The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 69, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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The Fanny Things One See*
b
Smiling Round the World
lr
I MARSHALL P. WILDER
(Copyright, by Joieph B. Bowles.)
Canton, In spite of its dirt, in spite
of Its myriad and insistent smells, is
fascinating. Beside the’ ordinary
sights of street life that are7 like a
kaleidoscope for change and color,
there Is a tall and stately pagoda to
be seen, the "flow-ly" pagoda, your
guide will tell you. Another, known
as the Are-story pagoda, built in the
year 1400, stands at the point of the
citadel, the culminating point of the
city wall, the ramparts of which are
decorated with grotesque little cannon
Of a bygone age, resting in worm-
eaten and rotting wooden gun *ar-
riages.
Another sight of Canton Is Examina-
tion hall, an institution peculiarly Chi-
nese. Here are 7.500 cells in rows, the
fronts open to the air. They are only
four feet by three, and their only fur-
niture a couple of boards, laid cross-
ways, one for a seat and the other for
a writing desk.
Here the civil service examinations
lake place for the whole province.
Students who wish to compete enter a
cell, where they remain for three days
and nights, absolutely alone, and
guarded by soldiers to see that they
have no communication with each
other, or with anyone outside.
The examination lasts nine days al-
together, In groups of three, with In-
tervals of three days In between,
when the students may go outside. It
is exceedingly ■ arduous, for there is
not room for comfortable sleep, and
the tests are very severe.
It Is, however, the ambition of every
man to pass this examination If he
can. Some old students have been
known to go there every three years
for 30 years without passing. Out of
perhaps 6,000 or 7,000 never more
than 300 pass, generally much less.
A man who passes Is then eligible
for any magisterial office in the pro-
vincial government, and If he is still
more ambitious and can pass the ex-
amination at Peking, as well, he is
eligible for metropolitan offices.
So that in China education is the
only patent of nobility. In this re-
spect it is one of the most democratic
countries In the world, for a man may
rise from the lowest rank to a high
position.
Only three castes are prohibited
from competing in the examinations,
barbers, actors and chiropodists, who
are prohibited from most thlnga, as
well as their descendants for three
generations.
The good ship Prin* Eitel Prieder-
lch bore us bravely from Hong-Kong
on our way to India's spicy isles, arid
also furnished an experience the like
of which we had known* neither be-
fore nor since I refer to our Christ-
mas dinner, which we ate amid sur-
roundings so truly novel as to seem to
us now almost as the passing of a
dream.
The Eitel Frtederteh was not merely
a good, staunch ship; she was a mag
niAcently appointed steamer — in
abort, a floating palace, and the din-
The F!ve-8tory Pagoda
ner which we ate—each smallest com-
ponent part thereof, from soup to cof-
fee— wa, laid In at Bremen before the
steamer sailed. The splendid tree, a
big green flr, had been cut In Japan
and lay strapped to the lower deck,
lest some sudden cataclysm of the ele-
ments might roll4t overboard and
cheat us of what proved to be the
most enjoyable part of our Christmas
It was understood before leaving
Hong-Kong that the moat important
part of the festivities, l. e. the pres-
must be purchased there; so a
was formed and the presents—
been selected and purchased
ember detailed for the purpoee
handed up the ahip’e aide In
on the ead of stick*, or
one etrlngs, or In email but
tart? nets, so that the lottery adfect
.....™ ' * and ao on# oould
bin neighbor held. This
______provoked hearty
__f much curiosity as to the
gate of the gifts, each oae ba-
as we should say in America, clear
and cold—but “muggy" and hot
Clothing, even of the thinnest sort,
teemed superfluous; exertion, even
the mildest, seat. little, streams of
moisture trickling down towards one’s
shirt collar. But, never mind. It was
Christmas—dear old Christmas eve,
and If we were 6,000 miles—more or
less—away from home, we were not
going to have any less pleasure and
happiness out of the occasion. So we
donned our bravest attire and, sum-
moned by the bugle, made our way
with the rest of the passengers, also
in full dress, to the dining saloon.
Here a scene of marvelous beauty
burst upon our eyes; but don’t ask me
to describe that table. Running the
whole length of the gorgeous saloon
it was decorated and twined and bla-
soned with potted plants and vines,
garlands and flags, rhe whole being
set off by a most ingenious and beau-
tiful arrangement of electric lights,
that peeped out from every leaf and
fold and dish as .though some fairy
wand had touched them Into glittering
wonder. LittleSwiss chalets, set amid
snows of cotton and spangled Ice-
fields, gleamed with lights in every
tiny window; cascades ran down
through little ice-gorges, lit up with
firefly gleams; the hearts of Christmas
roses sent out flashes of beauty, while
a| the head of the table was a snow
man of life-like size and proportion,
whose smile Was as broad as his am-
ple form. Truly a wonderful sight.
And the dinner—well, 1 have eaten
many dinners, and many Christmas
dinners, but this was absolutely
GREEN-EYED REPTILES GIVE
GEORGIA PLUMBER AN UN-
PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
IS SENT TO REPAIR PIPES
Mistakes Wriggler for Walking-Stick
—Store Above Place Formerly
Rented by , “Zulika, the
Snake Swallower."
Absolutely Alone.
unique. The cuisine of the German
steamers Is world-famed, and Justly
sc>. The celebrated P. & O. line
starves you to death In the most
highly genteel manner. The Insular
exclusiveness of this ancient institu-
tion, like that of the much overrated
Cunard, has wrung the stomach and
bled the pocket of the wayfarer for
nearly half a century, while the chilly
hanteur of its officers has sent many
a passenger to his berth with a frigid
heart. Rudyard Kipling says that if
you want a favor of one of these mag-
nates you must stand on your head
before the efflef officer and wave your
feet supplicatingly tn the air.
The serving of the Christmas din-
ner was truly gorgeous. The proces-
sion of waiters reached from the din-
ing table to the kitchen, and each
course was brought in with as much
pomp as though it were a banquet to
Old.King Cole as we see it pictured in
the children’s holiday books.
The oysters, the soup, the fish, each
had their separate procession, and the
turkey—ah! that turkey! borne aloft
on a platter, accompanied by all the
“trimmings," each with a separate
bearer; while the gravy!—words fall
me. How^ahall I describe the gravy-
bearer? Mi youth with solemn brow
and stater step, who bore aloft upon
one hand the dish of gravy, as though
it were.an offering to royalty. In the
mattenwf style he certainly was all to
the gravy!
With the dessert and coffee song
and merriment burst forth. Every
toncelvable Christmas glee and carol
—not omitting the good old "Tanndn-
baum” of the Vaterland,, which these
German offlrers^olled forth with a
volume that made the dishes dance—
was sung. And then,- the tree!
This gorgeous ptece of upholstery
reached from the floor up Into the
which lantern, which Is the nautical
name for the open dome which rises
far up almost out of sight from the
saloon. Every year the decorskions
are brought out from their storing
place and hung upon the tree, and
most gorgeous are they to behold,
glittering with electric lights and
swaying to and fro with every motion
of the vessel.
The distribution of presents was a
jolly ending to the evening’s festivity.
Some people got their own presents,
that they bad bought in contributing
to the pool, but they enjoyed them
juat as much. One of ours was a
handsome silver spoon, engraved with
Chinese characters similar to those on
the cane which was presented to me
by Mr. Wei Yuk In Hong-Kong, and
whlob mean "long life and happiness,’’
or aomsthing to that effect.
The next day we arrived at Singa-
pore, sad it was wlfh indescribable
feelings that I stspped ashore in a
glare of tropic sunlight, saying to my-
self, "Christmas day! It Is Impossible
—I cannot belters It!”
But It was, and I smiled ns 1 said to
a friend: “Well, we’re certainly In for
n hot old time, all right, if nothing
aloe!”
Atlanta, Ga.—Last fall No. 53 De-
catur street, formerly the heart of At-
lanta's bowery, was rented to a "snake
awallower," and thereby bangs a tale.
The store, for it is on the .first
floor, is located next to the old Young
Men's Library , association building,
and In the heart of that section of the
city which likes a show and best of all
a side show. Flaming pictures an-
nounced the fact that “Zulika eats
them alive." Entering the place
•'Zulika" would be -seen seated oh a
platform where she took wriggling,
curling snakes into her hands And
passed them, seemingly, Into her
mouth. Instead, however, there was
a very clever funnel arrangement,
whereby the snakes w-ent wriggling
down the pipe and dropped into the
cellar under the floor. "Zulika'' lasted
for about two weeks and the store
was placed on the market for rent.
A tenant was secured last) week
and a plumber sent to look over the
job of repairing It. Dave Yarbrough
was the man who got the job. Now,
he never attends Decatur street side
shows, so, of course, didn't know.
Taking a lighted candle in hand,
he descended the dark steps to the
dungeonous cellar, guided only by
the faint light of the candle. Ar-
riving at the bottom he saw a L>ng
black walking stick lying on the
ground and stooped to pick, .It up.
It wriggled, squirmed 'and lie dropped
it in terror. ; It was an outstretched
black snake.
Turning quickly to retrace his
steps, the 'candle was blown out and
he was left in stygian darkness. He
managed to find the foot of the
steps' with his shin and began his
way up to where the door stood
open. He caught a glimpse of a
half hundred pairs of green eyes
NO RECORD OF HIS NAME, CRIME,
COMMITMENT OR TRIAL
CAN BE FOUND.
Haw la Jtelia an Splitting Wood?
Mias Jolla Chapman wan n sat of
stiver knlvaa, forks sad spoons in n
board-sawing contest given by n medi-
etas show la Stelwer hall Wedaeaday
evening. She want through bar board
before say of bar competitors bad got
wall started—Fom11 (Ora.) Journal.
He Dropped It in Terror.
•taring at him out, of the darkness,
and made a dash for the door, only
to hear tho door, with the spring
lock, "bang" and "snap" Alone In
a cellar with 60 snakes’
He had hardly strength to crawl
to the top of the steps and to beat
feebly against the door; To his in-
tense surprise it flew open—for it
had not caught when it slammed
Hurrying to the offices of Forrest A
George Adair, the renting agents,
he told Of bis experience. Weak,
scratched, nervous and brulaed, he
told what be had seen.
"Brown," the janitor of the
firm, claiming to be the champion
snake killer In the country, was told
of the experience and dispatched to
investigate.
He went to the cellar -armed with
a lamp that wouldn’t blow out, and
killed by actual count #3 snakes.
The snakes had been In there
since they first made frlenda with
"Zulika."
’ Unlontown, Pa.—It would aeem In-
credible that jn this age a man could
be Imprisoned for more than a year In
the Jail of this county, in this town,
aot knowing himself the reason or
cause of his Imprisonment, hla Identity
unknown to. the county officials, and
oo entry reliably affecting him or
tils alleged offense to be found any-
where in the public recorda, yet It la
a fact this Is so, ,
The man, a foreigner, was recently
released from Jail because no ground
could be found for his further deten-
tion, nor indeed for his detention at
any time. He might still be In prison
had there not been a change of sher-
Iffa. —..............................................
The new sheriff la Peter A. Johna.
During one of his late official enumera-
“What An You in Prison For?”
tiona of the? jail Inmates his attention
was called for some reason to this
man.
"What Is your name?" Inquired the
sheriff.
"Elecx Lenchack.’*
"What are you in prison for?”
"I don't know.’,’
“How long have you been here?"
"More than a year "
The sheriff examined the jail regis-
ter covering a year and longer, hut
could not find the name of Lenchack
He did the same with the commit
menu, but with equal unsuccess
Then he questioned the prisoner more
closely.’ Lenchack could not handle
English very well, but he managed to
explain that all he knew about it was
that he, had been w alking across a field
at one of the coking plants not far
from this town when two men ac
costed him. took him before a magis-
trate and tben brought him to Jail.
It Is the sheriff * theory that Len-
chack had been committed to Jail un-
der one name, that he bad got on to
the jail register under another name,
and on the trial docket of the court
under still another name, and that
when the name on the trial docket was
called during sessions of the court
there was no prisoner to answer to It
The' poor fellow was so glad to get
out that his expressions of gratitude,
ao far as he was able to make this sen-
timent clear, were most pathetic. A
foreigner, knowing little or nothing of
the hablta and customs of this coun
try. not understanding the language,
homeless, friendless, knowing no on*
to apply to. he had got Tnto Jail for a
trivial offense. There, forgotten, un
able to confide In any one even If he
had wished, Ignorant of bow to take
steps to get free, he had put In more
thin a year of hi* life In a place tc
which he should not, perhaps, havr
been sent at any time.
Two Approved Methods for the Cook-
ing of Sweetbreads.
The Housekeeper presents two re-
cipes for cooking sweetbreads. In the
first they are stewed white and in the
second they are stewed brown. In-
gredients—Two sweetbreads, one pint
of veal broth, seasonings, one ounce
of flour, one ounce of butter, two yolks
of eggs, one-sixteenth pint cream.
Method—Soak and prepare the
sweetbreads as In the second recipe,
stewing them for an hour in veal
broth with a seasoning of mace, white
pepper, salt and a very small slice of
onion. Press them till cold, trim them
and strain into a bowl. Melt the but-
ter in a stewpan, stir the flour into it
and let It cook wlthbut browning. Add
the strained veal broth and stir till
well boiled, then remove from the Are
and beat In the yolk of two eggs or
some cream. Let the sweetbreads
warm In this without boiling, then
dish them and serve, gaHiished with
slices of lemon and sprigs of parsley.
Ingredients — Two sweetbreads,
three-quarters of a pint of brown sauce
and tomatoes. \
Method—Soak t\o sweetbreads In
warm, salted water f5f an hour. Put
on stfive In cold water, and bring to
boiling point. Take out sweetbreads
and rinse. Put on again in fresh water
or white stock, and allow to simmer
gently for an hour. Drain-and press
sweetbreads between two plates with
weight tiiton top of them. Trim neatly
and cut Into thick slices. Put .the
sweetbreads into a stew-pan with
three-quarters of a pint of rich brown
sauce, and let them get quite hot. In
the meanwhile pour boiling water over
■ ac/me .tomatoes, skin them and place
JJia.n'.'ni) a buttered tin with buttered
paper over. Iiake till tender hut un-
broken.
' nor alum
carpet to
children-*.,
and then
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Hot sunshine will remove sertreh.
Hot tartaric arid will take ink
stains out of white cloth.
A parkage or envelope seated with
while of eeg cannot be steamed open
Even delicate glass can be safely
washed in very hot water If slipped
In edgewise.
Insects like neither salt
and enough adheres to the
keep them away.
Saturate grass stain* on
pinafores, etc , In jWaflln.
put into the washtub.
Burning oil is spread by water. To
extinguish it throw down flour, sand or
earth The idea is to prevent the oil
from spreading.
Starch should be mixed with soapy
water, for thus the Ifnen wllj have a
more glossy appearance and be leas
likely to stick to the Iron.
Clotheslines and pegs will last much
longer If they are boiled for ten min-
utes when new It ts * good plan to
re;w*atHhe boiling occasionally,
It Is not generally known, hut to
prevent eak«*s from burning place a
iiWie bran at the bottom of the tins.
This will save a lot of grumbling and
vexation..
Italian Cakes.
Half a cup of butter, warmed but
not melted, and the same quantity of
sugar, beaten to a cream. Add one by
one, beating continuously, four egga,
whites,anjl yojks. At the ia»t beat in
very hard half a cup of pastry flour
Pour this mixture to the depth of half
an inch In a shallow butteriM Un and
bake In a moderately quick ctvea for
10 or 15 minutes. Turn upside down
to cool; spread ihlckjy with a firm
Jam or Jelly, preferably strawberry or
raspberry, and then overlay this with1
stiff chocolate icing When firm, cut
Into odd shapes, squares, discs, dia-
monds, triangles, etc.
WILL NOT SPEAK OR
EAT ANY SOLIO FOOD
GIRL’S STRANGE CONDUCT FOR
THREE YEARS BAFFLING—MAY
BE EFFECT OF A COLD.
Elweee, fad.—One of the most pua-
sling oases that has come to the no-
tice of doctors here is that of Miss
Dale Goslln, a 14-year-old girl, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Goblin, liv-
ing two miles northeast of Orestes,
who haa subsisted three years on
liquid food, and during ’that time has
not spoken a word or uttered a sound.
When Dale waa 11 yaars old aha
caaight a severe cold while attending
school and her throat became affected.
Her voice gradually sank to a whl*-
per. and finally disappeared. ’ Mean-
time she was fed on liquid food and
apparently the cold left'her, but she
has not spoken since and absolutely
She Absolutely Refuses to Partaks of
Any Solid Foods.
refuses to partake of any foods that
require mastication b*,f°r* being awal
lowed. .
Her health Is not affected She Is
well developed for a girl of her age,
weighing 110 pounds and ts remarka-
bly pretty. When spoken To she hear*
wh*t I* said to her. and if pleased she
Acknowledges It with a nod of the
head or a smile, but, while she hsa
been examined by eurgeon* and spe-
cialist* in throat and vocal affectum*,
who state "that thqre I* absolutely
nof ing the matter with the girl, noth-
ing •• 111 Induce her to speak or partake
of vnythtng to eat but liquid food
Entreaties, cajoling and even force
1 e tarn trk-d, but without avail.
T e father ha* spent hundreds of dol-
ls-.* trying to get hi* daughter to talk,
but she will nut utter a sound or give
the l> ut intimation that she desires
to diverse with her parents or
friend «
The father haa been advlaed to place
the girl in some Institution, where It
ia belle t-d that the formation of new
friends and strange, influential sur-
roundings will induce her to UJk
again. '
PIES BREAK MAN’S FALL.
Jaba Hatpin Into Man’s Lag.
Dallas, Tex—Miss Susan Niel be-
came so excited while watching a base-
ball game the other day she Jabbed a
hatpin through the thigh of Walter
Hutchinson, wltiKerhom sbo had gona
to the game.
The young woman had removed her
hat and hail clinched the pin in her
band When a home run waa made
she Jabbed It downward.
The pin was driven with such force
that It rnneed entirely through the
side,of the vowng man’s log and waa
forced Into the seat more than an Inch.
Efforts tn remove it caused Hutchin-
son so much palb that ho waa forced
to wait more than an hour until
some one could be brought to sever
the pin between hts leg and the board.
A doctor tben icmovcd tho pin from
his leg. No serious consequences are
anticipated.
Hutchinsont who fa a member of tn«
council, says he will Introduce an or-
dinance which will forbid the attend-
ance of worsen at ’mil games.
Tlght-Rope Trick on Roof Ends In
Headlong Plunge.
JPhiladelphia.—While trying to. dem
eostrate to a friend some of the acn>
batlc tight rope walking ability which
had won him fame In circus life some
years ago, Frank VelioskI, 3J5 years
old. fell from the third story roof of
his home, to the alley below and was-
taken to the hospital, suffering from
concussion of the brain. Hla condition
Is serious, the doctors say.'
VelioskI occupies the fourth floor.
Shortly before noon he stepped out
of his window on to the roof of the
third floor extenstbn. to get s breath
of fresh air. Just across the alleyway,
on the roof of No. 116 Spruce street,
waa one of Velloskl’s friends.
“Guess I’ll come over for a while.”
he said. I’ll show you the way we
used te do when I was a circus man,”
he added, as he mounted a thin
clothes line which stretched between
the two houses across the alley.
He had successfully gone to the mid-
dle of the rope when suddenly It
snapped. VelioskI went crashing
down L> the hard pavement of the al-
ley below.
A woman In No. Hi had been bak-
ing plea and half a dozen specimens
of her art were out to cool In the al-
ley. VelioskI landed head first Into
them.
The hospital doctors sny that It was
dus to this fact that the former circus
man’f skull wss not fractured.
The Nature of the •rats.
Kx—Did yen ever see an Indian
Wy—I never saw oae aaur othei
way-—Cleveland Leader.
Rag Carpat Without Sewing.
Tear rags shout an inch wide, cut ^
buttonhole in each end. lay one strip
on the other so that one hole Is over
the other,' take the end of ths lower
one and draw It through the hole of
the tipper one tightly, mid It will look
as If sewed. Now take a large cro-
chet hook and crochet as If making a
common round tidy. You can make
It as large as you want and quickly,
can be washed In a tub, and with car*
will last a lifetime.
_ v
Lyman Salad.
Select long green peppers, cut tn
halves lengthwise, remove th* seeds,
and Ail with grape-fruit pulp, celery
and apple finely cut, and pecan nut
meats broken In pieces, using half as
much each of celery and apple as of
grape fruit, and allowing three nut
meats to each rx«a Arrange on let-
tuce leaves sad iffmlsh with
onnalse dressing *
burled In the mass of
Te Pack China.
When moving, a new way to pack
china that la valuable as well as deli-
cate it to wrap each pier* carefully
In paraffine paper and sink It tn th*
flour barrel A delicate piece of
Wcdgewood chips and a piece of val-
uable statuary were packed In this
way. aw! neither place waa injured. Of
course, the flour barrel must be +aaon-
ably full of flour.
immediately the laborers grabbed
•hovels and picks and set to work to
liberate their companion, while , the
spectators telephoned for the lire'de-
partment to send out apparatus Tfuck
company No. 11 responded and also
the police ambulance.
The man waa found at the hot-
tom of the cave-tn, protected by a
timber which had fallen diagonally
across him. crashing his right side,
but tn such a manner as to protect
him from a great share of the ciay and
gravel. He waa unconscious whew
majr’ freed and was immediately taken Ur
(he hospital, where he revived
The bracing is what saved Wendora
from death for the Umber fell cross-
wise. relieving the weight of the
mass and admitting a slight amount
of air.
Tc Prevent Moths.
To keep moths out of upholstered
furniture, sprinkle well with benzine
It will not spot or stain the most deli
cate colons, and ths unpleaaaat odor
aooa passesway in th* air. When
It Is known-that the moth miller haa
entered n closet, burn a tablespoonful
of gum camphor la th# room, cloeing
th* door and letting ths clothes remain
la ths fumes.
When Burning Rubbish.
When burning vegetable refuse, old
papers and rubbish in th* stove oi
furnace, throw a.handful of salt la th*
Are sad there will be no unpleaaaat
sad disagreeable odor.
Reunited After Many Years.
lake City, la-—Adopted In Infancy,
Mny Lnthrop, now 16, has long bee*
marching for her father, two brothers
and a sister, while they have mad* In-
quiries In almost every city for her.
While the search of years haa been
going on. ths two brothers and the
father have been living in Qowrie,
within an hour’* rid# of the girl. May
Lathrop. The queerest feature of tho
family reunion la that May Lathrop,
after all thee* yearn, cannot speak to
her own father.
He la German and speaks not n word
of RngUsh, having always lived la *
German community. Mny Lathrop
waa adopted by Americans who apeak
only BaglUh.
Average Age ef Accident Victims.
Th* average age at death of poogM
who d'e bv accident is J4H years.
BURIED/ALIVE. HE ESCAPES
Eapsctsdto Survive Injuries Sustained
Whsn Trench Caves.
Milwaukee—Although buried for
nearly an hour under a mss* of clay
and gravel weighing over a ton, after
a sewer treni-h caved In, August Wen-
df»rn, aged 60 years, will probably live.
Aithough the man haa five ribs
crushed in, s fractured breast and col-
lar bone, and other bruises, the physi-
cians at the hospital bslleve he wilt
recover.
Wendorn was at work with several
isther men on a st^rer, on Twenty-
third avenue. He was In the deepest
section of the trPnch while other me®
were working on the surface when. ^
without any earning, the walla caved
in and he
earth.
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 69, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 30, 1908, newspaper, May 30, 1908; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642480/m1/2/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.