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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

shouted, sling sticks savagely. Spor-
tive squirrels, scared, scampered.
Smiling scornfully. Sam sought
shining stream. Seeing several
splendid swans swimming, Sam siyly
stole soft, shady seat, staring steadily.
Sedate swans siemmed stream, swayed,
stopped--surely superbl Suddenly Sam
sneezed, spelling silence. ,''Shawi"
said Sam. Swans splashing, scattered
spray, swan speedily Secondly, Sam
skipped stones, sung Sunday school
songs softly; soon sat still, soliloquiz-
ing, safe, snug. Silence seemed
sweet. Stream smiled, slipping,
sliding sleepily. Small sinner snored.
Soon Sans sister Sue, scarcely seven,
strolling, saw Sam slnmbering sweetly.
Surprised, she said, "5-a-m, say, Samr'
Surprising schoolmaster sent Sis
searching, Sam, still supremely
sleepy, slapped Sue smartly. Shift
ing so Sam slipped, slid softly, sprawl
ing, scrambling, snatching stones,
sticks. Splashl Sousel Sam sunk,
struggling stubbornly. Sister Sue
screaming shrilly, sought sue
cor successfully. She summoned
Samuel Senior, seen sowing seed.
Sam. striking shallow stream, started
shoreward spluttering.y Samuel
Senior, scowling severely, shaking
stiff switch, seized Sans sleeve
strongly. Sister Sue stood smiling
sheepishly. Gam stood sullen, sulk-
ing. Shoes, stockings, soaked. Sun.
day suit spoiled, school Stunned.
Such solemn situations seem sad.
Surmise, severe suspense. Seconding
Santiago's Spanish soldiers Sam swiftly
surrendered. Chicago Record.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
CastIiIan Cuisine.

The comm ercial exodus to Cuba is
apt TO result in familiarizing Ameri-
cans with bona fde Spanish cooking,
something seldom seen in this coun-
try. Oil aud pepper are the two
things that especially characterize the
Castiiian cuisine. One of the favorite
dishes in Cuba is ''tasajo," which is
simply dried meat, cooked with to-
matoes, red peppers and onions.
''Tripa In Andaluza" is another
preparation frequently seen. As the
name indicates, the basis is boiled
tripe. which is cooked with beans and
potatoes, and always served with the
small, red Spanish sausage known as
"butafarra Catalina" A similar eau
sage, only black, Is known as "butaf-
ARA Astoriana." "Chile con carnc,"
which everybody eats, is nothing
more than thick stew OF beef (carne)
and beans seasoned with chiles.
Spanish "tortillas" are corn cakes
favored with red peppers, and differ
from the Mexican tortilla in that the
latter, when properly made, are rolled
in chopped vegetables. A salad, Ia
Espanola, is prepared Of lettuce and
celery, with a few sliced tomatoes and
peppers. Served with French dress
ing il is very good. The Spanish
soups are, as a rule, little too heavy
for the American taste, which runs
more toward the consomme. They
are thick decoc;ions, full OF vegetables
and look frighifully greasy. Soup,
however, does not have the important
role among the Spaniards that itplnys
in French domestic economy, and Is
an article OF secondary importance.
The dishes named are pretty apt te
appear ere long on home menus, anG
it is interesting to know in advance
what they are composed OF. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
The Tomb Of the Nrahdi.

The tomb Of the Mahdi, which was
partly destroyed by the Sirdar's artil.
lery for the purpose Of impressing the
Dervishes with the fact that it was
vulnerable, is a stupendous building.
1t is treated as sacred place, rs honor
of the Mahdi is made a part OF tho
religion of the Khalifa aud his fol-
lowers. 1t is situated in Omdurman,
near the river bank, and the Khalifa
had the foundation laid with great
ceremony, he turning the first sod.
The building is thirty feet high, and
square, thirty feet each way. The
stone for its construction was brought
from Khartoum. Above the square
building rises hexagonal wall fifteen
feet high, aud from this dome rises
forty feet, while there are four smaller
domes on the corners of the main
building. 1t is furnished with ter
large, arched windows and two doors.
In the hexagonal part are six skylight
windows. The whole 10 whitewas he'd
and surrounded by q fence of trellis
work. Directly beneath the dome,
and over the Mahdi's grave, a wooden
sarcophagus Is erected, covered with
black cloth. On the sides of the wall
candelabra are hung, and Mt the end
of long chain from the centre OF the
dome is pendant an immense chande.
lier taken from the government palace
in Khartoum. A few yards from the
building is a small cistern used for
additions of visitors. II is called al
together Kubbet eli Mahdi--''ths
Mahdi's tomb"
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
Hoods pills cure all Liver nj. Is cents.
ChoctsIk.

Choctalk Is, In two principal re-
spects, a perfectly secret language. II
Is absolute 1argon TO the untaught lis
tener, and 1t Is fairly easy to learn IL
one Is possessed OF common-sense and
a little patience. But though choc-
talk Is learned or taught viva voce
without difficulty, yet since II IL al.
most impossible as written Ian
guage, II Is extremely hard to explain
II In print
But II one cares enough 10 learn it
to study the directions carefully. after
he has mastered II, he will have no
trouble in teaching his friends, and
the fun Of using 1t will amply repay
him.
Firstly, then. each word OF choctalk
Is an Indication Of the English word
which 1t represents, and is accom-
plished In the following manner: The
flrst letter of the English word Ia pro-
nounced, not sounded, but given its
full name as In the alphabet. IL the
initial letter Of word IL c, say see;
II 1t Is h, say altch; II W, say double
you; n a, say a. After the initial let.
ter Is pronounced, sound all the other
consonants in the word, emitting en-
tlrely the vowels.-Harper's Round
Table.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

After an eventful trip OF 140 days,
in which she experienced much stormy
weather, the big British ship Dial.
cairnic, the first vessel TO reach this
port from Manila since the war with
Spain began. came mp the Delaware
. few days ago.
Considerable interest surrounds the
Dalcairnic, from the fact that when
Dswey's feet entered the harbor Of
Manila on Sunday, May !. she was
loading with hemp and after the sink
ing OF the Spanish feet she sailed with
half cargo consigned to cordage
works in this city.
In addition to 10, 99S bales OF hemp,
the Dslcairnic has on board many in
teresting relics. The most notable Of
these are two cannons which were
sent TO this country by Consul-Gen-
eral Williams. One Of them is from
the Maria Christina, Admiral Mon.
tejo's flagship, the other from the
United States steamship Baltimore,
and Is intended for the Monumental
city. The gun from the Maria Chris
tina Is 10 be placed among s;her relic,
in the National museum q Washing
ton. D. C
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Mans Souvenir.

Nan was going to have birthday
party out at grandma's house. Ten
little girls were coming to spend the
afternoon and stay TO supper.
There was only one thing that
troubled Nan; and she went out into
the kitchen, where grandma was FROST
ing cakes the afternoon before the
party, TO talk about il. The cakes
looked so good that Nan never could
have stood it il grandma hal not
baked her tasters, in patty-pans, OF
every single kind Of cake.
Everything is too good for any
thingp' said Nan, leaning her elbows
on the table. Except / wish / did
have silvernears for the party"
Goodness mel" said grandma.
whats thatg"
Things for them to take away to
member my party with for always"
answered Nan. ''Silvernears is the
best part Of party, / think, grand
ma"
"Oh, yes, souvenirs-yes, see.
Well, we must see about them, then.
Didn't You tell me there were twelve
kittens down at the barn."
"Yessum," said Nan. "And, o
grandma, you said they'd have to so,
some Of them anyway, cause the farm
was getting overrun with cats. But,
grandma, you wouldn't say so If you
could see them once; they are the
sweetest, cunningest, dearest
"Yes," said grandma, calmly; ''they
always are. But why not give them
to the party for souvenirs?"
40 grandma, you are the dearestl
You always think Of the perfectest
thingsl OF course, there'll be one
apiece, and two for me; and you don't
mind the two for me, do you, grand
ma"
And OF course grandma said she
didn't mind.
SO the next day, when the ten little
guests went away, after having the
most charming time, they each took
with them kitten, in box with Stats
fixed so that il could breathe. And,
after they were oil gone, Nan went
down to the barn. When she came
back, she looked very sober.
al wouldn't have thought" she re-
marked, ''lhat / could have felt so
lonely without those ten kittens. I
hope I'm not getting selfish"
And grandma smiled.
The next day grandma was upstairs
when she heard Nan calling And
then, running up the stairs, accom-
panied by chorus OF mewing. she
burst into the room, her checks very
red and her eyes very bright, with
ten boxes piled up in her arms.
20 grandma, she cried, "the party
all came back, aud brought their
silvernears. They said their mammas
said they were just as much obliged.
but they had so many kittens now
they do not really need any more; and
say, o grandma, don't you think we
can keep them now?"
And OF course grandma, when she
got through laughing, said "Yes. -
Churchman.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
Tanning Hum,nIng Birds.

My special pet is the humming-
bird, and / never weary Of feeding
and fussing with that lers!y little
creature. / tame them every year,
and my interest in them never flags.
Last spring my wife and / were
standing on the piazza and pair of
male ruby-throats-the first arrivals
came lowering around our heads,
chasing each other IN seeming play,
and then lighting side by side on a
star iessimine vine, within foot or
two of our faces, without the slightest
fear Of us, which meant, of course,
that they knew their ground, and when
l brought out the little bottle that
they always feed from, one of them
came directly to ii rs IL he had fed on
1t oil his life. Its delightful to be re.
membered by the tiny creatures in this
way, and nearly every season have
proof OF their memory. This season
ut least two or three OF my old pets
have visited me, and oil seem to be as
tame as on the previous year, but the
early birds that are on the migratory
move cannot induce TO stay. They
nearly all go further north to set up
housekeeping. i never expect TO keep
one for any length of time until the
yonng birds appear in the early part
OF June.
During the month Of June this year
had two or three quite tame. but one
in particular never saw me anywhere
around the place but he would come
lowering around me, and / never
failed to take his little bottle from my
pocket and give him a sip or two. I
have discovered that it is best to give
khem but little ut time, as they are
apt TO over-feed themselves. / often
cit on the piazza to read my paper,
and when have tame bird / hold
the bottle with the bow attachment
so that he con sit aud help himself
without interfering with my reading;
and this summer, as I was reading, /
heard my pet as supposed, fly up
and take his seat, and paid no atten-
ton 10 him for some time. i then
looked up TO see what he was doing,
and to my surprise and delight there
sat an old full-plumaged male bird
a friend Of the previous year Buthe
never repeated his visit Florida cor
rsspondence. Forest aud Stream.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
CaILDREWs COLUMN.
A Recipe for nm Appetite.

NY lad who sits ut breakfast,
With forehead In frown,
Because tho chop Is underdonc,
And the fritter overbrown.---
just leave your dainty mincing,
And take, to mend your fare,
A slice OF golden sunshine .,
And cup OF morning air.
And when you have ate and drunken,
III you want u little fun,
Throw by your jacket OF broadcloth
And take an uphill run.
And what with one and the other,
Yon will be 80 strong and gay,
That work will be- only pleasure
Through all the rest OF tho day.
And when IL Is time for supper
Your bread and milk will DO
As sweet as comb OF honey,
VIII you try my recipe?
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

taking your medi-
cine, and have certainly been greatly
benefited by its use
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has indeed been friend 70 me.
al am now able to do my own work.
thanks to your wonderful medicine. l
was - near death believe - l could
be, 50 weak that my pulse scarcely beat
and my heart had almost given ouA l
could not have stood It one week more,
am sure. never thought ! would
be sograteful to any medicine.
az shall use my influence with any
one suffering ~ I did, 70 have them
use Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
Every woman that IN punled about
her condition should secure the sympa-
thctic advice of = woman who under
stands. Write 70 Mira Pinkham a
Lynn. Mas. and tell her your ills.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09
Confession of a millionaire.

A millionaire confessed the secret Of his sue
cees In two words hard work. He said he
put IN the best part OF his life IN gaining dol.
lars and losing health, aud now he was put.
ting In the other half In spending dollars 10
get back health. Nothing equals Hostetters
overtlrsd body and brain. Il gets at the start
ting pont-the stomacb-and ovcrcomes nor
yousncss, sieeplessness, dyspepsia and In
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

A lucrative may sometimes be car
ried to ridiculous excess, and many
people with liking for the curious
have written whole stories or poems
each word Of which began with the
same letter. One Of our friends
sends in an amusing illustration
of what can be done in the way
of alliteratiye storytelling. Fol-
lowing is the story, which Is called:
"Sam Shuns School"
Sultry September seventh Sam
started seeking school. Sun shons
seranely; sky soft sapphire; sstream
sparkled. Sam strutted. sporting
Sunday suit. shoes. stockings Soon
Sam saw swallow skimning swiftly
skyward. Seemingly swallow said
Wy Sam; stay. swim, Sam Sam
sadly. Scho9l speesssed slate.
Nudy. Sam apn21fpd slowly,
stopped sHddoniy; soon
Nthward speedily. shnnning
We saucy squirrels seeing
rJo, so. Sans surely
Sorry sight, sorry
Shamel' Startled.
I. N9pyipg squirrels
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81 DO MY OWN WORK"
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette OF
Linden, New Jersey, In this
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.

ct was bothered with flow which
would be quite annoying at times, and
ut others would almost stop.
IT used prescriptionsgiven me by my
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

Here's IN article for a woman. :"
he said, ION How to Make Yourself
Attractive 70 . Man.
Before " after marriage?" she Ia.
quired, thiuk3ng IL was about time to
have little sport with him.
after, OF course. he replied,
promptly. mo woman ever loses the
knack until after she marries."
No doubt he was, as she said. "a
mean old thing Chicago Post
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same state
of affairs
continued.
4" After q
time / was
taken with
q flooding,
that I was
obliged to
keep mybed.
Finally, In
despair, I
gave up my
tor, and b
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

ksts In England. .--s,q.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

A lifeboat made Of pumice-stone
has boon tested. II continued afoas
with load even whom full OF water.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

Everywhere in life the true question is not
what we gain, hut what we do
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-12-09

No-ro-i,sc for fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81 All druggists
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT

After that sea water gold experiment
the time is ripe to form a company to
dig for gold buried at the foot Of the
rainbow. Exchange
II Spain is moving slowly in peace
matters, remember It's pretty badly
broken up and feels particularly sore
about its arms.-Philadelphi Times.
American silver now passes in Santi-
ago at par with American paper cur
rency, and American paper currency
passes at par with the best gold money
In the world The American invasion
led the advance Of honest money into
CUBAN. Y. Mail and Express.
We are now a world power in the
sense that we are known and feared
and respected the world over.-Hart-
ford POST
The probability is that It will be a
good while before another nation gete
gay with us.-Chicago Record.
The meaning Of the late war" and
before the war" has undergone a COM
plete change.-Dallas News.
The sentiment for Roosevelt is gain
ing such strength in New York that the
Republican machine will probably be
unable to resist it. The party went
down on three RS on one memorable
occasion but there is no cabalistiC
omen of evil in Roosevelt's Rough Rid
rs.-Philadelphia Record
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-17
WHEN SHE DRAWS A CHECK.
The Modern WOmun's Ways When
She Enters n DanlS and Draws
on Her Account.

There is nothing which shows mod
ern woman's ability to take care Of
herself more than the way she handles
bank account, and the number Of
the sex who are acquiring the proprie-
torship of one. A person has only to
stand for a few minutes in one of the
downtown banks to have ocular dem
onstration of the change that is TAX
ing place IN the complexion of its de-
positors.
II IS nowthe commonest thing'to see
a young woman gowned IN the height
Of fashion and looking sif the thought
OF anything more serious than pink
tea or season of grand opera had
never occurred to her step up to one
of the desks provided for the accom-
mediation Of customers, draw a check
book from her reticule, coolly and col
lectedly gather mp one Of those an
cient pens which have borne the
weight Of the fists of world-lSnown
fnanciers and write in the most non
chalnnt and accustomed manner a
check for the amount she feels she
will need.
One can easily see that II IS a com.
plete departure from the old idea. She
does not take out n crumpled check
after an infinite deal of fumblin9 in
half a dozen different places. She is
not bound hand and foot by any I'M
changeable sum that some nlmoner OF
the opposite sex has grudgingly de
cided upon. II is an entirely i'm
promptu affair. One may easily be
quite certain of this, for she frequent
ly bites the end Of her pencil and pat
her forehead with II while she puts
the neatest Imaginable columns of fig,
ures on the reverse side of blotter.
But bein6.wholly AZ liberty and upon
her own resources does not worry he1
in the least. She Is perfectly self-pos-
gsssed and peculiarly at ease in hel
surroundings. The comic paper writ
er's notion OF a woman's actions wheT
she gets in a bank are shown to bC
thoroughly inaccurate and a complete
travesty on truth She does not e
up 20 the receiving teller. bookkeepe1
or president to get her checks cashed
She does not indorse negotiable paper
across the face or on the back an
eighth Of an inch from the top. On th'
contrary, she complies with whatever
business forms there are, in manner
that would endear her to the heart o
the NEST methodical and finiclSy bust
ness man. And the best of ii is tina
with all this facility she does not lost
her femiuinity q bit.-N. y. sun.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-17
THE DECAY or THE DANDY

Brummell went to prison for de
but came out again to resume his f
peries. His friends made him a sn
allowance of $40 per annum-eQual
Caen TO $500, but he could not be
pected to live on such a pittaI
When he had not #. in the world
would order boot polish at 81. a
tie from Paris, and call the tradesn
who supplied it "a scoundrel!"
venturing to ask for his money. In
end his intellect gave way. He
his memory, and much Of his il
mind.
He grew slovenly and careless,
TO the last chung to his eau de Colo
and some other Injuries. Finally,
mind all gone, he was removed t
a charity hospital, being now redu
to the utmost Impeachment,
content to change his linen ono
month. instead Of three times a day
of old. Here he died under the
of the Sisters of Charity, on March
1910. Thus ended thes triking ca
perhaps the most worthless fop WI
history records, his death being a
ting termination to his useless liz
Lippincott's.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-17
CAPTAIN CiAPRON'S GALLANT
FEAT.

Army officers and National Guards
men have not forgotten a notable in
cident on the Preside grounds in the
early part OF 1893, when the courage
and superb Workmanship OF Capron
saved the lives of a woman and her
two children. 1t was on a morning
when the First Troop of California
Cavalry, then under the command OF
Captain Blumenberg, was at drill on
the large parade ground. Sergeant Cap
ron was interested in the dill OF the
troopers, and sat on his horse on the
main road watching the evOlutions. A
light carriage, drawn by two spirited
horses, entered the Lombard gate and
proceeded in the direction OF the post
buildings. In the vehicle were an elder
ly woman and two little girls. The
carriage passed CaprOn, and, wheT
about 100 yards west OF his position
something scared the horses, lnd they
bolted along the drive at terrific pace
turning into a side road and racing furi
ously on a broken half grade.
Capron kicked the spurs into his hore'
in an instant and dashed around TIL
slope to intercept the team. Lyhen h
reached the road again the team wa
approaching on a mad gallOp. The of
ficer saw no time could be lost II tn
lives Of the woman and children wer
to be saved. AT the risk of his own iii
he trotted into the centre Of the roaI
and waited for the collision with tn
team. The two horses continued thei
wild run, and in a few moments crash
ed against the troop horse OF Capror
He dropped his own reins, and leanin
over his horses head, caught bot
runaways by the bride. THE tire
horses reared and fought, hut ne hel
. the bride reins and compelled the IN
furiated animals to stop. The carrias
was badly damaged, but the occupant
escaped without a scratch.-San Frar
: cisco Examiner.