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Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

JOKE VENTRTLoQUAL. - One Of the
most remarkable vent,iloquists that ever
lived was NJ. st. Gile, OF St. German on
Laye, France, whose performance, have
have been recorded by the Able de Ia
Chapele. Once. when overtaEen hy n
storm, St. Gle took shelter in n neigh
boring convent, where the monks were
in deep mourning over the recent death
Of a much esteemed member of their
community. When lamenting over the
tomb Of the tomb Of their deceased broth
er the Slight honors which had been paid
to his memory, a voice was suddenly
heard to issue from the roof Of the choir,
bewailng the condition of the deceased
in purgatory and reproving the brother
hood for want Of zeal. The tidings Of the
extraordinary event brought the entire
fraternity to the church. The voice from
above repeated its lamentation and re-
proaches, and the whole company fell
upon their faces and vowed to make rep
sration for their error. They accordingly
chanted in full choir a de profWadis, dur
ing the intervals of which the spirit Of
the departed monk expressed his salts
faction at theirpious exercises. The prior
afterwards inveighed against modern
skepticism on the subject Of apparilions,
and st. Gle had great difficulty in con-
vincing the fraternity that the whole thing
was a deception.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

SPECTACLEs.-Spectacles are worn by
so many people nowadays, that we are
often inclined to wonder how former gem
eratons managed to get on without them
before they were invented. The old
Greeks and Romans do not seem to have
known the luxury; but then, perhaps,
their eyes were better than those of the
present short-sighted race of mortas.
One thing, they had not so many news
papers to trouble them As we have.
But spectacles, after all, are not such n
recent invention as might, perhaps, be
thought. They did not come into use in
Europe until about the year 1900, but
they are of unfathomablc antiquity in
China-not indeed, Of glass, but of rock
crystal. We affect to despise the humble
efforts of the untutored Esquimaux, but
even they have had sort OF spectacles of
their own, long before they ever had an
opportunity OF seeing any from other
lands. They are ignorant of the manu-
tacture Of glass, or even of pottery, and
they therefore cannot construct lens
but they have constructed an instrument
Of wood and bone-an eye shadc-which
is not only Il protection to the visual or
gans, but assists the visua power of the
eyes. The EsquimauX term it utee ydya
far sight-the very synonym OF our
word teescope.-Once q - cek.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

AN EXPERT SwoRDsMAN.-Pro
John Martin, the swordsman of the Olym-
pic Club, on Sutter street, is creating a
sensation By his dexterity with the foil.
lie allows two antagonists to attack him
at once with swords and parries both at-
tacks ; while pnrrying the assault of an
opponent he gives notice that he will, at
ut certain point with his foil he will un-
tie his opponents scarf and move it from
his neck he puts little button "indi-
Gator" on the lapel of his antagonists
coat, and removes it with tiorce thrust.
lie has also number of tricks with the
foil, such as putting the point on tho
iioor then bending the blade by pressing
down the handle, and on releasing the
toll from the pressure makes 1t strike n
mark ten feet distant.--San Francisco
I{f0
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NUMBER 26

alteration in affairs. 1t was generally
agreed that q distant relative had be-
questhcd to him legacy. which had en-
t,rely relieved him from bis pecGniry
difficulties. They had never before real
led the beauty and durability Of his
work. The polite butcher selected the
best pieces Of meat for lis Inspection, as
h entered, and ~es total. " indifferent rs
to the time o payment. The teacher ac-
companied the ch d'en home to tea, and
spoke IN high term o. their Improvement,
pronouncing them among The best schol-
ars Of Der school. The d'essmaker sud
denly found herself free from the great
press of work, and in friendly note ex-
pressed her desire to obige Mrs. Thomp-
son in any wny ia her power.
." Just as ! expected - exclaimed I'm
Gle Joshua, rubbing bis hand eNultingly
as the grateful shoemaker. called upon
him at the expiration OF six months, with
the money that had been loaned in the
hour OF need. "Just as | expected. A
strange world They are ready to push
n man up hill if he seems to be ascending
and just As ready to push bim down if
they find his face turned that way. In
future, neighbor Thompson, let every
thing around you wear an mir OF prosper
ity, and you viii be sure to prosper"
And with II satisfied mir, Uncle Joshua
placed his money in his pocket book,
ready to meet some other claim upon his
benevolence, whilst he whom he had be-
friended, with cheerful countenancc, re-
turned to his happy home.
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SATURDAY, JUNE rs. 1873

A FRENCH SToRY.-A Paris paper re-
lates the following A Madame Bon
neau, living in the Rue DeScartes, was
sitting in her parlor few days since,
awaiting her husbands return to dinner,
when a man of wild and hsggard look
entered, and seating himself opposite to
her, addressed her in the following terms;
am great doctor / can effectually
cure all headaches. | have heard that
you suffer from that and L came to cure
you.' The lady perceiving that she had
to deal with a madman, prudently SEEM
ed to fall into his humor, and asked what
his method of treatment was. Simple
enough, madame,' said he, drawing a ra-
zor from his pocket, l cut off the head,
and then after having well cleaned it, l
replace it upon the shoulders Upon
this he prepared to suit the action to his
words. Madame Bonneau, with great
GOODNESS, professed her readiness to sub
nit to the operation, but suggested that
she should fetch towel from the next
room, to prevent her dress from being
stained. Her visitor assented to the reas-
onableness Of her suggestion, and she
left the room, locking the door behind
her. On her return with some police Of
ficers, they found that the unfortunate
maniac had cut his own throat, but not
fatally. 1t was then ascertained that he
had escaped from lunatic asylum at
Clearmont les Pres, and had been vainly
sought for during whole month.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A SENSITIVE Pennsylvania went out
and hung himself, a few days ago, mere
ly because few friends laughed at him,
and, at about the same date, an Alabam-
ian under similar circumstances went in
and killed few friends.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A DREAN.-A gentleman in Wiscon-
sin dreamed one night recently that his
brother, who was postmaster in the in
terror Of the State, had his head sawed
off with saw in the hands of the saw
yer. Two days after he heard that his
relatives official head had been taken off
by President Grant. Here we have an
other beautiful evidence of the reliability
of dreams.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

lhL Tennessee legislature has pn, sed
an npporuonnent aei, under which, when
there Is ue between Two OF NOR.
Congrc-smen at Il popular election, tho
Governor oi the stale is empowered 10
cat the deciding vote. THIS is new
aud novel 'd.n, lulIJ ap to IL, psos c.s.
Ne pllt oi the age.
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Nor long since, at Sunday school, the
teacher, after trying hard to impress on
the minds OF II class of small boys the sin
81 Sabbath breaking, asked, ~, Sunday
better than any other duy ?" When tho
smallest boy in the class answered
promptly, " You bet your boots it is."-
The answer seemed satisfactory.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A FARMER living near Davenport,
OHIO, thought to scare his dog which was
asleep in the house, by placing conl of
lire near his nose, and sprinklng some
powder from horn, holding the horn
high above ;he dog. He has not seen the
dog since, but thinks he will in couple
OF weeks il his eyes arc well enough.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

a 1"oAolA paper gives this "awning
pot conVer auon :" "Weil Jim. tho
world owes me living anyhow" To
which Jim replied. "Well Geoega, per-
haps II does but III be blessed II you
aint too lazy t. collect it !"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A NEW HAMPSHIRE farmer scouts the
idea of taking his home newspaper. and
posts a notice on the school house that "3
hoggs hev strade or bin stoolen from
him."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

a MEMPnIsjury, having convicted
man OF murder, now llnds that the sup
posed murdered man is living. The
queft tlon is, whether the verdict shall be
rescinded or the man allowed to murder
his victim.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

TlHEE iocouigible bachelors in Indi.
ana have made upa purse Of hundred
dollars to procure silver tea set, to be
awnidtd 10 the ugicst woman on exhlbi-
tIon, wiling or unwilling, at the Knox
County Fair.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A PITTsBURGH coroner makes no
charge when he sits on "A young man who
parted his hair in the middle. He says
that his personal satisfaction is enough
without the fee.
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TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COERT TERxS:

District Court-Second Monday in April,
August and December
County Court-First Monday in Janu-
ary March, May, July, September and No
vember
Probate COsHrt Same as County Coart.)
Boar o. SuiervisOrs-Filst Monday
February, Hay, August aud Noyombos.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A KANSAS City mother-in-law lately
established precedent by thrashing her
daughters bridegroom Immediately after
the marriage ceremony.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A Missouri girl washed all day, made
a supper oftwelve boiled eggs, and then
danced all night. The funeral process
sion was nearly a mile long.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A KENTUCKY man purchased coffin
lifteen years ago so as to have it handy,
and the other day he was burned up in u
limekiln and the coffin was dead loss.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS.

Canon City, Junction City and Wea-
veryiIIe Express and Passenger Lime
J. r. DRIVER, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hay Fork and WeayerViiIe Pass
enger and Express Line. j. 5. IlOYr,
Proprietor. Weekly. Leaves Hay Fork on
Monday morning of zach week leaves Wea-
yer Tuesday morning of each week.
U. s.. Mail and Express Line. from
WeaverviIIe to Area,ta. JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Arcata, every
Monday morning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A CLERK at Xenia, Ohio, voted himself
$50 back pay and they jugged him quick
rs wink. He cannot understand why he
hadn't as good right as Congress-
man
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

AN insane woman in Iowa got all her
teeth pulled out, and told the dentist to
send his bill to General Grant.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28
ateekly 0rinity 9Ournal.
OUR AGENTS

THOS. BOYCE, Room Ne. 30. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
ciscs, is our only authorized agent in that city.
GEO. p. ROWELL 4 co, 40 Park
Row, are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

A KENTUCKY man has named his six
teenth child "Omega," hoping she will
DO The last.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

Comet E06gs, No. 81, L. o. o. H.,
Holds its regular me, tings, at OnD r. LLoWa'
alt, Trinity Center, on saturday oy ming
OF each week. i. 4. NULES, \. q.
). lUDBELL, Il. S. janl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-06-28

Trinity C0URtB Gsrnsan Hospital S9-
ciety, holds its Gegular Quaiteriy Meetings at
tho I0srIrAL BUILDING, Wcaverville on the
first Sunday Of March, June, September and
DecsmbcE ClIAS HARTMAN,
janl Secretary.
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FREMONT HOTEL,
M AIM STR RE EFT,
RED BLUFF.
WILLIAM P. MAYHEM,
Proprietor.
SOCIETY MOTH ES.

ItsnttY AOdEe, .To. "a, p. a II. ~,
Hold h.ir rrgular communications at NJ y
.Sa J.. LII, " cav Niil-, On the last saturday
o. zach month. hotr o N 'cting, o'clock,
B.. A. ~. d. ItNNIA, ". NJ.
n 3RI'tlE secretary. janl.
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.aorlA sinr Endr.. .,o.G1.E.O O.0E.

worth STA" Aodgs, no. 61, =. o. r..
Holds lis regular uee'in.- at o LIONS
b NIL, tt saTcryiila, eycry Thursday evening,
al q O'Clock. Members OF the order from
ab. DAD are cordially invited to attend.
d. hACLINSk4, y. q.
". II. BACHELOR, 4. ). j,nl.
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Ti.xssy chapter. NO. I9, 3. n NJ,
Meets on the second and 10 rth tuesdays
o. each month, AT MAsou HILL, Weaver
yiue at : O'Clock, 7. N.
W. j. TINNIN, II. =.
NJ. T.. G&LFEIN, oecIet etiuy. janl.
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$500 a, ,co,,,,,,,,v, No Ie.Eoo \

Nest on tho oveni X oi tho inst and Third
Tuesdays OF each month, at ODu tGLLoWs'
II u.L, Weavtryille, at o'clock. Patrlarchs
from abroad are invited to visit us.
!. bEN NETT, C. p.
w. II. BACllELDElt, scribe. janl
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-26
Is There q Gcd?

How eloquently does Chateaubrian re.
ply to this inquiry:
There isa God The herb Of the val
ley, the cedar Of tho mountains bless
him the insects sports in his beams /;
the elephant salutes him with the rising
orb Of day; the bird sings him in the
foliage; the thunder proclaims him in
tho heavens; the ocean declares his i'm
mensity; man alone has said, f" There is
no Godr' Unite in thought at the same
instant the most beautiful objects in ma
ture; suppose you see at once all the
hours Of the day and oil the seasons Of
the year; morning OF spring and a
morning Of autumn; night bsspangled
with stars and night covered with
clouds; meadows ladencd with flowers,
and forests heavy with snow fields gild.
cd by tints 81 autumn; then alone you
will have just conception Of the uni
verse. While you are gazing on the sun
which is plungng under vault Of the
west, another observer adnires him
emerging from the gilded gates Of the
cast BY what inconceivable magic does
that aged star, which is sinking fatigued
and burning in the shade Of evening, re-
appear at the same instant, fresh and hu-
mid with the rosy dcws Of morning. At
every instant Of the day the glorious orb
is at once rising, rcsplendent atnoon day
and setting in the west or rather cur
senses deceive US, and there 10, properly
speaking, no east, west. north. or south
in the world Everything reduces itself
to a single point, from whence tho king
Of day sends forth at once triple light
in one substance. The bright splsndor
is perhaps that which nature can present
is most bsautiful for while it gives us
an idea Of the perpetual magnifcsnce and
rcsistless power Of God, it exhibits at
the same timo shining image OF the
glorious trinity
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-26
L.aur. elevnted her syebrows a little.

Laura oioNuteu Hct 0ySpto"S" 'ss'S'
"Suddsn. isn't it? but since you are
going l will give you some commits
sions.
"You needn't i shall only stay in
town for day."
"Iudecd whore are you going"
"Oh, l don't know" was the savage
reply.
Laura gave him a look of cool sur,
prise.
AT least you will take note to
George for me p
"Yes, if you get it ready" he said un
gracisusly.
"Very we'll; will write it now. "
Laura went to her room, and Lennex
stood moodily at window. Presently
Mary, who had not spoken one word,
came and stood near him.
s" Are yo~ realty gos~y ~way ~ shs
asked.
"Yes, am" was the shert reply.
"And won't you tell me where 2
81 don't know myself-neither know
nor care" he growled.
She slipped her hand into his arm with
the old caressing movement he remem-
bcred 50 we'll, and spoke so gently, US
ing his name for the first time since he
came.
"But, Lcnnox, dear, il you go away
Off somewhere, what shall do y
He turned suddenly and caught her to
his heart.
MARY, Mary cried ho passionatcly,
" if you would only come back to me
and love me; il could recover my lost
treasure would not 60 anywhere. Oh,
my lost love is it too late -
She laid her face down against his
shoulder and asked:
"Lennox. dear, tell me which you
love best, the Mary whom you used to
know. or the most fashionable young la
dy you found hcrc''
"Oh, Mary, darling!" he cried, clasp
ing her closer, 81 wouldn't give ono
precious toss Of your old brown curls for
all the fashionable young ladies in the
world. wouldn't give ono careless ring
of your merry laugh for all the polished
ladies in society. ! wouldn't. "
Mary,lalu her arms caresslng'y arou"u
his neck, and said softly, "then think
you will have to take your old Mary
back again and pet her and love her as
you used to do, for am as sick and tir-
ed of the fashionable young lady as you
can be, Lcnnox, dear.
And Lennox, passionately clasping her
to him, begged to be forgiven, and vow
ed he would not exchange his precious
little wild rose for all the hot house now-
ers in Chrstcndom,
Laura Lcnnox called, tapping on
Laura's door little later.
"Well, answered Laura.
"You needn't write your note !
shan't go to town TO night. t.s
"Lennox, never saw such a fellow
for fancies, cried Lennox.
Lennox and Mary have been sedate
married people for years, but ! never
heard that Lennox complained in the
least Of his wifc's want Of conventional
ity, or even wished to pursue the 40
quaintanoe Of the fashionable lady ho
met a Scarborough.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-26
Country Papers.

The New York Times says that you
might nearly as we'll forget your churches,
your academies, and school houses as to
forget your local paper. 1t speaks to
ten times the audience that the local min
ister does. 1t is read eagerly each week
from beginning to end. II reaches you
all, and II it has lower spirit and less
wisdom than a sermon, il has a thousand
better chances at you. Laying, as 1t
does, on every table, in almost every
house, yeu owe it to yourself TO rally
literally to its support, and exact from 1t
as able, hightoned character ss you do
from any educature in your midst. 1t is
in no sense beneath notice and carc-for
it is your representative. Indeed, in its
character, it is thc consummation Of i'm
portance, interest and welfare OF you all.
tbs aggregate ofyour own consequence,
and you cannot ignore 1t without mis-
erably deprcciating yourself.
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POET RY.
My Father.

Who hailed me first with raptuous JOY.
And did not fret and feel annoy
When the nurse said Why she's a boy
My father.
Who gave the nurse half crown,
10 let him hold mc-the awkward clown
VI course he held me upside down
My father.
Who nee to cut my hair did try
Jobbing the scissors in my eye,
And cutting every hair awry?
My father.
Who set me in tho barber chairl
Instead, and had him cut my hair
Like my big brothers, good and square
My father.
Who when had a little fight
Because Tom tore my paper kite
And bit me, said did just right?
My father.
Who when Tom licked me black and blue
Did not turn in and lick me too
Saying " lis my duty so to doY'
My father.
Who told me pluck and luck must win.
And taught me to " put up FIN, y
Till / could treunce that Tom like sin
My father.
Who pennies ne or refused to plank,
Nor dropped them in that mimic bank
Where l could only hear them clank?
My father.
Who when wished to buy toy
Ne'er thought 'twould give me much more joy.
To send tracts to some heathen beyy
My father.
Who bought me ponies, guns and sich
And gave me leave to fork an pitch
While raked up to make mo rich?
My father
And who at last, when all was done,
Passed in his checks, and, noble one,
Left all he had to mo, his son?
My father
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FRATE NAL.
MASONIC.

The regular communications Of VAN By,
Rry Lopez, No. 6, +. A. MAsoSs are held
the Saturday on, or next preceding each full
moon at p. NJ. in their Hall at Van Buren,
Members ofthe Fraternity in good standing
are respectfully invited to meet withus.
&. WILCOX, W. u
W. H. II. SHIRLEY, Secretary.
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ET Twcnty-cight Chinese women i'm
ported for slaves arrived At San Francis-
co abort time since, and the wsmsn.
gaudily deckcd out for the auction block,
we're taken to the house Of leading
Chinese merchant, who had bought them
in Hong Kong on speculation. The
sale took place on one Of the principal
Chinese alleys, and, - might be expect
ed, created a great dutter Of excitement
among the. Chinese merchant, brother
keepers and wealthy rouss, the ssnsign-
ment being, from Chinese standpoint,
superior in beauty to that Of any ystre-
ceived, The bidding was spirited, and
the young and pfeposscssing bsautiss
breug sums ranging from $500 10 e400.
while one olive hued, almond.sysd, dain-
ty- footed and nat nossd girl. just enter.
ing her teens, was knocked dewn to an
ugly, leehsrous, toothless old MongoliAn
for S575 The old ones brought from
sl25 to $3.50. These Chinese women
have no scruplcs in being thus disposed
Of, and religiously believe that they are
as solemnly bound to their purchasers -
though united by the bends Of wsdloek,
and therefore transfer their aftssisns
with the most remarkable OF ease nom
one master to another.
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rzy. The Rev. Joseph Jones, OF Balt

Eg- The Rev. Joseph Jones, OF Balti.
more, in sermon preached In that city
on Sunday last. took the following scnsi
view OF the influence OF the press as q
moral instructor As he looked upon the
press, to-day, with all its faul.s--and
they are not few--hc was persuaded that
under God, whether purposely or other
wise, the press is q great evangelical
agency, which, more extensively than the
pulpit, Is carrying the conviction to mems
mind that sin 10 sure to meet with its
punishment. And il the Young Mems
Christian association Of this city want to
do good work for God, they cannot do
it in a better way than BY presenting a
good newspaper into every peer mans
home and into every vicious mans
hands For while the details may often
show the man how to commit crime,
thoy will show men also with what GER
tainty crime is detected, aud may suggest
10 him, in spite Of all appearances to the
contrary, God still reigns among men.
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Err Is it not very strange that when

EE- Is it not very strange that when
all kaesl down to pray in church. and
you think you viii pop your head UP and
look around, most every one else is DO
ing the same thing2 We have tried it,
and have seon nearly every head duck
down at the same moment. This seems
strange, hu it is nothing TO trying to
keep awake during soothing sermon.
It's perfect torture, and We have tried
every remedy, from biting hard Of our
tongue down to stepping upon our favor
ito corn, but all to no avail, nothing but
the short metre doxology would have
the least effect
r. Why are bushes like little glrls ?
Because they become women.
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Special notices double the above rates. Edi-
torial notices 90 cents per line for the first and
10 cents for each additional insertion. All
transient advertisements cash In advance
Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed
5lines free, over five 90 cents per line.
Cards or communications of a personal
character IL admissible ut all, double the usual
stes and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
state offices, S25.00. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, % cents per line.
Yearly advertisements, paid quarterly, in
,lyanec. Legal land transient advertisements
=, be paid for when left ut the office.
All Job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Adlress all letters and communications to
s. DUNHAM, Editor and Proprietor
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~ Pay tsr year pss~
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xS- A pious cottager residing IN the
midst OF . lone and drsary heath was
asked by visitor: "Are you net
sometimes afraid in youf lonely situa.
tion, especially In the winter" Hs 70.
piled, 10. no for Faith shuts the door
At night and Mercy opens II in the morn
inc ;" iNa
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ToMAro FRrrERs Stew them as you
would for the table, make batter Of two
beaten eggs, cup Of milk, and flsur,
stir in tomatoes, and fry in hot lard.