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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY 16, 1800.
NO. 47.
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'JUL
Killed a Bear and Won a
Husband
"Jack has always said Hint my phys
icul courago first attracted Liin."
This was oue of Mr Jack's casual
confidences, notol at u meeting of tlio
Baud, liilssot nil I Seam, nud recalled
by miMuli.'rs of the society when :hoy
assemble for iifteruo in tea uudor tho
oaks of B iii hnjMuii
Jack nud his friends hive not yet
arrived. "It will bo ail hour before
tlio men c.mio," sjnie on suggests,
regarding Mrs. Jack adoringly from
her place at her feet. The devo
tion of "Dr. Jim's" troopers to their
lender has its c :iuterinrt in tun son
tim nt whioh Mrs. Jack inspires in
the rauks of tho Bind, G,isH)t nnd
Seam.
W.tk tlio passing of winter tho ac
tivities of this cotorio havo b.ia-.i
merged into the pursuits affected by
tho fashionable set which girdles tho
globe from New York to L itidoa, by
way of Yokohim i. H it Mrs. Jack
rarely joins in hiicIi mild diversions as
the trailing of a golf sphero.or watch
ing p.ilo from til-) top of a coach.
(ivc her tho freedom of tho desert,
with a shadow, yellow ns its Hind's iu
ndvancj of h'.-r, creeping, velvet f t-.-d
toward the shelter of a rocky ca i ;
or a shimmering stretch of tropical
water, broken into waves which threat
en to engulf her frail cauoe, ns she
watches the struggles of n dying ulii
gitor. The memory of Mich seen -s sn
these recurs to her now, an her eyes
travel uvjr tho trim landscape, mid
she sighs lis she oli4erves irreli'v mtl.v :
"1 am like old Horar) Walpole; I
do not care for n e iiiutry so tamo that
it may be stroked. "
The small circle around tho tea ta
ble exchanges congratu'ntory glunc.;s.
Its entertainment is assured when
Mrs. Jack begins to find fault with
Nob Hill and Burlingniin.
"Fort Whoop-Up is not exnit'y
what you would call ilomesticite 1,"
Mrs. Jack continues, thoughtfully.
"Wo urrived thero nt dusk Aunt
Pynchron, Cousin Tom and I with
tents, blankets, nnd n small nncuul of
rifles nnd ammunition.
"My mint, from tho back sent of the
buckboard, surveyed tho surround
ings nud said decisively: 'Please to
hare some ouo lake me to my hotel.'
"Yes, dear; wa will hail a passing
Oab and go nt onee," I replied.
"Just theu a tall, lean man rusr,ap
pareutly from the adobe nud sago of
tho trail. Ho woro n fricz. of gray
felt, which ha. I onco beun n hut, held
together by a ruttlcsu ik ) band and n
dado of c.irtridge belt, hunting knife,
and pistols.
" 'I'm tho ririner for tho Comm :r
oial House,' ho niinouucod, gathering
his wreck of a sombrero skillfully in
one hand.
'You must have run n long way,'
I said, swccpiir; tho vacant horizon
with my eye. Supper had long been
over at tho Commoreial II use, but
tho proprietor found tho rem nan Is of
it, and set them out, with no foolish
frippory of table cloth and napkins.
"Sounds nud M'.mts of tho summer
night crowded iu nt tho shuttcrlcas
windows the pungeut breath of sage,
with f lintor p rfiim-i from the prim
roses, dropped here and there through
the violet dusk like fl ikes of newly
fulleu snow. Somewhere near the
Louse a at ream hurried on to tho Pa
cific, babbling of. a ouutry it had
lately left.
"Tho next diy wo set out to find this
land with our guide and pack horses.
It was a long climb from tho river
bottom to tho Z'gzag tr ail winding
through a forest hot and spicy and si
lent ns nn Kislern grove sacrod to tho
worship of somi heathen god. Tho
years bear hard on tiiiB company of
gnarled and shag ;y trees, burned
brown by iuuu -morial sans, dwarfed
ami twisted by hot winds from tho
south in summer and cold blasts from
the north in winter. It wis a relief t
get into tho younger world of tho scrub
onk, which never grows to nun's es
tate, whero wo pitched o.ir touts for
the first light.
"Tho next day wo had established
what wo hop.-d would prove to bi our
permanent cam), on tho eastern slopo
of Mount Head. From there you can
count seventeen mountain ranges, nud
you might havo visited them nil with
out meutiug anyouj elso on a like
pilgrimage.
"So it was asurpris) to us, when
wo returned to camp olio night, to bo
winked ut by a strange c.uup fire bull'
w.iy d'iwu tlu mouutaiu. This did not
plo iso inc. I had gone there for sport
and solitude. The ouo argues tho ex
istence of tin otlnr. Tuo lire had
winked from the mime spot for a week,
when wo moved on to regions more
remote and savage, whero benr trucks
h muycombo I tin ground, and elk ap
peared and vanished through tho
aisles of pun1, tossing their great uut
lers like tho branches of uu ouk
forest.
"L had boon out all day, and oddly
eui)iigh,Mce:i nothing but a porcupine,
which waddled noro-s my trail, fear
nnd defiant:.; lit licroiisly compounded
iu his bristiiug q litis an I hurried
gait. Tho sunsets in tlu n iighbor
hood of Fort Who ;-U, arc m iguili
cent. F.very night tin tires burn over
Crowfoot an I Tail Crock, Moos-jiw
nndFUiheal. Tho pjaks of Brown,
II inker an 1 It ick go from pink and
crimsou into gray, but gray without a
hint of coldness. ishes of roses, you
might e ill it and then, in an instant,
o-ily tho light from tho stars marks
tho spot whero Lite tin splendor
shone.
"I declare that sounds like poetry,"
Mrs. Jack interrupts herself to ex
claim, "except that it uoods something
to go before it :
Tim ti-t im ti-liiai li-tuai.
Where la'i- Hi" spleiulor ahouo.
"It won't do in Btie.h shape. It
reminds one of a militia company
without a ilium innjor. "
"Newr mini," tho circle around
Mrs. J c'i interposes, impatiently;
"ivo are anxious to henr tho story."
"I never could write p.iotry," Mrs.
J.ick concludes, after moro mental
fuinbliug for aomothiug to complete
the eonpljt.
"Well, I stood overlooking tho val
ley. Darkness was cropping up Mount
Head, as tho tide comes up the studs,
only noiselessly. Xitiiro lias too
lunch to do out there, in tho great
Northwest, to m iko afu-sover any
thing. "Su Idenly I heard a crackling in
tho bushes below me. A mountain
sheep ? Perhaps a grizzly. I was on
my knees iu au instant, with my rillo
at full cock.
"My eyes nu t a curious spectacle.
Two bear cubs were in thu act of
climbing a small pine tree which
looked suspiciously top heavy. Some
thing dark lay along tho tree's top
most branch a shape which resolved it
self iulo tho figure of a man dressed iu
a gray Norfolk j icket, knickerbockers,
golf stockings, and canvas shoes. Tho
shu bear sat at tho foot of tin tree,
with an air of ouo to whom time is no
ohj-e'. O.io of tho c;ibs would climb
n little way, and ns tin tree shook
ominously, I was irresistibly reminded
of tho story of the old hunter iu a like
predic niieiit, w ho as tlio bear ticarcd
the slender branc'.i upon which he
hung, cried: 'You idiot, don't come
out here. You'll break the blanch
and kill us l o'.h ! '
"I am very wary of attacking a
bear with cubs. Jack says my cour
I'.go on this occasion amounted to fool
h ir l.n-si, for.without an instant's hes
itation, I aimed nt tho foremost cub.
Then I aw a rillo nt tho foot of tho
tree. Having distracted the mother
n id her little ones, tho ow ner of tho
rillo s.ioped down the tree nnd helped
mo to llht. I don't kuow how it
would havo all ended if two of my
gu'des hud not joined us.
"l'hey credited mo with bringing
Ih -old bear down. If I did," Mrs.
Jack comments, naively, "it was a
pretty shot. Of coins '.Jack I mean
tho man iu tho tree insisted that I
hud fiuished tho wholo family, nnd
t ijti illy, of course, he had a great deal
to niy about my having saved his life
Liter ho assured mo that it wns a vain
deliveraiico unless unless " Mrs
Jnck pauses, and a dash of crimson
overcomes tho russet of her cheeks.
"Oh, Jack, you havo come," sho
cries, as a man approached tho small
group, followrd by half a dozen more
iu riding clothes,
"It was a stiff brush, Di; you ought
to have been nljim. "
"It wiy bo maguillceut.but it is not
war, ,lrs. JaeK repiicB.scnicnuvuBiy,
ns she gives her husband a cup of ten.
San FraDcisco Argonaut.
lliid Dogs Training Kaeli Oilier.
Wo all kuow how few and far be
tween the good dogs nro, whothor
good, bad or indifferent trainers havo
had them iu hand. Not oue out of a
hundred is so well trained that he has
sense of his own. It may bo possiblo
that we may be traiuiug our hunting
digs wrong. Thoso dogs that I
trained perfectly had no sense of their
own, and those that I half trained had
more sense, were better bird fiuders,
but each of them had some cnuine
idiosyuorncy that brought him down
below the level of tho desirable
dog.
Tho truth of the matter is that train
ing deadens the dog's mind. It bo
comes automatic and when a novel
dilemma arises it has no ronsouing
faculties with which to meet tho emer
gency. I am half inclined to believe that
the way to train a dog is to lot him
le iru from his superiors, that is from
tho best dogs possible. This is a
blower process, but it excludes any
sort of human interference. So fai
ns my experience and observation have
gone, it takes at least two years for
uu old dog to train or teach a young
one. Ho learns iu this manner to
point, back, retrieve and range, nud
no other dog can range liko the self
taught, or dog-taught ranger. Ho
goes like the wind aud hunts for birds
every minute, with an eye single to
find them. To have a man teach a
dog is liko having n phonograph tench
a child. The best dogs for hunting
purposes are those which are think
ers. Up in tho Adirondack mountains
pups are taught to run doer by turn
ing them looso with an old hound.
An old hunter likes to show tho
youugsters how to haudlo a gun accu
rately nnil carefully. The old hound
delights in nn opportunity to show tho
young ouos how to find nud follow a
cold, warm or hot trail. Thero aro
dog-taught bounds iu tho Adiroudncks
that will follow a trail as good as any
in tho world. Forest and Stream.
Made His Ilicjclc ! for Two.
Tho story is told that while return
ing from a bicyclo run to Pateisou
with a friend on a rooent evening,
Robert Youug, a mombor of the At
lanta wheelmen, a well-known ridor,
had au uuusual experience and per
formed a feat which few men would
cire to undertake. Ho and his friend
were going along at a modcrato paco,
when they were surprised to see a
dark mass of something iu tho road
ahead of them. They slowed dowu,
nud on dismounting discovered the
form of a man, blooding aud uncon
scious, and apparently severely in
jured. lly his nttire it was judged that ho
was a whcolman, and, after a little
search, his bicycle was found iu a
ditch ut the sido of the rond. Neither
Mr. Young nor his friend could do
much for tho unfortunate, who had
apparently taken a serious header,
without getting him where medical
nssistatice could bo had, and tho near
est place was Bjlloville, which was
about four miles nwny. Thoy dis
cussed the situation hurriedly, and
thou Mr. Young volunteered to tako
thu prostrato wheelman to IScllevillo
on his bicyclo. With tho assistance
of his friend ho got the unfortuuato
man upon his back nud started off at
a good pace, reaching Uollevillo with
out making a stop, aud quickly pro
curing help for tho injured man.
Newark (N. J.) Call.
A (reat Will Animal Farm.
California is to have the largest ani
mal preserve in the world. For this
purposo a lnrgo tract of wild, thickly
wooded laud has been purchased near
San Pedro bay, Southern California.
Tho nuinials, which aro now being ob
tained by various means from nil parts
of the world, are to bo as nearly iu
their nativo state an possible. They
are to bo turned looso iu this great
enclosed tract and allowed to follow
their own instincts. Caves arc
to be provided and tho condi
tions in the native jungle will be
duplicated ns near as possible
As many of the animals to bo kept in
prosorve are carnivorous (flesh-eating),
the animals upon which they would
naturnlly prey will bo provided for
food. There will be tracts sot apart
fur tho delicate and mild-mannered
animals, such as the zebra, giraffe aud
camel. Herbs and grasses indigenous
to tho native wilds of the vegetable
rating animals will bo imported aud
provided for their food. This great
beast-garden is designod to furnish
animals for restocking lucuageries
aud circuses.
OSTRICH FARM.
A Picturesque and Profitable In
dustry in Florida,
The Eggs of The Big Birds Fetch
Twenty-Five Dollars Apitce.
During tho Atlnuta exposition laid
fall major H. V. Tiffin, of Courteuny,
on the Indian river in Florida, while
he was in Atlnutn, bought fifteen os
triches, seven females nud eight males,
nnd carried them to his Iudiuu river
home.
This was tho initial move toward
the establishment of this most pietur
oupifi nud profitable industry iu the
South. The ostriches soon beenmo ac
climated aud nro now us happy and
thrifty a colony as one would wish to
see. Thirteen of the birds were raised
on a farm in southern California, and
the other two were raised iu South
Africa nud wi ro imported to this
country. Tho hens havo been laying
since early !a-d spring nud foriy-two
eggs are now hatching.
Major Tifliu uses au ordinary chicken
incubator for hutching, nn 1 just forty
two days aro required to hatch an
ostrich rg. A number of eggs are
being hatched by the hens in the
nests.
Tho incubator is heated by n kero
sene lamp with thermometer attach
ment. A temperaturo of 110 degrees
will kill the eggs, nnd nn electric bill
contrivance warns major Tiffin in his
houso of any undue riso in tho tem
perature. "Mineral wool," a compo
sition of slag and other rocks, is used
as packing uroiinl the egg'. The
vitreous substance is coiivi i led into a
fibrous condition for this purpose. In
apponranco it consists of innumerable
tiny air cells formed by tho inter
twining of tho fibres.
Tho birds aro sepnrnted by pairs,
each pair or family requiring a half
ncro run. The runs or lots are pro
vided with plenty of gravel, dry sand
and grain food. A hose furnishes cool
nnd fresh water for tho pool aud stall
iu each run.
The gravel wns secured iu Atlanta.
The ostrich house is a round structure,
sixty feet in diameter, nnd is located
in the centre of the tcn-ncro farm.
R d ating from the centre of the house
arc sixteen stalls extending to the limit
of tho enclosure, giving each bird a
room to ilsolf, tho sixteenth stall ex
tend ing into tho houso yard of major
Tiffin and serving for an nveniio into
tho ostrich domain. In the very cen
ter of the ostrich house, under n large
central drnunht shnft.is iicirculnrcham
ber.with doors opening into each stull
thus affording a means of transference
from one Mali to another without go
ing outside of tho inclobiire, aud
through which the ostriches tuny bo
changed ut will. A three-foot open
ing extends along tho walls mar the
eaves. A similar opening is left in
tho cupola, and these openings will be
screened with lino netting. Tho house
cut ranee to each stall is closed by a
heavy door, thus shutting up tho os
triches at night and keoping the mos
quitoes out. The ostriches nro per
mitted to run during tho day, nnd ut
night they aro confined to their rooms
for repose. A female ostrich begiiiH
laying usually when sho is live yours
old, laying utter that period during
each year exactly 60 egs, weighing
!M ounces each. These eggs still for
20 npieco anywhere in the world that
there is a market for thorn. Thus,
after a hen reaches her fifth birthday
sho earns by her laying Si, 000 a year,
ns much ns a railway clerk or ns
much as some bank cushiers to say
nothing of a newspaper correspond
ent's earnings.
This is not nil tho earning capacity
of this famous bird, for tho ostrich
feather is always sold at good prices.
The fertilize thut is obtained from an
ostrich farm is very valuable, and
major Tiffin will hereafter use it ex
clusively on his extensive farm.
Major Tifflu will soon begin the train
ing of two of his ostriches to draw a
cart on his farm. Iu Africa ostriches
are frequently put to such use, nnd
the same is done iu California to some
cxteut of late. Tho ostrich is very
strong, standing from flvo to six feet
high, aud is sometimes vicious aud uu
manageable. A careful and experienced
traiuer soon gots eveu tho most vi
sions of tho birds iu control, after
which the birds become much at Inched
to tho keeper. Atlanta Constitution.
cw Woman's Year.
De la Ware-Ah, well ! ' 'Man
pro
poses and
Erie Depough Not this year, Miss
Ware. It's your innings now.
Buffalo Journal.
Au Antarctic iceberg has been seen
thut was twenty miles wide, forty
mil' s iu length aud 800 feet iu ucight.
Magnetic Torpedo for Hiipt.
I'ixperimeuts are being made with nn
invention for tho torpedo service, at
tfto torpedo btntion in Narrag ms ;l t
Buy, of w hich remarkable results nr )
expected. Tho torpedoes now iu ex
iatenee.so far as their destructive qual
ities are cone rued, nro perfect when
a vessel is struck by one of them, but
should one of them miss tho torpedo
is lost.
Thu device which is now being ex
perimented with consists of u maguet,
delicately constructed aud intended to
bo hung on an arm nt tho bow, which
is iu turn fastened to the rudder.
The two arms nro connected by crossed
wires or chains, nnd tho idea of the,
invention is tiiat, wheu approaching a
vessel the magnet will bo nttructed in
that direction, uu ! iu turning will
move the arm to which it is fastened
nud so op irate tho rudder, thus steer
ing tho torpedo toward the ship. It
is said that the magnet is so delicately
constructed thut should it. como with
in oue hundred yards of tho vessel it
would be cll'ective.
The torpedoes will be painted wntei
color nud would be of immense ad
vantage ut night, when the enemy has
d Htiiifiiiinhed thu lights aboard ship.
Tho i iiproved torpedoes uro cigar
hapcd, and wool 1 approach a hostile
fleet with more stealth than eveu a
submarine boat would.
The question has been raised as to
whether the magnet would not be at
tracted to the vjssel from which it is
fired, but tlio mechanism is arranged
so that the magnet will not be influ
enced nt nil until it has reached a cer
tain distance from tho vessel.
Caryl . Haskius, of the (r.-ueral
Fleet ric Company, of B istoii, is the
inventor. The device is seven feet
long aud weighs 130 pounds. At a
recent trial the magnet needle followed
an iron steamer nt distances of from
fifty to NBveruI hundred feet. The
boat ngninst w hich I ho device was op
erated was n comparatively small iron
one, and could not beexp cted to offer
us grent nn attraction ns the ,big bat
tleships plated with armor.
Tho fact that these experiments are
being made has been cabled abroad by
the military nttuches of foreign lega
tions nt Washington. With n view of
uli'sctting the deadly power of these
torpedoes, thero is a talk of trying to
deuingiielizj the big war ciui-ers. If
watches can bo demagnetized, it is
thought that warships may bo also.
New York Journal.
Fishes Kating All His M "inlaw tirass.
A rancher, w hoso pine ; is on the
bottom along the Willamette slough,
below Holbrook station, was in the city
recently to find out whether he had
nny recourse ngniustthe United States
fish commission for the introduction
of carp iuto tho rivers of this section.
Ho says these fish aro destroying
his meadows by eating his grass nnd
grubbing tip the roots. As Iho water
overflown his meadow-, tho cirp fol
low it up iu thousands, tho small ones
weighing about three pounds pushing
their wny up where tho water is only
three inches or so iu depth, when the
water ri cedes he will have mud llats
in place of the meadows.
He says t hat while looking at the
fish eating his grass oue Sunday ho
got so mad that ho took off his shoes
and stockings aud went out into the
bhallow water and attacked them with
a hoe. Ho slashed a lot of them iu
two, but when tho drove beeutuo
alarmed and made for deep water they
bumped their noses against his shins,
and came near knocking him off his
feet, nnd hisHukles were all black nud
blue from the bumping he got. Ah for
driving tho carp nwuy In says he
might ns well have tried to sweep hack
tho riso of the Columbia with a broom.
Morning Orcgoiiiiiu.
Pro-Natal Influence.
"Tho must marked cusn of a
mother's fright showing in her off
spring is thut of au Iudiuu iu my
conutry," suid 1. 1j. Rogers of Van
couver, B. C-, nt the Howard. "H-i
is known as tho 'Bear-faced Indian,'
and the resemblance to a bear is much
more marked than that of tho dog
faced boy who was exhibited for
several years to a dog. Tho hear
faced Indian, which is tho only l.aine
by which he is known, comes uown
from the north every hop aensoi. to
pick hops, nnd his services nro very
greatly iu demand. Ho can pick more
hops than any two other Indians iu
tho band. His companions have but
little to do with him, sc-miug to re
gard him iu a superstitious way, but
the cause of his deformity is well es
tablished. His mother, while picking
hop, was suddenly confronted by a
largo bear aud was frightened iuto
couvuhions, tho boar, however, not
nioluttiug her. In a few weeks the
beiu-faced Indian was born. " Waslp
iugtou Star,
FOIt TIIK HOI SKVilFK.
TO TP.ST I.INBN.
A way to tost linen, by moans of
wlreh the introduction of cotton
nmung tho linen threads may bo de
tected, is t ) cut olf u small piece of
tho material, unravel the thr.-ads, and
theu examine them under a strong
magnifying glass. Thu characteristics
of flax threads urc very marked. They
are iu tho form of cylindrical stulks,
divided ut intervals by knots, in the
snmo way as bamboo or sugar-cane
stalks. Cotton threads aro long and
flattened liko ribbon, waved, twisted
in spirals aud granulated on the sur
face. MAKING Kir.VF.lt SHINE.
Repousse articles will hold dust in
their crevices, but plain pieces, washed
iu hot suds nud instantly riusud, ouht
to keep bright a long time. Fgg
stains yield to a rub of suit, and if
discidorutious nro treated to a touch
of siher soap when first discovered
there will bo no need of a weekly
cleaning. A spoonful of ammonia iu
tho suds is presupposed, and the water
must be boiling hot, both in that and
the rius ng water, if each piece bu
taken separately from the latter an 1
wiped before it has a chanco to cool,
aud if this practice, is persisted iu, it
will be seen how little rubbing is
needed.
WASHING BLANKET.
Beforo commencing to wash your
blankets he sure the day is fine nud
breezy, when they will dry well out of
doors. Cut up some good yellow
soap and boil it ton jelly with soft
water. Put some of tho boiled soap
iu warm soft water.ad ling a largo tea
spoonful of ammonia to every tub of
water to make a good lather. Wash
thu blankets iu two lathers of
this kind, then rinse in plenty of
warm water slightly blued. Wring
tho blankets asthoroughly as possible,
shako them to raise tho nap and hung
out to dry. Tho surface of the blan
kets will be much improved by being
shaken twice moro during the lutter
process. Tuko thu blankets in at niht
beforo the dew fulls, place them in a
clothes basket, cover with a cloth and
stand iu tuo kitchen. If possible
blankets should be hung out of doors
for throo or four successive days to
dry thoroughly.
HEl'11'KS.
French Mutton Chops Breaded
Take five or six nic rib chops (they
will weigh about two pounds) mid
have the butcher "French" them.
1'epper aud salt the chops aud roll
them iu au egg well beaten. Then
roll iu lino cracker crumbs and fry
browu in very hot lard.
Cucumber with French Dressing
Peel two good-sized cucumbers uud
let them lie iu ice water for nn hour.
Then slice t hem, place iu n bowl and
pour over them a mixture of one table
spoonful of vinegar, two tublespoou-
f ills of olive oil, oue-hulf tcuspnonfnl
of suit aud a dash of cayenne pepper.
Pineapple Sin rbert Shred a fresh
pineapple (the canned fruit will an
swer), add oue piut of sugar, one-half
pint of water, juice of oue lemon, nud
ouo tnblespoouful of gelatine that has
been soaked for ouo hour in one cup
of cold water, and dissolve in ouo cup
of hot water ; mix till together well
nnd freeze.
Spinach with Kgg Wash thorough
ly one-half peek aud let it stand iucold
water au hour. Put in a pot with a
little cold water iu which is a tea
spoonful of suit. Cook slowly for
about thirty sir thirty-livo minutes.
Drain very thoroughly, serve iu a hot
dish with spinach covered with small
bits of butter and slices of hard-boiled
egg-
Angels' Food One nud one-half
tumblers of granulate I sugar, ouo
tumbler of flour, each silted seven
times; iu tho last sifting add ouo tea
spoonful of cream of tartar to the
(lour; beat tho white of eleven eggs
very stiff, add the sugar, then the flour,
nnd last, very lightly, a teaspoouful of
extract of almoud ; do not butter the
pan. At this season of the year
angola' food is the most economical,
nud nt the snmo time delicious enke to
serve.
Strawberry Shortcake Oue quart
of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, a pinch of salt, thrive table
spoonfuls of butter, aud milk enough
to lunke n soft dough. Bake iu a largo
pieplate. When cool split with a
large knife and insert a generous layer
of strawberries and granulated sugar.
Replace the top and cover with straw
berries aud sugir. Should there bo a
cupful of berries loft, mash them, add
sugar and a pint oi hot milk. Servo
in a pitcher itU ehortcako,
A Seasonable Song.
All the weather's over
l'eneln'S ripe au' sweet!
Ain't the world In clover 'r
Jilossoms 111 your feet !
All tin- weather's over -
JSait your hook an' line!
Ain't tin- worbt in clover
When tin- llsliin's swift and fine?
AH the weather's ov-r
All the wnrl.l is bright !
Sunshine on the i lover
An' starlight mi the niht !
Frank I.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Ill M OUO IS.
A striking tale Tbo whale's.
A hot head A heud of steam.
A speech for the thrown "Hung
thut mule."
A cool feat Climbing up uu icu
berg barefooted.
L loking at pictures is an easy mode
of thinkiug.
In a certain Mississippi town every
body sings Natchez of songs.
Tho tailor hopes to succeed by
clothos attention to business.
Hens are kept busy finding tho
means for moving their crops.
Some of our st itesin-.-u are Hulf-nnido
in -ii nud some ure machine made.
A born musician hat u great advan
tage over ouo who is not yet born.
Not every bridge contractor would
like to bo tried by a jury of his piers.
If ho were fed regularly, the shark
would not bu half ns ravenous ns he
is.
It saoms to me that n hen who lays
two eggs a day must negbt sumo of
her other duties.
In politics, "using your influence"
generally means asking something you
ought not to adt from homebody who
ought not to listen to you.
"How intense arc tho fires of love!''
ejaculated the poet. "Yes," answered
the father of nix jnnrriugeiib'e daugh
ters; "but they do take u lot of foul."
Sho I have often wondered what
tho wild waves uro snying. He Judg
ing from their roar 1 should sny they
were joining iu the general kick
ugainst the high prices nt this resort.
"What kind of llht do we receive
from the mu?" naked Iho teacher.
"Solar light," replied tho bright
pupil. "Right. Aud what kind do
we get from tho moon'" ' 'Sutillitc. "
Perry Patettio If uu.v feller was to
cnll me n liar, I would go to work and
beat his bond off, wouldn't ymi? VVny
worn Watson I might bent his head
off, but I wouldn't go to work. No,
never.
Miss Summit -- Mr. Fiddlebnek
wanted to send yon n birthday pres
ent, but I told him you had slopped
having birthdays ten years ago. Wns
I right? Miss Pnlisndo I believe so.
I know it was two years nfter you
stopped.
"The Amazons yonder," remarked
the King of Dahomey, "appear to bo
linng at random." "Yes, sire," re
plied Iho chief of staff, "they cannot
seo the enemy." "And why not?"
"They nro mad at the enemy, sire."
The monarch shrugged his shoulders
nud docLirod that if it wasn't for tho
joke-wi iters who would be thrown out
of employment, he would instantly
abolish the female soldiery.
Molilalia's -iiil of Mines.
California has no such thing us n
school of mines, although Iho richest
mining state iu tho Union. Iu this
respect she is behind Montana iu the
inarch of progress. That state has nn
organized school nt Butto, managed
by a board of trustees, nud thut body
adopted plans for a line structure for
tho accommodation of the school.
These plans provide for laboratories,
lecture-rooms nud nil other appoint
ments necessnry to inako the school
suited to tho growing wauls ol
Montana ns a mining state. The
Federal ( ivel ninelit h is donated
100,01b) uens of tho public
lauds for the benefit of the
school, nud the last Legislature of
Moiitam authorized tho board of
trustees of the School of Mines to
erect a building not to exceed tho cost
of 1()0,0 )0 nud to equip it at a cost
not to exceed $15,000. The net nlso
nuthori.os tho trustees to accept dona
tions, nnd it is expected that a liberal
sum will bo realized from this source.
As a result of these liberal provisions
Montana will sooii havo uu elegant
structurj for tho tcientilio education
in mining matters of its youug uiou.
Sail Francisco Chronicle.
A Safe Ill-duel Ion.
"I am aim ist sure that Jenkins is
going to leave Mr s. Topfloor's flat,'
"What makes you think so?"
"Ho gave Mrs. Topfloor's little boy
a toy drum tho other day," -Chicago
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