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r 1- Persia a night? 1 1 -known lore? " can restore? - -cf delight? v, - - 5 era 3 wave II.: -irca 't'3 given flight? t sobs along the shore, t-a rocks is heard no 1 -. a triu2il:'a hardly worth the fight? t life ! ITay, -what with life'com- Fare? r .Jf it3 glory dare to shine? "faeSaM wUchbear : Y:; V7 I:n:nor from the Hand Divine, feiiuto serve and love through endless ?,L:a r- fc teautif ul, what joy is thine? I -nima C.Dorvd.in, Youth Companion. PA1TTHER JOE. la 1ZZ3, shortly after the discovery of , d at Antelope Peak and along the ;:-"7pa livert Hijinio- Carabal, a aqua Indian, arrived in that part o nzona and engaged in mining. " ZJr'1 appearance- the Yaqui did xer f roa others of his race, save lr; ; therigtt car wa3 missing and on that cf Lis neck was three scars, resem , ? such as might have been left from laafe vouad3. Like all his neonle he was passionately fond f of intoxicating "quor, but as he was harmless and inof fensive when under i fa infliifnrfl. and im. jjuseapon im fellow-miners vno greater miction than was to be created by the tird music of his native tribe as pro duced on an antiquated .and discordant harmonica or mouth-organ which he al- w mm m.m Hie luuiaa was regarded as a compadreand permitted to pursue his natural inclinations. He se cured a good claim and took out a large quantity of dust, nearly all of which was spent over the bars, to his evident satis faction and increase of popularity with the miners. - . ' Mexicans whn from Sonora Bubsequent to the arrival of Hijinio told strange stories regarding him. They asserted that he had formed a close corporation with Satan, and was in the habit of roaming: over the mount- ains and througn the forests with wild and savage beasts, with"which he was on the most friendly terms. His right ear, they said, had been taken off by a stroke from the paw of a huge jaguar, which also left the scars on his neck. The Yaqui was playing with the animal in the timber when the accident occurred and he afterward punished his rough play mate for its disastrous carelessness. This and similar stories produced no further effect upon the American miners than to cause them to apply the cog nomen of "Panther Joe" to Hijinio Car abal,' the latter name being" long and somewhat difficult to pronounce. It was six months after his arrival that the Yaqui earned his title of "Panther Joe and became a hero as well as a mystery to every man in the "diggings." A family named Stapley came out from California and established a station near Antelope, but several miles from where any people were mining or living. ; One evening after sundown, .and when the men-folk were away, Mrs. Stapley went to the corral for the purpose of milking her cows, taking : with her a little daughter three years old and also a line as protection against the constant dangers of that countrv in ' that -Deriod. The woman had .proceeded" with her duties but a few minutes when she was startled bv a scream of terror from th child, and uoon turning in the direction " t of the sound Was horrified to see & wfi panther jump over the fence with her child in its moutn. Picking up the H-ifle the thoroughly frightened mother rushed to the gate in an eSort to rescue her offspring, but m wnen outsiae tne mciosure a most unex- mrtjp.(. iiimisiial and Rt.rtHncy aJtT.ftf-.mn was met, and while hope was inspired h was rendered twwerless to act herself and was compelled to suffer the most in tense suspense. About forty yards from her stood the panther, with both front feet upon the child, which was on the ground and crying lustily. The beast was not looking at the child, but had its head raised and eyes fastened upon an- other form which was slowly approach ing it from a direction parallel to that taken by Mrs. Stapley in leaving the cor ral. .. " : ' . The mother at oncq recognized the person nearing the brute as "Panther Joe," and with intent fascination r the greatest dread, and fearful suspense did she watch his every movement. He was stooping over to about half his natural height and had his eyes, which in the closing twilight were blazing like coals of fire, riveted upon those of the beast. With his left hand he held between his lips the mouth organ on which he was .playing some low, strange, and weird rausic, while in his right hand he held a switch cut from a mesquite bush. He Tccd his feet upon the earth with the vxi Koise, and with each itep ho tooUlP,. 't-j t-.'MimA.nf.M'i.AfM ise there. When Cole's circus was in iwmmont rrpw mnrft soft. A The panther lashed its ; tail gently and its eves never left those of the Yaqui vhile he so slowly and silently ap Woached it. yet it kept its feet upon the .... 1-1 - - J JJJJ i l..4.V child all tne wmie auu uui uui suun slio-htest inclination to abandon its prey As Joe drew nearer and ' nearer the sav ,.. -nnimal became less at ease, but its ; acuuua nua o i : aato submission by its master tuan oi a wild and ferocious beast seeking a meal flesh. Its uower to move seemed lost; it appeared to be under a fwination as strong as that which ser pent ever exercised over bird. When ' jwithin about six feet of the panther Joe on mouth organ, j 1 i words in a low ana w w. r.1 tone giowiy . " " height. L. a Kine-le stride he was at the side -Of the brute, and with an exclamation of rcproval he hit it a sharp blow over the head with the swith. The panther-took TirsL one pan - v..,f rtfl child and walked away rW-edlv for a few yards, when it m fni-n ori Hruuuu. auu ulau thnnrrh. it was not yet disposed 7 if f mpal. However, a sharp ?t il from the Indian caused it to ave a trot and 4uickly disappear over . the hills f V deUshted mother, who hastened to tn - , wait;,,,, for her to receiver, a w ti, to rcctivo. follQwed thc to the farthe end of .it. Balancmg it-thaiiicsi;- bv the panther, vouch- self gracefully upon its hind legs, it re. u direction i . remark : . ? i t,rove cooman, usiea no snooie. ixzttil h9r ihQ remarkable fxct next day when Stapley came up to the digging for the purpose cf thank-' ing Joe. Buttha Yaqui was absent, an3 it vras two days before he again put in aa appearance. When he did so he showed signs ci dissipation, but, as it was known that he "would have been unable to reach any place where whisky was to have been obtained without the miners learn ing of it, this condition was attributed to his experience with the panther at the time the child was rescued or after he had followed it from Stapley's place. Nothing could induce Joe to converse on the subject until some weeks ! afterward, when one of the miners killed a panther, over which fact the Yaqui grieved great ly and stated that the ' animal was Mb friend and the one from which he saved the little child. k '.. The next winter was a dry one and the placers did not pan out well, so Ralph Smith,' who is yet a resident and a prom inent citizen of . Arizona, organized s party of ten men, Panther Joe being of the number, to prospect for gold in th Mongolian Mountains. i . One evening, a few days after reaching the desired locality and making camp, Smith and a companion named Phil Teal, while returning to supper from a disap pointing examination of a gulch which from all appearances gave much promise of containing gold, had their attention suddenly attracted to the bottom land oi a mountain stream by a humdrum, mo notonous song, followed by a particularly hearty laugh. Feeling the j necessity of ascertaining if Indians had a Camp in that vicinity, they cautiously penetrated a wil low thicket in the direction of the sound. When they reached the found themselves at the edge creek they of a green open space in the shape of an amphithea- tre a bend in the stream and high pre cipitous walls of rock, vari-colored with mosses and delicate mountain wild flow ers, forming an almost perfect circle. In its wild beauty and usual solitude the scene would have been sufficiently strik ing and romantic, but a central group served to make the picture cine of the most peculiar that the eye of man ever gazed upon. . I The two prospectors were amazed, awe- stricken and spell-bound, for sitting on a rock in the grassy glen was '? Panther Joe," holding a switch in his hand and in a peculiar gibberish compelling a large, full-grown female cougar the dreaded American lion to circle around him in the- manner of a circus horse. With young at her side there is not a more dangerous or fierce animal to be found in the wilds of the American continent than the cougar, and this one not only had a whelp, but, what was more .marvelous, it was riding on her back, where placed by the Indian. The mother watched Joe's face as a bird-dog does that of its master, and its submission was more through fear than inclination. ' The reverse was true with the youug one, which entered heartily into the enjoyment of the! romps and would leap from its mother's tack into Joe's lap, only to be returned again to its perch and exercise of bareback riding. Joe would laugh loudly at these play ful antics, which afforded him the great est amusement, and to all appearances he was free from apprehensions of danger, although he had a watchful eye upon the mother, and kept up that, con stant, weird and peculiar chant which first attracted the two mountaineers. To them the scene was more wonderful than any described in the "Arabian Nights," and, while at first, they were held spell bound by a strange fascination, . their natural feelings soon asserted themselves. To play with an animal which would stealthily pursue a human being, pounce i f T a j j - . i upon m on nis nesu auu annit oi his'blood was unnatural; it was disgust- llj OUA ICTUIUU . OWA KslJ , auu but? VUG who possessed such powers and took such enjoyment deserved to live no more than did the brute itself . The report of leal s rifle range through the mountains and forests, was echoed and re-echoed from j a hundred canyons, and the lioness lay dead at the Yaqui's feet. Quickly crossing the creek Smith killed the young one with his pis tol and then the two men most severely rebuked and reprimanded Joe for his conduct telling him that In attracting the stealthy and voracious animal to the vicinity of the camp he was endangering the lives of every member of; the party, as in an unexpected moment any one was likely to be attacked by it and killed The Yaqui was also terribly indignant: his frame shook, his eyes flashed fire, like the animals with which he had been asso ciating, and he was scarcely able to artic ula'te. Making a hasty and sorrowful look at his two dead pets he told the prospectors, in a voice mixed with indig nation and contempt, that a pig cat was no worse than a house cat, andif treated the same would do no more I injury, and started off. When Smith and Teal reached camp it was to find that' Joe had rolled up his blankets and departed, whether no one knew . " ! After the discovery of the Tombstone I 4 'Panther Joe" again appeared in thp. t.MTitorv. and for several vears was San Francisco m 1880 Joe contracted, I through a friend for the delivery to .them f of two panthers for thesumof $300. In going Xa&sz tne circus . company side tracked a car, with cage, at Dragoon s summit to receive the animals, and the man in charge was surprised to learn that Joe had them a mile from that station, simply held by chains attached to collars he had placed around their necks, un caged and untamed. Obeying the in structions of the Yaqui, as conveyed through a messenger, he left, the open the following night and kept all persons away from it. The next morn ing it contained a nne specimen ox an American lion and a female J jaguar the dreaded tiger of Mexico. When the Mexican Government de clared war against Cajeme, the Chief o lthpt Van nU W vpats a. -'Panthei - 1 J J o ' ! Joe" returned to Sonora and was one among the hrst that fell mi tnat unjust and unequal' warfare. Chicago Times. A Performing Mouse. . There is a telegraph operator in one o: i w mouse so completely that it came out of the hole behind his desk, where it lived, every night about midnight andenter- tained him with a cunning acrobatic per formance. It climbed up the rod of a bill file that rested against a wire stretched across the desk, then walked the wire until it reached a piece of cheese attached moveu me cuecso wiui iu acuui pawa and proceeded to nibble away at it until it was all gone. And strange to say it never missed its footing or fell off the wire. Yanlte Blade. j BUDGET OF mi UUMOItOUS 8KL1U11L3 iujx ' , m'vr VARIOUS SOURCES. The Secret of the Roses Tke Tears lie S hed The Usual WayCircum- r -stances After Cases Con jngal lxve, Etc., Etc. .j i T- Truth! she made a pretty picture Sitting there beside the fire; Tr. hap Vianrl r crimson roses Dare I breathe my heart's desire? To that hand now I aspire! - r - - As she holds my gift the roses Does she for their meaning seek? ; Maiden, do not, fortheir story ; Makes mead. Tome they speak Of no salary next week I . - Time. trXSATTSTACTOBT. The Butcher "Did you tell Mr. Gore that his bill has been running for a long time?" ; Collector UYes, sir." . The Butcher-rWhat did he say?" Collector "He said: 'For heaven's sake, let it stand a little while.? "-Life. THE USUAL WAT. "Who is that man over there?' said one traveling: man to another, directing his attention to a gentleman who devotes his energies principally to booming ex positions and so on. "He is a promoter." "What does he promote?" "His own interests, urincioallv." Merchant Traveler. IT PLEASED HIST. "Can you give me a front room on the first floor 2 asked a travelim man of the recently installed hotel clerk. "Can 1 give it to you?" "Yes; that's what I remarked? "That's queer " said the clerk, with a self-complacent smile, "you're the fourth man to-day who thought I owned this hotel." Merchant Traveler. DENTAL NOTE. Stranger "Where does that new den tist have his office?" Policeman "You mean the one who pulls teeth without pain?" Stranger Yes." Policeman' Go right around the corner. "You will have no trouble find ing his office. You can hear his patients yell half a block away," Texas Sifting. THE TEARS HE SHED. Father "Aha, so you ran away from Sunday-school to go skating and broke through the ice, did you?" Son "No, I djdn't. I fell asleep in church and got locked in." Father "But how did you get so wet?" V . "Son-That's from the tears I sh?d when I waked up." Binghamton Repub lican. ; BLOOD WILL TELL. Phyllis (sotto voice) "Why don't you acknowledge his courtly salutation, Dor othy? Is it . because his father was in soap?" ' ; Dorothy (in whispered warmth) "Yes, my family traditions are against cultivating such an acquaintance." "Pardon me, dearest, I did not mean to wound you. But were all your ancear tors tramps." Munsey'$ Weekly. A LACK OP HARMONY. Lady "Here! come back. You promised to sawthat wood when I gave you your .dinner." ' Tramp--' 'Madame, I am obliged to break my promise. The saw you gave me produced a G sharp tone, which does not harmonize with my favorite song in F, which I always sing when working. Either the saw or my voice must be changed before I can work." Lawrence American. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. First Neighbor "Why did you shoot my dog?" Second Neighbor "Because he tried to bite me?" ? "You need not have shot - him. You could have pushed him off with the butt end of your gun." "Well, if -your dog wanted to be shoved with the butt end of my gun, he should have come at me tail end first." Texas Sifting. - HER DUTY. Evelyn "I have looked the matter over from all sides. Jack offers me a fortune and Charley has nothing but his brains." Charlotte "I suppose you will take the one you love the best." Evelyn "I have tried to be fair to each in discovering my duty, and have about concluded that I can take better care of Jack's money than of Charley's brains." Judge. CONJUGAL LOVE. Wife "Oh, my dearl don't go in that boat. You risk your life 1" ilusband "No, darling, don't be afraid." "Heavens! how wretched I am! If you should drown ! You are so awk ward!" "Let me alone, Helen. I know the sea and it knows me." "Very well,, dear. At least leave me your watch and chain." Wasp. j 2JOT TO BE BALKED. Once upon a time in a theatre the heavy tragedian had forgotten his dagger and only discovered its absence in the tabbing scene. Equal to the occasion, he threw himself upon the villain of the piece and cried . 'Die, wretch! I would have stabbed thee to thy wicked heart had I not left my dagger in my chamber. But thou shalt not escape, as I propose to strangle thee in the presence of this honorable assembly." Judge. GREAT IMPROVEMENT. Captain Jasman, who owed a bill in a neighboring town, was drawn on through the bank. ; : :" J 0 "What's this?" he asked the collector. "It's a draft for fifty dollars." "The first one I ever saw. Now, they get 'em ,up in good shape, don't they? ' Well, sirj there has been a big improvement in such things since I could first remember. When I was a boy circus bills were mere daubs of red ink, but now look at 'em." '. "Are you going to pay this draft?" "Oh, I don't want it." Tell that feller that I am much obliged for the kind at tention he has shown me, but that I can ,not afford to pay to large a price for n cmoii niece uon: .f ? ArLanma Trate' pOjEPOSrrT KEBUZED . It was at one mhionable churches. The JSjJj usher looked rather disdainfup ate shabby-appearing little man who stepped toward him, and without wr " wa glance, tA imnerious nnger, moHro? ' ward and started .pompously toward amen corner. The whole congregation noticed the usher as ne strode down th. iisle; and a number nought his action rath.rsh.nge- K.ed.pr, ie nine ; , . . ; The usher looked a bit fooled as he glanced over jw vKuon,-.and he turned clear aroundaguin to see if the little man f1 And he . . h pnncrr.. wasn t. Ait; rr rear sent at the moment the pompous usher began his forward march.-Pueh. A TOKEN OF ESTEEM. As the train stopped at a station about thirty miles west of Indianapolis we noticed an unusually large crowd on the depot platform, and -it was evident that speechmaking had been indulged in and that somebody of pot was taking his de parture. We soon discovered that tMa person was a certain . Colonel Blank, who came into the car- with a package under his arm, and whose cheeks were wet with farewell tears. He called "Good-by!" a score of times f torn, the window, and as the train finally rolled on he Dlew tis nose, wiped his eyes and turned to us with: : 'Gentlemen, fit touches the heart-, strings to part with old friends and neigh bors." ':.' -u..-; "You are saying larewell, then?" "Yes. I am going up to Indianapolis to reside. The field here is too limited, as I have discovered after ten years' resi dence." ". '' ;."V.-: -:" :V:.-T; "Well, it is certainly pleasant to part from friends the Way you have." 5 "Indeed, it is I Over two hundred of the" best people in town came down to see mo nff and the (President of th hnV made a beautiful ppeech,wished me every success, and all fnat, and then handed me this as a token of respect and es teem." I "Ah ! Made you a present, eh ! E vi dently something; nice?" "Bound to be" replied the Colonel, as he took a package from the seat. Perhaps you aon t want to reveal the content3 here?" "Oh, I have undo it and see no obiections. We'll what they have given He carefully untied the string and re moved the several papers which wrapped the precious memento, and lo ! there was exposed to our gaze a sponge! Yes, sir; a great big batli sponge, which never cost less than a dollar! We pressed for ward to see it, and the Colonel turned red and white byj turns, bit his lips, and bobbed about on the seat, and as we held our breaths he burst out with. Gentlemen , heartstrings be blowed ! The onery, thieving, loafing, lying crowd have gone and heaped a deadly insult upon me, and the next two hun dred and fifty years of my life shall be devoted to wading in human blood clear up to the top vest button !" New York Sun. . "Just Like a Man." The St. Louis Bepullic's man-about-town- has a young lady friend who is a fan collector. She had rather have a new fan than a block of gas steal stock. As thc man was passing a famous jewelry house a lew days before last Christmas he spied a particularly lovely fan in the window, and thinking to gladden the' heart of his friend he entered the place and told the politb clerk to wrap up the fan. Instantly the clerk was dissolved in smile 3 and two! ladies who stood near looked approvingly at the man as if to say. "What a nice young man! So thoughtful of his jfriends, and so liberal !" But a climax was rapidly approaching. In his masculine jignorancc of such mat ters the man had Ithought the price of the fan might possibly be $10 certainly it would be no more. And so, as the smiling clerk hanided him the parcel, he inserted Lis han4 deep into his trousers pocket and -vitbj all the assurance of life said i ' 'How much?"! "Sixty dollars.?' v "Es I beg pardon," gasped the man, while the cold dew' of horror came out on his forehead. "Sixty dollars" The' man made a desperate grasp foi his presence of mind, and got it. "Please put itf right back, and do be careful not tn break it. Thank you." The two ladies! looked indignant, and as the man fled iaito the street he beard one of them say tio her companion : "Just like a min." To Remofe Tight Kings. very oiten a tignc ring i n l ,i .j. 4-ri wearpr Will ioo, io me nnger mat - have to go to' the jeweler to have it taken off.U kinds of rings can be easily removed with a piece of threap TK i j. ..i . . r rtf Bilk- thread. uesi xnmg is a piec w - - ' nf linen thread 11 do. Pass the end between the fin ger and ring, keeping tne spool, or un h'mU -a. next the finger wru. at M"3 p. Wind the thread around the finger toward the tip. TW on about a quar to. r . ,r - a xi Twind the end i yji un men, ami vucu . under the ring, taking care to push the rinr. .t L- kn tvnnnd Dart. AS one end is unwound wind on at the other i ii -Jt-rtrr anil hp ena, and gradually a. ""s Tf ;: t,. 1. -i . 9 ., j .f Vip fintrer. It is "uuveu orx to tne up Ui " , , , a good idea to oil or soap the thread before working it, as the ring will slip over t nwfch easier thanover dry thread. This method will remove any ring, no matter now tijjht it is. VMau an i-n , . . ' !' ii ia fhft sicm that at- xea aust lor saic o tracts attention upon the door of a down town wholesale house, and it causes con siderable comment when read by passers by. The dust is what remams in the boxes after 'the tea has been sifted out tc , ! ;f;ro and in tat uurcnasers in arge W" iTeraffe box the awi . pounds, it & sold to storekeepers mthe poorer districts at fifteen cental pod, and likewise to the cheaper : J In the case of doctored tea, f ! of the SSorin- material is settied mthe j.. oCTonnB r. ta herefore pure "ust, and the uua. " . . t;L .a from this dust is ru. iea -rr:... waterwouldDCi oout as palataDiew , - . .-v andonep-itiestheirwn the decoction, or do W1r" . t. of that cheers, but doesn't inebriate. FARMING IN EGYPT IT3 rjACSWAltD STATE III THE land op the phahoaiis. Primitive Farminr Implements In Use Two Kinds of Soil No Fences, . Wagons, -Barns or jdorses. The farming implements used in Esypt, says Frank G. Carpenter in the American Jigricuuurisi, are oi tne same pattern as those used in the days of the Pharoahs. I went down into the tomb of Ti, under the desert above Cairo, and near the site oi ancient Memphis. Ti was a great nabob about four thousand years ago. lie built . himself, a number of subter ranean chambers of granite, and adorned heir walls with paintings illustrative of the customs of the acre. Here I saw a - - - w pictures of the shadoof as used to-day, and beside these are pictures of men plowing, " showing that - the Egyptian plow of 1890 is precisely the same as it was when Moses was a baby,; It con sists of a pole or tongue about six feet ong fastened to a piece of wood bent in ward and shod with a three-pronged piece of iron. Affixed to the pole is the handle which is held by the farmer, i He holds it with one hand, and he has a stick in the other. The buffaloes or bullocks are fastened to the plows by yokes, and I saw no plowing in harness. These plows merely scratch the ground. But they seem to serve the purpose. The winter crop of Egypt, which is sown immediately after the inundation, is spread over the ground without plowing. The . seed is tramped into the moist earth by oxen, or rolled into it by a wooden" roller, and it is wonderful how it grows. . Egypt has two kinds of lands. One is made up of those soils which need noth ing more than the yearly inundation to make them fertile, and the other is com posed of the lands which are artificially irrigated, and are; given water through out the different seasons. . The first are called Rei lands, and these form as the Water subsides. The difference in the climate ih the various .parts of .Egypt makes a . great difference in the seed time. In Upper Esrypt, this begins in October; in Central Egypt, and about Cairo, it comes at the beginning of No vember, and in the lower Delta the soil is not ready before December. In about four months, the crops are ready for harvest, and the winter harvest is the :hief one of the year. The winter crops consist chiefly of wheat, barley, beans ind clover, and almost as soon as these ire harvested, the land is prepared for the summer crop. This crop is raised chiefly on the lands artificially irrigated, nd it consists of tobacco, rice," vegeta Mes and cotton from the pruned plants of Did stalks. The 'crop is usually har vested in August, and after it comes the lutumn season, which is . the least im portant of the Egyptian farming seasons, and lasts only seventy days. Still, in this season the greatest part of the In dian corn of Egypt is raised, and maize ranks next to wheat among the Egyptian gram crops. At the beginning of Octo ber the delta of Egypt fooks like the great cornfields of Kansas and Nebraska, md the whole -country, takes on a new beauty. I can hardly describe the beauty of an Egyptian landscape. . . There 7 are ? no fences, and the farms and fields are separated only by the character of the crops and the canals. There are no barns nor houses in the fields, which are so small and so rich in their crops, that they make the whole country look like vast garden. Everything grows like the famous gourd of Jonah. The patches of clover bend their heads over with the weight of sweetness, the cotton in the next patch bursts forth in its pods of whiteness, and beds of heavy green point out the rich coming harvests of beans. There are few trees to be seen, owly here ' and there a cluster of tal palms marks the site of a mud farming irillatfe, and a grove of date trees reminds you that you are in the tropics. The fields are free to all. You may tide ' anywhere on your donkey, being careful to sro along the edtres of the crops, and you will find few wide roads, and, away from the cities, no carriages or pragons. I venture to say that there are not one thousand wagons in the whole land of Egypt. Camels and donkeys are the beasts of burden, and bullocks and buffaloes are the chief farm animals. Even carts are a rarity. Camels carry the heavy loads, and you see everywhere their great outlines in .the blue sky, against the background of the desert. They will carry as much as a horse can haul, and when loaded with grass or hay, the bundles are so great that only their legs peep out below, and it looks as though the burdens were walking off bodily. It is the same with the little donkeys, many of whom are not larger than a good-sized Newfoundland dog. They rre loaded so that only their legs' show and are driven in single file across the country, carrying he crops to market. They have no harness, no halters, or pack-saddles, and the farmers who drive them are bare-footed men in a single gown of ( blue cotton. An ordi nary donkey can be bought for from ten dollars upward. Camels are more ex pensive, and range in value from thirty dollars up to one hundred. The last, however, is the price for a riding camel, and it may be interesting to state that camels have their gaits just as"do horses, and there is quite as great a difference in their endurance and speed. Most of the riding in Egypt is done upon donkeys. The Egyptian rides him usually without a saddle, and guides him with a stick, instead of a bridle. : In the cities the merchants, and in the country the' rich farmers, have men or boys . to follow behind and whip up their donkeys, and these, in order to lighten their la bors not infrequently knock off apiece of bare skin, the size of a silver dollar, and use this as a spot into which to poke their goads in order to make the donkey go. There are no horses to speak of in Egypt, but the mules and breeding asses, many of which are brought from Arabia, are very fine, some bringing prices . as high as five hundred dollars apiece. The farming population of Egypt, not withstanding they have tie richest soil on the face of the globe, are among the poorest of their class. Their holdings are small, and they are taxed to death. They are happy if .they can get the bare necessaries of living, and their homes in ninety-nine cases out of a - hundred are huts, made of dried sun-baked bricks and huddled: together along the unpaved Streets of a village. These huts' are square or rectangular in shape. They are seldom more than seven feet in height, and their roofs are flat. . The live-stook ti t2ie family often takes up a part of the room, and goats, and cows, and Itote, and men, and wemen are cru" f one little room. The wife , of ' f works as well as her husband; .and though she must wear a veil over her face to keep other men from seeing fgjJ r n r for the lamuy from the Bile on her head, dthoS the f del forthe family. She cooks wrtttH - f n 0rtr,lA live On the CUll of the beauties of Nature, and they t gardens nor flowers. The houses are so closely huddled together that yon plant an Egyptian village of fi -, sand people on a twenty-five Jf You would hardly consider the Rouses of the town fit places for your hogj , na . you certainly would not trust one oi your blooded horses or registered within them. Farm wages are .faJ life supporting. In upper re: are thousands of inen bending all aay in raising these Nile-eaters, who receive from five to seven cents for working rom sunrise to sunset, and about the g?"" of Cairo I am told that the average of farm labor is not more than twenty cents a day Such of the farmers as c wn tneir land can do no better. Their f arms are not more than one or two acres m sijee on the average, and six-sevenths of people of Egypt live by farming. Aes range from five dollars an acre upward, ani tmnnrf fa-Tp: exoort taxes, and taxes on all kinds of produce at tht city and village gates before they can be broajht into the market and sold. Silk flat Styles. . "Do you know what brings about the changes of styles in silk hats! saia t Fifth street hat maker. 'No, sir. How is it?" "Well, the best hat manufacturers oi America are members of the American Hat Manufacturers' Association, wnicfi has its headquarters in New lor cy. The Broadway association meets York city on the second Tuesday of Jan uary and August, and adopts the spring or fall style of silk hats. - "How's it done?" . "Everv silk hat maker present submit a style or design, and when all are sub mitted the association votes for the dif ferent designs, which are numbered. The numb3r receiving the highest number oi votes is declared the style. 1 he spring style has not been adopted yet. When the designs are adopted the block makers prepare blocks of the styles adopted, and on a certain day every maker who is a member of the National Association is shipped the blocks. Of course every manufacturer can put out goods of his own style if he chooses, but as they are not in accordance with the fashion they do not find ready sale." "What is a good silk hat worth?" ; "From four to seven dollars." ; "Some are cheaper, aren't they?" "Yes, but whenever you buy a silk hat for less than four dollars you take chances." r - "Where does the material come from!" 'The cloth of which the body of the hat is made is manufactured in England. It cannot be made here. The covering or outside, which we call 'silk plush,' is from France, the only country that pro-; duces it." ' ' ' "What is the output of silk hats in America?" ? "Oh, it runs into the millions." Cin cinnati Times-Star. Will-Maklnsr. There are very few people who make their wills while in the enjoyment of good health. There seems to be a feel ing that a will should not be made until death is very probable, or at least likejy. A man don't like to sit down coldblood edly and parcel out his household goods and realty as if he were penning a message from the grave. When a man makes his will he has to have the old scythe swinger rather too conspicuously in his mind's eye to draw the document in any comfort. Besides there is always the feeling that lots of things may happen before death comes to change the dis position of one's' goods, and the trouble of writing new wills and codicils deters people from drawing up their testa ments. It is safe to say that not 'one - it. i 1 1 i m man in . a xnousana tninKS OI dying any other, way than in his bed after a sick-j ness. He thinks of having time to pre- pare the will when' its preparation is necessary. This delay in the drawing! of these documents not only causes much! confusion through the unexpected com-? ing of death to prevent making a will,! but it is the cause of many wills bein4 drawn hastily, incorrectly and inco- herently. Every man should save the people he leaves behind him all the trouble possible, and he could do this by having his will made while he is per fectly cool and calm: Star-Sayings. i the Fascination About a Jail. I think, says a St. Louis detectife; there must be a fascination about life in jail, for men. who have been in there for a little while seem to leave it with regret and do not lose their interest in what goes on there for some time after they are released. Time and again I have noticed men who have been confined for a few months come back every day aftei their release and stand at the door look ing in. They have no friends in there, unless they made friends among the othei prisoners, and they do not speak or wish Bpca. wuu any one. They lean aaiasl mc ffraiea aoor and lnnb- ill. aa if tlipt wish they were back. I really think some of them become attached to the life, and one reason is that unless they are men of gentle feelings, they do not feel the shame of their position as Ion as they are inside, but when they come out and meet other men they know they hate the jail sUun on - them1 and they iotot every one sees it I have often watched them standing there by the door, and wondered just what feeling it waJ that drew them back. Obstructions In the Eye. When you get a cinder oi- ri or other-offensive particle m eve. Fun uuu luc ua. : JJon'tputVour hand uear it. Let it alone hard advice to followed S-" outoftenyouwm,finda your eye before you know it. can refrain from touching t all the action of that orfaj0 cast out the offending mote If S quicker time and with far leas while your efforts would . Sr'fX and perhaps fasten the in it long time! "o? gj is a particle of metal you will ZZ surgeon or oculist at household shatters. TnS.JIAXT USES OF TTKrEXTDTE. ? After a housekeeper fully realizes thc worth of .turpentine ia the household, she is never willing to be without a supply of it. It gives quick relief to burns; , it is an excellent application for corns ; it is good for rheumatism and sore throats. Then it is a sure preventive against moths; by just dropping a trifle m the drawers, chests and cupboards, it will render the garments secure from in jury during the summer. It will keep ants, and bugs from closets and store rooms by putting a few drops in . the corners and upon the shelves ; it is a sure destruction to bed - bugs, and - will effectually drive them away from ' their haunts if thoroughly applied to sl the joints to the bedstead, and injures neither furniture nor clothing.- A spoon ful of it added to a pair of warm water s excellent for cleaning paint. CAKES FOR HOME TEAS. There are many delicious hot cake which are eaten with butter that are especially welcome on thc home table on cokl or damp nights. Waffles, old fashioned rice pancakes and sally -lunns are regular features of the Southern tea tables. Any one who has eaten the ex cellent German apple and peach cakes will find them especially delicious; and suitable for the supper table. To make a good rice cake, take a cup of boiled rice, add to it two cups of milk,moisten ing the rice by degrees. When all the milk is added stir in haltV cup of melted butter. Sift over ;i the mixture two cups of flour, ' mixed with two teaspoon fula of baking powder; add two well-beaten eggs, a teaspoonful of salt and beat the batter thoroughly. Bake these cakes on a grid dle. JI they are too thick thin them with more milk. They should be quite thin. - Sprinkle them with powdered SU?ar KnneMR lfimnn "-5iiifA nvor bin roll each of them into close rolls and serve very hot. A pleasant thin tea cake is made with half a cup of butter, beaten to a cream, one , egg well beaten5 and added to the butter, and finally a cup of milk, with half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it and two cups of flour, in which a teaspoonful of cream tartar has been stirred. Beat this cake vigorously and bake it in sheets , in shallow pans. This cake should be cut out in squares and served very hot on the tea table, where it should be split and battered. A peach kuchen or cake is a simple biscuit dough made" with a pint of warm milk in which a half cup of butter has been melted,- and flour enough to make a bat ter as stiff as can be stirred. Add a half teacup of yeast and a teaspoonful of salt and one of sugar to thc batter before- beating, and beat till it is well blistered. Let this dough rise for twelve hours, or till it is very light, and then knead itf or half an hour, using as little flcur as pos sible. Set the dough to rise-again, and in three or four hours roll out pieces in sheets the size of your shallow baking pans and about half an inch thick, and' slice good preserved, canned,' or fresh, peaches in thin regular slices over them. If fresh peaches are used, sprinkle them with sugar. Let the cakes rise for half an hour, well covered up, and bake them in a moderately quick over.: These cake are delicious hot or cold, and are served like a tart or pie by good German house wives. New York Tribune. RECITES. Noodles for Soup--Beat one egg light ; add a pinch of salt, and flour enough to make a stiff dough ; roll out in a very thin sheet, dredge with flour to keep from sticking, then roll up tightly. Be gin at one end and shave down fine like cabbage for slaw. r " Roliches After cleaning and prepar ing the tripe for use, cut it in strips; cut beef in small pieces and season with salt and pepper," then put the meat ia the strips of tripe- and sew them up. Boil ntil o ofmiiir nttn Ka rim f VrrmrrVl :.' Tiit away and press. Slice and fry or warm in vinegar. - Baked OnionsSelect very large ones, boil half an hour, drain, push out the hearts," chopping .them fine with a little bacon; add bread crumbs, pepper and salt, and ' moisten with a little cream Fill the onions, put into a dripping pan. with a very little water, and bake until tender in a slow oven, basting often with melted butter. - . Lamb Kidneys in Broclicttc Cut "tlx. lamb kidneys through without dividing? -remove the white veins and fat; wah well first in cold water, then cover with boiling. water and let stand five minutes ; wipe drvr baste with melted butter, run a small ssewer mrougn cacn jiuney and boil over a char fire utes ; take carefully from dust with salt and pepper. for tire min the skewers; fill with Ben- noise sauce and serve. 7 j . Jlince 3leat l ins recipe is given as re liable, as proved by recent trial. Four pounds of meat, finely chopped ; ix pounds of apples, ditto; one quart ol molasses, three pounds .of sugar, two pounds of raisins, one pound of currants, one quart boiled cider, three nutmeg?, three tablespooniuls of cinnamon, two of cloves, one of mace and. allspice." This recipe is not too rich for ordinary stomachs. For a small family, one-half the recipe may be made. Grenadines of Beef Have a rump steak cut an inch thick ; cut the center portion into chops; lard on one side; put two slices of fat brown in a frying pan and fry out all the grease; put the chops in; brown quickly. Take up on a heated dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper; add a tablespoonful of flour to the gravy in the pan, stir until it boils, season with salt, pepper and a tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce; pour over the grenadines and 5crvo veryhot. , i . ' Mistakes of Burglars. : ' An enterprising burglar went a burglar ing the other day, got his "swag," bun dled it up, and then breakj'ng into the pantry ate a hearty meal , and went tc sleep, in which condition he was dis- COVCtCU ifcil Vn-awa - v. w w laugh at such a thing if put in a comic opera or play, but it creates little com ment when it actually occurs in real life. Some years ago an accident very like th occurred. A safe blower broke into a store .and went to work on "the box It was in a back room, and he worked very leisurely. Finally he forgot him self and began whistling a right merry tune in so loud a strain that a policeman heard him and, walking in, captured him at work. There is another story that old fly cops tell of a burglar breaking into a house, opening a book, and getting so in terested in a story that he was captured, with his jimmy lying on the table. St, Louis tar-&yin?.