Telegram-herald., 1889-07-25

II RAINKD AND THEY HAD NEGLECTED Te
DIG TRENCH AROtND TIE TENT.
muslin ones that are very imperfect
shelters while they last, aud soon wear
out. but good duck tent with 'dy'
OF lighter body. Next. your cooking
apparatus is q most important essential
BY no means permit yourself TO be- be-
guiled into taking along an oil stove
IL is a thing that inevitably leaks, nc
matter what the dealer may say 20 the
contrary, aud by some Internal fatality
explicable only by the little understood
law OF ''the innate cussedness OF ofinanimate
things'-always dri5bles its evil-smellina
contents on your blankets, OF, worse yet
on your provisions. Take along with you
a couple of alcohol lamps, of that kind
that afford good big flames They do not
cost much aud may come in very handily
for small cooking or making coffee in the
tent during exceptionally bad weather, OF
for quickly and conveniently getting up
an early breakfast. But, remember, they
are only for emergencies. As rule you
must do your cooking by an open fire of
wood Goals. And, by the way, do not
carry your alcoholin bottles or deIniiohn.
but in tight tin cans. Eschew glass as far
as possible in your camping outfit.
You want A good sized iron pot for max
Ing stews and soups in; dutch oven;"
two sheet iron mess pans. one OF them
with three long. low ears rivited on its
edge; two frying pans, or three. of differ
ent sizes, so that they will nest together;
two wire "broilers;" a big galvanized iron
pot and two tin pals; one coffee pot and
one tea pot of heavy tin or granite" ware.
Have iron balls" on the two big pots
and rivited handles and spouts on the
coffee and tea pots, but no handles 70
stick out and be in the way on any of the
other utensils Use A pair Of blacksmith's
pliers TO handle them with about the fire
Get couple of stout iron spoons with
handles cut off to three or four inches long
and cylinder sockets soldered 10 them, so
that you can put stick handles TO them
when wanted OF any length you desire
One stout meat fork and two keen butcher
knives, one large, the other small, will be
all you will need For table ware there is
nothing better than bright, new, clean tin
plate, cups and spoons, and nothing il
less expensive. Plain woOden-handled
knives and forks, OF course. You want
pepper and salt holders with double tops,
the under ones perforated, and for them
tin is As good as anything. Cayenne
pepper you had better keep in q strong
bottle we'll cOrked.
The selection OF provisions to be taken
aloug depends 80 largely upon the supplies
probably obtainable subsequently and the
tastes Of the persons concerned that it *
di.ficslt, IL not actually impossible. TO
give any specific Instructions. ii you are
going where there IS a reasonable Ger
taiuty OF getting an abundant supply Of
game or fish, you viii, OF course, take =
smaller quantity OF meat with you than
you would require II that we've problem
attic or improbable One thing You will
have 20 bear in mind is that the sppetites
to be provided for are pretty sure TO be
very good The essential supplies are
-four. corn meal. pilot bread. salt PORK,
coffee. tea. sugar. salt. pepper. potatoes
spd onions. The -four should be the pre-
pared kind. which is handy for making
biscuit. requires no moukeying with the