V THE EVENING GAZETTE VI lTwo ood Things in One We put a cake or pure white Gly- cerine Soap every package of figs! Washing Pdeer. IVER 5 You pay for the washing pow- : dcr and not for the soap. [wring is the finest article THE J. 8. WILLIAM. 60.. GUSTONIUIV. GONN. mun cu w-wuc- I'd-en tun-o "no. for cleaning purposes that skill can produce. e Wise 'Man Keeps rhisfieme Insured ain‘St “Fire. I... j THE BEST 111111113 REPRESENTED w. H. BYINGTON. IOIIVIILI, Will IIIIIII I. IIZETTE IIIILIIIB. GET YOUR N AT THE, GAZETTE OFFICE. NG GOOD WORK, PRICES EIGHT. \ New Direct Fast Line -—-BET WEEN— New York and the Mediterranean Regular Passenger Service BETWEEN —— Nen York, Naples and Genoa. During Entire Year. PREPAIns. OUTWARDS To Naples $18 'From Naples $17 “ Genoa 18 “ Genoa 1’7 “ Messlna zo . “ MeSslna 16 “ Palermo 2'0 . > “ Palermo 19 TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. ‘staff of life” to needy consumers. Were BREAD MADE DIRECT FROM WHEAT The “Antlspire” Methods by Which the Work of the Mlllor is Obviated. The demand for bread among the poorer classes of Italy, which in many districts has been quite alarming of late, has increased the interest in that country in any and every method sug- gested for reducing the cost of “the it not that even the hungry to a great extent demand white bread, the open; ing of shops for the sale of the new “antispire’lbread, as it is called, an in~ vention of M. Auguste Desgotte which does away with the work of the miller, might be attended by a greater suc- cess. The “antispire” bread is made direct- ly from the wheat, and a great saving in the cost of manufacture is credited to it. After the wheat has been thor- oughly sifted and cleaned it is subject- ed to a bath in tepid water for several hours. When it has thus been soaked it is poured into a machine which re- duces it to a homogeneous paste. This machine is composed of a double line of thin spirals working in opposite di- rections. By these spirals the soften- ed wheat seeds are well kneaded. At the end of the spirals is a double cyl- inder which receives the paste and makes it still more compact and ready for shaping into loaves and baking. The quality of the bread made by- the new process is variously estimated. Ex— cellent judges and unprejudiced prac- tical bakers admit its excellence, and say that any taste can be suited by hav- ing dueregard to the leavening, man- ipulation and treatment in the oven. Italian experts who have investigated the matter express themselves favora- bly upon its digestive? properties and pronounce it most nourishing. In col- or the “antispire” bread is very brown; its odor is agreeable and taste quite palatable. A cardinal virtue claimed for it is that it never gets mouldy and will remain “fresh” for days—New York Herald. . HOW WILD ANIMALS DIE. Hunger Gets Them Even if They Escape the White Man’ s Gun. What becomes of all the dead birds and animals? Some of them, hastened in their ex- its by villainous saltpetre, go into cooking pots or yield up their blood-. dabbled feathers for woman’s adorn- ment. But how about those who die a natural death? It is the rarest thing to find the bod< ies of wild animals, except such as have plainly died in conflict or by ac: cident. It is probable that animals almost universally hide themselves when they feel the pangsbf approaching deat’h. Their chief foe is hunger, coupled with old age. Distemper kills foxes and wolves as well as domestic dogs and cats. Chills and heart disease count animal as well as human victims. Old animals die of indigestion, especially when their teeth become too poor to permit of chewing their food. , Tumors, diphtheria and consump: tion are frequent animal complaints, and anthrax, influenza, glanders and cholera claim their share. Rabies comes in epidemics among 'wild ani- mals as well as tame ones. It was so common among foxes in .1830 to 1839 in France and Switzerland that fox hunts were organized for the protection of domestic animals. All this, however, doesn’t' explain what becomes of the dead animals. Perhaps that will cease to be a mystery when we find out where all the pins and shoe buttons gar—New York World. ” ~ THE FIRST ORGAN GRINDER. The Organ He Carried Was Provided For In His Will. When barrel organs, once the usual accompainment of the magic lantern, came into use, a native of the Province of Tende was one of the. first who trav-._ eled about Europe with this instru- ment. In his peregrinations he collected money enough to enable him to pur-_, chase from the King of Sardinia the ti- tle of Count of the country where he was born—for which, probably, in a time of war, he did not pay above 1, 000 guineas. With the remainder of his money he purchased an estate suitable to his rank and settled himself peaceably for the remainder of his days in his man-' sion. In the entrance hall of his dwelling he hung up his magic lantern and his organ facing the door, there to be care- fully preserved till they moldered to dust; and he Ordered by his will that any one of his descendants who should cause them to be removed should for- feit his inheritance, and his patrimony revert to the next heir, or, in failure of 1 successor, to the hospital of Tende. Only a few years ago the organ and lantern were still to be seen carefully. preserved—vvCincinnati Enquirer. The Kansas Jack Rabbit Ahead. An Emporia man heard a distura bance in the night, ando-n getting up to see what was the matter found his bulldog engaged in a desperate struggle with a jack rabbit. Concluding that it was dangerous to interfere, he went back 'into the house‘and shut the door. [11 a short time the outside struggle ceased, and looking .up, he was sur- prised to see a, jack rabbit looking in over the transom of the front door. [11 the morning he went out and found the bulldog dead in the front yard, with marks of rabbit teeth all over his person, bearing mute testimony to his brave and desperate struggle—Em- poria Republican. Daughter—“But, pa, I Mr. Sweetser - gote gowns. has accumulated a competence.” Pat—“Competence be blamed! Money I Is the thing. You want 1'1 husband who :an support you. ”—Transcript. i » Wedding'- In All Countries. Only one out of every 1,000 married couples live to celebrate their golden wedding. ' ' Among the Kols of Central India a sham fight always accompanies the wedding ceremony. In Persia, a bonfire plays an Impor‘ tant part in the marriage ceremony, the service being read over in front of it. Long engagements are rather expen- sive affairs in Russia. The bride~_ groom-elect is expected tosend. his fiancee a present every day. Two deaf mutes were recently mar- ried in the United States by a clergy- man who pr0pounded the important questions by the aid of a typewriter. While the wedding service is pro- ceeding in Japan the bride kindles a torch and the bridegroom lights a fire from it and burns the wife’s play- things. In ancient Greece, a law provided that if a man divorced his wife he could not subsequently marry a woman younger than his discarded partner. In New Guinea the single young woman lets her. hair hang about her shoulders in all its glory; but imme« diately after marriage she must have it cut short. _ The Swedish bride fllls her pockets with bread, which she, dispenses to everyone she meets on her way to church, every piece she disposes of averting, as she believes, a misfortune. English brides are becoming more cool and self-possessed every day. It is diiferent with the man. On several occasions a wedding has been post— poned through the indisposition of the bridegroom, and not long since one of these heroes was wrapped in wet sheets, and kept in a quiet, dark room to settle his “nerves.” When a marriage takes place in China, the wedding party enter ‘the temple and light a quantity of fire— works, including a number of crackers. This is supposed to wake the “Great Joss” from his sleep. The priest re- peats the service at express speed, the bride and bridegroom take two little glasses of wine, and are then declared man and wife. The Bayanzi, who llve along the Upper Congo, have a strange custom which makes life a burden to the mar- ried women. Brass rods are welded into great rings round the necks of the wives. Many of these rings worn by the women whose husbands are well to do weigh as much as thirty pounds, and this burden must be carried by the wretched creatures as long as they live. White Muslin Gown. White will be all the rage this sum- mer and certainly nothing cbuld be more refreshing and becoming than a dainty gown of fine white muslin. ' A decidedly pretty model has the cor- nage made with the fashionable decol- lete filled in with a guimp of finely tucked-muslin, and made mtn a square sailor collar extending over the shoul- ders. Two groups of tucks with a band of embroidery between ornament the bodice, finished in the center with three large satin rosettes. Tucklng and em- broidery adorn the sleeves and a stock of satin ribbon finishes the neck. An inventor having produced 11 won. derful hair invigorating fluid, applied to an editor for a testimonial. He gave it in these terms:—- ’ “A. little applied to the lnkstand has given it a coat of bristles, making a splendid pen-wiper at a. small cost. We applied the lather to a two-penny nail, and the nail is now the handsomest shaving-brush you ever saw, 'wlth beautiful soft hair growing from the end of it some live or six inches in length. - "Applied to door-tops, it does away with the use of a mat. Applied to the floor, it will cause to grow therefrom hair suflicient for a Brussels carpet. A little weak lather sprinkled over a shed makes it impervious to the wind, rain, or cold. It is good to put inside children’s cradles, sprinkle on the road- side, or anywhere that luxurious grass is wanted for use or ornament. It produces the effect in ten minutes." It reads like some of “Dagonet’s” remarks on his wonderful Tatcho. Silks for all Occasions. Among the new-old silks to be worn on dress occasions this summer are pretty matelasses and frills and bro- cades of remarkable and most varied weaving, some of them being softly finished and appropriate for the cling- ing effects in dress; others crisp and stately, to make into elegant redln- Still other weaves have branching flowers and other designs brocaded in exquisite hand-painted ef— ‘ fects on grounds of peau de Suede, a closely twilled silk, yet without the glaring lustre of satin; or they have stripes like soutache-work or reseda, red or light brown grounds. Repro- ductions are also shown of fine faille, of lustre so brilliant that it is called faille diamant, striped with shaded vine-traceries outlined with a contrast~ ing color, or differently woven. Ec- clesiastical silks are shown in rich de- signs seldom woven save for priestly garments. Soft-finished silks, ‘, exact copies from those worn in the time of Louis Quinze, have stripes of green satin holding rose—vines alternating with pale old-rose stripes strewn with green leaves and shaded ‘fleurettes, While tiny bouquets are on pale creamy parchment-colored satin or rapped silk stripes. A simple little f1ock for a girl of fourteen or fifteen of pale blue muslin has the skirt gathe1 ed into the waist. band and trimmed around the base with two flounces of the material, -' edged with narrow purlings. The bodice is made with a square pleated yoke outlined with a deep trill of material. The sleeves are tight fit— ting. The collar band and long sash. are of white taffeta ribbon. Dainty dresses of pure white muslin _ are always appropriate for children and ‘ should be included in the summer Wardrobe. ' ans ENDED THE STRIKE. A Comblnatlon Against fltflkiilg miners wn1cn They Could Not noun. “Not one of the biggest, but one of the most stubborn strikes that ever oc— curred, in- the Pennsylvania coal re- gions," said a former mining engineer, “was ended by rats. The rats that in- fest coal mines are of enormous size and as ravenous as they are big. The miners not only tolerate them, but stand in awe of them, for it is a firm belief with the coal miner that these rats can foretell disaster and give warning to the miners of their danger 5 by scurrying out of the' threatened mine miners to make their escape also. So careful are the workmen of these great hungry rats that it is not an uncom- mon sight to see a miner feeding half a. dozen or more from his dinner pail. They sometimes become so tamejthat they will climb on a. miner’s lap as he sits at his underground meal and crowd around him to receive such portions of his meal as he cares to toss to them. “These rats never leave the mines so long as work is going on'. The food of the mine mules is keptin the mines. and on this the rats largely subsist. They smarm about when the mules are eating, and sometimes the mules have to fight the rats to save their meal. Often scores of dead rats will be found in a. mule’s stall in the mines where they have been trampled to death in efforts to secure a portion of the mule's feed. When a mine lies idle any length of time and the mules are taken out, the rats abandon it and become a great pest in the mining villages. “The strike I refer to was caused by the refusal of a mine boss to, reinstate a. miner he had discharged. The men quit work. The mine‘ owners declared they wduld let grass grow and choke the mouth of the slope before they would give in to the men, and the men swore that they would cut the grass and eat it, if necessary, before they would yield their point. The mules were taken from the mine and turned out to pasture. The rats, being thus de- prived of their sustenance, abandoned the mine and took up their quarters about the miners’ shantles, where they soon' became a. terror to the families. The strike continued, and the supplies of the men became exhausted. Miners at neighboring collieries who were at work responded to the requests of» their striking brothers for aid and sent'étwa wagon loads of provisions and suppliel of various kinds. These were taken in charge by a committee appointed" for the purpose, and were stored in a build- ing, from which they were to be' dis‘ tributed to the needlest of the miners. The very first night the supplies were in the building it was raided by a. horde of rats, and everything was de- voured or carried away. Four differ- ent loads of provisions were contribu- ted by the sympathetic working miners, but it was impossible to save more than one third of them from the rats. Some of the miners kept cows at that time, there being plenty of free 'pasturage, but soon after the strike began the cows began to fall short in their yield of milk. This was a mysteryuntil one morning a. miner discovered half a doz- en big rats sucking the milk from his cow as she lay'on the ground ‘complac. cently chewing her cud. . These combi- nations against them at last forced the miners to weaken” and theyewere com- pelled by and by to resume work on such terms as they could obtain, abso- lutely beaten by the devouring horde of rats. BANANA RAISING IN COSTA RICA. The Average Ylold ls Thirty Bunches a Month from Each Manzaua. By timing the planting, a banana plantation may be made to yield fruit constantly throughout the entire year. The average yield is thirty bunches a month from each manzana, which would be at the rate or from fifteen to eighteen bunches a month from an acre. There is no expense for trans- portatlon, for the men carry them to the railroad nearby, and the present market price for each bunchfaatl the railroad, is from 20 to 30 cents, gold. At the rate, then, of say,25 cents, gold, a bunch, and a yield of thirty bunches a, month from each manzana, the amount received annually for the pro- duct of each manzana would be $90. The contractor’s usual charge for run- ning the plantation, covering all ex-~ penses, beinges40a manzana, it leaves’ a pretty good profit. Stories are often told of the bunches of bananas which have to be thrown overboard because they spoil while the ships are on their way to Northern ports, but as a. mat- ter of fact these are usually much ex- aggerate'd.——New.. York Tribune. A Natural Bridge in Utah. The greatest known natural bridge in the world has just been discovered in Utah, within four miles of the little tbwn of Moab, in Grand county. If the spectator has ever seen the natural limes-tone bridge of Rockbrldge county, Va., he will likely make comparisons that will greatly dwarf the latter, for it is only a. little more than one-third the size or the Utah bridge. The Vir- ginia structure, if placed beneath the Utah arch, would appear at remark- ably poor advantage. The Utah bridge while about the same height as the one in Virginia—200 feet—is wider and has a thickness of 75 feet, while the same measurement on the Virginia. arch in 40 feet. Then the span of the Utah bridge, from abutment to abutment, is 250 feet, while that of the Virginia structure measures only 93 tech—Bos- ton Her-ald. ' The Dlfl‘orence. "Why are some statues made life size and some heroic size?" ' . “A life size statue represents a man as big as he Was, and a. heroic-size statue represents him as big as he thought he was ”—Chlcago Record. "‘ A PAY or THE "AW.” In: -——_—- now the Finances of Officers and Men Are » Looked After. When one takes into consideration the intelligence, the technical training and the other demands made upon them by their profession, the officers and men who handle our warships are . poorly paid as compared with those who follbw similarly exacting duties on shore. An officer's pay varies not '61th ac- cording to his ra-nk,'but according to the nature of hisduty. His highest pay is while at sea, his lowest while on leave or “Waiting orders.’ The fol— ; lowin v .. in droves in ample time to enable the . g gi es the ofiicers pay per an hum: Rear admirals, $4,000 to $6,000; com- modores, $3,000 to $5,000; captains, $2,- 800 to $4,500; commanders, $2,300 to $3,- ,500; lieutenant commanders, $2,000 to $3,000; lieutenants, $1,600 to $2,000; lieu- tenants, junior grade, $1,200 to $2,000; ensigns, $800 to 1,400; naval cadets, $500‘ to $950. Contrary to the general popular no- tion, naval oflicers clothe and feed themselves. They also house them- selves except when on board ship or when stationed at a navy yard, ‘where quarters are provided. True, they are allowed while at sea the munificen-t sum of 30 cents per diem for their rations. Furthermore, officers of the American navy have to pay out of their own pockets for the entertainment, not only of their own personal friends, but of officials, the guests of the nation. ' The pay‘ of the enlisted m'en varies from $9 per month, received by a. third class apprentice, to $70 per — month, which [is the compensation of a. chief machinist. An “ordinary seaman” re- ceives $19, a. “seaman” $24, and a lands- man, who is an. unskilled. recruit, $16 per month. Men in the artificer class, such as blacksmiths, electricians, boiler makers, etc., get from $g5’1to $50 per month. All enlisted men, like officers, receive their 30 cents per dlem for rat- tlons. ’ Furtherrnore, there, is, an in- crease in pay fer each re-enllstment. One important step, cond‘uclng to ef- ficiency, taken by the navy department during the past year. was the elevating of the status of gun captains, who are now specifically rated as such, 'with pay ranging from $35 to $50per month. Formerly the gun captain was chosen simply by reason of‘lhls rank on 'ship- board, that is, no man could be a gun captain. however good his marksman- ship.“unless he held‘ some pattyl‘olfice, such as boatswain's mate, Coxswain or something of the sort. Now the gun captain is the best shooter and manip- ulator of the weapon in the latter's crew, regardless of his standing oth- erwise on board, and he receives extra pay for his qualities.—Leslie’s Weekly. Be Punished the Judge. Thee-Judge had never taken a, Turk- ish bath, but he was not feeling his best that morning, and it suddenly oc—- curred to him to test its vivifying ef~ fects, so enthusiastically descanted upon by his young friends. It seemed to the Judge that the rubber was ter- ribly rough, but, fearing to expose his inexperience and subject himself to ‘ ridicule by objecting to the regular treatment, he patiently endured being punched, pummelled, slapped, spanked. whacked and poked until he could not stand the torture a moment longer. “Is—i-t‘-‘-qulte necessary- make - me black - and '- blue - all - over?” panted the Judge, as'lrregularly as the rub— ber dug his'flsts’ in more or less vigor- ously. ' “Nevér you mind,1‘m flxln you," responded the rubber, redoubling his assaults and grinning diabolically— at léast so it seemed to the Judge. “Who (slap, groan) are (thud, groan) you?" gasped the Judge, a horrible sus— picion dawning in his mind. _ “Your ’(whack, groan) face (thump. groan) does (whack. groan) seem (slap, groan) familiar” (stvish, groan). “Oh, you re- member me, do you?" growled the rub- ber sarcastically. “Well, dash yer old hide, mebbe‘ you'd like to send 'me up for six months again, for prize-flghtin‘!“ —Harper's Magazine. Bad Elthcr' Way. Gladys—“Don’ t go George! Don't leave me! Don’ t run the risk of losing your life and leaving me to mourn for you all the rest of my days. How can I endure the anxiety, knowing that you are in danger?" Gebrge—“There, darling, don t wor- ry. It’s all right. I’m going into the commissary department. ” _. Gladys—“Oh, George! That's" even worse? How can I ever marry a. cook ‘2”——Chicago_~ Daily‘ _News. The Ali-cut Friend. “I always admired Jiberjohn' as a manwh'o kept his thoughts to himself.” "Why, 'the'id'ea! Jibberjohn makes a specialty of epigrams." “I know heudoes, but they are other persons’ thoughts."—Indianapolis Jour- nal. SPANISH STYLE. Mrs Hen—What under the sun is that Rooster crowing about after such licking? ‘ American Rooster (contemptnonsly) —-0h‘; it”: ‘a Spanish Rooster, and that’s - the” way theycelebrate their defeats.
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