Evening star., 1896-11-14

',There may be an end 10 the oyster busi-
ness some time" remarked an Old oyster
man. but it wont come for many years
yet The oyster beds of Chesa peake bay
alone are 1000 square miles in extent. gnu
while the oysters there are probably not as
plentiful as they were some years ago
there is still good supply. notwithstand-
ing the number dredged yearly. Of late
Years the supply has very considerably IN
creased. owing to the millions OF small
oysters dradged eff the coast OF the caro-
iipas and planted in the Chesapeake pay 10
grow. When the ocean oyster is first
Gredged it IS too salt to eat IN se'erai
wears. however. it loses it's fiery and very
salt taste and soon Increases In size.
Though oysters are plentiful all along Long
Island sound and coed, too. yet the great
supply is taken from Chesapeake bay, the
annual Weld of which is over 30,To,Ooo
Bushels.
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Some housekeepers are as much IN
terestcd in the color of their bread as tney
are in the other qualities of the flour used
by them,' observed an extensive bake,
land are consequently anxious to know the
enact color the bread will be when
made from the -four they buy Ny
experience is taat the color that flour
tanned by placing a fattened bail of
dough made therefrom on piece of color
less window glass and allowing it to stand
twenty-four hours. By then looking at the
bottom of the ball of dough through the
glass on which it rests, the exact color will
be seen This is the test given by the COM
miSsary department of the army TO officers
whose duties are to buy flour which is to be
used by the army. 1t is perfect in its
character, and is so simple that he or she
who runs can read it. Personally. 1 do not
care much about the color Of bread, but
many do, and these aesthetic tastes have
TO be grautied- When flour makes pretty
bread it always does so at the expense of
other things, and many of the best quail
ties OF the wheat are taken from it, of the
things that make bone and muscle so that
pretty bread is not exactly the best for
food after all
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Following in the same line another
baker said: There are many baking DOW
Gers on the market. good. bad and ind.ffer-
ent Ihe great majority of them are not
injurious. though some of them are posi-
lively harmful The Department of Agri-
culture some years ago made a thorough
examination into the baking powder aues-
ton and tested over fifty brands which
are popular in the market. The result was
that the department recommended that
nc iCusekceperS TO be on the safe side eco
hClnlcaly and otherwise. should manufae-
lure their OWE baking powders They
recommended several formulas, but gave
a preference to a powder made as follows:
cream or tartar, two parts, hicarbon-
%te OF Sodd- one part and cOrnStarch, one
pdrt. or 70 make one pourd of baking
powder, eight ounces of cream of tartar
1our ounces each of bicarbCnate of s,,Ia
and cornstarch- This can be relied upon-
IL Is cheaper and better than any of the
popular brands on sale, will go further and
satisfactory
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We could not save the Lincoln tree af-
ter all. said one of the White House
gardeners. 'and We had to cut it down.
dig out the roots and level eff the ground
me September storm in the matter of trees
pa-e oGt little respect to these which had
histories anu associations. The Lincoln
Tree "hich stood nearest the path leading
frcm the State. War and NAVY Denart.
eht 10 the White House. had always been
POINTED out BY the guides to visitors 1t was
the only tree about the grounds which w.
planted by President Lincoln So far
I,res-dent Cleveland has not planted anv
.ree IN the grounds. We will have one
ready for MIN to plant soon. If NAV he
that he VIII plant a tree i'm the exact 60.
Where the Lincoln tree stood so as tn Nc
serve the line of the row If he dos 70,
80 rassi'Ie1t -hchinley can have that honor
next spring At present there is notbin,r
ABOUT any of the trees to indicsta 80
plahted them, though almost every ono
Oh the larger trees has a history. it has
oGo,,,.d ar ssesied $50, and may eventually be
e atopteo OF placing neat 5. gn at the base
VI eacn OF the principal trees indic,tin,
"hen and by whom it was planted ;.
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My experience has been that ,,o.o,,
gers IN the departments, as a rule. save
more money than clerks. though 49,.
salaries are only about one-half that re-
ceived by clerks" said a department o,o,,-
who Pas served nearly forty wears in ,no
service In my own office the onIv ma,
VINO can be depended upon to loan money
"heh clerks are occasionally short is tho
messenger He always has a spare five
or ten dollars to loan to the end of the
lhoEth' and he frequently accommodates
hFe or SIX clerks during the month with
shlali loans 1t is the same in other otticss
thdl KNOW Of There are but few cIerks
VINO can manage to save any Nancy
though some OF them try to do 60 -.
hard, of course clerks occupy a different
poSltlCn from messengers IN the sc,iai
Worlu ana there are consequence
more uendndS upon them. They have ia
dress better and have to spend more
money in various other ways. 1 know of
messenger III one of the departments
VINO is director in two building assocja-
the stock in the same. All of this NAV ha
reflection upon the clerks. but it is a
fact all the same"
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The circus "reminiscences In The Star of
last Saturday" volunteered one of the
oldest inhabitants. recalls 10 nv memory
some of the circUses which exhibited in
Washington during the past fifty years
Ine United States circus las it was called.
wlnteTed here for several years and gave
performances in building now used as a
livery stable in the rear of the National,
Hotel, some time in the 4Vs The per
1ormance was somewhat different from
that given by circus companies of recent
years in that it consisted of a stage and
a ring performance as well. Some of the
play was given on the stage, which was
removed and revealed the circus ring
Here Dick Turpin. Claude Duvall and the
other stage robbers ard villains could he
seen running away with the beautiful and
innocent young woman and the chase after
them and their capture by others on horse
back was very realistic and exciting
Il remember attending performance
there while President Polk was the
President He with member of his ca hi
net was present The star of the circus
who was a very fine rider, had 10 capture
a young lady and ride off with her. The
capturing party fred horse pistols at him
and had 10 ride around the ring a dozen
more times before the capture was ef-
fected- the star was d little bit excited
and he spoke to mis- fellow robbers he
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