The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-02
Uncle Sans Sailor Boys Are
Well Provided For.
LATE WASHINGTON GOSSIP
DILEMMA OF KENTUCKY COURT
WEATHER BUREAU STORY.
rsneclal to The Herald.l


first edition. The book has been pre-
pared under the direction of the pay
master general and is published by au-
thority of the secretary of the navy
under the imposing title. General Mess
Manual and Cook Book. United States
Navy"
Until fifteen months ago the men
aboard ship were divided into messes
of about twenty each. generally accord
ing TO their ratings. The landsmen,
the ordinary seamen. and the able sea-
men ate by themselves. each body hav-
ing its own steward. who took the
money the men gave him. bought and
prepared the food. This meant that
the best paid men got the best food.
Plan Failed at First.
Congress fnterfered and decided that
all enlisted men, except the chief pet
ty officers, should fare alike. Now I'm
Gle Sam furnishes the food and the
men who cook it, and the men who
serve ii. and all the tars have the same
mess. The first year was not satisfac-
tory. AS usual. congress failed in the
details Of the plan, and Jack got no
milk, nor any OF the condiments. nor
yet enough 10 eat. The doctors and
the dietary cranks said the supply was
ample, but the sailors shook their
heads. and congress worried itself i'll
over the question until finally it de-
cided that there must be an official
cook book.
The book even designates the treat
ment to be accorded the waiter, who
is one of the messmen, chosen by his
fellows. He merely receives the food
from the cooks and places it on the
table, and the rest of the men are for
hidden 70 swear at or bride him. Any
tar" who feels that he is being done
out of his full share is at liberty to ap-
ply to the captain, or, as a final re-
source, TO the secretary of the navy.
The number OF cooks prescribed by
the manual varies with the size OF the
crew, and the chief cook holds his
position by virtue of his ability. Woe
betide him If the steaks are overdone,
the coffee muddy, or the eggs unspeak-
able-he pays the penalty OF his ex-
allied rank. Should he go on strike.
he is promptly cast into irons.
Jacks Favorite Soup.
Exactly half the book is devoted to
recipes. and the first Of these comes
| from Boston:
Soak five gallons of beans in fresh
water and eighty pounds of salt pork
also in fresh water. over night. Put
| the beans in a copper and let them
come to a boil then add fifteen pounds
| OF pork. Boil the rest OF the pork
| in a separate copper until tender. Cut
up six pounds of stale bread. brown
| in a pan and add" The result is bean
soup, the favorite soup for Jack.
Most of the recipes run to gallons
and barrels. instead OF tablespoonfuls
and cupfuls.
Dilemma Of the Court.
From the department of justice
comes an amusing denial Of having re-
| ceived a telegram from a United
| States commissioner in Kentucky, who
| is said 10 have wired the department
! of Justice for permission to hold his
court on the outside of the court room
because the defendant in a whisky case
was a fat lady weighing only about
500 pounds, who could not be gotten
through the narrow doorway. In re-
plying 10 the inquiry regarding this
matter, the representative of the de-
| partment settled a point, which NIGH
come in handy with some western
judges who are called upon to decide
important cases under startling condi
| tions. He says: "The law does no
| provide that a commissioner or judge
shall hold his court in any fixed build
ing, or whether il shall be indoors o.
out. He can sit on a log or stump i
his hearing is otherwise legal, and no
the slightest objection can be made
If the alleged fat lady was as heav.
as represented. the judge could hav'
removed to a neighboring shady grove
or to any place affording sufticien
room, without wiring to the depart
ment for permission"
Weather Bureau Story.
The postoffice department is in re
ceipt Of an equally amusing communi
cation. A man in Maine sent in
request that the superintendent of tn
rural free delivery would kindly haste
the establishments of a rural rout
from the neighboring city 10 his farm
and entered the complaint that tn
, weather bureau reports were not reach
ing the farmers promptly. frequentl
not at all. In conclusion. he wrote: i
would be a consolation to get these re
ports during the hayings season. eve
should they arrive several days lat
.
kind of weather we should have ha
on the day we moved"
, The department of agriculture is q
present educating $50 young men an
, women in those sciences which are rs
sential to the individual who wOul
, make a thorough agriculturist. The
} study the soils and their composition
! climate and its effects, moisture an
} its potentialities. animals and the
uses, insect enemies and friends, II
: microscopic plants and animals an
. their influences, the economic growt
: and distribution of crops and the lilS
Foreign countries are looking TO III
United States for education along til
line. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
in commenting recently upon the lac
of proper preparation of men and We
: men for work in his department said
Five thousands students attend ayr
/ cultural colleges. but these colleges al
forcing their way in the dark alon
untraveled paths. They are fitting an
4 trying, as carpenters built barns
c old times; they will at last forge OF
a system. by comparing notes, thf
e will meet the requirements of the pro
: ducers and be entirely new and sui
? able to our conditions as a people"
: All this is particularly adaptable |
: the west. where the use Of water
: still problem to be worked out Onl
{ by study and experience. Yet. it wOul
= seem, from what has already been al
complished, that a better knOwledg
OF the application of water is all thu
Is needed to put the agriculture of II
west far in advance Of that of II
eastern farms and gardens.
Palmistry in Vogue.
With Dalmistry so much in VOgJ
, as II Is this year at the seashore, or
{ must bury his or her secrets an
{ naughtinesses deeper than ever. Mi:
1 Alice Roosevelt, it appears, has notl
ing 10 hide nor yet anything TO one
) IN the line OF the exceptional Her
+. Is what a clever young man read froi
: her hand, at a recent dinner party