THE OMAHA TUILV ttEE: WEDNESDAY. FEFlRfAKY 10. lmi.
WHERE THEFT IS A FINE ART
World'! Light-Fingersd Geitry Beatsn by
Msxico'i Wily Batsra.
MERC MATTER 6f GETTING A LIVING
A Rrro(li4 lastltatloa ol the Be
a all, bat Hard ta atch la
tfca Act Kinki and Bare
lara Oat ot a Job.
Thsrs ar no burrlari In Muleo. and for
a rsry simple reason. The daytime and
the public street afford the adroit ratero
unh easy oppnrtunltles for appropriating
other people's property that It really la not
morth hli while to bother with nJulit ralda
or to take the risk of forcing an entrance
Into private houses.
Other countries other cuatoma. The
ratero Is an Inatltution In Mexico, and, like
the rest of the Mexican Institutions, he Is
Indigenous to the soil. The sneak thief
In other countries la a wants product of
civilisation's human mill; the burglar Is a
poison separated somewhere In the process
of milling. Tho ratero Is nothing of the
sort. He is Just as legitimate a product.
Just as much a part of the regular output
as any other member of society. He Is
without shame or reproach In his calling
and la quits at peace with mankind.
Thieving wltn him Is no mere matter of
getting a living; it la a profession, and he
knows In It only the Joy of being a good
thief when he Is skillful, and the sorrow of
being a bad one when he Is clumsy. Never,
even when he is caught In the act, will hla
eyes become shifty or face loae Its com
posure. That situation appeals to the
ratero simply as calling for facile lying
with all the powers of a trained tongue,
face and bearing. It is all In the game
of his calling.
There Is a pleasing diversity In the meth
ods of these light-fingered gentry, ranging
from the audacity of a moment's Impulse
to the most elaborately plotted trap. Bold
specimens attack a victim suddenly and
rely upon the surprise for an escape. A
man descending from a street car has the
diamond snatched from his scarf before
his feet have fairly touched the ground,
and by the time he baa caught his breath
the thief Is lost In a crowd. A woman
stops to gaze Into a shop window In busy
Ban Francisco street In the capital city,
and her richly embroidered clonk la Jerked
from her shoulders and the nimble-footed
ratero disappears before a nearby gendarme
gets the alarm.
Tlssa far Itaslaess.
A crowd gathers In the streets to watch
a horse fallen on the slippery asphalt pave
ments, or a procession on a fiesta day, and
tho very hata are not safe on the heads of
respectably dressed people. Or it may be
on a Sunday, when all tho suburban trains
are crowded, and the little stations as well,
that a long arm is thrust Into the open
window of a starting electrlo car and sev
eral hats gathered before anyone knows
what has happened.
The more wily and considerate of the
calling avoid giving these rude shocks to
their prey. These sre the ones who snnex
pocketbooks and watches so quietly that
the loss Is only gradually appreciated, and
who teach women the folly of wearing
gangling ornaments in the street. Often
they are so elegantly dressed that no one
could object to being elbowed by them,
while the plausible situations they create
attest their lively wits. Certainly they
supply sn ever fresh flow of stories, many
of hern too wildly Impossible to be told ot
any other country. .
Borne years since a traveling fakir of the
'popular loud-mouthed type arrived In the
lapltal and set up his booth In the Plasa
tfayor. The extraction of teeth without
pain was the lure that drew a throng, and
levtral successful performances made good
the promise. Ills rather primitive method
was to fire a pistol close to the patient's
head at the moment of gripping the molar.
The shock of the noise sufficed to distract
the sufferer's attention, and on the whole
there were few complaints.
A Doable Toiek,
At last a well dressed Mezlran pushed
ils way through the crow 1 nrd, moaning
ever an aching tooth, sealed himself In
tbe chair.
"Which one?" asked the dentist briskly.
The man hesitated a moment.
"The smallest on the left side," he finally
answered.
"But the tooth appears perfectly sound,
aid the dentist, after a survey.
"But It has ached for three days, I tell
you. and I want It out."
Tou'll pay In advancer vas the query.
"Certainly. Will It take longT"
The fakir, a dollar In his palm, smiled
reassuringly, and pulled out a handsome
geld watch. "It will Too over before the
second hand can go half way around," he
boasted.
"All right." said the patient, resignedly.
The dentist got a good grip on the tooth
While the man lay back quietly In the
chair. There was a loud crack of the
pistol and the dentist held up a sound and
bloody tooth.
"It was a mistake to part with that.
enor, but did you feel anything?"
"No, did youT"
"No," was the puzxled response.
Then we're even," said the Mexican,
getting up and disappearing In the crowd,
- A few minutes later the dentlat clapped
hla hand to his empty watch pocket In
dismay. It was then that he appreciated
the timely Jest of his patient.
poae to at Tara.
story almost too perfectly rounded to
n amusing close Is nevertheless vouched
for among tbe raconteurs of Mexico. It
Is said that a certain well known Judge
found himself at the opening of court one
morning without his watch, which he re
membered to have left under his pillow,
ins remark to that effect was overheard
by a loiterer, aad presently a meaaenger
arrived at the Judge's caaa and asserted
that the Judge wsnted the watch which
bad been left In tbe bed. Furthermore,
the Judge had sent the fine turkey the
rnaa was carrying, and wished It cooked
tar supper, as he had Invited guesta
Such plausible statements could not fall
to win confidence. The watch waa ex
changed for the bird by the lady of the
A cathartic of the .
highest merit.
Wright's Indian
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Used for 70 years.
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For Weak or Sore Eyes
bouse kerne.lt, and the anesaenger went on
bis way rejoicing.
Home came tbe Judge at noon for the
midday meal and the afternoon siesita,
and with his first Inquiry for his watch
the trick, wss exposed. The Judge, how
ever, while lamenting the watch, appreci
ated the thief Ingenuity and pronounced
him needlessly generous In the matter of
tbe turkey. Hut since the ratero had made
the suggestion, why not bring home some
friends for supper after all?
The Judge returned to court end the
worthy senora saw that the turkey waa
prepared In the manner so scceptable to
the Mexican palates cooked with a rich,
dark chile sauce. It wss done to a turn
when a man came in breathless haste to
say the scamp who stole the Judge's watch
had been apprehended and the watch re
covered, but the Judge needed the turkey
sent as evidence In disposing of the case.
"But the turkey Is already cooked,"
protested the distressed housewife, iflth no
thought but for her supper.
"81, senora; but the Judge says to send
It as It is and he'll send it back again
before It's cool."
Bo the Judge's wife sped the turkey on
Its way, snd within a few minutes her
husband appeared with hla friends.
"I hope you didn't forget to cook that
turkey, Matllde," he said, cheerfully. "I
can almost forgive the rsscal that's got
my watch for the sake of mole de gua
Jolote," Bobs choked Mntllde's mortified response
aa she realized that she had twice been
victimised, and the parly supped frugally,
though not without mirth on the part of
the guests.
Shorn I.ambs.
Convivial spirits who go staggering home
In the wee sma' hours might recount some
and misadventures, if they could be per
suaded to open their lips. It was a shorn
lamb indeed that a gendarme rescued not
long ago from a ratero who was playing
valet. The man, too overcome to call a
carriage, had dropped Into an obscure
doorm-ay under the Impression that he had
reached home. Then came the ratero who
arouaed him from his stupor with the re
spectful question whether he would rather
have his supper or go to bed. Of course,
the choice was for bed, and the man had
Just disrobed his temporsry master and
was leaving him to shiver In his nakedness
when the gendarme arrived and took a
hand.
The methods of the ratero who enters
your office to sell you something, or to
offer his service, are quiet and seductive.
A merchant dealing in curios was at
tracted by a tiger skin serape draped over
the shoulders of a stupid, low country In
dian passing along the street. He called
him Into his office, examined the skin snd
began to dicker for a trade.
"I ll give you SS for It."
"No. scnor, I do not wish to sell."
"Well, the thing Isn't worth that; too
many tigers raught in traps for the skins
to be worth much anyway. However, It's
a fine skin snd I'll give you ten for it, Just
double what you'll get anywhere else."
"Puee, no, senor, I do not want to sell.
I wouldn't take a hundred for this skin.
It's all I have to cover me at jilght."
"Now, what do you tell me such a lis
for. You know you can buy three serapts
with the money. If you won't be decent
and make a trade, why then get out of
here and stop taking up room and my
time."
The Typewriter Moved.
Bo the meek and obedient native set forth
under the very eye and wrath of the pro
prietor. Nevertheless, as he went he swept
up a fine, new typewriter from, a table that
lay athwart his path, covering the whole
movement by a skillful readjusting swing
of hla tlgerskln, snd he emerged Into the
street with his prlxe folded to him under
the all -enveloping cloak. - . - "
He was never found. The "fences" of
thieves are too numerous snd too much on
to the game for pursuit to be easy. The
unfathomable serape, like charity, covers
gracefully a multitude of sins which tbe
haven of the pawnshop afterward forgives
outrignt.
It would not be fslr to say that every
common Mexican will thieve, but It Is a
good rule never to trust one with an od
portunlty. Many a servant will keep
straignt under watchful eyes snd then.
with confidence established snd the way
ciear, purer without compunction.
An American woman, whose stock of
household linen had been steadily dwin
dling, was driven at last to accuse a lona--
trusted chambermaid, with unpleasant re
sults. Within an hour after the girl had
left In a tempest of Indignant tears a group
of American neighbors gathered at the
house, believing that the lady was desper
ately 111. dying or. dead. It appeared that
the outraged damsel had made the rounds
of the neighborhood, getting rrioney from
one woman to fill a prescription for her
suddenly stricken mistress, borrowing
sneets rrom another for the dead, and
articles of clothing for the burial even
enough white silk to make the shroud.
Plag.e af Peddle,..
But assuming that one's own servants
are quite honest, there Is the dally swarm
of peddlers at the door to be reckoned
with a man with pottery, a girl with fresh
flowers, a half naked Indian woman with a
tray of vegetablea Those who come regu
larly are somewhat to be trusted, but the
casual vendor Is apt to count quite as
much upon what he can pick up as upon
what he sells.
The cargndor who brings home your
packages may tuck several objects Into
his blouse while you turn your back to
get a bit of change for his proplna. A
men in the street may watch the French
window open In your bedroom for an
hour, until you chance to leave the room
for a moment, then a leap Into the low
balcony may secure him your entire set of
toilet silver before you return. Even bars
at the window do not wholly protect one's
belongings, for the ratero, provided with
a little cane, can generally hook something
out.
But In spite of all that can truthfully
he said of the ratero and his confreres
Mexico City is by no means a nest of
thieves. It Is the careless and the easily
duped who suffer, and there are many
Americans long resident there who have
never missed more than the few articles
of clothing a washerwoman might choose
to pawn.
Meantime, the vigilance of the police Is
doing much to make the paths of dishon
esty less easy to tread. Any common
Mexican In the street carrying something
that does not obviously belong to him Is
liable to be stopped by a gendarme, and
If he cannot satisfactorily account for his
possession of the article, he is marched to
the comlseria, or station house, until the
matter csn be Investigated. For this rea
son It Is customary to provide a rargudor
with a card explaining how he came by
what he carries, which card must be signed
upon delivery of his package.
It la possible that after all the ratero
will have to turn burglar in time, though
his rowsrdly temperament and the wel
guarded Mexican casas are againat It.
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take snd ran always be depended upon.
blaballdla Case Bade.
NEWARK. N J.. Feb. 1 -The Vnlted
it Ship Building company's case came
up irire juane mra pa trim liMay, he
orders allien are considered practically t
seriie ine controversy wer nr.vn tin
stV-eed on. embodied In a decree snd, signed
By Consular Process
By Richard P. Stielton.
(Copyright. 1904, by Rlchsrd U. Bhelton.)
The consul at Antlguia.. wos nut partic
ularly enthusiastic aver his post, it was
financial reasons, rather thsn Inclination,
(list kept him there. Indeed, bad the finan
cial part of the equation been less lmpera-
tle he would have packed up his few be
longings, said goodby to Potlphar the sole
person on the coast, by the way, to whom
e would have cared to say goodby and
embarked In one ot tbe fruit steamers tor
Uod's country.
From a purely consular standpoint. An-
tlgula wss not an exciting post. From the
standpoint of nature, It waa quite the re-
erse. In the years he had dwelt In the
tumbledown, worm-eaten shack which
served ss consulate, he had passed through
two earthquakes, a volcanic eruption, sev
eral epidemics of yellow fever, and hurrl-
anes to numerous that he had long since
lost count of them. If he had grown some
what skeptical of Antlgula as a place ot
abode, it must be admitted that be had
some reason on his side.
But on that particular afternoon An
tlgula was displaying her best side. Potl
phar's dinner had been excellent, end with
a black cigar between his teeth, the con-
ul lolled on the veranda, enjoying the cool.
sweet breexe that came In from the water.
The palm trees rhythmically swayed their
tufted hesds to and fro; the blue sky was
flecked with fleecy white clouds; the bluer
water of the bay sparkled Irldescently In
the sun and tinkled pleasantly on the
pebbly beach.
The consul, with his feet elevated to the
eranda rail, succumbed to all the soothing
Influences shout him and nodded somno
lently, Occasionally he roi'sed himself to
puff the black cigar; but the lntervsls be-
J;wen his puffings grew longer and longer,
until the spark on the cigar had died to
crisp white ash. The coram! slept.
When he opened his eyes It was late
afternoon, for the shndows of the palms
were stretching out toward the water. He
blinked his heavy eyes, snd suddenly be
came conscious of being watched. H
turned. In a chair drawn close beside him
was a man such a figure of a man! The
face evidently young had long been
stranger to a razor; the hair was long
and matted; a torn felt hat perched Jauntily
on ono side of the head; for clothes there
was a soiled shirt and faded, tattered
trousers; and the feet were encased in the
remnants of a pair of canvas shoes. This
was the sorriest specimen of beach-comber
lie had ever encountered, thought the con
sul drowsily as he rubbed his eyes.
When he rubbed his eyes he fully ex
pected the fantastlo apparition to disap
pear, but when he looked again It was still
there. Bo Tie straightened himself In his
chair snd said: "Hello!"
"How do you do?" said the man.
The consul sat tip.
"Where In thunder did you come from?"
he said. "I didn't know there was an Eng
lish-speaking white man nearer than the
plantation that is, not one that would
want to come here to the consulate," be
amended.
The man grinned his appreciation of the
consul's last clause.
Oh, I guess I'm on the beach, all right,"
he said easily.
The consul looked him over again, and
found no cause to dispute this statement.
"Well!" he said In a tone which clearly
Implied that If the other had any business
with him he had better come to It at once.
Whatever the business that had brought
Mm thither, the man was- evidently at a
loss how to begin. He removed the dis
reputable hat, and ran hla hand thought
fully several times through the tangled
mat of hslr. His brows were drawn Into
a perplexed frown. Finally, he leaned
toward the consul, coughed and said;
'My name Is Robert Brant."
"Ah I That Is Important," said the consul
drily.
Tours Is Grayson, I believe," the man
pursued.
The consul nodded Indolently,
"I believe, Mr. Orayson," the man went
on, "that an consul here you look up lost
things for American citizens sojourning in
this country find 'em for the parties who
have lost 'em, don't you?"
"H'm." said the consul, "that duty Isn't
specified In the regulations. However,
when such esses present themselves we
do our poor best In the matter."
I see," said Brant "Er would you be
willing to help me And something I've
lost?"
"What have you lost?" said the consul,
eyeing blm keenly..
Brant leaned forward still further In the
rhalr. His dark ayes returned the consul's
scrutiny unflinchingly.
My manhood," he said, not without ef
fort.
For a moment the consul thought the
man waa stark mad, but the steady ayes,
tha absence of all nervous symptoms.
quashed this suspicion Immediately.
I suppose you haven't tha least idea
where you mislaid It," said Grayson Ironically.
The msn smiled. It waa an Illuminating
mile. It transformed the unkempt fea
tures. The consul, much against hla dis
cretion, was aware of a sneaking liking for
this derelict.
"I wasn't always like this, you know,"
said Brant, with his eyes fixed on one of
the bursting shoes. "I cams down here an
engineer. The mines brought me. It
would be too long and too tedious to tell
how I went down the scale. My appear-
anca represents quite thoroughly my pres
ent condition. This country plays a man
some pretty scurvy tricks, doesn't It?"
He raised his eyes to tha consul's and
smiled again.
"I didn't mean to be making excuses for
myself," he said, apologetically.
"That's all right." said the consul, gen
erously. "Fire away!"
"When I came down here from the
states." said Brant, very slowly, "I left
a girl back there. The thought of a giri
like her ought to keep a man straight
anywhere. I came down here to make my
pile and marry her. At flret everything
went smoothly. I wrote her encouraging
letters truthful letters they were, too.
Then matters began to grow rather com
plex for me. The country was getting
Its hold on arte."
He paused. The on"iI nodded compre
hendlngly. "Still I wrote encnurxRlng letters." Inant
went on. "Things would straighten them
selves out. I told msclf. But they didn't.
I began to go down biU- I didn't realise
bow thoroughly 1 bad lost my blip, and I
went right on sending letters to her, tell
ing ber how well I was getting on; until
at last I was on the beach."
Brant panned again. The strain of this
narration was hr-glnning to tell on him.
He wlxied the beads of perspiration from
bis forehead with a grimy bandana.
"I sent the Ust of those letters three
months ago," he said, earnestly. "Man
alive! 1 nut on the beach, penniless, an
outcast beach-comber, and I wrote her how
tremendously well I was getting along,
and that as soon as I could find a min
ute's leisure I would come back to her.
Kven then I didn't realize It fully. I
thought 1 could pull back to respectability
again."
"You certainly were optimistic," said the
consul grimly.
"Optimism la a chronic disease In this
Ood-forsuken country," said Brant. "You
drift straight into hell, dreaming great
dreams and hoping great hopes."
He thrust his hand Into the pocket of
his ragged trousers and drew out a let
ter. "This." he said, "came by the last fruit
steamer the one that goes on further
south. It's from her. Bhe says that as
I can't leave my work Imagine my work!
to come to her, she. Is coming down here
to marry me. Bhe is coming on the South
ern Cross, due here tomorrow."
"You've written her not to come, of
course," said the consul, with assurance.
Brant smiled wearily.
"You forget the steamer this letter came
on two months ago doesn't stop on Its woy
north. There Is no mail north until the
Southern Cross' goes back. Bhe Is com
ing tomorrow."
"Good Lord!" said the consul, excitedly,
as the truth of the matter dawned upon
him.
"Now." said Brant, with more determln
ation than the consul dreamed he could
muster, "I want your help. First, I want
you to lend me a razor and some clothes.
If you will. I'll meet her tomorrow In
fairly respectable guise; but I don't dare
trust myself after I see her. I want to
bring her here to the consulate, and I want
you to tell her here, before me what
manner of man I am.
He opened the soiled shirt, and from tho
Inside unpinned a few bills.
"I made this working with the niggers
on one of the plantations. It's the pass
age money back. I went you to send her
beck to the States, will you?'
The consul was lost In thought for some
time. The other waited patiently.
"Bee here." said the consul at length,
"I stand In pretty well with Toro and his
cabinet. I think I can get you a place on
the railroad the government Is build
ing"
Brant held out a deprecating hand.
"Hum and the coast have played a merry
game with me," he said meaningly. You'd
better send ber back first. Then I'd like
to try again. '
The consul suddenly seized Brant's hand.
"I'll do my best for you," he promised.
Antlgula behaved herself tho following
day. At sunset Brant and the consul stood
on the beach, watehrrrg the great hulk of
the "Southern Crjew glide to her moorings
through the glansV water. The palms stood
out sharply egalhit a sky of red and gold,
and far to the east dim little sturs were
beginning to peep .out of the pale blue
sky.
Both men stood silently on the shore;
Brant calm and straight, his eyes on the
unruffled bay; tho consul, with one hand
holding bis hat, the other nervously pulling
his mustache.
Presently the gig was lowered from the
steamer's aldu with much screaming of the
davit-blocks. Without a word the consul
walked back to his little shack and entered
the room that served him as office.
Some moments later he heard the tread
of footsteps on the veranda and a girl's
light laughter. The consul rose and in
voluntarily squared his shoulders.
Brant entered, and with him was a dark
eyed, laughing girl. The consul experi
enced a sudden overwhelming sense of helplessness.
He was vaguely aware that Brant , was
speaking words of Introduction; vaguely
aware that he had taken a soft little hand
In his own, and that, he was looking into
pair of happy, unclouded eyes. Then there
was strained silence until Brant coughed
nervously. Tha consul cleared his throat,
reddened to the roots ot his hair, and
began:
"Miss Kent, I want to say a few words to
you about Mr. Brant and and er this
coast. I fear you have been deceived, or at
least that matters have been more or less
overdrawn to you."
The girl's eyes grew wldo with a troubled,
questioning look. Grayson set his teeth.
"He has deceived you brutally," the con
sul blurted out. "You must go back to the
States."
"I don't understand you. We are to be
married here. I shall stay," said the girl,
bravely.
"I tell you he has deceived you," said the
consul, savagely. "You must go back."
The big eyes grew frightened. Her lip
quivered. Then she raught one of Brant's
hands In both her own.
"Robert," she cried, "what does It mean?
No matter what has happened I shall stay
witn you. lie doesn't speak the truth."
The consul felt hlmse'f weakening. He
devoutly wished the earth might open and
swallow him. '
"If It's the yellow fever end the esrth
quakes, Robert they told me about them
on the boat I'm not afraid of them. Let
me stay." she pleaded.
Then the consul hedged miserably.
"I see our little ruse has failed. Mr
Brant." he said, pleasantly. "T think da
spite the fever and the earthquakes you
had better let her stay. If you'll pardon
me. I'll take the diligence over to the plan
tations and fetch the English parson."
There Is no seeount of the wedding In the
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consular reports from Antlgula: nor Is
there any record of the reinsisfmneiit of
one, Robert Brnnt, American citizen and
erstwhile beachcomber. But then, consular
reports are limited affairs.
SENDING COALS TO NEWCASTLE
Philadelphia-Marie 1 near on t Piping
tts Way Into the Markets of
the World. !
It will be a severe stab to the pride of
Italy to learn that Americans are now
rnantrfactnrtng macaroni, and are actually
sending some abroad. Factories for the
making of macaroni are running to Phila
delphia and tbe owners are stead fly en
croaching on tbe business of the Importers
until It seems only a question ot time
hen the macaroni used In this country
will be made entirely of American wh-'at,
In Amercan factories, by American work
men. It Is all a question of wheat. At one
time It was thought Impossible to make
good macaroni from any wheat other than
that grown at Odessa and Tngarog, but
now Italy and Genoa have to share the
profits of the business with the macaroni
makers of Marseilles in France. With
America cutting Into the race for wealth
by the macaroni route the national Industry
of Italy will be still further encroached
upon.
The process of manufacturing macaroni
In the Quaker City Is the sme-as that
In Europe. Only the hard wheat, wlilch
contains a larger percentage of gluten. Is
used. The wheat Is first ground into a
coarse meal, from which the bran Is re
moved. Great care has to be exercised
during the grinding to keep the tempera
ture of the room at the right poinf, both
heat and humidity lining employed to In-,
sure tha result lielng satisfactory. The)
sulwtauco formed by the grinding process, !
t iilleil svmoJa, is then Worked up Into a I
cicuiti h with water, and fur macaroni hi.U
vermicelli is forced tlimuah rsmmpx, with
or without mandril, us In wire ainl pipe '
drawing; or. If pastes are require .1, li t '
rolled out lit very thin sheets, rrom which !
are stamped out the various t'rm. of'
slurs, ring, etc. There Is little dlfTfrciu e i
between macaroni and the tine, tlnvuillike
vermicelli and tlie Inllnlte vat-It ly of -n. ",
Minis and alfgunt little forms which, under
the noma of Itjilliin pastes, are used tor1
soups. I
Macaroni eaenot be m.ide every day In
the year, or rooms or week, li muft be a
dry day or the substan-e from which It is
made will net bind properly. Good nrica
rvnt breaks with u brittle souud .Ike ft-.m.
hen boiled It swells with an even ,iwill
and tfoe not come apart. The Inferior
kind will often break of list own welK'.it,
and will burst In the boiling. A visit
to a macaroni factory is of Interest as dis
closing an Industry entirely novel to Amer
ican eyes. The rooms through which the
factory proper is reached are hung from
floors to celling with festoons of the
macaroni, drying. It is everywhere, strung
over parallel poles, hang?)ig from every
place on the wall where a peg can be
placed, stretched In doorways so that It has
to be brushed aside to allow the visitor
to pass through and frequently strung
out to dry on the roof end In the yard
for want of room elsewhere.
The process of Its manufacture Is worth
watching. In a huge bowl In the center of
the roof, a bowl large enough for hslf a
dozen men to coll up In, the dough is
placed, a big stone coming down on this
and flattening it to tha desired consistency,
when It Is rut into strips like piecrust,
doubled ner. snd the Mg stone crushes
It nsain until the proper elasticity la pro-
duced. Then it l tinned Into the gaugta
and forced through the hobs In tha bot
t nil. plungers eomini; down on It ilnrlni;
the pmer.s. and so giving It the hollow
form fiimllisr to lover of the delicacy.
It i"e-ii-bes lis final slatre, ready fur the
drying. In ttie form of a hairpin, stid In
this shape Is hung tip. If It Is good maca
roni It will not ln-eitk while drying, but
will lung in the hairpin form suspended
by the bent part until It Is dry.
All varieties of macaroni are made In
the same way, and. whether it Is sold ns
vermicelli, spaghetti or Just plain maca
roni, it Is manufactured from the same
wheat, deprived of Its etsivhinces and al
lowed to retain only Its glutinous prop
eriles. Tn this form It has been callel
"one r.f the seven delicacies of the world,"
and. In the estimation of the Italians at
least, diiolul. ss deserves that description.
New York Tribune.
Yon nisk Tour Life,
If you neglect piles. They will cause
fatal nlscnses. but Bucklen's Arnica Salve
positively cures or no pay. I6o. For sale
by Kuhn & Co.
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ta
New Orlesns. L.. and return.
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Feb. th-Hth.
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