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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02
Canal Determinations Removed.

AS the result of correspondence between
Secretary of State Foster and Sir Julian
Pauncefote, q new "order in council" has
been issued by the Canadian Governn en- reg
ulating the tolls of the Dominion C. M S for
the season of 1893. The effect of this order is
to abolish the rebate on tolls and the regula-
tion against transhipped goods, thereby re-
moving all the determinations of which the
Government of the United States has SO long
complained. In accordance with this diplo-
matte arrangement, the President has issued q
proclamation revoking the tolls levied on
Canadian vessels and cargoes in the Sault Ste.
Maria Canal
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02
Gov. Thayer's Denial.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1 notice you
have copied dispatch stating that / am per-
haps dying and pennless | write to say that
the dispatch was q pure fabrication. / was
never in better health than l am now, and I
am in comfortable circumstances financially
and am full of business. AS for friends. l have
plenty of them aud their name is legion.
l trust you will do justice to all old comrade,
for the original dispatch was a malicious lie.
JOHN NJ. THAYER, Lincoln, Neb.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02

If any young, old or middle-aged man suf-
fering from nervous debility, weakness, will
inclose stamp to me l will send him the pre-
scription of a genuine certain cure free of cost.
No humbug. no deception. Address Charles
Gaus, Marshall, Mich.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02
A Little Mixed.

Teacher-Who was Atlas?
Boy-Ooo! He was the biggest highway
man there ever was lie robbed everybody.
Teacher-Nonsense!
Boy-Well, the book says he held up the
earth, anyhow.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02
THURSDAY, FEE. 90.

Inside Of two hours the Senate to day dis
posed of the Diplomatic and Consular and
Military Academy appropriation bills. the time
taken mostly by the reading of the bills. after
which they were at once passed.
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive ammo.
priation bin was then taken ND and considered
up 10 the time of adjournment, all she amend
aents 10 the bill reported from the Committee
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-02

az Mnette Photos, satin nish finest You ever saw,
from any size style picture for so cents Your
picture safely returned Try them. They are beauties.
WESTON 4 McDANSELL, Bedford, PA.
Mention The National Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
No Whales In the Guir stream.

II is a remarkable geological, pisca-
torIal or photographed fact that whales
are never (if allowed to follow the die
tates of their own Wills found within
the limits of that great ocean river
the Gulf Stream. The sbrewd Yankee
whalers were the first to gain an accu-
rate knowledge of the extent and linn
its of the great artery which pulsates
between this country and Europe this
by studying the habits and haunts of
the whales 1t was noted that they
were plentiful northwest and southeast
of certain well defined lines, and that
the "neutral waters" were several
degrees warmer than those which,
paradoxical as it may sound, formed
their "banks" and boundaries. Finally
it was decided, and rightly. too, that
the nonwhale-producing area was the
Gulf Stream.
Franklin learned this curious scien-
titic fact from the New England whalers,
and. in 1770, published n chart for
the benefit of the mail packets or mail
ships plying between our large coast
cities and London. Curiously enough,
this chart was not gotten mp for the
purpose of adding to the sum total OF
photographed knowledge, nor for the
purpose of outlining the Gulf Stream,
but solely as a guide to the best route
for ships to pursue in order to keep
from encountering whales s!--L st. Louis
Repnblic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
HOW TO BOIL RICE.

These directions for boiling rice
sent out by the Louisiana Rice Exhibit
of New Orleans: Pick the rice clean
and wash it in two cold waters, not
draining off the last water until you
are ready to put the rice on the fire.
Prepare saucepan with water and a
little salt. When it boils, sprinkle in
the rice gradually so as not to stop
the boiling. Boil hard for twenty
minutes, keeping the pot covered. Then
take it from the back of the fire
and pour of the water, after
which set the pot on the back
of the stove to allow the rice TO dry
and the grains to separate. Remem-
Der to boil rapidly from the time you
cover the pot until you take 1t off;
this allows each grain to swell to three
times its normal size, and the motion
prevents the grains from sticking to-
gether. Don't stir it, as this will
cause it to fall to the bottom and burn.
When properly boiled, rice should be
snowy white, perfectly dry, soft. and
every grain separate.
When your family lose their appe-
tite for potatoes, or if you are wise
woman before theh, you will occasion
ally omit them from your dinner, and
serve hot boiled rice with your roast.
The rice will be better still if you
cook it nearly tender and then put it
in the pan with your roast to brown iD
the juices of the meat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
The Gas Gave Her Away.

A long chapter of dentists secrets
the secrets revealed to them by Gus
toners made unconscious but talka-
tive by gas-has been revealed hy n
conscienceless tooth puller up in
Pittsburg. The most interesting is
this, told by one dentist of another
81 know young dentist who was head
over heels in love with pretty girl,
but he could never make any headway
with her. He was bashful. That was
the main trouble. One day she came
to him to have tooth pulled He ad-
ministered gas and before she revived
she let enough drop to assure my friend
that if he proposed he wouldn't be re-
jected. She is his wife today, and if it
had not been for the gas don't sup
pose the wedding would ever have
come of. / New York Mercury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06

through my interpreter that the Ara
had determined that we were at ono
to leave the pyramid because we were
i,ing magic and it might damage
.....r chance of earning living. On
my refusing TO obey orders the sheik
caught hold of my left hand, had
awaited this moment, and held up my
right hand with the bottle in the ntti-
tude of magician, afterward lowering
il slowly toward the point OF the
shiek's nose.
When quite close to that feature
I felt violent shock run through the
bottle to my arm, and was certain that
the sheik must have received the
equivalent. At any rate he fell sense
less on the stones, and q few anxious
moments passed before he rose sud-
denly with a loud cry and sprang
down the gigantic steps of the pyra-
mid with long strides. The Arabs,
seeing this, aud excited by the sheik's
constant cries of Magic! magic" re-
leased my companion and folio wed
their leader, leaving us complete mas
ters OF the pyramid -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
RECIPES.

Banana Shortcake. One pint OF
-four, one large tablespoonful of good
baking powder, one-third cupful of
shortening made moist with milk.
While baking slice bananas in the pro-
portion of three to one orange; CRATE
the outside of the orange peel and miI
with one cupful of sugar. Split the
freshly baked cake, butter and fill with
the fruit Four teaspoonfuls of sweet
cream, beaten stiff, aud added to the
fruit is an improvement. This is
delicious cake.
Cranberry Pis.-Stew one and a
half pints of cranberries 10 minutes,
and then add a cuprul aud half OF
sugar (granulated), and cook 10 min
utes longer. Line deep pie plate
with rich crust, with rim at the edge,
and bake 10 or 20 minutes. Strain
the fruit, put the jam Immediately in
the crust, spread a meringue made OF
the whites of three eggs, and two Ia.
blespoonfuls of sugar. roughly over
the top, and place in moderate oven,
until well set but not Drowned.
Fish Chowder. Take cod or had.
dock weighing about four pounds;
skin it, cut in small pieces and wash
in cold water; take one-fourth pound
(scant) OF salt pork, cut in pieces and
fry brown in the kettle in which
chowder is to be made; pare and slice
a 20 medium-sized potatoes and one
small onion; place layer of potato
and Onion in the kettle, then 4 layer
of fish, dredge in salt, pepper and
-four; put in alternate layers until all
is used; add hot water enough to
cover, aud boil geatly thirty minutes;
add Ons pint of milk, six crackers
split aud dipped in cold water; then
cook ten minutes longer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Disadvantages OF An Even Temper.

Is is usual to envy thu even TEN,
pered people. Those whC are never
unduly elated or cast down, who
"knit on plain" all the time. II one
likes that sort of thing it would be
equally natural to envy the animals
COWS and pigs, for instance, whose Sc.
renity is seldom disturbed. For nv
part L think those even tempered peo-
pie lose nine-tenths of the pleasure Of
existence. The depths of grief and
gloom into which impulsive people are
thrown are amply made up for by the
equally unreasonable and unreasoL ing
JOY into which they spring at the
slightest possible excuse, and the sor-
row of quarrel with dear one is
paid for in the delight of "maLing
up" Parents are very apt to impress
on their children the beauty of this
even disposition, but 30 far as can
see, the only benefit derived from it il
an unwrinkled complexion. Il Dona-
hoes Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

In one minute the polypus can
change its form 100 times.
1t is usually considered that an
adult should drink about three pints
of liquid day.
Electric light is being used as bait
by fishermen who ply their calling
along the Pacific coast.
No living reptile possesses true
powers of fight, and only one, the
''Hying dragon" has any power of
sustaining itself in the air.
A Spaniard has succeeded in extract
ing from grasshoppers certain fatty
substance, which he claims is capable
of being transformed into the finest
soap extant.
1t costs Sl5, 900 n year TO feed the
animals at the Philadelphia Zoo. "
Among other articles of diet con-
sumed by he carnivorous animals
last year we're $50 horses
The coolest place in the world is the
region about the mouth of the Mcken-
zie river, in British America. The ther-
mometer there has been known to sink
to 70 degrees below zero.
The most wonderful insect is the
common ant. The researches of nat
ural philosophers have shown that
there is not in the world more ex-
traordinary bit of matter than the
ants b'ain.
The alalysis of meteorite weighing
about twenty-five pounds, which re-
Gently fell near Beaver Creek, in Brit
ish Columbia, shows that it consisted
of iron(79.72 per cent? nickel, silica
and magnesia.
The discharge of river is the vol
ume of water il pours into the sea
within a given time, usually expressed
as 80 many feet per second. 1t is es-
timated by finding the breadth, the
average depth and the average rate at
its mouth, and multiplying.
High speed railroading is now
engaging the attention of the
electrical fraternity in Europe.
Speeds of 100 to $50 miles per hour
are talked of. and electric power is nd
vocated rs being equal to the task of
producing such rapid movement of
trains.
When under microscope milk
is found to consist of numberless
transparent globules of very minute
size, floating in clear, colorless
fluid These gobules are compos,
of milk fat (butter), and they are
each enclosed by thin envelope ol
albuminous material termed casein.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Picture Of n Mexican XII chen.

A Mexicin kitchen contains no cook
ing stove nor even fireplace. In-
stead, on one side of the room a shelf
is built into the wall about breast
high, on the centre of which small
fire burns built of gnarled and knotty
sticks, which thrifty American house
wives would consider unfit for use.
Occasionally this method is varied by
making charcoal fire in II large earth
en- pot and setting smaller cooking
utensils upon the Goals. so little
baking is done that many households
dispense with an oven entirely, but
where one is used it is built of mud,
either out of doors or at one end Of
the fire shelf.
Tortillas are the stafiof life in Mexi-
co and consist simply of crushed corn
which has been previously boiled in a
weak lye, rolled into balls Dish
washing in Mexican kitchen is con-
Quoted on novel plan. There is no
soap, no dishcloth and no wiping
towel, much less table provided with
dishpan and draining rack. The
dishwasher seats herself comfortably
on the floor with pail of water beside
her and some sliced amole root, which
makes excellent suds, and in place of
dishcloth she uses tiny, stiff whisk
broom, Dish wiping is unknown.
The dishes are simply turned up
against the wall to dry, and somehow
or other they always come to the table
clean and shining. The spoons and
knives of brass and steel are as bright
as the traditional dollar, though no
brick dust or patent silver polish is
applied to them, nothing but common
Mexican dirt, dug up in the dooryard.
- New York Advertiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
How the Gorilla Walks.

The usual pictures OF the gorilla do
not represent him as / have seen him.
He has not only crouching habit,
but he walks on all folg OF his legs
and has the motion of most quadru.
peds using his right arm and left leg
Mt the same time, and alternates with
the left arm and right leg. 1t is not
exactly walk or trot, but kind of
ambling gait, while the chimpanzee
uses his arms as crutches, but lifts one
foot from the ground little in ad.
vance of the other. They do not
place the palm of the hand on the
ground, but use the back of the fin.
gers from the second joint, aud at
times the one l have described above
seemed to touch only the back of the
nails, but this was when n she was scarce
ly moving at all. / am now preparing
to photograph some of them, and !
think can give more reliable picture
of this animal than have ever seen
heretofore. Il McClure's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Electricity on the Pyra mids.

In his autobiography the late Sir
W. Siemens relates the following an
ecdote: An Arab called his attention
to the fact that when at the top of the
pyramid of Cheops, when he raised
his hand with fingers outspread, an
acute singing note was heard, the
sound ceasing as soon US he let his
hand fall 81 found his assertion" he
writes, "to be true. As soon as /
raised one of my own fingers above
my head l felt n prickling in the fin
gers. That this could only be caused
by an electrical! phenomenon was
proved by the slight electric shock
felt on trying to drink out of wine
bottle.
'.Ss / wrapped full bottle of wine
that 1 had with me in the damp paper,
and thus converted it into Leyden
bottle, which was soon strongly
charged with electricity by the simple
device of holding it high above my
head. The Arabs had already become
distrustful on seeing small lightnings,
as it were, issue from the wine bottles
held up by myself and companions,
and now held brief consultation.
Suddenly, at given signal, each of
my companions was seized by the
guide who had led him up, who now
tried to force him to go down again.
81 myself was standing at the very
top of the pyramid when the shsik of
the Arabs came to me and told me
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06

across the carriage drive, and as l
noticed il I wondered how il could
have fallen when not breath of wind
was stirring. II was perfectly mo-
tionless, and after while | went down
to throw il aside ont of the path.
But the moment I stepped over it the
object seemed 10 melt away
Amazed aud half doubling the evil
dence of my own eyes, | took step
in pursuit, but the instantaneous con-
traction of the whole body, ready for
a spring, and the long, deep hiss that
followed told me of the danger was
in. Each staid without the movement
of a muscle for about twenty seconds,
and then the snake imperceptibly dis
appeared. One long sigh of relief and
a dart into the house that beat the
record of twenty-yard sprint closed
the proceedings for me that night.
Had | by mistake laid the slightest
touch upon the creatures body the
probability is that within les, than
half minute should have been re-
duced to shapeless lump of pulp and
broken bones. Rescue would have
been impossible Providence was
merciful to me that night.
Soon after we found that the python
had taken up its abode in the garden,
but it had chosen its hiding place so
cunningly that there no getting at
it. One night lady, who was i'll was
lying awake in her room, and the
room next to hers was occupied by
my sister. The door between the
two rooms wns open, and suddenly the
lady saw large snake come in at the
window, waving its heal about in
search of place where it might alight
A moment later it fell. with II loud flop
on the floor. OF course, it had dis
appeared by the time they had re-
covered from the shock and called for
as s,istance. - Westminster Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
National SaluteS.

The United States national salute is
one gun for each state the salute for
the President, twenty-One guns: for
the vice-President seventeen; aud for
cabinet officers and governors and such
lesser officials fifteen guns. The orig
inal salute for the president was as
many guns as there were states, but in
1919, when there were twenty-one, it
was decided that this number should
become permanent as the Presidential
salute.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Farms In a Volcano.

Thirty miles from the city of Ku-
mamoto, Japan, is the volcano Aso
San, which has the largest crater in
the world. 1t is more than thirty
miles in circumference, and peopled
by twenty thousand inhabitants.
Think OF walking for miles around fer
tile farms and prosperous villages,
peering into school-house windows and
sacred shrines we'll within the shell of
an old-time crater, whose walls rise
eight hundred feet all about You. 1t
gives one queer feeling. Hot springs
abound everywhere. In one place
brick-r red hot water is utilized to turn
rice mill. The inne. crater is nearly
half mile in diameter, and n steady
column of roaring steam pours ont o!
it. The last serious eruption was in
1884, when immense quantities OF
black ashes and dust were elected and
carried by the wind as far as Kuma.
moto, where for three days it was 50
dark that artificial light had to be
used. i Weekly Columbian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
TO WASH CHINA SILK.

IN these days, when wash silks are
in common use. a few words in regard
to washing them may be of interest.
As silk il an animal fiber, like wool, il
cannot he treated in the same way as
cotton, which can he subjected 10
waters of all temperatures without in
jury. Silk should he washed as ra-
pidly ns possible. Examine the arti-
cles to be washed and if there are
any parts especially soied, cleon with
II little benzine or gasoline. applied
with n flannel cloth. Then prepare a
soapsuds of lukewarm water. and
plunge the garments in it, sousing
them up and down, and rubbing them
thoroughly in this suds. Rinse them
into water little cooler. and then
into third water still little cooler,
and so on until the final rinsing water
is perfectly cold. Do not blue them.
Wiring them out as dry ms possible
with machine Loy them in sheets
or heavy cloths and roll them as hard
as you can in firm rolls. Put them
away for an hour, and at the end of
that time iron them on the wrong side.
Is st. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
THEY LIVE APART.
Queer Inhabitants of a Rock In
Behring Straits.
Cave Dwellers Who Know No
thing Of the Outer World.

Ben L. Miller, Port Townsend boy
who was on the United States steam
ship Bear during her recent eight
months cruise in the northern seas,
has many tales to relate of his adven-
lures and the sights he has seen, says
the Port Townsend, Wash Call.
Among other things he tells of the
Bears visit to Kings island, in Behring
straits, thirty miles of Port Clarence
and the shores of Alaska, where there
are about 300 of the most curious
islanders that ever we're seen. The
island or rock they inhabit is about
half mile wide and little more than
that distance long, and the islanders
are cave-dwellers and live on whale
blubber, seal and walrus meat
On the southeast side, closely nest
ling against the cliff, is village of
cave dwellers. One abode is built
over and under the other, and to the
right and left, giving them a strange
motley appearance, not unlike the
recesses inhabited by bald eagles.
There are narrow caves excavated into
the sides of each crumbling volcanic
rock, and in the bottom of each is
some of the short native grass, form
ing bed on which to sleep. AT the
mouth of the cave and just in the in
terror fires are lighted, and there they
warm themselves in the winter. Skins
OF different kinds are also suspended
outside to keep out the snow and cold.
In the summer the hardy natives leave
their holes and live in odd houses made
of poles constructed near at hand on
the edge of the cliff.
These strange people are usually as
strong and vigorous as can be found
anywhere. Moreover, they are entire
ly contented and rs happy as people
in any of the great cities OF America.
They have no government, no chief,
and no need of laws. Living in fami-
lies and setting forth every day in
their l1iaks for the whale, seal. and
walrus, they return each night to their
caves or pole tents, caring nothing for
the outside world.
Odd to relate, however, the prestige
of the native is determined by the
clothes he wears. As they consist of
skins and constitute the wealth of the
islanders it will be seen that they are
not in this respect so much unlike civ
ilized people. But the man with more
clothes than anybody else has no more
authority. He is respected for his sa-
gacity, but that is ALL
Little has been known of the island
era hitherto. For great many years
after the whalers had been going to
Behring straits and the great Mac
Kenzie 1t was supposed the huge
brown rock was uninhabited. II was
like beacon in the sea, and about it
nothing was to be seen or heard ex-
eept the roar of the waves and the
weird cries of the wild fowl. Finally
some one discerned smoke ascending
from the other side of the cliff.
A landing was made and there the
islanders were found. They said they
and their forefathers had been there
always and that they knew no other
world, though they had heard that
there was one. This was only dozen
years ago. Since then the whalers
have kept an eye out for them, for
they liked the generous natives, who
showed many good traits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Adventure with q Boa.

One instance that occurs to me is q
little adventure 1 have had with a
python, snake of the Molurus tribe,
in my own garden in Colombo. One
evening L was smoking on the
verauda after dinner. 1t was a
cloudy night, but the cir was
perfectly still. What seemed to be
the branch of tree was lying
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
He Wanted n Wife,

4 Canadian teacher of Indians in
the far Northwest in the Dominion
Government service. realizing that il
is not good for man to he alone,
journeyed down to such civilization as
he could find in Winnipeg not long
ago in anxious quest for wife and
with but six days available for the
search.
First he communicated with the po-
lice, but they protested they could
not aid him. Next he sought the
preachers with equal ill success.
Then he had recourse to the press.
A friendly notice in morning news
paper allursd six-would.be brides for
ward the same day.
He was not quite satisfied with the
appearance ofany of them, but thought
that one ''would do" and set about
making preparations for the nuptials.
Almost when too late a seventh young
woman appeared. Then it was n case
of love at first sight on both sides. The
half-accepted young woman was
quietly ignored: he married the last
conner, and thu next morning he set
forth with his bride for his home in
the Northwest wilds. 1t is to be
hoped that they will live happy evei
after. - New York Times.