The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1908, Page 3

‘ A FAMOUS CANNON BOSTON TRYING TO RECOVER BUNKER HILL FIRING PIECE Gaptured by British Army in 1775 and Now in Possession of City of Quebec—Attempts Made to Purloin Relic. Hartford, Conn a possibility now that: Bunker Hil! car which guide descant intly to visitors to the citadel in Quebec will soon be welcomed by the Ancient and Honor able Artille f n and be placed with its fellows in ! “ ment. itisn’t much of a « with its decaying its two split wooden stands there form surrounded Americans always | could see Hartford Stidham lanx, said once finished his story of t gun by the British I ber it, the Once or made purloin one ever got further ite wall. After the years a the gar Watch on it possible of it until Gompf cf this « which was crowned the time of the Wor uest was ore than little the eism he famous wooden carriage and wheels, it in the Ci mortars, but wished they other auspices. A Rev. rk Putnam Pha sergeant had by ave it cle man ut hill itself was not taken.” twice att have been cannon, but than the gr: attempt son kept a closer vd, it had been im to g apts to the it ‘an- last a few for any ¢ recent when made an with success. At Fair in Chi- for a loan royal authorities refused it afoot for an historical relic unusually cor- the two coun- particularly favor- that made which relations while and which visits by id's cago a re made ef the gun had their I Negotiations but the ars now exchange of it some in Massachusetts, the dial tries able time &n occasion would cement friendly delighting antiquarian: would incidental I Americans to the Qi ful. The cannon is si inscribed: “Captured Army at Bunker Hill Its previous history 0 feel s between making: it ake »bec citadel cheer- but effec by the Br June 17, is a bit tangled. mply Famous Little Bunker Hill Cannon. The general bought four brass cannon in 1 use of the Boston artillery the pieces were affectionately the “Hancock” and the “Adams.” The one in question, recovered will probably be ch ‘ned the “Warren.” The fourth one h lost When the om artillery were using them the piping times of peace they were kept in a gunhouse at the corner of West and Tremont streets, Boston ly in 1775—or, some say, 1774—the canny natives, at moment when all the British guard were parading on the Common, hold of the guns and secreted th “Master Holbrook Schoolhouse. discovering the the searched the schoolhouse, but did not find the guns, which were in a wood box on which Master resting his lame guns were spirited a load of hay court Massachusetts 6 for o of named as been Be in as m in oss Holbrook Next across the river was the in leg day all the similar guns Hill fight, but could not since they shusetts after the war by order of co: and with this inscription under state of arms Sacred to Liberty This one of constituted the tillery possessed by the British onies of North America at the mencement of the war on the 19th of April, This cannon and its fel- low, belonging to citizens of were used in many engagements ing the war; the other two, the erty of the government of Massachu- setts, were taken by the enemy By order of the United States, in congress assembled, May 19, 1788,” these two guns were used many years in the cient and Honorable Artillery, and » them the “Adams” was burst in cing a salute. By an act of the legis- tture, passed February 26, 1825, the annons were given to the Bunker Hill fonument association, and they are :ow in the upper chamber of the mon- ument, pointing out of the windows. Df the two “taken by the enemy” this in Quebec is one, aud it is homesick Man ‘80, Woman 72, A man 80 year an of eloped fro sople at Dornbirr ege: becuuse It is understood that Amer icans had half a in the so-called Bunker the “Adams” have been of their were ret in dozen and “Hancock” nber urned to Massa is four cannon whole train of field ar- 1775 dur- prop- Elope. and a wom- me for old near 72 B tadel on a plat-} F.| capture of the as | remem- no a picture | Williard C. | effort | altogether | me laid | On | guard | coat | which } col- | | com- Boston; | PIGEONS SUPPLANT TELEPHONE. Novel Means of Communication | Used by Maine Physician. | Boston.—If you happen to be in Skow- hegan, Me., fall ill, and feel in need of the services of a physician, don't ask that the medical be sum moned by telephone. Fc will smile at your request and me a “rl send my pigeon after Dr and he'll be here presently For carrier pigeons the quiet | Maine town are doing the work of the telephone where the sick are con- cerned, and Dr. Albert Lunt is getting more and more popular by reason jof the unique manner in which | services can be obtained | Dr. Lunt used to have a telephone | } man Lunt, | P ! in his | in his office, but telephones were few Hill monu-) nnon to look at, | among his constituents, and he had it taken out after the carrier pigeon messenger service idea got into his fertile brain. Fifty pigeons at the present time are doing the work of letting him know when Bill Jenning’s youngest son, William, is down with the mumps, that measles have broken out the house of Seth Bailey. Dr. Lunt trained the birds in the first place so that they would always return to the Lunt cote, and then served them out to his 40 or more regular patrons. Now all he has to do is to sit in his office and watch the little opening just over the door. When a pigeon comes in he takes out the little note from under its wing, which tells him that there is suffer- ing going on in some neighboring home, and he is all ready for the call in a twinkling He has grown too, even without or in to know the birds, the aid of numbers. Here comes Tootsey from Sam Col- lins’ place,” he said the other night to a friend as pigeon came in the port of entry ‘Guess I will get right down; little Polly has had a bad turn.” Should Dr. some one els watch out for gers. The birds | stances displayed Lunt be away on a call in his home keeps a the feathered messen- have in several in- rare intelligence. One time Dr. Lunt was away, and others at his home were engaged in matters that took up their whole at- tention One the pigeons, enter- jing through the aperture over the of- | fice door, and seeing no one at the doctor’s desk to greet it, hopped out into the sitting room close at hand and startled the members of the fam- lity by flying up and alighting on a table, where it awaited the completion | of its mission of of the birds, too, that the bo advent. been remarked town have stopped throwing stones at birds in general, particular- ly pigeons Their parents have laid down the law to them that they must $s practice, some of the birds might be injured or killed while hastening on a _ flight j which might involve the saving of a human life. More than that, one boy, in the first stages of the experiment, was caned by an irate parent who dis- covered him throwing stones at the members of Dr. Lunt’s sturdy flock These methods were adopted other residents the town, that the practice and members of the with th = name would look upon it that boys | were perfect models of all good be as the stoning birds is concerned Since the cease thi messenger since of so society lo Skowhegan wha boys should so far of All By Her Lonely. awfully hungry for meat said the woman who has vegetar ‘still I find of appetite have thing, I don’t I get sometimes embraced ianism that even the pang compensations. For jhave nearly so much company as Yormerly. In the days when we sat down to a bountiful table, self-invited guests dropped in for dinner on feast days and fast days alike. Very often they put me to no end of trouble. Since we have accepted vegetarian doc- trines nobody will eat with us, even if invited. Even on hoi:day. they avoid us. I literally three people to come to our Christmas din- ner, but all pleaded previous engage ments. Under a strict vegetable regime I get a little lonesome at meal time and more than a little hungry, but I thank goodness 1 don't have nearly so much cooking to do. one begged house for New Cure for Drunkards. Whenever an intoxicate | conveyed to the Denver 1 his photograph is take |} morniug right the lers. ation next he is t befor cure won police say, by by | TASTY HOT BREADS | DELICACIES THAT MAKE THE BREAKFAST COMPLETE. idea That Such Dishes Are Ruinous te the Digestion is Unfounded— Proper Method of Baking Hoe Cake. Most northerners have been taught to believe that hot breads for break- fast are ruinous to the digestion. Be this as it may, there is nothing more tempting or tasty for breakfast than a lot of hot muffins, biscuits, pop overs and hoe cakes, and nice, light slices of corn bread piled up on a big | plate and folded about with a snowy |napkin to keep them warm | Southerners make hot breakfast jbreads in perfection and eat them jinordinately, and do not, after all, seem to be hopeless dyspeptics There is no use-in any one trying to excel, and it is hard to equal, a |southern cook in the making of corn | muffins, hot biscuits, corn bread, grid- die cakes, or any other of jthe many one finds served everywhere in the southern states. First of all, they have better corn- meal in the south than we of the north have. It is made of white sweet corn, is finer ground than one finds in the north, which is made from the yellow field corn, fit only for horses. Then the southerners do not use pre- pared flour, which also makes a lgreat difference in the quality of hot breads. They measure carefully and jmix with their meal and fiour the jquantity of raising materials re- | quired. Many persons object to and strong- ly oppose breads made light by y t, baking powder, soda, or any of the ar- tificial medes of raising, and only eat breads that are unleavened. In this line there are the famous beaten biscuits and the hoe cake of the south, sweet and delicious, nutritive, and easily digested. To make hoe cake as they the primitive days in old Virginia, and still do in some sections, one must have a fireplace where hardwood is burned, and bake the hoe cake in hot ashes in front of the fire. How- ever, good hoe cake can be and is made baked in modern ovens This is the way to make it: Stir a teaspoonful of salt through a pint of corn meal, then from the tea- kettle pour over the meal, which should be put in a big bowl, enough boiling water to make a stiff dough. Hold the teakettle in the left hand and stir the meal briskly with a long- handled heavy spoon in the right hand until it is properly mixed; then wet the hands in cold water, and make the dough up in oval cakes; lay them in a heavy iron baking pan or on an oak board already heated very hot, and bake them until a rich brown. A gas stove is fine for baking hoe cake, jas it has the advantage of a flame on top of the oven where things may be browned while baking from the heat of the tower flame.—Philadelphia Ledger. hoe breads cakes, did in “To Cook Bacon. The breakfast bacon may be broiled over a dull fire, but with a loss of fet which is of value. To avoid this waste the cooking may be done in the oven. the bacon, cut in very thin slices, on the wires of a double broiler, close he broiler and set it into a moder- ate oven over « dripping pan Let ook until the bacon is delicately browned and crisp, then serve at once. This is one of the simplest and best ways of cooking bacon. That the bacon cook evenly it must be sliced evenly. Lay the strip skin side down, on a meat board, then with a strong, sharp, thin-bladed knife cut in slices as thin ble, one after another, down to the rind; then run the knife between the sli them all together. a cool, dry place, mould and, also, nore readily Store the strip in that it may not that it may be sliced j = Save a Small Can To put fruit through a colander after cooking the fruit, place the colander over a crock and put a small Guan- ity in the colander at a time, pre: ing it through with the bottom of a small baking powder can with the top jleft on the can to prevent cutting the hand. The bottom of ally raised a trifle, thus aiding in pressing it through. It may be put hrough while hot and replaced on the stove, thus enabling one to finish the work in one morning instead of two. uit for butters, pulp of grapes, and pumpkin can all be put through in about half the time it usually takes and without soiling the hands the can is usu- Save Shirt Bosoms. If a stiff bosom shirt is worn the bosom can be cui ¢ and rounded io make n uice waxboards The cuffs way. out ac oS ucing t ng in is ¢ also 1 ised ‘i this Iron holders rm LESS he remaining fro the machine. Oversleeves ca the sleeves by cutti length, hemming the : rting elastic in the h useful to protect clean working. Frosted Cream One-half cup sugar, one lasses, one-half cup butter; L th sour cream and one t-aspoc2. ginger, one teaspoon soda and 9-. Flour to thicken. Mix soft. F One cup sugar, one-half boiled till sirup threads; well-beaten white of one anc 1 thick Spread on creams and flavor as taste desires. n* of and the rind, thus detaching }t IDEA FOR SUPPER DISH. Returned Traveler Tells How to Pre pare Cuban Delicacy. | who Charles J. Post, the illustrator, has just returned from Cuba, is mak- ing all his friends happy by telling them how to prepare a new and most delectable supper dish, says the New York Times. This is the “Huevos Malaguena,” which has long been one of the favorite viands served at the best Havana restaurants. \ While it is possible to prepare this dish in the chafing dich. the Cuban! method of cooking it is to make it| directly over the fire in a porcelain | lined stew pan. Into this the cook | pours some good olive oil—not a tea- | spoonful or two, or enough to just! grease the bottom of the pan, but a goodly quantity, that the oil may bub- ble conspicuously when sufficiently heated. When this result has been at- tained, drop some eggs gently into the hot oil; follow quickly with shrimp, French peas and capers, and let the) mixture remain over the fire just long | enough to enable the eggs to poach to the extent desired. Then, season to taste with salt, white pepper, and pep- rika. | As this combination of egg, fish and } vegetable should appear at the table | in the same utensil in which it is cooked, it may be made still more attractive by being prepared in indi-! vidual dishes—one or two eggs and a corresponding quantity of shrimp, peas and capers being apportioned to each ish. But however it may be made, | one thing at least is certain. It may be depended upon to play the role of a captivating surprise at whatever hour of the day of evening you may invite your guests to partake of it. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When mixing mustard add a drop or two of salad oil to it. It will greatly improve the flavor. A tablespoonful of borax is an agree- able addition to the dishwater and helps to keep the hands soft, instead of irritating them, as soda does. To keep lemons as well as to im- prove their flavor, put them into more than enough water to cover them and | change it every day or two. A pan of borax and sugar kept under the sink will discourage roaches. Plenty of hot water and washing soda put down the sink pipes will keep them clear and lessen the plumbe: bill. If tea or coffee be spilled on a wool- en material it may be removed by ap- plying glycerin to the spot, afterward washing out the glycerin with water. Discolored ivory knife handles should be cleaned with lemon juice and salt. Cut a lemon in half, dip | it in salt and with it rub the ivory. Wash off immediately with warm wa- ter and wipe dry. Fish Timbale. Pour one-half of a cupful of cream into a saucepan with two tablespoon- fuls of fine stale bread crumbs; add salt, cayenne, one tablespoonful of | lemon juice, one teaspoonful of minced parsley and a few drops of onion | juice; when hot, add one cupful of cold boiled or canned salmon, or any dry white fish, mashed very fine; when boiling, pour over it the well beaten | yolks of three eggs, mixing well: fold the stifly beaten whites of three eggs fill well greased timbale cups two- thirds full; set the cups in a pan of hot water and bake until firm. Serve with Hollandaise sauce made as fol- lows: Heat four tablespoonfuls of vine gar to the boiling point and pour on two well beaten eggs, or four yolks stirring well; return this mixture to} the fire and stir constantly until it thickens, but remove from the fire im- mediately when it is the consistency of soft custard; add two tablespoon- fuls of butter, and cayenne to aste. salt New Boiling. Here is a new cookery kink. “boiling” eggs without water. This novelty is exploited at of Chi- cago’s leading hotels, and as the feat accomplished directly before the of the guest, the way of cooking generally attracts attention and comment. The waiter places a box-like apparatus before the guest | and turns on a little electricity from the bracket on the wall and places the desired number of eggs in the heater. In about a minute and a half, or half the time by the hot water procesa, the eggs are cooked to a turn. The process an idea originated by Prof. Radt Armour } Institute It is one is eyes new consumed Cleaning weshing t 1 rinsin be sc trea be ‘vy in hot water; «ill re iecked blotti: 5 well his will iuin az G with ttle of boilt m added B f soda. li: tie Wout ser will y you never kn + es were sefore, if you } with | 1905, | throes | secretary { went REPORTER 10 BOS REMARKABLE RISE OF COMMIS-; SIONER JOHN H. O'BRIEN. Arrived in New York Only Few Years Ago, But Has Had Meteoric Career Since Becoming Iden- tified with McClellan. New York—From newspaper report- er to political leader and head of a great city department employing thou- sands of men and spending millions of dollars every year—such is the almost phenomenal in the narrow space of four of John H. O’Brien, commissioner of water sup- ply, gas and e who for two years, and particularly during the few been conspicu- stride years last months, has in the public It shows, easily ously eye. how in other things, be achieved York, among success may the great city of New Had he graduated from the ranks of the Denocratic organization he would be the object of only ordina attention. But he never was a dis trict captain. He never was an elec. tion worker. In fact, he never be- longed to the Tammany organization until after he became recognized leader. Hie found himself in New day and soon after Pan-American exposition in Buffalo, and although he had no intention of remaining he yielded to the requests of editors for whom he had done work in Buffalo and took a position as reported When he reached New York, at the age 30, he was al- most boyish in appearance, and while acquainted with many New York poli- ticians, whom he met while an Al- bany correspondent, he had no knowl- edge of metropolitan newspaper methods, But he knew meet men, how get information, had a fac- uliy for absorbing things quickly and a York one the close of the of how to to SOHN -LT- OBRIEN their s write. to be nificance, and The’ result quickly recog- For a was to it developed that fitted political the campaign of 1904 the can- McClellan, who for the first showed had a of polities, and it at- of Col. McClel- elected, appreciating he knew how was that he nized time to came as a first-cl he did s reporter. whatever there be done. he was work, he vass of Col was running time. His keen knowleds tracted the lan, who, after him the place a salary It adually peculiarly for and during reported the progress of B mayor George for work he attention being of private secretary $5,000 a year that the at of developed qualifications which had ben pointed out by his Buf- } falo ally him greatly So well the chinery he was friends him successful , and admired the mayor did he familiarize himself metropolitan political ma- that Mayor McClellan, when renominated in the fall of chose him as his political man- announced that he would conduct is campaign independent of Tammany hall The spectacle of a man 3 ars who in the city four ducing a made an unusu made secretary by and ager had been than years con mayoralt hall hardest year when Tamma was in fights com lecade att racted much himself for the private and became conduct- were in mayor— those altogether satisfied was ideally fitted O'Brien ned rolled his sleeves work quickly that ideas of and they ef the he job, Mr re up to It evident ing line were his campaign with a tho diffe used by Tamm t It apparent the runnis from matter of high plane ‘ould teach few lock clock aithfulne! thing in the morning the next mo r uip offered | campaign in a the became | F - 4 of Chicago. PROGRESS OF NEW CAMPANILE. Over Fifty Feet Above Piazza Is Al- ready Completed. Venice.—The new Campanfile of St. eb now rises 54 feet above the piazza. As the work progresses a curious covered platform rises with it. Owing to the slowness of the work it is impossible to estimate with an ex- actness the date of completion The old Campanile fell July 14, 1902. In the following spring, April 25, 1903, the corner stone of the new struc- ture was laid in the presence of the count of Turin, representing King Victor Emmanuel, and Cardinay Sarto, patriarch of Verice, who, a few Present Condition of Campanile. months later, was to become Pius X. The regular work of lay- ing the foundation was then begun. In order to render the basic struc- ture homogeneous the engineers pro- ceeded to enlarge the old foundations by the original method of piles, plat form, clamped stones, and stones ar- ranged stepwise up to the level of the piazza. A ditch about 16 feet deep— that is, down to the level of the pile heads—was dug all around the old foundations to the width of about 12 feet and carefully bratticed. Into the area thus laid bare they proceeded to ,076 piles of larchwood from fresh cut so as to insure the > of abundant resin. average diameter of the piles is 8% inches. Larch was preferred to oak, partly because experience has shown its admirable power of resist- ing decomposition when buried in the clay of the lagoon bed, and partly be- cause larch piles are straight, where- as oak is offen bent and twisted, and would, therefore, have left frequent interstices The piles are on an average 13 feet long. They were driven home to al- most absolute resistance—i. e., till they yielded only one millimeter to each blow from a weight of 570 pounds raised four f six inches. They are calculated to have a carrying power of 90,000 tons. The weight of the tower they are to support is estimated at 20,000 tons, allowing for hollow space. At the angles the piles are in contact with each other, elsewhere they aver dozen to the square meter, the enlargement of the founda@ion amounting to 240 square meters The pile driving was completed on October 8, 1904. Then came an at tack upon the old foundations, con sisting of a cut made eight feet deep all around, so that the new platform could be knitted to the old. Then on top this platform massive blocks of Istrian stone, cut in parallel opipeds e carefully cemented to- gether These stones, noted for their are in 11 courses, and enter the the depth of six the largest blocks being nine feet nine inches length and four feet seven nehes in width The new shaft thus being raised from what is practi- cally a new the weight of which partig borne the old The eet age total area of new Istrian fine grain, old foundations to feet six inches, is platform is ally by piles CHICAGO PROFESSOR HONORED. Or. Chamberlain Heads Association for Advancement of Science. Thomas been Dr who Chrowder electsd Chic Chamberlain, has PROF. T. C. CHAMBERLAIN American Association of Science, and president of the for the Advancement who will confer with President Roose- velt regardi the conservation of the natural ources of the country, is the profe and head of the de- partment of geology at the University He is a noted expert in he action of glaciers. He was grad- res or - gated from Beloit University and until his connection with the University of go he was occupied chiefly as an educator in various institutions in onsin. He has also ved olo~sc for the United t peen head of the government sé as glacia geology since ~~ RET SI ee Pope’ |