Evening star., 1898-08-27
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for them. as dealers can't afford to carry
them through the winter"
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1T sounded like the splash of a bucket in
a We'll, observed one of the soldiers in the
arsenal hospital 10 a Star reporter, when
the Mauser bullet winged me in the right
ear just outside of Santiago and the sound
has recurred every hour since, and espe-
cialiy at night time. l was not looking for
anything from the Spaniards, nor was my
comrade, who received at the same instant
a plug in the left shoulder SO was as much
surprised for the moment as pained. 1
can't say that the bullet panied me at all
when 1t entered my ear, though it was very
PAINFUL soon afterward, and at frequent
times since. When 1 am home l live on a.
farm, and here became familiar with the
sound of bucket falling down in a we'll
Iuat was reproduced in my ear, Immedi-
ately behind me one of my comrades was
Whlstllng one of the popular ballads AS
TIE BUCKET splash passed away the sound
OF the whisthng came upon my ear. The
Two nave alternated ever since, and the
doctors tell me that as the hearing nerves
are anected this alienation will continue
uhlh my INJURY has been thoroughly healed
up, which he does not expect for some
weeks yet In talking to others who were
wounded during the engagement where
was md that 1t is a general experience
win them that the first information that
got into their brain that they had been
wounded was accompanied by sound or
thump, rather than pain. The pain did
not as rule come until the injured one
haa been fully made aware that he had
been struck. l met soldier on the trans-
port which brought us UP north who had
received an injury in the ear like myself
ne mas an advantage over me in that he
hA1
II appears that a band was plaviug when
ne was struck The nerves of the ear have
retained that music and seem to be unable
10 receive any other. The constant playing
OF ms imaginary brass band has nearly ex-
hausted him, and my splashing of a well
pucket is even pleasant as compared to his
malady."
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Chicken stew is very much iraDroved nv
putting pint or a couple of pints of milk
INTO the water that the chicken is boiled
Ill., explained an old-fashioned cook to a
star reporter, and especially where the
chicken is any way ancient or where the
II eat Is darker than is desired or relished
1t gives favcr to the meat besides maxi
ing 1t juicy. and whitens it up, so that to
All appearances it is a young chicken. If
th' olrd Is particularly tough the milk
makes the meat tender and much more
pdIdtapie' In other ways milk is a decided
aaNahease IN preparing chicken. The aues-
lon OF the amount of milk is a matter of
taste and experience. 1 use a pint of milk
Tor each chicken, when cook them in the
summer time In the winter l use a pint
and half for each chicken
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Ford, the brutal murderer of poor Elsie
hregloe near Mount Pleasant summer be-
lore last, little knew that his crime would
reform the neighborhood in which he
lived, said a Maryland farmer to a Star
reporter, but that has been one of thu
effects of that terrible crime Ford, 1t NAV
De remembered, lived out near the Burnt
mills on the Colesville pike, and it was In
the woods in that section that he secreted
ElnSelf Tor some days after his crime The
celored people in that section were very
mucn worked up about it, for they feared
MIN very much There was such a lively
search for him for three or four nights
tnat the colored people gave the woods
thefeahoAts wide range. The night fol-
lowing the hanging of Ford, several saw
his ghost IN the woods, and there are q
number who have seen it on several oc-
caslons since. At least they say they have
winch Is just as good when you are dealing
Hlth ghosts The result is that the people
III mat nelghbOrhOOd, and especially those
VINO used 10 prowl around al night time
nave given up roaming about, for there is
hardiy any telling where the ghost of Ford
viii not show itself. The ghost seems to
t'h7 special pleasure IN causing wagons to
DI DIeaK down, smashing up wheels and the
ike, ana there are number of happenin es
OF tnat kind that have been traced dir,ctIv
10 nlm- Although it is two years ago since
the hanging took place, it is a fresh sub
?sct among the colored residents of that
immediate locality yet, and particularly in
tne relation of the many appearances Of
ms ghost As l have said, the keeping of
the matter constantly in the minds of the
ccloIed people thereabouts has proven
beneficial, and the farmers encouraaa III.
circulation of all kinds of ghost stories
about him.