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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

-Advices from Falk's Sore state
G,t on the 26 h of December q ten
Nund son was born to the vile of Peer
hpce, Esq, and that mother and child
iN doing well,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

The man supposed to be- Cottner,
the murderer, hold at Dillon, Montana,
whom Sheriff German, of Boise county,
40. P. Johnson, of Boise City, went
er, turned out to be horse thief who
. no resem blance to c )ttEer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

j. o. Mozart, division foreman of
ion building, Oregon Snort Line,
married in Shosbone Christmas
Joe has not sent the cigars yet,
we look for them. The railroad
are kicking because he Gil not let
give him a good send off.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

DIR. Lovell's famous Extr sct Of
S'ga Brush Remedy will cure all aches.
None genuine without the signature of
he doctor blown in the bottle. Ask
or it at the machine shop or way car
K 100.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Lewiston wants TIE Oregon Short
Linz to run down tho Snake, so that
she can come up and see Caldwell.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Married, at the BRIDES home in
adwell, December 23th, 1888, by Rev.
&c. Smith. M. Stephen R ,bsrtson
md Miss Nsttie Bishop.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

The cars got into Wiser yesterday.
The citizsns gave the railroad boys q
blowout last night.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Mr.. A. A. Holcomb is erecting q
small residence at the corner of Front
avenue ard Wallace street.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

An Oregon Short Line express train
will be running into C CALDWELL soon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

The Caldwell free bridge is open.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Ehother column will be seen the
e'ofDr. Charles Z. L }e, who has 10
d in Caldwell. His office is in Cox
dartin's drug store.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

-Weiser will be the winter terminus
the Oregon Short Limo.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

SCHOOL BOOKS.
ool Books for the new school can
tanned at the P0stcfice. A
MY for all classes is on sale
TT. DANILSON & CO.'S
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05
SCHOOL OPENING.

The Caldwell school will open at 9 a.
m Monday, January Z, 1854. The
children who expect to attend should
.hon be crescent to be enrolled and clas-
.K CARRIE L. LEIGH,
Teacher.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

The erection of poles for the tele-
hone lire to Boise City is progressing
nelly " :" Mr.. Thomas Welch, aid
m/A finished.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Winter has set in in earnest.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Remaining in lhe Caldwell PJstoflice
January LIST, 1884. If not called for
in 30 days, will be sent to dead letter
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-05

Consisting Of $40 acres, located on the north
side of Boise River only two miles northwest
of Caldwell, is for sale at Il bargain. Good
buildings; over 100 acres fenced and jim
excellent state Of cultivation; considerable
bottom land, producing good wild hay and
a fine field of timothy. Altogether one of
the best grain and dairy ranches in Boise
Valley and within fifteen minutes drive Of
Idaho's future metropolis. win be sold low
down for cash or on easy terms. Apply TO the
Idaho & Oregon Land Improvement Com
pany, Caldwell, Idaho.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Mexican Raiders.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December PA
telegram to the Acknowledgement of the
army from General Stanley, commanding
the Department of Texas, reports that the
United States troops who pursued party
supposed TO be Apache Indians, who re.
Gently raided Western Texas from Mex
leo, returned after pursuing the raiders
into the mountains of Mexico one hun
bred miles. The American troops Sc
cured some horses that were stolen, and
the commanding officer reports his belief
mat the raiders were not Indians, but
MeYicans.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Heavy Smuggling.

BosToN, Mass, December 2l.--Two
red-hot fights took place near here
yesterday before about hundred sports.
Paddy Duffy, OF Boston, and James Nc
Gee, OF East Boston, pummeled each 9TH
er hercely through two rounds, when
MCGEE knocked his opponent senseess
The principals in the second fight were
Tom Collins, of this city, and Paddy Sui
Ivan, OF Lowell. 1t was a long and bitter
contest. Little advantage was gained by
either side, and in the eighth round they
were too weak to do more than make
passes at one another. The referee gave
the fight to Collins, although it was evil
IDENTITY draw.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
MARKET REPORTS.
Grains and Provisions.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1854,

ST. LOUIS,
CoTToS-steady; middling, 10ka1O7sc.
FLoUR-Steady; &AA TO choice, S2.5Oa22O;
patents, S.20G4.5O
WHEAT-Higher; No. 9 Red, 7sHa7sAc; No.
3 Red, 67Hd62c.
CoRS-Steady; No. 9miIed, Sl.a34Kc; No.
white Mixed 800.
OAIs-Weaker: No 9, 25G25Rc.
RYE-Firmer; No. 2, 47d4sc.
TOBACCO-Firm; Tugs, common to choice,
5000 1000; leaf, common red leaf, S7.50d 10 w;
medium to good, s9.00dl7,0
HAY-Prairie, Ss.00G900 for prime to choice
new; clover mixed, S700alO.0O for common
TO prime; prime new timothy, S9.50Qll5O;
fancy, Sl250al3
BUrTER-Steady; choice to fancy creamery,
24625c; dairy, choice to fancy, 2ld22c.
EGGs-Steady; fresh stock, 24d2jc.
PoTAToEs-Quiet; demand light, Eastern
Rose 50c; Burbank, 52ha Northern
Fluke, 4Oai2kc; Victor, 40ai5c; Peerless and
Mammoth Pearl, 4jaf1hc; Rose, 45c; Bur
bank, 47Hd5Oc.
PoRK-Active; new mess, Sll,Od ll.25.
LARD-Quiet; prime steam, 6sG8Sc.
BACoN-Longs, exc; shorts, GAc clear
ribs, 6hd6Sc; all packed.
HIDEs-Green sailed easier; dry steady
Green-Salted, SHc; damaged, &c; branded,
7hc; bulls or stays, &c; part cured, 7Ac;
green, uncured, &c; dry flint, l6Rc; damaged,
l3hc; kip and calf skin, lac; bulls or stays
lOc; dry sailed, l2c; damaged, lOc; glue stock
&C.
SHEEP PELTs-Prlme green sailed, large
and full wooded, 5Oa7Oc; dry do do, 4OdG0c
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
The Tennessee Plan.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, December 90
A bloody riot occurred Friday night at
Chatata, village, forty miles from here,
at school exhibition, A crowd of
drunken roughs tried to break up the ex-
hibitlon, and pitched battle followed.
Three men were shot, man named
Hall received four bullet wounds; ten
men were stabbed, and number badly
beatan
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Annual Report OF the Supervising Ar.
Chiteot

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December 2o.--
The annual report of the Supervising
Architect OF the Treasury showed that
plans for forty new buildings were pre-
pared during the year, in nearly all Of
which work Is embarrassed by insufficient
appropriations or inadequate limits Of
expenditure. 1t urges that buildings
hereafter erected shall be designed with
regard TO the demands OF the lscar future
OK the cities In which they are located 20
mat they shall not be found inadequate
" the tmc<hsy arc complete.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
GRACEFULLY TUMBLED.
The Western Union Abrogates It's I'm.
lust Decree

AAo WobIcTu OulOu ADTOBat6b 1tb Uns
just Decree.
New YORK, December 2l,-Peace be-
tween the protesting New Orleans teleg-
raphers and the Western Union Com
pany has been telegraphed in conse-
quence of the order of Superintendent
Merrihew, on Thursday directing the
local New Orleans Superintendent to
employ extra men, II necessary so that
there need be no working of operators
beyond the usual hours. The telegraph
ers protested because, although their
regular hours were from Il. IN. to 8
p. m, they were required to work until
late at night The telegraphers assert
that Superintendent Merrihcw's order is
a victory, although the extra hour no.
tees have not been taken from any of
the Office bulletin boards.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
BUFFALO,.

CATTLE--NIarket duh and prices n shade
lower; good to choice steers, S5.s5d6.00; light
TO medium from l,lOOto 1900 pounds, $4,000
b.35.
SuEEp-Nlnrket steady and fair demand;
common TO iair, SJ.2503DO; light feeders slow
at s3.75@3iO; choice heavy feeders, S.25di,b0;
western lambs, S3.7juiS5; Canada lambs,
S00O05i0; all sold.
,lIoGs-Stock In good demand and prices n
shade higher; supply light good to choice
Workers, a.3bai,iO; light, do, $3.50; good me.
dun, $.30pi.i0; heavy ends, "a. .0ai.20.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
A Magnificent Forger.

LANCASTER, Pa, December 20.--Joseph
Herzog, grocer of this city, who recent
ly failed, was arrested yesterday, charged
with forging Endorsements and obtaining
money upon nearly hundred thousand
dollars worth of notes during the past
ten years. The banks lose heavily.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
CHICAGO.

WHEAT-Higher; December re; Janu.
airy, 7%a72Ic; February, 70; March, 1870
73&c; May, sac.
CoRN--Lower; year, 36Kc; January, Sj4a
35kc; February, Hac; May, 37Sc
OATs-Steady; December, AEc; January
25c; February, 25c; March, 2j3sc; May, 2sj4
62SHc.
PoRK-IIlgher; January, SOsO; February,
Sl0.D0; March, Sll02k May, Sll27b.
LARD stronger; December, SG.57k January,
S662h; February, sG.72H; March, $3.50
SHORT RIBs-January, $3.50; February,
S5.62A March, $40.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
KANSAS CITY,

CArTLE--Rcceipts, LOO head; quiet ex.
ports, Sb,OOa550; good to choice shipping
S4500l,90; common TO medium, So Sbd4 40.
feeders, S3,60di 400; cows, S!,7ba3b0'
lIoGs-lIecepts, 10000 head, steady. lots
OF 23b TO BIO pounds average, S3.sbaA05;
mainly, Sj00di.00.
snEEp-leceipts, 1900 head steady; fair
TO good muttons, S2,bOd3OO
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Live Stock Market.

CATTLE - Supply limited, and quality
only ordinary; good TO heavy steers,
S5.25a5.5O; fair to good, a2jajOO; common
TO medium natives, S3.75ai25; fair TO good
stockers, $3,0Oa375; native cows and helfers,
S22503.75; mich cows and calves, $4,000
45 90.
IIoGs-Market active, and prices steady on
oil grad%, mixed packing at Si,l0di,3O;
York weights sold fairly active ut $t.0OGi 10;
pigs, S3,50d3.s0.
SHEEP-Good demand for prime stock sup.
ply moderate common to medium, 81. BOA 10 !;
fair to good, s!.jOd3OO; good to choice, $3.50
a.95; fancy, $i.5OQ5J0i lambs per 100 lbs, SaOO
Qi.00.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Money and Stock Marknt.

NEW YoRK, December 20--Money ialx
per cent; bar silver, lO7 4, Coyofnmcn,a
steady. Threes, l0l4ia'Fs, ll3t, ~, 1871;
paUiic Gs OF 30, l2B, stocks were Irregular
This morning, but In main drmer. IAckn.
wanna orratlc, opening 4 higher at Wa
". oregon 1ransconllneDtal Ut Uh.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
Burned to Death at.Ninety.

Ponr JARVIS, N. Y, December 20.--A
shanty In this village caught fire this
morning, and Granny Degan, aged ninety,
the sole occupant, was burned to crisp.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21

Hoes - Receipts, $4,000 fairly active and
firm; 5dlOc higher; light, Sj0O0i.3O rough
packing, S'oOgi.3O; heavy packing and shiS
ping, S.20a4.35.
ports, S5.5Oa625 good TO choice, SjOOa5.75;
common to fair, Si.00Gig0.
SHEEP Receipts, 1000 head; unchanged;
common TO good, S20OUl25.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-21
NEW YORK.

WHEAT-weaker; No. Red January,
aAo; April, sGa dsG%c; May, sshass%c.
CoRN-Lower; cash, 46A052hc; January,
fTc; February, 4GAc; March, 494c; May,
46lc.
OATs-Flrmer; December, 32d3sc; Jan.
uary, 3S'.c; February, 3355c; May, 3jAc.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30

While men who have been from
childhood on terms of familiarity with
harpoons, bomb lances, and other
paraphernalia with which leviathans
are hunted like aquatic game, say that
the season is vet uncertain, landsmen
believe that the prospects are good
from what has already been done, and
also from the fact that the season had
hardly opened when the Beda sailed
from the north. Whales appear to
have been plenty in the ice, but many
Of them were where the ships could
not 90. Hundreds are said to have
been seen spouting and thrashing
around, sight suggestive of interest
to landsmen, though barren in COM
mercial way.
The exasperating fact to the whale
men in the present season is that about
as many whales are reported to have
been lost after being struck as find
their way to the try pots. Why this
should be particularly exasperating is
this: Whales average yield OF about
one hundred barrels of oil each, and
not far from eighteen hundred pounds
of bone. With bone quoted at 50 per
pound, and likely to 90 higher if the
season fails, the loss of one whale
means the loss of several thousand
dollars in bone alone. The steam
whaler Thrasher lost seven whales,
the Baloena and Orca each seven.
One vessel reports having seen many
dead whales. The explanation of this
is that the whales were "struck. " but
the boat-steerer' harpoon, and per-
haps a bomb, were not fatal. When
a whale starts for the ice with boat
dragging after him, the speed being
somewhat terrific, it becomes necessary
to cut loose when the sharpended boat
comes too near the pack. The levia
than keeps on under the ice, perhaps
taking the iron and lines with him.
When he dies and drifts out again the
whaler will take him SO long as there
is blubber, but the oil is not SO good.
There is n little of the character of
woodchuck hunting in Arctic whaling,
which the present season well illustra-
tes. The whale runs into the ice, as
the woodchuck into hole, and the
whaler has to wait for the gameIto
come out.-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30
The Gulf ofMexicO and Its Stream.

At the American Science association
in Philadelphia, Prof. j. +. Hilgard
read paper on the "Relative Level of
the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico" He exhibited a relief model,
showing the western part of the North
Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and
the United States, east of the Mississippi
pi river. The principal features to
which he directed attention were the
fact that the actual continental outline
does not correspond to the present
accidental limits of land and water,
but to the One-hundred fathom curve,
so that the continental limit is far out
under the sea. Florida and Yucatan
have more than twice their geograghi-
cal limits, while the West Indies and
the Antilles appear as Il vast submar-
inc continuation of the Florida penin-
sula, the mountain SUBMITS of which
only appear above the sea. This
submarine plateau, extending to the
southeast, forms, with the coast line
of the United States, great blight
nearly as large again as the Gulf of
Mexico, which Prof. Hilgard designat-
ed the Great Bay of North America.
Whatever the causes which produced
the gulf stream, they must give rise to
an elevation of the gulf above the
Atlantic in order to occasion the stream
"a physical fact demonstrated by the
most accurate measurements. The
explanation of the stream was that the
North Atlantic trade winds set the
water of the Caribbean sea against the
Spanish main" Central America),
detected northward along the coast
of Yucatan, where the flow is through
the straits between Yucatan and Cuba,
and thence though the Bemini channel
into the Atlantic ocean, thus forming
what is known as the "Gulf Stream"
The part which the Gulf of Mexico has
in this is mainly that of a reservoir or
'accumulator, maintaining the out
flow at more uniform rate than the
assigned cause would admit of without
such reservoir.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30

at may be fairly said that GO per
cent of the existing debts stand for war
expenditures and 40 per cent for repro
ductive works"
"How do the debts of the several
nations of the world compare with
their wealth."
at the present time is as follows: United
Kingdom, S.4 per cent; France, 11.9;
Germany, So; Russia, 1872; Austria,
1873; Italy, 1875; Spain, 20. ;.Portugal,
2S.5; Holland, S.4; Belgium, "a; Den
mark, 5; Sweden and Norway, q;
Greece, 8.5; Europe, 1916; United
States, 90; Canada, Sc; Australia, 1873;
Argentine Republic, 10; Uruguay,
14.3. Total, 9.3. Here we see that
there are only eight countries in which
the debt ratio is up to 10 per cent of
the national wealth. The national debt
of the United States, when compared
with the wealth of the country, is only
20 per cent lower than any other cOun-
try included in my inquiry.
After studying the subject, what
are your conclusionsP"
The conclusions which | think /
may draw are fOur,-namely: That
national debts are not to be viewed
with such horrors as our grandfathers
and grandmothers entertained regard
ing them; that they offer a convenient
mode of investment for British capital,
and are generally secure, that the in
crease of debt in Europe has not in
jured the working classes; that we may
expect to see national debts increase
at least 800, 100000 year during the
rest of the nineteenth century. ."-Phila-
de[DbiG Press
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30
Scandal in the Campaign.

Nothing can exceed the wickedness
and cruelty of the Cleveland and Blaine
scandals" They are base and ma
licious attacks upon the private char
acter of public men, men who are the
representatives of great parties in the
state; but more than this, they are
cruel and cowardly attacks upon
women and children, and they are an
authorized contribution to the indecent
literature which modern legislation has
in vain attempted to suppress. If every
nominee for high office in the state-or
even in the church-is to be required
to prove large number of universal
negatives and to be held up to public
odium as a filthy scoundrel if he fails
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30
Earthquake Shocks.

The eastern coast of the United
States, from Virginia to Maine, was re-
Gently disturbed by an earthquake. 1t
created no lite alarm, but did no
damage. Science SO far is at fault ia
dealing with earthquakes. 1t does not
know to what they are attributable.
They are most frequent in tropical
countries near volcanic regions. Earth
quakes have been called suppressed
volcanoes" If not due to electricity,
as is suspected by some scientists,
they are often accompanied by electri-
cal and magnetic phenomena. One
theory is that they are due to disturb
ances in the liquid motion matter that
is supposed to undcrlie the crust of the
earth. Another and very plausible ex-
PLANTATION is, that they are occasioned
by the earth's parting with its internal
heat. AS cooling bodies contract, it
would follow that a portion of the
crust of the earth would be upheaved,
and this would account for the noun
tains and other irregularities on the
surface of the globe. 1t may be that
the recent earthquake on the east
coast of the United States was really
an upheaval of the Alleghanies, and it
may also be that in time, that is in
hundreds of thousands Of years, the
Alleghanies may reach the altitude of
the Rocky Mountains or the Andes.
But, of course, this is all conjecture
DemoreStS Monthly for October.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30

to perform this impossible feat, high
offices will soon be appropriated by
the very offscouring of society
AmertSon Literary Churchman.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30

"Does the same hold true in later
yearsP"
"The year 1848 marks new epoch
in the economy of nations; the politi-
cal convulsions all over Europe, the
introduction of railways, the discovery
of new gold fields, the birth of free
trade; moreover, the abolition of serfs
in various countries, the invention of
electric telegraphs, the outflow of emf
grants to America and the British col
ones, the spread of popular education
and cheap newspapers; all these cir
cumstances, occurring almost stimuli
taneously, gave a great impetus to
human industry and enterprise. From
1S4S to 1884 the debts have risen al
most $4,000, 100000, or 1925, 900, 600
per annum, and the money found en-
ployment as follows
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30

An armory at llion, N. Y, is filling large
order for arms and ammunition from China
induced by the war with France.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-06
Bottled Tears.

In Persia they bottle up their tears
as of old. This is done in the follow.
ing manner: AS the mourners are
sitting around and weeping, the mas
ter of ceremonies presents each one
with a piece of cotton wool, with
which he wipes off his tears. This
cotton is afterward squeezed into a
bottle, and the tears are preserved as
a powerful and eficacious remedy for
reviving a dying man after every 9th
er means has failed. 1t is also en-
ployed as a charm against evil influ-
ences. This custom is probably al
luded to in Psalm wi, g.: "Put thou
my tears into a bottle" The prac-
tlce was once universal, as is found
by the tear-bottles which are found in
almost every ancient tomb, for the an
clients buried them with their dead as
a proof of their affection.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-06
4 Nor,gegfa,s Superstition.

When the Norwegian farmers wife
begins her dairying in the summer,
and the herds have been driven to the
upland pastures, she takes special
pains in making the first cheese, for it
is for Nipen, the old Morse wood and
water spirit. The offering is taken in
the dusk Of evening to a high, bare
rock, and left there. Sometimes a
sweet cake, in the making of which
every maiden must assist, and a can of
ale is added to the feast for Nipen. In
the morning it is gone, and the far
mer's wife is sure that her cows will
give down rich milk, that her lambs
will not perish in untimely storms,
and that her good mans boat on the
ford will bring him safely home. She
has given hostages to Nipen.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-06

water to the required temperature.
Upon the mass of crushed bitterness
they carefully ladled the hot water
making it about the color and consis
tency of thin cream. Not a speck APP
peared to mix. A buxom mdh0l0
stood by each vat, and with a small fir
bough stirred the mass, skilfully re-
moving any speck that foated upon
the surface. The soil gradually alb
sorbed the bitter waters, leaving a
firm, white substance, of which they
made bread.
! asked to taste it, at which they all
laughed. l asked again, and after
more laughter I was handed a small
particle upon a fig leaf, and found it
sweet and palatable
They then began to remove it. and
so adroitly was this done that but a
small portion adhered to the soil. They
spread it upon the rocks, and in a
short time it was fit for use. This, /
am told, they mix with water, pat it
into thin cakes and bake before the
fire.