FISH STEW EXCELLENT DISH
Home Demonstration Agents of ths
Department of Agriculture Rec
ommend It Highly,
The “pine bark fish stew,’’ which iB
being marketed by the canning clubs
In the southern states along the At
lantic and gulf coasts, should be of
Interest to housewives, says the New
York Times. The development of
combination foods peculiar to certain
localities lias been particularly fos
tered by extension agents of the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul
ture and the state agricultural col
leges which carry on hoys’ and girls’
club work. Almost every country In
the world and practically every dis
trict In the United States, has a spe
cial "one-piece" dish made of the prod
ucts In that region. The gumbo of
the far South, the New England boiled
dinner, the bouillabaisse of Marseilles
reproduced In New Orleans. Hun
garian goulash, Chinese chop suey, In
dian curry, Irish stew, French ragout,
are Instances of this tendency to blend
flavors In one dish.
Pine hark fish stew Is a character
istic dish In South Carolina. Very
probably It was Introduced by settlers
from the southern part of France nnd
from Italy. Italians living In south
ern California serve a similar fish
stew’. The home demonstration agents,
seeking a popular and somewhat novel
product which would not he In com
petition with commercial canned
goods, decided to have the clubs make
a specialty of canning pine bark fish
stew.
Onion, tomatoes, celery, pimento
and fish are the Ingredients, which are
cooked slowly In vegetable oil and
poured over “southern style" rice. At
large out-of-doors gatherings nnd com
munity lunches this is served on pieces
of pine bnrk, giving the dish its name.
In Florida, Georgia and all the gulf
states various local tish are adapted
to the combination.
Work in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 231 h’ghway con
struction jobs under way. These in
volve a total of 4,946.012 feet or 934.73
miles, at a cost of $51,731,523.54.
Treea Along Highway*.
California, Oregon and Washington
are establishing laws for preserving
trees along the highways as a scenic
asset.
Give Fowls Dry Mash.
Keep the dry mash before the birds
constantly.
Causes for Divorce.
Desertion ranks first as a cause for
divorce, cruelty second, adultery third.
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MRS. BOWSER’S
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'Mrs. Bowser!”
It m«s Mr. Bowser who spoke, and
in such a deep, buss voice as made the
| piano tremble on its legs.
Mrs. Bowser looked up inquiringly,
i “A great mystery hangs over tills
| house. That mystery is also full of
deception. I want it solved, right
l away. I want to know what has been
i going on in my own house.”
“State your case," replied Mrs. Bow
ser, but in tones that showed she was
somewhat frightened.
“You run in to see Mrs. Green a few
minutes last evening. While you were
absent i picked up a magazine off the
piano. I am not much of a reader of
such things, as you know, because
their contents are mostly gush. I Just
wanted to look at the pictures to while
away the time. On opening a maga
zine I found a letter. It had been
opened. It was addressed to 'Miss
Jean Carew,’ at our street and number,
and pulling forth the letter, I found it
was from the editor of the magazine.
He bad accepted a story and sent a
check for $30 in payment. Do you
know any young laity named Jean
Carew?”
"Why—why, I was going to tell you
all about it," said Mrs. Bowser. “The
editor of the magazine said he wanted
stories. I thought that I could write
one to suit him, and so I sat down and
dashed off one. I did not wish to send
my own name as uuthoress, and so I
took Jean Carew. You #ee, he ac
cepted my story and sent me a check,
and I was going to ask you to get It
cashed for me. Is there any great mys
tery about that?”
“Mrs. Bowser, let us look into this
thing. In the first place, you wrote
this story without sftying anythiug to
me about it. In the next place, you
took another person's name, and there
by deceived the editor and the public.
In the next place, I have read your
story, and It Is the most nonsensical
thing I ever read. It is all mush and
gush. The editor must have gone
crazy to accept such a story. You have
swindled him out of $30 and you should
send the check right back 1”
“Why^ Mr. Bowser, you talk very
strange I" exclaimed Mrs. Bowser
•'The editor of the magazine is sup
posed to know what is good and what
Is had. lie thought this story of mine
good enough to publish, and was worth
the check he sent me. I don’t praise it
much myself, hut I don't think you
ought to condemn it as you do. Mrs.
Green and two other ladles read It,
and It brought tears to their eyes."
"Bosh—nonsense! A woman would
shed tears over most nnything. Your
story had a hundred faults. ^LTiere Is
no plot and no strength. You did as
well as you could, hut I am not going
to hn*s It known that the wife of
Samuel Bowser Is writing such gush
for publication. It shows a weak
brain, on your part, and laxity on
mine. People will ask why I don’t
forbid you. Hereafter all the stories
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“Finds a Box of Gold." «
written from this house will be writ
ten by me. Any checks coming In
will be placed in my hands."
“Well, If you can write a story, why
don’t you write one?” was asked.
"Why don’t 1? I am going to write
one. in the next two hours, and the
check for It will l>e at least $200,
There will lie strength and vitality
all through it, and It will all be true
to human nature. You probably spent
three mouths getting your plot, while
my pint has jumped Into iny brain in
less than three minutes. Look at
what you tall the plot of your story!
A girl gets a legacy. Instead of open
ing a department store or going into
the Ice business, she pays a visit to
the pooi house. There she meets an
oh! grandma, whose only son sent her
there, to !>e off his hands. Your
heroine’s heart is touched. She takes
the old lady out and puts her In the
cottage, and tells her that for the
rest of her life she need do nothing
but sit in a rocking chair and eat
frier] eggs three times a day."
“And what is your plot?’’
"Why, a girl, In digging a ditch, finds
a box of gold. She has heard that the
Pawnee tribe of Indians are without a
preacher. They have no Thursday
night prayer meetings. They are sim
ply sloshing around. Slie buys a thou
sand dollars’ worth of Bibles and hymn
books, and she hires a team and
i driver, and she drives to the heud
| quarters of the Pawnee tribe. The
chief of the tribe Is a gentleman named
“Kicking Horse." He Is willing to
accept the Bibles and hymn books,
i but he is also willing to accept the
fair hand of our heroine. He makes
this known to Iwr. He cannot have
her hand. It Is promised to a pawn
broker's assistant in Boston, and she
Is a girl who never goes back on her
word. Old Kicking Horse gets mad,
I and he gives her an hour to think
it over. In the morning, if she does
not marry him, he will roast her a
beautiful brown at the stake. Isn't
that a mighty good plot, so far?”
“It’s very thrilling,” answered Mrs.
Bowser, “but go on.”
“When night comes," continued Mr.
Bowser, “Old K. H. goes to the muld
en's tent and demands that she
either roast or marry. If you were
writing this story, you would have
nbout a barrel of tears at this point,
and your poor maiden would faint
away and remain unconscious for
about three weeks. See how I do 1L
Quicker than lightning she draws two
automatics from l»er pocket and points
them at the naked breast of old K. H.
and, In tones which cannot be mis
taken for love tones, she says:
“‘You are standing on the verge of
tlie grave! You go! Turn your face
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“Walk to That Tree!’*
to the west and walk right off! About
three miles away Is a tree. Walk to
that tree. I shall be close behind you
all the way. and If you do not keep
your arms above your head I will Are
18 bullets Into the back of your neck.
Tell your people not to nttempt to
rescue you. Now, get along with
you I’ ”
“Isn’t that natural, Mrs. Bowser?"
“Very much so,” she assented.
“We now turn to the pawnbroker's
assistant. Not hearing from the girl
by postal card, he gets anxious and
fretful. He hires a flying machine and
goes West In search of her. He ar
rives In the Pawnee country Just as
she Is walking old K. II. across the
plains. The machine comes to a stop
beside her. He smiles and extends his
hands. She jumps In beside him, and
before old K. H. knows anything
about It they are flve miles away and
speeding for Boston, where*they don’t
lose ten minutes In getting married.
It Is such stories as tlds, Mrs. Bowser,
that will redound to the credit of our
house. I go to write it! Do not
come Into the library on any excuse
whatever. I will finish this story so
I can mall It In the morning. You may
go upstairs now,"
Mrs. Bowser went upstairs, laughing
to herself all the way, and Mr. Bow
ser sought the library'. He opened a
fresh bottle of ink and got down about
200 sheets of paper.
At midnight, not having heard from
him. Mrs. Bowser softly descended the
stairs, and softly opened the library
door. Mr. Bowser sat In the chair
asleep. He had simply written:
“By thunder! What alls my brain
tonight 1"
Mrs. Bowser gave him a shake and
he followed her upstairs to bed. He
was asleep In about three minutes,
but the old story gripped him and he
called out:
"Do your worst, you savage mon
ster! Never will I marry a Kicking
Horse! Never, never, never!"
Lucky Philadelphian.
As the luckiest man, honors go to
Nicholas Murphy of Philadelphia.
Murphy walked Into a moving train
between Boothwyn and Ogden streets,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
The locomotive cylinder tnpped him
upon the shoulder and Murphy de
scribed a loop, alighting on his feet.
Then he sank to the ground. When a
foreman of a gang of laborers rushed
to where he was, Murphy sprang to
h!s feet and ran away, thinking ha
would be arrested for trespassing up
on the railroad. He had escaped Ift
Jury, and the worst damage dime was
to the temper of the conductor of the
flyer, which was delayed ten minutes.
Cara of Peonies.
If you want a big crop of peonies
next spring, prepare for It right now.
These plants are heavy feeders, but
they don't like fresh manure. Prob
ably the best fertilizer to us©. Is bone
meal. A handful Is none too much
for each large plant, and should be
workel lightly Into the soil around the
roots. Unless It happens to be a
wet season, peonies are benefited
greatly by a mulch of straw or grass
clippings, and this mulch should be
several Inches deep. It will keep the
ground cool and moist without the
necessity of forking It over. Don’t
try to divide your peonies now. Sep
tember Is the one month for doing title
work.
CAN ONLY SEE DARK SIDE
Unfortunate Individuals Are Those
Who Essay to Make Conversa
tion About the Weather.
The weather Is a singularly unfor
tunate institution. When It Is had It
Is freely abused; when It is good it
becomes an object for profound sus
picion. A wet day is hii abomination;
a fine one Is an Incipient drought.
Three fine days in succession are
enough to bring into blossom little
paragraphs announcing that some
body’s water supply will shortly have
to be curtailed, and a week of them
sees the farmers of Blankshlre elo
fluently face to face with approaching
ruin. A bad summer will not bear
thinking about; a good one Is proof
that the climate of Europe Is rapidly
changing, that the North pole will
soon enjoy the temperature of the
equator, and that a few more thousand
years will see mankind finally frizzled
off the surface of a thoroughly inhos
pitable planet. This grateful and
comforting game of looking a gift
horse In the mouth is now being ap
plied to the only good result of the
coal stoppage—our cleaner atmos
phere. Having survived the first
shock of ill-considered gratitude nt be
ing able to see their own city, many
Londoners, an evening paper an
nounces, are now discovering that n
feeling of lassitude and an overpower
ing inclination to yawn are the result
of living In nn unusually pure atmos
phere.—Manchester Guardian.
Prompt Delivery.
George L. Loft, son of the candy
magnate and former congressman,
created a sensation on the stock ex
change recently, when he sold a suit
of clothes off his back for $30 and
made spot delivery. The young bro
ker breezed onto the floor of the ex
change early In the session, wearing
a brand-new Palm Beach suit. It was
so conspicuous some of his colleagues
roughed him a bit and In the fracas
the coat was tom slightly. Thereupon
Loft yelled out for a bid for the out
fit, Just as if he were selling 100
shares of Loft. Inc. A broker in the
crowd snapped back a bid of $30 and
demanded instantaneous delivery. Loft
was game. He peeled off his coat and
then shed Ills trousers nnd departed
for the Luncheon club attired In his
B. V. Ds. He was able to*resura»> busi
ness later through the discovery of an
old suit of clothes in a locker.—New
York Tribune.
Double* Shooting Popular.
Doubles shooting is gaining great
popularity among trapshooters of this
country. By doubles shooting Is meant
the release of two targets at the
same time, one to the left nnd the
other to the right. The shooter then
tries to break both of them before
they fall to the grtmnd. firing one load
at eneb target. This is a real test of
shooting ability, and for this reason it
Is gaining in popularity. No one-seeks
a real test of ills ability more than a
trnpshot. Because of the Increased
Interest in this plinse of the sport It
’s apparent that the doubles champion
ship tournament at the Grand Ameri
can liandlcno this year will be n much
FINDS FINE PEARL
Bill White of Powhatan,
houseboatnian ^nd fisherman,
found a pearl in Black Rivei
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recently at the ferry crossing
at Powhatan, said to be the
largest pearl ever found in
Arkansas. Its weight is 110
grains, and it is about the size
of a small quail egg.
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