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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
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in Nuremberg and Furth, Germany,
where clever artisans are employed
by the numerous manufacturers to
design and mold them. The process
of manufacture is interesting. The
first step is TO make sketches of the
intended figures. Great pains are be-
slowed on them. The best artists in
Germany do not hesitate when asked
to supply models for these toy soldiers,
and in making their drawings they
have to bear in mind certain fixed
rules. Their sketches must he
colored. They must avoid deep tints
and select only bright, gaudy colprs,
which children so much prefer. They
must also possess a full knowledge Of
tho military costumes Of the period TO
which the soldier they represent be-
longs. This year the Turkish and
Greek soldiers are the leading favor
ties.
AT Nuremberg and Furth slate
molds are used for the plain figures,
while brass molds are employed for
those in relief. The slate for the
former is bought at Sonneberg, in
Thuringia, and the tin, which is pur-
chased in England, is melted and
poured into them through small
orifce.
"The metal soon hnrdens when it
has been poured in. and the workman
then removes the figures, cutting off
any excrescences whieh may have
been caused by the molten metal
running over the interstices.
"The soldiers then have to be
painted, and this is always done by
women, who work mt home, and are
given certain number of figures upon
n piece of wood slit up the centre, so
as to hold them in fixed position.
When one side of the figure IL dry
the woman turns il around and paints
the other side. Her wages are very
poor. The final process. also in
trusted to women, is that of packing
the soldiers, which are placed in boxes
of thirty, sixty, 100 or $40 pieces,
weighing one-eighth, one-quarter, one
half or one pound for the infantry, and
of twelve, twenty-four, forty-eight, or
ninetysix pieces of the same weight,
for the cavalry"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Badly PLAYED.

Mr.. w. II. Preece, the we'll known
electrician, tells an amusing story
about the early days Of the telephone.
That the Queen might test the new
invention, he put Osborne, Portsmouth
and London in communication, and
arranged that band should play
while her majesty was at the other end
Of the instrument.
The Queen was detained, says the
Youths Companion, and before she
arrived the band had been sent away.
But happy thought struck Mr..
Preece. Why not himself act az the
band? He stepped 10 the instrument
and hummed into IL "God Save the
Queen" and asked il her majesty rec
ognized the tune.
ayes" she said, "it was the ma.
tional anthem, but very badly played"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
up in sasony.-


A German papermaker recently OBJ.
tanned letters patent on bottles made
of paper, for use on board of ships
particularly. 1t has been q cause of
much damage to steamer lines that In
bad weather large number Of bottles
Of wine and other liquors are broken
In the storerooms in spite of every
precaution. The new bottles are ma 10
of a composition which, with the solu.
ton in which they are made water
tight, is still the inventors secret.
After being impregnated with this
huid the paper bottles are slowly dried
in gas stoves, and this process Of dry
ing must be watched carefully, for
otherwise the bottles would remain
porous and allow the fluids kept
therein to leak out. These bottles
can be handled roughly without the
least apprehension; neither the pitch
ing nor rolling Of great steamer dur
ing rough weather, nor the breaking
down Of truck upon which they are
loaded loosely would be apt to dam
age a single paper bottle.-Hartford
Times.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

Tn every mile ~ railway there are
seven feet four inches not covered by
the rails, the space left for expansion.
Gas is to be utilized in the burning
Of bricks in Attica, n. Y, where u gas
we'll has been struck Oh ground near
brick kiln.
A copper pan, said to be the largest
ever made from one piece of metal, has
been turned ont ut Swansea, England.
t il twelve feet four inches in diane
ter, three feet three inches deep, and
weighs two tons.
DR.. Edwin Klebs, the well-known
hactcriologist, formerly of the Uni
yeryity of Zurich, but now of Chicago,
has Just returned from visit To Eu-
rope, and is going tn New Orleans 70
study the epidemic Of yellow fever,
The Spring Garden institute OF Phil
adelphia has just received Request
of $40, 600 from the estate of the late
Samuel Jeanes Of Philadelphia. The
money will be used to strengthen the
mechanical and electrical departments
of the school.
Investigations made by the sciep-
lists of the agricultural department
show that the pith of the sunilower
stem is the lightest substance known,
with n specific gravity of 0.02s, IA
compared with 0.09 older pith, which
has heretofore been considered the
lightest of all materials.
Sheep shearing by electricity il sue
cessfully carried on Mt Great Falls,
Montana, one OF the largest wool-ship-
ping points in the northwest. The
shears used are much like horse-clip-
ping machines and power is trans
mitted to the shears from Q nearby
street railway power house.
The government of tho Cape of Good
Hope is now regretting the money
spent in securing Koch to elaborate
protective serum for use against
the rinderpest. The undertaking has
ended in absolute failure, for the in
oculation treatment has had no effect
in preventing the cattle from dying
of the disease.
The New York Journal of Hygiene
says that many people eat altogether
too much salt The result is that the
skin and kidneys are excessively taxed
to get rid of the salt, and both are
injured by it. Few people have
healthy skins, and it il believed that
many cases of arrangement of the
kidneys are due to the salt habit.
A substitute for coal is now being
brought forward in the shape of masut,
by-product in the distillation of pet
roeum, which has for some time been
extensively used in Russia and Italy
for firing steam boilers, for marine,
locomotive, and industrial purposes.
A German inventor is also saidto have
recently succeeded in extracting masut
from cheap brown coal in connection
with which new industry has sprung
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
We Live ON 70 Narrow Margin.

A very small change in the present
condition of our earth would immedi-
ately kill every human being upon it's
surface. An eastern writer COM
ments on the fact that we live on n
very narrow margin. A little more
heat or little more cold, and we die.
Our existence depends ON keeping
changes of temperature within range
of about per cent. of what we know
as possible extremes. III the moon
were very much larger the tidal wave
would carry the entire ocean twice a
day over the surface of the earth. IL
the earth we're much smaller we would
lose our atmosphere. If it were much
larger we could not stand upright
more than five minutes, nor would we
be able to mount hill except by
painful crawling. If the year were
twice as long as it is it is doubtful
il we could raise food enough in the
summer to carry us through the
winter or il we could survive the
accumulated cold. In every way our
earth lies just at the meeting point of
Two kinds Of death. which .on this
bank and shoal of time we must fgh
with either hand. 1t makes no differ
ence whether we have fitted ourselve,
to the earth through long series o.
evolution or whether il was fitted tc
us, as far as we know il is the onl,
inhabitable spot in the universe, and
the chances are almost infinite that nc
other is so favorably located. Let us
make the most we can of it.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
beer Mice ne Pets.

In st. Nicholas G.. Rafael O'Reilly
tells of couple of queer pets
that he caught in the woods. The
writer says:
While rambling one evening in the
woods, / sat down on q rock close by
q shaded bank all overgrown with soft
green moss and feathery ferns. Not
far away there was an ancient tree
stump, with q hole, running in under
meath Il; and what should I see peep
ing out from the hole but the head OF
little reddish-brown animal. At
first sight took II to be chipmunk.
It's large black eyes seemed full Of
apprehension, and a. moved il drew
back out of sight.
On rolling over the stump, / dis
covered beneath it some withered
grass carefully rolled into globular
nest. Cautiously drawing my hand
kerchief around this, I tied it up, with
whatever it contained, and hurried
homeward with my treasure. On
emptying the handkerchief into box
covered with wire game, / found that
l had captured two beautifully deli
cate and elegant creatures, somewhat
larger than mice. Their fur was thick
and soft, rich velvet of reddish
brown on the back, and snowy white
underneath. Their feet also were
white. But their chief beauty lay in
their eyes-great, black liquid orbs
half protruding from the head. No
gazelle ever had eyes half 80 lovely.
They soon became quite tame, and
without showing any fear would allow
me to put my hand into their cage to
give them fruits and berries. They
carried their nest into corner of the
cage and reconstructed it there.
After about two weeks / procured O
large cocoanut, sawed it in two, and
taking one half of it, made in il little
doorway. When put this into their
cage, turned mouth down, they seemed
to go wild with the excitement of de-
light. In and out they ran through
The little doorway hundred times in
succession. Sometimes they would
Jump up on top of the cocoanut and
survey it all over, and then, after
washing their faces" with their deli
'ate white paws, jump down, and
again run inside. Soon they made mp
heir minds to take possession of il as
heir home. Their nest in the corner
hey pulled to pieces, and carried il |
III mouthful by mouthful into the
little cocoanut hut. There they have
ived ever since. |
During the daytime they sleep, but
vhen evening comes on they busy
themselves running and jumping
bout the cage, and they have never
nee in three years tried TO gnaw their
ray out.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Household Hints.

To prevent bruise from becoming
discolored, apply water as hot as can
be borne comfortably, changing the
cloth AZ soon as il loses its heat. II
hot water is not TO be had at once,
moisten some dry starch with cold
water and cover the bruised part with
il.
When tablecloths are beginning TO
wear out in the folds, cut two or three
inches Of one end and one side and re-
hem them. This process will change
the places Of the folds and will add
new life TO the cloth. Napkins and
towels may be treated in the same
way.
Cold roasted or boiled fowl can be
made into croquettes, salads and en-
trees. Tough ends OF steak are good
when made into Hamburg steak. All
fat from meat can be clarified and kept
for frying. Doughnuts and fritters
are much better fried in drippings
than in lard
In the cleaning Of n stove, IL little
oo"P IN usSu ~ VIII IBnttu tHb laDOf.
Wet flannel cloth and rub II over q
piece Of soap, then dip the cloth into
the stove polish and rub over the
stove; finish with dry cloth or brush.
II is said tho polish will last much
longer than il II is used without the
soap.
Instead OF throwing away the wick
of lamp that has got too short, fasten
IL TO the new wick, which then can be-
made 10 do longer service. After
lamps are filed and wicks trimmed
turn them down, thus preventing the
oil from coming over the outside aud
causing the unpleasant odor of oil
in the room.
The best pie plates are those Of tin
with straight sides about an inch high.
so there is no danger OF the contents
Of the pie running over. Porcelain.
lined pie plates do not bake so woll on
the bottom as those of tin. The old.
fashioned pie plate Of yellow stone
ware is q mistake. II is responsible
Tor the sodden under crusts of old time
pies. II can be successfully used
only In brick ovens, where the heat il
1t the bottom and there is danger of
burning the under crust when Q tin
pie plate is used.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
A south African Snake Story.

There is more than one way of
fighting snake. In Natal, South
Africa, where lives the deadly mamba
serpent, a party Of fifty or sixty Kaffirs
were building road. In the course
of their work they came to huge
stone, under which dwelt large Iiack
mamba, we'll known to the neighbor-
ing inhabitants az being very fierce
aud venomous. The superintendent
anticipated trouble with the rock and
so he offered reward to the Kalfir
that would bring him the snakes skin.
For q time none of them dared make
the attack, but a slim youth finally
sauntered forward, and amid the ieers
and protestations of the rest declared
himself equal to the task. He took
from his neck what looked like bit
of shriveled stick, chewed it, swallowed
some of it, spat out the rest on his
hands, and proceeded to rub his
glistening brown body and limbs all
over. Then, taking up stick, and
chanting song of defiance, he adj
vanced with great confidence and
swagger to the boulder. There he
roused up the mamba, who in great
fury at being disturbed, bit him in the
lip with great venom. The boy took
no notice of the bite, but broke the
snakes back with his stick and bring
ing him to his master, asked for the
reward, obtaining which, he went back
TO his work, and the bite Of the reptile
had no effect on him whatever.
No bride, not even that of q COW
DIETER than any gold in the eyes OF
Kafiir), would induce this native to
the secret of his antidote,
which, he said, had been handed down
in his family for generations. The
snake was very long one, and so old
that it had a name. 1t is q we'll
known fact that certain Of the Zolas
have antidotes for the more deadly |
snake poisons, which they preserve
rs secret within their own families.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
whole Wheat IirenL.

To make whole wheat bread--the
quick process, rs taught at Pratt In
stitute Cooking School in Brooklyn
add to one pint of thin oatmeal por.
ridge one pint warm milk and two
compressed yeast cakes dissolved in
little lukewarm water, Beat well;
add again two rounded tcaspoonfuls
sugar, ak level teaspoonfuls shorten.
ing, one rounded teaspoonful salt, and
whole wheat flour until you can stir it
no longer with the back Of knife.
Cover lightly and set TO rise. When
twice its bulk, divide into small loaves,
and again set to rise; then bake ina
moderate oven about forty minutes.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Ciouded Chocolate Cake.

One cup of sugar, half cup Of but
ter, two eggs, half cup of milk, two
cups Of flour, half teaspoon Of soda,
one teaspoon Of cream tartar, sifted
with the ilour. Flavor with vanilla.
Take almost half Of this mixture aud
make as dark as required with grated
chocolate. Put in the tin the sane as
'or marble cake.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Niarmaladc Making.

Marmalade may be made Of any ripo
fruit boiled to u pulp with little
water; the best fruits to use are peach
es, ounces, apples, oranges and cram
berries. II is usual 10 crush the fruit.
Use three.quarters VI Il pound of sugar
to pound Of the fruit, add little
water (hnlf cupful to pound) and
boil until it becomes n jellied mass.
When done, put it in glass or white
earthenware.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Dish for Tea

Thicker one cupful Of rich milk or
cream with one tablespoonful Of butter
and two tablespoonfuls Of flour rubbed
to paste; cook five minutes, then add
one heaping tablespoonful Of chopped
parsley, one teaspoonful salt, one
scant teaspoonful of onion juice, one.
half teaspoonful of paprika, one and o
half cupfnls of 6nely-chopped mush-
rooms and two tablespoonfuls Of
chopped cooked tongue. When cold
shape into tiny cylinders and pin each
in very thin slice Of bacon, using for
this the round, smooth toothpicks.
Make batter, dip each into this,
drop into smoking hot fat and fry gol-
den brown Drain on unglazed paper
and set in the open oven until served.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Advance OF Civillxatlon.

Scotty-Yep; that's ole Howline
Ike. Useter be the terror Of the
camp.
Visitor from the East-You don't
say sol He looks quite civil and re-
spectacle, / am sure. Was he con-
verted?
Scotty-You betcher life he warl
We lected HIS ole woman sher'i -
Puck. lr ~
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03

who's Afraid i'm the Dark?
30, not /, said the owl,
And he gave a great scowl,
And he wiped his eye
And nuffed his jowl. TOO WHO'D"
Said the dog, ~ bark
Out loud In the dark, Boo-oo.
Said the cat: "Ml-ewl
Ill scratch any one who
Dares say that do
Feel afraid, Mi-ew!'
"Afraid, said tho mouse,
"0t dark In the house.
Hear me scatter
WhateveSs the matter?
Squeak
Then the /ad In his hole
And the bugin the ground,
They both shook their heads
And passed the word around;
And the birds In the tree,
And the fish and the bee,
They declared, all three,
That you never did see
One OF them afraid
La the dark!
But the little boy who had gone to bed
Just raised the bedclothes and covered hi:
head.
Louisville Recorder.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Diplomacy.

Wiggles-Whose picture is il on
the $40 silver certihcate2 Garfield's,
isn't il?
Waggles--No, Hendricks.
Wiggles-I'm pretty sure it's Gar
field.
Waggles-It's Hendricks, Itell You,
and I've got q bill right here in my
pocket that will prove it. Do you
see that? Shows bill.
Wiggles-That settles il. I don't
know how came 10 be so sure that
ii was Garfield. Fifteen minutes
later. BY the way, old man, lend me
$40, will you?-Boston Courier.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
Making Tin SOLDIER.

"Toy soldiers made Of tin or lead
are Just rs great favorites with chill
dren now as they were in the days Of
our grandfathers," said q Wholesale
New York dealer in toys to Washing
ton Star reporter recently. ''The
soldiers are made almost exclusively
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03

in good oven should bake IL we'll.
Make sauce Of half slice onion cooked
in two level tablespoons butter until
lightly Drowned; remove onion; stir
until butter il Drowned. Mix two
and one-half tablespoons -four with
one'fourth teaspoon salt, one-eighth
teaspoon white pepper; stir; add
gradually cup brown stock. 'Mush.
rooms may be added.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03
canueIou OF Reef.

Chop finely two pounds Of lower
part of round; add grated rind of half
lemon, level tablespoon chopped pars-
ley, half teaspoon onion juice, few
gratings OF nutmeg, level teaspoon salt,
quarter teaspoon pepper, one egg
slightly beaten, two tablespoons melt
ed butter. Shape into roll after
thorough mixing, wrap in buttered
paper, place on rack In baking pan.
haste with quarter cup butter melted
in CUP Of bot yater. Thirty miputes
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-03

A complete electric blowing plant
has been installed on French estate.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-22
SUGAR SHIPMENTS COMMENCE
TO SLALnEN.
Season Will Close At End of June.
Deserter from Ship Macy Caught
Last Night--Island Vessels Arrive,

The Helene will sail Monday at D.
m. for Hawaii ports.
The Peru is expected from Yokoha-
ma today, although she is not due
until tomorrow
The Fresno has moved over to the
coal wharf, where she is discharging
heavy timber through her bow ports.
The dredger got into hard bed of
rock last night, and is laid up for re-
pairs today. The injury to the cutter
is not serious.
The w. G. Irwin has hauled over to
Wilder's wharf and is receiving sugar
from the Helene. She will sail early
in the week.
The NTikahala and Waialeale ar
rived from Kauai this morning, the
former with 1860 and the latter with
1896 bags of sugar.
The Iwalani will not make another
trip to Hawaii soon. Just now she is
laid up. preparing to take the Board
of Health to Molokai next Friday.
The Wilder company steamers will
have all they can do this month, and
next but the sugar season will prob
ably be wound up for them by June
1st.
One of the deserters from the Macy
was captured by Harry Evans at Mo-
analua last night. He is hot on the
trail of the other three, and hopes to
bring them to time before the ship
sails Monday.
Harbor Officer Harry Evans return
ed from Molokai yesterday, and today
the Mokoii brought down horse for
him, with which Harry expects to
make showing at the coming race
meet.
The Mokolii arrived this morning
from Molokai with 2S4 bags of sugar,
145 bags of taro, 63 bags of bone, 100
sheep and horses. Fine weather pre-
vailed during the trip. The little ves-
sci will go on the Marine Railway for
a scraping before going to sea again.
The James Mallee cleaned out Ka-
paa yesterday, bringing down 2432
bags of sugar this morning. The Ma
kee plantation has turned out 10000
bags thus far. and has about 10000
more to grind. r. g.. Spalding, Mr.
Won Hamm and Mrs. d. Davis were the
only passengers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-22
DIR. GREENFIELD SAYS HE DID
ALL HE COULD.
Letter from the Doctor, Giving His
Side of the Story-Lorenzo May I'm
dergo an Operation.

If young Frank Lorenzo's system
can be built up sufficiently to undergo
the vital operation of amputating his
left leg between the knee and thigh,
DIR. Wood has decided that he will
perform the operation.
At present the young man is lying
in the Queens Hospital The bone is
protruding at the knee, where the
lower part of the limb fell off. The
line of demarkation, separating the
healthy portion of the leg from the
dead part, has formed. Lorenzo is
thin and extremely weak. lie can
eat very little. DR.. Wood states that
his patient is in very critical condi-
ton, indeed.
While the father of the young man
places the blame of his sons unfortu-
nate condition upon the shoulders of
DR.. c. B. Greenfield, who is the Gov
ernment and plantation physician at
Paauilo. Hawaii, there is another side
of the story.
DR.. Greenfield has written letter
to DR.. c. b. Cooper, which is now in
the hands of DR.. Wood. The letter
was written at Honokaa on May 18th,
and the writer states that, owing 10 a
lack of time, he was unable to give
the full details touching upon young
Lorenzo's case.
DR.. Greenfield says that the lad was
injured in the artery inside of the
pelvic cavity, just as it goes down to
the leg. The leg Immediately became
cold, the artery refusing to feed the
veins of the limb with blood.
He gives his reasons for not ampu-
tating the injured leg at the time. In
the first place, there was no indica-
ton just at what point of the leg
must necessarily be taken off. The
line of demarkatation was exceeding
ly slow in forming, and there was no
way of telling just where the live and
dead tissue joined The dead part of
the leg is easily distinguished from
the live, because the former is black
and cold, while the presence of life is
told by the red and healthy flesh.
DR.. Greenfield says that the reason
the demarkation line was so long in
forming was because the main artery
to the leg was injured and could not
do its work. The upper portion of the
leg was fed by the many little
branches running down from the side
of the body. The leg below the knee,
receiving no blood, simply rotted
away and stuffed off. DR.. Greenfield
says he did everything possible for the
lad.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-22
STOVES and RANGES

because our patrons like to do
their cooking in a comparative
cool atmosphere. Our "bak-
ers" and "broilers are model
ed "to do the work" and house
wives appreciate this fact.
We have on hand a large
variety Of these stoves and
ranges, and many Honolulu
homes are already made bright
and comfortable through the
purchase of one of them from
us. We would desire nothing
better than an inspection of
our varied line Of hardware.
The public can be suited at
our store and they have found
out this important fact as our
sales prove.