
to come down to the club for n quiet
game.
"Emily , dear , " he said , turning to his
wife , "I am called out again , and It ap
pears to ho a very serious case , for
there are two doctors already In nt-
tendance. " New York Times.
Left the UotiHe.
"Leave the house , " cried little Blnks ,
making n brave bluff of strength to the
burglar.
"I Intend to. my smnll friend , " re
plied the burglar courteously. "I nm
merely nfter the contents. When I
take houses , I do it through the regu
lar real estate channels. "
HooUed.
Mrs. Newlywcd The night you pro
posed you acted like a flsli out of wa
ter.
ter.Mr.
Mr. Newlywed I was-and very
cleverly lauded too ! ruck.
Itiotiinln nnil Nrriniinncni ,
There cnn bo no doubt that many
pei sons muter from Insomnia whleli
had Its origin , or at least UH principal
Htiength , In their own nervous appie-
henslon that they arc or are about to
be allllcted with It. Any one of a do/-
en causes mny Induce wakcfulncHa ,
and jet the person l.\lng In bed with
the faculties aleit at the moment when
they would naturally bo expected to
be wrappul In slumber haw nine times
out of ton or ninety nine times In n
hundred nothing serious to apprehend
The stomach may not be In quite Its
normal condition , and there is no more
potent cause \vaUofnlncsn. .
Now , an hour ten minutes cen -
seems a long time In the middle of the
night w hen a person wishes to be sleep
ing and cannot. If u sensation of
dread , of appiehenslon , IB allowed to
enter the mind , such a period simply
becomes interminable. The nenous
apprehension incieases the dllllculty ,
and , feeding upon itself , the deiange-
ment may quite possibly Increase till It
becomes a diTngerous malady.
Hut Ills frier.
"Awny over on the cast side of the
city , " said a New Yorker , "lies the
shop of n well known butcher , who
rejoices In the euphonious and mig-
gcbtlve name of Tour Cent Miller. '
lie sells ment In smallest quantity to
his customers , nnd , as the coin of the
realm in that locality Is pilnclpally
conspicuous by Its absence , theie Is
a constant effort to bent him down In
price. The other day Miller and a
would bo customer all but came to
blows o\er a pound or so of pork chops ,
and the discussion finally culminated
In Miller haul.v demanding :
" 'Well , whj don't you go to Smith
( a ihal butcher ) If you can get them
cheaper ? '
" 'Because , ' explained the customer ,
'Smith hasn't got any. '
" 'Oh ! ' said Miller , Ms that BO ? Well
when I ha\en't got nny my price will
bo 4 cents too , but while I have they
cost 7 cents. Sec ? "
"The ciis'fcmer saw and purchased. "
New Yoik Tiibuue.
The Suitor.
Once upon u time a joung man fell
desperately In lo\c with a girl who
consumed many sweets as also many
after theater Mippcis at his expense.
He gave her nnmeious piesents and
spent a huge pioportion of his salary
for her ploasuto.
Finally thej were man led , and trou
ble began , for the man could not spend
ns much on his wife as he had on his
fiancee. Then she tieated him cruelly
and In an unwlfely manner , and he
biought suit for a dlunco fiom her.
The comt granted his petition , but de
creed that he should pay costs and ali
mony.
Moral. He w ho goes to court must
pay the costs. New Yoik Ileiald.
Iiihonpltnlilc Interior.
In the vast and almost unknown In
terior of Alaska the climate Is arctic.
The winter Is of eight months' dura
tion , dry and , excepting certain re
stricted localities , entiiely free from
wind. Q'he temperature descends as
low as SO degiees , with a mean of per
haps 40 dcgices. Ice forms in the
ilveis and lakes to n thickness of
eight feet and more. Summer extends
o\er four months. During Its earliest
month high winds picvall. The bal
ance of this short season is mild nnd
the tempt'iatme pleasant , rarely ex
ceeding SO degiees. The snow nnd rain
annually precipitated is about 12.0
Inches. Ei a.
A negio man went into Mr. E.'s of
fice for the pmpose of instituting a di
vorce against his wife. Mr. E. pro
ceeded to question him as to his
grounds for complaint. Noticing that
the man's voice failed him , Mr. E.
looked up fiom his pap < s and saw
that big tears were tunning down o\ei
the cheeks of the applicant for dhoice.
"Whj , " said the lawjer , "you seem
to care n great deal for jour wife ?
Did you love her ? "
"Love her , sir ? I jest analyzed her ! "
This was more than professional dig
nity could withstand , and Mr. E. laugh
ed until the negro , offended , carried
his case clsewheie. Shoit Stories.
An fMrl'ii Toe * .
It Is alleged that taxidermists nro
careless in the mounting of owls. In
museums nnd elsewhere our wise eyed
friends are set up with three toes In
front of and one behind the perch on
which they are seated. One who hns
observed the habits of the hooters
maintains that this Is Incorrect and
that no living owl ever places three
toes In front of his perch. How IB
this ? New York Press.
Nenrlni ; the rinlsh.
"How long has the minister been
preaching ? " whispered the stranger
who had wandeied Into the chinch and
sat down away back.
"About thirty years , I believe , " re
plied the other occupant of the pew.
"That being the case , " rejoined the
stranger , " 1 gimss I'll stay. Ho must
be nearly done. " Chicago News.
StrniiKe .Mlnniprelien loii.
Borus How do you like that last po
em of mine ?
Nnggus First rate. It's so restful ,
so soothing , don't you know.
Borus Hestful ! Great Scott , mnnJ
It's an epic !
Naggus Good heavens ! I thought It
was a Inllabj ! Chicago Tribune.
IIU Court Wife.
Dr. Price Your husband's trouble Is
melancholia. Now. you'd help him ma
terially If you'd only arrange BOIUO
pleasant surpilse for him.
Mis. Slmrpe 1 know ! I know ! I'll
tell him you said he needn't bother
about paying your bill till be feela Hko
It.-rhlladelphia 1'resn.
ENGLISH SPARROWS.
llntri nt Which Tin-up lllrilN Were
Imported Into Thin Country ,
I have been asked soveial times late
ly at what date the common Engllnh
sparrows were Imported Into the United -
ed States and by whom.
It Rcems that the llrst attempt was
made In 18118 by n private citizen of
I'ortland , Me. In the fall of that year
he liberated six Hparrown , and they Im
mediately made tbcmsclvos at homo
In his garden and outbulldlngfl. For a
few yeans these birds and their de
scendants were Been In and about thu
town In Hiuall squads. These lilids
multiplied until In the winter of 1871
n Hock of them appeared In every near
by town , thus showing their tendency
to spread over adjoining tenltory.
About 18(10 ( 1U birds were Imported
nnd liberated near Madison square ,
New York city , and this WUH repeated
for several seusoiiM.
In 1801 the commissioners of New
York liberated 1-1 birds In Central pnik.
About this time numerous persons re
turning from abroad brought a few
birds home nnd set them nt liberty In
and nbout Jersey City.
The craze for Importing these birds
eprend , nnd In 1808 the city govern
ment of Boston Imported n great num
ber. Hut the birds had not been care
fully handled , nnd they did not thrive ,
nnd others were brought over. The
birds which survived from these \a-
rlous Importations were carefully fed
nnd looked after by the city govern
ment.
In 1809 a thousand wore Imported
nnd liberated In the city of Philadel
phia , and soon the birds spread over
oil adjacent territory.
About this time the Smithsonian In
stitution became Interested In bringing
these blids to this country , so they Im
ported . ' ! 00 , but most of them died. In
1871 the same Institution luought over
another lot , and they wcie successfully
cared for.
Fiom this It Is seen that the bhdi
have stalled from a number of poluta
and weie not one or two Importations
4o New York , as Is usually supposed.
Washington Post.
THE TRICK OF A THIEF.
llovr He Mnxleroil the Secret ol
Opening u Money Drawer.
"The term 'siieuk thief , ' " said nn old
detective , jam spinning the other night ,
"is Bcneriilly npplkd , in the papciH , to
tny kind of smnll fij pilferei , hut amonu
crooks thcmoeUi's it IB ti otl to descilho
one certain species of cihninnl , who line
ly goes otitn ! lo of his own paiticnlai spe
cialty. Sneaks ns they me called for
short , gimoi llj work in pnlis. One goes
Into a stoic and engages the attention of
whoever is on duty , while the other slips
In nnd robs the till or the safe Some of
the hcoundiels got \\ondei fully mho it. at
It.
It."I
"I icincinbpt a peculiar capo of sneak
ing that occnucd in the old qnniter some
jeius ago at n smnllhop inn by an ee
cciitiic Frenchman. He Kept his mono ;
In n patent till that had ten little levers
or keys undeinontli the drawer. In order
to open it three of them had to be pressed
nt the snme time , and the chance of strik
ing the rij'ht three , unless you knew the
combination , was of conise verj * iemote.
If the wiong kej's weie pressed , u gong
immediately Hounded an flint in , anil the
Frenchman thought he had n contrivance
Hint wnx absolutely thief proof.
"One day n smooth tongucd chap stroll
ed in and held him in conversation for a
few moments at the rear of the store ,
pretending to examine some goods. After
Lo left the old mini was diunfouiidid to
find his till wide open and empty. It had
been 'sneaked * while lie was talking , nnd
the gong lind failed to sound. Two dii.vs
later the thieves were arrested , and the
Frenchman went to see them. lie calltd
aside the one who had done the actual
lobbing and piomised to let up on the
prosecution if he'd tell him how lie got
the drawer open without ringing the boll.
" 'Easy enough , ' said the thief. 'I push
ed the light Ke.vs.
" 'But how did you know them ? ' nbkec (
the Fienchmnn.
"The ciook pulled out n prrmll pocket
mirror. 'See this glass ? ' he said. 'Will ,
I held it under the drawer n moment and
saw by the reilectipn which keys wore
dirty and which were clean. Of couise
the three diity ones were the ones you
used. '
"After that the old man washed hii >
hands ofteuer. " New Orleans Times-
Democrat
Vnlne of Drnmntlc Critlclam.
Franklin Fyles , writing of "Tho First
Night of a Play" in New York In The
Ladles' Home Journal , says that mosl
of the men who write of plays nnd actIng -
Ing are able and honest. This , that or
the other critic may have his whims
and caprices , his likes and dislikes , and
these fecllnfn break out in his writ-
Ings. But the average of Judicial fair
ness Is high. The writers arc adequate
ly paid by their employers nnd , as a
rule , they arc left untrammeled In thelf
honest Judgments. Their work Is done
under hard conditions , and trained
men only can do It with facility. The
performance Is never over before 11
o'clock. Usually It lasts half nn hour
longer nnd not Infrequently drags
along until 12. As the "copy" must bo
In the ofilce , three or four miles away ,
not later than 1 o'clock , thcie Is a ne
cessity for quick thought nnd composi
tion. The critics nro Influential with
the public , but their Judgment IB not
conclusive. If they were to combine to
make a poor play succeed or a good
play fall , they could not do It. The
most they could do would bo to send
people to the theater or keep them
away during the first week or so. Aft
er that the play would depend upon It-
calf
The Vnlne of I'nln.
When ether was first discovered and
used In surgery , it was said that to
abolish pain would be to change the
laws of nature herself ; that pain Is n
safeguard ; that It Indicates In cases of
Injury the sent of injury nnd In Home
Instances the cause of Injury ; that If
men learned to minimize or prevent It
nt pleasure they might annul It alto-
gethcr and Invent n new constitution
In which thl sentinel of danger would
be nt all times off duty.
I The IiOMt
It Is Monday moinlng. Down the
Btti'ct hurtles a stylishly dicsHcd
woman.
Why does she hasten so ? Why that
look of Intense excitement In her ejen ?
In she going to the olllce of her lawyer ,
theie to hear the will of her favorite
uncle read ? Or IH slu > hastening to the
bedside of the d.v Ing ? No ; none of
them- . She pulls a newspaper out of
her pocket and reads again the an
nouncement of the wonderful haigains
to be had nt the department store.
She niHhcH fiantlcally Into the Htore.
YCH ; she can see before her the rem
nant of pongee silk which IH selling at
only 10 cents a jard. What a crowd
of excited women nro clustered about
the pi l/e !
She foices her way Into the thickest
of the crowd. She IB toswcd thlH way
and that. She cares not. Her hat IH
pulled off and walked on by the half
u/cd mob. She carcH not. She
leaches the counter. Ten yards only
of the Hllk IH left.
" 1 will take It , " she nays , Just In advance -
vance of four other women , all reach-
lug for the coveted prize.
The clerk nays , "It Is yourn. " The
woman feels for her purse. She ban
left It at home.
The other women exult. They buy
the pongee. The wonderful bargain IH
gone. The bargain day Is over. Theie
w 111 be no more bargain sales for one
vv cek. Chicago Tribune.
Wh > She Won Mnrrleil.
It Is queer how Ironclad Is the hold
of convention and conventional con-
Blderatlons. They have a tighter gilp
and a wider Inllueuce than law , rea
son , sentiment or ethics Itself. A worn
an whose man Inge may be teimed
mi'dlumly successful admitted can
didly not long ago that at the very last
moment never , never would Him have
married her husband had It not been
for the thought of all the conventional
consldeiatlons involved.
"On the way to our wedding , " said
the woman , "we had the most awful
kind of n tow ( hat made me vow In-
waidly never , never to many him.
Then nt the thought of the ceremony
to come off at a filend's house , the
breakfast that , thanks to her , was pic-
paied and the Invited guests , nnd how
they would all talk at any change of
plan , I gilt my teeth and went through
It. But It was the thought of the con
ventions alone that kept me up. No
other possible picssuie could have In
duced me to marry him after such a
tow as we had on our way to the wed
ding. " New Yoik Sun.
Her Ilcnt Trout.
It was nt Nantucket one summer that
n tlty visitor learned a new way of
displaying one's pcisonal adornments
dining a call upon one of the native
NantucketeiH. It was a nice old ladj
who WIIH entertaining the strangcts ,
and she was \ery anxious that thej
should sec everything to advantage
and that even she heiself should make
as good an appearance as possible. lTn
fortunately Hlie had not been foiewain
ed of the visit and was not entire ! }
piepaied for It.
"If I had onlj * known j-ou were com
Ing , " she said apologetically , "I should
have had on my best fiont. This is
only my scr-ond best , but jou can see
the other when jou go out , for I al
waj-s keep it In the ft out room. "
Surely enough , on taking their leave ,
the visitors were piloted thiough the
front loom , and there In the inside of
the inelodeon , when a heavy green ha
rege veil was carefully lifted , a nicely
waved hair piece was to be seen , the
hostess' best "fiont. "
Spoke Too I.nte.
The good minister of a Scottish par
ish had once upon a time a gieat wish
for an old couple to become teetotal-
eis , which they weie In nowise eager
to cairy out. After much pressing ,
however , they consented , laying down
nK a condition that they should be al
lowed to keep a bottle of "Auld Kirk"
for medicinal purposes. About a fort
night afterward John began to feel his
resolution weakening , but he was de
termined not to be the first to give
way.
In another week , however , he col
lapsed entiiely. "Jenny , woman , " he
said , "I've an awfu * pain in my held.
Ye mlcht gle me a wee drnpple an' see
gin It'll dee me ony guld. "
"Well , gudemnn , " she replied , "ye'rc
owrc late o' askln' , for ever sin' that
bottle cam' Into the boose I've been
bothered sne wl' pains 1 * my held 't Is
a' dune , an' there's nac drappie left. "
The HUK Hlble.
The bug Bible was printed In 1540
by the authority of Edward VI. , aii ( ]
Ita curiosity lies in the rendering of
the fifth verse of the Ninety-first
Psalm , which , as we know , runs
"Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter
ror by night nor for the arrow which
flieth by day , " but in the above ver <
slon ran , "So thou shult not nedc to
be afraid of any bugges by night. "
Ludicrous as this sounds , It is not
etymologlcally without Justification
"Bug" Is derived from the Welsh won
"bwg , " which meant a hobgoblin or
terrifying specter , n signification trace
able in the word commonly In use to
day "bugbear" and Shnkespenro once
or twice uses the word In this primary
sense , notably when he makes Hamlc
Bay , "Such bugs and goblins In my
life. "
IIU Slme.
He Often when I look up nt the
Hinrs In the firmament I cannot help
thinking how email , how insignificant ,
I am after all.
She Gracious ! Doesn't that thought
ever strike you except when you look
at the Btars In the firmament ? Ex
change.
In the year B. 0. 123 eight hundred
thousand persons perished by a pcstl
lencc arising from the putrefaction of
great awarou of dead locust * .
YOU MUST NOT FORGET
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making Kino Photos , and our products will al
ways bo found to oinbraeo the
and Nowcsl Styles in Cards and Finish. Wo also
carry a fine line of Moldings suitable for all
kinds of framing.
Improvements Come High
but if you intend to do any improving this spring ,
wo pledge ourselves to furniHh yon the hardware
at a figure that will bo highly satisfactory to yon
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