The sun., 1896-10-18
sAsrRoNoMIC NOTES.

A Southern planter gives tho information
that It 10 now the thing for bons vivants In
all parts OF tho Union to procure their sup
plies of smoked pork products-ham, bacon.
and shoulders, from growers In the States Of
the South. Orders are placed year in I'D.
vance; In fact, this.is generally insisted upon.
so that the demand upon surplus resources
may be met. This fashion has como into be.
ing from the uncertain quality of commercial
pork products While many nieces OF par '
tlcular brand may leave little to bc desired,
cellcnce. Thus there arises an element of un-
certainty, that is abhorrent and tormontinz
possible where supplies arc OF taincd from spe-
cial growers In the southern States The su-
perioritv ofSmoked nog PRODUCTS there is due
to the rearing, FEEDING. and curing OF the ami
mails. No particular attention is given to
choice of breed. but from birth the pigs have
ance OF nuts and succulent roots upon which
they feed until collected in enclosures, when .
lilled, and this plan is considered more than
an equivalent OF, selection IN breeding; The
produces invSra6ie results. It is smoked
with hickory wood, and this most mportanS
process is carefully conducted, go that y mny
perfection is attained. Tho outcome is that
every piece of meat subjected. to this careful
GRITTY Of, the hams and bseons, offered s9 HI.
patrons by the late John Chemberlin Of Wash.
OF hotel keepers that took more than a per.
functory interest in their calling, was duo to
so@ern ho o%sd Wese ha methods al
rearing and curing above described.
The rebellion in Crete ia calling attention to
the habits and customs OF the Cretans. which
hitherto have aroused but little interest.
Charles Edwardess Letters from Crete"
published few years ago. are extensively
ptaI rtr,, u he
aritles of life on the island. The hotels or
inns are very primitive. Meals are served in
the kitchen by native waiter, whose belt,
according to the fashion of the country. is
decorated with pistols and dirks. This war.
like equipment Is employed to intimidate tho
landlord rather than the patron. Mr.. Ed.
wardes confesses that had 1t not been for
tho belligerent attitude assumed ~ the wait
.r toward his employer on more than one oc,
cuttlefsh are Cretan delicaces. Brown mur.
sels and a small pink flsh served In olive oil
food. The cuttlefsh is cooked in the most
abomnable butter, to be found anywhere on
Of oval shape is removed and the creature COL
lapses. and its sepia-colored liquid mingles
nasv tas Is svsn
cuttletsh. Its flesh is a smooth. Whitley brown
the slss;i,ity toushnes. df and capacity Of re:
sistance of n piece nj india rubber, and Is
as ones fist. the shell covered with spnes. ara
also a fayorite comestlble. The flesh is hardly
if cG srys FheS aTe Dy Hy mnSs Sn
3ay and
with two or three pistols and knives. Thus
armed, they may be freauently. met. with a
head, on the way to the laundry. Marketing
Mt Crete is a trying experience Vendors in
they ultimately accept. The patience and
tempe, Of the he purchaser ar. are SH consequently
gain is concluded. The best living L. found at
the more important monasteries. The monks
baeEward in copoGsy TO the t"asts
drunk by the latter In the famous wines for
which those establishments are noted.
of London. gives the history of some Parisian
restaurants. In speaking of those of the low
est order common in Paris fifty years ago, he
mentions an establishment in the Rue de Ia
Mortellerie where the table was fastened to
the floor by solid posts. The leaf was long
block of wood, in which holes were excavated
and were lined with tin: opposite each was a
rustic stool for seat. The patron upon taking
his place. had the hole in front of him. filled
with soup drawn from the boilers by means
of syringe arrangement Before eating he
the wherewithol the syringe was immediat.iv
brought into requisition, and the soup pumped
able to respond with the needed. coin he was
supplied with hunk of bread. When the
soup consumed tine waiter threw into the
hole in tho table lump of meat which was
or not GeordnS t. the Of
Quarter. kept tho favorite resort Of poor stu.
dents. slx hundred dined there daily. They
poisoners. soup cost three sous. For six
sous more one could have the choice OF beef,
csTae of vine Was served ot the cok Of three
sous. Desserts could not he had at anX price.
The waiter received a tip Of one sou: NThere
kins were expected to 10 service for an entire
week. The napkins were washed by being
brush, then placed one, upon the other. whenS
suffici number had been accumulatet
boards were laid on top and the walters danced
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle. in her Women
of Colonial and Revolutionary Times" gives
an account of the tribulations ofPuritan house
wives at that period. One extract expressed
in the quaiRt language of the period will
touch sympathetic cord at the present day.
1t relates to experience with domestic, told
in the letter of newly married woman to her
mother. The writer acauaints her parent
with the great affliction that presses upon her
| through the vicious conduct of maid. When
tho latter first came to service. she. as is not
unusual. aroused expectations that q treasure
had been II short s sGg
according to the young bride. developed such
n head: and Is growen so insolent that her car
insufrcrable," Il she be ordered to do a GER
| self: she delights in telling how we'll she can
perform her duty II she Is S SO minded, but will
from repeating to her mother ''all the revillne
speeches and filthy LANGUAGE she has used TO-
parently man Of deep Christian convictions
and bearing, comes 10 the rescue and cnde9y,
| Is assailcd with vocabulary unfit even for
record in a private letter. He retires di;com.
| 1ited and seeks consolation presumably in
| prayer A correspondent. who some four or
| five months ago engaged a Kitchen maid In
! an isolated rural locality. encountered the
same experience as the Puritan housewife OF
hundred and fifty wears or more ago. al
| though in this the man Of the house WAS
| not of meek and lowly temper. and brought
| the lig thing rod almost to the melting point
| through the fervor OF his language