SKRi f.ShS " sr " jya. a w-' ?-. - " " ?c v " ' If rs'S'- 1 THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 188&. 19 & Gebhardt the Glutton ERNEST H. HEINRICHS. IWEITTEN TOR THX BISPJITCH.1 t Ii D farmer Littlecrop had a son who was a very great trouble to him, be cause the boy was a most extraordinary glutton. The appetite of the boy was a constant worry to the father, and he thought night and day over the matter, hoping to find at last a means of curing his boy of that objectionable habit of stuffing himself. Littlecropunfortunatelyhad many months to feed, and he was not a very rich man; in fact he had to be very economical to satisfy: the wants of all his children. However, he might have got alone very con tentedly had it not been for his son Gebhardt., It was not verv often that Littlecrop could afford any meat" for his table, because Geb hardt would demolish a good-sized calf or half a cow, a large hog or similar trifles by himself, and under these circumstances lit tle was left for others. One day a neighbor complained that his hen roost had been robbed, and it was at first supposed that a for had broken into the stable, out an inves tigation proved tfiat Gebhardt had eaten 16 hens and two roosters. Another time it wMnhnntThankEi'iviniT Day a farmer in the village had killed teu turkevs which he intended taking to market and sell them. T mind it not, but I killed a good old man not long ago, because he refused to give me all the foodl wantedand since then re morse has struck me and I want to retorm." The little man looked around at Gebhardt for a second or two, then he gazed upon the ground lor another brief moment and then, as if a very serious thought had struck him, he said to Gebhardt: "Now you are just the man I have been looking for. I am the chief of a very mighty tribe of dwarfs and we live all up in the mountains, where we have some very rich gold and diamond mines. Not long ago a herd of buffaloes invaded our territory, and they have been a great trouble to us ever since. We have succeeded in catching .. FISHING FOR TARPON. Howtho Giant of Game Fish is Cap tured by Enthusiastic Sportsmen OFF TflB COAST OF FLORIDA. Great Skill and a Quick Wrist Keeded by the Angler. TOWIKG A BIG CAP1UEB TO BBOEE Oebhardt Metit the Dwarf. rz . Sr Gebhardt Bats a Pig. a large meaaow. what to do with But unfortunately Gebhardt had heard about the fact and he himself walked into the farmer's larder, stole the turkeys and ate them all by himself. For these pilfer ings old Jjittlecrop was sued before the Jndge, and he of course had to pay for his son's appetite. "I have to get rid of the boy!" at last the farmer said. "I cannot keep him around here any longer; he will eat me into the pooriiouse and himself into the peniten tiary." Then be went to an island in the middle of the river not far from the village, where a wise old hermit lived in a small shanty. This hermit was considered an oracle by most of the people in the neighborhood and when ever anybody had any trouble this hermit was not only asLed for advice, but in most cases he louna such ways ana means so as to help the people out of their fix. To this man Littlecrop went and asked him what he conld do with his boy- The wise hermit listened to what the farmer had to say, and when he had finished his story he said: "Brinjr your son to me. Littlecrop. I think lean help you and cure him of his habit of : eating too mnchl" The farmer was overjoyed and returned home. The next morning he killed a pig and put it on tha table for breakfast. He thought he would give Gebhardt a good meal as a farewell feast. The boy ate with a wonderful appetite, and as he finished the last joint of the pig's tail, the father said: "I guess now you are satisfied, are you not. Gebhardt?" "Oh, yes, I am satisfied with what I had, but the pi? was too small, I could eat an other one like it!" Old man Littlecrop sighed, because he really was sorry for his son's unfortunate appetite. Tnen both went away to the her mit of theislaud, where the boy was to learn the peculiar business of not becoming any hungrier than ordinary people. After the llfe? j them and we put them in But now we do not know them; however, if you have such an appe tite as you are trying to make me believe, I will make you a proposition: "If you will go wnn me to my nome ana promise wj em all these buffaloes in three months I will give vou a large bag of gold. There ar only 50 of them, and that should not be tooe much lor you." "All right," replied Gebhardt, whose mouth already began to water in anticipa tion of,the grand feast, "I will do it." He had forgotten about his resolution to reform. So they went together into the mountains where the dwarfs lived. The next morning Gebhardt began his task, and he ate two buffaloes atone meal. "Yon aredoing well!" the dwarf said to him in the evening, with a merry twinkle in his eye. Then he left him. The next day and again the following day Gebhardt. as usual, ate his two buffaloes. But after that his appetite seemed suddenly to have decreased. He conld only manage to eat one buffalo and a half on the fourth day, and from that time his appetite seemed to get less and less with every meal. Two months were over and he had only eaten 25 buffaloes, so he had to eat the rest in a month, and of late he Had only been able to eat about half a one a dav. , "What has become of your appetite? asked the dwarf one' day with the same twinkle in his eye. "You have not forgot ten our contract?" "No!" meekly said Gebhardt, "but I don'.t think I shall be able to fulfill my part of it" However, he tried very hard to win that bag o! gold. When the last month was up there were still 10 buffaloes left. On the last day the dwarf again appeared. "Well, mv boy," he said to Gebhardt, "you have really done well and I think your greedy appetite is about to leave you. Stay here until you have eaten the rest of the buffaloes and you will find that you are not only cured of your gluttony, but 1 will also make you a rich man with the bag of gold I promised you." "But how did X get cured?" asked Geb hardt. "Verv simply. Man is apt t want too much cf what tie cannot get. W 1 , 1 gave von as much food as vou cared io. and the result has been that you tired ot it very cu"- antl. , c"w? soon" J soft material offering A PRACTICAL PMLAMflEOPIST. The Hermits Jtland Home. hermit and Gebhardt were alone, the old man locked the boy up in a cage, which was just large enough to hold him. "Now I will give him his regular meal at regular hours," said the hermit to himself, "and I think that will cure him. In my opinion gluttons are not born, but they be come such by habit and I believe that is all that is the matter with this one." When Gebhardt had been in this cage for two days, he got awfully hungry, because he had only eaten as much as the hermit had given him, and that was verv, very little. The boy was always calling for more food, hut the old man was not to be moved. At last the third night, Gebhardt became near ly mad with hunger. In bis anxiety to get Eomewing io eat ne iook noia oi the bars of his cage and shook them until they broke. When he got out he ran all over the island and pickedup everything he could find and ate it. First he went into the hermit's garden. He pulled all the potatoes, the corn, the vegetables and the fruit out of the ground and he consnmed that with a fever ish voracity. Then he entered the house and broke into the hermit's storehouse, where all the jam pots, the preserves and every thing else eatable was disposed of. But still he was not satisfied and when the old hermit opposed his fnrtner search for more food, the Boy became frantic With one fell swoop he knocked the old man down and killed him. But the sight of the dead man brought him to his senses. "I am a murdererl I am a murderer!" he cried, "What shall I do, what shall I ran ont of the house as fast as he could and never stopped until he got to the end of the island. Here he Jumped into the river to swim across. While in the water he sud denly noticed a shoal of big fish. As he saw them his hunger came back again and catching all he conld he ate them while he was swimming. When he came ashore, he met a dwarf who seemed to be bent upon going a very long way, because he walked so fast. Gebhardt got up to him and soon the two talked toeether about various things. m "Where are yon bound for?" the dwarf asked Gebnnnlt. . "I would like to find a man who can cure ,.nu from my appetite. I am the most un fortunate fellow you evermet, lam always so hungry that nothing in this world seems to appease my want of eating. I used to The Adrlce Giyrn by Greeley to a FooIIib Young 31nn. Youth's Companion. Horace Greeley had the reputation of be ing a practical philanthropist, and his ad vice was sought by hundreds of strangers, whose only excuse for intruding upon him was that they needed connsel, and that he had the brains that conld advise them. One day, while he was writing an import ant letter in his office, a boy, 15 years old, entered the room, and, standing near the door and behind the editor's chair, said, "Mr. Greeley, I have come to ask your ad vice." "Say on," answered the editor, without stopping his pen or even glaneing at the boy. "The only relative I have here," con tinued the boy, "is my sister. I have been boarding with her, and she let me have board so cheap that I conld earn money enough to pay her, and have something leit to buy my clothes. Now I have quarreled with tier, ana am boarding at another place, where they charge me all I can earn for mv Doara, not so gooa as i naa at my sister s, and I have nothing left to pay or my clothes. What shalll do?" "Is yonr sister married?" asked Mr. Greeley, without looking up or stopping his pen. "Yes, sir." "Is she a respectable woman?" "Certainly, sir." "Go straight to your sister and tell her that you are ashamed of yourself, and ask for forgiveness. If she will take you, go back and live with her, and atter this re member that if your own sister is not your friend, you will not be likely to., find anv friend in New York City." The boy departed without another word, and Mr. Greeley had not even seen him, so engrossed was he with his writing. This poor boy did not personally know Mr. Greeley, but, being in distress, sought him ont in a city of several hundred thousand people as the man to give him eood advice. "It was a higher compliment than I had ever before seen conferred upon anyone," writes the Hon. Eli Thaver, who was pres ent at the interview, and reports it in his "History of the Kansas Crusade." WaiTTIK FOB TUB SIS PATCH. 1 As the winter season draws near those fortnnate ones who are classified as habitual winter tonrists are beginning to lay their plans for the coming period of cold weather. The sportsman of every degree is looking to his guns, his rods and his dogs, and pro poses to have a season of sport that will far outstrip all previous ones. There is nowhere in this great, broad ex panse of territory known as the United States of America that is so little known and so much sought after as the sporting districts of fair Florida. The southwestern portion of that great State abounds with bear, the fighting wild hog, deer, Wild turkeys, catamount, quail, rabbit, duck, snipe, flamingo, heron, eagle, owl, innumerable small birds, alligator, fish ofall kinds, and last but not least, the gamey tarpon. Western Pennsylvania may be proud of the fact that she owns the champion tarpon fisher in the person of Senator Quay, who holds the record of catching the largest tarpon ever hooked. Tarpon fishing is a sport with which the average sportsman is not at all familiar, and a description of where and how to catch the fighting tarpon might be somewhat,; season able. To get to the haunts of the tarpon, it win oe necessary nrst to go to that great mecca of winter tourists, Jacksonville; there yon take the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Bailroad to Tampa. From the latter place to Punta Gorda, and thence by steamer to Punta Bossa. Punta Bossa is situated at the mouth of the Chattahoochee river, Charlotte harbor, on the gulf side of Florida. There is but one solitary house at the Punta and that is the station terminus oi the Havana cable and Southern terminus of the Western Union lines. There is quite a story connected with this quaint old tele graph office. Years ago it was used as A 3VEENMENT POET, and has considerable prominence in the his tory of the Seminole Wars. There can still be seen on the stont logs .hat form the thick rafters the roughly carvtu names of Han cock and Sherman and others not quite so famous. When the Government had no further use for this rough bnt trusty old wooden tort it was sold to the Western Union people, who installed George Schultz as their manager, and who occupies that po sition to-day. That part of the fort not needed for telegraphic purposes, Schnltz has fitted np as a hotel, bis patrons being exclusively tarpon fishers and an occasional hunter. He has named it the Tarpon House. Another interesting thing is that all news ot any public interest troni the North Schultz keeps his patrons informed on, thanks to his little telegraphic instrument. But as to the tarpon, arrived at Punta Bossa, you hire your boat and guide and and buy your bait. Three dollars per day is the cost of this service. The cuides are almost entirely Spaniards. Now and then an occasional intelligent negro will be fonnd. The Span iards are, as tar as I have learned, bright,, interesting fellows, and decidedly good company. They are as much interested in the catch and the ultimate success of their patrons as the latter are themselves. Opin ions differ is to the fishing gear to be used, bnt the most popular seems to be a stout bamboo bass rod not split bamboo a coarse braided codfish snell, a No. 12 Hall line, and No. 10 Sprout hooks. Sometimes a heavier line is nsed, say Nos, 15 to 18, bnt a No. 12 seems to be preferable. The braided snell is brought into requisition because a tarpon's jaws are very much like a pair of shears, and if anything but a soft braid got between those awfnl jaws, it wonld be cut in two as cleanly as though with a knife, but with the braided snell the tarpon chews, cuts, and chews again, but the soft material offerine no resistance, he fails to cut through it, and it one of the Click variety, capable of holding 1,000 feet of line. The bait is generally a large chunk of mullet weighing about a half-pound. The boats used are stout, staunch and water-tight, and for the most part are of the Whitehall make. keep plenty of line between the boat and the fish. More fish are lost through an utter disregard of the last rule than from any other cause. The tarpon is a game fighter, and fair as long as he does not see his captor, but if you restrict your line so as to get him close enough to see your beat and connect i.,1"1 the cause of his trouble, why, you will lose your prize. There will be a sudden spurt and a flash, and your fish is speeding through the water at a rate that simply defies checking or following. Your line goes out and you have a choice of losing all or part of your eear. It is a good plan to keep at least 400 feet or line between you and the fish. Another thing in favor of that amount of line is the fact that towing so much weight of line through the water has the effect of tiring the fish. AN EXHILABATmO SPORT. The rapture of such a fight, the untiring energy of the fish, the brilliancy of the dashes, the gamey struggles, the magnifi cent leaps out ot the water, the skill and subtlety of the tarpon is only known to thosfe who have had the pleasure 8D e citement of hooking one of them. The tarpon is rightly named the king of fishes, not alone in point of appearance, but by the tenacity with which, he retains his hold on life and his indomitable pluck. The nervous strain on the fisherman is in tense, but it is pleasant. His hand gives oat first, and no wonder. When you have held a rod in your bands as tightly as possible the muscles of your fingers and wrists beuin to ache badlv. The sruide. how ever, will come to your relief and release 7n- ' . 3 The fish I have seen caught have varied from 77 pounds tol61 pounds. The time spent fighting them varies from 30 minutes to one hour and 35 minutes. To get a fish weighing 161 pounds in the boat is, of course, impossible, and so when he has be come thoroughly tired out the line is hauled up and the guide gaffs him. The fisherman holds the gaff while the boat is rowed to some shallow spot and the fish secured. The tarpon is a species of the herring family. Its exclusive diet Is hardshell crabs and mullet -The shells of the crab are crushed to a powder in itspowerful jaws. Its flesh, which is very oily, is like halibut. The Spaniards and negroes eat it, after salt ing, with considerable relish. The excitement of such a chase and fight is something that beggars description. It is healthy, invigorating, and the experience once gone throngh with is one never to be forgotten. ' C. D. Hughes. COOKING IN GERMANY Why Germans Smile at American Affectation for French Dishes. A TEDTOH'S GASTRONOMIC TASTES. Sample Bill of "Fare for a German Dinner. First-Class TUB SECEET OF BAVofil SAUEEKBA0T ALL ABOUT CANARY-BIRDS. Wbcre They Come From nnd How Tbey Are Untied and bold. Boston Cllobe.1 "I see you've got in quite a large stock of canaries," was the remark of a Globe repor ter to a Boston bird man yesterday. "Yes," was the reply, "you see this is what we call canary bird season. For the past month or so aDout every steamer from Germany has brought large invoices of these yellow songsters to the American ports. This will continue until abont the middle of January, when the German bird catchers will stop sending,orsend only small lots." "Do you expect to sell all yon have here now7" ' "Oh, yes," he replied, "and many more besides. I have been in the business for a good many years now, and I can calculate pretty close on the number I can sell, for the sales are abont the same each year. They may vary a few dozen birds, but not more than that." "Do any of the birds yon get come from me uanary isianasr "No, indeed, all of them are imported from Germany. I don't know why it is, but a great many people think that these birds come from those islands, but I never heard of any but German birds, that is, unless tney were canaries bred in the countries where imported birds were taken." "I suppose there are people in Germany, then who make a business of raising them, are there not. "Yes, some Germans do nothing else bnt raise the birds for export trade. In some of the large German cities, Hamburg, for in stance, there are several large houses who raise birds entirely for jobbers inNew York, with whom they have contracts to 1 nrnish them so many hundreds of birds a season." "Are thpse'eanaries long lived?" "Well, tnat depends a great deal on what you would call long life. Their average lite, however, is about 10 years, although I have known some to live a great deal longer." A P0ST0FFI0K EATEN UP GRATUITOUS ADTICE. The Kind One Get From a Doctor WUhont Paving for It. Detroit Free rress.1 "Doctor," lie said, as they met on the platform of the street car, "can 1 get a little advice of you?" "For cash?" "Well, no. I simply want to ask a ques tion or two, and being I'm an old patient of yours you won't think of charging me." "Go ahead." "Well, my feet are troubling me and I thought " "Say! Cut 'em right off 1" interrupted the doctor. "I've often wondered why you didn't do it I've got to get off here good night!" In the Gloaraloc. In the gloaming, in the gloaming, Hide by, side and hand in band. Joyously we two went roaming Through love's flowery Eden-land. All the world was lull of gladness. All the hours were fnll of song. Throngh which not a note Of sadness Mingled as we strayed along. In the gloaming. In the gloaming. In the gloaming. Had and bitter is my moan, All the hours of happy roaming Have, for me, forever flown. All tbo world is full ot sallnees, AH the dan aro dr3.r nnd Inn Not a song or note of gladness Greets me as I stmggle on, In the eloaming. Bebecoa.Bprbtger,in6t.Iioult2tepubHe, THE TABPOH SEASON. The time for trifling with the maiestio tarpon is limited to two months, March and April being the months devoted to his capture. The fish are more plentiful in April, bnt I have known a good catch to be made as late as the first week in March. Suppose now that we are at the Tarpon House at Punta Bossa. "After a good break fast we walk down to the boats. Any time of the day, however, is a cood timefor tarpon. Well, we procure our cuide and get afloat with the rest of the fleet, for there is always a crowd going out. Every guide has his own landmarks, and it is to those points that he is bound to take you. So in a short time after the start, the score or more boats are scattered over the radius of prob ably two miles. Some anchor up the river, others hug the shore closely, while stilt others go out into the bay. Having come to anchor, the hooks are baited, and good Ions throws are made. The rods, for everybody nses two rods, are lain in the stern of the boat, and about 25 feet of slack line is coiled up in the seat. Then you light yonr cigar and sit down and wait patiently, keep your eye on your line, and if it is a good morning you will see the slack begin to play out reg ularly and very swiitly. Sharks and tarpons always travel together, the sharks far outnumbering the tarpons, so when you see your line going ont pretty fast the first qnestion that arises in your mind is, "Is it tarpon or shark?" Bnt you can soon determine. The minute that the tarpon swallows yonr bait and finds that all is not exactly right, he makes a rush for the surface and makes a splendid leap in the air. On the contrary, the shark gets sulky and makes off throngh the water at lightning like speed. So if yon find your line going out rapidly, and in a second there leaps into the air a great and magnificent creatnre, who glistens like silver sheen in the sun light, you are safe in wagering all you own that it is a tarpon. Then is the time that the fisherman in a man's composition shows itself, the moment the fish leaps into the air the sportsman, "strikes." It he did so while his line was paying out beneath the surface, he would lose his fish, because the tarpon's mouth is sufficiently hard to resist the sharpest hooks. A SKILLFUL TEICK. If the angler be skilltul, he can, while the tarpin is still in the air, by a dextrous touch of the line, throw him over so that he will strike the water on his side, when he descends. This movement is ipr the purpose of "winding" the fish and coninsing him. Tbe operation is peculiarly a delicate one, because if you are not more than ordinarily skilltnl a shortsnapwill be heard, and away goes yonr line. The minnte a fish leaps in the air there is a general cry of "tarpon" throughout the fleet, and" a general examination of the lines in every boat Alter the examination, which don't take a second, those who find that they are not the lucky ones soon make haste to get out of the way of the boat whose fortunate owner has hooked the prize. This is necessary. I have seen men who have hooked their fish pass in and out throngh the entire fleet three times. The tarpon is much the same as other game fish, tbe essential part of the catching is to keep a steady strain on him. This cannot be done with the rod alone, so the guide runs the boat in tbe same direction taken by the frightened nnd frantic giant wherever it rnsbes or darts, or in its steady flights. There are two rules that are very neces sary in the capture of tarpon: First, give him a chance to devour the bait, and second And a Pair of Pants Mnnnfnctnrcd Ont of the City Hall. Chicago Herald 1 Shortly alter the opening of Oklahoma a lusty son of Sweden was returning East poorer in purse but richer in experience and thoroughly disgusted with the Eldorado of the Indian Territory. A fellow passen ger underfoot: to nnd out why his stay had been so short. The Swede gave him a serious and yet a laughable replv, in the sing-song dialect of his race, easy to mimic bnt hard to express in cold, unsympathetic type. "Veil," he said, "I leave that Okal-ahoma because it vas such heall of a place; it was all over a tent; no house, no cabin, no shanty, notting but tents everwere. Postoffice vas tent. City I Hall vas tent,bnildings all vas tents. First night ,1 sleep there billygoat he come and eat up postoffice; second night, drunken In dian, he come and steal city hall to make pair ot pants. I not stay in such heall of place." Another story is on a poor Scandanavian who located a claim in Dakota, the law obliging him to live on the place five years. At the end of four years he returned to the Sonth, and being met by a friend was asked the cause of his return. He was, if any thing, more disenchanted than the other Swede. He said: "First year I lose all my money; secona year i lose all my grain; third year I lose all my hogs, and tonrth year, in the spring, along come grass hopper and jump the claim." rwBrrmr ron thi pisPATfH.1 Tbe difference between French, Italian and German cooking is iu the sauces. To an American, the cooking seems of each nationality to be the same, but a foreign epienre can select the difference instantly. The average American, if he likes cook ing at all, is apt to affect the French style, because, to use a slang phrase of the time, it is the' "proper caper" it is considered the fashion. It is astonishing, and also amusing to a German to see what curi ous culinary compounds an American will devour if they only have a French name attached to them. The plainest dishes served with a poorly made sauce are, to the American taste, transformed into delicious repasts if they are only called by a high-sounding French name. I have witnessed this phenomenon myself at a cer tain prominent New York club with which I was, some years also, officially connected. The American will tell you that German cooking is too rich, it is too neavy for him, but, mark my words, when he once becomes acquainted with first-class German cooking he will have no other. People who patronize the very cheap German restaurants of course cannot get a correct ideaof Geraian cooking any more than you can judge about American cooking from the dishes served in a 10-cent eating house in the Bowery. That Germans, as a nation, appreciate the value of good eating is shown by their cookery schools in the old country. These schools are for young women who want to fit themselves to be housewives. They are not to be found in every part of Germany, but are established in many districts, espe cially in the northwestern provinces. A girl may be a countess or spring from the ranks of the common people, but the cus toms of the country require that whoever she is she should KNOW HOW TO COOK. wash, iron, to clean rooms, to mend the linen, and to plant a garden. Of course it is not to be understood that all girls, even in those parts of Germany where the cus tom generally prevails, are forced to under go this training. Very many, as may be imagined, think it; and some parents do not feel the necessity of imposing this nsetul education on their daughters. But the good sense of the majority of the Germans makes them alive to the advantages of this custom. For it must be remembered, tbat whether a woman's life obliges her to do these things or not, and even if her position in the world allows her to keep as many ser vants as she chooses, these veVy servants ex pect her to know how to do all tbe work which she reanires of them. Tfiere is only one difference between a baroness and the child of a tradesman; the latter learns tbe several duties which I have mentioned in her father's house and from her mother, while the former leaves home to learn the same details of domestic service in a strange house. An idea of what is a first-class German dinner mav be obtained by erlanciner at the following bill of fare: AUSTEEIT. Bouillon in Tassen mit Pastetchen, Gesullte Muscheln, Gestreiter Barsch mit Butter sauce, Hambnrger Kartoffeln, Rehrucken mit Rahm sauce, Frlsche Erbsen, Westphallscher Schinken mit Braunschwelger SpargeL Romischer Pnnscb. Robhuhner mit Salat nnd compot, Ice Cream, Obst, Kase, Cafe. the liquid will remain on top. It is well to let the sauerkrant rest on a few large leave from outside the cabbage; leaves should also be placed On tOD instead nf a ninth mi thn , taste will thus be improved. The cab bage will ferment in two or three weeks, though it may remain in the barrel much longer, and as a consequence, becomes more sour. When it is token out it should be cooked slowly for three hours and it tastes better if a piece of fresh fat Por " put in, but not enough to spoil the c ii e sanerkraut, when fresh made, is of a light color; the older it is the darker colored it becomes. It must be boiled in cold water, not more than half, a pot full, because, if too much water is used the vege table will lose its color. The fire should be a slow one so that the jnice or gravy will not all boil awav. Some like sauerkraut when it is made fresh, others like it when it has been made and warmed over. This last method of serving itaccountsfor the celerity with which orders for this dish are filled at tbe German restaurants. The hitrhestor "toniest" style of cooking this dish is to add to it aelass, a half bottle, or a bottle of champagne, according to the quantity of the food, just before it is sent to the table. The flavor of the champagne makes one of the best of German dishes taste still better. Spinach cooked in the German style is a favorite dish with Americans. This vegeta b.e must be boiled quickly in considerable salt water. In the water in which it is boiled there is put some fine chopped onion, some flower, some meat gravy, pepper and salt, and the spinnach is boiled a second time. If it Is cooked with a good deal of uuuer it is still more toothsome. It mnst. of course, be chopped very fine; some cooks chop it so fine that it can be strained throngh a sieve, when it is called a puree of spinach. SOME OEBMAK DAINTIES. The Hungarian gonlash which is served so constantly at the down town restaurants in New York is really nothing more than beef stew, only of course it is prep'ared much more slowly and carefully than the similar dish prepared in the American style. The ingredient in the goulash which has most todo with giving the dish its peculiar flavor is a certain kind of red pepper im ported from Hungary. "German cooking," however, is an ex ceedingly general term. Though there are some dishes, quite a number, which are cooked in substantially the same manner by sll Teutons, there is what may be called cooking peculiar to high Germans and low Germans. The last named class of foreign ers have dishes prepared after their own fashion and entirely different from anything in theVulinary calendar of the high Ger man coot. They are good dishes all the same, but suited only, through long genera tions of custom, to the palate of tbat branch of the great German race. Some people suppose that garlio is made considerable nse ot in German cookinr. but this is not the fact It is used in tbe preparation of only a few dishes, and then in a" very small quantity, but German Hebrews make use of it very largely. Oil is used, especially in boiling fish, which is coated with oil when It Is to be cooked in that way. Of course Germans, like other people, eat according to their taste, their fondness for the good things of the table and their finan cial ability to gratify the same. The Ameri can likes a great variety of food and the haste with which his cook prepares the dishes for his consumption is in marked contrast to the care and patience bestowed by the German cook or housewife in the preparation of a meal. The ordinary German eats but little for breakfast, a cup ot coffee, some Swiss or Limburger cheese with rye bread or a bit of sausage. He is fond of "pumpernikle" and knows tbat it is a wholesome food, for scien tists have testified that life can be sustained by its use alone. He is fond of vegetables and stews for his dinner, of meat of all kinds. more especially weiner schnitzel, he cares very little for pies or puddings but likes to sip at his principal meal either a schoppen of good rhine wine or a class of homely lager beer as the condition of his pocket book will justify. L. F. Seniza, Superintendent German Liederkranz Club, New York. THE FIRESIDE SPHUl A Collection of Mmatjcal flats for Home CfacMng. Addreu communications for this department to E.R. Chadboues. Lewiston, Maine. 832 CHANGED HEADS. I. Twas headless at first yet it surely "did eat?' Prefixing a head, it grows mild or effete; Next change gives a dainty.somewhat obsolete; The next is an Arab's particular treat: With tbe next you may strive, but you'll snrely get beat: The next finds its place 'twlxt tbe nodseand the street; The next Is a passion you'll shun if discreet; -uo next is a iaay you're certain to meet; Next, "better than never," we often repeat; The next Is a chess player's finishing feat; The next a boy's nickname 'tis short If not sweet; The next fs what every one has,if complete; Tbe next Is to value or censnre with beat; And tbe last is to fill until more than replete, rx. The first, when 'tis due, should be settled with speed; Change its head, 'tis the name of a sweet, spicy seed; Change again, 'tis to finish, to stuff, or to feed; Next change gives a measure, a small one, in deed; From tbe next you look down on the low, level mead; 1 he next is a miss of whom all children read; The next names a blnnriv and riminaratA ripAri. The next change supplies many things that we need; The next you mnst take as the doctor decreed; The next will refresh both tbo rider and steed; At the next jou may stumble unless you take heed: The next by a robber was opened for ereed; And the last yon must have if you wish to suc ceed. m. The first is a poison, avoid it with care: Change the bead, you may use it while taking the air; ' The next comes from Denmark, or, may be, stays there; The next Is a building for worship or prayer: Tbe next is a girl's name that's not at aft rare: The next sought the pole, but fonnd no thor oughfare; Tbe next is a roadway where rustics repair: The next you will find is a growth of Ioog hair: The next fs your window stands shining and sqnare: The next you mnst be, or you've cause to despair; The next stands exalted, and points every where; And tbe last the moon does when it grows thin and spare. M. C. 8. 833 TWO EIVEBS. We went to a river And soon were wed; The river went on And stood at the head, And became another River instead. Aidtx. 834 A TBATELES'S PROBLEM. KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. to Housewives. A BOON Ilia fume and working sua who hare been oat & the mad all day can wash their boots deaabefon entetingthehonse.TheywillbeSOfttPOIithed and Dry t if dressed with Wolff'sACMEBIacking Hike housekeeping easier. Saves Sweepfng and Scrubbing The boots win wear a great deal longsr, wQ not get stiff and hard m snow water or rain, and will bs WATERPROOF. Ladies.trtt.aiidfa3fet that roar husband and sons use it. Once a week forOests' Shoes and once a month for Ladies'. Unaqniledaaa Harness DresalngasdPreserrec Sold by Shoe Stores, Grocers, Druggist, ie. WOLFF & RANDOLPH, phiudelphijCS mwrsu aiEDICAL. a AX EXCLUSIVE MINIbTEE. A NEW OCCUPATION. An Ofllctal Gosalp and What Bis Dntlei Should be. Boston Courier. It is a great pity tbat among the improve ments which have been introduced by the progress of civilization it has not yet come about that an official gossip bas been ap pointed. The people of the present genera tion are no better off in the matter of having their chit-chat accurate than were their grandmothers, with the additional disad vantage that the multiplicity of subjects which the times has introduced into life makes it a hundred times harder for them to keep everything straight in their minds and in thetelling. An official gossip should be a person whose business it should be to set right all rumors, to correct all false reports, and in general to keep the gossip of tbe day straight. Of course everybody who was likely to be talked about wonld give to the official gossip the version of affairs which he or she wished put in circulation, and this the official gossip would correct at dis cretion for of all things it wonld be neces sary that the official gossip have the greatest possible supply of discretion in the light of such other information as was forthcom ing. FXPEETSARE RIGHT FOE 0XCE. Mnnganeae Reported Found Where It mi .Thought It Conld be Had. Chicago Mews. It is claimed tbat iron ore, manganese, has been fonnd near Peoria in inexhausti ble quantities. The vein is 15 feet thick and extends over a large territory. Speci mens of the ore have been sent to Pittsburg for analysis and assay. If the report is favorable measures will be taken at once to connect it with the new rolling mill, and blast furnaces will be erected to rednce it. Experts have long Insisted that there is iron ore in that vicinity, x I will make a few comments on this repast for the benefit of tne English reader. The dinner commenced'with oysters, followed by a soup containing bits of dough, something like puff paste, this is made with a pound of butter to a pound of flour, great care being taken to make it of tbe proper stiffness be fore it is pnt in the oven to bake for about 25 ruinates. When it is taken from the oven it is cut into pieces representing differ ent figures. The next dish is an entree served in umpsel shells; sometimes it is made ot sweet breads, sometimes chicken or some kind of fish chopped np fine with eggs and different spices. Then comes striped bass. This is boiled in a liqnid containing half water and half vinegar, or some lemon juice instead. By this method of boiling, the fish is kept hard. The spices nsed in the process are pepper, onions, carrots, cel ery, the roots of parsley, cloves, lemons, and a good deal of salt. This is served with the next dish which is a peculiar kind of im ported potato, very small and as yellow as tne yolK ot an egg. THE PIECE SE RESISTANCE. Then we have a saddle of venison with cream sauce. After the venison is skinned and larded it is cooked for about an hoar in a very hot oven. The side pieces from the saddle are not roasted but serve, with the addition of carrots, onions, celery and other vegetables that may be in season, to make a rich sauce, after it is roasted brown and has added to it some flour and some meat gravy in which it is cooked; before being sent to the table some sonr cream is added to it, which, by the way, gives the name "Bahm Sauce." The fresh peas which follow are boiled in a pot containing a little onion, pepper, salt a spoonful or two of meat gravy (an ingredient which the cooks always keeps in stock), a teaspoonfnl of four and a little sugar to give the Irish a good flavor. The Westphalia ham which follows is "an imported article and is eaten raw. It is cut into very small and thin slices and served with a sance of wbich asparatos forms the principal part. The sauce is made in a liquid consisting of half asparatus gravy and half meat gravy, mixed with the yolks of eggs, sweet cream, nutmeg and at the last a aash of vinegar or white wine; to two quarts of sauce, two dinner spoonfuls of wine vinegar, or what would be the same thing, lemon juice, might be added. This is a very fine sance and has the appearance of mayonnaise, though it has the taste ot asparatus. The Boman punch is the kind commonly sold in the confectioners from whom it is generally ordered; maraschino is sometimes added to it to give it a fine taste. The dish which follows, this is partridges with a salad. The birds are generally baked in an oven, not more than three-quarters of an bour, as otherwise they become too dry. Then we pnt in tbe pan, somecarrots, onions, salt; they roast a light brown and are taken out, when some meat gravy is put in tbe pan. To thicken the gravy, two tea spoon sful of cornstarch are added and the gravy is cooked, not too thick, but so as to appear blown and clear. This is used for the partridges which is served with a salad, prepared in the usual fashion and some kind ot preserves. The dinner concludes with ice cream, fruit, cheese and coffee. It is of course to be supposed that the gen tleman who has partaken of this excellent meat nas not connnea nimseii entirely to solids. He bas aided digestion by partaking of some brand ot wine peculiar to the Fader laud, Steinberger, Johnmesberger, Hoch heimer, Ceidesheimer, Assmanshauer, Leib fraumilch or Bnedesheimer. OLD-FASHIONED SAtTEBEBATTT. There are certain dishes of which the Germans and many Americans, too, are par ticularly fond and in the making of wbich they are adepts. Tbe far-famed and oft-derided sauerkraut is one of them. To make a satisfactory dish of sauerkraut the cabbage sliced for use must be good and hard, the size of the vegetable being immaterial. It must be cut very fine, and if you want a great deal, mnst be pnt in a barrel with a little salt; but vou can make a small Quan tity in a stone far. The cabbage mnit be i -. packed iu very tord and tight, 9 tightibatj; How China's Representative Keeps Himself Aloof From the Social World. Washington Correspondence Chicago Newa.j i The present Chinese Minister is verv ex clusive in his habits. His predecessor was one of the most agreeable and popular men in society, and was always to be seen wher ever anything interesting was going on, and all the attaches of the legation also took an active part in the gaieties of Washington. The present Minister, Mr. Hen, not only does not propose to indnlee in social feativi ties himself, but has prohibited the attaches of the legation from doing so, which de prives Washington society of some of its most attractive ornaments. ,Mr. Hen is the first Chinese Minister to the United States to bring his wife with him, but be might as well have left her at home so far as the out side world is concerned, for she, it is under stood, will remain a reclnse. A prominent gentleman and lady in this city, who lived some time in China and have been very intimate at the legation ever since it was estaDiisneu here, called upon the Minister and bis,' wife the other after noon, having first given notice of their in tention to do so. The Minister received them very cordially in the parlor upon their arrival and sent a servant for his wife, who came down wearing a coronet of gold and diamonds. She is a little woman, not bigger than a child of 10 years, and her feet are so small that she conld scarcely walk across the room. She chatted pleas antly, however, through an interpreter, and as the caller was the first American lady she had ever come in contact with, she had a great many curions questions to ask about the manners and customs of women in this country. A few days later the call was returned with great ceremony, and then followed an invitation to dinner. The Minister accepted for himself, but sent bis wife's regrets, with an explanation that, as she had never dined except in the Chinese fashion, she desired to be excused. She was informed that there would be no other guests, bnt held to her re fusal, and sent as a peace offering a hand somely carved chest filled with the richest silks, which will form a portion of the trousseau of the young lady of the family, who is soon to be married. The Minister came to the dinner, bnt not being used to the knives and forks at the table fonnd much difficulty in eating. About all tbe poor man could get to his mouth was bread and olives. dawn with flame-tipped Two steamers. A and C, are traveling In par allel and opposite directions, as shown by the arrows in the accompanying diagram. A buoy, B, is stationed between them at a point only one-half as far from A as from O. Tbe steamer Aistravellncrattbe rate of 11 miles an honr. and a passenger on board of A, walklne at the rate of 3 miles an honrfrom bow to stern of the vessel, flnds that while so walking he remains directly in line with B and C. How fast is the steamer V traveling. J. H. Fezahdib. 835. CHABADE. The two of dawn, "the bright and moraine two." Gleams palely in the rose o'er-sbadowed blue. For one is near. .tier herald is the wand: She waves o'er mountain, valley, lake and pond. - And one is here. After a night of fever and unrest. Of search for sleep a vain and useless guest To Invalid eyes How fair the all gleams through the ether bine. How calming is its glance, how clear and true, , --, From far-oil skies. BrCTEX SWIET. 836 DECAPITATIONS. As Ed walked stately down tbe street, ' And stirring thoughts nrged bim on faster. Some wind-blown rootlets snared his feet And brought on him a small disaster. Quoth he: "For this I'll take its bead. And teach it not to send folks sprawling." The act was done as soon as said, Bnt quickly, too, onr lad was falling. Tbe ugly thing in meaner shape Had risen while the boy had tumbled; He's up again a cut to make, Bnt this, too. leaves him badly humbled. Yet twlse again he strikes a blow; For these we see he bas been bleeding. Once more he whacks this hydra foe. nnt now ne-s iea wno snoald be leading. The plucky lad mnst watch his chance. There yet remains one head to sever: 'Tis done, now see bim prondly prance, Our .L'd alone, erect as ever. T. Rash. 837 MUTATIONS. 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