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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
HOW TO COOK THE TROUT
Boiling With a Touch of Wine Vinegar Is
the Epicure's Way.

Boiling With Touch of Wine Vinegar Il
the Epicure's Way.
Forest and Stream
There are three excellent methods OF
cooking trout, viz, frying. roasting in the
ashes la Thad Norris, and steamlng OF
boiling. To fry trout we'll is great art,
and rarely understood. The fat, be it but
ter, olive oil or lard, should be sweet and
burning hot As soon as Drowned, the fish
should be lifted out and the fat allowed to
drain of. A thin slice of salt pork or even
bacon will go we'll with the fish, but too
much bacon may give them smoky flavor
Small trout, from to 8 inches are best
cooked in this manner.
Any sized fish may be roasted in the
ashes. and they are excellent that way; but
trout from rourth to three-fourths of a
pound give the best results. But, above all,
give me good big trout boiled proprrly,
with little white wine vinegar in the
water, and served hot with either caper or
egg sauce, and glass or two Of white wine
to wash them down. 1 think trout SO
cooked goes ahead of even the royal salmon,
as it is more delicate ard not so cloying I
have never eaten well-cooked and tasty
trout In city restaurant 1t is impossible
to get them fresh enough, and they are gen.
orally disguised with some outlandish sauce
which ruins their true flavor.
In selecting any kind of fish in the mar
kets, see that the flesh is firm to the touch,
and the eyes bright and clear. The gills
should be of bright red color and not
Shiny. Frozen fish are never good. Freez-
ing seems to spoil the texture of the meat
and to destroy the flavor.
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work. The hard woods to be found in the
house include three kinds of maple, white
and red mahogany, sycamore, cherry, Irish
bog-oak, oak and birch.
After all, however, the gem of the house
is the window which lights the staircase
and the hall, and after that, 1 think, comes
the staircase itself with its superb balus-
trade, in which each baluster represents a
days work to carver, and panels of maple
adorned with more exquisite carving in re-
lIet Taking the house, as saw it day or
two ago unfinished and uninhabited, and
therefore lacking much that will charm the
eye, anG evoke the sympathies of the be-
holder in a few short weeks time, L
believe that nothing in the way of interior
decoration so artistic and so perfect, in de-
tails and as a whole, has been seen in Pitts
burg before Although for size it may not,
for beauty it will stand comparison with the
finest houses in New York. 1t will be
ready for the family in few DAYS.
HEPBURN JOHNS
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line at fright turn! quick march! position!"
Then each section went quite through with
two full drills.
A fire in sitting room No. 10 was sup
posed. At command, "Get to workp' the
engine was run down to the doorway, a
''chain" of recruits was formed to the near
est source of water supply and the buckets
we're handed in line that the engine might
be kept in full play. The pump was vigor-
ously applied by two girls, while another
worked the small hand hose quickly and in
geniously, so that the engine was at full
speed in less than a minute! When the
drill was concluded with the orders,
'Knock off, and 'tMake up!' everything
had been put in its own place.
Then came the "Hydrant drill, /" which
was conducted at the hydrant nearest the
point of supposed outbreak of fire. In
this, six students from each section took
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on which stood q compact engine sur
| mounted with coil of rubber hose, and
bearing on its front, in great golden letters,
the words: 'sBoudoir Fire Engine, for
Women's USE" Beside it on either hand
stood light wooden pail large enough to
hold several gallons
I made my way into the office and found
that there is a woman's fire brigade, or more
properly, there are several They are
proving of SO great importance that the
drill is taking permanent place in the cur
riculum of the best women's colleges and
gymnasiums and is in use in the first house.
holds in England.
The Protection OF . College.
Here is the story: One day when j.
Compton Merryweather was going on his
usual quarterly round of inspection at the
Royal Holloway College Che is fire in
spector in chief of a great district and Of
many valuable buildings) he formed the
project of starting among the students there
such an organized force as should insure
their safety against fire.
Holloway College is magnificent 81, OOO,-
600 building erected about six years ago
through the liberality of Thomas Holloway.
1t is built on a knoll in one of the loveliest
parts of England's loveliest counties-Sur-
rey. Since its doors were opened by Her
Majesty in 1886, hundreds of its girls have
honorably passed Oxford and Cambridge ex-
aminations and received degrees. To Miss
Bishop, the scholarly head Of the colleges
woman In whose broad mind there is always
room for progressive and humane ideas
Mr.. Merryweather pointed out what would
probably happen in case of fire and what
could be done by means of his new idea.
Mr.. Merryweather was the son of gener-
ations of firemen; more than that he was the
son of generations of practical men. Miss
Bishop listened to him attentively. When
he said he himself would plan drill for
the girls and superintend its giving she
uDhesitatingl7 consented. She said the
students in their course of physical training
went daily through drill that required
much more physical effort than would the
fire drill.
Brigade for Every Floor.
From large water tower the hydrant
supply was distributed by water mains all
over the vast building, and last October the
fire brigade was regularly organized, with
Miss Bishop, herself, as captain, all acting
under the instruction of Mr. Merryweather.
The Holloway Volunteer Brigade"
formed in three sections of ten students
each, these representing the occupants of
different floors. They were drawn up in
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are filled in with tapestry in the same mild
! tones Over the work which spans the end
of the room farthest from the windows the
tapestries show Cupid fishing, and then
again hunting with hounds. The figure
Cupid cuts with hunting horn wound
around him is especially cute. Four other
panels illustrate types of feminine lowell
ness.
Peeps Into the Homely Portions.
Beneath the arch, which has been referred
to, is the buffet and sideboard, a mass of
mirrors and cherry furniture, filling the en-.
tire end of the room. To the right of it
is the door leading to the buffers
pantry, and from that to the kitchen.
The arrangement OF the dining room
is obviously convenient for the service
of the table. The buffers pantry, the
kitchen and all Its appliances are in keep
ing with the more snowy part of the house,
but beyond the marble paneling Of the
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chiefly. 1t is built entirely of white Cleve-
land sandstone.
The First Impression Most Favorable.
Supposing that the massive oak door has
been opened, the inner door with its loaded
lights passed, and that we stand upon the
marble floor of the hall and look about u.s.
The hall is roomy and almost square, and
though it has no window on its own level,
it is singularly light and cheerful. Before
YOUR eyes take in the details the general
brightness and warmth of the hall
viii impress Won. 1t is like a hospitabie
handshaEe II the door. Everything in the
hall serves to heighten this pleasant i'm
preston The wainscot and ceiling are both
of wavv maple, a golden wood with all the
soft sheen of satin. The space between the
dado and the cornice is frescoed in dull
gold, which harmonizes most happily with
the wooden panels above and below. There
are arches on ali sides, springing from stout
pillars, all of this delicious maple. The
columns have broad bands of carving near
the top. but the rest of the columns are
plain and so highly polished that they shine
like marble. The most graceful line in the
hall, perhaps, is that of the wide low arch
extending over the lesser arches giving ad-
mission to the music room, the vestibule and
the drawing room, or parlor, as it is gener-
ally called.
Immediately opposite the chief entrance
is the great open fireplace, made of Caen
stone, soft white stone which can be sawn
and chiSeled like wood. The mantel shelf is
supported by futed columns of stone, and at
either side OF it G cut-glass electric light
lamp framed in dull steel tracery projects.
Above the mantel is carved in relief in stone
the coat OF arms of Holland, the country
from which Mrs Gusky's father came. The
shield surmounted by a crown is supported
by two tolerably fierce-looking lions ram
pant, also crowned. 1t was Mrs. Gusky's
intention to have medallions of her children
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
How Bees Can Be Mailed.

Sometime ago the Postofice Department
declared that bees were s'unmailable," on
the ground that they would be likely to
sting people if they got loose. The bee
keepers secured the recall of this regulation
by proving that the packages employed
could not be broken. Most of them use for
purposes of transportation an ingenious
wooden box with a sliding cover four inches
long and divided into three communicating
compartments. The compartment at one
end is filed with soft candy, for the insects
holes tor ventilation, while the middle COM
partment is dark chamber for the occu-
pants to crawl into when it is cold. In such
a receptacle bees can be sent around the
world.
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freproof canvas attached to a strong,
wrought-iron frame that fits the window
opening. The upper end is of course kept
open, the other end, reaching the ground,
is also open.
When the word is given 'tMake ready to
60 down the chute!'' the young ladies tie
their dresses around their legs with scarves
or anything else that is convenient. Then
the first girl is put into the chute, feet tore
most; as soon as liberated, she slides down
the tube, regulating her speed by means of
a rope made fast to the frame and running
through the entire length OF the chute, or
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

forming an effective brake for herself by
simply pressing her elbows and knees
against the sides Of the tube.
Invalids or infirm persons who couid only
be carried down ladder by a strong man
are sent down this chute with perfect safety.
As for speed, when tell you that the Royal
Holloway students came down at the rate of
80 in five minutes, it will be seen that one
chute is more effectual than many ladders
in the same length of time.
College fire brigades are usually drilled
in squads of four each, and each squad goes
through with all the work, from taking
down the utensils to restoring them to their
proper places, while the other squads look
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
The Origin of Petroleum.

Various theories have been suggested as
to the origin of petroleum, and in the light
of recent chemical discoveries in France it
is possible that true explanation has been
found. M. Ber.helot now claims that
acetylene forms the primary material, or
starting point, for the formation of other
hydrocarbons. If this fact is established it
is quite possible that such compounds of
metals with carbon, upon coming in contact
with water under conditions of more or less
pressure, may give rise to the production OF
the immense stores of natural hydrocarbons,
such as those which exist in the petroleum
wells of Russia and the New World.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
GIRL FIRE FIGHTERS.
Brigades Of Them Protect Royal
Holloway College of England.
A PART OF THE CURRICULUM.
They Handle the Apparatus Like Veterans
and Use The Escapes.
TIE SYSTEM ADOPTED BY HOSPITALS
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.l ]

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
had long search tor the woman's fire
brigade. Some chance mention somewhere
in print or in talk of such an organization
had found lodgment in my mind, although
all the newspaper editors to whom I spoke
of the idea assured me it never had ex-
listed, never would, never could; nor was
any fireman to be found who had ever heard
of a woman's fire company. None the less
I was walking in the busy west center of
London one day when happening to glance
across the street I saw great building de-
voted to firemen's equipments In the win
dows espied rectangular wooden stand
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

one contains so much that is beautiful as
does the new home of Mrs. j. NJ. Gusky,
which is all but completed.
If you look ont of the window to your
right as the car hurries along Fifth avenue
between Aiken and Roup streets you will
see a stone mansion rise in digni6ed style
from a slight eminence a short distance
from the street. The grounds about the
house have the raw look which the builders
always leave behind them, but the litter of
masons and carpenters has been cleaned up
and by the time the summer gets here there
will be green lawns and trim drives right up
to the stone terrace which protects three
sides of the house.
The house is three stories high, with an
attic. Mr.. Stillberg, the architect, appar-
emily aimed at simplicity and solidity
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
The Handsome Staircase.

carved in this panel, but the artists attempt
was unsatisfactory, and the picturesque
national arms took its place.
The Handsome Staircase
Emblazoned on the wall between the
library and the drawine-room is the Gusky
crest; below it little to the left is niche
TO. gtatuarv, carved in the colonial strIe
with the rising-sun effect for background.
This woodwork is also of maple. The crest
and niche above referred to and the library
and drawing room, all face the grand stair
case, which is to many peoples mind the
handsomest feature of the house. 1t oc-
cupies nearly if not quite halt the width of
The hall on the west side-e1act dimensions
in feet L do not propose to give in any case
because measurements are distressing and
not at all descriptive. The broad steps, the
balustrade and the newell posts of the stair
case are all of the same dazzling maple
which reflects the light from walls and cell
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
A APITTSBURG PALACE
Glimpses Inside the New Resi-
dence of Mrs. Gusky Out
Fifth Avenue. .
MAREELS In HARD WOOD.
A Staircase That Seems the Acme
of Architectural Art.
RARE BEAUTY In STAINED GLASS.
Tributes of Brush and Palette in the Mural
Decorations.
DETAILS OF THE LUXURIOUS FITTINGS
DETAILS OF THE LUXURIOUS FITTINGS
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,


HE Fifth avenue
cable cars pass many
handsome residences,
stone mansions and
frame villas, mostly
with spacious lawns
and plenteous shrub
berry about them, but
it is doubtful if any
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

part. Directly the alarm was given, 100
feet of canvas hose was run out and an addi-
tional length CIRCULATED, of course, by the
distance) was Joined to it.
Fighting an Imaginary Fire.
At the words sasTurn on!' by the officer
known as "branch hoseman," the hose was
directed so that had there been water in it,
it must have streamed onto the supposed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-09

There will be oil day singing at Rethle-
hem the second Sunday in June. All low
ers Of music are invited to come and bring
their note books and dinner baskets well
filled. There will be several pieces of mu-
sic on hand. Prof. w. Is. Justus, vii de-
liver an address on music and Sabbath
School work at half past o'clock, a. H.
Peoples Journal.
We would like to enquire of Prof. JUS
tus his purpose of conscnting to deliver a
Sabbath School address at that time of night
and whether he expects to get through with
the address in time to get home for break.
fast.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-09

The Teachers Institute for Pickeiiss will
begin tho 9th and continue to the end of
July. 1t will be conducted by Prof. G. w.
Welch,. School Commissioner Bright will
make arrangements for the board and &C
commodation of teachers and the citizens
of Pickcns will try to make it pleasant for
them. 1t is hoped that the County Com
missioners will have received the new court
house by that time, so that the sessions of
the institute can be held there. AS educa-
tion is said to prevent and courts to punish
crime, how appropriate will be the dedica-
ton. Prof. J. r. Rodgers and Miss Helen
McMastcr. Of Columbia, will assist Prof
Welch in his direction Of the Institute.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-09
For the Campaign.

The present political campaign promises
to be the most exciting i'll the history of
the State. 1t is as necessary 10 proper un-
dcrstanding Of the issues involved that the
people shall be fully informed of the prog
rcss of the discussion from day to day
Adopting the words of Capt. Timan, in
his speech at Ridgcway in 1890, we say to
the Democratic voters Of South Carolina:
lyon need good newspapers, honest news
papers because l say to you that we are too
ignorant in this State; we read too little,
and that is the cause of the trouble in the
party today"
Holding stcadfastly to its own conviction
of right and wrong, The News and Courier
gives both sides of the controversy, conf
dent that the State can rely upon the wis
dom, moderation and patriosm OF her sons
Full and accurate reports of the mas meet
ings held in the several counties will be
published in the News and Courier without
prejudice to any of the speakers and with
the utmost impartiality.
The News and Courier is a democratic
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and OF the country. 1t is one OF the three
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State that are uncompromising in their allie
glance to the Democracy. 1t ought to be
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-09
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Mfr. G.E. Payne as..rentcd rooms from
8. Ann Griffin.
The heaviest rain OF the season fell
:e last Friday night.
The rains OF last week were very gen.
Il through the county.
.,nAIr. Thomas M. Clyde was confined to
) room several days last week.
The Pickens merchants have been
It quite busy since the recent rains.
Come to Pickens county where there
10 pollt!cs,and precious few want office.
Court OF General Sessions and Com
Pleas convened In Abbeville last Mon-
-.
-Mcssrs. w. d. and T. 8. Glenn sx-
" soon to 60 on a pleasure trip to Ten-
see.
Mr.. F. NJ. Norris has his saw mill in
nd working order now and is ready to
any bill.
-McFall's Almanack will have another
i page of new and useful hints after
: ! month.
Mrs. II. 8. Brown, of Easley. was
>ng her Pickens friends Tuesday and
dnesday.
Misses Auric Hollingsworth and HoI-
n,e Mauldin are visiting Mrs. II. r.
ith, of EasleY.
When the first whistle of the railroad
mo blows in Pickcns, you will hear
, big guns fired.
Zadie Cox and Henry Durant went
this place last Saturday on the excur-
to Talulah Falls.
The many friends of Mrs. Laura Ba-
will regret to learn that she has been
urwell for several weeks.
The Pickens Minstrcls are preparing
mother entertainment, to be given in
Several new faces will appear.
II. B. Hendricks attended the Repub-
u" National convention at Minneapolis
week. lie was not delegate however
lee M. Robinson, in company with
lcphcws, Bailey and Christie Robin
went on mountain fishing tour this
Mr. Page, of Landrum, representing
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Of
ucky, is IN town in the interest of
ompApy.
Mrs. Theodore Smith, of Brushy
.. x, and Mrs. A. NJ. Folger, of Easley,
". n few days with their sister, Mrs. ].
'ewbery, last week.
Mr.. G. f. Payne, of Greenvillc, mov-
yer to our little but thriving town
Friday. He will soon have full
of goods in the Lesley store room.
If you want to ke,p cool get Joe
ch to use his clippers on your head,
ka glass of B. Lewis fine soda water
get in the passage of the old court
&c.
Nr. d. w. Mcdonald who lives on
Cureton's place just north of Pickcns
a fine field of cotton. He put on our
; last week several stalks having from
IL to ten leaves.
DR.. J. J. Morgan Of Dacusville, was
'ickcns last Friday. He was accompa-
by his mother who remained over on
sit. He gives an encouraging report OF
many fine farms about Dacusvillc.
Quite severe storm passed up the