Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14

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n pile of clear glowing Goals Not until
then will your FIRE be tit for cooking over.
While IL is reaching this point you may
proftablv busy Yourself with planting
iirmly in the ground. say eight or nine
feet apart, in q straight line with the longi-
tudinal centre Of your v a couple OF strong
posts. forked at the top. supporting
e s,yaicht pole between them at such
height that when your S-shaped iron hooks
are placed upon II the pots hung on them
will be almost down TO the logs. When
your FIRE is good each dish cooked over
The GOALS NAV, when done be set on one OF
the logs to keep warm until all are com
pleted The apex OF the Is GOOD saie
place 10 keep the cofee-pot hot. IN pas
sont-don't cultivate the common put az
surd notion that you want an egg 10
" clear" your coffee. Cold water will do
quite as well. When your coffee has come
to boil dash half a cup OF cold water on
the surface and all the grounds" Will be
at once precipitated TO the bottom. In the
army. where we were bound TO get out OF
the coffee all the strength there was IN II,
we used TO let it boil up three times, taxing
il of the fire moment at the nrst ana
again al the second, and using the cola
water al the third, and our coffee was
strong and clear as sherry.
TWO FIRES.
You will want two other kinds OF fires.
The one inst described is for cooking
things put over 1t. But II Is not wen ao9p.-
ed for roasting or cooking hoe-Cakes. For
that special service drive two stout stakes
in the ground four feet apart and two or
three feet high: pile against these two
or three green logs five feet long and
high enough 10 reach the top. OF
the stakes, like wall ; and against
these on the windward side. build
your FIRE. In front of 1t set your bread or
hoe-cake on edge against n HAT stone or
pan; or, if you want to roast, hang the
Joint. bird or beast by bit of wire from
pole supported on cTotched sticks, with
dripping pan under it. Never try roasting
ore. fire. but always in front of 1T, unless
Won are fond of scorched, smoky, burnt
erease-scented meat. Your third KIND OF
fire is for cooking game-scaied furred, or
feathered-" hunter fashion," for baking
loaves of bread and baking beans. Dig III
the dry ground hole twelve inches deep
and wide enough to allow three or four
inches space all around your largest mess
pans. In and over this hole build good
IRE and keep it up untl the ground all
about is thoroughly heated and the hole IS
nearly filed with Goals. Then with hoe,
If YOU have one, scoop out most OF the
Goals. Now your fire is ready for cooking,
but from this point your proceedings must
vary according TO what You propose TO
cook. Let us suppose that 1t IS a fish or
bird. IL YOU are in the neighborhood of
trout stream you will be likely to find IN
its bottom somewhere near bed OF
creamy or blue clay. Dig this out with
vour bunting-knife and work it with water
into a stiff batter or soft dough. Having
taken the entrails out of your fish or BIRD
(unless it is woodcock), roll it in that
dough until it is completely encased IN a
4 liz oh
condition Law il down on the Goals In the
hole and draw in Goals and hot ashes, and
n LAYER of earth over il so as TO cover 1t
deeply. Then if the thing to be cooked is
large. start a small fire over IT and keep
burning steadily until the cooking is done.
The time requisite for that is little
longer than would be required in good
kitchen range, but Is 80 dependent upon
the quality of wood used, the length OF
time the fire has been heating. the ground,
the dampness Of the clay envelope, and the
fire maintained above that only a certain
measure of experience and good Judgment
can inform you with any exactitude when
the moment shall have arrived for you 10
rake out the dinner. When you crack off
the hard-baked clay, it will take with It
every feather, scale, or hair, and you VIII
have game cooked III fashion INFINITELY
superior TO any other known by man.
Such tenderness, juiciness, and perfecuOn
of flavor are absolutely unattainable by
anv other method. Where you cannot
possibly get clay you may wrap your game
in wet brown paper and bed IT down ID q
mass of fresh grass, leaves, or seaweed, IL
YOU happen to camp near 10 salt wafer
The seaweed is only preferable where flsh.
clans, oysters, HOLSTERS, or crabs are 10 be
cooked.
When you want TO bake beans or bread
in that hole put the material into, ono or
your sheet-iron mesS-pans and place the
other over il, mouth downward. the ears
keeping ii in position. Otherwise proceed
as if cooking game, only keep your hire over
it considerably longer. You will find II
good idea to line the hole completely with
round boulders of the size of small cocoa
nuts, if you can get them handlly.. They
will prevent the annoyance OF the burned
earth crumbling into the hole and Will re-
tain strong heat longer than the earth
without them would.
PROVIDE AGAINST RAIN.
You may take it for granted that some
portion of the time you are IN camp there
will be heavy rain and lOng-contlnued
drizZles, when the air will be humid and
cold in the tent, and if you 60 to the out
door fire for warmth your clothing Will be
.oturated. your eyes filled with smoke. ana
YOU will only get one side OF you warmed
at once anyway. To provide against TINS
die trench eighteen inches wide and OF
the same depth across the space OF your
tent is TO occupy, and cover II with hat
stones and earth 10 a depth OF three
or four inches Slope out one end so that
YOU can conveniently poke long sticks into
il for fuel. At the other end build up a
chimney five feet high with crossed sticks
and mud, which you may finish with bar
rel both for style and good draughts If You
want TO. The first dry days during which
YOU are going to be out of the tent all the
while raise its sides and start "A good fire
in that underground furnace TO dry well
the ground above it. Then hoe out the
ashes, pile in splinters, twigs, sticks, and
split logs in readiness for another tire and
let it alone until the evil day OF east wind
and drizzle comes upon you, when the
application of shovel of Goals from the
cooks fire. or blazing newspaper TO the
fuel will speedily convert your tent to
bower of such comfort as viii make even a
wet day in camp seem a JOY. The use of
a shovel. hoe, and axe has been suggested.
but / have not mentioned these as
needed parts of the outfit, because you
will probably be able to hire the tools
YOU require when You are about TO
enter the woods, but of course your i'm
plements will be better If you get your
own and see that they are properly kept
from one season to another. strong, sharp
Ratchet will be found very service
able tool. A couple of pounds OF
"shingle" nails and a plank Chestnut if
procurable) two inches thick, three feet
long. and eighteen inches wide, will give
you the necessary facilities for plank
ing" fish before your roasting tire-and a
life without planked fish among its expe-
riences cannot truly be said to be COM
plete. You viii want shallow hole or
notch in the back of the plank TO prop 1t
up Mt proper angle before the fire, and a
little gutter on the face TO lead the over
flow Of dripping and juices to the pan be-
low. But these considerations are seduc-
tive, leading inevitably into telling what
good things NAV be cooked in camp, and
that is too broad field TO enter.
Student Life In Germany.
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We find in the twenty schools Of Ger
many some a, 900 students, of whom over
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