WILD HOUSES.
JTEW JIERDS NOW FOT7ND UPON
THE WESTERN PliAINS.
Hunting Them Is an Exciting Sport
That Requires Unerring Cour
age Methods Followed by
Tj the 3Iustangers.'
NE feature of prairie life
which is becoming a thing of
the past and will soon be
known only from the stirring
tales of old-timers is the wild horse
(hunting, a sport that has proved en
joyable and profitable to many. The
opening of the Indian lands has harried
the extermination of the wild horse
"bands, that roamed the Southwest, and
when the Cherokee strip is opened to
settlement little room for their exist
ence will remain in the Mississippi
Valley.
The herds of wild mustangs wander
jip from the regions of the Rio Grande
in search of the more succulent pas
tures of the North, and the finding of
a herd is regarded as a rare prize. No
pleasanter task can be imagined, if
one wants a rough and ready experi
ence of a few days or two or three
.weeks, than the capture of a herd of
fwild horses. When the -"Mustangers, "
as hunters of this game are called, start
out, it is with the intention of making
a stay that shall last until the whole
.herd is captured. ,
In a large, white-covered camper's
jwagon is stored food for the trip, and
three or four extra riding horses are
taken along, as well as some strands of
ibarbed wire and posts for a corral,
f When the ponies are sighted it is
usually in companies of twenty-five to
100, and there is a rich reward in
I
the capture of them all if it can be ac
eomplished. The party in pursuit is
divided into three "watches," each to
be on duty about eight hours, and
(when a herd of animals is discovered
'the work commences.
One "watch" starts out on horse
jback after the herd, following on
jnpatiently and steadily for eight hours,
then another watch takes its place,
tin the meantime the third watch has
tecn sleeping in the wagon preparing
for its turn on the arduous part of the
pursuit.
rMustangers aim not to immediately
(Overtake the wild horses, but to tire
(them out. Night and day, twenty
lour hours running, the herd is pur
sued. Steadily, carefully, unrelent
ing as fate, on the followers go, never
Allowing the game to rest. So far as
possible the mustangs are kept away
from water, and if the guide knows
Ithe section in which the chase takes
place well, this is not difficult espe
cially in the sparsely watered No Man's
Land in which. the herds are most fre
quently found.
At first the wild horses think they
have an easy time. They canter here
'and there fjaily kicking up their heels
and shaking their shaggy manes in
glee. But after a day's pursuit they
are of a different mind. Their heads
droop, their pace is slow and doubt
ful and it is not difficult for the pur-
Buers" to turn them to right or ( left.
Now they are driven in a huge circle
ftnd the wagon, which is at the centre
pi the course described, halts,
f The barbed wire and posts i now
come into play, and a rude corral six
ieetan height is constructed 1 with a
funnel like spreading entrance.
' All the time the herd has been
clrrven relentlessly onward without"
time to eat or drink or sleep, and has
ibecome as spiritless as the most docile
iarm horse.
"' When the right stage of weariness is
attained all the hunters are called out,
And with all points carefully guarded
(the herd is driven down the spreading
path to the corral and the gates closed
behind the prisoners the game is
won. Not entirely won, either, for
tho herd must be broken and taken in
jto some of tho shipping stations be
fore anything can be realized upon
the animals which have proved so dif
ficult to overtake.
It is an art to "break" a wild horse.
!No one but a consummate artist with
saddle, spur and lariat can undertake
jit and succeed. Going into the corral
jtho lasso is first thrown over the steed's
aurwilling head and the creature,
frightened and frantic, is driven out
on the level prairie. Then the fun be
gins. In order to get close enough to
put on bridle and saddle it is usually
necessary to choke the mustang into
insensibility. Then the bridle with
its gTeat cruel Spanish bit is put on ;
jlhe Mexican saddle with its huge baok
And pommel and its two wide sea
jrass girths is "cinched" into place.
fThe lariat is loosened and the. horse
iarisea. For a moment he is stunned
jby the indignity forced upon him and
ithen in a desperate attempt to free
(himself from the burdens he rears,
lls, plunges, until it Beems that he
rusf break something.
But of this he wearies and at length
renthe resounding crack of the huge
leathern whip carried by the breaker
fails to rouse him into action. Then
the breaker approaches. The horse is
Jtoo tired to care, but all his flagging
senergies are renewed when, with skill
ful leap, the breaker throws himself
into the saddle. "Bucking" at the
fWild West shows is a mild kind
of exercue compared with the
Antics of the wild mustang.
Uvery possible effort that an
aLtfost crazed creature can devise is
put forth, but the horseman is always
.the winner and usually without a
'scratch. There soon comes a time
.-when the horse can physically stand it
310 longer and gives up, allowing the
xider to guide it where he wilL Re
volting cruelties are often practiced. at
these "bucking" events. The bits
used are almost like knives and in the
ihands of a passionate man leave the
mouth of the horse gashed and bleed'
ing. The "snakewhip," a long, plia
1)1 0 leatern instrument, is also used
without mercy, and each stroke of its
jbiting end sinks deep into the flesh of
the terrified brute, do even upon tne
plains the poor horse suffers from the
(brutality of his master, man. xne
thorse breakers or "mustangers' claim
that cruelty is necessary in order to
conquer the wild spirit in their victim,
. T ! A ! A. 1
tout one wno.wm waian mu vwu uum
transformation of a wild horse into t
reeking,, blood-specked,- wilted, but
subdued riding pony will declare that
jmuch of the cruelty is unnecessary.
eJtroit Treeless.
facie Sam as an Advertiser.
In Eighth avenue there is a recruit
ing office for the United States Army.
In front of the premises -during busi
ness hours is stationed an orderly
whose erect figure, bright new uniforai
and fine, soldierly bearing .are well
calculated to make a favorable impres
sion upon the minds of discontented
young men who may be taken with a
sudden impulse to enter the service of
their country. On the streets in the
neighborhood there are generally to
be seen two or three robust and well
fed young men in the uniform of pri
vates, lounging about in a contented
sort: of way, from whose leisnref man
ner it might easily be inferred that, in
time of peace at least, the soldier's lot
was quite a happy one. "The whole
scheme is a slick one," was the remark
of an ex-private who only a few waeks
ago received an honoroble discharge
from the regular army after six years
of service in the West. "The whole
scheme is a slick one," he repeated,
"and it catches lots of fellows who are
just as fresh and green as I was when
I enlisted- in Philadelphia nearly six
years ago. Young fellows who are out
of work or who are dissatisfied with
their positions or who are in a desper
ate frame of mind after "a spree or
who are unhappy in their love affairs,
accidentally run across these reoruit
ing officers, and the idea suddenly
pops into their heads that it would be
a mighty nice thing to join the army
and thus run away from their; trouble.
"They see the orderly and the pri
vates in their neat, bright uniforms,
with apparently -nothing in the world
to do but keep their shoes and clothes
well brushed, and what wa3 at first
merely a vagrant notion becomes a de
termined resolution. They apply for
enlistment, pass the necessary examin
ation, and, almost before they are
aware of it, have surrendered a large
share of their personal freedom and
become subjects of military discipline.
Too often they seek to retrace their
steps only when it is too late, and in
many cases they begin their army ser
vice with a sullen hatred against the
flag they have sworn to follow. Once
in a while, but not often, a fellow is
exempted or discharged after he has
been sworn in, but it is generally done
because he pleads the baby act jr
through some pull of his friends in
the War Department. But the natty
orderly on' duty in front of the re-
cruiting ofiice and the well fed privates
on the streets nearby what of them,
you ask? Why, they run the scheme
I spoke of in the first place. Uncle
Sam is the shrewdest advertiser in the
business. He places those fellows,'
wearing new uniforms, on view, to ad
vertise what a Toyal, free-for-all picnic
he has in store for those who join the
regular army. " New York Herald.
Lightning and Lightning Rods.
Iiightning as a cause of the destruc
tion of human life has not been made
a special factor in the mortality
tables of the sanitary statistician.
Some attention, however, is paid to it,
and on the authority of respectable
publications the loss of life from this
cause in the United States east of the
Rocky Mountains during the year
1891 is stated at 205, in 1892 at 292.-
According to fire insurance statists!
for the six years of 1885-1890,Tin-clusive,
more than 2200 fires, entail
ing a loss of $3,386,826, were charged
to lightning. ?
Of course, the ordinary provision
for protection is a metallic rod or a
number of jthem projecting above the
building, to which they are attached,
and inserted in the earth. A lightning
strokeis caused by a discharge of elec
tricity from a cloud to the earth. If
the cloud should be positively elec
trified and the earth beneath nega
tively charged, in the effort of nature
to establish an equilibrium there would
be an outrush from the 'cloud tp the
earth in the course of which the cur
rent passing through a poor conductor
would set it on fire. The rod which is
relied on for protection must be ' a
good conductor. But it sometimes
happens that the volume of the elec
trical current is greater than the rod
can carry, and then in spite of the
rod a building maybe damaged. Some
times the discharge is from the earth
to the. clouds, but the rod will answer
its purpose in such a case.
The fact that buildings provided
with rods have been struck has raised
an argument against the efficiency of
these appliances,' and many theorists
refuse to give rods any credit for pro
tecting power. The weight of the
testimony, however, is in their favor.
The function of a rod is to be a good
conductor, perfectly connected at its
joints. Copper is better than iron.
and when in the form of a tape or
strip it is better than the same weight
of metal in a rod or wire.
Nobody appears tp have studied the
effect, if any,' of the numerous lines of
railway track and electric wires ex
tending through the country. Whether
they have any influence in increasing
or lessening the danger of thunder
storms is wholly unknown. They
should be investigated as to their re
lations, if any, to the tornadoes of our
Western States. New Orleans Pica
yune. ThieTing.Monkev Meets Death. '
A gentleman living in Eighth street
has two pet monkeys. He has taught
them many tricks himself and they
have picked' up others without his as
sistance. Among their various accom
plishments acquired without help is
the natural one of thieving, for which
monkeys are especially rted.
These two monkeys un tfi a few days
ago tried to outdo each other in this
particular. One of them succeeded,
It died a violent death as a result, and
the graphic events of the last few days
haver so unnerved the other one that it
has forgotten that aconrplisnment,
temporarily, at least.'
The gentleman is troubled dread
fully with insomnia, and the other
night took a box of morphine pills home
with him. Upon entering the house
he laid the box of pills down on the
table. The monkeys winked at each
other and then jumped for the' box.
The One that is dead got the pills.
It got out of the gentleman's reach,
tore the cover off the box and began to
eat the pills. By the time, the gentle
man got to the monkey it had swal
lowed every one in the box. There
was nothing further for him to do but
to watch his pet meet death, which
the pet did shortly afterward in a
most violent way indeed. New York
Herald. .
IflCOMOTTVES.
TOE AMERICAN IROX HORSE"
LEADS THE WORLD.
Covering a Mile In Thirty-Seven
Seconds Care Necessary in
, the Construction of
Locomotives.
THERE is no achievement of
which 'Americana may feel
more justly proud than the
remarkable progress made of
late years in improvement of railway
equipment, and especially in the mat
ter of better and safer locomotives.
To-day, says the Washington Star,
American engines are sought by pro
gressive railway men throughout the
world. Hundreds are annually ex
ported going to every portion of the
globe, from Norway to Palestine, from
Brazil to New Zealand, wherever the
beneficent iron bonds penetrate, and
the demand for them is always increas
ing. ,
The American tourist, who enter
tains his home friends with accounts
of ihe great speed of the trains abroad,
is ignorant of the fact that the best of
the "foreign" engines are furnished
from his own country. While to most
Americans a locomotive is simply a lo
comotive, equipped with a boiler,
headlight, tender, etc., yet it is worthy
of statement that in one leading Ameri
can establishment more than one thou
sand types of them are constructed,
varying from the light logging
machine to the enormous "De
capod," designed for hauling
long "trains of iron and coal , up ar
duous mountain grades. At the Bald
win works more than 1000 completed
locomotives are shipped annually, the
product exceeding three daily. It
takes' about three months to complete
the ordinary engine from the time that
the order is placed with the factory.
There could be no better illustration
of the financial condition and growth
fit the United States than this great
and increasing output of locomotives,
for the reason that railway cqmpanies
do not, as a rule, pay in cash for their
rolling stock, but purchase it with con
struction bonds, intending to make it
pay for-itself. Thus, the product
measures the expectation of the road
to have profitable transportation con
tracts. When an order for a locomo
tive is received at the shops draughts
men submit designs to the intending
purchaser, and if approved, the plans
are the basis of the contract executed,
L and then the work is begun. In many
of the largest establishments there are
numerous departments, each engaged
m the making of a particular part,
working independently of the other
departments and knowing nothing of
their operations. The various parts
are finally assembled in the erecting
fihop, and there the machine assumes
its proper form. By the use of electric
cranes the boilers and other unwieldly
materials are swung about in the air,
and the heaviest completed locomotive
is picked up by them bodily and shift
ed about at the will of the workmen.
Throughout the country are many
foundries engaged in making locomo
tive appliances, such as brakes, ,head
lights, tires, safety valves, injectors,
etc., which are bought by the shops
and fitted in the erecting department.
The locomotive works of America have
sent ample exhibits to the World's
Fair, and there are seen patterns of
the best freight and passenger engines
built for the leading roads of the
world.
A duplicate of what is doubtless the
fastest practical locomotive ever built
is seen at the Fair. It is No. 450,
built for the Central Bailroad of New
Jersey. Its mate, No. 385, on the
same road, on the 19th of November
last, ' under unfavorable conditions,
made records for one, two and five
miles which seem incredible, though
they have been amply verified. En
gine 385 was the first' of a type of
Tauclain compound," with drivers
six and a half feet in diameter, a tank
capacity of 3500 gallons, and weighing
124,000 pounds. On the 18th of No
vember 385 had run a mile in 39 J sec
onds, and it was for the purpose of
Beeing the performance repeated that
a party of experts- accompanied the
train on its next regular run from
Philadelphia to Jersey City. It had
rained hard during the day, and the
tracks were still wet when the depot
at Nintii and Qreen streets was left be
hind. Ihe boilers showed a pressure
of 180 pounds, which did not vary dur
ing the run. At its highest speed there
was no perceptible change in vibra
tion. Between Somerton and Park
land, 385 was limbered up, and for
five miles the longest time for a single
mile was 42 seconds. The first mile
was covered in 42 seconds, the second
in 4"l'"the two following in 40 and the
fifth ixt 42, thus making five miles in 3
minutes and 25 seconds.
"Now, watch her,1 said the engi
neer, as Fanwood was passed. When
385 was given her head the sensation
of the men in the cab was that of be
ing hurled through the rushing winds.
The first mile -was run in 37 seconds
and- the second in - 33 seconds ; and
these records for one, two and five
miles have probably never been
equaled.
At the rate of a mile in 37 seconds,
the train was going, about 97 miles an
hour, and at the end of the 90 mile
run, which included, spurts at such re
markable speed, the boilers were cool
and the pressure remained at 180
pounds.
The heaviest locomotive ever built
is also seen in the Transportation
Building at the Fair. It is No. 805,
for freight work on the New York,
Lake Erie and Western Road. It is of
the "Decapod" type, weighs 195,000
pounds (nearly 100 short tons) and its
length over engine and tender is sixty
three feet.'
What the modern locomotive is do
ing for civilization can well be seen by
its work in trans-continental traffic
Few eastern people realize the ease
and speed now afforded to travelers
across the United States. Even over
the Continental Divide where grades
for many miles exceed ninety fett to
the mile or 1 2-3 per cent, elevation,
the mountain steeps are ascended with
but little diminution of speed, by the
use of engines specially designed for
that service.
It ia natural to ask how locomotives
can in safety endure such strains upon
them. The reason is that every part
of the material used, in .their construc
tion is selected and tested with as great
care as is the mechanism of a fine re
peater watch. The boiler sheets are
separately tested, and a thin strip cut
from each sheet must fchowan ultimata
tensile strength; with the grain, of
twenty-five tons, and an elongation of
not less than one -fifth. Brass or cop
per tubes must be of Hnif orm thick
ness and solid-drawn. From the tuba
under test a piece four inches long" is
cut, annealed, sawn lengthwise and
then doubled inside out, and it is re
jected if it shows signs of cracks in
this operation, and - so on, down
through all the materials used. The
cost of the best, express locomotive
now in use is abejut $10,000.
, rtiMs
First Sight ot Fex, Mecca of the Moors
We now ascended gently rising hills.
The mule drivers pressed on eagerly.
Suddenly, as one man, they cried out,
"Mulai Edriss !" and across the plain
there opened before us a truly disap
pointing panorama. As Caid Sudek
prostrated himself in pious ecstasy
over his saddle, we caught sight of, a
high mud wall. Across the sunbnrnt
plain bounding our horizon all that we
couldsee of the holy city was a few
whi te walls jglistening in the sunlight,
and, beyoni, the dull green roof and
the square minaret of the sacred
mosque. j
We now emerged from the shadow
of the hills, and descended into the
sun-baked,' plains. Cloaked in the
folds of our turbans to protect our
selves as much as possible from the
scorchingjheat and with eyes cast down
in disappointment, we pounded along
for twenty minutes across the plain.
Suddenly Sthere was a halt, and as I
raised mv eyes from the ground 1
found that we had arrived at the west
ern gate if the city. Impatient trav
elers whojhad preceded us would seem
to have iammered and battered the
bronzed urf ace of the gates out of all
recognizi ble shape, . but our Oaid
showed 3 o sign of impatience. He
gazed u; 1 at the douab, or turnkey,
who likt a man of iron gazed down
upon on little caravan from the lofty
wall.
ot a word was spoken, but
there se
med to be the most thorough
understanding between the two. Sud
denly ij comprehended. It was Fri
day (Jana, the Moslem Sabbath), and
it was the hour of the midday -prayer ; I
the faimful throughout the empire, in t
the totals with their tall mud walls,
in the
douars with their hedges of
cactus, in mosques built by
prickly!
the grei
t Geber from whomour archi-
tects hsv
e learned so much, or in the
camel's hair tents where : the humble
Kaby lei worship, all were lost to this
world jn adoration, and with their
faces and their thoughts turned, to
ward Mecca, were praying to the Lord
of all creatures, the King of the day
of judgnent.
As wi waited outside the gates I re
called a story, read somewhere in the
Mooridi Chronicle, of how in the
Tenth Century the godless Berbers had
chosen thi3 hour of prayer, when the
faithful were gathered in the mosques,
to enter the city, and capture their
arms, and loot their dwellings. Since
that event, ten centuries ago, the gates
of every town in the Moorish Empire
have been closed at prayer time, and
at this hour a king himself could not
obtain admission. Century."
A Gleam ot Sunshine.
I stood in the great courtyard of
Sing Sing prison two days before the
famous escape of Boehl and Pallister.
The genial keeper had shown us every
thing and everybody of the hundreds
of prisoners, save the fatal five in the
condemned cells. We had seen the
workships, the dining-room, the tiny
sleeping-apartments, the chapel painted
by a convict's pencil with scenes from
the "Prodigal Son." As we turned to
go away, tne attendant called to me :
"Look yonder." V
There was a little girl, the daughter
of an official of the prison, surrounded
by three men in stripes. How they
kissed her innocent face and almost
worshiped her as she stood amongst
them, with the sunlight playing around
her slender form.,
"Strange thing, sir ; but these fel
lows do so love the children !" said the
keeper. "If we only let them play
where the prisoners can see them,hey
1 will watch them by the hour and spend
days in making little toys for them.
Ay," continued he, "and robins, mice,
rats, anything alive, they will catch,
tame and cherish. "
The scene in the grim, gaunt prison
was a fascinating -one. As the great
iron gate clanged behind us, I turned
and looked again. The group was still
there, gilded by the'April sunlight.
Truly, the worst among men must
love. A little child can lead those who
are lost to every terror of punishment.
For love is stronger than death, leave
alone Sing Sing gates and bars, which
can never shut it out.
In every heart, however degraded
and vicious, the melodies of heaven
will sometimes make -music New
York Ledger.
A Xew Disease,
Science has of late days rejoiced in
the invention of a new disease, with a
name which is apt to convey to the
ingenuous mind a very pronounced
idea regarding the serious nature of
the ailment. The disease in question
is called "kyphosis bicyclistarum,"
otherwise the "bicyclists' stoop," and,
apart from the fearful jargon of its
cognomen, the affection thus designed
is worth study and mention. As may
be guessed, the new ailment is a
development of bicycle riding. Any
one who watches the enthusiastic,
record-breaking person, whose only
anxiety when mounted on his iron
steed seems to be that of doing a
particular distance in some decimal
fraction of a minute less than some
body else, will easily conceive how the
bicyclists' stoop is generated and
developed. The bent position over
the machine is attended with an un
natural flexion of the spine, which
appears in the back region. This
bending backward of the spine, it is
alleged, was once rare in boys under
the age of fourteen; now it is said to
be very common at and beyond that
age, in those whose spines are not set
and ' fully developed, and on whom,
therefore, the strain of the stoop must
tell with severe effect. The result of
the stooping is to produce permanent
curvature and deformity of the spine,
with, of course, effects xf malign
character on the haart, lungs and
other organs. Illustrated News of the
World,
New gold is a brilliant thade foi
brunettes.
Ermine is to be the fur of the im
mediate future
Black relieved by white is again a
favorite fashion.
Mrs. "Jennie June" Croly's f ad is
collecting pitchers.
White silk serge is much used for
dresses and neglige waists. .
Leather bindings will 'supersede vel
vet on the bottom of dress skirts.
A soft, uncrushable silk called
regence is very popular in Paris.
Especial attention is just now being
given to the making-up of challies.
Many society women are adopting
the gentle Italian dove as a household
pet.
The wreath effect prevails rather
than the bunch for trimming women e
small hats.
Corduroy silk chiffon is a French
material with more body than the
plain chiffon. -
Long Erariro scarfs of chiffon or
lace thrown over the shoulders give b
quaint touch to the costume.
Unconvantionality has marked the
wedding journeys of several prominent
brides and bridegrooms recently.
A pretty idsa for decorating finger
bowls is to have a bowl of larger size,
so that space for flowers is left be
tween. , ?
It gnaws at the hearts of English
women that at their garden parties
American girls carry off the social
honors. ,
Those who are good social prophets
tell us that maids of honor will be
quite out of fashion for weddings next
season.
A story is told of a New York mil
lionaire's wife who has been for the
last three years "traveling all over
Europe trying to match a pearl."
Some of the women of China are be
ginning to comprehend tho follow of
compressing the feet. A missionary
has been enlightening them on the sub
ject. ,
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, the
brilliant author of "Old Kaskaskia,"
began her literary career when a mere
child as contributor to a Boston juvenile
magazine.
In Dutch guinea Hie women carry
upon their persons all the family sav
ings in the shape of heavy bracelets,
anklets, necklaces and even crowns of
gold and silver. '
Miss Dod, the lady tennis cham
pion of England, only recently celebra
ted her twenty-first birthday. She is
also
an excellent bicyclist and golf
player, as well as a singr and pianist.
One of the particular occupations of
the average woman just now is the ar
rangement of some simple, inexpen
sive, rather durable and as nearly as
possible unsoilable dresses for World's
Fair wearing.
It seems that among the attractions
at the World's Fair is a .straw hat
braided by the busy fingers of her
Majesty, Queen Victor ja. It isn't
much as a hat, but as an example of
royal industry it is valuable.
Bombay ssems a very progressive
sort of place. It has a Sorosis and a
cooking class. Recently at a competi
tive examination over one hundred
Parsee girls cooked a long list of In
dian delicacies to show their profi
ciency. Probably the youngest telegraph
operator in the country is little Miss
Mattie Quin, of Kouseville, Penn. She
is seven years old, and for a year she
has been able to handle a key under
standingly, within the limits of her
vocabulary.
The favorite amusement of the
Queen of Italy is mountaineering, and
she has just started on a long holiday
in the Alps. Her Majesty has a ten
dency toward stoutness and possibly
that accounts for- her devotion to so
active a pursuit.
At a dinner given in honor of a
young girl just entering society in
Paris the servants wore white liveries;
the guests were twelve young girls, all
in white, with powdered hair ; the ta
ble furnishing and decorations and as
many of the different sorts of food
as possible were entirely in white.
Among the peculiarities of Quaker
ism, a correspondent points out, Quak
eresses are not allowed to wear gold
ornaments or to have their ears
pierced for earrings. If a mother per
mitted her daughter to undergo this
operation both mother and daughter
would be "read out" of meeting.
When the Queen of England dies
her motal remains will rest in the gray
granite sarcophagus with the late, la
mented Prince Albert's ashes. Under
neath the arms of the Queen and
Prince Albert on the monument is in
scribed : ''FarewelL well beloved, here
at last I will rest with thee. With
thee in Christ I will rise again."
Prineess Hans Henry, of Pless, is
the reigning beauty in London just
now, and the society journals are go
ing into raptures over her at a great
rate. She is only nineteen years old,
and one Jenkins declares that "she ib,
like her name, 'Daisy, being infantile
ly fair, with wondering blue eyes, and
she looks even younger than she is."
Our American girls do not take
kindly to the brown Holland dresses
trimmed with black satin, which have
been received with so much favor iu
England. They are too severely sim
ple and resemble nothing so much as
furniture oovering. They cost a good
bit, too, for plain gowns, for the
nicety of their making has much to do
with their success.
Is Lfgrntnta? Caused by Bain I
Jt is popularly supposed that the
sudden downpour which' usually fol
lows a bright flash of lightning is in
some way caused by the flash. Meteo
rologists have proven that this is not
the case, and that, exactly to the con
trary, it is not only possible but high
ly probably that the sudden increased
precipitation is the real cause of the
flash. St. Louis Republic.
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A diamond for cutting
about three month a
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
fob ax rxvArrn, t
A delicate invalid custard is mads
as follows: Beat up two eggs, mix in
half pint of milt, sugar to taste, ana
some vanilla, lemon or nutmeg flavor
ing; when well stirred pour tne mix
ture intn a buttered bowl, cover with
buttered paper and steam in a sauce-
pan of boiling water, wmcn snouiu
come about half way up the sides of
the bowl, ;for half an hour. A savory
custard is made in the same way, sub
stituting cold beef tea, free from all
fat, for the milk, and of course leav
ing out the sugar. St. Louis Re
public "
VEAL PATS.
Chop fine three pounds o! lean veal
and half a pound of fat fresh pork.
Mix with the chopped meat one coffee
cupful of bread crumbs and three well
beaten e?rgs ; add two even teaspoon
fuls of salt and one salt-spoonful ol
pepper. Stir all thoroughly together
and moisten with a little soup stock.
Pack iu a buttered mold' which ha?
been rinsed in cold watar after greas
ing. Cover tightly and steam ovei
five hours. Turn ont of the mold aud
pat in a warm oven for half cu hour,
leaving tho oven door open. Put un
der a heavy press and allow the meat
to become very cold. Slic? in thin
slices and garnish with parsley. ISei
York Kccorder.
. ROAST 3BEEP S HTATtT.
This is a dinner dish that alwnvs
catches the appetite of. nil Engl:;-li-men,
and here is the true English
style of cooking it: Get from your
butcher a nice, plump, firm heart :
let it stand in a pan of cold water in
which a handful of salt has been dis
solved for half an hour. Prepare a
stuffing of grated bread crumbs one
good-sized onion, a sprig of parsley,
teaspoon ul of dried sage (or better
yet is green sage when you can get it),
a piece of butter the size of an ejrg,
and pepper and salt. Mix these to
gether with one well-beaten egg, fill
all the holes in the heart with stufSns
and boil for one hour in a small
saucepan in which the heart can stand
upright, so that the stuffing cannot
boil out. , After it has boiled slowly
for an hour take out of the water,
cover the top of the heart with a large
slice of larding pork and roast for two
hours, basting frequently. Serve with
currant jelly on very hot plates, and
see that the slices are cut thin and
1 lengthwise of the heart it will be
more tender. Sen some of the staffing
on each plate. New York Tribune.
GBE3EN GRAPE PBES3EEVK
The trouble necessary to the prepara
tion of the old fashioned preserve
which I have to recommend ought not
to count, writes a correspondent. We
can't get something for nothing in this
world, and for certain toothsome
morsels we must have the patience of
our grandmothers as well as their cook
book.
It will be easy to those living in the
country or those having their own
grape vines to procure green grapes.
But the most delicious grape preserve
I nave ever , tasted was made of fox
grapes that grew wild in stony
meadows. It is quite possible even
for those living in cities to get wild
grapes by bargaining with some
huckster or marketman at the right
time. The grapes should be bought
when they are 6till hard, before they
have softened-jn the least, but when
they have attained nearly or quite
their full size.
Having got your grapes, provide
yourself with a small, sharp penknife,
and cut each grape in half exactly as
you would an orange. Then remove
the seeds and throw the fruit into cold
water. It will take you all day to do
fourteen pounds, but the preserves
are worth the trouble. - .
Once seeded, the process is the same
as for other fruit. Use granulated
sugar, allowing pound for pound.
Cook until the sirup jellies when cool,
and seal in the ordinary manner.
This preserve is very rich ,and of an
entirely different flavor from that
made of ripe grapes, and is sufficiently
acid not to cloy, and is the best
"sweet" I know of to serve with meats.
-Chicago Record.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Mend the torn pages of books with
white tissue paper.
Clean brass kettles, before using,
with salt and water.
Clean plaster of par is ornaments
with wet starch brushed off when dry.
A shovel of hot coals held over spot
ted varnished furniture will take out
the spots.
After knives have been cleaned they
may be brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
It saves time and labor to have a
broom, brush and dustpan for every
floor in the house. -
Flatirons should be kept ' as far re
moved from the steam of cooking as
possible, as this is what causes them to '
rust.
Two parts ot ammonia with one of
turpentine makes a mixture which will
often old paint and varnish so that
they can be easily scraped off. ,
A towel rack made with several arms
fastened to a half circular centre, which
in turns fastens to the wall, is a con
venient place for drying di&h towels.
To clean hard woods and oil cloths
wash first with a soft sponge dipped
frequently in fresh water. When the
floor has dried, wash it again with a
rag dipped in a mixture of hofwater
and ekim milk
Lemon will do for the yellow white
sailor what shoe polish does for the
worn black one. Remove the ribbon
band, and, with a slice of lemon, clean
the straw thoroughly. Put on a fresh
band, and the hat is white and fresh.
To clean white ostrich plumes dis
solve four ounces of white soap in four
pints of hot water. Make a lather and
plunge the feathers into it, rubbing
them well with the hands for five or
six minutes. Wash out in clear hot
water and shake until dry.
Turkish towelling in pure white
now considered the most correct cov
ering for chairs and couches in sum
mer sitting-rooms., As it shows dirt
more quickly than the ordinary holland
covering, there should be two sets, so
that one may be sent to the laundry
whenever there is need.
" DAISY AND GLOW-WORM,
Down In an English meadow deep -
One summer day, at fall noon tide,
k daisy to a glow-worm sighed :
"Your presence earth's green beauty mer3,.
ion nothing do but creep and creep."
The glow-worm modestly replied .
Tm sister to the million stars,.
And shine when you are fast asleep.
Allrsd J. Hough, la Youth's Companion.
PITH AND POINT.
Very pointed The finger of scorn.
The best thing out A conflagration,
Life.
A power of attorney To browbeat
witnesses.
A tramp abroad is worth, two at the
back door.
The slot-machiae is a regular catch
penny affair. Puck. -
When money talks, it ought to bo
able to say some rich things. Puck.
How do you know he married her
for her money?" "I've seen her."
Life.
Contentment is the feeling that you
are better oflLthan yovrr' neighbor.
Puck. '
Children seera to think that half g
loaf of cake is better than no-bread.
Puck. V '
It is afl right to have a will of
your own, but it is wier to let your
lawyer draw it. t
" A cool head on a . man is as good as
a ten-pound chain on a bull dog.
World's Fair Puck.
The junkman buys useful things
cheaply; the antiquarian pays fancy
prices for the useless.
At the bicycle meet the riders make
the motion and the timekeeper seconds
it. Wettfield Standard.
It is in the packing of trunks that
we see the most remarkable examples
of chest expansion. Truth.
A hero is a man who risks or loses
his life to rectify some horrible mis
take of the fools who applaud him. ;,
Puck.
It won't be long until the coal
dealer's victims find him lying in
weight for them once more. Buffalo
Courier. ,
Chappy (before the mirror) "Ah,
mv mustache is coming along
splendidly. I can hardly count tno
hairs!" Truth.
If the rhinoceros had the?. beauty
that is only skn deep, he would be a
professional masher among dumb
animals. Truth. V
Teacher -"John returned the book.
In .what case is book?" Dull Boy
(after long thought) "Book case."
New York Journal. ,
"There are conditions," said the
man who started the ventilating fan,
"under which one is justified in put
ting on airs." -Washington Star.
It proves the influence of a high
position that in looking at the mer
cury in the street thermometer somo
men take off their hats. Philadelphia
Times.
'Honestly, ", .said old Mrs. Jaon,
"I don't belieye tharthere nets" minis
ter could stick to his text if it was
printed on this here new f angled fly
paper." Indianapolis Journal.
Lawyer "Have you got a verbal
contract with him?" Pat--"Indade I
have, but I didn't bring it wid me, fur
the razon that I don't belave it's worth
the paper it's written on." Texas
Siftings.
Scalds "I wish you to understand
once for all, young man, that if my
daughter marries you I shall will all
my property to charity.". Pruyn
"I am very glad that you have mado
just that point, sir, for I assure you
that under such condition we will
3oon be most deserving." New York
Herald.
He "Well, what have you there?"
She ''Two of your old letters, my
lear." He "UmphI What's the first
one that forty-four page?" She
"One you sent me when I had a slight
sold before we were married. This
half-page is the one you wTote last
winter when I was very ill with 'tho
influenza. ' That's all, dear." Tit
Bits. ' -
England's Oldest Indus! rj.
The oldest industry, in Great Britain
older it could hardly be, for its ex.
istence has been traced back to the
prehistoric stone age ia st ill bei ng
sarried on at the village of Brandon,
on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk,
ndis. reported to be in a flourishing
condition. It is a manufactory of gun
and tinder-box flints. The work ie
done in little sheds, often at the back
of townsfolk' cottages. It will naturally
be asked : Who wants tinder-box CinU
and gun flints in these days of phos
phorus matches and Martini-Henrys?
The answer to the first question is that
there is a good trade in tinder-box
flints with Spain and Italy, where the
tinder-box still keeps its ground in
very rural districts Traveler in un
civilized regions, moreover, find Hint
and steel more trustworthy than .
matches, which are useless after they
have absorbed 'moisture. Gun flints,
on the other hand, go mostly to the
wild parts of Africa,' where our old
friend, "Brown Bess," sold by auction
long-ago for what flint muskets would
fetch, has found, it scums, her last
refuge. London Telegraph.
Deer Parks In England,
The .deer parks in England exceed
300, and the property market 'is net
without a few of them. The largest
in the Kingdom is Windsor; Lord
Egerton's park at Tatton is a good
second, while among the remainder
the most prominent are JCastwell,
Grimthorpe, Thorcsby and Blenheim.
The decline of the deer park dates
from the time of the great Rebellion.
Unless the ground is plowed up, or
the deer killed, the parks are exempt
from tithe payment. . Lord Abingdon
ia at present paying tithe for a deer
park that up to a short time ago was
exempt from this tax. ' It appears
that the grass was let to a farmer, but
to, aave the tithe two deer were kept
on the land. Tbeso accidentally par
took of some poisonous herb ,onc dar
and died. The broken link could
never be repaired. Not a few of tho
parka at present existing were inclosed
shortly alter the Doomsday survey. '
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