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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
Roast Locust on Toast
Wong Chinfoo, in The Cook.

WOnk 1ulnlOOt LII Inc LOOK
 In the gasronomical calendar, the Chinese have their seasonabie fashions as well as their white cousins on this side of the great waters. Among the season. able and fashionable foods of northern China. perhaps the most welcomed of all is the locust. Ia the season of supply of that dainty insect, everybody, nch and poor, has an equal show for d delicious feed Although sometimes, the locusts are a very disastrous visitation to the farmers crops, he has his vengeance upon them, and chance to get his grain back with compound inteiest. Either through vengeance or fashion, the Chinese always made fl almost religious duty to eat locust in the fall of the year. Indeed, sn fond of them are the people of all classes that they are sold, roasted, by vendors during the season at as high as one cash each. The children, especially, are fond of them, and go to the corner street stands to buy roasted locust, just as the American children buy roasted pea nuts, and seem to enjoy them even more To have locust on toast in northern China is almost as fashionable as quail on toas, in America. This is how they are prepared: Take a bag full of fat tened locust, almost red with age, dump them into hot vat, cover them quickly when they are dead throw in a handful or more of salt. Roast them oy con- stantly stirring ust as the Italians roast their chestnuts they become well done and crisp. Generally. the insects lose their wings, legs, and sometimes their head; if moi, those uneatable DOT tions are carefully picked of. They are then served with toasted corn bread, or miIlet rice. In taste they somewhat re semble salt herring, but are much more delicate. Locust sausages, which are also fashionable, are made in the follow ing manner: Select only the female locusts, which are full of eggs, remove their wings, heads, tails and legs, chop them up with onions, garlic, pepper, salt and other spices if convenient Make into small balls of about half an ounce each, and dip these in boiling hot gre ase, until they arc browned, like codfsh balls {; then serve them with cayenne pepper sauce. Corn bread and miiiet rice are eaten with them.
 There are also several species Of worms, which are eaten in the middle PtoNln1Se oi NHiud- ouc oi tneAn, CAtbcu the Chuen Chung, Is considered very fine, and is quite fashionable among the upper classes. They are served out to guests in the evening, as sponge or pound cakes would be by Americans. These worms are found in old and decayed trees, usually the cedar, the alum, and like harmless woods. They grow to an enos- no1s size. pre- sent hideous and sicken- ing appearance. In taste they resemble oid Lim5urger ohesse s3a :c..en-dried bologna. The writer once had whole meal of them when they were just out of the oven, in a darkensd room. He thought they were old sauszges from the Sandwich islands, until ne caewed the head of one of these gigantic worms. He has not been back to the hotel since.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
The |" Credit System" !"
Evansville Argus.1

Peek'S SHs of last week handles the crediting of newspaper articles in a very crediiable manner. The one great trouble is that hard working, honest writer gains in these days very little credit for his labor. He may work hard oA an article and get up one that" takes" and is liable to add to his reputation (which to him is bread and butter, for it means to him a position on some paper simply on his reputation as a writer ) The first newspaper thief that runs across the article, quietly steals it and puts it in with his own stuff as original, and when it is quoted and credited to him he gains equally as much reputation as the real writer, and with no labor save the handling of pair of shears and paste pot. Peck says: Herein is one of the chief evils of not giving proper credit A readable article or item is copied from the columns of one of these literary vam- pires by an honest paper, which would render unto Caesar the things which are C9sar's,' and duly credited to the vam- pire, not knowing. perhaps, that most of the matter is reprinted and not credited, and thus the vampire gains reputation on false pretences. It is all wrong
 Everything in paper should be credited, when its source is known, and when unknown should be designated in some way so as not to be misleading" If this rule was adhered to, some of the men that are nov gaining regulations as humorists would go back to their origin al work of turning hand-presses.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
cs~sAass yss~ Psr. T.e.

this, surely, Polly ts in lover tooes.
 I've are going. sisfeT." called Miss Harry severely. looking perfect dAggers at Miss Polly, who had given away now, oh. dear, yes and vas clearly in two minds no longer how should she bee stepped r rwaEd briskly. Miss Polly will stay and have tea 4ish ex," said valaantly can't we persuade you to do the sameS"
 "No" returned Miss Harry. struck ] otherwise dumb with displeasure and as- tonishment And she and Susan forth with vent out, ar d shut the door sharply behind them. The deed vas done. l executed pas seul in the passage out cf pure joy and triumph and dragged Miss net of, really to vent 10 my excited teel- ings
 "Oh, you are dear thing, Miss Polly l always knew you would do It at last Now aren't you glad and happyS But, mercy on us. you've got no canl' She laughed as she tied her bonnet stiings again, and peeped into my look ing glass 10 settle stray curl. Her color had come back. her eyes danced, she looked the whole twenty years younger, and told her SO; much ieg, citing that neither Mrs Campbell nor myself had spare cap to lend tSr this suspicious oc- casion,
 "Oh, never mind. love-" she said blithely. !" must just keep on my boa net. that's all for daren't send home for oue, they would not lct me have it, What does anything signify now" she added sctiy to herself. "since after ali these years he hasn't forgotten mel "Oh, Miss Polly! How about your broken promise and the scolding that awai:s you at homer Possibly for the whole oi your natural life. as who knows yet whether there be Mrs Benkinsop or nor And where is the great advantage of your age over mine, pray, If the heart keeps the same foolish, unehangeable thing as everf f'
 F. Where indeed2 That night, as we walked home ttom a meeting in the Drill Hall, she told me in a whisper that Mir. Blenk,nsop had accepted the offer of bed at St. rA,uck's rectory (' IL mus, have been a mistake of yours, Janie. about his having to leave directly $l,ss tea, love n), and was coming to ,he,I house next morn- ing to make his peace with Harty and Susan and Margaret MaIden. And that that
 "What, Miss poily5 Quick? P
 He came down to Sanford partly to try and find out something of my where ahouts, dear"
 Then there isn't a wiie2 Never was, l expect Another mistake of yours, Miss Polly did you ask him P
 "Oh, no. love " very umidly; never thought of it."
 Then mind you ask ts. morrow wheth- CT he intends being a Mormonite like Mir. BriItoD, dear Miss Poly."-LoHd0S ,SO- ftfIy
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
EVENING SONG.
BY SIDNEY LANIxR.

ook if. dear Love, across the shallow sands, And mark yon meeting of the sun and sea |; How long they kiss in sight ot all the lands Ah longer, longer, we Nov in the sea's red vintage melts the sun, As Eeypt's pearl dissolved in rosy wine, And Cleopatra Night drinks all. Iris done :. Love, lay thy hand in mine. Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort heavens
 heart;
 Glimmer, ye waves, round else unlighted
 sands; a Night divorce our sun and sky apart Never our lips. our hands.
 -LiptiHe n's Magazine
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
Royal Blood.

We are all kings and queens in this country and we have right to as good blood as that which courses through the veins of emperors. If the blood is poor and the cheeks are pale, it is well-kno town that Browns Iron Bitters is the great tonic which will give color, vigor and vi- tality. Mir. M. K. Gibson, of West Point, Miss, says, :" felt weak and debilita.ed Browns Iron Bitters made me strong and we'll ?
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29

He was in the habit of coming home night after night ai o'clock in the morn ing She grew weary of this aad rendered his latchkey useless by locking the front door. He was obliged to ring the bell, and was horror stricken when his wife appeared al the window and murmured {: " Go away. George, 1 expect my husband home every moment" He has become very domesticated since Bofkon CazsIte
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29

The author of @ The Dangers of Alpine Climbing" has been killed by falling over predpice of the Alps. In his book he mentions nothing about his own fall -KessHeky .Ska< /oHrsaI.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29

1. A business boom-the boom of yacht when ii j,bes and takes off your hat, and also most of the skin from your head Stockton Maveyiek.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
FOR THE WEST

Therv are a aamher of routes Nas.imk ae the above mentioned section, but the drsyt aud r.lsahlo ruat ls VtA kt. Louis and over the MlsauaH pAriac MAii ~a,. The two traias dAily are raa trnm sAr Gran Vnion Depot, st, Louis tu k AnAaa faty, I.eAeeu worth, AtchisoA, et, Joseph aad Omaha. PulmAu Palace Sleeping Cara eG the very aNQs make are attached Ia all ttaias,
 Al Kansas City UAten Itepai, passengers lar kAp sAs, Colorado, New Mexico and cAtiafniA conneS with express trains of all lines.
 Al Atehlsaa, eonnecann ls made vita expEe tFaas Tor kAnsaA And NehrasA pntnts.
 Al Omaha, connection te made with the 0vefiAn, train for California.
 This line offers to parties routs to the West Northwest, not unly las, uals and superior Aocnta modatons, but beautiful sceaery As pakses ronsl the hNest portion af Missouri and Nebraska. eeat for illustrated niAps, pamphlets, etc., thas Hue which will be mailed ffve
 H. [. TowNEEND,
 aen1 paas, and TioAet ANt,. bt. Loais, No, II. N, HoNtE, fhird vtce-freat N. louts, Me,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29

Browns Iron Tonic for females.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08
She Had Confidence.

Mrs. H. c. Harshbarger, Manor Hill,
Huntingdon County, Pa, writes: "DR. S.
B. HARTMAN 81 Co., Columbus, o.:
have been afflicted for three years, caused
by over-work too soon after confinement.
My kidneys became seriously affected;
could not retain my urine day nor night.
1t was high colored, thick and bloody.
My monthlies had left altogether for four
teen months, during which time I was
confined to my bed with a beating in right
ovaries. The discharge from the womb
was so offensive no one could stay in the
room. The urine continued bloody, with
pain in voiding it, and when in bed would
pass from me in my sleep. have had
three doctors attending me regularly, one
for four months, one of the others one
whole summer, and the third an winter.
We had two others ir consultation with
them, and used twenty bottles of differ
ent kinds of patent medicines, all to no
good. then got a bottle of PERUNA,
and before had three fourths of the bot
tie taken I quit wetting the bed and could
retain theurine sufficient to attend church,
which l had not done for three wears,
and my monthlics came back as natural
as ever; indeed, I considered myself a
we'll woman again. Since that time have
had pneumonia. My confidence in PE-
RUHA was so great that did not send for
a doctor. I followed the directions in
your oils of Life" and am over it, as well
as can be expected of one so delicate as
have been. Others in my neighborhood
had the same disease, and among them
were strong men, and had the best physi-
clans, and yet died, while sailed through
In safety on PERUNA and MANALIN. l
sincerely believe, and would say to all the
afflicted in the wide world, that PERUNA
and MANALIN are the only two medicines
that any one needs in any disease, if used
as directedin your book entitled "The Ills
of Life"
]. Z. Fleming, publisher of the New
Dominion, Morgantown, VIVA, writes:
"Sone months since, received some of
your medicine in exchange for advertis-
ing. My wife has taken five bottles of it,
and has derived great benefit from it."
Mr.. NJ. c. Pershing, BradenviIle, Pa,
writes: "My wife has been using PERU
rJA for some time for weak lungs and liv-
or and kidney complaint, and thinks it is
doing her great good. Has used only one
bottle as yet. Please send your book on
the 'IIis of Life as we can't get any from
our druggist"
Mr.. John Denny, Mt. Vernon, o.,
writes We have a large sale in Pc
RUNA. Itgives satisfaction"
Nov7Iy
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08
WASN'T HERE.
-rl,c Sad-E-ycI Stranger Who Was look
ing For a Mate.

The Sli-E-ycI Stranger Who Vs~ Look
ing FOR n Mate.
He stood with back 20 the railing OF
The ferry dock br;h,ag the su1 10 -h-n2
down on his rheumatic points. when q
second man came ,uolHag up, and they
saluted:
''lIowdy, Captain.'
..Howdy, Cap.ain?"
They had scarcely started conversation
when the third man appeared and this
tln.c it was:
Morning, Captain
Morning, Captain.
Captains White and Smith, good
morning to YOU.
Ia the course of three or four miH-
utes q mao walked ont OF a saloon 4
hundred feet away. and a he came
sauuterjng down it was:
.'Ah -ha. Captain
"Helloi Captain
All, Captain, glad TO sec yoU,'
Captains Smith, White and Green,
good morning.
The same programme was continued
until seven Captains stood rubbing
their backs on the railing. A stranger
who had observed the voTiOUs meetings
and heard each man addressed 10y his
title suddenly began looking around and
making inquiries for the Iiarbor-
Masters grappling-hookS.
What's up? What dye want Of tbs
grapplers?' asked one.
4 want to recover the body of the
poor fellow
'.Who?"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08
GREAT TOWERS.
Tho Project Which IS intended TO fiyaI
the Tower Of BABEL.


the Tower of BABEL.
Our great monument at Washington.
erected TO the memory Of tho Father Of
his Country, enjoys the distinction Of
being the highest monument on earth.
It is over 500 feet high. Bu- in the next
Paris exposition it IS proposed to erect
a tower higher than ANYTHING made OF
imagined since the days OF Babel. Il
will be more than LOO feet IN height
which Is three times higher than the
top of the dome OF ST. Peter ut Rome
and double the height of the great Pv.
ramid of ChcOpS. The constructor viii
he II. Bourdais. the same who built the
famous Trocadero Palace ut the last
Paris exhibition. In a recent report he
gives a comparative table showing what
elevations ear be obtained by budding
with different kinds of materials. The
limit he places TO man 5 power Of build
ing upward IS fixed by ascertaining at
what time the lower part of the stTuc-
ture viii give way beneath the load rest
ing upon them. either by becoming
crashed out of shape or by cracking and
breaking IN pieces. And OF all sub
stances the most stubborn in thus respect
is not iron. as some persons might sup
pose, but pOrphyry. The former can, as
NJ Bourdais believes, be used tor
building carried mp 10 the height of
1900 feet. while the latter might form
the foundation Of pile tviiy a thousand
fee higher. Blu. this Is sGpDosiBE chat
The pyramidiSl form OF construction is
used. which is. of course, the most SOLID
and durable This could ae,sr he i'd
mitted at Paris exhibition, a1d so the
cylindrical form would have 90 be used
which would reduce the possible height
to about one-thir1l. BUt the proposed
tower wOsld be built IN several pieces.
of which only the loWer one would he
sskbaezpensiyz marble called Porhhgy..
-BeR1orezf'S Nezzfhks,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08
Intellectual Color-Bljndness.

When it comes 10 intellectual rcla-
tons Is it not true that the faculty of
seeing things in their healthy, normal
connections IS much rarcr than Is COM
monty Suppo-at2 We instinctively
AVOID certain topics OF discussion with
certain people. bceau-o We have discoy-
cred that distinction as plain 10 us a
that lgt-vorE grcon and rcd Is simply
EOu-CNi~,s", Il their perceptions. In
dCcl. 1t often appears good policy
Tor man 10 keep c-Ot re and eXUteric
SITS OF opinion regarding thc moro del
icatc and subtle controversies of toe
h5;T. Il Is really worm while to lavish
most profound convictions upon those
who are Ni-iblF unable 10 take in
their meaning? shall one cast the
most exquisite shades Of meaning be
fore the mentally color-blind. In point
OF fac, the situation J. continually re-
curing and viii be to the end of time.
One naH has an easily recognized turn
and h-ich'rinC OF meaning in each pos
sihic combination Of words he permits
himself 90 use. and ne -Ort> his phrases
hy tat of sympathy with tn burden
they carry Jus rs an artist sorts his
pigments. But another there i who
can not recognize any difference what
ever among sixteen of the thoughts of
the frs; TO him oll his life. you must
speak in b,ue- and grays, for scarlet,
violet. green and host Of other hues
are rs if they were not. Men come at
last to recognize their cOlOr-blindnesS
ana keep themselves from seriOus diff
iiCulty: but .h.- u.her sort of blindness
not 50 often. - Tie Hour.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08
No. 6.
CHAPTER l..
81 was taken sick a year ago
With billions fever .

TN lGfCf
"My doctor pronounced me cured, but
got sick again, with terrible pains in nv
back and sides, and got so bad
Could not move!
| shrunk!
From 22S lbs. to 1901 / had been doc.
toring for my liver, but it did me no good.
did not expect TO live more than three
months. began to use Hop Bisters. Di-
rectly my appetite returned, my pains left
left me, my entire system seemed renewed
as il by magic, and after using several bot
ties, am not only as sound as a sovereign,
but weigh more than | did before. To
Hop Bitters l owe my life"
Z. FITZPATRICK.
Dublin, June 6, 81.
CHAPTER II.
Maiden. Ms S., Feb.I, ISSO-GenSIenen-
L suffered with attacks OF sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in
the most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me
relief or cure, until | used Hop Bitters
"The first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and strong
as when a child,
"And l have been so to this day"
Ny husband was an invalid for twenty
years with a serious
pronounced by BostOh's best physi-
clans
''Incurable ~
Seven bottles OF your Bitters cured him
and know of the
Olives of eight persons
In my DeighbOrhood that have been saw
ed by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
"They almost
Do miracles?' Mrs. T.. ID. Slack.
How TO Get Sick Expose yourself day
and night; eat too much without exercise;
work too hard without rest: doctor all The
time, take aii the vile nostIuInE advertised.
and then you will want to know how TO ret
well, which is answered in three words
Take Hop Bitters
RB-Eone genuine without n bunch OF
green Hops on the white label. Shun ali
The vile, poisonous stun with Hop or Hops
in their name. lag I'm 10
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08


progressing as to the secret of tie sue
cess of the cremOna. Mr.. Sbradieck.
OF Cincinnati. says the secret of the
Gremona makers has been discovered,
and consists of using for their inStru-
ments the wood of a tree containing
balsam. This tree used TO be planted
in the neighborhOod of Cremona, but it
Is no longer to be found in Italy.
\ reporter for the Mai and Express
visited a manufacturer in this city and
asked for his views. lie said: The
subject Of the manufacture of violiuS
has always caused difference Of opinion.
and think always viii. The reason Of
tha success of the old cremouas Is Vry
difficult 10 account for. One wav Of
doing 50 IS chat there are q number Of
lost arts, and it is contended by some
that tho old cremona manufacturers
knew an art of which we know moth
ing"
''D0 you think that the Crenona viO-
Inns are far superior 10 any now madc?n
No, : do not. think that with 4
number Of people a crcmona IS only
used for the sake OF having an old
violin, and nos bscause of more excel
lent tone. Artists have crazes as well
r. other pcrsotIs. / don't think that
there was so Ilnch of a secret in the
cremona manufacture, but that there is
q great deal ii the fact that they are
very old, and have, consequently, mel
lowed in tone. Mr.. Shradieck, who
says that the secret has been discovered,
ana shat crcmonas were made of wood
containing baisam, does not say whether
il was pine, spruce, Or fir, all OF which
Weld balSam.
'.Whas wood Is principally used for
violins?'
The sounding board IS made of
spruce and the back OF maple. The
sounding board j. made out of two
pieces glued together down the center.
Il Is noJ bent into shape but cut out.
The wood is never cut with "a saw. hut
split, and the finer the grain of the
wood the finer the tone. The backs are
never polished bot vanished with 81
sort of lacquer, which Is supposed 10
add to the tone Some makers say that
a fine-toncd instrument simply depends
on fine manufacture and proper proper
lions; if that is so, why DO they not al
ways turn out good Instruments? You
may make hundred instruments and
rot have one good one among them.
This accounts a ESslt deal for The cX-
Pen:s3ive PrieG.J fetch ". J.
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a. = mi i 500 ~ ~ " AZ
Or Com pilcHted sEI. I'''n'~ t-f1ie0 IA 81
DR. Sob nncopn's t'-Cc'-f 80 c~' D.iCss, ru-
Ter adv zee a. amy 4 81 = c0rsUi'i"~
phys clan
Al. rre=Io5ldaDce held A. strict b. RON
fdeo t'sl, aDd 'td vice by mat FREQ s., ri4sEze
dec i2ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08

It pays 10 keep poulITy-house
clean. The dropp!ngs are very Valu-
hle, and the time employed at the Ia
Dor OF cleaning Is wei spent. Ihough
not as valuable as Peruvian guano,
poultry droppings are superior TO eV-
ery other article used for manure on
the farm. Bulk for bulk, nothing but
guano can equal it,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-05-08

clcs, knitted or crocheted, NAV be made
to look as well as new if they are care
fully rubbed in flour. Cover them with
flour and rub gently, as if washing,
until the -four becomes dark. Shake
ont the article and rub in clean Hour
until all soil is removed. Shake wen
and hang in the wind until no atom 0f
hour remains ia tia wool. OF c1usse
ono would not care to cleanse IA this
way articles that are worn next.t0 She
body, but for shawis, eapes R1d head
coverings flour answers 'sa<RirsAlS.-
NJ T. Post,
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