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16 IN SOCIETY. Continued from Page Twelve. Vilie, Ga . ar.d Mr, F M Appleby of Doug las. Tf>e marriage occurred V.'edr.es-’lay eight. MU* HarrU taugnt school for a long time in Dougiai, and w.-.:ie eh* a* there Cupid got in tal* work Mr. Appleby is a popular talesman In E Peteraon'i store L A. Rouse ha* moved hi* family from Jacksonville 10 Waycross ife will go in to rhe grocery business. Mr and Mr* J F Taylor came over Thursday from Beach. Mrs. A. 1 Turner, or Parallel *rreet. ha at her guest the charming M.ss Annie Berkelew of Ala tari-'i Mr ar.d Mr*. John A Strickland have returned to their home in Blarkibear. Rev. C. le. E. Davl* ha ooriducted five or air protracted meeting* I hi* year al ready, and he r-a four or five more sched uled for the near future. Mr and Mr*. Willie Wilson are visiting re.atlves here for a month. Mr. Wilson 1* a Wet ern Union Telegraph operator in Jacksonville. Mr. and Mr* Joel expect to visit Gaskin Spring next week The tc.rthday party given litti* MU* r;*ar.ee Kr.rht by her mother Mrs. J. R. Kr.ight, >■> a pleasant event with the little people. It was her eighth birthday, and the thirty or more llttie ones woo as sembled in honor of the occasion made a lovely picture as they engaged in the innocent games with which they am vised theo.ee.ve*. Delicious refreshment* were served In the spacious drawing room. There were many present* to the little lady and after two hour* of solid enjoyment the guests departed, all wishing Sfiess Ciao.e many happy return* of the day. Mrs J W. Adams and children are spending a few week* at White Springs The Way cross Gun Club is making rapid prog rets In trap shooting, and it is prob able that Waycrot* will develop some champion shots. Mr J R. Llt.es and family of Fort White. Fla , wsre in the city this week. On Sunday Mis* Abbie Harm and Mr E. Purvis were married at MuaselvKle near here by Rev C. L B Davis Mr* H M Lanier Is visitlr.g her daugh ter, Mr*. J. L Smith, at Jasper, Fla Mrs M Gunnison of Fort White, Fla., visited here Wednesday. Rev*. T. P. O'Neal, M. A. Thigpen and 6. V. Jeffords will conduct service*, be ginning to-day. *• Eaekiel Chapel, *ix mile* out on the Waitertown public road. Mr*. J. R Willis I* the guest of her sis ter. Mr*. J. S. Freerson, at Bofikl, Ga Mr and Mr*. Charles Adamson have re turned home from Atlanta. Rev J M. Glnn will preach the annual sermon to our firemen now in a few week*. Mr. M J. Murray wa* married on Sun day to Mis* Minnie Wb*or. at Ea-or.ton. Thla marriage <* the sequel of a court ship begun while Miss Wl!*on resided in fhi* city. On Friday right Mr. Murray left here for Eatonton, tper.dir.g the next day In Macon. Sunday they were mar ried and Tuesday they reached home. Mr Murray is a popular young plumber of Waycross and hi* bride Is the pretty daughter of Mr D. M Wilson, manager of the Eatonton Shoe Factory. Dr. J C. Rippord has gone to Join his wdfe. who i* visiting in Ohio. They will spend a month or two in Ohio. Pennsyl vania and New Tork, returning home about October. Thursday afternoon at J o'clock Mr John Youmar,* and Mist Nola James were married at the home of the bride's par ents. Mr and Mrs. B. M James. near Manor, in this The ceremony was performed by P.ev. Thomas Minchew of Blackshear. The young people will reside st Nleholls. The home of Mr and Mrs. 8 F Watkins one roil* south of Manor, wa* the scene of another very pleasant wedding Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The con tracting parties were Miss Hattie May Watkins and Dr. J. A. Moore, a promi nent young physician of Manor Still another marriage is reported from the llttie town of Manor. The parties to the union were Mr. Bother Miller, a prom inent merchant of Manor, and Mr* Jane Booth, widow of the late John W. Booth of Glenmore. Thl* wedding occurred at S o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. It 1* report* and I bat s .Cook •* good for another marriage or two at Manor In the near future. A delightful picnic wa* enjoyed by the people In the Woodard settlement, near town, last Saturday. It was largely at tended, and all reported a fine time. Mr*. F. C. Folk* and the children are at home again after a visit of some weeks with her father, Hon J L. Morgan In Clinch county. Mr*. E. M Whiting has returned to Forteon. where she will visit her mother for three or four weeks. Mis* Susie Kirkland of this city Is visit ing her friend, Mrs. C. R. Griffin, In Thom arvllle. Mrs. J. O. A Cook has relumed home from a visit to friends In Brunswick. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Warren have return ed home after spending a few days with hist parents In the Manor district. Miss Lula M Sweat the accomplished daughter of Judge J L Sweat. Is the guest of Mrs. W. G. Park, at LaGrange, Ga. Mis* Eo!a Adama. formerly of this city, but now of B'ockton, will be united in marriage on Sunday with Mr E, E. Coop er of Valdosta. Mis* Kathryn Schultz leave* Saturday for Stockton to attend the marriage of her friend, Miss Eola Adams. Mrs. W A. 1-awher has about recovered from her recent Illness. BBTTItO HIS own *O*KY. Pierce Declares He Will Knock Cor coran Out lo Their Flaht. No fight that ho* beti arranged In Sa vannah in recent years Is attracting the same notice from the sport* as that be tween Corcoran and Pierce. The way the enthusiasts are taking hold make* the heart* of the pugilists gkid, nnd they are confident there will be something worth pulling down In the way of house re ceipts when the bout is pulled off. Betting is going on at a lively rate. Strange to say, for this M a very un usual thing. Pierce seem* to have a great big wad, and he has enough confi dence in himself to bet it. He ha* three or four bet* made already, with the money up, and nobody can accuse him of having weakened at any time. He I* In the Kama for all he can get out of It, and put ting up a pretty good bunch on the side, look* to him like art easy way of reliev ing hi* opponent’* admirers of any euper flunus ruin they ha vs. Pier* I ■ offering what Corcoran’s sup (orte-rs believe |* pretty easy money, though the fact that he offer* It and show* such extreme confidence In himself make* many willing to let It alone. The I-oi.l vilie man ay* he can and will kr.dk < r eran out He made a bet that t> would. A knot of sports were tulk'ng ah ut the fight the oilier day. and Pierc; • In the bunch He spoke up and said he w .old knock Corcoran out before the twenty-five murids were over. A local nan and Pierce th<n went in on a bet of 1160 even that Corcoran would he knock ed out. Other beta are even, and are on the decision. It Is aid there will be more money up on this light than any ever seen In tavannah The way the admirers of the fistic art ar talking about It indp-ates Hid ltd* will b the case. It Is also probable that the twenty-five rounds wi I Ur >w a big house, for It 1* known what *‘> 1 of hgbtir g Corcoran shows, and ths reputation Bierce brings with him gives assurance that h* will mix things up. Following is the agre meat wlgned by 1 the two f.gbr*n Art Plea of afteeflKst eotered into this >Vtt Uctj day of Auguit, 2%&: We the undersigned. *Tom” Corcorac of Savaii t mh. Gi . of tbe firet part, ani George L. Pierce of Louiaviilt. Ky., of the second part, tio hereby agree to box twenty-five • Zo/ round*, under the auspice* of the Auftra! Athletic Club. &t tne Bavaccah Theater, on Friday. Aug. 17. IWr. t-aid con test to be governed by the Marqui* of Queenwberry rules, ar.d to be for the wel terweight championship of the South. "Said contest to ’zke p.aee ir. a padded ring ar.d stores to be u*ed shall be of five (Z> ounce weight. a prescribed by the code. "We, tbe principal? a; ?r*e to box w:th< ne arm? free and to protect ourselves on the breakaway. The weight agreed upoc shall be one hundred ar.d forty-five (Uap pound- give or take five (Z, pomade, and at a guarantee to make the -aid 1 50 pounds on noon of the 17th ins t.. we deposit the sum of fifty dollars with the represen tative of the Austral Athletic Club. If either principal weighs over ihe said I pounds or, noon of the 17th ir.st . tie shall forfeit h:s deposit of ssfj to his adversary "The party of the first part and tne ty of the second part agree to engage in tag. l contest for the consideration of 7- j>er cent, of the gate receipts to the winner and 2# per cent, to the after all ex penses have been deducted. Asa guaran tee of good faith we do subscribe our selves. Tom Corcoran. "Of the First Part. "Geo L*. Pierce, "Of the {Second Part." Both men assert that they will be down *o the weight at which they agree to f ght Pierce had a good deal to take off at the iftart, her they say be *s getting rid of it in fine shape. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Sunday and Monday— Georgia and South Carolina: Showers cm the coast, fair in the Interior Sunday. Monday fair; light to fres>h southeasterly winds. Eastern Florida ar.d Western Florida: Local rains Sunday and Monday; fresh east to south wind*. Yesterday s Weather at Savannah. Maximum temperature 1:15 p. m 91 degrees Minimum temperature 6 a. m... 75 degrees Mean temperature 83 degrees Normal tempe.rature degrees Excess of temperature Z degrees Accumulated excess since Aug -1 - 5 degrees Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1 178 degree* Rainfall Trace Normal 24 inch Deficiency since Aug. 1 58 Inch Deficiency since Jan. 1 3.99 in ties River Report—The bight of the Savan nah river at Augusta, at 8 a m (75th me ridian timet yesterday, wa* 7 8 feet, a fall of 0 7 foot during the preceding twen ty-four hours. Cotton region bulletin. Savannah, Ga , for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m.. 75th meridian lime. Aug. 4, 1900. Stations of Mar Min. K.,s Savannah district. |T*m.jTem.| fall Alapaha, Ga . cloudy 90 j 72 .'/) Albany, clear V* ; 74 .09 Amertcus. p. cloudy ...j 95 j 73 .00 Hainbridge, clear 88 73 .05 Eastman, clear j 90 | 75 .0(1 Fort Galne*. t ieer W 72 j .00 Gainesville, Fla., cloudy..! 91 j 75 .02 Mlllen, Ga , clear 97 09 1.05 Quitman, cloudy | 89 j 70 | .00 Savannah, pt. cloudy ! 91 75 T Thomasvllle, clear | 91 I 73 | .00 Waycross, cleor | 90 | 73 j .00 Specißl Texa* Rainfall Reports —Sher man, .92; Abilene, .04; Temple. 08; Galve*- ton, 1 82, Weatherford. 1 20; Blanco, 5.F0; Hearne, 1.86; Ballinger, .98; Columbia. .08; Dallas. .34: Houston, trace; Huntsville, .20; Kerrville, 14; Lampasas, .30; Long vlew. .18; Eullng. .02, San Marco*, .22. Heavy Italn*.—Galveston, Tex.. 1.62; Blanco, Tex., 5.40; Hearne, Tex., 1.86. I.£M*t. Averagr,. No. |. ! 1 Sts- Max I Min. !P.ai Central Station*, jtlona Tern.|Tera | fall Atlanta .7.. | 12 | 92 | 70 | .00 Augusta | 11 I 94 | 70 | .02 Cuarleeton 5 ; VZ ■ 72 j .01 Galve*ton | 30 | 90 | 72 | .48 Little Rock 1 12 | 94 j 70 j .00 Memphis | 16 ] 92 j 72 | .00 Mobile | 7 | 94 72 | .00 Montgomery j 7 | 94 j 72 j .00 New Orleans | It | 91 j 70 j .08 Savannah | 12 j 92 | 73 | .09 Vicksburg 10 | 94 | 70 | .00 WTlmlngton | 10 | 90 , 70 [ .12 have occurred over the Atlantic districts In Texas and the New Orleans and Mobile district*. High temperature* continue over the belt. Heavy to excessive rainfalls at several points in Texas. Observations taken a the same mo- —i- Would spread his tall and cry out. ment of time at all station*. Aug. 4,19 l), 8 p. m., 76th meridian time: Nimo of Si ilions. | T | *V |Raln. Norfolk, clear I 74 | 8 | .CO Hatteras, clear j 7G I 8 | .00 Wilmington, char | 78 | L. j .00 Charlotte, clear | 80 I 0 I -00 Raleigh, clear i 80 | 1* | .00 Charleston, cloudy I 82 | 8 | T Atlanta, clear I 84 | 0 | .00 Augusta, lit. cloudy | 84 j G j .00 Savannah, cloudy ! 80 | h ) .*0 .laoksonvllle, cloudy i 80 | 6 | .00 Jupiter, cloudy 1 80 | Is I .00 Key West, pt. cloudy ....| 80 | 10 | .12 Tampa, cloudy | 7o | I> j 01 Mobile, cloudy I 74 | 6 | .14 Montgomery, cloudy | 78 | 1 | T New Orleans, cloudy | 82 | 8 | .00 Oalveaton. pt. cloudy ...,| 82 | 10 | T Corpus Chrlstl, cloudy ~j 81 j \j | .00 Palestine, clear 1 81 | 1 - I .00 T. for temperature; V. for velocity. 11, B. Boyer. Weather Bureau. A rOl.ORtll) TEA OH 81XGEI4. Sidney Woodward, After Touring Europe, Will Slna In gnvnnnitli. Sidney Woodward, a colored tenor, of considerable reputation, will appear at the Savannah Theater Monday night, Aug. 13. Woodward has lust returned to Amer ica, after an extended tour of Europe, In which he met the most nattering success. He sang first tenor In all of the princi pal cities of the United Kingdom, then to Germany and at Dresden, where he pasaed the examination at the Royal Con eervatory ■of Music, receiving a certifi cate of the highest grade. He was urged by the faculty to remain and study for grand opera, but his business engage ments would not permit. He studied, however, with one of (he best German teachers. He sang In all the principal cities of Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, and Russia. In Moscow and Riga he sang by apodal request before royalty many times. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 5. 1900. Ir. E> alar-d he received fiattenng offers from rhe J W, Turner and Arthur Rouns oy oo>7*r.Se to enter grand opera, and anotr.-er on ite continent to enter Italian grand c-pera He ha* received the per sonal eomphment of Madam Lillian Nor .l: a. and Lady Henry Somerset. Woodward i* a Georgian, He received - mu*, a; education at the New England oi.-ervatorv of Music, and for five year* waa so:o terg>r in the Second Congrega uonal Churca Boston, and was the only person of color to have held such a posi tion in a white quartet in the city of Bos ton. RAUSCHES LIVE IS A TREE. The Queer Horae of a German Fam ily in \ew Jersey. From the Nt w Ycrk Sun. Paterson, July 29.—John Rausch, with his -l'e and thfee cbildiec, live* in tEe branches of a big walnut tree near the June:::*, of Kax avenue and th? nw Prropton read, above Haledoo. Tr.e hab .’ation Is one that ha* aroused the cu .’WuSity of sightseers for many mile* 'o .r.d here, but William Boachmann d’ art* that ;t has srxilled. temporarti;- at least, his *eb*m for rr.ak ng the pace on Ideal spot for summer cottages. Rausch is a German laborer who came to tnis country some years ago and has lived around Haledon since. He newer earned more than a dollar a day, ym out cf tr.at he lavtd erx.ugh to bring h family from the old country. He wanted a home of his own. ard Mr. Bauschmann .~,ld htrri a lot on tbe installment plan. There was a condition hat the purcta er should beg.n to erect a home on the prop er y within six months. Rausch had r.o money, but that did rot worry him. H' got a number o' packing case* ar.d tilled them up around the large walnut tree w hic h cod in tbe middle of the lot. Then be appear-d on the seen- with a ham mer. chisel, a rroa.l barrel of nai sand a bucksaw. Rausch used the case* to box In the tree. It was very rudtly and n“, as :be man ha* no knowledge of the building trade He form-d two flours by piecing out the branches with the side* of ihe packing oases and the family sleeps In the upper one among the tranches of the ipt During a wind they are rocked as If In a hammock The floor Is uneven and slop s da-g-roualv. but the Rausches do not -esn to be worried by this. A couch, two beds, several leather trunks and a looking glass are all the furniture • bey have on the upper floor. Downstairs is the dining rooen where Mis. Rausch siis knitting beside an oid fashloned round table, the picture of con tent She ascends to the aoortmen s up stairs by a half-stair-half-ladder affair, hut the children have a sort of runway down which they slide. Rausch baa con structed a mak-shift roof on his cuetr abode by in’erweaving the leavss with p e-es of old tin. Rausch has steadily resis'ed all ad vances lo king to his dlslodgment, and *-ema perfectly satisfied with his mansion. Gray Goose Tales. BY A GRAY GOOSE GANDER. He Tells of the Death and Funeral of the Peacock. J,et me tell you that geese, ducks, tur keys and hens on a farm are never friends with the peacock. He is a vain bird, as you all know, spending most of h s time admiring hi* feathers, and hi . eggs are never used for food and he him hcif Is too tough for eating. He has also i got a bad temper, a: and the o-her fowls k< ep clear of him and let him go his own way. On our farm the peacock was spoken of as the finest bird for miles around, and 1 he was too proud to even no,lce our rooe : ter with golden feathers. He spent most of his time walking to and fro In the front yard, and whenever people passed along the highway he would spread his ta 1 and cry out to attract attention. Many and many a time I have heard people ex cla m: "Just lcok at that peacock! Did you ever see such fine plumage In all your life! Ah, hut he Is a fine bird!” -I -should like to have b-etv friends with the peacock, but even though he knew I was the oldest gander on the farm and was In charge of a flock of twenty geese, he felt himself far above me. When I tried to talk with him he sprfad his tail and strutted up and down and said: "Grandaddy Gander. I want nothing to say to a common fowl like you. You are good hearted, but you are only a mud puddle goose. Every one who passes here admires me. but If any one happens to catch sight of yeu they simply laugh at you fer an old gcose.” I let him alone afte*- that. The other fowls used to gei angry with h.m ard t-net-r and call names, but I always told thfm that a peacock was horn to be vain and couldn't help It. One day the news came to us that our peacock was dead. We saw the farmer s wife 'pull all ihe feath ers out of his tail and thtn throw his body over the fence Into Ihe bushes. Most of the fowls said they were glad of It, but I called them around me and 6aid: "My friends, while the peacock was too proud to speak to us and felt himself 400 good for our society, we must re member that he never Injured one of us. I think It Is our duty to give him a feneral.” The rooster, the drake and the gobbler snkj they thought eo, too. The peacock had never spoken to them, but as he was dead they could forgive him. It. there fore, came about that all of u marched down to the fence, crawled through, ami stood around the body of the once prou.l bird. There was a hole near at hand, and I said: "Friends, le4 u* bury this cold corpse.” "Yes, let u* bury It,” said the rooster. “And be sorry that he is dead," said the drake. With the help of two gpese and a duck I pushed the !>ody Into the hole, nnd then the rooster looked around upon his flock and said: • * "I warn four of you to fill this grave, and while you are at work the rent of us will look sorrowful.” Four hens began scratching at the dirt, and although the ground was pretty hard, they soon had Ihe body covered out of sight. When this was done, 1 said: "We can not put up a tombstone at his jtrave, but let us hid him farewell.” Then the geese and ducks quacked, the turkeye gobbled, the roostera crowed and the hens clucked, and after a flapping of wing.- we went back to the farm yard and Ihe funeral was over. A* there had been no friendship between the peacock and us I think wp de.served praise for our conduct. As Ihe rooster said while we were going hack to the yard: "When a peacock |s dead and has lost all his tall fealher* and been thrown over the fence, we must forget that he was vain and bad tempered." , „ THE SEA COOK AND THE FOOD HE COOKS. He Is Rarely an American (Unless a Negro) Even on Craft Flying the Stars and Stripes. Hfcw the Reputation of American Ships With Reference to Seaman's Ra tion* Has Declined—W ay of Preparing Thing* for Sailors to Eat. ••Soft Tack" I* Old-t'anhioned ‘Salt Erupting**" Bread— Dnf a Delicacy That Moit Be Eaten to Be Appreciated—“ Slash" Oar of It* Chief Ingredient*— Crackerhash and **Dan derfnnk *— Mean < heapnes* the Keynote of Deep Water Ship Victualing— Will the New Seale tiffed a Reform in the Feeding of Sailor* f— The Writer Think* the Change Will Be Slow. By Morgan Itoberteon. Author of “Spun Tarn. "Where Angel? Fear to Tread,’* E?tc. (Copyright. ISOO. by Morgan Robertson ) N erx Tork. Aug 3.—ln foreign deep-wa ter craft the cook, as a ru?e. pa rleites °* the nationality of the ship; in American vessels he may be a Jap. Malay or Lascar, occasionally a native o? some European country, but very seldom an American unless he be a colored brother. His galley, as the kitchen :s called aboard snip, is a narrow compartment running across the after end of the forward house, with a door at each end. a well-appoint ed range in the middle, lockers and tables each side of it. and hooks on the bulk head for pots and pans. It usually has a brick floor, and when he has deposited the forecastle collation on the floor near the door his professional duty is enl-d, the rest of bis work being the keeping clean of his galley and appurtenances. He AjLJ^ “He may be a Malay.” 1 ~ does not cook for the captain and other officers; this le the steward's duty. The sailors who eat the food the cook prepares are prone to consider that it would be more In accordance with the Eternal Fitness of Things if he spent more time on the food and less on the galley; but, as they are not supposed to be Judges of food, their opinion Is never asked, and would not be acted upon is proffered. But on the whole not much time is need ed to prepare the food furnished by ship owners. Forty years ago American ships bore a world-wide reputetion for good liv ing, but that reputation has dwindled with the deterioration of American shipping un til—up to the going Into force of the new Seamens law of 1899—singing before the 9 “Came aft In a body and wanted their beef and pork. mast In a Yankee ship meant four or five months on a diet that would not be pre scribed for convicts. It was based, more or less, on the old government scale of provisions—a naval war ration of biscuits, beef, pork, flour, peas, tea, coffee, sugar and water, with various substitutes, such a* rice and barley for flour, molasses for sugar, fresh meat for soil. etc. In the good old days this ration was Ignored, the owners furnishing u far better oilow ance; and. though It has been ignored ever since, as far as quantity is concerned, It has approached closer and closer to it In quality, the slight improvement being in the addition of some of the substituts. Cooking: on Shlpbonrtl. So, a* can be seen, the cook had little trouble with his bill of fare. Not much can be done with a piece of salt meat except to boll It until soft enough lo mas ticate; for, at It Is boiled In salt water, further continuance on the stove woul! not sweeten ft. And dried pease can only be boiled—but In fresh water. When beans are furnished as u substitute, or variety, they might be baked to advantage; but thl* would be u bitter injustice to the cook. Floiut can be disposed of In but two ways—ln the making of soft tack, tbe sour-fiougb. or ’ saft emptyings’’ bread of the housewife or In the manu facture of duff. Duff Is an ancient sea delicacy worth description. Mix up some flour and fresh water, with a little sour dough to "riie” it and a liberal supply of slush to "short en” it, tie it up in a bag and boll in salt water, and you will have genuine duff —a dish so deltelous, fattening and de moralising that It is only serv ed twice a week. The addition of prunes 'stirred into the me*s mekee it "plum duff;” hut prunes are ex pensive and plum duff has long ceased to exist save in the memory of old sail ors. The ingredient mentioned as slush may need defining. It is the skimming of the pot in which salt beef or pork Is being boiled. It is strongly Impregnated with salt, and partakes of the flavor of the two kinds of meat from which It comes. On long voyagee, when the appetite palls, it is an excellent substitute for butter, if spread sparingly over a piece of bread or hard-tack; hut, used in this way, it is safest to obtain it from the slush bucket in the bosun's locker, as It is the sole perquisite of the cook—materially In creasing his income for the voyage. He Jealously guards his barrel of slush, lash ed near the galley door, and is only re quired by shipboard ethics to give the mate as much as he may need for slush ing down masts and for work on the rig ging. Sailors who yearn for butter are not considered. Hashed Hard-Tack. Another Institution dating from antiqui ty le "cracker hash,” or "hard-tack hash.” Hard-tack, according to its age and man- ner of manufacture, Is of vary ing degrees of hardness. It is made of flour and water plus a very lit tle shortening, and stamped before baking into the familiar shape of soda crackers, but there the resemblance ends. These biscuit* are much larger, and often are so hard that they cannot be bit ten, a hammer or marllnsplke being nec essary to reduce them to pieces small enough to be eaten. The cook breaks up enough hard tack for the morning meal, adds fresh water and allow* the mixture to soak over night. In the morning he adds a little slush and what scraps of <o!d meat he has saved from the preced ing day’s dinner, sprends Ihe mixture out In a baking pan, and roasts It to a rich, glistening brown. It reverse* the attrib ute of the singed i at. The addition of molasses before baking makes "dunder funk" of this concoction, but molossew, though cheaper than sugar, nnd hence used to sweeten sailors' coffee and tea. Is. nevertheless, an expensive article of food—hence, dunderfunk la as rare as plum duff. The coffee Just spoken of Is not coffee In the ordinary meaning of the name. It Is a combination of various cereals, bread erusts, perhaps a little chtckory, and ONLY 20 DAYS REMAIN BEFORE MOVING To the Big Building Southwest Cor. Broughton and Barnard. Twenty Days of (lie Greatest Bargain Giving Ever Known, A Deadly Cot Truly Aimed. Our ax is used for the last time this week, It has been dealt with the accuracy and precision of the “Lord High Executioner,” who has decreed that the remainder of the stock of Spring Goods, Summer Goods and Win ter Goods also shall be closed out at ruinous prices. Goods must be sold. Supply your present and future wants. REMEMBER Blankets, Comforts, Flannels, Woolen Underwear and Fall and Winter Dress Goods are included in this Great Slaughter. Ladies’ Waists and Separate Skirts For a Mere Pittance. P. T. FO Y E —SUCCESSOR TO— FOYE & MORRISON. possibly a trace of cheap coffee, roas'ed and ground, and then put up in packages with unveraclous labels, and sold to ship owners. It is bol’.ed, of course, as though it really were coffee, ar,d when sweetened with thick molasses it can be drunk—by a sailor. The cheapest coffee in the mar ket will taste better than this decoction, and to give sailors genuine coffee would cost ttieogner less than a cent a day for each man. When it is considered that a well handled deep water ship earns nearly 16 per cent, of her value annually, the substitution of such an adulterant for cof fee’cannot be called economy. It is heart less, sordid meanness. But in this con nection it is gratifying to say that the new scale of provisions prescribes coffee in the green berry. The tea. though of the cheapest kind ob tainable, is genuine; for human Ingenuity' has not yet discovered a way to manufac ture it. When that is accomplished, how ever, American shipowners will, no doubt, buy their share of the product. Cheapness the Unvarying Rule. The rule of cheapness holds good In ■ v *rv article of food bought for the crew. If beef ten years older is cheaper than an- The New Scale, Here follows the new scale of provisions which Congress has embodied in a law: k 9, >, U X T ‘ , s t*7£ t i E f!li s I I TO g H gi £ b & Water quart* 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Biscuit pound 84 H 84 H *4 84 'i Beef, salt pounds H ... Hi ... l'A Pork, salt pound 1 ... l ... 1 Flour pound V, ... V 4 ••• 84 Canned meat pound 1 1 Fresh bread pounds H 4 Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Fish, dry. preserved or fresh pound 1 Potatoes or yams pound 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Canned tomatoes peund 8i 44 ••• Pens Pint % 84 ••• Beans Pint v .. ti ... li Rice Pint ti H Coffee (green berry) ounce 9i 9* *i % l \ v i Tea ounce % % 84 84 H % ’<> Sugar ounces 33 33 33 3 Molasses Pint 84 ••• 84 ••• 44 Dried fruit ounces 3 ... 3 ... 3 PickloH Pint % ... H ... 44 Vinegar pint 84 44 Corn meal ounces 4 4 Onions ounces 4 4 ... 4 Lard ounce 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Butter ounce X 1 1 1 1 I 1 Mustard, pepper and salt sufficient for seasoning. other kind equally vile In appearance and o.lor, It will be selected; for their Is no provision for official inspection of stores under the laws, new or old. The cheapest and dirtiest sweeping* of the mill, labelled flour, will answer for sailor's duff and soft lack. and the molasses Is the last dregs of the vat. There are ports in the world where chicken is cheaper than salt meat; and In these torts the captain never hesitates >o lay In as many fowls as will remain a'lve umil killing time, and at the next port In variably has a yarn to tell of the total de pravity of sailors, which, though he may not be aware of It, ha* been told and re told for generations. Yet he keeps on tell ing It, and when he hears It from the lips of clehr skippers, eliher rejoice* at the corroboration or resents the plagiarism, according to his mod. The yarn, heard the other day for the twentieth time, and given with ihe variations of the la# nar rator, runs as follows: "Be Gawd, I laid In full an' plenty at Anjer P int o’ chickens, an’ they lived high forrard —had chicken three times a day; an' be Gawd, 'fore a week went by they came aft In a body an' wanted their whack o’ beef and pork—dldn’t want no more chicken—wanted their bloody whack. An' I give It to 'em—pt 'em on the allow ance—no more. Give 'cm their salt horse and hard-tack, be Gawd. Show* what sailors are. Feed 'em high and they growl Starve ’em on government wtiack an’ they're satisfied.” But it really shows that these yarn- Eplr.nlng captains have not grasped a cer tain fundamental fact or two—that men of all rimes and races. If treated In a Ilka manner will act in an equally like man ner, and that the average human stomach revolts at the fourth or fifth consecutive meal of chicken, while salt meat. If at a!! palatable, can be oaten by hungry men twenty-one times a week the year 'round. But the time has come when a cap tain cannot punish his recreant crew by putting them upon the government allow ance; for anew scale of provisions is provided for under the new law of Inst year which promises so much better a menu than that of the best found “full ar.d-plenty” Yankee ship of this genera tion that a wise erw will demand it the first day aboard. Coffee, as has been said, Is prescribed in the green berry: and if the hoarse rasp of the coffee mtll punctuated by Oriental profanity does not arise daily from the galley, the watch on deck may know—particularly if their pal ates later corroborate the negative evi dence—that the cook Is not roasting ar.4 grinding the green berry’ coffee of th I new law, but Is giving them the old, fa miliar “bootleg" beverage of the “full and-plenty” days. Now, let no optimistic, law-abiding reader believe that this settle# the whole matter—that shipowners and skippers will immediately store their iazarettes with all this good provender. On the contrary, they are calmly Ignoring It, as they are Ignoring another section of the same law. which prohibits assault on a sailor. The law must be enforced, ship by ship, crew by crew. The penalty for non-ob servance of this scale Is a sum ranging from fifty cents to a dollar a day for each man of the crew. Owner after owner must be mulcted before the example Is set; then they will gladly respond rather than pay double wages for a voyage, which Is practically what the enforcement would amount to. But when they have come to terms what will have become of the cook? He will certainly have to learn more of his trade or vanish from the scene. What will he do with that dally allowance of lard? Con sidered alone. It means nothing; but there Is a trt-weekly allowance of dried fruit and flour—the latter In addition to the dally fresh bread and blacult. Baking powder Is left out of the scale, so we can not predicate tea-blscutis. Duff would not be duff without the shortening of slush. Thero Is no escape for the cook. He will hnve to make plo. Pie for sailors!