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ern climate and hard work in the
laboratory. His hair and beard are
cut short, and he is full of life, intel
ligence and enterprise. Here is DR..
Yersin'a description of the plague from
personal observation:
"The disease presents the chemical
characteristics of the bubonic plague
of the Middle Ages. The outbreak is
sudden, after an incubation of four
and one-half to six days. 1t is accom-
panied by complete prostration. The
sufferer is attacked by high fever,
often accompanied by delirium. The
first day bubo-gene1ally one only
appears. In seventy five cases out
of one hundred it is in the groin, in
ten cases out of one hundred in the
arnpit.
Sin the case of the plague reum u
sterilized broth containing the dead
bodies of the bacill1 is used. This
is Injected daily into horse, which
in the space of two weeks be-
CONES immunized against the plague.
The serum of The horses blood is then
drawn off and serves as preventative
OF Or remedy for the plague in man.
The plague appeared in China in
1895, and DR.. Yersin Immediately went
there. He started at Canton, but the
Chinese population did not wish to be
treated by European physician.
But an accident won him the day.
Three seminaries Of the Catholic mis-
sioo at Canton fell sick of the plague.
Dr. Yersin treated them and saved all
of them. He then went to Andy,
where he treated twenty-three persons
and saved twenty.one. He had then
no more serum, but he converted q
large part of the population. When
he left Annoy they gave him an ovation.
Thel Hou Pao, Chinese newspaper,
devoted an article to the praise of DIR.
Yersin and concluded by saying:
ais not this divine art? Who will
dare to say that Hoa-to has not re-
turned to earth again?" Hoa-to, it
shohld be explained, is celebrated
Chinese doctor who lived 1000 years
ago, and has been turned into o god.
The first man in this country to re-.
ceiye supply of the bacllli was Pro.
lessor J. I. Wilson, bacteriologist OF
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RECIPES.

Stewed Chestnuts, Cream Sauce
Remove the shells from quart of large
chestnuts blanch as almonds and cook
in salted water until soft. Drain and
pour over q white sauce made as fol
the boiled cod, but minus the oysters.
German Cakes-Creanahalf pound OF
sugar and the same OF butter together;
add the yolks of six eggs well beaten;
three. quarters of pound of -four, and
q tablespoonful of rose favoring; roll
out, cut in fancy shapes and bake ina
quick oven. Frost if desired.
Duck Terrapin-Chop enough cold
duck to fill two cups; add one cold.
boiled sweetbresd if convenient. Blend
a quarter of cup of butter with two
teaspoonfuls of cornstarch, and pour
over it one cup of hot cream; add
saltspoonful of salt and dust of pep.
per; add the duck and sweetbread, and
heat five minutes. Just before serv-
ing add the beaten yolks of two eggs.
Orange Wafers-Two eggs, beaten,
with one cup sugar add one-half cup
butter, stirred to o cream, one-half
cup milk, the grated rind of half an or
ange and one and one-half cups -four,
through which one tablespoonful bak-
ing powder has been sifted. Drop
small spoonfuls on buttered paper and
bake in quick oven. When cold dip
in the following glaze and lay on but
tered paper.
Indian Pound Cake-Sift halfa pint
of fine yellow meal and one-fourth pint
of -four with teaspoonful of baking
powder. Mix with it oue-quarter OF
grated nutmeg and teaspoonful OF
cinnamon. Stir to a cream one.fourth
pound butter with one.fourth pound
sugar, add one-fourth teacupful milk.
Beat four eggs very light, stir them
into the butter and sugar, little at
time in turn with the meal. Bake one
hour and half. Excellent if eaten
fresh,
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protectorate treaties were being
signed, making the deltas of the Niger
O British protectorate, 1banitsuku,
the King, and his chiefs refused to
countenance the terms set forth there
in, and for several years gave Sir
Claude Macdonald vast amount of
trouble from time to time, as the
tribe held some of the principal oil
markets in the district. When the
Bonny men or New Calabar men went
to trade with the Okirikas their prop
erty was frequently seized, and mur-
der invariably followed, the heads OF
the victims being carried off to adorn
the 'Ju Ju" house. Early last June
Mr.. Moor, the British Consul-General,
sent them an ultimatum, says the
illustrated London News, demanding
the King should be handed over to
him, and also that the "Ju Ju" house
be destroyed, or he would lombard
their town. Up till the last day of
the time allowed in the ultimatum
they refused to come to terms, so Mr..
Moor proceeded in the Government
yecht Ivy. with $50 troops and three
launches, to Okirika. After about
twenty minutes bomba 1,asab tie
chiefs came out in their l'.rnes agaag
white flags. Some trocps wc"a -csa
landed, who, without cp7osissog. :.
gtgQysd the .:ya Ju" ho1@s, I s.sae'
was then handed over, 81 &@4e ~ :,
turned to Bonny With E@ei'sy. .i1.!t
hours of the time OF den"iSaFy. I6so.
itsuku was made stats .'ls2ns' 80
conveyed. to Degama lUne iioso~.
ate's convict settlement), but later
succeeded in making his escape. The
okirikas at present ere assuming
more peaceful attitude and trade be-
tween them Aourishes accordingly.
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bttO iIkSe ti.--~S- 49, .~---- - - -"h 81 SCSN
house and purchased quantity of the
seeds known as Jobs tears. These
grow in India and resemble smalfs-
pearly gray shells. These seeds she
threaded upon gray linen spool
thread, cut in lengths to reach from
the floor to the small brass rod which
extended across the upper part of the
doorway. The seeds were put on with
spaces about one and half inches left
between. The needle must not be too
coarse, because if too large an open
ing is made through the seed for the
thread to fill, the seed will f.fterward
slip. The thread should draw through
the seed rather hard. OF course a
knot was made to hold the first seed,
after which they were simply strung
in place, and as string was finished
it was tied to the rod, beginning at
one side of the doorway. This pre-.
vented the threads from becoming
tangled by tying.
After sufficient number of threads
had been finished to fill two-thirds OF
the doorway, several shorter threads
were strung and tied along the middle
space. A pair OF horns was then
placed above the middle OF the door
way and these shorter threads were
caught up in careless shower, over
the horns. The effect was better than
that usually attained by filling the
entire doorway with full-length
pendants.
The strings did not tangle readily,
as might be supposed they would; the
labor of preparing is light and pleas
ant, and the result attained is in every
way desirable. New England Home
stead.
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English Lawyers Fees.

In England there are many fees to
be paid by the unhappy client of a
lawyer that are unknown here in
America. There is retaining fee,
which is one guinea and half-crown
to the clerk besides the brief fee,
which is more important. Then there
is the "refresher" of the leader and
the "refreshers" of the subordinate
lawyers. In England the leaders re-
freshor, which is due after five hours,
the brief fee being supposed to cover
only the getting up of the case, is ten
guineas or little over $50, while $50
must be paid the lesser lawyers.
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..---& .:5 ts't. "f'', y ''N+'
great many men," Then he told OF
Baby's accomplishments and winning
ways.
Baby was a dapple gray, sixteen
hands high, and was picked up at
sale at the Bulls Head Market. He
turned out to be what Superintendent
Myers calls lucky find. He displayed
his affectionate nature Immediately.
He was numbered 624, and was re-
ceived by Captain Binns on November
25, 1889, and is now eighteen years
old. His docility was go great that it
was found in few days that it wasn't
necessary to fasten him in the stall
like the other horses, and he and
Tobin, who goes to all the downtown
fires, struck up fast friendship.
Everybody called him Baby from the
start. and as he would answer to a
whistle he soon got the freedom OF the
stables. He wandered around, rub
bing up against the iremen, and often
going out into the streets. He was
very fond OF candy, and one day he
walked out of the house and up to the
candy stand kept by IN old man along
side the railing of St. Paups church
yard. He ate up half dollars worth
of sweets in the temporary absence OF
the standkeeper. The fremen made
good this loss, end used to buy him
candy regularly. Baby was fond OF
apples, too, and he was clever ct catch
ing them in his mouth when tossed to
him. Firemen would stand ten feet
away and toss them with considerable
speed at Baby's head. Baby would
catch the apples, no matter how fast
they came or how hard they were
thrown.
He would lift his front foot and put
it in freman's hand at the request to
shake hands and would lie down at
word of command, and become mo.
tiouless when ordered to "die." He
would also kneel at word of command.
He had the greatest affection for Cap
tain Binns, who broke him in for fire
service, and for Burns, his regular
driver, and used to trot mp to them
and try to bite the buttons off their
uniform coats. He did this slyly and
thought it was great fun.
Citizens used to visit the fire house
regularly to feed him candy, and espe.
cially to get Baby to play ball with
apples. a cigar dealer came every
evening excepting Sunday with three
carrots for Baby's supper. The women
folks fed him Jumps of sugar.
Baby knew Gil these friends by
sight, and used to walk out of his stall
to meet them. If any of them came
without bringing him anything, Baby
would wait while, auxiously, and
when the expected gift was not forth
coming, he would go up behind the
visitor and strike him with his head
as reminder that he didn't want to
be forgotten. Baby used to go out for
exercise in Fulton street every even.
ing. He had his own idea of how fast
he ought to go. A fireman used to
walk out with him. If he thought
the fireman set too slow pace, he
would push him in the back. Some
times for joke the men would pur.
posely walk very fast. Baby would
trot after them, grab them firmly by
the shoulder and bring them to a
standstill. He would stop them in
this way over and over again until they
settled down TO what he considered
the proper pace for exercise.
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First Geography.

The first geography printed in this
country was compiled by Jedediah
Moss, and publishe | in l79l, For the
use of schools. The attempts at maps
in this publication was extremely
crude, and gave very imperfect idea
of the outlines of the countries they
were supposed to represent. 1t is said
that only awenty five or thirty copies
of this work ere now in existence.
Boston GloDe.
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The oldest Postmaster.

Joseph Strobe of Miflin County,
Penn, is the Oldest postmaster in the
United States. That is to soy, the
Oldest in continuous service, for Mr..
strode has held his position Of master
of mails at Strode's Mills since 1S45,
despite the changes of adminietra-
tions, political upheayals, war and the
silver agitation.
Joseph Strobe is in his eighty
second year and is the pride and the
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USES OF SULPHUR.

Sulphur is one one OF the best pre-.
ventives of mould. Mould is a plant
that should be killed as soon as possi-
BILE, and when it is observed in pan
try, kitchen or closet, shut the door
tightly. put an iron span or small pot
in large vessel of water, SO there will
be no chance of fire, and place them
in the centre of the room. Put
shovelful of hot Goals in the pan, then
drop half o pound of sulphur over
them and leave the room. Let the
fumigating go on for two or three
hours. York Tribune.
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and prosperous native community il

ulo pIOopC2Ouo hhpA'S IO1oA'J -
Bombay.
When Parsee dies his friends con-
vey his body to one of the Towers OF
Silence, which are clustered together
in garden. After the mourners
comes man leading white dog, the
emblem of faithfnlness, followed by the
priests. The procession ascends the
tower, in which sacred fire is always
kept burning. At the top is plat
form, on which the body is left. No
sooner have the people withdrawn
than flock of vultures, which have
been lowering about descends. In ten
minutes they pick off every particle of
flesh, and at the end OF three weeks
the friends return and deposit the
bleached skeleton in central we'll.
The scenes on the banks of the
Ganges, the sacred river of India, are
awful. In the neighborhood of Ben
ares, the metropolis of Brahmanism,
they reach their elimination. To die
here in the waters of the sacred river
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A nueen,s Pocket Pistol.

There is large old suu on Dover
Heights, England, porSLlarly known
US 'iQueen Elizebeth's Pocket Pistol. I"
1t was cast at Utrecht in 1544, and
was presented by the States General
to Queen Elizabeth. 1t IS twenty-four
feet long, and finely ornamented with
figures in bas-relief.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOW TO MEND CHINA.

Take very thick solution of gum
arabic and water and stir it into plas-
ter of psris until the mixture becomes
viscous paste. Apply it with brush
to the fractured edges and stick them
together. In three days the article
cannot be broken at tho same place.
The whiteness of this cement renders
it doubly valuable.
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BILE belongings, end both of them
emerge free from any germs which
they may have carried on them. There
remains the possibility, OF course, thai
the man may have them in hlm.
The Grew OF the Wadsworth undergo
the same .rocess OF disinfection as the
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NeM FrcuCII Nickeis.

The new nickel coins to be minted
IN Franco are To De pierced with d
hole through which they may be
strung like Chinese cash. The object
is TO prevent their heing passed on the
iguoraut fol coin OF superior value.
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Precious Yiolins,

During his entire career stradivar
ius mado from 600 10 1000 violIns.
Few OF these were sold for more than
S25 during his life. Now some OF them
command $40, 600 each,
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crew end passengers of an infected
ship. After the work of disinfection
is over the compartments are washed
out with copious water and solution
of bichloride of mercury. All the
DRAWINGS must run out through tho
hole.
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Teaching Under DIM

A married woman in Calhoun Coun.
ty., Mich, tesches district school at
$40 month, boards herself and does
the janitor work.
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A LIVE CANNIBAL KING.
His Residence Structure Composed
of Human Bones.

Okirika is situated about twenty
five miles from Bonny and in the route
to New Calabar, Africa. When the
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ioy of the Postofice Department in
Washington, which placed his picture
in the government display at the
Worlds Fair.
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PET FIRE HORSE.
CLEyEHEST ANIMAL IN THE NEW
YORK DEPARTMENT.I
He Fell While Going to Fire lsc.
Gently, Sustaining Permanent
InIury-Some of His Var
led Accomplishments.

HEN Driver George Burns
NN/ of10 truck, whose house
v v is at Fulton and Church
streets, was off duty on
Wednesday night, says the New York
Sun, the truck answered fire call a5
Albany and Greenwich streets with the
fire horses Frank, Sailor and Baby
hitched to the machine Just as the
truck turned the corner sharply Baby
lost his footing on the slippery pave
ment and fell heavily on his left hip.
The fremen got him upon his feet
again with difficulty, and after q slow
and painful journey, with Frank and
Sailor doing oil the work, the truck
got back to the fire house. Baby was
unhitched, and in obedience to Captain
BiIns's command laid down on the
straw in the stall. Tho men bathed
the injured hip with hot water, while
the horse licked their hands AMI
rubbed his nose affectionately on their
shoulders. Tobin, the big 'roWn collie
that shared the same stun with Baby
as sleeping quarters, and also shared
his daily meal OF soft feed, laid down
near the stall and yelped mournfully.
Baby was laid off after that as On
invalid, and his place in active service
was taken by Snifies, veteran fire
horse. The frenen took turns in
nursing him. The news OF his injury
spread in the neighborhood, and hum
dreds came to see him, for Baby is
known 10 thousands of the residents of
the extreme lower end OF the city, and
in the department he has the reputa'
tion OF being the cleveresS OF all the
splendid animals in the service.
Everybody in the station house was
disconsolate yesterday morning when
Superintendent Myers of the training
department Of the Fire Department
came down from the training stables
at Amsterdam avenue and Ninety
ninth street and told Captain Binns
that Baby would never again be able
to do active service. He said that the
horses injury was a semi dislocatlon
of the hip, and that while he hoped to
be able to cure him 80 he could walk,
the animal would never be able to
draw truck again. An ambulanceof
the Society for the Prevention OF CRU
city to Animals drove up and Baby
was led into it and taken to the
training department, whore he will be
put in sling and kept in an upright
position while the hip is set and knit
ting. The treatment will take weeks
to effect even partial cure.
-uu1aeIa - Ter. ~crcaI I'D ch;.'
Arm cr0rdsi d:0Gu2 - 5Tge;e hoase
20 %ston EGhy'@ dspas>ara ,Then aa
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A HONEYMOON EPISODE

90 q, Ralph. all after
IN noon? One whole
S\C afternoon all alone
seRs aese without soul in this
SAN/l terrible place to talk
a Cant you read,
4 dear?"
~ eyes and make nv
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KEEP IN THE PANTRY

A few cans of good soup for emerg.
ency dinners.
Fresh celery seed for salads, when
celery is scarce.
Canned mushrooms for sauces and
meat dressings.
A nice sandwich mixture that can be
quickly prepared with gravy stock Or
butterfo hasty luncheons-
Canned lobster for salads and canned
tongue for serving cold, and potted
chicken for slicing or making sand
wiote=1
s GOD segpig al ialiy srE chooo~
ls1a .irea, S:,:,l fox III; hsasy oyeii,
ayasan uy :ass9 eak&s an1 pnSdiIo
ss-He,,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-15
TRACK AND STABLE.

Instead of going to Columbus, o., as at
first reported, Orrin Hickok will take his
stable to Lexington, Ky, when he arrives
from California.
The big Austrian trotting meeting be-
gins May 49, The purses aggregate $l5S,-
100, So 500 for home-bred ana S76, 200 for for
eign-bred trotters.
Last week the fast pacing mare Whis-
per, 2.OS34, dropped a fine lilly by Baron
Wilkes, 2.1S. She is the property OF $.
Hyde, Fail River, Mass.
William Jones, of Wellsville, n. Y, is
working Moonstone, 209; Red Ban, 2.22Ia;
Pansy L.. 2.23l2, ana three or four young
sters at the Welsvillc track
Californlans say the little mare She,
2.14le, by Abbottsf ford, that Monroe Sails
bury Will bring east, will make some of
the 2.10 trotters step to beat her.
a. H. Mills, well known as a writer on
turf subjects, has been appointed clerk of
the scales for the spring and fal meetings
of the Fort Erie (Ontario) Jockey club.
James Evans, of Atlantic City, will place
Lady Garrison, PAGER. in Millard +. San
ders' hands shortly. Lady Garrison can
show 2l5 clip on the Atlantic City beach.
Tommy Burns, very good light, weight
jockey, who takes desperate chances, was
suspended at Memphis for foul riding, and
it may be long time before he gets REIN
stated.
The celebrated Tempe Bar case, in
which DR.. NJ. S. Sale, of Lexington, Ky,
is plaintiff against the Cleveland Driving
Park association, will come up for trial in
a few days.
Trainer George Resseguere is preparing
a select stable at NIllers, n. Y. Playful,
2.27i4, by Play Boy, 2,1Sl2, dam Deception,
by Pluto, heads the list. This mare has
shown miles in 2.2O.
Cloud Pointer brother to Star Pointer,
2.02l2, has been shipped from Meadville,
Pa, where he has been receiving some
track education from }. d. Heard, to his
owner at Chicora. Pa.
Joe Kinlig, of York, Pa, has bought of
parties in Kentucky the gray geding
Prince w, by Philips Blackwood' dam,
the dam Of Morning Star, PA, ond Glack-
wood Belle, $50 by Horace Greeley.
The covered track at Jewcttyille is now
iike the proVerbal deserted village. over
forty trotters and PAGERS have been
worked through the winter season, ana
have now departed to regular tracks.
The stewards of the Jockey club have
appointed J. L. Hall paddock and patrol
judge for the meetings of the Westchester
Racing association and the Brooklyn and
COney Island Jockey club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-15
ROSE IS A GOOD ONE.
Made an Excellent Showing Against One
of Philadelphia Crack Fighters at
Last Nights Tournament.

The South Side Athletic clubs first
public boxing tournament was given
last night in Germania hall and it
proved to the four hundred people who
attended that the club can purvey
some excellent entertainment in this
line, and also that one of its members
is a fighter that no club need feel
ashamed to pin its laurels to.
This member is Chris Rose, who met
Fred Stricken, one of the best men of
the famed Caledonian Athletic club of
Philadelphia, and gave him as hard a
battle as he possibly ever had. 1t was
Roses first appearance in the ring, and
he lacked generalship, but in the mat
ter of strength, grit and hard hitting
he showes up even better than his
most sangune friends expected. The
fact that he got a draw with a sea-
soned and clever fighter like Stricken
is evidence that he has a future in
the ring.
The mill was a ten-round go for a
purse Of $l00. The men weighed I'm at
o'clock and both We're under the
prescribed weight 145 pounds, Rose be-
ing three pounds of a margin and
Stricker two. Rose, however. had the
advantage Of height ard reach.
Both mon are heavy hitters, who give
little time to love taps and as a conse-
quence there was some fierce and hard
fighting Stricken started in to force
things but when he felt the force Of
Roses swinging objections he became
little more wary, and though he was
the agressor all through he did not at
tempt to rush things after the first
round.
As the fight progressed Rose grew
stronger and mere confident and in the
eighth round he had Strlcker guessing.
The Philadelphian was afraid of Roses
terrific swings and did nor care to risk
getting in the way OF one, i'm conse-
quence Of which the round ended with
out a good lead, during the whole three
minutes.
Roses great weakness was his in
ability to take advantage Of openings.
Several times II he had followed up his