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POPULAR SCIENCE.
Two hen swallows taken from broods
‘at. I’iiv a were released in Milan.
They returned to their nests in thirteen
minutes, showing their rate of tiight to
have been eighty-seven and a half miles
an hour.
Late ‘invostigation has shown that poi-
soning from ice croiin and front cheese
is due to the presence of tyrotoxictiii,’
but it seems to be -yet undermined
whether this is a living germ or a chem-
ical poison,
The quantity of coloring matter which
must be mixed with a pcrfeetly “liitc
powder—such as carbonate of magnesia
-—b,-fore the human eye can detect it,
has lately b en the sithcet of some in‘cr~
catiiigex perimctits, front which it appears
that red and yellow are most easily de-
tected. hi\lt.“l| and 'seveutiei: parts re-
: iictive‘iy being sutlicient to pcrceptibly
tinge 100,000,000 parts of white.
.\ gentleman uh» dial recently in
Paris left a legacy of$ ‘~.I 0 l to h s. niece iii
Dub i pic. Iowa, who die-l about the some
hour of the sam~ day. The tllll‘didll
which dicl first turns upon the relation
of yn‘iir totru- time. and must be de-
termined by the (tiller-vice of lo igllllilt'.
If Lil" niece died before the uncle the
legacy “Will revert to his ist rte, but if
the contrary. her heirs will ieeeive it.
The soundness of timber in a} be ascer-
tained by placingr the cafr close to one
end (if the log, while another person
delivers a succession ofsmart blows with
a liiitiittter 0r mallet tllon the cppi sitc
end. when a coiitiiiuan -e of the vibrations
will indicate t.i an experienced car even
the degree of soundness. If only a dull
fluid tit cts the ca“. llil‘rllsl-‘llt‘t‘ may be
cert .Li that tins Illllllllt‘S\ exists.
Dr. A. Tuckgr Wise. :in English att~
tlioi'iiy on ptilnio tary dist-uses. says that
the cilcets on the \iiglo-Saxoi rite of
living iii_a cold climate may be seen i:i
'(‘aiimla and s an" of lllt‘ Nortlieiu States
of the American l'iiioii. wt: we the race
is physically \ltllt‘l‘itll‘ and more vigorous
tltan that of the parent \flltk. This is
eoiitriry to lil"l)t‘llt'f of ““le l‘tjfglldl
tourists. who insist that the ra-‘c tl“le‘
riorates physically in the colder parts of
America. ,
Sugar c iii be made from any «lest-rip»
lieu of vi-gctible tibrc, such as siivdizst,
ray,“ or ton. The pipe sis is to digest
for I-Veral hours iii sulphuric acid. then
to (llllifc the mixture with water and to
bill for ”some time”. when the regsor
“hat not will be found to late indee-
gniic a magical change :I‘ld t i lcive been
i outt'rleil into? saga . A cur’ons fact is
that" lull parts of tags will yie'd 11'»
para of sugar. the iticri-a—e 'ii weight
being due to the tlcitietits of \ta‘cr
ulna: bud during the change,
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lliinian Interest in Animals.
The interest whitli yearly immerses i:i
lm cs and other sliIlllt“ll(‘;tlt‘l animals
will be its much tti llllft‘slctl use or at the
r sum oer resorts. Although attended with
much ilirlieulty and :iiiiioyanie, people
with hoses of tli it own. its 1i either for
the-addlotir driving. try in many in
stances to have Illi'dl removed to the sen-
side o‘ subti'baii places where tli _v H ake
the'r lunged suburban day, in order lliTlI
th ‘_\‘ ni iy have the en oyiiicat of them.
To a greater extent this is the i:i c
with yet d Is, than it many of the best
nuiiiiiier not l! bani )O‘ll‘tllligrllflnni‘s uh
jcct to receiving them. and tziere is
hardly a hotel man who his not had to
Inert and settle the ditliciilt dog prob~
lent; to: while Enos s. as a rule. olijeet
to having misc ab‘c ltt'.‘c \\'lll|i.-l‘?
snappcrs trotting and snarling an ll id
the pass get and seeing llli‘lll,‘ [as
aountiun-s liap, ens. brought into the
dining room. taere are main p ‘Tsiilts who
think so much of their pet bow wows
that they will not go lll lll‘l‘l\'l‘\' where
their canine timings are ii-fiised. I! is
mainl: in orde: to gmtil‘y the growing
human interest in the animal warld that
at so many places ut siiiii'iiiei- resort
special neeoiiiitiolnti ms for horses and
othi r animals are being provi led and fa-
clilllt“ increased for having them con-
tribute to tho aiiiusenioiit of tho gient
crowds that congregate at thee places.
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Terrific Encounter Willem Snake.
The reptile. when he saw he was dis-
covemd. lifted his scaly head above the
fireman instant to lay his course. and with
re sparkling from-his wicked eyes came »
Itruiglit townrl us. When he was within
a few yttrdi. however. a well directed
Ihit‘trom a revolver and a shower of
stones turned but aside. it little. As he
paused, with the evident intention of re-
newing his eh irgc. I fired an ither shot,
my last cartridge, and grasping' the club
wnh both hands, determined to sell my
life dearly; As he C:\‘i‘.0 on again. I
otruck at the mount -r twice, missing hint
bo‘h timesflnut turuingh‘ni im/ick. As
be lit d crashing llll‘titlglMldcl‘bl‘llvh.
his hideous figurerglcaming in terrible
undulations, I was after him. lie shot
out of the amidsJiow-evcr. and swept
into the road for in advance of me. Less
than ten feet away front hint a little girl
was picking berries at the road side, uti-
con~cious of her danger. l shouted to
,her with all my strength. ‘tlllllig' upon
her to tiy, and screamed: "'l‘li- snake!
The shaker“ The child sniv"_tlic scaly
.. roster, and heading him 02! as he
.. - soft the road. put her bare font upon
him with a switch she
broke front a built incar- by. She then
wen: on picking raspberries while I
measuged the snake. III was nearly :cven
inchesifloug, but you need not say any-
thing about that—B mm, in me.l‘y.-i
Ecfle.
A Queer Tavern.
_ George Wickham. the brother of or
Ma} or. \Viekhem, who has just returned
from Europe and dazzled the other dia-
mond mcichsnts with the splendor of
hieimportations, describes an «centric.
establishment in Shoreditcli, London,
knownuas :fDirly Dick‘s." The. ori inal
prtetoriwottld. not have the s;- dcrs
int rind nor. the floor aw hand was
imitated by a chop lease in Thane:
etreet. New York. But he had otherne-
E culim itiel which are not ol-Seri ed by his
itltccssors. No pei~oti could be seived
twice at Hz bar on the cape day. Wage
who tried to deceive e landlord by
walking out. and then coming back
through another door, with their cost
., collars turned “X and their hats tipped
iseuvered shat tliehbiu'~
he :- was it enough to elect t eta.
andpihat theirulo we: inflexible. All
drinks were the same price. For three,
weegoumklitu‘toi g'irss' of ale. 611
'5‘, brandy or of champsrree- The
gourmet-e in reticent-Lo m. which
. - ' ad! to onr‘Bowei-y, was the first
’ n which champs
, A: patent eo
'; ted, thcmuky
in“
via
W for}. Star.
over their e es,
owns sold by
I were not yet
proprietor mutual.
it i , t1. '
earnestness! m
'ri-rzwtuus. :
The North Wind‘s howling legle
Swept down from boreal regions,
* lone,
. l'unuinberod years ago:
They come on wings whose fluttering:
Bostrow the world with snow,
And their icy breath is bitter dzatli,
Their footfnll only woo.
The Pint wind comes with sadness
And pain. and midnight madness,
From a solitude whore curses brood
And sorrow throttles gladiiogs;
Where cypre~s branches wave,
Like those that ciicirele the grave.
The S with wind coiiios asighing.
To buds and Moon 3 replying.
He comes in quest of love and rust, -.
And presently, on a m-e‘s breast,
lit inpttire lies n-dying:
IIo (‘Onlas‘ like dreams, and only Minx,
‘ His cradle is his tomb;
His l t i is a song to iiiiirmuring streams,
His death—a rich perfume.
The rophyr. fragrant o laden,
Brings balm to man and maiden—
ani the mystical regions of the “‘est—
l-‘n Iii love‘s t‘ut hunted Aiden;
That gather iii starry hours,
“’ith wonderful storemf teuler lore
Front tho sweo‘ b:i k of the flowers.
-—fr' t-i‘gc K. Camp.
ATTACKBD BY PIRATES.
James '1‘. rrciice was a foremost hand
on the Lritisli b..rk liniitress. and o.:e
morning iii the sow iities we left Singi-
pore, bound to the South by way of the
Stru is of Sn da. We li ul sixtieii hands
on the b .rk, a 'd for a iiiainent we had
a nine-pound r mounted on a carriage
and a good supply of iiiiiskets tiii.i pikrs.
All of the seas t i the north of Australia
are susp t ions waters for an hone t :llll).
Pirates have abo iii Zed there ever since
ships began to sllll,:tll'l l‘iiilliink‘ng it will
be long before the business is \\ ipeii out.
There are hundreds of lillillilslll tlicJava
and Ilaiida Seas. and tacit one of them
olfers a secure li'adtptartcrs fora gang
of native pirates. The) are not as bold
as before the government er. ixers got or-
dots to pa‘rol those eaters. and sink
every craft which could ttot show honest
pt‘ipers; but they are there still, and the
teiiiptaliotis ate to i great to expect they
can ever be entirely \1!]\l|ft‘\\‘ d. Uiioiir
way up. \vlieaoif II c llwi Islards, on the
noithwcstern coir! o. Sumatra, we i-ves-
hauled :iti I'aliait bti: eilli-d the that
pcllo. She waf‘strippcd of sails. cord..gc
and must i f llt‘f‘t‘.‘l go, and had been c:
tire to and scuttled. For some reason
the llllllli‘s’ iii d o it, and the water came
in so slowly that she was floated s:\
hours after the p‘ia‘cs abandoned her.
“or mate was «cut oil to loard h -r. and
lie fouiti a shocking state of a‘lairs. She
two nativeboa s. armed only with Illllskt‘l‘
and pistols. The t‘l‘.‘\\’ had at one i been
made prisoners. and set to “ork t i strip
the ship and hoist out such cargo as the
pirates coveted She was run i:i lieliziil
one of the is‘aiids and anchored, null for
three days and nights the pirates were
hard tit-wt rk on he:. l‘aclt min of the
crow worked under a guard during the
day.»aul at night t‘aptaiii and all were
alu‘lle‘ in tho fore :t‘llu. TllL‘ Cl't‘ \
numbered fourteen.
Toward cvcnin': of the third tl’l)‘ the
pirates had so. tired all their plunder. Sev-
i-veriil native crafts l.a-l been loaded atti
l'ii‘led tip the coast to some rendezvous,
and only one remained intake on the lust
of the plunder. As no actual violence
the three days, there was hope til it the
pirates \\o .ld go away and leave them in
possession of the robbed and dismantled
' rig. Just what shift they would have
ctnft was lelt without so I. rope. blo~k
or provisi ins. About 4 o‘elo k in th-
aftr moon the crew were orderi d forward.
given signal tire was opened on the dc»
fen elcss men. To their credit ‘ct ll be
recorded that they sci 'iul whatever weap-
ons they could lay hands on and dashed
at the plums. but it was simply to die
like brave men. In ten minu es the last
one was shot down. The pirates then
rai~cd the author and got it into their
boat. bored h ilcs in the ship‘s bottom.
and started a fire in the hold lililldx‘lllpi.
The information I have givea you ":lillt‘
making hfs first voyage as an apprentice
lie was. it‘lrefloutber right, only thirteen
years old. 0n the atoning'of the third
day he in hinged to hide among the
cargo, and the pirate: complet d the it
work and sent the hulk ilri.tiitg out to
sea with iit having miss ~d him. illc was
on deck to
mate‘s boat when she drew alongside.
and to one of our crew who cou‘d speak
Italian he gave the st ‘ry as straight Rs
the (‘uptsiii cou‘d have ta liztl. ‘
“'e iepoited the atlair at Singular“
an 1 a llritish ganboat was sent off to iii-
vestigate. she returned before we had
completed our landing, and reported
thit she had made no discoveries it
was a warning for our ( agituiii. and lie
wisely determined to heed it. “'e to k
on shell and grape for our cannon. a
dozen rcvolvrs were purchased for the
crew, and on the very day we left, the
Captain brought ab ard two very heavy
rifles which ho had picked u isoniewhere
at a bargain. I call thet'n ritics, but they
were flung cannon. carrying a three
ounce ll. with iowder enough b.hiitd
it to kick the mar ‘smnn 'l alf way acres
the ship. We left Singapoto as well pro-
it. seemt that the Captain was advised to
bear well up toward l’ornoo, and give
the Red Islands it wide berth. “'c
eiossol the equator at: least a hundred
miles to the emit of the islands, as I ever
heard the Captain say. and then altered
our cours: to the southeast, calc tinting
to pass to the east of Biliton Island be-
fore hauling sway for Sundn Strait.
‘ The bark inlié'good weather of it,
and we had owned the equator and run
might h we been sighted {min the mast—
head, when thee came a calm".- The
‘Ew'nd' had died away about midfortnoou,
and the drift of the bark was to the
set. but nothing- came, and the night
:ed without wind enough to move a
enther. My watch was below when day-
light_ ( «no, and we got the word to turn
up lively, Tortbno‘ortheast, ofi iii-2
coast of gBor‘nco,-'hvo or three. grecn
islands were in eight. and between us
,Ctd _tho islands were :two native craft
bonnet- down it in us. These craft. were
about. ilio Itze 0 pilot boats. bait decked
over, and rigged like‘a catboat. They
been sighted when six orlevcn miles
.3, and essmy notch edit“ on deck
N 3i: “Pitt? (mended from all: pct-lib aloft.
. Herc e . Mountings ,9 3:. a1 7
‘ i“ t and” naphtha thugxbi not“:
And poisoned ilews on tho doles are strovved.
Anni out. of its plumes fall ghaatly gloanis ‘
had ll! cit Tai Inboard with til iiisistaiiceby ‘
had been 0 lcred t‘apta‘ii or c i-w ii trio: :
made in this can- I cannot. say. for the3
while the uative- mule-uteri aft. and art a .
front a little elinp on board who we ,
‘lllf‘ll the painter of tlie'
- red as a m reliant vessel could be, antl-
1down on the new course until liiliton,
:nortb. We looked for a change at sun!
were approarhing asvby the use of sweepi‘.
The calm still held, bit it was cleor
l enough to a sailor‘s eye that we should
have a brcc e as soon as the sun begun
to climb up. No man asked himself
From the pallid none where winter‘s throne ‘ the errand of those boats making out for
Wu wrought in the wide waste, wan Ind the lluntress.
At that time-and lo ~ality
there could be but one answer. "f_‘he
; Cspta‘n presently called us tilt and said:
i “Men. the craft. which yoti see pulling
4 out for us are pirates. We shall have a
l breeze within an hour, but they will be
lhcrc first. If we cannot heat tliem ofi'.
we are dead men. They take no iris were.
I in ‘k to see every man do his uty.“
l “'e give him a cheer, and began our
lprepnratioiis. The dock was ordered to
ltill his clippers full of water iiiid‘ start
a rousing fins, and the urns w re
lt mm,“ like a “1,0,, from spectral coast brought tip and served out. There were
;tlirec or four men who had served at a
ltcavy gun. and these took charge of the
:caunon, and the piece was loaded with
’ashcll. When the Captain called for
l some one to use the rifles, the only man
who answered was an American. l_le took
them aft, loaded them with his own
hands, and by the time the pirates were
,within a mile we more as ieidy im‘we
g could be. . The bark was lying with her
head to the cast, and the fellows were
.approaching tts fr im the north, on our
,gbroadtide. The mate kept his glass
fgoiiig and announced that both craft
1 ere crowded with men, but that he
could see no eanuon. They me lo slow
Brings tiovo eyed rest- to the troubled breast progrt-Ss, and we were impatient to open
‘ the tight. By and by, when they might
h we been thrccuitartersfiof a mile away,
It 6011th with news as [fresh as the dews ' the t‘nptaiu passed word for the gunners
' 'l to send them a shot.
In a few seconds
3 the bi;r gun roared, and we all saw that.
l the shell flew over the pirates and burst
f in the air. It was a good line shot and
l something to cite-.tirage. but before _the
éeannoii sent another shot the American
‘ had a try with one of the rifles. The
:matc \vas \‘atching his shot from the
rigging, and the report had scarcely died
away b fore he shouted:
“tiood for the Yankee! He hit. at least
:i couple of them.“
The second sir-ll from the cannon burst
over one of the boats and took effect on
Nullll‘~0f ti 0 men. as reported by the
mate. The American then tired again.
and again his bullet told. We were doing
bravely and were full of enthusiasm. but.
the struggle was yet to come. The fel—
lows bent their energies to creeping
s \‘lilst‘l', and pretty soon they opened on us
Twitli muskctry. tin-l the balls began to
sing through the rigging in a lively man-
Ill r. We had our iitttsdets ready, b‘lI
' the (‘aptnin ordered its to hold our fire
' and hop sheltered behind the rail. (Inc
of the piraticnl craft was a quarter of'a
,iiiilc in advance of the other, and the
third \Ilt‘ll from the. cannon burst aboard
of her. and must have killed and
wotiiide la down or more men. There
was great confusion abo ml, and size to
'iiiaiiied stationary until the other craft
l“tlll\‘ up. hiiriiig tliis.iiiterval the .\mcri.
can g it ill two more shots, “llit‘ll found
vict tits. We now looked upon the vic-
t in as assured. and there was cheering
frO‘ll one end of the ship to t‘ieother \\ e
werea little nhc id of time. The th'rtl
sh it from our big gun burst it. and al
though iiooite was hurt, we were thus
deprived of a great advantage.
.\s soon as the t'aplniii knew what had
‘ happened, be called upon all the er ‘w to
sllt‘lli r ll:t‘lll\Cl\L‘\‘ and \\ ail to tire at
close igirnre s. tlu“ man was detailed tt‘
gassist Ill‘t‘ cook w l‘i the hot water. and
Ipowder "sud bullets were paced handy
.tor reloading the tituskcts. I was sta
i tioned near the gun \‘tlt‘rlagt‘. and I no
tici'd several shells lying about iitidct
afoot. The American kept tiring away
lwith the ri‘lcs, knocking over a pirati
M every hit it. and pro ty rim.“ the \w \
craft uerc iieir enough for us to open
l're with the mu~kctx l tresiiize we
. wasted a good many sh -ts. for we weie
gl‘i'cll hands and greatly cx- ited. but I
am likewise certain that we abii did
great cw utioa. We lizhl a iiliiiig‘iig
.ill‘ IlulVll upon a tiiass of lzaif lltl'\l‘l lel
.ow-. and we must hive “ruled out it
full tiiird of them. There was in air
stirring. and the smoke sooa :l‘-‘\\‘ tiiick
abo it its. lly and by the ‘liovts and
y. lzs ef the piritessounded t l use :it lzaud.
and their iraft were lail nlottgsi lo and
they b ga‘n climbiii: the rail. \Ye now
llung d out the trinkets and used the re
volwrs and p kcs. W hen the revolve s
were empty we used capstan li irs, t lill lied
giiiiiskeis. or wiiatrv.r we co lltl lay
' but is upon. tuir rail war clear iii it ill
a minute, and then I ii« k ‘il up a sh-e‘l
and a burning \\ ad ain ran forward A
dmei llillVl‘S had gained the bow and
were pushing' our men luck. I light nl
the fuse and gave the shell in roll along
the deck ititn tlt‘ crowd, and I give yoi
my word that not one of tlnm was left
alive after the c plosioii. (In' of our
men on the. quarter threw a St‘cnu-l sh ~ll.
m-d l bronglit the third one and threw it
' from the bow.
The light was endc l.‘
l
l A bit of \and
Eble v the sin rke away, and we lo ~ked
lil\i\\'llll|10'l a terrible sight. The b nts
lsmnied full of dt ad and “unified. the
lliviag sought shelter under the half
‘llccks. \Vhy, there were bodies \vitlio‘it
I ltnds, heads without bodies. ai.d aim:
l and legsaiid pieces of bit ody man: enough
it»: make the brave-t tura pile. .\s we
*cut their lashiiigs they driftel oil. and
the Attic it‘fl‘l \titlihisbig ritleé. :.ttl two
or three of the men with musket. kept
up a tire otieve ytliingthnt moved. l'rcs
cutiy ‘tlie bree. '0 came up. and as we made
sail and got the baik where we could
liciitdle her won-an down for the dhows.
'l‘l.ey were- light built. and it needed
only a fair blow to | rush them. The first
on'~ we rlrttck on her starboird quarter,
and, although the bark glanced oil. we
crushed in her t‘mbers, and she tilled and
went down inside of five minutes. There
Were abiut twenty living men on the
other, and as we bore down for her at
a good pace they tit tcred shouts of terror
and mat 0 signs of surrender. (Tur (‘iip-
lain bad no iiizrey for them. “'c put
the. ship right at the dliow‘s broadside,
and we cut llt‘l‘ square in two and rolled
the bow one way and the stern the other,
while the living, wotin led, and dead
gent into the sea togetlter.— all?» York
on
is
0th! Bars and Eros
With reference to the discovery by the
Troy Termm that a large number of
persons in its cit are becoming deaf in
one ear—n fact w iieh the Telegram seems
inclined, without. much reason, to at-
tribute to the use of the telephone—a
“Traveler“ writes to the Buffalo Courier:
“I made some extended experiments
with the telephone some six years ago
and developed the fact that nearly every
subject, oat of some thousands, beard
better with one ear—usually the left-
tbitii the other.“ He also learned after-
ward that it. was quite common ‘ for the
eyfisight of one eye to be better than the
ot er. '
Sittings Poise-ens.
The common nutmeg: are isonous
inlnrao doses. In a cue wk on came
under medical treatment, a lady had
eaten a whole nutmeg and a baigwhich‘
caused alanine disingenuous, the! great
perv-pub ixmflé‘fiildwed ‘by’iubco's
qucntdcptnuion- and _ .
.ot caution. ‘ runs; we points.» ,1 _
twang“ active principle which
if bb‘ investigated. .
pgiuduthe togi “i.
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"WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOB
FEMIXINE nssnsns.
Not Used to Being Cornmnnded.
Owing to the-royal dinner party at
Hurlingham on Saturday, the Prince of
“’alos was unable to be present at the
debuts of Mrs. Mackintosh. and Miss
§teer. Apropos of the dinner, an nmus~
ingincideiit took place in the afternoon.
which proves tlint' our transatlantic
cousins have much still to learn with re-
gard to (curl etiquette- The Princess
uf_\\"iiles, having previously met and tub
mired the iccitiitiott of the latest pretty
American export, graciously ie iuestcd
her presence at dinner that eveninw, upon
which the fair rcciler expressed icr re-
gret at not. being able to accept the
honor offered her, urgingr as an excuse
that she had promised to chaperone some
ymiiig'ladies to Mrs. .‘llaclx‘inlosh's debut.
llcr Royal Highness replied. with a quiet
smile of amusement: "Then I am afinid
you must get your friend; to kindly cx-
Cttse you. for I shall expect you.“ and
left the fee-horn Am‘rican to discover
tliu‘ royal wishes in this country are
coztimuiixls.—- simian ll‘oi-.'.1._
“'etltliiisz Dresses.
Although bridal robes are now made
not only in tinted i‘aliriis. but in p08!»
t. b‘t‘t'OIUlfith‘ well, still white is most.
favtv‘eti and :i new tone of sir-called '
ptiiiters‘ white has been brought out
tor Iii-ides. ’lh: odd ‘lt‘lll has almost a
may tone at the Ira-k, but the face is
.tist the iielt dense wlii c Meissonier
loves. ‘
l'nrewlii'e \ilill has been so much
used for bridal gowns that r-iic mus“, \vel«
come this new id~ a, ill:i~ti.it-:d in a:
dainty tir Se, \\ liie'i is made ititlia Wliitt~_
Iitiii tack. full and plain, l-til. tli- front
is of soft ' liincw ,siik. “'liicli appears t. I.
fall in natural tlrlllll ry. only caught up:
on one side with long [1 ms of ribbon.
At a tee. iit \vzddiiig the bible wore a .
pink si'k \\‘.lli urcn lituliccnl
gtlllicrctl pinlt gait/3. :i fail‘o >krt with ~
draped ganzvt mic aid bott {this of int n
rul l't‘M‘s iii liatr and on b-i be». A ilr s<
tll't‘sn‘,
yttlu be \\‘t\Tll, is of white szititi, with
vi-ryhing Il‘.|lll. The skirt is fl‘illllllt‘l
with tliice iii ep tloiinves~ of ! ritswlx l’ll‘ -.
a shunt veil of the sittii‘. lic . to li~ 1; Mb
c"cd at the top -f tli ‘ head over a ‘ltll l
\vreitlt t-t iriiigc H vs nits; and 'I gar
laud t . iiiuttli is arranged :.s a i:iln-t .m
lltcliu i.“ .\ tltittll llcllc l: 0‘ ~il‘x.
ve lctl \\ :tli llgli‘ \vliitc gait 'c. tillltf‘ilul
cictl \vlitlt' ~ilk, the ii Llit c 3 hi \':i rgnto
“1?th inst-s in h ‘ir and mi int he ‘, also
largeb lllllllt‘l i-t r-nes to II‘ ‘..t-'.-,l iii the
hand while r celviiig goods—1' I"! ..;, ‘
pfmi T nus. ‘ i
Mrs. (‘ll‘\1'IJIIItI ill t‘liurcli.
“’\\‘lii'.i .‘il\.l l:‘\' ‘lu‘l-l goes Iiit‘ll‘it" it '
_ ‘a \\'a~lii'I‘-_1'ui ..
.cr to tl e .‘lt'rlt‘lili \
.l." ,4.“..*, ‘:t~ will as slic t'iilirs tlu
pewaiivl hilt-wt «2.5. slit‘ lliilftx liit‘
p‘ctiy i~..~.ti i. i tin-air.- Lian-.1
ll‘tll t and lll‘\i':l’\ a lliwlllt'lll sil iit
l‘l‘.l_\"‘l'. Then she si-‘lli-s li ‘:‘>t':f in.“ :i
ipticl attcii‘ir-zi upon the ~c \ cc .‘lil‘
knits. of cot \c. :lii! \llt‘ is the it :,e!
in
' of every eye in the cinizcli. and, ili-- igh
‘ she tric~ to con. ci
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- to this country,and nearly Q“) 37““ ago.
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. lt‘l’ l‘lllllill'l:l~\lllt‘lll.
site I‘ no! alife * ~d » so ciitir lv. \\ lit-ti
ll.c pi-tor :lvt‘s‘ out the hymn she is :l at
to thin he. am alien to the lixiiin Imok
and forget the t.::c.-iiituit.ilile t‘.» law;
which is the int: :il “*1“ u; l‘t‘ll\.;
if ircdn! Wlii-iitlicuiizi ~ti-tlea ls‘llll'lth'l‘
her head is l)il\\\‘«l, :i: .l :t iluii s :t liftli‘
lower “he the pints for ‘tliecliief iiiagis
trnto of the timioti‘ earl adds a petition
ft r ‘ilinrc tha' are dear ti liiiii.‘ .\l.e
does not tidgct about .md lean tip in tli
cortir r and n st her head upon her hand
as Grover does. but sits st r tight and illlu‘l
listc ring to the seriu~~tt ft‘i‘tll beginning
to end. Of course she fans iii-iself tea
staiitlv. for sh - would rot be a uoiiiuii if
bile (ltd lttil. \Vllt‘d lllc liztski‘l gm n‘
urwiiiivl. \llt‘ «irons llt't‘I‘I‘lilfllbllllt‘ll lllv‘tl-
cstly into it, and \vii- ii the « losing liyiiiii
is givrii o t. finds not only the hymn but
tl'e doxnl-Igy c 'rtt‘!l\tlll ling in lll‘ ti'e
with it, and lol'owstli ‘lll closely to the
end. When the servicctcnd, cwtv neck
is craned to get a look at h r latte and
figure. » She trie~ to appear on Ullt‘t‘.'l‘.t‘|l.
bows to the c' urcli people near ii 1‘
“ho it she knows, tillxs :\ little to those
ncntist llt'l‘ and is evidently icliectl
when the ca riago door bings and ~he is
hidden fioni vi- \v of the tl‘it“ d that was
gathered on the sidtwalk to \t‘t.‘ Til‘l‘ pass-
from ”the church \lth-l‘ to tlt- carriage.
Tilnlllgllo‘ll, her ccnduet is full of digr
oily and gentle grac
.\ llomaiitic Wedding.
IIerniaii Krntise and Aunt l‘tht‘llt‘lb
bjicli, each of who-ii was born in the lit.
tle Germ in town of I‘Tll‘tl‘d‘ clisaw on the ‘
llliine alien: thirty-eight years ago. and
whose peculiar outfit and ‘1“ ill acquaint
once with the linglish ‘augiingc indieat d
that they were s‘rangers to these shores. '
were married yebtexday by Mayor \\ hit.
ney iii it s oliiee iii the l‘ity llall, llrook-
lyn. The Mayor and Secretary l‘lillips
each ki~sed the bride and wished the;
couple all kinds of prosp-iiity. It, was
not tiiitil after they i:i-.l g n,‘ that the
Mayor leaned tli it the lit tiring-e was the
climax of a long and romantic attach»
meat. The stocy is tlrat lletmanfiiiid
Anna. when a boy and a girl together in
the little town on the Rhine. had fallen
in love. “'hcn the Franco-German war
broke out Herman became a scldier l
and Anna. with equal patriotism.
accompanied his corps as a nur~e '
in one of the l‘ed Cross Hospital
wagons. Early in the campaign tier-
mnn, with a score of his contrat es. were
mown down by a French shell. and being
supposed to be dead, he was buried with
other; in a trench. Dot-iii the night:
Anna wt at to the trench and dug tip the .
body of her supposed lover. To her .
surprise he showed signs of life. He '
was sent to the hosp‘tal and he recov-
ered. Anita‘s grief, however. was iu~ .
tense when she was informed that an in-
jury to his skull was of such a nature
that he could never recover his reason.
3'1““ rolled on. Krause rctmining in a -
military ho pita] and Anna in her native
village. Her father had meanwhile come
in despair of ever seeing liranse restored
to reason, sic joined him in Brook! it.
Last fall a German physician suct- ed
in performing an operation on Knuse‘s
skull, which brought. it back to its nor-
mal condition, and this restored his rea~
son. He then thnught of the girl who
had followed him to the war and saved
his life, and he never rested until he
found her in this country.
The marriage followed as it matter of
course. Mayor Whitney, who believes
the ole , says it is not more improbable
than at er tales of love and war which
he has beard—New for}: Seat.
“'omen Who Speculum.
“Yes, there are several ladies in this
city who speculate in oil. Ihsve one
lady container who has been quite suc-
cessful," said a broker this morning.
“Ladies as a rule have considerable nerve
as speculators, nadinoanothey loose, be.
come determined to «new. operating
Mwnnt ti
mall with dciiltbnt'mld twin i... .
maid 0! than. ' imu
jaml her daughter dropped out of the‘
- town name to grief in the same way.
‘was still d-nlicgin nil.
. favoicd by the fashionable few.
. shoulders
‘ (ll'(‘~S(‘<.
’ the workers‘—-drones have none—but it
"lies in your impatience: bear it like a
the market on the slightest provocation '
of an improved tendency. 1 received a
letter from a young lady, daughter of a
very wealthy man, a few days ago, who
wanted me to explain to her how the oil
business was transacted. She said she
wanted to invest a little money. not
merely for the money she might make,
but for excitement. Of course, I am
doing my best. to enlighten her. The
Exchange is growing in favor with the
ladies. Do you see those two in the
gallery now?"
The reporter glanced at the gallery
and saw the ladies leaning over the mil;
ing. They were mnnifcsting' as much
interest in the market as any 0‘: the bowl~
ing brokers on the tloorr .It was after-
ward ascertained tli it they were each
carrying 10,000 barrels.
“Some of the gentler sex drop in al-
most every day,“ continued the broker.
“and they generally repriscnt the
wealthier cl‘isws.“ ,
“Speaking about ladies d: sling in 'oil.“
remarked another broker. “it remind;
me of an incident at: l ovbnrg. It was
when the oil excitement there was at its
height. Everybody was dealing more or
less in oil and expecting to make‘ for-
times. Oil was the theme of conversa~
tion in the family circle. The women
caught the fever and they evpcctcd t‘) see
oil go up to $5 a barel. It didn't. bow~
ever. The bo on was at its height. The
market broke and oil went down with a
rush. One widow lady and her daughter
were carrying, several thousand barrels.
Their margins were swept away. They
became frantic. I a lvisc 1 them to krep
out of the market. They would not. I
advised them to sell shorl.biit they would
not lit-n to me. The old lady sold her
cmv. gave a mortgage on her iroperty,
and her daughter even sold her jewelry
and induced the school directors to nd~
vanec $100 on her salary. It was all
gone in less than a week and the widow
mark. t only after their last cent was
gone. .\ number of other families in the
All
were determined on purchas‘ng oil for a
profit, confident that the pritc wou‘d nd«
vanre The town was bankrupt for a!
long time after. No on -had any money.
I lclt after the coliapw and «aim- to this
citv. Last wie . I was start-ling in front
of ill‘ exchange iii this city, when the
widow-\- daughter. the School tiiarm,
\\1Ill\"II-d'l‘-\ ii Fourth rivt-n'ie. Site rei n"-
it? cl ill" a' o 11"“. I asked her if ~lii‘
.‘Ilt‘ ri'plli-tl,
with it litigli, that she hid not done any
thing i:i the oil ltis‘iit ss siticc licriii-illicr
lust her .c l\\' and slie her watch atil
Cl'~llll‘\.“—I’l 8 »’~ .1; 1'." n.
Fashion Notes.
[low-lid silks are reported pn~<e for '
fictional \\ e ll'. -
t‘ottoii plush it to be and for c-istiimts
t‘i \ . llli‘lg s «awn.
l‘ale \lll lc» of pink ;.re f:‘iill-‘Il;ll):t‘ fcr
i:i:l ~iy puree-«s.
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lill‘:l.!\]lilt‘« l.a\e designs embroidered
l-y bind in llaw' silk.
ningiianis are made up with access irics
of heavy cotton lace.
ii Ick crystal is i:i high faJor for pins,
pendants atid loekcts.
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l‘:u.t ols no a cori‘csp did to the bonnet '
in color and trimming.
llit‘giiiait tinbroidcry is the l fill'll’llll‘
tiling \llllllll‘ r t‘vs‘llllll ~~. l
Wbiieailk sto kin-gs; rctpiite tho thing
as a novelty iii loot weir, ’
t‘ortluioy is the most desirable matctial
for boys’ ktiiickabiiul suits.
‘lilack icrst‘y silk git-vin- are embroid-
t‘ri‘tl on tll-~ l :it‘k lit llllc jcls.
The skirts if poigce dresses hive :I
l).i‘:lll band of \ o‘ored veltet at the bot- ’
tom
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l‘laid surali is used for pnniers and
\ art on «minutes of plain silk or Sieili~
l‘llllL‘
llqu-k lace skits are worn with bodiccs
of I’l‘lti i~~l etepo ile chin ', silk, Sitin or
in ‘il'\‘ anti-pic.
\\ i lc white Hercules braid fringed and .
knotted at the c ds it used as sash belts
for little girli.
Turkish ci‘epcs are among the p i-ttie t
int-\peusive t ottoii \lrf‘vs goods. Laces
If.lli tlieiii admirably.
Normandy “Val“ and martpiisc laces
:i re the i orrc. t trimmings for young girls‘
ilolt~d muslin free ts.
'l‘r'iuspareiit boniicts elf tall" and jet are
trimmed with bright flowers. poppies bo-
iiig the favored garttititre. '
Dresses of woolen material are now
made so light that they are. not a burden
even iii the warmest weather.
Hangings of thin bamboo mods and
beads, in pitic\ of curtains indoors, are
The lovers of lace are rejoiced at the
low prices to which all “points.“ imita-
tion and real, have been reduced.
.\ fi- riioon tires ~cs of faiilc veiled with
lace have. overdrcsses of figured silk,
having the same colored greu id as the
plain faillc.
“Waterproofs of ‘ light weight woolen
material in dark and medium tints are
preferable to those of rub‘ or. The ma-
terial sheds water and has none of the
iiiiple saiit odor of India rubber.
Deep collars of lace reaching to the
are worn with afternoon -
They are finished about the-
throat with a band and bow of the vel—
vct or ribbm with which the dress is
tl‘inittied.
\Vido sleeves simulating those of an
outer garment, are worn over the ordi~
nary dross sleeve giving the wearer a
media- an appearance. It will,of course.
be understood that this style of sleeve is
only adapth to rich fabrics.
-7“-
The Bee‘s Sting.
The hive and its inmates afford, per-
haps, a in we interesting field for niicrov
s -opio research than anything else in the
whole insect kingdom. Take the bec‘s
sting; why. that alone might occupy all
the rest of this paper. The sheath makes
the first. wound, and, inside it, so mon-
agcd that they ineloee a tube-like space
down which the poison‘ runs, are two
darts, all built in such a strictly mechan-
ical way that—Mr. Cheshire says—they
remind him of the guide rods of a steam
engine. The poison is gummy, but it is
prevented from clogging the machine
by a gland which secretes a lubricating
oil. The queen‘s sting is bigger than
is practically baubles, and can therefore
be easily brought away instc d of tefng
left in the wound nn thereby causing
the death of its precious owner. It is a
formidable weapon, the sheath so hard
that: it turns the finest razor-edge; but. a
queen never stinns except. in contest with
another queen; alto may be bundled with
impunity. Of the worker it is a mis- 1
take to say that it always leave- ita sting
iii the wound, and dies from 0 loss.
If it generally does no. the In often
hero, and the bee will work its sting
round and round till it iii able to with-
draw it without apedin‘irdt. 0! conga:
, 8t reed i .
”$033!th cmn'xlife . raved l
by your sufferings—All the {at M.
, blance of teal objects. but alsoat
1 in my wt ir.l and fantict‘e forms.
A WESTERN SAHARA.
A VAST EIPANSE 0F STEBILE
COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA.
Inhablted Only by Coyotes. Liar-as
and Sunken—Miniature Vol-
canoes—Mirage and
Sand Storms.
flccupying the southeastern angle of
California is a vast. expanse of dry and
sterile country. the northern portion of
which is known as the Mohave Desert,
and the southern as the (‘olorado Desert.
In the absence of natural landmarks, the
.: “ta, s,
,more than is good for him. _ .
3man who is in the habit of lookingnn
: the bottom of the glass for “pure socia-
' bil‘zty“ at intervals from noon until mid-
Tnatm‘cnt for Tapers
You likely number among your {heads
or acquaintances some hearty old chap
who has “taken a drink of good whisky
before breakfist for forty seven years.
and couldn‘t eat without it.“ Now,_ot
the risk of having this worthy: but preju-
diced person leugh himself into a state
of apoplcctic rod-faculties, let me sug-
t that as 0?d as he is he may yet find
a substitute—not only a cheaper one, but
one that will never coax him to take
Titk 2 any
night, and for stomach eirnfort before
he breaks his fast in the morning. and,
dividing line between the two is a little
indefinite. They are, however, about
equal in extent, and cover altogether
some thirty thousand square miles; their
exterior boundaries, except on the cast,
' where they border on the Colorado ltiver,
being not very sharply defined.
The summer heat on this California.
Sahara is more than tropical. The ther-
mometer during the day marks from 1:33 :
to l 20 degrees in the shade. Topograph-
ically, this region may be described at a
low lying plain, the greater part of it be-
ing elevated but. little above sen-level,
wh le some portio..s are depressed below
that level. Setttertd over this plain are
clue ers of basaltic mountains. d irk and
semggy; isolated buttes, low. irregular
hills and ever-shifting ridges of stud.
The pain itself is of a sediiii'ntsry or
marine or'gin: the more elevated lauds
have resulted from igneous agencies.
These buttes are, in fact, nothing' but
the cones of dead voicanoc , and tit: de-
pressed surfaces simply the bedsof tiried~
up seas.
There are two of these low lying basins
within the limits of this southeaswru
wilderne 5, (inc. the site of tite sn'ses,
or mud volcanom, is situated on the
t‘olorado Di-sert, in the vicinity of Dos
Palmns Station, on the S ititherii Pacific
Railroad. The other, known as l cath
Val‘ey. is located on the northern border
of the. Mohave Desert, 2'“) miles further
to the north. The fora cr is seventy feet
below the level of the sea. and the latter
17m. The two cover an one. of several
thousand Square miles. In the basin of
the salses. miniature vo'canm-s forming
and dissol‘iiig. and the hot. gasesc-cap-
iiig from iiiiiltiiic.alilc vents. denote
there the continuance of a feeble sulfa-
tar (2 action.
“wing to the presence of extendve
sa‘ines. and the iap.d cvaloration that
here o.-cttrs. the mirage is trc gu'utly
St't‘ll‘un these deseits. aililtal’lllg some-
t’nics in great perlcction. Tbewogiticul
alltision~ take on h~re not only the sem-
lilllcS
Lying
off in the, ha y :llllitlslillt'l‘t‘ are seen
: what sesm t i b- pelltit .d l. k s. dotted
i with islands
and indented \vitli licid-
lnnds. Nrert hing 1|\\;l_\'vln the mist are
green meadows and :rovcs.with palatial
strticttt es and caste lati-d ruins beyond.
5 \\'liile we look. the scene undergoes a
gstrange tra'isfo caution, and Ink ng on
less familiar “‘1 l pleasing shapes. §.u\\'ly
fades away -» cloud and of youth-wai-
. b'eni oi human ho; e-Z
A lwculiawty of this wilderness cli»
irate is the >:tIltl$I0-’Ill, a nteteoroloxiral
phinoiiienon not llllllkr' the siiiioon
that prevails in .‘Yitbll and other parts cf
Africa. It cons sts of :l-slrttllg wind.
‘ dint-Juli“; sometimes t i a gale, coating
. tip
' the suit, fills the atmosphere so com-
witli a black cloud that obsc :res
plete‘y with sand and dust that vision is
obsi tired. thirst greatly increased, and
respiration rendered extremely dirt cult.
Tli~ stilling air, the darknws, the
strangeness of the entire surra :ndings.
till the traveler with I dread that. in-
cliiies but to stop an id shelter hi n~elf as
.bed he enitfmnt the effects of the g lc.
_ let him, after he has arisen and dressed,
i repair to a drug store instead of to a bar-
'room. He has n: appetite. He does‘
3 not feel as though he were “all there."
»Instead of a cocktail let him ask the
‘drugzist to prepare a mixture of thank
ingredients and quantities, which. when
mixed together, shall constitute a single
3 dose: ‘
' Chloroform, five drops; tincture gin—
ger, bslf tenspooni'ul; compound tinc-
ture caidamon, two tenspoonfuls: water.
i one wineg‘nssfitl. '
' Swallow that slowly -take five min-
utes to do it. .thi will be surprised to
i find that in about fifteen minutcntbe “all
gone“ feeling will have di appeared. A
' gentle. pleasant warmth is felt in pl cc
,of the gnawing sens :tioii, and in a vgry
little while there are d -. ided symptoms
of being hungry. A repetition of the
dose inside of an lio :r. ”in case the attack
the night before was ve'y severe, will
do no harm. ' A, cup of black cofieo
twenty minutes after the fist dose is an
i excrllent thing to follow with, provided
the patient is not of a particularly nerv-
ous temperament.
You will find 501“" men whose nerves
become unstrung iipoii very slight alco-
holic pI‘OVUszfltIn, and such men are
prone to try the similia similibus cartin-
. tiir racket. The be~t thing for a case of
that kind is the drug store again. Here
is the time:
Bromide of pntztssiti'n. thirty grains;
celerina. two Ik'Il\lk)lHl ills: clhir vale-
riante ammonia. two rem; oonftils.
l‘ll guarantee that y...i wi.l never resort.
to whisky again after you have tried
whichever of these .iows that may suit
your paiticular i am.- .\~ won as you feel
able to eat. m. kc your breakfast of oat-
meal priti ipaily {or tin or threedays.
tin the day after taking '.te first dose,
invest in two liavsnna outages and sub-
stitute the juice for thi- pit-kruie-uptonic.
If the st .macli rep (-1. the ortngcs as too
sweet. throw them away and try the
tonic again. and t'itlif'laily return to the
‘ fruit.
This trcitiueiit will begin t-i show its
effect in a few days. its'eid of that un-
easy, un omfortrrbic fc ling there will
come a vigor and a natural cxb liratioti
that will brighten tire \'_~e and qllilkfn'
the step. A brisk “a it around Ill
blot-k. if you live in ‘li~ b Eek and mor-
tar section. will not some -' "1.55. I would
even go M) for as to advise a five minutes‘
exercise with ha‘f [.0 2nd tiitmlcliells.
Grasp tbeni tirmiy. and sitikc out as
though you itit iidel thumping s ‘II.‘°~
body. All that is tier-dill is faith and is
little perseverance. especially pt-rsi-ver-
nnce. Three weeks old l ring the faith.
—l’.'tit'd-1~‘/}i.‘u'ti Te’rgp 0153'.
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[Dollar Dinners for Half Price.
“It is wonderful to know how many
prominent business it: -n. who would not
got their hands in 30 r pocket to pick
‘ynur purse {Or any tonsilcration, will
stand in with teslahtuul waiters to beat.
the establishment,“ >zt d a prominent
hotel man.
"How is the game worked 3"
“It is a simple thing. but it depends
~ Eton animals are so oppressed with fear entirely upon tl.e large crowds that
when exposed to the SllUC\0 that they throng fn~liionabli~ testnu ants at dinner
stop in their tracks and obstiiiately to
fuse to go.
time. “’hen sixty or sweaty men are
rating in one fut-lit the i asltier can‘t see
llavin: raged fora day or two, the what each one has unless hi leaves his
wind ceases to bit-W, the dust clouds set’~
tie. the air cleirs up. and the sun, shut.
ing cut with its act ustozi ed fiercencsa,
restores-to thv- leaden sky i's forui~r thirty or forty cent med.
bio on import. Swept by the blast. the
sand dunes sli‘ft like tli:
ocean. vanishing in o“e ‘ lace an i i~e;ip~
billow's of "It:
desk. and it is very easy tor a customer
attire farther end of :lie aparunent to
eat a ninety-cent dinner and pay fou- a
a
“How t“ -7
“In this way: The cus‘o'iner givis the
waiter it daily tipef a dime. 'l he \\ aiter
pearing in another with each retu iiiig _ is careful to .‘Cl‘ that hi~ be efat tor gets
tempest. ‘
less terrifying than the thunder \Iul‘lis
th it visit in the stimnier time c iiintrics
further cast, are by no means so refresh.
ing.
These simootis. though hardly a thirty~vent cl eck. sax
every time he
extsa ni:ety~ceiit inert. The. check in
,raid at the counter : in] no one is the
, wiser.“ '
- "Are waitirs never caught at these
\‘cry misleading to the stranger are the tricks:“
. maps of this region. with their armyos-
ani rivers, their lakes and springs, laid
: d :wii thereon at convenient intervals.
"in course, once in a great wlii‘e. .\
chap that wore his white apron at the
end of that eating bIr for six months,“
It is well to supply, as far as may be, the said the s iesker. p i'iiting to the bar,
deficiencies of nature, where :cr we fiat
them; ~ .
motive of the ttipoyxapher in his en»
“‘30! (at; t at ‘a. lie was in t3
wherefore, ene :Ipptccltllcs the . habit of giving an old. .viiite-niiistxched
gentleman soup. roast, three or four
deavor to represent this arid and for vegetables, dessert. mile; and often a
bidding country as it. should be. even , few crackers and lloquef-irt cheese. every
while one ll:~S to lament that. these ad-
di ions are almoSt wholly mythical. The
only stream of thy si e i:i this entire
l-lilom is the so—callcl Mohave River,
which, as if nbnshtd at the uniiie.ited
day. “'ell, that cit-tom -i ought to have
. paid $1 a meal, but he ii ‘ver brought 1!
a check for Oth’ fifty cents. At last the
cashier took note of the meal provided
for half a dollar. I ”p“, l the waiter up
lio.:or loafer.cd u; on it, lasteris to hide ' after inspecting one dinner purchased by
itself in the sand, averting its presence that man and the fifty-cent check turned ‘
tlzerea’ter only in a \eriet of modest
pooh. which. standing apntt along its
fiiatl; marked bed. grow smaller and
em ill-er, and finally disappear altOgezher. '
0f the few springs that have an actual.
existrizcc here the water in some is so;
intpregro‘ed with roll, soda or other
deleterious mineral that it is wholly tin-
fit to dr‘nk.
Traversing these d rscrts, more pirticti-
lnrly in the height) irhood of the in ion-
tnins, are numerous deep ravines, having
steep sides and bro-id, evenly leping
bottom-I. They are the creations of the
cloud-bursts which are not uncommon
here. and which, when they occur, fill
these channe‘s with water in a very few
minutes. The flood, which soon so!»
sidei. carries down great quantities of
sand and gravel: but the g eater portion
is sen-pt down and dero ited at its
metirh, where it forms moraines stretch-
ing for out into the plain below. A rav-
ine so eroded and afterward fortially
filled up is called a "wash"——“arroyo
seen“ of the Spaniards.
So far as running stream: or useful
forests are concerned, this may be called
a waterless and a timberlea land. The
only trees found growing in it, save some
willow “(cotton-wood along the Color-
ado River, consist of the several varieties
of the palm, a worthless wood, and the
mesquite, which, though useless for lum-
ber, makes an excellent fuel. Bun‘h
mm of a nutritious kind is found grove
mg over a large portion of these deserts;
”wisely in some places and very abund-
antly in others. Much of the soil hero is,
in fact, exceedingly fertile, and with
irrigation capable of producing large
crops of both fruit and grain; its sterility
is due only to its dryness. The cactus
of man varieties abounds. It in a vile
shrub, elected alike by man and brute.
Rezstilel take shelter under it, but do not
I u nit. The col animals that
abide it these field: 0 desolation are
hares, rabbits, and co There are
no Indiana: even the can not live
til but in“ t’od by‘oio
o reproac- ,
the burned tend. end the rattlesnake.—
' in. and bounced the w.:iter.
good moral efiec: atttong
' waiters, forty in all.“
“Is there no means to prevent this
beating the house .“
The hotel man shook his head sadly no
, he said: “Not. entire‘y.‘
i But whenever a waiter in his place
; gets regular tips that waiter is suspected
, and watched—éHi‘QiJ-ipk in News.
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3 Iron in the Confederacy.
: Iran was now the precious metal. War
' not only monopolized the entire product
jof the south, but so sore was the need
: that frequent calls \\ ere made for plan-
' tation bells to be cut into c :nnon. Many
church bells were also give . In the cry
, for iron! iron! 3 large society of ladies
l undertook to furnish material for build-
. ing an ironclad by collecting all the
3 broken pots, pans nn‘l kettles in the
Confederacy. The home folk bad to de-
pend almost entirely on the reworking of
old iron. An attire and unremitting
search was maintained for every on ~
duons or cutaway setup. All old vehi-
cles and farm implements not absolutely
indis usable were demolihed, and the
iron t cy contained was diverted to the
pressing need: of the moment. All idle
nails were carefully withdrawn and laid
away for future use. A sharp lookout
was kept for stray pins. W'omcnkind
madchtll‘iieir boast of 19:01:“ ‘ or month;
the msedvnt n ' a ungh‘
ping while the‘loss of a song dinning
it had a
the other
needle would have been a calamity in-
volving perh half a neighborhood.
The rapidity 32h which an& indm
ble asides aspirin, needles, buttons, etc.
disappeared from the face of the earth
after the blockade was established won
as unaccopntablo lathe Speed with which
larger things wore out. Harry a hard-
beoct housewife, in her distrose, "vow-oi”
It‘ld half belicyhed, that the Yankee man.
umtmuwi a prophetic eye to the
future, bad ned’ e the was
out conflict the moat ‘
tin, in order that their ‘ ‘
«has. III in the . of
Van—Arm __ . " 1
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