Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1882, Page 3

HOME MATTERS. BATISFACTORY ECONOMIES—WHAT GRANDMOTHER DID—SUMMER DISHES—DRINKS FOR AUGUST. Witp Pics are delicious if preserved in the old-fashioned way, ‘pound tor poand”—that Is, & pound of sugar toa pound of plums. Stew the plums with the skins on. Imrentat Drtxk.—Put half an ounce of cream of tartar, the juice of cne lemon and two table- spoonsful of sifted sv and pour over it a quart of Cover till cold. Prats Lixex Canrrac ich are bo th useful and o je at home. Finish them around the edge wit! a hem about er embroider the er a spray of ngton stitch. of alemon to a nce of sugar has aten white of an You may serve this with | oken up in the egg while cor in on Sxow Dr pint of wate and froth all bits of ice b Three quarts of juice, ater, three pounds of white t It next in the cellar. 5 draw off be tightly corked. ter it will be. or GRANDMOTHE Wise Way keep a cup of alum water always close it usually stood on the window-sill beside her work-basket. Cut tingers and bruises of all kinds, if wrapped h wet in the alum- water, healed with a rapidity that was truly wonderful. This 1s so simple a remedy that it is worth while to know about It.—N. ¥. Post. Errs’ Bres.—Four gallons of water, a pint of rts of bran and two boil together for in, add a pint of molasses and, a pint of yeast: leave it in an begins to fermi bottle it. viled with it is kept was to hand; hops, pressed down, two « ears of corn roasted hait an ho: when ¢ st ol, hal DANUT COOKIES use about one cup of nswer—two ¢; pne manut, half a cup of sweet ifs t nful of seda. one teaspoon- nilla, flour enough to make a soft Roll as you do common cook using te on the kneading-board. i A Satisractory Pr the pretty striped or dott and cat them over in little stockings the It often happens that the sock is worn nding at the heel oniy, leaving the rest and if care is taken to make the . the little stockin: vill last at least twice as cks that ¢: 2 invalid i cut in small piee: ter: cover clos or Economy isto take Isocks of the father aout the pieces of meat and put t it simmer for halt an hour; if d, this will be long enough. until it is done at all events. nT is made of three aspberry marmalade d crumbs, and | of a pound of | and rubbed or | nooth paste, or they may be | eof butter till itis light these together, be n butter some hirds fuil with on nonds, this < for each person at the | nt as for the nicest | !t and one table- t at leas hot frying pan in which ch butter to cover the bot- the omelet then put ix you have melted tom weil. ¢ cook undist enougitso that you caa ral hen put under a little more butter, a om plate. else is be made after averything ly for the table so that it may “A Youne Hovsekeerer” wishes to know how to make Graham crackers. To seven cups of Graham flour—sifted or not as she chooses— allow one cup of cream or a little over two- thirds of a cup of butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one pint of sweet milk; mix the powder thoroughly with the flour; thea stir in the butter or cream and the milk, add a tea- spoontul of salt, see that it is evenly distributed through the dough, mix with a spoon till so stiff you are oblived to use your hands. t! roll Out ag thin as you roll ginger snaps Dake Ina hot oven. ‘These crackers require only a few minutes’ baking if the oven is ina oper condition. Do not put them away ina | mig box until they have been spread on a | Platter near the fire for about two hours, so that they will be perfectly dry and will not’ ab- Of course, their excellence de- ir being crisp and brittle.—V. ¥. Fastixe ts ActTe Ruevaatisw.—Dr. Wood, or of chemistry In the medical depart- of Bishop's college, Montreal, reports in anada Medical Record a number of cases ; H ofchronic rheumatism. The patients wer ed to drink freely of cold water, or lemon: ade in mod antities if they | preferred, Dr. Wood says that 1 re- inence from food own practice he ned to betieve thet rheumatism is, after of indigestion, to be cured by | lete and continued rest to all the | Th ake that most people | > in preparing tea for a cold drink is in let- ting it stand too lonz eaves, stand | This brings out all the bitter, i. of the te: tage a to torment the drinker. To | of good iced tea, first heat | ntity ona tin pie-plate, or any | >that it | the proper qu iroa let pot very hot, he only teapot | posit left on it from other | to this from the kettle the er out of the freshly-filled five minutes and no more. { when entirely cold add the 1 milk to your pitcher. n ly a refreshing but a nour- k. Of coupse, if lemon is cailed for, | e milk. Cold coffee ts also more re- K is added. —Quite a variety of drinks can n the Jelly of apples, or it can be toa plain drink. The following is | hergill and Wood's book of re- f pound of apples into quar- ters, without e them until soft; put them in a pitcher, with half a pound of brown sugar, pour two quarts of boiling water over them. Let it get cold; pulp the apples, juice and all, through a cullender, and bottie for use. If the mixture is too much of a jelly, add more boiling water. On this foundat you can vary | the drinks. A piece of bread, toasted very brown, and added to the apples before the boii- | ing water is poured on, makes a nutritious | drink. Or you can boil a half a pound of either | barley or rice toa pulp, and add to the apple | wat Dr. Parkes’ “Oatmeat Drixx.”+“The pro- Portions are a 341b. of oatmeal to two or three quarts of water, according to the heat of the | day and the work and thirst; it should be well | boiled, and then an ounce or one and a half oune brown sugar added. If you find It thicker than you like, add three quarts of water. Before drinking it shake up the oatmeal well through the liquid. In summer drink this cold; in winter hot. You will find it not only quenches thirst, but will give youmore strength and endurance than any other drink. If you cannot boil it, you can take a little oatmeal mixed with cold water and sugar, but this is not so good; always boil itifyou'can. If at converted from Drs. celpts: ¢ | whi \ the eur! i t e; bake for twenty minutes in a slow | , NEW STYLES FOR WINDOW DEC- ORATION. A_Growi Stained ia From the Carpet Trade Review. With the architectural revival of stained glass effects for the wi made in patterns co; ind, Demand for More Color— lass Drapery Effects—Mater- for Madras Curtains. , curtain manufacturers find a new field opéning to them for the outlet ot Madras curtain goods, which are now being ied from cathedral win- dows, wherein cubes, squares and picturesque subjects are executed in bottle greens, sage greens, yellows, browns and other somber tints, ving to the windows behind which they are hung with no folds or wrinkies, an excellent stained glass effect. The opportunit decoration embody an end! and po ples, ail of which seem now in vogue. monotonov and tn this er asly pur lities of window less variety of prinei- There is wing demand for more color and less of and chaste” in lace of color re" we are prepared to find a big demand experienced turing the ne constantly gro’ tints. There can be no laws of interfor decoration n the laws of good appre Heavy curtains should be confined to So should curtains of large patterns. asimply that In the one case the denser and Impure with written ¢ mi rt t be The t way for ome intuitive to rooms. For the re: atmosphere become: heavy fabrie impeding the ht: ” apothezm be t_six months for the spice of from the many years prevalence deney of the market ears back in the wing demand for eeru and cream circulation of and in the latter the recognized up- “The smaller the naller the pattern,” may be regarded as room an indisputable fact, too obvious inits sound- ness to require solgition. oration. structed adi But wh Lace curtains, there- for window dec- Q . for their peculiari- of construction which allows the unob- ission of air. recocnizing the adaptibility of lace goods for windows, much mag be said upon the character of the fabric used, according to style or shape of the window and its lo: t nt the fall trades Madras curtains will ¢ and unless artistically appli ction will be felt with them, and the sale m be brought summari It would be w phas' the give it the e windo: will be the ey rs s i pearan less. that one es} y of the must be met and which would sur natural an aspe Many windows are now being treated by a rly speakii rieze upper p deep. Bel ow it the casement, and from ve the curtain just is not at all arbi- strip only, or m of Madras good: ‘ing about a brass rod er eof} of ground ping a pi pad thus Its can th subs ance & gla: the patt: board, dl upen 1 of deeora tunity Madras in his sales t apparent as to ce to stained clas in itself | ss so mmnch the bett 2 of putt: made oy tl tor the ret: uftic! peciai prote y be: t. * pr traver foot nd: ped lass can be obt: the ‘hion is the latest of thos ation rem: ‘Traveling in Mex! Cor pondence § When one travel: himself of the witha mule. I san Fraucisco Ar: in Mexico he must avail or provide hi You must carry diligence rode a mule. s to certainly offers an almost inexhaustible oppor- | ity h, if we mistake not, ill make the most of. = 2 itt i ied, jon. incalculable With nto retail great dis- to a close. 1 dealer to em- lesirability of hanging nt altitude to If draped at eof nbeing cat out of paper or b and rubbed over with ration wh , and the pattern ap- chr this. The genuine Itnot, and if adras is not desired, an ‘appear- ined by wrap- ia muslin and rabbi el The stain which d,andan excellent So far as appear- i ate this “4 a form of steneilng can be ri und sorted to, istol eadily re- en the cor sue- id whether the wire beneath fs the novelty in this seen. It self all yonr conveniences with you—knife, fork. spoon, towels, soap, candles, coffee or choco- late, and your c: to sleep on a board. dle. p-bedstead, unless: you want You roll your clothes up in your blanket, and tie it on behind your sad- The rest you put in a pair of saddle-bage, called cantinas, that hang on the horn of the From not finding knives and forks where you stop in the mining towns, one must not think these people eat with their saddle in front. fingers. (the tortilla with frijoles is the univer: of food), which they tear Into pieces, and with which they scoop up the other food, eating the tortilla and food altogether. With every meal they have tortillas sal staple So they have a saying, that they ought to be the richest people in the'world, for they eat up a spoon at every meal. August Is one of the months of the rainy season. Over the entire face of the country the rain falls once a day this season of the year. It is rare for it to rain at all before noon, and the more usual hour is toward 2 p.m. Often only two or three heavy showers pass over. True, the water that falls is comparatively enormous, coming down in torrents of immense drops, forming a curtain that may hide completely ob- jects half a mile distant. Only three gr four days during the season does the rain hold on steadily into the night, and all the forenoon is brilliant and beautiful. and of a yery delight- fal temperature—seldom hot. It is a‘tine sight to see one of these afternoon storms when you are on the top of one of the ranges. ap! can alm Glorious of white vapor begin rolling up—some | massive, towering above the rest, in which you t see how the chilled column of air is shot up above the rest by the slope of some Then the masses darken at points, and let down a dark gray curtain, which mountain peak. ou know fs rain, ginnin; You hear the thunder be- to roll, and all the while are yourself in a flood of sunlight, and refreshed by the cool air of the approaching storm. The storm commonly rolls a s suddenly as it came. The magnificence of the scenery in the entire district is indescribable, especially when one is 3. on the ground floor, the artiticiality | cheapen the goods in For althouzh the de- not end with its ap- it will be, neverthe- ure which willrecom- mend it to the consuming class, and that point ed from the prejudices etit if it has too un dor stones thrown and writhed in a confusion that no fancy can adequately picture, while high above, and beyond all, the d cordillera of the Sierra Madre rises to the sky. In the wildest and least accessible spot are found (among crags, and plunging down into chasms) the mining works of the old Spanlard—the con- quistador. Nothing else raises so lively a sense of his superhuman energy and indomitable strength, both of body and will, as to trace his mining works among these mountains. True, he did it by the hands of slayes—he enslaved a vhole population, one numbering millions; but you realize on the groand all that this rement implies, It adds to the great- achievements more than it detracts from them. The conquest of India was a feat that dazzles imagination. It was far less a feat than that of the Spaniard who conquered the Indian first and nature afterward. = ——— “Buhl? Furniture. Fro: Builder. Much interest has been excited by the very large sums that have been recently realized at the sale of the Hamilton Paiace collection by several specimens of the cabinet-maker's art. and among them a number of pieces of the work commonly known as “Buhl.” At atime when our most respected authorities have been striv- inz their utmost to call the attention and ad- miration of the public to the work of artists of earlier days and their purer and more refined creations, such an event as the sale for thousands of pounds of pieces of furniture belonging to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuriesis some- what calculated to disturb the minds of the less thougntful public. Of the less thoughtful, we say, becange there exists reasons why such sums should be paid for the choice cabinets, the secre- taires, the commodes and the tables, which have recently realized at the Hamilton sale such incred- ible prices. Putting aside all rigorous standards —above all the artist should in his admiration be as eclectic as he is the very opposite in his creations—putting aside, we repeat. all esthetic standards, how is it possible to deny that these works were produced in the true spirit, however degraded, as we shall be told the designs and traditions may have been on which artists such as Boulle and Riesener worked? To what mon- strosities of so-called industrial art has not the name of the former of these two artists been ? “Buhl” work as itis erroneously termed has long since, in England at least, re- ved at the ds of our leaders in taste an amount of quiet abuse which, with all but those who do not merely allow themselyes to be ied y the opinions of others, has banished forever from the homes of those who respect themse any creations of the reign of the fourteenth Louis. In France, however, such prejudices are not allowed to influence people of taste, and the memory of Boutle as an artist, a good workman, one of the glories of the grand siecle, and as a collector of the works of art, {s not entirely for- gotten, though there, almost as much as with curselyes. his memory has been so associated ith the work which is known familiarly by his name, that its connection with its creator has been overlooked, and meubles de boule are spoken of by our neighbors in much the same | manner as we on our side speak of “Buhl work.” It Is only when one has had the opportunity of seeing and studying a fine specimen of genu- ine Boulle work, that the superiority of the original to the imitations which bear his name can be thoroughly appreciated. There Is a sobriety of tone and treatment, of line and pro- | portion, a grandeur of style, a balance of light hade. of dark and light, of bright and dull, and white metal (pewter), of tortois d lacquer, which will be found to be ab- sent from the work of his successors and imita. tors, and utterly wanting in the cparse, crude abortions which have been at all times forced on jie attention under the deceptive title of When we add to his merit asa and a delicate appreciator of the work his merit as a good workman whose vithout need of.repair, are as stout y, after 200 years of use, as they were made, it may be fairly en by the sternest rigorist, that An- je worked in what is understood as the it. Not only in its construction, but in ‘y in the choice of the materials, in the chasing and gilding and the marquetry, his work will be found to be of the honestest. very different to the modern rubbish that passes under his naine, where false tortoise-shell, made of horn or gelatine; false mother-of-pearl, box or hora instead of Ivory; brass or even zine lac- quered ornament tacked on to ill-made joinery usurp the place of true work, whose only fault was that it was produced ina period when the traditions of art were on the decline. When Boulle used wood it was ebony, which the cab- iret-makers, his successors, on the plea of its difficulty in working, in taking the glue or the yarnish—Loulle never used varnish—and other reasons, replaced with stained pear-wood. In the choice of his woods Boulle showed the ex- tremest care, and one of his severest blows was his loss by the fire that destroyed his collection of prints, of a quantity of rare woods which he had, we learn from the inventory he made at the time, long stored by to season. The bronze he used was honestly chiselled and chased and gilt, not lacquered, and each ornament was a design not stamped out. It is somewhat sad and calculated to rouse re- flection, the difference between the spirit in which Boulle produced his work and that in which his successors now produce theirs—the relative position of the so-called industrial arts in the present day compared with those even of his time, two hundred years ago. The work- man in the past was an artist. Boulle, not to mention many others of an earlier period, was an artist; he conceived his own designs; he drew them out (his patent is given him in his name not only as a cabinet-maker, but as an architect. and sculptor); he executed everything with his own hand,—he was a chaser, engraver and gilder; he was, a8 we see, a man of cultivated tastes into the bargain. The division of labor, with its inevitable result of work without intelligence, without good faith, has made the modern workman what he 1s generally called, a mere machine; he is in reality only acog-wheelofamachine. Talent can- not be said to be wanting, nor the inducements which capital and reward are supposed to afford. If Boulle himself were to return, we strongly suspect he would have no opportunity to show | his power. In the first place he would find it impossible to devote the time to his work that he required two centuries ago to elaborate his creations. Hasty production, with a view to the | hasty acquiring of fortunes—to rival, apparently, other competitors who in their branches have acquired equally hastily gotten gains—would ‘THE SO-CALLED FALSE PROPHET, An African Whe H&s Dine Much to Trouble the Government ef Egypt. From the Christian Union. : Mohammed Achmet, the false prophet of the Soudan, is the product at once of an intense re- ligious fanaticism and an ‘oppressive system of government. Circumstances have favored him in Soudan much as they have favored Arabi. Pasha in Egypt. He is now at ithe head of a revolution which, for the Egyptian Soudan, is as great, if not greater, than that which is ruin- ing Egypt. After again; and again defeating the troops sent against him, he is at last com- plete master of the situation. “Egypt has, for the present at least, lost fer hirdly won pos- sessions in the Soudan, which, if they ever be- long to her again, or if they are ever again opened to commerce, or to any civilizing and religious influence, must be reconquered with a large army and much expenditure of life and money. The Soudan isa general term applied to that vast and vaguely defined region of Central Africa lying between the equator on the south and the Great Desert on the north, and stretch- ing from east to west nearly across the conti- nent. The Egyptian Soudan fs generally sup- | posed to begin at Assouan, or the first catwract of the Nile on the north, but perhaps might more probably be said to commence at the point where the Nile makes its great westward bend. It extends to the great lakes on the south, and from Abyssinia on the east, to and inclusive of Darfur and the provinces of the Bahr El Guazal on the west. This extensive region, many times | larger than Egypt itself, was not conquered by the Egyptians all at once, but has been annexed piece by piece, and at no time can it be said to have been thoroughly subdued orfully occupied. The Egyptian government at Catro was contin- ually short of funds, and the Soudan, in compa- ny with the remainder of Egypt, was the victim of many. abuses. The gvern- ment assumed the “monopoly of almost everything on the White Nile. Contracts were sublet to the farmers of taxes. Each agent made a handsome profit for himself, so that when the taxes, which covered every con- ceivable means of industry down to the wheel which raised the water from the Nile, were Ee by the laborer, they were many times larger than the original exorbitant apportion- ment, and we eyen heard of cases on the White Nile where the same taxes were collected: two and three times over by different officials. Such being the methods of the government, made doubly obnoxious by the corrupt officials who carried them out, it is not to be wondered at that there was a very general spirit of dis- content; but never had there appeared a leader who, for any length of time, coula maintain a successful opposition to the Exypt- jan government till Muhammed Achmet pro- claimed himself the Mundi, or successor of the Great Prophet, the expected teacher and savior of the people. This claim was suggested by the general belief existing among the Moslems that toward the end of the world asuccessor and expounder of the Prophet, and a fuller revealer of the will of God, was to appear. This belief iseffounded on various pass- ages and intimations in the Koran, like the fol- lowing: ‘Say unto those of Mecca, This is my way; I invite you unto God by an evident dem- onstration; both I and he who followeth me.” The popular superstition prescrives certain signs and evidences by which this prophet is to be identified, some of which Mohammed Achmet is said to have shown, while he has failed in others. Several such pretenders have already appeared, one in the vicinity of Tunis, another in Southern Arabia, but none of them haye suc- ceeded like Mohammed Achmet. This man was born in the region of Dongola, on the western bank of the Nile, where it makes its great bend. He was a poor man, a carpenter and boat builder by trade. He first came into notoriety on the large island of Abbas, situated | about 200 milessouth of Khartoum. Here, after | the fashion of the fakirs and the holy men, ne withdrew from society, and devoted himself to | prayer and meditation. He soon hada large | following, and proclaimed himself the expected | prophet and deliverer of the people. He wrote | letters all over the country announcing himself and his mission. While nrany of the more intel- | ligent Moslems repudiated him, others, moved | both by religious and political motives, and who, above all, hoped that he would show them some way to escape the payment of their taxes, | flocked around his standard. He was secretly | encouraged and abetted by enemies of the gov- ernment residing at Khartoum. His presence in so commanding a position on the Nile soon became obnoxious to the authorities, and an expedition was organized to dislodge him. A detachment cf 120 men of the regular army was sent against. him on the island. These men were badly managed, and although they were armed with the best Remington riftes, while Mohammed Achmet and his band had only their spears, they were killed one after the other as fast as they landed, till not one of the 120 was left. Not ashot was fired. It was a slaughter like the sticking of so many pigs. Of course, after this exploit Mohammed Ach- met knew that it would not do for him to remain where he was. He therefore gathered together all his following, men, women and children, cat- tle and provisions, crossed the Nile to the west bank, and fied toa wild mountain called Gebel Gedir, 200 miles southwest of the island of Ab- bas, and about 90 miles northwest of the penal colony and military station of Fashoda. Here, in an easily-defended and almost inaccessible mountain, he took up his abode. The Baggara Arabs now began to flock to his standard in great numbers. The Baggaras were the former slave hunters of the White Nile. We eaw great numbers of them, with their spears gleaming in the sun, crowding along the banks with thelr horses and thelr cattle to join Mohammed Achmet in his mountain fastness. It was, however, the policy of the government to let the rebels alone, now that they had left the river, thinking that they would soon lose their zeal, and disperse for want of provisions. But new governor of Fashoda had been appointed, who considered it his duty to signalize his loy- alty by organizing another expedition against the rebels. Contrary to orders from Khartoum, he gathered the military forces from Kaka, Fashoda, and the station at the mouth of the Sobat. in all 600 soldiers of the regular army. With these he joined 200 men of the large native tribe of the Shillooks, under the king of the Shillooke—800 men all told. With these he | marched six days across the desert by forced marches. Qn the seventh day, when the men were all tired out from the long march, and ut- terly unfit for action, they met the enemy. Mohammed Achmet was again victorious. The fight was turned into a slaughter. Sixty men were taken prisoners by the rebels, only seventy : From the Little Rock Gexctte. Texas preachers are said to be very eccentric, and their miid unnaturainess has given rise to a great many remarks and a few stories. The following narrative was told us confidently by a slanderer. A minister arose before a large audience, took his text, and began preaching. A brisk firing of pistols began on the outside of the church. “Brother Deacon,” sald the minister, “I be- eve those fellows are castifig insinuations at me. In fact, [am very nearly convinced,” he continued, as a piece of plastering fell from the wall close to his head. Ithink parson, that it refers to some one else,” replied the deacon: The minister raised a tumbler of water and was in the act of applying it to his lips when the 8 fell, shattered by a shot. ‘This is an innuendo no longer,” said the minister, wiping the water from his vest; ‘this is what I term an unmistakable thrust. The congregation will please sing while I go out and investigate the matter. Is there another preacher in the house? “Yes,” said aman, throwing down a stick which he had been whiting, arising and pull- ing at the waist of his pants like a man who has just straightened up after setting out a row of tobacco across a broad eld. “Got on an extra?” “Yes.” “Unlimber. The whittling preacher handed over a large Remington pistol, which the insulted preacher took, and, drawing one from his belt, started out. After going out there was an immediate improvement in the firing business. It was de- cidedly more life-like, insomuch that the dea- cons sat working their fingers. After a while the minister returned, and, placing an ear on the pulpit, remarked: “He that hath ears to hear, let him behave himself.” The sermon then proceeded without interruption. Se ee A Sandwich Island Supper. From the San Francisco Morning Call. Poi suppers are a great institution on the islands. I have had the fun of eating them in all sorts of piaces, ranging from the floor of a native fisherman's grass hut to the dining- room of royalty. I believe that just now will be a good time to describe the best poi supper I have eaten so far. It wasat the beach summer residence of a Honolulu merchant. The mer- chant was married to a half-white lady, and thelr beach home Is a little gem of elegance and comfort. The party was small—four half-white ladies, one white lady anda half-dozen gentle- men. The half-white ladies are sisters, the daughters of a fine-looking old German. anoble, who was one of the party. The sisters were educated in Germany, and I have never met more gracefully entertaining and cultivated people, despite the novel experience of eating supper with them without the use of knives or forks. The table was spread in a large and airy room opening out upon a moonlit bit of sea beach. The white cloth was almost hidden beneath a spread of woven ferns, over which the service of silver, cut glass and fine china formed a pretty picture. Pretty enough, yet with one eleme! incongruous to the stranger ; for, by the side of each dainty cut-glass finger-bowl, filled with rfumed water, stood a heavy, dark, but ighly polished wooden calabash, filled to the brim with poi. It was the first table I ever sat down at where the finger-bowls were used be- fore the meal began. Each bathed and dried the right hand, and proceeded to dip the index finger of that hand into the pol. Everyone—that 1s, except myself—and the young lady who was to share my calabash, observing that I used my fork, she did likewise. I had only eaten a mouth- ful or two, however, when the jolly host cried out “Shame” at me for daring to eat poi witha rk. Ihad only attempted before that time to Inger pol furtively and chiefly inthe dark dur- ing our night supper on the Likelike and simi- lar occasions. I had not made a very brilliant go of the operation, and so felt a littie nervous when my host spoke; but, rather than be guyed, TI determined to try. Iturned to my compan- ion in poi, so to say, and saidI would eat a la native, ifshe would teach me. She would be charmed. We bathed our right hands, and wouthout another word dipped in. I tell you it is a novel gensation to plunge your hand, in the presence of a table full of civilized beings, into a dish of food of a consistency which gen- erally demands a spoon. The sensation is made more queer when, as I did, you find your hand swimming about the dish in company with the hand of a beautiful woman, who is looking at you the while with mild reproof. The occasion of the reproof she explained thus: “There is no absolute need of your moving your whole body; not even your shoulder nor arm—Jjust a simple wrist movement, thus.” We removed our fingers together. On the end of hers was a pear-shaped ball of pol. My finger was thinly veneered with poi. . . “What’s wrong with me?” I asked, looking hungrily at my meagerly supplied digit. She explained that I had held my finger too straight. ‘Crook sont finger a little, like this,” she said, as we both dabbed back into the pol, “and turn your hand, not too fast, with a wrist movement only.” I did as instructed, and soon the surface of the calabash was disturbed by the movement of two wheels of poi, circling about our respective fingers. We withdrew our fingers and each was well supplied. We carried our fingers to our mouths, licked them clean, and again dabbed into the calabash. It doesn’t sound pretty, does it? But, upon my word, when one comes to try it, old pre- Judices and the force of ‘life-long training rap- idly disappear, for poi trom a fork loses half its flavor and merit. When one takes one finger from the calabash, the finger is carried to the mouth in a sort of spiral movement, otherwise one’s shirt front gets the pol.. My instructress spoke to me just as I was about half-way be- tween calabash and mouth, on the up trip, once, and, naturally, I stopped my hand as one would with a fork. 'Pretty soon I saw her big black eyes—glorious eyes, by the way—laugh- ing at. Ine. al looked for any pol. It bad gracefully drop) m_ my finger—} of it divided on my shirt cuff and Comameniad the end of my undershirt sleeve and my coat cuff. When damages were repaired she said: “Mf you want to converse, and happen to have poi on your finger, do like this.” As she spoke she gracefully waved her poi-laden hand back- ward and forward, with a slow, graceful torn at the end of each beat, and the motion kept A yassing over these ranges, and plunging into eanad land poo ees are splend tre covered cious jelly. tastes try isa para as of the m astrange vegetat nh. t pleturesque sort, ran K with The pines and oaks are but the madronos and other sis the guava. One sees them every here, ith fruit, which, while it makes a deli- like a mean apple. The coun- ise In no hyperbolic sense, where every prospect pleases, and only roads are vile. There is not one wagon road Roais did I say? in all Jalisco. T beds of torre corn-tields. ¥ begin with hard, and his Ii not get ands patience, and his n 2 if it did. he fine old pi @ rough one. A ved consideration. he is a citizen of means; in the next place, he is punctiliously honest—both sources of distinction in any country. ed_roads of the Spaniards are now mule trails following the ‘8, and the paving-stones have used to mend the stone fences around the uere Wheeled vehicles are not in use, the ar- riero, or owner of pack-mules, is naturally a per- son of much and de To His work is very pac r fails. Hecould The packs will, from time to time, yet disarranged, and at the first symp- tom of disarrangement that mule must be got out of the line and re-packed. happens in places where the mute cannot leaye the line. Then you will see the arriero clap his shoulder to the loosened pack, and press up one of these heavy traila till he reaches place where the mule can stand at one side. arrange a pack, requires two men; he cries out and the next man comes tumbling up or down the mountain, as the case may be, more like a train This sometimes To pack, or re- goat than a human being, to lend a hand. His honest: His Z accountability. mittance. The thouzh not near! but the arriero’s any time you have to make a very long day, as Se haxvear and cannot stop foe ux mineraae the oatmeal to 34 and the to be ently one of the travelli is professional business could not go on with any deviation, however trifling, from scrupulous of course. He carries most of the treasure ili; i however: but when you meet him may be in broadcloth, and at your merchant's house as @ guest. As in California in the “old time,” you must not anybod: his ts 0 the Toad ake aikdeased mente wel about the country. From the mining districts, a treasure train, (conducta.) with regular guard goes once & month to the mint. coined, the arriero becomes the channel of re- gence is robbed sometimes, ly as often as.an Arizona stage, train very rarely. flant, and armed, of course. He occasional ly loses a mule, but that is more town, where vigilaace is relaxed, than on the road. On the road he is a rough looking customer,always pleasant But once He is vig- apt tobe in the ‘and tough- and obliging, in town, he ing mozos or ser- nea who are given to maki pearance like tl pods sibs wecnce vel-stained be @ haciendero beaten, tra en in Syria, whi man may thwart the best endeavors of the artist who would try to work in the traditions which regu- lated the industrial productions of the past. Are we cajmly to state that what may be called the secondary arts are doomed? Let us hope not; but they are in danger ——_—___+e- ____ Grayson MacArthur's Ride. From the Denver Tribune. Lieutenant MacArthur's tent was pened Down in the gien,.1 brook hard by; When all of a sudden from twenty throats Came up a wild and deafening cry. “The flood! the flood!” were the awful words ‘Thatfilled MacArthur with dire dismay, For the flood bore down on this gallant tent— And MacArthur one hundred yards away. Lieutenant Twelves was as white asa sheet, And Captain Carpenter paied with fright; “There's a treasure rare in that tent!” they cried, “Which the flood will bear forever from sight.” And in vain they called on the god of war; In vain they cursed the pon ae day, ‘The tent went down in the seething foam: MacArthur one hundred yards away. MacArthur knew what the moaning meant, And he vaulted astride of a burro’s back: “Oh, haste thee, birdie, all into the flood “To save my treasure from ruin and rack!” ‘hes? were the words the soldiers heard ‘The gallant chief to the burro say; The tent went merrily floating of: MacArthur full seventy feet away. Bold and erect the warrior sat, With his plumes afloat on the Jorous winds 01 Al paint-brush tail stood out behind. Like a dart they flew, that burro stanch And the warrior clad in his armor gray; The swimming tent gave a lurch and flopped: MacArthur a dozen feet away. The waters hissed and the breakers roared As the tent flopped over on its side, And lo, to the warrior’s gaze oeenred. The treasure afloat upon the tide! In—into the boiling surf he plunged, Into the foam and mist ray— ‘The treasure careened and the burro brayed: ‘MacArthur a couple of feet away, »Twas a glorious ride, and the troops all cheered As the warrior came from the swelling tide; filled canteen—he sI ing rformed to-day, the burro, and tent, And MacArthur ‘one hundred yards away. escaped by running for it, and all the rest were slain. The governor of Fashoda and the king of the Shillooks were both killed. Soon after these events we traveled through the country as far as the Sobat river. As we passed the island of Abbas we saw the spot where the soldiers landed and where they were slain. We saw the deserted village already oc- cupied by a colony of chattering monkeys; the hut where Achmet commenced his career, and a boat which his people had left half finished. We found Kaka in astate of siege by the Shil- looks, who had taken the killing of their king in the Egyptian service as a:good pretext for throwing off the yoke of the government that had never piholly anbiies them. When we landed at Fash we fgund ;the town in constant fear of an attack. k. We saw the wounded and heard the loud lamentations of who mourned ti weir slain. At the Sobat. we found the Shillooks hostile. Twice on our way back we;-were;waylaid and partially surrounded by Mohammed Achmet’s men, and owed our eseape :only to the merciful providence of and our own prencnee of mind and agility. On our return ‘o the Khartoum we learned that Raout Pasha had been recalled, a new method: of governing the Soudan from Cairo instituted, and that Giegler Pasha had been aythorized to proceed with more vigorous measures the rebels. While we were there, an army of some 3,500 men Were gathered and sent forward: under Yousef Pasha. We saw them drilling, after a fashion, nearly every day. Erom he first they had but little hope of success. Abont 100 deserted just before the departure. None of them had the first idea of discipline, fery. of them had ever fired off their guns, and 1500 of them were raw recruits, who did not know which were the dangerous ends of their rifles. The govern- ment throughout underestimated the earnest- ness and strength of the rebels. At this time they en: numbered near 10,000 men. And now the news is confirmed that the army, whose defeat was ex, kn We once suggested to a butcher that he his scales where the ay could see the re in place on her finger-end. " Of course, with the pol. there was flsh—raw, cooked and dried. The dried and raw fish is easily enough eaten with the fingers. The cooked fish was the only dist partaken of with forks. The raw fish is served desiccated with poumbtoes oF thy eae a ot Piekle. Some- Imes perfectly plain. I*passed on thé raw fish. The cooked fish, umauma and kumu, were deli- cious. They were baked underground in ki leaves, which gave them a flavor new and novel tome. But the dish which 1 lingered by most affectionately, which created happiness in this life for me, was the chicken, cooked in luau style—a luau is a native feast and dance, but the dance, I concluded, had nething to do with the style of cooking. The chicken was boned and stewed with taro tops. Taro, or kalo, is the esculent from which poi is made, and the tops and sprouts are both excellent articles of food. T have been, by the way, two months trying to find out whether this national vegetable is taro or kalo. I concinde, chiefly from my own inner consciousness, that it is, native, “kalo,” foreign corruption, “ as the foreigners have al- tered the pronunciation of K and Lin the na- tive words to T and R, neither of which latter letters occur in the native alphabet. Well, this taro, then, is a big, coarse, dark-skinned escu- lent, grown under water on most parts of the islands, the size and faye of avery large sweet potato, which, boiled or baked, has a rich, sweet flavor, and is far superior to potato. Then it can be fried, or made into es. Taro cakes are a revelation! If it is not to be used fresh, it is pounded up into a coarse, moist mass, called pala and packed in ki leaves, for use or mar- ket. More pounding and moisture and strain- ing, and aslight fermentation, makes it into poi. The stalk immediately above the roots somewhat resembles asparagus, and is eaten as that vegetable is. The leayes—not a particle of root, stem nor leaf is wasted—made an excel- seat inach, or flavoring accompaniment ior a juan ———_-_____ Negro Philesophy. ‘From the Arkansas Traveller. What is on de outside ob a man is de straw, but what is on de inside is de grain. SUMMER RESORTS. NOTICE. ; ROCK ENON SPRINGS AND BATHS, VA. ‘uring Awrurt. will take the rescue el fort preceution fore coming, by. i A. 3. PRATT, Proprietor, atthe Spriacs. oy “MORE, sBOARDERS WANTED, AS Serer tone | table, pleacan shad (lortindl scsucrss it Tooms, le, water, Penal xy; situated in the ‘most healthy part o ot | seven miles from COUNLY seat: for miles from Clark's Gap station, on W. & 0. R.E., | and 13 miles from Wsterford, a pleasant little town, | with churches, resident physicians, &o. Terms, $6.25 per week in advance. Addie MISS BRABHAM, aul-6t ‘aterford, Loudoun co., Va. SPRINGS, SHENANDOAH | $5, Sox onet Ronnd trip tickets | PRPARSON & CO. | CXFORD, MARYLA’ Will be open JUNE 10th for reception of gests. __SAM'L NORRIS, Proprictor. RINGS, LUE RIDGE SUMMIT, P.O., Franktre Co., Pa. | This delichtful summer resort is situated on, the surauait of the Biue Ridce Mountains. It! | te noted for its fine airand mountain soenery :data niso, fine medicinal waters; accessible by Western: Maryland R.R. from Hagerstown. Circulars, 1012 14th street northwest. dy8-Im* Mas. M. J. HUBBALL, Prop'r. | is made, for the faithful perfor PROPOSALS. _ PPorcsas FOR FULL. Orrwce ge Demcnane GUoek ee Wasntrorox, D.C. reas a cuill bo received at thts offew & CLOCK” NOON on WED: ‘ST SIX EENTH. for furnishing Puel for Post-Office Department, as follows: For the delivery storage of five hundred ton 40 pounds to the ton, ) 4 more es. 2. qualits of White Ash’ Furnace or Steamboat to thoroughly screened and free from. te and to be de livered and stored on or before Guctober 31-188. in te vaults of the Department butiding beforo the conteagt= party will be paid therfore. pape Se ee partment. 4 storage of twenty Wood, to be delivered cord conled at the Depai witht in ten (10) days from date of contract. The whale be weighed or measurnd by inspector appolnted UB 711, Revised Statutes t ed States. The bids will be opened in the office of the Superin- tendent,in the presence of such liddors a i te on Wi Y, ast 16, at 1 jock Sach, \efore Aurast 19th: reject all or A xatisfactor bend will be required in each care to executed and ted within five (5) days after the a f the cont J. 0. P. BURNSIDI ixbursing Clerk and Superintendent DPo«t-Omice dartmer 2y22-lawew, SeAson ‘1882. BRIGHT HOUSE | ‘AND : DOUGLASS HOUSE, u Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, WILL GPEN JUNE 1, 1 Terms, $8 to$l4 per week. Send jy8-2m WALTER BURTO! LARK HOUSE, ARBURY PARK, N. J. ‘A specially desirable Cottage Hotel: Cuixitie, and service unsurpassed: free conveyance to' and from station; rates very reasonable. Adaress A. A. M. CLARK. us on POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA, Situated 100 yards from Fort, Moureet Open, nls from jonree.. allthe year. “Equal toany. hotel in the, Unt tea. Surroundings uneurpassed. , boating, fishing and driving specially attractive. Pre-eminently aresort for southern people, | Terms lone for equal socommoda- fons than any resort in the country. Climate free from Malaria; and for Insommia truly wonderful in its sopo- Fife effect. Sond for circular describine bywtentc ad- HARRISON PHOEBUS, Proprietor. van’ myi6-3m (OBB'S ISLAND, VA. ‘The only SEASIDE, RESORT IN VIR- GINIA. The finest and the safest of Surf %/} thing. Ocean, Shark and Channel Fishing, J and Snipe Shostin: Terms, $2 per ¢ 12 per week: $40 per mouth. Route from Old Part by Steamer ‘Northampton to Cherrystone every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Baltimore and Washington steamers make closd connection with the Northampton. | Addi ress, ¥, Proprietor. RRWEE WEW HOUSE, OXFORD, MD. Now open. The most dehghtful summer sort ir the state, situated imm ‘The m: re- intely on the F) rds 1e steamboat baie a4; salt water bathing, boating and fixing. also bench aud within, 100 yards of jan beautiful level roads for driving; steamboat, rail and telegraph communication. For circulars wad. cther information address CLARENCE PETEKS, Pro- prietor. Je5-2n PREY POINT HOTEL. Sr. Many’s County, MArriaxn, Open for reception of Guests JoNE 15th, under the ian ent of the owner, Mr. and Mrs. JOS. TRAVERS. fe ‘The Hotel har juet been thoroughly reno- yated, furnished and supplied with every couvenience for the comfort of guests, and isa first-class Summer Home for famill ‘Terms—$2 per day, $10 per week, and 85 Re month. ipecial arrangements made for families. Daily com- munication with Weshington, Baltimore, and Norfolk by the fine steamers George Leary, Lady of tne Lake, end Jane Moseley. For further mformation address Mr. and Mre. JOS. TRAVERS, 3e9-3m Pincy Point, St. Mars's Co., Ma. ‘NITED STATES HOTEL, HE LARGEST IN ATLANTIC CITY, N. font 18 NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON OF" W. WHITNEY, Manag ‘THOS. CHASE, Cashier. D. T. MORGAN, Musical Director” BROWN & WOELPPER, roy iF appointment Jel4-w&sl6t IENWICK’S HOTEL, LEONARDTOWN now open for the reception of Bo $25 ver month, $9 per week, and ‘or particulars address, i MODY. F. FENWICK, Jeld-s&w, 2m Leonardtown, NEW HOTEL IN THE CATSKILLS HOTEL KAATERSKILL, The Largest Mountain Hotel in the World, OPENS JUNE 20. Three Thousand Feet Above the Com: View of Sisty Aities of Mudeem fives Accessible ie within one hour's ride. For terms, » address E. A. GILLETT, §e3-skw, 17t Room 1, No. 237 Broadway, New York" SOUTHERN, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.,(POR- L juerly, OCEAN VIEW, 2 delightfully lo- cated, one block from beach’ and depots. mnable rates: + gas, ee VAN DYKE & BUNN. COETONS SUMMER RESORT, EIGHTY MILES down the D* PARTMENT OF STATE, Wastindrox, July 13th, 1882. : ved ‘at the Dea 3 By a Department Fae] for th ing June wai for the : 1883, to be delivered in *juant ties’ desired. LOCK M., on take uch "quant sen ae may be any portion of any bid. is reserve Fequived to furnists with his aud sufficient dollars, ana contract which mi FAMILY SUPPLIES. LBS. GOOD ROASTED RIO COFF FINEST OLD TOM bottle. see 1 BOX GOOD CIGA! one 1DC a BOTTLES BROWN STOUT OR POR- TEI . 10 LBS. GRANULATED SUGAR. GEO. A. O'HARE, * 1213 Vth street nortuwest, 4 NATURAL MINERAL WATER IN GLASs. B. W. REED’S SONS, 1216 F STREET Ni TRADE RTAWEST. oPPLIED. pe no TO HOUSEKEEPERS! COG FEE RRR FE sSSSg €° ke Ree ke §ssi Ook R 3 RR E RRR TL RoR S! FE RRR Sggg8_ 2B OE ‘SSS’ T ERER R RRR EREL Il A RORP LIT AA HAA TL AAA lia A pp PD D D&E DDE bpp Fi HOH HOH HHH i HoH WILL ALWAYS MARF BEAUTIFUL ROLLS, BREAD AND BISCUITS. J Wholesale Depot: Corner 1st street and Indiana avenue! jel WM. M. GALT & 00. (pase CLARET! CLARET BOW $3.75 P DOZE Jeo an assortment of HIGHER GRADES OF wwe are off mx at low Ines. POTTED MEATS, Pl ES, OLIVES, PANNED: OYSTERS, SAKDINES, &e., &., for Piculos and axe GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, No. 1209 F STREBDU IN R. KELLY, he Draven ne Prier-Crase BERD TAMD, VERRPECIAL TY. COPED BERR Stalls 628, 629 and 630 Center Market, 9th street; gd 206 an 208 "Northern Liberty Market; or ox Th city. m5 City Post Office. larketing delivered free of charge to all parts of the LADIES’ GOODS. ' —__._ LADIES'_ GOODS. river—fine 3 FI crabbing and bathing OPEN JUNE 20TH 20) PER CENT OFF : Terms $1.25 per day. R. J. COLTON, Pro- A or Prietor, Mil P.O., St. Mary's co.,.Md. z SS ARWEL surm ((EARENDON HOUSE, aa Ca a CLARENDON Sparxas, Vr. petty abel, Oren June to October. Hotel and three, Cotfages ac: | Priges Marked in rlatn firures. Sore clones 0104 ‘and fountain’ pleasan vila: beautiful = fountain; pl it drives; A ee eee : Je10-2m_ B. MURRAY & SONS., Props, ATHANTC. CITY. OLNEY, a ees — on of guests MAY 20ri The focation ele, central, an unobstructed of the Ocean makes it one ss Entertaii Sunt of toilion ae : cialty. pe a AEE ecco yD ag en Pt Armes Sci ee myl7-3m Atlantic City, Ns. T= WEST JERSEY RAILKOAD, (New Broap Gavoe Rovre,) BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND ATLANTIC CITY, 18 NOW RUNNING FAST FXPRESS TRAINS OF ELEGANT PASSENGER COACHES AND PARLOR CARS, In which the change for seat has been reduced to 25 cts, THROUGH WITHOUT STOP IN NINETY MINUTES. Jy24_7Cite Trevise Paris, 907 Penneyivanis avenue,” M® J. P. PALMER, No, 1107 F STREET NORTHWEST, ‘Having sailed for Europe July 12th to perfect her ars rangements for the FALL SEASON, the Summer stock of FINE MILLINERY now on hand will be sold jylt BELOW THE COST OF IMPORTATION. Lowers ar cosr. Our immense Stock of FLOWERS AT ACTUAL COST to reduce. Also, great BARGAINS offered in PATTERN HATS AND BONNETS. LACE MITTS AND THREAD GLOVES AT COST MRS. M.J. HUNT, 1309 F street northwest. from Washi will take thi oy trains of tre Batimore sud Potomne Raieeeg copia | 2S delphia and arrive at the new Broad street Station of the DOUGLASS, yet ile ee HOOPSKIRTS AND BUSTLES. Railroad at foot of Mar} OUR OWN MAKEOF TH! IST WATCH SPRING ‘through’ Dagiase checks and full informa- STEEL, 500. UP. STYLE AND SIZE . ‘corner of 13th street Ye ti tion a) follows: Northeast and Punsylvania avenner Station. Beltinre eet Poto- mac Railroad, corner 6th plva- and B streets; 619 Penns} nia avenue: 1351 ylvania avenue. FRANK THOMSON, Se6-taulS TH POPULAR WATERING PLACE, CAPE MAY, Is reached by the WEST JERSEY RAILROAD, In Two Hours from Philadelphia. rith Parlor Cars attache: a. at convenient houre, and. arrival atthe new Broad Strect are and ‘Trans ‘Coaches races ftansfer direct to the station of ‘the | F¥epch Corsetx and Busties. the foot of Market and guaran tees perf. MADE TO HOOPSKIRTS OF *-REFUSE” STEEL, 250, gine Freuch Woven CORSET at $1, usually wold ag ‘A Fine French Contille Hand-maie CORSET, at $k This corset in other gities at $1.50. We have ne special lot of Chilitai's Rocular Mads ee Biue and Brown, at 25c. Would be : " DOUGLASS, 3 axD ¥F STREETS mio M5 ANNIE K. HUMPHERY, jt eR SPECIALTIES AItE— Merino French Hand-imade Underciothi U and finest Imported Hosiery. pie Patent Shoulder Braces and all Dress Reform Goods. Corset, f Mitch Mae i. fe epeci for anda $1 Corect, her own make, that for the cannot be eurpassed. N.B.—French, German and Spanish spoken. a5 ‘unexcelled. HO. aT OUBLING GAP WHITE SULPHUR SPRIN ‘Will open for reception of guests JUNE) 4e15-2m* Sty, AD. LL er ir, Fl oxomican AND SAFE. WEAVFR, KENGLA & CO.'3 ALBIO! CITY, N.J., septs 2 14 a th cu : | E i Fa 4 k Bright Days in the snore t ancient tus on For circulars, . address EW 8. TsAAc Mangere Sicarel Houre, : N BOOK eo ene each ees poo ime iis 4 OOKS FOR SUMMER READING. — corbin te Bai tin Bale Geman by G. P. sa Nerpey.. ppm | Rinse, by Goo. “fayior. ""*Blaine,” by Auguse ust of the Franklin Square Library constantly WM. BALLANTYNE & SON. sy 428 Tth street. ‘Berics. $2; ‘Summer FRANCIS B. MOHUN,