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The Portland daily press., 1897-12-14

POSITION WANTED by young unmarried
man as cook. Can do both meat and pas
try cooking, Have had ten years experience
in hotels and am capable of taking charge of a
kitchen. Call or address, F, B., 81 Free St,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17

higher than the rates on either tanned
or raw hides named by the pending
bill. On other articles imported from
the United States into Argentine, the
rates of duty range even higher, being
so per cent. on leather bags, boots OF
shoes, ready-made or in pieces, vehi-
cles, furniture, harness, clothing, hats
and caps and many articles OF this
class.
If Editor Klett is no more accurate
in his assertions as to the prospective
effects of our new tariff law on our
commercial relations with his country
than with his statements upon subjects
with which he ought to be entirely IA
miliar, his predictions will be OF little
value.-C. ID. King.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
SCHOOL AND CHuRcu

The duchess of Teck snsrs.
$4,000 year in religious and n,S'a o'a
thropic works. This sum is ius, r4'las
fifth the annual amount rran,as Ols
by parliament. as
Henry Marion Howe. of Ros,o
son of Julia Ward Howe, who ba. I ~
appointed professor of metalIrr.O yea
Columbia college. is a cousin - :! =
Marion Crawford, the popular no.., ~ =
Mrs. Mary Clement Leavit,
has acquired an international raw. Wa
tion as traveller. lecturer and ot puA
izer for the w. C. T. u, has yis;,.ss sas =
countries and has organized lao ~ :
perance societies. '
Prince Max of Saxony. who h..
a Roman Catholic priest, has besn =
pointed curate in the Whitechansl ~ y
trict in London. The queen recsn,l'
received him, which gives rise n ~
extraordinary surmise of a Germ.'
Protestant paper that the prince J..
been commissioned by the church !,
Rome to convert her majesty and p,,s
cess Beatrice.
Requiem masses were celebratsa,.
Rome and at Genoa on the iiftietb an,
versary of Daniel O'Connell's death +.
the latter city n procession marcb.I
from the church to the house in whi.s
the liberator died, where bropze N.
dallion was unveiled. The 500 .OOO M.
mortal church at Cahirciveen. couD,,
Kerry, his birthplace. will be compl,ts
this year.
Oxford celebrated recent yisi,h,
the prince of Wales by an old-fashiou,d
town and gown row of unusual m,
portions. The students undertook !,
clear sidewalks and streets by mari
ing in compact bodies with arms ipt,,
locked and ran against the metropOl
tan policemen, sent up to protect 4
prince. After being severely clubb.l
ii students and a fellow and lec,rr,
of one of the colleges were arrests
and fined for drunkenness and disors.
ly conduct.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
OLDEST OF BRITISH FAMILIES
Some of Them Date Dnck to Il.
Tenth Century.

AS result OF recent investigations
has been shown that the foundation d
the families of about dozen of the 40
barons of the British house OF lords
dates back to 1400, the earliest being
1864. The oldest family in the British
isles is the Mars family of Scotland,
1893.
The Campbells of Argyll began IN
100, Talleyrand dates from 1899, Bis
marck from 1870, the Grosyenor family
the dukes of Westminster 1906; th,
Austrian house of Hapsburg goes back
to 952 and the house of Bourbon TO Ssl
The descendants of Mahommed, born
$40, are all registered carefully and
authoritatively in a book kept in Mecca
by the chief of the family. Little or no
doubt exists of the absolute authen.
ticity of the long line OF Mahommed's
descendants.
In China there are many old families;
also among the Hebrews. But" say
an authority, "when II comes to ped.
grees. there is one gentleman to whoa
the world must take off his hat, notNs
facile princeps or primus inte'preS
but as the great and only noresach.
This is the mikado of Japan" Hlspace
has been filled by members OF hstan-
lily for more than $500 years. Theprs-
ent mikado is the one hundred ard
twenty-second of the line. The frs'
one was contemporary with Nebuchat'
nezzar, GOO years before Christ. ofthe
seven great religions enumerated By
Max Muller as possessing Bibles, the
mikado family is older than five.
Since all of US have the consolationd
knowing that we are descended from
the first family, it makes no differenc
IL some of the early records are lostH
cept so far as they relate TO recent prop
erty titles.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
Flood and Poker sufferer.

At wish you would send us poker
table," said resident of little town
in the north Louisiana overflow 'os
visitor whom he supposed to be in SOM,
way connected with the distributions
government rations to the flood suner
ers.
I"Iere we are playing around ,AS
darned old dry goods box, and l N lOs
ing right along; but if could SIT ave
table and get my legs under IL wv
ought to see me win"
what good would that do you!
"Well, l don't exactly know; lne,.
held out q card in all my life, ana ~
sooner go broke thousand times Una.
raise n hand from under the table; Du'
somehow 1 never can hold good caiu'
when I've got to sit twisted around ~.
this with my knees rubbing up aga,ns.
the side of this blamed old box ivu
see, the long and short of it is, ~eN M
flood sufferers, and we're suffering ~,
poker table. Just you send IT. o..
don't ask offensive personal ques'OI,.
that might reflect on a gen'iei''A
play."-N. o. Times-Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
Two Long Reigns.

This year Queen Victoria ceiepia~
the sixtieth anniversary OF her a'.,J "a
sion to the throne of Great Britain az !.
Ireland. Next year Emperor fran s,..
Joseph Of Austria-Hungary is 10 o.m
brate the fiftieth anniversary OF NE
cession to imperial authority. IL -.
nounced that one feature OF the az.
trian celebration will be the ioin, !,
coronation of the emperor as King u !.
Bohemia. This course is contemP,'s ~.
out of Difference to the feeling o. ..ho I
people of that important province, "" IN,
have long desired that 1t be given
dignity Of separate recogni'i0'
Youths Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
Prospects Frightening.

With the growing prospect Of a
speedy enactment of tariff law the
tide of trade is generally stronger and
rising higher. Great business changes
are not expected until congress adj
iourns, but removal of uncertainty is
bringing into operation buying forces
which have been restricted for many
months past. business men readily
perceive the rising tide, and are exhib-
iting great confidence in the future by
projecting enterprises which would
have been regarded as decidedly haz-
ardous and visionary year ago. The
prospect for crops is steadily bright
ening, and there is an encouraging de-
mand for iron and steel products and
for textile goods. Interviews with so
leading merchants in various parts of
the country by the Bradstreet agency
disclose an unmistakable revival of
business demand and indicate that con-
fidence is widespread. There is no
step backward. The improvement Is
gradual and certain.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
PROvIDENTIAl PROSPERITY.
The Country Was Saved from the
Dtreful Bryanites.

DtrefuI Bryanites.
Within month after the election of
Mckinley the calamity press began to
shrek: "Where is that promised pros
perity?" They have been bowling the
same dismal interrogatory ever since.
They make the violent presumption
that somebody representing the repub-
lican party had promised that so soon
as Mckinley was elected prosperity
would come galloping down the pike
ut full speed. When asked to give a
bill of particulars setting forth when,
where and by whom such promises or
promise had been made, their reply is
that Mckinley and Prosperity" was
the campaign shibboleth of the party.
That reply begs the question, and at
the same time exposes the puny par
tisanism of the organs which yelp and
wall because we have not had shower
of dollars rained down upon the mil
lions who were impoverished by the
stupid legislation of the democrats.
Our reply to these inquiring howls
is that all the prosperity that was
promised in connection with the cleo
tion of Mckinley has not arrived, but
a portion of it is being enjoyed and it is
steadily expanding. 1t would expand
more rapidly if it did not encounter
the factious opposition of those who
train with the calamity press TO OBJ
struct the return of confidence and de-
Law the enactment into law of n pro-
tective tariff act. The protective tariff
act when passed and signed will not
act like magic to restore prosperity in
single night, but il will stimulate the
confidence of manufacturers in the flu
ture of their enterprises and work will
be given to thousands who are now idle
as result of the untoward effects of
free trade legislation and free silver
agitation.
We cannot legislate life into stagnant
industry, but we can stimulate il by
administering legislative tonic and
protecting il from the assaults of for
eign producers and domestic confidence
wreckers. If we could make ourselves
prosperous by simple acts of legisla-
ton we would have all our legislative
bodies working overtime. Indeed, we
might deliver over authority to the sill
yer syndicate to legislate for us il il
could make two blades of grass grow
where only one grows now. But pros
perity cannot be driven into our
system BY legislation. All we can do
by law is 10 remove distractions, till
the field fence il in and give prosper
ity a chance TO flourish by reason of its
own inherent properties, which find ex-
preston through laws of trade and com
merce.
The bowling calamityites are remind
ed that while they have done their
utmost TO retard the return Of pros
perity, protesting the while that they
were and are doing all they can to fa-
cilitate its return. the republican party
is working with might and main TO do
all it promised to do to give work to
the idle and start up the long motion
less wheels of manufacture. Even
though the party fail to realize all ex-
pectations. it nevertheless saved the
country from bankruptcy, with which
/. was threatened by the Bryantes. To
be saved from that dircful catastrophe
is not only providential. but also pros
perity in its deepest signification.-De'
troit Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17

Gus De Smith--Why doesn't sU So a
body write a song on the first ny
summer? sur,.
Hostetter McGinnis-1 am no' ,he
but think the real reason IS 'na ,.one
fly won't sit long enough for sr ZINES.
to write a song on it.-Tammahy
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17
How 70 Get Rid of Cats

"I don't hear you complain any aody'
about the cats in your neighbornsUrU, 10
"No; I've rented my oes' .'d,ine
a theological student who IS s'r nssler.
vivisection."-Cl PLAIN
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17

DMultitudes of the American peo-
pie. led by demagogues, have exhibit
ed pettish impatience because Pres
ident Mckinley has not caused in four
months a great rebound of prosperity.
They forget that very sick man, fat
on his back for four years, requires
time for his oid-time life and energy.
They will feel better later on. Let
the calamity howlers go it. 1t is their
stock in trade. They revel only in mis-
ery.-Chfcago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-07-17

DWith the close Of the Toledo con-
vention the last hope of democracy ex-
pires. 1t had but one, and that was
based upon an alleged or real belief
in republican dissensions. Now that
the convention has lined up the party
solidly, enthusiastically and harmoni-
ously, leaving not behind a single scar
to remind us of the old factional strife,
the McLean-Bryan free silver shouters
are disheartened and demoralized. The
republican party of Ohio won in the
convention the greatest victory it has
ever achieved.-Toledo Commercial.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
pass four score.

Among the summer fruits that are
peculiarly adapted to cure biliousness,
costiveness, and other summer disor-
ders, l place the fig first. If everyone
in the state could have pint or more
of ripe llgs to eat for breakfast 1 feel
sure the chill tonics, "littl@ liver pills"
and other nostrums would have a very
limited sale here. lis a good thing
to eat for health, strength and enjoy
ment. The great Manager of the uni
verse never intended that any of his
machinery, whether meant for moving
a planet or human body, should get
out of order or require a perpetual
tinkering. Let us adapt ourselves to
this climate, and not the climate of
country thousands miles nearer the
north pole. Let us eat less of fats
and sweets in summer and more of
ripe, luscious fruits, and 'give the
doctors a st.'-M. Chesebro, in Flor
ida Farmer and Fruit-Grower.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14

for the benefit of the county school
fund in which the offense was com
mitted
Sec. 6. Any person or persons viola
ting the provisions of this act shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished
by fine not to exceed one hundred
collars, or by imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed ninety days;
provided that nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to prevent any per-
son or persons residing within this
state catching sturgeon in any of the
rivers, creeks or bayous in this state
with a net or with meshes not less
than four inches square measure.
Sec. 7. This act shall take effect
sixty days after it's passage and APP
proval by the governor.
Passed the House of Representa-
tives April 80, 1897.
Dannite Ell. Mays,
Speaker of House of Representatives.
VIM. Forsyth Bynum,
Chief Clerk of the House of Re
representatives..
Passed the Senate June /, 1897.
Charles j. PerrenOt,
President of the Senate.
Z. j. Appleyard,
Secretary of the Senate.
Approved June 4, 1897.
w. d. BloXham, Governor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
Eating Fruit for Health.

A number Of years ago L went north
and on the steamer got in company
with a young physician from South
Florida. In speaking of the health Of
the state in summer, he was quite
of the opinion that very few, if any,
people could have good health in sum-
mer without taking some medicine at
stated times. [ controverted this, and
while admitting that there are places
here whereit is difficult to keep well, in
most parts of the state one could have
good health by adapting oneself to the
climate. [ have seen no reason to
change my views since then, and am
firmly of the opinion that he judicious
use of fresh fruits, raw or cooked, ripe
and perfect, avoidance of overwork
and exposure to dampness, would in
sure as good health here as in more
northern ATTITUDES.
Several men and women have died
here since [ came VINO were over
eighty years old, who might have-ilved
longer with better homes, better food
and better clothing. twenty-five
years ago there was little chance for
man even in comfortable circum-
stances to live comfortably and
- althfully. With the laws of health
"stood, with better appli-
aickness bidding
~A wealth
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14

Another preparation from manioc Is
what is familiar to all householders
as tapioca. In describing the prepare
ton of cassava meal it will be remem-
bered that the juice had to be forced
out of the rasped roots by pressure.
Now if this poisonous juice be al
lowed to settle, a considerable guam
tity of very fine starch will be depos-
tied. The juice is poured off and the
starch is heated on tin plates or in
fiat iron pans; the starch grains then
swell UP and burst and become ag
glutinnated together, thus forming
the tapioca of commerce, which is a
large export from Brazil. The starch
grains having been ruptured by the
heat, they are partly soluble in water,
and for this reason tapioca is espec-
tally valuable as food in cases of weak
digestion.
There is still another product of
manioc, and that is the substance
known as Cassareep. The poisonous
juice of the tubers of the bitter Varie
ty of Manioc, and which is invariably
thrown away, is convertible into this
substance which is of considerable
value. The juice is simply boiled down
until it becomes of the consistence and
appearance of molasses. In this con-
dition it is a powerful antiseptic, and
it is capable of preserving all kinds Of
meal in fresh condition for consider
able periods. 1t is the basis OF many
celebrated sauces and of the well
known pepper pot of the West In
dies. Thus by reason of the boiling
process the poisonous juice is convert
ible into a wholesome food product,
for which there is usually "a ready
sale in England and elsewhere. AS
the juice of the bitter cassava con-
tains so much of poisonous prussic
acid, the greatest care must be taken
to keep it away from children and
animals. Many deaths have been
brought about by carelessness in the
disposal of the juice, so that too great
precaution cannot be taken to prevent
accidents. 1T may be mentioned that
THE Indians of Guiana use the chillies
known as cred pepper stepped in rum
as an antidote to the poison.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
Protection for Our Fish.

GIOCSCC1OA IOI OuI e ISL.
The following bills, PASSED at the
last legislature, are said to cover the
ground very thoroughly as far as pro-
tecting the state fisheries is con-
cerned, but it is said the that fisher
men on Indian River are going to
take action in the courts against them
as it deprives them (the fshermen) of
a means of livelihood during the sum-
mer months.
An act for the protection and pre-
servation of food fishes in the fresh
water rivers, creeks, bayous or
streams in the State of Florida, and
to prevent the hauling or dragging of
nets therein.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
any person or persons to stop any of
the rivers or creeks or bayous in the
State Of Florida with any seine, gill
net, stop-net or any other kind of net,
or any other kind of device for the
The purpose of catching food fishes.
Sec. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to haul or drag any
seine or net of any kind in the waters
of any of the fresh water rivers,
creeks, bayous or streams in the State
Of Florida, or at not greater dis
lance than two miles up and away
from the mouth of any fresh water
river, creek or bayou, for the purpose
of catching food fishes; but the use of
minnow nets is hereby allowed for
the purpose of catching bait.
Sec. s.. This act is not intended to
operate SO as to prevent the catching
of shad as is now at present allowed
by the laws of Florida, or to prevent
the use of a seine, when used by in
dividuals or assemblages on occasions
of picnics or public dinners for their
own consumption, as food only.
Sec. 4. 1t snail be the duty of the
sheritfs of the several counties of this
state, whenever and wherever neces-
sary to appoint deputies to act as fish
wardens, whose duties it shall be to
arrest and enter complaint against
any and all persons caught violating
any part of this act, and the fines, in
all cases, shall go to the officer or Off
GERS making such arrest, in lieu of the
fees allowed by law.
Sec. 5. In all cases of arrest and
conviction under this act, the party or
parties so convicted shall forfeit all
scenes, nets, boats and other appara-
tus being used by them at the time OF
arrest in violation of this act, and the
said seines, nets, boats and other ap-
paratus, after final judgement being
~"nfirmed Against the said violators
Id to the best advantage
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
Another Bill.

An act to regulate the catching or
taking of fish in the waters of the
State of Florida:
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this act it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to stop
any of the rivers, creeks or bayous on
the coast of the State of Florida with
any seine, stop-net or any other net
for the purpose of catching or taking
food fish.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
haul-nets or seines longer than $50
yards, or for any haul-nets or seines
to be attached together in any man
ner, making length of more than $50
yards, or for any haul-nets or seines
to be fastened by stakes or otherwise,
with ends nearer to each other than
100 yards, for the purpose of making
stretch or length Of more than $50
yards, to be used for the purpose of
catching or taking fish from rivers
creeks, bays or bayous or any other
waters on the coast of the State of
Florida; provided, however, that gill
nets of a length of more than $50
yards may be used in the regular gill
net fishing.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to catch any fish in
any of the waters of the State of Flor
ida with any seine or net (bait and
cast-nets excepted) the meshes of
which shall be less than one and one
half inches.
Sec. 4. That from and after the
passage of this act it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to catch
with any seines or nets any fish in the
waters of this state, or use or employ
any seines or nets in the catching of
any fish in the waters of this state be-
tween the 18th day of June and 18th
day Of August of each and every year,
or to catch any mullet in said waters
between the 18th day of November
and the 31st day of December, in each
year.
Provided that this law shall not be
construed to prohibit the catching of
fish in cast-nets, or by hook and line.
Sec. 5. Any person or persons VIC
lating any of the provisions of this
act shall, upon conviction, be punish
ed by fine not exceeding five hun
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-14
Preparations from Manioc or Cas-
Sava.

by the people of this country after
cleaning and boiling, and few know
Of other and more wholesome prepa-
rations.
In order to prepare what is known
as Cassava meal, the tubers, after hav-
ing been washed, are Invested OF their
dark colored rind by being peeled with
sharp knives. The peeled roots are
then reduced to a coarse meal by be-
ing pressed against rapidly-revolv-
ing wheel covered with copper or
tin grating surface, or they may be
rubbed down to meal by means OF a
fiat tin crater nailed on board In
the la tier case, however, the operation
is very laborious, but still a large pro-
portion of the Cassava meal made IN
the island of Dominica and elsewhere
is prepared in this tedious way; the
natives fix the large CRATER against
tub, and, leaning over it with tubers
in each hand they CRATE quickly and
rhythmically to the sound OF a drum,
and it is said that they are encour-
aged to extra exertions by the stimu-
lating influence Of inspiring songs,
and more often than not by large por-
stations of Intoxicating drinks! The
pulp which is produced is put into
bags and pressed SO as to force out
the poisonous juice. The Indians of
South America and Dominica do the
pressing by means of curious baskets
called ''matapies." These baskets are
made of plated strips of the long
smooth stems of a native plant closely
allied to that producing arrowroot.
When empty the matapie is long
and narrow, but when filled with the
grated roots it becomes short and
thick. 1t is then hung to the branch
of tree and heavy weights are att
tached to the lower end. The baskets
then become longer, and by the con-
stricting pressure most OF the juice
is forced out. Afterwards the meal is
sifted by means of sleeves, which sepa>
rate the woody fbres and the small
portions of the roots that have not
been properly grated. The meal is
then dried rapidly in large, shallow,
fiat iron pans set in masonry, with
fue passing underneath SO as to con-
duct the heat from wOOd-fire. The
meal is spread thinly in the pan and
constantly moved backwards and for.
wards with wooden rake. The heat
must not be so great as to brown the
meal, the object being not to bake the
product but to dry it. In the process
of drying any remaining traces OF the
ghly-poisonous juice are rapidly dis
sipated. "Cassava bread'' is the name
given to the thin round cakes made
of the wet meal and dried on hot
plates or on fiat pieces of tin held over
the fire.
Cassava starch is considered a very
superior quality of starch, and as it
can be made cheaply, it should prove
suitable occupation for the natives
of this country. The method of prep
aration is very simple. The grated
cassava meal is stirred up with wa
ter, and then passed through sieves
This is done several times so as to