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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY/MAY 2 , 1902 ,
RICE WATER NUTRITIOUS.
CurloniVnr Some HrKlih Officer *
Discovered Thin Fact.
It is probable tlmt few occidental
cooks vrho prepare rlco In vnrlous
forms for diet nre nwnrc tlmt In dls-
cnrdlng the water In which It Is boiled
they nrevastlng what Is regarded by
the oriental as the most nutritious part
of the food. This fnct was curiously
j > rovcd some years since when n dc-
tnchraent of Europeans nnd nntlvo
troops In India found themselves be
leaguered In a fort with Insufllclont rn-
tlons , even of rice , to enable them to
Lold out until a force could march to
their relief.
It was when the odlccrs were seri
ously debating this problem that the
natives approached them with what
; was regarded as a curious solution of
the dlfllcnlty. If , proposed the latter ,
the Europeans took all the rice , they ,
the natives , would bo qnlto content
with the water lu which it was boiled.
The suggestion. In place of any better ,
, -was adopted , when It was remarked
that while the Europeans found it dif
ficult to maintain their strength on full
rations of rice the natives iJwt none of
their stamina by several weeks' diet on
1ho water. When the proposal was
made , the action of the natives was
praised as one of great devotion to
their superiors , but the sentiment was
Botnewhat mollified when the discov
ery was made that the natives were
quite aware that the principal nourish
ment lay in the water.
Since that time Europeans In the ori
ent , following the custom of the na
tives , have given rlco water to pa
tients , particularly in cases of cholera ,
ns a last resort when no other food can
lie retained In the stomach and usually
. with good results. Hut the natives always -
ways value this water so highly that It
is never thrown away.
In fact , It would surprise many cooks
to discover how much may be done
with this apparently worthless stock.
If the rice Is cooked In the oriental
fashion tlmt is , boiled only so long
that each grain comes out of the pan
separate and not as a sodden mass
the water when strained off and per-
mltted to cool will become a jelly ap-
preaching the consistency of blanc
mange. To suit the occidental palate
the water should be flavored with an
extract or otherwise the Jelly may
Lave rather an Insipid taste.
F DceorntliiK the Troth.
, "It's a curious thing. " said the den
tist as he caught the end of a nerve on
n crochet needle and knotted up a few
inches of It in chain stitch , "that , while
eoino people consider gold fillings very
disfiguring , more people look upon
them as desirable decorations. I have
Lad a great many people come In here
and ask me to put gold fillings lu per
fectly sound front teeth. Of course 1
wouldn't do It ; It wouldn't be profes
sional. A great many colored people
want solid gold teeth where there Isn't
the slightest necessity of having them ,
"But the oddest request I've had yet
was from a variety actress vaude
ville , I believe you say nowadays who
played here a short time ago. She
came in to have a front tooth filled.
When I told her that the gold would
show a great deal , what on earth do
you suppose she asked me ? Why , she
wanted to know If I couldn't drill the
cavity larger and make the filling look
not like a mere gold edge , but like the
letter 'J.1 She told me she was going
to marry a man named John , and she
thought it would be lovely to have a
gold 'J' In her tooth.
"Of course I couldn't do that cither.
It would not be according to profes
sional ethics. It would be malpractice.
But that woman offered me the price
of a dozen gold fillings If I'd only make
the filling In her tooth look like a 'J. ' "
Washington Post.
' { Gnldcd by IIlmRclf.
The father of Thomas Jefferson dle < )
In 1757 , and the son's situation was
touchingly described by him years aft
erward In n letter written to his eldest
grandson when he was sent from home
to school for the first time. It Is Riven
In "The True Thomas Jefferson , " by
William E. Curtis. The letter was as
follows :
"When I recollect that at fourteen
years of age the whole care and direc
tion of myself was thrown on myself
entirely , without a relative or friend
qualified to advise or guide me , nnd
recollect the various sorts of bad com
pany with which I associated from
time to time , I am astonished that I
did not turn off with some of them and
become as worthless to society as they
[ were.
"I had the good fortune to become
acquainted very early with some char
acters of very high standing nnd to
feel the Incessant wish that I could be
come as they were. "
Ills father left Instructions for his
education and especially enjoined up
on the widow not to permit him to
neglect "the exercise requisite for his
bodye's development. " This strong
man knew the value of strength and
used to say that a person of weak body
could not have an Independent mind.
Do Yon nrllrre In GhoulT
Qn the subject of ghosts the village
IB divided. Some people beg the ques
tion by a bold assertion that "ther1
ben't slch things , an' them as scz they
BCCS 'urn ou'y thinks 'urn does. " Oth
ers , more cautious , are of opinion that
"ther' inert be ghostes or ther' medn't ; "
they hud never beheld any themselves ,
but they knew folks who had.
The dictum of one hardy skeptic Is
worth quoting as an example of
Bbrcwd reasoning : "I rtwim't believe in
Khostcs an * slch , " said he. "Why should
' ' sin nothlnk wusser
1 , Bccln' I've nlver
nor meself nil me life long ? I looks at
it this way , luk'ee , 'If sa bo as they bo
pone to the right place 'Us sartln sure
ns they wtin't kcer to come back year
ngen. If sa be OB they bo gone to t'oth
er , they wun't let 'urn come , blesa
' ? . ' " London Spectator. _ . ,
TVnltlriK to Ilr Enten.
The wasp Is not a vegetarian , like the
bee , and so the wasp mother has be
fore her the problem of supporting her
young with meat. As her eggs are laid
out In hot weather and as food enough
must be stored In the cell with the egg
to mature the young Insects , the ( men
tion Is how to preserve the meat fresh
for BO long a time.
After a tube Is finished except one
end , which Is loft open , she flics oft on
a hunt for spiders. She finds a fat ,
healthy one. pounces upon It , stings It.
carries It elf nnd places It In the mud
cell. She repeats this process until
she has placed as many spiders In the
tube ns , according to her Judgment ,
will be needed. She then lays an egg
In the cell and walls up the opening.
Whether It Is the result of a subtle
poison or whether It Is a special spot
hi the spider's nervous system where
the sting Is Inserted we do not know ,
but certain It Is that after being thus
stung the spider lives on In a paralyzed
condition for weeks and even months ,
it can move only slightly and remains
helpless In Its mud scpulchcr until the
wasp egg hatches Into a voracious
grub , which at once falls to and cats
with great relish the meat thus miracu
lously preserved.
Whether the spider can feel pain In
this paralyzed state Is not known , but
It certainly retains Its sight and so
watches the wasp grub growing , and
a spider's natural fear of n wasp would
cause ample suffering to ntouu for Us
own onslaught on files.
She Htnrti-il Enrljr.
A martinet of a sergeant deciding to
got n.srrlctl . , some of his men decided
that when the happy event came off It
would bo a titling occasion to pay back
with Interest old scores , especially as
their friends decided to keep up the
time honored custom of throwing rice
and old slices at the happy couple.
On the eventful day when the happy
pair emerged from their quarters they
were greeted with a perfect shower of
rice and old shoes , but one Tommy had
silly substituted a big pair of regula
tion Hlncliers , which he threw with
such unerring aim that the missile
caught the sergeant just above the eye ,
Inflicting a nasty cut.
Directly the ceremony was over the
fcergeant immediately went to the hos
pital to have the wound dressed. The
doctor , after examining the swollen and
discolored optic , inquired how It was
done.
"Well , sir , " replied the sergeant , "I
got married today , and"
Hut was cut short by the doctor ( a
married man ) exclaiming :
"Oh , I see ! That explains It ; but , by
Jove , she's started early ! " London An
swers.
I.oiulcd With Fnt.
In the good old days when we were
' greatly pestered by a neighbor's sow ,
or nnilo , or bull , or dog , Invading our
premises and taking unwarranted lib-
, ertlcs we loaded the old shotgun with
! powder and fat meat and , after serving
due notice upon Mild neighbor and said
notice being ignored , sot out to uphold
the first law of nature , self defense.
The amount of execution that can be
done by a wad of fat meat on top of a
good charge of powder Is amazing ,
i Wherever It strikes hair and hide dis
appear. It seldom if ever kills , but
1 leaves scars that time does not obllter-
| ate. The fnt being salty , causes cxcru-
I elating pain , which lingers long in
J memory , and the stricken animal does
A tallow caudle can be shot through
a two Inch oak board without injury to
the candle. In like manner n tallow
bullet if driven by a sufficient charge of
powder would penetrate a man's body
and grease him so well Internally that
he would not care to go dueling again.
A glancing shot would plow ugly fur
rows In the skin. New York Press.
Ko Clinnce For Him.
Three negro lads met on a street cor
ner one afternoon , and by some queer
freak of Providence each had Just 15
cents. This was considerable for them ,
and , being so unfortunate as to huvo
no "craps , " It required much serious
deliberation to arrive at Just the best
plan for spending It
Finally one suggested that they
place their little capital In a pool and
then , each In turn , guess what was
good to cat , the best gucsser to take
all of the money.
This plan met with hearty approval ,
as each one had Ideas on that subject ,
and the 45 cents was soon In a pile.
Then the first one guessed.
"Possum , sweet taters an water
melon , " he said ,
At this the second one reached down
and began picking up his nickels , but
the third stopped him with : "IIol * on
dare ! Lot dat money 'lone ! " To which
the second replied :
"You think I'ze goln to guess ngalus"
that fool nigger when he's done said
all der IB good ter cat ? " Types.
TinProofreader. .
An anonymous writer In the Ameri
can Printer of Xew York says :
"The Ideal proofreader for n small
printshop ought to be an accomplished
printer , a sensible person , a person un
derstanding the scope and limitations
of the English language , one compre
hending the true offices of punctuation ,
one with n keen and true appreciation
of literature , n storehouse of exact
knowledge , a perfect grammarian , a
perfect speller and with a fund of hu
mor sufficient to enable him to do his
whole duty along these various lines
without making for nn early grave. If
ho docs not really know everything , he
ought assuredly to bo able to scent out
an error and to know how to get at the
truth. If he reads the proofs for a
weekly newspaper also , he ought to
know all about local affairs and all
about the town or city In order to prevent -
vent the reportwl marriage of the girl
who merely acted as bridesmaid and
untangle the mixed topography of the
reporters' artlckb. "
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.
Mote thin the * inil ytiri ago *
Million i of llnif , how III * tlii RO ' ' ) ' r ,
There vu i nun I uwil to know
May irrin itmtiRr , tut you'll nee It'i 10
Altir I trll } ou the return why
Worked In lirlckjard , tame n you >
And all ut ui hue to tlo ;
Hlxrd In the trouble ind worry mil rtrlfo ,
The mlrlli anil the ollur thlngi ot Illr ;
fitlrrrd In thr Impel anil the palm anil ( curt ,
Knrailcil the mini with lili tucat ami hit tear *
lltiinaiirst HUM that c\cr jou taw ,
" 1'our lirlckl" islJ the man , "but I hate ne
draw 1"
Up to lilt ktifci In the miry pit ,
A pyRmy'i wiy , tmt * Klant'n xrlt ;
Ills back \vi > a chain of tlirolihlnK arhr * ,
I.lttltiK the mold with 11 ? earthen cikcij
lUlious nuly as liinRri ol ntccl , ,
Knees to lame be roultl harilly knctl | ' ,
Mud to etllT It would cloR a plow
And couldn't be itlrrcd with a nhrtl nohow ;
Nlu'it" ai fliort aa the disvcrc lout ? ;
Nothing occnird rlxht , but ctrrythlnif wrong.
"Ili'st 1 " said the "but
can do , man ; , pthaw ,
You can't make brick when } ou ha\c no itrawl"
Ta l < tnajters [ illlifts lathed the man.
"Cim'tl" sobbed Weakmns , but CouraKO cried ,
"rant"
" ' " but cried "Pol"
"Don'tI" Hid Defriilr. Duty ,
"All Huh ! . " cald the man , "I'll worry litr
through !
Can't do much , and I reckon you'll tee
Jlrlrk won't be Juit what they ought to be ;
Ain't nluli to Rood as I know I could mokn
If I Jmt had straw ; but jou'll liiuo to lake
The but 1 can do ( or the work'a own cake. "
tic flnlnlicil his tnlo ot brick nnd thrn
Went homo to rest , and me fotu ol men
Looked on III * perfect work and > aw
He'd bate fu > lln ! the brkk had lie put In ttrnw.
llobert J. Uurdctte.
to ChniiK * ' ii QunHor.
"Ilow much does It take to change n
quarter ? " asked the bartender. "Twen-
ly-nve cents , cur i\oi on your me. 11
takes seventy cents to do the trick.
How many ways do you suppose a
quarter dollar can bo changedV .lust
exactly eleven. A fellow of limited
moans may like the jingle of coin In
his clothes. In that event you cr.n give
him twenty-live pennies or twenty pen
nies and one nickel. He may like to
have a little sprinkling of silver in his
clothes , and you can accommodate him
with fifteen pennies and a dime or ton
pennies , a dime and a nickel.
"If he prefers to have change handy
for a beer and n car fare , why , fifteen
pennies and two nickels will fix him
up , and If he wants a cigar In addition ,
besides having a little stock of cash
in his jeans , give him ten pennies and
three nickels. That makes six ways.
Now , then , a fellow with a quarter can
trade It off for five pennies and two
dimes , five pennies and four nickels ,
two dimes and one nickel , one dime
and three nickels or live nickels , just
as he prefers. And to accommodate
him In any way that he might select
yon have to possess twenty-five pen
nies , two dimes and five nickels sev
enty cents lu all. " Philadelphia Hoe-
on ! .
livnthcr
The process by which the Chinese
leather acquires Its peculiar character
istics is described as follows :
The skins are put Into tubs contain
ing water , Saltpeter ami salt nnd after
80 days are taken out , the hair Is shav
ed off and the skins well washed In
spring water. Each hide Is then cut up
Into three pieces and well steamed ,
which Is done by passing them several
times backward and forward over a
steaming oven. Further , each piece Is
stretched out separately over a flat
board and secured with nails , so as to
dry gradually and thoroughly In the
sun. The smoke of the oven makes
the leather black , and If It Is desired
to have It of a yellow appearance It la
rubbed over with water In which the
fruit of the o called wongchee tree has
been soaked.
Of the offal glue Is made by heating
It In pans for 12 hours over a slow tire ,
and the glue so obtained Is poured into
rough earthen vessels , where It re
mains three days In order to coagulate.
The solid mass Is cut Into pieces with
sharp knives and carefully laid upon
gratlngllkc trays to dry , the time taken
In drying varying from 5 days , with a
northwest wind , to 30 or 40 days with
a southwest. Boston Transcript.
The I.nnd of the Guitar.
In Portugal men play upon the gufr
tar as naturally ns Yankees whistle.
The peasants are universally given to
the Instrument , chiefly as an accom
paniment to the voice. In towns nnd
villages the artisans are often expert
guitar players and walk in groups to
and from their work , enlivening the
journey with music nnd song. The
carpenter who comes to your house to
execute a small job brings his guitar
with his tools , nnd the blacksmith Is a
far better performer on the guitar than
the anvil.
When the Portuguese day laborer or
workman has finished his long day's
toll , he docs not hie him to a wineshop
to squander the few cents ho has earn
ed ; he docs not even lean against n
post and smoke or whittle a stick
while swapping yarns with his fellows.
If he did not bring his guitar with him ,
he goes straight home and gets it , rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper Is being prepared. After
ward he spends the evening singing
doggerel songs to a strumplng accom
paniment , tilted back In a chair against
his own house or on the doorstep of a
neighbor. Philadelphia Record.
How to Trent a CoaU.
"Into no department In life , " says
Yuan Mel , a Chinese authority on
cooking , "should Indifference be allow
ed to creep ; Into none less than Into the
domain of cookery. Cooks are but mean
fellows , and If a day is passed without
either rewarding or punishing them
that day is surely marked by negli
gence or carelessness on their part If
badly cooked food Is swallowed In si
lence , such neglect will speedily be
come a habit. Still , mere rewards and
punishments arc of no use. If a dish Is
good , attention should bo called to the
why nnd the wherefore. If bad , an ef
fort should be made to discover the
cause of the failure. "
to rirn r.
We've all hoard of the woman who
bought her books with reference to
their bindings and refused to allow the
works of BhakoHpoaro a place In her
library because their covers did not
match the wall papor. Well , almost OH
critical a pormm was In one of Unit I-
morc'n shops one day ,
"I want a wet of books this wlrto and
this high , " she said calmly , Indicating
with her hands about throe-quarto
nnd one-half a yard.
"What author ? " asked the salesman
politely.
"It doesn't make any difference about
the author , " answered madam. "My
little daughter's bookcase IH entirely
filled except a space the size I ho\ved
you. I measured It myself this mornIng -
Ing , and 1 want something to 111 ! It. "
"If you could give some Idea of the
port of books you would like , I am nuro
I could stilt you , " said the poor clerk ,
knitting his brow In a distressed fash
ion.
"Well , I think blue would bo pretty ,
don't you ? " HU ! > asked blandly , and ho
said he did and forthwith sent her
away rejoicing with the requisite num
ber of volumes lu her arms , all of a
deep cerulean blue. Haltlmoro Nows.
Tlir I.Inured I'onltloe.
A dispensary doctor In the Emerald
Isle Is expected to dispense many
things besides drugs.
Ills life Is certainly not a bed of
roses. These people are woefully Igno
rant , yet no Irishman likes to confess
to want of adequate knowledge.
One day 1 ordered a linseed mmltlco
to be put on an old man's cheat. The
next morning he was no better , and 1
was accused of Incompetent * ) ' .
" 1 put the plalstcr to him , your hon
or , " said his wife , "though ho nplt an1
spit like a big snail. Hut It ain't done
no good ! An' , docthor , honey , It wan a
big dose ! "
Then I realized Mrs. Moultan's meth
od of poulticing her good man's chest.
She had applied the soft mass internal
ly !
Another time I compounded ( wo are
our own dispensers In the Isle of Des
tiny ) a box of pills for "brown kittles. "
The result of grinding these with a big
stone and wearing the powder as a
charm was not satisfactory. My ver
dict ns "c'rowner" certified "natural
wuses. " It should have been given UB
"crass Ignorance. " Good Words.
Ilonverd * Teeth.
Of the cutting power of the beaver's
teeth Frank 11. Illstcen says In Hod
and Gun :
"The beaver Is really n sort of porta
ble pulp mill , grinding up most any
kind of wood that comes his way. I
once measured a whlto birch tree , 2i !
Inches through , cut down by a beaver.
A single beaver generally , If not al
ways , amputates the tree , and when It
comes down the whole family fall to
find have a regular frolic with the bark
and branches. A big beaver will bring
down a fair sized sapling , say three
inches through , In about two minutes
and a large tree In about nn hour.
"One of the queerest facts about the
beaver Is the rapidity with which his
long , chisel shaped teeth Till recover
from nn Injury. I have known beavers
to break their teeth In biting a trap ,
nnd when 1 caught them again ten
days afterward you couldn't sec a sign
of the break. The teeth had grown out
to their former perfection In that short
period. "
More Thnn Imagination.
A commercial traveler , whose wife Is
one of those women who borrow trou
ble indiscriminately , had occasion to
make a trip east.
Ills wife was very anxious about
him and felt certain that lie would
fall a victim to smallpox , which was
reported to be prevalent In the city to
which he was going. She begged him
to carry a little lump of asafetlda In
his pocket to ward off contagion.
Naturally he objected and positively
refused to be made the permanent
abode of such n persistent odor.
When he came home from his trip ,
he said to his wife :
"It Is wonderful , the power of the
Imagination. Why , don't you know , I
Imagined that I smclled asafetlda
the whole time I was gone. "
"It wasn't Imagination at all , " quiet
ly replied the wily little woman. "I
sewed a bit of asafetlda In the cor
ner of yo'ur coat before you went
away ! " Memphis Scimitar.
In the barks of our forest t/cs * re
contained a multitude of latent buds ,
which are developed nnd grow under
certain favorable conditions. Some
trees possess this property In a remark
able degree , and often , when the other
parts arc killed down by frost , the
property of pushing out these latent
buds Into growth preserves the life of
the plant. These buds , having once
begun to grow , adhere to the woody
layer at their base and push out their
points through the back toward the
light.
The buds then unfold and develop
leaves , which elaborate the sap carried
up the small shoot. Once elaborated It
descends by the bark , when It reaches
the base or Inner bark. Here It Is ar
rested , so to speak , and deposited be
tween the outside a4id Inner layer of
bark , as can be learned on examining
specimens on the trees lu the woods
almost anywhere.
Manx TIIXCI.
In the matter of taxation the Isle of
Man Is unique. There Is no Income tax ,
no succession duties chargeable against
the estates of deceased persons , no
highway or turnpike tolls. Honda nre
maintained by the revenue from two
sources a small tnr upon every wheel
and shod hoof nnd a levy upon every
male Inhabitant , who must give a day'a
work on the road or Its equivalent In
cash. There arc no stamp duties on
receipts , checks , promissory notes , etc. ;
In fact , stamps arc used only for post
age , London Standard. _ . .
Enduring
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HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY.
F. A. WERIY1AN , OF BALTIMORE , SAYS :
BALTIMORE , Md. , March 30 , 1901.
Gentlemrn . Heine entirely cured of deafness , thanks to your treatment , I will now give you
a full history of my case , to l > e u > .ed ut jour discretion. . , , , , .
About five years ago tny right car began to ing. and this kept on getting worse , until I lost
my hearing in Oils enr entirely ,
I underwent a treatment for catnrrh , for three months , without nny fuccefs , consul ed a niim-
berof phyMd.ins , among other * , the mo .t eminent ear fix-rial 1st of this city , who told me that
only nn oiwrallon could help me , nnd even Unit only temtwrarily , that the head noise * would
then cease , tmt the hearing in Die nflccted ear would I * lost foreicr.
I then saw vour nd\crtisejn nt nccidemnlly in a New York paper , and ordered yoitr trent-
men' Aficr I had liked it only a few days r.crordliif ; to your direction * , the noUes ccat.ca. nnd
i.vd.iy , hfurfiwuil : . my heating in lliv dike , , i-td ear has l > cen entirely rcttorcd. I thnnU jpu
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