THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, .OCTOBER 10, 1S9G.
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FAMOMS TRAGEDY
OF A LONGBOAT
Was It Murder Or Manslaughter Or Self
Preservation?
QUEER POINT IN LAW AND MORALS
How the Longboat of the Amcricun
Ship William lirown Was Light
rned of Half Its Human Lond-A
lllnck Page from the History of Dis
aster ou the High Seas. y
From the Sun.
On Monday nlht, April 19. 1841, thj
American ship William Urnwn, hnmn
ward bi.uml from Liverpool to 1'hilu
ih ldi!u, was reidlrg nff tho knots ahout
l!..!) miles suuthe-tiHt nf Cape Itace, New
foundland, the was miinni'd by a crew
of peveiitee-n seaman, and she carried
sixty-live ass-iiKe:s Scotc 1 and lrisn
lunula ran Is seek.ng lii.nns und fot turns
under the Lrlsfhter skies of the New
World.
The night wa bluek, bin' k and tem
lestuouy. The air was filled with sleet,
and from the horizon fame booms and
trrindings Indicating the proximity or
Icebergs. Over the most sullen and
vicious piece of water on the plobe the
ship salltd onward to her doom. At
10 o'clock there came a cnuh and a
slicck, followed by oiths from uhove
and shrieks from below and the swift
patter of fed a'ont? the dick. I'p fro.n
the stuffy cub nn. plain, scant, ill.
lighted and evil-smelling, rushed the
terrilled passenger.". The great ship
their one salvation in this trip over a
bmindless ocean was In confusion,
wrecked In rigg ng and damnge.l In hull
from an Impact with an Iceberg. Kvt n
the eyis of the most Intxpirlenc d
could detect the a ivnne s of deadly
peril, for nlieady the pallors were bu y
,at the fails with the boats, already
there was an ominous slant forward
und downward to the whole fabric. So
in little groups, half naked, shivering,
fpsechless, the po r cieatures huddled.
awnUir.g s nnelliing, they knew not
what, but something as devoid of hop?
B the heavens were of starlight.
There were but two boats a s-handful
lack In those days of shameful lacK
ings at sea a jolly-boat and a long
btat, incapable at best of affording
even temporary ret'ig" to hnlf of tlw
mi ma n beings on board. These boats
tin- Bailors swiftly prepared an.l
launched, while the ship settled lower
and lower and the waves surged anJ
the passengers crowded the stern. K
dues not appear that th- captain
showed an executive ability equal to
this crisis. lie followed rather than
directed the movements of his crew,
lint out from the ranks there sti'pped
a man who I'd, thenceforth, tniou-ili
the Inherent forc.-s of his nature. Thi4
man, William Holmes, able seaman,
was a Finn, handsome, athlet e, young,
and masterful. Those who are ac
quainted with the superstitions of tin
sea will remark the coincidence of his
t! a 1 1 v 1 1 for a Kirn is r gaid d by'
mariners as an embodiment of evil for
others, a wlzzaid who deals In spells
and purchases personal immunity at
the price of blond.
Holmes, then, without meeting a
show of resistance, assumed control.
He saw that the boats were properly
equipped; he calculated the life of tin
ship and the probabilities of th? wu til
er. I!y word and deed he sought in
every way to put heart Into the crew,
r.ut they were a craven lot, wolllshly
selfish, and cruel in their fear. They
beat back Uie passengeis from th?
boats until they themselves had em
barked. Hut for Holmes, they might
have rowed away then without a sign
of hesitation or a look of relenting. As
It was, however, thiough his strenuous
efforts, certain passengers were re
ceived on board and when the two craft
finally dropped astern they were oc
cupied as follows: In the jolly boat,
the captain, the two mates, seven s.a
men, and one passenger; In the li n j
beat. Holmes eight seamen, and thirty
two passengers. Holmes kept his he ad.
He realized that there wa little chanc
of the two boats keeping In company.
So he called to the captain that the
long b'at was without a nav'ga'or.
The captain thereupon ordered the flMt
mate to transship with quadrant, chart,
and compass, and the man without de
mur obeyed.
Then an Incident occurred which
showed that Holmes was both com
passionate and brave. At the iarfiail
of the ship appeared a sick girl,
stretching out her arms to her mother,
who was In the long bunt. There was
a scream of despair In response ns the
woman recognized the awful gulf f
separation. Holmes uige.l the men t i
their oars and caught the poor child
In his arms. "Oh. mother, I am com
ing" she cried as tiny swung down by
the tackle. Thus he was the last man
to leave the ship. It was a piteous
scene for tho derision of the elements.
A cable's length away the two tiny
bouts tossing nnd plunging like straws
In a maelstrom, awaited the end. Whlli
on board the ship with her towering
mists thirty-one deserted paFsengets
little children, yung girls, matrons
win l ad left all the associations of a
life t'me for the sake of their families
and sir. s, who had been not too tdd nor
teo butt' red by mlsfortutu to r.nvo
still hoped pleaded und prayed anil
cursed.
And, w thai, there was but little ra
tional foundation for the unspeakable
Rclfishm ss of the sailors. The same sea
which was about to engulf the ship
might at any moment swallow up the
bjsts. Nor wi.uld respite necessarily b-
nieicfu'; for there wns the threat of
thirrt and famine darkening Into hor
rors Inhumtin an 1 inc ed ble. "Poor
souls," cried the first mute In answer
to th- appeal of frantic arms; "you are
only going down a short time b?fo?3
we do."
At midnight the sh'p stttbd ot the
head r.nd went down like a diving
monster, hurrying Into the vortex ot
death thirty-one passengers. The twri
b ats. hi Id by a fearful attraction, lay
on their oars throughout the night and
at daybreak drew near for consulta
tion. The captain announced that It
would be prudent to part company, as
there would thus be two chances In
stead of one of sighting a sail. He ex
horted the seamen on the longboat to
obey the mate In all things, and each
one In ret-n so-promised.
"I fear we will have to cast lots,"
KAld the mate significantly.
"Don't speak of that now," replied
the captain; "let that be the last re
ort." And then the Jnlly boat, short,
stout, and stubby, with but few on
board, drew away until It was a!one
on the ocean, one atom Instead of two
In a vast waste. Its fate may as well
be told now. After being at sea for six
days It was plcke 1 up by a French fish
ing lugger and Its occupants brought
safely to land.
Though the captain's Judgment In
thus parting company wasigood. It 1
doubtful whether It was single, for this
was his opinion subsequently testified
to as to the condition of the long boat.
"The long boat was In gieat Jeopardy.
Her gunwale was within five to twelve
inches of the water. She seemed tco
U'.manageabl? to be saved. The peo
ple were half naked and all crowded
tcgether like sheep In a pen. It would
flave been fmprssible to run her to
land, and the chances of her being
puked up were ninety-nine to one
against her." Perhaps a vision of des
peratc. drowning creatures struggling
thiough the water and dragging at the
oars and the sides of his jolly boat
hail something to do with the captain'.!
decision to part company.
The long boat, owing to Holme's care,
was partially provisioned. She had on
board six gallons of water, seventy-five
pounds of bread, ten ponnds of meat,
and a small measure of oatmeal, suf
ficient, with economy, for about a week.
She was naturally a well-constructed,
seaworthy craft, being 22 feet long, 6
feet beam, and 3 feet deep, but sh'J
was laden far beyond her capacity. To
make matters worn?, she had not been
In the water for thiity-five days, and
her seams hud spread from the dry-ns-
Her.c ther. was work for a 1.
The tassengers lalled with tins and
i nickels., while the c.iw kipt steidl'V
t the oars, holding the course which
Hebins Indicated ns the one most like
ly to Kail Into a ship's path. On Tues
day afternoon the plug, H4 Inches In
diameter, which had been repeatedly
forced out, was lost, and though tho
orifice was stuffed with bits of clothing,
the leakage greatly increised.
Then the rain descended, and with
nightfall the wind freshened. The hor
izon was livid with the ghostly gleam
rf Ic b. rgs. The boat laboiej mora
and more heavily as the white-billowed
cavaliy Inset her on all sides. Hut little
was said by the passengers; the pall
of a mortal four pressed over them.
They were crowded together like sheep
In a pen, nnd like sheep they opened
not their mouths.
The thirty-two passengers consisted
of sixteen men, two cf whom were
mnuied, fifteen women, most of whom
were your.g, nnd one little boy. It does
not appeur that the men showed any
of the nobler qualities or their sex.
They were Inert and unresisting; too
much overwholmed with the terrors of
death to sttuggle to live. Had thtre
been but one Holmes among them ttio
Impending catastrophe might have
b en averted. The water gained.
Something must bs done at nee.
.Should they supinely parish t gethe:-,
or should might again prove right and
the cowardly "Sauvc que paut" of the
ship be repeated?
"The plug Is gone," shrieked the pas
sngfis; "God have me.cy on our poor
souls!"
"This won't do," moaned the mate;
"Help me. Cod! Men, go to work."
"Don't part man and wife, and don't
throw over any women," continued tha
mate and covered up his eyes. Anil
then, without consultation or any at
tempt at drawing lots, Holmes and his
men moved forward.
There ensued a ruthless scene. One
by one the unmarried male passengers
were ordered to stand up. One by one
they were cast overboard. Now one
entreated to be spared for the sake
of wife nnd ch'ldren awaiting his com
ing In the New World. Now another
r ebel his siin, that their very enorm
ity mlirht procure him a little delay.
"Holrres." s b' cd n iran wha hivl
been friendly with the sailor, "You
won't put me out."
"Yes. Chat lie, ynu must go," was th.2
response, followed by instant execu
tion. A man named McAvov craved five
minutes for prayer. This at first
Holmes sternly refused, but finilly
granted at the intercession of the negr j
cook. It Is noticeable us a H gn of '!.f
times that all the current accounts of
this tragedy, wH'e denouncing the fat
that not on.' cf the ciew was cast over
added: "N'rt even the negro rook."
And yet aft-r all his heart had been
the lighter!.
There was a young man of wea'th
ahrard. frank Askln, with two slsteri
dinging tn him. He strove to tempor
ize, offering five sovereigns to Holme
If ho would wa't until morning, and
promising that t-en, If no hela erne,
he wo'dd "draw lots ar.d go ov.r like
a man,"
"We don't want your nvney, Frank."
replied the implacable leader: and As
kln wns tossed over.
"Give me only a dress to put around
me," cried one of Askin's Flsters. "anJ
I care not to live longer." The two
girls exchnnged one glance, one kiss,
nnd then, clinging together In death as
they had In life, sprang over and
shared their brother's fate. In the
morning light Holmes did the most In
d fensllle of all hi lawless deeds. Two
i men vere found hidden under the
I thwarts, all stark from cold. The dan
ger then was no longer imminent. The
i sea had gone down and the beat was
1 comparatively free from water, and yet
, these two wore also tossed out. It m- y
be thnt Holmes thought them dead; or.
if not. that to his stern natur? death
In their unconsciousness seemed a fa
vor. Though the morning was fair, all the
others remaining on board were too
much prostrated for hope. The awful
events of the night had stunned them.
I They lay prone on the bottom too spir
itless to curse, or to pray. Holmes
alone continued cheerful, alert and
equal to the emergency. He kept n
sharp outlook, and it was due to hi-
judement that the patty were saved.
Ho dete ted a film on the horizon, a
ma'k. fainter thnn the shadow of a
gull's wing, and he Interpreted U.
Thither he tu ned fie prow, until r s
film became canvas and the mark a
hull; and then, with the good old
fiBhloned signal of a shawl on an oar,
he attracted the attention of the mate
of the ship Crescent, supervising some
work aloft.
As an example of Holmes' strong
common sense the following Incident Is
notewrrthy: When the women for
ward real ze that the tidings of great
Joy were true they sprang screaming"
and distracted to their feet. "Lie down."
commanded the rran; "If they make so
many of us on board, they wlil steer
off another way nnd pretend they hnve
not seen us." Not a flatterlrg c to
rrent this on the humanity of the sea.
but an eminently pi act leal one, as
readers of Clark Russell will agree,
recalling the frequent Instances of such
desertion. At all events, the advlcs
was followed. The Crescent drew near,
received the hapless survivors, and In
due course brought them to their des
tination at Philadelphia.
Such a tragic, tale aroused not onl
public sympathy but public Indigna
tion. A widespread discussion ensued
as to how justifiable the conduct of
the crew of the William Frown hid
been, reu!tlrg In the Indictment rf
Holmcs by the federal grard Ju-y for
manslaughter In killing Frank Ask'n
on the high seas. Tie was brought to
trial before the United States elrcutt
court at Philadelphia In April, 184?,
Henry Ualdwln, nssoc ate justice of the
Supreme court, presiding. i
The case attracted universal Interest.
The people were represented by Dlstrlc:
Attorney Meredeth, Mr.- Dallas, and
Mr. Hopkins, and the defence by David
Paul Brown, Mr. Hazlehurst, and Mr.
Armstrong. All these gentlemen were
leaders of the Philadelphia bar. There
was little contention regarding the
facts; but when It came to the applica
bility' of the law there was a battle
royal. This involved a legal settlement
of the old question, dear to the ethical
heart of two men on a plank which Is
capable of sustaining only one; and,
though diverted to the side issue of the
duties of common carriers, still resulted
in the most direct adjudication existing
I as to their rights and obligations.
lur, uuut&a aiRucru iui lire iu.-vu-
tlon as follows: While the manslugh
ter with which Holmes was charged
was unlawful rather than mallet :ous,
the only defence to It could be the
supreme necessity of self-preservation.
To constitute this. In legal sufficiency,
the danger must be instant, over
whelmingly, leaving no choice of
moans, no moment ot deliberation.
Such was not the present case. "What
law," he asked, "gives a crew to be the
arbiters of life and death? No, we pro
test against giving to our seamen the
power to thus make Jettison of human
beings. If the'y believed that the ulti
mate safety of a portion was to be ad
vanced by the sacrltice of another por
tion. It was then their duty to give
notice to all aboard and have a com
mon settlement made."
Such a course. Air. Dallas next con
tended, would be equable were sailors
und passengers In equal relation; but
he denied the premise. "The seaman
Is bound beyond the passenger." he
asserted, "to encounter the perils of
the sea. It is for this exposure thut
his claims are a sacred Hen, and if
only a single nail of the ship Is left he
Is entitled to It. Promulge as law that
the prisoner Is guiltless and our mnr
Ine will be disgraced in the eyes of the
civilized world. The proper rule Is
contained In Uacon's noble thought:
The duties of life are more than life." "
David 1'aul Hrown summed up for
the defence. "This case," he declared,
"should be tried In a longboat sunk
down to Its ve-ry gunwale with forty
one half-naked, starved, and shivering
wrethches; the boat leaking from be
low, filling from above, u hundred
leagues from land, at midnight, sur
ronded by ice, unmanagable from its
load, and subject to certain destruc
tion from the change of the most
changeful of the elements, the winds
and the waves. To these superadd tho
horrors of famine and the recKlessness
of despair, madness, and the prospects,
past utterance, of this unutterable con
dition. Are tne i niieu ,imie o
here now. a year after the event, when
it Is Impossible to estimate the ele
ments which combined to make the
risk or to say to what extent the Jeop
ardy was imminent are they with
square rule and compass deliberately
to measure the boat In this room and
to weigh these passengers, call In phil
osophers, discuss specific gravities,
calculate by the tables of life insurance
company the chances of life; and be
cause they, these Judges, find that by
their calculations this unfortunate
boat's crew might have had the thous
andth part of one poor chance to es
cape, to condemn the prisoner to
chains and a dungeon for what he did
In terror and darkness of that dark
und terrible night?"
The counsel ridiculed the contention
that lots are the law of the ocean, as
serting that such a plan under such
circumstances was more ensy to sug
gest than to put Into practice. He
maintained that the crew were either
in a state of subordination to their
otliccrs or in a state of nature. In the
former ease he argued that Holmes
was excused by the express orders of
the mate, and he quoted In support as
follows from Carnot: "The armed force
is essentially obedient; It acts but
never deliberates." And In the latter
case that he was equally exempt, hav
ing ceased from being a Bailor and be
come a eirownlng man.
Judge Huldwln. in his charge, thus
disposed of the question of two men on
the (dank:
"Suppose two persons, who owe no
duty to one another which Is not mu
tual, should by accident, not attribu
table to either, be placed in a situation
where both cannot survive. Neither
is bound to save the other's life by
sacrificing his own: nor would either
commit a crime in saving his own life
in a struggle for the only means of
safety."
Coming, however, to tho details of the
case before him, the judge distinguish
ed ns follows: "The sailor must en-,
counter the hardships and perils of the
voyage. Nor eun this relution be
clmnged when the ship Is lost by
tempest and all on board have be
taken themselves for safety to the
small boats; for Immlnece of danger
cannot absolve from duty. Should
the i-mergency become so extreme ns
to call for the sacrifice of life, there
can be no reason why the law does not
remain the same; the passenger, not
being bound either to labor or to incur
the risk of life, cannot be bound to
sacrifice his existence to preserve the
sailor's. While we admit that sailor
and sailor may lawfully struggle with
each other for the plunk which can
save but one, we think that If the pas
senger Is on the plank, even the law
of necessity justifies not the sailor who
takes It from him."
The judge -then proceeded to con
sider what should have been elone un
der the stress of circumstances exist
ing in the long boat. He admitted thnt
there was no rule of general applica
tion, but continued ns follows: "There
Is, however, one condition of extremity
for which 'all writers have prescribed
the same rule. When the ship is In no
danger of sinking, but all sustenance
is exhausted, a sacrifice of one person
Is necessary to appease the hunger of
others. The selection Is made by lot.
This mode Is resorted to as the fairest
mode, and In some sort as an appeal to
God for the selection of the victim.
For ourselves, we can conceive of no
mode so consonant with both humanity
and Justice, and the occasion, we think,
must be peculiar which will dispense
with Its exercise."
Vnder this chargexthe Jury brought
In a verdict of guilty, with a recom
mendation of mercy. Holmes was sen
teiieed to six months In the peniten
tiary and to a fine of $20. Hut the
interest of the public did not cease
with this. Indignation vanished and
sympathy doubled. People maintained
that, sailor or no sailor. Holmes had
acted naturally. There was a gen
eral demand for hjs liberation, and
though President Tyler refused to par
don, part of the penalty was remitted.
And so Holme's went bne-k to the perils
of the sea, which he held as naught in
comparison with those of the land.
"EATING CHOH."
Prom the Philadelphia Hulletln.
In IndlnnHpolls about the epoch of the
"Hoosler Schoolmaster," a native of those
wilds discovered a mineral spring In his
clearing. The medicinal effects of the
water were wonderful, and their fume
spread abroad. People came Hocking in
from all quarters. They had to put up
with the aevommoilatlons offered them,
which were, ub a matter of course, of the
most primitive order. The sleeping iipart
ments were vile and the food viler. To s II
complaints, however, the landlord had
one unswer, "Kf It's good 'nuf fer me It's
good 'nuf fer onyboily."
One day a man, said to be a Phlladel
phlan, came to this woodland retreat
and nt once began to complain about the
quality of the food. The landlord eyed
him curiously nnd threw out his stereo
typed reply with the addendum, "1 kin
eat KNNYTHINO. I kin cut CHOW."
It so happened thnt crows were abund
ant in tho vicinity, and the Phlladelphlan
killed one, cooked It and stuffeil it with
Cayenne pepper. At supper that night
when the landlord was seated the new
guest asked him blandly If he meant what
he said about eutlng crow.
"To be sure I did,',' wns the surly replv.
"Then." said the Phihulelphlan, pro
ducing his bird, "here is one that I've had
cooked for you."
The landlord was game If the bird
wasn't, and he sank his teeth Into the
tough morsel. At the first mouthful he
utrfick the Cayenne pepper. His eyes
started from their sockets and he rushed
for the door. A half hour elapsed, and
when he returned to the supper-room he
looked like a poisoned pup. Taking his
seat at the table, he ejaculated, "I KIN
eat crow, but blast me ef I hanker arter
it." . .
ALL .MADE OF I'HAM TS.
Soups, Sandwiches and Desserts, to
May Nothing of Cnudv.
The nutritious and extremely pala
table peanut, which has been a decid
edly popular feature of the country cir
cus and the country fuir for so many
years. Is now receiving an honored
pluce among the nut family, regardless
of the fact that It is dug from the
ground likt the potato. In stead of being
gathered from a tree. Doctors have
found that the peanut is " an article of
food rich In albumen, of which it con
tains 00 per cent., with 20 per cent,
of fat and non-nitrogenous extractive
matelrs." And these little ground nuts,
as they were formerly called, ure rec
ommended as a valuable article of food,
in the form of stiups, purees, and mush.
The Chinese boil peanuts, roll them
fine, mould them into dough, and bake.
The contriving housewife has already
discovered that peanuts can be used to
great advantage in muny ways, of
which here are a few:
Finely chopped peanuts enten in milk
In iilace of the rolled mush so much
used make a dish very highly thought of
and one very ecceptable for the belated
shopper or to be euten at bed time
when a light luncheon is required.
Peanuts roiled tine and added to the
bread stulling for ducks greutly im
proves it.
Then- are several ways of using pea
nuts for sandwiches. One way is to roll
the meats very line and stir them thick
ly in mayonnaise tlressing and spread
between the isllees of bread. Another
method Is to roll or pi ill ml the shelled
and skinned peanuts and spread them
thickly upon thin slle-es of buttered
bread. Sprinkle lightly with salt before
putting the slices together. Still another
filling is made by milting the powdered
nut meats and mixing them with
enough Philadelphia cream cheese to
hold them together. Spread this on
squares of thin bread or crackers. These
sandwiches are particularly nice to
serve with lettuce salad.
A peanut paste served on bread Is
made thus: For one egg beat one
tablespoont'ul of butter to a cream und
into it stir one tublcspoonful of sugar
and the yolk of one egg, beaten until It
is very light nnd thick. Secure freshly
rousted peanuts, shell them, and chop
very tine. Stir chopped nuts with the
other Ingredients until you have u thick
paste thut will spread. Slice bread
Into very thin slices and cut them inti
some fane'y form, Hindi as rounds, tri
angles, or diamonds, and spread them
thickly with the stiff and add to It a.
teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Pile
this meringue upon the spread bread
and scalier u few finely chopped pea
nuts over the top. Heat a shovel, fill It.
with hot coal:", and hold It over the
meringues long enough to very lightly
color them. These sweet sandwiches
are nice to serve with chocolate or cof
fee In the evening. They may also be
served for a dessert; in this case n lit
tle bit of currant jelly or a preserved
cherry put Into the centre of each piece
adds to their uppearance.
Pcunut meringue shells are nice to
serve with plain Ice civam. Heat the
whites of four eggs very light and stir
In three-quarters of n pound of pow
dered sugar, one tablespoonful of flour,
and one cup of finely chopped peanuts.
Drop the mixture by the spoonful upon
buttered panel's and bake in a rather
ceiol oven. Plne'e a shell on each side
of a large spoonful of Ice cream and put
a little whipped cream over the top in
serving.
Another elessert Is peanut croquettes:
Put one gill of milk nnd hnlf a pint of
bread crumbs in a saucepan and stir
over the fire until there Is a smooth
mass. Add half a cup of finely chopped
peunuls which have had a tnldespoon
ful of sherry poured over them. Stir
In the well-beaten yolks of two eggs
ami remove from the lire at once. When
the mixture bpcomcs colli form It Into
balls und roll them in egg and cracker
dust. Fry them a delicute brown in
hot Inrd. Drain on brown paper at the
mouth of the oven so they will keep
hot, and serve them with a caramel
sauce.
For suited peanuts, shell nnd skin the
peanuts und to one cup of nuts stir in
one tablespoonful of melted butter or
oil und one tablespoonful of salt. Let
them stand one hour; then drain and
place them on a bright pan ami put in
u moderate oven. Cook until they are
a nice brown, stirring them frequently
so that they will brown e-vcnly.
Peanut soup is made like a dried pea
soup. Soak one and one-half pints of
nut meats over night in two quints of
water. In the morning add three
quarts of water, a buy leaf, a stalk of
celery, a blade of mace, and one slice
of onion. I'oil this slowly for four or
five hours, stirring frequently to pre
vent binning. Hub through n sieve
and return to the fire. When ng.iln hot
add one cup eif cream. I.et the soup
boil up once and It Is rendy to serve-.
Serve croutons of bread with this soup.
To make a salad with peanuts souk
one I'lip of the nut meats In olive oil.
drain them, and mix with two cups of
finely cut celery and one dozen pitted
olives. Mix them with a mayonnaise
dressing and serve on lettuce leaves.
This Is a nice snlud to serve with duck.
To make peanut Jumbles weigh n
scant half pound of butter, add a half
pound of powdered sugar. and stir them
to a e reani. Add two beaten eggs and
a UtMle nutmeg. Take one cup of fine
ly rolled peanuts and stir them in with
three-qunrti?rs of a pound of dour,
Hrenk off pleees of the dough and roll
them In sugar on the moulding voard
with tho hand and form them Into
rings on a buttered nan, leaving a
space between them to spread. Put
four half peanuts on each rin? and
bake them in a moderate oven to a
very delicate brown.
Peanut wafers are delicious. To
make them stir to a cream half a cup
eif butter anil one cup of sugar. Ids
solve a sennt half teaspoonful of sona
In hnlf n cup of milk nnd add It to the
creamed mixture, and then stir In two
cups of flour and beat the mixture vig
orously. Turn a baking pan upside
down, wipe It very cjean. butter It and
spread the wafer mixture over It, using
n knife to make the mixture smooth
and quite thin. Sprinkle the top
thickly with finely rolled peanuts nnd
bake the wafers in a moderate oven
until browneel. As soon as the tin Is
taken from the oven cut the cake Into
squares nnd place them on a moulding
board to cool. Put these wafers Into n.
tin box to keep crisp.
Peanut enramel is made by putting
Into a saueepnn over the fire one cup
?nch of molasses and sugar and half a
cup of butter. Watch closely while it
Is cooking nnd stir when there is ilan
eer of its burning or broillmr over. Test
tho syrup bv dropping a little In lee
water, and when it is crisp quickly stir
In erne run of chopped nuts nnd turn
out on buttered tins to cool. Mark the
candy orf Into squares w hen it is part
ly cool.
Another peanut candy is made thus:
Put Into a saucepan one pint of New
Orleans molasses with two pounds (
brown sugar nnd half a pint of water.
Let this e-tiol until, when tested by
dropping some into iex water. It wlij
become hard. Shell three pints of pea
nuts, butter biscuit tins and spread the
nuts over the bottom, pour the cooked
mixture over them, and put them away
to become cold and hard.
A delicious dinner bonbon Is made
with large fresh prunes and dates hav
ing the stone removed and a peanut
put in its place. Or the nuts may be
chopped very fine and mixed with the
white of an egg, a little sugar, and Just
enough sherry to flavor. Press this
paste Into tho cavity made by remov
ing the stone and roll the outside of the
fruit In powdered sugar.
An old Southern cook made delicious
peanut coffee by rousting the nuts quite
brown and rolling them fine, then mak
ing It like other coffee. With rich
cre'am It wns good, and the cups al
ways went back to be filled the second
time.
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No one but a Veteran can Realize
the Sufferings from Army Life.
It Often Makes Our Able-bodied Men Helpless In
valids -The Story of one who Suffered for
Twenty Years, Due to Hardships when
in the Service of His Country.
fVom lh fhrntcrt Tofre, Cliicago, 111.
Itorn in Wyoming County, in the State of
New York, liny years asjei, Kdsnn A. Wood
grew toumiilioodnuu farm. Of tine physique,
inheriting this from his parents, lie knew
little of tickings till lie beruiuo of ue, when
he was stricken with suii-strnkc One hot
Eiimtucr's day, und six years later, liud an
other sun-stroke. From this he attributes
liis head troubles, from which lie lias suf
fered more or less ever since. I.tko initny
other young and uetive nun, he became dis
tailzied with life in iiU uative State, und
moved to Illinois.
Tim war of the great rebellion breaking
out shortly alter ho came here, he enlisted
iu the oTtli Illinois Volunteers, eloing good
service for his country in his regiment for
nearly two years, when sickness produced
by the maiiy liunlsliips und sutreriugs lu
had passed through forcid upon him an
honorable iliscliurgv. lleing obliged to lenve
tlie army lie cnine buck tu Illinois, deter
mining tn take up life wliem he had left it
in his native Stale, the life of Dirniiiig. Hut
lie soon foil ii. I thai his constitution hail lie-cn
more seriously undermined in the army,
than lie believed or reulied. Among otiier
ailments ho had cnntriicted while in his reg
iment, be found that br:ieliitis had assumed
a chronic siHte, and with it lie found that
any more than ordinary exertion brought
palpitation of the he-art, short breathing and
si range feeling in (lie head. Then to mid to
his distrcswd condition he found that he ulsu
sull'ered from kidney trouble, eliree-tly caused
from exposure's during his uriny days.
lie gave up farming n nil came to Chicago
to settle down and remain. Tliia was twenty
two years ago nnd ho has lived here ever
since, l'or "eight years he was in constant
service of the West Chicago Street Car Co.,
before the time of cables or trolleys. He was
a ilrivof of a West Madison Street car in
pood and bnl weather, elriving one week
elay-tinies and the next week during nights.
This hard service he was capable, of per
Wining, for the reason that no physical ex
ertion was required, hut iu the course of
time hud the tendency ot mcrcasiug the
neuteness of his troubles, especially bron
chitis and nsthniu. liccmimr it more than
advisable on account of his health to seek
employment not so wearing, he left the
Street car service nnd became on employe of
the run llamlle Kuilrou.l. uii tins rail
road company he remained for six years iu
dill'erent capacities, l'or onu period lie wns
n watchman in the yards, at uimtlier period
ho became it llugiiiun lit diirercnt crossings,
und in nil the-e occupations lie found it
more diilieiilt every yc-ir to perform his du
ties, as the heart trouble hivuine mure ai:d
more pronounced, liis head grew worse,
dizzy nni strange spells caine over him, unci
lust siniiiner lie knew that if something was
not done for him quickly he would be ob
liged to give up nil active employment.. It
was then that he first lieardof Dr. Willinmo'
Pink Pills for I'ale I'eor I;-. lie tool: them
mid found immediate tied frrc;it relief. He
lias fold everv one ho knows how well he
thinks of tie s.' marvellous little pellets nnd
v.iint tbcv did for him.
lie now live', at i!!0 Washington Houle
vard. He is well known, respected timl
prides himself on the fact that the house he
lives iu f.-dav he moved in when he came
to this city twenty years ago. Mr. Wood U
a line, portly looking mini, with white hair,
and to-d:iy the picture; of health. In speak
ing of some of I lie crentcst physical dis
tresses h Inn experienced, lie says, "what
is told about, me in the fiircfrotng is nil true,
but evcrvtliiii'' I notice has not hecn men
tioned. It was some time about a year ngo
w hen I 'wils very p'siiiy. that my hi nil was
giving, me a gr ill ilenl ot troiilile, elizzy
spells, nehes nud queer feelings, nnd then I
also had a strange feeding of uncertainty in
the use ol my lower liinlis when walking.
" riivsiclans examined mv condition close.
iy oud were of the opinion that 1 had all the
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uik anil aura whsm All OtACf
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first symptoms of locomotor Ataxia, and I
believe they were right, also last summer I
had a very hard time with an nttnek of ton
silitis and neuralgia from which I did not
recover for some time. It wrs then that I
commenced to take these Pink Pills, and
had only taken n few boxes when 1 discov
ered a remarkable change for the better in
every wuy. The pills seemed to relieve me
of aches und pains, the symptoms of locomo
tor ataxia, have left me entirely, and they
have made me strong and teel like myself,
" I am going to continue with the use of
tho pills for the reason that having relieved
me of the ailments I thought had come to
stay, having been caused thirty years ago
from hardships in the army, 1 am prac
tically rid of them and will lose no efforts
when I have the remedy at hand to keep
them riel. 1 am only too glad to tell all my
friends what experience I have hud with Dr.
Williiims'Pink Pills, and when they sec the
good physicul condition I am in now, al
though neur sixty years of use. they will
come to the same conclusion as myself.
' t he above ts a correct stutvmeut of tacts
concerning myself.
(Mgllcll.) ED80N A. WOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
dday of January, ls'KJ.
ItuuKKT Akmley, Sotary Public I
Chills and Fever.
From the Commercial, Vickthurg, Mich.
Mr. fieorgo Wundell, of this city (Vickt
luirg, Michigan,) whose recovery from serious
illness a short time ago was the talk of his
friends ami neighbors, was accosted by a re
IHirter the other day and asked fur a statement
of his illness and cure.
Mr. Wnnelell is a carpenter by trade nnd is
well and favorably known in this locality.
having resided here for several yean. His
Etorv us related to the reporter is as follows:
" I was taken sick with fever and chills in
the Spring of 18!i2 nnd was Blck all Summer,
belli); able to work only a part of the time.
The following Winter of lSlW-'fiU, I was
con lined to tho house from the first of No
vember until the first of March, being so
liud after the fever left mo that nervous
prostnition followed, and I was nnuble to
sleep at night nnd wns all run down physi
cally. I hud taken all sorts of patent medi
cines and was treated by several physicians
but all to no nvnil. I steadily grew worse
uud finally abandoned medical attendance.
"About the middle of March I saw an
article relating the cure of a person similarly
atlccle'd by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pnlu People, anil I nt once sent to
the drug store of Mr. O. H. Punning, by one
of my children, and purchased a box of Pink
Pills, determined to give them a trinl.
" l!y the time I lind taken half a box of
them I was able, with the nid of crutches,
to be out doors, I grew steadily better from
almost the first dose nnel wns able to go to
the drug store myself for the second box,
nnd in almut a month discarded my crutches,
lieforo May 1st I was able to resume my
work nt my trnele of carpentering, and have
been nbln to continue ever since. I supposed
my disease to be rheumntism, but the use of
the Pink Pills disproved thnt theory. I nm
now ablo tn do a good day's work and my
general health is better thuu fur years before
taking Pink Pills.
"My oldest dnnghter tlso had troubles of
the blood nnd a few doses of tho pills did her
uiiicli pood."
Dr. Williiims' Pink Pills for Pale People
nro now given lo the public asnn unfailing
blood builder nnd nerve restorer, curing nil
forms of weakness arising from a watery con
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six boxes for $2.ii0, (tliey are never sold in
bulk or by the 1(10), by aeldressing Dr. Wifc
Hums' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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