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going.
The finest fish in the world are found
here. The waters TEEN with them. from
the Jewish. sometimes Weighing as much
as 300 pounds; the kingfish, the delicate
and beautiful angel fish, the tarpon, the
tiger of the southern seas. to the many
multicolored dwellers among the man
grove roots. There is no country that
can boast Of finer mullet. and in in
exhaustible numbers. The pompano. the
fish OF the epicure, Is caught here, and
brings a high price Hundreds OF men
some have accumulated fortunes from it.
Crustaceans are found in great variety,
and are excellent for the table, as well
as all kinds of waterfowl, and wild tur-
keys nest among the mangroves. The
matchless flavor OF its green sea turtles
is known on more than one continent, and
thousands OF them were taken in these
waters. weighing from 100 to 200 pounds.
They were Shipped to the large cities of
the United States. In June and July the
turtles crawl out on the sandy shore
to deposit their eggs, which were eagerly
sought after by the hunters.
Adjacent to the city is salt lake, where
the salt used on the. island was manufac-
shipped to the neighboring keys and
the mainland. Previous to 1874, when a
hurricane destroyed the extensive salt
works. 10000 bushels of salt were an
The island has suffered repeatedly from
violent hurricanes and was twice devas-
tated within two years. first by disas-
trous fire, and then by yellow fever.
which. as in the epidemic Of this disease
in 1874. was brought by Cuban immi-
grants. Though the city's progress was
thus seriously checked. the pluck and en-
terprise of the citizens were great enough
to overcome these drawbacks. These same
qualities may be counted on to raise the
city again after the recent disaster.
The great fire occurred March 80. 1885.
when over 100000 Of property was
lost. The terror Of that awful sight will
never be forgotten by any one who wit
messed that grand but terrible tragedy.
Fire and wind undid in a few short hours
the work of many generations of busy
men and women. Human suffering and
hardship were exemplified in the period
of woe and desolation that followed.
Every one was dazed and bewiidered;
despair was the keynote of every voice,
and scene of blackened ruins and ashy
waste failed to inspire hope In any heart
OF reflect a flash from any eye.
As there were no suburbs, to speak of.
every one lived in the city. or near 1t on
the beach, and had grounds of greater
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Rebuking a Greenhorn.

A H. MCCOY. the whist champion of
~ Baltimore. discussed at a dinner
those overconf1dent and foolish persons
who think they can learn whist In q
year or two.
Such persons should be called to or
der" Mr.. Mccoy said sternly. IT for one
am always glad to see them called to or
der,
"A young greenhorn stood behind my
partner during game one night At the
end OF the hand the greenhorn said:
Why didn't you lead hearts? That's
what I'd have DONE
My partner smiled and answered.:
All, but you, my young friend, have
the world before you and none but your
self to consider. You have no wife and
FAMILY dependent on you for bread, and
If you lose heavily no one suffers but
yourself. With me it is different Hence
led spades.''
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OVAL STREET MKEYWE ST

and it approaches more closely that of
the tropics than any other part Of the
United States. The air is peculiarly
table lotus-eater's paradise, full Of quiet
and repose. There is always a sea breeze
stirring. The nights are always cool.
Frost never reacbeShere: all winter long
the south winds blow; and the lowest tenn
perature Is about "a degrees. Artificial
heat is unknown except for cooking pur-
poses.
The city was cosmopolitan and progress
sive, with the conveniences of modern
city. except water works. 1t had parks.
public library, board Of trade. newspa-
pers, gas and electric light, trolley. cars
and an annual business of many millions
of dollars There were churches and ex-
cellent public and private schools. 1t had
the lowest mortality of any city in the
Union, and its balmy climate attracted an
annually, increasing number of invalids
from the north. But its water resources
were most primitive and limited; the shall
low wells in town were all more or less
brackish and under suspicion of surface
drainage.
Key West was unique in its industries.
They consisted of cigars, fisheries, turtles.
sponges and extensive salt works. 1t was
the largest cigar manufacturing city in
the Union and the second in the world.
The cigar making business dates back to
1881, but made slow progress until 1872.
when the influx of Cuban refugees slim
ulated~ the production to an enormous ex-
tent.
A visit to any Of the large tobacco fac
tories was very interesting. The employees
were ranged at long tables. busly at
work, and listening to the reader, who sat
on an elevation resembling a pulpit. His
subject was the choice Of the persons
working in the room. 1t might be fiction.
history or travel. and it was astonishing
what superior class of literature was
generally chosen by the people and how
well informed they were, especially in the
line of current events These readers
form a unique branch of business charac-
teristic of the Cuban cigar-making fra
ternity. They were generally men of ed
ucation who had failed in the professions
Many engaged in it, for every room in
these large factories had it's own reader.
He was paid for his services out of a
fund to which each employe contributed a
small fee.
Hundreds and hundreds Of small earthen
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identity is unrecognizable. Very little 10
properly cooked OF served as it should be.
We get messy entrees, underdone joints.
overdone steaks, jellies Of the consistency
of india rubber and pies looking as IL
they were baked in the ark and had be-
come soddened In the deluge.
Our cookery must be remedied before
we can have happy homes. The Creator
has sent US an abundance of food. 1t is
for us to show our gratitude for His
blessings by using them Alright. and the
first step in that direction is to teach our
womankind the art of cookery.
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jugs were to be seen hanging on nails out
side of the windows of these factories.
They were known as Spanish monkeys
and served to carry the employees water
supply. They had two apertures, one for
filling. the other emitting the water. 1t
requires considerable practice to drink out
of one of these jugs, for the lips must
never touch 1t; that is against all "eti-
quette.' 1t is astonishing with what dex-
at arms length. throws back his head.
and the fine threadlike stream Of water
issuing from the jug through the air I'M
erringly trickles down his thirsty throat.
The sponge fisheries Of Key West are
the most important in the country.
Sponges of the finest quality and size are
taken from the adjacent waters. They
are found on the reefs and far up the gulf
coast. Here the water is from five to
twenty feet deep. Most of them are OBJ
tanned by diving, and they are detached
from their beds with hooks. When brought
on shore they are buried in dry sand until
the ahimalculae die, and when decomposi-
ton has ceased are exposed In wire cages
to the action Of the tides for publication.
They are then beaten and dried.
To bleach them. the finest and softest
are selected, washed several times in
water and immersed in very dilute hy-
drochloric acid to dissolve the calcareous
they are placed in another bath of di-
lutte hydrochloric acid. to which per cent
of hyposulphite of soda dissolved In a lit
tie warm water has been added. The
sponge Isl left in this bath twenty-fous
hours or until it is as white as snow.
Sponges can be taken only In calm
weather,
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serving, etc. She is indicted into all the
mysteries of the kitchen, and as con-
sequence German women never excite the
contempt of their cooks in after life by
mistaking a fish kettle for a preserving
pan or a jelly bag for dishcloth.
In this country we have fnterminably
long and absurdly pretentious dinners.
but little that is fit to eat. Dishes are
saddled with high-sounding titles, honest
food masquerades I'm fancy attire until its
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The Deal Lambs Get.

THE late Francis H. Leggett. New
York's largest wholesale grocer.
had a contempt for the morals of the
average Wall street man.
Mr.. Leggett often used to say:
Il once hired an errand boy who. after
I discharged him, no doubt went on the
street. There he should be doing well.
THE boy was from the country He
only worked for me about two days.
The last day he was with us I sent
him out for four dollars worth Of
stamps. giving him a five-dollar bill.
when he came back with the stamps
he didn't offer me any change
well I said. impatiently, where's
the change. Alfred?'
There Amt any, SIR said ne.
Stamps has riz."
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dinners. dreading the unpalatable dishes
that await them at home. They know
that wherever chef is employed they
have chance of getting something de-
cent and nutritious. while at home there
is danger that their systems may be so
upset that visit to the doctor will be
necessary the following day.
Yet. despite its Importance, this branch
on which SO much of the home happiness
depends is the most neglected. In fact
It Is despised as unworthy the learning
1t is not regarded as an accomplishment
at ALL but rather looked upon in the
light of something vulgar and degrading.
Many mothers have not been taught
1t themselves; they have no conception
Of its importance, and hence they do not
even mention 1t to their daughters.
Girls with little or no musical talent
spend years drumming the keyboard Of
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a piano, never thinking of soiling their
dainty fingers with a rolling pin or
potstck
Husbands are hungry animals, and a
good dinner we'll cooked and daintily
served appeals more to the majority of
them than symphony of Beethoven.
Mothers are universally credited with
the earnest desire of seeing their daugh-
tiers comfortably established in life, with
good. husbands and happy homes. yet
comparatively few nowadays ever think
of preparing their daughters for the state
of life they ambition for them.
Therefore young girls enter upon the
duties and responsibilities of married life
utterly unprepared. They have spent
years on branches of knowledge which
will never be- OF any practical advantage
to them and which they will never be
called upon to exploit, while they have
utterly neglected to acquire even the
rudiments of the branches upon which
their future happiness must depend.
Many newly wed girl can construe
Homer, but is altogether ignorant of the
pages Of Mrs. Rohrer. Many a one can
scan Virgil, but is unable to thread the
eye of a sewing machine needle.
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ARRICK, the TRACE
dian, wrote: "Heav-
en- sends food, but
the devil sends
cooks. Doubtless
ne had occasion
many a time to find
fault with the way
In which his dishes
were pre- D a r e q.
though the art OF
cookery over a hun
dred years ago was
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Many are as unsophisticated as the
bride who went to the market for the
first time after her marriage and asked
the butcher: "What have your Moth
ing but a leg of lamb and liver After
a little hesitation she made up her mind
to take "a leg OLIVER"
In America today we sadly need what
they have In Germany-haushaltun
misunderstanding schools. When young
woman in that enlightened country has
mastered the ordinary branches of learn
ing and is approaching that period of
education which we miscall finishing"
she is usually sent to a school to learn
housekeeping. and is taught all the Gull
nary branches breadmaking. pie baking.
boiling, br0iling. roasting. picking. pre-
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in a much more f1ourishing state than 1t
is now.
With us, cookery seems to be lost art.
for as at present practiced it cannot lay
claim to the title OF art at all.
1t is more of combination of expert
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The appearance Of fresh sponge just
from its native element. is surprise to
the northern visitor. 1t has a sickish.
disagreeable odor, which soon becomes
disgusting. like that of decomposing ami
NAL matter. It was an interesting sight.
indeed, to see piles Of sponges. thousands
in number. sold at auction. Crfers were
sent out announcing the sale. These criers
announced all auction sales, for every
thing in Key West markets was sold at
auction. The sponges were shipped to
the principal cities of the United States,
where they were cut and sold. The
sponge business of Key West amounted
to nearly 100000 yearly. and it was
the central market and shipping point. A
large fleet of spongers. mostly small
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Ely WEST, known
as the City or
Keys" on account
of it's peculiar loca,
ton at the extrem-
ity of the Florida
peninsula. was Wis
tied by one of the
most terrific and
destructive storms
in years last Mon
day night. and the
city is now almost
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The Honest Prisoner.

From the Stanordshire Advertiser Of September.
1909.
A prisoner within these last few days
appeared at our county Jail, bringing his
own commitment. The constable, he said,
was busy in his harvest and could not
come with him. 1t was not till after he
had given his word and honor that he
was the person named in the commitment
that he was admitted.
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food. If food were rightly prepared
and administered. doctors would find
themselves out Of job, disease would
largely vanish from earth and death
old age.
Indeed, some authorities will have 1t
that death could be indefinitely kept at
bay If only the elixir Of youth and
ministration Of healthy regime. From
which it can be inferred that cookery
Is one OF the most, If not the most, inn
portant desideratum Of the race. On 1t
depends health, and on health depends
happiness.
The weeping pessimist that's allus talkin blue
And paintin' up his troubles with cemetery
hue"
owes the largest share of those trou-
bles to his liver. Few, indeed, can be
cheerful, happy. even-tempered and I'M
prejudiced If suffering with dyspepsia.
Pessimism is generally the resultant OF
disOrdered stomach. When the gastric
juices cannot assimilate the food, bile
arises, sends the liver out OF commits
sion. yellows the skin and eyes. and all
the world has jaundiced look.
When the good red-b!ood of health is
bounding through the veins everything
has a roseate hue, the flowers put on
their fairest blossoms and exude their
sweetest fragrance, the birds sing their
sweetest, the air is balmy and there Is life
and joy. gladness and happiness all
around.
Good health awaits upon appetite and
good digestion, and both upon good food
well cooked to bring out Its goodness.
Most of our table foods are partially
destroyed in their preparation. Bad
cookery is driving men from their homes
and firesides TO the refuge of the club,
restaurant and saloon.
Thousands patronize hotels for their
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mentine and practice, without arriving
at any Discriminate results to form uni
versal standard.
Yet cookery should not alone be an art.
but a definite. exact science. There should
be no chances taken, for on the outcome
rest far-reaching consequences.
Body and mind are closely correlated
to a certain extent the one Is the COM
plement of the other.
Though there have been instances of
great luminant minds in weak. emaciated
bodies. the theory strongly proven by ex-
perience holds good, that sound body
is necessary to sound mind.
When the body is weak and the mind
strong the intensity of the flame of the
latter soon burns out the shell of the
former. and early decay Is the result.
In order to have sound body 1t must
he nurtured Alright with proper food. The
constituents OF the food In building up
the tissues and repairing the waste must
he taken into consideration. The differ
en- organisms Of the body have various
duties to perform and there must be diff
fereut kinds of food TO sustain those Or
gans and enable each to do Its respective
work.
For this reason nature has bountifully
supplied q variegated menu. The prod
ucts of old mother earth are sufficient
for all wants. but they must be under
stood to satisfy the wants. Therefore,
the preparation OF food for consumption
requires a knowledge of chemistry, physf-
ology and hygiene. Chemistry determines
the nature of the food. physiology. the
organs to which Ii Is adapted, and hy-
giene. the resultant of health from its
administration.
Almost all the Ills of mankind arise
from the misuse or rather the abuse OF
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He Got in Eleven.

mike MURPHY, the University OF
lv4 Pennsyivania's famous trainer. said
Of rennsylvania foot ball player:
He has the self-sacrilce and the in
ventiveness. minus the deceit, of man at
Philadelphia game last year.
When the crowd was entering thickest
at Franklin Field one afternoon this man
shouted to the ticket-taker from down the
line.
It's all right. I've got the tickets.
There's twelve of us. Count EN- as they
go in
Eleven men were counted. They en-
tered the field and mingled at once with
the crowd.
Then the ticket-taker turned to the
twelfth man-but he had disappeared"
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Noblemen as Private Soldiers.

Noblemen as Private Soldiers.
Correspondence of the London Telegraph
Passing through the ranks Of the Span
ish army i met in the Reg mont Del Rey
the Duke cf Saragossa and the Marquis
de Vailecerrato. The latter travelled out
with me from England, coming straight
from Cambridge to serve as a volunteer.
Both these noblemen serve in the ranks
as common soldiers. leading the same life.
eating the same food and carrying the
same heavy burdens as their comrades.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-20
Prospect OF Big
League Ball Good

Things are moving In big league
ball, and the prospects Of short
season Of good. snappy games seem
bright. Now that the old pilikia OF
the big debt has been removed. the
league grounds will be available.
and It is to be hoped that the clubs
get together and start things going.
Frank Thompson, who Is the nov
ing spirit In the big league, will
have meeting In his once tomor-
row at noon. and the whole matter
pf the Rapid Transit Company's Of
fer will be looked into.
There is plenty Of minor league
ball In this city nowadays, but 1t
sure would be good to once more
watch the big men at work. The
ground never looked better than It
does now, and the turf is In excel
lent order. In fact all that is want
ed is a bunch Of live players who
will step out onto the diamond and
proceed to do things with bat and
ball. Let US hope It will come to
pass soon.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-20
Interest In Rowing
Being Revived

Rowing, of which there has been
lot OF talk recently, does not seem
TO revive as quickly as some Of the
Qarsmen would wish, but It appears
that the Varsity Club and the Myr-
ties will have race in the near fu-
ture.
Between now and September there
will be a lot Of training going on ut
the rival sheds and. although the
Varsity men have no racing shell.
they will probably be accommodated
very soon, and will start In to get
1T for the regatta.
The Healanis are not yet started
on the water, but they will not be
behind hand when the other combi-
nations get to work. II IL surely
good to see the sport being revived.
for It Is simply the best In the world.
and who knows but what we may
turn out world beaten in the out
riggcr class?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-20
Boxing Notes
From Camps

Now that the day for the Sullivan
Cordell fight is getting close, people
are taking a great interest in the do
ings of both the boxers. Cordell,
who is working out at the Marine
camp. is In splendid fettle, and he
is looking very At.
Every afternoon Jack works out
with three or four boxers, and as
Rattan, Sarconi and Coll are all the
time looking for some one to put on
the gloves with, the middlewelght
has no trouble In getting all the ex-
ercise he needs.
Yesterday afternoon there was
quite a crowd Of boxing fans down
at the camp to watch Cordell work
out, and It was well worth the jour
ney to see the middle roll into Rat.
tan and company.
Coll, the well-known baseball
player, is coming along in good
shape, and is no SLOUGH at the ~
game. He 10 quick with his hands
and his foot work is good also. II
he and Mccullough get together In
the squared circle there will sure be
something doing all the time they
are before the footlights.
Sarconi, who Is to box under the
Cohen management. has improved
wonderfullyand should go very close
to passing Marathon Jackson his lit
tie lot. The bugler is a willing lit
tie scrapper and gets In from the
word 60; he Is smart, too. and can
hand out a punch with either hand.
Out at Fort Skater Richard Sui
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-07-20
Youthful Shark
Fishermen Do We'll

Shark fshins at waimea. KAUAI.
is all the rage. and the small boys
Of the village are earning good
money at the sport.
The ash. which are only babies of
from two to three feet long. will bite
at anything. and one boy hauled out
twelve In an hour or SO one day last
week.
The Chinese buy the Young sharks
from the lads, and fifteen cents each
appears to be the ruling price. Now
and again a three-foot shark Is
landed, and the nthe price Ia set at
a quarter. Most Of the kids OF the
district put In their spare time ang-
ling for the scavengers Of the sea.
and the indifference with which
they treat the swapping fish when
they land them IL strange to see.
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simply throwing the blum about what
they will dO to each other Just TO fat
ten their theatrical jobs-and he, for
one. has stood about all Of II he's 90
ing to stand! Why don't they cut II
out and get busy? A talk.fest and
then some more talk.fests before a
scrap are but evidences Of four.hush'
Ing. As for him. give him man
, who'll scrap hrst and talk afterwards!
"Ten minutes later, az the trio IL
leaving the rathskelier. they accident
~ run against large. hefty man on
the side walk. who demands In nc
! mincing tones that they look where In
f. the Sam Hin they're walklng-and
then informs them that II they don't
like II they can lump y. Does our fat
friend siexe the opportunity to dem
onstrate what he can do to an ordinary
man without any trainingH No. moi
he! Does the long. 'lanky. pugnacious
individual who feared nothing about
Jeiferles but his weight hasten Ia
show that he can knock the eternal
spots Gut OF man SO long as he
dosen't weigh as much as JET? No
not he! Does the besrdless. little vii
lie give practical demonstration ri
how man should scrap FIRST and tall
afterwards? No, not he!
"The wise guys. all three OF them
humble few things under theiI
breath and beat II as rapidly as they
can without running In the opposite
direction from the irate gentleman
whose dignity and balance they have
disturbed. And they don't mention
i prixe-nghts again--at least not unit
they get with another crowd"