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FRESH WATER FISH.
By Louis Role.
'Almost any one
this season of
the year, obtain and enjoy a nqml of such
fresh water fish
are common in this
northern country in the winter season,
but even so common a thing
jerel and perch should be well cooked to
be enjoyable. We all relish fried pick
erel and perch, done brown In pork fat,
with pork scraps
waiter at the restaurant styles it. but
get too much of a good thing
times. Other
ways of oooking these fish require snore
r care and attention, but the effort will
repay you by its desirable results.
Before considering the cooking let
■uggest the easiest and best way to
remove the scales from a pickerel
perch, and the same rule will apply to e
lake trout or any other thick-skinned
fish. Place the fish in the sink over a
large dish and pour
boiling water and then the scales will
easily be removed by scraping with a I
Sharp knife. In the ease of a lake trout
you also remove by scraping from head
to tall much of the oil that is in the skin
pick
the side,
■; > -
we
and desire a change
1
: u »idea
and which.jB objectionable to many.
PICKEREL STUFFED AND BAKED.
Having scaled the fish
It, removing the gills and wipe well with
a dry, clean cloth; fill the paunch with
Well-seasoned veal stuffing,
with a trussing needle and fine string
moke several inclBlonB in the sides and
place in a baking pan; season with pop
per and salt, chopped parsley and a few
mushrooms, a small onion and a lar
piece of fresh butter—six tç eight ounces
If you have a large fish—moisten with
the juice of
stock, cover with buttered paper and
bake till well done, basting frequently
with its
above, draw
it up
leition and a little white
m liquor. If y
sauce for the fish add a cupful of brown
stock to the liquor left in the pan, a lit
tle more lemojt Juice and fresh butter,
thicken with cornstarch
desire a
or flour wet lr.
me around the
cold water and
fish.
PICKEREL A LA HOLT^ANDAISE.
Scale and clean the fish
possible after it is taken from the water
and cut them into slices of about
inch, placing the pieces in
vessel. Season
lemon juice, chopped parsley and a lit
tle grated nutmeg, turning the slices
sionally in
order that they may be well saturated
with It. Half
drain them
arately in bread
fry in hot deep fat. Garnish with pars
ley and serve with Dutch
sauce.
earthen
ith pepper, salt, oil
in the seasoning
hour before dinne
a napkin, dip each sep
cracker crumbs and
Tartar
^ BOILED PICKEREL.
Pickerel may be boiled whole and
served with butter sauce, care being
taken in winding the fish, so as to keep
It together, but a better way ie to boll
it in slices If you eau obtain the fish
der the beat conditions. These are that
the fish be obtained imihediately on be
ing taken from the water, scaled and
m cleaned, cut into slices about one inch
thick, and put into a panful of ice water
(the water from its coldness will crimp
the fresh-killed fish thrown into it).
Twenty minutes before dinner boil the
Slices In hot'.water, with a little salt ad
ded, drain them on a napkin and serve
with Rutter nnd Parsley sauce.
BUTTER AND PARSLEY SAUCE.
Butter sauce, the foundation of But
■ ? ell as many
eparation.
o ounces of fresh butter In a
ter and Parsley sauce,
others, requires careful
Put
,*ith
ounces of sifted flour,
•hole v eil together, adding
half pint of cold water,
kueed the
gradually
stirring op the lire until it boiip and al
lowing It to cook slowly for twenty min
utes, being careful if it go
•id water; then gradually
Stir In three-quarters of a pound more
of fresh butter. Strain and put
blespoonful of chopped parsley into
a half pint of the butter s:
before sending to the table add a Utile
lemon jul-.e. This sauce shoufd always
be made just before it is needed for
Jt exposed long
rancid, l td if at
too thick
to add more
ta
and just
the heat it becomes
a little ice water
a piece of ice is added and it be
stirred vigorously it will be restored to
its original sweetness.
The
fipes
equally good
for the preparation of large perch or
for German carp, except that the
. » may
be a difference in the length of time re
ck them, dependant alto
gether upon the size-of the fish.
In giving these recipes a trial do not
forget that fish must in ail cases be well
done, and to be at Its best must go to
the table piping hot. Nearly cold, un
derdone fish will disgust your guests.
qulred
FOR YOUR SCRAP-BOOK.
.Reclpet? From Many Sources and of
L. Acknowledged Worth.
J CELERY SAUCE FOR TURKEY.
Alice the best part of four, heads
iroung celery In small pieces and boil
In salt and water for twenty minutes.
Then drain, and put into a clean
pan, covering them with white
of
sauce
_ ■■■PPvegè"
table stock. Add a teaapoonful of salt,
a blade of mace and stew all together
til tender. Mix two ounces of butter and
a dessert spoonful of flour; when this is
quite smooth stir into it a cupful of good
cream (miik may be used instead of
. cream), and mix this in with the celery
* n <ï stock. Make hot for about fifteen
minutes but do not let it boil.
BATTER PUDDING.
quart of milk, four eggs, six
ounces of flour, a little feeda and salt.
First mix the flour with a little milk
carefully bo it will not be lumpy, com
: plete the pudding, bake twenty minutes
and serve .immediately.
Tf-1' 1 •
TypoRvaplilesl Union,
ft Wilmington Typographical Union
elected tho following officers last
«k for the ensuing year: President,
C. Walters; Vice-President,
William J. Thomas; Seoretary-Treas
mer, A. O. H. Grier; Trustees, John
h. O'Donnell, George H. Hogue and
Harvey E. Booker; Auditors, H. E.
Hooker, G. H. Hogue and W. E.
Taylor; Executive Committee, H. E.
Hooker, F. T. Mogaw, M. H. Neu
mann, G. H. Hogue and B. P.
: Reading Clerk, John Kitchen ;
Sei geant-at-Arms, F. T. Megaw.
Win
Or
Grern-.lnque
editing.
L. Elam Green and Miss L. Jennie
Jaoquette, the former of this city, wore
ried yesterday week at the resi
dence oi the bride's father. Robert
Jacquefcte. near Elkton, the Rev. John
McLlmoyle officiating.
KURHERY COOKERY.
%HE SMALL CHILD'S DIET.
By Christine Terhune Herrick.
(Continued from last week.)
their mater»
•eer with enough training prin
ciples to last tlirougi
of
to
fat,
but
will
to
e
a
will
a I
Few women start
nai
indefinite
ries of balilee. They exercise unlimited
theories upon the first child. If he sur
vives their experiments, they may still
have sufficient energy to continue their
pet systems with a second and perhaps
even with a third child. If others
follow, the mothers
than likely to let their theo
ries, like their piano playing and
their familiarity with foreign languages,
fall into Innocuous desuetude. As one
-taxed matron said of her eighth
and youngest child, "I brought up the
others, I let Octavia come up!"
The mother has had unusual persist
u ho has "brought up" an even
smaller number. Mothers' clubs and
meetings do much to stimulate her fall
•hen the children fol
?h other into the world dose upon
other's helpless heels. The books
and magazines written and edited ex
pressly for mothers are of incalculable
help. In spite of them all she probably
keeps but a small share of the fancies
her course
-
at
du
in
be
in
to
in
its
to
Kies, ev
Ing
low
and
few
and
,filch she set
•ith
up
a matron. And in many Instances the
babies :
It is a pity, however, when the mother
ba
for it.
the w
reaches the point, where she ceases
stow close attention upon the nature and
preparation of the children's food. Heed
elesa speech and even
less habi^j
lack of courage may possibly be cor
rected in life, but it is another thing to
a tternpt, in mature years, to pull out the
faulty fo
to raise
of the digestion nnd
substantial superstructure
hen there is practically
•ho has been badly fed in infancy
as his
laut
lit
a
base. The
must go softly all his days,
digestion is concerned, and in
lr.
the
•any
only avoid dyspepsia by judi
and by constant
lit
in
clous abstine
in the choice of his food.
If a mother would only grasp the fact
, in the
that because a thing does
i sense of the word, disagree with
child at the time he
tn
oil
it, it is
harmed him! Pa
believe that the di
sign that it has
rents who seem
of their children rival
gestlve po*y
those of ostriches will calmly allow their
eat unlimited
■ olds
five y(
four
sausage and buckwheat cakes
fast, partake of fried foods and salads
at luncheon, and wind up the day with
st duck, pickles and pie at a late
the victims
break
and
dinner. Then bee
vive the experience the deluded parents
will triumphantly assert that (he fare
has done the youngsters
fuct is Ignored that the child who im
the task of digesting such a meal
•gans Is draw
forces to meet the
of
he
boll
be
and
it).
the
ad
a
harm. The
PQS
upon his tender gastric
ing upon his
demand, and
counter such calls later In life with de
a consequence will
Remembering all this, the mother
should not weary in well doing and re
lax her efforts In her child's behalf by
the time he reaches his fifth or sixth
year. His dietary should still receive
h<*r close and careful attention, and be
lt Is more extensive now than
he was younger it should be
the less thoughtfully guarded.
The cereal should still begin the break
fast. Oatmeal, cornmeal mush, hominy,
çiethlng of the
vhei
*
,'heaten grits,
a better beginning for the first
;ai of the day than fruit. This has a
tendency to take the first edge from a
child's appetite, and to disincline him
for the solid food that is to follow. A3
a rule, he is better off with
his porridge,
know, the sugar may be re
Sunday
should he put
the porridge i
possible,
Milk may also be served as a beverage,
cither pure,
"cambric
t,
al
a
sugar
in some families I
S.
At
M.
■ved for a
then it
•Ith discretion. With
should be given, If
at least, plenty of milk
. E
ta
mixed with hot water into
made into cocoa ov
weak chocolate. A propos of these latter,
it may be said that they should never
ado in tho careless fashion that
simply stirs the prepared cocoa-powder
into the boiling wate
it at
be
to
t)
milk and then
The compound should
five mln
or
always boll for from three
Utes after tho powder is added.
(To be continued
re
not
to
un
week.)
TARTLETS.
Some rich puff pas
marmalade y
rounds of puff paste
round tin cutter.
, any preserve
Cut
please.
many
you desire, with a
Then o
equal
number and pre9g a smaller cuter in
side them to remove the center and
leave a ring. Moisten the rounds with
water and place the rings
them into a moderate
them. Put
of
boil
for ten or
twelve minutes, and when done fill the
center With any preserve
Stamp out a little of the paste rolled
thin in
i
marmalade.
D.
D.
of
Bake them lightly,
the top of each tartlet,
r cold.
and place_...
Serve them hot
salt,
and
is
of
ALWAYS USE
!
gggjj^liyL
.
six
salt.
(PINK WRAPPER.)
VANILLA CHOCOLATE.
UNSURPASSED FOR EATING. ORINKSCQOKiHG.
last
and
E.
E.
E.
P.
;
Hunky-lini.e* WVri.iini;.
Miss Mamie Hanley of Philadelphia,
formerly of this city, and Harry Hanes
wero married yesterday week by
Father Daly, in Philadelphia. Miss
Nanetta Heben of this oity was brides
maid and Maurice Hanley groomsman.
After tho marriage ceremony a re
held at the residence of
the biide'u mother. No. 1623 Parish
street. Later (he bride and groom took
their departure, with showers of good
wishes for a brief wedding tour.
h<
coption
ecoivn Mur# Aiuney.
M'.Gomgal of this oity,
who recently received nearly 84,000 in
back pension money from the govern- i
ment for the death of thrçe sous who I
served in tho Civil War, lias been re- or
quested to sign additional papers and
it is thought she will get more money, i
She has been granted a monthly allow
ance of 812. tihu.is 79 «ears of ago.
Mrs. A
wore
resi
THE DU PONT POWDER WORKS.
low II
Ill
r.
«* Brandywine.
The recent celebration of tho 100th
anniversary of the funding in this
country, at Newport, R. 1 , of Elou
tbere trcuoc* du Pont de Nemours,
founder of tho great du Pont powder
making work.?, recalls an interesting
story of how lie came to enter upon
this business, and also of how he came
tho Brandywine,
chemist by
profess ion, and a young man fond of
sports, so that ne frequent.)' took his
gnu and went in.search of game. The
fact that the powder made in this
country was very poor, anil that only
tin* imported article Was really good,
turned his thoughts in tho direction of
ipanufnetui ing a gaud article of powder
«A this'side «if the Atlantic.
Having drt-idod to ongago in the
tun*, the next plnco was
one that would afford good
'ater power, and ampin surroundings
of tho business that
works into close
to locate tho works
uem- this city.
Elouthoro du Pont was
liable
looati
for
would .not bring th
proximity lo communities of people
who might thereby bo endangered by
explosions. In his investigation of this
subject, lie narrowed his selection to
three lbcations,
1. The Falls of Passaic,
Passaic River, N. J., the sito of th
present city of Patorshn.
2. Tho present location,
Brandywine, neai Wilmington,
3. A site on tho Mattapony River,
Charlottesville, Va.
It happened that young du Pont
occasionally visited Thomas Jolforson
at the latter's home, Munticollo,
Charlottesville. His father, Pierre
Samuel du l'ont, and Mr. Jefferson
wero intimate 'friends and both wore
interested in the raising of Moi ino
sheep, tho elder du Pont having
selected in Europe some fino Merino
rams for Jefferson's farm. Young
du Pont paid a visit to Jefferson for
tho purpose of consulting him with
roieron.ee to the location of his pro
posed powder works, und detailed the
three sites ho had in view. He stated
that hi» had about made up his mind
in favor of the loention on tho Brandy
wine as affording the best advantages,
d where ho would bo least likely to
be incommoded by people building
their homes close to the works. Mr.
Jefferson tried to pursuade hi
choose the Virginiu site.
"I don't think I shall," i
young du Pout,
black Merinos. "
"Never mind tho black Merinos,"
rejoined tho famous ox President of
the United States, "within 20 years
we will havo thorn ail back in Africa."
The use of tho term "black Merinos"
in this conversation was with
to the negro slaves, of which Viigiuiu
hud a large number, oven at that early
date. It is a matter of history that
Jefferson was opposed to slavery, and
was at one time, in connection with
the elder James A. Bayard, interested
in a colonization society which had for
its object tho deportation of tho slaves
to Africa. But bo
Eleuthere du Pont to hi
situation.
French mn
would
ES
on t
tho
i. 1
eplied
"I don't liko your
iect
Id not convert
î view of the
On the contrary, the young
u insisted that the slaves
er be gotten back to Africa,
and that in later years the institution
of slavery would prove a bane to tho
country.
.For iliis reason he would not locate
his powdei works iu Virginia, nnd
he established them
tho Brandywine.
This story was gi
sons to tho Gazette's informant.
the banks of
by
of his
WlLMi
CO.\ EEHESVR.
Simona Annual
tent» for li
I Th
Preparations are being made for tbe
32d annual session of the WiJmingt
Methodist Episcopal Conference, which
will be held in Epworth Church noxt
March, Bishop Andrews, who has been
selected to pi Guide, will be tho guest, of
Chief Justin Loie.
* A
ill
will be hold Tuesday
evening, March 20lh.
The confnronco session will begin
Wednesday)morning, March 21st, with
a lovefeast. The religi
that day will begin
exorcises
9 o'clock,but
•ceodicg days thoy will begin
half an hour earlier. These exercises
will continue 30 minutes, after which
business will be transacted. The Rev.
S. Park Cadraan of Now York will leo
turo Wednesday evening
tans. ' '
Tho Woman's Home Missionary
Society will celebrate its anniversary
Thursday afternoon, March 22d, and
the Epworth Longue will celebrate its
sary Thursday cveuiug.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society will celebrate its anniversary
Friday afternoon, March 23ct, and the
Church Extension Society will cele
brate its anniversary Friday evening.
At the latter celebration, the Rov. J.
M. King, D. D., will make
Job
the
"Tho Puri
address.
G. Woolley will make a tern
address Saturday evening,
Match 24th.
Un Sunday, March 25th, Presiding
Elder Martindale will conduct a love
feast at 9 a. m., Bishop Andrews will
preach at 10.80 a. m . the bishop will
ordain elders and deaoous at 2 p. m.
and the Rev. Alfred Smith,!). D.,
conduct
ill
missionary meeting at 7.30
i
Tho anniversary of the Freed men'a
Aid and Southern Educati
will be oi
March 26th.
Tho conference wili adjourn Tuesday,
March 27th.
Homes for the visiting ministers and
laymen will bo provided by a cummit
tue composed of tho Revs. R'obert Watt,
D. D.,F. Burgette Short,Henry Baker,
D. D., James Crowe aud U. A. Grise.
Small Ball
Mrs. Sarah Hall Dickinson died at
tho homo of her nonhew, Edward II.
Hall, West Chester, last week, aged 97
. Mrs. Dicki
Society
fiobrated Monday evening,
is tho last of a
•kable for their longevity,
brother, Thomas Hall, dying
years ago at the age of 101 years, and
other, John Hall, living to within a
few months of the century mark. Mrs.
Dickinson was only exceeded in ago by
rosidont of Wo ;t Chester*
Mrs. Hannah Marshall, who will cele
brate her 109th birthday
March.
.
family
:• W
otb
tho 17th of
Almost every man in America has
some digestive trouble. Whe
et, the greeting, usually is,
cv are you?" That develops
talk. The man who has
atomach trouble i
Trouble is mon take
selves. Thoy eat ns
copp
By and by, overworked nature rebels.
The
n men
"Well,
health
bowel
Imoat a curiosity.
care of tnero
tbougb they bad
stomachs and bowels of brass.
h<
— n come heudaohcs.nervousnoBs, bad
blood, liver and kidney troubles. Dr.
Pierce's i'loasant Pellets furnish help
for constipation and torpid liver, sick
i and bilious headache, dizziness, sour
I stomach, loss of appetite, indigestion,
or dyspepsia, windy belchings, "heart
burn," pain and distress after eatiug,
i and kindred derungemeuts of the liver,
stomach and bowels, Accept no sub
[afitute.
FARNUURST MEETINGS. ;
Brut« and Count? Hospital
in Ses
tfhd trustees of the State Hospital for
the Insane and County Hospital held
meetings at Famhurst Thursday, the
former being the quarterly and the lat
ter'th& mon
this
by
of
his
The
this
of
the
that
mooting. Ac noon the
tity boarB dined the State board and
had an enjoyablo'tiine.
At the mooring of tho State Hos
pital trustees the Wilmington & New
Castle Electric Railway Co.
awarded the contract for lighting the
institution for five years at the rate of
81,560 per year. The Wilmington City
Electric Co. a Iso'bid.
Contracts for supplies for the ensu
ing quarter wore awaidod aa follows:
Groceries, Frank P. Turner of this
city; bread, Henry C. Rollet of this
oity,2J4 c oots por pound; beef, vÔal and
muttftn. Frederick Koirilo of this city,
who bid at the rate of 87.07 per -100
pounds for boef, and 0 cent per pound,
whole, each for veal and mutton; dry
goods, William B. Sharp & Co. of this
city; clothing
Sheppard of M
Of]
and shoes, Josse L.
iddletown ; ohipawaro
auçj (frockcry, I. Lewis Row of this
city ;*dru|S, N.B. Dnnforth of this city.
Thqaotinn of Suterin tendent Hanckor
in awarding to Robert McFarlin the
contract for supplying milk after it
had beMrigiven up by Mr. Davis,
approved, as was also Dr. Hannker'
notion in dismissing Lula E. Finley,
attendant. The superintendent's
report \for, the month, which showed
the foifbtvJng, was approved: Number
of malb inmutes, 175; fomkles, 152;
total, ,m
iTlio »finance committee reported
having «audited the accounts for tho
quarter, tho bills amounting to
810,540.34. The balance» amounted to
8698» 60. It was announced that the
board wished to make the statement
that It had based its calculations
an increase.for the year of 60 patients,
whereas the increase had been 08. Con
sequentlyjbe funds fell a trilie short,
but tho riwt. was gratifying. During
last montuSuperintendent Hanoker re
ceived 8817,63 for boarding patients.
At the meeting of tho County Hos
pital trustees the monthly payroll,
amounting to «401.17, was passed.
Superintendent McCoy made the fol
lowing report, which was approved:
Number of inmates, 267, an increase of
November and eight over De
cember, 1898. There wore three deaths
during the month, Christopher Don
nelly, Edward Hazel] and RiohardGill,
all of this oity. .
by
this
to
ino
for
the
to
of
for
ES
a î
tho
35
i. 1
ESCAPED IN THEIR NIGHT CLOTHING.
New York, Jan. 4.—Fire, the origin
of whioh was
gutted
exploding lamp, today
of a row of six tenements
on West 130th street, and rendered
homeless 16 families, numbering about
70 nerBons.
Many people escaped in their night
clothing. Nobody was seriously hurt,
but all of the families lost their furni
ture and much of their clothing, whioh
will entail much suffering among them,
poor people.
iect
as they
FRENCH CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED.
the
tho
Paris, France, Jan. 4.—-The High
Court (SenateI, iu secret session, to
day^ condemned Mm. Buffet and
Derouledo to 10 years' banishment.
M. Guerbin was sentenced to 10
years' confinement in a fortified place,
M. Saluoes
banishment.
sentenced to 10 years'
of
Th* Haydaii Liquor a
Special CorrOB|xmdeuç0 of Gazette
Dprel', Jan. 4.—Jhe following com
panies tiled a theit certificates of incor
iioiation bore this morning : Tho United
States Rattan Co. of New York : capital
stock, 8100,000.
The Hayden Liquor and Drug Cure
Co. of Elizabeth, N. J, ; capital stock,
850,000».
Drug Co.'a Chor tor.
Journal
his
tbe
of
The Hayden Liquor and Drug Cure
Co. secured its charter through the
Delaware Trust Co. of Wilmington.
Jts incorporators me James L. Hayden
mid Charles A. Trimble of Elizabeth,
N. J., and Gardner W. Kimball of Wil
mington. The object of the company
is to establish sanitariums, probably
in Elizabeth, for the cure of persons
addicted to the use of liquor and drugs.
It is tbe seonnd drug oure company to
bo incorporated under the
poration law. The other one, tho
Pennsylvania Drug Cure Co., was in
corporated recently.
From a,Santiago l-ort.
Police Captain Thomas A. Kano re
ceived an interesting relic of the
Spanish war Thursday from Samuel
Schultz, formerly of this city, who is
now foreman of painters in the Brook
lyn navy yard. The gift, wbioh is a
highly polished policeman's club, was
made of teak wood, which formed part
of tbe foundation of tho fort of Cayo
Del Ford, at Gpantanimo, district of
Santiago, whioh was reduoed
15tb, 1898, bv the United States Ships
Texas, Marblehead anti Suawanee. Tho
wood was brought to the United States
by Lieut. W. R. Wright, executive
officer of th» supply ship Corsair. Tho
gift is very pretty and is highly prized
by Capt. Kanè.
its
the
J.
(Jor
June
m.
Ynunif Alan'» Democrntia Club.
The following officers woro oleotod
last week by the Young Men's
Democratic Club : President. Garrett
J. Hart: First Y'ict»-President, Fred
C. Mummele; Second Vice-President,
William F. Kurtz; Recording Secre
tary, John O. Larabtron; Financial
Secretary, H. E. Frist ; Treasurer,
Thomas Reardon: Marshal, James H.
Kane; Executive Committee, John
McKolvey, James Zeigler, J. A.
Hut lock, Louis Moody, W. A. Mo
Caff er ty, G. J. Finok and J. T. King.
Ono hundred and forty-three ballots
'"''—oast.
ill
at
II.
97
_jPoHt Oftlctir*.
The following offioers-elect of Phil
Sheridan Post, G. A. R., were in
stalled last week by Department
Oommunder Moystin : Post Commander,
C. A. W. Frishmuth ; Senior Vice
Commauder, Carl Jeffers; Junior Vice
Commander. J. H. Montgomery : Officer
of tho Day, Robert G. Turner ; Quarter
master, James F. Eagle; Officer of tho
Guard, Edwin F. Über; Surgeon, J.
L. Frenoh ;. Chaplain, William B.
Norton; Adjutant, A. Brack/Starr.
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Çreitün Land Co.
The C res ton Land and Improvement
Co. held its annual meeting Thursday
and elected tho following officers:
President,, William E. Iiawkins; Vice
President, Johh P. Dough ten : Secre
tary and Treasurer, Thomas Xatnall;
Directors, John P. Doughten, Thomas
Tattiall, Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr.,
Charles L. Doughten and William E.
Hawkins.
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D Middletown, Jan. 4.— Dr. W. F. Kon
nedy, aged 47 years, died last night of
pneumonia. His Wife and two children
survive him.
iteuth of Arabtintadur De Dennmiir.
Rome, Italy, Jan. 4.—The death cf
Count I/e Benomar, the Spanish Am
bassador to Italy, has been announced.
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A newspaper • dispatch from Pat
ohogue, L. I., brings the information
that the field of tho Blue Point oyster,
wnich from early colonial days "ns
been owned in Common by tho town of
Brookbavon, Suffolk county, and the
Robert R. Smith estate, is to be di
vided. A partition suit has been begun
in tho Supreme Court by the Smiths,
and the answer of the town has been
nerved. Tho property in question covers
the greater part of tho Groat South
ith it the oyster,
clams and fish iu tho wators, and also
the hunting privileges. The parti
tion is duo to the fact that the town
nnd the State do not agree on tho terms
of the renewal of the oystormen's leases.
Tho narrator has hoard and read fro
quent arguments between the twe
tremes of the dogmatio men who have
insisted that "there are no longer any
genuine Blue Points; the
tinot. " and the credulous
bolieves that every diminutive oyster
placed before him is of this famous
kind. Both of these classes of men
sadly mistaken. The true Bluo Point
still exists— in very limited numbers it
is true but it is made the subject of
iikuu misrepresentations and more suc
cessful deception than any other food
product known to mankind. Extrava
gant as that statement may seem it is
not one jot beyond the truth. Not
only are other bivalves opened in the
came of the Blue Point, but for the
purposes of this masquerade there are
selected what would otherwise bo con
sidered tho refuse of a cargo of oysters
the uullings—or "cullens" as the
dredger oalls thorn—and thus by a
strange irony of commercial chiennery
the cheapest of all oysters are placod
before the watering mouths of mankind
at the highest figure wbioh is placed
upon bivalves. This deception is
made possible by a popular fallacy of
long standing whereby folks believe
that the Blue Point oyster is the small
est of his kind. This unaooountable
delusion permits the unscrupulous
dealer and by dealer is meant the
wholesale seller, for the restaurateur is
frequently hoodwinked as well as his
customers—to find an exorbitantly re
munerative sale for tho small refuse
oysters which the sorters cast aside in
separating a ourgo of oysters into their
various sizes.
It will surprise nearly every one to
he told that originally the Blue Point
oysters wore of monstrous size, and it
the empty shell of one of thoso of
natural growth which suggested to the
late George Arnold his delightfully
amusing poem of "The Oyster,"
which "bivalvulnr hermit" arose
its edge and swallowed "the good ship
Km'ly" and all its' crew. Natural de
oadenoo has lessened the
Point, but not to the extent people
have been taught to believo. It may not
be geneially known thntsome years ago
Uncle Sam thought this subject was
worth Investigation, and he employed
Ernest Ingorsoll to perform the task.
The result of his labors is told i
of the volumes of the tenth census of
the United States, wherein is published
exhaustive troatiHe on "The Oystor
Industry." Referring to (what he
termed the "Brookhaven Bay or Blue
Point oystoi," ho says:
"Tho natural growth of the oyster in
tho Great South Bay is confined almost
wholly between Smith's Point and
Fire Island—practically to the waters
east of Blue Point, known as Brook
haven Bay. This was the home of the
famous celebrity.thoBl
which
to New York markets. Tho present
oyster of this brand is small and round,
•but the old 'Blue Points,' cherished
by the Dutch burghers and peaklmtted
of the Hamptons, who toasted
long before our revolution was
thought of, yras of the largo, crooked,
boavy-shelied, elongated kind, with
which ono becomes familiar all along
the coast in examining relics of the
natural bods, and which
to be found by the thousand in all the
mussul lagobna of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence Now and then, a few years
ago, one of these aboriginal oysters, of
wbioh two dozen made a sufficient
armful, was dragged up and excited
the curiosity of every on«. But the
time has gono by when any more of
the.«:; oysters may bo expected. "
At tho present time the Bluo Point
has. its ned in more circumscribed
limits than Mr. Ingorsoll describes.
First let mo explain that, geographic
ally, Bluo Point is k kinall prouioootory
of Long Island, reaching into the Great
South Bay. Whether it gets its name
from the famous oyster or whether tho
process of nomouclature has boon the
reverse of that, it is impossible for the
narrator to say. Tho under shell of
the oyster in question has a number of
small spinouslike protuberances, the
points of which are colored a greenish -
bluo hue, and from those, rpany
men declare, the bivalvo, and
quently its hörne, came p) be termed
Biue Point. Three miles tôost of Blue
Point is Fntohogue, aud from thence
along and off the coast ns fat as Oak
dale—and a short stretch of sand it is
—the true Blue Points can be found.
The beds for that distance are nil laid
in the same water and
year by seedling oysters taken directly
off Blue Point itself.
There is soaiceiy a restaurant or
hotel in. tho land on whose bills of faro
-the name does not figure, and in most
cases honestly, too—at least
tho intentions of the proprietors
concerned. Borne may ask, "What
difference docs it make? Is
oystor an oyster?" That question would
never bo asked by one who line had tho
experience upon the genuine Blue
No other oyster possesses its
substantial plumpness; a solid fatness
due to its feeding In its natural beds
in the pure waters bf the Great South
Bay, and easily distinguishable from
the delusive and flavor less white plump
ness of bivalves which have been trans
ferred to fresh water to gain in size.
No other oyster has its delicate flavor,
which is such a marked peculiarity
that it is noticeable even in a stew— a
dish of that kind when made from
Points having nothing about it
Bay, and can lea
iv nr.
fellow
who
it
it
of
it
it
to
10
on
of the
bi
to
in
re
is
a
of
Point oyster,
s among tbe earliest to oorae
tlio
Ki
A.
to
J.
oyster
subsc
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Of
of
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sowed each
E.
fur as
not
an
An
a
out
Point.
of
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smell. In fact, In
rank in either taste
nil respeots it is Ihn beau ideal oyster,
and no man knows the delioiuiianess of
this inolluak who has not eaton a Blue
Point. Its food value
surpasses
that of all its brethren, and it is a fact
well known to expert oystoimen that
ono dozen Blue Points, when oaten, |
equal in their iDvigorulinu .»suite two .
dozen of any other kind of bivalves,
with tho probablo exception of the more
recently cultivated Lynn Haven.
Can one tell this rare creature from
his moaner fellows by an inspection of
his shell? Yes, with careful study this
_bo done. Reference has nlrpady boon
niado to the greenish-blue points as
ono distinguishing characteristic, but, 1
alas, that characteristic is frequently
po.'sossod by Rookaways, ' wbioh me
most commonly used lo defraud the
!m infallibly* S'SlaTSTthiS
trerno thioknoss and depth of its s hellt
and abovo all by the oyster itself when
opened,-tilling ovory portion of its con
olioioBieo! cavern so completely that,
like tho champagne cork, one wonders
how it was evor confined in its rcoen
prison. The oyster opener should
know that ho holds in his hand a bogus
Bluo Point when he finds that ho has ;
to knock off a quarter of an inch of
shell before he can insert his knife,
Tho genuine submarine tid-bit ia nevor
built that way, Tho consume.! can dc*
dure that it is not the eye of a Blue
Point which is staring into his unie fl
»at of the oyster-—to coin a
thoroughly bad but thoroughly ex
pressive phrase reaches to the vory
edge of the shell. This substantial
qunlity of tho Blue Point In both oyster
and shell has specially commended it
for shipment to Europe, and no in
considerable portion of ench season's
orop will be shipped abroad, mainly to
England, where the Brltishor has for
gotten to praise his copper-tasting bi
valvular abortions in his newly-found
love for the luscious mollusks of
Brother Jonathan. The difficulty met
with in exporting oysters arises from
their natural inclination to die when
removed from their native element. But
the Blue Point, with its deep shell, is
enabled to retain an extraordinary
quantity of what men call its "liquor,"
and in this, as long as it docs not Qpen
its shell, it not only lives, but aotuolly
fattens. In addition to this, in pack
ing oysters for foreign shipment their
fatal predisposition to gape is discour
aged by a 250-pound weight being
placed upon them aftor they havo been
placed in a barrel to its very top. The
thick shell of the Blue Point can with
stand the pressure while tho thin cover
ing of tho Rookaways is crushed be
neath the heavy burden.
How many restaurants in Philadel
phia furnish to their patrons the true
Blue Point, you ask? Certainly not
more than three, astounding as that
Megargee.
the
may seem.
a Lr, a MATTE k OF HABIT.
Cktcago Chronicle.
"See that cigar !' said a olub man,
drawing the article referred to from
his nmutb, anil admiring it as he held
it up, and addressing his remark to a
fellow member.
"What about it?" asked tho party
addressed.
"Pretty good cigar," remarked the
first speaker, "but the chief thin
about, it is that it was
poouliar befand I don't know but
that 1 can m\
same terms."
"Name tho bet."
"Let mo ask you a question or two.
Which arm do you put in your over
coat first in pulling that garment on?"
"Lot mo see. I put my loft arm in
first."
"How long does it take you tô put
it on?"
"1 don't know that I ever timed my
self: but what has that to do with
your bot?"
"A good deal. I will bot you n cigar
you can't put on your, overcoat by
placing your right arm, instead of
your loft, first iu five times the time
roquirod to put it on in the regular
way. ' '
"That's a bet, and we will settle it
right
The two sauntered in the direction
of the cloakroom, where an attendant
brought forth the topcoats of tho two
members.
"Only one, Henry," said the origi
nator of the bet; "Mr. Smith wants to
try his on. I don't want mine."
Mr. Smith took- his coat, and, in
serting the left arm in the sleeve, ..
was this habit, threw the garment over
his right shoulder, and in a jiffy had
it on, teady to adjust the roll
button, as seemed best.
"Thirty-three socouds, " ' said (his
companion, win with watch in hand,
had boon a close observer of the trial.
"Now take it off, and put it on Li
other way, with your right arm in
first. "
Mr. Smith removed the co^t and in
serted his arm iu tho sleeve. Awk
wardly he used his left to throw the
garment over his shoulder. It fell off
twice, and would have dropped to the
floor but for the activity of the colored
attendant.
Mr. Smith's complexion became
more florid than UBiinl, caused by the
unaccustomed exertion, and intensified
tho aiiver-grny hair which covered his
head and up pot lip.
He tried it again, but the left arm
refused to find the sleeve, and, after
several unsuccessful attempts, he gave
it up.
"It beats the world," ho said,
gave the order for cigars, addressing
the remark to his club companion,
"what creatures of habit
especially
a m os
one from you on the
ns
ni
tbe
be
we arç,
tbe shady side of
forty ; and tne funny feature of it ik
that we don't kuovv it.
New, I nevet
would have belioved that a man of ray
age could not put on an overcoat when
tho arras were reversed. I am going
to win some bets on that tiling my
self."
"That reminds
said his com
panion, "of a little experience I had
the other day with my olgar. It
simply shows how wo are wedded to
little habits, and know nothing of
thorn until called upon to break
.1 had a fever hlister on my lip,
ou tho right side of my mouth. I
always hold my cigar on the right' side.
Of courso, the fevor blister made it
best to ehift tho cigar to the leftside;
and, do you know, I not only found it
awkward to hold it there, but I oould
not lreop tho darn thing lighted. I
could not draw. I was so conscious
of tho change that I did not enjoy
smoking, and iu fact, gave it up until
tho fever blister healed and I could
smoke in tho good eld way."
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The special features of the January
number of the Araerioau Monthly Re
view of Reviews are an illustrated char
agter sketch of Secretary Hay, by
Henry MacFarland; a discussion of
"Our Interests in China—A Question
of tho Hour," by the Hon. John
Barrett: a description of the great
Chicago drainage canal, by Prof. Edwin
O.JJ Jordan ; a -statistical account of
od.ein fraternal insurance
tions, by Albert C. Stevens; a discus
sion of "The Vital Question of Pure
Food," by Harry B. Mason,and a brief
summary of the present
the Klondike, by Jack
this number appears the full text of
the arbitration agreement signed at
The Hague and now awaiting ratifica
tion by the United States Senate, pre
faced with a statement of the purp
and intent of the treaty by Prof. Ji
BasEctc Meure. The editorial depart
ment, "The Progress of the World,"
revfnws the Boer war to date, the
political situation at the opening of a
new Congress,recent municipal progress
in American cities, and many other
topics of the time.
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St. Nicholas evidently starts the now
year firmly resolved to justify those
teachers who { ronounce it tho best of
supplementary reading for sohools. The
new "Nature and Soionce" department
is instinct with life and vigor. It is
not loo profound and cordially invites
co-operation from ail observers. Of
"the little things
mosses, birds, frost paintings, it gives
opportunity to learn the. infinite
varieties of the St. Nicholas League,
well under way in prize dis
tribution. One of the objects is pursuit
of game by camora instead of gun. To
this end three special prizes are now
offored. A1J but one of the stories of
this number
of the frontispiece
Mowgli. Was over human child so
indebted to animals, since the wolf
nursing of Romulus and Remus? More
than n strain of Christmas is apparent
throughout nnd all tho stories have
a wholosome, old-fashioned moral
stamina, bracing to cnoountor.
In illustrations, tho "Forty Highway
men" and tho cotton picking are
noticeably good, nlso tho sly humor
the cover. Of all the wear y party, only
the oat is really awake, watching tbe
now year, as if it were a mouse in
ambush. The rest are overcome, though
tho boy, as becomes his incipient man
hood, struggles to the bitter end.
COVHTINO OOJb. PAUL'S SBIVKS.
about"
complete. The hero
is a veritable
of
The Boer girl of the country dis
tricts of the South African Republic
"ia able to go to town only once or
twice a year, and then it is to attend
the Nnohtmaal, or communion, which
is the chief festival of these deeply
religious people," writes Howard O.
Hilisgas, of "The Boer Girl of Sou Ml
A frica," in the January Ladies'..Home
Journal. "The journey to tho town
iB made in ox-tearos, and may require
a week's or a month's time, but it is
always an epoch in a Boer girl's life,
especially if she is about 16, when she
is supposed to have attained the matri
monial age. Theu some tall, robust
Boer youth, whom she has mot at
summon
former Naohtmauls,
enough
may
courage to ask her whether
ho may call at her heme and have an
'up-sitting,' which is a sort of ulti
matum before
coDBGDt the young Boer will shortly
horseback many
miles across the plain to tho girl's
home, und will prove that be Is worthy
of her love by 'aitting-up' and talking
with her frpm sundown until break
of day. For two young
at this period of courtsn
ultimatum. If she
afterward ride
Boers to arrive
ip is equivalent
to announcing tbe engagement, and
then the prospective bride begins pre
paration for the wedding."
■e Like a Vonnsiier.
Major Ford H. Rogers tells an
amusing anecdote of tho late Gen.
Clinton B. Fiske. The general was
addressing a Sunday-school
vention. One of the speakers had re
minded the children that it v/as
Washington's Birthday.
"Children," said Gen. Fiske, "you
all know that Washington wns a
general. Perhaps you know that I am
also a general. Now, can anyone tell
what was the difference between Gen.
Washington and myself?"
"I know, sii," piped a small boy in
tbe back pait of the room.
"Well, what was Ihe difference?"
said Gen. Fiske, smiling at the lad's
eagorness.
"George Washington couldn't tell a
lie, sir," cried the boy in exultant
tones. Shouts of laughter followed, iu
which the general .joined heartily.—
Detroit News.
Pino del Pilai— I hear the mills in
America are running night and day.
Agqinalclo—Well, so aie we!—American
Economist.
Mrs. MoGorry—Oi niver was so
froightened iu abl me loife! Sure, dbe
•r r missed
ißöhes. MoGorry—A v yea hod gone a
step farther dhc children wud hov bc4*
a stepmother. —Life.
be less than six