Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-01


There IL . nagn1Rcsnt Dish indie1nso' {
TO India, it il ssppssed, tisenghk = elranss
thas it 10 not also cooked in ADce-e1
least. 90 bcok Il adventure on tae continent
speaks Of cbarrsd elephants foot Some
FEARS ago. in England, i, became necsssary
70 kill . mensgeris elephant, which vas exc
ecuted by platoon OF soldiers firing Ut him
While he was raging in his den. Some forty
musket balls took effect, and the great crea.
ture, whom Pope complimsntsd - ''hali
reasoning" went the way OF al eiephantine
flesh. a medical gentleman. who had
passed many years in India. obtained one
OF the huge feet. Inviting a select party 10
lunch, be pgced the foot upon sort OF gle
uan,ic rr.diron. and piled around il about
six inches OF burning cha, coal. In about
four hours the foot was removed from the
debris Of the fire, and served up when cold.
An ugly mass it looked, but emitted . pleas
ant oio..
The charred outside formed, as it were, .
protective wall nearly two inches thick, en-
compa,sing a rich aud sasoSy animal gela-
tine, in which muscle almost dissolved by
heat was mingled with numerous small
bones. The sharp and pointed knife pluns
ed into this delicious meat, dug out large
Jumps mt q time, and these were eaten, sim.
ply with . hi,le salt, OF with . sauce com
posed Of Chill vinegar, salt, cayenne. suush.
room tatsup, and Florence oil. This, the
host declares, was the way In which ele-
plants foot was baked in India, and that
the digestive liquid usually taken with Il
vas worthy Of the delicacy itself, with q
strong favor Of the far Orient, being 90 u.
posed Of three wine glassss Of arrack and
two Of rum, well sweeiened with the juice
Of two lines and >ix glasses Of water, cooled
with ice crushed TO coarse powder. This
compound 10 not hard to take, and will be
found very drinkable with or even without,
a chasred elephan,ine foot. The liquor, II
considered too strong, can be moderated BY
the addition Of water.
IT is said that wire grows better By age
The same il true Of regulations; rs proof o
this we will instance DR.. James, Of SO Ran
dolph street, Chicago. the celebrated Spec
,als, in the treatment of what are termed
Secrc, Disease DIR. janice has bcen pre-
lessionally before the public upwards o
twenty ycars-fftccn years in New Orleans
a'su lot the psSt SIX years III OulCaSV-u
the prominence he occupies rs practtione
shows the solid founlation upon u hich hi
reputation rests. For thirteen years he con
dncted James Lock Hospital Custom llous
IN New Orleans. an institution well>kn0wi
throughout the South, and he received man,
u altering testimonials from the medical pro
iession aud the press Of that section III
practice in Chicago has been equally sue
ctss:ul, and he is now known thronghou
the country as having no superior III hi
apeeialty
Dr. james has recently issued q revises
and greatly enlarged e, ition Of 1.-The Moni
tor. which is complete history Of ths dis
eases which he treats. with directions an'
prescriptions Tor self treatnent An i'm
portant feature OF the work Is treatise up
on female diseascs-how they are to b
avoided. With remedies when afflicted.
This valuable book 10 sold At the 10,
price Of 90 cents. with four cents postage
and can be had by addressing DR.. james
r. .. box 69G. Chicago, Ill.
Horace Greeley is TO lecture 1t Bsloit ne
month, on THE fssuss and Lessons Of GU
Civil War;"