The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1909 Page: 8 of 10
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THflf/TY Of PANAMA
1 swung u|> into the nut) of t.he loco-
motive at Colon end cuddled down on
the warm Inal her sent with a nod of
recognition and a handful of I‘ana-
maniac money lo the engineer. It is
not every evening that one gets the
clianco of riding from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in the cab of a locomotive
The distance from sea to sea at I’ana
ina is 41 miles. The Panama railroad
curves some and in one or two places
f was reminded of a railroad down in
West Virginia where the curves arc
so sharp Ileal the fireman often throws
coal into the headlight of Ills own en-
gine.
The track from Colon, Panama, is
what railroad men call a red-hot
track; that is, it is jammed all day
long with passenger trains, ten ears
to a train, and trains of flat ears load-
red wiili dirt from the Cnlehra (excava-
tion. At night the freight goes
through from the hig ships waiting on
one side to vessels apthe wharves on
the other. It takes two hoars and a
half to cross the isthmus and the fare
ts $2.40. Our special train whirled
through station after station about a
mile apart and the buzzards hopped
off the track and the other regular
traffic stood aside to let us pass. To
right and left the rank vegetation
crowded right up to the rails—cocoa-
nut palms and banana trees, bejucca
vines and oelba trees. As you leave
Colon it's hard to tell where the green
scum leaves off and the solid land be-
gins. Everything Is green—a poison-
ous, verdigris green.
The main thoroughfare of the Paua
tna railroad swings around Quite out-
side the Culebra cut, sending spur
tracks into it to fetch the spoil away.
From Paraiso you can look back be-
tween the mighty walls of the cut with
terrace after terrace, where the steam
shovels stand, eating out seven or
eight tons of clay at every bite. On
this particular occasion it was too
dark to see more than the vague out-
line of Gold hill and then directly' in
front of us the moon rose, round and
pumpkin yellow, as our locomotive
charged up hill toward the east, and it
really seemed as though we were go-
ing to take a header right straight
Into the moon, when we should get to
the top of the grade.
So we rocked and reeled onward
through the soft flooding moonlight,
and at all the stations near to Pana-
ma the platforms were crowded with
Americans In evening dress apd their
partners in white muslin and chlfTon,
waiting to taka the regular train to
Panama, to attend the new year’s
dance of the Culebra olub. So when
we got to Panama and I had- clam-
bered down out of the cab and said
my grimy and perspiring adieu to
their satanic majesties of the hrottie
and the firebox—there was the Tivoli
hotel, where the dance was to be held,
\blaze with light and festooned witli
Bunting and vines and nil manner of
creeping things, all ready for the
fiesta.
I ran upstairs and put on,.a boiled
shirt and a black coat, with two tails
to it, and the nsual evening regalia of
one who is "condemned0 to. live In the
midst of a “clean and shaven race.”
When I got down stairs a band over
In the corner was vigorously going It.
was no piano, but thay had*
1% trombones, a violoncello, a
i and the parts of several violins,
made very tolerable music,
i few minutes before 12 o’clock,
bd In. the dancers were
and gilding sbout Sud
le of the ieo plant and
found out
COYtA^AfiNT PAL ACT, C/fY Of PANAMA
I the veiling inching, the locomotives
at the roundhouse and above all the
I whistle of the ice plant, drove sleep
far from one’s pillow. And 1 was par-
ticularly anxious to get to sleep, be-
cause at 8 a. m. the chief of police
was coining round to take our party
on an .alligator hunt.
I was just, dozing off when there
came a loud rapping at.the door and
a hoy thrust in his head: “Was you
do gemman dat ordahed de ice-watah?”
“No," I said, “next room,” and com-
ppsed myself to rest. About two
o'clock 1 was meeting with some de-
gree of success when the same boy
rapped again. "Did you- wisli fot
ice-watah, suli?”
XI three o’clock he came a third
time and said the chief of police was
waiting downstairs. J had not slept
at all, but neither' had tlie chief of
police.
We drove, with day breaking above
tlie royal palms and the ceiba trees,
past the Chinese cemetery and around
Ancon hill to the wharf of La Itoca,
tin* Pacific terminus of the canal.
Here there was a 50-foot launch wait-
ing for us; Ihe American
These pretty simple blouses are styles that may be carried out in any
blouse material, of which there is such a charming selection this season.
The one at the left side has a tiny square yoke of lace with collar of the
8nme. Tucks are made over IhA shoulder to waist, back and tront, also In
center of front; fnsertlon and buttons form the trimming.
The illustration at the top has a band of embroidery down center front,
with three tucks each side; the long sleeves are close-fitting and*are tucked.
Below that the blouse illustrated has a yoke with plastron to waist, that
engineers j might either be in luce or embroidery. Tucks are made on the shoulders and
lound the launch on the top of the j across bust, a strap outlining the yoke; the sleeves are finished at the wrists
hills at Culebra and put it together. | by a strap.
The blouse on the right Is quite a simple style, with six small tucks on
(he shoulders; it fastens in the front, under a box-plaitT" The cot bar and cuffs
are trimmed with insertion%md lace edging.
Materials required: for each blouse, about 3% yards 28 Inches wide; for
No. 303a, 3 yards insertion and %-yard piece lace; for No. 304a, 1 yard’ em-
broidery G inches in width; for No. 3,05a, %-yard plecfe lace.
With two Jamaica natives shoveling
coal in Die cockpit and a Spaniard at
the engine, we went up the coast 25
miles through water alive with sharks
chasing the mullet clean out of the
sea and the pelicans solemnly fishing
from the reefs. At the mouth-of the
Chowera river we turned in. Opposite
a stone dock built by a British trading
company we anchored the launch and
took to four small boats, each boat
rowed by two policemen from the
Panama constabulary. It was hard
lighting up that river. -The tide w-as
rushing out nine miles an hour and
after passing a native village of mis-
erable shacks thatched witli palm, we
came to a reef that spanned the river
except at one or two points, where
the water rushed boiling through.
Again and again the oarsmen, yelling,
bent to the paddles and forced the
boats right into the teeth of the rap-
ids, but the water played with us “as^
a kitten pats a cork,” and drove us*
hack with our gunwales dipping un-
der.
(’apt. Shantou, our chief of police,
was getting a little discouraged, for
he had not seen anything much to
shoot at except a couple of water
dogs, or soras, that ventured too near
the bank, and the captain had given
us to expect a happy hunting ground
witli a whole herd of alligators. As we
rounded the corner just above the
rapids,.! nearly fell out, of the boat.
There they were on the bank, at least
15 of them—not 200, as the champion
liar of the party subsequently stated.
The biggest was not less than 25 feet
long. ’They shambled very rapidly on
their fat legs to the water’s edge and
plopped in. The minute their noses
came to the surface 12 Marlin 44’s
gave them a voliey, but Capt. Slian-
ton’s elephant gun was probably the
only weapon that did any damage.
A great hunter was telling me, the
other night how you proceed/with a
whale. He said:
"First you get the whale’lnterested
and then you kick him in.jihe face.”
But you can’t do that with an alliga-
tor. We probably shouldn’t have
landed a single one if It hadn’t been
for the fact that a lady ’gator was
taking a nap in a thicket far above
the water line and, bearing the tu-
mult and the'shouting, came down the
bank ,ln a hurry''toward Capt. Shan-
ton’s boat, clapping her under Jaw
like the bottom of a steam shovel
bucket at pulebra. The captain was
ready and let her have both barrels
of the elephant gun, which would
have wrecked the shoulder of an ordi-
narily strong man. A congressman
fropi California wns peeping between
Capt. Bhanton’e legs with a Brownie
camera, but he pressed the button a
great many times and forgot to turn
the film, so that the result was decid-
ly composite. The ’gator keeled over
Just before she got to the water and
when we were sure she was sufficient-
ly dead we cut off her claws for sou-
venirs.
ADAPTED FOR FORMAL CALLS
Life’s Perfect Duties.
Oentleness and cheerfulness, these
come before all morality; they are the
perfect dutleB. If your morals make
you dreary, depend upon It they are
wrong- I do not say “give them up,"
for they may be all you have; but
conceal them like a vice, lest they
should spoil the lives of better ami
simpler people.—Robert Louis Stev-
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\fislting Dress In Orchid Mauve Ca6hi
mere Trimmed with Buttons
and Worn with Sash.
Orchid mauve cashmere Is used
here. The slightly higli-waisted skirt
is trimmed at the foot by one tuck,
and a hem; ltvhas a little train at
the back. One tuck Is taken over each
shoulder, sewn to waist back and
front. The yoke, which Is either of
NOVELTY IN LACE INSERTION
Simple Arrangement by Which Plain
Dress Can Be Made Into Orna-
mental Affair.
Lace Insertion with both edges dis-
playing little scallops appears on some
of the Swiss evening dresses, and.
USING THE LEFT-OVER MEATS
Potpourri Roast, Prepared According
to Following Directions, Will
Be Pound Excellent.
—
Chop fine with mincing knife any
left-over meats (beef, veal, poultry ok
game). To about four pounds of meat
take about six eggs, one nutmeg (grat-
ed), one cup of good butter, piece of
beef suet chopped fine, about two cup-
fuls of bread crumbs, one quart of
milk, salt and pepper to taste; - mix
all well together. Now tuke about
three-fourths of » cupful of good but-
ter, rub to a cream, stir Into this four
eggs, beat in one at a time for a min
ute, add a little finely chopped pars-
ley, about two cupfuls of bread
crumbs, mix this all lightly and well
together, wet tire hands, and take a
tedBpoonful of this at a time, roll
lightly Into a round ball. You then
take half of the prepared meat ahd
lay about two Inches thickness In a
raqdium-Blzed- roasting pan, but put
pieces of buttpr and half sue$ in pan
before putting In meat; now place a
layer of dumplings on the meat at
least an Inch apart, as they swell in
cooking, then another layer of meat
on this, tyist with a little flour, place
pieces of butter on top, bake in a well-
heated oven until dark brown, hut
baste often with Its own drippings.
Serve with crisp lettuce leaves
(dipped in salted water) on platter
around roast. Add a cupful of cream
or milk, to gravy, boll a few minutes.
MUST BE KEPtIn DRY PLACE
Important Point to Remember When
Putting Away Picklea—Alto Be
Gerteroue with Vinegar.
Pickles should be kept In glass bot-
tles or earthen Jars, and bp closely
corked. They ipust be kept'In a dry
place. It is Important that pickles
should be covered at least t^o Inches
above the surface with pure cider
vinegar. All vinegar left after mak-
ing pickles can be spiced and bottled
to put in sauces. Remember boiled
vinegar decreases in strength. Alum
will harden home-made 1 pickles. A
small lump of alum and a root of
horseradish are often put among them.
In making small pickles, select cucum-
bers of uniform size. Any fruit can
be pickled. Prunes and ehefries are
nice When made ^nto pickles. If cher-
ries Are chosen', they should be firm,
whole and the sour variety. Few re-
move the stems. They should not be
overripe when used. Put them Into a
jar and cover with cold vinegar.
Leave three weeks In vlnewir. Then
pour off two-thirds the vlneg&f, sweet-
en and add a bag of spices. Add more
fresh vinegar to- the cherries. L After
draining off the vinegar boll It and
make a sirup to pour over the pickles.
Seal the bottles.
Brown Paper for Kitchen.
If you have a taste for cooking and
what is more, in very showy outlines! Ilke to 8° lnto the kitchen now and
On one dress of Swiss this lace fea-^^P t0 «*nke some fancy thing, you
tured the bretelles over the shoulder, can save the cook no end of trouble
The two long pieces meet at the waist by tlie use of brown paper while you
line, where a belt holds them down, are ft* work. Before you begin with
and they extend in two straight pieces! y°ur bowls and things spread a large
qide by side, to the hem. A lace band P,ec® of paper on the .table, and then
enctrqles the dress at the hem and put a11 your c°°klng utensils down on
knee lines. - - i It and keep them'on It. If you break
Wide laces with plain edges are made eggs, throw the shells on the paper;
to produce Jacket lines on tho one-piece ,n fact- the paper becomes the recep-
dress. This arrangement is worth tacle for to® "messlijess,’’ which Is
mentioning, since It really makes A a natural part of preparing things to
plain dress a very orhamental affair, be cooked. When you have made your
Jhe straight lines from shoulder to d,8h or arranged your salad, or fln-
hlp Jine outline coat edges. At the lah®d the thing you are doing, all the
extreme edge they form points, ex- debris can be gathered up In the pa-
tend straight across the hips ' and per nnd thrown away, leaving the table
make a single point at the back. The a8 clean as If you had not been at
front emplecements pass over the work,
shoulder,* form a V-shaped yoke, then
one single portion of the laoe extends
to the edge of the coat, down the
back seams. A tucked band of the dress
Filet of Beef.
Have some filet cut Into slices abopt
an Inch thick; melt a piece of butter
piece embroidery or laoe, has a
shaped piece of embroidered material
arranged at each side; If preferred,
this piece might be covered In figured
or chene silk.
A wrapped seam is made down the
outside pf each sleeve, trimmed with
buttons put on In sets of threes, a dl-
rectolre sash of mauve satin Is worn.
Beehive hat of straw and chiffon,
trimmed with a jet button and an ai-
grette. *, , j
Materials required: 7 yards I 46
Inches wide, %-yard lace, 1 yard satin
42 Inches wide, 1% dozen buttons.
To Make the Curiosity Jug.
Get a two quart jug or larger, If
wished, and gather enough nlcknacks
and trinkets to cover It. Take some
putty, roll out to the thickness of
half an Inch and place around the
Jug. Then put on the trinkets,
material crosses the coat at the point the 8,ze °r an esg ln a aa'*°*paft a«d
of the yoke In the back, passed under put ,n flat the meat 8prl“kled with
tho arms and 1b placed under the lace' 8alt and pepper- Let It stand in the
Sh butter one hour, then put the saucepan
over a quick fire and burn the meat oh
each sldp. Take the meat out and keep
it warm, meanwhile add to the butter
a taljlespoonful of flour; stir It smooth;
put In half a pint of bouillon, half a
pound of mushrooms already peeled,
washed and cut up if too large, and
lastly the meat. Cook until tho mush-
rooms are done. Add the juice of half
a lemon and serve with the meat In
the center of the dish, the mushrooms
around It and the gravy poured over.
and over the bust. A narrow strip
of insertion holds the insertion to-
gether at the lower endk of the
front. This dress is made with a
Dutch lace collar.
Tan Shoes Popular.
Tan shoes are more worn this aum-
mer than ever before, perhaps because
they are commonly considered as cool-
er than black. For country \jqgr they
are more suitable and show the dust
of walking much less than the black
shoes.
Blaok buckskin and suede and gray
suede are also much worn. There la
an especial dressing for suede shoes,
and after It has been applied and be-
fore the shoe dries a coarse hand
bruBh Is used to brush the nap of the
shoe the wrong way and restore the
original slightly roughened surface.
These shoes are more porous and
therefore cooler than the glazed or
finished leathers and do not wrinkle
ln the way the others do when they
are slightly large, as they should be
for comfortable summer wear.
A Fascinating Hand Bag.
A hand bag. that is delightfully sum
mery can be made from heavy white
filet net with an oil-over embroidered
■croll running over It done ln narrow
white soutache braid. The net 1*
doubled at the bottom and eloped
at each end toward the top, which
Is at least two Inches narrower
the bottom. Wedge shape ends ol
filet are sewed ln. The bag is made
up over white linen, and- the handle U
of heavy white braid.
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Freeh Cucumbers In Winter.
Fill glass Jars with Cucumbers that
have been slightly seasoned with salt.
Put the top oh the Jars, turn them
upside down, and let them stand for
a while to test that there is no leak-
age. When put up ln this manner
cucumbers taste as fresh as If gath-
ered right from the vines. They should
be cut with a little of the stem left
on. Rinse them In clear cold water
when ready to serve.
Corn, string beans, and green peas
are put up with the same process, and
especially corn on the cob. It re-
quires no cooking, and sjibuld be put
away ln cold water. It will keep all
winter perfectly fresh.
v Chocolate Pecan Cake.
One-half cup butter and one cup
sugar beaten together, two eggs well
beaten, one cup milk, one cup choco-
late sirup, on* cup maple pecans (I
got both of these at a soda fountain),
one cup. raisins, one-half teaspdonful
aoda dissolved In the milk, three and
ohe-half teaspoonful vanilla. Mix
quite thick and bake In moderate own
for 46 minutes.
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For Thirty Years
"Inclosed find money order
dollar for vfhlcb pleads setad its
In Simmons' Liver Purifier, put in
boxes. I have been using the medicine
for thirty yesra."
- Thos. H. Reilly,
JonesvilRk La.
No cOflimfthts neMiaary* •
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Mothers' Day in Englanfiv
Provincial EnglaffOlJs smiling in a
superior way at America's belated fils-
revsjy that the country ought to cele-
brate mother’s day. In the villages
of Cornwall, Devonshire and Lan-
cashire mothers' day has be^n a rec-
ognized Institution (or generations. It '
s celebrated on mid*Lent Sunday.
Ar Headache Try Hicks* Capudlne.
Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervoua troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudlne. It’s Liquid—pleas-
ant to take—Effeeis Immediately. 10, V
and 60c at Drug Stores. .
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Half Done.
“Your husband has merely fainted."
‘‘Denr, dear, those men always do
things by halves." — Meggendorfer
Blaetter.
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